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How many roads must a man walk down Before they call him a
man
How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand
How many times must the cannonballs fly Before they are forever banned
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind
How many years must a mountain exist Before it is washed to the sea
How many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free
How many times can a man turn his head And pretend that he just don't see
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind
How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky
How many years must one man have Before he can hear people cry
How many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind The answer is blowing in the wind
When Israel was in Egypt's land
Let my people go
Oppressed so hard they could not stand
Let my people go
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt's land
Tell old Pharaoh, Let my people go
So Moses went to Egypt's land
Let my people go
To make old Pharaoh understand
Let my people go
Thus spake the Lord, bold Moses said,
"Let my people go,
If not, I'll strike your first born dead
"Let my people go"
My bonnie lies over the ocean, My bonnie
lies over the sea,
My bonnie lies over the ocean, O bring back my bonnie to me.
cho: Bring Back, bring back O bring back my bonnie to me, to me.
Bring Back, bring back O bring back my bonnie to me.
O blow ye winds over the ocean O blow ye winds over the sea;
O blow ye winds over the ocean And bring back my bonnie to me.
Last night as I lay on my pillow, Last night as I lay on my bed;
Last night as I lay on my pillow I dreamed my poor bonnie was dead
The winds have blown over the ocean, The winds have blown over the sea;
The winds have bloen over the ocean And brought back my bonnie to me.
We shall overcome, we shall overcome We shall overcome
someday
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe That we shall overcome someday
We'll walk hand in hand, we'll walk hand in hand We'll walk hand in hand someday
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe That we shall overcome someday
We shall live in peace, we shall live in peace We shall live in peace someday
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe That we shall overcome someday
We shall brothers be, we shall brothers be We shall brothers be someday
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe That we shall overcome someday
The truth shall make us free, truth shall make us free The truth shall make us free
someday
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe That we shall overcome someday
We are not afraid, we are not afraid We are not afraid today
Oh deep in my heart, I do believe That we shall overcome someday
I see trees of green, red roses too I
see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world.
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do They're really saying I love you.
I hear babies cry, I watch them grow They'll learn much more than I'll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world.
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Almost heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge
Mountains Shenandoah River.
Life is old there, Older than the trees, Younger than the mountains Growin' like
a breeze.
CHORUS : Country roads, take me home To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma, Take me home, country roads.
All my memories gathered 'round her, Miner's lady, stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, Misty taste of moonshine, Teardrop in my eye.
CHORUS : Country roads, take me home To the place I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma, Take me home, country roads.
I hear her voice, in the mornin' hour she calls me, Radio reminds me of my home
far away
And driving down the road I get a feeling I should have been home yesterday,
yesterday
CHORUS Country roads, take me home To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma, Take me home, country roads.
all my bags are packed, i'm ready to go
i'm standing here outside your door
i hate to wake you up to say goodbye
but the dawn is breaking, it's early morn
the taxi's waiting, he's blowing his horn
i'm ready
i'm so lonesome i could die.
so kiss me and smile for me
tell me that you'll wait for me
hold me like you'll never let me go
'cause i'm leaving on a jet plane
i don't know when i'll be back again
oh, babe, i hate to go
there's so many times i let you down
so many times i've played around
i'll tell you now, they don't mean a thing
every place i go, i think of you
every song i sing, i sing for you
when i come back, i'll wear your wedding ring
so kiss me and smile for me
tell me that you'll wait for me
hold me like you'll never let me go
'cause i'm leaving on a jet plane
i don't know when i'll be back again
oh, babe, i hate to go
now the time has come to leave you
one more time, oh, let me kiss you
close your eyes and i'll be on my way
dream about the days to come
when i'll won't have leave alone
about the times that i won't have to say
oh, kiss me and smile for me
tell me that you'll wait for me
hold me like you'll never let me go
'cause i'm leaving on a jet plane
i don't know when i'll be back again
oh, babe, i hate to go
i'm leaving on a jet plane
i don't know when i'll be back again
oh, babe, i hate to go
but i'm leaving on a jet plane...
You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
Come let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
Humming....
.... Let me give my life to you
Come let me love you
Come love me again
You fill up my senses
Like a night in the forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again
Are
you going to Scarborough Fair
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
She once was a true love of mine
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
Without no seams nor needle work
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Tell her
to find me an acre of land
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
Between the salt water and the sea strand
Then she'll be a true love of mine
Tell her
to reap it with a sickle of leather
Parsley sage rosemary and thyme
And gather it all in a bunch of heather
Then she'll be a true love of mine
I'm
sitting in a railway station
Got a ticket for my destination
Ooooh
On a
tour of one-night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one-man band
Homeward
bound
I wish I was Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escapin
Home, where my music's playin'
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Every
day's an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
Ooooh
But each
town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every stranger's face I see
Reminds me that I long to be
Homeward
bound
I wish I was Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escapin
Home, where my music's playin'
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Tonight
I'll sing my songs again
I'll play the game and pretend
Ooooh
But all
my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptiness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me
Homeward
bound
I wish I was Homeward bound
Home, where my thought's escapin
Home, where my music's playin'
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for meSilently for me
I
am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told. I have squandered my
resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies in jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the
rest
La la la...
When I
left my home and family I was no more than a boy
. In the company of strangers in the quiet of a railway station runnin' scared
Layin' low, seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go Looking
for the places only they would know
Asking
only workman's wages I come looking for a job but I get no offers...just a
come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue I do declare there were times when I
was so lonesome I took some comfort there
La la la...
Now the
years are rolling by me, they are rocking evenly And I'm older than I once was,
and younger than I'll be that's not unusual Nor is it strange...after changes
upon changes we are more or less the same After changes we are more or less the
same
Now I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was home Going home...where
the New York City winters aren't bleeding me Bleeding me...going home
In the
clearing stands the boxer, and a fighter by his trade And he carries the
reminder of every glove that's laid him down Or cut him till he cried out in his
anger and his pain "I am leaving! I am leaving!" but the fighter still
remains
Hello
darkness, my old friend,
I've come to talk with you again,
Because a vision softly creeping,
Left its seeds while I was sleeping,
And the vision that was planted in my brain still remains
Within the sound of silence.
In
restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone,
'Neath the halo of a street lamp,
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed
by the flash of a neon light that split the night
And touched the sound of silence.
And in
the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more.
People talking without speaking,
People hearing without listening,
People writing songs that voices never share
And no one dare disturb the sound of silence.
"Fools"
said I, "You do not know"
Silence like a cancer grows.
Hear my words that I might teach you,
Take my arms that I might reach you."
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence
And the
people bowed and prayed
To the neon god they made.
And the sign flashed out its warning,
In the words that it was forming.
And the sign said, "The words of the prophets
are written on the subway walls and tenement halls."
And whisper'd in the sounds of silence.
April,
come she will
When streams are ripe and swelling with rain
May she will stay
Resting in my arms again
June,
she'll change her tune
In restless walks she'll prowl the night
July she will fly
And give no warning to her flight
August
die she must
The autmun winds blow chilly and cold
September I'll remember
The love once new has now grown old
New York, to that tall skyline I
come, flyin' in from London to your door
New York, lookin' down on Central Park
Where they say you should not wander after dark
New York, like a scene from all those movies
But you're real enough to me, but there's a heart
A heart that lives in New York
A heart in New York, a rose on the street
I write my song to that city heartbeat
A heart in New York, a love in her eye, an open door and a friend for
the night
New York, you got money on your mind
And my words won't make a dime's worth a difference, so here's to you
New York
New York, now my plane is touching down
When
you're weary, feeling small,
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
I'm on your side.
When times get rough
And friends just can't be found,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
When you're down and out,
When you're on the street,
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you.
I'll take your part.
When darkness comes
And pain is all around,
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down.
Sail
on silvergirl,
Sail
on by.
Your
time has come to shine.
All
your dreams are on their way.
See
how they shine.
If
you need a friend
I'm
sailing right behind.
Like
a bridge over troubled water
I
will ease your mind.
Like
a bridge over troubled water
I
will ease your mind.
Have
you seen the old man
in the closed down market
Kicking up papers with his worn out shoes
In his eyes you see no pride
hands held loosely by his side
Yesterday's paper, telling yesterday's news
So how
can you tell me you're lonely
And say to me that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
and lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something
To make you change your mind.
Have you
seen the old girl
Who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
She's no time for talking,
She just keeps right on walking,
Carrying her home in two carrier bags
So how
can you tell me you're lonely...
In the
old night cafe at a quarter past eleven
The same old man sitting there on his own
Looking at the world over the rim of his teacup
Each tea lasts an hour, then he wanders home alone
So how
can you tell me you're lonely...
Have you
seen the old man
outside the seaman's mission
Memory fading with the minor ribands that he wears
In our city winter the rain cries little pity
For one more forgotten hero
and a world which doesn't care
So how can you tell me you're lonely...
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