Rainy Night in Georgia - Lyrics - Brook Benton @Somewheremaybe

Somewheremaybe Rainy Night in Georgia was written by the legend Tony Joe White in 1962 and popularized by R&B artist, the immortal Brook Benton RIP in 1970. It reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Adult Contemporary chart, and number one on the Billboard Best Selling Soul Single.

Rainy Night in Georgia

Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game
[Instrumental Interlude]
I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine
But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia I
Feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over the world
Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
Rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin'

updated 10 years ago

Rainy Night in Georgia - Lyrics - Brook Benton

Somewheremaybe 2016-04-05 | Rainy Night in Georgia was written by the legend Tony Joe White in 1962 and popularized by R&B artist, the immortal Brook Benton RIP in 1970. It reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100, number two on the Adult Contemporary chart, and number one on the Billboard Best Selling Soul Single.

Rainy Night in Georgia

Hoverin' by my suitcase, tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain fallin', seems I hear your voice callin' "It's all right."
A rainy night in Georgia, a rainy night in Georgia
It seems like it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
Neon signs a-flashin', taxi cabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train seems to play a sad refrain to the night
A rainy night in Georgia, such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world
How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game
[Instrumental Interlude]
I find me a place in a box car, so I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine
But it's a rainy night in Georgia, baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia I
Feel it's rainin' all over the world, kinda lonely now And it's rainin' all over the world
Oh, have you ever been lonely, people?
And you feel that it was rainin' all over this man's world
You're talking 'bout rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin',
Rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin'

Celebration of Life - Part 4 - Glenns Children

Somewheremaybe 2017-12-08 | Glenn's children share their thoughts and memories.

Celebration of Life - Part 3 - Glenn at Work

Somewheremaybe 2017-12-05 | Glenn's friend Al discusses his time at Lighthouse.

Celebration of Life - Part 2b - Glenn in the Army

Somewheremaybe 2017-12-05 | Glenn's friend Roosevelt shares thoughts on their friendship from Vietnam to today. (Part B)

Celebration of Life - Part 2a - Glenn in the Army

Somewheremaybe 2017-12-05 | Glenn's friend Roosevelt shares thoughts on their friendship from Vietnam to today. (Part A)

Celebration of Life - Part 1 - Glenn as a Brother

Somewheremaybe 2017-12-04 | Recorded 11/11/2017 - Glenn's sister, Sherrie, shares memories of him as a brother.

The Boxer - Lyrics - Simon & Garfunkel

Somewheremaybe 2017-01-31 | The Boxer is a folk/rock ballad written by Paul Simon and performed by Simon & Garfunkel. It was released as a single in 1969 and it reached number seven on the Billboard Hot 100. It can also be found on their 1970 album Bridge Over Troubled Waters. It is a song about poverty and loneliness and has been covered by many.

The Boxer

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest

When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station
Running scared,
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places
Only they would know

Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie

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, le le le le le le le

Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters
Aren't bleeding me
Leading me
Going home

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains, mmm mmm

Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie

Turn Turn Turn - Lyrics - The Byrds

Somewheremaybe 2017-01-24 | Pete Seeger wrote this song in the 1950's.....but it became an international hit in December, 1964 when the Byrds recording of the song reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.......The lyrics are taken almost verbatim from the King James version of the Bible

Turn! Turn! Turn!

To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to be born, a time to die
A time to plant, a time to reap
A time to kill, a time to heal
A time to laugh, a time to weep
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to build up, a time to break down
A time to dance, a time to mourn
A time to cast away stones
A time to gather stones together
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time of war, a time of peace
A time of love, a time of hate
A time you may embrace
A time to refrain from embracing
To everything - turn, turn, turn
There is a season - turn, turn, turn
And a time for every purpose under heaven
A time to gain, a time to lose
A time to rend, a time to sew
A time to love, a time to hate
A time of peace, I swear it's not too late

America - Lyrics - Simon & Garfunkel

Somewheremaybe 2017-01-17 | America is a song written by Paul Simon in 1964 and recorded by Simon & Garfunkel for their 1968 album Bookends...This folk/pop song was released as a single in 1972 and peaked at number 97 on the Billboard Hot 100......A readers poll by Rolling Stone Magazine rated it as the number four best by the duo.......It is a song about a couple seeking America during a period of restlessness and confusion during troubling times in America,.....sounds like today in our history

America

Let us be lovers, we'll marry our fortunes together
I've got some real estate here in my bag
So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner's pies
And we walked off to look for America
Kathy, I said as we boarded a Greyhound in Pittsburgh
Michigan seems like a dream to me now
It took me four days to hitchhike from Saginaw
I've gone to look for America

Laughing on the bus, playing games with the faces
She said the man in the gabardine suit was a spy
I said, be careful, his bow tie is really a camera
Toss me a cigarette, I think there's one in my raincoat
We smoked the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery
She read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

Kathy, I'm lost, I said though I knew she was sleeping
And I'm empty and aching and I don't know why
Counting the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike
They've all come to look for America
All come to look for America
All come to look for America

A Change Is Gonna Come - Lyrics - Sam Cooke

Somewheremaybe 2017-01-10 | A Change Is Gonna' Come was written and recorded by Sam Cooke and quickly became the anthem for the Civil Rights Movement. It appears on his 1964 album Ain't That Good News and peaked at number nine on the Billboard R@B singles and number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. It has been covered by many.

A Change Is Gonna' Come

I was born by the river in a little tent
Oh and just like the river I've been running ev'r since
It's been a long time, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
It's been too hard living, but I'm afraid to die
'Cause I don't know what's up there, beyond the sky
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
I go to the movie and I go downtown
Somebody keep tellin' me don't hang around
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will
Then I go to my brother
And I say brother help me please
But he winds up knockin' me
Back down on my knees, oh
There have been times that I thought I couldn't last for long
But now I think I'm able to carry on
It's been a long, a long time coming
But I know a change is gonna come, oh yes it will

Long Long Time - Lyrics - Linda Ronstadt

Somewheremaybe 2017-01-03 | Long, Long Time is a country ballad written by Gary B. White and recorded by Linda Ronstadt in 1970. It peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 20 on the Billboard Easy Listening Charts and was her first solo hit record. Her backup band included Don Henley and Glenn Fry who went on to form the Eagles. The song can be found on her album Silk Purse.

Long, Long Time

Love will abide, take things in stride
Sounds like good advice but there's no one at my side
And time washes clean love's wounds unseen
That's what someone told me but I don't know what it means.
Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long long time
Caught in my fears
Blinking back the tears
I can't say you hurt me when you never let me near
And I never drew one response from you
All the while you fell all over girls you never knew
Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think it's gonna hurt me for a long long time
Wait for the day
You'll go away
Knowing that you warned me of the price I'd have to pay
And life's full of flaws
Who knows the cause?
Living in the memory of a love that never was
Cause I've done everything I know to try and change your mind
and I think I'm gonna miss you for a long long time
Cause I've done everything I know to try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you for a long long time.

Downtown - Lyrics - Petula Clark

Somewheremaybe 2016-12-27 | Downtown is a pop song written by Tony Hatch. In 1964 it was recorded by Petula Clark and in 1965 it reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100....It has been covered by many...The song was inspired by the composers visit to New York City....I posted this for safe New Year's celebrations downtown and of course don't drink and drive :)

Downtown

When you're alone and life is making you lonely
You can always go downtown
When you've got worries, all the noise and the hurry
Seems to help, I know, downtown
Just listen to the music of the traffic in the city
Linger on the sidewalk where the neon signs are pretty
How can you lose?
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown
Things will be great when you're downtown
No finer place for sure, downtown
Everything's waiting for you
Don't hang around and let your problems surround you
There are movie shows downtown
Maybe you know some little places to go to
Where they never close downtown
Just listen to the rhythm of a gentle bossa nova
You'll be dancing with 'em too before the night is over
Happy again
The lights are much brighter there
You can forget all your troubles, forget all your cares
So go downtown
Where all the lights are bright, downtown
Waiting for you tonight, downtown
You're gonna be alright now, downtown
Downtown
Downtown
And you may find somebody kind to help and understand you
Someone who is just like you and needs a gentle hand to
Guide them along
So maybe I'll see you there
We can forget all our troubles, forget all our cares
So go downtown
Things will be great when you're downtown
Don't wait a minute more, downtown
Everything is waiting for you, downtown
Downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown)
Downtown (downtown)

Snowbird - Lyrics - Anne Murray

Somewheremaybe 2016-12-12 | Snowbird is a song written by Canadian songwriter Gene MacLellan.....It was recorded by Canadian pop/country/adult contemporay artist Anne Murray and it is known as her signature song........ It was released as a single in 1970 and it reached number eight on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart , number one on the US Adult Contemporay chart, and number 10 on the US Hot Country chart....The song is probably referring to the Dark Eyed Junko. The song has been covered by many artists

Snowbird

Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting
For its coat to turn to green
The snowbird sings the song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers
That will bloom again in spring

When I was young
My heart was young then, too
Anything that it would tell me
That's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life's
The thing that I can't win

Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would
Fly away with you

The breeze along the river seems to say
That he'll only break my heart again
Should I decide to stay
So, little snowbird
Take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes
Where the peaceful waters flow

Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could you know that I would
Fly away with you

Yeah, if I could I know that I would
Fl-y-y-y-y away with you

Our Winter Love - Lyrics - The Lettermen

Somewheremaybe 2016-12-06 | Our Winter Love was originally an instrumental composed by Johnny Cowell and released as a single by Bill Pursell reaching number nine on the Billboard Hot 100....The Lettermen covered the song with lyrics by Bob Tubert in 1966 and it reached number 16 on the Billboard Easy Listening Chart.

Our Winter Love

Love warm, in winter time, warms,
this heart of mine with dancing fire of
sweet desire..we've found our winter love.

Eyes cold, as fallen tears, grow,
be chilling fears, of loneliness,
how could I guess..we've found our winter love.

Now armed, the world is warm, warm,
through cold and storm, we've found a fire,
of sweet desire..we've found our winter love.

We've found our winter love,
We've found our winter love.

I Am a Rock - Lyrics - Simon and Garfunkel

Somewheremaybe 2016-11-29 | I Am a Rock is a folk rock song written by Paul Simon. It was first released on The Paul Simon Song Book in 1965 and was later performed by Simon and Garfunkel on their album Sounds of Silence in 1966. It was released as a single and reached number 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It is a song about isolation and emotional detachment.

I Am a Rock

A winter's day
In a deep and dark
December
I am alone
Gazing from my window to the streets below
On a freshly fallen silent shroud of snow
I am a rock
I am an island

I've built walls
A fortress deep and mighty
That none may penetrate
I have no need of friendship, friendship causes pain
It's laughter and it's loving I disdain
I am a rock
I am an island

Don't talk of love
But I've heard the words before
It's sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber of feelings that have died
If I never loved I never would have cried
I am a rock
I am an island

I have my books
And my poetry to protect me
I am shielded in my armor
Hiding in my room, safe within my womb
I touch no one and no one touches me
I am a rock
I am an island

Mandolin Wind - Lyrics - Rod Stewart

Somewheremaybe 2016-11-22 | The mandolin is such a romantic sounding musical instrument........Mandolin Wind is a folk/soft rock ballad written and performed by singer/songwriter Rod Stewart. It was first released in 1971 and appeared in his album Every Picture Tells a Story

Mandolin Wind

When the rain came I thought you'd leave
'cause I knew how much you loved the sun
But you chose to stay, stay and keep me warm
through the darkest nights I've ever known
But the mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
and I know I love ya
Oh the snow fell without a break
Buffalo died in the frozen fields you know
Through the coldest winter in almost fourteen years
I couldn't believe you kept a smile
Now I can rest assured knowing that we've seen the worst
And I know I love ya
Oh I never was good with romantic words
so the next few lines come really hard
Don't have much but what I've got is yours
except of course my steel guitar
Ha, 'cause I know you don't play
but I'll teach you one day
because I love ya
I recall the night we knelt and prayed
Noticing your face was thin and pale
I found it hard to hide my tears
I felt ashamed I felt I'd let you down
No mandolin wind couldn't change a thing
Couldn't change a thing no, no
The coldest winter in almost fourteen years
could never, never change your mind
And I love ya
Yes indeed and I love ya
And I love ya
Lordy I love ya

Carolina In the Pines - Lyrics - Michael Martin Murphey

Somewheremaybe 2016-11-15 | Does anyone else like Bluegrass music ? Carolina in the Pines is a country/bluegrass song written and recorded by Michael Martin Murphey in 1975 and it appeared in his album Blue Sky - Night Thunder. As a single it reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the Adult Contemporary charts. It is actually a love song about his 2nd wife. He plays an awesome banjo and together with the piano you can almost hear the raindrops.

Carolina in the Pines

She came to me, said she knew me
Said she'd known me a long time
And she spoke of being in love
With every mountain she had climbed

And she talked of trails she'd walked up
Far above the timber line
From that night on I knew I'd write a song
With Carolina in the pines

There's a new moon on the fourteenth
First quarter, the twenty first
And the full moon in the last week
Brings a fullness to this earth

There's no guesswork in the clockwork
Of the world's heart or mind
There are nights I only feel right
With Carolina in the pines

When the frost shows on the windows
And the wood stove smokes and glows
As the fire grows we can warm ourselves
Watching rainbows in the coals

And we'll talk of trails we walked up
Far above the timber line
There are nights I only feel right
With Carolina in the pines

Mr. Lonely - Lyrics - Bobby Vinton

Somewheremaybe 2016-11-08 | Happy Veterans Day,....hug a vet :).....Mr. Lonely is a Vietnam era song written by Gene Allan and Bobby Vinton. It first appeared in Bobby Vinton's album Roses Are Red in 1962.It was released as a single and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts in 1964. The 1965 album Mr. Lonely reached number 18 on the charts. I adapted this song with imagery of American soldiers serving in the middle east.

Mr. Lonely
Lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I have nobody for my own
I am so lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
Wish I had someone to call on the phone
Now I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier
Away from home through no wish of my own
That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I wish that I could go back home
Letters, never a letter
I get no letters in the mail
I've been forgotten, yes, forgotten
Oh how I wonder, how is it I failed
Now I'm a soldier, a lonely soldier
Away from home through no wish of my own
That's why I'm lonely, I'm Mr. Lonely
I wish that I could go back home

Fields of Gold - Lyrics - Eva Cassidy

Somewheremaybe 2016-10-25 | Fields of Gold is a 1993 song written, recorded and made famous by singer/songwriter Sting. It was covered by the legendary singer Eva Cassidy and can be found in her albums Live at Blues Alley and Songbird released in 1996. It was also released as a single in 1998 after her death. She tragically died in 1996 at age 33 from melanoma. Most of her fame occurred after her death when she came to the attention of British audiences of the BBC Radio 2....She lives on through her music

Fields of Gold

You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Among the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold

So she took her love for to gaze awhile
Among the fields of barley
In his arms she fell as her hair came down
Among the fields of gold

Will you stay with me? Will you be my love?
Among the fields of barley
And you can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold

I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We will walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold

I never made promises lightly
And there have been some that I've broken
But I swear in the days still left
We will walk in fields of gold
We'll walk in fields of gold

Many years have passed
Since those summer days
Among the fields of barley
See the children run as the sun goes down
As you lie in fields of gold

You'll remember me when the west wind moves
Among the fields of barley
You can tell the sun in his jealous sky
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold
When we walked in fields of gold

By the Time I Get to Phoenix - Lyrics - Glen Campbell

Somewheremaybe 2016-10-18 | By the Time I Get to Phoenix was written by Jimmy Webb and was originally recorded by Johnny Rivers in 1965. In 1967 it was covered by Glen Campbell and it appeared on his album by the same name. It reached number two on the Billboard Hot Country singles, number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, and number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was also received two Grammy awards. It has been covered by many.

By the Time I Get to Phoenix

By the time I get to Phoenix she'll be rising
She'll find the note I left hangin' on her door
She'll laugh when she reads the part that says I'm leavin'
'Cause I've left that girl so many times before

By the time I make Albuquerque she'll be working
She'll prob'ly stop at lunch and give me a call
But she'll just hear that phone keep on ringin'
Off the wall that's all

By the time I make Oklahoma she'll be sleepin'
She'll turn softly and call my name out low
And she'll cry just to think I'd really leave her
Tho' time and time I try to tell her so
She just didn't know I would really go.

If - Lyrics - Bread

Somewheremaybe 2016-10-11 | If is a song written by American singer/songwriter David Gates, and recorded by his soft rock band Bread in 1971. The song charted at number 4 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the US Easy Listening charts.....It was included in their album Manna.....It has been covered by many

If

If a picture paints a thousand words then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show, the you I've come to know
If a face could launch a thousand ships then where am I to go?
There's no one home but you, you're all that's left me too

And when my love for life is running dry
You come and pour yourself on me

If a man could be two places at one time, I'd be with you
Tomorrow and today, beside you all the way
If the world should stop revolving spinning slowly down to die
I'd spend the end with you and when the world was through

Then one by one the stars would all go out
Then you and I would simply fly away

Take Me Home, Country Roads - Lyrics - John Denver

Somewheremaybe 2016-10-04 | Take Me Home, Country Roads is a folk rock song recorded by John Denver and written by Bill Danhoff, Taffy Nivert, and John Denver, and derived from a poem written by their friend John Albert Fitzgerald in 1971......It is included in John Denver's album Poems, Prayers, and Promises and as a single reached number 2 on the US Billboard Hot 100. The song is the state anthem of West Virginia ......."All my memories, gather 'round her,miner's lady, stranger to blue water. Dark and dusty painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine teardrop in my eye "

Take Me Home, Country Roads

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.

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.

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 that
I should have been home yesterday, yesterday

Country roads, take me home
To the place where I belong:
West Virginia, mountain momma,
Take me home, country roads.

Suzanne - Lyrics - Leonard Cohen

Somewheremaybe 2016-09-27 | Suzanne is a song written by Canadian poet and singer/song writer Leonard Cohen which was first written as a poem in 1966 and first recorded by Judy Collins that same year. In 1967 he recorded it as a single from his album Songs of Leonard Cohen. This intimate song was inspired by his platonic relationship with Suzanne Verdal, the then girlfriend of sculpter Armand Valliancourt. It relates to their visits at her apartment by the Montreal harbor and walks past the church of Notre - Dame - de - Bon - Secoures where sailors were blessed before going to sea.

Suzanne

Suzanne takes you down to her place near the river
You can hear the boats go by, you can spend the night forever
And you know that she's half-crazy but that's why you want to be there
And she feeds you tea and oranges that come all the way from China
And just when you mean to tell her that you have no love to give her
Then he gets you on her wavelength
And she lets the river answer that you've always been her lover

And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And you know that she will trust you
For you've touched her perfect body with your mind

And Jesus was a sailor when he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching from his lonely wooden tower
And when he knew for certain only drowning men could see him
He said all men will be sailors then until the sea shall free them
But he himself was broken, long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human, he sank beneath your wisdom like a stone

And you want to travel with him, and you want to travel blind
And you think you maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with her mind

Now, Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river
She's wearing rags and feathers from Salvation Army counters
And the sun pours down like honey on our lady of the harbor
And she shows you where to look among the garbage and the flowers
There are heroes in the seaweed, there are children in the morning
They are leaning out for love and they wil lean that way forever
While Suzanne holds her mirror

And you want to travel with her, and you want to travel blind
And you know that you can trust her
For she's touched your perfect body with her mind

Wichita Lineman - Lyrics - Glen Campbell

Somewheremaybe 2016-09-20 | Wichita Lineman was written by Jimmy Webb and recorded by Glen Campbell in 1968. It reached number three on the pop charts, number one on the Country Music and Adult Contemporary charts. It has been covered by many.

Wichita Lineman

I am a lineman for the county
And I drive the main road
Searchin' in the sun for another overload
I hear you singin' in the wire
I can hear you through the whine
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line

I know I need a small vacation
But it don't look like rain
And if it snows that stretch down south
Won't ever stand the strain
And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line

And I need you more than want you
And I want you for all time
And the Wichita lineman is still on the line

Autumn Leaves - Lyrics - Eva Cassidy

Somewheremaybe 2016-09-13 | Autumn is fastly approaching.......Autumn Leaves was originally a 1945 French song Les feuilles mortes composed by Joseph Kosma with lyrics by Jacques Prevert. The American composer Johnny Mercer wrote the English lyrics in 1947.......... It has been covered by many and appears in the Eva Cassidy album Live at Blues Ally in 1996........ Sadly Eva Cassidy passed away in 1996 from melanoma ( RIP ) and she lives on through her music

Autumn Leaves

The falling leaves drift by my window
The falling leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sunburned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

I miss you most of all, my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

Last Song - Lyrics - Edward Bear

Somewheremaybe 2016-09-06 | Last song is a 1972 hit by the Canadian trio Edward Bear....... It was written by the band's leader Larry Evoy........It was released in 1971 when it appeared in their album Edward Bear......It peaked at number three on the American Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the American Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.

Last Song

Did you know I'd go to sleep
And leave the lights on
Hopin' you'd come by
And know that I was home and still awake
But two years go by and still my lights on
This is hard for me to say
But this is all that I can take
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last time that I'll tell you
Just how much I really care
This is the last song I'll ever sing for you
You come looking for the light and it won't be there
But I love you, oh, yes I do, yes I do
All the times that I've spent waiting
Wondering where you are
Always knew the time would come
When I would start to wonder why
Now the time is here
I don't know where you are
So I'll write you one more song
But it's the last time that I'll try
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last time that I'll tell you
Just how much I really care
This is the last song I'll ever sing for you
You come looking for the light and it won't be there
But I love you, oh, yes I do, mmm mmm
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you

Rhymes and Reasons - Lyrics - John Denver

Somewheremaybe 2016-08-23 | Rhymes and Reasons is a song written by country/folk rock artist and singer/songwriter activist John Denver and was the title song for his first album Rhymes and Reasons released in 1969....... It is a song about children and he performed it at the Music For UNICEF Concert in 1979,.......and he donated the proceeds to UNICEF........."they're a promise of the future and a blessing for today "

Rhymes and Reasons

Though you speak to me of sadness and the coming of the winter,
The fear that is within you now that seems to never end,
and the dreams that have escaped you and the hopes that you've forgotten,
and you tell me that you need me now and you want to be my friend,
and you wonder where we're going, where's the rhyme and where's the reason?
And it's you who cannot accept: it is here we must begin to seek the wisdom of the children
and the graceful way of flowers in the wind.
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers,
their laughter and their loveliness could clear a cloudy day.
Like the music of the mountain and the colors of the rainbow,
they're a promise of the future and a blessing for today.
Though the cities start to crumble and the towers fall around us,
the sun is slowly fading and it's colder than the sea.
It is written: From the desert to the mountains they shall lead us,
by the hand and by the heart, they will comfort you and me.
In their innocence and trusting they will teach us to be free.
For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers,
their laughter and their loveliness would clear a cloudy day.
And the song that I am singing is a prayer to non-believers,
come and stand beside us we can find a better way.

A Summer Song - Lyrics - Chad and Jeremy

Somewheremaybe 2016-08-16 | Students are returning to campus this week for fall semester so it seemed a good time to post this :)..............A Summer Song is a song performed by the folk/rock duo Chad and Jeremy in 1964. The group was part of the British Invasion. It appears in their album Yesterday's Gone.....It was written by Chad Stuart, Kieth Noble, and Clive Metcalfe. It reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts.

A Summer Song

Trees swayin' in the summer breeze
Showin' off their silver leaves
As we walked by
Soft kisses on a summer's day
Laughing all our cares away
Just you and I
Sweet sleepy warmth of summer nights
Gazing at the distant lights
In the starry sky
They say that all good things must end some day
Autumn leaves must fall
But don't you know that it hurts me so
To say goodbye to you
Wish you didn't have to go
No no no no
And when the rain
Beats against my window pane
I'll think of summer days again
And dream of you
They say that all good things must end some day
Autumn leaves must fall
But don't you know that it hurts me so
To say goodbye to you
Wish you didn't have to go
No no no no
And when the rain
Beats against my window pane
I'll think of summer days again
And dream of you
And dream of you

Baby the Rain Must Fall - Lyrics - Glenn Yarbrough

Somewheremaybe 2016-08-14 | Glenn Yarbrough passed away this past Thursday,....RIP Glenn, thanks for the music :(

Baby the Rain Must Fall is a song written by Elmer Bernstein and Ernie Sheldon and was recorded by folk artist Glenn Yarbrough in 1965. It was the title song for the movie Baby the Rain Must Fall which starred Steve McQueen. It appeared in his album Baby the Rain Must Fall.....In 1965 it peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 2 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts.

Baby the Rain Must Fall

Some men climb a mountain
Some men swim the sea
Some men fly above the sky
They are what they must be

But, baby the rain must fall
Baby, the wind must blow
Wherever my heart leads me
Baby, I must go, baby I must go

I do not love for silver
I do not love for gold
My heart is mine to give away
It never will be sold

But, baby the rain must fall

Baby, the wind must blow
Wherever my heart leads me
Baby, I must go, baby I must go

I am not rich or famous
But who can ever tell
I don't know now what waits for me
Maybe Heaven, maybe Hell

But, baby the rain must fall
Baby, the wind must blow
Wherever my heart leads me
Baby, I must go, baby I must go

Gentle On My Mind - Lyrics - Glen Campell

Somewheremaybe 2016-08-09 | Gentle On My Mind is a country western/folk song written by John Hartford and recorded by Glen Campbell....It was released in 1967 as a single record and appeared in his album Gentle On My Mind. In 1968 it was awarded 4 Grammy awards....In 1967 it peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Hot Country.......In 1968 it peaked at number 39 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 8 on the US Billboard Easy Listening charts.....It became Glen Campbell's signature song and was featured on his television show.

Gentle On My Mind

It's knowing that your door is always open
And your path is free to walk
That makes me tend to leave my sleeping bag
Rolled up and stashed behind your couch
And it's knowing I'm not shackled
By forgotten words and bonds
And the ink stains that are dried upon some line

That keeps you in the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
That keeps you ever gentle on my mind

It's not clinging to the rocks and ivy
Planted on their columns now that bind me
Or something that somebody said
Because they thought we fit together walking
It's just knowing that the world will not be cursing
Or forgiving when I walk along some railroad track and find

That you're moving on the backroads
By the rivers of my memory
And for hours you're just gentle on my mind

Though the wheat fields and the clothes lines
And the junkyards and the highways come between us
And some other woman's cryin' to her mother
'Cause she turned and I was gone
I still might run in silence tears of joy might stain my face
And the summer sun might burn me 'til I'm blind

But not to where I cannot see
You walkin' on the backroads
By the rivers flowing gentle on my mind

I dip my cup of soup back from a gurglin'
Cracklin' caldron in some train yard
My beard a roughening coal pile,
And a dirty hat pulled low across my face
Through cupped hands 'round the tin can
I pretend to hold you to my breast and find

That you're waiting from the backroads
By the rivers of my memories
Ever smilin' ever gentle on my mind

Aubrey - Lyrics - Bread

Somewheremaybe 2016-08-02 | Aubrey was written and composed by David Gates and performed by his soft rock band Bread in 1972. It appeared in their album Guitar Man and lasted 11 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 peaking at number 15.

"Aubrey"

And Aubrey was her name
A not so very ordinary girl or name
But who's to blame?
For a love that wouldn't bloom
For the hearts that never played in tune
Like a lovely melody that everyone can sing
Take away the words that rhyme, it doesn't mean a thing

And Aubrey was her name
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon
But where was June?
No, it never came around
If it did it never made a sound
Maybe I was absent or was listening too fast
Catching all the words but then the meaning going past

But God I miss the girl
And I'd go a thousand times around the world just to be
Closer to her than to me

And Aubrey was her name
I never knew her but I loved her just the same
I loved her name
Wish that I had found the way
And the reasons that would make her stay
I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest
If I can't have the one I want, I'll do without the best

But how I miss the girl
And I'd go a million times around the world just to say
She had been mine for a day

The White Cliffs of Dover - Lyrics - Vera Lynn

Somewheremaybe 2016-07-26 | From July through October 1940 the Battle of Britain was fought. Britain stood alone as the RAF and RCAF fought Nazis Germany who was bombing Britain..... Most of Europe had been defeated and the USA had yet to enter the war....The White Cliffs of Dover was written by Walter Kent and Nat Burton in 1941 and it was sung by the greatl Dame Vera Lynn in 1942...... This is a shortened version of the song and the video is to commemorate the Battle of Britain

The White Cliffs of Dover

There'll be bluebirds over
the white cliffs of Dover,
tomorrow, just you wait and see.

There'll be love and laughter
and peace ever after,
tomorrow, when the world is free

The shepherd will tend his sheep,
the valley will bloom again,
and Jimmy will go to sleep
in his own little room again.

There'll be bluebirds over
the white cliffs of Dover,
tomorrow, just you wait and see

The shepherd will tend his sheep,
the valley will bloom again,
and Jimmy will go to sleep
in his own little room again

There'll be bluebirds over
The white cliffs of Dover,
tomorrow, just you wait and see

Kiss Me Goodbye - Lyrics - Petula Clark

Somewheremaybe 2016-07-19 | Kiss Me Goodbye is an easy listening song recorded by Petula Clark and it rose to number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968. It is included in her 1968 album Petula. It was written by Barry Mason and Les Reed, and was produced by Tony Hatch.

Kiss Me Goodbye

We choose it, win or lose it
Love is never quite the same
I love you, now I've lost you
Don't feel bad, you're not to blame
So kiss me goodbye and I'll try not to cry
All the tears in the world won't change your mind
There's someone new and she's waiting for you
Soon your heart will be leaving me behind
Linger awhile, then I'll go with a smile
Like a friend who just happened to call
For the last time pretend your are mine
My darling, kiss me goodbye
I know now, I must go now
Though my heart wants me to stay
That girl is your tomorrow
I belong to yesterday
So kiss me goodbye and I'll try not to cry
All the tears in the world won't change your mind
There's someone new and she's waiting for you
Soon your heart will be leaving me behind
Linger awhile, then I'll go with a smile
Like a friend who just happened to call
For the last time pretend your are mine
My darling, kiss me goodbye
My darling, kiss me goodbye

Diary - Lyrics - Bread

Somewheremaybe 2016-07-12 | Diary was written and produced by David Gates and performed by his soft rock band Bread. It was released in 1972 and reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three on the Billboard Easy Listening charts.

Diary

I found her diary underneath a tree
And started reading about me
The words she'd written took me by surprise
You'd never read them in her eyes

They said that she had found
The love she'd waited for
Wouldn't you know it?
She wouldn't show it

When she confronted with the writing there
Simply pretended not to care
I passed it off as just in keeping with
Her total disconcerting air

And though she tried to hide
The love that she denied
Wouldn't you know it?
She wouldn't show it

And as I go through my life
I will give to her my wife
All the sweet things, I can find

I found her diary underneath a tree
And started reading about me
The words began to stick and tears to flow
Her meaning now was clear to see

The love she'd waited for
Was someone else not me
Wouldn't you know it?
She wouldn't show it

And as I go through my life
I will wish for her his wife
All the sweet things she can find
All the sweet things they can find

A Hard Rains a-Gonna Fall - Lyrics - Edie Brickell

Somewheremaybe 2016-07-03 | A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall was written by Bob Dylan in 1962 and it appeared in his album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan in 1963. It was covered by singer/songwriter Edie Brickell @ New Bohemians and appeared on the sound track for the movie Born on the Fourth of July starring Tom Cruise. I was asked about this from my friend MIke who served in the MIddle East,....and I posted as tribute to our brave veterans and service personnel and their families who have served in the Middle East as we celebrate the 4th of July

A Hard Rain's a-Gonna' Fall

Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways

I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's gonna fall

And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin'
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin'

Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin'
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin'
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
And it's a hard rain's gonna fall

Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony
I met a white man who walked a black dog
I met a young woman whose body was burning

I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow
I met one man who was wounded in love
I met another man who was wounded with hatred
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's gonna fall

Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin'
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty

Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten
Where black is the color, where none is the number

And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin'
But I'll know my song well before I start singin'
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard
It's a hard rain's gonna fall

Galveston - Lyrics - Glen Campbell

Somewheremaybe 2016-06-28 | Galveston was written by Jimmy Webb about the Spanish American war but it was recorded by Glen Campbell in 1969 during the Vietnam War and it was perceived by many to be a Vietnam War protest song.....It reached number one on the Billboard Country Chart, number four on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Chart, and number one on the Easy Listening Chart in the USA. It was also in the Album Galveston which was also number one on the Billboard Country Album Chart.

Galveston

Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea winds blowin'
I still see her dark eyes glowin'
She was 21 when I left Galveston

Galveston, oh Galveston, I still hear your sea waves crashing
While I watch the cannons flashing
I clean my gun and dream of Galveston

I still see her standing by the water
Standing there lookin' out to sea
And is she waiting there for me?
On the beach where we used to run

Galveston, oh Galveston, I am so afraid of dying
Before I dry the tears she's crying
Before I watch your sea birds flying in the sun
At Galveston, at Galveston

At Last - Lyrics - Etta James

Somewheremaybe 2016-06-21 | At Last is a 1941 song written by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren for the musical film Orchestra Wives. ....It was covered by the soul/blues singer, the immortal Etta James RIP in 1960. ....It was arranged by Riley Hampton and appeared in her album At Last..... By 1961 it reached number two on the R@B charts and number 47 as a crossover on the Billboard Hot 100...... It has been covered by many to include Beyonce and Celine Dion

At Last

At last my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
Oh yeah yeah
At last the skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Oh yeah yeah, you smile, you smile
Oh and then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine... at last!

Baby Can I Hold You - Lyrics - Tracy Chapman

Somewheremaybe 2016-06-14 | Baby Can I Hold You was written and performed by the American contemporary folk artist Tracy Chapman and has been covered by many,....It is found on her album Tracy Chapman and was her third single release. In 1988 it peaked at number 48 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number 19 on the American Adult Contemporary chart in 1989.

Baby Can I Hold You

Sorry
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like sorry like sorry

Forgive me
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like forgive me forgive me

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
At the right time you'd be mine

I love you
Is all that you can't say
Years gone by and still
Words don't come easily
Like I love you I love you

But you can say baby
Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
Ooh, at the right time you'd be mine

Baby can I hold you tonight
Maybe if I told you the right words
Ooh, at the right time you'd be mine
You'd be mine
You'd be mine

When I Dream - Lyrics - Crystal Gayle

Somewheremaybe 2016-06-07 | When I Dream is a song written by Sandy Mason - Theoret and recorded by country star Crystal Gayle in 1979. It appeared in her album When I Dream and as a single rose to number three on the Billboard Hot Country Chart.

When I Dream

I could have a mansion that is higher than the trees
I could have all the gifts I want and never ask please
I could fly to Paris, oh, it's at my beck and call
Why do I go through life with nothing at all?

But when I dream, I dream of you
Maybe someday you will come true

I can be the singer or the clown in every room
I can even call someone to take me to the moon
I can put my makeup on and drive the men insane
I can go to bed alone and never know his name

But when I dream, I dream of you
Maybe someday you will come true

In Dreams - Lyrics - Roy Orbison

Somewheremaybe 2016-05-31 | In Dreams was written and performed by Roy Orbison and is found in the album In Dreams. As a single it reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1963. It was featured in the cult classic film Blue Velvet

In Dreams

A candy-colored clown they call the sandman
Tiptoes to my room every night
Just to sprinkle star dust and to whisper
"Go to sleep, everything is alright"

I close my eyes then I drift away
Into the magic night, I softly say
A silent prayer like dreamers do
Then I fall asleep to dream my dreams of you

In dreams I walk with you
In dreams I talk to you
In dreams you're mine all the time
We're together in dreams, in dreams

But just before the dawn
I awake and find you gone
I can't help it, I can't help it if I cry
I remember that you said goodbye

It's too bad it only seems
It only happens in my dreams
Only in dreams
In beautiful dreams.

I Started a Joke - Lyrics - Bee Gees

Somewheremaybe 2016-05-24 | I Started a Joke is a song written and performed by the Bee Gees for their 1968 album Idea. As a single it reached number 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100....As Memorial Day approaches.I related it to my experience as a combatant in the Vietnam War,...so much tragedy for us, those we fought and the civilians caught in the middle.

I Started a Joke

I started a joke which started the whole world crying
But I didn't see that the joke was on me oh no
I started to cry which started the whole world laughing
Oh If I'd only seen that the joke was on me

I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I'd only seen that the joke was on me

I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes
And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said
'Till I finally died which started the whole world living
Oh if I'd only seen that the joke was on me
Oh no that the joke was on me

Wholl Stop the Rain - Lyrics - Creedence Clearwater Revival

Somewheremaybe 2016-05-17 | Who'll Stop the Rain is a folk rock song written by John Fogerty, the lead singer of Creedence Clearwater Revival ( CCR ), and recorded by that band in 1970 for their fifth album Cosmo's Factory. It peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 as a single. It has been interpreted to be about historical malaise, predominately poverty and war in the 20th century

Who'll Stop the Rain

Long as I remember The rain been comin' down.
Clouds of myst'ry pourin' Confusion on the ground
Good men through the ages, tryin' to find the sun;
And I wonder, still I wonder who'll stop the rain.

I went down Virginia, seekin' shelter from the storm
Caught up in the fable, I watched the tower grow
Five year plans and new deals, wrapped in golden chains
And I wonder, still I wonder Who'll stop the rain

Heard the singers playin', how we cheered for more
The crowd had rushed together, tryin' to keep warm
Still the rain kept pourin', fallin' on my ears
And I wonder, still I wonder who'll stop the rain

Rhythm of the Rain - Lyrics - The Cascades

Somewheremaybe 2016-05-10 | More rain so time for a rain song............Rhythm of the Rain is a song performed by The Cascades and written by the band leader John Claude Gummoe. It was released in 1962 and by 1963 rose to number three on the charts and number one on the Easy Listening charts

Rhythm of the Rain

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again
The only girl I care about has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know
That when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart
Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care
I can't love another when my hearts somewhere far away
The only girl I care about has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart
[Instrumental Interlude]
Rain won't you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow
Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again
Oh, listen to the falling rain
Pitter pater, pitter pater
Oh, oh, oh, listen to the falling rain
Pitter pater, pitter pater

The Twelfth of Never - Lyrics - Johnny Mathis

Somewheremaybe 2016-05-03 | The Twelfth of Never is a pop love song derived from an old English folk song " the Riddle Song ". It was written by Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster and recorded by Johnny Mathis and has been covered by many. It reached number 9 on the Billboard charts in 1957

The Twelfth Of Never

You ask how much I need you, must I explain?
I need you, oh my darling, like roses need rain.
You ask how long I'll love you; I'll tell you true:
Until the twelfth of never, I'll still be loving you.

Hold me close, never let me go.
Hold me close, melt my heart like April snow.

I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom;
I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume.
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhyme,
Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time.

Hold me close, never let me go.
Hold me close, melt my heart like April snow.

I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom;
I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume.
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhyme,
Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time.

Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time.

Catch The Wind - Lyrics - Donovan

Somewheremaybe 2016-04-26 | Catch the Wind is a song written and performed by the Scottish folk singer/song writer Donovan. It was released as a single in 1965 and rose to number 23 on the US Billboard Hot 100. It also appeared on his album What's Bin Did and What's Bin Hid.....It has been covered by many.

Catch the Wind

In the chilly hours and minutes of uncertainty,
I want to be in the warm heart of your loving mind.
To feel you all around me,
And to take your hand along the sand,
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

When sundown pales the sky,
I want to hide a while behind your smile,
And everywhere I look your eyes I find.
For me to love you now, would be the sweetest thing,
T'would make me sing,
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

When rain has hung the leaves with tears,
I want you near, to kill my fears,
To help me to leave all my blues behind.
Standing in your heart is where I want to be
And long to be,
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

What Have They Done To The Rain - Lyrics - The Searchers

Somewheremaybe 2016-04-22 | For Earth Day..............What Have They Done To The Rain is a song written by activist Malvina Reynolds in 1962 as part of a campaign to stop nuclear testing in the atmosphere which was producing fallout, contaminating the rain, the food supply and the inhabitants of earth . Since then we have had the nuclear accidents and lingering radioactivity of Chernobyl 1986, and Fukushima, 2011. This cover was performed by The Searchers in 1965 and it reached number 29 on the Billboard Chart in the USA

What Have They Done To The Rain

Just a little rain falling all around
The grass lifts it's head to the heavenly sound
Just a little rain, just a little rain
What have they done to the rain

Just a little boy standing in the rain
The gentle rain that falls for years
And the grass is gone, the boy disappears
And rain keeps falling like helpless tears
And what have they done to the rain

Just a little breeze out of the sky
The leaves nod their head as the breeze blows by
Just a little breeze with some smoke in it's eye
What have they done to the rain

Just a little boy standing in the rain
The gentle rain that falls for years
And the grass is gone, the boy disappears
And rain keeps falling like helpless tears
And what have they done to the rain
What have they done to the rain

Lazy Day - Lyrics - Spanky and Our Gang

Somewheremaybe 2016-04-19 | Lazy Day is a psychedelic pop song performed by the folk rock band Spanky and Our Gang in 1967 and it reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The song appeared on their album Spanky and Our Gang. The band was led by the central Illinois native Elaine " Spanky " McFarlane . It was written by George Fishoff and Tony Powers.....This is being posted at this time to celebrate the arrival of spring :)

Lazy Day

Blue sky, sunshine
What a day to take a walk in the park
Ice cream, daydream
Till the sky becomes a blanket of stars

What a day for a picking daises
And lots of red balloons
And what a day for holdin' hands
And bein' with you

Lazy day, just right for lovin' away
Lazy day made for a strollin' the lane
Baby, you and me, baby you and me
And a honey bee 'neath a shady tree
Lazy day, lazy day, lazy day for you and me

Blue sky, sunshine
Flowers bloomin', children sayin' hello
Rowboats, bird notes
People smilin' everywhere that we go

What a day to be together

And what a sky of blue
And what a day for thinkin' right out loud
I love you

Lazy day, just right for lovin' away
Lazy day made for a strollin' the lane
Baby, you and me, baby you and me
And a honey bee 'neath a shady tree
Lazy day, lazy day, lazy day for you and me

What a day for a picking daises
And lots of red balloons
And what a day for thinkin' right out loud
I love you

Lazy day, just right for lovin' away
Lazy day made for a strollin' the lane
Lazy day, just right for lovin' away
Lazy day made for a strollin' the lane

Dont Let The Sun Catch You Crying - Lyrics - Gerry and the Pacemakers

Somewheremaybe 2016-04-12 | Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying is a song performed by the Liverpool rock group Gerry and the Pacemakers in 1964. It was written by Gerry Marsden, Fred Marsden, Les Chadwick, and Les Maguire. It reached number four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and was the break through record for the group in the USA.

Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying

Don't let the sun catch you cryin'
The night's the time for all your tears
Your heart may be broken tonight
But tomorrow in the morning light
Don't let the sun catch you cryin'
The night-time shadows disappear
And with them go all your tears
For the morning will bring joy
For every girl and boy
So don't let the sun catch you cryin'
We know that cryin's not a bad thing
But stop your cryin' when the birds sing
It may be hard to discover
That you've been left for another
But don't forget that love's a game
And it can always come again
Oh don't let the sun catch you cryin'
Don't let the sun catch you cryin', oh no
Oh, oh, oh

Africa - Lyrics - Toto

Somewheremaybe 2016-03-30 | Africa is a song written by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro from the American rock group Toto. It was performed by Toto and reached number one on the American Billboard Hot 100 in 1983. It reached number three on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts that same year. The song was included in their album Toto IV

Africa

I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She's coming in, twelve-thirty flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what's deep inside, frightened of this thing that I've become

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Hurry boy, she's waiting there for you

It's gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
(I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa
(I bless the rain)
I bless the rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
(Ah, gonna take the time)
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Crying In The Chapel - Lyrics - Elvis Presley

Somewheremaybe 2016-03-22 | Happy Easter :)
Crying in the Chapel was written by Artie Glenn for his son in 1953 and it was covered by Elvis Presley in 1965 as an Easter special. It reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Easy Listening Charts. It was later included in his 1967 gospel album How Great Thou Art.

Crying in the Chapel

You saw me crying in the chapel
The tears I shed were tears of joy
I know the meaning of contentment
I am happy with the Lord

Just a plain and simple chapel
Where all good people go to pray
I prayed the Lord that I'll grow stronger
As I live from day to day

I searched and I searched but I couldn't find
No way on earth to gain peace of mind

Now I'm happy in the chapel
Where people are of one accord
Yes, we gather in the chapel
Just to sing and praise the Lord

You'll search and you'll search but you'll never find
No way on earth to gain peace of mind

Take your troubles to the chapel
Get down on your knees and pray
Then your burdens will be lighter
And you'll surely find the way