Author: rdoggett@villandio.net

Let me take you down

‘Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields

Nothing is real

And nothing to get hung about

Strawberry Fields forever

Living is easy with eyes closed

Misunderstanding all you see

It’s getting hard to be someone

But it all works out

It doesn’t matter much to me

Let me take you down

‘Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields

Nothing is real

And nothing to get hung about

Strawberry Fields forever

No one I think is in my tree

I mean, it must be high or low

That is, you can’t, you know, tune in

But it’s alright

That is, I think it’s not too bad

Let me take you down

‘Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields

Nothing is real

And nothing to get hung about

Strawberry Fields forever

Always, no sometimes, think it’s me

But you know I know when it’s a dream

I think I know I mean a yes

But it’s all wrong

That is I think I disagree

Let me take you down

‘Cause I’m going to Strawberry Fields

Nothing is real

And nothing to get hung about

Strawberry Fields forever

Strawberry Fields forever

Strawberry Fields forever

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 streetlamp

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

No one dare

Disturb the sound of silence

 

“Fools” said I, “You do not know

Silence like a cancer grow

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 subway walls

And tenement halls

And whispered in the sounds of silence”

,,,

 

Something in the way she moves

Attracts me like no other lover,

Something in the way she woos me.

I don’t want to leave her now,

You know I believe and how.

 

Somewhere in her smile she knows

That I don’t need no other lover.

Something in her style that shows me.

I don’t want to leave her now,

You know I believe and how.

 

You’re asking me will my love grow,

I don’t know, I don’t know.

You stick around now it may show,

I don’t know, I don’t know.

 

Something in the way she knows

And all I have to do is think of her,

Something in the things she shows me.

I don’t want to leave her now,

You know I believe and how.

,,,

 

 

She would never say where she came from

Yesterday don’t matter if it’s gone

While the sun is bright or in the darkkest night

No one knows, she comes and goes

 

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you

When you change with ev’ry new day

Still I’m gonna miss you

 

Don’t question why she needs to be so free

She’ll tell you it’s the only way to be

She just can’t be chained to a life where nothing’s gained

And nothing’s lost, at such a cost

 

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you

When you change with ev’ry new day

Still I’m gonna miss you

 

“There’s no time to lose”, I hear her say

Cash your dreams before they slip away

Dying all the time lose your dreams and you

Will lose your mind, ain’t life unkind?

 

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you

When you change with ev’ry new day

Still I’m gonna miss you

 

Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday

Who could hang a name on you

When you change with ev’ry new day

Still I’m gonna miss you

..

 

Now somewhere in the black mining hills of Dakota

There lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon

And one day, his woman ran off with another guy

Hit young Rocky in the eye

Rocky didn’t like that

He said, “I’m gonna get that boy”

So one day, he walked into town

Booked himself a room in the local saloon

And Rocky Raccoon checked into his room

Only to find Gideon’s Bible

Rocky had come equipped with a gun

To shoot off the legs of his rival

His rival, it seems, had broken his dreams

By stealing the girl of his fancy

Her name was Magill, and she called herself Lil

But everyone knew her as Nancy

Now, she and her man, who called himself Dan

Were in the next room at the hoe-down

Rocky burst in, and grinning a grin

He said, “Danny boy, this is a showdown”

But Daniel was hot, he drew first and shot

And Rocky collapsed in the corner, aaah

Dan, dan, dan, dan-dan

Dan, dan, dan, dan-dan

Dan, dan, dan, dan-dan

Dan, dan, dooroo-do-do

Do-do-do, dooroo-do-do

Do-dooroo-do-do, do-do

Do-do-do, dooroo-do-do

Do-dooroo-do-do, do-do

Now, the doctor came in, stinking of gin

And proceeded to lie on the table

He said, “Rocky, you met your match”

And Rocky said, “Doc, it’s only a scratch”

And I’ll be better, I’ll be better, Doc, as soon as I am able

Now, Rocky Raccoon, he fell back in his room

Only to find Gideon’s Bible (oh, dou-dou-dou)

Gideon checked out, and he left it, no doubt (ooh Rocky, ooh)

To help with good Rocky’s revival, ow

Oh yeah, yeah

Do-do-do, dooroo-do-do

Do-dooroo-do-do, do-do

Do-do-do, dooroo-do-do

Do-dooroo-do-do, do-do

Do-do-do, dooroo-do-do, come on, Rocky boy

Do-dooroo-do-do, do-do, come on, Rocky boy

Do-do-do, dooroo-do-do

Do-dooroo-do-do, do-do

Yeah, come on, let’s Rocky it at the top

…

 

I once had a girl

Or should I say she once had me

She showed me her room

Isn’t it good Norwegian wood?

She asked me to stay

And she told me to sit anywhere

So I looked around

And I noticed there wasn’t a chair

I sat on a rug biding my time

Drinking her wine

We talked until two and then she said

“It’s time for bed”

She told me she worked

In the morning and started to laugh

I told her I didn’t

And crawled off to sleep in the bath

And when I awoke I was alone

This bird had flown

So I lit a fire

Isn’t it good Norwegian wood?

,,,

Left a good job in the city

Workin’ for the man ev’ry night and day

And I never lost one minute of sleepin’

Worryin’ ’bout the way things might have been

 

Big wheel keep on turnin’

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

 

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis

Pumped a lot of ‘pane down in New Orleans

But I never saw the good side of the city

‘Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen

 

Big wheel keep on turnin’

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

 

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

 

If you come down to the river

Bet you gonna find some people who live

You don’t have to worry ’cause you have no money

People on the river are happy to give

 

Big wheel keep on turnin’

Proud Mary keep on burnin’

Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on the river

…

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You’ve got a lotta nerve to say you are my friend

When I was down you just stood there grinnin’

You’ve got a lotta nerve to say you got a helping hand to lend

You just want to be on the side that’s winnin’

You say I let you down, ya know its not like that

If you’re so hurt, why then don’t you show it?

You say you’ve lost your faith, but that’s not where its at

You have no faith to lose, and ya know it

I know the reason, that you talked behind my back

I used to be among the crowd you’re in with

Do you take me for such a fool, to think I’d make contact

With the one who tries to hide what he don’t know to begin with?

You see me on the street, you always act surprised

You say “how are you?”, “good luck”, but ya don’t mean it

When you know as well as me, you’d rather see me paralyzed

Why don’t you just come out once and scream it

No, I do not feel that good when I see the heartbreaks you embrace

If I was a master thief perhaps I’d rob them

And tho I know you’re dissatisfied with your position and your place

Don’t you understand, its not my problem?

I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes

And just for that one moment I could be you

Yes, I wish that for just one time you could stand inside my shoes

You’d know what a drag it is to see you

Boards on the window, mail by the door

What would anybody leave so quickly for?

Ophelia

Where have you gone?

 

The old neighborhood just ain’t the same

Nobody knows just what became of

Ophelia

Tell me, what went wrong

 

Was it somethin’ that somebody said?

Mama, I know we broke the rule

Was somebody up against the law?

Honey, you know I’d die for you

 

Ashes of laughter, the ghost is clear

Why do the best things always disappear

Like Ophelia?

Please darken my door

 

Was it somethin’ that somebody said?

Honey, you know we broke the rule

Was somebody up against the law?

Honey, you know I’d die for you

 

They got your number, scared and runnin’

But I’m still waitin’ for the second comin’

Of Ophelia

Come back home

…

Oh darling, please believe me

I’ll never do you no harm

Believe me when I tell you

I’ll never do you no harm

Oh darling, if you leave me

I’ll never make it alone

Believe me when I beg you

Don’t ever leave me alone

When you told me you didn’t need me anymore

Well, you know I nearly broke down and cried

When you told me you didn’t need me anymore

Well, you know I nearly fell down and died

Oh darling, if you leave me

I’ll never make it alone

Believe me when I tell you

I’ll never do you no harm

Believe me, darlin’

When you told me, woo, you didn’t need me anymore

Well, you know I nearly broke down and cried

When you told me you didn’t need me anymore

Well, you know I nearly fell down and died

Oh darling, please believe me

I’ll never let you down

Oh, believe me, darlin’

Believe me when I tell you

I’ll never do you no harm

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