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bill
I love you so I always will
I look at you and see the passion
eyes of may
oh, but am I ever gonna see
my wedding day?
Oh I was on your side bill
when you were losin'
I'd never scheme or lie bill
there's been no foolin'
but kisses and love won't carry me
till you marry me bill
bill
I love you so I always will
and in your voice I hear a choir
of carousels
oh but am I ever gonna hear
my wedding bells?
I was the one came runnin'
when you were lonely
I haven't lived one day
not lovin' you only
but kisses and love won't carry me
till you marry me bill
bill
I love you so I always will
and though devotion rules my heart
I take no bows
oh but bill you know
I wanna take my wedding vows
come on bill
I got the wedding bell blues


you love fire
I'm mad with desire
you're my favorite one
got me cookin' with the fever
got my love runnin' for the sun
I feel so high
I feel like I may
go blowin' away

my well meaner
my day fancy dreamer
oh what can it be
well it's somethin' like a power
like a hold and it's holdin' me
I feel so high
I feel like I may
go blowin' away
my long laster
my soft hearted master
ain't been born and bred
but he's standin' in my doorway
in my mind
up above my head
I feel so high
I feel like I may
go blowin' away



billy's blue
with his head hangin' to
his shoes
right the wrong
or play a song
to ease billy's blues
billy's down
he was born he was bound
to lose
right the wrong
or play a song
to ease billy's blues

some folks have it good
and some folks have it no good
but billy's go it bad
he's so endlessly sad

billy's blues
with his head hangin' to
his shoes
somebody please right the wrong
or play a song
to ease billy's blues
to ease billy's blues



I was born from love
and my poor mother worked the mines
I was raised on the good book jesus
till I read between the lines
now I don't believe I want to see the mornin'
going down to stoney end
I never wanted to go down to stoney end
mama let me start all over
cradle me
mama cradle me again

I can still remember him
with lovelight in his eyes
but the light flickered out and parted
as the sun began to rise
now I don't believe I want to see the mornin'
going down to stoney end
I never wanted to go down to stoney end
mama let me start all over
cradle me
mama cradle me again

never mind the forecast
cause the sky has lost control
cause the fury and the broken thunder's
come to match my ragin' soul
now I don't believe I want to see the mornin'



I'm not scared of dyin'
And I don't really care
If it's peace you find in dyin'
Well then let the time be near
Just bundle up my coffin
'Cause its cold way down there
And when I die
And when I'm gone
There'll be one child born
And a world to carry on

My troubles are many
They're deep as a well
I swear there ain't no heaven
And I pray there ain't no hell
But I'll never know by livin'
Only my dyin' will tell
And when I die
And when I'm gone
There'll be one child born
And a world to carry on

Give me my freedom
For as long as I be
All I ask of livin'
Is to have no chains on me
All I ask of livin'
Is to have no chains on me
And all I ask of dyin'
Is to go naturally
And when I die
And when I'm gone
There'll be one child born
And a world to carry on



silver was the color
winter was a snowbell
mother of the wind boys
livin' off the lovewell
with Lu
and everybody's callin' luie
luie luie
you got a thing about you
keep the light goin' for luie
and luie keeps on pushin' thru
thru
keeps on pushin'
amber was the color
summer was a flameride
cookin' up the noon roads
walkin' on god's good side
I was walkin' on god's good side
god's good side
with lu
and everybody's callin' luie
luie luie
you got a thing about you
keep the light goin' for luie
and luie keeps on pushin' thru
thru
keeps on pushin' thru
thru
he keeps on pushin'
I will always be fair
be there for lu
forever and ever more
everybody
everybody everybody
yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
And everybody's callin' luie
callin' luie
everybody's callin' luie callin'
my man
my man luie
callin' luie
my man luie
callin' luie
callin' luie
luie
people and the captain
callin' my man luie


eli's comin'
eli's comin'
whoa you better hide your heart
your lovin heart
eli's a comin and the cards say
broken heart
oh broken heart
eli's comin'
hide your heart girl
eli's comin'
hide your heart girl
eli's a comin'
better hide girl
eli's a comin'
better hide your heart
your heart
eli's comin'
hide your heart
you better better hide your heart
eli's comin' better walk walk
but you'll never get away from the burn and the heartache
I walked to apollo and the bay
and everywhere I go
eli's a comin'
eli's a comin'
eli's a comin' and he's comin' to get me mama
I'm down on my knees
eli's comin'
hide it
girl
eli's a comin'
better hide girl
eli's a comin'
better hide your heart
your heart
eli's comin'
hide your heart
you better better hide your heart
eli's comin' better walk
cry but he's never gonna follow
I cried at the corners of the square
and everywhere I go
eli's a comin'
eli's a comin'
eli's a comin' and he comin' to get me mama
I'm down on my knees
I'm down on my knees
oh no no no
hide it
hide it
hide it
hide it
hide it
hide it
hide it
eli's comin' better hide your heart girl


Can you surry,
Can you picnic?
Can you surry,
Can you picnic?
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
There'll be lots of time and wine
Red yellow honey
Sassafras and moonshine
Stoned Soul

Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Rain and sun come in akin
And from the sky
Come the lord and the lightning
Stoned Soul

There'll be trains of blossoms
There'll be trains of music
There'll be trains of trust
Trains of gold and dust
Sweet trains of thought
Can you surry?

Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
Surry down to a stoned soul picnic
There'll be lots of time and wine
Red yellow honey
Sassafras and moonshine
Stoned soul



Oh I belong to Timer
He changed my face
You're a fine one Timer
You've got me walkin'
Through the gates of space
I keep rememberin'
Indoors that I used to walk through
Baby I'm not tryin' to talk you down
But I could walk through them doors
Onto a pleasure ground
It was sweet and funny
A pleasure ground
Didn't know about money
Did not know about Timer

Holdin' to my cradle at the start
But now my hand is open
And now my hand is ready
For my heart

So let the wind blow Timer
I like her song
And if the song goes minor
I won't mind
And Timer knows the lady's gonna love again
Time says the lady rambles never more
If you love me true
I'll spend my life with you
And Timer
You're a jigsaw Timer
God is a jigsaw
Soulin' with
Soulin' with Timer



Oo la la la
Oo la la la la

Emily
And her love to be
Carved in a heart
On a berry tree
But it's only a little farewell lovespell
Time to design a woman -
Touch me
Oh wake me
Emily you ornament the earth
For me

Emily
You're the natural snow
The unstudied sea
You're a cameo
And I swear you were born
A weavers lover
Born for the loom's desire -
Move me
Oh sway me
Emily the ornament the earth
For me

Oh la la la

You're my friend
And I loved you
Emily



Super summer sugar coppin'
In the mornin'
Do your shoppin' baby
Love my lovething

You may disappear
But you'll be back I swear

Would you love to love me baby?
I would love to love you baby now
Would you love to love me baby?
I would love to love you baby now

Super summer sugar croppin'
In the mornin'
Do you shoppin' baby
Love my lovething
Super ride inside my lovething

You may leave the fair
But you'll be back I swear

Would you love to love me baby?
I would love to love you baby now
Would you love to love me baby?
I would love to love you baby now

I keep hearin' mother cryin'
I keep hearin' daddy through his grave
"Little girl, of all the daughters
You were born a woman
Not a slave"

Oh I hate my winsome lover
Tell him I've had others
At my breast
But tell him he held my heart
And only now am I a virgin
I confess

Love my love thing
Love is surely gospel


mama mama
you're a whiz and a scholar too
mama open up the room lock
sip sip
I'm going to the moon dock
he gives to me

buckles off shingles
off a cockleshell on norway basin
coke and tuna
boots and roses from russia
now I'll live and die and rise
with my captain
mama say go

meet me captain saint lucifer
darlin' I'll be there
don't you know
meet me captain saint lucifer
darlin' I'll be there
don't you know
now don't you know I love you

meet me captain saint lucifer
la la la la la la la la
oo I love you
love you I do

mama mama you're a whiz and a scholar too
mama I'm at anchor in your glow now
sip sip
even as I go now
he gives to me
buckles off shingles
and a jangle from a congo love chase
early bloomers made of earth and love lace

now I'll live and die and rise
with my captain
mama be happy

meet me captain saint lucifer
darlin' I'll be there
don't you know
meet me captain saint lucifer
darlin' I'll be there
don't you know

gutters in stacks
is where I come from
buckles off a poverty drum
oh my love trumpet soul
tell gabriel
to tell the captain
thank you baby
you're my baby now



don't go to gibsom cross the river
the devil is hungry
the devil is sweet
if you are soft then you will shiver
they hang the alley cats on gibsom street

I wish my baby were forbidden
I wish my world be struck by sleet
I wish to keep my mirror hidden
to hide the eyes that looked on gibsom street

there is a man he knows where I'm going
gave me a strawberry to eat
I sucked its juices never knowing
that I would sleep that night on gibsom street




New York tendaberry
Blue berry
A rush on rum
Of brush and drum

And the past is a blue note
Inside me
I ran away in the morning

New York tendaberry
Blue berry
Rugs and drapes and drugs
And capes
Sweet kids in hunger slums
Firecrackers break
And they cross
And they dust
And they skate
And the night comes

I ran away in the morning

Now I'm back
Unpacked
Sidewalk and pigeon
You look like a city
But you feel like a religion
To me

New York tendabery
True berry
I lost my eyes
I east wind skies
Here where I've cried
Where I've tried
Where God and the tendaberry rise
Where quakers and revolutionaries
Join for life
For precious years
Joined for life
Through silver tears

New York tendaberry




Come on people
Come on children
Come on down to the glory river
Gonna wash you up
And down

Come on people
Come on children
There's a king at the glory river
And the king loved to sing
In the sun -
"We shall overcome"

I got fury in my soul
Fury's gonna take me
To the glory goal
In my mind I can't study war no more
Save the people
Save the children
Save the country

In my mind I can't study war
In my mind I can't study war
There'll be trains of blossoms
There'll be trains of music
There'll be music...



invitations to my party
send jones an inviting card
he got his meanstreak from the gutter
got his kindness from god
now tugboats paint the river
carry coal to the city
in white dock liners
happiness on the uptown side
at my party in the morningtide
oo la la la blackpatch
clothespins on wash ropes
window to window tie
socks and bells and nightgowns
tassels in the morning sky
womanchild on the sidestreet
flashin' in blackpatch
lipstick on her reefer
waiting for a match...


Market in the cool white mornin'
Merchants sell while women buy
Milk, tobacco, soap and matches
Sweep the floor
While the dishes dry

Spring whispered in her ear
Like soft Mediterranean wailin'

Sleepy woman by the window
Dreamin' in the morning air
Of the one who takes her sweetness
By a chinese lamp upstairs

The steam of china tea
You could hear the woman sing
In the soft flames of spring

Spring has swept the scarlet side streets
Winds caress, undress, invite
Upstairs by a china lamp
They softly talk in the cool spring night



cold jade wind
not an angel in the sky
just cold jade restless wind
somethin's comin' I know
to devastate
my soul
I pricked my fingers
on the thorns
and this rain is a rainin hard
this sky's gonna beckon mariah
to match my soul
rain in the river
rain in the river
rain on the river banks
down my neck
beads of sweat
rain on the highway
running clear cross new york
a windsong through the barren trees
wild lavender heather
by the railroad sways
listen to the wailin'
of the rain in the river
rain on the river banks
roll, roll
river rock his soul
she's callin you
rainclouds
rainclouds
roll, roll
river rock his soul
she's callin you
rainclouds
rainclouds
down his neck
down his neck
down his neck
beads of
beads of beads of
beads of sweat
five boys standing on the banks of theriver
waiting for the virgin snow
searching for a miracle
a pearl in an oyster
and we all looked up to god
although he is the color of the wind
listen to the wailing
of the rain in the river
rain on the river banks


You took my heart misery
You taught me blues
Well I got a lot of patience baby
That's a lot of patience to lose
I've been treated bad
When I was a freeport
& you were the main drag

Broken blues
I just don't know
Little bird
Flyin' by my window
Take me when you go
I lookin' at these times
And it's bound to drive me mad
When I was a freeport
& you were the main drag

What did I do?
Everybody's puttin' me down
I keep runnin'
But the law kept comin' around

So fare thee well happiness
Cause' I've got blues
And I got a lot of patience baby
That's a lot of patience to lose
I'm a woman
And this is my due time
I've been treated bad
When I was a freeport
& you were the main drag

 



winter
turn on the night
turn on your love light
I'm a non-believer
but I believe
in your smile
well I'm gonna talk to you baby
on brandy-wine
mars in the stars
mars is arisin
mars in the stars mars is arisin
and I feel like I'm way in a deep dream baby
feel like I'm way in a deep dream
yes

lovers
light in the inn
what are they thinking?
patterns falling
down the sky
and the fire
and the kiss
of the cunt tree night
your tender strong freaky love
strangers and mountains
and blurred in a snow flight
mars in the stars
mars is arisin
the world's insane
the paper's gone mad
but our love is a peace vibe
yes



let's go down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
get happy
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
get happy
happy
oh sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
four leaves on a clover
I'm just a bit of a shade hung over
come on baby do a slow float
you're a good lookin'  
and aint that sweet eyed blindness good to me
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
good mornin'
down by the grapevine
drink my daddy's wine
good mornin
mornin'
oh sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
please don't tell my mother
I'm a saloon and a moonshine lover
come on baby do a slow float
you're a good lookin' riverboat
and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me
(don't ask me cuz I)
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
ain't gonna tell you what I've been drinkin'
wine
of wonder
wonder
(by the way)
sweet blindness
a little magic
a little kindness
oh sweet blindness
all over me
don't let daddy hear it
he don't believe in the gin mill spirit
come on baby do a slow float
you a good lookin' riverboat
and ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me
good to me
now ain't that sweet eyed blindness good to me



she said
"I'm young enough
I'm old enough
to paint a smile
I tasted heaven and hell
heaven stay awhile
a good friend is rare find
their straight talk can ease your mind
a good pimps gonna rob you blind
money money money
I feel like a pawn in my own world
I found the system and I lost the pearl
it's breaking me down
well you won't wake you don't shake
you just make the sound
go round and round and round
and round
bleed a little
bleed a little
til you freedom calls you

somewhere out
children laugh
like meteors
rolling down the grass
mothers pull the night time in
calling their children
with spoons in the wind
but not for me
she said
"I'm young enough
I'm old enough
in the city machine
where industries
fill the fish
full of mercury
(it's tax free)
she said
"my struggle hurt
but it turned me on
and when the revolution came
the chain was gone
on my feet
to the sound of my heartbeat
money money money
do you feel like a pawn
in your own world?
you found the system
and you lost the pearl
like leaves coming down
you've got to wake, shake,
make your vibe go round
and round and round and round



Cinnamon hills
Sweet child
And waves of whisper blue
Earth calls to you
Every day in every way

Momma's puttin' on some warpaint
For a little bit of combat
You asked the reason
You gotta fight for your freedom
Sometimes everyday
In every way

Many people pass by
Caught up in roles and rules
Many rivers run free
I don't wanna' crush
The wilderness in you child
Or the wilderness in me
How do we keep them both alive?
Somehow they must survive
Somehow they must survive

We go together
Through the changing seasons
Hearts afire
You know the world needs it
Everyday in every way
Little darling
Zap
Touch the earth child
Heaven and earth child
Ahm ahm ahm
Is that a monster?
Yep - no, a crocodile
Ee's eatin' the bed
See im?
Ahm ahm ahm
I'm ona eat mommy
And bed all up!
Ahm ahm ahm



On a street corner
Where the kids boogie all night
Or where the winds sing
And the stars shine
Like holiday lights
Come a band of angels
Salvation in their might
And as for peace on earth...
Feel this love
My brothers and sisters
Feel the season turn
She is the mother of time
Wonders that take you
Rivers that give
That's where mother's spiritual lives

Talk of a ruby love
Lover's share
Find your love
Lose your love
Here and there
So you go home
Do your own thing
The ocean sings to me
That love is always alive
And part of thee
Feel this love
My brothers and sisters
Feel the season turn
She is the mother of time
Light and darkness
Come to her kiss
'Cause that's where
mother's spiritual lives

Come to the lites my sisters
And take what you need
Doesn't matter my brothers -
Your Sunday creed
Cause each one's a lover
To this winter nite star
A pilgrim, a pioneer
That's who you are
Feel this love
My brothers and sisters
Feel the season turn
She is the mother of time
It's not war
It's life she gives
And that's where mother's
spiritual lives



There's peace of mind
Now that I draw the line
Will you be runnin' out of fools
My love's got new rules
This time

Because friends & lovers
Could give the sun to each other
Not this rain
I was a foolish girl
Now I'm a woman of the world

Wisdom be mine
It's been a hard lesson
But I'm movin' up in school
Where you learn to play it cool
And I just know this time

That friends & lovers
Could give the sun to each other
Not this pain
I was a foolish girl
Now baby I'm a woman
of the world

A woman of the world
I'm free free free
My love's no competition
It's about - harmony

Sweet harmony
I'll take my dream into the future
I'd only bring it back again
This time as friends

Friends and lovers
Who give the sun to each other
Not this rain
If I was a foolish girl
Baby now
I'm a woman of the world



The old people of the earth
Tell stories
An old woman
Of the old ways
She said -
"I recall my joy
In better days"

The young warriors
Of the open rainbow
Said "Tell me is it true?
Tell me, do some live
out of bags and rags
In the cities too?
Is it true?"
At the edge where I live
Home sweet home
America

Native American Nation
Caught in the devastation
An endless situation
What can I do?
The ghost of prejudice
Cuts thru the moonglow
Poet on a crying page -
Broken Rainbow

Broken Rainbow
Home sweet home
America



What is life?
Did you read about it
In a magazine?
Silent lies
Never give you what you need
Is there hope
For a mother
And an elf on speed?

Kiss the sun hello
Child in the park
Make your life a lovin' thing
I'm so tired
You're so wired
And I'm a poet
Without a poem
And you are my child

"So serene"
Read about us in a magazine
Then why are we
Crying by the washing machine?
Let's run away child
And follow a dream

Kiss the sun hello
Child in the park
Make your life a lovin' thing
The park is late
The wind is strong
The trees have eyes
And you are my song
My lovely song

What is love?
Child I am here
to stand by you
And you will find
You own way hard and true
And I'll find mine
'Cause I'm growin' with you

Kiss the sun hello
God & Goddess
Make his life a lovin' thing
And if I smile as you reach
above the climbin' bars
To see the stars
You are my love
Child my love



In the zoo
They gave him a cage
Circus put a sparkle
On his face
Away from life
The elephant walks
Shadow across a dream
Lost for ivory

Oh freedom
Lite a flame

It's like prejudice
For the color of your skin
Prejudice for a woman
Prejudice for an animal
Like the elephant of the plain

Masai moon
In the morningrise

Africa -
The world comes alive
A matriarch
Leads the tribe
To the sweet water
The cool feelin'
And the way to survive

Oh freedom
Lite a flame

It's like prejudice
For the color of your skin
Prejudice for a woman
Prejudice for an animal
Like the elephant of the plain

Of the plain
For greed not need
Societies sleep
Lead the killing hand on

Young ones full of spark
A wave of birds across the park
Kids climbing
Sliding, riding free
Elephant child hiding
Behind a tree

Prejudice
For an animal
Like the elephant of the plain