Days Of Pearly Spencer
Days Of Pearly Spencer
A tenement, a dirty street
Walked and worn by shoeless feet
Inside it's long and so complete
Watched by a shivering sun
Old eyes in a small child's face
Watching as the shadows race
Through walls and cracks that leave no trace
And daylight's brightness shun.
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
Nose pressed hard on frosted glass
Gazing at the swollen mass
On concrete fields where grows no grass
Stumbles blindly on
Iron trees smother the air
But withering, they stand and stare
Through eyes that neither know nor care
Where the grass has gone
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
Pearly where's your milk white skin
What's that stubble on your chin
It's buried in the rot gut gin
You played and lost not won
You played a house that can't be beat
Now look your head's bowed in defeat
You walked too far along the street
Where only rats can run
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
The days of Pearly Spencer
Ahh Ahh Ahh
The race is almost run
Can I Get There By Candlelight
This is the way to the rolling drum
This is the way to go
This is where the colours run
And latic oceans flow
I'll show you how the thunder's boom
If you will come with me
I'll feed you spice on a silver spoon
Where sunshine lights the sea
Can I get there by candlelight
Tripping through this empty night
Can I get there by candlelight
Or is it much too far
Is there time to really get there
Is there time to stay
Is there very much to see there
And how much do I pay
Yes, there's lots of time to get there
And lots of time to stay
There's much for you to do and see there
If you've enough to pay
Can I get there by candlelight
Tripping through this empty night
Can I get there by candlelight
Or is it much too far
Can I get there by candlelight
Tripping through this empty night
Can I get there by candlelight
Or is it much too far
For Josephine
The light is waxing dim my love
By the window here I dream.
I see you standing in the rain
In the places where we've been.
And the highway is painted blue my love
For those that haven't seen
That I would give my heart and soul
For you my Josephine
My mornings are all empty now
My night times just the same
No breath upon my waking eyes
No one to call my name
Forget the lips that twist and smile
Speaking words they do not mean
They cannot be a substitute
For you my Josephine
I'm bidding you a long farewell
My darling fair and true
For in my waking sleeplessness
My thoughts cannot get through
These thoughts like me are changing
For love of what has been
I leave a lantern at my gate
For you my Josephine
How Can I Be Free
The dangling curtains at my door
Cast a shadow on the floor
Dancing visions pass my eye
Telling neither truth nor lie
Touching like a hypnotising rhyme
Everything that I once knew
Is flitting close and passing through
Faces from behind I see
They passing close and toughing me
Casting dark reflections on my mind.
Oh, how can I be free?
Oh, how can I be free?
When the walls are closing in on me
Oh, how can I be free?
I'll raise my glass up to my face
And see if I can drown a taste
That swims inside this head of mine
Never travelling in a line
And never really close enough to see
A dream world passing through my brain
Never to return again
Shadows I can't seem to place
And every image I can't trace
Reflecting from the walls and touching me
Oh, how can I be free?
Oh, how can I be free?
When the walls are closing in on me
Oh, how can I be free?
I'll bow my head and dry my eyes
Watch the seabird as she flies
Across the clouds encurling line
To leave the touch of time behind
Caring not for reason or for style
A dream explodes inside my head
But still I'm tied here to this bed
Of neon light and stop-watch boom
Where dreamers cannot find the room
To close their eyes and drift awhile
Oh, how can I be free?
Oh, how can I be free?
When the walls are closing in on me
Oh, how can I be free?
Brown Eyes Girl
I had not been in London town
Many more weeks then three
When I fell in love with a brown eyed girl
Not knowing what a fool I'd be.
She sang to me, in a voice like wine
And her guitar wove a spell
She sang to me of the joys of love
And her eyes the same did tell
The lights shone bright in that smoky room
And the talking and wine flowed free
And our mouths spoke a language of their own
And she said she would come with me
She put away her strings and steel
Saying she would sing no more
But that she wait at home for me
Keep a lantern at my door
A year and a day have passed and gone
Since she vowed to be true
Now she's no longer at my door
Gone like morning dew
I lie so lonely in my bed
My pocket's empty now
She's gone back from where she came
To the music and the crowd
Marlena
Marlena, speak to me
I take all my strength from your smile
The moment I see you
I wish you would stop for a while
My heart skips a beat
And my head turns around
But for you, I just don’t exist
Yet you’re worth every moment
Though my mind tries to tell me
Of the things I know I have missed
Marlena I love you
Though to me you’re a queen with a crown
I watched you grow up
I saw you in your wedding gown
And though I can’t have you
It’s better to sit here
It’s better to sit here alone
Than to try find somebody
To take your place baby
It’s better to sit here and moan
Yes though my heart’s heavy
I’ll sit here and hope
That someday your heart will be free
For no other woman
Could ever come closer to me
Though you don’t need me now
Perhaps someday
You’ll be left behind
Yes someday maybe
You want me baby
Yes I hope that someday
You’ll be mine
For A Little Girl
As I a-rise the morning air
Breathes the silent song to me
And sings it's melody of Spring
It's then my thoughts return to you
Compare the star light and the sun
They glow and twinkle in the sky
Though they glitter all the time
They do not shine as bright as you
I hear the patter of the rain
It drops upon the falling leaves
Reminding me of days gone by
And of the sadness in your tears
My hand is heavy as I write this song
For all too soon it has to end
You must go where time will lead
And I can't follow where you go
Lady Helen Of The Laughing Eyes
Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not steal your mind
Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not be unkind
Silver bells and beaded bangles, sounding out her name
Swinging from her watch-chain dangle, her music plays again
She's a diamond studded gipsy, she's a fallen star
Slipping through the mist so easy, needn't reach too far
Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not steal your mind
Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not be unkind
You will buy her flowers and presents, if you don't care at all
Speak her words and breathe her incense, write her poems on the wall
Touch her hand and taste her breathing, her wonder can't be seen
She doesn't understand deceiving inside her woven dream
Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not steal your mind
Lady Helen of the laughing eyes, she will not be unkind
She's understanding, undemanding, must you all be shown
She won't sit and leave you standing, her mind is all her own
She'll just do her best to please you, searching all around
She'll love to finf you hard and then she'll leave you, unfettered and unbound
Time Will Not Wait
The darkness falls and hides away the sun
The raindrops down my window run
And the Sand man he doesn't come
And time will not wait, just hurries on
Time will not wait, just hurries on
I travel far away, cross the ocean wide
travel until I'd seen what was on the other side
But wondering is long, long ride
And time will not wait, just hurries on
Time will not wait, just hurries on
It's been a long time, since I first loved a girl
When I kissed her lips, thought I owned half the world
True love's like a pearl, but time will not wait, just hurries on
Time will not wait, just hurries on
Age comes so quickly it numbs the mind
Dims yours senses, and turns you blind
Yes age it isn't kind, but time will not wait, just hurries on
Time will not wait, just hurries on
What's The Matter With Me
As I walked down by the river, down by the silver stream
My head kept wondering back, to all the things I've done and seen
To faces, places, lands and scenes, forgotten in my mind
Dreams and memories buried deep, a long time left behind
Hey what's the matter with me
Hey what's the matter with me
The dust clouds were a-rollin', falling fast and deep
Taking all the sunbeams daring them to sleep
But the wind it wasn't blowing, like a lonesome baby crying
Blowing hard behind me, pushing down the line
Hey what's the matter with me
Hey what's the matter with me
Oh the road is long and dusty, it's a rough road to ride
There's gold in its horizon, but there's pitfalls by its side
Yet there's something that's a pushing me, it's howling from behind
Train whistle blowing, think I'll get on down the line
Hey what's the matter with me
Hey what's the matter with me
There’s No Lock Upon My Door
Close your eyes I'll tell you something
That I should have said before
If you ever feel like leaving
There ain't no lock upon my door
You think your eyes are sparkling jewels
You think that everyone should know
You think there's no one else quite like you
Thinking girl don't make it so
There ain't no lock upon my door
You can go now if you please
There ain't no lock upon my door
I'll be laughing when you leave
I gave you rings and pretty trinkets
You just took them as your due
You never ever got to thinking
That some day I might say we're through
I loved you many a winters evening
I guess I loved you just a little too much
I've held you many a summer's morning
Somehow girl we never touched
There ain't no lock upon my door
You can go now if you please
There ain't no lock upon my door
I'll be laughing when you leave
So don't you take too much for granted
You better find where you've gone wrong
And just remember what I tell you
You might not miss till me I'm gone
Yes close your eyes, I'll tell you something
That I should have said before
If you ever feel like leaving
Well, there ain't no lock upon my door
There ain't no lock upon my door
You can go now if you please
There ain't no lock upon my door
I'll be laughing when you leave
Tomorrow’s Like Today
It's a sad sad feeling, to be sitting all alone
With people walking past me, I might as well be stoned
And I wonder why fortune has treated me this way
Cheated and left asking, why tomorrow's like today
It's all right to tell me, that I'm not any good
But if I had your position, I'd do better if I could
Still I wonder why fortune, has treated me this way
Cheated and left asking, why tomorrow's like today
It's no use asking, it's no use to say
Cause I asked you why I left you, you couldn't tell me anyway
So I wonder why fortune, has treated me this way
Cheated and left asking, why tomorrow's like today
Harlem Lady
She walks the dirty streets, and she breaths a breath of Spring
She has bells upon her shoes, and she wears a diamond ring
Everybody passing by, says, look there goes our queen
Ain't she the prettiest thing, that you have ever seen
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady, and she's much too good for me
Money men can't but her, her mind is all her own
She ain't got no ties to bind her, she ain't got no home
If you pass her on the street she'll smile and say hello
But don't you get too close guy, she just don't wanna know
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady, and she's much too good for me
When she speaks the minutes stop, the hours quickly fly
When she loves it feels so good, like I'm flyin' in the sky
But don't you try to reach her, for she's too far out you
And man she gives her love, to nobody of me
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady
She is a Harlem lady, and she's much too good for me
This Side of Heaven
This side of heaven where the serpent moves my son
There is no truth except for fact, no lies to be undone
This is no priest or pauper who can't find a place to run
No singer singing melodies a song that can't be sung
A-ah don't try too hard to loose
The die is cast before you move
Good, bad, indifferent who tells you what to be
There is no saint or sinner, who can see what he can see
The fish swim in the ocean and the eagle flies so free
What happened to the preacher boy who told lies for you and me
A-ah don't try too hard to loose
The die is cast before you move
Though your visions seem unreal
Take them where the thieves can't steal
Kings and princes do not steal
Only borrow what they feel
Fool upon a hilltop with a flower in his hand
He doesn't know what he's doing there, he just doesn't understand
Nothing in his life is his and nothings really planned
Who's to say that he's a fool at all or where sanity should land
A-ah don't try to hard to loose
The die is cast before you move.
Poverty Street
Down on poverty street, names don't mean a thing
The clock doesn't chime, and the bells they don't ring
And the masks some call faces, are withered and black
When you look down this road, it's too late to turn back
Down on poverty street, the days they are long
And you start wondring where and to who you belong
But there's no sense in wondring, cause I think you will find
That by all of the masters, you've been left far behind
I can't move my feet, from the place that they stand
I'm chained to this coffin, by the master's command
So I sit here alone, till my life is complete
Till death comes and takes me from poverty street
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