Pages of Time

If I could turn back the pages of timeIf I could bring back the love that was mineIf I could roll back the yearsThrough the heartaches past the tearsThen I could turn back the pages of timeThe pages of time have built a wallSo wide and so tallI can’t get throughNo matter what I doIf loving you was the key to the pastAnd happiness was a thing that would lastIf I could cross the broken lineTo the heart that once was mineThen I could turn back the pages of timesThe pages of time have built a wallSo wide and so tallI can’t get throughNo matter what I doIf sleepless nights and a heart full of tearsCould take me back to the land of lost yearsIf the crying that I do was the pathway back to youSurely I could turn back the pages of time…

If It’s Alright With You

There’s a theme through the ages, I know every lineBut it’s hard to embrace, for it’s hard to defineGive me 99 reasons for changing my mindand I’ll give you another for being so blindIf it’s alright with youThen it’s alright with meWhen it’s hard to unravel the grass from the gravelI think it’s time to be moving to the north countryThere are places on earth where the poets give birthTo the songs of the river and where it should flowWould it make any difference if anyone knewWhere this trail through the jungle was taking us toIf it’s alright with youThen it’s alright with meWhen it’s hard to unravel the grass from the gravelI think it’s time to be moving to the north countryThere are kings in the land with their heads in the sandBut there hearts in the hands of some rock and roll bandDon’t they all look the same when you mention their namesAnd they try not to hear you while playing their gamesIf it’s alright with youThen it’s alright with meWhen it’s hard to unravel the grass from the gravelI think it’s time to be moving to the north country

Thorn in my Shoe

I was barely grown when I left my homeFor the land where the evergreens growAnd deep inside was a voice that kept saying I told you soThe good friends I had were few and my skies weren't always blueSome nights I slept in the corn cause I was born with a thorn in my shoeAlthough the sun was hot and the handouts I gotWere few and far betweenStill I wouldn’t trade all memories I’ve made or the places I’ve beenFor I loved each field of hay and each dusty mountain wayI love the dew in the morn cause I was born with a thorn in my shoeAs the years rolled by and the soul ran dryFrom my restless wandering waysThe older I got I started thinking a lotAbout the price you payBut the urge to settle down never seemed to come aroundI guess the good lord knew that I was born with a thorn in my shoeI guess the good lord knew that I was born with a thorn in my shoe

The Call

It’s a long distance phone and I feel so alonehere without herit’s a crime and shame, I ain’t got the changeand don’t you know that I’m worried about herI’ve been all over town every street up and downlooking for the manhe’s just a face in the crowd where the traffic roars loudbut don’t you know he’d be proud to give a helping handMister can you find it in your heart to lend me a dollarCause the times have been slow, fresh out of doughAnd I ain’t got the money to call herThrew my pride out the door cause I’ve been turned down beforeBut I’ll keep tryingThis type of pain it’s kinda hard to explainbut the feeling’s the same as like dyingyou put the change in my hand, your the worlds kindest manand I thank you siryou’ll never know what you’ve done for this poor mother’s sona thirsty man just got a cold cup of waterMister can you find it in your heart to lend me a dollarCause the times have been slow, fresh out of doughAnd I ain’t got the money to call herMister can you find it in your heart to lend me a dollarCause the times have been slow, fresh out of doughAnd I ain’t got the money to call her

Snowbird

Beneath it’s snowy mantle cold and cleanThe unborn grass lies waiting for it’s coat to turn to greenThe snowbird sings the song he always singsThat speaks to me of flowers that will bloom again in springWhen I was young my heart was young then tooAnything that it would tell me that’s the thing that I would doBut now I feel such emptiness withinFor the thing that I want most in life’s the thing that I can’t winSpread your tiny wings and fly awayAnd take the snow back with you where it came from on that dayThe one I love forever is untrueAnd if I could you know that I would fly away with youMy mind says that I only want to beA wanderer and just like you I’m longing to be freeBut in my heart I know it’s just a lieFor without her love the vision of my happiness would dieThe breeze along the river seems to sayThat she’ll only break my heart again should I decide to staySo little snowbird take me with you when you goTo the land of gentle breezes where the peaceful waters flow

Put Your Hand in the Hand

Every time I look into the holy book I want to trembleWhen I read about the part where a carpenter cleared the templeFor the buyers and the sellers were no different fellasThan what I profess to beAnd it causes me shame to know I’m not the man that I should bePut your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the waterPut your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the seaAnd take look at yourself and you can look at others differentlyBy putting your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee.My mama taught me how to pray before I reached the age of sevenNow when I’m down on my knees that’s when I’m closest to heavenMy daddy lived his life with two kids and a wifeYou do what you must doAh, but it showed me enough of what it takes to get you throughPut your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the waterPut your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the seaAnd take look at yourself and you can look at others differentlyBy putting your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee.Put your hand in the hand of the man who stilled the waterPut your hand in the hand of the man who calmed the seaAnd take look at yourself and you can look at others differentlyBy putting your hand in the hand of the man from Galilee.

Just wanna be loved by you

Some folks scale the mountains highsome folks sail the seaSome go into politics or teach philosophySome head for the great unknownIn search of something newI don’t need that kind of stuffI just wanna be loved by youChorus:I just wanna be loved by youCause that’s the only thing that’ll ever doI just want a love that is trueWhen the sun goes down I wanna be foundin a cozy place with youSome folks search the world for fameothers dig for goldsome folks play the waiting gameuntil one day they're oldsome folks never learn until they meet their waterlooI don’t need that kind of stuffI just wanna be loved by youChorusSome folks live in palaceswith servants all aroundlooking for kind of thing that you and I have foundand you don’t have to tell me twicecause I already knewI don’t need that kind of stuffI just wanna be loved by youChorusI don’t need that kind of stuff, I just wanna be loved by you (2x)

Won’t Talk About Love

I won’t talk about love, love love anymoreCause you know that I said too much alreadywithout really being sureWon’t talk about a holy ghost revival until it is seeping though my poresI won’t talk about love, love love anymoreI won’t talk about peace until I feel it deep insideI won’t talk about how you should be humbleuntil I have swallowed up all of my prideWon’t talk about feeling for my brother until I’ve shed the tears he’s criedWon’t talk about peace until I feel it deep insideI won’t give you no tales about tomorrow until it comesI won’t give you no stories about starvation until I am down to my last crumbI won’t talk about Jesus until I’m like him from my toes up to my thumbsI won’t give you no tales about tomorrow until it comesI won’t talk about heaven until I’ve seen it with my eyesI won’t talk about the train that’s bound for gloryuntil I have seen that white smoke riseTalk about the road to my salvation until I have tried ‘em all on for sizeTalk about heaven until I’ve seen it with my eyesI won’t talk about love, love love anymoreCause you know that I said too much alreadywithout really being sureWon’t talk about a holy ghost revival until it is seeping though my poresI won’t talk about love, love love anymore

Lonesome River

I have been a strangercarrying this load and living by the code that you gave meI have walked the highway where loneliness aboundslove could not be found there to save meOh lonesome river where are you taking me toAre there friends that I could count onSuch as youI have seen the eyes of men who’d stop you for the timethen rob you of a dime in the subwayI have felt the love of those who would give you all you hadnever see you sad on a MondayOh lonesome river, where are you taking me toAre there friends that I can count onSuch as youOh lonesome river, where are you taking me toAre there friends that I can count onSuch as youI have seen the eyes of men who’d stop you for the timethen rob you of a dime in the subwayI have felt the love of those who would give you all you hadnever see you sad on a MondayOh lonesome river, where are you taking me toAre there friends that I can count onSuch as you

Face In The Mirror

The bar is empty and the clock is striking threethere’s no one buying I think I’ll have a round on methe jukebox playing misery loves companywhile the same old face in the mirror keeps watching meHe says sit yourselfI’m buying you another roundI say thank you just the sameI’m sorry friend I didn’t catch your namewe’ll drink together just the way we always doSo if you’re buying one for me then I’m a buying one for youHe looks at me I look him and we both knowthat we’ve got heart aches deep in side that we don’t showain’t it a shame my only friend’s my enemyand he’s the same old face in the mirror that’s watching meHe says sit yourselfI’m buying you another roundI say thank you just the sameI’m sorry friend I didn’t catch your namewe’ll drink together just the way we always doSo if you’re buying one for me then I’m a buying one for youYes if you’re buying one for me then I’m a buying one for you

Bidin’ My Time

I can’t believe that you’re honestly thinking of leaving meCause I thought that leaving really wasn’t even on your mindI’m drowning in tears drawing constantly nearer to miseryBiding my time while the glow form the wine makes a fool of meOver and over I practice every daywhat to say when I see you but when I see you my tears get in the wayI spend my nights making up things I might have to say to youTo stop you from going yet keep you from knowing how I feelBut til the light says goodbye to the night and your face I seeI’ll just be biding my time while the glow from the wine makes a fool of meOver and over I practice every daywhat to say when I see you but when I see you my tears get in the wayI spend my nights making up things I might have to say to youTo stop you from going yet keep you from knowing how I feelBut til the light says goodbye to the night and your face I seeI’ll just be biding my time while the glow from the wine makes a fool of me

Faces

Faces, I have seen facesSome of them come and some staythere’s no where to go where I know that nobody won't find meI ain’t looking behind meCause I don’t have a game left to playI got nothing to say cause i ain’t seen a friend all dayRaindrops, I have seen raindropsSome of them fell from the skiesSome of them fell from your eyes though you tried to conceal itBut when you’re down you can feel itAnd nothing can take it awaySee your skies turning grey because you ain’t seen a friend all dayThere’s an old time feeling that comes stealing over meIt just won’t let me be myselfwhen anyone else is around to see meThere’s an old time feeling that comes stealing over meIt just won’t let me be myselfwhen anyone else is around to see meRaindrops, I have seen raindropsSome of them fell from the skiesSome of them fell from your eyes though you tried to conceal itBut when you’re down you can feel itAnd nothing can take it awaySee your skies turning grey because you ain’t seen a friend all day

Shilo Song

I love you for what you areYou don’t have to be a superstarshining on the silver screenYou’re old enough to knowwhen I’m around love can growForgive yourself and let it goI want you so much to be happyJust to see you smile makes it all worthwhileafter all it’s just a trialif you believe in meafter all it’s just a trialif you believe in meHad the chance to be alone in a small hotel that you called homein a room without a phonebeen to hell and back againbeen allowed to feel the pain of what it’s like to be insaneI want you so much to be happyJust to see you smile makes it all worthwhileafter all it’s just a trialif you believe in meafter all it’s just a trialif you believe in me