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-travis-

the man who

the invisible band -the beatles- -simon & garfunkel- -the monkees-


WRITING TO REACH YOU

 Every day I wake up and it's Sunday
 Whatever's in my eye won't go away
 The radio is playing all the usual
 And what's a wonderwall anyway

 (chorus)
 Because my inside is outside
 My right side's on the left side
 Because I'm writing to reach you now but
 I might never reach you
 Only want to teach you
 About you
 But that's not you

 It's good to know that you are home for Christmas
 It's good to know that you are doing well
 It's good to know that you all know I'm hurting
 It's good to know I'm feeling not so well

 Because my inside is outside
 My right side's on the left side
 Because I'm writing to reach you now but
 I might never reach you
 Only want to teach you about you
 But that's not you
 Do you know its true
 But that wont do

 Maybe then tomorrow will be Monday
 And whatever's in my eye should go away
 But still the radio is playing all the usual
 And what's a wonderwall anyway

 Because my inside is outside
 My right side's on the left side
 Cause I'm writing to reach you now but
 I might never reach you
 Only want to teach you

 About you
 But that's not you
 Do you know it's true
 But that wont do
 And you know it's you
 I'm talking to

DRIFTWOOD

 everything is open
 nothing is set in stone
 rivers turn to ocean
 oceans tide you home
 home is where the heart is
 but your heart had to roam
 drifting over bridges
 never to return
 watching bridges burn

 (chorus)
 you're driftwood floating underwater
 breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces
 just driftwood hollow and of no use
 waterfalls will find you, bind you,
 grind you

 nobody is an island
 everyone has to go
 pillars turn to butter
 butterflying low
 low is where your heart is
 but your heart has to go
 drifting under bridges
 never with the flow

 (middle 8)
 and you really didn't think it would happen
 but it it really is the end of the line
 so I'm sorry that you turned to driftwood
 but you've been drifting for a long, long time

 everywhere there's trouble
 nowhere's safe to go
 pushes turn to shovels
 shoveling the snow
 frozen you have chosen
 the path you wish to go
 drifting now forever
 and forever more
 until you reach your shore

 you're driftwood floating underwater
 breaking into pieces, pieces, pieces
 just driftwood hollow and of no use
 waterfalls will find you, bind you,
 grind you
 and you really didn't think it would happen
 but it it really is the end of the line
 so I'm sorry that you turned to driftwood
 but you've been drifting for a long, long time
 you've been drifting for a long, long time
 you've been drifting for a long, long time
 drifting for a long, long time

TURN

 I want to see what people saw
 I want to feel like I felt before
 I want to see the kingdom come
 I want to feel forever young
 I want to sing
 To sing my song
 I want to live in a world where I belong
 I want to live I will survive
 And I believe that it won't be very long

 If we turn, turn, turn, turn, turn
 Then we might learn

 So where's the stars?
 Up in the sky And what's the moon?
 A big balloon?
 We'll never know unless we grow
 There's so much world outside the door
 I want to sing
 To sing my song
 I want to live in a world where I'll be strong
 I want to live I will survive
 And I believe that it won't be very long

 If we turn, turn, turn, turn
 And if we turn, turn, turn, turn
 Then we might learn
 Turn, turn, turn, turn Turn, turn, turn
 And if we turn, turn, turn, turn
 Then we might learn
 Learn to turn

WHY DOES IT ALWAYS RAIN ON ME?

 I can't sleep tonight
 everybody's saying everything is alright
 still I can't close my eyes
 I'm seeing a tunnel at the end of all of these
 lights
 sunny days, where have you gone?
 I get the strangest feeling you belong

 (chorus)
 why does it always rain on me?
 is it because I lied when I was seventeen?
 why does it always rain on me?
 even when the sun is shinning I can't avoid
 the lightning

 I can't stand myself
 I'm being held up by invisible men
 still life on a shelf when
 I've got my mind on something else
 sunny days, oh where have you gone
 I get the strangest feeling you belong

 why does it always rain on me?
 is it because I lied when I was seventeen?
 why does it always rain on me?
 even when the sun is shinning I can't avoid
 the lightning

 middle eight
 oh where did the blue sky go?
 oh why is it raining so?
 it's so cold

 repeat 1st verse and chorus

 oh where did the blue sky go? oh why is it
 raining so?
 it's so cold

 why does it always rain on me?
 is it because I lied when I was seventeen?
 why does it always rain on me?
 even when the sun is shinning I can't avoid
 the lightning
 why does it always rain on me?
 why does it always rain on

SING

 Baby, you've been going so crazy
 Lately, nothing seems to be going right
 Solo, why do you have to get so low
 You're so? You've been waiting in the
 sun too long

 (chorus)
 But if you sing, sing
 sing, sing, sing, sing
 For the love you bring won't mean a thing
 Unless you sing, sing, sing, sing
 

 Colder, crying on your shoulder
 Hold her, and tell her everythings gonna
 be fine Surely, you've been going to early
 Hurry, cause no one's gonna be stopped

 (chorus)
 But if you sing, sing
 sing, sing, sing, sing
 For the love you bring won't mean a thing
 Unless you sing, sing, sing, sing

 Baby, there's something going on today
 But I say nothing, nothing, nothing,
 Nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing

FLOWERS IN THE WINDOW

 When I first held you I was cold
 A melting snowman I was told
 But there was no-one there to hold before
 I swore that I would be alone for ever more

 Wow look at you now
 Flowers in the window
 It's such a lovely day
 And I'm glad you feel the same
 Cause to stand up, out in the crowd
 You are one in a million
 And I love you so
 Lets watch the flowers grow

 There is no reason to feel bad
 But there are many seasons to feel glad,
 sad, mad
 It's just a bunch of feelings that we have
 to hold
 But I am here to help you with the load

 Wow look at you now
 Flowers in the window
 It's such a lovely day
 And I'm glad you feel the same
 Cause to stand up, out in the crowd
 You are one in a million
 And I love you so
 Lets watch the flowers grow

 So now we're here and now is fine
 So far away from there and there is time,
 time, time
 To plant new seeds and watch them grow
 So there'll be flowers in the window when
 we go

 Wow look at us now
 Flowers in the window
 It's such a lovely day
 And I'm glad you feel the same
 Cause to stand up, out out in the crowd
 You are one in a million,
 And I love you so
 Lets watch the flowers grow
 Wow look at you now
 Flowers in the window
 Its such a lovely day
 And I'm glad you feel the same
 Cause to stand up, out in the crowd
 You are one in a million
 And I love you so
 Let's watch the flowers grow
 Let's watch the flowers grow
 

Here Comes The Sun (Harrison)

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, here comes the sun,
and I say it's all right
It's all right

Come Together

Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me

He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me

He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me
 

Hey Jude

Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

Hey Jude, don't be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.

And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.

Hey Jude, don't let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.

So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin,
You're waiting for someone to perform with.
And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.

Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then you'll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.

Naaa na na nananana, nanananaaa  hey Jude...
 

Paperback Writer

Paperback writer

Dear Sir or Madam, will you read my book?
It took me years to write, will you take a look?
Based on a novel by a man named Lear
And I need a job, so I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

It's the dirty story of a dirty man
And his clinging wife doesn't understand.
His son is working for the Daily Mail,
It's a steady job but he wants to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

Paperback writer

It's a thousand pages, give or take a few,
I'll be writing more in a week or two.
I can make it longer if you like the style,
I can change it round and I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

If you really like it you can have the rights,
It could make a million for you overnight.
If you must return it, you can send it here
But I need a break and I want to be a paperback writer,
Paperback writer.

Paperback writer

Paperback writer - paperback writer
Paperback writer - paperback writer

Revolution 1

You say you want a revolution
Well you know
we all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you got a real solution
Well you know
we'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money for people with minds that hate
All I can tell you is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright

You say you'll change the constitution
Well you know
we all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well you know
You better free your mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of Chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know know it's gonna be alright
Alright Alright
 

Back in the U.S.S.R.

Flew in from Miami Beach BOAC
Didn't get to bed last night
On the way the paper bag was on my knee
Man I had a dreadful flight
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Been away so long I hardly knew the place
* it's good to be back home
Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case
Honey disconnect the phone
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boy
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Well the Ukraine girls really knock me out
They leave the West behind
And Moscow girls make me sing and shout
That Georgia's always on my mind.

I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.

Show me round your snow peaked mountains way down south
Take me to your daddy's farm
Let me hear your balalaika's ringing out
Come and keep your comrade warm.
I'm back in the U.S.S.R.
You don't know how lucky you are boys
Back in the U.S.S.R.
 

Penny Lane

In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs
Of every head he's had the pleasure to know.
And all the people that come and go
Stop and say hello.

On the corner is a banker with a motorcar,
The little children laugh at him behind his back.
And the banker never wears a mack
In the pouring rain, very strange.

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back

In Penny Lane there is a fireman with an hourglass
And in his pocket is a portrait of the Queen.
He likes to keep his fire engine clean,
It's a clean machine.

Penny Lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
A four of fish and finger pies
In summer, meanwhile back

Behind the shelter in the middle of a roundabout
The pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray
And tho' she feels as if she's in a play
She is anyway.

In Penny Lane the barber shaves another customer,
We see the banker sitting waiting for a trim.
And then the fireman rushes in
From the pouring rain, very strange.

Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies
I sit, and meanwhile back.
Penny lane is in my ears and in my eyes.
There beneath the blue suburban skies,
Penny Lane.

a hard day's night

It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I'll find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright

You know I work all day to get you money to buy you things
And it's worth it just to hear you say you're going to give me everything
So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel ok

When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight

Owww!

So why on earth should I moan, 'cause when I get you alone
You know I feel ok

When I'm home everything seems to be right
When I'm home feeling you holding me tight, tight, yeah

It's been a hard day's night, and I been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night, I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you I'll find the things that you do
Will make me feel alright
You know I feel alright
You know I feel alright...

Drive My Car

Asked a girl what she wanted to be
She said baby, can't you see
I wanna be famous, a star on the screen
But you can do something in between

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And baby I love you

I told a girl that my prospects were good
And she said baby, it's understood
Working for peanuts is all very fine
But I can show you a better time

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And baby I love you

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And baby I love you

I told a girl I can start right away
And she said listen babe I got something to say
I got no car and it's breaking my heart
But I've found a driver and that's a start

Baby you can drive my car
Yes I'm gonna be a star
Baby you can drive my car
And baby I love you

Beep beep'm beep beep yeah
Beep beep'm beep beep yeah
Beep beep'm beep beep yeah
Beep beep'm beep beep yeah

When I'm Sixty-Four

When I get older losing my hair,
Many years from now.
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine.
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door,
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four

You'll be older too,
And it you say the word,
I could stay with you.

I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride,
Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
Who could ask for more.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four.

Every summer we can rent a cottage,
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera Chuck & Dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I'm sixty-four.

Sexy Sadie

Sexy Sadie what have you done
You made a fool of everyone
You made a fool of everyone
Sexy Sadie ooh what have you done.

Sexy Sadie you broke the rules
You layed it down for all to see
You layed it down for all to see
Sexy Sadie oooh you broke the rules.

One sunny day the world was waiting for a lover
She came along to turn on everyone
Sexy Sadie the greatest of them all.

Sexy Sadie how did you know
The world was waiting just for you
The world was waiting just for you
Sexy Sadie oooh how did you know.

Sexy Sadie you'll get yours yet
However big you think you are
However big you think you are
Sexy Sadie oooh you'll get yours yet.

We gave her everything we owned just to sit at her table
Just a smile would lighten everything
Sexy Sadie she's the latest and the greatest of them all.

She made a fool of everyone
Sexy Sadie.

However big you think you are

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 for 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
Well, I've heard the word before
It's sleeping in my memory
I won't disturb the slumber
Of feelings that have died
If I'd 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
And the rock feels no pain
And an island never cries

the 59th street bridge song (feelin' groovy)

Slow down, you move too fast.
You got to make the mornin' last.
Just kickin' down the cobblestones,
Lookin' for fun and feelin' groovy.
Ba da da da da da da, feelin' groovy.

Hello, lamppost, whatcha knowin'?
I come to watch your flowers growin'.
Ain'tcha got no rhymes for me?
Doo it doo doo, feelin' groovy.
Ba da da da da da da, feelin' groovy.

I got no deeds to do, no promises to keep.
I'm dappled and drowsy and ready to sleep
Let the morningtime drop all it's petals on me
Life, I love you, all is groovy!
Ba da da da da da da ba bap a dee...

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 ...

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

Lie 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
Bleeding 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

Lie la lie ...
 

Daydream Believer

Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings
Of the bluebird as she sings.
The six o'clock alarm would never ring.
But it rings and I rise,
Wipe the sleep out of my eyes.
My shavin' razor's cold and it stings.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

You once thought of me
As a white knight on a steed.
Now you know how happy I can be.
Oh, and our good times start and end
Without dollar one to spend.
But how much, baby, do we really need.

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.
Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.

[Instrumental interlude]

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean.
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen.
[Repeat and fade]
 
 

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