"Hello, Haven't I Seen You Before"

   
Look at him standing there
All alone in the room
It's getting late where's his date
Could it be he came alone
Elegant, confident, bad as can be
If only I could figure why I'm having so much trouble saying

Hello haven't I seen you before
Just thought I'd say that I want your company
A rendezvous for two just me and you
C'mon baby talk to me

Wish I could tell him what's on my mind
What's wrong with me

I looked away just to say
Goodnight to a friend
I turned around but only found
Someone else where he had been
Mad about losing you
So I headed for the door
If only I could figure out why
He met me on the way and whispered

Hello haven't I seen you before
Just though I'd say that I want your company
A rendezvous for two just me and you
C'mon baby talk to me
Ooh baby talk to me
Will you just talk to me

"Comes Love (Nothing Can Be Done)"

   
Comes a rain storm put rubbers on your feet
Comes a snow storm you can get a little heat
Comes love nothing can be done
Comes a fire then you know just what to do
Blow a tire you can buy another shoe
Comes love nothing can be done

Don't try hiding cause there isn't any use
You'll start sliding when your heart turns on the juice

Comes a headache you can lose it in a day
Comes a toothache see your dentist right away
Comes love nothing can be done

Comes a heat wave you can hurry to the shore
Comes a summons you can hide behind the door
Comes love nothing can be done
Comes the measles you can quarantine the room
Comes a mouse you can chase him with a broom
Comes love nothing can be done

That's all brother if you've ever been in love
That's all sister you know what I'm thinking of

Comes a nightmare you can always stay awake
Comes depression you might get another break
Comes love nothing can be done

"Smile"

   
You could smile away the storm clouds
Even fill an empty space
And it feels just like sunshine baby
When that smile lights up your face
I'm so glad we're together

I can't dream of a better place
That I'd rather be
Than right here with you loving me
With a smile that makes the angels start to sing

La la la la la la...
La la la la la la...

And I know there's no better place
That I'd rather be
When you hold me close in your arms
I can feel your heart beat inside of me

I have found my oasis
A treasure island in the sea
Waves of love and understanding
With a smile that captivated me
I will cherish the day
That you chased all my storm clouds away
With your smile

"Jive Samba"

   
"Hipness is not a state of mind but a fact of life"

He used to say
A big man with a big alto sound
Folks affectionately called him Cannonball
"A teacher, historian, a jazz griot" someone wrote
Cannon could blow a sermon with every note
Departed at the young age of forty-three plus three
But not without leaving us a rich jazz legacy

"The Benediction (Country Preacher)"

   
Weary feet on a dusty road
Country preacher comes to save your soul

Just after day break on each Sunday morning
You could see women, men, and children piling out
Of their homes in their Sunday go to meetin' clothes
"Ah uum"

Making their way up that long steep hill
To the house of the Lord to get their hearts fixed
And their minds regulated looking forward to hear
The word brought down from on high from the
Country preacher

Country preacher clears his throat
Say brothers and sister we are gather here this mornin'
To give praise to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost
"Ah uum"

Mama's getting happy, Grandma's fanning her face
Cause everybody everybody's losing all their weariness in this place
Oh the spirit flowed like a mighty river
And all anybody could say at the end of the day was
"Ah uum"

"Detour Ahead"

   
Smooth road, clear day
But why am I the only one
Trav'ling this way?
How strange the road to love should be so easy
Can there be a detour ahead?

Wake up, slow down
Before you crash and break your heart
Gullible clown, you fool
You're headed in the wrong direction
Can't you see the detour ahead?

The farther you travel
The harder to unravel the web he spins around you
Turn back while there's time
Can't you see the danger sign?
Soft shoulders surround you

Smooth road, clear night
Oh lucky me, that suddenly I saw the light
I'm turning back away from all this trouble
Smooth road, smooth road, no detour ahead

"Yemanja"

   
Chant Yemanja (Goddess of the Sea)
Ago Lona O Ya Le -
Open the way for the most powerful mother
Ago Lona O Ya Le -
Open the way for the most powerful mother
Ya Le Ya Luma O -
Most able mother who protect children
Ya Le Omi Abe -
Mothers' house of the deepest waters
A Ya Ba Omi O - Ruler of the great waters

"Sargaco Mar"

   
Quando se for esse fim de som
Doida cancao que nao fui eu que fiz
Verde luz, verde cor de arrenbentacao
Sargaco ar, sargaco mar
Deusa de amor, deusa do mar
You me atirar, beber o mar
Alucinado, desesperar
Querer morror para viver com yemanja
Yemanja odo-ia

[Translation (interpretation of lyrics-not verbatim):]
At the edge of life when sound begins to fade
The words of this song are not my own
The green light of the crashing waves
The smell of the sea and the seaweed beckons me
As I languish in the deepness of the water
In my desperate hallucinations
I want to die to live with Yemanja
In my desperate hallucinations
I want to die to live with Yemanja

"Nine"

   
I remember nine
As if it were yesterday
I can hear my friends outside of my window
Say, "Can you come out and play?"
Anna brought a bag of her mama's cooking spoons
So we could dig a big hole, to try to reach China
And get there by early noon

Our imaginations soared on golden wings
Across a sky filled with dreams
Any child could wear a paper crown
And be a king or queen at nine

I remember days of playing without a care
Then coming home with sniffles and clothes hanging off me
With leaves in my hair
Everybody's child belonged to the neighborhood
You could tell your troubles to old Aunt Savannah
Cause she always understood

Running endless through a field
Of emerald green beneath a broad
Open sky
I will treasure all my days when
I was innocent and free at nine

Runnin' and jumpin' and skippin' and laughin'
Rollin' and shakin' and jokin' and hidin'
Mother may I, Simon says, you're it, you spit
Hide and seek, you peeked, no I didn't, yes you did
You're not fair, I don't care, I saw Sammy's underwear
Double dutch, kick ball, hop scotch, bobby socks
Mary Mack all dressed in black
Who is that? Can she play jacks?
I'm the doctor, you're the nurse
Whatchu' mean, I was first
Shovin' and pushin'
cryin' and screamin'
Dreamin' and beamin' and dancin' in a line
You show me yours, I'll show you mine
Ah uh I'm going home it's dinner time... nine

"In A Sentimental Mood"

   
In a sentimental mood I can see the stars
Come through my room
While your loving attitude
Is like a flame that lights the gloom

On the wings of every kiss drifts a melody
So strange and sweet in this sentimental bliss
You make my paradise complete

Rose petals seem to fall
It's all like a dream to call you mine
My heart's a lighter thing since
You made this night a thing divine

In a sentimental mood
I'm within a world so heavenly
For I never dreamt that you'd be
Loving sentimental me