Carouselambra
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Sisters of the way-side biding time in quiet peace
await their place within the ring of calm, ah-ah
Still stand to turn in seconds of release
Await the call they know may never come
In times of lightness, no intruder dared upon
to jeopardize the course, upset the run, ah-ah
All was joy and hands were raised towards the sun
as love in the halls of plenty overrun

Ah-ahh, ah-ahh-ah-ah, ah-ahh, ah-ahh-ah-ah

Still in their bliss unchallenged
mighty feasts, unending dances shadowed on the day, ah-ah
Within the wall, their daunting, formless keep
preserved the joy that kept their doubts at bay
Faceless legions stood in readiness to weep
Just turn a coin, bring order to the fray, ah-ah
and everything is soon no sooner thought than deed
but no one seemed to question in any way

Ah-ahh, ah-ahh-ah-ah, ah-ahh, ah-ahh-ah-ah

How keen the storied hunter's eye prevails upon the land
to seek the unsuspecting and the weak, ah-ah
and powerless the fabled sat, too smug to lift a hand
toward the foe that threatened them from the deep
Who cares to dry the cheeks of those who saddened stand
adrift upon a sea of futile speech, ah-ah
and throw the bane and make a stage as planned
There's no fair memory we cannot reach

I'm singin', ah-ahh, ah-ahh-ah-ah, ah-ahh, ah-ahh-ah-ah
Oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh-whoa, oh, oh, oh, oh

Where was your word, where did you go
Where was your helping, where was your bow, bow
Dulled is the armor, cold is the day
Hard was the journey, dark was the way, way
I heard the word, I couldn't stay, oh-hoh
I couldn't stand it an-another day, another day-ay-ay
Another day, another day

Touched by the timely callin', roused from the keeper's sleep
Release the grip, throw down the key
Held now within the knowing, rest now within the beat
Take of the fruit but guard the seed
Baby, I couldn't stay

Held now within the knowing, rest now within the beat
Take of the fruit but guard the seed
Oh, take of the fruit but guard the seed

Celebration Day
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Her face is cracked from smilin'
All the fears that she's been hidin'
and is seems that pretty soon, everybody's gonna know
And her voice is sore from shoutin'
Cheerin' winners who are losin'
and she wonders if their days are few
and soon they'll have to go

My, my, my, I'm so happy, I'm gonna join the band
We're gonna dance and sing in celebration
We're in the promised land

She hears them talk of new ways to protect the home she lives in
then she wonders what it's all about
when they break down the door
Her name is Brown or White or Black, you know her very well
You hear her cries of "mercy" as the winners toll the bell

My, my, my, I'm so happy, I'm gonna join the band, yeah
We're gonna sing and dance in celebration
A-we're in the promised land

Oh, there is a train that leaves the station
headed for your destination
but the price you pay to nowhere has increased a dollar more
Yes, it has
And if you walk you're gonna get there
although it takes just a little longer
and when you see 'em in the distance
you will wring your hands and moan

Oh, yeah, you'll moan
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you will moan
You're gone, you're gone, you're gone, yeah
You're gone, yeah
My, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, my
You are gone, you are gone, my, my, yeah

If you walk, you're gonna get there
although it takes a little longer
and when you see them in the distance
you will wring your hands and moan

Communication Breakdown
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Hey, girl, stop what you're doin'
Hey, girl, you'll drive me to ruin
I don't know what it is I like about you, but I like it a lot
Won't you let me hold you, now, let me feel your lovin' touch

Communication breakdown, it's always the same
Havin' a nervous breakdown, a-drive me insane

Hey, babe, I got somethin' I think you oughta know
Hey, babe, I wanna tell ya that I love you so
I wanna hold you in my arms, yeah
I'm never gonna let you go, 'cause I like your charm

Communication breakdown, it's always the same
Havin' a nervous breakdown, drive me insane, ow, suck

Communication breakdown, it's always the same
Havin' a nervous breakdown, a-drive me insane, yeah

Communicate, I want you to love me all night
I want you to love me all night, I want, hey, I want, yeah
I want you to love me, I want you to love, babe
I want you to love, yeah, I want you to love
Hey, I want you to love, yeah, I want you to

The Crunge
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I wanna tell ya about my good thing
I ain't a-disclosin' no names, but she sure is a good friend
and I ain't gonna tell ya where he come from
but if I tell ya, you won't come again, ow, hey
I ain't gonna tell ya nothin', but I do well, but I know, yeah

Now, let me tell you about my girl
I open up a newspaper and what do I see
Ah-ah-ah, ah-ah-ah, see my girl, ah-ah-ah, lookin' at me

Ooh, and when she walks, she walks
and let me tell ya, when she talks, she talks
and when she looks me in the eye
She's my baby, lord, I wanna make her mine, yeah
Ooh, tell me, baby, what you want me to do
And you want me to love ya, love some other man

Ooh, ain't gonna call me Mr. Pitiful, no
Uh, I don't need no respect from nobody, no, no
Ah-ah-ah, no, no, ah-ah-ah

I ain't gonna tell ya nothin', I ain't gonna tell ya no more, no
She's my baby, let me tell ya that I love her so, ow, ow
She's the woman I really wanna love, and let me tell ya more
Woo-ooh, she's my baby, let me tell ya, she lives next-door
She's the one a-woman, the one a-woman that I know
I ain't goin', I ain't goin', I ain't gon' tell

I ain't gon' tell ya one thing that ya really oughta know
But, she's my lover-baby and I love her so
and she's the one that really makes me whirl and twirl
and she's the kind of lover that makes me fill the whole world
and she's the one who really makes me jump and shout
Oh, a-she's the kind of girl, I know what it's all about
Take it home, take it, take it, take it

Ah, excuse me, a-will ya excuse me
I'm just tryin' to find the bridge
Has anybody seen the bridge, please
A-have ya seen the bridge
I ain't seen the bridge
Where's that confounded bridge

Custard Pie
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Oooh yeah, drop down baby
Let daddy see, yeah
Drop down, my lady
Just dream of me
Well, my mama allow me
I fool 'round all night long
Well, I may look like I'm crazy
I sure know right from wrong

See me comin', throw your man outdoor
Ain't no stranger, done been this way before
See me comin' mama, a-throw your man outdoor
I ain't no stranger, I've been this way before

Put on your nightshirt and your mornin' gown
You know by night, I'm gonna shake 'em on down
Put on your nightshirt, yeah
Mama, and your mornin' gown
Well you know, by night I'm sure gonna shake 'em on down
Shake it, shake it

Oooh, your custard pie, yeah, sweet and nice
When you cut it, mama, save me a slice
Your custard pie, yeah
I declare you're sweet and nice like your custard pie
When you cut it, mama, mama, please save me a slice

Oh, I'm chewin' a piece of your custard pie
I'm chewin' a piece of your custard pie
I'm chewin' a piece of your custard pie
I'm chewin' a piece of your custard pie

Drop down, drop down, drop down, drop down
Drop down, a-hey
Drop down, drop down

I'm chewin' a piece of your custard pie
I'm chewin' a piece of your custard pie

Dancing Days
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Dancin' days are here again, the summer evenings grow
I got my flower, I got my power, I got a woman who knows

I said, it's alright, y'know it's alright
I guess it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, my one and only
Is that the way it should start

Crazy ways are evident in the way you're wearin' your clothes
Sippin' booze is precedent as the evening starts to glow

Y'know it's alright, I said, it's alright
Y'know it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, my one and only
Is that the way it should start, dig, now

You told your mama I'd get you home
but you didn't say that I had no car
I saw a lion, he was standin' alone with a tadpole in a jar

You know it's alright, I said, it's alright
I guess it's all in my heart, heart, heart
You'll be my only, my one and only
Is that the way it should start

Said, dancin' days are here again as the summer evenings grow
You are my flower, you are my power, you are my woman who knows

I said, it's alright, y'know it's alright
You know it's all in my heart
You'll be my only, yes, my one and only, yes
Is that the way it should start
I know that it's right

Darlene
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Oh, yeah
A-Darlene, ooh-ooh, Darlene, woo-ooh, Darlene, ooh-ooh, yeah
Darlene, oh-oh, Darlene, oh-whoa-whoa, Darlene, ooh-ooh-ooh
C'mon, baby, give a-me-me a screw

When I see you at that dance with your tight dress on
Whatcha got, it sure is fine, I wanna get me some

Darlene, woo, baby, baby, Darlene, aw, baby, baby, Darlene
Oh, come on, baby, c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, hon', babe
Darlene, ooh-woo, Darlene, hey, hey, Darlene, oh, oh
Come back and be my m-sweet a-little girl

When I see you on the street, ma

Fool In the Rain
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Oh, baby
Well, there's a light in your eye that keeps shinin'
like a star that can't wait for night
I hate to think I've been blinded, baby
Why can't I see you tonight
And the warmth of your smile starts a-burnin'
and the thrill of your touch gives me fright
and I'm shakin' so much, really yearnin'
Why don'cha show up and make it alright, yeah, that's alright

And if you promised your love so completely
and you said you would always be true
You swore that you never would leave me, baby
Whatever happened to you
and you thought it was only in you
as you wished all your dreams would come true, hey
It ain't the first time, believe me, m-baby
I'm standin' here feelin' blue, blue, ha, feelin' blue, now

Oh, babe, now, I will stand in the rain on the corner
I'll watch the people go shufflin' downtown
Another ten minutes, no longer
and then I'm turnin' around, 'round
and the clock on the wall's movin' slower
Oh, my heart, it sinks to the ground
and the storm that I thought would blow over
clouds the light of the love that I found, found
Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I found, oh, that I found

Hey, babe
Oooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh, hand of the clock
well, it just don't seem to stop when I'm thinking it over
Woo, time is alive and I just don't wanna be fined
Gotta get away, get away
Whooa, ooh-ooh-ooh-oooh, I see you in my dream
but I just don't see you with me
I've gotta get home, gotta get home, gotta get home
I've gotta get ohh, home

Ooh, now, my body is startin' to quiver
and the palms of my hands gettin' wet, oh
I got no reason to doubt you, baby
It's all a terrible mess
And I'll run in the rain 'till I'm breathless
When I'm breathless, I'll run 'till I drop, hey
The thoughts of a fool's kinda careless
I'm just a fool waitin' on the wrong block, oh-whoa, yeah
Hey, now, ohhh-whoa-hoh-hoh

Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I found
Light of the love that I, light of the love that I found
Light of the, hey, now, light of the, hey, now
Light of the love that I found, light of the love that I found

For Your Life
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Well, well, oh, hoh, hoh
You said I was the only, with my lemon in your hand
Uh-oh, uh-oh-hoh
Exhibition is your habit, emotion second-hand
Uh-oh, uh-oh
Had to pull away to save me
Well, maybe next time around-a, oh

And she said
"Don'tcha want, a-don'tcha want cocaine, cocaine, cocaine"
Hadn't planned to, could not stand'a try it, fry it, ow
Now, now, now, now, yeah

Wooo-oooh-oooh-oooh-ooh-ooh
Heard a cry for mercy, uh, in the city of the damned-a
Uh-oh, baby, damned
In the pits you go no lower, the next stop's underground
A-ho, how low underground
You wanna know, is it quite over
To fame it deals a losin' hand

And I said, "Didn't mean to, did not a-mean to fluff it
You didn't plan it, you overran it, aah-ha-ha-how, yeah"

Do you wanna, do you want, do ya, d-do
Do you, would you wanna
Do you wanna, do you wanna, do you, d-do
Do you, would you wanna

When you blow it, babe, you got to blow it right
Baby, if you fake it, mama, baby, fake with all your might
When you fake it, mama
please-a, a-fake it right for yourself, babe
When ya fa-fa-fa-fake it, baby
You're fakin' it for your life, for your life
for your life, for your life

Do you, do you, do you, do you, do you
Do you, would you wanna
Do you, do you, do you, do you, do you
Do you, would you wanna

Oh, like to help ya, baby
but I don't know what to do-ooh-ooh, yeah
Sometime, baby
Nothin' I can do-ooh-ooh, yeah

With the fine lines of the crystal pane through your nose
And when they couldn't resist ya
I said, "Just go with the flow"
And now your stage is empty
Pull down the curtain, baby, please
Fold up your show

Hadn't planned to, could not stand to fry in it
I hadn't planned it, I overran it
Fry it for your life, for your life

Four Sticks
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Oh, baby, it's cryin' time, oh, baby, I've got to fly
Got to try to find a way, got to try to get away
'cause you know, I gotta get away from you, babe

Oh, baby, the river's red, aw, baby, in my head
There's a funny feeling goin' on
I don't think I can hold out long

And when the owls cry in the night
Oh, baby, baby, when the pines begin to cry
Baby, baby, baby, how do you feel
If the rivers run dry, baby, how would you feel

Craze, baby, mm, the rainbow's end
Hoo, baby, it's just a den for those who hide
a-hide their loves to depths of lies
and ruined dreams that we all knew so, babe

And when the owls cry in the night
And, baby, when the pines begin to cry
Oh, baby, baby, how do you feel
If the rivers run dry, baby, how will you feel

Ah-ahh, ah-ah-ahh-ay
Ahh-ahh-ahh, ah-ah, ah-ah
Ahh-ah-ah-ahh, ah-ah, ah-ah, ah
Baby, how do you feel

Oh, yeah, brave I endure
Woo, yeah, strong shields and lore
N-they can't hold the wrath of those who walk
in the boots of those who march
baby, through the roads of time so long ago

Ooh-ooh-ooh, yeah, ooh-ooh-oooh, ooh-ooh-oooh-ooh-ooh, yeah
Ah-ah-ah-ha-ah-haa, ah-ah-ah-ah-ahh, ah-ha-ah-ay
Ah-he-ah-haa, ay-ay-ayy-e-ay-ah
Ooh-ooh, hoo-ooh, ooh-ooh, hoo-ooh, oooh-ahh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh