STONEY

I've known her since we both were kids,
I recall the silly things we did
She would want to ride up on my back
To keep from stepping on a crack
I didn't think of it back then
But even when she did not win
She was happy just to play
Stoney likes to live out everyday

Stoney, happy all the time
Stoney, live is summertime
The joy you find in living everyday
Stoney, how I love your simple ways

The times when no one understood
Seems that Stoney always would
We walk for hours in the sand
She would always try and hold my hand

Now I don't recollect the time
I fell in love with this old friend of mine
Or when I first saw in her eyes
What she tried so not to hide.

THE ALBATROSS

The man spoke to the albatross
What a funny thing you are
The man spoke to the albatross
Why must you fly so far
Today the waves are no ones slaves
Tomorrow's waves may be
Do you believe in me

The man spoke to the nightingale
Your songs to wild and free
The man spoke to the nightingale
Ah but sing a song for me
Once my skies could fill your eyes
With rain and sympathy
Do you believe in me

The man spoke to the whitest dove
How can I gain release
The man then killed the whitest dove
And justly kept the peace
For I must cry and surely die
To keep the people free
Do you believe in me
Do you believe in me
Do you believe in me

THE CARIBBEAN DISCO SHOW

Day-o, day-o
Here are songs everybody knows
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-o
The Caribbean disco show

Work all night on the drink a rum
Daylight come and me wanna go home
Stack banana 'till the morning comes
Daylight come and me wanna go home

Come Mr. Tally man tally me banana
Daylight come and me wanna go home
Come Mr. Tally man tally me banana
Daylight come and me wanna go home

This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled since time begun
I may sail on many seas
But yours will always be home to me

Oh, island in the sun
Will to me by my fathers hand
All my days I will sing the praise
Of the forest waters your shining sand

Day, me say day-o
Here are songs everybody knows
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-o
The Caribbean disco show

Coconut woman is calling out
And everyday you can hear her shout
Coconut woman is calling out
And everyday you can hear her shout

Get your Coconut water (Coconut)
Man is good for your daughter (Coconut)
Coco got a lot of iron (Coconut)
Make you strong like a lion (Coconut)

Down the way where the nights are gay
And the sun shines daily on the mountain top
I took a trip on a sailing ship
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop

But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many-a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town

Day, me say day-o
Here are songs everybody knows
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-o
The Caribbean disco show

Judy drowned
Judy drowned
Why-o Judy drowned

Judy drowned, Judy drowned
Why-o Judy drowned

Angelina, Angelina
Please bring down your concertina
And play a welcome for me
'Cause I'll be coming home from sea

I say Angelina, Angelina
Please bring down your concertina
And play a welcome for me
'Cause I'll be coming home from sea

Day, me say day-o
Here are songs everybody knows
Day, me say day, me say day, me say day
Me say day, me say day-o
The Caribbean disco show

THE END OF THE WORLD

Why does the sun go no shining
Why does the sea rush to shore
Don't they know it's the end of the world
Cause you don't love me anymore

Why do the birds go no singing
Why do the stars glow above
Don't they know it's the end of the world
It ended when i lost your love

I wake up in the morning
And I wonder
Why everything's the same as it was
I can't understand
No I can't understand
How life goes on the way it does

Why does my heart go on beating
Why do these eyes on mine cry
Don't then know it's the end of the world
It ended when you said good-bye

THE SHELTER OF YOUR EYES

In the shelter of your eyes
I have finally learned my song
It took so long to realize
I just can't make it all alone

Words are only what they say
But this feeling isn't wrong
And I'm so glad I found my way
It's good to be where I belong

And I'm gonna stay right hear cause
I'm in rhythm with your eyes
Tune out the world and rest my head
In the shelter of your eyes

In the shelter of your eyes
I have finally learned my song
I'm so glad I found my way
It's good to be where I belong

THE WAR TO END ALL WARS

Sing the baby off to sleep
Turn off his Mickey Mouse light
Stand alone in the darkness
Prepare yourself for the fight

Across the ocean friends are dying
Here at home it's much the same
Don't cry now precious lady
You know you're not to blame

The sky was clean
And the trees were green
And the earth was a place of joy
When I was a boy

THE WAY I CAME IN

The words won't come out easy
And the time just drags on by
The fingers touch
But there is no feeling
And the eyes they can not lie

My thoughts are of leaving
Cos I lives is no longer real
The time has come
To face the music
And recognize the way I feel

I've reached the point
That it's time for me
To start it all over again
I may be going now
With nothing but my pride
But that's the way that I came in
That's the way that I came in

The hurt is way past hurting
And the tears have long since dried
Our love is no longer living
It is the time for good bye

That's the way that I came in
I'm going out the way that I came in

THEN I MET YOU

Well I never saw a sunset
Or a tree
And I never heard a crow caw
Just for me
I was like a wheel stuck in a rut
Until I gave a chimpanzee a nut
I never saw a flower red and bright
I never saw the stars come out at night
Never liked Thanksgiving or Christmas
Time or my mind
Then I met you
Then I met you

Well I never saw the rain
Fall from the sky
And I never heard a cloud
Talk in my eye
I never saw the old man in the moon
And I've always hated Sunday afternoon
I never knew a baby had to touch
Because her world is not that much
I never really gave this life a chance at all
Then I met you
Then I met you
Thank god I met you

THERE AIN'T NO WAY

The dirty rain is falling
I hear the wind calling me away
The motel sign is flashing
And in my mind I'm crashing
What to say, what to say?

The words they start flowing
And passions started growing like years ago
The wine made my mind crazy
But now I'm not so hazy
I gotta go, I gotta go

Oh, the love we made today
It was just a foolish way
To try to bring back yesterday
There ain't no way

Yeah, the love we made today
It was just a foolish way
To try to bring back yesterday
There ain't no way

The dirty rain is falling
And in my mind it's calling me away
I'm staring at the ceiling
I can't let that feeling make me stay
I just can't stay

Yeah, the love we made today
It was just a foolish way
To try to bring back yesterday
There ain't no way

Yeah, the love we made today
It was just a foolish way
To try to bring back yesterday
There ain't no way

Yeah, the love we made today
It was just a foolish way
To try to bring back yesterday
There ain't no way

There ain't no way
There ain't no way

THINKING OF YOU

When I got back to Atlanta
A whole lot worse for the wear
I may have lost the world I love
But at least I had been there
Lonesome, hurt and worried
With not a lot to do
Driving down Stone Mountain Road
Trying not to think of you

The southern woods are warm
And still
They lay good on my mind
And surely but so slowly
I'm starting to unwind
Trying not to think of things
That you did or didn't do
Here I am once again
Trying not to think of you

But I all do is think of you
And where you might be now
What's new with you?
Do you still have Boo?
I gotta find a way some how
To stop thinking of you

I wonder who I'll find this time
To turn my head for awhile
Maybe I'll pick a Georgia peach
Or maybe walk a mile
Whichever way it
Don't much make a damn what I do
'Cause either way I'll spend my time
Trying not to think of you