Bring Me Sunshine

Bring me sunshine
in your smile,
Bring me laughter
all the while,
In this world where we live
there should be more hapiness,
So much joy you can give
to each brand new bright tommorow,
Make me happy through the years
never bring me any tears,
Let your arms be as warm
as the sun from up above,
Bring me fun, bring me sunshine, bring me love!

Broken Promises

I made myself a promise, the day you put me down,
That I wouldn't see you if you came around.
But here you are, within my arms, the way you used to be.
And I broke the promise that I made to me.
They told me you were at a dance and I prepared to go:
I made myself a promise that I'd only say hello.
I knew you'd only hurt me, but it's such sweet misery,
So I broke the promise that I made to me.
A broken promise always means someone will surely cry,
And I know who that someone's bound to be.
And tomorrow I'll be sorry that I told myself a lie,
And broke the promise that I made to me.
A broken promise always means someone will surely cry,
And I know who that someone's bound to be.
And tomorrow I'll be sorry that I told myself a lie,
And broke the promise that I made to me.

Bubbles In My Beer

Tonight in a bar alone
I'm sitting apart from
The laughter and the cheer
Scenes from the past
Rise before me while
Watching the bubbles in my beer
Visions of someone
Who loved me brings
Along salty tears to my eyes
And I know that my life's
Been a failure
Watching the bubbles in my beer

I'm seeing the road
That I've travelled
A road paved
With heartaches and tears
And I'm seeing the past
That I've wasted
Watching the bubbles in my beer
Visions of someone who loved me...

Buddy

Laugh with me, buddy
Jest with me, buddy
Don't let her get the best of me, buddy
Don't ever let me start feelin' lonely
If I ever needed you, buddy
You know how I really do, buddy
Don't ever let me start feelin' lonely
I cry at the least little thing, buddy
And I'll die if you mention her name, buddy
Talk to me, buddy
Stay with me, buddy
Let's don't let her get the best of me, buddy
Let's talk about things as they were, buddy
Before I got mixed up with her, buddy
Laugh with me buddy
Jest with me, buddy
Let's don't let her get the best of me, buddy

Building Heartaches

Each time that I hold you close, here in my arms
I'm building heartaches
Each time that I kiss your lips, so sweet and warm
I'm building heartaches

And when you say you love me
We both know it's a lie
An' just a dream from which I must awake

That each sweet word you tell me
Is a heartache in disguise
So I'm building heartaches

When people ask me what I'm doin', here's what I tell
I'm building heartaches
And each kiss you give me is a tear that hasn't fell
So I'm building heartaches

And when you say you love me
We both know it's a lie
An' just a dream from which I must awake

And each sweet word you tell me
Is a heartache in disguise
So I'm building heartaches

Butterfly

Butterfly
Tell me if you even know
If you're going where you wanna go
And if you're showing all you need to show

Butterfly
Do you ever get to stay
Or do you always fly away
Pretty butterfly

I have held you
With tender, gentle hands
But you're complicated
And I don't understand

Is it just your story
Do you always ride the wind
Will you be flying away
The same way you flew in

Butterfly
Tell me if you even know
If you're going where you wanna go
If you're showing all you need to show

Butterfly
Do you ever get to stay
Or do you always fly away
Pretty butterfly

Butterfly
Do you ever get to stay
Or do you always fly away
Pretty butterfly
Do you always fly away
Pretty butterfly

Caldonia

Walking with my baby, she got great big feet
Long, lean and cranky and ain't had nothing to eat
But she's my baby, I love her just the same
I'm crazy about my baby 'cause Caldonia is her name
Caldonia, Caldonia
What makes your big head so hard?
I love you, I love you just the same
I'm crazy about you, baby, 'cause Caldonia is your name

You know my mother told me to leave Caldonia alone
No kidding, that what she said
She said, "Son, the woman ain't no good, leave her alone"
But mama didn't know what Caldonia had been putting down
So I'm going down to Caldonia's house and ask her just one more time

Caldonia, Caldonia
What makes your big head so hard?
I love you, love you just the same
I'm crazy about you, baby, 'cause Caldonia is your name

Can I Sleep In Your Arms

Can I sleep in your arms, tonight, lady?
It's so cold lyin' here all alone.
An' I have no hold to hold on you.
An', I assure you, I'll do you no wrong.

Don't know why, but the one I love left me.
Left me lonely an' cold an' so weak.
And I need someone's arms to hold me.
Till I'm strong enough to get back on my feet.

Can I sleep in your arms, tonight, lady?
It's so cold lyin' here all alone.
An' I have no hold to hold on you.
An', I assure you, I'll do you no wrong.

Instrumental break.

Can I sleep in your arms, tonight, lady?
It's so cold lyin' here all alone.
And I have no hold to hold on you.
An', I assure you, I'll do you no wrong.

Instrumental close.

Caribbean

Have you ever been down to Haiti
when the summer sun was sinkin' low
There's nothing but romance just everwhere you glance
And the native hearts are all aglow

But when the Cuban Queen comes upon the scene
They all stare like a statue out of stone
When they realize what's before their eyes
the other girls are left all alone

Down in the Caribbean it's not a dream you're seein'
When you get a glimpse of the lady with the charm
And from miles away you can see her sway
To the beat of the Cuban Conga line that forms

Up in a tree so high way up in the sky
sits a wide eyed monkey on a limb
He wonders why the people go to so much trouble
just to try to be like him

He doesn't understand that it's a lady's hand
that makes a heart feel so sublime
And before too long he starts singing the song
and then he gets in the Conga line

[ ac.guitars ]

Columbus searched for spices but he missed the nicest
part of the Caribbean
He didn't see the charms and the open arms
it was the gold that he was seein'

But I'm glad he missed the sweetest thing I've kissed
cause we're on our honeymoon
I'm so sorry Chris to talk about you like this
but you were five hundred years too soon

Down in the Caribbean...

Changing Skies

There's a bird in the sky
Flying high, flying high
To a place from a place
Changing skies, changing skies
There are clouds in the sky
Clouds of fear and despair
But love like ours never dies
Changing skies, changing skies
[ guitar ]
Little bird have you heard
Freedom lies, freedom lies
But love like ours never dies
Just changing skies, changing skies