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note: The lyrics shown here are MY interpretation of the lyrics

(I couldn't find the actual printed words). So any words with {brackets} around

them are words I wasn't sure of.

 

Kitty

 

I work in the mornin', I work in the night

the men on the block, they just laugh at me

I work in the mornin', I work in the night

the men on the block, they just laugh at me

 

But when they're wiping their silver spoons

Pawning them in for some bread,

I'll be laughing

Way, way out of my head!

 

When my little kitty gets out,

there's gonna be a party, a party no doubt

When my little kitty gets out

there's gonna be a party

 

End of my mind isn't coming so fast

the men on the block say I'm on the brink

End of my mind isn't coming so fast

and I aint so dumb as some people think

 

'Cause when they're wiping their silver spoons

palming the men for some bread

I'll be laughing, way way out of my head

 

 

I'm So Sleepy

 

I'm so sleepy, yeah

I'm so sleepy, yeah

I could lay my head on a piece of lead

and imagine it was a springy bed

'cause I'm sleepy, sleepy

 

soon I'm gonna slip away

in the night I feel it creeping, creeping, creeping

 

I'm so sleepy yeah

I'm so sleepy yeah

I could lay my head on a piece of lead

and imagine it was a springy bed

'cause i'm sleepy, sleepy

 

I can't keep my mind away from my dreams,

I hear them calling, calling, calling

Soon I'm gonna slip away

Soon I'm gonna slip away

Soon I'm gonna slip away

in the night I'm gonna slip away

I wont fight it, I'll just ride it

 

I'm so sleepy yeah

I'm so sleepy yeah

I could lay my head on a piece of lead

and imagine it was a springy bed

'cause I'm sleepy, sleepy

yeah

 

 

Northern Wind

 

There is a wind, my Billy, and it's awful strong

Come for you, and anyone who's helped you along.

 

But I want to live, live, live and let the stars shine bright

yes, I want to live, live, live and let it on alright

 

And when that bird sings from over that silver wall

I don't want to fight it, Billy, 'cause i want to go

 

There's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change

and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange

there's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change

and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange

 

And with this gun goes everything I want to say

Not for you, but for anyone who takes it away

Let it fill his life, life, life until there's nothing left

Let it kill his wife, wife, wife until he goes to bed

 

And when that bird sings from over that silver wall

I don't want to fight it, Billy, 'cause I want to go

 

There's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change

and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange

there's a Northern wind, Billy, blowin' up a southern change

and a Northern wind really makin' me feel kinda strange

 

 

The Laughing Apple

 

Slowly let me tell you a story of a tree

an apple tree,

 

Once in a summertime garden lived a little apple tree

and the man who owned it wanted it to be picked

so he sent forth to hire me

 

Well, I've travelled the mountains, and I've travelled the sea

but a never in my travelling days

have I ever seen a little apple smile at me!

 

Laugh, oh laugh a little apple

Autumn is waitin', you'd better be careful,

For it will bring you down

if it ever sees you wearing a frown

 

so laugh, laugh a little apple

 

Well all the apples were hidin'

Frightened that they might be plucked

and everytime that somebody passed

all except that one little apple ducked

 

Well, I've travelled the mountains, and i've travelled the sea

but a never in my travelling days

have I ever seen a little apple smile at me!

 

Laugh, oh laugh a little apple

Autumn is waitin', you'd better be careful,

For it will bring you down

if it ever sees you wearing a frown

 

so laugh, laugh a little apple

 

 

Smash Your Heart

 

You cut me deep,

but now i'm gonna see you weep, yeah

this broken man

is gonna do the best he can, yeah

 

I'll see you pay, before I give you my heart

baby I'll do without

There'll come a day

when I'll smash your heart

and then turn away

 

You played with me like a toy

and a little baby

After I broke

you just didn't want to know, yeah

 

I'll see you pay, before I give you my heart

baby I'll do without

There'll come a day

when I'll smash your heart

and then turn away

 

My time will come,

and you'll know when it's begun, yeah

 

You'll know because

you're gonna be just where i was, yeah

 

I'll see you pay, before I give you my heart

baby I'll do without

There'll come a day

when I'll smash your heart

and then turn away

 

 

Moonstone

 

Well, first I have to tell you that I'm not insane

and that once I was a famous archaeologist name

during a recent expedition in a distant land

I just happened to passin' my hand in the sand

 

and then I stopped, looked, and then I was hooked

 

I saw a flash, then a sparkle from a moonstone

then the mist started, started to clear

I saw a face, a face in the moonstone

then it started to disappear

 

well, I walked and walked and never talked

for many days

and without a friend the desert is a lonely place

I was just about to turn around and make way home

when something told me that i had to see it again

 

Avuray....etc.

 

 

The First Cut is the Deepest

 

I would have given you all of my heart

but there's someone who's torn it apart

and she's taking almost all that I've got

but if you want, I'll try to love again

baby I'll try to love again but I know

 

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

'cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed

when it comes to lovin' me she's worse

but when it comes to being loved she's first

that's how I know

 

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

 

I still want you by my side

just to help me dry the tears that I've cried

cause I'm sure gonna give you a try

and if you want, I'll try to love again

but baby, I'll try to love again, but I know

 

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

 

'Cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed

when it comes to lovin' me she's worse

but when it comes to being loved she's first

that's how I know

 

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know

The first cut is the deepest

 

 

I'm Gonna Be King

 

I've been pushed around

made to look a clown

but now, now I know

it is time for me to start to grow

 

I'm gonna be king

I'm gonna see things right

I'm gonna be king

and you will be my bride

 

I'll show everyone

that my time will come

If you wait for me

I will show the world what I can be

 

I'm gonna be king

I'm gonna see things right

I'm gonna be king

and you will be my bride

 

Love does funny things

and to me it brings

strength to carry through

and to make my name a pride to use

 

I'm gonna be king

I'm gonna see things right

I'm gonna be king

and you will be my bride

 

 

Ceylon City

 

I'm going home to the town where I was born

where little children laughed as they sang

a happy song

in the little town of Ceylon,

Ceylon city, Ceylon city

 

I've got a boat , I hope it's still afloat

with rusty sails, and an old wooden oar

It goes along, in the little town of Ceylon

 

Ceylon City.....

 

My daddy will be waiting there

My sister will be combing down her silver hair

My mamma will be waiting there

serving lunch to my brother, but he's nowhere

 

Ceylon City....

 

 

Blackness of the Night

 

In the blackness of the night

I seem to wander endlessly

with a hope burning out deep inside

I'm a fugitive, community has driven me out

For this bad, bad world I'm beginning to doubt

I'm alone and there is no one by my side

 

In the blackness of the night

I see a shadow passing by

from the heels of an old soldier boy.

There's no comprimising

and his eyes are black as the sky

For this bad, bad world he is going to die.

He's alone and there is no one by his side

 

In the blackness of the night

I see a sparkle of a star

from the sweet silver tear of a child

and she's clutching at a photograph of long, long ago

When her parents were happy she was too young to know

she's alone and there is no one by her side

 

I'm alone and there is no one by my side

 

In the blackness of the night

I seem to wander endlessly

with a hope burning out deep inside

I'm a fugitive, community has driven me out

For this bad, bad world I'm beginning to doubt

I'm alone, and there is no one by my side

 

 

Come on Baby (Shift That Log)

 

Why don't you come over?

It's lonely at the wooden lodge

Why don't you come and see our baby?

You haven't seen her for so long

 

Come on baby, shift that log

Come on baby, wash that dog

Give me all the love you've got, to me

Come on baby, shift that log

Come on baby, wash that dog

Give me all the love you've got, to me

 

There in the back woods

we had our little piece of land

but everything wasn't so groovy

Not when you had to dirty your hands

 

Come on baby, shift that log

Come on baby, wash that dog

Give me all the love you've got, to me

Come on baby, shift that log

Come on baby, wash that dog

Give me all the love you've got, to me

 

It's lonely at the wooden lodge

So why don't you share my bed

 

Come on baby, shift that log

Come on baby, wash that dog

Give me all the love you've got, to me

Come on baby, shift that log

Come on baby, wash that dog

Give me all the love you've got, to me

 

 

I Love Them All

 

While lookin' into my drawer only yesterday

you know, the things that I saw made me cry

I saw the pictures and letters,

I should have known better

than to try to deny

 

I love them all

I love them all

and if they came again

I'd do the same again

'cause I'm that kind of a guy

 

And as I walked through the park where we used to play

you know, the bench and the tree are still there

And the pictures that you did,

why am I so stupid?

They wont ever disappear

 

I love them all

I love them all

and if they came again

I'd do the same again

'cause I'm that kind of a guy

 

Image of Hell

 

You left me wearing nothing but a shell

You left me wearing nothing but a shell

This feeling you've left me,

is the image of hell

 

I thought that you loved me

Ah, but then I never could tell

I thought that you loved me

but then I never could tell

This feeling you left me

is the image of hell

 

If you loved me like you said that you did

Oh, then darling you couldn't have done the things

that you did

You walk by my door, but you don't ring my bell

You walk by my door, but you don't ring my bell

This feeling you've left me, is the image of hell

 

 

Lovely City (When do You Laugh?)

 

Lovely city, when do you laugh?

Stoney people, what do you have?

 

Well, you ride around on a bright shiny cloud

and you think that you've found true happiness

there's no method in your mind

and your tempers are kind

is it too much to ask to give it a rest?

 

Lovely city, when do you laugh?

Stoney people , what do you have?

 

I'm a part of you, you don't wanna be

I'm an unexpected visitor who's dropped in for tea

but I'm not so low you don't even know that I'm here

You can't even see

 

Lovely city, when do you laugh?

Stoney people, what do you have?

 

 

The View from the Top

 

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely

and you can be missing such a lot that could be yours

 

Why can't I stop forgetting myself?

Why am I always trying to be like somebody else

Why can't I love you?

Why bother flying high above you

I know where you are

 

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely

and you can be missin' such a lot that could be yours

 

And who's going to miss me?

there'll only be myself to blame

you know I'd love to hold you tight

and love you all the night

but I don't even know ...my name

 

La la la da la ....

 

Why can't I stop forgetting myself?

Why am I always trying to be like somebody else?

Why can't I love you?

Why bother flying high above you

I know where you are

 

The view from the top can be oh so very lonely

and you can be missin' such a lot that could be yours

 

 

Here Comes My Wife

 

Well here comes my wife

and that's the story of my life

she haunts me though she don't want me

She follows badly in disguise

but it's not hard to recognize her 'cause she's cryin'

She looks like dyin' on me

 

Her father's rich, I think a millionaire

but money doesn't make him better

it just makes him better to be there

So, you can tell him that its quite alright with me

no no, it's quite alright with me

 

Well here comes my wife

and that's the story of my life

she haunts me though she don't want me

She follows badly in disguise

but it's not hard to recognize her 'cause she's cryin'

she looks like dyin' on me

 

See that shadow dancin' on the floor

She's coming up behind me

How I'd love to tell her she's a bore,

but I tell her that it's quite alright, no no, it's quite alright with me

 

Well here comes my wife

and that's the story of my life

she haunts me though she don't want me

She follows badly in disguise

but it's not hard to recognize her 'cause she's cryin'

she looks like dyin' on me.....

oooh  oohh

 

 

It's a Super (Dupa) Life

 

See the funny little people running 'round in circles

throwing bombs as they do

See the funny side of it

they're heading straight for you

 

See the funny little holes they're making

looking like craters on the moon

See the funny side of it

we'll be living in them soon

 

But it's a super life, a super dupa dupa life we live

yes it's a super life, a super dupa dupa life we live

but it's getting pretty near the end

cause with a super life you will borrow everything you lend

so there's never anything to spend

you're broke, you dope you

 

See the funny little flying saucers we found

painted up just for you

see the funny man inside

his color matches too

 

See the silly little camera he loves

shooting pictures with all day

see the funny side of it

his friends are on their way

 

But it's a super life, a super dupa dupa life we live

yes it's a super life, a super dupa dupa life we live

but it's getting pretty near the end

cause with a super life you will borrow everything you lend

so there's never anything to spend

you're broke, you dope you

 

Baby it's a super life, a super dupa dupa life we live

Yes it's a super life, a super dupa dupa life we live

 

 

Where Are You?

 

I know I think a lot

but somehow it just doesn't help

it only makes it worse

 

The more I think

The more I know

the more it hurts

 

With only solitude to meet me like a friend

oh, where are you?

where are you ? where are you?

 

Maybe she sits alone

beyond the storm

across the raging torrent of the sea

she knows I want her

and she knows I'll always be...

How can I live without the love I cannot see

Oh where are you?

where are you ?

where are you?

 

oooooooohhhh

 

I know there's someone there

I hear her breathe

behind the silence of the dark

but I know that I wont see

'til we open up our eyes together

She'll look at me

What a moment that moment will be!

 

And she looks so light

I could fly her through the night

 

oooh

 

I know I think a lot

but somehow it just doesn't help

it only goes to show

that what you never miss

you never know

but I have loved you from the moment that we knew

oh, I love you

I love you

but where are you?

 

 

A Bad Night

 

Baby, you're cool

And even though you've never been to school

I know you're fine

but then you change your mind

Then you start on driftin'

and fall on behind

 

You've been my girl

You've been mine

all of the time

 

A bad night

its gonna be

A bad night

I guarantee

tonight I'll have

A bad night

I know I shall

 

ah, 'cause you left me waiting in the corner

and i know you're never gonna come back for me

and though you said you loved me

and said you needed all of my love

a bad, bad, bad, bad, bad night

its gonna be

 

A bad night

it's gonna be

A bad night

I guarantee

tonight I'll have

A bad night

I know I shall

 

Maybe if the weather was just a little better

it might not have happened that way

but the situation was gettin' pretty bad, bad

A bad bad bad bad bad night it's gonna be

 

A bad night

it's gonna be

A bad night

I guarantee

tonight I'll have

A bad night

I know I shall

I know I shall