1. |
The Willow Tree
04:18
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Follow me
To The Willow Tree
Follow me
To the Willow Tree
You just follow me
Oh and you will see
There's peace beneath, oh lord
The Willow Tree
And the world's against you
And you're down and out
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2. |
Little Green Apples
03:16
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And I wake up in the mornin'
With my hair down in my eyes and she says "Hi"
And I stumble to the breakfast table
While the kids are goin' off to schoolâ?¦goodbye
And she reaches out 'n' takes my hand
And squeezes it 'n' says "How ya feelin', hon?"
And I look across at smilin' lips
That warm my heart and see my mornin' sun
And if that's not lovin' me
Then all I've got to say
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And there's no such thing as Doctor Seuss
Or Disneyland, and Mother Goose, no nursery rhyme
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis in the summertime
And when my self is feelin' low
I think about her face aglow and ease my mind
Sometimes I call her up at home knowin' she's busy
And ask her if she could get away and meet me
And maybe we could grab a bite to eat
And she drops what she's doin' and she hurries down to meet me
And I'm always late
But she sits waitin' patiently and smiles when she first sees me
'cause she's made that way
And if that ain't lovin' me
Then all I've got to say
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't snow in Minneapolis when the winter comes
And there's no such thing as make-believe
Puppy dogs, autumn leaves 'n' BB guns
FADE
God didn't make little green apples
And it don't rain in Indianapolis
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3. |
Early Morning Rain
03:47
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In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home, Lord, I miss my loved ones so
In the early morning rain with no place to go
Out on runway number nine a big 707 set to go
And, I'm stuck here in the grass where the pavement never grows
Now, the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
Well, there she goes, my friend, she'll be rolling down at last
Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver wing on high
She's away and westward bound, far above the clouds she'll fly
There the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my home in about three hours time
This old airport's got me down, it's no earthly good to me
And I'm stuck here on the ground as cold and drunk as I can be
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain
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4. |
When I'm Sixty Four
02:35
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When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a Valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine
If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you
I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride
Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck and Dave
Send me a postcard, drop me a line
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away
Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four
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5. |
Hot Sun
03:06
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Lord I work all day, lord
Lord in the hot sun, lord
You know I work all day, yeah
In the hot sun, lord
In this hot sun you know
I've got to work all day
I've got a wife and a kid
And I sweat all day
I just got a wife and a kid lord
You know I've got to work, and I've got to sweat all day
In the hot sun
Ohh I got to work all day
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6. |
Hey Jude
03:37
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Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
Hey Jude, don't be afraid.
You were made to go out and get her.
The minute you let her under your skin,
Then you begin to make it better.
And anytime you feel the pain, hey Jude, refrain,
Don't carry the world upon your shoulders.
For well you know that it's a fool who plays it cool
By making his world a little colder.
Hey Jude, don't let me down.
You have found her, now go and get her.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
So let it out and let it in, hey Jude, begin,
You're waiting for someone to perform with.
And don't you know that it's just you, hey Jude, you'll do,
The movement you need is on your shoulder.
Hey Jude, don't make it bad.
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her under your skin,
Then you'll begin to make it
Better better better better better better, oh.
Na na na nananana, nannana, hey Jude...
(repeat X number of times, fade)
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She is the daughter of a king
And is free as the birds that sing
Oh she wears the diamonds, the rubies
All the while she's had the reigns
But he is the son of a slave
And he's so ragged and tall
Oh he was cursed since the day
Since the day that he was born
...
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8. |
Both Sides Now
03:19
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Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
Looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and they snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
And you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusions that I recall
I really don't know love
Really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say, "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way
Oh, but now old friends they're acting strange
And they shake their heads and they tell me that I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
It's life's illusions that I recall
I really don't know life
I really don't know life at all
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9. |
Rain
02:14
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Listen to the pouring rain
Listen to it pour,
And with every drop of rain
You know I love you more
Let it rain all night long
Let my love for you grow strong,
As long as we're together
Who cares about the weather?
Listen to the falling rain
Listen to it pour
And with every drop of rain,
I can hear you call,
Call my name right out loud,
I can hear above the clouds
And I'm here among the puddles
You and I together huddle.
Listen to the falling rain,
Listen to it rain.
It's raining, it's pouring
The old man is snoring,
Went to bed and he bumped his head
He couldn't get up in the morning,
Listen to the falling rain,
Listen to it fall,
And with every drop of rain,
I can hear you call
Call my name right out loud
I can hear above the clouds
And I'm here among the puddles
You and I together huddle
Listen to the falling rain
Listen to the rain
Listen to the falling rain
Listen to the rain
Listen to the falling rain
Listen to the rain
Hm-hm, listen to the falling rain
Listen to the rain
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10. |
Time
02:46
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Some people run, some people crawl
Some people don't even move at all
Some roads lead forward, some roads lead back
Some roads are bathed in light, some wrapped in fearful black
Time, oh time where did you go?
Time, oh good, good time where did you go?
Some people never get, some never give
Some people never die and some never live
Some folks treat me mean, some treat me kind
Most folks just go their way, don't pay me any mind
Time, oh time where did you go?
Time oh good, good time where did you go?
Sometimes I'm satisfied, sometimes I'm not
Sometimes my face is cold, sometimes it's hot
Sunset I laugh, sunrise I cry
At midnight I'm in between and wondering why
Time. oh time where did you go?
Time, oh good good time where did you go?
Time, oh time where did you go?
Time, oh good good time where did you go?
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11. |
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Tomorrow won’t be like any other day
Today I gave my heart away
Tomorrow the sun will shine again for me
and once more will my life be filled with gaiety
And the song that I sing to her
will be a melody
Let will bring joy to her
that parries in the spring
I’m gettin’ ready
I’m gettin’ ready for tomorrow
I’ll only say the thing she wanna hear
Yes, I’ll be content with just having her near
So began yesterday’s sorrow and I’ll beg you proclaim
and may gloom for tomorrow’s give the happiness it brings
I’m gettin’ ready
I’m gettin’ ready for tomorrow
for tomorrow
for tomorrow
for tomorrow
for tomorrow
Yeahh for tomorrow
for tomorrow
I’m gettin’ ready for tomorrow….
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12. |
With God On Our Side
05:29
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Oh my name it ain't nothin'
My age it means less
The country I come from
Is called the Midwest
I was taught and brought up there
The laws to abide
And that land that I live in
Has God on its side
Oh, the history books tell it
They tell it so well
The cavalries charged
The Indians fell
The cavalries charged
The Indians died
Oh, the country was young
With God on its side
The Spanish-American
War had its day
And the Civil War, too
Was soon laid away
And the names of the heroes
I was made to memorize
With guns in their hands
And God on their side
The First World War, boys
It came and it went
The reason for fighting
I never did get
But I learned to accept it
Accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead
When God's on your side
The Second World War
Came to an end
We forgave the Germans
And then we were friends
Though they murdered six million
In the ovens they fried
The Germans now, too
Have God on their side
I've learned to hate the Russians
All through my whole life
If another war comes
It's them we must fight
To hate them and fear them
To run and to hide
And accept it all bravely
With God on my side
But now we got weapons
Of chemical dust
If fire them, we're forced to
Then fire, them we must
One push of the button
And a shot the world wide
And you never ask questions
When God's on your side
Through many a dark hour
I've been thinkin' about this
That Jesus Christ was
Betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you
You'll have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot
Had God on his side.
So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
That if God's on our side
He'll stop the next war
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Where can a man go
To find love
Where can he go to find love
If he can't find it in his fellow man
No matter how hard he tries he finds out that he can't
For the world don't know what love is
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In the cool lovin evening,
In a tension southern time
A useless bully was fought and a great man was down
Oh death had come
To take him away
He was done with the troubles of this world and the toils of his day
The winds began to blow
To cover his footprints in the sand
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15. |
Change
02:55
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Change, change
Change, oh change
Oh listen to the wind, as it sings it's merry song
Summer's gone and the winter's coming on
Flowers no longer blooming and the air is getting cold
And the leave birds have made their home, oh yeah
You know that old sun his shining but his rays I cannot feel
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16. |
It's Got To Get Better
03:26
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Oooo
Oooo
It's got to get better, it's got to get better
It's got to get better, it's got to get better
It's got to get better, oh yeah
whoa we've got to try as hard as we can,
To make this a better land,
One in which we all can stand
In a head
It's got to get better, it's got to get better
It's got to get better, it's got to get better
It's got to get better, oh yeah
Oh if we can think of someone else
and not only always of ourselves
...
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17. |
Hot Sun (demo)
03:00
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Lord I work all day, lord
Lord in the hot sun, lord
You know I work all day, yeah
In the hot sun, lord
In this hot sun you know
I've got to work all day
I've got a wife and a kid
And I sweat all day
I just got a wife and a kid lord
You know I've got to work, and I've got to sweat all day
In the hot sun
Ohh I got to work all day
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18. |
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In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
With an aching in my heart and my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home, Lord, I miss my loved ones so
In the early morning rain with no place to go
Out on runway number nine a big 707 set to go
And, I'm stuck here in the grass where the pavement never grows
Now, the liquor tasted good and the women all were fast
Well, there she goes, my friend, she'll be rolling down at last
Hear the mighty engines roar, see the silver wing on high
She's away and westward bound, far above the clouds she'll fly
There the morning rain don't fall and the sun always shines
She'll be flying over my home in about three hours time
This old airport's got me down, it's no earthly good to me
And I'm stuck here on the ground as cold and drunk as I can be
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain
You can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So, I'd best be on my way in the early morning rain
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19. |
Summertime
02:58
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Summertime and the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich and your ma is good lookin'
So hush, little baby, don't you cry
One of these mornin's, you're gonna rise up singin'
You're gonna spread your wings and you'll take to the sky
But 'til that mornin', there is nothin' can harm you
With Daddy and Mummy, standing by
Don't you, don't you cry
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She is the daughter of a king
And is free as the birds that sing
Oh she wears the diamonds, the rubies
All the while she's had the reigns
But he is the son of a slave
And he's so ragged and tall
Oh he was cursed since the day
Since the day that he was born
...
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21. |
The Willow Tree (demo)
03:57
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Follow me
To The Willow Tree
Follow me
To the Willow Tree
You just follow me
Oh and you will see
There's peace beneath, oh lord
The Willow Tree
And the world's against you
And you're down and out
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Cleveland Francis Alexandria, Virginia
“These recordings are a look into my soul through a long and lonely journey to
understand feelings of my childhood,
poverty, racial segregation, bigotry, war,
love and hope. It represents my attempt to express and come to terms with all that
I have seen and felt as a Black man growing up in America."
- Cleveland Francis
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