When I was a small boy here in London town. Seasons snow was falling on the ground. All the friends and family here on Christmas eve. Gather around to dress the Christmas tree.
It's a little bit funny, Lord, this feeling inside. I'm not one of those who can easily hide. I don't have much money but, boy, if I did. I'd buy a big mansion where we both could live.
All your life you've lived a sinner the bright way you've never trod. You're drifting away, you're drifting away. When you come to cross the river and you haven't met with God.
On and on she'll walk this earth. Her face like a beautiful flower. But all alone is a marble stone. You'll find her name written there. . Her new voice rings where the Angels sing.
I'll leave you now if you don't want me. I'll leave you anytime you say. But when I'm gone, no more to see you. You won't be satisfied that way. . I tried to tell you how I loved you.
When you live in the country. Everybody is your neighbor. On this one thing you can rely. . They'll all come to see you. And never, ever leave you. Sayin' you all come to see us by and by.
Honey, I think you lied to me underneath those summer skies.. Rubbing it in with a slight touch of sin to reason my wildest desires.. Now, you can do anything that we did last summer with a different beat and a brand new drummer..
Baby don't cry baby you know yourself what's done it's done and it can't be erased. Please baby don't cry baby let me wind the pain and the hurtin' right off of your face.
You ask me to give up the hand of the girl I love. You tell me I'm not the man she's worthy of. But who are you to tell her who to love that's up to her yes and the Lord above.
It cuts every corner of every street. I see it on the face of everybody I meet. It comes out of nowhere, it chills to the bone. When I'm by myself, I'm not alone.
May each moment I live be yours love may the best I can give be yours love. And from this moment on may a love that is strong and lives on and on be yours love.
Today I burned your old love letters I burned them slowly one by one. And before I'd light the flame I'd read them to try and find the wrongs I've done.
As soon as you found out that he was out of town. You thought that just for old time sake you could come around. One look in your eye tells me that you came to bring shame into our home.
I wish you only knew all the days I've made it through. Because of you and your sweet love. I wish that I could count the times peace and comfort filled my mind.
You've got what I want. You've got what I need. One touch from you. Brings me to my knees. You've got what I want. Baby can't you see. That no-one else.
A four part fictional melodrama, exploring the degradation of trust, the emotional death of love, the contemplation of suicide, and. the outlet of anger, to save one's soul. Although the piece is structured from a man's point of view, its theme applies to both sexes..
------------------. Shame on you. You saw the whole thing comin'. Let me build my house of cards. And then you, you turned so quick. I believe the whole thing came tumbling down.
I bet you didn't notice. First time your heart was broken. You called me up and we talked till the morning. . And the time that you were stranded. I was there before you landed.