Have you been down to Tin Town. Where dreams in cans once were drowned?. A snag somewhere in someone's life. Caught him there, pulled him to strife. .
57 Chevy with the top down. lucky strikes rolled up in my sleeve now. Got my chuck Taylors on rockin black on black. Hair short, with the sides gone, slick it back.
(music by James Seals, Dash Crofts, Louie Shelton, Hampton Hawes, David Hungate and Jeff Porcaro, 1976). Instrumental from the album SUDAN VILLAGE (1976)..
(lyrics by Paul Williams; music by Charles Fox, 1977). From the album ONE ON ONE (1977).. . This is the way to the freedom I've only dreamed of.. These are the wings I was never allowed to try..
You know the longest road is from the head to the heart. Better start today if you think loving me be hard. And the darkest shade is sometimes under the light.
Yesterday, I was born here. Tomorrow, I'll be gone. They say there's a man now. Down in Persia down there. . Guess I'll walk, the Euphrates River. The deep, deep river, the wide, wide river.
Long long ago in a house up the road. Lived a maiden so beautiful. Day after day she looked the same old way. As the sun shone off her hair of gold. Someday I would go there and ask for her hand.
Well, I've driven half my life under the city lights. I'm gonna meet the San Jose Bay. Workin' hard till the sunrise, I've been at it so long. Got to pack my bags and get me away.
Lookin' up the sleeve of confidence, I jump down from the fence. Been a long time since I've felt this way, let the feeling stay. Reaching for the arms of love, livin', dreamin', thinkin' of.
Sunrise, warm in your eyes, blue skies, far as you see. One day, you'll know what the future means. And carry your broken dreams through the valley. And rest in their peace.
See the curtains hangin' in the window. In the evenin' on a Friday night. Little light is shinin' through the window. Lets me know everything's alright.
See that girl all dressed in green. Sudan Village, we hear you. Prepare to receive your king. Sudan Village, we hear you. . Our hearts long to be there too.
She loves because she loves. And she dreams the same way that she loves. And she suffers because she does. And I love everything she does. . Silent as the wind that blows, I watch her as her life unfolds.
People get a little to loose, they forget, they abuse. Well, people get a little too tight, and it ain't right. You're in your car, driving too fast. You're pushing hard, just trying to get past.
Standin' on a mountain top, cryin' to the world. Won't somebody lend a helpin' hand?. Help me bring back that girl, back that girl. Help me bring back that girl.
An ocean without water, a winter without snow. A day in the summertime with no where to go. . Nothin' much is dawning, just a tiny glow. Up ahead sweet river home, the only one I know.
Silver rails in the sun. Telling me that she's the only one. . Is it real enough for you?. Do you feel enough for you?. Are you moving like a railroad down inside?.
The valley of search. The valley of love. The valley of knowledge and unity. . The valley of contentment. The valley of wonderment. The valley of true poverty.
The lull of night brings you before me, dressed in distant land of Nod. And within, my heart beholds you growing there within the sod. But eye beneath the perfumed brow, why look to me again?.
Oh, you rush to and fro to attain. Though you dwell upon the shore of history. The voice you should have heard in is the letter of the word. Come with me, dear friends, and you'll see.