Ervin Drake. . When I was seventeen, it was a very good year. It was a very good year for small town girls and soft summer nights.. We'd hide from the light on the village green when I was seventeen..
Rod McKuen. . Shy one, dear one, keeper of my heart. She moves in the pantry quietly apart.. There she pours the flour. There she kneads the dough to an isle in the water with her I would go..
He walks in from the factory. Dirt on his hands, dead on his feet. There's no mistaking that look in his eyes. When the blues and my baby collide. . Could be the boss, could be the bills.
Don't want your picture in a frame on the table. Don't want your notes on the wall. Don't want your voice on the phone machine baby. Don't want your stuff in the hall.
Mason Williams. . You love me for lovin' you,. You are you because I do.. I love you for lovin' me. And I am me because you do.. So much with us in love are we:.
Wine is sweet, gin is bitter. Drink all you can but you won't forget her. You talk too much, you laugh too loud. You see her face in every crowd. . That's the price of love, the price of love.
If you see me go, well, don't you look my way. You just turn your head, don't you watch me walk away. . Well, you know, my gal, this time I'm leavin' you to stay.
Just when you think that you know it all. You'll never fall and that it's all good. And you're gonna win again, it's a sin, that's gonna mess you up. .
They told me doncha go down to that city. Don't you go down to that city, I say. For there's trouble there for sure and it's no concern of yours. And it's all I have to hear them people say.
I said. I think I'm workin' too hard. And you said yeah. I said. I just might quit that job. And you said yeah. . I can't say your not listening. But baby won't you talk to me.
If I had a ship, I'd sail away. If I had a ship, I'd sail away. Leave my sorrows where they lay. If I had a ship, I'd sail away. . Stroll down by the sea.
Bobby's perfecting his Frisbee technique. I'm working on my tan. Neighbor comes over looking none to pleased. For a word across the back fence. Wonders would it be too much to ask.
Well, no matter where I wandered I know I'll always find a welcome at the end of every journey. There'll be friendly people waitin'. . [Chorus:]. California would not hold me 'though I loved her timber mountains..
Chorus:. Oh, I'm a rake and a ramblin' boy. There's many a city, Lord, I did enjoy,. But now I'm married, got a pretty little wife and I love her dearer than I love my life..
Hope, everybody needs hope. Some kind of peace of mind. That they can call their own. . And everybody needs love. Just a little trust, 'cause sometimes.
Alex Harvey. . I like to hear the rain when you're lying by my side, 'neath the fireplace, so soft and warm.. I like to hear the rain when you're locked inside my arms and I know you feel safe from any harm..
Tears on the phone, 'round midnight. You assume that I will be alone. She hurt you once, hurt you twice. You keep asking for my advice. . How many times you have to hear the truth.
You had some really crazy ideas before. I could never figure out that mind of yours. Always wantin to explore. The absolutely outrageous. . You over analyze and let your mind wander.
Tom Paxton. . It's a long and a dusty road. It's a hard and a heavy load and the folks we meet ain't always kind.. Some are bad and some are good. Some have done the best they could. Some have tried to ease our troubling mind..
There ain't no easy way to start this conversation. So I'll just say what's on my mind. Once our hearts both shared a common destination. To love until the end of time.