LOVE TO LOSE AGAIN

Some folks take their pleasure slow
Others like it fast
And some folks lose their futures
By living in the past
If you win by taking
You might lose your chance to win
And if you lose of heartache
You are bound to love again

Every single daytime
Loses out to night
And every bit of darkness
Well it uses up the light
You were my religion
Even though you're just a man
And man will go on lovin'
So we're bound to lose again, lose again

My cat is meditating
And my dog is scratching fleas
And me I think too much
Most people think too much to see
We think too much of locing
And we lose more than we win
And woman dies of giving
But she's bound to live again

We think too much of loving
To love all that we can
And woman dies of giving
But she's bound to live again


LOVER'S CROSS

They all said it was bound to happen,
Was just a matter of time
Now I've come to my decision and
It's one of the painful kind
Well, it seems that you wanted a martyr
Just a regular girl wouldn't do
Now baby, I can't hang on a lover's cross for you

I really got to hand it to you
Boy, you really tried
But for every time that we spent loving
There were two times that I cried
'Cause I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain't gonna start nothing new
Oh baby, I can't hang on a lover's cross for you

Tables are meant for turning
And people are bound to change
Bridges are meant for burning
When people and memories aren't one and the same

Still I hope that you can find another
Who could take what I could not
Now I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain't gonna start nothing new
Oh baby, I can't hang on a lover's cross for you
I won't hang upon a lover's cross for you
Oh baby, I can't hang upon a lover's cross for you.


PRETTY BOY FLOYD

Come gather 'round me children, there's a story I will tell
About Pretty Boy Floyd, an outlaw, Oklahoma knew him well
It was in the town of Shawnee on a Saturday afternoon
His wife beside him in the wagon, and into town they rode

The deputy sheriff approached them in a manner rather rude
Using vulgar words of language, and his wife she overheard
Now, Pretty Boy grabbed a long chain and the sheriff he grabbed a gun
And in the fight that followed, he laid the deputy down

He took to the trees and rivers, oh he's gonna lead a life of shame
And every crime in Oklahoma was added to his name
In Oklahoma city it was on a Christmas day
Came a whole carload of groceries and a letter that did say

"Well you say that I'm a gambler and you say that I'm a thief
Well, here's a Christmas dinner, for the children on relief"
As through the world I ramble, well as through the world I roam
I ain't never seen an outlaw drive a family from their home

As through the world I rambled, I've seen some funny men
Some are gonna rob you with a six-gun, some will do it with a fountain pen
Some are gonna rob you with a six-gun, some will do it with a fountain pen


WILD HORSES

Childhood living, it isn't hard to do
All the things you wanted, I bought them for you
Graceless lady, you know who I am
You know that I won't let you slip right through my hand
Wild, wild, wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild, wild, wild horses, we're gonna ride them someday
We're gonna ride them someday

You know I dreamed you a sin and a lie
I have got my freedom but I don't have much time
Faith has been broken, some tears must be cried
We're gonna do some living after we die
Wild, wild, wild, wild horses couldn't drag me away
Wild, wild, wild, wild horses, we're gonna ride them someday
We're gonna ride them someday
We're gonna ride them someday.


I THINK IT'S GOING TO RAIN TODAY


Broken glass and empty hallways
A pale dead moon in a sky streaked with gray
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it's going to rain today

Scarecrow dressed in the latest styles
With frozen smiles to chase love away
Human kindness is oveflowing
And I think it's going to rain today

Tin can at my feet
Think I'll kick it down the street
That's the way to treat a friend

Bright before me the signs implore me
Help the needy and show them the way
Human kindness is overflowing
And I think it's going to rain today

Tin can at my feet
Think I'll kick it down the street
That's the way to treat a friend


MAYBE NOT FOR A LIFETIME

Maybe not for a lifetime
Maybe for a reason, maybe you came along right now
You keep me believin' to keep me from killing myself
I'm on the self destructive side, just like you, oh
Maybe not for a lifetime, but maybe for a reason
I'll save you

Maybe I'm not goin' nowhere
Unless you say we're goin', maybe I've just come back again so
I can do the showin', to keep me from killing myself
'Cause dyin' would be nothing new to you, oh,
Maybe not for a lifetime, but maybe for a reason
I'll save you

Maybe not for a lifetime
Maybe for the moment
We didn't love for shelter
But we're safer now and it's cold out there
You keep me from killing myself
Not to say I wouldn't want to be yours
Maybe yours for a lifetime
And maybe for a reason
You'll save me

You keep me from killing myself, not to say I wouldn't like to be
Maybe yous for alifetime and
Maybe for a reason, you'll save me
You'll save me, you'll save me, you'll save me
Maybe not for a lifetime, maybe for a reason,
Maybe not for a lifetime, maybe for a reason, you'll save me!


HOLDING OUT

Holding out for a better way
Holding out that's the way I've played it
And playing is no fun when you've got to play alone
Oh love, holding out, holding out

Gather round the flying lady
Feather down to nothing better than
Weathering a storm off the ground and off the bone
And holding on, holding on, holding on

Telephone, please don't ring for nothing
Call me home to a dream that lasts till morning
I never sleep alone without a light on
Come and turn it down
So love, hold me down

Oh love, it don't come easy
It brings you down to a bed of roots and reasons
But I don't do well alone
Off the ground and off the bone and
Holding on so love, hold me down,

Hold me down, hold me down
Well it isn't easy
Breathing hold me down, no, no
Do you think it's easy
Singing hold me down
And it's isn't easy
Living, hold me down, hold me down,
Hold me down, hold me down
It's never easy


I AM BEING GUIDED

I am being guided
I have got a guider
I am being driven
I am not the driver,
Ah
I am not the driver
I am not the driver,
Oh no

I am nothing more than
A little gift to living
Living's nothing more than
Giving back to life
Give back to life
Give back to life

I am being guided
I have got a guider
I am being driven
I am not the driver,
No
I am not the driver,
Ah,
I am not the driver
I am not the driver
I am not the driver
I am not the driver


THE ACTRESS

You see she is the actress who plays the part of snow
And when they ask her to play Jesus ah she turned down the role
And when they ask her to play sunlight she'll give it a try
And when they ask her to play music she'll sing till she dies
Well she wouldn't die of pleasure, she wouldn't die from pain
She wouldn't die of starshine and she'll forgive the rain
And some say she whiles away her life in the lights that change her
She will not live for friends she'll die of strangers
She will not live for friends she's gonna die of strangers

And all her young men told her they liked the songs they heard
They loved the melodies but they didn't understand the words
And some say she whiles away her life in the lights that change her
She will not live for friends she's gonna die of strangers
She wouldn't live for friends she'll die of strangers

*Won't you lay down children won't you lay and take you rest
Won't you lay your head on you dear Savior's breast
Will I love you but Jesus loves you best
And I bid you good night, good night, good night
And I bid you good night, good night, good night, good night, good night
They're gonna eat up all the children when they wouldn't be good
Good night, good night, good night

You see she was the actress who played the part of snow
And when they ask her to play Jesus ah she turned down the role
And when they ask her to play sunlight she gave it a try
And when they ask her to play music her own sweet music
Well they asked her to play music and she sang till she died

Well I love you but Jesus loves you the best
And I bid you good night, good night, good night


PINE AND FEATHER

Pine and feather
Clove and ginger
Fire warm this winter wreath

In the middle of this circle
Magic dreams on bonsai tree
Find one dream and sleep
Find one dream and sleep

In the middle of this circle
Magic dreams on bonsai tree
Find one dream and sleep
Find one dream and sleep


WILL YOU LOVE ME TOMORROW

Tonight you're mine, completely
You give your love so sweetly
Tonight the light of love is in your eyes
But will you love me tomorrow

Is this the last day's treasure
Or just a moment's pleasure
Can I believe the magic in your eyes

Tonight we were unfolded
You said that I'm the only one
But will my heart be broken
When I face the morning sun?
I like to know that your love
Is the love that I can be sure of
So tell me now and I won't ask again

Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow
Will you still love me tomorrow?