Lyrical Response

[DD4Bills]

A fawn-eyed girl

With sun-browned legs

Dances on the edge of his dreams

[WhoTom]

In the misty morning fog with
Our, our hearts a-thumping and you
My brown-eyed girl
And you, my brown-eyed girl

[PastaJoe]

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

[muppy]

Headlights glowing like the sun
All revved up with nowhere to run
Uh oh, silver cream and gold
All dressed up with nowhere to go
'Cause I'm dressed up with nowhere to go

[Joe Ferguson forever]

Headin' down south to the land of the pines
I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Starin' up the road and pray to God I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a-hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight

So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey... mama rock me
Rock me mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me mama like a southbound train
Hey... mama rock me

[DD4Bills]

We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
Will drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming

[muppy]

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it's been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God, I know I'm one

[PastaJoe]

I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it

God only knows what I'd be without you

[WhoTom]

I'd like to see both of us
Fall deeply in love
I'd like to see you
Under the stars above — yes, I would
I'd like to see both of us
Fall deeply in love, yeah
I'd like to see you in the raw
Under the stars above

[SinceThe70s]

These notes are marked "Return to Sender"
I'll save this letter for myself
I wish you only knew

How good it is to see you
See you

[muppy]

I gave a letter to the postman
He put it in his sack
Bright early next morning
He brought my letter back

 

Return to sender, address unknown
No such number, no such zone

[PastaJoe]

So, take a letter, Maria, address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home, gotta start a new life
Oh, take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life

[muppy]

So take a look at me now, oh there's just an empty space
And there's nothin' left here to remind me
Just the memory of your face
Ooh, take a look at me now, well there's just an empty space
And you coming back to me is against the odds
And that's what I've got to face

[DD4Bills]

Now the seats are all empty
Let the roadies take the stage
Pack it up and tear it down
They're the first to come and the last to leave
Working for that minimum wage
They'll set it up in another town

 

Tonight the people were so fine
They waited there in line
And when they got up on their feet
They made the show

[WhoTom]

And on the dance floor, broken glass
And bloody faces slowly pass

The numbered seats in empty rows
It all belongs to me, you know

 

 

 

 

Edited February 15, 2023 by WhoTom

[PastaJoe]

Take your baby by the hand
And make her do a high handstand
And take your baby by the heel
And do the next thing that you feel

 

We were so in phase
In our dance hall days
We were cool on craze
When I, you and everyone we knew
Could believe, do and share in what was true

[Bill from NYC]

You keep your distance via the system of touch
And gentle persuasion
I'm lost in admiration, could I need you this much?
Oh, you're wasting my time
You're just, just, just wasting time

 

Something happens and I'm head over heels
I never find out until I'm head over heels
Something happens and I'm head over heels
Ah, don't take my heart, don't break my heart
Don't, don't, don't throw it away

[WhoTom]

Mother, do think she's good enough for me
Mother, do think she's dangerous to me
Mother, will she tear your little boy apart
Oooh aah

Mother, will she break my heart

[muppy]

 

Am I hard enough?
Am I rough enough?
Am I rich enough?
I'm not too blind to see

[Joe Ferguson forever]

Ha! It's poetry in motion
She turned her tender eyes to me
As deep as any ocean
As sweet as any harmony

Mm, but she blinded me with science
(She blinded me with science!)
And failed me in biology, yeah

Huh-huh
When I'm dancing close to her
(Blinding me with science, science)
(Science!)
I can smell the chemicals
(Blinding me with science, science)
(Science!)