Lyrical Response

[muppy]

Caroline laughs and it's raining all day
She loves to be one of the girls
She lives in the place in the side of our lives
Where nothing is ever put straight
She turns herself round and she smiles and she says
This is it, that's the end of the joke
And loses herself in her dreaming and sleep
And her lovers walk through in their coaches

Pretty in pink, isn't she?
Pretty in pink, isn't she?

[cwater10]

Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar, you're gonna go far
You're gonna fly, you're never gonna die
You're gonna make it if you try, they're gonna love you
Well, I've always had a deep respect and I mean that most sincere
The band is just fantastic, that is really what I think
Oh, by the way, which one's pink?

[WhoTom]

Getting strong now
Won't be long now
Getting strong now
Gonna fly now
Flying high now
Gonna fly, fly, fly

 

 

(If that didn't make you cue up the horn section in your brain, then you're probably under 50.)

 

 

Edited April 24, 2023 by WhoTom

[cwater10]

1930 when the wall caved in
He made his way selling red-eyed gin

Brown-eyed women and red grenadine
The bottle was dusty, but the liquor was clean
Sound of the thunder with the rain pourin' down
And it looks like the old man's gettin' on

[PastaJoe]

Old man, take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
The whole day through
Oh, one look in my eyes and
You can tell that's true

[cwater10]

Said hey, little boy, you can't go where the others go
'Cause you don't look like they do
Said hey, old man, how can you stand to think that way?
Did you really think about it before you made the rules?
He said, son

 

That's just the way it is
Some things will never change
That's just the way it is
Ah, but don't you believe them

[WhoTom]

Little boy sittin' on the corner cryin'
Big man come and ask him why
Says "I can't do what the big boys do"
The man sat down and he cried too

 

 

[edit: This verse is from the Grateful Dead's cover, but the original version of the song was written and recorded by Harry Belafonte. About an hour after I posted it, I saw the news of his death.]

 

 

 

Edited April 25, 2023 by WhoTom

[cwater10]

Big man, pig man
Ha-ha, charade you are

 

Woo!
You, well-heeled big wheel
Ha-ha, charade you are

[WhoTom]

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Proud Mary keep on burnin'
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

[muppy]

I come from down in the valley
Where, mister, when you're young
They bring you up to do like your daddy done
Me and Mary we met in high school
When she was just seventeen
We'd ride out of this valley down to where the fields were green

We'd go down to the river
And into the river we'd dive
Oh, down to the river we'd ride

[PastaJoe]

I can hear the bullfrog callin' me, oh
Wonder if my rope's still hangin' to the tree
Love to kick my feet way down the shallow water
Shoo fly, dragon fly, get back to your mother
Pick up a flat rock, skip it across Green River

[Tuco]

Give my feet to the footloose
Careless, fancy free
Give my knees to the needy
Don't pull that stuff on me
Hand me down my walking cane
It's a sin to tell a lie
Send my mouth way down south
And kiss my ass goodbye

[muppy]

Kiss me, out of the bearded barley
Nightly, beside the green, green grass
Swing, swing, (swing, swing) swing the spinning step
You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress

 

Oh, kiss me, beneath the milky twilight
Lead me out on the moonlit floor
Lift your open hand
Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance
Silver moon's sparkling
So kiss me

[WhoTom]

Green grass and high tides forever
Castles of stone, soul, and glory
Lost faces say we adore you
As kings and queens bow and play for you

[PastaJoe]

Every girl wants you to be her man
But I'll wait my dear 'til it's my turn
I'm not the kind of girl who gives up just like that
Oh, no

The tide is high but I'm holding on
I'm gonna be your number one
Number one, number one

[muppy]

The purpose of a man is to love a woman
And the purpose of a woman is to love a man
So come on, baby
Let's start today
Come on, baby
Let's play

The game of love, love
La, la, la, la, la love

[Joe Ferguson forever]

If you start me up
If you start me up, I'll never stop
If you start me up
If you start me up, I'll never stop

I've been running hot
You got me wrecking gonna blow my top
If you start me up
If you start me up, I'll never stop
Never stop, never stop, never stop

You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry
You make a grown man cry

[PastaJoe]

The night doesn't question the stars
That appear in the skies
So why should I question the stars
That appear in my eyes? Ooh

Of this, I'm more than just sure
My love will last and endure
I'll never, no, I'll never stop loving you

[cwater10]

It's not wrong
To want the world for someone
It's not a feeling you can run from
'Cause we love who we love
So let go
You don't know better than your heart knows
Whether they're here or long gone
And we love who we love
Yeah, we love who we love

[WhoTom]

I've got a feeling
That keeps me on my toes
Oh yeah
Oh yeah
I've got a feeling
I think everybody knows
Oh yeah