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I can hear the sounds of laughter Could it be they’re laughing at me I can hear the roar of thunder I’m mad I’m deranged I see Clown in costumes voices that carry Their message to my mind I’m Like a child so young and carefree My eyes see what they want to see Lights are flashing. Colors are blurring There are patterns in my mind Things are hidden to the world around me But still they say I’m blind Wrap me up in a web of lies Meet the man who’s locked |
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone It's not warm when she's away Ain't no sunshine when she's gone She's gone much too long Any time she goes away Ain't no sunshine when she's gone Wonder if she's gone to stay Ain't no sunshine when she's gone And this house just ain't no home Anytime she goes away I know She's gone to stay It's breakin' me up Anytime she goes away Gotta leave the young thing alone There ain't no sunshine when she's gone Ain't no sunshine when she's gone It's not warm when she's away Ain't no sunshine whe |
Someone's gotta hold you so tight Someone's gotta kiss you every night You've got to be loved all the time 'Cause you're everybody's darlin' plus mine You're everybody's darlin' plus mine And you walk with one foot across the line Right words from any fool can change your mind 'Cause you're everybody's darlin' plus mine Attention is all that you crave If you were mine, think of heartaches you would save Contentment and true love you'd never find 'Cause you're everybody's darlin' plus mine You're everybody's darlin' plus mine And you walk with |
We come on the sloop John B My grandfather and me Around Nassau town we did roam Drinking all night Got into a fight Well I feel so broke up I want to go home So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Call for the Captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home I wanna go home, yeah yeah Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home The first mate he got drunk And broke in the Cap'n's trunk The constable had to come and take him away Sheriff John Stone Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah Well I feel so broke up I wanna |