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IN THIS WORLD
I think you wanna take my money
Oh, you want it so bad
Why don’t come back tomorrow
I case I haven’t got the fee
To watch the color TV, you know I
Haven’t got a penny
You can check with all my friends
Why do you show me all those badges?
You got a hand in my pocket
And another in my head, so do you
Talk to your mother?
Do you talk to your dad?
Do you gaze into the mirror?
Do you gather with those sinners?
Do you laugh about the phony winners?
In this world
In a very different world
I would like to take you with me
Dream inside us
I can’t give you my position
‘Cos I haven’t got a clue
I’m here beside the water
I can see a red balloon, it’s like it’s
Tethered to the moon, oh well I’ll
Meet you here next Sunday
Or maybe in a week
I may take long vacation
I could climb the highest mountain
I could walk into a burning desert
In this world
In a very different world
You and I can make it happen
See the promise
I don’t wanna go
And I don’t wanna stay
Any old town
In any old way but
I got lucky
I met a girl
And her name is Rosie
She invited me to a
Room that’s cozy
What’s that shadow
On my shoulder
In this world
In a very different world
You and I can make it happen
See the promise
In this world
In a very different world
You and I can stay forever
Sweet elation
I can’t give you my position
‘Cos I haven’t got a clue
You wanna take my money
I’m here beside the water
I met a girl and her name is Rosie
I haven’t got a penny
I can’t give you my position
What’s that shadow on my shoulder
Haven’t got a clue
‘Cos I haven’t got a clue
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
BELINDA MAY
Oh my lovely Belinda May
Caught in the middle
Of what you say
What you say
Oh my people get ready to fight
The sabre toothed tiger
Is ready to bite
Ready to bite
Follow me, follow me
Down to the river
Oh follow me, follow me
Down to the river so wide
Flowing faster
Just a little closer
Just a little longer
Just a little closer
Just a little longer
So many good friends
So many good friends
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
DREAMING
Oh, I’ve been dreaming
For too damn long
I’ll just have to talk to myself
About what went wrong
And I’ve been thinking
As you can see
The lines of worry and pain
Are down to me
It doesn’t matter to me
I didn’t mean ya to
Break a leg on stage for me
And I’ve been wishing
For what can’t be
I understand what you say
Now let it be
It doesn’t matter to me
I didn’t mean ya to
Break a leg on stage for me
And I’ve been hoping
That you will stay
I’ll do whatever you want
Along the way
I’ve been dreaming for much too long
And I’ve been thinking ‘bout what went wrong
Tell myself it isn’t true
Oh, you and me
Oh, you and me (repeat)
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
NIGHTLIFE
Got my head up off the carpet
Got my body through the door
Then I fell into the driver’s seat
Picked the gun up off the floor
Rolling down the side road
With the window open wide
The sun is sinking down upon
The houses’ bursting pride
The downtown shadows whisper
All the pleasures will be sweet
Then darkness gripped the steering wheel
As I turned into that street
The sidewalk ghost is dancing
He says he is my friend
Come inside the bottle’s long
Entertainment has no end
Nightlife, nightlife, nightlife, nightlife
When the waiter gathered glasses
I ordered whiskey rye
Then the girl she sat beside me
Her scent it made me high
Her angel eyes looked through me
And I saw the pain that kills
But I leaned across and said to her
Let me drive you to the hill
Nightlife, nightlife, nightlife, nightlife
Down there is a sea of lights
The city’s still at play
The car door slammed I looked around
The girl just walked away
The engine mumbled weary
All down the old dirt track
As the headlights raked across the field
The angel eyes shone back
Nightlife, nightlife, nightlife, nightlife
Nightlife, nightlife, nightlife, nightlife
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
MAGICAL LIGHTS
The first time that I saw your face
You filled the room with something great
And then we talked about us two
Going home in my direction
We sat upon your doorway steps
We talked into the darkness
And then I saw the lights above me
Shining all around the midnight singing
And our spirits touched so gently
And I walked home in the shadows
With the northern lights around me
Looking down upon the pavement
And my life had changed forever
Sitting on those steps
Watching those magical lights
Sitting on those steps
Watching those magical lights
I don’t think this story’s ended
Though the telephone stopped ringing
I was sitting on the counter
With a woman in a million
And there’s sunshine on the hillside
And there’s peace down in the valley
And the house is full of laughter
And the children with their mother
Oh, can’t you see that you’re going a long way (repeat)
Heaven in your eyes (repeat)
Call me soon (repeat)
I stole all the family silver now there’s food upon the table
Oh, and how on earth could you leave me in the middle of a sentence
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
A DAY AT THE SEASIDE
Long ago and far away
There was me in a car
Me and my family
I was jumping around
Looking out the window
Asking how far
Right then I saw the sea (repeat)
Running into waves
Chasing all the seagulls
Look at the crabs
Look at all the people
Running back to mum
Run away from dad
Throwing sand at my sister
Isn’t it a lovely day (repeat)
Feel the sun, feel the wind, feel the water
There’s a castle of sand
There’s a pool in the rocks
There’s a ship in the distance
Where is it going?
Mother said get dressed
But we’ve only just got here
Now the tide’s under the deck chairs
Wasn’t is a lovely day (repeat)
Feel the sun, feel the wind
And we’ll be home for tea
Wasn’t it a lovely day (repeat)
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
HOLD ME
How many times will I be taken?
How many days before I waken?
How many dreams will I be makin’?
How many years was I forsaken?
Please
I wanna little helping
I wanna little sympathy
Looking down at the dark red canopy
It’s a place that I cannot be
Yellow lights are all around me
I can’t afford the fare to maybe
Please
Give a little helping
I wanna little sympathy
Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
Painful smiling faces in the mud of the West End
You’re not my wife you’re not my girlfriend
Invited to the party but not the weekend
Dragging down the road it’s round the next bend
Please
Give a little helping
I wanna little sympathy
Empty spaces down the highway
The rocks and the weeds all down the pathway
Falling down the corridor what’s the right way
Rolling down a dirt track what’s the bear say?
Please
Give a little helping
I wanna little sympathy
Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
I’m gonna bust out through the back door
Jump in my balloon just watch me make it soar
The dragon’s in the drive oh please don’t make it roar
And all I got is sixpence and I wanted to buy the store
Please
Give a little helping
I wanna little sympathy
Hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me
Hold me
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
WITHOUT YOU
The rain streams down the window pane
Outside is always blue
The robin sitting silently
He knows just what to do
The coffee table magazines
Are calling out my name
The smiling faces can’t explain
The man that I became
Without you, without you
Walking down the high road
In a cloud of people’s names
Ignoring my reflection
In the storefront colored games
The man who sells the fruit and veg
And waves me with a smile
I cross the street I really cannot
See him for a while
Without you, without you
The grass feels good around my shoes
As I wandered up that hill
Your footsteps must have faded
Am I Jack or am I Jill?
Sitting in a café with
A cup of broken tea
Staring at the distance of your
Coming back to me
Without you, without you
Wake up, roll up out of bed
It’s quarter after nine
I think I’ll go right back to sleep
Until I’m feeling fine
Without you, without you
Without you, without you (repeat)
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
ALONE IN THE PARK
Sitting alone in the park
Stare at the sky till it’s dark
And I can’t go home
And I can’t go back anymore
Sister’s got lost in a trance
Mother’s come late to the dance
And my father’s got drunk
And my brother’s got too many friends
Gotta get out of the rain
But the clouds got into my brain
As the leaves falling down
I’m afraid to get blown by the wind
Who is this guy calls me friend
He’s driving me right round the bend
Just take what I got
And the needle will keep out the cold
Oh, can’t you see
I’m beginning to hold back the sea
So why does it matter
If God is in heaven to take me
Out of my head
Out of my head
I hit a girl by the trees
Snatched all her stuff on her knees
She screamed as I ran
Now I can’t get her face out my head
Out of my head
Out of my head
I’ll get a job at that store
I can see me just float round that floor
I’ll get on my feet if I find my way out of this park
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
READ THE SIGN
Shut your mouth, oh, I can hardly sleep
There’s a jolly green giant over there counting sheep
You mesmerize me with your long grey stare
Oh, leave me alone with my teddy bear
How am I to get down from this tree?
I think that one of us is lying and it’s not me
Oh, my head’s not for sale
All my friends are in jail
Please try and get here without fail
Don’t you understand you silly cow?
And apologies are not worth much just now
Even the TV is the wrong way round
I am not aware of a single sound
Please read the sign
Please read the sign
Please read the sign
You and I have little more to say
And I can’t afford you every single day
Please forget my past
We don’t really want to come in last
Please read the sign
Please read the sign
Please read the sign
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
STAND UP NOW
I take a walk up to the hill
Get down and pick a daffodil
And all around the birds are still
And I can hardly move
And I can hardly move
The jewels of the April rain
Are falling on the earth again
The flowers have forgot their pain
But I can barely stand
And I can barely stand
In every cloud I see your face
I hear your voice in every place
And nowhere is an empty space
And I can hardly breathe
And I can hardly breathe
The homeward pulling drags my feet
The ghosts of all the friends I meet
A cat comes crying in the street
But I can hardly speak
And I can hardly speak
The roof is sitting on the sun
I tried to get the washing done
The blackbird singing he’s the one
But I can hardly see
And I can hardly see
Stand up now, stand up now
Stand up now, stand up now
The night time come just like a friend
But leads the fool around the bend
I’m down the road without an end
What am I to do?
What am I to do?
What am I to do?
Stand up now, stand up now
Stand up now, stand up now
(C) SAM SMALL 2022
YELLOW
Heaven is a-bathing in sunshine
And not a road comes back to me
And all I gotta do is wait inside this bus stop
Big yellow monkey on a bobsleigh ride
Hustle up a shave ‘cos I gotta kiss the bride
What’ya gonna do when the sun goes pie-eyed
All I want to say is that I love you
And all I wanna hear you say is that you feel
The same way
I gotta get a jet plane outta here
Before the feathers and the rat tails fly
And all I gotta do is ride those four leaf clovers
Given in a moment and recovered in a crime
In a single breath you made everything divine
Yellow canary in a black coal mine
All I want to say is that I love you
And all I wanna hear you say is that you feel
The same way
How many time has it gotta be said
Pick up the pieces in the back of the shed
Running out the building with your face all red
Wrap up the tarp and let’s get to bed
Ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha
All I want to say is that I love you
And all I wanna hear you say is that you feel
The same way
Help me Help me
Help me Ha ha ha ha
(C) SAM SMALL 2022