05 Oct 1973

(Wiener/Gold/Gluck jnr.) Nobody knows where my Johnny has gone Judy left the same time Why was he holding her hand When she’s supposed to be mine? It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to Cry if I want to, cry if I want to You would cry…

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05 Oct 1973

(Leiber/Stoller) You don’t like crazy music You don’t like rockin’ bands You just wanna go to a movie show And sit there holdin’ hands You’re so square But baby, I don’t care You don’t like hot rod racin’ Or drivin’ late at night You just wanna park where’s it’s…

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05 Oct 1973

(Berns/Ragovoy) Didn’t I make you feel like you are the only one? Didn’t I give you everything that I possibly can? But Lord, the love I give you it’s never enough But I’m gonna show you, baby, that I really can be tough So come on, come on, come…

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05 Oct 1973

(Goffin/King) You never wear a stitch of lace And powder’s never on your face You’re always wearing jeans Except on Sunday But please don’t ever change No don’t you ever change I kinda like you just the way you are You don’t know the latest dance But when it’s…

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05 Oct 1973

(Brown/Zackery/Zackery) River of salt Flowing from my eyes Seems as tho’ I can’t realize My girl is gone She’s left this town River of salt Keep flowing down Day turns to night Still the tears fall Since we’ve apart They won’t stop at all River of salt Your tears won’t end…

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05 Oct 1973

Oh where have you been, my blue eyed son? Where have you been, my darling young one? I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains Walked and I’ve crawled on six crooked highways Stepped in the middle of seven sad forests Been out in front of a dozen…

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24 Mar 1973

(Marvell/Strachey/Link) Oh will you never let me be? Oh will you never set me free? The ties that bound us are still around us There’s no escape that I can see And still those little things remain That bring me happiness or pain A cigarette that bears a lipstick’s…

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24 Mar 1973

(Ferry) For your pleasure in our present state Part false part true like anything We present ourselves The words we use tumble All over your shoulder Gravel hard and loose There all night lying With your dark horse hiding Abhorring such extremes You’re rubbing shoulders With the stars at…

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24 Mar 1973

(Ferry) Blue suns and grey lagoons Silver starfish with honeymoons All these and more to choose if you Satin teardrops on velvet lights Morning sickness on Friday nights Heaven knows what others I might bring to you Broken partings making strange goodbyes Hopeless cases with fake alibis Even hoping…

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24 Mar 1973

(Ferry) The bogus man is on his way as fast as he can run He’s tired but he’ll get to you and shoot you with his gun Focused his mind on something he cared about But it came out a shout just like before The bogus man is at…

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