Skeleton Key
Cummings |
Oh with what key Shall I unlock this heart of mine What went wrong between us has gone It'll be different this time At night when all the colours Bleed into the dark sky I can't help but love her I'll love her till the day I die A key can open a car Then why not me I was trying to forget You'll be my skeleton key Oh time will tell us If we're right or wrong A good love it can be hard to find You've got to hold on But I'll never love another Even if I can Come to me baby I'm a one woman man A key can open a car Then why not me I was trying to forget You'll be my skeleton key...she cares for me My skeleton key A key can open a car Then why not me I was trying to forget You'll be my skeleton key A key can open a car Then why not me I was trying to forget You'll be my skeleton key A key can open a car Then why not me I was trying to forget You'll be my skeleton key...she cares for me She cares for me She cares for me She cares for me She cares for me My skeleton key
Stella Mare
Cummings/Christopher Marshall |
At the edge of the night At the end of the dream Cast adrift must be a terrifying thing Did you lose your bearings Did you forget your way Here's what to do To make it back today Stellamare Star of the sea Shine your victory light upon me Whisper softly as the morning draws close Hey believer you can make it, make it Make it on your own All the hurtful things that you did to get by Hard worked convictions Did you have to let them slide Was the price too high Did you give 'em all away Here's what to do To make it, make it to the, make it to the day And I'm back on the shore again I'm back from where I been Now I'm back here all alone What should I do, what should I do I'm all alone What should I Stellamare Star of the sea Is there a place among your satellites for me Shine so gentle, shine so low And when the morning comes Hold on, hold on to that glow Stellamare, solace of the deep Keep a watch over my secrets to keep Hold them close and keep them to yourself God preserve me Keep me, keep me, keep me, keep me from the rain And I'm back on the shore again Yeah I'm back from where I been And I'm back on the shore again Yeah I'm back from where I been Now I'm back here all alone Come back baby What should I do, what should I do, what should I Stellamare Star of the sea Is there a place among your satellites for me As you cast for signs on the face of the deep Could you spare a, could you spare a Could you Could you Could you Could you spare a single thought of me Shine so gentle, shine so low Shine so gentle, shine so low Shine so gentle, shine so low Shine so gentle, shine so low Shine so gentle, shine so low Shine so gentle, shine so low Shine so gentle, shine so low Stellamare Stellamare Stellamare Stellamare Stellamare Stellamare Stellamare Stellamare
You Put A Pain On My Heart
Cummings |
Heartaches and tears everyday I took it for granted that you'd stay But is this a crazy game we play? It don't make sense living this way Everything has turned out wrong What good is love when love has gone Was I too blind to see? I'm as lonely as can be You put a pain on my heart Since you left me You put a pain on my heart I feel as bad as can be You break my heart one day And then you go on your merry way Come sun and wind and heavy rain I rush to you like a moth to a flame Everything has turned out wrong What good is love when love has gone Was I too blind to see? I'm as lonely as can be You put a pain on my heart Since you left me You put a pain on my heart I feel as bad as can be Everything has turned out wrong What good is love when love has gone You put a pain on my heart Since you left me You put a pain on my heart I feel as bad as can be You put a pain on my heart Since you left me You put a pain on my heart I feel as bad as can be
New Cosmic Blues
Cummings/McDonald |
Earth's sweetest joy is but disguised pain Earth's sweetest joy is but disguised pain Here comes those old cosmic blues again Our efforts to find happiness keep us from heaven's shore Our efforts to find happiness keep us from heaven's shore Black cloud fell down on my stony floor Pleasure is transient and selfish, so is regret Pleasure is transient and selfish, so is regret One does not go to hell just to light a cigarette Oh but man was made, made for both joy and woe Oh but man was made, man was made for both joy and woe When we learn this, through the world we can safely go You've got to face life as it is, you got to learn by experience You've got to face life as it is, you got to learn by experience You got to work out your own salvation with some diligence Oh what can you do, life just does what she pleases Yeah what can you do, life just does what she pleases And sometimes I wonder will I ever feel at ease New cosmic blues New cosmic blues Yeah, giddyup Cosmic blues Cosmic blues New cosmic Cosmic blues
Teardrops Will Fall Tonight
Cummings |
In the chilly night before the dawn Heaven's star-strewn sky it looks worn To find our way, to find our way To find our way home we must have light And somewhere teardrops will fall tonight And so you start, you start to smile You take, take a little break for a while And it seems, ooh it seems Yeah it seems like love at first sight And somewhere teardrops will fall tonight Now nothing in this wide world is ever clear You take your chances, you drink your beer And stars, yeah the stars Yeah the stars in the sky have taken flight And somewhere teardrops will fall tonight Inseparable and so happy Is that how you, how you thought it would be The drowsy streets, the drowsy streets Yeah the drowsy streets neath the moon's stage-fright And somewhere teardrops will fall tonight Gonna fall tonight Now even mountains crumble away Recriminations won't help us today Now you've sunken, now you sunk Yeah you have have sunken from my sight And somewhere teardrops will fall tonight Yeah and somewhere teardrops will fall tonight
No More Goodbye Songs
Cummings/Bill McDonald |
Everything is going to be alright I'll be drunk with love tonight Yeah, I want to turn you loose But it ain't no use Yeah, I don't like to fight But you got to treat me right And the circle goes around You're lost and you're found There's no denying That you saw me crying This is a game we play I can't live this way Yeah you're a shining star Yeah I know who you are And the circle goes around You're lost and you're found But I'm thinking, dreaming, dreaming of you all day long I don't want to feel that way now that you've gone But I'm thinking, dreaming, dreaming of you all day long Don't want to feel that way now that you've gone Yeah I don't like to fight But you got to treat me right Yeah you're a shining star Yeah I know who you are Now we shall see what the future will bring No more goodbye songs
Love Is Mighty Close To You
Cummings/Jeff Burstin |
The moon was hanging Sweet and lovely in the sky That night that I first saw you pass by What am I to do Oh what am I to do And love is mighty close to you Boys cluster to you Like moths to a flame They take their chance in this waiting game Oh don't leave me blue Oh don't leave me blue And love is mighty close to you Wind changes We were blown together In the deep sad distance May be stormy weather But the morning star's rising Climbing into view Love is mighty close to you It's not dark But it's not yet light I dreamed I held you against me last night I fell in love I never expected to And love is mighty close to you Wind changes We were blown together In the deep sad distance May be stormy weather But the morning star's rising Climbing into view Love is mighty close to you Deep in the night I hear the house creak The sweetest sigh as I watch you sleep The first time your eyes met mine I knew That love is mighty close to you That love is mighty close to you Ooh la la la Ooh la la la Ooh la la la Ooh la la la Ooh la la la Ooh la la la Ooh la la la Ooh la la la Ooh la la la
Time Trip
Cummings |
Now comes the good times that we prayed for The bluest of blues looms darkly for us no more Life goes on, what was lost is found I remember the first night that you came around Warm sweet night, you wore a cotton dress Forties style with the fragrance of kindness You made me laugh so much, that I let my guard slip Ooh baby it's been a time trip We're just spinning here as the world's in flight But sometimes reality can be too bright Pinned to our spot by some invisible law Swinging low with a sullen roar Right from the start I felt right at home with you I'm sticking to you like glue Say a prayer of thanksgiving, fall headlong into sleep Ooh baby it's been a time trip There's no such thing on this earth as real change You can change husbands or shoes but not your situation Some days we try to keep out of each other's hair Some days we try to not really care We're not looking for miracles or master plans Just someone that understands Life comes in a mad rush or on a slow drip Ooh baby it's been a time trip Ooh baby Ooh baby Ooh baby it's been a time trip
The Truth About Love
Cummings/Bill McDonald |
The waitress was pulling on her overcoat And playing with her hair The piano players eyes were empty Almost like he wasn't there The bartender was clearing up The bouncers had gone to bed The waitress was primping herself in the mirror When the customer walked up and said He said I've been coming to this bar Almost every week I wanted to ask you out But I couldn't work up the nerve to speak I thought it wouldn't happen I don't know why I didn't ask before The waitress rolled her eyes As together they hurried out the door The truth about love Her body was deceptive She had a graceful way of moving It was at the same time Both exciting and soothing Her eyes were soft brown And her skin tone pearly white And he did woo her under the stars The entire night The truth about love Three months later they were married With all of the accompanying stuff And in their eyes you could see The truth about love She found employment in a coffee shop downtown And he'd go in there to eat lunch And to fool around The truth about love They played a game, the customer and the waitress And she'd always make him wait Pretending they didn't know each other And he'd try to make a date And so it went for years Then things began to change He stopped dropping in for lunch And she started acting strange The truth about love The truth about love And at home the customer and the waitress game took a weird twist And now and then wondered What they'd missed She tried not to worry Couldn't take it anymore She whispered I guess we should talk And sat cross legged on the floor The truth about love Don't get pissed off she said But I think we made a mistake all those years ago I'm not pissed off he said Can't we talk about it tomorrow If you think this will make you happy go right ahead And off they went to sleep In separate beds The truth about love So for seven years the customer and the waitress Went their separate ways At first it was better like this But they both had their bad days At any rate they collided on a street the other night And went out to dinner together Much to their surprise The truth about love In honour of the occasion The waitress let him kiss her at her front door He tenderly took her face in his hands And he begged for more I'm sick of taking out girls Whose emotions are as mangled as mine Maybe we should try again Or at least go out to dinner sometime The truth about love Yeah that's the truth about love The crazy truth about love The sick truth about love Yeah that's the truth about love Yeah the truth about love Yeah that's the truth about love
Is It Me That You Love
Cummings |
I get the blues little mama When you don't treat me right Well you and I baby, it was love at first sight Come on little baby Won't you tell me what's wrong Let's drink some wine, have a good time Gonna ball all night long Is it me that you love Is it me that you love As you sleep sweet thing Do you dream of me asleep in your bed How come you do me like you do Does my face flicker in your head? I need a girl to love me I need a woman to hug me Scrimping and saving all my love for you Who could ever love you, like I do Who would you lie for Who would you die for Is it me that you love Is it me that you love What's going to become of me Yeah, my heart's a big mystery I burn and yearn to be with you In spite of all the shit you put me through Hey little mama how long can this last Yeah hey sweet thing so much love has gone past Who would you lie for Who would you die for Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love Is it me that you love