To the road I did take
Trembling as the ground shakes
Under my feet cracked in a stone heal
Never ending motion
Way across the ocean
Into your devotion
Long have I gone so far from my home
Chorus:
What to do with this love that I’m in
I have given you all of my soul
Flying all my life like a rose in the wind
Tell me why I’m always alone
On my way back home
(Indonesian spoken)
Dreaming always begins
Find a door that’s opening
Something there is shining
The light in your eyes when you were all mine
All alone as I wake
Moving to a new place
Shivering as I trace
A road of my own cut by a deep cold
(Repeat chorus)
Hang on to me tight and a rose in the wind
Will be wherever you go
On your way back home
(indonesian spoken)
Can I take you back there?
Drifting on the warm air
Say you’ll follow anywhere
All of our nights into the jade skies
I’ll be true to you
Flying over the moon
Lying in the bamboo
I’ll always know the light in the window
(repeat chorus)
Alone

Jezebel…From Israel,
Who never read a book,
Charmed the literati,
And a smile was all it took.

I was laughing with Picasso,
When she first entered the room,
But Gershwin, Tristan, Tzara,
And Man Ray saw her too.

There was never any doubt,
All would try to take her home,
But she refused their every move,
Preferred to be alone.

And a rose…A rose is a rose.

Zelda had a breakdown,
Fitzgerald hit the bar.
His hand was broken, words were spoken,
Didn’t get too far.

Hemmingway was smoother,
More debonaire and fun,
But he would say her repartee,
Was meaner than a gun.

Chorus:
And a rose…

A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose…
Said my good friend Gertrude Stein.
She knows that I go to the ol’ Deux Magots,
And I drink Pernod through the night.

Jezebel…From Israel,
Who never read a book,
She charmed the literati
And a smile was all it took.

Before her Joyce will babble,
And Pound has gone insane,
Eliot is paralyzed by,
Thoughts of April rain.

When she refused Lenin,
He vowed to start a war.
Stravinsky beat The Rite of Spring,
Right there on the floor.

Chorus

And then one night she’s missing,
A riot soon began.
No one could stand the thought of Jezzie with another man.

I raced down winding streets,
I broke into her house.
You never guess who Jezebel,
Was kissing on the couch.

A rose…A rose is a rose…

Hi Jezzie. Hi there, Gertrude.
Am I interrupting something?

A rose is a rose is a rose is a rose is a rose…

You might say she started out
Without what folks round here
Call a fair shake
A little girl with no shoes on her feet
Tangled hair
Not a nickel to her name
And not a care

But no matter what
Her smile came shining through

Chorus
Cause a rose is a rose is a rose
And everybody knows a little
Sunlight and room to grow was all she needed
And seeing her face in town was like
Spring time coming around well
I guess it just goes to show
A rose is a rose is a rose

Tommy lee always knew
What he would do
Cause she moved him deep down in his heart
And everybody smiled at such a pair
Could they last
With two different worlds
And sides of the tracks

But no matter what
Their love came shining through

Chorus

A rose is a rose
It always finds a way to shine
Beauty is a state of mind
And seeing her face in town was like
Spring time coming around well
I guess it just goes to show
A rose is a rose is a rose

Doo doo doo doo doo doo mmm
Dooby dooby doo doo doo doo
Doo doo doo doo doo doo mmm

There was a rose I knew, I met her once or twice before
She was a pretty sweet thing, not the least bit insecure
Then you came with your slick game and played with her youth
Ashamed of the way you lied, played with the truth, hey, hey

Mmm, she never knew what hit her
Steal her honey, then forget her
A rose
She wears a flower
Tryin? to forget about you

?Cause a rose is still a rose
Baby, girl, you?re still a flower
He can?t lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Darlin?, you hold the power

Now believe me when I tell you that I?ve been hurt myself
When he tells you that he loves you and sees nobody else
And now you?re so tough tryin? to wear tight clothes and things
Tossin? and flossin?, tryin? to fill the void heartbreak brings

Oh?oh?yeah
When she faces the mirror, yeah
She?s cryin?, you can?t hear her
Now the rose is still a rose
She wears a flower, tryin? to forget about you

?Cause a rose is still a rose
Baby, girl, you?re still a flower
He can?t lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Baby, girl, you hold the power

See a rose is still a rose
Baby, girl, you?re still a flower
He can?t lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Darlin?, you hold the power

Let your life be in the sunshine
Not the darkness of your sorrow
You may see your all today
When you know it?ll come tomorrow

Tough to be, but life ain?t over
Just because your man is gone
Girl, love yourself and love to love
?Cause without him your life goes on
Without him your life goes on
Without him your life goes on

?Cause a rose is still a rose
Baby, girl, you?re still a flower
He can?t lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Baby, girl, you hold the power

See a rose is still a rose
Baby, girl, you?re still a flower
He can?t lead you and then take you
Make you and then break you
Darlin?, you hold the power

It started off a routine day
I got through the morning in the usual way
I caught the bus on time
Good morning, Mr. Driver, drive
As I sat inside my overcoat I clutched my cane
And pressed my nose against the foggy window pane
Ho hum
The life I lead would even make a dead man yawn
Midday comes
I break for lunch
With my sandwich and a beer I go on a hunch
To the park where I hope to find
A little bit of peace of mind
As I sat there on a bench amidst the rodent race
I felt a strange sensation that without a trace appeared
But then as quickly disappeared again

So tell me what’s the bloody point of playing the game
With so much to lose yet so little to gain
You sell your life away
Can’t you see you’re just a cog working like a dog
You trade your future for a dead-end job
That’s full of routine days
Routine days

I race the clock to the end of my day
The paycheck in my pocket makes me feel okay
But was it worth the grind
Just to keep from falling behind
I stand here in the queue behind a foul cigar
My face discreetly buried in a book on Mars
Humdrum
And I’m waiting on the pier ’til Charon comes

OH HELLO
I am the ghost of Troubled Joe
Hung by his pretty white neck
Some eighteen months ago
I travelled to a mystical time zone
And I missed my bed
And I soon came home

They said :
“There’s too much caffeine
In your bloodstream
And a lack of real spice
In your life”


I said :
“Leave me alone
Because I’m alright, dad
Surprised to still
Be on my own…”


Oh, but don’t mention love
I’d hate the strain of the pain again
A rush and a push and the land that
We stand on is ours
It has been before
So it shall be again
And people who are uglier than you and I
They take what they need, and just leave


Oh, but don’t mention love
I’d hate the pain of the strain all over again
A rush and a push and the land that
We stand on is ours
It has been before
So why can’t it be now ?
And people who are weaker than you or I
They take what they want from life


Oh, but don’t mention love
No – no, don’t mention love !
A rush and a push and the land that
We stand on is ours
Your youth may be gone
But you’re still a young man
So phone me, phone me, phone me
So phone me, phone me, phone me


Oh, I think I’m in love
Oh, I think I’m in love
Oh, I think I’m in love (think I’m in love)
Urrgh, I think I’m in lerv
Oh …

I’m Salt here to resource so start steppin’
When me and my homegirl Pepa start pepperin’
Try and dis the girls try to stand tall shorty
The girls got naughty we went Top Forty
Call in the troops we’re comin’ out blazin’
Ill if you will there ain’t no savin’
The queens have been ordained
You can’t play me boy I’m no game

It takes two to dance so c’mon let’s tango
Us on the mics and y’all on the dance floor
It’s a Salt and Pepa affair, yeah
Never ever no static, beats will come out clear
Title after title we take
Rack ’em up we’re gonna tally ’em
And when we’re done you’re gonna need a valium
To calm your nerves, after I bomb your nerves
The quiet comes after the storm is heard
And I’m stormin’ long and strong, I can’t go wrong
Watch me get into this rap song
Like a river I flow into the mic I’ll blow
Make sure it’s on as Spinderella drops the beats so

All hands on deck
We’ll run afloat
I heard the captain cry
Explore the ship
Replace the cook
Let no one leave alive
Across the straits
Around the horn
How far can sailors fly?
A twisted path
A tortured course
And no one left alive

We sailed for parts
Unknown to man
Where ships come home to die
No lofty peak
No fortress boat,
Could match our captains eye
Upon the seventh sea sick day
We’ve made our port of call
The sand so white
The sea so blue
No mortal place at all

We fired the gun
And burned the mast
And rode from ship to shore
The captain cried
We sailors wept
Our tears were tears of joy
How many moons
And many Junes
How far since we’ve made land
A Salty Dog
Our seaman’s lot
You’re witness my own hand

Disarm the settlers
The new drunk drivers
Have hoisted the flag
We are with you in your anger
Proud brothers
Do not fret
The bus will get you there yet
To carry us to the lake
The club is open
Yeah, The club is open
Hey, the club is open
A-come on, come on, the club is open
C’mon, c’mon, the club is open
C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, the club is open…

(Mary Chapin Carpenter/John Jennings)

He pulled out in a cloud of dust
Laying rubber and spewing rust
And on any road he’d take
He’d have his foot on the pedal and my heart on the brake
Underneath the smooth tar curves
A road is only dust and dirt
On a lonely interchange
The signs all look the same

‘Cause a road is just a road and a feeling’s just a feeling
No matter where you go, from Waterloo to Wichita
A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on
And midnight’s another dawn, 100 miles ago
His wheels spun out of sight of me
Believing that I’d set him free
But I’d heard the voice of the prisoner
Saying he couldn’t get enough of her

You go by land, you go by air
You go by sea, hell I don’t care
You can go any way you choose
Wearing out the soles of your traveling shoes

And a road is just a road and a feeling’s just a feeling
No matter where you go, from Bangor, Maine to Bakersfield
A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on
And midnight’s another dawn, a hundred miles ago

And every sleepless night I see him
Screaming by the scenery
Not noticing another mile
That’s rolled down between him and me

‘Cause a road is just a road and a feeling’s just a feeling
No matter where you go, from Saskatoon to San Antone
A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on
And midnight’s another dawn, a hundred miles ago

Yes, a road is just a road and a feeling’s just a feeling
No matter where you go, from San Bernardino to Sault Ste. Marie
A road is just a road that the one you love is leaving on
And midnight’s another dawn, a hundred miles ago