​I'm in the middle of an island I'm in the middle of a sea I'm staying here 'cause there's no place left for me Yay yay yay I'm a lonely boy in a lonely world There's no place left for me I've been everywhere in the world there is I've sailed the seven seas But when I return it's always the same No one's waiting for me I'm a lonely boy in a lonely world So now I'll sail the seas once more Now I'll sail the seas

​I was born about eighteen years ago in a little wooden shack I was born about eighteen years ago on the wrong side of the tracks I never knew my father and I never had a home Well I don't know where I came from and I don't know where I'm going I was born to be unlucky from my shoulders to my shoes And I guess I'm stuck with my unlucky blues When I was just a young boy I was raised on beans and trout And on my seventh birthday, well my mama she kicked me out They say I'm good for nothing, no one treats me kind I don't care 'cause pretty soon I'm gonna leave this world behind I was born to be unlucky from my shoulders to my shoes And I guess I'm stuck with my unlucky blues I jumped into the river to try to put myself away A man jumped in and saved me, he spoiled a perfect day He dragged me to the river's edge, he said he knew I had a need Then he pulled out a soggy bible and that man began to read Well he told me things I did not know, I'm glad I did not die 'Cause he told me God's my father and my real home is in the sky And I said [Instrumental] He said I'd done a very foolish thing to try to drown myself and die And I told him I was glad he happened to be passing by He said God would forgive me, so I repented of my sin Then he said I must be baptised and he threw me in again Aww I was born to be unlucky from my shoulders to my shoes I thought I must be stuck with these unlucky blues Aww yeaow My life has changed in many ways, I'm such a different man Well I know now who my father is and I know just where I stand With one foot up in heaven and one foot on the ground I travel through this world of ours, I try to spread God's word around I was born to be unlucky, I knowed it, from my shoulders to my shoes But I came unstuck from my unlucky blues Yeaow maybe you can too Alright woo And this is just the beginning

Moses tending sheep in the fields one day When he thought he heard a burning scrub-brush say Gotta free your people From the Pharaoh's hand Gotta take 'em all to the promised land Moses knew that God was talking to him So he set off to Egypt with a vigor and vim And Moses bugged the Pharaoh, he bugged him And he bugged him 'Till he got his people freed He used real bugs Yes indeed, ow ow He got his people freed Ow ow ow ow [x2] Moses on the banks of the wide Red Sea He stuck out a stick and one two three The water rolled back And the people walked down Everybody knew they wouldn't drown Pharaoh told his army to bring 'em all back An' here come the chariots, clickety clack Why Moses took his stick And he closed up the water An' the 'Gyptians all took a bath Ow ow ow ow What a laugh Ow they all took a bath Ow ow ow [cough] ow Ow ow ow ow Dirty 'Gyptians Grab my foot, take my hand Lead me on to the promised land Milk and honey, milk and honey Milk and honey, milk and honey Me and all my people is here So keep on sending manna From the atmosphere Milk and honey, milk and honey Milk and honey, milk and honey After forty long years in the wilderness They finally saw their potential metropolis They all gave thanks And they all praised the Lord Even though it took time he kept his word He grab their foot and he tooken their hand And he brung 'em all over To the promised land But it seems to me like an awful long time to be Looking for a home Ow ow ow ow A mighty long roam, home Looking for a home, a home a home Never borrow money needlessly [cough]

Hard luck and bad news Has followed me from town to town All my life my luck's been down I'm getting so weary I don't have one friend Folks turn their backs when I'm around And where I walk the grass turns brown No one will come near me Hard luck and bad news Hard luck and bad news If you were in my shoes you'd die My life's been lonely I've never heard a kindly word Ugly names is all I've heard And mean is how they treat me Nobody trusts me They blame me for the fires in town Claim that hell is where I'm bound And pray that God will speed me Hard luck and bad news Hard luck and bad news If you were in my shoes you'd die Woo Life's not worth living My sorrow's more than I can say Tomorrow's just another day I hate to see the sun rise Yet maybe someday I'll find a man to call a friend I'll be his friend until the end In loneliness my heart cry Hard luck and bad news Hard luck and bad news If you were in my shoes you'd die [x2]​

Walking backwards down the stairs Trying to get higher How can I get anywhere Walking backwards down the stairs Watching life elude me Slipping through my grasp Oh I know the truth at last But to reach the top I've got to stop from Walking backwards down the stairs Trying to get higher How can I get anywhere Walking backwards down the stairs People stop to watch me Wonder what I'm doing What direction I'm pursuing I pretend I'm free but actually I'm Walking backwards down the stairs Trying to get higher, higher How can I get anywhere Walking backwards down the stairs

​Pardon me Kissing you like I'm afraid But I know I'm being played with And you'll leave me when you get the chance Off you'll go In the darkness of the night Like a bird in freedom's flight You're thinking only of deliverance Close your eyes And pretend that you are me See how empty it can be Making love if love's not really there Watch me go Watch me walk away alone As your clothing comes undone And you pull the ribbons from your hair Pardon me

I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy Don't leave me here alone, don't let me be The soul survivor of this tragedy My life was good when she was hanging round My love was flying so high and free But when she left my dreams came tumbling down Now I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy Don't leave me here alone, don't let me be The soul survivor of this tragedy I'm trying so hard to forget my pain And leave my past behind But when your life is suddenly filled with rain You keep remembering how the sun used to shine And I can't stand the loneliness, the constant emptiness Why has unhappiness ah-come into my life I spend my mornings waking and thinking And cry my evenings late into the night I never knew that things could go so wrong Until this happened to me, and I'm telling you If you're in love you better hold on strong Or be the soul survivor of this tragedy I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy (Soul survivor, soul survivor) Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy (Ooh ooh ooh ooh) Don't leave me here alone, don't let me be (Soul survivor, soul survivor) The soul survivor of this tragedy I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy (Soul survivor, soul survivor) (Yes I am) Oh yes I need somebody's (I don't want nobody's sympathy) sympathy (Ooh ooh ooh ooh) Don't leave me here alone don't let me be (Soul survivor soul, survivor) The soul survivor of this tragedy I'm the soul survivor of this tragedy (Ah yeah yeah yeah) (Soul survivor, soul survivor) Oh yes I need somebody's sympathy (Ooh ooh ooh ooh)

​Looking for the footprints of the man who wears the sandals Ah ah ah Looking for the footprints of the man who wears the sandals Ah ah ah Ah-ah-ah

Waiting around since last night sitting in your garden chair When you decide to come home I suppose I'll still be there (Ooh ooh ooh) Everything comes to the man who waits for everything to come But what (Ah ah ah) can he do when the thing he wants the most he's farthest from Yes I guess I see your point Patience growing thin How can you respect a man Who needs you more than you need him Baroquen spirits do you love me Baroquen spirits I can't say Baroquen spirits do you love me Baroquen spirits I can't say (Ah ah ah ah ah ah) Give me your love or let go but don't play with my affairs (Ah ah ah) Kiss me goodbye or hello but don't take lightly what we share Yes I guess I see your point Patience growing thin How can you respect a man Who needs you more than you need him Baroquen spirits (oh baby do you love me) do you love me (do you love me) Baroquen spirits I can't say All right Baroquen spirits (ah ah ha) do you love me Baroquen spirits (ah ha ha) I can't say (I can't say) Baroquen spirits (ah ah ha) do you love me (do you love me)

I don't believe in miracles I know what's real, I don't pretend I don't believe in miracles Or stories with a happy end Life is no one's friend But when we met I felt so free And suddenly I felt a change come over me Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me I don't believe in miracles I've been around, I've seen enough The only way to get along you must be strong You must be tough Life is one big bluff But then you opened up the door An' I walked right in and all my fears fell on the floor Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me Pa [x35] But then you opened up the door An' I walked right in and all my fears fell on the floor Do you suppose I don't believe in miracles I know what's real, I don't pretend I don't believe in miracles Or stories with a happy end Life is no one's friend But then we met and suddenly I felt so strange I felt a change come over me Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me Do you suppose a miracle is happening to me

Ow ow ow ow ow Ow ow ow ow ow Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're so plain plain plain But I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're insane Sigrid Jane But I love you You’re never treated anything but wrong And no one's ever loved you for long But you were sure that someday love would ride You knew that love would come along and be a welcome surprise Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're so plain plain plain But I love you Yeah Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're insane Sigrid Jane But I love you You’re never treated anything but wrong You never curse The worst you do is bite your tongue You're never mad You try to get along The world around you falls and you stay strong But how long Sigrid Jane Jane Jane Ow ow ow ow ow Oh I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane Oh you're so strange And I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane Ow ow ow ow ow Oh I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane You're so strange And I love you Sigrid Jane Jane Jane (Wo Sigrid Jane) Jane Jane Jane What plain Jane Oh Sigrid Jane Sigrid Jane Jane Jane Oh Sigrid Jane You’re so strange

I am a servant, I am listening for my name I sit here waiting, I've been looking at the game That I've been playing, an' I've been staying much the same When you are lonely, you're the only one to blame I am a servant, I am waiting for your call (Aah aah) I've been unfaithful, so I sit here in the hall How can you use me when I've never given all How can you choose me when you know I quickly fall So you feed my soul and you make me grow And you let me know you love me And I'm worthless now, but I've made a vow I will humbly bow before thee Oh please use me, I am lonely I am a servant, getting ready for my part There's been a change, a rearrangement in my heart At last I'm learning there's no returning once I start To live's a privilege, to love is such an art But I need your help to start Oh please purify my heart I am your servant​

One two [Spoken] ​ ​Nothing really changes Everything remains the same We are what we are till the day that we die [x2] If we could live in Shakespeare's days I wonder who we'd be If people then could live today I wonder who we'd see They'd prob'ly stop a corner cop And ask what the whole world's coming to If people then could live today I wonder what they'd do Yes I wonder what they'd do Would Romeo and Juliet watch Nelson Eddy kiss Jeanette Would Bacchus read Police Gazette And window peep at silhouettes Would Caesar pay to see the Mets Would Icarus join the jet set Would Satan smoke menthol cigarettes Would Samson razor with Gilette Bi di dip'n bow Nothing really changes Everything remains the same We are what we are till the day that we die Unless we love the Lord (Nothing really changes) Nothing really changes Everything remains the same We are what we are till the day that we die Would Henry the eighth use etiquette In a busy New York luncheonette Would Cleopatra die when bit Or save herself with a tourniquet Would Beethoven join a jazz quartet Would Ben Hur drive a blue Corvette Would Aristotle be an acid head Would Cain kill Abel with a bayonet, ah Nothing really changes Everything remains the same We are what we are till the day that we die Yeah Nothing really changes Everything remains the same We are what we are till the day that we die Unless we love the Lord (Nothing really changes) Nothing really changes Everything remains the same We are what we are (till the day that we die) Till the day we die Unless JC sets you free (Nothing really changes) Everything remains the same

​​Backstage, I cross the middle ground Curtains up and house lights down I sing love songs and pass myself around But afterwards Some people say they thought I put them down They feel so bad It does not matter what I say I hope tomorrow they have a better day They seem so trapped They need release They need your strong love and strange peace Reporters question me, is this a new direction for the young How lamb like their faces How snake like their tongues They quote me perfectly Then rewrite every word I speak And go away convinced we're all some new kind of freaks I feel so good It does not matter what they say Ah ha ha ha ha ha I hope tomorrow they have a better day We're all so trapped We need release We need your strong love and strange peace We need your strong love and strange peace We need your strong love and strange peace

​Ha ha world Every day I used to write you a letter But you never wrote back And you never made me feel any better Always sitting here Fretting and getting confused Halfway desperate For a headline of hope in the news When the telephone rang I spilled it all over my sweater Oh yeah The call was for me And I answered the phone in the kitchen (Ha ha world, ha ha world) But the room was too hot I forgot I was cooking my chicken (Ha ha world, ha ha world) I was burning like hell But the stove wasn't on Then the voice on the line Says the chicken is gone The receiver goes dead and it Hums while the plot starts to thicken Oh oh yeah oh Would I have hung up the phone had I known The whole room would start swaying (Ha ha world, ha ha world) I was instantly cold And I knew why my life wasn't paying (Ha ha world, ha ha world) I had money and fame But my wealth wasn't wise What good are the coins on a dead man's eyes And the ringing of chimes in my head Said it's time to start praying Oh oh yeah oh I’ve been sitting here praying And laying up treasures in heaven (Ha ha world, ha ha world) I was home and the front door was locked When the clock struck eleven (Ha ha world, ha ha world) I heard the bride outside yell millennium Though the sun was still up The twelfth hour has come The bible says Without a vision the people perish

Ah forget your hexagram, you'll soon feel fine Stop looking at the stars You don't live under the signs Don't mess with gypsies Or have your fortune read Keep the table on the floor And don't you listen to the dead You can't hitchhike your way to heaven The devil's closed the roads You live once and you die once with no Re-incarnate episodes You can't hitchhike to heaven Or get there by just being good The rules were set down long ago When the spikes went in the wood OK now [Very faintly] Oh Heaven is in your mind When love is in your heart Maybe you'll find the way But first you have to start Forget your hexagram, you'll soon feel fine Stop looking at the stars You don't live under the signs Don't mess with gypsies Or have your fortune read Keep your table on the floor And don't you listen to the dead You can't hitchhike your way to heaven The devil's closed the roads You live once and you die once with no Re-incarnate episodes You can't hitchhike to heaven Or get there by just being good The rules were set down long ago When the spikes went in the wood

​Well I'm feeling so bad in the middle of love And it's easy to see that it isn't quite me that you're thinking of Must be somebody else, but I'm wondering who I can't seem to recall anybody at all who's in love with you Every night you'll hear me say what a day Well I saw you last week, you went out on the sly You walked into some church, I suspected the worst, bet you met some guy Then I waited outside, but you came out alone With a satisfied look and a little black book, then you went straight home Every night you'll hear me say what a day Well I got something I wanna say to you And this is what it is So listen [Guitar solo] Well this morning at ten, you invited me in As you poured me some coffee you told me straight off that you'd found a friend Well I wasn't surprised, no I wasn't surprised Cause you look so content baby, I see a different look in your eyes Every night you'll hear me say what a day [x2] ​Aw ah What a day

Hello [Spoken] Well I woke up in the morning, I said a morning prayer I washed my face with soap and ran my fingers through my hair I went down to the studio on Hollywood and Vine The clock said 'leven thirty, well I made it just in time I greeted the musicians, I grabbed the nearest chair I started playing my guitar and told the engineer C'mon let that tape keep rolling [x4] C'mon let that tape keep rolling, c'mon c'mon c'mon The first song that we cut was called "Lonely By Myself" I'll do the vocal later you can leave it on the shelf The second song we cut was called "Unlucky Blues" The session's getting better now, we're turning on the juice The last song took us seven takes, the first one took us ten Let's give it all we got and do the chorus once again C'mon let that tape keep rolling [x4] C'mon let that tape keep rolling (c'mon) let it roll (c'mon) Do you hear me singing on your record machine The piano's banging, the guitar's twanging The water cooler's clanging, the light bulb's hanging Yes the music's playing, the production's clean Cross fade all the tracks, don't leave no spaces in between C'mon (c'mon) let that tape keep rolling [x4] C'mon (c'mon) let that tape keep rolling, c'mon (c'mon) c'mon c'mon (c'mon) c'mon, c'mon Hehehe (C'mon) [x2] (C'mon) (Ba ba ba da ba) [x3] (C'mon) Well I started out ten years ago, my guitar in my hand I took the music in my heart and played it with a band I went down to the Tower to record Upon This Rock I sang it like I felt it, I just let the music talk I know where I am going and I know who I must be Don't care how long it takes because there's lots of things to see C'mon let that tape keep rolling, c'mon let that love keep flowing C'mon let your faith keep growing, c'mon get that good news going C'mon let your light keep shining, c'mon be careful what you're signing C'mon (c'mon) let that love keep flowing C'mon (c'mon) c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon (C'mon, c'mon) Aoww (C'mon, c'mon) heheheh (C'mon, c'mon) Oh yeah alright alright (C'mon, c'mon c'mon c'mon) (C'mon)

I think I love you I've only known you for a couple-a hours I think I love you When you're near it’s like a room full of flowers Oh yeah We met last monday in the LA heat In the downtown section on a one way street A man with a bible dropped a tract at my feet You know the rest, your way is always the best I think I love you You're the best thing that's happened to me Yes you are [Spoken] I think I love you I used to wonder where you could be I used to seek after truth and follow where it led So many facts and philosophies inside my head I've heard so many people telling me you was dead I bet they all own a bible that's never been read Mm-hmm-hmm Woo-ooh-hoo-ooh Woo hoo ooh Ooh ooh ooh Ooh hoo All my life I've been wondering what I should do Suddenly I stopped wondering ‘Cause I really found the answer when I fell in love with you Wooh I think I love you I think I love you And I know that you love me I think I love you I think I love you I think I love you And I know you first loved me You're not dead, you're not even sick Mmmm whoahahahah whoo whoa bapanba.....

​With a love like yours A man could live in beauty and in grace If I were a king I'd give everything Just to see your face With a love like yours A man could be completely satisfied He'd have no more fears He'd shed no more tears And have no more need to hide You have saved me You have saved me You have saved me from myself [x2] Ah, you have saved me You have saved me You have saved me from myself

When I was up in Canada I didn't have much money You know my toes were cold And my clothes had holes My nose was kind of runny I met a long-hair on the street He said look you look like you'd like to eat I said a glass of coke and a hotdog's fine He said well how 'bout some bread and a glass of wine I said lead me on, lead me on, lead me on Lead me on where you're going I said my body's tired but my heart's inspired My hunger's growing Lead me on, lead me on, lead me on Lead me on where you're going I said my body's tired but my heart's inspired My hunger's growing He took a loaf of Wonder bread Then he bowed his head Then he filled my cup drink it up my friend It tasted better than the health food blend He looked straight in to my eyes I was quite surprised He said you're locked inside but I can set you free You will live forever if you follow me I said lead me on, lead me on, lead me on Lead me on where you're going wo-oh I said my body's tired but my heart's inspired My hunger's growing wo-oh Lead me on, lead me on, lead me on Lead me on where you're going oh I said my body's tired and my heart's inspired My hunger's growing Ah when I was up in Canada I didn't have much money You know my toes were cold And my clothes had holes And my nose was kinda runny It wasn't funny I met a long-hair on the street He said look you look like you'd like to eat I said a glass of coke and a hotdog's fine He said well how 'bout some bread and a glass of wine I said lead me on, lead me on, lead me on Lead me on where you're going wo-oh I said my body's tired but my heart's inspired My hunger's growing wo-oh Lead me on, lead me on, lead me on Lead me on where you're going wo-oh I said my body's tired but my heart's inspired My hunger's growing I said break Lead me on Ah lead me on, lead me on, lead me on (Ah ha) Lead me on where you're going wo-oh (Ah ha) I said my body's tired but my heart's inspired (Ah ha) My hunger's growing, was it showing (Ah ha) Lead me on, lead me on, lead me on (Ah ha) Lead me on where you're going wo-oh (Ah ha) I said my body's tired but my heart's inspired (Ah ha) My hunger's growing (Ah ha) Hope it don't start snowing Lead me on, lead me on, lead me on (Ah ha) Lead me on where you're going wo-oh (Ah ha) I said my body's tired but my heart's inspired (Ah ha) My hunger's growing (Ah ha) Wo-oh-oh

​​If I could find someone who really cared for me Someone to share my love and keep me company If I could find someone, I'd let them take control And in exchange for love I'd give my very soul It's such a lonely life, I almost cry each night 'Cause fate has put me on the shelf I get so lonely, so lonely by myself If I could find someone who really loved me right They'd make my life complete, they'd make my soul shine bright I've looked around the world, I've walked down every street Still I can't find no one to give me what I need It's such a lonely life, I almost cry each night 'Cause fate has put me, fate has put me on the shelf I get so lonely, so lonely by myself I get so lonely, so lonely So lonely by myself Who can I turn to, is there anybody there Doesn't anybody care Oo-ooh, doesn't anybody listen Doesn't anybody care

​Santa Claus is coming and the kids are getting greedy It's Christmas time They know it's in the store because they've seen it on the TV It's Christmas time, it's Christmas time It used to be the birthday of the man who saved our necks Oh it's Christmas time But now it stands for Santa Claus you spell it with an x It's Christmas time, yeah I said it's Christmas time Wo wo wo it's a Christmas time Wo wo baby [x2] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Break Ow You go into the forest and you cut down all the trees It's Christmas time I know you got a power saw but who plants the seeds It's Christmas time, it's Christmas time I gotta buy a present, can't remember who it's for It's Christmas time, ow I said it's Christmas time Well I'll see you in an hour when I get back from the store It's Christmas time, yeah (all right) it's Christmas time Wo wo wo it's a Christmas time Wo wo baby [x2] Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah [x3] Yeh-ow Christmas time (It's Christmas time) Christmas time (What about last year baby) Christmas time (What did you give me baby) Christmas time (It's Christmas time) Christmas time (Christmas time) (It's Christmas time) [x3] Christmas time aah (Christmas time) Christmas time (It's Christmas time ya) Christmas time (It's Christmas time yeah) Christmas time (It's Christmas time yeah)​ ​Christmas time

​​Saw you underneath a leaf And that's when I decided to be a thief I said honey you're a pretty cocoon I just know you're gonna come out soon You're a butterfly And yes I know and I love you You gotta let it show pretty butterfly Won't you come out just for me ye-eh You're a butterfly You're beautiful but you did not know it You're a butterfly You need love but you never show it You need a-warmth You need a-love You need a-nature to give you a shove If you want to start living you gotta start flying Spread your wings and fill the sky You're a butterfly And yes I know you're a butterfly You gotta let it show pretty butterfly Won't you come out just for me yeah Oh won't you come out just for me Now look at you You're a butterfly And yes I know and I love you But it's time to go pretty butterfly Well it's time for me to set you free ye-eh Well it's time for me to set you free One more thing before you go Something I never let anyone know I am lonely, so confused But I never will forget the day I drifted there As I passed along your way ​I saw you underneath a leaf And that's when I decided to be a thief I said honey you're a pretty cocoon I just know you're gonna come out soon You're a butterfly Yes I know and I love you But it's time to go pretty butterfly Well it's time for me to set you free yeah It's time for me to set you Bye bye baby

​I found an old man on the beach Looking for his shoes I said look for the footprints There's a path, but you must choose Kulderachna om a la na [x4] Nan na la la la ly ly La la la la la ly ly La la la la la ly ly ly ly La la la la la la la la Kulderachna Kulderachna You will gain what you are lacking You will find what you have lost If you're looking for the footprints They will lead you to the cross Kulderachna om a la na [x2] La la la la la ly la La la la la la la la La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la la Kulderachna, oh Kulderachna, oh [Etcetera]