Well if you ever want to come home to me
I'll still be here waiting

If you ever change your mind
about leaving, leaving me behind
Baby bring it to me, bring your sweet loving
bring it on home to me

I know I laughed when you left
but now I know that I only hurt myself
Honey bring it to me, bring your sweet loving
bring it on home to me
Let me tell you all about it

(g. goffin / c. king / j. wexler)

Looking out on the morning rain
I used to feel so uninspired
But when I knew I had to face another long, long day
Girl I used to feel so tired

Before the day I met you
Life had been so unkind
But you’re the key to my peace of mind
’cause you made me feel, you made me feel
You made me feel like a natural man

When my soul was in the lost and found

Never been a millionaire
and I tell you mama I don’t care
Never gonna own a race-horse
or a fast back mid-engine Porsche
Don’t think I’ll own a private jet
on the Stock Exchange I’m no threat
So won’t you help me make up my mind
Don’t you think I’d better get myself back home

Sitting in the moonlight glow
excuse me if my feelings show
Watching all the trucks roll by

Darling I hate to tell you but I think I’m catching a cold
Put another chair on the fire bring the bottle over here
I feel I’m getting old
I like your laugh and a hot romance
and your orn’ry sense of humor
but if it rains again like it did today
I’m gonna have to leave a little bit sooner

Got to get me some South America sun

Honey don’t even ask me if you can come along

Perhaps it’s the color of the sun cut flat
and coverin' the crossroads I’m standing at
or maybe it’s the weather or something like that
but mama you been on my mind

I do not mean you trouble, don’t put me down, don’t get upset
I am not pleadin?or sayin?I can’t forget you
I do not pace the floor, bowed down and bent, but yet
mama you been on my mind

I’ve got two and more to show
I was dreaming of a mobile
that couldn’t be mine not without lyin?
Was I feeling kind a silly
when I stepped in soakin?beer down the cola machine
Oh, stayin?seventeen
Well she claimed she was a killer
and she owned a flood lit villa
a little aways from the main highway
Oh take me way down yonder

She was tall, thin and tarty

Angel came down from heaven yesterday
stayed with me long enough to rescue me
And she told me a story yesterday
about the sweet love between the moon and the deep blue sea
Then she spread her wings high over me
she said she’s goin' now, come back tomorrow
And I said, Fly on my sweet angel, fly on through the sky
Fly on my sweet angel tomorrow I’m gonna be by your side

I had nothing to do on this hot afternoon
but to settle down and write you a line
I've been meaning to phone you but from Minnesota
hell it's been a very long time
You wear it well
A little old fashioned but that's all right

Well I suppose you're thinking I bet he's sinking
or he wouldn't get in touch with me
Oh I ain't begging or losing my head

Something told me it was over
when I saw you and him talking
Something deep down in my soul said Cry boy
when I saw you and him out walking
I would rather, I would rather go blind girl
than to see you walk away from me child
So you see I love you so much
I don’t want to see you leave me baby
most of all I just don’t, I just don't want to be free

Let me tell you about a place, somewhere up in New York way
where the people are so gay, twistin' the night away
Here they have a lot of fun, puttin' trouble on the run
Oh man you'll find the old and young twistin' the night away

Here's a man in evening clothes, how he got here I don't know
but oh man, you ought to see him go, twistin' the night away

In a couple of hours I'll be drivin' home to the one I love
So save your breath sweet painted lady it won't be me
Over the mountain and under the sea
They'll never be another one like mine for me

It was only an hour or so ago that I sang my song
Persuaded painted ladies that I could say I'd been free
Over the mountain and under the sea
They'll never be another one like mine for me

If you're traveling in the north country fair
Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline
Remember me to the one who lives there
She was once a true love of mine

And if you're goin' when the snowflakes storm
When the rivers freeze and summer ends
Please see for me she has a coat so warm
to keep her from the howling wind

Would you see for me that her hair's hanging long

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My mama 'n' papa told me son that you're just a fool
when I told 'em I was leaving home I was leaving school
So then in a couple of hours I found myself
heading down that southbound road
with everything I owned on my back
I carried such a heavy load

And it's a hard, hard road that I travel
It's a hard, hard road that I travel
It's a hard, hard road that I travel down the line

Sitting on my back door wondering which way to go
The sun's shining on my back and it hurts (child)
The FM station plays another bad 45
And it's been so long since I had a good time
It's been so long since I had a good time

Never wrecked my head on a bandstand
in the trombone or clarinet line
When I come in heat on Bourbon Street for Mardi Gras

Looking out on the morning rain
I used to feel so uninspired
But when I knew I had to face another long, long day
girl I used to feel so tired

Before the day I met you
life had been so unkind
but you're the key to my peace of mind
'Cause you made me feel, you made me feel
you made me feel like a natural man

When my soul was in the lost and found
you came along to claim it

I may not seem your ideal
when you look into my eyes
I don't smoke, I don't tell jokes
I'm not the custom made size
But baby let me take you
out on the highway for awhile
I'll show you where the man in me
is when he doesn't hide
He's cruisin' in the fast lane
stuck behind the wheel
Jekyll and Hyde going on inside
when I'm your automobile

And let me be your car for awhile child

Well if you ever want to come home to me
I'll still be here waiting

If you ever change your mind
about leaving, leaving me behind
Baby bring it to me, bring your sweet loving
bring it on home to me

I know I laughed when you left
but now I know that I only hurt myself
Honey bring it to me, bring your sweet loving
bring it on home to me
Let me tell you all about it

Fare thee well my brother
please don't stand in my way
I'm going down to that dirty town
no matter what you say
You fooled me and you ruled me
and you played in every part
I gotta go, it's no use me stayin' home

Goodbye my sister
please don't let me see you cry
Gonna be a star some day
no matter what they say
And when you hear the crowds
all callin' and shouting out my name

You ain't gonna get me honey no way
Tearing down the highway in the pouring rain
escaping from my wedding day
I heard the bells ringing in the local church
the ceremony's nearly under way
Telegrams came and the cheap champagne
was driving everybody out of their brains
But I convinced my best friends I lost my nerve
and I pleaded I was being framed

'Sailor show me which way to go'

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Nineteen years old and as sweet as she could be
All dressed up like a downtown Christmas tree
Dancin' and hummin' a rock 'n' roll melody
She's the daughter of a well respected man
who taught her how to jerk and understand
then she became a rock 'n' roll music fan

Sweet little rock 'n' roller, sweet little rock 'n' roller
Her daddy doesn't have to scold her