What's Wrong with this Picture? lyrics

Little village baby, ain't large enough to be a town
From a little village baby, ain't large enough to be a town
Gotta get away from the city
It's gonna bring you down

Heard the voice of the silence, in the evening
In the long cool summer nights
Heard the voice of the silence, in the evening
In the long cool summer nights
Telling me not to worry
Everything's gonna be all right

Van Morrison

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By the light of the moon

When the night holds the secrets
Of the sleepy lagoon

Iâm contemplating moonlight

On the water

When Iâm walking with you

On an evening in June

On an evening in June

It can get so sentimental

When Iâm thinking of you

And I canât think of anything

Van Morrison

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Oh fame, theyâve taken everything and twisted it

Oh fame they say
You never could have resisted it

Whatâs in a name

And everybodyâs jaded by fame

Oh fame again

The press has gone and made another mess of it

Oh just because they got

So much invested in it

Van Morrison

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I just canât seem to take much more of this

Got too much hassle baby and not enough bliss
Got to give these hangers on a miss

âCos I need some help I just donât get

No one seems to understand whatâs up

Whatâs up, whatâs up

So called friends come and go

Van Morrison

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What will it take for them to leave me alone
Donât they know Iâm just a guy who sings songs

Iâm not promoting no hit record

And I donât have no TV show

And I donât have no reason to live in a goldfish bowl

Iâm just doing my gigs

And Iâm on and off the road

Van Morrison

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Lost in a strange city

Nowhere to turn
Far cry from the streets that

I came from

It can get lonely

When youâre travelling hard

But you can even be lonely

Standing in your own back yard

Nobody knows the existential dread

Of the things that go on inside

Someone elseâs head

Van Morrison

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Once in a blue moon

Something good comes along
Once in a blue moon

Everything's not going wrong

When you get weary

Beating on the same old gong

Once in a blue moon

Someone like you comes along

Once every once in a while

Something comes along that feels just right

Once every once in a while

Traditional arranged by Van Morrison

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I went down to Saint James Infirmary

For to see, for to see my baby there

Man, she was laid out on a long white table

She was so cold, and so cool, and so fair

Let her go, let her go, God bless her

Wherever she might be

Lord, you can search this whole wide world over

Words by Van Morrison, music by David Collett & Acker Bilk

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We met, deep down in Somerset
A time I canât forget

When we were sippinâ cider in the shade

Oh the sun was setting in the West

You looked your very best that night

Stars were shining in your eyes

Written by Lightninâ Hopkins.

Additional lyrics by Van Morrison.

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You gotta stop drinking that wine sonny boy

You gotta stop drinking that wine sonny boy

If you donât stop drinking that wine

Itâs gonna poison your mind

You gotta stop drinking that old wine sonny boy

Van Morrison

Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd

Too many myths
People just assuming things that arenât true

Thereâs too many myths

Coming between me and you

You might have your name up in lights

But you still have to keep your game uptight

Too many myths

Tell me, tell me how you gonna cope with this

Too many myths

Van Morrison

Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd

Whatâs wrong with this picture?
Thereâs something Iâm not seeing here

Whatâs wrong with this picture?

Something thatâs not exactly clear

Whatâs wrong with this picture?

Does it look like itâs just another sting?

âCos it donât mean a thing

Van Morrison

Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd

Drop that coin right into the slot

Get it whether youâre ready or not
Let the whinin boy moan

Let the whinin boy moan

Let the whinin boy moan

If you donât know how to do it yourself

Well they call him Mr. Jellyroll

Itâs just the way he rolls his dough

Let the whinin boy moan