Im tired joey boy While youre out with the sheep My life is so troubled Now I cant go to sleep I would walk myself out But the streets are so dark I shall wait ...

Ive been workin Ive been workin so hard Ive been workin Ive been workin so hard When I come home I make love to you, make love to you Ive been grindin Ive bee...

I'd love to write another song But nothing seems to come I'd love to write another song To carry me along Make some money, pay the bills Keep me busy too I'd lo...

Lord if I ever needed someone I need you lord if I ever needed someone I need you To see me through the daytime And through the long lonely night To lead me thr...

Spoken: Was on a Sunday And the autumn leaves were on the ground I kicked my heart When I saw you standing there in your dress of blue The storm was over, my sh...

Freaky, freaky, if you got this far You came a long way, but you're freaky and we can do something with you If you got this far you should be freaky, you should...

(Mose Allison) If you live your time will come I say if you live your time will come So child don't mess with that cotton sack It will scratch your knees and b...

by Van Morrison (From BB King's Deuces Wild album, 1997 Van's version of this song appeared on his Healing Game album) If you love me You will give your heart W...

If you only knew all the problems That a man like me has to face If you only knew all the silly Things that keep a man from his place I wouldn't want to sing yo...

I'll be your man I'll understand And do my best to take good care of you Yes I will You'll be my queen I'll be your king And I'll be your lover too yes i will ...

Each time I hold somebody new My arms go cold thinking of you No one can take your place, darling, in my embrace I'll never be free And when my lips burn with ...

I'll tell me Ma when I go home, The boys won't leave the girls alone They'll pull my hair, they stole my comb, Well that's alright till I go home Chorus: She i...

I'm walking the long road to Georgia, Yeah, the long road that's taking me back Gonna live in the hills, far away in the hills, And I'm gonna dress in black Wa...

Have to get back, have to get back the base I need to talk to somebody, I can trust Too many cooks, are tryin' to spoil the broth I can't feel it in my throat, ...

I'm tired Joey Boy While you're out with the sheep My life is so troubled Now I can't go to sleep I would walk myself out But the streets are so dark I shall wa...

The light is fading in the afternoon Won't you see me baby in my room There's something that I wanna say to you Tell me baby am I getting through Wanna make, wa...

Justin, gentler than a man I am down on my knees At the wireless knobs I am down on my knees At those wireless knobs Telefunken, telefunken And Im searching for...

By the sacred grove, where the waters flow We will come and go, in the forest In the summer rain, we will meet again We will learn the code of the ancient ones ...

The streets are always wet with rain After a summer shower when I saw you standin' In the garden in the garden wet with rain You wiped the teardrops from your e...

In the lonely, dead of midnight In the dimness, of the twilight By the streetlight, by the lamplight I'll be around In the sunlight, in the daylight And I'm wor...

Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart Inarticulate speech, inarticulate speech of the heart I'm a soul in wonder (ahahah) I'm a soul in wonder ...

Inarticulate speech Inarticulate speech of the heart Inarticulate speech Inarticulate speech of the heart I'm a soul in wonder (Ahahah) I'm a soul in wonder (A...

We were born before the wind Also younger than the sun Ere the bonnie boat was won as we sailed into the mystic Hark, now hear the sailors cry Smell the sea and...

Oh won't you stay Stay a while with your own ones Don't ever stray Stray so far from your own ones 'Cause the world is so cold Dont care nothing for your soul T...

There's something going on It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now There's something going on It fill you up, it fill you up, it fill you up now But ...

It's a lot like bein' little and wantin' a brand new toy It's a lot like bein' little and wantin' a baby boy to call brother, and it hurts when you want it so b...

The sun is shining, it's everywhere Don't have no worry, don't have no care It must be true, this is the season Baby it must be you It was raining the other day...

There were people on the sidewalks Strolling down the avenues They were sitting outside in cafes We were looking for the muse Well I was locked in by the system...

(Traditional) Oh it takes a worried man, sing a worried song Takes a worried man, come sing a little worried song Well it takes a worried man to sing a worried...

Many a tear has to fall But its all in the game All in the wonderful game That we know as love You had words with him And your futures looking dim But these t...

You must leave now take what you need You think will last But whatever you wish to keep you better grab it fast Yonder stands your orphan with his gun Crying l...

If it matters how you do it, And how you do it its your thing If it matters which way you go, Thats your way to go And if you get it like that, Thats the way yo...

I've been workin' I've been workin' so hard I've been workin' I've been workin' so hard When I come home I make love to you, make love to you I've been grindi...

Da, da, da, da, da, Jackie Wilson said It was "Reet-Petite" Kinda love you got Knock me off my feet Let it all hang out Oh, let it all hang out And you know I'm...

(Hank Williams) Goodbye Joe, me gotta go down the bayou Me gotta go, pole the pirogue down the bayou My Yvonne, sweetest one, me oh my oh Son of a gun, we gonn...

Well you thought I was a stranger When you looked upon me, when I came back But to take you from disaster I cannot master I cannot master the four winds and you...

When John Henry was a little baby Sittin' on his mama's knee Well he picked up a feather and a piece of steel And said that's gonna be the death of me Lord, lor...

How sweet that joyous sound Whenever we meet, whenever we meet How sweet that joyous sound Whenever we meet again I think you know it well Whenever we meet, whe...

Jump and thump Move your hump Jump and thump Move your hump Jump and thump Move your hump Jump and thump Move your hump Jump and thump Jump and thump When you?r...

(Van Morrison) Some days it gets completely crazy And I feel like howling at the moon Then sometimes it feels so easy Like I was born with a silver spoon Other ...

Mocked me when I was singing the songs Trying to get back to something more simple than we have They mocked me 'cause I told it like it was Wrote about disappo...

(Van Morrison) You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay Gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay Got to fight with all your might not to get i...

La-la-la-la mambo La-la-la mambo, mambo, mambo Mambo, mambo, mambo, mambo, mambo Mambo, mambo, mambo Chicka, yeah Mambo, mambo Mambo, mambo, mambo Mambo, mambo,...

Laughing in the wind Cryin' in the rain I've felt this way before I'll feel this way again And in a small cafe just passing time away I'm giving you the eye No ...

(Lyrics by William Blake) Let the slave grinding at the mill run out into the field Let him look up into the heavens and laugh in the bnght air Let the inchain...

(Otis Blackwell) We talked about the birdies That fly up in the trees We talked about the moon And the stars we couldn't see But you keep on pretending You don...

(Van Morrison) You sit in silence And the river answers And I have loved you many, many years I saw you standing by the wonderous river And I have come today T...

Linden Arden stole the highlights -- With one hand tied behind his back -- Loved the morning sun, and whiskey Ran like water in his veins Loved to go to church ...

And all my love come down All my love come tumblin' down All my love come tumblin' down All my love come tumblin' down Oh, listen listen To the lion Oh, listen ...

(Van Morrison) Little girl, little girl, little girl You were on your way to school Little girl, yes you were on your way to school You went and broke You went...

Van Morrison Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd Little village baby, ain't large enough to be a town From a little village baby, ain't large...

(Brooks / Razaf / Waller) Old empty bed, springs hard as lead Something I said made you see red What did I do to feel so lonely and blue? Even the mouse, up and...

Well my room has got two windows The sunlight never comes through I'm so sad and lonely, baby Since I broke off baby with you I live on a lonely avenue Little g...

From a 1997 CD-single They were drinkin' his wine they were usin' his name they were takin' the time to take his name in vain Look what the good people done to...

1968, Van Morrison guitar & vocals See you smile angel child, that's all I ever wanted to do See your laugh in a photograph, that's all I ever wanted to do See ...

The sound of the evening breeze Is calling you back to me The sun behind the clouds Reminds me that you're not around Lover come back to my arms Lover come bac...

Lord, lord, lord, lord, lord Lord, lord, lord, lord, lord Lord, lord, lord, lord, lord Just wanna be with my love tonight I dont want no jive artists calling m...

Down on cyprus avenue With a childlike vision leaping into view Clicking, clacking of the high heeled shoe Ford & fitzroy, madame george Marching with the soldi...

All the men would turn their head When she walked down the street Clothes are fine and hair that shine Smiling oh so sweet, smiling oh so sweet Got a taste of a...

(Van Morrison) Don't lose the wonder in your eyes I can see it right now when you smile Let me go back, for a while Let me go back, for a while To that magic ti...

(Van Morrison) Man makes his money and they call him rich Deep down inside he knows that life's still a bitch Man tries to keep things but they're taken away M...

Chorus: Step we gaily on we go, Heel and heel And toe for toe, Arm and arm And row and row, All for maries wedding Over hillways, up and down, Myrtle green and...

Performed at the Glastonbury Festival on June 17, 1989 See this Glossary entry for glosses on the various people referenced (GF) = Georgie Fame speaks/sings thi...

Van Morrison Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd Lost in a strange city Nowhere to turn Far cry from the streets that I came from It can get ...

(Van Morrison) Well don't you know How much I love you Don't you know How much I care It's beyond my comprehension 'Cos I love you on the square It's not boun...

In the afternoon, baby in my room When the lights are dim way beyond the hill In the afternoon, baby in my room When I'm really down get me off the ground Melan...

Memories All I have is memories All I have is memories Memories of you Now you're gone They linger on, these memories All these precious memories Memories of yo...

Let the midnight special Let the midnight special Shine its light on me Shine a light on me, Let the midnight special Let the midnight Shine its ever-loving lig...

There I go, there I go, there I go, there I go Pretty baby you are the soul that snaps my control It's a funny thing but everytime I'm near you I never can beha...

Well, it's a marvelous night for a moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies And all...

Oh, she give me moonshine whiskey Oh, she give me southern love Deep in the heart of Texas There beneath the stars above Oh, she give me southern comfort Oh, sh...

More and more I'm forgetting the past More and more I'm living at last Day by day I'm losing my blues More and more I'm forgetting about you And oh how I tried ...

Well I'm standing on the corner With my bucket in my hand Just waiting for a woman That ain't got no man My bucket's got a hole in it My bucket's got a hole in ...

Traditional, arranged by Van Morrison/Paddy Moloney Where Lagan streams sing lullabies There blows a lily fair The twilight gleam is in her eye, The night is on...

(Bert Berns, Wes Farrell) My little baby (oh yeah) I love you so (uh-huh) Why did you leave me? (oh no) Why did you ever go? So many faces (oh yeah) Along the...

by Van Morrison Fill me my cup and I'll drink your sparkling wine pretending everything is fine till I see your sad eyes Throw me a kiss across a crowded room s...

My mama done tol' me When I was a little My mama done told me, son A woman will sweet talk And give you the big eye But when that sweet talk is done A woman's a...

(Van Morrison) One Sunday mornin' A-we went walkin' Down by, the old graveyard The mornin' fog I looked into A-yeah, those mystic eyes Her mystic eyes Mystic ...

Naked in the jungle, naked to the world Naked in the jungle, naked to the world Well, you gotta keep it humble, else it'll come unfurled Lions and the tigers, g...

See you've got the new biography Where did they get the info from Same as before some, so called friends Who claim to have, known me then How come they've got s...

Well, I can hear the hammer ringin' On somebody coffin I can hear the hammer ringin', Lord On somebody coffin Well, I can hear the hammer ringin' On-a somebody ...

(Mose Allison) Been workin' in nightclubs so long, can hardly stand the break of day Been workin' in nightclubs so long, can hardly stand the break of day Run ...

We didn't know no better, and they said it could be worse Some people thought it was blessing Other people think that it's a curse It's a choice between fact an...

People come and people go One monkey don't stop no show I'm getting too tired to start all over again 'Cause it ain't gonna change no thing There's just all of...

Don't talk to me 'bout life problems or How you wish that things could be 'Cause I don't have no trouble livin' It's jus' dyin that bothers me Don't offer me n...

(Van Morrison) No way Pedro, no way Jose I just wanna know, are you goin' my way? Oh, I saw you standin' by the borderline You can never make up your mind No ...

1968, Van Morrison guitar & vocals, Tom Kielbania (?) bass We stood outside the city, six feet in the snow, and everyone was stranded and I stopped to say, hell...

And she moves on the solid ground And she shines light all around And she moves on the solid ground In the County Down And she moves on the solid earth And she ...

Nosin' your blow in the wintertime baby, nosin' your blow Nosin' your blow baby And, you're crazy You go crazy You're going in-sane!!! Baby, don't worry about i...

You're not supposed to be human You're not supposed to really feel Not supposed to get involved With anything completely real Fifteen families starving All arou...

Oh the warm feeling As we sat beside the sea Oh the warm feeling as I sat by you Like a child within the kingdom As we sat beside the sea Oh the warm feeling a...

(Stephen C Foster) Gone are the days When my heart was young and gay Gone are toils Of the cotton fields away Gone to the fields Of a better land, I know I hea...

Oh don't it get you Get you when you're through Feel the breezes blowing all around your coat Oh don't it get you When you gotta roam Hear the children singing ...

Take me back, take me way, way, way back On Hyndford Street Where you could feel the silence at half past eleven On long summer nights As the wireless played Ra...

When you found somebody new I thought I never would Forget you for I thought then that I never could But time has taken all my pain away Until now I'm down to h...

Van Morrison Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd Once in a blue moon Something good comes along Once in a blue moon Everything's not going wr...

(Van Morrison) It's been so long Since I've seen your smile Made me think about When you were a child It won't be long, I'm comin' home Gonna get you in my arm...

(Mose Allison) One of these days I've got to get things right I'm gonna do my business in th' daylight One of these days you know I've got to get things right ...

(Van Morrison) Only a dream That I had in the night Only a dream But It felt so right We were standing in the moonlight I was holding you tight But it was onl...

On a gold autumn day You came my way in Orangefield Saw you standing by the riverside in Orangefield How I love you then in Orangefield Like I love you now in O...