Just the pattern of sunlight on a building Just a flash in a window I was passing Just a frame in a movie I remember Amsterdam Just the sound of a wheel in the...

I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The va...

There's never much to say between the moments of Our games and repartee There's never much to read between the lines of What we need and what we'll take There'...

Streets of the city Are dirty and gritty now Ain't it a pitiful sight Sing hallelujah and praise California Pedestrians move to the right I'm waiting here for t...

IF I HAD BOOTS LIKE EMMY LOU'S I'D BE A COUNTRY STAR WITH RHINESTONES ON MY BVD'S AND A HUMMINGBIRD GUITAR I'D BUY MYSELF THE BIGGEST BUS THAT EVER GRACED THE T...

Boy I really tied one on Spent the night away from home I know you're not to blame if I can't recall your name and I'm sorry if it causes you pain Boy I really...

Breaking Silence Come into my solitude Tho i weary be COme into my tenderness Dream along with me Listen to the wispers sing Listen to the singers shout Come in...

Bright lights and promises A pocket full of dreams That's what they pay me to be Gold lame' and diamonds I'm a hometown queen Honey, would you sing it just for ...

Don't let the sun go down on me I do not want to be alone tonight We'll be right, you'll see Night is a shadow on the soul And if you want to set me wholly free...

And when the war was over I went dancing in the streets with the corpse of my dead brother to the sacrificial beat the Boy Scouts and the Legionnaires come hom...

Day by day, my-y heart Right from the start Tearing us apart Hour by hour, my-y soul Love takes its toll More than you can know Loving like I never wanted to N...

Who will die by fire? Who will seek the flame? Whose heart's desire has the most to gain? Who will beg for mercy? Who will bow their head? Who will suffer gladl...

ME & BOBBY MCGEE Janis Joplin - words and music by Kris Kristofferson - first popularized by Roger Miller in 1969 (#12 Country hit) - lyrics as recorded by Jani...

I know your name Through every drop of rain that falls I've known them all Through every stillborn hurricane and the skies unchained On the unwashed plain And t...

Anonymous autonomous will likely get the best of us yet Before you disappear if you can lend me half an ear, I'll regret If I treat you like a number It's becau...

I'm leaving by night I'm leaving alone I'm leaving it lie When you waken I'll be gone I would not beg for me As I would not beg for you Though I'd like to be th...

Play it low in the pocket Something's just gotta break You've been waiting so long for success It's a shame it's gonna come too late Baby, fly like a rocket Sh...

Borrowed things on guarded lines Sign the past away This is yours and that is mine, So the people say How can you move so quickly? How can you heal so fast? An...

Ginny the flying girl, wanted to see the world Her parents were poor and they couldn't afford To send her away for a whirl She waited until they slept and into ...

Don't say goodbye-ye love I've waited such a long lo-ong time If you could see the evil days I've fallen upon Have mercy love Don't say goodbye-ye love I've fal...

THEY SAY THAT YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS BUT YOU CAN'T CHOOSE YOUR FAMILY AND IT'S A LUCKY MAN WHO ENDS UP IN GOOD COMPANY I'VE DONE MY SHARE OF LOOKING BACK R...

Blue sky by the ocean I got a bluebird singing freedom And I'm happy to be living I believe I'm myself again No tears to cry him No desire to linger here Besid...

If I could only hear My mother sing again If I could close my eyes And hear your voice as then All the friends and family Would sing along with me And set your...

You told me -- love goes on forever And I said -- talk about the weather Or something else but don't say that You're talking through your hat You know yourself ...

Friendly stranger Look what you do to me Smiling faces And I melt inside Singing praises of your company I want to lay me down Stay all through the night You ar...

I'll cry tonight Night is the enemy Poisons the memory Martyrs it secretly Midnight comes too fast It comes too silently The moon has no mercy now To live anymo...

The days are okay I watch the TV in the afternoon If I get lonely The sound of other voices Other rooms are near to me I'm not afraid The operator She tells the...

JESSE COME HOME THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BED WHERE WE SLEPT NOW IT'S GROWING COLD HEY JESSE, YOUR FACE IN THE PLACE WHERE WE LAY BY THE HEARTH, ALL APART IT HANGS ...

Ooo, let me be lonely I'd rather be by myself than with you acting holy I want to be with the one I want to be or else I want to be free Ooo, let me be lonely S...

I hear your voice in ev'ry corridor See your face in ev'ry picture frame I feel your eyes in ev'ry starry sky Lover, am I coming home again? Now am I humble, w...

LOVE IS BLIND LOVE IS ONLY SORROW LOVE IS NO TOMORROW SINCE YOU WENT AWAY LOVE IS BLIND HOW WELL I REMEMBER IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER PLEASURE WINTER FADES HOW LONG...

She never had too much of money Friendly strangers were all she knew Nobody ever came to call but you I would not say she isn't happy though the eyes of a fool ...

Maria lives on Miracle Row She tells fortunes, you know At a dollar a throw Every pimp and every gigolo Has made love in the afternoon To the lady by the windo...

If I had a mockingbird for every tear I've shed, Skies would rain with laughter every time I raise my head And every drop would be a tear that fell upon the gro...

Party lights Is there anybody here tonight? Doesn't anybody have a light? Party lights Champagne and caviar Cocaine and Shalimar Don't push too far Your party l...

She came from Dakota Though some say she hailed from the South He tried to believe but each time she would leave With the venom that dripped from her mouth Like...

Photographs of long ago The colours fade The wrinkles show I loved you then I love you still I guess I always will Aging hearts And shaking knees Moving parts S...

We have a big house With lots of gardens And children playing In the school next store These aren't the best times These aren't the worst times But these are my...

Hide me in your hollows Taste the salt that clings to me Shipwrecked in your shadows Sanctify the sea Hide me in the wisdom of your thighs Ride me like a wave C...

She never had too much of money Friendly strangers were all she knew Nobody ever came to call but you I would not say she isn't happy though the eyes of a fool ...

In the heart of the city Is the beat of a soul? And it stares out the window As the cars come and go And it hungers for heroes And it dreams of open skies And ...

Where have you been that made you weep And left these stains upon your cheek What did you see while you were gone That haunts your eyes this sunny dawn They he...

Don't let the sun go down on me I do not want to be alone tonight We'll be right, you'll see Night is a shadow on the soul And if you want to set me wholly free...

The seagulls of summer have flown The sailors have wintered their boats Come sit by the fire and tell me your secrets Love isn't kept easily The windows are sh...

I'm still in love though I don't care to let you know there's something there it doesn't show but when you're near silly habits mean a lot I've been alone now f...

Slow dance romance put your arm around me you make me feel so old Take me to the drive-in movie wont't you move me now before I get too cold Popcorn serenader w...

SOCIETY'S CHILD JANIS IAN Come to my door, baby, Face is clean and shining black as night My mother went to answer you know That you looked so fine Now I could...

Faithful is a lie Freedom's just a game somebody tacked onto your ball and chain Love is a drug You've been canonized Want to be a high priestess? then you got ...

I want to lie by your side And watch the tide run over Lay your head upon my shoulder I want to lie by the bed And send my head out reeling Honey, lay this feel...

Do you go down On the side of Sugar Mountain? When leaves are brown And the sunlight splits the sky I have found that The sea breeze tears at the ocean And I ho...

She is too old to care Why not just leave her there? We'll se her once a week If we have the time, we'll speak This is the sunset of your life The old ones lik...

I want to lie by your side and watch the tide run over Lay your head upon my shoulder I want to lie by the bed and send my head out reeling Honey, lay this feel...

THIS TOWN ISN'T BIG ENOUGH FOR MY DREAMS THIS PLACE IS JUST ABOUT TO BREAK AT THE SEAMS BABY BABY, YOU AND I NEED JUST A LITTLE BIGGER PIECE OF THE SKY BIG HOPE...

The writer wrote The singer sung The record broke The audience was stunned Some they begged for mercy, others even cried Some fled, left for dead, some said it ...

Blue sky morning, red sky night Sailor take warning When the eagle takes flight If I had wings I would delight And fly away Black cloud riding On the cotton fie...

I don't want to ride The milk train anymore I'll go to bed at nine And waken with the dawn Have lunch at half passed noon Dinner prompt at five The comfort of a...

I haven't been loved by a man in quite a while You know it ain't easy making me smile Friends have their lovers, men on a string There must be something terribl...

I gave a party I said you could come You showed up at your door with all your leathers on I said This must be wrong It can't be right How can you make love to m...

Spanish boys'll greet you With that old obscene refrain The sadness of a thousand Waiting window panes Gypsy boys'll beat you at your own familiar game While th...

I remember photographs Watercolors of the past He turned and said, "You ask much of me" Then when we made our peace We lay between the sheets He turned and said...

I went to see my sister She was staying with a friend Who had turned into a preacher To save the world from sin He said, "First deny your body Then learn to su...

When Angels Cry (Janis Ian) Wait Your tired arms must rest Let this moment pass Wait until the morning Close your eyes and you will see Who you used to be Left ...

Would you like to learn to sing? Would you like to sing my song? Would you like to learn to love me best of all? Anyone can learn the words And the melody's so...

Someone is waiting over by the window just beyond the stairwell someone's crying Drowning in the words of the prophets that are written for the dead and the dyi...