In your abandoned garden, sunlight still prevails: The jasmine climbs the trellis fragrantly, the jacaranda ultravioletly sways The blossom each of them by your...

The night I met you We were tryin' to define What "hip" meant How could I forget you You were shakin' all that fine Equipment? Listen you, 's' been a week or tw...

When I saw you on the beach I self-destructed My well constructed Counterpoint of cool In that instant I imagined us together Hardly ever Resting to refuel For ...

When I'm alone at night all I do is think about you Especially when I'm blue I just can't do without I love the way you shiver my timbers I need you here to kee...

Inside my dream I hear the jungle parrots scream Just me and you Alone in our dugout canoe We kiss The snakes hiss We drift on Amazon Each day we fight To stay ...

Antonio lives life's frevo Antonio prays for truth Antonio says our friendship Is a hundred-proof The vulture that circles Rio Hangs in this LA sky The blankets...

Ev'ryone sings, "Home of the brave And land of the free" You've had twenty wins and one save, Now you're up against me How can I keep control of my nerves? The ...

You appear on the horizon far away My desire to be there with you stirs the wind and fills the sense In the bay I drop the anchor down swim ashore On the beach ...

(for PY) Here I am: "Hometown Boy Makes Good" Writes one critic All my childhood I lived By the blue Pacific Anytime that reality Makes me heartsick I come here...

Well, after all the tears and laughter you and I have been through, How can you tell me what love is? Love is a chain, just a chain reaction. Once you break it...

On the flight home to you Sure hope I don't miss my connection Nevertheless, if I do It's only a matter of time Until my arrival chez nous I'm heading in the ri...

Makes no difference where you go Every journey ends Each new landscape now you know Is a steping-stone Till you're safe at home Purple clouds, grey winds that ...

By day He's a grease monkey it's true A slave Fix your transmission like new Change oil Rotate your tires of course He toils Under the Flying Red Horse And at s...

Every time you smile at me More profound than words can say I would walk a mile to be Nearer to you night and day All the signals that you send Broadcast with ...

Down in Brazil It takes a day to walk a mile Time just stand still And when the people you meet look at you they smile They still believe in style They serve yo...

Eggplant Michael Franks From: The Art of Tea Whenever I explore the land of Yen I always take one on the chin And now this lioness has almost made me tame I can...

Me again, you again Robin's egg blue again, Eagerly notice the crocuses, Suddenly, Spring arrives, In the sky bluebird reconnaissance, Phoebes dip straw in the ...

Every Time She Whispers by Michael Franks There isn't any part of me she does not know We've been together ‘bout a thousand years or so Still almost instantly ...

Hourglass, remember how I said I'd miss you? I confess I lied: Hourglass, I couldn't live without you If I tried, which I Do not intend to ever try My Hourglass...

If it's true from the start That the names of those we love Are written in our hearts And we'll search 'til we find In this jungle of Confusion Something that r...

Winter's hard to rhyme We're prisoners in some icy pantomime Just waiting for the wind to change his mind And sing us green April starts to whisper to the trees...

Everyone knows that the words of a love song Are seldom if ever true Now it's a periscope And I really hope it's you It's Prince of the Cynics they call me It'...

If it's true from the start That the name of those we love are written on our heart And we search ‘til we find In this jungle of confusion something that remind...

I fly solo The Number One's my logo Birth of the Cool's my theme song For me the whole love scene's wrong I surrender Take me prisoner right away I'm content wi...

I've squandered love as I've wandered Lover to lover untrue Cut flowers pink tile showers Women I've counted like coups (?) Been in search of the perfect shampo...

You kill me with kindness. You call me "Your Highness." But When I get Blue I can never find you. The circle keeps turning The sky is still burning. I hear from...

No one here Venus and Mars And a skyful of stars It's been a slo-mo year A few stolen kisses And several near misses I wait (wish my mission was clearer) For th...

Remember, when your kite hits the ground And your smile turns upside down It's only going on inside you Whenever the libretto won't do And all the notes become ...

Island Christmas…by Michael Franks I don't want to smell those chestnuts roasting on an open fire I can peel you a banana, if your heart desires I want an isl...

Keep believing you soon will earn your turn to flash in the pan It's deceiving 'cause nothing kills like this metropolis can Everywhere there's blind ambition D...

Here we are again That fatal combination I guess it's opposite attraction It's gone too far again This crazy conversation It's like a nuclear reaction Lady your...

Some sprint to snatch the prize in My goal's the far horizon I guess I'm obsessed With that long slow distance The fleet of feet won't please you All speed, the...

So empty like sky Without any sun Lotus Blossom, don't cry You and I were meant to be one And though we're apart It won't be for long I come to you In my song S...

Same old song Always blue Can't help thinking Of me and you All the love before Our goodbyes were spoken On the storm We were tossed Tragically Till our love wa...

Books are stacked on my table, I've got books filling my shelves Day and night I've been trying to unravel myself But I've been looking for answers that don't s...

Love has locked us up, peaches, Locked inside this zoo, Your bananas get thrown at me And mine get thrown at you Ev'ry night we fuss and fight Like me and you k...

Kid inside a candy store Sensation Temptation Always gotta have some more You love that sticky stuff Ain't no way you're lettin' go You tease me You squeeze me ...

I was just a stand-in Someone love abandoned - not the leading man But my heart yelled "Action" What does "fall in love" mean? We rehearsed the Love Scene unawa...

I was just a stand-in Someone love abandoned - not the leading man But my heart yelled "Action" What does "fall in love" mean? We rehearsed the Love Scene unawa...

I've wasted a lifetime Pursuing an image that did not exist Except in my own mind Except in my own dream My life has convinced me That happines never can really...

Popsicle Toes Michael Franks From: The Art of Tea And when God gave out rythm He sure was good to you You can add, subtract, multiply and divide By two I know...

Seventh of September Remember when We met at the shrine Your kimono looked so fine Temple dancers swaying Flutes playing then I was yours and you were mine Paul...

When circumstance divides us, I always close my eyes My thoughts retrace the image of your face: Somehow our love survives Now we're in our prime and it's Once ...

I know whereof I speak Believe me When it comes to the subject Of loneliness look it up you'll see There is a picture of me But that's ancient history now Comp...

From the Towers of Babylon The beat goes on- All voices of the insincere Confusion is middle C Your frequency is what I need to hear Why won't you speak to me? ...

Buried alive hoping to survive 'Til the weekend Can't write the song Struggle all week long Bitter blue But up on the roof we are living proof Love's nutritious...

Love When we touch I shiver Just body language Can you blame it My love's like a raging river And I think you're the on to tame it You You're the quiet shy typ...

He had strong defenses built, His heart to surround Not for long, when she appeared All the walls tumbled down She had scars reminding her She was easily deceiv...

Give them their freedom - unless you do The tide of suffering's sure to rise You see it coming - o yes you do And the camera never lies No the camera never lies...

(Michael) Every night she walks right in my dreams Since I met her from the start I'm so proud I am the only one Who is special in her heart The girl is mine ...

See that shadow cross the mountain, Summer in the warbler's eye, Beauty never is forgotten, though the moment passes by, [?] the evening slowly dires down the l...

Most of the time He's the lord of the jungle Everyone grins while he gripes Usually he's found just Lounging around in his stripes His tiger lady's A superfine...

Snow in my shoes Mid-Winter blues Have got me down (Just point me Southlet's go now) The clothes on my back Are too Pasternak From sole to crown Where in the he...

How did you ever find her? She tried so hard to disappear Somebody rang the bell and Handed her Vincent's ear And no one understands All the love inside he trie...

Whenever I am lost at sea I remember you are here with me You surrender to the fantasy When I give my love to you Running from the hurricane Helter-skelter in t...

Lovers from Shakespeare come to mind The "parting is such sweet" "Wherefore art thou" kind Shattered illusions, sad conclusions When I think of us Love called t...

When I was a boy of twenty-two I stood before a statue Was it you? They shake the fruit when they dance You should try some when you have the chance Her face ha...

When the cookie jar is empty Baby gets so glum When the cookie jar is empty Baby sucks her thumb Baby breaks her dishes And she won't eat her peas Baby never mi...

When I was a boy of twenty-two I stood before a statue Was it you? They shake the fruit when they dance You should try some when you have the chance Her face ha...

Flirting with temptation Falling helplessly From the moment I saw you I new that You were meant for me All those years to find you Love's telepathy Guided me li...