Please Be There

When I wake up hungry please be there
When I'm dark and thirsty please be there
On the lowdown Sunday say my prayer
When I need somebody please be there

Talk to me and I'll talk to you
Ain't it nice to know that you're breaking through?
Anything that you want me to
Ask me now and it's coming true

Come with me and I'll go with you
When the buds outside still wear the dew
You said that last night that you dreamed you flew
Take my hand that's what we'll do

Please be there I can hardly believe it
Please be there because you really see me
Please be there so don't ever leave it
Please be there with me

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John - electric guitar, lead vocal
Larry - piano, organ, vocal
Lance - bass, vocal
Wells -  drums, vocal




If

If you were a rainbow and I was the sun
Getting up too close might make you run
But if you were a sailing ship and I was in your hold
It would feel just like a pot of gold

If you were a fish and I was a hook
We would get acquainted in a bubbling brook
If you were a tree and I was the sky
We would be together until we die

If you were a queen and I was a king
Our throne would be love and the song we sing
If you would let me kiss you and hold you through the night
The ending to this story would be all right

If you were a riddle and I was the reply
We would never have to question why
If you were a shadow and I was a wall
We would come together when nighttime falls

***
John - guitars, lead guitar - 2nd solo and fade, lead vocal, steel drums
Larry - guitars, lead guitar - 1st solo, vocals
Lance - bass, vocals
Wells - drums, timbales, vocal
Roger Hawkins - tambourine




Two Faced World

I met a man who told me his contacts were so fine
I would be a big star if I'd sign his dotted line
I wanted to believe so it took a while to see
The only connection that he really had was me

It's a two faced world from the bottom to the top
Two faced world, now where's it going to stop?
(not yet)

I gave my friend some money when his was running low
I thought he'd always be there if i need a place to go
I found out that he's just my enemy
That good friend's been saying some bad things about me

It's a two faced world everywhere you look
Two faced world, got me on the hook

I had a good, true lover - at least that's what she said
So I was really shocked when I found her in his bed
I really loved that woman but it took a lot of gall
To look me in the eye and say "I just slept here, that's all"

It's a two-faced world, caught me in its trap
Two-faced world, sittin' in the devil's lap

Once I had a country called the land of the free
Pledged my allegiance to justice and liberty
Now i think there's justice in the crack in the liberty bell
We give them all their freedom by bombing them to hell

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John - electric guitar, lead guitar, lead vocal
Larry - electric guitar, patriotism (patriotic airs) organ, vocal
Wells - drums, vocal
Lance - bass vocal
Roger Hawkins - congas




Turn Out The Light

Now the time has come again when all your work is done
And you need to rest awhile although it seems you've just begun
Come lie here beside me, we can lay our burdens down
Let the battle rage outside 'cause we've found our peace
for now .

We're here together such a short time it's true
(Won't you please) Turn out the light
Kiss me good night
And the let the darkness shine through

I can see as your eyes close what a rough day you've had
But one night in my arms will show that things aren't
really so bad
The dark side's a blessing when you have done all you can
I can't change the past now but we can dream of a sweeter land

We don't need electric light
Because the moon is full and bright
We got our own electricity
I can feel it when you're close to me

***
John - electric guitars, lead vocal
Larry - organ vocal
Lance - bass vocal
Wells - drums, vocals
Barry Beckett - piano
Marilyn Mason and the Dixie Doo-Doo Birds - backup vocals




Tongue Tied

I might not be able to say it out loud
But I been watching you from across the crowd
And just as soon as I get the chance
I'll happen to be there when you want to dance

Got to tell you how I feel
Words won't say it but my body will
I get so shy when I'm standing still
I get tongue-tied when I have to speak
Tongue-tied but I can move my feet

Some other guys might hand you a line
If you like sweet talk I guess that that's fine
I won't deceive you with grandiose plans
When I put it to you you'll know I'm your man

Tell me why it should be
That you have this effect on me
Why should I be shy with you?
I guess body English will just have to do

Some people sit and talk for day
They say funky music's a passing craze
Once we start to work it on out
We'll give them something to talk about

***
John - guitars, vocals
Larry - guitars, lead solo, vocal
Lance- bass, vocal
Wells - drums, cowbell, vocals




Half Moon (Seven Song)

Half moon in a night-time sky
Seven stars - heaven's eyes
Seven songs on seven seas
Hope to bring your sweet love home to me

Move me like a mountain
Rock me like the sea
Lifetimes pass and then at last
Your love brings life to me

Rings of fire
I got arms of flame
Wings rise up to call your name
Sun rolls high and it burns the ground
I'm gonna roll and roll my fire for the first good love I
found

***
John - rhythm guitar, lead guitar - 2nd solo, 1st lead vocal
Larry - rhythm guitar, lead guitar - 1st solo, organ, 2nd lead vocal
Lance - bass, vocals
Wells - drums
Roger Hawkins - congas




Mountain

Head up on a mountain just in back of town
And I thought that you were coming up
But I can see you want me back down
If you do you got a surprise
Cause I can never back down in your eyes
We can surely be best friends
It doesn't have to end

We were so unhappy and afraid to be apart
Now I guess we're growing up
And I can feel a big jump in my heart
And if we don't want this dance to repeat
We got to make up a brand new beat
When you hear me singing this song
You know it won't be long

Someday when the sun is shining
And the wind don't blow so cold
We might return here
And before we get to old

But now I'll stay here on my mountain
And howl at the the moon
And be thankful for the way things are
I just hope they don't change too soon
But nothing ever stays the same
And if it did it would be a damn shame
Sp I'll keep on singing the same old song
It's the same old song

***
Larry - electric piano, lead guitar - 2nd solo, vocal
Wells- accoustic piano, drums, lead vocal
Lance - bass, vocal
John - lead guitar - 1st solo, rhythm electric guitar




Wanderlust

You might think I'm settled, you might think I'm satisfied
Got the sweetest woman a man ever lay alongside
So it seems so strange that this restlessness keeps building
up inside

Got to wander, i got to see what i can see
Because wanderlust got a hold on me

You know how to love me, you give me everything a
man could need
I get you when I want you but you understand if I have
to leave
There's a hunter in my blood and I don't if i can
stop the flood

Got to wander, I got to get out on the street
Because wanderlust got a hold on me

I'd never leave you, I love you too damn much
Just sometimes I get hungry for the thrill of a stranger's
touch
Don't think that you're losing just because i'm out there
cruising.

***
John - guitars, 2nd solo, organ, lead vocal
Larry - guitars, 1st solo, vocal
Wells - drums, vocal
Lance - bass, vocal




Ticonderoga Moon

Ticonderoga moon halfway up the sky
Icy cold and far away like a love that has to die
Ticonderoga moon where lies my lover now?
Guess I won't be holding her till you rise and fall again

Light the way show me how to make it to the day
Ticonderoga moon wash my love away

Ticonderoga Moon a dog walked round a cat
Roses closing for the night
Got to Shut her out like that

***
John - accoustic guitars, electric guitars, lead vocal
Larry - piano, vocal
Lance - bass, vocal
Wells - drums, vocal




Stoned

Workin' all night and day
Playin' the time away
I just wanna go home put my feet up and get
stoned

Back and forth to New York
Somebody please pull the cork
If I gotta be there I just know I got to be
Stoned

Who can depend on a life on the road
Missin' your friends and havin' no home
I'm not complainin' just let it be knowed
That the best way to dig is to put on a load

Gettin' to sleep before dawn
Ain't somethin' you can count on for long
But when I gotta stay up I count on that cup to get
stoned

Studio hours always leave you a mess
They don't give you no peace
they don't give you no rest
Heaven knows I love that sweet music to death

And when I'm dyin' from the hundredth take
I take out my very best
Bottle
And pour me a round
Things start to settle down
If you can't beat'em
Join'em once and for all and get

Stoned, plowed, lord knows how
It makes it easy to get through it all

***
John - drums
Wells - piano
Lance - bass, vocal
Larry - lead vocal, electric guitar, slide guitar
Roger Hawkins - cowbell, Jew's harp




It All Comes Back Again

There's a place on the corner mixing gossip up with gin
And the face in the window can always tell you who's
been in
Well you moved to the country to lose the smoke and the
crowd
But night like this you always wind up where the air is
think and music's loud

Every breath has its meaning
You're blowing out and I'm breathing in
So take care what you do
Cause it all comes back again

There's a sign on the highway telling everyone to rejoice
Every moment is a crossroad, everyone must make a choice
When you love take it easy cause shortcuts are a waste
of time
And the years bring back people you've been holding in
your mind

There's a man in a white house selling everyone a used
car
And he plays with his prophets, dreams that he's a football
star
But the dreams rain down fire on the little plastic men
And if you think it doesn't hurt you, you had better
think again

***
John - electric guitar, lead vocal, dobrolin solo
Larry - electric piano, organ, vocals
Wells - drums, vocals
Lance - bass, vocals