At first I thought it was infatuation
But ooh it's lasted so long
Now I find myself wanting
To marry you and take you home
Take me home, take me home
Want to feel you close to me
Take me home, take me home
With you is where I want to be
Country roads, take me home
To the place, I belong
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
Take me home, country roads
I'm just a country boy
Money have I none
But I've got silver in the stars
And gold in the morning sun
Yeah, city folk drivin' in a black limousine
A lotta sad people thinkin' that's mighty keen
Son, let me tell ya now exactly what I mean
Thank God I'm a country boy
Just like old Saxophone Joe
When he's got the hogshead up on his toe
Oh me oh my
Love that country pie
Listening to the fiddler play
When he's playing til the break of day
Oh me oh my
Love that country pie
You don't have to look at me
You don't have to smile at me
You just have to love me till the sun shines
You don't have to cook for me
You don't have to laugh with me
You just have to love me till the sun shines
Take my money, I don't mind
You can be such a helpless kind[?]
You just have to love me till the sun shines
I don't care if the sun don't shine
I get my lovin in the evening time
When I'm with my baby
The sun ain't gonna shine anymore
(The sun ain't gonna shine anymore)
The moon ain't gonna rise in the sky
(The moon ain't gonna rise in the sky)
The tears are always clouding your eyes
(The tears are always clouding your eyes)
(Sun ain't gonna shine anymore)
When you're without love...ba-a-a-a-by
Touch me
How can it be
Believe me
The sun always shines on t.v.
Hold me
Close to your heart
Touch me
And give all your love to me
To me
In the still of the night
I held you, held you tight
'Cause I love, love you so
Promise I'll never let you go
In the still of the night
In the still of the night
I remember (I remember) that night in May
The stars (the stars) were bright above
I'll hope and I'll pray
To keep your precious love
Well before the light
Hold me again
With all of your might
In the still of the night
In the still of the night
So before the light
Hold me again with all of your might
In the still of the night
In the still of the night
In the still of the night
Like the beat beat beat of the tom-tom
When the jungle shadows fall
Like the tick tick tock of the stately clock
As it stands against the wall
Like the drip drip drip of the raindrops
When the summer shower is through
So a voice within me keeps repeating you, you, you
Night and day, you are the one
Only you beneath the moon or under the sun
Whether near to me, or far
It's no matter darling where you are
I think of you
This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled since time begun
I may sail on many a sea
Her shores will always be home to me
Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand
When morning breaks the heaven on high
I lift my heavy load to the sky
Sun comes down with a burning glow
Mingles my sweat with the earth below
I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the water side
Casting nets at the surging tide
I hope the day will never come
That I can't awake to the sound of drum
Never let me miss carnival
With calypso songs philosophical
Sad the time, I'll ever miss
The gay colored skirts as they turn and twist
Let me always hear soft guitars
And a maiden's voice 'neath a thousand stars
Well, shake it up baby now
Twist and shout
Come on, come on, come, come on baby now
Come on and work it on out
Well work it on out, honey
You know you look so good
You know you got me goin' now
Just like I know you would
Come on baby let's do the twist
Take my by my little hand
And go like this
EE-aw twist
(Round and round and round)
Put your hand in the hand of the man
Who stilled the water
Put your hand in the hand of the man
Who calmed the sea
Take a look at yourself
And you can look at others differently
Put your hand in the hand of the man
From Galilee
I'm the man they're gonna hang
For killing Billy Joe
But there's a whole lot more
To the story than they know
Listen to my side of it
I think that you will see
The reason I killed the boy
He made a fool of me
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
I shot the sheriff, but I did not shoot the deputy
All around in my home town
They're trying to track me down
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy
For the life of a deputy
But I say:
I shot the sheriff, but I swear it was in self-defense
I shot the sheriff, and they say it is a capital offense
All around the water tank
Waiting for a train
A thousand miles away from home
Sleeping in the rain
Miles from nowhere
I guess I'll take my time
Oh yeah, to reach there
Look up at the mountain
I have to climb
Oh yeah, to reach there.
Lord my body has been a good friend
But I won't need it when I reach the end
