Blowin' Away Laura Nyro

Uh-huh, running for the sun, I feel so high, I feel like I may go blowing away, blow, blow, blowing. My well meaner, my day fancy dreamer, oh, what can it be?

Blowing Away Laura Nyro

You ole fire I'm mad with desire You're my favorite one Got me cookin' like a fever Got my love runnin' for the sun I feel so high I feel like I may Go blowin' away My well meaner My day fancy dreamer

He's A Runner Laura Nyro

He's a runner and he'll run away soon there'll be no man woman ain't be born who can make him stay woman get away while you can He's a runner and he'll run away with the midnight train woman ain't been

Luckie Laura Nyro

I'm gonna go get, I'm gonna go get, you gotta go, get on down and get away. You gotta go, get on down and get away. You gotta go, get on down and get away.

New York Tendaberry Laura Nyro

Blue berry A rush on rum Of brush and drum And the past is a blue note Inside me I ran away in the morningNew York tendaberry Blue berry Rugs and drapes and drugs And capes Sweet kids in hunger slums Firecrackers

Stormy Love Laura Nyro

You were my darlin' light Everything was gonna be all right And you were my everything Boy, once you could make me sing Well, I ain't gonna fly away And I ain't gonna cry all day But I might spread my

Children Of The Junks Laura Nyro

Children of the Junks Slant-eyed Children of the Junks Go by Mama's comin' soon And the junks are turning in the Spring sky Dragon rings Tax-free things Forever People pick and pay Till the day fades away

The Cat-Song Laura Nyro

to their lap And I purr But I'd sure like to get me My breakfast Especially a fishtail Turn it into a fish scale No, I'm not Like you people You wheel and you war And you whitewash your day away

You Don't Love Me When I Cry Laura Nyro

goodbye Baby goodbye And Mister I I got funky blues All over me Such tender persuasion I want, I want to die You don't love me when I cry Made me love to play Made me promise I would stay Then you stayed away

Mercy On Broadway Laura Nyro

down the alleyway slippin up a sidestreet shine everybody shine on Broadway jive and pray There aint no mercy now on Broadway People and the landlords shine down and gay wine in the doom swept the band away

Lite A Flame (The Animal Rights Song) Laura Nyro

In the zoo They gave him a cage Circus put a sparkle On his face Away from life The elephant walks Shadow across a dream Lost for ivory Oh freedom Lite a flame It's like prejudice For the color of your

Up On The Roof Laura Nyro

roof, the only place I know Where you just have to wish to make it snow Up on the roof When I get home feeling tired and beat I go up where the air is fresh and sweet, up on the roof I get away

To A Child Laura Nyro

Let's run away child And follow a dream Kiss the sun hello Child in the park Make your life a lovin' thing The park is late The wind is strong The trees have eyes And you are my song My lovely song What

To A Child (Album Version) Laura Nyro

Let's run away child And follow a dream Kiss the sun hello Child in the park Make your life a lovin' thing The park is late The wind is strong The trees have eyes And you are my song My lovely song What

Eli's Comin' Laura Nyro

girl Eli's a comin' Better hide girl Eli's a comin' Better hide your heart Your heart Eli's comin' Hide your heart You better better hide your heart Eli's comin' Better walk walk But you'll never get away

Up On The Roof (Live) Laura Nyro

the roof, it's peaceful as can be And there the world below can't bother me Let me tell you now When I come home feelin' tired and beat I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof) I get away

Blowing Away The 5th Dimension

Blowing Away The Fifth Dimension written by Laura Nyro - (#21 in 1970) You ole fire, I'm mad with desire, You're my favorite one.

Nowhere To Run Laura Nyro

Just can't get away from you baby, no matter how I try to baby, Nowhere to hide.

Blackpatch Laura Nyro

Morning Came to the windows in the street Selling red watermelon, 5 cents a piece. Merry boat on the river Freedom Fresh drams to deliver Freedom Over and over and over I call out your name. God ...

Wedding Bell Blues Laura Nyro

Bill, I love you so, I always will I look at you and see the passion eyes of May Oh, but am I ever gonna see my wedding day I was on your side Bill when you were loosin' I never scheme or lie Bill,...

Sweet Blindness Laura Nyro

Let's go down by the grapevine drink my dady's wine get happy down by the grapevine drink my daddy's wine get happy happy oh sweet blindness a little magic a little kindness oh sweet blindness all ...

Stoned Soul Picnic Laura Nyro

Can you surry, Can you picnic? Can you surry, Can you picnic? Surry down to a stoned soul picnic Surry down to a stoned soul picnic There'll be lots of time and wine Red yellow honey Sassafras and ...

It's Gonna Take A Miracle Laura Nyro

Loving you so I was too blind to see you letting me go But now that you've set me free It's gonna take a miracle Yes, it's gonna take a miracle To make me love someone new Cause I'm crazy for you O...

I Met Him On A Sunday Laura Nyro

[snapping and clapping] well i met him on a sunday [oo oo oo oo oo oo] and i missed him on monday [oo oo oo oo oo oo] well i found him on tuesday [oo oo oo oo oo oo] and i dated him wed...

Desiree Laura Nyro

Oh, Desiree, Desiree, Desiree Oh, my darling, Desiree You make my heart feel so free And I'd like to know, why do I love you so? Oh, my darling, Desiree Oh, my Desiree, oh, my Desiree Des...

Gibsom Street Laura Nyro

Don't go to Gibsom cross the river The devil is hungry The devil is sweet If you are soft then you will shiver They hang the alley cats on Gibsom Street... I wish my baby were forbidden I wish that...

Save The Country Laura Nyro

Come on, people! Come on, children! COme on down to the glory river. Gonna wash you up, and wash you down, gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down. I got fury in my soul,fury's gonna t...

Sweet Lovin' Baby Laura Nyro

I belong To the man Don't belong without him When I sleep without him Loneliness Loneliness My dreams with God Softly waiting I belong to the man Sweet lovin' baby Oh sweet lovin' baby I want you ...

The Morning News Laura Nyro

The morning news is wet from the rain Letters are blurred down the page Morning news filled my head, it said business is fine War and business make the man He stole the sky in the Indian land His w...

I Am The Blues Laura Nyro

Cigarettes I'm all alone with my smoke and ashes Cigarettes I'm all alone with my smoke and ashes Take me night-flying Maybe Mars has good news Who?...who am I? I am the blues soothe me Horn's warm...

When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag Laura Nyro

Vanessa's Father. He liked to be alone creating works of art which he painted in a cottage made of stone one day I crept inside and I was unaware of what I was going to find well the pictures opene...

Billy's Blues Laura Nyro

Billy's blueWith his head hangin' toHis shoesRight the wrongOr play a songTo ease billy's bluesBilly's downHe was born he was boundTo loseRight the wrongOr play a songTo ease billy's bluesSome folk...

California Shoeshine Boys Laura Nyro

California sunshine boys, counting up their dimes,counting up the girls they창?р？？ve known and counting up the times.I got heartache but I got news, California sunshine boys, you can shine my shoes...

Lazy Susan Laura Nyro

Lazy flower, my, you창?р？？ve grown so tall. I have lost and loved him, you have seen it all.Lazy Susan, lazy through, hasn창?р？？t got a think to do.Oh, but to sit there and light up the hillside, s...

Good By Joe Laura Nyro

We were lost in the fair on the highlandGood by JoeWith the sky and the deer on the highlandGood by JoeTime is full of changesAnd now you've got to goDon't forget that we loved on the highlandGood ...

Flim Flam Man Laura Nyro

Hands off the man, the flim flam man.His mind is up his sleeve and his talk is make believe.Oh lord, the man's a fraud, he's flim flam man. He창?р？？s so cagey, he창?р？？s a flim flam man.Hands off t...

Stoney End Laura Nyro

I was born from loveAnd my poor mother worked the minesI was raised on the Good Book JesusTill I read between the linesNow I don't believeI want to see the morningGoing down the Stoney EndI never w...

I Never Meant To Hurt You Laura Nyro

I never meant to hurt you, I'm not that way at all.Please believe the words of a heart, a heart that seems so small.And I never meant to hurt you, I guess I lost my place.Please believe the words o...

Buy And Sell Laura Nyro

Cocaine and quiet beers, sweet candy and caramels.Pass the time and dry the tears on a street called buy and sell.Life turns like the endless sea. Death tolls like a vesper bell.Children laugh and ...

And When I Die Laura Nyro

And when I die and when I'm dead, dead and gone, there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on. I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care. If it's peace you find in dying, w...

Brown Earth Laura Nyro

Morning, come to the windows of the streetSelling red watermelon, five cents a pieceMerry boat on the river, freedomFresh dreams to deliver, freedomOver and over and overI call out your nameGod sta...

Been On A Train Laura Nyro

Been on a trainAnd did you hear the whistle blow?Been on a train northBaby did you hear the whistle blow?I saw a man take a needleful of hard drugAnd die slow.Been on a trainAnd I'm never gonna be ...

Map To The Treasure Laura Nyro

Where is your woman?Gone to Spanish Harlem?Gone to buy you pastels?Where is your woman?Gone to Spanish Harlem?Gone to buy you books and bellsBeneath Indian summer?Take my hand nowThere is a land no...

Christmas In My Soul Laura Nyro

Come young bravesCome young childrenCome to the book of love with meRespect your brothers and your sistersCome to the book of loveI know it ain't easyBut we're gonna look for a better dayCome young...

Poverty Train Laura Nyro

"""Last call for the poverty trainLast call for the poverty trainIt looks good and dirty on shiny light stripAnd if you don't get beat you got yourself a trip You can see the walls roar, see your b...

Save The Country (Live) Laura Nyro

Come on, people, come on, childrenCome on down to the glory river.Gonna wash you up, and wash you down, Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down.I got fury in my soul,fury's gonna take m...

Goodbye Joe Laura Nyro

We were lost in the fair on the highland, good bye, Joe,with the sky and the deer on the highland, good bye, Joe.Time is full of changes and now you창?р？？ve got to go.Don창?р？？t forget that we love...

Lu Laura Nyro

Silver was the colorWinter was a snowbellMother of the wind boysLivin' off the lovewell[Chorus:]With LuAnd everybody's callin' LuieLuie, LuieYou got a thing about youKeep the light goin' for LuieAn...

Lonely Women Laura Nyro

No one hurries home to lonely womenNo one hurries home to lonely womenA gal could die without her man And no one knows it better thanLonely womenNo one knows the blues like lonely women doNo one kn...

Timer Laura Nyro

UptownGoin downOle life lineWalkin down fasterWalkin with the master of TimeMy lady woke upAnd she broke downShe got upShe let goTake me TimerShake me TimerTimer let it blowLet it blowOh I belong t...