The Ballad Of The Sad Young Men (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Sing a song of sad young man Glasses full of rye All the news is bad again so Kiss your dreams goodbye All the sad young men Sitting in the bars Knowing neon nights Missing all the stars All the

Hi-Lili Hi-Lo (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Hi-Lili-hi-lo On every tree there is a bird singing a song of love... On every tree there is a bird and every one I'd ever heard Could brake my heart without a word singing a song of love...

Love Junkyard (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Where's the candlelight, where's the smiles Man this place goes on for miles There's heaps and heaps of wedding rings Equal space for tramps and kings There's no doberman dogs or security guards at

Dat Dere (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Sometimes the questions get filed! And mummy can I have that big elehpant over there? Don't wanna comb my hair And where's my teddy bear? Mummy, up here! Look at the cowboy coming there!

Second Time Around (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

summertime and everything is sweet walking barefoot to the circle k on the burning street summertime and everything's on fire this town is a drive-by for the whole inland empire but down on the

I'll Be Seeing You (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Cathedral bells were tolling And our hearts sang on, Was it the spell of Paris Or the April dawn? Who knows, if we shall meet again?

Comin' Back To Me (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

The summer had inhaled and held its breath too long The winter looked the same as if it never had gone And through an open window where no curtain hung I saw you I saw you One begins to read between

Up From The Skies (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

tall and cold And some just sit there and dust away Past the age of old.

Flying Cowboys (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Down there by the river is a man Whose born is twisted into shapes Unknown to the wicked and the wise And he bears the look of an animal Who's seen things no animal should ever see He has been driven beyond

The Horses (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

We will fly Way up high Where the cold wind blows Or in the sun Laughing having fun With the people that she knows And if the situation Should keep us separated You know the world won't fall apart And

I Won't Grow Up (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

I won't grow up I don't wanna wear a tie Or a serious expression In the middle of July And if it means that I must prepare To shoulder burdens with a worried air I'll never grow up, won't grow up

My One And Only Love (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

The very thought of you makes My heart sing, Like an April breeze On the wings of spring. And you appear in all your splendor, My one and only love.

Bye Bye Blackbird (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

where somebody waits for me sugar's sweet so is she bye, bye, blackbird no one here can love and understand me oh what hard luck stories they all hand me make my bed and light the lights ill be home

Young Blood (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Take a walk around midnight in the city Young Blood is hiding there somewhere If you're looking for something to do There's always something happening there Like I & Bragger, we borrowed a coupe to day

We Belong Together (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

I say this was no game of chicken You were aiming your best friend That you wear like a switchblade on a chain around your neck I think you picked this up in Mexico from your dad Now its daddy on the booze

Spring Can Really Hang You Up The Most (Album Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Spring this year has got me feeling Like a horse that never left the post I lie in my room Staring up at the ceiling Spring can really hang you up the most Morning's kiss wakes trees and flowers

Skeletons (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

She was pregnant in May Now they're on their way Dashing thru the snow To St.

Young blood Rickie Lee Jones

Take a walk around midnight in the city Young Blood is hiding there somewhere If you're looking for something to do There's always something happening there Like I & Bragger, we borrowed a coupe

Coolsville (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

I and Braggar, and Junior Lee, well that's the way we always thought it would be In the wind-strewn leaves of September, how we met Decked out like aces, we'd beat anybody's bet Cuz we was Coolsville..

Altar Boy (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

A monk with a hard on in a lavender robe That scratches his thighs for the height that he strode As he follows a path filled with harried desire And mimics his footsteps and sets his prayers on fire Glad

The Horses Rickie Lee Jones

We will fly Way up high Where the cold wind blows Or in the sun Laughing having fun With the people that she knows And if the situation Should keep us separated You know the world won't fall apart And

Stewart's Coat (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

I wanna lay here next to him, love I remember walking in the rain Rain was falling on my hands I don't wanna live through that again, no Outside the heart it gets dark now And I was walking in the park

Flying Cowboys Rickie Lee Jones

Down there by the river is a man Whose born is twisted into shapes Unknown to the wicked and the wise And he bears the look of an animal Who's seen things no animal should ever see He has been driven beyond

The Last Chance Texaco (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

A long stretch of headlights Bends into I-9 Tiptoe into truck stops And sleepy diesel eyes Volcanoes rumble in the taxi And glow in the dark Camels in the driver's seat A slow, easy mark But you ran out

The Albatross Rickie Lee Jones

There, there is my ship Finally come in I see the mast rolling on the steps Over the garden wall I hear the sailor's call I see the albatross Over and down now I'll go home Home to my children I left behind

It Must Be Love (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

It must be love that whispers in my ear It must be love that we keep trying to hear Cuz I imagined this kind of vvonderful choice I imagine you hear the very same voice When I speak to you You say "That's

Young Blood (Demo) Rickie Lee Jones

Take a walk around midnight in the city Young Blood is hiding there somewhere If you're looking for something to do There's always something happening there Like I & Bragger, we borrowed a coupe to day

Magazine (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Homeboys Calling from the corners Station to station For the magazine But her pages are turning Out the lights in the windows And all that you're reading Is the braille night I can't come out And play

Living It Up (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Eddie's got one crazy eye that turns him into a cartoon wahen a pretty girl comes by and there's nothin' here to do anymore he sits on the stoop all day like there's something he's waiting for Cunt-finger

Pirates (So Long Lonely Avenue) Rickie Lee Jones

Come on - Joey get out of school We got places to go A '57 Lincoln you got a radio that hurts And the girls like to touch it Just to find out if it works But don't look at me It wasn't me Joey live on

Gravity Rickie Lee Jones

"There are wounds that stir up the force of gravity A cold that will wipe the hope from your eyes Young girl standing underneath the ""L"" train Standing there, watching the trains go by ...

Chuck E.'s In Love (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

How come he don't come and P.I.P. with me Down at the meter no more? And how come he turn(ed) off the t.v. And hang(ed) that sign on the door? Well we call and we call "How come?"

Weasel And The White Boys Cool (Live Acoustic Version) Rickie Lee Jones

Sal was working at Nyro's nook in downtown Selling articles of congress to these people downtown He was pretty sleezy when I met him A weasel in a poor boy's wool Sal lives in a black vinyl pen in New

We Belong Together Rickie Lee Jones

I say this was no game of chicken You were aiming your best friend That you wear like a switchblade on a chain around your neck I think you picked this up in Mexico from your dad Now its daddy on the booze

Just My Baby Rickie Lee Jones

It seems lately when I walk down the street There's something in my neighborhood It's getting stronger every day There's a rumor that lights up all of me And it whispers from the rooftops up above I must

Ballad of the Sad Young Men Roberta Flack

Sing a song Of sad young men Glasses Full of rye All the news Is bad again Kiss your dreams Goodbye All the sad young men Sitting in the bars Drinking up the night Missing all the stars All the sad young

The Returns Rickie Lee Jones

But after all There are such things And these are the things Who'll turn your memories back into dreams again Oh, it's all flying and waving For you to keep trying You're so close. So close.

Charade (Album Version) Jack Jones

When we played our charade We were like children posing Playing at games, acting out names Guessing the parts we played Oh what a hit we made We came on next to closing Best on the bill, lovers until Love

Ghetto Of My Mind Rickie Lee Jones

hat That you gave me way back Before it was cool And they took it to school Here in the ghetto The ghetto of my mind Y aqui, the ghetto The ghetto of my mind Hey we wild it up, wild it up I like to dance

Away From The Sky Rickie Lee Jones

For all that it cost him He never did complain The chicken-headed man Feathering the rain But the last bus is tired And everybody's gone The horses are waiting In the middle of the lawn Gone for the rodeo

I'll Be Seeing You Rickie Lee Jones

Cathedral bells were tolling And our hearts sang on, Was it the spell of Paris Or the April dawn? Who knows, if we shall meet again?

Traces Of The Western Slopes Rickie Lee Jones

We go down round The far side of the tracks Lolitas playing dominoes and poker Behind their daddy's shacks Vacant-eyes, glue-face boys On a pearl splashing glass If they give us any flack If they come

Woody And Dutch On The Slow Train To Peking Rickie Lee Jones

Dutch took 'em on the slow train to Peking on La Brea Avenue To find the Stax and Sun They were reaching to get to They was a rapping the flat scat Diamond dialectos of points and taps Between the chicken

The last chance texaco Rickie Lee Jones

A long stretch of headlights Bends into I-9 Tiptoe into truck stops And sleepy diesel eyes Volcanoes rumble in the taxi And glow in the dark Camels in the driver's seat A slow, easy mark But

Last Chance Texaco Rickie Lee Jones

A long stretch of headlights Bends into I-9 Tiptoe into truck stops And sleepy diesel eyes Volcanoes rumble in the taxi And glow in the dark Camels in the driver's seat A slow, easy mark But you

Ghost Train Rickie Lee Jones

Well I decided to take the bus It was about 6:05 Cuz I could hardly walk In fact, I was just barely alive Under the bridges and over the street Now every shadow that I meet They all know my name And they

Sailor Song Rickie Lee Jones

Oh the ship I'm on Time is what I ride Forty winds, the captain and the tide Oh a sailor boy Stole me from my home And this sea of joy Is the only life I've known I could fly away I could fly away But

Pink Flamingos Rickie Lee Jones

Dan and I like Las Vegas, never seen the sea Where the river, where the river bed runs dry She closes his eyes, puts her ear to his shirt And listens to the whole wide earth Lila's ready, she look in the

Running From Mercy Rickie Lee Jones

Oh sacred place that sets my soul alive There's a rainbow above me that the storm clouds hide And kind works will never die Cuz the magic in kindness springs from the love, love, love Little acts of kindness

It Must Be Love Rickie Lee Jones

It must be love that whispers in my ear It must be love that we keep trying to hear Cuz I imagined this kind of vvonderful choice I imagine you hear the very same voice When I speak to you You say "That's