And Jesus was a sailor
When he walked upon the water
And he spent a long time watching
From his lonely wooden tower

And when he knew for certain
Only drowning men could see him
He said "All men will be sailors then
Until the sea shall free them"
But he himself was broken
Long before the sky would open
Forsaken, almost human
He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone.

Suzanne (middle verse) - Leonard Cohen

 

It's nine o'clock on a Saturday
The regular crowd shuffle in
There's an old man
Sitting next to me
Making love to his tonic and gin.

He says, "Son will you play me a memory
I'm not really sure how it goes
But it's sad and it's sweet
And I knew it complete
When I wore a younger man's clothes".

Piano Man (opening verse) - Billy Joel

 

Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of men

There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

Ripple - Robert Hunter (not Jerry Garcia)

 

Had a brother at Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years burning down the road
Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go

Born in the USA - Bruce Springstien

 

So sad, so sad
Sometimes she feels so sad
Alone in her apartment she'd dwell
Till the man of her dreams comes to break the spell
Ah, stay, don’t stand her up

And he comes and he stays but he leaves the next day
So sad
Sometimes she feels so sad

Another Day (Chorus) - Paul McCartney

 

Send me back all the things she ever wrote
Tell me the secrets of her days when she was young
Show me nights when she laughed so innocent
I'll be happy waiting till they come

Love the people that she smiled upon
Walk with me on streets where she once stood
Say if it could be that we once passed like we were strangers
Long before the love we ever knew

Your Swaying Arms - Ricky Ross (Deacon Blue)

 

Geisha girl show she adore you
Two oriental eyes implore you
Femme fatale or ingenue?
She very cunning, fiendish clever
Geisha girl suffer many times a fool
Sayonara moon
When all the world's a stage, where are you?

Tokyo Joe - Bryan Ferry

 

I always wanted a real home with flowers on the window sill
But if you want to live in New York City honey, you know I will
I just never thought I could get satisfaction from just one man
But if anyone can keep me happy, you're the one who can.

Where You Lead - Toni Stern & Carole King

 

Hey man, oh leave me alone you know
Hey man, oh Henry, get off the phone, I gotta
Hey man, I gotta straighten my face
This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place
Hey man, my schooldays insane
Hey man, my work's down the drain
Hey man, well she's a total blam-blam
She said she had to squeeze it but she... then she...

Suffragette City - David Bowie

 

I've been driving up and down these streets
trying to find somewhere to go
Ya i'm lookin' for a familiar face but there's no one i know
This is torture - this is pain - it feels like i'm gonna go insane
I hope you're coming back real soon - cuz i don't know what to do

When You're Gone - Bryan Adams

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