Lyrics for "Spinning Around the Sun"

WHERE YOU GOING Jimmie Dale Gilmore, David Hammond I've seen crimson roses growing through a chain link fence I've seen crystal visions sometimes they don't make sense You can see the future, it don't make no difference Just don't talk about it, babe you know I love the suspense I once build a mansion, then I tore that mansion down I fixed up the penthouse, one day I burned it to the ground Working in the basement, trying not to make a sound I just keep on building and that wheel just keeps turning 'round I remember when she was everything, everything to me When that hollow sun has finally fallen in the sea Where you going, where you going, where you going to be I've heard golden laughter glowing from the jailhouse walls I have seen a garden growing where the rain don't fall I would love to linger but I still hear the mountain call You and I don't need goodbye we'll meet at the fountain after all I remember when she was everything, everything to me When that morning star comes rising from the silver sea You'll be going, You'll be going, You'll be going with me   SANTA FE THIEF A.B. Strehli, Jr. Oh the townhouse warbler lives far apart in a song He holds the poor in his memory he never, he never lets on He gathers strength as he gazes at length in a joy You cannot tell from the sound of nothings been heard from his boy He's a thief in the night and he's stealing for light you won't know it He's already found you, his arms all around, you won't show it Maybe one day you'll know more of, you'll know enough to say Look over yonder he's already coming Look over yonder he's already coming Look over yonder he's already coming your way Oh the caretaker's daughter she lives near the Garden of Eden She knows the name of each flower, she remembers which let you in She spills the sky when she looks in your eye and her jasmine A symphony heard from a mansion when the wind sweeps in between She's a thief in the night and she's stealing for love you won't know it She's already found you, her arms all around, you won't show it Maybe one day you'll know more of, you'll know enough to say Look over yonder she's already coming Look over yonder she's already coming Look over yonder she's already coming your way Oh the old engineer stays patient high in his roundhouse He watches his trains appearing through silent puffs of snow And his eyes are bright as he watches them nearing the time to set the track With a flick of his wrist he waves to let them go He's a thief in the night and he's stealing for life you won't know it He's already found you, his arms all around, you won't show it Maybe one day you'll know more of, you'll know enough to say Look over yonder he's already coming Look over yonder he's already coming Look over yonder he's already coming your way REPEAT CHORUS   I WAS THE ONE Claude DeMetrius, Bill Peppers, Hal Blair, Aaron Schroeder I was the one who taught her to kiss The way that she kisses you now And you know the way she touches your cheek Well I taught her how I was the one who taught her to cry When she wants you under her spell The sight of her tear drives you out of your mind I taught her so well And then one day I had my love As perfect as could be She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried And it was all for me Oh, I'll never know who taught her to lie And now that it's over and done Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart I was the one And then one day I had my love As perfect as could be She lived, she loved, she laughed, she cried And it was all for me Oh, I'll never know who taught her to lie And now that it's over and done Who learned the lesson when she broke my heart I was the one   SO I'LL RUN A.B. Strehli, Jr. You were surely wrong, crazy to admit it Now your tears come falling, just as pure as rain Well babe you don't even have to ask me to forget it I'm not even trying, it won't be the same And I'll run from you, oh, in the morning time I know you'll need me when the sun comes softly You'll want me by your side Baby Leonardo must have held his hammer heavy As he cast a shadow, straight into stone Maybe wisdom comes to those who wait though being weary I know for myself though, I'll just walk on And I'll run from you, oh, in the summertime I know you'll need me when the warm breeze is blowing You'll want me by your side I have often thought you were all that I saw clearly When babe like me, you were trying too hard to be free Maybe now it's time for us to look where we have come Though you think you're hiding form me I'm not the one you're hiding from And I'll run from you, oh, in the winter time I know you'll need me when the snowflakes are flying You'll want me by your side I would wait for you, but my feet just keep on walking And like a laughing stream my thoughts come quick, cool and clear Something echoes now and then, but I don't hear And on a winding road I'm well on my way with nothing to fear And I'll run from you, oh, in the evening time I know you'll need me when the moon is a burning You'll want me by your side   I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY Hank Williams, Sr. Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry Did you ever see a night so long When time goes crawling by The moon just went behind a cloud To hide her face and cry The silence of the fallen star Lights up a purple sky And as I wonder where you are I'm so lonesome I could cry Did you ever see a robin weep When leaves begin to die That means he's lost the will to live I'm so lonesome I could cry Hear that lonesome whippoorwill He sounds too blue to fly The midnight train is whining low I'm so lonesome I could cry I'm so lonesome I could cry   MOBILE LINE (FRANCE BLUES) Traditional; arrangement/adaptation by Jimmie Dale Gilmore Well hey mama now did you ever go down on Down on the Mobile Line Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa Holler 'bout the Mobile Line Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind Well I got a letter, now this is the way it read Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa Holler 'bout the way it read Said come home baby because your lover is dead Well I ran out and I hopped out on the road Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa Holler 'bout on the road When I got there she was laying on a coolin' board Now when I die mama don't you bury papa at all Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa Holler 'bout your papa at all Just throw my bones down in some alcohol And when I die mama put my picture in a frame Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa Holler 'bout a picture in a frame Hang it up on the mantle you can see me just the same And when I die I think I'm gonna stop by France Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa Holler 'bout a stop by France Gonna stop by France just to give all the women a chance Well hey mama now did you ever go down on Down on the Mobile Line Hey lordy mama, mama, hey lordy papa, papa Holler 'bout the Mobile Line Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind Well it's a road to ride to ease your troublin' mind   NOTHING OF THE KIND Butch Hancock Just because of the mood I'm in I know there's more to the weather than the western wind And I feel like I'm gonna feel Like a willow tree that's got some branches to bend Well I give you all of my time But you know I got nothing of the kind And I take all your troubles I can find But I know you say, you got nothing, nothing of the kind Well I was told to just come on in But I didn't know exactly why or exactly when So I just stood inside your door And I waited there a while and then I waited there some more Well I give you all of my time But you know I got nothing of the kind And I take all your troubles I can find But I know you say, you got nothing, nothing of the kind Well darlin' I've seen you cry But there's more to your tears than meets the eye And if you'd only look I know you'd find That there's more to your tears than there'll ever be to mine   JUST A WAVE Butch Hancock Thirst is not the answer, oceans come and go I loved her seven seas worth, Lord I loved her so But she let me down so easy, one slow drop at a time I would've killed myself but it made no sense Committing suicide in self defense But I lost everything I brought her When she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water Centuries ago we were living on the gold coast She was still in love with a long, gone, cold ghost I was only trying to turn back the tide of her tears I felt like an endless ocean, rolling through the fog Full emotion drifting like a weather beaten log I even thought that I out-thought her Till she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water I said someday we'll love again, then you'll know the score I've taught you everything I know and maybe even more That's true she said, more than you ever will I've said I've been your raging river, precious African queen I've shown you everything that I've ever seen But she knew more than I had taught her When she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water Well I followed her far and wide with all of my will Water on the move, you know it never stands still And I moved every muscle, just to prove it can be done Then up some old sad river, where snow white lilies float I came to her for mercy, but I hardly rocked the boat She seemed surprised that I have caught her But she said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water She said babe, you're just a wave, you're not the water   REUNION Jo Carol Pierce, Harry Porter It's today you say you're leaving, darlin' Time comes when you must follow your own star And though my silly mind is sick with fear In my heart I know that these differences just go to show How much the same we are Someday we'll build a new home Up in the canyon by the falls Splashing water our companion Under shooting stars And when Mother Earth and Father Time Reunite us one more time We'll remember that we've never been apart So step on out into the big world Where all your dreams are waiting to come through The first time we touched I felt a love so real, so much That I knew I'd never say goodbye to you Someday we'll build a new home Up in the canyon by the falls Splashing water our companion Under shooting stars And when Mother Earth and Father Time Reunite us one more time We'll remember that we've never been apart Yes, we'll remember that we've never been apart   I'M GONNA LOVE YOU Jimmie Dale Gilmore You found me when my heart was broken And the cold world was closing in And with a word unspoken You taught me how to live and love and laugh again You found me when my wings were broken And I was crying to the sky And with your word unspoken You made me whole and showed me how to fly And I'm gonna love you, yes I'm gonna love you As long as you will let me I'm gonna love you You found me when my dreams were shattered And what I needed was a friend To let me know what really mattered And that it lived and grew within And then you showed me Dreaming ain't the way it should be done And you awakened me To the awaiting warmth of the sun And I'm gonna love you, yes I'm gonna love you As long as you will let me I'm gonna love you And I'm gonna love you, yes I'm gonna love you As long as you will let me I'm gonna love you And I'm gonna love you, yes I'm gonna love you As long as you will let me I'm gonna love you   ANOTHER COLORADO Jimmie Dale Gilmore Down by the banks of the Colorado My true love and I one night did lie And we laughed and played and made fun Of the entire world spinning 'round the sun Down by the banks of the Colorado Up from the banks of the Colorado Nightwatchmen stood guard 'round the wagon yard And I took a pillar for a sign That the salt of the earth was surely mine Up from the banks of the Colorado There is another Colorado Wise have told me, wise women too That I may find sweet El Dorado Down by the banks of one sweet Colorado Down by the banks of the Colorado The years flowed softly before my eyes And the circus joined me in my quest And stayed with me throughout my test Down by the banks of the Colorado There is another Colorado Wise men have told me, wise women too That I may find my sweet El Dorado Down by the banks of one sweet Colorado   THINKING ABOUT YOU Jimmie Dale Gilmore It was a beautiful morning On a hill where the wind only carried the sound Of the mockingbird's song And I was thinking about you All the flowers were dancing One by one they all told me of the time That had been and the time that will be And I was thinking about you I walked on down by the river Saw the sails on the ships that were leaving For places I could only dream of And I was thinking about you The river ran to the ocean I walked through the market and stared at the harbor lights Through the soft rain And I was thinking about you I stood alone in the city And the song I was singing was a cry in the night For the morning to come And I was thinking about you It was a beautiful morning On a hill where the wind only carried the sound Of the mockingbird's song And I was thinking about you

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