Rick Springfield Album

(Springfield)

When I was younger than tomorrow
When I was wise as yesterday
When I could share my brother’s sorrow
Even then you went away
When my heart was yours to play with
Though your was never mine
And when I was there to lay with
Even then you had no time
Mother can you carry me
Clear across the sky
Mother can you carry me
Show me how to fly high
Now I am wise as tomorrow
And I am young as yesterday
No I have nothing buy my sorrow
Yesterday tomorrow and today
Mother can you carry me
Clear across the sky
Mother can you carry me

(Springfield)

Speak to the sky when ever things go wrong
and you know you're not talkin' to the air, to the air
and the world will look better from up there
Speak to the sky 'cause things can get ya down
and you know when you're talkin' to the Lord, to the Lord
the world will look better than before
And if I stumble and it seems that I am blind
or if the road I'm on seems awful hard to find
and though my conversation doesn't always rhyme
I always try to find some time to .......
Speak to the sky and tell you how I feel
and to know sometimes what I say ain't right
It's all right
cause I speak to the sky every night
And if I stumble and it seems that I am blind
or if the road I'm on seems awful hard to find
and though my conversation doesn't always rhyme
I always try to find some time to .......
Speak to the sky and tell you how I feel
and to know sometimes what I say ain't right
It's all right
cause I speak to the sky every night
Speak to the sky when ever things go wrong
and you know you're not talkin' to the air, to the air

(Springfield)

She wakes up in the morning with the new sunrise
Looks at her husband sleeping still
Inside she cries
She makes the children breakfast
Gets them on their way
Watching them through the window
She prepares to face another day
Then her husband tells her
That he won’t be home ‘til late
There’s so much work he’ll have to stay behind
But she knows it isn’t work that’s on his mind
But still he'll never leave her
Cause what would the children think
Where would the children go
What would the children do
If they knew the way it was
But they’ll never learn because
What would the children think
Where would the children think
At the gate she kissed him
And watched him walk
Hoping this small charade
Will stop the neighbors talk
She turns to hide a tear
Inside her gilded cage
She cries for the love she could not hold
And lost to someone half her age
Then her pride and breakin' heart
Tell her to run away
But she values what she’s got a little more
Two kids, one 9 and nearly 4
And she would never leave them cause…
What would the children think
Where would the children go
What would the children do
If they knew the way it was
But they’ll never learn because
What would the children think
Where would the children think
What would the children think
Where would the children go

(Springfield)

If only we talked it out a little more
You might never have gone away
If only I tried
Instead of making for the door
You’d be loving me still today
And if I’d only been a little wiser
You knew I knew the lies you told
But you thought I didn’t care
And if I’d only shown my love
In so many different ways
If only you’d stayed
And in 1000 years
I’ll still be thinking of you
Though in 1000 years
My love will have gone
But in a 1000 years
We’ll probably be together
But right now you’re gone
If only I had you back again right now
Wouldn’t ask for a thing, I know
Except to say I’m sorry, and how
And the wisdom to let it show
And if I’d only looked a little deeper
Each time I saw you weeping
And how I wished I held you close
Cause If I only shown my love
In so many different ways
Baby you’d want to stay
And in 1000 years
I’ll still be thinking of you
Though in 1000 years
My love will have gone
But in a 1000 years
We’ll probably be together
But right now you’re gone
And in 1000 years
(I’ll still be thinking of you)
1000 years
(My love will be long gone)
1000 years
(We’ll probably be together forever)
1000 years
(I’ll still be thinking of you)
1000 years

(Springfield)

Tears subsiding
Michael lifts
A gun up to his head
Sorry for the part he played
In making Maggie dead
As he pulls the trigger,
And he feels the hammer fall
His mind goes back a year ago
And he remembers us all
And how we loved him
Oh (lead me on)
Lord lead me on
Oh (lead me on)
Lord lead me on
She said she’d been with other men
But that was long ago
Long before she fell in love with him
He ought to know
He could not believe her
He told her to her face
And took on with another girl
Put Maggie in disgrace
Oh (lead me on)
Lord lead me on
Oh (lead me on)
Lord lead me on
But when they found they found her dying
He realized what he done
She died because he blamed her
For things she’d never done
A loud explosion rocks the air
And things go quite insane...
As the gun hurls out the shell
It crashes through his brain
Oh (lead me on)
Lord lead me on
Oh (lead me on)

(Springfield)

Hooky high hooky Jo
I need you so
Hooky bye hooky go
Where I don’t know
Looky high looky low
Where can you be
Hooky high hooky Jo
I need your company
And my sergeant said
The war is over son
It doesn’t really matter
That the north has won.
So I packed my bags
And I gave back my gun
I turned and headed home
With the fighting done
Hooky high hooky Jo
I need you so
Hooky by hooky go
Where I don’t know
Looky high looky low
Where can you be
Hooky high hooky Jo
I need your company
Hooky Jo and me
We planned to make a start
But the war came between us
And we fell apart
Now this old gray coat is getting mighty thin
But I’ll keep on looking for her
Till we meet again
Hooky high hooky Jo
I need you so
Hooky by hooky go
Where I don’t know
Looky high looky low
Where can you be
Hooky high hooky Jo

(Springfield)

Hey look what you’ve done
Ain’t cha ever going to help me
Cause now your love’s the only one
I tried so hard to break it
Now that I’m loving you
1200 miles is a long long way
And my loves gonna grow
Every inch of the way
But I didn’t mean to love you
I only meant to see
How far you’d go
And I didn’t mean to love you
I tried to leave ya
And my heart said no
Oh no
Hey what can I say
You know I didn’t mean to fall for you
Show me, show me, show me
What can I do
I don’t even know
If you’re love is true
But I know this
No matter how much I want to try
I’ll never stop loving you
I need you
Though you’re just 17
And my loves gonna grow every night every day
But I didn’t mean to love you
I only meant to see
How far you’d go
And I didn’t mean to love you
I tried to leave ya
And my heart said no

(Springfield)

Oh come on
Come on
Everybody
Everybody
Sing it
Sing it
Come on
Come on
Everybody, everybody, sing it
Sing it
Though my shoes are thin
Lord lord
And my coat isn't hangin' down
Lord lord
But this song is mine
So's this old guitar
If you've been down the end of time
You'll have seen my face before
Ha!
Though I ain't had a meal in days
Cuz as soon as I start to play
You know it's just for you
Cause I love it here
In this square waiting
Waiting for the people to come
Oh come on
Come on
Everybody
Everybody
Sing it
Sing it
Come on
Come on
Everybody, everybody, sing it
Sing it
Though my shoes are thin
Lord lord
And my coat isn't hangin' down
Lord lord
But this song is mine
So's this old guitar
Oooh I spend my life by the river side
Unless somebody takes me in
If they do or they don't
It's all the same
I live the life I do
Living and singing for free
Cause I love it here
In this square
Waiting for the people to come
Come on
Come on
Oh come on
Come on
Everybody
Everybody
Sing it
Sing it
Come on
Come on
Everybody, everybody, sing it
(Sing it)
Though my shoes are thin
(Lord lord)
And my coat isn't hangin' down
(Lord lord)
But this song is mine
So's this old guitar

(Springfield)

I don't know how
To tell you who I am
Try to justify
You'd still deny I'm a man
I never understood it
So I don't expect you to
But I can't change now
Love, just for you
Maybe it's better
That you know at last
Oh I am sorry
It all happened so fast
We might have lasted longer
If I told you when we met
But it's an old song
For you to forget
Why did you love me more
Lord did I let her down
Why did she never understand me
Whey did she love me
Lord did I let her down
Why is it so hard to be yourself
I never understood it
So I don't expect you to
But I can't change now
Love, just for you
Maybe it's better
That you know at last
Oh I am sorry
It all happened so fast
We might have lasted longer
If I told you when we met
But it's an old song
For you to forget
Why did you love me more
Lord did I let her down
Why did she never understand me
Whey did she love me
Lord did I let her down

(Springfield)

Well I took Annie out
To see a show
But the music that played
Was too slow
And I knew
If I was going to make any ground
I'd have to get some place
Where the music was loud
I said “okay babe what do you wanna do”
We can cut on out
If you want to
She looked at me and said
“Just what this place needs
is some good ol' rock and roll
right from the seeds”
Stand in front
Cause she climbed on the stage
And when she opened her mouth
She could really rave
She sang like a bird
And moved like a snake
Suddenly the hall began to shake
Well her body started rocking
On the dance floor
Moving and a shaking
And wanting more
She nearly brought the roof down
With all the rock and roll
Her body started shaking
With the songs that she sang
Even big Lucy and her female gang
Her music was loud
Things were getting hot
Whatever it is
Annie's sure got
Oooh every body started shakin
With the songs that she sang
Even big Lucy and her female gang
The music was loud
Things were getting hot
Whatever it was
Annie's sure got
Yeah Yeah Annie Goodbody
I love you
Yes I do