Reflections I

Oh, my love, my darling
I’ve hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me

Lonely rivers flow
To the sea, to the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh
“Wait for me, wait for me“
I’ll be coming home, wait for me

Oh, my love, my darling
I’ve hungered, for your touch
A long, lonely time
Time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love to me

T: Hy Zaret
M: Alex North

The night is like a lovely tune
Beware, my foolish heart
How white the ever-constant moon
Take care, my foolish heart
There’s a line between love and fascination
That’s hard to see on an evening such as this
For they both give the very same sensation
When you’re lost in the magic of a kiss

He’s lips are much too close to mine
Beware, my foolish heart
But should our eager lips combine
Then let the fire start
For this time, it isn’t fascination
Or a dream that will fade and fall apart

It’s love, this time it’s love
My foolish heart

It’s love, this time it’s love
My foolish heart

T: Ned Washington
M: Victor Young

Don’t look so sad
I know it’s over
But life goes on
And this old world will keep on turning
Let’s just be glad
We had some time to spend together
There’s no need to watch the bridges
That were burning

Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body
Close to mine
Hear the whisper of the rain drops
Blowing soft across the window
And make believe you love me
One more time
For the good times

I’ll get along
You’ll find another
And I’ll be here
If you should find you ever need me
Don’t say a word about tomorrow
Or forever
There’ll be time enough for sadness
When you leave me

Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body
Close to mine
Hear the whisper of the rain drops
Blowing soft across the window
And make believe you love me
One more time

For the good times
For the good times

T/M: Kris Kristofferson

For age, she is wise
She’s got her mother’s eyes
There’s gladness in her heart
She is young and she is wild
My only prayer is, if I can’t be there,
Lord, protect my child

As her youth now unfolds
She is centuries old
Just to see her play makes me smile
No matter what happens to me
No matter what my destiny
Lord, protect my child

The whole world is asleep
You can look at it and weep
Few things you find are worthwhile
And though I don’t ask for much
No material things to touch
Lord, protect my child

She is young and on fire
Full of hope and desire
In a world that’s been raped, and defiled
If I fall along the way
And can’t see another day
Lord, protect my child

There’ll be a time I hear tell
When all will be well
When God and man will be reconciled
But until men lose their chains
And righteousness reigns
Lord, protect my child

T/M: Bob Dylan

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one above you
You fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do

Oh the morning sun in all its glory
Greets the day with hope and comfort too
You fill my life with laughter
You can make it better
Ease my troubles that’s what you do

There’s a love that’s divine
And it’s yours and it’s mine
Like the sun
At the end of the day
We should give thanks and pray to the One

See, have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one above you
Fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one above you
You fill my heart with gladness
Take away my sadness
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do

You take away my sadness
Fill my life with gladness
Ease my troubles, that’s what you do

T/M: Van Morrison

When least expected
Fate stumbles in
Bringing light to the darkness
Oh, what a friend
I needed someone to call my own
Suddenly, out left field
Out left field, out left field
Love came along

I was walking down a road that went nowhere
Building dreams that were all left by the wayside
And then outta the blue
Honey, I found you
You know I found you

Sugar and peaches in a paradise land
Good love and sweetness, have taken their stand
He made a mountain of love
From a little grain of sand
Suddenly, out left field
Out left field, Out left field

Love came along
Everything is alright
How sweet it is
Love came along
Out of left field
Love came along
My love came along

T/M: Dan Penn / Linden Oldham

Across the morning sky all the birds are leaving
How can they know that it’s time to go?
Before the winter fire, we’ll still be dreaming
And then I count the time
Who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know that it’s time for them to go
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
For I do not count the time
Who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

But I’m not alone as long as my love is near me
And I know it will be so till it’s time to go
All through the winter until the birds again return in spring
And I do not fear the time
Who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Who knows where my love grows?
Who knows where the time goes?

T og M: Sandy Denny

I’m a fool to want you
I’m a fool to want you
To want a love that can’t be true
A love that’s there for others too

I’m a fool to hold you
Such a fool to hold you
To seek a kiss not mine alone
To share a kiss that devil has known

Time and time again I said I’d leave you
Time and time again I went away
But then would come the time when I would need you
And once again these words I´d have to say

I’m a fool to want you
Pity me, I need you
I know it’s wrong, it must be wrong
But right or wrong I can’t get along

Without you

T/M: Frank Sinatra / Jack Wolf / Joel S. Herron

First the tide rushes in
Plants a kiss on the shore
Then rolls out to sea
And the sea is very still once more

So I rush to your side
Like the oncoming tide
With one burning thought
Will your arms open wide

At last we’re face to face
And as we kiss through an embrace
I can tell, I can feel
You are love, you are real
Really mine

in the rain
In the dark, in the sun
Like the tide at its ebb
I’m at peace in the web of your arms

T:  Carl Sigman M: Robert Maxwell

Go, leave
She’s better than me
Or at least she is stronger
She will make it last longer
That’s nice for you

Go, leave
Don’t come back
No more am I for the taking
But I can’t say that my heart’s not aching
It’s breaking in two

I remember days when we laughed a lot
Those that weren’t so good, I soon forgot
We could sit and talk till words
Were coming out our ears
Not just for days, or weeks, or months

But it’s been years

And here they come
here come my tears

So go, leave
You said goodbye
But could it be that you are stalling
Hearts have a way of calling
When they’ve been true.

T og M: Kate McGarrigle / Anna McGarrigle