LAZY AFTERNOON

It's a lazy afternoon

And the beetle bugs are zooming

And the tulip trees are blooming

And there's not another human in view,

But us two

It's a lazy afternoon

And the farmer leaves his reaping

And the meadow cows are sleeping

And the speckled trouts stop leaping up stream

As we dream

A far pink cloud hangs over the hill

Unfolding like a rose

If you hold my hand and sit real still,

You can hear the grass as it grows

It's a hazy afternoon

And I know a place that's quiet, except for daisies running riot

And there's no one passing by it to see
Come spend this lazy afternoon with me

Taken from AGAIN

DINDI

Sky, so vast is the sky, with far away clouds just wandering by,

Where do they go? Oh I don't know, don't know;

Wind that speaks to the leaves, telling stories that no one believes,

Stories of love belong to you and to me.

Oh, Dindi, if I only had words I would say all the beautiful

things that I see when you're with me, Oh my Dindi.

Oh Dindi, like the song of the wind in the trees, that's how my heart is

singing Dindi, Happy Dindi, When you're with me.

I love you more each day, yes I do, yes I do;

I'd let you go away, if you take me with you.

Don't you know, Dindi, I'd be running and searching for you like a river that

can't find the sea, that would be me without you, my Dindi.

can't find the sea that would be me without you Dindi.

Like a river that can't find the sea, that would be me without you, my Dindi.

Taken from EASY LIVING

PAPER MOON

I never feel a thing is real

When I'm away from you

Out of your embrace

The world's a temporary parking place

Mmm, mm, mm, mm

A bubble for a minute
Mmm, mm, mm, mm

You smile, the bubble has a rainbow in it

Say, its only a paper moon

Sailing over a cardboard sea

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me

Yes, it's only a canvas sky

Hanging over a muslin tree

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me

Without your love

It's a honky-tonk parade

Without your love

It's a melody played in a penny arcade

It's a Barnum and Bailey world

Just as phony as it can be

But it wouldn't be make-believe

If you believed in me

Taken from ALONE TOGETHER

WALK IN LOVE

Walk in love

A sandy beach, we're barefoot
We walk in love
A time and place so sacred
Only lovers/love will see the magic we can be -
We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love
We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love
Talking hands
We walk in silence but we have talking hands
They speak of feelings like our words could never do
My love, I shine for you -
We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love
We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love
Laugh to laugh
We take our clothes off
Moonlit to love (to love)
Ooh, to love (ooh, to love)
We spread the blanket, lie down rising with the waves
And falling like a star -
We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love
We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love




Taken from PASTICHE

LOVE FOR SALE

Love for sale
Advertising young love for sale
Love that's fresh and still unspoiled
Love that's only slightly soiled
Love - yes come get my love because it's right here for sale
Who will buy
Who would like to sample my supply
Who's prepared to pay the price
For a trip to paradise
Love for sale
Let the poets pipe of love in their childish way
I've known every type of love better far than they
If you want the thrill of love,
I've been through the mill of love
Old love, new love, every love but true
Love for sale
Advertising young love for sale
If you want to buy my wares
Follow me and climb the stairs
Love for sale

Taken from PASTICHE

SCOTCH AND SODA

Scotch and soda
Mud in your eye
Baby do I feel high
Oh me, oh my do I feel high (So high)
Dry martini, jigger of gin
Oh what a spell you've got me in
Oh my, do I feel high
People don't believe me
They think that I'm just braggin
'But I could feel the way I feel
And still be on the wagon
All I need is one of your smiles
Sunshine of your eyes
Oh me, oh my do I feel higher than a kite can fly
Give me lovin', cause I feel so high
People don't believe me
They think that I'm just braggin'
But I could feel the way I feel
And still be on the wagon (On the wagon)
All I need is one of your smiles (All I need is your smile)
Sunshine of your eyes
Oh me, oh my do I feel higher than a kite can fly
Give me lovin' (lovin')
'Cause I feel so high













"It Wouldn't Have Made Any Difference"
Do you remember the last time I said
If I ever thought of lying I'd rather be dying instead
And maybe you'll remember
The last time you called me to say we were through
How it took a million tears just to prove they all were for you
But those days are through
'Cause it wouldn't have made any difference
If you loved me
How could you love me
When it wouldn't really make any difference
If you really loved me
You just didn't love me
'Cause I know of hundreds of times I could be
In the most unfaithful arms that you always picture me
Well maybe you'll remember
That though I can't always show proof I was true
No one else could change my mind or stop me coming home to you
But those days are through
'Cause it wouldn't have made any difference
If you loved me
How could you love me
When it wouldn't really make any difference
If you really loved me
You just didn't love me
Enough to believe me
Enough not to leave me
Ooh, enough not to look for reason to be unhappy with me
And make me regret ever wanting you'Cause it wouldn't have made any difference
If you loved me
ow could you love me
When it wouldn't really make any difference
If you really loved me
You just didn't love me












Taken from COMING OUT

BLUE CHAMPAGNE

3 AM
Nowhere else to go
It's 3 AM and I miss you so
Couples are departing soon they'll all be gone
Now another day is starting
Still I linger on with
Blue Champagne
Purple shadows and blue champagne
With the echoes that still remain
I keep a blue rendezvous
Bubbles rise
Like a fountain before my eyes
And they suddenly crystallize
To form a vision of you
All the plans we started, all the songs we sang
Each little dream we knew
Seems to overtake me
Like a boomerang
Blue is the sparkle, gone is the tang
It's your refrain,
Keeps returning, as I remain
With all the memories and blue champagne
To toast the dream that was you
I'm bluer than blue champagne

Taken from THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER

SWEET TALKING GUY

Sweet Talking Guy
Talking sweet kinda lies
Don't you believe in him, if you do he'll make you cry
He'll send you flowers
And paint the town with another girl
He's a sweet talking guy (Sweet talking guy)
But he hasn't got a dime (Sweet talking guy)
Sweeter than sugar (oooh, ooh)
Kisses like wine (Oh he's so fine)
Don't let him under your skin, 'cause you'll never win
Don't give him love today, tomorrow he's on his way
He's a sweet talking guy (Sweet talking guy)
But he hasn't got a dime
Why do I love him like I do?
Sweet sweet, sweet talking guy
He's a sweet talking (sweet talking)
sweet talking (sweet talking)
guy
Stay away from him (sweet sweet, sweet talking guy)
'cause you know you'll never win
(what's the use of trying)
Don't give him love today, tomorrow he's on his way,
He's a sweet talking (sweet talking)
Sweet talking (sweet talking)
GuY

Taken from THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER