Carole King (born February 9, 1942) is an American United States singer, songwriter, and pianist. She and her husband Gerry Goffin wrote more than two dozen hits during the 1960s, of which many have become standards; as a singer, her album Tapestry topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971 and remained on the charts for more than six years.
King's was most successful as a performer in the first half of the 1970s, although she was a... [read more] - City Streets
River wind is icyChills run through my bonesTides of life are ebbing outBetween the cobblestonesThe streets are on fireWith the burning sunriseAnd over the water I look in vainFor love in someone's eyesOh, city...
- Ain't That The Way
Ain't that the wayWhenever you think you've got it madeEverything changes on youAin't that the wayNothing is stranger than the truthAnd how it comes to youAin't that the wayIn this life we are livingMoment to moment,...
- Legacy
You used to be as a childFull of hope and wonderHey, now, do you remember those daysYour mind was free and running wildNow the sound of thunder Has got you trapped in a corner hiding outYou're running in a rat mazeYou...
- Sweet Life
So you think you got the weightOf the world on your shouldersAnd it's getting too hard to bearYou feel like you're getting older and olderAnd nobody seems to careIt isn't what you do, it's who you knowAin't that the...
- Midnight Flyer
The flashing neon excites my bloodBreathing in the carnival airThat old street of dreams has got my head spinningBeing there at the pleasure fairI'm no stranger to dangerHe's been my lifelong friendI can feel the...
- Homeless Heart
The lantern moon hung high and gold In the cold November skyThe locust sang a midnight songAnd starlight wind was a sighAnd you moved me with no handLike the moon moves the seaWhat I wouldn't give for the love that...
- Down To The Darkness
Everything's lost in illusionI keep moving, but I can't seem to get out of the shadowsOut into the light of dayEveryone's out in the afternoonTurning their faces up to the sun like a spotlightWhat's wrong with me, I...
- Someone Who Believes In You
When there's a dark storm on your horizonAnd you think you can't get through itJust put your hand in my handAnd I'll show you how to do itWhen the future looks uncertainYou can count on me to be thereAnd when your...
- Lovelight
I want to see the lovelight in your eyesI want to see the longing in your eyesWhen you look at meI want it to be the way it used to beI want to see the lovelight in your eyesI want to feel the passion in your touchI...
- I Can't Stop Thinking About You
A candle's burning in my windowAnd it's burning just for youI had some big plans for tomorrowBut you had something else to doYou came to me right out of nowhereYou gave me shelter in your eyesAnd though you let the...
- Home Again
Sometimes I wonder if I'm ever gonna make it home again,it's so far and out of sight.I really need someone to talk to,and nobody elseknows how to comfort me tonight.Snow is cold, and rain is wet.Chills my soul right...
- Way Over Yonder
Way over yonder is a place that I know Where I can find shelter from hunger and cold And the sweet tasting good life is easily found Way over yonder - that's where I'm bound I know when I get there, the first thing...
- You've Got A Friend
When you're down and troubledand you need a helping handand nothing, whoa nothing is going right.Close your eyes and think of meand soon I will be thereto brighten up even your darkest nights.You just call out my...
- (You Make Me Feel) Like A Natural Woman
Looking out on the morning rainI used to feel uninspiredAnd when I knew I had to face another dayLord, it made me feel so tiredBefore the day I met you, life was so unkindBut your love was the key to peace my...
- Smackwater Jack
Smackwater Jack he bought a shotgunCause he was in the mood for a little confrontationHe just let it all hang looseHe didn't think about the nooseHe couldn't take no more abuse, so he shot down the congregationYou...
- Where You Lead
Wanting you the way I doI only want to be with youAnd I would go to the ends of the earthCause, darling, to me that's what you're worthWhere you lead, I will followAnywhere that you tell me to If you need, you need me...
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Tonight you're mine completelyYou give your love so sweetyTonight the light of love is in your eyesBut will you love me tomorrowIs this a lasting treasureOr just a moment's pleasureCan I believe the magic of your...
- Beautiful
You've got to get up every morning With a smile in your faceAnd show the world all the love in your heart The people gonna treat you better You're gonna find, yes you will That you're beatiful as you feel Waiting at...
- Tapestry
My life has been a tapestry of rich and royal hueAn everlasting vision of the everchanging viewA wondrows woven magic in bits of blue and goldA tapestry to feel and see, impossible to holdOnce amid the soft silver...
- Ambrosia
In the fields of sweet ambrosiaI've been told You can sit down by the riverAnd watch yourself unfoldYou can drink right from the riverAnd purify your soulOh ambrosia, pour it sweet and slowI need to be replenished I...
- There's A Space Between Us
Every time I've needed youYou've been there for meBut now I feel a boundary has been drawnI can see from all you doThat you still care for meI know the feeling hasn't goneBut there's a space betweenA place that I...
- It's Gonna Work Out Fine
We've been putting each other through a hard timeAnd it's a mighty good feeling to know we're gonna work it outIt's gonna work outYeah, it's gonna work out fineTake a look at the way it's going nowMakes you want to...
- There
As I bask in the glow of a just-lit fireFeeling the warmth as the flame grows higherI think it's true that nothing is really new under the sunWatching a new love grow from old love's embersYesterday's gone but today...
- IÂ’d Like To Know You Better
Carole King – I’d Like To Know You BetterI'd like to know you betterThere's so much about you I can seeThere's a love as good as gold in youI can feel it when I'm holding youI want to be your friend, your loverI'd...
- We All Have To Be Alone
Once I told you without feelingWhen you came to me in sorrowThere's a truth that life's revealingWe all have to be aloneYou only wanted someone to hold youTell you she'd be there tomorrowBut instead I only told you We...
- I'd Like To Know You Better
I'd like to know you betterThere's so much about you I can seeThere's a love as good as gold in youI can feel it when I'm holding youI want to be your friend, your loverI'd like to know you betterBeing with you feels...
- High Out Of Time
High out of timeI wish the years awayLook into your eyesAnd you look into mineAll my sorrows disappearWhen I'm high out of timeHigh out of timeIs a place I like to beI'm a part of you And you're a part of meAnd I can...
- So Many Ways
So many waysSo many ways to show you love someoneSo many waysSo many ways to show someone You careWe have so much in commonAlthough we come from places worlds apartWhen you reach out and touch my handWithout a word...
- Daughter Of Light
Daughter of lightYou're a welcome sightTo a weary soulSeeing you just lifts me out of the coldIt's only temporaryYou have to go awayBut you're beautifulAnd you never fail to make my dayDaughter of lightYou smile and...
- Still Here Thinking Of You
I have tried to untangle All my thoughts from every angleTo know the one I loved the bestTo dream of happiness and make that dream come trueAnd I'm still here thinking of you Yes, I'm still here thinking of youThe...
- Eagle
Eagle wants to fly againThough she's been shot downYou can see her tryin'Though her wings still touch the groundSoon she's gonna rise upWith a pure and joyful soundFly, EagleStrong heart feels abandonedHe's been away...
- Good Mountain People
I've seen people--just because they've had some schoolingThink they know all there is to knowWell, I've done some movin' around in my time and I ain't foolin'One of my favorite places to goIs where there's Good...
- Move Lightly
Why don't you move lightly Why don't you move lightlyThat's your heart you're dealing withThat's your head you're messin' around withWhy don't you move lightlyLet it all work out now, just let goPretty soon you're...
- Happy Industries
Once upon a time not long agoAn ID yeah that's what I hadTo take DNAAs a little pro twoWith my MCing ways and make em madJust having fun not chasing cashApologise now for it make ya madHad to call g wall tell em warm...
- Crazy
Y'get up every morning, see the same old faceY'get in your car and drive it down to the same old placeWell, do you ever wonder what it's all aboutSomething they call freedom of choiceThat you should not live...
- Seeing Red
Since a time before my memoryHe's been without a homeOnce he lived on an open plain where wildlife grazedAnd buffalo used to roamRed was the sunrise on the dawn of his creationNow where is the road that will lead him...
- Dreamlike I Wander
Evening is falling--velvety blackAnother day is over and you're still not backQuarter moon is rising up over my headWith stars for companions and clouds for a bedDreamlike I wander through my life without youI know...
- Walk With Me (I'll Be Your Companion)
I am me--who are youI'm on my way to somewhere through tomorrowIf that's where you're going, tooWould you care to walk with me todayLiving for the moment--feelin' what I feelNowhere in particular to goAnd nothing to...
- All My Time
The world explodedAnd all the funny people who were with meFlew awayTaking with them yesterdayAnd other things I could do withoutDidn't you smile at meDidn't you laugh at meWhen you first knew I wanted youAnd I've...
- Victim Of Circumstance
Out in the woods and I'm lost againStranded in the wilderness with no sense of directionI do have a prayer but I don't stand a chanceOh, I'm just a victim of circumstanceDown in the swamp I'm stuck in the sandThinking...
- Now That Everything's Been Said
Oh, now that everything's been said Now that everything's been doneHow come you wanna leave me hereYou say you got to get on alongNow, all the time I wastedTryin' to build a house to lastYou get up this morning, pack...
- A Man Without A Dream
With the music of lifeMy soul is out of tuneAnd I feel like I'm growing oldMuch too soonMy love I just couldn't compareAnd the key to my happinessI let slip awayNow I'm a man without a dreamI've got a heart that has...
- I Don't Believe It
You're coming on strong nowYou think you're the oneYou think you're the one that can change all the seasons But you're giving me reasons not to believe itI can hear everything you sayHey now--but what about the things...
- Paradise Alley
The salesman came this mornin'Salvation door-to-doorHe offered me the propertyOh, who could ask for moreShow me around the pastures of plentyDeliver me from the rivers of noneI'm about to be drownedAnd my cup is so...
- Why Are You Leaving
You told me that you had to goYou said you could not stay hereThat being here just made you sadFor sunshine, ships and easy landAnd you miss the pretty things you hadSo what am I to tell youWhy are you leaving Why are...
- Lady
If the thoughts in my head could reach a great distanceAnd somehow get into your mindThey'd tell you much more than all the words I could speakFrom now till the end of timeLady, now are you a ladyDo you like the one...
- Sweet Seasons
1. Sometimes you win sometimes you lose, and sometimes the blues just get a hold of you just when you though you had made it. All around the block people will talk, but I want to give it all that I've got I...
- Brother Brother
Oh, brother, brother, brotherI know you've been layin back a long timeBut I love you like no otherOh, brother of mineI've been watching everything you doAnd I've been wishing only good for youAll you've got to do is...
- Believe In Humanity
If you read the papers you may seeHistory in the makingYou'll read what they say life is all aboutThey say it's there for the takingYeah, but you should rally check it outIf you want to know what's shakingBut don't...
- Its Too Late
Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the timeThere's something wrong here, there can be no denyingOne of us is changing, or maybe we've stopped tryingAnd it's too late, baby, now it's too lateThough we really did...
- Music
- One Fine Day
One fine day, you'll look at meAnd you will know our love was, meant to beOne fine day, you're gonna want me for your girlThe arms I long for, will open wideAnd you'll be proud to have me, right by your sideOne fine...
- So Far Away
So far away, doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore?It would be so fine to see your face at my doorDoesn't help to know you're just time awayLong ago I reached for you and there you stoodHolding you again could...
- Been To Canaan
Green fields and rolling hillsRoom enough to do what we willSweet dreams of yestertime are running though my mindOf a place I left behind, been so long, I can't remember whenI've been to Canaan and I want to go back...
- Hard Rock Cafe
- Now And Forever
Now and forever you are a part of meAnd the memory cuts like a knifeDidn't we find the ecstasy Didn't we share the daylightWhen you walked into my lifeNow and forever I'll rememberAll the promises still unbrokenAnd...
- It Might As Well Rain Until September
What should I write?What can I say?How can I tell you how much I miss you?The weather here has been as nice as it can beAlthough it doesn't really matter much to meFor all the fun I'll have while you're so far awayIt...
- Only Love Is Real
As I bask in the glow of a just-lit fireFeeling the warmth as the flames grow higherI think it's true that nothingis really new under the sunWatching a new love growfrom old love's embersYesterday's gone but today...
- Nightingale
Like some night bird homeward winginHe seeks the sheltered nestLike the sailor's lost horizon, He needs some place to restThe songs that he's been singin'No longer make much senseAnd those stranger's cold...
- Anyone At All
Funny how I feel more myself with youThan anybody else that I ever knewI hear it in your voice, see it in your faceYou've become the memory I can't eraseYou could have been anyone at allA stranger falling out of the...
- Jazzman
Left me, won't you lift me above the old routine;Make it nice, play it clean jazzman.1. When the jazzman's testifyin' a faithless man believes he can sing you into paradise or bring you to your knees. It's a...
- Corazon
Corazón mi corazónCorazón mi corazónYo te quiero mi corazónCorazón mi corazónYo te quiero mi corazónCorazón mi corazónYo te quiero mi corazónEspero que tu me quieras tambiénCorazónCorazón mi...
- I Feel The Earth Move
I feel the earth move under my feetI feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling downI feel my heart start to tremblingWhenever you're aroundOoh, baby, when I see your faceMellow as the month of MayOh, darling, I can't stand...
- Friday's Tye-Dye Nightmare
In Friday's tie-dye nightmareI was trying to get from here to thereWalking to, passing through people everywhereI got on at my station, running through the fireLooking for an elevation that would get me a little...
- Wishful Thinking
I see you, but you don't see meLike a ghost of the future, hovering dark and dreamyYou fade in and out of the mistDo you even exist, except in my wishful thinkingI reach for you, but I can't touch youI feel you just...
- Standing In The Rain
We met along the back streets where we would not be seenOur bodies full of passion, with love our only dreamThe neon flashed in our hotel room, but I never complainedUntil the night you left me standing in the rainI...
- Just One Thing
Holding it together with barely any motionLike so many motes of dustMy dreams keep stirring in meBut all I see areRivers of violenceRunning red on the streets below meWhile passionate strangers whisper desireAll I...
- Do You Feel Love
She lives in the land of the used to beThese days, baby that's all she's got She tries so hard just to stay in touchBut auld acquaintance long forgotA half cup of coffee steaming in her handToo bad things didn't turn...
- Tears Falling Down On Me
Vera comes home on Sunday morning after hanging with the boys all nightLaughing and drinking with them, thinking she's one of themAnd that makes everything allrightShe vaguely remembers going out in the parking...
- Colour Of Your Dreams
Live in the colour of your dreamsKnow everything you see is not quite what it seemsTake everything you have to giveIf you believe it, you can make it what you want toAll you gotta do is say you willGo for the vision...
- Lay Down My Life
As I walk awayMy world comes tumbling downThat's all rightYou'll go home again without meWhere will I go tomorrowIt doesn't matter if you want me to stayShould I turn aroundCome back to youOr should I keep on walking...
- It's Never Too Late
I used to watch all the couples going byFeeling left out and so aloneBut now I feel so much a part of themBecause I've got a man of my ownIt's never too late to fall in love againAnd I know, and I knowThat it's...
- Hold Out For Love
Everybody's got a little child insideStill looking for loveEverything we do is in search of itEverything we say or think ofAnd every time we reach for somebodyWe're reaching out for loveEverybody's looking for...
- Simple Things
Simple things mean a lot to meSome things only children can seeSimple things like horses running freeAnd easy acceptance of lifeSimple things never compromiseAll things have a rhythm I can't realizeI feel content in...
- In The Name Of Love
Do the things you believe in In the name of loveAnd know that you aren't aloneWe all have doubts and fearsKnow throughout every seasonYou are the name of loveAnd you'll keep on feeling at homeThroughout the coming...
- You Still Want Her
From the shelter of your solitude you see herRunning circles 'round the emptiness withinAnd you wonder what it's been like to be herAs you feel yourself awakeningThough she fills her life between with new...
- Time Alone
Here we are in time aloneNo one else's feelings but our ownSeems to me that we have always knownWhat love was meant to beSeparately we stood beforeLife was good but we knew there should be moreTime alone could open up...
- Welcome Home
I have opened up my mind to things I was afraid ofDone things I've never done beforeTaken a chance and seen just what the world is made ofNothing is the same any moreAt times I feel a golden spirit coming through...
- Morning Sun
Sometimes I feel like I've been living much too longAnd I've wasted too much timeI think I've lost the inner harmony that flows through meAnd my body and mindLike the shoreline that divides the sea and sandI'm a...
- Time Gone By
The rebel cry of desolationTo which we used to hearkenEchoes now in isolationAs the skies in fury darkenA thousand acts of desecrationHundreds more continueWhen y'know that you are all creationYou're gonna fight 'em...
- Passing Of The Days
May you travel bright and cheeryThe many roads ahead you'll have to blazeGonna be hard times to make you wearyIt's a part of the passing of the daysWith all the people in the middleSelling things that self-destruct...
- Main Street Saturday Night
See them drivin' by--look at them fancy wheelsHeadlights winkin' checkin' each other outThe Great American Pastime is still the automobileCruisin' on the white lineIs the only way to make timeDown on Main Street...
- Can't You Be Real
Long ago we had our dreamsAnd that was all that we neededThen all at once we got to seeThe cycles we repeatedBaby, can't you be realI said, Baby, can't you be realAnyone can look into your eyesAnd tell you what you're...
- Up On The Roof
When this old world starts getting me downAnd people are just too much for me to faceI climb way up to the top of the stairsAnd all my cares just drift right into spaceOn the roof it's peaceful as can beAnd there the...
- What Have You Got To Lose
Yes, I know you've led them onAnd you've been figuring up the costOf your listYour saddest goodbyesI'm gonna stay right here with youSo if you're looking for something newAll you have to do is chooseWhat have you got...
- Raspberry Jam
Pieces of toastRaspberry jamLaid out on the breakfast tableIt's time to begin againWay down in the valleyWhere the rivers flowLives a girl named SallyWho loves to watch things growPieces of toastRaspberry jamLaid out...
- Sweet Sweetheart
You're a sweet sweetheartYou've been a real good friendYou're around when I'm downTo pick me up againThough it could never be saidTo my faults you're blindYou overlook the badAnd you keep all the good in mindNow,...
- Eventually
Was a time I rememberHope flashed and went dimWhen assassins just happenedTo do the right people inAnd love was the sloganCoincidentallyAnd they told us they'd work it outEventuallyIn the swing of changing timeA man...
- Child Of Mine
Although you see the world different than meSometimes I can touch upon the wonders that you seeAll the new colors and pictures you've designedOh yes, sweet darling So glad you are a child of mineChild of mine, child...
- To Love
Down the road apiece he was waitingYes, he was waiting and you know meI had had my fill of hesistatingAnd I always knew it had to beTo love, to love, to love, to loveAll you need's the opportunity To love, to love, to...
- I Can't Hear You No More
Here you are againTellin' me you're sorry, babyTellin' me you wanna come on back homeWhere you belongThere you go again, Lyin' & a-alibi-in'Singin' that same old worn-out songHere it comes nowI can't hear you no...
- No Easy Way Down
Your toy balloon has sailed in the skyBut now it must fall to the groundNow your sad eyes revealJust how badly you feel'Cause there is no easy way downThe view from the cliffs must have been excitingAnd up to the...
- Spaceship Races
Baby, you're so frazzledSpinnin' around in a busby swirlWith all that razzle-dazzleI know at heart you want a down-home girlAw, ya know I want to take you to the spaceship racesWatch 'em do a few laps around the...
- One Small Voice
The Emperor's got no clothes onNo clothes? That can't be--he's the EmperorTake that child awayDon't let the people hear the words he has to sayOne small voiceSpeaking out in honestySilenced, but not for longOne small...
- Chalice Borealis
- Computer Eyes
Computer Eyes--it hurts to tell you I don't really want youBut I know if I leave you, it won't really grieve you'Cause y'really don't have a soul to haunt youComputer Eyes--you made me happy for a while but now I'm...
- Speeding Time
Decades pass in just one yearAnd your illusions disappearAnd you fear the speeding timeYou find a dream that you embraceLook the other way and it's a raceTrying to keep pace with the speeding timeDon't see no more...
- Standin' On The Borderline
We're standin' on the borderlineBetween falling in love and falling apartI'm ready to cross the borderlineIf I can't have you, it'll break my heartNothing really holds a candle to loveBut y'gotta know how to handle...
- Alabaster Lady
Alabaster LadyI have always wanted to be a girl like youLong of leg and seeing the world the way you doBut you're in tiny golden chainsSomehow I think you know it don't make sense for youTo let your wings be held by...
- Dancing
I dance a little closer to you and watch you dance awayHard selling what we both know tomorrow you mayNot be able to give awayAnd as I leave the stageDancing through my rageI feel helpless as the music goes on, and we...
- Crying In The Rain
- So Ready For Love
I've been waiting to find someone just like youI knew when I saw youI'd be someone who could bring out the best in youI would be good for youI can tellThough I don't know you wellYou're so ready for loveThe time is...
- Sacred Heart Of Stone
Sacred heart, sacred heart of stoneEven the sword of love cannot penetrate youSacred heart, sacred heart of stoneI used to love you Now I think I hate youWhen I was younger I believed your liesYour shield and armor...
- One To One
If I am the question,You are the answerIf you are the music, I am the dancerThrough all of the madnessAnd all of the sadnessOf day-to-day livingWe gotta keep givingOne to oneMe to youPure and simple,Sweet and trueOne...
- Read Between The Lines
I wrote you a letter the other dayAnd I told you I was happy for youAnd your new loveNow there was much moreI wanted to sayBut it's hard for me to get overMy last bit of prideBut if you read between the linesYou will...
- Someone You Never Met Before
When the sun goes downOver the canyonAnd you're feelingLost and abandonedSome stranger may knockUpon your doorAnd it may be like knowingSomeone you never met beforeNow it may be a common sensationIt may lead to...
- Little Prince
Little prince--livin' in a dream worldUsing everybody at your beck and callYou could have it allIf you only knew who you really areLittle prince--livin' in a fantasyYou're lonely, though illusion keeps you companyTake...
- Goat Annie
When I was young I used to see herHerdin' her goats on the hillsideNo one knowsAnd she ain't tellin' her ageI'd say she's just about seventy-fiveShe's an old timer tryin' To hold on to what she's gotThey call her Goat...
- Golden Man
Golden manYou hold my heart in your handYou made me understandThe pain the earth is feelingYou know what love is worthYou're real, and you know Your purpose on earthAnd I can see the sunShining in your eyesGolden...
- It's A War
The moon is full and I'm awakeAnd I don't know how muchI can takeBefore I get too angry to be sadToo many people thinkin' meanGood ones few and far betweenTakin' out on you What they never hadIt's a war, warWar any...
- Lookin' Out For Number One
What kind of fool do you think I amTo believe you really give a damnYou're just lookin' out for number oneYou wanna win, no way you're gonna loseBetween me and you, which one will you chooseI know you're lookin' out...
- (Love Is Like A) Boomerang
If you want to give your heartDon't be afraid to tryLove is like a boomerangIt comes right back to youYou've got a need for companySomeone you know will be thereDon't let your bruised and battered soul deny itMy scars...
- Such Sufferin'
What a life it isThe hardships, the tearsThe desperate yearsSuch sufferin'Gimme a Bufferin!And what have I got?True, it's a lot!But so what?There's got to be more to being so greatTo looking first-rate and staying out...
- One Was Johnny
(One was Johnny)1 was Johnny who lived by himself2 was a rat who jumped on his shelf3 was a cat who chased the rat4 was a dog who came in and sat5 was a turtle who bit the dog's tail6 was a monkey who brought in the...
- The Ballad Of Chicken Soup
Today our dear friendChicken SoupThis very ordinary dayBoiled up a pot ofChicken soupAnd swallowed it awayA-lack! A-day!O-Woe! Oy-Vey!He swallowed it away!Now listen to what I'm gonna sayA little bone, a bitty thingNo...
- My Simple Humble Neighborhood
Here's where it all beganHere's where I heard that beatHere's where I tapped that tapWith my natural rhythm feetIn my simple humble neighborhoodOn my simple humble streetHere's where the dreams I hadWere crowded on a...
- Really Rosie
I'm really RosieAnd I'm Rosie RealYou better believe meI'm a great big deal!BELIEVE ME!I'm a star from afarOff the golden coastBeat the drum! Make that toast!To Rosie the Most!BELIEVE ME!I can singTea for Two and Two...
- Pierre
Prologue:There was once a boy named PierreWho only would say, I don't care!Read his story, my friend, for you'll findAt the end that a suitableMoral lies there(Chapter I)One day his mother saidWhen Pierre climbed out...
- Screaming And Yelling
When everybodyScreams and yellsWho calms them down?Who rings their bells?When everybody screams and yells The enchanted oneThat's meWhen everybody screams and yells,There's nothing to do!There's nothing to see!Who...
- The Awful Truth
The awful truthConcerning meThe creature-feature mysteryIs simply thisIn the worst wayI wanna playMRS. DRACULAThe challenge is toughBut I know I've got the stuffTo be just spectacularCan't you see it in lightsROSIE...
- Chicken Soup With Rice
JanuaryIn January it's so niceWhile slipping on the sliding iceTo sip hot chicken soup with riceSipping once, sipping twiceSipping chicken soup with riceFebruaryIn February it will beMy snowman's anniversaryWith cake...
- Alligators All Around
A - alligators all aroundB - bursting balloonsC - catching coldsD - doing dishesE - entertaining elephantsF - forever foolingG - getting gigglesH - having headachesI - imitating IndiansJ - juggling jellybeansK -...
- Really Rosie (Reprise)
I'm really RosieAnd I'm Rosie RealYou better believe meI'm a great big deal!BELIEVE ME!I'm a star from afarOff the golden coastBeat the drum! Make that toast!To Rosie the Most!BELIEVE ME!I can singTea for Two and Two...
- Avenue P
In dreamsIt seemsI always seeAvenue PAs it ought to be In a four-star movieDirected by meAnd starring, of course,Yours truly,RosieIn this fabulous movieYou're all gonna seeAn entirely different Avenue PImagine meIn a...
- You Can Do Anything
The sun is shining but not on meAnother lonely dayWhat's the use in making plans When nothing's gonna go my wayBut there's a voice down deep inside me telling me what to say[Chorus] Don't you know that you can do...
- It Could Have Been Anyone
Do you know that you know me like nobody elseAll of my secrets and liesDo you know that you made me believe in myselfMade me believe I could flyAll the things that you sayThat I wait for each dayYou're almost too good...
- This Time
I go through the motions of being with peopleWhen deep in my soul, I want to be where you areI know we speak every nightBut words only go so far, I knowIt feels like an ocean of time we're apartI know that I've said...
- Love Makes The World
There was trouble in my mind tonightSomethin' inside didn't feel quite rightThen I saw your face in the moonlightAnd I was right beside UDon't need words that we useta useIt goes deeper than the words we chooseCan't...
- Oh No Not My Baby
When my friends told me you had someone newI didn't believe a single word was trueI showed them all I had faith in youI just kept on saying[Chorus] Oh no not my babyOh no not my sweet babyYou're not like those other...
- I Don't Know
I don't know if it's hot in TexasAnd I don't know if it's cold in HellI don't know if God is watchingI just know that I love youPeople say "bad man's gonna getcha"Trade my shoes for a simple soulThrow away your burnt...
- You Will Find Me There
You don't have to wear the weight of the world on your shouldersDon't you know I'll be there for you, always, alwaysYou can tell me anything, and you know I'll understandWhen you're down and out, and your soul is...
- Monday Without You
Yesterday was a perfect dayLiving in make-believe, perfect togetherIn your eyes I was number oneAnd you were all the world to me forever, ever and everBut you have another lifeYou're going to somewhere I don't...
- The Reason
I figured it outI was high and low and everything in betweenI was wicked and wild, baby, you know what I meanTill there was you, yeah, youSomething went wrongI made a deal with the devil for an empty IOUBeen to Hell...
- I Wasn't Gonna Fall In Love
When I met you, I let you knowI didn't want to go the way I'd gone beforeThat door was closed - I was just looking for funAnd you were the right one, you got itSo we could just play aroundWe wouldn't get serious or...
- An Uncommon Love
Why do we isolate each otherAll the walls we build between usMake it so hard to be togetherHow can we tear at one anotherWhen the thing we have in commonIs an uncommon loveWalls can fall, tears can mendSo why can't we...
- Safe Again
Seems so hardAll I want to do is let down my guardLaugh like a child and play out in the yardI want to feel safe againI don't knowWhat happened to you, where did you goWish I could not feel the cold wind blowI want to...
- Wasn't Born To Follow
Oh, I'd rather go and journey where the Diamond crescent's flowingAnd run across the valleyBeneath the sacred mountainAnd wander through the forestWhere the trees have leaves of prismsThat break the light up into...
- Dancin' With Tears In My Eyes
Never been the kind to stay at homeEven when I'm feeling downSo every night I go out on the townCirculating aroundWell, I thought I could forget about youBut every night I findIt's not as easy as I thought it would...
- Snow Queen
High on a snow-covered mountainFrom her throne she looks down at the clowns Who think youth can be found in a fountainHigh on the wings of her rhythmsShe will smile at the guys who come on with their eyesBut she'll...
- Hey Girl
Hey, girl, I want you to knowI'm gonna miss you so much if you goAnd, hey, girl, I tell you no lieSomething deep inside of me's going to dieIf you say so longIf this is goodbyeHey girl, this can't be trueHow am I...
- Goin' Back
I think I'm goin' backTo the things I learned so well in my youthI think I'm returning to those days When I was young enough to know the truthNow there are no games to only pass the timeNo more electric trains, no...
- Hi-De-Ho (That Old Sweet Roll)
Hi-de-ho, hi-de-hiGonna get me a piece of the skyGonna get me some of that old sweet rollA-singin'Hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hi-de-hoI've been down so longBottom looked like upOnce I thought that second saves Was enough to...
- Chains
Chains, my baby's got me locked up in chainsAnd they ain't the kind that you can seeWhoa, it's chains of love got a hold on me, yeahChains, well, I can't break away from these chainsCan't run around 'Cause I'm not...
- The Loco-Motion
Everybody's doin' a brand new dance nowCome on, baby, do the locomotionI know you'll get to like it if you give it a chance nowCome on, baby, do the locomotionMy little baby sister can do it with easeIt's easier than...
- Directions
They tell meWhen I've got my life on my mindThey're sorryBut they can't do a thing about it till tomorrowI tell themNow I don't want a lot of your timeMaybe they listenOh, but what do they know of my pain and my...
- Haywood
Haywood, where have you been, tell me nowHaywood, you been on the street again, I know, I knowHaywood, that man's not your friendHaven't you had enough of the stuffOh, you know it's got to do you inRemember John...
- Fantasy End
Now that I've expressed my soulI'll step back into my real-life roleAnd hope I've brought you back across the lineYou may think there's nothing you can doTo change what's all-too-trueBut all you have to do is use your...
- You Light Up My Life
You light up my life like sunrise in the morningYou make me believe anything is possibleI didn't have a dream to my nameDarkness was mine, it was such a shameBut you came to light up my lifeYou brought me faith and...
- Weekdays
Weekday morningsCoffee smell in the airAfter you've gone and the children have left for schoolI'm alone and I think about all the plans we madeI think about all the dreams I hadAnd I wonder if I'm a foolWeekday...
- Welfare Symphony
Welfare workersPrying into her lifeWas she really someone's wifeAnd where was heShe often cried as they left her without a shred of prideShe had so many things to think aboutSo many children to feedShe had need of...
- Fantasy Beginning
Looking for a way to sayThe things I think about day by dayListen to their meaning if you canI may step outside myselfAnd speak as if I were someone elseThat's one way I know you'll understandIn fantasy I can be black...
- Being At War With Each Other
Everyone comes from one father, one motherSo why do we complicate our lives so muchBy being at war with each otherMaybe I'm crazy but I don't understand itWhy do we seem to vote to dig more holesIt's such a waste of...
- That's How Things Go Down
Here I am Carrying the child of our sweet loveAnd you're far awayThat's how things go downBut I want to see you againThough I've knownOthers in life who've made it on their ownI'm afraidThat's how things go downBut I...
- A Quiet Place To Live
All I want is a quiet place to liveWhere I can enjoy the fruits of my laborRead the paperAnd not have to cry out loudIn my mind I can see it crystal clearSharing my dreams with the people around meNow they surround...
- You've Been Around Too Long
Ooh, I hear you say attitudes and times have changedAnd I know the feeling--it's long overdueYou say this is a time to right old wrongsTell me now, if it's trueYou got the mind, you got the timeHow long are you gonna...
- I Think I Can Hear You
What must I doHow can I serve youIs it true what I do is the way to be near youI'm listening, though sometimes I can't hear youLooking around fills me with wonderAt the way you can keep this old world running...
- My My She Cries
My, my, she cries, everyone diesShe waits, but can't get an answerAll he wants to do is danceDance, dance, danceAll he wants to do is danceMy, my, he lies, look at those eyesWhile moving in a little closerMoving in on...
- Come Down Easy
Daytimes run awayNighttimes seem so longI'm allright in the sunshineBut the evenings let me downIt sure is good to see you nowI'm really glad you cameAnd I would tell you what I needBut it never feels the sameSo come...
- Peace In The Valley
Looking out my windowPeace in the valley just don't comeThough I know that man's my brotherAnd that I'm the selfish oneThe hour is getting laterIt's time we had begunKnowing something's one thingBut the race must...
- Fergusen Road
I'm gonna head on up to the old Ferguson RoadStand beneath the trees and see how tall I amYes, I'm gonna wade in a cold, rocky streamSo I will be sure not to give a damnNo one ever loses anybodyBut sometimes it's so...
- First Day In August
On the first day in AugustI want to wake up by your sideAfter sleeping with you On the last night in JulyIn the morningWe'll catch the sun risingAnd we'll chase it from the mountainsTo the bottom of the seaWhen the...
- Gotta Get Through Another Day
It's a gray, gray gloomy dayA strange and moody blues dayGotta get through, gotta get through another dayCorn yellow silk and golden sunlight I rememberAs we walked together, you and ILove like a sweet flaming glow...
- Feeling Sad Tonight
Feeling sad tonightBut everything's allrightAnd we'll find some other place to goFeeling sad tonightBut everything's allrightLet's turn all our cares down lowCome on, let's go downtownIt's like a trip back to the...
- Bitter With The Sweet
Sometimes I'm tired and I wonder what's so all-fired importantAbout being someplace at some timeOh, but I don't really mind'Cause I could be on East Street, and I know thatYou've got to take the bitter with the sweetI...
- Stand Behind Me
I was wanting someone to talk toNeeding to let myself outKnowing beyond a doubt the past is behind meThere was nowhere but here to walk toLetting the time go byTrying to see if I could ever find meIt didn't seem to...
- Goodbye Don't Mean I'm Gone
Don't it seem like the time goes onAnd here we are still carrying onReaching out for one anotherLike a telephone call from an old friend or a brotherAnd you are there to share this song in the makingGoodbye don't mean...
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Carole King
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