"Deep Inside" Lyrics

I'm still working on my own thing, tryin' to get it right

(I don't think I'll get much sleep tonight).

'Been dreaming like a winner, living like a bum,

I can't do much more right now than let the pictures come -

Come to mind, flying blind, drifting with the tide,

Sifting through the chaos deep inside.

The gleanings of a life - a life I'd never live -

Things that I would hang onto, sins I would forgive -

Deep inside, deep inside -

Those dreams of sweet acceptance and hungers long denied.

I'm just living in a bottle, ignored and out of sight,

But I'm not going down without a fight!

I've been longing like a sinner, living like a saint,

Slowly going crazy being what I ain't -

Ain't it swell, I can't tell how many times I've tried

To make some sense of everything I hide:

The pleasure and the pain - a pain I'd never lose -

Angels I'd abandon, devils I would choose -

Deep inside, deep inside -

Those dreams of sweet acceptance and hungers long denied.

Dreams of sweet acceptance....

Dreams of sweet acceptance....

Dreams of sweet acceptance and hungers long denied.

Petty things exalted and genius denied.

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"When You're in Love" Lyrics

When you're in love, every day's a day in Spring -

Strangers will greet you, the weather's great,

Whatever the weather may bring.

A song of love is an easy song to sing -

The melody flows when your mind's on fire,

Your heart's a balloon on a string.

You don't need much in your pocket,

And, when you see clouds up above,

Those billows aren't laced with a lining of silver,

They're golden when you're in love!

[bridge]
When you get up in the morning, you're feeling ready to go.
You change overnight without warning; your friends meet a you they don't know.

The eyes of love see a world in ways all new:
Where wishes turn troubles to fortune's smile
And grey days to sunny and blue.

When the hand of love reaches out and favors you,
Don't even think, take a long, deep breath
And hang on, whatever you do!
You won't need much in your pocket,
And, when you clouds up above,
Those billows won't shine with a lining of silver;
They'll be golden when you're in love!

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"Down in Africa" Lyrics

[photograph on left: Victoria Falls; on right: Table Mountain above Cape Town, S. Africa]

(all the capitals of African countries):Gabarone, Capetown, Mbabane, Maputo, Maseru, Pretoria, Windhoek, Bujumbura, Kigali, Kinshasa, Lusaka, Harare, Luanda, Las Palmas, Porto Novo, Yaounde, Sao Tome, Brazzaville, Libreville, Bangui, Malabo, Abuja, Lome, Ouagadougou, Accra, Abidjan, Bissau, Freetown, Conakry, Monrovia, Dakar, Banjul, Ndjamena, Niamey, El Aaiun, Nouakchott, Rabat, Bamako, Tripoli, Tunis, Algiers, Al Kahira, Praia, Al Khartoum, Djibouti, Asmara, Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dodoma, Mogadishu, Kampala, Lilongwe ... hey, hey, hey ... Moroni, Antananarivo ..............

The sun beats down on the baobab tree, down in Africa.The air is good and the heat is free, down in Africa.When it's warm the cicada sings and all around him the bushfeldt rings.The mamba bites and the scorpion stings, down in Africa.

People singin' from the day they're born, down in Africa.They drink their milk and they eat their corn, down in Africa.They got no car and they got no phone, but they don't miss what they don't own,They got this land and they call it home, down in Africa.

chorus: Down in Africa, land of milk and honey, I should know, Down in Africa, if you've got the money, well, you should go!

Religion, yes, well they got a few, down...From the black and Arab and the white man, too, down...They got their spirits and they got their gods, The bishop don't like it, but he give a nod -Still, he rule the people with an iron rod, down...

Politics - it is a curious thing, down...With the president and the tribal king, down ...They sit in the shade of the village tree and talk about it 'til they all agree - Then they sing and dance at the ceremony, down ...

Chorus

Kilimanjaro is a marvelous sight, down...With a million stars under the whispering night, down...They got bright fishes and they got big game, and places for a holiday, if that's your aim -And alot of things to eat you can't say the name of down...

The sun beats down on the endless land, down...But the beach is lovely with the cool, white sand, down...When it's hot, you think you'll go insane! Then, you're running for cover from the tropical rain -And in half an hour it is sunny again, down....

Chorus

Video for these lyrics can be seen on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUzwfIgtqSI
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There's a video version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgCR8Jeznv8, posted by Arne Sorenson of Marriott Hotels