111 ~ Streets of London - Ralph McTell

Streets of London ~ Ralph McTell

"Streets of London" is a song written by Ralph McTell.
It was first recorded for McTell's 1969 album Spiral Staircase
but was not released in the United Kingdom as a single until 1974.

Streets of London ~ Ralph McTell   

Have you seen the old man 

In the closed-down market 

Kicking up the papers, 

with his worn out shoes? 

In his eyes you see no pride 

Hand held loosely at his side

Yesterday's papers telling yesterday's news 

( Chorus )

So how can you tell me you're lonely, 

And say for you that the sun don't shine? 

Let me take you by the hand
and lead you through the streets of London 

I'll show you something to make you change your mind 

In the all night cafe

At a quarter past eleven, 

Same old man is sitting there on his own 

Looking at the world 

Over the rim of his tea-cup, 

Each tea last an hour 

Then he wanders home alone 

( Chorus )

So how can you tell me you're lonely, 

And say for you that the sun don't shine? 

Let me take you by the hand
and lead you through the streets of London 

I'll show you something to make you change your mind 


And have you seen the old man 

Outside the seaman's mission 

Memory fading with 

The medal ribbons that he wears. 

In our winter city, 

The rain cries a little pity 

For one more forgotten hero 

And a world that doesn't care 

( Chorus )

So how can you tell me you're lonely, 

And say for you that the sun don't shine? 

Let me take you by the hand
and lead you through the streets of London 

I'll show you something to make you change your mind 

110 ~ Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell

Rhinestone Cowboy ~ Glen Campbell (1975)

"Rhinestone Cowboy" is a song written by Larry Weiss and most famously recorded by American country music singer Glen Campbell. The song enjoyed immense popularity with both country and pop audiences when it was released in 1975.

I've been walkin' these streets so long

Singin' the same old song

I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of Broadway

Where hustle's the name of the game

And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the rain

There's been a load of compromisin'

On the road to my horizon

But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Getting cards and letters from people I don't even know

And offers comin' over the phone

Well, I really don't mind the rain

And a smile can hide all the pain

But you're down when you're ridin' the train
that's takin' the long way

And I dream of the things I'll do

With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my shoe

There'll be a load of compromisin'

On the road to my horizon

But I'm gonna be where the lights are shinin' on me

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

Rhinestone cowboy

Gettin' cards and letters from people I don't even know

And offers comin' over the phone

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo

FADE

Like a rhinestone cowboy

Gettin' card and letters from people I don't even know

109 ~ Reflections of my life - The Marmalade

"Reflections of My Life"
was a 1969/1970 hit single for the Scottish band, The Marmalade.
 It was written by their lead guitarist Junior Campbell,
and singer Dean Ford (born Thomas McAleese).

Reflections of my life ~ The Marmalade

The changing of sunlight to moonlight

Reflections of my life

oh, how they fill my eyes

The greetings of people in trouble

Reflections of my life,

oh, how they fill my mind

All my sorrows, sad tomorrows

take me back to my own home

all my cryings (all my cryings)

feel i'm dying, dying

take me back to my own home

(oh i'm going home)

I'm changing, arranging, i'm changing

i'm changing everything

ah, everything around me

the world is a bad place, a bad place

a terrible place to live

oh, but i don't wanna die

All my sorrows, sad tomorrows

take me back to my own home

all my cryings (all my cryings)

feel i'm dying, dying

take me back to my own home

(oh i'm going home)

All my sorrows, sad tomorrows

take me back to my own home

all my cryings (all my cryings)

108 ~ Too Young by Nat King Cole

Too Young by Nat King Cole w/lyrics

The music was written by Sidney Lippman, the lyrics by Sylvia Dee. 

The song was published in 1951.

In the United States, 

the best-known version of the song was recorded by Nat King Cole on February 6, 1951 

They try to tell us we're too young

Too young to really be in love

They say that love's a word

A word we've only heard

But can't begin to know the meaning of

And yet we're not too young to know

This love will last though years may go

And then some day they may recall

We were not too young at all

And yet we're not too young to know

This love will last though years may go

And then some day they may recall

We were not too young at all