I haven't got a hope in my pocket I haven't got a dream to my name But people, people, let me tell you I am lucky just the same I got a memory, I got a memory Of a woman, Such a woman God only made one And when I held her, when I held her Well I knew I held a sun 'Cause she warmed me Yes, she warmed me, and lighted my way And when she left me That...Learn More

All that I have of you is a photograph We're in a row-boat You're wearing my coat You're trying to make me laugh It seems like yesterday Love was all we knew And now a photograph Is all I have of you It was a wet September Wednesday They were closing down the park I tried to bribe the row-boat man For one half hour's lark He smiled and said go...Learn More

Where are you running, pony wild On to someone's stable Run, run as fast as you can As far as your limbs are able Cowboys have wings now, they can fly No place to hide beneath the sky Run pony, run, there's not much time Before you're served up great and prime Where are you running, pony wild Where your spirit leads on Men will ride you down to...Learn More

It was rainy in the morning as the men left for the mine Past the schoolyard in the morning At the colliery production charts read, 'Men, we're doing fine,' As the rain fell in the morning The coal board said you're number seven tip will stay in line It's been two years this morning But no one told the children of Aberfan One hundred and sixteen...Learn More

When Jenna Pearl was ten Her daddy told her never again never again, never again Will Jenna want for anything Uncle George died and left her, left her his brass ring 'Now you can make the neighbors play the fool Even send yourself to boarding school Buy a chauffeur-driven limousine But don't forget your daddy's queen.' But Jenna Pearl was no one's...Learn More

They stake out a plane To a bench on the board-walk For ninety nine years They're old when they get here They stay old forever As time disappears They get lunch everyday At the Palm Court Cafe It's better than home When you're alone And it all seems so lonely You just wanna cry It's so lonely You wanna ask, 'Why Do they go on? How can they...Learn More

Will you come and live here with me In my house above the strand? I'll have pomegranates ready So they ripen in your hand Will you be the sun in winter And a cool breeze when it's warm Will you light my footsteps homeward When I get lost in the storm Will you set my life to music Will you make my tunes come true I will dance away the mornings If I...Learn More

There's berry tree, standing by the door-step And it stays green all around the year It feeds the birds staying through the winter And it gives a shade when the summer's here And I thank the Lord for the world I see For loving you and living free and thee And the berry tree There's a wooden cross, standing on a hill-side Where it will stand for us...Learn More

Everybody has a story Everybody has a tale to tell Lies spoken, hearts broken Lost in Hell All you have to do is listen That's the hardest thing to do I promise I will try to listen to your troubles Promise when it's my turn, so will you Everybody has a story Everybody has a tale to tell Lost riches, old ditches Rooms that smell Your story sounds a...Learn More

Everything's changing on the surfing scene I traded in my Woodie on a new machine I haven't had a zit since I was seventeen And I can't find the number of my teenage queen Now when I pick up a girl I say as nice as I can 'Wanna tandem,' but she says, 'You dirty old man.' Surf's down It's getting kind of lonely as a surfer man My knots are...Learn More

May I write you from time to time A picture postcard from the five and dime? Nothing fancy, just a simple line 'I miss you.' May I telephone now and then? Nothing dreadful, just, 'Hello, my friend How's your mother, is she on the mend? I miss you.' I have to go now, who can say how long? You be good while I'm gone And don't look behind you I'd like...Learn More