@ALBUM: BEGINNINGS By RICK SPRINGFIELD, 1972 Transcribed by Frantic Freddy @SONG: MOTHER CAN YOU CARRY ME When I was younger than tomorrow, when I was wise as yesterday When I could share my brother's sorrow, even then you went away When my heart was yours to play with, though yours was never mine And when I was there to lay with, even then you had no time Chorus: Mother can you carry me, clear across the sky Mother can you carry me, show me how to fly, high (Solo) Now I am wise as tomorrow, and I am young as yesterday Now I have nothing but my sorrow, yesterday, tomorrow and today chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: SPEAK TO THE SKY Speak to the sky whenever things go wrong And you'll know you're not talking to the air, to the air And the world will look better from up there Speak to the sky 'cos things can get you down And you'll know when you're talking to the Lord, to the Lord The world will look better than before And if I stumble and it seems that I am blind Or if the road I'm on seems aweful hard to find And though my conversation doesn't always rhyme I always try to find some time - to Speak to the sky and tell you how I feel And you know sometimes what I say ain't right, it's alright 'Cos I speak to the sky every night (Solo) And if I stumble and it seems that I am blind Or if the road I'm on seems aweful hard to find And though my conversation doesn't always rhyme I always try to find some time - to Speak to the sky and tell you how I feel And you know sometimes what I say ain't right, it's alright 'Cos I speak to the sky every night Speak to the sky whenever things go wrong And you'll know you're not talking to the air, to the air And the world will look better from up there And the world will look better from up there And the world will look better from up there ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: WHAT WOULD THE CHILDREN THINK She wakes up in the morning with the new sunrise Looks at her husband sleeping still, inside she cries She makes the children breakfast, gets them on their way Watching them through the window, she prepares to face another day Then her husband tells her that he won't be home till late There's so much work, he'll have to stay behind But she knows it isn't work that's on his mind But still he'd never leave her - 'cos Chorus: What would the children think, where would the children go What would the children do If they knew the way it was, but they'll never learn because What would the children think, where would the children go At the gate she kisses him and watches him walk Hoping this small charade will stop the neighbors' talk She turns to hide a tear, inside her gilded cage She cries for the love she could not hold, and lost to someone half her age Then her pride and breaking heart tell her to run away But she values what she's got a little more Two kids, one nine and one nearly four, and she would never leave them, 'cos chorus What would the children think, where would the children go What would the children do, where would the children go (repeats out) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: 1,000 YEARS If only we'd talked it out a little more, you might never have gone away If only I'd tried instead of making for the door You'd be loving me still today And if I'd only been a little wiser, you knew I knew the lies you told But you thought I didn't care And if I'd only shown my love in so many different ways, if only you'd stayed Chorus: And in a thousand years, I'll still be thinking of you Though in a thousand years, my life will long have gone But in a thousand years, we'll probably be together But right now, you're gone If only I had you back again right now, wouldn't ask for a thing, I know Except to say, "I'm sorry and how", and the wisdom to let it show And if I'd only looked a little deeper, each time I saw you weeping How I wished I'd held you close 'cos if I'd only shown my love in so many different ways Maybe you would've stayed chorus And in a thousand years And in a thousand years - I'll still be thinkin' of you And in a thousand years - though my life will long have gone And in a thousand years - we'll probably be together forever And in a thousand years - forever and ever and ever and ever And in a thousand years - I'll still be thinkin' of you... (to fade) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: THE UNHAPPY ENDING (LEAD ME ON) Tears subsiding, Michael lifts the gun up to his head Sorry for the part he played in making Maggie dead As he pulls the trigger and he feels the hammer fall His mind goes back a year ago, and he remembers all, and how he loved her Chorus: Oh, lead me on, lead me on, Lord, lead me on Oh, lead me on, lead me on, Lord, lead me on She said she'd been with other men, but that was long ago Long before she fell in love with him, he ought to know But Michael would not believe her, he told her to her face And then took on with another girl, put Maggie in disgrace chorus But when they found her dying, he realized what he'd done She'd died because he'd blamed her for things she'd never done A loud explosion rocks the air, and things go quite insane As the gun hurls out the shell that crashes through his brain chorus repeats out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: HOOKY JO Chorus: Hooky hi, Hooky Jo, I need you so Hooky bye, Hooky go, where I don't know Looky high, looky low, where can you be Hooky hi, Hooky Jo, I need your company And my sergeant said, the war is over son It doesn't really matter that the North has won So I packed my bags and I gave back my gun I turned and headed home, with the fighting done chorus Hooky Jo and me, we planned to make a start (hey Hooky Jo) But the war it came between us, and we fell apart (the war is over) Now this old grey coat is getting mighty thin (it's turning blue) But I'll keep on looking for her, till we meet again chorus repeats 2x ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: I DIDN'T MEAN TO LOVE YOU Hey, look what you've done, ain't you even gonna help me make it 'Cos now your love's the only one, I tried so hard to break it Now, what the hell am I gonna do, now that I'm loving you Twelve hundred miles is a long long way, and my love's gonna grow Every inch of the way Chorus: But I didn't mean to love you, I only meant to see how far you'd go And I didn't mean to love you, I tried to leave you but my heart said no, no (Solo) Hey, what can I say, you know I didn't mean to fall for you Show me, show me, show me, what can I do I don't even know if your love is true Oh no, but I know this, no matter how much I'm gonna try I'll never stop loving you I need you though you're just seventeen And my love's gonna grow, every night, every day chorus repeats out ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: COME ON EVERYBODY Chorus: Come on, everybody, everybody, sing it Come on, everybody, everybody, sing it (Lord, Lord) though my shoes are thin [Lord] (Lord, Lord) and my coat is a hand-me-down (Lord, Lord) but the song is mine, so's this old guitar If you've been down the end of town, you'll have seen my face before Though I ain't had a meal in days (I'm not complainin') 'Cos as soon as I start to play, you'll know it's just for you 'Cos I love it here in Leicester Square Waiting, waiting for the people to come chorus I spend my night by the riverside, unless somebody takes me in If they do or they don't, it's all the same to me (that ain't the reason) Why I live the life I do, living and singing for free 'Cos I love it here in Leicester Square Waiting, waiting for the people to come Come on, everybody, everybody, sing it... (repeats out) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: WHY? I don't know how to tell you who I am Try to justify, you'd still deny I'm a man I never understood it, so I don't expect you to But I can't change now love, just for you Maybe it's better that you know at last Though I am sorry it all happened so fast We might have lasted longer, if I'd told you when we met But it's over so you'd best forget Chorus: Why did she love me, Lord did I let her down Why did she never understand me Why did she love me, Lord did I let her down Why is it so hard to be yourself Maybe it's better that you know at last Though I am sorry it all happened so fast I never understood it, so I don't expect you to But I can't change now love, just for you chorus - now it's all over chorus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @SONG: THE BALLAD OF ANNIE GOODBODY I took Annie out to see a show, but the music they played was just too slow And I knew if I was gonna make any ground I'd have to get her someplace where the music was loud I said "Okay Babe, what d'you want to do, we can cut on out if you want to" But she looked at me and said, "Just what this place needs Is some good old rock an' roll, right from the seeds" I watched in a funk, as she climbed on the stage But when she opened her mouth, she could really rave She sang like a bird, and moved like a snake And suddenly, the room began to shake - ow! Everybody started rocking on the dance hall floor Moving and a'shaking and wanting more So Annie gave out with a bit of soul She nearly brought the roof down, with all her rock and roll Everybody started singing with the songs that she sang Even Big Lucy and her female gang The music was loud, things were getting hot Whatever it is, Annie's sure got (Solo) Everybody started singing with the songs that she sang Even Big Lucy and her female gang The music was loud, things were getting hot Whatever it is, Annie's sure got Annie Goodbody, Annie Goodbody, Annie Goodbody, I love you... (repeats out) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------