It's been a long time since I rock and rolled,
It's been a long time since I did the stroll.
Let me get it back let me get it back,
Let me get it back where I come from.
It's been a long time been a long time,
Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time.

It's been a long time since the book of love,
I can't count the tears of a life with no love.
Carry me back carry me back,
Carry me back baby where I come from.
It's been a long time been a long time,
Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time.

Seems so long since we walked in the moonlight,
Making vows that just can't work right.
Open your arms opens your arms,
Open your arms baby let my love come running in.
It's been a long time been a long time,
Been a long lonely lonely lonely lonely lonely time.

Her face is cracked from smiling,
All the fears that she's been hiding,
And it seems that pretty soon everybody's gonna know.
And her voice is sore from shouting,
Cheering winners who are losing,
And she worries if their days are few,
And soon they'll have to go.

My my my I'm so happy,
I'm gonna join the band,
We gonna dance and sing in celebration,
We're in the promised land.

She hears them talk of new ways,
To protect the home she lives in.
Then she wonders what it's all about,
When they break down the door.

Her name is Brown or White or Black,
You know her very well,
You hear her cries of mercy,
As the winners toll the bell.

My my my I'm so happy,
I'm gonna join the band,
We gonna sing and dance in celebration,
We're in the promised land.

There is a train that leaves the station,
Heading for your destination,
But the price you pay to nowhere has increased a dollar more.
Yes it has.
And if you walk you're gonna get there,
And though it takes a little longer,
And when you see it in the distance,
You will wring your hands and moan.

I had a dream --
Crazy dream.
Anything I wanted to know,
Any place I needed to go.

Hear my song --
Sing along.
Any little song that you know,
Everything that's small has to grow.

California sunlight,
Sweet Calcutta rain,
Honolulu starbright --
The song remains the same.

Sing out Hare Hare,
Dance the Hoochie Koo.
City lights are,
Oh so bright,
As we go sliding sliding sliding through.

This is the springtime of my loving,
The second season am to know.
You are the sunlight in my growing,
So little warmth I felt before.
It isn't hard to feel me glowing,
I watched the fire that grew so low.

It is the summer of my smiles,
Flee from me Keepers of the Gloom.
Speak to me only with your eyes,
It is to you I give this tune.
It isn't hard to recognize,
These things are clear to all from time to time.

Talk talk,
I felt the coldness of my winter.
I never thought it would ever go.
I cursed the gloom that set upon us.
But I know that I love you so.
But I know that I love you so.

These are the seasons of emotion,
And like the winds they rise and fall.
This is the wonder of devotion,
I see the torch we all must hold.
This is the mystery of the quotient,
Upon us all a little rain must fall.

Been dazed and confused for so long it's not true,
Wanted a woman never bargained for you.
Lots of people talk and few of them know,
Soul of a woman was created below.

You hurt and abused telling all of your lies,
Run arounds sweet baby lord how they hypnotize.
Sweet little baby I don't know where you've been,
God I love you baby here I come again.

Every day I work so hard bringing home my hard earned pay
Try to love you baby but you push me away.
Don't know where you're going only know just where you've been,
Sweet little baby I want you again.

Been dazed and confused for so long it's not true,
Wanted a woman never bargained for you.
Take it easy baby let them say what they will.
(Did your) tongue wag so much when I sent you the bill?

        [from San Francisco by Scott Mackenzie]

        If you're going to San Francisco
        Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
        If you're going to San Francisco
        You're gonna meet some gentle people there.

Close the door put out the light,
You know they won't be home tonight.
The snow falls hard and don't you know,
The winds of Thor are blowing cold.

They're wearing steel that's bright and true.
They carry news that must get through.
They choose the path where no one goes.

They hold no quarter.
They hold no quarter.

Walking side by side with death,
The devil mocks their every step.
The snow drives back the foot that's slow,
The dogs of doom are howling more.

They carry news that must get through,
To build a dream for me and you.
They choose the path where no one goes.

They hold no quarter.
They ask no quarter.

There's a lady who's sure,
All that glitters is gold,
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows,
If the stores are all closed,
With a word she can get what she came for.
And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

There's a sign on the wall,
But she wants to be sure,
Because you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook,
There's a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
It makes me wonder.

There's a feeling I get,
When I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen,
Rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who stand looking.
It makes me wonder.

And it's whispered that soon,
If we all call the tune,
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn,
For those who stand long,
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow,
Don't be alarmed now,
It's just a spring clean for the May queen.
Yes there are two paths you can go by,
But in the long run,
There's still time to change the road you're on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it won't go,
In case you don't know,
The piper's calling you to join him.
Dear lady can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know,
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road,
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know,
Who shines white light and wants to show.
How everything still turns to gold,
And if you listen very hard,
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all.
To be a rock and not to roll.

And she's buying a stairway to heaven.

   --- instrumental ---

You need cooling,
Baby I'm not fooling.
I'm gonna send you,
Back to schooling.
Way down inside,
Honey you need it.
I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you my love.

Wanna whole lotta love.

You've been learning,
Baby I been learning.
All them good times,
Baby baby I've been yearning.
Way way down inside,
Honey you need I.
I'm gonna give you my love,
I'm gonna give you my love.

Wanna whole lotta love.

You've been cooling,
Baby I've been drooling.
All the good times,
I've been misusing.
Way way down inside,
I'm gonna give you my love.
I'm gonna give you every inch of my love,
Gonna give you my love.

Wanna whole lotta love.

Way down inside woman,
You need love.