Lyrics

  • A thru E

    ALL MY LIFE

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright Seagrape Music (BMI) 1988

    Am I really here in your arms

    This is just like I dreamed it would be

    I feel like we're frozen in time

    And you're the only one I can see

     

    And hey

    I've looked all my life for you

    Now you're here

    And hey

    I'll spend all my life with you

    All my life

     

    And I never really knew how to love

    I just hoped somehow I'd see

    Oh I asked for a little help from above

    Send an angel down to me

     

    And hey

    I've looked all my life for you

    And now you're here

    And hey

    I'll spend all my life with you

    All my life

     

    I never thought I could feel a love so tender

    I never thought I could let those feelings show

    But now my heart is on my sleeve

    And this love will never leave

    I know I know

     

    And hey

    I've looked all my life for you

    And now you're here

    And hey

    I'll spend all my life with you

    All my life

    "All my Life" appeared on

    New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

    "All My Life" was also recorded by Linda Ronstadt with Aaron Neville and Justin Kawika Young

     

     

    ALL THE WAY GONE

    Karla Bonoff, Wendy Waldman, Kenny Edwards

    Seagrape Music (BMI), Big Kitty Music (ASCAP), Valgovind Music (BMI)

     

    Used with permission

    The sun went down like it always did

    And the world was still

    A cold wind could blow and I wouldn't know

    Never felt the chill

    Safe inside these walls I stayed away from it all

    Forever

    I held it all inside and now the fire's running wild

    I surrender

     

    And now the nights go on and on

    And the tide just sweeps me along

    At the end of the road

    And I'm all the way gone

     

    You find your way, you learn to be strong

    But the heart still aches

    Like a tree in the wind that never learned how to bend

    But the branch will break

    You came into my life and it cuts like a knife

    Right through me

    I saw you standing there that day and in the strangest way

    It seemed you knew me

     

    And now the nights go on and on

    And the tide just sweeps me along

    At the end of the road

    And Iâ^À^Ùm all the way gone

     

    If you never fall in love then you won't have to cry

    Never knew how to fall in love, never thought I'd survive

     

    You came into my life and now it cuts just like a knife right through me

    Saw you standing there that day and in the strangest way

    It seemed you knew me

     

    And now the nights go on and on

    And the tide just sweeps me along

    At the end of the road

    And I'm all the way gone

    "All The Way Gone " appeared on House Of Silence - Bryndle - 2002

     

     

    ALL WALK ALONE

    Written by

    Karla Bonoff & Michael Ruff

    Published by 1988 Seagrape Music/Ruff Music BMI

    In the door I see

    Like a frozen dream

    Your face

    As you turned and walked away

    Our love lies broken

    But the world goes on

    Where it stands in time

    We'll know further on

     

    But I learned from you

    As you were passing through

    That love would never

    Find my heart a home

    'Cause in the end

    We all walk alone

     

    Well it's sad to me

    That we can't seem to keep

    Alive the magic we had at the start

    Infatuation blinds us

    Like a blazing sun

    If we'd seen the end

    Well would we have begun

     

    But I learned from you

    As you were passing through

    That love would never

    Find my heart a home

    'Cause in the end

    We all walk alone

     

    Now as I move on

    To a place that's strong

    I'll think of you

    And wonder where you are

    And when someday you see me

    On a crowded street

    I think you'll see

    In my eyes

    My life is complete

     

    'Cause I learned from you

    As you were passing through

    That love would never

    Find my heart a home

    'Cause in the end

    We all walk alone

    "All Walk Alone" appeared on New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

     

    "All Walk Alone" has also been recorded by Sarah Elizabeth Campbell

     

     

    BABY DON'T GO

    Written by Karla Bonoff & Kenny Edwards

    1979 Seagrape Music/Valgovind

    Music BMI

    You're taking all I got and now you're leaving

    Ooh baby, don't go.

    I thought that love was something to believe in

    Ooh, baby don't go.

     

    I've seen it in your face

    It's in your eyes when you turn away

    You think it's all a waste

    You're goin' today

     

    I won't pretend

    I won't say it won't hurt me bad

    Won't you try it again

    Whatever happened to all that we had?

     

    You're taking all I got and now you're leavin'

    Ooh baby, don't go

    I thought love was something to believe in

    Ooh baby don't go.

     

    Don't fight, just hold me tight

    Everything is gonna work out right

    I won't beg,

    but you heard what I said

    I need you every day and night

     

    You're taking all I got and now you're leaving

    Ooh baby, don't go.

    I thought that love was something to believe in

    Ooh, baby don't go.

     

    And if you close the door

    I can't wish you well anymore.

    You know you really turned on me,

    So don't come running back 'cause I know you'll never see.

     

    You're takin' all I got and now you're leaving

    Ooh baby, don't go.

    I thought love was something to believe in,

    Ooh baby, don't go.

    And baby don't go

    Ooh, baby don't go

     

    "Baby Don't Go" appeared on Restless Nights - Karla Bonoff - 1979

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

     

    "Baby Don't Go" has also been recorded by Loma Lyns and Dianne Davis and is heard in the movie "Atlantic City" (1981)

     

     

    BAJA OKLAHOMA

    written by Karla Bonoff

    Seagrape Music (BMI) 1988

     

    Used with permission

    It's the wind that blows the trees on a summer night

    It's that rolling desert road with nothing else in sight

    It's a feeling in your bones you know you just can't fight

    There's a magic here that holds you

    And the mystery still unfolds

    It's Baja Oklahoma

    But it's Texas in your soul

     

    When the hot sun bakes the earth on an endless day

    You want to leave this place behind and find a better way

    As the evening cools the sky you know you'll always stay

    And it always makes you crazy

    And you know it takes it's toll

    It's Baja Oklahoma

    But it's Texas in your soul

     

    Oh, guess you should've known

    This place is in your heart and it's your home

     

    And as the moon hangs in the sky on this summer night

    Keep your eye up on that star you got your dream in sight

    When the world starts closing in you know you'll be alright

    Cause it's the magic here that holds you

    The only thing you've ever known

    It's Baja Oklahoma

    But it's Texas in your soul

     

    Repeat

    "Baja Oklahoma" appears on Karla Bonoff - Live released fall 2007

     

     

    BEST PART OF YOU

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1988 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Written on the wind

    The words go by

    I see that time

    Like a dream now

     

    Waves and water roll up around my feet

    Living on the island with you

    and back behind the trees

    We lay side by side

    I touch your face and

    You'd kiss my eyes

    With our love suspended in time and space

    The hurt we never thought we'd face

     

    I know they'll never fade

    Those memories we made

    Sad times slip away

    and I hold on to the best part of you

     

    And then we hit the road

    Of miles and stars

    Just you and me and America

    Playing in the fields by the highway farms

    We rest until the night came down

    and when you take the wheel

    I'd sleep awhile

    and drift away from the world outside

    Waking in the sun in another state

    I never felt my love so great

     

    I know they'll never fade

    Those memories we made

    Sad times slip away

    and I hold on to the best part of you

     

    I know they'll never fade

    Those memories we made

    Sad times slip away

    and I know I knew

    The best part of you

     

    "Best Part of You " appeared on Karla Bonoff - New World - 1988

     

     

    COLD WIND BLOW

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1985 Universal Television

    You've got to fight for what you believed in

    And honey I believed in you

    And if I'm right there is no reason

    for losing you

     

    And in the night there drives a demon

    it's just like a wall you come up to

    Push and shove against his treason

    But I'll get through

    I'll get through

     

    You couldn't know how much I loved you

    and these tears I'll never show

    So turn my back against the evening

    Feel the cold wind blow

    I feel the cold wind blow

    "Cold Wind Blow" appeared on episode 31 of "Miami Vice" originally aired November 29, 1985 titled "Bought and Paid For"

     

     

    DADDY'S LITTLE GIRL

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission


    He was the calm in the storm

    Daddy kept us warm

    (and) What will I do when he's gone

    How will I carry on

     

    Yes I know when it's his time to go

    That I'll have to grow up too

    Oh can't I stay right here

    and be daddy's little girl

     

    So how did the years go so fast

    Or did we just lose track

    So now we can't waste any time

    I'll make each moment mine

     

    Yes I know when it's his time to go...

     

    The time keeps moving

    Life keeps passing

    There's still so much to say

    But I will go on

    I will be strong

    I will find my way

     

    When I look in the face of the child

    I see you in her eyes

    And we're all so much the same

    We'll carry on your name

     

    Yes I know when that you have to go

    and I have to grow up too

    Oh can't I stay right here and be daddy's little girl

    Oh can't I stay right here and be daddy's little girl

     

    "Daddy's Little Girl" appeared on Bryndle - Bryndle - 1995

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    DREAM

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1982 Seagrape Music BMI

    The whole world's blue

    And nothing ever goes right

    Words sound untrue

    But you won't give up the fight

    Turn your back now

    To all those things that you've seen

    Close your eyes

    Now baby, dream

     

    Well, they see you

    Playing real good at the game

    If they saw through

    All there'd be is the pain

    A reward's due

    For one who is lost in the rain

    Close your eyes

    Now baby, dream

     

    When you held me, I was so broken apart

    I had nothing but that love in your heart

    And the night came, all I heard was you saying

    Close your eyes

    Now baby,

    dream

    Close your eyes

    Now baby,

    dream

     

    "Dream" appeared on Wild Heart Of The Young - Karla Bonoff - 1982

     

    "Dream" has also been recorded by Brenda Russell

     

     

    EVEN IF

    Written by Karla Bonoff

     

    Where have the dreams gone

    Where are the love songs

    Just a world I used to know

    My love has lost you

    The cost I would not see

    Until I learned something that's not free

     

    CHORUS

    Even if you took my hand

    You couldn't lead me

    Even if you touched my heart

    I wouldn't cry

    Even if you'd understand

    It wouldn't free me

    Even if you gave me wings

    I couldn't fly

     

    Maybe it's growing old

    Something starts going cold

    And the years just fade away

    I used to feel so young

    Now all I feel is numb

    Played a game nobody ever won

     

    CHORUS

     

    Maybe some day, when you look in my eyes again

    You'll find the love never died

    If there's a way to break through it all again

    And find the life that I left behind

     

    CHORUS

     

    "Even If " appeared on Wild Heart of the Young - Karla Bonoff - 1982

     

     

    EVERYBODY'S HOME TONIGHT

    Written by Karla Bonoff & Kenny Edwards

    Sky Harbor Music BMI 1977,1991

    It is a special night

    And the stars are all shining bright

    And in a dream he comes

    And he carries the child's delight

     

    Yes it's been another year

    At Christmas time it all comes clear

    Have no fear

    'Cause everybody's home tonight

    And you know everything's all right

     

    The story came to me

    Of a man who could really see

    And the truth of life he gave to the children of Galilee

     

    It had been another year

    At Christmas time it all comes clear

    There was fear but though he died one day

    All the love in his heart still stays

     

    It is a special night

    And the stars are all shining bright

    And in a dream he comes and carries the child's delight

     

    Yes it's been another year

    At Christmas time it all comes clear

    Have no fear

    'Cause everybody's home tonight

    And you know everything's all right

     

    'Cause everybody's home tonight

    And you know everything's all right

     

    "Everybody's Home Tonight" appeared on various holiday CD collections as recorded by Karla Bonoff.

    A Bryndle recording of the song was released on a promo single in 1995 to radio stations and is not available commercially.



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    FALLING STAR

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright Seagrape Music (BMI) 1977

    Oh my heart aches

    Deep inside me

    Oh, how I miss you

    Will you come back?

    Oh, why'd you leave me?

    Oh, what can I do?

     

    'Cause every night

    I sit here by the phone

    You know it rings a lot inside my head

    I daydream you're home

    I never knew that it would go this far.

    Come pick me up

    I'm going down

    Like a falling star.

     

    And the clock strikes midnight

    And I'm lying here alone.

    I can't sleep, I hear my heartbeat.

    Oh, I can't stand the monotone.

    And every day I have paced the floor

    You know it rains a lot inside my heart,

    But I still ask for more.

    But now I know that love can leave a scar.

    Come pick me up, I'm going down

    Like a falling star.

     

    And when the birds fly south for a while,

    Oh, I wish that I could go.

    Someone there might warm this cold heart,

    Someone there might know.

    But every day I have paced the floor.

    You know it rains a lot inside my heart,

    But I still ask for more.

    But now I know that love can leave a scar.

    Come pick me up, I'm going down

    Like a falling star.

     

    "Falling Star " appeared on

    Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1977

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    FEELS LIKE RAIN

    Written by

    Karla Bonoff & Peter Cetera

    Here I go again

    Hanging on to the bitter end

    All alone

    Nothing left to lose

    Don't want to face tomorrow

    I can't sleep tonight

    Blame it on the weather

    Till I get over you.

     

    Chorus:

    Feels like rain

    Feels like I'll never fall in love again

    There's a cold wind blowing every cloud my way

    And it feels like rain today

     

    Taking down every picture

    Hanging on every wall

    Broken dreams, painfull memories

    Like the times I never listened

    And the times I didn't try

    It's gotta be the weather

    'Cause you're not here with me

     

    Chorus:

    Feels like rain

    Feels like I'll never fall in love again

    There's a cold wind blowing every cloud my way

    And it feels like rain today

     

    Regretting every minute

    Since I watched you walk away

    Cause it's not the same without you

    And now the clouds are hiding

    Every sunny day

    I guess I'll stay inside again

    Cause it feels like rain today

     

    Feels like rain

    Feels like we'll never fall in love again

    There's a cold wind blowing every cloud my way

    And the clouds are hiding every sunny day

    and the storm is coming so I'm here to stay

    'Cause it feels like rain today

    Yes, it feels like rain today

    "Feels Like Rain" was recorded by Peter Cetera

     

     

    GONNA BE MINE

    Written by Karla Bonoff & Kenny Edwards

    Copyright 1988 Seagrape

    and Valgovind Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    I got something that you need

    I got something you should see

    Come over and talk to me right now

    Isn't anything you need to bring

    I know a way to make your heart sing

    There's a way to have everything

    Oh, don't be shy

     

    CHORUS

    When you come by

    Give me just a little more time

    I'm gonna show you why

    Why you're gonna be mine

     

    Well, it's a tough road out there

    If you're with me honey you won't care

    Let the bird in the air just fly away

    Well, I'll turn the lights down low

    Maybe we'll even dance real slow

    I know you'll never want to go

    Now, give it a try

     

    CHORUS

    "Gonna Be Mine" appeared on Wild Heart Of The Young - Karla Bonoff - 1982

     

     

    GOODBYE MY FRIEND

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1988 Seagrape Music

    Used With Permission

    Oh we never know where life will take us

    We know it's just a ride on the wheel

    And we never know when death will shake us

    And we wonder how it will feel

     

    So goodbye my friend

    I know I'll never see you again

    But the time together through all the years

    Will take away these tears

    It's O.K. now

    Goodbye my friend

     

    I'd see a lot of things that made me crazy

    And I guess I held on to you

    You could've run away and left, well maybe

    But it wasn't time and we both knew

     

    So goodbye my friend

    I know I'll never see you again

    But the love you gave me through all the years

    Will take away my tears

    I'm O.K. now

    Goodbye my friend

     

    A life so fragile, a love so pure

    We can't hold on but we try

    We watch how quickly it disappears

    And we'll never know why

     

    But I'm O.K. now

    Goodbye my friend

    You can go now

    Goodbye my friend

     

    "Goodbye My Friend" appeared on New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    (THE HEART IS) LIKE A COMPASS

    Written by Karla Bonoff & Wendy Waldman

    Seagrape Music (BMI) & Big Kitty Music (ASCAP)

    Used With Permission

    Standing by the door

    Looking into the storm

    And you're not even sure

    What you've been searching for

     

    It's like a narrow path

    And there's no turning back

    When everything we risk

    Is everything we have

     

    Your heart is like a compass

    And it's never wrong

    There's a road inside

    And when you know that

    It will always lead you home

     

    And when I look at you

    I know you feel it too

    Afraid to trust your love

    Cause it hurts so much to lose

     

    Your heart is like a compass

    And it's never wrong

    There's a road inside

    And when you know that

    It will always lead you home

     

    A million stars up in the sky

    And we pray they'll light the path

    Maybe all we need to see

    Is that the heart will lead us back

     

    Your heart is like a compass

    And it's never wrong

    There's a road inside

    And when you know that

    It will always lead you home

    "Like A Compass" appeared on House Of Silence - Bryndle - 2002

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    HOME

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1976 Sky Harbor (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Traveling at night, the headlights were bright

    And we'd been up many an hour

    And all through my brain

    Came the refrain

    Of home and it's warming fire

     

    CHORUS

    And Home

    Sings me of sweet things

    My life there has it's own wings

    To fly over the mountains

    Though I'm standing still

     

    The people I've seen

    They come in between

    The cities of tiring life

    The trains come and go,

    But inside you know

    The struggle will soon be a fight

     

    CHORUS

     

    Traveling at night,

    The headlights were bright.

    But soon the sun came through the trees

    Around the next bend

    The flowers will send

    The sweet scent of home in the breeze

     

    CHORUS

    "Home" appeared on Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1977

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

    " Home" has also been recorded by Bonnie Raitt, Mary Black, Thunder Bird Sisters, Holly Dunn, Janet Burgen, Julie Angela Griffin, Buck White & The Down Home Folks, Cliff Waldron, Ricky Koole and Bonnie Riatt with David Grisman.

     

    This song was also used in the television shows "The Wonder Years" and "James At Sixteen"

     

     

    HOW LONG

    David Williams and Andrew Williams

    You say you need someone to love

    But when will you learn?

    Whatever's done in this world

    It's still gonna turn

     

    Oh, down comes the night

    Just another forever

    How long?

     

    How long til you see that we're in this together?

    How long?

    How long?

     

    If you weren't so far away

    So far from here

    I'd make your tears go away

    And make you see clear

     

    Oh, you'd see a night when two hearts were surrendered

    How long?

    I don't want you to be the one I remember

    How long?

    How long?

     

    Oh time goes by

    In the blink of an eye

    It's passed over you

    There's no time to hide

    Won't you stand by my side

    I'm asking you

     

    Oh, down comes the night

    Just another forever

    How long

     

    How long til you see that we're in this together?

    How long?

    How long?

    "How Long" appeared on New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    I CAN'T HOLD ON

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1977 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Oh baby, this time it's goodbye

    And you can be sure that I won't cry

    Our love is just a faded story

    I'm walking down the road

    And you've just got to let me go

     

    CHORUS

    Cause I can't hold on

    I can't hold on

    I can't hold on anymore

     

    And what was that sweet lullaby

    And were all those promises just lies

    Well, I was just a fool to love you

    I knew it all along

    I can't look down, I know I'm falling

     

    CHORUS

     

    When you act the way that you do

    I want to scream and shout

    You keep on playing games

    I walk around the block

    And think maybe you'll change

    But just when it seems we've got it all worked out

    You start naming names

    I don't believe that I was the one to blame

     

    Any maybe next time you'll cry

    When someone like me says goodbye

    You'll wake up when she's gone and wonder

    How you could let her go

    But look at me, I'm going under

     

    CHORUS

    "I Can't Hold On" appeared on Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1977

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

    "I Can't HOld On" has also been recorded by Mary Macgregor

     

     

    I DON'T WANT TO MISS YOU

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1981 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Oh honey, let's draw the line

    'Cause I know you can't really be mine

    I can see it's your own heart you need to find, not mine

    And lately, I can see it won't turn out the way we

    want it to be

    We should forget it, and not regret it

    Oh no honey, don't tempt me

     

    CHORUS

    'Cause I don't want to miss you

    I don't want to kiss you

    Or hear the sweet things that you say

    Don't want to know what I'm missing

    I Don't want to listen

    Just want to watch you walking away

     

    I remember you and I

    And we looked into each other's eyes

    We could make the long, long night just fly right by

    But love's illusions don't seem to last

    Maybe we just moved too fast

    So please don't call me

    Don't speak softly

    Oh no honey, don't tempt me

     

    CHORUS

     

    Even though I know this is right

    Can't stop dreaming about you at night

    With or without you, it's still a fight every night

    and me, I didn't know the way your heart could grow

    so cold

    But me, I'd let go, let my love show

    Oh on honey, don't tempt me

     

    CHORUS

    "I Don't Want To Miss You" appeared on Wild Heart of the Young - Karla Bonoff - 1982

     

     

    IF HE'S EVER NEAR

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1978, 1979 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    They say just once in life

    You find someone that's right

    But the world looks so confused

    I can't tell false from true

     

    And love's so hard to find

    In this state of mind

    Oh, I hope I'll know him

    I hope I'll know him

    If he's ever near

     

    Well, it seemed the time had come

    I thought you were the one

    When I looked into your eyes

    It never looked like lies

     

    And love's so hard to see

    And when it's in front of me

    Oh, I hope I'll know it

    If he's ever near

     

    Well I know that in my time

    I'll have it sweet and fine

    But it won't add up to much

    Unless I feel his touch

     

    Cause love's so hard to find

    And I guess I'll just give up tryin'

    But I hope I'll know him

    I hope I'll know him

    If he's ever near

    "If He's Ever Near" appeared on Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1977

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

    "If He's Ever Near" was also recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Prescott/Brown, Julie Angela Griffin, Ricky Koole and Andrea Zonn.

     

     

    IT JUST TAKES ONE

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1978, 1979 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    I remember how it was when you came along

    You said that you felt weak, with me you were strong

    You were sure you'd finally found the way

    That makes you the fool who walked away

     

    CHORUS

    It took two to find the love you buried deep inside

    And it took two to promise we would never let it die

    Yes, it took two and you know it doesn't seem right

    It just takes one to say goodbye

     

    I was tired of making deals and just getting burned

    It was different this time, 'cause you said you'd learned

    To say words that you could never say

    But the thing you still know best is running away

     

    CHORUS

     

    When the years go by, you'll see you don't have enough

    But just remember you gave up when the going got rough

    And you thought that it would set you free

    But it's true love that you trade can't you see

     

    CHORUS

    "It Just Takes One" appeared on Wild Heart Of The Young - Karla Bonoff - 1982

     

     

    ISN'T IT ALWAYS LOVE

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1975 Sky Harbor Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    I went out for a walk last night

    The stars were out and the moon was bright

    A little voice inside my head

    It hit me hard, this is what it said

     

    CHORUS:

     

    Isn't it always love that makes you hang your head

    Isn't it always love that makes you cry

    And isn't it always love that takes the tears away

    And I wouldn't have it any other way

     

    When you find someone that's true to you

    Some days are up and oh some days are blue

    Just don't go and throw it all away

    Wait a minute, you gotta hear what I say

     

    REPEAT CHORUS

     

    I used to think that love was just a loser's game

    And I swore that I'd never play to lose again

    But now I know

    Now I see

     

    REPEAT CHORUS

    "Isn't It Always Love" appeared on Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1977

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

    "Isn't It Always Love" has also been recorded by Nicolette Larson, Lynn Anderson,

    Maura O'Connell, Karen Alexander, Joanne O'Brien, Nikki Wills, Nicole Willis and Frank Ifield

     

     

    JUST WALK AWAY

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1981 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    One life with one love

    Are the things dreams are made of

    Two hearts a world apart

    The music stopped before the dance could start

     

    CHORUS

    So goodbye, now please don't cry

    For now, all the words have been spoken

    Time heals the heart that's broken

    My love just walk away

     

    We played those long days

    You thought that we saw it the same way

    You love as blind and if I seem unkind

    Oh I wish for you that I could change my mind

     

    CHORUS

    "Just Walk Away" appeared on Wild Heart Of The Young - Karla Bonoff - 1982

  • L thru O

    THE LETTER

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1979 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Back there in your room, while you were gone

    I found the pages that she wrote to you

    My heart just froze, but I couldn't stop myself

    I see what jealously can do

     

    I see now it's true, well there has been somebody

    Who's had a real hold on you

    And here in this bed, I guess you must have held her

    How strange I never knew

     

    She wrote that you said

    You needed her to face the world

    I wish that it could all just be erased

    I can't believe she could take my place

     

    As you came up the stairs

    You asked "Are you all right?"

    "I'd better go" was all I said

    But there in your room I saw something that

    I really wish I never read

    "The Letter " appeared on Restless Nights - Karla Bonoff - 1977

     

     

    LOSE AGAIN

    Written by Karl Bonoff

    Copyright 1975 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Save me,

    Free me from my heart this time.

    The train's gone

    Down the track and I've stayed behind.

     

    But nothing can free me

    from this ball and chain

    I've made up my mind

    I would leave today.

     

    But you're keepin'

    Me goin'

    I know it's insane

    Because I love you

    And lose again

     

    When the heart calls

    The mind obeys

    Oh it knows better than me, baby.

    If I hold on

    For one more day,

    Oh maybe, maybe he'll be true

     

    And nothing can free me

    From this ball and chain

    I've made up my mind

    I would leave today

    But you're keepin'

    Me goin'

    I know it's insane

    Because I love you and lose again.

    "Lose Again " appeared on Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1977

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

    "Lose Again" was also recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Alison Krauss and Union Station and Dusty Springfield

     

     

    LOVING YOU

    Copyright 1977 Sky Harbor Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    I've been out on the road and

    I've been in this town

    Some people that I met were untrue

    I've been out in the world and

    now that I found

     

    CHORUS

    Loving you

    Was the right thing to do

    And it's loving you that keeps me around

     

    Oh, baby when you hold me I can't tell a lie

    I can always see myself in your eyes

    But it doesn't really matter when

    there's nothing to hide

     

    CHORUS

     

    I'll stay here

    It's looking like all of my running days

    are through

    I'll stay here

    There's nobody else like you

     

    And if I'm feeling pain tomorrow and

    I haven't a clue

    Won't worry if the forecast is blue

    'Cause no matter what the trouble,

    you'll see it through

     

    CHORUS

     

    "Loving You" appeared on Restless Nights - Karla Bonoff - 1979

     

     

    MULBERRY STREET

    Written by Karla Bonoff, Andrew Gold,

    Kenny Edwards & Wendy Waldman

    Copyright Seagrape Music/Valgovind Music/

    So Bizzy Music/Music Corporation of America/

    Quarkbrain Music/Spirit Line Music/

    Longitude Music (BMI)

    Used with permission

    There was another summer

    When all the world stood still

    I heard the sound of thunder

    Oh how I felt the chill

    When the moon lit the skies

    I saw it all in your eyes

     

    The leaves were blowing on

    Mulberry Street

    I lay in the dark but I couldn't sleep

    Night so alive

    A feeling inside

    Never known heartache so sweet

     

    Lost in the sea of hunger

    Trying to reach the air

    Your kisses pulled me under

    Darkness was everywhere

     

    Cold as a stone

    I woke up alone

     

    The leaves were blowing on Mulberry Street...

     

    There was another summer

    When all the world stood still

    I heard the sound of thunder

    Oh how I felt the chill

     

    The leaves were blowing on Mulberry Street...

     

    Night so alive

    All of my life

    Never known heartache so sweet

    "Mulberry Street" appeared on Bryndle - Bryndle - 1995

     

     

    NEVER STOP HER HEART

    Copyright 1979 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Like a bird she was wounded

    A prisoner he found

    He kept her beside him on the ground

    She wanted him to release her

    But he didn't want her to fly

    He had come to depend on seeing her cry

     

    CHORUS

    He cut her wings

    But she could still sing

    He didn't see he could never stop her heart

     

    Just like in a cage he kept her

    But inside she grew strong

    And in some ways it was nice

    to have a place to belong

    But freedom called in its own way

    soft moonlit nights in her thoughts

    And the war raged on inside

    that she always fought

     

    CHORUS

     

    Ah, the love that plays in the strangest ways

    She felt his warm embrace like fire inside her

    And when the day would break, it seemed

    her heart would shake

    But she knew he had her soul at stake

     

    CHORUS

     

    Like a bird she was wounded

    A prisoner he found

    But time was running out, he couldn't

    keep her down

    So one day he released her

    Thinking that she wouldn't go

    But how she was able to fly

    was something he'd never know

     

    CHORUS

    "Never Stop Her Heart" has appeared on Restless Nights - Karla Bonoff - 1979

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

    "Never Stop Her Heart" was also recorded by Nita Veto

     

     

    NEW WORLD

    Copyright 1988 Seegrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Isn't it nice that we can dream

    Of all the places we can't see

    Fly over oceans wide

    Do all the things we never tried

    And isn't it strange how you can go

    Back to a home you've never known

    It's like you were there before

    A place you've been searching for

     

    The new world waits inside your dream

    And your heart leads the way

     

    Isn't it nice to feel so free

    And love the way love's supposed to be

    Never with hurt or pain

    And never with something else to gain

    And isn't it strange it seems so clear

    That you have nothing here to fear

    But somehow the morning light

    Fades all the things you see at night

     

    The new world waits inside your dream

    And your heart knows the way

    But isn't it nice to let it go

    On to the life you'll someday know

    And let the real world fade away

     

    Once you're there

    You'll know that you're inside

    You can't turn back

    When you open your eyes

     

    The new world waits inside your dream

    And your heart knows the way

    But isn't it nice to let it go

    On to the life you'll someday know

    And let the real world fade away

     

    Isn't it nice to let it go

    On to the life your soul will know

    and let the real world fade away

    "New World" appeared on New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    NOTHING LOVE CAN'T DO

    Written by J.D. Martin

    Copyright Warner/Chappell Music/

    Might Be Music (ASCAP)

    In Your eyes I see tomorrow

    My heart is waking

    I won't let fear of pain and sorrow

    Steal this chance that's waiting

    Out in that mist of uncertainty

    There is one thing I can see

     

    There ain't nothing love can't do

    No mountain love can't move

    So give your heart to that light

    That burns so bright

    No matter what we go through

    There ain't nothing love can't do

     

    I'm no angel in shining armor

    Fighting battles that are yours to win

    And I'm no devil - no martyr

    I walk beside you as your friend

    And when the road is rough and steep

    I know we'll find the strength we need

     

    There ain't nothing love can't do...

    "There Ain't Nothing Love Can't Do" appeared on the Japan release of Bryndle - Bryndle - 1995 some versions of New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

     

     

    OH MARY

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1988 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

     

    Oh Mary he takes my hand

    He tells me that he understands

    Oh I wanna know

    Did that happen to you

     

    Oh Mary it's like a dream

    Feels like floating that's how it seems

    Oh I wanna know

    Did that happen to you

     

    Love, or is it just a passing thing

    Does time take away the gift it brings

    Oh no Mary tell me will this love be true

     

    And Oh Mary there's a fire in the snow

    The streets are crystal everywhere I go

    Oh I wanna know

    Did you see all that too

     

    Oh Mary the nights are long

    But I feel his touch and my heart is strong

    Oh I wanna know

    Did you feel that way too

     

    Love, or is it just a passing thing

    Does time take away the gift it brings

    Oh no Mary tell me will this love be true

    True love that stands the test of time

    True love that earns its name

    A love that still grows when everything

    Stays the same

    A true love that knows the flame

     

    Love, or is it just a passing thing

    Does time take away the gift it brings

    Oh no Mary tell me will this love be true

    "Oh Mary " appeared on New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

     

     

    ON THE WIND

    Written by Karla Bonoff, Andrew Gold,

    Kenny Edwards & Wendy Waldman

    Copyright Seagrape Music/Valgovind Music/

    So Bizzy Music/Music Corporation of America/

    Quarkbrain Music/Spirit Line Music/

    Longitude Music (BMI)

    Used with permission

    She dries her hands

    Turns down the lamp

    Stands in the open door

    Knife of a moon

    Over the fields

    What are you waiting for

     

    Friends come to call

    Shake their heads and wonder

    See his picture on the wall

    They don't understand that

     

    All those lonely nights

    When the storms are rolling in

    Holding on inside

    She knows he's coming back again

    She'll just close her eyes

    'Cause she hears it on the wind

    She hears it on the wind

     

    She wakes to the cold

    Frost on the ground

    A chill running through her bones

    There was a time there was a spring

    They danced in the hills alone

     

    There's talk in town

    They can't look her in the eyes

    It's been so long now

    They still don't understand that

     

    All those lonely nights...

     

    The air is so still

    Days have run down

    Shadows across the plains

    Half in a dream

    Out of the dark

    Did somebody call her name

     

    What the heart believes

    The heart will see

     

    All those lonely nights...

    "On The Wind" appeared on Bryndle - Bryndle - 1995

     

     

    ONLY A FOOL

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1979 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Well, baby what ya trying to prove

    By bein' alone

    And no one can get through to you

    Is there anyone home?

     

    CHORUS:

     

    So don't say that it's love you lacked

    I paid the price now we're paying the tax

    I gave it all, and I got nothing back

    Only a fool gives a heart like that

     

    Well, I said that you never gave enough

    And I know this is true

    I see now that you never gave it up

    So you'd have nothing to lose

     

    REPEAT CHORUS

     

    I know that I need you

    And that made you scared

    If I'd known how to reach you

    But I'm giving up, it's too late to care

     

    Well, I guess that it's really over now

    This is where I belong

    And baby you know it's kind of funny how

    All the tears made me strong

     

    REPEAT CHORUS

    "Only A Fool" appeared on Restless Nights - Karla Bonoff - 1979

     

    "Only A Fool" has also been recorded by Maura O'Connell

  • P thru S

    PLEASE BE THE ONE

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1981 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    You spend your days and nights alone

    You think it's easier that way

    But that cold feeling in your bones

    I said I could take away

    I said, please be the one

    Please be the one

    Please be the one

     

    Well, if your worlds a lonely place

    It's something you never show

    And love could stare you in the face

    And baby, you'd never know

    I said, please be the one

    Please be the one

    Please be the one

     

    All the years, they took their toll on you

    Your innocence has all disappeared

    Tell me why you had to learn your love was

    something to fear

     

    Well, someday the tables here will turn

    And I won't want to play

    And for my sweet kiss you will yearn

    When it's too late to say

    Please be the one

    Please be the one

     

    REPEAT CHORUS

    "Please Be The One" appeared on Wild Heart Of The Young - Karla Bonoff - 1982

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    RESTLESS NIGHTS

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1979 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Could it be that I just called you up that time

    Cause he made me feel lonely

    And we, I guess we knew it was a crime

    But I knew you would hold me right

    Your love I could never fight

     

    CHORUS

    Those restless nights

    so warm and wild

    His touch was ice

    Your love was fire

     

    I know everyone needs to feel they're loved

    Maybe I asked for too much

    Sometimes I really felt so pushed and shoved

    But I never meant to hurt him at all

    When I slipped you would break my fall

     

    CHORUS

     

    Maybe I'm a fool

    But I just can't seem to settle down

    Always thinking there's another star

    Maybe that's the key

    'Cause love is never really sound

    And it's the only thing I can do

    'Cause I wasn't very good at being true

     

    And now I look back at all the broken dreams

    And wonder if I could have changed them

    I see that it was in the scheme of things

    'Cause still, when I see your face

    I know nothing will replace

     

    CHORUS

    "Restless Nights" appeared on Restless Nights - Karla Bonoff - 1979

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

     

     

    ROSE IN THE GARDEN

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1977 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    There's a rose in the garden

    It will bloom if you're sure

    That you pay close attention

    but leave it room

     

    I know your heart can be opened

    And like the rose, it will bloom

    if I pay close attention

    But leave you room

     

    CHORUS

    I'm not telling any lies now

    I need you

    You know how

    I think I can see how to let you grow

    I've got to let you go

     

    That's my face in the mirror

    It's sometimes you that I see

    We've been here for so long now

    I see your soul in me

     

    CHORUS

     

    'Cause there's a rose in the garden

    It will bloom if you're sure

    That you pay close attention

    but leave it room

     

    "Rose In The Garden" appeared on Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1977

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    SOMEONE TO LAY DOWN BESIDE ME

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1976 Sky Harbor Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    There's somebody waiting alone in the street

    For someone to walk up and greet

     

    Here you are all alone in the city

    Where's the one that you took to your side

    Lonely faces will stare through your eyes in the night

    And they'll say - woman sweet woman please come home with me

    You're shining and willing and free

    But your love it's a common occurence

    Not like love that I feel in my heart

    Still you know that may be what I need

     

    Is someone to lay down beside me

    And even though it's not real

    Just someone to lay down beside me

    You're the story of my life

     

    Well morning is breaking the street lights are off

    The sun will soon share all the cost

    Of a world that can be sort of heartless

    Not like love that you feel in your heart

    Still you know that may be all you get

     

    Is someone to lay down beside me

    And even tho it's not real

    Just someone to lay down beside me

    You just can't ask for more

     

    "Someone To Lay Down Beside Me" appeared on Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1977

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    STANDING RIGHT NEXT TO ME

    by Karla Bonoff and Wendy Waldman

    Copyright 1993, 1994 New Line Music

    adm. by Screen Gems-EMI Music,

    Spirit Line Music/Longitute Music and

    Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission Of The Writers

    Love is like the wind,

    Sometimes it blows your way,

    And until now

    It missed me somehow.

     

    But when I turned around

    I saw you standing there.

    The sound of your voice -

    I had no choice.

     

    I used to have a wish

    One day I'd feel like this.

    Now I know love exists

    Cause it's standing right next to me.

     

    Beneath the moon tonight

    I see it in your eyes -

    No more false starts,

    No more broken hearts.

     

    I used to have a wish

    One day I'd feel like this.

    Now I know love exists

    Cause it's standing right next to me.

     

    Even in the dark,

    Even when you're gone

    I feel you in my heart.

     

    I used to have a wish

    One day I'd feel like this.

    Now I know love exists

    Cause it's standing right next to me

     

    Standing right next to me.

     

    "Standing Right Next To Me" appeared on The soundtrack album for "8 Seconds" - various artists -

    1994 some versions of "New World" - Karla Bonoff - 1988

     

     

    STILL BE GETTING OVER YOU

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1988 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Here comes the night again

    The full moon is shining through

    No love lost on baby blue

    That's when I see your face

    Or maybe it's a ghost of you

    It seems like you see everything I do

     

    I run through the streets of town

    And you're there when I turn around

    It doesn't matter where I go

    I still know

     

    When I finally find

    Finally find

    My love, I'll still be getting over you

    When I finally find

    Finally find

    My love, I'll still be getting over you

     

    So this is the kind of love

    Like a touch from a black silk glove

    And the hand keeps drawing me to you

    And it gets underneath your skin

    To a place you can never win

    And you don't even know if the love was true

     

    Well I remember better days

    When your touch was a warm embrace

    With a memory that's twisting me

    I can see

     

    When I finally find

    Finally find

    My love, I'll still be getting over you

    When I finally find

    Finally find

    My love, I'll still be getting over you

     

    Oh I know

    Got to find a way to let you go

    And walk away

    I can see

    There will always be a little part of me

    That's part of you

    No matter what I do

     

    When I finally find

    Finally find

    My love, I'll still be getting over you

    When I finally find

    Finally find

    My love, I'll still be getting over you

    "Still Be Getting Over You" appeared on New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

  • T thru Z

    TELL ME WHY

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1988 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Everywhere I look the sun is shining

    But it's always raining here inside

    I can see

    You really had a hold on me

    It's a mean old love

    With a flame that never dies

     

    So won't you tell me why

    I can't say goodbye

     

    Everywhere I go you're in my shadow

    But when I turn around there's no one there

    And it's a real bad sign

    I'm walking on a real thin line

    A fool in love with a fool that never cared

     

    So won't you tell me why

    I can't say goodbye

    Won't you tell me why

     

    Ask anyone you know

    And they'll say love fades away

    But this heart's crying just like yesterday

     

    And it's a real bad sign

    I'm walking on a real thin line

    A fool in love with a fool that never cared

     

    So won't you tell me why

    I can't say goodbye

    "Tell Me Why" appeared on New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

    "Tell Me Why" has also been recorded by Wynonna Judd

     

     

    TROUBLE AGAIN

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1978, 1979 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Well, I wake up in the night now,

    And don't you know I think of you?

    It's the fire in your eyes,

    It keeps on cutting through

    There's nowhere I can run to,

    Can't seem to lose the thought of you

    I never really was a bad girl,

    But you got me in trouble again.

     

    Well, I used to walk a straight line,

    I knew what I was doing all the time.

    There was nothing that could move me,

    I always held my ground.

    But you got me where you want me,

    And now you're always here to haunt me.

    I never really was a bad girl

    But you got me in trouble again

     

    I still remember how it felt

    When you put your arms around me

    But if I thought that you would love me

    I was blind

     

    But you got me where you want me

    And now you're always here to haunt me

    I never really was a bad girl

    But you got me in trouble again

     

    Well, you think I would have learned by now,

    And I'd keep away from you, somehow

    Just like a little child,

    I keep coming back for more.

    But baby, when you called today,

    Don't you know that I'll come out and play

    I never really was a bad girl,

    But you got me in trouble again.

    "Trouble Again " appeared on Restless Nights - Karla Bonoff - 1979

    "Trouble Again" was also recorded by Linda Ronstadt, Dianne Davidson and Lynn Conover & Susannah Weaver

     

     

    UNDER THE RAINBOW

    Written by Karla Bonoff, Andrew Gold,

    Kenny Edwards & Wendy Waldman

    Copyright Seagrape Music/Valgovind Music/

    So Bizzy Music/Music Corporation of America/

    Quarkbrain Music/Spirit Line Music/

    Longitude Music (BMI)

    Used with permission

    I used to close my eyes and see

    All the colors

    I used to think that was the way

    it would be

     

    And when holding on becomes the hardest part

    And I can't seem to find my happy ending

    I can still hear the whisper in my heart

    If I never fly at least I will be standing

    Under the rainbow, ooh

    Under the rainbow

     

    And I never knew that I'd see love

    Slip through my fingers

    And I never knew that all those tears would bring me here

     

    When holding on becomes the hardest part...

     

    Blue sky above me

    Close as my dreams

     

    When holding on becomes the hardest part...

     

    "Under The Rainbow" appeared on Bryndle - Bryndle - 1995

     

     

    THE WATER IS WIDE

    lyrics - public domain

    arranged by Frank Hamilton and Karla Bonoff

    Ad Noiseum (ASCAP)

    Admin. by Seagrape music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    The water is wide, I can't cross o'er

    And neither have I wings to fly

    Give me a boat that can carry two

    And both shall row, my love and I

     

    Oh love is gentle and love is kind

    The sweetest flower when first it's new

    but love grows old and waxes cold and fades away

    like morning dew

     

    There is a ship and she sails the sea

    She's loaded deep as deep can be

    But not as deep as the love I'm in

    I know not how I sink or swim

     

    The water is wide, I can't cross o'er

    And neither have I wings to fly

    Give me a boat that can carry two

    And both shall row, my love and I

    And both shall row, my love and I

    "The Water Is Wide" appeared on Restless Nights - Karla Bonoff - 1979

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Soundtrack - Thirtysomething - 1991

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

    James Taylor played on Karla's version and he's since recorded the song himself on both a studio and live album.

     

     

    WAY OF THE HEART

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1988 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

    Dreams are broken

    But some dreams comes true

    The words were spoken

    And now we don't know what to do

    We just fight all day

    Not meaning anything we say

    And now we're frozen

    Afraid to let go

     

    And they tell us

    That love is really tough

    You might find fool's gold

    Or a diamond in the rough

    Can I let you know

    And really let my heart go

    Without losing a little part of me

     

    And will we know

    Which road to choose

    I know we might not lose

    If we just stay

    On the way

    Of the heart

     

    I can see it in your eyes

    It's been tearing you apart

    You wanna find the truth

    But you don't know where to start

    We're just playing

    If you don't stop weighing

    What you can live with and what you can't live without

    And will we know

    Which road to choose

    I know we might not lose

    If we just stay

    On the way

    Of the heart

     

    I remember the night

    We let love find us

    And there wasn't a doubt in our minds

    Oh if we could just

    Go back in time

    The secret there we might find

     

    But I've been thinking

    There must be a better way

    To stop this sinking

    That we're feeling every day

    On a clear night

    I know it's gonna feel right

    If we let that full moon

    Come and take us away

     

    Just keep your eyes

    On the stars above

    I know that we'll find love

    If we just stay

    On the way

    Of the heart

    "Way Of The Heart" appeared on New World - Karla Bonoff - 1988

     

     

    WHAT ABOUT JOANNE

    written by Karla Bonoff & Mark Goldenberg

    Seagrape Music (BMI), Milky Bobbu Music, Windswept (BMI) 2007

     

    Used with permission

     

    I know you been seen with her in town

    You said I was the only one you'd found

    Yeah I wanna know what about Joanne

     

    Well it's a big city but it's still a small town

    And it'll all come out in the end it's bound to

    I wanna know

    What about Joanne

     

    Did she think she was the only one

    If she did it won't be long till it all comes down

    Right on you

    Yeah I wanna know what about Joanne

     

    You play real dirty and you never come clean

    You think you pulled it off yeah you're just dreaming

    And now I know you must have had it planned

    So you talk real sweet when the lights are low

    I bet you use the same line everywhere you go

    Yeah I wanna know what about Joanne

     

    Did she think she was the only one

    If she did it won't be long till it all gets around

    And she be looking at you

    Yeah I wanna know what about Joanne

     

    If you played it straight

    You could of had it all

    Now the hands of fate's gonna make you crawl

    No ones gonna answer when you call

    No ones gonna catch you when you fall

     

    And late at night when you close your eyes

    Do you keep track of all those lies

    When it all comes down you gotta live with you

    Yeah I wanna know what about Joanne

    Yeah I wanna know what about Joanne

    "What About Joanne " appears on Karla Bonoff - Live

     

     

    WILD HEART OF THE YOUNG

    Written by Karla Bonoff

    Copyright 1982 Seagrape Music (BMI)

    Used With Permission

     

    These days when I take a look behind,

    I think about you and all that time.

    We were as one,

    kids on the run.

     

    CHORUS

    I loved you like I'll never love another,

    With the wild heart of the young

    But it took until now to uncover.

    Oh, if I'd only known it then

     

    You spoke of the dream we made come true

    I remember how I looked up to you.

    It was there in your touch

    You knew so much.

     

    CHORUS

     

    Well, they watched while you broke all the rules,

    And everyone thought I was your fool.

    But I paid the price

    Never even thought twice

     

    CHORUS

     

    If I thought about all the loves

    I knew I know they'd all fade except for you.

    And someday you'll see how much you taught me.

    "Wild Heart Of The Young" appeared on Wild Heart Of The Young - Karla Bonoff - 1982

    All My Life - The Best Of Karla Bonoff - Karla Bonoff - 1999

    Karla Bonoff Live - 2007

     

     

    YOU BELIEVED IN ME

    Written by Karla Bonoff, Wendy Waldman

    Published 1996 Longitude Music Co/

    Spirit Line Music/Seagrape Music BMI

    I remember waking on a summer night

    and I heard you asking if I was alright

    I didn't know

    but I just couldn't sleep

     

    I dreamed about a mountain that I had to climb

    I didn't know the reason but I just had to try

    even though

    Oh it seemed so steep

     

    There were many times when I was sure that I would fall

    Sure I wouldn't make it at all

    But there was always one that always knew what I could be

    Oh you, you believed in me

     

    Maybe it was the way you could look into my eyes

    And see inside my heart and know the way I cried

    When the road was rough

    You were always there to hold me up

     

    And for all the times when I was sure that I would fall

    Sure that I wouldn't make it at all

    There was always one who knew what I could be

    Oh you, you believed in me

     

    You were the one who always told me I had wings

    Somehow you knew I could fly

     

    There were many times that I was sure that I'd fall

    Sure I wouldn't make it at all

    But there was always one that knew what I could be

    Oh you, you believed in me

    Oh you, you believed in me

    Oh you, you believed in me

     

    "You Believed in Me" as performed by the "Dirt Band and Karla Bonoff" appeared on a special CD celebrating the spirit of the 1996 Olympic games. It was also performed live by Bryndle in 1996.

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