Sitting at home on a Saturday
Thinking of all I've been through
Making my plans for a getaway
Going to shake off the blues
And Matilda, she calls my name
She's sending me back to the tracks again
But I know that I'm really not to blame
'Cos a man needs some love now and then
Sailing like a ship on the sea
Like a bird through the air
So often she called, but I never was there
Just didn't take time
So lucky to find her, Matilda
Wandering along down the avenue
Seeing the faces pass me by
There's hardly a one that I ever knew
Makes me so sad, I could cry
But Matilda, she calls my name
She's making me try once again
And it hurts me to have to explain
That a man needs some love now and then
Sailing like a ship on the sea
Like a bird through the air
So often she called, but I just didn't care
Never had time
So lucky to find her, Matilda
She's calling my name, it's a sound to behold
Says she loves me again and I need to be told
So I give her my heart, it's worth it I know
Just to hear that she loves me so
I'm right back on my feet again
She's calling my name, it's a sound to behold
She loves me again and I need to be told
I know that she's mine
So lucky to find her, Matilda
Sailing like a ship on the sea
Like a bird through the air
So often she called, but I just didn't care
Never had time
So lucky to find her, Matilda
Such a little
soul, but very old, she smiles up at me
And I realise she's very wise, it's easy to see
She says to me, "The world will survive"
So, I live and learn that my concern for all that I hear
Isn't worth all the pain it causes year after year
She says to me, "Take it day by day"
"And just let things be", she says to me
We are going along, hiding our sorrow
Not singing a song, no thought for tomorrow
Not saying a word
Keeping our thoughts to ourselves
Ourselves
She is only just a little child, but she knows more than people care to realise
And she shows more understanding than me
Oh, every time I look into her eyes I see all the promise of the paradise
to be
So, I listen to what she says to me
We are going along, hiding our sorrow
Not singing a song, no thought for tomorrow
Not saying a word
Keeping it all to ourselves
She says to me, "Take it day by day"
"We all will learn", she says to me
"If you let things be", she says to me
Just a little song to say how much I really love my lady
Pretty lady
It's my little song to say I love
I really do, I love my lady
Pretty lady
I feel so good when she holds me
It feels so good to know she needs me
Knowing that she's there
Knowing that she cares
And I want this song to be just for my Jillie
Each and every time we're apart, you know I miss my lady
Jillie lady
It's a love that comes right from the heart
The world can see I'm crazy
'Bout my lady
It's the same almost everyday
To say her name is the thing to say
Knowing that she cares
To know that she'll be there
Makes me want this song to be just for my Jillie
I'll always be your slave and now you know it
My heart's as strong as it can be
I could never show it enough to make me happy
Oh, I love you
So, I wrote just a little song to show how much I really love you, baby
Pretty lady
Just a lover's song to let you know
You're really quite a lady
Pretty lady
And I want this song to be just for my Jillie
I love you, Jillie
You're a mighty little lover, make me feel all right
You come 'round here to stay all night
You kick me 'round and put me down and you really shouldn't do that
You don't come home 'till the early light
I think you're with another and I'm up all night
I just don't know why I love you, so I really couldn't tell you
You gotta wondering eye, a jealous heart
You're cheatin' ways are keeping us apart
You say you're gonna stay with me
But I can see it's just infatuation
I try to think it over in my head each day
I gotta get out, gotta get away
But I know you've got such a hold on me, I really couldn't do that
So, I keep on lovin' you with all I've got
It takes my time, it takes a lot
And you'll never show what I long to know
You really couldn't tell me
You gotta wondering eye, a jealous heart
You're cheatin' ways are keeping us apart
You say you're gonna stay with me
But I can see it's just infatuation
Infatuation is bringing me down
I look in the mirror, I'm wearing a frown
I long to be with you, it's not worth the while
Each night you leave me with only your smile
Your memory haunts me, I can't break away
You still have my heart on a string
I could take you to Europe and show you the world
But to you it won't mean a thing
You're a mighty little lover, make me feel all right
You come 'round here to stay all night
You kick me 'round and put me down and you really shouldn't do that
Your wondering eye, jealous heart
And cheatin' ways are keeping us apart
You say you're gonna stay with me
But I can see it's just infatuation
(Just infatuation)
(Just infatuation)
I am sailing around the world on my own
But I carry another world in my bones
Show me the light and I will be all right in the morning
Yes, I'm sailing around the world on my own
I am sailing around the world all alone
And I see all the suffering, it makes me cold
Back in the hills I'm as happy as a soul up in heaven
But I'm sailing around the world on my own
Anybody who sees me who knows me
Would never try to show me the way to go
There's a lot that I feel but I just don't show
We are sailing around the world on our own
It's the distance between us that's makin' us old
Just for that want of love so many die of neglected heartache
They are sailing around the world on their own
Seen the light
What are we going to do about the heartless?
Oh, so many parasites, lonely nights, hard times
We carry on
How long will we be left anticipating?
We keep on waiting for paradise, good advice
I wonder why?
We keep on waiting, anticipating
I'm still here on my own
I am sailing around the world on my own
But I carry another world in my bones
Show me the light and I will be all right in the morning
I am sailing around the world on my own
Who's gonna meet me in the morning when it's cold and I got to go?
Who's gonna be with me and help me walk along that lonesome road?
I don't really want to tell you that I'm broke and I got no place to go
that I know
Well, I've drifted around some city towns
Seen a lot of ups and downs and I've seen a lot of gaols, yes I have
And I know just how to understand the feelings of a lonely man who fails
And if I could by chance just find a way
I'd jump up on the nearest ship that sails
Why don't you take me away with you?
Why don't you take me away with you?
Back, back to the backwards
I long to see my girl
I met a girl in an eastern town
She took me in, I was feelin' down that night, yes I was now
I thought that I could know her well and tell her of the trouble in my
life
But she took me for all my money and left me to the mercy of the cold,
dark night
Why don't you take me away?
Why don't you take me away?
(Back to the backwards)
Back to the backwards
You know I long
You know I long
You know I long to see my girl
Why don't you take me away?
Please take me away
(Back to the backwards)
Back to the backwards
You know I long
You know I long to see my girl
I started
quiet and you never said a word
I thought it would amount to nothing
I whispered something but was never even heard
It was all the same to you if I never did get through
ou looked the picture, it was more than I could stand
Every eye there was upon you
And as the night moved on I thought you knew my plan
But there was nothing I could do if I never did get through
The party was raging and I was alone
I looked in your direction, you werenn't on your own
He was a singer, you knew all his songs
The time to be leaving would soon come along
You see, the party was raging and I was alone
I looked in your direction, the singer was gone
I couldnn't wait to see you, you caught my every glance
The night was nearly over before I took a chance
I started quiet and you never said a word
I thought it would amount to nothing
I whispered something but was never even heard
It was all the same to you and I never, never did get through
Please don't ask me what am I thinking
It's about you
Please don't ask me, I never can see you
What can I do?
My first impulse is to run to your side
My heart's not free and so I must hide
Please don't ask me what I'm gonna say to you
I toss and turn, can't sleep at night
It's worrying me
I go to bed, turn out the light
But your face I see
It only hurts the more I pretend that we could ever be more than friends
Please don't ask me why I'm so in love with you
You could easily make me happy, that I know
But I'll try my best to never tell you so
I will sing to you my love songs and pretend
And I'll keep the secret right down to the end
Please don't ask me why I'm not talking
I just can't explain
And please don't ask me why I go walking out in the rain
I could not live, the lie it would take
To have you near would be a mistake
Please don't ask me why I'm still in love with you
No, please don't ask me
Suddenly she was there
Suddenly she was everywhere
So, I straightened my tie for a try
You know he lady was real fine
She had the kind of body that could lead me astray
And it did on that day
So many nights I waited
So many times spent all alone
Just sitting by the silent phone
Now there's a chance, I'll take it
She could be everything to me
She makes me care
I will be there
I know she's everywhere
We talked
There was something in how she walked
Then we started to dance, took a chance
You know the lady was real fine
She had the kind of body that could lead me astray
And it did on that day
So many nights I waited
So many times spent all alone
Just sitting by the silent phone
Now there's a chance, I'll take it
She could be everything to me
She's in my hair
She's over there
I know she's everywhere
(She's everywhere)
(She's everywhere)
When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybodyn's help in any way
But now these days are gone, In'm not so self-assured
Now I find In've changed my mind
In've opened up the doors
Help me if you can, In'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being n'round
Help me get my feet back on the ground
Wonn't you please, please help me?
And now my life has changed in oh, so many ways
My independence seems to vanish in the haze
But every now and then I feel so insecure
And I know that I just need you like In've never done before
Help me if you can, In'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being n'round
Oh, help me get my feet back on the ground
Wonn't you please, please help me?
When I was younger, so much younger than today
I never needed anybodyn's help in any way
But now those days are gone, In'm not so self-assured
Now I find In've changed my mind
In've opened up the doors
Help me if you can, In'm feeling down
And I do appreciate you being n'round
Oh, help me get my feet back on the ground
Wonn't you please, please help me?
Wonn't you please, please help me?
