THE ROSE

Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor,
That leaves the soul to bleed.
Some say love, it is a hunger,
An endless, aching need…
I say love, it is a flower,
And you, it's only seed.

It's the heart afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance.
It's the dream afraid of waking,
That never takes a chance.
It's the one who won't be taken
Who can not seem to give,
And the soul afraid of dying
That never learns to live.

When the night has been too lonely,
And the road has been too long,
And you think that love is only
For the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the icy snows,
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
In the spring, becomes the rose.

Repeat last verse. ^^^

SAINT JAMES' INFIRMARY

It was down in Old Joe's Barroom,
On the corner by the square
The drinks were served as usual,
And the usual crowd was there.

On my left stood Joe McHenry,
His eyes all bloodshot red,
As he gazed at the crowd around him
These are the very words he said:

"I went down to St. James' Infirmary,
And I saw my lady there
Laid out on a slab of marble,
So still, so cold, so fair.

Well let her go, let her go, God bless her.
Wherever she may be, she can search this whole wide world over
She'll never find another man like me.

Oh when I die please bury me with a gold piece on my hat
To let the boys out in the back room know I'm still standin pat.
And I want six crap shooters for my pall bearers
Some chorus girls to sing me a song
Put a jazz band on my hearse wagon
We'll raise hell as we roll along.

Well let her go, let her go, God bless her.
Wherever she may be, she can search this whole wide world over
She'll never find another man like me.

And now that you've heard my story,
I'll take another shot of booze,
And if anyone should happen to ask you,
I've got the St. James' Infirmary blues."

Well let her go, let her go, God bless her.
Wherever she may be, she can search this whole wide world over
She'll never find another man like me. ^^^


SLOOP JOHN B
We come on the sloop John B
My grandfather and me
Around Nassau town we did roam
Drinking all night, we got into a fight
Well I feel so broke up, I want to go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home,I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home

The first mate he got drunk
And broke in the cap'n's trunk
The constable had to come and take him away
Sheriff John Stone
Why don't you leave me alone, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home,I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home


The poor cook he caught the fits
And threw away all my grits
And then he took and he ate up all of my corn
Let me go home
Why don't they let me go home
This is the worst trip I've ever been on

So hoist up the John B's sail
See how the mainsail sets
Call for the captain ashore
Let me go home, let me go home,I wanna go home, yeah yeah
Well I feel so broke up, I wanna go home ^^^