There's a wee baby moon, lyin' on his back
With his funny little toes in the air
And he's all alone in the big blue sky
But the wee baby moon doesn't care

Baby moon keep shinin' on me baby moon

There's a wee baby moon, lyin' on his back
With his funny little toes in the air
And he's all alone in the big blue sky
But the wee baby moon doesn't care

There's a big river flowin'
It'll be there tomorrow
It's time I should be goin'
There's no time for sorrow
The stars will light the way back home
The song will keep the fire
Remembering the days we roamed
The song will lift you higher

CHORUS:
So sing for the river
And sing for the stars
Sing for the friends you've made
Wherever they are
Sing to bring you back again
Or to take you away
Sing a song with me my friend
Sing for today

The bright stars are glowin'
The full moon's arisin'
The rivers reflecting
The moon on the horizon
Tonight we're sleeping on land
With the stars in our eyes
Dreaming of the friends we've made
'Neath these dark skies

CHORUS

There's a campfire showin'
The friends from our past
Faces of yesterday
And friendships that last
But now we go our separate ways
Although we long to stay
Promising to meet again
Some summer day

CHORUS

CHORUS:
The answer my friend is blowin' in the wind
The answer is blowin' in the wind

How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes and how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes and how many deaths will it take 'til he knows
That too many people have died?

CHORUS

How many years can a mountain exist
Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes and how many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes and how many times can a man turn his head
Pretending he just doesn't see?

CHORUS

CHORUS:
Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing
Onward the sailors cry
Carry the lad that's born to be king
Over the sea to Skye

Loud the wind howls, loud the waves roar,
Thunderclaps rend the air
Baffled our foes, stand by the shore
Follow they will not dare

CHORUS

Many's the lad fought on that day
Well the claymore did wield
When the night came, silently lain
Dead on Culloden field

CHORUS

Though the waves heave, soft will ye sleep
Ocean's a royal bed
Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep
Watch by your weary head

CHORUS

Burned are our homes, exile and death
Scatter the loyal men
Yet e'er the sword cool in the sheath
Charlie will come again.

CHORUS

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's clouds' illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels,
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As every fairy tale comes real,
I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show
You leave them laughing when you go
And if you care don't let them know
Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud,
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds,
I've looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Something's lost and something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

I go down to the brandy tree
I take my nose and tail with me
All for the world and the wind to see
And never come back no more

Down by the meadow marsh deep and wide
Tumble and tangle by my side
All for the westing wind to run
And slide in the summer rain

Sun come follow my happy way
Wind come walk beside me
Moon on the mountain go with me
A wondrous way I know

I go down to the windy sea
And the little gray seal will play with me
Slide on the rocks and dive in the bay
And sleep on the ledge at night

But the seal don't try to tell me how
To fish in the windy blue
Seal's been fishin' for a thousand years
And he knows that I have too

When the frog goes down to the mud to sleep
And the lamprey hides in the boulders deep
I take my nose and tail and go
A hundred thousand hills

Sun come follow my happy way
Wind come walk beside me
Moon on the mountain go with me
A wondrous way I know

Someday down by the brandy tree
I'll hear the shepherd call for me
Call me to leave my happy ways
And the shining world I know

Sun on the hill come go with me
My days have all been free
The pipes come laughing down the wind
And that's the way I go
That's the way for me

Bring me a friend when I'm far from home,
when they're hard to find
Bring me a friend when I'm far from home,
I've got friendship on my mind
For a friend is sweet most any time and yet
Bring me a friend when I'm far from home
and how easy we forget

Bring me a smile when I'm all alone,
when they're hard to find
Bring me a smile when I'm all alone,
I've got smilin' on my mind
For a smile is sweet most any time and yet
Bring me a smile when I'm all alone
and how easy we forget

Bring me peace when there's talk of war
when it's hard to find
Bring me peace when there's talk of war
I've got peace on my mind
For peace is sweet most any time and yet
Bring me peace when there's talk of war
and how easy we forget

Dream on little Broomstick Cowboy
Dream while you can
of big green frogs and puppy dogs
And castles in the sand

For all too soon you'll waken
Your toys will all be gone
Your broomstick horse will ride away
To find another home

And you'll have grown into a man
With cowboy of your own
And then you'll have to go to war
To try and save your home

And then you'll have to learn to hate
You'll have to learn to kill
It's always been that way my son
I guess it always will

No broomstick gun they'll hand you
No longer you'll pretend
You'll call some man your enemy
You used to call him friend

And when the rockets thunder
You'll hear your brothers cry
And through it all you'll wonder
Just why they had to die

So dream on little Broomstick Cowboy
Dream while you can
For soon you'll be a dreadful thing
My son, you'll be a man

I think we sang this a bit differently in terms of the order of verses and whatnot, but I don't know exactly how it fits together. If any of you remember please let me know. Thanks!

Call John the boatman
Call him again
For on rolls the river
And fast falls the rain

John is asleep
He sleeps very sound
His boat is at rest
And his oars lie aground

On rolls the river
So rapid and deep
But the louder that you call John
The sounder he will sleep

In the chilly hours and minutes
of uncertainty I long to be
In the warm hold of your loving arms
To feel you all around me
And to take your hand, walk along the sand
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

When the sundown pales the sky
I want to hide awhile behind your smile
And everywhere I look your eyes I find
For you to love me now
Would be the sweetest thing, 'twould make me sing
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

When the rain has hung the leaves with tears
I want you near to quell my fears
And for me to leave all my fears behind
For standing in your heart
Is where I want to be, I long to be
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind

Come on and hold my hand
I'm a child of God
Come on and hold my hand
I'm a child of God
Well I was born with the sun in my eyes
And I don't like to see anyone cry
So hold my hand
I'm a child of God

Come on and hold my hand
On a rainy day
Come on and hold my hand
I'll help you find the way
For we all need somebody beside us
We need a little bit of love to guide us
So hold my hand
On a rainy day

Come on and hold my hand
When the sky is blue
Come on and hold my hand
I want to be with you
For if you ever get sad and lonely
I'm gonna get sad and lonely too
So hold my hand
And let the sun shine through

Come on and hold my hand
And feel my love
Come on and hold my hand
It's like a snow-white dove
For there's so much we could find together
That we could never ever find alone
So hold my hand
And make my world your own

Come on and hold my hand
I'm a child of God
Come on and hold my hand
I'm a child of God
Well I was born with the sun in my eyes
And I don't like to see anyone cry
So hold my hand
We're all children of God

Yesterday a child came out to wander
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star

CHORUS:
And the seasons, they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on a carousel of time
We can't return we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go round and round and round in the circle game

Then the child turned ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like 'when you're older' must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams

CHORUS

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turned to car-wheels through the town
And they tell him, "Take your time, it won't be long now
'Til you drag your feet to slow the circles down."

CHORUS

Years spin by and now the child is twenty
Dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams, and plenty
Before that last revolving year is through

CHORUS

Come and go with me today
We will sail across the bay

(Sing in the same manner as Mmm Mmm My Honey)

You look to be the hurt one, I've seen your face before
You felt so much one time but now you don't feel anymore
I don't know if you hear me, you hardly ever smile
But your hand's around my heart
so let me sing to you awhile

CHORUS:
And you can let the music take you, follow where it leads
Or turn it any way you want to, make it what you need.
Lose yourself in dreamin' or sink yourself in pain
Or maybe find yourself in love and it will come to you again

Your gaze goes off to nowhere,
your eyes are shining bright
Whatever have you seen that's left you shaken at the sight
I know I can't undo it and I can't pull you through
But let me give you what I can and let me sing to you

CHORUS

I'll sing to you of summer
I'll sing to you of snow
Of places I have been to and of places I will go
A song for you to laugh at, a song to make you cry
A song about I love you and a song about good-bye

CHORUS

It will come to you again
It will come to you again
It will come once again

From out the battered Elm Tree, the owl's cry we hear.
And from the distant forest, the cuckko answers clear.

Cuckkoo, cuckkoo, cuckkoo
Cuckkoo, cuckko, cuckkoo

Mr. Moon, Mr Moon you're out to soon,
the sun is still in the sky.
Go back to your bed and cover up your head,
and wait till the day's gone by.

WHEN YOU SING THIS IN A ROUND, EVERYONE SHOULD END AT THE SAME TIME. SO THE GROUP THAT STARTS FIRST SHOULD SING THE SONG THROUGH, THEN SING THE FIRST TWO VERSES AGAIN; THE SECOND GROUP SHOULD SING THE SONG THROUGH, THEn SING THE FIRST VERSE AGAIN; AND THE THIRD GROUP SHOULD JUST SING THE SONG ONCE THROUGH.

Darlin' won't you wait, won't you wait, won't you wait?
For I must go far away
Darlin' won't you wait, won't you wait, won't you wait
'Til I come back home to stay
Should another love come along, come along
Simply say that you're not free
Send him on his way, on his way, on his way
Darlin' won't you wait for me?

Oh my love, some of us they say are bound to die
Oh my love, how it breaks my heart to say good-bye
Oh my love, when I'm far away I'll miss you so
Hold me close, kiss me once again before I go

(SING FIRST VERSE TOGETHER THEN SPLIT SO THAT HALF THE GROUP
SINGS IT AGAIN WHILE THE OTHER HALF SINGS THE SECOND VERSE, THEN SWITCH)

On a wagon bound for market,
There's a calf with a mournful eye.
High above him there's a swallow
Winging softly through the sky

CHORUS:
How the winds are laughing (they're laughing)
They laugh with all their might.
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night
Singing dona dona dona dona dona
Dona dona dona dona
Laugh and laugh the whole day through
And half the summer's night

"Stop complaining," said the farmer
"Who told you a calf to be?"
"Why don't you have wings to fly with
Like the swallow so proud and free?"

CHORUS

Calves are easily bound and slaughtered,
Never knowing the reason why.
Those who truly value freedom
Like the swallow must learn to fly

CHORUS

CHORUS:
May all of your dreams bloom like daisies in the sun
And may you always have stars in your eyes
May you not stop running not until your race is run
And may you always have blue skies

A dream is something all your own
to keep within your heart
To build on when you're sad
or when your world's been torn apart
A dream is something all your own
that no one else can steal
A dream is something you can make come real

CHORUS

You can share a laugh with any stranger you may meet
Or you can share your money with a beggar on the street
But you can only shar a dream once love has set it free
Please won't you share yours with me

CHORUS

Edelweiss, edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me
Blossoms of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever
Edelweiss, edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever

I have a little present here for you
Inside this tiny bottle so very small and blue
So please do not uncork it, simply put it on its way
For inside there lies a summer's day, put it on its way

Now I'd be pleased if you didn't ask
why I gave this gift to you
Don't know myself, did it on a whim
as the thought came runnin' through
See I just wanna make you happy
in a summertime sort of way
And I thought you might like your own summer's day,
put it on its way

Now can you read the writing on this tiny bottle wall?
I know that it's quite small, but I can read it all
It says "she who is a'readin' me
is a'lookin' right at my side
And might be sort of interested at what lies inside
There'll be one breath of a butterfly, one ray from the sun
And lots and lots of laughter from little children's fun
So don't you dare uncork it 'cause everything'll get away
And I want you to have your own summer's day, put it on its way

I have a little present here for you
Inside this tiny bottle so very small and blue
So please do not uncork it, simply put it on its way
For inside there lies a summer's day, put it on its way

Don't mind the rain or the rollin' sea
Those weary nights never worried me
But the hardest part in a sailor's day
Is to watch the sun as it dies away
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line

The finest ship you've ever seen
Is still a prison to the likes of me
Just give me wings like Noah's dove
And I'll fly above her to the one I love
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line

Oh Lord, if dreams were only real
I'd place my hand on that wooden wheel
And with all my heart I'd turn her around
And tell the boys that we're homeward bound
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line

Now I pass these days like some machine
Until blue waters turn to green
And I dance my way down that walk ashore
To sail the Grey Funnel Line no more
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line
Here's one more day on the Grey Funnel Line

The gypsy rover came over the hill
Down through the valley so shady
He whistled and he sang til the green woods rang
And he won the heart of a lady

CHORUS:
Ah-dee doo ah-dee doo ah-dee day
Ah-dee doo ah-dee day-dee
He whistled and he sang 'til the green woods rang
And he won the heart of a lady

She left her father's castle gate
She left her own fond lover
She left her servants and her estate
To follow the gypsy rover

CHORUS

Her father saddled his fastest steed
Searched the valleys all over
Seeking his daughter at great speed
And the whistling gypsy rover

CHORUS

They came at last to a mansion fine
On the banks of the River Claydie
And there was music and there was wine
For the gypsy and his lady

CHORUS

"He is no gypsy, my father," she cried
"He rules these lands all over
I will stay with him 'til my dying day
With the whistling gypsy rover"

CHORUS

Happiness runs in a circular motion
Love is like a little boat on the sea
Everybody is a part of everything anyway
You can be happy if you let yourself be

Christopher Robin and I walked along
Under branches lit up by the moon
Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore
As the days passed away all too soon
But I've wandered much farther today than I should
And I can't seem to find my way back to the wood

CHORUS:
So help me if you can I've got to get
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh

Winnie-the-Pooh doesn't know what to do
He's got a honey jar stuck on his nose
He came to me asking help and advice
And from there no one knows where he goes
So I sent him to ask of the owl if he's there
How to loosen a jar from the nose of a bear

CHORUS

It's hard to explain how a few precious things
Seem to follow us all through our lives
After all's said and done I was watching my son
Sleeping there with my bear by his side
So I tucked him and kissed him and as I was done
I swear that old bear whispered "Boy, welcome home"

Believe me if you can I've found my way
Back to the house at Pooh Corner by one
Wouldn't you know there's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and
Back to the ways of Christopher Robin and
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh

If I were free to speak my mind
I'd tell a tale to all mankind
Of how the flow'rs do bloom and fade
Of how we've fought and paid

This weary world has had its fill
Of words of war on ev'ry hill
The time has come for peaceful days
For peaceful thoughts and peaceful ways

When all mankind has ceased to fight
I'll raise my head in thanks each night
For this rich earth and all its means
For golden days and peaceful dreams

If I were free to speak my mind
I'd tell a tale to all mankind
Of how the flow'rs do bloom and fade
Of how we've fought and how we've paid

I love the mountains, I love the rolling hills
I love the flowers, I love the daffodils
I love the fireside, when all the lights are low
Boom diada, boom diada, boom diada, boom diada
Boom diada, boom diada, boom diada, boom diada
Boom

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say good-bye
But the dawn is breakin' it's early morn
The taxi's waitin' he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could cry

CHORUS:
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leavin' on a jetplane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I played around
I tell you now, they don't mean a thing
Every place I go I'll think of you
Every song I sing I'll sing for you
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring

CHORUS

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time just let me kiss you
Then close your eyes and I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times I won't have to say

CHORUS

My will is easy to decide,
For I have nothing to divide.
My kin don't need to fuss and moan -
"Moss does not cling to a rolling stone."

My body? - Oh! - If I could choose,
To ashes I would it reduce,
And let the merry breezes blow
My dust to where some flowers grow.

Perhaps some fading flower then
Would come to life and bloom again.
This is my last and final will.
Good luck to all of you.
-Joe Hill

Mm-mm I want to linger
Mm-mm a little longer
Mm-mm a little longer here with you

Mm-mm it's such a perfect night
Mm-mm it doesn't seem quite right
Mm-mm that it should be my last with you

Mm-mm and come September
Mm-mm I will remember
Mm-mm my camping days and friendships true

Mm-mm and as the years go by
Mm-mm I'll think of you and sigh
Mm-mm this is good-night and not good-bye

Mm-mm I want to linger
Mm-mm a little longer
Mm-mm a little longer here with you
Mm-mm

It's a Marblehead morning colored cobblestone gray
Coming on strong to a New England day
The harbor's a forest of tall sailing trees
Getting ready to sail on a mid-morning breeze

CHORUS 1:
Fair is my captain, I long to tell him so
Haul away, heave away; he's going to sail away
Good times are passing by, high tide is running high
Haul away, heave away; he's going to leave today

For three hundred years of going to sea
The Marblehead men left their women to keep
A close watch upon the fine line between
The blue of the sky and the green of the sea

CHORUS 2:
Farewell, good Jonell
How I wish I could stay
Good-bye, first love of mine
Look for my sail on the first day of May

Our ancestors sailed on a day such as this
Widows-walk curtains hung in gray morning mist
While up on the commons a church chime would ring
And down on the landing a young maiden sings

*GROUP SPLITS - 1/2 SING CHORUS 1 AND 1/2 SING CHORUS 2*

It's a Marblehead morning colored cobblestone gray
As long as I'm gone I'll remember today

Oh Mister Moon, moon, bright and shiny moon
Please shine down on me
Oh Mister Moon, moon, bright and shiny moon
Shining from behind that tree
Way over there there's an owl in a tree
Ba-doom ba-doom
Here she comes swoopin' down on me
Oh Mister Moon, moon, bright and shiny moon
Please shine down on
Won't you shine down on
Please shine down on me

Mmm mmm my honey, mmm mmm my honey
Gonna get along without you now
Got along without you before I met you
Gonna get along without you now

(SING AS MANY TIMES AS YOU LIKE WITH HALF THE GROUP SINGING THE HIGH PART AND HALF SINGING THE LOW PART)

Moon on the meadow, bugs in our ears
Smoke in our eyes, wet wood and tears
On up the meadow, water somewhere
We were the only ones there.

Wild horse and slushy, dry lakes the peaks
Finding the love there that everyone seeks
Hiking to rainbows, sunsets and stars
Just finding out who we are

We will return there one lucky day
Our hearts will guide us, they've learned the way
People in cities can't understand
Falling in love with the land

Moon on the meadow, bugs in our ears
Smoke in our eyes, wet wood and tears.

Purple lights
In the canyon
That’s where I
Long to be
With my three
Great companions
My backpack my pony and me

Whippoorwill
In the willow
Sings a sweet melody
For my three
Great companions
My backpack my pony and me

No more goats
To be roping
No more strays
Will I see
Just my three
Great companions
My backpack my pony and me

Gonna hang
My sombrero
On the limb
Of a tree
For my three
Great companions
My backpack my pony and me

There's just one last song I want to sing before I leave you
One last song to show how much we have shared
A smile a tear have brought us closer together
Each of us leaves a part of our hearts here

Time passes by you know it goes too quickly
Seems like we've just arrived and it's time to go
So take all that we have shared together
Kindle it gently in your heart 'til it glows

The roads we take may not always be easy
They may take time, patience, and care
You know you'll always have a friend you can turn to
If that road gets too tough to bear

There's one last song I want to sing before I leave you
One last song to show how much we have shared
A smile a tear have brought us closer together
Each of us leaves a part of our hearts here

Listen children to a story that was written long ago
'Bout a kingdom on a mountain and the valley far below
On the mountain was a treasure buried deep beneath the stone
And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own

CHORUS:
So go ahead and hate your neighbor, go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of heaven, you can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowin' come the judgement day
On the bloody mornin' after, one tin soldier rides away

So the people of the valley sent a message up the hill
Asking for the buried treasure, tons of gold for which they'd kill
Came an answer from the mountain, "With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of the mountain, and the treasure buried there."

CHORUS

Then the valley cried with anger, "Mount your horses, draw your swords!"
And they killed the mountain people, so they got their just reward
As they stood beside the treasure on the mountain dark and red
Turned the stone and looked beneath it, "Peace on Earth" was all it said

CHORUS

CHORUS:
On the loose to climb a mountain, on the loose where I am free
On the loose to live my life the way I think my life should be
For I've only got a moment and a whole world yet to see
I'll be looking for tomorrow on the loose

Have you ever watched the sunrise turn the sky completely red?
Have you slept beneath the moon and stars, a pine bough for your bed?
Have you sat and talked with friends though a word was never said?
Then you're just like me and you've been on the loose.

CHORUS

There's a trail that I've been hiking just to see where it might go
Many places yet to visit, many people yet to know
For in following my dreams, I will live and I will grow
In a world that's waiting out there on the loose.

CHORUS

So in search of love and laughter I'll be travellin' 'cross this land
Never sure of where I'm going, for I haven't any plan
So in time when you are ready, come and join me, take my hand
And together we'll share life out on the loose

CHORUS

As we sit and watch the sunset and the daylight slowly fades
Thinking about tomorrow and the friendships we have made
I will treasure them forever and I know you'll do the same
As long as we're still out there on the loose

CHORUS

Why are there so many songs about rainbows,
And what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide

So we've been told and some choose to believe
I know they're wrong wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers and me.

Who said that every wish would be heard and answered
When wished on the morning star?
Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it,
Look what it's done so far.

What's so amazing that keeps us stargazing?
And what do you think we might see?
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

Have you been half-asleep and have you heard voices?
I've heard them calling my name.
Is this the sweet sound that calls the young sailor?
The voice might be one and the same.

We've heard it too many times to ignore it
It's something that we're supposed to be.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection
The lovers, the dreamers, and me.

We're a rainbow made of children
We're an army just singin' our song
There's no weapons that can stop us
Rainbow love is much too strong.

I was born in Mississippi
Sayin' "Yes, sir" to all the men
But I found that it got me nowhere
So I'll never say it again

CHORUS

I was taught that black was evil
I was taught that white was good
But when you become a rainbow
All the colors are understood

CHORUS

Rose, rose, rose, rose
Shall I ever see thee red?
I will marry at thy will
Sire, at thy will

Peace, peace, peace, peace
Shall I ever see thee come
I will wait forever and ever
Peace, peace, peace

Ding dong ding dong
Wedding bells on an April morn
Carve your name on a moss-covered stone
On a moss-covered stone

Mother, Father dig my grave
Dig it with a golden spade
Bring some friends and a turtledove
To show that I died for love
To show that I died for love

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, its only seed

It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give
And the soul afraid of dying, who never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely and the road has been too long
And you think that love if only for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose

Have you seen the old man outside the closed down market
Kicking up the paper in his worn out shoes
In his eyes you see no pride and held loosely at his side
Yesterday's paper telling yesterday's news

CHORUS:
So how can you tell me that you're lonely
And say for you that the sun don't shine
Let me take you by the hand
And lead you through the streets of London
I'll show you something that'll make you change your mind

Have you seen the old girl who walks the streets of London
Dirt in her hair and her clothes in rags
She's no time for talking, she just keeps right on walking
Carrying her whole life in two carrier bags

CHORUS

In the all-night cafe at a quarter past eleven
Same old man sitting there on his own
Looking at the world o'er the rim of his tea cup
Each tea lasts an hour and he wanders home alone

CHORUS

Have you seen the old man outside the seaman's mission
Mem'ries fading with the medal ribbons that he wears
In our winter city the rain cries a little pity
For one more forgotten hero in a world that doesn't care

CHORUS

Day is done, gone the sun
From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky
All is well, safely rest
God is nigh.

CHORUS:
Today, while the blossom still clings to the vine
I'll taste your strawberries, I'll drink your sweet wine
A million tomorrows shall all pass away
Ere I forget all the joys that are mine today

Well I'll be a dandy and I'll be a rover
You'll know who I am by the songs that I sing
I'll feast at your table, I'll sleep in your clover
Who cares what tomorrow may bring

CHORUS

I can't be contented with yesterday's glory's
I can't live on promises winter to spring
Today is my moment and now is my story
I'll laugh and I'll cry and I'll sing

CHORUS

Italicized words are not repeated but are sung by all

And so we say
But with a sigh
To camping days
Our fond good-bye
We cannot stay
No reason why
We're on our way
Great God we're on our way

We've given you
A special part
Of what is now
Our Fav'rite heart
We've given you
A world's best start
We're on our way
Great God we're on our way

Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night sailed off in a wooden shoe
Sailed on a river of crystal light into a sea of dew
"Where are you going and what do you wish?" the old moon asked the three
"We have come to fish for the herring fish that live in this beautiful sea
Nets of silver and gold have we" said Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

The old moon laughed and sang a song as they rocked in the wooden shoe
And the wind that sped them all night long ruffled the waves of dew
The little stars were the herring fish that lived in the beautiful sea
"Now cast your nets wherever you wish, never a'feared are we!"
So cried the stars to the fishermen three, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

All night long their nets they threw to the stars in the twinkling foam
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe, bringing the fishermen home
'Twas all so pretty a sail it seemed as if it could not be
And some folks thought 'twas a dream they dreamed of sailing that beautiful sea
But I shall name the fishermen three, Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes and Nod is a little head
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies is a wee one's trundle bed
So shut your eyes while mother sings of the wonderful sights that be
And you shall see the beautiful things as you rock in the misty sea
Where the old show rocked the fishermen three, Wynken, Blyken, and Nod
Wynken, Blynken and Nod