MELANIE SAFKA
01-BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE – Do M
Melanie Safka
You live in the same world as I do
But somehow I never noticed
You before today
I'm ashamed to say
Beautiful people
We share the same back door
And it isn't right
We never met before
But then
We may never meet again
If I weren't afraid you'd laugh at me
I would run and take all your hands
And I'd gather everyone together for a day
And when we gather'd
I'll pass buttons out that say
Beautiful people
Then you'd never have to be alone
'Cause there'll always be someone
With the same button on as you
Include him in everything you do.
Beautiful people
You ride the same subway
As I do ev'ry morning
That's got to tell you something
We've got so much in common
I go the same direction that you do
So if you take care of me
Maybe I'll take care of you
Beautiful people
You look like friends of mine
And it's about time
That someone said it here and now
I make a vow that some time, somehow
I'll have a meeting
Invite ev'ryone you know
I'll pass out buttons to
The ones who come to show
Never have to be alone
'Cause there'll always be someone
With the same button on as you
Include him in ev'rything you do
He may be sitting right next to you
He may be beautiful people too
And if you take care of him
Maybe I'll take care of you
And if you take care of him
Maybe I'll take care of you...
02-BRAND NEW KEY – Do M
Melanie Safka
I rode my bicycle past your window last night
I roller-skated to your door at daylight
It almost seems
like you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone
but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
And try them out you see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I asked your mother if you were at home
She said yes but you weren't alone
Oh, sometimes I think that you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
and try them out to see
I been looking around awhile
You got something for me
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I asked your mother if you were at home
She said yes but you weren't alone
Oh, sometimes I think that you're avoiding me
I'm okay alone but you got something I need
Well, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key
I think that we should get together
and try them out to see
La la la la la la la la, la la la la la la
Oh, I got a brand new pair of roller skates
You got a brand new key.
03-LAY DOWN – Sol M
Melanie Safka
Chorus
*Lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up
at the ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up
at the ones who stand and frown*
we were so close, there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
chorus
so raise the candles high cause if you
don't we could stay black against the night
oh raise them higher again and if you
do we could stay dry against the rain
chorus
we were so close there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
some came to sing,
some came to pray
some came to keep
the dark away
so raise the candles high
cause if you don't we could stay
black against the sky
oh oh raise them higher again
and if you do
we could stay dry against the rain
Lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up
at the ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up
at the ones who stand and frown
04-LAY LADY LAY – C1 Do M
Melanie Safka
Lay, lady, lay, lay across that big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across that big brass bed
'Till the break of day stay while you're still ahead
Lay, lady, lay, lay across that big brass bed
Why wait any longer for my world to begin
When I can have my cake and eat it too?
Why wait any longer for the one that I love
When the one I love is you?
Stay, lady, stay, stay with a man a while
Until the break of day let me see you make him smile
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And I'm the best thing that he's ever seen
Stay, lady, stay, stay across the big brass bed
Stay, lady, stay, stay while you're still ahead
His clothes are dirty but his hands are clean
And I'm the best thing that he's ever seen
Lay, lady, lay, lay across that big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across that big brass bed
Lay, lady, lay, lay across that big brass bed
05-LOOK WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MY SONG, MA – C1 La M
Melanie Safka
Look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song
well it's the only thing
that i could do half right
and it's turning out all wrong ma
look what they done to my song
look what they done to my brain ma
look what they done to my brain
well they picked it like
a chicken bone
and i think i'm half insane ma
look what they done to my song
wish i could find a good book to live in
wish i could find a good book
well if i could find a real good book
i'd never have to come out and look at
what they done to my song
la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la
la la la la la la la la la
look what they done to my song
but maybe it'll all be alright ma
maybe it'll all be okay
well if the people are buying tears
i'll be rich someday ma
look what they done to my song
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song ma
well they tied it up
in a plastic bag
and turned it upside down ma
look what they done to my song
look what they done to my song ma
look what they done to my song
it's the only thing
i could do alright
and they turned it upside down oh ma
look what they done to my song
06-RUBY TUESDAY – C1 Do M
Melanie Safka
She would never say where she came from
Yesterday don't matter cause it's gone
While the sun is bright
Or in the darkest night
No one knows
She comes and then she goes
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Don't ask her why she leaves to be so free
She's gonna tell you it's the only way to be
She just can't be chained
To a life where nothing's gained
And nothing's lost
But such a cost
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
You gotta catch your dreams before they run away
Dying all the time
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind
Is life unkind
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Who is gonna hang a name on you
And when you change with every new day
Still I'm gonna miss you
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday
Goodbye Ruby Tuesday