TEX'S LAMENT
Written and Performed by Richie Havens
Produced by Bernard Fox
The office lights, are growing dim
The candles, they don't help
The only thing that passes through my grin
Is pain, I've never felt
Oh, oh, woh, woh, woh
The street outside, is deadly dark
If you listen, you can hear
A million radiant thoughts
And people, disappear
Ho, ho, woh
Now, that dark is light
Reason seems to lose its will to fight
These lonely blues I get in flight
So I'll drink myself asleep another night
Riding on top of mystery
I’ve looked, into the fire
I'm just a son of some bad history
Can't get no higher, higher, no higher
Woh, woh, woh
I got one last chance to get it right
The connection is fading
You can bet your life I won't give up the fight
Because my sanity, ain't worth trading
It ain't worth raiding
Oh, when day is night
I always seem to lose
The things I seem to choose, that makes it right
So I'll close my eyes and sleep with all my might
So I'll close my eyes and sleep with all my might
And maybe when I wake it'll be alright
TRYING TO TRY
Written and performed by Richie Havens
Produced by Bernard Fox
Don't ask questions, I'll tell you lies
Can't you see the truth is there when you look in my eyes?
Such a long story, that's no alibi
I'm stuck here on the ground
Learning to fly
I'm trying to try
So hard talking, things get in the way
And every time we meet it seems I have nothing to say
The moon is rising, I can see it in your eyes;
That you are here to take the time to
Teach me to fly
And I'm trying to try
I've got shadows, that are my friends
Keep me posted where the road may bend
And these shadows, they don't pretend
Creating doorways, at every dead end
(At every dead end)
The sun is rising, on another day
And once again my heart begins to feel this way
No more shadows, only this place
And the light that seems to shine in your beautiful face
And no more learning to fly
Not trying to try
Not trying to try
Not trying to try
Written and Performed by Richie Havens
Produced by Bernard Fox
The office lights, are growing dim
The candles, they don't help
The only thing that passes through my grin
Is pain, I've never felt
Oh, oh, woh, woh, woh
The street outside, is deadly dark
If you listen, you can hear
A million radiant thoughts
And people, disappear
Ho, ho, woh
Now, that dark is light
Reason seems to lose its will to fight
These lonely blues I get in flight
So I'll drink myself asleep another night
Riding on top of mystery
I’ve looked, into the fire
I'm just a son of some bad history
Can't get no higher, higher, no higher
Woh, woh, woh
I got one last chance to get it right
The connection is fading
You can bet your life I won't give up the fight
Because my sanity, ain't worth trading
It ain't worth raiding
Oh, when day is night
I always seem to lose
The things I seem to choose, that makes it right
So I'll close my eyes and sleep with all my might
So I'll close my eyes and sleep with all my might
And maybe when I wake it'll be alright
TRYING TO TRY
Written and performed by Richie Havens
Produced by Bernard Fox
Don't ask questions, I'll tell you lies
Can't you see the truth is there when you look in my eyes?
Such a long story, that's no alibi
I'm stuck here on the ground
Learning to fly
I'm trying to try
So hard talking, things get in the way
And every time we meet it seems I have nothing to say
The moon is rising, I can see it in your eyes;
That you are here to take the time to
Teach me to fly
And I'm trying to try
I've got shadows, that are my friends
Keep me posted where the road may bend
And these shadows, they don't pretend
Creating doorways, at every dead end
(At every dead end)
The sun is rising, on another day
And once again my heart begins to feel this way
No more shadows, only this place
And the light that seems to shine in your beautiful face
And no more learning to fly
Not trying to try
Not trying to try
Not trying to try