Louise's Church Laura Nyro

"I wrote this song for Louise Nevelson, the sculptor, Also Billie Holiday, and a group of kick-ass women artists.

Flim Flam Man Laura Nyro

s so cagey, he창?р？？s a flim flam man. Hands off the man, flim flam man. He's the one in the Trojan horse making out like he's Santa Claus. Oh lord, the man's a fraud, he's a flim flam man.

Goodbye Joe Laura Nyro

s only cause I창?р？？ll miss you, one more time, let me kiss you. I remember when you came calling, good bye, Joe, like a sunrise that rose without warning, good bye, Joe.

Lazy Susan Laura Nyro

s how I remember you, this morning, just as I found you: up there on the hillside with sun-fried, black-eyed lazy Susan, Susan.

Blackpatch Laura Nyro

Morning Came to the windows in the street Selling red watermelon, 5 cents a piece. Merry boat on the river Freedom Fresh drams to deliver Freedom Over and over and over I call out your name. God ...

Wedding Bell Blues Laura Nyro

Bill, I love you so, I always will I look at you and see the passion eyes of May Oh, but am I ever gonna see my wedding day I was on your side Bill when you were loosin' I never scheme or lie Bill,...

Sweet Blindness Laura Nyro

Let's go down by the grapevine drink my dady's wine get happy down by the grapevine drink my daddy's wine get happy happy oh sweet blindness a little magic a little kindness oh sweet blindness all ...

Stoned Soul Picnic Laura Nyro

Can you surry, Can you picnic? Can you surry, Can you picnic? Surry down to a stoned soul picnic Surry down to a stoned soul picnic There'll be lots of time and wine Red yellow honey Sassafras and ...

It's Gonna Take A Miracle Laura Nyro

Loving you so I was too blind to see you letting me go But now that you've set me free It's gonna take a miracle Yes, it's gonna take a miracle To make me love someone new Cause I'm crazy for you O...

I Met Him On A Sunday Laura Nyro

[snapping and clapping] well i met him on a sunday [oo oo oo oo oo oo] and i missed him on monday [oo oo oo oo oo oo] well i found him on tuesday [oo oo oo oo oo oo] and i dated him wed...

Desiree Laura Nyro

Oh, Desiree, Desiree, Desiree Oh, my darling, Desiree You make my heart feel so free And I'd like to know, why do I love you so? Oh, my darling, Desiree Oh, my Desiree, oh, my Desiree Des...

Up On The Roof Laura Nyro

When this old world starts getting me down And people are much too much for me to take, up on the roof I climb right up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space O...

Gibsom Street Laura Nyro

Don't go to Gibsom cross the river The devil is hungry The devil is sweet If you are soft then you will shiver They hang the alley cats on Gibsom Street... I wish my baby were forbidden I wish that...

Save The Country Laura Nyro

Come on, people! Come on, children! COme on down to the glory river. Gonna wash you up, and wash you down, gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down. I got fury in my soul,fury's gonna t...

Sweet Lovin' Baby Laura Nyro

I belong To the man Don't belong without him When I sleep without him Loneliness Loneliness My dreams with God Softly waiting I belong to the man Sweet lovin' baby Oh sweet lovin' baby I want you ...

The Morning News Laura Nyro

The morning news is wet from the rain Letters are blurred down the page Morning news filled my head, it said business is fine War and business make the man He stole the sky in the Indian land His w...

I Am The Blues Laura Nyro

Cigarettes I'm all alone with my smoke and ashes Cigarettes I'm all alone with my smoke and ashes Take me night-flying Maybe Mars has good news Who?...who am I? I am the blues soothe me Horn's warm...

When I Was A Freeport And You Were The Main Drag Laura Nyro

Vanessa's Father. He liked to be alone creating works of art which he painted in a cottage made of stone one day I crept inside and I was unaware of what I was going to find well the pictures opene...

The Cat-Song Laura Nyro

My name is Eddie I am a cat And I sleep with one eye open Watching the morning sail Someone calls 'Eddie' Up to their lap And I purr But I'd sure like to get me My breakfast Especially a fishtail T...

Billy's Blues Laura Nyro

Billy's blueWith his head hangin' toHis shoesRight the wrongOr play a songTo ease billy's bluesBilly's downHe was born he was boundTo loseRight the wrongOr play a songTo ease billy's bluesSome folk...

California Shoeshine Boys Laura Nyro

California sunshine boys, counting up their dimes,counting up the girls they창?р？？ve known and counting up the times.I got heartache but I got news, California sunshine boys, you can shine my shoes...

Blowing Away Laura Nyro

You ole fireI'm mad with desireYou're my favorite oneGot me cookin' like a feverGot my love runnin' for the sunI feel so highI feel like I mayGo blowin' awayMy well meanerMy day fancy dreamerOh wha...

Good By Joe Laura Nyro

We were lost in the fair on the highlandGood by JoeWith the sky and the deer on the highlandGood by JoeTime is full of changesAnd now you've got to goDon't forget that we loved on the highlandGood ...

Stoney End Laura Nyro

I was born from loveAnd my poor mother worked the minesI was raised on the Good Book JesusTill I read between the linesNow I don't believeI want to see the morningGoing down the Stoney EndI never w...

I Never Meant To Hurt You Laura Nyro

I never meant to hurt you, I'm not that way at all.Please believe the words of a heart, a heart that seems so small.And I never meant to hurt you, I guess I lost my place.Please believe the words o...

He's A Runner Laura Nyro

He's a runnerand he'll run awaysoon there'll be no manwoman ain't be bornwho can make him staywoman get away while you canHe's a runnerand he'll run awaywith the midnight trainwoman ain't been born...

Buy And Sell Laura Nyro

Cocaine and quiet beers, sweet candy and caramels.Pass the time and dry the tears on a street called buy and sell.Life turns like the endless sea. Death tolls like a vesper bell.Children laugh and ...

And When I Die Laura Nyro

And when I die and when I'm dead, dead and gone, there'll be one child born and a world to carry on, to carry on. I'm not scared of dying and I don't really care. If it's peace you find in dying, w...

Brown Earth Laura Nyro

Morning, come to the windows of the streetSelling red watermelon, five cents a pieceMerry boat on the river, freedomFresh dreams to deliver, freedomOver and over and overI call out your nameGod sta...

Been On A Train Laura Nyro

Been on a trainAnd did you hear the whistle blow?Been on a train northBaby did you hear the whistle blow?I saw a man take a needleful of hard drugAnd die slow.Been on a trainAnd I'm never gonna be ...

Map To The Treasure Laura Nyro

Where is your woman?Gone to Spanish Harlem?Gone to buy you pastels?Where is your woman?Gone to Spanish Harlem?Gone to buy you books and bellsBeneath Indian summer?Take my hand nowThere is a land no...

Christmas In My Soul Laura Nyro

Come young bravesCome young childrenCome to the book of love with meRespect your brothers and your sistersCome to the book of loveI know it ain't easyBut we're gonna look for a better dayCome young...

Poverty Train Laura Nyro

"""Last call for the poverty trainLast call for the poverty trainIt looks good and dirty on shiny light stripAnd if you don't get beat you got yourself a trip You can see the walls roar, see your b...

Save The Country (Live) Laura Nyro

Come on, people, come on, childrenCome on down to the glory river.Gonna wash you up, and wash you down, Gonna lay the devil down, gonna lay that devil down.I got fury in my soul,fury's gonna take m...

Blowin' Away Laura Nyro

You ole fire, I'm mad with desire,You're my favorite one. You got me cooking with the fever,got me running for the sun. Uh-huh, running for the sun,I feel so high, I feel like I may go blowing away...

Eli's Comin' Laura Nyro

Eli's comin'Eli's comin'Whoa you better hide your heartYour lovin heartEli's a comin and the cards sayBroken heartOh broken heartEli's comin'Hide your heart girlEli's comin'Hide your heart girlEli'...

Lu Laura Nyro

Silver was the colorWinter was a snowbellMother of the wind boysLivin' off the lovewell[Chorus:]With LuAnd everybody's callin' LuieLuie, LuieYou got a thing about youKeep the light goin' for LuieAn...

Luckie Laura Nyro

Yes, I'm ready, so come on, Luckie.Well, there's an avenue of Devil who believe in stone.You can meet the captain at the dead-end zone.What Devil doesn't know is that Devil can't stay, doesn't know...

Lonely Women Laura Nyro

No one hurries home to lonely womenNo one hurries home to lonely womenA gal could die without her man And no one knows it better thanLonely womenNo one knows the blues like lonely women doNo one kn...

Timer Laura Nyro

UptownGoin downOle life lineWalkin down fasterWalkin with the master of TimeMy lady woke upAnd she broke downShe got upShe let goTake me TimerShake me TimerTimer let it blowLet it blowOh I belong t...

Emmie Laura Nyro

Oo la, la, la, oo la, la, la, la. Emily and her love to be, Carved in a heart on a berry treeBut it's only a little farewell love spell, Time to design a woman.Touch me, oh wake me, Emily You ornam...

Woman's Blues Laura Nyro

My lover's mouthBeen so good to meMy lover's mouthBeen so good to meIt promised joy for a jailhouseAnd a broken key[Chorus:]Woah, God, I got a job On the chamber's walls of heartacheWoah, God, it's...

Once It Was Alright Now (Farmer Joe) Laura Nyro

Farmer Joe, I'm the meanest woman you know, Woman you know, she said,Farmer Joe, I'm the meanest woman you know, Woman you know.I let you slide about an hour ago, now.Farmer boy, get your gun, run,...

December's Boudoir Laura Nyro

Kisses from you in the flames of December's boudoir,They fill me like melons,Touch me with chivalry,Truly I know, truly I know who you are,December will bear our affair,Running on streets of deligh...

The Confession Laura Nyro

Super summer sugar coppin'In the mornin'Do your shoppin' babyLove my lovethingYou may disappearBut you'll be back I swearWould you love to love me baby?I would love to love you baby nowWould you lo...

Capt. St. Lucifer Laura Nyro

Mama, MamaYou're a whiz and a scholar tooMama open up the room lockSip, sipI'm going to the moon dockHe gives to meBuckles off shinglesOff a cockleshell on Norway basinCoke and tunaBoots and roses ...

Upstairs By A Chinese Lamp Laura Nyro

Market in the cool white mornin'Merchants sell while women buyMilk, tobacco, soap and matchesSweep the floorWhile the dishes drySpring whispered in her earLike soft Mediterranean wailin'Sleepy woma...

Beads Of Sweat Laura Nyro

Cold jade windNot an angel in the skyJust cold jade restless windSomething's coming alongTo devastate my soul.I pricked my fingersOn the thornsAnd this rain is a-raining hardThis sky's gonna beckon...

Mr. Blue Laura Nyro

Hello? he said, "Hello?""I'd like to see you" he said "Sweetheart lookYou know what happens when we get togetherI mean I've heard of liberation, But sweetheart - you're in outer space."Oh, Mister B...

A Wilderness Laura Nyro

Cinnamon hillsSweet childSees waves of whisper blueEarth calls to you everyday in every wayMommas puttin' on some warpaintFor a little bit of combatYou asked the reasonYou gotta fight for your free...