- At Seventeen
I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired.
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on ones more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth.
- Fly Too High
Anonymous autonomous will likely get the best of us yet
Before you disappear if you can lend me half an ear, I'll regret
If I treat you like a number
It's because I can't remember your name, mmm
So have another cigarette and help me to forget why I came
Run too fast, fly-y too high, Run too fast, fly too high
- From Me To You
I'm leaving by night
I'm leaving alone
I'm leaving it lie
When you waken I'll be gone
I would not beg for me
As I would not beg for you
Though I'd like to be the one
To see you through
- Hair of Spun Gold
When I was just the age of five
my world had just come alive
Wondrous things to be seen and be done
All that I could think of was fun
With hair of spun gold
Lips of ruby red
and eyes as deep as the deepest sea
And when I was just the age of ten
- In the Winter
The days are okay
I watch the TV in the afternoon
If I get lonely
The sound of other voices
Other rooms are near to me
I'm not afraid
The operator
She tells the time
- Jesse
JESSE COME HOME
THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BED
WHERE WE SLEPT
NOW IT'S GROWING COLD
- She Must Be Beautiful
The seagulls of summer have flown.
And the sailors have wintered their boats.
Come sit by the fire and tell me your secrets.
Love isn't kept easily.
The windows are shuttered and closed,
With blankets to keep out the cold.
But you are still restless, your heart is enchanted,
- Some People's Lives
Some people's lives,
Run down like a clock,
One day they stop,
That's all they've got.
Some lives wear out,
Like old tennis shoes,
No one can use.
It's sad, but it's true.
- That Grand Illusion
That Grand Illusion
Janis Ian
The gulls are crying
Missy, can you hear them call?
It was so easy then,
when all our friends were small
How we used to like the old-time movies
- The Last Train
How long, how long has this train been gone?
Was there a man who asked for me?
I thought he'd wait to say so long
I'm later than I meant to be
The station master closed his eyes
Said - My dear, the trains are gone
Though forty years ago this night,
- The Other Side Of The Sun
Leaving on a boat
For beyond the other side of the ocean
I’ll bet you in the morning
You won’t even know I’m gone