I was sittin’ in a crummy movie with my hands on my chin
Oh the violence that occurs seems like we never win

Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight
So, love and mercy to you and your friends tonight

I was lyin’ in my room and the news came on T.V.
A lotta people out there hurtin’ and it really scares me

Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight
So, love and mercy to you and your friends tonight

I was standin’ in a bar and watchin’ all the people there
Oh the lonliness in this world well it’s just not fair

Oooooo-ooooooo-ooooooo
Oooooo-ooooooo-ooooooo-ooooooo-ooooooo
Ahhhhh-ahhhhhh-ahhhhhh-ohhhhhh-ohhhhhh

Hey love and mercy that’s what you need tonight
So, love and mercy to you and your friends tonight

Love and mercy that’s what you need tonight
Love and mercy tonight

Love and mercy
Love and mercy

It’s automatic when I
Talk with old friends
The conversation turns to
Girls we knew when their
Hair was soft and long and the
Beach was the place to go

With suntanned bodies and
Rays of sunshine the
California girls and a
Beautiful coastline
Warmed up weather
Let’s get together and
Do it again

With a girl the lonely sea looks good with your life
Makes your nighttimes warm and out of sight

Been so long (Dip dip dit di dit)
Been so long (Dip dip dit di dit)
Been so long
(Hey now hey now hey now hey now hey now)
(Hey now hey now hey now hey now hey now)

Well I’ve been thinking ’bout
All the places we’ve surfed and danced and
All the faces we’ve missed so let’s get
Back together and do it again
Back together and do it again

What good is the dawn
That grows into day
The sunset at night
Or living this way

For I have the warmth of the sun
(The warmth of the sun)
Within me at night
(Within me at night)

The love of my life
She left me one day
I cried when she said
“I don’t feel the same way”

Still I have the warmth of the sun
(Warmth the warmth of the sun)
Within me tonight
(Within me tonight)

I’ll dreams of her arms
And though they’re not real
Just like she’s still there
The way that I feel

My love’s like the warmth of the sun
(The warmth of the sun)
It won’t ever die
(It won’t ever die)
(It won’t ever die)

She belongs there left with her liberty
Never known as a non-believer
She laughs and stays in the won-won-won-wonderful

She knew how to gather the forest when
God reached softly and moved her body
One golden locket
Quite young and loving her mother and father

Farther down the path was a mystery
Through the recess the chalk and numbers
A boy bumped into the won-won-won-wonderful

All fall down and lost in the mystery
Lost it all to a non-believer
And all that’s left is a girl
Who’s loved by her mother and father

She’ll return in love with the mystery
Never known as a non-believer
She’ll sigh and thank God for won-won-won-wonderful
She’ll sigh and thank God for won-won-won-wonderful

Time for supper now
Day’s been hard and I’m so tired
I feel like eating now
Smell the kitchen now
Hear the maid whistle a tune
My thoughts are fleeting now

Still I dream of it
Of that happy day
When I can say I’ve fallen in love
And it haunts me so
Like a dream that’s
Somehow linked to all the stars above

Young and beautiful
Like a tree that’s just been planted
I found life today
I made mistakes today
Will I ever learn the lessons
That all come my way

Still I dream of it
Of that happy day
When I can say I’ve fallen in love
And it haunts me so
Like a dream that’s
Somehow linked to all the stars above

A little while ago
My mother told me
Jesus loved the world
And if that’s true then
Why hasn’t he helped me to find a girl
And find my world

‘Til then I’m just a dreamer
I’m convinced of it
The hypnosis of our minds can take us far away
It’s so easy now
You see someone up there high
And heaven’s here to stay

Still I dream of it
Of that happy day
When I can say I’ve fallen in love
And it haunts me so
Like a dream that’s
Somehow linked to all the stars above

Da da da daa
Da da da daa
Da da da daa
Da da da daa

I wonder why nothin’ ever seems to go my way
But every time I see you
I get that same old feelin’
And my blues just melt away, melt away

The world’s not waiting just for me
The world don’t care what I can be
I feel just like an island
Until I see you smilin’
And my blues just melt away, melt away

I won’t let you see me suffer
Whoa not me
I won’t let you hear me cryin’
Whoa not me
I won’t let you see me sighin’
Whoa not me
Whoa oh oh

Sometimes I close up to the world
You know I close up to you girl
But when I hear you talking
I feel my heart unlocking
And my blues just melt away, melt away

Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey
Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-ey
(Dit) dit dit dit
(Dit) dit dit dit
(Dit) dit dit dit
(Dit) dit dit dit

And my blues just melt away, melt away

(Melt away) melt away [melt away] (melt away)
Melt away [melt away] (melt away)
Melt away [melt away] (melt away)
Melt away [melt away] (melt away)
Melt away [melt away] (melt away)
Melt away [melt away] (melt away)
Melt away [melt away] (melt away)

I’m a cork on the ocean
Floating over the raging sea
How deep is the ocean?
How deep is the ocean?
I lost my way
Hey hey hey

I’m a rock in a landslide
Rolling over the mountainside
How deep is the valley?
How deep is the valley?
It kills my soul
Hey hey hey

I’m a leaf on a windy day
Pretty soon I’ll be blown away
How long will the wind blow?
How long will the wind blow?

Dip do do do
Do do do do
Do do

Until I die
Until I die
These things I’ll be until I die
These things I’ll be until I die
These things I’ll be until I die
These things I’ll be until I die
These things I’ll be until I die
These things I’ll be until I die
These things I’ll be until I die

Orange crate art was a place to start
Orange crate art was a world apart
Home for two with view of Sonoma
Where there’s aroma and heart
Memories of her orange crate art

Orange crate table and a rockin’ chair
Barnyard gate waiting some repair
Trust in fate and sweet inspiration
You could go bust to replace
Just what is here by the case

Hear the lonesome locomotion roar
Hobo hop on if you dare
And it rolls where grapes of wrath are stored
Stops on a bracero’s prayer

On the dawn of a vintage cruise
Calms the wine of this rendezvous
Room for two in view of Sonoma
Back when Ramona had heart
Memories of her orange crate art

Room for two in view of Sonoma
Back when Ramona had heart
Memories of her orange crate art
Memories of her orange crate art

When I desire company
I leave my footprints on the sand by a reckless sea
Hoping you’d come to me
And we’ll explore what might have been
And leave the shore and give this tired old world a spin
When my ship will come in
Sun up we’ll sail away the day that my ship comes in
Fast as the highest mast can take us to you
Any old where but here
Look at this paradise for two
Sky in a sea that’s twice as blue
It all waits for me and you when my ship comes in

You go and get the telephone
Give it a real good yank and thank God we’re all alone
In a tropical zone
While we surround the carribe
At every port a third world orders new (epizene?)
From that aqua marine

We’ll tell our kind and gentle friends
This is time to make amends
We’ll send them a card that ends “till your ship comes in”
Sail away sail away
Just sail away
When my ship will come in
Sail away sail away
Just sail away
When my ship will come in

Oh island in the sun
What I don’t know won’t hurt me none
When all’s said and done
When my ship will come in
At (perfect?) coast in harmony
We’ll raise a toast to what’s still left of my memory
When will my ship come in

We’ll sail away sail away
Just sail away
When my ship will come in
We’ll sail away sail away
Just sail away
Just sail away

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah ooooo
Woh no no no no no no oooo
I had a love in every town
I swore that I would sooner die than ever settle down
Me and my hobo heart
Me and my hobo heart

Now look and see what love has done
My feet are rooted to the ground
Just when I wanna turn around and run
Me and my hobo heart
Me and my hobo heart

I look down the lonesome highway
A lover in every town
And I swore that I would far sooner die than
Settle down again
Then I asked myself a question
What places could I go to
What road could I take, what trip could I make
That wouldn’t lead back, that wouldn’t lead back
To You
Ahhhhh
Me and my hobo heart

And now my travelin’ days are through
And ridin’ horses in the sand
Or walkin’ with you hand in hand will do
Me and my hobo heart
Me and my hobo heart

Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
Whoa no no no no no no
Whoa no no no no no no