Oh, I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair With the roses so red and the lilies so fair And the myrtle so bright with the emerald hue The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue. Oh I'll dance, I will sing and my laugh shall be gay I will charm every heart, in his crown I will sway When I woke from my dreaming, my idol was clay All portion of love had all flown away. Oh. he taught me to love him and promised to love And to cherish me over all others above How my heart is now wond'ring no mis'ry can tell He's left me no warning, no words of farewell. Oh, he taught me to love him and called me his flower That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour Oh, I long to see him and regret the dark hour He's gone and neglected this pale wildwood flower...

Oh I'll twine with my mingles and waving black hair With the roses so red and the lilies so fair And the myrtles so bright with the emerald dew The pale and the leader and eyes look like blue I will dance I will sing and my laugh shall be gay I will charm every heart in each crown I will sway When I woke from my dreaming my idols were clay All portion of love had all flown away Oh he taught me to love him and promised to love And to cherish me over all others above How my heart is now wondering no misery can tell He's left me no warning no words of farewell Oh he taught me to love him and call me his flower That was blooming to cheer him through life's dreary hour How I long to see him and regret the dark hour He's gone and neglected his pale wild wood flower

Charley Pride Miscellaneous Church In The Wildwood (1971) There's a church in the valley by the wildwood No lovelier place in the dale No spot is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the dale How sweet, on a clear Sabbath morning To listen to the clear ringing bells Its tones, so sweetly are calling Oh come to the church in the vale Oh, come, come, come, come, come to the church in the wildwood Oh, come to the church in the dale No spot is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the vale There, close by the church in the valley Lies one that I loved so well She sleeps, sweetly sleeps, beneath the willow Disturb not her rest in the vale There, close by the side of that loved one Beneath the trees where the wild flowers bloom When the farewell hymn shall be chanted I shall weep by her side in the tomb Oh, come, come, come, come, come to the church in the wildwood Oh, come to the church in the dale No spot is so dear to my childhood As the little brown church in the vale

Wildwood Poppies Wildwood Touch me Behind the birches whirl The bongo boys in their summoning The sound seeds now In the fingers of the eastern breeze Where the sleepless wait For her ascent from the perilous pit She said "The only way to change our fate It is to make it rain" Wildwood Poppies Wildwood Touch me Past the Alders and the Oaks Through the Willow Grove snakes the Ivy's gift Which taught you can't escape anguish But how to live with it Then reports from the robins Form in you an inner radiance It's as if they fused with a spirit you knew Who's come back again Wildwood Poppies Wildwood Touch me Off the pilgrim's path With the talisman he placed in my hands With its magic mapped from winter's past It leads the way After 3 long months endured with her absent Over dragon lines we walked the current A labyrinth With little green corn shoots Now in abundance As the forest celebrates She says "Make it rain Wildwood Poppies Wildwood Touch me Touch me again"

Give me something I can hold With that something I will grow Make me crazy with your arms It's all gone hazy, it's all gone wrong How can you decline such grand designs? And I'm flattered that you thought I make a good reward, but Olympian, framed by God So bring me water to cool off How can you decline such grand designs? And I'm flattered that you thought I make a good reward How can you survive my blatant lies? I'm flattered that you thought So come taste my good reward Formidable, but not afraid Of the next world, just delayed I... I'm wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-oh Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-hou, nah, na-ra-nah Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No Now you I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No-hou, no, no You I... I wanted to be there with you I can only be normal with you I... I've given my all for you No Now you I... I wanted to be there with you For I can only be normal with you I... I'm taking your life for you Olympian, framed by God Never it close, you'll be gone

Woke up in Beijing With someone else's arms in me Through someone else's life That I'm not sure belongs to me It was the sound of a city Speaks to me It was the sound of a city Sang me a song For the lonely moments Through someone else's eyes Strangers, they don't look like mine Through someone else's words Just to take a break from mine It was the sound of a city Speaks to me It was the sound of a city Sang me a song For the lonely moments It was the sound of a city Speaks to me It was the sound of a city Sang me a song For the lonely moments

Walk across and talk to me 'Cause it's late And it's midnight Know I need you now Just a little sound to keep me going It could be easy Oh, it could be easy Walk across and talk to me Little whispers Just a little sound Say what you're thinking Tell me where you're going 'Cause I need you now Well, it could be easy It could be easy But we keep on trying so hard But I don't even We keep on trying so hard But I don't hear anything But all I want to hear is you Walk across and talk to me Just a little whisper in my ear Tell me what you're thinking Thinking about It could be easy It could be easy We keep on trying so hard But I don't hear anything We keep on trying so hard But I don't hear anything And all I want to hear is you And all I want to hear is you And all I want to hear is you And all I want to hear is you What you saying What you doing Keep on talking Louder and louder What you saying Keep on talking Keep on talking Louder and louder Keep on talking Louder and louder Keep on talking Louder and louder Keep on talking Louder and louder It could be easy

Drive, drive drive, drive You want to drive all night Follow the yellow lines Don't stop or look behind And you don't want to know where you're going Just want to get lost sometimes together Drive, drive drive, drive Get lost together Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah Ah, ah, ah, ah Want to get lost? You don't want to know where you're going Stepping through a hallway of trees Getting lost to nowhere's good to me Wild eyes in the high high beams Staring back at me Into endless night Wild eyes staring back at me Wild eyes staring back at me Wild eyes staring back at me

There was a time Where our years still just feel alive Then the world started to change And it never quite felt the same And the sky turned to fire And the people cried, oh why, oh why So they looked far and wide When the answer was in front of their eyes Little children started to cry, oh Screaming, Mama and Papa, oh why, oh why So they told them a lie Just to silence them Say goodnight And the people started to die He's singing, what a shame They've been waiting for the moment when they're finally dead Singing ooh, what a shame (Shame, shame, shame) Ooh, what a shame Ooh, what a shame (Shame, shame, shame) Ooh, what a shame What a shame What a shame Ooh, what a shame What a shame We built a shuttle Flew to a new world Just to start over Learn how to kill We built a shuttle Flew to a new world Just to start over Learn how to kill He's singing, what a shame No, no, no, no, no, no He cried, what a shame He cried, what a shame No, no, no, no, no, no He sang, what a shame