I need you 'cause I have a problem tonight Cold breeze in a storm and electric night Shut down the city 'cause I'll do that for you I can taste the bitter sting of the blue Stop and pray for a while For everything goes wrong My heart goes out on pause for you When we sing the prisoners' song The prisoners song I refuse to be a beaten man, I won't accept defeat I've been reaching for the stars 'cause you know I'm hard to beat So step aside and wait your turn 'cause you will get your time But not 'til I'm dead and gone, 'cause I ain't finished with mine, no Stop and pray for a while For everything goes wrong My heart goes out on pause for you When we sing the prisoners' song The prisoners song Sacrifice our souls for a working wage A constant state of manifest rage Cast off, abandoned and into the cold Their time will come before they grow old Stop and pray for a while For everything goes wrong My heart goes out on pause for you When we sing the prisoners' song The prisoners song

I want to learn how to fly I want to be respected I want to get lucky I want to get out of this dump I just want to watch TV I want to be loved I want to be different I want a brother and sister I'd just rather be forgotten I want to save the world I want to be understood I want to be rich Man, I just want to be somebody Hmm, yeah Julie's got the word today She lost her job just one last pay Life don't come easy anymore, no Still strugglin' on by herself Got a picture of Jimmy there on the shelf And she looks at him and says "why did we let it go there?" I know that sometimes, baby We didn't see things eye-to-eye But I got just one question Did we have to say goodbye? Oh, just like prisoners in paradise Still far from Heaven's door Yeah, we had it all but still we wanted more Now I realize that I can't turn back The future's here to stay But hey, we're just children of tomorrow hangin' on to yesterday Well, Jimmy still recalls the night When he took his guitar and headed on out to find the big time Yeah, that was his dream He gave up his past and made it alright But there's somethin' missin' in his heart tonight Sometimes what you want Ain't what you need, no, no He misses drivin' down to the lake at night Holdin' his baby in his arms so tight Ain't it hard to find illusions When you're livin' in a memory Oh, just like prisoners in paradise So close but yet so far There will come a time, no matter who you are When you ask yourself "was it right or wrong for me to turn away?" But hey, we're just children of tomorrow hangin' on to yesterday Whoa-whoa, yeah-yeah Prisoners in paradise, hmm Prisoners in paradise, yeah-yeah We're just prisoners in paradise Still far from Heaven's door Yeah, we had it all but still we wanted more We're just prisoners in paradise So close but yet so far There will come a time, no matter, no matter who you are When you ask yourself "was it right or wrong for me to turn away?" But hey, we're just children of tomorrow hangin' on to yesterday

I had an uncle named Matthew He was his father's only boy Born just south of Colby, Kansas He was his mother's pride and joy Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield And blue's just a Kansas summer sky All the stories that he told me Back when I was just a lad All the memories that he gave me All the good times that he had Growin' up a Kansas farm boy Life was mostly havin' fun Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a view beneath the sun Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield And blue's just a Kansas summer sky Well, I guess there were some hard times And I'm told some years were lean They had a storm in forty-seven A twister came and stripped them clean He lost the farm and lost his family He lost the wheat and lost his home But he found a family Bible Faith as solid as a stone Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield And blue's just a Kansas summer sky So he came to live at our house And he came to work the land He came to ease my daddy's burden And he came to be my friend So I wrote this down for Matthew And it's for him the song is sung Ridin' on his daddy's shoulders Behind a mule beneath the sun Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheat field Blue's just a Kansas summer sky Yes, and joy was just the thing that he was raised on Love was just the way to live and die Gold was just a windy Kansas wheatfield Blue's just a Kansas summer sky

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks Dressed in holiday style In the air, there's a feeling of Christmas Children laughing, people passing Meeting smile after smile And on every street corner, you'll hear Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmastime in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas day Silver bells, silver bells It's Christmastime in the city Ring-a-ling, hear them ring Soon it will be Christmas day Soon it will be Christmas day

The wind is the whisper of our mother the earth The wind is the hand of our father the sky The wind watches over our struggles and pleasures The wind is the goddess who first learned to fly The wind is the bearer of bad and good tidings The weaper of darkness, the bringer of dawn The wind gives the rain, then builds us a rainbow The wind is the singer who sang the first song The wind is a twister of anger and warning The wind brings the fragrance of freshly mown hay The wind is a racer, a wild stallion running The sweet taste of love on a slow summer's day The wind knows the songs of the cities and canyons The thunder of mountains, the roar of the sea The wind is the taker and giver of mornings The wind is the symbol of all that is free So welcome the wind and the wisdom she offers Follow her summons when she calls again In your heart and your spirit let the breezes surround you Lift up your voice then and sing with the wind

This song was first released on the Farewell Andromeda Album. It is the only album it has been released on. On a snow covered night Up in Eastern Wyoming Another lazy day Lookin' for the sun In a draughty old cabin Outside a whiskey basin Another shining light And a good man on the run There's a lady back in Laramie And her reason no one else can see For him to spend The winter on his own Nothing much for him to do tomorrow Just a matter of survival Another friendly fight In a life chocked full of fun Yodalling It's a special kind of medicine And all that you can do is win Though it tastes so sweet You can refuse Put your heart on the table Fill your fountain with moonshine Another empty case of The Whiskey Basin Blues Yodalling Words and music by John Denver

This song was first released on the some days are diamonds album. it is the only album it has been released on. In the airport lounge she sat in a marlena dietrich hat The grandest lady i had ever seen Outside the heavy rains had grounded all the planes So i asked her if she'd like some company In my rhinestone studded suit, my cowboy hat and boots I must have been a sight for her to see But she said, "pull up a chair," as she fumbled with her hair A more unlikely pair you'll never see I was mogen david wine, she was chablis fifty-nine But there we sat, the cowboy and the lady She was evenings at the opera and summers in paree I was grand ole opry, nashville, tennessee The cowboy and the lady As diff'rent as could be But it seemed so right that rainy night In tennessee Then somewhere in between her harey's bristol creme And the seven beers i ordered for the lady We somehow came together for a night of stormy weather Now there's a bit of class in this old cowboy And there's a little bit of cowboy in the lady The cowboy and the lady As diff'rent as could be But it seemed so right that rainy night In tennessee We somehow came together for a night of stormy weather Now there's a bit of class in this old cowboy And there's a little bit of cowboy in the lady Words and music by bobby boldsboro