Richard Cory Lyrics

He was my brotherFive years older than IHe was my brotherTwenty-three years old the day he diedFreedom writerThey cursed my brother to his faceGo home outsiderThis town's gonna be ...Read Full Lyrics

I hear the drizzle of the rainLike a memory it fallsSoft and warm continuingTapping on my roof and wallsAnd from the shelter of my mindThrough the window of my eyesI gaze beyond th...Read Full Lyrics

Catch a boat to England, baby, Maybe to Spain Wherever I have gone, Wherever I've been and gone Wherever I have gone The blues run the game Send out for whiskey, baby, Send ...Read Full Lyrics

Do people have a tendency to dump on you?Does your group have more cavities than theirs?Do all the hippies seem to get the jump on you?Do you sleep alone when other sleep in pairs?...Read Full Lyrics

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snailYes I would, if I could, I surely wouldI'd rather be a hammer than a nailYes I would, if I only could, I surely wouldAway, I'd rather sail awayL...Read Full Lyrics

"Good God! Don't jump!"A boy sat on the ledge.An old man who had fainted was revived.And everyone agreed it would be a miracle indeedIf the boy survived."Save the life of my child...Read Full Lyrics

When she goes, she's gone.If she stays, she stays here.The girl does what she wants to do.She knows what she wants to do.And I know I'm fakin' it,I'm not really makin' it.I'm such ...Read Full Lyrics

Old friends, old friends,Sat on their parkbench like bookendsA newspaper blown through the grassFalls on the round toesof the high shoes of the old friendsOld friends, winter compa...Read Full Lyrics

A winter's dayIn a deep and darkDecemberI am aloneGazing from my window to the streets belowOn a freshly fallen silent shroud of snowI am a rockI am an islandI've built wallsA fort...Read Full Lyrics

I'd rather be a sparrow than a snailYes I would, if I could, I surely wouldI'd rather be a hammer than a nailYes I would, if I only could, I surely wouldAway, I'd rather sail awayL...Read Full Lyrics