Round,
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning
Running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes on its face
And the world is like an apple
Spinning silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of its own
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving
In a half-forgotten dream
Like the ripples from a pebble
Someone tosses in a stream
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes on its face
And the world is like an apple
Spinning silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Keys that jingle in your pocket
Words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly?
Was it something that I said?
Lovers walk along a shore
And leave their footprints in the sand
Was the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand?
Pictures hanging in a hallway
Or the fragment of a song
Half-remembered names and faces
but to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over
Were you suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the colour of her hair?
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Walk On By Lyrics – George Benson
If you see me walkin' down the street
And I start to cry, each time we meet
Walk on by, walk on by
Make believe that you don't see the tears
Just let me grieve in private
'Cos each time that I see you, I break down and cry
Walk on by, walk on by, just walk on by
Oh, 'cause I just can't get over losin' you
And if I seem broken and blue
Walk on by, walk on by
Foolish pride is all that I have left
So let me hide the tears and all the sadness
That you gave me when you said, "Goodbye"
Walk on by, walk on by
Walk on by, just walk on by
Walk on by, walk on by
Foolish pride is all that I have left
So let me hide the tears and all the sadness
That you gave me when you said, "Goodbye"
And walked on by, just walk on by
Now you really gotta go so walk on by
Now you really gotta go so walk on by
Baby, leave me never see the tears I cry
Baby, leave me never see the tears I cry
Just walk on by
Walk on
And I start to cry, each time we meet
Walk on by, walk on by
Make believe that you don't see the tears
Just let me grieve in private
'Cos each time that I see you, I break down and cry
Walk on by, walk on by, just walk on by
Oh, 'cause I just can't get over losin' you
And if I seem broken and blue
Walk on by, walk on by
Foolish pride is all that I have left
So let me hide the tears and all the sadness
That you gave me when you said, "Goodbye"
Walk on by, walk on by
Walk on by, just walk on by
Walk on by, walk on by
Foolish pride is all that I have left
So let me hide the tears and all the sadness
That you gave me when you said, "Goodbye"
And walked on by, just walk on by
Now you really gotta go so walk on by
Now you really gotta go so walk on by
Baby, leave me never see the tears I cry
Baby, leave me never see the tears I cry
Just walk on by
Walk on
Sack O'Woe Lyrics – George Benson
Always screaming 'cause I'm suffering so
Life's done never such a terrible blow
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Misery, company and I'm feeling low
Trouble follows me wherever I go
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Trouble, one thing I understands
Seems to be a part of me
Misery and me go hand in hand
Never ever let me be
Sure as I'm born, one thing I know
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Always screaming 'cause I'm suffering so
Life's done never such a terrible blow
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Misery, company and I'm feeling low
Trouble follows me wherever I go
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Trouble, one thing I understands
Seems to be a part of me
Misery and me go hand in hand
Never ever let me be
Sure as I'm born, one thing I know
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Sack, sack, sack, sack, sack
Sack, sack, sack o'woe
Life's done never such a terrible blow
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Misery, company and I'm feeling low
Trouble follows me wherever I go
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Trouble, one thing I understands
Seems to be a part of me
Misery and me go hand in hand
Never ever let me be
Sure as I'm born, one thing I know
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Always screaming 'cause I'm suffering so
Life's done never such a terrible blow
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Misery, company and I'm feeling low
Trouble follows me wherever I go
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Trouble, one thing I understands
Seems to be a part of me
Misery and me go hand in hand
Never ever let me be
Sure as I'm born, one thing I know
The bag I'm in is just a sack o'woe
Sack, sack, sack, sack, sack
Sack, sack, sack o'woe
Summertime Lyrics – George Benson
Summertime
And the living is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Your mama's rich
And your daddy's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't cry
One of these mornin's
You're gonna rise up singin'
You're gonna spread your wings
And fly to the sky
But 'til that moment
Nothin' can harm you
With your daddy and mummy
Standin' by
One of these mornin's
You're gonna rise up singin'
You're gonna spread your wings
And fly to the sky
But until then
Nothin' can harm you
With your daddy and mummy
Standin' by
With your mum and your dad
Standin' by
And the living is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Your mama's rich
And your daddy's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't cry
One of these mornin's
You're gonna rise up singin'
You're gonna spread your wings
And fly to the sky
But 'til that moment
Nothin' can harm you
With your daddy and mummy
Standin' by
One of these mornin's
You're gonna rise up singin'
You're gonna spread your wings
And fly to the sky
But until then
Nothin' can harm you
With your daddy and mummy
Standin' by
With your mum and your dad
Standin' by
Ain't That Peculiar Lyrics – George Benson
Ain't that peculiar baby?
Ain't that peculiar baby?
Ain't that peculiar?
You, you, you, you, you
You do me wrong but I'm still crazy 'bout you
Stay away too long and I can't do without you
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more
But each hurt makes my love grow stronger than before
I know flowers grow from rain
But how can love grow from pain baby?
Now ain't that peculiar? Peculiar as can be
(Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?)
Ain't that peculiar baby? Peculiarity
(Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?)
You tell me lies that should be obvious to me
But I'm so much in love with you baby that I don't wanna see
That the things you do and say are designed to make me blue
Doggone shame my love for you makes all your lies seem true
If truth makes love last longer
Why do lies make mine stronger, oh baby?
Ain't that peculiar? Peculiarity
(Ain't that peculiar, peculiar?)
Ain't that peculiar? Peculiar as can be
(Ain't that peculiar?)
Ain't it peculiar baby? Peculiar as can be
(Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?)
Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar? Peculiarity
I know love can last through years
But how can my love laugh through tears?
I know love can last through years
But how can love laugh through tears?
Ain't it peculiar baby?
(Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?)
Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar? That's all I can do baby
Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar baby?
Ain't that peculiar?
You, you, you, you, you
You do me wrong but I'm still crazy 'bout you
Stay away too long and I can't do without you
Every chance you get you seem to hurt me more and more
But each hurt makes my love grow stronger than before
I know flowers grow from rain
But how can love grow from pain baby?
Now ain't that peculiar? Peculiar as can be
(Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?)
Ain't that peculiar baby? Peculiarity
(Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?)
You tell me lies that should be obvious to me
But I'm so much in love with you baby that I don't wanna see
That the things you do and say are designed to make me blue
Doggone shame my love for you makes all your lies seem true
If truth makes love last longer
Why do lies make mine stronger, oh baby?
Ain't that peculiar? Peculiarity
(Ain't that peculiar, peculiar?)
Ain't that peculiar? Peculiar as can be
(Ain't that peculiar?)
Ain't it peculiar baby? Peculiar as can be
(Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?)
Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar? Peculiarity
I know love can last through years
But how can my love laugh through tears?
I know love can last through years
But how can love laugh through tears?
Ain't it peculiar baby?
(Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?)
Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar? That's all I can do baby
Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar? Ain't that peculiar?
Ain't that peculiar?
A Foggy Day Lyrics – George Benson
A foggy day, in london town.
Had me low, had me down.
I viewed the morning, with much alarm.
The british museum, had lost it's charm.
How long I wondered, would this dream last.
But the age of miracles, hadn't past.
Then suddenly I saw you there.
And in that foggy london town, the sun was shining everywhere.
A foggy day, in london town.
Had me low, had me down.
I viewed the morning, with much alarm.
The british museum, had lost it's charm.
How long I wondered, would this dream last.
But the age of miracles, hadn't past.
Then suddenly I saw you there.
And in that foggy london town, the sun was shining everywhere.
[Solo]
A foggy day, in london town.
Had me low, had me down.
I viewed the morning, with much alarm.
The british museum, had lost it's charm.
How long I wondered, would this dream last.
But the age of miracles, hadn't past.
Then suddenly I saw you there.
And in that foggy london town, the sun was shining everywhere.
Had me low, had me down.
I viewed the morning, with much alarm.
The british museum, had lost it's charm.
How long I wondered, would this dream last.
But the age of miracles, hadn't past.
Then suddenly I saw you there.
And in that foggy london town, the sun was shining everywhere.
A foggy day, in london town.
Had me low, had me down.
I viewed the morning, with much alarm.
The british museum, had lost it's charm.
How long I wondered, would this dream last.
But the age of miracles, hadn't past.
Then suddenly I saw you there.
And in that foggy london town, the sun was shining everywhere.
[Solo]
A foggy day, in london town.
Had me low, had me down.
I viewed the morning, with much alarm.
The british museum, had lost it's charm.
How long I wondered, would this dream last.
But the age of miracles, hadn't past.
Then suddenly I saw you there.
And in that foggy london town, the sun was shining everywhere.
Stormy Weather Lyrics – George Benson
Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together
I'm weary all the time
Every time
So weary all of the time
When she went away
The blues walked in and then they met me
If she stays away
That old rocking chair's bound to get me
All I do is pray
The lord above will let me
Just walk in that sun again
Can't go on
Everything I had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Keeps raining all of the time
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather
Just can't get my poor old self together
I'm weary all the time
Every time
So weary all of the time
When she went away
The blues walked in and then they met me
If she stays away
That old rocking chair's bound to get me
All I do is pray
The lord above will let me
Just walk in that sun again
Can't go on
Everything I had is gone
Stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together
Keeps raining all the time
Keeps raining all of the time
Along Comes Mary Lyrics – George Benson
Every time I think that I'm the only one who's lonely
Someone calls on me
And every now and then, I spend my time at rhyme and verse
And curse those faults in me
But then along comes Mary
And does she wanna give me kicks
And be my steady chick and give me pick of memories?
Or maybe rather gather tales
From all the fails and tribulations
No one ever sees
When we met, I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch
When vague desire is the fire in the eyes of chicks
Whose sickness is in the games they play
And when the masquerade is played and neighbor
Folks make jokes about who is most to blame today?
And the along comes Mary
And does she wanna set them free and make them see realities
From which she got her name?
And will they struggle much
When told that such a tender touch of hers?
Will make them not the same?
When we met, I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
Comes along, oh here she comes
Oh Mary comes along, along she comes
So here she comes along, oh here she comes
Oh Mary comes along, along she comes
Sweet as the punch, sweet as the punch
And the along comes Mary
And does she wanna set them free and make them see realities
From which she got her name?
And will they struggle much
When told that such a tender touch of hers?
Will make them not the same?
When we met, I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch
Then when the morning of the warning's passed
The gassed and flaccid kids are flung across the stars
The psychodramas and the traumas gone
The songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars
And the Along Comes Mary
And does she wanna see the stains
The dead remains of all the pains she sent the night before
Or will their waking eyes reflect the lies
And make them realize their urgent cries for sight no more
When we met, I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch...
Someone calls on me
And every now and then, I spend my time at rhyme and verse
And curse those faults in me
But then along comes Mary
And does she wanna give me kicks
And be my steady chick and give me pick of memories?
Or maybe rather gather tales
From all the fails and tribulations
No one ever sees
When we met, I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch
When vague desire is the fire in the eyes of chicks
Whose sickness is in the games they play
And when the masquerade is played and neighbor
Folks make jokes about who is most to blame today?
And the along comes Mary
And does she wanna set them free and make them see realities
From which she got her name?
And will they struggle much
When told that such a tender touch of hers?
Will make them not the same?
When we met, I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
Comes along, oh here she comes
Oh Mary comes along, along she comes
So here she comes along, oh here she comes
Oh Mary comes along, along she comes
Sweet as the punch, sweet as the punch
And the along comes Mary
And does she wanna set them free and make them see realities
From which she got her name?
And will they struggle much
When told that such a tender touch of hers?
Will make them not the same?
When we met, I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch
Then when the morning of the warning's passed
The gassed and flaccid kids are flung across the stars
The psychodramas and the traumas gone
The songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars
And the Along Comes Mary
And does she wanna see the stains
The dead remains of all the pains she sent the night before
Or will their waking eyes reflect the lies
And make them realize their urgent cries for sight no more
When we met, I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch
Sweet as the punch...
Take The "A" Train Lyrics – George Benson
You must take the A train
To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
If you miss the A train
You'll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem
Hurry, get on, now it's coming
Listen to those rails a-humming
All aboard, get on the A train
Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem
To go to Sugar Hill way up in Harlem
If you miss the A train
You'll find you missed the quickest way to Harlem
Hurry, get on, now it's coming
Listen to those rails a-humming
All aboard, get on the A train
Soon you will be on Sugar Hill in Harlem
Tell It Like It Is Lyrics – George Benson
If you want something to play with,
Go and find yourself a toy.
Baby, my time is too expensive,
And I'm not a little boy.
If you are serious,
Don't play with my heart.
It makes me furious,
But if want me to love you,
Then, a-baby, I will,
Girl, you know I will.
Tell it like it is.
Don't be ashamed to let your
Conscience be your guide.
But, I-I-I-I know deep down inside of me,
I believe you love me.
Forget your foolish pride.
Life is too short to have sorrow.
You may be here today and gone tomorrow.
You might as well get what you want.
So, go on and live, baby, go on and live.
Tell it like it is.
I'm nothin' to play with,
Go and find yourself a toy.
But, I-I-I tell it like it is.
[Fade.]
My time is too expensive.
And I'm not your little boy.
Mm mm, tell it like it is...
Go and find yourself a toy.
Baby, my time is too expensive,
And I'm not a little boy.
If you are serious,
Don't play with my heart.
It makes me furious,
But if want me to love you,
Then, a-baby, I will,
Girl, you know I will.
Tell it like it is.
Don't be ashamed to let your
Conscience be your guide.
But, I-I-I-I know deep down inside of me,
I believe you love me.
Forget your foolish pride.
Life is too short to have sorrow.
You may be here today and gone tomorrow.
You might as well get what you want.
So, go on and live, baby, go on and live.
Tell it like it is.
I'm nothin' to play with,
Go and find yourself a toy.
But, I-I-I tell it like it is.
[Fade.]
My time is too expensive.
And I'm not your little boy.
Mm mm, tell it like it is...
The Gentle Rain Lyrics – George Benson
We both are lost
And alone in the world
Walk with me in the gentle rain
Don't be afraid
I've a hand for your hand
And I will be your love for a while
I feel your tears
As they fall on my cheek
They are warm like the gentle rain
Come little one
You have me in the world
And our love will be sweet, very sweet
I feel your tears
As they fall on my cheek
They are warm like the gentle rain
Come little one
You have me in the world
And our love will be sweet, very sad
Very sweet like the gentle rain
Like the gentle rain
Like the gentle rain
And alone in the world
Walk with me in the gentle rain
Don't be afraid
I've a hand for your hand
And I will be your love for a while
I feel your tears
As they fall on my cheek
They are warm like the gentle rain
Come little one
You have me in the world
And our love will be sweet, very sweet
I feel your tears
As they fall on my cheek
They are warm like the gentle rain
Come little one
You have me in the world
And our love will be sweet, very sad
Very sweet like the gentle rain
Like the gentle rain
Like the gentle rain
This Masquerade Lyrics – George Benson
Are we really happy here
With this lonely game we play
Looking for words to say
Searching but not finding
Understanding anywhere
We're lost in a masquerade
Both afraid to say we're just to far away
From being close together from the start
We tried to talk it over but the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play
Thoughts of weeping disappear
Every time I see your eyes
No matter how hard I try
To understand the reasons
That we carry on this way
We're lost in a masquerade
With this lonely game we play
Looking for words to say
Searching but not finding
Understanding anywhere
We're lost in a masquerade
Both afraid to say we're just to far away
From being close together from the start
We tried to talk it over but the words got in the way
We're lost inside this lonely game we play
Thoughts of weeping disappear
Every time I see your eyes
No matter how hard I try
To understand the reasons
That we carry on this way
We're lost in a masquerade
Will You Still Be Mine Lyrics – George Benson
Ever since my heart took such a tumble
I've wondered if your love for me would last
When landmarks fall and institutions crumble
Will it be just a memory of the past?
When lovers make no rendezvous
And stroll along Fifth Avenue
When this familiar world is through
Will you still be mine?
When cabs don't drive around the park
No windows light the summer dark
When love has lost its secret spark
Will you still be mine?
When moonlight on the Hudson's not romancy
And spring no longer turns a young man's fancy
When glamour girls have lost their charms
And sirens just mean false alarms
When lovers heed no call to arms
Will you still be mine?
When Elsa's parties are no fun
When FDR declines to run
When Eleanor of "My Day" is done
Will you still be mine?
When Garbo gives out interviews
And Harlem folk forget the blues
When G-Man Hoover's out of clues
Will you still be mine?
A song of love will just remain a gay note
When we have finally paid our FHA note
When Barrymore first hides his face
And when Yehudi leaves a trace
When Crosby's horses win a race
Will you still be mine?
I've wondered if your love for me would last
When landmarks fall and institutions crumble
Will it be just a memory of the past?
When lovers make no rendezvous
And stroll along Fifth Avenue
When this familiar world is through
Will you still be mine?
When cabs don't drive around the park
No windows light the summer dark
When love has lost its secret spark
Will you still be mine?
When moonlight on the Hudson's not romancy
And spring no longer turns a young man's fancy
When glamour girls have lost their charms
And sirens just mean false alarms
When lovers heed no call to arms
Will you still be mine?
When Elsa's parties are no fun
When FDR declines to run
When Eleanor of "My Day" is done
Will you still be mine?
When Garbo gives out interviews
And Harlem folk forget the blues
When G-Man Hoover's out of clues
Will you still be mine?
A song of love will just remain a gay note
When we have finally paid our FHA note
When Barrymore first hides his face
And when Yehudi leaves a trace
When Crosby's horses win a race
Will you still be mine?
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