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Carry My Love to You
Been two long years, since I lost my way On a stormy sea Found a tropical shore, just a castaway Will you wait for me-e
No paper, no bottle nor pen in hand Just visions of you my thoughts demand With a few palm trees and a beach of sand SO HERE’S WHAT I’M GOING TO DO-OO
Gonna pledge my love in the sand each day Gonna let each wave carry it away Gonna get down on my knees and pray MY LOVE COMES HOME TO YOU Love comes home to you …..
Rhythm and Blues style instrumental
Been alone ten years, with my thoughts of you All ribbons and bows Amid the palms and stones and some ol’ bamboo On desolate shores
No flair, no horn nor beacon of light Or planes to catch me in their sight Like passing ships within the night SO HERE’S WHAT I’M GOING TO DO-OO
Gonna carve my love on a drift of wood Let the tide pull it away for good Gonna pray that if it only could CARRY MY LOVE TO YOU Carry my love to you …..
Rhythm and Blues style instrumental
Been a life-time now, still I’m waiting here On my island shore Through the tropical winds and storms of tears One final chore
No daughter no son to carry on Or people who know where I have gone And now that I know my time has come SO HERE’S WHAT I’M GOING TO DO-OO
Gonna lay me down on the beach today Gonna close my eyes, gonna fade away Gonna let these waves wash me away AND CARRY ME HOME TO YOU Carry me home to you …..
….. Gonna pledge my love in the sand each day Gonna let each wave carry it away Gonna get down on my knees and pray MY LOVE COMES HOME TO YOU…… Gonna carve my love on a drift of wood Gonna let the tide pull it away for good Gonna pray that if it only could CARRY MY LOVE TO YOU……
Verse: You slip on that new outfit, and I meet you at your door I pretend to play it cool but my jaw drops on the floor I’m showing you my good side, but my thoughts are very clear I have an angel on my shoulder but a devil in my ear.
We go out for the evening, have some dinner, see a show I am trying not to show it but my thoughts begin to flow You are making conversation, but I do not seem to hear Cause there’s an angel on my shoulder but a devil in my ear.
Short instrumental
Verse: You talk about your feelings and you talk about your dreams And I’m kinda, sorta, interested or that’s the way it seems My mind is drifting farther though my body’s sitting here With an angel on my shoulder and a devil in my ear.
Take you back to your apartment in my midnight black sedan I accept your invitation because that’s the way I am You look into my eyes but I am checking out your rear Cause it’s not what’s on my shoulder but what’s whispering in my ear.
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Course/Lead: (all sing) Well you might think me a space cadet, but I am just a man I’m not much into pleasantries, but I do what I can I can’t focus when your near me and my thoughts are hard to find Cause every 20 seconds something’s dwelling on my mind
Verse: So if you're wondering what I’m thinking, what my game is, what’s my plan I cannot really describe it but I’m glad that I’m a man If you want to understand me let me make this very clear I never listen to my angel, just the devil in my ear.
I just want to make love to you, that’s all I have to say And excuse me for my honesty, cause that’s the way I’m made When I am standing near you one thing tends to disappear It’s the angel on my shoulder, not the devil in my ear.