You get a shiver in the dark
It's raining in the park but meantime
South of the river
you stop and you hold everything
A band is blowing Dixie double four time
You feel alright when you hear the music ring

You step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of the rain to hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
But the horns are blowing that sound
Way on down south, way on down south in London town

You check out Guitar George he knows all the chords
But it's strictly rhythm
he doesn't want to make it cry or sing
And an old guitar is all he can afford
When he gets up under the lights to play his thing

And Harry doesn't mind if he doesn't make the scene
He's got a daytime job he's doing alright
He can play the honky tonk like anything
Saving it up for Friday night
With the Sultans...
with the Sultans of Swing

And a crowd of young boys
they're fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed
in their best brown baggies
and their platform soles
They don't give a damn
about any trumpet playing band
It ain't what they call rock and roll
And the Sultans...
Yea the Sultans played Creole ...Creole

On a dark desert highway,
cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas,
rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance,
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway;
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
'This could be Heaven or this could be Hell'
Then she lit up a candle
and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year,
you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted,
she got the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of pretty,
pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard,
sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember,
some dance to forget

So I called up the Captain,
'Please bring me my wine'
He said, 'We haven't had that spirit here
since nineteen sixty nine'
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'We are all
just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'Relax,' said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
but you can never leave!

Almost heaven,
West Virginia,
Blue Ridge Mountains,
Shenandoah River.
Life is old there,
older than the trees,
younger than the mountains,
growin' like a breeze.

Country Roads,
take me home
to the place I belong :
West Virginia,
mountain momma,
Take me home,
Country Roads.

All my mem'ries
gather 'round her,
miner's lady,
stranger to blue water.
Dark and dusty,
painted on the sky,
misty taste of moonshibe,
teardrop in my eye.

Country Roads,
take me home
to the place I belong :
West Virginia,
mountain momma,
Take me home,
Country Roads.

I hear her voice,
in the mornin' hour she calls me,
the radio reminds me
of my home far away,
and drivin' down the road
I get a feelin'
that I should have been home
yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads,
take me home
to the place I belong :
West Virginia,
mountain momma,
Take me home,
Country Roads.

Nanana Nanana

West Virginia,
mountain momma,
Take me home,
Country Roads

Nanana Nanana

West Virginia,
mountain momma,
Take me home,
Country Roads

Take me home,
Country Roads

All my bags are packed
I'm ready to go
I'm standin' here
outside your door
I hate to wake you
up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin'
it's early morn
The taxi's waitin'
he's blowin' his horn
Already I'm
so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin'
on a jet plane
Don't know
when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

There's so many times
I've let you down
So many times
I've played around
I tell you now,
they don't mean a thing
Every place I go,
I'll think of you
Every song I sing,
I'll sing for you
When I come back,
I'll bring your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

[Guitar Solo]

Now the time has come to leave you
One more time let me kiss you
Close your eyes I'll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times, I won't have to say

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh baby, I hate to go

Cause I'm leavin' on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

Ooh, ooh
Hey

Mama, take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's gettin' dark, too dark to see
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door,
hey, hey, hey hey yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh-oh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ayy hey yeah
Ooh-oh yeah, oh yeah, aw

Mama, put my guns in the ground (Ooh)
I can't shoot them anymore (Ooh)
That cold black cloud is comin' down (Ooh)
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door (Ooh)

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door,
hey, hey, hey hey yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ooh yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door, ayy hey yeah
Ooh

You just better start sniffing your own rank subjugation, Jack
Because it's just you against your tattered libido
The bank and the mortician, forever, man
And it wouldn't be luck if you could get out of life alive

Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door,
hey, hey, hey hey yeah
Knock-knock-knockin' on heaven's door…

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Ah let it be, yeah let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music,
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
Yeah let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah let it be
Oh there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah let it be
Oh there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Ah let it be, yeah let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Left a good job in the city,
Workin' for The Man ev'ry night and day,
And I never lost one minute of sleepin',
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been.

Big wheel keep on turnin',
Proud Mary keep on burnin',
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis,
Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans,
But I never saw the good side of the city,
'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen.


Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.

If you come down to the river,
Bet you gonna find some people who live.
You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money,
People on the river are happy to give.


Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river.
Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river

Let's get loud, let's get loud
Turn the music up, let's do it
C'mon people let's get loud
Let's get loud
Turn the music up to hear that sound
Let's get loud, let's get loud
Ain't nobody gotta tell ya
What you gotta do

If you wanna live your life
Live it all the way and don't you waste it
Every feelin' every beat
Can be so very sweet you gotta taste it
You gotta do it; you gotta do it your way
You gotta prove it
You gotta mean what you say
Life's a party, make it hot
Dance don't ever stop, whatever rhythm
Every minute, every day
Take them all the way you gotta live 'em
('cause I'm going to live my life)
You gotta do it; you gotta do it your way
You gotta prove it
You gotta mean what you say
You gotta do it; you gotta do it your way
You gotta prove it
You gotta mean what you say

Let's get loud, let's get loud
Turn the music up to hear that sound
Let's get loud, let's get loud
Ain't nobody gotta tell you
What you gotta do

Life is meant to be big fun
You're not hurtin' anyone
Nobody loses
Let the music make you free
Be what you wanna be make no excuses
You gotta do it; you gotta do it your way
To gotta prove it a
You gotta mean what you say
You gotta do it; you gotta do it your way
You gotta prove it
You gotta mean what you say.

At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Kept thinkin' I could never live,
without you by my side.
But then I spent oh so many nights thinkin' how
you did me wrong. And I grew strong,
and I learned how to get along

And so you're back, from outer space
I just walked in to find you here with
that sad look upon your face.
I should've changed that stupid lock,I should've
made you leave your key!
If I had known for just one second you?d
be back to bother me,

Go on now go, walk out the door
Just turn around now, cause
you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried
to hurt me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble, did you
think I'd lay down and die

Oh no not I, I will survive
Oh, as long as I know how
to love, I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
I'll survive, I will survive
Hey, Hey!!!

It took all the strength I had
not to fall apart.
Just trying hard to mend the pieces of
my broken heart
And I spent so many nights just feelin'
sorry for myself, I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
And you see me, somebody new
I'm not that chained up little
person still in love with you
And so you felt like droppin' in, and
just expect me to be free
But now I'm savin' all my lovin' for
someone who's lovin' me

Go on now go, walk out the door
Just turn around now, cause
you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried
to break me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble, did you
think I'd lay down and die

Oh no not I, I will survive
Oh, as long as I know how
to love I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live,
I've got all my love to give,
I'll survive, I will survive...
Oohhhhhhhh. . .

Go on now go, walk out the door
Just turn around now, cause
you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried
to break me with goodbye,
Did you think I'd crumble,
Did you think I'd lay down and die

Oh no not I, I will survive
Oh, as long as I know how to love
I know I'll stay alive, I've got all
my life to live, I've got all my
love to give
I'll survive, I will survive
I will survive!!!