Here I'll stay

On A Clear Day

On a clear day, rise and look around you
And you'll see who you are
On a clear day how it will astound you
That the glow of your being outshines every star

On a clear day, rise and look around you
And you'll see who you are
On a clear day how it will astound you
That the glow of your being outshines every star

You'll feel part of ev'ry mountain, sea, and shore
You can hear from far and near a world you've never heard before

And on a clear day, on that clear day
You can see forever and ever more

And on that clear day, on that clear day
You can see forever and ever
And ever and ever and ever and evermore!



Brigadoon Suite

(Almost Like Bein' in Love)

Maybe the sun gave me the power
For I could swim Loch Lomond
And be home in half an hour
Maybe the air gave me the drive
For I'm all aglow and alive

What a day this has been!
What a rare mood I'm in!
Why, it's almost like being in love!
There's a smile on my face
For the whole human race!
Why, it's almost like being in love!

All the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me!
And from the way that I feel
When that bell starts to peal
I would swear I was falling
I could swear I was falling
It's almost like being in love


(The Heather on the Hill)

The mist of May is in the gloamin',
And all the clouds are holdin' still.
So take my hand and let's go roamin'
Through the heather on the hill.
The mornin' dew is blinkin' yonder.
There's lazy music in the rill,
And all I want to do is wander
Through the heather on the hill.

There may be other days as rich and rare.
There may be other springs as full and fair.
But they won't be the same--they'll come and go,
For this I know:
That when the mist is in the gloamin',
And all the clouds are holdin' still,
If you're not there I won't go roamin'
Through the heather on the hill,
The heather on the hill.

(Come to Me, Bend to Me)

Come, dearie, near me so ye can hear me,
I've got to whisper this softly.
For though I'm burnin' to shout my yearnin',
The words come tiptoein' off me.

Oh, come to me, bend to me, kiss me good day!
Darlin' my darlin', 'tis all I can say.
Jus' come to me, bend to me, kiss me good day!
Give me your lips an' don't take them away.

Give me your lips an' don't take them away.

(From This Day On)

You and the world we knew will glow,
Till my life is through;
For you're part of me from this day on.
And someday if I should love,
It's you I'll be dreaming of,
For you're all I'll see from this day on.


These hurried hours were all the life we could share.
Still, I will go with not a tear,
Just a prayer that when we are far apart,
You'll find something from your heart has gone!
Gone with me from this day on.

When we are far apart,
You'll find something from your heart has gone!
Gone with me from this day on.



My Love is a Married Man

My lonely bitter heart has needed him to make it sweeter
He came he saw he conquered
And then sick transit Peter
And now I shouldn't cry
I should be brave instead
But bravery is cold in bed

My love is married man
I am marital alsoran
Though I love him so
Does he love me no
I never enter his life
Because he's true to his wife
My love is a married man

How often I dream and plan
That he climb on my caravan
I'm a childish dope
Will it happen nope
He's not that kind of a married man

My dreams abundant are redundant
And they fall very short
The ship I hoped for, sat and moped for
Docked in someone else's port

He's gold I can never pan
He's the ember I'll never flag
And I know it well
But oh what the tell me what to do with a married man

The man I could love I found
But the man is by contract bound
He is six feet of concentrated love
He knows how deeply I care
And he has manhood to spare
But he won't spread himself around

The man who controls my heart has a congical counterpart
And her dinner meals are enough he feels
He'll never have to go a la carte
His wife is lucky but I'm plucky
For remorse I'll never beg
I wish her health and joy and wealth and truly hope she breaks a leg

My love has a loving bride
What he wants she can well provide
Though I missed my aim I am not to blame
It's all because of that married man

Now I'm back where it all began
All alone on my own demand
And if I am chased it can all be traced
Right to the love of a married man
The lousy love of that married man
Boo ho



Here I'll Stay

There's a far land I'm told
Where I'll find a field of gold
But here I'll stay with you
And they say there's an isle deep with clover
Where your heart wears a smile all day through
But I know well they're gone
And I know where I belong
And here I'll stay with you

For that land is a sandy illusion
It's the theme of a dream gone astray
And the world others woo
I can find loving you
And so here I'll stay

If I've no will to go from home
Or have no urge the seas to roam
Or turn my back on a distant star
And never burn to one a far
It's not because of fear
It's because my goal is clear

Yes here I'll stay with you
For that land is a sandy illusion
It's the theme of a dream gone astray
And the world others woo
I can find loving you
And so here I'll stay
And so here I'll stay



Paint Your Wagon Suite

I talk to the trees
But they don't listen to me
I talk to the stars
But they never hear me
The breeze hasn't time
To stop and hear what I say
I talk to them all in vain

But suddenly my words
Reach someone else's ears
Touch someone else's heartstrings, too
I tell you my dreams
And while you're listening to me
I suddenly see them come true

Winter's comin' on
I feel it all around
The leaves are movin' faster along the ground

Why have all the dreams
Been broken wide apart
And where is all the hope that was in my heart

Another autumn
I've known the chill before
But ev'ry autumn
I feel it more and more
For you can dream in Spring
When ev'ry hope is high
But when the Fall comes in
They all begin to fade and die

Another autunm
So sweet when all is well
But how it haunts you
When all is wrong
For one thing time has shown
If you're alone when autumn comes
You'll be alone
All winter long

For one thing time has shown
If you're alone when autumn comes
You'll be alone
All winter long



Someone On Your Side

Someone on your side
If someone's on your side
He's someone to count on
Devoted and true
Love has a reason
Only if he's entirely for you

Almost on your side is almost alone
Partly is only part of the lonely hours you've known

But someone on your side
Stays closer than near
Never a day off never a way off
To far to hear
Let gloom and pain come
Ill wind and rain come
But through thick and thin
You can't take it in your stride
If someone's on your side
With someone on your side



One More Walk Around the Garden

That old April yearning once more is returning
And I have a longing to wonder
The leaves may be falling but April is calling
And the primrose is beckoning yonder

For one more walk around the garden
One more stroll along the shore
One more memory I can dream upon until I dream no more
For one more time perhaps the dawn will wait
And one more prayer it's not too late
To gather one more rose before I say goodbye and close the garden gate

That old urge is saying its time to go straying
Where no one but April can find me
To try and recover the heart of a lover
That I left lying somewhere behind me

Just one more walk around the garden
One more stroll along the shore
One more memory I can dream upon until I dream no more
For one more time perhaps the dawn will wait
And one more prayer it's not too late
To gather one more rose before I say goodbye and close the garden gate
One more rose before I close the garden gate

My Fair Lady Suite

(It's rather dull in town
I think I'll take me to Paree
Mmmmmm...
The mistress wants to open up
The castle in Capri
Me doctor recommends a quiet summer by the sea
Mmmm, Mmmm, wouldn't it be loverly?)

All I want is a room somewhere
Far away from the cold night air
With one enormous chair
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

Lots of choc'late for me to eat
Lots of coal makin' lots of 'eat
Warm face, warm 'ands, warm feet
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?

Aow, so loverly sittin' abso-bloomin'-lutely still
I would never budge 'till spring
Crept over me windowsill

Someone's 'ead restin' on my knee
Warm an' tender as 'e can be
'ho takes good care of me
Aow, wouldn't it be loverly?
Loverly, loverly, loverly, loverly

(Let a woman in your life
And your sabbatical is through
In a line that never ends comes an army of a friends
Come to jabber and to chatter
And to tell her what the matter is with you

She'll have a booming boisterous family
Who will descend on you en mass
She'll have a large wagnarian mother
With a voice that shatters glass)

Just you wait, 'enry 'iggins, just you wait!
You'll be sorry, but your tears'll be to late!
You'll be broke, and I'll have money;
Will I help you? Don't be funny!
Just you wait, 'enry 'iggins, just you wait!

Just you wait, 'enry 'iggins, till you're sick,
And you scream to fetch a doctor double-quick.
I'll be off a second later
And go straight to the the-ater!
Oh ho ho, 'enry 'iggins, just you wait!

Ooooooh 'enry 'iggins!
Just you wait until we're swimmin' in the sea!
Ooooooh 'enry 'iggins!
And you get a cramp a little way from me!
When you yell you're going to drown
I'll get dressed and go to town!
Oh ho ho, 'enry 'iggins!
Oh ho ho, 'enry 'iggins!
Just you wait!

(Poor Professor 'iggins!
Poor Professor 'iggins!
Night and day he slaves away.
Oh poor Professor 'iggins!
Ay not I,
O not Ow,
Pounding pounding in our brain.
Ay not I,
O not Ow,
Don't say "Rine")

The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!

(Now, once again where does it rain?)

On the plain! On the plain!

(And where's that soggy plain?)

In Spain! In Spain!

In Hartford, Hereford, and Hampshire
Hurricanes hardly happen.
How kind of you to let me come!
(The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!)
The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain!

(Speak and the world is full of singing,
And I'm winging
Higher than the birds.
Touch and my heart begins to crumble,
The heaven's tumble...)

Words! Words! Words! I'm so sick of words!
I get words all day through;
First from him, now from you!
Is that all you blighters can do?

Don't talk of stars burning above;
If you're in love,
Show me!
Tell me no dreams filled with desire.
If you're on fire,
Show me!

Here we are together in the middle of the night!
Don't talk of spring! Just hold me tight!
Anyone who's ever been in love'll tell you that
This is no time for a chat!

Haven't your lips longed for my touch?
Don't say how much,
Show me! Show me!
Don't talk of love lasting through time.
Make me no undying vow.
Show me now!

Haven't your arms hungered for mine?
Please don't "expl'ine,"
Show me! Show me!
Don't wait until wrinkles and lines
Pop out all over my brow,
Show me now!

Bed! Bed! I couldn't go to bed!
My head's too light to try to set it down!
Sleep! Sleep! I couldn't sleep tonight.
Not for all the jewels in the crown!

I could have danced all night!
I could have danced all night!
And still have begged for more.
I could have spread my wings
And done a thousand things
I've never done before.

I'll never know what made it so exciting;
Why all at once my heart took flight.
I only know when he began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced, danced all night!

I've grown accustomed to the tune
He whistles night and noon.
His smiles. His frowns.
His ups, her downs,
Are second nature to me now;
Like breathing out and breathing in.

I was serenely independent and content before we met.
Surely I can always be that way again-
And yet...



Take Care of This House

Here in the shell of a house
This house that is struggling to be
Filling the hall coming straight through the wall
Is hope staring down at me

But there's nothing there you can see
Sadness will flow down a cheek
Courage stand out like a tree
Joy, joy is as bright as a comet in flight
But hope isn't easy to see

Take care of this house
Keep it from harm
If bandits break in sound the alarm
Care for this house
Shine it by hand
And keep it so clean the glow can be seen all over the land
Be careful at night
Check all the doors
If someone makes off with a dream the dream will be yours
Take care of this house
Be always on call
For this house is the hope of us all

Be careful at night
Check all the doors
If someone makes off with a dream the dream will be yours
Take care of this house
Be always on call
Care for this house
It's the hope of us all



What Did I Have That I Don't Have

What did I have that I don't have
What did he like that I lost track of
What did I do that I don't do the way I did before

What isn't there that once was there
What have I got a great big lack of
Something in me then he could see then
Beckons to him no more

I'm just a victim of time
Obsolete in my prime
Out of date and outclassed by my past

What did he love that there's none of
What did I lose the sweet warm knack of
Wouldn't I be the late great me if I knew how
Oh what did I have I don't have now

Oh where can I go to repair
All the wear and the tear till I'm once again the previous me

What did he like that I'm not like
What was the charm that I've run dry of
What would I give if my own know how still knew how
Oh what did I have I don't have
What did I have I don't have now



Camelot Suite

Each evening, from December to December,
Before you drift to sleep upon your cot,
Think back on all the tales that you remember
Of Camelot.

"How to handle a woman?
There's a way," said the wise old man,
"A way known by ev'ry woman
Since the whole rigmarole began."
"Do I flatter her?" I begged him answer.
"Do I threaten or cajole or plead?
Do I brood or play the gay romancer?"
Said he, smiling: "No indeed.
How to handle a woman?
Mark me well, I will tell you, sir:
The way to handle a woman
Is to love her...simply love her...
Merely love her...love her...love her."

I loved you once in silence,
And mis'ry was all I knew.
Trying so to keep my love from showing,
All the while not knowing
You loved me too.

Yes, loved me in lonesome silence,
Your heart filled with dark despair,
Thinking love would flame in you forever
And I'd never, never
Know the flame was there.

Then one day we cast away
Our secret longing;
The raging tide we held inside
Would hold no more.

The silence at last was broken!
We flung wide our prison door.
Ev'ry joyous word of love was spoken
And now there's twice as much grief,
Twice the strain for us,
Twice the despair, twice the pain for us
As we had known before.

Ev'ry joyous word of love was spoken
And after all had been said, here we are, my love,
Silent once more, and not far, my love
From where we were before.

Each evening, from December to December,
Before you drift to sleep upon your cot,
Think back on all the tales that you remember
Of Camelot.

Ask ev'ry person if he's heard the story,
And tell it strong and clear if he has not,
That once there was a fleeting wisp of glory
Called Camelot.

Camelot! Camelot!
There once it never rained till after sundown,
By eight a.m. the morning fog had flown
Don't let it be forgot
That once there was a spot
For one brief shining moment
That was known as Camelot.



There's Always One You Can't Forget

There's always one you can't forget
There's always one you can't forget
One who roams around your mind
One you cannot leave behind

Other smiles seem painted on
Other nights are here and gone
Other loves grow pale and dim
In other arms you'll think of him

Across a room, along the street
You'll always hope perhaps you'll meet
Why, why won't it die
You try and yet you can't forget
You can't forget
You can't forget