Song Lyrics

I've waited so long
For someone to say
That I had been chosen
To be the one
I have prayed
And I have wondered
If that day
Would ever come

What did I do
To be so alone
In this desert
So far from the sea
If I am a sinner
Please show me the way
To be forgiven
And I'll plant the seed

Chorus
I will love you and keep you
And hold you in my arms
Oh, I need you, never leave you
I will never let you come to harm
I will, I will, I will
Give you my heart

Oh lord, oh lord, send me a sign
Send me an angel
To be by my side
An angel to guide me
An angel so fair
And I will be loving
Caring and kind

Too many agendas
Too many eyes
Too much pressure
On less than perfect lives

You gotta have this
You gotta have that
You ain't nothing
Unless your wallets fat

And it doesn't mean a thing
To me now
And it doesn't mean a thing
To this world
Cause I found what I need
Yes, I did
I found what I need
Just a little understanding

You go searching
For the key
But you can't listen
To someone else's needs

You work so hard
You crumble to the ground
But it's not in your heart
And it all comes tumbling down

Chorus

This old soul
Is beat down and ragged
This old soul
Is tired and tattered
This old soul
Been out on the streets alone

This old soul
Drink wine and whiskey
This old soul
Lied and cheated
This old soul
Stay out all night long

Chorus
This life ain't easy
I have more than paid my dues
I'm on my knees now
Who can forgive me, but you

This old soul
Didn't mean to do no harm
Didn't mean to do no wrong
Oh no
Didn't mean to do no harm

Chorus
This life ain't easy
I have more than paid my dues
I'm on my knees now
Who can forgive me, but you


This old soul
Tried so hard
Got down on my knees
Didn't mean it
Just didn't mean it

I'm tired like a slow river
I'm going on back to the sea
I'm tired like a slow river
This ramblin's got the best of me

The steep slopes are just a memory
The rocks and the raging falls
I ran so fast, so crazy
I was ready, ready to do it all

Now I'm stuck in the swamps of this delta
She won't set me free
These banks they used to give me shelter
Now there just a prison for me

I'm tired like a slow river
I'm going on back to the sea
I'm tired like a slow river
This ramblin's got the best of me

Break

Oh Lord, I gotta stop this wanderin'
Oh Lord, I got to find some peace
I gotta get back to my beginnings
Oh Lord, I'm down on my knees

I'm tired like a slow river
I'm going on back to the sea
I'm tired like a slow river
This ramblin's got the best of me

These city lights make me crazy
Just like the sky my mind is hazy
These downtown streets with all their hustle bustle, 
Come on hustle
Make me long for a place where the trees just rustle

I'm gonna leave it all behind

They can talk all they want to
I'm gonna do what I am gonna do
I don't care what they think or what they say
I'm gonna live my life my own way

I'm gonna leave it all behind

I work so hard and still I can't keep up
I've got to say, 'I think that I have had enough'
I'm so tired of trying to survive
Gonna find a place where I can live and breath
And feel alive

I wake up in the morning 'bout half past four
I grab my broom I start sweeping the floor

I do the straw broom boogie
The straw broom boogie
I dance and I shuffle I prance and I scuffle
I dance to the straw broom boogie

I didn't like to sweep it 'till I tried it this way
If I don't watch out I might sweep it all day

Chorus
Guitar Break

I sweep it the morning I sweep it just right
If I don't watch out I might sweep it all night

Chorus

I wake up in the morning 'bout half past four
I grab my broom I start sweeping the floor

You drove me crazy, a tangled myst'ry,
Kept me guessing by not confessing,
Wanted to own me, but then denied me,
Love I was craving was not worth saving.
I look back in anger at how you wronged me then,      
And now you tell me, baby, you want to try again.  But...

 ('Cause) there'll be no serenading, no serenading this time,
No serenading, no serenading this time, 

Firefly lovers played under covers,
Our passion brightly burning nightly,
I never questioned, you never mentioned,
Your love was fleeting, oh so deceiving. 
I was young, just barely out of school,
You took my loving, baby, and made me out a fool.

Chorus

Windows weeping, you caught me sleeping,
I hadn't minded, but I was blinded,
Love's impossibilities dropped me to my knees,
My love forsakened, I was awakened.
I shed no tears 'cause I'm too tough to cry,
Don't think too hard about it, baby, but you're the reason why.

('Cause) there'll be no serenading, no serenading this time,
No serenading, there's not a mountain I would climb – for your love
No serenading, got tired of waiting at your door,
No serenading, 'cause I'm not taking any more.

He don't work for nickels
He don't work for dimes
All he ever wants of me 
Is give him some time
He's my handyman
He does most anything

I give him a call 
He comes to me
He knows just what I need
He's my handyman
He does most  anything


He's got hands like no other man
There ain't no better in the land
He paints my windows
Puts the shades up to
And when he's done
He knows what to do

Around the house
Things can break
You got to have 'em fixed
You just can't wait
Get you a handyman
That does most anything

Get you a handyman
But keep your hands off mine

Sometimes in the morning
When I see my baby's eyes
Sometimes in the morning
Makes my morning sun shine

Chorus
Hey now, baby
Come on, come on, come on, come on, baby
Hey now, baby
Come on now and make my morning sun shine

Sometimes in the evening
When my baby walks on by
Sometimes in the evening
Makes me go wild

Chorus
Hey now, baby
Come on, come on, come on, come on, baby
Hey now, baby
Come on now you make, make me, go wild

Break

Sometimes in the nighttime
When I hear my baby sigh
Sometimes in the nighttime
Makes me want to smile

Chorus
Hey now, baby
Come on, come on, come on, come on, baby
Hey now, baby
Come on now you make, make my life, worthwhile

If only it were so simple
Like the sun brings the dawn
If only it were so simple
We'd go on and on and on and on

Around the sun
And back again
To distant worlds
It never ends
No destiny
No resting for my heart

Bridge
'Cause the moons of Jupiter
Are calling…calling to my soul
The moons of Jupiter
Won't let me go

Chorus
 Io, Io
Give me love
Give me hope
Help me, to let go
Hold me in you arms
And lift me up into the sky
Io, Io

Gravity won't hold me here
I've traveled for a thousand years
I'll break these chains
I'll tear this world apart

Bridge
'Cause the moons of Jupiter
Are calling…calling to my soul
The moons of Jupiter
Won't let me go