Jim Proctor Sings (you A Song)

[Lyrics/music credits: Stephen Sondheim/Leonard Bernstein] There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for us, Peace and quiet and open air, Wait for us somewhere. There's a time for us, Someday a time for us, Time together with time to spare, Time to learn, time to care, someday! Somewhere, we'll find a new way of living, We'll find a way of forgiving, somewhere. There's a place for us, A time and place for us, Take my hand and we're halfway there, Take my hand and I'll take you there, Someday, some way, somewhere.

[Lyrics/music credits: James Taylor] The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time. Any fool can do it, there ain't nothing to it. Nobody knows how we got to the top of the hill. But since we're on our way down, we might as well enjoy the ride. The secret of love is in opening up your heart. It's okay to feel afraid, but don't let that stand in your way. 'Cause anyone knows that love is the only road. And since we're only here for awhile, we might as well show some style. Give us a smile. Isn't it a lovely ride? Sliding down, gliding down, Try not to try too hard, it's just a lovely ride. Now the thing about time is time isn't really real. It's all on your point of view, how does it feel for you? Einstein said that he could never understand it all. Planets spinning through space, the smile upon your face, Welcome to the human race. Isn't it a lovely ride? We'll be sliding down and gliding down. Try not to try too hard, it's just a lovely ride. Isn't it a lovely ride? We'll be sliding down and gliding dow

Refrain: Hey, hey, hey, hmm. Gentle people, you are the strong ones, Sing out your worries that they may cease, Takes more than shouting to stop the silence, Takes more than bombing to bring us peace. (Refrain) Gentle people your quiet voices, So hard to hear in a world at war, So out of tune with this missile madness, So what the hell are you waiting for? (Refrain) (Bridge) (Refrain)

[Lyrics/music credits: Bruce & John Hornsby] The rain held back again, Haven't felt a drop since you went away, Outside of town, the hills are brown, I guess way out there you'd call 'em golden. Lines outside the welfare store, The clock is stopped at the bank next door, They yelled like hell when the boys left home, Now just like you, they're all gone. (Refrain:) The river runs low tonight, And eyes are closed on the waterline, The river runs low tonight, And you're always drifting through my mind, The river runs low tonight, And nobody waits for the tide to rise, I'm gonna wait till you make, The river run high. The old man's gettin' on, Keeps the morning paper in his overcoat, It keeps him warm in the cold storm, And he told me today I look a little lonely. Up in the air they're heading south, The sky is light to the west of town, With a little cash I could get around, You know I'd come out there and find you. (Refrain) Up in the air they're heading south, The sky is light to the west of town, With a l

[Lyrics credits: Karen Grimm] You say you know me, But do you really know the way I feel, You say you need me, But I know that you could live and love, Without the one who makes you sad, I'm so sorry. Hey, if you know me, You know this should have happened long ago, Hey if you need me, Have mercy for the con who flees from jail, Why didn't you let me go? I'm so sorry. (Bridge:) I don't want you hurt you, You know that, don't you? But some things have to change, Some things just have to change. (Interlude) (Bridge) You say you know me, But do you really know the way I feel, You say you need me, But I know that you could live and love, Without the one who makes you sad, I'm so sorry.

We in a foreign land, Such a long way from home, Hear but not understand, a foreign land, Far away, I'm gonna come back someday, To a place called home.

[Lyrics/music credits: Stan Vincent] (Verse:) Ooh child, things are gonna get easier, Ooh child, things'll get brighter, Ooh child, things are gonna get easier, Ooh child, things'll get brighter. (Bridge:) Some day, we'll get it together and we'll get it all done, Some day, when our head is much lighter, Some day, we'll walk in the rays of a beautiful sun, Some day, the world is much brighter. (Verse) (Bridge) (Verse)

I am a child of America, I am disturbed by the things I see, I am at odds with this way of life, In our modern society. We call our standard of living high, We celebrate our consumer greed, We trod this earth with such heavy feet, We no longer know what we need. (Refrain:) This world was made for more than people to fight their economic battles. When will we see the implications of our affluent way of life? I am a child of America, I am afraid our American dream, Has yielded more than prosperity, Things are not just the way they seem. We mine the jewels of a finite world, Our vast machinery marches on, No end in sight for the citizen, Of a planet whose life is gone. (Refrain) I am a child of America, I will wage war with the things I see, I want no more of this way of life, In our modern society. (Refrain 2x)

I walk inside the old church door, I walk upon the hardwood floor, I walk to the pew and I sit right down, And my mind runs away when the service comes round. I open my Bible and read today's words, I open my Bible and hear what I've heard, I open my Bible and read nothing new, And I wonder if old lines can ever sound new. And I wonder, ooh, yes I wonder if Jesus would feel at home here. I sing a hymn bout the blood of the Lamb, I sing a hymn bout how happy I am, I sing a hymn bout a life free from sin, And my soul cries out that it's empty within. I take communion for the ten thousandth time, I eat the bread and I drink the wine, I pass around the small metal trays, And I wonder if Christ himself did this way?…did they do it this way? And I wonder, ooh, yes I wonder if Jesus would feel at home here. I bow my head cause preacher says bow, I bow my head cause he's prayin' right now, I bow my head and I don't look around, I wonder why Christians they always look down? I leave the church as I shake every hand, I

(Refrain) It's a sad thing when you lose a love; It's all crazy, it's so tragic when it's over. Ours was a forever love—yes, I promised your heart, Now it's just a never love, and we're coming apart. It took us on a journey so high that climbed to the edge of the atmosphere, But now we're here, Feet on earth, Was it worth, All the tears, the years fearing this fall. (Refrain 1st line) Sometimes I'm beyond the pain and my heart is at peace, Mostly the confusion reigns like it never will cease, I wonder if the day will arrive, When I've finally seen how we got so high, You and I, Lofty dreams, Such extremes, Here at last the past settles around our feet. (Refrain 1st line) (Bridge:) Thinking back on it all I can't tell what I feel, After such a hard fall flying seems so unreal, Think ahead as I must, I don't know how to trust, My wishing to unfold these wings and fly again. (Refrain) It's gone away…

Oh it seems so sudden that we came to know each other, Though it seems that I had known you all the while, And I assumed that you had room to hold this lonely boy, It was my greatest joy to see you smile. Friday night it seemed alright to hold you in my arms, I surely thought that you were holding me, And now I know it wasn't so, it all was in my mind, And I find you want to be set free. (Refrain) But lettin' you go is the hardest thing this guy could do, 'Cause when you're free, you're free to fly away, And girl I can't say, please be gone, just be your very own, 'Cause Lord how I want you to stay. Now I know for certain our relationship has changed, Or maybe it's the way it used to be, A part of you I never knew was getting in the way, And that's okay, I'm trying hard to see. Now this man must understand a freeing kind of love, A love that doesn't hold you to the ground, A love that lets you spread your wings and fly all in your own, But I'm so alone I want to keep you down. (Refrain 2x)

[Lyrics/music credits: Chet Powers] Love is but a song we sing, and fear's the way we die, You can make the mountains ring, or make the angels cry, Though the bird is on the wing, and you may not know why. (Refrain) C'mon people now, smile on your brother, Everybody get together, try to love one another right now. Some may come and some may go, we shall surely pass, When the one that left us here returns for us at last, We are but a moment's sunlight fading in the grass. (Refrain) If you hear the song I sing, you will understand, You hold the key to love and fear all in your trembling hand, Just one key unlocks them both, it's there at your command. (Refrain 2x)

There's a child in me waiting to be born, There's a dream I've had of a long, long road. There's a man who's lived over forty years, There's a heart filled up 'til it's overflowed. (Refrain:) So the time has come, I must listen now, To that trembling voice, Waiting deep inside me. Half a life ago I'd have never dreamed, That the child within was what made me strong. I was fleeing then from a small-town boy, For whom confidence was an elusive song. (Refrain) Have you heard? "Don't be childish; grow up; Be a man!" Well, I am a man, but I'm also a child. "When I was a boy…"; that's what my father said, Though his stories fell on unlistening ears. He was always old, though maybe he could see, I was aging too, far beyond my years. (Refrain)

[Music credits: Steve Goodman, City of New Orleans] Ridin' down the road with Virginia Proctor, Eighty-five years old and still drives like hell, Not much moss has grown on this here lady, And will it ever? Only time will tell. She was born in Glencoe, Illinois, Named Virginia Belle though part tomboy, Raised on love and halibut liver oil. Been driving since she hit fourteen, Some journalism in between, From Baraboo Wisconsin to the Myrtle Creek Mail. (Refrain:) Good morning, Canyonville, how are you? Been here for so long she's your native dame, She's the matriarch they call Virginia Proctor, It's been 85 long years and she's still the same. Walkin' down the street with Virginia Proctor, If it weren't for that knee you'd eat her dust, "Slow motion" ain't in her vocabulary, Though some would say it's an octogenarian must. Met Robert down in southern Cal, There was chemistry between guy and gal, Got married, lived in Sunland for awhile. But Douglas County called them north, When the war was over they set forth

[Lyrics/music credits: Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.] Them that's got shall get, Them that's not shall lose, So the Bible said and it still is news, Papa may have, Mama may have, But God bless the child that's got his own, that's got his own. Yes the strong get more, While the weak ones fade, Empty pockets don't ever make the grade, Papa may have, Mama may have, But God bless the child that's got his own, that's got his own. Money, you've got lots of friends, Crowding 'round your door, When you're gone and the spending ends, They don't come 'round no more. (Interlude) Money, you've got lots of friends, Crowding 'round your door, When you're gone and the spending ends, They don't come 'round no more. Rich relations give crusts of bread and such, You can help yourself, but don't take too much, Papa may have, Mama may have. But God bless the child who can stand up and say, I've got my own.

[Lyrics/music credits: Judy Henske & Craig Doerge; recorded by Crosby, Stills & Nash] There are windows on the water, Lighting up the silver strand, Shining on the sea, Shining on the sea. And the ocean's just a player, On an old piano, Who repeats one melody, Repeats one melody. (Refrain:) I belong on the shore, Hustlin' nickels and dimes, 'Cause it ain't long before it's gone, You might as well have a good time. Well, the elbows of his jacket, Are blue and shiny, He's drunk and gone to seed, He's drunk and gone to seed. And he mumbles as he plays, The only song he knows, It's the only song he needs, The only song he needs. (Refrain) All his restless music, Don't mean a damn thing to me, The shallow or the deep, Said, the shallow or the deep. And if you're free this evening, We'll go out together, And party 'till we sleep, I said, party 'till we sleep. (Refrain)

What do you do, oh what do you do, When what was one is now in two? What do you say, oh what do you say, Do your dreams just go away? How do you know, oh how do you know, That it was destined to be so? How can you see, oh how can you see, That it was ever meant to be? Write a sad song, oh write a sad song, To let your guitar know she's gone, Throw 'em away, oh throw 'em away, All those songs you used to play. Start a new life, oh start a new life, Now she'll never be your wife, Be of good cheer, oh be of good cheer, You'll forget her by next year. Conquer the earth, go conquer the earth, Now they'll all know what you're worth, Such a small thing, oh such a small thing, A simple year long college fling...

Isn't life so hard at times? It makes you wear a face, To keep up with the pace or lose your mind, Yes you'll go crazy trying to be you, The people only stop and stare, And no one ever seems to care. Yes people can be hard at times, They make you show a smile, Though you're crying all the while, Sometimes you must be someone else to please them, Yet if you ever wanted me You'd only have to be Vallery... So if you ever need a friend, Call me on the phone, You're welcome to my home, You'll never have to wear a face, put on a mask, Or show a smile to please me, You only have to be Vallery...

[Lyrics/music credits: Steely Dan] I would love to tour the Southland in a traveling minstrel show, Yes I'd love to tour the Southland in a traveling minstrel show. Yes I'm dying to be a star and make them laugh, Sound just like a record on a phonograph, Those days they're gone forever; over a long time ago. I have never met Napolean but I plan to find the time, Yes I've never met Napolean but I plan to find the time. 'Cause he looks so fine upon that hill, They tell me he was lonely; he's lonely still, Those days they're gone forever; over a long time ago. (Solo) I stepped up on the platform; the man gave me the news, He said, "You must be joking, son; where did you get those shoes? Where did you get those shoes?" Well I've seen them on the TV, the movie show, They tell me times are changing but I just don't know, These things they're gone forever, over a long time ago.

November 6 in '84 I cast one vote, I wanted more, I feared my fellow man would have his way, No need to rig these here machines; they've rigged our minds with foolish dreams, The specter of the past is here to stay. And it's four more years, let's put our faith in Ron, Four more years, his vision carries on, I fear, It's four more years, that's long enough to find another way. If economic growth is good I fear that we've misunderstood, This fragile world ain't growing every day. But they say this growth it brings us jobs, and yet I wonder if it robs the earth, A price our children have to pay? But it's four more years of our new prosperity, Four more years, though the future's hard to see, who cares? It's four more years, that's long enough to find another way. In the modern dictionary defense means the military, Strength they claim will soothe the free world's fear. Me I treat my neighbors right and lock my door most every night, Let's budget some diplomacy this year. But it's four more years of the missile