How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Nearly Sane]

We've been, going together
Too long to be vague
When there's something to say
If it's not now, then it's never
So I'll say it straight out
'Cos I have no doubt, no doubt

Let's get married
I love you and I want to stay with you
Let's get married
Have kids and grow old and grey with you
Let's get married
Hold hands, walk in the park
You can get a cat as long as it barks

https://youtu.be/4_Ef9z-efAU?si=kVOpZY05sjCYG_MI

[Nearly Sane]

Watch him smile, he thinks it Christmas
Or his 5th Birthday
And he thinks C-U-S-T-O-D-Y spells fun or play
I spell out all the hurtin' words
And turn my head when I speak
'Cause I can't spell away this hurt
That's drippin' down my cheek.

Our D-I-V-O-R-C-E; becomes final today
Me and little J-O-E will be goin' away
I love you both and this will be pure H-E double L for me
Oh, I wish that we could stop this D-I-V-O-R-C-E


https://youtu.be/912DKxD0H1U?si=jTTR7dTQqoZXjQC9

[Nearly Sane]

We put away our tools and go back inside
Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry
I wonder if all girls are crazy this way

I wish that pops would just get a spine
I said "I know it's kinda little but you can borrow mine"
He just smiles and says "Your mom means well, son"

You see, most times are good; it's just some that are lean
But love makes up for those times in between
He got a tear in his eye as he took mama's hand
Said one day I'd understand

If it were me, I'd have the guts
I'd put to test those bolts and nuts
And ride away so fast, so far
Ride away so fast, so far
Ride


https://youtu.be/0CULeWLzyoQ?si=oB8KX8d1gVUfH29D

[Nearly Sane]

Mustang Sally, huh, huh, guess you better slow your mustang down
Oh Lord, what I said now?
Mustang Sally, now baby, oh Lord, guess you better slow your mustang down
Huh oh yeaah
You been running all over the town now
Oh! I guess I'll have to put your flat feet on the ground
Huh, what I said now?

Listen
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride. Huh
All you want to do is ride around Sally, ride, Sally, ride

https://youtu.be/n21iIEvHe3Q?si=dSQ5gaSVHUsDTnL2

[Nearly Sane]

Watched it coming up Winslow
Down South Park Boulevard
Yeah it was looking good from tail to hood
Great big fins and painted steel
Man, it looked just like the Batmobile
With my old man behind the wheel

Well you could hardly even see him
In all of that chrome
The man with the plan and the pocket comb
But every night it carried him home
And I could hear him saying

Don't you gimme no Buick
Son you must take my word
If there's a God in Heaven
He's got a silver Thunderbird
You can keep your Eldorados
And the foreign car's absurd
Me I wanna go down
In a silver Thunderbird


https://youtu.be/T2L9N7XsWhk?si=YuxLG1SICvgsEmE4

[Nearly Sane]

I've been driving in my car, it's not quite a Jaguar
I bought it in Primrose Hill from a bloke from Brazil
It was made in fifty-nine in a factory by the Tyne
It says Morris on the door, the G.P.O. owned it before
I drive in it for my job, the governor calls me a slob
But I don't really care, give me some gas and the open air

It's a bit old but it's mine, I mend it in my spare time
Just last week I changed the oil, the rocker valves and the coil
Just last week I changed the oil
Last week it went round the clock, I also had a little knock
I dented somebody's fender, he learnt not to park on a bender, ha ha ha

https://youtu.be/rV1_7R_3cXA?si=lart6pqOjO3hsTIj

[Nearly Sane]

I'm hearing the light from the window
I'm seeing the sound of the sea
My feet have come loose from their moorings
I'm feeling quite wonderfully free

And I think I will travel to Rio
Using the music for flight
There's nothing I know of in Rio
But it's something to do with the night

It's only a whimsical notion
To fly down to Rio tonight
And I probably won't fly down to Rio
But then again, I just might

https://youtu.be/UBdCvR_RI4M?si=NYCpRuk3s0ggIHQs

[Nearly Sane]

Hey, Mister Wind, just keep us sailing
(Keep us sailing on)
High in the sky
There's no curtailing
(Yes, we'll have fun)

So everyone, come on
Hey, you on the ground
(You on the ground)
Take a look up and
See what we've found

Nothing to tie us
Bluebirds come up to guide us
When you're beside me
We can fly
Oh, we can fly


https://youtu.be/Pw1aFsdzoXI?si=CzflYohifws51iP1

[Nearly Sane]

I listen to the wind
To the wind of my soul
Where I'll end up
Well I think only God really knows

I've sat upon the setting sun
But never, never, never, never
I never wanted water once
No never, never, never


https://youtu.be/yXuq6XpoasE?si=rnoaf0ZbQIr2LPcE

[Nearly Sane]

You're the devil in me
I brought in from the cold
You said your body was young
But your mind was very old

You're coming on strong and I like the way
The visions we had have faded away
You're part of a life I've never had
I'll tell you that it's just too bad

I'll tell you that it's just too bad
I'll tell you that it's just too bad
I'll tell you that it's just too bad
I'll tell you that it's just too bad

You're coming on strong
You're coming on strong
You're showing your colour
Like a setting sun


https://youtu.be/p5NX1FC-7-w?si=I9I80AwULq3M2Mda

[Nearly Sane]

Well, you need a blue sky holiday
The point is they laugh at what you say
And I don't need no carryin' on

You had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work on a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day


https://youtu.be/GvJHBChessE?si=YwXnrOmsCepjB2eX

[Nearly Sane]

Bad day, bad day Bad day when you wake up and you find out your dreams flown away, Don’t run away now, don't be afraid be strong yeah, be strong now (?) Oh no

You better trust your faith, you better hide your tears (don't, don't cry, don't, don't cry) Now everything you had has gone This world keeps rolling on! Bad days come and bad days go away (?) oh no, oh no yeah!

https://youtu.be/GQpUhbdyAnQ?si=8WKTSRwUfDXoByDX

[Nearly Sane]

When I wake up in the morning, love
And the sunlight hurts my eyes
And something without warning, love
Bears heavy on my mind

Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day
... lovely day, lovely day, lovely day .


https://youtu.be/yfcTgnpo3vI?si=6JN2pry1Swj6AJoW

[Nearly Sane]

Lord, what a diff'rence a day makes
There's a rainbow before me
Skies above can't be stormy
Since that moment of bliss
That thrilling kiss
It's heaven when you
Find romance on your menu
What a diff'rence a day made
And the difference is you


https://youtu.be/E1_vsu2DyLs?si=h2rK4vn-wjmGncse

[Aruntraveller]

Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky

Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time

Oh yeah
Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere

Stormy weather, stormy weather
And I just can't get my poor self together
Oh I'm weary all of the time
The time, so weary all of the time

[Nearly Sane]

Humidity is rising (mmm rising)
Barometer's getting low (How low, girl?) (uh-oh)
According to all sources (What sources, now?)
The street's the place to go (We'd better hurry up)
Cause tonight for the first time
Just about half-past ten
For the first time in history
It's gonna start raining men! (Start raining men)

It's raining men! Hallelujah!
It's raining men! Amen!
I'm gonna go out to run and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet!


https://youtu.be/FvuCL8iDZ2Y?si=ibfFosAmH6dQw7XS

[Nearly Sane]

Walking 'round the room singing Stormy Weather
At Fifty Seven Mount Pleasant Street
Well it's the same room, but everything's different
You can fight the sleep, but not the dream

Things ain't cookin' in my kitchen
Strange affliction wash over me
Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire
Couldn't conquer the blue sky

Well, there's a small boat made of china
It's going nowhere on the mantlepiece
Well, do I lie like a loungeroom lizard
Or do I sing like a bird released?

Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you
Everywhere you go, always take the weather
Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you
Everywhere you go, always take the weather, the weather with you


https://youtu.be/A91v2ZDOQfg?si=CMP-7rjfTgBr9SxQ

[Nearly Sane]

Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time

Oh yeah
Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather, stormy weather
And I just can't get my poor self together
Oh I'm weary all of the time
The time, so weary all of the time


https://youtu.be/dtJg9xilgPk?si=wQRDnsJ8yswWBjd2

[Nearly Sane]

There's a killer on the road
His brain is squirmin' like a toad
Take a long holiday
Let your children play
If you give this man a ride
Sweet family will die
Killer on the road, yeah

Girl, you gotta love your man
Girl, you gotta love your man
Take him by the hand
Make him understand
The world on you depends
Our life will never end
Gotta love your man, yeah

Riders on the storm
Riders on the storm
Into this house we're born
Into this world we're thrown
Like a dog without a bone
An actor out on loan.
Riders on the storm


https://youtu.be/k9o78-f2mIM?si=7Ba1d4M0CEiHTGFh

[Nearly Sane]

An old cowboy went riding out
One dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested
As he went along his way

When all at once a mighty herd
Of red eyed cows he saw
Plowin' through the ragged skies
And up the cloudy draw

Their brands were still on fire
And their hooves were made of steel
Their horns were black and shiny
And their hot breath he could feel

A bolt of fear went through him
As they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders coming hard
And he heard their mournful cry

Yippie-yi-o
Yippie-yi-yay
Ghost riders in the sky


https://youtu.be/EeD7-_E2QHw?si=ZdoE21g3u9uvZ7mL

[Nearly Sane]

When the room is quiet
The daylight almost gone
It seems there's something I should know
Well I ought to leave but
The rain it never stops
And I have no particular place to go

Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life
Blow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When my chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life
Blew wilder than the wind


https://youtu.be/ij089OiN8cc?si=d9QX0X1wnaleMada

[Nearly Sane]

Sittin' in my easy chair
I feel your fingers running through my hair
Lookin' down in my coffee cup
I think, I see your face lookin' up
All alone in my gloom
You voice echoes through the room
There's a ghost in my house
And I can't hide (ghost in my house)
From the ghost of your love that's inside (ghost in my house)
It keeps on haunting me (ghost in my house)
Just keeps on reminding me (ghost in my house)


https://youtu.be/D0bZofM6EOU?si=SlNt2c-mmSdyXzIH

[Nearly Sane]

I'm the queen of my castle, I'm the king of my room
Get out, get out of this house
I got more than I need, more than I ever could use
Get out, get out of this house

I spent 17 years trying to save my soul
I spent 23 more down in the hole
Now my soul is all right, but I might get found out
And I got myself this house now, and I can't get ou-out

Get out of this house
Get out of this house

https://youtu.be/prhI4PS_XXg?si=UNx7rrF69380xFNs

[Nearly Sane]

She's a brick house
She's mighty, mighty
Just lettin' it all hang out
She's a brick house
I like ladies stacked
And that's a fact
Ain't holding nothing back

She's a brick house
Well, we're together everybody knows
This is how the story goes


https://youtu.be/KzOJaHHlIcQ?si=K_lIlQcFvx3R6k0C

[Nearly Sane]

When are you gonna come down?
When are you going to land?
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man
You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

Ah, ah-ah, ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah, ah

So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny-back toad
Oh, I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road


https://youtu.be/wO25dtgUEJE?si=WIx7M8JjCYHveALw