High Out Of Time lyrics - Carole King

High out of time

I wish the years away

Look into your eyes

And you look into mine

All my sorrows disappear

When I'm high out of time

High out of time

Is a place I like to be

I'm a part of you

And you're a part of me

And I can hold you near

When I'm high out of time

No use wondering where the years have gone

Time waits for no one, we all have to go on

But every now and then I look up an old friend

And come home to someplace I used to belong

High out of time

The world becomes so new

Horizons that we've crossed

I cross again with you

Traveling through the years

When I'm high out of time

Only Love Is Real lyrics - Carole King

As I bask in the glow of a just-lit fire

Feeling the warmth as the flame grows higher

I think it's true that nothing is really new under the sun

Watching a new love grow from old love's embers

Yesterday's gone but today remembers

Doesn't it seem to come down the same for everyone

Only love is real

Everything else illusion

Adding to the confusion of the way we connive

At being alive

Tracing a line till we can define

The thing that allows us to feel

Only love is real

Childhood dreams like muddy waters

Flowing through me to my son and daughters

Everything I ever thought is confirmed as truth to me

Even as I see the way that I want to go now

Still I wish I had known what I know now

Maybe I could have spared you giving your youth to me

Only love is real

Everything else illusion

Adding to the confusion of the way we contrive

To just stay alive

Tracing a line till we can define

The thing that allows us to feel

Only love is real

There's A Space Between Us lyrics - Carole King

Every time I've needed you

You've been there for me

But now I feel a boundary has been drawn

I can see from all you do

That you still care for me

I know the feeling hasn't gone

But there's a space between

A place that I can't go

Unless you step across and meet me halfway

We've been friends for much too long

And the feeling's much too strong to let it go astray

Reach out and make the space between us go away

I know a little bit of space between two friends

Can sometimes do them good

But once in a while we need to touch

The way that people should

Love can tie you down, I know

'Cause you know I've been there

But I've been working on a way to love

And still be free to care

You love your lady

And I know just what you're thinking

Was a time I used to be just where you are

But I've since found my freedom

And I've finally let it sink in

The distance really isn't very far

There's a space between us

A place that I can't go

Unless you step across and meet me halfway

We've been friends for much too long

And the feeling's much too strong to let it go astray

Reach out and make the space between us go away

Reach out, I know that you can hear me

Reach out, I need to feel you near me

I'd Like To Know You Better lyrics - Carole King

I'd like to know you better

There's so much about you I can see

There's a love as good as gold in you

I can feel it when I'm holding you

I want to be your friend, your lover

I'd like to know you better

Being with you feels so good to me

In a world of distraught humanity

You have brought me to my sanity

How lucky we are

We seem to get along so well

Whether or not we'll stay that way

It's much too early to tell

But I'd like to know you better

Though I already feel as if I do

Meeting you has been so good for me

And if only temporarily

I want to be your friend, your lover

Yes, I'd like to know you better

We All Have To Be Alone lyrics - Carole King

Once I told you without feeling

When you came to me in sorrow

There's a truth that life's revealing

We all have to be alone

You only wanted someone to hold you

Tell you she'd be there tomorrow

But instead I only told you

We all have to be alone

Then I was amazed to see

How quickly you agreed with me

If that's the way it has to be

There's nothing left to say

No reason left to stay

Besides I've got a lot of better things to do today

So my world grew so much colder

With little love to lend or borrow

And I found out as I grew older

We all have to be alone

Ambrosia lyrics - Carole King

In the fields of sweet ambrosia

I've been told

You can sit down by the river

And watch yourself unfold

You can drink right from the river

And purify your soul

Oh ambrosia, pour it sweet and slow

I need to be replenished

I need to overflow

Let my senses know your power

Let your holy mix distill

Oh ambrosia

Let my spirit drink its fill

Oh, I've been like those people

Who need pain to feel alive

But now I'm kind of like a child

Who's been slowly reconciled

To waiting on the wisdom that

He knows will soon arrive

In the hills above ambrosia I have seen

A lovely place of mystery with

Meadows emerald green

And the colors of ambrosia

Are as real as any dream

Just as real as any dream

Oh ambrosia, pour it sweet and slow

I need to be replenished

I need to overflow

Let my senses know your power

Let your holy mix distill

Oh ambrosia

Let my spirit drink its fill

Still Here Thinking Of You lyrics - Carole King

I have tried to untangle

All my thoughts from every angle

To know the one I loved the best

To dream of happiness and make that dream come true

And I'm still here thinking of you

Yes, I'm still here thinking of you

The city streets are colder

And I'm just a little bit older

My love has grown somehow

I can feel it now much more than you ever knew

And I'm still here thinking of you

Yes, I'm still here thinking of you

This road keeps winding

And I wake up finding

Somehow I've lost my way again

Someway I'd like to get through

Someday I'd like to get to

The road that's straight beyond the bend

I have tried to unravel

The paths we've both had to travel

And now that I have come to see how much you meant to me

We might get to see a better view

Yes, I'm still here thinking of you

Still here thinking of you

I'm still here thinking of you

Yes, I'm still here thinking of you

It's Gonna Work Out Fine lyrics - Carole King

We've been putting each other through a hard time

And it's a mighty good feeling to know we're gonna work it out

It's gonna work out

Yeah, it's gonna work out fine

Take a look at the way it's going now

Makes you want to give a sigh of relief

You know the last thing I ever wanted to do

Was to give you any grief

I guess it was a situation

That was bound to come up someday

But our feeling for each other won out

And I'm oh-so-glad to say

Even the best of relationships

Run the risk of going awry

There's a lot two people who care about each other

Can do to make each other cry

Ain't it funny how it took a reunion

To help us to really see

With each other is the only way we can ever be

soundtrack: "Really Rosie" (1975

Really Rosie lyrics - Carole King
One Was Johnny lyrics - Carole King
Alligators All Around lyrics - Carole King
Pierre lyrics - Carole King
Screaming And Yelling lyrics - Carole King
The Ballad Of Chicken Soup lyrics - Carole King
Chicken Soup With Rice lyrics - Carole King
Avenue P lyrics - Carole King
My Simple Humble Neighborhood lyrics - Carole King
The Awful Truth lyrics - Carole King
Such Sufferin' lyrics - Carole King
Really Rosie (Reprise) lyrics - Carole King

Really Rosie lyrics - Carole King

I'm really Rosie

And I'm Rosie Real

You better believe me

I'm a great big deal!

BELIEVE ME!

I'm a star from afar

Off the golden coast

Beat the drum! Make that toast!

To Rosie the Most!

BELIEVE ME!

I can sing

Tea for Two and Two for Tea

I can act

To be or not to be

I can tap

Across the Tappan Zee

Hey, can't you see?

I'm terrific at everything!

No star shines so bright as me - Rosie!

BELIEVE ME!

I'm Really Rosie

I'm Rosie Real

I'm Really Rosie

BELIEVE ME!

One Was Johnny lyrics - Carole King

(One was Johnny)

1 was Johnny who lived by himself

2 was a rat who jumped on his shelf

3 was a cat who chased the rat

4 was a dog who came in and sat

5 was a turtle who bit the dog's tail

6 was a monkey who brought in the mail

7 a blackbird pecked poor Johnny's nose

(One was Johnny)

8 was a tiger out selling old clothes

9 was a robber who took an old shoe

10 was a puzzle - what should Johnny do

(One was Johnny)

He stood on a chair and said,

Here's what I'll do - I'll start to

Count backwards

And when I am through

If this house isn't empty, I'll eat

All of you!

9 was the robber who left looking pale

8 was the tiger who chased him to jail

7 was the blackbird flew off to Havana

6 was the monkey who stole the banana

5 was the turtle who crawled off to bed

4 was the dog who slid home on a sled

(One was Johnny)

3 was the cat who pounced on the rat

2 was the rat who left with the cat

(One was Johnny, one was Johnny,

One was Johnny)

1 was Johnny who lived by himself

And liked it like that!

(One was Johnny, one was Johnny)

Alligators All Around lyrics - Carole King

A - alligators all around

B - bursting balloons

C - catching colds

D - doing dishes

E - entertaining elephants

F - forever fooling

G - getting giggles

H - having headaches

I - imitating Indians

J - juggling jellybeans

K - keeping kangaroos

L - looking like lions

M - making macaroni

N - never napping

O - ordering oatmeal

P - pushing people

Q - quite quarrelsome

R - riding reindeer

S - shockingly spoiled

T - throwing tantrums

U - usually upside down

V - very vain

W - wearing wigs

X - x-ing x's

Y - yackety-yacking

Z - zippity zound

A - alligators ALL around!

Pierre lyrics - Carole King

[Prologue:]

There was once a boy named Pierre

Who only would say, I don't care!

Read his story, my friend, for you'll find

At the end that a suitable

Moral lies there

[Chapter I]

One day his mother said

When Pierre climbed out of bed

-Good morning, darling boy, you are my only joy

Pierre said-I don't care!

-What would you like to eat?

-I don't care!

-Some lovely cream of wheat?

-I don't care!

-Don't sit backwards in your chair

-I don't care!

-Or pour syrup on your hair

-I don't care!

-You are acting like a clown

-I don't care!

-And we have to go to town

-I don't care!

-Don't you want to come, my dear?

-I don't care!

-Would you rather stay right here?

-I don't care!

So his mother left him there

[Chapter II]

His father said-Get off your head

Or I will march you up to bed!

Pierre said-I don't care!

-I would think that you could see -

-I don't care!

-Your head is where your feet should be!

-I don't care!

-If you keep standing upside down -

-I don't care!

-We'll never get to town

-I don't care!

-If only you would say, I care

-I don't care!

-I'd let you fold the folding chair

-I don't care!

So his parents left him there

They didn't take him anywhere

[Chapter III]

Now as the night began to fall

A hungry lion paid a call

He looked Pierre right in the eye

And asked him if he'd like to die

Pierre said-I don't care!

-I can eat you, don't you see?

-I don't care!

-And you will be inside of me

-I don't care!

-Then you will never have to bother -

-I don't care!

-With a mother and a father

-I don't care!

-Is that all you have to say?

-I don't care!

-Then I'll eat you, if I may

-I don't care!

So the lion ate Pierre

[Chapter IV]

Arriving home at six o'clock

His parents had a dreadful shock!

They found the lion sick in bed and cried

-Pierre is surely dead!

They pulled the lion by the hair

They hit him with the folding chair

His mother asked-Where is Pierre?

The lion answered-I don't care!

His father said-Pierre's in there!

[Chapter V]

They rushed the lion into town

The doctor shook him up and down

And when the lion gave a roar

Pierre fell out upon the floor

He rubbed his eyes and scratched his head

And laughed because he wasn't dead

His mother cried and held him tight

His father asked-Are you allright?

Pierre said-I am feeling fine

Please take me home, it's half past nine

The lion said-If you would care

To climb on me, I'll take you there

Then everyone looked at Pierre

Who shouted-Yes, indeed, I care!

The lion took them home to rest

And stayed on as a weekend guest

The moral of Pierre is: CARE!

Screaming And Yelling lyrics - Carole King

When everybody

Screams and yells

Who calms them down?

Who rings their bells?

When everybody screams and yells

The enchanted one

That's me

When everybody screams and yells,

There's nothing to do!

There's nothing to see!

Who dreams up a place they'd like to be?

The enchanted one

That's me

It takes personality

A lot of personality

To make them see it my way

It takes personality

More personality

To turn twelve boring hours

Into a fascinating day!

I CAN DO IT!

That's a fact

I CAN DO IT!

Don't you see?

AND I'LL DO IT

ALL FOR FREE!

Do you know?

Can you guess

Who I simply have to be?

STOP SCREAMING AND YELLING

SCREAMING AND YELLING

SCREAMING AND YELLING

SCREAMING AND YELLING

AND I'LL TELL YOU ALREADY!

The enchanted one

That's me

The Ballad Of Chicken Soup lyrics - Carole King

Today our dear friend

Chicken Soup

This very ordinary day

Boiled up a pot of

Chicken soup

And swallowed it away

A-lack! A-day!

O-Woe! Oy-Vey!

He swallowed it away!

Now listen to what I'm gonna say

A little bone, a bitty thing

No bigger than my pinky-

He swallowed hot

From out that pot

In quicker than a winky

He gulped that soup

Let out a whoop!

And fell down croaking

On the stoop

And he Choked!

And he SAGGED!

And he SMOTHERED!

And he GAGGED!

And he let out a SCREAM!

And he let out a MOAN!

Then he cried

'Cause he died

From choking on a bone

On such an ordinary day

Like today

A-lack! A-day!

O-Woe! Oy-Vey!

On an ordinary day

Chicken soup passed away!

Chicken Soup With Rice lyrics - Carole King

January

In January it's so nice

While slipping on the sliding ice

To sip hot chicken soup with rice

Sipping once, sipping twice

Sipping chicken soup with rice

February

In February it will be

My snowman's anniversary

With cake for him and soup for me!

Happy once, happy twice

Happy chicken soup with rice

March

In March the wind blows down the door

And spills my soup upon the floor

It laps it up and roars for more

Blowing once, blowing twice

Blowing chicken soup with rice

April

In April I will go away

To far off Spain or old Bombay

And dream about hot soup all day

Oh, my, oh, once, oh, my, oh, twice

Oh, my, oh, chicken soup with rice

May

In May I truly think it best

To be a robin lightly dressed

Concocting soup inside my nest

Mix it once, mix it twice

Mix that chicken soup with rice

June

In June I saw a charming group

Of roses all begin to droop

I pepped them up with chicken soup!

Sprinkle once, sprinkle twice

Sprinkle chicken soup with rice

July

In July I'll take a peep

Into the cool and fishy deep

Where chicken soup is selling cheap

Selling once, selling twice

Selling chicken soup with rice

August

In August it will be so hot

I will become a cooking pot

Cooking soup of course-why not?

Cooking once, cooking twice

Cooking chicken soup with rice

September

In September, for a while

I will ride a crocodile

Down the chicken soup-y Nile

Paddle once, paddle twice

Paddle chicken soup with rice

October

In October I'll be host

To witches, goblins and a ghost

I'll serve them chicken soup on toast

Whoopy once, whoopy twice

Whoopy chicken soup with rice

November

In November's gusty gale I will flop my flippy tail

And spout hot soup-I'll be a whale!

Spouting once, spouting twice

Spouting chicken soup with rice

December

In December I will be

A baubled, bangled Christmas tree

With soup bowls draped all over me

Merry once, merry twice

Merry chicken soup with rice

I told you once, I told you twice

All seasons of the year are nice

For eating chicken soup with rice

Avenue P lyrics - Carole King

In dreams

It seems

I always see

Avenue P

As it ought to be

In a four-star movie

Directed by me

And starring, of course,

Yours truly,

Rosie

In this fabulous movie

You're all gonna see

An entirely different Avenue P

Imagine me

In a jungle gown!

And Avenue P, a jungle town!

With King Kong

Swinging out of a tree

And carrying me

Over that jungle Avenue P

Right!

You don't have to sit

With your face in a droop

On the stoop

'Cause your mama the boss

Says you better not cross

That old Avenue P

In a jungle you're free!

The tom-tom beats

The tiger carouses

The jungle creeps over the red brick houses

And for chillers and thrillers

I train giant gorillas

To chase mamas and papas

Clippety-cloppety

Thumping their breasts

Roaring, GET OFF MY PROPERTY!

No one's allowed

Who says maybe or no

They gotta get out

They just gotta go

Right!

In dreams

It seems

I always see

Avenue P

As it ought to be

A terrific place

For people like me

You'll see

I'll make it that way

Someday

Avenue P as it ought to be

Avenue P as it ought to be

My Simple Humble Neighborhood lyrics - Carole King

Here's where it all began

Here's where I heard that beat

Here's where I tapped that tap

With my natural rhythm feet

In my simple humble neighborhood

On my simple humble street

Here's where the dreams I had

Were crowded on a stoop

Were pecked and pushed and hustled

Just like chickens in a coop

Life wasn't always neat

In my simple humble neighborhood

On my simple humble street

Here's where I learned the rules

Of Rosie's way

Of how to play

A magic game

That changed the same

Old sheepy bleat

In my simple humble neighborhood

On my simple humble street

Here's where I made up folks

Who came to visit me

Not just ordinary folks

Coming unexpectedly

TALENT SCOUTS! PRODUCERS! DIRECTORS!

GLAMOUR BOYS!

In other words

THE HOY-POLOYS!

THE GRAND ELITE!

To make them green with envy

In my simple humble neighborhood

On my simple humble street

Here's where it all began

Here's where I heard that tune

Here's where I sang of sailing

In a carnival balloon

Life was so darn sweet

In my simple humble neighborhood

On my simple humble street

The Awful Truth lyrics - Carole King

The awful truth

Concerning me

The creature-feature mystery

Is simply this

In the worst way

I wanna play

MRS. DRACULA

The challenge is tough

But I know I've got the stuff

To be just spectacular

Can't you see it in lights

ROSIE REALLY MEETS DRACULA!

So close your eyes

And visualize

Me in a cape

And fangs in my head

Loving a guy who's mostly dead

(I don't see him often

'Cause he sleeps in a coffin)

Nothing could be zanier

Than our lives in Transylvania

We're fabulous one day

And rotten the next

Variety says

THOSE TWO MUST BE HEXED!

At six in the morning

When my sweetie is yawning

I feed all the bats

A mush made of rats

Then I tidy the tomb

Cover all the trap doors

And wash any old blood stains

Offa the floors

DON'T YOU SEE

This juicy part

Was meant for me!

I got the looks

I got the style

I got the bloodshot eyes

And a ghastly smile

It's the dream of my life

To play DRACULA'S WIFE!

The reviews will all rave

This movie's a whopper

A super show-stopper

And no one can top her

Not Rosie!

Dear Academy,

Take note

I should get the Oscar vote

If I don't

I'll bite your throat!

Signing off now

Quote, unquote

Such Sufferin' lyrics - Carole King

What a life it is

The hardships, the tears

The desperate years

Such sufferin'

Gimme a Bufferin!

And what have I got?

True, it's a lot!

But so what?

There's got to be more to being so great

To looking first-rate and staying out late

Just look at the state I'm in!

Oh!

Such sufferin'

My days are full of sufferin' and

Bufferin

I've really learned the hard way

That pastas and cakes

And french fries and steaks

Are not such great shakes

That castles in Spain

Are just a big pain

That life is inane

If you're sufferin'

I'm not blufferin'!

Can't wonders like me

Learn how to be

Happy and grateful

For just a mere plateful

Of life's simple goodies?

I wish it were so

But the answer is NO!

So I suffa

Get tougha

And don't get enougha

Anything

Us Super-Dupers

Are regular troopers

We give all we got

And believe it or not

That's a lot!

The standing ovations!

The keys to all nations!

Bermuda vacations!

Money! Success!

I'd settle for less

If I could stop this

SUFFERIN'!

Oh such sufferin'

Foo on such sufferin'

Poo on such sufferin'

Oh, nuts to all this sufferin'

Gimme a Bufferin

Really Rosie (Reprise) lyrics - Carole King

I'm really Rosie

And I'm Rosie Real

You better believe me

I'm a great big deal!

BELIEVE ME!

I'm a star from afar

Off the golden coast

Beat the drum! Make that toast!

To Rosie the Most!

BELIEVE ME!

I can sing

Tea for Two and Two for Tea

I can act

To be or not to be

I can tap

Across the Tappan Zee

Hey, can't you see?

I'm terrific at everything!

No star shines so bright as me - Rosie!

BELIEVE ME!

I'm Really Rosie

I'm Rosie Real

I'm Really Rosie

BELIEVE ME!