"Welcome Home" (1978)




Main Street Saturday Night lyrics - Carole King

See them drivin' by - look at them fancy wheels
Headlights winkin' checkin' each other out
The Great American Pastime is still the automobile
Cruisin' on the white line
Is the only way to make time

Down on Main Street Saturday night
Everybody thinks they're so cool
On Main Street
Saturday night
Don't you mess with him (her), Daddy, he's (she's) nobody's fool

Look at the blonde haired beauties, givin' it all they got
Maybe if you hit on one, you might luck out
Some of them are foxy - some of them are not
but all of them will get down
If the right thing comes around

Here comes Little Willie - higher than a kite
He's been doin' some heavy duty hangin' out
If Willie's got a line on some of the best - it's got to be
Dynamite
You know you can trust him
If the Law don't bust him

Sunbird lyrics - Carole King

Wind blow
Moon glow
You know the way to be
Touching everything
Going through to the second sea

Starlight
Sunbird
The music inside us all
Touches everyone
Everyone, listen for the call

Sunbird is enough just being
Fulfilled in its own existence
Can't we let it be
Why can't we just be
And let the time of spring to fall not be a distance

Reborn
New dawn
Brings on another day
I'm no older now than yesterday
And I'm on my way

Venusian Diamond lyrics - Carole King

On the thirty-first day of the summer moon
In the marketplace
Somebody touched my hand and said
I was a woman of taste
Then with a flutter of wings
Amid the clutter of things
I saw the Venusian Diamond through a sea of grace

It said, 'Lay all of your money down
And I will be your own
Do it if you can
If you don't, you better leave it alone'
Then there appeared a serpent hanging
Like a thunder rope
He said, 'Pull me' - I did
And fell into the wrong end of a telescope
So I began to run
I knew not to where I'd come
I could hear the Venusian Diamond and it
Gave me hope
It said, 'Shatter all your images
And I will be your own
Do it if you can
If you don't, you better leave it alone'
Selves
Selfish
Selfless
Self

Changes lyrics - Carole King

With my limited vision
I don't understand
Why anybody has to lose a friend
Everybody has to follow their heart
But it can hurt so bad
To see changes

I believed in something
I thought you did too
But I didn't know what you were going through
How can people be so close, yet apart
There's no wrong or right
It's just changes

Once I experienced the other end
I lost a friend or two
Doing what was true for me
Even though I know that time will make it right
I miss the way things used to be

I'm only human
And I may never know
All the reasons why people come and go
I guess if we can love it all transcends
There's enough to give
We've got our lives to live
Through changes

Morning Sun lyrics - Carole King

Sometimes I feel like I've been living much too long
And I've wasted too much time
I think I've lost the inner harmony that flows through me
And my body and mind

Like the shoreline that divides the sea and sand
I'm a surface ever-changing
I get burdened by the things I just don't understand
And all the mountains left to climb

But then the morning sun comes shining through my window
And it's good to be alive
It's gonna be a golden day
Wings unfoldin' day
Green trees, blue sky

If I can only learn the lesson of the seasons
Of a balance re-arranging
Though they may not always come just when I want them to
Still they come and keep me high

And the morning sun comes shining through my window
And it's good to be alive
It's gonna be a golden day
Wings unfoldin' day
Green trees, blue sky

Disco Tech lyrics - Carole King

If you want to get a real education
Come to the friendliest school in the nation
Rhythm is our way of communication
You won't ever want to take a vacation

You can meet the Dean of Boogaloo
He's gonna get down and boogie with you
At Disco Tech
Let me be your teacher
Disco Tech
Why don't you take home a diploma from
Disco Tech

We won't give you pomp and circumstance
All you're gonna need to do is dance
Why don't you enroll, give your soul a chance
You might even find a new romance

Everybody here is graded A
The only school records are the ones we play

At Disco Tech
Let me be your teacher
Disco Tech
Why don't you take home a diploma from
Disco Tech

Wings Of Love lyrics - Carole King

You fill me with love I can give
You fill me with life I can live
You fill me with song I can sing
And truth that makes the kingdoms ring

On love's music we fly
We soar ever-so-high
Through clouds of harmony
And down through the sky

We flow to a place
Where people kiss each other's eyes
And the sweet-sounding smell
That looks like a Rocky Mountain spring
Blossoming sighs

And the rainbow people build bridges of life
That blend our hearts
For the eternal now

Ride The Music lyrics - Carole King

Wouldn't you like to come with me
On a regular old-fashioned fantasy
Let the music come and carry you along
Let your mind just wander

Do you want to go for a ride
Let out the secrets you're keeping inside
It's a miracle to just be alive
Come on, come on, come on, ride the music

There's no magic or mystery
You gotta give yourself a break occasionally
And let the music come and carry you along
Come on, come on, come on, ride the music

Everybody's Got The Spirit lyrics - Carole King

You can feel it in the air
Like a circle growing
You can tune right into it
If you know what you're looking for
If you want to be a part of it
Open the door to your heart and your mind
You can't help but find
As you begin to soar

Everybody's got the spirit
Yeah, you know what I mean
Working together, keeping it nice and easy
Keeping it free

There's a train pulling in
To the nearest station
Fare is low
You can go if you want to
If you're gonna get on board
Now is the time, 'cause it's on the move
The music is soothing
The rhythm is grooving

People growing all the time in every way
Learning where they are in terms of every day
Might as well keep moving, time won't let you stay
Everybody's got the spirit

Welcome Home lyrics - Carole King

I have opened up my mind to things I was afraid of
Done things I've never done before
Taken a chance and seen just what the world is made of
Nothing is the same any more

At times I feel a golden spirit coming through me
Thinking of my life and what it's given to me

I will live within that spirit ever knowing
I'm where I'm supposed to be
Welcome home

In the waters I can see a clear reflection
Of the force that's all around
There's a harmony of season and direction
This is surely sacred ground

Sweet life is everywhere as we stand in the clover
Feel the circle magic, let it take us over

And through all that I've been blessed with, I feel certain
I'm where I'm supposed to be
Welcome home

"Simple Things" (1977)




Simple Things lyrics - Carole King

Simple things mean a lot to me
Some things only children can see
Simple things like horses running free
And easy acceptance of life

Simple things never compromise
All things have a rhythm I can't realize
I feel content in my freedom
And I feel my freedom is right

I never want to stop being a child
I want to see the flowers growing wild on the hillside
To see the sun rise in the morning
Sunlight growing, filling the skies

Simple things of the earth don't die
They just grow and change as time goes by
There are no questions without answers
I've found my answer to life is living
The secret of living is life

Hold On lyrics - Carole King

Heavy chains have been broken
The old ones have spoken
Old young friend of ours
It won't be long until we can touch the stars

Like a quicksilver flash, your liquid light
Flows into our hearts and makes us feel allright

Hold on until we can get there
You know when we get there
All the dark forces will be gone

We need each other now more than ever
Our love is the sun - young lord of the light
It's a shame that one such as you
Should have to walk this cold and lonely night

Hold on until we can get there
You know when we get there
All the dark forces will be gone

In The Name Of Love lyrics - Carole King

Do the things you believe in
In the name of love
And know that you aren't alone
We all have doubts and fears

Know throughout every season
You are the name of love
And you'll keep on feeling at home
Throughout the coming years

Change is for certain
This we all know
Each day opening the curtain
On a brand new show

Through your sorrow and grieving
Don't forget the name of love
It goes on without any end
Forever

Birth and life and death make a circle
We are all part of
To see the light everlasting
Live in the name of love
Forever

Labyrinth lyrics - Carole King

What do you think, are we gonna stay lost in the maze
Of mind games and power plays
Or are we gonna take the chance of a lifetime
To see the light of day

What'll we see when we've used up the last supplies
Of rainbows and butterflies
I keep believing if we all work together
We will surely find a way

We are lost in a labyrinth
There's only one thing to do

Just break down the walls
And reach out your hand to your brother
We can lead each other
To where destiny calls
Faith and lovin' energy will see us through

After a while we will see
The labyrinth isn't anyplace we need to be
Then we can come out from the heart of the darkness
Into a brighter day

One of these days we will know
The heart will take us anywhere we want to go
I only hope it's not too late for the purpose
Tho' just what that is I can't say

We are lost in a labyrinth
There's only one thing to do

Just know in your mind
You want to stand behind your brother
Reach out and lead each other
To a new age in time
Faith and lovin' energy will free your mind

You're The One Who Knows lyrics - Carole King

Waking up alone, I find my mind is reaching out to distant corners
Crystal mourners are drawing me to Babylon
Can you really stay yourself and flow with dedication
You're the one who knows and now you're gone

We got a feeling and I'm gonna try to keep it for a long time
It was a wrong time, though we had so much to travel on
Can you hold the love I gave in joyful consummation
You're the one who knows and now you're gone

Can you see my reflection in the facets of the prisms that you gave me
One day I am yellow
One day I am blue - can you save me

I'll be yours forever in the secret magic forest
That we dreamed about together
Can you see the color that I am today
I know I wanna stay in a good way

Waking up alone I find my mind is calling out
And I know you feel me
You know the real me is whatever color love takes on
Can you live with someone who's a mistress of illusion
You're the one who knows and now you're gone

Hard Rock Cafe lyrics - Carole King

Downtown anywhere USA
You can find yourself a Hard Rock Cafe
Put your money on a number, anyone can play
Come on and tell us all about what happened to you today

At the Hard Rock Cafe, come to the Hard Rock Cafe
I hope you can find your way to the Hard Rock Cafe

After a hard day's work I guarantee
There just isn't anywhere better to be
If you're unable to find good company
You can always sit down and watch the color T.V.

At the Hard Rock Cafe, come to the Hard Rock Cafe
The regulars can't keep away from the Hard Rock Cafe

And if you're feeling just a little bit lonely
Don't sit at home just mopin'
Come on down to where the spirits flow so freely
You know the door is always open

At the Hard Rock Cafe, come to the Hard Rock Cafe
They will help keep your blues at bay
At the Hard Rock Cafe

Time Alone lyrics - Carole King

Here we are in time alone
No one else's feelings but our own
Seems to me that we have always known
What love was meant to be

Separately we stood before
Life was good but we knew there should be more
Time alone could open up the door
And you came through for me

No sign of the changes we have come through
No mind of the strangers who think they know you

Now as one we are a light
Though sometimes we were blinded by the night
Here in time alone it all seems right
And I'm feelin' wholly free
Won't you stay in time alone with me

God Only Knows lyrics - Carole King

Looks to me like
I'm flyin' in a pattern I want to break
Sometimes I feel like
I've given enough, now I want to take
It's makin' me crazy
Thinkin' about where it's all gonna lead
And I wonder
If we're gonna get what we need
God only knows

You're travelin' easy
Keeping your mind in an amber haze
But there's so much between you
And the natural land up on which you were raised
It's easy to turn your head
And not think about when it all comes down
Don't you wonder
If you're gonna be around
God only knows

Maybe it's not for me to understand
Maybe destruction is part of the plan
Well, I don't really see
How it can be
Why it should be, I don't know
I just don't know

I can't stop dreamin'
About leavin' it all behind
Maybe I'll never get there
Except in my mind
It sure makes me angry
To realize that I'm caught in a game
I used to love everybody
Now it's so hard to do through this pain
And I wonder
If I'll ever be the same
God only knows

To Know That I Love You lyrics - Carole King

The winds of time set my mind at ease
Like a gentle breeze, they let me know that I love you
Over and over again, we light the flame
Re-discovering that we are the same and I love you
Ah - it feels so good to know that I love you

With each new morning it's a good feeling to know
There is something to look forward to these days
As time sets in, we still begin to know each other
Even now as we go our separate ways
Ever together

Like the sun and the moon we give each other room
To shine and to glow and to grow and I know that I love you
Ah - it feels so good to know that I love you

One lyrics - Carole king

Poetic phrases come to mind
Whenever I find injustice being done
And I wonder, what am I gonna do
What can one do except to be one
Talking to two, touching three
Growing to four million
Each of us is one - all of us are one

I go through phases when I realize
It wouldn't be wise to try and bring it down
And I wonder, what am I gonna do
What should one do except just be around
Staying alive, putting out love
Growing to five billion
Each of us is one - all of us are one

Open your heart and let the love come shining through
And you will do what you need to do
To know just where the other you is coming from
He is one - she is one
A tree is one - the earth is one - the universe is one
I am one - we are one

It just amazes me that I can be
Part of the energy it takes to serve each other
And I wonder what am I gonna do
What can one do
Except be one
Each of us is one - all of us are one
We are one
What am I gonna do
Be one

"Thoroughbred" (1976)




So Many Ways lyrics - Carole King

So many ways
So many ways to show you love someone
So many ways
So many ways to show someone
You care

We have so much in common
Although we come from places worlds apart
When you reach out and touch my hand
Without a word you say, I love you
You're beautiful
You are in my heart

So many ways
So many ways to show you love someone
So many ways
So many ways to show someone
You care

Since I've been spending all my time with you
You've taught me something new every day
And I just want to say
The music comes from you and me
And it's plain to see that we both know

So many ways
So many ways to show you love someone
So many ways
So many ways to show someone
You care

Daughter Of Light lyrics - Carole King

Daughter of light
You're a welcome sight
To a weary soul
Seeing you just lifts me out of the cold
It's only temporary
You have to go away
But you're beautiful
And you never fail to make my day

Daughter of light
You smile and all the sadness leaves my heart
It's an easy course for sailing that you chart
But it's only temporary
You have to go away
You're too beautiful
And you know I'd never ask you to stay

Riding on the beach at sunset
Dreaming of the world that waits for you
That's where my mind's eye sees you
In a world that frees you
To do anything that you want to do

Daughter of light
Though you can only be a sometime friend
You restore my faith in love again
And that's not temporary
Even though you go away
You're too beautiful
Much more than words can say

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

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