"Colour Of Your Dreams" (1993)

• Lay Down My Life lyrics - Carole King
• Hold Out For Love lyrics - Carole King
• Standing In The Rain lyrics - Carole King
• Now And Forever lyrics - Carole King
• Wishful Thinking lyrics - Carole King
• Colour Of Your Dreams lyrics - Carole King
• Tears Falling Down On Me lyrics - Carole King
• Friday's Tie-Dye Nightmare lyrics - Carole King
• Just One Thing lyrics - Carole King
• Do You Feel Love lyrics - Carole King
• It's Never Too Late lyrics - Carole King

Lay Down My Life lyrics - Carole King

As I walk away

My world comes tumbling down

That's allright

You'll go home again without me

Where will I go tomorrow

It doesn't matter, if you want me to stay

Should I turn around, come back to you

Or should I keep on walking away

It feels so good with you

It feels so right with you

But I will bring you sorrow

If I stay with you

Now if I hurt you, forgive me

Try not to lose faith in me

You know I would never hurt you intentionally

What will I do tomorrow

Without your love I would surely lose my way

And rush headlong into nowhere

On a ghost highway

It feels so good with you

It feels so right with you

But I will bring you sorrow

If I stay with you

I would lay down my life for you

I kept going on, when going on

Made no real sense at all

But it's no good now, it's all clear to me

Now that my back is against the wall

How will you get through tomorrow

It doesn't matter, I know you will

And we'll be together forever

Bound by the way we made each other feel

And I will lay down my life for you

I will lay down my life for you

'Cause it feels so good with you

Yes, it feels so right with you

I will lay down my life for you

Hold Out For Love lyrics - Carole King

Everybody's got a little child inside

Still looking for love

Everything we do is in search of it

Everything we say or think of

And every time we reach for somebody

We're reaching out for love

Everybody's looking for love

Everybody is looking for love

When someone says a kind word

It's music to your ears

Yet somewhere inside you're wondering

If you really deserve to let go of your fears

You want to make a connection, you're looking for a way

To escape the loneliness and the tears

That you've had for years

Everybody's looking for love

Everybody is looking for love

But you know you gotta

Hold out, don't settle for less

Hold out for the real thing, hold out for the real thing

Hold out, you deserve the best

Hold out for the real thing, hold out for the real thing

Hold out for love

Maybe you're looking for security

But without a doubt

You're gonna miss the love you wish you had

'Cause love is what life is all about

Well, if it don't feel right, then don't do it

If the night is dark, don't sell your soul to get through it

Listen to your heart, it'll tell you how to do it

Love will be worth the wait

Everybody's looking for love

Everybody is looking for love

But you know you gotta

Hold out, don't settle for less

Hold out for the real thing, hold out for the real thing

Hold out, you deserve the best

Hold out for the real thing, hold out for the real thing

Hold out for love

Standing In The Rain lyrics - Carole King

We met along the back streets where we would not be seen

Our bodies full of passion, with love our only dream

The neon flashed in our hotel room, but I never complained

Until the night you left me standing in the rain

I wondered what had happened, afraid to call your home

So I spent the night in the local bar, but I had to drink alone

I must have gotten in a fight, 'cause I woke up bleeding with pain

I had the midnight sun with you

Now I'm standing in the rain

Standing in the rain

Another woman answered when I called you in the morning

The sound of her voice came without a warning

The sun was coming up, but inside my soul was storming

I guess there are some promises you just can't keep

I'm still wandering down those back streets

But with a different point of view

'Cause I lost everything I had when I bet it all on you

I try not to think about it, or else I'll go insane

Sometimes I cry, wondering why you left me standing in the rain

Standing in the rain

Why did you leave me standing

Standing in the rain

Now And Forever lyrics - Carole King

Now and forever, you are a part of me

And the memory cuts like a knife

Didn't we find the ecstasy, didn't we share the daylight

When you walked into my life

Now and forever, I'll remember

All the promises still unbroken

And think about all the words between us

That never needed to be spoken

We had a moment, just one moment

That will last beyond a dream, beyond a lifetime

We are the lucky ones

Some people never get to do all we got to do

Now and forever, I will always think of you

Didn't we come together, didn't we live together

Didn't we cry together

Didn't we play together, didn't we love together

And together we lit up the world

I miss the tears, I miss the laughter

I miss the day we met and all that followed after

Sometimes I wish I could always be with you

The way we used to do

Now and forever, I will always think of you

Now and forever, I will always be with you

Wishful Thinking lyrics - Carole King

I see you, but you don't see me

Like a ghost of the future, hovering dark and dreamy

You fade in and out of the mist

Do you even exist, except in my wishful thinking

I reach for you, but I can't touch you

I feel you just beyond a star

Do you know how much you are all I ever wanted

Is it too much too soon

Am I foolishly dreaming

Just baying at the moon

Playing impossible visions like an elementary tune

How I wish that I could realize my heart

But it's only wishful thinking on my part

Colour Of Your Dreams lyrics - Carole King

Live in the colour of your dreams

Know everything you see is not quite what it seems

Take everything you have to give

If you believe it, you can make it what you want to

All you gotta do is say you will

Go for the vision in your mind

Throw all your doubt away, just leave it all behind

You are the owner of the game

Nothing will ever be the same once you have played it

You know you're gonna win if you just say you will

Oh, everything you'll ever need you already know

Oh, the only place to go

Is where angels ride the sunset and heaven lies below

So dream of the day when you will fly

And let the wings of your destiny carry you through the sky

Take everything you have to give

If you believe it, you can make it what you want to

And be living in the colour of your dreams

Tears Falling Down On Me lyrics - Carole King

Vera comes home on Sunday morning after hanging with the boys all night

Laughing and drinking with them, thinking she's one of them

And that makes everything allright

She vaguely remembers going out in the parking lot

With the stone mason's son

Who had his way with her, then walked away when he was done

Sometimes she thinks about leaving - she tells herself, someday

You know, her daddy said she'd never amount to much

Of anything anyway

Oh, tears falling down on me

Oh, tears falling down on me

No, that ain't the way it's supposed to be

Oh, tears falling down on me

Oh, tears falling down on me

I've cried so many tears over man's unkindness to man

People say that's the way it is, but we gotta do what we can

Why does it have to be that way, I just don't understand

Rain falling from my eyes, rain falling from the sky

And I don't know why

A pack of jokers get their jollies beating up on a black king

There's outrage in the city for a while

But do you think it'll really change anything

Get rid of the gates, free the people

And let the games commence

We gotta take our power back

And use it in ways that make sense

Oh, tears falling down on me

Oh, tears falling down on me

If I could, I would change the course of history

Oh, tears falling down on me

Oh, tears falling down on me

Oh, tears falling down on me

Oh, rain washing over me

Oh, tears falling down on me

Oh, pain washing over me

Rain, wash it away, rain, wash it away

Wash the pain away, rain, wash it away

Oh, tears falling down on me

Oh, tears falling down on me

Friday's Tie-Dye Nightmare lyrics - Carole King

In Friday's tie-dye nightmare

I was trying to get from here to there

Walking to, passing through people everywhere

I got on at my station, running through the fire

Looking for an elevation that would get me a little higher

News of people dying, someone lying on the stair

Crying for the nation, can we offer up a prayer

There'll be a coronation, a fancy dress affair

We'll be lined up in formation, but we won't be going anywhere

Down the hellhole, trying to make my way

I couldn't get where I wanted, due to an unforeseen delay

The man was apologetic as he turned his head to say

Sorry, kid, you're not gonna make it home today

Hey mister, why'd you take my ticket away

Even more to the point, how come I let you

I could blame it all on you, or make up my mind to stay

I wish I knew a way I could forget you

I didn't read the fine print, y'gotta be on the ball

Some days I'm less confident, up against a wall

I wonder where my mind went, I should have made the call

I like to think I'm innocent, but then, don't we all

I got to the next location, hoping for the best

But another situation put me to the test

A man in black pants, a white shirt, and a red vest

Had fallen on the track and no one even got depressed

Or even guessed he wasn't putting on an act

Someone said he'd drunk too much

'Cause he was lying on his back

It was also duly noted that he happened to be black

There was a serious lack of anything right at all here

What's the difference - I didn't stop

The very least I could have done was call a cop

But I passed the news vendor, pursuing my agenda

And I like everyone else, I dropped the ball here

Still trying to get home, I saw a telephone

And put some coins I had found

They were supposed to work, they did for the man beside me

But when I dropped them in, they wouldn't go down

What is going on here

Will I ever know the truth

How do to deal with the time stealing away your daddy's youth

Story after story of disaster barely missed

You see, common miracles somehow do exist

And anyone can be kissed by lady fortune

So I gathered up my skirt and tucked my wallet in

Grabbed my bag and the sling I carried my girl child in

Funny she didn't cry, she wasn't scared at all

She could see a happy outcome in the patterns on the wall

And y'know

The next train was the right one, but not for the vested man

I try, but there's too many things I'll never understand

Y'gotta keep on going knowing someone's got a plan

For Friday's tie-dye nightmare and Monday's promised land

And there it is

Just One Thing lyrics - Carole King

Holding it together with barely any motion

Like so many motes of dust

My dreams keep stirring in me

But all I see are

Rivers of violence

Running red on the streets below me

While passionate strangers whisper desire

All I know is I'm on fire

I need just one thing I can believe in

Oh, just one thing

Just one thing I can believe in

Hiding in the shadows

I want to stand in the light

Trust is unknown to me

I've been betrayed by the night so long

I can never belong to anyone any more

Why does everybody think they know me

I go through the motions, playing my role

Nobody knows what's deep in my soul

I need just one thing I can believe in

Give me just one thing

Oh, just one thing I can believe in

Love let me down

I wanted to believe that love was the one thing

But every time I turned around, love let me down

In my imagination

I come out of the darkness

The moon in my fantasy smiles down on me

I am a child running wild and free

But then the fight for survival

Takes me out of my illusion

And I'm back in the emptiness, fear and defeat

Trapped in a rhythm I don't want to repeat

The taste of freedom is so close and sweet

I've just gotta find a way off this dead-end street

I need just one thing I can believe in

I gotta find one thing

Just one thing I can believe in

I need one thing I can believe in

Let me find one thing

Gotta find one thing

Just one thing I can believe in

Do You Feel Love lyrics - Carole King

She lives in the land of the used to be

These days, baby that's all she's got

She tries so hard just to stay in touch

But auld acquaintance long forgot

A half cup of coffee steaming in her hand

Too bad things didn't turn out quite the way she planned

She had hold of the brass ring but it came back sand

And broken promises

Do you feel love

Do you feel love tonight

Do you feel love

Do you feel love tonight

Yesterday I ran into an old friend

Standing on a corner in a cold sweat

So I took him walking down on Deal Street

To make a payment on a years-old debt

He told me what he's feeling; I told him all I know

He told me all about the fear when the night winds blow

Hey you don't need to hold on to wrongs of long ago

And broken promises

Do you feel love

Do you feel love tonight

Do you feel love

Do you feel love tonight

Do you feel love

Do you feel love tonight

You write your life story in your dreams at night

And hope your life turns out that way

In your racy lacy underwear you long for love

But love eludes you every day

All the old suspicions well up in your mind

You always look for trouble, so trouble's what you find

But you got the power to get out of the line

Of broken promises

Y'got to get out, get out, get out of the line

Do you feel love

Do you feel love tonight

Do you feel love,

Do you feel love tonight

It's Never Too Late lyrics - Carole King

I used to watch all the couples going by

Feeling left out and so alone

But now I feel so much a part of them

Because I've got a man of my own

It's never too late to fall in love again

And I know, and I know

That it's true

You treat me with so much tenderness, love and respect

And I just love everything that you do

When I needed the comfort of a strong man's arms

You chased away my blues

Remember the first time when we made love

Brothers and sisters, have you heard the news

It's never too late to fall in love again

It don't pay, it don't pay

To sit there remembering when

No matter how much pain and heartache you've known

It's never too late

Never too late to love again

It's never too late to fall in love again

It's never too late to fall in love again

It's never too late to fall in love again

And I know, and I know

That it's true

It's never too late to fall in love again

I just love every little thing that you do

It's never too late to love again

"City Streets" (1989)

City Streets lyrics - Carole King
Sweet Life lyrics - Carole King
Down To The Darkness lyrics - Carole King
Lovelight lyrics - Carole King
I Can't Stop Thinking About You lyrics - Carole King
Legacy lyrics - Carole King
Ain't That The Way lyrics - Carole King
Midnight Flyer lyrics - Carole King
Homeless Heart lyrics - Carole King
Someone Who Believes In You lyrics - Carole King

City Streets lyrics - Carole King

River wind is icy

Chills run through my bones

Tides of life are ebbing out

Between the cobblestones

The streets are on fire

With the burning sunrise

And over the water I look in vain

For love in someone's eyes

Oh, city streets

The stories that they tell

Oh, city streets

They can be heaven, they can be hell

Winter-colored morning

Gray and dirty brown

Reflecting the mood I'm in

Despair is all around

I long for sweet oblivion

To take me from my pain

Maybe bring me dreams of hope and faith

So I can break this chain

Oh, city streets

The stories that they tell

Oh, city streets

They can be heaven, they can be hell

Lovers with their arms entwined

Silhouettes against the light

A warm bed is waiting as they head home

After staying up all night

For them the city is magic

That's all they've ever known

I wish I could find the magic

But I'm scared and I'm feeling so alone

Oh, city streets

The stories that they tell

Oh, city streets

They can be heaven, they can be hell

Oh, city streets

The stories they have known

Oh, city streets, city streets, city streets

Sweet Life lyrics - Carole King

So you think you got the weight

Of the world on your shoulders

And it's getting too hard to bear

You feel like you're getting older and older

And nobody seems to care

It isn't what you do, it's who you know

Ain't that the way it is any more

Makes you keep on wondering

Don't it make you wonder now

What are you living for

Well, it's a sweet life, baby, don't you think maybe

You can give it another try

It's your life, baby, but I'm not ready to say goodbye

We got a sweet life, baby, why don't you take a good look around

It's a sweet life, baby, don't let it get you down

Y'say you feel snowed under by circumstances

You can make of it what you will

You can look at the downside or take your chances

And try to make it uphill

Now you can't keep living inside your head

In a prison cell all your own

Just let yourself go, get your body out of bed

You don't have to do it all alone

Well it's a sweet life, baby, don't you think maybe

You can give it another try

It's your life, baby, but I'm not ready to say goodbye

Y'know this is real life, baby,

Why don't you take another look around

It's a sweet life, baby, don't let it get you down

It's a sweet life, baby, don't you think maybe

You can stop and taste the honey

It's a sweet life, baby, it's all about the sugar

It ain't about money

It's a sweet life, baby, don't you think maybe

You can give it another try

It's a sweet life, baby, and I'm not ready to say goodbye

It's a sweet life, baby

It's a sweet life, baby

It's a sweet life, baby

Down To The Darkness lyrics - Carole King

Everything's lost in illusion

I keep moving, but I can't seem to get out of the shadows

Out into the light of day

Everyone's out in the afternoon

Turning their faces up to the sun like a spotlight

What's wrong with me, I don't want to play

You're my obsession, I just can't get you out of my mind

I look around and I see all the signs

They say danger

I know you're gonna take me down to the darkness

Down to the darkness

Oh, but I want you to

I know you're gonna take me down to the darkness

Down to the darkness

Oh, but you know I want you to

Oh, yes I want you to

I'm afraid of the dark

Oh, but I'm attracted to it

I'm afraid of the dark

I want to run away, but I can't do it

Through my hazy confusion

I close my eyes, but your image is indelibly burned there

Seared into my memory

Now as I stand on the edge of the precipice

Looking down into the black abyss

I know I'll be lost with just one kiss

But I want to be

Even as the tongues of fire lick at me from below

No turning back, I just can't let go of the danger

I know you're gonna take me down

I know you're gonna take me down to the darkness

Oh, but I want you to

I know you're gonna take me down to the darkness

Oh, down to the darkness

Oh, but you know I want you to

Oh, yes I want you to

I want you to take me down to the darkness

Down, down, down to the darkness

Lovelight lyrics - Carole King

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I want to see the longing in your eyes

When you look at me

I want it to be the way it used to be

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I want to feel the passion in your touch

I want to feel the burning love I need so much

When I reach for you

I want you to hold me like you used to do

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

You used to walk with me on the street of dreams

I remember you telling me

You said nothing is what is seems

Now as I walk alone, cold in the morning after

Thoughts of you in someone else's arms

In someone else's bed

Explode inside my head

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I want to see the fire back in your eyes

When you look at me

I want it to be the way it used to be

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I want to see the lovelight in your eyes

I Can't Stop Thinking About You lyrics - Carole King

A candle's burning in my window

And it's burning just for you

I had some big plans for tomorrow

But you had something else to do

You came to me right out of nowhere

You gave me shelter in your eyes

And though you let the walls come caving in

When the cold wind blew

I can't stop thinking about you

You let me walk into your dream world

You gave me things I couldn't steal

And in the wee hours of the morning

I still believe the dream was real

Why did you show me all your colors

When you knew that I was blind

Still I keep looking for the reasons

That'll see me through

I can't stop thinking about you

I can't stop thinking about you

I can't stop thinking about you

The night is dark, indeed

Ah, but I can't hide

There are voices in my house

But nobody's inside

I'll hit the town tonight

But even if I do

The party lights won't shine tonight

'Cause I can't stop thinking about you

Legacy lyrics - Carole King

You used to be as a child

Full of hope and wonder

Hey, now, do you remember those days

Your mind was free and running wild

Now the sound of thunder

Has got you trapped in a corner hiding out

You're running in a rat maze

You better think about the legacy

That you want to leave behind

It's all getting burnt-out, used-up

Bought and sold to the bottom line

That ain't the way it's gotta be

You can leave a better world than you find

You can look down, turn aside, run away

But you can't put it out of your mind

'Cause it's your legacy

Don't it make your heart bleed

Passing through the meadowland

Wheel of fortune jackpot is what it looks like

That's okay, go on, run your motor at high speed

Rev it up to five grand

Shades on, top down

But as you barrel down the turnpike

You better think about the legacy

That you're gonna leave behind

Things are getting wasted out of hand

People stealing each other blind

Hey, that ain't the way it oughta be

You can leave a better world than you find

You can look down, turn around, run away

But you can't put it out of your mind

'Cause it's your legacy

It isn't easy when you think your voice

Doesn't matter to anyone

Maybe you believe there's nothing you can do

But if you just do nothing, you've made a choice

To perpetuate the destruction

Why don't you stand up, dig in

When it all comes down, it's gotta begin with you

It's you

It's your legacy

Baby, whatcha gonna do about it

You better think about the legacy

That you want to leave behind

Things are getting wasted, out-of-hand, burnt-out, used-up

Sold to the bottom line

Hey, that ain't the way it's gotta be

Oh, don't you want to leave a better world than you find

You can look down, turn aside, run away and hide

But you can't put it out of your mind

'Cause it's your legacy

Oh, your legacy

Look here

It's gotta start somewhere, Jack

If you don't go forward, you're gonna go back

Hey, you better get a plan of attack

'Cause that's the only way that you're gonna keep track

Of your legacy

Ain't That The Way lyrics - Carole King

Ain't that the way

Whenever you think you've got it made

Everything changes on you

Ain't that the way

Nothing is stranger than the truth

And how it comes to you

Ain't that the way

In this life we are living

Moment to moment, day by day

And through all our tribulations

We reach out for each other

And if we're lucky, someone cares enough to say

Ain't that the way

Whenever you think you're in control

Everything turns around

Ain't that the way

One day you're flying

Next day you're on the ground

Ain't that the way

So it goes

You never know what's gonna happen

You never know, but something always does

And sometimes in quiet desperation

You realize it's never gonna be the way it was

Ain't that the way

Whenever you think you've got it all

There's a wall in front of you

Ain't that the way

You gotta go through it, it's life

And it's all okay

Ain't that the way

Midnight Flyer lyrics - Carole King

The flashing neon excites my blood

Breathing in the carnival air

That old street of dreams has got my head spinning

Being there at the pleasure fair

I'm no stranger to danger

He's been my lifelong friend

I can feel the pulse of the city

Who knows how it will end

Midnight flyer, higher and higher

And the sun won't rise till five

And I don't care if I'm spending my money

At least I feel alive

Midnight flyer

Suburban village has gone to sleep

But I'm just waking up

The night holds a promise I intend to keep

To fill my loving cup

I know it's a long shot

But tonight I'm gonna take a chance

I can feel the rhythm of the city

It's my turn to dance

Midnight flyer, higher and higher

And the sun won't rise till five

I don't care if I'm spending my money

At least I feel alive

Midnight flyer, I'm on fire

Nothin's gonna stand in my way

I'm gonna keep on moving to the beat of the city

Until the break of day

Midnight flyer, I'm on fire

Midnight flyer, I'm on fire

Nothin's gonna stand in my way

Midnight flyer