The Brothers Four Star Box

The Brothers Four The Brothers Four Star Box歌詞
1.Greenfields

Once there were green fields kissed by the sun.
Once there were valleys where rivers used to run.
Once there were blue skies with white clouds high above.
Once they were part of an everlasting love.
We were the lovers who strolled through green fields.

Green fields are gone now, parched by the sun.
Gone from the valleys where rivers used to run.
Gone with the cold wind that swept into my heart.
Gone with the lovers who let their dreams depart.
Where are the green fields that we used to roam ?

I'll never know what made you run away.
How can I keep searching when dark clouds hide the day.
I only know there's nothing here for me.
Nothing in this wide world, left for me to see.

Still I'll keep on waiting until you return.
I'll keep on waiting until the day you learn.
You can't be happy while your heart's on the roam,
You can't be happy until you bring it home.
Home to the green fields and me once again.


2.The Green Leaves Of Summer

A time to be reaping
A time to be sowing
The green leaves of summer
Are calling me home '
Twas so good to be young then
In the season of plenty
When the catfish were jumping
As high as the sky

A time just for planting
A time just for ploughing
A time to be courting
A girl of your own '
Twas so good to be young then
To be close to the earth
And to stand by your wife
At the moment of birth, wo...

A time to be reaping
A time to be sowing
A time just for living
A place for to die '
Twas so good to be young then
To be close to the earth
Now the green leaves of summer
Are calling me home '
Twas so good to be young then
To be close to the earth
Now the green leaves of summer
Are calling me home


3.Yellow Bird

Yellow bird,
up high in banana tree
Yellow bird,
you sit all alone like me
Did your lady friend leave your nest again?
That is very sad,
makes me feel so bad
You can fly away,
in the sky away
You're more lucky than me

I also had a pretty girl
She's not with me today
They're all de same,
the pretty girls
Take tenderness,
then they fly away

Yellow bird,
up high in banana tree
Yellow bird,
you sit all alone like me
Let her fly away,
in the sky away
Pick a town and, soon,
pick from night to noon
Black and yellow,
you like banana too
They might pick you someday

Wish that I were a yellow bird
I'd fly away with you
But I am not a yellow bird
So here I sit,
nothin' else to do

Yellow bird...


4.Goodnight Irene

When I asked your mother for you
She told me you were too young
Now I wish I had never even seen your face
Or heard your lying tongue

So Saturday night I got married
Me and my wife settled down
Now me and my wife are parted
I'm gonna take another stroll downtown

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dream


Sometimes I live in the country
Sometimes I live in town
Sometimes I have a great notion
To jump into the river and drown

Oh, stop your carousin',
stop you gamblin'
Stayin out late at night
Go home to your wife and family
Sit down by the fireside, bright

Irene goodnight, Irene goodnight
Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dream

Goodnight Irene, goodnight Irene
I'll see you in my dreams...


5.Lady Greensleeves

(Instrumental with humming)


Alas, my love, you do me wrong
To cast me off discourteously
For I have courted you so long
Delighting in your company.

Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight
Greensleeves my heart of gold
And who but my lady greensleeves.


So, Greensleeves out there, well ado
Made your fortune cross the sea
For I am still thy lover true
Oh, come once again and love me.

Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight
Greensleeves was my heart of gold
And who but my lady greensleeves...


6.55 Days At Peking

Bom-bom-bom...

The year was Nineteen-Hundred
T'is worth remembering
The men who lived through
Fifty-five days at Peking

T'was called the Boxer Insurrection
A bloody, Oriental war
Against all nations
Of the Diplomatic Corps

The flags of France and Britain
How they fluttered in the breeze
The Italian and the Russian
And the flag of the Japanese

Then came the sound of bugles
The rolling drums of fury
And the streets of Peking
Were as empty as a tomb

Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom
(Dimitri Tiomkin / Paul Francis Webster)

The Empress of all China
Gave the signal to begin
Let the foreign devils
Be driven from Peking

They stormed the French Ligation
They attacked with shot and shell
And they came in blood red blouses
Screaming 'Sha Shou' as they fell

The drums have long been muffled
The bugles cease to ring
But through the ages
You can hear them echoing

Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom
Fifty-five days at Peking

Bom-bom-bom-bom-bom-bom
Bom-bom, bom-bom-bom
Fifty-five days at Peking


7.This Land Is Your Land

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the Redwood forests, to the Gulf stream waters
This land belongs to you and me.

I rode and rambled
I followed my footsteps
Crossed the golden sands of your diamond deserts
And all around me a voice kept saying
Oh, this land belongs to you and me.

This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forests, to the Gulf stream waters
This land belongs to you and me.


This land is your land,it is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forests, to the Gulf stream waters
This land belongs to you and me.

Remember this land belongs to you and me


This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forests, to the Gulf stream waters
This land belongs to you and me
Remember this land belongs to you and me


8.Jamaica Farewell

Down the day where the nights are gay
And the sun shines daily on the mountain top
I took a trip on a sailing ship
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town

Sounds of laughter everywhere
And the dancing girls sway to and fro
I must declare my heart is there
Though I've been from Maine to Mexico
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town


Down the market you can hear
Ladies cry out while on their heads they bear
`Akey' rice, salt fish are nice
And the rum is fine any time of year
But I'm sad to say I'm on my way
Won't be back for many a day
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town

My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town
My heart is down, my head is turning around
I had to leave a little girl in Kingston town


9.500 Miles

If you miss the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

A hundred miles, a hundred miles
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles

Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two
Lord, I'm three, Lord, I'm four
Lord, I'm 500 miles away from home

Away from home, away from home
Lord, I'm 500 miles away from home

Not a shirt on my back
Not a penny to my name
Lord, I can't go back home this a-way

This a-way, this a-way
Lord, I can't go back home this a-way

If you miss the train I'm on
You will know that I am gone
You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles...


10.Puff (The Magic Dragon)

Puff,the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
and brought him strings and sealing wax
and other fancy stuff
Puff,the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee
Puff,the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee
Together they would travel
on a boat with billowed sail
And Jackie kept a lookout perched
On Puff's gigantic tail
Noble kings and princes
would bow whene'er they came
And pirate ships would lower their flag
when Puff roared out his name
Puff,the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee
Puff,the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee
A dragon lives forever
but not so little boys
Painted wings and giant rings
make way for other toys.
One grey night it happened,
Jackie Paper came no more
And Puff that mighty dragon
he ceased his fearless roar.
His head was bent in sorrow
green scales fell like rain
Puff no longer went to play
along the cherry lane
Without his life-long friend
Puff could not be brave
So Puff that mighty dragon
sadly slipped into his cave
Puff,the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee
Puff,the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist
in a land called Honah Lee


11.San Francisco Bay Blues

I got the blues from my baby
Left me by the San Francisco Bay,
The ocean liner's gone so far away.
Well, I didn't mean to treat her so bad,
She was the best girl I ever have had,
She said goodbye, She makes me cry,
I gone to lay down and die.

I ain't got a nickel and
I ain't got a lousy dime.
If she don't come back,
I'm going to lose my mind.
If she ever comes back to stay,
It's going to be another brand new day,
Walking with my baby
By the San Francisco Bay.

Well, I'm sittin' down
Looking through my back door,
Just a-wondering which way to go,
Woman I'm so crazy for,
Says she don't love me no more.
Think I'll catch me a freight train,
Think about feeling blue,
I'm gone toride all the way
To the end of the line,
Thinking only of you.

Well, Meanwhile, in another city,
Just about to go insane,
Seems like I heard my baby,
The way she used to call my name.
If she ever get her back to stay,
it's going to be another brand new day,
Walking with my baby
Down by the San Francisco Bay,
Walking with my baby
By the San Francisco Bay...


12.Where Have All The Flowers Gone

Where have all the flowers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls have picked them every one
Oh When will they ever learn
Oh When will they ever learn

Where have all the young girls gone
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone
Gone to husbands every one
Oh When will they ever learn
Oh When will they ever learn

Where have all the husbands gone
Long time passing
Where have all the husbands gone
Long time ago
Where have all the husbands gone
Gone to soldiers every one
Oh When will they ever learn
Oh When will they ever learn
Where have all the soldiers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone
A long long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone
Gone to graveyards every one
Oh When will they ever learn
Oh When will they ever learn

Where have all the graveyards gone
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone
Gone to flowers every one
Oh When will they ever learn
Oh When will they ever learn
Where have all the flowers gone


13.Seven Daffodils

I may not have a mansion
I haven't any land
Not even a paper dollar
To twinkle in my hand

But I can show you morning
On a thousand hills
And kiss you and give you seven daffodils

I do not have a fortune
To buy you pretty things
But I can weave you moonbeams
For necklaces and rings

And I can show you morning
On a thousand hills
And kiss you and give you seven daffodils

Oh seven golden daffodils
All shinning in the sun
To light our way to evening
When our day is done

And I will give you music
And a crust of bread
A pillow of piney boughs
To rest your head
A pillow of piney boughs
To rest your head


14.Try To Remember

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and a callow fellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow -follow,oh-oh

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow
Try to remember the time of September
When love was an ember about to billow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow.

Deep in December it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made us mellow
Deep in December our hearts should remember
And follow-follow,oh-oh


15.Yesterday

Yesterday,
all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though
they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly,
I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she had to go I dont know,
she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday,
love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.


Why she had to go, I dont know,
she wouldn't say
I said something wrong
now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday,
love was such an easy game to play
Now, I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday...


16.Michelle

Michelle, ma belle.
These are words that go together well,
My Michelle.

Michelle, ma belle.
Sont des mots qui
vont tres bien ensemble,
Tres bien ensemble.

I love you, I love you, I love you.
That's all I want to say.
Until I find a way
I will say the only words I know that
You'll understand.

Michelle, ma belle.
Sont des mots qui
vont tres bien ensemble,
Tres bien ensemble.

I need you, I need you, I need you.
I need to make you see,

Oh, what you mean to me.
Until I do I'm hoping you will
Know what I mean.
I love you.


I want you, I want you, I want you.
I think you know by now
I'll get to you somehow.
Until I do I'm telling you so
You'll understand.

Michelle, ma belle.
Sont des mots qui
vont tres bien ensemble,
Tres bien ensemble.
I will say the only words I know that
You'll understand, my Michelle.


17.Girl

Girl...

When I think of all the times
I've tried to leave her
She will turn to me and start to cry;

And she promises the earth to me
And I believe her.
After all this times I don't know why.

Ah, girl! Girl!


18.And I Love Her

(Lennon/McCartney)

I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love her

She gives me ev'rything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her

A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her


19.Norwegian Wood (The Bird Has Flown)

I once had a girl
Or, should I say, she once had me
She showed me her room
Isn't it good-- Norwegian Wood

She asked me to stay
And she told me to sit anywhere
So, I looked around
And I noticed there wasn't a chair

I sat on a rug
Biding my time, drinking her wine
We talked until two
And then she said, it's time for bed

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She told me she worked in the morning
And started to laugh
I told her I didn't
And crawled off to sleep in the bath
And, when I awoke
I was alone, this bird had flown
So, I lit a fire
Isn't it good-- Norwegian Wood...


20.I'll Follow The Sun

oh tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

One day you'll look to see I've gone
For tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

Some day you'll know I was the one
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

And now the time has come
And so my love I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you will know, oooh

One day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun

The Brothers Four-I'll Follow The Sun
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And now the time has come
And so my love I must go
And though I lose a friend
In the end you'll know, oooh

One day you'll find that I have gone
But tomorrow may rain,
so I'll follow the sun


21.If I Fell

If I give my heart to you
I must be sure from the very start
that you would love me more than her

If I trust in you, oh please
don't run and hide,
if I love you too, oh please
don't hurt my pride like her

'Cause I couldn't stand the pain

So I hope you see that I
would love to love you
And that she will cry
when she learns we are two

'Cause I couldn't stand the pain

And I would be sad
If our new love was in vain

So I hope you see that I
would love to love you
And that she will cry
when she learns we are two
If I fell in love with you


22.Changes

Sit by my side,
come as close as the air
Share in a memory of gray
Wander in my words,
dream about the pictures
That I play of changes

Green leaves of summer
turn red in the fall
To brown and to yellow they fade
And then they have to die,
trapped within
The circle time parade of changes


Passions will part to a strange melody
As fires will sometimes burn cold

Like petals in the wind,
we're puppets to the silver
Strings of souls, of changes

So sit by my side,
come as close as the air
Share in a memory of gray

Wander in my words,
dream about the pictures
That I play of changes

Wander in my words,
dream about the pictures
That I play of changes


23.Both Sides Now

Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons evrywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way

I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

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Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say I love you right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads,
they say I've changed
Well somethings lost,
but somethings gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's lifes illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all

I've looked at love from both sides now,
from give and take, and still somehow
it's love's illusions I recall.
I really don't know love at all.