Goodnight Old Friend

Goodnight Old Friend

Farewell, old friend, leave me, now be gone
My soul is weak , my mind is never strong.

Watch my hands at night and see the way they’re shaking
See the endless road, see the way it’s taking
And it’s still the same old night
And it still just don’t seem right
And this darkness blinds my eyes.

Writing down my life on endless scraps of paper
Years of hanging round, a life of wasted labour
And it’s still the same old night
And somehow it don’t feel right
And this darkness blinds my eyes.

Goodnight, old friend, I’ll see you once again
The dawn will come and haunt me once again.

Watch my life unfold and see the shape it’s taking
Watch my fingers write and see the way they’re shaking
And it’s still the same old night
And somehow it don’t feel right
And this darkness blinds my eyes.

Goodnight, old friend, I’ll see you once again
The dawn will come and haunt us once again.

And it’s still the same old night
And it’s still the same old night
And it’s still the same old night
Ah, it’s still the same old night. 

(Sayer - Courtney)

The Dancer

The Dancer

Jeanette was a dancer
I suppose I knew her well
Her feet danced miracles
I was lost within her spell
Jeanette knew a singer
Was the leader of some band
Looked just like a boy
And stood just like a man
And it rains all down the avenue
Yes it rains all down the avenue
Just for you
Just for you
Just for you boy
Just for you

The kids in the back street cry
You hear their voices in your brain
The world is full of hungry souls
Behind the window panes
Little Jenny on the high wire
Slow motion as she fell
Sometimes I think the wire is me
The tragedy as well
And it rains all down the avenue
Oh yes it rains all down the avenue
It rains all down the avenue
Just for you
Just for you
Just for you boy
Just for you
Just for you boy
Just for you

[Solo]

I work on the west side
Jeanette I pulled your strings
I stood upon the pavement
I never owned a thing
And still I am the singer
I know my song so well
The rain falls through my eyes
And lands below the shell
And it rains all down the avenue
Yes it rains all down the avenue
Oh yes it rains all down the avenue
Just for you boy
Just for you
Just for you boy
Just for you 

 (Leo Sayer/David Courtney)

The Show Must Go On

Leo Sayer as Pierrot

Baby, although I chose this lonely life
It seems it's strangling me now
All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic cars
They're all laughing at me now
Oh I've been used
I've been taken for a fool, oh what a fool
I broke all the rules
But I won't let the show go on

Baby look there's an enormous crowd of people
And they're all after my blood
I wish maybe they'd tear down the walls
Of this theatre and let me out, let me out
Oh I've been so blind
I've wasted time
Wasted, wasted, oh so much time
Walking on the wire, high wire
But I won't let the show go on

[Scat verse]

Oh I've been so blind
I've wasted time
Wasted, wasted, oh so much time
Walking on the wire, high wire
But I won't let the show go on

Baby I wish you'd help me escape
And help me get away
Leave me outside my address
Far away from this masquerade
I've been so used I've been so abused
I've been a fool I broke all the rules
I've been so used oh and abused
But I won't let the show go
I said I won't let the show oh
Won't let the show go on

(Leo Sayer/David Courtney)