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Nine To Five Routine
04:37
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Nine To Five Routine
words & music - Allan Thomas
I've quit that nine to five routine
Ain't gonna work that way no more
Devoting my time to creatin' me
And I don't care how long I've got to be poor
Now working five days a week that don't allow me
The time I need to grow
I'll sacrifice the security for a future I can call my own
I ain't gonna follow no one else's footsteps but mine
I got to make my own way
Taking my time
Skeptical people they say I'll be a nobody
They scorn me and say I'm a fool
But knowing my decision is right
Means more to me than following the rule
I've quit that nine to five routine
Now I'm not saying that nine to five ain't no good
For some folk it's all they've got
But what may be good for someone else
Perhaps for me is not for
I've quit that nine to five routine
You can bear my witness
I've quit that nine to five routine
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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D Train
02:08
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D Train
words & music - Allan Thomas
Rusty wheels turnin' under New York town
Step in quick for the door knock you down
We're going ridin' on a subway
Bound for Brooklyn tonight
Hold on
Keep your eyes wide open
Watch the people watching you
It's thirty-cents admission
The show's always new
We're going ridin' on the D train
Bound for Brooklyn tonight
And here's some advice
Don't you let the five-o'clock rush make mush out of you
And make sure that you listen to the stories
That the Drunk man has got for you
Ridin' on the D Train's like dreaming in your sleep
Anything might happen anyone might leap
We're going ridin' on the D train
Bound for Brooklyn tonight
Jack why don't you take a ride
When she keeps you waitin'
You will frown down the track
But when you hear her heartbeat a hummin'
You will hum right back
We're going ridin' on the D train
Bound for Brooklyn tonight
You better hold on
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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Headin' For The Open Road
words & music - Allan Thomas
Feels as if this past week has lasted about a year
'Cause I been working so doggone hard
Waiting for the weekend to appear
But now at last the time has arrived
to find myself some peace of mind and come alive
I'm headin' for the open road
Which way I'm going I don't know
I might walk I might ride but I can't decide
Just what I'm gonna do
But I know I know
That I'm headin' for the open road
Through the week my responsibilities
They weigh heavily on my soul
Constantly reminding me of what must be done
For me to reach my goal
But I get relief in knowing I can rest for a while
When I close the door behind me
I'll sing with a smile
I'm headin' for the open road
Which way I'm going I don't know
I might walk I might ride but I can't decide
Just what I'm gonna do
But I know I know
That I'm headin' for the open road
Too much pressure on me
Has taken too much out of me
But now at last the time has arrived
To find myself some peace of mind and come alive
I'm headin' for the open road
Which way I'm going I don't know
I might walk I might ride but I can't decide
Just what I'm about to do
But I know I know
Deep down in my soul I know
That I'm headin' for the open road
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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Hitch Hiker Song
03:05
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Hitch-Hiker Song
words & music Allan Thomas
He's hitchin' down the highway
With the wind blowing through his hair
Smiling and singing a song full of hope to share
Suitcase and guitar by his side waiting for a ride
He's on his way to somewhere
But just where he doesn't know
Another town a pretty face a friendship he can sew
A troubadour of subtle songs is he
And this is what he sings
Li di de dum I'm searching for a strum
Hitchin' down the highway of life
Li di de dum I'm searching for a strum
Hitchin' down the highway of life
He's been rambling for as long as he recalls
Picking up the pieces and breaking down the walls
He always loves to listen to the lessons
The drivers tongues do tell
Li di de dum I'm searching for a strum
Hitchin' down the highway of life
Li di de dum I'm searching for a strum
Hitchin' down the highway of life
Li di de dum I'm searching for a strum
Hitchin' down the highway of life
Li di de di de dum I'm searching for a strum
Hitchin' down the highway of life
So if you see him hitchin' down the road in front of you
Do remember in your heart
He's people passing through
And please be kind he's only trying to find
Himself just like you
Singin' Li di de dum I'm searching for a strum
Hitchin' down the highway of life
Li di de dum de dum I'm searching for a strum
Hitchin' down the highway of life
I'm Hitchin' down the highway of life
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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5. |
In The Rain
03:38
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In The Rain
words & music - Allan Thomas
It's raining little drops of life come rolling down
It's raining mother nature is sending down
Her love into our lives
To me the rain is so beautiful
I think it's too bad most people don't see
All the beauty in the rain
The falling rain
I think I'm gonna I think I'm gonna
Stay out in this falling rain
I think I'm gonna I think I'm gonna let it touch my face
Well I'm gonna watch it slow down the world's pace
It's raining and I'm soaking wet
It's raining I think it's sad that most people they never get the feelings that I do
In the rain the beautiful rain
In the rain
Mother nature's mood changing
Life giving fresh feeling rain
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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Ridin'
03:04
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Ridin'
words & music - Allan Thomas
All I want to do
Is provide a ride for you
And all you've got to do is listen
And I will take you ridin' with me
Now I am fond of ridin'
And I know that you are too
So close your eyes and listen listen
Allan will take you ridin' with him
Lets' go for a ride
All I want to do
Is provide a ride for you
That's all I'm trying to do
And all you've got to do is listen
And I will take you ridin' with me
I'll take you ridin' with me
I'll take you ridin'
I will take you ridin' with me
1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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7. |
Let It Flow
03:28
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Let It Flow
words & music - Allan Thomas
A seed was planted in my heart today
When my eyes beheld your glow
Now that seed is beginning to grow
Getting stronger with every hello
I can feel it searching for the sunshine
Which only your loving can provide
We're both beginning to need you now
But this time I'm not gonna hide
I'm gonna let it flow
Gonna let it flow
Just to watch you laugh and sing and smile
Is enough of a life giving shower
To help the seed within my heart to grow
Into a beautiful flower
With the right climate and plenty of care
I'm sure we'll be able to share
All the profits of a love-ripened harvest
That both of us helped to prepare
I'm gonna let it flow
Gonna let it flow
With the right climate and plenty of care
I'm sure we'll be able to share
All the profits of a love-ripened harvest
That both of us helped to prepare
I'm gonna let it flow flow flow
I'm gonna let it flow
Need to see our love flow
And I will wait if I have to darling
With the patience of a farmers soul
Flow gonna let it flow
And I need you like a flower needs the sunshine
Let it flow
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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8. |
Communication
03:51
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Communication
words & music -Allan Thomas
See the playground over there
Children playing unaware
Singing and laughing through the day
Well those kids won't always be that way
You see their gonna grow up
Into a world not often kind
Some of those kids will make it
But the others will be left behind
We've got to reach out and offer them all we can
Reach out and lend the young a helping hand
I'm singing about communication
Pick a child who'll play life's games
And that child will never never fail
Then pick a child who'll spend his life
Dying behind the bars of jail
These are the paths
The paths of each child's unchosen fate
People all we can do is try
We've got to try to guide them towards the right gate
We've got to reach out and offer them all that we can
Before it's too late
Reach out and lend the young a healing hand
Offer them understanding
Give them some kindness too
We've all traveled that lonely road before
Our experience should tell us how to help them through
People we've got to reach out
And offer them all that we can
Tomorrow it's their turn to reach on out
And lend the young a helping hand
I'm singing about communication
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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Walls
03:17
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Walls
words & music - Allan Thomas
The tears stream down her cheeks like rain
Expounding anxiety and pain
All the frustration that she is feeling
Is the result of her finally dealing
With visions constantly revealing
The walls that stand so tall 'tween her and me
They stand so tall between her and me
Points are lost and points are gained
Still the deadly game goes on just the same
The principal purpose is a compromise
But that reasoning is just a disguise
While she lets her emotions rise
Over the walls that stand so tall 'tween her and me
They stand so tall between her and me
All I see is walls
All the stone-cold words she didn't mean to say
But somehow they find my ears anyway
A moments madness reveals hidden thoughts
The name calling blame falling will cost
Deep in misunderstanding we are lost
Under the walls that stand so tall 'tween her and me
They stand so tall
They stand so tall between her and me
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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10. |
Circles
02:36
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Circles
words & music - Allan Thomas
Round and round in circles
Everything seems to go round
The earth keeps turning the sun keeps burning
They both keep returning to where they're bound
Round and round and round in circles they go
Round and round in cycles
Everything sure does seem to roll round
The seasons they come and go
The more you learn the less you seem to know
Round and round in cycles we go
Round and round and up and down
Round and round we go
Round and round and up and down
Where we stop we don't know
Thats a simple philosophy
Yet it signifies everything I seem to see
Around you and me
Round and round in circles
Everything seems to go round
Round and round in circles
Everything seems to go round
The earth keeps turning the sun keeps burning
We all go returning to where we're bound
Round and round in circles
Round and round in cycles
Round and round in circles we go
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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11. |
A Picture
04:14
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A Picture
words & music - Allan Thomas
I want to paint a picture for you
So you may see what I've seen too
And I'll use colors of loneliness shades of blue
Colors of children and barking dogs too
Colors of wandering wondering why
Wishing and waiting while watching the sky
These are the images I choose to use
I'll paint a picture for the price of my dues
And I'll use colors of music and moments of love
Colors of questions and signs from above
Colors of patience and colors of pain
Colors of Dylan and colors of Coltrane
These are the images that I choose to use
I'll paint a picture for the price of my dues
I want to paint a picture for you
So you may see what I've seen too
And I'll use colors of grain sun-struck and gold
Colors of a man afraid to grow old
Colors of war bloody and red
Colors of lies upon which we're fed
These are images that I choose to use
I'll paint this picture for the price of my dues
And I'll use colors of laughter and colors of jail
Counting and cursing while waiting for mail
Colors of death doom and desire
Colors of naked ladies on fire
These are images that I've chosen to use
I've painted my picture for the price of my dues
Now I've wanted to paint a picture for you
And I hope you have seen what I've seen too
© 1971 Bleu Disque Music - ASCAP
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