1. CONGO




You say that I put chains on you
But I don't think that's really true
But if you want to be free from me
You gotta lose me in another world

Send me to the Congo I'm free to leave
There's always somewhere anybody can lead
Send me to the Congo you have to believe
You can do it if you wanna just do what you please

Like a soldier ant
I will wait for the signal to act
To take a walk right through the door
If you don't want me here any more

Send me to the Congo I'm free to leave
There's always somewhere anybody can lead
Send me to the Congo you have to believe
You can do it if you wanna just do what you please

Into my heart you came
And gave a whole new meaning to my life
Into my world you brought a light
I thought it never would go out

Send me to the Congo I'm free to leave
There's always somewhere anybody can lead
Send me to the Congo you have to believe
You can do it if you wanna just do what you please

You can send me to the Congo I'm free to leave
There's always somewhere anybody can lead
Yes you can send me to the Congo, you have to believe
You can do it if you wanna just do what you please

I would never be the one to say you had no reason
To want me somewhere else far far away
But someday you may understand, someday you will see
That someone who would die for you is all I've ever been

Congo the Congo, if that's how it's got to be
Congo the Congo, if that's what you want from me

I would never be the one to say you had no reason
To want me somewhere else far far away
Someday you may understand someday you will see...






2. PAPA HE SAID




Well papa he said, you must turn the lights down low
Papa he said, that way no one will ever know
Papa he said, what kind of trouble are you in?

Well papa he said, you must go down on your knees
Papa he said, you must do what it takes to please
Papa he said, if you've done everything I've told you to

And I've never had the feeling in the past
And I've never felt I needed to impress
I should know

Well papa he said, you must walk up the hill
Papa he said, if you don't someone else will
Papa he said, if you've done everything I told you to

And I've never had the feeling in the past
And I've never felt I needed to impress

Well papa he said, you must turn the lights down low
Well papa he said, that way no one will ever know
Papa he said, if you follow him wherever he may go
Don't say no!

Well papa he said, you must walk up the hill
Well papa he said, if you don't no one else will

No one else will
Turn the lights down low
No one will know
Turn the lights down low






3. BANJO MAN




Give me a song I know
Something I can relate to
People never criticize the way I play
Show me the way to go
I need to make a breakthrough
I don't think that I can wait another day

It's putting years on me
I'm a young man going grey
I don't believe that I can wait another day

This simple melody is all I have
I make my living that way
I make good friends that way

I really can't make no sense of it
As hard as I try
Is it something I do wrong?
Please won't you tell me why
The people all seem to like it
And no one knows about it more than I

I met a man today
Who walked in my direction
Stopped took off his hat
And lit a cigarette
He listened carefully
To what I had been playing
Threw a coin into my hands
And walked away

I always play just what they want me to
Everybody wants the same song
If only I could do it in my own way
I'd feel such emotion, emotion,
Emotion, emotion,

Give me a song I know
Something I can relate to
No one wants to criticize the way I play
I should just say no
And play them what I want to
Cause I don't think that I can wait another day

It's putting years on me
I'm a young man going grey
I don't believe that I can wait another day

This simple melody is all I have
I make my living that way
I make good friends that way
They feel my emotion, emotion,
Emotion, emotion...