No Dice (It’s Time to Leave)

Words and music John Greaves

Not prone to exaggerating
No more than my conscience allows
I tend more to understating
Rather than looking a fool

Don’t like giving the game away
I keep my cards close to my chest
Just in case it’s my lucky day
I don’t want to spoil my chances

Joking apart this poor old heart is
Worn out on my sleeve
It’s time to leave
I’m no percentage player
I’ll tear off every layer
And later I’ll be cleaned out
Washed up mangled,
Hanging on the line to dry.

THE LYRICIST’S LAMENT

Music by Sebastijan Duh
Lyrics by John Greaves

I was asked to write a song
I said “Easy,” it’s “easy peasy”
Just find a word at the end of the line
Then you gotta make it rhyme
With love and stars above
It won’t take you very long

But I found out that I was wrong
Wasn’t thinking, had I been drinking?
Words don’t fall like rain from the sky
But a lot of little jewels
Like tiny molecules
Could grow up to be a song

Try to sing it using verbal dexterity
You can wing it schmoozing perfect sincerity
You could be climbing a stairway to heaven
Once you’re up it you’ll be stuck like a puppet on a string

So we’re coming to the end the conclusion
No illusion,
This little story’s hit the end of the road
And it’s just a bunch of sounds
To please the ear
So nice to hear
And you got another job
Done and dusted

FARMER GIRL

Music by Julien Vega
Lyrics by John Greaves & Julien Vega

HERE ALL ALONE IN THE CORNFIELD AT NIGHT
THE SKY’S FULL OF STARS
AND THE MOON’S SHINING BRIGHT
IF ONLY I COULD FLY OFF LIKE A BIRD,
FLY AWAY, FLY AWAY, LIKE A BLUE BIRD.

Chorus

I’LL BE DANCER TWIRLING AROUND
AN ACTRESS, A SINGER, A BEAUTY QUEEN CROWNED
MY FACE WILL BE SEEN IN EVERY MAGAZINE
FROM PARIS TO L. A.
FROM NEW YORK TO BOMBAY
FARMER GIRL, FARMER GIRL, FLY AWAY ! (DREAM AWAY)

MY MA AND PA BOTH WORK HARD ON THE LAND,
I DO MY DAMNEDEST TO LEND THEM A HAND,
I COULD NOT STAND ALL THE STRUGGLE AND STRIFE
FARMER GIRL, FARMER’S WIFE…NOT ON YOUR LIFE.

Chorus

I JUST CAN’T LIVE LIKE A BIRD IN A CAGE
EACH DAY THAT GOES BY SEEMS MORE LIKE AN AGE
INTO THE NIGHT SKY AWAY I WILL FLY
FLY AWAY FLY AWAY LIKE A BLUEBIRD

I’LL BE DANCER TWIRLING AROUND
AN ACTRESS, A SINGER, A BEAUTY QUEEN CROWNED
MY FACE WILL BE SEEN IN EVERY MAGAZINE
FROM PARIS TO L. A.
FROM NEW YORK TO BOMBAY
ALL THIS I’LL ACHIEVE
CALL ME NAÏVE
BUT I BELIEVE
DREAMS CAN COME TRUE

I wanna say to the stars
That light the sky
My tears to dry
And scold that doggoned moon
Who drives me loon and makes me croon

She’s on my mind forever
And I may be wrong for the rest of my days
But I can’t ignore the girl next door

You must believe in the sun that’s shining above
Burning my love
And if I forgot to eat or sleep and pray
I have to say
Happiness is all that I wish
I want you to cuddle and kiss

I’m so sorry
For lovin’ you so

She’s on my mind forever
And I’ll be waiting for the rest of my days
The one I adore the girl next door

You must believe in the sun that shines above
Burning my love
And if I forgot to eat or sleep and pray
I have to say
Happiness is all that I wish
I want you to cuddle and kiss

FR:

I’m so sorry
Please believe me
I’m so sorry
For lovin’ you so

Je veux dire aux étoiles
Qui éclairent le ciel
Qu’elles sèchent mes larmes
Et qu’elle gronde cette sacrée lune
Qui me rend fou et me fait chantonner
Elle est éternellement dans mes pensées
Et j’aurais peut-être tort pour le restant de mes jours
Mais je ne peux pas ignorer la fille d’à côté.

Il faut croire en le soleil qui brille au-dessus de nous
Brûlant mon amour
Et si j’oublie de manger, de dormir et de prier
Je dois dire que la joie est tout ce que je souhaite
Je veux te caliner et t’embrasser.

Most of all I love you
And more than this, I need you
I dream of you all day long
I’m just like a child
I must say

Most of all I’ve tried to
Keep your heart, and give you mine
I’m so sad; it’s time to confess
I’ve missed the boat to happiness,
But you’re my girl,
And most of all I love you

I would give anything
To have you back in my dreams
Those tears falling from the sky
‘Cause the sun goes down when you go

Most of all I’ve tried to
Keep your heart, and give you mine
I agree, it’s time to confess
I’ve missed the boat to happiness,
But you’re my girl,
And most of all I love you

I would give anything
To have you back in my dreams
Tears falling from the sky
‘Cause the sun goes down when you go

Most of all I’ve tried to
Keep your heart, and give you mine
I agree, it’s time to confess
I’ve missed the boat to happiness,
You’re my girl,
And most of all I love you

FR:

Surtout je t’aime
Et de plus j’ai besoin de toi
Je rêve de toi toute la journée
Et je dois dire que je suis
Comme un enfant
Et surtout

j’essaie de garder ton cœur
et de te donner le mien.
Je suis tellement triste, il est temps que je confesse,
Que j’ai raté le bateau du bonheur
Et surtout, je t’aime

Je donnerais tout
Pour te retrouver dans mes rêves
Ces larmes tombant du ciel
Car le soleil se couche quand tu pars

Surtout
j’essaie de garder ton cœur
et de te donner le mien.

Je suis d’accord il est temps que je confesse,
Que j’ai raté le bateau du bonheur
Et surtout, je t’aime