by Janis Ian on album Restless Eyes

Dear billy how are you? i hope you are well. the flowers are blooming, the plants i can't really tell. i see by your letter you have no intent to come home so i'll take the kid and the house and make

by Janis Ian on album Restless Eyes

We have a big house With lots of gardens And children playing In the school next store These aren't the best times These aren't the worst times But these are my times I never asked for more

by Janis Ian on album Restless Eyes

Play it low in the pocket Something's just gotta break You've been waiting so long for success It's a shame it's gonna come too late Baby, fly like a rocket Shoot it out in stages from the moth

by Janis Ian on album Restless Eyes

Spanish boys'll greet you With that old obscene refrain The sadness of a thousand Waiting window panes Gypsy boys'll beat you at your own familiar game While the whore on the corner Drags that

by Janis Ian on album Restless Eyes

You told me -- love goes on forever And I said -- talk about the weather Or something else but don't say that You're talking through your hat You know yourself how long forever lasted Before we two we

by Janis Ian on album Hunger

Where have you been that made you weep And left these stains upon your cheek What did you see while you were gone That haunts your eyes this sunny dawn They herded us like so much meat Up from the se

by Janis Ian on album God and the FBI

The seagulls of summer have flown The sailors have wintered their boats Come sit by the fire and tell me your secrets Love isn’t kept easily The windows are shuttered and closed Blankets to keep ou

by Janis Ian on album God and the FBI

I love you but it's not so easy to make you here with me I wanna touch and hold you forever But you're still in my dream And I can't stand to wait till nite is coming to my life But I still have a tim

by Janis Ian on album Between The Lines

I don't want to ride the milk train anymore I'll go to bed at nine and waken with the dawn And lunch at half past noon and dinner prompt at five The comfort of a few old friends long past their prime

by Janis Ian on album Miracle Row

Marie lives on Miracle Row She tells fortunes, you know at a dollar a throw Every pimp and every gigolo has made love in the afternoon to the lady by the windowsill Five healthy children and a home o

by Janis Ian on album Miracle Row

I'll cry tonight night is the enemy Poisons the memory Martyrs it secretly Midnight comes too fast It comes too silently The moon has no mercy now to live anymore One day the rains will come and wash

by Janis Ian on album Miracle Row

Slow dance romance, put your arm around me You make me feel so old Take me to the drive-in movie Won't you move me now before I get too cold? Popcorn serenader Won't you take her down easy? You make

by Janis Ian on album Miracle Row

She is too old to care Why not just leave her there? We'll se her once a week If we have the time, we'll speak This is the sunset of your life The old ones like to claw and clutch Be careful not to o

by Janis Ian on album Miracle Row

This house is like Russia With eyes cold and grey You got me moving in a circle I dyed my hair red today I just want a little passion To hold me in the dark I know I've got some magic Buried, buried d

by Janis Ian on album Ballroom Nights, Volume 3

There was a lady name of Annie May She fell in love at the zoo one day That crocodile with the big white smile Stole her very heart away The courtship was brief but quite intense Once he got under th

by Janis Ian on album Aftertones

She never had too much of money Friendly strangers were all she knew Nobody ever came to call but you I would not say she isn't happy Though the eyes of a fool will make her blue Nobody's ever seen th

by Janis Ian on album Between the Lines

There's never much to say between The moments of our games and repartee There's never much to read between The lines of what we need and what we'll take There's never much to talk about or say aloud B

by Janis Ian on album Between the Lines

Bright lighs and promises A pocket full of dreams That's what they pay me to be Gold lame' and diamonds I am a hometown queen Honey, would sing it just for me? When I was good And when I was bad I ne

by Janis Ian on album Songs Without Words II - A Windham Hill Piano Collection

On days like these When the rain won't fall And the sky is so dry That even birds can't call I can feel your tears Disappearing in the air Carried on the breeze On days like these It's years like th

by Janis Ian on album Between the Lines

I hear your voice in every corridor I see your face in every picture frame I feel your eyes in every starry sky Lover, am I coming home again Now am I humble, who once was proud Now am I silent, who