Genius Lyrics
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Carole King – Smackwater Jack
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This is the “oddball” track in the album, since it deviates from the personal voyage the singer is experiencing throughout the album. Kind of a comic relief from he heavier meaning
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Carole King – Smackwater Jack (Live)
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[Intro] / "I Can't Make It Alone!" That's too bad. / Thank you. It's, it's nice that you know that, that I wrote that one. However, I don't know that one. / No I always, I always
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Carole King – Smackwater Jack (Live In Concert)
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[Verse 1] / Now Smackwater Jack he bought a shotgun / 'Cause he was in the mood for a little confrontation / He just let it all hang loose / He didn't think about the noose / He
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Carole King & James Taylor – Smackwater Jack (Live at the Troubadour)
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[Verse 1] / Now Smackwater Jack, he bought a shotgun / Because he was in the mood for a little confrontation / He just let it all hang loose / He didn't think about the noose / He
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Carole King – Beautiful (Live From Central Park, New York City, May 26, 1973)
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[Spoken Intro] / "First of all, I wanna say thank you for coming because it was supposed to R-A-I-N and, so far, we're sending out great vibrations; keep it up!" / [Chorus] / You'
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Carole King – You've Got a Friend (Live From Central Park, New York City, May 26, 1973)
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[Verse 1] / When you're down and troubled / And you need some loving care / And nothing, oh, nothing is going right / Close your eyes and think of me / And soon I will be there
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Carole King – Way Over Yonder (Live From Central Park, New York City, May 26, 1973)
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[Spoken Intro] / "There's a song about another place which some say is in New Jersey... others say is in Brooklyn... others say is in Queens! / Shall we try the Bronx?... Staten
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Carole King & James Taylor – Up on the Roof (Live at the Troubadour)
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When this old world starts a-getting me down / And people are just too much for me to face / I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs / And all my cares just drift right into
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Carole King & James Taylor – Something in the Way She Moves (Live at the Troubadour)
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[Verse 1] / There's something in the way she moves or looks my way or calls my name / That seems to leave this troubled world behind / And if I'm feeling down and blue or troubled
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Carole King & James Taylor – Blossom (Live at the Troubadour)
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Blossom, smile some sunshine down my way / Lately I've been lonesome / Blossom, it's been much too long a day / Seems my dreams have frozen / Melt my cares away / Send the sunshine
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Carole King & James Taylor – Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Live at the Troubadour)
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Tonight you're mine completely / You give your love so sweetly / Tonight the light of love is in your eyes / But will you love me tomorrow? / Is this a lasting treasure / Or just a
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Carole King & James Taylor – So Far Away (Live at the Troubadour)
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[Chorus] / So far away / Doesn't anybody stay in one place anymore / It would be so fine to see your face at my door / Doesn't help to know you're just time/so far away / [Verse 1
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Carole King & James Taylor – Country Road (Live at the Troubadour)
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Take to the highway / Won't you lend me your name / Your way and my way / Seem to be one and the same / Mamma don't understand it / She wants to know where I've been / I'd have to
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Carole King & James Taylor – Machine Gun Kelly (Live at the Troubadour)
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[Verse 1] / I'll tell you about Machine Gun Kelly / He rode along the outlaw trail / Machine Gun Kelly was a simple man / But the woman was as hard as hell / [Chorus] / Watch out
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Carole King & James Taylor – I Feel the Earth Move (Live at the Troubadour)
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See lyrics annotations in Carole King’s original version here
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Carole King & James Taylor – Sweet Baby James (Live at the Troubadour)
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There is a young cowboy he lives on the range / His horse and his cattle are his only companions / He works in the saddle and he sleeps in the canyons / Waiting for summer, his
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Carole King & James Taylor – You Can Close Your Eyes (Live at the Troubadour)
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[Verse 1] / Well the sun is surely sinkin' down / But the moon is slowly risin' / So this old world must still be spinnin' around / And I still love you / [Chorus] / So close your
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Carole King & James Taylor – It's Too Late (Live at the Troubadour)
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Stayed in bed all morning just to pass the time / There's something wrong here, there can be no denying / One of us is changing / Or maybe we just stopped trying / And it's too
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Carole King – Carry Your Load (Live)
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[Intro] / This is a song called "Carry Your Load." / [Chorus] / Meet me on the highway / Meet me on the road / As long as you've got to travel / Don't you want someone to help you
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Carole King – Home Again (Live)
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[Intro] / Uh, this is probably a sure way to get applause, but I was born in Brooklyn. And so coming back to New York is for me home again. / [Verse] / Sometimes I wonder if I'm
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Carole King – Way Over Yonder (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Way over yonder / Is a place that I know / Where I can find shelter / From hunger and cold / And the sweet tastin' good life / Is so easily found / Way over yonder
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Carole King – After All This Time
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[Intro] / It's apple juice. I know that's hard to believe, but... / [Verse 1] / Ooh, I get a feeling / Every night when you come home / That life is sweet, yeah, baby / Sweeter
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Carole King – Eventually (Live)
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[Verse 1] / Was a time I remember / Hope flashed and went dim / When assassins just happened / To do the right people in / And love was the slogan / Coincidentally / And they told
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Carole King – I Feel the Earth Move (Live)
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[Intro] / Thank you. / [Chorus] / I feel the earth move under my feet / I feel the sky tumbling down / I feel my heart start to trembling / Whenever you're around / [Verse 1
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Carole King – Beautiful (Live)
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[Chorus] / You've got to get up every morning with a smile on your face / And show the world all the love in your heart / Then people gonna treat you better / You're gonna find
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