Roger D. Linder: 1971-1973

Artist

Roger D. Linder

Songs written between 1971 and 1973.

  1. Do I Bring You Down?
  2. The Light of Love
  3. Good Old Terra Firma
  4. Song For You
  5. Inside Beauty
  6. Hurts So Bad
  7. The Buyer

Do I Bring You Down?

Your turn me on girl
When I'm with you I want the whole world
To see you and me together right now

I want with every second passed
To be with you, girl, at last
If there is a way I'd like to know how

But you seem to turn you head
Anytime I come around
When I talk, nothing is said
Do I bring you down?

And now the time has come
If you'll believe this message is from
The center of my heart, I think it will come through

Girl, you're always on my mind
And believe me, I always find
That every day I think of nothing but you

And I know I really love you
I've got to have you now
But my words go right above you
Do I bring you down?

The Light of Love

Darkness has ruled my entire life. 
I've lived in this world with nothing but strife. 
Then you came along. 
Your love was very strong 
You brought the life into my life 

I looked at you and you looked at me 
I realized that now I could see 
We should love forever 
Spend each day together 
You have brightened up my life. 

You know I couldn't leave you girl, 
couldn't leave you if I tried. 
Please don't leave me girl, 
it would hurt my pride 

And now the time has come for us to say 
"We will be together forever and a day." 
We shall never part, 
We've vowed that in our hearts 
The light of love has entered our lives.

Good Old Terra Firma

You'd never know what it's like to be on Terra Firma
You'd never know unless you went away
You'd never know what it's like to be on Terra Firma
You'll never know because you had to stay

I'll take your wars, your crime and your pollution
I'll take your hatred and your politics
Please help me, give me a solution
Conquer my loneliness before I get sick

Ever since I've been here I've never seen another human face
Ever since I've been here I never saw another trace of human life

You'd never know what it's like to be on Terra Firma
You'd never know unless you went away
You'd never know what it's like to be on Terra Firma
You'll never know because you had to stay

I'll never know why they sent me out in outer space
Why'd they do it? I did nothing wrong
I'll be out here for the rest of my days
The way that it's going, it won't be long

When I think about it I shed a little tear
Oh you know I'm lonely because there's no one here to comfort me

You'd never know what it's like to be on Terra Firma
You'd never know unless you went away
You'd never know what it's like to be on Terra Firma
You'll never know because you had to stay

Song For You

You sit there, you wonder, you wonder if I'm singing for you
You sit there, you tremble, you wish that you only knew

Yes, I'm singing this song for you
So sing along, just us two
Yes, I'm singing this song for you
And I love you

You knew me, I knew you, but we didn't know each other
I saw you, I loved you, but you were always with another

And I'm singing this song for you
So sing along just us two
Yes, I'm singing this song for you
Do you love me, too?

I lie awake at night
I think of you 'til daylight
I want to be with you
With you by my side
There is nothing to hide
So let me be with you

And I'm singing this song for you
So sing along just us two
Yes, I'm singing this song for you
Do you love me, too?

Inside Beauty

To look at you I would not think that I would fall in love with you
But something you've got is what brings you into my heart
You're not the best I've ever see but for some reason I still love you
In fact, I would give my life if we ever had to part

You may not be beautiful on the outside, but on the inside, you're a beauty queen
That you can't dispute and that makes you the most beautiful girl that I've ever seen.

When I look into your eyes I see right through your disguise
Waiting for me each day is your tender love in your own way

You may not be beautiful on the outside, but on the inside, you're a beauty queen
That you can't dispute and that makes you the most beautiful girl that I've ever seen.

You're the only one who knows me and I can't leave you 'cause I can talk to you
And maybe someday I will have something to say
We both need each other and without you I know that I couldn't live
In fact, it would save my life if I could make you stay

Because I never say it doesn't mean that I don't mean it
But I love you just the same, it's no longer a game

You may not be beautiful on the outside, but on the inside, you're a beauty queen
That you can't dispute and that makes you the most beautiful girl that I've ever seen.

Hurts So Bad

It seems to me that all good things must perish
It seems to me that all good things must die
Love may come, but love will always leave me
It seems that only loneliness is mine

And it hurts so bad sometimes
Yes it hurts so bad sometimes
A feeling that I have inside is empty
And it hurts so bad sometimes

I can't forget the nights I spend without you
I can't forget these nights are coming still
Pleasure come from thinking you'll be with me
I can't forget that you never will

And it hurts so bad sometimes
Yes it hurts so bad sometimes
A feeling that I have inside is empty
And it hurts so bad sometimes

I ask you to be my wife
I ask you to share my life
But you say no
And I don't know where to go

And it hurts so bad sometimes
Yes it hurts so bad sometimes
A feeling that I have inside is empty
And it hurts so bad sometimes

It seems to me that all good things must perish
It seems to me that all good things must die
Love may come, but love will always leave me
It seems that only loneliness is mine

And it hurts so bad sometimes
Yes it hurts so bad sometimes
A feeling that I have inside is empty
And it hurts so bad sometimes

The Buyer

I don't need to sell my love
But I'm looking for a certain buyer
I don't have to push and shove
'Cause I'm a flyer

I hate to be ruthless
It just isn't me
I search for the truth
It's all that I see

I ran and took flight one day
But I stumbled on a cloud
The buyer, she looked my way
But I didn't see her for the crowd

High in the sky I look Earthward
I search the whole world, heading northward
I won't stop until I find the buyer
But something tells me I shouldn't go higher

I hate to be ruthless
It just isn't me
I search for the truth
It's all that I see

The buyer is a world traveler, I know
I search in rain, I search in snow
Late into the night, start early in the day
And when I find her, I'll be ready to say:

I hate to be ruthless
It just isn't me
I search for the truth
It's all that I see

The strange thing about it is that she's within arm's reach
But why does it have to be like a million miles to me?

I hate to be ruthless
It just isn't me
I search for the truth
It's all that I see


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