Roger D. Linder: Songs of 1974

Artist

Roger D. Linder

Excluding songs from "Only Golden Fingers Could Play So Heavy." Generally, a prolific year.

  1. Barbara's Song
  2. 1984
  3. A Most Amazing Man (Original version)
  4. Run, Run
  5. Where Is Love?
  6. Peace Song
  7. Leave Me Alone
  8. Smile
  9. This One's For You
  10. Sunshine In The Morning, Sunshine Late At Night
  11. Because You Now Belong To Him
  12. A Tender Love Song
  13. A World View
  14. Screwed
  15. 50th Anniversary Song
  16. A Saturday Without Julia (Song From An Imaginary Musical)
  17. Desert Death
  18. Hungry For Your Love

Barbara's Song

Verse
She's my lady and I've got to be with her And I love her more that anybody could And as I wake in morning light I see her smile shining bright Won't open up my eyes until I'm sure I really should
Verse
Although I see my lady every day and in my dreams It's not enough to carry me along I've got to have my lady's love for she was sent from up above With her at my side I'd know that there'd be nothing wrong
Bridge
But when I want to make her mine I stumble for words to find So I'll have to sing her song With her at my side I'd know that there'd be nothing wrong
Verse
If my lady gave me all that she could give I would give her more than seven times as much The love within my heart is for my lady standing at the door I live day to day hoping to feel her gentle love

1984

Verse
Dm
There’s a
C
tear in my
Dm
eye
And I
Dm
wonder why it
C
is I should
Dm
cry
There's
C
so much fouling up the
Dm
air
It
C
seems that people just don't
Dm
care
Yes,
Dm
there's a
C
tear in my
Dm
eye
Verse
What has happened to the Sun? I can't see it, does anyone? The sky is always black as night No entry for the light What has happened to the Sun?
Verse
What has happened to my ears? It seems that I can no longer hear Too much noise wherever I go What to do, I just don't know What has happened to my ears?
Bridge
Fmaj7
If only we had
Bb
listened back in '7
C
4
Fmaj7
If only we had
Bb
listened,
Bb
Today we would have been
C
more a
Bb
ware
C
Bb
Verse
Fifty houses like a cell I tell you it's just like living Hell No more room left to run The space is filled by everyone Fifty houses like a cell
Verse
Welcome 1984 I really don't want to live anymore I really don't want to settle down But if I try to swim I'm sure I'll drown Welcome 1984
Bridge
Fmaj7
If only we had
Bb
listened back in '7
C
4
Fmaj7
If only we had
Bb
listened,
Bb
Today we would have been
C
more a
Bb
ware
C
Bb

A Most Amazing Man (Original version)

Isn't he a most amazing man?
Isn't he a most amazing man?
He can chew gum and stand on his head
He can lay in the road and play dead
He can change the color of his hair to red
Yes, a most amazing man!
Yes, a most amazing man!

Isn't he a most amazing man?
Isn't he a most amazing man?
He can lie to your face and you wouldn't know
He'd be gone three months and you'd swear he didn't go
He can reveal himself yet nothing will show
What a most amazing man!
What a most amazing man!

Roll a stone away and you will find this man
Look next door and you may find him there
You may even find him in the mirror

Isn't he a most amazing man?
Isn't he a most amazing man?
He can chew gum and stand on his head
He can lay in the road and play dead
He can change the color of his hair to red
Yes, a most amazing man!
Yes, a most amazing man!

Run, Run

Run, run
Run, run
To the mountains
To the sea
And if someone is after you
Run with me

I'll hop in my car
Hightail it to Mexico
Or shoot for the stars
There's no limit to where I'll go
But if they catch me, that's the end
So I must run

Run, run
Run, run
To the mountains
To the sea
And if someone is after you
Run with me

There's a light in darkness
I'll keep it well in sight
Freedom around the corner
Hope I make it through the night
And the road to safety lies only in your arms
But I'm lost in the world of which I am a part
And the sooner I get there, the happier I'll be
And I want you
To run with me

The end may be near
Unless I reach where I want to be
I know I can't stay here
A new horizon will be good to see
But if they catch me, that's the end
So I must run

Run, run
Run, run
To the mountains
To the sea
And if someone is after you
Run with me

There's a light in darkness
I'll keep it well in sight
Freedom around the corner
Hope I make it through the night
And the road to safety lies only in your arms
But I'm lost in the world of which I am a part
And the sooner I get there, the happier I'll be
And I want you
To run with me

Run, run
Run, run
To the mountains
To the sea
And if someone is after you
Run with me

Where Is Love?

How can one have so much yet have nothing at all?
Surrounded by happiness, yet be in constant sorrow?

Questions roam through my mind, searching for answers
Why are they never answered?

I see her once, then again and again, but every time I remain unseen
And my life and my troubles remain unknown
But I know what troubles me, and I've got to go home

Where is Love?
Where is Love?
Where is Love?
Where is Love?

Where is Love?
Can it be found at all?
Does it avoid me, or do I avoid it?

Questions roam through my mind, searching for answers
Why are they never answered?

Happiness is close but quickly fades away
I tell myself it will come again some other day, but will it?

Summer comes, love is in the air yet I get none
And I really care
Floating in the pool, maybe I should live at the bottom
But I'm already at the bottom.

Troubles in my mind, I try to sing but it brings me down
I need someone, where do I find her?

Questions roam through my mind, searching for answers
Why are they never answered?

Where is love?

Peace Song

This society is driving me mad
Too much anxiety makes me feels mad
I'm telling you, world, what I'm searching for
What I want is peace for now and evermore

But you're wrecking the Earth
You're messing your minds
Can you tell me "What is it worth?"
How can we live if there's no time?

What gives this country the right
To make its people go out and fight
All wars are useless; It's peace we need
But our hearts of filled with too much greed

But you're wrecking the Earth
You're messing your minds
Can you tell me "What is it worth?"
How can we live if there's no time?

And in the end there will be no war
No fear by man for his life
Every house will have an open door
And there will be no more strife

But you're wrecking the Earth
You're messing your minds
Can you tell me "What is it worth?"
How can we live if there's no time?

But you're wrecking the Earth
You're messing your minds
Can you tell me "What is it worth?"
How can we live if there's no time?

Leave Me Alone

Old man, leave me alone
I'm just trying to roam
I'm on the road looking for bread
Or a place to straighten my head

I'm walking head in hand
The day is not the way I planned
I know I'm a man
Doin' the best I can

I'm so far gone I don't even care
Life in hand, gripped with despair
I need a place to lay me down
Or to the water so I can drown

Leave me alone
Leave me alone

Smile

When the morning sun is in your eyes and you smile
There's a glow that I can see for many miles
Please smile for me
Walk awhile with me
Just smile, oh smile

Everyday I live to have you for my own
Looking back I can see our love has grown
Lay down by my side
There's no love to hide
And smile, oh smile

When you wake up in the morning and the sunlight fills your eyes
There's nothing like dawning to help you realize
That only love can carry on
That only love can do what you want

When the morning sun is in your eyes and you smile
There's a glow that I can see for many miles
Please smile for me
Walk awhile with me
And smile, oh smile, yes smile, smile

This One's For You

You say I've never written you a song
Well, this one is for you
And for a love that can never go wrong
Each word I say is true

We will capture the days spent together
Pull out the Polaroids and read old love letters
Remember that this one's for you,
This one's for you

I remember as if it was this morning
The very day we met
In my heart was a warming
Which I'll never forget

We will capture the days spent together
Pull out the Polaroids and read old love letters
Remember that this one's for you,
This one's for you

While our days grow short and hair grows gray
I find I love you more every day
If I could have another song to sing
I wouldn't change a thing

I wouldn't change a thing
I wouldn't change a thing
I wouldn't change a thing

Sunshine In The Morning, Sunshine Late At Night

When I wake up in the morning and my love is in the dawning rays of sunshine
It makes me want to smile
But if cloudiness and gloom begin to fill the room, I fall back and think
"Is it worth the while?"

Sunshine in my room
Will overcome the gloom
I know she loves me
There's sunshine in my room

If in sleep I call her name, she is there, it's just the same
As the warmth of early morning summer light
But if instead I find her gone, wonderin' if I did her wrong
I would spend a sleepless, dark and lonely night

Sunshine in my room
Will overcome the gloom
I know she loves me
There's sunshine in my room

A love that will never die
As long as the sun rises in the sky
Sunshine shines on eternal

When I wake up in the morning and my love is in the dawning rays of sunshine
It makes me want to smile
But if cloudiness and gloom begin to fill the room, I fall back and think
"Is it worth the while?"

Sunshine in my room
Will overcome the gloom
I know she loves me
There's sunshine in my room

Because You Now Belong To Him

I once had you to call my own
But now I'm sitting all alone
You used to sit right by my side
But now you really hurt my pride

My hopes have died
That's why I'm grim
Because you now belong to him

You loved him while I loved you
I didn't know just what to do
I thought I'd found someone to love
But he's who you were thinking of

My hopes have died
That's why I'm grim
Because you now belong to him

It must have been a love never meant to be
At least I have myself convinced
But why did it have to happen to me?
With not even a trace of a hint?

I know that I never needed your love
Even if I never see you again, it would be too soon

A Tender Love Song

I've just sat down to pen a tender love song
And I hope I haven't waited too long
Though I know love is never pressed for time
And you'll always wait for a few lines

Oh how I love you
Oh how I love you
And when our hearts meet
I think of a tender love song

Turn off the T.V. and we'll make love tonight
Does it matter that you think it's not right?
Or I could play a tender love song
With that there would be nothing wrong

Oh how I love you
Oh how I love you
And when our hearts meet
I think of a tender love song

The night is cold, the lights are low
The fire within us is never slow
Sing my tender love song

A World View

He was a man like we all want to be
Respected, admired, no worries had he
A bank full of money was all he could see
His life was an unending chain
And you wouldn't catch me in his game

For he gave no love
And he took none in

On the corner a man asks for change
Unfortunate, hated and we think he's strange
A victim of a life unarranged
His life is an unending chain
And you wouldn't catch me in his game

For he gave no love
And he took none in

Paint me a picture of life as it used to be
Everything, everywhere, simple and free
Sing me a song of the meadows and budding trees
Bring it all back to me
Bring it all back to me

Screwed

Well I was walking down the road just the other day
Came across a fine-looking chick walking the other way
I took home with me and started to play
I said "I wanna screw you, do you know what I mean?"

I went to the corner grocery store for a six pack of beer
They said you gotta have some I'D. or you can't buy it here
So I put away my money, in my eye was a tear
And I said "Screw you, do you know what I mean?"

Now the guy who sings this song is one horny dude
Looking for a lay whenever he's in the mood
And the listeners of this song may think hime very crude
But he will say "Screw you, do you know what I mean?"

50th Anniversary Song

Fifty years of marriage
Fifty years of love
Fifty years together
From God above

Today we celebrate those many happy days

There's nothing in history
Greater than those years
And though there's been trying times
We have no fears

Today we celebrate those many happy days

With His mercy we've lasted long
With His mercy we will be strong
We are thankful nothing can go wrong

Fifty years of marriage
Fifty years of love
Fifty years together
From God above

A Saturday Without Julia (Song From An Imaginary Musical)

I think of a song that will never be heard
There aren't any words or a tune
The sweet melody can't be whistled or sung
No bells will be rung after noon

There's a feeling in the air, I want to sing my song
A walk in the park, I can sense something's wrong
The birds in the trees
Will do as they please
While here below my mind flies with the breeze

Why did you leave me, Julia?
I can't go on without you
Did you ever love me, Julia?
I find it so hard to doubt you

I sit here alone on the bench in the park
There's you and Mark in my head
The newspaper lies to my side with the news
Nothing but blues as I've said

There's no reason to your ways, can't you see that I need
A gentle woman's care, please don't make me plead
I look to the sun
The tears start to run
While here below I think when we were one

Why did you leave me, Julia?
I can't go on without you
Did you ever love me, Julia?
I find it so hard to doubt you

Desert Death

Remember?
We took a ride in the car
Then we pulled to the side
Out of gas
We were too far away from the station
We passed earlier today

There's no hope, we'll die on the desert
The food's gone, the sun's getting hot
The water is tasting quite bitter
Then... strange dreams, I wish they would stop

Oh, please help us, we are dying.
The end is surely in sight
Oh, please save us,
The desert sun's burning
And we can't brave the cold desert night

Two days pass
The body is weaker
And the sky's become a dark shade of blue
Even midday looks like the nighttime
Oh, the sun, the strange things it does to you

Oh, please help us, we are dying.
The end is surely in sight
Oh, please save us,
The desert sun's burning
And we can't brave the cold desert night

Hungry For Your Love

I've been gone too long away from you
I don't know what to do
Now you've broken my heart, it's broken in two
I don't know what to do

If I said I'd never leave again
Would you take me back
On another track where love runs anew?

Can't you see that I'm 
Hungry for your love
Starving for your love
Got to have your love
So I won't be leaving home again?

Once you turned me on
Now I can see
I don't know what will be
Something isn't right
Can it be me?
I don't know what will be

If I said I couldn't love again
If it wasn't you
Could you be that true if it wasn't me?

Can't you see that I'm 
Hungry for your love
Starving for your love
Got to have your love
Or I'll soon be leaving home again?

Can't you see that I'm 
Hungry for your love
Starving for your love
Got to have your love
Or I won't be coming home again?


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