Roger D. Linder: Songs of 1975

Artist

The final wind down. After this, nothing for 25 years.

1. Live For Today
2. Forever Thing
3. On The Road
4. Leaving You

Live For Today

A broken down mattress and an old box spring
That's my room in the old West wing
A woman in my heart and another in bed
I she catches me with her, I'm as sure as dead

But I live for today, don't worry about tomorrow
Don't wanna think what will happen, it'll bring me too much sorrow

An empty six-pack lying to my side
One look at me, you'd think I might have died
I wake myself up with a familiar snore
I feel like I've been stepped on while asleep on the floor

But I live for today, don't worry about tomorrow
Don't wanna think what will happen, it'll bring me too much sorrow

I open up my wallet and pull out my last bill
Then I go to my main dealer for some poppin' pills
I really don't care where my money comes from
It always seems to work out that I always have some

'Cause I live for today, don't worry about tomorrow
Don't wanna think what will happen, it'll bring me too much sorrow

Don't worry about nothing
Don't worry about nothing
Don't worry about nothing
Don't worry about nothing

Forever Thing

I was a man who didn't care until you came around
In my mind were empty visions of the past
But you made me see the light
And I'm thanking you tonight
For the love you give is always going to last

It's a forever thing and it makes me sing
Of the loveliness I see in your eyes
I can't remember when, you make it spin
And my head it seems to soar through the skies

I led a life of leisure time, I never made a move
All those years were wasted memories gone by
Now I'm loving you today, and I've got to make you stay
It's the love you give that makes me want to try

It's a forever thing and it makes me sing
Of the loveliness I see in your eyes
I can't remember when, you make it spin
And my head it seems to soar through the skies

Baby, you know that I need you
I know that you'll never stray
And tear us apart...

It's a forever thing and it makes me sing
Of the loveliness I see in your eyes
I can't remember when, you make it spin
And my head it seems to soar through the skies

On The Road

Dm
Night after night the same old thing
G
Drink and play and smoke and sing
Bb
The clubs are packed and ears will ring
F
On 
C
the 
Dm
road

Hop in the car the night is done
And all go home but not everyone
It's a hard life on the run
On the road

FMaj7
A bed away will never be a home away from 
E
home
FMaj7
 And all the girls there at the door can never match my 
E
own
FMaj7
 When touring's done back home I'll come to be there at your 
E
side
FMaj7
 But on the road is Hell on Earth, I think that I have 
E
died

The morning comes, so very soon
The light floods in and fills the room
Four hours sleep must be my doom
On the road

Dm
Give me just a day to 
Gm
gather up my 
Dm
senses
Dm
Slave driv
Gm
er 
C
give me a 
Dm
break
Only just a day and I can go on
It 
Gm
seems that 
Dm
day I 
C
never get to 
Dm
take

Leaving You

Today I became one of them
And I've got to find out who I am
And the meanings I seek
Make the strongest men weak
Leaving you

I can see through the thick winter haze
That ahead lie the bright clearer days
But I must pull ahead
On the path I am led
Leaving you

Searching far and searching wide
My tears
I can't hide
How I feel leaving you

One day you will see I'll return
And the fire that is in me still will burn
But for now I am gone
And I leave just a song
Until then...

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