Journey's End : album-words

Checked for BtP by Matthew Fisher

Thanks to the kind co-operation of Matthew Fisher, BtP is proud to present the authenticated words for his 1973 solo-album, Journey's End

Suzanne

The train pulled out the station as I waved Suzanne goodbye
And I turned around to start that lonely walk back home
And all the time I wondered what I'd noticed in her eye
When the whistle blew to tell me I was all alone

I guess I'll never know
It was all so long ago
But I wonder where Suzanne will be tonight

People tell me I'm wrong, they say I gotta change my ways
Well I'm changing but it's not the way they had in mind
There's one thing I know for sure - I can only be myself
And when that's not good enough I just get left behind

I guess that's the reason why
Suzanne told me goodbye
But I wonder where Suzanne will be tonight

The snow lies all around, I guess it must be cold outside
But the wind don't seem to blow, and my radio won't go
And the sound of falling snow is all that I can hear

I sometimes wish I knew
If she gets lonely too
And I wonder where Suzanne will be tonight

Going For A Song

You can take the stained glass from my window
You can drink my whiskey and champagne
You can drive a plough across my golf course
But please don't make me sing that song again

You can put piranha in my swimming pool
Kick me and I just won't feel the pain
Scratch your name all over my Lamborghini
But just don't make me sing that song again

It's not because it's hard to reach those high notes that it makes me sad
But when I think what I used to be -- ooh
It makes me feel so bad
Please don't make me sing that song again

It's not that I dislike the words
Though I must admit there are better words around
But every time I hear that tune
It really brings me down

I don't mind you asking for my autograph
But please don't ask what happened to my friends
Please don't show me any more old photographs
And please don't make me sing that song again
Oh no darling
Please don't make me sing that song again
I've sung it so many times
Please don't make me sing that song again

Play the Game

Some folks say I'm a loser
I never had much money
I never had a friend that didn't sometime let me down
When I try to remember
To think of all the good times
I was just a victim of a joke that was going around

But the laughs they don't bother me at all
And if they think I'm gonna crawl
Well they'll have to think again
Tell my friends that if they're looking for some fun
I no longer am the one
That they can use to play their game

Sometimes I felt lonely
Sometimes I got angry
I sometimes had the feeling I'd been taken for a ride
Once I thought I had good friends
Friends I could be proud of
Once I thought they spoke the truth but now I know they lied

But the lies they don't bother me at all
And if they think I'm gonna crawl
Well they'll have to think again
Tell my friends that if they're lookin' for some fun
I no longer am the one
That they can use to play their game

Some folks say they're religious
But what do they believe in?
Do they believe God made me so that they could rob me blind?
I can look in the mirror
And look into my own eyes
I don't need no phoney shield for me to hide behind

No the thought doesn't bother me at all
And if they think I'm gonna crawl
Well they'll have to think again
Tell my friends that if they're looking for some fun
I no longer am the one
They can use to play their game

Hard To Be Sure

There's so many things I still don't know, believe it or not
And so many things that I once knew, only now I've forgot
And though I hear what people say
It's so hard to be sure when you can't even see your way

There's so many things I'd like to see, at least I could try
And so many things I would have seen if I'd opened my eyes
But all my thoughts go round and round
It's so hard to be sure when everything is upside down

I could find the answer if they told me how to look
And the direction, and just how long it took

There's so many things I've got to find, before it's too late
Before all the things that I have found start to disintegrate
But just how long can I go on?
It's so hard to be sure
It's so hard to be sure
It's so hard to be sure
When everything seems so wrong

Marie

Oh Marie, people say that I'm a fool
But I'm smart enough to see that you no longer care for me
Oh Marie now you've broken every rule
And I just sit here thinkin'
'Bout the way it's gonna be

Uh huh huh my Marie
Where did I go wrong
You know I loved you for so long
Oh my Marie
Please don't turn away
You know I need you more each day

Oh Marie people say I'm growing old
But I'm young enough to know it's gonna hurt me when you go
Oh Marie now your love for me's grown cold
And I just sit here thinkin'
'Bout the way it used to be

Uh huh huh my Marie
Tell me, where did I go wrong
You know I loved you for so long
Oh my Marie
Please don't turn away
You know I need you more each day

Oh please Marie you know I've never cared for anybody else but you
And when you tell me you're gonna leave I can't believe it's true
Because I need you
Oh I need you my Marie

Oh Marie people say that I'm a fool
But I'm smart enough to see
That you no longer care for me
Oh Marie now you've broken every rule
And I just sit here thinkin'
'Bout the way it's gonna be

Uh huh huh my Marie
Tell me, where did I go wrong
You know I've loved you for so long
Oh my Marie
Please don't turn away
You know I need you more each day
A-ha Ooh ... Oo Oo Oo Oooo ... Ooo ...

NB In this song, what has been written as 'Uh huh huh' is simply an elongation of the word 'Oh', but 'Oh ho ho' looks even sillier.

Not This Time

I used to be a loner
I didn't need nobody
It seemed to me that the best way to be was just by myself
And I laughed at the guy who suggested that I might someday need some help

But now it's not so easy
And every day the world's a little harder to take
Ooh I don't think I'm gonna make it this time, oh no

I used to be a traveller
I travelled 'cross the ocean
The world was such a gigantic place; there was a lot to see
Take a boat, take a plane, it was all the same so long as I was free

But now the world seems smaller
It's closing in and pretty soon it's gonna break down my door
Ooh I don't think I'm gonna make it this time, oh no

I used to be ambitious, waiting for the big time
But just one taste was enough to know that my dreams were wrong
Just the lies and the aches of a million mistakes that went on far too long

And now I'm in the corner
I can't go back and I haven't got the strength to go on
Ooh I don't think I'm gonna make it this time, oh no
No I just don't think I'm gonna make it this time, oh no
You know I'm sick and tired
And I really don't think I'm gonna make it this time, oh no

Journey's End

So the story now draws quickly to an end
And you've got just what you want, my friend
It didn't take so long.

And the money, was it really all worthwhile
Can it ever buy a smile for you
Or put right what was wrong?

And do you think
Now that you have made the grade
Losing all the friends you made
Everyone will think a whole lot more of you?

It's all over
It was over long ago
But you didn't seem to know, my friend
And so I stuck around

But was I dreaming? Was I really so naive
That I let you walk all over me
And never made a sound?

And do your eyes
Still see what they used to see
When you try and picture me
Thanking you for everything you've done to me?

Or can they see
Why I had to get away,
Had to find a better way,
Had to get a long, long way away from you?

And do your eyes
Still see what they used to see
When you try and picture me
Thanking you for everything you've done to me?

Or can they see
Why I had to get away,
Had to find a better way,
Had to be a long, long way away from you?

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