Lyrics to OL' KEY WEST by Bonney St. Jean

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Bonney St. Jean
RACo Recording Artist

I like to go out walkin' with you
Love to walk around
Watch the ships sail in
Yes and watch the sun go down
From the galleries down to Mallory
In the town we love the best
And there's nothing like her island beauty
DOWN IN OL' KEY WEST
Now some folks they love their money, honey
And a fancy cup of tea
Me I love the moonlight dancing
With you cheek to cheek
All the palm trees and the breezes
In the town we love the best
And there's nothing like her island beauty
DOWN IN OL' KEY WEST
And I love to go out swimming
And a kissing on the docks
And I love you from the tip of your snorkel
Down to your surf mocs
All the pirate ships and treasures buried
Deep in a sailor's chest
And there's nothing like her island beauty
DOWN IN OL' KEY WEST
From Sloppy Joe's to Diva's and we're
Doin' the Duval crawl
And Hog's Breath is better, yes
Than no breath at all
All the blenders and the vendors
In the town we love the best
And there's nothing like her island beauty
DOWN IN OL' KEY WEST
Now it's mile marker zero
That is marker double-O
One song for my baby
Yes and one song for the road
All the music and the people
In the town we love the best
And there's nothing like her island beauty
DOWN IN OL' KEY WEST
DOWN IN OL' KEY WEST
DOWN IN OL' KEY WEST

PELICAN
(Bonney St. Jean 1999 RACo Music BMI)
I was right and still it's wrong
And it looks like I just can't win
I hate it when that happens
And it's happenin' again
AND JUST LOOK AT THE TROUBLE I'M IN
TEN THOUSAND LEAGUES BOY
IT'S EITHER SINK OR SWIM
I HOPE I CAN FLOAT LIKE A PELICAN
You can lead a horse to water
But you can't tell him what to drink
You can put two and two together
Til they're just blotterings of ink
AND JUST LOOK AT THE TROUBLE YOU'RE IN
TEN THOUSAND LEAGUES BOY
IT'S EITHER SINK OR SWIM
I HOPE YOU CAN FLOAT LIKE A PELICAN
I set the clock ahead
And still I'm running far behind
The alarm it just keeps ringing
In the back of my mind
AND JUST LOOK AT THE TROUBLE I'M IN
TEN THOUSAND LEAGUES BOY
IT'S EITHER SINK OR SWIM
I HOPE I CAN FLOAT LIKE A PELICAN
Parrots in the jungle
Salsa on the floor
Nights hot as August nights and
Ships setting to shore
SOME PLACE TO BE STARTING OUT AGAIN
OUT HERE IN THE WORLD
WHERE THE STORY NEVER ENDS
I HOPE WE CAN FLOAT LIKE THE PELICAN
I HOPE WE CAN FLOAT
I TELL YOU NOW - AIN'T NO JOKE
I HOPE WE CAN FLOAT LIKE THE PELICAN

SAND CASTLE
(Bonney St. Jean ©1990 RACo Music BMI)

                   Last night told you goodbye - Told you that I had to be free -
                   Boy the sadness that was written in your eyes -
                   Was written inside of me -
                   But I know I'll never be - the girl you want me to be -
                   I can't wear your wedding band - I'm going back to the sea -
                   GONNA BUILD MYSELF A SAND CASTLE -
                   GONNA WATCH IT FALL -
                   WITHERED FLAGS MADE OF SEAWEED TASSLES -
                   CRUMBLIN DOWN FROM THE WALL -
                   BUT YOU KNOW IT AND IT AIN'T NO HASSLE -
                   WHAT DOESN'T MATTER AT ALL -
                   IF YOU BUILD YOURSELF A SAND CASTLE -
                   IT'S BOUND TO FALL -
                   This mornin' I woke up - A strange ringin' in my ear -
                   You know I must have been dreamin' it - Nothin's very clear -
                   I thought I heard your voice - singin' -
                   But the sound soon disappeared -
                   And as my eyes were wakenin'
                   I found them covered in a blanket of tears -
                   (CH)
                   There's so many dreams - have washed away -
                   There's so little time - to make them come true -
                   There's so many words that are spoken with - nothing left to say -
                   There's not much you can do about it - Boy - Anyway -
                   (CH)
                   IF YOU BUILD YOURSELF A SAND CASTLE
                   IT'S BOUND TO FALL - FALL

LONESOME BOULEVARD
(written by Bonney St. Jean ©1998 RACo Music BMI)
Walking down the street of broken dreams
Nothing but the wind, the rain, and me
I read the faded sign of a broken heart
It says this way down to LONESOME BOULEVARD
The sirens blazing through the night
In the misty haze of the cold lamplight
And every stranger's face I see
Strangely familiar to me
I fire up a smoke and it's such a drag
Cryin' bout the love that I once had
A boy with a black coat and a blue guitar
He sings welcome down to LONESOME BOULEVARD
There's a woman in a dress of lace and roses
And she paces like a beast inside a cage
There's a man with eyes so blue and hopeless
And he stares a million miles away
I fell like a ghost with your memory shackled
And the chains that rattle around my feet
Now I haunt the backstreets and the bars
Up and down the LONESOME BOULEVARD
Up and down the LONESOME BOULEVARD
Misery loves company ain't that what they say
Well it's better than you cryin' alone anyway
The broken heart sign by the street still stands
Faded by the wind, the rain, and sand
Should you ever find your dreams fall broken
And you're not sure exactly where you're goin'
Now it's just around the corner, no it ain't too far
You can come on down to LONESOME BOULEVARD
You can come on down to LONESOME BOULEVARD

CRAZY AND BLUE
(Bonney St. Jean © 1997 RACo Music BMI)
Sittin' in a roadside Holiday Inn
The barmaid comes around, she's gonna fill my glass again
She says tomorrow the skies should all be clear
She say it usually doesn't rain this often around here
Pictures, postcards to write and send
I can't remember just how long it has been
Since I saw you last
All the time just slips by, it moves too fast
And I've been taken by these roads and maps
But I hope to see you soon
I wonder how life's been treatin' you
Well all these days
Have you got some sweet thing lovin' you
Have you been swept away
Oil in the puddles that was you and me
We were two magnets seeking polarity
Of switching charges signaling energy
Hoping that one of us might change
Well in walks this family from Omaha
The kids got their ice cream smiles, sticky paws
The father hands them some shiny coins
For the video games
You children behave yourselves in the lobby
The mother exclaims
Business men, the cowboys, and the one night stands
The honeymoon lovebirds and the rock and roll band
All checkin' in and around the hotel tonight
I check back to an empty room
I turn the radio on
Got a highway view got a big bright moon
Got a Patsy Cline song
I'm singin' I'm Crazy for lovin' you
Crazy for cryin' and crazy for tryin'
I'm CRAZY AND BLUE

BRITE MOON
(written by Bonney St. Jean ©1998 RACo Music BMI)
Got this feeling that I can't explain
Got a fever standing in the night driving rain
Got this hunger that I just can't fill
Until I hold you I know I never will
TELL ME THAT YOU'LL BE BACK SOON
TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME
DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU
IT'S LONELY LYING IN OUR ROOM
DON'T LEAVE ME CRYING IN THE SHADOWS
HOWLING AT THE BRITE MOON
Got this drummer drumming in my chest
Got a humming in my head that never rests
As the beads of sweat roll down my breasts
I wake up tangled in the sheets all soaking wet
CH
Your scent sweet on my pillowcase
When I close my eyes there I can see your face
Wanna hold you still within my stare
But when I reach out to touch you you vanish in the air
CH

TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE
(written by Bonney St. Jean ©1998 RACo Music BMI)
Once I was afraid to fall
Frightened by it all
Afraid of a love that could harm me
Once I felt so alone
Nowhere felt like home
Till I felt your arms around me
WONDER WHAT DID I DO
BEFORE I EVER MET YOU
LOVER YOU'RE JUST TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE
One look into your eyes
The sadness in me dies
It's fantastic your mystery
One word from you and I
I'm suddenly alive
It's the magic you give me
WONDER WHAT WOULD I DO
IF I NEVER MET YOU
LOVER YOU'RE JUST TOO GOOD
TO BE TRUE
One thing I know for sure
I couldn't want you more
A love there's no denying
One touch takes away the pain
Your laughter in the rain
And I see your light come shining
WONDER WHAT WOULD I DO
IF I DIDN'T HAVE YOU
LOVER YOU'RE JUST TOO GOOD
TOO BE TRUE

DAWN
(Bonney St. Jean ©1999 RACo Music BMI)
ROCK ME BABY, ROCK MY SOUL
TAKE ME TO YOUR HEART NEVER LET ME GO
ROCK ME BABY, ROCK ME LONG
WE'LL ROLL JUST LIKE THE THUNDER TIL THE EARLY MORNIN'
TIL THE EARLY MORNIN' DAWN
WANNA BE YOUR ONLY LOVER
WANNA FILL YOUR FANTASY
WANNA LOVE YOU LIKE NO OTHER
WANNA COME INTO YOUR DREAMS
ALL THE WISDOM AND THE WONDER
AND THE SILVER DOLPHIN SEA
AS THE WAVES COME RUSHING OVER
AND YOU GIVE -
AND YOU GIVE YOURSELF TO ME
ROCK ME BABY, ROCK MY WORLD
IF YOU NEED SOMEONE WHO NEEDS YOU
SURELY I'M YOUR GIRL
ROCK ME BABY ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT
YOUR LIPS ARE SMOOTH AS SILK
YOUR KISSES PARADISE
WANNA BE YOUR ONLY LOVER
WANNA FILL YOUR FANTASY
WANNA LOVE YOU LIKE NO OTHER
WANNA COME INTO YOUR DREAMS
ALL THE WISDOM AND THE WONDER
AND THE SILVER DOLPHIN SEA
AS THE WAVES COME RUSHING OVER
AND YOU GIVE -
AND YOU GIVE YOUR SMILE TO ME
ROCK ME BABY, ROCK MY SOUL
LOVE ME LIKE CRAZY AS THE SKY TURNS TO GOLD
ROCK ME BABY TIL THE HURTIN'S GONE
AND WE'LL ROLL JUST LIKE THE THUNDER
TIL THE EARLY MORNIN'
TIL THE EARLY MORNIN' DAWN
WANNA BE YOUR ONLY LOVER
WANNA FILL YOUR FANTASY
WANNA LOVE YOU LIKE NO OTHER
WANNA COME INTO YOUR DREAMS
ALL THE WISDOM AND THE WONDER
AND THE SILVER DOLPHIN SEA
AS THE WAVES COME RUSHING OVER
AND YOU GIVE -
AND YOU GIVE YOUR SELF TO ME

TO BE WITH YOU ALONE
(written by Bonney St. Jean ©1998 RACo Music BMI)
I can't wait
To be with you alone
And my heart just aches
To hear your voice on the telephone
I try to be patient
Still this trembling
In my bones
I can't wait
TO BE WITH YOU ALONE
I can't wait
To see the sunshine in your eyes
And lie with you
Beneath the deep blue dreamy skies
You have the sweetest touch
I've ever known
And I can't wait
TO BE WITH YOU ALONE
I can't wait
For the next thing that you'll do
I spend my time thinkin'
‘Bout your every breath and move
And all the pain and sorrow is lost
And overthrown
I can't wait
TO BE WITH YOU ALONE
You're a gift from above
A prayer that I had prayed
Beautiful Darlin'
Every night and every day
You're the love song that plays through my veins
To my soul
I can't wait - oh my baby
I can't wait - it makes me crazy
I can't wait
TO BE WITH YOU ALONE

WHILE THE GOING'S GOOD
(Bonney St. Jean ©1990 RACo Music BMI)

I THINK I BETTER GO WHILE THE GOING'S GOOD
WHILE THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT'S STOPPING ME
I ASKED A FRIEND WHAT HE THOUGHT - HE THOUGHT I SHOULD
LET THE WI ND COME AND CARRY ME
A couple of days and I could have it all packed up
With only a few debts and a few loose ends
I can see me sittin' back in some tropical hut
Drinkin' a concoction of a fruit mix blend
OLD LITTLE NEW ENGLAND TOWN YOU'RE MY HOME
I WILL MISS YOUR FALLING PAINTED LEAVES
BUT WITH THE WINTER SKY UPON YOU NOW YOU FEEL SO COLD
AS I WALK ALONG YOUR ROCKY BEACH
Sailors bundled up with their pea coats on
Seagulls scrap at something to eat
And stonies at the picnic tables all day long
Getting high to that heavy metal beat
BABY WILL YOU MISS ME WILL YOU WRITE ME SOMETIME
MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR VACATION IN SPRING
I'LL SEND YOU A TICKET ON SOME JET AIRLINE
AND TREAT YOU TO ALL THOSE TOURISTY THINGS
Knickknacks and pretty dolls
Funny hats with the island's name scrawled
Flowered shirts, them shiny necklace beads
Pictures of you, the sunset, and the coconut trees
I THINK I BETTER GO WHILE THE GOING'S GOOD
WHILE THERE'S NOTHING HERE THAT'S STOPPING ME
I ASKED A FRIEND WHAT HE THOUGHT - HE THOUGHT I SHOULD
LET THE WIND COME AND CARRY ME - yeah
LET THE WIND COME AND CARRY ME - oh
LET THE WIND COME AND CARRY ME

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