Fanny Hill Album Lyrics
KNOCK ON MY DOOR – Nickey Barclay
I’ve got to get you out of her clutches
I’ve got to pull you out of your hole
I want to push you over for good; if I could, I would sell my soul
I wish that it was already over
and we could find a place of our own
I wonder, will you make it all right every night as I sit alone
Chorus: Knock on my door, knock on my door. I’ll be waiting for you
It hurts me to pretend I don’t know you
to pass you with a nod on the street
It hurts me that we’re wasting our time trying to find a safe place to meet
I wonder how you kept it a secret
I think that I would die if she knew
I wonder what she’s going to say when she finds that I’ve taken you
Chorus: Knock on my door, knock on my door. I’ll be waiting for you
Games that to people play for love are like any other games in life:
Someone loses, someone wins in every round
Chorus
I’ve got to get you out of her clutches
I’ve got to get you all to myself
Chorus
BLIND ALLEY – Nickey Barclay and Alice de Buhr
Take care of yourself: this is your story
Your voice is shaking the walls, and they’re crumbling down.
But what can I do, ‘cept stand here watching you?
My fearful eyes are paralyzed with visions of tomorrow swept away, and someone’s gonna get burned
We’re leading ourselves down a blind alley
No one to watch over us as we stumble and fall
But, what can I see, ‘cept blind-eyed history?
The Reaper grins at the Saracens who cannot see the writing on the wall; someone’s gonna get burned
I see my Christian Brothers raising angry hands
And though they try to show me, I still don’t understand
‘cause there’s a war going on. Look down in the streets.
We’re clearing the way for a new order
Old ways are losing their hold, now we’ve opened our eyes
But what can I say, ‘cept godspeed anyway?
Our destiny has got to be, and later on they’ll judge you right or wrong
Think about what you’re doin!
Blind alley; we’re going down a blind alley
Blind alley
YOU’VE GOT A HOME – June Millington
It’s time for all good little boys to go to sleep
Let’s say our prayer, beg the Lord my soul to keep
Run to the bedroom and I’ll tuck you into bed
Read you a story, then I’ll kiss your sleepy head
Someday I’ll have to tell you the reason we live alone
You may not have a father, but you’ve got a home
And when you wake, I’ll build a fire to keep you warm
Stay home from school; thank God we’re sheltered from the storm
Someday we’ll have a little cottage by the sea
And watch the sunrise from the seashore, you and me
Someday I’ll have to tell you why I’ve chosen to live alone
You may not have a father, but you’ve got a home
Come to the window, hold your breath and take a peek
Enjoy the silence; it’s been snowing for a week
But in the house I’m giving love to keep you warm;
I didn’t plan it, but I’m glad that you were born
I find it so amazing how quickly you have grown
You may not have a father, but you’ve got a home
It’s time for all good little boys to go to sleep
Let’s say our prayer, beg the Lord my soul to keep
Run to the bedroom and I’ll tuck you into bed
Read you a story, then I’ll kiss your sleepy head
Someday I’ll have to tell you the reason we live alone
You may not have a father, but you’ve got a home
WONDERFUL FEELING – Jean Millington, Lyrics, Jean and June Millington
Once I thought it would be easy; one true love and he’d be mine
Thought I could love him forever and still have time.
I’ve been feeling so guilty inside; you can tell that your love is denied
‘Cause you’ve loved me so long and I feel that it’s wrong to be breaking your heart
Chorus: I don’t want to lose that wonderful feeling; I don’t want to choose
Once I thought that love was magic: I’d grow up, my prince would come
Take me away and we’d play and forget about everyone.
I’ve been spending my nights with you; I’ve was thinking that I’d be true
But the world doesn’t end; you were really a friend that I loved ‘cause I needed to
Chorus: I don’t want to lose that wonderful feeling; I don’t want to choose
I’ve been feeling so guilty inside; you can tell that your love is denied
But the world doesn’t end; you were really a friend that I loved ‘cause I needed to
Chorus: I don’t want to lose that wonderful feeling
I don’t want to lose that wonderful feeling
I don’t want to lose that wonderful feeling
Borrowed Time – Words and music by Nickey Barclay
You sit high with your servants at your feet, warming over your stone cold tea.
Taste sweet wine from the ladies of the street, who got down on their backs for free.
You know them well. They kiss and tell. You live high on your borrowed time.
You won’t learn when you’re raking in the highs. Tho, you try to get by unseen.
Come your turn, you’ll be mirrored down to size, in the eyes of a cardboard queen.
She’ll call your name. I’ll call your game. It’s your go, your private three-ring show. It’s been easy to
please, but your old devotees have out grown it. Have you blown it?
You had time ‘cause you graduated young, jumped the gun to collect your score.
Now you’re miming, Cat Fever’s got your tongue as you run for the back stage door.
I guarantee no sympathy. They’ve been told you ain’t dipped in gold.
You’ll be stoned in the street, and disowned in the heat of reaction. No satisfaction. Your time is due.
No time for you. Borrowed time has run out for you…….etc.
THINK ABOUT THE CHILDREN – June Millington
Are you ready to think of the future; to think about somebody else?
It may be your children’s children and not just yourself.
There’s a kingdom below the ocean, and it stretches beyond the sun
There is more than we ever imagined and it’s for everyone.
Chorus: Think about the children, oh the children
On a mountain beyond the horizon lay a bird with a broken wing
Although it suffered, it never surrendered, and it began to sing
And the children all stopped to listen to the melody in the air
The never heard the pain; they didn’t know it was there.
Chorus: Think about the children, oh the children
We’re part of the universe; we all share the moon and sun
And they will still be here; long after we are gone.
There was a dreamer who stood by the river; he was deep in a world of his own
Well he fell into the water and he sank like a stone
And in the silence of the evening, it was long after he was gone
The bird with the broken wing began to sing his song.
Chorus: Think about the children, oh the children
Are you ready to think of the future; to think about somebody else?
It may be your children’s children and not just yourself.
And not just yourself
And not just yourself
And not just yourself
ROCK BOTTOM BLUES – Fanny (only song by all four of us)
I’ve been in every kind of band and show, from Bangor, Maine to Boise, Idaho
I’ve had my troubles and I’ve paid my dues, but still I’m saddled with these same old blues
I started out when I was young and green; been on the road since I was sweet sixteen
Somehow I haven’t sold a single song; somebody tell me where did I go wrong.
Chorus: Sittin’ dreamin’ on a street corner, wondering how to keep warm
I’m so darn broke, I’m down to my last toke; I’m a child of the windy storm.
I took my story to a man who knew; he told me “I can make a star of you.”
Took me for everything that I called mine; now I’m stranded on the dotted line
I spent a summer in the county jail; my local voted not to pay my bail
They’re never with you when the times are hard; I feel like tearing up my union card
Chorus: Sittin’ dreamin’ on a street corner, wondering how to keep warm
I’m so darn broke, I’m down to my last toke; I’m a child of the windy storm.
Rock Bottom blues got me down…..
I’ll keep on rolling like the stone of old; through rain and fire and the freezing cold
I’m bitten by the rock and roll disease; So, won’t you help me make a record please?
Chorus: Sittin’ dreamin’ on a street corner, wondering how to keep warm
I’m so darn broke, I’m down to my last toke; I’m a child of the windy storm.
SOUND AND THE FURY – June Millington
I was always running, from what I did not know
It was hard to be a stranger and always miss the show
Well, I hid behind the pillow and I wasn’t very smart
Well the pain is gone and now I’m about to start.
Chorus: Now the sound and the fury have someplace to go; now the sound and the fury are all I know.
Well I stopped to rest a moment and I took a breath of air
And it came a rushin’ to me, now I know you were always there.
And I had always felt like singing, but I could not find the part
Well the pain is gone and now I’m about to start
Chorus: Now the sound and the fury have someplace to go; now the sound and the fury are all I know.
I was always running, towards what I did not know
It was fun to be your lover, but I had no place to go.
Well, I’ve tucked away the pillow and I’ve opened up my heart.
The pain is gone and now I’m about to start.
Chorus: Now the sound and the fury have someplace to go; now the sound and the fury are all I know.
Chorus: Now the sound and the fury have someplace to go; now the sound and the fury are all I know.
THE FIRST TIME – Nickey Barclay
I feel I have to tell you the way it’s lately been
Seems that I’ve been taking what I thought was giving in.
But now those times are over, I’ve counted out my friends
For the first time in a long time, I can be myself again.
Chorus: First time in a long time, first time in a long time I can be myself
It came as I was walking through the streets of Tinsel Town
Didn’t know just where I’d been, but surely I’d gone down,
And then I saw the answer and found my own way here,
And for the first time in a long time I can see my future clear
Chorus: First time in a long time, first time in a long time I can see myself
First time in a long time, first time in a long time
In all the time I’ve taken for everybody else
I thought I gave it all away, kept nothing for myself
But I have been mistaken; you were with me all the while
And for the first time in a long time, I can raise my face and smile.
Chorus: First time in a long time, first time in a long time – oooooh – repeat
I can be myself……