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Close Another Door

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  CLOSE ANOTHER DOOR
Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1967)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Robin Gibb

Album:
First (1967)

Transcript by Luis Alberto Gonzales

Many years have passed it seems
And now I’m all alone
I’ve sent the children far away
To some obscurer home
It’s so sad, so sad

Close another door
Listen to my eyes
Close another door
You’re much too old to work
So why won’t you run away?

When I was young I used to say
That age won’t bother me
The life I had was very sad
It all went out to sea
So sad (so sad), so sad (so sad)

Close another door
Listen to my eyes
Close another door
You’re much too old to work
So why won’t you run away?

 Though the sun is in outside
The rain is in my hair
Now all my life is lived inside
My home is in my chair
So sad (so sad), so sad (so sad)

Close another door
Listen to my eyes
Close another door
You’re much too old to work
So why won’t you run away?

Let me go
Send me flowers and put me on a plane
I may be old
But I’ve been told
At least I’m still around
Find me a life to live through it and send me off
And I’ve been working so, so very hard
And being young but now I’m tired
Ah, I said I’m old
I said I’m old now
And I’ve been working, working, working very hard
Ah…

Children Of The World

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  CHILDREN OF THE WORLD
Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1976)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Album:
Children of the world
(1976)

Ah ah ah ah
We are children of the world ,
watching every day go by.
Changes my life, changes your life,
keeps us all anticipating.

Ah ah ah ah
We are searchers of the truth,
every man’s a boy deep down.
Gotta say it how you mean it,
there ain’t no easy way.

Like a bird in the wind,
like a tree in the storm,
like the breath of a child
from the moment he’s born
to the very last day
when the curtains are drawn.

Ah ah ah ah
We are children of the world
asking every question why,
from arrival to survival
just to make it worth the waiting.

Ah ah ah ah
We are faces in the night
watching every day go by.
Changes my life, changes your life,
there ain’t no easy way.

In the back of your mind
there is always a mark.
There’s a wandering solo
alone in the dark.
You can keep it forever
or tear it apart.

Ah ah ah ah
We are children of the world
watching every day go by.
Changing my life, changing your life,
keeps us all anticipating.

Ah ah ah ah
We are children of the world
watching every day go by.

Like a bird in the wind,
like a tree in the storm,
like the breath of a child
from the moment he’s born
till the very last day
when the curtains are drawn.

Ah ah ah ah
We are children of the world
watching every day go by.
Changes my life, changes your life,
keeps us all anticipating.

Ah ah ah ah
We are children of the world
watching every day go by.
Changes my life, changes your life,
keeps us all anticipating.

Childhood Days

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  CHILDHOOD DAYS
Written by:
Barry Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1986)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
Barry Gibb:
Hawks
(1988)
Gone, gone childhood days.
Gone, gone childhood days.
Gone, gone childhood days.
Gone, gone childhood days.
 
Gone, gone childhood days.
Gone in so many ways.
In all my children you can see
what old aquaintance means to me.
 
Dream is mine and here it stays,
all wrapped up in my childhood days.
 
And it echoes down the mountainside.
People live and people die.
Though I love you for always.
I lost you in my childhood days.
 
Old dogs and worn out shoes.
Even children sing the blues.
How we must endure it all
to save God’s creatures great and small.
 
All my world is there and then
the voices come to me again.
And they echo down the mountainside.
People live and people die.
I still can see my daddy’s face,
oh Lord, this is a lonely place.
 
Fast train, train too slow.
Maybe you got no place to go.
Let me set your spirit free.
It’s crazy but you comfort me.
 
We share together what we found.
The force of love is all around.
And it echoes down the mountainside.
Little bit of soul we hide.
Find us lost without a trace,
oh Lord, this is a lonely place.
 
Gone gone childhood days
Gone gone childhood days
Gone gone childhood days
Gone gone childhood days
Gone in so many ways.
 
In all my children you can see
what old aquaintance means to me.
Dream is mine and here it stays,
all wrapped up in my childhood days.
 
And it echoes down the mountainside.
People live and people die.
Though I love you for always.
I lost you in my childhood days.

Cherry Red

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  CHERRY RED
Written by:
Barry Gibb
(1966)
 
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
 
Album:
-Turn around look at us
(1967)
– Brilliant from birth
<compilation>
(1998)
Where are you,
Cherry red, sweeter than the honeycomb,
sweeter still when we’re alone,
 
Cherry red, my cherry red.
 
 
Turquoise green, greener than the deeper sea ,
greener still when she’s with me,
 
Cherry red, my cherry red.
 
 
 
I wonder why (wonder why)
the stars that night shine big and bright for me.
 
I wonder why (wonder why)
she’s true to me the way that she will always be.
 
 
 
Cherry red, sweeter than the honeycomb,
sweeter still when we’re alone,
 
Cherry red, my cherry red.
 
 
 
I wonder why (wonder why)
the stars that night shine big and bright for me.
 
I wonder why (wonder why)
she’s true to me the way that she will always be.
 
 
Cherry red, sweeter than the honeycomb,
sweeter still when we’re alone

Charade

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CHARADE

Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1973)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb

Album:
Mr Natural
(1974)

Summer nights
we made our love in the sand.
And at the tide
we held our love hand in hand.

And we listened
to music the ocean was playing,
the words that our two hearts were saying,
that only two lovers can hear.

Let us ride on the wind,
while this moment is real.
You’re the light of my life.
You are welcome to my charade.

And this feeling,
knowing you blessed me forever.
And believe me,
I have been touched by your love.

And the pleasure
of knowing that evening
won’t tear us apart.

We can follow the sun
till the day light is gone.
We can gaze up the sky
till the night is over.

Light of my life,
you are welcome to my charade.

And this feeling
of knowing you blessed me forever.

We can follow the sun
till the day light is gone
We can gaze at the sky
till the night is over.

Light of my life,
you are welcome to my charade.

And this feeling,
knowing you blessed me forever.

We can follow the sun
till the day light is gone.
We can gaze at the sky
till the night is over.

Light of my life,
you are welcome to my charade.

Changin’ Me

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  CHANGIN’ ME
Written by:
Robin Gibb
Blue Weaver
(1979)
 
Lead vocals:
Jimmy Ruffin
 
Album:
Jimmy Ruffin:
Sunrise
(1980)

Tell me what’s going through your mind,
out of all the changes you’re making out, you find
hey baby, that our love has gone away.
I don’t really want to leave you but it’s hard for me to stay.

Everytime I turn around you’re changin’ me,
draining all of my energy,
trying to make me something that I’ll never be.
Honey, set me free from this misery.

It’s tragic the things you feel inside,
‘cause it’s killing me to know I don’t keep you satisfied.
‘cause it’s magic to think that love so sweet,
you took my hand and made me feel life was so complete.

Everytime I turn around you’re changin’ me,
draining all of my energy,
trying to make me something that I’ll never be.
Honey, set me free from this misery.

When I met you,
you seemed to be so satisfied with everything in life.
You promised me that you would always love me
if I were to make you my one and only one.

Now lately it seems you’re always trying to change me,
trying to rearrange me,
trying to make me into something that I’ll never be,
changin’ me and you know, girl, I just wanna be free,

Rearranging me, changin’ me, you keep changin’ me,
draining all of my energy.
Everytime I turn around you’re changin’ me, changin’ me,
trying to turn me into something that I’ll never be.

Honey, changin’ me, changin’ me, want to change me, girl.
I just wanna be me, I just wanna be free.

You keep coming around trying to change me,
changin’ me.

The Change Is Made

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  THE CHANGE IS MADE
Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1967)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Album:
Horizontal
(1968)

Look out my window.
I can see tomorrow.
Just a whole way of sorrow.
When the change is made.

And I’ve been crying.
Oh, Lord, I’ve been crying.
But I’ll go on crying
when the change is made.

And I’ve been a good man.
Oh Lord, lord, I’ve been a good man.
But what’s good’s a good man
after the change is made? Yeah!

And I’m not forgetting
all the love, the love I’ve been getting.
I’ve got to go on living
after the change is made.

And I been crying.
Oh Lord, Lord, I been crying.
But I got to go on crying
after the change is made.

And I’m not forgetting
all the love I’ve been getting.
‘Cause I got to go on living
after the change is made.

And I’m not forgetting
all the love, all the love I been getting.
And I got to go on living
after the change is made.

And I’m not forgetting
all the love I been getting.
But I got to go on living
after the change is made.

And I’m not forgetting
All the love,all the love, all the love.
And I got…

The Chance Of Love

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  THE CHANCE OF LOVE
Written by:
Barry Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1969)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Album:
Cucumber castle
(1970)

You and me we’re both the same.
It’s this life a lonely game.
I used to be a happy man.
And now I understand
just what it’s all about.
I never had a doubt
on the chance of love.

As a boy I lived down here.
I always saw you near.
To be together was happiness.
And I just can’t forget
the moment we first kissed.
I’d like to try again
on the chance of love.

Yeah, on the chance of love.
I’ll do anything
to get you
by my side.
On the sound of love.
I will love you girl.
You’ll be mine.

All the world would then be free.
An apple falls from an apple tree.
You and I will be together.
And you will understand
when I first take your hand
I’ll open up the door
to the chance of love.

Chain Reaction

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  CHAIN REACTION
Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1985)

Lead vocals:
Diana Ross
<demo:
Barry Gibb>

Album:
-Diana Ross:
Eaten alive
(1985)
-Bee Gees:
Eaten alive demos
<bootleg>

You took a mystery and made me want it
You got a pedestal and put me on it
You made me love you out of feeling nothing
Something that you do
And I was there and not dancing with anyone
You took a little, then you took me over
You set your mark on stealing my heart away
Crying, trying, anything for you

I’m in the middle of a chain reaction
You give me all the after midnight action
I wanna get you where I can let you make all that love to me
I’m on a journey for the inspiration
To anywhere and there ain’t no salvation
I need you to get me nearer to you
So you can set me free
We talk about love, love, love
We talk about love
We talk about love, love, love
We talk about love

You make me tremble when your hand moves lower
You taste a little then you swallow slower
Nature has a way of yielding treasure
Pleasure made for you, oh
You gotta plan, your future is on the run
Shine a light for the whole world over
You never find your love if you hide away
Crying, dying, all you gotta do is…

Get in the middle of a chain reaction
You get a medal when you’re lost in action
I wanna get your love all ready for the sweet sensation
Instant radiation
You let me hold you for the first explosion
We get a picture of our love in motion
My arms will cover, my lips will smother you
With no more left to say
We talk about love, love, love
We talk about love
You let me hold you for the first explosion
My arms will cover you

All you gotta do is get in the middle of a chain reaction
You get a medal when you’re lost in action
Don’t pass me by
I wanna get your love all ready for the chain reaction …

C’est La Vie, Au Revoir

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  C’EST LA VIE, AU REVOIR
Written by:
Robin Gibb
(1970)

Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb

Album:
Robin Gibb:
Sing slowly sisters
(bootleg)

Transcript by
Mohamad Farghaly

I’ve got eyes but I could not see
the way you used me

I left you by to know one knew
we have lots to see

if you check me then!
can I still be your friend
I know you’ll refuse
then what have eyes been use

c’est la vie, au revoir
you were mine, but you couldn’t take the time
you sent me out of my mind
you sent me out of my mind

we were young we’d sing in spring
a sweet lovely song
you made me feel like a king
where did I go wrong

all the streams around me
ignore the song and die
grancers meet surround me
widely upon the jives!

c’est la vie, au revoir
you were mine, but you couldn’t take the time
you sent me out of my mind
you sent me out of my mind

Castles In The Air

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  CASTLES IN THE AIR
Written by:
Barry Gibb

Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1972)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Album:
A kick in the head… <bootleg>

Transcript by Lowell Goldberg

One o’clock in the morning, I was, in between the shadows, find myself
Walking on the shoreline, I was, where the water was shallow,
Looking up at the darkness, I saw, standing in the moonlight, something,
I could never work out, baby, never understand

(We’re all living together and no one’s goin’ to win)
I’ve lived my life and now I want to live some more
Build myself a castle in the air
Locked myself inside and take away the door
I don’t want to let them know I care

Playing snooker at midnight, played myself, fell into the sports life, all of them
Got into the Newsweek, in my prime, I became a question of the times
Don’t know where I’m going, just the same, well I just go back to where I came
I could never work it out, baby, never understand.

(We’re all living together and no one’s goin’ to win)
I’ve lived my life and now I want to live some more
Build myself a castle in the air
Locked myself inside and take away the door
I don’t want to let them know I care

I’ve lived my life and now I want to live some more
Build myself a castle in the air
Locked myself inside and take away the door
I don’t want to let them know I care

Carried Away

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  CARRIED AWAY
Written by:
Barry Gibb
Albhy Galuten
(1979)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
Guilty demos
<bootleg>
There you are,
shiny as a morning star.
It’s a figure of speech,
but you’re still out of reach.
You never told me loving you
could be so wrong and right.
And it’s gonna be a lonely night.
I turn to you.
You turn away.
You’re looking at someone else.
And here I am,
loving you more and more.
We got an open door, my love.
Oh, let it be just a state of mind.
And suddenly you appear.

I’m carried away.
I’m carried away.
To be carried away.
I’m carried away.

C’est la vie.
So you wanna play another part.
Can you say goodbye?
Can you live a lie?
She’ll never give you what I
gave you was my breaking heart.

Better than I ever known.
And if you can live without my love.
You know you’re gonna be alone.
And here am I.
Walking against the crowd.
Calling your name out loud my love.
Oh, let it be just a state of mind,
And suddenly you appear,

I’m carried away.
I’m carried away.
To be carried away.
And I’m carried away.

Baby there ain’t no final word.
I’ll be yours again.
I got a world of tenderness.
Yours until the end.

I’m carried.
I’m carried.
To be carried away.
I’m carried.

I’m carried away.
I’m carried away.
To be carried away.
I’m carried away…

Can’t You See That See’s Mine

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  CAN’T YOU SEE THAT SHE’S MINE
Written by:
Dave Clark
Mike Smith
(1964)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Album:
Brilliant from birth
<compilation>
(1998)

Oh, can’t you see that she’s mine
We’ve been together for a long long time
And yet they try so very hard to pull us apart
But we don’t care what they say
We’re gonna keep on lovin’ this way
‘Cause if they break us up
You know it’ll only break my heart

And don’t you know I love her so
And I’ll never, never, never let her go
No matter what the people may say or try to do
‘Cause can’t you see that she’s mine
We’ve been together for a long long time
And it’ll stay that way
Because I know she loves me too

People talk and try to break us up
When they know they don’t understand
But I don’t care what the people may say
I’m gonna keep on holdin’ her hand

Can’t you see that she’s mine
We’ve been together for a long long time
And yet they try so very hard to pull us apart
But we don’t care what they say
We’re gonna keep on lovin’ this way
‘Cause if they break us up
You know it’ll only break my heart

Don’t you know I love her so
And I’ll never, never, never let her go
No matter what the people may say or try to do
‘Cause can’t you see that she’s mine
We’ve been together for a long long time
And it’ll stay that way
Because I know she loves me too
And it’ll stay that way
Because I know she’ll love me too

Can’t Keep A Good Man Down

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  CAN’T KEEP A GOOD MAN DOWN
Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1976)

Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb
Barry Gibb

Album:
Children of the world
(1976)

No, you can’t keep a good man down,
when you got a good woman to keep it up.
No, you can’t stand on firmer ground,
when love is the question I got enough.

Ooh, with lips so sweet
Our love just can’t be beat, my darling, oh yeah.
A love like yours and mine
can stand the test of time, my darling, oh yeah.

But for tomorrow,
tomorrow never comes,
Love is the secret,
goes living on.

No, you can’t keep a good man down
when you got a good woman to keep it up.
No, you can’t stand on firmer ground
when love is the question I got enough.

Just when I need you,
show me the way.
You came into my world,
turned my night to day.
What good is a man without a woman?

But for the trouble,
trouble always comes.
Love is the secret,
goes living on.

No, you can’t keep a good man down
When you got a good woman to keep it up.
No, you can’t stand on firmer ground
When love is the question I got enough.

Ooh, your love is strong,
keep me forever young, my darling, oh yeah.
A love like yours and mine
can stand the test of time, my darling, oh yeah.

But for tomorrow,
tomorrow never comes.
Love is the secret,
goes living on.

No, you can’t keep a good man down
when you got a good woman to keep it up.
No, you can’t stand on firmer ground
when love is the question I’ve got enough.

C Is For Cookie

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  C IS FOR COOKIE
Written by:
Raposo
(1978)
 
Lead vocals:
Muppet
 
Album:
Sesame street fever
(1978)
[Now what starts with the letter C?
Cookie starts with C
Let’s think of other things
That starts with C
Oh, who cares about the other things?]

C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me
C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me
C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me
Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C

C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me
C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me
C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me
Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C

[Hey you know what?
A round cookie with one bite out of it
Looks like a C
A round donut with one bite out of it
Also looks like a C
But it is not as good as a cookie
Oh and the moon sometimes looks like a C
But you can’t eat that, so … ]

C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me, yeah!
C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me
C is for cookie, that’s good enough for me
Oh, cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C, yeah!
Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C, oh boy!
Cookie, cookie, cookie starts with C!

(Cookie Monster eats the cookie)
Umm-umm-umm-umm-umm

Bye Bye Blackbird

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BYE BYE BLACKBIRD

Written by:
Henderson
Dixon

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Album:
Performed live on the Midnight Special (1973). It can be found on the bootleg “A kick in the head is worth eight in the pants”

Transcript by:
Robin Gibb Mania

Pack up all my cares and woe
here I go singin’ low
bye bye blackbird

Where somebody waits for me
sugar’s sweet, so is he
bye bye blackbird

No one here can love or understand me
oh, what hard luck stories they all hand me

Make my bed and light the light
I’ll arrive late tonight
blackbird, bye bye

Make my bed and light the light
I’ll arrive late tonight
blackbird, bye bye.

By The Light Of A Burning Candle

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BY THE LIGHT OF A BURNING CANDLE

Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1968)
 
Lead vocals:
Graham Bonnet
 
Album:
The Marbles:
The Marbles
(1970)
You used to smile every day with me.
But now, I don’t smile.
There’s no smile to see.

So by the light of the burning candle
I love you, I love you.
By the light of the burning candle
I’ll cry.

You took apart every thing I had.
But you took a heart.
And that’s twice as bad.

So by the light of the burning candle
I will love you, I’ll love you.
By the light of the burning candle
I’ll cry.

So by the light of the burning candle
I will love you, I’ll love you.
By the light of the burning candle
I’ll cry.

Butterfly

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BUTTERFLY

Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1966)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
Brilliant from birth
<compilation>
(1998)
Green fields where we used to wander,
purple valleys, near my home.
We would play there, beneath the sky
and then I kissed you, butterfly.
 
Young girl, you came restless
and you left me here to cry
my big teardrops in red pastures
for I loved you, butterfly.
 
Butterfly, yeah.
I dream about you, lonely without you, butterfly.
Butterfly, yeah.
Each night I’m sleeping, your face goes creeping, butterfly.
 
Green fields where we used to wander,
purple valleys, near my home.
We would play there beneath the sky
and I kissed you, butterfly.
 
Butterfly, yeah.
I dream bout you, lonely without you, butterfly.
Butterfly, yeah .
Each night I’m sleeping, your face goes creeping, butterfly.

Bury Me Down By The River

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BURY ME DOWN BY THE RIVER

Written by:
Barry Gibb
Maurice Gibb
Robin Gibb
(1969)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
Maurice Gibb
 
Album:
Cucumber Castle
(1970)
I wasn’t born in the morning, no,
I must have been born in the night.
I’ve done my wrong and I’ll carry my load.
And all I own is my life.
 
I wasn’t born to be lucky, lord,
‘cause luck had no future with me.
I’ve done my wrong and I’ll sing, sing, sing my song
and stand beneath the hanging tree.
 
Bury me down by a river.
Let all the town’s people see
their enemy’s dead. Let me lay, lay my head,
just put me down and set me free.
 
I wasn’t born as a rich man, no.
A rich man I never, I never could be.
I’ve done my wrong and I’ll sing, sing, sing my song
and stand beneath the hanging tree.
 
(Everybody sing now)
Bury me down by a river, lord, no.
Let all the town’s people see, see
their enemy’s dead. Let me lay, lay, lay my head,
just put me down and set me free.
 
(I want to hear everybody sing)
Bury me down by the river (bury me down by the river, oh lord).
Let all the towns, let all the towns people see
their enemy’s dead. Let me lay, let met lay, let me lay my head along,
just put me down and set me free (set me free).

Buried Treasure

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BURIED TREASURE

Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1983)

Lead vocals:
Kenny Rogers
<demo:
Barry Gibb>

Album:
-Kenny Rogers:
Eyes that see in the dark
(1983)
-Bee Gees:
Eyes…demos
<bootleg>

Now if the aim in your life is to settle me down,
I couldn’t change my point of view.
I got a lady in red at the back of my head,
but the woman in white is you.

Do you wanna be the only one
fade away in the morning sun
I could love you all of my life.
You are my wife.
Haven’t I let you know?

We don’t need no buried treasure.
No buried treasure, we don’t need it.
We don’t stand on ceremony.
I love you only, I’m proud of it.

You can never be all you wanna be.
When you’re living for gold.
We don’t need no buried treasure.
I still got you.
I still go you in my soul.

Well it’s a long way down and you gotta get up.
You got to figure on a master plan.
You couldn’t do it if you don’t get ready.
When you’re beaten by the other man.

Do you wanna be the last one in
play the game that you just don’t win?
I can see me making you cry
saying goodbye
but I could never let you go.

We don’t need no buried treasure.
No buried treasure, we don’t need it.
We don’t stand on ceremony
I love you only, I’m proud of it.

You can never be all you wanna be.
When you’re living for gold.
We don’t need no buried treasure.
I still got you.
I still got you in my soul.

Well, you’re taking my life in the palm of your hand.
Make you mine for another day.
Ain’t nobody doesn’t need anybody
when the good times turn away.

I don’t wanna be the lonely one.
Fade away in the evening sun.
I could love you all of my life.
You are my wife.
Haven’t I told you so?

We don’t need no buried treasure.
No, buried treasure, we don’t need it.
We don’t stand on ceremony.
I love you only, I’m proud of it.

You can never be all you wanna be
when you’re living for gold.
We don’t need no buried treasure.
I still got you.
I still got you in my soul.