S m i l e

Doin All Right

Yesterday my life was in ruin

Now today I know what I'm doing

Gotta feeling I should be doing alright

Doing alright

Where will I be this time tomorrow

Jumps with joy or sinking in sorrow

Anyway I should be doing alright

Doing alright

Should be waiting for the sun

Anyway I've got to hide

Going back to where the skies are blue

Going home to find the one

Should be waiting for the sun

Anyway I've got to hide

Yesterday my life was in ruin

Now today I know what I'm doing

Gotta feeling I should be doing alright

Doing alright

Doing alright

 

Blag  

Do do do...

Take away my sunshine

You take away my rain

I can see it in your eyes

There must be an answer somewhere

You can find a way

I can see it in your eye

Do do do...

 

April Lady

She won our hearts the arts she loved

Is painting pictures for free

When she was done she hung them up

For all the children to see

Goodbye April lady

It's been good to have you around

Goodbye April lady

You've done a lot for the folks in this town

The children learned to read

She strung their beads

It's sorry she was the one

As you can see isn't she good

She don't leave nothing undone

Goodbye April lady

It's been good to have you around

Goodbye April lady

You've done a lot for the folks in this town

She taught them all to love

She was their cream

And we don't want her to go

But we know too well

She fell in love

And there's no stopping her so

Goodbye April lady

It's been good to have you around

Goodbye April lady

You've done a lot for the folks in this town

Goodbye April lady...  

 

Polar Bear

In the bright shop window sits the polar bear

Makes the children's eyes light up to see him there

Amongst the tinsel he gives everyone a smile

To see him as you'd see a star

Love him from where you are

He's not for,not for,not for sale

Past an open window walks the pretty girl

Does she see me at her feet it's hard to tell

But if I ask her she might turn her smile away

To see her as I'd see a star

Love her from where you are

She's not for,not for,not for sale

I guess I'll learn to look

Without a grasping hand

Minor contentment wears a smile

I love her from where I lie

He's not for,not for,not for sale

Not for sale

 

Earth

I might be at a table

And suddenly I'll catch

A fleeting vision of her crystal seas

Or I might be standing in a crowded dockyard faraway

Underneath the sun I've never seen

Because I have seen many worlds

For what it's worth

But I'll never see again the planet earth

My earth

I might be chasing waves of light

Out towards the rim

Where stars are sparse

And the cold of space seeps in

But I might be in a bar room

Drinking methylated gin

And thinking of the places I have been

Yes I have seen many worlds

For what it's worth

But I'll never see again the planet earth

My earth

I have seen many worlds

For what it's worth

But I'll never see again the planet earth

My earth

Cast adrift amongst the stars

I float from sun to sun

Dreaming of the world that gave me birth

All the places I have been

Remind me there is none

To match the cool green rolling hills of earth

Because I have seen many worlds

For what it's worth

But I'll never see again the planet earth

My earth

 

Step On Me 

Know what I said when I saw you crying

Hang on that's folly

I was weak in the head I believed your lying

You're just a bad memory

My life was going to be better

My why could I never ever see she'd step on me

Well I talked to your friend just the other day

I was gonna look and raise a smile

And she hid a smile and she ain't like you

Been asleep from all the journeys a little while

My life was going to be better

My why could I never ever see she'd step on me

Step on me,step on me,step on me

Now it's so good I won't waste my time

On a two year old picture of you

Oh now that you're gone everything's fine

But you probably think that we're through

My life was going to be better

My why could I never ever see she'd step on me

Step on me,step on me,step on me

Now it's so good I won't waste my time

On a two year old picture of you

Oh now that you're gone everything's fine

But you probably think that we're through

My life was going to be better

My why could I never ever see she'd step on me

Never ever see she'd step on me  

 

 

Gettin' Smile

Recorded 1969 and 1970

Release solo in Giappone: 23rd September 1982

Highest Chart Position: did not chart


  Side One:
1. Doin' Alright (May/Staffell) 3:45
2. Blag (Taylor) 3:12
3. April Lady (Lucas) 2:40
  Side Two:
4. Polar Bear (May) 3:55
5. Earth (Staffell) 3:58
6. Step On Me (May/Staffell) 3:08

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