Steve Barton – Encore: The Private Collection

Simply Flying

See a bird
Watch him soaring over the rooftops
Out of London
Flying
Simply flying
In the sky

Not a word
Yet imploring me, Follow, follow
I can hear him crying
As he sings his last goodbye

I dream I’m a bird in the open sky
A dream it remains, for I cannot fly
Oh, speak to me now
And try to explain

Flying

In my dreams
I’m with you above the rooftops
Out of London
Flying
Simply flying
In the sky

Then it seems
When I’m with you I sense the motions
Cease to fear my dying
‘Cause I’m flying
Simply flying …

Drawn to You

I’m drawn to you as a leaf to the light
I’m drawn to you as a nightingale to the nigh
t And it’s not just that you’re beautiful
Though heaven knows you are
But something between us goes deeper by far

I’m drawn to you by some strange magic art
That has to do with the mysteries of the heart
Just as though I had known you when dark and dawn were new
I’m drawn to you …

I’m drawn to you by some strange magic art
That has to do with the mysteries of the heart
And it’s not just that you’re beautiful
Though heaven knows you are
I caught and held so bespelled
Drawn to you …

You’re the Cream in My Coffee

You’re the cream in my coffee
You’re the salt in my stew
You will always be my necessity
I’d be lost without you

You’re the starch in my collar
You’re the lace in my shoe
You will always be my necessity
I’d be lost without you

Most men tell love tales
And each phrase dovetails
You’ve heard each known way
This way is my own way

You’re the sail of my love boat
You’re the captain and crew
You will always be my necessity
I’d be lost without you …

You know I’m really floundering
You catch my drift? …

Tea for Two (with Angelika Milster)

Steve sings in German.

Angelika
Picture you upon my knee
Just tea for two and two for tea
Just me for you and you for me alone

Nobody near us to see us or hear us
No friends or relations on weekend vacations
We won’t have it known, dear, that we own a telephone, dear

Day will break and you’ll awake
And start to bake a sugar cake
For you to take for all the boys to see

We will raise a family:
A boy for you, a girl for me
Oh, can’t you see how happy we would be

You see how happy we would be …

Jemand muss da sein (Someone is Waiting)

[lyrics not available]

Bewusst am Leben zu sein (Being Alive)

Jemand, der dich irritiert
Jemand, der dich tief verletzt
Der deinen Platz okkupiert
Der dich oft entsetzt …

[dialogue in German]

Jemand, der dich bald dressiert
Wälzt seine Sorgen auf dich
Und bindet dich raffiniert
Allmählich an sich …

[dialogue in German]

Jemand, der stets fragt “Warum?”
Und bringt dich dauernd in Not Lobt dich und nimmt dir was krumm
Sieht schwarz oder rot
Bringt dich aus dem Lot …

[dialogue in German]

Jemand nimmt dir deine Ruh
Jemand dringt in deine Welt
Jemand, der nun immerzu
Sich fest an dich hält
Der fürchtet wie du
Am Leben zu sein
Am Leben zu sein
Am Leben zu sein
Am Leben zu sein …

[dialogue in German]

Jemand soll mich irritier’n
Jemand soll morgens nicht geh’n
Soll meinen Platz okkupier’n
Und mich missversteh’n
Das ist es mir wert
Am Leben zu sein
Am Leben zu sein

Sei jemand der mich dressiert
Wälz deine Sorgen auf mich
Und binde mich raffiniert
Allmählich an dich
Dann lern ich mit dir
Am Leben zu sein
Am Leben zu sein
Am Leben zu sein

Dreh mich im Kreis
Reiz meinen Zorn
Sei kalt und Eis
Sei wie ein Dorn
Und gib mir das Gefühl
Dass ich leb

Lob mich und nimm mir was krumm
Und bring mich dauernd in Not
Ich will dir sagen warum
Allein bin ich tot
Ich brauche dich um
Am Leben zu sein
Am Leben zu sein
Am Leben zu sein
Am Leben zu sein …

Ich war bis Heut’ noch nicht Verliebt (I’ve Never Been in Love Before)

[lyrics not available]

You’ve Got a Friend

When you’re down and troubled and you need some loving care
And nothin’, nothin’ is goin’ right
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there
To brighten even your darkest night

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I’ll come runnin’ to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call and I’ll be there, yes I will

You’ve got a friend

Ain’t it good to know that you’ve got a friend
When people can be so cold
They’ll hurt you, yes, and desert you
And break your heart if you let them
Oh, but don’t you let them

You just call out my name and you know wherever I am
I’ll come runnin’ to see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you have to do is call and I’ll be there, yes, I will

You’ve got a friend
You’ve got a friend
Ain’t it good to know, good to know
You’ve got a friend …

Where You Lead

Wanting you the way I do
I only want to be with you
And I would go to the ends of the earth
‘Cause, darling, to me that’s what you’re worth

Where you lead, I will follow
Anyway that you tell me to
If you need, need me to be with you
I would follow where you lead

If you’re out on the road
Feeling lonely and oh so cold
All you have to do is call my name
And I’ll be there on the next train

Where you lead, I will follow
Anyway that you tell me to
If you need, need me to be with you
I would follow where you lead

I always wanted a real home, flowers on my window sill
But if you want to live in New York City, honey, you know that I will, yes I will, yes I will
I never thought I could get satisfaction from just one woman
If anyone could keep me happy, you’re the one who can

I’m gonna follow where you lead me
I’m gonna follow where you lead me

Wanting you the way I do
I only want to be with you
And I would go to the ends of the earth
‘Cause, darling, to me that’s what you’re worth

Where you lead, I will follow
Any, anywhere that you tell me to
If you need, need me to be with you
I will follow where you lead

I’m gonna follow where you lead me
I’m gonna follow where you lead me
I’m gonna follow where you lead me
I’m gonna follow where you lead me …

Since I Fell for You

When you just give love
And never get love
You better let you love depart

I know it’s so
And yet I know
I can’t get you out of my heart

You made me leave my happy home
You took my love and now you’re gone

Since I fell for you

Love brings on me such misery and pain
I guess I’ll never be the same

Since I fell for you

Well, it’s too bad and it’s too sad
But I’m in love with you
You loved me, you love me then you snubbed me
But what can I do?
I’m still hung up on you

Oh, I guess I never seen the light
I get the blues most every night

Since I fell for you
Since I fell for you …

What I Did for Love

Kiss today goodbye
And point me t’ward tomorrow
Wish me luck, the same to you
But I can’t regret what I did for love
What I did for love

Look, my eyes are dry
The sweetness and the sorrow
It’s as if we always knew
And I won’t forget what I did for love
What I did for love

Gone, love is never gone
As we travel on love’s what we’ll remember

Look, my eyes are dry
The gift was ours to borrow
We did what we had to do
Won’t forget, can’t regret what I did for love
What I did for love
What I did for love …

Vincent (Starry, Starry Night)

Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer’s day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colors on the snowy linen land

And now I understand what you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they did not know how
Perhaps they’ll listen now

For they could not love you
But still your love was true
And when no hope was left in sight on that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you

Starry, starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can’t forget
Like the stranger that you’ve met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn of bloddy rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow

And now I think I know what you tried to say to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free
They would not listen, they’re not list’ning still
Perhaps they never will …

A man and a Woman

A man and a woman can be so close together
That they almost become like one
They promise to love till life is done

A man and a woman can be part of each other
And somehow it is very strange
The things that you love the most can change

Hard times come and when they do
You don’t mean what you say
But once you have hurt each other
You start to drift away

Then the man and the woman
Who were so close together
Can be suddenly so alone
Forgetting the lovely moments they’ve known

And the man and the woman
Must go back to just living all alone

It doesn’t have to be like that
I don’t know how but I feel sure
That you can make it last forever

For a man and a woman can be so close together
That they almost become like one
They promise to love till life is done

A man and a woman can be part of each other
But somehow it is very strange
The things that you love the most can change …

A man and the woman
Can grow closer together
As their times go by
As long as they both are willing to try

And the man and the woman
Must go on loving until the day they die

I just don’t know
It may be so
I feel so sure
It can be so
A love can last
Until you die! …

I’d Rather Be Blue

I’d rather be blue thinking of you
I’d rather be blue over you
Than be happy with somebody else

I’m crazy about‘cha, without‘cha
For you I’m strong
I can’t do without‘cha
Howcha magoucha?
Don’t stay too long

I need a little ah, little ooh, little oh
And I’m knocking on wood
Ah, honey hurry up, hurry up, hurry up
It’s so hard to be good

I’d rather be blue thinking of you
I’d rather be blue over you
Than be happy with somebody else

Will I be good? Will I be bad?
Don’t be a fool, you fool
My little flat, I’m changing that
Into a Sunday school

While you’re away, I’m here to say
There’ll be no milkmaid there
Singin’ the blues I’m gonna use
Nothin’ but Frigidaire

I’d rather be blue thinking of you
I’d rather be blue over you
Than be happy with somebody else

Blue over you
I’d rather be blue over you
Than be hap-hap-hap-happy with somebody else …

The Music and the Mirror

Give me somebody to dance with
Give me a place to fit in
Let me return to the world of the living
By showing me how to begin

To have something that I can believe in
To have something to be
Use me… choose me

God, I’m a dancer
A dancer dances!

Give me somebody to dance with
Give me a place to fit in
Let me return to the world of the living
By showing me how to begin

Play me the music
Give me the chance to come through
All I ever needed was the music, and the mirror
And the chance to dance for you

Give me a job and you instantly get me involved
If you give me a job, then the rest of the crap will get solved
Give me a job, you would think that by now I’m allowed
I’ll do you proud

Throw me a rope to grab on to
Help me to prove that I’m strong
Give me the chance to look forward to sayin’:
Hey. listen, they’re playing my song

Play me the music
Play me the music
Play me the music
Give me the chance to come through
All I ever needed was the music, and the mirror
And the chance to dance …

People

People, people who need people
Are the luckiest people in the world
We’re children needing other children
And yet letting our grown-up pride
Hide all the need inside
Acting more like children
Than children

Lovers are very special people
They’re the luckiest people in the world
With one person, one very special person
A feeling deep in your soul
Says you were half, now you’re whole
No more hunger and thirst
But first be a person who needs people
People who need people
Are the luckiest people in the world! …

The feeling deep in your soul
Says you were half, now you’re whole
No more hunger and thirst
But first be a person who needs people
People who need people
Are the luckiest people in the world! …

Gethsemane

Pilate and Christ

Pilate
I dreamed I met a Galilean
A most amazing man

I asked him to say what had happened
How it all began

And next, the room was full of wild and angry men
They seemed to hate this man
They fell on him, and then disappeared again
Then I saw thousands of millions
Crying for this man
And then I heard them mentioning my name
And leaving me the blame

Gethsemane

Jesus
I only want to say:
If there is a way
Take this cup away from me
I don’t want to taste its poison
Feel it burn me

I have changed
I’m not as sure as when we started
Then, I was inspired
Now, I’m sad and tired
After all, I’ve tried for three years
Seems like thirty
Would you ask as much
Would you ask as much from any other man?

But if I die
See the saga through and do the things you ask of me
Let them hit me, hurt me, nail me to their tree

I’d have to know, I’d have to know, my Lord
Have to know, I’d have to know, my Lord
I’d have to see, I’d have to see, my Lord
I’d have to see, I’d have to see, my Lord
If I die what will be my reward?
If I die what will be my reward?
Have to know, I’d have to know, my Lord
I’d have to know, I’d have to know, my Lord
Why should I die

Would I be more noticed than I ever was before?
Will the things I say and do matter any more?

I only want to say
If there is a way
I don’t want to taste its poison
Come and take me
I am ready

Come and take me
Take me now
At last
My heart is understood …

O Captain, My Captain

i.

O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack, the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring:
But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

ii.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;
Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.

iii.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound, its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship, comes in with object won;
Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.