(Elliot Lurie) There's a port on a western bay
 And it serves a hundred ships a day
  Lonely sailors pass the time away
  And talk about their homes
   And there's a girl, in this harbor town
  And she works, laying whiskey down
  They say "Brandy, fetch another round" 
 She serves them whiskey and wine
  The sailors say "Brandy, you're a fine girl 
What a good wife you would be  
Yeah your eyes could steal a sailor 
From the sea.

   "Brandy, wears a braided chain 
 Made of finest silver from the north of Spain 
 A locket, that bears the name 
Of a man that Brandy loved 
He came, on a summer's day 
 Bringing gifts, from far away 
 But he made it clear, he couldn't stay  
No harbor was his home 
The sailors said  
"Brandy, you're a fine girl  
What a good wife you would be 
But my life, my lover, my lady 
Is the sea. 

 "Yeah Brandy used to watch his eyes when he told his sailor's story  
She could feel the ocean fall and rise, she saw its raging glory 
 But he had always told the truth, 
 Lord he was an honest man 
 And Brandy does her best to understand    
At night, when the bars close down  
Brandy walks through a silent town  
And loves a man, who's not around 
 She still can hear him say,
 she hears him say  
"Brandy, you're a fine girl
 What a good wife you would be 
 But my life, my lover, my lady
 Is the sea"
  "Brandy, you're a fine girl  
What a good wife you would be 
 But my life, my lover, my lady 
Is the sea"

3 One Last Cold Kiss, Flowers of Evil, Mountain, 1973
(Collins, Pappalardi)

The two island swans, mated for their lives
and his faithful heart would not consider any other wife.
For three years' peaceful joy 'midst the rushes of the pond.
Proud and gentle was the loving of the last two island swans.

And their love was like a circle, no beginning and no end
with his lady by his side, a treasure and a best friend.
And the pond was all so peaceful in the rising of the sun
young and free as the island breeze, their lives had just begun.

On a dread day in November when the seering cold did start
stalked the hunter with his bow and put an arrow in her heart.
Husband, come to my side - let your feathers warm my pain
for I fear I shall not share another day with you again.

And the cold winds blow.
He was brave but he's laid low
by her body in the island mist.
I saw him give her one last cold kiss ... one last cold kiss.

Come and talk of all the things we did today

Here and laugh about our funny little ways

while we have a few minutes to breathe

and I know that it's time you must leave


But darling be home soon

I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled

My darling be home soon

It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I

toddled

For the great relief of having you to talk to


And now   a quarter of my life is almost passed

I think I've come to see myself at last

and I see that the time spent confused

was the time that I spent without you

And I feel  myself  in  bloom


Go and beat your crazy head against the sky

try and see beyond the houses and your eyes

It's ok to  shoot the moon

But darling be home soon

I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled

My darling be home soon

It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since I

toddled

For the great relief of having you to talk to

5. "Fire and Rain," James Taylor (James Taylor) Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone 

Susanne the plans they made put an end to you 

I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song 

I just can't remember who to send it to 



I've seen fire and I've seen rain 

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end 

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend 

But I always thought that I'd see you again 



Won't you look down upon me, Jesus 

You've got to help me make a stand 

You've just got to see me through another day 

My body's aching and my time is at hand 

And I won't make it any other way 



Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain 

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end 

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend 

But I always thought that I'd see you again 



Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun 

Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around 

Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things 

to come 

Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground 



Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain 

I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end 

I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend 

But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now 



Thought I'd see you one more time again 

There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now 

Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now