Lyric - Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison, 1963)

Blue Bayou
Written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
Monument, August 1, 1963


I feel so bad I've got a worried mind
I'm so lonesome all the time
Since I left my baby behind on blue bayou

Saving nickels, saving dimes, working till the sun don't shine
Looking forward to happier times on blue bayou

I'm going back some day come what may to blue bayou
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play on blue bayou

All those fishing boats with their sails afloat if I could only see
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be

Go to see my baby again
And to be with some of my friends
Maybe I'd be happy then on blue bayou

I'm going back some day, gonna stay on blue bayou
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on blue bayou
Oh, that girl of mine by my side
The silver moon and the evening tide
Oh, some sweet day gonna take away this hurtin inside

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true on blue bayou

Lyric - Dream Baby (Roy Orbison)

Dream Baby
Roy Orbison


Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream?

Dream baby
Got me dreamin' sweet dreams
The whole day through
Dream baby
Got me dreamin' sweet dreams
Nighttime too
I love you
And I really love you
You know I do
Dream baby, make me stop my dreamin'
You can make my dreams come true

Oh, sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream?

Lyric - Only The Lonely (Roy Orbison, 1960)

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Only The Lonely
Written by Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
Monument Records, May 1960


Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-oh-wah
Only the lonely
Only the lonely

Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
Know the way I feel tonight (ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
Know this feelin’ ain’t right (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)

There goes my baby
There goes my heart
They’re gone forever
So far apart

But only the lonely
Know why
I cry
Only the lonely

Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-oh-wah
Only the lonely
Only the lonely

Only the lonely
Know the heartaches I’ve been through
Only the lonely
Know I cried and cried for you

Maybe tomorrow
A new romance
No more sorrow
But that’s the chance
You gotta take
If your lonely heart breaks
Only the lonely

Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah

Lyric - Crying (Roy Orbison, 1961)

Crying
Written by Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
Monument 447, July 1961


I was alright for a while,
I could smile for a while.
But when I saw you last night,
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say hello.
And though you wished me well,
You couldn't tell that I'd been
Crying over you, crying over you
Yes you said so long, and left me standing all alone,
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying

It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying.

I thought that I was over you,
But it's true, so true.
I love you even more
Than I did before,
But darling, what can I do?
Oh, you don't love me,
And I'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you,
Yes, now you're gone, and from this moment on,
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying
Over you.

Lyric - Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison, 1964)

Pretty Woman
Written by Roy Orbison, Bill Dees
Monument 851, August 1964


Pretty woman, walking down the street
Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman
I don't believe you, you're not the truth
No one could look as good as you

Mercy

Pretty woman, won't you pardon me
Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman
That you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me

Wow

Pretty woman, stop a while
Pretty woman, talk a while
Pretty woman, give your smile to me

Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah
Pretty woman, look my way
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me

'Cause I need you, I'll treat you right
Come to me baby, be mine tonight

Pretty woman, don't walk on by
Pretty woman, don't make me cry
Pretty woman, don't walk away, hey...okay
If that's the way it must be, okay

I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see
Is she walking back to me
Yeah, she's walking back to me
Oh, oh, Pretty woman