The Words: Lyrics 1970-2020
By Nick Holmes
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Nick Holmes
Nick Holmes studied history at Cambridge, where he was awarded a travel grant to follow the route of the First Crusade across Greece and Turkey. He has written a fictional novel, set in eleventh-century Byzantium, called Trebizond. He works in international finance and lives in Surrey with his family.
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The Words - Nick Holmes
120 Lyrics from the master story teller.
All words © Nick Holmes, Pantry Music, 2019, NYC
All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.
Print ISBN: 978-1-54397-313-6
eBook ISBN: 978-1-54397-314-3
Nicholas Imre Holmes (1945—) is one of the masters of the deep and sweet popular song lyric. He was born on Manhattan, to Scotch-Irish American parents who were in the business of publishing pulp fiction. His first ten years were spent on Long Island. After schooling in up-state New York, he returned to the city in 1964 and decided to be a musician. Two years of playing cafes and bars in the city led to two more years of playing cafes and bars, in Florida. Then in 1969 he was hired by the popular TV and concert folk music act, The Serendipity Singers. He moved back to New York, to live on East 9th Street with his wife Shirley, and two children, Michelle and Christian. Four years later he joined, and recorded with, the big jazz band, White Elephant. During that time he lived on East 22nd Street and in the Chelsea Hotel. His songs were covered by Diane Keaton; Carly Simon; Art Garfunkel; Jerry Jeff Walker and Bette Middler. Then, after owning and operating a project studio in Chelsea for 25 years, Nick moved to the Bahamas and built a small house and recording studio there. He is still living there. 5/19.
Song Credits
All lyrics by Nick Holmes, except
Captured by Gene Schaerer and Nick Holmes
Barcelona by Brian Cullman and Nick Holmes
Meet Me At The Stardust by Diane Keaton and Nick Holmes
Chocolate by Chrysa Parkenson and Nick Holmes
All ©Pantry Music, 2019, New York
Photo Credits
All photos, except where noted, are ©Pantry Music, 2019, New York. Other credits are on the photos. We have tried to contact all photographers and were not always successful. Please refer any discrepancies to Pantry Music, 2805 E. Oakland Park Blvd, Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33306. Where there is no credit, Nick took the photo.
Dedicated to Chuck Berry, Hank Williams, and Cole Porter for showing me the way of the lyric. And, to Donald MacDonald who showed me the voice of Jack Teagarden.
Contents
Ain’t No Crime
All Souls’ Night
Am I Missing You
Ancient History
Arebela
As Always, There’s A Haze
Barcelona
Battle Royal
Bedford Street
Blind Blind Blind
Books
By And By
By The Sea
Call On Me
Can’t Just Say Goodby
Can’t Read Your Mind Anymore
Captured
Chocolate
Circle Of Light
Code
COME TO ME
Conquering Love
Cosmopolitan
De Rigueur
Devil May Care
Didn’t Put A Scratch In You
Diggin’ In The Ashes
Do It Again
Don’t Say You Love Me
Each To His Own
Earth Is Bleeding
Fire In The Hole
Fleur De Lys
Forever I Am
Freedom Slave
Fuck Me!
Good Morning New York
Goodnight Theodore
Grind It Out
Gunfighter
Here For You
Hero And Princess
Hurricane Alley
I Wake Up Laughing
The Invisible Man
Island People
Just Like In The Movies
Kamala Say
Little Bit
Long Chain On
Love Conspiracy
Love Is On Your Side
Love Will Find A Way
Luna Puella
Lutra Galz
Manhattan Manhattan
Me And Aphrodite
Meet Me At The Stardust
Modern Girls
More Than Friends
More To Love
Never Divulge Your Sources
Never Really Know
No Mood Tonight
Nothing Like That
Nothing To Fear
Oh Picasso
Old Man
Only A Human
Pass The Time Away
Pineapple Jam
Planet Limbo
Prenup For Evangeline
Ramblin’ Hearts
Random Ann
Right Back
Sadness For The Sea
Sandman
Serious Girls
Shakespear
So Long California
Sparks Fly
Spider
Stranded In Chelsea
Strangers
Sunday Never Comes
Swinging Doors
Take Your Time
That’s All
The Liberty Waltz
The March Of The Machines
The Promise
The Real You
The Tune Of Gold
The Wall
They All Come Out At Night
Time Takes Time
Tropical Depression Genevieve
Trouble Of My Own
Trying Too Hard
Use Me
Vine Of Virtue
Wasting Eternal Youth
Wasting Time
Welcome Home
Welcome To Paradise
What Will We Say To The Child
When In Rome
Where Freedom Rings
Yearning
You Ain’t Ready
You Can’t Always Be An Angel
Faust: The Popular Legend
The Recordings:
White Elephant
Right Back
Battle Royal
Gunfighter
More To Love
Soulful Crooner
Only A Human
Oh Picasso
Grind It Out
Trying Too Hard
Never Really Know
Little Bit
Strangers
Take Your Time
The Promise
Vine Of Virtue
The King Of 26th Street
Goodnight Theodore
Ancient History
My Little Secret
Spider
Nothing To Fear
Yearning
Call On Me
Stranded In Chelsea
Digging In The Ashes
Conquering Love
Freedom Slave
Random Anne
Freedom Slave
Circle Of Light
Swinging Doors
More Than Friends
Meet Me At The Stardust
Here For You
Sandman
Books
My New York
All Come Out
Can’t Just Say Goodby
The Tune Of Gold
Good Morning New York
The Liberty Waltz
Manhattan Manhattan
Never Divulge Your Sources
No Mood Tonight
When In Rome
Shakespeare
Sunday Never Comes
The Wall
Low Ball
Didn’t Put A Scratch In You
Do It Again
I Wake Up Laughing
Come To Me
Cosmopolitan
Chocolate
So Long California
Forever I Am
By And By
Bedford Street
Devil May Care
Ain’t No Crime
Wasting Eternal Youth
You Can’t Always Be An Angel
Seaweed
Modern Girls
Island People
Fire In The Hole
Pineapple Jam
Sonar
Blind Blind Blind
Earth Is Bleeding
Time Takes Time
Trouble Of My Own
Don’t Say You Love Me
Long Chain On
Invisable Man
Pass The Time Away
Hero And Princess
Blue Of Blue
Each To His Own
Hurricane Alley
Love Is On You Side
Hurricane Alley
Tropical Depression Genevieve
Haitian Way
Arabella
Lutra Galz
Freedom Rings Rings
Kamala Say
You Ain’t Ready
Care Again
Welcome To Paradise
Me And Aphrodite
Welcome To ParadisE
Can’t Read Your Mind Anymore
That’s All
Code
Sparks Fly
Love Conspiracy
De Rigueur
The Real You
Planet Limbo
Sawgrass
Serious Girls
Fleur De Lys
March Of The Machines
Nothing Like That
All Souls Night
By The Sea
Sadness For The Sea
Love Will Find A Way
Prenup For Evangeline
The Neurosturgeons
As Always, There’s A Haze
Luna Puella
Unrecorded
Old Man
Use Me
Broken Flowers
Worlds Apart
Welcome Home
Am I Missing You
Ramblin’ Hearts
What Will We Say To The Child
Fuck Me
Faust: The Popular Legend
Drawing by K. White
Ain’t No Crime
It ain’t no crime, to be in love with you
I’m innocent, ‘cause that’s all that I can do
And if you don’t want me, that’s all you got to say
But until I hear it, in love I’m gonna stay
I want you by my side, knowing my aim is true
I’ve got nothing to hide, it ain’t no crime
To be in love with you
It ain’t no crime to buy a diamond ring
A pretty girl should have lots of pretty things
There’ll be no conviction, it ain’t no mystery
Old slow and steady gonna see you go with me
You’ll know just how I feel, seeing my love is true
Talking what is real, it ain’t no crime
To be in love with you
It ain’t no crime if a man predict the rain
Or by the stars can tell many other things
I see the future coming in so clear
No hard feeling, but soon love will appear
Deep inside you heart, you find yourself confused
You won’t know where to start, it ain’t no crime
To be a little shy, for an honest man to try
It ain’t no crime
This lyric came as a