Allen Toussaint ≈ St. James Infirmary
(often mistakenly associated with St. James Parish in LA it is actually a traditional song about the St. James infirmary in London)
Leon Russell & The Shelter People ≈ She Smiles Just Like A River
Watching the long faces
Riding this rundown track
And the lost places
From a train that never brings them back
And the sad truth is nothing but a cold hard fact
I'm riding the blue train
Over the miles yet to cover
A ghost in a hurry to fade
I'm taking it one way to nowhere
Afraid you might be there
And find me inside this blue train
Counting the burned bridges
Trailing this rusty track
As our back pages
Scatter in the dust we left
Like a pearl necklace
Falling from around my neck
...
A ticket to an empty room
A rendezvous with all alone
I don't wanna be her
I just want to be little old me
Shouldn't have to think
Who am I suppose to be today
And what give you the right
To tell me who I should be
Who gave you that right
Cause I, I feel lovely
Just the way that I am
Yes I feel lovely
The way that I am
I know you want the best
Yeah only good things for me
But you have to realize
I can't be all these things you project on me
Cause I'm beautiful to me
Doesn't that mean a thing
I feel lovely
Just the way that I am
Yes I feel lovely
The way that I am
I need that to be enough for you
Need that to be enough for you
Cause it's enough for me
It's enough for me
Am I suppose to give up everything I am
Just to make you happy
I thought I was the one you
Always wanted me to be
It turns out I'm just little old me
I'm just little old me
And that's fine by me
Cause I, I am lovely
Just the way that I am
Oh yes I am,
Yes I am lovely
The way that I am
I am lovely lovely
I am lovely
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