Apples Don't Fall Far From The Tree lyrics - Cher

When I was five
I put on Mama's high heel shoes
And paint my face
And dance across the living room
In Ruby's place
Well the music was always playing
Girls laugh while the men were sayin'

Apples don't fall far from the tree
Hey, honey come sit on my knee
Apples don't fall far from the tree
And I remember Mama's tears
When they said in a few years
I'd be something to see

At seventeen I had me a diamond
And a string of pearls
The men said they preffered me
To the other girls
They took me to the best places
But I could read it on their faces

Apples don't fall far from the tree
Hey, honey come sit on my knee
Apples don't fall far from the tree
And I remember Mama's tears
When they said in a few years
I'd be something to see

Then when Mama died I made up my mind
To get on a Greyhound , get out of this town
And leave it all behind

But life goes on
A child of three smiles up at me
While she plays
The man I love has never heard of "Ruby's Place"
When he holds her with affection
And he uses that old expression

Apples don't fall far from the tree
Hey, honey come sit on my knee
Apples don't fall far from the tree
And I remember Mama's tears
When they said in a few years
I'd be something to see

"Half-Breed" (1973)




My Love lyrics - Cher

(originally by Wings)

When I go away
I know my heart can stay with my love
It's understood
Everywhere with my love
My love does it good, whoa
My love, oh only my love
My love does it good

And when the cupboard's bare
I'll still find something there with my love
It's understood
Everywhere with my love
My love does it so good, whoa
My love, oh only my love
My love does it good

Only my love, oh only my love
Only my love, hold the other things to me
Oh, only my love, oh only my love
Only my love does it good to me

Everywhere with my love
Don't you see my love
It does it so good
Oh, only my love, only my love
My love does it good

Don't ever ask me why
I never say "good-bye" to my love
It's understood
'Cause everywhere with my love
My love does it good, whoa
Only my love, oh only my love
My love does it good

Oh only my love
Only my love does it good to me,whoa

Two People Clinging To A Thread lyrics - Cher

Once we wake up everyday 
And smiled remembering 
How we loved the night away 
Now we look for small talk 
When it's time to dim the light 
Then we both pretend we're tired 
We can always love some other night 

So we wake up in the morning 
And we go our separate ways 
Present in our silence 
As the music softly plays 
Each day like the day before 
We tell ourselves 
We'll try once more 
To once again we lay here 
Barely touching in our bed 
We're just two people 
Clinging to a thread 

And so we just pretend a bit 
And we never say the words 
That spell the end of it 
Still we go on trying 
To fan the dying spark 
And sometimes 
Even reach out 
For each other in the dark

Half Breed lyrics - Cher

My father married a pure Cherokee 
My mother's people were ashamed of me 
The indians said I was white by law 
The White Man always called me "Indian Squaw"

[Chorus:] 
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard 
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word 
Half-breed, she's no good they warned 
Both sides were against me since the day I was born

We never settled, went from town to town 
When you're not welcome you don't hang around 
The other children always laughed at me "Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"

[Repeat Chorus]

We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed 
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame 
My life since then has been from man to man 
But I can't run away from what I am

[Repeat chorus]

The Greatest Song I Ever Heard lyrics - Cher

Now the greenest green I've ever seen
Was the grass on which you laid
And the bluest blue was in my eyes
When you said you couldn't stay
And the biggest lost I ever took
Was losing what we've begun
And the greatest song I ever heard
Was the one we never sung

Now the reddest red I've always said
Is the sunset coming down
Soon the blackest night that kills the light
Is the only thing around
And the downest down I ever been
Is when I knew my race was run
And the greatest song I ever heard
Was the one we never sung

Time will kill the pain they say
And we'll live to love another day
If you wanna win you got to play the game
Now the greatest break came on the day
We were standing in the rain
And the hardest hurt I've ever know
Was when you tried to ease my pain
And the longest day in history
Waiting till my crying's done
And the saddest song I ever heard
Was the one we finally sung

How Can You Mend A Broken Heart? lyrics - Cher


(originally by Bee Gees)


I can think of younger days
When living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do?
I could never see tomorrow
But I was never told about the sorrow

And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart
And let me live again

I can still feel the breeze
That rustles through the trees
And misty memories do days gone by
We could never see tomorrow
No one said a word about the sorrow
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart
And let me live again

Carousel Man lyrics - Cher

I had a taste of bitter life
At sweet sixteen
I was growing up too fast
If you know what I mean
Met an older man
Who taught me his own way to live
And all I had to do to keep him
Was to give and give

The carousel man
Kept me going around and round
Carousel man always know
That I'd stay around
The carousel man
Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round

I followed him around in traveling shows
Along the main county lines
Watching him drinking his mind away
Not ever knowing my name at time
Each night when the show closed down
He used to tell me of his dreams
He was wearing new French suits
While I mended my torn jeans

The carousel man
Kept me going around and round
Carousel man always know
That I'd stay around
The carousel man
Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round

Then one night in Santa Fe
The horses stop going around
There he was my poor rich man
Lying on the Mexico ground
All the sad music of his life
Is still spinning in my mind
The carousel starts up again
And I found my place in life

The carousel man
Kept me going around and round
Carousel man always know
That I'd stay around
The carousel man
Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round

The carousel man
Kept me going around and round
Carousel man always know
That I'd stay around
The carousel man
Wouldn't let me off his merry-go-round

David's Song lyrics - Cher

Won'tcha let me rock and roll you baby
I haven't seen you in a long, long time
I haven't fooled around with any candles lately
Just thought you might have some music in mind

Ah I just want to serenade you
Maybe we could even live a verse or two
And I could finish this ole love song
So I could start singing it to you
I could start singing it to you
If I could finish this ole love song
And I could start singing it to you

Won't you come and boogie-woogie with me baby
It's been a while since I held you close to me
I haven't met many boys like you baby
Knew I would find you eventually

Ah I just want to serenade you
Maybe we could even live a verse or two
And I could finish this ole love song
So I could start singing it to you
I could start singing it to you
If I could finish this ole love song
And I could start singing it to you

Melody lyrics - Cher

Melody, you're my oldest friend 
I can talk to you what a day it's been 
Out there in the mad men crush 
Another days gone down in a dusk

Melody listen for the phone 
While I change my clothes he knows by now I'm home 
Three days waiting took its toll 
This trying to stop it's crying is getting old

Melody remember long summer days 
Playing grown ups in the city 
Mamma said sleep sleep sleepy heads 
Tucked in bed with your favourite dolly oh

Melody with you raggedy charms 
I have looked for love in a stranger's arms 
Scared of going home of what they'll say 
You know mamma's eyes could always look right through 
Daddy won't be so proud of me 
No they won't understand like you Melody

The Long And Winding Road lyrics - Cher


(originally by The Beatles)


The long and winding road 
That leads to your door 
Will never disappear oh well 
I've seen the road before 
And it always brings me here 
Leads me to your door 

The long and winding road 
That the rain washed away 
That left a pool of tears 
I cried all the days. 
Why leave me standing here 
Oh let me know the way
As many times I will amould 
And many times I've cried 
And many times you won't know 
And many times I've tried still 
They lead me back 

To that long and winding road 
That left me standing here 
A long long time ago 
Don't leave me standing 
Here take me to your door.

But still they lead me back 
To that long and winding road 
You left me standing here 
A long long time ago 
Oh please don't leave me here alone 
Take me to your door

This God-Forsaken Day lyrics - Cher

Read your note this mornin'.
'bye-bye girl', that's all it said.
Glad I found it first,
Before the kids got out of bed.

Baked a tray of muffins.
Hung some wet-wash out to dry.
By the time the kids got up,
I could look them in the eye.

You've gone away, you've gone away.
How will I get though the day? 
This god-forsaken day.

Drank some bitter coffee.
Read your note ten times or more.
When I'd washed the dishes twice,
I got down and scrubbed the floor.

Empty chair at supper.
Everybody's actin' strange.
Food just gettin' cold.
Kids real quiet for a change.

You've gone away, you've gone away.
How will I get through the day? 
This god-forsaken day.

Rain was fallin' hard
As I walked slowly up the stairs.
Pushed my tears back down
As I stood listenin'
To their prayers.

There's your empty pillow.
Your side's flat right to the wall.
Now's the time for private cryin'.
Now it hurts me
Most of all.

You've gone away.
I turn off the light.
How will I get through the night? 
This god-forsaken night.
This long and lonesome, god-forsaken night.

Chastity Sun lyrics - Cher


(originally by Seals & Crofts)


Chastity Sun, you are the one
That can make me smile
When I'm feeling sad
You come close to me
And my heart goes running free
You are the proof God lives
You are his gift to me
Sweet baby girl
You make my world
Bright and shinning new
When I look at you
In your eyes I see
The world that God meant to be
There's no hate or angry
Just love for humanity
We'll have children of the kingdom
They won't be torn by war, torn by hate
Nor will they hesitate to love
Chastity Sun, we are as one
You have come from me
You're the fruit, I'm the tree
I am trying so
But I've got so far to go
I've got so much to teach you
And so much myself to know
Sweet baby one
You bring the sun in a simple way
With the things you say
In my smile or tears
Such innocents in your heart
You make up God's great circle
Cause I am the end and you're the start
We'll have children of the kingdom
They won't be torn by war
Nor will they kill or hate
Or hesitate to love

"Bittersweet White Light" (1973)




By Myself lyrics - Cher

I gotta go on my way by myself
Because this is the end of romance
I gotta go my way all by myself
Love it's only it's only a dance
I'm gonna try to apply myself
And teach my poor heart how to sing
I gotta go I want to go my way all by myself
Just like just like a bird on a wing
I'm gonna face the unknown
I'm gonna feel I'm gonna feel the way on my own
Cause nobody knows better than I myself
You see I'm by myself all alone

I gotta go I gotta go on my way by myself
This is the end, the end, the end end of romance
I gotta go I gotta go my way all by myself
Love is only a dance
Cause I gotta go I gotta see, I gotta
Try my own thing by myself
And teach my poor heart how to sing
I gotta go I gotta try my own thing all by myself
Just like a bird I'm out on a wing
I'm gonna face the unknown
I'm wanna feel I gotta feel I wanna feel
A world of my own
Nobody nobody knows better than I myself
You see I'm by myself all alone

I Got It Bad And That Ain't Good lyrics - Cher

My baby treats me sweet and gentle
The way that he should
I got it bad and that ain't good

My poor heart it's sentimental
You know it ain't made out of wood
I got it bad and that ain't good

When the weekend is over
And monday rolls round

I am the way that I started out
You know I'm crying, crying my heart out

He don't love me like I love him
Ah nobody could
I got it bad, bad,

I got it bad, bad, bad, bad, bad
I got it bad, ah bad
And I got it bad and it ain't good

Am I Blue? lyrics - Cher

Am I blue, ah am I blue
Ain't these tears
In these eyes telling you
Am I blue
You'll be too
I said if this plans with your man
Done fell through

Oh there was a time
When I was, when I was he's only one
But look at me and see now
I'm oh I'm the sad,
I'm the sad and lonely one
I'm a fool and I'm the only one
Was I gay, was I gay until today
Oh God he's gone,
He's gone and we're through
Am I blue

There was a time there was a time
I said there was a time
That I was he's only one
But right now, right now
I'm, I'm the sad
Of the sad and lonely one
I'm the left behind only one

Am I blue, ah am I blue
Now he's gone and we're through
Am I, am I blue
Am I blue

How Long Has This Been Going On lyrics - Cher

I could cry such chin tears
Where have I been all these years
A little while come on and tell me now
How long has this been going on?

Ohh, what a kick and how a buzz
My son you click like no, nobody does
Listen sweet, I repeat
How long has this been going on?

Ohh, I feel like I could melt
Right into heaven I've heard
And now I know how Columbus felt
Finding another world

Oh, kiss me once and then again once more
God what a dunce I was before
What a break for heaven sake
How long has this been going on?

Ohh, I feel like I could melt
Straight into heaven I've heard
Oh, and now I know how Columbus felt
Finding another world

Oh, baby kiss me once, kiss me once
And then again once more
What a dunce, oh what a dunce I was before
God what a break for heaven sake
How long has this been going on?

Oh, how long has this been going on?
How long has this been going on?
Oh, how long has this been going on?
Oh, how long has this been going on?

The Man I Love lyrics - Cher

Someday he'll come along
The man I love
And he'll be big so big and strong
The man, the man that I love
And when he comes my way
I'll do my best to make him stay

He's gonna look at me and smile
I'll understand
And in a little while
He's gonna grab, he's gonna grab my hand
And though I know it seems obscure
I know it won't say
We won't say a word

[Chorus:]
Maybe I shall meet him sunday
Maybe monday maybe not
Still I'm gonna meet him one day
Cause maybe tuesday will be
My good news day
He'll build a little home meant just for 2
From which I'll never, never run with you
And so all else above
I'm waiting for the man I love

He's gonna look at me and smile
I'll understand
And in a little while
He's gonna grab, he's gonna grab my hand
And though I know it seems obscure
I know it won't say
We won't say a word

[Chorus]

Jolson Medley lyrics - Cher

Climb upon my knee sonny boy
You are only 3 sonny boy
You have no way of knowing
I have no way of showing
What you mean to me sonny boy
When they are gray skies honey
I don't mind those gray skies
I'll still have you sonny boy
Don't you know that
My friends may forsake me
Let them go on and forsake me
You're gonna pull me straight through
Sonny boy
You're sent from heaven
And I know your worst
You've made a heaven for me
Right here on earth

I'm coming yes I'm coming
I'm sorry that I made you wait
Yes I'm coming, good God I'm coming
I hope and pray it's not too late
Can't you hear my mammy
My little mam, my little mammy
I walk a million miles for one of your smiles
My mam, my my mam my little mammy

Weep no more, weep no more my lady
Sing that song again for me
Sing a song that low just as though
You had me you had me right there on your knee
A million baby kisses I'm gonna deliver
As many that you sing that's what I deliver

Rock-a-bye your rock-a-bye baby
With a dixie melody

Friends may forsake me
Let them forsake me
I'll still have you sonny boy

More Than You Know lyrics - Cher

More than you know, more than you know,
Man of my heart, I love you so;
Lately I find you're on my mind
More than you know.
Whether you're right, whether you're wrong,
Man of my heart I'll string along;
You need me so, more than you'll ever know

Loving you the way that I do,
There's nothing I can do about it;
Loving may be all you can give,
But, honey, I can't live without it

Oh how I'd cry, oh how I'd die,
If you got tired and said goodbye,
More than I'd show,
More than you'll ever know.

Loving you the way that I do,
There's nothing I can do about it;
Loving may be all you can give,
But, honey, I can't live without it

Oh how I cry, oh how I die
If you got tired and said goodbye
More than I chose
More than you'll ever know

Loving you the way that I do,
There's nothing I can do about it;
Loving may be all you can give,
But, honey, I can't live without it

Why Was I Born lyrics - Cher

Why was I born tell me why I am living
What do I give or what am I'm giving
What do I want anything I can not hope for
What can I hope for I wish I knew

Why do I try to draw you near me
Honey tell me why do I cry
Cause you're never gonna hear me
I'm a poor fool
But what can I do, I do
Why was I born to love you

Why do I try to draw you near me
Honey tell me why do I cry
Cause you're never gonna hear me
I'm a poor fool
But what can I do, I do
Why was I born to love you

The Man That Got Away lyrics - Cher

The night is bitter
The stars have lost their glitter
The wind blows colder
And suddenly you're older
And all because of the man that got away

No more is he the cause
The writings on the wall
Oh but dreams, yeah dreams
Have all gone astray

The man that won you
Has gone off and undone you
The great beginning
Has seen it's final ending
Don't know what happened
It's all a crazy game

No more, no more of that ole time thrill
Honey you been through the mill
Never will a new love will be the same

Good riddance ah goodbye
Every, every prickle is you own to
But fools will be fools
And where he goes to
The road gets rougher
It's lonelier and it's tougher
We hope you run up
Tomorrow, tomorrow may come up

There's just no letter
The live long night and day
Ever since this world begun
There ain't nothing sadder
Than a one man woman
Crying for the man that got away