ATF: Fully Nelsons

This series will include as many of my all-time favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak).  Now, each one included in each edition will have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination, but they will not be numbered.  For I just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others.  So, this will not be a countdown, but if you are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter.  Besides, with no countdown, this could go on forever and ever!  Oh, and despite the fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make.  For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.

Link: [Ricky Nelson]

Garden Party

Ricky Nelson

I went to a garden party

To reminisce with my old friends

A chance to share old memories

And play our songs again

When I got to the garden party

They all knew my name

No one recognized me

I didn't look the same

But it's all right now

I learned my lesson well

You see you can't please everyone

So you got to please yourself

And people came from miles around

Everyone was there

Yoko brought her walrus

There was magic in the air

And over in the corner

Much to my surprise

Mr. Hughes hid in Dylan's shoes

Wearing his disguise

But it's all right now

I learned my lesson well

You see you can't please everyone

So you got to please yourself

Played them all the old songs

Thought that's why they came

No one heard the music

We didn't look the same

I said hello to Mary Lou

She belongs to me

When I sang a song about a honky-tonk

It was time to leave

But it's all right now

I learned my lesson well

You see you can't please everyone

So you got to please yourself

Someone opened up a closet door

And out stepped Johnny B. Goode

Playing guitar like a-ringin' a bell

And lookin' like he should

If you gotta play at garden parties

I wish you a lotta luck

But if memories were all I sang

I rather drive a truck

And it's all right now

I learned my lesson well

You see you can't please everyone

So you got to please yourself

And it's all right now

I learned my lesson well

You see you can't please everyone

So you got to please yourself

Link: [Nelson]

After the Rain

Nelson

Look in the mirror girl

By now you should know

You're living in a fantasy

And you can't let go

He never really loved you from the start

The only thing he ever gave you was a broken heart

Don't be afraid to lose what was never meant to be

After the rain

Washes away the tears

And all the pain

Only after the rain

You live again

I know the emptiness

You feel inside

You're thinking if you break away

You'll never survive

I'm waiting as my heart beats just for you

Come on and take my hand

And I'll pull you through

But things will never change until you want them to

After the rain

Washes away the tears

And all the pain

Only after the rain

You live again

After the rain

You'll see the sun appear

To light the way

Only after the rain

Can you hope to find true love again

He never really loved you from the start

The only thing he ever gave you was a broken heart

Come on and take my hand I'll pull you through

You know the time has come for you to face the truth

After the rain

Washes away the tears

And all the pain

Only after the rain

You live again

After the rain

You'll see the sun appear

To light the way

Only after the rain

Can you hope to find true love again

After the rain

After the rain

You love again

After the rain

Washes away the tears

And all the pain

Only after the rain

You love again

Lyrics From: [eLyrics.net]

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