On and On
Stephen Bishop (c) 1975

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[Intro]

          

[Verse]

           
Down in Jamaic

             
a they got lot

     
s of pretty wo

men
           
Steal your mon

             
ey then they b

        
reak your hear

t
           
 Lonesome Sue,

             
 she's in love

          
 with ol' Sam
           
She take him f

            
rom the fire i

             
nto the fryin'

 
 pan


[Chorus]

       
On and on
             
She just keeps

            
 on trying
             
 And she smile

            
s when she fee

         
ls like cry - 


ing
           
On and on, on 

            
and on, on and

    
 on


[Verse]

           
Poor ol' Jimmy

             
 sits alone in

     
 the moonlight
           
Saw his woman 

          
kiss another m


an
             
So he, takes a

            
 ladder, steal

             
s the stars fr

       
om the sky
         
Puts on Sinatr

             
a and starts t

  
o cry


[Chorus]

       
On and on
        
He just keeps 

on trying
             
 And he smiles

            
 when he feels

       
 like cry - in

*
g
           
On and on, on 

            
and on, on and

    
 on


[Bridge]

         
When the first

             
 time is the l


ast time
           
It can make yo

       
u feel so bad
           
But if you kno

    
w it, show it
         
Hold on tight,

           
 don't let her

                  
 say Goodnight


[Verse]

             
I got the sun 

            
on my shoulder

             
s and my toes 

       
in the sand
           
My woman's lef

              
t me for some 

   
other man
             
Ah, but, I don

            
't care I'll j

             
ust dream and 

     
stay tanned
         
Toss up my hea

             
rt and see whe

      
re it lands.


[Chorus]

       
On and on
             
I just keep on

        
 trying
             
 And I smile w

            
hen I feel lik

   
e dy -  ing
           
On and on, on 

            
and on, on and

    
 on
           
On and on, on 

            
and on, on and

    
 on
           
On and on, on 

            
and on, on and

    
 on

[Outro]