I JUST WASN'T MADE FOR THESE TIMES


        Brian Wilson


        Produced by Don Was and Brian Wilson
        MCAD-11270
        Released August 15, 1995
        Album Archive entry
        1. Meant For You
        2. This Whole World
        3. Caroline, No
        4. Let The Wind Blow
        5. Love And Mercy
        6. Do It Again
        7. The Warmth Of The Sun
        8. Wonderful
        9. Still I Dream Of It
        10. Melt Away
        11. 'Til I Die


        1. "Meant For You"
        Time: 0:50 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love

        As I sit and close my eyes
        There's peace in my mind
        And I'm hoping that you'll find it too
        And these feelings in my heart
        I know are meant for you

        Meant for you
        Doop doo doo dooo
        Doop doo doo dooo
        Doop doo doo dooo
        Doop doo doo dooo


        2. "This Whole World"
        Time: 1:55 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Brian Wilson


        I'm thinking about a-this whole world
        Late at night I think about the love of this whole world
        Lots of different people everywhere
        And when I go anywhere I see love I see love I see lo-oh oh oh

        When girls get mad at boys and go
        Many times they're just putting on a show
        But when they leave you wait alone

        You are there like everywhere like everyone you see
        Happy cause you're living and you're free

        Now here comes another day for your love
        (I'm thinking about this whole world)
        (A-this whole world)
        Your love

        Woo oo oo oo ooo ooo oo oo
        (Woo oo oo oo ooo ooo oo oo)

        Aummmmm wooo wooooo bop didit

        Late at night I think about the love of this whole world
        Oomm dot dit it
        Oomm dot dit it
        Oomm



        3. "Caroline, No"
        Time: 2:39 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Tony Asher


        Where did your long hair go
        Where is the girl I used to know
        How could you lose that happy glow
        Oh, Caroline no

        Who took that look away
        I remember how you used to say
        You'd never change, but that's not true
        Oh, Caroline you

        Break my heart
        I want to go and cry
        It's so sad to watch a sweet thing die
        Oh, Caroline why

        Could I ever find in you again
        Things that made me love you so much then
        Could we ever bring 'em back once they have gone
        Oh, Caroline no



        4. "Let The Wind Blow"
        Time: 2:44 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love


        Let the wind blow
        Let the grass grow
        But don't let her go

        Don't take her out of my life
        Don't take her out of my life
        Woah-oh

        Let the moon glow
        (Let the moon glow)
        On the fallen snow
        (Let the moon glow)
        (On the fallen snow)

        Well I just got to know
        (Let me please know oh oh oh)
        Know she'll be a part of our life
        Know she'll be a part of our life
        Forever

        Let the bees make honey
        Let the poor find money
        Take away their sorrows
        Give them sunshine tomorrow

        But don't take her out of my life
        Don't take her out of my life
        What would I do without her tell me now

        Let the bird sing
        With the coming spring
        Let the church bells ring
        Let the rain fall
        Let the grass grow
        Let the moon glow
        On the fallen snow

        But don't take her out of my life
        Please keep her a part of our life



        5. "Love And Mercy
        Time: 3:13 Beach Bum Music BMI/Beachead Music, Inc. ASCAP
        Brian Wilson/Eugene Landy


        I was sittin' in a crummy movie with my hands on my chin
        All the violence that occurs seems like we never win

        Love and mercy that's what you need tonight
        So love and mercy to you and your friends tonight

        I was lyin' in my room and the news came on T.V.
        A lotta people out there hurtin' and it really scares me

        Love and mercy that's what you need tonight
        So love and mercy to you and your friends tonight

        I was standin' in a bar and watchin' all the people there
        Oh the loneliness in this world well it's just not fair

        Oooooo-ooooooo-ooooooo
        Oooooo-yeah
        Ahhhhh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahhhhhh

        Love and mercy to you
        To you

        Love and mercy that's what you need tonight
        So love and mercy to you and your friends tonight

        Love and mercy that's what you need tonight
        Love and mercy tonight



        6. "Do It Again"
        Time: 2:44 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love
        Featuring Carnie and Windy Wilson

        It's automatic when I
        Talk with old friends
        The conversation turns to
        Girls we knew when their
        Hair was soft and long and the
        Beach was the place to go

        With suntanned bodies and
        Rays of sunshine the
        California girls and a
        Beautiful coastline
        Warmed up weather
        Let's get together and
        Do it again

        With a girl the lonely sea looks good in moonlight
        Makes your nighttimes warm and out of sight

        Been so long (Dip dip dit di dit)
        Been so long (Dip dip dit di dit)
        Been so long
        (Hey now hey now hey now hey now hey now)
        (Hey now hey now hey now hey now hey now)

        Well I've been thinking 'bout
        All the places we've surfed and danced and
        All the faces we've missed so let's get
        Back together and do it again



        7. "The Warmth Of The Sun"
        Time: 3:47 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Mike Love


        What good is the dawn
        That grows into day
        The sunset at night
        Or living this way

        For I have the warmth of the sun
        (The warmth of the sun)
        Within me at night
        (Within me at night)

        The love of my life
        She left me one day
        I cried when she said
        "I don't feel the same way"

        Still I have the warmth of the sun
        (Warmth the warmth of the sun)
        Within me tonight
        (Within me tonight)

        I'll dreams of her arms
        And though they're not real
        Just like she's still there
        The way that I feel

        My love's like the warmth of the sun
        (The warmth of the sun)
        It won't ever die
        (It won't ever die)


        8. "Wonderful"
        Time: 2:13 Irving Music, Inc. BMI
        Brian Wilson/Van Dyke Parks


        She belongs there left with her liberty
        Never known as a non-believer
        She laughs and stays in the won-won-won-wonderful

        She knew how to gather the forest when
        God reached softly and moved her body
        One golden locket
        Quite young and loving her mother and father

        Farther down the path was a mystery
        Through the recess the chalk and numbers
        A boy bumped into the won-won-won-wonderful

        All fall down and lost in the mystery
        Lost it all to a non-believer
        And all that's left is a girl
        Who's loved by her mother and father

        She'll return in love with the mystery
        Never known as a non-believer
        She'll sigh and thank God for won-won-won-wonderful



        9. "Still I Dream Of It"
        Time 3:35 Beach Bum Music BMI(?)
        Brian Wilson


        Time for supper now
        Day's been hard and I'm so tired
        I feel like eating now
        Smell the kitchen now
        Hear the maid whistle a tune
        My thoughts are fleeting now

        Still I dream of it
        Of that happy day
        When I can say I've fallen in love
        And it haunts me so
        Like a dream that's
        Somehow linked to all the stars above

        Young and beautiful
        Like a tree that's just been planted
        I found life today
        I made mistakes today
        Will I ever learn the lessons
        That all come my way

        Still I dream of it
        Of that happy day
        When I can say I've fallen in love
        And it haunts me so
        Like a dream that's
        Somehow linked to all the stars above

        A little while ago
        My mother told me
        Jesus loved the world
        And if that's true then
        Why hasn't he helped me to find a girl
        And find my world

        'Til then I'm just a dreamer
        I'm convinced of it
        The hypnosis of our minds can take us far away
        It's so easy now
        You see someone up there high
        And heaven's here to stay

        Still I dream of it
        Of that happy day
        When I can say I've fallen in love
        And it haunts me so
        Like a dream that's
        Somehow linked to all the stars above

        Da da da daa
        Da da da daa
        Da da da daa



        10. "Melt Away"
        Time: 2:58 Beach Bum Music BMI/Beachead Music, Inc. ASCAP
        Brian Wilson/Eugene Landy


        I wonder why nothin' ever seems to go my way
        But every time I see you
        I get that same old feelin'
        And my dreams just melt away, melt away

        The world's not waiting just for me
        The world don't care what I can be
        I feel just like an island
        Until I see you smilin'
        And my dreams just melt away, melt away

        I won't let you see me suffer
        No not me
        I won't let you hear me cryin'
        No not me
        I won't let you see me sighin'
        Whoa not me
        Whoa oh oh oh

        Sometimes I close off to the world
        You know I close off to you girl
        But when I hear you talking
        I feel my heart unlocking
        And my dreams just melt away, melt away

        Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-eyyyy
        Hey-ey-ey-ey-ey-eyyyy
        (Dit) dit dit dit
        (Dit) dit dit dit
        (Dit) dit dit dit
        (Dit) dit dit dit

        And my blues just melt away, melt away

        (Melt away) melt away [melt away] (melt away)
        Melt away [melt away] (melt away)
        Melt away [melt away] (melt away)
        Melt away [melt away] (melt away)
        Melt away [melt away] (melt away)
        Melt away [melt away] (melt away)



        11. "'Til I Die"

        Time: 2:46 Brother Publishing Co. BMI
        Brian Wilson


        I'm a cork on the ocean
        Floating over the raging sea
        How deep is the ocean?
        How deep is the ocean?
        I lost my way
        Hey hey hey

        I'm a rock in a landslide
        Rolling over the mountainside
        How deep is the valley?
        How deep is the valley?
        It kills my soul
        Hey hey hey

        I'm a leaf on a windy day
        Pretty soon I'll be blown away
        How long will the wind blow?
        How long will the wind blow?

        Dip do do do
        Do do do do
        Do do

        Until I die
        Until I die
        These things I'll be until I die
        These things I'll be until I die
        These things I'll be until I die
        These things I'll be until I die
        These things I'll be until I die
        These things I'll be until I die



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