Biography:
Melanie Safka grew up in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens in New York City. She is best known for her hits "Brand New Key", "Lay Down (Candles in the Rain)" and "What They Done To My Song Ma". Melanie has sold over 25 million records over the course of her career.
Initially signed to Columbia Records in the United States, Melanie released two singles on the label. Subsequently she signed with Buddah Records and first found chart success in Europe when her 1969 song "Bobo's Party" reached Number 1 in France.
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Other songs:
- Look What They've Done To My Song
- Look What They’ve Done To My Song Ma
- A Song For Robert Johnson
- Again
- Alexander Beetle
- And We Fall
- Animal Crackers
- Any Way That You Want Me
- Arrow
- As I See It Now
- Babe Rainbow
- Baby Day
- Baby Guitar
- Ballerina
- Beautiful People
- Bitter Bad
- Bitterblue
- Brand New Key
- Cerulean Blue
- Chords Of Fame
- Chosen Few
- Christmas Lullaby
- Christopher Robin Is Saying His Prayers
- Close To It All
- Come All Ye Faithful
- Come Away Come Go
- Crazy Love
- Cyclone
- Deep Down Low
- Detroit Or Buffalo
- Do You Believe
- Dont Think Twice Its All Right
- Dream Seller Meet Me On The Corner
- Ears To The Ground
- Elements
- Estate Sale
- Every Breath Of The Way
- Every Breath You Take
- Eyes Of Man
- Fooling Yourself
- For My Father
- Freedom Knows My Name
- Friends And Company
- Garden In The City
- Gods Only Daughter
- Good Book
- Good King Wenceslaus
- I Dont Eat Animals
- I Really Loved Harold
- I Saw Three Ships
- I Think Its Going To Rain Today
- I Tried To Die Young
- I Will Get Over
- If I Needed You
- If My Heart Should Lose Its Way
- Im Back In Town
- In The Hour
- Its Christmas
- Jammin Alone
- Jigsaw Puzzle
- Lay Down
- Leftover Emotion
- Leftover Wine
- Life Will Not Go Away
- Little Bit Of Me
- Look What Theyve Done To My Song
- Love To Lose Again
- Lover Of My Friend
- Lovers Cross
- Lovers Lullaby
- Lovin The Boy Next Door
- Loving My Children
- Make It Work For Me
- Marvelous Toy
- Maybe Not For A Lifetime
- Momma Momma
- Mr Tambourine Man
- My Father
- My Rainbow Race
- Nickel Song
- O Holy Night
- Peace Will Come
- Pebbles In The Sand
- Perceive It
- Photograph
- Please Love Me
- Prone To Wander
- Racing Heart
- Rain Dance
- Right About Now
- Ring Around The Moon
- Roller Skate Song
- Ruby Tuesday
- Running After Love
- Saddest Thing
- Save The Night
- Secret Of The Darkness
- Seeds
- Ships In The Harbor
- Show You
- Sign On The Window
- Silence Is King
- Silent Night
- Some Say I Got Devil
- Someday Ill Be A Farmer
- Something Warm
- Soul Sister Annie
- Steppin
- Stop I Dont Wanna Hear It Anymore
- Summer Of Love
- Sun And The Moon
- Sweet Misery
- Take Me Home
- Tell Me Why
- The First Noel
- The Letter
- The Wonderer
- They Can Find You In Your Dreams
- This House
- Tin Star
- To Be A Star
- To Be The One
- Tonights The Kind Of Night
- Tuning My Guitar
- Unchained Melody
- Undertow
- Uptown And Down
- Virgin Mary And God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- We Dont Know Where Were Going
- We Wish You A Merry Christmas
- What Child Is This
- What Do I Keep
- What Have They Done To My Song Ma
- What Have They Done To The Rain
- Wheres The Band
- Wild Horses
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
- Window Pane
- Yankee Man
- You Call Yourself A Writer
- You Can Find Anything Here
- You Can Go Fishin
- You Could Have Had Me For A Nickel
- You Dont Know Me
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Melanie Safka - Detroit or Buffalo
INTRO: Am G F C G F C
G Am
People expect you to fall
F C
You hit that same old wall
G Am F C
Really, they don't wanna help at all
G Am
They talk behind your back today
F C
Shake their heads and say
G Am F
"Gee, I always knew that the girl would come to no good, anyway"
PRE-CHORUS:
G Am F C
Gonna pack my bags and go to Detroit or Buffalo
G Am F
If anybody wants to know where, you don't know, you don't know
CHORUS:
C G Am F C
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
G Am F C
And I'm taking the train to the end of the line, yeah
G C G C
Missing that boy a mile at a time
G Am
I haven't been too well myself
F C
Too much time upon the shelf
G Am F C
Saying that I don't need help, when I do, I do
G Am
But I think I'm gonna be just fine
F C
A lot of friends, a little wine
G Am F
Still I'm wishing that I could see you again sometime
PRE-CHORUS:
G Am F C
I'm gonna pack my bags and go to Detroit or Buffalo
G Am F
But if anybody wants to know where, you don't know, you don't know
CHORUS:
C G Am F C
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
G Am F C
And I'm taking the train to the end of the line, yeah
G C G
Missing that boy a mile at a time
INSTRUMENTAL: Am F C G Am F C
G Am
It's hard to open up that door
F C
Like you've done so many times before
G Am F C
Sometimes you think you just can't do this anymore
G Am
Take a chance and take a train
F C
Out into the pouring rain
G Am F
When all you got there is your suitcase full of pain
PRE-CHORUS:
G Am F C
I'm gonna pack my bags and go to Detroit or Buffalo
G Am F
But if anybody wants to know where, I don't know, I don't know
CHORUS:
C G Am F C
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
G Am F C
And I'm taking the train to the end of the line, yeah
G C G F
Missing that boy a mile at a time
OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)
G Am F C
I dreamed he'd wanna stay
G Am F
I don't wanna waste away
C G Am F
God knows everybody's gotta go
C G Am F
God knows everybody's gotta go
C G Am F
God knows everybody's gotta go
INTRO: Am G F C G F C
G Am
People expect you to fall
F C
You hit that same old wall
G Am F C
Really, they don't wanna help at all
G Am
They talk behind your back today
F C
Shake their heads and say
G Am F
"Gee, I always knew that the girl would come to no good, anyway"
PRE-CHORUS:
G Am F C
Gonna pack my bags and go to Detroit or Buffalo
G Am F
If anybody wants to know where, you don't know, you don't know
CHORUS:
C G Am F C
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
G Am F C
And I'm taking the train to the end of the line, yeah
G C G C
Missing that boy a mile at a time
G Am
I haven't been too well myself
F C
Too much time upon the shelf
G Am F C
Saying that I don't need help, when I do, I do
G Am
But I think I'm gonna be just fine
F C
A lot of friends, a little wine
G Am F
Still I'm wishing that I could see you again sometime
PRE-CHORUS:
G Am F C
I'm gonna pack my bags and go to Detroit or Buffalo
G Am F
But if anybody wants to know where, you don't know, you don't know
CHORUS:
C G Am F C
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
G Am F C
And I'm taking the train to the end of the line, yeah
G C G
Missing that boy a mile at a time
INSTRUMENTAL: Am F C G Am F C
G Am
It's hard to open up that door
F C
Like you've done so many times before
G Am F C
Sometimes you think you just can't do this anymore
G Am
Take a chance and take a train
F C
Out into the pouring rain
G Am F
When all you got there is your suitcase full of pain
PRE-CHORUS:
G Am F C
I'm gonna pack my bags and go to Detroit or Buffalo
G Am F
But if anybody wants to know where, I don't know, I don't know
CHORUS:
C G Am F C
God knows everybody's gotta go sometime
G Am F C
And I'm taking the train to the end of the line, yeah
G C G F
Missing that boy a mile at a time
OUTRO: (## fade to end ##)
G Am F C
I dreamed he'd wanna stay
G Am F
I don't wanna waste away
C G Am F
God knows everybody's gotta go
C G Am F
God knows everybody's gotta go
C G Am F
God knows everybody's gotta go
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