The Blood, Sweat & Tears Lyrics

40,000 Headmen
Almost sorry
Alone
And when I die
Applause Applause
Are you satisfied
Back up against the wall
Blue Street
Blues Pt. 2
Cowboys And Indians
Children of the wind
Don't Explain
Down in the Flood
Dreaming As One
Drown in my own tears
Empty Pages
Fantasy Stage
Fire and Rain
For My Lady
Gimme That Wine
Go Down Gambling
God Bless The Child
Got To Get You Into My Life
He's A Runner
Hi De Ho
High On A Mountain
Hold on to me
Hollywood
House In The Country
I'll Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
I Can't Move No Mountains
I Can't Quit Her
I love you more than ever
I Was A Witness To A War
John The Baptist
Just One Smile
Katie Bell
Kråkbegravningen (Crow's funeral)
Lady Put Out The Light
Life
Lisa Listen To Me
Lonsome Suzie
Love looks good on you (you're candy sweet)
Look up to the sky
Lucretia MacEvil
Lucretia's Reprise
Mama Gets High
Manic Depression
Mary Miles
Meagan's gypsy Eyes
Mean ole world
More and More
Morning Glory
My Days are Numbered
My old Lady
Naked Man
Nuclear Blues
One Room Country Shack
Over the Hill
Redemption
Ride Captain Ride
Rock and Roll Queen
Rock Reprise
Rollercoaster
Rosemary
Same Old Blues
Sail away
Saved by the grace of your love
She's coming home
Smiling Phases
Snow Queen
So long Dixie
So Much Love/Underture
Somebody I trusted
Somethin' Comin' On
Somethin's Goin' On
Sometimes in Winter
Spinning Wheel
Sweet Sadie the savior
Symphony/Sympathy For the Devil
Take me in your arms
Tell me that I'm wrong
The Battle
The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes, and Freud
They
Thinking of you
Touch me
Valentine's Day
Velvet
Without Her
Womanizer
Yesterday's Music
You're the one
You've Made Me So very Happy

                      40,000 Headmen
       (Winwood, Capaldi)

                              Forty thousand headmen couldn't make me change my mind 
                              If I had to take the choice between the deafman and the blind 
                              I know just where my feet should go and that's enough for me 
                              I turned around and knocked them down and walked across the sea

                              Hadn't traveled very far when suddenly I saw 
                              Three small ships a-sailing out towards a distant shore 
                              So lighting up a cigarette I followed in pursuit 
                              And found a secret cave where they obviously stashed their loot

                              Filling up my pockets, even stuffed it up my nose 
                              I must have weighed a hundred tons between my head and toes 
                              I ventured forth before the dawn had time to change its mind 
                              And soaring high above the clouds I found a golden shrine

                              Laying down my treasure before the iron gate 
                              Quickly rang the bell hoping I hadn't come too late 
                              But someone came along and told me not to waste my time 
                              And when I asked him who he was he said, 'Just look behind'

                              So I turned around and forty thousand headmen hit the dirt 
                              Firing twenty shotguns each and man, it really hurt 
                              But luckily for me they had to stop and then reload 
                              And by the time they'd done that I was heading down the road

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Almost sorry
(J. Kent/D. Lubahn)

I sit alone here in my one room
Waiting for the company to call
Four times around the wheel is enough for anyone
I’m on my own
And I’m almost sorry that I left you
A blind man me
I thought to be happy you just have to be free 
Almost sorry that I left you
I must be blind
I’m sorry that I left you 
I’m a blind man
I gave away all of my, all your love
And now I’ve seen them all alone
I hope I didn’t make a big mistake now
Cause when I think of you it makes me feel sad

Sorry that I left you 
I must be blind
Sorry that I left you 
I’m a blind I’m a blind, I’m a blind
Sorry that I left you
A blind man me
I thought to be happy you just have to be free

It wasn’t like we didn’t talk about things
But when you talked about forever
I knew my … love for freedom
Would call my name again and lift me away
Sometimes I wonder who I talk to
When things are really getting me down
I know I’m gonna wish I had you bad baby
Who knows a man who never had to say

Sorry that I left you 
I must be blind
Sorry that I left you 
I’m a blind I’m a blind, I’m a blind

I gave away all of my, all your love
And now I’ve seen them all alone
I hope I didn’t make a big mistake
Cause when I think of you it makes me feel sad

Sorry that I left you 
Almost sorry that I left you
Sorry that I left you 
I must be blind
I’m a blind I’m a blind, I’m a blind
Almost sorry that I left you
Sorry that I left you

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Alone
 (L. Marini Jr.)

                              I’m so alone 
                              I’m on my own now 
                              I’m goin’ home

                              You’ve gone way 
                              Hung up my day now 
                              I just can’t stay

                              When I tell you that I love you 
                              I love you much more than 
                              You will ever realize I do

                              I’m by myself 
                              Up on the shelf now 
                              I’m getting off

                              When you tell me that you need me 
                              How can I belive you when you’re 
                              Never home to walk with me

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                        And When I Die
 (Nyro)

                              I'm not scared of dying, 
                              And I don't really care. 
                              If it's peace you find in dying, 
                              Well then let the time be near. 
                              If it's peace you find in dying, 
                              And if dying time is here, 
                              Just bundle up my coffin 
                              'Cause it's cold way down there. 
                              I hear that its cold way down there. 
                              Yeah, crazy cold way down there.

                              Chorus:

                              And when I die, and when I'm gone, 
                              There'll be one child born 
                              In this world to carry on, 
                              to carry on.

                              Now troubles are many, they're as deep as a well. 
                              I can swear there ain't no heaven but I pray there ain't no hell. 
                              Swear there ain't no heaven and I pray there ain't no hell, 
                              But I'll never know by living, only my dying will tell. 
                              Yes only my dying will tell. 
                              Yeah, only my dying will tell.

                              Chorus

                              Give me my freedom for as long as I be. 
                              All I ask of living is to have no chains on me. 
                              All I ask of living is to have no chains on me, 
                              And all I ask of dying is to go naturally. 
                              Oh I want to go naturally.

                              Here I go, 
                              Hey Hey! 
                              Here comes the devil, 
                              Right Behind. 
                              Look out children, 
                              Here he comes! 
                              Here he comes! Hey...

                              Don't want to go by the devil. 
                              Don't want to go by demon. 
                              Don't want to go by Satan, 
                              Don't want to die uneasy. 
                              Just let me go naturally.

                              And when I die, 
                              When I'm dead, dead and gone, 
                              There'll be one child born in our world to carry on, 
                              To carry on. 
                              Yeah, yeah...

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Applause Applause
(J. Ian)

I'll sell my soul for a song
Pay the price and carry on
And share with you some memories of dreams I can't forget
Lovers I have met
Applause, applause, let's give the prize
To the little lady with the stars in her eyes

Applause, applause, give the singer a chance
Treat him right
Be polite
Maybe he will dance

Applause, applause, give the singer a break
How much ca n you give, how much can you take
Give the singer a chance, give the singer a chance
Anything to buy your soul, and maybe he will dance

Applause, applause, he will stand upon his head
Applause, applause, he'll take you to his bed
And share with you the memories of dreams he can't forget
Applause, applause, let's give the prize
To the little lady with the stars in her eyes

And I'll sell my soul for a song
Pay the price and carry on
And share with you the memories of dreams I can't forget
Lovers I have met
Applause, applause, let's give the prize
To the little lady with the stars in her eyes

Applause, applaus, give the singer a chance
Treat him right, be polite
And maybe he will dance
Applause, applause, give the singer a break
How much can you give, how much can you take
Oh, give the singer a chance, give the singer a chance
Anyhting to buy your soul, and maybe he will dance
Maybe he will dance
Maybe he will dance, yeah

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Are you satisfied
(J. Fisher/G. Wadenius)

See yourself at 65 you all getting set to die
As your life goes flashing by
Were you glad to be alive?
Are you satisfied?

Did the music you hear make you dance? 
Did you step to the rhythm of the chance?
Did the beat of your drum keep the time?
Did the song that you sing have a rhyme?
The things you did the friends you made
Were they heavy, heavy enough for you?

Are you satisfied?
Tell me tell me are you satisfied
Are you satisfied?
I wanna know are you satisfied

See yourself at 16
Standing on the verge of your dreams
Young man getting set to live
Giving it all a man can give 

Are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied?

Does the music you hear make you dance?
Do you step to the rhythm of the chance?
Does the beat of your drum keep the time?
Does the song that you sing have a rhyme?
The things you do the friends you make
Are they heavy, heavy enough for you?

Are you satisfied?
Tell me are you satisfied
Are you satisfied?
Are you satisfied?

Does the music you hear make you dance?
Do you step to the rhythm of the chance?
Does the beat of your drum keep the time?
Does the song that you sing have a rhyme?
The things you do the friends you make
Are they heavy, heavy enough for you?

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          Back Up Against The Wall
            (J.R. Cobb/Buddy Buie)

            I was dealin' up and down the highway
            Till they caught me with a heavy load
            They sentenced me to hard labor
            Workin' on the side of the road
            Now I don't deny I was guilty
            And I know I broke the law
            I was hungry and broke and couldn't see no hope
            And my back was up against the wall

            Now I'm right outside your window
            Honey open up and let me in
            I broke out of jail this mornin'
            And I ain't never goin' back again
            I just had to stop by for a minute
            And I can't stay long at all
            'Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
            And my back is up against the wall

            I was shackled to a three-time loser
            A man named Jefferson
            One night we got to talkin'
            And I asked him what he'd done
            He said a man fell over my razor
            In the middle of a barroom brawl
            But don't you see it was him or me
            And my back was up against the wall

            Now I'm right outside your window
            Honey open up and let me in
            I broke out of jail this mornin'
            And I ain't never goin' back again
            I just had to stop by for a minute
            And I can't stay long at all
            'Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
            And my back is up against the wall

            Now I'm right outside your window
            Honey open up and let me in
            I broke out of jail this mornin'
            And I ain't never goin' back again
            I just had to stop by for a minute
            And I can't stay long at all
            'Cause I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
            And my back is up against the wall
            I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
            And my back is up against the wall
            Yeah I gotta run you see I'm under the gun
            And my back is up against the wall

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        Blue Street
          (Edelman)

         It's funny how our lives are like a prize fight
        One day you're up and then you get knocked down
        But I have learned the hurt can end
        We can come up smelling like a rose again

        Blue Street is a place that's in my past now
        A few blocks down, but not too far away
        It's time to take another turn
        Go to a place where memories won't burn

        'Cause there's a signpost hanging over the horizon
        Waiting for me like an open door
        I don't wanna walk down Blue Street, I've been there before
        I don't wanna see her broken, lonely eyes no more
        I don't wanna walk down Blue Street, I've been there before
        I don't wanna see her broken, lonely eyes no more

        I'm walking down the Avenue of Peace, now
        I'm not swaying from the course I take
        Lilywhite the flowers bloom
        The sun is guiding every move I make

        I'm not thinking of that old and lonesome Blue Street
        It's a few blocks down, but not too far away
        Time has come to take another turn
        And leave her in the past to die and burn

        'Cause there's a signpost hanging over the horizon
        Waiting for me like an open door
        I don't wanna walk down Blue Street, I've been there before
        I don't wanna see her broken, lonely eyes no more
        And I don't wanna walk down Blue Street, I've been there before
        I don't wanna see her broken, lonely eyes no more
        And I don't wanna walk down Blue Street, I've been there before
        I don't wanna see her broken, lonely eyes no more

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    Blues Pt. 2
    (Clayton-Thomas, Katz, Lipsius, Colomby)

    Mmm Mmmm
    There's been some women in my life, yeah
    you could say I've known my share
    Some of them cried for me
    some of them just didn't care, mmmm
    some of them been hard on me
    some of them tore me up deep inside
    some of them were good to me, mmm
    some of them never even tried
    But woman, let me tell you
    you're ev'ry girl I've ever known
    you make me feel so very happy sometimes
    and then you make me feel so all alone
    and sometimes I reach out for you
    yeah, but you just won't take my hand
    and sometimes in winter
    when I'm lonely tired and cold
    you know if feels so good in the middle of the night
    just to have your hand to hold
    please, why don't you tell me where I stand
    yeah, take my hand
    don't turn your back on me girl, no
    turn around and take a good long look at a man in love
    Mmmmmmm, yeah yeah yeah
    Turn around right now
    take a good look at a man who needs your love, yeah
    can you see him baby?
    tell me what you see!
    I want to know, does he look like your man
    And if he does, I want you to tell me one little thing
    tell me, whoa
    why don't you hold him, love him, kiss him, squeeze him
    stand beside him, never let him go, ohhh
    God knows you love him (fades into Variations on a Theme)

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Children of the wind

(Clayton-Thomas)

Girl it's hard to feel, love that seam so real

And oh just to know, where summers children go

Children, children of the wind

Seams like such a shame, played a childrens game

And oh just to see, thru fading memory

Children, children of the wind

Must be some good reason

Why we touch today

Turning back the season

Remember a rose making love as it goes

But that's the bitterness

And the morning birth of children and roses

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                Cowboys And Indians
                    (Halligan, Kirkman)

                    Looking back to when I was a kid
                    All I wanted was to be a cowboy
                    A city cowboy

                    Wore a hat and had two silver guns
                    And I'd get a friend to be the Indian
                    He never would win

                    Him and me, fought a battle
                    Chased each other through the alley
                    Super me, winning battles
                    Was my manifest destiny

                    Then somewhere I had a change of ways
                    Decided I would rather be an Indian
                    Me and my friend

                    [harmonica solo]

                    Super me, winning battles
                    Then I got a sense of history

                    Looking back, it's no surprise to find
                    Lots of people kept on playing cowboys
                    Killing Indians

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        Down in the Flood
                    (Bob Dylan)

                    Crash on the levee, mama,
                    Water's gonna overflow,
                    Swamp's gonna rise,
                    No boat's gonna row.

                    Now, you can train on down
                    To Williams Point,
                    You can bust your feet,
                    You can rock this joint.   
                    But oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now?
                    You're gonna have to find yourself
                    Another best friend, somehow.

                    Now, don't you try an' move me,
                    You're just gonna lose.
                    There's a crash on the levee
                    And, mama, you've been refused.

Well, it's sugar for sugar
And salt for salt,
If you go down in the flood,
It's gonna be your own fault.
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now?
You're gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow.

Well, that high tide's risin',
Mama, don't you let me down.
Pack up your suitcase,
Mama, don't you make a sound.
Now, it's king for king,
Queen for queen,
It's gonna be the meanest flood
That anybody's seen.
Oh mama, ain't you gonna miss your best friend now?
Yes, you're gonna have to find yourself
Another best friend, somehow.

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Don't Explain
(Herzog, Holiday)

Hush now, don't explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad your back, don't explain

Quiet, don't explain
What is there to gain
Skip that lipstick
Don't cry, don't lie, explain

You know that I love you
And what love endures
All my thoughts of you
For I'm completely yours
Hurts to hear folks chatter
When they say you cheat
Right or wrong, don't matter
When you're with me, sweet

Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours love
Don't explain

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Dreaming As One
(Smith, Palmer)

The morning dove singing
Her sweet lullaby
Her love is still thinking
Of how he replied
As I reach for you
You open your eyes
As if somehow you knew
The need in my life
As you always do
Slowly you come
And though we sleep as two
We're dreaming as one, dreaming as one

A child in his slumber
His world is at rest
I never wonder
Why I'm so blessed
As I lie with you
Awaking this day
I give my thoughts to you
I silently pray
That love will see us through
From darkness 'til dawn
Though we sleep as two
We're dreaming as one, dreaming as one
Oh now baby, dreaming as one,
Oh yeah, dreaming as one
Oh it feels so good, it feels so good sometimes
Wake up in the morning, just to wake up in the morning
And find you here beside me
I need you, baby, I need you, baby, oh yes
Oh it feels so good in the morning sometimes
Sometimes I just can't keep from crying

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Drown in My Own Tears
(H. Glover).

It brings a tear,
Into my eyes,
When I begin,
To realize,
I've cried so much,
Since you've been gone,
I guess I'm drowning in my own tears,

I sit and cry,
Just like a child
My pouring tears
Are runnin' wild
If you don't think
You'll be home soon
I guess I'll drown in my own tears

I know it's true
Into each life
Some rain, rain must pour
I'm so blue
Here without you
It keeps raining
More and more

Why don't you
Come on home
Oh yes so I won't
Be all alone
If you don't think
You'll be home soon

I guess I'll
(drown in my own tears)
Ooh, don't let me
(drown in my own tears)
When I'm in trouble, baby
(drown in my own tears)
Oh, yeah, baby don't let me
(drown in my own tears)
I guess I'll drown in my own tears
Oh, mmmmm. 

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Empty Pages
(Winwood/Capaldi)

Found someone who can comfort me, but there are always exceptions
And she's good at appearing sane, but I just want you to know
She's the one makes me feel so good when everything is against me
Picks me up when I'm feeling down, so I've got something to show
Staring at empty pages, centered 'round the same plot
Staring at empty pages, flowing along in the ages
Often lost and forgotten, the vagueness and the mud
I've been thinking I'm working too hard, but I've got something to show

Fantasy stage
(D. Clayton-Thomas/ R. Piltch)

Well here I am in rainy Rio de Janeiro
Play it again Sam
I really got nowhere to go
Putin’ in time
Til that early morning fly
For the woman looks fine
Dance the samba til daylight

And I know it’s just a fantasy stage
And I belive what you tell me
And I know I should be acting my age
And I belive what you tell me
Oh everybody wants to belong
Everybody needs a song

Se halba espanol
Baby have you been here long
I just don’t know girl
Everything I say is wrong
What can I do
When you don’t understand a word
I sang for you the sweetest song you’ve ever heard
And it goes like this
Babadoda……

Here’s lookin’ at you
My beautiful Bahia child
The whole night through
Dance the samba you stay wild.
Farewell brazil
You know I will be back for long
Some day we will dance the samba all night long

And you know it’s just a fantasy stage
 But I belive what you tell me
And I know I should be acting my age
And I belive what you tell me
Oh everybody wants to belong
Everybody needs a song

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Fire and Rain
(Taylor)

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can’t remember who to send it to

I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I’d see you again

Won’t you look down upon me, jesus
You’ve got to help me make a stand
You’ve just got to see me through another day
My body’s aching and my time is at hand
And I won’t make it any other way

Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I’d see you again

Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around
Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things
To come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground

Oh, I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
I’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I’d see you, baby, one more time again, now

Thought I’d see you one more time again
There’s just a few things coming my way this time around, now
Thought I’d see you, thought I’d see you fire and rain, now

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For My Lady
 (Katz)

The silence of your smile
Your fingers whisper slowly
My lady walks a mountain mile
And I want her only, only

I'll walk with you awhile
And whistle with the swallows
My lady walks a mountain mile
And children, they will follow, follow

I'll give you beads and rings
The earth will be a mother
My ladys arms are angel wings
The sky her only lover, lover

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Gimme That Wine
(Hendricks)

Well my wife got tired of me running 'round, so she tried to keep me home
She hid my clothes,
She broke my nose
But I continued to roam.
Then she finally hit my weak spot - when she threw my bottle out
Well, from the basement to the rooftop, everybody could hear me shout...

Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
'Cause I can't cut loose without my juice.
(Got to have my hot Lucy when I go out walking sometimes)

One day crossin the avenue, a big car knocked me down.
I was stretched out tying up traffic and crowds came from blocks around
While the police were searchin my pockets, before they sent me to the funeral parlour,
One of those cops touched my bottle, Jack, I jumped straight up and commenced to hollar

Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
I just can't get well without Muskatel

One real dark and dreary night while I was staggering home to bed,y'all
A bandit jumped from the shadows and put a blackjack 'side my head.
That cat took my watch, my ring, my money, and I didn't even make a sound,
But when he reached up and got my bottle, you could hear me for blocks around

Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Beat my head outta shape, but don't touch my grape.

One day my house caught fire while I was laying down sleeping off a nap
And when I woke up everything was burning with a pop and a crackle and a snap.
Well the fireman broke up my TV set and they tore my apartment apart,
But when he raised that axe to my bottle, Jack, I just cried with all my heart...

I said gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
I'll just have one toast before I roast.

Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Nothing but the best for me

Wine (Gimme that wine)
Just gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
I just can't get well without Muskatel
I got to have some of that brew

Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine)
Gimme that wine (Gimme that wine) .......

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Go Down Gambling
(Clayton-Thomas)

Born a natural loser, can't recall just where
Raised on brew and poker and a dollar here and there
Blackjack hand, dealer man, you'd better pay off that last debt
Two-bit hand, a 21 is all I ever get

Go down gambling, say it when you're running low
Go down gambling, you may never have to go

Down in a crap game, I've been losing at roulette
Cards are bound to break me, but I ain't busted yet
'Cause I've been called a natural lover by that lady over there
Honey, I'm just a natural gambler but I try to do my share

Go down gambling, say it when you're running low
Go down gambling, you may never have to go

[Clayton-Thomas guitar solo !]

Go down gambling, say it when you're running low
Go down gambling, you may never have to go
Go down gambling, say it when you're running low
Go down gambling, you may never have to go, no, no
No!

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God Bless The Child

(Herzog Jr., Holiday)

Them that's got, shall get

them that's not, shall lose

so the Bible said, and it still is news

mama may have, and papa may have

God bless' the child,

that's got his own

that's got his own

Yes the strong seem to get more

while the weak ones fade

empty pockets don't

ever make the grade

As mama may have

and papa may have

God bless' the child

that's got his own

that's got his own.

And when you got money,

you got a lots of friends

crowdin' 'round your door

When the money's gone

and all you're spendin' ends

they won't be 'round any more

no, no, no more

 And rich relations

may give you

a crust of bread and such

you can help yourself

but don't take too much

mama may have

and your papa may have

but God bless' the child

that's got his own

that's got his own

God bless' the child who can stand up and say

 I've got my own

Ev'ry child's, got to have his own!

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Got To Get You Into My Life
(Lennon, McCartney)

I was alone, I took a ride, I didn't know what I would find there
Another road where maybe I could find another kind of mind there
Ooo, then I suddenly see you
Ooo, did I tell you I need you
Every single day of my life

You didn't run, you didn't lie, you know I wanted just to hold you
And had you gone, you knew in time we'd meet again for I had told you
Ooo, you were meant to be near me
Ooo, and I want you to hear me
Say we'll be together every day
Got to get you into my life

What can I do, what can I be, when I'm with you I want to stay there
If I'm true I'll never leave and if I do I know the way there
Ooo, then I suddenly see you
Ooo, did I tell you I need you
Every single day of my life
Got to get you into my life, got to get you into my life

I was alone, I took a ride, I didn't know what I would find there
Another road where maybe I could find another kind of mind there
Ooo, you know I need my baby
Ooo,you know I need my baby
Don't say "I'll see you"
Did I tell you that I need you
Every single day ....    

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He's A Runner
 (Nyro)

He's a runner and he'll run away,
Soon there'll be no man.
Woman ain't been born that can make him stay,
Woman get away while you can.

He's a runner and he'll run away
On the midnight train.
Woman ain't been born who can make him stay,
Come the judgement day,
Come the rain

He'll go running, don't ask him not to
You know he's got to go
He'll only leave you and run off with tomorrow
Leave you in chains till you die.

He's a runner and he'll run away.
Soon there'll be no man.
Woman ain't been born that can make him stay,
Woman get away while you can.
He's a runner, he's a runner and he's got to run,
He's got to run away.

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Hi De Ho
(Goffin,King)

Hi De Ho
Hi De Hi
Gonna Get me
A piece of the sky
Gonna get me
Some of that Old Sweet Roll
Singin' Hi de hi de hi de hi de Hooooo

I've been down so low
Bottom looked like up
Once I thought that seconds saves
was enough to fill my cup
So I proffered all I got
But it ain't no way to live
Being taken by the ones who got
The least amount to give

Hi de ho
Hi de hi
Gonna get me a piece of the sky
Gonna get me some of that old sweet roll
Singing hi de hi de hi de hi de hooooo.

<instrumental interlude>

Once I met the devil
He was mighty slick
Tempted me with worldly goods
Said -you can have your pick-
But when he laid that paper on me
And he showed me where to sign
I said thank you very kindly
But I'm in too great a need of mine

Hi de ho
Hi de hi
Gonna get me a piece of the sky
Gonna get me some of that old sweet roll
Singin' hi de hi de hi de hi de hooooo.
Hi de ho
Hi de hi
Gonna get me a piece of the sky
Gonna get me some of that old sweet roll
Singin' hi de hi de hi de hi de hoooo
(repeat to fade)

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High On A Mountain
 (Katz)

High on a mountain where the sun still shines
And the water runs a little lazy
Wild-eyed and lonely, running out of time
Some will say I died half-crazy

One time a hustler took me for a ride
All because I tried to deceive her
She broke me down and laughed and left me weak inside
The more I lost my pride, the more it pleased her

Carry me 'cross the water,
I've been over there once before
Stayed with a poor man's daughter
I can't live in this country no more

Death beds and ragged threads are my last home
Someone should have known of my ending
Born bad, I killed a man for sympathy
Ain't much left of me worth defending

Carry me 'cross the water,
I've been over there once before
And I stayed with a poor man's daughter
I can't live in this country no more

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Hold on to me

(D. Bargeron)

Did not know you had a showdown
Did not know he went away
Now you’re heading for a breakdown
Can I help in any way
Hold on to me now, hold on to me
Hold on to me now, hold on to me

Wishing he would show weakness
Wishing he wasn’t living with you
If my feelings would have hurt less
I had come to you
Hold on to me now, hold on to me
Hold on to me now, hold on to me

In the beginning and for always in the past
I had wanted so to love you
Baby now and tomorrow and forever
Let me be the one to have you.

Waiting in the rain is a hard thing 
Waiting for a chance on stage
Now the script has an opening 
Please let me read the next page
Hold on to me now, hold on to me
Hold on to me now, hold on to me

In the beginning and for always in the past
I had wanted so to love you
Baby now and tomorrow and forever
Let me be the one to have you
Hold on to me now, hold on to me
Hold on to me now, hold on to me
Hold on to me now, hold on to me
Hold on to me now, hold on to me
Hold on to me now, hold on to me
Hold on to me now, hold on to me

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Hollywood

(D. Clayton-Thomas/W. Smith)

I play the clavinet
My friend play bass
Mister we’ll play you a song
We got a million of them
We’re going some place
Mister won’t you help us along

Oh Hollywood, Hollywood some paradise
At least we have been starving in style
Oh Hollywood, Hollywood some bad advise
I guess we going to be here a while

I had a girl one time
But she went home
She didn’t take to L.A
I got my music at night
I’m not alone
Can’t let nothing stand in my way

Oh Hollywood, Hollywood some paradise
At least we have been starving in style
Oh Hollywood, Hollywood some bad advise
I guess we going to be here a while

I come from something else
I come from Rio
I come from Pittsburg PA
Mr. I’m begging please make me a deal
People say you make it that way

Oh Hollywood, Hollywood some paradise
At least we have been starving in style
Oh Hollywood, Hollywood some bad advise
I guess we going to be here a while

Hooray for Hollywood
Hooray for Hollywood

Hooray for Hollywood

Paradise, bad advice 
At least we have been starving in style
Paradise, bad advice 
I guess we going to be here a while
Hooray for Hollywood
Paradise, I guess we going to be here a while

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House In The Country
 (Kooper)
Spoken: House in the country take one

No need to worry
Folks in a hurry
leave them behind you
no one can find you
House in the country
House in the country

All the relaxin'
Will soon fill the cracks in
Good for your head too
If you are led to
House in the country
House in the country
Green surrounding
Love abounding
You won't find a manhole there

Yes, yes I need you
Come let me feed you
I've never tried to
Come let me hide you
House in the country
House in the country

I have never brought anybody there
Bring your own chair to sleep in
When we arrive, after the drive
Then you can shower, and talk for an hour
Then sleep in your chair

(Instrumental Interlude)

Sleep on the floor there
Don't ask for more there
Sun wakes you up too
Glad you came up to
House in the country
House in the country

La la la la la...etc
House in the country (x4)

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I'll Love You More Than You'll Ever Know
 (Kooper)

If I ever leave you
You can say I told you so
And if I ever hurt you babe
You know I hurt myself as well

Chorus: Is that any way for a man to carry on
d'you think he wants his little loved one gone?
I love you Baby, more than you'll ever know
More than you'll ever know

When I wasn't makin' too much money
you know where my paycheck went
you know I brought it home to baby
and I never spent one red cent

(Chorus)

I'm not tryin' to be
any kind of man
I'm tryin' to be somebody
you can love, trust, and understand
I know that I can be, yeah yeah
a part of you that no one else could see
I just gotta hear, tohear you say
It's all right
yeah, yeah, yeah!

I'm only flesh and blood
But I can be anything that you demand
I could president of General Motors baby, heh
or just a tiny little grain of sand

(Chorus)

(Guitar Solo)
(Sax Solo)

If I ever leave you
You can say I told you so
And if I ever hurt you baby
You know I hurt myself as well

(Chorus)

I love you, I love you, I love you baby!
Well all right!
I told ya, so many times before
I love you
I love you!
If you don't know, then I'll tell ya one more time
I love you!
I love you!

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 I Can't Move No Mountains
(M. Gately/R. John)

Can’t stop the rain
Or keep the night from fallin’
Sometimes I don’t hear you

When you’re callin’
I’m not a one- man band
Can’t write no songs about you
Can’t even tell you
I’d be lost without you

But I can do things that will
Keep you smilin’
Keep your face warm, baby
Make you feel like flyin’
Without half-tryin’

(CHORUS)
I can’t move no mountains,
(No I) never said I could,
I can make you love me,
Make you feel so good,
(Oh, I could now)

Can’t cool the sun,
Or make a rock give water,
Sometimes I treat you
Like a rich man’s daughter
But I can make your heart pound
With desire,
Make you wonder, baby,
How I keep the fire
Takin’ you higher,

(CHORUS)

I can’t move no mountains,
(No I) never said I could,
I can make you love me,
Make you feel so good,

I can’t move no mountains
I can’t move no mountains

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I Can't Quit Her
 (Kooper, Levine)

I can't quit her
She's got a hold on me
She got her hand on my soul
I can't quit her
'cause I see her face everywhere I go
In the city streets, in the country fields
In the back of my mind
I know it can't be real
For a woman to possess
all the tenderness she had
But the hands of time
keep tickin' on my back
'cause it's been so long
since I had her back beside me,
Yeah, I know

I can't quit her
'cause in my darkest night
she comes on like a light
I can't quite her
Try as I may, with all my might
She had a woman's touch
And a young girls eyes,
and in seconds flat I was pros'lytized
turned around,
and made to feel sweet love
But the hands of time
Keep tickin' on my back
'cause it's been so long
since I had her back beside me

True love is somethin'
ev'ry young boy knows about
and he fights his whole soul all the best to find some
I was a young boy
'till I held her in my arms
now I find that I'm strung out behind some

Hey!

I can't quit her
She got her hand on me
she got a hold on my soul
'cause I see her face everywhere I go
I can't quit her, woo ooo yeah
I know
You know I see her face
Everywhere I go!
I need her...I need the little girl

(Backwards Guitar Solo)
(Horns until fade)

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I love you more than ever

(A. Landon/D. Lenier)

Our love’s not at the beginning
It had a little time to grow
But it keeps me amazed how your loving never changed
And there’s nothing to stop the flow
Words are so often mistaken
The meaning becomes unclear
But I love you more and more and each and every day before
I especially want you to know that I love you more than ever
And I want to love you more, yes I love you more than ever
And I want to love you more

So if you ever been doubtful.
For you cannot believe what you see
You can put you tears away
Save them for a rainy day
Cause those thoughts never came to me
Now please let me reassure you that I feel the same way to
Oh I couldn’t be without but wouldn't want to anyhow
My whole living belongs around you

Girl I love you more than ever still I want to love you more
Yes I love you more than ever and I want to love you more

Girl I love you more than ever still I want to love you more
Yes I love you more than ever and I want to love you more

Girl I love you more than ever still I want to love you more
Yes I love you more than ever and I want to love you more

Girl I love you more than ever still I want to love you more
Yes I love you more than ever and I want to love you more

Yes I love you more than ever and I want to love you more

Girl I love you more than ever still I want to love you more
Yes I love you more than ever and I want to love you more

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I Was A Witness To A War
 (Scott, Mehan)

I saw a little boy today
I saw a little boy today who didn't want this fight
The other children laughed at him
It was a frightening thought
And I, I began to cry
Someone asked why
Someone asked what for
'Cause something inside of me, something inside of me
Something inside of me said I was a witness to a war
I was a witness to what happened
And I hated what I saw
I was a witness to a war, to a war

I saw a woman dressed in black
Her husband isn't coming back, she didn't want him to go
They said he had to do his chores before
Their future could grow
And I, I began to cry
Someone asked why
Someone asked what for
'Cause something inside of me, something inside of me
Something inside of me said I was a witness to a war
I was a witness to the heartbreak
That some soldier's woman bore
I was a witness to a war, to a war

I saw an ugly field today
I saw an ugly field today where only crosses could grow
A monument to modern man, and now
There's no place to go
And I, I began to cry
But no-one asked why
No-one asked what for
But something inside of me, something inside of me
Something inside of me said I was a victim of a war
I was a victim of the madness
That we should have stopped before
I was a witness to a war, to a war

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John The Baptist
 (Kooper, Major)

Holy John lives down by the water
Saving sinners and he wants your dollar
Tell the people that they'd better repent
Telling your daughter it was him who was sent
I saw him down there in a long white gown
Taking sinners and holding them down

John, John, won't you wash 'em away
Make us ready for the Judgement Day
Take us down and hold us under
Make the heavens roar with thunder, now

The waters are dirty and the reason is
Holy John had to wash away our sins
Yes he did

He came to town two weeks ago
Didn't take long before everyone did know
Down to the riverside they all did flock
And watch him stand upon the rock
I saw him down there in a long white gown
Taking sinners and holding them down

John, John, won't you wash 'em away
Make us ready for the Judgement Day
Take us down and hold us under
Make the heavens roar with thunder, now

The waters are dirty and the reason is
Holy John had to wash away our sins
Oh yes he did
See that the water's dirty
And everybody knows that the reason is
Holy John has to wash away, wash away, wash away everybodys' sins

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Just One Smile
 (Newman) 

Can I cry a little bit
there's nobody to notice it
Can I cry if I want to
No one cares

Why can't I pretend
that you love me again?
All I had has been taken from me
now I'm cryin'
and tears don't become me

Chorus: Just one smile,
Pain's forgiven
Just one kiss, girl
Now the hurt's all gone
Just one smile to make my,
make my little life worth living
a little dream to build my world upon

How I wish
I could say
All the things that I've got to say
How I wish you
Could see what's here
In My heart
I don't ask for much
A look, a smile, a touch
Try to forget
Well, the Lord knows I'm tryin'
But it's so hard to forget girl,
when your whole world is dyin'

Chorus: Yeah. Just one smile,
Pain's forgiven
Just one kiss, girl
Now the hurt's all gone
Just one smile to make my,
make my little life worth livin'
a little dream to build my world upon
(Solos)

Try to forget
Well, the Lord knows I'm tryin'
But it's so hard to forget girl,
when your whole world is dyin'

(Chorus)

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• 
  Katie Bell
   (S. C. Foster) 

• 
  Going down the shady dell 
  Where the honeysuckles grow 
  I met lovely Katy Bell 
  With her dimpled cheeks aglow 
  Oh! The beauties of her face. 
  As she flitted by apace, 
  With a step of fairy grace, 
  My poor words can never tell. 
  Chorus: 
  Katy Bell lives in the dell, 
  How I love her none can tell. 
  Katy Bell lives in the dell, 
  How I love her none can tell. 
  All the flowers in the dell 
  Seemed to own her for their queen 
  Bright and peerless Katy Bell 
  Fairer flowers was never seen 
  How I loved the very ground, 
  Over which she'd lightly bound, 
  With her sunny ringlets crowned, 
  I can never never tell. 
  Chorus: 
  Katy Bell lives in the dell, 
  How I love her none can tell. 
  Katy Bell lives in the dell, 
  How I love her none can tell. 
  Long I waited in the dell, 
  Where the honeysuckles grow, 
  Waited for sweet Katy Bell, 
  Till the sun was sinking low, 
  And before I left her side, 
  In the quiet eventide 
  I had won her for my bride, 
  Won my bonny Katy Bell. 
  Chorus: 
  Katy Bell lives in the dell, 
  How I love her none can tell. 
  Katy Bell lives in the dell, 
  How I love her none can tell. 

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Kråkbegravningen (Crow's funeral)
 (B. Lindgren, G. Wadenius)

· Du skulle varit med 
Ja, jag säger det 
En gång när jag råka 
Snubbla på en kråka 
Som var gredelin och röd 
Men hela gamla kråkan var ju jättedöd 
Jag tog och grävde ner den 
Precis bakom en tall 
Se’n spika jag ett kors av två pinnar 
Och stack ner 
Och plockade blommor - orchièer 

Jag gjorde lite kransar 
Mysiga buketter 
Och spelade en psalm 
Med Tompas kasatanjetter 
Om himmel och om jord 
En massa svåra ord 
Jag spela lite andra bitar som jag vet 
Sen gick jag hem 
Man kan ju inte spela i all evighet 
Man kan ju inte spela i all evighet 
Nä, man kan ju inte spela i all evighet 


ENGLISH 



You should have been there
Yes, I tell you so
Once when I happened 
To stumble upon a Crow
It was mauve and red
But the old Crow was really dead
I took and buried it
Just behind a Pine
Then I made a cross of two pegs
And placed it ther
And picked some flowers - Orchids 

I made some wreths
Cozy bouquets
And played a Hymn
With Tommy’s castanets
About heaven and earth
A lot of difficult words
I played some other songs that I know
Then I went home
You can’t just play in all eternity
You can’t just play in all eternity 
Well, You can’t just play in all eternity 

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Lady Put Out The Light
 (Fletcher, Flett)

Lady, put the light out, come and love me one more time
I will disconnect the 'phone
Then we will be all alone
Lady, put the light out, come and love me one more time

Lady, I want to tell you just how good you've always been
There were times when I thought I'd lose my way
But thanks to you girl, I'll always stay
Hey lady, take it easy, yeah, you can leave the rest to me

And I'll put the music on soft and low
And we'll play it all over again
We won't open our eyes until the end, end
Lady, put the light out, come and love me one more time

Hey, lady, put the light out, and you can leave the rest to me
I'll put the music on soft and low
And we'll play it all over again
We won't open our eyes until the end, the end
Lady, put the light out, come and love me one more time

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Life
 (Toussaint)

Mother, mother, just look what they done, done to your son
Father, Father, just look what they done, done to your son
Look 'e here, Mother, Mother

I have felt the mark of ten thousand teeth
I done seen my body lying limply at my feet
As I've seen my soul creeping out my chest
Out of my head towards the east, I've been victimed by the west

Mother, mother, just look what they done, done to your son
But it ain't so bad, I've been drinking while they're just having fun
Father, Father, look what they done, done to your son
Hey, Mother, Mother

I've seen visions of dol[hins dancing in my head
But I'm not gonna worry, might wake up in the morning, dead
But if I die, stoned before I wake
Lord grant me one last wish, please unveil my fate

Mother, mother, look what they done, done to your son
But it ain't so bad, I've been drinking while they're just having fun
Father, Father, look what they done, done to your son
Look 'e here, Mother, Mother

Mother, mother, look what they done, done to your son
I didn't know what I was told,
About the work of the Devil and now I know
Father, Father, look what they done, done to your son
I didn't know what I was told,
About the work of the Devil and now I know
Mother, mother, look what they done, done to your son
I didn't know what I was told,
About the work of the Devil and now I know
Father, Father, look what they done, done to your son
I didn't know what I was told,
About the work of the Devil and now I know

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·
Lisa Listen To Me
 (Clayton-Thomas, Halligan)

Once a girl I knew, all alone and unprepared.
Everyone she knew, running scared.
Then she found him or maybe he found her.
His were gentle words she had never heard before.

He said, "Lisa, listen to me,
Don't you know where you belong?
Darling, Lisa, you can tell me
You've been silent for too long."

Once another man took her on a younger day,
All a young girl can do is pray.
Then she found him or maybe he found her.
His were gentle words she had never heard before.
She had never heard before.

He said, "Lisa, listen to me,
Don't you know where you belong?
Darling, Lisa, you can tell me...
You've been silent for too long."

He said, "Lisa, listen to me,
Don't you know where you belong?
Darling, Lisa, you can tell me...
You've been silent for too long."

Once a girl I knew, all alone and unprepared.
Everyone she knew, running scared.
Then she found him or maybe he found her.
His were gentle words she had never heard before.
She had never heard before

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·
Lonesome Suzie
 (Manuel)

Lonesome Susie
Never got the breaks
She's always losing
So she sits and cries and shakes

It's so hard just to watch her
And if I touch her,
Oh poor Susie
I'm wondrin' what to do

She just sits there, hoping for a friend
I don't fit here, but I may have a friend to lend
Maybe I mistook her
But I can't overlook her
Must be someone
Who can pull her through.

Anyone who felt that bad
Could tell me what to say
Even if she'd just get mad
She might be better off that way

And where is all the understanding
I know your problem
Can't be that demanding
Why is it she looks that way
Ev'ry time ev'ry time she starts to cry
Oh lonesome Susie
I can't watch you crying no longer

Baby if you can use me
'n-till you fill just a little bit Stronger, baby
I guess just watching you
Has made me lonesome too
Why don't we get together
What else can we do?

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Look up to the sky
 (J. LaCroix/A. J. Klatka)

There’s days in my life when I just assume are mine
Thinking about the good times the kind that’s hard to find
There’s nights I’m awake memories lingers on
The night will soon be over with the break of dawn

Look up to the sky look up to the sky
Look up to the sky, don’t let your life go by
There’s a bright up day, bright up day, bright up day
On the other side

Yesterday is gone, I left it all behind
Soul is all that’s left of my troubled mind
I’m clinging to my freedom, let the west wind blow
Ain’t no one to tell me what’s right or what’s wrong

Look up to the sky look up to the sky
Look up to the sky, don’t let your life go by
There’s a bright up day, bright up day, bright up day
On the other side

Look down to the earth the mother of your birth
Look up to the sky all you can do is try
Look up to the sky look up to the sky
Look up to the sky, don’t let your life go by
Look up to the sky look up to the sky
Look up to the sky look up to the sky

Keep on looking oh look up
Keep on looking oh look up
Keep on looking oh look up
Keep on looking oh look up
Keep on looking oh look up
Keep on looking oh look up

There’s a bright up day, bright up day, bright up day
On the other side

Yesterday is gone, I left it all behind
Soul is all that’s left of my troubled mind
I’m clinging to my freedom, let the west wind blow
Ain’t no one to tell me what’s right or what’s wrong

Look up to the sky look up to the sky
Look up to the sky, don’t let your life go by
There’s a bright up day, bright up day, bright up day
On the other side

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Love looks good on you (you're candy sweet)

(P. Cosby/S. Brown)

Love looks good on you
Love looks good on you
Every time I see your face 
I wonder how the sun feels be in second place
The Mona Lisa for many she is pleased
But put her next to you she’s nothing but a tease
With due respect I must confess
The look of love girl really suites you the best
And I plan to keep it that way
Just loving you baby each and every day
Love looks good on you, you’re candy sweet, you can’t be beat
Love looks good on you

Other women I don’t care about 
Cause you’re the one that really knocks me out
Your pastime lovers must have had fun
Just look at me now girl, what you have done
I tried so many times before with a love like ours we can’t afford to blow
Sugar with everything you posses 
I bet you can even put a blind man to the test 
You’re daddy’s little dumpling, girl I know you’re really something


Moonbeams and clover
Dance all through your hair
Makes me wanna reach out and grab you baby
All because I care. 
And here’s one thing, one thing I want you to know
Even a rainbow cannot shine your glow

Love looks good on you
You wear it good, I knew you could 
Love looks good on you
Love looks so good on you

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Lucretia MacEvil
 (Clayton-Thomas)

Lucretia MacEvil
Little girl what's your game?
Hard luck and trouble
Bound to be your claim to fame

Tail-shakin' home-breakin' truckin' through town
Each and every country-mother's son, hangin' 'round
Drive a young man insane
Evil that's your name

Lucretia MacEvil
That's the thing you're doin' fine
Back seat Delilah
Got your six-foot jug o'wine, woman

I hear your mother was the talk of the sticks
Nothin' that your daddy wouldn't do for kicks
Never done a thing worth-while
Evil woman-child.

(Bridge) Devil got you lucy
Under lock and key
Ain't about to set you free
Sign sealed and witnessed
On the day you were born
No use tryin' to fake him out
No use tryin' to make him out
Soon, he'll be takin' out his due
What you goin' to do?

Lucy MacEvil
Honey ya been all night?
Your hair's all messed up, babe
An' the clothes you're wearin'
Just don't fit ya right
Big Daddy Joe's, payin' your monthly rent
Tells his wife he can't imagine where the money went
Dressin' you up in style, evil woman-child.
(spoken) ooh, Lucy, you just so damn bad

(Instrumental Interlude)

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Lucretia's Reprise
 (Clayton-Thomas)

Ah, here she comes
Truckin'
Well, Lucy
Walkin' down main street lookin' down
Looks like a Wow!
Talk about it!

Stop lyin'
Stop lyin'
Stop lyin'
Lucy

(Incredible Trumpet Solo)

(DCT shouts until fade)

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Mama Gets High
(Bargeron)

Mama gets high when a good man in the morning
Gives her tea and takes her milk and apple pie
Mama don't cry when a main man is gone and
Has left her with that sweet ol' "bye and bye"

Mama couldn't pay the rent
The price of booze no cheaper
Lonely nights are often spent
In Billiard Halls and bar-room brawls

Mama gets by, but her men find her saying
You're good, but you ain't like you used to be
Mama don't cry when it's dues that she's paying
It's him she's waiting by that door to see

Turn your light down low, woman

Mama, Mama, oooh
Mama, Mama

Mama still remembers his eyes
Like a road map of New York city
She always had forgiven his lies
She loved that man, and then he ran

I tell you Mama gets high when a good man in the morning
Gives her tea and takes her milk and apple pie
Mama don't cry when a main man is gone and
Has left her with that sweet ol' "bye and bye"

Hi Mama, I think I'd better say just one more time
Bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by, bayou-by
Oh bye bye

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Manic Depression
(J. Hendrix)

Manic Depression
Manic depression is searching my soul
I know what I want
But I just don't know
How to go about getting it

Feeling sweet feeling
Drops from my finger's fenders
Manic depression has capured my soul

Women so willing the sweet cause in vain
You make love
You break love
It's all the same. when it's
When it's over

Music sweet music
I wish I could caress caress caress
Manic depression is a frustrating mess

Well I think I'll go turn myself off and go on down
All the way down
Really ain't no use in me hanging around
I gotta see you

Music sweet music
I wish I could caress and a kiss kiss
Manic depression is a frustrating mess

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Mary Miles

(Michael Rabon)

Did I hear you say, you need to hide away.
Don't you know it's all inside your head?

Kindness is your tool, yes a general rule.
Don't you know what people say is not all there is?

When there come a time and you lose your mind.
I'll be there to lend a helping hand.

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Meagan's Gypsy Eyes
 (Katz)

Meagan's Gyspy eyes
The lyres surround me
purple drops of rain
the sun shone around me

Death that clouds her life
will be forever
[Thee?] Is loved
yet cannot love, not never

Mystic thoughts of love
And her's completely
taught her how to run
though not discreetly

Meagan's not as old
As she'd like to think she's young
sophisitcated dreams
are as plastic as the songs
she has sung
likes to think she's hung up on herself
and aren't you lucky?

Meagan's Gypsy eyes
The lyres surround me
purple drops of rain
The sun shone 'round me

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Mean ole world
 (LaCroix)

What'd you say
Oooh
Come on
Give a hand
Boogie boogie boogie now

Money may buy me diamonds
Money may buy me clothes
Money can't buy me no fun ya'll
Money I ain't got none ya'll
Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
In this mean old world
(Cold hard mean cruel world)
Well
(Cold hard mean cruel world)

Now people don't bring me no pleasure
People just cause me pain
People may say I'm crazy
People I'm just a natural born man
Yes I am ma'amaram whoa

Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
In this mean old world
(Cold hard mean cruel world)
Well
(Cold hard mean cruel world)

It's a mean old world
That I'm livin' in
It's such a mean old world
Fillin' up with sin
There's lots'a people tryin'
Just to do me in
I gotta get hung up
I gotta try it again

Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
In this mean old world
(Cold hard mean cruel world)
Well
(Cold hard mean cruel world)

Yeah tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
In this mean old world
(Cold hard mean cruel world)
Well
(Cold hard mean cruel world)

Little Walter sang about it
Bo Diddley sang about it too
About right now I begin to realize
Just what they been goin' through
Now now now now now now

Tryin' to make it dog (Tryin' to make it)
Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
In this mean old world
(Cold hard mean cruel world)
Well
(Cold hard mean cruel world)

It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
Well in this mean old world
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
Sing yeah in this mean old world

More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
Mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
It's a mean old world
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
Mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
It's a mean old world
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
Mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
Mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
Mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world

It's a mean old world
That I'm livin' in
It's such a mean old world
Fillin' up with sin
There's lots'a people tryin'
Just to do me in
I gotta get hung up
I gotta try it again

Yeah tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
In this mean old what you say
What you say cold blooded
I say it's terrible cold
Can you boogie can you boogie
Can you boogie can you boogie
Can you boogie can you boogie
Can you boogie can you boogie
Can you boogie can you boogie
Stand up and boogie
Can you boogie can you boogie
Can you boogie can you boogie yeah
Can you boogie can you boogie Wow

It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
More than a little bit
Do you know what I mean
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world
It's cold it's hard it's rough it's tough
In this mean old world

It's a mean old world
That I'm livin' in
It's such a mean old world
Fillin' up with sin
There's lots'a people tryin'
Just to do me in
I gotta get hung up
I gotta try it again
Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
Tryin' to make it (Tryin' to make it)
In this mean old terrible cold blooded world
Oh lord

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More and More
 (Juan, Vee)

Uh huh,
Hey yeah, yeah yeah...
Like medicine baby
you're good for me
Like honey, darlin' girl
I know you're sweet to me
Each passing day,
brings us much closer together
and the love you bring me darlin'
just gets better and better
that's why my love for you
keeps on growin'
more and more
all the time
more and more
all the time, yeah!

Uh huh,
Gonna say it again, now now now
Hah!
Like a ship that's driftin' baby
you're apart from me
like old man time
you controll my destiny
if from my life, you ever tried to go
it would destroy in a second
what took a lifetime to mold
that's why my love for you
just keeps on growin'
more and more
all the time
more and more
all the time

Uh huhhhh
Let me hear ya!

[Instrumental Break]

As sure as a sunrise
I'll stand by your side
as sure as the daybreak
I'll love you for Heaven's Sake
I'm ready to pay, yeah
my dues for lovin' you
For lovin' you too much woman,
you know I stand accused

More,
and more
all the time
More and More!
Yeahhhhhh

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Morning Glory
 (Beckett, Buckley)

I lit my purest candle
close to my window
hoping it would catch the eye
of any vagabond who passed it by
and I waited in my fleeting house

Before he came
I felt him drawing near
Passing near
I felt the ancient fear
that he had come to my door and jeered
and I waited in my fleeting house

Tell me stories, I called to the hobo
Stories of Cold, I smiled to the hobo
Stories of old, I knelt to the hobo
and he stood before me
in my fleeting house.

No, said the hobo
no more tales of time
don't ask me now to wash away the grime
I can't come in 'cause
it's too high a climb
and he walked away from my fleeting house

Then you be damned
I screamed to the hobo
Leave me alone, I wept to the hobo
Turn into stone, I knelt to the hobo
and he walked away from my fleeting house

I lit my purest candle
Close to my window
hoping it would catch the eye
of any vagabond who passed it by
and I waited in my fleeting house

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My Days are Numbered
 (Kooper)

I woke up and found
No one beside me
No hand to hold onto
and no lips to guide me
what a hard world to face
in the light of an angry sun
ain't it hard to get on,
if you ain't got that someone

Chorus: And it seems that my days are numbered
down to a precious few
People I know that
My days are numbered
'cause I can't get it back together
without you.

I see the heaven moonlight
syrup drippin' down my window
flowing like a river
through the tears that I have cried
I gotta find myself, hey
a reason to go on livin’
but you can't breathe life into somethin'
that's already died

(Chorus)
(Guitar Solo)
(Chorus)
Hey Hey
I got ta tell you right now
Every morning (fades)

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My old Lady
(C. Weil/G. Wadenius)

I don’t to have to tell her where I’m going
She never thinks to ask me were I’ve been
She’s got a way of being her
And letting me be me
Loving her is something that just comes naturally

My old lady, I’m talking about my old lady
The words should have a nice and easy sound
My old lady my sweet old lady
I’m so glad that lady is around

There’s parts of me she knows there’s just no knowing 
And times when I forget to let her in
So she just sends a smile my way
To let me know she’s there
I swear there not another one like her anywhere

My old lady, I’m talking about my old lady
The words should have a nice and easy sound
My old lady my sweet old lady
I’m so glad that lady is around

And time for making love is time she’s got to spend
It’s so sweet to sleep beside her and wake up beside a friend

My old lady, I’m talking about my old lady
The words should have a nice and easy sound
My old lady my sweet old lady
I’m so glad that lady is around

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Naked Man
(Newman)

Old lady lost in the city in the middle of a cold, cold night
It was fourteen below
And the wind starts to blow
There wasn't a boy scout in sight
Pull down the shades cause he's coming, turn out the lights cause he's here
Running down the street
Through the snow and the sleet
On the coldest night of the year

Beware, beware, beware of the naked man

Old lady head up toward broad stree, shuffling uptown against the wind
She'd started to cry,
Wiped a tear
From her eye
Looked back to see where she had been

Old lady stand on the corner with a purse in her hand
She does not know
But in a minute or so
She will be robbed by a naked man

Beware, beware, beware of the naked man

Old lady lean against a lamppost, staring down at the ground on which she stand
She look up and screamed
In the lamplight's beam
There stood the famous naked man

He say, they found out about my sister, they kicked me out of the navy,
They would have strung me up if they could.
I tried to explain that we were both of us lazy
And were doing the best we could.

Well he faked to the left and he faked to the right
And the purse was snatched from her hand
Someone stop me, he cried,
As he faded from sight,
Won't nobody help a naked man? Oh Lord
Won't nobody help a naked man?

Beware, beware, beware of the naked man

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Nuclear blues
(D. Clayton-Thomas)

What you think this world is coming to
What you think the man is going to do
I got the nothing I can do about it paranoia nuclear blues
Mustang Sally got no place to ride
Tambourine man got no place to hide

I got the talking to myself about it premonition nuclear blues
People around me singin yeah yeah yeah
All night long they’re dancin’ yeah yeah yeah
And even myself I’m crying no no no
That’s a crazy song you’re dancing to
Shake your boothy what can you do
No one’s going to listen to you
I got the no one gives a damn about it demolition nuclear blues

People around me singin’ yeah yeah yeah
All night long they’re dancin’ yeah yeah yeah
Me and my friends are crying no no no
That’s a crazy song you’re dancing to
What you think this world is coming to
What you think the man is going to do
I got the no one gives a damn about it demolition nuclear blues

I’ve got the blues
Harissburgh blues, it scares me to death
China Syndrome, dare, can’t sleep at night
I’ve got the blues
I’ve got the blues all night
I’ve got the blues all night long

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One Room Country Shack
(Hooker)

I've been sitting here thinking in my one room country shack
I've been sitting here just thinking in my one room country shack
Well all I've got to show for this life
Is these raggy old clothes upon my back

I think I'll go down town, leave me one room country shack behind
I think I'll go down town, leave me one room shack behind
Got to find me a woman tonight,
I don't care if she's blind, dumb, crippled and blind

I'm just an ooo ooo baby, ooo ooo baby, baby now
I'm just an ooo ooo baby, ooo ooo baby, baby now

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Over the hill
(D. Bargeron)

Twenty-nine years and it’s over the hill at thirty
They got your wheel chair ready
And your hikin’ boots are not even dirty

Lady Luck steppin’ up beside you to greet her
Ya did some climbin’ together
But she runs out for somebody younger

There’s a shining price for a carefree day
When the world ‘rond was cheering to win
Now daddy who’s got cheerless let out his belt
And music plays and peace is made for someone else

Over the hill and the bread of times is yours now
And most decidin’
A lotta work and little enjoyin’

Some along the line get a feelin’ the have been cheated
Spirit defeated
Young is best is always conceded

There’s a shining price for a carefree day
When the world ‘rond was cheering to win
Now daddy who’s got cheerless let out his belt
And music plays and peace is made for someone else

Thirty-nine years and the chair is hard to wheel at forty
How would you feel
If you were set down to roll around at twenty

I submit to you my many friends
Better attitudes are there to lend
Good time for everybody in the fold
Got sunshine on everybody young and old
Good time for everybody in the fold
Got sunshine on everybody young and old
Good times for everybody in the fold
Sunshine on everybody young and old
Good times for everybody in the fold
Sunshine on everybody in the fold

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Redemption
 (Clayton-Thomas, Halligan)

Toil and labour on the Ark, Noah, God meant it
Scorn and pity's all the world around, you'll ever know
Rain and thunder in the dark, Noah, God sent it
Sing redemption everywhere you go
Praise the Lord, he has led you, Noah

Thirst and hunger on the rock, Moses, God gave you
Pain and sorrows all the world around, you'll ever know
Fire and fury in the cloud, Moses, God save you
Sing redemption everywhere you go
Praise the Lord, he has led you, Moses

Cold and hungry in the ground, Joseph, God left you
Greed and hatred's all the world around, you'll ever know
Pull your coat of colours round, Joseph, God blessed you
Sing redemption everywhere you go
Praise the Lord, he has led you, Joseph

Oh Joseph!

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Ride Captain Ride
 (Konte, Pimera)

Seventy-three men sailed up from the San Francisco Bay,
Rolled off of their ship and here's what they had to say.
"We're calling everyone to ride along to another shore,
Where we can laugh our lives away and be free once more."

Ride, captain ride on your mystery ship,
Be amazed at the friends you've got there on your trip.
Ride, captain ride on your mystery ship,
Be aware of the things others just might have missed

No one heard them calling, no one came at all,
'Cause they were too busy watching those old raindrops fall.
As a storm was blowing out on the peaceful sea,
Seventy-three men were sailing off into history.

Ride, captain ride on your mystery ship,
Be amazed at the friends you've got there on your trip.
Ride captain ride on your mystery ship,
Be aware of the world others just might have missed

Ride, captain ride on your mystery ship,
Be amazed at the friends you've got there on your trip.
Ride captain ride on your mystery ship,
Be aware of the world othersjust might have missed

Ride, captain ride on your mystery ship,
Be amazed at the friends you have here on your trip.
Ride, captain ride on your mystery ship,
Be aware of a world others just might have missed.

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Rock and Roll Queen
 (Driscoll)

She was wild, as a raging river
She was free as an earth blown wind
Rock and roll queen, rock and roll queen
Wow, wow, rock, rock, rock, rock

Her Daddy was a stud-dealing gentleman, known as the Golden Hand
Mama was a good-timing lady, ran off with a travelling man
At fourteen she became a woman, Lord, Lord, Lord, how it made her weep
And the only family she ever knew was the people out on the street, that's right

They said, wow, she's a soul-singing woman
She gets high with a rock and roll band
Wow she can sing with the guitar strumming
People, I swear you're gonna believe it's a hundred-piece band
Hey now, now, now

She made it for a while
As a flower child
On the streets of the old San Fran
Then she made her pitch just a-singing the blues with a hard rocking acid band
Her name up in lights,
From the gutter to the heights
Lord, it must have been a dream
And the people came from miles and miles around
Just to watch that rock and roll queen

You know what they said - they said
They said, wow, she's a soul-singing woman
She gets high with a rock and roll band
She can sing with the guitar strumming
I swear you're gonna believe
Swear you're gonna believe it's a hundred-piece band

Can't you hear the beat of the music
Lord don't it sound like thunder
Jimmy's got his guitar
Louie's playing that trumpet
Otis Redding sings a sad, sad song
Now, now, now, now, now, now
I can hear the lady singing now

Wow, she's a soul-singing woman
She gets high with a rock and roll band
She can sing with the guitar strumming
I swear you're gonna believe
People, yes you're going to believe
I know that you're going to believe ...

Wow, she's a soul-singing woman
Wow, she's a soul-singing woman
Wow, she's a soul-singing woman
She gets high .......

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• 
  Rock reprise
• (G. Wadenius/J. LaCroix/J. Fisher/D. Bargeron)

Does the music you hear make you dance?
Do you step to the rhythm of the chance?
Does the beat of the drum keep the time?
Does the song that you sing have a rhyme?

Does the music you hear make you dance?
Do you step to the rhythm of the chance?
Does the beat of your drum keep the time?
Does the song that you sing have a rhyme?

Are you satisfied?
Are you glad to be alive?
Are you satisfied?
Step higher and higher and higher and higher
Are you satisfied?
Does the music you hear make you dance dance dance
Are you satisfied?
Are you honestly satisfied?
Are you honestly satisfied?

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Rollercoaster
(M. James)

I recall when I was young
My papa said don't cry
Life is full of ups and downs
Like a roller coaster ride
There'll be times you'll get so scared,
Rollin' down these hills
But hang on tight with all your might
Cause you don't know what you feel

You go up, down, all around,
On a cycle that's never endin'
You got on this train when you were born
And the wheels just keep on spinnin'
Like a roller coaster, it keeps going faster
I'm going faster, thrills comin' at ya
And I walk down, all around
Like a roller coaster

I left home at just sixteen,
Thought I'd have some fun
Hitched a ride on a diesel truck
Headed for Washington
I know now what my poppa meant
When he told me heart to heart
Son, you'll find out soon enough
 Life is just an amusement park

You'll thrill, like a kid
You'll get so excited
You hang on tight with all your might
As if your hearts ignited

(Chorus)
You go up, down, all around,
On a cycle that's never endin'
You got on this train when you were born
And the wheels just keep on spinnin'
Like a roller coaster, it keeps going faster
I'm going faster, thrills comin' at ya
And I walk down, all around
Like a roller coaster

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Rosemary
(R. Newman)

Rosemary, won't you come out tonight?
The moon is shining and the stars are bright
If you stay inside, how can I love you, dear
When you're up there and I'm down here?
Come on down, we'll take a walk in the park
I know a place there where it's good and dark
I'll hold yours, baby, and you'll hold mine
I'm thinking about you all the time
Hear that wind blow
'Gainst your window
And I call your name
I need you so, baby
I'm ready to go, baby
Ain't that a shame?
Take your shoes off
Come with me
Take your shoes off
Come on down, we'll take a walk in the park
I know a place where it's good and dark
I'll hold yours, baby, and you'll hold mine
I'm thinking about you all the time

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Sail Away 

(R. Newman)

In America you'll get food to eat
Won't have to run through the jungle
And scuff up your feet
You'll just sing about Jesus and drink wine all day
It's great to be an American
Ain't no lions or tigers
Ain't no mamba snake
Just the sweet watermelon and the buckwheat cake
Ev'rybody is as happy as a man can be
Climb aboard, little wog
Sail away with me
Sail away
Sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away
Sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
In America every man is free
To take care of his home and his family
You'll be as happy as a monkey in a monkey tree
You're all gonna be an American
Sail away
Sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay
Sail away
Sail away
We will cross the mighty ocean into Charleston Bay

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Same Old Blues
 (Cale)

Well I heard that rumour that's going around?
You got a business, way across town
It's the same old story, tell me where does it end?
Well I heard the news, it's the same old blues again

Well I wrote you a letter, you must have read it wrong
Stood in your doorway but you were long gone
It took a lot of time to let the telephone ring
It's the same old blues, same old blues again

When you gave me the business, well did'nt mind
'Cause I've got a lot of patience and I got a lot of time
It's the same old story, tell me where does it end?
With the same old blues, same old blues again

Gonna find me a mountain, I'm gonna hide out
I ain't talking to you and I ain't coming out
'Cause I heard that rumour, tell me where does it end?
I heard the news, it's the same old blues again

Wow yes, maybe have you heard the news
I got the same old blues, I got the blues again
Have you heard that rumour,tell me where does it end?
With the same old blues, the same old blues again

Same old blues, I got the same old blues, yeah
Same old blues, I got the same old blues, yeah
Oooo oo same old blues, yeah

Tell me baby, why I got the blues

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Save our ship
(C. Weil /G. Wadenuis)

The storms that we have weathered
And battled us and bruised us
The wind of change have blown us of our course
The crew stands divided on what course should be decided
And the captain cannot see that we are lost

Save our ship she is slowly sinking
Save our ship or we will surely drown
If there be good men aboard her
Let them sail us to fair Harbor
Save our ship before our ship goes down,
Before our ship goes down

We fought the angry ocean
It seems we had survived her
And now the crew is breaking out the wine
The battle has been decided
But the damage goes unamended
And we’re leaking far below the water line

Save our ship, she is slowly sinking
Save our ship, or we will surely drown
If there be good men aboard her
Let them sail us to fair Harbor
Save our ship before our ship goes down,
Before our ship goes down

We can chart our destiny straight and true
And we can turn the stars around
Head for new horizons
But before we do we got to save our ship
Before our ship goes down

Save our ship she is slowly sinking
Save our ship or we will surely drown
Save our ship she is slowly sinking
Save our ship before our ship goes down

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Saved by the grace of your love

• (W.Smith, D Palmer)
  
  I've been saved by the grace of your love
  Hallelujah to the power above.
  I've been raised by the grace of your love
  Oh, praise be the power of love.
  
  I've been saved by the grace of your love
  Hallelujah to the power above.
  I've been raised by the grace of your love
  Oh, praise be the power of love.
  
  Don't need no witness on the witness stand
  Don't need no sister, make no gamblin' man
  I got something keeps a bird in the hand
  It's your lovin' that makes me love.
  
  Don't need no singer with no sad, sad song
  Don't want to hear you him get the words all wrong now
  I got a light to build my dream upon
  And let me tell you that's enough.
  
  I've been saved by the grace of your love
  Hallelujah to the savior above.
  I've been raised by the grace of your love
  Oh, praise be the power of love.
  
  I used to live so badly
  It was the only way I knew
  I gave a million excuses
  The way that lonely people do.
  
  One day I came to my senses
  I knew what I was headed to
  I made up my mind, changed my habits in time
  And yes, I owe that change to you.
  
  Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah
  
  I've been saved by the grace of your love
  Hallelujah to the power above.
  I've been raised by the grace of your love
  Oh, praise be the power of love.

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She's coming home
 (J. Fisher/G. Wadenius)

Seems the wheels will not stop turning
As I reach out for control
Though the fire of love keeps burning
Somehow I can’t escape the cold nights of being alone

Don’t it just feel like my world ends when she’s gone
Don’t it really feel like really like the days go on and on
Early morning this time bring me sunshine
Like the way so like this day will find her coming home
She’s coming home

Don’t it just feel like my world ends when she’s gone
Don’t it really feel like really like the days go on and on 
Early morning this time bring me sunshine
Like the way so like this day will find her coming home
She’s coming home
She’s coming home
She’s coming home

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Smiling Phases
 (Winwood, Capaldi, Wood)
(These lyrics are as BS&T performed the song, original lyrics differ slightly)

Do yourself a favor,
Wake up to your mind
Life is what you make it
You see, but still you're blind

Get yourself together,
Give before you take
You'll find out the hard way,
Soon you're gonna break
Hey hey hey

Smiling phases
Showing traces
Even if they bust you
Keep on smiling through and through
And you'll be amazed at the gaze
On their faces as they sentence you

You don't need a lawyer
When you're in a fix
Someone gets to pay up
Your friends are full of tricks
But happiness is something
That you just can't buy
Own up to the truth girl,
Your love has gone on by

Smiling Phases bring you flowers
You can line 'em up
And you can watch 'em grow for hours
And you'll be amazed at the way that they stare
as they walk by your door.

Do yourself a favor,
Wake up to your mind
Life is what you make it
You see, but still you're blind

Get yourself together,
Give before you take
You'll find out the hard way,
Soon you're gonna break
Hey hey hey

Smiling phases
Going Places
Even if they bust you
Keep on smiling through and through
And you'll be amazed at the gaze
On their faces as they sentence...you!!

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Snow Queen
(C. King/ G. Goffin)

High on a snow-covered mountain
From her throne she looks down at the clowns
Who think youth can be found in a fountain

High on the wings of her rhythms
She will smile at the guys who come on with their eyes
But she'll never dance with them

And in smoke-filled rooms of electric sound
A legend is built around
The Snow Queen

You may believe you're a winner
But with her you will soon bite the dust
And discover you're just a beginner

You may not think you're a loser
But in mid-air you'll be hung while you trip on your tongue
And it'll only amuse her

In the morning air you are frozen there
Caught in the icy stare of
The Snow Queen

No, my friend, she doesn't want what you're selling
My friend, there must be a place you can hide
And into the night you'll fade, knowing you lost the game
And just how she got her name of
The Snow Queen

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So long Dixie
(B. Mann/ C. Weil)

Lazy moon
Magnolia bloom perfume
And Dixie would receive
A lady fading fast
Still clinging to the past
But she had you hating to leave

So long, Dixie
Sweet Dixie girl
You sure had style
Recalling times we've had
With all your good and bad
I'm glad I had you for awhile

When we get the blues
We just shine up our shoes
And head for Dixie's place
We sit ourselves right down
And pass the bourbon round
Let Dixie on the case

[CHORUS]

Years go by
Some memories fade and die
But, Dixie, you still shine
Now up here where it's cold
Folks don't understand your soul
Dixie, you're still part of mine

[repeat CHORUS 3x]

So long, Dixie
Oh, you sure had style
Recalling times we've had
With all your good and bad
I'm glad I had you for awhile

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So Much Love/Underture
 (Goffin, King)

More than enough to last a whole life through
and it's all for you

In the midst of all my darkness baby
you know you came along to guide me
you took pity on a lonely man
when you said you'd stand beside me
I'll never forget you
for what you done little girl
I'll never turn my back on you for anyone
'cause I've got

So much loving
I'm a natural man
So much loving
More than enough to last
a whole life through
and it's all for you

When My world was cold and empty
and I needed somebody near me
I called out on the mountainside. Yeah
Knowing full well that you'd hear me
Now to you that might seem like a little thing
but to me, it's like changing winter to spring
but I've got

So much loving
I'm a natural man
So much loving
It’s more than enough to last
my whole life through
and it's all for you

Listen to me baby
There's so few women, nowadays
who understand the soul of a man
and who understand
they're only always taken in
never are free, of a helpin' hand yeah
I know that you, yes I know that ya, you know what to do girl
Any trouble comes, I know you're bound to see me through

With more than enough
to last a whole life through
'cause I've got
So much loving
I’m a natural man
I want you to understand
I love ya I love ya.
Wooo.
(Chours fades into instrumental Underture)

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Somebody I trusted
 (Moore)

Why should I worry when I know you're in love with me
Why should I care when there's joy everywhere
How can't I see the magic of the light
When somebody I trusted, somebody I knew quite well
Somebody I loved, reached up and turned out the light
Turn my day into night - put out the light

Why should I hurry, when I know you're right behind me
It just ain't fair when there's love everywhere
How can I see the beauty of the light
When somebody I trusted, somebody I knew quite well
Somebody I loved, reached up and turned out the light
Turn my day into night - put out the light
Put out the light

I got this little melody
I think it's bringing the blues right down on me
Sometimes I hear a symphony
That's what I hear when someone gets the best of me

And I got this little melody
I think it's bringing the blues right down on me
Sometimes I hear a symphony
That's what I hear when someone's gettting the best of me

Somebody I trusted, somebody I knew quite well
Somebody I loved, reached up and turned out the light
Somebody I trusted, somebody I knew quite well
Somebody I trusted, must have been somebody I knew quite well

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Somethin' Comin' On
(Cocker, Stainton)

Something coming on, don't know what it is but it's getting stronger
Feeling in my bones, hope you let it last a little bit longer
Breaking out my head, doing things I never even dreamed of
Rolling up my spine, turning on the things that'd never been turned on
Suddenly she came in
Looked like she'd been gaming
Doing things with everybody else
When I called out loudly
She answered kind o' proudly
She spent her life upon the shelf

Something coming on, don't know what it is but it's getting stronger
I've got a feeling in my bones, and I hope you let it last a little bit longer
Breaking out my head, I've been doing things I never even dreamed of
Well, rolling up my spine, turning on my things that'd never been turned on

Talk about the woman

[horns / keyboard break]

Suddenly she came in
Looked like she'd been gaming
Doing things with everybody else
When I called out loudly
She answered kind o' proudly
She spent her life upon the shelf.

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Somethin's Goin' On
 (Kooper)

You know I woke up this mornin' people
the first thing I did was to look into your eyes
and in that space where I used to find so much truthfulness
there was a stone cold pack of lies

You know that somethin' goin' on
Somethin' goin' on but I don't know what it is
Somethin's goin' on people
All right

I went on down to the mailbox
seems I got the phone bill yesterday
charging me for some hour conversation
from someone in L.A.!

I know there’s somethin' goin' on
Somethin' goin' on,
but I don’t know what it is.
Somethin' goin' on, behind my back
I better get to the bottom of this

(Long Solos)

Now wait a minute!
I wanna hear you blow now
(Sax solo with counterpoint by Kooper)
Go ahead, go ahead
I want you to blow for all the men whose women who don't keep a true love now
I want you to blow for all the people who have to face an empty bed now
Go ahead, blow one for yourself
Blow one for me too
Yeah, listen
You got to love your woman in the morning
You got to love your woman every night
You got to love your woman all the time, and make her feel all right
You got to give her what she wants
When she wants it, how she wants it, and anytime she might think she wants it
ahhhhhhhhhhh
When your lovin' your woman people
Both you know the score
You know it makes a long-time man suspicious
To come home, to an unlocked door
Your bound to know, somethin' goin' on
Somethin' goin' on, but you don't know what it is
Somethin' goin' on people
I better get to the bottom of this, look out!
(Al Screams for a while until fade)

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Sometimes in Winter
 (Katz)

Sometimes in Winter
I gaze into the streets
and walk through snow and city sleet
behind your room

Sometimes in Winter
forgotten memories
remember you behind the trees
with leaves that cried

By the window once I waited for you
laughing slightly you would run
trees alone would shield us in the meadow
makin' love in the evening sun

Now you're gone girl
and the lamp posts call your name
I can hear, them
in the spring of frozen rain
now you're gone girl
and the time's slowed down till dawn
It's a cold room and the walls ask
where you've gone

Sometimes In Winter
I love you when the good times
seem like mem'ries int he spring
that never came

Sometimes In Winter
I wish the empty streets
Would fill with laughter from the tears
that ease my pain

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Spinning Wheel
(Clayton-Thomas)

What goes up, must come down
Spinnin' wheel, got ta go round
Talkin' 'bout your troubles it's a cryin' sin
Ride a painted pony,
let the spinnin' wheel spin

Ya got no money, and ya
ya got no home
Spinnin' wheels all alone
Talkin' 'bout your troubles and ya
ya never learn
Ride a painted pony,
let the spinnin' wheel turn

Did ya find a directing sign
on the straight and narrow highway?
Would you mind a reflecting sign
Just let it shine, within your mind
And show you the colours that are real.

Someone is waitin' just for you
Spinnin' wheel spinnin' true
Drop all your troubles by the river side
Catch a painted pony
on the spinnin' wheel ride...huh

Someone's waitin' just for you
Spinnin' wheel's spinnin' true
Drop all your troubles by the river side
Ride a painted pony,
let the spinnin' wheel fly.

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Symphony/Sympathy For the Devil
 (Jagger/Richards)
(As performed by BS&T)

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long years
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank, Oh!

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name,
And what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game,

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made

I shouted out,
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
Been around for many a year
Laid many a man's soul to waste

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, YEAH!

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game

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• 
  Sweet Sadie the savior
• (P. Austin)

They say she was a preacher
Spoke the gospels soft and low
Nobody had to teach her
‘Cause it came from her heart you know
She could make a grown man cry
Bring a smile to the sick and the dying
Saving sinner’s souls was her life
Sweet Sadie the savior
Sadie, Sadie the savior

I saw her on a Sunday although I was very small
The way she moved my soul to this day I can still recall
Through the eyes of a child I saw God for a little while
Good Lord she had a heavenly smile
Sweet Sadie the savior
Sadie the savior, hey girl
Tell me where have you gone
Sadie the savior, yes girl
Now you’ve left us alone
You knew the answer
To the questions of life

You took the answer and left us here with strife
They say she had a vision
That she was gonna travel far
That she would meet her Maker and He would take her to a star
So when I’m looking up in the sky and you see a twinkle in my eye
You know what really shining so high
Sweet Sadie the savior

So if I’m looking up in the sky and you see a twinkle in my eye
You know it really shining so high
Sweet Sadie the savior
Sadie
That old lady Sadie
Sadie
Sadie
Still remember that girl
Sadie
Talking about Sadie
Sadie

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Take Me In Your Arms Lyrics
(Eddie Holland/Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland)

I know you're leavin' me behind
I'm seein' you darlin' for the very last time
Show a little tenderness before you go
Please let me feel your embrace once more

Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while

We all must feel heartache sometimes
Right now, right now I'm feelin' mine
I've tried my best to be strong, but I'm not able
I'm like a helpless child left in a cradle
Before you leave me behind let me feel happy one more time

Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while

I'm losin' you and my happiness
My life is so dark I must confess
I'll never, never see your smiling face no more
I'll never, never hear your knock upon my door
Before you leave me, leave me behind
Let me feel happy one more time

Take me in your arms and rock me, rock me a little while

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Tell me that I'm wrong

(P. Cosby)

Come on and tell me that I'm wrong

Now you know just how I feel

Show me how to be strong

Girl, I need you more day by day

Let your heart take a chance

Ain't you tired of foolin' yourself?

Give it what it wants

We'll love like everyone else

It's only natural

That you won't be free

But how can I do when nothin's feelin'

Tell me that I'm wrong

Now you know just how I feel

Show me how to be strong

When I need you more day by day

I believe this is love gone in .....Incomprehensible

I got that Sunday morning feeling

You've hit me hard

I know you've found it too now

It's the same old man, it ain't nothin' new

You are the happiness that I longed

That I longed for

But most of all

Now I want you more than, yeah, yeah

Tell me that I'm wrong

Tell me that I believe the love is strong

I've got that Sunday morning feeling

Lord, there's got to be, there's got to be, got to be

Got to be, there's got to be

I need you more day by day, day by day

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The Battle
 (Katz, Halligan)

While the king and queen lie sleeping
And their daughters smile so nice.
Brothers wait through windows
And the peasants die for rice.
And here I'm standing naked
Laughing madly at the sun.
Though I wanted to sleep late today
The Battle's just begun.

Oh, the Devil in all his wisdom
The father in all his grace
The servant's sons are washed in blood
And the man has run his race

A moving target looms behind the street where soldiers stood
Siren screams out desperately
Like only humans could
And standing on my balcony
I watch the battle run
Yes the war is never over
But the day is never done

Oh, the Devil in all his wisdom,
the father in all his grace,
The servant's sons are washed in blood
And the man has run his race.

Six-white horses like the wind are running,
Five are far behind
The captain lost his daughter,
The sergeant lost his mind.
The soldiers they still scream for riches
Even though they swore
That sons and daughters wouldn't live
Unless we won the war.

Oh, the Devil in all his wisdom,
the father in all his grace,
The servant's sons are washed in blood
And the man has run his race.

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The Modern Adventures of Plato, Diogenes, and Freud
 (Kooper)

Father of my morning,
Once my child to the night
I see that you have minds to cop
And I can only watch the sickened sorrow

Little do you know
of the progressions that you teach
the people that you reach are tired
of livin' in a world of elastic towers
dance with them and sing a song of changes
and talk with them of life and all its dangers
surround yourself with now familiar strangers
who kiss and who hug and eventually mug you of your time

And the clock on the wall is a bore
as you wander past the door
and find him lying on the floor
as he begs you for some more, you frozen smile

You cannot ever picture me
you know me by my thoughts
A file for your travelogue
oblivious to the night, the fog around you
The germs they are rediculous
they bother you at night
the blood that rushes to your brain
the ticket on the plane you're never catching
the price you pay exclusive of your taxes
to chop you up inside with tiny axes
the girl looks up to you from floors she waxes
and speaks to your belt with tears among her eyes

and the clock on the wall is a bore
as you wander past the door
and find him lying on the floor
as he begs you for some more, you frozen smile

The metaphysic wrinkles in the face of what you face
Are hidden by the fake-up man
who lives inside the sterno can beside you
Now climb ye to the mountains
as the sun is almost gone
escaping from your other selves
your brothers hide among the shelves inside you
the games that people play can only bore you
but only those that know you don't ignore you
how many times have I come there to restore you
And caught you lying on the couch with father time

and the clock on the wall is a bore
as you wander past the door
and find him lying on the floor
as he begs you for some more, you frozen smile

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·
They

(D. Clayton-Thomas/W. Smith)

They are nameless almighty
They are the numberless few
They is the name we gave Jesus
They is the God we pray to

They are judgment, 
But they are blind
They are mercy - of a kind


Money hurts them
Power rides them
Poverty is a state of mind

They are the faceless almighty
They are the merciless few
They is the name we gave Jesus
They is the God we pray to

They are history, your daily news
They are wages, union dues

See, they are rough-time
See, they are clean
Onward flying machines

They are the flameless almighty
They are the innocent few.
They is the name we gave Jesus
They is the God we pray to

They are bloody
Without blame
They are hatred
Without shame
They are mortal
And they are old
Deadly deadly cold

They is the name we gave Jesus
They is the name we gave Jesus
They is the name we gave Jesus
They is the name we gave Jesus

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Thinking of you
(J.LaCroix/A. J. Klatka)

There’s a calendar on the wall
I think I’m gonna let it fall
It’s telling me to get a move on
But it don’t know I got a groove on you, oh on you
There’s a book on the kitchen table
It’s full of Aesop’s fables 
Morals there I should learn

Instead I sit alone and yearn for you
Baby I’m heding for you
Time keeps getting me down
Lessons don’t bring me around
I guess I’m like the fox and the grapes 
But I can be greedy if your loves at stake
There’s a sun that’ll soon be rising
Tomorrow won’t be surprising
Instead of doing things I should
I’ll just be up to my no good
Thinking of you
I’m thinking of you
Thinking of you
Thinking of you

Time keeps getting me down
Lessons don’t bring me around
I guess I’m like the fox and the grapes 
But I can be greedy when your love’s at stake
There’s a sun that’ll soon be rising
Tomorrow won’t be surprising
Instead of doing things I should
I’ll just be up to my no good
Thinking of you
I’m thinking of you
I’m gonna tear down my calendar
I’m gonna let it fall
I don’t need no book
Thinking of you

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Touch me
(T. Randazzo/V. Pike)

When I meet you in the meadow
You were walking like in a dream
Your hair blowin’ just like the flowers
Deep within me my heart did weep

CHORUS)
Oh (come on and) touch me feel the flesh and blood I am
Can’t you see I’m only human
(Oh) touch me then I know you’ll understand
That I was born to be your one and only man

We just stayed there for so many hours
Like the river you know time moved on
And we lingered amongst the flowers
Then I knew my heart was gone

(CHORUS)
You lay softly as in the cradle of my arms
until the morn
And I held you just like a baby
(Little girl) I could feel my soul reborn

Come on and touch me give me all the love you can
We were born to be together
Come on and touch me then I’ll know you’ll understand
That I was born to be your one and only man

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Valentine's Day
 (Katz)

Yesterday, in may ways, you've looked into my eyes
Seems so strange for all the many years together
Sitting by the window, couldn't move you if I tried
I've been standing on the outside here for ever
Candles lit an empty room when you and I last talked
And the bed made warm by lonely lovers
I have seen a thousand highways, walked a hundred roads
But for you I know there'll be many others

Oh, let the wind blow, strike me to my knees
I'm forever getting sad and lonely
Oh, let the sun glow, shine upon the trees
You'll forever be my one and only

Darkened halls and hotel walls will keep me in disguise
While your brown eyes look for what you have forsaken
Better times are far behind me, I can't quite forgive
'Cause for all that you have given, you have taken
Saddened by a country tune, I cried myself to sleep
Looking for my footsteps softly leaving
I have seen a thousand highways, walked a hundred roads
But for you I give you freedom to believe in

Oh, let the wind blow, strike me to my knees
I'm forever getting sad and lonely
Oh, let the sun glow, shine upon the trees
You'll forever be my one and only

Oh, let the wind blow, strike me to my knees
I'm forever getting sad and lonely
Oh, let the sun glow, shine upon the trees
You'll forever be my one and only

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Velvet
(J. Kent)

Velvet was a very handsome mother mare to be
Grazing by a contry road, and tied to a very yong tree
We were walking to see her
Velvet gazed upon me
Indian summer, turning colors on me

Couldn’t she have stayed until the first September day
To foal in the autumn shades, the family
Would have shared her pain
Sanke-bite deep in the night
Velvet lost her life twice
Indian summer, turning colors on me

Velvet now you’re gone
Family carries on
Children love you so
They don’t even know

Malamutes howlin’ seemed to know
Velvet’s old friend Tony cried in the morning sun
She was reaching for someone
And she broke down to a new friend
Indian summer, turning colors on me
Indian summer, turning colors on me

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Without Her
 (Nillson)

I spend the night in a chair
thinking' she'll be there
but she never comes
and I wake up and wipe
the sleep from my eyes
and I rise, to spend another day
without her

It's just no good anymore
when you walk through the door
of an empty room
you go inside and set a table for one
it's no fun
when you have to spend the day without her

We burst the pretty balloon
took us to the moon
such a beautiful thing
but it's ended now and it sounds like a lie
If I said I'd rather die,
than be without her

Love is a beautiful thing
when it knows how to swing
and it grooves like a clock
but the hands on the clock
tell the lovers to the part
and it's breakin' my heart
to spend another day without her

(Horn Solos)

I'll spend the night in a chair
thinking she'll be there
but she'll never come
and I'll wake up and wipe
the sleep from my eyes
and I'll rise and spend the day without her

Can't go on without her
There's no song without her
Can't go on without her.

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Womanizer
 (Sharp)

Before I got to know you, when I didn't know any better
I would have swore all you'd got going for you bounced inside your sweater
Funny what a fool, what a fool you made of me
I was out for a thrill
You came in for the kill
And you brought this womanizer to his knees
Yes you did

I used to love the girls and leave them, that's the way I fought the battle
Then you had to come along, woman, and knock me off my saddle
Oh Mama, what a fool, what a fool you made of me
Well I was out for a thrill
You came in for the kill
And you brought this womanizer to his knees

Yes the womanizer met his match
And she left without a scratch
Who'd ever thought a woman would make such a mess of me
Who'd ever thought such a woman could make such a mess of me

Like a miser with his money, I counted lovers by the pieces
When I was living the works of Mailer, you were deep in Anna Seesez
I was out for a thrill
You came in for the kill
And you brought this womanizer to his knees

Yes the womanizer met his match
And she left without a scratch
Now who'd ever thought such a woman would make such a mess of me
Who'd ever thought such a woman could make such a mess of me

Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, that's me
Womanizer, womanizer, womanizer, that's me

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Yesterday's Music
(Clayton-Thomas)

Opened my eyes early this morning
Having found myself all alone
Sweet tasting midnight, still on my tongue
And a touch of tomorrow in my bones

Opened my eyes early this morning
And the whole round world was turning cold
Sweet tasting midnight, still on my tongue
Was it borrowed, was it bottled, was it stole

I can still hear yesterday's music
It's the same old, same old melody
Someone belongs to everyone
And no-one belongs to me

Well, opened my eyes early this morning
And I could not remember where I'd been
Sweet tasting midnight, still on my tongue
But I know I would do it all again

'Cause I can still hear yesterday's music
It's the same old, same old melody
Someone belongs to everyone
And no-one belongs to me

Someone belongs, someone belongs to everyone
Someone belongs, someone belongs to everyone
Someone belongs, someone belongs to everyone
Someone belongs, someone belongs to everyone

I can still hear yesterday's music
It's the same old, same old melody
Someone belongs to everyone
And no-one belongs to me

Sing the song with me
I can still hear yesterday's music
It's the same old, same old melody
(People tell me) Someone belongs to everyone
And no-one belongs to me

I can still hear yesterday's music
It's the same old, same old melody
Someone belongs to everyone
And no-one belongs to me

I can still hear yesterday's music
It's the same old, same old melody
Someone belongs to everyone
And no-one belongs to me

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You're the one
(D. Clayton-Thomas/W. Smith)

I've been raising with the rising sun

Always going where I'm coming from

I'm still waiting for my ship to come

I've been hoping darling you're the one

You're the one

Found me on this rocky shore

Gave me everything and more

You're the one

All I do I do for you

One and one make always true

You're the one

Never knew what I've been looking for

Why they left me always needing more

Never ask where love was coming from

I've been hoping darling you're the one

You're the one

Stop me on the blink of time

Gave me reason gave me rime

You're the one

Reason for this song I sing

The reason I do everything

You're the one

Words may fail me but I swear it's true

No one moved me 'till I came to you

No one touched and I touched no one

I've been hoping darling you're the one

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You've Made Me So very Happy
(Gordy Jr., Holloway,Holloway, Wilson)

I've lost at love before
got mad and closed the door
but you said try, just once more

I chose you for the one
now I'm havin' so much fun
you treated me so kind
I'm about to lose my mind

You made me so very happy
I'm so glad you
came into my life

The others were untrue
but when it came to lovin' you
I'd spend my whole life with you
'cause you came and you took control
you touched my very soul
you always showed me that
lovin' you is where it's at
You made me so very happy
I'm so glad you
came into my life

I love you so much it seems
You're even in my dreams
I can hear you
yeah I can hear you calling me
I'm so in love with you
all I ever want to do is
thank you baby
thank you baby

You made me so very happy
you made me so very happy baby
I'm so glad you came
into my life

Ev'ry day of my life
I wanna thank you
You made me so very happy
Oh, I wanna spend my life with you
thank you baby
thank you baby

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