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#153030 01/14/2006 9:31 PM
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> Beach Boys

well, that's where I know it from...


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Next time you see me, things won't be the same
Yes, next time you see me, things won't be the same
And if it hurts you my darlin', you only have yourself to blame

Like a true, true, sayin', all that shines is not gold
Yes, like a true, true, sayin', all that shine is not gold
And like the good book says, you've got to reap 'xactly what you sow

Well, you lied, cheated, uh-oh for so long
Well, you lied, cheated, uh-oh for so long
You're just the wrong woman, baby, another queen is on your throne

Next time you see me, things won't be the same
Yes, next time you see me, things won't be the same
And if it hurts you my darlin', you only got yourself to blame.


Next Time You See Me
__________________________Little Junior Parker
(1956)

Edited because inselpeter interjected an aside and got me off track.


Unchain my heart, baby let me be
Unchain my heart 'cause you don't care about me
You've got me sewed up like a pillow case
but you're lettin my love go to waste,
So unchain my heart, Baby, set me free

Unchain my heart, baby let me go
Unchain my heart, 'cause you don't love me no more
Ev'ry time I call you on the telephone
Some fella tells me that you're not at home,
So unchain my heart, and set me free


I'm under your spell like a man in a trance
Whoa, But I know darn well, that I don't stand a chance
So unchain my heart, let me go my way
Unchain my heart, you worry me night and day
Why don'tcha leave me in misery
when you don't care a bag of beans for me
So unchain my heart, oh please, please set me free

Unchain My Heart
_____________________Ray Charles

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I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
Ah, you'd better stop the things that you do
I ain't lying, no I ain't lying

I just can't stand it baby
The way you're always running 'round
I just can't stand it
The way you always put me down
Yeah, I put a spell on you
Because you're mine
You're mine, you're mine, you're mine

I put a spell on you - Nina Simone

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ROUNDABOUT


I'll be the roundabout
the words will make you out and out
you spend the day
your way.

Call it morning driving
through the sound and in
and out the valley
in and around the lane
mountains come out of the sky
and they stand there one mile over
we'll be there and we'll see you
ten true summers we'll be back
and laughing too
twenty-four before my love
you'll see I'll be there with you.
The music dance and sing
they make the children really ring
I spend the day your
your way.

-- Yes


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c'est la vie
Have your leaves all turned to brown
Will you scatter them around you
C'est la vie

Do you love
And then how am i to know
If you don't let your love show for me
C'est la vie

In the night
Do you light a lover's fire
Do the ashes of desire for you remain

Like the sea
There's a love too deep to show
Took a storm before my love flowed for you
C'est la vie

Like a song
Out of tune and out of time
All i needed was a rhyme for you
C'est la vie

Do you give
Do you live from day to day
Is there no song i can play for you
C'est la vie


C'est la vie - Emerson, Lake & Palmer


edit: *loved the Nina Simone belM - had to go and fetch the disk after that earworm was driving me crazy!

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#153035 01/15/2006 2:46 AM
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Light Up

Light up everybody
Join us in this celebration
Light up and be happy
Sweet, sweet sounds will fill the air

Every day's a holiday when your lips meet mine
The music's keepin' time with our love
You are here, and so am I
The weather's quite divine
So pass me round your wine, lovely one

All I need is just one hit to get me by
'Cause baby when your near I'm halfway high

Light up, everybody
Join us in this celebration
Light up and be happy
Sweet, sweet sounds will fill the air.

-- Styx


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#153036 01/15/2006 10:09 AM
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And if it's on a lazy afternoon in summertime
And you're drinking champagne and wine
Anytime, I don't mind
And even if I've got the blues
I'm tired of paying oh so many dues
And you decide to go for a cruise
Going to grab my razor and my suitcase and my toothbrush and my overcoat and my underwear
I will be there

I Will Be There~Van Morrison

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SUMMERTIME

Summertime and the livin's easy
Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high
Oh you're daddy's rich and your mom is good lookin'
So hush little baby, don' you cry

One of these mornin's you gonna rise up singin'
Spread your wings and you'll take the sky
Until that mornin' there's a nothin' can harm you
With Mommy and Daddy standin' by, hey!

Oh hush little baby, don' you cry
Hush little baby don' you cry
Hush little baby don' you cry
Hush little baby don' you cry

from Porgy and Bess
Music written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin/Lyrics written by DuBose Heyward


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I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spread her wings

Yes, I got a sweet little angel, I love the way she spread her wings
Yes, when she spread her wings around me, I get joy in everything

You know I asked my baby for a nickel, and she gave me a twenty dollar bill
Oh, yes, I asked my baby for a nickel, and she gave me a twenty dollar bill
Whoa, you know I asked her for a little drink of liquor, and she gave me a whiskey still.

If my baby asked to quit me, well, I believe that I would die
Yes, If mu baby wanted to quit me, I do believe I would die
'Cause, if you don't love me little angel, please tell me the reason why.

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Pardon this additional post but the weird Internet setup here wouldn't allow me to include the names of the song and the artist on the page above. Strange.

Sweet Little Angel
_____________________________________BB "Blues Boy" King

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I put a nickel in the telephone, dialled my baby’s number
Got a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line
Each time I tried I got a busy tone
Not my baby’s number
Just a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line

Called his uncle in Jamaica
Left a message with the baker
Even checked the number in the telephone book
Got so awfully, awfully worried
To my baby’s house I hurried
When I looked inside, the phone was off the hook

And as I walked up to my baby - then
I got my baby’s number
He was busy in the parlour doing fine
Busy kissing someone else
While I was keeping busy
Getting a brrr, brrr, brrr, brrr, busy line!


from BUSY LINE (Semos & Stanton) sung in the 50s by Rose Murphy

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I'm seeking someone to save my soul
Searching high when I'm low
I'm gonna start in the middle
With a cat, not a fiddle
And my notes are gonna follow soul

Oh, seeking someone to save my soul
feeling low when I'm high
I'm gonna start at the ending
Cause it's time to stop pretending
That I'm doing something with this life
That I'm doing something with my time

And I want you for my breakfast
And I want you for my lunch, oh
And when I sleep in on the weekend
I'm gonna want you for my brunch, oh

Cause you're the glory in my morning
Oh, you're the sunshine in my day
And when the whole city is snoring
We're gonna play, we're gonna play

City's cold and the country's slow
I think I'll float out to sea
And maybe find me an island
where the water meets the sky
and you will never ever hear from me

Oh, the city's cold and the country's slow
And I'm a long way from shore
And I'm a fool to be bitter
When I wise up and consider
That my girl lives practically next door
And I'm lovin' her more and more

In fact I want you for my breakfast
And I want you for my lunch, oh
And when I sleep in on the weekend
I'm gonna want you for my brunch

Cause you're the glory in my morning
Oh, you're the sunshine in my day
And when the whole city is snoring
We're gonna play, we're gonna play

We're gonna play, we're gonna play
And get things started right today
We're gonna play, we're gonna play
And if you say, you're gonna stay
Then I might never go away
Not another day
Not another day

We're Gonna Play - Matthew Barber (I like this song - it's energetic)

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ETA - Have you heard Summertime sung by Janis Joplin. It's slow and gritty and sizzles. It is really hot! Mm.

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Mav. I love Nina Simone. Have you heard her rendition of "Here comes the sun."? Lord but that woman had a remarkable voice.

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> ETA - Have you heard Summertime sung by Janis Joplin.

can't say as I have. maybe it's still in my Mercedes Benz...


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What a day for a daydream, custom made for a daydreamin' boy!
I'm lost in a daydream, dreamin' 'bout my bundle of joy
And even if time ain't really on my side

It's one of those days for takin' a walk outside
I'm blowin the day to take a walk in the sun
And fall on my face on somebody's new mowed lawn

I've been havin' a sweet dream; been dreamin' since I woke up today
It starred me and my sweet-pea --
She's the one makes me feel this way

And even if time is passin me by a lot
I couldn't care less about the blues you say I got
Tomorrow I'll pay the dues for droppin' my load
A pie in the face for being a sleepy ol' toad.

And you can be sure that if you're feelin' right
A daydream will last along into the night

Tomorrow at breakfast you may prick up your ears
Or you may be daydreamin' for a thousand years...

What a day for a daydream, custom-made for a daydreamin' boy
I'm lost in a daydream, dreamin' bout my bundle of joy

(Whistle to fade)


Daydream
____________ The Lovin' Spoonfull, 1966


Comment: "Me and my sweet pea" ? "A pie in the face for being a sleepy ol' toad"? Geez! Lazy hippies!

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I'm too far North
'cause this cold it's killin' me
I say
I'm too far North
'cause this cold it's killin' me

I was lyin' in the bed
don't ya know it was late last night
I was lyin' in the bed
just tryin' to make it right
That's when my baby jumped up and cried
"Daddy you got that frostbite!"

Too Far North~Keith Williams

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City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man
And she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style

Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess ev'ry form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is
Only given to a man with hands as cold as ice

So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes


from Lyin' Eyes by The Eagles


[Nina sidebar] mmm, I was playing that track thre times in a row, Milo! The Beatles never sounded so good as in Nina's gravelly yet innocent croon. [/sidebar]

edit: d'oh! Sorry belM and Milo - don't know how I confused two posts over this reference.

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Chantilly Lace

Chantilly Lace and a pretty face and a ponytail hangin down,
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk,
They're gonna make the world go 'round.
Ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
to make me act so funny, spend my doggone money.
I feel real loose like a long necked goose,
Like a - Wa baby thats what I like!
Spoken:
Huh? Will I what? Do I what? Will I what?
Can't never tell baby? ha ha ha ha I might
But honey you know what I like.
Chantilly Lace...
Spoken:
Huh? ha ha ha Huh? Whats that?
Pick you up at eight? And dont be late? You gotta be jokin woman,
I thought you might pick me up at eight and dont be late.
It dont make no difference baby, you know what I really like!
Chantilly Lace...
Spoken:
Wooo - Ha-haha honey, you're tearin' me up on this telephone.
I swear I don't know what I'm gonna do with you,
You yap and yap and yap and yap and yap
But when you break it all down you know what I like.
Chantilly Lace...

-- Big Bopper


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What I like about you, you really know how to dance
When you go up, down, jump around, think about true romance, yeah

You're whispering in my ear
Tell me all the things that I wanna to hear, 'cause that's true
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you
That's what I like about you

What I Like About You~The Romantics

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See-line woman
She drink coffee
She drink tea
And then go home
See-line woman

See-line woman
Dressed in green
Wears silk stockings
With golden seams
See-line woman

See-line woman
Dressed in red
Make a man lose his head
See-line woman

See-line woman
Black dress on
For a thousand dollars
She wail and she moan
See-line woman

Wiggle wiggle
Turn like a cat
Wink at a man
And he wink back
(see child?)
See-line woman

Empty his pockets
And wreck his days
Make him love her
And she’ll fly away

See-line woman
(take it on out now)
Empty his pockets
And she wreck his days
And she make him love her
Then she sure fly away
She got a black dress on
For a thousand dollars
She wail and she moan...


Nina Simone_______ See-line Woman

Note: I'm with Maverick and Belmarduk in the opinion that Simone's voice reflected dark and deep feelings. I think that Simone's bewildering voice excaped from human depths best left unvisited.

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[Spoken]
Those who dance and romance while they dance...
They seem so happy and gay;
Though they sing while they swing and they sway,
Somehow I can't feel that way.

I've been dancing with tears in my eyes,
'Cause the girl in my arms wasn't you;

Dancing with somebody new,
When it's you that my hearts calling to.

Trying to smile, once in a while,
But I find that so hard to do.

I've been dancing with tears in my eyes,
'Cause the girl in my arms wasn't you.



Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
_________________________________ Nat Shilkret


(Nat Shilkret had a #1 hit with this song back in 1930. Remember?)

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