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Let me tell you 'bout the birds and the bees
and the flowers and the trees,
the moon up above, and the thing called love.

The Birds and the Bees
(If I find out who sang it, I will edit it in!)




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let the good times roll

let them knock you around

let the good times roll

let them make you a clown

let them leave you up in the air

let them brush your rock and roll hair

let the good times roll

let the good times roll

let the good times roll

let the stories be cold

they can say what they want

let the photos be old

let them show what they want

if the illusion is real

let them give you a ride

if they got thunder appeal

let them be on your side

Good Times Roll - The Cars



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C'mon baby, let the good times roll
C'mon baby, let me thrill your soul
C'mon baby you're the best there is,
Roll all night long.

C'Mon Baby, Let the Good Times Roll
~~Leonard Lee


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Got scars and designs and holes in my mind
and the cameras begin to roll
We're gonna save up time, build up our minds
and then we're gonna save your soul

"Topanga Canyon Freaks", Steve Wynn
from "Here Come the Miracles" CD


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boronia, the rhythm for your first line immedately triggered this:
[OK, so the link with "your" is pretty weak, I admit. But it isp food related! ]

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore

That's Amore - Dean Martin





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the rhythm for your first line immedately triggered this
really? wow! the lines actually sound quite different from each other

Come see me you can heal me
Turn your head back to the moon
You know you don't have to act so quiet
This is a house not a home

"A House is Not a Home", The Charlatans UK


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[Doctor:]

He seems to be completely unreceptive.
The tests I gave him show no sense at all.
His eyes react to light the dials detect it.
He hears but cannot answer to your call.

[Tommy:]

See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.
See me, feel me, touch me, heal me.


"Go To The Mirror Boy"
~~The Who (from Tommy)



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Doctor, my eyes have seen the years
And the slow parade of fears without crying
Now I want to understand
I have done all that I could
To see the evil and the good without hiding
You must help me if you can


Doctor my Eyes, by Jackson Browne


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I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight as you stopped to say hello
You wished me well
You couldn't tell that I've been crying over you, crying over you
And you said "So long"
Left me standing all alone, alone and crying, crying, crying, crying

"Crying"
~~Roy Orbison
~~Don McLean


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To the beat of the rhythm of the night
Dance until the morning light
Forget about the worries on your mind
We can leave them all behind
To the beat of the rhythm of the night..
oohh the rhythm of the night... we can leave them all behind... ( well la la la la la la...)


Rhythm of the Night
Valeria


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~~Ah yes, Angel,
What is it about Roy Orbison's voice that captivates? Unfortuntely his song reminded me of the song below that only three people yet alive will remember. But I liked it, and will honor it -with the boards kind acquiescence -here and now...


You went away and left me.
You left me all alone.
To do a thing like that. Your heart must be made of stone.

I did every thing I could. I tried to treat you right.
I worked hard every day, and I loved you every night.
Still you went away and left me, you left me all alone.
To do a thing like that, your heart must be made of stone.

Your Heart (must be made of stone) -Clarence Jr. Lewis

Now I feel better
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Post Edit: Please forgive me everyone. I selfishly tried to use this board to purge the deep hurt of thirty years past. Thank you Wordwind for jumping ahead of me. I feel better already. Who knows? Maybe by tommorrow, or the next day, or one day after that, I will be able to wipe away the tears and smile and post as a happy man -once again.


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My mama told me, she said, "Son, please beware"
"There's this thing called love and it's everywhere"
She told me, "It can break your heart and leave you in misery"
And since I met this little woman,
I feel it's happening to me, and I'm tellin' you

It's too late to turn back now
I believe, I believe, I believe I'm fallin' in love
It's too late to turn back now
I believe, I believe, I believe I'm falling in love

To Late To Turn Back Now - The Cornelious Brothers


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I should have known you'd bid me farewell
There's a lesson to be learned from this and I learned it very well
Now I know you're not the only starfish in the sea
If I never hear your name again, it's all the same to me

And I think it's gonna be all right
Yeah, the worst is over now
The mornin' sun is shinin' like a red rubber ball

Red Rubber Ball
( The Cyrkle )


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252 posts. Is this a record?

Heck. It's not even a song


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Come on and celebrate, good times, tonight (Celebrate good times, come on!)
'Cause everything's gonna be all right
Let's celebrate (Celebrate good times, come on)
(Let's celebrate)...


Celebrate
~~Kool and the Gang


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Sat on the roof
And I kicked off the moss
Well some of the verses well
They got me quite cross
But the sun's been kind
While I wrote this song
It's for people like you that
Keep it turned on


Ewan MacGregor - Your Song


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Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, [di-di-dah-dah] here comes the sun
And I say it's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
-- Here Comes the Sun; [George Harr-i-son] here comes the sun
And I say it's all right


For all the good times, thank you George.


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(Oh, you can depend on me)
Over and over, over and over
(Oh, and I intend to be)
I'm the one who always makes you laugh until you cry
And you can call on me until the day you die

Years may come and go,
Here's one thing I know...
All my life, you're a friend of mine.

You're a Friend of Mine, Michael McDonald & Clarence Clemmons


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There are places I remember all my life,
Though some have changed,
Some forever, not for better,
Some have gone and some remain.

In My Life
~~John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Edit: I originally listed the name of this song as All My Life but have changed it to the correct In My Life. Thanks Fiberbabe for the PM!

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Officer Krupke
We're down on our knees
'Cause no one wants a fella
With a social disease
Dear Officer Krupke
What are we to do?
Gee, Officer Krupke
Krup you!

Gee, Officer Krupke from "West Side Story"
by Stephen Soldheim


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I saw him today, I saw his face
It was a face I loved and I knew
I had to run away
And get down on my knees and pray
That they'd go away
But still they begin, needles and pins
Because of all my pride
The tears I gotta hide

NEEDLES AND PINS
(Jack Nitzche - Sonny Bono)
JACKIE DeSHANNON (LIBERTY 55563, 1963)



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I'm a walkin' in the rain
Tears are fallin' and I feel the pain
Wishin' you were here by me
To end this misery
And I wonder
I wa-wa-wa-wa-wonder
Why
Ah-why-why-why-why-why she ran away
And I wonder where she will stay
My little runaway, run-run-run-run-runaway

"Runaway"
~~Del Shannon


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Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I've been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

Rhythm of the Rain
The Cascades What else!



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Did anyone notice that Angel follwed a song by Jackie DeShannon with one by Del Shannon? Well done, gal!


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Day after day, alone on a hill,
The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still,
But nobody wants to know him,
They can see that he's just a fool,
And he never gives an answer,

But the fool on the hill
Sees the sun going down,
And the eyes in his head,
See the world spinning round.


The Fool On The Hill
The Beatles


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

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

"Spinning Wheel"
~~Blood, Sweat and Tears


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Ain't got no home.
No place to roam.
I'm a lonely boy, ain't got no home.
                   l,
I've got a voice, r
I love to sing i
I sing like a g and I sing like a
FROG.
I'm a lonely man, ain't got no home.
Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo, etc.

Ain't Got No Home -Clarence (Frogman) Henry


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I ain't got no home, I'm just a ramblin' around
A hard working ramblin' man, I go from town to town
The police make it hard wherever I may go
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

I was farmin' on the shares and always I was poor
My crops I laid into the banker's door
And my wife took down and died upon the cabin floor
And I ain't got no home in this world anymore

I AIN'T GOT NO HOME
(Woody Guthrie/Woody Guthrie)




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My father was a gambler down in Georgia
And he wound up out in the wrong in Alabam’
I was born in the back seat of a Greyhound bus
Rollin’ down Highway 41.

Lord I was born a ramblin’ man
Tryin to make a livin’ and doin’ the best I can
When it’s time for leavin’ I hope you’ll understand
That I was born a ramblin’ man.

"Ramblin' Man"
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I'm a rambler, I'm a gambler,
I'm a long way from home,
and them that don't like me can leave me alone.
I'll eat when I'm hungry,
I'll drink when I'm dry,
and if the moonshine don't kill me,
I'll live 'til I die.

Moonshine, oh moonshine!
Oh how I love thee,
Ye killed my old father,but ah you try me.

Irish traditional..


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Johnny Angel, how I love him
He's got something that I can't resist
But he doesn't even know that I-I-I exist

Johnny Angel, how I want him
How I tingle when he passes by
Every time he says "Hello" my heart begins to fly

"Johnny Angel"
~~Shelly Fabares


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Big an fat and broad and ugly, the girl from Possum Hollow goes walking
and as she passes each guy she passes goes "Blah".

Homer and Jethro (parody of "The girl from Ipanema")


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My doll is as dainty as a sparrow
Her figure is something to applaud
Where she's narrow she's as narrow as an arrow
And she's broad where a broad should be broad

Honey Bun--from "South Pacific"
by Oscar Hammerstein



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You got to try a little kindness
Yes show a little kindness
Just shine your light for everyone to see
And if you try a little kindness
Then you'll overlook the blindness
Of narrow-minded people on the narrow-minded streets

"Try a Little Kindness"
~~Glen Campbell


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If you're ever down in Houston
Boy, you better walk right
And you better not squabble
And you better not fight

Bason and Brock will arrest you
Payton and Boone will take you down
You can bet your bottom dollar
That you're Sugar Land bound

Let the Midnight Special
Shine the light on me
Let the Midnight Special
Shine the ever-lovin' light on me

Ledbetter from "Midnight Special"
Ledbetter(pronounced Leadbelly) was famous black blues singer from the 30's.
Edited-- see post below--

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Houston, Houston means that I'm one day closer to you
Oh honey, Houston, Houston means the last day of the tour and we're through
Well honey, you and God in heaven above know I love what I do (for a living I do)
Oh, but Houston, Houston means that I'm one day closer to you.

"Houston"
~~Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers

Edit: Sorry WO'N...gotcha by 45 seconds!
2nd Edit: Oh, Milum!!!!!!! We won't even talk about the 11 minutes 50 seconds it took you!


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Bell bottom blues, you made me cry.
I don't want to lose this feeling.
And if I could choose a place to die
It would be in your arms.

Bell Bottom Blues, His Bluesness, Eric Clapton


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Of course of troy, I thought that was Ledbetter to Leadbelly. Was I wrong?

You better be careful Boy
About what you say or do
That unseeing eye just keeps on watching you.

Seems
like you don't care
about places you go
Seems
like you don't care
about the people you see
Seems
like like you don't care what you say or do
But that unseeing eye is Watching yoou.
                  ****************            

UNSEEING EYE - Sonny Boy

POST EDIT: Administrator! Administrator!
Jackie, My Angel has fallen and I am unhappy with my Epeolatrist. Both of them jumped ahead of me. I wasn't being slow either, I was just trying to make my post look nice. Thank you for helping. -mw


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Faith is never lost, sometimes it's hard to find
Sometimes she prays aloud
It helps her ease her mind
If she could...just touch their wing
If she could just hear them sing...then there's...

One white feather from the sky
There's an Angel watching you
Yes, there's one white feather from above
There's an Angel watching you

"There's an Angel Watching You"
~~written by Barry Goldstein
~~sung by Fella

Edit: Yeah! I finally linked to your lyrics Milum! [big kiss-e]

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Well it's too bad, and it's too sad,
But I'm in love with you ...
You love me, then you snub me.
.




Well, I guess I'll never see the light.
I get the blues most every night,
Since I fell for you ...


Since I Fell For You

written by Buddy Johnson
lyrics here from a hit-version by Lenny Welch (1967)
also recorded by many others including Louis Armstrong and B.B. King


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