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[announcer]“Previously on ‘Song and Dance’…

Legs
She's got legs, she knows how to use them.
She never begs, she knows how to choose them.
She's holdin' legs wonderin' how to feel them.
Would you get behind them if you could only find them?
She's my baby, she's my baby,
yeah, it's alright.

-- ZZ Top

So we return you to the pogrom where the malady lingers on…” [/announcer]


Well she's the girl in the red blue jeans
She's the queen of all the teens
She's the one that I know
She's the one that loves me so

Say be-bop-a-lula she's my baby
Be-bop-a-lula I don't mean maybe
Be-bop-a-lula she's my baby love
My baby love, my baby love

Gene Vincent in a hit from ’56 (good vintage)

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Ooh baby love, my baby love
I need you, oh how I need you
But all you do is treat me bad
Break my heart and leave me sad
Tell me, what did I do wrong
To make you stay away so long

-- Baby Love; the Supremes (DEEEtroit CITY!)

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It's not how long you make it
It's how [two, three] you make it long

--The Winston Bombshell

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How long has this been goin' on
How long has this been goin' on

Well, if friends with their fancy persuasion
Don't admit that it's part of a scheme
But I can't help but have my suspicions
'Cause I ain't quite as dumb as I seem

How Long~Ace

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Suspicions rising, answers aren’t clear
I thought we made a promise, now you’ve disappeared
You seem to lead two lives at a time
Do I still fit in, I thought you were mine
Sitting at the bar in our favorite cafe
I turn and see ya laughin’ with her and your smile fades away
Didn’t surprise me, there’s nothin’ left to say
I caught you red-handed now and you can’t walk away...

from Caught in the Act by Chaka Khan

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The red headed stranger from Blue Rock Montana
Rode into town one day
And under his knees was a raging black stallion
Walking behind was a bay
The Red Headed Stranger had eyes like the thunder
And his lips, they were sad and tight
His little lost love, lay asleep on the hillside
And his heart was heavy this night

Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's riding and hiding his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow, maybe he'll ride on again


A yellow haired lady leaned out of her window
And watched as he passed her way
She drew back in fear at the sight of the stallion
But cast greedy eyes on the bay
But how could she know that this dancing bay pony
Meant more to him than life
For this was the horse that his little lost darling,
Had ridden when she was his wife.



The yellow haired lady came down to the tavern
And looked up the stranger there
He bought her a drink and he gave her some money
He just didn't seem to care
She followed him out as he saddled the stallion
And laughed as she grabbed at the bay,
He shot her so quick, they had no time to warn her,
She never heard anyone say

Don't cross him, don't boss him
He's wild in his sorrow
He's riding and hiding his pain
Don't fight him, don't spite him
Just wait till tomorrow, maybe he'll ride on again


The yellow haired lady was buried at sunset,
The stranger went free of course,
For you can't hang a man for killing a woman
Who's trying to steal your horse
This is the tale of the Red Headed stranger,
And if he should pass your way
Stay out of the path of the raging black stallion
And don't lay a hand on the bay

The Red Headed Stranger
________________________Willie Nelson

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LIGHTS


When the lights go down in the City
And the sun shines on the bay
I want to be there in my City
Ooh, ooh

So you think you're lonely
Well my friend I'm lonely too
I want to get back to my City by the bay
Ooh, ooh

It's sad, oh there's been mornings out on the road without you,
Without your charms,
Ooh, my, my, my


-- Journey (Perry/Schon)


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Without You

by Harry Nilsson

No, I can't forget this evening
Or your face as you were leaving
But I guess that's just the way the story goes
You always smile but in your eyes your sorrow shows
Yes, it shows

No, I can't forget tomorrow
When I think of all my sorrows
When I had you there but then I let you go
And now it's only fair that I should let you know
What you should know

I can't live if living is without you
I can't live, I can't give any more
Can't live if living is without you
I can't give, I can't give any more

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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 every 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 feeling down.
But he knows where she's going as she's leaving,
She’s headed for the cheating side of town.
You can't hide your lying eyes and your smile is a thin disguise.
I thought by now you'd realize, there ain't no way to hide your lying eyes.

from Lyin' Eyes by The Eagles

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Cold As Ice

You're as cold as ice
You're willing to sacrifice our love

You never take advice
Someday you'll pay the price
I know

I've seen it before
It happens all the time
You're closing the door
You leave the world behind
You're digging for gold
Yet throwing away
A fortune in feelings
But someday you'll pay

-- Foreigner


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It's a human sign
When things go wrong
When the scent of her lingers
And temptation's strong

Into the boundary
Of each married man
Sweet deceit comes calling
And negativity lands

Cold cold heart
Hard done by you
Some things look better baby
Just passing through

And it's no sacrifice
Just a simple word
It's two hearts living
In two separate worlds
But it's no sacrifice
No sacrifice
It's no sacrifice at all...


Elton John / Bernie Taupin

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There was a time when I believed that you belonged to me
But now I know your heart is shackled to a memory
The more I learn to care for you, the more we drift apart
Why can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart

~Hank Williams, Cold cold heart

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She came onto him like a slow-moving cold front
His beer was warmer than the look in her eye
She sat on a stool, and he said "What do you want?"
She said "Give me a love that don't freeze up inside."

He said, "I have melted some hearts in my time, dear,
But to sit next to you, well I shiver and shake,
And if I knew love, well I don't think I'd be here
Askin' myself if I've got what it takes

"To melt your icy blue heart
Should I start
To turn what's been frozen for years
Into a river of tears?"

"Icy Blue Heart" -- John Hiatt

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I start to shiver and shake, I just can't wait,
I start to shiver and shake,
I just can't wait.
I start to shiver and shake, ha, now baby,
I just can't wait, driving down the highway,
Yeah, yeah, oh.
I'm driving all night......

~Bad Company, Wild Fire Woman

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When I lay down to sleep, I feel the world spin
Slightly off axis, it's shaped like a fig
And when I lie next to you, I shiver and shake
You tell me you love me, I dream I'm awake


"She Divines Water" -- Camper Van Beethoven

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Dream Weaver

I've just closed my eyes again
Climbed aboard the dream weaver train
Driver take away my worries of today
And leave tomorrow behind

Ooh dream weaver
I believe you can get me through the night
Ooh dream weaver
I believe we can reach the morning light

Fly me high through the starry skies
Maybe to an astral plane
Cross the highways of fantasy
Help me to forget todays pain
Though the dawn may be coming soon
There still may be some time
Fly me away to the bright side of the moon
And meet me on the other side
Dream weaver

-- Gary Wright


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Can't wait till we get back together
Can't wait, the sooner the better
It's late, and I still can't taste your kiss

And you know that a love like this
It just can't wait

Can't Wait~Roy Orbison

*Arrrgh! I didn't think it took me that long ...

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Jojo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it wouldn’t last.
Jojo left his home in tucson, arizona
For some california grass.
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back.
Get back to where you once belonged.
Get back jojo. go home
Get back, get back.
Back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back.
Back to where you once belonged.
Get back jo.


--The Beatles

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I dreamed I saw
Joe Hill last night
Alive as you and me
Says I, but Joe
You're ten years dead
I never died, says he
I never died, says he

Union song (I think)

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Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I’m a woman’s man: no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm, I’ve been kicked around
Since I was born.
And now it’s all right. it’s ok.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The new york times’ effect on man.

Whether you’re a brother or whether you’re a mother,
You’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.

Feel the city breakin’ and everybody shakin’,
And we’re stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive, stayin’ alive.
Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin’ alive.

The Bee Gees{/i]

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I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, gal
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right

Bob Dylan ~ Don't Think Twice

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Everybody's going out and having fun
I'm just a fool for staying home and having none
I can't get over how she set set me free oh lonesome me
A bad mistake I'm making by just hanging round
I know that I should have some fun and paint the town
A lovesick fool is blind and just can't see oh lonesome me
I'll bet she's not like me she's out and fancy free
She's flirtin' with the boys with all her charms
But I still love her so and brother don't you know
I'd welcome her right back here in my arms
Well there must be some way I can lose these lonesome blues
Forget about the past and find somebody new
I've thought of everything from A to Z oh lonesome me

Well I'll bet she's not like me...
Oh lonesome me oh lonesome me

Oh, Lonesome Me - Don Gibson

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Seventeen, a beauty queen
She took a ride to make the scene
Godiva
Her long blond hair
Hanging down her knees
All the cats who dig strip-tea....se
. . .
Her long blond hair
Hanging down around her arms
Hiding all the ladies cha....rms
Lady Godiva.

Lady Godiva
--[I never even thought to ask]

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She asks me why
I'm just a hairy guy
I'm hairy noon and night
Hair that's a fright
I'm hairy high and low
Don't ask me why
Don't know
It's not for lack of break
Like the Grateful Dead
Darling

Gimme head with hair
Long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming,
Streaming, flaxen, waxen

Give me down to there hair
Shoulder length or longer
Here baby, there mama
Everywhere daddy daddy

Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair

Let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas in my hair
A home for fleas
A hive for bees
A nest for birds
There ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder
Of my...

Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair

I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy
Snaggy, shaggy, ratty, matty
Oily, greasy, fleecy
Shining, gleaming, streaming
Flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka-dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered, and confettied
Bangled, tangled, spangled, and spaghettied!

Oh say can you see
My eyes if you can
Then my hair's too short

Down to here
Down to there
Down to where
It stops by itself

They'll be ga ga at the go go
When they see me in my toga
My toga made of blond
Brilliantined
Biblical hair

My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah I adore it
Hallelujah Mary loved her son
Why don't my mother love me?

Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it
My hair






© 1967 Rado/Ragni

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Oh my name is Samuel Hall
Samuel Hall, Samuel Hall
Oh my name is Samuel Hall
And I hate you one and all
You're a bunch of mockers all
Damn your hides

etc.

Folksong

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Aikendrum

There was a man lived in the moon, in the moon, in the moon. There was a man lived in the moon and his name was Aikendrum.

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle. He played upon a ladle and his name was Aikendrum. And his hair was made of spaghetti spaghetti spaghetti. His hair was made of spaghetti and his name was Aikendrum.

And his eyes were made of meatballs meatballs meatballs. His eyes were made of meatballs and his name was Aikendrum.

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle. He played upon a ladle and his name was Aikendrum.

And his nose was made of cheese cheese cheese. His nose was made of cheese and his name was Aikendrum.

And his mouth was made of pizza pizza pizza. His mouth was made of pizza and his name was Aikendrum.

And he played upon a ladle, a ladle, a ladle. He played upon a ladle and his name was Aikendrum.

There was a man lived in the moon, in the moon, in the moon. There was a man lived in the moon and his name was Aikendrum.

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Fly me to the moon
And let me play among the stars
Let me see what spring is like
On Jupiter and Mars
In other words hold my hand
In other words darling kiss me
Fill my life with song
And let me sing forevermore
You are all I hope for
All I worship and adore
In other words please be true
In other words I love you

Frankie

[Where do you get to find out who wrote the lyrics as surely that is the person who should be credited?]

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> [Where do you get to find out who wrote the lyrics as surely that is the person who should be credited?]

I usually look at three or four googlerefs to see if I can find the info.


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You don't need no fancy tricks
Painted eyes or glossy lips
I love you just the way you are
Hope you don't mind my beat up car

You don't need to change your dress
You don't need to change your shoes

Don't try to hide your natural looks
Forget about the cover let me read the book
Don't get me wrong I like them heels
But the way I feel is the way I feel

You don't need to change your dress
You don't need to change your shoes

Go ahead be wild and free
You don't have to shave your legs for me

Shave Yo' Legs~Keb' Mo'

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Just the Way You Are

I said I love you, and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.

-- Billy Joel


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Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
There's nothing I can do
A total eclipse of the heart
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
A total eclipse of the heart


from Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart

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There once was a union maid, she never was afraid
Of goons and ginks and company finks and the deputy sheriffs who made the raid.
She went to the union hall when a meeting it was called,
And when the Legion boys come 'round
She always stood her ground.

CHORUS:
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union, I'm sticking to the union.
Oh, you can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union,
I'm sticking to the union 'til the day I die.

This union maid was wise to the tricks of company spies,
She couldn't be fooled by a company stool, she'd always organize the guys.
She always got her way when she struck for better pay.
She'd show her card to the National Guard
And this is what she'd say:

CHORUS

You gals who want to be free, just take a tip from me;
Get you a man who's a union man and join the ladies' auxiliary.
Married life ain't hard when you got a union card,
A union man has a happy life when he's got a union wife.

-- Woody Gutherie (yep, did google that one)

Gutherie is said to have made this one up on the spot, when I union organizer was having an unpositive response at a meeting from the workers she was trying organize.

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> Gutherie?

never seen it spelled that way.


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Neither have I, probably. Now, BACK TO THE GAME!


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Oh the Ladies' Auxilliary is the best auxilliary,
It's the best auxilliary you ever did see.
If you want an auxilliary,
See the Ladies' Auxilliary.
It's the Ladies' Auxiliiary.

Woody Guthry, in response to the complaint by the Ladies' Auxilliary that The Union Maid didn't mention the name of their organization.

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I know just what I'll say
I answer right away
There's just one thing I've been looking for:
I WAN[T] to be Bobby's girl
I wanna be Bobby's girl
That's the most important thing to me
And if I was Bobby's girl
If I was Bobby's girl
What a faithful thankful girl I'd be

Marcy Blane, by some cat she knew who wrote it and asked her to sing as for a demo

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I pulled my harpoon
Out of my dirty red bandana
I was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues, yeah
Windshield wipers slappin' time
I was holdin' Bobby's hand in mine
We sang every song that driver knew

~Janis Joplin, Me and My Bobby McGee

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Baby Driver

Go baby driver
Been drivin' on down the road
Oh, what a rider
Carryin' such a heavy load
Don't ever need to know direction
Don't need no tow, food, gas, no more
Go baby driver
Don't want to sleep alone
Ooh, what a rider
Push that pedal to the floor, yeah
Nobody knows where you're goin'
Nobody cares where you've been
And if you want to hear some stories
Exit girl, we'll let you in
I mean l

Go baby driver
Ooh, what a rider
Go baby driver, ooh you can pull
Oh, baby driver, you've been drivin' too long
Go baby driver, go baby driver
Ooh, what a rider, you've been ridin' so long
Go baby driver, go baby driver
ever sleep much past the sunrise
Too much of nothin', nothin', nothin like that, oh,
go baby driver

-- KISS (Peter Criss, Stan Penridge)


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My daddy was the family bassman
My mamma was an engineer
And I was born one dark gray morn
With music coming in my ears
In my ears.

They call me baby driver
And once upon a pair of wheels
Hit the road and I’m gone ah
What’s my number
I wonder how your engine feels
Ba ba ba ba
Scoot down the road
What’s my number
I wonder how your engine feels.

Paul Simon

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One

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one

-- Three Dog Night (Harry Nilsson)


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So wrap me
Wrap me
Wrap me do
In the shelter of your arms
I am ever your volunteer
I won't do you any harm
I will love you innumerably
You can count on my word
When times are mysterious
Serious numbers
Will always be heard
When times are mysterious
Serious numbers will always be heard
And after all is said and done
And the numbers all come home
The four rolls into three
The three turns into two
And the two becomes a
One

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What with all my expectations long abandoned
And a future I no longer saw my hand in
How I found you is beyond my understanding
My stunning mystery companion

I know that you don't want to be
Out here forever on this road
Or live among the boxes
Where all my past lives have been stowed
Maybe you're thinking of someplace
With a garden by the sea
Where we could slow down
And you could put a little more work in on me

My Stunning Mystery Companion ~Jackson Browne

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what's next, jam to jamaica, marzipan to mars...?!

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I'd like to be under the sea
In an octopus's garden in the shade
He'd let us in, knows where we've been
In his octopus's garden by the sea

~Ringo Starr

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Home By the Sea

Creeping up the blind side, shinning up the wall
Stealing thru the dark of night
Climbing thru a window, stepping to the floor
Checking to the left and the right
Picking up the pieces, putting them away
Something doesn’t feel quite right

Help me someone, let me out of here
Then out of the dark was suddenly heard
Welcome to the home by the sea

-- Genesis


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Get away from the blind side of life
Honey I want you to be by my side
Me and my back door moves ain't no more,
no more

~Stevie Ray Vaughan, Change it

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Trouble in mind...I'm blue.
But I won't be blue always
'cause the sun gonna shine
in my backdoor someday.

I'm gonna lay, my head
On some lonesome railroad iron
And let the 2:19 train
Ease my worried mind.

- Joe Turner?

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Now I’m singing (now I'm singing this happy song)
because I’m happy (because I'm happy as I go along)
And I don't know (I don't know) just what I’d do
If the Lord wasn't walking by my side...

edit to tie in to sneaky Milo...

I’d be so friendless (I'd be friendless all alone and blue)
and I'd be helpless (I'd be helpless, wouldn't know what to do)
And I don't know (I don't know) just what I’d do
If the Lord wasn't walking by my side



Elvis P

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And in my mind
I still need a place to go,
All my changes were there.
Blue, blue windows behind the stars,
Yellow moon on the rise,
Big birds flying across the sky,
Throwing shadows on our eyes.
Leave us
Helpless, helpless, helpless

Helpless~Neil Young

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I see the bad moon arising.
I see trouble on the way.
I see earthquakes and lightnin’.
I see bad times today.

Don’t go around tonight,
Well, it’s bound to take your life,
There’s a bad moon on the rise.

~Creedence Clearwater Revival, Bad Moon Rising

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Tonight, tonight, tonight

I'm coming down, coming down like a monkey, but it's alright
Like a load on your back that you can't see
But it's alright
Try to shake it loose, cut it free, let it go,
Get it away from me, oh

Cause tonight, tonight, tonight, oh
I'm gonna make it right tonight, tonight, tonight, oh

-- Genesis - Written by: Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford & Phil Collins


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Say hello to something new
Is what a friend told me to do
'cos beggars can't be choosers and I can't afford to loose
We never touched we never kissed
We never loved though we thought we did
So I walked away and I called it quits
What the eyes don't see, you know the heart won't miss

But I feel like a monkey in winter
And you are a lizard in the sun
Yes I feel like a monkey in winter
And winter's just began

from Monkey in Winter by Sinéad O'Connor

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Oh, Red went and bought himself a monkey
Got him from a pawn shop broker.
Taught that monkey how to guzzle beer
And he taught him how to play stud poker.
Last night when they were gambling in the kitchen
The monkey he was taking a beating.
The monkey said "Red, I'm going to shoot you dead
'cause I know that you've been cheating."

Well, run Red run, 'cause he's got your gun
And he's aiming it at your head.
Run Red run, 'cause he's got your gun,
And he's aiming it at your head.
You better get up and wail,
You better move your tail before he fills it full of lead.


Monkey trapped Red in a parking lot
Down along the Avenue.
Monkey said, "Red, you've made a man out of me,
Now I'm going to make a monkey out of you.
Give me your car keys, give me your wallet
Give it to me, or I'll shoot.
Gonna put on your brand new Stetson hat
And go to town in your new brown suit."

Run, Red, Run
_____________________The Coasters 1959

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Give Me The Keys (And I'll Drive You Crazy)

I can see you've got your motor running
Don't you think you're movin kinda slow
If you feel the way I feel
Let me get behind the wheel
We don't need any destination baby
Anywhere you wanna go

Give me the keys, and I'll drive you crazy
Give me the keys, I'll drive you out of your mind

-- Huey Lewis


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They took all the trees
And put them in a tree museum
And they charged all the people
A dollar and a half to see 'em
Don't it always seem to go
That you don't know what you've got
Till it's gone
They paved paradise
And they put up a parking lot

from Big Yellow Taxi by Joni M

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Though it's cold and lonley in the deep dark night
I can see paradise by the dashboard light
Paradise by the dashboard light

Paradise By The Dashboard Light~Meatloaf

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So remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped ’round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

Fast Car~Tracy Chapman

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You was definitely in the right. That geezer was cruising for a bruising!
Yeah!
Why does anyone do anything?
I don’t know, I was really drunk at the time!


from voiceover on Money by Pink Floyd

air guitar bassists, all together now: doo~DOO~de~doo~da~dah~dah...!

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Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is

As I was walking down the street one day
A man came up to me and asked me what the time was that was on my watch, yeah
And I said

Does anybody really know what time it is
Does anybody really care
If so I can’t imagine why
We’ve all got time enough to cry

-- Chicago


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I saw her on a highway
On a D-train
I saw her eatin' a pizza
On 75th and Broadway
Saw her on a subway
On a biplane
Ahh, I'm getting tired o' this shit
I need a Yellow Cab
Help me get outta this rain

Do you think I could ever care
'Bout a girl who's almost never there?


from Do You Think I Really Care? by Rolling Stones

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Yellow Submarine

In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines

So we sailed up to the sun
Till we found the sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine

-- Fab Four


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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, here comes the sun
and I say it's all right...


their equally fab Here Comes the Sun (if somewhat bloody slowly this year!)

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Springtime for Hitler and Germany...
Winter for Poland and France
The Fuhrer is causing a furor!
He's got those Russians on the run


Hisler: (spoken)
I was just a paper hanger
No one more obscurer
Got a phone call from the Reichstag
Told me I was Fuhrer
Germany was blue
What, oh, what to do?
Hitched up my pants
And conquered France
Now Deutschland's smiling through!
But it wasn't always so easy...
It was 1932. Hindenburg was working the Big Room and I...
I was playing the lounge. And then I got my big break.
Somebody burned down the Reichstag. And, would you believe it?
They made me Chancellor.
It ain't no myst'ry
If it's politics or hist'ry
The thing you gotta know is
Ev'rything is show biz
Heil myself
Watch my show
I'm the German Ethel Merman
Dontcha know
We are crossing borders
The new world order is here
Make a great big smile
Ev'ryone sieg heil to me
Wonderful me!
And now it's...

Springtime for Hitler and Germany
Goose-step's the new step today



Hisler: (shouted) Springtime!
Goose-steps!
Bombs falling from the skies again!

Springtime for Hitler and Germany
U-boats are sailing once more.


Springtime for Hitler______the play, the movie.

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Edited to get train back on track.

Eye, yi-eye-eye-eye
Yi-eye-eye-eye
Ya-ya-ya-ahh

Little darlin', oh, little darlin'
Oh-oh-oh where a-are you?
My love-a, I was wrong-a (la-la-la-la-la-la)
To-oo try to lo-ove two
A-hoopa, a-hoopa, hoopa
Kno-ow well-a that my love-a (la-la-la-la-la-la)
Wa-as just fo-or you, oh only-ee-ee-ee you

Little Darlin'__________ Gladiolas and Diamonds (1957)

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After the ball was over
Mary took out her glass eye
Propped her cork leg in the corner
Washed off the paint and the dye
Put her false teeth in the tumbler
Hung up her hair on the wall
And what was left went to slumber
After the ball

kiddy diddy

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Almost cut my hair
It happened just the other day
It's gettin' kind of long
I could've said it was in my way

But I didn't and I wonder why
I feel like letting my freak flag fly
And I feel like I owe it, yeah ... to someone

Almost Cut My Hair~CSN&Y

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Gosh, Consuexcello, are we the elite reduced to "freak flags fly"?

Oh well...

And how's your new love?
Well, I hope that he's doin fine
I heard you told him, that you'd love him till the end of time
It's been so long now.
But it seems like only yesterday
Gee, ain't it funny, how time just slips away.

Well I gotta go now
And I guess I'll see you around
But I dont know when, though,
Cause you never know, when I'll be back in town
But remember, what I told you
That in time you're gonna pay
Ain't it funny, how time just slips right on away.


Time Slips Away
_____________________Willie Nelson...Brooks Benton?

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I met you several years ago,
The times they were so strange, but I had a feeling.
You looked into my eyes just once,
An instant flashing by that we were stealing.
Another time you felt so bad,
And I wasn't any help at all as I recall.
We didn't quite know what to do so we left the wanting be
Still there for me and you.

Dark star, I see you in the morning,
Dark star, a' sleeping next to me.
Dark star, let the memory of the evening
Be the first thing that you think of
When you open up your smile and see me, dark star.

Dark Star~CSN&Y

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To the open world I retract what I said about the CSN&Y Railroad.

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Helplessly hoping
Her harlequin hovers nearby
Awaiting a word
Gasping at glimpses
Of gentle true spirit
He runs, wishing he could fly
Only to trip at the sound of good-bye

Wordlessly watching
He waits by the window
And wonders
At the empty place inside
Heartlessly helping himself to her bad dreams
He worries
Did he hear a good-bye? Or even hello?

They are one person
They are two alone
They are three together
They are for each other

Stand by the stairway
You'll see something
Certain to tell you confusion has its cost
Love isn't lying
It's loose in a lady who lingers
Saying she is lost
And choking on hello

They are one person
They are two alone
They are three together
They are for each other

Helplessly Hoping~CSN&Y

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'Cause I've never once dissed one of yours

I'll light the fire
You place the flowers in the vase
That you bought today

Staring at the fire
For hours and hours
While I listen to you
Play your love songs
All night long for me
Only for me

Come to me now
And rest your head for just five minutes
Everything is done
Such a cosy room
The windows are illuminated
By the evening sunshine through them
Fiery gems for you
Only for you

Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy
'Cause of you

Our House~CSN&Y

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Sitting by the fireside with a book in your hand
Two lazy dogs sittin' watchin' your man
Three roses were bought with you in mind
Three roses were bought with you in mind

I gotta stop and see what I'm on about
Stop and feel what I want I gotta
Stop and see what I'm on about
Stop and feel what I want with you
Ah

Walking through a wonderland, I got you by the hand
Every move we made, just as if it were planned
Three roses were bought with you in mind
Three roses were bought with you in mind

Three Roses~America

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Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back
It always leads back to you
I'm in Georgia, Georgia, sweet Georgia
No peace, no peace I find
Just this old, sweet song
Keeps Georgia forever on my mind...

as sung by Ray Charles

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Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it’s breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you’ll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You’ll see the sun come shining through for you

Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

<instrumental interlude>

That’s the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what’s the use of crying?
You’ll find that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile

Words by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons and music by Charlie Chaplin

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Now I look'ed east
And I look'ed west
Where the sun, it shown wonderful warm
And who should I spy
But my bonny, bonny boy
He was locked in another girl's arms
He was locked in another girl's arms

Now the girl who's the joy
Of my bonny, bonny boy
I'm sure she is never to blame
Though many a long night
She has robbed me of my rest
She never will do it again
She never will do it again

--last two stanzas of a ballad my mom used to sing

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Anybody notice Gary Trudeau is playing the lyrics game in todays Doonesbury?

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I don't wanna say that I've been unhappy with you
But as from today, well I've seen somebody that's new
I ain't no fool and I don't take what I don't want

For I have got another girl
another girl who will love me till the end
Through thick and thin she will always be my friend...


them 4 agin

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Let's give love a try
Let love control, control your destiny
Owe it to ourselves, yes we do
to live happy eternally.
Sweet love is what we're searching for
And love is what we're looking for
Now that I've got it right here in my hand
I'm gonna spread it all over the land.
Now

Now That We've Found Love (What Are We Gonna Do With It)~Third World

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Once upon a time,
A girl with moonlight in her eyes,
Put her>>> hand<<< in mine,
And said she loved me so . . .
But that was once upon a time,
Very long ago!

Once upon a hill,
We sat beneath the willow tree,
Counting all the stars,
And waiting for the dawn,
But that was once upon a time,
Now, the tree is gone!

How the breeze ruffled through her hair,
How we always laughed,
As though tomorrow wasn’t there . . .
We were young,
And didn’t have a care,
Where did it go?

Once upon a time,
The world was sweeter than we knew,
Everything was ours,
How happy we were then . . .
But, somehow, once upon a time,
Never comes again!

Once Upon A Time
________________________ Perry Como

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Up in a balloon, boys
Up in a balloon
Sailing 'round the little stars
And all around the moon
Up in a balloon boys
Up in a balloon
Won't we have a jolly time
Up in a balloon?

--no friggin' idea

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It's a grand night for singing
The moon is flying high
And smewhere a bird who is bound to be heard
Is throwing his heart at the sky.

It's a grand night for singing
The stars are bright above
The earth is aglow and to add to the show
I think I am falling in love
Falling, falling in love.

Maybe it's more than the moon
Maybe it's more than the birds
Maybe it's more than the sight of the night
In a light too lovely for words.
Maybe it's more than the earth
Shining in silvery blue
Maybe the reason I'm feeling this way
Has something to do with you.

It's a grand night for singing
The moon is flying high
And smewhere a bird who is bound to be heard
Is throwing his heart at the sky.

It's a grand night for singing
The stars are bright above
The earth is aglow and to add to the show
I think I am falling in love
Falling, falling in love.


It's a Grand Night - Rodgers & Hammerstein

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It's a grand ol' flag
It's a high-flying flat
With its red and its white and its blue

Irving Berlin, probably

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..your insolence is showing.

You're a grand old flag,
You're a high flying flag
And forever in peace may you wave.
You're the emblem of
The land I love.
The home of the free and the brave.

Ev'ry heart beats true
'neath the Red, White and Blue,
Where there's never a boast or brag.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot,
Keep your eye on the grand old flag.

Grand[ Ole] Flag
_______________ George [M.] Cohan

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Going home
Going home
Oh the dark night is over now
I'm going home

To the land I love
To the land I love
And the one girl who waits for me
I'm going home

I will cross the sea
I will cross the sea
I am going home forever
I'm going home

Going home
Going home
Going home

~Randy Newman, Going Home

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Fi, now prithee, John
Do not worry man
Let's be happy and
Drink a bout

You're a rogue
You cheated me
I'll swear before
This company
I caren't a farthing
Sir for all
You are so stout

Sir, you lie
I scorn your word
And any man
Who wears a sword
For all your huff
Who cares a damn
And who cares for you!

--A round for milo in his moods

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I've been going out with a girl
Her name is Julie
But last night she said to me
when we were watching telly
(this is what she said)
She said listen John I love you
But there's this bloke I fancy
I dont want to two time you
So its the end for you and me
Who's this bloke I asked her
Goooooordon, she replied
Not THAT poof, I said dismayed
yes but he's no poof she cried - he's more a man than you'll ever be

Here we go, two three four

I was so upset that I cried all the way to the chip shop
When I came out there was Gordon standing at the bus stop
And guess who was with him
Yeah, Julie, and they were both laughing at me
oh, she is cruel and heartless
to pack me for Gordon
Just cos he's better looking than me
just cos he's cool and trendy

Jilted John

[In case this is read before optimal early morning coffee intake, please note ironic nature of Brit humour featured in music of the punk era. Remaining lyrics easily googled for those who are awake already]

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Your faith is not faithful
You grace has no grace
Your mercy shows no mercy
Is there nowhere out of this place?

There's a baby crying softly
In a dark and dangerous place
She's imprisoned by no language
Fear grips her tiny face
In God's house she's held a hostage
By a cruel and heartless mob
There's some rules they think God's written
And it justifies their job

Sisters of Mercy
Daughters of hell
They always weave
Their webs of flies
And wrap you in their wicked spell
Sisters of Mercy,
Masters of pain
They tried to crucify your innocence
And do it in God's name

from Sisters of Mercy by Cher

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There's a baby crying softly
In a dark and dangerous place
She's imprisoned with no language
Fear grips her tiny face

Before her eyes a life is passing
A pox is in the womb
Her mother's sins are everlasting
The womb becomes her tomb.

From the song Choice by Baptist Mothers

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Carefully on tiptoe stealing
Breathing softly as we may
Every step with cautious feeling
We will softly still away

Goodness me! Why what was that?
Silent be! It was the cat!
It was, it was the cat!

They're right; it was the cat!

G&S
more or less

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She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running
Like a watercolour in the rain
Don't bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
In the year of the cat


The Year of the Cat~Al Stewart

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It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love after all that I've done
You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you

I had to let it happen, I had to change
Couldn't stay all my life down at heel
Looking out of the window, staying out of the sun
So I chose freedom
Running around, trying everything new
But nothing impressed me at all
I never expected it to


Don't cry for me Argentina
The truth is I never left you
All through my wild days
My mad existence
I kept my promise
Don't keep your distance

Don't cry for me Argentina - "Evita" (1976)
Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber. Lyrics: Tim Rice.

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Mad About You

A stone's throw from Jerusalem
A walked a lonely mile in the moonlight
And though a million stars were shining
My heart was lost on a distant planet
That whirls around the April moon
Whirling in an arc of sadness
I'm lost without you I'm lost without you
And though you hold the keys to ruin
Of everything I see
With every prison blown to dust,
My enemies walk free
Though all the kingdoms turn to sand
And fall into the sea
I'm mad about you I'm mad about you

-- Sting


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There's somethin' strange in the fridge today
I don't know what it is
Food I can't recognize.
My roommate won't throw a thing away
I guess it's prob'ly his -
It looks like it's alive

And livin' in the fridge
Livin' in the fridge
livin' in the fridge
livin' in the fridge.

There's something strange in the fridge today
it's green and growing hair
Been there since July.
If you can name the object
in that baggie over there
then, mister, you're a better man than I.

It's livin' in the fridge
(Just can't stop the mold from growin')
Livin' in the fridge
(Can't tell what it is at all)
Livin' in the fridge
(Just can't stop the mold from growin')
Livin' in the fridge.

Tell me, do you think it should be carbon-dated
Fumigated, or cremated and buried at sea ?
Try to save a little bit of your home cookin',
Couple weeks late, got a scary lookin' specimen
It always happens my friend,
Again, and again and again.

Well, something stinks in the fridge today
and it's been rottin' there all week.
It could be liver cake or woolly mammoth steak
Well, maybe I should take another peek - AAAUUUUUUGGGGHHHH!

It's livin' in the fridge
(Just can't stop the mold from growin')
Livin' in the fridge
(Can't tell what it is at all)
Livin' in the fridge
(Just can't stop the mold from growin')
Livin' in the fridge.

Weird Al

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Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk,
I'm a woman's man, no time to talk.
Music loud and women warm.
I've been kicked around since I was born.
And now it's all right, it's O.K.
And you may look the other way.
We can try to understand
The New York Times' effect on man.
Whether you're a brother
Or whether you're a mother,
You're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.
Feel the city breakin'
And ev'rybody shakin'
And we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive.

Staying Alive~The BeeGees

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I've been pulled to pieces, i've got an arm over here,
I've got a leg over there, i've got my bleep somewhere upside down,
But i'm back, i'm here to tell you i'm back, better than before,
Can't keep a good thing down, uh-uh.

Well i've been kicked around , never thought that i could fall,
Thought that i was standing tall, turned out i was the ball,
And you know what, and i, and i, and i've been kicked around,
Baby after all, i took all the shots you called,
Turned out i was the ball, you kicked you pushed.

And i've been kicked around,
, and i've been upside down,
Oh i've been bounced around, kicked around,
I'm gonna get you, get you, your very momma will regret you,
I'm going to stomp and drag you to your knees,
Your very papa will forget you, kicked around.

Kicked Around - Grace Jones

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Momma take this badge from me
I can't use it anymore
It's getting dark too dark to see
Feels like I'm knockin' on heaven's door

Knockin' On Heaven's Door~Bob Dylan

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Stay by me
And make the moment last
Please take these lips
Even if I have been kissed
A million times

And I don't care if there is no tomorrow
When I could die here in your arms
Even if the stars have made us blind
We're blind we're blind
So blind in love

Sweet darling
Don't you know that we're no different to anyone
We stumble
We falter
But we're no different than anyone

And all the winter snow has melted now
Into a pool of silver water
And we were standing in a thunder cloud
Dark as your hair
Dark as your hair

Stay By Me
Annie Lennox

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O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree,
Your branches green delight us.
They're green when summer days are bright;
They're green when winter snow is white.


from Ernst Anschütz's version of Tannenbaum

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