1. _ The Last Laugh
From the sailing to philadelphia album
Don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, my friend
Don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, at the end
Down in the gutter
With the mad old soldiers
Down in the scuppers
With the drunken sailors
Down in the gutter
With the mad old soldiers
But the last laugh, baby is yours
And don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh goin' down
Games you thought you'd learned
You neither lost nor won
The dreams have crashed and burned
You still keep on, keepin' on
Out on the highway
With the road gang, workin'
Up on a mountain
With a cold wind blowin'
Out on the highway
Was a road band, workin'
But the last laugh, baby is yours
And don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, goin' down
They had you cryin'
And you came up smilin'
They had you crawlin'
And you came up flyin'
They had you cryin'
And you came up smilin'
And the last laugh, baby is yours
And don't you love the sound
The last laugh goin' down?
Well, don't you love the sound
Of the last laugh, goin' down
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2. _ Good Morning Little School Girl
(sonny boy williamson)
Good mornin' little school girl
Good mornin' little school girl
Can i go home, can i go home, with you?
Tell your mommy and you poppy
Oh, i once was a school boy, too
Well, i don't want to (well i don't want to)
Well, i don't want to (well i don't want to)
Be jivin' your boyfriend (be jivin' your boyfriend)
Be jivin' your boyfriend around
Well, you jive so easy, (yeah!)
That i don't wanna put you down (yeaaaah!)
Good mornin' little school girl
(good mornin' little school girl)
Good mornin' little school girl
(good mornin' little school girl)
May i come home? (may i go home)
Can i go home with you?
Tell, your mommy and your pappa (yee-ay!)
Junior, was a school boy, too
(that was junior wells, junior wells)
Well, i don't want to
Well, i don't want to
Be jivin' your boyfriend
Be jivin' your boyfriend, around
Well, you jive so easy (yee-ay!)
I don't wanna put you down
Good mornin' little school girl
(good mornin' little school girl)
Good mornin' little school girl
(good mornin' little school girl)
Can i go home (can i go home)
Can i go home with you?
Tell, your mama and your pappa
I wanna be a school boy, too
(one more time with junior wells, junior wells)
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3. _ Rock & Roll Band
[false start]
We just sat there
[rock & roll band]
We just sat there
Never ever thinkin'
We'd get much older.
Layin' out on the beach
With our heads on each other's shoulder,
And we flagged the highway drivers down,
And get a ride to nowhere.
That means sit somewhere out of town,
We never ever had a care.
Wasn't that a time,
Yeah, so wasn't that a soul time.
Wasn't that a time,
Wasn't that a soul time.
And we stayed out all night long,
And never ever wanted to go home then.
Crossed the fields and streams,
In meadows we did roam then.
And we did not wanna question,
And never asked for why,
And we look back in sad remembrance
And we softly sigh.
And wasn't that a time,
Yes, wasn't that a soul time.
Wasn't that a time,
Yeah, wasn't that a soul time.
And we danced, we danced, we danced
To a rock & roll band.
And we danced, we danced, we danced, we danced
To a rock & roll band
With the three guitars
And the drums
And the saxophone.
And we just sat there on the beach
Never ever thinkin' we'd get much older.
So far out of reach
With our heads on each other's shoulder.
Flagged the highway drivers down,
And we get a lift to nowhere,
Somewhere out of town.
We never ever had a care.
Wasn't that a time,
Yeah, wasn't that a soul time.
Wasn't that a time,
Wasn't that a soul time,
When we danced, we danced, we danced
To a rock and roll band,
And we danced, we danced, we danced
To a rock and roll band
With the three guitars
And the drums
And the saxophone.
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4. _ Bit By Bit
Well i'm learnin'
How to love you.
Yes i'm learnin'
How to love you
In my own,
In my own
Special way.
I been bad to you,
Baby, you know it.
I been bad to you,
Baby, don't you know it,
And sometimes
You just can't help but show it.
But i'm learnin', learnin'
How to love you.
Well i'm learnin', learning
How to love you
In-a my own,
In my own
Special way.
Day by day,
Bit by bit.
Day by day,
A-bit by bit,
Day by day
In my own,
In-a my own
Special way.
It takes a little time
To get around
To doin' it my way.
I'm gettin' around to it,
Bit by bit,
In my own way.
Day by day,
A-bit by bit,
A-bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by day by day
In my own,
In my own
Special way.
Day by day,
A-day by day, yeah, yeah baby,
A-bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit by bit day by day
In my own,
In my own special way.
Baby,
Come on babe,
Come on babe,
Hey yeah, right now,
Every every every every every day, yeah
In-a my own,
In-a my own,
In-a my own way, yeah.
Come on babe,
[come on babe].
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5. _ Sweet Sixteen
Well, well, i loved you
Like i never loved before
First time i saw you
Standing home at your front door
Do you remember
You created quite a scene
When you were walking
Down by the village green
Chorus
When you were only
When you were only
When you were only
When you were only
Sweet sixteen
Baby, how i loved you
Sweet sixteen
How i really loved you
Sweet sixteen
Baby, how i loved you
Sweet sixteen
How i really loved you
Sweet sixteen
Standing on the corner
And you came walking by
And when i saw you
I said "my, my, my, my"
Do you remember
How i took you by the hand?
Do you remember
In the sunny summerland?
Chorus and your eyes shine like diamonds
And they sparkle in the night
And the kind of love that you give me
Seems to light up all my life
Sax break - van?
And then, and then, and then i told you
That we'd never ever part
And then, and then, and then i'd hold you
A little closer to my heart
Do you remember
All the stars were shining bright?
Do you remember
It was on a magic night?
Chorus and fade
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6. _ You Move Me
I like my coffee in the mornin',
Crazy 'bout my tea at night.
I like my coffee in the mornin',
Crazy 'bout my tea at night.
If i don't get my sugar three times a day,
Boy, you know i don't feel right.
Well, i know my hound dog
When i hear him bark.
Well, i know my hound dog
When i hear him bark.
And i know my baby when i feel her
In the dark.
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Ow!
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Well, i'm here
And i'm ready and able to move.
Every thing that i need,
Ya' know i'm ready to groove,
Even though i'm tired,
I'm weary and wasted and worn.
Well, i just can't seem,
I can't seem to leave you alone.
Know why?
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Ow!
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
[break it down boy.]
Well, i'm a secretive guy,
Ya' know i like to keep things hid.
Well, i'm a secretive guy,
Ya' know i like to keep things hid.
Well, i love you baby
When ya' call me the jellyroll kid.
Ow!
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Ow!
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
Ow!
Ya' move me,
Ya' move me, ya' move me, ya' move me baby.
[play that!]
[yeah, play it!]
[yeah!]
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7. _ Look What The Good People Done
They were drinkin' his wine
They were usin' his name
They were takin' the time to take
His name in vain
Look what the good people done to him
Look what the good people done to him
They were havin' their fun
Look what the good people done
Well, the good people say things that they
Don't really mean
They look so convincing 'cause they're
So squeaky clean
Look what the good people done to him
Look what the good people done to him
It's a million to one
Look what the good people done
They (? put him on walkin' down ?), they said,
"let's go on with the show"
And they pad him on whiskey and say, "boy,
You've got to go"
Look what the good people done to him
Look what the good people done to him
He's (? on the highway ?) to none
Look what the good people done
All the newspaper men
They were lookin' for names
Pulled him out of a hat
They needed someone to blame
Look what the good people done to him
Look what the good people done to him
He thought he was the one
Look what the good people done
Well, the good people say,
"keep your nose to the ground"
Then they'll build you right up
Just to knock you right down
Look what the good people done to you
Look what the good people done to you
They were gettin' their kicks
Look what the good people nixed
[spoken - "here we go"]
Look what the good people done to me
Look what the good people done to me
Look what the good people done to me
Look what the good people done to me
They were havin' no fun
Look what the good people done
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8. _ Down To Earth
Well, i wake up
And i'm slowly
A-comin' down.
I'm just tryin'
To get my feet back
On the ground.
I got more
Of an idea
Just exactly
What i'm worth.
Baby, baby, i wake up
And i'm comin'
Down to earth.
Yeah, baby, baby, i wake up
And i'm comin'
Down to earth.
Was i
Ever wrong
About so much?
That's all you get,
Get completely
Out of touch.
And it's a very, very, very, very painful thing
When you witness your
Death and your birth.
Baby, baby, baby, i wake up,
I wake up
And i'm comin'
Down to earth.
Yeah,
Baby, baby, baby, i wake up
And i'm comin'
Down to earth,
Yeah.
Back here,
Back here
On the planet,
A-been a long, long, long fall,
But that's
Always just a problem
When you think you know it all.
And it's a very, very, very, very, very painful thing
When you witness your own
Death and your birth.
Baby, baby, i wake up, i wake up
And i'm comin'
Down to earth.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, i wake up
And i'm comin'
Down to earth.
Yeah,
Yeah,
Yeah, i wake up
And i'm comin',
Babe, i wake up, i wake up.
Ow!, woke up this mornin',
I walked out, walked out the door,
Got in my car and i drove
Down the road,
Down the road.
I woke up,
I woke up,
And i woke up,
Yeah, yeah, yeah i,
Babe, i wake up,
I wake up,
I wake up.
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9. _ Who Drove The Red Sports Car?
Who drove the red sports car from the mansion
And laid upon the grass in summer time
And who done me out high time fashion
And made me read between the lines
And who said follow the man it's your only chance
Sit on your throne, you got to make it on your own, on your own
And who said
Look at you, look at you
You got jam on your face and
Who did your homework and read your bible,
And signed your name everyplace and
Who said fortunes untold don't go by gold,
You're much better known
You got to make it on your own, on your own.
And do you remember, do you remember
I said a long time ago when i came walkin' down
I came walkin' down
Maggie's place
It started comin' on rain,
It started comin' on rain,
'cause i had nothin' on but a shirt
And a pair of pants
And i was gettin' wet,
And i was gettin' wet,
Saturated, saturated
And maggie opened up the window
And jane swung out her right arm,
She said, hi! i said, hi! ya.
How're your doin' baby.
She said, come on in out of the rain
Come on in out of the rain, lord,
Come on in out of the rain.
Sit down by the fireside
Dry yourself,
Do, do it,
I got caught,
I got caught,
In a bag.
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10. _ Nobody Really Knows
We stood outside the city,
Six feet in the snow,
And everyone was stranded
And i stopped to say, "hello".
Everybody kept on walkin'
Who didn't have no place to go.
Everybody kept on walkin'
That had no place to go,
And everybody's talkin'
But nobody really knows,
Nobody really knows.
And say, i think you'll stay awhile,
You know just where it's at.
Pull up a chair and
Stay awhile,
We'll give ya' tit for tat.
I said, "you know something,
I'm not sure i really like that."
I said, "you know something,
I believe i'll grab my coat and hat."
I got outside,
Down in the street below, and everybody started walkin'
That didn't have no place to go,
And everybody's talkin'
But nobody, nobody really know, no,
Nobody really know.
And say you think "you're really good for us.
We know you are and it's true,
Ain't nobody can do more for you
Than we can do.
We can give ya' money,
Watch you spend it all the time,
And make sure
You don't
Ride on down the line."
I said, "i believe i won't
'cause i ain't got no place to go."
I'm just stranded and i'm walkin',
And i don't have no place to go,
And everybody's talkin'
But nobody, nobody really know,
Nobody really know.
And they say, "sing the song one more time
'cause i really believe i know what it means,
I was with you last night
When you wrote it in your dreams."
I said, "is that right?
How
Can you be so complete?
Y', you can't stop talkin'
Every time you move your feet."
You know that we're all stranded,
We ain't got no place to go.
We are stranded here
In the city in the snow,
And everybody's talkin'
But nobody really knows,
Nobody really know.
Everybody's talkin',
Everybody's talkin',
Everybody's talkin',
And everybody's talkin' but
Nobody really know.
Everybody's talkin' but
Nobody, nobody really know,
They just pretend they know.
Nobody really know.
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11. _ Tell Me
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
All about your love, all about your love
Every little bit
Every little bit of my heart sings
Every little song
Every little song that your love brings
And every day, in every little way
Your love shows
And every day, in every way
Our love grows
You've gotta tell me
Tell me, tell me, tell me
All about your love, all about your love
Lovin' only you, lovin' that is true
Is my prime delight
Lovin only you, lovin' that is true
In the morning light
Couldn't be another one, uh, no couldn't be another one
Set my soul on fire
Never be another one, never, never be another one
You're my heart's desire
Come on and tell me
Tell me, tell me, tell me
All about your love, all about your love
Ain't it real, ain't it true
Can you feel it
Feel it
Ain't it real, me and you
Can you feel it
Feel it
Darlin', darlin' darlin', darlin'
Come into my arms
Cuddle up, take your time, girl
Show me all your many charms
Let me know that you're mine, girl
Tell me that your the sweetest wine
Like the river let them flow
This is so complete a time
You gotta let me know
Let me know, let me know
You gotta tell me
Tell me, tell me, tell me
All about your love, all about your love
All about your love, all about your love
Come on and tell me
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
Tell me tell me baby
All about your love, all about your love
Tell me all about your, all about, all about all about your love
Tella me, tella me, tella me, tella me
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12. _ Mechanical Bliss
Mechanical bliss is striking me for what i believe in
A ribbon on the line, and getting in and getting out
Huh, huh, huh ...... huh, huh huh
Was not like this
No, mechanical bliss was not like this at all
The ribbon on the line, and getting in and getting out was not like this
Was not like this, was not like this
Caruthers and smith said that they couldn't come at all
They said that their backs were up against the wall
And getting in and getting out was not like this
Was not like this, was not like this
But a flash of the list, the flick of a switch
A flick of a switch, you gave me a kiss, i couldn't resist
No ooooooooooooooo mechanical bliss
Now ponsonby-smith said he really didn't care
About neville and chippy who really wasen't there
And getting in and getting out was not like this
Was not like this
He's out in the sun, he's sucking his thumb
He's talking to hum ahhhhhhhh mechanical bliss
Mechanical bliss will not like this, mechanical bliss was not like this at all
The ribbon on the line and getting in and getting out was not like this
Was never, never like this
I couldn't resist the flash of the list
A flick of the switch, the lisp
He talked in a lisp
You gave me a kiss,
You talked in a lisp
You talked in a liiiiiii eh eh eh sp
Mechanical bliss
Oh, no, no, no, no, no,
Nah, nah, nah, nah nah
Dah, da , dah, dah, dah, dah do
Scat!
Dah, da , dah, dah, dah, dah do
O.k. chaps, stiff upper lip!
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13. _ Wonderful Remark (another Version)
How can you stand the silence
That pervades when we all cry?
How can you watch the violence
That erupts before your eyes?
How can you tell us something
Just to keep us hangin' on?
Something that just don't mean nothing
When we see it you are gone
Clinging to some other rainbow
While we're standing, waiting in the cold
Telling us the same old story
Knowing time is growing old.
That was a wonderful remark
I had my eyes closed in the dark
I sighed a million sighs
I told a million lies - to myself - to myself
How can we listen to you
When we know your talk is cheap?
How can we ever question
Why we give more and you keep?
How can your empty laughter
Fill a room like ours with joy
When you're only playing with us
Like a child does with a toy?
How can we ever feel the freedom
Or the flame lit by the spark
How can we ever come out even
When reality is stark?
That was a wonderful remark
I had my eyes closed in the dark - yeah
I sighed a million sighs
I told a million lies - to myself - to myself
Baby to myse - e - e - elf
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14. _ Singing The Blues
Well, i never felt more like singin' the blues
'cause i never thought that i'd ever lose your lovin'
You got me singin' the blues
Well, i never felt more like cryin' all night
'cause ev'rythings wrong an' nothin' ain't right without you
You got me singin' the blues
The moon and stars no longer shine
A dream is gone i thought was mine
Nothin' left for me to do
But cry-i-i-i over you
Well, i never felt more like runnin' away
But why should i go?
'cause i couldn't stay without you
You got me singin' the blues
(instrumental)
The moon and stars no longer shine
The dream is gone i thought was mine
There's nothin' left for me to do
But cry-i-i-i- over you
I never felt more like runnin' away
But why should i go?
'cause i couldn't stay without you
You got me singin' the blues
You got me singin' the blues
You got me singin' the blues
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15. _ Spare Me A Little Of Your Love
Why not lie here
In-a my arms
And just listen to the night.
You must know that you have
Certain charms,
And i feel,
And i feel the time is right.
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little of your love.
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little of your love.
And i know that i
Feel much more
In-a
Every single way,
[ended / and it's ?] not the same
As before, it gets
Stronger [stronger],
Stronger every day.
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little of your love.
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little of your love.
Now i know how the
Sun must feel
Every time it shines,
And i know that
This is real and i
Want you to be mine.
So, spare me a little,
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little of your love.
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little of your love.
Come on, spare me a little,
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little of your love.
One more time,
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little,
Spare me a little of your love.
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16. _ Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral (that's An Irish Lullaby)
Over in killarney
Many years ago,
Me mither sang a song to me
In tones so sweet and low.
Just a simple little ditty,
In her good ould irish way,
And l'd give the world if she could sing
That song to me this day.
Chorus:
"too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, hush now, don't you cry!
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, too-ra-loo-ra-li,
Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral, that's an irish lullaby."
Oft in dreams i wander
To that cot again,
I feel her arms a-huggin' me
As when she held me then.
And i hear her voice a-hummin'
To me as in days of yore,
When she used to rock me fast asleep
Outside the cabin door.
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17. _ Lorna
See you smile
Angel child,
That's all i ever wanted to do.
See your laugh
In a photograph,
That's all i ever wanted to do.
See your swishin' walk,
And talk your baby talk,
That's all i ever wanted to do.
Lorna,
Lorna,
That's all i ever wanted to do.
Carry you,
Carry you down by the banks of the river,
All along down,
All along down the grasses' [throne ?].
Carry you, carry you,
By the banks of the river,
That's all,
That's all i wanted to do.
I'll carry all your books to school,
And maybe be your fool,
That's all i wanted to do.
Ah, just to hold your hand
All along the golden sand,
That's all i wanted to do.
Lorna,
Lorna,
That's all i ever wanted to do.
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18. _ Max Wall
Spike milligan, peter sellers, michael bentine, harry secombe,
Arthur askey, tommy cooper, norman wisdom, frankie howerd,
Norman vaughan, dave allen,
Max wall, max wall, max wall, max wall
John cleese, terry gilliam, michael palin, graham chapman,
Eric idle, ministry of silly walks, benny hill,
Max wall, max wall, max wall, max wall
Steve davis, alex higgins (gf), jimmy white, terry griffith (gf),
Brian odgers, dave early, bernie holland, richie buckley,
Max wall, max wall, max wall, max wall
Spike milligan, michael bentine, peter sellers, harry secombe,
Harry worth, frankie howerd, norman wisdom, tommy cooper,
"just like that!", benny hill,
Max wall, max wall, max wall, max wall
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19. _ Celtic Spring
Gotta spread the news in the regions again
I'm gonna sing my blues in the regions again
Gonna blow my fuse 'cause i wanna cut loose
In the regions again
Wanna dance by you by the light of the moon
I wanna see you there on a bright afternoon
I wanna sing my song, won't you play me the tune
In the regions again
In the celtic spring
In the celtic spring
Won't you come and go
Wanna go to the regions again
Wanna go to the regions again
I gotta go to the regions again
In the celtic spring
In the celtic spring
Won't you come and go
Gotta spread the news in the regions again
I'm gonna sing my blues in the regions again
I wanna blow my fuse 'cause i wanna cut loose
In the regions again
Gonna dance with you by the light of the moon
Wanna see you there on a bright afternoon
I wanna sing my song, won't you play me the tune
In the regions again
In the regions again
In the regions again
In the regions again
In the regions again
In the regions again
In the regions again
In the celtic spring
In the celtic spring
Won't you come and go
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20. _ Caledonia Soul Music
Yeah
This one's called
Caledonia
Soul music
Yeah
Starts out like this
It gets
Gets low
Do a little
Little pick
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah alright
Alright
It gets low
Make it mellow
Get some horn
You got it
Yeah
And we get down
John, play a taste of mandolin
Yeah
Play it!
Yeah, alright
Hey
Hey hey alright
Whoa whoa caledonia soul
Caledonia soul music
Tell me what it is
Caledonia soul music
Caledonia soul music
Tell me what it is
Caledonia soul music
Caledonia soul music
Tell me what it is
Caledonia soul
Caledonia soul
Hey, alright
Alright alright
Make me feel so good
Make me feel alright
Make me feel so good
Make me feel alright
[mumbled]
Hey
Make me feel so good
Keep on sailin'
Yeah
Boats go by
Boats go by
Boats go by
Caledonia soul music
Caledonia soul music
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21. _ Bayou Girl
Yea yea,
Na na na na na
Bayou girl
Can you come out tonight
Bayou girl
Can you come out tonight
Iv'e been waitin' on you
Right down by the bayou
Yea yea yea ,
Bayou girl ,
Come on and let your hair down
Bayou girl ,
Come on and let your hair down
I want to dance with you,
All night, uh
By the light of the moon
Thats what i want to do
Na na na na na
Bayou girl
Can you hear me when i call ?
Bayou girl
Can you hear me when i call ?
I want to be with you
All night.....thats all
Yes sir
Na na na na
Goin' to knock on your window
I'm gonna , i'm gonna
Ring your doorbell too
Knock on your window
I'm gonna ring your doorbell too
Won't you come out tonight
Yea yea yea
And jam on the bayou
Na na na na
Bayou girl.....
Can you hear me when i call
Bayou girl,
Na na na
Can you hear me when i call
And i'm callin' you
I want to be with you
All night........and thats all
Yea yea yea yea
I said now bayou girl
I want to know can you come out tonight
I'm gonna knock on your window
Yes sir
Gonna ring your doorbell too
Na na na na
Bayou girl
Tell me , tell me can you come out tonight
I want to dance with you
Yea yea
With you on the bayou
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22. _ I Shall Sing (1970)
I shall sing,
Sing my song,
Be it right,
Be it wrong.
In the night,
In the day,
Any how,
Any way,
I shall sing.
La la la la la la la la la
Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na na na na na na na
Oh, oh,
Na na na na na naaa na
With my heart,
With my soul,
[from ?] the young
Or the old,
When i'm high,
When i'm low,
When i'm fast,
When i'm slow,
I shall sing.
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la
Na na na na na na na na na
Na na na naaa
I shall sing,
Sing my song,
Be it right,
Be it wrong.
In the night,
In the day,
Any how,
Any way,
I shall sing.
La la la la la la la la la
Na na na na na na na na na
La la la la la la la la la
Na na na na na na na na na
Oh, oh,
Un, oh, oh
I shall sing
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23. _ The Dead Girls Of London [w/frank Zappa] (1979)
Do you see what they are
Do you hear what they say
People it is sad but true
They're dressed really stupid
But they think they're o.k.
And they got no use for you
The dead girls of london
Why do they act that way?
Maybe it's the water, mama
Maybe it's the tea
Maybe it's the way they was raised
Maybe it's the stuff what they read in the papers
Keeps them lookin' sorta half in a daze
Well the dead girls of london
Why do they act that way?
We're the dead girls of london
We thinks we are fine
We ain't hittin' on nothin'
But the boutique frame of mind
You see 'em dancing at the disco every night
Like a bunch of little robot queens
Making little noises full of fake delight
But they're really just so full of beans
The dead girls of london
Why do they act that way?
We're the dead girls of london
We thinks we are fine
We ain't hittin' on nothin'
But the boutique frame of mind
Boutique frame of mind
Gee i like your pants
Boutique frame of mind
Gee i like your pants
Boutique frame of mind
Gee i like your pants
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24. _ At The End Of The Day
Tell me what do you get
At the end of the day
Is it all worth the while
Can you put on a smile
Does it fill you with pride
All the feelings inside
Or do you just wanna hide
Can you still walk away
At the end of the day
At the end of the day
Are you lonely or sad
Do you think you've been had
Is your heart ever glad
Or are you afraid
‘cause you don't have it made
That you don't make the grade
Or of what people say
At the end of the day
Instrumental solo
At the end of the day
Is your framework intact
When you clean up your act
Do they keep coming back
Do you say follow that
Pat yourself on the back
Do you get what you lack
Do they give you respect
Or is it after the fact
At the end of the day
Tell me what do you get
Is it heartachce and pain
Does it keep coming back
Everytime that it rains
When i see you again
Will it still be the same
Am i really to blame
'cause i don't play the game
At the end of the day
At the end of the day
At the end of the day
At the end of the day
At the end of the day
Got to kneel down and pray
At the end of the day
Got to kneel down and pray
At the end of the day
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25. _ My Lonely Sad Eyes (another Version)
(transcribed from them's them again album, 1966)
Fill me my cup
And i'll drink your sparkling wine
Pretending everything is fine
Till i see your sad eyes
Throw me a kiss
Across a crowded room
Some sunny windswept afternoon
There's none too soon for me to miss
My sad eyes
Woh oh ou, not bad eyes
A glad eyes, but you my sad eyes
Fortunate and free
And there go you and i
Between the other sky
But who are you and i
To wonder why we do so
My sad eyes - lonely
Oh what a story
Come on in all it's glory
This song that i sing in everything
For you my sad eyes
You'd better fill me my cup
And i'll drink your sparkling wine
Pretending everything is fine
Till i see your sad eyes
Woh oh ou, not bad eyes
A glad eyes, but you my sad eyes
Lonely sad eyes
(transcribed from maria mckee singing
On the van morrison songbook, 1997)
Fill me my cup
And i'll drink your sparkling wine
Pretending everything is fine
Till i see your sad eyes
Throw me a kiss
Across a crowded room
Some sunny windswept afternoon
There's none too soon for me to miss
My sad eyes
Oh, not bad eyes
But glad eyes, you my sad eyes
Fortunate and free
And there go you and i
Between the other sky
But who are you and i
To wonder why we do so
My sad eyes, yeah yeah
Oh what a story
Come on in all it's glory
This song that i sing in everything
For you my sad eyes
You fill me my cup
And i'll drink your sparkling wine
Pretending everything is fine
For you my sad eyes
Oh, not bad eyes
But glad eyes, it's you that i [ sa.....ile ?! ]
Ah, sad - lord, sad eyes - sad eyes
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26. _ 4% Pantomime
The management said they were sorry
For the inconvenience you are suffering
And mr. booking agent, please have mercy
Don't book the jobs so far apart
We went up to griffith park
With a fifth of johnny walker red
And smashed it on a rock and wept
While the old couple looked on into the dark
Oh, richard, tell me if it's poker
Oh, richard, tell me, who's got the joker and is it poker
Deuces wild, like an only child
I'll see what you got. how much is in the pot
You pay the tips and i'll collect the chips
It's a full house tonight -- everybody in town is a loser
Yeah, you bet
The dealer's been dealing me bad hands
From the bottom of the deck without the slightest blush
And i don't know whether to call or check
But right now i feel like i got a royal flush
And my lady didn't show from 'frisco
But we had to go on with the show
Everybody got stoned -- it was a gas, it was a smash
Everybody got wrecked, checked. oh, oh, oh, oh.
Oh, belfast cowboy, lay your cards on the grade
Oh, belfast cowboy, can you call a spade a spade
Oh, richard, tell me, is the game poker
I can't understand who the fool is that holds this joker
Is it poker
Oh, belfast cowboy, lay your cards down on the table
Oh, belfast cowboy, do you think you're able
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27. _ Don't Change On Me
Girl, you're my sunshine,
Take away the raindrops,
You make it all worthwhile,
Make all the pain stop.
Just like a river,
Keep love flowin',
Don't let our world stop,
Gotta keep it goin'.
Well, i love you just the way you are,
Honey, don't change on me,
Don't change on me,
Don't change on me, yeah.
Girl, you're my lucky star,
Honey, don't change on me,
Don't change on me,
I said, don't ya' change on me.
I used to wonder
Where would i ever find
A-some kinda happiness and peace of mind.
I was lured by the darkness,
And then you came,
Bringin' the sunshine,
Easin' the pain.
I love ya' just the way you are,
Honey, don't change on me,
Don't change on me,
I said, don't change on me.
Girl,
Girl, you're my lucky star,
Honey, don't change on me,
Don't change on me,
Lord, don't ya' change on me.
If there's a heaven,
Then this is my prayer,
I wanna know,
I wanna know if we will meet there,
And there forever
[won't] get together
In the sunshine,
No more stormy weather.
Well, i love ya' just the way you are,
Honey, don't change on me,
Don't you change on me,
Don't you change on me.
Girl,
Girl, you're my lucky star,
Baby, don't change on me,
Don't change on me,
Don't ya' change.
I love ya'
Just the way you are,
I love ya' just the way you are,
Love ya' just the way you are.
Girl, you're my lucky star,
Don't change on me,
Yeah, don't change on me.
[yeah, i don't know, a little bit out.] spoken at end
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28. _ Grits Ain't Groceries
If i don't love you baby,
Grits ain't groceries,
Eggs ain't poultry,
And mona lisa was a man.
All around the world
I'd rather be a fly
And light on my baby's head,
I'll stay with that
Woman 'til i die.
A toothpick in my hand,
I dig a 10-foot ditch
And ride through the jungle
Fightin' lions with a switch,
Because ya' know i love ya' baby,
Well, you know i love you baby,
And if i don't love you baby,
Grits ain't groceries,
Eggs ain't poultry,
And mona lisa must-a been a man.
Well, it's all around the world and i got
Blisters on my feet
A-tryin' to find my baby,
A-bring her back to me.
If you see my baby,
I know she'll be convinced.
If it don't send her back to me,
It just
Don't make no sense,
Because ya' know i love ya' baby,
Well, you know i love you baby.
If i don't love you baby,
Grits ain't groceries and eggs ain't poultry,
And mona lisa must-a been a man.
Well,
All around the world
I never will forget
I lost all my money, my woman and my pet,
But i got to have you baby,
I got to settle for nothin' less,
Give up all my good time for the sake of happiness,
Because ya' know i love ya' baby,
You know,
You know i love you baby.
If i don't love you baby,
Grits ain't groceries,
Eggs ain't poultry,
And mona lisa must-a been a man.
I said, if i don't love you baby,
Grits ain't groceries,
Eggs ain't poultry,
And mona lisa must-a
Mona lisa must-a been a man.
Well,
If i don't love ya' baby,
If
I don't love you baby,
If i don't love you baby,
Grits ain't groceries,
And eggs ain't poultry,
And mona lisa must-a been a man.
Mona lisa must-a been a man.
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29. _ Madam George
Down on cyprus avenue
With a child-like vision leaping into view.
The clicking clacking of the high-heeled shoes,
Ford and fitzroy; madam george.
Marching with the soldierboy behind
He's much older now with hat on, drinking wine
And the smell of sweet perfume comes drifting thru
In the cool night breeze like shalimar
And then your self control lets go
And suddenly you're up against the bathroom door.
The hallway lights are finely getting dim
You're in the front row touching him
And outside they're making all the stops
The kinds out in the streets collecting bottle tops,
Going for cigarettes and matches to the shops,
Happy talking, madam george
And that's when you fall, oh,
Oh, that's when you fall
And you fall into a trance
Sitting on a sofa playing games of chance
With your folded arms in history books you glance
Into the eyes of madam george
And you think you've found your bag,
You're getting weaker and your knees begin to sag
And in the corner playing dominoes in drag,
The one and only madam george
And outside the frosty window raps
She says "be cool, i think that it's the cops"
Stands up, drops everything she gots,
It's not easy now you know
Now you know you gotta go
Catch a train from dublin up to sandy row,
In the wind, rain & fog & slush & snow
Keep on going on
Say good-bye we know you're pretty far out
And all the little boys comin' round
They got gold cigarette lighters in their pockets
Walking away from it all, so cool.
That's when you fall.
Fade
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30. _ Fast Train
Transcribed from a live performance on february 26, 2000 at the barbican in york, england. the first performance of this new song.
When you been on a fast train
And it's goin' off the rails
And you can't come back together again
You just start breakin' down
In the pourin' rain
Cause you been on a fast train
When your love has gone away
Don't it make you feel so sad
And you know i'm returnin'
Way into the land
And you start breakin' down
And go into the pain
Cause you been on the fast train
You had to go on the lam
Cross into no man's land
Ain't nobody here on your wavelength
And nobody gonna give you a helpin' hand
You just start breakin' down
And just go into the sun
When you hear that fast train
And you keep movin' along
To the sound of the wheels
Deep inside your heart you really know
You know just how it feels
And you start breakin' down
And the deserts reign on the fast train
You're way over the line
This time you're out of your mind
This time you're out of your depth
And to the window you crack open
Oh but there's nowhere to go
There's only sleet and there's snow
Keep on movin' on a fast train
You hear they're goin' over the line
Oh standin' on the edge of the hill
Oh nobody on their wavelength
Nobody to give you a helping hand
And you start breakin' down
When you hear the sound
Keep on movin' on a fast train
I'm goin' nowhere on a fast train
Goin' nowhere
Goin' nowhere on a fast train
Goin' nowhere on a fast train
Fast train
Going nowhere
Goin nowhere on a fast train
To the wasteland
To the wasteland
On a fast train
On a fast train
On a fast train
I'm goin nowhere
I'm goin' nowhere on a fast train
Goin' nowhere
On a fast train
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31. _ Did Ye Get Healed?
(van morrison)
"and now for the man, van morrison"
(instrumental intro)
I wanna know did you get the feelin'?
Hey, hey
Did you get it down in your soul?
Hey, hey
I wanna know baby, did you get the feelin'?
Hey, hey
Tell me, tell me, tell me
Did the feelin' grow?
(hey, hey)
And sometimes a wondrous word moves you
(hey, hey)
And it fill ya, fill ya, fill ya, fill ya, through and through
(hey hey)
Every mornin' 'bout the break-a-day
(hey, hey)
I wanna know, i wanna know, i wanna know
Did ya get healed?
(hey, hey)
I begin to realise the magic in my life
It manifests in oh so many ways
(so many ways i'm whole)
Well n' everyday, everyday gettin' better and better
I wanna be just a little bit closer, to you
Get stronger when ya get the feelin'
(hey, hey)
When ya get it down in your soul
Hey, hey
And it make ya feel, make ya feel, so good
(hey, hey)
Yeah, and it make you feel whole
(hey, hey)
(instrumental)
I began to realise the magic in my life
It manifests in oh so many ways
(so many ways i'm whole)
Make it everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday, everyday
Gettin' better and better
I wanna be just a-walkin' close to you
It, it gets stronger, when ya get the feelin', ay
(hey, hey)
When ya, when ya, get it down in your soul
(hey, hey)
I know ya can feel, it feels, so good
Hey, hey
I wanna know, don't it make ya feel whole?
(hey, hey)
And when the spirit, when the spirit, when the spirit
Moves, it moves
(hey, hey)
And it'll fill ya through and through
Every mornin' 'bout the break-a-day
Say (everyday in every way)
It's gettin' better n' better
(it's gettin' better n' better)
(instumental)
(everyday, in every way)
(it's gettin' better n' better)
(it's gettin' better n' better)
(everyday, in every way)
(it's gettin' better n' better)
(it's gettin' better n' better)
Fades
(everyday, in every way)
(it's gettin' better n' better)
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32. _ Hey, Where Are You
And the raincoat shone into the sun
As we walked down the street as one
Into the [all pleasant ?] bloom
Of a saturday afternoon.
And we strolled the walls and kicked our heels
Upon the grass on which we fell and sang a song
We loved to sing so well,
And the raindrops came on down on sally's head
As she cuddled up inside a coat of red and said,
"hey, where are you?
Where you goin' to? yeah, yeah
Oh, why can't i come too?
'stead of leavin' me here
Oh so lonely, lonely, lonely, wait on me.
Wait on me.
Wait on me."
[vm mumbles instruction to payne? @1:44]
And into the trees and forest we did roam,
The way we danced into the sparkling foam shining our light into the days of blooming wonder,
And the gray man at the bus station raised his head into the sky and said, "have you got your ticket?" i said, "i got it, how?
But i got it." "pass on through the swingin' barrier now."
And the raindrops came on down on sally's head
And she cuddled up inside a coat of red and said,
"hey, where are you?
Where you goin' to?
Why can't i come too?
Instead of leavin' me here
Oh so lonely,
Oh so lonely, lonely,
Lonely, just wait on me.
Wait on me, babe.
I can't keep up, i can't keep up, i can't keep up.
Hey fellas,
A-wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute,
I can't keep up.
Wait a minute, wait a minute,
You gotta stop,
Wait on me.
Wait on me.
I can't keep up, i can't keep up, i can't keep up, you gotta
Wait on me, wait on me, wait on me, wait on me, wait on me, yeah, yeah.
Wait a minute, wait a minute,
Hey, hey, hey, yeah,
Hold on,
You gotta stop.
I can't keep up, can't keep up, i can't keep up, you gotta,
Hey, yeah,
Hold on, hold on,
Wait on me.
Wait on me.
Wait on me, wait on me, wait on me, wait on me, wait on me, wait on me, wait on me, wait on me, yeah, yeah, alright.
Baby, baby.
Don't go,
Please don't go.
Please don't go.
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33. _ Feedback Out On Highway 101
Feedback
Out on highway 101.
Feedback
Out on highway 101.
Cruisin' easy,
And your favorite dj
Havin' fun.
Look out, stand back,
There's a fool out on the road.
Look out,
Stand back,
There's a fool out on the road.
Had one too many drinks
And he just may overload.
Stand back.
Night time
Cruisin' 'long,
Cruisin' along.
Night time cruisin',
Night time cruisin' along.
You don't see the setting sun
[even 'fore the mornin' come ??].
Feedback,
Feedback
Out on
Highway 101.
Feedback,
Feedback, feedback,
Feedback
Out on highway 101.
Cruisin' easy and your
Favorite dj is
Havin' fun.
Feedback,
Feedback,
Feedback,
Feedback,
Feedback
Out on highway,
Highway 101.
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34. _ Mighty Like A Rose
You have drowned
A thousand sorrows
All in one,
And mixed with mugs, (?)
And millionaires
You have done.
Ya' been and gone and done it
For a quid,
And just what you don't know,
Up there you got hid.
Lord, you're only
Fourteen summers
And god knows,
Yeah, child,
You're gettin' mighty
Like a rose.
You got pulled (?)
For tryin' to straighten
Up this town,
And looked bashful
Bribin' old, bent
Barrister brown.
Ya' know, their turnin' on
In the classroom
Ain't the point.
It's when you're missin' out
Teacher teach ya' how to
Roll a joint.
Lord, hey,
While you're down there
Lookin' up my nose,
Yeah,
Child you're gettin' mighty
Like a rose.
Next time they try to fire me,
Ya' make the scene.
You're gettin' sugar cubes
For breakfast.
Ya' know what i mean.
And the, the hazard old, (?)
The wind blows
Through you' ears.
Ya' haven't got enough
Of those
What ya'
Haven't got for years.
Yeah, but never mind
Steppin' on my toes.
Yeah, child,
You're gettin' mighty
Like a rose.
Yeah, hey, hey,
You're mighty like a rose.
Uh-huh, aww, aww, aww, aww, aww, aww,
Mmm-mm, mmm-mm, mmm-mm, mmm-mm...
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35. _ Drumshanbo Hustle (another Version)
I was talkin' to the judge
Just before we left the countryside,
Paper in his hand,
Tryin' to find a way.
Goin' by the book,
"man, you oughtta make a serial."
Ripped the pages out
'fore they pull the final curtain down.
I remember the day
Just like the drumshanbo hustle.
We couldn't hear no birds,
They were makin' not a sound.
They were tryin' to muscle in,
An easy way to bring the money in.
You were pukin' up your guts
When you read the contract had been signed.
Prostitution on the run,
'ceptin what it was last night.
Tryin' to drain you dry,
Couldn't get too much rope.
Tryin' to take 'em down
Just to see how far it all would go.
Wasn't goin' very far
And she didn't let it bring you down.
Just remember the day,
Just like the drumshanbo hustle.
I couldn't hear no birds,
They were makin' not a sound.
They were drivin' motionless
On the recording and the publishing.
You were pukin' up your guts
When you read the contract had been signed.
New york hooker style,
And the tarot and astronomy.
Tell you every star,
Didn't even get your sign.
Well they were lookin' for a scam,
A little paperback novel or a little magazine,
But you left it all behind
When you pulled the rug from underneath her feet.
Just rememberin' the day,
Drumshanbo hustle.
Well you couldn't hear no birds,
They were makin' not a sound.
They were tryin' to muscle in,
An easy way to bring the money in.
You were pukin' up your guts
When you read the actual contract had been signed.
You were pukin' up your guts
When you heard the contract had you signed.
You were pukin' up your guts
When you heard the contract, the contract, had you signed.
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36. _ It Hurts To Want It So Bad
It's a lot like bein' little
And wantin' a brand new toy.
It's a lot like bein' little
And wantin' a baby boy
To call brother,
And it hurts
When you want it
So bad.
It's a lot like bein' a young boy
Who cannot make the team.
It's a lot like bein' a young girl
Who cannot help but dream
Of her best friend's brother,
And it hurts
When you want it
So bad.
When it's love
You've had and lost,
If that's the worst hurt
You've ever had,
Waiting for a new love
To come along,
And maybe, baby,
[it's] just as bad.
It's a lot like bein' a man
When you['ve] no one to call your own,
And it's a lot like bein' a woman
When you want to make a home
And be a mother,
And it hurts when you want it
So bad.
Hey, yeah.
When it's love
You've had and lost,
That's the worst hurt
You've ever had,
Waiting, waiting for a new love
To come along,
It may be, baby,
May be just as bad, lord.
It's a lot like bein' a man
When you['ve] no one to call your own,
And
It's a lot like bein' a woman
When ya' want
To make a home
And be a mother,
And it hurts
When ya' want it so bad.
When ya' want it,
Want it so bad.
When ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya',
When ya' want it.
When ya, when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya',
When ya, when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya',
When ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya', when ya',
[when ya' want it so bad.]
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37. _ I Paid The Price
See notes below
Well i'm sick and tired
Of your alibis,
And your indiscreet lies
Just won't get you by,
Over and over and over and over again.
And your family,
Your forced superiority,
Your azure delusions of grandeur,
Are gonna cut you free,
Over and over and over and over again.
You're as cold as ice.
Ahh, you're not miss nice,
And i paid the price.
Ahh, you can count me out.
Oh, without a doubt,
I paid the price.
And up and down, 'round, 'round you go,
But you know one monkey
Don't stop no show.
It's plain to see
You're in need of help,
But i just can't go on
And whip myself
Over and over and over, over again.
Ahh, you can count me out.
Ahh, without a doubt,
You know, i paid the price.
Ahh, you're not miss nice.
You're as cold as ice,
And i paid the price.
Yes i did.
You know i did.
And i just wanna know
Who's your sponsor.
I just wanna know, oh,
I just a-wanna know, oh,
I just a-wanna know, oh,
Who's your angel.
{backup singers} [i paid the price.]
Sing the song.
[i paid the price.]
[i paid the price.]
[i paid the price.]
And don't discriminate your angel.
[i paid the price.]
And don't discriminate your sponsor.
[i paid the price.]
And be good to your angel.
[i paid the price.]
Bow down to your angel.
[i paid the price.]
Hey, hey!!
[i paid the price.]
Don't discriminate your angel.
[i paid the price.]
And don't discriminate your angel.
[i paid the price.]
Don't discriminate your angel.
[i paid the price.]
Don't discriminate your sponsor.
[i paid the price.]
Bow down to your angel.
[i paid the price.]
Bow down to your angel.
[i paid the price.]
Bow down to your angel.
[i paid the price.]
Uhh, be good!
[i paid the price.]
Be good to your angel.
[i paid the price.]
I tried for to blow it. (??)
[i paid the price.]
I tried for to blow it (??), one more time.
[i paid the price.]
I tried for to blow it (??), one more time.
[i paid the price.]
If you blow it one more time, i say,
[i paid the price.]
Oh, you're as
Cold as ice,
And you're not miss nice,
And i've definitely
Paid the price.
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