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1. _ Raining In My Heart
Writers: boudleaux bryant & felice bryant
The sun is up, the sky is blue
Thee's not a cloud to spoil the view
But it's raining
Raining in my heart
The weatherman says fine today
He doesn't know that you've gone away
And it's raining
Raining, raining in my heart
Oh, oh mistery, misery
What's gonna become of me
I tell myself, the blues won't show
But pretty soon all these tears will flow
Raining, raining in my heart
Oh, oh misery, oh misery
Oh, what's gonna become of me
The sun is out, the sky is blue
There's not a cloud around to spoil the view
But it's raining, raining in my heart
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2. _ Something Fine
Writers: jackson browne
The papers lie there hopelessly
In a pile outside the door
I tried and tried, but i just can't remember
What they're for
The world outside is tugging
Like a beggar at my sleeve
Ah, that's much too old a story to believe
And you know, that it's taken it's share of me
Even though you take such good care of me
Now you say morocco, and that makes me smile
I haven't seen morocco for a long, long while
The dreams are rolling down
Across the places in my mind
And i just had a taste of something fine
The future hides and the past just slides
England lies between
Floating in a silver mist, so cold and so clean
California's shading like some angry child will
Who has asked for love and isn't answered still
And you know that i'm looking back carefully
'cause i know that there's still something there for me
But you said morocco and it made me smile
And it hasn't been that easy for a long, long while
Looking back into your eyes
Oh, i saw them really shine
And giving me a taste of something fine
Something fine
Now if you see morocco, oh i know you'll go in style
I may not see morocco for a little while
But while you're there i was hoping you
Might keep it in your mind
To save me a taste of something fine
Something fine
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3. _ Don't Look Away
Writers: leo sayer & tom snow
Well, she talks in her sleep
About the men that she meets
With so much passion
In the morning i ask
But she takes me to task
Says i'm overreacting
She's a woman, playing a woman's game
When i ask her, she looks at me like i'm strange
I say, don't look away, babe
When i'm talking to you
Don't look away, babe
It'll do you no good
I'm into your game, babe
I been listening to you
Don't look away babe
Don't look away, oh no
Well, she sits on the phone
Like she's here on her own
Making these calls to no one
Now she slides out a ten
Says she's seeing a friend
She's got so much going on
She's a woman, playing a woman's game
When i ask her
She looks at me like i'm strange
I say, don't look away, babe
When i'm talking to you
Don't look away, babe
It'll do you no good
I'm into your game, babe
I been listening to you
Don't look away babe
Don't look away, oh no
Well, i follow her down to some part of town
Where we've never been before
There's a car in the drive, and a man sits inside
I gotta stop her, before she gets in
She's a woman, playing a woman's game
When i ask her
She looks at me like i'm insane
I say, don't look away, babe
When i'm talking to you
Don't look away, babe
It'll do you no good
I'm into your game, babe
I been listening to you
Don't look away babe
Don't look away, oh no
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4. _ La Booga Rooga
Writers: andy fairweather low
Don't look back, that'll get you nowhere
A wall to wall suit and space circus hair
One step forward, one step back
That's what happens and that's a fact
To tell the truth, you raise up your hand
Don't write me no invitations in the sand
And when you talk, say what you mean
Just keep it dry, lord, and keep it clean
Watch out for la booga rooga
Some you win and some you loosa
Watch out for la booga rooga
Some you win and some you loosa
I don't know why and i can't explain
Why i'm lost on a street with no name
But that's alright, that's okay
I just feel like i'm slipping away
Satellite mama, if you are near
Hey, the party's over, now just get me outa here
Silent night, watch over me
See that nobody writes me into the dream
Watch out for la booga rooga
Some you win and some you loosa
Watch out for la booga rooga
Some you win and some you loosa
I'm on fire, inside my head
Someone put out the light
And they sent the world to bed
It's not too late, but i just can't stop
I think this time i'm going over the top
Hey, mr. dogface, please let me in
Say, don't you think that i'm worth rememberin'
Watch your step, watch what you do
'cause you need me much more than i need you
Watch out for la booga rooga
Some you win and some you loosa
Watch out for la booga rooga
Some you win and some you loosa
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5. _ Stormy Weather
Writers: leo sayer & tom snow
Sometimes you can be like a stranger
In moments when you're so far away
In the night when i reach out to hold you
You just turn away, why do you turn away
Oh, i love you so when you're smilin'
But your smile has faded overnight
Will we stay like this for a lifetime
Gettin' nothin' right, gettin' nothin' right
Why do we always have stormy weather
Why do we have it so rough
Is it so hard just to stay close together
Why can't we ever have love
Oh, i knew from the first time i saw you
I just had to make you mine
Felt so sad when you told me
About your troubled life, all about your troubled life
So here we are just a few years further
Still tryin' to make it work
I've a feelin' what we really need right now, girl
Is just a little love, oh baby, just a little love
Why should we always have stormy weather
Why should we have it so rough
It's not so hard just to stay close together
Why can't we only have love
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6. _ Frankie Lee
Writers: leo sayer & ray parker, jr.
On every corner of every avenue
The word's been passed all around
Better watch out, lock up your daughters
'cause that bad frankie lee is back in town
All the ladies fall for frankie
Sayin, frankie lee, how can it be
Of all the men here, you're the only one
Who's got the key, to set us free
Oh, frankie lee
Now there's a woman, in this neighborhood
Who's loving frankie in her mind
But in fear of bein' discovered
She keeps her secret locked up inside
Just then a stone's thrown up at the window
And she looks below, what does she see
There's a man there, standing 'neath the streetlight
It looks to be
Like frankie lee
You'd best believe
Well, old frankie steals through the back door
While her old man is leavin' by the hall
But before she hears his footsteps
Frankie's standing at the bedroom door
So she holds him, then she begs him
Oh frankie lee, don't 'cha ever leave
And he tells her, she's the only one
He's got the key
That frankie lee
To set her free
Then as the moon fades, into the night sky
Frankie leaves while she's asleep
Then he's up and out on the street again
He's got the key that'll set you free
That frankie lee
Every kid in this ol' gangtown
They'd want to be like frankie lee
Please the ladies, like a vagabond
He's got the key
That frankie lee
To set them free
Yeah, every kid in this ol' gangtown
Yeah, they'd want to be like frankie lee
Cassanova and valentino
They'd like to be as good as frankie lee
Every kid in this ol' gangtown
They'd like to be like frankie lee
Please the ladies, like a vagabond
He's got the key
That frankie lee
To set them free
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7. _ No Looking Back
Writers: leo sayer & tom snow
When there's no more looking back
And you feel you've loved in vain
You try and hide your sorrow
Now you're alone again
So you block out your emotion
Laugh it off and carry on
Sayin' why do i have to feel this way
Was loving you so wrong
If i could only turn around
One more time for old time's sake
I'd pick up all the pieces
From the mistakes i made
Did i give myself completely
Or did i hang on for too long
Ah, but what's the use of me talking this way
Now that you're gone
No looking back, it's over now
All over now
I tell myself i'm glad
It's over now
All over now
It's over now
But if i ever love again
Oh, i won't be played a fool
I'll put in my performance
This time i'll know the moves
It's not that i'm feeling bitter
I've no bitterness to show
And all i'm really trying to say
Is that i wish i'd never let you go
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8. _ Running To My Freedom
Writers: johnny vastano & tom snow
You should have been there when i gave the news
I know you would have been surprised to see
The smoke and the fire that was comin' out of me
Now that i've finally shaken you loose
And i have cut the chains that held me back
Feelin' more and more like a train rolling down the track
Running to my freedom
I ain't never gonna give it back
Me and my freedom, from now on
One of these days it's gonna happen to you
You're gonna find yourself in love so deep
That you would give up anything for that love to keep
Then sooner or later it will break down on you
And when you finally feel all the hurt inside
You will understand the reason why i cried
Running to my freedom
I ain't never gonna give it back
Me and my freedom, from now on
And why i took my freedom
I ain't never gonna give it back
Me and my freedom, from now on
Running to my freedom
I ain't never gonna give it back
Me and my freedom, from now on
Now that i've finally shaken you loose
And i have cut the chains that held me back
Feelin' more and more like a train rolling down the track
Running to my freedom
I ain't never gonna give it back
Me and my freedom, from now on
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9. _ I Can't Stop Loving You (though I Try)
Writers: billy nicholls
So you're leaving
In the morning
On the early train
I could say everything's alright
I could pretend and say good bye
Got your ticket
Got your suitcase
Got your leaving smile
I could say that's the way it goes
I could pretend and you won't know
That i was lying
'cause i can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
No, i can't stop loving you
Though i try
Took a taxi
To the station
Not a word was said
I saw you walk across the road
Maybe the last time, i don't know
Feeling humble
I heard a rumble
On the railway track
And when i hear the whistle blow
I walk away and you don't know
That i was lying
'cause i can't stop loving you
No, i can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
Though i try
'cause i can't stop loving you
I can't stop loving you
No, i can't stop loving you
Though i try
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10. _ Dancing The Night Away
Writers: russell smith & james brown
Standing beside of the ocean
Looking out across the water
Everything is beautiful
But i still don't feel like i oughta
Things we wanted, not so long ago
I got 'em all now, babe
But i ain't got you no more
Still i remember
The way you held me
And all the sweet things you used to say
When we were two young lovers
Dancing the night away
I remember everything
Dresses you used to wear
You were so light and graceful
You seem to float right through the air
Me i looked so funny dancing
But you loved me anyhow
Now i wish i could find somebody
To love me like that now
Still i remember
The way you held me
And all the sweet things you used to say
When we were two young lovers
Dancing the night away
Standing beside of the ocean
Looking out across the bay
I should look for companionship
But it just gets in my way
All the lights are flickering
Out along the shore
I see people dancing there
But i just don't dance no more
Still i remember
The way you held me
And all the sweet things you used to say
When we were two young lovers
Dancing the night away
Let me see you dance
Let me see you dance
Oh, babe, let me see you dance
I can still see you dance
I remember you dancing
Oh, babe, let me see you dance
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