Manhattan Transfer Live

Candy
I call my sugar candy
Because i'm sweet on candy
And candy's sweet on me

She understands me
My understanding candy
And candy's always handy
When i need sympathy

You wish that there were four of her
So i could love much more of her
She has taken your complete heart
Got a sweet tooth for my sweetheart

Candy
It's gonna be just dandy
The day i take my candy
And make her mine, all mine

Candy
I call my sugar candy
Because i'm sweet, so sweet on candy
And candy's sweet on me

You wish that there were four of him
Oh how i could love much more of him
He has taken your complete heart
You got a sweet tooth for your sweetheart

Candy
It's gonna be just dandy
The day i take my candy
Gee how the sun will shine

On the day my candy
On the day my candy
On the day my candy's mine

Take a seat and cool it 'cause unless you overrule it
We are ready to show you some blowin'
A rompin' and a stompin' is a lot of fun
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

So settle down an' listen 'cause you don't know what you're missin'
And we're ready to give you a showin'
A movin' it 'n groovin' it has just begun
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

We got a little message that you're gonna enjoy
Ain't no sense in dodgin' the facts
So settle in your easy chair an' if you ever had a care - forget it,
It's time to relax

We might as well admit it, we're the best that ever did it
But in case you ain't too sure a knowin'
We're gonna let you listen to us one by one
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

Janis:
How'd ya do, i'm talkin' about you
It's very nice to know that you have really taken time to listen to me blow
'cause as sure as i'm born, i'm blowin' my horn
It's me baby, i'm blowin', zootin' it up
And i hope you dig the sounds i'm makin' more'n any other
Now i must go for it's time for you to listen to my other brother

Tim:
I think the chick's talkin' 'bout me so i'd better go 'n see
I'm hip that she knows a horn is very best to greet you
That's the reason i'm blowin' so snappily
I don't know what ya got, but it thrills me an' i hope to have a lot
'cause it puts me in clover
So baby, if you would like to dig my other brother
You're gonna have to turn the record over

Alan:
Hey hey hey
Who ya talkin' about, say who ya talkin' about
Did i hear you say you'd introduce your other brother
'cause in case i heard you talkin' about three, that's me
Pleased to meet you, how'd you do, how are you, nothing new,
How is everything with you?
Whattya say i leave this jazz up to my brother --

Cheryl:
Dig dig dig my long island sound
I hope you're puttin' it down
You got me in a mood that's so romantic
If you notice you can dig this silly old act
Because i'm actin' so distracted when i dig you
Pretty baby you will never know how much i really dig you
You have got me so excited that i goofed blowin' my horn

All:
Ooh bop the news is gettin' around, we're really puttin' it down
We're glad of fact that you enjoy it and we wish we had the time to give you more
Thank you for the compliment
You told us we were better just as if we didn't know it
We're hip that we're the best, we're over all the rest
We're in the modern school, we always play it cool, we never play the fool
The honkers and the squeakers might be stealin' the show
But we don't go for that, so while we blow

Band member:
Hi-ho, lackadaise, for it's a natural fact
I ain't no kin, but i would like to get in the act!

All:
Well get outta here, get outta here, get outta here
Now fellas we appreciate him makin you mad,
But we must ask you to apologize
Because after all he's in our band

Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
Although we sound like more
Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
We're really only four

We like to blow but we don't know how time can fly and how our cares pass away
We wish the time would never go so we could take our time an' blow 'til judgement day

Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
Now just one final word:

Janis: i'd like to know you and i hope i don't forget you
Tim: it's really a pleasure and i hope i don't look silly to you
Alan: i'm hopin' the story that i told did not upset you
Cheryl: sorry now in conclusion were you hoping that you heard four

All:
So just before we go we want you to know ---
We're glad you let us show you how we always end up with that jazz
(we don't call for back up on the road)
Oh - ohhh!!!!

Operator
Give me information
Information
Give me long distance
Long distance
Give me heaven...

(two, three)
Operator
Information
Give me jesus on the line
Operator
Information
I'd like to speak to a friend of mine
Oh prayer is the number
Faith is the exchange
Heaven is the street
And jesus is his name
Operator
Information
Please give me jesus on the line

Operator
Information
Won't you tell me why
Tell me why
Operator
Information
Don't try to tell me
What number to call
My mother used this number
When i was very small
And everytime she dialed it
She always got 't call the
Operator
Information
Please give me jesus on the line

Operator
Information
Please hurry if you can
Oh operator
Information
Please connect me
With the man
Don't worry 'bout the money
You know i will pay the charge
Just give me on the line
I'm callin' from my heart
Operator
Information
Please give me jesus on the line
Please give me jesus on the line

Won't you please -
Give me jesus
Give me jesus on the line

Yeah!

Je mettrai mon coeur dans du papier d'argent,
Mon num

I woke up this morning with a feeling of despair
I looked for my pussy but my pussy wasn't there
Well, well, well
My cat fell in the well
Oh puss puss puss poor kitty kitty kitty
My cat fell in the well

I got out a ladder and i climbed down to my pet
I saw in a jiffy that my puss was soakin' wet
Well, well, well
My cat fell in the well
Oh puss puss puss poor kitty kitty kitty
My cat fell in the well

The doggone hole by the pump
Once she pushed, and in she jumped
There never was a kitty half as pretty
As the pussy that fell in the well
There never was a pussy that could quite compare with her
Pretty as a picture with her long and silky fur -

Well, well, well, well my cat fell in the well, well
Oh oh oh pussy pussy pussy poor kitty kitty kitty
My cat fell in the well

If you have a pussy that you wouldn't trade or sell
Never let her wander or she might fall in a well
Well, well, well
My cat fell in the well
Oh puss puss puss poor kitty kitty kitty
My cat fell in the well
Fell in the - well!

Chanson d'amour, ra da da da da, play encore.
Here in my heart, ra da da da da, more and more.

Chanson d'amour, ra da da da da, je t'adore.
Each time i hear, ra da da da da, chanson, chanson, d'amour.

(sax solo)
Ra da da da da
(sax solo)
Ra da da da da

Chanson d'amour, ra da da da da, je t'adore.
Each time i hear, ra da da da da, chanson, chanson, d'amour.

Every time i hear
Chanson, chanson, d'amour.

Boop bop, boop bop
Boop bop, boop bop
Boop bop, boop bop
Boop bop, boop bop

Way down south, in birmingham
I mean south, in alabam'
There's a place
Where people go to dance the night away

It's a junction
Where the town folk meet
At each function in their best they'll greet you

Sax solo

Scat solo

Way down south, in birmingham
I mean south, in alabam'
That old place

Boop bop, boop bop
Boop bop, boop bop
Boop bop, boop bop
Boop bop, boop bop

Way down south, in birmingham
I mean south, in alabam'
'ans old place
Where people go to dance the night away
They all drive or walk for miles
To get blues - that southern style,
So blue - it'll make you want to dance the night away
Tuxedo junction - where i want to be

In the dark
It's just you and i
Not a song, there's not one sigh
Just the beat of my poor heart
Lord, in the dark

Now in the dark, in the dark
I get such a thrill when he presses his fingertips upon my lips
And begs me to please, please keep still
Lord, in the dark

But soon, this dance will be ending
And you're gonna be missed
Gee i'm not pretendin',
'cause i swear it's fun, fun to be kissed in the dark, wooo ahhhh?br>
(sax solo)

But soon, this dance will be ending
And you're gonna be missed, mm, mm, mmm
Gee baby, i ain't pretendin',
'cause i swear, i swear, i swear it's fun to be kissed in the dark

Now we may find what the rest have left behind
Just let them dance, we gonna find romance
Just let them dance, we gonna find sweet romance, baby
Just let them dance, we gonna find romance
Lord, in the dark, oh yeah, whoa woo

She's a snootie little cutie
She's a pert little skirt
She's a knockout and a beauty and a flirt
Such a dapper little flapper
She's just cute as a trick
She's a kissy little missy, a vain little jane,
She's slick

She's a classy little lassie
A keen little queen
And although sometimes she's sassy and mean
Just a fiend for romance is she
Squirrelly little girlie, y'see
She's a knockout, a beauty
Snootie little cutie
Snootie little cutie is she

You're a mellow little fellow
Oooh, you're a coy little boy
You're a knockout and a beauty, you're a joy
You're a ready little steady
You swept this girl off her feet
You're a kissy little missy, a vain little jane
But you're sweet!
You're a handy little dandy
Oooh you're a keen little queen
And although sometimes she's bossy
Oooh, i'm never mean
I'm a fiend for romance for you
Mellow little fellow you're mine
You're a knockout and a beauty
Snootie little cutie
Snootie little cutie mine

Yes, she's a classy little lassie
A keen little queen
And although sometimes she's sassy
She's never mean
I'm a fool for romance it's true
Moonlight, kisses and you
(that's for me!)
She's a beauty, that snootie little cutie
Snootie little cutie is she!

On a little street in singapore
With me - beside a lotus covered door
A veil of moonlight on her lovely face
How pale the hands that held me in embrace

My sails tonight are filled with perfume of shalimar
With temple bells that guide me to her shore
And then i hold you in my arms
And love the way i loved before
On a little street in singapore

On a little street in singapore
With me - beside a lotus covered door
A veil of moonlight on her lovely face
How pale the hands that held me in embrace