Dion Song Hits + Other Lyrics I- P

puttin' on my crown.

I Believe (Sweet Lord Jesus).

Only Jesus

It's Gonna Rain

In The Still Of The Night

(backup scat "Shoo doop, shoo be doo" throughout verses)

In the still of the night, I held you, held you tight

'Cause I love you so, promise I'll never let you go

In the still of the night (in the still of the night)

Wo I remember that night in May, the stars were bright up above

I hope & I'll pray to keep your precious love

So before the light, hold me again, dear, with all of your might

In the still of the night (in the still of the night)

(backup scat "shoo wop shoo wa" over sax solo)

So before the light, hold me again, with all of your might

In the still of the night (in the still of the night)

In the still of the night

It's All Over Now, Baby Blue

You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last

But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast

Yonder stands your orphan with his gun

Crying like a fire in the sun

Look out the saints are comin' through

And it's all over now, Baby Blue

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense

Take what you have gathered from coincidence

The empty-handed painter from your streets

Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets

The sky, too, is folding under you

And it's all over now, Baby Blue

All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home

All your reindeer armies are all going home

The lover who just walked out your door

Has taken all his blankets from the floor

The carpet, too, is moving under you

And it's all over now, Baby Blue

Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you

Forget the dead you've left, they will not follow you

The vagabond who's rapping at your door

Is standing in the clothes that you once wore

Strike another match, go start anew

And it's all over now, Baby Blue

Kickin' Child

She's a kind of friend

She don't ask me where I'm goin

She don't ask me where I've been

Oh she knows I can't be led

We live as 2, gettin' 2 souls fed

Well she's a kickin' child

Gee it's a cold 100, a little girl goes so wild

Well she don't want no lies

She don't change to daylight savings time, no she don't

She's satisfied just to be till we say goodbye

'Cause she's a kickin' child

Gee it's a cold 100, a little girl goes so wild

Well you kind of women tryin' to get control of me

Trample me down like a wild rag queen

All that powder, perfume & paint

Makes me think you are what you ain't

My baby don't hop on me

Don't try to ruin a fool, she just leaves me be

Oh she does somethin' to my heart

Well she's a rollin' stone & tears me all apart

She's a kickin' child

Gee it's a cold 100, a little girl goes so wild

With a smile, goes so wild

(instrumental)

Well you kind of women tryin' to call you joy

By usin' your man for your whippin' boy

I'm gonna tell you babies, there'll come a day

You're gonna run up a bill your head can't pay

My baby don't hop on me

She knows I'm here, she just leaves me be

Oh she does somethin' to my heart

She's a rollin' stone & tears me all apart

But he's a kickin' child

Oh it's a cold 100, a little girl goes so wild

Yes she goes so wild, oh goes so wild

...& fade

LOVERS WHO WANDER

And I knew right away I was born to cry

Now I'm happy and the joke's on her

Cause I found that place for lover's who wander

She took my love, said she's not comin back

So my world and my sky was all turnin black

Now I see the light, I'm wise to her

Cause I found that place for lovers who wander

A walkin around thinkin about her

Never thought I could live without her

She broke my heart, I really showed it

Look at me now, you'd never know it

Now my story can be told with a smiling face

I'm the luckiest guy in the human race

My dreams have gone for her

Cause I found that place for lover's who wander

Wo wo wo yeah, she took my love you see

Yeah, she doesn't bother me

Yeah I found that place to be

Yeah, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Yeah walkin around thinkin about her

I never thought I could live without her

She broke my heart, I really showed it

Look at me now, you'd never know it

Now my story can be told with a smiling face

I'm the luckiest guy in the human race

All my lovin dreams have gone for her

Cause I found that place for lover's who wander

Dum dum did it, dum dum did it...

FADE

LITTLE DIANE

Diane...Down deep inside I cry

Diane...Without your love I'd die

Diane...You know you drive me wild .... Diane

You're such a little evil child ya ya ya

Ya, I wanta pack and leave and slap your face

Bad girls like you are a disgrace

A way down deep inside I cry

Without you little Diane I'd die

I should drag you down 'cause you're no good

You're two-faced, your heart's made of wood

A way down deep inside I cry

Without you little Diane I'd die

Listen to my heart

Oh you're tearin' it apart

Oh why don't you understand

Why don't you stop it! stop it!

Stop it if you can

I wanna spread the news that you're untrue

But Diane what good would it do

'Cause way down deep inside I cry

Without you little Diane I'd die, I'd die

Ya! Don't you understand Diane

I said ya, ya, ya

I said listen to the beat

Oh I feel it in my feet

Now it's my heart Diane

Why don't you stop it! stop it!

Stop it if you can

I wanna spread the news that you're untrue

But Diane what good would it do

'Cause way down deep inside I cry

Without you little Diane I'd die, I'd die

Oh yeah

LONELY TEENAGER

I wanna go home

Where I belong

Cause now I'm just a lonely teenager

When I was 16 ran away

All alone on a stray

What can I do what can I say

I'm a lonely teenager

Now I'm 17 still alone

Wondering if I should go home

Or maybe stay out on my own

I'm a lonely teenager

I'd love to go back home (back home)

Where I belong (back home)

I know I'd be alright

If I just stay out of sight

I wanna go home

Where I belong

Cause now I'm just a lonely teenager

(I wanna go back home

Just let me go back home)

I'd love to go back home (back home)

Where I belong (back home)

I know I'd be alright

If I just stay out of sight

I wanna go home

Where I belong

Cause now i'm just a lonely teenager

(I wanna go back home

Please let me go back home)

Lonely teenager...(fades out)

Love Came To Me

(background do-wop, continues through most of song)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (Oh yeah)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (oh yeah)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do

I, I live in dreams.

Strange as it seems

Love came to me.

When I, I opened my eyes

I realized

Love came to me,

Only this time for real.

A-sing it now:

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (Uh-uh-uh, oh yeah)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (oh-oh-oh yeah)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (oh yeah)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do

I tell ya now

Love makes me-ah, makes me feel so good (hunh!)

Just like I, I dreamed it would

And I'm glad that-ah, I found you

'Cause-ah love is a gas and I know it will last

And I -

(Love came to me)

I feel so good.

(Love came to me)

And knock knock knock on wood.

(Love came to me)

Yeah, I'm in a whirl

(Love came to me)

I just love that girl.

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (woe-oh-oh-oh-oh yeah now)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (Uh uh uh uh )

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (Oh yeah)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (Oh Oh Oh)

No-ow love makes me, makes me feel so good

Just like I, I dreamed it would

And I'm so glad that-ah, I found you

'Cause - ah-ah - love is a gas and I know it will last

And I -

(Love came to me)

I feel so good.

(Love came to me)

And knock knock on wood.

(Love came to me)

I-I'm in a whirl.

(Love came to me)

I just love that little girl now.

Sing it:

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (Oh-oh-oh yeah)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (Oh-oh yeah)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do (la-ah-ah-ah)

Shad doy-ya-do, doy doy doy-do

Life Is But A Dream

Will you take part in my life, my love?

That is my dream

Life is but a dream; it's what you make it

Always try to give; don't ever take it

Life has its music, life has its song of love, love

Life is but a dream, & I dream of you

Strange as it seems, all night I see you

I'm tryin' to tell you just what you mean to me

Wo I love you with all my heart

I adore you & all your lovin' charms

I want you to do your part

Come here to my open arms

Life is but a dream, & we can live it

Oh we can make a love none to compare with

Oh will you take part in my life, my love?

That is my dream (life is but a dream)

Little Star

Where are you, little star? (Where are you?)

Oh oh oh oh ra da ta da ta da too

Oh oh oh oh ra da ta da ta da too

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder where you are

Wish I may, wish I might

Make this wish come true tonight

Searched all over for a love

You're the one I'm thinkin' of

Oh oh oh oh ra da ta da ta da too

Oh oh oh oh ra da ta da ta da too

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder where you are

High above the clouds somehwere

Send me down a love to share

Oh oh oh oh ra da ta da ta da too

Oh oh oh oh ra da ta da ta da too

Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh

Oh there you are, high above

Oh dear God, send me a love

Oh there you are, you're lighting up the sky

I need a love, a real real, my

Twinkle twinkle little star

How I wonder where you are

Wish I may, wish I might

Make this wish come true tonight

Oh oh oh oh ra da ta da ta da too

Oh oh oh oh ra da ta da ta da too

Oh (da da da) wo wo oh

There you are, little star

Lonely World

(Doo-doo-wah's by backup singers, wo's by Dion)

I'm just a fool searchin' for someone to care

I've searched the whole world over, but you don't hear my prayer

Wo yeah (searching for my love)

Uh huh (girl I'm dreaming of)

Oh in my lonely world (lonely world, lonely world)

Wo I'm tired of bein' lonely; I want someone to love

No matter who's beside me, it's you I'm thinkin' of

Wo yeah (searching for my love)

Uh huh (girl I'm dreaming of)

Oh in my lonely world (lonely world, lonely world)

Wo you know my world kind of falls apart

'Cause you love someone else

Yeah my heart, my soul, my whole world was you

You mean more than life itself

No one will ever know, dear, the suff'ring I go through

I suffer most of all 'cause I can't stop loving you

Wo yeah (searching for my love)

Uh huh (girl I'm dreaming of)

Oh in my lonely world (lonely world, lonely world)

(Wo's by Dion, singing of title by backup singers, fading out)

Little Girl Of Mine

("Diddle-diddle-diddle-lit-lit" scat singing, heard throughout song)

Oh little girl of mine, gee you sure look fine

Yes you appeal to me, wo yeah, I'll never set you free

'Cause you're my lovin' baby till the end of time

I can't seem to get you off my mind, wo yeah my baby

The boys will roll their eyes as we go strollin' by

It's not so hard to see, wo yeah, they all envy me

'Cause you're my lovin' baby, you belong to me

That's the way it was meant to be, wo yeah my baby

Bridge:

Oh well now I know I love you so

I'll never, I'll never let you go

& I need your love oh so much

That I thrill to your touch

(sax solo)

(repeat bridge)

So little girl, stay true; that's all I ask of you

Be mine & mine alone, wo yeah, don't leave your happy home

'Cause I love you, baby, & I always will

You're my one & only thrill, wo yeah my baby

My honey, my sweet thing ...& fade

THE MAJESTIC

Dooby-do yeah let's do this dance now

This dance started down in NYC

Now they're doing it (-----? unclear)

All the way to the Pacific shore

Man it's the greatest dance you ever saw

Let's go everybody and move your feet

Yeah my drummer's got a swinging beat

Everything is grooving people here's your chance

It's time for you to do this dance

It's called the majestic majestic yeah majestic majestic yeah

Come on everybody take a tip from me

They even got the message down in Waikiki

(-----? unclear) and get on the ball

Everytime you hear this call

Cause there is (---------? unclear)

(??????-this line is also unclear)

Everybody now looking just fine

It's the majestic majestic yeah majestic majestic yeah

All the way from Chicago to the Golden Gate

Kentucky Virginia and ????????? state

(fade while singing places "this dance gets around")

No ones waiting for me

"I walk alone ,

I walk slowly ,

no ones waiting for me.

Friends I have none

cause I don't trust one ,

grey dark and deep is the sea.

I gave my heart to my lover,

but she's gone with my soul.

Lips strange as wine,

with eyes warm and kind,

left me out here in the cold."

"I walk alone by the dark sea

,hear it calling my name.

Come to my arms darling you'll be free,

with me for eternity."

"A world away went my lover,

I'll soon be by her side .

Gone with the waves

our lives darkened days,

my life goes out with the tide

down, down, down

spelled by the waves."

Oh Happy Day

(Oh sun is shining, oh happy day

No more troubles, no skies of gray)

(backup scat "oh po-pe-doo" throughout verses after above 2 lines)

The sun is shinin', oh happy day

No more troubles, no blue skies of gray

Ever since, dear, you said those words to me

(Oh sun is shining, oh happy day

No more troubles, no skies of gray)

The moon is shinin', oh happy night

Come to me, darlin', & make things all right

Oh happy day, wo love give me

(Oh sun is shining, oh happy day

No more troubles, no skies of gray)

(instrumental)

(Oh sun is shining, oh happy day

No more troubles, no skies of gray)

Ever since, dear, you said those words to me

(repeat & fade):

(Oh sun is shining, oh happy day

No more troubles, no skies of gray)

If i should fall behind

we said we'd wait together baby come what may

that came the twilight should we lose our way

if as we're walking a hand should slip free

i'll wait for you

and should i fall behind

wait for me

we swore we'd travel darlin side by side

we'd help each other stay in stride

but each other lovers steps fall so differently

but i'll wait for you

and should i fall behind

wait for me

now everyone dreams of a love lasting and true

but you and i know what this world can do

so lets make out steps clear that the other may see

and i'll wait for you

and if i should fall behind

wait for me

Noiw theres a beautiful river in the valley ahead

there neath the oaks bow soon we will be wed

should we loose each other in the shadow of the evening trees

i'll wait for you

and should i fall behind

wait for me

Darlin i'll wait for you

should i fall behind

wait for me

Kansas City

I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come

I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come

They got a crazy way of loving there

And I'm gonna get me some.

I'll be standing on the corner

On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine

I'm gonna be standing on the corner

On the corner of Twelfth Street and Vine

With my Kansas City baby

And a bottle of Kansas City wine.

Well I might take a train

I might take a plane, but if I have to walk

I'm gonna get there just the same

I'm going to Kansas City, Kansas City here I come

They got a crazy way of loving there

And I'm gonna get me some.

I'm gonna pack my clothes

Leave at the break of dawn

I'm gonna pack my clothes

Everybody will be sleeping

Nobody will know where I've gone

Cause if I stay in town

I know I'm gonna die.

Gotta find a friendly city

And that's the reason why,

I'm going to Kansas City

Kansas City here I come

They got a crazy way of loving there

And I'm gonna get me some.

Mean Woman Blues

Words and Music by Claude Demetrius

Mmm, well I got a woman mean as she can be

Well I got a woman mean as she can be

Some-a-times I think she's almost mean as me

She gotta ruby lips, she got shapely hips, yeah

Boy she makes ole Roy-oy flip

I got a woman mean as she can be

Some-a-times I think she's almost mean as me

Well I ain't braggin', it's understood

Everything I do, well I sure do it good

Yeah I got a woman mean as she can be

Some-a-times I think she's almost mean as me, well

She gotta ruby lips, she got shapely hips, yeah

Boy she makes ole Roy-oy flip

I got a woman mean as she can be

Some-a-times I think she's almost mean as me, easy now

Well I got a woman

Yeah I got a woman

Yeah I got a woman

Well I got a woman

Some-a-times I think she's almost mean as me

LET IT BE

When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree

There will be an answer, let it be

For though they may be parted, there is still a chance that they will see

There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be

There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the night is cloudy there is still a light that shines on me

Shine until tomorrow, let it be

I wake up to the sound of music, Mother Mary comforts me

Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be

There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be, let it be, yeah, let it be

Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Purple haze

Purple haze all in my brain

Lately things just don't seem the same

Actin' funny, but I don't know why

'Scuse me while I kiss the sky

Purple Haze all around

Don't know if I'm comin' up or down

Am I happy or in misery?

What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me

Help me

Help me

Oh, no, no

Hammerin'

Talkin' 'bout heart 'n'...s-soul

I'm talkin' about hard stuff

If everbodys still around, fluff and ease, if

So far out my mind

Somethings happening, somethings happening

Ooo, ahhh

Ooo, {click} ahhh,

Ooo, ahhh

Ooo, ahhh, YEAH!

Purple haze all in my eyes, uhh

Don't know if its day or night

You got me blowin', blowin' my mind

Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?

Ooo

Help me

Ahh, yea-yeah, purple haze, yeah

Oh, no, oh

Oh, help me

Purple haze, Tell me, baby, tell me

I can't go on like this

Purple haze

You're makin' me blow my mind...mama

Purple haze, n-no, nooo

Purple haze, no, its painful, baby

I Can't Help But Wonder (Where I'm Bound)

Words and Music by Tom Paxton

(Chorus) It's a long and dusty road, It's a hot and a heavy load

and the folks I meet ain't always kind.

Some are bad and some are good.

Some have done the best they could.

Some have tried to ease my troublin' mind.

I have wandered through this land just a-doin' the best I can,

Tryin' to find what I was meant to do.

And the people that I see look as worried as can be

And it looks like they are wonderin' too. (To Chorus)

Oh, I had a little girl one time, she had lips like sherry wine

And she loved me till my head went plumb insane.

But I was too blind to see she was driftin' away from me

And my good gal went off on the morning train. (To Chorus)

And I had a buddy back home but he started out to roam

And I hear he's out by 'Frisco Bay.

And sometimes when I've had a few, his old voice comes singin' through

And I'm goin' out to see him some old day. (To Chorus)

If you see me passing by and you sit and you wonder why,

and you wish that you were a rambler too;

Nail your shoes to the kitchen floor, lace 'em up and bar the door,

Thank your stars for the roof that's over you. (To Chorus)

ONE TOO MANY MORNINGS

Words and Music by Bob Dylan

Down the street the dogs are barkin'

And the day is a-gettin' dark.

As the night comes in a-fallin',

The dogs 'll lose their bark.

An' the silent night will shatter

From the sounds inside my mind,

For I'm one too many mornings

And a thousand miles behind.

From the crossroads of my doorstep,

My eyes they start to fade,

As I turn my head back to the room

Where my love and I have laid.

An' I gaze back to the street,

The sidewalk and the sign,

And I'm one too many mornings

An' a thousand miles behind.

It's a restless hungry feeling

That don't mean no one no good,

When ev'rything I'm a-sayin'

You can say it just as good.

You're right from your side,

I'm right from mine.

We're both just too many mornings

An' a thousand miles behind.

I KNEW THE BRIDE

By Nick Lowe

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

Well the bride looks a picture in the gown that her mama wore

When she was married herself nearly 27 years before

They had to change the style a little but it looked just fine

Stayed up all night but thet got it finished just in time

(Now on the arm of her daddy she's walkin' down the isle)

(I see her catch my eye and give me a secret smile)

(Maybe it's too old fashioned but a-we once were close friends)

(Oh but the way that she looks today) she never could have then

(Well I could see her now in her tight blue jeans)

(Pumping all her money in the record machine)

(Spinnin' like a top, you should have seen her go)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

Well a proud daddy only wanna give his little girl the best

So he put down a grand on a coze little lovers nest

You could have called the reception an unqualified success

Had a flash hotel for 150 guests

(Well take a look at the bridegroom smilin' pleased as pie)

(Shakin' hands all around with a glassy look it his eye)

(He got a real good job and his shirt and tie is nice)

(But I remember a time when she never would have looked at him twice)

(Well I can see her now, drinkin' with the boys)

(Breakin' their hearts like playin' with toys)

(She used to do the pony, used to do the stroll)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(Well I can see her now with her walkman on)

(Jumpin' up and down to her favorite song)

(I still remember when she used to want to make a lot of noise)

(Hopin' and a-boppin' with the street corner boys)

(She used to wanna party, she used to wanna go)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride) when she used to do the pony

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

(I knew the bride) when she used to wanna party

(I knew the bride when she used to rock and roll)

Johnny B. Good

Way down Louisiana close to New Orleans,

Way back up in the woods among the evergreens...

There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood,

Where lived a country boy name of Johnny B. Good...

He never ever learned to read or write so well,

But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell.

(Chorus)

Go Go

Go Johnny Go

Go Go

Johnny B. Good

He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack

And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track.

Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade,

Playing to the rhythm that the drivers made.

People passing by would stop and say

Oh my that little country boy could play

(Chorus)

His mama told him someday he would be a man,

And he would be the leader of a big old band.

Many people coming from miles around

To hear him play his music when the sun go down

Maybe someday his name would be in lights

Saying Johnny B. Good tonight.

(Chorus)

Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever

(Stevie Wonder/Ivy Hunter)

I remember days before we met

& every day I had to live the lie of a lonely one

I remember meeting you

The story of love could be so cruel

& shared like you instead of only one

When you said you loved me (when you said you loved me)

& we could not be parted (we could not be parted)

I said I built my world around you (built my world around you)

I'm so thankful that I found you (so thankful that I found you)

'Cause lovin' you has made my life sweeter than ever

I've never felt like this before

Lovin' you has made my life so much sweeter than ever

Each night I pray we'll never part

For the love within my heart grows stronger

From day to day

As best I can, hard I try

To reassure & satisfy

'Cause I'd be lost if you went away

'Cause I really need you (really really need you)

& I need for you to need me too (need for you to need me too)

I have built my world around you (built my world around you)

I'm so thankful that I found you

'Cause lovin' you has made my life sweeter than ever, yes it has

Lovin' you has made my life so much sweeter than ever

'Cause I really love you (really really love you)

Girl, I'm thankful that you love me too (thankful that you love me too)

I have built my world around you (built my world around you)

& I'm truly glad I found you

'Cause lovin' you has made my life sweeter than ever

Oh it has, yes it has

Lovin' you, since I've been lovin' you, my life's sweeter than ever

Since I'm lovin' you, life is sweeter than ever

...& fade

Jingle Bell Rock

Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle bell rock

Jingle bells swing and jingle bells ring

Snowing and blowing up bushels of fun

Now the jingle hop has begun

Jingle bell

Jingle bell

jingle bell rock

Jingle bells chime in jingle bell time

Dancing and prancing in Jingle Bell Square

In the frosty air

What a bright time

it's the right time

To rock the night away

Jingle bell time is a swell time

To go gliding in a one-horse sleigh

Giddy-up jingle horse

pick up your feet

Jingle around the clock

Mix and a-mingle in the jingling feet

That's the jingle bell

That's the jingle bell

That's the jingle bell rock

My Mammy

Words by Sam Lewis & Joe Young

Music by Walter Donaldson

Ev'rything seems lovely,

When you start to roam,

The birds are singing the day that you stray,

But wait until you are further away.

Things won't be so lovely,

When you're all alone,

Here's what you'll keep saying,

When you're far from home.

Chorus:

Mammy, Mammy,

The sun shines East, the sun shines West,

But I've just learned where the sune shines best.

Mammy, Mammy,

My heart strings are tangled around Alabamy.

I'se a-comin' sorry that I made you wait,

I'se a-comin' hope and pray I'm not too late,

Mammy, Mammy,

I'd walk a million miles for one of your smiles,

MY MAMMY

We all start our travels,

Looking for a friend.

If you went searching down deep in your mind,

You know you just left the best pal behind,

After all our travels,

Where do we all wend?

Back home to our first love,

At the journey's end.

Chorus:

Please Come Home For Christmas

(Brown-Red) Bells will be ringing

The glad, glad news

Oh, what a Christmas

To have the blues

My baby's gone

I have no friends

To wish me greetings

Once again

Choirs will be singing

"Silent Night"

Christmas carols

By candlelight

Please come home for Christmas

Please come home for Christmas

If not for Christmas

Then by New Year's Night

Friends and relations

Send salutations

Sure as the stars shine up above

For this is Christmas

Christmas, my dear

The time of year

To spend with the one you love

Then won't you please tell me

You'll never more roam

Christmas and New Year's

Will find you home

There'll be no more sorrow

No grief or pain

Because it's Christmas

Christmas once again

P.S. I LOVE YOU

Johnny Mercer / Gordon Jenkins

Dear, I thought I drop a line

The weather is cool

The fooks are fine

I'm in bed each night at nine

PS I love you

Yesterday we had some rain

But all in all I can't complain

Was it dusty on the train

PS I love you

Write to the Brown's just as soon as you're able

They came around to call

And not burn a hole in the dining room table

Now let me think; I guess that's all

Nothing else for me to say

And so I'll close, but by the way

Everybody's thinking of you

P.S. I love you

I WONDER WHY

Dont' know why I love you like I do, don't know why I do.

Don't know why I love you, don't know why I care

I just want your love to share

I wonder why, I love you like I do

is it because I think you love me too

I wonder why, I love you like I do, like I do.

I told my friends that we would never part

they often said that you would break my heart

I wonder why they think that we will part, we will part

When you're with me, I'm sure you're always true

when I'm away, I wonder what you do

I wonder why I'm sure you're always true, always true

don't know why I do.

NO ONE KNOWS

No one knows what I go through

And the tears I cried for you

And when I smile, it's just a pose

My heart is breaking but no one knows

Friends won't learn the truth from me

I don't want their sympathy

You go to parties, dances and shows

I still love you but no one knows

Maybe some how, some time, some where

You'll walk by and hear my prayer

My loneliness will fade away

Darling please tell me you'll stay

But if you should pass me by

I'll be hurt but I won't cry

And though my love for you still grows

I feel it's better if no one knows

Merry Christmas Baby

Baxter/Moore

Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice

Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice

I feel just like I'm living in paradise

Now you see, I feel real good tonight

And I got music on the radio

And I feel good tonight

And I got music on the radio

And I feel just like I wanna kiss you

Underneath my wistle-toe

But now listen

Santa came down chimney, half past three

With lots of nice little presents for my baby and me

Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice

And I feel like I'm living, just living in paradise

Well now

Santa came down chimney, half past three

With lots of nice little presents for my baby and me

Merry Christmas baby, you surely treat me nice

And I feel like I'm living, just living in paradise

And I just came down to say ... merry Christmas baby

I just wanna say ... merry Christmas baby

I just wanna say ... merry Christmas baby

I just wanna say ... merry Christmas baby

And happy new year too

Oh yeah

Merry Christmas, happy new year

Moon River,

Moon River, wider than a mile

I'm crossing you in style some day

You dream maker

You heartbreaker

Wherever you're going

I'm going your way

Two drifters off to see the world

There's such a lot of world to see

We're after the same rainbow's end

Waitin' round the bend

My Huckleberry friend

Moon River and me

"Paper Moon"

Say it's only a paper moon sailing over a cardboard sea,

But it wouldn't be make-believe if you believed in me.

Yes, it's only a canvas sky handing over a muslin tree,

But it wouldn't be make-believe if you believed in me.

Without your love it's a honky-tonk parade,

Without your love it's a melody played in a penny arcade.

It's a Barnum & Bailey world, just as phony as it can be,

But it wouldn't be make-believe if you believed in me.

Katie Mae

Lightnin' Hopkins

Yeah, you know Katie Mae is a good girl, folks, and she don't run around at night

Yeah, you know Katie Mae is a good girl, folks, and she don't run around at night

Yeah, you know you can bet your last dollar Katie Mae will treat you right

Yeah, you know I try to give that woman everything in the world she need,

that's why she don't do nothing but lay up in the bed and read

You know she walks just like she got oil wells in her backyard

Yes, you'll never hear that woman whoop and holler and cry and talking 'bout

these times being hard

You know some folks say she must be a Cadillac, but I say she must be a T-model Ford

Yeah, you know some folks say she must be a Cadillac, but I say she must be a T-model Ford

Yeah, you know she got the shape all right, but she can't carry no heavy load

I say goodbye, goodbye poor Katie Mae, these are the last words that I got to say

I say goodbye, goodbye poor Katie Mae, these are the last words I got to say

Yes, if I don't see you tomorrow I hope I'll meet you early the next day

One For My Baby

H. Arlen/J. Mercer

It's quarter to three, there's no one in the place

Except you and me

So set 'em' up Joe, I got a little story

I think you should know

We're drinking my friend, to the end

Of a brief episode

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

I know the routine, put another nickel

In the machine

I feel kind of bad, can't you make the music

Easy and sad

I could tell you a lot, but it's not

In a gentleman's code

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

You'd never know it, but buddy I'm a kind of poet

And I've got a lot of things I'd like to say

And if I'm gloomy, please listen to me

Till it's talked away

Well that's how it goes, and Joe I know your gettin'

Anxious to close

Thanks for the cheer

I hope you didn't mind

My bending your ear

But this torch that I found, It's gotta be drowned

Or it's gonna explode

Make it one for my baby

And one more for the road

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus

I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus

Underneath the mistletoe last night.

She didn't see me creep

Down the stairs to have a peep

She thought that I was tucked up in my bedroom fast asleep.

Then I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus

Underneath his beard so snowy white.

Oh, what a laugh it would have been

If Daddy had only seen

Mommy kissing Santa Claus last night.

I'VE COME TOO FAR

THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD, HE LIVES IN MY HEART

HE S MY PROTECTOR AND FROM HIM I WILL NEVER, NEVER PART

HE S MY COMFORTER, HE S MY HEALER

MY SWORD AND MY SMIELD

WITH HIM BESIDE ME AND INSIDE ME

TO TEMPTATION ILL NEVER, NEVER YIELD

WHEN I WAS DOWN IN DEPRESSION, HE GENTLY LIFTED ME UP

WHEN MY SOUL WAS IN RECESSION HE GAVE ME SWEET WINE FROM HIS

LOVING CUP

HIS PROMISES ARE CLEAR

HE SAID, COME UNTO ME AND I LL RELEASE YOU FROM ALL THAT FEAR

ILL HELP YOU CAST ASIDE ALL THAT GRIEF AND ALL YOU VE GOT TO DO IS HAVE

FAITH

BRIDGE

WELL, I VE COME TOO FAR LORD TO TURN BACK NOW

I WOULDN'T IF I COULD, SO IT DOESN'T MATTER ANYHOW

LOOKING UP TO HEAVEN, WITH MY HEAD LOW AND BOWED

WELL. I VE COME TOO FAR TO TURN BACK NOW

THE LIGHT OF MY SALVATION, A LAMP UNTO MY FEET

THE ANSWER TO SPIRITUAL STARVATION

AND IN HIM MY LIFE IS OH SO SWEET

HE RELEASED ME FROM MY PAIN

KEPT ME FROM GOING TOTALLY INSANE

NOW I STAND FIRMLY IN THE ROCK

YES AND I PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME

REPEAT BRIDGE

new breed of man

Coming on the scene

A new breed of man

His heart is pure and clean

There's a new song he's singing

He understands his worth

A new vision he's bringing

God's Kingdom here nn earth

There's e new breed of man

Standing in the Light

There's a new help people

Running to the fight

Leading his nation

Following God's call

He ignites his generation

The flame consumes us all

(Chorus)

There's a new breed of man

He's after God's own heart Diligently searching for

The treasures in God's word

There's a new breed at man

And he's starting to bear fruit

So come and take a bite of life

Everlasting life

There's a new breed of man

He hears the Masters voice

A new holy nation

Making the right choice

Citizen's of heavens

Wise beyond their years

They've taken step seven

They've overcome their fears

(Repeat chorus)

Ho knows there ain't no crown

Without a cross

He knows there ain't no gain

Without a lost

Faith in his God, his only shield

He's a man of velvet

He's a man of steel (Repeat chorus)

I love Jesus now

drinking late till I saw double

But every morning broke my bubble

I love Jesus now

I made every social blunder

And every table I drank under

One day it struck me like thunder

That I love Jesus now

(chorus)

well all those things that I cared for

were only wasted times

Cause now I'm following the Master

Instead of following dollar signs

When there was fun I'd volunteer

I'd swing from every chandelier

But now my vision crystal clear

I swing for Jesus now

I lost myself in lots of things

Expensive clothes and diamond rings

But lately I feel that I've got wings

I fly to Jesus now

I shot dice till I rolled seven

I grabbed my cash with motors revving

You know I could jump halfway to heaven, but I love Jesus now

(Repeat chorus)

I surpassed my limitations

Nodding yes to each temptation

But now I'm filled with jubilation

I'm filled with Jesus now

My goal was to make a million dollars

Leather jackets and stand-up collars

Hear me out cause now I hollers

My goal is Jesus now

(Repeat chorus)

Today I hors by my mistakes

I'm glad finally hit the brakes

I'll do no matter what it takes

To be like Jesus now

ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE A HEART

TRIES TO GET IT ON ANYWAY

HE TELLS YA LIES,. ~ GOT FUNNY EYES

THINKS YOU BELIEVE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY

I KNOW A GIRL, SHE PLAYS THE PART

STRUTS HER STUFF SHE THINKS SHE'S SMART

IF YOU GOT THE MONEY, SHE GOT THE HONEY

SHE S GOT A BAD CONDITION OF THE HEART

CHORUS

ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE A HEART

ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE A HEART

ONLY GOD CAN CHANGE A HEART

I KNOW A MAN. HE DON T DO WHAT HE OUGHTA

THERE S TEARS IN THE EYES OF HIS DAUGHTER

HE' S GOT A THIRST, HE COMES FIRST

HIS THINKING MUDDLES UP THE WATER

I KNOW A BOY, HE'S PART OF THE JET SET

HE THINKS LOVE IS WHAT YA GET

HES PART OF THE IN CROWD HES SO PROUD

TO KNOW HIIMSELF IS SUCH A THREAT

REPEAT CHORUS

I KNOW A WOMAN, SHE COULD HAVE BEEN A STAR

SHE COUNTS ON HER LOOKS TO GO VERY FAR

THE TIME FLEW BY. SHE DON T KNOW WHY

THE EMPTINESS HAS LEFT A SCAR

REPEAT CHORUS

I KNOW A GUY A MULTI-.MILLIONAIRE

HE DON T KNOW GOD, HE DON T REALLY CARE

HE THINKS LIFE IS A JOKE, HE S GOT HIS COKE

HE SAYS, LETS WORRY BOUT IT PEOPLE WHEN WE ALL GET THERE

I KNOW A MAN, HE'S GOT A SCHEME

HE S ALL ALONE, HE S KIND OF MEAN

HE S ALWAYS MAD, ITS TRULY SAD

I PRAY THE LORD WILL INTERVENE

REPEAT CHORUS

Prayers

urgent hopes for bright tomorrows

Unseen wings across the air

They telegraph our feelings there- Prayers

Prayers at thanks and supplication

Essence at communication

Talking about sweet prayers

Prayers which light the evening skies

They float from children's bedtime signs

Prayers of troops Is battle fighting

Cries of love un-requiting- Prayers

some grow old and never heed them

others feel they never need them

Talking about sweet prayers

(chorus)

Praying's the sunlight, fighting all the places

Shining hero. shining there

Nourishing food to my very soul

Praying's like sunlight, touching all our faces

Reaching here, reaching there

warming my heart, through the very cold

Through the very cold

Prayers that crack the sky with thunder

Bless each rainbow sailing under

Prayers front Hong Kong to Hohoken

Spring from every language spoken-prayers

Some will live and never use them

Others too who will refuse them

Healing words at prayers

(Repeat chorus)

Prayers that ask for heaven's healing

Span the range at human feeling

Some appear as practised lines

By ancient men at ancient shrines-prayers

Spoken soft in desperation

Shouted loud In celebration

Heating words at

"MAKE THE WOMAN LOVE ME"

In such a long, long time

Not since that brand new pair of Levis

Back when I was eight or nine

And I know the world's in such a state

And you've got a lot to do

But if you ever find yourself

With a minute or two

Won't you please

Make the woman love me... make the woman see

I'd be so good for her Lord if she'd just let me

Make the woman love me... make the woman care

_Just open up her heart Lord

and I'll take it from there

Lord I know that she needs me... it's just that she don't know

And my heart's so full of her it's bound to overflow

So if you should have a miracle

That you wanna do up right

Won't you take her by the hand Lord and show her the light.

And won't you please

Make the woman love me... make the woman see

I'd be so good For her Lord if she'd just let me

Make the woman love me... make the woman care

Just open up her heart Lord

And I'll take it from there

"ONLY YOU KNOW"

(Gerry Goffin/Phil Spector)

I wanna see something that used to be in your eyes again

I'm waitin' to see it... yOU know it's only a question of when

'Cause I know

How much you're missin'

Whenever.., you know that it's missin

And only you know... where you have been to

Only you know... what you have been through

But there's better things you're gonna get into

And I wanna be there too

I know it's not easy for you to start to believe again

And when the day comes... don't let yourself be deceived again

'cause I know

that you've been waiting

been such a long time that you've been waiting

And only you know... where you have been to

Only you know... what you have been through

there's better things you're gonna get into

And I wanna be there too

"NEW YORK CITY SONG

'The bright lights... the big city

Went straight to my baby's head

She never listened to a word

Or what her daddy said

The music and the parties

And the laughter turned her on

She lost herself in runnin'

And all we had was gone

CHORUS

That's the year my dream died in New York City

That's the year I had to leave that town

That's the year people my dream died in New York City

That's the year I left without a sound

The bottles are all empty

And we sang our farewell song

Thank the Lord that New York City

People love you strong

I think of all the good times

When my cup overflowed

Ain't it funny baby

That we've taken different roads

CHORUS

There'll always be a little

New York City in my heart

"IN AND OUT OF THE SHADOWS "

'

(Gerry Goffin, Phil Spector)

In and out of the shadows at the highway of mistakes

When you get down, you get down to nowhere you pay respects

To higher stakes

In and out of the shadows fake a smile and don't complain

Try and ..... try not to take everything that you see in vain

Oh that scream in the middle of a dream.

Tell me what does it mean

For you or for anybody

In and out of the shadows baby you ain't gonna fold

Even though somebody came and told you the world has long

Been bought and sold

Oh that scream in the middle of a dream

Tell me what does it mean

For you or for anybody

In and out of the shadows there ain't no place that you can hide

But you can try... try to be humble in your pride

Deep. Inside

"JENNIFER KNEW"

I felt that I could challenge rain,

just sing to ease the strongest pain ... in those days.

And turning in a morning sleep

I dreamed of mountains I would leap

..In those days.

But Jennifer knew Jennifer knew.

Beneath her taffy-colored hair,

behind her soft and loving stare she knew...

Past my lonely search for cheers

Her whispers finally reached my ears.

Jennifer knew.

How slowly it occurred that she

saw under all I tried to be

in those days.

She looked through me deep inside

for I was trapped by my own pride

in those days.

But Jennifer knew

Jennifer knew...

Beneath her taffy-colored hair,

behind her soft and loving stare she knew...

Past my lonely search for cheers

her whispers finally reached my ears

Jennifer knew.

"IT ALL FITS TOGETHER"

It all fits together I suppose somehow

But there's some things you just can't explain

It never Is easy to turn away

Cause whatever you lose is so hard to regain.

There have been others of flannel soft nights

Just an endless recital of dreams

But there on the blankets I've emptied my pockets

And found you've been lost in a change

The feeling is gone, 'twill occur no more

Shelled under reasons of seasons gone down

But then in a glance you are there once more

It's another girl's eyes, another girl's town.

I've been a fool, it's true, it's so

But blindness iS painful, the cripple's gone lame

But there is just one thing I want you to know

I'll only try harder to make it the same.

KING Of THE NEW YORK STREETS

I've GOT TO GET TO YOU

Ill take a helicopter or a Concord jet

A creaky elevator or - red Corvette

I'll water ski an ocean ride a tugboat too

There isn't s single thing that I

wouldn't do

I've got to get to you woh

Got to get to you

Got to get to you woh

I've got to get to you

You know I'd drive an ice cream truck or wagon train

I'd climb the highest flagpole In the pouring' rein

I'll take a city subway or a 10 -speed bike

Just shoot me out a circus cannon If you like

CHORUS

Love Is kind

it suffers long

Its never proud or Jealous

Love will never do you wrong

Good God

Love will never fail us

I'd Jockey a camel on the burning' sand

Scale every mountain peak across the land

I'd steer a locomotive or roller skate

Because my motors run-in' and it's getting late

CHORUS

You know I'd ride e steamboat or a motorcycle

I'd roll across the earth upon a unicycle

I'd grab a taxi, I'd pay the fare

Hop In a hot air balloon 'cause I really care

CHORUS

Who took the sun and gave you rain?

Who filled yow heart with sorrow?

Who came and stole your tender years?

Who filled your eyes with tears of no tomorrow?

You know I'd drive a tractor or a limousine

id try a Pogo stick baby or a submarine

I'd push a scooter, I'd use an ATC, a rickshaw or a dogsled

it's all the same to me

CHORUS

LOVING YOU IS Killing ME

There's a lead-fed silence in the air all around

I can't take it anymore

Its S rip-trip hammer and I'm feeling

the sound

I never felt It before

I'm a dazed-crazed victim of a tragic mistake

Girl we can not go on

with this tear fear tremor of a major earthquake

I JUST try to hang on

Loving you Is killing me

Its life or death, girl can't you see

so If you love me then set me free

Let go Let love Let live

Thers's a rag-tag army fighting inside my brain

Bomb Is bound to blow

A- its a worn-torn tremor of emotional rain

Someone's just got to say no

In the mud-flood battle of raw nerves of steel

Mine have just melted down

And the tense -fence guarding me from all that I feel

I just collapsed to the ground

CHORUS

its the non-stop pressure of a lifetime with you

I've just got to unload

There's no quick-fix solution anymore can do

My head is ripe to explode

its a mad-bad feeling and there's no

way out

No one's going to reform

We a rough-tough tremor

And We got me worn out

I'm like a leaf In a storm

CHORUS

Let It go Let It flow

CHORUS

LOOKIN' FOR the HEART OF SATURDAY NIGHT

MIDTOWN AMERICAN MAIN STREET GANG

Through nights of irresponsibility and a lack of self-control

I feared the friends I ran with, but I loved to live the role

Five of us in Levi jeans who passed on basketball

We all lived on Presley's 45s and were beckoned to the call

Every night was Halloween when they picked me up at eight

We raced the moon to madness before midnight made our bate

Drinking beer and smoking burned-Out butts till the Camels killed our lungs

The liquor sent us spinning out and brought a thickness to our tongues.

Chorus:

Roamin' in the halls

Rackin' up the balls

Climbln' up the walls

Don't you hear the calls

Lookin' for a place to hang

The Midtown American Main Street Gang

An aiternoon of boredom was cured by a quarter and a cue

Stealing things form the counter top when there was nothing else to do

Bobby knocked up Sheri, we ushered him out one day

And Dave and Johnny took the buddy system and they went the Army way

Two stolen cars took Larry, he got three to five for each

I came to grips with growin' up, but it's still too far to reach

The memory's old and the story's told in all the songs that Presley sang

Are you puttin' me on, is the DA gone, like the Midtown American Main Street Gang?

Repeat Chorus

(I USED TD BE A) BROOKLYN DODGER

It died like an old forgotten friend

Didn't I just turn sixteen In May

Now thirty-five's just around the bend

I throw the dice in all of the alleys

C'mon baby, let 'em roll

And boys, If you weren't from Flatbush

Jack, you didn't have any soul

I used to be a Brooklyn Dodger

But I ain't a hitter anymore

You know I had a reputation

I loved to hear the home crowd roar

You know I never had a nickel

Just my freedom, girl, and the time

And now all I have Is a memory

Of a strut dodger in ins prime

Now Haley's comets are remembered

as flash across the sky

And if I had my leather jacket

I swear I'd give it all another try

I used lobe a Brooklyn Dodger

But I ain't a hitter anymore

You know I had a reputation

I loved to hear the home crowd roar

I used to be a Brooklyn Dodger

But I don't play there anymore.

MIDNIGHT LOVER

With a roving eye

A midnight rambler, suicide gambler

Master of disguise

Seeks her fame and fortune

From the city street

Keepin' in the groove:, makin' her move:

With some death defying feat

Chorus::

But the girl don't care tonight

Just as long as the stars they are bright

The girl don't care tonight

She's a Midnight Lover

Midnight Lover

She's a teenage beauty

With that high heeled spark

Cruisin' Manhattan, Isle of Staten

Trying ' to make her mark

She's a solo rider

in the big melting pot

Paid for the hour, she's got that power

To make your blood run hot

Repeat Chorus: Twice

POOR BOY

Lost in the heart of the city

Right or wrong its not for you to say

Hanging Out on the corner

Longing to be a bit warmer

Lying in the arms of a girl that you left far away

Chorus:

Don't worry about it

Maybe in time when you get it together

She's gonna be there in kinds of weather

Get yourself up

Don't waste it feelin' blue

Poor boy, she'll wait for you

She's gonna wait for you

Poor Boy

Poor Boy it's a wonder

you ever get yourself out from under?

You know Lady Luck she's a chooser

And maybe she'll make you a loser

That's a chance. Poor Boy, you took when you came to town

Repeat Chorus:

Now you can be a rich man but it doesn't matter

Nothing's waiting for you it at the top ladder

Without Love

Love

Poor Boy It's a pity

Lost in the heart of the city

Right or wrong it's not for you to say

Hanging out on the corner

Longing to be a bit warmer

Lying in the arms of: a girl that you left far away

Repeat Chorus:

my prayer for you

May the Father of light pour out his grace on you

May you feel his hand in everything you do

And be strengthened by the things he brings you through

This is my prayer for you.

May the Son of God be Lord in all your ways

May he shepherd you the lengths of all your days

And in your heart may he receive the praise

This is my prayer for you.

And despite how simple it may sound,

I pray that his grace will abound

And motivate everything you do

And may the fullness of his love be shed through you

May his spirit comfort you and make you strong,

May he discipline you gently when you're wrong..yea

And in your heart may he give you a song

This is my prayer for you

May Jesus be Lord in all your ways

May he shepherd you the length of all your days

And in your heart may he receive the praise

This is my prayer for you...my prayer for you.

Kotter (extract)

These are the lyrics to Dion's song "Kotter", copyright Dion DiMucci 1975.

I couldn't make out the first line, since the announcer was talking at that time.

It starts out with a rhythmic acoustic guitar .

"... Brooklyn took him, lookin' good, he's back in his old neighborhood, teaching at his old high school. Whether he could've been someone special, in some high position, elected, respected, not in this posistion.

(tempo slows and guitar is finger-picked) Kotter, you're our man. When you dream about the plans, well underneath it all, you know we need each other."

Doug

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