Take On Me, by A-ha
We're talking away
I don't know what
I'm to say I'll say it anyway
Today's another day to find you
Shying away
I'll be coming for your love, OK?
Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
So needless to say
I'm odds and ends
But that's me stumbling away
Slowly learning that life is OK.
Say after me
It's no better to be safe than sorry
Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
Oh the things that you say
Is it life or
Just a play my worries away
You're all the things I've got to
remember
You're shying away
I'll be coming for you anyway
Take on me, take me on
I'll be gone
In a day or two
_____________
All I Have To Do Is Dream, by The Everly Brothers
Dre-ee-eam dream dream dream
Dre-ee-eam dream dream dream
When I want you in my arms
When I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you
All I have to do is dre-ee-eam
Dream, dream, dream
When I feel blue in the night
And I need you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you
All I have to do is dreeeeeam
I can make you mine
Taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I'm dreamin' my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so, and that is why
Whenever I want you
All I have to do is dre-ee-eam
Dream, dream, dream
Dreeeeeam
I can make you mine
Taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I'm dreamin' my life away
I need you so that I could die
I love you so, and that is why
Whenever I want you
All I have to do is dre-ee-eam
Dream, dream, dream
Dre-ee-eam
Dream, dream, dream
_____________
At Last, by Ella Fitzgerald
At last my love has come along
My lonely days are over
And life is like a song
At last the skies above are blue
My heart was wrapped up in clover
The night I looked at you
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
A thrill that I have never known
Oh, you smiled, you smiled
And then the spell was cast
And here we are in heaven
For you are mine at last
_____________
At The Hop, by Danny and the Juniors
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, at the hop!
Well, you can rock it, you can roll it
Do the stomp and even stroll it at the hop (Bop, bop, bop)
When the record starts a-spinnin'
You calypso when you chicken at the hop (Bop, bop, bop)
Do the dance sensation that is sweepin' the nation at the hop
Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop
C'mon, let's go to the hop
Well, you can swing it you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jumpin' is the smoothest
And the music is the coolest at the hop
All the cats and the chicks can get their kicks at the hop
Let's go!
Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop
C'mon, let's go to the hop
Let's go!
Well, you can rock it, you can roll it
Do the stomp and even stroll it at the hop (Bop, bop, bop)
When the record starts a-spinnin'
You calypso when you chicken at the hop (Bop, bop, bop)
Do the dance sensation that is sweepin' the nation at the hop
You can swing it you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jumpin' is the smoothest
And the music is the coolest at the hop
All the cats and the chicks can get their kicks at the hop
Let's go!
Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop, oh baby
Let's go to the hop
C'mon, let's go to the hop
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah
Ah ah ah ah, ah ah ah ah, at the hop!
_____________
Baby I Love Your Way, by Peter Frampton
Shadows grow so long before my eyes
And they're moving across the page
Suddenly the day turns into night
Far away from the city but don't hesitate
'Cause your love won't wait hey
Ooh baby I love your way every day
Wanna tell you I love your way every day
Wanna be with you night and day
Moon appears to shine and light the sky
With the help of some fireflies
I wonder how they have the power shine shine shine
I can see them under the pines
But don't hesitate 'cause your love won't wait hey
Ooh baby I love your way every day
Wanna tell you I love your way every day
Wanna be with you night and day uh yeah
But don't hesitate 'cause your love won't wait
I can see the sunset in your eyes
Brown and grey and blue besides
Clouds are stalking islands in the sun
Wish I could dry one out of season
But don't hesitate 'cause your love won't wait hey
Ooh baby I love your way every day
Wanna tell you I love your way uuhh
Wanna be with you night and day
Ooh baby I love your way every day
Wanna tell you I love your way uuhh
Wanna be with you night and day
_____________
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
He's a fool and don't I know it
But a fool can have his charms
I'm in love and don't I show it
Like a babe in arms
I'm wild but not impatient
Men were not a new sensation
Couldn't sleep, and wouldn't sleep
When love told me I shouldn't sleep
Lovin' and huggin,' you know it
I'm in love and don't I show it
Like a babe in arms
I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
My heart was lost, I paid the cost
Cold from the start, he played the part
I must agree the laughs on me
But he and I, we were meant to be
Anticipating, loving, hating, waiting
What am I to do
Bewildered and bewitched
'Cause I'm so bothered over you
I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
Just the same old, sad sensation
That's the way love feels
And this half-pint imitation
Has my head over my heels
Wishin' and missin' your kissin'
What am I to think
Bothered and bewildered
I can't sleep a wink
I'm wild again, beguiled again
A simpering, whimpering child again
Bewitched, bothered and bewildered am I
_____________
Please Do Something Stupid, by Carla Ulbrich
I could always find a reason why a man was not my style
He was rude or crude or stupid or he didn't ever smile
But you are kind and charming and the model of restraint
You're just what I was looking for and that is my complaint
Won't you please do something stupid so I can get over you
If you really cared about me it's the least that you would do
The perfect man's not in my plans; I've got too much to do
So won't you please do something stupid so I can get over you
At the dinner table you did not show me your scar
You did not say you were in movies and I could be the star
You didn't show up with your toothbrush expecting you could stay
You never asked how old I was or how much I weigh
On the way to take me home your car did not run out of gas
You did not stop to hock some loogies off the overpass
Won't you please do something stupid so I can get over you
If you really cared about me it's the least that you would do
The perfect man's not in my plans; I've got too much to do
So won't you please do something stupid so I can get over you
It's always been so easy not to sweep me off my feet
I was happy with my Irish Setter and my parakeet
Do you have to be so handsome do you have to be so sweet
I was sure I'd set my standards for someone that I would never meet
I never date comedians because they never laugh
Or anyone whose love letters are not at least a paragraph
Or someone else's boyfriend Or anyone named Steve
Or anyone in high school But you are none of these
Won't you please do something stupid so I can get over you
If you really cared about me it's the least that you would do
The perfect man's not in my plans; I've got too much to do
So won't you please do something stupid so I can get over you
_____________
What If Your Girlfriend Was Gone, by Carla Ulbrich
I was just wondering -- hypothetically
What would you do? -- theoretically
If something should happen accidentally or medically
What if your girlfriend was gone?
If she died in a fire from a broken light fixture
Or happened to swallow a poisonous mixture
Would I find my way back into the picture
If you were suddenly alone?
Would ya call me up would ya write me a letter
Would ya tie a message to your Irish Setter
Would ya try to get through so we could be together
What if your girlfriend was gone?
If she disappeared without a trace
And everyone looked all over the place
Why do you have that look on your face?
It’s not like I have any plans!
But if I were around and I could appease ya
And she was suddenly struck with amnesia
And never again would be able to please ya
Would you still wanna be her man?
Would ya call me up would ya write me a letter
Would ya tie a message to your Irish Setter
Would ya try to get through so we could be together
What if your girlfriend was gone?
Of course, as you know, I’m a very nice girl
A beacon of light in a cold, cruel world
Evil plans I could never carry out
But who could blame me for wonderin' about
If something should happen hypothetically
What would you do? theoretically
If something should happen accidentally or medically
What if your girlfriend was gone?
Would ya call me up would ya write me a letter
Would ya tie a message to your Irish Setter
Would ya try to get through so we could be together
What if your girlfriend was gone?
Would ya walk away from your deep devotion
Put a letter in a bottle and throw it in the ocean
Realize that you’ve got a notion
To give me my long overdue promotion
Ending 1:
Would ya call me up would ya write me a letter
Would ya tie a message to your Irish Setter
Would ya try to get through so we could be together
What if your girlfriend was gone?
Ending 2:
Would you hunt me down with your Irish Setter
Would you tie me up in a chain and fetter
Throw me in jail ‘cause you like her better
What if your girlfriend was gone?
Ending 3:
Would ya tie me up in a chain and fetter
Would you photograph me with your Irish Setter
Do all those things that use to upset her
What if your girlfriend was gone
_____________
Don't Bogart Me, by The Fraternity Of Man
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Roll another one
Just like the other one
You've been hangin' on to it
And I would sure like a hit
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Don't bogart that joint, my friend
Pass it over to me
Roll another one
Just like the other one
That one would just burn to the end
So come on and be a real friend
_____________
Eve of Destruction, by Barry McGuire
The Eastern world it is explodin'
Violence flarin' and bullets loadin'
You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'
You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin'
And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'
But you tell me, over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction.
Don't you understand what I'm tryin' to say
Can't you feel the fear that I'm feelin' today
If the button is pushed there's no running away
There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave
Take a look around you boy, it's bound to scare you boy
But you tell me, over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction.
My blood's so mad feels like coagulatin'
I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'
You can't twist the truth it knows no regulation
And a handful of Senators don't pass legislation
Marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'
But you tell me, over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction.
Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
You may leave here for four days in space
But when you return, it's the same old place
The pounding drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next door neighbor
But don't forget to say grace
But you tell me, over and over and over again my friend,
Ah, you don't believe we're on the Eve of Destruction.
_____________
Fever, by Ella Fitzgerald
Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
Sun lights up the daytime
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
And I know I'm gonna treat you right
You give me fever when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever in the morning
Fever all through the night
Everybody's got the fever
That is something you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long ago
Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet, she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said "Julie Baby, You're my flame"
Thou givest fever
When he kisseth
Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever, I'm afire
Fever, yeah I burn forsooth
Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her Daddy tried to kill him
She said, "Daddy, Oh, Don't you dare!"
He gives me fever
With his kisses
Fever when he holds me tight
Fever, I'm his Misses
Oh Daddy, won't you treat him right?
Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever
Be it Fahrenheit or Centigrade
They give you Fever when you kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Fever, 'till you sizzle
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
_____________
Fish Heads, by Barnes and Barnes
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Roly-Poly Fish Heads
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Eat them up, Yum!
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Roly-Poly Fish Heads
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Eat them up, Yum!
In the morning
Laughing, happy fish heads
In the evening
Floating in the soup
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Roly-Poly Fish Heads
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Eat them up, Yum!
Ask a fish head
Anything you want to
He won't answer
They can't talk
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Roly-Poly Fish Heads
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Eat them up, Yum!
I took a fish head
Out to see a movie
Didn't have to pay to
Get it in
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Roly-Poly Fish Heads
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Eat them up, Yum!
They can't play baseball
They don't wear sweaters
They're not good dancers
They don't play drums
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Roly-Poly Fish Heads
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Eat them up, Yum!
Roly-Poly fish heads are never seen
drinking capachino in Italian resturants with
Oriental women
Yeeeeeeaaaahhhhh.....
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Roly-Poly Fish Heads
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Eat them up, Yum!
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Roly-Poly Fish Heads
Fish Heads, Fish Heads
Eat them up, Yum!
_____________
For What It's Worth, by Buffalo Springfield
There's something happening here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Telling me I got to beware
I think it's time we stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
There's battle lines being drawn
Nobody's right if everybody's wrong
Young people speaking their minds
Getting so much resistance from behind
I think it's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
What a field-day for the heat
A thousand people in the street
Singing songs and carrying signs
Mostly say, hooray for our side
It's time we stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Paranoia strikes deep
Into your life it will creep
It starts when you're always afraid
You step out of line, the man come and take you away
We better stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, hey, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down
_____________
I Am Woman, by Helen Reddy
I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back and pretend
'Cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor
No one's ever gonna keep me down again
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong - strong
I am invincible - invincible
I am woman
You can bend but never break me
'Cause it only serves to make me
More determined to achieve my final goal
And I come back even stronger
Not a novice any longer
'Cause you've deepened the conviction in my soul
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong - strong
I am invincible - invincible
I am woman
I am woman watch me grow
See me standing toe to toe
As I spread my lovin' arms across the land
But I'm still an embryo
With a long long way to go
Until I make my brother understand
Oh yes I am wise
But it's wisdom born of pain
Yes, I've paid the price
But look how much I gained
If I have to, I can do anything
I am strong - strong
I am invincible - invincible
I am woman
...If I have to I can face anything...
_____________
I Second That Emotion, by The Temptations
Maybe you'd want to give me kisses sweet
But only for one night with no repeat
Maybe you'll go away and never call
And a taste of honey is worse than none at all
Oh little girl, in that case I don't want no part
I do believe that that would only break my heart
Oh, but if you feel like loving me
If you got the notion
I second that emotion
If you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion
I second that emotion
Maybe you think that love would tie you down
And you don't have the time to hang around
Maybe you think that love was made for fools
So it makes you wise to break the rules
Oh little girl, in that case I don't want no part
That would only break my heart
Oh, but if you feel like loving me
If you got the notion
I second that emotion
If you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion
I second that emotion
Maybe you want to give me kisses sweet
But only for one night with no repeat
Maybe you'd go away and never call
And a taste of honey is worse than none at all
Oh little girl, in that case I don't want no part
That would only break my heart
Oh, but if you feel like loving me
If you got the notion
I second that emotion
If you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion
I second that emotion
Maybe you think that love would tie you down
You ain't got the time to hang around
Maybe you think that love was made for fools
So it makes you wise to break the rules
Oh little girl, in that case I don't want no part
That would only break my heart
Oh, but if you feel like loving me
If you got the notion
I second that emotion
If you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion
I second that emotion
Well, if you feel like giving me
A lifetime of devotion
_____________
I Want You, by Leon Ware And T-boy Ross, sung by Madonna
I want you the right way
I want you, but I want you to want me too,
Want you to want me baby
Just like I want you
Da da, da da, da da da
I'll give you all the love I want in return
But half a love is all I feel, sweet darling
It's too bad, it's just too sad
You don't want me no more
But I'm gonna change your mind
Some way, somehow
I want you the right way
I want you, but I want you to want me too,
Want you to want me baby
Just like I want you
Da da, da da, da da da
One way love is just a fantasy
To share is precious, pure and fair
Don't play with something you should cherish for life
Oh baby, don't you wanna care?
Ain't it lonely out there?
I want you the right way
I want you, but I want you to want me too,
Want you to want me baby
Just like I want you
I want you the right way
I want you, but I want you to want me too,
Want me baby, just like I want you.
Da da, da da, da da da
(Spoken:)
I want you, the right way
Want me baby
Don't play with something you should cherish for life
_____________
You Were Meant For Me, by Jewel
I hear the clock, its six a.m.
I feel so far away from where I've been
I got my eggs, I got my pancakes too
Got my maple syrup, everything but you
I break the yolks and make a smiley face
I kinda like it in my brand new place
I wipe the spots off of the mirror, dont leave the keys in the door
I never put wet towels on the floor anymore cause
Dreams last so long, even after youre gone
I know that you love me and soon you will see
You were meant for me and I was meant for you
I called my momma, she was out for a walk
Consoled a cup of coffee but it didnt wanna talk
So picked up a paper, it was more bad news
More hearts being broken or people being used
Put on my coat in the pouring rain
I saw a movie it just wasnt the same
Cause it was happy and I was sad and
It made me miss you oh so bad cause
Dreams last so long, even after youre gone
I know that you love me and soon you will see
You were meant for me and I was meant for you
I go about my business, I'm doing fine
Besides, what would I say if I had you on the line
Same old story, not much to say
Hearts are broken every day
I brush my teeth and put the cap back on
I know you hate it when I leave the light on
I pick up a book and turn the sheets down and then
Take a deep breath and a good look around
Put on my pjs and hop into bed
I'm half alive but I feel mostly dead
I, I try and tell myself it'll all be alright
I just shouldnt think anymore tonight cause
Dreams last so long, even after youre gone
I know that you love me and soon you will see
You were meant for me and I was meant for you
Yeah, you were meant for me and I was meant for you
_____________
May It Be, by Enya
May it be
An evening star
Shines down
Upon you
May it be
When darkness falls
Your heart
Will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh how far you are from home
Mornie utulie [quenya: darkness has come]
Believe and you
Will find your way
Mornie alantie [quenya: darkness has fallen]
A promise lives
Within you now
May it be
The shadows call
Will fly away
May it be
You journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise
To find the sun
Mornie utulie [quenya: darkness has come]
Believe and you
Will find your way
Mornie alantie [quenya: darkness has fallen]
A promise lives
Within you now
A promise lives
Within you now...
_____________
Running Bear, by Johnny Preston
On the bank of the river
Stood Running Bear, young Indian brave
On the other side of the river
Stood his lovely Indian maid
Little White Dove was her name
Such a lovely sight to see
But their tribes fought with each other
So their love could never be
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die
He couldn't swim the raging river
'Cause the river was too wide
He couldn't reach the Little White Dove
Waiting on the other side
In the moonlight he could see her
Throwing kisses 'cross the waves
Her little heart was beating faster
Waiting for her Indian brave
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die
Running Bear dove in the water
Little White Dove did the same
And they swam out to each other
Through the swirling stream they came
As their hands touched and their lips met
The raging river pulled them down
Now they'll always be together
In their happy hunting ground
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love big as the sky
Running Bear loved Little White Dove
With a love that couldn't die
_____________
Sally's Song, Tim Burton, Nightmare Before Christmas
I sense there's something in the wind
That feels like tragedy's at hand
And though I'd like to stand by him
Can't shake this feeling that I have
The worst is just around the bend
And does he notice my feelings for him?
And will he see how much he means to me?
I think it's not to be
What has become of my dear friend?
Where will his actions lead us then?
Although I'd like to make him hear
There is nothing for him to fear
Try as I may, it doesn't last
And will we ever end up together?
No, I think not, it's never to become
For I am not the one
_____________
Some Enchanted Evening, by Rogers and Hammerstein, South Pacific
Some enchanted evening
You may see a stranger
You may see a stranger
Across a crowded room
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere
You'll see him again and again
Some enchanted evening,
Someone may be laughing
You may hear him laughing
Across a crowded room
And night after night,
As strange as it seems
The sound of his laughter
Will sing in your dreams
Who can explain it,
Who can tell you why
Fools give you reasons,
Wise men never try
Some enchanted evening,
When you find your true love
When you feel him call you
Across a crowded room
Then fly to his side
And make him your own
Or all through your life
You may dream all alone
Once you have found him, never let him go
Once you have found him, never let him go
_____________
Subterranean Homesick Blues, by Bob Dylan
Johnny's in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I'm on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he's got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It's somethin' you did
God knows when
But you're doin' it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin' for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten
Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin' that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone's tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early May
Orders from the D. A.
Look out kid
Don't matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don't try "No Doz"
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don't need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows
Ah get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin' to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You're gonna get hit
But users, cheaters
Six-time losers
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool's
Lookin' for a new fool
Don't follow leaders
Watch the parkin' meters
Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don't steal, don't lift
Twenty years of schoolin'
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don't wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don't wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don't work
'Cause the vandals took the handles
_____________
Superman, by Five For Fighting
I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
I’m just out to find
The better part of me
I’m more than a bird
I’m more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It’s not easy to be me
Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I’ll never see
It may sound absurd but don’t be naive
Even heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed but won’t you concede
Even heroes have the right to dream
It’s not easy to be me
Up, up and away, away from me
It’s all right
You can all sleep sound tonight
I’m not crazy or anything
I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
Men weren’t meant to ride
With clouds between their knees
I’m only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
Inside of me
Inside me
Yeah, inside me
Inside of me
I’m only a man in a funny red sheet
I’m only a man looking for a dream
I’m only a man in a funny red sheet
And it’s not easy
Its not easy to be me
_____________
Swinging on A Star
Would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a mule?
A mule is an animal with long funny ears
Kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
And by the way, if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule
Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a pig?
A pig is an animal with dirt on his face
His shoes are a terrible disgrace
He has no manners when he eats his food
He's fat and lazy and extremely rude
But if you don't care a feather or a fig
You may grow up to be a pig
Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a fish?
A fish won't do anything, but swim in a brook
He can't write his name or read a book
To fool the people is his only thought
And though he's slippery, he still gets caught
But then if that sort of life is what you wish
You may grow up to be a fish
And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo
Every day you meet quite a few
So you see it's all up to you
You can be better than you are
You could be swingin' on a star
_____________
The Weight, by The Band
I pulled in to Nazareth, was feeling 'bout half past dead
I just need some place where I could lay my head
Hey mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?
He just grinned and shook my hand
'No' was all he said
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And you put the load right on me
I picked up my bag, I went looking for a place to hide
When I saw Carmen and the Devil walking side by side
I said 'Hey Carmen, come on, let's go downtown'
She said 'I gotta go but my friend can stick around'
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And you put the load right on me
Go down Miss Moses, there's nothing that you can say
It's just old Luke, waiting on the judgement day
'Well, Luke my friend, what about young Anna-Lee?'
He said 'Do me a favour son, won't you stay and keep Anna-Lee company?'
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And you put the load right on me
Catch a cannonball now to take me down the line
My bag is sinking low and I do believe it's time
To get back to Miss Fanny, I know she's the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
And you put the load right on me
Take a load off, Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off, Fanny
Put the weight on me
Take a load off, Fanny
Put the weight on me
_____________
The Times They Are A-Changin', by Bob Dylan
Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'.
_____________
Volunteers, by Jefferson Airplane
Look what's happening out in the streets
Got a revolution
Got to revolution
Hey I'm dancing down the streets
Got a revolution
Got to revolution
Ain't it amazing all the people I meet
Got a revolution
Got to revolution
One generation got old
One generation got soul
This generation got no destination to hold
Pick up the cry
Hey now it's time for you and me
Got a revolution
Got to revolution
Come on now we're marching to the sea
Got a revolution
Got to revolution
Who will take it from you
We will and who are we
We are volunteers of America
_____________
I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag, by Joe McDonald
Well, come on all of you big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those reds
The only good commie is the one that's dead
You know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
Supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
Come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send your sons off before it's too late.
You can be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.
And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.
_____________
Windmills of Your Mind, by Michel Legrand, Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman
Round
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
Like a snowball down a mountain
Or a carnival balloon
Like a carousel that's turning
Running rings around the moon
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Like a tunnel that you follow
To a tunnel of its own
Down a hollow to a cavern
Where the sun has never shone
Like a door that keeps revolving
In a half-forgotten dream
Or the ripples from a pebble
Someone tosses in a stream
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Past the minutes of its face
And the world is like an apple
Whirling silently in space
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
Keys that jingle in your pocket
Words that jangle in your head
Why did summer go so quickly?
Was it something that you said?
Lovers walk along a shore
And leave their footprints in the sand
Is the sound of distant drumming
Just the fingers of your hand?
Pictures hanging in a hallway
And the fragment of a song
Half-remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong?
When you knew that it was over
You were suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the colour of her hair
Like a circle in a spiral
Like a wheel within a wheel
Never ending or beginning
On an ever-spinning reel
As the images unwind
Like the circles that you find
In the windmills of your mind
_____________
Moonshadow, by Cat Stevens
Oh, I'm being followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my hands, lose my plough, lose my land,
Oh if I ever lose my hands, Oh if - I won't have to work no more.
Oh, I'm being followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry,
Yes if I ever lose my eyes, Oh if - I won't have to cry no more.
Oh, I'm being followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
And if I ever lose my legs, I won't moan, and I won't beg,
Yes if I ever lose my legs, Oh if - I won't have to walk no more.
And if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south,
Yes if I ever lose my mouth, Oh if - I won't have to talk...
Did it take long to find me? I asked the faithful light.
Did it take long to find me? And are you gonna stay the night?
Oh, I'm being followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow, moonshadow