OPEN MIC LYRICS

Sons and Daughters
The Decemberists

When we arrive, sons and daughters
We’ll make our homes on the water
We’ll build our walls aluminum
We’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon now

These currents pull us ‘cross the border
Steady your boats, arms to shoulder
Till tides all pull our hull aground
Making this cold harbour now home

Take up your arm
Sons and daughters
We will arise from the bunkers
By land, by sea, by dirigible
We’ll leave our tracks untraceable now

When we arrive, sons and daughters (when we arrive, sons and daughters)
We’ll make our lives on the water (we’ll make our lives on the water)
We’ll build our walls aluminum
We’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon

When we arrive, sons and daughters (when we arrive, sons and daughters)
We’ll make our homes on the water (we’ll make our homes on the water)
We’ll build our walls aluminum (we’ll build our walls aluminum
We’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon (we’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon)
(We’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon)

When we arrive, sons and daughters (when we arrive, sons and daughters)
We’ll make our homes on the water (we’ll make our homes on the water)
We’ll build our walls aluminum (we’ll build our walls aluminum)
We’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon (we’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon)
(We’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon)

When we arrive, sons and daughters (when we arrive, sons and daughters)
We’ll make our homes on the water (we’ll make our homes on the water)
We’ll build our walls aluminum (we’ll build our walls aluminum)
We’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon (we’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon)
(We’ll fill our mouths with cinnamon)
We’ll build our walls aluminum, now

Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs, they fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs, they fade away
Hear all the bombs, they fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away
Hear all the bombs fade away

No Expectations
The Rolling Stones

Take me to the station
And put me on a train
I’ve got no expectations
To pass through here again

Once I was a rich man and
Now I am so poor
But never in my sweet short life
Have I felt like this before

Your heart is like a diamond
You throw your pearls at swine
And as I watch you leaving me
You pack my peace of mind

Our love was like the water
That splashes on a stone
Our love is like our music
It’s here and then it’s gone

So take me to the airport
And put me on a plane
I got no expectations
To pass through here again

A New England
Billy Bragg

[Verse 1]
I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
I’m twenty-two now, but I won’t be for long
People ask when will you grow up to be a man
But all the girls I loved at school
Are already pushing prams
I loved you then as I love you still
Though I put you on a pedestal
They put you on the pill
I don’t feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad about letting you know

[Chorus]
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl

[Verse 2]
I loved the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can’t survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend
I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them but they were only satellites
Is it wrong to wish on space hardware?
I wish, I wish, I wish you’d care

[Chorus]
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl
I don’t want to change the world
I’m not looking for a new England
I’m just looking for another girl

[Outro]
Looking for another girl
Looking for another girl
Looking for another girl

I Am the Light of My Soul
Sirgun Kaur

I am the light of my soul

I am beautiful  

I am bountiful  

I am bliss

I am, I am

Shout
Tears of Fears

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

In violent times

You shouldn’t have to sell your soul
In black and white
They really, really ought to know

Those one-track minds

That took you for a working boy
Kiss them goodbye
You shouldn’t have to jump for joy
You shouldn’t have to jump for joy

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

They gave you life

And in return you gave them hell
As cold as ice
I hope we live to tell the tale
I hope we live to tell the tale

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out (let it all out)

These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out (let it all out)

These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, so come on

And when you’ve taken down your guard

If I could change your mind
I’d really love to break your heart
I’d really love to break your heart

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without (break your heart)
(I’d really love to break your heart) come on
I’m talking to you, come on

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, so come on

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without
Come on
I’m talking to you, come on

shout, shout, let it all out

(They really, really ought to know) these are the things I can do without
(They really, really) come on
I’m talking to you, so come on (they really, really ought to know)

Shout, shout, let it all out (I’d really love to break your heart)

These are the things I can do without (I’d really love to break your heart)
Come on
I’m talking to you, so come on

Shout, shout, let it all out

These are the things I can do without
Come on

If I Loved You
From Carousel

If I loved you,
Time and again I would try to say,
All I want you to know.

If I loved you,
Words wouldn’t come in an easy way,
Round in circles I’d go
Longing to tell you but afraid and shy,
I’d let those golden chances pass me by.

Soon you’d leave me
Off you would go in the midst of day
Never, never to know
How I’d love you,
If I loved you.

How About You?
Frank Sinatra

I like New York in June, how about you?
I like a Gershwin tune, how about you?
I love a fireside when a storm is due
I like potato chips, moonlight, motor trips, how about you?

I’m mad about good books, can’t get my fill
And James Durantes looks give me a thrill
Holding hands in the movie show
When all the lights are low may not be new
But I like it, how about you?

I like New York in June, how about you?
I like a Gershwin tune, how about you?
I love a fireside when a storm is due, how about you?

I’m mad about good books, can’t get my fill
And James Durantes looks they give me a thrill
Holding hands in the movie show
When all the lights are low may not be new
But I like it, and I like it, I like it, how about you?

Sway
Michael Bublé

When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more

Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance, you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me

Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have that magic technique
When we sway, I go weak

I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now

Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have that magic technique
When we sway, I go weak

I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now

When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more

Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me

When marimbas start to play
Hold me close, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more

Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance, you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me

I Melt With You
Modern English

Moving forwards, using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world thrashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace

I’ll stop the world and melt with you
You’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better all the time
There’s nothing you and I won’t do
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
Trapped in the state of imaginary grace
I made a pilgrimage to save this humans race
Never comprehending the race had long gone by

I’ll stop the world and melt with you
You’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better all the time
There’s nothing you and I won’t do
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

The future’s open wide
The future’s open wide

I’ll stop the world and melt with you
I’ve seen some changes but it’s getting better all the time
There’s nothing you and I won’t do
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

The future’s open wide

I’ll stop the world and melt with you
You’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better all the time
There’s nothing you and I won’t do
I’ll stop the world and melt with you
I’ll stop the world and melt with you
I’ll stop the world and melt with you
I’ll stop the world and melt with you
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

Speed of the Sound of Loneliness
Nanci Griffith

You come home late
And you come home early
You come on big
When you’re feelin’ small
You come home straight
And you come home curly
Sometimes you don’t come home at all

So what in the world’s come over you?
What in heavens name have you done?
You’ve broken the speed of the sound of loneliness
You’re out there runnin’
Just to be on the run

Well, I got a heart that burns with a fever
And I got a worried and a jealous mind
Well how can a love
That will last forever
Get left so far behind

In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Neutral Milk Hotel

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all ’round the sun
What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me

And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I’m keepin’ here with me

What a curious life
We have found here tonight
There is music that sounds from the street
There are lights in the clouds
Anna’s ghost all around
Hear her voice as it’s rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees

Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
But now we keep where we don’t know
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
With one you loved so long ago
Now he don’t even know his name

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all ’round the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I’ll be laughing out loud
I’ll be laughing with everyone I see
Can’t believe how strange it is to be anything at all

Blue Moon
Rodgers and Hart

Blue moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon
You knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper, “Please adore me”
And when I looked, the moon had turned to gold

Blue moon
Now I’m no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon
You saw me standing alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon
You knew just what I was there for
You heard me saying a prayer for
Someone I really could care for

And then there suddenly appeared before me
The only one my arms will ever hold
I heard somebody whisper, “Please adore me”
And I looked, the moon had turned to gold

Blue moon
Now I’m no longer alone
Without a dream in my heart
Without a love of my own

Blue moon

Run
Snow Patrol

I’ll sing it one last time for you
Then we really have to go
You’ve been the only thing that’s right
In all I’ve done

And I can barely look at you
But every single time I do
I know we’ll make it anywhere
Away from here

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I’ll be right beside you dear

Louder, louder
And we’ll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can’t raise your voice to say

To think I might not see those eyes
Makes it so hard not to cry
And as we say our long goodbyes
I nearly do

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I’ll be right beside you, dear

Louder, louder
And we’ll run for our lives
I can hardly speak I understand
Why you can’t raise your voice to say?

Slower, slower
We don’t have time for that
All I want is to find an easier way
To get out of our little heads

Have heart, my dear
We’re bound to be afraid
Even if it’s just for a few days
Making up for all this mess

Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I’ll be right beside you dear

Mad World
Adam Lambert

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out spaces, worn out places
Bright and early for the daily races
Goin’ nowhere, goin’ nowhere

And their tears are fillin’ up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I wanna drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow

And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dyin’ are the best I ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take

When people run in circles it’s a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Children waitin’ for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher, tell me what’s my lesson?
Look right through me, look right through me

And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I’m dyin’ are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it’s a very, very
Mad world, mad world
Mad world, mad world

Make You Feel My Love
Adele

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven’t made your mind up yet
But I will never do you wrong
I’ve known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

I’d go hungry, I’d go black and blue
I’d go crawling down the avenue
No, there’s nothing that I wouldn’t do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain’t seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn’t do
Go to the ends of the Earth for you
To make you feel my love
To make you feel my love

Learn To Fly
Tom Petty

Well, I started out down a dirty road
Started out all alone
And the sun went down as I crossed the hill
And the town lit up, the world got still

I’m learning to fly but I ain’t got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing

Well, the good old days may not return
And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn

I’m learning to fly (Learning to fly)
But I ain’t got wings (Learning to fly)
Coming down (Learning to fly)
Is the hardest thing (Learning to fly)

Well, some say life will beat you down
Break your heart, steal your crown
So I’ve started out for God knows where
I guess I’ll know when I get there

I’m learning to fly around the clouds
But what goes up (Learning to fly)
Must come down

I’m learning to fly (Learning to fly)
But I ain’t got wings
Coming down is the hardest thing
I’m learning to fly (Learning to fly)
Around the clouds
But what goes up (Learning to fly)
Must come down
I’m learning to fly (Learning to fly, learning to fly)
I’m learning to fly (Learning to fly, learning to fly)
(Learning to fly, learning to fly)

All I Ask of You
Phantom of the Opera

No more talk of darknessForget these wide-eyed fearsI’m here, nothing can harm youMy words will warm and calm you

Say you love me every waking moment,
turn my head with talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always;
promise me that all you say is true,
that’s all I ask of you.

Let me be your shelter,
let me be your light;
you’re safe, no one will find you,
your fears are far behind you.

All I want is freedom,
a world with no more night;
and you, always beside me,
to hold me and to hide me.

Then say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime;
let me lead you from your solitude.
Say you need me with you, here beside you,
anywhere you go, let me go too,
Christine, that’s all I ask of you

Say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime;
say the word and I will follow you.

Share each day with me,
each night, each morning.

Say you love me!
RAOUL
You know I do.

Love me, that’s all I ask of you

L.A. Freeway
Guy Clark

Pack up all your dishes
Make note of all good wishes
And say goodbye to the landlord for me
That son of a bitch has always bored me

Throw out them LA papers
And that mouldy box of vanilla wafers
Adios to all this concrete
Gonna get me some dirt road back street

If I can just get off of
I’ll be down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some land I ain’t bought, bought, bought

And it’s, here’s to you old Skinny Dennis
The only one I think I will miss
I can hear that old bass singing
Sweet and low, like a gift you’re bringing

Play it for me one more time now
Got to give it all we can now
I believe every thing you’re saying
And just to keep on, keep on playing

If I can just get off of this L.A. freeway
Without gettin’ killed or caught
I’ll be down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some land I ain’t bought, bought, bought

And you put the pink card in the mailbox
Leave the key in the front door lock
They’ll find it likely as not
I’m sure there’s somethin’ we have forgot

Oh Susanna, don’t you cry, babe
Love’s a gift that’s surely handmade
We got somethin’ to believe in
Don’t you think it’s time we’re leavin’?

If I can just get off of this LA freeway
Without gettin’ killed or caught
I’ll be down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some land I ain’t bought, bought, bought

If I can just get off of this LA freeway
Without gettin’ killed or caught
Down the road in a cloud of smoke
To some land I ain’t bought

So pack up all your dishes
Make note of all good wishes
And say goodbye to the landlord for me
That son of a bitch has always bored me

You’re the Top
Cole Porter

You’re the top!You’re the ColiseumYou’re the top!You’re the Louvre MuseumYou’re a melody from a symphony by StraussYou’re a Bendel bonnetA Shakespeare’s sonnetYou’re Mickey Mouse

You’re the NileYou’re the Tower of PisaYou’re the smile on the Mona LisaI’m a worthless check, a total wreck, a flopBut if, baby, I’m the bottom, you’re the top

You’re the topYou’re Mahatma GandhiYou’re the topYou’re Napoleon BrandyYou’re the purple lightOf a summer night in SpainYou’re the National GalleryYou’re Garbo’s salaryYou’re cellophane

You’re sublimeYou’re a turkey dinnerYou’re the time of a Derby winnerI’m a toy balloon that’s fated soon to popBut if, baby, I’m the bottomYou’re the top

You’re the topYou’re an Arrow collarYou’re the topYou’re a Coolidge dollarYou’re the nimble treadOf the feet of Fred AstaireYou’re an O’Neill dramaYou’re Whistler’s mamaYou’re camembert

You’re a roseYou’re Inferno’s DanteYou’re the noseOn the great DuranteI’m just in the wayAs the French would say, “de trop”But if, baby, I’m the bottomYou’re the top

You’re the topYou’re a Waldorf saladYou’re the topYou’re a Berlin balladYou’re the baby grand of a lady and a gentYou’re an Old Dutch masterYou’re Mrs. AsterYou’re Pepsodent

You’re romanceYou’re the steppes of RussiaYou’re the pants on a Roxy usherI’m a lazy lout, who’s just about to stopBut if, baby, I’m the bottomYou’re the top

Eyes On the Prize

Paul and Silas bound in jail
Had no money to go their bail
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Paul and Silas thought they was lost
Dungeon shook and the chains come off
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Freedom’s name is mighty sweet
And soon we’re gonna meet
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

I got my hand on the gospel plow
Won’t take nothing for my journey now
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Hold on, hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Only chain that a man can stand
Is that chain o’hand on hand
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

I’m gonna board that big Greyhound
Carry the love from town to town
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Hold on, hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

The only thing I did was wrong
Was stayin’ in the wilderness too long
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

Only thing that we did right
Was the day we begun to fight!
Keep your eyes on the prize,
Hold on

Hold on, hold on
Keep your eyes on the prize
Hold on

And Your Bird Can Sing
The Beatles

One, two, three, four

You tell me that you’ve got everything you want
And your bird can sing, but you don’t get me
You don’t get me

You say you’ve seen seven wonders
And your bird is green, but you can’t see me
You can’t see me

When your prized possessions
Start to weigh you down
Look in my direction
I’ll be ’round, I’ll be ’round

You tell me that you’ve heard every sound there is
And your bird can swing, but you can’t hear me
You can’t hear me

When your bird is broken
Will it bring you down?
You may be awoken

I’ll be ’round, I’ll be ’round
You tell me that you’ve got everything you want
And your bird can sing, but you don’t get me
You don’t get me

That was it, wasn’t it?

Look at Miss Ohio
Gillian Welsh

Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio
She’s a running around with her rag-top down
She says I wanna do right but not right now

Gonna drive to Atlanta and live out this fantasy
Running around with the rag-top down
Yeah, I wanna do right but not right now

Had your arm around her shoulder, a regimental soldier
An’ mamma starts pushing that wedding gown
Yeah, you wanna do right but not right now

Oh me oh my oh, would you look at Miss Ohio
She’s a runnin’ around with the rag-top down
She says I wanna do right but not right now

I know all about it, so you don’t have to shout it
I’m gonna straighten it out somehow
Yeah, I wanna do right but not right now

Oh me oh my oh, look at Miss Ohio
She a runnin’ around with her rag-top down
She says I wanna do right , but not right now
Oh, I want do right but not right now

I’m Yours
Jason Mraz

Well, you done done me in, you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill, but you’re so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
Now I’m trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I’ll be giving it my bestest
And nothing’s gonna stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it’s again my turn
To win some or learn some

But I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m yours
Hmm (hey, hey)

Well, open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and, damn, you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find love, love, love, love
Listen to the music of the moment, people dance and sing
We’re just one big family
And it’s our God-forsaken right to be loved, loved, loved, loved, loved

So I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours

Do, do, do, do you, but do you, do you, do, do, but do you want to come on
Scooch on over closer, dear?
And I will nibble your ear
A-soo-da-ba-ba-ba-ba-bum
Whoa-oh-oh
Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh-whoa-whoa-whoa
Uh-huh, mmm-hmm

I’ve been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and I laughed
I guess what I be saying is there ain’t no better reason
To rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons
It’s what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

But I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m yours

Well, open up your mind and see like me (I won’t hesitate)
Open up your plans and, damn, you’re free (no more, no more)
And look into your heart, and you’ll find (it cannot wait)
That the sky is yours (I’m sure)
So please don’t, please don’t, please don’t (no need to complicate)
There’s no need to complicate (our time is short)
‘Cause our time is short (this is)
This, oh this, this is our fate (our fate)
I’m yours

Bra-bop-mm, da-bap-bop-mm-day
Do-do-do-do, do-do-do-do, do-do-do, mm-mm-mm-mm (hey, hey)

Oh, I’m yours
Oh, I’m yours
Oh, whoa, baby, do you believe I’m yours?
You best believe, you best believe I’m yours, mmm-hmm

House of the Rising Sun
Traditional

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
And my father was a gamblin’ man
Way down in New Orleans

And the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and a trunk
And the only time he’s satisfied
Is when he’s a drunk

Oh, mother, tell your children
Not to do what I have done
To spend your lives in sin and misery
In the house of the rising sun

I got one foot on the platform
And another on the train
And I’m going back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
Dear God, I know I was one
Dear God, I know I was the one

Blue Skies
Willie Nelson

Blue skies smilin’ at meNothin’ but blue skies do I seeBluebirds singin’ a songNothin’ but blue skies from now on

I never saw the sun shinin’ so brightNever saw things goin’ so rightNoticing the days hurrying byWhen you’re in love, my how they fly by

Blue days, all of them goneNothin’ but blue skies from now on

Blue skies smilin’ at meNothin’ but blue skies do I seeBlue days all of them goneNothin’ but blue skies from now on

Blue skies smilin’ at meNothin’ but blue skies do I seeBlue days all of them goneNothin’ but blue skies from now on

Blue skies smilin’ at meNothing but blue skies, do I seeBlue days all of them goneNothin’ but blue skies from now on

Lonely Goathered
Richard Rodgers

High on a hill was a lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Loud was the voice of the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Folks in a town that was quite remote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Lusty and clear from the goatherd´s throat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

O ho lay dee odl lee o, o ho lay dee odl ay
O ho lay dee odl lee o, lay dee odl lee o lay

A prince on the bridge of a castle moat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Men on a road with a load to tote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Men in the midst of a table d´hote heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
Men drinking beer with the foam afloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hee hoo
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Maria and the Children:
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Ummm (ummm)
Odl lay ee (odl lay ee)
Odl lay hee hee (odl lay hee hee)
Odl lay ee
Yodeling

One little girl in a pale pink coat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hoo hoo
She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard
Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hmm hmm
What a duet for a girl and goatherd
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Happy are they lay dee olay dee lee o
Yodeling
Soon the duet will become a trio
Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Odl lay ee, old lay ee
Odl lay hee hee, odl lay ee
Odl lay odl lay, odl lay odl lee, odl lay odl lee
Odl lay odl lay odl lay

Hoo!

HERNANDO’S HIDEAWAY
Archie Bleyer

I know a dark secluded placeA place where no one knows your faceA glass of wine, a fast embraceIt’s called Hernando’s Hideaway, ole

 

All you’ll see are silhouettesAnd all you’ll hear are castanetsAnd no one cares how late it getsNot at Hernando’s Hideaway, ole

 

At the Golden Fingerbowl or any place you goYou will meet your Uncle Max and everyone you knowBut if you’ll go to the spot that I am thinkin’ ofYou will be free to gaze at me and talk of love

 

Just knock three times and whisper lowThat you and I were sent by JoeThen strike a match and you will knowYou’re in Hernando’s Hideaway, ole

 

Just knock three times and whisper lowThat you and I were sent by JoeThen strike a match and you will knowYou’re in Hernando’s Hideaway

COMES A TIME
Neil Young

Comes a time, when you’re driftin’
Comes a time, when you settle down
Comes a light, feelings liftin’
Lift that baby right up off the ground

[Chorus]
Oh, this old world keeps spinnin’ ‘round
It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t laying down
There comes a time

[Verse 2]
You and I, we were captured
We took our souls, and we flew away
We were right, we were giving
That’s how we kept what we gave away

[Chorus]
Oh, this old world keeps spinnin’ ‘round
It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t laying down
There comes a time

[Chorus]
Oh, this old world keeps spinnin’ ‘round
It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t laying down
There comes a time

[Outro]
There comes a time
Comes a time, comes a time
Comes a time
Comes a time
Comes a time
Comes a time
Comes a time

YELLOW SUBMARINE
The Beatles

In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
So we sailed on to the sun
‘Til we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

And our friends are all aboard
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

As we live a life of ease (a life of ease)
Every one of us (every one of us)
Has all we need (has all we need)
Sky of blue (sky of blue)
And sea of green (sea of green)
In our yellow (in our yellow)
Submarine (submarine, aha)

We all live in a yellow submarine
A yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
A yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

SUMMERTIME
George Gershwin

Summertime, and the livin’ is easyFish are jumpin’ and the cotton is highOh, your daddy’s rich and your ma is good-lookin’So hush little baby, don’t you cry

One of these mornings, you’re goin’ to rise up singin’And you’ll spread your wings and you’ll take the skyBut ’til that mornin’, there’s a-nothin’ can harm youWith Pappy and Mammy standin’ by

One of these mornings, you’re goin’ to rise up singin’And you’ll spread your wings and you’ll take the skyBut ’til that mornin’, there’s a-nothin’ can harm youWith Pappy and Mammy standin’ by

OLD CAPE COD
Patti Page

If you’re fond of sand dunes and salty air
Quaint little villages here and there
You’re sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod

If you like the taste of a lobster stew
Served by a window with an ocean view
You’re sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod

Winding roads that seem to beckon you
Miles of green beneath the skies of blue
Church bell chiming on a Sunday morn
Remind you of the town where you were born

If you spend an evening you’d want to stay
Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay
You’re sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod

WAGON WHEEL
Bob Dylan & Ketch Secor

Heading down south to the land of the pines
I’m thumbing my way into North Caroline
Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I’m a-hopin’ for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey, momma rock me

I’m running from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down
Lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town
But I ain’t turning back to living that old life no more

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Hey, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey, momma rock me

Walkin’ to the south out of Roanoke
Caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
But he’s a heading west from the Cumberland gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she’s the only one
And if I die in Raleigh at least I will die free

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Oh, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey momma rock me

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