I'd Like You For Christmas
Composer(s): Bobby Troup
Performer(s): Julie London
and multiple other artists



I'd like you for Christmas
Please make my wish come true
Cos I'd trim trees and deck the hallways
If I know you'd be mine for always
I won't be blue on Christmas
If old Saint Nick comes through
And he remembers that I'd like you for Christmas
New Years, Easter, too...

If I Could Talk To Love
Composer(s): Myrna Smith; Carl Wilson
Performer(s): Carl Wilson



(Have it your way)
We toy with love but we play the futile game
One heart giving all and the other feeling pain
I put myself into you hands-oo
From this moment on I make no demands
And if one could talk to love, I`d say
Have it your way love, have it your way

What us the sense in giving all you feel
If with it all you can`t make love know it`s real
Will love forever run from me-oo
If it`s to be, then it`s to be
But if I could talk to love, I`d say
Have it your way love, have it your way

Your way
I put myself into your hands
So have it your way love, have it your way
Oh--love--have it your way
It will happen--some what may
Love have it your way
There`s no other way to play
Love have it your way

Keep Me Cryin'
Composer(s): Al Green; Willie Mitchell
Performer(s): Al Green



You keep me crying all the time
I have to say that you
Keep me crying all the time

Well, I tried to play my music
But my music was too loud
Well, I pleased all the people
But I couldn`t please the crowd

And I dropped down on my knees
And said, hey, mama
Won`t you clear my head
Don`t you know they
Keep me crying all the time

They keep me crying all the time
Oh, Lord, don`t you know they
They keep me moaning all the time
They keep me burning all the time

Well, I tried
To run my business
But they said I can`t
Just keep it to myself
Not bothering any man

Just as sure as I try
Cause my tears in my eye
Don`t you know they
Keep me crying all the time

They keep me crying all the time
Friends knocking on my door
They keep me crying
Somebody calling on the phone and
They keep me crying...

It's A Breeze
Composer(s): Joe Kentridge
Performer(s): Matt Monro



When you hear a band that's swinging
Or you dig Sinatra singing
When the duke is highland flinging 
It's a breeze

If you're in the opera set 
Go to first nights at the Met
Hey man it's a gas 
It's a ringadingding 
It's a breeze

When you're in a jet high flying
Or you've backed a horse that's trying
If the fish you've caught is frying 
It's a breeze

When you've slammed a hole in one
Bagged a tiger with your gun
Hey man it's a gas 
It's a ringadingding 
It's a breeze

A trip to Europe on the liner France
A holiday 
Another new romance 
But
If it's love you've really craving
With a home a hearth a haven
Then it's time you started saving 
It's a breeze

When the jackpot you have hit
And you tell your boss I quit
Hey man it's a gas 
It's a ringadingding 
It's a breeze

When you're sailing on the Med in your new yacht
You couldn't give a damn 
No matter what 
But
When you've found the ball is over
And you're tired of being a rover
And you still can live in clover 
It's a breeze

When you dig a chick that's got it
And the marriage ties' been knotted
Hey man it's a gas 
It's a ringadingding

Hey man it's a gas 
It's a ringadingding 
It's a breeze 

If I Could Reach You
Composer(s): Randy McNeill
Performer(s): The Fifth Dimension
and multiple other artists



Oh no, don't go it's hours till dawn
And there's no one who'd rather be with you
I know you know other girls like me
I let you take my love
Knowing you don't love me

But if I could reach you some way
If I knew the magic it would take
To love you good enough on the outside
And make you feel it on the inside
Maybe I could make you stay

If I could reach you

The dark is getting light
And you're dressed to go
And never said a word about tomorrow

But if I could reach you some way
If I knew the magic it would take
To love you good enough on the outside
And make you feel it on the inside
Maybe I could make you stay

Keep Me From Blowing Away
Composer(s): Paul Craft
Performer(s): Linda Ronstadt; T. Graham Brown; 
Jerry Lee Lewis; The Seldom Scene; Charlie Sizemore



Well I spent my whole lifetime
In a world where the sunshine
Finds excuses for not hangin' 'round
I squandered emotions
On the slightest of notions
And the first easy loving I found
But soon all the good times
The gay times and play times
Like colors run together and fade
Oh Lord if you hear me
Touch me and hold me
And keep me from blowing away

There's times when I trembled
When my mind remembered
The days that just crumbled away
With nothing to show
But these lines that I know
Are beginning to show in my face

Oh Lord if you're listening
I know I'm no Christian
And I ain't got much coming to me
So send down some sunshine
Throw out your lifeline
And keep me from blowing away

Oh Lord if you hear me
Touch me and hold me
And keep me from blowing away

It's Funny To Everyone But Me
Composer(s): Jack Lawrence
Performer(s): The Ink Spots
and multiple other artists



It's funny how you loved me, then forgot so suddenly
It's funny to everyone but me
(It's the talk of the town)
They told me this would happen, now they're laughing secretly
It's funny to everyone but me
(gosh, he's crying again)
I should shrug my shoulders and say, good riddance to a bad affair
But how can I do, but my head tells me to
When my heart tells me how much I care?
It's so funny I still love you, it's the joke of the century
It's funny to everyone but me
(I got the right to think of you)
It's so funny I still love you, it's the joke of the century
Ah but it's funny to everyone but me

If I Could Only Win Your Love
Composer(s): Ira Louvin; Charlie Louvin
Performer(s): Emmylou Harris
and multiple other artists



If I could only win your love 
I'd make the most of everything 
I'd proudly wear your wedding ring 
My heart would never stray when you're away 

If I could only win your love 
I'd give my all to make it live 
You'll never know how much I give 
If I could only win your love 

Oh how can I ever say 
How I crave your love when your gone away 
Oh how can I ever show 
How I burn inside when you hold me tight 

If I could only win your love 
I'd give my all to make it live 
You'll never know how much I give 
If I could only win your love 

Oh how can I ever say 
How I crave your love when your gone away 
Oh how can I ever show 
How I burn inside when you hold me tight 

If I could only win your love 
I'd give my all to make it live 
You'll never know how much I give 
If I could only win your love 

Keep Me From Harm
Composer(s): Peter Murphy; Paul Statham
Performer(s): Peter Murphy



Health is all I'm asking for
Love is all I need
Hope is what I'm asking for
Lay me down to sleep
It was then that I lost you
Was dragged there too
Under a sea of mystery
Died there along with you
Love me hold me keep me from harm
Love me hold me keep me from harm
Guess you found your own root
Dug into that fast heart
Flew without wing or pinion
Now you orbit the stars
Now haunted and weary
Your vision creeps
I need a clear water
I need a release
Love me hold me keep me from harm
Love me hold me keep me from harm

My Shining Hour
Composer(s): Harold Arlen - Johnny Mercer
First performance/First recording: Joan Leslie & Freddie Slack and his Orch./Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orch. - 1943
Covered by multiple other artists



This moment, this minute
And each second in it
Will leave a glow upon the sky
And as time goes by, it will never die

This will be my shining hour
Calm and happy and bright
In my dreams, your face will flower
Through the darkness of the night

Like the lights of home before me
Or an angel, watching o'er me
This will be my shining hour
'til I'm with you again

(like the lights of home before me)
(or an angel watching o'er me)
This will be my shining hour
'til I'm with you again

If I Could Have Your Loving
Performer(s): Sutherland Brothers & Quiver



If I can have your loving
Then I would want for nothing else
Deep in the night, I keep you
Happy to have you by myself
In my heart
Like a diamond in the dark
If I could have your loving
And if I could have your dreams
Something to keep in touch with you
Seeing them in my head
Helping me all the long night through
In my heart
Just like we never been apart
Oh, if I could have your dream
Everybody knows
There's not much you can do in life
Without someone to help you through
And everybody sees
There's no where you can go in life
Without somewhere to lead you to
Oh, everybody knows
There's not much you can do in life
Without someone to help you through
And everybody sees
There's no where you can go in life
Without somewhere to lead you to
Ooh, ooh
So if I could have your loving
Then I will want for nothing else
Deep in the night I keep you
Happy to have you by myself
In my heart
Just like a diamond in the dark
Oh, if I could have your loving
If I could have your loving
If I could have your loving

Keep Me In The Dark
Composer(s): Nick Rhodes; Simon Lebon; Roger Taylor
Performer(s): Arcadia



When the evening sunlight fingers
Stretch across the floor
Cover up your eye with feathers
Softly close the door
Take me in your heavy lips
Take me where the shadows slide
Lying with you blindfold secrets
Turning fast and loose
The lacy intrigue of this weekend should not be abused
You can take me where you want
Could you take me all the time

Away..wait a little longer 
Don't go too far
I wouldn't like
I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Tender is the truth I'm tasting
Watching you dictates
Heady nights of sleepless wasting
A face I can't escape
We could wave the world goodbye
To all of the boys "cheerio"

Away yeah..wait a little longer
Don't go too far
I wouldn't like
I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark
I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Help me now I'm slipping deeper
Tell me what to say
When I push you call me closer
Each time you turn a way
Something inside you cries
But is it something
I'll never find?

Away yeah..wait a little longer
Don't go too far
I wouldn't like
I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Away yeah..oh wait a little longer
Before we go too far
I wouldn't like
I wouldn't like to think
You were keeping me in the dark

Dream On Little Dreamer
Composer(s): Fred Burch - Jan Crutchfield
Performer(s): Perry Como
and multiple other artists



Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream on, little dreamer dream on
I get a heart full of butterflies lookin' into your dreamy eyes
Dream on
(Dream on)
Little dreamer dreamer on

Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream about a love so true, dream about how I love you
Dream on
(Dream on)
Little dreamer dreamer on

You know I love you, I love you, I need you so bad
Each night I realize a-when you close your dreamy eyes

Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream about a love so fine, sweet as apple berry wine
Dream on
(Dream on)
Little dreamer dream on
Little dreamer dream on

If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
Composer(s): Harvey Fuqua; Johnny Bristol; Vernon Bullock
First release by: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



Marvin:
If I could build my whole world around you, darlin'
First I'd put heaven by your side
Pretty flowers would grow wherever you walk, honey
And over your head would be the bluest sky
And I'd take every drop of rain
And wash all your troubles away
I'd have the whole world built around you
And that would be all right, oh yes it would

Tammi:
If I could build my whole world around you
I'd make your eyes the morning sun
I'd put so much love where there is sorrow
I'd put joy where there's never been love
And I'd give my love to you
To keep for the rest of your life
And happiness would surely be ours
And that would be all right, oh yes it would

Both: 
Doo doo doo doo...

Marvin: 
Oh, if I could build my whole world around you
I'd give you the greatest gift any woman could possess
T: And I'd step into this world you've created
And give you true love and tenderness
And there'd be something new with every tomorrow
To make this world better as days go by

(repeat):
Marvin: If I could build my whole world around you
Tammi: If I could build my whole world around you
Both: Then that would be all right, oh yeah

Keep On Believin'
Composer(s): Richie Furay; Timothy B. Schmit
Performer(s): Poco



Don't tell me that we're goin' down a oneway
Hear me, somebody, would ya like to
Take the time to find ourselves a new way
Hear me, somebody, could ya try to?

Changes stranded in fear
Keep on believin', keepin' it clear
Good times will fin'lly arrive
It's been so long, come along, come on along.

Don't tell me we got no right to be choosin'
Hear me, somebody, are ya sure now?
If you think the way we're goin' ain't confusin'
Hear me, somebody, take a look now

Changes stranded in fear
Keep on believin' keepin' it clear,
Good times will fin'lly arrive,
It's been so long, come along, come on along

Don't tell me that it's gettin' down to bleedin'
Hear me, somebody, where are we goin'?
When ev'ry day has the answer to the question
Don't ya know it's been a-showin'?

Changes stranded in fear
Keep on believin' keepin' it clear
Good times will fin'lly arrive
It's been so long, come along, come on along

The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Rosemary Clooney
and multiple other artists



The best things happen while you're dancing
Things that you would not do at home come nat'rally on the floor

For dancing soon becomes romancing
When you hold a girl in your arms that you've never held before

Even guys with two left feet
Come out all right if the girl is sweet
If by chance their cheeks should meet

While dancing
Proving that the best things happen while you dance

If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
Composer(s): Henry Creamer; James P. Johnson
Performer(s): Jack Teagarden
and multiple other artists



I'm so blue, I don't know what to do
All day through, I seem to say to you
I did wrong when I let you go away
'Cause now I dream about you night and day
I'm so unhappy and dissatisfied
I'll be happy if I had you by my side

If I could be with you one li'l hour tonight
And free to do all those little things I might
I want you to know you wouldn't go
Until I told you that I loved you so
If I could be with you I'd love you long
If I could be with you I'd love you strong
And I'm telling you for true, you'd be anything but blue
If I could be with you

Keep On Chooglin'
Composer(s): John C. Fogerty
Performer(s): Creedence Clearwater Revival; Lee Benoit



(chorus):
Keep on Chooglin'
Keep on Chooglin'
Keep on Chooglin'
Chooglin'
Chooglin'

Maybe you don't understand it
But if you're a natural man
You got to ball and have a good time
And that's what I call Chooglin'

Here comes Mary lookin' for Harry
She gonna choogle tonight
Here comes Louie, works in the sewer
He gonna choogle tonight

(chorus)

(primal screaming)

(chorus)

If you can choose it, who can refuse it
Y'all be chooglin' tonight
Go on, take your pick, right from the git go
You gotta choogle tonight

(chorus)

(more screaming)

Oh, we're Creedence!
Clearwater!
Revival!

Foolin' Myself
Composer(s): Jack Lawrence - Peter Tinturin
Performer(s): Billie Holiday



I tell myself I'm through with love
And I'll having nothing more to do with love
I stay away but every day
I'm just foolin' myself

I tell my friends that I don't care
I shrug my shoulders at the whole affair
But they all know it isn't so
I'm just foolin' myself

And every time I pass
And see my face in a looking glass
I tip my hat and say
How do you do you fool
You're throwing your life away

I'm acting gay I'm acting proud
And every time I see you in a crowd
I may pretend but in the end
I'm just foolin' myself

Yellow Dog Blues (aka Yellow Dog Rag)
Composer(s): W.C. Handy
Performer(s): W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band
and multiple other artists



Ever since Miss Susan Johnson lost her Jockey Lee
There has been much excitement, more to be
You can hear her moaning night and morn
"Wonder where my Easy Rider's gone?"

Cablegrams come of sympathy, telegrams go of inquiry
Letters come from down in "Bam"
And everywhere that Uncle Sam has a rural delivery

All day the phone rings, but it's not for me
At last good tidings fill our hearts with glee
This message comes from Tennessee

Dear Sue, your easy rider struck this burg today
On a southboun' rattler, side door Pullman car
Seen him here an' he was on the hog

Easy rider's gotta stay away
So he had to vamp it but the hike ain't far
He's gone where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog