Message To My Girl
Composer(s): Neil Finn
Originally performed by: Split Enz
Covered by various other artists



I don't want to say "I love you"
That would give away too much
It's hip to be detached and precious
the only thing you feel is vicious

I don't want to say "I want you"
even though I want you so much
It's wrapped up in conversation
it's whispered in a hush

Though I'm frightened by the word
think it's time I made it heard

No more empty self possession
visions swept under the mat
It's no New Years resolution
it's more than that

Now I wake up happy
warm in lovers embrace
No one else can touch us
while we're in this place

So I'll sing it to the world
this simple message to my girl

No more empty self possession
visions swept under the mat
It's no New Years resolution
it's more than that

Though I'm frightened by the word
think it's time I made it heard

So I'll sing it to the world
this simple message to my girl

No more empty self possession
visions swept under the mat
It's no New Years resolution
it's more than that

Oh there's nothing quite as real
as the touch of your sweet hands
I can't spend the rest of my life
buried in the sand

One Toke Over The Line
Composer(s): Michael Brewer; Tom Shipley
Performer(s): Brewer & Shipley;
and various other artists



One toke over the line sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

Awaitin' for the train that goes home, sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

Whoooo do you love, I hope it's me
I've bin a changin', as you can plainly see
I felt the joy and I learned about the pain
that my momma said
If I should choose to make a part of me
surely strike me dead
Now I'm one toke over the line sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line
I'm waitin' for the train that goes home sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

I bin away a country mile
Now I'm returnin' showin' off a smile
I met all the girls and loved myself a few
Ended by surprise like everything else I've been through
It opened up my eyes and now I'm
One toke over the line sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
Don't you just know I waitin'
for the train that goes home sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

Don't you just know I waitin'
for the train that goes home sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line

I want to be 
One toke over the line sweet Jesus
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line
Don't you just know I waitin'
for the train that goes home sweet Mary
Hopin' that the train is on time
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over the line
Sittin' downtown in a railway station
One toke over line
One toke, one toke over the line

Message To Michael (aka "Message To Martha" or "Kentucky Bluebird")
German Title: Kleine Treue Nachtigall
Composer(s): Burt Bacharach; Hal David
Performer(s): Dionne Warwick
(Originally performed by: Jerry Butler)



Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...

Spread your wings for New Orleans
Kentucky bluebird fly away
And take a message to Michael, message to Michael
He sings each night in some café
In search to find wealth and fame
I hear Michael has gone and changed his name

It's a year since he was here
Kentucky bluebird fly away
And take a message to Michael, message to Michael
Tell him I miss him more each day
As his train pulled out down the track
Michael promised he'd soon be coming' back

Oh, tell him how my heart just breaks
In two since he journeyed far
And even though his dreams of fame fell through
To me he will always be a star

Spread your wings for New Orleans
Kentucky bluebird fly away
And take a message to Michael, message to Michael
Ask him to start for home today
When you find him, please let him know
Rich or poor, I will always love him so

Fly away Kentucky bluebird 
Fly away Kentucky bluebird
Fly away, fly away
Fly away, fly away

One To Ten
Composer(s): Mildred Burk
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb; Loretta Lynn



If I had counted one, two, three before I made you cry
If I had counted four and five and made another try 

If we’d a counted six, seven, eight and made a bran new start
If we’d a counted nine and ten we wouldn’t be apart

One, two, three come back to me and let bygones go by 
Four and five I know that I've been a foolish guy 

Six, seven, eight give me a date and I'll be as good as pie 
Nine and ten kiss me again who wants to say goodbye 

Instrumentals 

If I had counted one, two, three before I walked away 
If I had counted four and five well I'd whispered darling stay 

If we had counted six, seven, eight and turned on all our charms 
If we had counted nine and ten we'd be in each other's arms 

One, two, three come back to me and let bygones go by 
Four and five I know that I've been a foolish guy 

Six, seven, eight give me a date and I'll be as good as pie 
Nine and ten kiss me again who wants to say goodbye

One to ten kiss me again who wants to say goodbye

Message To Martha (aka "Message To Michael" or "Kentucky Bluebird")
German Title: Kleine Treue Nachtigall
Composer(s): Burt Bacharach; Hal David
Originally performed by: Jerry Butler
Covered by various other artists



Spread your wings for New Orleans
Kentucky bluebird, fly away
And take a message to Martha, message to Martha
She sings each night in some café
In her search to find wealth and fame
I hear Martha has gone and changed her name

It's a year since she was here
Kentucky bluebird, fly away
And take a message to Martha, message to Martha
Tell her I love her more each day
As the train pulled out down the track
Martha promised she'd soon be coming back

Oh, tell her how my heart just breaks in two
Since she journeyed far
And even though her dreams of fame fell through
To me she will always be a star

Spread your wings for New Orleans
Kentucky bluebird, fly away
And take a message to Martha, message to Martha
Tell her to start for home today
When you find her please let her know
Rich or poor, I will always love her so

Fly away, Kentucky bluebird
Fly away, Kentucky bluebird
Fly away, fly away, fly away.........

One Tin Soldier
Composer(s): Dennis Lambert; Brian Potter
Performer(s): Original Caste;
and various other artists



Listen children to a story
That was written long ago
'Bout a kingdom, on a mountain
And the valley folk below
On the mountain was a treasure
Burried deep beneath a stone
And the valley people swore
They'd have it for their very own

Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven
You can justify it in the end
There wont be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after who...
One tin soldier rides away

So the people of the valley
Sent a message up the hill
Asking for the burried treasure
Tons of gold for which they'd kill
Came an answer from the kingdom
With our brothers we will share
All the secrets of our mountain
N' all the riches burried there

Now the valley cried in anger
Mount your horses
Draw your sword
And they killed the mountain people
So they won their just reward
Now they stood beside the treasure
On the mountain dark and red
Turn the stone and which beneath it
"Peace on Earth"
Was all it said

Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven
You can justify it in the end
There wont be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after who...
One tin soldier rides away

Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven
You can justify it in the end
There wont be any trumpets blowing
Come the judgement day
On the bloody morning after who...
One tin soldier rides away

Message Personnel
Composer(s): Françoise Hardy; Michel Berger
Originally performed by: Françoise Hardy
Covered by various other artists



Au bout du téléphone, il y a votre voix
Et il y a des mots que je ne dirai pas
Tous ces mots qui font peur quand ils ne font pas rire
Qui sont dans trop de films, de chansons et de livres
Je voudrais vous les dire
Et je voudrais les vivre
Je ne le ferai pas
Je veux, je ne peux pas
Je suis seule à crever, et je sais où vous êtes
J'arrive, attendez-moi, nous allons nous connaître
Préparez votre temps, pour vous j'ai tout le mien
Je voudrais arriver, je reste, je me déteste
Je n'arriverai pas
Je veux, je ne peux pas
Je devrais vous parler
Je devrais arriver
Ou je devrais dormir
J'ai peur que tu sois sourd
J'ai peur que tu sois lâche
J'ai peur d'être indiscrète
Je ne peux pas vous dire que je t'aime peut-être

Mais si tu crois un jour que tu m'aimes
Ne crois pas que tes souvenirs me gênent
Et cours, cours jusqu'à perdre haleine
Viens me retrouver
Si tu crois un jour que tu m'aimes
Et si ce jour-là tu as de la peine
A trouver où tous ces chemins te mènent
Viens me retrouver
Si le dégoût de la vie vient en toi
Si la paresse de la vie
S'installe en toi
Pense à moi
Pense à moi

Mais si tu crois un jour que tu m'aimes
Ne le considère pas comme un problème
Et cours, cours jusqu'à perdre haleine
Viens me retrouver
Si tu crois un jour que tu m'aimes
N'attends pas un jour, pas une semaine
Car tu ne sais pas où la vie t'emmène
Viens me retrouver
Si le dégoût de la vie vient en toi
Si la paresse de la vie
S'installe en toi
Pense à moi
Pense à moi

Mais si tu...

One Thing
Composer(s): B. Guthro; M. Jones
Performer(s): Runrig



Walk out the door, your eyes filled with tears
or stay and confront me and face all your fears
linger in silence neither distant or near
it's not going to change a thing

Lay down beside me and question my face
or hold me with all the love we have made
share all your secrets or hide them away
it's not going to change a thing

Lie here and talk of whatever you want
or dare to compare all the things we've made wrong
what care the world when we're all dead and gone
it's not going to change a thing

The picture is painted, the colours are bold
one for each season of life I suppose
it no longer matters, the story is told
it's not going to change a thing

Message Of Love
Composer(s): Chrissie Hynde
Originally performed by: Pretenders



Now the reason we're here
As man and woman
Is to love each other
Take care of each other
When love walks in the room
Everybody stand up
Oh it's good, good, good
Like Brigitte Bardot

Now look at the people
In the streets, in the bars
We are all of us in the gutter
But some of us are looking at the stars
Look round the room
Life is unkind
We fall but we keep gettin' up
Over and over and over and over and over and over

Me and you, every night, every day
We'll be together always this way
Your eyes are blue like the heavens above
Talk to me darlin' with a message of love

Now the reason we're here
Every man, every woman
Is to help each other
Stand by each other
When love walks in the room
Everybody stand up
Oh it's good, good good
Say I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you

Talk to me darlin'

One Sweet Letter From You
Composer(s): Lew Brown; Sidney Clare; Harry Warren
Performer(s): Ted Lewis
and multiple other artists



I'm so blue
Lonesome, too
And I wonder where you are tonight
Not one word
Have I heard
If you think of me, why don't you write?

Oh, dear, how I need one sweet letter from you
How I'd love to read one sweet letter from you
You know that you left me so worried and blue
I always keep singing, oh, what'll I do
Though it's not fair, and you don't care for me dearly
Drop me a line, if you just sign, "Yours sincerely"
You know that I'm praying the night and day through
Just hoping I'll get one sweet letter from you

(Patter):
Mail for Missus Jones
Missus Jones don't need it
Missus Jones is happy all the day
Mail for Missus Brown
Missus Brown don't read it
Opens them and throws them right away
Mail man rings, then he sings
Got some letters for you
Here's what he brings
Mail for the baker
My dress maker
Word from the landlord, too
I get letters from ev'rybody
Not a single word from you

Here's what to do, even though you never crave me
And though you lie, say that you cry, it might save me!
You know that I'm praying the night and day through
Just hoping I'll get one sweet letter from you

Since you're gone
I keep on
Feeling just as sorry as can be
I just wrote
You a note
I'd be happy if you'd answer me...

Oh, dear, how I need one sweet letter from you
How I'd love to read one sweet letter from you
You know that you left me so worried and blue
I always keep singing, oh, what'll I do
Though it's not fair, and you don't care for me dearly
Drop me a line, if you just sign, "Yours sincerely"
You know that I'm praying the night and day through
Just hoping I'll get one sweet letter from you

One Sweet Letter
Composer(s): Joe Liggins
Performer(s): Joe Liggins;
and various other artists



Well, write me one sweet letter
say you're in love with me
Tell me that you want me, with me you'll always be
I love you baby, that you can plainly see

Well, write me one sweet letter, seal it with a kiss
Your sweet and tender kisses, are what I really miss
ah, come back baby, don't treat your love like this

Ah well, write me one sweet letter
Write me one sweet letter
Write me one sweet letter
Write me one sweet letter
Baby, I'm in love with you

Well, write me one sweet letter, say you're in love with me
Tell me that you want me, with me you'll always be
I love you baby, that you can plainly see

Well, write me one sweet letter, seal it with a kiss
Your sweet and tender kisses, are what I really miss
Ah, come back baby, don't treat your love like this

Ah well, write me one sweet letter
Write me one sweet letter 
Write me one sweet letter
Write me one sweet letter
Baby, I'm in love with you

One Summer Night
Composer(s): Danny Webb
Performer(s): The Danleers;
and various other artists



One summer night
We fell in love
One summer night
I held you tight
You and I under the moon of love
(Moon of love)

One summer night
I kissed your lips
One summer night
I held you close
You and I under the moon of love

You kissed me, oh, so tenderly
And I knew this was love
And I, as held you, oh, so close
I knew no one could ever take your place

Ooh, oh, oh, one summer night
We fell in love
One summer night
I held you tight
You and I under the moon of love
(Moon of love)

Message From The Country
Composer(s): Jeff Lynne
Performer(s): The Move



Here the roar a coming
Here the roar a coming
Here the roar a coming now

Got news for your mother
Got news for your mother
Got news for your mother tonight

Sister I have touched the evergreen
And I promise that it's life should go unseen
Now it says the birds upon the fire
And the message from the country rises higher

Hear the birdie calling
Hear the birdie calling
Hear the birdie calling for life

Message from the country
Message from the country
Message from the country rising high

Sister I have touched the evergreen
And I promise that it's life should go unseen
Now it says the birds upon the fire
And the message from the country rises higher

One Step Closer
Composer(s): Keith Knudsen; John McFee; Carlene Carter
Performer(s): The Doobie Brothers



Baby, there’s a chance you ought to take
Chance of a mistake you gotta make
Maybe I’m mistaken too
To take my chance with you
I need you like a shadow needs a light
I’ll follow you like morning follows night
When nothin’s left ahead of you
I’ll be right behind you
Shadows disappear at night
We both know it’s a shame if you should lose one
Why is it so hard to find
Tell me that you’re right there too

One step baby
Two steps maybe
One step closer
I’ll be next to you

Baby, it’s a secret I can’t keep
Trouble comes and suddenly you’re weak
I don’t believe you got the strength
To fight this kind of love
I know it’s risky now and then
What with all the what ifs and the whens
Who is there to say we’re wrong - to tell us it can’t be
Come on, baby, please don’t go
I’m no heart of stone and you know
Why is it so hard to do
Tell me that you’re right there too, baby

Baby, can’t you see we’re runnin’ late
Can’t you see we ain’t got time to wait
Might be that you’re scared of me
Of something you might feel
Hold on to me, baby, hold on tight
I can take us through the night all right
Maybe I will stay here too
Take my chance with you

Shadows disappear at night
We both know it’s a shame if you should lose one
Why is it so hard to find
Tell me that you’re right there too

One step baby
Two steps maybe
One step closer

Message From A Black Man
Composer(s): Barrett Strong; Norman Whitfield
Performer(s): The Tempations
and various other artists



Melvin: 
Yes, my skin is black
But that's no reason to hold me back

Eddie: 
Why don't you think about it
Think about it, think about it, think about it
Think about it...
I have wants and desires
Just like you
So move on the side
'Cause I'm comin' through, oh!

Temptations: 
No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now

Eddie and Temptations: 
No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now, oooh...

Melvin: 
Yes, your skin is white...
Does that make you right?

Eddie: Why don't you think about it
Think about it, think about it, think about it
Think about it...
This is a message
A message to y'all
Together we stand
Divided we fall, oh!

Dennis: 
Black is a color
Just like white
Tell me how can a color determine whether
You're wrong or right
We all have our faults...
Yes we do

Eddie: 
So look in your mirror

Temptations: Look in the mirror

Eddie: What do you see?

Temptations: What do you see?

Eddie: Two eyes

Temptations: 
Two eyes

Eddie: 
A nose, and a mouth just like me, oh!

Eddie: 
Your eyes are open
But you refuse to see
The laws of society
Were made for both you and me
Because of my color
I struggle to be free
Sticks and stones
May break my bones
But in the end
You're gonna' see my friend, oh!

Temptations: 
No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now
(chorus repeated several times through music, or "the bridge")

(after a few minutes, above chorus is repeated
as song nears end, and then...)

Temptations: 
Say it loud!
No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now

Temptations: 
Say it loud!
No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now

Temptations: 
Say it!
No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now

Temptations: 
Say it loud!
No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now

Temptations: 
Say it loud!

Dennis: 
I'm black and I'm proud!

Temptations: 
No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now

Temptations: 
Say it loud!

Dennis: 
I'm black and I'm proud!

Temptations: 
No matter how hard you try
You can't stop me now

One Step Beyond
Composer(s): Cecil Campbell
Performer(s): Madness;
and various other artists



Hey you
Don't watch that watch this
this is the heavy heavy monster sound
the nuttiest sound around
so if you've come in the off the street
and you're beginningto feel the heat
well listen buster you better start to move your feet
to the rockinest rock steady beat of madness

One step beyond!!!
one step beyond ...

Mess Around
Performer(s): Ray Charles



Ah, you can talk about the pit, barbecue
The band was jumpin', the people too
Ah, mess around
They doin' the mess around
They doin' the mess around
Everybody doin' the mess around
Ah, everybody was juiced, you can, bet your soul
They did the boogie-woogie, with a sturdy roll
They mess around
They doin' the mess around
They doin' the mess around
Everybody doin' the mess around
Now, ah, when I say stop don't you move a peg
When I say go, just ah, shake your leg
And do the mess around
I declare, do the mess around
Yeah do the mess around
Everybody's doin' the mess around
Now let me have it there boy

Now you got it boy

(Yeah, ah, mess around, go on mess around)
(Mess around, boy)
Now this band's goin' to play from, 9 to 1
Everybody here's gonna have some fun
Doin' the mess around
Ah, doin' the mess around
They doin' the mess around
Everybody doin' the mess around
Now you see that girl, with that, diamond ring
She knows how to, shake that thing
Mess around
I declare, she can mess around
Ah, mess around
Everybody do the mess around

One Small Photograph
Composer(s): Kevin Shegog
Performer(s): Rex & Noelene Franklin
and various other artists



Heartaches and sad dreams
Take away the moonbeams
Memories that made me so blue
All I have to cheer me
I always keep it near me
One small photograph of you

I've got lots of money
And things you gave me, honey
I've got a house and a Cadillac or two
If my fortune lessens
I'l1 be satisfied possessin'
One small photograph of you

Take away the sad dreams
Bring back the moonbeams
Come back my darling and stay
If you say you'll love me
By all the stars above me
I'll put my little photograph away

I've got lots of money
And things you gave me, honey
I've got a house and a Cadillac or two
If my fortune lessens
I'll be satisfied possessin'
One small photograph of you

Mes Yeux Sont Fous
English Title: I Must Be Seeing Things
Composer(s): Al Kooper; Bob Brass; Irwin Livine; S. Thibaut
Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday



Mes yeux sont fous

Ou mes yeux sont fous
Ou là, devant moi
C'est la fille que j'aime
Et, dans ses bras, c'est mon meilleur ami
Mais non, je ne peux croire ça

Ça me ferait trop mal
Elle ne ferait pas ça
Ça me ferait trop mal
Elle ne dirait pas ça, pas ça

Mon amour, mon amour, mon amour

Ou mes yeux sont fous
Ou la vie me joue un tour
Mais pourquoi me faire ça
Je veux si peu
Je demandais qu'elle m'aime un peu
Mais c'était beaucoup

Leurs lèvres qui se cherchent
Ça me ferait trop mal
Et ces mots qu'elle lui crie
Ça me ferait trop mal, trop mal

Mon amour, mon amour, mon amour

Cet ami qui trahit
Ça me ferait trop mal
Cette fille qui m'oublie
Ça me ferait trop mal
Mes yeux se sont trompés
Mes yeux sont fous
Oh, non ce n'est pas vrai
Ce n'est pas vrai

One Rainy Wish
Composer(s): Jimi Hendrix
Performer(s): Jimi Hendrix;
Phil Brown; Eugene Chadbourne; Brian May



Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty blue and lilac too
Never to grow old
There you were under a tree of song, sleeping so peacefully
In your hand a flower played, waiting there for me
I have never laid eyes on you
Not before this timeless day
But you woke and you smiled my name
And you stole my heart away
Stole my heart away little girl
Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty blue and lilac too
Never to grow old
Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had
Not too long ago,
Misty blue and lilac too
Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had
Misty blue and lilac too
Gold and rose, gold and rose
Gold and rose, the color of the dream I had
Not too long ago
Misty blue and lilac too
It's only a dream but I'd love to tell somebody about this dream
The sky was filled with a thousand stars
While the sun kissed the mountains blue
And eleven moons played across the rainbows above me and you
Gold and rose, the color of the velvet walls that surrounds us