Midnight Confessions
Composer(s): The Grass Roots
Originally performed by: The Grass Roots



The sound of your footsteps
Telling me that you're near
Your soft gentle motion, baby
Brings out the need in me that no-one can hear, except

In my midnight confessions
When I tell all the world that I love you
In my midnight confessions
When I say all the things that I want to
I love you

But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
I'm wasting my time

Staggering through the daytime
Your image on my mind
Passing so close beside you baby
Sometimes the feelings are so hard to hide, except

In my midnight confessions
When I tell all the world that I love you
In my midnight confessions
When I say all the things that I want to
I love you

But a little gold ring you wear on your hand makes me understand
There's another before me, you'll never be mine
I'm wasting my time

In my midnight confessions
When I tell all the world that I love you
Na na-na na na na na-na
Na na-na na na na na-na

Opus One
Composer(s): Sid Garris; Sy Oliver
Performer(s): The Mills Brothers



Oh! baby, I'm rackin' my brain, to think of a name
To give to this tune, so Perry can croon
And maybe old Bing will give it a fling
And that'll start everyone hummin' the thing

The melody's dumb, repeat and repeat
But if you can swing, it's got a good beat
And that's the main thing, to make it complete
'Cause everyone's swingin' today

So we call it Opus One, it's not for Sammy Kaye, hey, hey, hey
Opus One, it's got to swing, not sway, baby

If Mr. Les Brown can make it renowned
And Ray Anthony could rock it for me
There's never a doubt, you'll knock yourself out
Whenever you get near Opus One

Midnight Bus
Composer(s): John D. Loudermilk
Performer(s): John D. Loudermilk
and various other artists



Me and my baby, we got on the midnight bus
Pulled out of Durham and left in a cloud of dust
Headed for the border of North and South Caroline
This time tomorrow she'll be mine

After we had ridden for a while on the midnight bus
We fell out and had an awful fuss
Said goodbye, I pulled the buzzer chord
I got off and the driver slammed the door

Standin' in the highway, holdin' my suitcase tight
Watching that midnight bus pull out of sight
She's gone, my baby's gone and I'm alone

Left and lost my baby on the midnight bus
Left and lost my baby on the midnight bus
She's gone, my baby's gone and I'm alone

Opus 17 (Don't You Worry 'Bout Me)
Composer(s): Sandy Linzer; Denny Randell
Performer(s): Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons



I can see
There ain't no room for me
You're only holdin' up your heart in sympathy
If there's another man
Then girl I understand 
Go on and take his hand
And don't you worry 'bout me
I'll be blue
And I'll be cryin' too
But girl you know I only want what's best for you
What good is all my pride
If our true love has died 
Go on and be his bride
And don't you worry 'bout me

I'll be strong
I'll try to carry on
Although you know it won't be easy when you're gone
I'll always think of you
The tender love we knew
But somehow I'll get through
So don't you worry 'bout me 
Ooo-oo
Baby
Sweetie pie
Before you say goodbye
Remember if he ever leaves you high and dry
Don't cry alone in pain
Don't ever feel ashamed 
If you want me again
Just don't you worry 'bout me
I love you
No matter what you do
I'll spend my whole life waitin' if you want me too
And if this is goodbye
You know I'd rather die
Than let you see me cry 
'Cause then you'd worry 'bout me

I'll be strong
I'll try to carry on
Although you know it won't be easy when your gone
I'll always think of you
The tender love we knew 
But somehow I'll get through
So don't you worry 'bout me 
I'll be strong
I'll try to carry on
Although you know it won't be easy when your gone
I'll always think of you
The tender love we knew 
But somehow I'll get through
So don't you worry 'bout me

Midnight Blue
Composer(s): Carole Bayer Sager; Melissa Manchester
Originally performed by: Melissa Manchester
Covered by various other artists



Whatever it is, it'll keep 'til the morning
Haven't we both got better things to do? 
Midnight Blue
Even though simple things become rough
Haven't we had enough? 

And I think we can make it 
One more time 
If we try... 
One more time for all the old times

For all of the times you told me you need me
Needing me now is something I could use
Midnight Blue. 
Wouldn't you give your hand to a friend? 
Maybe it's not the end

And I think we can make it 
One more time 
If we try... 
One more time for all the old times

Wouldn't you give your heart to a friend?
Think of me as your friend

I think we can make it 
If we try
Looks like we can make it 
If we try... 

Repeat

Optimistic
Composer(s): Aubrey Freeman
Performer(s): Skeeter Davis



How long is the river?
How deep is the sea?
How long is forever?
That's how long you'll love me

My heart is beating fast
I found true love at last
I'm so optimistic
I know this new love will last

How high is the mountain?
How far out of space?
How long could I hold you
in a lover's embrace?

Until the end of time
A love that's so divine
I'm so optimistic about
this new love of mine

Midnight Avenue
Performer(s): The Sutherland Brothers Band



In the midnight avenue
That's when you think of what's to do
Decide it's best to use more force
But then it never works out of course

All the things you look upon
Just to watch them till they're gone
The ones you know you can't afford
But still you try to buy with words
In the midnight avenue

On a windswept open beach
The kind that's always out of reach
To meet an ocean where it ends
The old eternal poet's friend

Make your peace with what you will
Your life depends upon your skill
In keeping lovers at your call
And sharing each with one and all
In the midnight avenue

If your spirit flies away
And they tell you it's gone to stay
Will you die and call it a day
Or will you live a different way

When the crystals smash your brain
Will you think of love, oh yeah
Will you think of paradise
Will you hope it turns out nice
In the midnight avenue

Got a Chopin crazy black
That took a sleigh ride, oh yeah
Gone in the asteroid, oh yeah

All the things you've looked upon
Just to watch them till they're gone
The ones you know you can't afford
But still you try to buy with words
In the midnight avenue

Öppna Landskap
English Title: Open Landscapes
Composer(s): Ulf Lundell
Performer(s): Ulf Lundell



Jag trivs bäst i öppna landskap,nära havet vill jag bo
några månader om året, så att själen kan få ro
Jag trivs bäst i öppna landskap, där vindarna får fart
Där lärkorna slår högt i skyn, och sjunger underbart
Där bränner jag mitt brännvin själv, och kryddar med Johannesört
och dricker det med välbehag, till sill och hembakt vört
Jag trivs bäst i öppna landskap, nära havet vill jag bo

Jag trivs bäst i fred och frihet, för både kropp och själ
ingen kommer in i min närhet, som stänger in och stjäl
Jag trivs bäst när dagen bräcker, och fälten fylls av ljus
när tuppar gal på avstånd, när det är långt till närmsta hus
Men ändå så pass nära, att en tyst och stilla natt
när man sitter under stjärnorna, kan höra festens skratt
Jag trivs bäst i fred och frihet, för både kropp och själ

Jag trivs bäst när havet svallar, och måsarna ger skri
när stranden fylls med snäckskal, med havsmusik uti
När det klara och det enkla, får råda som det vill
när ja, är ja, och nej, är nej,och tvivlet tiger still
Då binder jag en krans av löv, och lägger den runt närmaste sten
där runor ristats för vår skull, nån gång för länge sen
Jag trivs bäst när havet svallar, och måsarna ger skri

Midnight At The Oasis 
Composer(s): David Nichtern
Originally performed by: Maria Muldaur



Midnight at the oasis
Send your camel to bed
Shadows painting our faces
Traces of romance in our heads

Heaven's holding a half moon 
Shining just for us 
Let's slip off to a sand dune, real soon 
Kick up a little dust 

Oh, Cactus is our friend 
He'll point out the way 
Come on 'til the evening ends 
'Til the evening ends 

You don't have to answer 
There's no need to speak 
I'll be your belly dancer, [romancer] 
And you can be my sheik 

I know your daddy's a sultan 
A nomad known to all 
With fifty girls to attend him, they all send him 
Jump at his beck and call 

But you won't need no harem, honey 
When I'm by your side 
And you won't need no camel, oh no 
When I take you for a ride 

Oh, Cactus is our friend 
He'll point out the way 
Come on 'til the evening ends 
'Til the evening ends 

Midnight at the oasis 
Send your camel to bed 
Shadows painting our faces 
Traces of romance in our heads

Opium
Composer(s): Charlys; Guy D'Abzac
Performer(s): Jacques Dutronc



Dans le port de Saïgon gong
Est une jonque chinoise
Mystérieuse et sournoise
Dont on ne sait pas le nom

Et le soir dans l'entrepont
Quand la nuit se fait complice
Les Européens se glissent
Cherchant des coussins profonds

Opium ! Poison de rêve
Fumée qui monte au ciel
C'est toi qui nous élève
Aux paradis artificiels

Je vois le doux visage
Les yeux de mon aimée
Par toi j'ai son image
Dans ton nuage, fumée

A l'abri du demi-jour
Les lanternes qui se voilent
Sont de petites étoiles
Qui pâlissent tour à tour

Dans le soir au parfum lourd
Au gré de la fumée lente
Le fumeur se représente
Les plus beaux rêves d'amour

Puisqu'on dit que le bonheur
N'existe pas sur la terre
Que l'aile de mes chimères
Puisse nous conduire ailleurs

Au paradis enchanteur
Plein de merveilleux mensonges
Dans l'ivresse de mes songes
J'ai laissé prendre mon cœur

Midnight
Composer(s): Paul Anka
Performer(s): Paul Anka



Midnight
is for lovers

so let's Ispoon
beneath the moon

the silvery moon
a up a high

midnight
we'll be together
At lover's lane
we'll kiss again

and then again
at midnight
You hold my hand
and you drive me insane

you're burning up my heart
and you tickle my brain

your eyes are blue
your lips are red
The old hootie owl way
up in a tree

is taking a peek at
you and me

I don't care what it can see

Opinion Publique
Composer(s): Henri Contet; Marguerite Monnot
Performer(s): Edith Piaf



Son histoire a commencé
Par marcher derrière son dos
Et rentrer dans les cafés
En parlant à demi-mots
Et, pendant qu'il buvait
Son histoire s'en allait
En laissant comme pourboire
Des "on dit" sur les comptoirs...

On dit qu'il a...
On dit qu'il est...
On dit qu'il a fait...
A fait ceci, a fait cela...
Et qu'il a dit ça...

Les maisons de sa ville
Ont les yeux de rideaux
Blancs regards qui le filent
Et se clouent dans son dos
C'est la ronde assassine
Qui l'étouffe et l'efface
Met son cœur en vitrine
Et son nom sur la glace

On dit qu'il a...
On dit qu'il est...
On dit qu'il a fait...
A fait ceci, a fait celà...
Et qu'il a dit ça...
Non! Il a dit ça?
Oui, il a dit ça!

Et le monde l'a couché
Dans le lit des malfaisants
L'a bordé d'un débauché
D'un tricheur, d'un impuissant
Son histoire continue
A parler dans les rues
Lui fabrique une vie
Qu'on affiche à la mairie...

On dit qu'il a...
On dit qu'il est...
On dit qu'il a fait...
A fait ceci, a fait cela...
Et qu'il a dit ça...

Un couteau de méfiance
Est planté parce que
On l'achève en silence
Avec des "parce que"
En quatre, on découpe
On le pend sur la place
On le brûle, on le coupe
En morceaux de grimaces...

On dit qu'il a...
On dit qu'il est...
On dit qu'il a fait...
A fait ceci, a fait cela
Et qu'il a dit ça...
Non! Il a dit ça?
Oui, il a dit ça!

Mais c'est dur à supporter
Un salaud préfabriqué
Qu'on habille de votre peau
Et qui porte vos chapeaux
Un beau jour, il s'est mis
Au milieu des "on dit"
Sur la place du marché
De sa ville endimanchée

On dit qu'il a...
On dit qu'il est...
On dit qu'il a fait...
Il a crié: "Mais c'est pas vrai !"
C'est pas vrai! C'est pas vrai !

Ils ont fait la pirouette
Et, la main dans la main
Leur esprit de girouette
A changé de refrain
Ils avaient un coupable
Ils en font un mécène
Le voilà formidable
Mais les mots sont les mêmes 

On dit qu'il a...
On dit qu'il est...
On dit qu'il a fait...
A fait ceci, a fait cela...
Et qu'il a dit ça...
Non! Il a dit ça? Oui, il a dit ça!
Il a dit ça, il a dit ça, il a dit ça
Il a dit ça, il a dit ça, il a dit ça
Il a dit ça...
Oui, il a dit ça!
Non!!! Oui!...

Midnight
French Title: Reviens, Je T'Aime
Composer(s): Johannes Bouwens
Originally performed by: George Baker
Covered by various other artists



I'm sittin' on the station Gar du Nord
I'm waitin' for a train that never comes
For me there is no future and no past
I only think about the days we had

Waiting 'till midnight
Waitin' for a time to see my baby
Waitin' for a time to kiss my lady now

Waiting 'till midnight
Waitin' for a time to kiss my honey
Waitin' for a time to spend my money now

Revien, cherie, quand tu m'aimes
I want to lead you in my loneliness
The rain is fallin' and the leaves are fallin' down
And so I wait to see you here around

Waiting 'till midnight
Waitin' for a time to see my baby
Waitin' for a time to kiss my lady now

Waiting 'till midnight
Waitin' for a time to kiss my honey
Waitin' for a time to spend my money now

Waiting 'till midnight
Waitin' for a time to see my baby
Waitin' for a time to kiss my lady now

Waiting 'till midnight
Waitin' for a time to kiss my honey
Waitin' for a time to spend my money

Waiting 'till midnight
Waitin' for a time to see my baby
Waitin' for a time to see my baby
Waitin' for a time to kiss my lady now

Waiting 'till midnight
Waitin' for a time to kiss my honey
Waitin' for a time to spend my money now

I'm sittin' on the station Gar du Nord

Ophélie
Composer(s): J. Goldbird; C. Juwens; P. Loiseau
Performer(s): Dave



Elle se croyait toute seule près de l'eau
quand soudain je l'ai vu se pencher un peu trop
Devinant qu'elle voulait noyer son chagrin
je n'ai pu m'empêcher de lui crier de loin

Ophélie, Ophélie, moi je t'aime
Ophélie, Ophélie, pense à moi
Dire adieu à la vie serait une folie
dit bonjour à l'amour
sèche tes larmes, sèche tes larmes

Ophélie, Ophélie, moi je t'aime
Ophélie, Ophélie, pense à moi
Dire adieu à la vie serait une folie
dit bonjour à l'amour
sèche tes larmes, sèche tes larmes

Elle a essuyé les larmes de ses joues
et soudain sur la Terre, il n'y avait que nous
Que m'importe son prénom puisque aujourd'hui
c'est toujours Ophélie qui fait chanter ma vie

Ophélie, Ophélie, moi je t'aime
Ophélie, Ophélie, pense à moi
Dire adieu à la vie serait une folie
dit bonjour à l'amour
sèche tes larmes, sèche tes larmes

Ophélie, Ophélie, moi je t'aime
Ophélie, Ophélie, pense à moi
Dire adieu à la vie serait une folie
Ophélie, Ophélie, moi je t'aime

Midi Midinette
Performer(s): Conny Froboess



Am Ufer der Seine da spricht ein Mann 
ein ganz bezauberndes Mädchen an
Midi Midinette so schön ist Paris 
Midi Midinette und du bist so süss
Midi Midinette an Place Pigalle weiss ich ein Lokal für uns ideal
Midi Midinette mein Herz ist noch frei 
Midi Midinette wie werd’s mit uns zwei
Sei dich nicht gesehen dann muss ich gestehen 
Midi Midinette Paris ist so schön

Leise rauscht die Seine 
(chorus) auf den Fluss die Schwäne (chorus)
Lauschen wie es singt und so zärtlich klingt 
je t’aime je t’aime je t’aime
Alle jungen Pärchen 
(chorus) träumen bunte Märchen (chorus)
Ein verliebtes Lied durch die Strassen zieht 
je t’aime je t’aime chéri

Midi Midinette mein Herz ist nog frei 
Midi Midinette wie werd’s mit ons zwei
Sei dich nicht gesehen dann muss ich gestehen 
Midi Midinette Paris ist so schön 
Leise rauscht die Seine 
(chorus) auf den Fluss die Schwäne (chorus)
Lauschen wie es singt und so zärtlich klingt 
je t’aime je t’aime je t’aime

Alle jungen Pärchen 
(chorus) träumen bunte Märchen (chorus)
Ein verliebtes Lied durch die Strassen zieht 
je t’aime je t’aime chéri

Am Ufer der Seine da sprach ein Mann 
ein ganz bezauberndes Mädchen an (chorus)

Chorus:  
Midi Midinette so schön ist Paris

Opeth
Performer(s): Amen Corner



White summer
So far I have gone to see you again
Hiding your face in the palm of your hands
Finding solace in the words I do despise
You snatch at every sound
And even though you believe that I am shackled within death
memories are tainted with paleness
Crestfallen still
Those eyes...empty like a barren well
It was the only task I would undertake
To reap the harvest that was mine
The seed that had sprung into a florid meadow
and left me helpless in your embrace
The bond we never spoke of, once stark and enticing
now slowly smoldering to dust
The celestial touch, from grey to black
A fathomless void enclosing
Unwritten secrets beneath the cobwebs
I can not endure
And so I rose from my sleep
The moon turned away its face
Overture of the long, black night begins...something you said
"Eerie circles upon the waters"
Until now we have shared the same aura
My ashes within your hands
My breath in the sepulchral mound
You know that your night is my day
The final spark that blew life into me
the Demon Of The Fall

Middle Of The Road
Composer(s): Chrissie Hynde
Performer(s): Pretenders
and various other artists



In the middle of the road
Is trying to find me
I'm standing in the middle of life with my pains behind me

But, I got a smile
For everyone I meet
Long as you don't try dragging my bay
Or dropping a bomb on the street

Come on baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

In the middle of the road
You see the darnest things
Like fat cats driving around in jeeps through the city
Wearing big diamond rings and silk suits
Past corrugated tin shacks holed up with kids and
Man I don't mean a Hampstead nursery
But when you own a big chunk of the bloody third world
The babies just come with the scenery

Come on baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road, yeah

One 
Two 
Three 
Four 
Five 
Six

In the middle of the road
Is my private cul de sac
I can't get from the cab to the curb
Without some little jerk on my back
Don't harass me kid
Can't you tell I'm going home, I'm tired as hell
I'm not the cat I used to be
I've got a kid, I'm thirty-three baby
Get in the road
Come on now
In the middle of the road

Opereta Do Casamento
Composer(s): Chico Buarque; Edú Lobo
Performer(s): Chico Buarque



Nem assaz alhures e antanho
Era um evento tamanho
A sagração nupcial
Vinha a noiva de gargantilha
Caçoleta e rendilha
Diadema e torçal

Mas se houvesse algum embaraço
Dera a moça um mal passo
Quanto horror e desdém
Ela ia parar no convento
Ia dormir ao relento
Ou deitar nos trilhos do trem

Do pudor da noiva a bandeira
Após a noite primeira
Desfraldava-se ao sol
A sua virtude escarlate
Igual brasão de tomate
Enobrecendo o lençol

Mas se não houvesse tal mancha
É que outra mancha mais ancha
Se ocultava por trás
E o rapaz pagava o malogro
Com a vendeta do sogro
Ou com a malícia dos mortais

``Oh meu pai, oh meu pai, por favor
Condenai o nosso amor
De langor e luxúria!
Mas poupai, oh meu pai
Nosso filho
Da fúria do Senhor!''

O guri nasceu apressado
Nem um mês de casado
Tinha quem o gerou
Quando o pai caiu nos infernos
Foi nos braços maternos
Que ele se pendurou

Quando a mãe caiu na sarjeta
Foi seguindo a opereta
Na garupa do avô
Quando o avô caiu do cavalo
Foi chorar no intervalo
E mais um ato começou

Palhaço, corista
Trapézio, dançarina
Maestro, cortina
É fé na flauta e pé na pista

Middle Age Crazy
Composer(s): Sonny Throckmorton
Performer(s): Tom Jones
and various other artists



Today he traded his '98 Oldsmobile
He got a heck of a deal on a new Porsche car
He isn't wearing his usual gray business suits
He's got jeans and high boots with an embroidered star

'Cause today he's 40 years old, going on 20
But don't look for the gray in his hair
'Cause he ain't got any
He's got a young thing beside him
That just melts in his hands
And he's middle aged crazy
Trying to prove he still can

He's got a woman he's loved for a long, long time at home
But the thrill is all gone, when they turn down the lights
And today he's 40 years old, going on 20
And don't look for the gray in his hair
'Cause he ain't got any

And that young thing beside him, you know she understands
He's just middle aged crazy
Trying to prove he still can
Yes, he's middle aged crazy
Trying to prove he still can

Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
Composer(s): Jim Croce
Performer(s): Jim Croce;
Rodney Crowell; Toby Lightman



Operator oh could you help me place this call
You see the number on the matchbook is old and faded
She's living in L.A.
With my best old ex-friend Ray
A guy she said she knew well and sometimes hated

Chorus:

Isn't that the way they say it goes
But let's forget all that
Give me the number if you can find it
So I can call just to tell them I'm fine and to show
I've overcome the blow
I've learned to take it well
I only wish my words could just convince myself
That it just wasn't real
But that's not the way it feels

Operator oh could you help me place this call
Cause I can't read the number that you just gave me
There's something in my eye's
You know it happens every time
I think about the love that I thought would save me

(Repeat Chorus)

Operator let's forget about this call
There's no one there I really wanted to talk you
Thank you for your time
Oh you've been so much more than kind
And you can keep the dime

(Repeat Chorus)