Take A Look
Composer(s): Allen Toussaint
Performer(s): Natalie Merchant; Irma Thomas



Take a look at this heart
It's the one I'm gonna use to love you
Take a look at these arms
These are the arms I'm gonna use to hug you
Look at these eyes
These are the eyes that will haunt you
Ohhhh take a look at this girl
She's the girl that wants you

Take a look at my feet
that are gonna walk up to your door
Take a look at this head 
Take a look at these hips
It's gonna knock(?)

Like n
Look at these lips
They're gonna kiss you and
I know they'll haunt you
Ohhh Take a look at this girl
I'm the girl that wants you

Ohhh take a look at that reef
That you see lying in the window
Take a look at that poor little dimple spot on my third finger

If you wanna see someone who's gonna be happy as can be
Take a look at me
Take a look at me
Tame eeee

Take a look at this heart
It's the one I'm gonna ust to look at these arms
They're the ones I'm gonna use to hold you

Morningtown Ride
Composer(s): Malvina Reynolds
Performer(s): The Limeliters
and various other artists



Train whistle blowin'
Makes a sleepy noise
Underneath their blankets
Go all the girls and boys

Rockin', rollin', ridin'
Out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown
Many miles away

Driver at the engine
Fireman rings the bell
Sandman swings the lantern
To show that all is well

Rockin', rollin', ridin'
Out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown
Many miles away

Maybe it is raining
Where our train will ride
All the little travellers
Are warm and snug inside

Rockin', rollin', ridin'
Out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown
Many miles away

Somewhere there is sunshine
Somewhere there is day
Somewhere there is Morningtown
Many miles away

Rockin', rollin', ridin'
Out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown
Many miles away

Rockin', rollin', ridin'
Out along the bay
All bound for Morningtown
Many miles away

Qui Saura
((Adapted from: Che Sarà (Ricchi E Poveri) - 1971))
((Swedish Version: Aldrig Mer (Hootenanny Singers) - 1971))
Composer(s): Jimmy Fontana - Nicola Greco - Franco Migliacci - Carlo Pes - Michel Jourdan
Performer(s): Mike Brant - 1972
and multiple other artists



Vous mes amis, tant de fois vous me dites
Que d'ici peu je ne serai plus triste
J'aimerais bien vous croire un jour
Mais j'en doute avec raison
Essayez de répondre à ma question

Qui saura, qui saura, qui saura
Qui saura me faire oublier dites-moi
Ma seule raison de vivre
Essayez de me le dire
Qui saura, qui saura, oui qui saura

Vous mes amis essayez de comprendre
Une seule fille au monde peut me rendre
Tout ce que j'ai perdu, je sais qu'elle ne reviendra pas
Alors si vous pouvez dites-le moi

Qui saura, qui saura, qui saura
Qui saura me faire vivre d'autres joies
Je n'avais qu'elle sur terre
Et sans elle ma vie entière
Je sais bien que le bonheur n'existe pas

Vous mes amis le soleil vous inonde
Vous dites que je sortirai de l'ombre
J'aimerais bien vous croire oui
Mais mon coeur y renonce
Ma question reste toujours sans réponse

Qui saura, qui saura, qui saura
Qui saura me faire oublier dites-moi
Ma seule raison de vivre
Essayez de me le dire
Qui saura, qui saura, oui qui saura

Qui saura, qui saura, qui saura
Qui saura me faire revivre d'autres joies
Je n'avais qu'elle sur terre et sans elle ma vie entière
Je sais bien que le bonheur n'existe pas

Qui saura, qui saura, qui saura
Qui saura me faire oublier dites-moi
Ma seule raison de vivre essayez de me le dire
Qui saura, qui saura, oui qui saura?

Girl Watcher
Composer(s): Buck Trail; Wayne Pittman
Performer(s): The O'Kaysions;
and various other artists



Chorus:

I'm a girl watcher, I'm a girl watcher...
Watchin' girls go by, hey, my my
I'm a girl watcher, I'm a girl watcher...
Here comes one now

I was just a boy when I threw away my toys
And found a new pastime to dwell on
Whenever I detects them there of the other sex
I play the game I do so well on

(repeat chorus)

Mumble something tell my my, but you do look swell
Could you please walk a little slower
Wonder if you know that you're putting on a show
Could you please walk a little closer

Take A Letter, Miss Smith 
Performer(s): Fran Warren & Tony Martin



Take a letter, Miss Smith
Yes sir
You’re typin’ better, Miss Smith
You know best, sir
A little closer, my dear
But I can hear you from here
Back to business, Miss Smith
Yes sir

Just write “My dear Mr. Brown”
Got it
Say, what’s his address in town?
I forgot it
Why, that’s a lovely perfume
They call it ‘two in a room’
Er, back to business, Miss Smith
Yes sir

Dear Mr. Brown, in regard to that stock
Gee, Miss Smith, you’re awfully pretty
Dear Mr. Brown, in regard to that stock
Hey boss, you can call me ‘Smitty’
You’re getting thinner, Miss Smith
Yes sir
You need some dinner, Miss Smith
You know best, sir
I’ll pick you up about eight
I promise not to be late
And we’ll leave the rest to fate
Yes sir

Well, good morning, Miss Smith
Hi boss
Why’re you yawning, Miss Smith?
You know why, boss
The clock struck one at your door
You hung around until four
Back to business, Miss Smith
Er, yes sir

Now, just write, er “My dear Mr. Brown”
Right boss
We really covered the town
What a night, boss!
I liked that wonderful show
I liked the very last row
Ahem, er, back to business
Er, yes boss

Now write this: “Dear Mr. Brown, in regard to that stock”
Smitty, your eyes are gleaming
“Dear Mr. Brown, in regard to that stock”
Gee, boss, I was only dreaming

Getting tired, Miss Smith?
Oh, yes sir
Well, you’re fired, Miss Smith
You know best, sir
But I would like to know why
We’re getting married, you and I
Tell me, what is your reply?
Yes sir
Do I need book and pencil, too?
All I’ll ever need is you
You have taken your very last letter, Miss Smith
Yes sir!

Morningside
Composer(s): Neil Diamond
Performer(s): Neil Diamond;
Marcus Dagan; Dennis Pavao



Morningside, the old man died
And no one cried, they simply turned away
And when he died
He left a table filled with nails and pride
And with his hands he carved these words inside
"For my children"

Morning light, morning bright
I spent the night with dreams that make you weep
Morning time
Wash away the sadness from these eyes of mine
For I recall the words an old man signed
"For my children"

And the legs were shaped with his hands
And the table made with oaken wood
And the children that sat around this table
Touched it with their laughter, and that was good

Morningside, the old man died
And no one cried, he surely died alone
And truth is sad
For not a child would claim the gift he had
The words he carved became his epitaph......
"For my children"

Girl Talk
French Title: Dansez Sur Moi - 1973
Composer(s): Neal Hefti; Bobby Troup
First release by: Julie London & The Gerald Wilson Big Band - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



They like to chat about the dresses they will wear tonight
They chew the fat about their tresses and the neighbours' fight
Inconsequential things that men don't really care to know
Become essential things that women find so apropos
But that's a dame
They're all the same
It's just a game
They call it girl talk, girl talk
They all me-ouw about the ups and downs of all their friends
The who, the how, the why, they dish the dirt, it never ends
The weaker sex, the speaker sex, we mortal males behold
But though we joke, we wouldn't trade you for a ton of gold
So baby stay, and gab away
But hear me say
That after girl talk
Talk to me
But that's a dame
They're all the same
It's just a game
They call it girl talk, girl talk
So baby stay, and gab away
But hear me say
That after girl talk
Talk to me

Take A Letter Maria 
((French Version: Envoie La Lettre Maria (Eddy Mitchell) - 1969))
Composer(s): R.B. Greaves
First release by: R.B. Greaves - 1969
Covered by multiple other artists



Last night as I got home about a half past ten
There was the woman I thought I knew
In the arms of another man
I kept my cool, I ain't no fool
Let me tell you what happened then
I packed some clothes and I walked out
And I ain't going back again

So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life

You've been many things but most of all a good secretary to me
And it's times like this I feel you've always been close to me
Was I wrong to work nights to try to build a good lif
All work and no play has just cost me a wife

So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life

When a man loves a woman it's hard to understand
That she would find more pleasure in the arms of another man
I never really noticed how sweet you are to me
It just so happens I'm free tonight
Would you like to have dinner with me

So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Say I won't be coming home, gonna start a new life
So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life

So take a letter Maria, address it to my wife
Send a copy to my lawyer, gotta start a new life

Morning Will Come
Composer(s): Randy California
Performer(s): Spirit



Come, come, come to me...
A yes you got a smile, makes me wow for you baby
Yes you got a style that turns me on man 
Ohh
Please don't be late
No don't hesitate
Cuz in a while
The morning will come
Yes the morning will come
Our morning will come
Yes the morning will
Come, come, come to me...
Well you got love that makes me cry for you baby
Such a special love it turns me on man
Come in the morning
In the morning

Yes the morning will come
Yes the morning will
Come, come, come to me
To me only, to me only ohh
Please don't be late now
Don't hesitate
Because in a while
The morning will come
Yes the morning (got to)
Morning will come, yes the morning
Don't you know that the morning will come
Yes the morning will come, yes the morning will come
Yes the morning will
Come, come, come to me

G-i-r-l Spells Trouble
Composer(s): Ernest Tubb; Arbie Gibson
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb



G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But a man just can’t get along without ‘um

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But what in the world we going to do about ‘um

Now if they want to love you and call you there own
A gal can make a good man leave his home
There’s nothing like the fury of a woman scorned
She can make a man wish he’d never been born

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But a man just can’t get along without ‘um

Ah bashful Billy Byrd now

Girls…  Girls...  Girls...
There just plain misery

Now fella’s listen here 
Here’s the way it looks to me

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But a man just can’t get along without ‘um

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But what in the heck we going to do about ‘um

Now if they want to love you and call you there own
A gal can make a good man leave his home
There’s nothing like the fury of a woman scorned
She can make a man wish he’d never been born

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But a man just can’t get along without ‘um

I’m just confessing
But a man just can’t get along without ‘umG-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But a man just can’t get along without ‘um

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But what in the world we going to do about ‘um

Now if they want to love you and call you there own
A gal can make a good man leave his home
There’s nothing like the fury of a woman scorned
She can make a man wish he’d never been born

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But a man just can’t get along without ‘um

Ah bashful Billy Byrd now

Girls…  Girls...  Girls...
There just plain misery

Now fella’s listen here 
Here’s the way it looks to me

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But a man just can’t get along without ‘um

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But what in the heck we going to do about ‘um

Now if they want to love you and call you there own
A gal can make a good man leave his home
There’s nothing like the fury of a woman scorned
She can make a man wish he’d never been born

G-I-R-L Spells Trouble
But a man just can’t get along without ‘um

I’m just confessing
But a man just can’t get along without ‘um

Envoie La Lettre Maria
((Adapted from: Take A Letter Maria (R.B. Greaves) - 1969))
Composer(s): R.B. Greaves - Eddy Mitchell
Performer(s): Eddy Mitchell - 1969



Hier
J'ai vu mourir
Un grand amour fait pour durer
L'un de mes meilleurs amis
A détruit son bonheur passé
Il est parti de chez lui
Et s'est rendu à son bureau
Sa secrétaire se leva
Mon ami lui dicta ces mots 

Envoie la lettre Maria
Adressée à ma femme
Demain quant elle la lira
Nous serons loin déjà
Envoie la lettre Maria
Adressée à ma femme
Demain quant elle la lira
Nous serons loin déjà

C'est dur
De vivre à deux
Sans jamais connaître l'ennui
L'habitude d'être heureux
A lassé mon meilleur ami
Il veut
Changer de vie
Et connaître d'autres aventures
Quant à sa femme
Il l'oublie
Et provoque ainsi la rupture

Envoie la lettre Maria
Adressée à ma femme
Demain quant elle la lira
Nous serons loin déjà
Envoie la lettre Maria
Adressée à ma femme
Demain quant elle la lira
Nous serons loin déjà

Sa course
Au bonheur
N'est pourtant pas prêt de finir
Il ferme
Son coeur
Et n'en finit plus de mentir
Il est parti de chez lui
Et s'est rendu à son bureau
Sa secrétaire se leva
Mon ami lui dicta ces mots 

Envoie la lettre Maria
Adressée à ma femme
Demain quant elle la lira
Nous serons loin déjà
Envoie la lettre Maria
Adressée à ma femme
Demain quant elle la lira
Nous serons loin déjà

Morning Morgantown
Composer(s): Joni Mitchell
Performer(s): Joni Mitchell



When morning comes to Morgantown
The merchants roll their awnings down
The milktrucks make their morning rounds
In morning Morgantown

We'll rise up early, with the sun
To ride the bus while everyone is yawning
And the day is young
In morning Morgantown

Morning Morgantown
Buy your dreams a dollar down
Morning any town you name
Morning's just the same

We'll find a table in the shade
And sip our tea and lemonade
And watch the morning on parade
In morning Morgantown

Ladies in their rainbow fashions
Colored stop and go lights flashing
We'll wink at total strangers passing
In morning Morgantown

Morning Morgantown
Buy your dreams a dollar down
Morning any town you name
Morning's just the same

I'd like to buy you everything
A wooden bird with painted wings
A window full of colored rings
In morning Morgantown

But the only thing I have to give
To make you smile, to win you with

Are all the mornings still to live

In morning Morgantown

Girl On A Swing
Composer(s): Robert Miranda
Performer(s): Gerry & The Pacemakers;
The Happenings; Bob Miranda



I stand out of sight
And watch as the light from the sun
Shines through her hair

From yonder she came
I don't know her name
Still I love that girl on a swing

Girl on a swing, swing high
Girl on a swing, swing low
Take all the hate from the world that we're in
Girl on a swing, swing high
Girl on a swing, swing low
And you can cast all your troubles to the wind

She comes with the light
Then goes with the night
My heart just yearns
But then comes the dawn
And she returns

Girl on a swing, swing high
Girl on a swing, swing low
Take all the hate from the world that we're in
Girl on a swing, swing high
Girl on a swing, swing low
And you can cast all your troubles to the wind

Take A Giant Step
((Portuguese Version: Dê Um Passo À Frente (The Sunshines) - 1967))
Composer(s): Gerry Goffin - Carole King
First release by: The Monkees - 1966
Covered by multiple other artists



Though you've played at love and lost
And sorrow's turned your heart to frost
I will melt your heart again
Remember the feeling as a child
When you woke up and morning smiled
It's time you felt like you did then
There's just no percentage in remembering the past
It's time you learned to live again at last

Come with me, leave yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

You stare at me in disbelief
You say for you there's no relieve
But I swear I'll prove you wrong
Don't stay in your lonely room
Just staring back in silent gloom
That's not where you belong
Come with me I'll take you where the tast of life is green
And everyday holds wonders to be seen

Come with me, leave yesterday behind
And take a giant step outside your mind

Morning Hymn
Performer(s): Bruce Cockburn



Wind chimes flicker
Brittle corners slide away
Smile back at the day
Shadows flying
Like the mist before the sun

See the sadness run
Silk-spun web of pearls
Glistens in the grass in summer
North wind changes all the fields
To dazzling glass in winter

Come near to me
Hear this song I sing to you
are you singing, too?

Girl Of My Dreams
Composer(s): Sonny Clapp
Performer(s): Louis Armstrong;
and various other artists



Girl of my dreams, I love you
Honest I do, you are so sweet
If I could just hold your charms 
Again in my arms 
Then, life would be complete!
 
Since you've been gone, dear
Life don't seem the same
Please come back again!
 
And after all's said an' done
There's only one 
Girl of my dreams, it's you!
 
Since you've been gone, dear
Life don't seem the same
Please come back again!
 
And after all's said an' done
There's only one 
Girl of my dreams, it's you!

Take A Friend
Composer(s): Geddy Lee - Alex Lifeson
Performer(s): Rush; Snagglepuss



Well, I'm lookin' at you
And I'm wond'rin' what you're gonna do
Looks like you got no friends
No one to stick with you till the end

Take yourself a friend
Keep 'em till the end
Whether woman or man
It makes you feel so good ...
So good

Yes, you think you're all right
But now you're lonely ev'ry night
Well, you need a friend
Someone on whom you can always depend

Take yourself a friend
Keep 'em till the end
Whether woman or man
It makes you feel so good ...
So good

Yes, you need some advice
Well, let me put it to you nice
I said you need a friend
Someone who'll stick with you to the end

Take yourself a friend
Keep 'em till the end
Whether woman or man
It makes you feel so good ...
So good

Morning Has Broken
(German & Spanish Versions: Schön Ist Der Morgen; Ha Roto El Alba)
Composer(s): Eleanor Farjeon
First release by: Cat Stevens - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists



Morning has broken like the first morning
blackbird has spoken like the first bird
Praise for the singing! Praise for the morning!
Praise for them springing fresh from the Word

Sweet the rain's new fall sunlit from heaven
like the first dewfall on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
sprung in completeness where God's feet pass

Mine is the sunlight! Mine is the morning
born of the one light Eden saw play! 
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day!

Girl I Got News For You
Composer(s): Bobby "Birdwatcher" Pucetti;
Shapiro; Bradley
Performer(s): Benny Latimore



"I don't care what you do!
Go and find someone new!
You're out of your tree!

Girl I got news for you
Won't take abuse from you!
Someday you're gonna find some guy
He won't care if you live or die, yeah!"

Take A Chance On Me
Composer(s): Benny Andersson - Björn Ulvaeus
First release by: ABBA - 1977
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1983 - Abbacadabra (Catherine Ferry)
2003 - Kies Kip! (Pieter-Jan De Smet)



If you change your mind (take a chance ...)
I'm the first in line
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me let me know
Gonna be around
If you've got no place to go
When you're feeling down

If you're all alone
When the pretty birds have flown
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best
And it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test
If you let me try

Take a chance on me (that's all I ask of you, honey)
Take a chance on me

We can go dancing (oh)
We can go walking (yeah)
As long as we're together (long as we're together)
Listen to some music (oh)
Maybe just talking (yeah)
Get to know you better (get to know you better)
'Cause you know I've got
So much that I wanna do
When I dream I'm alone with you
It's magic
You want me to leave it there
Afraid of a love affair
But I think you know
That I can't let go

If you change your mind (take a chance ...)
I'm the first in line
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know
Gonna be around
If you've got no place to go
When you're feeling down

If you're all alone
When the pretty birds have flown
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best
And it ain't no lie
If you put me to the test
If you let me try

Take a chance on me (come on, give me a break will you?)
Take a chance on me

Oh, you can take your time, baby (oh)
I'm in no hurry (yeah)
Know I'm gonna get you (know I'm gonna get you)
You don't wanna hurt me (oh)
Baby, don't worry (yeah)
I ain't gonna let you (I ain't gonna let you)
Let me tell you now
My love is strong enough
To last when things are rough
It's magic
You say that I waste my time
But I can't get you off my mind
No, I can't let go
'Cause I love you so

If you change your mind (take a chance ...)
I'm the first in line
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me
If you need me, let me know
Gonna be around
If you've got no place to go
When you're feeling down

If you're all alone
When the pretty birds have flown
Honey, I'm still free
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best
Baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test
Take a chance on me (take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)

Ba-ba ba ba ba
Ba-ba ba ba ba
Honey, I'm still free 
Take a chance on me
Gonna do my very best
Baby can't you see
Gotta put me to the test
Take a chance on me (take a chance, take a chance, take a chance on me)