Accrington Pals
Composer(s): Mike Harding
Performer(s): Mike Harding



Smoky town where they were born
Down in the valley, smoky little streets
They were pals from childhood days
Climbing trees and running through the fields
And they all played together through the turning of the years
Sharing their laughter, sharing all their fears
The Seasons saw them growing and
Seasons passing turned them round
With the changing, changing, changing years
Accrington Pals

Schooldays' end, the lads all went
To work, some spinning, some weaving in the sheds
On the land or down the pit
Working hard to earn their daily bread.
And they all went walking up old Pendle Hill
On Sundays the larks sang high above the dales
Little Willie Riley played his mandolin and sang
They were laughing, they were smilingsinging then
Accrington Pals

1916, came the call
"We need more lads to battle with the Hun
Lads of Lancashire, heed the call
With God on our side, the battle will soon be won"
So they all came marching to the beating of the drums
Down from the fields and factories they come
Smiling at the girls who
Came to see them on their way
They were marching, marching, marching away
Accrington Pals

Blue sky shining on a perfect day
A lark was singing, high above the Somme
Brothers, pals and fathers lay
Watching that sweet bird sing in the quiet of the dawn
And they all went walking out towards the howling guns
Talking and laughing, calmly walking on
Believing in the lies that
Left them dying in the mud
And they're lying, lying, lying still
Accrington Pals

Smoky town which heard the news
Down in the valley, smoky little streets
Houses quiet and curtains drawn
All round the town a silent shroud of grief
And the larks were singing still above old Pendle Hill
The wind was in the bracken and the sun was shining still
A lark was singing sweetly as
The evening fell upon the Somme...

For Edward Parkinson, Bobby Henderson, Willie Clegg,
Johnny Molloy, Norman Jones, Albert Berry, Willie Riley
The Accrington Pals

California Soul
Composer(s): Nickolas Ashford - Valerie Simpson
Performer(s): The 5th Dimension
and multiple other artists



Like a sound you hear
That lingers in your ear
But you can't forget 
From sundown to sunset
It's all in the air
You hear it everywhere
No matter what you do 
It's gonna get a hold on your
It's California soul, California soul

They say the sun comes up every morning
And if you listen carefully 
The winds that ride on the high time
Whistle in melody 
And so the people started to sing
And that's how the surf gave birth untold
It's California soul, California soul

When you hear the beat
You wanna pat your feet
And you've got to move cause 
It's really such a groove
Puts a brand new thing in your mind
And you can't go wrong 
Cause you're happy all day long
It's California soul, California soul

They had the melody and the beat 
But it still doesn't seem complete
Until they saw two lovers kissin
They knew just what was missin
So happy they were rockin and reelin
Because that added that lovin feeling 
To California soul, California soul
Like a sound you hear
That lingers in your ear

Falling Down
Composer(s): Joe Walsh
Performer(s): Joe Walsh



Making no deposit, no return
Making the same mistakes, we never learn
All of the pain in those faces
Trying not to show concern

Spent and broken
Like a worn out subway
Talking in the city

Hanging in the closet, wait in line
When you go by the laws, you pay the fine
I'm burning the candle at both ends
Twice the light in half the time

Damn the calling
Feel like I'm falling
Ooh, and as the rain doesn't have to hurry in the city

The 3:10 To Yuma
Composer(s): George Duning - Ned Washington
Performer(s): Frankie Laine
and multiple other artists



There is a lonely train called the 3.10 to Yuma
The pounding of the wheels is more like a mournful sigh
There's a legend and there's a rumour
When you take the 3.10 to Yuma
You can see the ghosts of outlaws go ridin' by (Ridin' by)
In the sky (In the sky), way up high
The buzzards keep circlin' the train
While below the cattle are thirstin' for rain

It's also true they say on the 3.10 to Yuma
A man may meet his fate
For fate travels ev'rywhere
Though you've got no reason to go there
And there ain't a soul that you know there
When the 3.10 to Yuma whistles its sad refrain
Take that train (Take that train)
Take that train

So when you take the train called the 3.10 to Yuma
And leave the things you love
You leave with a silent prayer (Silent prayer)
Though you've got no reason to go there
And there ain't a soul that you know there
When the 3.10 to Yuma whistles its sad refrain
Take that train
Take that train

California Shoeshine Boys
Composer(s): Laura Nyro
Performer(s): Laura Nyro; Liane Carroll; Judy Kuhn



California shoeshine boys
countin' up their dimes
countin' up the girls they've known
and countin' up the times
I got heartache
but I got news
California shoeshine boys
you can shine my shoes

California shoeshine boys
never really care
only for that California shoeshine
in their hair
I got heartahce
but I got news
California shoeshine boys
you can shine my shoes

California shoeshine boys
rappin' ten feet tall
John can make sweet Cindy cry
but Joe can make her crawl
I got heartahce
but I got news
California shoeshine boys
you can shine my shoes

Falling Apart At The Seams
Composer(s): Tony Macaulay
Performer(s): Marmalade; Junior Campbell



Until you came, it felt like my world
Was fallin' apart at the seams
All of my childhood dreams were empty and meaningless
Until we kissed it seemed like the rain
Was turnin' my hopes into sand
Ah, I was a yesterday man until I found you

It was as plain as the nose on my face
That I was heading nowhere
Then into my life came an angel of grace
Sunlight in her hair
Now love is the strangest emotion
Cause just when
I want you to stay
Seems like you're changing, don't turn me away
Don't turn me away

(Chorus)

Oooh...

I'm like a man in a mantle of black
Who just saw the light.
Who cast off the shadow when you gave him back
The meaning to life
Now love is the strangest emotion
Cause just when I want you to stay
Seems like you're changing, don't turn me away
I want you to stay

(Chorus)

1913 Massacre
Composer(s): Woody Guthrie
First recording by: Woody Guthrie - 1945
Covered by multiple other artists



Take a trip with me in nineteen thirteen
To Calumet, Michigan, in the copper country
I'll take you to a place called Italian Hall
Where the miners are having their big Christmas ball

I'll take you through a door, and up a high stairs
Singing and dancing is heard everywhere
I will let you shake hands with the people you see
And watch the kids dance round that big Christmas tree

You ask about work and you ask about pay
They'll tell you that they make less than a dollar a day
Working the copper claims, risking their lives
So it's fun to spend Christmas with children and wives

There's talking and laughing and songs in the air
And the spirit of Christmas is there everywhere
Before you know it, you're friends with us all
And you're dancing around and around in the hall

Well, a little girl sits down by the Christmas tree lights
To play the piano, so you gotta keep quiet
To hear all this fun you would not realize
That the copper-boss thug-men are milling outside

The copper-boss thugs stuck their heads in the door
One of them yelled and he screamed, "There's a fire!"
A lady, she hollered, "There's no such a thing!
Keep on with your party, there's no such a thing"

A few people rushed, and it was only a few
"It's only the thugs and the scabs fooling you"
A man grabbed his daughter and carried her down
But the thugs held the door and he could not get out

And then others followed, a hundred or more
But most everybody remained on the floor
The gun-thugs they laughed at their murderous joke
While the children were smothered on the stair by the door

Such a terrible sight I never did see
We carried our children back up to their tree
The scabs outside still laughed at their spree
And the children that died there were seventy-three

The piano played a slow funeral tune
And the town was lit up by a cold Christmas moon
The parents they cried and the miners they moaned
"See what your greed for money has done"

California Revisited
Composer(s): Dan Peek
Performer(s): America



Heaven may be an answer
If you're lookin' for Eden in the sky
On your waters I see a strange reflection
Rumor has it I'll see you when I die

Everyone I meet is from California
There's dancin' in the streets in California

In California you watch the shadow dancer
Floating gently, gently on the sea
In California you're such a strange romancer
Come and see me when the world has set you free

Everyone I meet is from California
There's dancin' in the streets in California

Everyone I meet is from California
There's dancin' in the streets in California

Falling
Composer(s): Roy Orbison
Performer(s): Roy Orbison



I'm falling, I'm falling 
Falling in love with you

Baby come closer, closer to me 
And listen, listen so carefully 
Remember all the nights that I told you 
I loved you

It wasn't true, I used you, and you were 
Just someone new 
To thrill this lonely heart of mine 
I was lying all the time 

Pretending to be falling in love with you 
But it's different now, I've kissed you now 
So forgive me, forgive me somehow 
Hold me tight for tonight, and tell me true 
If you still love me 
Say that you love me 
Don't leave me now 
Now that I'm falling for you

I'm falling, I'm falling 
Falling in love 
Falling in love with you

The "In" Crowd
Composer(s): Billy Page
First release by: Dobie Gray - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists



I'm in with the "in" crowd 
I go where the "in" crowd goes 
I'm in with the "in" crowd 
And I know what the "in" crowd knows 
Any time of the year don't you hear (gotta have fun) 
Dressin' fine makin' time 
We breeze up and down the streets 
We get respect from the people we meet 
They make way day or night 
They know the "in" crowd is outta sight! 
I'm in with the "in" crowd 
I know every latest dance 
When you're in with the "in" crowd 
It's easy to find romance 
At a spot where the beat's really hot (there we'll go) 
If it's square we ain't there 
We make every minute count, yeah 
Our share is always the biggest amount 
Other guys imitate us 
But the original's still the greatest 
Got our own way of walkin' yeah 
And our own way of talkin' yeah 
Anytime of the year don't you hear (gotta have fun) 
Spendin' cash and talkin' trash 
Girl I'll show you a real good time yeah 
Come on with me and leave your troubles behind 
I don't care where you've been 
You ain't been nowhere 'til you been in 
With the "in" crowd oh yeah 
With the "in" crowd 
Got our own way of walkin' 
And our own way of talkin' yeah 
Walkin' with the "in" crowd 
Talkin' 'bout the "in" crowd 
mmmmmmm 
... and I go where the "in" crowd goes 
mmmmmmm 
... and I know what the "in" crowd knows

California Nights
Composer(s): Marvin Hamlisch - Howard Liebling
First release by: Lesley Gore - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



Along the sand
Let's walk the shore together, now, just hand in hand
It's gonna be fair weather, now
When the stars come out, stop to count them in the sky

Love California nights
When I'm walkin' with you hand in hand by the shore
Yes, I love California nights
At the beach where we'd swim with the tide rolling in

And there will be beneath the midnight sky above
Just you and me, and we will whisper words of love
While the fire light softly flickers in the sand

Warm California nights
With the breeze blowin' in - time for love to begin
I would miss California nights if I went on my way
Thinkin' now that I'll stay

Ooh, baby
Love you, baby
Mm, baby

Love California nights
Always close as a kiss, nothing's sweeter than this
And we'll spend California nights
Always close as a kiss ...

Falling
Performer(s): Lenny LeBlanc & Pete Carr



I think about winter when I was with her
And the snow was falling down
Warmed by the fire
I love being by her
When there's no one else around
And I'm falling
Woah, I'm falling
I'm falling in love with you

I think about summer
My head was swimming
You wrote my name in the sand
We walked together
Hoping forever
Please don't let go of my hand
'Cause I'm falling
Woah, I'm falling
Oh, I'm falling in love with you

The fall and the springtime
Were like in between times
You're here and then you're gone away
Woah, I just wanted to say
Won't you please, please stay
'Cause I'm falling
Oh, I'm falling
I'm falling in love with you

Woah, I'm falling
Ya, I'm falling
Oh, I'm falling in love with you
In love with you
In love with you

That's Your Mistake
Composer(s): Rudy Toombs
Performer(s): Otis Williams
and multiple other artists



That's your mistake
You had to run around
That's your mistake
You played me for a clown

I found somebody now
Sweet as can be
And they don't do that me

That's your mistake
To mistreat me so
That's your mistake
To ever let me go

I found somebody now
Sweet as can be
And they don't do that me

You spent my money
Didn't want my love
It wasn't me
You were thinking of

You played your hand
And you had your fun
Now if you're in the cold
And you have no one

That's your mistake

To think I was your fool
That's your mistake
To rate this lover's rule

I found somebody now
Sweet as can be
And they don't do that me

No, they don't do that me
No, they won't do that to me

California Mudslide
Composer(s): Lightnin' Hopkins
Performer(s): Lightnin' Hopkins



Take me outta this bottom, take me outta this bottom
baby, little girl, fore this water rise
Take me outta this bottom, take me outta this bottom 
little girl, fore this water rise
You know I must-a been born by the devil
po' Lightnin' don't wanna be baptized

See, it's rainin' in ol' California's the reason I said it
the houses slidin' down off the hill
Many, many many friends have lost their home
just because the water was falling so hard
And the mudslide had taken their home
And I said

Lettin' ya know how it's happenin' now

Take me outta this bottom, take me outta this bottom
baby, po' Lightnin' can't feel satisfied
Take me outta this bottom, take me outta this bottom 
po' Lightnin' just can't feel satisfied
Just you know many friends of mine lost they home, by that old mudslide

Don't take me to be wrong people, forgive me for my mistake
You know, please, please, please, forgive me for my mistake
Well, after all that flood come in California, do you know
the good Lord old ground begin to shake?
That's that earthquake that was comin'

Have mercy

Fallin' In Love
Composer(s): Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds
Performer(s): Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds



Chorus
Baby, baby, fallin' in love
I'm fallin' in love again
Baby, baby, fallin' in love
I'm fallin' in love again

I could never see what fate had meant for me
And then you came and made my dreams match reality
Maybe you can see all the things you've meant to me
And my simple fate is at the gate and, girl, you've got the key

Chorus

It seems like yesterday you and I first loved this way
But now I know how love can grow with each and every day
As we lay at midnight's hour and feel love's hidden power
So strong and bold as life unfolds its mystery to me

Chorus

You and me for eternity in love will always be
Young and free and that should be the way it's gotta be

Chorus

That's Worth While Waiting For
Composer(s): Sam M. Lewis - Joe Young - Harry Ruby



I know a boy who is crazy about a certain pet 
It's two years since they've met, and he hasn't got her yet 
This little girl that he's crazy about kind o' turned his head 
'Cause when I asked him to describe her 
Here's what he said

Each night he begs for that one little kiss, he's wild about
He'll get that kiss no doubt, if his patience don't wear out
Day after day he keeps telling the boys, what a gal he has 
And when he's finished they all holler 
"Cut out that jazz"

"She's just the kind of a miss that's worth while waiting for
She's got the kind of a kiss, that's worth while waiting for
She's always bashful and shy, but when you whisper "good-bye"
She puts that 'promising look' in her eye, that's worth while waiting for 
She's got that wonderful smile the smile that you adore 
She let's you squeeze her awhile, then makes you beg for more 
She's got the kind of petting, the kind that's worth while getting 
And what's worth getting is worth while waiting for

California Lady
Composer(s): David Gates
Performer(s): David Gates



She always skis the winter season
Try to catch her if you please
She makes the men wish... they were a little bit bolder
Or on the beach at Malibu
Where her talents really show on through
She makes the boys wish... they were a little bit older

Sweet sunny Cal-California
Sweet sunny California Lady
Sweet sunny Cal-California
Sweet California kind of lady

She drives a little foreign car
She's always lookin' like a movie star
Your heart's on fire... 'cause you're dyin' to try her
She always wears those slinky clothes
Causin' riots everywhere she goes
Your eyes are shoppin'... oh but will she let you buy

Sweet sunny Cal-California
Sweet sunny California Lady
Sweet sunny Cal-California
Sweet California kind of lady

She's a California girl lookin' so tan and tall
Sunny California girls-wishin' I could love them all...

Fallin'
Composer(s): Neil Sedaka; Howard Greenfield
Performer(s): Connie Francis;
and various other artists



I got to feelin' I'm a-fallin'
Like a star up in the blue
Like I was fallin' off Niag'ra
In a paddle boat canoe
I got to feelin' I'm a-fallin'
And it's all because o' you

Like I was walkin' on a tight rope
Swingin' in the breeze
And though I try to keep my balance
Well I just weaken in the knees
I got to feelin' I'm a-fallin'
Oh lover, help me please

Like a leaf falls from a branch
Like a rock slide avalanche
Like the rain on a stormy day
I never thought I'd fall this way

I thought that love could never touch me
Yeah, I was ridin' high
And then my iv'ry tower toppled
And I tumbled from the sky
I got to feelin' I'm a-fallin'
And lover, you're the reason why

Like Goliath when he met his foe
Like the walls of Jericho
Like Delilah's holy town
And Samson tore it down

I thought that love could never touch me
Yeah, I was ridin' high
But then my iv'ry tower toppled
And I tumbled from the sky
I got to feelin' I'm a fallin'
And you're the reason why
Oooh, you're the reason why
Yeah, you're the reason why
Baby, you're the reason why
Yeah, you're the reason why
Oooh, you're...........

That's Why I Love You Like I Do
Composer(s): Roger Miller
Performer(s): Roger Miller



This is the story about a boy that loved a girl
He loved her very much, in fact he loved her so much that he
Couldn't seem to find the exact words to tell her exactly how much
he did love her
Oh he tried several times, but it seems like every time he tried the
words always came out backwards
They came out something like this

Bright moon tray fiddley run by, Thru
Around and up to
That's why I love you so much
That's why I love you like I do

Bluebird wingin' parley foe some say
Chilly lum say so
That's why I love you so much
That's why I love you like I do

In other words there are no words to say how much I care
And every time I start to tell you
Words come to my throat but they stick there

Bright moon tray fiddlee run by through
Around and up to,
That's why I love you so much
That's why I love you like I do

In other words there are no words to say how much I care
And every time I start to tell you
Words come to my throat but they stick there

Bright moon tray fiddlee run by through
Around and up to,
That's why I love you so much
That's why I love you like I do

California Girls
Composer(s): Brian Wilson - Mike Love
First release by: The Beach Boys - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



Well East coast girls are hip
I really dig those styles they wear
And the Southern girls with the way they talk
They knock me out when I'm down there

The Mid-West farmer's daughters really make you feel alright
And the Northern girls with the way they kiss
They keep their boyfriends warm at night

I wish they all could be California 
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

The West coast has the sunshine
And the girls all get so tanned
I dig a French bikini on Hawaii island
Dolls by a palm tree in the sand

I been all around this great big world
And I seen all kinds of girls
Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states
Back to the cutest girls in the world

I wish they all could be California 
I wish they all could be California
I wish they all could be California girls

I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)
I wish they all could be California
(Girls, girls, girls yeah I dig the)