Gotta Have Rain
Composer(s): Max Bygraves
Performer(s): Max Bygraves; Eydie Gormé



If you didn't have rain
Then you couldn't have flowers
You couldn't have flowers
If you didn't have showers
Nowhere to swim
There'd be no babbling brook
There'd be no fish to catch
On the end of a hook

You couldn't wash your hands and face
You'd be as black as coal
All day you'd face the barren waste
Looking for a water hose
So you gotta have rain
Every now and then
To make the whole world shine
Then every day will turn out fine

Okay kids, let's see now
Oh, if you didn't have rain
You wouldn't have (ice cream!)
If you didn't have rain
You wouldn't have (a bat!)
If you didn't have rain
Then you couldn't have (fishes!)
And you couldn't have (a swim!)
If you didn't have rain

You'd be so awfully dirty
You'd be as black as ink
All day you'd face the barren waste
Looking for a nice cool drink
So you gotta have rain
Every now and then
To make the whole world shine
Then every day will turn out fine

If you didn't have rain
Then you couldn't have flowers
You couldn't have flowers
If you didn't have showers
Nowhere to swim
There'd be no babbling brook
There'd be no fish to catch
On the end of a hook

You'd be so awfully dirty
You'd be as black as ink
All day you'd face the barren waste
Looking for a nice cool drink
So you gotta have rain
Every now and then
To make the whole world shine
Then every day will turn out fine

Elected
Composer(s): Alice Cooper - Michael Bruce - Glen Buxton - Dennis Dunaway - Neal Smith
First release: Alice Cooper - 1972
Covered by multiple other artists



I'm your top prime cut of meat, I'm your choice
I wanna be elected
I'm your yankee doodle dandy in a gold Rolls Royce
I wanna be elected
Kids want a savior, don't need a fake
I wanna be elected
We're all gonna rock to the rules that I make
I wanna be elected, elected, elected

I never lied to you, I've always been cool
I wanna be elected
I gotta get the vote, and I told you 'bout school
I wanna be elected, elected, elected
Hallelujah, I wanna be selected
Everyone in the United States of America

We're gonna win this one, take the country by storm
We're gonna be elected
You and me together, young and strong
We're gonna be elected, elected, elected
Respected, selected, call collected
I wanna be elected, elected

"And if I am elected
I promise the formation of a new party
A third party, the Wild Party!
I know we have problems
We got problems right here in Central City
We have problems on the North, South, East and West
New York City, Saint Louis, Philadelphia, Los Angeles
Detroit, Chicago
Everybody has problems
And personally, I don't care"

If You Could See Me Now
Composer(s): Tadd Dameron; Carl Sigman
First release by: Gil Evans - 1957
Covered by multiple other artists



If you could see me now
You'd know how blue I've been
One look is all you need
To see the mood I'm in
Maybe then you'd realise
I'm still in love with you

If you could see me now
You'd find me bein' brave
I'm trying awfully hard
To make my tears behave
But thst's quite impossible
As I'm still in love with you

You'll happen my way on some memorable day
And the month will be May for a while
I'll try to smile, but can I play the part
Without my heart behind the smile

The way I feel for you I never could disguise
The look of love is written plainly in my eyes
I think you'd be mine again if you could see me now

You'll happen my way on some memorable day
And the month will be May for a while
I'll try to smile, but can I play the part
Without my heart behind the smile

The way I feel for you I never could disguise
The look of love is written plainly in my eyes
I think you'd be mine again if you could see me now

Eleanor's Castle
Composer(s): Allan Clarke
Performer(s): The Hollies



Eleanor`s Castle, boy, what a hassle
Why did you have to build yorr walls so high?
I`d put my arm around you, but a moat surrounds you
The only way`s to let your drawbridge down

Nights without number, I`m without slumber
Thinking of ways to breach your turrets tall
You`re an iron lady and someday maybe
You`ll forget to bar the iron door

Man was made to conquer, so the story goes
I wish I knew who said it he could help me `cause he knows
This situation`s gettin` way out of line
I can`t win if you won`t let me in
Ain`t it a sin? (it`s a sin she won`t let him in)

Shielded from my advances, there`s very few chances
I`m a one man crusade fightin` in vain
Rack my brains for ideas but it appears
Compared to you dragons are easily slain

Eleanor`s Castle boy, what a hassle
Why did you have to build your walls so high?
Nights without number, I`m without slumber
Thinking of ways to breach your turrets tall
Shielded from my advances, there`s very few chances
I`m a one man crusade fight` in vain

If You Could Read My Mind
Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot
First release by: Gordon Lightfoot - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists

Titles In Other Languages:
1971 - Si Tu Peux Lire En Moi
1972 - Tænk, Hvis Du Kunne Læse Mine Tanker
1973 - Wenn Du Nur Sehen Könntest



If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
You know that ghost is me
And I will never be set free
As long as I'm a ghost that you can't see

If I could read your mind, love
What a tale your thoughts could tell
Just like a paperback novel
The kind the drugstores sell
Then you reached the part where the heartaches come
The hero would be me
But heroes often fail
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take!

I'd walk away like a movie star
Who gets burned in a three way script
Enter number two
A movie queen to play the scene
Of bringing all the good things out in me
But for now, love, let's be real
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feeling's gone
And I just can't get it back

If you could read my mind, love
What a tale my thoughts could tell
Just like an old time movie
'Bout a ghost from a wishing well
In a castle dark or a fortress strong
With chains upon my feet
But stories always end
And if you read between the lines
You'd know that I'm just tryin' to understand
The feelin's that you lack
I never thought I could feel this way
And I've got to say that I just don't get it
I don't know where we went wrong
But the feelin's gone
And I just can't get it back!

Eleanor Rigby
Composer(s): John Lennon - Paul McCartney
First release: The Beatles - 1966
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1966 - Eleonor Rigby (Erick Saint-Laurent)
1966 - Eleanor Rigby (Finnish Version) (Topmost)
1986 - Ma Come Fa La Gente Sola (Adriano Celentano)



Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice
in the church where a wedding has been
Lives in a dream
Waits at the window, wearing the face 
that she keeps in a jar by the door
Who is it for

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Father McKenzie, writing the words
of a sermon that no one will hear
No one comes near
Look at him working, darning his socks
in the night when there's nobody there
What does he care

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Ah, look at all the lonely people
Ah, look at all the lonely people

Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt
from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

Wenn Du Nur Sehen Könntest
(Adapted from: If You Could Read My Mind - 1970)
Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot; Michael Kunze
Performer(s): Katja Ebstein - 1973

Titles In Other Languages:
1971 - Si Tu Peux Lire En Moi
1972 - Tænk, Hvis Du Kunne Læse Mine Tanker



Wenn Du nur sehen könntest
welche Bilder vor mir steh'n
Wie aus einem alten Stummfilm
durch den Spukgestalten geh'n
Da wohnt ein Geist tief im Schloßverlies
in Ketten ohne Licht
Du weiß es: das bin ich
Und niemand kann mich je befrei'n
niemand außer Dir, nur Dir allein

Wenn ich nur sehen könnte
welcher Traum einst vor Dir stand
War er wie die Romane
die man kauft am Zeitungsstand?
Als die Stelle kam wo es traurig wird
war ich die Hauptperson
und wußte nichts davon
Und weil der Schluß nicht fröhlich ist
ist dies ein Buch, das Du nicht weiterliest

So geh' ich fort wie ein Filmstarlet
dem man seine Rolle nimmt
weil man das Drehbuch kürzt
Und dieser Film war meine Chance
ich hätt' gezeigt was gutes ist in mir
Ich will offen sein zu Dir
Ich hab' nie geglaubt, daß uns etwas trennt
und ich gebe zu, ich kann's nicht verstehen
Sag, was haben wir falsch gemacht?
Das Gefühl ist fort, und ich finde es nicht mehr

Wenn Du nur sehen könntest
welche Bilder vor mir steh'n
Wie aus einem alten Stummfilm
durch den Spukgestalten geh'n
Da wohnt ein Geist tief im Schloßverlies
in Ketten ohne Licht
Schau mir bitte ins Gesicht
Wenn Du in meinen Augen liest
dann wirst Du seh'n: ich möchte nur versteh'n
warum Du nichts mehr fühlst
Ich hab' nie geglaubt, daß uns etwas trennt
und ich werde damit so leicht nicht fertig
Sag, was haben wir falsch gemacht?
Das Gefühl ist fort, und ich finde es nicht mehr

Eldorado
Performer(s): Georges Moustaki



Gens de partout
Sages et fous
écoutez bien la ballade
De celui-là
Qui s'en alla
Pour trouver l'Eldorado

Comme autrefois
Princes et rois
S'en allaient pour les croisades
Il a laissé
Tout son passé
Pour trouver l'Eldorado

Crinière au vent
Le mors aux dents
En folle cavalcade
Que cherchait-il
Vers cet exil
Là-bas en Eldorado?

Sur mon cheval
Sous les étoiles
Et le soleil en cascade
Pour que demain
Brille en nos mains
Tout l'or de l'Eldorado

Il a traîné
Comme un damné
De mirage en mirage
Il a vieilli
Jour après nuit
Sans trouver l'Eldorado

Mais la mort
Qui l'avait suivi
En fidèle camarade
Lui a dit: "Viens
Je connais bien
La terre d'Eldorado"

On l'a trouvé
Le front brûlé
Par le soleil et le sable
Sur le chemin
Qui va sans fin
Là-bas, en Eldorado

La nuit, parfois
Chante une voix
C'est son âme en ballade
Qui cherche encore
La poudre d'or
Quelque part en Eldorado
Quelque part en Eldorado
Quelque part en Eldorado
Quelque part en Eldorado

If You Come Back
Composer(s): Lee Brennan; Formescu; Ishama Hope; Ruffin
Performer(s): Blue



C'mon c'mon
Yeah
Can you feel me?
(Baby can you feel me?)
I got something to say
Check it out

For all this time
I've been lovin' you girl
Oh yes I have
And ever since the day
You left me here alone
I've been trying to find
Oh, the reason why

So if I did something wrong please tell me
I wanna understand
'Cos I don't want this love to ever end

And I swear
If you come back in my life
I'll be there 'til the end of time
(Back to me, back to me, back into my life)
And I swear
I'll keep you right by my side
'Cos baby you're the one I want
(Back to me, back to me, back into my life)
Oh yes you are

I watched you go
Takin' my heart with you
Oh yes you did
Every time I try to reach you on the phone
Baby you're never there
Girl you're never home

So if I did something wrong please tell me
I wanna understand
'Cos I don't want this love to ever end
No, no, no, no

And I swear
If you come back in my life
I'll be there 'til the end of time
(Back to me, back to me, back into my life)
And I swear
I'll keep you right by my side
'Cos baby you're the one I want
(Back to me, back to me, back into my life)
Oh yes you are

Maybe I didn't know how to show it
(How to show it)
Maybe I didn't know what to say
(What to say)
This time I won't disguise
(Won't disguise)
Then we can build our lives
And we can be as one (be as one)

I swear
If you come back in my life
I'll be there 'til the end of time
(Back to me, back to me, back into my life)
Oh yeah
And I swear
I'll keep you right by my side
(By my side)
'Cos baby you're the one I want
(Back to me, back to me, baby come back)
Oh yes you are, by my side

And I swear
If you come back in my life
Baby, 'til the end of time
(Back to me, back to me, back into my life)
Oh yeah
And I swear
I'll keep you right by my side...

Elaeudanla Téïtéïa
Composer(s): Serge Gainsbourg
First release: Serge Gainsbourg - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists



Sur ma remington portative
J'ai écrit ton nom Laetitia
Elaeudanla Téïtéïa

Laetitia les jours qui se suivent
Hélas ne se ressemblent pas
Elaeudanla Téïtéïa

C'est ma douleur que je cultive
En frappant ces huit lettres-là
Elaeudanla Téïtéïa

C'est une fleur bien maladive
Je la touche du bout des doigts
Elaeudanla Téïtéïa

S'il faut aller à la dérive
Je veux bien y aller pour toi
Elaeudanla Téïtéïa

Ma raison en définitive
Se perd dans ces huit lettres là
Elaeudanla Téïtéïa

Sur ma remington portative
J'ai écrit ton nom Laetitia
Elaeudanla Téïtéïa

If You Can't Get A Girl In The Summertime (You'll Never Get A Girl At All)
Composer(s): Bert Kalmar; Harry Tierney



The cold, cold winter has gone 
It passed away, Hurray! 
And now the summer is on
It's time to play Hurray! 
Boys get together and choose your mate
Now's the time to get them
They all want love in the summer time 
Your chances then are great

Just look 'em straight in the eye 
Then heave a sigh, Oh my! 
And tip your hat to the sky 
Another sigh Oh my! 
She'll smile a little bit acting shy
When she does it's over
Don't waste your time in the summer time 
'Cause summer soon goes by

If you can't get a girl in the summer time 
You'll never get a girl at all
Peaches are ripe in the summer time
And that's the time they fall 
At the beaches there's a raft of them
Lovely peaches go right after them
You'll hear the wild waves saying 
Go get them, go pet them 
Don't miss a kiss in the summer time
Or you'll never kiss a Miss in the Fall 
And if you can't get a girl in the summer time 
You'll never get a girl at all

Ela E Sua Janela
Performer(s): Chico Buarque



Ela e sua menina
Ela e seu tricô
Ela e sua janela, espiando
Com tanta moça aí
Na rua o seu amor
Só pode estar dançando
Da sua janela
Imagina ela
Por onde ele anda
E ela vai talvez
Sair uma vez
Na varanda

Ela e um fogareiro
Ela e seu calor
Ela e sua janela, esperando
Com tão pouco dinheiro
Será que o seu amor
Ainda está jogando
Da sua janela
Uma vaga estrela
E um pedaço de lua
E ela vai talvez
Sair outra vez
Na rua

Ela e seu castigo
Ela e seu penar
Ela e sua janela, querendo
Com tanto velho amigo
O seu amor num bar
Só pode estar bebendo
Mas outro moreno
Jogo um novo aceno
E uma jura fingida
E ela vai talvez
Viver duma vez
A vida

If You Can Want
Composer(s): Smokey Robinson
Performer(s): Smokey Robinson & The Miracles; The Dirtbombs



Oh you may not love me now, but I'm stayin' around
'Cause you want my company
Just like push can turn to shove, like can turn to love
And it's my philosophy that...

If you can want, you can need
And if you can need, you can care
If you can care, you can love
So when you want me, I'll be there

Whenever you want me, I'll be there

Oh now this may take some time, but if time was money
I would be a millionaire
So whenever you want me, call any time at all
And for sure I'll be right there, 'cause...

If you can want, you can need
And if you can need, you can care
If you can care, you can love
So when you want me, I'll be there

(I'll be there) whenever you want me

I'll be standin' by, not far way
Let your heart give me a sign
'Cause I'm prepared to wait until I abfiducate
When you want me all the time, 'cause...

(repeat):
If you can want, you can need
And if you can need, you can care
If you can care, you can love
So when you want me, I'll be there

(I'll be there) whenever you want me

Ela É Dançarina
Composer(s): Chico Buarque
Performer(s): Chico Buarque



O nosso amor é tão bom
O horário é que nunca combina
Eu sou funcionário
Ela é dançarina
Quando pego o ponto
Ela termina

Ou: quando abro o ghichê
É quando ela abaixa a cortina
Eu sou funcionário
Ela é dançarina
Abro o meu armário
Salta serpentina

Nas questões de casal
Não se fala mal da rotina
Eu sou funcionário
Ela é dançarina
Quando caio morto
Ela empina
Ou quando eu tchum no colchão
É quando ela tchan no cenário
Ela é dançarina
Eu sou funcionário
O seu planetário
Minha lamparina

No ano dois mil e um
Se juntar algum
Eu peço licença
E a dançarina, enfim
Já me jurou
Que faz o show
Pra mim

Ela é dançarina
Eu sou funcionário
Quando eu não salário
Ela, sim, propina

No ano dois mil e um
Se juntar algum
Eu peço a Deus do céu uma licença
E a dançarina, enfim
Já me jurou
Que faz o show
Pra mim

If You Came Back From Heaven
Composer(s): Lorrie Morgan; Richard Landis
Performer(s): Lorrie Morgan



I wouldn't know what to say
I wouldn't know what to do
If you came back from Heaven
And I could look at you
Would I fumble for the words?
Would I be a little shy?
Would I bust right out with laughter?
Or break right down and cry?

Oh, if you came back from Heaven
Would it be like it was then?
Could we just pick up, where we left off
And try it all again?
Oh, if you came back from Heaven
It would freeze me in my tracks
And I hope God knows, if he let you go
I'd never send you back

Do your kisses feel the same?
Do you still have the same touch?
And will you whisper softly
'Cos you've missed me so much?
Have you heard all my prayers
When I lay down at night?
And did you feel my body
When I held your pillow tight?

Oh, if you came back from Heaven
Would it be like it was then?
Could we just pick up, where we left off
And try it all again?
Oh, if you came back from Heaven
It would freeze me in my tracks
And I hope God knows, if he let you go
I'd never send you back

And if, God forbid
You leave this Earth again while I see
I hope he knows, if you go
You'll be bringing me

Oh, if you came back from Heaven
Would it be like it was then?
Could we just pick up, where we left off
And try it all again?
Oh, if you came back from Heaven
It would freeze me in my tracks
And I hope God knows, if he let you go
I'd never send you back

I hope God knows, if he let you go
I'd never send you back

Ela Desatinou
Composer(s): Chico Buarque
Performer(s): Chico Buarque
and multiple other artists



Ela desatinou
Viu chegar quarta-feira
Acabar brincadeira
Bandeiras se desmanchando
E ela inda está sambando

Ela desatinou
Viu morrer alegrias
Rasgar fantasias
Os dias sem sol raiando
E ela inda está sambando

Ela não vê que toda gente
Já está sofrendo normalmente
Toda cidade anda esquecida
Da falsa vida da avenida onde

Ela desatinou
Viu morrer alegrias
Rasgar fantasias
Os dias sem sol raiando
E ela inda está sambando

Quem não inveja a infeliz
Felia no seu mundo de cetim
Assim debochando
Da dor, do pecada
Do tempo perdido
Do jogo acabado

If You Belong To Me
Composer(s): Steve Lukather; Stan Lynch; David Paich
Performer(s): Toto



I left you crying on that angry morning
You know I lied
I’ll always run from anything that loves me to my safe side
My world circles ’round a different sun
That’s all burned away
I know that you’re the only one
Now I’m walking down some distant street
And I know your touch is out of reach

Girl you belong to me I know
And it was wrong for me to ever let you go
Girl you belong to me I know

Everybody has a lonely moment
They can’t explain
And everybody wants to feed their hunger
Without the pain

There’s no shadows in my hiding place
I’m so locked away
Now I wish that I could see your face
I know I hurt you when you say we’re through
I never really will get over you ’cause...

Girl you belong to me I know
And it was wrong for me to ever let you go
Girl you belong to me I know

Girl you belong to me I know

And it was wrong of me to ever let you go

El Vuelo
Composer(s): Luis Eduardo Aute
Performer(s): Luis Eduardo Aute



Levanta el ave el vuelo
y aspira la infinita inmensidad
en ella no manda dueño
ni tormenta ni trueno

Levanta el ave el vuelo
y a veces yo la quisiera imitar
sabiendo que no puedo
no he de impedir su vuelo

If You Believe
From the film "There's No Business Like Show Business" (1954)
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Johnnie Ray



Brothers And sisters
Listen You non-believers, listen, you better start to believe
All you doubters, be "hallelujah shouters", or else you're going to grieve
There's no time to wait, you may be too late, so listen
You don't know what you're missin' until you start to believe

If you believe that there's a heaven
You'll get to heaven, if you believe
If you believe that there are angels
You'll see the angels, if you believe
I'm not making promises to the doubting Thomases
But if you believe the Lord can help you
The Lord will help you, if you believe
(We do, we do, we do)
Do you believe?
(We do, we do, we do)
Do you believe?
(We do, we do, we do)
Well, Jonah went out one night in a gale
Do you believe that?
(We do, we do, we do)
Soon, he was swallowed up by a whale
Do you believe that?
(We do, we do, we do)
Daniel lay down with lions that roared
Noah was on his ark when it poured
Moses looked up and he spoke to the Lord
Do you believe that? Do you believe that?
(We do, we do, we do)

El Vino Aquel
Performer(s): Horacio Guarany



Quiero beber de nuevo el vino aquel 
el que bebí en tu boca y me embriagué
tela sutil de la imaginación 
que me devuelve el paraíso azul 
noche sin luz para la tentación 
cuando olvidé los dioses del perdón 
y arrojé al mar la ropa del pudor 
bailaban diablos de la seducción
Y eché a correr la sangre en rededor
y un alarido mordía el corazón
violé las puertas de la corrección
murió la vida en brazos del amor
y soportar de nuevo el vendaval
del que se va y ya no vuelve más
y anochecer de nuevo en soledad
seca la boca hambrienta de humedad
Será nomás que hay que callar 
cuando el dolor no aguanta más 
y regresar y recordar 
hasta volverse experto en olvidar 
y enmudecer mordiéndose 
clavándose las uñas hasta sangrar 
y abofetear la depresión 
mientras Jesús solloza en un rincon...
Quiero beber de nuevo el vino aquel 
el que bebí de tu boca y me embriagué 
tela sutil de la imaginación 
que me devuelve el paraíso azul 
toda de gris la noche ya murió 
viuda violando el luto que perdió 
estoicamente el sol no amaneció 
porque comprende porque no duermo yo...