I'm Shooting High
Composer(s): Ted Koehler; Jimmy McHugh
Performer(s): Alice Faye & Jack Oakie
and multiple other artists



I'm shooting high
Got my eye on a star in the sky
Shooting high
I'll never stop till I get to the top
Tell me why, shooting high
You know it's you I'm after
You're my lucky star
I'm on a rainbow rafter
Climbing up to where you are
I'll have the time, it's a climb
But I'll make it `cos I'm
Shooting high

Every morning, when I raise my blind
To greet another day
I begin by making up my mind
That it's my lucky day

I'm shooting high
Got my eye on a star in the sky
Shooting high
I'll never stop till I get to the top
Tell me why, shooting high
You know it's you I'm after
You're my lucky star
I'm on a rainbow rafter
Climbing up to where you are
I'll have the time, it's a climb
But I'll make it `cos I'm
Shooting high

Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
Composer(s): Cole Porter
Performer(s): Benny Goodman;
and various other artists



Every time we say goodbye, I die a little
Every time we say goodbye, I wonder why a little
Why the gods above me, who must be in the know
think so little of me that they allow you go

When your near there's such an air of Spring about it
I can hear a lark somewhere begin to sing about it
There's no love song finer but how strange
The change from major to minor
Every time we say goodbye

I'm Set Free
Composer(s): Lou Reed
First release by: The Velvet Underground - 1969
Covered by multiple other artists



I’ve been set free and I’ve been bound
To the memories of yesterday’s clouds
I’ve been set free and I’ve been bound

And now I’m set free
I’m set free
I’m set free to find a new illusion

I’ve been blinded but
Now I can see
What in the world has happened to me
The prince of stories who walk right by me

And now I’m set free
I’m set free
I’m set free to find a new illusion

I’ve been set free and I’ve been bound
Let me tell you people
What I found
I saw my head laughing
Rolling on the ground

And now I’m set free
I’m set free
I’m set free to find a new illusion

Ev'ry Street's A Boulevard In Old New York
Composer(s): Jule Styne; Bob Hilliard
Performer(s): Dean Martin;
and various other artists



So I leave it to you, what's in a name?
Are the folks who live on a street like Eleventh
Any finer than the family on 107th?
I settle each issue by telling the squawker
If you live in New York be glad you're a New Yorker

Every street's a boulevard in old New York
Every street's a highway of your dreams
It's a thrill to shop on 34th Street
Or down in Union Square
I like the people you meet on Mulberry Street
Have you ever been there?

Streets are lined with palaces in old New York
It's a kingdom where the people wear the crown
Just remember there's an East Side and a West Side
And Uptown and Down
That's why I'm proud to be a part of New York town

Streets are paved with happiness in old New York
We're proud you're a part of it
We're happy that you came
Each sidewalk is a concrete path to fame
Just remember there's an East Side and the West Side
And Uptown and Down
In this great big metropolis known as New York town

I’m Sending My Blessings 
Composer(s): Al Dubin; Noel Gay; L. Wolfe Gilbert
Performer(s): Ivy Benson; Vera Lynn



I’m sending my blessings
With every letter I pen
I hope and pray that one fine day
You’re in my arms again
I’m sending my blessings
I know whenever I do
A bluebird sings, then spreads its wings
And flies from me to you

It bears a tender magic
Wherever you may be
Soon I hope my bluebird
Will bring you back to me

I’m sending my blessings
I pray that heaven above
Will bless you too
When I send you
My blessings and my love

Every Girl Is Different
Composer(s): Jimmy Van Heusen; Johnny Burke



I'm a very clever person
When I get my little brain unfurled
For example, I discovered something
That should really rock the world

Ev'ry girl is diff'rent
Either she's a beauty or she's brainy
Or the kind you call on when it's rainy
Who knows why?

Ev'ry girl is diff'rent
Either she's to talk with or to smile with
Or be shipwrecked on a desert isle with
Who knows why?

You'll agree that a blush can make a strong man weak
Don't quote me, but believe me, that is pure technique

Ev'ry girl is diff'rent
Either she's a sweet thing or a bright thing
But if ev'ry girl would do the right thing
They'd go out on strike
'Cause men are all alike

Ev'ry girl is diff'rent
One prefers a necklace, one a frat pin
While another reaches for a hat pin
Who knows why?

Ev'ry girl is diff'rent
Either she's a tomboy or she's fragile
Or perhaps discouragingly agile
Who knows why?

And somehow ev'ry boy believes his heart is clear
Don't look now but the fellow with the rings is here

Ev'ry girl is diff'rent
Either they're alluring or alarming
But they do expect to meet Prince Charming
For the love of Mike!
Men are all alike

I'm Scared
Composer(s): Burton Cummings
Performer(s): Burton Cummings; Randy Bachman



Said I'm scared, lord I'm scared, I'm terrified
Never been much on religion but I sure never like to hear the call
I'm scared lordy lord I'm shakin' I'm petrified
Never been much on religion but I showed up, just fell down on my knees

Heard the choir singing something about good will torn men
And even then sleeping in heavenly peace
Stopped by to see St. Thomas
On a cold and dreary New York afternoon
Something in the air was oh so rare
I dont know what it was but I know that it's still right there

And I'm scared lordy lord I'm shaken I'm terrified
Never been much on religion but I showed up and just fell down on my knees

Livin' in confusion, searchin' for truth that I'd never found
I needed something to really believe
Turned toward the heavens on a dark and stormy winter afternoon
Something in the air was oh so rare
I'm not really sure what it was but I know for sure that it's still right there

Scared, hey hey hey hey hey hey I'm terrified
Never been much in religion but I showed up fell down on my knees
Oh oh oh oh oh I'm scared you know I'm shakin' I'm layin' awake thinking about her
Now I'm terrified
Never been much on religion but I sure enough would like to hear the call
Come on now give me a sign you're listening to me
You hear me talkin' you hear my cryin'
It's confusin' to me lord I'm terrified
Never been much on religion but I showed up
Just fell down on my knees
Oh oh oh oh oh

Ev'ry Day Of My Life
Composer(s): Morty Berk; Billy Hays; Harry James
Performer(s): The McGuire Sisters;
and various other artists



Ev'ry day of my life I'll be in love with you
Ev'ry day of my life I promise I'll be true
I'll never make you cry and as the years go by
I'll always try to do what pleases you

Ev'ry day of my life I'll need you close to me
And if I have my way, that's where you'll always be
I'll prove how much I love you over and over again
Ev'ry moment I live, ev'ry day of my life

(Ev'ry day of my life)
Ev'ry day of my life I'll need you close to me
(And if I have my way)
And if I have my way, that's where you'll always be
I'll prove how much I love you over and over again
Ev'ry moment I live, ev'ry day of my life
(Ah-ah-ah-ah)

I'm Ready
Composer(s): Willie Dixon
First release by: Muddy Waters - 1954
Covered by multiple other artists



I'm ready, ready as anybody can be 
I'm ready, ready as anybody can be 
Now I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me 

I got an axe handle pistol on a graveyard frame 
That shoot tombstone bullets, wearin' balls and chain 
I'm drinkin' TNT, I'm smokin' dynamite 
I hope some screwball start a fight 
'Cause I'm ready, ready as anybody can be 
I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me 

All you pretty little chicks with your pretty little hair 
I know you feels like I ain't nowhere 
But stop what your doin' baby come overhere 
I'll prove to you baby, that I ain't no square 
Because I'm ready, ready as anybody can be 
Now I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me 

I been drinkin' gin like never before 
I feel so good, I want you to know 
One more drink, I wish you would 
I takes a whole lotta lovin' to make me feel good 
'Cause I'm ready, ready as anybody can be 
Now I'm ready for you, I hope you're ready for me

Evolution
Composer(s): Ronnie Lane
Performer(s): Pete Townshend



Well, once I was a stone, many years ago
Into a pool was thrown, many years ago
Time went by and the pool ran dry
Excavated was I, and tempered and beat in the fiery heat
By the hand of a man, whose name was Dan, Dan the blacksmith

Well once I was a sword, many years ago
And my blade was broad, many years ago
Wore it with pride, and into battle I'd ride, on a warrior side
And cut my tail, their was loss of my tail
and soon did rust ,corrode to dust, oh my

Well once I was a daisy, many years ago
In pastures green and lazy, many years ago
But I was et by a goat who fell in a moat
And forgetting to float he sunk like a lead and stayed until dead
And was relieved to find just how kind it all was

Well once I was a grub, many years ago
And I lived among that mud , many years ago
But I'm a reckless mood, and I gave it a Coo
That was it with a prune, and when the good Lord was done
I walked with the sun, I shed my skins
And tried my wings and flew away

Well, once I was a bullfrog, had to struggle for survival
And once I was a carp and lived in waters on the meadow
And once I was a mynah bird, quoting verses from the Bible
I said pretty boy, pretty boy, Saint Luke

Well once I was a mule, many years ago
and my master treat me cruel, many years ago
By by was sick, so I moved to a kick, 
So I took out a stick , laid it back across my back
To an almighty crack to my dismay
I cast away into the blue

Then I was born a human baby, many years ago
I remember I was born unto a lady, many years ago
All our hopes were piled on the back of a child
Who turned out to be wild, sent the devil a prayer
Caused the parson to swear so I took my leave
To lie and thieve, on my way to jail

Well, I've been a tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
Known good times and disaster
But now I have a teacher and my teacher has a master
And the master is perfection, so he'll help us get there faster
Don't need no proof, 'cause that's the truth, and I'll drink to that!

I'm Ready 
Composer(s): Al Lewis; Sylvester Bradford; Antoine "Fats" Domino
First release by: Fats Domino - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists



Well, I'm ready, I'm willing, and I'm able to rock and roll all night
I'm ready, I'm willing, and I'm able to rock and roll all night
Come on, pretty baby, we gonna rock, we gonna roll until the broad daylight

Because I'm ready
And I'm able
I'm willing and I'm able so you better come and go with me
We gonna rock and roll till tomorrow 'bout three

Talking on the phone is not my speed
Don't send me no letter 'cause I can't read
Don't be long 'cause I'll be gone
We gonna rock and roll all night long

'cause I'm ready, I'm willing, and I'm able to rock and roll all night
I'm ready, I'm willing, and I'm able to rock and roll all night
Come on, pretty baby, we gonna rock, we gonna roll until tomorrow night

Talking on the phone is not my speed
Don't send me no letter 'cause I can't read
Don't be long 'cause I'll be gone
We gonna rock and roll all night long

'cause I'm ready, I'm willing, and I'm able to rock and roll all night
I'm ready, I'm willing, and I'm able to rock and roll all night
Come on, pretty baby, we gonna rock, we gonna roll until tomorrow night

Evol - Not Love
Composer(s): Mike Rabon; Norm Ezell; Johnny Durrill
Performer(s): The Five Americans



I can go on without your love
(I can go on without your love)

I will feel strong without your love
(I will feel strong without your love)

Begins my day
When you're away
From me-ee-ee-ee-ee

I left you 'cause you didn't make the grade
(I left you 'cause you didn't make the grade)
And since you're gone I've had it made
(And since you're gone I've had it made)

Evol - not love
Evol - not love
For me-e-e-e-e

I'm Qualified To Satisfy You
Composer(s): Barry White
First release by: Barry White - 1976
Covered by: The Dirtbombs - 2001



It feels so good
You lying here next to me
Oh, what a groove
You have no idea how it feels
My hands just won’t keep still
I love you, baby
Oh, I love you, I love you, I love you
I just wanna hold you
Run my fingers through your hair
Ooh
Outta sight
Uh-huh, right there, you like it like that
Closer
Come here, closer, close
Oh, baby
Oh, baby

Give it up, ain’t no use
I can help myself if I’d wanted to
I’m hung up, no doubt
I’m so in love with you, for me there’s no way out

‘Cause deeper and deeper
In love with you I’m falling
Sweeter and sweeter
Your tender words of love keeps calling

Eager and eager, yeah
To feel your lips upon my face
Please her and please her
Any time or any place

I’m gonna love you, love you, love you just a little more, baby
I’m gonna need you, need you, need you every day
I’m gonna want you, want you, want you in every way

Make no mistake, for I’ll hold back knowin’
This time it looks like lover is here to stay
As long as I shall live
I’ll give you all I have and all I have to give

‘Cause please her and please her
Any time or any place
Eager and eager
To feel your sweet lips on my face

Deeper and deeper
In love with you I’m falling, yeah
Sweeter and sweeter
Your tender words of love keeps calling

I’m gonna love you, love you, love you just a little more, baby
I’m gonna need you, need you, need you every day
I’m gonna want you, want you, want you in every way

Evohé
Performer(s): Pablo Guerrero



Si te aburres tanto como en noche de bodas, evohé
Si oyes el rumor de naves y batir de olas, evohé
Si roncan tus pulmones como una tubería, evohé
Si el ángel de tu vida no llegó todavía, evohé
Si tu esposa la dulce te dijo ahí te quedas, evohé
Si tu esposo y tu amante son la misma moneda, evohé
Si al pasar lista a tu cuerpo te falta la cabeza, evohé
Si se mueren solemnes tus últimas certezas, evohé

I'm Putting All My Eggs In One Basket 
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers



Fred: 
I've been a roaming Romeo
My Juliet's have been many
But now my roaming days have gone
Too many irons in the fire
Is worse than not having any
I've had my share and from now on...
I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything I've got on you
I'm giving all my love to one baby
Heaven help me if my baby don't come through
I've got a great big amount saved up in my love account
Honey, and I've decided, love divided in two won't do
So I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything I've got on you

Ginger:
I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything I've got on you
I'm giving all my love to one baby
Heaven help me if my baby don't come through
I've tried to love more than one, finding it just can't be done
Honey, there's one I lie to when I try to be true to two
So I'm putting all my eggs in one basket
I'm betting everything I've got on you

Evita
Performer(s): Madonna



Peron:
Dice are rolling, the knives are out
Would be presidents are all around
I don't say they mean harm, but they'd each give an arm
To see us six feet under ground

Eva:
It doesn't matter what those morons say
Our nation's leaders are a feeble crew
There's only twenty of them anyway
What is twenty next to millions who
Are looking to you?

All you have to do is sit and wait
Keeping out of everybody's way
We'll--you'll be handed power on a plate
When the ones who matter have their say
And with chaos instAll:ed
You can reluctantly agree to be cAll:ed

Peron:
There again we could be foolish
Not to quit while we're ahead
For distance lends enchantment
And that is why
All exiles are distinguished
More important they're not dead
I could find job satisfaction
In Paraguay

Eva:
This is crazy defeatist talk
Why commit political suicide?
There's no risk; there's no call
for any action at all
when you have unions on your side

Workers' Voices:
Peron! Peron!

Che:
A new Argentina!
The chains of the masses untied!
A new Argentina!
The voice of the people cannot be denied!

Eva:
There is only one man who can lead any workers' regime
He lives for your problems, he shares your ideals and your dreams
He supports you for he loves you, understands you, is one of you
If not--how could he love me?

Mob:
A new Argentina!
The workers' battle song!
A new Argentina!
The voice of the people rings out loud and long!

Eva:
Now I am a worker I've suffered the way that you do
I've been unemployed and I've starved and I hated it too
But I found my salvation in Peron--may the nation
Let him save them as he saved me

Che:
A new Argentina!
A new age about to begin!

Che and Secret Police:
A new Argentina!
We face the world together and no dissent within

(The Secret Police lay into Che)

Individual Workers:
Nationalisation of the industries that the foreigners control
Participation in the profits that we make
Shorter hours
Higher wages
Votes for women
Larger dole
More public spending
A bigger slice of every cake

Peron:
It's annoying that we have to fight elections for our cause
The inconvenience--having to get a majority
If normal methods of persuasion fail to win us applause
There are other ways of establishing authority

Secret Police:
We have ways of making you vote for us, or at least of making you abstain

Eva:
Peron: has resigned from the army and this we avow
The descamisados are those he is marching with now!
He supports you for he loves you, understands you, is one of you
If not--how could he love me?

All:
A new Argentina!
The chains of the masses untied!
A new Argentina!
The voice of the people cannot be, and will not be, and must not be, denied!

Peron:
There again we could be foolish
Not to quit while we're ahead
I can see me many miles away
Inactive
Sipping cocktails on a terrace
Taking breakfast in bed
Sleeping easy, doing crosswords
It's attractive

Eva:
Don't think I don't think like you, I often get those nightmares too
They always take some swallowing
Sometimes it's very difficult to keep momentum if
It's you that you are following
Don't close doors
Keep an escape clause
Because we might lose
The Big Apple
But--would I have done, what I did
If I hadn't thought, if I hadn't known
We would take the country?

All:
A new Argentina!
The chains of the masses untied!
A new Argentina!
The voice of the people cannot be, and will not be, and must not be, denied!

I'm Popeye The Sailor Man
Composer(s): Sammy Lerner
Performer(s): Billy Costello
and multiple other artists



I'm Popeye the Sailor Man 
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man 
I'm strong to the "Finich" 
'Cause I eats me spinach 
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man
I'm one tough Gazookus 
Which hates all Palookas 
Wot ain't on the up and square 
I biffs 'em and buffs 'em 
An' always out-roughs 'em 
an' none of 'em gits no-where
If anyone dasses to risk 
My "Fisk" it's "Boff" an' 
It's "Wham" un 'erstan'? 
So, keep "Good Behavor" 
That's your one life saver 
With Popeye the Sailor Man

Evil Ways
Composer(s): Sonny Henry; Joe Zack
Performer(s): Santana



You've got to change your evil ways, baby
Before I stop lovin' you
You've got to change, baby
And every word that I say is true
You've got me runnin' and hidin'
All over town
You've got me sneakin' and a peepin'
And runnin' you down
This can't go on
Lord knows you've got to change
Baby, baby


When I come home, baby
My house is dark and my pots are cold
You're hanging around, baby
With Jean and Joan and a who knows who
I'm getting tired of waiting and fooling around
I'll find somebody who won't 
Make me feel like a clown 
This can't go on
Lord knows you've got to change 

I'm Past My Prime
Composer(s): Gene de Paul; Johnny Mercer
Emily Skinner & Alice Ripley



Daisy Mae
Marryin' Sam    
I'm past my prime 
What a shame
And I'm losin' time
Guess the old clock's run down
Seventeen last spring                             
My, what a wasted life
Still without a ring
When will you be a wife?
I'm past my peak
You're an early antique
Look at this physique
Just hear the old bones creak
Where there was a glow
There ain't a glow no more
Now the wrinkles show
Where art Thou Romeo?

Who'd think of marryin' an octogenarian,
Oh, me, oh, my
Eighty-seven year old hag
When you're in this position you'll lose your disposition
Oh, me, oh, my
All the time it's nag, nag, nag

Life's like a song
And the happiest thing
When you're young and strong
Most everyday is spring
But it's just a crime
You can't get off the time
When you're past your prime

You's past your prime
Gettin' grumpy and grey
You's on over time
Ain't making take-home pay
Every sun that sets
All through the day I frets
Brings ya more regrets
And larger silhouettes
You's climb the heights
I is over the hill
Of romantic nights
My hand has lost it's skill
Comes the cruel dawn
I's feelin' pale and drawn
Lover boy has gone
Dog gone!

I ask you who's elated when you's Methusilated
Oh, me, oh, my
Like a mummy underground
When you is antiquated ors/and dejectaquated
Oh, me, oh, my
They'd prefers you in the round

Life's just like pie
Huckleberry or peach?
When you're young and spry
Heaven's within your reach
But it's just a crime
How can it be sublime
When you're past your prime?
When you're past your prime?
When you're past your prime?

Evil Love Chain
Composer(s): Barry Hay; George Kooymans
Performer(s): Golden Earring



She took my money
She stole my car
Broke my heart
And smashed my guitar
She slandered my name
And laughed in my face
And on Saturday night
She went and trashed the whole place

She's driving me crazy
Beyond insane
She plays with my mind
As if it's a game
And most of all
Stranger than strange
I come begging for more
Again and again

I can't break away
From the circle of pain
I can't break away
This evil love-chain

She's mean when she's happy
Cruel when she's sad
She finds something good
And she turns it to bad
She's young and good-looking
And shakes the whole bed
While black magic voodoo
Lives inside her head

The girl is a menace
A danger,a threat
Can't get no worse
She's as bad as it gets
She looks like a princess
But I know instead
She's Dracula's daughter
And the angel of death