It's A Hard Life Wherever You Go
Composer(s): Nanci Griffith
Performer(s): Nanci Griffith
and multiple other artists



I am a backseat driver from America
They drive to the left on Falls Road
The man at the wheel's name is Seamus
We pass a child on the corner he knows
And Seamus says,'Now, what chance has that kid got?'
And I say from the back,'I don't know'
He says,'There's barbed wire at all of these exits
And there ain't no place in Belfast for that kid to go'

It's a hard life
It's a hard life
It's a very hard life
It's a hard life wherever you go
If we poison our children with hatred
Then, the hard life is all they'll ever know
And there ain't no place in (Belfast/Chicago/this world) for these kids to go

A cafeteria line in Chicago
The fat man in front of me
Is calling black people trash to his children
He's the only trash here I see
And I'm thinking this man wears a white hood
In the night when his children should sleep
But, they slip to their window and they see him
And they think that white hood's all they need

It's a hard life
It's a hard life
It's a very hard life
It's a hard life wherever you go
If we poison our children with hatred
Then, the hard life is all they'll ever know
And there ain't no place in (Belfast/Chicago/this world) for these kids to go

I was a child in the sixties
Dreams could be held through TV
With Disney and Cronkite and Martin Luther
Oh, I believed, I believed, I believed
Now, I am a backstreet driver from America
I am not at the wheel of control
I am guilty, I am war I am the root of all evil
Lord, and I can't drive on the left side of the road

It's a hard life
It's a hard life
It's a very hard life
It's a hard life wherever you go
If we poison our children with hatred
Then, the hard life is all they'll ever know
And there ain't no place in (Belfast/Chicago/this world) for these kids to go

Love Me A Little Little
Composer(s): Horace Holmes - Eilen Orr - Howard Smith
Performer(s): Lynn Gardner; Lena Horne



Love me a little little
Only a little little
That's all I'm askin' you to do

Love me a little little
Only a little little
You know I'm crazy over you

While I live, I'll never give you up, I swear
I'll hang around you and I'll hound you
Till I make you care

One, little little little
Two, little little little
Three little words I want to hear
From the one and only one that I adore

And every day, I'll return
And sing this ditty until you learn
To love me a little little
Just a little little
Just a little bit more

It's A Hard Life
Composer(s): Freddie Mercury
Performer(s): Queen
and multiple other artists



I don't want my freedom
There's no reason for living with a broken heart

This is a tricky situation
I've only got myself to blame
It's just a simple fact of life
It can happen to anyone

You win - you lose
It's a chance you have to take with love
Oh yeah - I fell in love
And now you say it's over and I'm falling apart

It's a hard life
To be true lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts
It's a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another right from the start
When you're in love

I try and mend the broken pieces
I try to fight back the tears
They say it's just a state of mind
But it happens to everyone

How it hurts - deep inside
When your love has cut you down to size
Life is tough - on your own
Now I'm waiting for something to fall from the skies
And I'm waiting for love

Yes it's a hard life
Two lovers together
To love and live forever in each others hearts
It's a long hard fight
To learn to care for each other
To trust in one another - right from the start
When you're in love

Yes it's a hard life
In a world that's filled with sorrow
There are people searching for love in ev'ry way
It's a long hard fight
But I'll always live for tomorrow
I'll look back on myself and say I did it for love
Yes I did it for love - for love - oh I did it for love

Love Makes You Feel
Composer(s): Lou Reid
Performer(s): Lou Reid



Life isn't what is seems, I'm forever
drifting into dreams
Such a sad affair, to always be drifting into air

But it's not what you say or you do
that makes me feel like I am falling
It's things that we've both been through
that makes me feel like I am upside down

And love makes you feel ten foot tall

Yes, love makes you feel ten foot tall

Just a funny thing, I'm forever drifting into dreams
Just not the proper thing, to always be drifting into dreams

But it's not what you say or you do
that makes me feel like I am falling
It's things that we've both been through
that makes me feel like I am upside down

And love makes you feel ten foot tall

Yes, love makes you feel ten foot tall

And it sounds like this

It's A Great Day To Be Alive
Composer(s): Darrell Scott
Performer(s): Travis Tritt
and multiple other artists



I got rice cooking in the microwave
Got a three day beard I don't plan to shave
And it's a goofy thing but I just gotta say
Hey, I'm doing alright
Yeah I think I'll make me some homemade soup
Feelin' pretty good and that's the truth 
It's neither drink nor drug induced
No, I'm just doin' alright

And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes
There's some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't every day be just this good? 

It's been fifteen years since I left home
Said good luck to every seed I'd sown
Give it my best and then I left it alone
Oh I hope they're doin' alright
Now I look in the mirror and what do I see?
A lone wolf there starin' back at me
Long in the tooth but harmless as can be
Lord, I guess he's doin' alright 

And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes
There's some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't every day be just this good?

Sometimes its lonely
Sometimes its only me and 
The shadows that fill this room
Sometimes I'm fallin', desperately callin' 
Howlin' at the moon

Well I might go get me a new tatoo or
Take my old Harley for a three day cruise
Might even grow me a fu man chu

And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes
There's some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't every day be just this good? 

And it's a great day to be alive
I know the sun's still shinin' when I close my eyes
There's some hard times in the neighborhood
But why can't every day be just this good? 

The Chanukah Song
Composer(s): Ian Maxtone-Graham; L. Morton; Adam Sandler
Performer(s): Adam Sandler; Neil Diamond



Part 1

This is a song, that uh, there's a lot of Christmas songs out there 
but not too many about Hanukkah 
So I wrote a song for all those nice little Jewish kids 
who dont get to hear any Hanukkah songs 
Here we go.....

Put on your yalmulka, here comes Hanukkah
It's so much fun-akkah to celebrate Hanukkah

Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights
Instead of one day of presents, we have eight crazy nights

When you feel like the only kid in town without a Christmas tree
Heres a list of people who are Jewish, just like you and me

David Lee Roth lights the menorrah
So do James Caan, Kirk Douglas, and the late Dinah Shore-ah

Guess who eats together at the Karnickey Deli
Bowzer from Sha-na-na, and Arthur Fonzerrelli

Paul Newman's half Jewish, Goldie Hawn's half too
Put them together, what a fine lookin' Jew!

You dont need Deck the Halls or Jingle Bell Rock
Cause you can spin the dreidl with Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock, both Jewish!

Put on your yalmulka, its time for Hanukkah
The owner of the Seattle Supersonic-ahs celebrates Hanukkah

O.J. Simpson, not a Jew!
But guess who is, Hall of Famer Rod Carew, he converted!

We got Ann Landers and her sister Dear Abby
Harrison Ford's a quarter Jewish, not too shabby!

Some people think that Ebeneezer Scrooge is
Well, he's not, but guess who is, all three stooges

So many Jews are in show biz
Tom Cruise isn't, but I heard his agent is

Tell your friend Veronica, it's time you celebrate Hanukkah
I hope I get a harmonica, on this lovely, lovely Hanukkah

So drink your gin-and-tonic-ah, and smoke your marajuanic-ah
If you really, really wanna-kah
Have a happy, happy, happy, happy Hanukkah

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Part 2

Time to take out those menorahs!
Put on your yalmulka, it's time for Hanukkah
So much fun-uka to celebrate Hanukkah

Hanukkah is, the festival of lights
Instead of one day of presents, we get eight crazy nights

When you feel like the only kid in town without a Christmas tree
Here's a new list of people who are Jewish just like you and me

Winona Ryder drinks Manashevits' wine
Then spins a dredl with Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein

Guess who give and receives loads of Hanukkah toys?
The girls from Barukasouhl and all three Beastie Boys

Lenny Kravitz is half Jewish, Courtney Love is half too
Put them together, what a funky, bad-ass Jew

We got Harvey Keitel and flashdancer Jennifer Beals
Yasmine Bleeth from Baywatch is Jewish and yes, her boobs are real

O.J. Simpson, still not a Jew
But guess who is, the guy who does the voice for Scooby-Doo

Bob Dylan was born a Jew, then he wasn't, but now he's back
Mary Tyler Moore's husband is Jewish 'cuz we're pretty good in the sack

Guess who got bar mitzvah-ed on the PGA tour?
No, I'm not talking about Tiger Woods, I'm talking about Mister Happy Gilmore

So many Jews are in the show-biz
Bruce Springsteen isn't Jewish, but my Mother thinks he is

Tell that old harmonica, it's time to celebrate Hanukkah
It's not pronounced Chanukkah, the C is silent in Hanukkah

So your your Hooked on Phonic-a, get drunk in Teawonica
If you really really wanna-kah
Have a happy, happy, happy, happy Hanukkah

It's A Grand Night For Singing
Composer(s): Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II
Performer(s): William Marshall (Marty), Dick Haymes (Wayne),
Jeanne Crain (Margie), Dana Andrews (Pat)



Marty:
It's a grand night for singing
The moon is flying high
And somewhere a bird 
Who is bound he'll be heard 
Is throwing his heart at the sky! 

It's a grand night for singing
The stars are bright above
The earth is a-glow
And to add to the show
I think I am falling in love! 
Falling, falling in love

It's a grand night for singing
The moon is flying high
And somewhere a bird
Who is bound he’ll be heard
Is throwing his heart at the sky!

Wayne:
Maybe it's more than the moon
Maybe it's more than the birds
Maybe it's more than sight of the night
In a light too lovely for words

Maybe it's more than the earth
Shiny in silvery blue
Maybe the reason I'm feeling this way
Has something to do with you! 

It's a grand night for singing
The moon is flying high
And somewhere a bird 
Who is bound he'll be heard
Is throwing his heart at the sky! 

It's a grand night for singing
The stars are bright above
The earth is a-glow
And, to add to the show
I think I am falling in love! 
Falling, falling in love! 

Margie and Pat:
It's a grand night for singing
The moon is flying high
And somewhere a bird 
Who is bound he'll be heard
Is throwing his heart at the sky! 

Wayne:
It's a grand night for singing
The stars are bright above
The earth is a-glow
And, to add to the show
I think I am falling in love! 
Falling, falling in love! 

The Losing End (When You're On)
Composer(s): Neil Young
First release by: Neil Young & Crazy Horse - 1969



I went into town to see you yesterday
But you were not home
So I talked to some old friends for a while
Before I wandered off alone

It's so hard for me now
But I'll make it somehow
Though I know I'll never be the same
Won't you ever change your ways
It's so hard to make love pay
When you're on the losing end
And I feel that way again

Well, I miss you more than ever
Since you've gone, I can hardly maintain
Things are different round here every night
My tears fall down like rain

It's so hard for me now
But I'll make it somehow,
Though I know I'll never be the same
Won't you ever change your ways
It's so hard to make love pay
When you're on the losing end
And I feel that way again

It's A Good Day
Composer(s): Dave Barbour; Peggy Lee
First release by: Peggy Lee - 1946
Covered by multiple other artists



Yes, it's a good day for singing a song
and it's a good day for moving alone
Yes, it's a good day, how could anything go wrong
A good day from morning' till night

Yes, it's a good day for shining your shoes
and it's a good day for losing the blues
Everything go gain and nothing' to lose
`Cause it's a good day from morning' till night

I said to the Sun, "Good morning sun
Rise and shine today"
You know you've gotta get going
If you're gonna make a showin'
And you know you've got the right of way

`Cause it's a good day for paying your bills
And it's a good day for curing your ills
So take a deep breath and throw away your pills
`Cause it's a good day from morning' till night

Losers And Winners
Composer(s): Accept - Deaffy - Peter Baltes - Stefan Kaufmann - Udo Dirkschneider - Wolf Hoffmann
Performer(s): Accept



You told me that you like her, but she doesn`t wanna know
You tried so much to take her, bur there`s no way to go
I know that kind of feeling, knocking on someone`s door
I know the endless crying when you don`t know what you`re living for

Write a letter (What`s the matter?)
You`ll find better (Write a letter)
You`ll feel better when it`s done

There`s one way to show what you feel for the girl
Write her a loveley letter, tell her what you`re looking for
Don`t think it`s old fashion to take one`s heard (when it`s true)
You gotta take it as a man when you can`t win her in this game

Write a letter ...
There are losers and winners, just like you and me

You should give me the letter; I`ll use it for my own
Maybe she wants to take me before she stays alone
Could be my destination to pick up broken hearts
Why don`t you take it easy and screw the girls who`s next to you

Write a letter ...

It's A Game
Composer(s): Chris Adams
Performer(s): Bay City Rollers



The clown came down to meet me
With a smile upon his face
He fired his starting pistol
And began the human race
There were faces all around me
They were running everywhere
But everywhere is nowhere
And nowhere isn't there

It's a game, a game, a game that we're playing
Well, I don't mind but I don't make the rules
It's a game, a game, a game that we're playing
Just a game for lovers and fools

There's snakes upon your ladder
And there's dice upon your skirt
There's lipstick on my collar
And there's sweat upon my shirt
The neighbours will start talking
But you know that I don't care
For the neighbours they are nowhere
And nowhere isn't there

It's a game, a game, a game that we're playing ... 

Burning Out Again (A Kind Of Christmas Card)
Composer(s): Morten Harket; H. Rem
Performer(s): Morten Harket



All you folks back home
I'll never tell you this
You're not supposed to know
where your daughter is
There are ways of life
you never understood
it's right here
downtown Hllywood
it's afternoon on Sunset Boulevard
I've got a stolen moment trying hard
to write a kind of christmas card

but I am burning out again
tonight there is fever in my veins

mama, dear
all the love you gave
I guess there's really nothing
nothing much to save
this place is as dirty as I feel myself
there are still some riches
at the Roosevelt
that evening prayer
those memories
in my little bedroom, mama, on my knees
that's where I'm at
down in Los Angeles

And I am burning out again
and I must rise above the shame
tonigh there is fever in my veins

just think of the girl I used to be
you were my age once, mama
twenty-three
I can still hear some of the songs you used to play
from that summer of love in '68
seems it's turned into a winter of hate

and I am burning out again  

It's A Cheating Situation
Composer(s): Curly Putman; Sonny Throckmorton
Performer(s): Moe Bandy; Janie Fricke; John Prine



It's a cheatin' situation
A stealin' invitation
To take what's not really ours
And make it through the midnight hours

It's a cheatin' situation
Just a cheap imitation
Doin' what we have to do
When there's no love at home

There's no use pretending there'll be a happy ending
Where our love's concerned, sweetheart, we both know
We'll take love where we find it, love and try to hide it
It's all we got, for we know they're not gonna let us go

It's a cheatin' situation
A stealin' invitation
To take what's not really ours
And make it through the midnight hours

It's a cheatin' situation
Just a cheap imitation
Doin' what we have to do
When there's no love at home

It's a cheatin' situation
When there's no love at home

Burgundian Carol
Composer(s): Oscar Brand
Performer(s): The Weavers; Don McLean; Bronn Journey



The winter season of the year
When to this world our Lord was born
The ox and donkey, so they say
Did keep his holy presence warm
How many oxen and donkeys now
If they were there when first he came
How many oxen and donkeys you know
At such a time would do the same?

And on that night it has been told
These humble beasts so rough and rude
Throughout the noght of holy birth
Drank no water, ate no food
How many oxen and donkeys now
If they were there when first he came
How many oxen and donkeys you know
At such a time would do the same? 

As soon as to these humble beasts
Appeared our Lord, so mild and sweet
With joy they knelt before his Grace
And gently kissed His tiny feet
How many oxen and donkeys now
Dressed in ermine, silk and such
How many oxen and donkeys you know
At such a time would do as much?  

It's A Bore
Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner; Frederick Loewe
Performer(s): Louis Jourdan (Gaston) & Maurice Chevalier (Uncle Honoré)



H: Look at all the captivating fascinating things there are to do
G: Name two.
H: Look at the pleasures of the myriad of treasures we have got
G: Like what?
H: Look at Paris in the spring
when each solitary thing
is more beautiful than ever before!
You can hear every tree almost saying "Look at me!"
G: What color are the trees?
H: Green!
G: What color were they last year?
H: Green!
G: And next year?
H: Green!
G: It's a bore!
H: Don't you marvel at the power
of the mighty Eiffel Tower
knowing there it will remain evermore?
Climbing up to the sky over 90 stories high
G: How many stories?
H: 90
G How many yesterday?
H: 90
G: And tomorrow?
H: 90
G: It's a bore!
H: The River Seine!
G: All it can do is flow
H: But think of wine!
G: It's red or white
H: But think of girls!
G: It's either yes or no
and if it's no or if it's yes
it simply couldn't matter less!
H: But think of a race
with your horse in seventh place
and he suddenly begins and he catches up
and wins with a roar!
G: It's a bore!
H: Life is thrilling as can be!
G: Simply not my cup of tea
H: It's a gay romantic fling!
G: If you like that sort of thing
H: It's intriguing!
G: It's fatiguing!
H: It's a game!
G: It's the same dull world where ever you go
whatever place you are at
The earth is round but everything on it is flat
H: Don't tell me Venice has no lure
G: Just a town without a sewer
H: The Leaning Tower I adore!
G: Indecision is a bore!
H: But think of the thrill of a bull fight in Seville
when the bull is uncontrolled
and he challenges the bold matador!
G: It's a bore!
H: Think of lunch beneath the trees!
G: Stop the carriage if you please!
H: You mean you don't want to come?
G: The thought of lunch leaves me numb
H: But I implore...!
G: Oh, no, Uncle, it's a bore!




(reprise)
(Honoré, Gaston and Honore's valet)

H: Just imagine her chagrin 
when she sees you wander in
And you find her with that slippery senor
What a moment supreme
when she totters with a scream
G: What will she do?
H: Scream
G: What did yours do?
H: Scream
G: What do they all do?
H: Scream
G: It's a bore!
H: But think of the bliss
of the pleasure you would miss
When she topples in a heap
And you leave her there to weep on the floor
G: It's a bore!
H: You must catch her if you can
V: For the dignity of man!
H: Take advantage of the chance
V: You owe it, sir, to France!
H & V: This is war!
G: All right! But it's a bore!

Buon Natale
Composer(s): Nat King Cole; Bob Saffer
Performer(s): Gene Autry;
and various other artists



Buon Natale, means Merry Christmas to you
Buon Natale, to everyone
Happy New Year and lots of fun
Buon Natale may all your wishes come true
Buon Natale in Italy means
A Merry Christmas to you

Far away across the sea
In sunny Italy
There's a quaint little town
Not a clock has been wound
For over a century

They don't know the time or year
And no one seems to care
And this is the reason 
The Christmas season
Is celebrated all year

Buon Natale, means Merry Christmas to you
Buon Natale, to everyone
Happy New Year and lots of fun
Buon Natale may all your wishes come true
Buon Natale in Italy means
A Merry Christmas to you 

It's A Boom
Performer(s): Hazy Osterwald Sextett



It's a boom
It's a boom
It's a boom
It's a boom

Why not get in on the boom
It's a boom
It's a boom
Pay no heed to tales of gloom
It's a boom
It's a boom
We've no doubt, although our golds run out
There'll be some more about to buy a foreign car

Let's all get in on the graft
It's a boom
It's a boom
There won't be an overdraft
It's a boom
It's a boom
Don't discount that there's a good amount on your expense account
To cover caviar

I hear from my broker when an issue is hot
As always a shortage, there's no chance of being caught
A small speculation on a piece of real estate
Never brings profit if you wait

So, why not get in on the boom
It's a boom
It's a boom
Have your sunken living room
It's a boom
It's a boom
Here's your dutch, get in the local lodge
Have a two-car garage and you'll be popular

Some people cry
Aye, aye, aye, aye
That we're simpling seeing pie in the sky
Aye, aye, aye, aye
But as long as we are able to buy
Aye, aye, aye, aye
Who could find a single fault
Drop the profits, profits, profits, profits, profits, profits

We've got it made
Aye, aye, aye, aye
Though we might be stopping our coronade
Aye, aye,aye,aye
We've no worries on the salaries we're paid
We just take you to the vaults
Profits, profits, profits, profits, profits, profits, profits

Why not get in on the boom
It's a boom
It's a boom
Pay no heed to tales of gloom
It's a boom
It's a boom
Learn the facts how every stock transacts and that your income tax
Don't play it by the rules

Why not get in on the graft
It's a boom
It's a boom
There won't be an overdraft
It's a boom
It's a boom
It's not hard, just use your credit card
To fill up your backyard with private swimming pools

I'm told by good friends, money won't buy me health
But we were feeling that there are no ills in wealth
One thing for certain, it's the only known cure
To keep healthy men from feeling poor

So, why not get in on the boom
It's a boom
It's a boom
Pay no heed to talk of doom
It's a boom
It's a boom
Not your soul as much as your bankroll will help achieve your goal
In modern times like these
Not your soul as much as your bankroll will help achieve your goal
In modern times like these

Who cares about economies
In such delightful times as these

British-German Christmasnachten



When the last Kalender-sheets
Flattern through the winter-streets
And Decemberwind is blowing
Then is everybody knowing
That it is not allzuweit
She does come, the Weihnachtszeit

All the Menschen, Leute, people
Flippen out of ihr warm Stüble
Run to Kaufhof, Aldi, Mess
Make Konsum and business
Kaufen this and jenes Dings
And the churchturmglocke rings!

Manche holen sich a Tännchen
When this brennt, they cry "Attention!"
Rufen for the Feuerwehr
"Please, come quick to rescue her!"
Goes the Tännchen off in Rauch
They are standing on the Schlauch

In the kitchen of the house
Mother makes the Christmasschmaus
She is working, schufting, bakes
Hit is now her Yoghurtkeks
And the Opa says als Tester
"We are killed bis to Silvester!"

Then he fills the last Glas wine
Yes, this is the Christmastime!
Day by day does so vergang
And the Holy Night does come
You can think, you can remember
This is immer in December!

Then the childrenlein are coming
Candle-Wachs is abwärts running
Bing of Crosby Christmas sings
While the Towerglocke rings
And the angels look so fine
Well, this is the Weihnachtstime

Baby-eyes are big and rund
The family feels kerngesund
When unterm Baum is hocking
Then nothing can them shocking!
They are happy, are so fine
This happens in the Christmastime!

The animals all in the house
The Hund, the Katz, the bird, the mouse
Are running round the Weihnachtstree
Enjoy this day as never nie
Weil they find Kittekat and Schappi
Im Geschenkkarton von Pappi

The family begins to sing
And wieder does a Glöckchen ring
Zum song vom grünen Tannenbaum
The Tränen rennen down and down
Bis mother plötzlich flennt
"The Gans im Ofen brennt!"
Her nose is very fine
And that nicht nur at Christmastime 

It's A Blue World
Composer(s): Robert Wright; Chet Forrest
Performer(s): The Four Freshmen



It's a blue world without you
It's a blue world alone
My days and nights that once were filled with heaven
With you away, how empty they have grown

It's a blue world from now on
It's a blue world for me
The sea, the sky, my heart and I
We're all in an indigo hue

Without you, it's a blue, blue world
Without you, it's a blue, blue  world

Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Ralph Carmichael



Bring a torch, Jeanette Isabella
Bring a torch, come swiftly and run
Christ is born,
tell the folk of the village
Jesus is sleeping in His cradle
Ah, ah, beautiful is the Mother
Ah, ah, beautiful is her Son

Hasten now, good folk of the village
Hasten now, the Christ Child to see
You will find Him asleep in the manger
Quietly come and whisper softly
Hush, hush, peacefully now He slumbers
Hush, hush, peacefully now He sleeps