If I Only Had A Brain
Composer(s): Harold Arlen; E.Y. Harburg
First performance by: Judy Garland & Ray Bolger - 1939
Covered by multiple other artists



(Scarecrow:)
I could while away the hours
Conferrin' with the flowers
Consultin' with the rain;
Well, my head I'd be scratchin'
while my thoughts were busy hatchin'
If I only had a brain

I'd unravel ev'ry riddle
for ev'ry individdle
In trouble or in pain

(Dorothy:)
With the thoughts you'd be thinkin'
You could be another Lincoln
If you only had a brain

(Scarecrow:)
Oh I could tell you why
The ocean's near the shore
I would think of things
I never thought before
And then I'd sit
and think some more

I would not be just a nuthin'
My head all full of stuffin'
My heart all full of pain
I would dance and be merry
Life would be a ding-a-derry
If I only had a brain

(Loving You Is) Sunshine
Composer(s): Jerry Crutchfield
Performer(s): Barbara Fairchild


Sunshine, loving you is sunshine
You make the dark clouds go away
Sunshine, having you is sunshine
Your love's my sunshine every day

When things go wrong they don't stay wrong too long
You always know what's right for me
When I feel down you bring your love around
And Darling, your sweet kiss can set me free

Sunshine, loving you is sunshine
You make the dark clouds go away
Sunshine, having you is sunshine
Your love's my sunshine every day

When drops of rain beat upon my windowpane
You have a way to make things right
I lose my cares sitting in a cozy chair
With your loving arms holding me tight

Sunshine, loving you is sunshine
You make the dark clouds go away
Sunshine, having you is sunshine
Your love's my sunshine every day

If I Never Sing Another Song
German Version: Gäb' Es Nur Noch Dieses Lied Für Mich
Composer(s): Alexandra; Don Black; Udo Jürgens
Performer(s): Shirley Bassey
and multiple other artists



In my heyday 
Young men wrote to me 
Everybody seemed to have time to devote to me 
Everyone I saw all swore they knew me 
Once upon a song 
Main attraction, couldn't buy a seat 
The celebrity, celebrities were dying to meet 
I've had every accolade bestowed on me 
And so you see 

If I never sing another song 
It wouldn't bother me 
I had my share of fame 
You know my name 

If I never sing another song 
Or take another bow 
I would get by, but I'm not sure how 

Always posing, but you love it all 
Though you have to learn to act like you're above it all 
Everything I did the world applauded 
Once upon a star 

Framed citations, hung on every wall 
Got a scrapbook full of quotes, I can recall them all 
There were times I felt the world belonged to me 
And so you see 

If I never sing another song 
It wouldn't bother me 
I had my share of fame 
You know my name 

If I never sing another song 
Or take another bow 
I would get by, but I'm not sure how 
But I'm not sure how 
But I'm not sure how

(Love Is) Thicker Than Water
Composer(s): Barry Gibb; Andy Gibb
Performer(s): Andy Gibb


Love is higher than a mountain 
Love is thicker than water
You are this dreamer's only dream
Heaven's angel, devil's daughter

Say, my mind, should I go with her on silent nights
She'll drive me crazy in the end
And I should leave this paradise
But I can't leave her 
While I need her more than she needs you
That's what I'm living for

Love is, higher than a mountain 
Love is, thicker than water
You are this dreamer's only dream
Heaven's angel, devil's daughter

(Instrumental Break) 

Say my thought, should I find out she don't care at all
She'll leave me crying in the end
Wandering through the afterglow
But I can't leave her
While I need her more than she needs you
That's what I'm praying for

Love is, higher than a mountain 
Love is, thicker than water
You are this dreamer's only dream
Heaven's angel, devil's daughter

Love is, higher than a mountain
Love is, thicker than water
You are this dreamer's only dream
Heaven's angel, devil's daughter

Gäb' Es Nur Noch Dieses Lied Für Mich
English Version: If I Never Sing Another Song
Composer(s): Thomas Christen; Udo Jürgens; Montana
Performer(s): Udo Jürgens



Das Publikum schenkte ihm Beifall
Doch niemand rief: "Wir wollen mehr!"
Um ihn ist es ruhiger geworden
Der Jubel, der Rausch - lange her
Ich suchte ihn hinter der Bühne
Mich hinderte niemand daran
Er saß vor dem Spiegel der Melancholie
"Wissen Sie, damals...", so fing er an

"Es waren Stürme der Begeisterung
Meine Lieder waren Hymen für mein Publikum
100.000 Augen wie die Sterne - unvorstellbar schön!
Ich war damals wie ein Vorbild
Und ich habe ihre Sehnsucht mit Musik gestillt
Sie können sich nicht vorstelln', was das für mich hieß
Verstehen Sie?"

"Gäb' es nur noch dieses Lied für mich
Und meine Fantasie
Ich wüßte gnaz genau, ihr kennt mich noch
Gäb' es nur noch dieses Lied für mich
Und diese Melodie
Alles ging' weiter, doch bitte sag'mir wie?"

Er nahm den Mantel
Und erzählte mir von Frauen und Preisen, Geld
Und manchem Souvenir
Wie eines schönen Tag's alles verloren war
Es war einmal ein Star...

Es gibt Fotos und ein Tagebuch
"Vielleicht verstehn' Sie
warum ich manchmal die Erinnerung such'
Nein, ich lüge nicht - mir hat die Welt gehört!
Verstehen Sie?"

[Refrain]

(Love Is) The Tender Trap
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - James Van Heusen
First release by: Frank Sinatra - 1955
Covered by multiple other artists



You see a pair of laughing eyes
And suddenly you're sighing sighs
You're thinkin' nothin's wrong
You string along, boy, then Snap!
Those eyes, those sighs
They're part of the tender trap
You're hand in hand beneath the trees
And soon there's music in the breeze
You're actin' kind of smug
Until your heart just goes WHAP!
Those trees, that breeze
They're part of the tender trap
Some starry night
When her kisses make you tingle
She'll hold you tight
And you'll hate yourself for being single
And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwin' shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot that's just a dot on the map
You're hooked, you're cooked
You're caught in the tender trap
Some starry night
When her kisses make you tingle
She'll hold you tight
And you'll hate yourself for bein' single
And all at once it seems so nice
The folks are throwin' shoes and rice
You hurry to a spot that's just a dot on the map
And then you wonder how it all came about
It's too late now, there's no gettin' out
You fell in love, and love is the tender trap

It Isn't Right
Composer(s): Robert Mellin
Performer(s): The Platters; Downchild Blues Band; Poker Dots



It isn't right for you to hurt me
It isn't right to make me blue
It isn't right to take my kisses
And give them to somebody new
It isn't right for you to promise
A million dreams that can't come true
It isn't right to start a flame
Deep within my heart
Then let it go out like a light
It isn't right

If I Needed You
Composer(s): Townes Van Zandt
First release by: Townes Van Zandt - 1973
Covered by multiple other artists



If I needed you
would you come to me
would you come to me
and ease my pain?
If you needed me
I would come to you
I'd swim the seas
for to ease your pain

In the night forlorn
the morning's born
and the morning shines
with the lights of love
You will miss sunrise
if you close your eyes
that would break
my heart in two

The lady's with me now
since I showed her how
to lay her lily
hand in mine
Loop and Lil agree
she's a sight to see
and a treasure for
the poor to find

(Love Is Like A) Baseball Game
Composer(s): Kenneth Gamble; Leon Huff
Performer(s): The Intruders


Love is just like a baseball game
Three strikes you’re out

Up to bat {To bat}
I thought I hit a love run
But to my surprise
I found I didn’t hit none

Threw her love so fast
She put me in a daze
Never knew that love
Could come so many ways

{Strike one} She took me by surprise
{Strike two} Right in front of my eyes
{Strike three} Oh, I was out without a doubt
Oh, I was out

(Oh, love) Love is just like a baseball game
Three strikes you’re out (Three strikes you’re out)
Whether you win or lose
(Oh, love) Love is just like a baseball game (Is like a baseball game)
Three strikes you’re out
Everybody’s got to pay some due

Oh, I’m up to bat {To bat}
I’m gonna try love one more time
I really love this girl
And I’m gonna make her mine

I ain’t never won
When I played a baseball game
Now it seems that love
And baseball are just the same

{Strike one} Oh, she did it again
{Strike two} Looks like I’m never gonna win
{Strike three} Oh, I was out without a doubt
I was out

(Oh, love) Love is just like a baseball game
Three strikes you’re out (Three strikes you’re out)
Whether you win or lose
(I said love) Love is just like a baseball game
Three strikes you’re out
Everybody’s got to pay some due (You got to pay some due)

(Oh, love) Love is just like a baseball game
Three strikes you’re out (Three strikes you’re out whether you win or lose)
(I said love) Love is just like a baseball game
Three strikes you’re out (Oh)
Everybody’s got to pay some due (Got to say it again)

(Love, love, love) Love is just like a baseball game
Three strikes you’re out (Three strikes you’re out whether you win or lose)

If I May
Composer(s): Rose Marie McCoy; Charlie Singleton
Performer(s): Nat King Cole; Choice; Bing Crosby



I'd like to love you every day
If I may
(If I may)
And dream dreams of you every night
If I might
(If I might)

And if I may
I'd like to say
I wish that you were mine
If I had you, all I would do
Is adore you all of the time

I'd like to tell you of your charms every day
If I may
I'd like to hold you in my arms every night
If I might

You're the object of my affections
And if you have no objections
I'd like to love you night and day
If I may

I'd like to tell you of your charms every day
If I may
I'd like to hold you in my arms every night
If I might

You're the object of my affections
And if you have no objections
I'd like to love you night and day
If I may

(Love Always) Letter To Home
Composer(s): Carl Jackson
Performer(s): Glen Campbell


You might think there's some big reason
Why I took this time to write
The cards and letters
there's been too few of those
But I just stopped to realize
How long that I've been gone
But there's a few small things I need to know

Dear Daddy do the whipperwill still echo through the night?
Does the sound of silence squeeze the morning light?
And have you caught the big one in the pond just down the road?
I miss you so

Well years keep slipping by me
Like miles out on the road
But I don't guess I'll change my way of life
There's no harm in holding memories
But please tell me if you can
If I can bring those old times inside

Dear Mama can you still find the dipper in the stars?
Do the roads still go for hours without cars?
Does the frost still shine on the grass outside the door?
Just like before
Tell me more

Is Sis still planning marriage sometime soon?
Can you still reach out and touch the moon?
Do old songs still ring out through the hills for days and days?

Love Always

You’re Here, You’re There (You’re Everywhere)
Composer(s): Irving Kahal; Loeb
Performer(s): Vera Lynn 
and multiple other artists



You’re here, you’re there, you’re everywhere
Your eyes in the moon, your lips in the gold, your voice in the air
And when you escape me, I fasten my eyes to a star
I sweep off the stardust, and suddenly there you are
You’re here, you’re there, you’re everywhere
Your smile in the sun, your kiss in the breeze, your name in my prayer
This beautiful world, dear, is full of your tender charms
You’re here, you’re there but never in my arms

(Lost His Love) On Our Last Date
Composer(s):
Floyd Cramer; Conway Twitty
Performer(s): Emmylou Harris


It's over our love affair
Too late now I find I care
His sweet love no more I'll share
Now he's gone I'm alone
I was wrong should have known
Took me home on our last date

I search for a single way
To tell him what I had to say
I kissed him watched him walk away
Set him free foolishly destiny misery
Tragedy on our last date

Took the ring from my trembling fingers
Brushed a tear from my baby's eye
Walked away didn't know that
I'd soon miss him so
Guess I was too young to realize
So blind I couldn't see
how much he really meant to me
And that soon he would always be
On my mind in my heart I was blind from the start
Lost his love on our last date

If I Loved You
Composer(s): Richard Rodgers; Oscar Hammerstein II
Performer(s): Mario Lanza
and multiple other artists



If I loved you
Time and again I would try to say
All I'd want you to know
If I loved you
Words wouldn't come in an easy way
Round in circles I'd go!
Longin' to tell you
But afraid and shy
I'd let my golden chances pass me by!
Soon you'd leave me
Off you would go in the mist of day
Never, never to know how I loved you
If I loved you

(Let's Have A) Party
From the film "Loving You"
Composer(s): Jessie Mae Robinson
Performer(s): Elvis Presley;
and various other artists


Some people like to rock
Some people like to roll
But movin' and a groovin'
Gonna satisfy my soul
Let's have a party (Let's have a party)
Oooh, let's have a party (Let's have a party)
Send 'im to the store
An' let's buy some more
An' let's have a party tonight

I've never kissed a bear
I've never kissed a goon
But I can shake a chicken
In the middle of the room
Let's have a party (Let's have a party)
Oooh, let's have a party (Let's have a party)
Send 'im to the store
An' let's buy some more
An' let's have a party tonight

Now Honky Tonky Joe
Is knockin' at the door
Bring him in and fill him up
And sit him on the floor
Let's have a party (Let's have a party)
Oooh, let's have a party (Let's have a party)
Send 'im to the store
An' let's buy some more
An' let's have a party tonight

The meat is on the stove
The bread is gettin' hot
Everybody come and taste
The possum Poppa shot
Let's have a party (Let's have a party)
Let's have a party (Let's have a party)
Send `im to the store
An' let's buy some more
An' let's have a party tonight
We're really gonna have a party tonight

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Alternate Version:



I feel it in my leg
I feel it in my shoe
Tell me pretty baby
If you think you feel it too
Let's have a party
Oooh, let's have a party
Send 'im to the store
And let's buy some more
And let's have a party tonight

So, baby paint your lips
And regulate your wig
And bring along a shovel
If you really wanna dig
Let's have a party
Oooh, let's have a party
Send 'im to the store
And let's buy some more
And let's have a party tonight

I've never kissed a bear
I've never kissed a goon
But I can shake a chicken
In the middle of the room
Let's have a party
Oooh, Let's have a party
Send 'im to the store
And let's buy some more
And let's have a party tonight
We're really gonna have a party tonight

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As recorded by Wanda Jackson with The Blue Caps:



Some people like to rock, some people like to roll
But movin' and a-groovin's gonna satisfy my soul
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send `im to the store an' let's buy some more
An let's have a party tonight

I never kissed a bear, I never kissed a goon
But I can shake a chicken in the middle of the room
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send `im to the store an' let's buy some more
An' let's have a party tonight

(Instrumental Break)

I never kissed a bear, I never kissed a goon
But I can shake a chicken in the middle of the room
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send `im to the store an' let's buy some more
An' let's have a party tonight

Honky-Tonky' Joe is knockin' at the door
Bring him in an' fill `im up an' sit 'im on the floor
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send 'im to the store, let's buy some more
Let's have a party tonight

The meat is on the stove, the bread's a-gettin' hot
Everybody run, they got the 'possum in the pot
Let's have a party
Hoo, let's have a party
Well, send `im to the store, let's buy some more
Let's have a party tonight

Let's have a party tonight
Let's have a party tonight
We're gonna have a party tonight
Let's have .................. Fade

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As recorded by The Go-Go's:



Some people like to rock
Some people like to roll
But movin' and a groovin'
Gonna satisfy my soul
Let's have a party
C'mon let's have a party
When some people getting bored
Rock some more
Let's have a party tonight

I've never kissed a bear
I've never kissed a goon
But I can shake a chicken
In the middle of the room
Let's have a party
C'mon let's have a party
When some people getting bored
Rock some more
Let's have a party tonight
2 - 3 - 4

Honky Tonky Joe
Is knockin' at the door
Let's bring him in and feel him up
And spin him on the floor
Let's have a party
C'mon let's have a party
When some people getting bored
Rock some more
Let's have a party tonight

The music's getting hot
We're dancing to the beat
Cousin shot the moon
And we're jumping on our feet
Let's have a party
C'mon let's have a party
Then the people get some fun
Rock some more
Let's have a party tonight
We're gonna have a party tonight
We're gonna have a party tonight

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As recorded by Paul McCartney:



Some people like to rock, some people like to roll
But moving and a grooving gonna satisfy my soul
Let's have party, let's have party, send it to the store
Let's buy some more, let's have party tonight

I've never kissed a bear, I've never kissed a goon
But I can shake a chicken in the middle of the room
Let's have party, let's have party, send it to the store
Let's buy some more, let's have party tonight

Now, honky-tonky Joe is knocking at the door
Bring him in and fill him up and set him on the floor
Let's have party, yeah, let's have party, send it to the store
Let's buy some more, let's have party tonight

Party, party, well, I feel it in my leg, feel it in my shoe
Tell me, pretty baby if you think you feel it too
Let's have party, let's have party
Oh, I'm gonna send it to the store, let's buy some more
Let's have party tonight

Some people like to rock, some people like to roll
But moving and a grooving gonna satisfy my soul
Let's have party, let's have party, send it to the store
Let's buy some more, let's have party tonight
We're gonna send it to the store, let's buy some more
Have party tonight

Oh yeah, we're gonna have ourselves a little party
Yeah, yeah, tonight
I'm not giving in, man, I'm gonna have a party, yeah
Party, party, yeah, I'm not going home yet
Send it to the store, let's buy some more
We're gonna have a party tonight

Some people like to rock, people like to roll
But moving and a grooving gonna satisfy my soul
Let's have a party

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If I Love Ya, Then I Need Ya Around
Composer(s): Merrill
Performer(s): Eartha Kitt



Cross at the crossings, wait for the light
Go to bed early, early at night
Darling, he tells her, don't lose a pound
'Cause if I love ya, then I need ya
If I need ya, then I want you around

Never light matches, you can get burned
Never kiss strangers, nasty old germs
Exercise daily, jump up and down
'Cause if I love ya, then I need ya
If I need ya, then I want you around

Take vitamins A-B-C-D-E-F-G for lunch
Sweetheart, don't run yourself down by hangin' around with a bunch

You can have fun , Dear, life is a kick
Baby's got kisses, the'll make you tick
Even at night, Dear, you'll still be sound
'Cause if I love ya, then I need ya
If I need ya, then I want you around

Take vitamins A-B-C-D-E-F-G for lunch
Sweetheart, don't run yourself down by hangin' around with a bunch

You can have fun , Dear, life is a kick
Baby's got kisses, that should make you tick
Yes, even at night, Dear, you'll still be sound
'Cause if I love ya, then I need ya
If I need ya, then I want you around

'Cause if I love ya, then I need ya
If I need ya, then I want you around

'Cause if I love ya, then I need ya
If I need ya, then I want you around

If I Lost You
Composer(s): Riley King; Jules Taub
Performer(s): B.B. King



Hey, you're the greatest thing in my life, baby
Oh, without your love baby, I don't know just what I'll do
Oh, years of loving you, you've been so true
I believe I'd lose my mind if I lost you

Oh, I guess I've been lucky to have someone so dear
To talk and laugh and always bring me cheer
Oh, after all of this years, you've been so true to me baby
I believe I'd lose my mind if I lost you

Oh, after all the lies I've told you
Just like givin' you, givin' you the stars
Oh, buying you mink coats, mink coats and diamonds
Money in the bank and each year, each year two brand new cars

Hey, you've the greatest thing in my life baby
Oh, between me and you, I've know I got the best deal
Oh, let me thank you, thank you baby
You've been so true I'd lose my mind if I lost you

(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All
Composer(s): Tony MacAulay
Performer(s): The 5th Dimension;
Vikki Carr; Johnny Mathis


Last night I didn’t get to sleep at all
no, no
I lay awake and watched until the mornin’ light
Washed away the darkness of the lonely night (lonely night)

Oh, and last night I got to thinkin’ maybe I, I, I
Should call you up and just forget my foolish pride
I heard your number ringin’, I went cold inside
And last night I didn’t get to sleep at all

I know it’s not my fault, I did my best
God knows this heart of mine could use a rest
But more and more I find the dreams I left behind
Are somehow too real to replace (replace)

Oh, last night I didn’t get to sleep at all, no, no
The sleepin’ pill I took was just a waste of time
I couldn’t close my eyes ‘cause you were on my mind
And last night I didn’t get to sleep, didn’t get to sleep
No, I didn’t get to sleep at all

But more and more I find the dreams I left behind
Are somehow too real to replace (replace)

Oh, last night I didn’t get to sleep at all, no, no
The sleepin’ pill I took was just a waste of time
I couldn’t close my eyes ‘cause you were on my mind
And last night I didn’t get to sleep, didn’t get to sleep
No, I didn’t get to sleep at all, no, no, no

No, no, no
Ho, last night I didn’t get to sleep at all, no, no
Last night I didn’t get to sleep at all, oh, ho
Last night I didn’t get to sleep at all

If I Learned To Play The Violin
Composer(s): Joey Levine; Artie Resnick
Performer(s): The Monkees



If I learned to play the violin
And I traded my old guitar in
Would your parents still object
Or would I win their respect
If I learned to play the violin?
I would even go and cut my hair
Though my friends would point and say I'm square
Girl, would your society
Still look down their nose at me
If I learned to play the violin?
I'd give up my beat-ways
Take up more discreet ways
All you've got to do is ask me to
Whoa-oa, just ask me to
And I'd learn to play the violin
Turn my back on everything I've been
I'd be like somebody new
But, not change my love for you
If I learned to play the violin

I'd give up my beat-ways
Take up more discreet ways
All you've got to do is ask me to
Whoa-oa, just ask me to
And I'd learn to play the violin
Yes, I'd learn to play the violin
And I'd learn to play the violin
Yes, I'd learn to play the violin

'K Zag Twee Beren
Performer(s): Louis Neefs


'k Zag twee beren broodjes smeren
Oh, dat was een wonder
't Was een wonder, boven wonder
Dat die beren konden smeren
Wat ik zeg is echt waar
'k Stond erbij en ik keek ernaar

'k Zag twee beren broodjes smeren
Alle lieve dagen
Kwamen vele mensen vragen
Of die beren wilden smeren
En zo werd dat hun taak
In hun eigen broodjeszaak

'k Zag twee beren broodjes smeren
Met beleg naar keuze
Smaakten al die broodjes reuze
Want die beren konden smeren
Iedereen kwam steeds weer
Om zo'n broodje van een beer

'k Zag twee beren broodjes smeren
Maar bij 't winst verdelen
Wilden ze elkaar bestelen
Eén der beren ging hem smeren
Hij begon toen meteen
Pal rechtover heel alleen

'k Zag twee beren broodjes smeren
Om de lieve centen
Waren ze nu concurrenten
En die beren alsmaar smeren
Loerend vol nijd en haat
Naar den overkant der straat

'k Zag twee beren broodjes smeren
Maar geen belgetinkel
Klonk in dees of gene winkel
Waar die beren bleven smeren
Ook al werd door hun fout
Al hun brood droog en oud

'k Zag twee beren broodjes smeren
Heel bedroefd en somber
Elk z'n zaakje ging ten onder
Doordat beren moeten smeren
Zonder haat of venijn
Omdat zij geen mensen zijn

'k Zag twee beren broodjes smeren
Wetend dat in 't leven
Enkel eendracht macht kan geven
Zijn die beren om te smeren
Weder na ruggespraak
Samen in één broodjeszaak