Slipping Through My Fingers
Composer(s): Benny Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus
First recording/First release by: ABBA - 1981
Covered by multiple other artists



Schoolbag in hand, she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile
I watch her go with a surge of that well-known sadness
And I have to sit down for a while
The feeling that I'm losing her forever
And without really entering her world
I'm glad whenever I can share her laughter
That funny little girl

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sleep in our eyes, her and me at the breakfast table
Barely awake, I let precious time go by
Then when she's gone there's that odd melancholy feeling
And a sense of guilt I can't deny
What happened to the wonderful adventures
The places I had planned for us to go
(Slipping through my fingers all the time)
Well, some of that we did but most we didn't
And why I just don't know

Slipping through my fingers all the time
I try to capture every minute
The feeling in it
Slipping through my fingers all the time
Do I really see what's in her mind
Each time I think I'm close to knowing
She keeps on growing
Slipping through my fingers all the time

Sometimes I wish that I could freeze the picture
And save it from the funny tricks of time
Slipping through my fingers...

Slipping through my fingers all the time

Schoolbag in hand she leaves home in the early morning
Waving goodbye with an absent-minded smile...

Please Be My Boyfriend
Composer(s): Esther Navarro; Jesse Powell
Performer(s): The Shirelles



Please be my boyfriend 
I've been waiting for a long long time 
All my lonely life to call you mine 
Oh little boy, say yes 

I tell you (yes yes), why won't you be my boyfriend? 
Please give my heart one little chance 
and we can have a real romance 
Oh little boy, say yes 

I'll be faithful and true; please let me prove it to you 
I love you madly and I'll feel this way until eternity 
Please be my boyfriend 
Please be my lovin' loverboy 
and you can fill my heart with joy 
Oh little boy, say yes 

I'll be faithful and true; please let me prove it to you 
I love you madly and I'll feel this way until eternity 
Please be my boyfriend 
(repeat) 
Ooo boyfriend

Slipping Away
Performer(s): Max Merritt



Baby I've been watchin' you
(Baby I've been watchin' you)
Watchin' everything you do
(Watchin' everything you do)
And I just can't help but feelin'
Someone else is stealin' you away from me
I see it written in your eyes
And you confirm it with your lies
Though the way the weave can hold me
I would rather that you told me, where you wanna be

Oh, oh, oh, you're slippin' away from me
Oh, oh, oh, you're slippin' away from me
And it's breakin' me in two
Watchin' you slippin' away

Baby, I've been watchin' you
(Baby, I've been watchin' you)
Watchin' everything you do
(Watchin' everything you do)
And I just can't help but feelin'
Someone else is stealin' you away from me
I see it written in your eyes
And you confirm it with your lies
Though the way the weave can hold me
I would rather that you told me, where you wanna be

Oh, oh, oh, you're slippin' away from me
Oh, oh, oh, you're slippin' away from me
And it's breakin' me in two
(Breakin' me in two)
Watchin' you slippin' away
And it's breakin' me in two
(Breakin' me in two)
Watchin' you slippin' away
And it's breakin me in two
(Breakin' me in two)
Watchin' you slippin' away

Baby I've been watchin' you
Watchin' everything you do
And I just can't help but feelin'
Someone else is stealin' you away from me
I see it written in your eyes
And you confirm it with your lies
Though the way the weave can hold me
I would rather that you told me, where you wanna be

Whoa, oh, oh, you're slippin' away from me
Whoa, oh, oh, you're slippin' away from me
And it's breakin' me in two
Watchin' you slippin' away
And it's breakin' me in two

Watchin' you slippin' away
Yes, it's breakin' me in two
Watchin' you slippin' away
I said, it's breakin' me in two
Watchin' you slippin' away

Please Be Kind
Composer(s): Saul Chaplin; Sammy Cahn
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra;
and various other artists



This is my first affair, so please be kind
Handle my heart with care, oh, please be kind
This is all so grand, my dreams are on parade
If you'll just understand, they'll never, never fade

Tell me your love's sincere, oh, please be kind
Tell me I needn't fear, oh, please be kind
'cause if you leave me dear, I know my heart will lose its mind
If you love me, please be kind

Across The Bridge
Composer(s): Walter Scott
Performer(s): Jim Reeves; Clarence Fountain



I had lived a life of sin in this world were living in
I had done forbidden things I shouldn't do
I met a beggar along the way, and I asked him where to stay
Where I'd find real happiness and love that's true

Just follow footsteps of the King and you'll hear the voices sing
They'll be singing out the glory of the Lamb
The river of Jordan will be near, the sound of trumpets you will hear
You'll behold the sweetest voice ever known to man

Many in this worldly throng traveling in the paths of wrong
Never stop to pray and find the Savior true
There's a grand and glorious place where we'll meet Him face to face
In a happy land beyond the starry blue

Across the bridge, there's no more sorrow
Across the bridge, theres' no more pain
The Sun will shine across the river
And you'll never be unhappy again

Please
Composer(s): Leo Robin; Ralph Ranger
Performer(s): Bing Crosby;
and various other artists



Oh, Please
Lend your little ear to my pleas
Lend a ray of cheer to my pleas
Tell me that you love me too
Please
Let me hold you tight in my arms
I could find delight in your charms
Every night my whole life through
Your eyes reveal that you have the soul of
An angel white as snow
How long must I play the role of
A gloomy Romeo?
Oh, Please
Say you're not intending to please
Speed that happy ending and please
Tell me that you love me too.
Your eyes reveal that you have the soul of
An angel white as snow
How long must I play the role of
A gloomy Romeo?
Oh, please
Say you're not intending to tease
Speed that happy ending and please
Tell me that you love me too

Slippin' Into Darkness
Composer(s): Thomas Sylvester Allen; Harold Brown; Morris Dewayne Dickerson 
Lee Oskar Levitin; Leroy L. Jordan; Howard E. Scott
First release by: War - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists



Slippin´ into darkness 
Take my mind beyond the dreams
I was slippin´ into darkness 
Take my mind beyond the dreams

Where I talk to my brother, oh, oh, oh 
Who never said their name 

Slippin´ into darkness 
When I heard my mother say 
I was slippin´ into darkness 
When I heard my mother say 
(Hey, what´d she say, what´d she say) 

You been slippin´ into darkness, oh, oh, oh 
Pretty soon you´re gonna pay 

oh, oh, oh, oh 

Pleasant Valley Sunday
Composer(s): Gerry Goffin; Carole King
Performer(s): The Monkees;
and various other artists



The local rock group down the street
Is trying hard to learn their song
Seranade the weekend squire
Who just came out to mow his lawn

Another pleasant valley Sunday (Sunday) 
Charcoal burning everywhere
Rows of houses that are all the same
And no one seems to care

See Mrs. Gray, she's proud today 
Because her roses are in bloom
Mr. Green, he's so serene
He's got a T.V. in every room

Another pleasant valley Sunday (Sunday) 
Here in status symbol land
Mothers complain about how hard life is
And the kids just don't understand

Creature comfort goals
They only numb my soul 
And make it hard for me to see
(Ah, ah ,ah, ah) 
My thoughts all seem to stray 
Somewhere far away
I need a change of scenery

Ta-ta-ta-ta
Ta-ta-ta-ta 
Ta-ta-ta-ta 
Ta-ta-ta-ta 
Ta-ta-ta-ta 
Ta-ta-ta-ta 
Ta-ta-ta-ta 
Ta-ta-ta-ta 

Another pleasant valley Sunday (Sunday) 
Charcoal burning everywhere 
Another pleasant valley Sunday
Here in status symbol land

Another pleasant valley Sunday
(Another pleasant valley Sunday) 
Another pleasant valley Sunday 
(Another pleasant valley Sunday) 
Another pleasant valley Sunday 
(Another pleasant valley Sunday) 
Another pleasant valley Sunday 
(Another pleasant valley Sunday) 
Another pleasant valley Sunday 
(Another pleasant valley Sunday) 
Another pleasant valley Sunday 
(Another pleasant valley Sunday) 
Another pleasant valley Sunday....

Moja Generacija
First performance by: Korni Grupa - 1974



Iznenada kobne noci te, 42, godine
Cinilo se kao da ce sneg
A stigao je rat
I vojnik neki tudj i strah

Mene majka moja rodi da sanjam o slobodi
U prvoj noci da cujem zveket
Da placem sa rukom na usnama

Moja generacija iz 42-ge
Dobro je progurala, burne dane te

Moja generacija iz 42-ge
U to je vreme spavala i ceznula za mlekom

Sad je vreme sasvim drugo i put svoj svako ima
Što god smo dalje sve više hocu
Da znam gde zivi, gde pije, peva, gde je sad?

Moja generacija iz 42-ge
Sva se vec pozenila i cuva slatku decu
Moja generacija iz 42-ge
Sva se uozbiljila, jer tako mora biti

Pleamar
Performer(s): Fernando Ubiergo



Celeste era el mar
celeste era yo
pincelada de alas blancas
bajo un sol en borrador
sereno era el mar
sereno era yo
de afuera pa´ dentro
vuela esta canción

Así fue que en esa playa
tomé una caña para pescar
mi anzuelo cruzaba el cielo
como un lucero que cae al mar
abajo casi ignorantes
de mi intención nobles habitantes
haber quién es el primero en picar
yo lo sentí por aquí
o lo sentí por allá
parece que una jaiba quiere jugar

Celeste era el mar, celeste era yo
una brisa fina
un cangrejo que lima su brazo gladiador
sereno era el mar, ansioso era yo
planeta de agua busca el fuego del sol

Y así fue pasando el tiempo
y el firmamento empezó a girar
la luz llegaba desde arriba
y el mar traía un rumor Austral
abajo hablaban las caracolas
en espiral de olas y olas
mi anzuelo siguió caminando
el fondo del mar
yo lo sentí por aquí
o lo sentí por allá
vámonos despacito a otro lugar

Celeste era el mar, celeste era yo
la tarde que pasa
la Luna que baja silbando una canción
sereno era el mar, sereno era yo
parece que sólo he pescado
un rayo de sol…

Y así volviendo por la arena
sentí en las venas mi pleamar
el viento trajo desde el norte
rumor de voces y de ciudad
el faro inicia su alumbramiento
y en mi ventana tus ojos pequeños
navegaron esa noche de Luna y mar
y te sentí por aquí
me imaginé por allá
sirena y espuma blanca
magia en el mar…

Slippin' Around 	
Composer(s): Floyd Tillman
Performer(s): Jimmy Wakely & Margaret Whiting
and multiple other artists



Seems we always have to slip around
To be together, Dear
Slipping around
Afraid we might be found

I know I can't forget you
And I've gotta have you near
But we just have to
Slip around and live in constant fear

Oh, you're tied up with someone else
And I am all tied up, too
I know I've made mistakes, Dear
But I'm so in love with you

I hope some day I'll find a way
To bring you back to me
And I won't have to slip around
To have your company

Oh, you're tied up with someone else
And I'm all tied up, too
I know I've made mistakes, Dear
But I'm so in love with you

I hope some day I'll find a way
To bring you back to me
And I won't have to slip around
And I won't have to slip around
To have your company

Playmates
Composer(s): Saxie Dowell
Performer(s): Kay Kyser;
and various other artists



There's a catchy little tune a floatin' through the air
You hear it here and there
They sing it ev'rywhere 
How it started, where it started seems nobody knows
But what's the diff'rence where it came from
Here's the way it goes...

Oh Playmate, come out and play with me 
And bring your dollies three
Climb up my apple tree
Look down my rain barrel 
Slide down my cellar door 
And we'll be jolly friends forever more

She could'nt come out and play 
It was a sunny day
With tearful eye, she breathed a sigh 
and I could hear her say
I'm sorry Playmate, I cannot play with you 
My dollies have the flu
Boo-hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo 
Ain't got no rain barrel
Aint got not cellar door
But we'll be friends forever more

Oh Playmate, come out and play with me 
And bring your dollies three
Climb up my apple tree
Look down my rain barrel 
Slide down my cellar door 
And we'll be jolly friends forever more

Natati La Chaiai
First performance by: Kaveret Poogy - 1974



Od bayamim harishonim shel hahistoria
Ksheha'olam haya kayam rak bate'oria
Velo hivdilu ben machar, shilshom ve'emesh
Hayu ravim eifo kedai lasim tashemesh

Ach davar echad huskam
Im akshan habenadam
En sikui, en pitsui
ze ma shekara

Natati la chaiai, yaradti al birkai
Ya'aminu li kulam
Lamadti ma ze stam vene'elavti

Me'az avru harbe gsharim me'al hamaim
Uchvar hispiku lehamtsi tatsohoraim
od lo yad'u hem al haglobus ma tsura lo
Im meruba hu, im agol, o ech sheba lo

Ach davar echad yad'u
Ve'et ze miyad kav'u
Im serva – en tikva
Ze ma shekara

Natati la chaiai, yaradti al birkai
Ya'aminu li kulam
Lamadti ma ze stam vene'elavti

Hayom timtsa shehanose lechol vikuach
Hu ma ba kodem – habeitsa o hatapuach?
Echad omer shenigmarim lo hashamaim
Ksheyesh maspik avir lemedina o shnaim

Ulai bechol zot nistader
Hi tirtse, az nitgaber
Hi man'a kol gisha
Ze ma shekara keshe...

Natati la chaiai, yaradti al birkai
Ya'aminu li kulam, lamadti ma ze stam

Ani natati la chaiai, yaradti al birkai
Ya'aminu li kulam, lamadti ma ze stam

Ani natati la chaiai, yaradti al birkai
Ya'aminu li kulam, lamadti ma ze stam

Ani natati la... ani natati la
Ani natati la et chaiai

Playing The Field
Composer(s): Steve Allen
Performer(s): Andy Williams;
and various other artists



I’m playin’ the field
Some other guys
Ought to get wise
And do like me

I’m looking around
Playin’ it cool
Nobody’s fool
Feet on the ground

Oh, I’m playin’ the field
Walkin’ on air
I haven’t a care
The live long day

I’m feelin’ no pain
I’m makin’ no slips
Takin’ no trips
Down lovers lane

Oh, I can throw my clothes around
And come home late at night
And mess the papers up
Nobody cares
Sometimes it gets a little lonesome, true
But that’s alright
I never have to dust those empty chairs

Oh, I’m playin’ the field
Bachelor man
Long as I can
That’s what I’ll be

My, my future is sealed
I’m bidin’ my time
A-sister, and I’m
Playin’ the field

My, my, my, my, my future is sealed
I’m bidin’ my time
a-sister and I’m
playin’ the field
I’m playin’ the field

Slippin' and Slidin' (Peepin' and Hidin')
Composer(s): Little Richard; James Smith; Al Collins; Edwin J. Bocage
First release by: Little Richard - 1956
Covered by multiple other artists



Slippin' and slidin', peepin' and a-hidin'
Been told along time ago
Slippin' and slidin', peepin' and a-hidin'
Been told along time ago
I been told, baby you been bold
I won't be your fool no more

Oh big conniver, nothin but a jiver
I done got hip to your jive
Oh big conniver, nothin but a jiver
I done got hip to your jive
Slippin' and slidin', peepin' and a-hidin'
I won't be your fool no more

Oh Melinda, she's a solid sender
You know you better surrender
Oh Melinda, she's a solid sinner
You know you'd better surrender

Slippin' and slidin', peepin' and a-hidin'
I won't be your fool no more
Slippin' and slidin', peepin' and a-hidin'
Been told a long time ago
Slippin' and slidin', peepin' and a-hidin'
Been told along time ago
I been told baby you been bold
I won't be your fool no more 

Playin' With My Friends
Composer(s): Robert Cray; Dennis Walker
Performer(s): B.B. King;
Robert Cray; Frankie Lee



I'm gonna call up some of my buddies
and a few of the ladies I know
I'm gonna rent a hall and get them all and
put on a heck of a show

Make sure we got a kitchen
with a oven and a stove
We'll all get in there cookin'
then we'll throw open all the doors

Playin' with my friends
playin' with my friends
playin' with my friends
We'll have a good time
playin' with my friends

I'm gonna buy a 100 pounds of catfish
cook it all up on the grill
Fix some beans and corn bread
everybody's gonna get their fill

Then we'll grab all the guitars
greasy hands and all
Someone'll count off a shuffle
and man we'll have a ball

Playin' with my friends
playin' with my friends
playin' with my friends
We'll have a good time
playin' with my friends

Yes, we gonna buy some of that red, red wine
the best that money can buy
You gotta drink it all from a paper cup
that this here Saturday life is right

Everybody's gonna stand up
play their favorite tune
You can pick any tune you want to
as long as it's the blues

Playin' with my friends
playin' with my friends
playin' with my friends
We'll have a good time
playin' with my friends

The First Day Of Love
First performance by: Anne-Karine Ström - 1974



And today is the first day of living
'Understanding' - the word of the day
So with faith in the things we believe in
There will always be help on the way

We are changing the tide every hour
We are clearing the sky up above
And we know that with our newborn power
Every day is the first day of love

In our song - the final solution
We have used the words on the wall
Awaiting the love revolution
We all know the curtain will fall

Can't you feel the silent ovation?
Don't you know it's only the start?
In tune with your own generation
You are finding love in your heart

And today is the first day of living
'Understanding' - the word of the day
So, with faith in the things we believe in
There will always be help on the way

We are changing the tide every hour
We are clearing the sky up above
And we know that with our newborn power
Every day is the first day of love

Even though we're at the beginning
We are going down the same road
At last we can say we are winning
We have help to carry our load

And today is the first day of living
'Understanding' - the word of the day
So, with faith in the things we believe in
There will always be help on the way

We are changing the tide every hour
We are clearing the sky up above
And we know that with our newborn power
Every day is the first day of love

Playground Twist
Composer(s): John McKay; Kenny Morris;
Steve Severin; Siouxsie And The Banshees
Performer(s): Siouxsie And The Banshees



Hanging....
Hanging from your daisy chains
Swinging in the trees
Running from your enemies
And falling on your knees
On your knees
Get down on your knees

Throw the dice
You three blind mice
Did you ever see
Such a thing in your life
You swallow the trail
But still arrive
Inside your entrails

Hanging....
Hanging out at party games
Dancing in the shadows
Up and down on the see-saw
Balancing the scales
You're drunk
Yet you're balancing the scales

Someone to blame
Someone to shame
Someone who you can claim
Go back the to pass the parcel
And follow the leader

Hanging....
Hanging from your climbing frames
Swinging in the gallows
Laughing with your buddies
But you can drown when you're shallow
You can drown....

Slippery St. Paul
Composer(s): Patrick Simmons
Performer(s): The Doobie Brothers



Down along the river, where the big bulrushes grow
you find the old frog jump in the water
He won't come up no more, babe
He won't come up no more, baby 
He won't come up no more, woo 
He won't come up no more, sugar mama
He won't come up no more

Smell that burnin' fire, baby, burnin' in the sand
See that devil rise, mama
He sho' wanna take yo' hand, now
He sho' wanna take yo' hand, baby
He sho' wanna take yo' hand, woo 
He sho' wanna take yo' hand, sugar mama
He sho' wanna take yo' hand

Oh harvest moon keep shinin' your light down on me
The lord reach out his hand; my soul floats on out to thee

I don't feel no pain, when they shot me down
Lay my body out, baby
They put me in the ground, so cold
They put me in the ground, baby
They put me in the ground, woo 
They put me in the ground, sugar mama
They put me in the ground

Playground In My Mind
Composer(s): Paul Vance; Lee Pockriss
Performer(s): Clint Holmes;
and various other artists



When this old world gets me down and there's no love to be found
I close my eyes and soon I find I'm in a playground in my mind
Where the children laugh and the children play
And we sing a song all day

My name is Michael, I've got a nickel, I've got a nickel shiny and new
I'm gonna buy me all kinds of candy, that's what I'm gonna do

In the wonders that I find in the playground in my mind
In a world that used to be, close your eyes and follow me
Where the children laugh and the children play
And we'll sing a song all day

My girl is Cindy, when we get married we're gonna have a baby or two
We're gonna let them visit their grandma, that's what we're gonna do

(tag lines concurrent with background singers singing verses two and four)

Living in a world that I left behind
Happy little children
In the playground in my mind
See the little children
See how they play in the playground in my mind
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