So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star
Composer(s): Chris Hillman - Jim McGuinn
Performer(s): The Byrds
and multiple other artists



So you want to be a rock 'n' roll star?
Then listen now to what I say
Just get an electric guitar
Then take some time
and learn how to play
And with your hair swung right
And your pants too tight
It's gonna be all right
Then it's time to go downtown
Where the agent man won't let you down
Sell your soul to the company
Who are waiting there to sell plastic ware
And in a week or two
If you make the charts
The girls'll tear you apart

The price you paid for your riches and fame
Was it all a strange game?
You're a little insane
The money, the fame, the public acclaim
Don't forget what you are
You're a rock 'n' roll star! 

Predictable
Composer(s): Ray Davies
Performer(s): The Kinks



Don't know why I'm even bothering
(Predictable) 
Yeah, that's the mood I'm in
Go out for a walk then I come back in
(Predictable) 
Yeah, the mood that I'm in
(Predictable) 
Every day of my life 
Can't even communicate with my wife 
(Predictable) 
That's the word of the year 
(Predictable) 
All I see, all I hear

Go to my office, sit at my desk
Predictably just like all of the rest
I sit and I dream about far away places
Away from the people with frowns on their faces
All of my life is monotony 
I'd go out for a walk but I know it would be 
(Predictable) 
Sure as the nose on my face 
(Predictable) 
Same for the whole human race 

Once we (once we) had so many options 
Once we (once we) had dignity and grace 
Now we (now we) have got nothing but our own time to waste

(Predictable) 
Yeah, that's the word of the year 
(Predictable) 
All I see, all I hear 
Why can't it be like never before? 
(Predictable) 
Yeah, ain't life a bore 
(Predictable) 
Life gets more and more... 
Just like I've heard it all somewhere before
(Predictable) 
Sure as the nose on my face 
(Predictable) 
Same for the whole human race 

One day (one day) it's gonna get better some way (some way) 
I wish it would get worse any way (any way) 
What can I lose, it might turn into something better

It gets harder and harder the harder I try 
(Predictable) 
Feels like a good time to die 
I kiss you hello then I kiss you good-bye 
(Predictable) 
Just like the stain on my tie 
(Predictable) 
Just like the jacket I wear 
(Predictable) 
The way that I'm combing my hair 
Turn on the TV, just sit and stare 
(Predictable) 
There's nothing happening there 

Yeah, that's the word of the year 
(Predictable) 
All I see, all I hear

C'est Peut-Être Pas L'Amérique
Performer(s): Jean-Claude Pascal



C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique
Mais l'Amérique, ce n'est pas tout
J'ai dans le cœur une musique
Et cette musique pour moi, c'est beaucoup

Elle vient du nord ou de Provence
Elle est tramontane ou mistral
Elle est le violon pour la danse
Ou le chœur dans la cathédrale

Elle chante dans mes soirs de fête
Elle berce mes nuits de cafard
Elle est ballade ou chansonnette
Elle est piano, elle est guitare

C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique
Mais l'Amérique, ce n'est pas tout
J'ai dans le cœur une musique
Et cette musique pour moi, c'est beaucoup

Elle vient du fond de nos mémoires
Elle vient d'avant que l'on soit né
Elle nous raconte notre histoire
Nos racines et notre passé

Si l'univers est à l'orage
Si la terre tremble sous nos pieds
Nous continuerons le voyage
Pour qu'elle n'arrête pas de chanter

C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique
Mais l'Amérique, ce n'est pas tout
J'ai dans le cœur une musique
Et cette musique pour moi, c'est beaucoup

(C'est peut-être pas l'Amérique)
(Mais l'Amérique, ce n'est pas tout)
J'ai dans le cœur une musique
Et cette musique pour moi, c'est beaucoup

Predicción De La Fiesta
Performer(s): Pablo Guerrero



Enciende amigo tu alegría y tu hoguera
que se acerca el tiempo de la vida
Quemad, quememos las palabras antiguas
las palabras del miedo y de la muerte

Y ven, mira que la fiesta empieza ven
Sobre los muros, los estanques, las plazas
sobre el viento y la roca escribiremos
la poesía que asalte con payasos y pólvora
la ciudad del agobio y la costumbre

Y ven, mira que la fiesta empieza ven
Instituciones alambradas y leyes
hombres de estado y otras antigüedades
serán recuerdos, pesadillas lejanas
que estudiará algún sabio bajo los árboles

Y ven, mira que la fiesta empieza ven

So You Think You've Got Troubles
Composer(s): Marvin Rainwater
Performer(s): Marvin Rainwater



So you think you've got troubles
The more you try the worse you get
So you think the world don't like you
Well brother, you ain't heard nothing yet

My car sounds like an old tin can
My wife went off with another man
And I strained a muscle of my fishing hand
My income tax is due

Now I lost my money in a poker game
And I think my left leg is a-goin' lame
My brother asked if I'd change my name
And that's what I think I'll do

My doctor told me not to smoke
Drink nothing stronger than a coke
I'm not even supposed to hear dirty jokes
For I'd laugh and strain my heart
I had every ailment known to man
From the African mumps to a dishpan hands
I lost every race that I ever ran

I didn't even get a start

So you think you've got troubles
The more you try the worse you get
So you think the world don't like you
Well brother, you ain't heard nothing yet

Now some people call me a pessimist
They say that I oughta make the best of this
Well, maybe I am a pessimist
That's something that I wouldn't know
But one thing I do know, I'll tell you right now

I'm a-milkin' the wrong end of this old cow
There's to many wrinkles in this boy's brow
That stuff has got to go

So you think you've got troubles
The more you try the worse you get
So you think the world don't like you
Well brother, you ain't heard nothing yet

So I put me a bar in the back of my car
And drive myself to drink!

Precisamente, Tú
Composer(s): Manuel Alejandro
Performer(s): Raphael



Me dicen que has hablado mal de mi
No lo comprendo
Me dicen que tu has dicho no se que
Me habran mentido
Pues no concibo que seas tu
Precisamente, tu

Tu, precisamente, tu
De mi vas murmurando
Tu, precisamente, tu
Que tanto me has amado

Tu, que si el mundo me hubieses pedido
Lo hubiera robado por dartelo a ti
Y que si pena veia en tus ojos
Hacia el payaso por verte reir

Tu, tu, tu, tu, precisamente, tu
De mi vas murmurando
Tu, precisamente, tu
No puede ser verdad

Y aunque el sol y la luna me digan
Que si que te oyeron de mi murmurar
Yo dire que no, que es mentira
Tu no puedes hablar mal de mi

Tu, que si el mundo me hubieses pedido
Lo hubiera robado por dartelo a ti
Y que si pena veia en tus ojos
Hacia el payaso por verte reir

Tu, tu, tu, tu, precisamente, tu
De mi vas murmurando
Tu, precisamente, tu
No puede ser verdad

Y aunque el sol y la luna me digan
Que si que te oyeron de mi murmurar
Yo dire que no, que es mentira
Tu no puedes, tu no puedes
Tu no debes hablar mal de mi

Johnny Blue
First performance by: Lena Valaitis - 1981



Blue Blue Blue Johnny Blue, alle singen deine Lieder
Blue Blue Blue Jhonny Blue, und die ganze Welt hört zu

Er wuchs auf ohne Freunde, denn keiner wollt'spielen
mit einem der blind war wie er, und er saß meist zu Hause
die Jungen dort draußen, die riefen bloß hinter ihm her

Sie riefen
Blue Blue Blue Johnny Blue, welche Farbe hat die Sonne?
Blue Blue Blue Johnny Blue - Kinder können grausam sein

Auf der alten Gitarre, die ihm jemand schenkte
da spielte er - sie war sein Freund, seine Lieder die klangen
nach Hoffnung und Freude und manchmal als ob jemand weint

Und er sang
Blue Blue Blue Johnny Blue - und die Kinder hörten zu

Und bald spielte keiner so wie er
seine Lieder, die gingen den Menschen ans Herz
und er malte Farben aus Musik
und vergaß all seinen Schmerz

Und bald kamen zehntausend zu seinen Konzerten
denn er schenkte ihnen die Kraft an die Zukunft zu glauben
im Dunkel des Lebens, er hatte es selber geschafft

Oh, Blue Blue Blue Johnny Blue, und sie kamen immer wieder
Blue Blue Blue Johnny Blue, keiner spielt so schön wie du
Blue Blue Blue Johnny Blue, alle singen deine Lieder
Blue Blue Blue Johnny Blue, und die ganze Welt hört zu

Precious Love
Composer(s): Bob Welch
Performer(s): Bob Welch



You got those big dark eyes that flash at me, baby
You got a head on your shoulders, you know what I mean
You got legs so long like you could walk on air
For you darlin', I'd go anywhere

(chorus)
For your love, your precious love
I'd do anything, yes I would
I want your love, your precious love
I've been too lonely too long

You got a kind of walk that's just so fine
The way you fill those blue jeans baby, my my my
Yes and when you smiled at me like you did just now
All I want is just to get to you somehow

(repeat chorus)

Yeah those big dark eyes that flash at me
It's just your precious love that I want, you to see

(repeat chorus)

So Wrong
Composer(s): Danny Dill - Carl Perkins - Mel Tillis
Performer(s): Patsy Cline
and multiple other artists



I've been so wrong, for so long
Thought I could live without the love that you give
I was wrong, oh, so wrong
I've been so wrong, for so long
I didn't know that I loved you so
I was wrong

Well, I never knew I could want you darlin'
Oh, so much
Now that you're gone, I dream of you
And your sweet touch
I was so wrong, for so long
But I've seen the light, darlin', I'll make it right
I was wrong

Well, I never knew I could want you darlin'
Oh, so much
Now that you're gone, I dream of you
And your sweet touch
I was so wrong, for so long
But I've seen the light, darlin', I'll make it right
I was wrong

Precious Jewel
Performer(s): The Delmore Brothers



Way back in the hills when a boy I once wandered
Way deep in the grave lies the gal that I love
She was called from this earth a jewel for heaven
More precious than diamonds more precious than gold

A jewel here on earth a jewel in heaven
She'll brighten the kingdom around God's great throne
May the angels have peace God bless her in heaven
They've broken my heart and they've left me to roam

When a girl of sixteen we courted each other
She promised someday to become my sweet wife
I bought her the ring to wear on her finger
But the angels they called her in heaven one night

This world has left its wealth its trials and troubles
The earth holds her treasures of diamonds and gold
But they can't hold the soul of one precious jewel
She's resting in peace in the heavenly fold

So Wrong
Composer(s): Patrick Simmons - Chris Thompson
Performer(s): Patrick Simmons



They were young
Living for the moment
Hearts on fire
Burning in the night
Hopeless love
Driving them together
I dont know why

Vicious words
Cut them like a razor
Filthy lies
Tearing them apart
So they run
Clinging to each other
Cant get too far

So wrong, so wrong
How could they be
So wrong, so wrong
How could love be so wrong
I dont know why

Late at night
Tryin for the border
Through the police rendezvous
Warning shots
Flyin all around
What can they do

So wrong, so wrong
How could they be
So wrong, so wrong
How could love be so wrong
I dont know why

Precious And Few
Composer(s): Walter Nims
Performer(s): Climax



Precious and few are the moments we two can share
Quiet and blue, like the sky, I'm hung over you
And if I can't find my way back home, it just wouldn't be fair
Precious and few are the moments we two can share

Baby, it's you on my mind, your love is so rare
Being with you is a feeling I just can't compare
And if I can't hold you in my arms, it just wouldn't be fair
'Cause precious and few are the moments we two can share

And if I can't find my way back home it just wouldn't be fair 
'Cause precious and few are the moments we two can share

Precious and few are the moments we two can share
Quiet and blue, like the sky, I'm hung over you
And if I can't find my way back home, it just wouldn't be fair
'Cause precious and few are the moments we two can share

The One That Got Away
Composer(s): Jim Reeves - Buddy Killen
Performer(s): Jim Reeves



Out with someone new almost ev'ry day
People look at me, I can hear them say
He's so lucky, he has everything going his way

I can't let them know that I really don't
I'm not with the one that I really want
And I'm still in love with the one that got away

The one that got away took all my love, not just a part
The one that got away, got away with my heart

If we chance to meet on some lonely street
And I pass you by without a word to say
I'm just thinkin' 'bout the one that got away
If we chance to meet on some lonely street
And I pass you by without a word to say
I'm just thinkin' 'bout the one that got away

Prayers On Fire 
Composer(s): Nick Cave
Performer(s): The Birthday Party



This place is hell to me
With the devil in my bed
And the devil in this bottle
And the devil in my head
I'll meet you in heaven again
If you wear that dress again
(I'll have one more drink, my friend)
Where my heart is kept on ice
And prayers burst into flames
Prayers on fire

Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
(French Version: J'attendrai Le Prochain Train - 1975)
Composer(s): Harlan Howard
First release by: Charlie Walker - 1958
Covered by multiple other artists



You were mine for just a while
Now you're puttin' on the style
And you've never once looked back
At your home across the track
You're the gossip of the town
But my heart can still be found
Where you tossed it on the ground
Pick me up on your way down

Pick me up on your way down
When you're blue and all alone
When their glamour starts to bore you
Come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy
Then they'll take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down

They have changed your attitude
Made you haughty and so rude
Your new friends can take the blame
Underneath you're still the same
When you've learned these things are true
I'll be waiting here for you
As you tumble to the ground
Pick me up on your way down

Pick me up on your way down
When you're blue and all alone
When the glamour starts to bore you
Come on back where you belong
You may be their pride and joy
But they'll find another toy
Then they'll take away your crown
Pick me up on your way down

Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition
Composer(s): Frank Loesser
Performer(s): Kay Kyser;
and various other artists



Down went the gunner, a bullet was his fate
Down went the gunner, then the gunner's mate
Up jumped the sky pilot, gave the boys a look
And manned the gun himself as he laid aside The Book, shouting...

"Praise The Lord, and pass the ammunition
Praise The Lord, and pass the ammunition
Praise The Lord, and pass the ammunition
And we'll all stay free"

Praise The Lord, and swing into position
Can't afford to sit around a-wishin'
Praise The Lord, we're all between perdition
And the deep blue sea"

Yes, the sky pilot said it
You've got to give him credit
For a son-of-a-gun of a gunner was he
Shouting...

"Praise The Lord, we're on a mighty mission
All aboard, we're not a-goin' fishin'
Praise The Lord, and pass the ammunition
And we'll all stay free"

So What's New
Composer(s): Peggy Lee - John Pisano
First release by: Peggy Lee - 1966
Covered by multiple other artists

Titles In Other Languages:
1967 - Arvid
1971 - Kondi-Sangen



So tell me, Babe, what's new?
And how's the scene with you?
Gee, it's good to see you, Babe!
Yeah, I  need  you so
How, you'll never know
Gee, it's good to see you, Babe!

You walked in, the lights went on
All over my face
You lit up the place
And you've been gone just too long now

So tell me, Babe, what's new?
You glad to see me, too?
Hey, my world is  spinning, now I know I'm winning
You stay home now, don't ever roam now
And I'll say, "Babe, it's so good to see you!"

Practice Makes Perfect
Composer(s): Ernest Gold; Don Roberts
Performer(s): Billie Holiday;
and various other artists



If practice makes perfect
Let's try that old embrace
In some romantic place
Where we can take our time

If practice makes perfect
Just close you eyes again
We'll try those sighs again
And make them more sublime

We're in love's kindergarten
Learning from a to z
And if it's fun just starting
Think what it's going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let's have that kiss again
We mustn't miss again
We're not doing bad right now

We're in love's kindergarten
Learning from a to z
And if it's fun just starting
Think what it's going to be

If practice makes perfect
Let's have that kiss again
We mustn't miss again
We're not doing bad
Let's practice some more
We're not doing bad right now

T'amero' Dolcemente
(English, French, & German Versions: Makin' Love; T'aimer Follement; So Verrückt
Composer(s): Floyd Robinson - De Simone
Performer(s): Daldida



Tu vuoi bene a me 
Io ne veglio a te
C'e' chi vede in questo tutto il male che non c'e'
Dolcemente t'amero', t'amero'
Notte giorno t'amero', t'amero'

C'e' chi dice che
Quando sei con me
Anche se ti guardo con gli sguardi bacio te
Dolcemente t'amero', t'amero'
Notte e giorno t'amero', t'amero'

La gente parla ma
In fondo cosa fa
Se e' tutto tanto dolce nella nostra luminosa realita'

Dolcemente t'amero', t'amero'
Notte e giorao t'amero', t'amero'

Quando non ci sei 
Penso che verrai
Ti ho sempre nel moi cuore amore non mi lasci mai
Dolcemente t'amero', t'amero'
Notte e giorao t'amero', t'amero'

Tu vivrai per me 
Io vivro per te
Tutto sarà bello assai più bello li' con me
Dolcemente t'amero', t'amero'
Notte e giorno t'amero', t'amero'

Il tempo passerà 
Ma niente cambierà
E tutto in fondo al cuore come il nostro primo giorno resterà

Dolcemente t'amero', t'amero'
Notte e giorno t'amero', t'amero'
Dolcemente t'amero', t'amero'
Notte e giorno t'amero', t'amero'

Power To The People
Composer(s): John Lennon
Performer(s): John Lennon



Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Say you want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And out on the street

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

A million workers working for nothing
You better give 'em what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

I gotta ask you comrades and brothers
How do you treat you own woman back home
She got to be herself
So she can free herself

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on
Now, now, now, now

Oh well, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Yeah, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on