A Mess Of Blues
Composer(s): Doc Pomus - Mort Shuman
First recording/First release by: Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires - 1960
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1961 - C'est Tout Comme (Les Chaussettes Noires)
1976 - Masser Af Busser (Bamses Venner)



I just got your letter baby
Too bad you can't come home
I swear I’m goin' crazy
Sittin' here all alone
Since your gone
I got a mess of blues

I ain't slept a week since Sunday
I can't eat a thing all day
Every day is just blue Monday
Since you've been away
Since your gone
I got a mess of blues

Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace

Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace

I gotta get myself together
Before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
And leave my blues behind
Since your gone
I got a mess of blues
I got a mess of blues

How Cruel
Composer(s): Joan Armatrading
Performer(s): Joan Armatrading



Some people want to see my blood gush out
And others want to watch while I cry
I heard somebody say once I was way too black
And someone answers she's not black enough for me

I bite my tongue and it bites me back
I bought a house and the neighbours moved
I had a dog but it was stolen

Some people say that it's coming
And I'll get it
It must be something I have no control of
They'll put the skin of the fruit on the ground
And I'll slip and fall

Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry

I have no hope in hell and I want to get to heaven
Too many lies or not enough sinnin'

Some people say that it's coming
And I'll get it
It must be something I have no control of
They'll put the skin of the fruit on the ground
And I'll slip and fall

Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry

A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be
Composer(s): Jerry Laseter - Roger Murrah
Performer(s): Tanya Tucker



I can hear you smilin' on the 'phone
Bet you thought that I'd be cryin'
Go on, tell yourself I done you wrong
But we both know you'd be lyin'
We don't have to have a reason
If your heart is set on leavin'

To remember on some rainy day
A little simple word or thought
Or a birthday card I bought
Just surrender, 'cause you can't get away
You never can be free
From a memory like I'm gonna be

That greener grass you think you see
Hah, is just a high-heeled illusion
Better count the cost of bein' free
Is it worth all that you're losin'?
It may be over, but it's not ending
'Cause there's one thing you're forgetting

An' you'll remember on some rainy day
The little things we used to do
Like that night in Baton Rouge
Just surrender, 'cause you can't get away
You never can be free
From a memory like I'm gonna be

When it all comes back someday
You'll be surprised on some lonely night
When you close your eyes

Just surrender, 'cause you can't get away
You never can be free
From a memory like I'm gonna be

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(From a memory)

Just surrender, 'cause you can't get away
You never can be free
From a memory like I'm gonna be

How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You 
When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?
Composer(s): Burton Lane; Alan Jay Lerner
Performer(s): Fred Astaire & Jane Powell;
and various other artists



Fred: 
Oh yeah, yeah!

Jane:
You listen to me just once

Fred:
Oh sure, sure!

Jane:
I told you a million times
You never wanna listen to me

Fred:
So I said it
So you heard it
So you're mad
So what?

Jane:
So this--It's the last time I ever
Go to a party with you!

Fred: 
Will you put that in writin'?

Jane:
Well you're always
Makin' cracks
Makin' cracks!

Fred: 
Like what?

Jane:
You always humiliate me
Humiliate me
Didn't your mother never teach ya no manners?

Fred:
I ain't never had no mother
We was too poor

Jane:
Say, what's the matter with you lately?
You used to tell me you loved me
You used to treat me like a high-class dame
Well usen't ya?

Fred:
So I used

Jane:
Oh, so there, you admit it

Fred:
I ain't admittin' nothin'!

Jane:
I'll give ya one more chance
Do ya love me or don't ya?

Fred: 
No I don't!

Jane:
Quit stallin'! 
I want a direct answer

Fred:
Oh...
Listen, kid, there's one thing about ya I can't understand---

Fred:
How could you believe me when I said I loved you 
When you know I've been a liar all my life?

Jane:
You've had that reputation
Since you was a youth

Fred:
You must've been insane
To think I'd tell you the truth

Jane:
How could I believe you
When you said we'd marry?

Fred:
Why, you know I'd rather hang
Than have a wife
I know I said I'd make you mine

Jane:
Now wouldn't youse know
That I would go for that old line?

Fred: 
How could you believe me
When I said I loved you
When you know I've been a liar?

Jane:
You sure have been a liar

Fred:
A double-crossin' liar

Jane:
A double-crossin' liar

Fred:
All my doggone cheatin' life?

Jane:
You said you would love me long

Fred:
So what?

Jane:
And never would do me wrong

Fred:
Stop bending the suit!

Jane:
Faithful you'd always be

Fred:
Me?
Why baby, you must be loony
To trust a lower-than-low, two-timer like me

Jane:
You said I'd have everything

Fred:
Get her

Jane:
A beautiful diamond ring

Fred:
Ha ha ha

Jane:
A bungalow by the sea

Fred:
A bungalow yet
You're really naive to ever believe
A full-of-baloney phony like me

Jane:
Boy, I sure must've lost my head

Fred:
You ain't lost nothin' you never had

Jane:
What about the time you went to Indiana?

Fred:
I was lyin'
I was down in Ala...bam

Jane:
You said you had some business
You had to complete

Fred:
What I was doin'
I would be a cad to repeat

Jane:
What about the evenin's
You was with your mother?

Fred:
I was rompin' with another honey lamb

Jane:
To think you swore
Our love was real

Fred:
Baby, leave us not forget
That I'm a heel

Jane:
How could I believe you
When you said you loved me?

Fred:
When you know I've been a liar

Jane:
A good-for-nothin' liar

Fred:
All my good-for-nothin' life

Fred: 
Hey! 
Yee-hoo! 
Hey!
Hey! 

Fred:
Ooh!
Ow! Ooh!

Jane: 
You know you've been a liar

Fred:
I know I've been a liar

Jane:
A double-crossin' liar

Fred:
A double-crossin' liar

Jane:
All your good-for-nothin' life!

A Memory Away
Composer(s): Warren Robb - David Kirby
Performer(s): Gene Watson



I woke up this morning
Thinking 'bout those times
You and love and I were more
Only on my mind

I let myself go drifting
Way back in my dreams
Let my memory bring you back to me

Your love is just a memory away
I can count on yesterday
I can have you, antyime I want to
You're always just a memory away

Love can change a beggar
Make a poor man king
Love can build a castle
Out of almost anything

Minds can still work miracles
That even I can see
When my memory brings you back to me

Your love is just a memory away
I can count on yesterday
I can have you, anytime I want to
You're always just a memory away
You're always just a memory away

How Could I Love Her So Much?
Composer(s): Hugh Moffatt
Performer(s): Johnny Rodriguez; Hugh Moffatt



I went over to him, said you may not know me
But I sure do know who you are
Don't worry my anger was spent long ago
And only the memory remains
But Lord, how I suffered, sometimes I still wonder
And maybe now you can explain

Tell me how could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you
How did you know how to hold her and please her
How did you know what to do

After all of the time I spent learning to love her
And be what she needed me to
Tell me how could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you

He said, Friend let me buy you a drink
And I'll tell you a story that's sad, but it's true
How I loved her and held her till some licker stole her
From me, like I stole her from you

I guess no one can own her, her heart's like a soldier
Of fortune, her love's like the wind
Till all I can think of is finding a new love
And asking this question again

How could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you
How did you know how to hold her and please her
How did you know what to do

After all of the time I spent learning to love her
And be what she needed me to
Tell me how could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you

How could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you

A Means To An End
Composer(s): Ian Curtis - Peter Hook - Stephen Morris - Bernard Sumner
First recording/First release by: Joy Division - 1979/1980
Covered by multiple other artists



A legacy so far removed
One day will be improved
Eternal rights we left behind
We were the better kind
Two the same, set free too
I always looked to you
I always looked to you
I always looked to you

We fought for good, stood side by side
Our friendship never died
On stranger waves, the lows and highs
Our vision touched the sky
Immortalists with points to prove
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you

A house somewhere on foreign soil
Where ageless lovers call
Is this your goal, your final needs
Where dogs and vultures eat
Committed still I turn to go
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
In you, in you, in you
Put my trust in you, in you

How Come?
Composer(s): Charles Alexander; Wyclef Jean; Youssou N'Dour
Performer(s): Youssou N'Dour



Yo
As the universe expands
I contemplate whether it was God
or the Big Bang that made man
Sometimes I wonder how come
We can't live without guns
What would have been the outcome if the South won
Think about that son
What in the hell caused the assassination of Malcolm
The federal communications commission
listens to politicians in the position to 
Make certain decisions like puttin' minorities in prison
To decimating the population of women
It's called socialism
From the United States to the United Kingdom
Aahhkk, spit into the sky and extinguish the sun
but how come

In the future
The location is planet Earth
The time and date is 1999, December 31st 11:59 p.m. 
the anticipation of what I think's about to happen, got my heart 'beatin
We got less than a minute left before the planet Jupiter is united into a star
I know it sounds bizarre but it's mathematics
A specific sign for some of the planet's inhabitants
Those who understand know what I'm sayin' is accurate
Our country is corrupt from the president to the cabinet
In the year 2, followed by three 0's
The space probe Galileo will welcome us all to channel zero
but how come

A Matter Of Trust
Composer(s): Billy Joel
Performer(s): Billy Joel



Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
And they may not want it to end
But it will, it's just a question of when
I've lived long enough to have learned
The closer you get to the fire the more you get burned
But that won't happen to us
Because it's always been a matter of trust

I know you're an emotional girl
It took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this world
I can't offer you proof
But you're gonna face a moment of truth
It's hard when you're always afraid
You just recover when another belief is betrayed
So break my heart if you must
It's a matter of trust

You can't go the distance
With too much resistance
I know you have doubts
But for God's sake don't shut me out

This time you've got nothing to lose
You can take it, you can leave it
Whatever you choose
I won't hold back anything
And I'll walk away a fool or a king
Some love is just a lie of the mind
It's make believe until it's only a matter of time
And some might have learned to adjust
But then it never was a matter of trust

I'm sure you're aware love
We've both had our share of
Believing too long
When the whole situation was wrong

Some love is just a lie of the soul
A constant battle for the ultimate state of control
After you've heard lie upon lie
There can hardly be a question of why
Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
But that can't happen to us
Because it's always been a matter of trust

How Come?
Composer(s): Ronnie Lane; Kevin Westlake
Performer(s): The Small Faces; The Pogues



How come when I cut the ace of hearts 
You always draw the ace of spades? 
How's it when your best friend 
Brings you lillies on your birthday? 

How come, how come 
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen 
How come, how come 
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

How come when the local clergy calls 
He tells me that you shouldn't wear black? 
What kind of bread are you gonna bake 
With that hemlock in your spice rack? 

How come, how come 
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen 
How come, how come 
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

The spider's run, the cobweb's gone 
Did you eat it when the moon was new? 
I drowned your cat, what do you say about that? 
I've even broken up your broom 

How come, how come 
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen 
How come, how come 
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

A Matter Of Time
Performer(s): Barclay James Harvest



It's a matter of time before we know
If you follow the signs, let your feelings show
Oh babe, you've got nothing to lose
We can talk for a while and that's all right
I can see in your eyes what you feel inside
You don't know what you've been doing
Leave me standing here
We are on the edge of reality

We've gone too far
Not the way that it's meant to be
It's a matter of time
It's just a matter of time

It's a matter of time before we say
We got out of line looking for the way
Oh babe, you've got something to hide

You can stay for a while and that's all right
I see in your smile what you feel tonight
You don't know what you've been doing
Leave us standing here
We are on the edge of reality

We've gone too far
Not the way that it's meant to be
It's a matter of time
It's just a matter of time

Are you really looking for someone
Who'll turn you on
And always be around you?

Take another look and you will see
That I will be waiting
It's a matter of time
It's a matter of time
Oh babe, it's just a matter of time

How Come?
Composer(s): Robert B. Sherman; Richard M. Sherman
Performer(s): Johnny Whitaker



How come
I hear the sun
Laughin'
Up in the skies?

How come
I see the grass
Growin'
Before my eyes?

Crazy
What's happenin'?
Feel like
I'm ten feet high
Nothin'
Is impossible

If I try
I could fly
Wonderin'
What's just begun
Tinglin'
Yet sorta numb

How come?
How come?
How come?

A Matter Of Feeling
Composer(s): Simon LeBon - Nick Rhodes - Andy Taylor
Performer(s): Duran Duran



How does it feel, when everyone surrounds you?
How do you deal, do crowds make you feel lonely?
What do you say?
When people come and try to pin you down?
Aquaintainces smile, but that's no understanding
How after a while, you keep falling off the same mountain
Try to explain it, but nothing really gets that high

Steal away in the morning, love's already history to you
Just a habit you're forming, this body's desperate for something new
Just a matter of feeling
This moment's madness sure to pass
And tears will dry as you're leaving
Who knows you might find something to last..

Emotion's a game , saved up for a rainy monday
But you laugh just the same, 'cause it's been pouring on sunday
Call up your numbers and never let the zeros let you down
How does it feel?
Is time to heavy to hold, whatever you decide for the moment is holy
Whenever you slow down to see life is passing by

Steal away in the morning, love's already history to you
Just a habit you're forming, this body's desperate for something new
Just a matter of feeling
This moment's madness sure to pass
And tears will dry as you're leaving
Who knows you might find something to last..

(you can..)

Steal away in the morning, love's already history to you
Just a habit you're forming, this body's desperate for something new
Just a matter of feeling
This moment's madness sure to pass
And tears will dry as you're leaving
Who knows you might find something to last..

A matter of feeling..
A matter of feeling..
A matter of feeling..
A matter of feeling..

How Come, How Long
Composer(s): Babyface; Stevie Wonder
Performer(s): Babyface; Stevie Wonder



There was a girl I used to know 
She was oh so beautiful 
But she's not here anymore 
She had a college degree 
Smart as anyone could be 
She had so much to live for 
But she fell in love 
With the wrong kinda man 
He abused her love and treated her so bad 
There was not enough education in her world 
That could save the life of this little girl 

How come, how long 
It's not right, it's so wrong 
Do we let it just go on 
Turn our backs and carry on 
Wake up, for it's too late 
Right now, we can't wait 
She won't have a second try 
Open up your hearts 
As well as your eyes 

She tried to give a cry for help 
She even blamed things on herself 
But no one came to her aid 
Nothing was wrong as far as we could tell 
That's what we'd like to tell ourselves 
But no, it wasn't that way 
So she fell in love 
With the wrong kinda man 
And she paid with her life 
For loving that man 
So we cannot ignore 
We must look for the signs 
And maybe next time 
We might save somebody's life 

Hook

I on occasion met that guy 
He stirred up bad feelings deep inside 
Something about him wasn't right 
The way he proves himself a man 
By beatin' his woman with his hands 
Oh I wish she'd seen the light 
How can someone like that 
Call himself a man 
In reality he's far more less than that 
And we cannot ignore 
Whenever we see the signs 
'Cause any kinda of abuse 
God knows isn't right 

Hook

A Marshmallow World
Composer(s): Peter de Rose - Carl Sigman
Performer(s): Brenda Lee
and multiple other artists



Ahhhh, it's a marshmallow world in the winter
When the snow comes to cover the ground
It's the time for play, it's a whipped cream day
I wait for it the whole year round!

Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly
In the arms of the evergreen trees
And the sun is red like a pumpkin head
It's shining so your nose won't freeze!

The world is your snowball, see how it grows
That's how it goes, whenever it snows
The world is your snowball just for a song
Get out and roll it along!

It's a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts
Take a walk with your favorite girl
It's a sugar date, so what if spring is late
In winter it's a marshmallow world!

It's a marshmallow day in the winter
When the snow comes to cover the ground
It's the time for play, it's a whipped cream day
And we wait for it the whole year round!

Just you remember that

Those are marshmallow clouds being friendly
In the arms of the evergreen trees
And the sun is red like a pumpkin head
It's shining so your nose won't freeze!

You must remember that

The world is your snowball, see how it grows
That's how it goes whenever it snows
The world is your snowball just for a song
Get out and roll it along!

It's a yum-yummy world made for sweethearts
Take a walk with your favorite girl
It's a sugary date, so what if spring is late
In winter it's a marshmallow world...
In winter it's a marshmallow world...
In winter it's a marshmallow world...

How Come You Treat Me So Bad
Composer(s): Steven Van Zandt
Performer(s): Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes



I wonder where's my baby tonight
She ain't never around when I want her
Hey Southside, have you seen my baby?
No man, I ain't seen her
Well I been hearing some talk
Are you sure you haven't seen my baby?
Oh no.
Here, here she goes now
Well step out the way
I got to do some talking

Listen here baby to what I say
I break my back working hard all day
And just when I need a little simpaty
you ain't home

I know now baby that I don't ask much
Just a little respect and a loving touch
If I support two people the why am I living alone

Then I wonder

How come you treat me so bad
Your the most loving woman I ever had
How come you treat me so bad
girl I got to know

I got to find out what's going on

All the women stop and they give me the eye
But the woman I love don't even wonder why
I ain't good looking, but I know spending my money
Another man might get her off town
But if your the one that's like messing around
Well I ain't laughing
But something sure seems funny
Don't it

Hey Southside, there's something familiar about that shirt
Well eh..
I like to talk to you but I got to play a little something here

I ask for coocking and you give me food
I ask for ..... and you give me .....
I am asking for time and you tell me I am already to late
what you mean?
Someday girl you might change you mind
You realize what you left behind
I got news for you baby
I just might not wait, no more

How come you treat me so bad
Your the most loving woman I ever had
How come you treat me so bad
I am tired of being lonly and I feel so sad
How come you treat me so bad
Your the most loving woman I ever had
How come you treat me so bad
girl I got to know

That woman makes me so tired
How long can this go on
She's just like her mother
Yeah I know what you mean
What you mean, you know what I mean?
Well don't get excited
I am talking about my baby
Who your talking about?
I was just...
Hey where did you get that shirt?
This is my shirt
Did my baby give you my shirt?
Wait a minute
I paid 12 dollars for that shirt
This is my shirt

A Married Man's A Fool
Composer(s): Willie McTell
Performer(s): Ry Cooder; Roy Book Binder; Willie McTell



Had a friend, Louie Brown, he was a deacon
Just as wise as he could be
Now I realized he could read the Good Book
Back from Revelations down to Genesee
You know last Sunday morning we was over to the church
My buddy wants to take him a stand
And he looks out upon the whole congregation
The Good Book in his hand

Now he cast his eye about, and then he looks over in the Amen Corner
All the sisters commenced to shout [What'd he say?]
He said a married man's a fool to think that his wife love nobody else but him
She stick by you all o' your life the chances is mighty slim
Now you read the Good Book, chapter twenty-one
Every married woman got to have a little fun
Read on over chapter twenty-two
It's a sin to let that woman make a fool outta you
Now you read a little further, chapter twenty-three
She two-time you, brother, like she double-crossed me
Read on back, over chapter ten
Shimmy one time, you got the problem again
'Cause a married man's a fool to think that his wife loves nobody else but him 
I mean, loves nobody else but him

Well, a married man's a fool to think that his wife
Loves nobody else but him
She stick by you all your life the chances is mighty slim
Now you read on over twenty-fifth page
Married women's, Lord, is hard to engage
Read kinda careful, chapter twenty-six
Back door slamming you got to learn to get it fixed
Read on out, chapter twenty-eight
Who's that back slidin' out through yo' back gate?
I believe I'll close on chapter twenty-nine
Woman get tired of the same man all the time
'Cause a married man's fool to think that his wife loves nobody else but him 
I mean love nobody else but him

How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?
Composer(s): Prince
Performer(s): Stephanie Mills;
David McMurray; Prince; Joshua Redman



Oh...ho...
Hoo...
Mmm...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...

I keep your picture beside my bed, mmm...
And I still remember the things you said, oh, yeah
I always thought our love so right, I guess I was wrong, ooh...
I always thought you'd be by my side, baby, now you're gone

What I wanna know, baby
What we had was good
How come you don't call me anymore, ooh
(How come you don't call me anymore)

Still light the fire on a rainy night, ooh...
Still like it better when you're holdin' me tight
Everybody said, everybody said that we should never part, oh, no
But tell me, babe, why'd you wanna go and break my heart, yeah

What I wanna know, baby
What we had was good
How come you don't call me anymore, call me, ooh...hoo...
(How come you don't call me anymore)

Sometimes I feel like I'm gonna die
And you don't come by my door
Boy, you've got to try
I'm down on my knees beggin' you please, hee, hee, hee, hoo...ooh...

Baby
Ooh, hoo...ooh...ooh...yeah

All I wanna know, baby
What we had was good
How come you don't call me anymore, won't you call me, baby
Why can't you call me sometime, baby
(How come you don't call me anymore)
Oh, it's just one lousy dime, yeah
Ooh, ooh, call me, call me sometime
(How come you don't call me anymore)
Pass up the dime one more time
(How come you don't call me anymore)
Call me, call me

A Married Man
Composer(s): Marian Grudeff - Raymond Jessel
Performer(s): Peter Sallis



A married man, a married man
How wonderful to be a married man
For now I know life's purpose
And it's plan since time began

A lonely man, I took a wife
And added love and laughter to my life
And realized there's no one richer than
A married man

With two to share each happiness
And two to bear each wound
And, oh, the woe seems so much less
And how the pleasures grow

The bachelor, the bachelor
I've lived his life
And I've lived with her
Well, led him lead his so-called
Merry life as best he can

But as for me, I'd rather be
A happy man, contented man
A married man

Yes, as for me, I'd rather be
A happy man, contented man
A married man

How Can You Tell
Composer(s): Chris Andrews
Performer(s): Sandie Shaw



My love says the sweetest things
Everyone who knows him tells me
That he brings me true loving
But I don't really know 'cause

How can you tell if somebody loves you
How d'you know they mean it
How can you tell if somebody loves you
Maybe he's just playing games with me
O woah woah woah

He smiles when I take his hand
Then he'll kiss me and I just don't understand
Why I doubt it
When he tells me he loves me
How can you tell if somebody loves you
How d'you know they mean it
How can you tell if somebody loves you
Maybe he's just playing games with me
O woah woah woah

I treasure every moment
He and I spent together
Sharing kisses
I wish it would last for ever and ever

Maybe I shouldn't speak of love
But since I met him it's the one thing I think of
And he tells me he feels the same way

And yet how can you tell if somebody loves you
How d'you know they mean it
How can you tell if somebody loves you
Maybe he's just playing games with me
O woah woah woah