A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal)
Composer(s): Ray Gilbert - Bob O'Brien
Performer(s): Kay Kyser & His Orch.
and multiple other artist



Guy:
I want a zoot suit with a reet pleat
And a drape shape, and a stuff cuff
To look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal

Gal:
You want a reef sleeve with a right stripe
And a rare square, so the gals will stare
When they see you struttin' with your Sunday pal.

Guy: 
(That's me)

Gal:
You wanta look keen so your dream will say
"You don't look like the same beau"
So keen that she'll scream, "Here comes my walkin' rainbow"

Guy:
So make a zoot suit with a reet pleat
And a drape shape, and a stuff cuff
To look sharp enough to see my Sunday gal
Now, what you want, baby?

Gal:
I want a brown gown with a zop top
And a hip slip, and a laced waist
In the sharpest taste to see my Sunday man

Guy: 
(In his zoot suit)

Gal:
A scat hat and a zag bag
And a slick kiss, so the other chicks
Will be jealous when I'm with my Sunday fan
I wanta look keen so my dream will say
"Ain't I the lucky fellah"
So keen that he'll scream, "Baby's in Technicolor"

Guy:
So make a reet pleat with a drape shape
And a stuff cuff, to look sharp enough
To see my Sunday, Sunday gal

Way Of The World
Composer(s): Albert Hammond; Graham Lyle
Performer(s): Ray Hamilton;
and various other artists



Baby, I need a hand to hold tonight
And one bright star to remind me
How dear is this life
And baby, I’ve never known anyone like you
There’s something very special about you
I can’t imagine living without you

It’s the way of the world and it’s motion
And no ocean can keep us apart
When the moment is right and you’re holding me tight
You capture the beat of my heart
In my heart there’s s fire always burning
And there isn’t a thing I can’t do
I’m resigned to the fact that there’s no turning back
And I’ll never regret loving you

Baby, I will go anywhere you need
As long as you’re there beside me
Baby, that’s all I need
Hold me, hold me and never let me go
I’m always gonna care about you
I never wanna be without you

It’s the way of the world and it’s motion
And no ocean can keep us apart
When the moment is right and you’re holding me tight
You capture the beat of my heart
In my heart there’s s fire always burning
And there isn’t a thing I can’t do
I’m resigned to the fact that there’s no turning back
And I’ll never regret loving you

You’re everything I believe in
So don’t ever lose the feeling
Don’t ever lose the feeling

A Young Gypsy 
Composer(s): Joan Baez
Performer(s): Joan Baez



A young gypsy fell out in a slumber 
Heading north with a driver he knew 
Someone he'd lived with and trusted 
A young woman who trusted him too 

That very same day the young gypsy 
Had come from a farm in the west 
Where the children had played throughout the heat of the day 
Affording the gypsy no rest 

And the gypsy's bones were weary 
And the front seat looked secure 
And the gypsy slept on until the sun it was gone 
And the stars pierced the eyes of the girl at his side 

The next morning's day would be Easter 
He'd dress in his only fine shirt 
And shuffle through clusters of strangers 
With his gaze and his shoes in the dirt 

And the woman who loved him would watch him 
Protect him from curious stares 
For the womenfolk tend to be friendly 
And the gypsy's as young as he's fair 

And the evening brought on laughter 
And jars of bright red wine 
And the gypsy drank some and the gypsy had fun 
And his dancing got wild and the grandmothers smiled 

Sleeping came easily after 
In the arms of the woman that fold 
Up the secrets and dreams of the gypsy 
That will never be sought or be sold 
In fact, they will never be told 
For the gypsy is two years old 

Way Down Yonder In New Orleans
Composer(s): Henry Creamer; J. Turner Layton
Performer(s): Freddy Cannon



Well, way down yonder in New Orleans 
in the land of the dreamy scenes
There's a garden of Eden, ah-you know what I mean

Yeah, Creole babies with flashin' eyes softly whisper with tender sighs
And then you stop! 
Oh won't you give your lady fair a little smile?
And then you stop! 
You bet your life you'll linger there a little while

Yeah, there is heaven right here on earth with those beautiful queens
Yeah, way down yonder in New Orleans
Whoo!

Way down yonder in New Orleans, whoo!, in the land of the dreamy scenes
There's a garden of Eden, you know what I mean

Well, Creole babies with flashin' eyes softly whisper with tender sighs
And then you stop! 
Oh won't you give your lady fair a little smile?
And then you stop! 
You bet your life you'll linger there a little while

Yeah, there is heaven right here on earth with those beautiful queens
Well, way down yonder in New Orleans
Yeah! whoo!

A Young Girl
((Adapted from: Une Enfant (Edith Piaf) - 1951))
((Dutch Version: Een Meisje Van 16 (Boudewijn de Groot) - 1965))
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Robert Chauvigny - Oscar Brown Jr.
Performer(s): Cher - 1966



She left her neighbourhood
In which everyone was filthy rich
She left her parent's home
And strayed with a vagabond
Who made vows of love she never heard
And she believed his every word

She left no forwarding address
Just took her youth and happiness
As with the boy she vanished in
The secret sweetness of their sin

Oh, young girl
Oh, young girl of sixteen
Child of spring-time
Still green
Lying there by the road

He told her: "love demanded space"
So they roamed from place to place
Although she realized she'd sinned
She threw caution to the wind
As she followed him around
While he slowly dragged her down

So overpowering was her love
That it had made a captive of
The young girl's heart and soul and mind
In other words: love drove her blind

Oh, young girl
Oh, young girl of sixteen
Child of spring-time
Still green
Laying there by the road

Too much emotion for a girl
She let her heart become her world
But worlds that God had never wrought
Fall asunder we are taught
Had she been wise she would have known
She couldn't feed him love alone

She should of known the day would come
When he would quit her just for crumbs
He needed fresh young meat to carve
And left her heart and mind to starve

Oh, young girl
Oh, young girl of sixteen
Child of spring-time
Still green
Lying there by the road

Dead 

Way Down The Old Plank Road
(Traditional)



I'd rather be in Richmond in all the hail and rain
Then to be in Georgia, boys, wearing that ball and chain

Won't get drunk no more
Won't get drunk no more
Won't get drunk no more
Way down the old plank road

I went down to Mobile to get on the gravel train
Very next thing they heard of me, had on the ball and chain

Doney, oh dear Doney, what makes you treat me so
Caused me to wear the ball and chain and now my ankles sore

Knoxville is a pretty place, Memphis is a beauty
If you want to see them pretty girls, now hop to Chattanoogie

I'm going to build me a scaffold on the mountain high
So I can see my pretty girl as she goes riding by

My wife died a Friday night, Saturday she was buried
Sunday was my courting day, and Monday I got married

Eighteen pounds of meat a week, whiskey here to sell
How can a young man stay at home, pretty girls look so well

A Yodeling Hobo
Composer(s): Gene Autry
Performer(s): Gene Autry



Ahl-dee-oh-lay-eee-hee
Ahl-dee-oh-lay-eee-hee-heee
Ahl-dee-oh-lay-hee-hee, oh-dah-lay-hee-hee
Oh-dah-lay-heee

Tramping down the highway, traveling day and night
I don't know where I'm going to, but I'll get there all right
I have no one to care for me, I have no place to go
Everybody knows I'm just a yodeling hobo

I've been all around the country, been around most everywhere
But I love that dear ol' sunny South, I love that Texas air
Away out where the men are men, down in El Paso
That is where they call me a yodeling hobo

All my life I've traveled, I'm Alabama bound
And now I'm always happy in the city or one horse town
I started out to roamin' 'cause I had no place to go
Now I've turned out to be a yodeling hobo

Now you have heard my story, so I'll be on my way
I hear a Frisco freight train, and it's calling me
And when the sun sinks in the West, into that dark blue sky
Just say that I'm a hobo and will be till I die

Way Down Texas Way
Composer(s): Billy Joe Shaver
Performer(s): Asleep At The Wheel; Billy Joe Shaver



Adios, goodbye Amigos, I am leavin' you today
Ain't nobody 'round this town that's gonna miss me anyway
This ol' money-makin's takin' all the time I have to play
Mama, hush your mouth, I'm headed South, way down Texas way

Way down Texas way they play good music every night
And the dance hall rings with laughter till the early mornin' light
When cowboys get through pickin', there's not much that's left to say
But you can really have a good time, Honey, way down Texas way

Ahhh....Texas fiddles

The road of life is paved with good intentions I am told
So I best be on my way now or I may not ever go
Ain't no need to be a-beggin' me to stay just one more day
This old wild goose is cuttin' loose, way down Texas way

Way down Texas way they play good music every night
And the dance hall rings with laughter till the early mornin' light
When cowboys get through pickin', there's not much that's left to say
But you can really have a good time, Sugar, way down Texas way

Way down Texas way

A Year Or A Day
Composer(s): Ken Hensley
Performer(s): Uriah Heep



Seen from a height of a thousand miles the earth
looks the same as it did
How is it we can fly faster than day
but we can't find the things we need

Young man said the old man
Let the youth in your heart be at rest
We may all be dead in a year or a day
When the devil is put to the test
Test, test, Test!

The day of creation was our finest hour it's
something we ought to defend
But it's been so abused since the first day of light
that no glory can come in the end

Young man cried the old man
There is victory in staying alive
And if you care so little for the world we're in
Why and what do you want to survive

Can't we try to let the past go by, with its lessons firmly
settled in our minds
To our children one by one and before the darkness comes
let us leave a world full of light of a different kind

In truth they should meet and with love their hearts should beat
And with patience solve the problems of our time
It wouldn't be so hard to do, it's only up to me and you
Let us not bequeath a life that is a crime

Seen from a height of a thousand miles the earth
looks the same as it did
How is it we can fly faster than day
but we can't find the things we need

Young man cried the old man
Let the youth in your heart be at rest
We may all be dead in a year or a day
When the devil is put to the test whoa

Young man cried the old man
Let the youth in your heart be at rest
We may all be dead in a year or a day
When the devil is put to the test whoa

Young man, young man
(repeat)

Way Down On Tampa Bay
Composer(s): A. Seymour Brown; Egbert Van Alstyne



Twilight is falling, I'm so lonesome and blue
Twilight is calling back sweet mem'ries of you
And as the night breeze sighs in the palm trees 
Somehow it seems to say
My heart is yearning for your returning
Way down on Tampa Bay

Moonlight is slowly stealing over the sea
Moonlight just like the night you whispered to me
Then all my gladness turned into sadness 
After I heard you say
Though we must part dear, I leave me heart here
Way down on Tampa Bay

On Tampa Bay the moon beams play
When the harbor lights are gleaming I am dreaming of the day
You won my heart, dear, then sailed away
And you left me so lonely 
Way down on Tampa Bay

A Year Ago Tonight
Composer(s): Gene Autry - Fred Rose
Performer(s): Gene Autry; Ernest Tubb; Wesley Tuttle



I received your card this morning when the mailman passed my way
I'm so glad you thought enough of me to write
I know it makes you happy to announce your wedding day
But do you recall a year ago tonoght?

When we made our vows together that our love would never die
Darling, how were we to know it wasn't right
I can't recall all the reasons why we quarreled and said goodbye
But I still recall a year ago tonight

May you always find contentment in each trial and joy you share
May the years that glide before you bring delight
But when old time memories haunt you and you have the time to spare
Will you just recall a year ago tonight?

Tho' this parting makes us strangers you will always share my heart
When the fading years have turned our hair to white
I will always feel you near me, even though we're worlds apart
'Cause I'll still recall a year ago tonight...

Way Down In Iowa (I'm Going To Hide Away)
Composer(s): Sam. M. Lewis; Joe Young; George W. Meyer



I found a horse shoe yesterday
It brought me good luck right away
Now I'm not superstitious
But my wishes all came true
I went and rubbed a rusty nail
And then I made a wish for mail
Next day a letter said "you'd better come home without fail"

My palm was itching all last night 
That means I'll get my fare all right
I found a four leaf clover
Hard luck's over, me for home! 
My ear is ringing like a bell
That means the folks all wish me well
Now I'm delighted, so excited, I could fairly yell

I'm gonna hide away, on a little farm in Iowa
I'm gonna ride away, on the road that leads to yesterday
Why, I can almost picture dear old mother
Sprinkling sugar on my bread and butter
Way down in that town in Iowa
Two heads are crowned with gray
Oh! I owe them more than I can pay
The fields of new mown hay just moan and say
"Go home and stay"
And when I get back with them both, I'll never leave
I'll take an oath, I'll hide away, way down in Iowa

A World Without Love
((French Version: Un Monde Sans Amour (by Sheila) - 1964))
Composer(s): John Lennon - Paul McCartney
First release by: Peter & Gordon - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists



Please lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness

I don't care what they say
I won't stay in a world without love

Birds sing out of tune
And rain outside hide the moon
I'm OK, here I'll stay
With my loneliness

I don't care what they say
I won't stay in a world without love

So I wait and in a while
I will see my true love's smile
He may come, I know not when
When he does I lose
So baby until then

Lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness

I don't care what they say 
I won't stay in a world without love

So I wait and in a while
I will see my true love's smile
He may come, I know not when
When he does I know
So baby until then

Lock me away
And don't allow the day
Here inside where I hide
With my loneliness

I don't care what they say
I won't stay in a world without love

I don't care what they say
I won't stay in a world without love

Way Down Deep
Composer(s): Leonard Cohen; Steve Forman;
Amy LaTelevision; Jennifer Warnes
Performer(s): Jennifer Warnes



Way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You've got me way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You're got me way down, way down deep
I wander with you in my sleep
I'm way down, way way down
Way way down deep
It came to me this morning
I was walking down the street
Was like my soul could taste you
And God, you tasted sweet
Finally I can breathe again
Finally I can speak
I've got you in the glory place
I've got you way down deep

I've got you way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You're got me way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You're got me way down, way way down
I wander with you in my sleep
I'm way down, way way down
Way way down deep

It's a funny feeling
But I cannot say I mind
I know that I'm dealing with
A love that's far from blind
I see every single angle
I look before I leap
And how else can I put it
When you're got me way down deep

You've got me way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You've got me way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You've got me way down, way down deep
I wander with you in my sleep
I'm way down, way way down
Way way down deep

Don't matter what we gave away
Was nothing we could keep
Don't matter what we gave away
You know that talk is cheap
Forgive me if I hate you
You're a liar and a thief
But I've got you in the glory place
I got you way down deep

You've got me way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You've got me way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You've got me way down, way down deep
I wander with you in my sleep
I'm way down, way way down
Way way down deep

Don't matter if the road is long
Don't matter if it's steep
Don't matter if the moon goes out
And darkness is complete
Don't matter if we lose our way
I know we're gonna meet
I've got you in the glory place
I've got you way down deep

You've got me way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You've got me way down, way way down
Way way down deep
You've got me way down, way down deep
I wander with you in my sleep
I'm way down, way way down
Way way down deep

Un Monde Sans Amour
((Adapted from: A World Without Love (by Peter & Gordon) - 1964))
Composer(s): John Lennon - Paul McCartney - Hubert Ithier - Claude Carrère
Performer(s): Sheila - 1964



Bien des gens m'ont dit
La vie n'est pas jolie
La douceur, le bonheur
N'ont plus cours ici

Moi, je ne peux pas vivre un seul jour
Dans un monde sans amour

Oui, j'entends souvent
Chanter le clair printemps
Au réveil, le soleil
Les oiseaux sont là

Moi, je ne peux pas vivre un seul jour
Dans un monde sans amour

A la pluie, à l'arc-en-ciel
A l'enfant qui s'émerveille
A ces roses ouvertes au ciel
Mon coeur dit "Merci!
Vous donnez la vie!"

Oui, quelqu'un, là-haut
Nous fait tous ces cadeaux
Si les fous, les jaloux
Ne voient rien du tout

Moi, je ne peux pas vivre un seul jour
Dans un monde sans amour

Il est vrai que dans tes yeux
J'ai trouvé ce que je veux,
Au bonheur fait pour nous deux
Mon coeur dit "Merci
De m'avoir choisie"

Oui, j'entends souvent
Chanter le clair printemps
Avec toi, le soleil
Les oiseaux sont là

Moi, je ne peux pas vivre un seul jour
Dans un monde sans amour

A World Without Heroes
Composer(s): Bob Ezrin - Paul Stanley - Gene Simmons - Lou Reed
First release by: Kiss - 1981
Covered by multiple other artists



A world without heroes
Is like a world without Sun
You can't look up to anyone
Without heroes 
And a world without heroes
Is like a never ending race
It's like a time, without a place
A pointless thing, devoid of grace

Where you don't know what your after
Or if something's after you
And you don't know why you don't know
In a world without heroes

In a world without dreams
Things are no more than they seem
A world without heroes
Is like a bird without wings
Or a bell that never rings
Just a sad and useless thing

Where you don't know what your after
Or if something's after you
And you don't know why you don't know

Where you don't know what your after
Or if something's after you
And you don't know why you don't know
You don't know, you don't know
(repeat three times)

Way Down
Performer(s): John Prine



Chorus:
Way down
Way down it must be
I can't stop this misery
It must be way down

Spring is just a smile away
Laughing at a summer day
Turn around Look at fall
Winter, hear my lonely call
Way down ...

The air is thin and the sky is fat
I'm gonna buy me a brand new hat
Wear it out and go insane
Christ, I hope it never rains
Way down ...

Thought I saw a neon sign
Flash my name Wiwh the time
Probably didn't see a thing
Crazy dreams and a broken wing
Way down ...

How ya' gonna get sunshine
Peeking thru Venetian blinds
Don't you know all that fear
Begins and ends the same place
Here
Way down ...

A World Of Our Own
Composer(s): Tom Springfield
Performer(s): The Seekers



Close the door, light the light, we're stayin' home tonight
Far away from the bustle and the bright city lights
Let them all fade away, just leave us alone
And we'll live in a world of our own

We'll build a world of our own that no one else can share
All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there
And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind
When we live in a world of our own

Oh my love, oh my love, I've cried for you so much
Lonely nights without sleeping while I longed for your touch
Now your lips can't evade the heartache I've known
Come with me to a world of our own

We'll build a world of our own that no one else can share
All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there
And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind
When we live in a world of our own

We'll build a world of our own that no one else can share
All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there
And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind
When we live in a world of our own

And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind
When we live in a world of our own

Way Down
Composer(s): Martine Layng Jr.
Performer(s): Elvis Presley



Babe, you're getting closer 
The lights are goin' dim 
The sound of your breathin' 
Has made the mood I'm in 
All of my resistance 
Is lying on the floor 
Taking me to places 
I've never been before 

Ooh, and I can feel it, (feel it) 
Feel it, (feel it)
Feel it, (feel it) 
Feel it 

Way down where the music plays 
Way down like a tidal wave 
Way down where the fires blaze 
Way down, down, way, way on down 

Ooh, my head is spinnin' 
You got me in your spell, 
A hundred magic fingers 
On a whirling carousel 
The medicine within me 
No doctor could prescribe 
Your love is doing something 
That I just can't describe 

Ooh, and I can feel it, (feel it) 
Feel it, (feel it)
Feel it, (feel it)
Feel it 

Way down where the music plays 
Way down like a tidal wave 
Way down where the fires blaze 
Way down, down, way, way on down 

Hold me again, 
Tight as you can 
I need you so, 
Baby, let's go 

Way down where it feels so good 
Way down where I hoped it would 
Way down where I never could 
Way down, down, way, way on down 
(Way on downnnnnnn)

A World I Never Made
Composer(s): Doc Pomus - Mac Rebennack
Performer(s): B.B. King
and multiple other artists



The late show is over
And the city is fast asleep
And I'm lost in a world
That's just too cold and deep
I've turned so many ways
I'm spinning like a top
I wish that I could get off
Or get this world to stop

I'm a stranger and afraid
I'm a stranger and afraid
I'm a stranger and afraid
In a world I never made

I'm always chasing dragons
With a sword that's made of tin
So I know in my soul
There's no way I can win
I tried, oh I tried
But there's no place, no place to go
There's no one here who knows me
And no one here I know

I'm a stranger and afraid
I'm a stranger and afraid
I'm a stranger and afraid
In a world I never made