Tie A Yellow Ribbon 'Round The Ole Oak Tree
((French Version: Accroche Un Ruban (by Sacha Distel) - 1973))
Composer(s): Irwin Levine - L. Russell Brown
First release by: Dawn & Tony Orlando - 1973
Covered by multiple other artists



I'm comin' home, I've done my time
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine
If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free
Then you'll know just what to do
If you still want me
If you still want me

Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
It's been three long years
Do ya still want me? (still want me)
If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree

Bus driver, please look for me
'cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see
I'm really still in prison
And my love, she holds the key
A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free
I wrote and told her please

Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
It's been three long years
Do ya still want me? (still want me)
If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree

Now the whole damned bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree

I'm comin' home, mmm, mmm

(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)

(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)

Weekend
Composer(s): Gerard Koerts; C. Koerts; H. Ziech
Performer(s): Earth And Fire



Sunday and it's so hard to say goodbye
I don't know what to do
bare seems the day without you
Friday night when I'll see you again
you make a fool out of me
I don't wanna be your lover for the weekend

sometimes when I'm looking
at your face there's something in your eyes
that makes me realize we've got no chance
if we're going on this way means such a lot to me
I don't wanna be your lover for this weekend

Love in a woman's heart
I wanna have the whole and not a part
it's strange that this feeling
is growing more and more
'cause I've never loved someone before

According To My Heart
Composer(s): Gary Walker
First recording/First release by: Jim Reeves - 1956



According to my heart
You're the one for me
The one love of my life
Is here when you're with me

If someone stole your love
My heart would beat no more
For you're the one my heart
Is always longing for

Though I don't know the reason why
My dreams don't turn out right
Still I'll keep listening to my heart
Who knows someday they might

For according to my heart
My future will be bright
And every day I pray
That my heart knows what's right

Though I don't know the reason why
My dreams don't turn out right
Still I'll keep listening to my heart
Who knows someday they might

And every day I pray
That my heart knows what's right...

Weeds
Composer(s): Nick Banks; Jarvis Cocker;
Candida Doyle; Steve Mackey; Mark Webber
Performer(s): Pulp



We came across the North Sea with our carriers on our knees
Wound up in some holding camp somewhere outside Leeds
Because we do not care to fight, my friends - we are the weeds
Because we got no homes they call us smelly refugees
Ah
 
We are weeds, vegetation, dense undergrowth
Thru' cracks in the pavement: there weeds will grow - the places you don't go
This cut-price dairy produce that turns our bones to dust
You want some entertainment? 
Go on, shove it up me - if you must
Make believe you're so turned on by planting trees and shrubs
But you come round to visit us when you fancy booze 'n' drugs
Ah 

We are weeds, vegetation, etc. 
If you think it's a crime
We'd like to get you out of your mind
It's just a matter of time, yeah 
We'd like to get you out of your mind 
Gonna cut you down in your prime, yeah 
We'd like to get you out of your mind 
For a little time: for all time
Weed

Accordéon
Composer(s): Serge Gainsbourg
Performer(s): Juliette Gréco



Dieu que la vie est cruelle
Au musicien des ruelles
Son copain son compagnon
C'est l'accordéon
Qui c'est-y qui l'aide à vivre
À s'asseoir quand il s'enivre
C'est-y vous, c'est moi, mais non
C'est l'accordéon

Accordez accordez accordez donc
L'aumône à l'accordé l'accordéon

Ils sont comme cul et chemise
Et quand on les verbalise
Il accompagne au violon
Son accordéon
Il passe une nuit tranquille
Puis au matin il refile
Un peu d'air dans les poumons
De l'accordéon

Accordez accordez accordez donc
L'aumône à l'accordé l'accordéon.

Quand parfois il lui massacre
Ses petits boutons de nacre
Il en fauche à son veston
Pour l'accordéon
Lui, emprunte ses bretelles
Pour secourir la ficelle
Qui retient ses pantalons
En accordéon

Accordez accordez accordez donc
L'aumône à l'accordé l'accordéon.

Mais un jour par lassitude
Il laissera la solitude
Se pointer à l'horizon
De l'accordéon
Il en tirera cinquante
Centimes à la brocante
Et on fera plus attention
À l'accordéon

Wee, Wee, Marie (Will Yo Do Zis For Me)
Composer(s): Alfred Bryan; Joe McCarthy; Fred Fisher



Poor Johnny's heart went pitty pat
Somewhere in sunny France 
He met a girl by chance with ze naughty naughty glance
She looked just like a kitty kitty cat
She loved to dance and play
Tho' he learned no French when he left the trench
He knew well enough to say

They walked along the boule boulevard
He whispered "You for me
Some day in gay Paree I will make you marry me"
Just then a bunch of bully bully boys
Threw kisses on the sly
Marie got wise when they rolled their eyes
They sang as they passed her by

Wee Wee Marie, will you do zis for me 
Wee Wee Marie, then I'll do zat for you
I love your eyes they make me feel so spoony
You'll drive me loony, you're teasing me
Why can't we parleyvous like other sweethearts do
I want a kiss or two from Ma Cherie
Wee Wee Marie, if you'll do zis for me 
Then I'll do zat for you 
Wee Wee Marie

Accidents Will Happen
Composer(s): Elvis Costello
Performer(s): Elvis Costello



Oh I just don't know where to begin
Though he says he'll wait forever
It's now or never
But she keeps him hanging on
The silly champion
She says she can't go home
Without a chaperone

Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
He used to be your victim
Now you're not the only one

Accidents will happen
We only hit and run
I don't want to hear it
'Cause I know what I've done

There's so many fish in the sea
That only rise up in the sweat and smoke like mercury
But they keep you hanging on
They say you're so young
Your mind is made up but your mouth is undone

And it's the damage that we do
And never know
It's the words that we don't say
That scare me so

There's so many people to see
So many people you can check up on
And add to your collection
But they keep you hanging on
Until you're well hung
Your mouth is made up but your mind is undone

And it's the damage that we do
And never know
It's the words that we don't say
That scare me so

I know, I know (repeat)

Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
(aka Somewhere They Can't Find Me)
Composer(s): Paul Simon
Performer(s): Simon & Garfunkel



I can hear the soft breathing of the girl that I love
As she lies here beside me asleep with the night
And her hair in a fine mist floats on my pillow
Reflecting the glow of the winter moonlight

She is soft, she is warm, but my heart remains heavy
And I watch as her breasts gently rise, gently fall
For I know with the first light of dawn I'll be leaving
And tonight will be all I have left to recall

Oh, what have I done; why have I done it
I've committed a crime, I've broken the law
For twenty-five dollars and pieces of silver
I held up and robbed a hard liquor store

My life seems unreal, my crime an illusion
A scene badly written in which I must play
Yet I know as I gaze at my young love beside me
The morning is just a few hours away

Accidents Never Happen
Composer(s): Jimmy Destri
First release by: Blondie - 1979



No, I don't believe in luck
No, I don't believe in circumstance no more
Accidents never happen in a perfect world, so I won't believe in luck
I saw you walking in the dark, so I slipped behind your footsteps for a while
Caught you turning 'round the block...
Fancy meeting in a smaller world
After all, accidents never happen
Could have planned it all
Precognition in my ears
Accidents never happen in a perfect world
Complications disappear
Now you love me
I, yeah, I can tell
I never lied
I never cried
And you, you knew so well
Like the Magi on the hill, I can divinate your presence from afar
And I'll follow you until I can bring you to a perfect world
Accidents never happen in a perfect world
Accidents never happen

Wedding Song (There Is Love)
Composer(s): Noel Paul Stookey
First release by: Noel Paul Stookey - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists

Version In Other Languages:
1974 - C'est L'amour - Nana Mouskouri
1983 - 'K Hou Van Jou (Bonnie St. Claire)



He is now to be among you
at the calling of your hearts
Rest assured this troubadour
is acting on His part

The union of your spirits here
has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you
are gathered in His name
There is Love, there is Love 

Well, a man shall leave his mother
and a woman leave her home
They shall travel on to where
the two shall be as one

As it was in the beginning
is now and till the end
Woman draws her life from man
and gives it back again
There is Love, there is Love 

Well, there must have been a reason
for becoming man and wife
Is it love that brings it here
or Love that brings you life? 

(Is it law that brings you here
or Love that gives you life?) 

For if Loving is the answer
then who's the giving for?
Do you believe in something
that you've never seen before?
Oh, there is Love
Oh, there's Love 

Oh, the marriage (union) of your spirits here
has caused Him to remain
For whenever two or more of you
are gathered in His name
There is Love, there is Love

Accidentally On Purpose
Composer(s): Darrell Edwards - George Jones
Performer(s): George Jones
and multiple other artists



In the papers I saw you this morning
You were lovely, dressed in your wedding gown
And it said you would marry a stranger to me
That had drifted into our old home town

Accident'ly, you met him one ev'ning
And you say it was love at first sight
Accident'ly on purpose you're marryin'
Accident'ly on purpose, for spite

For you say that you saw me out painting the town
That I was just a fool with the heart of a clown
Accident'ly, you were mistaken that night
Accident'ly on purpose, for spite

Yes, you say that you saw me out painting the town
That I was just a fool with the heart of a clown
Accident'ly, you were mistaken that night
Accident'ly on purpose, for spite 

Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine)
Performer(s): The Four Aces;
and various other artists



(Those wedding bells are breakin' up)
(That old gang of mine)

Not a soul down on the corner
That's a pretty certain sign
That wedding bells are breakin' up
That old gang of mine

All the boys are singin' love songs
They forgot Sweet Adeline
Those wedding bells are breakin' up
That old gang of mine

Their goes Jack, their goes Jim
Down to lovers' lane
Now and then we meet again
But they don't seem the same

Gee, I get a lonesome feelin'
When I hear the church bells chime
Those wedding bells are breakin' up
That old gang of mine

(Not a soul down on the corner)
(That's a pretty certain sign)
That wedding bells are breakin' up
That old gang of mine

(All the boys are singin' love songs)
(They forgot Sweet Adeline)
Those wedding bells are breakin' up
That old gang of mine

Their goes Jack, their goes Jim
Down to lovers' lane
Now and then we meet again
But they don't seem the same

Gee, I get a lonesome feelin'
When I hear the church bells chime
Those wedding bells are breakin' up
That old gang of mine

Those wedding bells are breakin' up
That old gang of mine

Accident Prone
Composer(s): Pip Williams - Pete Hutchins
Performer(s): Status Quo



I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

They say the devil loves his own
And lady you just got the roll
He drives you modus-operandi
Well lady you don't get this soul
What you call love I can't take no more
Go knock on someone else's door

I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

'Cos you specialise your own kind of lies
Lady you just hit and run
I just wanna say you keep driving that way
And one day you will be undone

I try to love you my way
But lady you just wouldn't slow down
You drove a right on through me
When other guys came around
What you call love wouldn't give to a stray
I wouldn't treat a dog that way

I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

'Cos you specialise your own kind of lies
Lady you just hit and run
I just wanna say you keep driving that way
And one day you will be undone

One day you'll have to slow down
And lady it could be too late
You keep on acceleratin'
And lady I could see your fate
No-one wants a second-hand car
They know it been push too far

I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

'Cos you specialise your own kind of lies
Lady you just hit and run
You're draggin'me down with this riding around
And one day you will be undone

I'm a lay-by lover
And you're just another
Who just wants to hit and run
Now your on your own
'Cos I'm accident prone
And I hope that you have your fun

Wedding Bells
Composer(s): Claude Boone
Performer(s): Bill Carlisle
and multiple other artists



I have the invitation that you sent me
You wanted me to see you change your name
I couldn't stand to see you wed another
But, dear, I hope you're happy just the same
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
That should be ringing out for you and me
Down the aisle with someone else you're walking
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
I planned a little cottage in the valley
I even bought a little band of gold
I hoped someday I'd place it on your finger
But now the future looks so dark and cold
Wedding bells are ringing in the chapel
I hear the children laughing out with glee
At home alone I hang my head in sorrow
Those wedding bells will never ring for me
I fancy that I see a bunch of roses
A blossom from an orange tree in your hair
While the organ plays 'I love you truly'
Please let me pretend that I am there
Wedding bells they say will ring in Heaven
As the angel chorus sweetly sings
But as long as I am on this earth, dear
Those wedding bells for me will never ring

Ac-Cen-Tchu-Ate the Positive
Composer(s): Johnny Mercer - Harold Arlen
First performance/First recording by: Bing Crosby & Sonny Tufts - 1944/Oscar Peterson - 1954
Covered by multiple other artists



You've gotta ac-cen-tchu-ate the positive, eli-mi-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-between
You gotta spread joy up to the maximum, bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium's li'ble to walk upon the scene
To illustrate my last remark, Jonah in the whale, Noah in the Ark
What did theyou do just when everything looked so dark
Man, they said we better
Ac-cen-tchu-ate the positive, eli-mi-nate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative, don't mess with Mister In-between
Don't mess with Mister In-between

Wedding Bell Blues 
Composer(s): Laura Nyro
Performer(s): The 5th Dimension;
and various other artists



Bill, I love you so, I always will
I look at you and see the passion eyes of May
Oh, but am I ever gonna see my wedding day

Oh, I was on your side Bill when you were losin'
I'd never scheme or lie Bill, there'd been no foolin'
But kisses and love won't carry me until you marry me Bill

I love you so, I always will 
And in your voice I hear a choir of carousels
Ah, but am I ever gonna hear my wedding bells

I was the one who came runnin' when you were lonely
I haven't lived one day not lovin' you only
But kisses and love won't carry me until you marry me Bill

I love you so, I always will
And though devotion rules my heart I take no bows 
Ah, but Bill you know I wanna take those wedding vows
Come on Bill, come on Bill

Kisses and love won't carry me until you marry me Bill
I love you so, I always will
Come on Bill

Wont'cha marry me Bill
I love you so, I always will
Come on Bill

Wont'cha marry me Bill

Acaso
Performer(s): Luis Eduardo Aute



Acaso una mirada me bastara
mirarte y encontrar una palabra
nada

Tu nada con la mía entre las cosas
decirse dos silencios infinitos
juntar las bocas
abrir los grifos
que inunden nuestros hijos las alcobas

Acaso una mirada me bastara
mirarte y encontrar una palabra
nada

Que el tiempo no dependa de las horas
que sólo nos apuren los latidos
quemar las ropas
sudar tomillo
desnudos comulgar con la escayola

Acaso una mirada me bastara
mirarte y encontrar una mirada
nada

Perderse en una fiebre sin memoria
que nadie nos rescate del instinto
romper parodias
hacerse añicos
residuos de una absurda ceremonia

Acaso una mirada me bastara
mirarte y encontrar una palabra
nada

Weather Report Suite
Composer(s): Eric Anderson; John Perry Barlow; Bob Weir
Performer(s): Grateful Dead



Winter rain, now tell me why
Summers fade, and roses die
The answer came 
The wind and rain

Golden hills, now veiled in grey
Summer leaves have blown away
Now what remains? 
The wind and rain

And like a desert spring 
My lover comes and spreads her wings
Knowing, like a song that's born to soar the sky
Flowing, flowing 'til the waters all are dry
Growing, the loving in her eyes

Circle songs and sands of time 
Seasons will end in tumbled rhyme
And little change, the wind and rain

And like a desert spring
My lover comes and spreads her wings
Knowing, Like a song that's born to soar the sky
Flowing, Flowing 'til the rivers all are dry
Growing, the loving in her eyes

Winter gray and falling rain 
We'll see summer come again
Darkness falls and seasons change 
(gonna happen every time)
Same old friends the wind and rain
(we'll see summer by and by)
Winter gray and falling rain
(summers fadeand roses die)
We'll see summer come again
Like a song that's born to soar the sky

Acapulco Sun
Composer(s): Ned Albright - Steven Soles
Performer(s): The Monkees



Acapulco sun, leaving work undone
Dream about the nighttime till she comes
She'll take my hand and walk with me
Down along the sea
Hear the pretty song she sings for free
She sings songs of love so sweet (oh so sweet)
And the words she's saying are so simple and complete
"I love you, truly do"

Acapulco sun, tells me she's the one
Dream about the sunset till she comes
She'll take my hand and walk with me
Down along the sea
Hear the pretty song she sings for free
She sings songs of love so sweet (oh so sweet)
And the words she's saying are so simple and complete
"I love you, truly do"

Acapulco sun, leaving work undone
Dream about the nightttime till she comes

Wearin' O' The Green
(Traditional)



"O Paddy dear, and did ye hear the news that's goin' round?
The shamrock is by law forbid to grow on Irish ground!
No more Saint Patrick's Day we'll keep, his color can't be seen
For there's a cruel law ag'in the Wearin' o' the Green" 

I met with Napper Tandy, and he took me by the hand
And he said, "How's poor old Ireland, and how does she stand?"
"She's the most distressful country that ever yet was seen
For they're hanging men and women there for the Wearin' o' the Green" 

"So if the color we must wear be England's cruel red
Let it remind us of the blood that Irishmen have shed
And pull the shamrock from your hat, and throw it on the sod
But never fear, 'twill take root there, though underfoot 'tis trod

When laws can stop the blades of grass from growin' as they grow
And when the leaves in summer-time their color dare not show
Then I will change the color too I wear in my caubeen
But till that day, please God, I'll stick to the Wearin' o' the Green"