After The Ball
Composer(s): Charles K. Harris
Performer(s): J. Aldrich Libbey
and multiple other artists



A little maiden climbed an old man's knee
Begged for a story, "Do, Uncle, please"
Why are you single; Why live alone?
Have you no babies, have you no home?"

"I had a sweetheart, years, years ago
Where she is now, pet, you soon will know
List to the story, I'll tell it all
I believed her faithless, after the Ball" 

After the ball is over
After the break of dawn
After the dancer's leaving
After the stars are gone
Many a heart is aching
If you could read them all
Many the hopes that have vanished
After the ball

Bright lights were flashing in the grand ballroom
Softly the music, playing sweet tunes
There came my sweetheart, my love, my own
I wished some water, left her alone

When I returned, dear, there stood a man
Kissing my sweetheart, as lovers can
Down fell the glass, pet, broken that's all
Just as my heart was, after the ball 

After the ball is over
After the break of dawn
After the dancer's leaving
After the stars are gone
Many a heart is aching
If you could read them all
Many the hopes that have vanished
After the ball

Long years have passed, child, I've never wed
True to my lost love, though she is dead
She tried to tell me, tried to explain
I would not listen, pleadings were in vain

One day a letter came from that man
He was her brother, the letter ran
That's why I'm lonely, not home at all
I broke her heart 
After the ball 

After the ball is over
After the break of dawn
After the dancer's leaving
After the stars are gone
Many a heart is aching
If you could read them all
Many the hopes that have vanished
After the ball

After the ball is over
After the break of dawn
After the dancer's leaving
After the stars are gone
Many a heart is aching
If you could read them all
Many the hopes that have vanished
After the ball 

What The World Needs Now
Composer(s): Burt Bacharach; Hal David
Performer(s): Dionne Warwick



What the world needs now
What the world needs now
Is love, sweet love
It's the only thing
That there's just too little of
What the world needs now
Is love, sweet love
No not just for some
But for everyone

Lord, we don't need
Another mountain
There are mountains
And hillsides enough to climb
There are oceans
And rivers enough to cross
Enough to last
Till the end of time

What the world needs now
Is love, sweet love
It's the only thing
That there's just too little of
What the world needs now
Is love, sweet love
No, not just for some
But for everyone

Lord, we don't need
Another meadow
There are cornfields
And wheat fields enough to grow
There are sunbeams
And moonbeams enough to shine
Oh listen, lord
If you want to know

What the world needs now
Is love, sweet love
It's the only thing
That there's just too little of
What the world needs now
Is love, sweet love
No, not just for some
But for everyone

No, not just for some
Oh, but just for everyone

After School
Composer(s): Warren Nadel - Dick Wolf
Performer(s): Teresa Brewer; Randy Starr



Yesterday I waited for you
At the corner candy store
The way I always do
The hours passed, the gang went home
I was left there all alone
Waiting just for you

After school waiting for you
Am I a fool to wait for you the way I do
After school

I wonder if it could be true
That you had found somebody new
To take the place I've known
Finally, it got so late
I saw I was a fool to wait
So I walked home alone

After school waiting for you
Am I a fool to wait for you the way I do
After school

Here I am just like before
Waiting at the candy store
The way I always do
Will it be him/her, will it be me
I'm wondering who it will be
Walking home with you

After school waiting for you
Am I a fool to wait for you the way I do
After school

What The Well-Dressed Man In Harlem Will Wear
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): James Cross



There's a change in fashion that shows
In those Lennox Avenue clothes
Mister Dude has disappeared with his flashy tie
You'll see in the Harlem Esquire
What the well-dressed man will desire
When he's struttin' down the street with his sweetie-pie

Sun tan
Shade of green
Or an olive drab color scheme
That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear

Dressed up
In O.D.'s
With a tin hat for overseas
That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear

Top hat, white tie and tails no more
They've been put away till after the war

If you
Want to know
Take a look at Brown Bomber Joe
That's what the well-dressed man in Harlem will wear

After My Laughter Came Tears
Composer(s): Charles Tobias - Roy Turk
Performer(s): Big Joe Turner
and multiple other artists



I laughed the day I saw you leave, I laughed and said Id never grieve
But now after my laughter came tears (after my laughter came tears)

I told my friends, I didnt care, I laughed about a whole affair
But say now after my laughter came tears

My cryin' helped me from showin' them that I was blue (listen)
By myself you'll never know what I've been through (just what I'm goin' through)

My lips conceal a hurtin' pain, I make believe but all in vain
I said now after my ...

My cryin' helped me from showin' them that I was blue (listen)

My lips conceal a hurtin' pain, I make believe but all in vain

What The Hell
Composer(s): Terry Cashman; Gene Pistilli; Tommy West
Performer(s): Jim Croce & Ingrid Croce



Oh my room will always have some people
You see Johnny Carson is a friend of mine
And my music box will always play me something
If something's what I need to ease my mind
Take what you want
I'll feel much better
Don't hang around
Till I get myself together
You can leave those pieces right there where they fell
Someone else will come along and pick 'em up
Say what the hell

If I don't see you in the morning
Guess the sun might come up anyway
And without you here to love and stand beside me
Guess I just might make it through the day
If you should call from time to time
Don't be surprised
If the voice that answers ain't mine
'Cause you left the pieces right there where they fell
Someone else just came along and picked 'em up
Say what the hell

If you should call from time to time
Don't be surprised
If the voice that answers ain't mine
'Cause you left those pieces right there where they fell
Someone else just came along and picked 'em up
Say what the hell

If she don't love me come tomorrow
If you can't get what you want, want what you got
And I won't be drugged with words like joy and sorrow
I won't feel one way or the other
Like as not
I'll soon forget you
Leave my life
Guess you thought I'd never let you
'Cause you left those pieces right there where they fell
Someone else just came along and picked 'em up
Say what the hell

After Midnight
((French Version: Après Minuit (by Eddy Mitchell) - 1978))
Composer(s): J.J. Cale
First release by: Eric Clapton - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shout
We're gonna stimulate some action
We're gonna get some satisfaction
We're gonna find out what it is all about
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine
After midnight, it's all gonna be peaches and cream
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
We're gonna give an exhibition
We're gonna find out what it is all about
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

After midnight, we're gonna shake your tambourine
After midnight, it's all gonna be peaches and cream
We're gonna cause talk and suspicion
We're gonna give an exhibition
We're gonna find out what it is all about
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down
After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang down

What Part Of No 
Composer(s): Wayne Perry; Gerald Smith
Performer(s): Lorrie Morgan;
and various other artists



Sir if you don't mind, I'd rather be alone
From the moment I walked in tonight, you've been comin' on
If I told you once, I told you twice, I'm just here to unwind
I'm not interested in romance or what you have in mind

What part of no don't you understand
I'll put it plain and simple, I'm not into one night stands
I'll be glad to explain it, if it's too hard to comprehend
What part of no don't you understand

I appreciate the drink and the rose was nice of you
I don't mean to be so bleak, I don't think I'm gettin' through
I don't need no company and I don't want to dance
What part of no don't you understand

What part of no don't you understand
I'll put it plain and simple, I'm not into one night stands
I'll be glad to explain it, if it's too hard to comprehend
What part of NO don't you understand

I appreciate the drink and the rose was nice of you
I don't mean to be so bleak, I don't think I'm gettin' through
I don't need no company and I don't want to dance
What part of no don't you understand

After Loving You
((Danish Version: Efter Jeg Har Elsket Dig (by Gustav Winckler) - 1977))
Composer(s): Eddie Miller - Johnny Lantz
First release by: Joe Henderson - 1962
Covered by multiple other artists



But now after loving you
what else is there to do
For honey, all the rest is just 
gonna have to be second best
I know I'll go through life comparing her to you
That's 'cause I'm no good
I'm no good to anyone after loving you
Your precious love cannot be erased 
by just another woman with a pretty face
And your memory
you know it will remain for it cannot be erased
Other loves may come along
they can't live up to you
That's 'cause I'm no good 
I'm no good to anyone after loving you
Your precious love cannot be erased 
by just another woman with a pretty face
And your memory 
you know it will remain for it cannot be erased
Other loves may come along
they can't live up to you
That's 'cause I'm no good 
I'm no good to anyone after loving you
I said I'm no good
I'm no good to anyone after loving you
I said I'm no good 
I'm no good, I'm no good to anyone
To anyone, to anyone
to anyone after loving you
That's 'cause I'm no good
I'm no good to anyone after loving you

What Now, My Love?
((Adapted from: Et Maintenant (French Version) (Gilbert Bécaud) - 1961))
Composer(s): Gilbert Bécaud - Pierre Delanoë - Carl Sigman
Performer(s): Shirley Bassey with Nelson Riddle and His Orch. - 1962
and multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1961 - Che Mai Farò (Milva)
1963 - Endnu En Dag (Poul Bundgaard)
1965 - Er Rest Mij Niets (Corry Brokken)
1965 - Et Maintenant (Spanish Version) (Raphael)
1979 - Hva' Nu, Min Ven? (Peter Belli)
1981 - Wat Moet Ik Doen (Will Tura)



What now my love
Now that you left me
How can I live through another day
Watching my dreams turn into ashes
And all my hopes into bits of clay
Once I could see, once I could feel
Now I am numb
I've become unreal

I walk the night, oh, without a goal
Stripped of my heart, my soul
What now my love
Now that it's over
I feel the world closing in on me
Here come the stars
Tumbling around me
And there's the sky where the sea should be

What now my love
Now that you're gone
I'd be a fool to go on and on
No one would care, no one would cry
If I should live or die

What now my love
Now there is nothing
Only my last goodbye
Only my last goodbye

After Loving You
((French, Italian, & Spanish Vesions: 
De T'avoir Aimée (Charles Aznavour); Del Mio Amare Te (Charles Aznavour); De Quererte Así (Charles Aznavour))
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Kaye
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour



Now that I have known love as sweet as yours
Love so very deep and complete as yours
Hunger for your lips, pains of jealousy
After loving you, what is left for me

Head and heart and soul, overpowered by love
I forget that there was a God above
Tortured by the things that I couldn't see
After loving you, what is left for me

Leave me and my voice would become so still
And my touch would be winter's icy chill
Leave me and my eyes would be full of rain
And the need of you surging through and through
Would drive me insane

Loving you so much that it tears my heart
That would hurt me less than to be apart
So it will remain till eternity
There's no other world that is worth passing through
After holding you
After kissing you
After loving you

What More Can I Give?
Spanish Title: Todo Para Ti
Composer(s): Michael Jackson
Performer(s): Michael Jackson;
and various other artists



How many people would have to die before we understand
How many children have to cry, before we do all we can?
If sending your love is all you can give
That we all live

How many times can we turn our heads
And pretend we cannot see
Healing the wounds of our broken earth
We are one global family
Just sending your preying
Is something you will feel
Helping one heal

Chorus
What have I got that I can give?
What have I got that I can give?
To love and to teach you
To hold and to need you
What more can I give?

Now let's rather lay down our fears
And reach out and make a pact
Show him the love that is in our hearts
Let us bring salvation back
Just sending your love
Has the power to heal
So let's all give

Chorus
What have I got that I can give?
What have I got that I can give?
To love and to teach you
To hold and to need you
What more can I give?

Chorus
Say the words
I will lay me down for you
Call my name
I am your friend
Why do they keep teaching us
Such hate and cruelty
We should give over and over again
Over and Over again

(Repeat chorus 3 times)

Don't do it
Don't drop the ball

What have I got that I can give?
What have I got that I can give?
To love and to conceal you
To hold and to need you
What more can I give?

What have I got that I can give?
What have I got that I can give?
To love and to conceal you
To hold and to need you
What more can I give?

After Losing You
Composer(s): Vic McAlpin
Performer(s): The Browns; Eddy Arnold



All the places we used to go all the things we used to do
All these things are in the past now after losing you
Now my life's just one big heartache and my world is turning blue
I've gotta hurt I can't get over after losing you
I go to the places we used to go just hopin' to get a glimpse of you
And everytime I see you with your new love it hurts me and breaks my heart in two
I thought no one could come between us for you said you loved me true
You've put me down I went to pieces after losing you
I thought no one could come...

What Matters Most
Composer(s): Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman; Dave Grusin
Performer(s): John Barr;
and various other artists



It's not how long we held each other's hands
What matter is how well we loved each other
It's not how far we've travelled on our way
But what we found to say
It's not the spring we see
But all the shades of green
It's not how long I held you in my arms
What matter is how sweet the years together
It's not how many summertimes
We have to give to give to fall
The early morning smiles
We cheerfully recall
What matters most is that we loved at all
It's not how many summertimes
We have to give to give to fall
The early morning smiles
We cheerfully recall
What matters most is that we loved at all
What matters most is that we loved at all...

After I Say I'm Sorry
Composer(s): Abe Lyman - Walter Donaldson
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra
and multiple other artists



What can I do to prove it to you that I'm sorry 
I didn't mean to ever be mean to you
If I didn't care I wouldn't feel like I do 
I was so wrong, right or wrong I don't blame you
Why should I take somebody like you and shame you
I know that I made you cry and I'm so sorry dear
So what can I say dear after I say I'm sorry
Baby I'm so, I'm sorry 
Got to prove that I'm so sorry
I made you cry and I'm so sorry dear 
What can I say dear, what can I do
What can I say, what can I do after I say I'm sorry

What Makes A Man
((Adapted from: Comme Ils Disent (Charles Aznavour) - 1972))
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Bradford Craig
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour - 1972

Versions In Other Languages:
1972 - Wie Sie Sagen (Charles Aznavour)
1972 - Quello Che Si Dice (Charles Aznavour)
1996 - Como Dicen (Charles Aznavour)



My mum and I we live alone
A great apartment is our home
In Fairhome Towers
I have to keep me company
Two dogs, a cat, a parakeet
Some plants and flowers
I help my mother with the chores
I wash, she dries, I do the floors
We work together
I shop and cook and sow a bit
Though mum does too I must admit
I do it better
At night I work in a strange bar
Impersonating every star
I'm quite deceiving
The customers come in with doubt
And wonder what I'm all about
But leave believing
I do a very special show
Where I am nude from head to toe
After stripteasing
Each night the men look so surprised
I change my sex before their eyes
Tell me if you can
What makes a man a man

At 3 o'clock or so I meet
With friends to have a bite to eat
And conversation
We love to empty out our hearts
With every subject from the arts
To liberation
We love to pull apart someone
And spread some gossip just for fun
Or start a rumour
We let our hair down, so to speak
And mock ourselves with tongue-in-cheek
And inside humour
So many times we have to pay
For having fun and being gay
It's not amusing
There's always those that spoil our games
By finding fault and calling names
Always accusing
They draw attention to themselves
At the expense of someone else
It's so confusing
Yet they make fun of how I talk
And imitate the way I walk
Tell me if you can
What makes a man a man

My masquerade comes to an end
And I go home to bed again
Alone and friendless
I close my eyes, I think of him
I fantasise what might have been
My dreams are endless
We love each other but it seems
The love is only in my dreams
It's so one sided
But in this life I must confess
The search for love and hapiness
Is unrequited
I ask myself what I have got
Of what I am and what I'm not
What have I given
The answers come from those who make
The rules that some of us must break
Just to keep living
I know my life is not a crime
I'm just a victim of my time
I stand defenceless
Nobody has the right to be
The judge of what is right for me
Tell me if you can
What make a man a man

Tell me if you can
Tell me if you can
Tell me if you can
What makes a man a man

After Hours
Composer(s): Lou Reed
First release by: The Velvet Underground - 1969
Covered by multiple other artists



One, two, three
If you close the door
The night could last forever
Leave the sunshine out
And say hello to never

All the people are dancing
And they’re having such fun
I wish it could happen to me

But if you close the door
I’d never have to see the day again

If you close the door
The night could last forever
Leave the wine-glass out
And drink a toast to never

Oh, someday I know
Someone will look into my eyes
And say hello
You’re my very special one

But if you close the door
I’d never have to see the day again

Dark party bars, shiny cadillac cars
And the people on subways and trains
Looking gray in the rain, as they stand disarrayed
Oh, but people look well in the dark

And if you close the door
The night could last forever
Leave the sunshine out
And say hello to never

All the people are dancing
And they’re having such fun
I wish it could happen to me

'Cause if you close the door
I’d never have to see the day again
I’d never have to see the day again, once more
I’d never have to see the day again

What Kind Of People Are They?
Composer(s): John Entwistle
Performer(s): John Entwistle



When you're hungry and your stomach's feeling thin
You find the nearest restaurant and walk right in
Says the waiter with a sigh
You're not dressed without a tie
And you bite your lips to keep the swear words in

What kind of people are they?
What kind of people are they?
They've only got their jobs to do
That's why they've got it in for you -- you

Have you ever sat behind a traffic jam
When you'd get there quicker if you walked or ran
When you finally get out
At the front of it no doubt
You'll find a policeman causing chaos with his hand

What kind of people are they?
What kind of people are they?
They've only got their jobs to do
That's why they've got it in for you -- you

When you park your car in some deserted street
Give the parking meter sixpences to eat
When the money's been digested
You'll find that you just invested
In the profits of a traffic warden's beat

After Halloween
Composer(s): Sandy Denny
Performer(s): Fairport Convention; Sandy Denny



Red and gold, and Halloween have passed us by
The charcoal branches lean against the rosy sky
You are so far away, yet I could touch you if I may
But don't you worry now, I'm only dreaming anyway

You may be lonely, you may be just on your own
You could be anywhere, someplace that I have known
But who am I and do we really live these days at all?
And are they simply feelings we have loved and do recall?

Oh the sea has made me cry
But I love her, too, so maybe I love you

For tears are only made of salt and water
And across the waves the sound of laughter
October it has gone and left me with a song
That I will sing to you although the moment may be wrong

Could it be the sea's as real as you and I?
I often wonder why I always have to say
I'm only dreaming anyway

Could it be the sea's as real as you and I?
I often wonder why I always have to say
I'm only dreaming anyway

What Kind Of Man Would I Be?
Composer(s): Bobby Caldwell; Chas Sandford; Jason Scheff
Performer(s): Chicago



Girl, well, it's been one of those days again
And it seems like the harder I try
Over and over, I'm right back where I began
But you understand
Oh, girl, when nothing else in this world goes right
Oh, I just want to run to you
You pull me through
Oh, baby, who wouldn't wanna have you in their lives?

Tell me, what kind of man would I be?
Living a life without any meaning
And I know you could surely survive without me
But if I have to live without you
Tell me, what kind of man would I be?

Times when it was pointless for me to try
I was more than a desperate man
What seemed like forever
Was gone with one touch of your hand
Oh, girl, if I could count all the sleepless nights
When you were there for me
A broken chain

Woh, baby, Once I had found you there was no letting go

Tell me, what kind of man would I be?
Living a life without any meaning
And I know you could surely survive without me
But if I have to live without you
Tell me, what kind of man would I be?

Tell me, what kind of man would I be?
Living a life without any meaning
And I know you could surely survive without me
But if I have to live without you
Tell me, what kind of man would I be?

What kind of man would I be?
Living a life without any meaning
And I know you could surely survive without me
But if I have to live without you
Tell me, what kind of man
Tell me, what kind of man
Tell me, what kind of man would I be?
(What kind of man would I be?)
Tell me, what kind of man would I be?
(What kind of man would I be?)