Almost Persuaded
Composer(s): Billy Sherrill - Glenn Sutton
First release by: David Houston - 1966
Covered by multiple other artists



Last night all alone in a barroom
Met a girl with a drink in her hand
She had ruby red lips, coal black hair
And eyes that would tempt any man

Then she came and sat down at my table
As she placed her soft hands in mine
I found myself wanting to kiss her
For temptation was flowing like wine

And I was almost persuaded to strip myself of my pride
Almost persuaded to push my conscience aside
Then we danced and she whispered, "I need you
Take me away from here and be my man"

Then I looked into her eyes and saw it
The reflection of my wedding band
And I was almost persuaded to let strange lips lead me on
Almost persuaded but your sweet love made me stop and go home

Witch Hunt
Composer(s): The Misfits
Performer(s): The Misfits



Wipe out the weak and dying
I've got no use for you
Sent from Hell, I know they're lying
Just another sacrifice

We are on a witch hunt
Hunt her down, for will she sink or float?
We want independace from her spell

Exterminate the undetermined
I've got no use for you
Sent from Hell, I know they're lying
Hang her by her neck to die

We are on a witch hunt
Hunt her down, for will she sink or float
We want independance from her spell

We're on a head hunt
We're on a blood hunt
We're on a witch hunt
And we're gonna get you
We're coming after you too

We're under a spell

Almost Paradise
Composer(s): Eric Carmen - Dean Pitchford
Performer(s): Eric Carmen
and multiple other artists



I thought that dreams belonged to other men
'cause each time I got close
They'd fall apart again

I feared my heart would beat in secrecy
I faced the nights alone
Oh, how could I have known
That all my life i only needed you?

Whoa
Almost paradise
We're knockin' on heaven's door
Almost paradise
How could we ask for more?
I swear that I can see forever in your eyes
Paradise

It seems like perfect love's so hard to find
I'd almost given up
You must have read my mind

And all these dreams I saved for a rainy day
They're finally coming true
I'll share them all with you
'cause now we hold the future in our hands

Witch Doctor
Composer(s): Ross Bagdasarian
Performer(s): David Seville;
and various other artists



I told the witch doctor I was in love with you
I told the witch doctor you didn't love me too
And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do
He said that ....

[Chorus:]
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang...
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang

I told the witch doctor you didn't love me true
I told the witch doctor you didn't love me nice
And then the witch doctor, he game me this advice
He said to ...

[Chorus]

Now, you've been keeping love from me
Just like you were a miser
And I'll admit I wasn't very smart
So I went out and found myself
A guy that's so much wiser
And he taught me the way to win your heart

My friend the witch doctor, he taught me what to say
My friend the witch doctor, he taught me what to do
I know that you'll be mine when I say this to you
Oh, Baby ....

[Chorus]

Wishing Well 
Composer(s): John "Rabbit" Bundrick; Simon Kirke;
Paul Kossoff; Paul Rodgers; Tetsu Yamauchi
Performer(s): Free



Take off your hat 
kick off your shoes
I know you ain't going anywhere
Run 'round the town 
singing your blues 
I know you ain't going anywhere 

You have always been 
a good friend of mine 
but you're always saying farewell 
and the only time that you are satisfied 
is with your feet in the wishing well 

Throw down your gun 
you might shoot yourself
or is that what you are tryin' to do
put up a fight 
you believe to be right 
and someday the sun will shine through

You have always got 
something to hide 
something you just can't tell 
and the only time that you are satisfied 
is with your feet in the wishing well

Oh! 
But I know what you're wishing for 
Love and a peaceful world 
Yeah 
Love and a peaceful world 
Oh! Yeah 
Love and a peaceful world 

You have always been 
a good friend of mine 
but you're always saying farewell 
and the only time that you are satisfied 
is with your feet in the wishing....well

Yes 
I wish you well 
I wish you well 
everybody has a wish 
everybody has a dream 
I wish you well

Almost Medieval
Composer(s): Ian Craig Marsh - Philip Oakey
Performer(s): The Human League



There's something in your soul that makes me feel so old
In fact I think I've died about six hundred times
There's less of me now and more of me then
I'm moving back to the age of men

Jump off the tarmac there's no stagecoach speed limit
Outside the office hangs the man on the gibbet
Soft lenses
Grow to glasses
Small world
Dimly seen through cataracts
Your program
Newspaper
So they say
Rumour spread by word of mouth
Jump onto the escalator
Press the button on the lift
Raise the dust on old stair carpets
Endless treads like waves of regret
Now it seems I'm going madder
Falling off this rotting ladder

Soft lenses
Grow to glasses
Small world
Dimly seen through cataracts
Jump onto the escalator
Press the button on the lift
Raise the dust on old stair carpets
Endless treads like waves of regret
Now it seems I'm going madder
Falling off this rotting ladder

Your program
Newspaper
So they say
Rumour spread by word of mouth
Jump onto the escalator
Press the button on the lift
Raise the dust on old stair carpets
Endless treads like waves of regret
Now it seems I'm going madder
Falling through this rotting ladder

There's something in your soul that makes me feel so old
In fact I think I've died about six hundred times
There's less of me now and more of me then
I'm moving back to the age of men

Jump off the tarmac there's no stagecoach speed limit
Outside the office hangs the man on the gibbet
Jump off the tarmac there's no stagecoach speed limit
Outside the office swings the man on the gibbet

Wishing You Were Here
Composer(s): Peter Cetera
Performer(s): Chicago



Sleepless hours and creepless nights and far aways
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
Heaven knows and lord it shows when I'm away
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here

Same old show in a different town on another day
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
Even though you're far away, you're on my mind
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here

And I'd like to change my life, and you know I would
Just to be with you tonight, baby, if I could
But I've got my job to do, and I do it well
Change my life 
So I guess that's how it is

Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here

On the road it's a heavy load, but I'll be by
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here
Pay the price, make a sacrifice, and still I'll try
Ooo ooo ooo, wishing you were here

Wishing On The Moon
Composer(s): Dan Fogelberg
Performer(s): Dan Fogelberg



How many eyes will you sack in sorrow
Seeking to borrow some sight of your own?
How many lies will you have to suffer 
Until you discover there's nobody home?

How many roads will you have to wander
How many dead end streets?
How many dreams will you have to squander
Dodging your own defeat? 

Chorus:

Wishing on the moon tonight
There's not a lucky star in sight
Just wishing on the moon tonight 

How many doors will have to open 
Desperately hoping each one's the last?
How many more will you close behind you
Bitter and blind to the shadows you cast?
How many fools will you have to follow
How many wayward winds?
How many sins will you have to swallow
Until the truth sinks in... that you've been

Almost Lucy
Composer(s): Al Stewart
Performer(s): Al Stewart



Lucy works a different club every day
And 'tho she puts her mind to it
Her heart is never in it
She stays around just long enough to get paid
She won't pass the time with you
She can't stay a minute
And all these changing faces never bothered her at all
They just existed like a back-drop or a pattern on the wall
Lucy looks like someone who is waiting for a call
She knows he'll come, but noone else can hear at all

Lucy finds the dressing room and the bar
Hangs her clothes up, hopes tonight
The contract won't be broken
Well, they kick you round so much when you're not a star
Make you play all night just for a pittance or a token
But all these imperfections never bothered her at all
She says it sharpens your perception when your back's against the wall
There's something that enables her to rise above it all
To shrug it off, just when it seems to go too far

Hey, Hey, Hey, I think you almost, feel the pain comin' on inside
Hey, Hey, hey, I think you almost, feel it now and you don't why
You don't know why ooh

The last time that I saw her she had given up the chase
Moved away to California, got a suntan on her face
She said that life was just another time another space
It's over now, she learned a lot, it's not a waste

Hey, Hey, Hey, I think you almost, feel the pain comin' on inside
Hey, Hey, hey, I think you almost, feel it now and you don't why
You don't know why ooh

Hey, Hey, Hey, I think you almost, feel the pain comin' on inside
Hey, Hey, hey, I think you almost, feel it now and you don't why
You don't know why ooh

Wishing For Your Love
Composer(s): Horton Sampson
Performer(s): The Voxpoppers; The Clovers



Wishing for your love
Oh, I am wishing
Longing and yearning for your kiss
Wishing and praying
And longing for that heavenly bliss

Yes, I am hoping
Yes, hoping
That one day I'll be blessed
When you say I'm
Your only happiness

Wishing, wishing, wishing is all I do
Waiting, waiting, waiting in vain for you
If you'll say that you'll be mine
And make all my dreams come true
I'll be completely, forever yours

I pray that someday
You'll say what I long to hear
My dear, so I'll keep waiting
And wishing for your love

Wishing, wishing, wishing, wishing
Wishing for your love

Almost Like Being In Love
((French Version: C’est Peut-Être L’amour (by Nicole Croisille) - 1961))
Composer(s): Alan Jay Lerner - Frederick Loewe
First performance by: David Brooks & Marion Bell - 1947
Covered by multiple other artists



What a day this has been
What a rare mood I'm in
Why, it's almost like being in love

There's a smile on my face
For the whole human race
Why, it's almost like being in love

All the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me 
And from the way that I feel
When that bell starts to peal
I would swear I was falling
I could swear I was falling
It's almost like being in love

Wishin' And Hopin'
Composer(s): Burt Bacharach; Hal David
Performer(s): Dionne Warwick



Wishing and hoping and thinking and praying 
Planning and dreaming each night of his charms 
That won't get you into his arms 
So if you're looking to find love you can share 
All you got to do is hold him and kiss him and love him 
And show him that you care 

Show him that you care just for him 
Do the things he likes to do 
Wear your hair just for him, 'cause 
You won't get him 
Thinking and a-praying, wishing and a-hoping 

'Cause wishing and hoping and thinking and praying 
Planning and dreaming his kisses will start 
That won't get you into his heart 
So if you're thinking of how great true love is 

All you got to do is hold him and kiss him and squeeze him and love him 
Yeah, just do it 
And after you do, you will be his 

You got to show him that you care just for him 
Do the things he likes to do 
Wear your hair just for him, 'cause 
You won't get him 
Thinking and a-praying, wishing and a-hoping 

'Cause wishing and hoping and thinking and praying 
Planning and dreaming his kisses will start 
That won't get you into his heart 
So if you're thinking of how great true love is 

All you got to do is hold him and kiss him and squeeze him and love him 
Yeah, just do it 
And after you do, you will be his 
You will be his 
You will be his

Almost In Your Arms
Composer(s): Ray Evans - Jay Livingston
Performer(s): Sophia Loren
and multiple other artists



You’re near, that moment’s here, I’m almost in your arms
Tonight, the mood is right, I’m almost in your arms
One sigh, one word and I will rush to your embrace
Say that certain word
Sigh that certain sigh
And with all my heart, to your arms I’ll fly

It’s strange how we are changed by things that seemed so small
One look can write a book
One touch can say it all
We’ve known those nights alone
And now we’ve found our way
I’m almost in your arms, almost in your arms
Almost in your arms, almost in your arms

You’re near, that moment’s here, I’m almost in your arms
Tonight, the mood is right, I’m almost in your arms
One sigh, one word and I will rush to your embrace
Say that certain word
Sigh that certain sigh
And with all my heart, to your arms I’ll fly

It’s strange how we are changed by things that seemed so small
One look can write a book
One touch can say it all
We’ve known those nights alone
And now we’ve found our way

I’m almost in your arms, I’m nearly in your arms
Almost in your arms, I’m nearly in your arms
Almost in your arms today

Wishing (Will Make It So)
Composer(s): Buddy De Sylva
Performer(s): Vera Lynn;
and various other artists



Wishing will make it so
Just keep on wishing and care will go
Dreamers tell us dreams come true
It's no mistake
Wishes are the dreams we dream
When we're awake
The curtain of night will part
If you are certain within your heart
So if you wish long enough, wish strong enough
You will come to know
Wishing will make it so

Just imagine that you are back in childhood days
Wishing on the evening star or a load of hay
It worked wonders for you then who knows why or how
Though you’re older try again it can help you know

Wishing will make it so
Just keep on wishing and care will go
Dreamers tell us dreams come true
It's no mistake
Wishes are the dreams we dream
When we're awake
The curtain of night will part
If you are certain within your heart
So if you wish long enough, wish strong enough
You will come to know
Wishing will make it so

Almost In Love
Composer(s): Luis Bonfa - Randy Starr
Performer(s): Elvis Presley; Ithamara Koorax



Your lips were made for kisses so tender
I'm almost in love tonight
When we are close, my heart says surrender
I'm almost in love tonight

And here under the spell of evening
I long to hold you tight
Heaven is near, why think of tomorrow
I'm almost in love tonight

It may be just the spell of evening
I long to hold you tight
Heaven is near, why think of tomorrow
I'm almost in love tonight

Almost in love

Wishing
Composer(s): Buddy Holly; Bob Montgomery
Performer(s): Buddy Holly;
and various other artists



Wishing, that I could see you every day
Wishing, that I could steal your heart away
Dreaming, of the time I can hold you tight
Wishing, that the time would come tonight

I’ve been hoping all along
Things would turn out right
If I could find a wishing star
Then I would spend the night

Wishing, that I could see you every day
Wishing, that I could steal your heart away

I’ve been hoping all along
Things would turn out right
If I could find a wishing star
Then I would spend the night

Wishing, that I could see you every day
Wishing, that I could steal your heart away

Almost Illegal
Composer(s): Rod Stewart - Andy Taylor
Performer(s): Rod Stewart



Yeah, I said yeah
I remember the first time
That I ever seen her face
I was standing by the drug store
Trying to save the human race

Took a raincheck on a blind date
To get her prescription filled
We had a short talk and a long walk
Through the lazy cottonfield

It was hot
She was cool and sultry
We made love
I was broke and lonely

She's wonderful, so beautiful
So delectable, she's mine
She's desirable, so lovable
And it's criminal, almost illegal

Well we woke up in a barnyard
When I heard a farmer shout
Get away, boy, from my daughter
When a shotgun rang out
We took off
She was right behind me
Ran like the wind
What a crazy lady

She's fabulous, so sensuous
She's marvelous, she's mine
I'm delirious, it's serious
Kinda dangerous, almost illegal

Bring it down now
We had a one child by the Springtime
and another on the way
I got a new life and a good wife
Ain't that amazing grace

It was hot
She was cool and sultry
We made love
I was broke and lonely

She's wonderful, she's beautiful
She's desirable, she's mine
I'm delirious, she's serious
It's kinda dangerous, almost illegal
Wonderful, so beautiful
She's not a radical, but she's mine
She's fabulous, so sensuous
And it's marvelous, almost illegal
Beautiful and she's wonderful
So desirable, almost illegal

Le Déserteur (Monsieur Le Président)
Composer(s): H. Berg; Boris Vian
Performer(s): Esther & Abi Ofarim



Monsieur le Président
Je vous fais une lettre
Que vous lirez peut-être
Si vous avez le temps
Je viens de recevoir
Mes papiers militaires
Pour partir à la guerre
Avant mercredi soir
Monsieur le Président
Je ne veux pas la faire
Je ne suis pas sur terre
Pour tuer des pauvres gens
C'est pas pour vous fâcher
Il faut que je vous dise
Ma décision est prise
Je m'en vais déserter

Depuis que je suis né
J'ai vu mourir mon père
J'ai vu partir mes frères
Et pleurer mes enfants
Ma mère a tant souffert
Elle est dedans sa tombe
Et se moque des bombes
Et se moque des vers
Quand j'étais prisonnier
On m'a volé ma femme
On m'a volé mon âme
Et tout mon cher passé
Demain de bon matin
Je fermerai ma porte
Au nez des années mortes
J'irai sur les chemins

Je mendierai ma vie
Sur les routes de France
De Bretagne en Provence
Et je dirai aux gens:
Refusez d'obéir
Refusez de la faire
N'allez pas à la guerre
Refusez de partir
S'il faut donner son sang
Allez donner le vôtre
Vous êtes bon apôtre
Monsieur le Président
Si vous me poursuivez
Prévenez vos gendarmes
Que je n'aurai pas d'armes
Et qu'ils pourront tirer

Almost Human
Composer(s): Ian Gillan - Roger Glover - Jon Lord - Steve Morse - Ian Paice
Performer(s): Deep Purple



Well, I know you're the only one that understands 
Afore ye go, before you leave 
You always shake my hand 
Even when I'm crazy 
On fire and naked 
Just as Nature intended 
No style and easily blended 

You always know where I'll be found 
I'm hanging somewhere near the ground 
Help me up or help me down 

Don't want to lose those days 
When everything is just a haze 
I'm dreaming, I'm dreaming 

I believe I could walk before I learned to crawl 
And when I look up, the Devil's looking back 
From the mirror on the wall 
You can open the door 
I got my feet stuck to the floor 
I may have lost my way 
But I didn't get where I am today 

You always know where I'll be found 
I'm hanging somewhere near the ground 
Help me up or help me down 

Don't want to lose those days 
When everything is just a haze 
I'm dreaming 

You spin into my empty room 
And once again I'm almost human 
Almost human 

You always know where I'll be found 
I'm hanging somewhere near the ground 
Help me up or help me down 

Don't want to lose those days 
When everything is just a haze 
I'm dreaming 

You spin into my empty room 
And once again I'm almost human 
Almost human

Wish You Were Here
Composer(s): David Gilmour; Roger Waters
Performer(s): Pink Floyd;
and various other artists



So, so you think you can tell? 
Heaven from hell? 
Blue skies from pain? 
Can you tell a green field 
from a cold steel rail? 
A smile from a veil? 
Do you think you can tell? 

Did they get you to trade 
your heroes for ghosts? 
Hot ashes for trees? 
Hot air for the cool breeze? 
Cold comfort for change? 
Did you exchange 
a walk-on part in the war 
for a lead role in a cage? 

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We´re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl 
year after year
Running over the same old ground
but have we found the same old fears? 
Wish you were here