An Awful Thing To Waste
Composer(s): Rick Davies
Performer(s): Supertramp



You say that you could do with a break
Had about all you can take
You need to find somewhere you can run to

Somewhere a long way from here
Somewhere where the skies are all clear
Somewhere you can think all your thoughts through

It took a long time to make me understand
You gotta meet life and shake it by the hand
You gotta use your emotion
You talk a nice line to put your mind at ease
You want to sit back and count your memories
But that's no solution

I don't want to harp about it
But what you gonna do about it?

Look at how you're set in your ways
You used to be so willing to face
Any kind of problem before you
Life is not as long as you think
Open up your mind and you'll see
Don't destroy yourself I implore you

You've got a fine wife, a perfect family
You had it all planned to live so carefully
But where does it get you
They say the mind is an awful thing to waste
And that's a fact that you must come to face
What more can I tell you?

I don't want to harp about it
But what you gonna do about it?

You have everything that you need
You only have to try to succeed
And realize it's all waiting for you
Living life this way is a bust
If you have to suffer you must
Don't you know we want to applaud you

Dance To The Bop
Composer(s): Floyd Edge
Performer(s): Gene Vincent
and various other artists



Well there's a little juke joint on the outside of town
Where the cats pick 'em up and lay 'em down
You get your gal, I'll get mine
And we'll get together and we'll have a good time

We'll dance a little bit to the bop, to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Well dance a little bit to the bop
Well now dance to the rock 'n' roll

Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Well now dance, well dance to the rock 'n' roll 
(Now got it, git it)

Well the cats come rockin' in two by two
Some come single like me and you
Dancin' to the bop is their delight
Well when thet get right, they'll dance all night

They'll dance a little bit to the bop, to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Well now dance to the rock 'n' roll

Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Well now dance, well dance to the rock 'n' roll
(Yeah, now rock it)

Yeah...We'll dance a little bit to the bop, to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Dance a little bit to the bop
Well now dance to the rock 'n' roll

Yeah now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Now, dance, dance, dance
Well, dance, dance, dance
Well now dance, well now dance to the rock 'n' roll

An Arm's Length From You
Composer(s): Jim Stewart - Wynn Stewart
Performer(s): Wynn Stewart



I'm just a smile away from crying
Whenever I'm this close to you
Just a touch away from heartache
Just an arm's length from you

I'm just a step away from sadness
A memory away from blue
A happy moment away from lonesome
Just an arm's length from you

Though I know it would be heaven
While my arms were holding you
I'm afraid you'd only leave me
I'm just a kiss from missing you

So close to something, right next to nothing
And you know how I love you
And you know you'll always find me
Just an arm's length from you

Dance Ti' Thy Daddy
Performer(s): Robert DeCormier



Dance ti´ thy daddy, sing ti´ thy mammy
Dance ti´ thy daddy, ti´ thy mammy sing

Come here, maw little Jacky
Now aw´ve smok´d mi backy
Let's hav a bit o´cracky
Till the boat comes in

Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy
Thou shall hev a fishy when the boat comes in

Here´s thy mother humming
Like a canny woman
Yonder comes thy father
Drunk... he cannot stand

Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy
Thou shall hev a haddock when the boat comes in

Our Tommy's always fuddling
He's so fond of ale
But he's kind to me
I hope he'll never fail

Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy
Thou shall hev a mackerel when the boat comes in

I like a drop mysel´
When I can ge it sly
And thou, my bonny bairn
Will lik´t as well as I

Thou shall hev a fishy on a little dishy
Thou shall hev a salmon when the boat comes in

An Apple For The Teacher
Composer(s): Johnny Burke - James V. Monaco
Performer(s): Linda Ware & Bing Crosby
and multiple other artists



An apple for the teacher
That seems the thing to do
Because I want to learn
About romance from you
An apple for the teacher
To show I'm meek and mild
If you insist on saying
That I'm just a problem child
You'll get all my attention
Your wish will be my rule
And maybe you'll be good to me
And keep me after school
An apple for the teacher
That's how I'd better start
Then after while you may give in
And let me bring my heart

An apple for the teacher
Will always do the trick
When you don't know
Your lesson in arithmetic
An apple for the teacher
Will meet with great success
If you forgot to memorize
The Gettysburg Address
A little bit of glamour
A charm that's cute and quaint
And he'll excuse your grammar
And believe you're what you ain't
You may be just a lemon
But he'll think you're a peach
Just bring an apple for the teacher
When he starts to teach

Dance This Mess Around
Composer(s): Kate Pierson; Fred Schneider;
Keith Strickland; Cindy Wilson; Ricky Wilson
Performer(s): The B-52's; Asylum Street Spankers



Remember when you held my hand
Remember when you were my man
Walk talk in the name of love
Before you break my heart
Think it over, think it over
Roll it over in your mind

Why don't you dance with me
I'm not no Limburger
Just a Limburger

Dance his mess around
Dance this mess around, 'round, 'round

Everybody goes to parties
They dance this mess around
They do the Shu-ga-loo
Do the Shy Tuna
Do the Camel Walk
Do the Hip-o-crit

Ah-Hippy Hippy forward Hippy Hippy
Hippy Shake, Hippy Shake

Oh-it's time to do 'em right
Hey now, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?
Huh?
I say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?

What you say?
I'm just askin'

Shake-Bake-Shake-Bake

Everybody goes to parties
They dance this mess around
They do all 16 dances
Do the Coo-ca-choo
Do the Aqua-velva
Do the Dirty Dog
Do the Escalator

Ah-Hippy Hippy forward Hippy Hippy
Hippy Shake, Hippy Shake

It's time to do 'em right
Hey! Fred, now don't that make you feel a whole lot better now?
Huh?

Say, don't that make you feel a whole lot better?

What you say?
I'm just askin'

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Stop!
Dance on over
Yeah, yeah

Dance, dance, dance this mess around

Shake, shake-a-bake shake
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake, shake
Dance this mess around
Yeah, yeah, yeah ...

An Apple Blossom Wedding
Composer(s): James Kennedy - Nat Simon
Performer(s): Sammy Kaye
and multiple other artists



We saw an apple blossom wedding
Underneath the May-time bloom
And at that apple blossom wedding
I fell in love with you

We realised where we were heading
Booked the little church and then
We planned an apple blossom wedding
When Spring came round again

So I waited for the flowers
Dreaming of a wedding ring
But I only found the showers
You took away the Spring

I saw the apple blossom wedding
From the balcony above
You had your apple blossom wedding
I lost my apple blossom love
So I waited for the flowers
Dreaming of a wedding ring
But I only found the showers
You took away the Spring

I saw the apple blossom wedding
From the balcony up above
You had your apple blossom wedding
I lost my apple blossom love

Jenseits Von Eden
Performer(s): Nino de Angelo



Wenn selbst ein Kind nicht mehr lacht wie ein Kind
dann sind wir jenseits von Eden
Wenn wir nicht fühlen: die Erde sie weint
wie kein and'rer Planet
dann haben wir umsonst gelebt

Wenn eine Träne nur Wasser noch ist
dann sind wir jenseits von Eden
Wenn man für Liebe bezahlen muß nur
um einmal zärtlich zu sein
dann haben wir umsonst gelebt

Laß uns jeden Tag das Leben endlos spür'n
und uns niemals uns're Ehrlichkeit verlier'n
Wenn uns gar nichts mehr zusammenhält
verlöscht vielleicht das letzte Licht der Welt

Wenn unser Glaube nicht mehr siegen kann
dann sind wir jenseits von Eden
wenn jede Hoffnung nur ein Horizont ist
den man niemals erreicht
dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt

Ich will mit Dir eine neue Liebe spür'n
((Neue liebe spür'n))
wenn wir uns auch in Gedanken nur berühr'n
Irgendwann muß ich für immer geh'n
dann will ich sagen: diese Welt war schön

Wenn selbst ein Kind nicht mehr lacht wie ein Kind
dann sind wir jenseits von Eden
Wenn wir nicht fühlen: die Erde sie weint
wie kein and'rer Planet
dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Wenn eine Träne nur Wasser noch ist
dann sind wir jenseits von Eden
Wenn man für Liebe bezahlen muß nur
um einmal zärtlich zu sein
dann haben wir umsonst gelebt

Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt
Dann haben wir umsonst gelebt

An American Trilogy
Composer(s): Mickey Newbury
First release by: Mickey Newbury - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists



Oh I wish I was in the land of cotton
Old things they are not forgotten
Look away, look away, look away Dixieland
Oh I wish I was in Dixie, away, away
In Dixieland I take my stand to live and die in Dixie
Cause Dixieland, that's where I was born
Early Lord one frosty morning
Look away, look away, look away Dixieland

Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
His truth is marching on

So hush little baby
Don't you cry
You know your daddy's bound to die
But all my trials, Lord will soon be over

Dance The Night Away With You
Composer(s): Mac Rebennack; Doc Pomus
Performer(s): Dr. John



We could drink until we get real high
try to drink every bar dry
Taste so good that high price stuff
you never know when you've had enough
But there is nothin' I would rather do
than to dance, dance the night away with you

We could talk the whole darm night away
'cos we got so much to say
I could talk holes in your head
remember every word I said
But there is nothin' I would rather do
than to dance, dance the night away with you

We could climb a mountain high
or walk a valley deep
or we could get stoned
and fall off a lover's leap

We could talk the whole darn night away
'cos we got so much to say
I could talk holes in your head
remember every word I said
But there is nothin' I would rather do
than to dance, dance the night away with you

There is nothin' I would rather do
than to dance, dance the night away with you
There is nothin' I would rather do
than to dance, dance the night away with you
There is nothing I would rather do
than to dance, dance the night away with you

An Affair To Remember
Composer(s): Harold Adamson - Leo McCarey - Harry Warren
Performer(s): Nat King Cole



Our love affair is a wondrous thing
That we'll rejoice in remembering
Our love was born with our first embrace
And a page was torn out of time and space

Our love affair, may it always be
A flame to burn through eternity
So take my hand with a fervent prayer
That we may live and we may share
A love affair to remember

Our love affair is a wondrous thing
That we'll rejoice in remembering
Our love was born with our first embrace
And a page was torn out of time and space

Our love affair, may it always be
A flame to burn through eternity
So take my hand with a fervent prayer
That we may live and we may share
A love affair to remember

Dance The Night Away
Composer(s): Edward Van Halen; David Lee Roth;
Michael Anthony; Alex Van Halen
Performer(s): Van Halen



Have you seen her?
So fine and pretty 
Fooled me with her style and ease
And I feel her from across the room
Yes, it's love in the third degree
Ooh, baby, baby
Won'tcha turn your head my way?
Ooh, baby, baby
Come on, take a chance
You're old enough to dance the night away
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away
A live wire
Barely a beginner, but just watch that lady go
She's on fire, 'cause dancing gets her higher than anything else she knows
Ooh, baby, baby
Won'tcha turn your head my way?
Ooh, baby, baby
Well, don't skip romance, 'cause you're old enough to dance the night away
Oh, come on, baby, dance the night away
Dance the night away
Dance, dance, dance the night away
(repeat)

Amusement Parks, U.S.A.
Composer(s): Mike Love - Brian Wilson
Performer(s): The Beach Boys



Let's take your car and to amusement parks USA
At Palisades in Salisbury Parks the rolly coasters are flyin
At Euclid Beach on the flying turns I'll bet you can't keep her smilin'
Buy your girl a cotton candy while you're down on the ground
Then take her on the twirl-a-way and spin her around
Let's take your car and mess around at the park all day

The parachutes at Riverview Park will shake us up all day
And Disneyland and P.O.P. is worth a trip to L.A.
Watchin' girls in the air can really get you bad
And I'll bet the laughin' lady makes you laugh like mad
Let's pick up our friends and do amusement parks USA

Hurry, hurry, hurry folks step right up to the Beach Boy circus 
The best little show in town 
Hurry, hurry, hurry, it's only a dime folks, one thin dime, just one tenth of a dollar 
Come on in and see Stella the snake dancer (Is it real?) 
She walks, she talks, she wiggles on her belly like a snake 
(She looks like a fake to me) (Let's go see her) (It costs too much) 
Hurry, hurry, hurry folks, come on and see Stella 
She shimmies, she shakes. . . .

You'll crash and burn in the bumper cars at Jersey's steel pier
You'll crack 'em up when you stand in front of all the crazy mirrors
At first you'll be a chicken at the jackhammer ride
But you'll do it with a girl sittin' right by your side
Let's take your car and mess around at the park all day

Dance The Night Away
Composer(s): Jack Bruce; Pete Brown
Performer(s): Jack Bruce



Gonna build myself a castle
High up in the clouds
There'll be skies outside my window
Lose these streets and crowds
Dance the night away

Will find myself an ocean
Sail into the blue
Live with golden swordfish
Forget the time of you
Dance the night away

Dance myself to nothing
Vanish from this place
Gonna turn myself to shadow
So I can't see your face
Dance the night away

Amused To Death
Composer(s): Roger Waters
Performer(s): Roger Waters



Doctor Doctor what is wrong with me
This supermarket life is getting long
What is the heart life of a colour TV
What is the shelf life of a teenage queen
Ooh western woman
Ooh western girl
News hound sniffs the air
When Jessica Hahn goes down
He latches on to that symbol
Of detachment
Attracted by the peeling away of feeling
The celebrity of the abused shell the belle
Ooh western woman
Ooh western girl
And the children of Melrose
Strut their stuff
Is absolute zero cold enough
And out in the valley warm and clean
The little ones sit by their TV screens
No thoughts to think
No tears to cry
All sucked dry
Down to the very last breath
Bartender what is wrong with me
Why am I so out of breath
The captain said excuse me ma'am
This species has amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
Amused itself to death
We watched the tragedy unfold
We did as we were told
We bought and sold
It was the greatest show on earth
But then it was over
We ohhed and aahed
We drove our racing cars
We ate our last few jars of caviar
And somewhere out there in the stars
A keen-eyed look-out
Spied a flickering light
Our last hurrah
And when they found our shadows
Grouped around the TV sets
They ran down every lead
They repeated every test
They checked out all the data on their lists
And then the alien anthropologists
Admitted they were still perplexed
But on eliminating every other reason
For our sad demise
They logged the only explanation left
This species has amused itself to death
No tears to cry no feelings left
This species has amused itself to death

(Switch Channels)

(Alf Razzell:)
"Years later, I saw Bill Hubbard's name on the memorial to the missing at Aras(?) 
And I...when I saw his name I was absolutely transfixed; 
it was as though he was now a human being 
instead of some sort of nightmarish memory of how I had to leave him, all those years ago 
And I felt relieved, and ever since then I've felt happier about it 
because always before, whenever I thought of him 
I said to myself, 'Was there something else that I could have done?'

(Background: 
"I'd rather die, I'd rather die...")

And that always sort of worried me 
And having seen him, and his name in the register
- as you know in the memorials there's a little safe, there's a register in there with every name - 
and seeing his name and his name on the memorial; it sort of lightened my...heart, if you like"

(Woman)
"When was it that you saw his name on the memorial?"
"Ah, when I was eighty-seven, that would be a year, ninete...eighty-four, nineteen eighty-four"

Dance On Little Girl
Composer(s): Paul Anka
Performer(s): Paul Anka



Dance, dance on little girl
In the arms of someone new
As you dance as you twirl
My heart dances with you

Dance, dance on little girl
Tell me what I've done wrong
Why should he hold you tight
While they're playing our song

I am watching you
Oh no, no it cannot be
While I'm watching you
I'm wishing, hoping it's for me

Dance, dance on little girl
Tell me why did we part
Dance, dance on little girl
Dance out of my heart

I am watching you
Oh no, no it cannot be
While I'm watching you
I'm wishing, hoping it's for me

Dance, dance on little girl
Tell me why did we part
Dance, dance on little girl
Dance out of my heart
Oh look at you
There you go, go, go
Oh yes you know
That you're wrong, wrong, wrong.....

Amused As Always
Composer(s): Billy Mackenzie - Alan Rankine
Performer(s): The Associates



Praise be to chance
For meeting us here
We cannot dance
We dance by ear

Feet tap in time
Out in the streets
We walk in straight lines
Like some naval fleet

And still we're trying to find some interesting things to say
Let's talk of a manor or the affluent way
For what its worth amused as always
Amused as always

Don't be so sure
Of days in advance
They might never come
Praise be to chance

Praise be to chance
For setting no rules
The chance it might take
May never be cruel

And still we're trying to find some interesting things to say
Let's talk of a manor or the affluent way
For what its worth amused as always
Amused as always
Amused
Amused as always

Praise be to chance
For meeting us here
We cannot dance...

Dance On 
French Title: Je Me Sens Bien (Auprès De Toi)
Performer(s): Kathy Kirby



Don’t talk of love right now, dance on
Although the lights are low, forget it
Wait until we're alone, wait until we go home
Come on please, I don’t tease
Just dance on

Don't try and kiss me now, dance on
You might be feeling quite romantic
But I'll dance cheek to cheek
Or we’ll miss every beat     
Just dance on

Give me the sweet talk when we're leaving
From midnight on it's worth believing

You know the night has just begun
And while the music keeps on playing
Hold me close, hold me near
And I promise you’ll hear
How the beat of my heart will dance on

Give me the sweet talk when we're leaving
From midnight on it's worth believing

You know the night has just begun
And while the music keeps on playing
Hold me close, hold me near
And I promise you’ll hear
How the beat of my heart will dance on

Amurkiriki
Performer(s): Les Paul & Mary Ford



Amurkiriki, amukiriki, amukiriki 
The Lord willing I'll be with you 
A distant journey, a safe tomorrow 
Amukiriki 
Then you'll hold me as I always want you to 

In Mexico, amukiriki is as old as Mexico 
and it means the Lord be willing 
If the Lord shall will it so 
Only then will there be harvest 
Only then will rivers flow 
No ore adios to you 
I'll be close to you 
If the Lord shall will it so 

So I say "amukiriki" with you 
Deep inside my heart 
Knowing that the Lord be willing 
We won't always be apart 
After many purple twilight's 
We still see a morning glow 
and I will run to you 
Bring the sun to you 
If the Lord shall will it so

Dance Of Love
Composer(s): Mick Jacques; Norma Tager; Darryl Way
Performer(s): Curved Air



Take me from this crowded room
Give me room to hold you close
Hold so close to come unfold
Take my body with your soul
Loose yourself inside my arms
Two as one can steal the stars
Torn and free, beyond control
Take my body with your soul

Do the dance
the dance of love
Dance of love
Do the dance
the dance of love
Dance with me

Touching deep, we feel the world
Reaching deep inside ourselves
Cutting loose from roots of home
Scattered winds, the winds of change
Weightlessly, we drift in sleep
Drifting circles of our dream
Dreams of love, beyond control
Take my body with your soul

Do the dance
the dance of love
Dance of love
Do the dance
the dance of love
Dance with me

Do the dance
the dance of love
Dance of love
Do the dance
the dance of love
Dance with me
Do the dance
the dance of love
Dance of love
Do the dance
the dance of love
Dance with me