Tell It Like It Is
Composer(s): Brian Howe - Mick Ralphs
Performer(s): Bad Company



Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
You got me cornered, there's no getting out alive
So wait a minute, woman, I need to switch out that light
We're a bad match, babe, you never know what's good for you
There's somethin' not right, I'm gonna tell you what to do
For 24 hours, you been comin' on so strong
Baby, I'm gettin' nervous, and pretty soon I'm gonna prove you wrong
I've gotta tell it like it is - I know it's down to me
Can't go on like this - our love is history
I'm gonna burn this bridge - you just wait and see
Tell it like it is - uh huh, hey
Face to face, a day I will never forget
Well I was beggin' for your love, you said you're not ready yet
Hey we've come a long way, babe, there's nothin', nothin' I won't do
And well I warn you tonight, my love is hot, I'm comin' for you
For 24 hours, you've been puttin' me on
Maybe I'm gettin' nervous, and pretty soon I'm gonna prove you wrong
I've gotta tell it like it is - I know it's down to me
Can't go on like this - our love is history
I'm gonna burn this bridge - just you wait and see
I'm gonna tell it like it is - uh huh, hey

For 24 hours, you been comin' on so strong
Maybe I'm nervous, pretty soon I'm gonna prove you wrong
I'm gonna tell it like it is - I know it's down to me
I can't go on like this - watch your step, it's history
Gonna burn this bridge - you just wait and see
Tell it like it is - yeah uh huh
Tell it like it is - wait and see
Can't go on like this - our love is history
I'm gonna burn this bridge - I'm gonna burn you down
I'm gonna tell it like it is - I'm waitin', I'm waitin'
Tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it like it is
No, you know it's still down to me
I said tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it - tell it like it is
You're history
You've gotta tell it, tell it, tell it!

My Heart Tells Me
Composer(s): Mack Gordon; Harry Warren
Originally performed by: Betty Grable
Covered by various other artists



My heart tells me this is just a fling
Yet you say our love means everything
Do you mean what you are saying
Or is this a little game we're playing
My heart tells me I will cry again
Lips that kiss like yours could lie again
If I'm fool enough to see this through
Will I be sorry if I do
Should I believe my heart or you

My heart tells me I will cry again
Lips that kiss like yours could lie again
If I'm fool enough to see this through
Will I be sorry if I do
Should I believe my heart or you

Goodnight Irene
Composer(s): Huddie Ledbetter; John Lomax
Performer(s): Leadbelly;
and various other artists



Irene good night Irene good night
Good night Irene Good night Irene
I'll see you in my dreams

Last Saturday night I got married
Me and my wife settled down
Now me and my wife have parted
I'm gonna take a little stroll downtown

Irene good night Irene good night
Good night Irene Good night Irene
I'll see you in my dreams

Some times I live in the country
Some times I live in town
Some times I take a great notion
To jump in the river and drown

Irene good night Irene good night
Good night Irene Good night Irene
I'll see you in my dreams

Quit your rambling quit your gambling
Stop staying out late at night
Stay home with your wife and family
And stay by the fireside of right

Irene good night Irene good night
Good night Irene Good night Irene
I'll see you in my dreams
Irene good night Irene good night
Good night Irene Good night Irene
I'll see you in my dreams

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Parody Version:
Performer(s): Judy Garland; Bob Hope; Bing Crosby



Irene Goodnight
Irene Goodnight
Goodnight Irene 
Goodnight Irene
We'll see you in our dreams

Sometimes she sleeps in pajamas
Sometimes she sleeps in a gown
But when they both in the laundrey
Irene is the talk of the town

Irene Goodnight
Irene Goodnight
Goodnight Irene 
Goodnight Irene
We'll see you in our dreams

Irene never goes off to Dreamland 
Till she's combed every hair in her head
She puts it all up neat in curlers
Then she hangs it on the post of the bed

Irene Goodnight
Irene Goodnight
Goodnight Irene 
Goodnight Irene
We'll see you in our dreams

A burgler broke in Irenes bedroom
The dear girl was sleeping in peace
Then Irene she fought like a tiger
Till the burgler called the police

Irene Goodnight
Irene Goodnight
Cut out missing a dream drink Ovaltine
Or just drop dead Irene!

Tell It Like It Is
((Dutch Version: Zet Het Licht Op Groen (Paul Anderson) - 1993))
Composer(s): Lee Diamond - George Richard Davis
First release by: Aaron Neville - 1966
Covered by multiple other artists



If you want something to play with 
Go and find yourself a toy
Baby my time is too expensive
And I'm not a little boy

If you are serious
Don't play with my heart it makes me furious
But if you want me to love you
Then baby I will, girl you know I will

Tell it like it is
Don't be ashamed to let your conscience be your guide
But I-I-I-I-I know deep down inside of me
I believe you love me, forget your foolish pride

Life is too short to have sorrow
You may be here today and gone tomorrow
You might as well get what you want
So go on and live, baby, go on and live

Tell it like it is
I'm nothin' to play with, go and find yourself a toy
But I-I-I-I-I
Tell it like it is
My time is too expensive
And I'm not your little boy

Mm mm, tell it like it is 

My Heart Stood Still
Composer(s): Richard Rodgers; Lorenz Hart
Originally performed by: Jessie Matthews
Covered by various other artists



I took one look at you
That's all I meant to do
And then my heart stood still

My feet could step and walk
My lips could move and talk
And yet my heart stood still

Though not a single word was spoken
I could tell you knew
That unfelt clasp of hands
Told me so well you knew
I never lived at all
Until the thrill of that moment
When my heart stood still

I took one look at you
That's all I meant to do
And then my heart stopped right there

My feet could step and walk
My lips could move and talk
And yet my heart stood still

Though not a single word was spoken
I could tell you knew
That unfelt claps of hands
Told me so well you knew
I never lived at all
Until the thrill of that moment
When my heart stood still

Goodnight Children Everywhere
Composer(s): Gabriel Rogers; Harry Phillips
Performer(s): Vera Lynn; Joe Loss; 
Harry Roy; Sixpence None The Richer



Sleepy little eyes in a sleepy little head
Sleepy time is drawing near
In a little while, you'll be tucked up in your bed
Here's a song for baby, dear

Goodnight, children, everywhere
Your Mummy thinks of you tonight
Lay your head upon your pillow
Don't be a kid or a weeping willow

Close your eyes and say a prayer
And surely you can find a kiss to spare
Tho you are far away, she's with you night and day
Goodnight, children, everywhere.

Soon the moon will rise and caress you with its beams
While the shadows softly creep
With a happy smile, you'll be wrapped up in your dreams
Baby will be fast asleep

Goodnight, children, everywhere
Your Mummy thinks of you tonight
Lay your head upon your pillow
Don't be a kid or a weeping willow

Close your eyes and say a prayer
And surely you can find a kiss to spare
Tho you are far away, she's with you night and day
Goodnight, children, everywhere

Tell It All Brother
Composer(s): Alex Harvey
Performer(s): Kenny Rogers



Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brothers and sisters
Tell it all

How much you're holding back on me
When you say you're giving all?
And in the dungeons of your mind
Who you got chained to the wall?

Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brothers and sisters
Tell it all

Did you plant your feet on higher ground
To avoid life's mud and stone?
Did you ever kick a good man
When he was down, just to make yourself feel strong?

Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brothers and sisters
Tell it all

Tomorrow just might be too late
Now is the time
To get your jumbled mind straight
And seek a new design

Did you ever walk for a crippled man
Pretending you were lame?
And what made you think one feeble hand to God
Was gonna make him call your name?

Tell it all brother and sisters
Tell, Tell it all
Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all brothers and sisters, tell
Tell it all brother, before we fall
Tell it all... 

My Heart Reminds Me (aka And That Reminds Me)
Composer(s): Camillo Bargoni; Al Stillman
Performer(s): Kay Starr
and various other artists



I hear the sound of music
Your favorite kind of music
And that reminds me, Dear, of you

I see the summer roses
Your favorite shade of roses
And that reminds me too of you, Dear

If I could hear no music
If there could be no roses
No summer nights to make me dream as I do
I still would not forget you
One thing would still be true
My heart reminds me I love you

If I could hear no music
If there could be no roses
No summer nights to make me dream as I do
I still would not forget you
One thing would still be true
My heart reminds me I love you

Goodnight Baby
Composer(s): Steve Cropper; David Porter
Performer(s): Sam & Dave



Goodnight baby 
You know I hate to leave you now 
Keep on bein' my lady 
And I'll see you tomorrow somehow 
Right now it's-a good night baby, baby goodnight 
Sweet dreams baby, won't you keep me on your mind 

Bridge: 
Every time I turn to walk away 
I feel the power of love comin' on 
The look in your eyes seems to tell you 
You feel the same way after I'm gone 

Hurts to leave you, but... 
Goodnight baby, baby goodnight 
And if you wake up feelin' lonely 
You can call me any time 

(repeat bridge) 

I'd better get away, say 
Goodnight baby, baby goodnight 
I'll go on, baby I know 
I feel the power of love, etc.

Tell Her
Composer(s): Bert Russell
First release by: Gil Hamilton - 1962
Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1963 - Dis-Lui (Claude François)
1996 - Morgen (Lisa Del Bo)



If you ever see the girl for me
Tell her that I love her
Tell her that I care
If she ever needs me
Tell her I'll be there
It happened the other night
We argued but we didn't fight
She grabbed her bag and slammed the door
She hasn't been a-back here no more
If  an' how you can see my woman
Tell her that I need her
Tell her she was right
Tell her that I miss her
Oooh, each and every night
I didn't mean a word I said
Tell her I was wrong
And yes, if she'll just listen
Tell her to come back where she belongs
If you ever find that love of mine
Tell her to forgive me
Tell her don't be mean
I didn't mean to start it
I wish it was all just dream
Tell her
Tell her
Oh, how much I love
Oh, how much I need her
How much I love her...

My Heart Is Yours Alone ((aka You Are My Heart's Delight (Richard Tauber) - 1931))
((German Version: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (Richard Tauber) - 1929))
Composer(s): Franz Lehár
Performer(s): Richard Tauber - 1931



My heart is yours alone!
I cannot be without you
Like a flower that wilts
when unkissed by the sun!
My most beautiful song is yours
for it is created out of love
Tell me once more, my one and only
oh tell me once more
I love you!

Wherever I am
I feel you are near
I want to drink your breath
and kneel adoringly at your feet
yours, yours alone! 
How wonderful is your shining hair!
Dreamy and full of longing
is your radiant gaze
Your voice is music to my ears

My heart is yours alone...

Goodnight, Angel
Composer(s): Herb Magidson; Allie Wrubel
Performer(s): Mantovani;
and various other artists



Goodnight angel
Thanks for another evening in heaven
Just one more kiss to end this perfect day
Before you spread your wings and fly away

Goodnight angel
Until we meet again here in heaven
And may your dreams be just as sweet as you are
Goodnight, angel, goodnight

Goodnight angel
Thanks for another evening in heaven
Just one more kiss to end this perfect day
Before you spread your wings and fly away

Dis-Lui
((Adapted from: Tell Her (Gil Hamilton) - 1962))
((Dutch Version: Morgen (Lisa Del Bo) - 1996))
Composer(s): Bert Russell - Claude Carrère - André Salvet
Performer(s): Claude François - 1963



Je n'suis sans doute pas très vieux
Mais je connais l'amour
Quand une fille te rend malheureux
Pleure pas tous les jours
Si tu veux qu'elle te voie
Et qu'elle s'attache à toi
Si tu veux qu'elle ne soit
Vraiment rien qu'à toi

Dis-lui que tu l'aimes à la folie
Dis-lui que tu l'aimeras pour la vie
Dis-lui, dis-lui, oh dis-lui, oui dis-le-lui

Je n'suis sans doute pas très vieux
Mais je connais l'amour
Si tu veux enfin être heureux
Sors donc au grand jour
N'attends pas demain
Pour crier cet amour
Prends-la par la main
Sans plus de détour et

Dis-lui que tu l'aimes à la folie
Dis-lui que tu l'aimeras pour la vie
Dis-lui, dis-lui, oh dis-lui, oui dis-le-lui

Moi aussi tout comme toi
J'ai longtemps hésité
Mais l'amour a gagné
Car mon cœur ne savait pas
Jusqu'à ce beau jour
Où oui! Oui on m'a dit: oh toi!

Je n'suis sans doute pas très vieux
Mais je connais l'amour
Si une fille te rend malheureux
Pleure pas tous les jours
Si tu veux qu'elle te voie
Et qu'elle s'attache à toi
Si tu veux qu'elle ne soit
À toi, rien qu'à toi

Dis-lui que tu l'aimes à la folie
Dis-lui que tu l'aimeras pour la vie
Dis-lui, dis-lui, oh dis-lui, oui dis-le-lui

Oh prends-la par la main
Et crie-le-lui
Et dis-le-lui
À vous les filles de crier maintenant
Oh criez donc!
Oh criez-lui!
Oh prends-la par la main maintenant!

My Heart Is Like A Clock
Composer(s): Smokey Robinson; Mary Wells
Performer(s): Mary Wells



You broke my heart, and in that moment it stopped 
Just like a clock that has been dropped 
I thought that everything was fine 
And that our love was gonna last 
And yet we're running out of time 
Just like the sand in a glass 
Now every moment seems like an hour 
Every hour like a day ever since you went away 

My heart is running down 
Just like a clock, it needs to be wound 
Before it stops 
And only your kiss can wind it up and make it get started 
Your kiss can wind it up and make it get started 
So come on & wind it up before I wind up broken-hearted 

My heart is running down 
Just like a clock, it needs to be wound 
Before it stops 
And only your kiss can wind it up and make it get started 
Your kiss can wind it up and make it get started 
So come on & wind it up before I wind up broken-hearted  

And make it get started, oh oh 
Don't wanna be broken-hearted, oh oh 
(Only your kiss can wind it up) ...

Goodnight
Composer(s): Bill Dees; Roy Orbison
Performer(s): Roy Orbison



My lovely woman child 
I found you out running wild with someone new 
You've been untrue 
And everybody knows we're through
But I can't say good-bye to you 
No matter what you do 
My heart won't let you go

Although I know you go with someone new 
I think of you 
I think of how you kiss 
Your tenderness, with all of this 
I miss the way you say goodnight 
Bittersweet your kisses 
When my heart still misses 
The way that things used to be 
But I know you're strong for other arms you long for 
And you can never come back to me

Not just for yesterday 
Tonight or tomorrow 
Ah, but forever, I'll hear you say goodnight 
Goodnight, goodnight turned out to be a lie 
And I can't help it if I cry 
Goodnight, my love, sleep tight, my love, goodnight

Morgen
((Adapted from: Tell Her (Gil Hamilton) - 1962))  
((French Version: Dis-Lui (Claude François) - 1963))
Composer(s): Bert Russell - Suzy Baels - Robert Mellin
Performer(s): Lisa Del Bo - 1996



Eén keer slaap ik nog alleen
Dit wordt een lange nacht
Ik wou dat het zonlicht al scheen
Ik lig te woelen

Uren kruipen voorbij
Ik vraag me af of jij
Aan me denken zou
‘k Hou zoveel van jou

Morgen zal ik aan je zijde lopen
Morgen gaat de hemel voor me open
Morgen, morgen
Ja, morgen ben ik van jou

Eén keer slaap ik nog alleen
En dan lig ik naast jou
Eén keer daarna nooit meer alleen
Het wordt een sprookje

Uren kruipen voorbij
De tijd staat stil voor mij
Jij spookt door mijn hoofd
Door geluk verdoofd

Morgen zal ik aan je zijde lopen
Morgen gaat de hemel voor me open
Morgen, morgen
Ja, morgen ben ik van jou

Ik zie een ring, een bruidsboeket
Ik voel betovering met jou hier aan mijn zijde
Ik wil jou beloven schat dat ik jou bekoren zal
Jij bent de ware voor mij

Eén keer slaap ik nog alleen
Ik slaap niet maar ik droom
Over hoe het morgen zal zijn
Als jij zal komen

Uren kruipen voorbij
De tijd staat stil voor mij
‘k Wil de jouwe zijn
Reeds de jouwe zijn

Morgen zal ik aan je zijde lopen
Morgen gaat de hemel voor me open
Morgen, morgen
Ja, morgen ben ik van jou
Oh, ik wacht tot morgen

Morgen zal ik aan je zijde lopen
Morgen gaat de hemel voor me open
Morgen, morgen
Ja, morgen ben ik van jou
Ja, ik wacht tot morgen

Morgen zal ik aan je zijde lopen
Morgen gaat de hemel voor me open
Morgen, morgen
Ja, morgen ben ik van jou

My Heart Is In Ireland
Composer(s): Brian Warfield
Performer(s): Wolfe Tones



In the East End of London, I met an old man
He kept a bar called the Horses and Tram
"My parents were Irish 
They loved that dear land"
The Cockney, he smiled, then he shook my old hand

"My heart is in Ireland, it's there I long to be
Her hills and her valleys are calling to me
Though born here in this land, my heart is in Ireland
The land of the old folks is calling to me"

Near a coal mine in Wales, by a roadside cafe
A young girl came smiling, and to me did say
"Well, my folks are from Ireland. My Da', he hopes one day
When he leaves the mines, sure we'll go back to stay"

"My heart is in Ireland, it's there I long to be
Her hills and her valleys are calling to me
Though born here in this land, my heart is in Ireland
The land of the old folks is calling to me"
Then I went through the Midlands, through each city and town
I found there were Irish in each place I roamed
And I drank and I sang at a pub they call the Crown
With the Birmingham irish, we sang songs of home

"My heart is in Ireland, it's there I long to be
Her hills and her valleys are calling to me
Though born here in this land, my heart is in Ireland
The land of the old folks is calling to me"

Then I went north to Scotland, to Glasgow on the Clyde
I met with some young lads. They said, "Celtic's our side
All our folks are from Ireland, the island of the green
A country we love, but a place we've not seen"

"My heart is in Ireland, it's there I long to be
Her hills and her valleys are calling to me
Though born here in this land, my heart is in Ireland
The land of the old folks is calling to me"

Goodness Gracious Me
Composer(s): Herbert Kretzmer; David Lee
Performer(s): Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren



Her: Oh doctor, I'm in trouble
Him: Well, goodness gracious me
Her: For every time a certain man
Is standing next to me
Him: Mmm?
Her: A flush comes to my face
And my pulse begins to race
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom
Him: Oh!
Her: Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Him: Well, goodness gracious me

Him: How often does this happen?
When did the trouble start?
You see, my stethoscope is bobbing
To the throbbing of your heart
Her: What kind of man is he
To create this allergy?
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom
Him: Oh!
Her: Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Him: Well, goodness gracious me

Him: From New Delhi to Darjeeling
I have done my share of healing
And I've never yet been beaten or outboxed
I remember that with one jab
Of my needle in the Punjab
How I cleared up beriberi
And the dreaded dysentery
But your complaint has got me really foxed
Her: Oh

Her: Oh doctor, touch my fingers
Him: Well, goodness gracious me
Her: You may be very clever
But however, can't you see
My heart beats much too much
At a certain tender touch
It goes boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom
Him: I like it!
Her: Boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Him: Well, goodness gracious me

Him: Can I see your tongue?
Her: Aaah
Him: Nothing the matter with it, put it away please
Her: Maybe it's my back
Him: Maybe it is
Her: Shall I lie down?
Him: Yes
Her: Ahhh... 

Him: My initial diagnosis
Rules out measles and thrombosis
Sleeping sickness and, as far as I can tell
Influenza, inflammation
Whooping cough and night starvation
And you'll be so glad to hear
That both your eyeballs are so clear
That I can positively swear that you are well
Ja-ja, ja-ja-ja-ja

Her: Put two and two together
Him: Four
Her: If you have eyes to see
The face that makes my pulses race
Is right in front of me
Him: Oh, there is nothing I can do
For my heart is jumping too
Both: Oh, we go boom boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom
Boody-boom boody-boom boody-boom-boom-boom
Her: Goodness gracious
Him: How audacious!
Her: Goodness gracious
Him: How flirtatious!
Her: Goodness gracious
Him: It is me
Her: It is you?
Him: Ah, I'm sorry, it is us
Both: Ahhh!

Tell Him
((Czech Version: Toužíš (Helena Vondrácková s Lucií Bílou) - 2005))
Composer(s): Walter Afanasieff - Linda Thompson - David Foster
First release by: Barbra Streisand & Celine Dion - 1997



I'm scared 
So afraid to show I care 
Will he think me weak 
If I tremble when I speak 
Oooh - what if 
There's another one he's thinking of 
Maybe he's in love 
I'd feel like a fool 
Life can be so cruel 
I don't know what to do 

I've been there 
With my heart out in my hand 
But what you must understand 
You can't let the chance 
To love him pass you by 

Should I 

Tell him 
Tell him that the sun and moon 
Rise in his eyes 
Reach out to him 
And whisper 
Tender words so soft and sweet 
Hold him close to feel his heart beat 
Love will be the gift you give yourself 

Touch him 
With the gentleness you feel inside 
Your love can't be denied 
The truth will set you free 
You'll have what's mean to be 
All in time you'll see 

I love him 
Of that much I can be sure 
I don't think I could endure 
If I let him walk away 
When I have so much to say 

I'll 

Love is light that surely glows 
In the hearts of those who know 
It's a steady flame that grows 
Feed the fire with all the passion you can show 
Tonight love will assume its place 
This memory time cannot erase 
Blind faith will lead love where it has to go 

Never let him go 

My Heart Is Empty
Composer(s): Nico
Performer(s): Nico



"My heart is empty
But the songs I sing
Are filled with love for you"

A man said that to me
That's how I know

Sometimes love it does not show
Sometimes it does not even know
There is no witness to my anger
When it stabs until he dies
I am looking for the strangler
To help me, help me with my crime

Show me the way to warning
Warning for the morning light
I will stab it with a knife
The blinding sun
The heartbeat for the time to come

The honesty
That lies to you

My heart is empty
But the songs I sing
Are filled with love for you