First Cut Is The Deepest
Composer(s): Cat Stevens
First release by: P.P. Arnold - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



I would have given you all of my heart 
but there's someone who's torn it apart 
and she's taking almost all that I've got 
but if you want, I'll try to love again 
baby I'll try to love again but I know 

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know 
The first cut is the deepest 
'cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed 
when it comes to lovin' me she's worse 
but when it comes to being loved she's first 
that's how I know 

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know 
The first cut is the deepest 

I still want you by my side 
just to help me dry the tears that I've cried 
cause I'm sure gonna give you a try 
and if you want, I'll try to love again 
but baby, I'll try to love again, but I know 

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know 
The first cut is the deepest 

'Cause when it comes to being lucky she's cursed 
when it comes to lovin' me she's worse 
but when it comes to being loved she's first 
that's how I know 

The first cut is the deepest, baby I know 
The first cut is the deepest

Cathy
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - Jimmy Van Heusen
Performer(s): Vic Damone; Shelly Manne; Buddy Rich



If you never met an angel then you must meet Cathy
Cathy's everything you've dreamed an angel ought to be
There's music everytime she sighs
Her smile is every sweet surprise 
You simply won't believe your eyes wait and see

Chapel windows when they catch the morning sun that's Cathy
How can merely touching someone's hand seem so divine
You might as well prepare to fall in love with Cathy 
Or you'll lose your heart to Cathy just as I lost mine

You might as well prepare to fall in love with Cathy 
Or you'll lose your heart to Cathy just as I lost mine
Yes you'll lose your heart to Cathy just as I lost mine

Fool That I Am
Composer(s): Floyd Hunt
Performer(s): Etta James;
and various other artists



Fool that I am
For falling in love with you
And, fool that I am
For thinking you loved me, too

You took my heart
Then played the part of little coquette
And, my dreams just disappeared
Like the smoke from a cigarette

Fool that I am
For hoping you’d understand
And thinking you
Would listen, too
And, oh, the things I had planned

But we couldn’t see eye to eye
So, darling, darling, darling
This is goodbye
But I still care, but I still care
And oh, fool that I am
Oh, but I still care
Fool that I am

The Fireman
Composer(s): Mack Vickery - Wayne Kemp
Performer(s): George Strait



Well they call me the fireman, that's my name
Making my rounds all over town, putting out old flames
Well everybody'd like to have a what I got
I can cool 'em down when they're smold'ring hot
I'm the fireman, that's my name

Last night they had a bad one a mile or two down the road
Well my buddy walked out and left his woman burning out of control 
Well I was down there in about an hour or so
With a little mouth to mouth she was ready to go 
I'm the fireman, that's my name

Well they call me the fireman, that's my name
Making my rounds all over town, putting out old flames
Well everybody'd like to have a what I got 
I can cool 'em down when they're smold'ring hot
I'm the fireman, that's my name

Got a fire engine red - T - bird automobile
In a minute or less I can be dressed fit to kill
I work 24 on, 24 off
When they get too hot, they just give me a call 
I'm the fireman, that's my name

Well they call me the fireman, that's my name
Making my rounds all over town, putting out old flames
Well everybody'd like to have a what I got
I can cool 'em down when they're smold'ring hot 
I'm the fireman, that's my name

They call me the fireman, that's my name

Cathouse Blues
Performer(s): Stevie Nicks



Cathouse blues
I wear the high airs
The high heel shoes
Whoa ...
Darling, it's hard to be surrounded
Where the women are lazy
And the men are rude
I got the cat walk, don't talk blues
I creep on cat's feet
I don't speak loose
Your self in velvet
Forget we ever met
I got the clothes
And the cathouse blues
Blue-gray eyes that say
I guess you don't remember
I guess that I was younger
To say the cat sleeps alone
Sleeps only in the sun
But shield away the night
And she'll be gone
Singing the cathouse blues
I need some new red velvet shoes
I'm still a dreamer's fancy
They say I'm pretty classy
I'm just a feline-silky cat come true
I'm just a feline-silky cat come true
I'm just a feline-silky cat come true
Yeah ...

Fool Number One
Composer(s): Kathryn R. Fulton
Performer(s): Brenda Lee



Am I fool number one or am I fool number two 
How many other girls have been fooled by you
I suppose that the number is far from being small 
And I'll bet that I'm the biggest fool of all

If I had the chance I guess I'd do it all again
I'd go down that same old road even knowing at the end
You'll leave me when your heart hears a new love call
So I'll guess that I'm the biggest fool of all

Am I fool number one or am I fool number two
How many other girls have been fooled by you
I suppose that the number is far from being small
And I'll guess that I'm the biggest fool of all

The Fire Down Below
Composer(s): Bob Seger
First release by: Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band - 1976
Covered by multiple other artists



Here comes old Rosie she's looking mighty fine
Here comes hot Nancy she's steppin' right on time
There go the street lights bringin on the night
Here come the men faces hidden from the light
All through the shadows they come and they go
With only one thing in common
They got the fire down below

Here comes the rich man in his big long limousine
Here comes the poor man all you got to have is green
Here comes the banker and the lawyer and the cop
One thing for certain it ain't never gonna stop
When it all gets too heavy
That's when they come and go
With only one thing in common
They got the fire down below

It happens out in Vegas happens in Moline
On the blue blood streets of Boston
Up in Berkeley and out in Queens
And it went on yesterday and it's going on tonight
Somewhere there's somebody ain't treatin' somebody right

And he's looking out for Rosie and she's looking mighty fine
And he's walking the streets for Nancy
And he'll find her everytime
When the street light flicker bringing ont he night
Well they'll be slipping into darkness slipping out of sight
All through the midnight
Watch 'em come and watch 'em go
With only one thing in common
They got the fire down below 

Catholic Day
Composer(s): Adam Ant
Performer(s): Adam & the Ants



Kennedy died in '63
Poor John. F.
Kennedy died in '63
Poor John. F.
Kennedy died in '63
Poor John. F.
Kennedy died in '63
Poor John. F.
Kennedy
No more messing 'round
Playing with Monroe
No more turning on
The middle aged ladies
All I remember
Was his sporty young hairstyle
All I remember
Was the catholic day
Kennedy died in '63
Poor John. F.
Kennedy's wife
With his brain
On her knee
Poor Jacky
Kennedy's wife
With his brain
On her knee
Poor Jacky
Kennedy
Poor Jacky
No more rocking chairs
Sitting on the front porch
No more soft drugs
Playing the space race
All I remember
Was you levi sta-prest
All I remember
Was the catholic day
I see the chickens have come home to roost
I see the chickens have come home to roost
I see the chickens have come home to roost
I see the chickens have come home to roost
I see the chickens have come home to roost  

Fool In The Rain
Composer(s): John Paul Jones; Jimmy Page; Robert Plant
Performer(s): Led Zeppelin;
Azzlzz Band; Maná; Rick Wakeman



Well there's a light in your eye that keeps shining
Like a star that can't wait for the night
I hate to think I've been blinded baby
Why can't I see you tonight?

And the warmth of your smile starts a-burnin'
And the thrill of your touch gives me fright
And I'm shaking so much, really yearning
Why don't you show up, make it all right?
Yeah, it's all right

And if you promised you'd love so completely
and you said you would always be true
You swore that you would never leave me, baby
What ever happened to you?

And you thought it was only in movies
As you wish all your dreams would come true
It ain't the first time believe me, baby
I'm standin here feeling blue
Yeah I'm blue

Now I will stand in the rain on the corner
I'll watch the people go shuffling downtown
Another ten minutes no longer
And then I'm turning around

The clock on the wall's moving slower
My heart it sinks to the ground
And the storm that I thought would blow over
Clouds the light of the love that I found

Now my body is starting to quiver
And the palms of my hands getting wet
I've got no reason to doubt you baby,
It's all a terrible mess

I'll run in the rain till I'm breathless
When I'm breathless I'll run till I drop, hey
The thoughts of a fool's kind of careless
I'm just a fool waiting on the wrong block, oh yeah
Light of the love that I found...

The Finger Of Suspicion
Composer(s): Paul Mann - Lewis
Performer(s): Dickie Valentine & The Stargazers



Someone broke into my heart and stole a beat or two
The finger of suspicion points at you
Someone took away my sleep and never left a clue
The finger of suspicion points at you

Just as soon as they can make the guilty one confess
I know exactly what I'm gonna do
I'll take and lock her charms forever in my arms
Then who is bound to be the guilty who
The finger of suspicion points at you

Someone broke into my heart and stole a beat or two
The finger of suspicion points at you
Someone took away my sleep and never left a clue
The finger of suspicion points at you

Just as soon as they can make the guilty one confess
I know exactly what I'm gonna do
I'll take and lock her charms forever in my arms
Then who is bound to be the guilty who
The finger of suspicion points at you

Catherine Cares
Composer(s): Pete Ham
Performer(s): Pete Ham



The things I said to her are on my mind
Things I said so selfishly, didn't mean a thing to me
But now I know that she was being kind
Didn't want me to be hurt, no one there to change my shirt

Catherine cares
Now I know she does, oh yes she does, oh yeah
Catherine cares
Yeah, I know that I was wrong
Catherine cares
Yeah, the only thing she wants is to have her baby home

No matter what I got, I just complained
She'd give her last to see me smile, tried to keep me dressed in style
But I had this ambition in my brain
So I walked out and left her there without a thought, without a care

Catherine cares
Now I know she does, oh yes she does, oh yeah
Catherine cares
Yeah, I know that I was wrong
Catherine cares
Yeah, the only thing she wants is to have her baby home

Each time that I come home she says the same
"C'mon home, you're getting thin, see the state your clothes are in"
She's my mom and Catherine's her name
Gives a pound to see me straight, sits back in her chair to wait

Catherine cares
Now I know she does, oh yes she does, oh yeah
Catherine cares
Yeah, I know that I was wrong
Catherine cares
Yeah, the only thing she wants is to have her baby home

(She wants her baby home)

Catherine cares
Now I know she does, yeah I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know she does, oh yeah
Catherine cares
Catherine cares
I know that I was selfish to you, selfish to you, my mom
Catherine cares
Please forgive me...

Fool Hearted Memory
Composer(s): Blake Mevis; David Wills
Performer(s): George Strait



Nickels and dimes
Memories and wines
She's on his mind once again
The same old fool
The same old stool
Played by the rules but didn't win
There's an old love in his heart that he can't lose
He tried forgetting but he knows that it's no use

He's got a fool hearted memory
That won't let him see
That she walked out the door
He's got a fool hearted memory
He sits patiently
Here every night so it can fool him more

She was his girl
His only world
That string of pearls that slipped away
A thousand dimes
A thousand times
He doesn't mind what they say
He fills the jukebox
And plays the same old song
He fills his glass
And then he turns her memory on

He's got a fool hearted memory
That won't let him see
That she walked out the door
He's got a fool hearted memory
He sits patiently
Here every night so it can fool him more

He's got a fool hearted memory
That won't let him see
That she walked out the door
He's got a fool hearted memory
He sits patiently
Here every night so it can fool him more

Finest Drops
Composer(s): Wire
Performer(s): Wire



The island monkeys love the dark
No one is home, they're thin-skinned sharks
Hue exchanging gives sea-leg walks
No one is home, the chemicals talk

Load up the spoiled goods
Hook up the spoiled gods
Fill up the kindness cups
Drink up the finest drops

Feeding frenzy, sleepless attacks
No one is home, power attracts
Death on a raft, life in a whale
No one is home to finish the tale

Paint it red, light it in blue
No one is home over at the zoo
Lashing together, a timbre design
No one is home, no one is blind

The last boat launched, cling to the rail
No one is home, they're in full sail
Forging chains, caught on the tracks
No one is home and they're not coming back

The island monkeys love the dark
No one is home, they've gone for a walk
The island monkeys love the dark
No one is home, the chemicals talk

Cathedral
Composer(s): Graham Nash
Performer(s): Crosby, Stills & Nash



Six o' clock
In the morning, I feel pretty good
So I dropped into the luxury of the Lords
Fighting dragons and crossing swords
With the people against the hordes
Who came to conquer

Seven o'clock
In the morning, here it comes
I taste the warning and I am so amazed
I'm here today, seeing things so clear this way
In the car and on my way
To Stonehenge

I'm flying in Winchester cathedral
Sunlight pouring through the break of day
Stumbled through the door and into the chamber
There's a lady setting flowers on a table covered lace
And a cleaner in the distance finds a cobweb on a face
And a feeling deep inside of me tells me
This can't be the place

I'm flying in Winchester cathedral
All religion has to have its day
Expressions on the face of the Saviour
Made me say
I can't stay

Open up the gates of the church and let me out of here!
Too many people have lied in the name of Christ
For anyone to heed the call
So many people have died in the name of Christ
That I can't believe it all

And now I'm standing on the grave of a soldier that died in 1799
And the day he died it was a birthday
And I noticed it was mine
And my head didn't know just who I was
And I went spinning back in time
And I am high upon the altar
High upon the altar, high

I'm flying in Winchester cathedral
It's hard enough to drink the wine
The air inside just hangs in delusion
But given time
I'll be fine

Fool For Your Loving
Composer(s): David Coverdale;
Bernie Marsden; Micky Moody
Performer(s): Whitesnake;
and various other artists



I was born under a bad sign, left out in the cold
I'm a lonely man who knows just what it means to lose control
But I took all the heartache and turned it to shame
Now I'm movin', movin' on and I ain't taking the blame

(chorus:)
Don't come running to me, I know I've done all I can
A hard loving woman like you just makes a hard loving man
So I can say it to you, babe: I'll be a fool for your loving no more
A fool for your loving no more
I'm so tired of trying, I always end up crying
A fool for your loving no more, I'll be a fool for your loving no more

I'm tired of hiding my feelings, you left me lonely too long
I gave my heart and you tore it apart
Oh, baby you done me wrong
(chorus)

The Final Cut
Composer(s): Roger Waters
First release by: Pink Floyd - 1983



Through the fish-eyed lens of tear stained eyes
I can barely define the shape of this moment in time
And far from flying high in clear blue skies
I'm spiraling down to the hole in the ground where I hide

If you negotiate the minefield in the drive
And beat the dogs and cheat the cold electronic eyes
And if you make it past the shotgun in the hall
Dial the combination, open the priesthole
And if I'm in I'll tell you what's behind the wall

There's a kid who had a big hallucination
Making love to girls in magazines
He wonders if you're sleeping with your new found faith
Could anybody love him
Or is it just a crazy dream?

And if I show you my dark side
Will you still hold me tonight?
And if I open my heart to you
And show you my weak side
What would you do?
Would you sell your story to Rolling Stone?
Would you take the children away
And leave me alone?
And smile in reassurance
As you whisper down the phone?
Would you send me packing?
Or would you take me home?

Thought I oughta bare my naked feelings
Thought I oughta tear the curtain down
I held the blade in trembling hands
Prepared to make it but just then the phone rang
I never had the nerve to make the final cut

"Hello? Listen, I think I've got it 
Okay, listen it's a HaHa!"

Catfish John
Composer(s): Bob McDill - Allen Reynolds
First release by: Johnny Russell - 1972
Covered by multiple other artists



Momma said don't go near that river
Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John
But come the morning I'd always be there
Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn

Born a slave in the town of Vicksburg
Traded for a chestnut mare
But he never spoke in anger
Though his load was hard to bear

Momma said don't go near that river
Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John
But come the morning I'd always be there
Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn

Let me dream of another morning
Of a time so long ago
Where the sweet magnolias blossom
And cotton fields were white as snow

Momma said don't go near that river
Don't be hangin' 'round old Catfish John
But come the morning I'd always be there
Walking in his footsteps in that sweet delta dawn

Fool For You Anyway
Composer(s): Mick Jones
Performer(s): Foreigner; The Average White Band



Well I miss you honey
A little more every day
And I know if I kissed you
You'd be comin' back home to stay

'Cause I know I was wrong
But how long do I have to pay?

You know you belong here beside me
I'm a fool for you anyway
I'm a fool for you anyway
'Cause I'm a fool for you anyway

Well I cried for you so long
My river of tears ran dry
And I tried to be so strong
But grew weaker as time went by

You know your love left a mark on me
I don't think it will fade away

I'll sit here and wait 'til you come home
'Cause I'm a fool for you anyway
I'm a fool for you anyway
Fool for you anyway

You know your love left a mark on me, on me
I don't think it will fade away

I'll sit here and wait 'til you come home
'Cause I'm a fool for you anyway
'Cause I'm a fool for you anyway
I'm a fool for you anyway

Fool for you anyway
Fool for you anyway
'Cause I'm a fool for you anyway
A fool for you anyway
Fool for you anyway
I'm a fool for you anyway

Fields Of Athenry
Composer(s): Pete St. John
First recording/First release by: Danny Doyle - 1979/1980
Covered by multiple other artists



By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling
"Michael, they have taken you away
For you stole Trevelyan's corn
So the young might see the morn
Now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay"

Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young man calling
"Nothing matters, Mary, when you're free
Against the famine and the crown
I rebelled, they cut me down
Now you must raise our child with dignity"

Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

By a lonely harbor wall, she watched the last star fall
As the prison ship sailed out against the sky
For she lived to hope and pray for her love in Botany Bay
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

Low lie the fields of Athenry
Where once we watched the small free birds fly
Our love was on the wing
We had dreams and songs to sing
It's so lonely round the fields of Athenry

Catfish Blues ((aka Rollin' Stone (Muddy Waters And His Guitar) - 1950))
Composer(s): Robert Petway
First release by: Robert Petway - 1941
Covered by multiple other artists



Well I wish
I was a catfish
swimmin' in a oh, deep, blue sea
I would have all you good lookin' women

Fishin', fishin' after me
Sure 'nough, a-after me
Sure 'nough, a-after me
Oh 'nough, oh 'nough, sure 'nough

I went to my baby's house
and I sit down oh, on her steps
She said, "Now, come on in now, Muddy
You know, my husband just now left
Sure 'nough, he just now left
Sure 'nough, he just now left"
Sure 'nough, oh well, oh well

Well, my mother told my father
just before hmmm, I was born
"I got a boy child's comin'
He's gonna be, he's gonna be a rollin' stone
Sure 'nough, he's a rollin' stone
Sure 'nough, he's a rollin' stone"
Oh well he's a, oh well he's a, oh well he's a

Well, I feel, yes I feel
feel that I could lay down oh, time ain't long
I'm gonna catch the first thing smokin'
back, back down the road I'm goin'
Back down the road I'm goin'
Back down the road I'm goin'
Sure 'nough back, sure 'nough back