The Motorcycle Song
Composer(s): Arlo Guthrie
Performer(s): Arlo Guthrie



I don't want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want a tickle
'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want to die
Just want to ride on my motorcy... cle

It was late last night the other day
I thought I'd go up and see Ray
So l went up and I saw Ray
There was only one thing Ray could say, was

I don't want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want a tickle
'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want to die
Just want to ride on my motorcy... cle

This song is about the time that I was ridin' my motorcycle
Going down a mountain road, at 150 miles an hour, playin' my guitar 
On one side of the mountain road there was a mountain, and on the other side there was nothin' - there was a cliff in the air

Now, when you're going down a mountain road at 150 miles an hour you gotta be very careful, especially if you're playin' a guitar 
Especially if that guitar is an acoustic guitar
Because if it's an acoustic guitar, the wind pressure is greater on the box side than on the neck side, because there's more guitar on the box side 
I wasn't payin' attention...

Luckily I didn't go into the mountain - I went over the cliff
I was goin' at 150 miles an hour sideways and 500 feet down at the same time

I knew it was the end 
I looked down, I said ''Wow! Some trip" 
I thought it... well I knew it was... 
I knew it was my last trip, and in my last remaining seconds in world, I decided to write one last farewell song to the world

Put a new ink cartridge in my pen 
Took out a piece of paper
I sat back and I thought awhile 
Then I started writin'
I don't want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want a tickle
'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle

And I don't want to die
Just want to ride on my motorcy... cle"

I knew that, it wasn't the best song l ever wrote, but I didn't have time to change it 
I was comin' down mighty fast

But as you all know, and as fate would have it, I didn't die 
I landed on the top of a police car
And he died 
I drove away on the road that he was on 
I came into town at a screamin' 175 miles an hour, playin' the motorcycle song

I came into town, I jumped off my bike, the bike went around the corner by itself, went up on the stand by itself, turned itself off

I walked over to my friend 
He was standin' there eatin' pickles 
I said "Hi, what's happenin'?" 
He looked at me in the eye and said "Nothin'"

You gotta sing it with that kind of enthusiasm 
Like you just squashed a cop...

I don't want a pickle
Just want to ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want a tickle
'Cause I'd rather ride on my motorsickle
And I don't want to die
Just want to ride on my motorcy... cle

Christiansen
Composer(s): Jacques Datin - Maurice Vidalin
Performer(s): France Gall



Il était venu de son pays de neige
Tout droit vers le Sud, sans presque s'arrêter
Mon Dieu que c'est loin, que c'est loin de la Norvège
La Méditerranée

C'était ses yeux verts, et c'était sa guitare
Qui avaient payé ce voyage de fou
Quand il en jouait, en lui offrait à boire
On lui donnait des sous

Christiansen
Il savait quelques mots de mauvais français
Christiansen
Il savait quelques mots de mauvais anglais
Et pourtant, je comprenais bien
Même quand il ne disait rien
Christiansen

Le jour où j'irai le rejoindre en Norvège
Je reconnaîtrai cette maison d'Oslo
Et ce vieux traîneau qu'il lançait sur la neige
Comme on lance un bateau

Je reconnaîtrai la fameuse Christine
Dont il me parlait pour me faire enrager
Je ne l'aime pas cette jolie cousine
Elle l'a trop aimé

Christiansen
Il dormait sur la plage entre deux rochers
Christiansen
S'il mangeait quelques fois, c'est que j'y pensais
Et pourtant, il était heureux, oui vraiment il était heureux
Christiansen

Il est repartis vers son pays de neige
Et la plage d'or où l'on s'est tant baignés
A le sable gris, des plages de Norvège
Il a tout emporté
Pour me le redonner
Quand je le reverrai

Redemption Song
Composer(s): Bob Marley
Performer(s): Bob Marley;
and various other artists



Old pirates, yes, they rob I
Sold I to the merchant ships
Minutes after they took I
From the bottomless pit
But my hand was made strong
By the 'and of the Almighty
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? 
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our minds
Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them can stop the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look? Ooh!
Some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fullfil the book

Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? 
'Cause all I ever have
Redemption songs
Redemption songs
Redemption songs

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery
None but ourselves can free our mind
Wo! Have no fear for atomic energy
'Cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time
How long shall they kill our prophets
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it's just a part of it
We've got to fullfil the book
Won't you help to sing
These songs of freedom? 
'Cause all I ever had
Redemption songs 
All I ever had
Redemption songs
These songs of freedom
Songs of freedom

Motivator
Composer(s): Marc Bolan
Performer(s): Marc Bolan & T. Rex



I love the way you walk
Don't you know you're a cool motivator
Love the way you walk
Love the way you walk
I love the way your eye
It doth shine like an Egyptian ruby
Love the way it shines
Love the way it shines
Shine on
I love the clothes you wear
They're so mean they're so fine
Love the clothes you wear
Love the clothes you wear
I love the broken crown
The one you stole from the King
Love the broken crown
Love the broken crown
I love it
I love the golden cat
You know the one that you keep
In your bedroom
Love the golden cat
Love the golden cat
I love the velvet hat
You know the one that caused
A revolution
Love the velvet hat
Love the velvet hat
I love it 

Chrisje
Performer(s): Gerard Cox



Ik denk niet dat 't ooit nog overgaat
Want anders was ik je allang vergeten
Wat 'r ook verder te gebeuren staat
Ik zal wel altijd van je blijven weten
En aan je moeten denken nu en dan
Alleen om m'n geheugen op te frissen
En zeker weten dat 't pijn doen kan
Chrisje, ik zal je altijd blijven missen

Natuurlijk stelde 't maar weinig voor
Zelfs wonderen moeten met de jaren rijpen
Maar wie heeft als 'ie achttien is dat door
Ik was te jong om zoiets te begrijpen
M'n enige, m'n eerste grote vangst
Hoewel ik nog maar nauwelijks kon vissen
Je hebt me afgeholpen van m'n angst
Chrisje, ik zal je altijd blijven missen

M'n enige, m'n eerste grote vangst
Hoewel ik nog maar nauwelijks kon vissen
Je hebt me afgeholpen van m'n angst
Chrisje, ik zal je altijd blijven missen

De jaren maakten mettertijd verschil
Ik heb m'n leven denk ik wel op orde
De vrouw waarmee ik best graag leven wil
En de dingen die ik toen nog wilde worden
Maar desondanks blijft alles relatief
Omdat ik nooit jouw spoor meer uit kan wissen
Ik was pas achttien en ik vond je lief Chrisje
ik zal je altijd blijven missen

Redemption
Composer(s): Johnny Cash
Performer(s): Johnny Cash;
and various other artists



From the hands it came down
From the side it came down
From the feet it came down
And ran to the ground
Between heaven and hell
A teardrop fell In the deep crimson dew
The tree of life grew

And the blood gave life
To the branches of the tree
And the blood was the price
That set the captives free
And the numbers that came
Through the fire and the flood Clung to the tree
And were redeemed by the blood

From the tree streamed a light
That started the fight 'Round the tree grew a vine
On whose fruit I could dine
My old friend Lucifer came
Fought to keep me in chains
But I saw through the tricks
Of six-sixty-six

And the blood gave life
To the branches of the tree
And the blood was the price
That set the captives free
And the numbers that came
Through the fire and the flood Clung to the tree
And were redeemed by the blood

From his hands it came down
From his side it came down
From his feet it came down
And ran to the ground
And a small inner voice
Said "You do have a choice"
The vine engrafted me
And I clung to the tree

The Most Expensive Statue In The World
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Philip Bourneuf, Charles Dingle, Donald McClelland and Emile Renan



Citizens of New York, I greet you
With the hundred thousand dollar check
The money that my readers have contributed
For the pedestal of the statue

Citizens of New York, I greet you
With the news that soon our flag will be unfurled
On the most expensive statue in the world
On the most expensive statue in the world

When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called?
When it's finally installed, tell us, what will it be called?

When we finally install it
What's the diff'rence what we call it?
It's the best that money can buy
And will stand three hundred feet high
And I understand before we're through the cost may not be known
A hundred thousand dollars for the pedestal alone
And our flag will soon be unfurled
On the most expensive statue in the world
On the most expensive statue in the world

When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named?
When it finally is claimed, tell us, what will it be named?

When at last we come to claim it
What's the diff'rence what we name it?
What's important is the expense
What it means in dollars and cents
From the French across the ocean it was sent to me and you
And now I'd like to call upon and hear a word or two
From our friend the French ambassador

Your honor, I speak not for my government, but my people
For it is not my government, but my people who give this statue
Creation of the genius of Bartholdi
May it arise in your harbor and give the light of
Liberty, equality, fraternity

Finally, when we install it, why don't we call it "Liberty"?
"The Statue of Liberty"!
"The Statue of Liberty"!
And the most expensive statue in the world!
And the most expensive statue in the world!

Chouette La Vie
Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday



Dès cordes d'une guitare magique
Un jour le rock est né
Il a traversé l'Atlantique
Et il m'a tout donné
Ce soir c'est jour de paie
Et on va s'éclater

Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
En mettant dans le juke-box
Un bon vieux rock'n'roll

Les filles dans le drugstore
À chaque instant guettaient
Les bagnoles américaines
Où les gars frimaient
En se payant des glaces coca
Tout le monde dansait

Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
En mettant dans le juke-box
Un bon vieux rock'n'roll

Ouais quand le rock a marqué nos vies
A tout jamais
Pour moi c'était bien clair
Je devais le chanter
Durant ma vie entière
Il ne m'a pas quitté

Il faut l'aimer en étant sincère
Pour le mériter
On est en vie comme un vrai rocker
Pour l'éternité
Ce soir c'est jour de paie
Et on va s'éclater

Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
En mettant dans le juke-box
Un bon vieux rock'n'roll

Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
Chouette la vie est drôle
En mettant dans le juke-box
Un bon vieux rock'n'roll

La vie est drôle

Red, Red Wine
Composer(s): Neil Diamond
Performer(s): Neil Diamond



Red red wine
go to my head
make me forget that I
still need her so
Red red wine
it's up to you
all I can do, I've done
but memories won’t go
No memories won’t go

I'd have sworn
that with time
thoughts of you would leave my head
I was wrong
and I find
just one thing makes me forget
Red red wine
stay close to me
Don't let me be alone
it's tearing apart
my blue, blue heart

I'd have sworn 
that with time
thoughts of you would leave my head
I was wrong
and I find
just one thing makes me forget
Red red wine
stay close to me
Don't let me be alone
it's tearing apart
my blue, blue heart

The Most Beguiling Eyes
Composer(s): Stephen Fearing
Performer(s): Clive Gregson & Christine Collister



You have the most beguiling eyes
that I have ever seen
They can catch me up and spin me
and leave me in a dream
Though the words you speak are truthful
you know, you hurt me when you say
that the time you spend with me
is but a small part of your day

It seems that i'm the one
that always comes a calling
and I'm asking you away
from other friends

but I'm waiting for the sounds
of your step outside my door
when the sun is setting low
and the evening ends...

I have always thaught
that the picture's what you make it
and I've always believed
that my actions were my own
Tell me can you see
that to give without recieving
is bound to leave my heart
like a piece of molten stone

Because it seems that I'm the one
that always comes a-calling
and I'm asking you away
from other friends

But Im waiting for the sounds
of your step outside my door
when the sun is setting low
and the evening ends...

Choro Bandido
Composer(s): Chico Buarque - Edú Lobo
Performer(s): Chico Buarque
and multiple other artists



Mesmo que os cantores sejam falsos como eu
Serão bonitas, não importa
São bonitas as canções
Mesmo miseráveis os poetas
Os seus versos serão bons
Mesmo porque as notas eram surdas
Quando um deus sonso e ladrão
Fez das tripas a primeira lira
Que animou todos os sons
E daí nasceram as baladas
E os arroubos de bandidos como eu
Cantando assim
Você nasceu para mim
Você nasceu para mim
Mesmo que você feche os ouvidos
E as janelas do vestido
Minha musa vai cair em tentação
Mesmo porque estou falando grego
Com sua imaginação
Mesmo que você fuja de mim
Por labirintos e alçapões
Saiba que os poetas como os cegos
Podem ver na escuridão
E eis que, menos sábios do que antes
Os seus lábios ofegantes
Hão de se entregar assim
Me leve até o fim
Me leve até o fim
Mesmo que os romances sejam falsos como o nosso
São bonitas, não importa
São bonitas as canções
Mesmo sendo errados os amantes
Seus amores serão bons

Red Red Rose
Composer(s): David Mallett
Performer(s): Emmylou Harris; David Mallett



You may wonder if you know me
You may wonder if I care
Or if I'll leave you sad and lonely
Or if I'll always be right there

Well, there's no need for doubt now, darlin'
'Cause I have come to know
This love of ours is no common flower
You know this love is like a red, red rose

And you may wonder about this dreamer
If she's all you thought she'd be
And, oh, if anything but someday
Ever comes from lovin' me

But hold me close and tell me darlin'
That you have come to know
This love I bring you is no common thing
You know this love is like a red, red rose

When you're all caught up in sweet surrender
Simple truth is sometimes hard to see
Here between the tough times and the tender
It all comes down to you and me

And you may see my heart of darkness
I may stumble now and again
But underneath this heart of darkness
There's a heart that's lovin' you right till the end

So hold me close, come hold me, darlin'
'Cause I want you to know
This love of ours is no common flower
You know this love is like a red, red rose

This love of ours is no common flower
You know this love is like a red, red rose

The Morning Side Of The Mountain
Composer(s): Dick Manning - Larry Stock
Performer(s): Tommy Edwards
and multiple other artists



There was a girl, there was a boy 
If they had met they might have found a world of joy 
But she lived on the morning side of the mountain 
And he lived on the twilight side of the hill 

They never met, they never kissed 
And they will never know what happiness they missed 
For she lived on the morning side of the mountain 
And he lived on the twilight side of the hill 

For love's a rose that never grows 
Without the kiss of the morning dew 
And every Jack must have a Jill 
To know the thrill of a dream that comes true 

And you and I are just like they 
For all we know our love is just a kiss away 
But you are on the morning side of the mountain 
And I am on the twilight side of the hill 

For love's a rose that never grows 
Without the kiss of the morning dew 
And every Jack must have a Jill 
To know the thrill of a dream that comes true 

And you and I are just like they 
For all we know our love is just a kiss away 
But you are on the morning side of the mountain 
And I am on the twilight side of the hill

Chopin
Composer(s): Jimmy Frey - Penny Els
Performer(s): Jimmy Frey



Heel zachtjes sluipt de nacht de dag voorbij
Concerto van de dag vervaagd en zwijgt
Een betoverende sonate van Chopin
Verjaagt m'n eenzaamheid
Heel zachtjes sluipt de nacht de dag voorbij
Met beelden uit een lang vervlogen tijd
Chopin vertolkt z'n angsten en z'n pijn
En ik, ik wou dat jij bij mij kon zijn
Geen woorden kunnen zeggen wat ik voel
Want woorden zijn berekend en te koel
Alleen Chopin begrijpt wat in mij leeft
En die eindeloze leegte met me deelt
Heel zachtjes klopt de nacht tot bij me aan
M'n ogen worden zwaar
M'n geest vertraagt
En als Chopin me dan ook nog verlaat
Laat ik je eindelijk gaan
Heel zachtjes glijdt de wind aan mij voorbij
Ik laat je terug gaan naar die andere tijd
Zolang Chopin m'n pijn niet meer ophoudt
Verlang ik niet dat jij naast mij ontwaakt

Red Wing
Composer(s): Thurland Chattaway; Irving Mills
Performer(s): Bob Wills;
and various other artists



There once was an Indian maid a shy little prairie maid 
who sang all day a love song gay as through the fields she'd while the hours away
She loved an Indian brave this shy little prairie maid 
and then one day he rode away to battle far away..

{Chorus} 
Oh the moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
the breeze is sighing, the night birds crying
For a far far away her brave is dying 
and Red Wings's crying her heart away

She watched for him day and night
She kept all the campfires bright
And under the sky
Each night she would lie
And dream about his coming by and by
But when all the braves returned the heart of Red Wing yearned 
for far far away her warrior brave fell bravely in the fray

{chorus}
Now the Moon shines tonight on pretty Red Wing
the breeze is sighing, the night birds crying
for a far'neath his star her brave is sleeping
while Redwing's weeping her heart away

The Morning After (aka The Song from 'The Poseidon Adventure')
Composer(s): Al Kasha - Joel Hirschhorn
First performance: Renée Amand - 1972



There's got to be a morning after
If we can hold on through the night
We have a chance to find the sunshine
Let's keep on looking for the light

Oh, can't you see the morning after
It's waiting right outside the storm
Why don't we cross the bridge together
And find a place that's safe and warm

It's not too late, we should be giving
Only with love can we climb
It's not too late, not while we're living
Let's put our hands out in time

There's got to be a morning after
We're moving closer to the shore
I know we'll be there by tomorrow
And we'll escape the darkness
We won't be searching anymore

There's got to be a morning after
(There's got to be a morning after)
There's got to be a morning after
(There's got to be a morning after)
There's got to be a morning after
(There's got to be a morning after)
There's got to be a morning after
(There's got to be a morning after)
There's got to...

Choo'n Gum ((aka Chewin' Gum (Ella Fitzgerald))
Composer(s): Manny Curtis - Vic Mizzy
Performer(s): Teresa Brewer
and multiple other artists



Choo'n gum, choo'n gum
Choo'n, choo'n, choo'n gum

My mom gave me a nickel
To buy a pickle
I didn't buy a pickle
I bought some choo'n gum

Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo'n gum
How I love choo'n gum
I'm crazy over choo'n gum
I chew, chew, chew

My aunt gave me a quarter
For soda water
I didn't buy the water
I bought some choo'n gum

Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo'n gum
How I love choo'n gum
I'm crazy over choo'n gum
What can I do?

I chew the day away, it seems
I'm even blowin' bubbles in my dreams

My pop gave me a dollar to buy a collar
You should have heard him holler
When I bought choo'n gum

Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo'n gum
How I love choo'n gum
I'm crazy over choo'n gum
I chew, chew, chew

Choo'n gum, choo'n gum
Choo'n, choo'n, choo'n gum

My mom gave me a nickel
To buy a pickle
I didn't buy a pickle
I bought some choo'n gum

Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo'n gum
How I love choo'n gum
I'm crazy over choo'n gum
I chew, chew, chew

My aunt gave me a quarter
For soda water
I didn't buy the water
I bought some choo'n gum

Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo'n gum
How I love choo'n gum
I'm crazy over choo'n gum
What can I do?

I chew the day away, it seems
I'm even blowin' bubbles in my dreams

My pop gave me a dollar to buy a collar
You should have heard him holler
When I bought choo'n gum

Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo'n gum
How I love choo'n gum
I'm crazy over choo'n gum
I chew, chew, chew

Choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo'n gum
How I love choo'n gum
I'm crazy over choo'n gum
I chew, chew, chew

Choo'n gum, choo'n gum
Choo'n, choo'n, choo'n gum

I'm crazy over choo'n gum
I chew, chew, chew

Choo'n gum, choo'n gum
Choo'n, choo'n, choo'n gum

I'm crazy over choo'n gum
I chew, chew, chew

Red Top
Composer(s): Ben Kynard; Lionel Hampton
Performer(s): Lionel Hampton;
and various other artists



My little red top
See how you got me spinning
Going 'round and 'round
And I don't want to stop
You've got me so if I don't go around
I'm sure gonna drop, gonna drop, gonna drop

So red top
You just go right on spinning
You go 'round and 'round
And don't you ever stop
Remember that if you don't go 'round
We are sure gonna drop, gonna drop, gonna drop

My sweet little flower you win
I'm spinnin' and I promise I will love you forever
I know that there is no one who can thrill me
No one can kill me baby like you do

And I tell the world I'm in love with you
Yes I'm in love with you
Any old thing you say and everything that you do
So baby won't you tell me you're mine
And hold me tight through the night If you love me

Gonna go spinning and spinning
Don't you ever stop
`Cause I'm high upon a dream
And I don't wanna drop now

I would take a solo but I don't know
I gotta go right on spinning
It's a symbol of my little red top
I gotta go right on spinning
I gotta go 'round and 'round
Until I tumble down and fall with a drop mornin' glory
Now you know the story of my little red top

My little red top
See how you got me spinning
Going round and round
And I don't want to stop
You've got me so that if I don't go around
Well I'm sure gonna drop, gonna drop, gonna drop

So red top you just keep right on spinning
Going 'round and 'round
And don't you ever stop, mmm-aah-uuh
Remember that if you don't go around
Slow down baby 'cause I'm sure gonna drop
Yeah!

The More I See You
Composer(s): Mack Gordon - Harry Warren
First release by: Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orch. - 1945
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1966 - Gewoon... Een Man (Conny Vandenbos)
1966 - Ei Syytä Huoleen (Johnny)
2009 - Beeld Van Jou (Will Tura & Kim Buttafuoco)



Each time I look at you 
Is like the first time
Each time you're near me 
The thrill is new
And there is nothing 
That I wouldn't do for
The rare delight of the sight 
Of you for

The more I see you
The more I want you
Somehow this feeling 
Just grows and grows
With every sigh 
I become more mad about you
More lost without you and so it goes

Can you imagine how much I love you?
The more I see you as years go by
I know the only one for me can only be you
My arms won't free you, my heart won't try

I know the only one for me 
Can only be you
My arms won't free you
My heart won't try 

Choo Choo Train
Composer(s): Donnie Fritts - Eddie Hinton
Performer(s): The Box Tops; Terry Manning; The Ventures



I got a present for brother, choo choo train
And I'm just dyin to see my dear old mother
Choo Choo train
So don't slow down till you see my home town
Choo choo train, choo choo train

I know you're not a jet aero plane
But you see my baby's waitin at the station
So give me just a little more exceleration
Choo choo train

I got me a one-way ticket on choo choo train
All my wild oats choo choo done been sown
Choo choo train
So don't slow down till you see my home town
Choo choo train, choo choo train

I know you're not a jet plane
But you see my baby's waitin at the station
So give me just a little more exceleration
Choo choo train, choo choo train

Can't you see the poor boys goin insane
Choo choo train, choo choo train
I gotta see my baby one more time
Choo choo train ...