Strange Fruit
Composer(s): Lewis Allan
First release by: Billie Holiday - 1939
Covered by multiple other artists



Southern trees bear strange fruit 
Blood on the leaves 
Blood at the root 
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze 
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees 
Pastoral scene of the gallant south 
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth 
The scent of magnolia sweet and fresh 
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh 
Here is a fruit for the crows to pluck 
for the rain to gather 
for the wind to suck 
for the sun to rot 
for the tree to drop 
Here is a strange and bitter crop 

Yesterday Once More
((French Version: Sha La La (Hier Est Près De Moi) - 1974))
Composer(s): John Bettis; Richard Carpenter
First release by: The Carpenters - 1973
Covered by multiple other artists



When I was young
I´d listen to the radio
Waitin´ for my favorite songs
When they played I´d sing along
It made me smile
Those were such happy times
And not so long ago
How I wondered where they´d gone
But they´re back again
Just like a long lost friend
All the songs I loved so well
Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they´re startin´ to sing´s
So fine
When they get to the part
Where he´s breakin´ her heart
It can really make me cry
Just like before
It´s yesterday once more
Lookin´ back on how it was
In years gone by
And the good times that I had
Makes today seem rather sad
So much has changed
It was songs of love that
I would sing to then
And I´d memorize each word
Those old melodies
Still sound so good to me
As they melt the years away
Every Sha-la-la-la
Every Wo-o-wo-o
Still shines
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
That they´re startin´ to sing´s
So fine
All my best memories
Come back clearly to me
Some can even make me cry
Just like before
It´s yesterday once more

Há Dias Assim
Composer(s): Augusto Madureira
First performance by: Filipa Azevedo - 2010



Há dias assim
Que nos deixam sós
A alma vazia
A mágoa na voz

Gastámos as mãos
Tanto as apertámos
Já não há palavras
Foi de tanto as calarmos

Há uma canção
Que não te cantei
Versos por rimar
Poemas que nunca inventei

Quem nos pôs assim?
A vida rasgada
Quem te me levou?
Roubou-me a alma
Mas de ti não sabe nada

Há dias assim
Não há que esconder
Recear palavras
Amar ou sofrer

Ocultar sentidos
Fingir que não há
Há dias perdidos
Entre cá e lá

Há uma canção
Que não te cantei
Versos por rimar
Poemas que nunca inventei

Quem nos pôs assim?
A vida rasgada
Quem te me levou?
Roubou-me a alma
Mas de ti não sabe nada

Sei que um dia saberás
Que a vida é uma só
Não volta atrás

Quem nos pôs assim?
A vida rasgada
Quem te me levou
Roubou-me a alma
Mas de ti não sabe nada

Yesterday Man
Composer(s): Chris Andrews
First release by: Chris Andrews - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1966 - Vriend Voor Een Dag (by Rob de Nijs)
1966 - L'uomo Di Ieri (by I Kings)



I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends, that's what I am
I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends, that's what I am
That's what I am
Her yesterday man

That is the look of love she had last night

Please tell me something
Have you met an angel?
Someone too lovely to live on earth
Well, yesterday I thought I met an angel
But she wasn't worth all she seemed to be worth
And oh, what a fool I have been
I was sure taken in

Now, I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends, that's what I am
I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends, that's what I am
That's what I am
Her yesterday man

That is the look of love she had last night

Get some of the good kind
And some of the bad kind
Some of the others are in between
But all that I can say is she is the worst kind
Well, I think you know what I mean
And yet for all that I say
I'd take her back any day

Now I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends, that's what I am
I'm her yesterday man
Well my friends, that's what I am
That's what I am
Her yesterday man

That is the look of love she had last night
Oh, come a little bit closer baby
(That is the look of love she had last night)
Don't give it to me, you're gonna leave me again, believe me
(That is the look of love she had last night)
I know that, I know that, I know that, I know that
(That is the look of love she had last night)
Babe, I know...

Strange Feeling
Composer(s): Billy Stewart
Performer(s): Billy Stewart



I have lived my life
My life, my, my life
In a sad world
(In a sad world)

But I'm gonna tell you
Gonna tell you
I'm gonna tell you
I've found the right girl

She's so gentle and kind
Gentle and kind
Gentle and kind
Gentle and kind
And she treats me like a king
(Just like a king)

Don't you know, child
I said now

I'm gonna tell my friends
My friends, my friends
I'm gonna treat her right
She's my queen

She said she loves me
And she wants to be my wife
And she says she wants to love me
For the rest, the rest of her life

Oh, this strange feeling
Feel, feel, feeling
That she put in my heart

Don't you know, child
I said now
This strange feeling
Feel, feel, feeling
That we'll never, never part
(Never part, we'll never part)

Don't you know now, child
This strange feeling..... 

Yesterday I Heard The Rain
Composer(s): Gene Lees; Armando Manzanero
Performer(s): Tony Bennett;
and various other artists



Yesterday I heard the rain
whispering your name
asking where you'd gone
It fell softly from the clouds 
on the silent crowds
as I wandered on
Out of doorways 
black umbrellas came to pursue me
Faceless people as they passed 
were looking through me
no one knew me

Yesterday I shut my eyes
face-up to the skies
drinkin' in the rain
But your image still was there 
floating in the air
brighter than a flame
Yesterday I saw a city
full of shadows without pity
and I heard the steady rain 
whispering your name
Whispering your name

(instrumental break)

Yesterday I saw a city
full of shadows without pity
and I heard the steady rain 
whispering your name
whispering your name 
whispering your name

Strange Feelin'
Composer(s): Tim Buckley
First release by: Tim Buckley - 1969



I got this strange strange feelin'
Deep down in my heart
I can't tell what it is
But it won't let go
It happens every time
I give you more than what I have
But now all I need is a little time to sing this song
And I think we're gonna find a way to lose this strange feelin' 

All around I feel ya, darlin', feel ya darlin'
When you're home all alone
Oh, don't you need somebody to talk your troubles to
Ah, lord I know I wanna catch the morning train, lord the first thing
Oh, I wanna hear you say we're gonna take that strange feelin'
Oh, take it all away 

Well it's just like a mockingbird a-singing on a hillside
Churping at his morning song
But don't you weep don't you fret don't you wail don't you moan
Can't you hear that whiporwill a-callin?
Now don't you worry
Your daddy's comin' home
He's gonna chase those blues away
And believe me when I say
We're gonna lose that strange feelin' all around all around... 

Yesterday Has Gone
Composer(s): Victoria Pike - Teddy Randazzo
Cupid's Inspiration
Performer(s): and multiple other artists



(Hey baby)
Yesterday has just departed
Yet tomorrow hasn't started
All that really matters
Is right now
And you should
Live a lifetime
In each minute
Take the sweetness
From within it
Yesterday has gone
Without a sound
Come on, baby
Let the good times roll
Time is wasting
And we'll soon be old
Just give in
To what you feel inside
Give your life a chance
To open wide
(Hey baby)
Yesterday has just departed
Yet tomorrow hasn't started
All that really matters
Is right now
And you should
Live a lifetime
In each minute
Take the sweetness
From within it
Listen to me
Yesterday has gone
Without a sound
What's the good
Of living in the past
Look around you
Things are changing fast
Don't concern yourself
With what's ahead
It's too late to live
When you are dead
(Hey baby)
We gotta live for today
No time to live for tomorrow
No time for tears of sorrow
We gotta live right now
We gotta live right now
Listen to me
Yesterday is gone
It's never gonna come back again
A laugh's gotta last forever
No time for the tears or the pain
Dreams are there for the making
Hopes are there for the taking
Gonna get it together
And face stormy weather
Baby, baby, take hold of the moment
Yesterday has just departed
Yet tomorrow hasn't started
All that really matters
Is right now
And you should
Live a lifetime
In each minute
Take the sweetness
From within it
Yesterday has gone
Without a sound
Yesterday has gone
Yesterday has gone
We gotta live right now
We gotta live
We gotta give
we gotta live
We gotta give right now
We gotta live
We gotta give
we gotta live
We gotta give right now

Satellite
Composer(s): Julie Frost, John Gordon
First performance by: Lena Meyer-Landrut - 2010



I went everywhere for you
I even did my hair for you
I bought new underwear, they're blue
And I wore 'em just the other day
 
Love, you know I'll fight for you
I left on the porch light for you
Whether you are sweet or cool
I'm gonna love you either way
 
Love, oh love, I gotta tell you how I feel about you
'Cause I, oh I, can't go a minute without your love
Like a satellite, I'm in orbit all the way around you
And I would fall out into the night
Can't go a minute without your love
 
Love, I got it bad for you
I saved the best I have for you
You sometimes make me sad and blue
Wouldn't have it any other way
 
Love, my aim is straight and true
Cupid's arrow is just for you
I even painted my toenails for you
I did it just the other day
 
Love, oh love, I gotta tell you how I feel about you
'Cause I, oh I, can't go a minute without your love
Like a satellite, I'm in orbit all the way around you
And I would fall out into the night
Can't go a minute without your...
Love, oh love, I gotta tell you how I feel about you
'Cause I, oh I, can't go a minute without your love
 
Where you go, I follow
You set the pace, we'll take it fast and slow
I'll follow in your way
You got me, you got me
A force more powerful than gravity
It's physics, there's no escape
 
Love, my aim is straight and true
Cupid's arrow is just for you
I even painted my toenails for you
I did it just the other day
 
Love, oh love, I gotta tell you how I feel about you
'Cause I, oh I, can't go a minute without your love
Like a satellite, I'm in orbit all the way around you
And I would fall out into the night
Can't go a minute without your...
Love, oh love, I gotta tell you how I feel about you
'Cause I, oh I, can't go a minute without your love
Love, love, love, love, love

Yesterday And You
Composer(s): Ross Bagdasarian
Performer(s): Bobby Vee



I sit alone in this café
And listen to the jukebox play
Remindin' me of yesterday and you
Each moment was a valentine
You promised you'd be always mine
And I believed the words you said were true

I see your face, it's everywhere
I close my eyes, but you're still there
Remindin' me of things we used to do
I wonder what your heart is sayin'
When you hear a jukebox playin'
The song that brings me yesterday and you

I wonder what your heart is sayin'
When you hear a jukebox playin'
The song that brings me yesterday and you

I sit alone in this cafe...

I see your face, it's everywhere...

Strange Face Of Love
Composer(s): Tito Larriva
Performer(s): Tito & Tarantula



Let go of your love
Ride his pulse and you'll forget, slow down your time will come
If not tonight, surely by the dawn
Take it like a man, the strange face of love

A cat's eye, a lizard's tail
The pentogram he bought from hell
He stalks the night with no intent, his brow sweats for innocence
Take it like a man, the strange face of love

Don't look back, don't look back, he's right on your trail
Don't look back, don't look back, he's just a step away from hell
Don't look back, don't look back into the strange face of love

The rain's soul makes killer cry
He wants desparately to die
But fast and still he forgets he's back on the streets with no regrets
Just take it like a man, the strange face of love

Don't look back, don't look back, he's right on your trail
Don't look back, don't look back, he's just a step away from hell
Don't look back, don't look back into the strange face of love

Don't look back, don't look back, he's right on your trail
Don't look back, don't look back, he's just a step away from hell
Don't look back, don't look back into the strange face of love

The strange face of love (strange) face of love (strange)

Yesterday
French Title: Je Croyais
Composer(s): John Lennon; Paul McCartney
Performer(s): The Beatles;
and various other artists



Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away 
Now it looks as though they're here to stay 
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Mm, mm, mm, mm, mm

Apricot Stone
Composer(s): Armen Martirosyan - Karen Kavaleryan
First performance by: Eva Rivas - 2010



Many, many years ago, when I was a little child
Mama told me you should know our world is cruel and wild
But to make your way through cold and heat
Love is all that you need
 
I believed her every word, more than anything I heard
But I was too scared to lose my fun
I began to cry a lot and she gave me apricots
Kisses of the earth, fruits of the sun
 
Apricot stone, hidden in my hand
Given back to me from the motherland
Apricot stone, I will drop it down in the frozen ground
I'll just let it make its round
 
Apricot stone, hidden in my hand
Given back to me from the motherland
Apricot stone
 
Now I see the northern stars shining brightly in the storm
And I've got an avatar of my love to keep me warm
Now I'm not afraid of violent winds
They may blow – they can't win
 
May the winter stay away from my harvest night and day
May God bless and keep my cherished fruit
Grow my tree up to the sky, once I waved my home goodbye
I just wanna go back to my roots
 
Apricot stone, hidden in my hand
Given back to me from the motherland
Apricot stone, I will drop it down in the frozen ground
I'll just let it make its round
 
Apricot stone, hidden in my hand
Given back to me from the motherland
Apricot stone, hidden in my hand
Given back to me from the motherland
Apricot stone

Yes, Tonight Josephine
Composer(s): Dorothy Goodman; Winfield Scott
Performer(s): Johnnie Ray; Vince Eager; 
Bernie Woods & The Forest Fires



(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
(Yip yip way bop de boom)

Promise me your lips are mine
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
Josephine tonights the time
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
I will squeeze and hold you tight
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
Pack each kiss with dynamite
(Yip yip way bop de boom)

Yes tonight, Josephine, yes tonight (yes tonight)
Everything, Josephine, will be alright (will be alright)
Well I´m gonna give my heart to you
Don´t ask me if I love ya ´cause you know it´s true
Tonight, Josephine, yes tonight (yes tonight)

I have loved you from the start
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
I will keep you in my heart
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
I will get you by and by
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
If I don´t I sure will try
(Yip yip way bop de boom)

Yes tonight, Josephine, yes tonight (yes tonight)
Everything, Josephine, will be alright (will be alright)
Well I´m gonna give my heart to you
Don´t ask me if I need ya ´cause you know I do
Tonight, Josephine, yes tonight (yes tonight)

I´ll be Jack and you´ll be Jill
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
Love me ´til my heart grows still
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
Baby when you hear me shout
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
Kiss me quick, knock me out
(Yip yip way bop de boom)

Yes tonight, Josephine, yes tonight (yes tonight)
Everything, Josephine, will be alright (be alright)
Well I´m gonna give my lips to you
Don´t ask me if I want ya ´cause you know it´s true
Tonight, Josephine, yes tonight
(Yip yip way bop de boom ditty boom ditty)
Tonight, Josephine, yes tonight
(Way bop de boom)

Strange Days
Composer(s): John Densmore - Robby Krieger - Ray Manzarek - Jim Morrison
Performer(s): The Doors



Strange days have found us
Strange days have tracked us down
They're going to destroy
Our casual joys
We shall go on playing
Or find a new town

Yeah!

Strange eyes fill strange rooms
Voices will signal their tired end
The hostess is grinning
Her guests sleep from sinning
Hear me talk of sin
And you know this is it

Yeah!

Strange days have found us
And through their strange hours
We linger alone
Bodies confused
Memories misused
As we run from the day
To a strange night of stone

Yes, The River Knows
Composer(s): John Densmore; 
Robbie Krieger; Ray Manzarek; Jim Morrison
Performer(s): The Doors



Please believe me
The river told me
Very softly
Want you to hold me, ooo

Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end
Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end
Yes, the river knows

Please believe me
If you don't need me
I'm going, but I need a little time
I promised I would drown myself in mysticated wine

Please believe me
The river told me
Very softly
Want you to hold me, ooo

I'm going, but I need a little time
I promised I would drown myself in mysticated wine

Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breath under water 'till the end
Free fall flow, river flow
On and on it goes
Breathe under water 'till the end

Lost And Forgotten
Composer(s): Peter Nalitch
First performance by: Peter Nalitch & Friends - 2010



Would you believe, Lord of Mercy?
Would you be so... Lord, Lord?
I wanna love her now
And I wanna feel that now with all...
All of those kisses and sweet embraces
 
Here am I, lost and forgotten
For this cruel, cruel time
When I'm first time in love
(Now that is why)
Now that is why I say Lord of Mercy
And I hope now that you hear me
Oh yeah...
 
(What are you doing man?)
I'm looking at her photos
What should I do with them?
(Drop them into the fire)
Oh, yes, yes, I gonna burn 'em now
'Cause I have to forget her now with all...
All of those kisses and sweet embraces
 
Here am I, lost and forgotten
For this cruel, cruel time
When I'm first time in love
(Now that is why)
Now that is why I say Lord of Mercy
And I hope now that you hear me
Oh...
 
(Here am I, lost and forgotten)
(For this cruel, cruel time)
(First time in love)
(Now that is why)
Now that is why I say Lord of Mercy
And I hope now that you hear me
Oh, bring her back to me

Yes, Sir!
Composer(s): Ralph Benatzky
Performer(s): Zarah Leander; Nina Hagen



Man nennt mich Miß Vane, die berühmte, bekannte
yes, Sir! (yes, Sir!)
Die nicht sehr beliebte, bei Onkel und Tante, no, Sir! (no, Sir!)
Man fürchtet, ich könnt' die behüteten Neffen im Spielsaloon
oder Himmelbett treffen möcht'
Ich könnt Sie verführen mit tausenden Listen 
zu etwas, das sie vielleicht doch noch nicht wüssten
Yes, Sir! (Yes, Sir!) Yes, Sir! (Yes, Sir!)
So bin ich am ganzen Leibe ich, so bin ich und so bleibe ich
Yes, Sir!

So wie ich hier stehe, so bin ich nun eben, yes, Sir! (yes, Sir!)
Die Schönheit ist mir nicht umsonst gegeben, no, Sir! (no, Sir!)
Die tausenden kleinen pikanten Histörchen, die leise geraunten Alkovenmärchen
Die sind nicht um sonst mir angedichtet, denn auch ein schlechter Ruf verpflichtet
Yes, Sir! (Yes, Sir!) Yes, Sir! La, la, la, la, la, la
So bin ich am ganzen Leibe ich, so bin ich und so bleibe ich
Yes, Sir!

Und muss ich mein irdisches Gastspiel beenden, yes, Sir! (so!)
Sollt ihr euch nicht gleichgültig von mir wenden, no, Sir! (no, Sir!)
Ich habe geliebt, und ich habe geküsst, weil die Liebe doch dazu erfunden ist
Wie alle 's auch hier tun seit tausenden Jahren, nur darf man um
Gottes will'n nichts erfahren
No! (No, Sir!) Yes, Sir! (Yes, Sir!) Halleluja
Yes, Sir!

Strange Changes
Composer(s): Lynsey de Paul - Sue Shifrin
Performer(s): Lynsey de Paul



You know me, I know you
we're both going through
Oooh strange changes

You fall in, you fall out
you care nothing about
Oooh strange changes

Why are we holding on?
baby, you and I
we know what's going on
if we open our eyes

strange changes, strange changes, strange changes 
coming through
strange changes, strange changes, strange changes
do you feel it too?
strange changes, strange changes, strange changes
coming through to you oooh

Is it you, is it me?
what can it be
Oooh strange changes

Why are we holding on?
baby, you and I
we know what's going on
if we open our eyes

strange changes, strange changes strange changes
darling it appears to be
strange changes, strange changes strange changes
do you feel it too?
strange changes, strange changes, strange changes
coming through to you oooh

Nothing we can do
losing is hard to choose
go with the flow
you know it's only

strange changes, strange changes strange changes
darling there appears to be
strange changes, strange changes strange changes
are you hearing me?
strange changes, strange changes strange changes
do you feel it, do you feel it too?
strange changes calling through to you

Aaah, Aaah
Aaah, Aaah

strange changes, strange changes, strange changes
and I'm calling through to you
strange changes, strange changes, strange changes
calling through to you oooooooh

Yes, My Darling Daughter
Composer(s): Jack Lawrence
Performer(s): Dorothy Collins;
and various other artists



I’ve gotta be good or mama will scold me
Yes, yes, yes
I asked her and this is what she told me
Yes, yes, yes

Mother, may I go out dancing? 
Yes, my darling daughter
Mother, may I try romancing? 
Yes, my darling daughter
What if there’s a moon, mama darling, and it’s shining on the water
Mother, must I keep on dancing? 
Yes, my darling daughter
What if he’ll propose, mama darling, when the night is growing shorter?
Mother, what should be my answer? 
Yes, my darling daughter

Oh mama, oh mama, oh mama, oh mama

What if he should insist on one embrace, mama
How can I keep him in his place
If his manner becomes a shade improper?
Tell him that your heart belongs to papa

Mother, will it be exciting? 
Yes, my darling daughter
Mother, do I look inviting? 
Yes, my darling daughter
If he holds me tight, mama darling, and my knees just turn to water
Mama must I keep on dancing? 
Yes, my darling daughter
What if he’ll persist, mama darling, doing things he hadn’t oughta
Mama, what should be my answer? 
Yes, my darling daughter