My Shining Hour
Composer(s): Harold Arlen - Johnny Mercer
First performance/First recording: Joan Leslie & Freddie Slack and his Orch./Glen Gray and The Casa Loma Orch. - 1943
Covered by multiple other artists



This moment, this minute
And each second in it
Will leave a glow upon the sky
And as time goes by, it will never die

This will be my shining hour
Calm and happy and bright
In my dreams, your face will flower
Through the darkness of the night

Like the lights of home before me
Or an angel, watching o'er me
This will be my shining hour
'til I'm with you again

(like the lights of home before me)
(or an angel watching o'er me)
This will be my shining hour
'til I'm with you again

If I Could Have Your Loving
Performer(s): Sutherland Brothers & Quiver



If I can have your loving
Then I would want for nothing else
Deep in the night, I keep you
Happy to have you by myself
In my heart
Like a diamond in the dark
If I could have your loving
And if I could have your dreams
Something to keep in touch with you
Seeing them in my head
Helping me all the long night through
In my heart
Just like we never been apart
Oh, if I could have your dream
Everybody knows
There's not much you can do in life
Without someone to help you through
And everybody sees
There's no where you can go in life
Without somewhere to lead you to
Oh, everybody knows
There's not much you can do in life
Without someone to help you through
And everybody sees
There's no where you can go in life
Without somewhere to lead you to
Ooh, ooh
So if I could have your loving
Then I will want for nothing else
Deep in the night I keep you
Happy to have you by myself
In my heart
Just like a diamond in the dark
Oh, if I could have your loving
If I could have your loving
If I could have your loving

Keep Me In The Dark
Composer(s): Nick Rhodes; Simon Lebon; Roger Taylor
Performer(s): Arcadia



When the evening sunlight fingers
Stretch across the floor
Cover up your eye with feathers
Softly close the door
Take me in your heavy lips
Take me where the shadows slide
Lying with you blindfold secrets
Turning fast and loose
The lacy intrigue of this weekend should not be abused
You can take me where you want
Could you take me all the time

Away..wait a little longer 
Don't go too far
I wouldn't like
I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Tender is the truth I'm tasting
Watching you dictates
Heady nights of sleepless wasting
A face I can't escape
We could wave the world goodbye
To all of the boys "cheerio"

Away yeah..wait a little longer
Don't go too far
I wouldn't like
I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark
I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Help me now I'm slipping deeper
Tell me what to say
When I push you call me closer
Each time you turn a way
Something inside you cries
But is it something
I'll never find?

Away yeah..wait a little longer
Don't go too far
I wouldn't like
I wouldn't like you keeping me in the dark

Away yeah..oh wait a little longer
Before we go too far
I wouldn't like
I wouldn't like to think
You were keeping me in the dark

Dream On Little Dreamer
Composer(s): Fred Burch - Jan Crutchfield
Performer(s): Perry Como
and multiple other artists



Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream on, little dreamer dream on
I get a heart full of butterflies lookin' into your dreamy eyes
Dream on
(Dream on)
Little dreamer dreamer on

Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream about a love so true, dream about how I love you
Dream on
(Dream on)
Little dreamer dreamer on

You know I love you, I love you, I need you so bad
Each night I realize a-when you close your dreamy eyes

Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream on, little dreamer dream on
Dream about a love so fine, sweet as apple berry wine
Dream on
(Dream on)
Little dreamer dream on
Little dreamer dream on

If I Could Build My Whole World Around You
Composer(s): Harvey Fuqua; Johnny Bristol; Vernon Bullock
First release by: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



Marvin:
If I could build my whole world around you, darlin'
First I'd put heaven by your side
Pretty flowers would grow wherever you walk, honey
And over your head would be the bluest sky
And I'd take every drop of rain
And wash all your troubles away
I'd have the whole world built around you
And that would be all right, oh yes it would

Tammi:
If I could build my whole world around you
I'd make your eyes the morning sun
I'd put so much love where there is sorrow
I'd put joy where there's never been love
And I'd give my love to you
To keep for the rest of your life
And happiness would surely be ours
And that would be all right, oh yes it would

Both: 
Doo doo doo doo...

Marvin: 
Oh, if I could build my whole world around you
I'd give you the greatest gift any woman could possess
T: And I'd step into this world you've created
And give you true love and tenderness
And there'd be something new with every tomorrow
To make this world better as days go by

(repeat):
Marvin: If I could build my whole world around you
Tammi: If I could build my whole world around you
Both: Then that would be all right, oh yeah

Keep On Believin'
Composer(s): Richie Furay; Timothy B. Schmit
Performer(s): Poco



Don't tell me that we're goin' down a oneway
Hear me, somebody, would ya like to
Take the time to find ourselves a new way
Hear me, somebody, could ya try to?

Changes stranded in fear
Keep on believin', keepin' it clear
Good times will fin'lly arrive
It's been so long, come along, come on along.

Don't tell me we got no right to be choosin'
Hear me, somebody, are ya sure now?
If you think the way we're goin' ain't confusin'
Hear me, somebody, take a look now

Changes stranded in fear
Keep on believin' keepin' it clear,
Good times will fin'lly arrive,
It's been so long, come along, come on along

Don't tell me that it's gettin' down to bleedin'
Hear me, somebody, where are we goin'?
When ev'ry day has the answer to the question
Don't ya know it's been a-showin'?

Changes stranded in fear
Keep on believin' keepin' it clear
Good times will fin'lly arrive
It's been so long, come along, come on along

The Best Things Happen While You're Dancing
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Rosemary Clooney
and multiple other artists



The best things happen while you're dancing
Things that you would not do at home come nat'rally on the floor

For dancing soon becomes romancing
When you hold a girl in your arms that you've never held before

Even guys with two left feet
Come out all right if the girl is sweet
If by chance their cheeks should meet

While dancing
Proving that the best things happen while you dance

If I Could Be With You (One Hour Tonight)
Composer(s): Henry Creamer; James P. Johnson
Performer(s): Jack Teagarden
and multiple other artists



I'm so blue, I don't know what to do
All day through, I seem to say to you
I did wrong when I let you go away
'Cause now I dream about you night and day
I'm so unhappy and dissatisfied
I'll be happy if I had you by my side

If I could be with you one li'l hour tonight
And free to do all those little things I might
I want you to know you wouldn't go
Until I told you that I loved you so
If I could be with you I'd love you long
If I could be with you I'd love you strong
And I'm telling you for true, you'd be anything but blue
If I could be with you

Keep On Chooglin'
Composer(s): John C. Fogerty
Performer(s): Creedence Clearwater Revival; Lee Benoit



(chorus):
Keep on Chooglin'
Keep on Chooglin'
Keep on Chooglin'
Chooglin'
Chooglin'

Maybe you don't understand it
But if you're a natural man
You got to ball and have a good time
And that's what I call Chooglin'

Here comes Mary lookin' for Harry
She gonna choogle tonight
Here comes Louie, works in the sewer
He gonna choogle tonight

(chorus)

(primal screaming)

(chorus)

If you can choose it, who can refuse it
Y'all be chooglin' tonight
Go on, take your pick, right from the git go
You gotta choogle tonight

(chorus)

(more screaming)

Oh, we're Creedence!
Clearwater!
Revival!

Foolin' Myself
Composer(s): Jack Lawrence - Peter Tinturin
Performer(s): Billie Holiday



I tell myself I'm through with love
And I'll having nothing more to do with love
I stay away but every day
I'm just foolin' myself

I tell my friends that I don't care
I shrug my shoulders at the whole affair
But they all know it isn't so
I'm just foolin' myself

And every time I pass
And see my face in a looking glass
I tip my hat and say
How do you do you fool
You're throwing your life away

I'm acting gay I'm acting proud
And every time I see you in a crowd
I may pretend but in the end
I'm just foolin' myself

Yellow Dog Blues (aka Yellow Dog Rag)
Composer(s): W.C. Handy
Performer(s): W.C. Handy's Memphis Blues Band
and multiple other artists



Ever since Miss Susan Johnson lost her Jockey Lee
There has been much excitement, more to be
You can hear her moaning night and morn
"Wonder where my Easy Rider's gone?"

Cablegrams come of sympathy, telegrams go of inquiry
Letters come from down in "Bam"
And everywhere that Uncle Sam has a rural delivery

All day the phone rings, but it's not for me
At last good tidings fill our hearts with glee
This message comes from Tennessee

Dear Sue, your easy rider struck this burg today
On a southboun' rattler, side door Pullman car
Seen him here an' he was on the hog

Easy rider's gotta stay away
So he had to vamp it but the hike ain't far
He's gone where the Southern cross the Yellow Dog

Keep On Dancin'
Performer(s): The Gentrys



I keep on dancin' (keep on)
Keep on doin' the jerk right now
Shake it, shake it, baby
Come on & show me how you work

Yellin' in motion
Keep on doin' the locomotion, yeah
Don't worry, little babe
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, yes!

Keep on dancin' & a-prancin' (ah)
Keep on dancin' & a-prancin' (ah)
Keep on dancin' & a-prancin' (ah)

I keep on dancin' (keep on)
Keep on doin' the jerk
Shake it, shake it, baby
Come on & show me how you work

Yellin' in motion
Keep on doin' the locomotion, yeah
Don't worry, little babe
Shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it, yes!

Keep on dancin' & a-prancin' (ah)
Keep on dancin' & a-prancin' (ah)
Keep on dancin' & a-prancin' (ah)

I keep on dancin' (keep on)
Keep on doin' the jerk right now
Shake it, shake it, baby
Come on & show me how you work

Keep on dancin' & a-prancin' (ah)
Keep on dancin' & a-prancin' (ah)
Keep on dancin' & a-prancin' (ah)

I Told Ya I Love Ya, Now Get Out
Composer(s): Lou Carter - Herb Ellis - Johnny Frigo
Performer(s): Anita O'Day
and multiple other artists



I told you I love you, now get out
I told you I love you, now get out

Everything's rosy, everything's jake
But just how much can a good  gal take?

I told you I love you, now get out 
  
There may be times when I need you, there's no doubt
Baby, now you're something I can do without
 
Leave your number and go on home
But don't wait with sandwiches by the phone 

I told you I love you, now get out

Baby, please leave me be
You want a puppet, and there's no strings on me

Get out, you can leave on the five - eighteen
Now don't go 'way sayin' I been mean
'Cause like any woman, I can change my ways
And a round-trip ticket's good for 60 days 

I told you I love you, now get out -- for now

If I Can't Sell It, I'll Keep Sittin' On It
Composer(s): Alexander Hill; Andy Razaf
Performer(s): Ruth Brown
and multiple other artists



I own a secondhand furniture store
and I think my prices are fair
that is until this real cheap guy I know came in one day
Saw this chair he wanted to buy, but he wouldn’t, claimed the price was too high
So I looked ‘im straight in the eye, and this was my reply…

If I can’t sell it, I’m gonna sit down on it
Why should I give it away?
Now darling if you want it
you got to buy it
And I mean just what I say

Now how would you like to find this
waitin at home for you every night
Only been used once or twice
and it’s still nice and Tight!
Whoa…

But if I can’t sell it
I’m gonna keep sittin on it
I don’t see the need
to give it away

Now you can’t find a better pair of legs in town
and a back like this, huh, not for miles around
And that is why if I can’t sell it
I’m going to recline upon it
Why should I give it away?

Because it’s made for comfort
built for wear and tear
Where else could you find
such an easy chair!
Haa… Whoa…

If I can’t sell it
I’m gonna remain seated on it
I ain’t about to give it away

Because it’s lush, plush, slick and sleak
Darling, a high class piece like this
at any price
is cheap!

So if I can’t sell it
I’m a remain seated on it
I don’t see the need to give it away

Now look at this nice bottom
ain’t it easy on the eye
guaranteed to support any weight or size!

If I can’t sell it, I’m gonna sit down on it
I ain’t about to give it away
Now, I have really had my fill
of folks always comin around
with their hands stuck out
want something
don’t want to give up nothing
Now if you want this
put your hand in your stash
and give me some cash

If you want something for free
go to the Salvation Army
don’t come to me
Now this is not Saint Vincent de Paul’s place
this is Ruth’s place

Read my lips 

Keep On Eatin'
Composer(s): Minnie McCoy
Performer(s): Memphis Minnie



Every time I cook, look like you can't get enough
Fix you a pot of soup and make you drink it up
So keep on a-eating
Oh, keep on a-eating
Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough

You don't like nobody's cooking but mine
Get up in the morning and fix you a tenderloin
So keep on a-eating
Oh, keep on a-eating
Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough

Don't tell nobody that I tried to be tough
I just got a man so hard to fill up
So keep on a-eating
Oh, keep on a-eating
Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough

(spoken:
Oh, play it now, Mr. Charlie1
Yes, man! Just keep on eating
You'll get through it someday)

I know you're crazy about your oysters and your shrimp and crab
Take you around the corner and give you a chance to grab
So keep on a-eating
Oh, keep on a-eating
Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough

I've cooked and cooked till I done got tired
Can't fill you up off of my fried apple pie
So keep on a-eating
Oh, keep on a-eating
Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough

I know you got a bad cold and you can't smell
I ain't gonna give you something that I can't sell
So keep on a-eating
Oh, keep on a-eating
Keep on eating, baby, till you get enough

It Started All Over Again
Composer(s): Bill Carey - Carl Fischer
Performer(s): Jo Stafford
and multiple other artists



It started all over again
The moment I looked in your eyes
It started all over again
The thrill we can never disguise

The day that we parted, so broken hearted
Will never return again
Dreams I've delayed, promises made
Are starting anew, just for you

It started all over again
The moment I held you so tight
It started all over again
When we kissed away the night - till dawn's early light

Now were together, sweethearts forever
We'll build our romance anew
It started all over again
The moment I looked at you

If I Can't Love Her
Composer(s): Alan Menken; Tim Rice
Performer(s): Terrence Mann
and multiple other artists



Beast:
And in my twisted face, there's not the slightest trace
Of anything that even hints at kindness
And from my tortured shape, no comfort, no escape
I see, but deep within is utter blindness
Hopeless as my dream dies, as the time flies, love a lost illusion
Helpless, unforgiven, cold and driven to this sad conclusion

No beauty could move me, no goodness improve me
No power on earth, if I can't love her
No passion could reach me, no lesson could teach me
How I could have loved her and make her love me, too
If I can't love her, then who?

Long ago I should have seen all the things I could have been
Careless and unthinking, I moved onward!

No pain could be deeper, no life could be cheaper
No point anymore, if I can't love her!
No spirit could win me, no hope left within me
Hope I could have loved her and that she'd set me free!
But it's not to be
If I can't love her, let the world be done with me  

Keep On Lovin' You
Composer(s): Kevin Cronin
Performer(s): RE0 Speedwagon



You should've seen by the look in my eyes, baby
There was somethin missin
You should've known by the tone of my voice, maybe
But you didn't listen
You played dead
But you never bled
Instead you lay still in the grass
All coiled up and hissin
And though I know all about those men
Still I don't remember
Cause it was us baby, way before then
And we're still together
And I meant, every word I said
When I said that I love you I meant
That I love you forever

And I'm gonna keep on lovin you
Cause it's the only thing I wanna do
I don't wanna sleep
I just wanna keep on lovin you

(solo)

And I meant every word I said 
When I said that I love you I meant
That I love you forever

(chorus)

Let Me Love You Tonight
Composer(s): Mitchell Parish - René Touzet	
Performer(s): Woody Herman
and multiple other artists



Let me love you tonight
Let me tell you how much I adore all your charms
Though you leave me tomorrow for this night we'll borrow a love song

Let me love you tonight
Let me thrill to the touch of your sheltering arms
Til the scent of the roses caresses and closes your eyes

Let me kiss you tonight
While the stars in the sky give a heavenly light
So when love is an ember my heart will remember this sight
Live a lifetime of love in a moment holding me tight
Then forget me darling only
Let me love you tonight

Live a lifetime of love in a moment holding me tight
Then forget me darling only
Let me love you tonight

Let me love you tonight
Let me love you tonight

If I Can't Have You
((Dutch Versions:
Als Ik Jou Niet Krijg (by Danny De Munk) - 1989; Als Ik Jou Niet Krijg (by Liliane Saint-Pierre - 1997))
Composer(s): Robin Gibb - Barry Gibb - Maurice Gibb
First release: Yvonne Elliman - 1977
Covered by multiple other artists



Don't know why 
I'm survivin' every lonely day
When there's got to be no chance for me
My life would end
And it doesn't matter how I cry
My tears, so far, are a waste of time
If I turn away
Am I strong enough to see it through?
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can't have you
I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you...uh-huh, oh
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you...uh-hoh

Can't let go and it doesn't matter how I try
I gave it all so easily to you my love
To dreams that never will come true
Am I strong enough to see it through?
Go crazy is what I will do

If I can't have you
I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you ...uh-huh, oh
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you ...uh-hoh

If I can't have you
I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you ...uh-huh, oh
If I can't have you
I don't want nobody, baby
If I can't have you ...uh-hoh

Oh! If I can't have you ...