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I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Going to Be a Diamond Someday)
I'm Just An Old Chunk Of Coal (But I'm Going to Be a Diamond Someday) Composer(s): Billy Joe Shaver First release by: Billy Joe Shaver - 1981 Covered by multiple other artists
Hey I'm just an old chunk of coal But I'm gonna be a diamond some day I'm gonna grow and glow 'til I'm so blue pure perfect I'm gonna put a smile on ev'rybody's face
I'm gonna kneel and pray ev'ry day Lest I should become vain along the way I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord But I'm gonna be a diamond some day
I'm gonna learn the best way to walk I'm gonna search and find a better way to talk I'm gonna spit and polish my old rough-edged self 'Til I get rid of ev'ry single flaw
I'm gonna be the world's best friend I'm gonna go 'round shakin' ev'rybody's hand Hey I'm gonna be the cotton-pickin' rage of the age I'm gonna be a diamond some day
Now I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord But I'm gonna be a diamond some day I'm gonna grow and glow 'til I'm so blue pure perfect I'm gonna put a smile on ev'rybody's face
I'm gonna kneel and pray ev'ry day Lest I should become vain along the way Hey I'm just an old chunk of coal now Lord But I'm gonna be a diamond some day
Everybody's Everything Spanish Title: Como Estan Composer(s): Carlos Santana; Tyrone Moss; Milton Brown Performer(s): Santana; Out of Phase; Stone Foundation
Seems like ev'rybody's waiting for the new change to come around comin' around, comin' around, comin' around Waiting for the day when the king and queen of soul sing around singing 'around singin' around, singin' around Singin' around for ev'ryone
You can understand ev'rything's to share Let your spirit dance Brothers ev'rywhere Let your head be free Turn the wisdom key Find it nat'rally See you're lucky to be Dig this sound It's been 'round and 'round and 'round
Get out your cold feet, baby Somethin' on your back Lay it down Lay it down, lay it down, lay it down Don't you know honey maybe your light might shine this whole town this whole town, this whole town Singin' around Time for you to all get down
You gotta do it
Get ready, Uh! Get ready, Uh!
Dig this sound It's been around and 'round and 'round
You gotta do it
You can understand Ev'rything's to share Let your spirit dance Brothers ev'rywhere Let your head be free Turn the wisdom key Find it nat'rally See you're lucky to be Singin' around Time for you to all get down
I'm Just A Singer (In A Rock 'N' Roll Band) Composer(s): John Lodge Performer(s): The Moody Blues and multiple other artists
I keep on wand'ring on the face of this earth Meeting so many people who are trying to be free And while I wander I hear so many words Language barriers broken now we've found the key
And if you want this world of yours to turn about you And you're the only other person to know Don't tell me I'm Just a Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band
How can we understand Riots for the people by the people who are only destroying themselves And if you see a frightened person who is frightened by the people Who are (scorching) scorching this earth (Scorching) scorching this earth
I keep on wan'dring on the face of this earth Meeting so many people who are trying to be free And while I wander I hear so many words Language barriers broken now we've found the key
And if you want the wind of change to blow around you And you can see exactly what to do Please tell me I'm Just a Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band
How can we understand Riots for the people by the people who are only destroying themselves And if you see a frightened person who is frightened by the people Who are (scorching) scorching this earth (Scorching) scorching this earth
Music is the traveller crossing our world Meeting so many people, bridging the seas I'm Just a Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band I'm Just a Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band Music is the traveller crossing our world Meeting so many people, bridging the seas I'm Just the Singer in a Rock 'n' Roll Band We're just the singers in a rock 'n' roll band
Everybody's Doin' It Now Composer(s): Irving Berlin Performer(s): Julie Andrews; and various other artists
Honey, honey, can't you hear? Funny, funny music, dear Ain't the funny strain goin' to your brain? Like a bottle of wine, fine Hon', hon' hon', hon', take a chance One, one one, one little dance Can't you see them all swaying up the hall? Let's be gettin' in line
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it See that ragtime couple over there Watch them throw their shoulders in the air Snap their fingers, honey, I declare It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear, there!
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ain't that music touchin' your heart? Hear that trombone bustin' apart? Come, come, come, come, let us start Ev'ry body's doin' it now
Baby, baby, can't you hear? Funny, funny music, dear Honey, don't you smile, let us rest awhile I'm so weak in the chest, rest Go, go, go, go get a chair No, no, no, no, leave it there Honey, if the mob still are on the job I'm as strong as the rest
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it See that ragtime couple over there Watch them throw their shoulders in the air Snap their fingers, honey, I declare It's a bear, it's a bear, it's a bear, there!
Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ev'rybody's doin' it, doin' it, doin' it Ain't that music touchin' your heart? Hear that trombone bustin' apart? Come, come, come, come, let us start Ev'ry body's doin' it now
I'm Just A Mess Composer(s): Bill Spooner; Roger Steen Performer(s): The Tubes
I'm searching for those party lights Where everybody's having a good time My baby said she'd hold me tight And you know that this could be the right time
And I don't care what else In the middle of your tenderness I'm just a mess Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
It was a September night The air was turning warm to cold My baby said she'd hold me tight The autumn brought the springtime home
And I don't care what else In the middle of your tenderness I'm just a mess Yeah, yeah yeah, yeah
I like the way You looked that day When our love it was new And if I saw you again Somehow I'd just have to say Sometimes you're just too plain to see Then again, you're just like me You had to say something You waited so long Here I am I could be wrong
Stay with me baby, oh yeah Stay with 'til morning comes Stay with me baby, oh yeah Stay with me 'til the morning comes
I don't care what else In the middle of your tenderness I just confess I guess you messed me up again I just confess I'm just a--whoa whoa whoa, yeah, yeah yeah I'm just a mess
Everybody's Been Burned Composer(s): David Crosby Performer(s): The Byrds; Eugene Chadbourne; Sebadoh; Thin White Rope
Everybody has been burned before Everybody knows the pain Anyone in this place can tell you to your face Why you shouldn't love someone
Everybody knows it never works Everybody knows and reads I know that door that shuts just before You get to the dream you see
I know all too well how to turn, how to run How to hide behind a bitter wall of blue But you die inside if you choose to hide So I guess instead I'll love you
Everybody Wants To Be A Cat Composer(s): Floyd Huddleston; Al Rinker Performer(s): Phil Harris; and various other artists
Everybody wants to be a cat because a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at Everybody's pickin' up on that feline beat 'cause everything else is obsolete Now a square with a horn can make you wish you weren't born ever'time he plays and with a square in the act he can set music back to the caveman days I've heard some corny birds who tried to sing but a cat's the only cat who knows how to swing Who wants to dig a long-haired gig or stuff like that? When everybody wants to be a cat A square with that horn makes you wish you weren't born ever'time he plays and with a square in the act he's gonna set this music back to the Stone Age days Everybody wants to be a cat because a cat's the only cat who knows where it's at while playin' jazz you always has a Welcome mat 'cause everybody digs a swingin' cat Everybody digs a swingin' cat
I'm Just A Country Boy Composer(s): Fred Brooks; Mashall Barer Performer(s): Harry Belafonte and multiple other artists
I ain't gonna marry in the fall And I ain't gonna marry in the spring For I'm in love with a pretty little girl Who wears a diamond ring
For.....I'm just a country boy Money have I none But I've got silver in the stars And gold in the morning sun And gold in the morning sun
I'm never gonna kiss those ruby red lips Of the prettiest girl in town I'm never gonna ask her if she'd marry me 'Cause I know she'd turn me down
'Cause.....I'm just a country boy Money, money have I none But I've got silver in the stars And gold in the morning sun And gold in the morning sun
I Never could afford a store-bought ring With a sparkling diamond stone All I could afford was a loving heart The only one I own
'Cause.....I'm just a country boy Money, money have I none But I've got silver, silver in the stars And gold in the morning sun And gold in the morning sun
Everybody Wants A Key To My Cellar Composer(s): Ed Rose; Billy Baskette; Lew Pollace Performer(s): Bert Williams
Down in my cellar, down in my cellar I've been changing everything around I've a secret hidden there I'll guard it with my life There's only one mistake I made I told it to my wife
Down in my cellar, down in my cellar I've been having parties every night People that I never knew come up and talk to me They're trying hard to find out where I hang my cellar key
Now everybody wants a key to my cellar, my cellar, my cellar People who before wouldn't give me a tumble Even perfect strangers are beginning to grumble 'Cause I won't let them have a key to my cellar They'll never get in just let them try They can have my money They can have my car They can have my wife If they want to go that far But they can't have the key that opens my cellar If the whole darn world goes dry
I'm Into Somethin' Good Composer(s): Gerry Goffin; Carole King First release by: Earl-Jean - 1964 Covered by multiple other artists
Woke up this morning feeling fine There's something special on my mind Last night I met a new girl in the neighbourhood, whoa yeah Something tells me I'm into something good (Something tells me I'm into something)
She's the kind of girl who's not too shy And I can tell I'm her kind of guy She danced close to me like I hoped she would She danced close to me like I hoped she would Something tells me I'm into something good (Something tells me I'm into something)
We only danced for a minute or two But then she stuck close to me the whole night through Can I be falling in love She's everything I've been dreaming of She's everything I've been dreaming of
I walked her home and she held my hand I knew it couldn't be just a one-night stand So I asked to see her next week and she told me I could (I asked to see her and she told me I could) Something tells me I'm into something good (Something tells me I'm into something) (Something tells me I'm into something, ahhh)
I walked her home and she held my hand I knew it couldn't be just a one-night stand So I asked to see her next week and she told me I could (I asked to see her and she told me I could) Something tells me I'm into something good (something tells me I'm into something) Something tells me I'm into something good (something tells me I'm into something) To something good, oh yeah, something good (something tells me I'm into something) To something good, something good, something good
Everybody Two-Step Composer(s): Earl C. Jones; Wallie Herzer Performer(s): Mike Bernard; and various other artists
Oh my dear, don't you hear the latest music hit? Oh gee! the orchestra is playing it That is not a Rubenstein composed in F It's a song from the pen of Mutt and Jeff Let's two step and dance in old Havana style Just act like you were made of rubber, chile Glide along the floor and slide your feet a little bit That's it
Oh dear hon, won't you nestle to your lovie dove? Just rest your little hand upon my glove When I get to going 'round the shiny floor Babe, I'd just die to dance a little more Oh, my word I'm full of loving heart complaint Just place your tootsies where your papa's aint Then you start to swayin' to the playin' of the band That's grand!
Everybody two step and grab a girlie girl Everybody two step and do the twirly whirl Shake your feet with all your might Everybody two step and two step right If you want to two step just like a Polar bear Everybody does it Nobody ought to care Everybody wiggle waggle Then you make a bow Everybody two step now
I'm In Touch With Your World Composer(s): Ric Ocasek Performer(s): The Cars
You can tuck it on the inside You can throw it on the floor You can wave it on the outside Like you never did before You get the diplomatic treatment You get the force fed future You get the funk after death You get the wisenheimer brainstorm I'm in touch with your world So don't you try to hide it I'm in touch with your world And nobody's going to buy it It's such a lovely way to go I've been lying on your feathers You keep talking about the weather I'm a psilocybin pony You're a flick fandango phoney It's a sticky contradiction It's a thing you call creation Everything is science fiction And I ought to know
Everybody Step Composer(s): Irving Berlin Performer(s): Bing Crosby; and various other artists
Soon You'll hear a tune That's gonna lift you out of your seat It could be sweeter But then the meter Was written especi'lly for your feet Fly Away up high Upon a syncopated balloon A little ginger Will never injure Hear them tuning up They'll be playing soon
Ev'rybody step To the syncopated rhythm Let's be going with 'em When they begin
You'll be saying, yes sir The band is grand He's the best professor In all the land
Listen to the pep That emerges from the middle Of the jazzy fiddle Under his chin
Oh, what music The clarineter Could not be better Hear that strain I don't know just what it is but it's great They simply ruin it Look at 'em doin' it Come, come don't hesitate
Ev'rybody step If you want to see a glutton When it comes to struttin' Over the ground
Wait'll you see My little sweetie and me Step, step, stepping around
I'm In The Mood For Dancing Composer(s): Ben Findon; Michael Stanley Myers; Robert John Puzey First release by: The Nolans - 1979 Covered by multiple other artists
I'm in the mood for dancin', romancin' Ooh I'm given' it all tonight I'm in the mood for chancin' I feel like dancin' Ooh so come on and hold me tight
Dancin', I'm in the mood, babe So let the music play Ooh I'm dancin', I'm in the groove, babe So get on up and let your body sway
I'm in the mood for dancin', romacnin' You know I shan't ever stop tonight I'm in the mood for chancin' I feel like dancin' Ooh from head to my toes Take me again And heaven who knows Just where it will end
So dance, yeah let's dance, come on and dance Dance, yeah let's dance, come on and dance
I'm in the mood for dancin', romancin' Ooh I'm given' it all tonight I'm in the mood for chancin' I feel like dancin' Ooh so come on and hold me tight
Dancin', just feel the beat, babe That's all you've gotta do I can't stop dancin' So move your feet, babe when I get up close to you
Everybody Sing Composer(s): Nacio Herb Brown; Arthur Freed Performer(s): Judy Garland; Erhard Bauschke; Teddy Stauffer
When the whole world seems wrong just learn the words of a simple song of blue skies above be a troubadour and all is love
When April showers stray the silver lining will come they say and singin' in the rain's the thing that those happy days again will bring
So, everybody sing, everybody sing! Let the sound of your voice turn winter to spring Everybody's gay, everybody's gay! Oh, say can't you hear the orchestra play?
Everybody sing, everybody start! You can't go wrong with a song in your heart Everybody sing, get into the swing get happy, everybody sing
Yeah, everybody sing, come on now, everybody sing! Let the sound of your voice turn winter to spring Everybody's gay, everybody's gay! Oh, say can't you hear la-da-de-oo-de-lay-de-lay-o?
Everybody sing, everybody start You can't go wrong with a song in your heart Everybody sing, come on now get into that swing Go Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do Everybody sing, everybody sing! Let the sound of your voice turn winter to spring
Sing before breakfast, help the birdies along Before you have your buttered toast, have a song Sing before breakfast, never quiet a thing Before you eat your shredded wheat, sing, sing, sing!
Sing a song of sixpence, pocket full of rye four and twenty blackbirds baked into a pie When the pie was opened and set before the king four and twenty blackbirds started into sing
Sing a melody of love, a song will win your lady fair Sing a song that mentions love and you will yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi-yi
Sing a song of cheer again the skies above will be clear again those happy days are here again sing a song of cheer again
If you worry, if you fret, if you're getting deep in debt let your frown turn summerset, get yourself a good quartet
In the evening by the moonlight you can hear those darkies singin'
Sing good, sing bad Sing loud, sing soft Sing sweet, sing hot Sing!
Everybody sing, everybody sing! Let the sound of your voice turn winter to spring Everybody's gay, everybody's gay! Oh, say can't you hear la-da-de-oo-de-lay-de-lay-o? Everybody sing, everybody start You can't go wrong with a song in your heart Everybody sing, get into the swing Go Do Re Me Fa So La Si Do Get Happy, get happy
I'm In The Mood For Love Composer(s): Dorothy Fields; Jimmy McHugh Performer(s): Frances Langford and multiple other artists
Lovely interlude, most romantic mood And your attitude is right, dear Sweetheart, you have me under a spell Now my dream is real, that is why I feel Such a strong appeal tonight Somehow, all my reason takes flight, dear...
I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me Funny, but when you're near me I'm in the mood for love
Heaven is in your eyes Bright as the stars we're under Oh, is it any wonder? I'm in the mood for love
Why stop to think of whether This little dream might fade We've put our hearts together Now we are one, I'm not afraid
If there's a cloud above If it should rain, we'll let it But, for tonight, forget it I'm in the mood for love
Why stop to think of whether This little dream might fade We've put our hearts together Now we are one, I'm not afraid
If there's a cloud above If it should rain, we'll let it But, for tonight, forget it I'm in the mood for love
Everybody Salsa Composer(s): Geoffrey Deane; David Jaymes Performer(s): Modern Romance; and various other artists
Now what's that crazy rhythm, coming from the street The sound of people moving to that Latin beat Now this ain't Puerto Rico, this is London E18 Everybody's welcome to my own dream
Carnival is moving, music in the air Everybody's grooving, dancing everywhere Spirit, not location, is the essence of our theme Why not come and join us in our own dream
And now see the pretty ladies, moving all around Looking super-sexy, all around the town Their smiles are so enticing, you wonder what they mean Everyone's entitled to their own dream
??? shake, swing, rock everybody to the ??? beat ??? shake, swing, rock everybody to the ??? beat Can you move, can you move Can you shake to the rhythm of the Latin groove Can you move, can you move Can you shake to the rhythm of the Latin groove
(C'mon everybody and groove)
So grab a little sunshine, brighten up your day ??? like a Cuban, the continental way Now Castro loved to Salsa, (cool dictator scene ??) Why not come and join us in our own dream
I'm In The Mood Composer(s): John Lee Hooker; Bernard Besman First release by: John Lee Hooker - 1951
I'm in the mood baby, I'm in the mood for love I'm in the mood baby, I'm in the mood for love I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, baby, I'm in the mood for love
I said night time is the right time, to be with the one you love You know when night come baby, God know, you're so far away I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood baby, I'm in the mood for love I'm in the mood, in the mood, baby, in the mood for love
I said yes, my mama told me, to leave that girl alone But my mama didn't know, God know, girl was puttin' down I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood baby, in the mood for love I'm in the mood, I'm in the mood, baby, in the mood for love
Everybody Rag With Me Composer(s): Grace LeBoy; Gus Kahn
What's that sneaky freaky, creepy, melody? It just takes me, makes me restless as can be It goes to my heart, my head, my feet I'll give anybody in the house my seat I want to dance, dance, dance, dance, dance till I drop I don't ever want to stop this ragging
Sousa's clever but he never played like this This just thrills me and it fills me full of bliss There it goes again! that sweet refrain! Every note reminds me of an Angel strain! Come on and dance, dance, dance, dance, then dance some more We'll wear out this old pine floor completely
Everybody rag with me Everybody drag with me I've learned those dips and skips and dreamy hesitations I could dance till day is dawning Then I want to dance all morning Everybody sway with me Drop your work and play with me I don't want to hear any opera grand Ragtime music, that's what I understand! I want everybody in the world to rag with me