Isle Of Hope, Isle Of Tears
Composer(s): Brendan Graham
Performer(s): Seán Keane
and multiple other artists



On the first day on January
Eighteen ninety-two
They opened Ellis Island and they let
The people through
And the first to cross the treshold
Of that isle of hope and tears
Was Annie Moore from Ireland
Who was all of fifteen years

Isle of hope, isle of tears
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
But it's not the isle you left behind
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
Isle you'll never see again
But the isle of home is always on your mind

In a little bag she carried
All her past and history
And her dreams for the future
In the land of liberty
And courage is the passport
When your old world disappears
But there's no future in the past
When you're fifteen years

Isle of hope, isle of tears
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
But it's not the isle you left behind
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
Isle you'll never see again
But the isle of home is always on your mind

When they closed down Ellis Island
In nineteen fourty-three
Seventeen million people
Had come there for sanctuary
And in Springtime when I came here
And I stepped onto it's piers
I thought of how it must have been
When you're fifteen years

Isle of hope, isle of tears
Isle of freedom, isle of fears
But it's not the isle you left behind
That isle of hunger, isle of pain
Isle you'll never see again
But the isle of home is always on your mind

Nightbird
Composer(s): Stevie Nicks; Sandy Stewart
Performer(s): Stevie Nicks



And the summer became the fall
I was not ready for the winter
It makes no difference at all 
Cause I wear boots all summer long

My makeup dark and it's careless
Same circles around my eyes
Sometimes the real color of my skin 
Is my eyes without any shadow

And when I call
Will you walk gently
Through my shadow
The ones who sing at night
The ones who sing at night
The ones you dream of 

The ones who walk away 
With their capes pulled around them tight
Cryin for the night
Cry for the nightbird tonight

The winter's really here now
And the blankets that I love
Sometimes I am surrounded 
By too much love

And when I call 
Will you walk gently 
Through my shadow
The ones who sing at night
The ones who sing at night
The ones you dream of 
The ones who walk away 
With their capes pulled around them tight
Cryin for the night
Cry for the nightbird tonight

Isle Of Capri
Composer(s): Will Grosz; Jimmy Kennedy
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra
and multiple other artists



`t Was on the Isle of Capri that I found her 
Beneath the shade of an old walnut tree 
Oh, I can still see the flowers blooming round her 
Where we met on the Isle of Capri 

She was as sweet as a rose at the dawning 
But somehow fate hadn't meant her for me 
And though I sailed with the tide in the morning 
Still my heart's on the Isle of Capri 

Summertime was nearly over 
Blue Italian sky above 
I said "Lady, I'm a rover, 
Can you spare a sweet word of love?" 

She whispered softly "It's best not to linger" 
And then as I kissed her hand I could see 
She wore a lovely meatball on her finger 
't Was goodbye at the Villa Capri 

Summertime was nearly over 
Blue Italian sky above 
I said "Lady, I'm a rover, 
Can you spare a fine word of love?" 

She whispered softly "It's best not to linger" 
And then as I kissed her hand I could see 
She wore a plain golden ring on her finger 
't Was goodbye on the Isle of Capri 
't Was goodbye on the Isle of Capri
't Was goodbye on the Isle of Capri

Night Vision
Composer(s): K. Elam; Victor Flowers; Isaac Hayes
Performer(s): Guru & Isaac Hayes



(Isaac Hayes)
When the sun goes down and the moon comes up
You can see a lot of things if you look deep enough
It's all around

(Guru)
The city skyline, in the nighttime, be the right time, to ball out
(Yeah) Who's the real pimp, gangster hustler, you call out
Is it him, is it him or is it, Dukes over there?
Real recognizes real, so yo, no one cares
The chief executive mack, in so deep you can't imagine
I've seen the beatdowns, the gunfights, plus the paddywagon
See daddy with his pants saggin, pushin whips that's too fly
Switchin up to a suit and tie, ladies say he's too cute to lie
(Forget about it) And none of my girls, wanna, talk to you
Plus, none of my boys, gotta, talk to you
Cause when you see me, they'll be somewhere in the cut
And you can't be me, so nip that weak talk in the butt
The party's crowded, and everyone, is showin love
Whassup, what's the deal, how's things holdin up?
(Whassup young blood?)
The smooth dude, that moves through, with the utmost precision
Truly a wiseguy, seein life with my night vision

(Isaac Hayes)
See that young blood, comin down the street
Don't be hypnotized by the stride of his feet..
Pickpockets.. streetwalkers.. number runners.. hustlers

(Guru)
Lots of ladies, wanna, check me out
And lots of haters, wanna, X me out
I got more style than Gucci, Louis or Prada
Drop more jewels on you, than your uncle or father
Once this envious kid, was temptin me kid
to stoop down to his level and cold empty his wig
He was mad cause his girl wanted up in my world (hahahaha)
I looked the other way, and she was still, stuck in my world
Aiyyo; baby wants to run with me, come with me, have fun with me
I be the man when I'm dipped, or in a t-shirt, and dungarees
I overheard her man, that was screamin in her ear
while I nodded to my peeps, who was schemin in the rear
If he's gon' flip, he's gonna, find out quick
That I stroll with a click, and we roll mad thick
He shook my hand and laughed it off, that was his best decision
We keep it tight aight? Hangin out, with that night vision

(Isaac Hayes)
I bust into this night club
I can see you perpetraters
Passin out your BID'ness cards
Wearin your knockoff gators
Pimps.. heartbreakers.. dumb-ass Johns..
You got to make a decision, to go witcha instincts
and rely on your night vision

Islands
Composer(s): Robert Fripp; Peter Sinfield
Performer(s): King Crimson



Earth, stream and tree encircled by sea
Waves sweep the sand from my island
My sunsets fade
Field and glade wait only for rain
Grain after grain love erodes my
High weathered walls which fend off the tide
Cradle the wind to my island

Gaunt granite climbs where gulls wheel and glide
Mournfully glide o'er my island
My dawn bride's veil, damp and pale
Dissolves in the sun
Love's web is spun - cats prowl, mice run
Wreathe snatch-hand briars where owls
know my eyes
Violet skies
Touch my island
Touch me

Beneath the wind turned wave
Infinite peace
Islands join hands
'Neath heaven's sea

Dark harbour quays like fingers of stone
Hungrily reach from my island
Clutch sailor's words - pearls and gourds
Are strewn on my shore
Equal in love, bound in circles
Earth, stream and tree return to the sea
Waves sweep sand from my island, from me

Night Train
Composer(s): Rickie Lee Jones
Performer(s): Rickie Lee Jones



Here I'm going
Walking with my baby in my arms
Cuz I am in the wrong end of this eight ball black
And the devil, see, he's right behind us
And this worker said she's gonna take my little baby
My little angel black
But they won't getcha
Cuz I'm right here witcha
On the Night Train

Swing low, Saint Cadillac
Tearin' down the alley
And I'm reaching so high for ya
Don't let 'em take me back
Broken like valiums and chumps in the rain
That cry and quiver
When a Blue Horizon is sleeping in the station
With a ticket for a train
Surely mine will deliver me there

Here she comes...

I'm safe here with you
On the Night Train
Oh mamma, mamma
Concrete is wheeling by
Down at the end of a lullaby
On the Night Train

Islands
Composer(s): Mike Oldfield
Performer(s): Bonnie Tyler



Islands, from the first time we saw
We could wait for this moment, like rocks on the shore
We can never be closer, somehow
For the moment that lasts, is this moment now
When the night's on fire, will you keep the candlelight burning?
Hold on to your heart's desire (When the night's on fire)
When you see one bird into the wind, another one's turning
And the two can fly much higher

We are islands, but never too far
We are islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight
We are islands, but never too far
We are islands
And I need your light tonight
And I need your light tonight

Islands, never been to before
And we climb so high to where the wild birds soar
There's a new path that we found just today
I was lost in the forest and you showed me the way

When the night's on fire, will you keep the candlelight burning?
Hold on to your heart's desire (When the night's on fire)
When you see one bird into the wind, another one's turning
And the two can fly much higher

Night Time Is The Right Time
Composer(s): Napoleon Brown; Ozzie Cadena; Lew Herman
Performer(s): Ray Charles;
and various other artists



You know the night time, darling
(night and day)
Is the right time
(night and day)
To be
(night and day)
With the one you love, now
(night and day)
Say now oh baby
(night and day)
When I come home baby, now
(night and day)
I wanna be with the one I love, now
(night and day)
You know what I'm thinking of
(night and day)
I know the night time
(night and day, oh)
Whoa, is the right time
(night and day, oh)
To be with the one you love, now
(night and day)
I said to be with the one you love
(night and day)
You know my mother, now
(night and day)
Had to die, now
(night and day)
Umm, and my father
(night and day)
Well he broke down and cry
(night and day)
Whoah! whoa baby
(night and day)
When I come home baby now
(night and day)
I want you to hold my hand
(night and day)
Yeah, tight as you can
(night and day)
I know the night time
(night and day, oh)
Whoah is the right time
(night and day, oh)
To be with the one you love
(night and day)
You know what I'm thinking of
(night and day)
Whoah! sing your song, Margie
Baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Oh, Baby
(night and day)
Do I love you?
(night and day)
No one above you
(night and day)
Hold me tight
(night and day)
And make everything all right
(night and day)
Because the night time
(night and day)
Oh, is the right time
(night and day)
To be with the one you love now
(night and day)
Oh yeah
(night and day)
Tease me
(night and day)
Squeeze me
(night and day)
Leave me
(night and day)
Ah, don't leave me
(night and day)
Lawdy baby
(night and day)
Take my hand, now
(night and day)
I don't need
(night and day)
No other man
(night and day)
Because the night time
(night and day)
Ow, is the right time
(night and day)
To be with the one you love
(night and day)
Oh yeah
(night and day)
I said baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Baby
(night and day)
Whoah! baby now
(night and day)
Oh come on baby
(night and day)
You know I want you by my side
(night and day)
I want you to keep
(night and day)
Oh keep me satisfied
(night and day)
I know the night time
(night and day)
Everyday is the right time
(night and day)
Yeah to be with the one you love now
(night and day)
Well you know it's all right

Island Of Lost Souls
Composer(s): Debbie Harry; Christopher Stein
First release by: Blondie - 1982



In Babylon
On the boulevard of broken dreams
My will power at the lowest ebb
Oh what can I do?
Oh buccaneer
Can ya help me put my truck in gear?
Can ya take me far away from here?
Save my soul from sin?

You wanna get away you've had it man
Nothing's going right
So come sit on the sands of the island
Island of Lost Souls

No luxuries, no no amenities
Too dull, your senses
Oh oh only primitive
"Hey hey really get away," is what he said

Where did he go?
I'm tired of waiting here for him
Where can he be?
He's not with me
Where did he go?
What will I do alone?
Why did he run, run away from me?

The sky is blue the sea is warm and clear
And golden sands are calling out to you inviting
Make a new man outa you

You can come for a while come with a friend
Forget about work start all over again
Let the real you through, here's what we do

Where did he go?
I'm tired of waiting here for him
Where can he be?
He's not with me
Where did he go?
What will I do alone?
Why did he run, run away from me?

No luxuries, no no amenities
Too dull, your senses
Oh oh only primitive
Hey hey really get away
Island of Lost Souls

Ayya ayya ayya Island of Lost Souls

Night Time
Composer(s): Bob Feldman; Jerry Goldstein; Richard Gottehrer
Performer(s): J. Geils Band



Get up in the morning kick the covers from my bed
The sunlight in my eyes is playing tricks with my head
I work like a dog on the job every day
I'm tryin make some money so I can go and play

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you in the night time

I come home from work you know I'm tired and I'm beat
I run in the kitchen get me something to eat
I jump in the shower wash the world off my back
I'm gonna get you baby that's a natural fact!

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you in the night time

A hundred million people they got nothing to say
They're running around in circles they just live for today
Stick with me baby I'll show you how to fly
We'll make such pretty music watch the world go by

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
I wanna be with you in the night time

Get up in the morning kick the covers from my bed
The sunlight in my eyes is playing tricks with my head
I work like a dog on the job every day
I'm tryin make some money so I can go and play

In the night time
That's the right time
In the night time
That's the right time
Here we go
I wanna be with you in the night time
In the night time
In the night time
That's the right time
Back in the night time
Mmmmm that's the right time
Yes that's the right time
That's a nice time
That's my time
Mmmmm night time

Island Of Dreams
Composer(s): Tom Springfield
Performer(s): The Seekers
and multiple other artists



I wandered the streets and the gay crowded places
Trying to forget you but somehow it seems
My thoughts ever stray to our last sweet embraces
Over the sea on the Island of Dreams

High in the sky is the bird on the wing
Please carry me with you
Far far away from the mad rushing crowd
Please carry me with you

Again I would wander where memories infold me
There on the beautiful Island of Dreams

High in the sky is the bird on the wing
Please carry me with you
Far far away from the mad rushing crowd
Please carry me with you

Again I would wander where memories infold me
There on the beautiful Island of Dreams
Far far away on the Island of Dreams

Night Starvation
Composer(s): Lea Holder
Performer(s): Slade



Ooh … Satisfaction guaranteed if I can get my way
Satisfaction, yes indeed, there's nothing more to say
Only that boys will be boys, and they rise to the occasion
Girls, lovely girls, wanna start your night starvation 

Chorus
I want to feel them (they like it), I want to squeeze them (you like it)
I want to hold them (we want it) more, oh yeah
I want to touch them (they like it), I want to squeeze them (you like it)
I want to hug them (we want it) more, oh yeah

Inter-action guaranteed, the fire down below
They may be called the weaker sex, but female dynamo
Only that boys will be boys, and they're out to kill the passion
Girls, lovely girls, always wanna be in the fashion

Chorus
I want to feel them (they like it), I want to squeeze them (you like it)
I want to hug them (we want it) more, oh yeah
I want to touch them (they like it), I want to feel them (you like it)
I want to hold them (we want it) more an' more an' more

L-l-lazy lovers ain't no use, you end up needing more
You've had a hard day's no excuse, we've heard it all before
And that boys will be boys, they pissin' it an' shoutin' out now
Girls, lovely girls, oh what would we do without them

Chorus
I want to feel them (they like it), oh, I want to squeeze them (you like it)
I want to hold them (we want it) more, oh yeah
I want to touch them, ooh ah ah (they like it), I want to feel them, uh uh uh (you like it)
I want to hug them (we want it) more an' more an' more

I want to touch them, hold them
Squeeze them, feel them, kiss them
Clean them, stroke them, hug them
Ooh, more an' more an' more an' more

I want to hug them, tease them
Squeeze them, hold them, touch them
Squeeze them, hold them, rub them
Ooh, more an' more an' more … an' more an' more … an' more an' more

Island In The Sun
(German Version: Wo Meine Sonne Scheint)
Composer(s): Harry Belafonte; Lord Burgess
Performer(s): Harry Belafonte



This is my island in the sun
Where my people have toiled since time begun
I may sail on many a sea
Her shores will always be home to me

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

As morning breaks the heaven on high
I lift my heavy load to the sky
Sun comes down with a burning glow
Mingles my sweat with the earth below

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

I see woman on bended knee
Cutting cane for her family
I see man at the waterside
Casting nets at the surging tide

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

I pray the day will never come
When I can't awake to the sound of drum
Never let me miss carnival
With calypso songs philosophical

Oh, island in the sun
Willed to me by my father's hand
All my days I will sing in praise
Of your forest, waters, your shining sand

Night Owl
Composer(s): James Taylor
Performer(s): Carly Simon;
and various other artists



Now a fish kinda likes the water
And that's just where he wants to be
And a monkey kinda digs bananas
So he lives in the top of a tree
But my eyes are made for darkness
So the nightime is right for me
'Cause I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long
I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long

Most folks they like the daytime
'Cause they like to see the shining sun
They're up in the mornin'
Off and a runnin' till they're too tired for havin' fun
But when the sun goes down
And the bright lights shine
My daytime has just begun
'Cause I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long
I'm a nightowl honey, sleep all day long

Won't you turn out them bright lights baby
They're just about to drive me blind
Oh won't you draw then curtains for me papa
Watch and you'll see my love light shine

Now there are two sides to this great big world
And one of them is always night
If you can take care of business in the sunshine baby
I guess you're gonna be alright
But don't come looking for me to lend you a hand
My eyes just can't stand the light
'Cause I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long
'Cause I'm a night owl honey, sleep all day long

Island In The Stream
Performer(s): Kenny Rogers



Baby
when I met you there was peace unknown
I set out to get you with a fine tooth comb
I was soft inside
there was something goin' on
You do something to me that I can't explain
Hold me closer and I feel no pain

Ev'ry beat of my heart
we got something goin' on
Tender love is blind
it requires a dedication
All this love we feel needs no conversation
We ride it together
makin' love with each other
Islands in the stream that is what we are

No one in between
how can we be wrong
Sail away with me to another world
And we rely on each other from one lover to another
I can't love without you if the love was gone
Ev'rything is nothing if you got no one
And you did walk in the night slowly losin' sight of the real thing.
But than won't happen to us and we got no doubt

Too deep in love and we got no way out and the message is clear

This could be the year for the real thing
no more will you cry
Baby
I will hurt you never 
We start and end as one in love forever
We can ride it together
makin' love with each other . . .
Sailing
hey
you can sail away with me.
Islands in the stream that is what we are . . .

Night Of The Long Knives
Composer(s): Brian Johnson; Angus Young
Performer(s): AC/DC



Who's your leader, who's your man?
Who will help you fill your hand?
Who's your friend and who's your foe?
Who's your Judas, you don't know?

Night of the long knives

Where's that saviour, where's that light
When you're praying for your life?
Who's that fighting back to back?
Who's defending whose attack?

Night of the long knives

(Stick 'em in the back woods) 

Night of the long knives

Island Girl
Composer(s): Elton John; Bernie Taupin
Performer(s): Elton John



I see your teeth flash
Jamaican honey so sweet
Down where Lexington cross forty seventh street
Oh
she's a big girl
she's standing six foot three
Turning tricks for the dudes in the big city

Island girl what you wantin' wid de white man's world
Island girl black boy want you in his island world
He want to take you from de racket boss

He want to save you but de cause is lost
Island girl
island girl
island girl
Tell me what you wantin' wid de white man's world

She's black as coal but she burn like a fire
And she wrap herself around you like a well worn tire
You feel her nail scratch your back just like a rake

Oh
he one more gone
he one more john who make de mistake

Island girl what you wantin' wid de white man's world

Night Of The Long Grass
Composer(s): Reg Presley
Performer(s): The Troggs



I walk along in dreams, I cannot feel, I cannot see
The only thing I know is that you`re only real to me
I see your hair hang down around your shoulders, and your collar
I lean your head upon a pillow made of leaves and straw
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass

The night was warm, the moon was bright, your perfume filled the air
as I looked down on you, you ran your fingers through my hair
With lips apart, I thought that you were going to call my name
instead the kiss that followed was enough to knock my brain
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass
I'm plainly left with misty dreams, they're in my mind
my life was shattered on that night that you were mine
and now there`s nothing left, except the memory
or is it misery, of how things used to be
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass

I walk along in dreams, I cannot feel, I cannot see
The only thing I know is that you`re only real to me
I see your hair hang down around your shoulders, and your collar
I lean your head upon a pillow made of leaves and straw
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass

Night of the long grass 
night of the long grass ... (rep. and fade)

Island
Performer(s): Eddy Raven



There was a time
There was a place I loved
That was my moment
That's just the way it was
Careless and crazy
Running to God knows where
Now where is that heart?
Where is the one who cares?

I can hear you callin'
Wandering boy come home soon
I hear the music
I see your face in the moon
Who am I foolin'?
There's no need for me to pretend
I might sail forever 
And never find that island again

I fight with my memory
Find all the pieces I can
Of a beautiful woman
Who trusted her heart in my hands
Now what kind of sailor
Lets such a dream be lost?
Tonight we'd be sailing 
Out under the Southern Cross

I can hear you callin'
Wandering boy come home soon
I hear the music
I see your face in the moon
Who am I foolin'?
There's no need for me to pretend
I might sail forever 
And never find that island again

Who am I foolin'?
There's no need for me to pretend
I might sail forever 
And never find that island again

I might sail forever
And never find that island again

Night Of My Nights
Composer(s): George Forrest; Robert C. Wright
Performer(s): Vic Damone;
Percy Faith; Marilyn Maye; David Rendall



Play on the cymbal, the timbal, the lyre
Play with appropriate passion
Fashion songs of delight and delicious desire
For the night of my nights
Come where the so well beloved is waiting
Where the rose and the jasmine mingle
While I tell her the moon is formating
And 'tis sin to be single!
Let peacocks and monkeys in purple adornings
Show her the way to my bridal chamber
Then get you gone 'til the morn of my mornings
After the night of my nights!
'Tis the night of my nights!
'Tis the night of my nights!