It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
Composer(s): Billy Mayhew
First release by: Elton Britt - 1936
Covered by multiple other artists



Be sure it's true when you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
Millions of hearts have been broken
Just because these words were spoken

I love you, yes I do, I love you
If you break my heart I'll die
So be sure it's true
When you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie

Be sure it's true when you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie
Millions of hearts have been broken
Just because these words were spoken

I love you, yes I do, I love you
If you break my heart I'll die
So be sure it's true
When you say I love you
It's a sin to tell a lie

Christmas At Ground Zero
Composer(s): Weird Al Yankovic
Performer(s): Weird Al Yankovic



It's Christmas at ground zero
There's music in the air
The sleigh bells are ringing and the carolers are singing
While the air raid sirens blare
It's Christmas at ground zero
The button has been pressed
The radio just let us know that this is not a test
Everywhere the atom bombs are dropping
It's the end of all humanity
No more time for last minute shopping
It's time to meet your final destiny
It's Christmas at ground zero
There's panic in the crowd
We can trim the tree while we dodge debris
Underneath the mushroom cloud

You might hear some reindeer on your rooftop
Or Jack Frost on your windowsill
But if someone's climbing down your chimney
You better load your gun and shoot to kill
It's Christmas at ground zero
And if the radiation level's OK
I'll go out with you and see all the new 
Mutations on New Year's Day
It's Christmas at ground zero
Just seconds left to go
I'll duck and cover with my Yuletide lover
Underneath the mistletoe
It's Christmas at ground zero
Now the missiles are on their way
What a crazy fluke we're gonna get nuked
On this jolly holiday
What a crazy fluke we're gonna get nuked
On this jolly holiday 

It's A Sin
Composer(s): Fred Rose - Zeb Turner
First release by: Eddy Arnold - 1946
Covered by multiple other artists



It's a sin my darling how I love you
Because I know our love can never be
It's a sin to keep this mem'ry of you
When silence proves that you've forgotten me
The dream I built for us has tumbled
Each promise broken like my heart
It's a sin my darling how I love you
So much in love and yet so far apart
It's a sin to hide behind this heartache
To make believe that I've found someone new
It's a sin to say that I don't miss you
When people know I'm still in love with you
I'm sure you're happy with another
Who shares the love I couldn't win
Why pretend that I can't live without you
When deep inside I know that it's a sin

Christmas As I Knew It
Composer(s): June Carter Cash - Jan Howard
Performer(s): Johnny Cash



One day near Christmas, when I was just a child
Mama called us together and Mama tried to smile
She said, "You know the cotton crop hasn't been too good this year
There's just no spending money and, well, at least we're all here
I hope you won't expect a lot of Christmas presents
Just be thankful that there is plenty to eat
That's quite a blessing that'll make things a little more pleasant"
And us kids got to thinking how really blessed we were
At least we were all healthy and best of all, we had her

Roy cut down a pigapple tree and we drug it home, Jack and me
Daddy killed a squirrel and Louise made the bread
Reba decorated the tree with popcorn strings before we went to bed
Mama and Daddy sacrificed 'cause this Christmas was lean
But after all there was the babies, Tom and Joanne, babies need a few things

I whittled a whistle for my brother Jack and though we fought now and then
When I gave Jack that whistle, he knew I thought the world of him
Mama made the girl's dresses out of flower sacks
And when she ironed them down, you couldn't tell that they hadn't come from town

A sharecropped family across the road didn't have it as good as us
They didn't even have a light and it was way past dusk
And mama said, "Well I bet they don't even have coal oil or beans to boil
A log, apples, oranges and such"

Me and Jack took a jar of coal oil and some hickernuts we'd found
We walked to the sharecropper's porch and set 'em down
A poor old ragged lady eased open the door
She picked up the coal oil and hickernuts and said
"I sure do thank ye", and quickly closed the door

We started back home, me and Jack
And about halfway we stopped looked back
And in the sharecropper's window at last was a light
So for one of the neighbors and for us it was a good Christmas night

Christmas came and Christmas went
Christmas that year was heaven sent
Then daddy put on his gumboots
And waited for the thaw back home in Dyess, Arkansas 

It's A Shame
Composer(s): Lee Garrett; Stevie Wonder; Syreeta Wright
Performer(s): The Spinners



It’s a shame, the way you mess around with your man
It’s a shame, the way you hurt me
It’s a shame, the way you mess around with your man
I’m sitting all alone, by the telephone
Waitin’ for your call, when you don’t call at all!

It’s a shame (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh), the way you mess around with your man
It’s a shame (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh), the way  you play with my emotions!
It’s a shame (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh), the way you mess around with your man
You’re like a child at play on a sunny day
First you play with love, and then you throw it away!

Why do you use me, play to confuse me?
How can you stand to be so cruel?
Why don’t you free me from this prison?
For I served my time as your fool!

It’s a shame (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh), the way you mess around with your man
It’s a shame (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh), the way you hurt me!
It’s a shame (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh), the way you mess around with your man
I tried to stick with you, show you love so true
But you won’t appreciate the love we try to make!

Oh, it’s a, got to be a shame, uh!

Why do you use me, play to confuse me?
How can you stand to be so cruel?
Why don’t you free me from this prison?
For I served my time as your fool!

Got to be a shame (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh), the way you mess around with your man!
Oh, it’s a shame (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh), the way you hurt me!
Oh, it’s a shame, baby, baby (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh), the way you mess around with your man!
You got my heart in chains, and I must complain!
I just can’t think of cryin’, oh, lookin’ at the time!

Oh...ho...ho! (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh)
It’s a shame, it’s a shame (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh) the way you hurt me, yeah!
Ooh... (Shame, ooh-ooh-ooh)
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta be a shame, oh, yeah!

Ooh...!

Christmas Alphabet
Composer(s): Buddy Kaye - Jules Loman
Performer(s): The McGuire Sisters
and multiple other artists



C is for the Candy trimmed around the Christmas tree
H is for the Happiness with all the family
R is for the Reindeer prancing by the window pane
I is for the Icing on the cake as sweet as sugar cane
S is for the Stocking on the chimney wall
T is for the Toys beneath the tree so tall
M is for the Mistletoe where every one is kissed
A is for the Angels who make up the Christmas list
S is for old Santa who makes every kid his pet
Be good and he'll bring you everything in your Christmas Alphabet

(Capital C) is for the Candy trimmed around the Christmas tree
(H) is for the Happiness with all the family
(R) is for the Reindeer prancing by the window pane
(I) is for the Icing on the cake as sweet as sugar cane
S is for the Stocking on the chimney wall
T is the Toys beneath the tree so tall
M is for the Mistletoe where every one is kissed
A is for the Angels who make up the Christmas list
S is for old Santa who makes every kid his pet
Be good and he'll bring you everything in your Christmas Alphabet 

It's A Rockin' World
Composer(s): Joe Strummer; Tom Morello
Performer(s): Joe Strummer



Well it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about it
It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about 
It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it 

Whoa whoa, now welcome to this Earth bro 
Whoa whoa, we're tryin' to find an answer 
Whoa whoa, we got a surface module and a belly-dancer 
On the sidewalk's earth 
A boy is tryin' to show a girl what he is worth 
Poke on the plaster, but he's still gonna 
Go right up and ask her 

Why is it barbaric is it, biological? 
Why is it kinetic is it asyphysiological? 
It's an epidemic, there's nothing logically 
Logical, logical, logical 

It's a rockin' world, make no mistake about it
It's a shockin' world, could be what's so great about 
It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it 

Now why do babies cry? 
I asked the cold today but all he did was fly 
And he took the cynic way 
The laws of chaos, left us all in disarray 
Now take the bumblebee, a lousy rotten bum 
Not a shred of money just a lazy buzzin' hum 
He takes all our honey and for the Garden of Eden people has got to 
pay, that's who... 

Well we go, back to base 
Can't make no error in tale of this place 
But home we're returnin' back to base, ase 

Can we be notified when, love comes of age
Does a cell divide in the - in the initial phase 
Let's all coded by in the - DNA stage 

Well it's a rockin' world, make no mistake about it
It's a shockin' world, that could be what's so great about it
It's a rockin' world, there ain't nothing fake about it

Christmas All Alone
Performer(s): The Lettermen



I'll spend Christmas all alone this year
All alone and blue
I'd be glad to walk the many miles just to be alone with you
Folks spend Christmas in their homes each year round the Christmas tree
Fireplaces, many happy faces all except for you and me
It's Christmas time, my thoughts return to days gone by with you
Now I'm alone, you're far away
Can't help feeling kind of blue
Only thing that keeps me warm is knowing that you feel the same
For we know in June it won't be snowing on the day you take my name 

It's A Pity To Say Goodnight
Composer(s): William Gordon Reid
First release by: Stan Kenton & His Orch. - 1946
Covered by multiple other artists



What a shame the night is ending, cross my heart I'm not pretending 
You look grand sitting in the moonlight
Oh I'm in love there's no mistaking, can't you see my heart is breaking
Must you go on this lovely June night

It's a pity to say goodnight because I never saw stars so bright 
But if you gotta go home, you gotta go home, give me a goodnight kiss
It's a pity to say farewell because the man in the moon won't tell 
But if you gotta go home,you gotta go home give me a goodnight kiss. 

How's about tomorrow night just you and me 
I'll be waiting for you darling underneath the apple tree

It's a pity to say goodnight because I want you to hold me tight 
But if you gotta go home, you gotta go home give me a goodnight kiss
It's a pity to say farewell because the man up in the moon won't tell, won't tell
If you gotta go home, go home, go home give me a goodnight kiss

How's about tomorrow night just you and me 
I'll be waiting for you darling underneath the apple tree

It's a pity, pity just to say goodnight because I want you to hold me tight 
But if you gotta go home dear, you gotta go home dear, give me a goodnight kiss

Christmas Ain't Christmas Dear Without You
Composer(s): Buck Owens - Red Simpson
Performer(s): Buck Owens



I heard no Christmas carols as I walked down the street
I heard no Merry Christmas from people I'd meet
It seemed you've made the whole world blue
Christmas ain't Christmas dear without you

I talked to a snowman and to my surprise 
When I spoke of you he started to cry
Now that's pretty sad to see a snowman turn blue
Christmas ain't Christmas dear without you

No Christmas ain't Christmas since you went away
And now it seems like just any other day
Yes you turned my whole world blue 
Christmas ain't Christmas dear without you 

It's A Pity
Composer(s): Deadric Malone; Herman "Junior" Parker
Performer(s): Herman "Junior" Parker



It's a pity, oh it's a shame
I caught my baby, hey hey, with another man
Oh it's a pity, ooo it's a shame

She told me she loved me
I was her only man
Why did she hurt me?
Yeah, yeah I can't understand
Ooo, it's a pity, ooo it's a shame, yeah

She took all of my money
All that I owned
She wasn't happy, hey hey
With my love alone
Ooo, it's a pity, ooo-hoo it's a shame

Wonder, can I get witness?
Wonder, can I get a witness?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Wonder can I get a witness, it's a pity

Christmas
Performer(s): Elizabeth Gozney



C is for Christmas
The birth of our Lord

H is for homage
To Jesu adored

R is for reverance
The angels displayed

I is for the infant
To whom it was made

S is for singing
The carols of old

T is for traditions
Their meanings unfold

M is for Mary
Madonna divine

A for the Advent
The symbol and sign

S is for sacred
Son of God to proclaim
Born to be saviour
In Christ's holy name 

It's A New Day
Composer(s): James Brown
First release by: James Brown - 1971



Fellas, things done got too far gone
We gotta let the girls know what they gotta do for us!
It's than gotta be a drag, man, a man can't do nothin' no more!
A-ha-ha-ha-ha!

Is really a drag?
You gotta do somethin'!
Can I count 'em?
Look me here!

Girl, let me tell you what you got to do
Keepin' me so mellow, so nobody can get through
When he had to do your lovin', smilin' keeps us cheek
Walk away and twist your hip, make sure you keep him weak
Don't let nobody take care o' your business better than you do
Do what he wants, give what he wants, expect 'em come to you

And than you can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can hold your men
you can hold..., hey!

Never get so confident was nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to go
You know what we got to tell 'em to take a plea until balls
Use your thing so carefully and don't be a total loss
Sister, when you loved your man, be careful, I ain't tellin' that
He will put you back on the corner, use you like it's in the hat

You can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can hold your men, you can hold, hey!

Hit it!

Good god, kill it!

Hit me now!

Good god!

Never get too confident so it's nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to blow
You know I got what it takes to take a plea until balls
You gotta use it carefully and it can't be a total...

Hit me now!

Good god, kill it!

Yeah!

Good god!

Fellas!
Can I get some help?
Can I get some help?
Look for me some help!
Can I get a witness?
Shall I need a witness?
Shall I need a witness?
I, I, I, I need a witness!
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness over there!
Can I get a witness?
I want a witness over here!
I'm a witness right here!
I'm a witness over there!
Is a witness over there?
I'm a witness right here!
Wait a minute!

Girl, let me tell you what you got to do
Keepin' me so mellow, nobody can get through
And when he had to do your lovin', smilin' keeps us cheek, good god
Walk away and twist your hip, make sure you keep him weak
And make sure you keep him weak, good god
Sure you keep him...

Ain't it funky now? Good god!
Ain't it funky now? Hey!
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
One more! Ha!
Don't... Good god!

Don't let nobody take care o' your business better than you do
Do what he wants, give what he wants expect 'em come to you

Ain't it funky now?
Can I get some help?
Look for me some help!
Than clap your hands!
I said, clap your hands!
Put the level little higher!
Put the level little higher!
A little bit higher now!
Put the level little higher!
Ain't it funky now?
Ain't it funky now?
Yeah!
People scream!
Can I scream, brother?
Can I scream, brother?
Brother, can I scream now?
Can I scream, brother?
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Gotta scream!
Good god, gotta scream, now!
I gotta scream, now!
I gotta scream, now!
I gotta scream, now!
You want a whole o' men
I need a whole o' men
I need satisfy the men
I need a whole o' men
I got a whole o' men
Ain't it funky now?
Good god, ain't it funky now?
Hey, yeah, yeah!
Can I get some help?
I gotta have some help!
I wanna get some help!
Wanna get some help!
I wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, yeah, now!
Good God!
Can I, can I, can I, can I, can I, can I, yeah!

Never get so confident, so it's nothin' you want to know
You caught up your time, you lose your thing, you think you got to blow
You know I got what it takes to take a plea until balls
You gotta use it carefully and it can't be a total loss

You girl, looky here!

Sister, when you tell your love your man, get how, tellin' that
You take upon a planet and use it if it's in the hat

Come on!
Can I get some help?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
A witness over there?
A witness over there?
A witness, witness, witness, witness!
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can I get a witness?
Can?
Can I get a witness?
Hey yeah.
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Ah!
Ah!
Can I get a witness?
Ah, lord!
Ah!
Ah!
Brother, do you know what I'm talkin' about?
Brother, do you understand it now?
Ha!
Brother Byrd, you know what I'm talkin' about!
Ha!
Can I get a witness?

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Composer(s): Jeff Barry - Ellie Greenwich - Phil Spector
First release by: Darlene Love - 1963
Covered by multiple other artists



They're singin' "Deck the Halls"
But its not like Christmas at all
I remember when you were here
And all the fun we had last year

(Christmas) Oh, the snow's coming down
(Christmas) Now I'm watching it fall
(Christmas) All the people around
(Christmas) Baby please come home

(Christmas) Now the church bells in town
(Christmas) Oh, they're singing our song
(Christmas) Oh, what a happy sound
(Christmas) Baby please come home

They're singing "Deck the Halls"
But it's not like Christmas at all
I remember when you were here
Oh and all the fun we had last year

(Christmas) Oh Now the snow's coming down
(Christmas) Now I'm watching it fall
(Christmas) All the people around
(Christmas) Said Baby please come home
Yeah won't you please come home

They're singing "Deck the Halls"
But it's not like Christmas at all
I remember when you were here
Oh and all the fun that we had last year

(Christmas) Now the snow's coming down
(Christmas) Oh I'm watching it fall
(Christmas) All the people around
Baby, baby, baby, please come home
Now the snow's comin' down
Baby please come home 

It's A Mystery
Composer(s): Bob Seger
Performer(s): Bob Seger & The Silver Bullet Band



It's a myst'ry, how the heart beats
How the sun shines, how our eyes meet
It's a myst'ry, it's a wonder
How we keep from sinkin' under
It's a myst'ry

All the nonsense set before us
Supposed to shock us, but it bores us
All the ennui, all the replays
All the rewrites, all the "can't says"
It's a myst'ry

Electron guns fire images
They end in interstellar space
Within the year

And through it all
We dance and starve
And burn and clear

It's a myst'ry how they con us
How they sneak 'til they're upon us
All the anchors with their helmets
Getting ratings with their zealots
All the pundits, all the salesmen
Selling snake oil to the nation
All the specials, every re-run
All the penguins getting well done
It's a myst'ry

It's a myst'ry how the heart beats
How the sun shines, how our eyes meet
It's a myst'ry, it's a wonder
How we ever find each other
It's a myst'ry

C-h-r-i-s-t-m-a-s
Composer(s): Jenny Lou Carson - Eddy Arnold
First recording/First release by: Eddy Arnold, The Tennesee Plowboy and his Guitar - 1949
Covered by multiple other artists



When I was but a youngster, Christmas meant one thing
That I'd be getting lots of toys that day

I learned a whole lot diff'rent when Mother sat me down
And taught me to spell Christmas this way

"C" is for the Christ Child born upon this day
"H" for herald angels in the night
"R" means our Redeemer
"I" means Israel
"S" is for the star that shone so bright
"T" is for the tree wise men
They who travelled far
"M" is for the manger where He lay
"A" is for all He stands for
"S" means shepherds came
And that's why there's a Christmas Day 

It's A Musical World
Composer(s): Leslie Bricusse; Anthony Newley
Performer(s): Anthony Newley; Petula Clark; Sammy Davis Jr.



The world is made of music
Never any symphony
The sound surrounds
Miracles of melody
Are bound around us too

It's a musical world
Such a musical world

Listen to the rhythm
Of a storm in summer
Hear the mellow melody
When church bells chime
"Once upon a time"

It's a musical world
Such a beautiful world

Ding, dong, sing a song of spring and summer
Bring some summer song and opera new
I love music, and I know that you do too

It's a musical world
Such a beautiful world

Yeah...

The world was made for music
Everything contributes to the rare concerto
Elephants and butterflies have their concertos too

It's a beautiful world
It's a musical world

Listen to the music of a lonely seashore
Hear a certain company to speak up for
Make it have an orchestra where every sound belongs

It's a musical world
Such a beautiful world

Ding, dong, sing a song of spring and summer
Sing some summer song and opera new
I love music, and I know that you do too

Yeah...

It's a musical world
[Fade to End]
I love music, and I know that you to too
Yeah...
It's a musical world
Such a beautiful world

That's The Way It Goes
Composer(s): Sidney Robin - Alec Wilder
Performer(s): Peggy Lee



That's the way it goes
No one ever knows
Just like that, it only took a minute
And I belong to you

You can never tell
That's how fast I fell
I just thought that there was nothing in it
But that is far from true

Now I thought that I was clever
You couldn't take me by surprise
But I found I'd be in love forever
The moment I looked in your eyes

That's the way it goes
No one ever knows
Here's my heart and you deserve to win it
For that's the way it goes

It's A Most Unusual Play
Composer(s): Harold Adamson; Jimmy McHugh
Performer(s): Allan Sherman



It's a most unusual play
Feel like throwing my tickets away
'Cause the boy gets the boy
And the girl gets the girl
And it's way too far off Broadway
It's a most unusual plot
Which I've either blocked out or forgot
I don't know what it means
But they all wear blue jeans
And they scratch themselves quite a lot
There's no scenery, there's no lighting
There's no costumes; oh, what art!
If there only were no house lights
I would sneak up the aisle and depart
There's a most unusual scene
Where this man dates this Xerox machine
So his girlfriend gets mad
And she murders the cad
To the tune of "Begin the Beguine"
In this most unusual, most unusual, most unusual play
Oh, the language is a bit loose
It's decidedly not Mother Goose
Outside on the marquee
This quotation you'll see
"I was shocked!" and it's signed Lenny Bruce
It's a play where something went wrong
'Cause it's five hours, twelve minutes long
If you sit there, my friend
From beginning to end
Then your bladder better be strong
There are people hitting people
There's a couple in a cage
There's neurotics, there's narcotics
And the bathroom is right on the stage!
It's a great big critical smash
And it's raking in all kinds of cash
But the theater's appalling
With things that are crawling
I think I am getting a rash
From this most unusual, most unusual, most unusual play

That's The Story Of My Life
Composer(s): Lou Reed
Performer(s): The Velvet Underground



That’s the story of my life
That’s the difference between wrong and right
But billy said, both those words are dead
That’s the story of my life