Long Tail Cat
Composer(s): Kenny Loggins
First release by: Loggins & Messina - 1972



Long tail cat, a-sittin' by the 'ol rockin' chair
Now, he don't realise that there's a danger there
But he don't care, no rock 'n rollin' chair's
Gonna boogie on his day
'Cause he's a-swingin' his tail to a lowdown syncopate

I'm going down to Orleans town on a Dixie holiday
Get myself a hunk o' that harmony, yay-yayee
You may be a symphony, but I believe in a song
That's got a catchy melody and you can sing along
Yow-ooh, yeah Lord

Wow, they say they're talkin' about the girls that work up the town
Now I don't realise that they're a danger now, yeah
No swingin' tail, no rock `n roll girl
A-gonna boogie-woogie on these days
Just making time, to a Dixie holiday

I'm goin' down to New Orleans town
To get a pound of feed
Be back home in the dust about half a week, yeah-yay-ee
You may be a symphony, but I believe in a song
That's got a catchy melody and you can sing along
Everybody sing along
Don't know what to sing a long, Lord
Hey, you gonna sing a long

All you sing is oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
Your cows are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on the Dixie holiday, yeah-yay-ay-yay

Oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
And your cows are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on a Dixie holiday-ay-yay

Oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
Your cows are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on a Dixie holida-ooh people

Oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
Your cow's are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on a Dixie holiday, think about your Daddy

Oh my, oh my my
Your daddy's gettin' older
Your cows are goin' dry
You gotta go by
Go by by on a Dixie holiday, yay-ay

Oh, we're leaving on a Dixie holiday
Heading for the Dixie holiday, yeah, yeah, yeah

I've Got You On My Mind
Composer(s): Cole Porter
Performer(s): Fred Astaire & Claire Luce 
and multiple other artists



Claire: You can't be much surprised to hear I think you're sweller than swell
Fred: But granting all your virtues, Dear, you've certain feelings as well
Claire: You don't sing enough, you don't dance enough
Fred: You don't drink the great wines of France enough
Claire: You're not wild enough
Fred: You're not gay enough
Claire: You don't let me lead you astray enough
Fred: You don't live enough, you don't dare enough
Claire: You don't give enough, you don't care enough
Fred: You don't make my sad life sunny enough
Claire: Yet, sweetheart, funny enough....

I've got you on my mind
Although I'm disinclined
You're not so hot, you
But I've got you on my mind

Fred:
I'd thank the gods above
If I could only love
Somebody not you
But I've got you on my mind

Claire:
Let my poor upset leisure be
Otherwise my pet treasure be
Fred:
And arrange to let pleasure be
A bit less refined

Both:
For, darling, not until
I get thet famous thrill
Will I be resigned
I've got you on my mind

The Long Road
Eddie Vedder & Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan



And I wished for so long, cannot stay ...
All the precious moments, cannot stay ...
It's not like wings have fallen, cannot stay ...
But I feel something's missing, cannot say ... 

Holding hands are daughters and sons
And their faith's just falling down, down, down, down ...
I have wished for so long
How I wish for you today

We all walk the long road 
Cannot stay ...
There's no need to say goodbye ... 
All the friends and family
All the memories going round, round, round, round
I have wished for so long
How I wish for you today

And the wind keeps roaring
And the sky keeps turning gray
And the sun is set
The sun will rise another day ...

We all walk the long road 
Cannot stay ...
There's no need to say goodbye ... 
All the friends and family
All the memories going round, round, round, round
I have wished for so long
How I wish for you today 
How I've wished for so long
How I wish for you today

We all walk the long road 
We all walk the long road 
We all walk the long road 

I've Got To Use My Imagination
Composer(s): Gerry Goffin; Barry Goldberg
First release by: Gladys Knight & The Pips - 1973
Covered by multiple other artists



I've really got to use my imagination
To think of good reasons
To keep on keepin' on

Got to make the best of a bad situation
Ever since that day
I woke up and found
That you were gone

Darkness all around me
Blackin out the sun
Old friends call me
But I just dont feel like talkin to anyone

Emptiness has found me
And it just wont let me go
I go right on livin'
But why I just don't know

Staring down reality
Dont do me no good
'Cause our misunderstanding
Is too well understood

Such a sad, sad season
When a good love dies.
Not a day goes by
When I dont realize

I've really got to use my imagination
To think of good reasons
To keep on keepin' on

Got to make the best of a bad situation
Ever since that day
I woke up and found
That you were gone

Long River
Composer(s): Gordon Lightfoot
Performer(s): Gordon Lightfoot; Neil Chotem; Bonnie Dobson



Where the long river flows, it flows by my window
Where the tall timber grows, it grows 'round my door
Where the mountains meet the sky and the white clouds fly
where the long river flows by my window

There's a tiny bird that calls and he calls by my window
There's a lonely tear that falls and it falls 'round my door
But when the sun is high, there's no time to cry where the long river flows by my window

Now if only you could see the closing of the day
if only you could be where the dawn breaks away
by the white cascade, oh, down in the glade, where the long river flows by my window

Well when this land was made, it was made full of wonder
But one woman's love, I can't understand
And I'd give it all to you if her love were true where the long river flows by my window
where the long river flows by my window 

I've Got The "Yes! We Have No Bananas" Blues
Composer(s): Clarence Williams
Performer(s): Clarence Williams



Lately I've been off my nut
I keep hearing nothing but
"Yes, We Have No Bananas"
I would like to find the guy 
Who composed that lullaby
"Yes, We Have No Bananas"
I wish that I could go
To a cabaret or show
Where someone wouldn't come along
And sing that doggone song!

I've got the Yes We Have No Bananas Blues
I've got the blues
And when I hear it
Oh, how I fear it!
It's just like hearing bad news
It hasn't got a bit of sense
And I go wild when they commence
"Bananas! Bananas!"
I wish I could break up a million pianas!
Day by day and week by week 
It's "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
Every time that Greek meets Greek
It's "Yes, We Have No Bananas"
B! a! n! a! n! a!
Yes! No! Take 'em away!
I've got the "Yes, We Have No Banana" Blues today

Apricots and apples are good to eat
Potatoes and tomatoes can't be beat
Onions, cabashes, peaches and plums
I could stand for any kind of fruit that comes
Yesterday somebody kept on asking me
"Say, what's a wegistable what begins with "P"?
I gave it up and I asked him to tell 
When he said, "Pananas!" I just had to yell!
P! a! n! a! n! a!
Yes! No, no! Take 'um away!
I've got the "Yes, We Have No Bananas" Blues today

Long Lost John
(Traditional)
Performer(s): John Lennon
and multiple other artists



Hmm, I think the piano maybe is better
I just realised the ......? ..........hmm....hello, Yoko...yeah!

Well, he's long, long, lost John
Long, long, lost John

Lost John standing by the railroad track
A-waitin' for the freight train to come back
The freight train come back but never made a stop
Lost John thought he'd have to ride the top

Well, he's long, long, lost John
Yeah, long, long, lost John

Well, lost John standing by the railroad track
A-waitin' for the freight train to come back
The freight train come back but never made a stop
Lost John thought he'd have to ride the top

Well, he's long, long, long lost John
Well, he's long, long, lost John

Well, lost John standing by the railroad track
A-waitin' for the freight train to come back
The freight train come back but never made a stop
Lost John thought he'd have to ride the.......

Well, long, long, long John
Well, oh yeah

I got it about at half past three
You don't look out, she's gonna spew on me
I'm gonna run, railroad bill
I'm gonna ru ...

Hello, Richard? 
mo, mo, I'm different, that's one of the problems with it 

I've Got The World On A String
Composer(s): Ted Koehler; Harold Arlen
First performance by: Aida Ward - 1932
Covered by multiple other artists



I've got the world on a string
I'm sitting on a rainbow
Got the string around my finger
What a world, what a life - I'm in love

I've got a song that I sing
I can make the rain go
Any time I move my finger
Lucky me, can't you see - I'm in love

Life's a wonderful thing
As long as I hold the string
I'd be a silly so-and-so
If I should ever let her go

Love Light In Flight 
Composer(s): Stevie Wonder
First release by: Stevie Wonder - 1984
Covered by multiple other artists



Make me feel like paradise
Give me what I'm missing
Send me to the highest heights
Take me up and away

I've tasted love so many times
With something always missing
But I know that you got the kind
To take me up and away

I know that our journey
Will be filled with passion, love and pleasure
Touching down where only
Satisfaction’s guaranteed
We won't let our feelings
Auto pilot perfect navigation
Sending us to love bliss
Like no one ever knew could be

Make me feel like paradise
Fill me with your kisses
Make the moment feel just right
Take me up and away

'Cause I have waited all my life / Flying high
For the one worth giving / Love sky high
And I don't have to think twice / Flying high
Let's go up and away

Love light in flight
Fuel injection passion

Love light in flight
Fuel injection passion

Background - Flying high, love sky high

We need just to feel it
To know that our loving has the power
Showing that these feelings
Emanate from you and me
With love high aviation
We will fly forever and one hour
Giving us the always
To live out all our fantasies

Make me feel like paradise
Give me what I'm missing
Send me to the highest heights
Take me up and away

I've tasted love so many times / Flying high
With something always missing / Love sky high
But I know that you got the kind / Flying high
To take me up and away   

Long Long Time
Composer(s): Gary White
First release by: Linda Ronstadt - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



Love will abide
Take things in stride
Sounds like good advice
But there's no one at my side

And time washes clean
Love's wounds unseen
That's what someone told me
But I don't know what it means

Cause I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you
For a long, long time

Caught in my fears
Blinking back the tears
I can't say you hurt me
When you never let me near

And I never drew
One response from you
All the while you fell
Over girls you never knew

And I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think it's gonna hurt me
For a long, long time

Wait for the day, you go away
Knowing that you warned me
Of the price I'd have to pay

And life's full of loss
Who knows the cost
Living in the memory
Of the love that never was

Cause I've done everything I know
To try and change your mind
And I think I'm gonna miss you
For a long, long time

And I've done everything I know
To try and make you mine
And I think I'm gonna love you
For a long, long time 

I've Got The Sun In The Morning
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Doris Day
and multiple other artists



I'm not a millionaire but I haven't got time to care

Got no future, got no plan
Still I guess I'm a lucky man
I got the sun in the morning
And the moon at night
Well, all right

Got no mansion, got no yacht
Still I'm happy with what I got
I got the sun in the morning
And the moon at night

Sunshine, it's a lovely day
Moonlight gives me the milky way
Hey

Got no cheque books, no banks
I wanna express my thanks
I got the sun in the morning
And the moon at night
And with the sun in the morning
And the moon in the evening
Hey, I'm all right

Got the sun in the morning
Moon in the evening
And I know everything's all right

Long Lonesome Highway
Composer(s): James Hendricks
Performer(s): Michael Parks; Dick Curless



Going down that long lonesome highway
Bound for the mountains and the plains
Sure ain't nothing here gonna tie me
And I got some friends I'd like to see
One of these days I'm gonna settle down
But till I do I won't be hanging round
Going down that long lonesome highway
Gonna live life my way

One of these days I'm gonna settle down
But till I do I won't be hanging round
Going down that long lonesome highway
Gonna live life my way
Yes I'm going down that long lonesome highway
Gonna live life my way

I've Got The Nicest Little Home In D-i-x-i-e
Composer(s): Walter Donaldson



Talk bout cryin', talk 'bout sighin' 
That's bout all I do
I'm always feeling blue
Seems to me there's nothing new
Talk 'bout grievin' talk 'bout grievin' 
That's my middle name
Why, I must be insane 
Or I'd be right on a train 
I've got the

In an hour, in an hour
I'll be on my way
I've just got time to say
"Best of luck, so long, good day" 
Can't get over, can't get over
How you've treated me 
When I get back you'll see
I'll tell my whole darn family

nicest little home in Dixie, Dixie 
Any other place is Nixie, N-i-x-i-e
The sun just loves to shine 
On that Southern home of mine
And everybody greets a body 
Comin' down the line, would you believe it 
I can almost smell the honey 
From the honey suckle vine
It's sweeter than the honey from the bee
I'll Be T-he-r-e
I L-o-v-e D-i-x-i-e!

Patter
D is for the dumplings that my mammy goin' to make 
I is for the icing that she'll put on the cake
X is for the kisses at the bottom of her note 
The other I, I don't know why
It always gets my goat
E is for a pair of eyes, I mean my little pet
L is for the loving that I'm pretty sure to get 
A is for the answer that she gave to me 
N is for the neighbors and a jubilee
D is for the day I'll put a ring upon her hand
Every letter has a meaning 
When you're spelling Dixieland
I've got the

Long Lonely Nights
Composer(s): Lee Andrews - Bernice Davis - Douglas Henderson - Mimi Uniman
Performer(s): Bobby Vinton



Long, long and lonely nights 
I cry my eyes out over you 
Wond'ring if I did right 
And why you left me with a broken heart 

Oh, long, long and lonely nights 
Oh, how I miss you, my dear 
Please, please, come back to me 
How I wish you were here 

As I go along my lonely way I visualize your face 
When I pass through (yeah!) my doorway 
What's left for me to face? 

Oh, long, long and lonely nights 
I guess you're never coming home 
Long, long and lonely nights 
Ever since you've been gone 

As I go along my lonely way I visualize your face 
When I pass through (yeah!) my doorway 
What's left for me to face? 

Oh, oh, oh, long, long and lonely nights 
I guess you're never coming home 
Long, long and lonely nights 
Ever since you've been gone 

Please, please, come back to me 
You've been gone too long

I've Got The Music In Me
Composer(s): Bias Boshell
First release by: The Kiki Dee
Covered by multiple other artists



Ain't got no trouble in my life
No foolish dream to make me cry
I'm never frightened or worried
I know I'll always get by

I heat up
(I heat up)
I cool down
(Icool down)
Whensomething gets in my way
I go around it
Don't let life get me down
No,I take it the way
That I found it

I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
Yea
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me

They say life is a circle (circle)
But that aint the way that I found it
Gonna move in a straight line
Keepin' my feet firmly
On the ground

I heat up
(I heat up)
I cool down
(I cool down)
I got words in my head 
So I say them
Don't let lieing get me down
Catch hold of my blues
And just play them

I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
Yea
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me

Feel funky, feel good
I got to tell ya
I'm in the neighborhood
Gonna fly like a bird
Hold up you hand,honey
Sing,sing,sing,sing

Heat up
(heat up)
Cool down
(cool down)
I got words in my head
So I say them
Don't let lieing get me down
(Don't let it get you down)
Catch hold of my blues
And just play them

I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
Yea
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me


I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
Yea
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me

I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
Yea
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me

Ain't got no trouble in my life
No foolish dream to make me cry
I'm never frightened
I'm never worried
I know,I know
I'll always get by

I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
Yea
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me


I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
Yea
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me

I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
Yea
I got the music in me
I got the music in me
I got the music in me

Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down
Don't let it get you down

Long Live Love
Composer(s): Chris Andrews
First release by: Sandie Shaw - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



Venus must have heard my plea
She has sent someone along for me

I have waited a long, long time
For someone to call mine
And at last he's come along
Baby, oh, nothing can go wrong
We meet every night at eight
And I don't get home till late
I say to myself each day
Baby, oh long, long live love

True love must be the greatest thing
I know now why singers sing
Of the moon and stars above
How I love to be in love
We meet every night at eight
And I don't get home till late
I say to myself each day
Baby, oh long, long live love

Now of one thing I'm more than sure
Since love come I don't want more
Than to kiss him every night
Makes everything all right
We meet every night at eight
And I don'' get home till late
I say to myself each day
Baby, oh long, long live love

We meet every night at eight
And I don't get home till late
I say to myself each day
Baby, oh long, long live love
Long, long live love

In The Baggage Coach Ahead 
Composer(s): Gussie L. Davis; Stephen Dankner



On a dark stormy night
as the train rattled on
all the passengers 
had gone to bed
Except one young man
with a babe in his arms
who sat there with a 
bowed down head
 
The innocent one 
began crying just then
as though its poor heart
would break

One angry man said 
"Make that child stop its noise
for it's keeping all of us awake"

"Put it out" said another
"don't keep it in here 
we've paid for our berths
and want rest" 

But never a word 
said the man with the child 
as he fondled it 
close to his breast

"Where is it's mother
go take it to her" 
this a lady then softly said

"I wish that I could" 
was the man's sad reply
"but she's dead 
in the coach ahead" 

While the train rolled onward
a husband sat in tears
thinking of the happiness 
of just a few short years

For baby's face 
brings pictures of 
a cherished hope 
that's dead

But baby's cries 
can't waken her
in the baggage
coach ahead

Every eye filled with tears
when his story he told
of a wife who was faithful and true

He told how he'd saved 
all his earnings for years
just to build up a home for two

How when heaven 
had sent them 
this sweet little babe
their young happy lives were blessed

His heart seemed to break
when he mentioned her name
and in tears 
tried to tell them the rest

Every woman arose
to assist with the child
There were mothers 
and wives on that train  

And soon was the little one 
sleeping in peace
with no thought of 
sorrow or pain

Next morn' at a station 
he bade all "Goodbye" 
"God Bless You" 
he softly said

Each one had a story 
to tell in their home
of the baggage coach ahead

While the train rolled onward
a husband sat in tears
thinking of the happiness 
of just a few short years
for baby's face brings pictures of 
a cherished hope that's dead

But, baby's cries 
can't waken her
in the baggage coach ahead

Long Legged Woman Dressed In Black
Composer(s): Ray Dorset
Performer(s): Mungo Jerry



She's a long legged woman dressed in black
Dressed in black, dressed in black, dressed in black black black
She's a long legged woman dressed in black
Dressed in black, dressed in black, dressed in black black black

Everytime I make a move she tells me no
Everytime I make a move she tells me no
Everytime I make a move she tells me no
Everytime I make a move she tells me no

Yes, she knows how to move, how to rock
How to rock, how to rock, how to rock rock rock
Yes, she knows how to move, how to rock
How to rock, how to rock, how to rock rock rock

Everytime I make a move she tells me no .... - whoo

Yeah, she's gone like a flash in the night
In the night, in the night, in the moon night night
Yeah, she's gone like a flash in the night
In the night, in the night, in the moon night night

Everytime I make a move she tells me no
Everytime I make a move she tells me no
Everytime I make a move she tells me no
Everytime, everytime, everytime, everytime, everytime, everytime - wow

She's a long legged woman dressed in black
Dressed in black, dressed in black, dressed in black black black
She's a long legged woman dressed in black
Dressed in black, dressed in black, dressed in black black black

Everytime I make a move she tells me no ....

In The Autumn Of My Madness
Composer(s): Keith Reid
Performer(s): Procol Harum



In the autumn of my madness when my hair is turning grey
for the milk has finally curdled and I've nothing left to say
When all my thoughts are spoken (save my last departing birds)
bring all my friends unto me and I'll strangle them with words

In the autumn of my madness which in coming won't be long
for the nights are now much darker and the daylight's not so strong
and the things which I believed in are no longer quite enough
for the knowing is much harder and the going's getting rough

Long John Blues
Composer(s): Dinah Washington - Tommy George
Performer(s): Dinah Washington 
and multiple other artists



I've got a dentist who's over seven feet tall
Yes, I've got a dentist who's over seven feet tall
Long John they call him, and he answers every call

Well, I went to Long Johns office and told him the pain was killin'
Yes, I went to Long Johns office and told him the pain was killin'
He told me not to worry, that my cavity just needed fillin'

He said, "When I start drillin', I'll have to give you novocaine"
He said, "Yes, when I start drillin', I'll have to give you novocaine"
Cause ev'ry woman just can't stand the pain"

He took out his trusted drill and he told me to open wide
He said he wouldn't hurt me but he'd fill that hole inside
Long John, Long John, you've got that golden touch
You thrill me when you drill me, and I need you very much

When he got through, he said "Baby, that will cost you ten"
Yes when he got through, he said "Baby, that will cost you ten
Six months from now, come back and see me again"

Say you're supposed to see your dentist 'bout twice a year, that's right
But I think I feel it throbbin', yes, I'll go back there tonight
Long John, Long John, don't ever move away
Say, I hope I keep on achin' so I can see you every day