Longfellow Serenade 
Composer(s): Neil Diamond
First release by: Neil Diamond - 1974
Covered by multiple other artists



Longfellow Serenade
Such were the plans I'd made
For she was a lady
And I was a dreamer
With only words to trade
You know that I was born for a night like this 
Warmed by a stolen kiss
For I was lonely
And she was lonely

Ride, come on baby, ride
Let me make your dreams come true
I'll sing my song
Let me make it warm for you

I'll weave his web of rhyme
Upon the summer night
We'll leave this worldly time 
On his winged flight

Then come, and as we lay
Beside this sleepy glade
There I will sing to you
My Longfellow serenade

Longfellow serenade
Such were the plans I made 
But she was a lady
As deep as a river
And through the night, we stayed

And in my way, I loved her as none before
Loved her with words and more
For she was lonely 
And I was lonely

Ride, come on baby, ride
Let me make your dreams come true
I'll sing my song
Let me sing my song
Let me make it warm for you

I'll weave this web of rhyme
Upon the summer night
We'll leave this worldly time
On his winged flight

Then come, and as we lay
Beside this sleepy glade
There I will sing to you
My Longfellow serenade

Seule Au Monde
Composer(s): Étienne Roda-Gil; Julien Clerc
Performer(s): Julien Clerc



Seule au monde
Brune ou blonde
Un jour, l'amour
S'est enfui
Dans la grande surface
De la vie...
Où tu n'iras pas
C'est promis
Faire ton marché
Un lundi...
Seule au monde
Brune ou blonde
Avec ton amour évanoui
Tu traînes au bord de ton lit
Où tu ne rêves plus
C'est fini...
De rire toute la vie
Avec lui
Ouh, ouh, ouh
Seule au monde
Brune ou blonde
Comme un dieu
Qui traînerait sur terre
Sans église
Et sans ministère
Un jour, l'amour
Est parti
Tu as cru que la vie
C'était fini...
Sur les trottoirs
Où tu survis
Je marche vers toi
Dans la nuit...
Je marche vers toi
Dans la nuit...

Longer 
((Dutch Version: Als Je Slaapt (by Rob de Nijs) - 1983))
Composer(s): Dan Fogelberg
First release by: Dan Fogelberg - 1979
Covered by multiple other artists



Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you

Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you

I'll bring fires in the winters
You'll send showers in the springs
We'll fly through the falls and summers
With love on our wings

Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
Burning lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks
And the pages start to yellow
I'll be in love with you
I'll be in love with you

Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there've been stars up in the heavens
I've been in love with you
I am in love with you
I am in love with you

Seul Sur Son Étoile
(English Version: It Must Be Him - 1967)
Composer(s): Maurice Vidalin; Gilbert Bécaud
First release by: Gilbert Bécaud - 1966



Quand on est seul sur son étoile
Et qu'on regarde passer les trains
Quand on trinque avec des minables
Qu'on dort avec des "moins que rien"
Quand on ré-écrit à sa mère
Et qu'on pense aux économies
Quand on invente des prières
Pour des Bon Dieu de comédie

C'est qu'on a besoin
De quelqu'un, de quelque chose
Ou d'un ailleurs
Que l'on n'a pas, que l'on n'a pas
C'est qu'on a besoin
De quelqu'un, ou d'un amour
Ou bien d'un copain
Que l'on attend depuis longtemps

Quand on est seul sur son étoile
On ne voit pas le temps courir
On est au chaud et l'on s'installe
Comme un cheval qui va mourir
Quand on raconte son enfance
A des gens qui n'écoutent pas
Quand tu te fais beau, c'est dimanche
Et qu'après tout tu ne sors pas

C'est que tu as besoin
De quelqu'un, de quelque chose
D'un quelque part
Que tu n'as pas, que tu n'as pas
C'est que tu as besoin
De quelqu'un, ou d'un amour
Ou bien d'un copain
Que tu attends depuis longtemps

Quand on est seul sur son étoile
Y a des fois des coups du Bon Dieu
Et l'on est deux sur son étoile
C'est idiot, mais on est heureux

On n'a plus besoin de quelqu'un
De quelque chose, ou d'un ailleurs
On s'en fout bien! On s'en fout bien!

Als Je Slaapt
((Adapted from: Longer (by Dan Fogelberg) - 1979))
Composer(s): Dan Fogelberg - Belinda Meuldijk
Performer(s): Rob de Nijs - 1983



Als je slaapt kan ik uren naar je kijken
Ik heb jou dan zo ademloos lief
Zo ver weg dat geen mens je kan bereiken
Droom van mij alsjeblieft

Nu zie ik met het maanlicht op ons beiden
Schaduw daar waar de eenzaamheid wacht
Woorden die 'k overdag niet goed kan vinden
Fluister ik elke nacht

Jouw hand even op de mijne
Mijn stem als jij het niet meer weet
Wij zijn vriendjes voor het leven
En daarna

Maar voor nu wil ik nachtwacht over jou zijn
Voel ik zelfs iets voor eeuwige trouw
Elke dag, elke toekomst, ieder einde
Droom maar, ik hou van jou

Als je slaapt kan ik uren naar je kijken
Ik heb jou dan zo mateloos lief
Zo dichtbij, maar geen mens kan je bereiken
Droom alsjeblieft van mij
Droom alsjeblieft van mij

Seul
Composer(s): Jacques Brel
First release by: Jacques Brel - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists

Titles In Other Languages:
1969 - Alleen
1984 - Yksin
1989 - Alone



On est deux mon amour
Et l'amour chante et rit
Mais à la mort du jour
Dans les draps de l'ennui
On se retrouve seul

On est dix à défendre
Les vivants par des morts
Mais cloués par leurs cendres
Au poteau du remords
On se retrouve seul

On est cent qui dansons
Au bal des bons copains
Mais au dernier lampion
Mais au premier chagrin
On se retrouve seul

On est mille contre mille
A se croire les plus forts
Mais à l'heure imbécile
Où ça fait deux mille morts
On se retrouve seul

On est million à rire
Du million qui est en face
Mais deux millions de rires
N'empêchent que dans la glace
On se retrouve seul

On est mille à s'asseoir
Au sommet de la fortune
Mais dans la peur de voir
Tout fondre sous la lune
On se retrouve seul

On est cent que la gloire
Invite sans raison
Mais quand meurt le hasard
Quand finit la chanson
On se retrouve seul

On est dix à coucher
Dans le lit de la puissance
Mais devant ces armées
Qui s'enterrent en silence
On se retrouve seul

On est deux à vieillir
Contre le temps qui cogne
Mais lorsqu'on voit venir
En riant la charogne
On se retrouve seul

Long, Tall Texan
Composer(s): Henry Strzelecki
Performer(s): The Four Flickers
and multiple other artists



One, two, three, four

Giddy up
Giddy up

Well I'm a long tall Texan
I ride a big white horse
(He rides from Texas on a big white horse)

Well I'm a long tall Texan
I ride a big white horse
(He rides from Texas on a big white horse)

Well people look at me and say
Oh Roy, Oh Roy is that your horse?
(He rides from Texas on a big white horse)
Yeah

Well I'm a long tall Texan
I wear a ten gallon hat
(He rides from Texas with a ten gallon hat)

Well I'm a long tall Texan
I wear a ten gallon hat
(He rides from Texas with a ten gallon hat)

Well people look at me and say
Oh Roy, Oh Roy is that your hat?
(He rides from Texas with a ten gallon hat)
Yeah

Well I was walkin' down the street
With my shinin' badge
My spurs jinglin' down at my feet
I seen a man a comin'
Comin' with a gun
And I just can't be beat

Well I'm a long tall Texan
I enforce justice for the law
(He rides from Texas to enforce the law)

Well I'm a long tall Texan
I enforce justice for the law
(He rides from Texas to enforce the law)

Well people look at me and say
Oh Roy, Oh Roy is you the law?
(He rides from Texas to enforce the law)

Secret Love
Composer(s): Sammy Fain; Paul Francis Webster
First performance by: Doris Day - 1954
Covered by multiple other artists
 
Titles In Other Languages:
1954 - Hemmelig Kærlighed
1974 - Min Hem'li'hed



Once I had a secret love
That lived within the heart of me
All too soon my secret love
Became impatient to be free

So I told a friendly star
The way that dreamers often do
Just how wonderful you are
And why I'm so in love with you

Now, I shout it from the highest hills
Even told the golden daffodils
At last my hearts an open door
And my secret love's
No secret anymore

Long, Long Way To Go
Composer(s): Phil Collins
Performer(s): Phil Collins



While I sit here trying to think of things to say
Someone lies bleeding in a field somewhere
So it would seem we've still got a long, long way to go
I've seen all I want to see today
While I sit here trying to move you anyway I can
Someone's son lies dead in a gutter somewhere
And it would seem that we've got a long, long way to go
But I can't take it anymore
Turn it off if you want to
Switch it off it will go away
Turn it off if you want to
Switch it off or look away
While I sit and we talk and talk and we talk some more
Someone's loved one's heart stops beating in a street somewhere
So it would seem we've still got a long, long way to go, I know
I've heard all I want to hear today
Turn it off if you want to (turn it off if you want to)
Switch it off it will go away (switch it off it will go away)
Turn it off if you want to (turn it off if you want to)
Switch it off or look away (switch it off or look away)
Switch it off
Turn it off

Sad Sweet Dreamer
((French Version: Carolina (Joe Dassin))
Composer(s): Des Parton
Performer(s): Sweet Sensation



Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience
Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience 

Ooh-wah-wah ooh-wah-wah ooh
Ooh-wah-wah ooh-wah-wah ooh 

Been another blue day without you girl
Been another sad summer song
I've been thinking about you girl
All night long 

Been another sad tear on my pillow
Been another memory to tell me you're the one girl
I've been thinking about you girl
All night long 

Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience
Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience 

(Ooh-wah-wah ooh-wah-wah ooh)
Been another long night and I've missed you girl
(Ooh-wah-wah ooh-wah-wah ooh)
Been another story from those endless magazines
(Ooh-wah-wah ooh-wah-wah ooh)
Can't help thinking about you girl
All night long 

Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience
Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience 

Was so happy when I found you
But how was I to know?
That you would leave me walking down that road.....

Been another hard luck story
Been another man who thought that he was oh so strong
I've been thinking about you girl
All night long 

Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience
Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience
Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience
Sad sweet dreamer 
It's just one of those things you put down to experience

Long Way To Hollywood
Composer(s): Steve Young
Performer(s): Steve Young; Hank Williams



Babe, I hate to leave you down here
In this one horse town
Where the trains run through your early dreams
Just to leave an old wailing sound ...

Oh but I'll come back
I will return
Honey, won't you wait for me?
I'm bound to travel the USA
Across the desert to the sea

('Cause) I've got another song about the south
It's white and it's black
There ain't no banjo on my knee
But that song's on my back

It's a long long way to Hollywood
And a short change for fame
All them slicks talk about downhome
But I know that's a southern game

It's a long long way to Hollywood
And a short change for fame
All them slicks talk about downhome
But I know that's a southern game

I've got another song for all the old people
Down in the Georgia night
I know their wings are heavy
They been on a lonesome flight

All the old depression people
I know they took a heavy load
All their children, my kinfolk's and cousins
Still walking on Tobacco Road

Well they still talk about Hank Williams
Clinging unto his fame
Hey, I'm of the same race, I'm from the same place
I got the same lonesome blood in my veins

It's a long long way to Hollywood
And a short change for fame
All them slicks talk about downhome
But I know that's a southern game ...

(I've Lost You) So Why Should I Care
Composer(s): Richard Howard
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb



The beautiful story is ended
Our wonderful romance is through
And I might have known it was only a dream 
For it all seemed too good to be true
For the wrongs that we do we must suffer
And that's just the reason we met
You came that I might make atonement 
Through you I must pay ev'ry debt

We bring nothing in the world with us
We can take nothing out when we go
So why should we care if we live or we die
When our gladness is turned into woe
I'll be glad when my sad life is over
When they lay me away to my rest
For while I must live broken hearted 
The worst can be only the best

Oh why should I care what becomes of me now 
I had nothing to live for but you 
Oh why should I care if I fall by the way 
When I know that no longer you're true 
My sorrow is sending me down to my grave 
'T is greater than I can bear 
If they bar me away, from heaven some day
I've lost you so why should I care

Long Way Back To Love
Composer(s): Ben Peters
Performer(s): Roy Drusky



Once I tried to tell you that some day his love would end
You just said it's none of mine concern
Now that it's all over you reach out for me again
Back across the bridges we have burned

But it's a long way back to love
Even though we're just a step apart
It's a long way back to love
All the way back through a broken heart

I didn't think that I could take it when you walked away
But somehow I made it all alone
Since you've left I've spent the most of ev'ry night and day
Gettin' used to knowin' you were gone

And it's a long way back to love
Even though we're just a step apart
It's a long way back to love
All the way back through a broken heart

It's a long way back to love
Even though we're just a step ...

I've Lost My Mummy
Composer(s): Rolf Harris
Performer(s): Rolf Harris



Just like the inside of any big shop
people were everywhere
Suddenly business was brought to a stop
when a terrible yell hit the air...

I've lost my mummy, a-ha-ha-haaaa
I've lost my mummy
I've lost my mummy, a-ha-ha-haaaa
I've lost my mummy!
ub, ub hup ub hup hup ub hup hup ub

People all gathered to look at the lad
patted him on the head
(Woman) Where was your mummy, when you saw her last?
Turning to her the boy said...

I've lost my mummy, a-ha-ha-haaaa
I've lost my mummy
I've lost my mummy, a-ha-ha-haaaa
I've lost my mummy!
ub, ub hup ub hup hup ub hup hup ub

Down came the manager to fix up the mess
took the small boy aside
(Manager) Come on now lad, let's have your name and address
With a lungful of air he replied...

I've lost my mummy, a-ha-ha-haaaa
I've lost my mummy
I've lost my mummy, a-ha-ha-haaaa
I've lost my mummy!
ub, ub hup ub hup hup ub hup hup ub

Well just then his mother appeared on the spot
gave him a hefty whack 
(Mother) That oughta teach you to go and get lost!
and the little boy's voice floated back...

I've found my mummy, a-ha-ha-haaaa
I've found my mummy
I've found my mummy, a-ha-ha-haaaa
I've found my mummy!
No mummy, I don't wanna go, no mummy I don't wanna, no mummy!

Long Train Runnin'
Composer(s): Tom Johnston
First release by: The Doobie Brothers - 1973
Covered by multiple other artists



Down around the corner a half a mile from here
you see them old trains runnin'
and you watch them disappear

Without love, where would you be now, without love?

You know I saw Miss Lucy down along the tracks
she lost her home and her family
and she won't be comin' back

Without love, where would you be now, without love?

Well, the Illinois Central
and the Southern Central Freight
gotta keep on pushin', Mama
`cause you know they're runnin' late

Without love, where would you be now, without love?

Well, the Illinois Central
and the Southern Central Freight
gotta keep on pushin', Mama
`cause you know they're runnin' late

Without love, where would you be now, without love?

Where pistons keep on churnin'
and the wheels go `round and `round
and the steal rails are cold and hard
for the miles that they go down

Without love, where would ya be right now
without love, where would you be now?

Got to get it, baby, baby, won't you move it down?
Won't you move it down?
Baby, baby, baby, baby, won't you move it down?
When the big train run
And the train is movin' on
I got to keep on movin'
Keep on movin'
Keep on movin'
Gonna keep on movin'

I've Lived, I've Loved, I'm Satisfied (What More Is There To Say?)
Composer(s): Lew Brown; Ben Barnett; Albert Von Tilzer



I found that life is worth living 
That hope is rewarded some day
I thought I'd never find happiness
But at last it has come my way

Some people long for great riches
For glory, some others will try
Heaven has blessed me with something that 
All the gold in the world can't buy

I longed for a wonderful sweetheart 
'T was then dear that I met you
I dreamed of a cottage with roses
My dream of that cottage came true
I prayed for the love of a baby 
And my prayers were answered one day
I've lived, I've loved, I'm satisfied 
What more is there to say

Long Time Woman
Composer(s): Les Baxter
Performer(s): Pam Grier



I'm a long time woman
And I'm serving my time
I've been locked away so long now
I've forgotten my crime
Been working on the road now
I've been working by the sea
Been a working in them cane fields
And I wanna be free

Well, ninety nine years
Is a long long time
Ninety nine years
Is such a long long long time
Ninety nine years
Is a long long time
Well, look at me
I'll never be free

I'm a long time woman
Ain't nobody to please
I got a natural feeling's
Like a bad disease

Well, ninety nine years
Is a long long time
Well, ninety, ninety nine years
Is such a long long time
Well, ninety nine years
Is a long long time
Well, look at me
I'll never be free

I'm a long time woman ...

I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
Composer(s): Curly Kinsley; Slim Sweet
Performer(s): Hank Williams; Johnny Duncan



Each year on Mother's Day
The rose I wore was red
But today I'm sayin' my first prayer
Mama's lying on her dying bed

I've just told mama goodbye
Mother's Day has turned to night
Like the flowers of May she withered away
And my red rose is turnin' white

This is the dreaded hour
We all must face some day
Yet there's consolation in my heart
She will bloom in the Master's bouquet

I've just told mama goodbye
Mother's Day has turned to night
Like the flowers of May she withered away
And my red rose is turnin' white

Her time has come to go
And there's nothin' I can do
Only hold her hand and say goodbye
Mama's day with her children is through

I've just told mama goodbye
And knelt beside her bed
I heard her say I'll meet you some day
Where the white roses turn to red

Long Time No See
Composer(s): Arthur Altman - James Cavanaugh
Performer(s): The Andrews Sisters; Woody Herman & His Orch.



Long time no see
Baby, what's the reason I get the go by
Like to know why long time no see
Long time adore
If you're on the level why don't you tell me
Why me no see you any more
Let him go, let him go
Ev'ryone keeps tellin' me
But my heart can no agree
Guess my heart knows best
And the rest is up to you
Honestly, am I just a fool for stringin' along
Oh baby what's wrong
Long time no see

Long time no see
Baby, what's the reason I get the go by
Like to know why long time no see
Long time oh I adore
If you're on the level why don't you tell me
Why me no see you any more, more, more
Let him go, let him go, let him go, let him go
Ev'ryone keeps tellin' me
But my heart can no agree
Ra-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
You, me no see, what can it be
Maybe I'm crazy, but long time no see

Ra-ra-ra long time no see
What's the reason I get the go by
Like to know why long time no see
Me love you, you love who
Is it yes or is it noo
Do I stay or do I goo
I'd be in a stew if you ever said we're through
What to do
If you loved me tha way that I love you
It wouldn't be, it wouldn't be
Long time no see
It could be true that I love you
I miss you so, long time no see

I Just Found Out About Love
Composer(s): Harold Adamson; Jimmy McHugh
Performer(s): Dinah Washington



I just found out about love and I like it, I like it
I like what love has been doing to me
I hold you close in my arms and I like it, I like it
Oh, what a wonderful future I see

It’s a one time only
It’s a lifetime deal
And I know it’s real
I can tell by the way that I feel

Right now I’m livin’ it up and I like it, I like it
Hey you give me a clue
What’s love doing to you
Looks like you could be liking it too

I like it
Oh, what a wonderful future I see

It’s a one time only
It’s a lifetime deal
And I know it’s real
I can tell by the way that I feel

Right now I’m livin’ it up and I like it, I like it
Hey you give me a clue
What’s love doing to you
Looks like you could be liking it too

Hey you give me a clue
What’s love doing to you
Looks like you could be liking it too