Straight Down The Middle
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - Jimmy Van Heusen
Performer(s): Bing Crosby; Ray Reach



Fore!

Straight down the middle
It went straight down the middle
Then it started to hook just a wee, wee bit
And that's when my caddie lost sight of it
That little white pellet has never been found to this day
But it went straight down the middle like they say

Whack down the fairway
It went smack down the fairway
Then it started to slice just a smidge off line
It headed for two but it bounced off nine
My caddie says long as you're still in the state you're okay
Yes, it went straight down the middle quite a way

The sun was never brighter
The greens were never greener
And I was never keener to play

I heard it came down the middle
It went zing down the middle
Oh, the life of a golfer is not all gloom
There's always the lies in the locker room
And I'm in my glory when wrapped in a towel I say
That it went straight down the middle today

Oh, the life of a golfer is not all gloom
Though they charge just for listenin' in the locker room
But I'm in my glory when wrapped in a towel I say
That it went straight down the middle
Where it wound up is a riddle
But it went straight down the middle far away

Yellow Rose Of Texas
Composer(s): Don George
Performer(s): Mitch Miller;
and various other artists



There's a yellow rose of Texas
That I am going to see
No other fellow knows her
No other, only me
She cried so when I left her
It like to break my heart
And if I ever find her
We never more will part

She's the sweetest rose of color
A fellow ever knew
Her eyes are bright as di'monds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest May
and sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Beats the belles of Tennessee

Oh, now I'm going to find her
For my heart is full of woe
And we'll sing the song together
That we sung long ago
We'll play the bajo gaily
and we'll sing the songs of yore
And the Yellow Rose of Texas
Shall be mine forevermore

Opa
First performance by: George Alkaios & Friends - 2010



Aaa… Opa!
Opa! Opa!
Aaa…

Ekapsa to htes (oh) nihtes mou palies (oh)
Thipsala oi anaminseis eginan ki aftes
Lipes kai fones (oh) adikes efhes (oh)
Ki afisa se mia gonia anoihtes pliyes

Ekapsa to htes (oh) nihtes mou palies (oh)
Oneira kai efialtes rihno stis foties
Dakria kafta (oh) psemata polla (oh)
Miazoun san vouvi tainia pou den vlepo pia

Aaa… Opa!

Vazo mia fotia (hey!)
S’ola ta palia (hey!)
Ola tha ta allakso (opa!)
Kai tha to fonakso (opa!)
Perasmena ksehasmena ki ola ap tin arhi ksana (opa!)

Vazo mia fotia (hey!)
S’ola ta palia (hey!)
Ola tha ta allakso (opa!)
Kai tha to fonakso (opa!)
Perasmena ksehasmena ki ola ap tin arhi ksana (opa!)

Ekapsa to htes (oh) nihtes mou palies (oh)
Ki apo to miden arhizo oso ki an den thes
Dakria kafta (oh) psemata polla (oh)
Plirosa osa hrostousa kai ta daneika

Aaa… Opa!

Vazo mia fotia (hey!)
S’ola ta palia (hey!)
Ola tha ta allakso (opa!)
Kai tha to fonakso (opa!)
Perasmena ksehasmena ki ola ap tin arhi ksana (opa!)

Everybody say! Opa!

Aaa… Opa!

Vazo mia fotia (hey!)
S’ola ta palia (hey!)
Ola tha ta allakso (opa!)
Kai tha to fonakso (opa!)
Perasmena ksehasmena ki ola ap tin arhi ksana (opa!)

Vazo mia fotia (hey!)
S’ola ta palia (hey!)
Ola tha ta allakso (opa!)
Kai tha to fonakso (opa!)
Perasmena ksehasmena ki ola ap tin arhi ksana (opa!)

Opa!!! 

Yellow River
((French Version: L'Amérique (by Joe Dassin) - 1970))
Composer(s): Jeffrey Christie
First recording/First release by: The Tremeloes - 1969/1985
Covered by multiple other artists



So long, boy, you can take my place 
I got my papers, I got my pay 
So pack my bags and I'll be on my way ... to Yellow River 

Put my gun down, the war is won 
Fill my glass high, the time has come 
I'm going back to the place that I love ... Yellow River 

Yellow River, Yellow River ... is in my mind and in my eyes 
Yellow River, Yellow River ... is in my blood, it's the place that I love 

Got no time for explanations, got no time to lose 
Tomorrow night you'll find me sleeping underneath the moon 
And Yellow River 

Cannon fire lingers in my mind 
I'm so glad I'm still alive 
And I've been gone for such a long time ... from Yellow River 

I remember the nights were cool 
I can still see the water pool 
And I remember the girl that I knew ... from Yellow River

Strada Facendo
Composer(s): Claudio Baglioni
First release by: Claudio Baglioni - 1981



Io ed i miei occhi scuri siamo diventati grandi insieme
con l'anima smaniosa a chiedere di un posto che non c'è
tra mille mattini freschi di bicletta,
mille e più tramonti dietro i fili del tram
ed una fame di sorrisi e braccia intorno a me...

Io e i miei cassetti di ricordi e di indirizzi che ho perduto
ho visto visi e voci di chi ho amato prima o poi andar via
e ho respirato un mare sconosciuto
nelle ore larghe e vuote di un'estate di città
accanto alla mia ombra nuda di malinconia...

Io e le mie tante sere chiuse, come chiudere un ombrello
col viso sopra il petto a leggermi i dolori ed i miei guai
ho camminato quelle vie che curvano seguendo il vento
e dentro un senso di inutilità
e fragile e violento mi son detto tu vedrai...vedrai...vedrai..

Strada facendo vedrai che non sei più da solo
strada facendo,
troverai un gancio in mezzo al cielo
e sentirai la strada far battere il tuo cuore...
vedrai più amore....vedrai!

Io troppo piccolo fra tutta questa che c'è al mondo
io che ho sognato sopra un treno che non è partito mai
e ho corso in mezzo a prati bianchi di luna
per strappare ancora un giorno alla mia ingenuità
e giovane e invecchiato mi son detto tu vedrai,vedrai..vedrai..

...Strada facendo, vedrai, che non sei più da solo
strada facendo, troverai, anche tu
un gancio in mezzo al cielo, e sentirai la strada
far battere il tuo cuore, vedrai più amore, vedrai...

E una canzone e neanche questa potrà mai cambiar la vita
ma che cos'è che mi fa andare avanti e dire che non è
finita...cos'è che mi spezza il cuore tra canzoni e amore
e che mi fa cantare e amare sempre più
perché domani sia migliore, perché domani tu...

Yellow Pearl
Composer(s): Phil Lynott; Midge Ure
Performer(s): Phil Lynott; Grand Slam; 
Thin Lizzy; Ultravox; Midge Ure



"We all must beware of the yellow pearl"

The Yellow Pearl control, attack, attack, attack, attack
Yellow Pearl
It is foolish to venture into strange enchanted places
If they aren't the places you want to be

Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack
Is what we lack

We will arise
We will control
We will command
We will patrol

It is foolish under the guise of love and liberty
That we should capitalize and rob and fell
The poor for the socialistic tree

We will arise
We will control
Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack
Is what we lack
That's what you lack

We shall arise
They will arise
We shall control
They will control
We shall command
They will command
We shall patrol
They will patrol

We must fight back
We will arise
They will arise
We will control

We are now living in a situation
Where that self same situation depends on the Yellow Pearl
Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack
Is what we lack
We will arise
They will arise
We will control
They will control
We will command
They shall command
We will patrol
They will patrol
Arise
Yellow Pearl's upon us now
We must fight back

We will arise
They will arise
We will control
Attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack, attack

Is what we lack
Is what we lack
Don't trust in Liberty
To save your soul
It is genocide to let liberty lose control
Control
We must decide
Control
We the Yellow Pearl we will control

It's For You
Composer(s): Lina Eriksson - Jonas Gladnikoff - Marten Eriksson - Niall Mooney
First performance by: Niamh Kavanagh - 2010



Look into these eyes, hold onto these hands, believe in this heartbeat
Though you're afraid that I might break, just hold on
Shadows only haunt you when darkness crowds your heart
So let the light of my love shine bright
 
When I cry, it's for the lonely
When I pray, it's for the lost and stray
When I love like there's no tomorrow
No more words to say, it's for you
 
Look straight ahead, hold onto your dreams, believe in this magic
Open your eyes, open your mind and it's there
Shadows only haunt you when darkness crowds your heart
So let the light of my love shine bright
 
When I cry, it's for the lonely
When I pray, it's for the lost and stray
When I love like there's no tomorrow
No more words to say...
 
When shadows haunt you and darkness crowds your heart
Let the light of my love shine bright
 
When I cry, it's for the lonely
When I pray, it's for the lost and stray
When I love like there's no tomorrow
No more words to say, it's for you (It's for you)
It's for you

Yellow Moon
Composer(s): Aaron Neville; Joel Neville
Performer(s): The Neville Brothers;
Beau Jocque & The Zydeco Hi-Rollers; Tom Lepson



Yellow moon, yellow moon
why you keep peeping in my window?
Do you know something I don't know?
Did you see my baby
walking down the railroad tracks?
You can tell me if the girls
ever coming back

Is she hid out with another
or is she trying to get back home?
Is she wrapped up in some other's arms?
Or is the girl somewhere all alone?
Can you see if she is missing me,
or is she having a real good time?
Has she forgotten all about
or is the girl still mine all mine?

Chorus:
With your eye so big a shiney
You can see the whole damn land
Yellow moon can you tell me
If the girl's with another man?

Refrain:
Oh yellow moon
have you seen that creole woman
You can tell me
Now ain't you a friend of mine

Chorus

Refrain

Stouthearted Men
Composer(s): Sigmund Romberg - Frank Mandel - Laurence Schwab - Oscar Hammerstein II
Performer(s): Nelson Eddy
and multiple other artists



You who have dreams, if you act they will come true
To turn your dreams to a fact, it's up to you
If you have the soul and the spirit
Never fear it, you'll see it thru
Hearts can inspire, other hearts with their fire
For the strong obey when a strong man shows them the way

Give me some men who are stout-hearted men
Who will fight, for the right they adore
Start me with ten who are stout-hearted men
And I'll soon give you ten thousand more
Shoulder to shoulder and bolder and bolder
They grow as they go to the fore
Then there's nothing in the world can halt or mar a plan
When stout-hearted men can stick together man to man

Give me some men who are stout-hearted men
Who will fight, for the right they adore
Start me with ten who are stout-hearted men
And I'll soon give you ten thousand more
Shoulder to shoulder and bolder and bolder
They grow as they go to the fore
Then there's nothing in the world can halt or mar a plan
When stout-hearted men can stick together man to man

Yellow Days
Composer(s): Alan Bernstein; Alvaro Carrillo
Performer(s): Tony Bennett;
and various other artists



I remember when the sunlight
had a special kind of brightness
And laughter held a lover's kind of lightness
Yellow days, yellow days

She would hold me and the smile would spread around us so completely
And the softness of a kiss would linger sweetly
Yellow days, yellow days

But then came thunder
And I heard her say "goodbye"
Through tears of wonder
Now I'm alone and my heart wants to know
Yellow days, where'd you go?

Life is empty and the sunlight seems so harsh instead of tender
And the laughter's just an echo I'll remember
Yellow days, yellow days

(instrumental: first 3 lines of chorus)
Now I'm alone and my heart wants to know
Yellow days, where'd you go?

Life is empty and the sunlight seems so harsh instead of tender
And the laughter's just an echo I'll remember
Yellow days, yellow days

Butterflies
Composer(s): Maxim Fadeev - Malka Chaplin
First performance by: 3+2 - 2010



I'm gonna tell you what 's inside my soul
We are so fragile, just like melting snow
We've got to come to see the beauty of love
And imagine, and imagine, just imagine
 
And we're like butterflies flying to the sun
The sun will never let us look inside
I believe that this'll be opened up
But at the right time
Heartfully just wait for it, it will come
 
And even if you often were so wrong
And you denied the miracle's possible
But you have got to see it anyway
And imagine, and imagine, just imagine
 
And we're like butterflies flying to the sun
The sun will never let us look inside
I believe that this'll be opened up
But at the right time
Heartfully just wait for it, it will come
 
And we're like butterflies flying to the sun (The sun)
The sun will never let us look inside (Look inside, I believe)
I believe that this'll be opened up
But at the right time
Heartfully just wait for it
And all the secrets will come, come out

Yellow Bird
Composer(s): Michael Keith; Alan Bergman; Norman Luboff
Performer(s): The Brothers Four;
and various other artists



Yellow bird, up high in banana tree
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me
Did your lady friend leave your nest again?
That is very sad, makes me feel so bad
You can fly away, in the sky away
You're more lucky than me

I also had a pretty girl
She's not with me today
They're all de same, the pretty girls
Take tenderness, then they fly away

Yellow bird, up high in banana tree
Yellow bird, you sit all alone like me
Let her fly away, in the sky away
Pick a town and, soon, pick from night to noon
Black and yellow, you like banana too
They might pick you someday

Wish that I were a yellow bird  
I'd fly away with you
But I am not a yellow bird
So here I sit, nothin' else to do

Yellow bird
Yellow bird
Yellow bird
(Fade)
Yellow bird

Storybook Love
Composer(s): Willy DeVille - Mark Knopfler
Performer(s): Willy DeVille



Come my love, I'll tell you a tale
of a boy and girl, and their love story
and how he loved her oh, so much
and all the charms she did possess

My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
it's as real as the feelings I feel
Now this did happen once upon a time
When things were not so complex
And how he worshipped the ground she walked
When he looked in her eyes, he became obsessed

My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
it's as real as the feelings I feel
Now this did happen once upon a time
When things were not so complex
And how he worshipped the ground she walked
When he looked in her eyes, he became obsessed

This love was stronger than the powers so dark
A prince could have within his keeping
His spells to weave and steal a heart
Within her breast, but only sleeping

My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
it's as real as the feelings I feel
Now this did happen once upon a time
When things were not so complex
And how he worshipped the ground she walked
When he looked in her eyes, he became obsessed

He said, "Don't you know I love you oh, so much
And lay my heart at the foot of your dress?
"She said, "Don't you know that storybook loves
Always have a happy ending?"
Then he swooped her up, just like in the books
And on his stallion they rode away

My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
it's as real as the feelings I feel
Now this did happen once upon a time
When things were not so complex
And how he worshipped the ground she walked
When he looked in her eyes, he became obsessed

Yell Help / Wednesday Night / Ugly (Medley)
Composer(s): Elton John; Davey Johnstone; Bernie Taupin
Performer(s): Elton John



Yell help, too many cooks and a bird in the bush
yell help
Yell help, if your mirror busts and your cat gets cussed, yell help
`Cause down the road you find someone else who's looking
Down the road you find another sweet lady cooking
So I gotta yell help

Yell help, some shelter from the storm like the travel agent warned
Yell help, if you can help your superstitions they gonna keep you warm
`Cause down the road you find someone else who's looking
Down the road you seen another sweet lady cooking
So I gotta yell help

I wish tonight wasn't Wednesday night
I wish it wasn't the thirteenth of July, yell help
And you're looking at the guy whose eyes can't deny
That he wishes he were somewhere else tonight

Well I met this woman down in New Orleans
Lord she built just like a dream
Even wore stockings that had seams
And she was ugly

Now hell I don't mind women of her kind
I'll even pay sometimes for a woman that's ugly

She built like a steamroller
Just the kind to mow you over anytime
Hey the moment might arrive

On Bourbon Street
Well the ugliest woman you'll ever meet
But she's mine all mine and she's ugly
So I better yell help

Thunder And Lightning
Composer(s): Edin-Dino Šaran
First performance by: Vukašin Brajic - 2010



Say just one more word
And you will make it end
And I will leave this place
Only anger will remain
And it doesn't seem to me
We're each other's better side
These days
 
This is the time to melt the ice
Off our lips and off our hearts
Thunder and lightning holding hands
Let's overcome the past
 
The drought is all around
But if we start breathing together
We can bring the rain down
For a dream, for a brand new day
To wash away our sins
And carry them away
 
This is the time to melt the ice
Off our lips and off our hearts
Thunder and lightning holding hands
Let's overcome the past
We have to do it fast
 
This is the time (to melt the ice)
(Off our lips and off our hearts) Off our hearts
(Thunder and lightning holding hands)
Thunder and lightning
(Let's overcome the past)
(We have to do it fast)
 
In this crazy world
In this crazy world
Just you and I
 
Say just one more word
And everything will end, everyone will leave

Yeh Yeh
Composer(s): Rodgers Grant; Jon Hendricks; Pat Patrick
Performer(s): Georgie Fame;
and various other artists



Every evenin'
When all my day's work is through
I call my baby
And I ask her what shall we do
I mention movies
But she don't seem to dig that
And then she ask me
Why don't I come to her flat
And have some supper
And let the evening pass by
By playing records
The sounds of groovy hifi

I say "Yeh Yeh" 
That's what I say 
I say "Yeh Yeh"

My baby loves me
She gets me feelin' so fine
And when she loves me
She makes me know that she's mine
And when she kisses
I feel the fire get hot
She never misses
She gives it all that she's got
And when she ask me
If everything is ok
I got my answer
And the only thing I say

I say "Yeh Yeh" 
That's what I say 
I say "Yeh Yeh"

We'll play a melody and turn the lights down low 
so that none can see
We gotta do that we gotta do that
We gotta do that we gotta do that
And there'll be no one else alive in all the world 
'cept you and me
Yeh, yeh ……

And pretty baby
I never knew such a thrill
It's hard to tell you 
Because I'm trembling still
But, pretty baby
I want you all for my own
I think I'm ready
To leave those others alone
No need to ask me 
If everything is ok
I got my answer
The only thing I can say

I say "Yeh Yeh" 
That's what I say 
I say "Yeh Yeh"

We'll play a melody and turn the lights down low 
So that none can see
We gotta do that we gotta do that
We gotta do that we gotta do that
And there'll be no one else alive in all the world 
'cept you and me
Yeh, yeh ……

And pretty baby
I never knew such a thrill
It's hard to tell you 
Because I'm trembling still
But, pretty baby
I want you all for my own
I think I'm ready
To leave those others alone
No need to ask me 
If everything is ok
I got my answer
The only thing I can say

I say "Yeh Yeh" 
That's what I say 
I say "Yeh Yeh" ………

Thunder And Lightning
Composer(s): Phil Collins
Performer(s): Phil Collins



I never thought I'd ever get tired of playing games
But I've been holding back for too long
Now the time has come to get it right
Now's the time to show them all that they're wrong
'Cause they said thunder and they said lightning

It would never strike twice
Oh but if that's true, why can't you tell me
How come this feels so nice 
Oh it feels alright
Never ever did believe in guiding lights
'Cause what you didn't hold, slipped away
Oh but there's a feeling deep down in my shoe
'Cause things look like they're going my way
'Cause they say thunder and they say lightning
It would never strike twice
Oh but if that's true, why can't you tell me
How come this feels so nice 
Oh it feels alright
I never ever did believe in a second chance
You get, just one crack of the whip, that's all
If you played the game, you got treated right
Oh but I'm not playing the game, no more
'Cause they say thunder and they say lightning
It would never strike twice
Oh but if that's true, why can't you tell me
How come this feels so nice 
Oh it feels alright

Yearning
Composer(s): George Jones; Eddie Eddings
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb; Loretta Lynn; Claude Gray; 
Jack Greene; George Jones; Tammy Wynette



Yearning to feel you, the one I can’t agree with
Yearning to hear you call my name

Like a fool I left you
And now I can’t forget you
Please forgive me take me back again

I’ll never be the same without you darling
You’ll always be my, everything

My love for you still burning
And my poor heart is Yearning
While you ware another’s name

(Instrumental)

Yearning to hold you
And let my arms enfold you
Yearning to hear you call my name

Yearning to kiss you
O’ Darling how I miss you
O’ How I wish you felt the same

I never knew how much you cared about me
I thought that you were fooling me

Now I’m Yearning to kiss you
O’ Darling how I miss you

I wish that we could make amends sweetheart
I’m Yearning to be with you Sweetheart

Story Of The Rockers
Composer(s): Jim Pewter
Performer(s): Gene Vincent; Shakin' Stevens & the Sunsets



It started out with Haley's Comets
A-rockin' round the clock
Well, then along came Presley
With some hillbilly rock, now
Mix it in with Carl Perkins
Chuck Berry when he's workin'
And Little Richard out of Macon
Inspired Jerry Lee to shakin'
Slow down the tempo with the Fat Man
Bring back the rhythm with Bo's band
Don and Phil and Eddie Cochran
And Buddy Holly kept a-rockin'

And that's the story of the rockers
Yeah, who kept us dancin'
Everybody was movin'
And it looked [felt] so fine
Yeah, you could feel the emotion
As you looked around
Sock it to me rockers
Roll it down the line

Jump back down to to Philly
For a daily Bandstand Rock
At The Hop with Danny's Juniors
The Stroll was very hot now
Rydell, Cannon and Dion sang
While Eddy's Rebels twanged on
Soon the world a-started twistin'
With the Checker dance
The Four Seasons sang Sherry
While Barry Gordy shopped the Champs
Ike and Tina and a-Uncle Ray
Along with Shannon's Runaway

And that's the story of the rockers
Yeah, who kept us dancin'
Everybody was movin'
And it looked [felt] so fine
Yeah, you could feel the emotion
As you looked around
Sock it to me rockers
Roll it down the line

The West Coast started surfin'
With the Beach Boy band
Jan and Dean and the Surfaris
Spread the songs throughout the land
And soon the Beatles from a-Liverpool
Electrified, began to rule
Roll out the Stones with Satisfaction
Mix in a bit of blues reaction
Byrds and Spoonful got in motion
With a very good time notion *
Otis Redding and Revue
Young Rascals attitude

And that's the story of the rockers
Yeah, who kept us dancin'
Everybody was movin'
And it looked [felt] so fine
Yeah, you could feel the emotion
As you looked around
Sock it to me rockers
Roll it down the line

Chuck Willis, Lord Old Sam Cooke
Sock it to me, yeah,
Buddy Knox, Jimmy Bowen, Lloyd Price,
Hey don't touch that dial, I ain't through
I forgot somebody,
Bobby Darin, Larry Williams, The Blue Caps...
Here we go...

Year Of The Guru
Composer(s): Eric Burdon
Performer(s): The Animals



My leader told me to jump in the river
The river was deep and the weather was winter
After a sailer very kindly saved me
My leader told me, you'd better take it easy
I took it so easy my leader called me lazy
Through the lack of red meat 
Everything was getting hazy
Friends looked at me and said,
Man, you gotta be crazy
Oh, oh leader
My leader said son you'd better get yourself together
never mind the fools who know what we're getting into
But a forty mile walk would do us both a world of good
and he sat down and watched me take off down the road
Well, I walked so far my feet began to bleed 
If this was good for me I just couldn't see it
A motorist picked me up and said
Look man, you must be crazy
Oh, oh leader
Oh, oh leader
My leader came to see me in a hospital bed
Well at least I really knew that my leader really cared
After giving me a second-hand roach
He said where's your donation man,
It's all for a good cause.
He left me all alone to work the riddle out
But I just couldn't make it so I began to shout
They stuck a hypodermic deep down into me
Said, look out nurse I think we got a loony
Oh, oh leader
Okay baby follow me now 
Follow your leader
All rightNow here I sit in a state-run asylum
Limitless, friendless but much more together
I decided to do some good book readin'
About the art of people leadin'
Now I'm the leader and they're being led
What's the matter if they're crazy till you hear what I've said
Being the leader is really where its at
But just how long can a good thing last
Oh, oh leader
Oh, oh leader
Now listen to this baby
This is the year of the guru
Now the thing to do is to ask yourself 
What can a guru do for me?
Then you say to yourself
I gotta get a guru