Straighten Up And Fly Right
Composer(s): Nat King Cole - Irving Mills
First release by: The King Cole Trio - 1943
Covered by multiple other artists



A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air
The monkey thought that everything was on the square
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back
But the monkey grabbed his neck and said "Now listen, Jack"

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top
Ain't no use in divin'
What's the use in jivin'
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top

The buzzard told the monkey "You are chokin' me
Release your hold and I will set you free"
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said
"Your story's so touchin' but it sounds just like a lie"

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top

Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top

Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
Composer(s): Rolf Soja; Frank Dostal
Performer(s): Baccara;
and various other artists



Mister, your eyes are full of hesitation 
Sure makes me wonder, if you know what you're looking for 
Baby, I want to keep my reputation 
I'm a sensation, you tried me once, you're back for more 
Ohh 
Yes sir I can boogie 
But I need a certain song 
I can boogie, boogie boogie 
All night long 
Yes sir I can boogie 
If you stay you can't go wrong 
I can boogie, boogie boogie 
All night long 

No sir, I don't feel very much like talking 
No neither walking, you wanna know if I can dance 
Yes sir, already told you in the first word 
And in the cold 
But I will give you one more chance 

Ohh 
Yes sir I can boogie 
But I need a certain song 
I can boogie, boogie boogie 
All night long 
Yes sir I can boogie 
If you stay you can't go wrong 
I can boogie, boogie boogie 
All night long 
Yes sir I can boogie 
If you stay you can't go wrong 
I can boogie, boogie boogie 
All night long

We Could Be The Same
Composer(s): Ferman Akgül
First performance by: maNga - 2010



You could be the one in my dreams
You could be much more than you seem
Anything I've wanted in life
Do you understand what I mean?
I can see that this could be fate
I can love you more than they hate
Doesn't matter who they will blame
We can beat them at their own game
 
I can see it in your eyes
It doesn't come as a surprise
I've seen you dancing like a star
No matter how different we are
 
For all this time I've been loving you
Don't even know your name
For just one night, we could be the same
No matter what they say
 
And I feel I'm turning the page
And I feel the world is a stage
I don't think that drama will stop
I don't think they'll give up the rage
But I know the world could be great
I can love you more than they hate
Doesn't matter who they will blame
We can beat them at their own game
 
I can see it in your eyes
It doesn't count as a surprise
I see you dancing like a star
No matter how different we are
 
For all this time I've been loving you
Don't even know your name
For just one night, we could be the same
No matter what they say
 
For all this time I've been loving you
Don't even know your name
For just one night, we could be the same
No matter what they say
 
No matter what they say
No matter what they say
We could be the same
No matter what they say

Yerushalaim
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour



De temps en temps
Comme un enfant
Ma pensée te dessine
Yerushalaim
De loin en loin
Tu n' est plus qu' un
Rêve qui tombe en ruine
Yerushalaim

Tel ces émigrants
Dont les yeux brûlants
S' ouvrent à l' écho de ton nom
D' au-delà des mers
Souvent à travers
D' hostiles et dures régions
J' étais venu
Mains vides et pieds nu
À toi Yerushalaim

Pour me garder
Tu as cloué
L' amour dans ma poitrine
Yerushalaim
Où sont mes joies
N' y a-t-il pas
De bonheur sans épines?
Yerushalaim

Tout s' est acharné
Pour nous déchirer
Et le brouillard de nos pleures
A troublé l' azur
Élevant un mur
Entre son cœur et mon cœur
Mais j' ai en moi
L' espoir toutefois
Que l' amour encore
Renaisse et vive encore
Pour nous à Yerushalaim

Straight From The Shoulder
Composer(s): Harry Revel - Mack Gordon
Performer(s): Bing Crosby & Kitty Carlisle



I could sing your praises with eloquent phrases
Describe you and bribe you with wonderful speeches
I could sing your praises with grand repartee
But darling I desire to confess my love
Express my love, this way

I know the words that I use
Are simple and not very smart
But what I say, I say to you
Straight from the shoulder, right from the heart

Others may sing to spring
To them making love is an art
But when I sing, I sing to you
Straight from the shoulder, right from the heart

Who cares if others may laugh
If as a lover I’m green
Who cares, let them all laugh
Long as you know just what I mean

Old as the hills it’s true
To whisper I love you, I do
But when I say I love you, I do
And when I pray that we’ll never part
It’s Straight from the shoulder, right from the heart to you

Who cares if others may laugh
If as a lover I’m green
Who cares, let them all laugh
Long as you know just what I mean

Old as the hills it’s true
To whisper I love you, I do
But when I say I love you, I do
And when I pray that we’ll never part
It’s straight from the shoulder, right from the heart to you

Yer Blues
Composer(s): John Lennon; Paul McCartney
Performer(s): The Beatles



Yes I'm lonely wanna die
Yes I'm lonely wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why

In the morning wanna die
In the evening wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why

My mother was of the sky
My father was of the earth
But I am of the universe
And you know what it's worth
I'm lonely wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why

The eagle picks my eye
The worm he licks my bones
I feel so suicidal
Just like Dylan's Mr. Jones
Lonely wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why

Black cloud crossed my mind
Blue mist round my soul
Feel so suicidal
Even hate my rock and roll
Wanna die yeah wanna die
If I ain't dead already
Ooh girl you know the reason why

Shine
Composer(s): Hanne Margrethe Fredriksen Sørvaag - Harry Sommerdahl - Christian Leuzz
First performance by: Sofia Nizharadze - 2010



Who can ever tell the colour of a soul
And the memories we keep from long ago?
Do we ever really know each other's past?
 
You can't go back to before
But tomorrow will bring even more
 
Like the tide's gonna turn
You will know when it's cold
You're on your own, but you're never alone
Shine, shine, like the stars in the sky
Wipe your dust off your love, let it shine
 
So when nothing's ever really carved in stone
Remember that your heart is holding on
And when every second melts up in the past
Don't be afraid it will end
Only fear that it never began
 
Like the tide's gonna turn
You will know when it's cold
You're on your own, but you're never alone
Shine, shine, like the stars in the sky
Wipe your dust off your love, let it shine
 
You can't go back to before
But tomorrow will bring even more
 
Like the tide's gonna turn
You will know when it's cold
You're on your own, but you're never alone
Shine, shine, like the stars in the sky
Let it shine

Y'En A Qui Font Ça
Composer(s): N. Chiboust; M. Teze
Performer(s): Sacha Distel



Y'en a qui pourraient
Mais qui n'ont jamais fait ça
Y'en a qui voudraient et qui ne pensent qu'à ça
Y'en a qui essaient et qui n'y arrivent pas
D'autres qui font ça parfois plusieurs fois
Et puis, et puis

Y'en a qui s'en foutent,
Qui font ça n'importe comment
Y'en a qui sans doute
Ne font ça que le Jour de l'an
Y'en a que ça dégoûte
Et y'en a qui font semblant
D'autres qui s'arrêtent en route
En baillant

C'est pourtant facile
C'est pourtant facile
C'est pourtant facile
De la la la la

Y'en a qui font ça
En veste de pyjama
Y'en a qui font ça
En rentrant du cinéma
Y'en a qui font ça
Dans des endroits faits pour ça
D'autres qui font ça tout seul
Pourquoi pas
Et puis, et puis

Y a les amateurs
Qui font ça maladroitement
Y a les professeurs
Qui font ça scientifiquement
Y a les fonctionnaires
Les docteurs, les présidents
Et il y a, il y a bien sûr
Tous les gens

Qui trouvent ça facile
Qui trouvent ça facile
Qui trouvent ça facile
De danser l'tango

Straight For The Heart
Composer(s): David Paich - Joseph Williams
Performer(s): Toto



Boy meets girl on the playground of life
Falls in love for the very first time
Late at night he sees her alone, but she's the type that can never be owned

He can't get her off his mind, but she knows he'll get over her in time
And the world goes round and round

She goes straight for the heart, she serves it sweet and cold
But she goes straight for the heart
It's just the only thing that she's ever known

Boy sees girl on the poor side of town
A city princess with her very own crown
He's too young to be taking such a chance
'Cause she walks the streets in the name of romance

Everywhere she goes he's there and she knows, he's just another fool who cares
And the world goes round and round

She goes straight for the heart, she serves it sweet and cold
But she goes straight for the heart
It's just the only thing that she's ever known

Everywhere she goes he's there and she knows, he's just another fool who cares
And the world goes round and round

She goes straight for the heart, she serves it sweet and cold
But she goes straight for the heart

'Cause that's the only thing that she's ever known 
'Cause that's the only thing that she's ever known
'Cause that's the only thing that she's ever known 
'Cause that's the only thing that she's ever known

Yellow Van
Composer(s): Ron Dante; Gene Allan
Performer(s): Ronnie & The Dirt Riders



Pack a bag baby
Won't you come along
We'll be sittin' pretty mama
Nothin' can go wrong
The sun is comin' up 
And we got miles to go

Well, I'm a gonna show you just how good it feels
When we're movin' it out in a home on wheels
'Cause there's no place like home
In a yellow van

Yellow van... yellow van... yellow vaaaan... 
Moving down the highway
Cruising 'cross the USA
Yellow vaaaan, yellow vaaaan 
Oh, move out, move out with me in my yellow van

Well it's beat up, faded, and it ain't brand new
But when you're riding high 
There's nothing it can't do 
The open road's ahead
We'll leave the past behind

Got a fab (?)quad system 
And it's dynamite
Got a mattress in the back
Where we can spend the night
Cause home ain't nothin' like 
Livin' in a yellow van 

Yellow van... yellow van... yellow vaaan... 
Moving down the highway
Cruising 'cross the USA
Yellow vaaaan, yellow vaaaan 
Oh, move out, move out with me in my yellow van

Bowm-de-do-be-do-wow
Why don't we move out
Bowm-de-do-be-do-wow
Why don't we,, move out
Bowm-de-do-be-do-wow
Why don't we...move out 
Why don't you ride with me

Yellow vaaaan... yellow vaaaan... yellow vaaaan... 
Moving down the highway
Cruisin' 'cross the USA
Yellow van, yellow van 
Oh, Move out, move out with me in my yellow
Move out, move out with me in my yellow
Move out, move out with meee..

Move out, move out with me.. in my yellow
Move out, move out with me.. in my yellow
Move out, move out with me.. in my yellow

That Sounds Good To Me
Composer(s): Pete Waterman - Mike Stock
First performance by: Josh - 2010



How do I begin to imagine all the happy faces I'd like to see?
The final destination, with sounds of celebration
If I could find the opportunity
 
So I wonder, who can I turn to?
Who can make these wishes and dreams come true?
And with you there beside me
And loving hands to guide me
Anything is possible to do
 
So if you bring the sunshine
I'll bring the good times
Just add your laughter
It's happy ever after
I don't know 'bout you
But that sounds good to me
 
I can feel it coming together
All the loving working so very well
There's nothing left to do now
Gonna see it through now
And we can let the future write itself
 
Baby, if you bring the sunshine
I'll bring the good times
Just add your laughter
It's happy ever after
I don't know 'bout you
But that sounds good to me
Oh...
 
(So if you bring the sunshine) You bring the sunshine
(I'll bring the good times) I'll bring the good times
Just add your laughter
Happy ever after
I don't know 'bout you (Sounds good to me)
I don't know 'bout you
I don't know 'bout you
But that sounds good to me
Oh... that sounds good to me

Yellow Submarine
Composer(s): John Lennon - Paul McCartney
First release by: The Beatles - 1966
Covered by multiple other artists
Versions In Other Languages:
1966 - Le Sous-Marin Vert (by Les Compagnons de la Chanson)
1966 - Un Petit Sous Marin Jaune (by Les Baronets)
1966 - Yellow Submarine (German Version) (by Bill Ramsey)
1966 - En U-Båd Der Er Gul (by Otto Brandenburg, Dario Campeotto, Bjørn)
1969 - Yellow Submarine (Italian Version) (by Nada)



In the town where I was born 
Lived a man who sailed to sea 
And he told us of his life 
In the land of submarines 
So we sailed up to the sun 
Till we found the sea of green 
And we lived beneath the waves 
In our yellow submarine 

We all live in our yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine 
We all live in our yellow submarine 
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine 

And our friends are all on board 
Many more of them live next door 
And the band begins to play 

We all live in our yellow submarine 
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine 
We all live in our yellow submarine 
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine 

As we live a life of ease 
Everyone of us has all we need 
Sky of blue and sea of green 
In our yellow submarine 

We all live in our yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine 
We all live in our yellow submarine 
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine 

We all live in our yellow submarine 
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine 
We all live in our yellow submarine 
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

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