Softer Ride
Composer(s): Alan Lancaster - Rick Parfitt
Performer(s): Status Quo



I ain't gonna work, I ain't gonna work no more
Stay in bed til I'm satisfied, and let my head take a softer ride
I ain't gonna work, I aint gonna work no more

I ain't gonna work, I ain't gonna work no more
I'll find me a shack where it's cool inside
And turn my back on the cold outside
I ain't gonna work, I ain't gonna work no more

If I could go back to the job I had
Same old thing gonna drive me mad
So I ain't gonna work, I ain't gonna work no more
Never again will I have to be
Down

I ain't gonna work, I ain't gonna work no more
Stay in bed til I'm satisfied, and let my head take a softer ride
I ain't gonna work, I aint gonna work no more

Wake Me When It's Over
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn; Jimmy Van Heusen
Performer(s): Andy Williams



If I am dreaming you've got your arms around me
Wake me when it's over
Wake me when it's over, not before

And if I'm dreaming that love at last has found me
Let me go on dreaming
Wake me when it's over and then let me go to sleep, mm, again

It's hard to believe, my dear, that you're here at all
Incredible, I pinch myself, you don't disappear at all

So if I'm hearing you tell some small-town justice you will not
forsake me
Takin' vows to make me yours ever more
Then darling, wake me when it's over, and not before

Ooh, wake me when it's over
Wake me when it's over and then back to sleep again

It's hard to believe, my dear, that you're here at all
Incredible, you don't disappear at all
So, tell that small-town justice you'll take me
Tell him you'll make me yours ever more
Then darling, wake me when it's over, not befo-o-o-o-ore!

A Soft Seduction
Composer(s): David Byrne
Performer(s): David Byrne; DM Stith



The words of love are not enough
Though sweet as wine, as thick as blood
Passionless moments and we are homeless
Out on the street

But life is cool and things aren’t bad
Got what he wants, lost what he had
He’s soon adjusted and got accustomed to these new ways

Blame god, how can you loose
Singing such sweet rhythm and blues
Strange days, she said to me
Being in love don’t mean you’re free

But night reveals what daytime hides
Who lingers on, who sleeps outside
The soft seduction, the strong attraction
Somewhere downtown

A junkie’s song, a dancer’s knees
The laws of chance strange as it seems
Take us exactly where we most likely need to be

A junkie’s song, a dancer’s knees
The laws of chance strange as it seems
Take us exactly where we most likely need to be

Wake Me When I'm Free
Composer(s): Two Pac
Performer(s): Babatunde Olatunji



Please.. wake me when I am free
I cannot bear captivity
Where my country, I am told, "Hold no significance"
I withered and died in ignorance
but my inner eye can see, a race
who reigned as kings in another place
The green trees were rich and full
and every man spoke of beautiful men and women together as people

War was gone because all was at peace
but now like a nightmare, I woke to see
that I live like a prisoner of poverty..

Please.. wake me when I am free
I cannot bear captivity
For, I would rather be stricken blind
than to live without expression of mind

{*Babatunde Olatunji begins to speak in another language*}

A Soapbox Opera
Composer(s): Rick Davies - Roger Hodgson
Performer(s): Supertramp



"I want to tell you something
Listen to me
I'm trying to say, I'm better than you
I am only what I am"

"We must not stand still
For the night is coming
Every man, every woman and child
Everybody help me"

I hear, only what I want to hear
But, I have to believe in something
Have to believe in just one thing
I said Father Washington, you're all mixed up
Collecting sinners in an old tin cup
Well, spare a listen for a restless fool
There's something missing when I need your rule

Well, hey there
You tell me you're a holy man 
But, although I am just a beginner
I don't see you as a winner
I said, Sister Washington, you're all washed up
Collecting teardrops in a paper cup
If I could tell you what you need to know
If I could tell you to get on with the show

I'd rather never leave her
There's a storm in my head
Makes me hear what you say
Just was it true?
So, what have I to do?
Well, what has he to do?
Oh, what is there to-oo do
What oh-oh-ohoh

"All creatures great and small
all things wise and wonderful, the lord god made them all"

Mary, oh tell me what I'm living for
'Cause I feel like I'm tossed in the river
Oh' have you a son to deliver

I said, Father Washington, you're all mixed up
Collecting sinners in an old tin cup
you tell the children what you need to know
But, will they listen when it's time to go

Oh, Sister Robinson, you're all washed up
Collecting teardrops in a paper cup
Can someone tell me what I need to know
Can someone help me to get on with the show

Waiting In Vain
Composer(s): Bob Marley
Performer(s): Bob Marley



I don't want no wait in vain for your love
I don't want no wait in vain for your love
From the very first time I rest my eyes on you girl
My heart says follow thru
But I know now that I'm way down on your line
but the waiting feel is fine
So don't treat me like a puppet on a string
'cos I know how to do my thing
Don't talk to me as if you think I'm dumb
I wanna know when your gonna come
See...
I don't want no wait in vain for your love
I don't want no wait in vain for your love
I don't want no wait in vain for your love

chorus
Summer is here
I'm still waiting there
Winter is here
but I'm still waiting there

Like I said...
It's been three years since I'm knocking on your door
and I still can knock some more
Ho-oh girl ho-oh girl is it reasnable
I wanna know now
for I to knock some more
Ya see...In life I know there's lots of grief
but your love is my relief
Tears in my eyes girl, tears in my eyes girl
While I'm waiting, while I'm waiting for my turn
See...

I don't want no wait in vain for your love
I don't want no wait in vain for your love
I don't want no wait in vain for your love
I don't want no wait in vain for your love
I don't wanna I don't wanna
I don't wanna I don't wanna
I don't wanna wait in vain
(repeat)

A Smile Like Yours
Composer(s): Diane Warren
Performer(s): Natalie Cole; Skyler Jett



Ooh-ooh
Thought I'd seen everything
There was to see in this world
Now I'm not so sure
I've really seen anything at all
I thought life, could show me no surprises
And then you came, and showed me I was wrong

I have seen the bluest skies
Rainbows that would make you cry
I have seen miracles that moved my soul
Days that changed my life
I have seen the brightest stars
Shine like diamonds in the dark
Seen all the wonders of the world
But I've never seen a smile
As beautiful as yours, ooh-ooh, yeah

Oh I thought I'd been everywhere
I'd climbed a mountain so high
Sailed the sea, crossed the sky
And still I was nowhere at all
Until that day, oh, you came to my senses
And your smile it made sense out of it all

I have seen the bluest skies
Rainbows that would make you cry
I have seen miracles that moved my soul
Days that changed my life
I have seen the brightest stars
Shine like diamonds in the dark
Seen all the wonders of the world
But I've never seen a smile
As beautiful as yours, ooh-ooh, yeah

A smile so beautiful, so beautiful
Come one time in a lifetime
A smile this beautiful
I never dreamed I'd ever see, ah, ah, ah

I have seen the bluest skies
Rainbows that would make you cry
I have seen miracles that moved my soul
Days that changed my life
I have seen the brightest stars
Shine like diamonds in the dark
Seen all the wonders of the world
But I've never seen a smile
As beautiful as yours, ooh-ooh, yeah

A smile before as beautiful
As beautiful as yours

Waiting For Your Love
Composer(s): Bobby Kimball; David Paich
Performer(s): Toto



Hate, don't let her go, 'cos in the midnight eye she wins a blow
Eyes, give every drop, this ain't the way that should've made her stop
I just gotta know, know I'd feel the flame she used to grow
Smile, don't leave me now, 'cos you're the reason she's here anyhow
Words be gentle when you speak into her heart
'Cos if it breaks, she may not come again

Chorus:
I've been waitin' for your lovin', it's been here all the time
Right in front of me
I've been sittin', waitin' for your love, and all the time it's been here
Right in front of me

Love will get your pride, she might kiss as you're like even tide
Song, be in her heart, especially when we're apart
Love, be by my side, 'cos if she leaves there ain't no place to hide
Soul, be with her now, 'cos you're the first one she knew anyhow

Words be gentle when you speak into her heart
'Cos if it breaks, she may not come again

Chorus

Words be gentle when you speak into her heart
'Cos if it breaks, she may not come again

I've been sittin', waitin' for your love, and all the time it's been here
Right in front of me
Draw the line, I'll step across, even further I give in, you got me, yeah
I've been sittin', waitin' for your love, and all the time it's been here
Right in front of me, yeah
Just separated by ten thousand miles, you're not alone, girl you got me, yeah
Guess I needn't tell you that I'm not around, I'm inside, you got me, yeah
I've been waitin' for your love, it's been here all the time
Right in front of me

A Smile And A Ribbon
Composer(s): Mark McIntyre
Performer(s): Patience and Prudence; Percy Faith



A smile is something special
A ribbon is something rare
So I'll be special and I'll be rare
With a smile and a ribbon in my hair

To be a girl they notice
Takes more than a fancy dress
So I'll be noticed because I'll dress
With a smile and a ribbon in my dresses

The bigger my toothy grin is
The smaller my troubles grow
The louder I say I'm happy
The more I believe it's so
So I'll have that extra something
Because I know what to wear

So I'll be special and I'll be rare
I'll be something beyond compare
I'll be noticed because I'll wear
A smile and a ribbon in my hair

Waiting For Tonight
Composer(s): Tom Petty
Performer(s): Tom Petty



I went walking down the Boulevard
Past the skateboards and the beggars
I was out looking in the windows
Just out walking, letting my mind roam
If she hung around too much I might take her for granted
But when I was away, she seemed an angel
The only one who really cared about me
The only one without an angle
For so long I've been lonely
Now I'm too weak to fight

I've been waiting for tonight
I've been waiting for tonight

(Good night my love, sleep tight my love)

Yes and I had a little time to kill
As I crossed the parking lot
And I was feeling lucky to have a place to go
Yeah my nerves were feeling shot
For so long I've been weary
There was no end in sight

I've been waiting for tonight
I've been waiting for tonight

(Good night my love, sleep tight my love)

Oh I've been waiting 'round
For a night like this
Yeah I felt it coming down
Since her first kiss

(Good night my love)

Yeah and I'm wrestling with my overcoat
Yeah I'm fighting with my thoughts
I'm gonna trust my intuition
I'm gonna hope I don't get lost
For some time I've been lonely
I've been too weak to fight
I've been waiting for tonight
I've been waiting for tonight

(Good night my love, sleep tight my love)

Small Portion Of Your Love
Composer(s): Isaac Hayes - David Porter
Performer(s): Sam & Dave



Just a small portion of your love winds me up like a clock 
Just a small portion of your love, I'm like a river a-runnin' never stop 
Oh just a little bit goes a long way 
Just as long as I get a little, each & every day 

Just a small portion of your love seems to rule my troubles away 
Just a small portion of your love and I'll go to work all for no pay 
Oh your love that's so fine, and oh how it soothe my time 
But goin' out, get you, give me peace of mind 

Ooo baby, you don't know what you do for me 
Ooo baby, I don't have no misery 

Just a small portion of your love, just a small portion of your love 
Ooo baby, you don't know what you do for me 
Ooo baby, I don't have no misery 
Just a small portion of your love, that's all I'll ever need 
Just a small portion of your love, just a teeny weeny bit 
Just a small portion of your love ...

Waiting For The Sun
Composer(s): John Densmore; Robbie Krieger;
Ray Manzarek; Jim Morrison
Performer(s): The Doors



At first flash of Eden
We race down to the sea
Standing there on
Freedom's shore

Waiting for the sun
Waiting for the sun
Waiting for the sun

Can you feel it
Now that Spring has come?
That it's time to live
In the scattered sun

Waiting for the sun
Waiting for the sun
Waiting for the sun

Waiting for the sun
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting, Waiting
Waiting, Waiting, Waiting, Waiting

Waiting for you to
Come along
Waiting for you to 
Hear my song

Waiting for you to
Come along
Waiting for you to 
Tell me what went wrong

This is the strangest 
Life I've ever known

Can you feel it
Now that Spring has come?
That it's time to live 
In the scattered sun

Waiting for the sun
Waiting for the sun
Waiting for the sun

Waiting for the sun

A Small Package Of Value Will Come To You Shortly
Composer(s): Gary Blackman - Spencer Dryden - Bill Thompson
Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane



Well if we really wanna make it
Really wanna make it, I wanna make it man
Straight ahead all the way you guys
I don't care how dirty you guys get
It doesn't make any difference
Oh fudge, ah well, fudge
Ah Barnum gee whiz rag mop
You know gosh all whillickers
Under the wedding ring I feel a what's that
Finger finger hoo hah hoo hah are you married
Fu fu fudge, hyuh hyuh hyuh rag mop
Hoo wha hoo you do it, I do it, who do it, where do it
Do it do it do it do it do it do it do it
Folks we've been in the business for 20 years
And I've never had a heart attack
You're my friends I want you to know that
Stick it stick it time time time
Take your money sign to clarify that
Ahhh! Ahh! Er ahhh!
Would you believe New York is an island rragh!

The Honorable Hawaii sinking
Shi fah fah shuh-hoo-oo-whiss!
Yes what is it
I've been at school you see try try try
Hawaii Hawaii Hawaii
Bok! Bok! Bok! Bok!
The difference to get in though
Not that it makes any difference fah shoo
Uh New York's uh sinking
How old are you little girl
Fudge fudge ay yi the thing is
Nay nay uh! Ca-no-no yes but
Uh-uh-uh Ca-nay-nay ba-no-no
Fah-oo ah Going! Going!
Goh! Goh! Goh! Goh!
No man is an island! Do it do it do it do it
No man is an island!
He's a peninsula

Waiting For The Robert E. Lee 
Composer(s): Lewis F. Muir; L. Wolfe Gilbert
Performer(s): Dean Martin



Way down on the levy in old Alabamy 
There's Daddy and Mammy 
There's Ephraim and Sammy 
On a moonlight night you can find them all 
While they are waiting, 
The banjos are syncopating 
What's that they're saying? 
What's that they're saying? 
While they keep playing 
A - humming and swaying 
It's the good ship Robert E. Lee 
that's come to carry the cotton away! 
Watch them shuffling along
See them shuffling along! 
Go take your best gal, real pal 
Go down to the levy, I said to the levy
and join that shuffling throng 
Hear that music and song! 
It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levy 
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee! 
The whistles are blowing, the smokestacks are showing 
the ropes they are throwing, excuse me I'm going 
to the place where all is harmonious 
even the preacher, he is the dancing teacher! 
Have you been down there? 
Were you around there? 
If you ever go there you'll always be found there
why, dog-gone, here comes my baby 
on the good old Robert E. Lee! 
Watch them shuffling along
See them shuffling along 
Go take your best gal, real pal 
Go down to the levy, I said to the levy
And join that shuffling throng 
Hear that music and song! 
It's simply great, mate, waiting on the levy 
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee!

A Small Cigar
Composer(s): Ian Anderson
Performer(s): Jethro Tull



A small cigar can change the world
I know, I've done it frequently at parties
Where I've won all the guests' attention
With my generosity and suave gentlemanly bearing
A little flat tin case is all you need
Breast-pocket conversation opener
And one of those ciggie lighters that look rather good
You can throw away when empty
Must be declared a great success
My small cigars all vanish within minutes

Excuse me, mine host, that I may visit
A nearby tobacconist
To replenish my supply of small cigars
And make the party swing again

I know my clothes seem shabby
And don't fit this Hampstead soiree
Where unread copies of Rolling Stone
Well-thumbed Playboys
Decorate the hi-fi stereo record shelves
If you ask me they're on their way
To upper-middle-class oblivion
The stupid twits, they roll their only
One cigarette between them
My small cigar's redundant now
In the haze of smoking pleasure
Call it a day
Get the hell away
Go down the cafe
For a cup of real tea

By the tube station, there's a drunk old fool
Who sells papers in the rush hour
I hand to him ten small cigars
He smiles, says, ``Son, God bless you''

A small cigar
Has changed his world, my friend
A small cigar
Has changed the world again

A small cigar . . .

Waiting For The Day
Composer(s): Gerry Rafferty
Performer(s): Gerry Rafferty



Well here I am, back in town
Just as the night is comin' down
Warm wind blowin' through the trees
I watch them swing, I watch them sway
Lie here waiting for the day

Sleep won't come, I need a drink
Stop my head, don't wanna think
Wishing I could be with you
But I know you're so far away
And I'm here waiting for the day

Water of life pour your light down on me
Take me out of this darkness, sweet star of the sea
Water so sweet you can open my eyes
You can bring down the rain on this desert so dry

Out on the street, shadows fall
Silence speaks, I hear it call
City of the living dead
Count the lights on the motorway
Lie here waiting for the day (alright)

Water of life pour your light down on me
Take me out of this darkness, sweet star of the sea
Water so sweet you can open my eyes
You can bring down the rain on this desert so dry

Yes here I am, back in town
Just as the night is comin' down
Warm wind blowin' through the trees
I watch them swing, I watch them sway
Lie here waiting for the day (alright)

A Slow Song
((German Version: Langsames Lied (by Ulla Meinecke) - 1991))
Composer(s): Joe Jackson
First release by: Joe Jackson - 1982



Music has charms they say
But in some people's hands
It becomes a savage beast
Can't they control it
Why don't they hold it back

You see my friend and me
Don't have an easy day
And at night we dance not fight
And we need the energy
If not the sympathy

But I'm brutalized by bass
And terrorized by treble
I'm open to change my mood but
I always get caught in the middle

And I get tired of DJ's
Why's it always what he plays
I'm gonna push right through
I'm gonna tell him too
Tell him to
Play us
Play us a slow song

It's late - I'm winding down
Am I the only one
To want a strong and silent sound
To pick me up and undress me
Lay me down and caress me

I feel you touch my hand
And whisper in my ear
Ask me how I'm feeling now
And I want to get near you
But I can't even hear you

But this is a fine romance
If we have to be so demanding
We need just one more dance to
Leave here with an understanding

And I get tired of DJ's
Why's it always what he plays
I'm gonna push right through
I'm gonna tell him too
Tell him to
Play us
Play us a slow song 

Waiting For My Real Life To Begin
Composer(s): Colin Hay; Thom Mooney
Performer(s): Colin Hay



Any minute now, my ship is coming in 
I'll keep checking the horizon 
I'll stand on the bow, feel the waves come crashing 
Come crashing down down down, on me 

And you say, be still my love 
Open up your heart 
Let the light shine in 
But don't you understand 
I already have a plan 
I'm waiting for my real life to begin 

When I awoke today, suddenly nothing happened 
But in my dreams, I slew the dragon 
And down this beaten path, and up this cobbled lane 
I'm walking in my old footsteps, once again 
And you say, just be here now 
Forget about the past, your mask is wearing thin 
Let me throw one more dice 
I know that I can win 
I'm waiting for my real life to begin 

Any minute now, my ship is coming in 
I’ll keep checking the horizon 
And I'll check my machine, there's sure to be that call 
It's gonna happen soon, soon, soon 
It's just that times are lean 

And you say, be still my love 
Open up your heart, let the light shine in 
Don't you understand 
I already have a plan 
I'm waiting for my real life to begin

A Sleepin' Bee
Composer(s): Harold Arlen - Truman Capote
Performer(s): Bill Evans
and multiple other artists



When you're in love
And you are wondering
If he really is the one
There's an ancient sign sure to tell you
If your search is over and done

Catch a bee
And if he don't sting you
You're in a spell that's just begun
It's a guarantee till the end of time
Your true love you have won, have won

When a bee lies sleeping
In the palm of your hand
You're bewitched
And deep in love's long looked after land

Where you'll see a sun up sky
With a morning new
And where the days go laughing by
As love comes a-calling on you

Sleep on bee don't waken
Can't believe what just passed
He's mine for the taking
I am happy at last

Maybe I dream, but he seems
Sweet golden as a crown

A sleepin' bee done told me
I will walk with my feet off the ground
When my one true love
I has found

Waiting For An Alibi
Composer(s): Phil Lynott
Performer(s): Thin Lizzy; Dungeon



Valentino's got a booky shop and what he takes
He gives for what he's got
And what he's got he says he has not
Stolen from anyone

It's not that he don't tell the truth
Or even that he misspent his youth
It's just that he holds the proof
But you feel there's something's wrong

Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi

Valentino's in a cold sweat, placed all his money on that last bet
Against the odds he smokes another cigarette
Says that it helps him to forget
That he's a nervous wreck

It's not that he misses much
Or even that he's lost his lucky touch
It's just that he gambles so much
And you know that it's wrong

Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting just to catch your eye
Waiting for an alibi

Waiting for an alibi
Try to say I told you I told you

Waiting for an alibi
Waiting just to get you
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi
To say I told you
Waiting for an alibi
Waiting for an alibi