Absolution Blues
Composer(s): David Coverdale - Jimmy Page
Performer(s): Jimmy Page



Bless me, Father, I have sinned, I've broken hearts, got drunk on gin
An' still I lust for sweet young things
On the day that I was born, bells rang out in Babylon
Still I can't tell right from wrong, no matter what the Good Book says

Now I can see the sun is shining
But, I can feel the rain
Falling down to wash my tears away
Wash my tears away

Holy Mother, save your tears, you've cried for me a thousand years
But, I was blind to all your fears
Now I can't stop the tears from falling down
Come the dawn of judgement day
I'll get down on my knees and pray
St. Peter don't you, don't you send me away

Now I can see the sun is shining
But, I can feel the rain
Falling down to wash my tears away

Bless me, Father, I have sinned, I've broken hearts, got drunk on gin
An' still I lust for everything, every little thing
Come the dawn of judgement day, I'll get down on my knees and pray
The Good Lord don't send me away, I'll never ever go

Now I can see the sun is shining
But, I can feel the rain
Falling down to wash my tears away

Wash my tears away, I'll get down on my knees
Don't send me away, don't you send me away, no, no, no

Hello Central, Give Me France
(aka We Want Our Daddy Dear, Back Home)
Composer(s): James M. Reilly; Harry De Costa



A little girl woke when the dawn was near
And the nurse said "See your new brother," dear
She went to her mother with wondring stare 
And their thoughts were of Dad who's "over there" 
The little girl crept down the stairs all alone 
And this love call she sent through the telephone

The little girl smiled, then the clock struck one 
As the Central called White House, Washington
The President heard and he understood
Like the father of this great country should
He cabled in code every word Central said
In the trenches in France the proud Daddy read

Hello, Central, give me France
I want to talk to Daddy dear
Because I'd like to tell him while I got the chance
The stork brought a brand new baby here
Won't you say that its "me"
And he'll answer you'll see
So hurry, please, and get him on the phone
Hello, Central, give me France
'Cause we want our Daddy dear back home

Absolutely Sweet Marie 
((Swedish Version: Utan Tvekan Min Marie (by Mikael Wiehe & Ebba Forsberg) - 2007))
Composer(s): Bob Dylan
First release by: Bob Dylan - 1966
Covered by multiple other artists



Well, your railroad gate, you know I just can't jump it
Sometimes it gets so hard, you see
I'm just sitting here beating on my trumpet
With all these promises you left for me
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, I waited for you when I was half sick
Yes, I waited for you when you hated me
Well, I waited for you inside of the frozen traffic
When you knew I had some other place to be
Now, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, anybody can be just like me, obviously
But then, now again, not too many can be like you, fortunately

Well, six white horses that you did promise
Were fin'lly delivered down to the penitentiary
But to live outside the law, you must be honest
I know you always say that you agree
But where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Well, I don't know how it happened
But the river-boat captain, he knows my fate
But ev'rybody else, even yourself
They're just gonna have to wait

Well, I got the fever down in my pockets
The Persian drunkard, he follows me
Yes, I can take him to your house but I can't unlock it
You see, you forgot to leave me with the key
Oh, where are you tonight, sweet Marie?

Now, I been in jail when all my mail showed
That a man can't give his address out to bad company
And now I stand here lookin' at your yellow railroad
In the ruins of your balcony
Wond'ring where you are tonight, sweet Marie

We Want Our Daddy Dear, Back Home 
(aka Hello Central, Give Me France)
Composer(s): James M. Reilly; Harry De Costa



A little girl woke when the dawn was near
And the nurse said "See your new brother," dear
She went to her mother with wondring stare 
And their thoughts were of Dad who's "over there" 
The little girl crept down the stairs all alone 
And this love call she sent through the telephone

The little girl smiled, then the clock struck one 
As the Central called White House, Washington
The President heard and he understood
Like the father of this great country should
He cabled in code every word Central said
In the trenches in France the proud Daddy read

Hello, Central, give me France
I want to talk to Daddy dear
Because I'd like to tell him while I got the chance
The stork brought a brand new baby here
Won't you say that its "me"
And he'll answer you'll see
So hurry, please, and get him on the phone
Hello, Central, give me France
'Cause we want our Daddy dear back home

Utan Tvekan Min Marie
((Adapted from: Absolutely Sweet Marie (by Bob Dylan) - 1966))
Composer(s): Bob Dylan - Mikael Wiehe
Performer(s): Mikael Wiehe & Ebba Forsberg - 2007



Ah, din pansardörr, jag orkar inte med den
Ibland så får jag bara kris
Så jag sitter här och fingrar lite på trumpeten
och undrar om du tänker komma hit
Var är du ikväll, min Marie

Jag vänta’ på dej när jag var trött och sliten
Jag vänta’ på dej när du var kall som is
Jag vänta’ på dej mitt i eftermiddagstrafiken
när jag varken hade pengar eller tid
Så var är du ikväll, min Marie

Dom andra du har
är dubbelt så bra
som jag
uppenbart
Men sen är del klart
att inte många kan va
som du
Och de’e ju tur

Dom vita varor, du hade lånat
har äntligen kommit tillbaka hit till vårt menageri
Ska man va laglös får man hålla det man lovar
och ingen var så lovande som vi
Så var är du ikväll, min Marie

De’e svårt att förstå men
kaptenen på pråmen
han känner mej
Men resten av stan får vänta ett tag
Det gäller också dej

Jag har fått feber i hela kroppen
Nåt persiskt fyllo tar min tid
Jag kan ta honom till din port men inte låsa upp den
Du vet, du gav mej aldrig nycklar dit
Var är du ikväll, min Marie

Jag fick ditt brev när jag satt inne
och förstod att det inte finns nån gräns för mänskligt hyckleri
Och nu står jag vid ditt hus med mina minnen
och tycker mest det liknar en ruin
Var är du ikväll, min Marie

We Used To Know
Composer(s): Ian Anderson
Performer(s): Jethro Tull



Whenever I get to feel this way
try to find new words to say
I think about the bad old days
we used to know

Nights of winter turn me cold 
fears of dying, getting old
We ran the race and the race was won
by running slowly

Could be soon we'll cease to sound
slowly upstairs, faster down
Then to revisit stony grounds
we used to know

Remembering mornings, shillings spent
made no sense to leave the bed
The bad old days they came and went
giving way to fruitful years

Saving up the birds in hand
while in the bush the others land
Take what we can before the man
says it's time to go

Each to his own way I'll go mine
Best of luck in what you find
But for your own sake remember times
we used to know

Absolutely Right 
Composer(s): Les Emmerson
Performer(s): Five Man Electrical Band; AC-Rock



I'm knockin' on your door
So you let me in
I swear I won't be the way I was before
Don't you know that I was thinking
About what you told me
Rollin' it over in my mind
And much to my surprise I find
That you were absolutely right
You've been right all along
You're absolutely right and I'm wrong
Second time around should be easy
Break down the wall between me and you
So we can see completely
How easy love can be
I know it was you who said
It would be me who'd come crawlin'
Back to you upon my knees
And you were absolutely right 
You've been right all along
You're absolutely right and I'm wrong
I wish that you could see
Oh how bad I want to be
Oh the kind of man to who
You'd give your key
If you'd let me in the room again
Come supper time we'll be sittin' 
By the fire this evening
Drinkin' homemade wine
We can laugh and dance and sing
And play and love the night away

We Three (My Echo, My Shadow, And Me) 
Composer(s): Nelson Cogane; Sammy Mysels; Dick Robertson
Performer(s): The Ink Spots;
and various other artists



We three, we're all alone 
Living in a memory 
My echo, my shadow, and me 

We three, we're not a crowd 
We're not even company 
My echo, my shadow, and me 

What good is the moonlight 
The silvery moonlight that shines above? 
I walk with my shadow 
I talk with my echo 
but where is the one I love? 
We three, we'll wait for you 
Even till eternity 
my echo, my shadow, and me 

We three we're all alone 
Seems like we're living in a memory
That's my echo my shadow and me 
We three we ain't no crowd
Fact is we ain't even company 
That's my echo my shadow and me
You know I been wondering-what good is the moonlight
that silvery moonlight that shines way, way up above? 
Yeah, I walk with my shadow, I talk with my echo
but where is that gal that I love? 
We three, we'll wait for you
Even till eternity 
My echo, my shadow, and me

Absolute Beginners
Composer(s): Paul Weller
Performer(s): The Jam



In echoed steps I walked across an empty dream
I looked across this world, there was no one to be seen
This empty feeling turned and quietly walked away
I saw no warmth in life , no love was in my eyes
I stared a century thinking this will never change
As I hesitated, time rushed onwards without me
Too scared to break the spell, too small to take a fall
But the Absolute luck is, love is in our hearts

I lost some hours thinking of it
I need the strength to go and get what I want
I lost a lifetime thinking of it
and lost an era daydreaming like I do

I stared a century thinking this would never change
As I hesitated, time marched onwards without me
Too scared to break the spell, too small to take a fall
But the Absolute luck is, love is in our hearts

In echoed steps you walk across an empty dream
But look around this world, there's millions to be seen
Come see the tyrants panic see their crumbling empires fall
Then tell 'em we don't fight for fools, 'cos love is in our hearts!

I lost some hours thinking of it
I need the strength to go and get what I want
I lost a lifetime thinking of it
and lost an era daydreaming like I do

You can lose some hours thinking of it
You need the strength to go and get what you want
You can lose a lifetime thinking of it
And lose an era daydreaming like I do

We Should Be Together
Composer(s): Walter Bullock; Harold Spina
Performer(s): Shirley Temple; Maria Muldaur



We should be together
Like the walls and ceiling
Like a door and doorknob
Like the hat on your knob
Like butler goes with doorbell
Keyhole with key
I think we'll get by
If you'll stick with me

We should be together
Like the frame and picture
Like shoes and stockings
Like the clocks tick tockings
Like tap and toe, like high and low
Stop and go honey
Your a perfect lady
Your a regular guy
We should be together, you and I

We should be together
Like bread and butter
We should be together
Like putt and putter
Like corned beef with cabbage
And lamb with stew
How lucky I am that I go with you

We should be together
Like rhyme and reason
Like a coat and muffler
When the weather's freezin'
Like June and Moon
In every popular song
Baby, your a cup of coffee
Your a peachy pie
We should be together, you and I

Absolute Beginners
Composer(s): David Bowie
First release by: David Bowie - 1986
Covered by multiple other artists



I've nothing much to offer
There's nothing much to take
I'm an absolute beginner
And I'm absolutely sane
As long as we're together
The rest can go to hell
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
With eyes completely open
But nervous all the same

If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean/sail over heartaches second time
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true

Nothing much could happen
Nothing we can't shake
Oh we're absolute beginners
With nothing much at stake
As long as you're still smiling
There's nothing more I need
I absolutely love you
But we're absolute beginners
But if my love is your love
We're certain to succeed

If our love song
Could fly over mountains
Could laugh at the ocean/sail over heartaches second time
Just like the films
There's no reason
To feel all the hard times
To lay down the hard lines
It's absolutely true

We Shall Overcome
Composer(s): Guy Carawan; Frank Hamilton;
Zilphia Horton; Pete Seeger
Performer(s): Joan Baez



We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome, some day

Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day

We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand
We'll walk hand in hand, some day

Oh, deep in my heart

We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace
We shall live in peace, some day

Oh, deep in my heart

We shall all be free
We shall all be free
We shall all be free, some day

Oh, deep in my heart

We are not afraid
We are not afraid
We are not afraid, today

Oh, deep in my heart

We shall overcome
We shall overcome
We shall overcome, some day

Oh, deep in my heart
I do believe
We shall overcome, some day

Absent Friends
Composer(s): Jaz Coleman - K. Walker - Youth
Performer(s): Killing Joke



I remember the sun beating down
Across my back
The taste of olives and pleasures that
You taught me
And we broke bread and then we drank
Cheap white wine
Memories of happiness frozen for all time

I hear you crying in my heart
Absent friends shall live by love
Remember places of my past
Absent friends shall live by love
And the dead shall live again
Absent friends shall live by
Love...love...love...love

And i remember laughing so much we cried
You knew my every thought, there was
Nothing i could hide
We celebrated moons we marvelled at
The night sky
With flute and drum and pen we were
Grateful for our lives

I hear you crying in my heart
Absent friends shall live by love
Remember places of my past
Absent friends shall live by love
And the dead shall live again
Absent friends shall live by
Love...love...love...love

I hear you crying in my heart
Absent friends shall live by love
Remember places of my past
Absent friends shall live by love
And the dead shall live again
Absent friends shall live by
Love...love...love...love

We Saw The Sea
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Fred Astaire;
and various other artists



We joined the Navy to see the world
And what did we see? 
We saw the sea
We saw the Pacific and the Atlantic
But the Atlantic isn't romantic
And the Pacific isn't what it's cracked up to be

We joined the Navy to do or die
But we didn't do and we didn't die
We were much too busy looking at the ocean and the sky
And what did we see? 
We saw the sea
We saw the Atlantic and the Pacific
But the Pacific isn't terrific
And the Atlantic isn't what it's cracked up to be

They tell us that the Admiral 
Is as nice as he can be
But we never see the Admiral
Because the Admiral has never been to sea

We joined the Navy to see the girls
And what did we see? 
We saw the sea
Instead of a girl or two in a taxi
We were compelled to look at the Black Sea
Seeing the Black Sea isn't what it's cracked up to be

Sailing, sailing home again
To see the girls upon the village green
Then across the foam again
To see the other seas we haven't seen

We owe the Navy an awful lot
For they taught us how to do the Sailor's Hornpipe
And they showed us how to tie a sailor's knot
But more than that, they showed us the sea
We never get seasick sailing the ocean
We don't object to feeling the motion
We're never seasick but we are awful sick of sea

Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder
Composer(s): Samuel M. Lewis - Harry Warren - Joseph Young
Performer(s): Dean Martin; The Ames Brothers; Russ Morgan



If you should leave me
I know it would grieve me
So honey please remember
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
For somebody else

I love you dearly
I'm yours sincerely
But honey please remember
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
For somebody else

When the cat's away the mice will play
I don't say I will but still I may
I may be blue away from you
And then again I may be gay

When I get fretful I get forgetful
So honey please remember
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
For somebody else

When the cat's away the mice will play
I don't say I will but still I may
I may be blue away from you
And then again I may be gay

When I get fretful I get forgetful
So honey please remember
Absence makes the heart grow fonder
For somebody else
For somebody else

We Said Hello, Goodbye (Don't Look Back) 
Composer(s): Phil Collins
Performer(s): Phil Collins



We said goodbye to a dear old friend 
And we packed our bags and left feeling sad 
It's the only way 
We said hello as we turned the key 
A new roof over our heads 
Gave a smile 
It's the only way 
Only way 
Turn your head 
And don't look back 
Set your sails for a new horizon 
Don't turn around don't look down 
Oh there's life across the tracks 
And you know it's really not surprising 
It gets better when you get there oh 
Well it really don't matter much where you are 
Cause home is in your heart 
It's a feeling that you wake with one day 
Some people key p running all their life 
And still find they haven't gone too far 
They don't see it's the feeling inside - the feeling inside oh 
Turn your head and don't look back 
Just set your sails for a new horizon 
Don't turn around don't look down 
Oh there's life across the tracks 
And you know it's really not surprising 
It gets better when you get there 
We said hello as we turned the key 
A new roof over our heads 
Gave a smile - it's the only way

Abschiedsmelodie
((Adapted from: Il Silenzio (Nino Rosso))
((French & Spanish Versions: Bonsoir Mon Amour (Dalida); El Silencio (Dalida))
Composer(s): Willy Brezza - Nino Rosso - Binder
Performer(s): Dalida



Leb wohl, du musst gehn
Auf wiedersehn auf wiedersehn
Ein letztes wort, dann bist du fort
Ich bin allein, zu sehr allein, so sehr allein

Abschied und tränen vergehn
Hoffen und sehnen bestehn
Muss ich auch warten auf dich
Weiss ich auch du denkst an mich

Allein so allein
Bei tag und nacht so allein

Buona notte amore
Ti rivedro nei miei sogni
Buona notte, buona notte a te
Che sei lontana

Abschied und tränen vergehn
Hoffen und sehnen bestehn

Leb wohl, du musst gehn
Auf wiedersehn
Leb wohl

We Pretend
Performer(s): Demis Roussos



We pretend that the end hasn't found us
And we cling to the things left behind us
Line by line, every rhyme has been written
And time left us here unaware

In our eyes gentle sighs went unspoken
Yes, the days will remain unforgotten
Love went by and we tried once too often
To save all the dreams that we share

And here we stand, the silent strangers
Afraid to ask which way to go
Our empty hands at last surrender
The reason why we'll never know

We pretend that the end of our rainbow
Cannot die if it lies like a shadow
Willows bend when the wind blows to conquer
The leaves that have withered away

We can't run to the sun like we used to
Nothing lasts from the past that we once knew
You and I can deny that it's over
And yet we must face it somehow

Yet here we stand, the silent strangers
Afraid to ask which way to go
Our empty hands at last surrender
The reason why we'll never know

We pretend that the end hasn't found us
And we cling to the things left behind us
Line by line, every rhyme has been written
And time left us here unaware

In our eyes gentle sighs went unspoken
Yes, the days will remain unforgotten
Love went by and we tried once too often
To save all the dreams that we share

Abschied
Composer(s): Nico
Performer(s): Nico



Seinem Geiste bekenne Ich Mich
Ein Sehnen verzehret sein schönes Gesicht
Das ermattet von Güte beschattet allmächtig ist

Sein Körper bewegt sich nicht
Im Träume sich endlich sein Zwingen vergißt

Den heulenden Jubel erkenne Ich nicht
Der Mir den heiligen Frieden zerbricht
Sein schweigender Mund, seine schlafende Brust
Harren zärtlich der süßen Lust

Sein Körper bewegt sich nicht
Im Träume sich endlich sein Zwingen vergißt

We Never Talk Much, We Just Sit Around
Composer(s): Nicholas Brodszky; Sammy Cahn
Performer(s): Helen O'Connell & Dean Martin;
and various other artists



Him: We never talk much
Her: We never have much to say
Him: We never talk much
Her: We do without reparté
Him: We never talk much
Her: You ask what we do all day
Him: We play some records
Her: Discuss a novel
Both: And we just sit around
Her: We never walk much
Him: Such crowds in the street below
Her: We never walk much
Him: And where would we want to go
Her: We never walk much
Him: 'Cause walkin' fatigues you so
Her: We look at pictures
Him: I work at puzzles
Both: And we just sit around
Him: We planned a lovely day tomorrow
Her: We've thought of ev'rything
Her: We found a canary that we can borrow
Him: And tomorrow we'll sit around and let it sing
Her: We suit each other
Him: We both think the same as one
Her: With one another
Him: Just starin' at walls is fun
Her: I must tell mother
Him: Her warnings were overdone
Her: Don't know what you do
Him: What is there to do
Both: We just sit around
Her: We suit each other
Him: We both think the same as one
Her: With one another
Him: Just starin' at walls is fun
Her: I must tell mother
Him: Her warnings were overdone
Her: Don't know what you do
Him: What is there to do
Both: We just sit around, sit around, sit around