Ain't Livin' Long Like This
Composer(s): Rodney Crowell
Performer(s): Foghat
and multiple other artists



I looked for trouble and found it son
Straight down the barrel of a lawman's gun
I'd try to run but I don't think I can

If I move I'm a dead man

Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby
He slipped the cuffs on behind my back
Then left me freezing on a steel rail rack
They got `em all in the jailhouse don't they baby
I ain't livin' long like this
Can't live at all like this can I baby

Grew up in Houston off a wayside drive
Son of a carhop in an all-night dive
He drove a stock car to an early death
All I remember is a drunk man's breath
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby

We know the story how the wheel goes `round
Don't let `em take you to the man downtown
I can't sleep at all in the jailhouse can I baby
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby

I live for Angel she's the roadhouse queen
Make Texas Ruby look like Sandra Dee
I want to love her but I don't know how

I'm at the bottom of the jailhouse now
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby

You know the story `bout the jailhouse rock
Go on and do it just don't get caught
They got `em all in the jailhouse don't they baby
Ain't livin' long like this
I can't live at all like this can I baby

Ain't livin' long like this
I swear I can't live at all like this can I baby
Oh baby
Take it home for me
Ain't livin' long like this am I baby

When It's Night-Time In Italy
It's Wednesday Over Here 
Composer(s): Lew Brown; James Kendis
Performer(s): The Everly Brothers;
and various other artists



A Rah-Rah-Rah-Rah college boy threw all his books away
He said, "I've lost my appetite, my hair is turning grey
I know my Greek and History, and Latin is a "pie"
But if East is East and West is West, then won't you tell me why

When it's night time in Italy it's Wednesday over here
When it's fish day in Germany
You can't get shaved in Massachusetts
How high is up? I'd like to know
How low is down? And when will we have snow?
If you bump into Gallager you'll find that Sean is near
When it's night-time in Italy it's Wednesday over here"

When it's night time in Italy it's Wednesday over here
When it's Christmas in Albany
They're catching fish in Scandinavia
That's right, you're wrong
No, no; you're wrong; that's right
Although the days are long
It's always cool at night
If you can't play the piccolo
The holidays are near
When it's night time in Italy and Wednesday over here

This Rah-Rah-Rah-Rah college boy stood up in class and said
"I looked up my Geography, and found out Ceasar's dead!
The reason I speak Portuguese is I'm some clever guy
But if "parley vous" means "how are you" 
then won't you tell me why

When it's night-time in Italy it's Wednesday over here
All the onions in Sicily make people cry in California
You drive a horse. I drive a Ford
That doesn't prove a sailor is a board
If you talk to an Eskimo his breath will freeze your ear
When it's night-time in Italy it's Wednesday over here

When it's night-time in Italy it's Wednesday over here
When it's wash day in Piccardy
They're eating ice cream cones in Georgia
Sixteen and four makes thirty one
Take eight from five and your day's work is done
There are people who hesitate, but corned-beef makes them cheer
When it's night-time in Italy and Wednesday over here

When it's night time in Italy, it's Wednesday over here
When the wind blows in Louisville
I always dream of Julius Caesar
Young folks are young, of course
And old folks are old, why not
Fire is very hot, but ice is sometimes cold
Try and fondle a porcupine, what makes ice cream so dear?
When it's night time in Italy, it's Wednesday over here

I saw a Chinaman 
Fight a Scandinavian
Up steped an Englishman, and said, "I'd like to speak
Why kick this man around?
Why strike him when he's down?
Just hit him with a hammer and then bite him on his cheek!"

Up stepped an Irish cop
Who said, "This fight will have to stop
I'd like to know what the scrap is all about"
They said, "When we tell you
It will drive you nutty too"
And so they held the traffic up while they tried to figure out

When it's night-time in Italy, it's Wednesday over here
When the snow falls in Araby
They're squeezing grapes in California
Look at you here. Grass on the dew
Leather shoes are black, but other shoes are new
If there's sunshine in Washington, what makes the moonshine dear?
When it's night time in Italy, it's Wednesday over here

If you lay on a mattress, you'll find that spring is near
If you haven't an appetite, just think of Paul Revere
By the time that they pass a bill to bring back wine and beer
It'll be night-time in Italy and Wednesday over here 

Temptation
Composer(s): Tom Waits
Performer(s): Tom Waits



Rusted brandy in a diamond glass
everything is made from dreams
time is made from honey slow and sweet
only the fools know what it means
temptation, temptation, temptation
oh, temptation, temptation, I can't resist
I know that she is made of smoke
but I've lost my way
she knows that I am broke
so that I must play
temptation, temptation, temptation
oh, whoa, temptation, temptation, I can't resist
Dutch pink and Italian blue
she is waiting there for you
my will has disappeared
now my confusion's oh so clear
temptation, temptation, temptation
whoa, whoa, temptation, temptation

When It's Moonlight On The Rio Grande
Composer(s): Casper Nathan; Earl K. Smith



Oh, Mandy Lee, your smile is haunting me
and in my dreams it always seems 
I'm going back to scenes that used to be 
when we stood beside the dear old Rio Grande

Oh, Mandy Lee, there's joy for you and me 
beside the stream where we could dream of golden days
the days that used to be when we strolled beside the dear old Rio Grande

When it's moonlight on the Rio Grande, and the stars shine on the gleaming sand
that's the time I'm coming back to see if the moonlight brings your love to me 
When the moonbeams gleam up on the dew I will tell my love for you
I'll be coming back to claim your hand when it's moonlight on the Rio Grande 

Temptation
Composer(s): Prince
Performer(s): Prince & the Revolution



Sex
Temptation
Lust
Pop go mama

Everybody on this earth has got a vice
And mine, little darlin', mine is the opposite of ice
Mine is the running hot water of the daughter of morality
In other words, this little prince thinks a lot about U, see?
Baby, baby, baby
I'm guilty in the first degree

Temptation
Working my body with a hot flash of animal lust
Temptation
All my fingers in the pool go splash we must

Everybody in this room
Everybody in this room has got an urge
What's yours, baby?
Mine is temptation, it reigns at a party where lovers splurge
Pop go mama when daddy gets a little 2 much
You know what I'm talkin' 'bout?
Purplelectricity whenever our bodies touch
Ooh baby, I love it when our bodies touch

Temptation
Working my body with a hot flash of animal lust
Temptation
All my fingers in the pool go splash we must

Temptation, temptation, temptation

Wait a minute now

Temptation
Working my body with a hot flash of animal lust
Temptation
All my fingers in the pool go splash we must

Temptation
Working my body, working my body, working my body

Temptation
I'm not talkin' about just ordinary temptation, people 
I'm talking about the kind of temptation that'll make U do things
Oh, oh, temptation
Oh, darling, I can almost taste the wetness between your... temptation, temptation
I'm not talking about any ol' kind of temptation, people 
I'm talkin' about, I'm talkin' about... sexual temptation
A lover
I need a lover, a lover, I need a...right now
U, I want U
I want U in the worst way
I want U

"Oh, silly man, that's not how it works
You have 2 want her 4 the right reasons"

I do!

"U don't, now die!"

No! No!

Let me go, let me go

I'm sorry
I'll be good
This time I promise
Love is more important than sex
Now I understand
I have 2 go now
I don't know when I'll return
Good-bye  

When It's Moonlight In Tokio
Composer(s): Bobby Heath; Charles P. Shisler; Billy James



Dear old Japan I hear you calling me, though I am far away
I dream of you, too, though all the night and day
I have spent my time in many lands
I've seen beauty everywhere 
but Tokyo, when bathed in moonlight's glow
is beauty sweet and rare

I long to go to dear old Tokyo, beneath those Eastern skies
its gardens fair and poppy perfumed air, bring dreams of paradise
Japanese lovers strolling though the town, lanterns swinging to and fro
each moonlight Jap lover's hearts are bright, in dear old Tokyo

When it's moonlight in Tokyo, mid the flowers
when the lanterns are burning low, Happy Hours! 
every girlie in old Japan finds she's loving some Japanese man
sings while holding his little hand: "Hurry up, hurry up, I'm waiting" 
Down through Japanese Lover's Lane they are strolling
each boy humming the same refrain
"My butterfly, I love but you, tell me you love me true" 
when it's moonlight in Tokyo! 

Temptation
Composer(s): Nacio Herb Brown - Arthur Freed
First recording/First release by: Bing Crosby - 1933/1934
Covered by multiple other artists



You came, I was alone
I should have known you were temptation
You smiled, luring me on
My heart was gone, you were temptation

It would be thrilling if you were willling
If it can never be, pity me
For you were born to be kissed
I can't resist
You are temptation and I am yours
Here is my heart
Take it and say we'll never part
I'm just a slave, only a slave
To you, temptation

For you were born to be kissed
I can't resist
You are temptation and I am yours
Here is my heart
Take it and say we'll never part
I'm just a slave, only a slave
To you, temptation

When It's Lamplighting Time In The Valley
Composer(s): Harold Goodman; Sam C. Hart;
Joe Lyons; Curt Poulton; Dean Upson
Performer(s): Tex Ritter;
and various other artists



There's a lamp burning bright in a cabin
In a window it's shining for me
And I know that my mother is praying
For her boy she is longing to see

When it's lamplighting time in the valley
Then in dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old light in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam

In the lamplight each night I can see her
As she rocks in her chair to and fro
Though she prays that I'll come back to see her
Still I know that I never can go

When it's lamplighting time in the valley
Then in dreams I go back to my home
But I've sinned against my home and my loved ones
And now I must evermore roam

So she lights up the lamp and keeps waiting
For she knows not the crime I have done
But I'll change all my ways and I'll meet her
Up in Heaven when life's race is run

When it's lamplighting time in the valley
Then in dreams I go back to my home
I can see that old light in the window
It will guide me wherever I roam 

Ain't Life Sweet
Composer(s): Laurence Archer - Edwards - Phil Mogg - Pete Way
Performer(s): UFO



Kick out the cat / turn back the clock
Ain’t life sweet baby look what I got
They took the tv honey
Oh babe now they took the car
I skipped the bills yeah
And I’ve been drinking at the bar

Ain’t life a treat, it ain’t so sweet
When you’re down on down / down on down

The bank’s foreclosing
And there’s a foot inside my door
The telephone’s not ringing
And I can’t take it anymore

I’m off the track / my last six pack
And I’m down on down / going down
Ain’t life a treat it ain’t so sweet
When you’re going down / down on down

Hit me shorty

My God the kids are screaming
And the help she ain’t been paid
My baby upped and left me
Well I hope she’s getting laid

Ain’t life a treat it ain’t so sweet
When you’re down on down / going down
I’m just bad luck looks like I got stuck
Down on down / down on down

I took it to the limit, now I’m really in it
Going down / right on down
Just like the I.R.S. oh, more is less
Going down / down on down

(When It's) Darkness On The Delta
Composer(s): Jerry Levinson; Al J. Neiburg; Marty Symes
Performer(s): Chick Bullock;
and various other artists



When it's darkness on the delta 
That's the time my heart is light
When it's darkness on the delta 
Let me linger in the shelter of the night

Fields of cotton all around me
Darkies singin' sweet and low** 
Lord I'm lucky that you found me 
Where the muddy Mississippi waters flow

Lounging on the levee
List'nin' to the nightingales way up above
Laughter on the levee, no one's heart is heavy
All God's chillun got someone to love

When it's darkness on the delta
Only heaven is in sight
When it's darkness on the delta
let me linger in the shelter of the night 

Ain't It Strange
Composer(s): Ivan Král - Patti Smith
Performer(s): Patti Smith



Down in Vineland there's a clubhouse
Girl in white dress, boy shoot white stuff 
Oh, don't you know that anyone can join 
And they come and they call and they fall on the floor 
Don't you see when you're looking at me 
That I'll never end transcend transcend 
Ain't it strange oh oh oh 
Ain't it strange oh oh oh 

Come and join me, I implore thee
I impure thee, come explore me
Oh, don't you know that anyone can come 
And they come and they call and they crawl on the floor
Don't you see when you're looking at me 
That I'll never end transcend transcend 
Ain't it strange oh oh oh 
Ain't it strange oh oh oh 

True, true, who are you? 
Who, who am I? 
Oh da oh da oh da oh da oh da oh da 

Down in Vineland there's a clubhouse
Girl in white dress, boy shoot white stuff
Oh, don't you know that anyone can come 
And they come and they call and they fall on the floor 
Don't you see when you're looking at me 
That I'll never end transcend transcend. 
Ain't it strange oh oh oh 
Ain't it strange oh oh oh 

Do you go to the temple tonight? 
Oh no, I don't think so 
Do you not go to the palace of answers with me Marie? 
Oh no, I don't think so, no 
See when they offer me book of gold 
I know soon still that platinum is coming 
And when I look inside of your temple 
It looks just like the inside of anyone one man,
And when he beckons his finger to me
Well, I move in another direction
I move in another dimension 
I move in another dimension oh oh oh 

I spin, I spiral, and I splatter
Hand of God, I feel the finger 
Hand of God, and I start to whirl 
And I whirl, and I whirl
Don't get dizzy, do not fall now
Turn, God, God (strange) 
Go, go on, go like a dervish
Turn, God, (strange) make a move 
Turn, Lord, (strange) 
I don't get nervous 
Oh I just move in another dimension 
Come move in another dimension 
Come move in another dimension 
Come move in another dimension oh oh oh 
Strange strange 

Do you go to the temple tonight? 
Oh no, I don't think so, no 
We'll go to the pagoda 
The palace of answers with me, Marie 
Oh no, I don't believe so, no 
See when they offer me book of gold
I know soon still that platinum is coming 
And when I look inside of your temple 
It looks just like the inside of anyone one man 
And when he beckons his finger to me
Well, I move in another dimension 
I move in another dimension 
I move in another dimension oh oh oh

When Is Sometime?
Composer(s): Johnny Burke; James Van Heusen
Performer(s): Mel Tormé & The Mel-Tones;
and various other artists



Tonight I’ll meet the one I love again
But I’ll be dreaming
She’ll hold me and kiss me, but dreaming
I never meet the one I love at all when I am awake
I wonder how long that will take

When is sometime?
How many days until sometime?
For my dreams make it clear
That my lover is near
And she ought to be here about some time
Who is someone?
Who is the wonderful someone?
Oh I’m keeping my heartstrings in tune
And hoping that sometime is soon

Who is someone?
Who is this wonderful someone?
Oh I’m keeping my heartstrings in tune
And hoping that sometime is soon 

Ain't It Sad
Composer(s): Chris Difford - Glenn Tilbrook
Performer(s): Squeeze



No cameras, no lights, no stars in my eyes
And no way of getting through to you
No writing, nor call with a two-time tart
And no way to make a dream come true
Walking up the street, take a hold of my hand
Its just a postcard of the place I knew
Because ain't you sad girl, ain't it sad
Ain't you sad girl, ain't it sad
Funny little things I thought I never had
No afternoon cafe(?), missing english and math
And off to the slammin' summer coast
No waiter, no tips no movies, no scripts
And no way of getting into my post
Riding up the street take a hold of my wheel
Its just a life time and I make the most
Because ain't you sad girl, ain't it sad
Ain't you sad girl, ain't it sad
Funny little things I thought I never had

Because ain't you sad girl, ain't it sad
Ain't you sad girl, ain't it sad
Funny little things I thought I never had
No walking down the beach, no girls left to speak
And no time to mess around with a kiss
No wlaking her home, when she is feeling alone
And no time to get her under the peir
Running up the steets, you can catch us if you can
This is my lifetime and I will not fear
Because ain't you sad girl, ain't it sad
Ain't you sad girl, ain't it sad
Funny little things I thought I never had
Funny little things I thought I never had
Funny little things I thought I never had

When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Composer(s): Ernest R. Ball; Chauncey Olcott; George Graff Jr.
Performer(s): Chauncey Olcott;
and various other artists



There's a tear in your eye
And I'm wondering why
For it never should be there at all
With such pow'r in your smile
Sure a stone you'd beguile
So there's never a teardrop should fall

When your sweet lilting laughter's
Like some fairy song
And your eyes twinkle bright as can be
You should laugh all the while
And all other times smile
And now, smile a smile for me

When Irish eyes are smiling
Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring
In the lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing
When Irish hearts are happy
All the world seems bright and gay
And when Irish eyes are smiling
Sure, they steal your heart away

For your smile is a part
Of the love in your heart
And it makes even sunshine more bright
Like the linnet's sweet song
Crooning all the day long
Comes your laughter and light

For the springtime of life
Is the sweetest of all
There is ne'er a real care or regret
And while springtime is ours
Throughout all of youth's hours
Let us smile each chance we get

When Irish eyes are smiling
Sure, 'tis like the morn in Spring
In the lilt of Irish laughter
You can hear the angels sing
When Irish hearts are happy
All the world seems bright and gay
And when Irish eyes are smiling
Sure, they steal your heart away 

Ain't It Peculiar
Composer(s): Tim Buckley
Performer(s): Tim Buckley



Ain't it peculiar now
How our loves goes on and on
Ain't it peculiar honey
We take the bad with the wrong

You know that time after time
A misfortune smiled
Ain't it peculiar woman
You know we'll laugh our way through
When will this long night of a prison ever end
When will this long night of a prison ever end

You know I'm ready to sell
Lord you're the talk of the town
The next minute you're busted
Just listenin' to that jailhouse sound

You know that time after time
A misfortune smiled
Ain't it peculiar woman
How we'll just laugh our way through
When will this long night of a prison ever end
when will this long night of a prison ever end

You know double talk is poison
But that's the rule of the game
Instead of back stabbing they practice
Of all the little things that drive you insane

You know that time after time
A misfortune smiled
You know it's peculiar
I can still laugh our way through it

When will this long night of a prison ever end
When will this long night of a prison ever end

Ain't it peculiar

When In Rome (I Do As The Romans Do)
Composer(s): Carolyn Leigh; Cy Coleman
Performer(s): Tony Bennett;
and various other artists



When in Spain, for reasons I don't explain
I remain enjoying a brew
Don't deplore my fondness for fundador
You know how a fundador can lead to a few
And baby when in Rome, I do as the Romans do

If per chance I'm saying farewell to France
And romance drops in from the blue
Cher amour, I beg of you, please endure
My taking a brief detour with somebody new
It's just that when in Rome, I do as the Romans do

And though from Italy I lie to you prettily
Why think of me bitterly?  
You know that I'm true
'Cept now and then in Rome, I get that old yen in Rome
And nat'rally when in Rome, I do as the Romans do

If I write happily, "Best wishes from Napoli"
Don't cable me snappily to tell me we're through
'Cause once again in Rome, in somebody's den in Rome
Well honey, when in Rome, I do as the Romans

So just disregard the signs and the omens
When in Rome I do as the Romans do 

Ain’t It Nice?
Composer(s): Frank Davison
Performer(s): The Bandits



Ain’t it nice to know there’s always someone who
Thinks the world of you and no one else will do
Ain’t it nice to know it makes no difference where or when
He’ll be glad to see you and he’ll hate to let you go again
Ain’t it nice to think there’s someone you adore
And it’s grand to know that they’re worth waiting for
Ain’t it nice to know that he’s as true as the stars above
Ain’t it nice to be in love

Ain’t it nice to know there’s always someone who
Thinks the world of you and no one else will do
Ain’t it nice to know it makes no difference where or when
She’ll be glad to see you and will hate to let you go again
Ain’t it nice to think there’s someone you adore
And it’s grand to know that they’re worth waiting for
Ain’t it nice to know that he’s as true as the stars above
Ain’t it nice to be in love

When I'm Sixty-Four  
German Title: Wenn Ich 64 Bin
Composer(s): John Lennon; Paul McCartney
Performer(s): The Beatles



When I get older losing my hair
Many years from now
Will you still be sending me a valentine
Birthday greetings bottle of wine

If I'd been out till quarter to three
Would you lock the door
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four

You'll be older too
And if you say the word
I could stay with you

I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday mornings go for a ride

Doing the garden, digging the weeds
Who could ask for more
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four

Every summer we can rent a cottage
In the Isle of Wight, if it's not too dear
We shall scrimp and save
Grandchildren on your knee
Vera, Chuck & Dave

Send me a postcard, drop me a line,
Stating point of view
Indicate precisely what you mean to say
Yours sincerely, wasting away

Give me your answer, fill in a form
Mine for evermore
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I'm sixty-four 

Ain't It Nice
Composer(s): J. Smith
Performer(s): Chad & Jeremy



Mama goose, she walks real proud
Ask her just once and she'll tell you out loud about
Papa goose while she struts on the ground
Waitin' for the afternoon sun to go down
Ain't it nice, ain't it nice
Ain't it nice what love can do

Now me, I love most ev'rything
I've lived with the sorrow that love brings
Spend most of my nights alone
'Cause I can't be happy with just one home
Ain't it nice, ain't it nice
Ain't it nice what love can do

Poor man might not know how to sing
He spend his time learnin' better things
He lives for today and forgets the rest
At the happiness game the poor man's best
Ain't it nice, ain't it nice
Ain't it nice what love can do

When I'm Not Near The Girl I Love
Composer(s): E.Y. "Yip" Harburg; Burton Lane
Performer(s): David Wayne;
and various other artists



Oh my heart is beating wildly
And it's all because you're here
When I'm not near the girl I love
I love the girl I'm near
Ev'ry femme that flutters by me
Is a flame that must be fanned
When I can't fondle the hand I'm fond of
I fondle the hand at hand
My heart's in a pickle
It's constantly fickle
And not too partickle, I fear
When I'm not near the girl I love
I love the girl I'm near

I'm confessing a confession
And I hope I'm not verbose
When I'm not close to the kiss that I cling to
I cling to the kiss that's close
As I'm more and more a mortal
I am more and more a case
When I'm not facing the face that I fancy
I fancy the face I face
For Sharon I'm carin'
But Susan I'm choosin'
I'm faithful to whos'n is here
When I'm not near the girl I love
I love the girl I'm near