Ain't No Use
Composer(s): Leroy Kirkland - Sidney Wyche
First release by: Big Maybelle - 1955
Covered by multiple other artists



There ain't no use
In hanging round
No there ain't no use
I'm gonna put you down
There's no room left in my heart
For you

Ain't no use
For you to cry
Ain't no use
This is goodbye
You done me wrong
So many times
Now I'm through

The best years of my life
You just wasted away
You caused so many tears
Now the time has come when you must pay

Ain't no more for you say
Ain't no more for you to say
Just take your love and go away

And it's time [we can] leave
Don't return
Baby it ain't no use
if you leave, don't return
'Cause it just ain't no use

When My Sugar Walks Down The Street
Composer(s): Gene Austin; Irving Mills; Jimmy McHugh
Performer(s): Peggy Lee; 
and various other artists



I know a thing or two 
And I'm telling you 
I've got a wonderful gal! 

She's got the cutest smile
A million dollar style
She's such a wonderful pal
I just feel so happy 
'Cause I love her so
When she is by my side 
I'm so filled with pride
I want the whole world to know

When my Sugar walks down the street
All the little birdies go "tweet tweet tweet!" 
And in the ev'ning when the sun goes down
It's never dark when she's around 

She's so affectionate and I'll say this
That when she kisses me I sure stay kissed! 
When my Sugar walks down the street 
The little birdies go "tweet tweet tweet!" 
I like my coffee sweet
Everything I eat 
Must have some sugar on top 

I'm telling you the truth 
I've got the sweetest tooth 
I love a sweet lollipop
Tell me what is sweeter 
Than a sweet, sweet kiss
From someone who can be 
Oh, so sweet to me
I want you all to know this

When my Sugar walks down the street
All the little birdies go "tweet tweet tweet!" 
And in the ev'ning when the sun goes down
It's never dark when she's around 

She's so affectionate and I'll say this
That when she kisses me I sure stay kissed! 
When my Sugar walks down the street 
The little birdies go "tweet tweet tweet!"

Ain't No Time For Fussin'
Composer(s): Al Smith
Performer(s): Jimmy Reed; Lamont Cranston Band



Ain't no time for fussin' baby, honey it's time for love
Ain't no time for fussin', honey it's time for love
You treat me like a stranger but you say I'm the one you love

Why don't ya prove it to me baby, stay home and treat me right
Oh ya prove it to me baby, stay at home and treat me right
If you do these things woman, I know ev'rything gone be alright

Honey, pull off your high heels, put your mini dress back in your bag
Pull off your high-heel sneakers, put your mini dress back in the bag
Put your wig hat upside the wall and c'mon let's have a ball

Ain't no time for fussin', it's time for to make some love
It ain't no time for fussin', it's time for to make some love
You could treat me like a stranger but you say I'm the one you love

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
Composer(s): Gerry Goffin; Carole King
Performer(s): The Drifters



Ev'ry time my baby and I have a quarrel
I swear I won't give in
Then my baby starts to smile at me
and I know, I know I just can't win

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
There's nothing more I can say
I see those big bright eyes
and then I realize
that girl is gonna get her way

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
I can't stay mad at her for long
Why should I want to fight
when I can hold her tight?
I just don't care who's right or wrong

When My Little Girl Is Smiling
it's the greatest thrill there can be
She gets her way it's true
but I know I won't be blue
as long as she just smiles for me

Ain't No Telling
Composer(s): Jimi Hendrix
First release by: The Jimi Hendrix Experience - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



Well, there ain't no
Ain't no
Ain't no telling, baby
When you will see me again, but I pray
It will be tomorrow

Well, the sunrise
Sunrise
Is burning my eyes, baby
I must leave now, but I really hope
To see you tomorrow

Well my house is, oh, such a sad mile away
The feeling there always hangs up my day
Oh, Cleopatra, She's driving me insane
She's trying to put my body in her brain
So just kiss me goodbye, just to ease the pain
Ain't no
Ain't no
Ain't no telling baby
Ain't no telling babe
Ain't no telling baby when you're gonna see me, but I really hope
It will be tomorrow
You know what I'm talking 'bout
Ain't no telling
Sorry, but I must leave now

When My First Wife Left Me
Composer(s): John Lee Hooker
Performer(s): John Lee Hooker; R.L. Burnside



When my first wife left me, she left my heart in misery
When my first wife left me, she left my heart in misery
Ever since that day boy, I don't think I'll ever love again

If I can get her back again, I'll never roam no more
If I get her back again, boys, I never roam no more
I had a good wife, but I did not treat her right

It's my fault, only have myself to blame
It's my fault, it's my fault boys, I only have myself to blame
She would have been home right now, if I hadn't wanted every woman that I seen

I found out one thing, these women don't mean you no good
I found out one thing people, these women don't mean you no good
You mistreated a good girl for some woman, that she'd turn around and turn her back on you
Yes, yeah

I'm having bad luck, having bad luck ever since she been gone
I'm having bad luck, bad luck, bad luck, ever since my baby been gone
When she was at home, Lord, I did not treat her right

Ain't No Sunshine
((Swiss Version: Äs Schiint Kei Sunnu (by Sina) - 2002))
Composer(s): Bill Withers
First release by: Bill Withers - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists



Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
It's not warm when she's away
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
and she's always gone too long
anytime she goes away

Wonder this time where she's gone
wonder if she's gone to stay
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
and this house just ain't no home
anytime she goes away

And I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know

Hey, I ought to leave the young thing alone
but ain't no sunshine when she's gone
ain't no sunshine when she's gone
only darkness everyday
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone
and this house just ain't no home
anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away
Anytime she goes away

When My Dreamboat Comes Home
Composer(s): David Franklin; Cliff Friend
Performer(s): Bing Crosby



When my dreamboat comes home
and my dream no more will roam
I will meet you and I'll greet you
when my dreamboat comes home

Moomlit waters will sing
cause that tender love you'll bring
we will be sweethearts, yes forever
when my dreamboat comes home

When my dreamboat comes home
and my dream no more will roam
I will meet you and I'll greet you
when my dreamboat comes home

Moonlit waters will sing
cause that tender love you'll bring
we will be sweethearts, yes forever
when my dreamboat comes home

Ain't No Sun Since You've Been Gone
Composer(s): Cornelius Grant - Sylvia Moy - Norman Whitfield
Performer(s): Dusty Springfield
and multiple other artists



Into my life 
You brought a glowing love
Like a ray of sunshine 
From up above
One day out of a clear blue sky
You darkened my life with your words "goodbye"
That's the day you left me for a stranger
Don't you know that when you left my life
Took on a change-a?

Now I'm telling you it
Ain't no sun since you've been gone

There's a big black cloud hanging over my head
Cloud of loneliness I feel like I'm dead
Ain't no flowers blooming round here for sure
Since you chose to love me no more
I guess you know you took my sunshine away from me baby, boy
You took the life from my world
Crushed my dreams
And I don't mean maybe, baby, baby
And it ain't no sun since you've been gone

Oh, my future, my future
Was as bright as the sun, yes it was
I ain't got no future since you've been gone

I guess you know you took my sunshine away from me baby, yes you did
You took the life from my world
Crushed my dreams
And I don't mean maybe, baby, baby
It seems like night in the middle of the day
Everything around me is faded and grey
Cold are the days
Dark creeps the night
Never bringing you back into my life
It ain't no sun since you've been gone

You took my sunshine away, yeah ooh, ooh, ooh 
You took my sunshine away, yes you did, ooh, ooh, ooh 
You took my sunshine away, yeah, ooh, ooh, ooh 
You took my sunshine away, oh

When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
Composer(s): Gene Sullivan; Wayne Walker
Performer(s): Merle Haggard



When my blue moon turns to gold again
When the rainbow turns the clouds away
When my blue moon turns to gold again
You'll be back in my arms to stay 

Memories that linger in my heart
Memories that make my heart grow cold
But someday they'll live again, sweetheart
And my blue moon again will turn to gold 

The lips that used to thrill me so
Your kisses were meant for only me
In my dreams they live again, sweetheart
But my blue moon is just a memory 

The castles we used to build together
Were the sweetest stories ever told
Maybe we will live them all again
And my blue moon again will turn to gold

Ain't No Stopping Us Now
Composer(s): Jerry Cohen - Gene McFadden - John Whitehead
Performer(s): McFadden & Whitehead
and multiple other artists



We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove!

There's been so many things that held us down
But now it looks like things are finally comin' around
I know we've got, a long long way to go
and where we'll end up, I don't know
But we won't let nothin' hold us back
we're putting our selves together
we're polishing up our act!
If you felt we've been held down before
I know you'll refuse to be held down anymore!

Don't you let nothing, nothing
Stand in your way!
I want ya'll to listen, listen
to every word I say, every word I say!

Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove!

Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove!

I know you know someone that has a negative vibe
and if you're trying to make it they only push you aside
They really don't have, nowhere to go
Ask them where they're going, they don't know
But we won't let nothin' hold us back
we're gonna put our selves together
we're gonna polish up our act!
And if you've ever been held down before
I know you'll refuse to be held down anymore!

Don't you let nothing, nothing
Stand in your way!
I want ya'll to listen, listen
to every word I say, every word I say!

Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove!

Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We're on the move!
Ain't No Stoppin Us Now!
We've got the groove! 

When My Baby Smiles
Composer(s): Irving Berlin



I don't care if the weather's fair or if skies are gray
I don't frown when the rain comes down on a rainy day
It may storm and thunder for the longest while 
Still I'll say it's a lovely day
When I see my baby smile

I don't brood when the price of food goes away up high
Didn't mind when I woke to find, that the town went dry
Let the skies be cloudy for the longest while 
Blue or gray, every things O.K. 
When I see my baby smile

When my baby smiles at me 
Oh what a beautiful day 
All my troubles go hurrying by 
Just like bubbles they fly to the sky
And I never ask the weather man 
Whether it's fair or warmer 
Rain or shine the weather's fine when my baby smiles

Ain't No Song
Composer(s): Joey Levine - David Spinozza
Performer(s): James Taylor



There ain't no melody
And I can't find a harmony
If there were a way to say it
You know I would have played it

Well, I'm a man of few words
Trying to find a rhyme
And finally it occurred to me
That I'm wasting my time
There ain't no rhyme or reason
Ain't no time or season
Ain't no way around it
I know I would have found it

There ain't no song in the whole wide world
Could hardly sing without you
There ain't no song in the whole wide world
To tell you the way that I feel

Painters use their eyes 
To show us what they see
But when that canvas dries 
We all see it differently

There ain't black or white
There ain't no day or night
There ain't no way around it
You know I would have found it

No, No, No, I might as well pack it on up
Not even this song's gonna tell you the way that I feel

When Mexico Gave Up the Rhumba
(To Do the Rock and Roll)
Composer(s): Gale Jones
Performer(s): Mitchell Torok



Down in Mexico, at each high noon
Siesta is the thing
You can find me sleepin' out in the shade
While the birds softly sing
But from the radio, there comes a U.S. show
And the disc-jockey's playin' the blues
Before they know what's happened
They're up and clappin'
To the tune of the blue suede shoes

One, two, and then rock
It's the funniest thing ever told
The day that Mexico gave up the rhumba
To do the rock and roll

In the middle of town, the pecker bullring stands
It reaches to the sky
Inside's a matador, he's got his sword in hand
And a bull is fixing to die
But from the phonograph, there comes a frantic sound
And the sword drops from his hands
The bull begins to dance, around in the dust
To the beat of a picker brass band

One, two, and then rock
It's the funniest thing ever told
The day that Mexico gave up the rhumba
To do the rock and roll

In the summertime, the tourists come
Expecting to see the scenes
Of the quiet places and the quiet faces
They read of in magazines
But in their amazement, when they find this craze
Is not in the U.S. alone
They used to dance `neath the stars to the Spanish guitars
But now they do it to a saxophone

One, two, and then rock
It's the funniest thing ever told
The day that Mexico gave up the rhumba
To do the rock and roll

Ain't No Pleasing You
Composer(s): Dave Peacock - Chas Hodges
Performer(s): Chas & Dave



Well I built my life around you, did what I thought was right
But you never cared about me, now I’ve seen the light
Oh darling, there ain’t no pleasin’ you

You seemed to think that everything I ever did was wrong
I should have known it, all along
Oh darlin’, there ain’t no pleasin’ you

You only ‘ad to say the word
And you knew I’d do it
You ‘ad me where you wanted me
But you went and blew it

Now everything I ever done, was only done for you
But now you can go and do, just what you wanna do
I’m tellin’ you

Coz I ain’t gonna be made to look a fool no more
You done it once too often, what do ya take me for?
Oh darlin’, there ain’t no pleasin’ you

And you seemed to think that everything I ever did was wrong
I should ‘ave known it all along
That darlin’, there ain’t no pleasin’ you

You only ‘ad to say the word
And you knew I’d do it
You ‘ad me where you wanted me
But you went and blew it

Now everything I ever done, was only done for you
But now you can go and do, just what you wanna do
I’m tellin’ you

Coz I ain’t gonna be made to look a fool no more
You done it once too often, what do ya take me for?
Oh darlin’, there ain’t no pleasin’ you

Now if you think I don’t mean what I say, and I’m only bluffin’
You got another thing comin’, I’m tellin’ you that for nothin’
Coz darlin’ I’m leavin’
That’s what I’m gonna...do-oo-oo

When Love Is Young
Composer(s): Rida Johnson Young - M. Melville Ellis
Performer(s): Harry Woodruff



The beads on the wine in our glorious youth 
And life's full of fervor and zest
And the world is made bright by the light of a smile
Or the sound of the voice we love best
There's a thrill of delight in the touch of her hand
All the Earth's bubbling over with joy
Oh! the love that we give to the girls that we love
When we're boys, boys, boys

There are various way that a fellow may love 
And most of us sample them all
And the older and stronger you are when it strikes
The harder and deeper you fall
But there's no love on earth that holds half the thrill
No love that has half the joys 
As love that we give to the girls that we love
When we're boys, boys, boys

When love is young in Springtime
And boys are youthful, too 
And girls are so alluring 
What can a fellow do? 
A look, a smile, a dimple
You're caught, you're captured, stung
There's danger in the very air 
When love is young

Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Composer(s): Nicholas Ashford - Valerie Simpson
First release by: Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



If you need me, call me 
No matter where you are, no matter how far 
Just call my name 
I'll be there in a hurry 
On that you can depend and never worry
(You see, my love is alive 
It's like a seed that only needs the thought of you to grow 
So if you feel the need for company, please, my darling, let it be me 
I may not be able to express the depth of the love I feel for you 
but a writer put it very nicely when he was away from the one he loved 
He sat down and wrote these words)

No wind, (No wind) no rain, (no rain)
Nor winter's cold
Can stop me, babe (oh, babe) baby (baby)
If you're my goal

No wind, no rain
Can stop me, babe
If you wanna go

I know, I know you must follow the sun
Wherever it leads
But remember
If you should fall short of your desires
Remember life holds for you one guarantee
You'll always have me

And if you should miss my love
One of these old days
If you should ever miss the arms
That used to hold you so close, or the lips
That used to touch you so tenderly
Just remember what I told you
The day I set you free

Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough (Say it again)
Ain't no river wild enough
To keep me from you

Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough (Say it again)
Ain't no river wild enough
To keep me from you

Ain't no mountain high enough
Nothing can keep me
To keep me from you

Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough (One more time)
Ain't no river wild enough (Say it again)
To keep me from you

Ain't no mountain high enough
Nothing can keep me
To keep me from you

When Love Is Gone
Composer(s): Michael Morgan; Steve Edward Nelson
Performer(s): Photoglo



When love is gone I always get the feeling
I can't go on, find myself dreamin' of things
That could've been and all the things we never say
Oh, oh, oh, when love is gone
Will it ever be the same
Will I go on chasing heartaches
And learn to face the day
When I have done what I must do
Oh, I'll remember you when love is gone

Everyone's in couples as I walk alone thinkin'
I'll never find another love
Never know the beauty of
Oh, oh, oh, when love is gone
Will it ever be the same
Will I go on chasing heartaches
And learn to face the day
When I have done what I must do
Oohh-oh, I'll remember you, la-la-la....

When love is gone will it ever be the same
Will I go on chasing heartaches
And learn to face the day
When I have done what I must do
Oh, I'll remember you

Ain't No Man Righteous, No Not One
Composer(s): Bob Dylan
Performer(s): Maria Muldaur; Jah Malla



When a man he serves the Lord, it makes his life worthwhile
It don't matter 'bout his position, it don't matter 'bout his lifestyle
Talk about perfection, I ain't never seen none
And there ain't no man righteous, no not one

Sometimes the devil likes to drive you from the neighborhood
He'll even work his ways through those whose intentions are good
Some like to worship on the moon, others are worshipping the sun
And there ain't no man righteous, no not one

Look around, ya see so many social hypocrites
Like to make rules for others while they do just the opposite

You can't get to glory by the raising and the lowering of no flag
Put your goodness next to God's and it comes out like a filthy rag
In a city of darkness there's no need of the sun
And there ain't no man righteous, no not one

Done so many evil things in the name of love, it's a crying shame
I never did see no fire that could put out a flame

Pull your hat down, baby, pull the wool down over your eyes
Keep a-talking, baby, 'til you run right out of alibis
Someday you'll account for all the deeds that you done
Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one

God got the power, man has got his vanity
Man gotta choose before God can set him free
Don't you know there's nothing new that's under the sun?
Well, there ain't no man righteous, no not one

When I'm gone don't wonder where I be
Just say that I trusted in God and that Christ was in me
Say He defeated the devil, He was God's chosen Son
And that there ain't no man righteous, no not one

When Love Goes Wrong
Composer(s): Hoagy Carmichael; Harold Adamson
Performer(s): Marilyn Monroe



When love goes wrong
Nothing goes right
This one thing I know
When love goes wrong
A man takes flight
And women get uppity-oh

The sun don't beam
The moon don't shine
The tide don't ebb and flow
A clock won't strike
A match won't light
When love goes wrong
Nothing goes right

The blues all gather round you
And day is dark as night
A man ain't fit to live with
And a woman's sorry sight

When love goes wrong
Nothing goes right
When love goes wrong
Nothing goes right
When love goes wrong
Nothing goes, nothing goes rjght
A woman's a fright, a terrible sight
A man goes out, gets high as a kite
Love is something you just can't fight
You can't fight it, honey

You can't fight it
When love goes wrong, nothin'
No bows, honey, just cigat bars and off
Nothing goes right
Crazy, Crazy oui, oui

lt's like we said
You're better off dead
When love has lost its glow
So take this down in black and white
When love goes wrong nothing goes right
When love goes wrong nothing goes right
Nothing goes right