I'm Gonna Write A Song
Composer(s): Glenn Sutton
First release by: Lynn Anderson - 1971
Covered by multiple other artists



Folks sit around with their face in a frown
And gape about the way things they are
They're happy to receive but they hardly ever want to give
I'm so tired of complaining and so in the time remaining
I'm gonna do my best to make the world a better place to live
I'm gonna write a song that the whole wide world can sing
It's gonna be about sunshine and praise every living thing
It's gonna be about love 
The one thing the world needs a lot more of
I'm gonna write a song that the whole wide world can sing

Our fourfathers had only faith in God
And they willed to make the nation strong
So the old time religion could help 'em find a better way
We need more soul saving and a lot more people flag waving
And there's no better time for us to start than today
I'm gonna write a song...
I'm gonna write a song... 

With One More Look At You/Watch Closely Now 
Composer(s): Paul Williams; Kenny Ascher
Performer(s): Barbra Streisand & Kris Kristofferson



With one more look at you
I could learn to tame the clouds
And let the sun shine through
Leave a troubled past and I might start anew
I'll solve the mysteries if you're the prize
Refresh these tired eyes

With one more look at you
I might overcome the anger
That I've learned to know
Find a peace of mind I lost so long ago
Your gentle touch has made me strong again
And I belong again

For when you look at me
I'm everything and more that I had dreamed I'd be
My spirit feels a promise
I won't be alone
We'll love and live more
Love and live forever

With one more look at you
I'd learn to change the stars
And change our fortunes too
I'd have the constellations paint your portrait too
So all the world might share this wondrous sight
The world could end each night
With one more look at you
With one more look at you
I want one more look at you

Are you watching me now? 
Watch closely now
Your eyes are like fingers
Touching my body
Arousing me so
I'm ridin' the passion arising inside me
How high can I go? 
You're comin' with me, I'm gonna show you how
And when it's scary, I won't look down

Are you watching me now? 
Watch closely now
I see the hunger arise in your eyes
And it's urging me on
Higher and harder and faster and farther
Than I've ever gone
Your pleasure is part of the secret
Of flight that I found
When I feel like an eagle
My soul has no place on the ground

Born out of madness
I'll double the danger with no net at all
If you don't look away I'm secure
In the fact that you won't let me fall

Watch closely now
Are you watching me now? 
I'm the master magician
Who'll help you escape
From the lies you've been told

When they're breaking your back
Bring the last straw to me
I turn straw into gold
I break chains made of boredom that others have lived
With for years
I leave good news on doorsteps
And laughs where there used to be tears

I'm gonna need you later
When you're not around
But I can take it
I won't look down

Watch closely now
Are you watching me now? 
Watch me now
Are you watching me now?
Are you watching me now?

Along Came Ruth
Composer(s): Irving Berlin - Conrad Salinger - Roger Edens



I had girls by the score yes, a hundred or more
Each one as nice as could be
It was hard to decide which I'd want for my bride
They all looked lovely to me

While I was trying to choose one I met a wonderful girl
She came tripping along, like a beautiful song
Setting my brain in a whirl

I was growing very fond of Molly
When along came Ruth, along came Ruth
I thought an awful lot of Dolly, when Ruth came along
My head began to "Merrygoround," I almost married Polly

I was making love to May, when along came Ruth
And to tell the truth, she stole my heart away

There's a right little girl, with the right little curl
For ev'ry right little boy
When she comes you'll forget, all the others you've met
Sorrow will turn into joy

She doesn't have to be pretty, she doesn't have to be wise
When she comes you will find, tho' they say love is blind
She'll make you open your eyes

I was growing very fond of Molly
When along came Ruth, along came Ruth,
I thought an awful lot of Dolly, when Ruth came along
My head began to "Merrygoround," I almost married Polly

I was making love to May, when along came Ruth
And to tell the truth, she stole my heart away

With My Little Ukulele In My Hand
Composer(s): Jack Cottrell
Performer(s): George Formby



Now everybody’s got a crazy notion of their own
Some like to mix up with a crowd, some like to be alone
It’s no one else’s business as far as I can see
But every time that I go out the people stare at me

With my little ukulele in my hand, of course the people do not understand
Some say why don’t you be a scout, why don’t you read a book?
But I get lots more pleasure when I’m playing with my uke
Of course I take no notice you can tell
For mother’s sound advice will always stand
She said "My boy do what I say and you’ll never go astray
If you keep your ukulele in your hand, yes son
Keep your ukulele in your hand"

While walking down the prom last night as peaceful as can be
When some young girl said "what about a stroll down by the sea?"
She said her name was Jane and that she’d just come for the day
She looked so young and harmless that I couldn’t turn away
So with my little ukulele in my hand, I took a stroll with Jane along the sand
We walked along for miles without a single care or frown
But when we reached the sand hills she said "Come on let’s sit down"
I felt so shy and bashful sitting there, ‘cause the things I said she didn’t understand
She said "Your love just turns me dizzy, come along big boy get busy"
But I kept my ukulele in my hand, yes sir, I kept my ukulele in my hand

Made up my mind that I’d get wed some eighteen months ago
I also bought a book about the things you want to know
But just about a week ago I got a awful fright
I had to get dressed quickly in the middle of the night
And with my little ukulele in my hand, I ran along the road for Dr. Brand
It didn’t take him long to get his little bag of tools
I held his hat and coat and let him have my book of rules
Out of the bedroom door he looked and smiled
He said, "Come inside and see your wife and child"
My heart it jumped with joy, I could see it was a boy
For he had a ukulele in his hand, oh baby
He had a ukulele in his hand

Alone With You
Composer(s): Lew Pollack - Sidney D. Mitchell
Performer(s): Phyllis Brooks & Jack Haley



I've always known that three's a crowd
Only two may dance, only to romance
So when I see you in a crowd
I'm not satisfied till I reach your side

Alone with you I don't know the meaning of time
Alone with you I'm yours without reason or rhyme
I'd be content to be sent to an island in the sea
If I had you with me, how lucky I would be

Alone with you I'd have everything that I need
I always knew I'd follow wherever you lead
So ring the bells in the steeple, tell all the people
That we are one and I've begun
To live in a heaven alone with you

With My Little Stick Of Blackpool Rock
Composer(s): Gifford Cliffe; George Formby
Performer(s): George Formby; Kevin Grunill



Every year when summer comes round, off to the sea I go
I don't care if I do spend a pound, I'm rather rash I know
See me dressed like all the sports, in my blazer and a pair of shorts
With my little stick of Blackpool Rock, along the promenade I stroll
It may be sticky but I never complain, it's nice to have a nibble at it now and again
Every day wherever I stray the kids all round me flock

One afternoon the band conductor up on his stand
Somehow lost his baton - it flew out of his hand
So I jumped in his place and then conducted the band
With my little stick of Blackpool Rock

With my little stick of Blackpool Rock, along the promenade I stroll
In my pocket it got stuck I could tell 
‘Cos when I pulled it out I pulled my shirt off as well
Every day wherever I stray the kids all round me flock

A girl while bathing clung to me, my wits had to use
She cried, "I'm drowning, and to save me, you won't refuse"
I said, "Well if you’re drowning then I don't want to lose
My little stick of Blackpool Rock"

With my little stick of Blackpool Rock, along the promenade I stroll
In the ballroom I went dancing each night
No wonder every girl that danced with me, stuck to me tight
Every day wherever I stray the kids all round me flock

A fellow took my photograph it cost one and three
I said when it was done, "Is that supposed to be me?"
"You've properly mucked it up the only thing I can see is
My little stick of Blackpool Rock"

Alone Too Long
Composer(s): James Weil - Kurt Weill
Performer(s): The Partridge Family; Shirley Jones



Funny how you can go on livin'
And lose the simple knack of givin'
It slips away before you know it's gone
Ya build up walls and before ya know it
Someone moves you and you want to show it
But you just can't find a way of lettin' on

I've been alone to long
Baby now don't you see
I've been alone too long
That's all that's wrong with me
I want to build you a dream
Paint you a sunrise
Write you a beautiful song
But I don't know how
I've been alone to long

Funny how you can cut off feelin'
And tell yourself that your wounds are healing
When all you've done is turn the pain inside
And when your sure that no one can get to ya
Someone smiles and it goes right through ya
And wakes up somethin' that you thought had died

(Chorus)

I've been alone to long
I've been alone to long
I've been alone to long
I've been alone to long

With My Head In The Clouds
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Johnny Desmond;
Irving Berlin; Glenn Miller



What does a flyer think of when he's up there in the sky?
Ask any Army pilot and he'll answer with a sigh

While I'm there
In the air
With my head in the clouds
I think of someone I love

And I know
Down below
She is thinking of me
When I am up there above

When the night is clear
And the bombardier
Drops a bomb that's wired for sound

How I yearn
To return
With my head in the clouds
To the one I love on the ground

Alone Together
Composer(s): Richie Havens
Performer(s): Richie Havens



Everyday that I awake
I must be mindful
That everyday is all I have to call my own
It’s everyday the sun will rise
Even though the dark clouds seem so low
It will only tell the truth
We are alone

Everyday that I believe
I must be mindful
That every belief I have is all I own
Ten thousand roads will all return here
Only reaping what they’ve sown
And it will only tell the truth
We are alone

We are all alone
Each one his own
We are all alone…together

We are not without
What it’s all about
We are all alone
With each other

Everyday that I awake
I must be mindful
That everyday is all we have for us to change
To see everything as it really is
Everything we have, we have to give
And it will only tell the truth
We are alone

We are all alone
Each one his own
We are all alone…together
We are not without
What it’s all about
We are all alone
We are all alone
We are all alone
With each other

With My Eyes Wide Open I'm Dreaming
Composer(s): Mack Gordon; Harry Revel
Performer(s): Patti Page;
and various other artists



With my eyes wide open, I'm dreaming
Can it be true I'm holding you close to my heart
With my eyes wide open, I'm dreaming
You're with me now, sharing a vow, never to part

I'm so afraid to close my eyes
Afraid that I'll find
That this lovely thrill
Is just a silly illusion

With my eyes wide open, I'm dreaming
Darling, do I deserve such a break
Pinch me to prove I'm awake
I can't believe that you're really mine

I'm so afraid to close my eyes
Afraid that I'll find
That this lovely thrill
Is just a silly illusion

With my eyes wide open, I'm dreaming
Darling, do I deserve such a break
Pinch me to prove I'm awake
I can't believe that you're really mine

Alone Together
Composer(s): Arthur Schwartz - Howard Dietz
First performance: Clifton Webb - 1932
Covered by multiple other artists



Alone together, beyond the croud
Above the world, we're not to proud
To cling together
We're strong
As long as we're together

Alone together, the blinding rain
The starless night, were not in vain
For we're together, and what is there
To fear together

Our love is as deep as the sea
Our love is as great as a love can be
And we can weather the great unknown
If we're alone together

With Her Head Tucked Underneath Her Arm
Composer(s): Bert Lee; R.P. Weston; Harris Weston
Performer(s): Stanley Holloway; The Kingston Trio



In the Tower of London large as life
The Ghost of Anne Boleyn walks they declare
For Anne Boleyn was once King Henry's wife
Until he made the headsman bob her hair!
Ah, yes, he did her wrong, long years ago
And, she comes up at night to tell him soooo! 

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm 
At the midnight hour

She comes to haunt King Henry
She means to give him 'what for'
Gadzook! She's going to tell him off
For having split her gore
And, just in case the headsman
Wants to give her an encore
She has her head tucked underneath her arm

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her had tucked underneath her arm
At the midnight hour

Along the draughty corridors
For miles and miles she goes
She often catches cold, poor thing
It's cold there when it blows
And it's awfully awkward for the Queen
To have to blow her nose
With her head tucked underneath her arm

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm
At the midnight hour! 

Sometimes gay King Henry gives a spread
For all his pals and gals and ghostly crew
The headsman carves the joint and cuts the bread
Then in comes Anne Boleyn to 'queer the do!'
She holds her head up with a wild war whoop!
And Henry cries, "Don't drop it in the soup!" 

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm 
At the midnight hour

The sentries think that it's a football
That she carries in
And when they've had a few they shout
'Is Ars'nal going to win?'
They think it's Alec James
Instead of poor old Ann Boleyn
With her head tucked underneath her arm

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm 
At the midnight hour

One night she caught King Henry
He was in the canteen bar 
Said he, "Are you Jane Seymore
Anne Boleyn or Catherine Parr?" 
"How the sweet san fairy ann
Do I know who you are?" 
With your head tucked underneath your arm! 

With her head tucked underneath her arm
She walks the Bloody Tower
With her head tucked underneath her arm 
At the midnight hour

Alone In The Night
Composer(s): Larry Lee - Richie Zito - Tom Whitlock - Steve Bates
Performer(s): Roger Daltrey



When the lights are down and there's no one there
You can hear the sound of the rock'in chair
Rocking in the dark, feel it in the air
Searching for the spark of love affair
The world keeps on turning, every night and every day
The fire keeps on burning calling to say

I'm alone in the night, the silence in the shadows, alone in the night
A heart where no one goes, alone in the night
A sprint that the wind blows, alone in the night
The face sitting in the window I'm alone in the night

When the lights go down, on another day
Darkness all around as the angels play
Watch the falling stars, as they cross the sky
They're so near, so far, they're the tears I cry
I hear the voices calling of lovers in the night
I feel the rain is falling blinded by light

I'm alone in the night, the silence in the shadows, alone in the night
A heart where no one goes, alone in the night
A sprint that the wind blows, alone in the night
The face sitting in the window I'm alone in the night

With God On Our Side
Composer(s): Bob Dylan
Performer(s): Manfred Mann;
and various other artists



My name it is nothing, my age it means less
The country I come from is a part of the Free West
I was taught and brought up there its laws to abide
And that the land that I live in has God on its side

Oh the history books tell it, they tell it so well
The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
The cavalries charged, the Indians died
For the country was young with God on its side

Oh the first World War, it came and it went
The reason for fighting I never could get
But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride
For you don’t count the dead when God’s on your side

And then the second World War, it came to an end
We forgave the Germans and now we are friends
Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they fried
The Germans now, too, have God on their side

But now we have weapons of chemical dust
And if fire them we’re forced to, why then fire them we must
One push of the button and a shot the worldwide
And you never ask questions when God’s on your side

‘tho many a long hour I’ve thought on this
That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
But I can’t think for you, you will have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side

And now as I leave you, I’m weary as hell
The confusion I’m feelin’, there ain’t no tongue can tell
The words fill my head and drop to the floor
That if God’s on our side, he’ll stop the next war

Alone In Brewster Bay
Composer(s): Minnie Riperton - Richard Rudolph
Performer(s): Minnie Riperton



Watch the fire die
See the snowflakes fly
Hear the geese out honking' on the bay
Feel the fire's flame
Do they sigh your name
Think of you, my love, so far away

Once I never moved without you
I held on to you all the time
But now that I'm three days without you
I feel a lot like cryin'
I feel like cryin'
I feel like cryin
'I feel like cryin'

Then I close my eyes
And I search the skies
For a sign of you thinking of me
Then I feel you here
You are oh so near
In my mind I find you next to me

Cause once I never moved without you
I held on to you all the time
But now that I'm three days without you
I feel a lot like cryin'
I feel like cryin'
I feel like cryin
'I feel like cryin'

Watch the fire die
See the snowflakes fly
Hear the geese out honking' on the bay
Thinking of you, my love, alone in Brewster bay

With Each Beat Of My Heart
Composer(s): Stevie Wonder
Performer(s): Stevie Wonder; Susie Hansen



Honey, sweet
I've got something to say to you in privacy
Something I'd like for you to hear
And only your ears alone

Secretly, I've been admiring you intensely
So much so I'd like to settle down with you
And make a home

You are my first breath
My first smile
And my morning cup of tea

Yours is the love
That I pray for
Before I go to sleep

From the time I saw your face
I knew no other could erase
My loving you with each beat of my heart

Until the day I heard you speak
I didn't know that sound was sweet
Me hearing you in each beat of my heart

There's a time when playing ends
And the serious begins
Like the love that I felt from the start
With each beat of my heart

Honey, sweet
I soared into a heaven's galaxy
So hypnotized was I
From seeing all the magic in your eyes

So I bring
To you what's been a lifetime fantasy
Of being with the only one who can
Create my paradise

You are my first breath
My first smile
And my morning cup of tea

Yours is the love
That I pray for
Before I go to sleep

From the time I saw your face
I knew no other could erase
My loving you with each beat of my heart

Until the day I heard you speak
I didn't know that sound was sweet
Me hearing you in each beat of my heart

There's a time when playing ends
And the serious begins
Like the love that I felt from the start
With each beat of my heart

There's a time when playing ends
And the serious begins
Like the love that I felt from the start
With each beat of my heart

Alone At Last
Composer(s): Phil Cody - Neil Sedaka
Performer(s): Neil Sedaka
and multiple other artists



Alone at last in a hide away 
Far away from all the worries in the world
We share each other while the sun's goin' down
Not another soul around
Alone at last you and I

Sunshine plenty of space and time
Heady wine for thirsty souls like yours and mine
We come together like the sea and the sand
In a very private wonderland
Alone at last you and I

Wave goodbye to the crowded nights
City lights we left behind
We love the dreams we shared
And dared to live the dream

The sea in her serenity
Silently cast a spell on you and me
We share each other while the sun's goin' down
Not another soul around
Alone at last 
Alone at last you and I

We share each other while the sun's goin' down
Not another soul around
Alone at last
Alone at last you and I

With All My Heart And Soul ((aka How Wonderful To Know (by Andy Williams) - 1961))
((Adapted from: Anema E Core (by Tito Schipa) - 1950))
Composer(s): Salve d'Esposito - Domenico Titomanlio - Manny Curtis - Harry Akst
Performer(s): Eddie Fisher - 1954
and multiple other artists



My life I'd give for you, anema e core
I only live for you, anema e core
I have but one desire and it's to love you
With all my heart, with all my soul, my whole life through
From stars I'll make your crown and kneel before you
I pray you'll take my hand, for I adore you
Open up the doors leading to heaven
A heaven mine and yours, anema e core
My life I'd give for you, anema e core
I only live for you, anema e core
I have but one desire and it's to love you
With all my heart, with all my soul, my whole life through
In ev'ry dream I stand breathless before you
I pray you'll take my hand, for I adore you
Open up the doors leading to heaven
A heaven mine and yours, anema e core

Alone At A Table For Two
Composer(s): Billy Hill - Ted Fiorito - Daniel Richman
Performer(s): Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians



Usual time, the usual place, the usual orchids and wine

Alone at a table for two
Alone in our own rendezvous
The music is playing
Your favourite request
But I hear a blue note
The band must have guessed
Why I'm alone at a table for two
Pretending I am waiting for you
And even the flowers at your place have withered
They know that we're through
I'm alone at a table for two

With All My Heart
Composer(s): Peter DeAngelis; Robert Marcucci
Performer(s): Petula Clark



I love you with all my heart
Only you do I adore
And to know that you love me
Only makes me love you more

All I ask is you be true 
True to me in every way
Please be kind and understanding
Love me more with everyday

I love you with all my heart
Only you do I adore
And to know that you love me
Only makes me love you more

I love you, with all my heart 
And my love is so sincere 
Please love me with all your heart
Say you love me say you care