Tango Funèbre
Composer(s): Gérard Jouannest - Jacques Brel 
First release by: Jacques Brel - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1968 - Funeral Tango (by Mort Shuman)
1984 - Hautajaistango (by Markku Riikonen)



Ah je les vois déjà
Me couvrant de baisers
Et s'arrachant mes mains
Et demandant tout bas
Est-ce que la mort s'en vient
Est-ce que la mort s'en va
Est-ce qu'il est encore chaud
Est-ce qu'il est déjà froid
Ils ouvrent mes armoires
Ils tâtent mes faïences
Ils fouillent mes tiroirs
Se régalant d'avance
De mes lettres d'amour
Enrubannées par deux
Qu'ils liront près du feu
En riant aux éclats
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah

Ah je les vois déjà
Compassés et frileux
Suivant comme des artistes
Mon costume de bois
Ils se poussent du cœur
Pour être le plus triste
Ils se poussent du bras
Pour être le premier
Z'ont amené des vieilles
Qui ne me connaissaient plus
Z'ont amené des enfants
Qui ne me connaissaient pas
Pensent aux prix des fleurs
Et trouvent indécent
De ne pas mourir au printemps
Quand on aime le lilas
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah

Ah je les vois déjà
Tous mes chers faux amis
Souriant sous le poids
Du devoir accompli
Ah je te vois déjà
Trop triste trop à l'aise
Protégeant sous le drap
Tes larmes lyonnaises
Tu ne sais même pas
Sortant de mon cimetière
Que tu entres en ton enfer
Quand s'accroche à ton bras
Le bras de ton quelconque
Le bras de ton dernier
Qui te fera pleurer
Bien autrement que moi
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah

Ah je me vois déjà
M'installant à jamais
Bien triste bien au froid
Dans mon champ d'osselets
Ah je me vois déjà
Je me vois tout au bout
De ce voyage-là
D'où l'on revient de tout
Je vois déjà tout ça
Et on a le brave culot
D'oser me demander
De ne plus boire que de l'eau
De ne plus trousser les filles
De mettre de l'argent de côté
D'aimer le filet de maquereau
Et de crier vive le roi
Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah Ah

Blue Feeling 
Composer(s): Henshaw
Performer(s): The Animals



Sit here and wonder what am I so blue
Is it because I'm still in love with you?
Blue blue feeling got me down today
Blue blue feeling, my baby's gone away

Now that she's gone, I don't know what I'll do
I guess I'll have to find, find somebody new
Blue blue feeling got me down today
Blue blue feeling, my baby's gone away

Baby please don't leave me, oh don't leave me

Now that she's gone, I'm feeling kind of blue
I guess I'll have to find, find somebody new
Blue blue feeling got me down today
Blue blue feeling, my baby's gone away

Well baby please don't leave me
Baby please don't go
Awh!Honey child don't leave me now
Baby please, baby please

(unknown)

Funeral Tango
((Adapted from: Tango Funèbre (by Jacques Brel) - 1964))
((Finnish Version: Hautajaistango (by Markku Riikonen) - 1984))
Composer(s): Gérard Jouannest - Jacques Brel - Eric Blau - Mort Shuman
Performer(s): Mort Shuman - 1968



Oh I can see them now
Clutching a handkerchief
And blowing me a kiss
Discreetly asking how
How came he died so young
Or was he very old
Is the body still warm
Or is it already cold
All doors are open wide
They grope around inside
At my desk my drawers my trunk
There's nothing left to hide
Some love letters are there
And an old photograph
They've laid my poor soul bare
And now all they do is laugh

Oh I can see them all
So formal and so stiff
Like a seargant at arms
At a policeman's ball
And everybody's pushing
To be the first in line
Their hearts upon their sleeves
Like a ten cent valentine
The old women are there
Too old to give a damn
They've brought along the kids
Who don't know who I am
They're thinking about the price of my funeral bouquet
What they're thinking isn't nice
For now they'll have to pay

Oh I see all of you
All of my phoney friends
Who can't wait for it ends
Who can't wait till it's through
Oh I see all of you
You've been laughing all these years
Now all that you have left
Are a few crocodile tears
Ah you don't even know
That you're entering your hell
As you leave my cemetary
You think you're doing well
With that one who's at your side
You're as proud as you can be
Ah she's going to make you cry
But not the way you cried for me

Oh I can see me now
So cold and so alone
As the flowers slowly die
In my field of little bones
Oh I can see me now
I can see me at the end
Of this voyage that I/m on
Without a love without a friend
Now all this that I see
Is not what I deserve
They really have a nerve
To say these things to me
No girls just bread and water
And your money you must save
For there'll be nothing left for us
When you're dead and in your grave

Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
Composer(s): Fred Rose
Performer(s): Willie Nelson
and various other artists



In the twilight glow I see her
Blue eyes crying in the rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again

Love is like a dying ember
Only memories remain
Through the ages I remember
Blue eyes crying in the rain

Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In a land that knows no parting
Blue eyes crying in the rain

Blue eyes crying in the rain
Blue eyes crying in the rain
Blue eyes crying in the rain

El Tango De Roxanne
Composer(s): Sting
Performer(s): Ewan McGregor, Jacek Koman, José Feliciano



Tango Dancer:
Will drive you!
Will drive you!
Will drive you!
Mad!

Roxanne
You don't have to put on that red light
Walk the streets for money
You don't care if it's wrong or if it is right
Roxanne
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Roxanne
You don't have to sell your body to the night

Christian:
His eyes upon your face
His hand upon your hand
His lips caress your skin
It's More Than I Can Stand!

Christian:
Why does my heart cry?

Tango Dancer:
Roxanne!...

Christian:
Feelings I can't fight!
You're free to leave me but
Just don't deceive me!
... And please believe me when I say
I Love You!

(silence, someone says something in Spanish)

Y yo que te quiero tanto que voy hacer
Me dejaste, me dejaste por un montõn de monedas
El alma se me fue 
se me fue el corazõn
Ya no tengo ganas de vivir 
porque no te puedo convencer 
que no te vendas corazõn

Christian:
Roxanne!
You don't have to put on that red light!
You don't have to wear that dress tonight
Roxanne!
You don't have to put on that red light
Roxanne!
You don't have to wear that dress tonight!
Roxanne!
Roxanne!
Roxanne!
Roxanne!

Christian:
Why does my heart cry?
Feelings I can't fight!
Roxanne!
Roxanne!
I love you!
I love you!
I love you!
I love you!

Blue Eyes Blue
Composer(s): Diane Warren
Performer(s): Eric Clapton



I thought that you'd be loving me
I thought you were the one who'd stay forever
But now forever's come and gone
And I'm still here alone

'cause you were only playing
You were only playing with my heart
I was never waiting
I was never waiting for the tears to start

It was you who put the clouds around me
It was you who made the tears fall down
It was you who broke my heart in pieces
It was you, it was you who made my blue eyes blue
Oh, I never should have trusted you

I thought that I'd be all you need
In your eyes I thought I saw my heaven
And now my heaven's gone away
And I'm out in the cold

'cause you had me believing
You had me believing in a lie
Guess I couldn't see it
I guess I couldn't see it till I saw goodbye

Chorus

'cause you were only playing
You were only playing with my heart
I was never waiting
I was never waiting for the tears to start

It was you who put the clouds around me
It was you

Chorus

Oh, I never should have trusted you
Oh, I never should have trusted you
Oh, I never should have trusted you

Le Tango Corse
Composer(s): Pirault - Vastano
Performer(s): Fernandel



Au bal du petit Ajaccio
On ne dans pas le mambo
Ni le bee-bop, ni la biguine
Mais un vrais tango d'origine

Le tango Corse, c'est un tango conditionné
Le tango Corse, c'est de la sieste organisée
On se déplace pour être sur qu'on ne dort pas
On se prélasse, le tango Corse c'est comme ça!

Quand Dominique est fatigué
De voir les autres travailler
Il s'accorde un peu de repos
Juste le temps d'un petit tango

Le tango Corse, c'est un tango conditionné
Le tango Corse, c'est l'avant goût de l'oreiller
Le Dominique se croit déjà en pyjama
C'est magnifique, le tango Corse c'est comme ça

Un jour des musiciens du nord
On joué trop vite et trop fort
Un vrai tango de salarié!
On ne les a jamais retrouvés!

Le tango Corse, c'est un tango sélectionné
Le tango Corse, pour les courageux fatigués
Chacun s'étire en même temps que l'accordéon
Et l'on soupire, le tango Corse que c'est bon!

Quand a bout de forces
On va s'étendre une heure ou deux
Le tango Corse, c'est encore là
Qu'on le danse le mieux!

Blue Eyes
Composer(s): Elton John; Gary Osborne
Originally performed by: Elton John
Covered by various other artists



Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
Like a deep blue sea
On a blue blue day
Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
When the morning comes
I'll be far away
And I say

Blue eyes
Holding back the tears
Holding back the pain
Baby's got blue eyes
And she's alone again

Blue eyes
Baby's got blue eyes
Like a clear blue sky
Watching over me
Blue eyes
I love blue eyes
When I'm by her side
Where I long to be
I will see

Blue eyes laughing in the sun
Laughing in the rain
Baby's got blue eyes
And I am home, and I am home again

Hello And Goodbye
Composer(s): Elmer Bernstein - Alan Bergman - Marilyn Bergman
Performer(s): Jill Ireland



Some have a lifetime, some just a day
Love isn't something you measure that way
Nothing's ever forever, forever's a lie
All we have is between hello and goodbye

It's not how long the spring, it's not how wide the sky
It's just how sweet the time between hello and goodbye

The music has ended, I still hear the song
Our moment was brief, but our kisses were long
Though the loving is over, the love of you stays
And the memory will warm me the rest of my days

It's not how long the spring, it's not how wide the sky
It's just how sweet the time between hello and goodbye

We never shared September or watched the colors of fall
But in that wink of time we had, we knew we had it all

It's not how long the spring, it's not how wide the sky
It's just how sweet the time between hello and goodbye

Blue Eyed Elaine
Composer(s): Ernest Tubb
Performer(s): Ernest Tubb;
John Prine; Justin Tubb



Side by side we’ll roll along, sweetheart you and I
And to you, I’ll sing this song as the years go passin’ by
Times maybe good or they maybe bad, but you never frown
I couldn’t find a sweeter pal if I searched the whole world round

Blue Eyed Elaine
You’re the sweetest thing and I love you so
And you’ll always be the same no matter where we go
We’ll travel here, we’ll travel there and we will never part
You’ll always be my Blue Eyed Elaine and I’ll be your sweetheart

When skies are gray and things go wrong
We’ll never fret nor sigh But we’ll just keep travin’ on 
With our heads held up high
And when I gaze into your eyes your heart and soul I’ll claim
Then you’ll know the reason why 
I love you Blue Eyed Elaine

Blue Eyed Elaine
You’re the sweetest thing and I love you so
And you’ll always be the same no matter where we go
We’ll travel here, we’ll travel there and we will never part
You’ll always be my Blue Eyed Elaine and I’ll be your sweetheart

Sway Me
Composer(s): Al Hoffman - Dick Manning
Performer(s): Ella Mae Morse



Sway me, hold me, kiss me tonight!

Sway me, oh sway me tonight
Speak softly while holding me tight
Convince me (just convince me)
That we have the right (that we have the right)
To love, to love

Sway me with kisses
And teach me to care
For this is
My first love affair
My darling, my heart is afraid (my heart is afraid)
But I can be swayed by you!

Sway me with kisses (I wanna be kissed)
And teach me to care (I wanna be kissed)
For this is (I wanna be loved)
My first love affair (I wanna be loved)
But darling, my heart is afraid (my heart is afraid)
But I can be swayed by you!

Blue Evening
Composer(s): Gordon Jenkins; Joe Bishop
Performer(s): Glenn Miller
and various other artists



Blue evening comes at the close of day
Blue evening, spent in the same old way
My future looks as dark as the sky above me
There must be someone here in this world who loves me
A sweet love song, would be so grand to know
But my love songs are all from the radio
Another dawn is waiting for me, another day and then
Another blue evening again

Le Talkie-Walkie
Composer(s): Serge Gainsbourg
Performer(s): Serge Gainsbourg



J'avais en ma possession un talkie-walkie
Made in Japan
Il ne m'en reste à présent qu'un grain de folie
Un point c'est tout
J'avais donné le même appareil à celle que j'aimais
On s'appelait pour un oui pour un non
Qu'elle soit dans sa chambre ou bien dans la cour de son lycée
Je l'avais n'importe quand n'importe où

Quand j'entendais sa voix dans le talkie-walkie
J'étais heureux
Jusqu'au jour où elle l'oublia près de son lit
Voici comment
J'étais seul avec moi quand je décidai de l'appeler
J'ai tout de suite compris ma douleur
Je ne souhaite à personne de vivre un moment pareil
En deux mots voilà ce qui s'est passé

J'entendis des soupirs dans le talkie-walkie
Des mots d'amours
Et puis son prénom que murmurait dans la nuit
Un inconnu
De ce jour tous les plombs de mon pauvre compteur ont sauté
Mais je la vois dans mon obscurité
Je vois ces grands yeux beiges ces deux grands yeux couleur du temps
D'où la neige tombait de temps en temps

J'avais en ma possession un talkie-walkie
Made in Japan
Il ne m'en reste à présent qu'un grain de folie
Un point c'est tout

Blue Eden
Composer(s): Ralph Molina; Frank "Pancho" Sampedro;
Billy Talbot; Neil Young
Performer(s): Neil Young & Crazy Horse



Embracing
distorting
supporting
comforting
Convincing you
consoling you
Controlling you
destroying you
All over you

I know someday we'll meet again
We come and go that way my friend
It's part of me, it's part of you

You feel invincible
it's just a part of life

You feel invincible
it's just a part of life

Per Un Momento Ho Perso Te
((Adapted from: En Écoutant Mon Coeur Chanter (Charles Trenet) - 1941))
((English Version: All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings (Hildegarde Neff) - 1944))
Composer(s): Jean Marie Blanvillain - Laurent Henri Herpin - Mogol 
Performer(s): Fausto Leali - 1967



Per un momento ho perso te
ed ho capito quello che
avrei perduto insieme a te
di allontanarmi sempre piu'
ed io cadevo sempre giu'
crollava il mondo intorno a me
adesso so adesso che
per un momento ho perso te
per un momento ho perso te
quando sei tornata a me
sentivo il sole caldo che
mi risvegliava sempre piu'
ed io volavo in alto sai
in alto dove c'eri tu
io so chi sei adesso che
per un momento ho perso te
amore non lasciarmi mai
perche' non so cosa farei
se non ci fossi sempre tu
nel mondo io mi perderei
amore non lasciarmi mai
io di dolore morirei
io lo capito adesso che
per un momento ho perso te 

Blue Destiny
Composer(s): Neil Diamond
Performer(s): Neil Diamond



Once you were mine, and you wanted the whole world to know
Now ev’rytime I’m around, you’ve got somewhere to go
I ask my heart ev’ry day
“Can there be some other way?”
Tell me, what can I do to change my blue destiny?

First, you decide that our love will always be true
Next thing I know, you’re running with somebody new
Once you were mine alone
Now you’re just someone I’ve known
Tell me, what can I do to change my blue destiny?

And there were times when love was new
And both our hearts were gay
But now the signs say we’re through and
Bound for separate ways
And how can you love when your love doesn’t want you at all?
Girl, when you turn me away, got my back to the wall

Still, I forgive all your lies, ‘cause darlin’, I realize
That it’s you, only you, can change my blue destiny
Baby, you, only you, can change my blue destiny

En Écoutant Mon Cœur Chanter
Composer(s): Jean Marie Blanvillain - Laurent Henri Herpin
First release: Charles Trenet - 1941
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1944 - All Of A Sudden My Heart Sings (Hildegarde Neff)
1967 - Per Un Momento Ho Perso Te (Fausto Leali)



En écoutant mon cœur chanter
Je vous retrouve à mes côtés
Me serrant très fort pour danser
Et sans la nuit pour m'embrasser
Murmurant des folies tout bas
Me forçant à rire aux éclats
Ou me faisant fermer les yeux
Avec un frisson merveilleux

Me pressant doucement les doigts
Comprenant mes secrets émois
Prenant l'air d'un enfant gâté
Quand vous voulez tout emporter
Soudain les yeux éperdus
Me rendant mon bonheur perdu
Tout redevient réalité
En écoutant mon cœur chanter

En écoutant mon cœur chanter
Je vous retrouve à mes côtés
Me serrant très fort pour danser
Et sans la nuit pour m'embrasser
Murmurant des folies tout bas
Me forçant à rire aux éclats
Ou me faisant fermer les yeux
Avec un frisson merveilleux

Me pressant doucement les doigts
Comprenant mes secrets émois
Prenant l'air d'un enfant gâté
Quand vous voulez tout emporter
Et soudain les yeux éperdus
Me rendant mon bonheur perdu
Tout redevient réalité
En écoutant mon cœur chanter 

Blue Days, Black Nights
Composer(s): Ben Hall
Originally performed by: Buddy Holly
Covered by various other artists



Blue days - black nights
blue tears keep on fallin' - for you dear
now you're gone
blue days - black nights
my heart keeps on calling for you dear
and you alone

Memories of you make me sorry
I gave you reason to doubt me
but now you're gone and I am left here all alone
with blue memories - I think of you

Blue days - black nights
I didn't realize I would miss you
the way I do
and now somehow I know I will pay
for the times I have made you blue

Le Souvenir De Toi
((Italian Version: Il Ricordo Di Te (by Charles Aznavour))
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Jacques Plante 
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour; Waldir Calmon



Assis sur le pont de pierre
Qui enjambe le ruisseau
Je regarde solitaire
Courir l'heure et couler l'eau
Hier tu m'as fermé ta porte
Et ton coeur à double tour
Et l'amour que je te porte
M'est interdit de séjour

Que le jour meure ou se lève
Qu'il neige ou souffle le vent
Que le monde vive ou crève
Je m'en fous éperdument
Tu as ruiné tous mes rêves
Tu as mis mon coeur en croix
Ne laissant planter en moi
Que le souvenir en toi
Le souvenir de toi

Dans le courant de mes peines
Je dérive à corps perdu
Entre l'amour et la haine
L'amour a pris le dessus
Tu as dépecé mon âme
Simplement avec des mots
Plus effilés qu'une lame
Et mis ma vie en lambeaux

Comment échapper aux choses?
Mon coeur à ma tête ment
Le parfum mène à la rose
Dont l'épine pique au sang
Alors je reste immobile
Et ma pensée suit son cours
Je crois devenir une île
Pétrifié dans mon amour

Assis comme un enfant sage
Je regarde le ruisseau
Si j'en avais le courage
Je me jetterais dans l'eau
Et de mon triste passage
Sur la terre de nos joies
J'emporterais avec moi
Que le souvenir de toi
Le souvenir de toi

Blue Darlin'
Composer(s): Leslie Lyle; Jimmy C. Newman
Performer(s): Jimmy C. Newman
and various other artists



I was a fool, broke ev'ry rule, blue darlin'
I saw the tears take the place of your sweet smile
I played it smart, broke your heart, blue darlin'
And lost the only love in life worthwhile

So please, please forgive me
I'm so sorry for the wrong that I've done
My heart would cry, if ever I should lose you
Blue darlin', you're the only, only one