Lightning Express
Composer(s): Bradley Kincaid
Performer(s): The Everly Brothers
and multiple other artists



The Lightning Express from the depot so grand 
Had started out on its way 
All of the passengers that were on board 
Seemed to be happy and gay 
But one little boy, who sat by himself 
was reading a letter he had
You can plainly tell by the look on his face 
that the contents of it made him sad

The stern old conductor then started his round 
taking tickets from everyone there
And finally reaching the side of the boy 
he gruffly demanded his fare
'I have no ticket,' the boy then replied
'but I'll pay you back, someday' 
'Then I'll put you off at the next stop we make' 
but he stopped when he heard the boy say

'Please Mr. Conductor, don't put me off of this train 
The best friend I have in this world, sir 
is waiting for me in pain
Expecting to die any moment, sir 
and may not live through the day 
I want to reach home and kiss mother goodbye
Before God takes her away' 

A girl, sitting near, was heard to exclaim
'If you put him off, it's a shame!' 
Taking his hat, a collection she made 
The boy's way was paid on the train 
'I'm obliged to you, miss
for your kindness to me' 
'You're welcome,' she said, 'never fear' 
Each time the conductor would pass through the car 
The boy's words would ring in his ear

'Please Mr. Conductor, don't put me off of this train 
The best friend I have in this world, sir 
is waiting for me in pain
Expecting to die any moment, sir 
and may not live through the day
I want to reach home and kiss mother goodbye

Before God takes her away' 

Butterflies In The Rain
Composer(s): Sherman Myers; Erell Reaves
Performer(s): Ray Noble & Al Bowlly
and various other artists



When the rain is pattering helter skelter
And the butterflies are caught out in the rain
Leafy hollyhocks would murmur come and shelter
Until the rainbow shines again

In the heart of every roses apron
From the pitter patter pitter pat refrain
There's protection from the showers
From the sympathetic flowers
For the butterflies in the rain

Pretty things, you'll have to fold your wings
Waiting for the bright and placid sun showers
`Neath the broad protection of the sunflowers
Gone the rain, the sky is clear again
You can carry on your sweet flirtation
With every blushing rose

Lightnin' Strikes
Composer(s): Lou Christie - Twyla Herbert
First release by: Lou Christie - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



Listen to me, baby, you got to understand
You're old enough to know the makings of a man
Listen to me, baby, it's hard to settle down
Am I asking too much for you to stick around

Every boy wants a girl
He can trust to the very end
Baby, that's you
Won't you wait but 'til then

When I see lips beggin' to be kissed (Stop!)
I can't stop (Stop!) I can't stop myself
(Stop! Stop!)

Lightnin's striking again
Lightnin's striking again

Nature's takin' over my one-track mind
Believe it or not, you're in my heart all the time
All the girls are sayin' that you'll end up a fool
For the time being, baby, live by the rules

When I settle down
I want one baby on my mind
Forgive and forget
And I'll make up for all lost time

If she's put together fine and she's readin' my mind (Stop!)
I can't stop (Stop!) I can't stop myself
(Stop! Stop!)

Lightnin's striking again
Lightnin's striking again and again and again and again

Lightnin's striking again
Lightnin's striking again

There's a chapel in the pines
Waiting for us around the bend
Picture in your mind
Love forever, but 'til then

If she gives me a sign that she wants to make time (Stop!)
I can't stop (Stop!) I can't stop myself
(Stop! Stop!)

Lightnin's striking again
Lightnin's striking again and again and again and again
Lightnin's striking again and again and again and again

Butterflies
Composer(s): Andre Harris - Marsha Ambrosius
Performer(s): Michael Jackson



Butterflies
Butterfly fly

All you gotta do is just walk away and pass me by
Don't acknowledge my smile when I try to say hello to you, yeah
And all you gotta do is not answer my calls when I'm tryin' to get through
Keep me wondering why when all I can do is sigh
I just wanna touch you

I just wanna touch and kiss
Said I wish that I could be with you tonight
`Cause you give me butterflies inside
Inside and I

All I gotta say is that I must be dreamin', can't be real
You're not here with me, still I can feel you near to me, near
I caress you, let you taste us, just so blissful, listen
I would give you anything, baby, just make my dreams come true
Oh, baby, you give me butterflies

I just wanna touch and kiss
Said I wish that I could be with you tonight
`Cause you give me butterflies inside
Inside and I

I just wanna touch and kiss
Said I wish that I could be with you tonight
`Cause you give me butterflies inside
Inside and I

If you would take my hand, baby, I will show you
Guide you to the light, baby
If you would be my love, baby I will love you, love you
Till the end of time

I just wanna touch and kiss
Said I wish that I could be with you tonight
You give me butterflies inside
Inside and I

I just wanna touch and kiss
Said I wish that I could be with you tonight
You give me butterflies inside
Inside and I

I just wanna touch and kiss
Said I wish that I could be with you tonight
`Cause you give me butterflies inside
Inside and I

I just wanna touch and kiss
Said I wish that I could be with you tonight
You give me butterflies inside
Inside and I

Een Vrouw Naar M'n Hart ((aka Trouwen, M'n Zoon, Moet Je Zeker Niet Doen (Paul Severs) - 1995))
((Adapted from: Bachelor Boy (Cliff Richard) - 1962))
Composer(s): Cliff Richard - Bruce Welch - Daniel Ditmar
Performer(s): Luc Steeno - 2002



Eeuwig op zoek naar die vrouw uit mijn droom
Die ik nog altijd niet vond
Tot ik het beu was - werd ik plots beloond
Kwam zij die niet bestond

En ik zei jij
jij bent de vrouw naar m'n hart
Op jou heb ik gewacht
Jij,jij bent zo rechtdoor, zo puur
Voor jou ga ik door vuur

Zoals jij praat,zo rechttoe,zo rechtaan
Die sproeten op haar neus
Lach op haar monden,die ogen zo klaar
Niet stout maar ook niet preuts

Dus ik zei jij
Jij bent een vrouw naar m'n hart
Op jou heb ik gewacht
Jij,jij bent zo rechtdoor, zo puur
Voor jou ga ik door vuur

Nog geen minuut heb ik spijt van die keer
Waarop zij zo plots voor me stond
Waar zij voorgoed in mijn leven verscheen
En 't geluk voor ons beiden begon

Want ik zei jij
Jij bent een vrouw naar m'n hart
Op jou heb ik gewacht
Jij,jij bent zo rechtdoor, zo puur
Voor jou ga ik door vuur

Butterfingers
Composer(s): Lionel Bart; Michael Pratt; Tommy Steele
Originally performed by: Tommy Steele



Butterfingers, I let you go
But love still lingers, why I don't know
For that short moment you were with me
I never knew your worth
Tho' I lost you, please forgive me
Now I've come down to earth

Butterfingers is waiting for
Something to bring us together once more
And when that happens
I'm gonna hold you
In my loving arms and then
I won't have butterfingers again

And when that happens
I'm gonna hold you
In my loving arms and then
I won't have butterfingers again

Lighthouse Keeper
Composer(s): Erika Eigen
Performer(s): Sunforest



I want to marry a lighthouse keeper and keep him company
I want to marry a lighthouse keeper and live by the side of the sea
I'll polish his lamp by the light of day
So ships at night can find their way
I want to marry a lighthouse keeper
Won't that be okay

We'll take walks along the moonlit bay
Maybe find a treasure too
I'd love living in a lighthouse
How about you?

I dream of living in a lighthouse, baby, every single day
I dream of living in a lighthouse, a white one by the bay
So if you want to make my dreams come true
Go be a lighthouse keeper, do
We could live in a lighthouse, a white one by the bay-ay-hay
Won't that be okay
Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta!

Butterfingers
Composer(s): Buddy Kaye; Mort Garson
Performer(s): Johnny Burnette



Butterfingers-butterfingers-butt...
Butterfingers-butterfingers-butterfingers-butterfingers
Doo-wop, doo-wop, doo-wop
Well butterfingers-butterfingers
That's what everybody calls me, since I lost you
Well a-butterfingers-butterfingers
Had you but I couldn't hold you, you just slipped through
Now I don't know what to do
Well a-butterfingers-butterfingers
That's the only name for me for lettin' you go
Well a-butterfingers-butterfingers
Never did I realize that I loved you so
It's all my fault dear, I know
Well I took your love for granted, I gave a little in return
And now that I'm without you, I'm gonna learn how tears can burn
Well butterfingers-butterfingers
That's what everybody calls me, since I lost you
Well a-butterfingers-butterfingers
Had you but I couldn't hold you, you just slipped through
Come back because I love you

Light Your Windows
Composer(s): David Freiberg - Gary Duncan
Performer(s): Quicksilver Messenger Service



Hold on girl, now don't be blue
dry those tears for me and you
Can't you see our love is true, when you remember
To do just what you say you'll do, can't you see I live for you?
And I need you to trust me too, open your eyes
So the sun can shine lights in you, will light on your windows
And change all your baby blues to golden sparks that light your eyes
When you finally realize that your fears were all just lies
So open those eyes and let the sun shine lights in you
Light on your windows and take all your baby blues

Buttered Popcorn
Composer(s): Barney Ales; Berry Gordy Jr.
Performer(s): The Supremes;
Claudine Clark; The Vows



My baby likes buttered popcorn
He likes it greasy
And sticky
And gooey
And salty
I said what do you like
He says you know what I like
I like buttered popcorn

He took me to a show
He said he wanted some more
I said kiss me please
He said after I eat

I said what do you like
He says you know what I like
I like buttered popcorn

For breakfast, lunch and a dinner too
He eats buttered popcorn
Well it worries me so 
I don't know what to do
When I asked him what was happenin' in the world today
He said more butter, more butter, more butter, more

My baby likes buttered popcorn
He likes it greasy
And sticky
And gooey
And salty
I said what do you like
He says you know what I like
I like buttered popcorn

For breakfast, lunch and a dinner too
He eats buttered popcorn
Well it worries me so 
I don't know what to do
When I asked him 
What was happenin' in the world today
He said more butter, more butter, more butter, more

My baby likes buttered popcorn
He likes it greasy
And sticky
And gooey
And salty
I said what do you like
He says you know what I like
I like buttered popcorn

Light Your Lamp
Composer(s): George Wyle - Edward Pola
Performer(s): Doris Day



Light your lamp, and turn up the wick
I'll be there on the double quick
Wanna tell you I've been missin'
Your caressin' and you kissin'
So I'm comin' home tonight

Light your lamp so that I can see
All the love that you saved for me
Here's a lover in a hurry
In a tizzy and a flurry
Till my arms can hold you tight

How's your heart, did you check its beat
How's your kiss, is it warm and sweet
Be prepared honey when we meet
`cause I'm makin' up for lost time

Light your lamp, and turn up the wick
I'll be there pretty jiffy quick
Oh I know I've been a rover
But my roamin' days are over
And I'm comin' home tonight

Light your lamp, and turn up the wick
I'll be there on the double quick
Wanna tell you I've been missin'
Your caressin' and you kissin'
So I'm comin' home tonight

Light your lamp so that I can see
All the love that you saved for me
Here's a lover in a hurry
In a tizzy and a flurry
Till my arms can hold you tight

How's your heart, did you check its beat
How's your kiss, is it warm and sweet
Be prepared honey when we meet
`cause I'm makin' up for lost time

Light your lamp, and turn up the wick
I'll be there pretty jiffy quick
Oh I know I've been a rover
But my roamin' days are over
And I'm comin' home tonight

You'd better go light your lamp
I'm comin' home tonight

Butterbean
Composer(s): Kate Pierson; Fred Schnieder;
Keith Strickland; Cindy Wilson; Ricky Wilson
Performer(s): The B-52's



Yeah, if you go down to Athens, G.A.
And you're driving in your car
You won't get very far
You hear people shoutin' out
What's that?
Butterbean! Yeah!

Gramps and grannies
Kids in their teens
Junkyard dogs and campus queens
Yeah, everybody likes butterbeans

Don't you wait, don't you linger
Butterbean will slip through your fingers
Pass me a plate full
I'll be grateful

1-2-3-4

Pick 'em, pull 'em, put on the steam
That's how we fix butterbeans
(Pick 'em pod by pod by pod)
Pick 'em, pull 'em, put on the steam
That's how we fix butterbeans
(Yeah, make 'em jump outta the pot)

Come here, you butterbean, you
Come on!

Butterbean, butterbean
Butterbean, butterbean
Butterbean, butterbean
Butterbean, butterbean
Butterbean grows on the vine

Some people are fat, some people are lean
But I want you to show me the person
Who doesn't like butterbeans

Yay!

Well, you can have your yams
You can have your collard greens
But if you want to please little ol' me
You better fix butterbeans

Don't you wait, don't you linger
Butterbean will slip through your fingers

Pick 'em, pull 'em, put on the steam
That's how we fix butterbeans
(Pick 'em pod by pod by pod)
Pick 'em, pull 'em, put on the steam
That's how we fix butterbeans
(Pick 'em for me now, pick 'em for me now)

Light Up The Sky
Composer(s): Alex Van Halen - David Lee Roth - Eddie Van Halen - Michael Anthony
Performer(s): Van Halen
and multiple other artists



Yeah, we're all fast breakers comin' out of the gates
takin' chances 
We're the crash and burn
Yeah, there is a way with beauty, but you never gave
a love cross the line where none return
I watch my television; almost lost my mind
It said, "Open your eyes 
Leave it all behind"
I heard the wind a whisp'rin'
strong magic comin' on!
They comin' out for sure
Come see your children; yeah, they're lighting up the skies
Won't recognize them any more
Ooh, mama, see the firelight
Ooh, we're comin' out tonight
Wolves at my door wised up quick
Turn here and gone from on the go
Seems the old folks who come up short were the pretty
little kids who didn't want it, no
I had to pay admission when I came tonight
And it said, "Open my eyes 
Leave it all behind"
I heard the wind a whisp'rin'
strong magic comin' on!
They comin' out for sure
Come see your children; yeah, they're lighting up the skies
Won't recognize them any more
Ooh, mama, see the firelight
Ooh, lightin' up the sky
Light up the sky
Light up the sky
Light up the sky
Light 'em up!

Butter Beans
Composer(s): Charles D. Colvin
Performer(s): Little Jimmy Dickens



Just a bowl of butter beans
Pass the cornbread if you please
I don't want no collard greens
All I want is a bowl of butter beans

Just a piece of country ham
Pass the butter and the jam
Pass the biscuits if you please
And some more o' them good ol' butter beans

Red eye gravy is all right
Turnip sandwich a delight
But my children all still scream
For another bowl of butter beans

Some folks think that cornpone's best
Some likes grits more than the rest
But if I was a man of means
I'd just want them good ol' butter beans

See that lady over there
With the curlers in her hair
She's not pregnant as she seems
She's just full o' them good ol' butter beans

See that big, fat, ugly lad
He's made everybody mad
They don't love him, by no means
He's the hog that ate the last of the butter beans

When they lay my bones to rest
Place no roses upon my chest
Plant no blooming evergreens
All I want is' a bowl of butter beans

Just a bowl of butter beans
Pass the cornbread if you please
I don't want no collard greens
All I want is a bowl of butter beans

Wat Mot Ik Doen
((Adapted from: Baby's In Black (by The Beatles) - 1964))
Composer(s): John Lennon - Paul McCartney - Bennie Jolink - Bennie Migchelbrink 
Performer(s): Normaal - 1996



Dom dier, wat mot ik doen
Ik heb gin manieren en i-j gin fatsoen
Zeg mien oh, wat mot ik doen

I-j denkt an um en ik snap heel goed woarum
Hi-j is in goeie doen en ik heb gin poen

I-j holt mien tekort, doet alle deuren op slot
Net woar ik weazen mot, ik vang weer bot

Ik bun ten einde road
I-j slept doar 'snachts langs de stroat
Zeg mien, dom dier

Woarum bu-j met mien getrouwd
Woarum die toeren gebouwd
Zeg mien, dom dier

Liefde is blind, deur ow word ik niet bemind
't Strand al veur 't begint, as 't ow niet zint ...

Ragazzo Triste
English Title: But You're Mine
Composer(s): G. Boncompagni; Sonny Bono
Performer(s): Patty Pravo; Ivan Cattaneo
(Originally performed by: Sonny & Cher)



Ragazzo triste come me ah ah
che sogni sempre come me ah ah
non c'e' nessuno che ti aspetta mai perché non sanno come sei
Ragazzo triste sono uguale a te
a volte piango e non so perché
tanti son soli come me e te ma un giorno spero cambierà
Nessuno può star solo
non deve stare solo quando si e' giovani così
Dobbiamo stare insieme, amare tra di noi
scoprire insieme il mondo che ci ospiterà
Ragazzo triste come me...

Hey hey hey vedrai - hey hey hey vedrai
non dobbiamo star soli mai
non dobbiamo star soli mai...

Light My Fire
((Italian Version: Prendi Un Fiammifero (by Gli Innominati))
Composer(s): Jim Morrison - John Densmore - Robby Krieger - Ray Manzarek
First release by: The Doors - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
if I was to say to you, ay
Girl we couldn't get much higher
Come on baby light my fire, come on baby light my fire
Try to set the night on fire 
Mm-m

The time for hesitation's through
There's no time to wallow in the mire
Darling we could only lose
and our love become a funeral pyre
Come on baby light my fire, come on baby light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

Well, you know that it would be untrue
and you know that I would be a liar
if I was to go and tell you
Mama we couldn't get much higher
Yeah, come on baby light my fire
Come on baby light my fire yeah
Try to set the night on fire, ay hey-hey

Come on baby light, light my fire yeah
Come on babe light my fire, don't you know it's alright?
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Oh, light my fire, light my fire, light my fire, yeah girl
Girl you better light my fire yeah
You better light, you better light, you better light my fire 
and we are going to get much higher

Oh-oh, come on girl
You know I love you girl, you know I need you babe
Come on, Light, light, light, light my fire
Light my fire, light my fire 
Light my fire, light my fire, light my fire
Light, light, light, light, light my, my, my, my fire
Light, light, light, light, light my fire girl
you better light my fire ...

But You're Mine
Italian Title: Ragazzo Triste
Composer(s): Sonny Bono
Originally performed by: Sonny & Cher
Covered by: Patty Pravo



When people say you're not my kind
And that your clothes are out of line
And that your hair isn't combed all the time
You're not real pretty but you're mine

We have a great big old society
That won't make room for folks like you and me
But I got some real bad news for them my friend
They're on the outside looking in

We've got a great thing going
And its gonna keep on growing
And I hope that soon they'll see the light
But until that time they'll have to blow their mind
Cos it ain't us that's gonna lose this fight
So when we're walking I don't care
When all those people stop and stare
If they'd look in your eyes they'd see
You're not real pretty but you belong to me

Hey hey hey now
Hey hey hey now
When you're lovin' me baby
And when I hold you baby
[When I kiss you]
I know you love me baby
[When I hold you]
You know I'll never leave you
[When I touch you]
I know I'll always love you 
[Every day now]
You know I love you baby
You know I love you baby

Light Motiv
Performer(s): Luis Eduardo Aute



Déjate de rebeldías
que la Historia ha superado
¿o nos ves que la anarquía
se ha instalado en el Mercado?
Qué te importa si es injusto
que se muera la poesía
Lo sublime es darle gusto
Al gusto de la mayoría
Qué divina, lo moderna moda moderada
De lo light
Al final después de tantas calorías esto es lo que hay
Desde Texas a Chamberi
se escuchaba siempre el mismo
"light-motiv"
Déjate de hacer discursos
sobre el Logos y la Nada
lo más sabio es el concurso
de la inmensa marujada
Qué te importa que el futuro
sea un túnel sin salida
si hemos  derribado el Muro
con la 'chispa de la vida'
Qué divina la, moderna moda moderada ...
Déjate de post-cultura
que eso apesta a mausoleo
aunque a veces la pintura
Sirva para algún blanqueo
Deja de volverte loco
con el Fin de la Utopía
hazte un poco neo-barroco
y, ¡a vivir que son dos días!
Qué divina la moderna moda moderada ...

But You Know I Love You
Originally performed by: Kenny Rogers & The First Edition



When the morning sun
Streaks across my room
And I've waken up
From another dream of you
Yes I'm on the road
Once again it seems
All I've left behind
Is a chain of broken dreams

But you know I love you
Yes I love you
Oh I love you

How I wish that love
Was all we’d need to live
What a life we'd live
'Cause I've got so much to give
And it seems so wrong
Deep inside my heart
That the dollar sign
Should be keeping us apart

But you know I love you
Yes I love you
Oh I love you

And if I could only find my way back to the time
When the problems of this life of mine didn't cross our minds
All the answers were found in children's nursery rhymes
I'd come running back to you
I'd come running back to you
And you know we can't
Live on dreams alone
Just to pay the rent
I must leave you all alone
But you know I made my choice
Many years ago
Now this traveling life
Is the only one I know