Love Is Strange
Composer(s): Bo Diddley - Mickey Baker - Sylvia Robinson
First release by: Mickey & Sylvia - 1956
Covered by multiple other artists



Love
Love is strange
Lot of people
Take it for a game
Once you get it
You never wanna quit
After you've had it
You're in an awful fix

Many people
Don't understand
They think loving
Is money in the hand
Your sweet loving
Is better than a kiss
When you leave me
Sweet kisses I miss

Sylvia
Yes, Mickey
How do you call your lover boy
Come here, lover boy
And if he doesn't answer
Oh lover boy
And if he still doesn't answer
I simply say
Baby, oh baby
My sweet baby, you're the one
Baby, oh baby
My sweet baby, you're the one 

'Long About Midnight
Composer(s): Alexander Hill - Irving Mills
Performer(s): Cab Calloway
and multiple other artists



Just take a look at Harlem after sundown
Any time you choose
It's hard to find the people feeling run-down
There's no time for blues

If you don't know just what to really do
Just take a walk along the avenue
You'll hear the sounds come a-floatin' through
Along about midnight

They close the windows and they dim the light
To hide their doings from a stranger's sight
Everything is going right
'Long about midnight

Pianos tinkle, and the couples sway
Taking the pleasures they find
They don't care how they live by day
Why not leave trouble behind?

They're not pretending like the hoy-falloy
They really mean it; it's the real McCoy
They turn an ounce of booze into a pound of joy
'Long about midnight! 

My Love, My Life
(Dutch Version: In Rook Vergaan - 1976)
Composer(s): Björn Ulvaeus; Stig Erik Leopold Anderson; Benny Andersson
First release by: ABBA - 1976
Covered by multiple other artists



I've seen it on your face
Tells me more than any worn-out old phrase
So now we'll go separate ways
Never again we two
Never again, nothing I can do

Like an image passing by, my love, my life
In the mirror of your eyes, my love, my life
I can see it all so clearly
(See it all so clearly)
Answer me sincerely
(Answer me sincerely)
Was it a dream, a lie?
Like reflections of your mind, my love, my life
Are the words you try to find, my love, my life
But I know I don't possess you
So go away, God bless you
You are still my love and my life
Still my one and only

I've watched you look away
Tell me is it really so hard to say?
Oh, this has been my longest day
Sitting here close to you
Knowing that maybe tonight we're through

Like an image passing by, my love, my life
In the mirror of your eyes, my love, my life
I can see it all so clearly
(See it all so clearly)
Answer me sincerely
(Answer me sincerely)
Was it a dream, a lie?
Like reflections of your mind, my love, my life
Are the words you try to find, my love, my life
But I know I don't possess you
So go away, God bless you
You are still my love and my life
Yes I know I don't possess you
So go away, God bless you
You are still my love and my life
Still my one and only 

Lonestar
Composer(s): Lee Alexander
Performer(s): Norah Jones & Willie Nelson



Norah:
Lonestar, where are you out tonight?
This feelin' I'm trying to fight
It's dark and I think that
I would give anything
For you to shine down on me

Willie:
How far you are
I just don't know
The distance I'm willin' to go
I pick up a stone that I cast to the sky
Hoping for some kind of sign.

Willie:
Lonestar, where are you out tonight?
This feelin' I'm trying to fight

Norah:
It's dark and I think that
I'd give anything
For you to shine down on me

Both:
For you to shine down on me

In Questo Mondo Di Ladri
Composer(s): Antonello Venditti
Performer(s): Antonello Venditti



Hey
in questo mondo di ladri
c'è ancora un gruppo di amici
che non si arrendono mai

Hey
in questo mondo di santi
il nostro cuore rapito
da mille profeti e da quattro cantanti

noi
noi stiamo bene tra noi
e ci fidiamo di noi
in questo mondo di ladri
in questo mondo di eroi
non siamo molto importanti
ma puoi venire con noi

Hey
in questo mondo di debiti
viviamo solo di scandali
e ci sposiamo le vergini

Hey
e disprezziamo i politici
e ci arrabbiamo preghiamo
ridiamo piangiamo
e poi leggiamo gli oroscopi

Voi
vi divertite con noi
e vi rubate fra voi
in questo mondo di ladri
in questo mondo di eroi
voi siete molto importanti
ma questa è festa per noi

Hey
in questo mondo di ladri
c'è ancora un gruppo di amici
che non si arrendono mai

noi
noi stiamo bene tra noi
e ci fidiamo di noi
in questo mondo di ladri
in questo mondo di eroi
non siamo molto importanti
ma puoi venire con noi
In questo mondo di
In questo mondo di

Lonesome Train
Composer(s): J.J. Cale
Performer(s): J.J. Cale



Lonesome train, ride all day
Lonesome train, ride all day
Since I lost my woman, I lost my way
Mr Conductor, where is this train bound
Mr Conductor, where is this train bound
Is it headed up, is it headed down
Lucky for me, I`m on the sunny side
Lucky for me, I`m on the sunny side
Since I lost my woman, it`s a lonesome ride
Lonesome train, ride all day
Lonesome train, ride all day
Since I lost my woman, I lost my way

In Qualche Parte Del Mondo
Composer(s): Antonello Venditti
Performer(s): Antonello Venditti



Amore è come un grande salto
È come una tempesta di vento
amore è un grande temporale
che non è vero che non fa male
amore tu sei qui con me
tu sei qui accanto a me
in ogni istante del giorno
amore sei vicino a me
sei vicino a me
nel dolore e nel pianto
Se tu mi fossi ancora accanto
questa vita non sarebbe di cemento
e se sfiorassi la mia pelle
potrei fermarmi e guardare le stelle
ma adesso tu non sei qui con me
tu non sei accanto a me
E tutto il resto non conta
adesso tu non sei qui con me
tu non sei accanto a me
nel dolore e nel pianto
Non dirmi che è un sogno proibito averti qui
che il tempo cancella i nostri ricordi
non mi lasciare mai
ti prego non mi lasciare mai
ma chiss… dove sarai
in quale parte del mondo
in qualche parte del mondo
in qualche parte del mondo
Ma non guardarmi con quegli occhi belli
quello che conta sono i tuoi capelli
e non guardarmi con quegli occhi chiari
che nella notte no non sono uguali
ma amore tu non sei qui con me
tu non sei accanto a me
e mi sento morire
ma amore tu non sei qui con me
tu non sei accanto a me
nel dolore e nel pianto
Non dirmi che è un sogno proibito averti qui
che il tempo cancella i nostri ricordi
non mi lasciare mai
ti prego non mi lasciare mai
ma chiss… dove sarai
in quale parte del mondo
in qualche parte del mondo
in qualche parte del mondo...

Lonesome Town
((French Versions: La Rue Des Cœurs Perdus (by Richard Anthony) - 1959; La Ville Des Âmes En Peine (by Johnny Hallyday) - 1996))
Composer(s): Baker Knight
First release by: Rick Nelson - 1958
Covered by multiple other artists



There's a place where lovers go
To cry their troubles away
And they call it
Lonesome Town
Where the broken hearts stay

You can buy a dream or two
To last you all through the years
And the only price you pay
Is a heart full of tears

Goin' down to Lonesome Town
Where the broken hearts stay
Goin' down to Lonesome Town
To cry my troubles away

In the town of broken dreams
The streets are filled with regret
Maybe down in
Lonesome Town
I can learn to forget
Maybe down in
Lonesome Town
I can learn to forget

In Private
(Dutch Version: Ik Wil Alles Met Je Doen - 1997)
Composer(s): Christopher Sean Lowe; Neil Francis Tennant
First release by: Dusty Springfield - 1990
Covered by multiple other artists



Take your time and tell me
Where you lie
I realise
That we've been found out this time

We should stay together
If we can
But what you've planned
Means there's a difference between

What you're gonna say
In private
You still want my love
We're in this together
And what you're gonna do
In public
Say you were never in love
That you can remember

So discreet
I never tried to meet
Your friends or interfere
I took a back seat between

And what you gonna say
In private?
You still want my love
We're in this together
And what you're gonna do
In public
Say you were never in love
That you can remember

What you gonna say, ay
When you run back to your wife?
I guess it's just the story of my life
What you gonna say?

So take your time
And tell me
Where did you learn
Oh, I may publicise
That there's a difference between

What you're gonna say
In private?
You still want my love
We're in this together
And what you're gonna do
In public
Say you were never in love
That you can remember
Tell me what you gonna say
In private?, ooh, ooh, ooh
What you gonna say?
What you gonna do?
Baby, what you gonna say?

La Rue Des Cœurs Perdus ((aka La Ville Des Âmes En Peine (by Johnny Hallyday) - 1996))
((Adapted from: Lonesome Town (by Rick Nelson) - 1958))
Composer(s): Baker Knight - Pierre Delanoë
Performer(s): Richard Anthony - 1959



Je connais un coin de rue
Où l'on va jeter son cœur
Quand le pauvre ne sait plus
Que répandre ses pleurs

Et malheur à tous ceux-là
Qui n'osent pas le jeter
Ils reviennent sur leurs pas
Avec un cœur usé

Dans la rue des cœurs perdus
Ce soir c'est à mon tour
Dans la rue des cœurs perdus
D'aller pleurer mon amour

Mais j'ai peur et n'ose pas
Jeter ce cœur qui t'aimait
Car peut-être un jour, qui sait?
J'en aurai du regret

Car peut-être un jour, qui sait?
J'en aurai du regret

In A Party Mood
Composer(s): Jack Strachey; Russell Davies
Performer(s): Charles Williams Orch.
and multiple other artists



Darn the socks and wash the clocks and polish up the letter box
And ask the doctor come and look at Tommy
It's honestly enough to drive you barmy
'Specially when you husbands in the army - barmy

Feed the cat and beat the mat and write a note to Auntie Pat
To thank her very kindly for the mincer
She sent it all the ruddy way from Windsor
Shame we've 'ad a mincer since before the war

So who would be a housewife, it's lower than a mouse life
It's enough to make you run away to sea
The world is not my oyster I'm living in a cloister
I'm unable to be me

Free to put me feet up, and turn the blessed heat up
Well I tell you ladies, that will be the day
The weather's always freezing, I've done my flaming knees in
Putting polish on the parlour parquet

Queue for ages in the street, to try to buy a piece of meat
To give the kids a little treat for dinner
When all I'll probably get from Mr Skinner
Is something like a nasty tin of pilchards liver

What's the latest fashion look, and where 've I put me ration book
Perhaps I should be rash and cook me pancake
The tea's about the only thing I can make
I'm sure I've drunk enough of the stuff to drop down dead

What a relief to turn the wireless on

On at just after nine
There's a favourite of mine
It's a beautiful, musical revelry
You can hear the latest thing recorded by Crosby
Or that fairy sugar dancing thing by Tchaikovsky

There's a song about flees
And another called "Trees"
And there's Victor Sylvester and Webster Booth
So now if you've a favourite voice
From Bing to the Piano Boys
Just send a request into Housewives’ Choice

Now at forty years have passed and still we're in the kitchen singing

Put the washing on to spin and get some avacados in
And marinade the meat to make it tender
And don't forget today you've got to send a
rather stroppy letter to the blender mender

Pick the boys up after school and drop them at the swimming pool
And feed them up to turn them into he-men
Do everything but actually be men
That's the life you lead if you're a housewife

Help the baby count his toes, untangle all your pantyhose
Send your auntie Maud a rose and wash your hands and blow your nose
Chop some wood and make a fire
mend a fuse and patch a tyre
Join the local ladies choir
find yourself the time to buy a hat
And that's that

Lonesome Tears In My Eyes
Composer(s): Henry Jerome - Johnny Burnette - David Burlison - Dorsey Burnette
First release by: The Johnny Burnette Rock 'n' Roll Trio - 1956
Covered by multiple other artists



Oh baby, baby, baby
blues and sorrow 
and I love you tomorrow 
just suit you just fine 
Oh baby, baby, baby
blues and sorrow
and I love you tomorrow 
just suit you just fine 

I can't forget that you told me 
so many promising lies
How must I forget these 
lonesome tears in my eyes? 

You've broken my heart
gonna do it again
And I can't forget 
the spell that I'm in 
Can't forget that you told me 
so many promising lies 
I'm a-trying to forget these 
lonesome tears in my eyes

You've broken my heart 
gonna do it again 
I can't forget 
the spell that I'm in 
I can't forget that you told me 
so many promising lies
I'm a-trying to forget these 
lonesome tears in my eyes 
Oh baby, baby, baby
blues and sorrow
And I love you tomorrow 
it'll suit you just fine 
Oh baby, baby, baby
blues and sorrow
I love you tomorrow
just suit you just fine

I can't forget that you told me 
so many promising lies 
I'm a-trying to forget these 
lonesome tears in my eyes

In Over My Head
Composer(s): Eddie Rabbitt; Daniel Tyler; Even Stevens
Performer(s): Dr. Hook



I park on a side street

Slide up the back stairs
Knock on the door and whisper `It's me'
Step into the darkness

She waits in the shadows 
Oh she's so wild
willing and free

I must be crazy comin' up here again
She's got me comin' and goin' eatin' out of her hand
I should be far
far away
But I'm layin' in her bed instead

And I'm in

In over my head

In over my head
Yes
I'm in

In over my head

In over my head

I've never tasted lips any hotter
And I'm gettin' deeper with every kiss
I can't help it
I want it
I love how she loves it

I've got to keep comin' for more of this

I must be crazy... 

Lonesome Suzie
Composer(s): Richard Manuel
First release by: The Band - 1968



Lonesome Suzie, never got the breaks
She's always losing so she sits and cries and shakes
It's so hard just to watch her, and if I touch her
Oh, poor Suzie, I'm wondrin' what to do

She just sits there, hoping for a friend
I don't fit here, but I may have a friend to lend
Maybe I mistook her, but I can't overlook her
Must be someone who can pull her through

Anyone who's felt that bad could tell me what to say
Even if she'd just get mad, she might be better off that way
And where is all the understanding
Her problems can't be that demanding
Why is it she looks that way
Every time she starts to cry?

Lonesome Suzie, I can't watch you cry no longer
If you can use me until you feel a little stronger
I guess just watching you has made me lonesome too
Why don't we get together
What else can we do?

In Oktober
Performer(s): Ramses Shaffy & Liesbeth List



In oktober kwamen wij, in een storm, elkander tegen
Onze liefde bloeide bij mist en hagel, wind en regen
Want het hart maalt om geen enkel seizoen
Wat moet een hart, wat moet een hart, met lente doen?
Januari of april, het doet wat het wil
want het houdt geen kalender bij, dat hart van mij

In een koude winterstad woonden w'in elkanders armen, 
in een huis van liefde dat onze lichamen verwarmde.
Want het hart maalt om geen enkel seizoen.
Wat moet een hart, wat moet een hart, met lente doen?
Januari of april, het doet wat het wil
want het houdt geen kalender bij, dat hart van mij

Onze liefde is voorbij, zoals dat soms kan gebeuren
ook al is nu de maand mei
vol van vogels en van kleuren
De junihemel ziet wel blauw en de zon schijnt op het koren
maar ik huiver van de kou en mijn hart is als bevroren
Want het hart maalt om geen enkel seizoen
Wat moet een hart, wat moet een hart, met lente doen?
Januari of april, het doet wat het wil
want het houdt geen kalender bij, dat hart van mij

La Belle Et La Bête
((Adapted from: Beauty And The Beast (by Angela Lansbury) - 1991))
((Dutch Version: Belle En Het Beest (by Sandra Kim & Frank Galan) - 1998))
Composer(s): Howard Ashman - Alan Menken - Charles Aznavour
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour et Liane Foly - 1991



Conte de toujours
des siecles passés
deux coeurs étrangers
que tous a changé
découvre l'amour

Et le temps s'arrête
figé de bonheur
pétrifiant de peur
deux ames en fleur
la belle et la bete

Tout est different
Et pourtant pareil
quand le coeur s'eveille
aux couleurs merveille
d'un soleil nessant

Tout est different
Et pourtant pareil
quand le coeur s'eveille
aux couleurs merveille
d'un soleil naissant

Conte de l'enfance
vieux comme un refrain
revez tans sans fin
j'ai mis dans mon vin
l'eau de l'evidance

les reves s'arretent
a commancer la
ou pour toi et moi
il etait une fois
la belle et la bete

pour toi et pour moi
il etait une fois
la belle et la bete

In Need Of A Friend
Composer(s): Bill Cowsill; Bob Cowsill
Performer(s): The Cowsills



Ahhh....
You say you know somebody
Someone who feels down when you're feeling sad
Who's up when you're glad
But I don't know anybody
Haven't a person, don't know where I stand
Gee you're a lucky man

Hey, I need a friend
Not just a wall that I talk to
But a mind having doors I can walk through
I need a friend
Yes, I do

You say you know somebody
Someone who shows you the way when you're lost
At any cost
But I don't have anybody
I grope the dark and I'm totally blind
Hey don't you think that's unkind?

Hey, I need a friend
Not just a wall that I talk to
But a mind having doors I can walk through
I need a friend
Yes, I do

I think I know somebody
Someone who feels just the way that you do
He reminds me of you
But, you'll have find that body
I'm sorry there's nary a thing I can do
You see it's all up to you

But, you'll find a friend
Not just a wall that you talk to
Just show him the door he can walk through
You'll find a friend
Yes, you can

Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo

Belle En Het Beest
((Adapted from: Beauty And The Beast (by Angela Lansbury) - 1991))
((French Version: La Belle Et La Bête (by Charles Aznavour et Liane Foly) - 1991))
Composer(s): Howard Ashman - Alan Menken - Jan Derk Beck
Performer(s): Sandra Kim & Frank Galan - 1998



Tijdenlang verhaald
Maar niet minder waar
Vreemden voor elkaar
Tot iemand ineens
Nader komt tot haar

Anders dan voorheen
't Maakt je wat bedeesd
Helemaal spontaan
Is er iets ontstaan
Belle en het beest
Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle

Iets dat nog zoveel
... Iets dat nog zoveel
Teders in zich heeft
... Teders in zich heeft
Iets dat je niet kent
En niet zo gauw went
Maar steeds in je leeft

Tijdenlang verhaald , ohoh yeah
Maar niet minder waar
Vreemd en ongewoon
't Lijkt haast wel een droom
Net zo wonderbaar

Brandend als een vuur
... Brandend als een vuur
Zonder rust noch duur
Tijdenlang verhaald
Elke keer herhaald
Belle en het Beest
Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle

Tijdenlang verhaald
Elke keer herhaald
Belle en het Beest
Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle

Iets dat nog zoveel
... Iets dat nog zoveel
Teders in zich heeft
... Teders in zich heeft
Iets dat je niet kent
En niet zo gauw went
Maar steeds in je leeft

Brandend als een vuur
... Brandend als een vuur
Zonder rust noch duur
Tijdenlang verhaald
Elke keer herhaald
Belle en het Beest
Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle

Tijdenlang verhaald
Elke keer herhaald
Belle en het Beest
Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle

Helemaal spontaan
Is er iets ontstaan
Belle en het beest
Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle, Belle - Belle

In Napoli
Composer(s): Danny DiMinno; Carmen Lombardo
Performer(s): Dean Martin



In Napoli beside the sea
It happened on a night like this
In Napoli our hearts were free
And we surrendered to a kiss

There 'neath the stars I saw heaven in her eyes
There 'neath the stars I knew this was paradise
All through the night in sweet delight
We shared the tenderness of love
But with the dawn my love was gone
Just like the fading stars above
My lonely heart cries out please come back to me
Beside the sea in dear old Napoli

There 'neath the stars I saw heaven in her eyes
There 'neath the stars I knew this was paradise
All through the night in sweet delight
We shared the tenderness of love
But with the dawn my love was gone
Just like the fading stars above
My lonely heart cries out please come back to me
Beside the sea in dear old Napoli

Lonesome Polecat (Lament)
Composer(s): Gene DePaul - Johnny Mercer
First performance by: Matt Mattox - 1957
Covered by multiple other artists



I'm a lonesome polecat
lonesome, sad and blue
'cause I ain't got no femine polecat
vowin' to be true
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
cain't make no vows
to a herd o' cows,
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
I'm a mean old hounddog
bayin' at the moon
'cause I ain't got no lady friend hounddog
here to hear my tune
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
Frank, Gideon & Benjamin:
A man cain't sleep
when he sleeps with sheep
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
I'm a li'l old hoot owl
hootin' in the trees
'cause I ain't got no little gal owl fowl
here to shoot the breeze
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
cain't shoot no breeze
with a bunch o' trees
oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh