Lover's Lullaby
Composer(s): Janis Ian
Performer(s): Janis Ian; The Walker Brothers



Lay down now and slumber
Mama's boy is torn asunder
All the fields have gone grey
All the leaves are gone brown 

Let me tell you a story
Lay down, I know you're weary
While the stars in the sky
While the moon's on the rise 

Lay down and don't you wake 'til morning
Close your eyes and helpless through the night
Lay down and dream of love and glory
This is a lover's lullaby 

Once was a magician
Fair he was, and handsome
And he brought to the table
all the fool's gold and wine 

Well he promised us three favors
Said he was a savior
We drank all his glory
and we borrowed all his time 

Lay down and don't you wake 'til morning
Close your eyes and helpless through the night
Lay down and dream of love and glory
This is a lover's lullaby 

Bye, my love - sleep tight my love
Softly fade away
The moon was made of old green cheese
To keep the night away 

Softly now, close your eyes
Lightly will you fade
The moon was made for wakeful boys
To keep the night away 

Lovers In New York
Composer(s): Ray Evans - Jay Livingston - Henry Mancini
Performer(s): Johnny Mathis; Marlene VerPlanck; Diane Hubka



Lovers in New York with such a lovely day in store
We'll explore New York big and grand, hand in hand
We'll begin our day smiling at April in the park 
Then we'll make our way round the town, up and down
At five we'll linger in a small café and bless the day we've spent
The Broadway lights will lead us to a show 
Then home we'll go content dear
Are there new delights hiding behind that old address
Undiscovered heights to possess
Lovers in New York say yes
Are there new delights hiding behind that old address
Undiscovered heights to possess
Lovers in New York say yes

Lovers In A Dangerous Time
Composer(s): Bruce Cockburn
First release by: Bruce Cockburn - 1984
Covered by multiple other artists



Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by
You never get to stop and open your eyes
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall
The next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time

These fragile bodies of touch and taste
This vibrant skin -- this hair like lace
Spirits open to the thrust of grace
Never a breath you can afford to waste
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time

When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime
But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight 
Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
And we're lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time

Lover's Cross
Composer(s): Jim Croce
First release by: Jim Croce - 1973



Guess that it was bound to happen
Was just a matter of time
But now I've come to my decision
And it's a-one of the painful kind
'Cause now it seems that you wanted a martyr
Just a regular guy wouldn't do
But baby I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you

You really got to hand it to ya
'Cause girl you really tried
But for every time that we spent laughin'
There were two times that I cried
And you were tryin' to make me your martyr
And that's the one thing I just couldn't do
'Cause baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you

'Cause tables are meant for turnin'
And people are bound to change
And bridges are meant for burnin'
When the people and memories they join aren't the same

Still I hope that you can find
Another who can take what I could not
He'll have to be a super guy
Or maybe a super god
'Cause I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain't bout to start nothin' new
And baby, I can't hang upon no lover's cross for you 

Lover's Crime
Composer(s): Kim Wilson
Performer(s): The Fabulous Thunderbirds



Well, now, court is in session
And my heart is the one on trial
Well, court is in session, baby
And my heart is the one on trial
It's been a long, long time
Since my case been put on the file

Will you deliver me a verdict
I'm gonna have to rest my case
I want a quick decision
I got no more lovin' time to waste

Court is in session
And my heart is the one on trial
It's been a long, long time
Since my case been put on the file

Well, all your lovers are on the jury
The heartbreaker is the D.A.
Can't you see, now, baby 
They wanna see me framed and put away

Yes, the court's in session
And my heart is the one on trial
It's been a long, long time
Since my case been put on the file

Bridge:
Well, now, can't you see baby
I'm gonna have to serve my time
I'm sentenced to keep on lovin' you
For committing a lover's cri-i-i-i-i-me, yeah

I'm bein' framed
The jury's all wrong
There's only two men and six women, yeah
I need a drink
Can I get just one more phone call

Lover's Beach
Composer(s): Blore - Prior - Testi
Performer(s): The Lettermen



This is my dream the one I dreamed that someday you'll share
We're on a beach and we're so much in love the stars stop and stare
Stars have things to do but they stop to look at you there with me
Here by the sea on the beach
And then in my dreams the sea rolls in and kisses the sand
The sky holds the moon and the breeze holds a bird and I hold your hand 
Everything is love and we know the meaning of 
Something for each on lover's beach
Then you say that you love me, you're everything that is lovely
I want to memorize every kiss, every star in your eyes 
This is my dream the one I dream that someday you'll share 
What good's a dream when you wake up alone and nobody's there 
Come and be with me at that place beside the sea
You'll find love is there within your reach 
If you'll stay with me on lover's beach

Lovers (Live A Little Longer)
Composer(s): Benny Andersson - Björn Ulvaeus
Performer(s): ABBA



Sit down and listen 'cause I've got good news for you
It was in the papers today
Some physician had made a discovery
This' what she had to say: 
(Oooh you know that)

She said that every result she had backed her
Claiming that love's a longevity factor

So lovers live a little longer, baby
You and me, we got a chance to live twice
Lovers live a little longer, ain't that nice
Lovers live a little longer, baby
What a feeling when I hold you tight
Lovers live a little longer, yeah

I can imagine, I'll see in my fantasy
I'll enjoy every day
Making love is a dynamite drug, baby
So why don't we start right away
(Ahh, please don't wait)

I don't care if they're watching 'cause listen
We've got a reason for each time we're kissing

'Cause lovers live a little longer, baby
You and me, we got a chance to live twice
Lovers live a little longer, ain't that nice
Lovers live a little longer, baby
What a feeling when I hold you tight
Lovers live a little longer, yeah

I just don't care if they're watching 'cause listen
We've got a reason for each time we're kissing

'Cause lovers live a little longer, baby
You and me, we got a chance to live twice
Lovers live a little longer, ain't that nice
Lovers live a little longer, baby
What a feeling when I hold you tight
Lovers live a little longer, yeah

Lovers live a little longer, baby
You and me, we got a chance to live twice
Lovers live a little longer, yeah 

Lover Lover Lover
((French Version: Lover Lover Lover (Graeme Allwright) - 1975))
Composer(s): Leonard Cohen
First release by: Leonard Cohen - 1974



I asked my father
I said, "Father change my name"
The one I'm using now it's covered up
with fear and filth and cowardice and shame

Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me

He said, "I locked you in this body
I meant it as a kind of trial
You can use it for a weapon
or to make some woman smile"

Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me

"Then let me start again," I cried
"please let me start again
I want a face that's fair this time
I want a spirit that is calm"

Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me

"I never never turned aside," he said
"I never walked away
It was you who built the temple
it was you who covered up my face"

Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me

And may the spirit of this song
may it rise up pure and free
May it be a shield for you
a shield against the enemy

Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me

Yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me
yes and lover, lover, lover, lover, lover, lover
lover come back to me

Lover Lover Lover
((Adapted from: Lover Lover Lover (Leonard Cohen) - 1974))
Composer(s): Leonard Cohen - Graeme Allwright
Performer(s): Graeme Allwright - 1975



J'ai appelé mon père, j'ai dit "Père, change mon nom
Celui que je porte est tout couvert de peur, de boue, de lâcheté, de honte"

Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi
Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi

Il dit "J't'ai enfermé dans ce corps, je l'ai voulu comme une épreuve
Tu peux l'envoyer comme une arme ou pour rendre une femme heureuse"

Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi
Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi

Laisse moi recommencer, oh s'il te plaît
Cette fois je veux un beau visage et Dans mon âme je veux la paix

Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi
Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi

Il dit "J'n'ai pas lâché tu sais
Je n'ai pas lâché la page
C'est toi qui a battit le temps
Et couvert mon visage"

Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi
Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi

Et fait que cette chanson s'élève haut et pure esprit
Qu'elle soit oublié pour toi, d'entre les lubris (?)

Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi
Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi

Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi
Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi
Ho Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover Lover revient vers moi

Lover Please
((French Version: Reviens Vite, Mon Amour (Richard Anthony) - 1962))
Composer(s): Billy Swan
First release by: Clyde McPhatter - 1962
Covered by multiple other artists



Lover please, please come back
Don't take a train comin' down the track
Don't, please don't, don't leave me
Don't leave me in misery

You would never hold me so near
You would never call me "Dear"
Dontcha know I'd die for you?
Now you're gone, that's what I'll do

Lover please, please come back
Don't take a train comin' down the track
Don't, please don't, don't leave me
Don't leave me in misery

All those stories, not too long
About a love that went all wrong
The girl left the boy, just as bad
Now she's gone, she's so sad

Lover please, please come back
Don't take a train comin' down the track
Don't, please don't, don't leave me
Don't leave me in misery

You would never hold me so near
You would never have called me "Dear"
Dontcha know I'd die for you?
Now you're gone, that's what I'll do

Lover please, please come back
Don't take a train comin' down the track
Don't, please don't, don't leave me
Don't leave me in misery ...

Reviens Vite, Mon Amour
((Adapted from: Lover Please (Clyde McPhatter) - 1962))
Composer(s): Billy Swan - André Salvet
Performer(s): Richard Anthony - 1962



Reviens-moi, mon amour
Il n'est plus loin le jour du retour
Mais toi, je t'attendrai
Toute la vie s'il le fallait

Ton absence ne peut durer
Elle efface le passé
Regardons vers l'avenir
C'est lui qui doit nous sourire

Reviens-moi, mon amour
Il n'est plus loin le jour du retour
Mais toi, je t'attendrai
Toute la vie s'il le fallait

Les histoires du passé
Il faudra bien les oublier
Crois-moi, l'avenir est précieux
Il est double pour nous deux

Reviens-moi, mon amour
Il n'est plus loin le jour du retour
Mais toi, je t'attendrai
Toute la vie s'il le fallait

Je souhaite, ô mon amour
Qu'on retrouve nos beaux jours
Nous pourrons, si tu le veux
Nous pourrons être encore heureux

Lover Man (Oh, Where Can You Be?)
Composer(s): James Edward Davis - Roger J. Ramirez - James Sherman
First recording/First release by: Billie Holiday - 1944/1945
Covered by multiple other artists



I don't know why, but I'm feeling so sad
I long to try something I've never had
Never had no kissin', oh, what I've been missin'
Lover man, oh, where can you be

The night is cold and I'm so all alone
I'd give my soul just to call you my own
Got a moon above me, but there's no one to love me
Lover man, oh, where can you be

I've heard it said
That the thrill of romance can be
Like a heavenly dream
I go to bed with a prayer
That you'll make love to me
Strange as it seems

Someday we'll meet
And you'll dry all my tears
Then whisper sweet little things in my ears
Huggin' and a-kissin'
Oh, what I've been missin'
Lover man oh where can you be

Oh, what I've been missin'
Lover man, oh, where can you be

Lover For Life
Composer(s): Sam Dees
Performer(s): Whitney Houston
and multiple other artists



I hope you realize baby 
Just what you mean to me 
Hey you where I run for cover 
Your love is shelter for me 
And when I find myself needing 
Some lifting up 
One night with you and 
That always is enough 
How you make being in love 
A true rare affair 
So take me I'm your prisoner 

Will you sentence me 
To be your lover for life 
Your lover for life 
Will you sentence me 
I wanna be your lover for life 
Your lover for life 
Your lover yeah yeah yeah 

I just want to hear you say 
You'll be my lover, lover for life 
Capture, there's no getaway 
You're my lover, my lover for life 

Under your spell or 
Under my own power 
It really doesn't matter to me 
No boy 
See I fell in love 
The first time I saw you 
And have been falling in love 
Ever since mm boy 

You heard my testimony 
You've seen my evidence 
Hey, it's a crime of passion 
In every sense 
And justice would be served 
If you stay here in my world 
So take me I'm your prisoner 

Will you sentence me 
To be your lover for life 
Your lover for life 
Will you sentence me 
I wanna be your lover for life 
Your lover for life 
Your lover yeah yeah yeah 

I just want to hear you say 
You'll be my lover, lover for life 
Capture, there's no getaway 
You're my lover, my lover for life 

I'm your prisoner 
Take me 
I'm your prisoner 
And sentence me to be 
Your lover for life 
Wanna be 
Take me baby 
Your lover, your baby

Lover Doll
Composer(s): Sid Wayne - Abner Silver
First release by: Elvis Presley - 1958
Covered by multiple other artists



Lover doll, oh lover doll
Lover doll, lover doll
You're the cutest lover doll
That I ever did ever see
Let me tell you lover doll
You were meant, just meant for me
On the first time that I saw you
How I fell for your cuddly charms
Lover doll I'm crazy for you
Let me rock you in my arms
I'm so glad I found you
Never thought dollies came full grown
I'm gonna tie a ribbon around you
Wrap you up and take you home
I would never treat you badly
Like a cast away broken toy
Lover doll I love you madly
Let me be your lover boy
I'm so glad I found you
Never thought dollies came full grown
I'm gonna tie a ribbon around you
Wrap you up and take you home
I would never treat you badly
Like a cast away broken toy
Lover doll I love you madly
Let me be your lover boy
Lover doll, lover doll
Lover doll, lover doll
Lover doll, lover doll
Let me be your lover boy
Lover doll, lover doll
Lover doll, lover doll
Lover doll, lover doll
Let me be your lover boy
Let me be your lover boy
Let me be your lover boy

Lover Boy
Composer(s): Rick Davies - Roger Hodgson
Performer(s): Supertramp



I'll tell you from the start
He's gonna break your heart
You can't stop the lover boy
You can't stop the lover boy

He's gonna tell you lies
But you won't realize
Because you can't stop the lover boy
You can't stop the lover boy

He's got a thing in his head
It's from a book he's read
It's got a funny title,
It tells you how to be vital
He took a lot of time
Over every line
Because it's guaranteed
To satisfy

He's gonna knock 'em dead
The boy's got that book read
You can't stop the lover boy
You can't stop the lover boy

Right from the clothes he wears
The way he combs his hair
You can't stop him now, because he knows all the tricks
He used to have a problem but he got it fixed
He took a small apartment
Above a shoe department
And he could see from his window
All the lights in the street glow
There's a club on the corner
And tonight he will go there
To find a new affair
So all you ladies beware

He's got to have a good time in the city
He's got to have a good time every night
He's gonna love 'em and leave 'em, cheat and deceive 'em
He's gonna show 'em who's wrong and who's right

Lover
Composer(s): Richard Rodgers - Lorenz Hart
First performance by: Jeanette MacDonald - 1932
Covered by multiple other artists



Lover, when I'm near you
And I hear you, speak my name
Softly, in my ear you breathe a flame

Lover, when we're dancing
Keep on glancing in my eyes
Till loves own entrancing music dies

All of my future is in you
You're every plan I design
Promise you'll always continue
To be mine

Lover, please be tender
When you're tender, fears depart
Lover, I surrender to my heart

Lover, it's immoral
But why quarrel with our bliss
When two lips of coral want to kiss

I say the devil is in you
And to resist you, I try
But if you didn't continue
I would die

Lover, please be tender
When you're tender, fears depart
Lover, I surrender to my heart

Lovely Weather For Ducks 
Composer(s): Jay Livingston - Ray Evans
Performer(s): Rosemary Clooney
and multiple other artists



When it’s pouring rain and people complain
And things aren’t worth the shucks
Don’t you yell, just say Well
Lovely weather for ducks

When it’s freezing snow, ‘bout zero or so
And the icy sidewalk glares
Don’t get cold feet, just repeat
Lovely weather for bears

Though all your cares seem double
There’s good in every bad
So sneer at Old Man Trouble
And he’ll go away mad

When your shoelace breaks
And your toothache aches
And you need a few more bucks 
Don’t you pout, just sing out
Heavenly weather for what could be better for
Lovely weather for ducks

Though all your cares seem double
There’s good in every bad
So sneer at Old Man Trouble
And he’ll go away mad

When your shoelace breaks
And your toothache aches
And you need a few more bucks 
Don’t you pout, just sing out
Heavenly weather for what could be better for
Lovely weather for ducks

Heavenly weather for what could be better for
Lovely weather for ducks

Lovely Way To Spend An Evening
Composer(s): Harold Adamson - Jimmy McHugh
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra
and multiple other artists



Some like a night at the movies, some like a dance or a show
Some are content with an evening spent home by the radio
Some like to live for the moment, some like to just reminisce
But whenever I have an evening to spend. just give me one like this
This is a lovely way to spend an evening. can't think of anything I'd rather do
This is a lovely way to spend an evening, can't think of anyone as lovely as you
A casual stroll through a garden. a kiss by a lazy lagoon
Catching a breath of moonlight, humming our favorite tune
This is a lovely way to spend an evening
I want to save all my nights and spend them with you
Catching a breath of moonlight, humming our favorite tune
This is a lovely way to spend an evening
I want to save all my nights and spend them with you

Lovely To Look At 
Composer(s): Dorothy Fields - Jerome Kern - Jimmy McHugh
Performer(s): Eddy Duchin
and multiple other artists



(she)
Clothes must play a part 
To light an eye, to win a heart
They say a gown can almost speak
If it is chic
Should you select the right effect 
You cannot miss
You may be sure
He will tell you this 

Lovely to look at 
Delightful to know and heaven to kiss 
A combination like this
Is quite my most impossible scheme come true
Imagine finding a dream like you! 
You're lovely to look at 
It's thrilling to hold you terribly tight
For we're together, the moon is new 
And oh, it's lovely to look at you tonight! 

(he)
What appeals to me 
Is just your charm and dignity
Not what you wear
But just an air, of great repose 
You are quite perfect from your head down to your toes 
Both night and day
I am moved to say

Lovely to look at 
Delightful to know and heaven to kiss 
A combination like this
Is quite my most impossible scheme come true
Imagine finding a dream like you! 
You're lovely to look at 
It's thrilling to hold you terribly tight
For we're together, the moon is new 
And oh, it's lovely to look at you tonight! 

Little Pony
Composer(s): Jon Hendricks - Neal Hefti
Performer(s): The Pointer Sisters
and multiple other artists



I said hurry up, dig a little pony I know
Say that so
I said hurry up, dig a little pony, we'll blow
Ride, ride, ride

He's blowin' pretty, what a musical treat
Say that so
Look at him, blowin' steady, what a wonderful beat
Ride, ride, ride

Hurry up, hurry up
Do me the ditty up
Hurry up, hurry up
Go wake the city up
Hurry up, hurry up
Once more I wanna repeat

People pass word
He's the last word
That's the mass word
They don't dig 'til he's big, then they wig

Wanna say a lot about a little pony
Wanna celebrate the night the pony booted up the big beat
And by the time he got to cookin' everybody started lookin'

Well I can't stop telling about what he was doin'
To blow as though his heart was in it every minute
Singin' a pretty kind of sound, really givin' every pound
Neve acting like the greatest cat around

Every body dug him and he had 'em really drinking
Like the did a lot of swiggin' from a gallon jug
And then he cooled a while, sentimental style

Later on a little while he had 'em swinging, stompin' the floor
Little pony went a ridin', illustratin' what a horn was for
Had 'em comin' back for more, when they added up the score
It was joy galore!

Been down east, did up the west
Come to find, this little pony's the best
Blow your horn, do up the sound Sing your song, you're really
puttin' it down

Well, a little bit of listenin' with a passable ear
We'll get an awful lot of messages anywhere

Ride, pony ride, Be my wailing guide
Keep on singin', I dig, you're bringin' the word
Go pony, go, put me in the know
Dig me wiggin', that way, you're diggin' I heard

If anybody ever made it out to the coast
They can tell ya what I'm talkin' about
Little pony wailin' on the alto saxophone
Holler giddyup and gallop

Ball, pony, ball, don't be slow at all
Don't bashful, be like you're blowing for me

Gotta get along speedily
Got to get along, and do the coda
It's really the end, you see
Well thanks a lot, but pretty baby I must quit this scene
If you know what I mean

Don't be quittin', just when you're hittin' the peak
Get a record that'll play all week
Could be good bebop, could be!