Take Me As I Am
Composer(s): Boudleaux Bryant
Performer(s): Bob Dylan



Why must you always try to make me over?
Take me as I am or let me go
White lilies never grow on stalks of clover
Take me as I am or let me go
You are trying to reshape me in a mould, love 
In the image of someone you used to know
But I won't be a stand-in for an old love
Take me as I am or let me go

You've tried to change me ever since you've met me 
Take me as I am or let me go 
If you can not overlook my faults, forget me 
Take me as I am or let me go

You are trying to reshape me in a mould, love 
In the image of someone you used to know 
But I won't be a stand-in for an old love
Take me as I am or let me go

Mother You, Smother You
Composer(s): Brian Holland; Lamont Dozier;
Edward Holland Jr.; R. Dean Taylor
Performer(s): The Supremes; Christine Schumacher



I wanna mother you, smother you
with a love you've never known
I wanna talk to you
say sweet things to you
Let you know that I'm yours alone
Now, you need a lot of loving
and my darlin', you need it now
You've been alone for so long
You've forgotten what love is all about
Let me rock you in the cradle of my arms
let my love protect you from all harm
I'll be your shelter when you want me to
I'll be your comfort when you need me to

I wanna mother you, smother you
with a love that's gentle and true
I wanna talk to you
say sweet things to you
and my love will see you through
Put your head on my shoulder
Put your hand, darling, in mine
Just let me take you in my arms
and love away the loneliness you hide
And when life sometimes gets you down
and you need to cry
Oh, I'll be standing by your side
To be your strength and be your guide

I wanna mother you, smother you
Show me what love is about
I wanna talk to you 
say sweet things to you
Take away all of your doubt

Just let me mother you, smother you
with a love you've never known
I wanna talk to you
say sweet things to you
Let me know that I'm yours alone

Ooh, mother you, smother you
with a love you've never known
I wanna talk to you
say sweet things to you
Let me know that I'm yours alone

Mother you
smother you

Giros
Composer(s): Fito Paez
Performer(s): Fito Paez



Giros existe un cielo y un estado de coma
cambiar en torno de persona a persona
giros dar media vuelta y ver que pasa allá afuera
no todo el mundo tiene primavera

Flaco donde estas? estoy imaginándome otro lugar
estoy juntando información
estoy queriendo ser otro, otro tipo
mi necesidad se va modificando con las demás
así mi luna llega a vos, así yo llego a tu luna

Giros todo da vuelta como una gran pelota
todo da vueltas casi ni se nota
giros fotografía de distintos lugares
fotográficamente tan distantes

Suena un bandoñon, parece el de otro tipo
pero soy yo que sigo caminando igual
silbando un tango oxidado

Giros

Giros

Take Me Around Again
Composer(s): Ed. Rose - Kerry Mills



Said Sammie to Annie, "close up the pianie, let's go thro' the park for a stroll" 
But Annie told Sammie "You're off your nanny, that park proposition is old" 
Said he, "I know somewhere 
There's nothing but fun there 
It's Coney, we went there before" 
Then Annie grab'd Sammie, said 
"That will be dandy, I'm dying to go there once more"

Said Sammie, "I'm going, we've seen all worth showing" but Annie just clung to his arm
"I've spent all my money 
So don't be a dummy, and act like you just left the farm" 
But Annie just pouted 
"Get tickets," they shouted, and Sam look'd at Annie and sigh'd
"My bank roll's a quarter, and if it gets shorter 
We'll have to walk back" he replied

"Take me all around again, 'round again, 'round again
What's the odds how much we spend
Pa's rich and Ma don't care
Let's go down the chutes again, off again, on again 
Refuse me, you'll lose me
Come on and amuse me
And take me around again

Mother Of Violence
Composer(s): Jill Gabriel; Peter Gabriel
Performer(s): Peter Gabriel



Walking the street with her naked feet
So full of rhythm but I can't find the beat
Snapping her heels, clicking her toes
Everybody knows just where she goes

Fear, Fear, she's the mother of Violence
Making me tense to watch the way she breed
Fear, she's the mother of Violence
You know self-defense is all you need
It's getting hard to breathe
It's getting so hard to believe
To believe in anything at all

Mouth all dry, eyes bloodshot
Data stored on a microdot
Kicking the cloud with my moccasin shoes
TV dinner, TV news

Fear, Fear, she's the mother of Violence
Don't make any sense to watch the way she breed
Fear, she's the mother of Violence
Making me tense to watch the way she feed
The only way you know she's there
Is the subtle flavor in the air
Getting hard to breathe
Getting hard to believe in anything at all
But Fear

Girofle, Girofla
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Yves Montand



Que tu as de beaux champs d'orge! 
Giroflé - girofla
Ton verger de fruits regorge
le bon temps est là...
Entends - tu ronfler la forge? 
Giroflé - girofla
L'canon les fauchera, l'cannon les fauchera!

Que tu as la maison douce! 
Giroflé - girofla
L'ombre y dort, la fleur y pousse
l' bonheur y viendra...
Voit la lune qui devient rousse... 
Giroflé - girofla
L'avion la brûlera, l'avion la brûlera!

Que tu as de belles filles! 
Giroflé - girofla
Dans leurs yeux, où le soleil brille
l'amour descendra...
Sur la plaine on se fusille... 
Giroflé - girofla
L'soldat les violera, l'soldat les violera!

Que tes fils sont forts et tendres! 
Giroflé - girofla
C'est plaisir de les entendre
à qui chantera!
Dans huit jours on vients les prendre... 
Giroflé - girofla
L'corbeau les mangera, l'corbeau les mangera!

Tant qu'y aura des militaires  
Giroflé - girofla
soit ton fils, soit le mien
on n'verra par toute la terre
jamais rien de bien...
On t'tuera pour te faire taire
par derrière comme un chien...
Et tout ça pour rien!
Et tout ça pour rien!

Take Me Along 
((Adapted from: Emmenez-Moi (Charles Aznavour) - 1973))
((Dutch Version: Neem Me Toch Mee (Bart Kaëll) - 1998))
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Dee Shipman
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour - 1978



On the docks where the boredom of life
Is all that I own
I see boats coming in with the fruits
Of places unknown

I watch as they come from the world in the sun
And I see in my mind
That there is farewell to this cold golden hell
They can leave far behind

Let me go where they go
Let me fly the winds that they fly
For to stay in this place
Will destroy a man's certain life

Take me along, a long way from here
Take me along to a far away shore
When you're poor it's easy to bare
With sunshine and soft summer air

At the end of the day
In a bar, with sailors I stand
And I talk about girls, about love
A glass in my hand

Then in my dreams, I can travel at seas
On a float, southern-bound
There I can hold all the magic in gold
Of the love I have found

When the bars on the quayside are closed
Alone I remain
I continue to dream
And each night the dream is the same

Take me along, a long way from here
Take me along to a far away shore
When you're poor it's easy to bare
With sunshine and soft summer air

Very soon I will take any troubled chance
That I can
Though I dream like a child
For my dreams I'll work like a man

I'll work and reprive for my to ticket-to-ride
Where the sun shines for me
Surviving any storms, and be wild to be warm
That's the way I must be

I'll be leaving behind no regrets
And hold my past
And I'll go to the sea
As I'll sail to freedom at last

Take me along, a long way from here
Take me along to a far away shore
When you're poor it's easy to bare
With sunshine and soft summer air

Take me along, a long way from here
Take me along to a far away shore
When you are poor it's easy to bare
With sunshine and soft summer air

Mother Of Us All
Composer(s): Doug Phillips; Ed Whiting
Performer(s): Petula Clark



Hope, is the common ground we walk upon
And peace, is the lamp that lights the way
Faith, is believing in it all
Though trouble may arise
And cause some tears to fall

Turn on your light, that other souls may see
And, offer some comfort when you wait
Open your heart, and lend an ear
For when the door is open
You're standing near
So very near
To all the sadness
And the laughter in the world
We've all been strangers through

This very year let's bring our sadness
And our laughter to the world
Before the storm is through

Hope, is the light that shows in all mankind
And peace, as a child for all to see
Faith, and it soon will come to be
That we may walk together
Like little children
Back to the mother of us all
Back to the garden, we've come away from
Back to the mother of us all

Faith, and it soon will come to be
That we may walk together
Like little children
Back to the mother of us all
Back to the garden, we walked away from
Back to the mother of us all

Let's walk together
Like little children
Back to the mother of us all
Back to the garden, we turned away from
Back to the mother of us all

Let's walk together
Like little children
Back to the mother of us all
Back to the garden
We turned away from

Girls, Women And Ladies
Composer(s): Ed Bruce; Ron Peterson; Patsy Bruce
Performer(s): Ed Bruce



There was only me and her and him
The bar was taking last call
So I thought I'd move on in
I was slick and feeling like a man
So I took the stool between them
And ordered one more round
For me and her…and him

I laid my arm across the back of her bar stool
Don't remember what I said
But at the time it sounded cool
She just pushed her drink away and never looked at me
She paid her tab, tipped the man
And left me sitting there
Alone…with him

- Chorus -
He said, "There's girls, there's women and there's ladies
There's yesses and nos and maybes
There's teasing and pleasing
They start learning when they're babies
There's girls, there's women and there's ladies"

He pushed his old straw hat back and he grinned
"Ain't they all mysteries
And, sonny, it's a sin
They're all sitting on the world
We're trying to win
But, Lord, I love a mystery
So let's drink another round
To me and you…and them"

(Repeat Chorus)

Neem Me Toch Mee
((Adapted from: Emmenez-Moi (Charles Aznavour) - 1973))
((English Version: Take Me Along (Charles Aznavour) - 1978))
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Johan Verminnen
Performer(s): Bart Kaëll - 1998



In het dok waar de verveling weegt op mijn bestaan
Komen schepen, hun ruimen gevuld met vruchten en graan
Hun namen doen me altijd dromen over plaatsen waar ik nooit zal komen
Zo heel mooi, zo heel ver
Waar de zomers eeuwig duren, waar het zand je huid zal schuren
Zo heel ruw, zo ver weg

Ik ken enkel een hemel vol wolken zo grijs
Hier eindigt m'n wereld, ik ging nooit op reis

Neem me toch mee naar het land van de zon
Zeg nu niet nee, maar zeg me nu 'kom'
Ik weet, er is op de wereld een plaats voor mij in de zon

In de kroeg maken de zeelui altijd plezier
In een dronken bui roepen zij 'breng ons meer bier'
En dan grijpen ze hun kans, ja de poppen gaan aan het dansen
Want ze zijn nu op zwier
En ze drinken nog veel meer, zo veel meer dan die andere keer
Het wordt vroeg, nooit genoeg

Als de kroeg dan sluit en ze duiken in hun kajuit
Dan benijd ik hen en ik neem dan een besluit

Neem me toch mee naar het land van de zon
Zeg nu niet nee, maar zeg me nu 'kom'
Ik weet, er is op de wereld een plaats voor mij in de zon

Op een dag een sloep zo verroest, een heel ouwe schuit
Met een motor die hoest maar toch vaar ik het zeegat uit
En dan vaar ik naar die hete stranden van die verre mooie warme landen
Weg van hier, met plezier
Waar de zon m'n bleke huid zal branden en m'n ouwe schuit voorgoed mag stranden
Ver van hier, met plezier

Ik verdwijn uit jouw zicht zonder spijt en voor altijd
Want ik stuur geen bericht en mij ben je nu kwijt

Neem me toch mee naar het land van de zon
Zeg nu niet nee, maar zeg me nu 'kom'
Ik weet, er is op de wereld een plaats voor mij in de zon

Neem me toch mee naar het land van de zon
Zeg nu niet nee, maar zeg me nu 'kom'
Ik weet, er is op de wereld een plaats voor mij in de zon

Lalala...
Ik weet, er is op de wereld een plaats voor mij in de zon 

Mother Of Pearl 
Composer(s): Brian Ferry
Performer(s): Roxy Music



Turn the lights down 
Way down low 
Turn up the music 
Hi as fi can go 
All the gang´s here 
Everyone you know 
It´s a crazy scene 
Hey there just look over your shoulder 

Get the picture? 
No no no no .......(Yes) 
Walk a tightrope 
Your life-sign-line 
Such a bright hope 
Right place, right time 
What´s your number? 
Never you mind 
Take a powder 
But hang on a minute what´s coming round the corner? 
Have you a future? 
No no no no .......(Yes) 
Well I´ve been up all night again 
Party-time wasting is too much fun 
Then I step back thinking 
Of life´s inner meaning 
And my latest fling 
It´s the same old story 
All love and glory 
It´s a pantomime 
If you're looking for love 
In a looking glass world 
It's pretty hard to find 
Oh mother of pearl 
I wouldn't trade you 
For another girl 
Divine intervention 
Always my intention 
So I take my time 
I´ve been looking for something 
I've always wanted 
But was never mine 
But now I've seen that something 
Just out of reach - glowing - 
Very Holy grail 
Oh mother of pearl 
Lustrous lady 
Of a sacred world 
Thus: even Zarathustra 
Another-time-loser 
Could believe in you 
With every goddess a let down 
Every idol a bring down 
It gets you down 
But the search for perfection 
Your own predilection 
Goes on and on and on and on 
Canadian Club love 
A place in the Country 
Everyone's ideal 
But you are my favorita 
And a place in your heart dear 
Makes me feel more real 
Oh mother of pearl 
I wouldn't change you 
For the whole world 
You're highbrow, holy 
With lots of soul 
Melancholy shimmering 
Serpentine sleekness 
Was always my weakness 
Like a simple tune 
But no dilettante 
Filigree fancy 
Beats the plastic you 
Career girl cover 
Exposed and another 
Slips right into-view 
Oh looking for love 
In a looking glass world 
Is pretty hard for you 
Few throwaway kisses 
The boomerang misses 
Spin round and round 
Fall on featherbed quilted 
Faced with silk 
Softly stuffed eider down 
Take refuge in pleasure 
Just give me your future 
We'll forget your past 
Oh mother of pearl 
Submarine lover 
In a shrinking world 
Oh lonely dreamer 
Your choker provokes 
A picture cameo 
Oh mother of pearl 
So so semi-precious 
In your detached world 
Oh mother of pearl 
I wouldn´t trade you 
For another girl

Girls, Girls, Girls
Composer(s): Georg Kajanus
Performer(s): Sailor



Girls
Girls
Girls

Yellow
red
black or white
add a little bit of moonlight
For this intercontinental romance
Shy girl
sexy girl
they all like that fancy world
Champagne
a gentle song and a slow dance
Who makes it fun to spend your money

Who calls you honey
most every day
Girls
Girls
Girls - Girls
Girls
Girls
Well
they made 'em up in Hollywood
and put them into the movie
Those lovely photographic splendours
In and out of magazines
Miss World and beauty queens
Falling in love with the real big spenders
But although their world may be frantic
They're still romantic
in their own way

So hop on
the world is swinging
Don't sit and twiddle your thumbs
Get up and meet those pretty Girls
Girls
Girls
Step on
the world keeps swinging.
Put on the dazzling charm.
Get up and find those pretty girls
But don't rush
keep it nice and gentle
And sentimental
for that certain moment

Moonlit oceans
girls full of emotions
Stepping on that slow boat to China
And next door
in Japan
they know how to please a man
Dropping in for tea with my geisha
They've got that old-fashioned feeling
When it comes to pleasing
they know their way

So hop on
the world is swinging

When you draw back the curtain
Hop on
the world is swinging
Don't sit and twiddle your thumbs
Get up and meet those pretty girls

Take It To The Limit
((Dutch Version: Jij Maakt Mij Gelukkig (Severine Doré) - 2003))
Composer(s): Randy Meisner - Glenn Frey - Don Henley
First release by: Eagles - 1975
Covered by multiple other artists



All alone at the end of the evening
And the bright lights have faded to blue
I was thinking 'bout a woman who might have loved me
I never knew
You know i've always been a dreamer spent my life running round
And it's so hard to change can't seem to settle down
But the dreams i've seen lately keep on turning out
And burning out and turning out the same
So put me on a highway and show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time

You can spend all your time making money
You can spend all your love making time
If it all fell to pieces tomorrow
Would you still be mine?
And when you're looking for your freedom nobody seems to care
And you can't find the door can't find it anywhere
When there's nothing to believe in still you're coming back
You're running back, you're coming back for more

So put me on a highway and show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time

Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time
Take it to the limit, take it to the limit
Take it to the limit one more time ...

Mother Nature's Son
Composer(s): John Lennon; Paul McCartney
Originally performed by: The Beatles
Covered by various other artists



Born a poor young country boy
Mother Nature's son
All day long I'm sitting singing songs for everyone

Sit beside a mountain stream
See he waters rise
Listen to the sound of pretty music as she flies

Find me in my field of grass
Mother Nature's son
Swaying daisies sing a lazy song beneath the sun

Girls! Girls! Girls!
Composer(s): Jerry Leiber; Mike Stoller
Performer(s): Elvis Presley;
and various other artists



(Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls!)
(Girls) goin' swimming, (Girls) in bikinis
(Girls! A-walkin' and a-wigglin' by (Yay, yay, yay)
(Girls) on the beaches, (Girls) oh, what a peaches
(Girls!) So pretty, Lord I could cry (yay, yay)
I'm just a red blooded boy and I can't stop thinkin' about
(Girls) sailin' sailboats, (Girls) water skiin'
They'll drive me out of my mind (Yay, yay, yay)
(Girls) big and brassy, (Girls) small and sassy
(Girls!) Just give me one of each kind (Yay-yay)
I'm just a red blooded boy and I can't stop thinkin' about
Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls!

And when I pick up a sandwich too munch
A-crunchy-crunchety-a-crunchety-crunch
I never ever get to finish my lunch
Because there's always bound to be a bunch of
(Girls!) In tight sweaters, (Girls!) in short dresses
(Girls!) A-walkin' and a-wigglin' by (Yay, yay, yay)
(Girls!) Out boatin', Girls, just a floatin'
(Girls!) So pretty, Lord I could cry (Yay, yay)
I'm just a red blooded boy and I can't stop thinkin' about
Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls!

I'm just a red blooded boy and I can't stop thinkin' about
Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls!
I'm just a red blooded boy and I can't stop thinkin' about
Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls!
I'm just a red blooded boy and I can't stop thinkin' about
Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls! Girls!

Take It On The Run
Composer(s): Gary Richrath
First release by: REO Speedwagon - 1980



Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin' around 

They say you got a boy friend
You're up there every weekend
They're talkin' about you and it's bringin' me down 

But I know the nieghborhood
And talk is cheap when the story is good
And the tales grow taller on down the line 

But I'm telling you, babe
That I don't think it's true, babe
And even if it is keep this in mind 

You take it on the run baby
If that's the way you want it baby
Then I don't want you around
I don't believe it
Not for a minute
You're under the gun so you take it on the run 

You're thinking up your white lies
You're putting on your bedroom eyes
You say you're coming home but you won't say when

But I can feel it coming
If you leave tonight keep running
And you need never look back again 

You take it on the run baby
If that's the way you want it baby
Then I don't want you around
I don't believe it
Not for a minute
You're under the gun so you take it on the run 

You take it on the run baby
If that's the way you want it baby
Then I don't want you around
I don't believe it
Not for a minute
You're under the gun so you take it on the run 

You take it on the run baby
If that's the way you want it baby
Then I don't want you around
I don't believe it
Not for a minute
You're under the gun so you take it on the run 

Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from a friend who
Heard it from another you been messin' around 

Mother Nature And Father Time
Composer(s): Kay Twomey; Fred Wise; Ben Wiseman
Performer(s): Nat King Cole; Dickie Valentine



I'm a son of mother nature
A son of father time
I've got a lot of neighbours the million stars that shine
And there all friends of mine

Every robin is my brother
They sing their songs to me
The tiny black-eyed daisies
The mighty red wood tree
There all my family

Then why do I feel so lonely
Like a king on an empty throne
There's one thing that's missing only
A true love to call my own

Won't you listen mother nature
And listen father time
Please help me to find someone
To fill these arms of mine
Mother nature and father time

Then why do I feel so lonely
Like a king on an empty throne
There's one thing that's missing only
A true love to call my own

Won't you listen mother nature
And listen father time
Please help me to find someone
To fill these arms of mine
Mother nature and father time
Mother nature and father time

Girls Were Made To Love And Kiss
Composer(s): Franz Lehár; Victor Herbert
Performer(s): Richard Tauber;
and various other artists



Girls were made to love and kiss
And who am I to interfere with this?
Is it well?  Who can tell?
But I know the good Lord made it so
 
Am I ashamed to follow nature’s way?
Shall I be blamed if God has made me gay?
Does it pay?  Who can say?
I’m a man and kiss her when I can
 
Yet I have suffered in love’s great deeps
I know the passion that never sleeps
I know the longing and wronging of hearts
The hope that flatters and shatters and smarts
 
I suffer still but I sleep at nights
Man cannot always be on the heights
And when our aching and breaking is done
Flirting is jolly, it’s folly, but fun
 
Girls were made to love and kiss
And who am I to interfere with this?
Does it pay?  Who can say?
I’m a man and kiss her when I can

Take It Like A Man
Composer(s): Blair Thornton - C.F. Turner
Performer(s): Bachman-Turner Overdrive; BTO Spider



Only three stops
To make in Alabama
Everyone
A one-night stand
Working for a man
Down South Louisiana
Cause ZZ ain't
His only band
Business has been
Good or bad
But sittin here
Will drive me mad

And I'm gonna get back
Where they want me
Get back
Where they want me
Get back
Where they want me
Make a stand
I'm gonna
Take it like a man

Met a stray woman
I think it was in Texas
She was made
For those who'd pay
Got a little drunk
And raised a mild ruckus
The city said
I could not stay
I guess I'm gonna
Have to change
Until this mess is
Rearranged

And I'm gonna get back
Where they want me
Get back
Where they want me
Get back
Where they want me
Make a stand
I'm gonna
Take it like a man

I guess I'm gonna
Have to change
Until my life is
Rearranged

And I'm gonna get back
Where they want me
Get back
Where they want me
Get back
Where they want me
Make a stand
I'm gonna
Take it like a man 

Mother Dear, O Pray For Me
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Perry Como
and various other artists



Mother dear, O pray for me! 
Whilst far from heav'n and thee
I wander in a fragile bark
O'er life's tempestuous sea
O Virgin Mother, from thy throne
So bright in bliss above
Protect thy child and cheer my path
With thy sweet smile of love

Mother dear, O pray for me!
Should pleasure's siren lay
E'er tempt thy child to wander far 
From Virtue's path away
When thorns beset life's devious way
And darkling waters flow
Then Mary aid thy weeping child
Thyself a mother show

Chorus 

Mother dear, remember me! 
And never cease thy care
'Till in heaven eternally
Thy love and bliss I share