Teachers
((Italian Version: Maestri (Claudio Daiano) - 1974))
Composer(s): Leonard Cohen
First release by: Leonard Cohen - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



I met a woman long ago
Her hair the black that black can go
Are you a teacher of the heart
Soft she answered no

I met a girl across the sea
Her hair the gold that gold can be
Are you a teacher of the heart
Yes but not for thee

I met a man who lost his mind
In some lost place I had to find
Follow me the wise man said
But he walked behind

I walked into a hospital
Where none was sick and none was well
When at night the nurses left
I could not walk at all

Morning came
And then came noon
Dinner time the scalpel blade
Lay beside my silver spoon

Some girls wander by mistake
Into the mess that scalpels make
Are you the teachers of my heart
We teach old hearts to break

One morning I woke up alone
The hospital, the nurses gone
Have I carved enough, my lord
Child, you are bone

I ate and ate and ate
No, I did not miss a plate
Well, how much do these suppers cost
We’ll take it out in hate

I spent my hatred every place
On every work on every face
Someone gave me wishes
And I wished for an embrace

Several girls embraced me
Then I was embraced by men
Is my passion perfect
No, do it once again

I was handsome, I was strong
I knew the words of every song
Did my singing please you
No, the words you sang were wrong

Who is it whom I address
Who takes down what I confess
Are you the teachers of my heart
We teach old hearts to rest

Well, teachers are my lessons done
I cannot do another one
They laughed and laughed and said
Well, child are your lessons done

Are your lessons done
Are your lessons done

My Face In The Rain
Composer(s): R. Dassin; Vangelis
Performer(s): Demis Roussos; Vangelis



My face in the rain
I walk all alone
It's Sunday time is slow
I'm happy that is all I know
My face into the sun
My life is my own
It's Sunday time is slow
I am happy that is all I know

My thoughts in the rain
I walk all alone
It's Sunday time is slow 
I am happy that is all I know

Good Thing
Composer(s): Mark Lindsay; Terry Melcher
Performer(s): Paul Revere & The Raiders



Seems this world's got you down
You're feelin' bad vibrations 'round
Well open your eyes girl, look at me (look at me)
I'm gonna show you how it ought to be (ought to be)
We're gonna have a good thing, such a good thing, baby

And when your world don't seem just right
And-a life's gettin' you uptight
You can change that wrong to right (wrong to right)
'Cause I was there myself last night (there last night)
I really had a good thing, such a good thing, baby

I won't have no-one now (no-one around to bring you down)
Well, it's a groovy world, girl
Let me bring you to a
(Good, good, good, good thing)
Good thing, girl

Gotta hear me you can breeze 'em off should you try
They don't care if you live or die
'Cause they're losers, what a shame (cryin' shame)
I'm gonna show you to a brand new game (brand new game)
We're gonna have a good thing, such a good thing, baby

I won't tell you no, no no lies
When I'm through you'll realized
For the first time it seems right (feels so right)
I'm gonna stay right here tonight (stay tonight)
We'll really have a good thing, such a good thing, baby

Ah-nobody (no-one around to bring you down)
Well, groovy world, girl
Let me bring you to a
(Good, good, good, good thing)
Such a good thing, girl

Good thing, baby (11X)

Teacher
Composer(s): Ian Anderson
Performer(s): Jethro Tull



Well the dawn was coming
heard him ringing on my bell 
He said, "My name's the teacher 
that is what I call myself
And I have a lesson 
that I must impart to you 
It's an old expression 
but I must insist it's true 

Jump up, look around, find yourself some fun 
no sense in sitting there hating everyone
No man's an island and his castle isn't home 
the nest is for nothing when the bird has flown" 

So I took a journey
threw my world into the sea
With me went the teacher 
who found fun instead of me

Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said? 
Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed 
I try to socialize but I can't seem to find 
what I was looking for, got something on my mind 

Then the teacher told me 
it had been a lot of fun 
Thanked me for his ticket 
and all that I had done 

Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said? 
Sun-tanned, drink in hand, lying there in bed 
I try to socialize but I can't seem to find 
what I was looking for, got something on my mind

My Eyes Adored You 
Composer(s): Robert Crewe; Kelly Nolan
Performer(s): Andy Williams



My eyes adored you 
Though I never laid a hand on you 
My eyes adored you 
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you 
So close, so close and yet so far

Carried your books from school 
Playing "make-believe you're married to me" 
You were fifth-grade, I was sixth 
When we came to be 
Walking home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay 
Till we grew into the me and you 
Went our separate ways 

My eyes adored you 
Though I never laid a hand on you 
My eyes adored you 
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you 
So close, so close and yet so far

Headed for city lights 
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame 
I worked my fingers to the bone 
Made myself a name 
Funny I seemed to find 
That no matter how the years unwind 
Still I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss 
And the love I left behind 

My eyes adored you 
Though I never laid a hand on you 
My eyes adored you 
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you 
So close, so close and yet so far

(My eyes adored you) 
All my life I will remember 
(Though I never laid a hand on you) 
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby 
(Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you) 
Oh, the feeling, sad regrets 
(So close, so close and yet so far) 
I know I won't ever forget you, my childhood friend 

(My eyes adored you) 
(Though I never laid a hand on you) 
(My eyes adored you) 
(Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you) 

So close, so close and yet so far

Good Shepherd
Composer(s): Jorma Kaukonen
Performer(s): Jefferson Airplane



If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the blood-stained bandit
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
One for Paul
One for Silas
One for to make my heart rejoice
Can't you hear my lambs acallin
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the long-tongue liar
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep
If you want to get to heaven
Over on the other shore
Stay out of the way of the gun shot devil
Oh good shepherd
Feed my sheep

Teach Your Children
Composer(s): Graham Nash
First release by: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



You, who are on the road
Must have a code that you can live by
And so, become yourself
Because the past is just a goodbye
Teach your children well
Their father's hell did slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick, the one you'll know by

Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you

And you, of tender years
Can't know the fears that your elders grew by
And so please help them with your youth
They seek the truth before they can die
Teach your parents well
Their children's hell will slowly go by
And feed them on your dreams
The one they pick, the one you'll know by

Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry
So just look at them and sigh and know they love you...

My Elusive Dreams
Composer(s): Curly Putman; Billy Sherrill
Originally performed by: Curly Putman
Covered by various other artists



I followed you to Texas
I followed you to Utah
We didn't find it there, so we mo-oved on
I followed you to Alabam'
Things looked good in Birmingham
We didn't find it there, so we moved on

I know you're tired of followin'
My elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams

I had your child in Memphis
You heard of work in Nashville
We didn't find it there, so we moved on
To a small farm in Nebraska
To a gold mine in Alaska
We didn't find it there, so we moved on

And now we've left Alaska
Because there was no gold mine
But this time, only two of us move on
Now all we have is each other
And a little memory to cling to
And still you won't let me go on alone

I know you're tired of followin'
My elusive dreams and schemes
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams
(Ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh)
For they're only fleeting things
My elusive dreams

Good Rockin' Tonight
((French Version: Et La Voix D'Elvis (Eddy Mitchell) - 1977))
Composer(s): Roy Brown
First release: Roy Brown - 1947
Covered by multiple other artists



Well, I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight
Well, I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight

I’m gonna hold my baby
As tight as I can
Tonight she’ll know
I’m a mighty, mighty man
I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight

I say, well, meet me in a hurry
Behind the barn
Don’t you be afraid, darling
I’ll do you no harm
I want you to bring
Along my rockin’ shoes
’cause tonight I’m gonna rock away
All my blues
I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight

Well, we’re gonna rock
we’re gonna rock
Let’s rock
come on and rock
We’re gonna rock all our blues away

Have you heard the news?
Everybody’s rockin’ tonight
Have you heard the news?
Everybody’s rockin’ tonight

I’m gonna hold my baby
As tight as I can
Well, tonight she’ll know
I’m a mighty, mighty man
I heard the news
There’s good rockin’ tonight

Well, we’re gonna rock, rock, rock
Come on and rock, rock, rock
Well, rock, rock, rock, rock
Let’s rock, rock, rock, rock
We’re gonna rock all our blues away

Teach You To Rock
Composer(s): Freddie Bell - Joey Lattanzi
Performer(s): Freddie Bell & The Bellboys; Tony Crombie & His Rockets; The Jive Romeros



Hello ev'rybody!

I mean ev'rybody!

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

If you can't swing, get out of the way
'Cause we don't want no squares
Once you learn and you get in the groove
You jump around, you don't have no cares

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

I said One-Two-Three-Four
Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten
Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock!
We're gonna teach you to rock

One-Two-Three-Four
Five-Six-Seven-Eight-Nine-Ten
Rock! Rock! Rock! Rock!
We're gonna teach you to rock, Yes!

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

Well, if you can't swing, get out of the way
'Cause we don't want no squares
Once you learn and you get in the groove
You jump around and don't have no cares

We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
We're gonna teach you to rock
Come on and rock with us

My Dreams Are Getting Better All The Time
Composer(s): Mann Curtis; Vic Mizzy
Performer(s): Les Brown & Doris Day
and various other artists



Well, what do you know 
He smiled at me in my dreams last night
My dreams are getting better all the time
And, what do you know 
he smiled at me in a different light
My dreams are getting better all the time

To think that we were strangers a couple of nights ago
And though it's a dream 
I never dreamed he'd ever say hello
Oh, maybe tonight I'll hold him tight 
when the moonbeams shine
My dreams are getting better all the time

To think that we were strangers a couple of nights ago
And though it's a dream 
I never dreamed he'd ever say hello
Oh, maybe tonight I'll hold him tight 
when the moonbeams shine
My dreams are getting better all the time

Good Planets Are Hard To Find
Composer(s): Steve Forbert
Performer(s): Steve Forbert



Good planets are hard to find
Temp'rate zones and tropic climes
True currents in thriving seas
Winds blowin' through breathing trees
Strong ozone and safe sunshine
Good planets are hard to find

Good planets are in demand
Clean beaches and sparkling sand
Land masses with room to spare
Jet streams and perfect air
High forests and low wetlands
Good planets are in demand

And the mind don't know
If the heart can't see
Let the blind man go
To his destiny...

Good planets are rare indeed
Rain fallin' on crops and seed
Big rivers and good topsoil
Fuel sources from cane to oil
Green gardens of all we need
Good planets are rare indeed

And the mind don't know
If the heart can't see
Let the blind man go
To his destiny...

Good planets are scarce and few
Earthworms and caribou
Strong food chains and tasty meals
Textiles and plants that heal
Iron mountains and skies of blue
Good planets are scarce and few

Teach Me Tonight
((Danish Version: Lær Os Det Nu (Ulla & Grethe) - 1968))
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn - Gene DePaul
First release by: Janet Brace - 1954
Covered by multiple other artists



Did you say that I've got a lot to learn 
Well don't think I'm trying not to learn 
Since this is the perfect spot to learn 
Teach me tonight 

Starting with the ABC of it 
Getting right down to the XYZ of it 
Help me solve the mystery of it 
Teach me tonight 

The sky's a blackboard high above you 
And if a shooting star goes by 
I'll use that star to write "I love you" 
A thousand times across the sky 

One thing isn't very clear my love 
Teachers shouldn't stand so near my love 
Graduation's almost here my love 
You'd better teach me tonight 

I've played loves scenes in a flick or two 
And I've also met a chick or two 
But I still can learn a trick or two 
Hey teach me tonight 

I who thought I knew the score of it 
Kind of think I should know much more of it 
Off the wall, the bed, the floor of it 
Hey teach me tonight 

The midnight hours come slowly creeping 
When there's no one there but you 
There must be more to life than sleeping 
Single in a bed for two 

What I need most is post graduate 
What I feel is hard to articulate 
If you want me to matriculate 
You'd better teach me tonight 

What do you get for lessons 
Teach me... come on and teach me... teach me tonight

My Dream
Composer(s): Buck Ram
Performer(s): The Platters



My Dream
Is a wondrous dream
It's the answer too
Wanting only you

My Dream
Is a true delight
My escape at night
From a world that's blue

The world we know
Seems so far away
And where we go
Is for us to say

My Dream
Is a wealth of joy
No one can destroy
When I dream my dream
It's no common dream
It's a wondrous dream
Dream...

Good Ole Boys Like Me
Composer(s): Bob McDill; Don Williams
Performer(s): Don Williams



When I was a kid uncle Remus he put me to bed
With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head
With gin in his breath and a bible in his hand
And he talked about honor and things I should know
Then he staggered a little as he went out the door

(Chorus)

And I still hear the soft southern wind in the live oak trees
Those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me
Hank and Tennessee
I guess we’re all gonna be what we’re gonna be
So what do you do with good ole boys like me?

Well, nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does
But you ain’t afraid if you’re washed in the blood like I was
John R. and the wolfman kept me company
By the light of the radio by my bed
With Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head

(Chorus)

When I was in school I ran with a kid down the street
And I watched him burn himself up on bourbon and speed
But I was smarted than most, and I could choose
Learned to talk like the man on the six o’clock news
When I was eighteen, lord, I hit the road
But it don’t seem to matter how far I go

(Chorus)

Teach Me Tiger
Composer(s): Nino Tempo
First release by: April Stevens - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists



Hi Tiger

Teach me tiger how to kiss you... wah wah wah wah wah
Show me tiger how to kiss you... wah wah wah wah wah
Take my lips, they belong to you...
But teach me first, teach me what to do...

Touch me tiger when I´m close to you wah wah wah wah wah
Help me tiger I don't know what to do wah wah wah wah wah
I know that you could love me to
But show me first, show me what to do
This is the first love, that I have ever known
What must I do to make you my very own...?

Teach me tiger how to tease you wah wah wah wah wah
Tiger, tiger I wanna squeeze you wah wah wah wah wah
All of my love I will give to you
But teach me Tiger... or I´ll teach you

Tiger... Tiger... Tiger...

My Dog's Bigger Than Your Dog
Composer(s): Tom Paxton
Performer(s): Tom Paxton; Heather Donovan



My dog's bigger than your dog
My dog's bigger than yours
My dog's bigger
And he chases mailmen
My dog's bigger than yours

My dog's better than your dog
My dog's better than yours
His name is King
And he had puppies
My dog's better than yours

My dad's tougher than your dad
My dad's tougher than yours
My dad's tougher
And he yells louder and
My dad's tougher than yours

My dad's louder than your dad
My dad's louder than yours
Momma buys a new dress
Daddy makes noises
My dad's louder than yours

Our car's faster than your car
Our car's faster than yours
It has a louder horn
It bumps other cars
Our car's faster than yours

Our car's older than your car
Our car's older than yours
It stops running and Daddy kicks the fenders
Our car's older than yours

My Mom's older than your Mom
My Mom's older than yours
She takes smelly baths
She hides the gray hairs
My Mom's older than yours

My Mom's funnier than your Mom
My Mom's funnier than yours
Her hair is pretty and
It changes colors
My Mom's funnier than yours

Good Old Rock 'N' Roll
Composer(s): Charlie Chin; Michael Equine;
Roy Michaels; Larry Packer; Bob Smith
Performer(s): Cat Mother & The All Night News Boys



When I was just a little boy
You know my one and only joy
Was listening to that good old rock and roll
When I was, well, I just turned 23
and if you want to get a message to me
All you gotta do is listen to that good old rock and roll

They're really rockin' in Boston, and Philadelphia, PA
Deep in the heart of Texas to San Francisco Bay
All over L.A. and down in New Orleans
all the cats wanna dance with sweet little sixteen

I'm gonna tell Aunt Mary about Uncle John
He said he got the misery but know I having fun
Oh baby, yeah, oh baby oh baby
Having lotta fun tonight
Chantilly lace and a pretty face and a ponytail hanging down
Awiggle in her walk, a giggle in her talk
Makes the worl go 'round
There ain't nothing in the world like a big eyed girl
She likes to act so funny, likes to spend my money
Makes me feel real loose like a long neck goose
A like a girl, oh baby that's a what I like

Come along mama whole lotta shakin goin on
I said come on honey
A we got chicken in the barn
Come on woman whole lotta shakin goin on

Well you can knock me down
You can step on my face
Slander my name all over the place
Do anything that you want to do
But uh uh honey lay off of them shoes
Don't step on my blue suede shoes
Well you can do anything but lay off my blue suede shoes

Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
Come along and be my party doll
And I'll make love to you to you
And I'll make love to you

Teach Me How To Shimmy
Composer(s): Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller
Performer(s): The Isley Brothers; The Coasters



Mama you taught me how to do the bop 
You taught me how to boogie real slow - yeah 
You taught me how to twist and you taught me how to slop 
Mama teach me one thing more 

Come on and teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy - huh huh 
So I can shimmy too (come on get it) 

Mama there's gonna be a dance tonight 
You gotta teach me the ball creep - yeah 
And Mama if I can't do it right 
You know Gerry's gonna steal my guy 

Come on and teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy - huh huh 
So I can shimmy too (come on get it) 

I can hully gully good as Gerry can 
But Mama hully gully ain't win it 
My little boy he loves that we gonna cheat 
And there's only one thing - gonna get it now 

And teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy - woh oh 
So I can shimmy too (come on get it) 

Shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy 
Like you and Daddy do (come on get it, come on get it) 
Teach me how to shimmy - woh oh 
So I can shimmy too 

My Discarded Men
Composer(s): Steve Bronski; R. Gammons; Eartha Kitt
Performer(s): Eartha Kitt



I'd like to tell a little story
That's been told time and time again
About the foolish men who chased me
My discarded men

They used to tell me they loved me
But I knew better than them
I'd find them looking around the corner
My discarded men

Piercing eyes with a vengion
Tell them to count to ten
They'd bribe me with their diamonds
My discarded men

Telephone calls in the evening
They'd drive me round the bend
Caviar, champagne and roses
From my discarded men

Chased me after a fashion
I could never pretend
No substitute for passion
My discarded men

You think you can thrill me
Ha Ha Ha
You can think again
Watch out or you might become
One of my discarded men

I'd like to dress up in sequins
And treat myself now and then
Perhaps I'll give a little favor
To one of my discarded men

Ha Ha Ha
You think you can win me
And be my special friend
Just take a tip from the others
Grrrrrrr
My discarded men

My discarded men