The Only Living Boy In New York
((Italian Version: L'unico Che Sta A New York (Bruno Lauzi) - 1973))
Composer(s): Paul Simon
First release by: Simon and Garfunkel - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



Tom, get your plane right on time
I know your part will go fine
Fly down to Mexico 
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-da-da and here I am
The only living boy in New York

I get the news I need from the weather report 
I can gather all the news I need from the weather report 
Hey, I've got nothing to do to-day but smile 
Do-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da-n here I am 
The only living boy in New York

Half of the time we're gone, but we don't know 
Where, and we don't know where 

Ah.... 
Here I am

Tom, get your plane right on time 
I know that you've been eager to fly now 
Hey, let your honesty shine, shine, shine now
Do-n-da-da-n-da-da-n-do like it shines on me 
The only living boy in New York
The only living boy in New York

You're The Only Light On My Horizon Now
Composer(s): Stephens - Macauley
Performer(s): Sha Na Na



The footlights and the curtain calls
The way she spoke the lines
As though she meant them just for me 
It fooled me every time
Now I'm forgotten for another stage door clown
I wish I hadn't left you, I wish I hadn't left you
Now I'm on the road alone and homeward bound

You're the only light still shining on my horizon now
Shine on, shine on
You're the only silver lining in the grey cloud all around
Shine on, shine on
You light the way ahead
The road I tread is getting hard to climb
I only hope I reach that light in time
You're a lonely cello playing
In the silence all around
You're the only light on my horizon now

The diamonds and the Dior gowns
The rose at every door
The ritzy restaurants uptown was what she took me for
No more than a two-bit player in her masquerade
I wish I hadn't left you, I wish I hadn't left you
Though in your eyes I fit the part I play

You're the only light still shining on my horizon now
Shine on, shine on
You're the only silver lining in the grey cloud all around
Shine on, shine on
You light the way ahead
The road I tread is getting hard to climb
I only hope I reach that light in time
You're a lonely cello playing
In the silence all around
You're the only light on my horizon now

Yes, you're the only light on my horizon now

I'm The Only Hell (Mama Ever Raised)
Composer(s): Bobby Borchers - Mack Vickery - Wayne Kemp
Performer(s): Johnny Paycheck
and multiple other artists



I can't sell my momma short on loving me
I guess that's why she let me go so far
Momma tried stopped me short of stealing
I guess that's why I had to steal that car
She told me not to smoke it but I did
and it took me far away
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised

I rolled into Atlanta stolen tags and almost out of gas
I had to get some money and lately I'd learned how to get it fast
Those neon lights was calling me and somehow I just had to get downtown
So I reached into the glove box another liquor store went down

And I sing Precious Memories take me back to the good old days
Let me hear my momma singing Rock of Ages cleft for me
She tried to turn me on to Jesus but I turned on to the devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised

When they put those handcuffs on me lord how I fought to resist
But that agent clamped them tighter till that metal bit into my wrist
They took my boots and my billfold my fingerprints and the profile of my face
Then they locked away the only hell my momma ever raised

And I sing Precious Memories take me back to the good old days
I can hear my momma singing Rock of Ages cleft for me
She tried to turn me on to Jesus but I turned on to the devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised
She tried to turn me on to Jesus but I turned on to the devil's ways
And I turned out to be the only hell my momma ever raised

The One You Love
Composer(s): Glenn Frey - Jack Tempchin
Performer(s): Glenn Frey
and multiple other artists



I know you need a friend, someone you can talk to
Who will understand what you're going through
When it comes to love, there's no easy answer
Only you can say what you're gonna do

I heard you on the phone, you took his number
Said you were alone but you'd call him soon
Isn't he the guy, the guy who left you cryin'
Isn't he the one who made you blue

When you remember those nights in his arms
You know you gotta make up your mind

Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you
Or are you goin' back to the one you love
Someone's gonna cry when they know they've lost you
Someone's gonna thank the stars above

What you gonna say when he comes over
There's no easy way to see this through
All the broken dreams, all the disappointments
Oh girl, what you gonna do

Your heart keeps sayin' it's just not fair
But still you gotta make up your mind

Are you gonna stay with the one who loves you
Or are you goin' back to the one you love
Someone's gonna cry when they know they've lost you
Someone's gonna thank the stars above

The One Who Really Loves You
Composer(s): William "Smokey" Robinson
First release by: Mary Wells - 1962
Covered by multiple other artists



Some other girls are fillin' your head with jive
So now you're acting like you don't know that I'm alive
Love, you better wake up, yeah, before we break up
And you lose me, little me
The one who really loves you

Susie only wants you until the day (only wants you until the day)
That she'll again have her true love who's far, far away (her true love far away)
So love, you better wake up, yeah, before we break up
And you lose me, little me
The one who really loves you (I really love you, yay, yay, yay)

Ginnie only wants you 'cause she thinks she has to have ev'ryone
Minnie only wants you 'cause she thinks that hurting me would be fun
Oh, oh, oh, silly Lilly, ya know she doesn't really want you with a love that's true
In fact there's no other girl in this whole wide world who can love you like I do

They get tired of you and they're gonna put you down (put you down, put you down)
Then they ain't gonna want you hangin' around (hangin' around, hangin' around)
So love, you better wake up, yeah, before we break up
And you lose me, little me
The one who really loves you (I really love you, yay, yay, yay)

I-I-I-I-I-I-I do
Really, really love you (I really love you)
Uh-oh, uh-oh,uh-oh-oh-oh
Uh-oh, uh-oh,uh-oh-oh-oh...

One That You Love
Composer(s): Graham Russell
Performer(s): Air Supply



Now the night has gone
Now the night has gone away...
Doesn't seem that long
We hardly had two words to say...
Hold me in your arms for just another day
I promise this one will go slow 
Oh...
We have the right you know
We have the right you know 

Don't say the mornings come

Don't say the mornings come so soon...
Must we end this way
When so much here is hard to lose...
Love is everywhere, I know it is
Such moments as these, are too few 
Oh...
It's all up to you 
It's all up to you...

Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways, ah...
Tell me we can stay, tell me we can stay oh please...
They are the words to say
The only words I can believe
Hold me in your arms for just another day
I promise this one will go slow, oh...
We have the right you know
We have the right you know

Here I am
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Here I am 
The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways

The night has gone
A part of yesterday

I don't know what to say...
I don't know what to say...

Here I am 

The one that you love
Askin' for another day
Understand the one that you love
Loves you in so many ways
Loves you in so many ways

The One Rose (That's Left In My Heart)
Composer(s): Del Lyon - Lani McIntire
Performer(s): Jimmie Rodgers
and multiple other artists



So blue, so lonesome too, but still true
Rosie haunts me, makes me think of you
You're the one rose that's left in my heart, Dear
I love you, adore you, I do

Each night in dreamland we wandered along
Telling love stories anew
When from a blue sky a black cloud came rolling
Breaking my heart in two

But we vowed not to part, I have said from the start
You're the one rose that's left in my heart
Oh, we ought not to part, I have said from the start
You're the one rose that's left in my heart

The One On The Left Is On The Right
Composer(s): Jack Clement
Performer(s): Johnny Cash



There once was a musical troupe a pickin' singin' folk group
They sang the mountain ballads and the folk songs of our land
They were long on musical ability folks thought they would go far
But political incompatibility led to their downfall

Well the one on the right was on the left
And the one in the middle was on the right
And the one on the left was in the middle
And the guy in the rear was a Methodist

This musical agregation toured the entire nation
Singing the traditional ballads and the folk songs of our land
They performed with great virtuosity and soon they were the rage
But political animosity prevailed upon the stage

Well the one on the right was on the left
And the one in the middle was on the right
And the one on the left was in the middle
And the guy in the rear burned his driver's license

Well the curtain had ascended a hush fell on the crowd
As thousands there were gathered to hear the folk songs of our land
But they took their politics seriously and that night at the concert hall 
As the audience watched deliriously they had a free-for-all

Well the one on the right was on the bottom
And the one in the middle was on the top
And the one on the left got a broken arm
And the guy on his rear, said, "oh dear"

Now this should be a lesson if you plan to start a folk group
Don't go mixin' politics with the folk songs of our land
Just work on harmony and diction play your banjo well
And if you have political convictions keep 'em to yourself

Now the one on the left works in a bank
And the one in the middle drives a truck
The one on the right's an all-night deejay
And the guy in the rear got drafted

The One In The Middle
Composer(s): Paul Jones 
Performer(s): Manfred Mann



Let me tell you 'bout the Manfreds 
The music that they're puttin' down 
They started to play 
On a rainy day 
And the people came from miles around 

They didn't come for the rhythm 
They didn't come for the beat 
The people of the town 
Came just to stand around 
And see the singer lookin' sweet 

Mike Hugg plays the drums, yeah 
Tom McGuiness plays the diamond bass 
But the one in the middle 
Sings "Hey diddle diddle" 
God, he's just a pretty face 

They didn't come for the rhythm 
They didn't come for the beat 
The people of the town 
Came just to stand around 
And see the singer lookin' sweet 

They couldn't have! 

Manfred Mann plays the organ 
Mike Vickers plays guitar 
& there's a geezer called Paul 
Who's so thin & so tall 
And sure wants to be a star 

They didn't come for the rhythm 
They didn't come for the beat 
The people of the town 
Came just to stand around 
And see the singer lookin' sweet 

See the singer lookin'... 
See the singer lookin'... 
See the singer lookin'... 
See the singer lookin'... 
See the singer lookin'... 
See the singer lookin'... 
Sweet  

The One I Loved Back Then (aka Corvette Song)
Performer(s): George Jones



I stopped off at the Quicksack for some beer and cigarettes
The old man took my money as he stared at my Corvette
He said, I had one just like her son, a 1963
'Til the man down at the bank took her from me

Oh She was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle Son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then

Then I handed him my keys and said, here take her for a spin
The old man scratched his head, then
he looked at me and grinned
He said son you just don't understand it ain't the car I want
It's the brunette in your 'vette that turns me on

I had one that was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle Son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then

Lord she was hotter than a two dollar pistol
She was the fastest thing around
Long and lean every young man's dream
She turned every head in town
She was built and fun to handle Son
I'm glad that you dropped in
She reminds me of the one I loved back then

She reminds me of the one I loved back then

The One I Love Belongs To Somebody Else
Composer(s): Isham Jones - Gus Kahn
First recording/First release by: Isham Jones and His Orch. - 1923/1924
Covered by multiple other artists



The one I love belongs to somebody else
She means her tender songs for somebody else
And even when I have my arms around her
I know her thoughts are strong for somebody else
The hands I held belong to somebody else
I'll bet they're not so cold to somebody else
It's tough to be alone on the shelf
It's worse to fall in love by yourself
The one I love belongs to somebody else
The one I love belongs to somebody else 

The One Exception
Composer(s): Lynsey De Paul
Performer(s): Lynsey De Paul



When I saw you walking down the street
I said
That’s the kind of guy I’d like to meet
If I just had the chance
Maybe I could find me a little romance

So I
Went and asked you if you knew the time
(you knew the time)
Hoping that you wouldn’t see that I was just
playing for more (playing for more)
Seeing if you fit for the grand amore

I said
I don’t think I really ought to talk to you
There are somethings that a girl is not meant to do
But you’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
I don’t have to go on looking anymore
There has never been a guy like you before
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)

I was breaking a society rule (breaking a rule)
I would surely go and blow my cool
When you asked me my name (asked me my name)
I thought that I was going crazy (crazy),
I was going insane

But then
As we walked off to a small café (small café)
Just about a block or so away
I knew you were the one (you were the one)
I had a funny feeling something could have begun

I said
I don’t think I ought to talk to you
There are somethings that a girl is not meant to do
But you’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
I don’t have to go on looking anymore
There has never been a guy like you before
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)

One exception, you’re the one
exception, you’re the one
exception
One exception, you’re the one
exception, you’re the one
exception

One day we will be together
And the two of us will be forever
And we’ll both remember, won’t we?
We’ll remember won’t we?

I don’t think I really ought to talk to you
There are somethings that a girl is not meant to do
But you’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
I don’t have to go on looking anymore
There has never been a guy like you before
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)

You’re the…
One exception
One exception
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)

Hey yeah
I don’t think I really ought to talk to you
There are somethings that a girl is not meant to do
But you’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)
I don’t have to go on looking anymore
There has never been a guy like you before
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)

You’re the…
One exception
One exception
You’re the one exception to the rule
(ooh, oooh…ooh, oooh)

One After 909
Composer(s): John Lennon - Paul McCartney
First release by: The Beatles - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



My baby said she's trav'ling on the one after 909 
I said move over honey I'm traveling on that line 
I said move over once, move over twice 
Come on baby don't be cold as ice
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 909

I begged her not to go and I begged her on my bended knees 
You're only fooling around, you're fooling around with me
I said move over once, move over twice 
Come on baby don't be cold as ice
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 909

I got my bag, run to the station 
Railman says you've got the the wrong location 
I got my bag, run right home 
Then I find I've got the number wrong 

Well she said she's trav'ling on the one after 909 
I said move over honey I'm traveling on that line 
I said move over once, move over twice 
Come on baby don't be cold as ice 
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 9-0 
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 9-0 
Said she's trav'ling on the one after 909

The One
Composer(s): Elton John - Bernie Taupin
Performer(s): Elton John



I saw you dancing out the ocean
Running fast along the sand
A spirit born of earth and water
Fire flying from your hands

In the instant that you love someone
In the second that the hammer hits
Reality runs up your spine
And the pieces finally fit

And all I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one

There are caravans we follow
Drunken nights in dark hotels
When chances breathe between the silence
Where sex and love no longer gel

For each man in his time is Cain
Until he walks along the beach
And sees his future in the water
A long lost heart within his reach

The Old Water Wheel
Performer(s): Slim Whitman



By the valley road
The lilacs are growin'
Around the mill
With an old water wheel

In his dusty coat
The river sits dreamin'
Of his true love
The pretty Lucille

The old water wheel
Keeps turning and turning
It seems to seize
All the kisses it sees

On the soft summer nights
When the hearts were alive
Making love to the sound
Of the old water wheel

In her eyes of blue
True heaven made green
And her hair was brown
As the meadow lark's wing

Every smile revealed
White pearls, empty dreamin'
And nature made her lips
Just to sing

But fate was unkind
She sneaked neath the lilacs
This dizzy world
Keeps moving along

But the old river seems
To be lost in his dreams
While the water wheel turns
As it's singin' this song

Lost in the song
Of the old water wheel...

The old water wheel
The old water wheel

The Old Violin
Composer(s): Johnny Paycheck
Performer(s): Johnny Paycheck



Well, I can't recall, one time in my life
I've felt as lonely as I do tonight
I feel like I could lay down, and get up no more
It's the damndest feelin'; I never felt it before

Tonight I feel like an old violin
Soon to be put away and never played again
Don't ask me why I feel like this, hell, I can't say
I only wish this feelin' would just go away

I guess it's 'cos the truth
Is the hardest thing I ever faced
'Cos you can't change the truth
In the slightest way 
I tried

So I asked myself
I said: "John, where'd you go from here?"
Then like a damned fool
I turned around and looked in the mirror

And there I saw, an old violin
Soon to be put away and never played again

So one more time, just to be sure
I said: "John, where in the hell do you go from here?"
You know that when a nickel's worth of difference
And I looked in the mirror, that's when I knew

That there I was seein', an old violin
Soon to be put away, and never played again

And just like that, it hit me
That old violin and I were just alike
We'd give our all to music
And soon, we'd give our life

The Old Sow
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Albert Richardson



There was an old farmer he had an old sow
Snort ow raspberry ow whistle ide-illy-dow
Suzanna's a funniful man
Snort an raspberry an whistle ide-illy-dan
Sing lassie go-rings re-low
Suzanna's a funniful man
Snort an raspberry an whistle ide-illy-dan
Suzanna's a funniful man

Now, this old sow she some little pigs
Snort igs raspberry igs whistle ide-illy-digs...

Now, these little pigs they muddled them up
Snort up raspberry up whistle ide-illy-dup...

Now, these little pigs they had to have straw
Snort aw raspberry aw whistle ide-illy-daw...

Now, these little pigs they had some curly tails
Snort ails raspberry ail whistle ide-illy-dails...

Now, these little pigs they had to be stuffed
Snort uff raspberry uff whistle ide-illy-duff...

Now, these little pigs they made a bit of bacon
Snort aton raspberry aton whistle ide-illy-daton...

Now, these little pigs they made a bit of ham
Snort am raspberry am whistle ide-illy-ham... 

The Old Songs
Composer(s): Buddy Kaye - David Pomeranz
Performer(s): Barry Manilow; David Pomeranz; David Osborne



Candles burning, glasses are chilled and soon she'll be by 
Hope and pray she'll say that she's willing to give us another try 
And if all those plans I made don't melt the lady's heart
I'll put on the old 45's 
And maybe the old songs will bring back the old times 
Maybe the old lines will sound new 
Maybe she'll lay her head on my shoulder 
Maybe old feelings will come through 
Maybe we'll start to cry and wonder why we ever walked away 
Maybe the old songs will bring back the old times and make her wanna stay 
It's been too long since I've seen her face light up when I come home 
It's been too many hours I've wasted staring at the phone 
Sweet old songs I'm counting on you to bring her back to me 
I'm tired of listening alone and maybe the old songs 
Will bring back the old times 
Maybe the old lines will sound new 
Maybe she'll lay her head on my shoulder 
Maybe old feelings will come through 
Maybe we'll start to cry and wonder why we ever walked away 
Maybe the old songs will bring back the old times and make her wanna stay 

Old Ship Of Zion
Composer(s): Thomas A. Dorsey
Performer(s): Don Gibson



T'is the old ship of Zion
T'is the old ship of Zion
T's the old ship of Zion
Get on board, get on board

The Old Rugged Cross 
Composer(s): George Bennard
First release by: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans - 1950	
Covered by multiple other artists



On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross
The emblem of suffering and shame
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best
For a world of lost sinners was slain

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown

O that old rugged cross, so despised by the world
Has a wondrous attraction for me
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown

In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine
A wondrous beauty I see
For 'twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died
To pardon and sanctify me

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown

To the old rugged cross I will ever be true
Its shame and reproach gladly bear
Then He'll call me some day to my home far away
Where His glory forever I'll share

So I'll cherish the old rugged cross
Till my trophies at last I lay down
I will cling to the old rugged cross
And exchange it some day for a crown