This Is All I Ask
Composer(s): Gordon Jenkins
First release by: Nat King Cole - 1958
Covered by multiple other artists



As I approach the prime of my life
I find I have the time of my life
Learning to enjoy at my leisure
All the simple pleasures
And so I happily concede
That this is all I ask
This is all I need

Beautiful girls, walk a little slower when you walk by me
Lingering sunsets, stay a little longer with the lonely sea
Children everywhere, when you shoot at bad men, shoot at me
Take me to that strange, enchanted land grown-ups seldom understand

Wandering rainbows, leave a bit of color for my heart to own
Stars in the sky, make my wish come true before the night has flown
And let the music play as long as there's a song to sing
And I will stay younger than Spring

Cowboys Of The Sea
Composer(s): Bruce Springsteen
Performer(s): Bruce Springsteen



They ride beneath the waves at 20,000 leagues
On stallions stitched to seaweed strands
So smiling, so smiling
They herd the fishes of the deep
They ride for you and me
They ranch the rich and the sunken soil
At the bottom of the sea

In the dead of night, alive in sleep
I hear them calling me
Them deep sea desperadoes
Them midnight maelstrom freaks
The cowboy of the sea

So on wings of sleep I pierce the deep
And ride like a hurricane
At midnight still I paid my bill
And turned my back on the land
With the help of Old Paint, that seaweed nag
It's just Jesse James and me
We ride the depths and rob the banks
At the bottom of the sea

With a seaman's grip on navigation
And some fired, hired hands
We set forth to confront the nation
And lend a cowboy's hand

We do the Dolphins' Dance duet
My mermaid babe and me
Then I ride off into the blue sunset
At the bottom of the sea

And with the seaman's grip on submarining
And some aqualung outlaws
Our guns are made of solid dreamin'
And bullets from a broken cause
And with hand held high to touch the sky
A good Texas Ranger I'll be
But sometimes I feel like a lone stranger
'Midst the cowboys of the sea

Oh and men above he cannot make love
He's got to rape his mother the sea
And because of his greed
We're a vanishing breed
We cowboys of the sea

J'Ai Retrouvé Le Pont Du Nord
Performer(s): Guy Béart



Un soir que le vent soufflait fort
après des années d'aventures
j'ai voulu r'voir le pont du Nord
où Adèle perdit sa ceinture
et quelque chose d'autre encore
et quelque chose d'autre encore
Hélas! fallait lâcher ses ronds
pour contempler le paysage
Sur les arches de l'ancien pont
passait une route à péage
avec couloir pour les piétons
avec couloir pour les piétons

A la place où le liseron
grimpait jadis avec le lierre
quand Adèle perdit son fleuron
on a construit sur la rivière
une sorte de bal en béton 
une sorte de bal en béton
Je me suis dit: "Mon vieux, reprends
tes gros souliers
Adieu romances!
Pour toi, je crois bien qu'il est temps
d'aller apprendre d'autres danses
loin des ces ponts d'acier-ciment"
loin des ces ponts d'acier-ciment
A la la ...

Mais voilà qu'une fille me dit
"J'attends quelqu'un qui vous ressemble
et qui un jour m'avait promis
que nous irions danser ensemble
tout près du vieux pont démoli" 
tout près du vieux pont démoli
Et quand sous une arche oubliée
elle m'a fait de ses deux nattes
le plus attachant des colliers
j'ai confondu le noms, les dates
et tous les ponts du monde entier 
et tous les ponts du monde entier
A la la ...

Nous nous sommes aimés si fort
à la belle étoile pour auberge
que là les yeux clos, sans effort
rêvant contre ses dix-huit berges
j'ai retrouvé le pont du Nord
j'ai retrouvé le pont du Nord
et que j'y suis peut-être encore 
et que j'y suis peut-être encore

This Is A Film
Composer(s): Emir Kusturica - Goran Bregovic
Performer(s): Iggy Pop



This is a film about a man and a fish
This is a film about dramatic relationship between a man and a fish
The man stands between life and death
The man thinks
The horse thinks
The sheep thinks
The cow thinks
The dog thinks
The fish doesn't think 
The fish is mute
Expressionless 
The fish doesn't think
Because the fish knows 
Everything

The fish knows 
Everything 

Cowboy's Dream No. 19
Composer(s): Dan Hicks
Performer(s): Dan Hicks



I want to go back where the space is wider
To ride on horseback and roll my own smokes
Longing to go back where people seem politer
I'm saying hello, and evening I'll go

I've been away so long I think this is the right road
But it's changed so much don't know for sure
And the day will come when I'll be on the right road
I'm saying hello, and evening I'll go

I can send off a letter to 'em but that would leave no surprise
No, I got to wait, wait for that look in their eyes
And I'll sit by the creek where the water runs cool and I know I'll have such a good time 
I'm sayin' hello, and evening I'll go

I can smell the coffee brewing
I'll take mine black, you know it's good, it's good to be back
Go on and tell me how you folks been doing
I'm saying hello, and evening I'll go

Hey Bill won't you tell me when that train does stop
I want to get off and say hello to a couple of people I think I still know
And I ain't one to mince my words, I'll take a piece of that cake that they make 
I can't be late, you got to get what's on the plate...
Odle ladie oh!

I can smell the coffee brewing
I'll take mine black, you know it's good, it's good to be back
Go on and tell me how you folks been doing
I'm saying hello, and evening I'll go

Hey Bill won't you tell me when that train does stop
I want to get off and say hello to a couple of people I think I still know
And I ain't one to mince my words, I'll take a piece of that cake that they make 
I can't be late, you got to get what's on the plate...
Odle ladie oh!
I'm saying hello, and evening I'll go

Give me some room you can't do it too soon

J'Ai Rendez-Vous Avec Vous
Spanish Title: Tengo Cita Con Usted
Composer(s): Georges Brassens
Performer(s): Georges Brassens;
Angel Parra; Patachou



Monseigneur l'astre solaire
Comm' je n'l'admir' pas beaucoup
M'enlèv' son feu, oui mais, d'son feu, moi j'm'en fous
J'ai rendez-vous avec vous
La lumièr' que je préfère
C'est cell' de vos yeux jaloux
Tout le restant m'indiffère
J'ai rendez-vous avec vous!

Monsieur mon propriétaire
Comm' je lui dévaste tout
M'chass' de son toit, oui mais, d'son toit, moi j'm'en fous
J'ai rendez-vous avec vous
La demeur' que je préfère
C'est votre robe à froufrous
Tout le restant m'indiffère
J'ai rendez-vous avec vous!

Madame ma gargotière
Comm' je lui dois trop de sous
M'chass' de sa tabl', oui mais, d'sa tabl', moi j'm'en fous
J'ai rendez-vous avec vous
Le menu que je préfère
C'est la chair de votre cou
Tout le restant m'indiffère
J'ai rendez-vous avec vous!

Sa Majesté financière
Comm' je n'fais rien à son goût
Garde son or, or, de son or, moi j'm'en fous
J'ai rendez-vous avec vous
La fortun' que je préfère
C'est votre cœur d'amadou
Tout le restant m'indiffère
J'ai rendez-vous avec vous!

This I Swear
Composer(s): Jimmy Beaumont - Joe Rock - Skyliners
Performer(s): The Skyliners



This I swear is true...
My love for you will last...
Till time itself is through...
Oh my darling, Oh my darling...
This I swear is true...

My heart is your's my dear...
There will be no one new...
Oh my darling, oh my darling...
This I swear is true...

I promise you that I...
Will never make you cry...
This love will be eternally...
Cross my heart and hope to die...

My lips will kiss, I vow...
Nobody else but you...
Oh my darling, oh my darling...
This I swear is true....

This I swear is true...
This I swear is true...
This I swear is true...

Cowboy Song
Composer(s): Brian Downey; Phil Lynott
First release by: Thin Lizzy - 1976
and multiple other artists



I am just a cowboy lonesome on the trail
A starry night, a campfire light
The coyote call, the howling winds wail
So I ride out to the old sundown

I am just a cowboy lonesome on the trail
Lord, I’m just thinking about a certain female
The nights we spent together riding on the range
Looking back it seems so strange

Roll me over and turn me around
Let me keep spinning till I hit the ground
Roll me over and let me go
Running free with the buffalo

I was took in Texas I did not know her name
Lord, all these southern girls seem the same
Down below the border in a town in Mexico
I got my job busting broncs for the rodeo

Roll me over and turn me around
Let me keep spinning till I hit the ground
Roll me over and let me go
Riding in the rodeo

Roll me over and set me free
The cowboy’s life is the life for me

J'Ai Rencontré L'Homme De Ma Vie
Composer(s): Luc Plamondon; François Cousineau
Performer(s): Diane Dufresne; Paul Mauriat



Aujourd'hui j'ai rencontré l'homme de ma vie
Oh-oh-oh-oh aujourd'hui, au grand soleil, en plein midi

On attendait le même feu vert
Lui à pied et moi dans ma Corvair
J'ai dit: "Veux-tu un lift?"

Aujourd'hui j'ai rencontré l'homme de ma vie
Oh-oh-oh-oh aujourd'hui je l'ai conduit jusqu'à chez lui

Je suis montée à son appartement
Entre la terre et le firmament
Il m'a offert un drink

. Qu'est-ce que tu fais dans la vie?
. Je fais mon possible
. Prends-tu d' l'eau dans ton whisky?
. Non, je le prends straight

Aujourd'hui j'ai rencontré l'homme de ma vie
Oh-oh-oh-oh aujourd'hui un seul regard nous a suffi

Mon horoscope me l'avait prédit
Quand je l'ai vu j'ai su qu'c'était lui
J'ai deviné son signe.....

Aujourd'hui j'ai rencontré l'homme de ma vie
Oh-oh-oh-oh aujourd'hui, au grand soleil, en plein midi

This Heart Of Mine
Composer(s): Harry Warren - Arthur Freed
Performer(s): Fred Astaire
and multiple other artists



Maybe it was the music
Or the glamorous sky of blue
Maybe it was the mood I was in
Or maybe it was really you... really you

This heart of mine was doing very well
The world was fine as far as I could tell
And then quite suddenly I saw you, and I dreamed of gay amours
At dawn i wake up singing sentimental overtures

This heart of mine is gaily dancing now
I taste the wine of real romancing now
Somehow this crazy world has taken on a wonderful design
As long as life endures, it's yours, this heart of mine

Cowboy From Brooklyn
Composer(s): Johnny Mercer; Harry Warren
Performer(s): Jimmy Dorsey
and multiple other artists



When I was just a little shaver back in Brooklyn
I always thought that I would like to be a cowboy
Because I loved to see 'em in the movin' pictures
A-ridin' and a-shootin' away
And so as I grew up I saved a lotta money
I bought a saddle and I bought a buckin' bronco
I said goodbye to all the fellas back in Brooklyn
And I went to Arizona one day
But I'll tell you, Pard, I worked so hard
And ev'rybody played so rough
That they always had me waitin' on the table
Sweepin' out the stable and stuff !
And so I sold my saddle and my buckin' bronco
And you won't ever catch me near another cowboy
'Cause I can always see 'em in the movin' pictures
A-ridin' and a-shootin' away
Okay!  But I belong in Brooklyn
Hangin' 'round the drugstore
'Roundin' up the sodas all day

J'Ai Raté Le Coche
Composer(s): Salvatore Adamo
Performer(s): Salvatore Adamo



Quand est mort mon oncle Léon 
J'héritais d'son accordéon 
J'y ai mis toute mon ardeur 
Là j'étais plus au goût de l'heure 

J'ai raté le coche 
C'est ça qui est moche 

Ma fiancée était jolie 
Elle me dit 11 heures à la mairie 
Quand j'arrivai au train de midi 
Elle me présenta son mari 

J'ai raté le coche encore une fois 
J'ai raté le coche touchons du bois 

J'ai trouvé un gros portefeuille 
Au Grand Hôtel, Dieu quel accueil! 
Quand je me présentai pour payer 
Les billets étaient périmés 

J'ai raté le coche, c'est ça qu'est moche 
J'ai raté le coche, c'est ça qu'est moche 

Comme un voleur je fus jugé 
Au fond je ne plaignais de rien 
Un prisonnier ça mange bien 
C'était complet j'suis acquitté 

On m'attribue quelques talents 
Je suis allé trouver Paris 
Pour lui communiquer mes prix 
Hélas Paris était absent 

J'ai raté le coche, c'est ça qu'est moche
J'ai raté le coche, c'est ça qu'est moche

J'avais les poches pleines d'espoir 
Maintenant c'est moche je vois tout noir 
Laisse à Gavroche toute sa gloire 
T'es qu'un fantoche, t'es qu'une bonne poire 

Comme je me connais je pense bien 
Que ça va durer toute ma vie 
C'est ma nature, j'y suis pour rien 
Je rate le coche, ça vient de Fam 
Je rate le coche c'est ça qu'est moche
Je rate le coche c'est ça qu'est moche
Je rate le coche c'est ça qu'est moche
Je rate le coche c'est ça qu'est moche
Je rate le coche c'est ça qu'est moche

This Guy's In Love With You
Composer(s): Hal David - Burt Bacharach
First release by: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - 1968
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1994 - Aozora No Kakera (Shoko Suzuki)
2002 - Innamorata (Ornella Vanoni)



You see this guy, this guy's in love with you
Yes I'm in love who looks at you the way I do
When you smile I can tell it know each other very well

How can I show you I'm glad I got to know you 'cause
I've heard some talk they say you think I'm fine
This guy's in love and what I'd do to make you mine
Tell me now is it so don't let me be the last to know

My hands are shakin' don't let my heart keep breaking 'cause
I need your love, I want your love
Say you're in love and you'll be my guy, if not I'll just die

Tell me now is it so don't let me be the last to know
My hands are shakin' don't let my heart keep breaking 'cause
I need your love, I want your love
Say you're in love and you'll be my girl, if not I'll just die

Cowboy Convention
Composer(s): Peter Barnfather - John Carter
Performer(s): Ohio Express; Buddy Alan; Don Rich



I was riding the prairie, when out of the blue I could see
There were two dozen indians starting to close up on me
There was no place I could run, and I never carry a gun
So I cried for help

And along came Hopalong Cassidy, Maverick and Billy the Kid
I'd have been lost if they hadn't shown up as they did
And there was even Doc Holliday, Buffalo Bill, Jesse James
And three hundred cavalry, but I can't remember their names

I was safe in my cabin and thinking of going to bed
When an Indian tomahawk stuck in the wall by my head
I looked through the window and saw there were three thousand Indians or more
So I cried for help

And along came Hopalong Cassidy, Maverick and Billy the Kid
I'd have been lost if they hadn't shown up as they did
And there was even Doc Holliday, Buffalo Bill, Jesse James
And three hundred cavalry, but I can't remember their names

One day I was caught and was taken to see Running Bear
But we got on so well that he told me that I could stay there
And according to Indian law, I could have me a choice of a squaw
I needed no help!

And along came Hopalong Cassidy, Maverick and Billy the Kid
I'd have been fine if they hadn't shown up as they did
And there was even Doc Holliday, Buffalo Bill, Jesse James
And three hundred cavalry, but I can't remember their names

J'Ai Qu'à L'Regarder
Composer(s): Edith Piaf; Alec Siniavine
Performer(s): Edith Piaf



Il a plutôt la gueule gentille
Y s'laisse aimer tout comm' les filles
Puis y vous r'garde en rigolant
Alors, bien sûr, c'est désarmant
Y vous donne rendez-vous un jour
S'il y v'nait, ça s'rait trop facile
On attend comme un imbécile
Il est vraiment fait pour l'amour

{Refrain:}
J'ai qu'à l'regarder
J'ai envie d'chanter
D'courir dans les champs
Avec le printemps
De chanter pour moi
De crier ma joie
Dès que j'l'aperçois
Y m'regard' comm' ça
Puis y m'dit tout bas
"Viens, on va s'aimer"
J'ose plus respirer
C'que c'est bon d'l'aimer
Tra la la la ...

Ça s'ra ma dernière aventure
Oh! mon Dieu, pourvu qu'elle dure
Si j'devais plus l'revoir un jour
Je serais dégoûtée d'l'amour
Il a tant d'femm's autour de lui
Qui rôd'nt autour des ses épaules...
Alors j'suis là, j'm'accroche à lui
Y a vraiment qu'lui qui trouv' ça drôle

{Refrain}

Innamorata
((Adapted from: This Guy's In Love With You (Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass) - 1968))
((Japanese Version: Aozora No Kakera (Shoko Suzuki) - 1994))
Composer(s): Hal David - Burt Bacharach - Sergio Bardotti
Performer(s): Ornella Vanoni - 2002



L'averti o no
Ci pensa dietro a te
Non mangia piú
E beve quel che dici tu
Tutta piú
Fa un sospiro
Sbatte gli occhi
Tira il petto in sú
Ma non to ammetterá
Che é innamorata di...

Di te che sei
Piú timido di lei
L'averti o no
C'é poco da nascondere
Molto da accarezzare
Lei é rossa
Rossa come te


Ma chi sei perché
Ha in corpo un diavolo
E cerca te
E vuole te

Lei é innamorata
É un fiore che fai
Sbocciare se vuoi

L'averti o no
Che cerca te
E vuole te

Cowboy Camp Meetin'
Composer(s): Tim Spencer
Performer(s): The Sons Of The Pioneers; Riders in the Sky



I saw the light 
(and I got the word) 
I know that it's right 
(and have you heard) 
I'm gonna Ride (cowboy camp meeting) 
Ride (cowboy camp meeting) 
Ride (cowboy camp meeting) 
Ride on the golden range 
(up in the sky) 
way up in the sky 
(up in the sky) 
way up in the sky
(yes I'll have a cowboy camp meeting) 
Hallelujah brother yes sir ree yes sir ree
way up in the sky

Well the Brother Buffalo Bill and Sister Lou's 
gonna be there brother 
Like me and you. 
And Old Kit Carson he will too 
way up in the sky 
They're gonna Ride (cowboy camp meeting) 
Ride (cowboy camp meeting) 
Ride (cowboy camp meeting) 
Ride on the golden range 
(up in the sky) 
way up in the sky 
(up in the sky) 
way up in the sky 
(Yes we'll have a cowboy camp meeting)
Hallelujah brother yes sir ree yes sir ree
Yes way up in the sky 
(up in the sky) 

Gather 'round me children, get your bibles out 
Get your prayer bones ready, gonna tell ya about 
How to love one another til you almost shout 
Start the livin' by the book of life 

I mean it
Hallelujah 
Hallelujah
(tell me brother)
Hallelujah
lujah, brother
Tell me about the Book of Life... 

There's a Matthew, A Timothy, A Jude and A John 
And a Zephaniah, A Zachariah and A Philemon 
They all got the word, but you must read on 
'bout Goliath and the Book of Life, 
Yes siree...hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah 
hallelujah lujah brother
Tell me about Goliath too... 

Little David slew that giant so tall 
prove right less might for big and small
he'll play his harp as i recall 
way up in the sky 
he's gonna play 
(cowboy camp meeting)
Play
(cowboy camp meeting)
Play
(cowboy camp meeting))
Play on the golden harp

Up in the sky
Way up in the sky
(up in the sky)
Way up in the sky
Yes he'll play (Cowboy camp meeting)
Hallelujah brother yes sir ree yes sir ree

Way up in the sky
Way up in the sky
Way up in the sky
(cowboy camp meeting)
way up in the sky
Away up in the sky
Away up in the sky

J'ai Pleuré Sur Ma Guitare
((Adapted from: Loving Arms (Dobie Gray) - 1973))
((Danish Version: Hvis Bare Du Ku' Se Mig Nu (Peter Belli) - 1979))
Composer(s): Tom Jans
Performer(s):  Johnny Hallyday (France) - 1974



Si tu reviens un jour
Marcher sur les traces de notre amour
Tu ne trouveras plus ton chemin
Si un jour ici tu reviens
Tu verras la maison Comme moi
Elle a son cœur l'abandon
Et ses portes ouvertes à tous les vents
Ne me cherche pas plus longtemps

J'ai pleuré sur ma guitare
En chantant notre histoire

Il pleut toujours un peu
Sur les chagrins
Tu es partie trop tôt
Tu es venue si tard
Et je ne sais même pas où va ce train

J'ai attendu longtemps
Guettant ta voix
Dans la voix du vent
Ton image dans l'eau des torrents
Et ton parfum dans les champs

Il pleut toujours un peu
Sur les chagrins
Tu es partie trop tôt
Tu es venue si tard
Et je ne sais même pas où va ce train

This Golden Ring
Composer(s): Roger Cook - Roger Greenaway
Performer(s): Johnny Kidd & The Pirates; The Fortunes; David & Jonathan



This golden ring's gonna make quite sure of my baby's heart
This golden ring's gonna make quite sure that we never part
It's so funny what a ring can do, make a girl just like you
Take a ride round town, looking for a wedding gown

This golden ring's gonna bring a little tear to my baby's eye
She's gonna be so happy and just like a woman she'll cry-iy-iy-iy
She will cry and I know, that no mater what the future will hold
It's gonna be, the two of us eternally

So I've got a ring for my baby
And I'm thinkin' pretty soon that maybe
That girl will be mine
I'm gonna have an angel divine
And everything is workin' out fine, so fine
Yeah fine, so fine

This golden ring's gonna make quite sure of my baby's heart
This golden ring's gonna make quite sure that we never part
It's so funny what a ring can do, make a girl just like you
Take a ride round town, looking for a wedding gown

This golden ring is all I have to give to you
But give me time my love to make your dreams come true
I’ve been a-savin' all my money
I’ve been working hard girl, only with you in mind

We got somehing more than money
We gotta a love that’s gonna last
It’s so funny what a ring can do, make a girl just like you
Take a ride downtown, searching for a wedding gown

So I've got a ring for my baby
And I'm thinkin' pretty soon that maybe
That girl will be mine
I'm gonna have an angel divine
And everything is workin' out fine, so fine
Yeah fine, so fine

Coward Of The County
Composer(s): Roger Bowling; Billy Edd Wheeler
Performer(s): Kenny Rogers
and multiple other artists



Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county
He'd never stood one single time to prove the county wrong
His mama named him Tommy, the folks just called him yellow
But something always told me they were reading Tommy wrong

He was only ten years old when his daddy died in prison
I looked after Tommy 'cause he was my brother's son
I still recall the final words my brother said to Tommy
"Son, my life is over, but yours is just begun

Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done
Walk away from trouble if you can
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
I hope you're old enough to understand
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man"

There's someone for ev'ryone and Tommy's love was Becky
In her arms he didn't have to prove he was a man
One day while he was workin' the Gatlin boys came callin'
They took turns at Becky.... 
There was three of them!

Tommy opened up the door and saw his Becky cryin'
The torn dress, the shattered look was more than he could stand
He reached above the fireplace and took down his daddy's picture
As his tears fell on his daddy's face, he heard these words again

"Promise me, son, not to do the things I've done
Walk away from trouble if you can
It won't mean you're weak if you turn the other cheek
I hope you're old enough to understand
Son, you don't have to fight to be a man"

The Gatlin boys just laughed at him when he walked into the barroom
One of them got up and met him halfway 'cross the floor
When Tommy turned around they said 
"Hey look! ol' yellow's leavin'"
But you coulda heard a pin drop when Tommy stopped and blocked the door

Twenty years of crawlin' was bottled up inside him
He wasn't holdin' nothin' back; he let 'em have it all
When Tommy left the barroom not a Gatlin boy was standin'
He said, "This one's for Becky," as he watched the last one fall
And I heard him say

"I promised you, Dad, not to do the things you done
I walk away from trouble when I can
Now please don't think I'm weak, I didn't turn the other cheek
and Papa, I sure hope you understand
Sometimes you gotta fight when you're a man"

Ev'ryone considered him the coward of the county