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I have a theory about railway engines being bad tempered Well, when I say bad tempered, that's putting it mildly! They're actually livid, furious beasts and they loathe humanity So different from a ship, which is a sad, proud, graceful creature
You know, I can never understand why an engine driver isn't afraid of the monster he's in charge of, but he isn't! And when the train's about to leave, he pulls down a lever and this livid beast is unleashed Like this: Huhhh... huh... huh... huh... huhhh... huh... huh... huh... huh... huh... huh... and so forth, on it's journey
Well, now we've unleashed this livid beast, we find it's still equally furious and it has this colossal argument with the rails it's running on Like this: Biddlah-da, giddlah-da, diddley-dee, diddley-dah, diddley-dee, giddley-dah, giddley-duh... and that goes on the entire journey And, not only does it have a colossal argument with the rails it's running on, but also all the other rails when they dare to cross it's own Like this: Biddlah-duh, giddlah-duh, diddley-dee, diddley-dah, biddley-diddley-biddley-dee... and so on
Well, then we get out into the country and we come to a little rustic bridge spanning the railway It's quite inoffensive, this dear little bridge, but the engine can't bear anything within it's reach at all so it shouts at the little bridge as it goes underneath Like this: Biddlah-dah, giddlah-dah, diddley-dee, diddley-dah, diddley-dee Haahhh, buddlah-dah, biddlah-dee, guddlah-dah
Incidently, talking about this argument with the rails, this diddlah-duh business I'm not a much travelled man, but I'm told this goes on all over the world, on all the different railways For instance, in France exactly the same thing takes place, only the language is different, you know Suddley-da, suddley na, suddley-da, suck-it-yourself, suddley-da, suddlah-dah... it's all much the same thing!
Speaking of France The first time I ever went there, I arrived at Calais and very close to the quayside I came across my first glimpse of a French engine I was vastly impressed, because it seemed to be four times as big and eight times as livid as any engine I'd ever seen before! To begin with, it had eight of everything, cow catchers and bells and everything but the kitchen stove hanging all over it Added to which, it had a very bad tempered word written across the front It just said 'Nord', which I know is horrid to start with! And it was a great pleasure to find I was allowed to do something in France that I'm not allowed to do in my own country Namely that I could walk across the line to get to the platform on the other side, instead of going over by that maddening bridge!
So I picked up my little bag and walked in front of this monster, cowering away from it And suddenly to my amazement, it let out an extraordinarily efffeminate voice It seemed to me to be so enormously masculine and yet, as it started on it's journey for Paris, all it managed to summon up was: 'Fah' Of course, I may be wrong about that, but it really does seem to me to be a little peculiar
Proceeding on our journey we find, from time to time, that we tear through certain wayside stations where no train has ever deigned to stop People have been standing, waiting on these stations for centuries, but the engine ignores them, shouting as it rushes past Like this: Diddley-dah, diddley-dah, raahh, romm, waahh, diddley-da, diddley-da, diddley-da, diddley-da
Then, of course, in time we get to a manufacturing town Now when you get to these big towns, if you look out of the window, you'll notice some things called sidings on which a quite inexplicable thing called shunting takes place This, of course, is just an excuse on the part of the railway company to provide homes for old engines! You see, there comes a time with an engine when it ceases to be virile and hearty and it just becomes long funnelled and tiresome So it's put on one of these sidings and given a lot of trucks to play with And, if you happen to have a bedroom anywhere near a siding you'll find that you're woken up very early in the morning by trucks taking umbridge And it goes like this: Huh... huh... huh... p-dink-dink, p-dank-donk, p-donk-dank, p-tink-donk-donk-donk-donk... to the far end And, of course, there's another old gentleman at the other end who decides to do the same thing and biffs them all back again And in this way, the railway company is carried on
Now there's one thing I must know before I die, and that's something that takes place in the tunnel outside Snowhill Station, Birmingham You dash into the tunnel very fast and the brakes go on and you look out of the window and all down the tunnel at intervals are a lot of flare lights And in between these flare lights are men, standing! They're leaning on shovels and pick-axes and golf clubs, or anything they can get hold of And these men, they live there... definitely! And as you go slowly through the tunnel, an extraordinary noise starts at the far end and slowly crashes past the window I've no idea what it is, but it goes something like this: Brom-brom-brom-brom, durrum-durrum-durrum, aling-aling-aling-aling-aling I think it's a piece of tin which has been nailed to the side of the tunnel with some number on it or something that doesn't seem to mean anything to anybody And it's too big! And it strikes the side of the train as it goes through And, presumably, the men are merely there to bend the tin back, ready for the next train to hit it as it goes through the tunnel
Now, lastly, I'm going to tell you the one thing that an engine loathes more than anything else And that is another engine coming in the opposite direction That it cannot bear! And by this time, you'll have settled down having got quite used to the diddley-dum, diddley-dum nonsense and all other maddening noises when suddenly, to your horror, this new thing bursts upon you and nearly knocks you on the carriage floor It's the most frightening thing in the world and it goes something like this Biddley-da, diddley-dum, diddley-dum, shaahhhhh, huddley-da, huddley-da, huddley-da!
Well folks, that's all... back to the asylum! Good night
Just The Way You Are Composer(s): Billy Joel Performer(s): Barry White
Don't go changing, to try and please me You never let me down before Don't imagine you're too familiar And I don't see you anymore I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble We never could have come this far I took the good times, I'll take the bad times I'll take you just the way you are
Don't go trying some new fashion Don't change the color of your hair You always have my unspoken passion Although I might not seem to care
I don't want clever conversation I never want to work that hard I just want someone that I can talk to I want you just the way you are
I need to know that you will always be The same old someone that I knew What will it take till you believe in me The way that I believe in you
I said I love you and that's forever And this I promise from the heart I could not love you any better I love you just the way you are
Train Round The Bend Composer(s): Lou Reed First release: The Velvet Underground - 1970 Covered by multiple other artists
Train round the bend Takin' me away from the country I'm sick of the trees Take me to the city Train goin' round the bend Train comin' round the bend
Been in the country much too long Trying to be a farmer But nothing that I planted ever seemed to grow Train comin' round the bend Train comin' round the bend
Hey, I am just a city boy I'm really not the country kind I miss the city streets and the neon lights See the train comin' round the bend The train comin' round the bend
Once, she's goin' twice She's gonna do it all up and down She's goin' once, she's goin' twice She's goin', train's comin' round the bend You know the train's comin' round the bend
Hey, up and down, out of nowhere Taking me back where I belong I've been here once and I don't dig it tonight The train's coming round the bend The train's coming round the bend
I Might Have Been Queen Composer(s): Rupert Hine; Jamie West-Oram Performer(s): Tina Turner
Im a new pair of eyes everytime I am born An original mind because I just died And Im scanning the horizon For someone recognizing that I might have been queen For every sun that sets there is a new one dawning For every empire crushed there is a brand new nation Let the waters rise, I have ridden each tide From the gates of the city where the first born died
And I might have been queen I remember the girl in the fields with no name She had a love But the rivers wont stop for me No, the rivers wont stop to me
Im a new pair of eyes, an original mind With my senses of old and the heart of a giant And Im searching through the wreckage For some recollection that I might have been queen For every sage that falls theres an ancient child
And I might have been queen I remember the girl in the fields with no name She had a love But the rivers wont stop for me No, the rivers wont stop to me
I look up to the stars with my perfect memory I look through it all and my future is no shock to me I look down but I see no tragedy I look up to the stars till I find my destiny I look up to my past, a spirit running free I look down, I look down and Im there in history Im a soul survivor
Just The Two Of Us Composer(s): Ralph MacDonald; William Salter; Bill Withers Performer(s): Grover Washington Jr.; and various other artists
I see the crystal raindrops fall And the beauty of it all when the sun comes shining through To make those rainbows in my mind When I think of you some time And I want to spend some time with you
Chorus: Just the two of us We can make it if we try Just the two of us Just the two of us Building castles in the sky Just the two of us You and I We look for love, no time for tears Wasted waters's all that is And it don't make no flowers grow Good things might come to those who wait Not to those who wait to late We got to go for all we know
Chorus
I hear the crystal raindrops fall On the window down the hall And it becomes the morning dew Darling, when the morning comes And I see the morning sun I want to be the one with you
Just the two of us We can make it if we try Just the two of us Just the two of us Building big castles way on high Just the two of us You and I
Just the two of us Let's get together, baby Just the two of us We can make it Just the two of us We can make it Just the two of us Just the two of us we can make it
Train Of Love Composer(s): Paul Anka Performer(s): Annette Funicello
Oh the train of love keeps a movin' on down the track Well I left so fast that I even forgot to pack Well I called my baby on the telephone Told him to meet me at the station, 'cause I'm coming home Ya Ya
Woo woo, shovel more coal in the fire (wooo wooo... wooo wooo) Well I'm coming home... home to my desire (wooo wooo... wooo wooo) Well I miss him so, how much you'll never know And when I get back I'll never let him go No No
Oh my heart keeps beatin', beatin' away It seems to tell me... It seems to say Get right home, just as quick as you can Into the arms of your loving man
Oh the train of love keeps a movin' on down the line (wooo wooo... wooo wooo) Well on the locomotive there's a number ninety-nine (wooo wooo... wooo wooo) That's for ninety-nine kisses I'm a gonna give And ninety-nine hugs and we're gonna live Ya Ya
Oh my heart keeps beatin', beatin' away It seems to tell me... It seems to say Get right home just as quick as you can Into the arms of your lovin' man
Oh the train of love keeps a movin' on down the line (wooo wooo... wooo wooo) Well on the locomotive there's a number ninety-nine (wooo wooo... wooo wooo) That's for ninety-nine kisses I'm a gonna give And ninety-nine hugs and we're gonna live Ya Ya
That's for ninety-nine kisses I'm a gonna give And ninety-nine hugs and we're gonna live Ya Ya That's for ninety-nine kisses I'm a gonna give And ninety-nine hugs and we're gonna live Ya Ya
I Might Composer(s): Barrie Guard; Stewart Leatherwood; Gary Sulsh Performer(s): Shakin' Stevens; The Vees
I Might, (Ooooooooooooh) I might just fall in love with you tonight If your kiss lingers still And my lips think it will Then I just might
I could I could surrender in your arms tonight Just hold me close once more And kiss me like before and I just might
Lately I found my resistance is down Every time that I look in your eyes My head starts to spin, I try not to give in But if you catch my heart by surprise
I might, (Ooooooooooooh) I might give up my heart without a fight I never thought I would But now I think I could And I just might
Wooh, wooh
What can I do with a girl sweet as you Can't kiss all my defenses away Tonight you may find that you've made up my mind 'Cause it's getting much harder to say
I might, (Ooooooooooooh) I might give up my heart without a fight I never thought I would But now I think I could And I just might
(Ooooooh), I Might, (Ooooooooooooh) I might just fall in love with you tonight If your kiss lingers still And my lips think it will Then I just might
I could, I could surrender in your arms tonight Just hold me tight once more And kiss me like before and I just might
I might just fall in love with you tonight I never thought I would But now I think I could and I ...
The Train Kept A-Rollin' Composer(s): Tiny Bradshaw - Howard Kay - Lois Mann First release: Tiny Bradshaw - 1951 Covered by multiple other artists
Woh! Bop-do-day (oh, what a girl) Oh, bop-do-day (oh, what a girl) Boo-dow, boo-day, a-bop-do-day (oh, what a girl) I caught the train, I met a real dame She was a hipster and a gone dame She was pretty, from New York City And she trucked on down the ol' fair lane With a hee, and a hoo And I just couldn't let her go So get along, sweet little woman get along Better be on your way Get along, sweet little woman get along Better be on your way With a hee, and a hoo And I just couldn't let her go Yes, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) Yeah, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) Oh, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) Mmm, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) Oh, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) And I still wouldn't let 'er go
We made a stop at Albuquerque She must have thought I was a real gone jerk We got off the train in El Paso Her lovin' was so fine Jack, I couldn't let 'er go Get along, sweet little woman get along Better be on your way Get along, sweet little woman get along Better be on your way With a hee, and a hoo And I sure couldn't let her go Yeah, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) Oh, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) Ooh, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) Mm, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) Yeah-yeah, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) Ooh, the train kept a-rollin' (all night long) And I still wouldn't let 'er go
Rose Of England Composer(s): Ivor Novello; Christopher Hassall Performer(s): Vera Lynn
Grown in one land alone Where proud winds have blown Theres not a flower born of the shower Braver than Englands own Though gales of winter blow Piercing hail and snow Shining she stays bright as in days of yore Old Englands pride still blossoms Fresh on Englands shore
Rose of England thou shall fade not here Proud and bright from growing year to year Red shall thy petals be as rich wine untold Shared by thy warriors who served thee of old Rose of England breathing Englands air Flower of chivalry beyond compare While hand and heart endure to cherish thy prime Thou shall blossom to the end of time
Rose of England breathing Englands air Flower of liberty beyond compare While hand and heart endure to cherish thy prime Thou shall blossom to the end of time
Just The Same Composer(s): Kerry Minnear; Derek Shulman Performer(s): Gentle Giant; Jordan Rudess
See me, what I am, what I was, what I'll be Hear me, understand that I'm not what you see Take this, take the man, middle term, common me Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do Nothing more and nothing less than you Read no thoughts I didn't think myself Just the same as anybody else
Make me someone else, put me up on a stand Something that I don't really want on my hands Use me, idolise all you can understand Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do Nothing more and nothing less than you Read no thoughts I didn't think myself Just the same as anybody else
Change it, what you think, what you thought, what you say Look for something more than you sought yesterday I don't want to be part of your life today Don't you see that I'm just doing what I want to do Nothing more and nothing less than you Read no thoughts I didn't think myself Just the same as anybody else
Train In Vain Composer(s): Mick Jones - Joe Strummer First release: The Clash- 1979 Covered by multiple other artists
Say you stand by your man Tell me something I don't understand You said you love me and that's a fact Then you left me, said you felt trapped
Well some things you can explain away But my heartache's in me till this day
Did you stand by me No, not at all Did you stand by me No way
All the times When we were close I'll remember these things the most I see all my dreams come tumbling down I won't be happy without you around
So all alone I keep the wolves at bay There is only one thing that I can say
Did you stand by me No, not at all Did you stand by me No way
You must explain why this must be Did you lie when you spoke to me
Did you stand by me No, not at all
Now I got a job But it don't pay I need new clothes I need somewhere to stay But without all these things I can do But without your love I won't make it through
But you don't understand my point of view I suppose there's nothing I can do
Did you stand by me No, not at all Did you stand by me No way
You must explain why this must be Did you lie when you spoke to me?
Did you stand by me Did you stand by me No, not at all Did you stand by me No way Did you stand by me No, not at all Did you stand by me No way
I met my baby in Macys in Gentlemens Underwear I met my baby in Macys and thats where I learned to care We looked at a cottage on the Mezzanine With a toaster and an iron and a washing machine I met my baby in Macys in Gentlemens Underwear
I asked my baby to wed me in higher-priced Langerie I asked my baby and said we should honeymoon rightaway Should head right for heaven on the 2nd floor And well buy all the romance that theyve got in the store I asked my baby to wed me in higher-priced Langerie
And then my baby refused me and told me she didnt care I found my baby in Macys so I just returned her there Theyre giving me credit but Im all alone So I think Ill take the door, see what Gimballs are showin Who wants my baby in Macys in Gentlemens Underwear I left my heart on one of those clothing trees Between the mens cologne and the b.b.b. When I lost my baby in Macys in Gentlemens Underwear
Just Tell Her Jim Said Hello Composer(s): Jerry Leiber; Mike Stoller Performer(s): Elvis Presley
She's sitting right over there I'd know that face anywhere I'd run up and embrace her But Im ashamed to face her Just tell her Jim said hello
I'd like to pour out my heart But I don't know where to start I'd like to tell her What Im really feeling but Just tell her Jim said hello
Just tell her Jim said hello Just tell her Jim and she'll know
Don't tell her Im feeling blue That's just between me and you Don't say Im thinking of her Don't tell her I still love her Just tell her Jim said hello
Just tell her Jim said hello Just tell her Jim said hello Just tell her Jim said hello
I love the fresh air, it's great, I declare Wide open spaces for me With trailer and car I set out afar A rover I meant to be Over the hills and dales Over the slugs and snails Trailing around in a trailer Eee, it's champion campin' out
It's just like a real gypsy life To make it look more real, a gypsy lent me his wife I'd only one pair of pyjamas It was awkward there's no doubt We shared the suit between us, but we found it too tight She had got the left leg on, so I put on the right The tape it broke and I never got a wink of sleep all night Eee, it's champion campin' out
On a farm t'other night, I was doin' all right A dairy maid sat on me knee One kiss it begun at a quarter-to-one And it lasted till half-past-three For breakfast we'd eggs and ham Then I thought it was time to scram and go Ttrailin around in me trailer Eee, it's champion campin' out
To shut the window one day I tried I banged it in a hurry with me head still inside When I was doin' some fishin' A girl strayed round about She smiled and whispered, "Any luck?", she seemed a gay spark As far as fishin' went, it's true me luck was off the mark But I had a bit of luck with her as soon as it was dark Eee, it's champion campin' out
I Met Him On A Sunday Composer(s): Doris Coley; Addie Harris; Beverley Lee; Shirley Owens Performer(s): The Shirelles; Laura Nyro; Stormy Weather
Doo ronde ronde ronde pa pa Doo ronde ronde ronde pa pa Doo ronde ronde ronde pa pa Doo ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Well, I met him on a Sunday (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) And I missed him on Monday (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) Well, I found him on Tuesday (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) Well, I dated him on Wednesday (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) And I kissed him on Thursday (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) And he didn't come Friday (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) When he showed up Saturday, (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) I said, "Bye bye, baby"
Doo donde ronde ronde ronde pa pa Doo donde ronde ronde ronde pa pa Doo donde ronde ronde ronde pa pa Doo ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Well, I kissed him on Thursday (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) And he didn't come Friday (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) When he showed up Saturday, (Ooooooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooooooh) I said, "Bye bye, baby"
Just Someone I Used To Know Composer(s): Jack Clement Performer(s): Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton; and various other artists
There's a picture that I carry One we made some time ago When they ask who's in the picture with me I say just "Someone I used to know"
Just someone, I used to spend some time with Just a flame, that's lost its glow But I don't them of the nights I cried without you I say just "Someone I used to know"
Just someone, I use to run around with Just a friend from long ago I don't tell them, how lost I am without you I say just "Someone I used to know"
Trail Of Tears Composer(s): Roger Cook - Allen Reynolds Performer(s): Nick Lowe and multiple other artists
I've seen shadow, I've seen shine I know what and what is not mine I've seen glitter and I've seen gold And I've heard everything I've been told And I don't want to spend my life time walking A trail of tears I don't want to spend my whole life walking Along a trail of tears Trail of tears Well you know battle, you know war You know what and what you are for Scared of you and I'm scared of me Scared of letting my future be And I don't want to spend my life time walking A trail of tears I don't want to spend my life time walking A trail of tears Trail of tears Nobody in their right mind Could fail to see unless they were blind It's gone, true love has gone Nobody wants to throw it away But oh my darling how can I stay When it's gone, good has gone I've seen shadow, I've seen shine I know what and what is not mine I've seen glitter, I've seen gold And I've heard everything I've been told And I don't want to spend my life time walking A trail of tears I don't want to spend my whole life walking Along trail of tears Trail of tears
I Met Her In Church Composer(s): Spooner Oldham; Dan Penn Performer(s): The Box Tops; Tony Borders
I met her in church, I met her in church On a Sunday morning She looked at me with eyes aglow As the choir sang hallelujah hallelujah I met her in church, I met her in church We fell in love on a Sunday morning Then all at once I heard angels singing Singing Hallejulah Singing hallelujah, hallelujah Saturday night turned into Sunday light I found love on a back row seat In a little church just down the street Met her in church, had a wedding in church Church, had the wedding in church The lord willing and the creek don't rise We're gonna be happy the rest of our lives I met her in church, I met her in church Hallejulah I met her in church, I met her in church Hallejulah I met her in church, I met her in church Hallejulah ...