Love Is A Simple Thing
Composer(s): June Carroll - Arthur Siegel
Performer(s): Debbie Reynolds



Poets write fancy things about love
But they don't have no call
Love is like birth or death or taxes
Love just is, that's all

Love is a simple thing, love is a silver ring
Shiny as a ribbon bow, soft as a quiet snow
Love is a nursery rhyme, old as the tick of time
Love is so many things, bright as an angel's wings

Gentle as the morning light, long as a winter night
Love makes an old heart sing
And it fills ev'ry empty space, love is a warming place
Love is a simple thing

Love is a simple thing, love is a magic ring
Much more fun than mistletoe, gay as a puppet show
Love is the thunder and rain, swift as a soaring plane
Love is a summer moon, gay as a big balloon

Young as a calliope, wild as a storm at sea
Love is a touch of spring
It's as sweet as a first embrace, love is a special place
Love is a simple thing

Little Sally Walker
Composer(s): Huddie Ledbetter
Performer(s): Leadbelly; Pete Seeger



Little Sally Walker, sittin' in a saucer
Weepin' and a-moanin' like a turtle dove
Rise Sally rise, wipe your weepin' eyes
Turn to the east, turn to the west
Turn to the one that you love the best

Little Jimmy Walker, sittin' in a saucer
Weepin' and a-moanin' like a turtle dove
Rise Jimmy rise, wipe your weepin' eyes
Turn to the east, turn to the west
Turn to the one that you love the best

Love Is A Rose
Composer(s): Neil Young
First release by: Linda Ronstadt - 1975
Covered by multiple other artists



Love is a rose but you better not pick it
Only grows when it's on the vine
Handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it
Lose your love when you say the word mine

I wanna see what's never been seen
I wanna live that age-old dream
Come on boy let's go together
Let's take the best right now

Love is a rose but you better not pick it
Only grows when it's on the vine
Handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it
Lose your love when you say the word mine

I wanna go to an old hoedown
Long ago in a western town
Pick me up 'cause my feet are dragging
Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon

Love is a rose but you better not pick it
Only grows when it's on the vine
Handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it
Lose your love when you say the word mine

Love is a rose but you better not pick it
Only grows when it's on the vine
Handful of thorns and you'll know you've missed it
Lose your love when you say the word mine

Mine

Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose

Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose
Love is a rose

Little Sally Walker
Composer(s): Rufus Thomas
Performer(s): Rufus Thomas



Little Sally Walker
Sittin' in a saucer
Ride, Sally ride
Wipe your weepin' eyes
Put your hands on your hips
And let your back bone slip 
I want you to 
Shake it to the east
Awww, I moved that-a baby
Shake it to the west
I moved I moved that baby
Shake it to the very one 
That you love the best

Little Sally Walker
Tell me what you're gonna do
Little Sally Walker
I'm in love with you

Hup hup hup, owww
hup hup hup, owww

Little Sally Walker
I see ya sittin' in your saucer
Rise and do the jerk
I love to see you work
Yeah

Little Sally Walker
Tell me what you're gonna do
Little Sally Walker
I'm in love with you
Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah...

Put your hands on your hips
Ahh, got it
Let your back bone slip 
Back bone slip now
Shake it to the east
Shake shake shake
Shake shake shake shake it 
Shake it to the west
Shake shake shake
Shake shake shake shake it
Shake it to the very one 
That you love the best 
Come on now

Little Sally Walker
Oh shake it Sally
Shake it Sally Walker
Oh shake it Sally
Shake shake Sally Walker
Oh-h-h-h
Shakin' it Sally Walker
Oh-h-h-h
Shakin' it Sally Walker
I shook it baby
Shake shake Sally Walker
I shook it baby
Little Sally Walker
Watch me shake it baby
Shake it Sally Walker
Oooohhhhh
Shake shake Sally Walker
Little Sally Walker
Shake it now
Shake shake Sally Walker
I shook it baby ... 

Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
((Spanish Version: El Amor Es Algo Maravilloso (Raphael))
Composer(s): Paul Frances Webster - Sammy Fain
Performer(s): The Four Aces - 1955
and multiple other artists



Love is a many splendored thing
It's the April rose that only grows in the early spring
Love is nature's way of giving a reason to be living
The golden crown that makes a man a king
Once on a high and windy hill
In the morning mist two lovers kissed and the world stood still
Then your fingers touched my silent heart and taught it how to sing
Yes, true love's a many splendored thing

Once on a high and windy hill
In the morning mist two lovers kissed and the world stood still
Then your fingers touched my silent heart and taught it how to sing
Yes, true love's a many splendored thing

Little Serenade 
((French & Italian Versions: Du Moment Qu'on S'aime (Dalida); Piccolissima Serenata (Teddy Reno) - 1957))
Composer(s): Antonio Amurri - Gianni Ferrio - Geoffrey Parsons - John Turner
Performer(s): Eddie Calvert
and multiple other artists



Just a little street down in Portofino
Just a little tune that is softly played
Just a boy in love, with a mandolino
Just a little moonlight, little serenade

Just a little song he can win her heart with
Telling of a love that will never fade
Many a romance has been known to start with
Just a little moonlight, little serenade

Happy is the boy when he looks up above
And he sees that her window is open wide
Happy is the boy when she throws a carnation
With an invitation to come inside

Just a boy and girl and a mandolino
Just a little kiss as the vow is made
That's the way it is down in Portofino
Just a little moonlight, little serenade

Goodbye Of The Year
Composer(s): Dallas Frazier - Arthur Leo Owens
Performer(s): Jerry Lee Lewis; Darrell McCall



I can't feel the world between us even though
you're by my side 
So close and yet so far away to hear me say goodnight 
Your lonely eyes have told me the way you feel inside 
You could never say goodbye any plainer if you try 
Congratulation baby for the goodbye of the year 
You were gone before I had a chance to dry your tears 
To show my admiration I think it's only fair
To say congratulation for the goodbye of the year 

To show my admiration I think it's only fair 
To say congratulation for the goodbye of the year

Little Ship
Composer(s): Loudon Wainwright III
Performer(s): Loudon Wainwright III



Our relationship
Is just a little ship
That's out on a stormy sea

We barely keep afloat
In our leaky boat
But still I'm hoping
That you'll dote on me

When we first set sail
We thought we'd never fail
The wind was our best friend
It wouldn't let us down

But then the tempest grew
And I thought I'd lost you
And our little ship
Would sink or run aground

But the precious craft
Was sturdy fore and aft
It rolled on a stormy sea

And when the winds died down
That's when I looked around
You and the sun were all that I could see

And then a gentle wind
Bore us home again
I sat in the stern
You were in the bow

We landed safe and sound
And there on solid ground
We loved our little ship
Even more somehow

Our relationship
Is just a little ship
That's out on a stormy sea

Love Is A Hurtin' Thing
Composer(s): Ben Raleigh - Dave Linden
Performer(s): Lou Rawls
and multiple other artists



For every little kiss there's a little teardrop 
For every single thrill there's another heartache 
The road is rough 
The going gets tough 

(Yes) love is a hurtin' thing 
Oh, love is a hurtin' thing 

When you're in my arms I'm a king on a throne 
But when we're apart I walk the streets alone 
One day happiness 
The next day, loneliness 

When love brings so much joy why must it bring such pain 
Guess it's a mystery that nobody can explain 

Maybe I'm a fool to keep on loving you 
'Cause there may come a time you'll break my heart in two 
But I want you so 
I want you though I know that 

Love

Little Sir Echo
Composer(s): John S. Fearis - Laura Rountree Smith
Performer(s): Guy Lombardo
and multiple other artists



Little Sir Echo, how yo you do?
Hello! (Hello!) Hello! (Hello!)
Little Sir Echo, we'll answer you
Hello! (Hello!) Hello! (Hello!)
Hello! (Hello!) Hello! (Hello!)
Won't you come over and play? (and play)
You're a nice little fellow
I know by your voice
But you're always so far away (away)

Little Sir Echo is very shy
Hello! (Hello!) Hello! (Hello!)
Little Sir Echo will make reply
Hello! (Hello!) Hello! (Hello!)
Hello! (Hello!) Hello! (Hello!)
Won't you come over and play? (and play)
You're a nice little fellow
I know by your voice
But you're always so far away (away)

Love Is A Golden Ring
Composer(s): Frank Miller - Richard Dehr - Terry Gilkyson
Performer(s): Frankie Laine



Your love and mine, dear, It will shine, dear
Just like that golden ring on your finger

Love isn't just for tonight
Or two arms that hold me so tight
Love is a song that two must learn to sing
Love is a golden ring

Love's not a summer romance
Or the kiss that follows the dance
Love is forever a rare and lasting thing
Love is a golden ring

A wedding in the church
The happiness and tears
The little ring you'll wear
Will last through all the years
And in our golden days
We'll find eternal spring
With love and the golden ring

So please won't you wear it for me
With faith and sweet charity
For lonely lovers lost
This message we will bring
Love is a golden ring
Love is a golden ring
Love is a golden ring
Love

Love Is A Bridge
Composer(s): Graham Goble - Stephen Housden
Performer(s): Little River Band



How can I last another night alone without you?
So far away, and missing all the things that you do
If I could hold you in my arms for just one minute of tonight
I know I'd say the words I find so hard to say to make it right
Each night away from you I see
All the things you really mean to me
Love is a bridge that links our hearts
Keeping us close when we'are apart
I always knew, right from the start
Love is a bridge that runs from heart to heart
I live again, each night I go to sleep and dream of you
Things are different then, we can do anything we want to do
In dreams I know that I can face the things I never want to see
And I can show that I can be the one you always saw in me
Each night away from you I see
All the things you really mean to me
Love is a bridge that links our hearts
Keeping us close when we'are apart
I always knew, right from the start
Love is a bridge that runs from heart to heart

Love Is A Battle Field
Composer(s): Mike Chapman - Holly Knight
First release by: Pat Benatar - 1983
Covered by multiple other artists



We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield
We are strong, no one can tell us we’re wrong
Searchin’ our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

You’re beggin’ me to go, you’re makin’ me stay
Why do you hurt me so bad?
It would help me to know
Do I stand in your way, or am I the best thing you’ve had?
Believe me, believe me, I can’t tell you why
But I’m trapped by your love, and I’m chained to your side

We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no one can tell us we’re wrong
Searchin’ our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

We’re losing control
Will you turn me away or touch me deep inside?
And before this gets old, will it still feel the same?
There’s no way this will die
But if we get much closer, I could lose control
And if your heart surrenders, you’ll need me to hold

We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no one can tell us we’re wrong
Searchin’ our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

We are young, heartache to heartache we stand
No promises, no demands
Love is a battlefield

We are strong, no one can tell us we’re wrong
Searchin’ our hearts for so long, both of us knowing
Love is a battlefield

Love In Vain
Composer(s): Pete Shelley
Performer(s): Pete Shelley



For quite a long time
I was making hard what’s easy
I was running ’round in circles
When I bumped into you
Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain

I’ve had a second chance
And there’s still a million others
Have I been fooling myself
To think that I could fool you
Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain

Oh worries all around
It’s getting dark there’s no denying
But just above the clouds
The sky is blue the sun’s shining

I’ve had to much of dreamin’
I’m gonna keep my eyes wide open
Better not believin’
Than believe what’s not true
Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain

If you make up your mind
Would I change so I would notice
Oh won’t you tell me
What I ought to do
Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain

Oh worries all around
It’s getting dark there’s no denying
But just above the clouds
The sky is blue the sun’s shining

Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain

You’ve had a second chance
And there’s still a million others
You may be fooling youself
But you don’t fool me too
Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain

Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain
Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain
Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain
Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain
Don’t tell me that my love’s in vain

Love In The Shadows
Composer(s): Neil Sedaka - Phil Cody
Performer(s): Neil Sedaka



In the shadows
You get to know your lover mostly by feel
Got to put your faith in things you can touch
If you dare to 
'Cause the shadows can make you crazy 
With the things they reveal
They show it all without revealing too much 
Scare the hell out of you

'Cause me and my love
Live among the shadows
Where the old playground is an alley way
Now me and my love make love among the shadows
When the sun goes down in a dark hallway
Love in the shadows where the crowd never goes
Deep in the shadows where flowers won't grow
Me and my baby know love in the shadows

In the shadows
You got to work at love to get it to shine
You can't believe in everything that you see
Not this time around
'Cause the shadows can play 
A half a million tricks on your mind
You try your best but you can never break free
It just kind of drags you down

'Cause me and my love
Live among the shadows
Where the old playground is an alley way
Now me and my love make love among the shadows
When the sun goes down in a dark hallway
Love in the shadows where the sun never shines
Deep in the shadows where most men go blind
Me and my baby find love in the shadows

Love In The Hot Afternoon
Composer(s): Kent Westberry - Vince Matthews
Performer(s): Gene Watson; Jim Ed Brown; Mark Chesnutt



From somewhere outside, I hear a
Street vendor cry "filet gumbo"
From my window I see him, going
Down the street and he don't know
That we fell right to sleep
In the damp tangled sheets so soon
After love in the hot afternoon

Now the bourbon street lady
sleeps like a baby in the shadows
(in the shadows)
She was new to me, full of mystery
But now I know (but know I know)
That she's just a girl
And I'm just a guy, in a room
For love in the hot afternoon

We got high in the park
This morning and we sat, without talkin'
Then she came back here
In the heat of the day, tired of walkin'
Where under her breath
She hummed to herself a tune
Of Love in the hot afternoon

Love In The City
Composer(s): Howard Kaylan - Al Nichol - Jim Pons - John Seiter - Mark Volman
First release by: The Turtles - 1969



We walked hand in hand from the patch
Playing in the middle of the city
Down the street we walked westerly
Wind breezin' through her hair pretty
My love in the city is good, so good
When things around me slow down, slow down
I think about my love in the city, in the city
I think about my love

I know she waits for me nervously
Trying to keep busy in the city
Sleeping in her bed patiently
Waiting for me, come home with love to me
My love in the city is good, so good
When things around me slow down, slow down
I think about my love in the city, in the city
I think about my love in the city, in the city
I think about my love in the city

Ridin' Free, Livin' Lonely
((French Version: Je Suis Une Chanson (Danièle Vidal) - 1973))
Composer(s): Harris Chalkitis
Performer(s): Harris Chalkitis



I´ve got the home, I´ve got the time
I´ve got the bus to wave aside
I´ve got a rag to clean my rides
I get to sleep with you inside

riding riding riding riding
free
living living living living
lonely 

Love In Store
Composer(s): Christine McVie
Performer(s): Fleetwood Mac



All I know is the way that I feel
Whenever you're around
You've got a way of lifting me up
Instead of bringing me down

I can't fight it anymore
Since you've been around
We've got love in store

You're the only one I ever felt
Could be special to me
You look at me and I just melt
I'm scared of feeling that way

I can't fight it anymore
Since you've been around
We've got love in store

Never take your love away
Beggin' you baby
Never take your love away
Oh darlin'
Never take your love away
Beggin' you baby
Never take your love away

I can't fight it anymore
Since you've been around
We've got love in store

Love In Portofino
((German Version: Ich Fand Ein Herz In Portofino (by Angèle Durand) - 1960))
Composer(s): Fred Buscaglione - Leo Chiosso
Performer(s): Fred Buscaglione - 1958
Covered by multiple other artists



I found my love in Portofino
perché nei sogni credo ancor
lo strano gioco del destino
a Portofino m' ha preso il cuor

Nel dolce incanto del mattino
il mare ti ha portato a me
Socchiudo gli occhi a me vicino
a Portofino rivedo te

Ricordo un angolo di cielo
dove ti stavo ad aspettar
ricordo il volto tanto amato
e la tua bocca da baciar

I found my love in Portofino
quei baci più non scorderò
non è più triste il mio cammino
a Portofino I found my love

Ricordo un angolo di cielo
dove ti stavo ad aspettar
ricordo il volto tanto amato
e la tua bocca da baciar

I found my love in Portofino
quei baci più non scorderò
non è più triste il mio cammino
a Portofino I found my love