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John


John
Performer(s): Yves Duteil



John était amoureux, ça se voyait un peu
Il avait un air si bizarre et veillait si tard
Il buvait tant de vin que souvent, le matin
On pouvait l'entendre de l'étang jusqu'au moulin
La fille aux longues mains ne disait jamais rien
Et le pauvre John pensait bien
Qu'à veiller dehors jusqu'au lever du jour
Il en crèverait ou bien de froid ou bien d'amour

John avait un béguin, ça se voyait un brin
Quand il tapait sur sa poitrine en buvant du gin
Il avait l'œil hagard, buvait toujours à part
Poussait des hurlements qui faisaient fuir le vent
Mais la fille aux longues mains ne disait jamais rien
Et le pauvre John pensait bien
Qu'à veiller dehors jusqu'au lever du jour
Il en crèverait ou bien de froid ou bien d'amour

John était amoureux, il en a fait l'aveu
Depuis, de la rivière au port, on en rit encore
Le soir, au coin du feu, on écoute les vieux
Raconter l'histoire de John l'amoureux
Il aimait la statue d'une belle inconnue
Morte cent ans auparavant dans un ouragan
Il allait tous les jours lui dire son amour
Et noyait sa peine dans un verre à son retour
La fille aux longues mains ne dirait jamais rien
Et le pauvre John savait bien
Que dans la statue était son cœur et qu'un jour
Il en crèverait ou bien de froid ou bien d'amour
Que dans la statue était son cœur et qu'un jour
Il en crèverait ou bien de froid ou bien d'amour

Il en crèverait ou bien de froid ou bien d'amour

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I Got Loaded


I Got Loaded
Composer(s): Peppermint Harris; Harrison Nelson
Performer(s): Canned Heat
and multiple other artists



I dropped into a tavern where I saw some friends of mine
The party was gettin' underway and the truth was really flyin'

And I got loaded
I got loaded
I got loaded man, I sure got high

I told my pretty baby that I wouldn't stay out no more
You know every time I tried to leave I fell down on the floor

I got loaded
I got loaded
I got loaded man, I sure got high

It made me feel so happy baby, while it was goin' down
I took a sip every trip that bottle went around

And I got loaded
I got loaded
I got loaded man, I sure got high

Last thing I remember, I heard somebody say
Doggone my soul, let's really roll until the break of day

I got loaded
I got loaded
I got loaded man, I sure got high

If you see my baby, please tell her this from me
I didn't mean to stay so long, but the drinks down there were free!

I got loaded
I got loaded
I got loaded man, I sure got high

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Jogo De Damas


Jogo De Damas
Composer(s): Isolda; Milton Carlos
Performer(s): Roberto Carlos



Eu sei da sua vida e do seu passado
De um tempo perdido e recuperado
Eu sei da poeira de todos seus passos
Das suas trapaças, dos seus abraços
Eu sei da sua fama e dos seus amores
Das suas proezas, dos seus dissabores
Da cor da sua roupa, do seu pouco valor
Você nessa vida foi só desamor

Dama
Hoje alguém que te engana
Te veste de santa
Não sabe por que
Te pisam te xingam
Ignoram a mulher
Não sabem que a dama existiu outro dia
Hoje a dama não passa de pedra perdida
(Hoje é pedra perdida de um jogo qualquer)

Conheço as paredes que guardavam segredos
E ações que por si não cobriam seus medos
A sua missão, as suas vontades
Razões que confirmam as duras verdades
Eu sei hoje em dia da sua vergonha
De olhar quem te olha responder quem te chama
Pra quem te conhece você é vulgar
Pra quem nunca te viu
Hoje quer te amar

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Cousin Kevin


Cousin Kevin
Composer(s): John Entwistle
Performer(s): The Who



Cousin Kevin:
We're on our own cousin, all alone cousin
Let's think of a game to play now the grown ups have all gone away
You won't be much fun being blind, deaf and dumb, but I've no one to play with today
D' you know how to play hide and seek?
To find me it would take you a week, but tied to that chair you won't go anywhere
There's a lot I can do to a freak
How would you feel if I turned on the bath, ducked your head under and started to laugh?
What would you do if I shut you outside, to stand in the rain and catch cold, so you died?
I'm the school bully!
The classroom cheat
The nastiest playfriend, you ever could meet
I'll stick pins in your fingers and tread on your feet...
Maybe a cigarette burn on your arm would change your expression to one of alarm
I'll drag you around by a lock of your hair, or give you a push at the top of the stairs...
I'm the school bully!
The classroom cheat
The nastiest playfriend, you ever could meet
I'll put glass in your dinner and spikes in your seat...

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I Got It From Agnes


I Got It From Agnes
Composer(s): Tom Lehrer
Performer(s): Tom Lehrer



I love my friends, and they love me
We're just as close as we can be
And just because we really care
Whatever we get, we share!

I got it from Agnes
She got it from Jim
We all agree it must have been Louise who gave it to him

She got it from Harry
Who got it from Marie
And everybody knows that Marie
Got it from me

Giles got it from Daphne
She got it from Joan
Who picked it up in County Cork
A-kissin' the Blarney Stone

Pierre gave it to Sheila
Who must have brought it there
He got it from François and Jacques
Haha, Lucky Pierre!

Max got it from Edith
Who gets it every spring
She got it from her Daddy
Who just gives her everything

She then gave it to Daniel
Whose spaniel has it now
Our dentist even got it
And we're still wondering how

Ah, but I got it from Agnes
Or maybe it was Sue
Or Millie or Billie or Gillie or Willie
It doesn't matter who

It might have been at the club
Or at the pub, or in the loo
And if you will be my friend
Then I might...(Mind you, I said "might")...
Give it to you!

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Joey (Betty Madigan)


Joey
Composer(s): Herb Wiener;
James J. Kriegman; Salmirs-Bernstein
Performer(s): Betty Madigan;
Jeri Southern; Margaret Whiting



Jimmy kissed me in the springtime
Tommy kissed me in the fall
But I remember only Joey
Joey kissed me not at all

Jimmy sang the sweetest love songs
Tommy watched me openly
But I remember only Joey
Joey stole my heart from me

Every now and then Joey wandered by
How I wished that he would stay'
Then I breathed a sigh as I wondered why
He never ever looked my way

Jimmy always sent me flowers
Tommy often did the same
But I remember only Joey
Joey made me change my name

Jimmy always sent me flowers
Tommy often did the same
But I remember only Joey
Joey made me change my name

Joey made me change my name

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Christmas (The Who)


Christmas
Composer(s): Pete Townshend
Performer(s): The Who



Father:
Did you ever see the faces of children?
They get so excited waking up on Christmas morning
hours before the winter sun's ignited
They believe in dreams and all they mean, including heaven's generosity
Peeping round the door to see what parcels are for free, in curiosity
And Tommy doesn't know what day it is
Doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is
How can he be saved from the eternal grave?
Surrounded by his friends he sits so silently and unaware of everything
Playing poxy pin ball, picks his nose and smiles and pokes his tongue at everything
I believe in love, but how can men who've never seen light be enlightened
Only if he's cured will his spirits future level ever heighten
And Tommy doesn't know what day it is
Doesn't know who Jesus was or what praying is
How can he be saved from the eternal grave?
Tommy can you hear me?
Tommy can you hear me?
Tommy can you hear me?
How can he be saved?

Tommy:
See me, feel me
Touch me, heal me
See me, feel me
Touch me, heal me!

Tommy can you hear me?
Tommy can you hear me?
Tommy can you hear me?
How can he be saved?

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I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)


I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
Composer(s): Paul Francis Webster; Duke Ellington
First release by: Duke Ellington - 1941
Covered by multiple other artists



Though folks with good intentions
Tell me to save my tears
Well I'm so mad about him
I can't live without him

Never treats me sweet and gentle
The way he should
I've got it bad
And that ain't good

My poor heart is so sentimental
Not made of wood
I've got it so bad
And that ain't good

But when the fish are jumpin'
And Friday rolls around
My man an' I, we gin some
We pray some, and sin some

He don't love me like I love him
The way he should
I've got it bad
And that ain't good
Yes I've got it bad
And that ain't good

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Joey (Bob Dylan)


Joey
Composer(s): Bob Dylan; Jacques Levy
Performer(s): Bob Dylan



Born in Red Hook, Brooklyn, in the year of who knows when
Opened up his eyes to the tune of an accordion
Always on the outside of whatever side there was
When they asked him why it had to be that way
"Well," he answered, "just because"

Larry was the oldest, Joey was next to last
They called Joe "Crazy," the baby they called "Kid Blast"
Some say they lived off gambling and runnin' numbers too
It always seemed they got caught between the mob and the men in blue

Joey, Joey
King of the streets, child of clay
Joey, Joey
What made them want to come and blow you away?

There was talk they killed their rivals, but the truth was far from that
No one ever knew for sure where they were really at
When they tried to strangle Larry, Joey almost hit the roof
He went out that night to seek revenge, thinkin' he was bulletproof

The war broke out at the break of dawn, it emptied out the streets
Joey and his brothers suffered terrible defeats
Till they ventured out behind the lines and took five prisoners
They stashed them away in a basement, called them amateurs

The hostages were tremblin' when they heard a man exclaim
"Let's blow this place to kingdom come, let Con Edison take the blame"
But Joey stepped up, he raised his hand, said
"We're not those kind of men
It's peace and quiet that we need to go back to work again"

Joey, Joey
King of the streets, child of clay
Joey, Joey
What made them want to come and blow you away?

The police department hounded him, they called him Mr. Smith
They got him on conspiracy, they were never sure who with
"What time is it?" said the judge to Joey when they met
"Five to ten," said Joey
The judge says, "That's exactly what you get"

He did ten years in Attica, reading Nietzsche and Wilhelm Reich
They threw him in the hole one time for tryin' to stop a strike
His closest friends were black men 'cause they seemed to understand
What it's like to be in society with a shackle on your hand

When they let him out in '71 he'd lost a little weight
But he dressed like Jimmy Cagney and I swear he did look great
He tried to find the way back into the life he left behind
To the boss he said, "I have returned and now I want what's mine"

Joey, Joey
King of the streets, child of clay
Joey, Joey
Why did they have to come and blow you away?

It was true that in his later years he would not carry a gun
"I'm around too many children," he'd say, "they should never know of one"
Yet he walked right into the clubhouse of his lifelong deadly foe
Emptied out the register, said, "Tell 'em it was Crazy Joe"

One day they blew him down in a clam bar in New York
He could see it comin' through the door as he lifted up his fork
He pushed the table over to protect his family
Then he staggered out into the streets of Little Italy

Joey, Joey
King of the streets, child of clay
Joey, Joey
What made them want to come and blow you away?

Sister Jacqueline and Carmela and mother Mary all did weep
I heard his best friend Frankie say, "He ain't dead, he's just asleep"
Then I saw the old man's limousine head back towards the grave
I guess he had to say one last goodbye to the son that he could not save

The sun turned cold over President Street and the town of Brooklyn mourned
They said a mass in the old church near the house where he was born
And someday if God's in heaven overlookin' His preserve
I know the men that shot him down will get what they deserve

Joey, Joey
King of the streets, child of clay
Joey, Joey
What made them want to come and blow you away?

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The Hawker


The Hawker
Composer(s): Sonny Boy Williamson
Performer(s): The Who



The Hawker:
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
You talk about your woman
I wish you could see mine
Every time she starts to loving
She brings eyesight to the blind

You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
You know her daddy gave her magic
I can tell by the way she walks
Every time we start shaking
the dumb begin to talk

She's got the power to heal you, never fear
She's got the power to heal you, never fear
Just a word from her lips
and the deaf begin to hear

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I Got A Wife


I Got A Wife
Composer(s): Eddie Mascari; Erwin Wenzlaff
Performer(s): Mark IV



(Hey, I got a wife at home
I got a wife at home
I got a wife she's the apple of my life
But I wish she would leave me alone)

When I hear
Hang your clothes up
Wipe your feet off
Goodness sakes don't slam the door
Fix the socks and dry the dishes
Can't you see what's in the drawer
Hang the picture
Set the table
Don't drop ashes on the floor
Heat the bottle
Change the baby
She don't love me anymore

(He don't love her anymore
There he goes right out the door
He'll be back 'bout half past ten
And then she'll start right in again)

Tack the shade up
Wash the windows
Wipe the handprints off the door
Change the light bulbs
Scrub the bathtub
Pick the toys up from the floor
Tape the lamp cord
Make some coffee
Burn the garbage
Oil the door
Get the kids
And call my mother
She don't love me anymore

(I got a wife at home
I got a wife at home
I got a wife she's the apple of my life
But I wish she would leave me alone)

When I hear
(Fast High-Pitched Voice Chatter)
OK OK I'll do it
(Chatter Continues)
Yeah OK
(Chatter Continues)
Honey, honey
Please, honey (Chatter Continues) Yeah I'll do it (Chatter Continues) Quiet!! (He don't love her anymore There he goes right out the door He'll be back 'bout half past ten And then she'll start right in again) (Chatter Begins Again) (Short Guitar Lick) (Door Slams) (Sheeee!!)

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Joe, La Ville Et Moi


Joe, La Ville Et Moi
Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday



J'avais un copain
Il s'appelait Joe
C'était presque un frère pour moi
On a grandit ensemble
Il habitait la ferme
La ferme juste à côté de la rivière
Un jour on en a eu marre de voir toujours la même forêt
Alors, alors on a décidé de partir
Pour voir ce qu'était une ville
Quand je dis une ville je veux dire
Une vraie ville en béton
Et ça fait bien longtemps

Maintenant je voudrais revoir
Je voudrais revoir tout ce que j'ai quitté
Les champs, la rivière et ma forêt
Et...et Marie
Oui Marie
Qu'elle était belle, la jolie Marie
Ça fait si longtemps, si longtemps
Mais voilà comment
Voilà comment l'histoire a commencé

On avait bien, Joe et moi dix dollars chacun
Et l'adresse d'une ou deux filles
Dans un wagon à bestiaux on a pris le train
Pour voir ce qu'était une ville

Pendant deux jours en roulant on s'est préparé
Tout en se cachant sous la paille
Quand on la vu ce fut comme un coup sur le nez
Elle nous a pris dans ses murailles

Pour ne pas être un étranger ici
Ce n'est qu'une question de prix
Les faux amours, les faux amis et le reste
Tout ça se paie en arrivant

Les dix dollars n'ont pas duré plus d'un repas
Les filles avaient changé d'adresse
Joe a failli se bagarrer deux ou trois fois
Pour son accent et pour le reste

Pour ne pas être un étranger ici
Ce n'est qu'une question de prix
Les faux amours, les faux amis et le reste
Tout ça se paie en arrivant

On avait bien, Joe et moi dix dollars chacun
Et l'adresse d'une ou deux filles
Mais on a plus retrouvé le chemin
Et on s'est noyé dans la ville
Mais on a plus retrouvé le chemin
Et on s'est perdu dans la ville

La ville
Est-ce qu'un jour
Est-ce qu'un jour Dieu
J'aurais la chance de revoir
Près de la rivière Marie
Est-ce qu'un jour j'aurais la chance d'avoir
Une fille un fils
Et de pouvoir me retrouver
Entre les arbres de ma forêt
Près de notre rivière

Ouais
Loin de cette ville
Surtout loin de cette ville

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Amazing Journey


Amazing Journey
Composer(s): Pete Townshend
Performer(s): The Who



Deaf Dumb and blind boy
He's in a quiet vibration land
Strange as it seems his musical dreams
Ain't quite so bad

Ten years old
With thoughts as bold as thought can be
Loving life and becoming wise
In simplicity

Sickness will surely take the mind
Where minds can't usually go
Come on the amazing journey
And learn all you should know

A vague haze of delerium
creeps up on me
All at once a tall stranger I suddenly see
He's dressed in a silver sparked
Glittering gown
And His golden beard flows
Nearly down to the ground

Nothing to say and nothing to hear
And nothing to see
Each sensation makes a note in my symphony

Sickness will surely take the mind
Where minds can't usually go
Come on the amazing journey
And learn all you should know

His eyes are the eyes that
Transmit all they know
Sparkle warm crystalline glances to show
That he is your leader
And he is your guide
On the amazing journey together you'll ride

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I Got A Right To Sing The Blues


I Got A Right To Sing The Blues
Composer(s): Harold Arlen; Ted Koehler
Performer(s): Billie Holiday
and multiple other artists



I got a right to sing the blues
I got a right to feel low down
I got a right to hang around
Down around the river
A certain man in this old town
Keeps draggin’ my poor heart around
All I see for me
Is misery
I got a right to sing the blues
I got a right to moan and sigh
I got a right to sit and cry
Down around the river
I know the deep blue sea
Will soon be callin’ me
It must be love
Say what you choose
I got a right to sing the blues

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Joe Meek


Joe Meek
Composer(s): Eric Goulden
Performer(s): Eric Goulden



On the second floor of number 304
Above a handbag store and the heavy roar
Of traffic rolling down the Holloway Road
A one-time bedroom housed the studio
Of Joe Meek

Where he conjured with the sound of another world
That Tin-Pan-Alley thought was to absurd
But miles of wire and recording tape
Brought fortune fame and no escape
For Joe Meek

As he stirred up the sound of a hurricane
Joe Meek called upon forces from beyond the grave
Joe Meek suffered alone for his madness and pain
These were the only rewards that the hit parade
Held in store for Joe Meek

The talented, the hopeful, the hopeless and just plain
Star-struck climbed the stairs up to the birthplace
Of the hits in search of three minutes of eternity
In the home-made sound laboratory of Joe Meek
Where he stirred up the sound of a hurricane
Joe Meek called upon forces from beyond the grave
Joe Meek suffered alone for his madness and pain
These were the only rewards that the hit parade
Held in store for Joe Meek ..

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1921


1921
Composer(s): Pete Townshend
Performer(s): The Who



Lover:
I've got a feeling twenty-one is going to be a good year
Especially if you and me see it in together

Father:
So you think 21 is going to be a good year
It could be good for me and her, but you and her - no never!
I had no reason to be over optimistic, but somehow when you smiled
I could brave bad weather

Mother:
What about the boy?
What about the boy?
What about the boy?
He saw it all!

Mother & Father:
You didn't hear it, you didn't see it
You won't say nothing to no one, ever in your life
You never heard it
Oh how absurd it all seems without any proof
You didn't hear it, you didn't see it
You never heard it, not a word of it
You won't say nothing to no one
Never tell a soul what you know is the Truth

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I Got A Name


I Got A Name
Composer(s): Charles Fox; Norman Gimbel
Performer(s): Jim Croce
and multiple other artists



Like the pine trees lining the winding road
I've got a name; I've got a name
Like the singing bird and the croaking toad
I've got a name; I've got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm living the dream that he kept hid
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

Like the north wind whistlin' down the sky
I've got a song; I've got a song
Like the whippoorwill and the baby's cry
I've got a song; I've got a song
And I carry it with me and I sing it loud
If it gets me nowhere, I'll go there proud
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

And I'm gonna go there free
Like the fool I am and I'll always be
I've got a dream; I've got a dream
They can change their minds but they can't change me
I've got a dream; I've got a dream
Oh, I know I could share it if you want me to
If you're going my way, I'll go with you
Movin' me down the highway
Rollin' me down the highway
Movin' ahead so life won't pass me by

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Joe Macho


Joe Macho
Performer(s): Joe Dassin



Le grand Joe Macho, un loup solitaire
Était toujours en galère
Et quand il sortait chasser la femelle
On entendait son cri sensuel

Ah ououou ou-ou-ou
Ah ououou ou-ou-ou
J'ai mon fusil à six coups
Aou Aou Aou...

La jolie Marie avait le feu aux reins
Son mari était marin
Quand elle a vu Joe entrer dans sa chambre
La mignonne a planqué son alliance

Ah ououou ou-ou-oui
Jailli ce cri dans la nuit
Joe est revenu souvent
Et puis un soir on frappe au plus mauvais moment

"Ciel, mon mari!" a crié Marie
Qui etait physionomiste
Il lui a dit: "J'te croyait fidèle"
Elle répondit: "Je le croyais aussi"

"Joe pas un geste ou tu meurs!"
Dit le trompé au trompeur
Maintenant tu vas payer
Il visait bas, il l'a touché au pied

Alors Joe a filé dans le noir
Nu comme un vers, boîtant comme un canard
Et toute la ville l'a entendu pousser
Ce cri déchirant du chien blessé

Ah ououou ou-ou-ou
"J'etait prévenu après tout
Marie m'avait bien juré
Que son mari ne savait pas tirer"

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