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Två Tungor


Två Tungor
Composer(s): Finn Kalvik - Fred Åkerström
Performer(s): Fred Åkerström; Sofia Karlsson



Två tungor har mitt hjärta
Två viljor har mitt sinn
Jag älskar dig för evigt
och jag blir aldrig din

Djupt i det röda mörkret
fick livet dubbel form
Där kuttrar det en duva
Där väser det en orm

Två tungor har mitt hjärta
Hör på det likaväl
Bli hos mig och gå från mig
och fräls mig från mig själv

Djupt i röda mörket
fick livet dubbel form
Där kurrar det en duva
Där väser det en orm

Två tungor har mitt hjärta
Två viljor har mitt sinn
Jag älskar dig för evigt
och jag blir aldrig din

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I Wonder (John Entwistle)


I Wonder
Composer(s): John Entwistle
Performer(s): John Entwistle



I wonder what would happen if my dog could talk
Would he look me in the eye and say take me for a walk
When I gave him his dinner would he shake his head
And say take it away I want caviar instead?

Thank you Mother Nature
For the way you got things planned
Don't ever change a thing, I'm happy as I am
Imagine living in a place where the sea was red
And your legs were in the position now occupied by your head
Imagine living in a place where black was white
And white was black, even the night

I wonder what would happen if my fish could fly
Would it leap from its tank and hit the cat in the eye
Out through the window and into the sky
I'm so glad that sharks can't fly

Thank you Mother Nature
For the way you got things planned
Don't ever change a thing, I'm happy as I am
Imagine living in a place where the sea was red
And your legs were in the position now occupied by your head
Imagine living in a place where black was white
And white was black, even the night

I wonder what would happen if the moon fell down
Would it leave a white circle
Where they painted around
I wonder what would happen if the sun went out

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The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)


The Children's Marching Song (Nick Nack Paddy Whack)
((French Version: La Marche Des Gosses (Annie Cordy))
Composer(s): Malcolm Arnold
Performer(s): Mitch Miller; Cyril Stapleton



This old man he played one
He played nick nack on my drum
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played two
He played nick nack on my shoe
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played three
He played nick nack on my tree
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played four
He played nick nack on my door
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played five
He played nick nack on my hive
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played six
He played nick nack on my stick
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played seven
He played nick nack on my deven
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played eight
He played nick nack on my gate
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played nine
He played nick nack on my vine
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

This old man he played ten
He played nick nack on my hen
With a nick nack paddy whack
Give a dog a bone
This old man came rolling home

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TV Screen


TV Screen
Composer(s): Goran Bregovic - Iggy Pop
Performer(s): Iggy Pop



Find a beautiful old street
Not rushing through this time
In a bar where a fat lady reigns supreme
Come in and drink with a false name
In circus clothes forget their pain
They are the zombie bodies
Caught in the glow of the TV screen
Just forget it?

Forget it all
The TV screen
TV screen makes you feel small
No life at all

Now that you have turned it off
It's harder than you thought
No one wants to give a damn
Or even hear a thought
They rush from one fad to the next
You talk and it has no effect
You are the target for stars
And the planets on the TV screen
Just forget it?

Forget it all
The TV screen
TV screen makes you feel small
No life at all

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I Wonder (Dickie Valentine)


I Wonder
Composer(s): Samuel M. Lewis; George W. Meyer; Pete Wendling
Performer(s): Dickie Valentine



I wonder who paints the skies so blue
Who makes the snow flakes white
Who wakes the sun up every day
And lights the stars at night

Who perfumes all the roses
Early in the spring
And tells each little robin
Just what melody to sing

I wonder how each mother knows
What baby tries to say
Why little children learn to walk
And someday walk away

I wonder why the rainbow
Follows rain and thunder
I wish that I could tell you why
But I can only wonder

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Knight In Rusty Armour


Knight In Rusty Armour
Composer(s): Mike Leander; Charlie Mills
Performer(s): Peter & Gordon



Long ago in days of old
There lived a knight who
Wasn't quite as bold
As a knight should be

He rode an old grey mare called Bess
Searchin' for a damsel in distress
Just to see if he
Could set her free

See the knight in rusty armour ride
To her aid
Trusty sword is hanging at his side
With a rusty blade

Up the tower steps he sneaked
But as he moved
His rusty armour squeaked
Such a mournful note

And all the sentries at their posts
Thought it must have been the castle ghost
They jumped for their lives
In the moat

So the knight in rusty armour won
His fair maid
Had no need to draw his trusty sword
With a rusty blade

As he bent to kiss his bride
He found that he was
Rusted up inside
In his battle dress
And I can't guess

How they still got married
And had twins
They came in tins
Every suit of armour ever made
Has a kink
Chain mail pants with a missing link

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TV Mama


TV Mama
Composer(s): Lou Willie Turner - Johnny Winter
Performer(s): Big Joe Turner
and multiple other artists



Well I laid down last night
And I turned my TV on
You know I laid down last night
I turned my TV on
You know she's a good old box people
But I believe my tube is blown

Well my baby she was cryin'
Want me to get my TV fixed
Ohuuu she was cryin'
Wanna get my TV fixed
She said our TV needs service
And she needs it mighty quick

By the way now

Well I called the TV doctor
He came over right away
He said to see what he can do
He'd have to haul my tube away
I told no Damn well I'll never do
Man if you don't get the picture
I'm gonna do some work on you

Work a while go ahead now
(get the picture right?)

Got my TV working
My old tube is like brand new
And now I got my TV workin'
My old tube is like brand new
Yes come over baby
And I show my tube to you
haha
How do you like my tube?

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I Wonder (Departure)


I Wonder (Departure)
French Title: Imagine-Moi - 1983
Composer(s): Stig Erik Leopold Anderson; Benny Andersson; Björn Ulvaeus
First release by: ABBA - 1977



This park and these houses, old streets I have walked
Everything dear, will it be here
One day when I am returning?
My friends will get married, have children and homes
It sounds so nice, well-planned and wise
Never expecting surprises

I wonder, it's frightening
Leaving now, is that the right thing?
I wonder, it scares me
But who the the hell am I if I don't leave it
I'm not a coward
Oh no, I'll be strong
One chance in a lifetime
Yes I will take it, it can't go wrong

My friends and my family, this dull little town
Buses I've missed, boys that I've kissed
Everything old and familiar

I wonder, it's frightening
Leaving now, is that the right thing?
I wonder, it scares me
But who the the hell am I if I don't leave it
I'm not a coward
Oh no, I'll be strong
One chance in a lifetime
Yes I will take it...
Yes I will take it, it can't go wrong

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Knight Of The Woeful Countenance


Knight Of The Woeful Countenance
From "The Man Of La Mancha"
Composer(s): Joe Darion; Mitch Leigh



Innkeeper:
Hail, Knight of the Woeful Countenance
Knight of the Woeful Countenance!
Wherever you go
People will know
Of the glorious deeds
Of the Knight of the Woeful Countenance!

Farewell and good cheer
Oh my brave cavalier
Ride onward to glorious strife
I swear when you're gone
I'll remember you well
For all of the rest of my life

Hail, Knight of the Woeful Countenance
Knight of the Woeful Countenance
Fare to the foe
They will quail at the sight
Of the Knight of the Woeful Countenance!
Oh valorous Knight
Go and fight for the right
And battle all villains that be
But oh, when you do
What will happen to you
Thank God I won't be there to see!

Aldonza, Sancho, Innkeeper:
Hail, Knight of the Woeful Countenance
Knight of the Woeful Countenance!
Wherever you go
People will know
Of the glorious deeds
Of the Knight of the Woeful Countenance!

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TV Is The Thing This Year


TV Is The Thing This Year
Composer(s): William Sanford - Philip E. Medley
Performer(s): Dinah Washington; Lee Aaron; Dianne Reeves



Well if you wanna have fun come home with me
You can stay all night and play with my TV

TV is the thing this year
This year, TV is the thing this year
Radio was great, but now it's outta date
TV is the thing this year

Last night I was watchin' old Tom Mix
My TV broke and I was in a fix
Got on the phone an' called my man, I said
"Get here, Daddy, as fast as you can"

TV is the thing this year
This year, TV is the thing this year
Radio was great, but now it's outta date
TV is the thing this year

He turned my dial to channel one
I knew that this was gonna be fun
Turned right up to channel two
That station thrilled me through and through
Moved one notch to channel three
I said how I love what you're doin' to me

TV is the thing this year
This year, TV is the thing this year
Radio was great, but now it's outta date
TV is the thing this year

He moved on up to channel four
Just about the time someone knocked on the door
And the way he eased into channel five
I swear that man had fluid drive

Moved one notch to channel six
Opened up his little bag o' tricks
On channel seven, the show was late
But we still got our kicks on channel eight

TV is the thing this year
This year, TV is the thing this year
Radio was great, but now it's outta date
TV is the thing this year

He grooved on up to channel nine
Said, "Sweet baby, are you satisfied?"
Turned it up to channel ten
And then, we did it, all over again
He finally hit, on channel eleven
I cried, "More, more", you treat your Daddy good

TV is the thing this year
This year, TV is the thing this year
Radio was great, but now it's outta date
TV is the thing this year

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Roane County Prison


Roane County Prison
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Bill Monroe
and multiple other artists



In the beautiful hills, way back in Roane County
There's where I roamed for many long years
There's where my heart's been tending most ever
That's where the first step of misfortune I made

I was about thirty years when I courted and married
Amanda Gilbraith was then called my wife
Her brother stabbed me for some unknown reason
Just three months later I'd taken Tom's life

For twenty five years this whole world I rambled
I went to old England, to France and to Spain
But I thought of my home way back in Roane County
I boarded a steamer and came back again

I was captured and tried in the village of Kingston
Not a man in the county would speak one kind word
When the jury came in with the verdict next morning
A lifetime in prison was the words that I heard

When the train pulled out poor mother stood weepin'
And sister she sat alone with a sigh
And the last words I heard was "Willie, God bless you"
Was "Willie, God bless you, God bless you, good bye"

In the scorching hot sand of the foundry I'm workin'
Toiling and working my poor life away
They'll measure my grave on the banks of old Cumberland
Just as soon as I finish the rest of my days

Sweet Martha was grave but Corey was better
There's better and worse, although you can see
Boys when you write home from the prison in Nashville
Place one of my songs in your letter for me

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Knock Me A Kiss


Knock Me A Kiss Composer(s): Mike Jackson - Andy Razaf First recording/First release by: Louis Jordan & his Tympani 5 - 1941/1942 Covered by multiple other artists



I like cake and no mistake But baby, if you insist I'll cut out the cake, just for your sake Baby! C'mon, knock me a kiss I like pie, I hope to die Just get a load of this When you get high, doggone the pie Baby! C'mon, knock me a kiss When you pressed your sweet little lips to mine Then I understood They taste like candy, brandy and wine Peaches, bananas and everything fine I love jam and no film flam Scratch that off my list This aint no jam, the jam can scram Baby! C'mon, knock me a kiss Yeah baby, when you pressed your sweet little lips to mine Twas then I understood, oh babe They taste like candy, brandy and wine Peaches, bananas and everything fine I love jam and no film flam Scratch that off my list This aint no jam, the jam can scram Baby! C'mon, knock me a kiss Knock me a kiss

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TV Is King


TV Is King
Composer(s): Cotton Bend - Fee Waybill - Prince - Vince Welnick
Performer(s): The Tubes



I wish I was the man with the mechanical heart
I'd conquer all my enemies alone
I'd tear the guys apart
then scatter the pieces

I wish I was the man in the soundproof booth
I wish I had a chance to stump the band
or maybe tell truth
and maybe I could win a color television

I really love my--television
I love to sit by--television
Can't live without my--television
TV is king
You're my everything

I wish I had the girl with the bouncy hair
We'd ride off in a brand new car
or fly a plane somewhere
like probably Jamaica
I brush my teeth, shampoo my hair, and shave my face
Apply the necessary aerosol
in the appropriate place
And we'll spend the night together watching television

I can't turn off my--television
Don't really know why--television
I understand my--television
You got your works in a drawer and your color's on track
You have to break away but you always come back
You make a hundred changes but you're always the same
You make me so excited and you make me so lame
You're just a tube full of gas and a box full of tin
But you show me your charms and I want to jump in
Oh if only your chassis was covered with skin
'Cause TV you're my everything

I really love my--television
I love to sit by--television
Can't live without my--television
I can't turn off my--television
Don't really know why--television
I understand my--television
I really love my--television

TV is king
You're my everything
TV is king

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I Wished On The Moon


I Wished On The Moon
Composer(s): Ralph Rainger; Dorothy Parker
First performance by: Bing Crosby - 1935
and multiple other artists



I wished on the moon, for something I never knew
Wished on the moon, for more than I ever knew
A sweeter rose, a softer sky, an April day
That would not dance away

I begged of the stars to throw me a beam or two
Wished on the stars and asked for a dream or two
I looked for every loveliness, it all came true
I wished on the moon .... for you

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Knock On Wood


Knock On Wood ((French Version: Aussi Dur Que Du Bois (by Johnny Hallyday) - 1967)) Composer(s): Eddie Floyd - Steve Cropper First release by: Eddie Floyd - 1966 Covered by multiple other artists



I dont want to lose you, this good thing that I got cause if I do I will surely surely lose a lot 'cause your love is better than any love I know it's like thunder and lightning the way you love me is frightening you better knock, knock on wood, baby I'm not superstitious about ya but I can't take no chance I got me spinnin, baby, you know I'm in a trance 'cause your love is better than any love I know it's like thunder and lightning the way you love me is frightening you better knock, knock on wood, baby it's no secret about it that woman is my loving cup 'cause she sees to it, that I get enough just one touch from here you know it means so much it's like thunder and lightening the way you love me is frightening you better knock, knock on wood, baby you better knock, knock, knock on wood

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Tuxedo Junction


Tuxedo Junction
Composer(s): Erskine Hawkins - Julian Dash - Bill Johnson - Buddy Feyne
First release: Erskine Hawkins & His Orch. - 1939
Covered by multiple other artists



Feelin' low
Rockin' slow
I want to go
Right back where I belong

Way down south in Birmingham
I mean south in Alabam'
There's an old place where people go
To dance the night away

They all drive or walk for miles
To get jive that southern style
It's an old jive that makes you want
To dance till break of day

It's a junction where the town folks meet
At each function in a tux they greet you

Come on down, forget your care
Come on down, you'll find me there
So long town, I'm heading for
Tuxedo Junction now

Feelin' low
Rockin' slow
I want to go
Right back where I belong

Way down south in Birmingham
I mean south in Alabam'
There's an old place where people go
To dance the night away

They all drive or walk for miles
To get jive that southern style
It's an old jive that makes you want
To dance till break of day

It's a junction where the town folks meet
At each function in a tux they greet you

Come on down, forget your care
Come on down, you'll find me there
So long town, I'm heading for
Tuxedo Junction now

Tuxedo Junction now

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I Wish You Love


I Wish You Love ((Adapted from: Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours? (Charles Trenet) - 1942)) Composer(s): Charles Trenet - Léo Chauliac - Albert A. Beach Performer(s): Keely Smith - 1957 and multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages: 1977 - Ce-A Mai Iramas? (Alla Baianova) 1988 - Che Cosa Resterà Di Me (Gianni Morandi) 1999 - Che Cosa Resta (Franco Battiato)



Goodbye, no use leading with our chins
This is where our story ends
Never lovers, ever friends

Goodbye, let our hearts call it a day
But before you walk away
I sincerely want to say

I wish you bluebirds in the Spring
To give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss, but more than this I wish you love

And in July, a lemonade
To cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health and more than wealth, I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be
So with my best, my very best, I set you free

I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all, when snowflakes fall
I wish you love

I wish you bluebirds in the Spring
To give your heart a song to sing
And then a kiss, but more than this I wish you love

And in July, a lemonade
To cool you in some leafy glade
I wish you health and more than wealth, I wish you love
My breaking heart and I agree
That you and I could never be
So with my best, my very best, I set you free

I wish you shelter from the storm
A cozy fire to keep you warm
But most of all, when snowflakes fall
I wish you love

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Knock Three Times


Knock Three Times
Composer(s): Irwin Levine; Russell Brown
Performer(s): Dawn;
and various other artists



Hey girl what ya doin' down there
Dancin' alone every night while I live right above you
I can hear your music playin'
I can feel your body swayin'
One floor below me you don't even know me
I love you

Oh my darling
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh my sweetness
Means you'll meet me in the hallway
Twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show

If you look out your window tonight
Pull in the string with the note that's attached to my heart
Read how many times I saw you
How in my silence I adored you
Only in my dreams did that wall between us come apart

Oh my darling
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh my sweetness
Means you'll meet me in the hallway
Twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show

I can hear your music playin'
I can feel your body swayin'
One floor below me you don't even know me
I love you

Oh my darling
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh my sweetness
Means you'll meet me in the hallway
Twice on the pipe means you ain't gonna show

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Tutti-Frutti


Tutti-Frutti
Composer(s): Little Richard - Dorothy LaBostrie - Joe Lubin
First release: Little Richard and His Band - 1955
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1962 - Tutti-Frutti (Finnish Version) (Pekka Loukiala)
1964 - Tutti Frutti (German Version) (The Swinging Blue Jeans)
1979 - Gang I Den - Jenny Jenny - Er Det Rudi (Rock Nalle & The Flames)
1984 - Medley: Blue Suede Shoes - Rip It Up - Tutti Frutti (Will Tura)



Wop-bop-a-loom-a-boom-bam-boom tutti frutti
au rutti tutti frutti au rutti tutti frutti
au rutti tutti frutti au rutti tutti frutti
au rutti wop-bop-a-loom-bop-a-boom-bam-boom

Got a gal named Sue
She knows just what to do
She rocks to the east
She rocks to the west
She's the gal I love best

I got a gal named Daisy
She almost drives me crazy
She knows how to love me
Yes indeed, boy you don't know
What she does to me

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Che Cosa Resta


Che Cosa Resta ((aka Che Cosa Resterà Di Me (Lucio Dalla - 1988)) ((Adapted from: Que Reste-T-Il De Nos Amours? (Charles Trenet) - 1942)) Composer(s): Charles Trenet - Léo Chauliac - Gesualdo Bufalino Performer(s): Franco Battiato - 1999

Versions In Other Languages: 1957 - I Wish You Love (Keely Smith) 1977 - Ce-A Mai Iramas? (Alla Baianova)



Chissà cosa mormora il vento
stasera col suo lamento
dietro la porta laggiù
Di già il caminetto s'é spento
io chiudo gli occhi e rammento
gli amori di gioventù
Di voi che resta antichi amori
giorni di festa teneri ardori
solo una mesta
foto ingiallita fra le mie dita
Di voi che resta sguardi innocenti
lacrime e risa e giuramenti
solo sepolto in un cassetto qualche biglietto
Sere d'aprile sogni incantati
capelli al vento baci rubati
che resta dunque di tutto ciò ditemi un pò
Rivedo un viso mormoro un nome
ma non ricordo quando né come
penso a un villaggio dove non so se tornerò
Mai più mano con mano nel buio
stupiti d'essere due felici senza perché
Mai più fiori nascosti nel libro
il cui profumo ci inebria ma presto evapora ahimé
Di voi che resta antichi amori
grandi segreti complici cuori
solo nel petto male guarita una ferita
Di voi che resta parole audaci carezze caste timide braci
solo una cenere che più non fuma ma si consuma
Chiari di luna dolci sentieri e tu perduta anima di ieri
perché sparisti chi ti rubò dimmelo un pò
Solo un motivo risento ancora d'un fuggitivo disco d'allora
e a un luogo penso dove non so se tornerò

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