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Jack O' Diamonds (Lonnie Donegan)


Jack O' Diamonds
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Lonnie Donegan;
and various other artists



Jack o' Diamonds
Jack o' Diamonds
Jack o' Diamonds is a hard card to find

When you play the game of life
You've got trouble, you've got strife
Jack of Diamonds is a hard card to find
Life is like a game of cards
But it's very, very hard
Jack of Diamonds is a hard card to find

Jack of Diamonds
Jack of Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find
Jack of Diamonds
Jack of Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find

Met a girl and lost my heart
Lack of money made us part
Jack of Diamonds is a hard card to find
She said, "Life is just a bet
But I've never won it yet"
Jack of Diamonds is a hard card to find

Jack of Diamonds
Jack of Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find
Jack of Diamonds
Jack of Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find

Dig it up, Jimmy
Yes, Lord

Jack o' Diamonds
Jack o' Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find, woo-hoo
Jack o' Diamonds
Jack o' Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find

So if you throw a Diamond Jack
You will never once look back
Jack o' Diamonds is a hard card to find
You'll have luck, you'll have wealth
But you may not have your health
Jack o' Diamonds is a hard card to find

Jack O' Diamonds
Jack O' Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find
Jack O' Diamonds
Jack O' Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find

Dee-dee-dee-dee-dee-dah
But I know you're there tonight
Jack of Diamonds ain't a hard card to find
But it's really where you look
??? a high deal nerve
Jack of Diamonds is a hard card to find

Jack o' Diamonds
Jack o' Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find
Jack o' Diamonds
Jack o' Diamonds
Diamonds is a hard card to find
Diamonds is a hard card to find

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There's Something Wrong With The Weather


There's Something Wrong With The Weather
Performer(s): Billy Cotton & His Band (vocals Alan Breeze)



There’s something wrong with the weather
Now we’re no longer together
It’s always raining now, sweetheart
Ever since you went away
Sunny skies are always grey
I can’t believe it’s true that we would ever part
There’s something wrong when I’m walking
The friends we knew now are talking
It’s plain for all the world to see
I know I’ve made a foolish blunder
And without you can you wonder?
It’s always raining now, sweetheart

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Cotidiano (Spanish Version - Juan Carlos Baglietto)


Cotidiano
Composer(s): Chico Buarque
Performer(s): Juan Carlos Baglietto



Cada día ella siempre hace todo igual
me depierta a las seis, antes que el sol
me sonríe con sonrisa puntual
y me besa con boca de mentol
Todo el día ella dice: "Te has de cuidar"
cosas que dice siempre una mujer, dice
que está esperándome a almorzar
y me besa con boca de café
Todo el día yo pienso en poder parar
al mediodía pienso en decir: "no"
luego pienso en la vida y continuar
y me callo con boca de "Margot"
En la tarde, a las seis, era de esperar
ella viene y me espera en el portón
dice estar como loca por besar
y me besa con boca de pasión
Cada noche me pide a su lado estar
medianoche y me jura eterno amor
y me aprieta hasta hacerme sofocar
y me besa con boca de pavor
Cada día ella hace todo igual
me despierta antes que el sol
me sonríe con sonrisa puntual
y me besa con labios de mentol
Cada día ella siempre hace todo igual

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Jack O' Diamonds (Fairport Convention)


Jack O' Diamonds
Composer(s): Ben Carruthers; Bob Dylan
Performer(s): Fairport Convention



Jack O'Diamonds, on the move

Jack O'Diamonds, one-eyed knave
On the move, hits the street
Bumps his head, on the ground
Well, he's a scout, you're born to lose
Shouldn't stay

Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card to play

Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Jack O'Diamonds
This one-eyed prince, wears a single love
Oh sure, he's not that lovely
Jack O'Diamonds broke my hand
Left me here to stand

Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card to land

Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card
Jack O'Diamonds is a high card
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card
But it ain't hard enough

Jack O'Diamonds can open for riches
Jack O'Diamonds but then it switches
Colour by picture but it's only a ten

Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Jack O'Diamonds

Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card to play

Jack O'Diamonds, yeah Jack O'Diamonds
This one-eyed prince, wears a single love
Oh sure, he's not that lovely
Jack O'Diamonds broke my hand
Left me here to stand

Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card to play

Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card
Jack O'Diamonds is a high card
Jack O'Diamonds is a hard card
But it ain't hard enough

Jack O'Diamonds can open for riches
Jack O'Diamonds but then it switches
Colour by picture but it's only a ten
Jack O'Diamonds

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Only So Much Oil On The Ground


Only So Much Oil On The Ground
Performer(s): Tower of Power



There's only so much oil on the ground
Sooner or later there won't be much around
Tell that to your kids while you driving downtown
That there's only so much oil on the ground

Can't cut loose without that juice
Can't cut loose without that juice
If we keep on like we doing things for sure
Will not be cool - It's a fact
We just ai't got sufficient fuel

There's only so much oil in the ground
Sooner or later there won't be none around
Alternate sources of power must be found
Cause there's only so much oil in the ground

There's only so much oil in the earth
It's a fact of life - for what it's worth
Something every little boy and girl should know since birth
That there's only so much oil in the ground

There's no excuse for our abuse
No excuse for our abuse
We just assume that we will not
Exceed the oil supply
But soon enough the world will watch the wells run dry

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Cotidiano (Portuguese Version - Chico Buarque)


Cotidiano
Composer(s): Chico Buarque
Performer(s): Chico Buarque
and multiple other artists



Todo dia ela faz tudo sempre igual
Me sacode às seis horas da manhã
Me sorri um sorriso pontual
E me beija com a boca de hortelã

Todo dia ela diz que é pra eu me cuidar
E essas coisas que diz toda mulher
Diz que está me esperando pro jantar
E me beija com a boca de café

Todo dia eu só penso em poder parar
Meio-dia eu só penso em dizer não
Depois penso na vida pra levar
E me calo com a boca de feijão

Seis da tarde como era de se esperar
Ela pega e me espera no portão
Diz que está muito louca pra beijar
E me beija com a boca de paixão

Toda noite ela diz pra eu não me afastar
Meia-noite ela jura eterno amor
E me aperta pra eu quase sufocar
E me morde com a boca de pavor

Todo dia ela faz tudo sempre igual
Me sacode às seis horas da manhã
Me sorri um sorriso pontual
E me beija com a boca de hortelã

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Jack Daniel's, If You Please


Jack Daniel's, If You Please
Composer(s): David Allan Coe
Performer(s): David Allan Coe;
PJ Elliott; Michael Buffalo Smith



Jack Daniel's, if you please
Knock me to my knees
You're the only friend
That has ever has been
That didn't do me wrong

Jack Daniel's, if you please
Knock me to my knees
You can kill this pain
That's driving me insane
Since my baby's gone

Cigarettes and whiskey
Call my shaking hand
I just lost a lover
To a one night stand
Something temporary
Too late I had learned
Someone from the past
Said it couldn't last
A bridge she could burn

Jack Daniel's, if you please
Knock me to my knees
You're the only friend
That has ever has been
That didn't do me wrong

Jack Daniel's, if you please
Knock me to my knees
You can kill this pain
That's driving me insane
Since my baby's gone

Promises were broken
Dreams were left to die
Empty words were spoken
Tears were in our eyes
Something temporary
Those tears will fade away
Do the best you can
Help me understand
These games that people play

Jack Daniel's, if you please
Knock me to my knees
You're the only friend
That has ever has been
That didn't do me wrong

Jack Daniel's, if you please
Knock me to my knees
You can kill this pain
That's driving me insane
Since my baby's gone

You can kill this pain
That's driving me insane
Since my baby's gone

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There's Something About That Name


There's Something About That Name
Composer(s): Bill Gaither - Gloria Gaither
Performer(s): Bill Gaither
and multiple other artists



Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
There's just something about that name
Master, Savior, Jesus
Like the fragrance after the rain
Jesus, Jesus, Jesus
Let all heaven and earth proclaim
Kings and kingdoms shall all pass away
But there's something about that name

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Côté Banjo, Côté Violon


Côté Banjo, Côté Violon
Composer(s): Joe Dassin - Pierre Delanoë - Claude Lemesle
Performer(s): Joe Dassin



Je suis né dans une ville où tout est haut
Sous les cinquante étoiles d'un drapeau
Mon enfance joue quelque part dans la nuit
Sur un palier d'escalier d'incendie

Mais c'est en France que j'ai eu mes quinze ans
Soirs de danses, baisers de débutants
La première place en anglais
Le premier amour en français

Côté banjo there's always St. Francisco Bay
Côté violon toujours Paris au mois de mai
Côté raison, je me sens quelquefois d'ailleurs
Mais d'ici côté cœur

Et j'aime côté banjo les grands serments sur un gratte-ciel
Côté violon les petits dîners aux chandelles
Côté nana je suis de partout à la fois
Mais d'ici côté toi

Certains vont à Cannes pour finir leur vie
D'autres se rangent en Californie
Mais quand viendra l'heure de me retirer
Je serais sans doute bien embêté

A moins peut-être que j'aille passer gaiement
Ma retraite sur voilier tout blanc
Et couler des jours pacifiques
Au milieu du ciel atlantique

Côté banjo there's always St. Francisco Bay
Côté violon toujours Paris au mois de mai
Côté raison, je me sens quelquefois d'ailleurs
Mais d'ici côté cœur

Et j'aime côté banjo les grands serments sur un gratte-ciel
Côté violon les petits dîners aux chandelles
Côté nana je suis de partout à la fois
Mais d'ici côté toi

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Jack And The Beanstalk


Jack And The Beanstalk



There goes Jack the reckless fool
Scootin' up the beanstalk, and with another fool
Maybe tonight the two
Will be bottled in alcohool

There goes Jack, the village loon
And almost up the beanstalk, scamperin' to the moon
Doesn't know what he's doin'
He's hurrying to his ruin

No giant finds it bothersome
To grapple with a midget
He'll pinion Jack beneath his thumb
And spank him with a digit

Spank him with a digit

Jack and the Beanstalk
We'll long remember when
He shinnied up the stalk
To beard a giant in his den

Once up the beanstalk
If Jack is set upon
Then Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Or Jack you're good as gone

Up, up, up, up, there he goes
Up to where nobody knows
Long is the beanstalk
And short is little Jack

The long and short of it is
Is he ever coming back?
Jack and the beanstalk, there goes Jack
But is Jack ever coming back?

I'll be back and when I've reappeared
With the Giant by the beard
You will tell the kids the legend of
The famous Giant Killer, Jack!

Jack and the beanstalk

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There's No You


There's No You
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra



I feel the autumn breeze
It steals cross my pillow
As soft as a will-o'-the-wisp
And in its song there is sadness because
There's no you
The lonely autumn trees
How softly they're sighing
For summer is dying they know
That in my heart there's no gladness because
There's no you
The park that we walked in
The garden we talked in
How lonesome they seem in the fall
The stormy clouds hover and falling leaves cover
Our favorite nook in the wall
In spring we'll meet again
We'll kiss and recapture
The summertime rapture
We knew
And from that day never more will I say
There's no you
The stormy clouds hover and falling leaves cover
Our favorite nook in the wall
In spring we'll meet again
We'll kiss and recapture
The summertime rapture
We knew
And from that day never more will I say
There's no you

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Costumbres


Costumbres
Composer(s): Manuel Alejandro
Performer(s): Raphael



Costumbres, viejas costumbres
No dejan al mundo correr
Costumbres, viejas costumbres
Nos atan de manos y pies
Razones sin fundamentos
Caminos que hay que recorrer
Los quieras o no los quieras
Pues son costumbres de ayer
El hombre lleva cadenas
Que el mundo le pone al nacer
Costumbres que son cadenas
Cadenas que no se ven
Un día le cuelgan un nombre
Que carga una vida con él
Le guste o no le guste
No importa su parecer
Después le enseñan lo mismo
Que a éste, que a ése o aquel
Le enseñan viejas costumbres
Que aprendes sin saber por qué
Y el día que quiere ser libre
E intenta volar, volar y correr
Se acuerda de las costumbres
Y vuelve a lo mismo otra vez

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Jack And Jill


Jack And Jill
Composer(s): Ray Parker Jr.
Performer(s): Raydio



Jack {Jack}
Wanting someone to feel {Feel}
Sat up on the hill {Hill}
And waited all day for Jill

Jill {Jill}
Always away from home {Home}
Never bothering to phone {Phone}
Always leavin’ poor Jack alone!

Now why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill? (He snuck down the hill!)
‘Cause he needed love
{He needed} Love he couldn’t get from Jill! (Oh, yes, he did!)

Why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill? (He snuck down the hill, yeah!)
He needed love (Oh, yes, he did)
{He needed} Love he couldn’t get from Jill!

Jack {Jack}
Like Little Red Riding Hood, {Hood}
Always tryin’ to do good {Good}
Waited as long as he could!

Jill {Jill}
Is it right or wrong {Wrong}
For Jack to carry on {On}
If you leave him home too long?

Now why do you think
Jack snuck down the hill? (He snuck down, he snuck down, broke his crown!)
He needed love (Sweet love!)
{He needed} Love he couldn’t get from Jill! (Ah, sweet, sweet love, uh-huh!)

Why do you think (Hey...ha)
Jack snuck down the hill? (He snuck down the hill, yeah!)
He needed love (Oh, yes, he did!)
{He needed} Love he couldn’t get from Jill! (Yeah, oh!)

{Jack}
{Jill}
{Jack}
{Jill}

Now why do you think (Why do you think?)
Jack snuck down the hill? (Why do you think he snuck down the hill?)
‘Cause he needed love (He needed love)
{He needed} Love he couldn’t get from Jill! (Yes, he did)

Now why do you think (He got down on his right knee!)
Jack snuck down the hill? (He had mud on his hands)
He needed love (And he crawled and he crawled)
{He needed} Love he couldn’t get from Jill! (And he crawled for so long!)

Now why do you think (Hey...)
Jack snuck down the hill? (He snuck down, he snuck down, broke his crown!)
‘Cause he needed love (He needed love!)
{He needed} Love he couldn’t get from Jill! (He wanted sweet, sweet love, yeah!)

Now why do you think (Ooh...ooh...ooh...yeah!)
Jack snuck down the hill? (Oh...oh...oh...yeah!)
He needed love (Oh...oh...oh...yeah)
{He needed} Love he couldn’t get from Jill!
(Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh....ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...)

Now why do you think...

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There's Only One Pal After All


There's Only One Pal After All
Composer(s): Harold G. Frost - F. Henri Klickmann



A pal in need is a pal indeed
But there's only one pal life can hold
To share your schemes and beautiful dreams
With a heart of purest gold

The years have flown like the pals I've known
And there's only one thing left to do
I'll journey back to the rose covered shack
And the pal who's always true

When the girl pal you knew makes you lonesome and blue
And your pathways are drifting apart
When the boy pal who'd lend, and who'd stick to the end
Only causes an ache in your heart
When the pal you thought best changes just like the rest
Don't forget, when your dream castles fall
God gave you one mother and never another
There's only one pal after all
When the girl pal you knew makes you lonesome and blue
And your pathways are drifting apart
When the boy pal who'd lend, and who'd stick to the end
Only causes an ache in your heart
When the pal you thought best changes just like the rest
Don't forget, when your dream castles fall
God gave you one mother and never another
There's only one pal after all

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Cosmik Debris


Cosmik Debris
Composer(s): Frank Zappa
Performer(s): Frank Zappa
and multiple other artists



The Mystery Man came over
An' he said: "I'm outa-site!"
He said, for a nominal service charge
I could reach nervonna t'nite
If I was ready, willing 'n able
To pay him his regular fee
He would drop all the rest of his pressing affairs
And devote His Attention to me
But I said . . .
Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Now who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?)
Look here brother
Don't you waste your time on me

The Mystery Man got nervous
An' he fidget around a bit
He reached in the pocket of his Mystery Robe
An' he whipped out a shaving kit
Now, I thought it was a razor
An' a can of foamin' goo
But he told me right then when the top popped open
There was nothin' his box won't do
With the oil of Afro-dytee
An' the dust of the Grand Wazoo
He said
"You might not believe this, little fella, but it'll cure your Asthma too!"
An' I said . . .
Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Now what kind of a geroo are you anyway?)
Look here brother,
Don't you waste your time on me
Don't waste yer time . . .

I've got troubles of my own, I said
An' you can't help me out
So take your meditations an' your preparations
An' ram it up yer snout
"But I Got A Kristl Bol!," he said
An' held it to the light
So I snatched it
All away from him
An' I showed him how to do it right
I wrapped a newspaper 'round my head
So I'd look like I was Deep
I said some Mumbo Jumbos then
An' told him he was goin' to sleep
I robbed his rings
An' pocket watch
An' everything else I found
I had that sucker hypnotized
He couldn't even make a sound
I proceeded to tell him his future then
As long as he was hanging around
I said
"The price of meat has just gone up
An' yer ol' lady has just gone down . . . "
Look here brother
Who you jivin' with that Cosmik Debris?
(Now is that a real poncho or is that a Sears poncho?)
Don't you know
You could make more money as a butcher
So don't you waste your time on me
(Don't waste it, don't waste your time on me . . . )
Ohm shonty, ohm shonty, ohm shonty-ohm
Sshontay

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Jack And Diane


Jack And Diane
Composer(s): John Mellencamp
Performer(s): John Cougar Mellencamp;
and various other artists



Little ditty about Jack and Diane
Two American kids growin up in the heartland
Jacky's gonna be a football star
Diane debutante backseat of Jacky's car

Suckin' on chili dogs outside the tastee freeze
Diane's sittin' on Jacky's lap
He's got his hand between her knees
Jacky say Hey Diane lets run off
Behind a shady tree
Dribble off those Bobby Brooks
Let me do what I please.
And Jacky Say

Oh yeah life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone
Oh yeay say life goes on
Long after the thrill of livin is gone, they walk on

Jacky sits back reflects his thoughts for the moment
Scratches his head and does his best james dean.
Well you know diane, we oughtta run of the city
Diane says Baby, you aint missin' no-thing
Jacky say a

Chorus

Gonna let it rock
Let it roll
Let the Bible Belt come down
And Save My soul
Hold on to 16 as long as you can
Changes come around real soon
Make us women and men

Little ditty about Jack and Diane
Two american kids doing the best they can

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There's Only Alice


There's Only Alice Composer(s): Tom Waits - Kathleen Brennan Performer(s): Tom Waits



It's dreamy weather whe're on you waved your crooked wand Along an icy pond with a frozen moon Murder of silhouette crows I saw in the tears on my face and the skates on the pond they spelled Alice I disappear in your name but you must wait for me Somewhere beneath the sea there's a wreck of a ship Your hair is like meadowgrass on the tide and the raindrops on my window and the ice in my drink Baby all I can think of is Alice Arithme-tic arithme-tock turn the hands back on the clock How does the ocean rock the boat? How did the razor find my throat? The only strings that hold me here are tangled up around the pier And so secret kiss brings madness with the bliss And I will think of this when I'm dead in my grave Set me adrift and I'm lost in your hair and I must be insane to go skating on your name and by tracing it twice I fell though the ice of Alice There's only Alice

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Cosmic Wheels


Cosmic Wheels
Composer(s): Donovan Leitch
Performer(s): Donovan; Dog Age



God is playing marbles
With his planets and his stars
Creating havoc through my life
Through his influence on Mars

I am stumbling down the highway
On my boots of steel
I should be rolling down the skyway
On my cosmic wheels

In the present position of the planets
It's impossible for me to say
Just when I'll find my course again
With these boulders in my way

I should be rolling down the skyway
On my cosmic wheels
Instead of stumbling down this highway
On my boots of steel

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Jacinto Piedra


Jacinto Piedra (Chacarera)
Performer(s): Horacio Guarany



¡Canta mi chacarera!
la primavera llorando está
Nunca, yo se qué nunca
su voz de pájaro se callará
Porque esa voz no muere...
¡Nunca morirá! Vivirá en el rescoldo de la eternidad...
¡Canta mi chacarera! la primavera llorando está
¡Canta! Jacinto Piedra
todo Santiago llora por vos
¡Canta! Porque en tu canto
cantamos todos tu triste adiós...
No quise verlo muerto...
¡Nunca morirá! El seguirá cantando como el cardenal
¡Canta mi chacarera! ¡Jacinto Piedra no morirá!
Vivirá con su pueblo que no lo olvidó
Y en esta chacarera le dejo mi adiós...
Lo bauticé Jacinto
porque era una flor
Piedra, porque era un viento...
¡Duro p' al dolor!

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There's Nobody Home On The Range Anymore


There's Nobody Home On The Range Anymore
Performer(s): Chris LeDoux



The old man used to dream of the fortunes he'd seek
now he lives in a room where you pay by the week
His hands are all battered, his pony's gone lame
and his bones always ache when the sky looks like rain

There's nobody home on the range anymore
they closed down the bunk-house and padlocked the door
Now there' s oil-wells and motels and folks by the score
but there's nobody home on the range anymore

Now the eagle stopped flying, the nightwind is still
and the last cow' s howling on some lonely hill
The old man is longing to take it all down
in his final box outside of town

There's nobody home on the range anymore
they closed down the bunk-house and padlocked the door
Now there' s oil-wells and motels and folks by the score
but there's nobody home on the range anymore

Because he knows his last mountai is two flights of stairs
and his saddle turned into an old rocking chair
Mornings he wakews up and wander what for
'cause there' s nobody home on the range anymore

There's nobody home on the range anymore
they closed down the bunk-house and padlocked the door
Now there' s oil-wells and motels and folks by the score
but there's nobody home on the range anymore

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