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Y'a Plus De Rock Au Tennessee

Y'a Plus De Rock Au Tennessee
Composer(s): David McNeil; Julien Clerc
Performer(s): Julien Clerc



Ça fait déjà longtemps
Qu'un matin Chuck Berry
T'avait enlevée dans
Son coupé Mercury
Tu avais dix-sept ans
Lui, quelques cheveux gris
Un rocker noir et blanc
Au pays du country...

Lu, Lu, Lucille
Blue, blue, Lucille
Dis-moi, si parfois, tu penses à lui
Lui qu' chanté pour toi tant de nuits...

Lu, Lu, Lucille
Blue, blue Lucille
Lucille tu sais c'qu'on dit ici
Qu'y a plus d'rock au Tennessee
Dis-moi si t'as vraiment
Eu cinq ou six maris
Que tu trouves tes amants
Au bar du Rotary
Que tes quatorze enfants
Connaissent pas Chuck Berry
Qu'ici le rock est blanc
Au pays du country...

Lu, Lu, Lucille
Blue, blue Lucille
Dis-moi si parfois tu penses à lui
Lui qui a dansé pour toi tant de nuits
Lu, Lu, Lucille
Blue blue Lucille
Lucille, tu sais c'qu'on dit ici
Qu'y a plus d'rock au Tennessee...

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Shine (The Toppers)


Shine
Composer(s): Bas van den Heuvel - Ger van de Westelaken
First performance by: The Toppers - 2009



(Shine, shine, shine)

There are so many wars right now in this world
There are so many things not right
There are too many people hurt in this world
There are too many men that fight

Time is now to make the change
Time is on our side
Love will make us glow in the dark
So open up your heart
Are you ready for a brand new start?

(Shine)
People, let your light shine
Let the darkness fade away
Step into a brighter day
Don't forget about our world today

Let your light shine
Maybe the answer is just this simple song
Let everybody shine along
To keep the world from going wrong
Let your light shine

So many people with good heart in this world
So many, they can make a change
So the only thing that we have to do
Is love the one we hate

It will change all darkness into bright
It will touch everybody's light
The whole world will be lighted
All people will be reunited

(Shine)
People, let your light shine
Let the darkness fade away
Step into a brighter day
Don't forget about the role you must play

Let your light shine
Maybe the answer is just this simple song
Let everybody shine along
To keep the world from going wrong
Let your light shine

As long as we believe in good in each man
As long as we believe in love
The light will guide and take us to
The world we all dream of
Let your light shine

(Shine)
People, let your light shine
Maybe the answer is just this simple song
Let everybody shine along
To keep the world from going wrong
Let your light shine

Shine, shine, shine, shine

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Y'a Peut-Être Un Ailleurs

Y'a Peut-Être Un Ailleurs
Composer(s): Bernard Lavilliers
Performer(s): Bernard Lavilliers



Je prends la tangente sous l'arc de la nuit
Sur ma nuque bleue cheveux noirs de pluie
Y a peut-être un ailleurs, un accord majeur

J'attends pas la fin de cette mort grise
De mes yeux éteints des chevaux de frise
Y a peut-être un ailleurs, plus loin du malheur
Y a peut-être un ailleurs, y a peut-être un ailleurs

Les casses, le sang, l'acier, la mort
Le vice, les coups toujours plus forts
Partir, partir
La crasse, l'ennui, le feu, la rouille
L'angoisse, les cris, la pluie, la trouille
Partir, partir

J'ai la clé qui ouvre sur un blues bleu
Sur la ligne blanche reste un mort ou deux
Y a peut-être un ailleurs, un accord majeur

J'veux plus du fatal, je remets les gants
Jusqu'au point final où tout le monde descend
Y a peut-être un ailleurs, vu des extérieurs
Y a peut-être un ailleurs, y a peut-être un ailleurs

Les casses, le sang, l'acier, la mort
Le vice, les coups toujours plus forts
Partir, partir
Dans le mur noir j'ai fait mon trou
Un long couloir qui va jusqu'où
Partir, partir

Si tu vois un homme dans un port solaire
Assis sans un mot sur le quai désert
Pose pas de questions, il sait plus son nom

Attend un bateau partant pour l'oubli
Qui vient le chercher au bout de la nuit
Y a peut-être un ailleurs, un accord majeur
Y a peut-être un ailleurs, y a peut-être une erreur ...

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Storie


Storie
Composer(s): A. Valsiglio - S. Monetti - Depsa - M. Maratti - F. Zanotti
Performer(s): Anna Oxa



Sola senza parole dopo una notte di verità
Mentre col primo sole si sveglia il cielo di una città
Con storie scritte sul muri, storie di ieri, oggi chissà
Fatte di giochi duri di desideri finiti già

E con la rabbia del mio dolore canto la nostalgia
Di chi ha commesso lo stesso errore

Quante storie da dividere con chi ha penso come me
Con chi sa amare davvero e vive sospeso
In storie scritte a metà

Giorni da ricordare, pagine piene di fantasia
Notti da farsi male, è stata questa la storia mia
E strappo i fogli del mio passato ma non li getto via
Per non scordare quello che ho dato

Quanto storie da dividere con chi ha penso come me
Con chi si sente tradito e ha già perdonato
Quante storie forse inutili dove vince chi non dà
Ma tu sei l'unico errore che rifarei per amore

Esco tra la gente che mi guarda indifferente
Al centro del mio mondo sono sola e non vivrò

Non cercami non pensarmi più tanto poi mi passerà
Ma tu sei l'unico errore ch rifarsi per amore
Quante storie da dividere con chi ha penso come me
Con chi sa amare davvero e se un amore è sincero
Fa male la verità

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Y'a Pas D'Printemps

Y'a Pas D'Printemps
Composer(s): Henri Contet; Marguerite Monnot
Performer(s): Edith Piaf



Jamais d'repos
Toujours courir
Métro, bureau
Et repartir
Quand vient le dimanche, il faut faire des affaires
Laver, repasser, repriser sa misère
Et c'est pareil
Jour après jour
Jamais d'soleil
Et pas d'amour

Y a pas d'printemps le long d'ma vie
Je n'crois pas aux calendriers
J'ai beau fair' des économies
L'printemps je n'peux pas m'le payer
Le mois de mai passe et m'oublie
Et le bonheur en fait autant
P't'êtr' que j'suis pas assez jolie
Mais dans ma vie y a pas d'printemps

Mais le destin m'a fait un' farce
Et l'vingt et un du mois de mars
Quand le printemps chante à plein' voix sa naissance
Avec un beau gars m'a fait fair' connaissance
Il m'a dit: "Viens"
Il m'a souri
Et dans mon coin
Tout a fleuri

Y a du printemps le long d'ma vie
Et j'me moque des calendriers
Car maintenant, c'est d'la folie
J'en ai même au mois de janvier
J'ai plus besoin d'économies
Mon cœur et moi, on est content
P't'êtr' que j'suis pas jolie, jolie
Mais dans ma vie y a plein d'printemps

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Et Cetera


Et Cetera
Composer(s): Niall Mooney - Christina Schilling - Daniele Moretti - Jonas Gladnikoff First performance by: Sinéad Mulvey & Black Daisy - 2009



This time you've really gone too far
So sick of hearing stories
About the new girl hanging round
You're supposed to be with me

And when I heard the rumour
You kissed her at a party
Like a jealous fool I ran to you
You were still mine

That's just the way my life goes
Still love me, even she knows
You say you're sorry, but you're not

Et cetera (Et cetera)
I heard that old song many times
But I still believe you really wanted her
I spent the day (I spent the day)
Deciding should I go or stay
Hoping that the pain would go away

Remember how astounding
It felt to be around me
Extravaganza in the heat
And then the rain came pouring

That's just the way my life goes
Still love me, even she knows
You say you're sorry, but you're not

Et cetera (Et cetera)
I heard that old song many times
But I still believe you really wanted her
I spent the day (I spent the day)
Deciding should I go or stay
Hoping that the pain would go away

That's just the way my life goes
Still love me, even she knows
You say you're sorry, but you're not

Et cetera (Et cetera)
I heard that old song many times
But I still believe you really wanted her
I spent the day (I spent the day)
Deciding should I go or stay
Hoping that the pain will go away

Et cetera

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Y'a Pas De Mal À Se Faire Du Bien

Y'a Pas De Mal À Se Faire Du Bien
Composer(s): Claude Moine; P. Papadiamandis
Performer(s): Eddy Mitchell



Est-ce l'œuf, ou bien la poule
Qu'arrive avant l'œuf? Moi j'suis qu'un lapin cool
T'es pas v'nue dans ce néfaste-food
T'aimes pas l'cheeseburger... du mazout
Et... j'ai dû boire
Oh pas par plaisir, non! par devoir
Rendez-vous mes yeux, vous êtes cernés
C'est pourtant pas l'heure pour capituler
Va falloir que l'on m' reprogramme
J' n'ai plus l'son, non ni l'image
Et... j'ai dû boire
Par nécessité, Oh! par devoir

{Refrain:}
Mais y a pas d'mal à s'faire du bien
Tendre la main à son prochain
Surtout si c'est moi, ça j'aime bien
Non y a pas d'mal à s'faire du bien

J'ai perdu l'code, pas celui d'l'honneur
D'ma carte de crédit, quelle horreur!
Un' jeun' femme m'a sauvé
Et j'ai du tout faire pour la remercier
Et on a dû boire
Pour lui faire plaisir, j'ai l'sens du devoir

{au Refrain}
Hein!... Ah j' dérange
Ah vous allez fermer?...
Ah non vous ouvrez!... alors à plus...

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Storia D'amore


Storia D'amore
Composer(s): Ferdinando De Luca - Adriano Celentano - Luciano Beretta - Duilio Del Prete
First release by: Adriano Celentano - 1969
Covered by multiple other artists



Tu non sai
cosa ho fatto quel giorno
quando io la incontrai
in spiaggia ho fatto il pagliaccio
per mettermi in mostra agli occhi di lei
che scherzava con tutti i ragazzi
all'infuori di me
Perché, perché, perché, perché
io le piacevo
Lei mi amava, mi odiava
mi amava, mi odiava
era contro di me
io non ero ancora il suo ragazzo
e già soffriva per me
e per farmi ingelosire
quella notte lungo il mare
è venuta con te
Ora tu vieni a chiedere a me
tua moglie dov'è
Dovevi immaginarti
che un giorno o l'altro
sarebbe andata via da te
L'hai sposata sapendo che lei
sapendo che lei
moriva per me
coi tuoi soldi
hai comprato il suo corpo
non certo il suo cuor
Lei mi amava, mi odiava
mi amava, mi odiava
era contro di me, io non ero
ancora il suo ragazzo
e già soffriva per me
e per farmi ingelosire
quella notte lungo il mare
è venuta con te
Un giorno io vidi lei
entrar nella mia stanza
mi guardava
silenziosa
aspettava un sì da me
Dal letto io mi alzai
e tutta la guardai
sembrava un angelo
Mi stringeva sul suo corpo
mi donava la sua bocca
mi diceva sono tua
ma di pietra io restai
Io la amavo, la odiavo
la amavo, la odiavo
ero contro di lei
se non ero stato il suo ragazzo
era colpa di lei
E uno schiaffo all'improvviso
le mollai sul suo bel viso
rimandandola da te
A letto ritornai
piangendo la sognai
sembrava un angelo
Mi stringeva sul suo corpo
mi donava la sua bocca
mi diceva sono tua
e nel sogno la baciai

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Ya Parte El Galgo Terrible

Ya Parte El Galgo Terrible
Composer(s): Pablo Neruda; Victor Jara
Performer(s): Victor Jara; Inti-Illimani



Ya parte el galgo terrible
a matar niños morenos

Ya parte la cabalgata
la jauria se desata
exterminando chilenos
ay que haremos, ay que haremos
ya parte la cabalgata
ay que haremos, ay que haremos

Con el fusil en la mano
disparan al mexicano
y matan al panameño
en la mitad de su sueño

Buscan la sangre y el oro
los lobos de San Francisco
golpean a las mujeres
y queman los cobertizos

Maldita sea la hora
y el oro que se deshizo
y para que nos vinimos
de nuestro Valparaiso
Ya matan a los chilenos
ay que haremos, ay que haremos
en la mitad de su sueño
ay que haremos, ay que haremos

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Dance With Me (Zoli Ádok)


Dance With Me
Composer(s): Zé Szabó - Jnoffin Kasai
First performance by: Zoli Ádok - 2009



I see it in your eyes, you wanna dance with me tonight
It's rainin' on your body as you're puttin' up a fight
The way you're moving, how you groove is somewhere out of sight
You know it's only fair to tell you that you do it right

Now with a little luck, I'm gonna meet you on the dance floor
Just by the way you move, you make me beg for more
I'm burning with desire, it's the night I've waited for

Don't you lose your emotion
Don't you be shy tonight
Let the rhythm show you
Baby, you can do it right
Alright tonight

Come on, dance with me, make me lose my way
Take a chance with me, make my body sway
It's an overload in a disco fantasy
Let's dance the night away

Just yesterday we were on the floor
Like somewhere in a movie or a club in Singapore
The lights are bright, the mood is raw
And in the middle of the night, we dance till we get sore

And in the middle of the night, I'll meet you on the dancefloor
Gonna make it, move your body, beg for more
With a rhythm and a beat, I'll rock you to the core

Don't you lose your emotion
Don't you be shy tonight
Let the rhythm show you
Baby, you can do it right
Alright tonight

Come on, dance with me, make me lose my way
Take a chance with me, make my body sway
It's an overload in a disco fantasy
Let's dance the night away

(Dance with me)
(Dance, dance, dance with me)
(Dance with me)

Come on, dance with me, make me lose my way
Take a chance with me, make my body sway
It's an overload in a disco fantasy
Let's dance the night away

Come on, dance with me, make me lose my way
Take a chance with me, make my body sway
It's an overload in a disco fantasy
Let's dance the night away

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Ya No Te Espero

Ya No Te Espero
Performer(s): Silvio Rodríguez



Ya no te espero
Llegarás, pero más fuerte
Más violenta la corriente
Dibujándose en el suelo
De mi pecho, de mis dedos
Llegarás con mucha muerte

Ya no te espero
Ya eché abajo ayer mis puertas
Las ventanas bien despiertas
Al viento y al aguacero
A la selva, al sol, al fuego
Llegarás a casa abierta

Ya no te espero
Ya es el tiempo que fascina
Ya es bendición que camina
A manos del desespero
Ya es bestia de los potreros
Saltando a quien la domina

Ya no te espero
Ya estoy regresando solo
De los tiempos venideros
Ya he besado cada plomo
Con que mato y con que muero
Ya se cuándo, quién y cómo

Ya no te espero
Ya he liberado a tu patria
Hija de una espera larga
Ya hay un primero de enero
Que funda a sus compañeros
Con la sed de mi garganta

Ya no te espero
Porque de esperarte hay odio
En un noche de novios
En los hábitos del cielo
En madre de un hijo ciego
Ya soy ángel del demonio

Ya no te espero

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Store Bought - Store Thought


Store Bought - Store Thought
Composer(s): The Flock
Performer(s): The Flock



Store bought, store thought
Trinkets of dreams, we'll make an attempt
To build the toy guns just like the ones
That daddy used in the war

Store bought, store thought
All the monkey heads are stuffed
Sawdust brains, ears cotton-muffed
Plastic eyes, just a toy...

Robot, robot arms and legs
Teeth, bones, hair, its all there
Robot, robot arms and legs
Battery's dead, head's dead
(Mechanical man, mechanical man!)

Store bought, store thought
All the monkey's heads are stuffed
Sawdust brains, ears cotton-muffed
Plastic eyes, just a toy...

Store bought, store thought
Humpty Dumpty sat on his wall
And I'll give you odds of 10-1
Somebody pushed him just for fun

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Ya No Hay Forma De Pedir Perdón


Ya No Hay Forma De Pedir Perdón
(Adapted from: Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word - 1976)
Composer(s): Elton John - Bernie Taupin - Pedro Aznar
Performer(s): Pedro Aznar - 1995

Titles In Other Languages:
1977 - Anteeksi On Pyytää Vaikeaa
1979 - Waar Ben Je
1992 - Sorry Hab' Ich Viel Zu Oft Gesagt
1997 - Sorry (by Benny Neyman)
1998 - Sorry (by Liliane Saint-Pierre)
2003 - La Parola Piu Difficile
2005 - Sorry (by Virtuoso)



¿Cómo voy a lograr que aún me quieras?
¿Cómo lograr que quieras escuchar?
Cuando este fuego me desvela
pero despierto solo una vez más
¿Cómo lograr verte de nuevo?
¿Cómo he de recobrar tu corazón?
¿Cómo aceptar que todo ha muerto
y ya no hay forma de pedir perdón?
Qué mal
qué mal
esta absurda y triste historia
que se pone cada vez peor
Qué mal
qué mal
¿por qué ni puedo hablarte?
Temo que es así,
que ya no hay forma de pedir perdón
¿Cómo lograr que aún me quieras?
¿Cómo lograr que quieras escuchar?
Cuando este fuego me desvela...
¿Qué es lo que voy a hacer?
¿Qué es lo que voy a hacer
si ya no hay forma de pedir perdón?

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Firefly (Christina Metaxa)


Firefly
Composer(s): Nikolas Metaxas
First performance by: Christina Metaxa - 2009



It's the question that drives us
Where we must go
It's the unknown that drives from us
What we want most
But the firefly sits in the corner and rests

And it won't care if you stare
But believe me, it's best to let go
Don't just go with the flow

And the firefly comes to you
Sits on your finger
It shudders and shakes
But she wants you to go with her now
Follow her out there

The firefly, spreading her wings open wide
Thinks the sky will come crashing down, fall to her side
She's afraid, but her fears slowly fade

So fly with the firefly
Fly side by side
Escaping the chains that held you from life
Don't look down
You're over the edge

Jump, take the leap of faith
Jump, take the leap of faith

It's the question that drives us
To where we must go
It's the unknown that drives from us
What we want most
But the firefly sits in the corner and rests

(It's the question that drives us)
(To where we must go)
(It's the unknown that drives from us)
(What we want most) Don't just go with the flow
(But the firefly sits in the corner and rests)

It's the question that drives us
To where we must go
It's the unknown that drives from us
What we want most
But the firefly sits in the corner and rests

(It's the question that drives us)
(To where we must go)
(It's the unknown that drives from us)
(What we want most) Don't just go with the flow
(But the firefly sits in the corner and rests)

Jump

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Ya Me Enamoré

Ya Me Enamoré
Composer(s): Willy Chirino
Performer(s): Willy Chirino



No sé cómo fue, ni cuándo pasó
Que me enamoré nené y todo se jodió
Ahora sólo pienso en ella
Vivo, canto y sueño por ella
Ya le dije adiós a la soledad
Ahora somos dos en esta ciudad
Ahora mi universo es ella
Nada, nada cambio por ella
Coro:
Ya me enamoré, mi vida cambió
Eee, eeo
Loco me quedé, ella me flechó
Eee, eeo
Rap 1:
En un momento cambió toda la vida mía
Ya se acabaron la tristeza y la melancolía
Para mi alma llegó la calma
Ya tiene dueña mis sueños
Mi música, mi poesía
Y llegó ella pa' tocar mi corazón
Como Hammadi toca el saxofón

Ahora mi universo es ella
Nada, nada cambio por ella
(Coro repite)
Coro 2:
¿Cómo fue? Cómo pasan las cosas cuando son del alma
Rap 2:
No es suficiente una canción
Para decir todo lo que yo te quiero
No hay un bolero ni una balada
Ni nada que cuente cómo yo me siento
Contento, feliz, enamora'o ciento por ciento
Coro 3:
Déjenme tranquilo todas las mujeres
Que ya no estoy en esos menesteres
No cuenten conmigo para el vacilón
Que yo estoy fuera de circulación

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Stop! You're Breaking My Heart


Stop! You're Breaking My Heart
Composer(s): Ted Koehler - Burton Lane
Performer(s): Judy Canova & Ben Blue
and multiple other artists



(Stop, stop, stop, stop)
Stop! You're breaking my heart

Oh stop you're breakin' my heart
This joke is goin' too far
Come out wherever you are
How come you like to do me like you do

Stop you're drivin' me wild
It's tough to take it and grin
And how you're rubbin' it in
Because you know that I'm in love with you

I'm so, you're so,
Oh I don't know I'm losin' all hope
You're much too much
I'm just about at the end of my rope

So stop upsettin' my cart
Look out I'm startin' to burn
The worm will certainly turn
If you don't stop, stop, stop, stop
Stop you're breakin' my heart

Oh stop you're breakin' my heart

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Y'a Le Printemps Qui Chante

Y'a Le Printemps Qui Chante
Composer(s): Jean-Pierre Bourtayre;
Claude François; J.M. Rivat; Frank Thomas
Performer(s): Claude François; Paul Mauriat



Dis, ça fait combien de temps
Que tu n'as pas vu un peuplier
Une fleur des champs?
Si tu as quelques chagrins
Pour les oublier il y a toujours une gare, un train
Change de ciel, viens voir la terre
Voir le soleil et les rivières

Refrain
Viens à la maison y a le printemps qui chante
Viens à la maison tous les oiseaux t'attendent
Les pommiers sont en fleurs
Ils berceront ton cœur
Toi qui es tout en pleurs
Ne reste pas dans la ville
Viens à la maison y a le printemps qui chante
Viens à la maison tous les oiseaux t'attendent
Près des grands étangs bleus
Et dans les chemins creux
On ira tous les deux oublier ce rêve facile

Le premier vent du matin sera ton ami
Quand tu iras t'asseoir au jardin
Et puis le temps passera et tu me diras
Tout mon passé il est loin déjà
Tu ouvriras une fenêtre
Un beau matin, tu vas renaître

Refrain (2x)

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The Highest Heights


The Highest Heights
Composer(s): Florian Senn - Thomas Rechberger - Adrian Sieber
First performance by: Lovebugs - 2009



I climb a tree, so mighty high
I see the world from just beneath the sky
The dreams I dream, they take me high
Oh, it's always worth a try

The time is now, so stop the tease
And may I have your attention, please
The time has come, the curtains call

Will you catch me when I fall? Oh yeah
From the highest heights of all? Oh yeah

I climb this tree, the highest heights
From beneath the stars, I see little lights
The dreams I dream demand their rights
Oh

Will you catch me when I fall? Oh yeah
From the highest heights of all? Oh yeah

How will I ever know?
I've always gotta know
Will you catch me?

Will you catch me when I fall? Oh yeah
From the highest heights of all? Oh yeah
Will you catch me?

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Ya Got Trouble

Ya Got Trouble
From the show "The Music Man"
Composer(s): Meredith Wilson
Performer(s): Robert Preston;
and various other artists



Harold:
Well, ya got trouble, my friend
Right here, I say trouble right here in River City
Why, sure, I'm a billiard player.
Certainly mighty proud to say
I'm always mighty proud to say it
I consider the hours I spend with a cue in my hand are golden
Help you cultivate horse sense and a cool head and a keen eye
'Jever take and try to give an iron clad leave to yourself from a three-rail billiard shot?

But just as I say it takes judgement
brains and maturity to score in a balk-line game
I say that any boob can take and shove a ball in a pocket
And I call that sloth
the first big step on the road to the depths of degreda
I say, first- medicinal wine from a teaspoon, then beer from a bottle
And the next thing you know your son is playin' for money in a pinchback suit
And listenin' to some big out-o'-town jasper hear him tell about horserace gamblin'
Not a wholesome trottin' race, no, but a race where they set down right on the horse
Like to see some stuck up jockey boy sittin' on Dan Patch?
Make your blood boil, well I should say

Now, folks, let me show you what I mean
You got one, two, three, four, five, six pockets in a table
Pockets that mark the difference between a gentleman and a bum
With a capital 'B' and that rhymes with 'P' and that stands for 'pool'

And all week long, your River City youth'll be fritterin' away
I say, your young men'll be fritterin'F
Fritterin' away their noontime, suppertime, choretime, too
Hit the ball in the pocket

Never mind gettin' dandelions pulled or the screen door patched or the beefsteak pounded
Never mind pumpin' any water 'til your parents are caught
with a cistern empty on a Saturday night
and that's trouble

Oh, ya got lots and lots o' trouble
I'm thinkin' of the kids in the knickerbockers shirttails
young ones peekin' in the pool hall window after school
Ya got trouble, folks, right here in River City with a capital 'T'
and that rhymes with 'P' and that stands for 'pool'

Now I know all you folks are the right kind of parents
I'm gonna be perfectly frank
Would you like to know what kind of conversation goes on
while they're loafin' around that hall
They'll be tryin' out Bevo, tryin' out Cubebs, tryin' out tailor-mades like cigarette fiends
And braggin' all about how they're gonna cover up a tell-tale breath with Sen-Sen
Now one fine night they leave the pool hall
headin' for the dance at the Armory Libertine
men and scarlet women and ragtime
Shameless music that'll grab your son
your daughter into the arms of a jungle animal instinct-massteria!
Friends, the idle brain is the devil's playground, trouble!

Townspeople: Oh, we got trouble

Harold: Right here in River City

Townspeople: Right here in River City

Harold: With a capital 'T' and that rhymes with 'P' and that stands for 'pool'

Townspeople: That stands for pool

Harold: We surely got trouble

Townspeople: We surely got trouble

Harold: Right here in River City

Townspeople: Right here

Harold: Gotta figure out a way to keep the young ones moral after school

Townspeople: 'trouble'

Harold:
Mothers of River City,
heed this warning before it's too late
Watch for the tell-tale signs of corruption
The minute your son leaves the house
does he rebuckle his knickerbockers below the knee?
Is there a nicotine stain on his index finger?
A dime novel hidden in the corncrib?
Is he starting to memorize jokes
from Cap'n Billy's Whizbang?
Are certain words creeping into his conversation?
Words like... swell?
And... 'so's your old man'?

Well if so, my friends...

Ya got trouble

Townspeople: Oh, we got trouble

Harold: Right here in River City

Townspeople: Right here in River City

Harold: With a capital 'T' and that rhymes with 'P' and that stands for 'pool'

Townspeople: That stands for pool

Harold: We've surely got trouble

Townspeople: We surely got trouble

Harold: Right here in River City

Townspeople: Right here

Harold:
Remember the Maine, Plymouth Rock and the Golden Rule?
Oho, we got trouble
We're in terrible, terrible trouble
That game with the fifteen numbered balls is the devil's tool

Townspeople: Devil's tool

Harold: Yes, we've got trouble, trouble, trouble

Townspeople: Oh, yes, we got trouble here, we got big, big trouble

Harold: With a 'T'

Townspeople: With a capital 'T'

Harold: And that rhymes with 'P'

Townspeople: That rhymes with 'P'

Harold: And that stands for pool

Townspeople: That stands for pool

Harold: Remember my friends, listen to me
because I pass this way but once

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Stop! In The Name Of Love


Stop! In The Name Of Love
(French Version: Stop Au Nom De L'amour - 1972)
Composer(s): Brian Holland - Lamont Dozier - Edward Holland Jr.
First release by: The Supremes - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart

Baby, baby
I'm aware of where you go
Each time you leave my door
I watch you walk down the street
Knowing your other love you'll meet
But this time before you run to her
Leaving me alone and hurt
(Think it over) After I've been good to you?
(Think it over) After I've been sweet to you?

Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Think it over
Think it over

I've known of your
Your secluded nights
I've even seen her
Maybe once or twice
But is her sweet expression
Worth more than my love and affection?
But this time before you leave my arms
And rush of to her charms
(Think it over) Haven't I been good to you?
(Think it over) Haven't I been sweet to you?

Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Think it over
Think it over

I've tried so hard, hard to be patient
Hoping you'd stop this infatuation
But each time you are together I'm so afraid
I'll be losing you forever

Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart
Stop! In the name of love
Before you break my heart

Baby, think it over
Think it over, baby
Ooh, think it over baby...

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