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MacArthur Park


MacArthur Park
Composer(s): J.L. Webb
Performer(s): Richard Harris



Spring was never waiting for us, girl
It ran one step ahead
As we followed in the dance
Between the parted pages and were pressed
In love's hot, fevered iron
Like a striped pair of pants

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

I recall the yellow cotton dress
Foaming like a wave
On the ground around your knees
The birds, like tender babies in your hands
And the old men playing checkers by the trees

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!

There will be another song for me
For I will sing it
There will be another dream for me
Someone will bring it
I will drink the wine while it is warm
And never let you catch me looking at the sun
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
You'll still be the one

I will take my life into my hands and I will use it
I will win the worship in their eyes and I will lose it
I will have the things that I desire
And my passion flow like rivers through the sky
And after all the loves of my life
After all the loves of my life
I'll be thinking of you
And wondering why

MacArthur's Park is melting in the dark
All the sweet, green icing flowing down
Someone left the cake out in the rain
I don't think that I can take it
'Cause it took so long to bake it
And I'll never have that recipe again
Oh, no!
Oh, no
No, no
Oh no!!

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L'importante È Finire


L'importante È Finire
((Spanish Version: Qué Imposible (by Mónica Naranjo) - 2000))
Composer(s): Cristiano Malgioglio - Alberto Anelli
First release by: Mina - 1975



Adesso arriva lui apre piano la porta
poi si butta sul letto e poi e poi
ad un tratto io sento afferrarmi le mani
le mie gambe tremare e poi e poi e poi e poi
spegne adagio la luce, la sua bocca sul collo
ha il respiro un po' stanco ho deciso lo mollo
ma non so se poi farlo o lasciarlo soffrire
l'importante finire
adesso volta la faccia questa è l'ultima volta
che lo lascio morire e poi e poi
ha talento da grande lui nel fare l'amore
sa pigliare il mio cuore e poi e poi e poi e poi
ha il volto sconvolto io gli dico ti amo
ricomincia da capo è violento il respiro
io non so se restare o rifarlo morire
l'importante è finire

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Macarena


Macarena
Composer(s): Antonio Romero Monge; Rafael Ruiz
Originally performed by: Los Del Rio
Covered by various other artists



When I dance they call me Macarena
and the boys they say that I'm buena
they all want me, they can't have me
So they all come and dance beside me
move with me jam with me
and if your good I take you home with me
A la tuhuelpa legria macarena
Que tuhuelce paralla legria cosabuena
A la tuhuelpa legria macarena
Eeeh, macarena
A-Hai
A-Hai
Now don't you worry 'bout my boy friend
the boy who's name is Nicorino
I don't want him, 'cause sent him
he was no good so I - hahaaaa
Now, come on, what was I supposed to do?
He was outta town and his two friends were soooo fine

Ref. 2x

Claps Ahai Ahai
Keys

Ref. 2x

Lach
Come and find me, my name is Macarena
always at the party
'cause the chicos think I'm buena
come join me, dance with me
and all your fellows cat hello with me

Ref. 5x

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Qué Imposible


Qué Imposible
((Adapted from: L'importante È Finire (by Mina) - 1975
Composer(s): Cristiano Malgioglio - Alberto Anelli - Jose Manuel Navarro
Performer(s): Mónica Naranjo - 2000



Secretos Entre Tú y yo Dejas la puerta
abierta, te sorprendo en mi cama Ya voy, ya voy

Se me escapa tu muslo como un pez en la mano Si
te muerdo en el labio, me voy, me voy, me voy
Me voy

Son tus pechos nodrizas que amamantan mis
sueños Tus pezones espías que
recorren mi cuerpo Yo no sé si dejarme Y
empezar a ser libre Qué importante
Qué imposible

[Aah...]

Gacela (gacela) Despierta ya Con un ansia de
bosque una sombra se acerca Ya voy, ya voy

Entre besos furtivos yo me adentro en tu noche Y
en la raya del alba, me voy,
me voy, me voy Me voy

El ombligo de arena, el sendero de fuego Me
conducen jugando hasta el monte de
"Venus" Yo no sé si quererte Y
empezar a ser libre Qué importante
Qué imposible

[Aah...]

Son tus pechos nodrizas que amamantan mis
sueños Tus pezones espías que
recorren mi cuerpo Yo no sé si dejarme Y
empezar a ser libre Qué importante
Qué imposible

Pero qué imposible Qué imposible

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Macaco


Macaco
Composer(s): Paolo Conte
Performer(s): Paolo Conte



Lussureggiava il mare
e il mondo delle donne
nell'aria calda vampeggiava
dove lui passeggiava
anche lei arrivava
e il resto è tutto da chimpanzè....

Lui faceva niente
era un tipo andante
ma lei chissà però
cosa pensava
in un istante opaco
lei gli fa "Macaco"
e il resto è tutto da chimpanzè....

Lussureggiava il mare
e il mondo delle donne
nell'aria insonne vampeggiava
indifferentemente, ineluttabilmente
e il resto è tutto da chimpanzè....

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L'important, C'est La Rose


L'important, C'est La Rose
((Danish Version: Bare Gi' Mig En Rose (by Grethe & Jørgen))
Composer(s): Louis Amade - Gilbert Bécaud
First release by: Gilbert Bécaud - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



Toi qui marches dans le vent
Seul dans la trop grande ville
Avec le cafard tranquille du passant
Toi qu'elle a laissé tomber
Pour courir vers d'autres lunes
Pour courir d'autres fortunes
L'important...

L'important c'est la rose
L'important c'est la rose
L'important c'est la rose
Crois-moi

Toi qui cherches quelque argent
Pour te boucler la semaine
Dans la ville tu promènes ton ballant
Cascadeur, soleil couchant
Tu passes devant les banques
Si tu n'es que saltimbanque
L'important...

L'important c'est la rose
L'important c'est la rose
L'important c'est la rose
Crois-moi

Toi, petit, que tes parents
Ont laissé seul sur la terre
Petit oiseau sans lumière, sans printemps
Dans ta veste de drap blanc
Il fait froid comme en Bohème
T'as le cœur comme en carême
Et pourtant...

L'important c'est la rose
L'important c'est la rose
L'important c'est la rose
Crois-moi

Toi pour qui, donnant-donnant
J'ai chanté ces quelques lignes
Comme pour te faire un signe en passant
Dis à ton tour maintenant
Que la vie n'a d'importance
Que par une fleur qui danse
Sur le temps...

L'important c'est la rose
L'important c'est la rose
L'important c'est la rose
Crois-moi

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Bye-Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)


Bye-Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
Composer(s): Bob Crewe; Bob Gaudio
Originally performed by: Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
Covered by various other artists



If you hate me after what I say
Can't put it off any longer
I just gotta tell you anyway

Bye Bye Baby Goodbye
Bye Bye Baby don't make me cry

Your the one girl in town I'd marry
Girl I'd marry you now if I were free
I wish it could be
I could love you but why begin it
'Cause there ain't any future in it
She's got me and I'm not free
So Bye Bye Baby Baby Goodbye
Bye Bye Baby don't make me cry

Guess I will never know you better
Wish I knew you before I met her
Gee how good you would be for me
Should have told you that I can't linger
There's a weddin' ring on my finger
She's got me and I'm not free
So Bye Bye Baby Baby Goodbye
Bye Bye Baby don't make me cry

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L'impasse


L'impasse
Composer(s): Françoise Hardy - Pierre Papadiamondis
Performer(s): Françoise Hardy



Quoi que tu me dises
quoi que tu me fasses
et même si par moment
je sais me mettre à ta place
toutes les choses que je comprends
sont celles qui me cassent
et je ne peux rien vraiment
je suis dans l'impasse
c'est bien un enfer
c'est bien une impasse
chaque fois que je te perds
en allant chercher ta trace
dans tes longs, désespérants
silences de glace
et je ne peux rien vraiment
je suis dans l'impasse
comment sortir de là?
c'est une drôle d'angoisse
d'être dans l'impasse
alors j'aime tomber
au fond d'un Chivas
car je me mets à rêver
que c'est toi qui me ramasses
que tu veux bien me parler
et que tu m'embrasses
pour m'aider à supporter
d'être dans l'impasse
comment sortir de là?
c'est une drôle d'angoisse
d'être dans l'impasse

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What Did I Ever See In Him?


What Did I Ever See In Him?
Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams
Performer(s): Chita Rivera



Rosie:
Eight years, eight years
That's how long I've wasted on him!
That's all, I'm through
Albert dear, to put it sweetly
To hell with you!
What did I ever see in him?
How did I ever get evolved that way?
Now that it's over I can smile and say
What did I ever see in him?
Boy, I was way out on the limb
Now that my feet are on the ground again
Now that my senses have been found again
What did I ever see in him?
Is he tender?
No, he's not!
Is he thoughtful?
No, he's not!
Am I crazy?
What's he's got that I found so damned appealing?
What did he ever do for me?
Well, to be honest he was sometimes nice
But still it wasn't worth that awful price
It was rough from the start
Broken dates, broken nails, broken heart
How did I ever?
Why did I ever?
What did I ever?

Rosie and Kim:
Do we need them? No, we don't!
Do we want them? No, we don't!
Will we leave them? No, we won't!
Tell me what did I say that for?
What did we ever see in them?
How could we ever think that they were nice?
Take it from us we pay an awful price
It was rough from the start
Broken dates, broken nails, broken heart
What did I ever see in him

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Limosnero De Amor


Limosnero De Amor
Composer(s): Alberto Videz
Performer(s): Javier Solís
and multiple other artists



Limosnero de amor me llaman
limosnero de amor yo soy
fuiste muy canalla
al abandonarme
y tus labios mintieron
cuando a mí me dijeron
sólo soy para ti

Implorando tu amor me dejas
ya no puedo vivir sin ti
te llevaste todo
me dejaste solo
desde entonces me llaman
desde entonces me llaman
limosnero de amor

Te llevaste todo
me dejaste solo
desde entonces me llaman
desde entonces me llaman
limosnero de amor

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Rosie


Rosie
Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams
Performer(s): Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh,
Ann-Margret, Bobby Rydell



Albert:
I was never crazy for flowers
I confess that nothing left me colder
I could watch a daisy for hours
And all I'd feel was sev'ral hours older!
Lilacs and lilies, any bloom you please
All what they did was make me shrug or sneeze
But now I love each blossom that I see
For a lovely little rose loves me
Now my life is rosy, when I'm my Rosie
With a girl like Rosie
How could I be blue?
Hand in hand we'll mosey
Me and little Rosie
We will be so cozy
By a fire built for two
Oh! I once heard a poem that goes
"A rose is a rose is a rose"
Well I don't agree
Take it from me
There's one rose sweeter than any that grows!
That's my Rosie,
I'm so glad she chose me
Life is one sweet beautiful song to me
Now my life is rosy (Oh, we'll be happy, I know)
Since I found my Rosie (Off to the preacher we'll go)
With a girl like Rosie (So how could we be blue?)
How could I be blue?

Rosie:
Oh we'll have us a home out west
A nice little split-level nest
And in ev'ry room roses in bloom...

Albert:
But there's on rose sweeter than all of the rest!
Then that's my Rosie

Rosie:
I'm so glad you chose me!

Both:
Life is one sweet beautiful song to me
When love is right then
What can be wrong?
Life is one sweet beautiful song
To me!

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L'immensita


L'immensita
Composer(s): Don Backy - Mogol - Detto Mariano
Performer(s): Don Backy
and multiple other artists



Io son sicuro che, per ogni goccia
per ogni goccia che cadrà
un nuovo fiore nascerà
e su quel fiore una farfalla volerà

Io son sicuro che
in questa grande immensità
qualcuno pensa un poco a me
e non mi scorderà

Sì, io lo so
tutta la vita sempre solo non sarò
e un giorno io saprò
d'essere un piccolo pensiero
nella più grande immensità.....
di quel cielo

Sì, io lo s,
tutta la vita sempre solo non sarò
un giorno troverò
un po' d'amore anche per me
per me che sono nullità
nell'immensità ...

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Kids


Kids
Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams
Performer(s): Paul Lynde, Maureen Stapleton,
Dick Van Dyke, Bryan Russell



Kids!
I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!
Kids!
Who can understand anything they say?
Kids!
They a disobedient, disrespectful oafs!
Noisy, crazy, dirty, lazy, loafers!
While we're on the subject
Kids!
You can talk and talk till your face is blue!
Kids!
But they still just do what they want to do!
Why can't they be like we were
Perfect in every way?
What's the matter with kids today?
Kids!
I've tried to raise him the best I could
Kids! Kids!
Laughing, singing, dancing, grinning, morons!
And while we're on the subject!
Kids! They are just impossible to control!
Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an' roll!
Why can't they dance like we did
What's wrong with Sammy Caine?
What's the matter with kids today!


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Lime Tree Arbour


Lime Tree Arbour
Composer(s): Nick Cave
Performer(s): Nick Cave; Adam Sherman



The boatman calls from the lake
A lone loon dives upon the water
I put my hand over her
Down in the lime tree arbour

The wind in the trees is whispering
Whispering low that I love her
She puts her hand over mine
Down in the lime tree arbour

Through every breath that I breathe
And every place I go
There is hand that protects me
And I do love her so

There will always be suffering
It flows through life like water
I put my hand over hers
Down in the lime tree arbour

The boatman he has gone
And the loons have flown for cover
She puts her hand over mine
Down in the lime tree arbour

Through every word that I speak
And every thing I know
There is hand that protects me
And I do love her so

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One Boy


One Boy
Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams
Performer(s): Ann-Margret
and various other artists



Kim:
One boy
One special boy
One boy to go with
And talk with
And walk with

Kim and Girls:
One boy
That's the way it should be
Yeah, yeah!
That's the way it should be
One boy
One certain boy
One boy to laugh with
To jump with
Have Coke with
One boy
Not two or three

Kim:
One day you'll find out
This is what life is all about
You'll need someone who
Is living just for you

Kim and Girls:
One boy
One steady boy
One boy to be with
Forever and ever
One boy
That's the way it should be
That's the way it should be
That's the way it should be

Rosie:
When will he find out
This is what life is all about?
Will he ever see
I need him and he needs me?
One guy
One special guy
One guy to live for
To care for, be there for
One guy
That's the way it should be
That's the way it should be...

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Limelight


Limelight
Composer(s): Neil Peart - Geddy Lee - Alex Lifeson
Performer(s): Rush



Living on a lighted stage
Approaches the unreal
For those who think and feel
In touch with some reality
Beyond the gilded cage

Cast in this unlikely role,
Ill-equipped to act
With insufficient tact
One must put up barriers
To keep oneself intact

Living in the limelight
The universal dream
For those who wish to seem

Those who wish to be
Must put aside the alienation
Get on with the fascination
The real relation
The underlying theme

Living in a fisheye lens
Caught in the camera eye
I have no heart to lie
I can't pretend a stranger
Is a long-awaited friend

All the world's indeed a stage
And we are merely players
Performers and portrayers
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage

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Honestly Sincere


Honestly Sincere
Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams
Performer(s): Jesse Pearson
and various other artists



Girl:
Speak to us, oh beautiful one, tell us how you make that
glorious sound, that even now an anticipation of it has
reduced me to a snarling, raging, panting, jungle beast!

Birdie:
You gotta be sincere!
You gotta be sincere!
You gotta feel it here
'Cause if you feel it here
Well, then you're gonna be honestly sincere!
If what you feel is true
You really feel it you
Make them feel it too
Write this down now
You gotta be sincere
Honestly sincere!
Man, you've got to be sincere!
If you're really sincere
If you're really sincere
If you feel it in here
Then it's gotta be right!
Oh, baby!
Oh, honey!
Hug me!
Suffer!
In ev'rything I do
My sincerity shows thro'
I looked you in the eye
Don't even have to try
It's automatic!
I'm sincere!
When I sing about a tree
I really feel that tree!
When I sing about a girl
I really feel that girl
I mean I really feel sincere!
If you're really sincere!
If you're really sincere!
If you feel it in here
Then it's gotta be right!
Oh, baby!
Oh, honey!
Hug me!
Suffer!
You gotta be sincere!
Oh oh, you gotta feel it here!
Oh, my baby, oh, my baby, oh yeah!
Oh, my baby, oh yeah!
Well, you gotta be sincere!
Well, you gotta be sincere!
Well, you gotta be sincere!
Well, you gotta be sincere!
Well, you gotta be sincere!
Well, you gotta be sincere!
Oh, my baby, oh yeah!
Oh, my baby, oh yeah!
Well, you gotta be sincere!
Well, you gotta be sincere!
Oh, my baby, oh yeah!
Oh, my baby, oh yeah!
Oh, my baby, oh yeah!
Oh, my baby, oh yeah!
Yeah, Yeah!

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Limehouse Blues


Limehouse Blues
Composer(s): Philip Braham - Douglas Furber
First performance by: Gertrude Lawrence & Jack Buchanan - 1921
Covered by multiple other artists



And those weird China blues
Never go away
Sad, mad blues
For all the while they seem to say

Oh, Limehouse kid
Oh, oh, Limehouse kid
Goin' the way
That the rest of them did
Poor broken blossom
And nobody's child
Haunting and taunting
You're just kind of wild

Oh, Limehouse blues
I've the real Limehouse blues
Can't seem to shake off
Those real China blues
Rings on your fingers
And tears for your crown
That is the story
Of old Chinatown

Rings on your fingers
And tears for your crown
That is the story
Of old Chinatown

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How Lovely To Be A Woman


How Lovely To Be A Woman
Composer(s): Charles Strouse; Lee Adams
Performer(s): Ann-Margret
and various other artists



When you're a skinny child of fourteen
Wide with braces from ear to ear
You doubt that you will ever be appealing
Then Hallelujah!
You are fifteen
And the braces disappear
And your skin is smooth and clear
And you have that happy grown-up female feeling
How lovely to be a woman
The wait was well worth while
How lovely to wear mascara
And smile a woman's smile
How lovely to have a figure
That's round instead of flat
Whenever you hear boys whistle
You're what they're whistling at
It's wonderful to feel
The way a woman feels
It gives you such a glow just to know
You're wearing lipstick and heels!
How lovely to be a woman
And have one job to do
To pick out a boy and train him
And then when you are through
You've made him the man you want him to be!
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!
How wonderful to know
The things a woman knows
How marvelous to wait for a date
In simply beautiful clothes!
How lovely to be a woman
And change from boys to men
To go to a fancy nightclub
And stay out after ten
How lovely to be so grown-up and free!
Life's lovely when you're a woman like me!

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Lime Street Blues


Lime Street Blues
Composer(s): Gary Brooker - Keith Reid
Performer(s): Procol Harum



Lime street in the afternoon
Everybody crazy as a coon
I’m running round in my underpants
Trying to find some kinda romance

Quarter past three [sic] on lime street
I got whipped right offa my feet
Didn’t realize that I’d been caught
Till I found myself in the county court

’Mr judge,’ I said, ’won’t you please be kind
Have pity on me, a poor orphan child?’
Mr judge he says with a long mean frown
’orphan or not, you’re going down!’

Well I screamed on my knees in the witness box
’lord have mercy on my golden locks’
The judge I could see that he was snide
He says, ’the only kind of blonde you are’s a peroxide!’

Oh Lime street, Lime street
Lime street, that’s where we meet

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