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Colorado Country Morning


Colorado Country Morning
Composer(s): Johnny Cunningham; Bob Duncan
Performer(s): Hank Snow



Looking through the window of the greyhound station down in San Antone
Watching people come and people go and feeling so alone
And every face I see reminds me of the one I've left behind me crying
Knowing I should go back home and heaven knows how hard I'm trying
To see that Colorado country morning with the dusty roads and warm sunshine
I've got the Colorado country morning and a Denver woman on my mind

I remember standing at the door and looking back as she lay sleeping
And very gently through the window pane the morning sun was creeping
And without a sound I turned around and softly kissed her goodbye
Now with all behind I often find myself wondering why
I left that Colorado...
I left that Colorado...

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L'ombre D'un Amour


L'ombre D'un Amour
Composer(s): Claude Lemesle - Joe Dassin
Performer(s): Joe Dassin



Le jour l'éveille, elle se lève, s'habille et ne dit rien
Sur son visage glisse une larme et ses yeux se sont éteints
Et déjà, c'est en vain que tu cherches l'ombre d'un amour
Sous ses larmes, l'ombre d'un amour, l'ombre d'un chagrin

Elle se maquille mais dans la glace, pas un regard pour toi
Une cigarette... le café passe
Elle dit que c'est fini
Qu'elle s'en va
Et déjà, c'est en vain que tu cherches
L'ombre d'un amour, sous les larmes, l'ombre d'un amour

Elle range ses cheveux et sa main tremble un peu
Puis elle va regarder si elle est jolie; si tout va bien
Si son rimmel n'a pas coulé, si elle n'oublie rien
Midi, la gare, tu ne veux pas croire qu'elle ne reviendra pas

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Colorado Calling Me


Colorado Calling Me
Composer(s): Jim McReynolds; Jesse McReynolds
Performer(s): Jim & Jesse



All the way from sunny California
Back to the hills of Tennessee
Seems that no matter where I wander
I hear you Colorado calling me
I hear you Colorado calling me

I was born and raised in Colorado
But one day I told my folks goodbye
Sure do miss that good old mountain water
Flowing from the Rocky Mountains high
In Colorado

All the way from sunny California
Back to the hills of Tennessee
Seems that no matter where I wander
I hear you Colorado calling me
I hear you Colorado calling me

A letter from my Mama out in Denver
Said "My son, when are you coming home?
It'll be three years now in December
That's a mighty long time to be gone"

I've crossed the Golden Gate in San Francisco
Crossed the desert and the Texas plains
Seen the beauty of the Smokey Mountains
But tomorrow I'll be heading West again
To Coloroda

All the way from sunny California
Back to the hills of Tennessee
Seems that no matter where I wander
I hear you Colorado calling me
I hear you Colorado calling me

Calling me, calling me, calling me
Calling me, calling me, calling me
Calling me, calling me, calling me
Calling me, calling me ...

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L'ombre


L'ombre
((Adapted from: Strange shadows (by Françoise Hardy) - 1969))
Composer(s): Pierre Delanoë - Micky Jones - Tommy Brown
Performer(s): Françoise Hardy



Je lisais un beau livre d'images
quand une ombre est sorti d'une page
elle m'a dit
"réveille-toi, viens avec moi"
et le livre a tremblé dans mes mains
la lumière s'est éteinte et soudain
l'ombre a dit
"lêve-toi, viens avec moi"
je sais bien qu'on ne me crois pas
qu'on me traite d'enfant
je sais qu'il était une fois
une belle au bois dormant
quand le vent arracha cette page
j'ai vu l'ombre emportée par l'orage
qui disait
"s'il te plait, je reviendrai"
et c'est vrai que souvent elle vient
me rejoindre aux frontières du matin
elle me dit
"lêve-toi, viens avec moi"
"réveille-toi, lêve-toi"
elle me dit
"viens avec moi"
"réveille-toi, lêve-toi"
elle me dit
"viens avec moi"
"réveille-toi, lêve-toi"
elle me dit
"viens avec moi"

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Colorado


Colorado
Composer(s): David Allen; Paul Colwell



If I had a wagon, I would go to Colorado
Go to Colorado, if I had a wagon I would
If I had a wagon I would go to
The state where a man can walk a mile high

If I had a Chevy, I would drive to Colorado
Drive to Colorado, if I had a Chevy I would
If I had a Chevy I would drive to
The state where a man can walk a mile high

If I had an airplane, I would fly to Colorado
Fly to Colorado, if I had an airplane I would
If I had an airplane I would fly to
The state where a man can walk a mile high

If I had a spaceship, I would land in Colorado
Land in Colorado, if I had a spaceship I would
If I had a spaceship I would land in
The state where a man can walk a mile high

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Strange Shadows


Strange Shadows
Composer(s): Micky Jones - Tommy Brown
First release by: Françoise Hardy - 1969



From the page in the book that I found
From the sound of a word written down
Telling me, telling all, strange shadows call
Fingers trembling, I read to the end
Then the light seemed to wither and bend
And the words seemed to call, strange shadows fall

Who to run to or who to tell? Who would listen to me?
Just the sound of a ringing bell and the night running free

Then the wind took the page from my sight
I was left all alone in the night
Where the dew gently falls, strange shadows call
Time will pass but the words they remain
And I dream of them ever again
Telling me, telling all, strange shadows call

Strange shadows, they're calling, strange shadows calling me to ...
Strange shadows, they're calling, strange shadows calling me to ...
Strange shadows, they're calling, strange shadows calling me to

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Color Him Father


Color Him Father
Composer(s): Robert Spencer; Richard Spencer
Performer(s): The Winstons
and various other artists



There's a man at my house he's so big and strong
He goes to work each day, stays all day long
He comes home each night looking tired and beat
He sits down at the dinner table and has a bite to eat
Never a frown always a smile
When he says to me how's my child
I've been studying hard all day in school
Tryin' to understand the golden rule

Think I'll color this man father
I think I'll color him love
Said I'm gonna color him father
I think I'll color the man love, yes I will

He says education is the thing if you wanna compete
Because without it son, life ain't very sweet
I love this man I don't know why
Except I'll need his strength till the day that I die
My mother loves him and I can tell
By the way she looks at him when he holds my little sister Nell
I heard her say just the other day
That if it hadn't been for him she wouldn't have found her way
My real old man he got killed in the war
And she knows she and seven kids couldn't of got very far
She said she thought that she could never love again
And then there he stood with that big wide grin
He married my mother and he took us in
And now we belong to the man with that big wide grin

Think I'll color this man father
I think I'll color him love
Said I'm gonna color him father
I think I'll color the man love, yes I will

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Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here!


Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here!
Composer(s): Bob Dorough
Performer(s): Bob Dorough; Buffalo Tom



Hmmmmm... hmmmmm... hmmmmm!!!

Ready pop?
Yep
Ready son?
Uh-huh
Let's go!
Let's go!
One! two!

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, got some adverbs here
Come on down to Lolly's, get the adverbs here!
You're going to need
If you write or read
Or even think about it

Lolly Lolly Lolly, get your adverbs here
Got a lot of lolly, jolly adverbs here
Anything you need and we can make it absolutely clear ...

An adverb is a word
(That's all it is! and there's a lot of them)
That modifies a verb
(Sometimes a verb and sometimes)
It modifies an adjective, or else another adverb
And so you see that it's positively, very, very, necessary

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Father, son, and Lolly selling adverbs here
Got a lot of adverbs, and we make it clear
So come to Lolly! (Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

Hello, folks, this is Lolly Sr., saying we have every adverb in the book
so come on down and look

Hello folks, Lolly Jr. here
Suppose your house needs painting
how are you going to paint it?
That's where the adverb comes in
We can also give you a special intensifier so you can paint it very neatly or rather sloppily

Hi! Suppose you're going nut-gathering; your buddy wants to know where and when
Use an adverb and tell him!

Get your adverbs!

Use it with an adjective, it says much more
Anything described can be described some more
Anything you'd ever need is in the store
And so you choose very carefully every word you use

Use it with a verb, it tells us how you did
Where it happened, where you're going, where you've been
Use it with another adverb -- that's the end
And even more ...

How, where, or when
Condition or reason
These questions are answered
When you use an adverb

Come and get it!

Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here
Quickly, quickly, quickly, get those adverbs here
Slowly, surely, really learn your adverbs here
You're going need 'em if you read 'em
If you write or talk or think about 'em ...
Lolly! (Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

Announcer: If it's an adverb, we have it at Lolly's!
Bring along your old adjectives, too
like slow, soft, and sure
We'll fit 'em out with our L-Y attachment
and make perfectly good adverbs out of them!

(Get your adverbs here!) Lots of good tricks at Lolly's so come on down

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)

Adverbs deal with manner, place, time

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly!)

Condition, reason

(Father, son, and Lolly)

Comparison, contrast

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

Enrich your language with adverbs!

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

Besides, they're absolutely free!

(Lolly, Lolly, Lolly)

At your service!

Indubitably!

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Color By Numbers


Color By Numbers
Performer(s): Neil Young



Someone wants to blow up the planet
Johnny wants to find out why
Johnny did a show in St. Louis
Love came through the sky

Oh yeah, they were camped out
Waiting for the sun to rise
Oh yeah, Johnny sang out
Love into the sky

Johnny found a place out in Texas
Waiting for him to come
Made himself a reservation
And hope came, in the gun

Oh yeah, he was flying
Waiting for the sun to rise
Oh yeah, color by numbers
Waiting for the sun to rise

Johnny did some time in the army
Johnny did a stint in Vietnam
Now he can't forget it
His mind is confused
slipping from his twisted hand

Oh yeah, he's still back there
With one hand on the gun
Oh yeah, he's still back there
Waiting for the rising sun

Now Johnny
likes to go down the highway
The wind singing in his ears
Right up as
most things go whirring by
By day everything looks clear

Oh yeah, Johnny ride on
Gonna find a special home
Oh yeah, down the highway
Looking for the rising sun

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Lollipops And Roses


Lollipops And Roses
Composer(s): Tony Velona
Performer(s): Jack Jones
and multiple other artists



Tell her you care each time you speak
Make it her birthday each day of the week
Bring her nice things, sugar and spice things
roses and lollipops and lolipops and roses

One day she`ll smile, next day she`ll cry
minute to minute you`ll never know why
Coax her, pet her, better yet, get her
roses and lollipops and lolipops and roses

We try acting grown up, but as a rule
we`re all lit-tle children fresh from school
So carry her books
That`s how it starts
Fourteen or forty they`re kids in their hearts
Keep them handy, flowers and candy
roses and lollipops and lolipops and roses

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Colonel Buffalo Bill


Colonel Buffalo Bill
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Leslie Fyson
and various other artists



(Davenport)
Who's got the stuff that made the Wild West wild?
Who pleases every woman, man, and child?
Who does his best to give the customers a thrill?

(Company)
Who?

(Davenport)
Colonel Buffalo Bill!
Who's got the show that gets the most applause?
Five-hundred Indians and fifty Squas!
Ten featured acts and there's a special feature still?

(Company)
Who?

(Davenport)
Colonel Buffalo Bill!

(Dolly)
Have you ever seen a cowboy rope a steer?

(Company)
No, we haven't

(Dolly)
Or an Indian with feathers throw a spear?

(Company)
No, we haven't

(Dolly)
Have you ever seen a hold up?

(Company)
No sir

(Dolly)
Then gather closer
and let me give you some of the atmosphere

(Davenport, spoken)
Introducing the world's greatest sharpshooter, Mister! Frank! Butler!

(Butler, singing)
The hour is midnight and all is still
We see the stage coach climbing up the hill,
Moving along the mountain trail, carrying passengers and mail,
never suspecting there is something really wrong
The watchful driver is in his seat,
His trusty rifle lying at his feet
Some of the passengers inside
seem to be dozing as they ride,
never suspecting danger as they roll along
Suddenly there's a shout!

(Company)
What is it all about?

(Butler)
"What is it all about?" you ask
It's Indians!

(Company)
Indians?!

(Butler)
Very notable, cut-your-throatable Indians!

(Company)
Indians?!

(Butler, Dolly, and Davenport)
Just when they've taken everyone by force,
Who makes an entrance on a big, white horse?
Who starts a-shootin' 'till there's noone left to kill?

(Company)
General Grant?

(Butler, Dolly, and Davenport)
No! Colonel Buffalo Bill!

(All)
Who's got the show that made the Wild West wild?
Who pleases every woman, man, and child?
Who does his best to give the customers a thrill?
Colonel! Buffalo! Bill!

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Lollipop Tree


Lollipop Tree
Composer(s): Burl Ives
Performer(s): Josh White Jr.; Ron Coden



One fine day in early spring, I played a funny trick
Right in the yard behind our house
I planted a lollipop stick
And everyday I watered it well
And watched it carefully
I hoped one day that stick would grow
To be a lollipop tree

Ah-ha-ha, oh-ho-ho
What a sight to see
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop
Lolly, lolly, lollipop tree

Then one day I woke to find a very lovely sight
A tree all full of lollipops had grown in the dark of the night
I sat beneath that wonderful tree and looked up with a grin
And when I opened up my mouth, a lollipop dropped right in

Ah-ha-ha, oh-ho-ho
What a sight to see
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop
Lolly, lolly, lollipop tree

Winter came and days grew cold as winter days will do
On my tree, my lovely tree, not one little lollipop grew
From every branch an icicle hung, it’s limbs were bare as bones
But when I broke those icicles off they turned into ice cream cones

Ah-ha-ha, oh-ho-ho
What a sight to see
Me and my lollipop, lollipop, lollipop
Lolly, lolly, lollipop tree

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Colombine


Colombine
Composer(s): Paul Verlaine; Georges Brassens
Performer(s): Georges Brassens;
James Ollivier; Wazozo



Léandre le sot
Pierrot qui d'un saut
De puce
Franchit le buisson
Cassandre sous son
Capuce

Arlequin aussi
Cet aigrefin si
Fantasque
Aux costumes fous
Les yeux luisant sous
Son masque

Do, mi, sol, mi, fa
Tout ce monde va
Rit, chante
Et danse devant
Une frêle enfant
Méchante

Dont les yeux pervers
Comme les yeux verts
Des chattes
Gardent ses appas
Et disent:
"À bas Les pattes!"

L'implacable enfant
Preste et relevant
Ses jupes
La rose au chapeau
Conduit son troupeau
De dupes!

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Lollipop


Lollipop
Composer(s): Julius Edward Dixon - Beverley "Ruby" Ross
First release by: Ronald & Ruby - 1958
Covered by multiple other artists



Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop...

Call my baby lollipop
Tell you why
His kiss is sweeter than an apple pie
And when he does his shaky rockin' dance
Man, I haven't got a chance

I call him
Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop...

Sweeter than candy on a stick
Huckleberry, chimry or lime
If you had a choice
He'd be your pick
But lollipop is mine

Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop...

Crazy way he thrills me
Tell you why
Just like a lightning from the sky
He loves to kiss me till I can't see straight
Gee, my lollipop is great

I call him
Lollipop lollipop
Oh lolli lolli lolli
Lollipop lollipop ...

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Colombina


Colombina
Composer(s): Jaime Roos
Performer(s): Jaime Roos



En el tumulto de los Húsares de Momo
Encandilado por las luces de otro barrio
Aquel murguista saludando con su gorro
Se despedía como siempre del tablado

Entre la nube de pintados chiquilines
Vio la sonrisa que enviaba una princesa
Entre los rostros de mezclados colorines
Dudó si era para él la gentileza

Y por si acaso dedicó una reverencia
A la muchacha que en la noche se quedaba
En el momento de partir la bañadera
volando un beso se posaba en su ventana

Y paso a paso la ansiedad lo malhería
Quedaba poco del nocturno itinerario
Uno tras otro los cuplés se sucedían
Se retiraban del último escenario

Tiró el disfraz en el respaldo del asiento
Borró los restos de pintura con su mano
Volando un tacho lo llevaba contra el viento
La vio justito a la salida del tablado

"Cómo te va", dijo el murguista a la muchacha
Que lo cortó con su mirada indiferente
Le dijo "Bien" y lo dejó como si nada
Nuevamente ...
La princesa ...
Se perdía entre la gente

Que no se apague nunca el eco de los bombos
Que no se lleven los muñecos del tablado
Quiero vivir en el reinado del Dios Momo
Quiero ser húsar de su ejército endiablado

Que no se apaguen las bombitas amarillas
Que no se vaya nunca más la retirada
Quiero cantarle una canción a Colombina
Quiero llevarme su sonrisa dibujada

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Lola Rastaquouere ((English Version: Lola R. For Ever (by Marianne Faithfull & Sly and Robbie) - 2006)) Composer(s): Serge Gainsbourg First release by: Serge Gainsbourg Covered by multiple other artists



Comment oses-tu me parler d'amour toi hein Toi qui n'as pas connu Lola Rastaquouère Je lui faisais le plein comme au Latécoère Qui décolle en vibrant vers les cieux africains Elle avait de ces yeux un vrai chat abyssin Et ses seins deux sphères Entre lesquelles j'abandonnais deux mois de salaire Pour y rouler mon pauvre joint Quand dans son sexe cyclopéen J'enfonçais mon pieu tel l'Ulysse d'Homère Je l'avais raide plutôt amère C'est moi grands dieux qui n'y voyais plus rien Dans la moiteur torride de sa croupe d'airain On pouvait voir éclore des renoncules par-derrière Et par devant un conifère Me rappelait un air jamaïcain

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Collette


Collette
Composer(s): Billy Fury
Performer(s): Billy Fury



Oh Collete

Half past eight, don't be late
Don't forget we have a date, Collete
How I love you, Collete
Oh, be on time and say your mine, Collete

Believe me honey when I say
I think about you night and day, Collete
How I need you, Collete
Don't let us part, you'll break my heart, Collete

Saw you walking close by
Didn't start talking 'cause I was so shy
Then you looked into my eyes
Don't whisper any goodbyes
Collete, Collete
Don't forget, Collete
I need you, so don't ever go, Collete

Half past nine, in on time
Guess you played me down the line, Collete
How I love you, Collete
You broke the vow, I'm lonely now, Collete
You broke the vow, I'm lonely now, Collete
You broke the vow, I'm lonely now, Collete

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Lola (The Kinks)


Lola ((aka Yoda (by "Weird Al" Yankovic) - 1985))
Composer(s): Ray Davies
First release by: The Kinks - 1970
Covered by multiple other artists



I met her in a club down in North Soho
where you drink champagne
and it tastes just like Coca Cola
C-o-l-a Cola

She walked up to me and she asked me to dance
I asked her her name
and in a dark brown voice she said, "Lola"
L-o-l-a Lola, lo lo lo Lola

Well, I'm not the world's most physical guy
but when she squeesed me tight
she nearly broke my spine
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola

Well, I'm not dumb but I can't understand
why she walks like a woman and talks like a man
Oh my Lola, lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola

Well, we drank champagne and danced all night
under electric candlelight
she picked me up and sat me on her knee
She said, "Little boy won't you come home with me?"

Well, I'm not the world's most passionate guy
but when I looked in her eyes
I almost fell for my Lola
Lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola

Lola
Lo lo lo Lola, lo lo lo Lola

I pushed her away. I walked to the door
I fell to the floor. I got down on my knees
I looked at her, and she at me

Well that's the way that I want it to stay
I always want it to be that way for my Lola
Lo lo lo Lola

Girls will be boys, and boys will be girls
It's a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world
except for Lola
Lo lo lo Lola

Well I left how just a week before
and I never ever kissed a woman before
Lola smiled and took me by the hand
she said, "Little boy, gonna make you a man"

Well I'm not the world's most masculine man
but I know what I am and that I'm a man
so is Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Lo lo lo Lola

Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Lola
Lo lo lo Lola
Lo lo lo Lola

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Coldest Day


Coldest Day
Performer(s): Madness



No I never heard through the grapevine
How you left long before your time
But in France on the radio
I could not understand a word
But I felt you go
We waited all night for the midnight lover's calling
It was the coldest day of the year
And I'm still thawing
I didn't sleep a wink
But while radio played
I was day dreaming
Of what might have been
While the cold night air was freezing
The coldest night
The coldest day of the year
What is happening mother father please
Who will save us from the autumn breeze
Shivering to a halt no one wants to speak too soon
Although we all knew under the pale blue moon
The pale moon
The pale blue moon
What happens then when the sun goes down
Tell me what's the word Johannesburg
When the rent goes up and the lights go down
On the coldest day outside the coldest town
We waited all night and I'm still falling
I didn't sleep a wink
But while radio played
I was day dreaming
Of what might have been
While the cold night air was freezing
The coldest night
The coldest day of the year
The coldest night
The coldest day of the year
The coldest night, day, year

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Lola (Miguel Mateos)


Lola
Composer(s): Miguel Mateos
Performer(s): Miguel Mateos



Cien mil policías
cien mil policías de civil
la buscan a Lola
por herir a su padre
y luego huir

Lola
no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
no no no vuelvas a casa, oh

Salvajes travestis
Salvajes travestis del downtown
descubren a Lola
y ofrecen refugio
y protección

Lola
no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
no no no vuelvas a casa, yeh

Ya no la toques, no
el infierno acabo

Lola
no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
por favor no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
no vuelvas a casa, oh
Lola
por favor no vuelvas a casa, yeh

Un padre violento
no tiene perdón
Un padre violento
que golpea
que se abusa de un menor
esta tan loco
que no tiene
que no tiene
no, no tiene perdón

Lola, Lola, Lola
no vuelvas a casa
no vuelvas a nada ...

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