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A Night Like This (Rod Stewart)


A Night Like This
Composer(s): Rod Stewart
Performer(s): Rod Stewart



Sixteen years old, looking for a hideaway
I'm a set designer, my Mum and Dad thinking I'm gay
I'm a lazy bugger, but I like my sport
Like girls and music, I'm happy, happy sort (of a guy)

But there's one thing I'm lacking
it's sexual experience
So I ask you, my sweetheart
save me from this wilderness

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this

Where I come from, love is just a hole in the wall
And the steel mills ring out and generations heed the call
And the rain never stops and the skies are grey
And the chance of romance slim as a bright sunny day

This is partly the reason
I'm so overwhelmed and shy
Because your beauty, by contrast
is gonna make a young man cry

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this
I've schemed, honey, of a night like this
You don't know what it means to a boy from a suburban home
To be left with a woman like you completely alone

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this

Nice place you've got here, babe never seen a house like this
Pool like an ocean, bed like a football pitch
All the guys at the boozer, won't believe my luck
But it couldn't have happened to a nicer bloke (than me)

So here we are, the record's gotten stuck in the groove
My knees are trembling, c'mon baby, make a move

I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this
I've schemed, honey, of a night like this
I've dreamed, I've schemed, honey of a night like this
I've dreamed, honey, of a night like this

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How You've Changed


How You've Changed
Composer(s): Chuck Berry
Performer(s): The Animals; Chuck Berry



Oh, how I've loved you
Since the day you first told me your name
Yes, I have loved you
Thinking you all the while felt the same
Ohhh, how I've loved you
But your kisses don't taste the same
Oh, how I've loved you
Since the day I first walked you from school
Yes, I have loved you
Breaking all of loves precious rules
You know I still love you
Even though I feel like a fool
Oh, how I've loved you
Since the day you first told me your name
Yes, I have loved you
Thinking you all the while felt the same
And I, I still love you
Even though I know you've changed

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A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer


A Night In The Life Of A Blues Singer
Composer(s): Phil Lynott
Performer(s): Thin Lizzy



In the old days
I could sing the blues
I had nothin' to live for
And nothin' to lose
And all the time
I was paying my dues
Like an old blues singer

And I had no troubles then
But I had lots of friends
Friends they come and go
And sometimes friendship ends
All the time, I've had a friend on whom I depend
So blues singer
Oh...

Oh mama, mama, mama, this is your boy
Oh mama, mama, mama, mama, my soul's been destroyed
Oh mama, mama, your pride and joy
Is a blues singer
An old blues singer

And the party's over now
Everybody's goin' home
The band is packin' up
And I'm on my own
Oh, but I miss you now you're gone
Mama, your boy's a blues singer
Such an old blues singer

Nothin, oh but nothin's changed
Oh sometimes you win sometimes you lose
I lost ya mama
I lost ya mama

In the old days
I could sing the blues
Had nothin' to live for
And nothin' to lose
But all the time
You must chose
I'm an old blues singer
Oh...

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How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?


How Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On The Farm?
Composer(s): Sam M. Lewis; Joe Young; Walter Donaldson
Performer(s): Eddie Cantor;
and various other artists



Reuben, Reuben, I've been thinking
Said his wifey dear
Now that all is peaceful and calm
The boys will soon be back on the farm
Mister Reuben started winking and slowly rubbed his chin
He pulled his chair up close to mother
And he asked her with a grin

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
They'll never want to see a rake or plow
And who the deuce can parleyvous a cow?
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'

Reuben, Reuben, you're mistaken
Said his wifey dear
Once a farmer, always a jay
And farmers always stick to the hay
Mother Reuben, I'm not fakin
Tho you may think it strange
But wine and women play the mischief
With a boy who's loose with change

How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'
How ya gonna keep 'em away from Broadway
Jazzin around and paintin' the town
How ya gonna keep 'em away from harm, that's a mystery
Imagine Reuben when he meets his Pa
He'll kiss his cheek and holler "Oo-La-La!
How ya gonna keep 'em down on the farm
After they've seen Paree'?

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A Night At Daddy Gee's


A Night At Daddy Gee's
Composer(s): Tommy Boyce - Curtis Lee
Performer(s): Showaddywaddy



Come on everybody
We're going down to Daddy Gee's!

Well come on everybody
We're going down to Daddy Gee's
We're gonna do some rock 'n' rolling
Like you ain't never seen
So come on, with me
I said we're going down to Daddy Gee's

Come on little Suzy
I want you to come along too
Take your shoes off, comb your hair down
I'm gonna dance on like you
So come on, with me
I said we're going down to Daddy Gee's

Feel so good, now your on
Come on baby, rock me all night long

Come on everybody
Gonna have a happy time
Take your shoes off, comb your hair down
I know it's gonna work out fine
So come on, with me
I said we're going down to Daddy Gee's
Roll it Daddy

What's his name?
Daddy Gee!

Well come on everybody
I said we're going down to Daddy Gee's
Gonna do, some rock 'n' rolling
Like you ain't never seen
So come on, with me
I said we're going down to Daddy Gee's
Come on, with me
I said we're going down to Daddy Gee's
Rock it Daddy...

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How Wonderful You Are


How Wonderful You Are
Performer(s): Gordon Haskell



I go out most nights
Attracted by the lights
Listen to the jazz in Harry's Bar
And I know it won't be long
Before they play that song
Do you know how wonderful you are

It's a sentimental sound
Make me wanna fool around
With somebody who is wishing on a star
I'll pull my hat down low
Go up and say hello
Do you know how wonderful you are

Oh we struggle with the art of conversation
And there'll be those for whom this song has no appeal
But I know it works for me
And I'm sure you will agree
That it illustrates exactly how I feel

Things can happen fast
Some things are built to last
I've seen it all go down in Harry's Bar
Though we've only just begun
This sure will run and run
Do you know how wonderful you are

I've always struggled with the art of conversation
And there'll be those for whom this song has no appeal
But I know it works for me
And I'm sure you will agree
That it illustrates exactly how I feel

Things can happen fast
Some things are built to last
I've seen it all go down in Harry's Bar
Though we've only just begun
This sure will run and run
Do you know how wonderful you are
Do you know how wonderful you are
Do you know how wonderful you are

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A Nifty Little Number Like You


A Nifty Little Number Like You
Composer(s): Steve Marriott
Performer(s): Humble Pie



You smell like a field
Cow-shirt in midsummer sun
I must have been mad
But I gave you all the bread that I had
Your mother's a freak
She made me weak in my knees
You're under her thumb
Why don't you pack your bags and run
Isn't it sad
I pity you now I'm not there
I hope you pull through
But you're locked in your social zoo
I tried to re-arrange your head
And show you where you were
But you were too sick
Then your mother bust her guf
And tried to make me think like her
But I was too quick
You thought I was hooked
Showing me off to your friends
Wearing me like a badge
Was the only kick you ever had
Please shave your legs
Put down that horse and behave
I seen it before
I ain't never gonna see it no more
You whole domestick scene
And the way your life was run
Made me so sick
That a nifty little number like you
Could show anyone a few tricks

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How Wonderful To Know


How Wonderful To Know ((aka With All My Heart And Soul (by Eddie Fisher) - 1954)) ((Adapted from: Anema E Core (by Tito Schipa) - 1950)) Composer(s): Salve d'Esposito - Domenico Titomanlio - Kermit Goell Performer(s): Andy Williams - 1961 and multiple other artists



How wonderful to know you really love me How wonderful to know you really care How beautiful to feel my arms around you Kissing your eyes, hearing your sighs, touching your hair *How wonderful to know sunshine and laughter That fills my empty heart with love To share this life with you and hereafter How wonderful to know that you are mine (Pick up at *) How wonderful to know sunshine and laughter That fills my empty heart with love divine To share this life with you and hereafter How wonderful to know that you are mine To share this life with you and hereafter How wonderful to know that you are mine

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A Nice Cup Of Tea


A Nice Cup Of Tea
Composer(s): Herbert - Sullivan
Performer(s): Binnie Hale; Piccadilly Dance Orch.



I like a nice cup of tea in the morning
For to start the day you see
And at half-past eleven
Well my idea of Heaven
Is a nice cup of tea
I like a nice cup of tea with my dinner
And a nice cup of tea with my tea
And when it's time for bed
There's a lot to be said
For a nice cup of tea

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You, Me And Us


You, Me And Us
Composer(s): John Jerome
Performer(s): Alma Cogan



You, me and us
We are my favourite people
We all go together like peaches and cream
Or bells with a church and a steeple

Some people I know, I'm fond of and so
All day I keep singing about them
For one of them's you and, Darling, it's true
I find that I can't live without them

You, me and us
We are my favourite people
We all go together like peaches and cream
Or bells with a church and a steeple

The stars were as bright as diamonds the night
We met and we danced and we flirted
With one look at you, my dream had come true
And nothing will ever divert it

You, me and us
We are my favourite people
We all go together like peaches and cream
Or bells with a church and a steeple

Now, outside of town we all settled down
Our place isn't big, but it's cosy
I know that you're mine and ev'rything's fine
Our future forever is rosy

You, me and us
We are my favourite people
We all go together like peaches and cream
Or bells with a church and a steeple

Yes, we all go together like peaches and cream
You, me and us!

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A New Star In Heaven Tonight


A New Star In Heaven Tonight
Performer(s): Chris de Burgh



Shadows darken and the day is done
And I cannot believe that it's true and you are gone
You were always here beside me
You gave so much as the Queen of Hearts
To those without love
You were their voice when they could not speak
A touch for the dying

And as we say goodbye I can hardly see
For the tears in my eyes
You are shining like a million suns
And there's a new star up in Heaven tonight

I wonder if you ever knew
How much you were loved
And in the darkness of a lonely room
Were you empty inside?
As you fade away it's like a light
Has gone from the world
But I am sure that there is a place
Where it will burn on forever

And as we say goodbye I can hardly see
For the tears in my eyes
You are shining like a million suns
And there's a new star up in Heaven tonight

And there's a new star up in Heaven tonight

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How To Handle A Woman


How To Handle A Woman
Composer(s): Frederick Loewe; Alan Jay Lerner
Performer(s): Richard Burton;
and various other artists



How to handle a woman
There's a way said a wise old man
A way known by every woman
Since the whole rigmarole began!

Do I flatter her, I begged him answer
Do I threaten or cajole or plea
Do I brood or play the gay romancer?
Said he, smiling, "No, indeed!"

"How to handle a woman
Mark me well, I will tell you sir!
The way to handle a woman
Is to love her, simply love her
Merely love her, love her
Love her!"

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À New Orleans


À New Orleans
Composer(s): Guida - Jan - Jil - Royster
Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday



À New Orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah
À New Orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah
Je veux aller hé hé hé hé
Je veux aller hé hé hé hé

Ha! Venez tous allons faire tous un pèlerinage au pays
Au pays du Mississippi où le jazz naquit
Au pays enchanté vous serez éblouis mes amis
Éblouis par ces musiques folles qui claquent jours et nuits
Vous verrez au bord des trottoirs des groupes d'enfants noirs
Jouer du dixieland lorsque descend le soir

À New Orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah
À New Orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah
Je veux aller hé hé hé hé
Je veux aller hé hé hé hé

Ha! Venez tous là-bas l'amour pousse un peu comme les fleurs
Au son de ces blues magiques aux milles et une couleurs
Ouais, dans chaque église vous entendrez les negro spirituals
Bercés par les rythmes étranges de rock'n'roll
Vous verrez aussi mes amis tout près de Bessingstreet
Comment on fait une jam en dégustant des frites

À New Orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah
À New Orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah
Je veux aller hé hé hé hé
Je veux aller hé hé hé hé

Ha! Venez tous suivez moi vous verrez les boîtes de nuit
Les boîtes d'où jadis les grands noms du jazz sont sortis
Si vous tombez le jour du carnaval vous verrez aussi
Des filles dans les rues des filles du sud si jolies
Tenez, là-bas on ne se sent pas perdu car je sais
Ouais, je sais que là-bas y a beaucoup de Français

À New Orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah
À New Orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah
Je veux aller hé hé hé hé
Je veux aller hé hé hé hé

À New Orleans je veux aller
À New Orleans yeah yeah yeah yeah
À New Orleans je veux aller
Je veux aller yeah yeah yeah yeah
À New Orleans je veux aller...

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How To Get Depressed


How To Get Depressed
Composer(s): Bob Lind
Performer(s): Bob Lind



Beginning with the basics, you sit right down
And give a lot of thought to yourself
If any higher value should cross your mind
Consider the state of your health
Think of what that strange little cough could mean
And what you should have said to that jerk
Start with the assumption that something's wrong
And anything you think of will work
Make a list of who's slighted you
And all the things it's too late to do
Think of all your mistakes
And how little difference you make
You're halfway there

Don't be like the amateurs who waste their time
Counting up the bad breaks they've known
Use your time efficiently and call to mind
All of the good breaks you've blown
Think of all those chances for happiness
Chances that only knock once
Watch the clock and remind yourself
How the days keep turning to months
Judge people that you never met
Watch the news every chance you get
Spend your mornings inside
Keep defending your pride
You're almost there

Think about those sneaky middle-eastern creeps
Think about your backstabbing friends
Sit around remembering the good old days
Life was so much simpler then
If right now someone's heart is reaching out to you
Shut it hard away from your mind
You know you're prob'ly too cool for her
He's gonna suck up your time
Think of Hemingway, Monroe and van Gogh
Remind yourself of how the great ones go
Geniuses don't ask for help
You're kind of brilliant yourself
There you are

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A New Love


A New Love
Composer(s): Dave Loggins
Performer(s): Reba McEntire



Love’s the only thing I know in this life
That’s cut me deeper than the sharpest knife
And once again here I am and I’m paying the price for a new love
I still hurt the one I lost
Standing here on a bridge that I can’t get across
And I can’t burn but I will when I walk with a new love

I believe
It’s gonna be better then ever before
Thats why I’m looking for
A new love
For this old heart
A new love
And I just can’t wait to start
I wanna feel that way again
Oh when I find a new love
For this old heart of mine

Say I’m looking for a new love
Somebody tell me where I find a new love
For this old heart of mine

Love’s the only thing that’s ever made me cry
Nothing’s ever made me feel more alive
Thats why once again here I am
Looking for the eyes of a new love

I know that somewhere in this world tonight
There’s a guy (she goes high on this part and I have no clue what she says)
I’d even look if I thought I might find a new love

I believe
It’s gonna be better then ever before
Thats why I’m looking for
A new love
For this old heart
A new love
And I just can’t wait to start
I wanna feel that way again
Oh when I find a new love
For this old heart of mine

I believe
It’s gonna be better then ever before
Thats why I’m looking for
A new love
For this old heart
A new love
And I just can’t wait to start
I wanna feel that way again
Oh when I find a new love
For this old heart of mine

Oh I’m looking for a new love
For this old heart of mine

Oh I’m looking for a new love
For this old heart of mine

Say I need a new love
For this old heart of mine

Oh I’m looking for a new love
Somebody tell me where I’ll find
For this old heart of mine

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How To Catch A Man


How To Catch A Man
Composer(s): Cy Coben; Minnie Pearl
Performer(s): Minnie Pearl



Now, when a handsome feller smiles at you
What harm can a little flirtin' do?
And if he steals a kiss, now don't get sore
Remember, you've got plenty more!

How to catch a man, how to catch a man
Girls are always askin' me
"How do you catch a man?"
Catch him while you can
With the Minnie Pearl plan
Here's a little tip on how to catch a man

Hog-tie him!

Tell him this and keep a straight face, hon
Tell him two can live as cheap as one!
Promise him anything, and you will find
That after you are married, you can change your mind!

How to catch a man, how to catch a man
Girls are always askin' me
"How do you catch a man?"
Catch him while you can
With the Minnie Pearl plan
Here's a little tip on how to catch a man

Get a Bear trap!

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A New Fangled Tango


A New Fangled Tango
Composer(s): Matt Dubey - Harold Karr
Performer(s): Ethel Merman
and multiple other artists



Everybody's mambo crazy
Cha-cha happy, but I'm lazy
I don't dig that frantic turpsichord

When I trip the light fantastic
I don't wanna be gymnastic
That's not what a dancing floor is for

What I got in mind is a big improvement
With a very minimum amount of movement
Let the other couples push and shove
What I got in mind I think you're gonna love

I got a new-fangled tango
And there's nothing to it
You just sort of stand there
And just sort of do it

You stand close together
There's no wasted motion
A new fangled tango
An old fashioned motion

The floor may be crowded
But that doesn't matter
It's not necessary to move
Don't move, why move

It may be crowded
But that's all the better
It's just like romancing, while dancing
Who's dancin'

You start off with one step
And cling to each other
And you know how one step
Can lead to another

Oh, there's nothing wrong with
A waltz or fandango
But oh, what can come from
A new fangled tango

You cling to your partner
And sway to the rhythm
You can't lose your partner
'Cause you're right there with him

You don't have to be worry
About fast or slow steps
The nice part about it
In this dance, you don't need steps

You don't have to worry
If your dancing won't do
It's not what you do do
It's more what you don't do

You don't need a waltz
Or a fancy fandango
You just need a man
And a new fangled tango

Forget the fandango
Give up the mambo
Do the tango

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How The Time Flies


How The Time Flies
Composer(s): Tommy Coe
Performer(s): Jerry Wallace



dickey-doo-oo-oo-oo) (dickey-doo-oo-oo-oo)
(dickey-doo-oo-oo) (locka-day-ay)

How the time flies
When I'm near you
When I'm near you
How the time flies

Seems like heaven
When I'm near you
When I'm near you
How the time flies

Wonder why when we're alone
The hours always pass so fast
A kiss or two and then you're gone
Gee, the time just doesn't last

If the night would never pass
And the sun would never rise
Not one moment would we waste
But, darling, how the time, it flies

How the time flies
When I'm near you
When I'm near you
How the ti-i-i-ime flies

(dickey-doo-oo-oo-oo) (dickey-doo-oo-oo-oo)
(dickey-doo-oo-oo) (locka-day-ay)

How the time flies
When I'm near you
When I'm near you
How the ti-i-i-ime flies

(How the ti-ime flies)

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A New England


A New England
Composer(s): Billy Bragg
First release by: Billy Bragg - 1983
Covered by multiple other artists



I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long
People ask me when will I grow up to understand
Why the girls I knew at school are already pushing prams

I loved you then as I love you still
Though I put you on a pedestal, you put me on the pill
I don't feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad about letting you know

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new england
Are you looking for another girl

I loved the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can't survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend

I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them, but they were only satellites
It's wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new england
Are you looking for another girl

My dreams were full of strange ideas
My mind was set despite the fears
But other things got in the way
I never asked that boy to stay

Once upon a time at home
I sat beside the telephone
Waiting for someone to pull me through
When at last it didn't ring, I knew it wasn't you

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new england
Are you looking for another girl

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How Sweet You Are


How Sweet You Are
Composer(s): Frank Loesser; Arthur Schwartz
Performer(s): Geraldo & His Orch.;
and various other artists



How sweet you are
How sweet you are
How dear your tenderly smiling face
Through days all bitter and gray and grim
Through nights when even the stars are dim
How sweet to know my heart can glow
From just the warmth of our first embrace
The world’s a lovelier place by far
When I remember how sweet you are

How sweet to know my heart can glow
From just the warmth of our first embrace
The world’s a lovelier place by far
When I remember how sweet you are
When I remember how sweet you are

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