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All My Trials (Nick Drake)


All My Trials
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Nick Drake



I had a little book
Was given to me
And every page
Spoke of liberty

All my trials
Will soon be over

There is a tree
In paradise
The pilgrims call it
The tree of life

All my trials
Will soon be over

But it's too late, my friend
Too late
But never mind

All my trials
Will soon be over

If religion were a thing
That money could buy
Then the rich would live
And the poor would die

All my trials
Will soon be over

All my trials
Will soon be over

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All My Trials (Harry Belafonte)


All My Trials
((French & German Versions: La Fin Du Voyage (by Nana Mouskouri); Am Ziel Meiner Reise (by Nana Mouskouri)
Composer(s): Rita Green - Anita Carter
Performer(s): Harry Belafonte
and multiple other artists



Hush little baby, don't you cry
You know your mama was born to die
All my trials, Lord, soon be over

Too late, my brothers
Too late, but never mind
All my trials, Lord, soon be over

If religion were a thing that money could buy
The rich would live and the poor would die
All my trials, Lord, soon be over

I've got a little book that was given to me
And every page spells liberty
All my trials, Lord, soon be over

There is a tree in Paradise
And the pilgrims call it the Tree of Life
All my trials, Lord, soon be over

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Why Don't They Understand


Why Don't They Understand
Composer(s): Jack Fishman; Joe Henderson
Performer(s): George Hamilton IV;
and various other artists



Why, why don't they understand
Why lead us by the hand
Why don't they understand

Why, why do they smile and say
Love can't be ours today
Why don't they understand

Can it be wrong
Caring for you the way I do
It can't be wrong
Sharing with you
The warmth of love
Of loving, belonging

And so we'll wander hand in hand
Into love's wonderland
Then they will understand

It can't be wrong
Sharing with you
The warmth of love
Of loving, belonging

And so we'll wander hand in hand
Into love's wonderland
Then they will understand
Then they will understand
Then they will understand

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Am Ziel Meiner Reise


Am Ziel Meiner Reise
((English & French Versions: All My Trials (by Harry Belafonte); La Fin Du Voyage (by Nana Mouskouri))
Composer(s): Rita Green - Anita Carter - M. Künze
Performer(s): Nana Mouskouri



Bald bin ich am Ziel meiner Reise

Der Fluss des Vergessens ist tief und weit
Befreit die Seele vom Staub der Zeit

Bald bin ich am Ziel meiner Reise

Die Straße des Lebens führt steil bergauf
Doch wenn ich fall, steh ich wieder auf

Bald bin ich am Ziel meiner Reise

Zu spät zur Umkehr
Zu spät, doch was auch kommt

Bald bin ich am Ziel meiner Reise

Und wenn auch manchmal die Angst erwacht
Der Stern der Hoffnung führt mich durch die Nacht

Bald bin ich am Ziel meiner Reise

Die Quelle der Wahrheit ist klar und kalt
Und wer trinkt aus ihr, wird niemals alt

Bald bin ich am Ziel meiner Reise

Bald bin ich am Ziel meiner Reise

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Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love


Why Don't They Let Us Fall In Love
Composer(s): Jeff Barry; Ellie Greenwich; Phil Spector
Performer(s): The Ronettes;
Sonny & Cher; Veronica



Why do they say that we're too young to go steady?
Don't they believe it, that I love you already?
Gee the moon is shining bright
Wish I could go out tonight
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Why do they always try to keep us apart?
Why do they laugh at what I feel in my heart?
Gee the stars are shining bright
I wish that I could hold you tight
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, why?

Gee the stars are shining bright
I wish that I could hold you tight
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Why don't they let us fall in love?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, why?
Yeah yeah, why?
Oh oh oh oh, why?
Oh oh, why?
Yeah yeah yeah yeah, why?

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La Fin Du Voyage (Nana Mouskouri)


La Fin Du Voyage
((English & German Versions: All My Trials (by Harry Belafonte); Am Ziel Meiner Reise (by Nana Mouskouri))
Composer(s): Rita Green - Anita Carter - Pierre Delanoë - Claude Lemesle
Performer(s): Nana Mouskouri



Qu'elle est loin la fin du voyage

La glace de l'hiver a beau me mordre le corps
Je me garde mon âme intacte encore

Qu'elle est loin la fin du voyage

J'ai trois pages à ma Bible: Amour et Vérité
Et la troisième est Liberté

Qu'elle est loin la fin du voyage

Le jour devient noir
Mais j'ai toujours l'espoir

Qu'elle est loin la fin du voyage

Si la vie pouvait être achetée par l'argent
Les pauvres seraient morts et les riches vivants

Qu'elle est loin la fin du voyage

Je vais planter un arbre au paradis
Il va devenir l'arbre de vie

Qu'elle est loin la fin du voyage

Qu'elle est loin la fin du voyage

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Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?


Why Does Love Got To Be So Sad?
Composer(s): Eric Clapton; Bobby Whitlock
Performer(s): Derek & The Dominos;
and various other artists



Got to find me a way
To take me back to yesterday
How can I ever hope to forget you?

Won't you show me a place
Where I can hide my lonely face?
I know you're going to break my heart if I let you

Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?
Why does love got to be so sad?

Like a moth to a flame
Like a song without a name
I've never been the same since I met you

Like a bird on the wing
I've got a brand new song to sing
I can't keep from singing about you

Chorus

I'm beginning to see
What a fool you've made of me
I might have to break the law when I find you

Stop running away
I've got a better game to play
You know I can't go on living without you

Chorus

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La Fin Du Voyage (Johnny Hallyday)


La Fin Du Voyage
Composer(s): P. Billon - Jean-Marie Renard
Performer(s): Johnny Hallyday



Alors c'est là fin du voyage
On coupe le son et l'image
Comprenez
Sans amour pas drôle d'être beau

Alors vous allez me jugez
Me mettre en cendre et puis souffler
Comprenez
Sans amour rien ne sert à rien

Tout était parfait
Toi tu as tout gâché
C'était si beau
C'était si bien

Dans mon cœur d'acier
J'ai mille ans d'amitié
Et des regards qui m'ont brûlé

Alors c'est bien la fin du jeu
Je voulais seulement finir très vieux
Comprenez
Près du femme que j'aurais aimé

Vivre un amour vivre une enfance
C'est tout ce que j'ai comme défense
Comprenez
Même un roi n' peut pas vivre sans ça

Tout était parfait
Toi tu as tout gâché
C'était si beau
C'était si bien

Dans mon cœur d'acier
J'ai des combats mêlés
Des cris de guerres, des villes brûlées
Des cimetières

Tout était parfait
Toi tu as tout gâché
C'était si beau
C'était si bien

Dans mon cœur d'acier
J'ai mille ans d'amour liés
À des visages, à des images
De corps pliés

Tuer mon cœur d'acier
Ne pourra rien changer
Car j'ai aimé comme tous les hommes
Et ça personne ne pourra m' l'arracher

Dans mon cœur d'acier
J'ai mille ans d'amitié
Oui j'ai aimé comme tous les hommes
Et ça personne ne pourra m' l'arracher

Dans mon cœur d'acier
J'ai mille ans d'amitié
Oui j'ai aimé comme tous les hommes
Et ça personne ne pourra m' l'arracher

Dans mon cœur d'acier
J'ai mille ans d'amitié
Oui j'ai aimé comme tous les hommes
Et ça personne, non, ne pourra m' l'arracher

Tout était parfait
Toi tu as tout gâché
C'était si beau
C'était si bien...

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Why Do I Love You?


Why Do I Love You?
Composer(s): Jerome Kern; Oscar Hammerstein II
Performer(s): Edith Day;
and various other artists



I'm walking on the air, dear
For life is fair, dear, to lovers
I'm in the seventh heaven
(There's more than seven, my heart discovers)
In this sweet, improbable and unreal world
Finding you has given me my ideal world

Chorus:
Why do I love you? Why do you love me?
Why should there be two happy as we?
Can you see the why or wherefor
I should be the one you care for?

You're a lucky boy, I am lucky too
All our dreams of joy seem to come true
Maybe that's because you love me
Maybe that's why I love you!

Chorus

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All My Tomorrows


All My Tomorrows
Composer(s): James Van Heusen - Sammy Cahn
First performance: Frank Sinatra - 1959
Covered by multiple other artists



Today I may not have a thing at all
Except for just a dream or two
But I've got lots of plans for tomorrow
And all my tomorrows belong to you

Right now it might not seem like Spring at all
We're drifting and the laughs are few
But I've got rainbows planned for tomorrow
And all my tomorrows belong to you

No-one knows better than I
That luck keeps passing me by
That's fate!
But with you there by my side
I'll soon be turning that tide
Just wait!

As long as I've got arms that cling at all
It's you that I'll be clinging to
And all the dreams I dream, be or borrow
On some bright tomorrow
They'll all come true
And all my bright tomorrows belong to you

As long as I've got arms that cling at all
It's you that I'll be clinging to
And all the dreams I dream, be or borrow
On some bright tomorrow
They'll all come true
And all my bright tomorrows belong to you

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I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In An Onion Patch)


I'm A Lonely Little Petunia (In An Onion Patch)
Composer(s): Maurie Hartmann; Billy Faber; Johnny Kamono



Of all the saddest words
That I have ever heard
The saddest is the story
Told me by a bird

He had spent about and hour
A Chatting with a flower
and here ís the tale the flower told

Ooooh, I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
an onion patch, an onion patch

I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
and all I do is cry all day
Boo hoo, boo hoo

The air ís so strong it takes my breath away
feee---you
I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
oh won't you come and play with me

Who put me in this bed?
I'll bet his face is red
I call him down with every teardrop that I shed

If I only had him here
I'd take him by the ear
And make him share my misery

Ooooh, I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
an onion patch, an onion patch

I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
and all I do is cry all day
Boo hoo, boo hoo

The air ís so strong it takes my breath away
feee---you
I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
oh won't you come and play with me

My nerves begin to crack
Each time I see a track
Made by a kitty with a
stripe right down his back

If he ever stopped by me
I think I'd rather be
A dead petunia, wouldn't you?

Ooooh he ís a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
an onion patch, an onion patch
He ís a lonely little petunia in an onion patch

And all he does is cry all day
Boo hoo, boo hoo

The air ís so strong it takes my breath away

Feee-you!

I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch
oh won't you come and play with me

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All My Sorrows


All My Sorrows
((Italian Version: Il Mio Dolore (by I Delfini))
Composer(s): Dave Guard - Bob Shane - Nick Reynolds
First release by: Glenn Yarbrough - 1957
Covered by multiple other artists



Only one thing that troubles my mind
My love is gone, left me behind
All my sorrows soon forgotten

Only one thing that money can't buy
True love that will never die
All my sorrows soon forgotten

But it's too late my love
Too late, but never mind

Only one thing that troubles my mind
My love is gone left me behind
All my sorrows soon forgotten

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Why Do Fools Fall In Love?


Why Do Fools Fall In Love?
Composer(s): Morris Levy; Jimmy Merchant;
Herman Santiago; Frankie Lymon
Performer(s): Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers;
and various other artists



Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah, ooh-wah
Ooh-wah, ooh-wah, why do fools fall in love

Why do birds sing so gay, and lovers await the break of day
Why do they fall in love
Why does the rain fall from up above
Why do fools fall in love, why do they fall in love

Love is a losing game, love can be a shame
I know of a fool you see, for that fool is me
Tell my why, tell me why

Why do birds sing so gay, and lovers await the break of day
Why do they fall in love
Why does the rain fall from up above
Why do fools fall in love, why do they fall in love

Why does my heart skip a crazy beat
For I know I will reach defeat
Tell me why, tell my why

Why does my heart skip a crazy beat
For I know it will reach defeat
Tell me why, tell me why

Why do birds sing so gay, and lovers await the break of day
Why do they fall in love

Why do they fall in love
Why...do fools...fall in love

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Reindeer On My Roof


Reindeer On My Roof
Composer(s): Tom Paxton
Performer(s): Tom Paxton



I can't sleep when I'm straining to hear the reindeer on my roof
All night long I'm wide awake to hear, reindeer on my roof
What was that that? The wind? What was that? A bird?
I can't sleep 'cos I want to hear Santa Claus
I've just got to keep my eyes open

Last year I fell asleep and I never heard reindeer on my roof
Dasher and Dancer, Comet & Blitzen, reindeer on my roof
Last year as you came down the chimney
Daddy said there was proof
Proof that Santa Claus came, and there were reindeer on the roof

I'm in bed and in my head I'm turning upside down
I'm awake you see and must be the chumpiest git in town
I can hear people murmering through my bedroom door
Footsteps passing, someone laughing
What are they whispering for?

Last year Santa Claus ate all the cookies, left just a couple of crumbs
Sister asleep, I won't wake her when the magic moment comes
When our house is quiet, on the longest night of the year
I'll be be the only one waken up
And I know what I'll hear

I can't sleep when I'm straining to hear the reindeer on my roof
All night long I'm wide awake to hear reindeer on my roof
What was that that the wind? What was that? a bird?
I can't sleep 'cos I want to hear Santa Claus
I've just got to keep my eyes open

Last year I fell asleep and I never heard reindeer on my roof
Dasher and Dancer Comet & Blitzen, reindeer on my roof
Last year as you came down the chimney
Daddy said there was proof
Proof that Santa Claus came, and there were reindeer on the roof

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Why Did I Choose You?


Why Did I Choose You?
Composer(s): M. Leonard; H. Martin
Performer(s): Barbra Streisand



Why did I choose you?
What did I see in you?
I saw the heart you hide so well
I saw a quiet man, who had a gentle way
a way that caught me in its glowing spell

Why did I want you?
What could you offer me ?
A love to last a life-time through?
And when I lost my heart so many years ago
I lost it lovingly and willingly to you

If I had to choose again, I would still choose you

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All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight


All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight
Composer(s): Hank Williams Jr.
Performer(s): Hank Williams Jr.; Highliners; Trick Pony



I got ketchup on my blue jeans, I just burnt my hand
Lord, its hard to be a bachelor man
I got girls that can cook, I got girls that can clean
I got girls that can do anything in between
I got to get ready, make everything right
'Cause all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight

Do you want a drink
Hey do you want to party
Hey honey this is ole Hank
Ready to get the thing started
We cooked the pig in the ground, got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight

Now my party pad is out in the woods
It's a long, long way from here to Hollywood
But I got some natural queens out on the floor
And ole Miss Mississippi just walked through the door
Got a little whirlpool just made for ten
And you can jump out and you can jump in
You can do anything that you want to do
But uh uhh, don't you step on my cowboy boots

Do you want to drink
Hey do you want to party
Hey this is ole Hank
Ready to get your summer started
I cooked a pig in the ground, we got some beer on ice
And all my rowdy friends are coming over tonight

Do you want to drink
Hey do you want to party
Hey hey this is rock'n Randall Hank
Ready to get the summer time started
We cooked the pig in the ground, we got some beer on ice
All my rowdy friends are coming over tonight
That's right
Come on in!

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Why Can't You Bring Me Home


Why Can't You Bring Me Home
Composer(s): Wes Farrell; Joel Hirschhorn; Al Kasha
Performer(s): Jay & The Americans



Why do we always meet on the edge of town?
Why do we have to wait till the sun goes down?
Where do you live and why don't you even give me a place to go?

Chorus:
Come on baby, why can't you bring me
Baby baby, why can't you bring me
Come on baby, why can't you bring me home?

Baby baby, why can't you bring me home?

I'll ask around but nobody knows for sure
But they agree that your folks are mighty rude
Are you ashamed of the way you were raised
And that's why it stays unknown?

(chorus)

You may not wear such pretty clothes
But when you're in my arms, you love like a rose

What do I care if I see a broken chair?
Why do I need the best kind of silverware?
All that I need to make me complete is your tender love alone

(chorus)

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All My Money Back


All My Money Back
Performer(s): The Blues Brothers



You kiss me and you hug me
And feild me for a drink
You took all my money before I can do anything
You're using me
I said you're using me
If you don't do something about that
I want all my money back

I bought you a new car
Buyin' pretty clothes
I said right now ya
Don't I know
You're using me
You're using me
If you don't do something about that
I want all my money back

You took all my money
You left me flat broke
You didn't leave me enough money
To buy a half a good coat
You're using me
If you don't do something about that
I want all my money back

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Why Can't You Behave?


Why Can't You Behave?
Composer(s): Cole Porter
Performer(s): Dinah Washington;
and various other artists



Why can't you behave?
Oh, why can't you behave?
After all the things you told me
And the promises that you gave
Oh, why can't you behave?

(Chorus)
Why, why, why can't you be good?

(Dinah)
I was faithful and true but what good will it do

(Chorus)
And do, do just as you should?

(Dinah)
Yes you had the right touch but I was askin' too much
Won't you turn that new leaf over
So your baby can be your slave?
Oh, why can't you behave?

There's a farm I know near my old home town
Where we two can go and try settling down
There I'll care for you forever
'Cause you're all in this world I crave
Oh, why can't you behave?
Why can't you behave?

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