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Night Of The Long Grass


Night Of The Long Grass
Composer(s): Reg Presley
Performer(s): The Troggs



I walk along in dreams, I cannot feel, I cannot see
The only thing I know is that you`re only real to me
I see your hair hang down around your shoulders, and your collar
I lean your head upon a pillow made of leaves and straw
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass

The night was warm, the moon was bright, your perfume filled the air
as I looked down on you, you ran your fingers through my hair
With lips apart, I thought that you were going to call my name
instead the kiss that followed was enough to knock my brain
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass
I'm plainly left with misty dreams, they're in my mind
my life was shattered on that night that you were mine
and now there`s nothing left, except the memory
or is it misery, of how things used to be
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass

I walk along in dreams, I cannot feel, I cannot see
The only thing I know is that you`re only real to me
I see your hair hang down around your shoulders, and your collar
I lean your head upon a pillow made of leaves and straw
Night of the long grass, night of the long grass

Night of the long grass
night of the long grass ... (rep. and fade)

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Island


Island
Performer(s): Eddy Raven



There was a time
There was a place I loved
That was my moment
That's just the way it was
Careless and crazy
Running to God knows where
Now where is that heart?
Where is the one who cares?

I can hear you callin'
Wandering boy come home soon
I hear the music
I see your face in the moon
Who am I foolin'?
There's no need for me to pretend
I might sail forever
And never find that island again

I fight with my memory
Find all the pieces I can
Of a beautiful woman
Who trusted her heart in my hands
Now what kind of sailor
Lets such a dream be lost?
Tonight we'd be sailing
Out under the Southern Cross

I can hear you callin'
Wandering boy come home soon
I hear the music
I see your face in the moon
Who am I foolin'?
There's no need for me to pretend
I might sail forever
And never find that island again

Who am I foolin'?
There's no need for me to pretend
I might sail forever
And never find that island again

I might sail forever
And never find that island again

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Night Of My Nights


Night Of My Nights
Composer(s): George Forrest; Robert C. Wright
Performer(s): Vic Damone;
Percy Faith; Marilyn Maye; David Rendall



Play on the cymbal, the timbal, the lyre
Play with appropriate passion
Fashion songs of delight and delicious desire
For the night of my nights
Come where the so well beloved is waiting
Where the rose and the jasmine mingle
While I tell her the moon is formating
And 'tis sin to be single!
Let peacocks and monkeys in purple adornings
Show her the way to my bridal chamber
Then get you gone 'til the morn of my mornings
After the night of my nights!
'Tis the night of my nights!
'Tis the night of my nights!

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Isis


Isis
Composer(s): Bob Dylan; Jacques Levy
First release by: Bob Dylan - 1976
Covered by multiple other artists



I married Isis on the fifth day of May
But I could not hold on to her very long
So I cut off my hair and I rode straight away
For the wild unknown country where I could not go wrong

I came to a high place of darkness and light
The dividing line ran through the center of town
I hitched up my pony to a post on the right
Went in to a laundry to wash my clothes down

A man in the corner approached me for a match
I knew right away he was not ordinary
He said "Are you looking for something easy to catch?"
I said "I got no money"
He said "That ain't necessary"

We set out that night for the cold in the North
I gave him my blanket he gave me his word
I said "Where are we going ?"
He said "We'd be back by the fourth"
I said "That's the best new that I've ever heard"

I was thinking about turquoise I was thinking about gold
I was thinking about diamonds and the world's biggest necklace
As we rode through the canyons through the devilish cold
I was thinking about Isis how she thought I was so reckless

How she told me that one day we meet up again
And things would be different the next time we wed
If I only could hang on and just be her friend
I still can't remember all the best things she said

We came to the pyramids all embedded in ice
He said "There's a body I'm trying to find
If I carry it out it'll bring a good prize"
It was then that I knew what he had on his mind

The wind it was howling and the snow was outrageous
We chopped through the night and we chopped through the dawn
When he died I was hoping that it wasn't contagious
But I made up my mind that I had to go on.
I broke into the tomb but the casket was empty
There was no jewels no nothing I felt I'd been had
When I saw that my partner was just being friendly
When I took up his offer I must-a been mad

I picked up his body and I dragged him inside
Threw him down in the hole and I put back the cover
I said a quick prayer and I felt satisfied
Then I rode back to find Isis just to tell her I love her

She was there in the meadow where the creek used to rise
Blinded by sleep and in need of a bed
I came in from the East with the sun in my eyes
I cursed her one time then I rode on ahead

She said "Where ya been?"
I said "No place special?"
She said "You look different"
I said "Well I guess"
She said "You been gone"
I said "That's only natural"
She said "You gonna stay?"
I said "If you want me to, Yeah "

Isis oh Isis you mystical child
What drives me to you is what drives me insane
I still can remember the way that you smiled
On the fifth day of May in the drizzling rain

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Night Of Fear


Night Of Fear
Composer(s): Roy Wood
Performer(s): The Move; Carl Wayne



The silent night has turned to a night of fear
With windows howling wind into your ear
You listen to the spirits far behind
These things you hear are too much for your mind

The bell strikes and your spine chills like the grave
The chill that turns your blood from red to grey
You know that with these things you see and hear
The silent night has turned to a night of fear

Image on your bedroom wall
Shadows marching in the hall
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind

The green and purple lights affect your sight
Your mother cannot comfort you tonight
Your brain calls out for help that's never there
The silent night has turned to a night of fear

Image on your bedroom wall
Shadows marching in the hall
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind

The silent night has turned to a night of fear
With windows howling wind into your ear
You listen to the spirits far behind
These things you hear are too much for your mind

Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind
Just about to flip your mind
Just about to trip your mind

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I'se The B'y


I'se The B'y
(Traditional)
Performer(s): Great Big Sea



I'se the b'y that builds the boat
And i'se the b'y that sails her!
I'se the b'y that catches the fish
And brings 'em home to Lizer

Hip yer partner, Sally Tibbo'!
Hip yer partner, Sally Brown!
Fogo, Twillingate, Morton's Harbour
All around the circle!

I don't want your maggoty fish
That's no good winter
I could buy as good as that
Down in Bonavista

I took Lizer to a dance
And faith, but she could travel'
And every step that she did take
Was up to her knees in gravel

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Night Of A Thousand Stars


Night Of A Thousand Stars
Composer(s): Warren Haynes; Robert Hunter; Phil Lesh & Friends
Performer(s): Phil Lesh & Friends



Full moon rising over Alcatraz
Hangin' there like a big topaz
Ruling this night of a thousand stars
With a back seat full of broken guitars
Raised in chains by Jehosaphat's daughter
Served 20 years for walkin' on the water
Just out fishin' for love in the rain
From an easy chair in the passing lane
If I had forgotten, I'd remember well
The fruit and the tree from which it fell
Many long years rollin' homeward bound
Goin' hell-for-leather on this merry go round

Night of a thousand stars
The sound of sweet guitars
On this night - on this night
On this night - on this night
Of a thousand blazing stars

Down in the laundry with my head in my hands
Doin' whatever the Lord commands
Poppin' the hood off of a Ford V-8
Disguised with an out of state license plate
Payin' my taxes in whiskey and blood
Mixed in a barrel floating on the flood
Doing my penance for a life of crime
Singing B minor Masses in double time
Tiger and a lion hanging on the wall
Between the head of a saint and a bocce ball
I've been rebuked and I've been scorned
But I can't ever say that I haven't been warned

Night of a thousand stars
The sound of sweet guitars
On this night - on this night
On this night - on this night
Of a thousand stars

I tried to serve you right - I
Tried to serve you well - it
Looked alright by morning light
In hindsight - who can tell?

If I could recapture one moment of truth
From the firm foundation of a misspent youth
I'd fall like rain on this thirsty earth
A testament of beauty and worth

But if it don't happen because it can't
I hope and pray this wish you grant
From one man's heart to a falling star
We always remember who we are

Remember the night of a thousand stars
When love swam naked in the reservoir
Writing mad sonnets in the midnight park
Leaving tracks of tears for her watermark
Drums of the jungle on the edge of night
Only you could see with your perfect sight
If you don't remember you can be excused
'Cause it could never be reproduced

Night of a thousand stars
The sound of sweet guitars
On this night - on this night
On this night - on this night
On this night - on this night
- on this night
Of a thousand stars

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Isabelle, Prends Mon Chapeau


Isabelle, Prends Mon Chapeau
Composer(s): Jean-Michel Rivat; M. Fanon; Tom Paxton
Performer(s): Joe Dassin



La mer est basse, le ciel est chaud
Y a des cigales dans mon chapeau
Le soleil fait le gros dos
Sur ta peau brune comme du pain chaud

Isabelle, prends mon chapeau
Réveille-toi, mets-y de l'eau
Isabelle me donne à boire
Dans mon chapeau et puis s'en va

Et la vague s'en vient
Et la vague s'en va

Tu as la peau qui sent le thym
Viens, je veux boire entre tes mains
Toi, chaque fois que tu me touches
Moi, ça me met l'eau à la bouche

Isabelle, prends mon chapeau
Réveille-toi, mets-y de l'eau
Isabelle me donne à boire
Entre ses mains et puis s'en va

Et la vague s'en vient
Et la vague s'en va

Viens, maintenant j'ai la gorge fraîche
Viens, couche-toi, la terre est sèche
Et quand ce fut le petit jour
Nous vint la soif après l'amour

Et la vague s'en vient
Et la vague s'en va
(bis)

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Night Nurse


Night Nurse
Composer(s): Gregory Isaacs; Sylvester Weise
Performer(s): Gregory Isaacs;
and various other artists



Tell her try your best jest to make it quick
Whom attend to the sick
'Cause there must be something she can do
This heart is broken in two

Tell her it's a case of emergency
There's a patient by the name of Gregory
Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this Jah thirst
My night nurse, oh gosh
Oh the pain it's getting worse

I don't wanna see no doc
I need attendence from my nurse around the clock
'Cause there's no prescription for me
She's the one, the only remedy
Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this Jah thirst
My night nurse
Oh the pain it's getting worse
I hurt my love
I don't wanna see no doc
I need attendence from my nurse around the clock
'Cause there's no prescription for me
She's the one, the only remedy
Night nurse
Only you alone can quench this Jah thirst
My night nurse
Oh the pain it's getting worse
I hurt my love
And I'm sure
No doctor can cure
Night nurse
Night nurse

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Isabelle (Jacques Brel)


Isabelle
Composer(s): Jacques Brel; François Rauber
Performer(s): Jacques Brel



Quand Isabelle dort plus rien ne bouge
Quand Isabelle dort au berceau de sa joie
Sais-tu qu'elle vole la coquine
Les oasis du Sahara
Les poissons dorés de la Chine
Et les jardins de l'Alhambra
Quand Isabelle dort plus rien ne bouge
Quand Isabelle dort au berceau de sa joie
Elle vole les rêves et les jeux
D'une rose et d'un bouton d'or
Pour se les poser dans les yeux
Belle Isabelle quand elle dort

Quand Isabelle rit plus rien ne bouge
Quand Isabelle rit au berceau de sa joie
Sais-tu qu'elle vole la cruelle
Le rire des cascades sauvages
Qui remplacent les escarcelles
Des rois qui n'ont pas d'équipages
Quand Isabelle rit plus rien ne bouge
Quand Isabelle rit au berceau de sa joie
Elle vole les fenêtres de l'heure
Qui s'ouvrent sur le paradis
Pour se les poser dans le cœur
Belle Isabelle quand elle rit

Quand Isabelle chante plus rien ne bouge
Quand Isabelle chante au berceau de sa joie
Sais-tu qu'elle vole la dentelle
Tissée au cœur de rossignol
Et les baisers que les ombrelles
Empêchent de prendre leur vol
Quand Isabelle chante plus rien ne bouge
Quand Isabelle chante au berceau de sa joie
Elle vole le velours et la soie
Qu'offre la guitare à l'infante
Pour se les poser dans la voix
Belle Isabelle quand elle chante

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Night Moves


Night Moves
Composer(s): Bob Seger
Performer(s): Bob Seger;
and various other artists



I was a little too tall
could've used a few pounds
tight pants points hardly reknown
she was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
and points all her own sitting way up high
way up firm and high

Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy
out in the back seat of my '60 Chevy
workin' on mysteries without any clues
workin' on our night moves
tryin' to make some front page drive-in news
workin' on our night moves
in the summertime
in the sweet summertime

We weren't in love, oh no, far from it
we weren't searchin' for some pie in the sky summit
we were just young and restless and bored
livin' by the sword
and we steal away every chance we could
to the backroom, to the alley or the trusty woods
I used her, she used me
but neither one cared
we were gettin' our share
workin' on our night moves
tryin' to lose the awkward teenage blues
workin' on our night moves
and it was summertime

And oh the wonder
we felt the lightning
and we waited on the thunder
waited on the thunder

I woke last night to the sound of thunder
how far off I sat and wondered
started humming a song from 1962
ain't it funny how the night moves
when you just don't seem to have as much to lose
strange how the night moves
with autumn closing in

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Isabelle (Charles Aznavour)


Isabelle
(Italian Version: Isabella)
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour



Depuis longtemps mon cœur
Etait à la retraite
Et ne pensait jamais
Devoir se réveiller
Mais au son de ta voix
J'ai relevé la tête
Et l'amour m'a repris
Avant que d'y penser

Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle
Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle mon amour

Comme on passe le doigt
Entre l'arbre et l'écorce
L'amour s'est infiltré
S'est glissé sous ma peau
Avec tant d'insistance
Et avec tant de force
Que je n'ai plus depuis
Ni calme ni repos

Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle
Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle mon amour

Les heures près de toi
Fuient comme des secondes
Les journées loin de toi
Ressemblent à des années
Qui donnent à mon amour
Un goût de fin du monde
Elles troublent mon corps
Autant que ma pensée

Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle
Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle mon amour

Tu vis dans la lumière
Et moi dans les coins sombres
Car tu te meurs de vivre
Et je me meurs d'amour
Je me contenterais
De caresser ton ombre
Si tu voulais m'offrir
Ton destin pour toujours

Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle
Isabelle Isabelle Isabelle mon amour

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Night Lights


Night Lights
Composer(s): Sammy Gallop; Chester Conn
Performer(s): Nat "King" Cole;
Gene Ammons; Bobby Scott



Night lights, those blues-in-the-night lights
Are no longer bright lights since I'm without you
Sweet dreams, oh where did they fly to?
You're gone and who can I cry to?

Those night lights remind me of bright eyes
And beautiful white lies too good to be true
As I go on my way with all my heart I pray
That those night lights will lead me to you

Those night lights remind me of bright eyes
And beautiful white lies too good to be true
As I go on my way with all my heart I pray
That those night lights will lead me to you

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Isabella


Isabella
(French Version: Isabelle)
Composer(s): Georges Calabrese; Charles Aznavour
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour



Da tempo ormai avevo il cuore in pace
Che ero convinto che non si svegliasse più
Ma mi risollevai, sentendo la tua voce
Ti amavo prima che ci riflettessi sù
Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle
Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle
Conquistatore che ignora la clemenza
L'amore ha messo già radici in fondo a me
Distrutto le mie idee, presa la mia esistenza
E la calma oramai, che non so più cos'è
Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle
Isabelle, Isabelle
Un'ora accanto a te trascorre in un secondo
Un giorno senza te dura un'eternità
E io vivo così, quasi fuori del tempo
Tra spazi di follia e di lucidità
Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle
No basta, Isabelle, oh, Isabelle
Mon amour
Tu corri nella luce ed io resto nell'ombra
Tu pazza per la vita ed io pazzo di te
E mi accontenterò di amare la tua onbra
Se il tuo destino vuoi dividere con me
Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle
Isabelle, Isabelle, Isabelle, mon amour..

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Night Life


Night Life
Composer(s): Willie Nelson; Walter Breeland; Paul Buskirk
Performer(s): Willie Nelson;
and various other artists



When the evenin' sun goes down
You will find me hangin' 'round
Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life
But it's my life

Many people just like me
Dreamin' of old used-to-be's
Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life
Ah, but it's my life

Listen to the blues that they're playin'
Listen what the blues are sayin'
(Instrumental Break)

Life is just another scene
In this old world of broken dreams
Oh, the night life, it ain't no good life
But it's my life

Oh, the night life ain't no good life
Oh, but it's my life
Yeah, it's my life

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Isaac & Abraham


Isaac & Abraham
Composer(s): Joan Baez; Wally Wilson; Kenny Greenberg
Performer(s): Joan Baez



Hard times, hard times in Canaan land
Trouble in the mind of a man
A voice came whispering softly to him
Go offer, offer up the lamb

Abraham took his only son
High up on a hill
His test of faith had finally come
As the wind, the wind begin to chill

Cold steel, cold steel in the father's hand
Tears falling from the sky
The angels, the angels did not understand
Why the righteous, the righteous boy should die

Then Abraham most mysteriously
Laid down that deadly knife
Said "My darlin' son, I wish I was the one
Who spared you, spared your precious life"

Oh Isaac
The light of all your days
Will shine upon this mountain high
And never, never fade away
And never fade away

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Night In Tunisia


Night In Tunisia
Composer(s): Dizzy Gillespie; Frank Caparelli
Performer(s): Charlie Parker & Miles Davis



The moon is the same moon above you
Aglow with its cool evening light
But shining at night, in Tunisia
Never does it shine so bright

The stars are aglow in the heavens
But only the wise understand
That shining at night in Tunisia
They guide you through the desert sand

Words fail, to tell a tale
Too exotic to be told
Each night's a deeper night
In a world, ages old

The cares of the day seem to vanish
The ending of day brings release
Each wonderful night in Tunisia
Where the nights are filled with peace

(bridge)
(scat)

{Repeat all twice}
(scat)
Each wonderful night in Tunisia

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Isa Lei


Isa Lei
Composer(s): Athol Guy; Keith Potger; Bruce Woodley
Performer(s): The Seekers



Isa Isa vulagi lassa dina
Nomu lako au na rarawa kina
Cava beka ko a mai cakava
Nomu lako au na sega ni lasa

Isa Lei, na noqu rarawa
Ni ko sana vodo e na mataka
Bau nanuma, na nodatou lasa
Mai Suva nanuma tiko ga

Vanua rogo na nomuni vanua
Kena ca ni levu tu na ua
Lomaqu voli me'u bau butuka
Tovolea ke balavu na bula

Isa Lei, na noqu rarawa
Ni ko sana vodo e na mataka
Bau nanuma, na nodatou lasa
Mai Suva nanuma tiko ga

Domoni dina na nomu yanuyanu
Kena kau wale na salusalu
Mocelolo, bua, na kukuwalu
Lagakali, maba na rosi damu

Isa Lei, na noqu rarawa
Ni ko sana vodo e na mataka
Bau nanuma, na nodatou lasa
Mai Suva nanuma tiko ga

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Night In My Veins


Night In My Veins
Composer(s): Chrissie Hynde; Tom Kelly; Billy Steinberg
Performer(s): The Pretenders



I see him standing silhouetted in the lamp light
I cross the street and I quicken my pace
He cups his hands and he lights a cigarette
I find myself in the bones of his face
It's just the night in my veins
Oh, making me crawl in the dust again
It's just the night under my skin, slipping it in
He's got his hands in my hair and his lips everywhere
Oh yeah, it feels good, it's alright
Even if it's just the night in my veins
He's got me up against the back of a pickup truck
Out of sight of the neon and glare
We might as well be on a beach under the moonlight
Love's language reads the same anywhere yeah
It's just the night in my veins
Oh, making me crawl in the dust again
It's just the night under my skin, slipping it in
He's got his chest on my back across a new Cadillac
Oh yeah, it feels good, it's alright
Even if it's just a night in my veins
I've got my head on the curb and I can't produce a word
Oh yeah, feels good, so right
Even if it's just a night in my veins
Feels good, so right
Even if it's just the night in my veins

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Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)


Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
Composer(s): Bill Austin; Louis Jordan
First recording/First release by: Louis Jordan – 1943/1944
Covered by multiple other artists



I got a gal who's always late
Any time we have a date
But I love her
Yes I love her

I'm gonna walk right up to her gate
And see if I can get it straight
‘Cause I want her
I'm gonna ask her

Is you is or is you ain't my baby
Way you're acting lately makes me doubt
Youse is still my baby, baby
Seems my flame in your heart's done gone out

A woman is a creature that has always been strange
Just when you're sure of what you'll find
She's gone and made a change

Is you is or is you ain't my baby
Maybe baby's found somebody new
Or is my baby still my baby true

Is you is or is you ain't my baby
Maybe baby's found somebody new
Or is my baby still my baby true

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