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They Didn't Believe Me


They Didn't Believe Me
Composer(s): Herbert Reynolds - Jerome Kern
First performance by: Julia Sanderson and Donald Brian - 1914
Covered by multiple other artists



(he)
Got the cutest little way
Like to watch you all the day
And it certainly seems fine
Just to think that you'll be mine
When I see your pretty smile
Makes the living worth the while
So I've got to run around
Telling people what I've found

Refrain

(Boy)
And when I told them how beautiful you are
They didn't believe me
They didn't believe me!
Your lips, your eyes, your cheeks, your hair
Are in a class beyond compare
You're the loviest girl that one could see!
And when I tell them
And I cert'nly am goin' to tell them
That I'm the man whose wife one day you'll be
They'll never believe me
They'll never believe me
That from this great big world you've chosen me!

(she)
Don't know how it happened quite
May have been the summer night
May have been, well, who can say
Things just happen any way
All I know is I said "yes!"
Hesitating more or less
And you kissed me where I stood
Just like any fellow would

Refrain

(Girl)
And when I told them how wonderful you are
They didn't believe me
They didn't believe me!
Your lips, your eyes, your curly hair
Are in a class beyond compare
You're the lovliest thing that one could see!
And when I tell them
And I cert'nly am goin' to tell them
That I'm the girl whose boy one day you'll be
They'll never believe me
They'll never believe me
That from this great big world you've chosen me!

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Couleurs Vous Êtes Des Larmes


Couleurs Vous Êtes Des Larmes
Composer(s): Guy Béart
Performer(s): Guy Béart



Dors mon enfant c'est déjà l'heure
Ça ne sert à rien que tu pleures
Dans tes yeux couleur d'arc-en-ciel
Il y a des larmes de sel
Couleurs vous êtes des larmes
Couleurs vous êtes des pleurs

Elle est en couleur mon histoire
Il était blanc elle était noire
La foule est grise grise alors
Il y aura peut-être un mort
Couleurs vous êtes des larmes
Couleurs vous êtes des pleurs

Il lui a donné des cerises
Et noire sa main les a prises
Et rouge sa bouche a mordu
Il y a demain un pendu
Couleurs vous êtes des larmes
Couleurs vous êtes des pleurs

Voici des fleurs toutes bien faites
De la rose à la violette
Le bouquet qu'il lui a offert
Etait bleu rouge jaune et vert
Couleurs vous êtes des larmes
Couleurs vous êtes des pleurs

Ils ont couru jusqu'au rivage
Ils riaient de tout leur visage
Ils se sont baignés dans la mer
Il y aura des revolvers

La mer est bleue pour tout le monde
Pour les peaux brunes et les peaux blondes
Quand l'homme s'y baigne en passant
Il y a des gouttes de sang
Couleurs vous êtes des larmes
Couleurs vous êtes des pleurs

Ce sang qui coule jusqu'à terre
Mon enfant ferme tes paupières
Pourvu que tu ne saches rien
Ce sang qui coule c'est le tien
Couleurs vous êtes des larmes
Couleurs vous êtes des pleurs

Les larmes sont partout pareilles
Sèche tes yeux qui s'ensommeillent
Dors mon enfant ne pleure pas
Tu ne sais pas encore pourquoi
Couleurs vous êtes des larmes
Couleurs vous êtes des pleurs


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J'Ai Appris Alors


J'Ai Appris Alors
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour



Je n'ai jamais connu mon père
On dit que ma mère non plus
Aussi j'ai grandi sans manière
Sans que personne ne m'ait reconnu
Enfant je fauchais aux étalages
Ce que ma mère ne pouvait m'acheter
Il faut bien manger à tout âge
J'ai appris alors à tricher

A quinze ans au marché au puces
J'ai reçu un grand choc au coeur
Une fille qu'avait seize ans au plus
Et balancée comme le bonheur
Je la guettais au coin de la rue
Rien que pour la regarder passer
Elle avait une mine ingénue
J'ai appris alors à rêver

Un jour fatigué de la suivre
Je lui ai parlé simplement
En ce cas-là ce qui arrive
Est arrivé évidemment
On s'est fait des milliers de promesses
Se jurant de toujours s'aimer
Et quand j'ai cueilli sa jeunesse
J'ai appris alors à chanter

Mais elle est partie sans rien dire
Un matin je ne sais pourquoi
Je suis resté là à sourire
Dieu que l'on est bête parfois
Jour après jour, heure après heure
J'ai appris ce qu'était pleurer
Et comme son souvenir demeure
Faut que j'apprenne à oublier

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Don't You Know It


Don't You Know It
Composer(s): Les Vandyke
Performer(s): Adam Faith



I know that love is blind
Don't you know it
Don't you know it

And I know that love's unkind
Don't you know it
Don't you know it

And love can break your heart
Like a windowpane
If you don't want to know
Well, it's about time you did

I know that love's a power
Don't you know it
Don't you know it

Your love's like a poison flower
Don't you know it
Don't you know it

One kiss upon your deadly lips
And I feel the pain
If you don't want to know
Well, it's about time you did

One day your lesson will be learned
And you won't hurt me no more
Wait till you hear me laughin'
You'll know the score

You'll know that love is cruel
Well, don't you know it
Don't you know it

And you'll know you've been a fool
Well, don't you know it
Don't you know it

One look and you'll see me
Standing here all alone
Then if you wanna know
It'll be about time you did

Don't you know it
Don't you know it

Don't you...

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Couleur Menthe À L'eau


Couleur Menthe À L'eau
Composer(s): Eddy Mitchell; Pierre Papadiamandis
Performer(s): Eddy Mitchell



Elle était maquillée
Comme une star de ciné
Accoudée au Juke box
la la la la
Elle revait qu'elle posait
Juste pour un bout d'essai
À la century fox
la la la la
Elle semblait bien dans sa peau
Ses yeux couleur menthe à l'eau
Cherchaient du regard un spot
Le dieu projecteur
Et moi je n'en pouvais plus
Bien sur elle ne m'a pas vu
Perdue dans sa megalo
Moi j'etais de trop

Elle marchait comme un chat
Qui méprise sa proie
Ou frolant le flipper
La chanson qui couvrait
Tous les mots qu'elle mimait
Semblait briser son cœur
Elle en faisait un peu trop
La fille yeux aux couleur menthe à l'eau
Holywood est dans sa tête
Tout'seule elle répéte
Son entrée dans un studio
Décor couleur menthe à l'eau
Perdue dans sa megalo
Moi je suis de trop

Mais un type est entré
Et le charme est tombé
Arretant le flipper
Ses yeux noirs ont lancé
De l'agressivité
Sur le pauvre juke box
La fille aux yeux couleur menthe à l'eau
A rangé sa megalo
Et s'est soumise aux yeux noirs
Couleur de trottoir
Et moi je n'en pouvais plus
Elle n'en a jamais rien su
Ma plus jolie des mythos
Couleur menthe à l'eau


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Jah Jah Hear My Plea


Jah Jah Hear My Plea
Composer(s): Euvin Spencer
Performer(s): Don Carlos



Ooh ooh ooh
I know, I know
Ooh ooh
My heart is filled with grief when I remember
Ooh ooh
How they've taken our poor parents from their homeland
Oh yes
Shipped to every corner of this earth
Boy
Bound in chatters (?) and chains, like they're beasts
Yes

The (?) stands with many strikes by the master
Boy
If they should ever not do just what they're told
Jah jah
It really grieves my heart to see
It's pure brutality
Ah, oh yes

Ooh, ooh
When ever I recall my history
It breaks my heart to see
How they've treated our poor parents in the days of slavery
Ah ooh
Ah ooh

Slavery and brutality, that's all they give me
Ooh
That's all they give me
Jah, I know
Ooh, I know

My heart is filled with grief when I remember
Ooh ooh
How they've taken our poor parents from their homeland
Jah jah
Shipped to every corner of this earth
Ooh ooh
Bound in chatters (?) and chains, like they're beasts
Jah

The (?) stands with many strikes by the master
Ooh ooh
If they should ever not do just what they're told
Jah jah
It really grieves my heart to see
It's pure brutality
Ah ooh
Jah jah

My heart is filled with grief when I remember
Jah jah
How they've taken our poor parents from their homeland
Boys
Shipped to every corner of this earth
Bound in chatters (?) and chains like they're beasts

I know, I know, I know
I know, I know, I know
Ooh ooh
Jah jah

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They Can't Take That Away From Me


They Can't Take That Away From Me
((Dutch Version: Dat Nemen Ze Me Nooit Meer Af (Robert Long) - 1997))
Composer(s): George Gershwin - Ira Gershwin
First performance by: Fred Astaire - 1937
Covered by multiple other artists



Our romance won't end on a sorrowful note
Though by tomorrow you're gone
The song is ended, but as the songwriter wrote
The melody lingers on
They may take you from me, I'll miss your fond caress
But though they take you from me, I'll still possess

The way you wear your hat
The way your sip your tea
The memory of all that
No, no, they can't take that away from me

The way your smile just beams
The way you sing off key
The way you haunt my dreams
No, no, they can't take that away from me

We may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no, they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away from me

W e may never, never meet again
On the bumpy road to love
Still, I'll always, always keep the memory of

The way you hold your knife
The way we danced till three
The way you changed my life
No, no, they can't take that away from me
No, they can't take that away from me
Can't take that away
Can't take that away from me

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Couleur Café


Couleur Café
Composer(s): Serge Gainsbourg
First release by: Serge Gainsbourg - 1964
Covered by multiple other artists



J'aime ta couleur café
Tes cheveux café
Ta gorge café
J'aime quand pourmoi tu danses
Alors j'entends murmurer
Tous tes bracelets
Jolis bracelets
A tes pieds ils se balancent

Couleur café
Que j'aime ta couleur café

C'est quand même fou l'effet
L'effet que ça fait
De te voir rouler
Ainsi des yeux et des hanches
Si tu fais comme le café
Rien qu'à m'énerver
Rien qu'à m'exciter
Ce soir la nuit sera blanche

Couleur café
Que j'aime ta couleur café

L'amour sans philosopher
C'est comme le café
Très vite passé
Mais que veux-tu que j'y fasse
On en a marre de café
Et c'est terminé
Pour tout oublier
On attend que ça se tasse

Couleur café
Que j'aime ta couleur café


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Jag Vill Vara Din Margareta


Jag Vill Vara Din Margareta
Composer(s): J.E. Karlzon
Performer(s): Sten & Stanley



Ingen vet, det jag vet, en hemlighet
Någon som jag tycker om har gjort mig het
Kan jag hjälpa att jag känner det så här?

Och den blick som jag fick, den sa mig allt
Det jag vill, kan jag nog få, tusenfalt
Å, nu börjar jag förstå att jag är kär

Ref.
Jag vill vara din, Margareta
Bara vara din, ska Du veta
Stå där vid din dörr, kär som aldrig förr
Men vågar inte ringa
Pulsarna dom bränner så heta
känner Du som jag, Margareta
Blickarna Du gav, gav Du dom som svar eller ej?

Och jag går hem igen med din bukett
Det jag vill säga dig är inte lätt
Kan inte hjälpa att jag känner det så här

Ref.
Jag vill vara din Margareta...

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They Can’t Black Out The Moon


They Can’t Black Out The Moon
Performer(s): Harry Roy & Helen Clare



When we go strolling in the park at night
All the darkness is a boon
Who cares if we’re without a light
They can’t black out the moon

I see you smiling in the cigarette glow
Though the picture fades too soon
But I see all I want to know
They can’t black out the moon

We don’t grumble, we don’t worry about a lot
Oh, when will you stumble, you stumble into my arms
And when you kiss me, don’t you realise
That my heart’s like a big balloon
And like the lovelight in your eyes
They can’t black out the moon

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Couldn't Stand The Weather


Couldn't Stand The Weather
Composer(s): Stevie Ray Vaughan
Performer(s): Stevie Ray Vaughan



Runnin' through this business of life
Rarely time if I'm needed to
Ain't so funny when things ain't feelin' right
Then daddy's hand helps to see me through
Sweet as sugar, love won't wash away
Rain or shine, it's always here to stay
All these years you and I've spent together
All this, we just couldn't stand the weather

Like a train that stops at every station
We all deal with trials and tribulations
Fear hangs the fellow that ties up his years
Entangled in yellow and cries all his tears
Changes come before we can grow
Learn to see them before we're too old
Don't just take me for tryin' to be heavy
Understand, it's time to get ready for the storm

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Jag Vill Att Du Skall Bli Lycklig


Jag Vill Att Du Skall Bli Lycklig
English Title: I Want You To Be Happy
Composer(s): Agnetha Fältskog
Performer(s): Agnetha Fältskog



Sommarkväll, junikväll
Himlens stjärnor lyser
Alla mänskor sover
Stan har gått till ro
Här står vi, du och jag
Men mitt hjärta fryser
Du har mött en annan
Du ska lämna mej

Jag vill att du ska bli lycklig
Jag hoppas att hon älskar dej som jag gör
Vår tid tillsammans blev för kort
Men tiden står nu aldrig still
Jag vill att du ska bli lycklig
Och hoppas hon kan ge dej det du saknat
Vårt liv blev inte som vi tänkt
Min kärlek räckte inte till

Jag står här nära dej
Förstår du hur jag känner?
Klockan är visst mycket
Stan är all för tyst
Sommarkväll, junikväll
Mina ögon bränner
Snart ska du försvinna
Bort ifrån mitt liv

Men tiden står nu aldrig still
Jag vill att du ska bli lycklig
Och hoppas hon kan ge dej det du saknat
Vårt liv blev inte som vi tänkt
Min kärlek räckte inte till

Jag står här nära dej
Förstår du hur jag känner?
Klockan är visst mycket
Stan är all för tyst
Sommarkväll, junikväll

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They Called It The Dixie Blues


They Called It The Dixie Blues
Composer(s): Jack Strouse



Ragtime Joe with his old banjo
Wanted to compose
Sent for Sloan and his saxophone
Said "listen to me, Mose
We'll write a song about the South
And before we're through
We'll steal those Southern melodies like all the composers do"
And it wasn't very long before they had a Southern song

Ragtime Joe said now listen, Moe
Let's sail o'er the sea
We'll look 'round and we may jot down a foreign melody"
They went to Belgium, England, France, searched to beat the band
They couldn't find tunes that compared
With those down in Dixieland
Then they said "I guess we'll stop, there's nothing here for us to cop"

They took a little bit of Old Black Joe
to start off their refrain
kept strummin', kept strummin'
that old familiar strain
and they took a little bit of Swanee River
and looked around until they found Massa's in the cold, cold ground
and then they took four bars of My Old Kentucky Home
Those Southern tunes they tried hard to confuse
they couldn't lose
away down South in the land of cotton
there was nothing they'd forgotten
When it was done and rolled into
one they called it the Dixie Blues

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Couldn't Get It Right


Couldn't Get It Right
Composer(s): Colin F.R. Cooper; John William Cuffley; Peter John Haycock; Derek John Holt; Frederick J. Jones
First release by: Climax Blues Band - 1976



Time was drifting, this rock had got to roll
So I hit the road and made my getaway
Restless feeling, really got a hold
I started searching for a better way

But I kept on looking for a sign
In the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light
No I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way
To take me through the night
I couldn't get it right
I couldn't get it right

L.A. fever made me feel alright
But I must admit it got the best of me
Getting down, so deep
I could have drowned
Now, I can't get back the way I used to be

But I kept on looking for a sign
In the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light
No I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way
To take me through the night
I couldn't get it right
I couldn't get it right

New York City took me with the tide
And I nearly died from hospitality
Left me stranded, took away my pride
Just another no account fatality

But I kept on looking for a sign
In the middle of the night
But I couldn't see the light
No I couldn't see the light
I kept on looking for a way
To take me through the night
I couldn't get it right
I couldn't get it right


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Jag Var Sa Kär


Jag Var Sa Kär
Composer(s): Agnetha Fältskog
Performer(s): Agnetha Fältskog



Säg, kan du förlåta
Mina hårda ord när jag gick?
Det jag sa kunde låta
Som om du aldrig tillbaka mig fick
Jag trodde jag var kär
I den vännen som jag svek dig för

Men nu först förstår jag
Att det var ett misstag av mig
För det är du, bara du
Som framför mig står
Vartän jag går

En gång, för länge sedan
Var jag din och allt var så bra
En gång, var jag lycklig
Det var då jag tillhörde dig
Men nu så går jag ensam
På de platser, de där vi var, vi två

Och nu först förstår jag
Att det var ett misstag av mig
För det är du, bara du
Som framför mig står
Vartän jag går

Ja, nu först förstår jag
Att det var ett misstag av mig
För det är du, bara du
Som framför mig står
Vartän jag går
Vartän jag går

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They Call The Wind Maria


They Call The Wind Maria
Composer(s): Frederick Loewe - Alan Jay Lerner
First performance by: Rufus Smith - 1951
Covered by multiple other artists



Maria
Maria
They call the wind Maria

Away out here they gotta name
For rain and wind and fire
The rain is Tess, the fire's Joe
And they call the wind Maria

Maria blows the stars around
And sends the clouds a-flyin
Maria makes the mountains sound
Like folks were up there dyin'

Maria
Maria
They call the wind Maria

Before I knew Maria's name
I heard her wail and whining
I had a girl and she had me
And the sun was always shining

But then one day I left my girl
I left her far behind me
And now I'm lost, so gol-durned lost
Not even God can find me

Maria
Maria
They call the wind Maria

Out here they gotta name for rain
For wind and fire only
But when you're lost and all alone
There ain't no word but lonely

And I'm a lost and lonely man
Without a star to guide me
Maria, blow my love to me
I need my girl beside me

Maria
Maria
They call the wind Maria

Maria
Maria
Blow my love to me

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Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun?


Could You Please Oblige Us With A Bren Gun?
Composer(s): Noel Coward
Performer(s): Noel Coward



Colonel Montmorency who was in Calcutta in ninety-two
Emerged from his retirement for the War
He wasn't very pleased with all he heard and all he saw
But whatever he felt, he tightened his belt and organised a Corps

Poor Colonel Montmorency thought considering all the wars he'd faught
The Home Guard was his job to do or die
But after days and weeks and years, bravely drying his many tears
He wrote the following letter to the Minister of Supply

Couls you please oblige us with a Bren gun?
Or failing that, a hand grenade will do
We've got some ammunition, in a rather damp condition
And Major Huss has a arquebus that was used at Waterloo

With the Vicar's stirrup pump, a pitchfork and a stave
It's rather hard to guard an aerodrome
So if you can't oblige us with a Bren gun
The Home Guard might as well go home

Could you please oblige us with a Bren gun?
We're getting awfully tired of drawing lots
Today we had a shipment of some curious equipment
And just for a prank, they sent us a tank that ties itself in knots

On Sunday's mock invasion, Captain Clark was heard to say
He hadn't even got a brush and comb
So if you can't oblige us with a Bren gun
The Home Guard might as well go home

Colonel Montmorency planned, in case the enemy tried to land
To drive them back with skill and armoured force
He realised his army should be mechanised, of course
But somewhere inside, experience cried "My Kingdom for a horse"

Poor Colonel Montmorency tried, at infinite cost to time and pride
To tackle his superiors again
Having just one motorbike, fourteen swords and a marlin spike
He wrote the following letter in the following urgent strain

Could you please oblige us with a Bren gun?
We need it very badly, I'm afraid
Our local crossword solver has an excellent revolver
But during a short attack on a fort, the trigger got mislaid

In course of operations planned for Friday afternoon
Our orders are to storm the Hippodrome
So if you can't oblige us with a Bren gun
The Home Guard might as well go home

Could you please oblige us with a Bren gun?
The lack of one is wounding to our pride
Last night we found the cutest, little German parachutist
He looked at our kit and giggled a bit, and laughed until he cried

We'll have to hide that armoured car when marching through Berlin
We'd almost be ashamed of it in Rome
So if you can't oblige us with a Bren gun
The Home Guard might as well go home


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Jag Skall Inte Fälla Nagra Tarar


Jag Skall Inte Fälla Nagra Tarar
English Title: I Won't Shed Any Tears
Composer(s): Agnetha Fältskog
Performer(s): Agnetha Fältskog



Jag skall inte fälla några tårar när du går
Inte heller be dig stanna kvar
Jag ska nog bli kär igen
Det finns så många andra män
Tack ändå för allt som var

Du behöver inte alls bekymra dej för mej
Ensamheten känner jag så väl
Sluta att förklara dej, ja
Snälla du bespara mej
Alla dina dumma skäl

Säkert blir det tomt efter dej
Får nog ganska svårt att vänja mej
Sånt du glömde kvar
Saker som man spar
Dom minner om allt det som var

Kanske gör jag fel som inte visar hur det känns
Jag är säkert stoltare än du
Vill så gärna krama dej
Men det är nåt som hindrar mej
Varför ska jag tveka nu.

Säkert blir det tomt efter dej
Får nog ganska svårt att vänja mej
Sånt du glömde kvar
Saker som man spar
Dom minner om allt det som var

Jag skall inte fälla några tårar när du går
Inte heller be dig stanna kvar
Jag ska nog bli kär igen
Det finns så många andra män
Tack ändå för allt som var

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They Asked About You


They Asked About You
Composer(s): Freddy Weller - Kim Nash - Bill Nash
Performer(s): Reba McEntire



Saturday night
Out on the town
Feeling so sure of myself
Meeting some friends
Sharing some laughs
Not thinking of anything else
Then one of them leaned over my shoulder
And all at once the party was over

They asked about you
And suddenly it all came back to me
Then all the walls around my heart
Came crashing at my feet
When they asked about you
(Oh) They asked about you
I was doing OK
Until they asked about you

How could they know
What it would do
All they did was mention your name
And just like that
The hurting was back
That's when I knew nothing had changed
What a time for old memories to find me
Just when I thought I'd put 'em behind me

They asked about you
And suddenly it all came back to me
Then all the walls around my heart
Came crashing at my feet
When they asked about you
(Oh) They asked about you
I was doing OK
Until they asked about you

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Could You Be Loved


Could You Be Loved
Composer(s): Bob Marley
First release by: Bob Marley - 1980
Covered by multiple other artists



Could you be loved and be loved
Could you be loved and be loved

Don't let them fool you
Or even try to school you, oh! no
We've got a mind of our own
So go to hell if what you're thinking
Is not right
Love would never leave us alone
In the darkness there must come out to light

Could you be loved and be loved
Could you be loved and be loved

The road of life is rocky
And you may stumble too
So while you point your fingers
Someone else is judging you
Love you brotherman

Could you be, could you be, could you be loved
Could you be, could you be loved

Don't let them change you
Or even rearrange you, oh! no
We've got a life to live
They say only, only
Only the fittest of the fittest shall survive
Stay alive

Could you be loved and be loved
Could you be loved and be loved

You ain't gonna miss your water
Until your well runs dry
No matter how you treat him
The man will never be satisfied

Could you be, could you be, could you be loved
Could you be, could you be loved

Say something, say something
Say something
Reggae, reggae
Say something
Rockers, rockers
Say something could you be loved

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