Sam Cooke

There ain't nothing I can do Or nothing I can say Just what I want to anyway And I don't care just what people may say And if I, if I take a notion The jump-off into the ocean Ain't nobody's bizness if I do And if I go to church on sunday Then cabaret all day...

Oh my baby's comin' home tomorrow Ain't that good news? Man ain't that news? Baby's comin' home tomorrow Ain't that news? Man ain't that news? I got a letter just the other day Tellin' me that she was on her way And she want me to meet her at the stat...

I was born by the river in a little tent Oh and just like the river I've been running ever since It's been a long, a long time coming But I know a change gonna come, oh yes it will It's been too hard living but I'm afraid to die Cause I don't know what's up t...

I've got a rocking chair that rocks A rubber ball that rolls I need a whole lot of woman To satisfy my soul It takes a lot woman yeah To satisfy my soul You know a boy needs a girl She needs a ring that's made of gold But I need a whole lot of woman,...

You've got to accentuate the positive eliminate the negative Latch on to the affirmitive But don't mess with mister inbetween You've got to spread joy up to the maximum Bring gloom down to the minumum have faith, a pandemonium Libel to walk up on the scene T...

No one to walk with, all by myself, No one to talk with, but I'm happy on the shelf. Ain't Misbehavin', I'm savin' my love for you I know for certain the one I love I'm thru with flirtin', it's just you I'm thinkin' of, Ain't Mis-be-hav-in', I'm savin' m...

All of my life, yes all of my life I've waited, waited, waited for you I dreamed and dreamed and thought and schemed For someone, someone, someone like you Now that you're here, please my dear Don't ever, ever, ever go All of my life, yes all of my lif...

When somebody loves you Its no good unless he loves you All the way Happy to be near you When you need someone to cheer you All the way Taller than the tallest tree is Know thats how it s gotta feel Deeper than the deep blue see is That how deep it g...

You're here, that moment's near, I'm almost in your arms Tonight, the mood is right, I'm almost in your arms One sigh, one word And I will rush to your embrace Say that certain word, Sigh that certain sigh And with all my heart, To your arms I'll fly...

Every day a lullabout evening When the sunlights beginning to fail I ride through the slumbering shadows Along the Navajo Trail When it's night and crickets are calling And coyotes are making a wail I dream by a smouldering fire Along the Navajo Trail I love...

Another Saturday night and I ain't got nobody I've got some money 'cause I just got paid Now, how I wish I had someone to talk to I'm in an awful way I got in town a month ago I seen a lot of girls since then If I could meet 'em I could get 'em But as yet I...

Around the world I searched for you I traveled on but hope was gone to keep a rendez-vous I knew sometime, some place, somehow You'd look at me, and I would see the smile you're smiling now It might have been in County Down Or in New York, or gay Paris, or ev...

Arrivederci Roma, Goodbye, goodbye to Rome City of a million moonlit places City of a million warm embraces Where I found the one of all the faces Far from home Arrivederci Roma It's time for us to part Save the wedding bells for my returning Keep my lover'...

Baby, baby, baby You got me crying in my sleep Baby, baby, baby You got me crying in my sleep Oh, you let the other fellows Steal your love away from me One more time now Baby, baby, baby I wake up calling out your name Baby, baby, baby I wake up...

Baby won't you please come home Cause your bed is alone I have tried so hard in vain Nevermore to call your name When you left, you broke my heart Oh darling, why do have to part Every hour in the day you can hear me say Baby, won't you please come home...

Bali Ha'i may call you Any night, any day In your heart you'll hear it call you Come away, come away Bali Ha'i will whisper On the wind of the sea Here am I your special island Come to me, come to me Your own special hopes Your own special dreams Bloom on...

Basin street, Basin street that's the place where my friends all meet down in New Orleans in that land of dreams and you don't know how nice it seems it's dear to me, yes sir-ee and that's the place I am so longing to be where I can lose, these old Basin Stre...

It's time you went home, Bill Bailey It's time you went home You got a woman there that moans the whole night long She said she'd do the cooking, Billy Said she'd pay the rent She realizes that she done you wrong, yeah Stop thinking about that lonely ev...

How many roads must a man walk down Before he's called a man Tell me, how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Tell me, how many times must the cannonballs fly Before they're forever banned? No, the answer, my friend, is blowin' in t...

Blue Moon You saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart without a love of my own Blue Moon You knew just what I was there for You heard me sing a pray for someone I believe to the care for And then suddenly there appeared before me the only one my ar...

Long ago, I didn't know nothing About the Savior and His love Lord, I've heard about Him I never knew such man are Comin' down from up above Lord, I ask my mother to tell me How can I get to know the man She said, "You must be, ohh, Lord" You got to...

If you ever, change your mind About leaving, leaving me behind Baby, bring it to me, bring your sweet loving, bring it on home to me, yeah I know I laughed when you left But now I know I only hurt myself Baby, bring it to me, bring your sweet loving bring it...

They're writing songs of love, but not for me A lucky star's above, but not for me With love to lead the way I've found more clouds of grey Than any Russian play could guarantee I was a fool to fall and get that way Heigh ho, alas, and also lack-a-day Althoug...

Now the camptown ladies they sing this song (doo dah) They say the camptown racetrack five miles long I've come down here to see the horses run And if I don't make money I'll have some fun Because we're gonna twist all night We're gonna twist all day I...

Once I was alone So so lonely and then You came out of nowhere Like the sun up from the hills Cold, cold was the wind Warm, so warm, warm were your lips Out there on that ski trail Where your kiss filled me with thrills A weekend in Canada A change of scene W...

SOUND>interspersed with (hooh! aah! hooh!) I hear somethin' sayin' (hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!) (Well, don't you know) That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-ang That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang...

Chains of love Have tied my heart to you Chains of love Have made me feel so blue Now that I'm your prisoner Tell me what you're gonna do What I wanna know is Are you gonna leave me Are you gonna make me cry Tell me baby Are you gonna leave me Are...

Well come and go come and go now come and go now, where I'm bound come and go come and go now come and go Lord, where I'm bound where I'm bound I have a brother in that land, promise I will save I'm a solemn believer in that land In that land, oh...

The earth is in a blaze, the world is in a maze The way of life today is strange and odd What happened across the sea may come to you and me Oh come, let us go back to God, go back to God Oh, come on (Let's go back to God) Let us go back (Let's go back...

Come a rain storm put your rubbers on your feet Comes a snow storm you can get a little heat Comes love nothing can be done Comes a fire then you know just what to do Blow a tire You can buy another shoe Comes love nothing can be done Don't try hidin? 'Cause...

Train with the lonely whistle Goin' down the track Train with the lonely whistle Goin' down the track Come on and bring your precious cargo Bring my baby back Train, you're huffin' and a blowin' Because you work too fast Listen to me train, you're huf...

There's a scandal in the neighborhood And it's all about Julie Brown It seems a long lost cousin, Jeremiah Had lately arrived in town Now when Julie's fella came to call and saw them kissing He started home at once But Julie said, "I'm surprised at you...

I say I'll move the mountains And I'll move the mountains If she wants them out of the way Crazy she calls me Sure I'm crazy Crazy in love I say I say I'll go through fire And I'll go through fire As she wants it so it shall be Crazy she calls me Su...

I say I'll move the mountains And I'll move the mountains If she wants them out of the way Crazy she calls me Sure I'm crazy Crazy in love, I say I say I'll go through fire And I'll go through fire As she wants it so it shall be Crazy she calls me Sure I'm cr...

If your sweetheart, sends a letter, of goodbye It's no secret, you'll feel better, if you cry When waking from a bad dream, don't you sometimes think it's real Well it's only false emotions, that you feel If your heartaches seems to hang around too long...

Now you say you're lonely You cry the whole night through Well you can cry me a river Cry me a river I cried a river over you Now you say you're sorry For being so untrue Well you can cry me a river Cry me a river I cried a river over you You drove me, nearl...

Cupid, draw back your bow and let your arrow go Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me Cupid, please hear my cry and let your arrow fly Straight to my lover's heart for me Now I don't mean to bother you but I'm in distress There's danger of me losin' all...

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling From glen to glen, and down the mountain side The summer's gone, and all the roses falling It's you it's you must go, I must bide But come ye back when summer's in the meadow Or when the valley's hushed and white...

Darling I need you now There is a moon up so bright It's a warm night and I am lonely I need you now Darling I need you now There's a soft wind Slowly creeping in and upsetting me I need you now Lovers are walking hand in hand in the street There in...

Deep river, My home is over Jordan, Deep river, Lord, I want to cross over into campground Oh, don’t you want to go To that gospel feast, That promised land where all is peace Deep River, Lord I want to cross over into campground Into campground 

Desire me, desire me As I desire you Desire me and want me That's all I ever ask of life That you will someday come to me And say that you love me As I love you Hmm Desire me and tell me That you are mine and mine alone Desire me and love me And be...

You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy The way you rock 'n' roll You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy When we do the stroll Come on, Miss Lizzy Love me 'fore I grow too old Come on, give me fever Put your little hand in mine You make me dizzy, Miss Lizzy Ooh, girl,...

Don´t cry on my shoulder For somebody else While I´m dancing this dance with you O, don´t cry on my shoulder About someone you knew I told you I am in love with you You try to tell me that You love me yet How come while were dancing Our eyes never me...

Missed the saturday dance I heard they crowded the floor Couldn't bear it without you Don't get around much anymore Thought I'd visit the club Got as far as the door They'd have asked me about you I don't get around much anymore Darling I guess, my m...

Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science book Don't know much about the French I took But I do know that I love you And I know that if you love me too What a wonderful world this would be Don't know much geog...

O, I'm driftin', I'm driftin' like a ship out on the sea I'm driftin', driftin', driftin' like a ship out on the sea No, I ain't got nobody in the world to care for me If me baby would only take me back again, back again If me baby would only take me b...

I wish somebody would come and ease my troublin' mind I wish somebody would come and ease my troublin' mind oh yes I do why won't somebody come and ease my troublin' mind I sure wish somebody would come and ease my troublin' mind oh yes I...

Everybody loves to cha cha cha Little children like to cha cha cha They like to cha cha cha, they like to cha cha cha Everybody likes to cha cha cha Took my baby to the hop last night and what to my surprise When we got there she hit me with the news Ri...

I know why I waited Know why I've been blue I've been praying for someone, baby Exactly like you Why should we spend money, on a show or two While no one does those love scenes, baby Exactly like you You make me feel so grand I wanna give this world t...

I'm falling in love with someone Who's not falling in love with me How can I escape this future That holds nothing for me I'm giving my all to someone Who's not giving her own to me If she only knew what she's doing to me She would set my poor heart fr...

Far away places with strange sounding names Far away places over the sea Those far away places with strange sounding names Are calling, calling me Goin' to China, or maybe Siam I wanna see for myself Those far away places I've been reading about In a book tha...

Farther along we'll know all about it Farther along we'll understand why Cheer up, my brother, live in the sunshine We'll understand it all by and by Farther along we'll know all about it Farther along we'll understand why Cheer up, my brother, live in...

Feel it, feel it Baby when the band is playing and that solid beat O, make you wanna move, make you wanna groove Make you wanna pat your feet Don't fight it, don't fight, feel it No, now when we dance close together With your cheeck close to mine And...

I often think of the life I've led And oh, It's a wonder I ain't dead Drinking and gambling, Staying out all night Living in a fool's paradise My mother told me and father told me too Said : my child, it's all catch up with you Drinking and gambling, Stayin...

Frankie and Johnny was sweethearts At least that's the way the story goes Frankie bought everything for Johnny From his sports car to his Ivy League clothes Aw, he was a man alright Oh, but he was doing her wrong Just to show you what can happen A fri...

If you ever go across the seas to Ireland Then maybe at the closing of your day You will sit and watch the moonrise over Claddagh And see the sun go down on Galway Bay To hear again the ripple of the trout stream The women in the meadows making hay To s...

Oh, at last I've awaken To see what you've done What can I do But pack up and run Now, I know the rules Get yourself another fool You said that you love me I was yours to command But your kind of love My heart couldn't stand Use me for a tool Get...

[God bless the child, the child that's got his own] Them that's got shall get Them that's not you lose So the bible says and it still is news Mama may have, papa may have But God bless the child that got it's own that got it's own Yes, the strong gets more W...

Goin' home Goin' home I'm a going on Quiet like some still day I'm just going home It's not far It's just close by Through an open door Work all done Care laid by Going to fear no more Mother's there Expecting me Father's waiting too Lot's of f...

Good morning heartache You old gloomy sight Good morning heartache Thought we said goodbye last night I turned and tossed until it seemed you had gone But here you are with the dawn Wish I forget you, but you are here to stay It seems I had met you When my l...

Woh...La-la-ta-da, La-la-ta-da, La-la-ta-da, all night long, Yeah..La-la-la-la-ta-da, La-la-ta-da, La-la-ta-da, all night long, Yeah, come on and let the good times roll, We're gonna stay here till we soothe our souls, If it take all night long... One more t...

Tick tock, tick tock Tick tock, tick tock Tick tock, tick tock Tick tock, tick tock Now my grandfathers' clock Was too large for the shelf So it stood 90 years on the floor It was taller by half than the old man himself Though it weighed not a pennyw...

We're having a party dancing to the music played by the DJ on the radio The cokes are in the icebox popcorn's on the table Me and my baby we're out here on the floor So Mister, mister DJ keep those records playing 'Cause I'm having such a good time...

Hey there, you with the stars in your eyes Love never made a fool of you You used to be too, yes, Hey there You on that high-flying cloud Tough she won't throw a crumb at you You think someday she'll come to you Better forget her her with her nose in t...

(Hold On, Hold On) Hold on just a little bit longer Keep the faith and let your love be stronger Hold on, like a promised you Cause I'll be coming back to you I heard just the other day, That since we've Since we've been apart Someone is making a play...

O, when shadows fall and trees whisper day is ending My thoughts are even when they home O when crickets call my heart is forever yearning Someday to be returning home When the hills conceal the setting sun Stars begin a-peepin, one by one Night cover...

I am standing on the Jordan Gazing 'cross the stormy tide There I'll rest my every burden 'Til all doubts and fears, doubts and fears subside Oh yes, I can hear the angels singing I can see them, Lord, around the throne Well, I can hear, I hear the sain...

I ain't gonna cheat on you no more Baby, like I, like I did before Now forgive me, darling, I was wrong For with you baby I belong I won't cheat on you no more I ain't gonna cheat on you no more Baby, please don't walk out that door Now drop those bags...

I belong to your heart You alone can possess me No one else can caress me I belong to your heart I belong to your heart With devotion unseen Every part of my being Is a part of your heart And when you reach out for me Your two arms are a magnet And...

I cover the waterfont I’m watching to see Will the one I love, soon come back to me, to me I cover the waterfront In search of my love And I’m guided by the starlit sky above Here am I, patiently waiting. Hoping and longing. Oh, how I yearn! Where are you?...

Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry I don't want to cry but I can't keep tears from my eyes (Don't cry, don't cry) Ooh, and when I meet friends, I hope they don't realize That I'm crying because you are gone I'm crying because I'm alone, ohh I don't want to...

I fall in love everyday I fall in love each and every day each time I see you I fall in love with you everyday I get a thrill everyday I always will each and every day each time I see you I want to be with you everyday this happens everyday when y...

I lost everything When I lost you Now my heart is breaking in two I found memories What am I to do Those memories keep on making me blue The moon and the stars They don't seem the same Love has lost its glory To me it's just a game No, I lost ever...

I love you For sentimental reasons I hope you do believe me I've given you my Given you my heart because I mmm you And you alone were meant for me Please give your loving heart to me And say we'll never part I think of you every morning I dream of you every n...

This wonderful world we live in Is God's masterpiece of art And I live each golden moment With his love in my heart I thank God For blessing me With eyes to see Each wondrous day And I thank God For hands to help My fellow man along the way He gav...

I wish you bluebirds in the spring to give your heart a son to sing. And then a kiss oh but more than this, I wish you love. And in July a lemonade to cool you in some leafy glade. I wish you health oh and more than wealth. I wish you love. My breaking heart...

Folks said that you found someone new To do the thing I used to do for you Just call my name, I'm not ashamed I'll come running back to you Can't sleep at night, I can't eat a bite When you were mine I didn't sweet your right Just call my name, I know,...

I didn't sleep a wink all night long Waitin' by my telephone You said you'd call me 'bout a quarter to ten But you went and stood me up again I don't know what you're gonna do, but I'm gonna forget about you, yeah I'm gonna take your picture off my wal...

I'm in the mood for love Simply because you're near me Funny, but when you're near me I'm in the mood for love Heaven is in your eyes Bright as the stars we're under Oh, is it any wonder that I'm in the mood for love Why stop to think of whether Thi...

(I've got silver in the stars and gold in the morning sun) I ain't gonna marry in the fall I ain't gonna marry in the spring oh, for I am love with a pretty little girl who wears a diamond ring And I am just a country boy money have I none oh but I'v...

As I walk down the street Everyone that I meet Gives me a friendly hello I guess I'm just a lucky so and so The birds in every tree They are so neighborly They sing wherever I go I guess I'm just a lucky so and so But if you ask the amount In my bank account...

I'm leavin' it all up to you You decide what you're gonna do Now do you want my love Or are we through? I was a fool in the past I'd have known it couldn't last Now do you want my love Or are we through? My heart in my hand I don't understand What...

I'm walking behind you And I'll hear your promise To love and obey Tough you may forget me You're still on my mind Look over your shoulder I'm walking behind Maybe I'll kiss again With a love that's new But I shall wish again I was kissing you 'Cau...

I've got a right to sing the blues, Got the right to moan and sigh I've got a right to sit and cry Down along the river A certain girl in this old town Keeps dragging my heart around All I see for me is misery I've got the right to sing the blues Got the rig...

If I had a hammer I'd hammer in the morning Hammer in the evening All over this land I'd hammer out danger Hammer out a warning I'd hammer out love between My brothers and my sisters All over this land If I had a bell I'd tinkle in the morning Tin...

If I had you honey, I'd be happy If I had you, how happy I would be If I had you, sweetheart, I'd be so happy How I wish you'd belong to me If I had you, I know I have riches If I had you, how rich I would be If I had you, baby, I have so many riches H...

In my solitude you haunt me With memories of days gone by In my solitude you taunt me With memories that never die I sit in my chair, I feel despair No one can be so sad With gloom everywhere I sit and I stare I know that I'll soon go mad In my solitu...

You know it won't be very long you know it won't be very long you know it won't be very long Till all this aches? get home Will you be ready then just to meet the wrathsome throng? You better get ready for the day child you know it won't be very long...

Whoa, it's all right It's all right It's all right Honey it's all right Long as I know, long as I know that you love me Honey, it's all right It's all right It's all right It's all right Honey it's all right Long as I know, long as I know that you l...

It's got the whole world shaking Something must be going on It's got the whole world shaking Something must be going on That's what I say It's got that soul in it baby You can't meet that beat alone It's got the whole world shaking And I'm talking 'bo...

I can't show my face, can't go any place People stop and stare it's so hard to bare Everybody knows you left me left me It's the talk of the town Every time we meet my heart skips a beat We don't stop to speak tough it's been a week Everybody knows you left m...

Down the way where the night are gay And the sun shines dearly on the mountain top I took a trip on a sailing ship And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop But I’m sad to say I’m on my way I won’t be back for many a day My heart is down, my heart is tur...

I dream of Jeanie with the light brown hair Borne like a vapor, on the summer's air I see her tripping where the bright streams play Happy as the daisies that dance on her way Many were the wild notes her merry voice would pour Many were the blithe birds...

Oh, Jesus gave me water, Jesus gave me water, Jesus gave me water, Jesus gave me water, Oh, let His praises swell. Jesus gave me water, Jesus gave me water, Jesus gave me water, And it was not in the well. There was a woman from Samaria Came to the w...

Jesus wash away my troubles while I'm traveling here below For I, I got enemies, Lord you know and Jesus wash away my burdens for they are so hard to bear But I know there's consolation As long as I know you're there, yes it is [2x] You know sometimes...

Just for you, just for you, just for you, my love Woah for you, just for you, my love Woah yes my dear, I finally realize I finally realize that it's just for you When you see me workin' all night long Workin' till my stress was gone It's for you, oh li...

Keep movin' on, keep movin' on Life is this way Keep movin' on, keep movin' on Everyday Keep movin' on, keep movin' on Life is this way Keep movin' on, keep movin' on Everyday When I go to sleep at night I add up my day Trying to recall the things...

If I walk in the pathway of duty If I work 'til the close of the day, Lord I shall see the great king in all his beauty When I've gone the last mile of the way, Lord, yes sir When I've gone the last mile of the way, oh yeah I shall rest at the close of d...

Laughin' and clownin' Just to keep from cryin' I'm laughin' and clownin' Just to keep from cryin' I keep on tryin' to hide the fact I've got a worried mind Let me tell you, being life of the party Seemed to be my role Since you left me, baby, being l...

Oh now Lawdy, Lawdy, Lawdy, miss Clawdy Girl, you sure look good to me Well, please don't excite me, baby No, it can't be me Because I give you all of my money Duh, but you just won't treat me right You like to ball in the morning Don't come back till...

You left me for a new love You found out it wasn't a true love Now that he is gone Lets go steady one more time Please don't cry You've got to be strong, dear I know he was wrong, dear But now that he's gone I know he was wrong to come to the dance...

Little girl You're the one girl for me Little girl You're as sweet as can be Just a glance at you meant Love from the start And oh, what a thrill came Into my heart Little girl With your cute little ways I am yours For the rest of my days And this great big...

No use old girl You might as well surrender Your hope is getting slender Why won't somebody send a tender blue boy To cheer up little girl blue Sit there and count your fingers What can you do? Old girl you're through So sit there and count your little finger...

I'm a little red rooster, Too lazy to crow for day I'm a little red rooster, Too lazy to crow for day Keep everything in the barnyard, Upset in every way Dogs begin to bark now, And the hounds begin to howl Dogs begin to bark now, And the hounds begin to howl...

Love without devotion can never be true You can show emotion in the little things you do Words when kindly spoken can make dreams seem true But more than words can say are the little things you do (the little things you do) A tender touch can mean s...

London by night is a wonderful sight There is magic abrawl in the air I'm often told that the street turn to gold When the moon shines on circus and square Deep in the dark that envelops the park There's a man and his cigarette's low Down by the Thames, lights...

I live on a lonely island in the heart of the city I live on a lonely island there isn't any hope for me I tell you my heart is broken, it's a shame have pity I might as well be shipwrecked in the middle of the sea Nobody will believe me Nobody seems to...

Tell me the tales that to me were so dear And sing me the songs I delighted to hear Now you are come all my grieve is removed Let me forget that so long you have roved Let me believe that you love as you loved And now do you remember the path where we m...

I’m lost and lookin’ for my baby Wonder why my baby can’t be found I’m lost and lookin’ for my baby Lord knows my baby ain’t around So I’m lost and lookin’ for my baby Wonder why my baby can’t be found Lost and searching for my baby Lord knows my baby...

Lovable My girl She's lovable She's lovable My girl She's so lovable Candy's sweet And honey too There's not another quite, quite as sweet as you I know, I know, I know, I know I've always loved you You're so lovable Whoa, I know, I know she's Y...

Love me For I need someone to hold me tight For I feel so lonely tonight All I ask is that you love me (love me) Love me (love me), love me (love me) Love me (love me) Love me, o-o Till I hear a thousand drums roar I ask for this and nothing more A...

I tell you, no, no mountain is too high & no peak too high to climb & no, no place is too remote for true love to find I know no, no river is too wide, no matter what people say Lord, if love wants to travel to your heart, love will find a way Oh...

Your my girl you're so sweet Honey you can't be beat I love you, I love you Most of all I believe you can rock, you can roll You're so fine Honey, you're mine, all mine That's why I love you, I love you Most of all Well, I love the way you move me...

I don't know why, but I'm feeling so sad I long to try something I've never had Never had no kissin', Oh, what I've been missin' Lover girl, oh, where can you be The night is cold and I'm so all alone I'd give my soul just to call you my own Got a moon above...

The sky was blue and high above The moon was new, and so was love The eager heart of mine was singing Lover, lover where can you be You came at last, love had his day That day is past, you gone away This aching heart of mine is singing Lover, lover come back...

Mary, Mary Lou Why must you do The things that you always do Honey, I've been here a-crying Sipping and a-sighing To think it's all because of you I know the other night you told me You were gonna marry Someone who's in love with you, yeah And the t...

This is a mean old world to live in all by yourself This is a mean old world to live in all by yourself This is a mean world to be alone Without someone to call your own This is a mean old world to try and live in all by yourself I wish I had someone, so...

A friend of mine told me one clearly mornin' (Over at Mary's place, ho) Said tonight there's gonna be a party goin' on (Over at Mary's place, ho) He said "If you can enjoy a real nice affair (Over at Mary's place, ho) Then you'll make it your business t...

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa men have named you You’re so like the lady with the mystic smile It is only ‘cause you’re lonely They have blamed you For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa Or is this your way to hide a brok...

Pennies in a stream Falling leaves a sycamore Moonlight in Vermont Icy finger-waves Ski trails on a mountainside Snowlight in Vermont Telegraph cables sing down the highway And travel each bend in the road People who meet in this romantic setting Are so hypn...

I've got a girl and man she's oh so fine Someday I'd like to make her mine oh mine She's fine, but she won't give me a chance When I want to sweettalk All she wants to do is dance Let me tell you She likes the movin and a groovin Man, she likes the mov...

The night is like a lovely tune beware my foolish heart How wise the ever constant moon take care my foolish heart There's a line between love and fascination that's hard to see on an evening such as this For they both give the very same sensation when...

The minister was preaching And the crowd was standing near The congregation was singing a tune In a voice that was loud and clear You know the crowd that stood around him They were crying, I could plainly see For the song that they sang was touching Th...

Whoa, how I love you Every moment, every moment I can see your face, yes I do Whoa, how I love you No one, no one could ever, never will take your place Whoa, how I love you Every moment, every moment I know, I know, I know I see your face Whoa, how, ho...

Nobody knows the trouble that I've seen Nobody knows my sorrow Nobody knows the trouble that I've seen Glory hallelujiah Nobody knows the trouble that I've seen Nobody knows my, my sorrow Nobody knows the trouble that I've seen Glory hall- glory hallel...

Once I lived the life of a millionaire Spending my money, I didn' care Taking my friends out for a mighty good time I bought that boodleg liquor, champagne and wine Oh, but then my money began to fall so low Couldn't find no friends And I had no place to go I...

If I go, a million miles away I'd write a letter, each and everyday 'Cause honey nothing, nothing can ever change this love I have for you Mmmmmm, make me weep And you can make me cry See me coming And you can pass me by But honey, nothing, nothing can...

I never cared for simple things like love June and old place may face was terribly blank Two things concerning l'amour I'm really, really not for sure For I'm not the guy who kid about love For I'm not the guy who kid about fortunes and such Never care...

Ol' man river. That ol' man river. He don't say nothin' But he must know somethin' Cause he just keeps rollin' He keeps rollin' along. Rollin' along. He don't plant tators He don't plant cotton. Them that plants 'em is soon forgotten. But ol' man river He keep...

I'm so lonely tonight If I could only hold you once more If I could only kiss you once more If I could only see you one more time, one more time Things wouldn't be the way the are now I'd make you see I loved you somehow If I could only see you one mor...

She was only sixteen, only sixteen I loved her so But she was too young, to fall in love And I was too young to know We'd laugh and we'd sing and do the little things That made my heart glow But she was too young, to fall in love And I was too young t...

The song that you sang so sweetly You called it our love refrain Now it's gone and I am left completely I'm out in the cold again I dreamed that our love would linger But just, just memories remain I gaze at a ringless finger Looks like I'm out in the cold ag...

Lord, I'm poor pilgrim of sorrow Down in this world, I'm all alone I have no hope for tomorrow And I have no place that I can roam Sometimes, sometimes I'm so lonely Sometimes I don't know what to do I look around to friends for consolation And I find...

Baby, please Don't you drive me away Baby, please Don't you drive me away Now, you know I want you, need you by my side My love for you I'll never hide Now, if you love me you will hear my plea Put me out and that's the end of me Baby, please Don't y...

O pray when you're feeling low When the ill wind blows Don't forget to pray Pray when you go to bed For your daily bread Don't forget to pray You can awake to beautiful morning When you got troubles remember this warning And pray until judgement day...

Don't, honey don't, go away, no no Don't you hear, don't you hear, What I say, what I say Give me time, give me time I'm gonna make your love as strong as mine But I know Rome wasn't built in a day Now, you know that I love you dear with all my heart...

No girl will ever make a fool of me No girl, I mean just what I say I'm not the simpleton I used to be Wonder how I got that way I'm running wild, I've lost control Running wild, mighty bold Feeling gay, reckless too Every mile all the time, never blue...

Ah ooo, ah ooo, ah ooo I'm in a sad mood tonight Oh I'm in a sad mood I'm in a sad mood tonight Oh my baby, done gone away and left me My baby done gone, yeah My baby done gone away and left me My baby done gone I don't know why she left me I don't...

You can dance Every dance with the guy Who gives you the eye Let him hold you tight You can smile Every smile for the man Who held your hand Neath the pale moonlight But don't forget who's taking you home And in whose arms you're gonna be So darling, save the...

Once I had a secret love That lived within the heart of me All too soon my secret love Became impatient to be free So I told the friendly star, The way that dreamers often do Just how wonderful you are And why I'm so in love with you Now I shout it from the...

Send me some lovin' Oh send it I pray How can I love you When you're far away? Send me your picture Send it my dear So I can hold it Pretend you are here Can you send me your kisses? I still feel their touch I need you so badly I miss you so much...

SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE! SHAKE! Listen Listen while I talk to you I tell you what we're gonna do There's a new thing that's going around And I'll tell you what they're puttin' down Just move your body all around And just SHAKE! Oh, mama, SHAKE! Th...

Get out of that bed was your face and hands Get out of that bed was your face and hands Get into that kitchen make some noise with the pots and pans When you're wearing them dresses the sun come shining through When you're wearing them dresses the sun come sh...

Not much to look at, nothing to see I'm glad I'm living, and I'm lucky to be But I got a woman crazy 'bout me She's funny that way Ain't got a dollar, can't save a cent She never holler, she'd live in a tent I've got that woman mad about me She's funny that w...

Since I met you baby My whole life has changed Since I met you baby My whole life has changed All my friends tell me I'm not the same Let me tell you Since I met you baby I'm a happy man Since I met you baby Looks like I'm a happy man I'm gonna try and plea...

Sittin' in the sun counting my money Fanned by my summer-breeze Sweeter than the honey is counting my money Those greenbacks on the trees Comes the summer shower drops of rain falling Sweeter than the christ-mass chimes And here on those jungles upon the...

Where do they go Those smoke rings I blow each night? Oh, what do they do Those circles of blue and white? Why do they seem to picture a dream of love And why do they fade, that phantom parade of love? Puff, puff, puff, puff your cares away Puff, puff,...

So long, so long Gee, I hate to see you go You mean the world to me you know You've been mine so long So long, so long Hope we meet again some day If we do I hope you'll say Darling, I was wrong All alone with my memories of you I hope you are lonely too Y...

Somebody have mercy And tell me what is wrong with me Somebody have mercy And tell me what is wrong with me, yeah Sometimes I don't know how I stand The things this woman do to me Let me tell you When I think about how she do me The tears fall down like a ra...

Somebody's gonna miss me Somebody's gonna miss me Somebody's gonna miss me when I'm gone Baby, somebody's gonna miss me Somebody's gonna miss me Somebody's gonna miss me when I'm gone Yeah, when I begin to roam A long long way from home I know you'r...

I know that someday you'll want me to want you When I'm in love with somebody new You expect me to be true and to keep on loving you Although I am feeling blue you think I can't forget you Until someday you'll want me to want you When I am in love with somebo...

Soothe me baby, soothe me Soothe me with your kindness For you know your powerful love is Soothing to me Soothe me baby, soothe me Soothe me with your kindness For you know your powerful love is Soothing to me Oh how I used to ramble And how I used t...

Ai-ai-ai-ai Oh-oh-oh-oh Ai-ai-ai-ai Oh-oh-oh-oh South of the border Down Mexico way That's where I fell in love When stars above came out to play And now as I wonder My thoughts ever stray South of the border Down Mexico way She was the picture...

Oh, Father You've been my friend Now that I'm in trouble Stand by me to the end, oh, oh I want You to stand by, stand by Well, all of my money and my friends are gone God, I'm in a mean world And I'm so all alone, oh, oh I need You Jesus, stand by, sta...

Steal away, steal away, steal away Steal away home Steal away, steal away I ain't got long to stay (O, I ain't got long to stay) Hm, steal away, steal away, steal away Steal away home Steal away, steal away I ain't got long to stay My Lord he calls me...

Stealing kisses, precious kisses You should be ashamed, I trust in you Stealing kisses, someone's kisses Starting a romance that wasn't meant for you I begged and begged you to be careful But you were always acting smart You kept on Stealing kisses, pr...

Sugar dumpling, you're my baby I love you in every way Sugar dumpling, you're my baby My love grows stronger everyday, yeah Sugar dumpling, you're my baby I love you in every way (Sugar dumpling) Sugar dumpling, you're my baby My love grows stronger e...

It's summertime and the living is easy Fish are jumping and the cotton is high Your daddy's rich and your mama's good-looking Hush, little baby don't you cry Don't cry, don't cry Don't cry no no no no Don't cry, don't cry One of these mornings you're gonna ri...

Sweet Leilani Heavenly flower Nature fashioned roses kissed with dew And then she placed them in a bower It was the start of you. Sweet Leilani Heavenly flower I dreamed of paradise for two. You are my paradise completed. You are my dream come true....

Ooo, aaaa (coming for to carry home) 2x Now swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home swing low, sweet chariot right now swing low, sweet chariot Coming for to carry me home swing low, sweet chariot I looked over Jordan what did I see Com...

Honey, when he promised you that fur coat A baby coulda seen through that Now you were the believer He wasn't a deceiver He was just a-talkin' trash Now when he promised you the fur coat that day He was just tryin' to make things go his way Now you wer...

I hear the cottonwoods whispering above Tammy! Tammy! Tammy's my love! The old hootie owl hootie-hoo's to the dove Tammy! Tammy! Tammy's my love! Does my darling feel what I feel When she comes near? My heart beats so joyfully you'd think that sh...

Oh, whoa, oh, oh... Here, here in the moonlight Hold me while I sing to you My teenage sonata of my love Eternally true It's written And filled with devotion From deep in my heart And with my teenage sonata Comes a prayer That we'll never part A...

Be nice to her Whenever you can And as you cross the street Always hold her hand You'll find out Tenderness goes a long, long way So smile at her When she does something wrong Be there to pick her up And make her strong You'll find out Tenderness...

Well, I was dancin' with my baby To that Tennessee Waltz When an old friend I happened, I happened to see, o yeah I introduced him to my baby And while they were dancin' My friend stole my sweetheart away from me, oh yes he did I remember the night and...

Up in the morning, out on the job Work like the devil for my pay While that lucky old sun has nothing to do But roll around heaven all day I have to fuss with my woman toil for my kids Sweat 'till I'm wrinkled and raid While that lucky old sun has nothing to...

I can only give you love that lasts forever, And a promise to be near each time you call. And the only heart I own For you and you alone That's all, That's all... I can only give you country walks in springtime And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall; An...

The things that I see As I walk along the streets That's heaven to me A little flower that blooms in May A lovely sunset at the end of a day Someone helping a stranger along the way (That's heaven to me) That's heaven to me The feeling I have when I...

When we used to say goodnight I'd always kiss and hold you tight But lately, you don't seem to care You close the door and leave me Standing there.. Oh honey, that's not fair That's it! I quit! I'm moving on. Yeah, The other night we had a date And y...

Eyes turned away I know and music soft and slow With someone you love so That's where it's at, yeah Your world turned upside down You're making not a sound No one else around That's where it's at, yeah /Let me tell you/ Your heart beatin' fast You...

The bells of St. Mary's I hear they are calling The young loves, the true loves Who come from the sea And so my beloved When red leaves are falling The love bells are shell Ring out, ring out For you and me The bells of st mary's I hear they are ca...

The moon belongs to everyone Best things in life they're free Stars belong to everyone They cling there for you and for me Flowers in spring The robins that sings The sunbeams that shine They're yours and they're mine Love can come to everyone Best things in...

Way down among Brazilians, Coffee beans grow by the billions, So they've got to find those extra cups to fill. They've got an awful lot of coffee in Brazil. You can't get cherry soda, 'Cause they've got to sell their quota, And the way things are I guess they...

Oh yes, I'm the Great Pretender pretending I'm doing well My need is such I pretend too much I'm lonely but no one can tell Oh yes, I'mthe Great Pretender Adrift in a world of my own I play the game but to my real shame You've left me to dream all al...

In a quaint caravan there's a lady they call the gypsy She can look in the future and drive away all your fears Everyone of your fears Everyting will come right if you'll omly believe the gypsy She could tell at a glance that my heart was so full of tears...

The house I live in A plot of earth, a street The grocer and the butcher And the people that I meet The children in the playground The faces that I see All races, all religions That's a miracle to me The place I work in The worker at my side The lit...

The time has come for us to say sayonara My heart will always be yours for eternity I knew some time we'd have to say sayonara Please promise that you'll be returning someday to me I'll remember our romance until the day that I die I'll see your face in...

Look down, look down that lonesome road Before you travel on Look up, look up and see you maker For Gabriel blows his horn Weary toting such a load Trudging down that lonesome road Look down, look down that lonesome road Before you travelin' on Ooo Look down...

I gave my love a cherry that had no stone I gave my love a chicken that had no bone I gave my love a ring that had no end I gave my love a baby with no cryin' How can there be a cherry that has no stone? How can there be a chicken that has no bone? How can th...

Whenever you kiss I worry and wonder Your lips maybe near But where is your heart It's always like this I worry and wonder You're close to me here But where is your heart It's a sad thing to realize Thet you have a heart that never melts When we kis...

The song is ended But the melody lingers on You and the sun are gone But the melody lingers on The night was splendid And the melody seemed to say O, summer will pass away Take your happiness while you may There beneath the light of the moon We sang a love so...

Come on baby, let's try that twist Come on baby, let's try that twist Let me take you by the hand honey And it goes like this All you got to do is, go round Everybody's doing it, baby, go round Mother's just sleeping Daddy ain't around Mother's upsta...

O, the wayward wind is a restless wind Is a restless wind thet yearns to wander On the eye was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind And a lovely shack by a railroad track I spent my younger days And I guess the sound of the outward b...

(love you, love you) I love you, there’s nothing to hide It’s better than burning inside I love you, no use to pretend There I’ve said it again I’ve said it, what more can I say Believe me, There’s no other way I just love you and will to the end There...

You done me wrong I tried to be kind baby 'cause you told me you were mine o mine But you walked out and left me behind So there'll be no second time I was a fool to give my love Cause you swore you'd love me by the stars above But you walked out...

A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces An airline ticket to romantic places And still my heart has wings These foolish things remind me of you A tinkling piano in the next apartment Those stumblin' words that told you what my heart meant A fairground's pa...

Way out west, they got a name For rain and wind and fire The rain is Tess, the fire’s joe and They call the wind Marīa O no, Marīa blows the stars around And sends the clouds a-flying Marīa makes the mountain sounds Like folks were up there dying Marī...

The way you wear your hat The way you sip your tea The memory of all that They can't take that away from me The way your smile just beams The way you sing off-key The way your haunt my dreams They can't take that away from me We may never, never meet again O...

Amen This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine. This little light of mine, I'm going to let it shine, let it shine, let it shine to show my love everywhere I go, I'm gonna let it shine...

Without a warning the blues walked in this morning And circled round my lonely room I didn't know why I had that sad and lonely feeling 'till my baby called and said it's through Yesterday I sang a love song but today I sing the blues I know the expla...

They try to tell us we're too young Too young to really be in love They say that love's a word A word we've only heard But can't begin to know the meaning of And yet we're not too young to know This love will last though years may go And then some day t...

Oh, there was a woman in the bible days She had been sick, sick so very long But she heard that Jesus was passin' by So she joined the gatherin' front And while she was pushin' her way through Someone asked her: "What are you tryin' to do?" She...

So many days since you went away I often think of you night and day But I know that someday, someday darling I won't be trouble no more Trouble, trouble and misery Is about to get the best of me But I know that someday, oh someday darling I won't be tr...

Trouble in mind, I'm blue But I won't be blue always I know the sun's going to shine In my back door someday I got that trouble in mind, that's true I have almost lost my mind Life ain't worth living Sometimes I feel like dying Tell you what I'm gonn...

Be nice to her, whenever you can and when you cross the street always, always hold her hand you'll find out, Oh, just a little love goes a long, long way so, smile at her when she does something wrong always be there to pick her up and to make her str...

When it's twilight on the trail, And I jog along, The world is like a dream And the ripple of the stream is my song... When it's twilight on the trail, And I rest once more, My ceiling is the sky And the grass on which I lie is my floor... Never...

it seemed to me that I heard music coming through the kitchen door So I peeped in, saw my Dinah with a fellow that I've never seen before and he was twistin in the kitchen with my Dinah twistin in the kitchen, I know twistin in the kitchen with my Dinah...

it's 10 o'clock and the band begins the play, man it's 10 o'clock and the cats begin to sway it's 10 o'clock gonna twist the night away there'll be some twistin' in the old town tonight there'll be some twistin' there'll be some twistin' there'll be som...

Let me tell you 'bout a place somewhere up-a New-York way Where the people are so gay Twistin' the night away Here they have a lot of fun Puttin' trouble on the run Man, you find the old and young Twistin' the night away They're twistin', twistin', eve...

O, my love, my darling I've hungered for your touch a long lonely time Times goes by so slowly and time can do so much are you still mine? I need your love, I need your love God speed your love to me Lonely rivers flow to the sea, to the sea To the open of th...

Stranger beware There's love in the air Under Paris skies Try to be smart And don't let your heart catch on fire Love becomes king The moment it's spring Under Paris skies Lonely hearts meet Somewhere on the street of desire Parisian love can bloom...

O Venus, hey Venus make my dreams come true Venus if you will Send a little girl for me to thrill A girl who wants my kisses and my arms A girl with all the charms of you Venus make her fair a lovely girl with sunlight in her hair and take the brightes...

I've heard them say love was a wonderful thing Something you couldn't hide on a shelf But to me they no longer have to explain Because I know for myself He awakens each morn with a smile on his face When a boy is in love And the world to him is a be...

Maybe I'm old fashioned, feeling as I do Maybe I am living in the past But when I meet the right one I know that I'll be true My first love will be the last When I fall in love it will be forever Or I'll never fall in love In a restless world like this is Lov...

Willow weep for me, Willow weep for me, Bend your branches green, Along the stream that runs to sea. Listen to my plea, Listen willow and weep for me. Gone my lover’s dream Lovely summer dream Gone and left me here To weep my tears into the stream. Sad as I c...

Wooah ooo little girl How happy I would be If some miracle could win your love for me Wooah ooo little girl How happy I would be If some miracle could win your love for me Win your love for me Manys the day I've longed for you To hold you in my arms...

With you With you, although I am poor, I feel like a king With you With you, though I have nothing, I feel I have everything But without you my dreams will soon fade away I'd be here crying day after day, ohh Promise me you'll never, never, never Never...

Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about a science book Don't know much about the french I took But I do know that I love you And I know that if you love me too What a wonderful world this would be Don't know much about geo...

Do you like good music? crazy 'bout music any old music yeah, yeah Do you like all the dances? crazy 'bout the dances As long as they are swinging What, what let's try some others dances I don't know which one let's try to do the monkey all right,...

All of my love belongs to you All of my love belongs to you All of my love belongs to you Because you, you belong to me Even my hands belong to you I use my hands oh to work for you Even my hands belong to you Because you, you belong to me You gave m...

You gotta move, you gotta move Baby, you gotta move If you keep on mistreatin’ me, baby You gotta move If you keep on doggin’ me, baby You gotta move My mother told me long time ago Watch out for women, oh, they hurt you so And if you keep on hurting...

Darling you, send me I know you, send me Darling you, send me Honest you do Honest you do Honest you do You thrill me, I know you, thrill me Darling you, you, thrill me Honest you do At first I thought it was infatuation But it lasted so long N...

A fish was made to swim in the ocean A boat was made to sail on the sea As sure as there is a God above Darling, I know you were made for me You were made for me A grape was made for a vine An apple was made to grow on a tree As sure as there is a God above D...

You're always on my mind instilled in my heart You're always on my mind although we are apart You're always, You're always always on my mind Baby, the reason why I know I can't forget your face cause everywhere I go I see you everyplace You're alway...

You're nobody till somebody loves you oh, you're nobody till somebody cares oh, You may be king, You may possess the world and its gold But that gold won't bring you happiness When you are growing old The world still is the same You'll never change it As lon...

You, you. you I'm in love with you, you, you I could be so true, true, true to someone like you, you, you Do, do, do what you ought to do, do, do take me in your arms please do let me cling to you, you, you we were meant for each other sure as heave...