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songbook no 2b

 

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Waterloo Sunset / Kinks

WE CAN WORK IT OUT / Beatles

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / Bob Dylan

Bright Eyes / Art Garfunkel

Hello Mary Lou / Ricky Nelson

ME AND BOBBY MCGEE / JANIS JOPLIN

Man on the moon / R. E. M

Somebody / Bryan Adams

Sympathy For the Devil / Rolling Stones

Mighty Quinn / Bob Dylan

The River / Bruce Springsteen

when you‘re gone / bryan adams

Don't look back in Anger / Oasis

Nowhere Man / Beatles

Eight Days A Week The Beatles

Do You Want To Know A Secret / Beatles

Don’t pay the ferryman / CHRIS DE BURGH

MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER / ROLLING STONES

Who the fuck is Alice / Smokie

King of the road

Lady in black / Uriah Heep

The Letter / BOX TOPS

NO WOMAN NO CRY / Bob Marley

No milk today / Herman's Hermits

Twisting the night away / Rod Stewart

Summer of 69 / Bryan Adams

Rock around the clock tonight

Let`s twist again

Pretty Woman / Roy Orbison

Dust in the wind / Kansas

Hotel California / Eagles

TAKE IT EASY / THE EAGLES

Homeward bound / Simon&Garfunkel

I saw her standing there / Beatles

 

 

 

 

 

 

Waterloo Sunset / Kinks

1. Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night

People so busy make me feel dizzy, taxi lights shine so bright

But i don't need no friends

As long as i gaze on Waterloo Sunset, i am in paradise

Every day i look at the world from my window

The chilly-chilliest evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine.

2. Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night

But i am so lazy, don't want to wander, i stay at home at night

But i don't feel afraid

As long as i gaze on Waterloo Sunset, i am in paradise

Every day i look at the world from my window

The chilly chilliest evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine.

3. Millions of people swarming like flies round Waterloo underground

Terry and Julie cross over the river where they feel safe and sound

And they don't need no friends

As long as they gaze on Waterloo Sunset, they are in paradise

Every day i look at the world from my window

The chilly chilliest evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine.

 

 

 

WE CAN WORK IT OUT / Beatles

Verse 1:

Try to see it my way.

Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on

While you see it your way

Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone

We can work it out, we can work it out

verse 2:

Think of what you're saying

You can get it wrong and still you think that it's all right

Think of what I'm saying

We can work it out and get it straight or say goodnight

We can work it out, we can work it out

CHORUS:

Life is very short and there's no time

For fussing and fighting my friend

I have always thought that it's a crime

So I will ask you once again

(cHORUS)

Try to see it my way

Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on

Why do you see it your way ?

There's a chance that we might fall apart before too long

Chorus:

We can work it out

We can work it out

 

 

 

 

 

You Ain't Goin' Nowhere / Bob Dylan

Clouds so swift, rain won't lift,

Gates won't close, the railing's froze.

Get your mind off winter time,

You ain't goin' nowhere.

Chorus

Oooo, Eeeee, Ride me high,

One of these days my man's gonna come.

oh Lord, we gonna fly,

Down in the easy chair.

I don't care how many letters they sent,

Morning came and morning went.

Pick up your money and pack your tent,

But we still ain't goin' nowhere. Chorus

Buy me a flute and a gun that shoots,

Tailgates and substitutes,

Strap yourself with the tree with roots,

You ain't goin' nowhere. Chorus

Ghengis Khan he could not keep

All his kings supplied with reap.

Climb that hill no matter how steep,

We still ain't goin' nowhere. Chorus

 

 

 

Bright Eyes / Art Garfunkel

Is it a kind of dream? Floating out of the tide,

Following the river of death down stream; Oh, is it a dream?

There's a fog along the horizon. A strange glow in the sky.

And nobody seems to know where you go, and what does it mean?

0h, oh is it a dream?

Bright eyes burning like fire!

Bright eyes, how can you close and fail?

How can the light that burned so brightly suddenly burn so pale?

Bright eyes.

Is it a kind of shadow, reaching into the night?

Wandering over the hills unseen or is it a dream?

Theres a high wind in the trees. A cold sound in the air.

And nobody ever knows when you go and where do you start

Oh, oh into the dark.

Bright eyes burning like fire!...

Bright eyes.

 

 

 

Hello Mary Lou / Ricky Nelson

hello mary lou, goodbye heart
sweet mary lou, i'm so in love with you
i knew, mary lou, we'd never part
so hello mary lou, goodbye heart
passed me by one sunny day, flashed those big brown eyes my way
and oooh, i wanted you forevermore
now i'm not one who gets around, swear my feet's stuck to the ground
and though i never did need you before, i said,
(chorus)
i saw your lips, i heard your voice, believe me i just had no choice
wild horses couldn't make me stay away
i thought about a moonlit night, arms around you good and tight,
that's all i had to see for me to say, hey, hey,
(chorus)
so hello mary lou, goodbye heart
so hello mary lou, goodbye heart
yes hello mary lou, goodbye heart

 

 

 

ME AND BOBBY MCGEE / JANIS JOPLIN

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waitin' for a train

feelin' nearly faded as my jeans

Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained

took us all the way to New Orleans

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna

and was playin' soft while Bobby sang the blues

with them windshield wispers slappin' time, and Bobby holdin' hand in mine

We sang out every song that driver knew

 

Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose

Nothin', it ain't would nothin' but ain't free

And feelin' good was easy, lord, when Bobby sang the blues

You know feelin' good was good enough for me

Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee

 

From the coal mines of Kentucky to the California sun Yeah

Bobby shared the secrets of my soul

Through all the kinds of weather, through everything we done Yeah

Bobby baby kept me from the cold

One day up near Salinas, lord, I let him slip away

lookin' for that home and I hope he'll find

We'll trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday

To be holdin' Bobby's body next to mine

Freedom's just another word .....................

 

 

 

Man on the moon / R. E. M

Mott the Hoople and the game of Life. Yeah, y yeah, yeah.
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match. Yeah, y, yeah, yeah.
Monopoly, Twenty one, checkers, and chess. Yeah, y, y, y.
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess. Yeah, y, yeah, yeah.
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
See you heaven if you make the list. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey, Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby. Are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Moses went walking with the staff of wood. Yeah, y, y, y
Newton got beaned by the apple good. Yeah, y, yeah, yeah.
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp. Yeah, y, yeah, yeah.
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask. Yeah, y, y, yeah.

Hey Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey, Andy are you goofing on Elvis? Hey, baby. Are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.
Here's a little agit for the never-believer. Yeah, y, y, yeah.
Here's a little ghost for the offering. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's. Yeah, y, y, yeah.
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling [wrestling bears].Y,y, y, y
Hey Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?

Hey Andy are you goofing on Elvis, hey baby, are we losing touch?

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon.
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.

 

 

 

Somebody / Bryan Adams

I been lookin' for someone

Through the fire and the flame.

We're all lookin' for something

To ease the pain.

Now who can you turn to

When ist's all black and white

And the winners are losers,

You can see it every night.

CHORUS:

I need somebody, Somebody like you.

Everybody needs somebody.

I need somebody, Hey, what about you.

Everybody needs somebody.

When you're out on the front line

And you're watchin' them fall,

It doesn't take long to realize

It ain't worth fightin' for.

I thought I saw the madonna

When you walked in the room

And your eyes were like diamonds

And they cut right through,

CHORUS + solo

Another night, Another lesson learnt.

It's the distance that keeps us sane

When the silence leads to sorrow we do it all again, All again.

CHORUS...

 

 

 

Sympathy For the Devil / Rolling Stones

Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and taste

I've been around for long,long years I've stolen many a man's soul and faith

I was around when Jesus Christ had His moments of doubt and pain

I made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate

Chorus

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name,

but what's puzzling you, is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was time for a change

I killed the Czar and his ministers, Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank, held a gen'ral's rank, when the blitzkrieg raged and the bodies stank

Chorus

I watched with glee while your kings and queens,

fought for ten decades for the gods they made

I shouted out "Who killed the Kennedys?", when after all it was you and me

So let me please introduce myself, I`m a man of wealth and taste

And I lay traps for troubadours, who get killed before they reach Bombay

Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name,

but what's confusing you, is just the nature of my game

Just as every cop is criminal, and all the sinners, Saints

As heads is tails, just call me Lucifer, 'cause I'm in need of some restraint

So if you meet me, have some courtesy, have some sympathy and some taste

Use all your well-learned politesse, or I'll lay your soul to waste Chorus

 

 

 

Mighty Quinn / Bob Dylan

Come all without, come all within

You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn

Come all without, come all within

You'll not see nothing like the Mighty Quinn

Ev'rybody's building ships and boats

Some are building monuments, others jotting down notes.

Ev'rybody's in despair, ev'ry girl and boy

But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here,

Ev'rybody's gonna jump for joy.

Come all without...

I like to go just like the rest, I like my sugar sweet

But jumping queues and making haste, just ain't my cup of meat.

Ev'ryone's beneath the trees, feeding pigeons on a limb

But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here,

All the pigeons gonna rum to him.

Come all without...

Let me do what I wanna do, I can recite 'em all

Just tell me where it hurts and I'll tell you who to call.

Nobody can get no sleep, there's someone on ev'ryones toes.

But when Quinn the Eskimo gets here,

Ev'rybody's gonna wanna doze.

Come all without...

 

 

 

The River / Bruce Springsteen

 

I come from down the valley where Mister when you're young

They bring you up to do just like your daddy done

Me and Mary we met in high school When she was just seventeen

We'd ride out of the valley down to where the fields were green.

 

Chorus:

We'd go down to the river and into the river we'd dive

Oh down to the river we'd ride.

 

Then I got Mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote

And for my nineteenth birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat

We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest

No wedding day smiles, no walk down the isles no flowers no wedding dress

Chorus

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company

But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy

Now all them things that seemed so important

Well mister they vanished right into the air

Now I act like I don't remember and Mary acts like she don't care

But I remember us riding in my brothers car

Her body tan and wet down by the reservoir

At night on them banks I'd lie awake and pull her close just to feel every breath she'd take

Now those memories come back to haunt me they haunt me like a curse

Is a dream a lie if it don't come true or is it something worse

that sends me down....


 

when you‘re gone / bryan adams

i‘ve been wandering around the house all night

wondering what the hell to do

i‘m trying to concentrate but all i can think of is you

well the phone don‘t ring cuz my friends ain‘t home

i‘m tired of being all alone

got the tv on cuz the radio‘s playing songs that remind me of you

refrain:

baby when you‘re gone - i realize i‘m in love

the days go on and on - and the nights just seem so long

even food don‘t taste that good - drink ain‘t doing what it should

things just feel so wrong - baby when you‘re gone

i‘ve been driving up and down these streets

trying to find somewhere to go

ya i‘m lookin’ for a familiar face but there‘s no one i know

this is torture - this is pain - it feels like i‘m gonna go insane

i hope you‘re coming back real soon - cuz i don‘t know what to do

refrain: baby, when you’re gone ……..

solo

refrain: baby, when you’re gone ……..

baby, when you’re gone ya baby, when you’re gone

 

 

 

Don't look back in Anger / Oasis

Slip inside the eye of your mind don't you know you might find

A better place to play

You say that you never been but all the things that you've seen

Slowly fade away

So I start a revolution from my bed

Cos you said the brains I have went to my head

Step outside the summertime's in bloom

Stand up beside the fire place take that look from off your face

Cos you ain't never gonna burn my heart out

So Sally can wait she knows it's too late as we're walking on by

Her soul slides away but don't look back in anger I heard you say

Take me to the place where you go where nobody knows

if it's nigth or day

Please don't put your life in the hands of a rock 'n roll band

Who'll throw it out away

Gonna start a revolution from my bed

Cos you said the brains I have went to my head

Step outside the summertime's in bloom

Stand up beside the fire place take that look from off your face

Cos you ain't never gonna burn my heart out

So Sally can wait she knows it's too late as we're walking on by

Her soul slides away but don't look back in anger I heard you say

So Sally can wait she knows it's too late as we're walking on by

Her soul slides away......

But don't look back in anger

Don't look back in anger I heard you say

At least not today

 

 

 

 

Nowhere Man / Beatles

He's a real nowhere man,

Sitting in his nowhere land,

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

Doesn't have a point of view,

Knows not where he's going to,

Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere man, please listen,

You don't know what you're missing,

Nowhere man, the world is at your command.

He's as blind as he can be,

Just sees what he wants to see,

Nowhere man can you see me at all?

Doesn't have a point of view,

Knows not where he's going to,

Isn't he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere man, don't worry,

Take your time, don't hurry,

Leave it all 'till somebody else lends you a hand.

He's a real nowhere man,

Sitting in his nowhere land,

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

Making all his nowhere plans for nobody.

 

 

 

Eight Days A Week The Beatles

ooh I need your love babe Guess you know it's true

Hope you need my love babe Just like I need you

Hold me, love me Hold me, love me

Ain't got nothin' but love babe Eight days a week

Love you every day girl Always on my mind

One thing I can say girl Love you all the time

Hold me, love me Hold me, love me

Ain't got nothin' but love babe Eight days a week

Eight days a week I love you

Eight days a week Is not enough to show I care

Ooh I need your love babe Guess you know it's true

Hope you need my love babe Just like I need you

Hold me, love me Hold me, love me

Ain't got nothin' but love babe Eight days a week

Eight days a week I love you

Eight days a week Is not enough to show I care

Love you every day girl Always on my mind

One thing I can say girl Love you all the time

Hold me, love me Hold me, love me

Ain't got nothin' but love babe

Eight days a week Eight days a week

Eight days a week

 

 

Do You Want To Know A Secret / Beatles

You'll never know how much I really love you

You'll never know how much I really care

Listen do you want to know a secret

do you promise not to tell woooooooooah

Closer let me whisper in your ear

say the words you long to hear

I'm in love with you oooooooo

Listen (do dah do) do you want to know a secret (do dah do)

do you promise not to tell (do dah do) woah

Closer (do dah do) let me whisper in your ear (do dah do)

say the words you long to hear

I'm in love with you ooooooo

I've know the secret for the week or two

Nobody knows just we two

Listen (do dah do) do you want to know a secret (do dah do)

do you promise not to tell (do dah do) woah

Closer (do dah do) let me whisper in your ear (do dah do)

say the words you long to hear

I'm in love with you ooooooo

Ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo ooooo

 

 

 

 

Don’t pay the ferryman / CHRIS DE BURGH

It was late at night on the open road

Speeding like a man on the run

A lifetime spent preparing for the journey

He is closer now, as the search is on

Reading from a map in the mind

Yes, there's that rugged hill and there's a boat on the river.

And when the rain came down,

He heard a wild dog howl.

There were voices in the night, (don't do it)

Voices out of sight, (don't do it)

"Too many men have failed before; whatever you do,

Refrain:

Don't pay the ferryman

Don't even fix a price

Don't pay the ferryman

until he gets you to the other side"

aaahaah-ahaa, aaahaah-ahaa

In the rolling mist as he gets on board

Now there 'II be no turning back

Beware that hooded old man at the rudder

And the lightning flashed and the thunder rolled

And people calling out his name

And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned on the water.

And then the ferryman said

" there is trouble ahead

So you must pay me now" (don't do it)

"You must pay me now" (don't do it)

And still that voice came from beyond: ..whatever you do,

Refrain:

Don't pay... the ferry-man!

 

 

 

 

MOTHER'S LITTLE HELPER / ROLLING STONES

What a drag it is getting old

"Kids are different today," I hear every mother say

Mother needs something today to calm her down

And though she's not really ill There's a little yellow pill

She goes running for the shelter Of a mother's little helper

And it helps her on her way Gets her through her busy day

"Things are different today," I hear every mother say

Cooking fresh food for a husband's just a drag

So she buys an instant cake And she burns her frozen steak

And goes running for the shelter Of a mother's little helper

And to help her on her way Gets her through her busy day

CHORUS

Doctor please Some more of these

Outside the door She took four more

What a drag it is getting old

"Men just aren't the same today I hear every mother say

They just don't appreciate that you get tired

They're so hard to satisfy You can tranquilise your mind

So go running for the shelter Of a mother's little helper

And for to help you through the night Help to minimise your plight

CHORUS

Doctor please Some more of these

Outside the door She took four more

What a drag it is getting old

"Life's just much too hard today," I hear every mother say

The pursuit of happiness just seems a bore

And if you take more of those You will get an overdose

No more running to the shelter Of a mother's little helper

They just helped you on your way Through your busy dying day HEY!

 

 

 

 

Who the fuck is Alice / Smokie

Sally called, when she got the world,

she sayed, I suposed she heard - about Alice.

But I rushed to the window, I looked outside,

I could hardly believe my eyes,

so a big limousine moved on, into Alice is drived.

Ref: Oh I don‘t know why she‘s leavin‘ , the way she‘s gone go.

I guess she‘s got a reasens but I just don‘t wanna know,

cause for twenty-four years I‘ve been livin‘ next door to Alice -

- Alice, who the fuck is Alice.

Twenty-four years just waiting for a chance,

to tell her how I feelin may begin a second glance.

Now I got to get used to knock livin next door to Alice -

- Alice, who the fuck is Alice.

Grought together two kids in the park,

called Derell with cold steels in the barg - me and Alice.

Now she walks through the door, without heat helled hy,

and just for a moment, I call her why, as a big limousine rolled slowly -

about Alice is drive.

Refrain.............

Sally called back, as how I felled.

She said I know how to help - over Alice.

She said now Alice is gone, but I‘m still here,

now I‘ve been waitin for twenty-four years,

that a big limousine disabered.

Ref: [: Now I got to get used to knock livin next door to Alice :]

 

 

 

 

 

King of the road

Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents,

no phone, no pool, no pets, I ain´t got no cigarettes,

I bet two hours of pushin´ broom buys a eight by twelve four-bed room

I´m a man of means by no means - King of the Road!

Third boxcar, midnight train, destination Banger, Maine.

Old worn-out suit and shoes, I don´t pay no Union dues.

I smoke old stogies I have found, short, but not to beg around.

I´m a man of means by no means - King of the Road!

I know every engineer on every train,

all of the children and all of their names

And every hand-out in every town

And every lock that ain´t locked when no-one´s around, I sing:

Trailer for sale or rent, rooms to let fifty cents,

no phone, no pool, no pets, I ain´t got no cigarettes,

I bet two hours of pushin´ broom buys a eight by twelve four-bed room

I´m a man of means by no means - King of the Road!

 

 

 

Lady in black / Uriah Heep

She came to me one morning, one lonely Sunday morning,

her long hair flowing in the mid-winter wind.

I know not how she found me, for in darkness I was walking,

and destruction lay around me from a fight I could not win

Ah ...

She asked me name my foe then. I said the need within some men

to fight and kill their brothers without thought of men or god.

I begged her give me horses to trample down my enemies,

so eager was my passion to devot this waste of life.

Ah ...

But she would not think of battle that reduces men to animals,

so easy to begin and yet impossible to end.

For she the mother of all men had counciled me so wisely that

I feared to walk alone again and asked if she would stay.

Ah ...

"Oh lady lend your hand," I cried, "Oh let me rest here at your side."

"Have faith and trust in me," she said and filled my heart with life.

There is no strength in numbers. I've no such misconceptions.

But when you need me be assured I won't be far away.

Ah ...

Thus having spoke she turned away and though I found no words to say

I stood and watched until I saw her black cloak disappear.

My labor is no easier, but now I know I'm not alone.

I find new heart each time I think upon that windy day.

And if one day she comes to you drink deeply from her words so wise.

Take courage from her as your prize and say hello for me.

Ah ...

 

 

 

 

The Letter / BOX TOPS

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

Ain't got time to take the fast` train.

Lonely days are gone. I'm a goin' home,

My baby just wrote me a letter.

I don't care how much money I gotta spend,

Got to get back to my baby again

Lonely days are gone. I'm agoing' home

My baby just wrote me a letter.

Well she wrote me a letter said she couldn't live without me no more.

Listen mister can't you see I got to get back

to my baby once more. Anyway.

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

Ain't got time to take the fast` train.

Lonely days are gone. I'm agoin' home,

My baby just wrote me a letter.

Well she wrote me a letter said she couldn't live without me no more.

Listen mister can't you see I got to get back

to my baby once more. Anyway.

Give me a ticket for an aeroplane,

Ain't got time to take the fast` train.

Lonely days are gone. I'm agoin' home,

My baby just wrote me a letter.

My baby just wrote me a letter, (usw.. .fade out)

 

 

 

NO WOMAN NO CRY / Bob Marley

Ref.: No woman, no cry No woman, no cry

No woman, no cry No woman, no cry

Say, I remember when we used to sit

In the government yard in Trenchtown

Observing the hypocrites

As they would mingle with the good people we meet

2. Good friends we have, good friends we've lost

Along the way

In this bright future you can forget your past

So dry your tears I say, and

Ref.: No woman, no cry No woman, no cry

Eeeh, little darling, don't shed no tears

No woman, no cry

3. Say, I remember when we used to sit

In the government yard in Trenchtown

And then Georgie would make the fire light

As it was love would burning thru the night

4. Then we would cook corn-meal porridge

Of which I'll share with you

My feet is my only carriage

So I've got to push on thru

But while I'm gone

Everything's gonna be alright

Everything's gonna be alright

Everything's gonna be alright

Everything's gonna be alright

Ref.: No woman, no cry ...

3. Say, I remember, ...

4. Then we would ...

Ref.: No woman, no cry ... (2x)

 

 

 

No milk today / Herman's Hermits

No milk today, my love is gone away.

The bottle stands for lorn, a symbol of the dawn.

No milk today, it seems a common sight,

But people passing by. Don't know the reason why.

How could they know just what this message means,

The end of all my hopes, the end of all my dreams,

How could they know, a palace there had been,

behind the door where my love reigned as queen.

No milk today, it wasn't always so,

The company was gay, we turn'd night into day.

But all that's left is a place dark and lonely

A terraced house in a mean street back of town

Becomes a shrine when I think of you only

Just two up two down.

No milk today, it wasn't always so,

The company was gay, we turn'd night into day.

As music played the faster did we dance

We felt it both at once, the start of our romance.

How could they know just what this message means,

The end of all my hopes, the end of all my dreams,

How could they know a palace there had been,

behind the door where my love reigned as queen.

No milk today, my love is gone away.

The bottle stands forlorn, a symbol of the dawn.

But all that's left is a place dark and lonely

A terraced house in a mean street back of town

Becomes a shrine when I think of you only

Just two up two down.

 

 

 

 

Twisting the night away / Rod Stewart

Let me tell ya about the place Somewhere up New York ways

where the people are so gay Twisting the night away

Here they have a lot of fun Putting trouble on the run

Man there ainít nothing like Twisting the night away

chorus

Twisting the night Twisting the night Everybody’s doing great

Twisting the night Twisting the night Twisting the night away

Here’s a fella in blue jeans He’s dancing with an older queen

Chick’s dolled up in diamond ring Twisting the night away

Man you gotta see her go Twisting to the rockíníroll

Man, there ain’t nothing like Twisting the night away

(chorus)

Here’s a man in evening cloth How he got here I don’t know

Man you gotta see him go Twisting the night away

He’s dancing with a chick in slacks This chick’s moving up and back

Man, there ain’t nothing like Twisting the night

 

 

 

Summer of 69 / Bryan Adams

I got my first real six-string

Bought it at the five-and-dime

Played it till my fingers bled

It was the summer of '69

Me and some guys from school

Had a band and we tried real hard

Jimmy quit and Jody got married

I shoulda known we'd never get far

Oh when I look back now

That summer seemed to last forever

And if I had the choice

Yeah, I'd always wanna be there

Those were the best days of my life.

Ain't no use in complainin'

When you got a job to do

Spent my evenin's down at the drive-in

And that's when I met you

Standin' on your mama's porch, You told me that you'd wait forever

Oh and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never

Those were the best days of my life

Back in the summer of '69

Man we were killin' time

We were young and restless

We needed to unwind

I guess nothin' can last forever - forever, no

And now the times are changin'

Look at everything that's come and gone

Sometimes when I play that old six-string

I think about ya wonder what went wrong

Standin' on your mama's porch, You told me it would last forever

Oh the way you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never

Those were the best days of my life

Back in the summer of '69

 

 

 

 

Rock around the clock tonight

One - two -three o´clock, four o´clock: rock!

Five - six - seven o´clock, eight o´clock: rock!

Nine - ten - eleven o´clock, twelve o´clock: rock!

We´re gonna rock around the clock tonight.

Put your glad rags on and join me, Hon,

we´ll have some fun when the clock strikes on.

We´re gonna rock around the clock tonight,

we´re gonna rock, rock, rock `til broad daylight

we´re gonna rock, gonna rock around the clock tonight!

When the clock strikes two and three and four,

if the band slows down we´ll yell for more

We´re gonna rock ………….

When the chimes ring five and six and seven

We’ll be rockin’ up in seventh heaven

We´re gonna rock ………….

When it’s eight nine ten, eleven too,

I’ll be goin’ strong and so will you.

We´re gonna rock ………….

When the clock strikes twelve – we’ll cool off,

Start a rockin’ ‘round the clock again

We´re gonna rock ………….

 

 

 

Let`s twist again

Come on let`s twist again

like we did last summer.

Yeah! Let`s twist again,

like we did last year.

Don`t cha remember when

things were really hummin`.

Yeah! Let`s twist again - twistin` time is here!

Eeah `roun`n a roun`n a` up `n` down we go again,

oh, baby, make me know you love me so and then

let`s twist again

like we did last summer.

Yeah! Let`s twist again, like we did last year.

Eeah `roun`n a roun`n a` up `n` down we go again,

oh, baby, make me know you love me so and then

let`s twist again

like we did last summer.

Yeah! Let`s twist again, like we did last year.

Yeah! Let`s twist again - twistin` time is here!

 

 

 

Pretty Woman / Roy Orbison

Verse 1:

Pretty woman walking down the street

Pretty woman the kind I'd like to meet

Pretty woman

I don't believe you, you're not the truth

No one could look as good as you (Mercy!)

Verse 2:

Pretty woman won't you pardon me

Pretty woman I couldn't help but see

Pretty woman

That you look lovely as can be

Are you lonely just like me (Rrrrowrr...)

Bridge:

Pretty woman stop a while

Pretty woman talk a while

Pretty woman give your smile to me

Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah

Pretty woman look my way

Pretty woman say you'll stay with me

'Cause I need you I'll treat you right

Come with me baby Be mine tonight

Verse 3:

Pretty woman don't walk on by

Pretty woman don't make me cry

Pretty woman Don't walk away, hey

OK... if that's the way it must be, OK

I guess I'll go on home, it's late

There'll be tomorrow night, but wait

What do I see

…………………………..

Is she walking back to me

Yes, she's walking back to me

Oh, oh, pretty woman

 

 

 

 

Dust in the wind / Kansas

I close my eyes, only for a moment and the moment‘s gone.

All my dreams, pass before my eyes in curiosity.

Ref: Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea.

All we do, crumbles to the ground though we refuse to see.

Ref: Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.

Now, don‘t hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky.

It slips away, with all your money won‘t another minute buy.

Ref: Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind.

 

 

 

 

Hotel California / Eagles

On a dark desert highway cool wind in my hair

warm smell of colitas rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light

my head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim

I had to stop for the night

there she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell

And I was thinking to myself this could be heaven or this could be hell

then she lit up a candle And she showed me the way

there were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California such a lovely place such a lovely face

Plenty of room at the Hotel California any time of year you can find it here

Her mind is Tiffany twisted she's got the Mercedes Benz

she's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys That she calls friends

how they dance in the courtyard sweet summer sweat

Some dance to remember some dance to forget

so I called up the Captain Please bring me my wine

he said we haven't had that spirit here since 1969

And still those voices are calling from far away

Wake you up in the middle of the night just to hear them say

Welcome to the Hotel California such a lovely Place such a lovely face

They're livin' it up at the Hotel California what a nice surprise bring your alibies

Mirrors on the ceiling depict champaign on ice and

she said we are all just prisoners here Of our own device

and in the master's chambers they gathered for the feast

They stab it with their steely knives but they just can't kill the beast

last thing I remember I was running for the door

I had to find the passage back to the place I was before

Relax said the nightman we are programed to recieve

you can check out any time you like But you can never leave

Welcome to the Hotel California such a lovely Place such a lovely face

They're livin' it up at the Hotel California what a nice surprise bring your alibies

 

 

 

 

TAKE IT EASY / THE EAGLES

Well, I'm running down the road try'n to loosen my load,

I've got seven women on my mind,

four that wanna own me, two that wanna stone me,

one says she's a friend of mine

Take it easy, take it easy,

don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.

Light-en up while you still can,

don't even try to understand,

just find a place to make your stand and take it easy - -

Well, I'm standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona

and such a fine sight to see,

it's a girl, my Lord in a flat bed Ford

slowin' down to take a look at me.

Come on Baby, don't say maybe,

I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me.

We may lose and we may win,

though we will never be here again,

so open up, I'm climbin' in, so take it easy.

Well I'm running down the road try'n to loos-en my load,

got a world of trouble on my mind,

lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover,

she's so hard to find.

Take it easy, take it easy,

don't let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy.

Come on Baby, don't say maybe,

I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me.

doo da da doo da da …………

Oh, we got it easy - we ought to take it easy.

 

 

 

 

Homeward bound / Simon&Garfunkel

I´m sittin´in the railway station, got a ticket for my destination. Mm-

On a tour of one night stands my suitcase and guitar in hand

and ev´ry stop is neatly planned for a poet and a one man band.

Homeward Bound, I wish I was, Homeward Bound.

Home where my thought´s escaping, Home where my music´s playing

Home where my love lies waiting silently for me.

Every day´s and endless stream of cigarettes and magazines. Mm--

And each town looks the same to me, the movies and the factories

and ev´ry strangers face I see reminds me that I long to be.

Homeward Bound, I wish I was, Homeward Bound.

Home where my thought´s escaping, Home where my music´s playing

Home where my love lies waiting silently for me.

 

Tonight I´ll sing my songs again, I´ll play the game and pretend. Mm-

But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity

like emptiness in harmony I need someone to comfort me.

Homeward Bound, I wish I was, Homeward Bound.

Home where my thought´s escaping, Home where my music´s playing

Home where my love lies waiting silently for me.

silently for me.

 

 

 

I saw her standing there / Beatles

Well she was just seventeen, you know what I mean,

And the way she looked was way bejond compare,

So how could I dance with another, uuhh

when I saw her standing there.

Well she looked at me, and I, I could see,

That before too long I'd fall in love with her.

She wouldn't dance with another, uhh,

when I saw her standing there.

Well my heart went zoom when I crossed that room,

And I held her hand in mine...

Oh we danced through the night, and we held each other tight,

And before too long I fell in love with her.

Now I'll never dance with another, uhh

since I saw her standing there.

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Well my heart went zoom when I crossed that room,

And I held her hand in mine...

Oh we danced through the night,

and we held each other tight,

And before too long I fell in love with her.

Now I'll never dance with another, uhh

since I saw her standing there.

Since I saw her standing there.

Since I saw her standing there.