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Original musician: ray charles

Hit the road, jack
And don't you come back
No more no more no more no more
Hit the road, jack
And don't you come back
No more

Original musician: them featuring van morrison

Well, i saw her...she was walkin' down the street
She was looking mighty tasty...she was looking so good to me
So i walked up to her with my very best smile on my face
She just kinda laughed and said "are you through?
Can we get on, can we get on down to your place."
She come to my house
She come up my stairs
She tell me she need me
She look like she cares
She make me feel good
She make me feel good all night
She make me feel good
She make me feel all right
I said "baby...what's your name?"
I said "baby...what's your name?"
And she said g...l...o...r...i-i-i-i-i-i-a
G-l-o-r-i-a (gloooria)
G-l-o-r-i-a (gloooria)

You know, i saw her again...the very next day
She was walkin' on that same strip of road
And she was headin' my way
Now, i'll never forget the night before
In fact, i'll never forget that week
But there i sat, motionless, somber, silent, unable to speak
You see, to my sorrow, and to my shame
In all the excitement, i'd forgotten this girl's name
I said "baby...what's your name?"
I said "baby...what's your name?"
And she said g...l...o...r...i-i-i-i-i-i-a
G-l-o-r-i-a (gloooria)
G-l-o-r-i-a (gloooria)

Music & lyrics: john popper

Don't give up, don't allow disaster
Don't give up, don't you let her win
Talking about a forever after
Don't give up, don't you dare give in
Don't give up, don't you dare give in

Please understand and hear what i'm saying
The time is now, and you don't have long
She could be oceans away tomorrow
Soon your chance will have come and gone
So soon your chance will have come and gone

The tightwire's strung and you're out in the middle
All eyes upon you, no net below
Inches to go, and you're almost home free
Feel the wire swaying to and fro
Feel the wire swaying to and fro

The light in her eyes explanation escapes you
Longing to please and not feel alone
She doesn't know it, but really she loves you
Someday soon you will make it home
Someday so soon you will make it home
Someday so soon you will make it home
Someday so soon we'll all make it home

Here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Here's to the fallen empire, and i just don't care

A toast to the mighty buildings
That cluttered up the sky
And i'll drink to all those fine, brave lads
Who gave it their best try
The armies came on charging
But the battle lasted a day
By dawn the conquest halted there
And a handful rode away

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Here's to the fallen empire, and i just don't care

With the general dead and buried
The corporal of resource
Rallied up the small remains
Of once-undefeated force
Their final charge came quickly
Their horses seemed to fly
Each man knew an age had ended
Each man knew he'd die

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Hip hip hooray for the fallen empire, and i just don't care

The defenders made quick work of them
And the war was finally won
An era's culture grew no more
And a new era begun
The defenders, now the conquerors
Grow docile with desire
Their expansion surely justified now
All hail the new empire

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Here's to the fallen empire, and i just can't seem to care

You know, that was many empires ago
Many since have rose and fell
Many more shall rise under god and heaven
And ride off into hell
Their children have our faces
Their children we're among
And as i too dream, my turn draws near
Because i am that young

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the treasure there
Here's to the fallen empire, and i really don't care

I can hear it call to me
Like a wolf howls to the moon
You know, now there is no life up there
We'll colonize it soon
So here's to our falling empire
And all that's fine and fair
Come ride with me for an emperor's crown
I'm young and i just don't care

So here's to the fallen empire, and all the trouble there
Here's to the fallen empire, i'm a young man and i just don't care

Music & lyrics: john popper

Someone's in the kitchen with dinah
Someone's in the kitchen i know
Someone's in the kitchen with dinah
Strumming on the old banjo
Strumming
Fee fie fiddly-eye oh
Fee fie fiddly-eye oh
Fee fie fiddly-eye oh
Strumming on the old banjo
I said strumming on the old banjo
I said strumming on the old
Strumming on the old
Strumming on the old banjo
I said strumming on the old banjo

Original performers: simon & garfunkel

Slow down, don't move too fast
You've got to make the morning last
Kickin' down the cobblestones
Lookin' for fun and feelin' groovy
Feelin' groovy

Hello little folks, what you know
I've come to watch the flowers grow
Now ain't you got no rhyme for me
Doo doo doo feelin' groovy
Feelin' groovy

I've got no deeds to do, no promises to keep
I'm baffled and drowsy and ready for sleep
Like a morning to cast all the petals on me
Life, i love you, all is groovy

Original performer: chuck berry

Way down in louisiana close to new orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy name of johnny b. goode
He never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell

Go go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Johnny b. goode

He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade
Playing to the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by would stop and say
"oh my, but that little country boy can play"

Go go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Johnny b. goode

His mama told him someday he would be a man
And he would be the leader of a big old band
Many people coming from miles around
To hear him play his music til the sun go down
Maybe someday his name would be in lights
Saying johnny b. goode tonight

Go go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Go johnny go, go
Johnny b. goode

Original performer: george thorogood and the destroyers



On the day i was born
The nurses all gathered round
And they gazed in wild wonder
At the joy they had found
The head nurse spoke up
Said "leave this one alone."
She could tell right away
I was bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

I broke a thousand hearts
Before i met you
I'll break a thousand more, baby
Before i am through
I wanna be yours, pretty baby
Yours and yours alone
I'm here to tell ya, woman
That i'm bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

I'll make a rich woman beg
And i'll make a good woman steal
I'll make an old woman blush
And i'll make a young girl squeal
I wanna tell you pretty baby
What i see i make my own
I'm here to tell you pretty woman
That i'm bad to the bone

Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

Now when i walk the streets
Kings and queens step aside
Every woman i meet
They all stay satisfied.
I wanna tell ya, baby
What i see i make my own.
And i'm here to tell ya, pretty woman
That i'm bad to the bone


Bad to the bone
Bad to the bone
Ba ba ba bad
Bad to the bone

Original performer: the ventures

There's a man who lives a life of danger
To everyone he meets, he stays a stranger
With every move he makes
Another chance he takes
Odds are he won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number
And taken away your name

Beware of pretty faces that you find
A pretty face can hide an evil mind
Don't let the wrong word slip
While kissing persuasive lips
Or odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number
And taken away your name

Swinging on the riviera one day
Lying in a bombay alley next day
Be careful what you say
Or you'll give yourself away
Odds are you won't live to see tomorrow

Secret agent man, secret agent man
They've given you a number
And taken away your name

Original performer: prince

Don't worry, i won't hurt you
I only want you to have some fun

I was dreamin' when i wrote this
Forgive me if it goes astray

But when i woke up this mornin'
Coulda sworn it was judgment day

The sky was all purple
There were people runnin' everywhere

Tryin' to run from the destruction
You know i didn't even care

'cuz they say two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999

I was dreamin' when i wrote this
So sue me if i go too fast

But life is just a party
And parties weren't meant to last

War is all around us
My mind says prepare to fight

So if i gotta die
I'm gonna listen to my body tonight

Yeah, they say two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999
Yeah

Lemme tell ya somethin'
If you didn't come to party
Don't bother knockin' on my door
I got a lion in my pocket
And baby he's ready to roar

Yeah, everybody's got a bomb
We could all die any day
But before i'll let that happen
I'll dance my life away

They say two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
We're runnin' outta time
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999

Say it one more time
Two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
No, no
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999

Alright, it's 1999
You say it, 1999
1999
1999 don't stop, don't stop, say it one more time

Two thousand zero zero party over
Oops out of time
Yeah, yeah
So tonight i'm gonna party like it's 1999

Yeah, 1999
Don'tcha wanna go
Don'tcha wanna go
We could all die any day
I don't wanna die
I'd rather dance my life away
Listen to what i'm tryin' to say

Everybody, everybody say party
C'mon now, you say party
That's right, everybody say
Can't run from the revelation, no
Sing it for your nation y'all
Tell me what you're singin', baby say
Telephone's a-ringin', mama
C'mon, c'mon, you say
Everybody,
Work it down to the ground, say party
Come on, take my body, baby party
That's right, c'mon, sing the song party
That's right party
Got a lion in my pocket mama, say party
Oh, and he's ready to roar party

Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?
Mommy, why does everybody have a bomb?

I held you, i said that i loved you
I said that i'd never leave
You said i'm easy, much too easy to hurt
And too easy to believe
So i'm on my own now
I've got myself for a friend
And it gets better every day
And now you wonder, yes you wonder aloud
Why i won't come out and play
What do you want from me?

Some say i'm jaded, disillusioned by
This heart that's turned to stone
Well, that's not true, there's a fire inside me
That won't leave me alone
But you have to ou understand, my fire needs air
The flame must burn free
Do you want control?
Do you want to put the fire out
Or the flame too bright to see?
What do you want?
What do you want?
What do you want from me?
What do you want?

Now i still love you but hold you i won't
Because you're free to what you need
And want you free
From the chain to the dungeon of your greed
Oh, tell me why, why couldn't i just accept and let it be?
Oh tell me what, when i want but for you,
What do you want?
What do you want from me?
What do you want?

Cleopatra's favorite cat
Got his hands on caeser's spats
The heat was on as you could see
So he front 'em to mark antony
Said, "my girlfriend's cat is smarter than me."

Caeser had an eye for clothes
He saw them spats and said, "i like those."
Caeser had not thing to say, except
"jesu christi domine
Et tu, brute
Jesu christi domine
Et tu, brute."

The senate tried to sympathize
It was the cat they should despise
Informant told his whereabouts
Centurions to seek him out

Centurions! there go the centurions

Brutus had to turn his head
When that cat done went and said
"if he's got this thing for shoes
He just might be ambitious, too
They got holidays all in his name
And all a tyrant needs is fame
Those fascists don't play pretty games
Egypt is the place to be
But rome is a democracy
Rome!

Caeser never got them back
Cause they killed his ass in the second act
Brutus spoke, then antony
Said, "my girlfriend's cat is smarter than me
Egypt's biggest rivalry
Cleopatra's cat and me."

Written by: henry vestine, adolfo de la parra, alan wilson, larry taylor, and robert hite, jr.
Well it's christmastime everybody
But it's raining in my heart
Yes it's christmastime everybody
But it's raining in my heart
Well you know that i love you baby
Tell me why must we be apart

Well you told me new year's eve
That we'd be together christmastime
Well you told me new year's eve
That we'd be together at christmastime
Well it's christmas eve my darling
Will you be here when the bell
Begins to chime

Okay

What is a ship without a cre-ew
What is the morning without the de-ew baby
What's a ship without a cre-ew
What is the morning without the de-ew baby
What is my life little darling
Another lonely christmas
Without you

I never said that i loved you baby
I never said that i cared
I never said that i'd weep at your passing
I never said i'd be there

So you're down and out and you need a friend
You need somebody to turn to
Keep on looking cause if i'm not there
There's nothing more that i can do

Cause it's outta my hands with the way that you talk
Cause it's outta my hands with the way i listen
Cause it's outta my hands with the way that you treat me
Cause it's outta my hands when it's given

Cause it's outta my hands with the way that you talk
Cause it's outta my hands with the way i listen
Cause it's outta my hands with the way that you treat me
Cause it's outta my hands when it's given

(note: this song changes with every version...this version is from 5-13-94, when it was brought back after a two-year absence, at the aragon ballroom, in chicago)

Rock and roll!

Well i've been around this world and i'll tell you some things
There ain't no free lunches, you gotta watch for the strings
You stand up for your rights and then you try to hold your ground
But only lady luck determines if you're up or you're down

Oh faith in my friend and faith in my brother
And faith in my life, i don't know no other
You try to stay happy, you try to stay sane
You get a little pleasure and you get a little pain
You grab the brass ring, you know you've gotta try
You keep right on a-grabbing until the day you die
Life's a big gamble, you have to work on yet
It's a big card shuffle, you gave what you could get
You get your joy, you get to have your blows,
And where she stops, nobody knows
And so it goes...and so it goes...

I could tell you scary stories; i could tell you some lies
It'll take much more than that for me to open your eyes
So go anywhere you want to; do whatever you choose
And only lady luck determines if you win or you lose...

Oh faith in my friend and faith in my brother
And faith in my life, i don't know no other
You try to stay happy, you try to stay sane
You get a little pleasure and you get a little pain
You grab the brass ring, you know you've gotta try
You keep right on a-grabbing until the day you die
Life's a big gamble, you have to work on yet
It's a big card shuffle, you gave what you could get
You get your joy, you get to have your blows,
And where she stops, nobody knows
And so it goes...and so it goes...

(spoken)
"do you know what i love about having this microphone in front of my face where i've got this groove going on behind me all solid and smooth? well, i'll tell you. through the miracle of rock and roll, i can say absolutely anything, anything at all that will make some kind of sense in some poetic way to somebody, somehow, somewhere. observe closely...hark! what light through yon window breaks? kids who live in glass houses should learn to draw rakes. them that takes cakes that the parsee man bakes makes dreadful mistakes. and those that think we can't do chicago are big lousy fakes."

"i don't have to explain it; i just gotta make it up...oh, i guess i should play now."

"how is everybody feeling? you know, we're feeling so good, we're gonna hit it for you one time (1 hit). ho! ho! ho! ha! eh! we feel so good, we're gonna hit it for you seven times (7 hits). this isn't something you get every day, this is interdimensional, cross-rip timekeeping. okay...this has never been done before...we're gonna hit it for you 13 times in honor of friday the 13th. (13 hits) that felt pretty good! you know, i'm afraid we're going to have to hit it for you 67 times. (67
Hits)"

"okay...all right now...you guys have been such a wonderful audience...we'd be terribly remiss if we didn't teach you a little something...the incredible masculine and feminine dance of awesome and articulate power...the dance that wowed them in nigeria in the early 1800's...a dance that wowed them in the beaches of the usa in 1965...that's right, i'm talking about the one, the only, wobbling surfer. now, in order to demonstrate this dance of incredible awesome power, you need a lot of people; you need a line, as a matter of fact. this has been a dance that has been banned from most line-dancing establishments, most of your country/western line-dancing establishments have not had this dance in their bar because it causes nudity and profane language. but to demonstrate this dance, we're going to use the world famous blues traveler stage crew. stage crew, please report, in uniform! ladies and gentlemen, the virile and masculine, blues traveler stage crew...this one particularly sca
ry-looking. all right...now wh
At you've got to do is you gotta stand sideways...picture yourself on a surfboard...knees slightly bent...arms out at a comfortable distance from the rest of your body, while your torso remains attached to your head, using the eyebrows to support the lower lumbar signal angle of your forehead, try and imagine yourself on a surfboard, and you're deep, deep, deep in the mediterranean ocean, and there's libyan terrorists on the left of you, sharks on the right of you, and you have to wobble, wobble, wobble your way to a safer, trimmer you. now i'd like to point out that several doctors had to operate on my leg to make it safe for me to do the wobbling surfer. but never before has this been attempted...this jump could very well kill all the people onstage - we don't know because there's petroleum-based alloys in my leg that could possibly explode into a ball of fire! but we're going to try it for you this one time; we're going to try it for you now, we're gonna do it, and we don't know ho
w - ladies and gentlemen,
The wobbling surfer, for you, presented for your viewing pleasure...1, 2, 1, 2, 3, surf! go for the jump!"

Oh faith in my friend and faith in my brother
And faith in my life, i don't know no other
You try to stay happy, you try to stay sane
You get a little pleasure and you get a little pain
You grab the brass ring, you know you've gotta try
You keep right on a-grabbing until the day you die
Life's a big gamble, you have to work on yet
It's a big card shuffle, you gave what you could get
You get your joy, you get to have your blows,
And where she stops, nobody knows
And so it goes...and so it goes...

"if only my aunt sylvia could see me now..."

Original performer: elias mcdaniel

I walked forty-seven miles of barbed wire,
I got a cobra snake for a necktie,
I got a brand new house by the road side,
Made out of rattlesnake hide.
I got me a chimney made on top,
Made from a human skull,
Now come on, take a little walk with me,
Now who do you love?
Come on arlene, take me by the hand,
Let me know you understand,
Who do you love? ...
Ride nine times on the midnight train
Through the fire and cold rain,
Who do you love? ...
I've got a tombstone hand in a graveyard mine,
Just twenty-two and i don't mind dying,
Who do you love? ...

Music & lyrics: john popper

Driving around on a monday morning
Got school in four hours, but i blew my last warning
Not much point in going today
They don't need me anyway
Decided i'm tired of looking for the catch
I'm down to my last cigarette
Gonna smoke it down, and try to forget
I know i could make it through the night
If i could only get a light
But as it happens, i don't have a match

I'm in love, i'm in hock
I'm flunking school, don't know why i'm shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can't get a light

Well, i'm always in my bit of debt
I bet i owe someone my last cigarette
In fact, everything i have, i owe
My mind, my soul, my clothes, my dough
I guess someday, i'll pay off my dues
Well, i'm still driving, and heading south
With an unlit cigarette hanging out my mouth
It won't be long before the dawn
Still with all my matches gone
And i'm just awake enough to get the blues

I'm in love, i'm in hock
I'm flunking school, don't know why i'm shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can't get a light
Nothing's coming right

Well, i'm just too tired to think about my baby
Is she a yes, or just another maybe
I wish that i could tell her so
But i'm just too scared to let her know
Just how it is i want things to be
Well, if i could have just one last smoke
Life might seem like just another joke
Tomorrow wouldn't be so bad
I wish it was a match i had
A smoke is quite essential to someone like me

I'm in love, i'm in hock
I'm flunking school, don't know why i'm shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can't get a light

Well, so a brand new day's begun
But i just cannot seem to get this game won
I guess i'm sorta lucky, though
Cause everybody tells me so
Blew my last chance a long time ago, there's nothing left but strife
Well, maybe someday i'll get out from under
And everybody gonna feel my thunder
But i don't think it'll go down that way
If i'm having trouble lasting one more day
Cigarettes and no matches
That's the story of my life
Where's that rusty knife

I'm in love, i'm in hock
I'm flunking school, don't know why i'm shocked
I said, the worst, the worst of all, i can't get a light

Lyrics & music: john popper

Maxwellton's braes are bonnie
Where early fa's the dew
And it's there that annie laurie
Gave me her promise true
Gave me her promise true
Which ne'er forgot will be
And for bonnie annie laurie
I'd lay me doon and dee
Her brow, is like the snowdrift
Her neck is like the swan
Her face it is the fairest
That e'er the sun shone on
That e'er the sun shone on
And dark blue is her e'e
And for bonnie annie laurie
I'd lay me down and dee
I'd lay me down and dee

Original performer: steve miller band



Some people call me the space cowboy
Some call me the gangster of love
Some people call me maurice
Beause i speak on the pompitice of love
People been talkin about me babe
Say i'm doing you wrong, doing you wrong
Doing you wrong, doing you wrong
But don't you worry, don't you worry
Don't you worry, don't you worry 'bout it baby
Cause i'm right here, right here,
Right here, right here at home

Cause i'm a picker, i'm grinner,
I'm a lover and i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, i'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't wanna hurt noone

You're the cutest thing that i ever did see
I really love your peaches, want to shake your tree
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey
Lovey dovey, lovey dovey all the time
Oh me babe, i could show you good time

Cause i'm a picker, i'm grinner,
I'm a lover and i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, i'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I get my lovin on the run

You're the cutest thing i ever did see
Really love your peaches, want to shake your tree
People keep talking about me babe
Say i'm doing you wrong, doing you wrong
Doing you wrong, doing you wrong
But don't you worry, don't you worry
Don't you worry, don't you worry 'bout it baby
Cause i'm right here, right here,
Right here, right here at home

Cause i'm a picker, i'm grinner,
I'm a lover and i'm a sinner
I play my music in the sun
I'm a joker, i'm a smoker
I'm a midnight toker
I sure don't wanna hurt noone

Mother funker!

If you see her come, you better look away
When she's down for a kill, that bitch is ready to play
If you need some time, she'll hook you for a while
With her jasmine eyes and her granite smile
Her kingdom's one twenty fifth to the lower east side
For the proper fee she'll hook you for that ride
To her bad ass haunts that span all across town
She can speak with a sheik as well as get the funk down

Geronimo!

Chan!

So if you crave brass rings, then son you'd best beware
But if that's the case, then you're already there
She'll spit you out and leave you wanting more
The queen of the night is just a burnt out whore

These lyrics are currently unavailable and we are working with the publisher to get the license for this song.

[inaudible line]
Holding up last night
Tearing things apart
He giggles with delight
[something] temptation
[something] out tonight

You can work your incantation
With garlic at your door
Or hide until tomorrow
It hasn't worked before
When his love is known
It turns to stone

This creature goes out hunting
And feeling that he prowls
Makes a jungle cat afraid to pounce
The wolf afraid to howl
When the [?] becomes his victim
And prayer becomes his prey
Well that's his way

You can work your incantation
With garlic at your door
Or hide until tomorrow
It hasn't worked before
When his love is known
It turns to stone

He puts upon the canvas
Visions in his head
With a pressure razor-fine
He paints until i'm bled
When the moment's captured
By his artistic eye
He lets it die

You can work your incantation
With garlic at your door
Or hide until tomorrow
It hasn't worked before
When his love is known
It turns to stone

And he can't be lonely
Time comes away
He has my own identity
Or so he does say
Only once the fast have weakened
Since statue i was free
He let it be

The demon all but vanquished
He's finally rid of him
But still i couldn't touch you
And it frightened me no end
And when at last you'd come
The beast raged on

You can work your incantation
With garlic at your door
Or hide until tomorrow
It hasn't worked before
When his love is known
It turns to stone

And when his love is known...
It turns to stone

Original performer: the band

I pulled into nazareth, was feeling bout half past dead;
I just need a place where i can lay my head.
"hey mister, can you tell me where a man might find a bed?"
He just grinned and shook my hand, "no" was all he said.

Take the load off fanny, take a load for free;
Take a load off fanny, and you put the load right on me.

I picked up my bag, i went looking for a place to hide;
When i saw carmen and the devil walking side by side.
I said "hey carmen, come on, let's go downtown."
She said "i gotta go, but my friend can stick around."

Take the load off fanny, take a load for free;
Take a load off fanny, and you put the load right on me.

Go down, miss moses, there's nothing you can say
It's just old luke, and luke's waiting on the judgment day.
"well, luke, my friend, what about young anna lee?"
He said, "do me a favor, son, won't you stay and keep anna lee company?"

Take the load off fanny, take a load for free;
Take a load off fanny, and you put the load right on me.

Crazy chester followed me, and he caught me in the fog.
He said, "i will fix your rack, if you'll take jack, my dog."
I said "wait a minute, chester, you know i'm a peaceful man."
He said, "that's okay, boy, won't you feed him when you can."

Take the load off fanny, take a load for free;
Take a load off fanny, and you put the load right on me.

Catch a cannon ball now, take me down the line.
My bag is sinking low, and i do believe it's time
To get back to miss fanny, you know she's the only one
Who sent me here with her regards for everyone.

Take the load off fanny, take a load for free;
Take a load off fanny, and you put the load right on me.

Music & lyrics: john popper

I wonder if she cried
I wonder what she said
I wonder if i'll ever know
What was going through her head
Was it a shock
Was it a surprise
What was going on
Behind those princeton eyes

Those beautiful princeton eyes
Those goddamn princeton eyes

Years of isolation
Have finally set you free
Luck and relocation
Showed me how i'm supposed to be
There's something in a memory
Something in disguise
Something i just could not see
Blinded by those princeton eyes

Those beautiful princeton eyes
Those goddamn princeton eyes

Dreams and success
Don't have to be the same
But no need to let your bridges burn
Everything is easy
Just play the silly game
One way or another
What better place to learn

I guess you know i'm leaving
And sadly say good bye
As sad as it may be, though
I'm finding it hard to cry
I almost believed you
Almost bought your pack of lies
I guess i was just taken in
By those beautiful princeton eyes

Those beautiful princeton eyes
Those goddamn princeton eyes

Those goddamn princeton eyes
Those goddamn princeton eyes

Last night the devil came out to play with me
Singing "let the games begin"
You know the harder i try to play his game
The more impossible to win

And i wonder aloud
Do they understand what the music means
You know a baby
Is singing the blues when it first screams

Playing for some dimes the rate of exchange
Laughing all the way
You know it doesn't really matter what they put us through
As long as we get to play

And i wonder aloud
Do they understand what the music means
You know a baby
Is singing the blues when it first screams

Feeling the crowd on a (seasonal/locational reference)
Freedom to call the tunes
You know you're the ones we came here for
And we won't be leaving soon

And we wonder aloud
Do they understand what the music means
You know a baby
Is singing the blues when it first screams

And we wonder aloud
We wonder aloud
Wonder, wonder, wonder aloud

Music & lyrics: john popper

I can feel the autumn on the summer's heels
I hate to notice how much colder the night it feels
And you're leaving
Yes, you're leaving
Time to change
Time to change

I can remember a time not too long ago
But now i almost wish i didn't so
These memories wouldn't hurt me so
Wouldn't hurt me so
Afraid of change
Afraid of change

Just take what you learn from your past
Feel your heart and your mind yearning and burning and learning and turning so fast
So damn fast
Freedom of change
Freedom of change

Time for your dreams to be put to test
Time to find out that you're just like the rest
It's so deceiving
So deceiving
A part of change
A part of change

Can you feel the excitement that's about to take place
A bold new adventure with so many dangers you must face
At times you'll hope, but you're all to hold on to
And freedom, and untold possibilities couldn't stop you
Some freedoms make you free to last
Of all the questions you might ask, let this one go
Let this one go
Will i change
Yes you will change

So the road is yours and without end
Remember me always, because i am your friend
I am your friend
And now change
You and i will change
And we'll be all right
Yes we will

(instrumental)

Memphis minnie

If it keeps on raining, the levee's going to break,
If it keeps on raining, the levee's going to break,
When the levee breaks i'll have no place to stay.

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Lord, mean old levee taught me to weep and moan,
Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home

Don't it make you feel bad
When you're tryin' to find your way home,
You don't know which way to go?
If you're goin' down south
They go no work to do,
If you don't know about chicago.

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,
When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
All last night sat on the levee and moaned,
Thinkin' 'bout me baby and my happy home.
Going, goin' to chicago,
Goin' to chicago,
Sorry but i can't take you.
Going down, going down now, going down.

I ain't goin' home as long as i'm still dry
I ain't goin' home as long as i'm still dry
I said the beer won't do it and i need a little whiskey and rye
There's only one thing gonna do the trick for me
There's only one thing gonna do the trick for me
And that's the corn mash whiskey that they make in tennessee

I'm gonna get back, right now
Don't care where, don't care how
Gonna get back to tennessee
Where my whiskey's waiting for me
Nothing's gonna do it but that corn mash whiskey of mine

Oh, back at home, my baby's got a nice little still
I said back at home, my baby's got a nice little still
She say she gonna leave me, but i don't believe she will
I been wasting my time drinking that jackie d.
I been wasting my time drinking that jackie d.
They say it's got a kick but it don't do the trick for me

I'm gonna get back, right now
Don't care where, don't care how
Gonna get back to tennessee
Where my whiskey's waiting for me
Nothing's gonna do it but that corn mash whiskey of mine

Spinning, spiraling machine
Tumble and toil in my command
Imagination, be my eye
Bring your vision to my hand

Spinning, spiraling machine
I've a prayer for you to hear
Let not your gear wheels fly away
Bringing cause for me to fear

For in this world of grand illusion
Muscles tear and muscles heal
And muscles have their own perception
And muscles need to know the real

It's a muscle that beats and pumps the blood flow
And hearts, they need a chance to grow
Nourished on a chance to understand them
The progress comes out ever slow

Like a flash of lightning to a blind man
A coat of paint upon the wall
You never let them see my horrible pain
You never let them see the fall

I will not care if points a finger
I will not care if called insane
It's in the storm i will find shelter
If lost and lonely i'll complain

Spinning, spiraling machine
You spin and spiral in my head
Tis up to me if i'm to love you
Tis up to me if i'm to dread
Tis up to me if i'm to love you
Tis up to me if i'm to dread

Music & lyrics: john popper

Please let me speak of my only regret
Let me speak of the girl that i'm sure you've all met
A kind with the earth like a dream that you've had
Terribly happy and wonderfully sad
This dream got to know me when i was in school
She made me look silly while i tried to act cool

She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
So i can't help but wonder, what if i'd stayed

Devoid of a purpose, devoid of a place
I muster my courage by the smile on her face
I'm not used to people didn't know who they were
It needed a reason so i'd do it all for her
To pry for a meeting, how secretly i dreamed
Song and dance to hide, how easily it screamed

She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can't help but wonder, what if i'd stayed

Soon i wound up in a rock and roll band
A conquested number part of my total plan
One night we played for many, but i played for one
She'd not yet arrived and soon we'd be done
We finished too early and another band was on
My hopes for impressing this girl were gone

She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can't help but wonder, what if i'd stayed

She got there soon after and to my surprise
She walked right up to me with those beautiful eyes
She tried conversation, i tried to be bold
I came off indifferent, my manner was cold
I could see i was tired, perhaps unprepared
But the truth of the matter, i was too damn scared

You see she asked me to dance and i flatly refused
For my perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can't help but wonder, what if i'd stayed

In different directions our two lives have led
And though not with her, but with thoughts in my head
Regrets can be scary, they can choke like a noose
But i also believe they can be put to good use
So follow your views, but be sure that they're yours
And try them out in real life, cause that's what they're for

She asked me to dance and i flatly refused
My perpetual fear of being abused
She brushed me once more, and i turned away
But i can't help but wonder, to this very day

The next time the girl of your dreams asks to dance
Put your dreams on the shelf and just give it a chance

Nobody told me it would be good
But i still wanted it to be
Do your homework like you should
Hoping something sets you free
What'll it be

Afraid of ultimate decay
Never stopping but to rust
Eager to get it underway
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, if you must

And if you want to worship truth
Be it medicine, meditation or god on the evening news
Or a fairy tale i might sing to you
But as you learn you will increase
You will affect your own release
A million ways to hear its voice
And in the end you've got no choice
You will finally feel aware
Of what you're part of everywhere
And there's an answer when you pray
The way of things, there is a way
The way of things, there is a way

You tell me god is dead
Well i say god always was
Life and death, living and dying all at once
That's all it ever does
Could be god is our idea
And ideas never die
Created in its image
We seek its light from up on high, give it a try

And if you want to worship truth
Be it medicine, meditation or god on the evening news
Or a fairy tale i might sing to you
But as you learn you will increase
You will affect your own release
A million ways to hear its voice
And in the end you've got no choice
You will finally feel aware
Of what you're part of everywhere
And there's an answer when you pray
The way of things, there is a way
The way of things, there is a way

I wanna try to play the way
Like r2-d2 squeaks and beeps and tells me everything
You know there's so much else to say
That the only way to even try is to just to start your riffing
Is it the chicken or the egg
It's the very notion to even try to figure out which one came first
I hate to see somebody beg
The infinite eternal chase
The quenching of the thirst

And if you want to worship truth
Be it medicine, meditation or god on the evening news
Or a fairy tale i might sing to you
But as you learn you will increase
You will affect your own release
A million ways to hear its voice
And in the end you've got no choice
You will finally feel aware
Of what you're part of everywhere
And there's an answer when you pray
The way of things, there is a way
The way of things, there is a way
There is a way
There is a way
There is a way

Music & lyrics: john popper

Misty misty morning
Coming round for my head
Oh i wish i was dead
So i wouldn't have to get up today
I didn't like the morning light
So the world is bloody red
I should go back to sleep instead
Cause it really don't matter either way

But there's a point that's neither night or day
And she smiles, tells me it's okay
And with her left hand, she starts to play and play
Some wind that moves that'll blow you far away

Well maybe some people have died in there
I've lived there forever
And i wouldn't have to be clever
Because then i'd get to stay
If i die tomorrow it'll be filled with sorrow
Like i really can't say
But at least i want to get out today

I came so close to paradise
The feelings were so true
You cried for me to come home
Now, i was crying too
We said so many things in anger
There seems little left to do
Than put the pen to paper
I can't write good-bye to you

I didn't mean to wake up
From the dream that was my life
I didn't mean to wake up
I can't stop the changes now

When you wake up in the morning
Don't look for me, i'll be gone
There's a letter on the table
With best regards from john

I didn't mean to wake up
From the dream that was my life
I didn't mean to wake up
I can't stop the changes now

I came so close to paradise
The feelings were so true
You cried for me to come home
Now i'm crying too

I didn't mean to wake up
From the dream that was my life
I didn't mean to wake up
I can't stop the changes now

(instrumental)

I will never leave you alone
No matter what you do or say
Don't care if you're away or at home
I will never go away

I cannot get you out of my mind
It's really kind of making me blue
This [something] is same to find
Can i take a [fill in] of you?

It's not like i'm in love,
Just severe infatuation
Just severe infatuation

I see you when i'm asleep or awake
The image of you and me
Is getting kind of hard to take
With you is where i want to be
I know i got it bad sometimes
For me to get close to you
Wouldn't that be sublime
If that's just what happened to you

It's not like i'm in love,
Just severe infatuation
Just severe infatuation

I will never leave you alone
No matter what you do or say
Don't care if you're away or at home
I will never go away
I know it's gonna take some time
Let me show it to you
But wouldn't it be sublime
I don't know what to

It's not like i'm in love,
Just severe infatuation
Just severe infatuation

Original performer: koko taylor

Tell automatic slim
Tell razor totin' jim
Tell butcher knife totin' annie
Tell fast talkin' fanny
Tonite we're gonna pitch a ball
Down to that union hall
Gonna romp and tromp 'till midnite
We're gonna fuss and fight 'till daylight
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all nite long

Tell poodle i'll tell him here
Tell albert i'll see him near
Tell old pistol pete
Everybody gonna meet
Tonite we need no rest
We're really gonna throw a mess
We're gonna break out all the windows
Gonna kick down all the doors
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all nite long

Tell fats and washboard sam
That everybody's gonna jam
Just shake it boxcar joe
We got sawdust on the floor
Tell chicken head till i die
We're gonna have a time
When the fish head fills the air
Be snuff juice everywhere
We're gonna pitch a wang dang doodle all nite long

Original performer: hanson

You have so many
Relationships in this life
Only one or two will last
You're going through all this pain and strife
Then you turn your back and they're gone so fast
And they're gone so fast
So hold on the ones who really care
In the end they'll be the only ones there
When you get old and start losing your hair
Can you tell me who will still care
Can you tell me who will still care

Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du
Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du

Plant a seed, plant a flower, plant a rose
You can plant any one of those
Keep planting to find out which one grows
It's a secret no one knows
It's a secret no one knows

Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du
Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du

In an mmm bop they're gone. in an mmm bop they're not there.
In an mmm bop they're gone. in an mmm bop they're not there.
Until you lose your hair. but you don't care.

Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba duba dop
Ba du
Mmm bop, ba duba dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du bop, ba du dop
Ba du

Can you tell me? you say you can but you don't know.
Can you tell me which flower's going to grow?
Can you tell me if it's going to be a daisy or a rose?
Can you tell me which flower's going to grow?
Can you tell me? you say you can but you don't know.

Tranquility can end in all its forms
And disaster can rule the day
I'm sitting in the center of hell
And i yearn to strike the match
And seldom surprised, the damned and cursed
The plans of mice and men
As he's walking out the door with a crowbar
I can hear him as he pries the latch

And the view of the light at the end of the tunnel
Makes me see more that i want to
The finish line's promise so far away
Still remains to get through

Wishing ever skyward, all i seem to see are circling hawks
Once fledglings turned to eagles, i regret having ever, ever urged them on
And all at once a voice reminds me
That salvation comes only to the brave
But the voice is growing fainter as desperately i search
And search for some small glimpse of dawn

And the view of the light at the end of the tunnel
Makes me see more that i want to
The finish line's promise so far away
Still remains to get through

Alas i sit behind an immense boulder
And i pretend to push it up a hill
I claw and scratch my way as the tunnel
On its side becomes a hole
Nervous and in shock from the battle's rage
My mount bucks and rears and throws me to the ground
A broken sword in hand, i get to my knees
I am fighting for my soul

And the view of the light at the end of the tunnel
Makes me see more that i want to
The finish line's promise so far away
Still remains to get through

And the view of the light at the end of the tunnel
Makes me see more that i want to
The finish line's promise so far away
Still remains to get through

Music & lyrics: john popper

What about the time
When you seemed to need a friend
Not to be your champion
At least i could pretend
And it took so long to know you
For me to finally see
In the midst of my confusion
When i tried to rescue you
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me

I don't think me too conceited
But i didn't think you could
Or maybe just too used to solitude
Do you think anybody would
You welcomed me completely
Smiled at what was inside
When the game of hide and seek was over
And to my sweet surprise
I didn't need to hide
And you rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me

I could tell you how you're beautiful
In every way that i know
Or admit how much i need you
How i need you not to go
But for me these things are difficult
Still battling with my pride
But there is some cause for hoping
Because though the battle isn't over
At least just now i tried
And you rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me

And i ask you to be patient
These things are hard for me to say
And thought it took so long to stay please, don't go away
If only, but if only, my face is turning red
Ah screw it, here goes nothing
I love you, i love you
And if now i'm feeling free
It's only because you rescued me
And you rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me
You rescued me

Guess i'll be leaving
On the next train
I woke out this morning
And it started to rain
Mean old woman
Gone and left me alone
Where the spirit leads me
Gonna carry me home
Gonna carry me home
Gonna carry me home
Gonna carry me home
Gonna carry

Something's faded
Just one more day
You're gonna have to knock me down
Gonna have to come and drag me away
Good god bad women
Gonna lead me to roam
When that's done, yeah, when that's done
Gonna come carry me home
When that's done, when i'm done
Gonna have to carry me home
Carry me home
Have to carry me home
Carry me
Carry me
Carry me

Original musician: the doors

Five to one, baby, one to five
No one here gets out alive
You get yours, baby, i'll get mine
Come and make it baby, in our prime
Get together one more time

The old get old, and the young get strong
They may save the weak and kill all them
They've got the guns, but we've got their number
We're gonna make them take it over
Get together one more time

Your boring days are over, night is drawing in
Shadows of the evening crawl across your skin
You walk across with your flower in your hand
Try to tell me no one understands
Trading your hours for a handful of dimes
Gonna win it baby in our prime
Gonna make it baby, in our prime
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together one more time
Get together, baby, one more time

(performed as instrumental)

I swear by all that makes me breathe and with a half-closed jasmine eye
I will slam the mighty claw into the ground
And dig up the treasure i've heard tell is around...
For i have come to play, and no one can take that away
And if i burn for what i say, i'll do it, but some other day

I wanna show you that anything is possible
I wanna show you that your wildest dreams can come true
And i swear someday i'm gonna figure out how to do just that
But until then, i guess trying is all i can do

Maybe i'm wrong thinking you want something better
Maybe i'm wrong thinking you got no problem making it through the night
Maybe i'm wrong about every little thing i'm talking about
Maybe i'm wrong, but just maybe, maybe i'm right

No, it's none of my business but i think i can make you happy
But it really doesn't matter if it's me or it's someone else
All that i know is that i think you're kinda special
And one way or another gonna see that i can treat you well

Maybe i'm wrong thinking you want something better
Maybe i'm wrong thinking you got no problem making it through the night
Maybe i'm wrong about every little thing i'm talking about
Maybe i'm wrong, but just maybe, maybe i'm right

You seem to think that lady luck just doesn't like you
Well, i've been trying to believe that the lady just ain't that dumb
Oh, just give her time to get here
And i'm sure that when she gets here
She'll be really glad to be here when she comes.

Maybe i'm wrong thinking you want something better
Maybe i'm wrong thinking you got no problem making it through the night
Maybe i'm wrong about every little thing i'm talking about
Maybe i'm wrong, but just maybe, maybe i'm right

Maybe i'm wrong thinking you want something better
Maybe i'm wrong thinking you got no problem making it through the night
Maybe i'm wrong about every little thing i'm talking about
Maybe i'm wrong, but just maybe, maybe i'm right

Original performer: gloria estefan and the miami sound machine



Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can't control yourself any longer
Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can't control yourself any longer

Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can't control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat

Everybody gather 'round now
Let your body feel the heat
Don't you worry if you can't dance
Let the music move your feet

It's the rhythm of the island, and like the sugar cane so sweet
If you want to do the conga, you've got to listen to the beat

Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can't control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat

Feel the fire of desire, as you dance the night away
'cause tonight were gonna party, 'til we see the break of day

Better get yourself together, and hold on to what you've got
Once the music hits your system, there's no way your gonna stop

Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can't control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat

Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can't control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat

Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga
I know you can't control yourself any longer
Feel the rhythm of the music getting stronger
Don't you fight it 'til you tried it, do that conga beat

Come on, shake your body baby, do the conga

When the sun and the storm refuse to yield
Each celebrating power that they wield
Their stubbornness and strength are revealed
And they combine to grow the crops in every field
And the partnership is sealed

I've come to realize they've grown me too
And there isn't much about it either can do
When dreams that you chase after shower you
While the love that you allow comes shining through
Creates a path of every hue

This path is narrow
Just wide enough to follow
I wonder where it will go
So i shall try, with my sharpest eye
To keep this rainbow in my view

(rapping)
Prepared is the way i see
Before me lies my destiny
It sprawls out to infinity
Should i choose to step upon
Always just believeable
With colors inconceivable
It forces me to see him
For what hope has now become
...what hope has now become

This path is narrow
Just wide enough to follow
I wonder where it will go
So i shall try, with my sharpest eye
To keep this rainbow in my view

So i teeter, so i sway
Eternally almost falling off, i'm on my way
The path so fragile
And the path forgives
But only he who seeks its color truly lives

This path is narrow
Just wide enough to follow
I wonder where it will go
So i shall try, with my sharpest eye
To keep this rainbow in my view

This path is narrow
Just wide enough to follow
I wonder where it will go
So i shall try, with my sharpest eye
To keep this rainbow in my view

The sun on the one hand
And the storm on the other
Only when i stand between
Do i become yet another

Music & lyrics: john popper

I ain't no broken-winged bird
My reams fly high
And i can't go on a memory
Can't accept or deny
I don't really know how to feel now
But i'm getting used to that
How instantly the feelings
Never leave and still come back

And that same old role has been played
And that age old course has been laid
And as usual, i'm afraid
But by heaven or hell, i will not be swayed
By the light of the moonlight serenade
By the light of the moonlight serenade

I think my heart is a racehorse
Whenever you're around
When there's usually a leaf
It tumbles to the ground
And i'm looking out my window
At a brand new day's begin
A junkie who is hurting
For seeing you again

And that same old role has been played
And that age old course has been laid
And as usual, i'm afraid
But by heaven or hell, i will not be swayed
By the light of the moonlight serenade
By the light of the moonlight serenade

But if it takes till forever
I will try to understand
Though i guessed i may never
These wings won't let me land
So i still keep on guessing
Till an instant makes it clear
This instant i am addressing
The instant you get here
I feel your soul coming on
And soon will fill my mind
I guess there are feelings
You just can't leave behind
The racehorse is off and running
And headed round the bend
Though jockey he is fearful
Saying here we go again

And that same old role has been played
And that age old course has been laid
And as usual, i'm afraid
But by heaven or hell, i will not be swayed
By the light of the moonlight serenade
By the light of the moonlight serenade

By the light of the moonlight serenade

She's all i ever wanted
She could make me alive
I don't think she's dead or anything, but i still feel haunted
Something in the way she said goodbye
This time

The night before
It could be me but it seemed like i needn't return
That's right little johnny gets to go and fight his war
And as he rides off in the sunset he feels the last ray's burn
And shine

The setting sun, though we ain't done
The setting sun, though we ain't done
The only one that makes me run
The setting sun, though we ain't done

What the hell did she mean
When she turned away and said "don't you ever forget me"
And why the sad routine
The tear in her eye, and my big reply
When i said you'd never let me
Oh no, not she

I found a letter
I found it in a pocket that she must have slipped it in
It basically told me to forget her
Now i ain't no genius, but i think i could begin
To see

The setting sun, though we ain't done
The setting sun, though we ain't done
The only one that makes me run
The setting sun, though we ain't done

With the sun obscured from view
And none but the night left to keep me warm
Is it me my darling, there's nothing left to do
But surrender to the coming storm
Where i am born...

With nothing to lose, and freedom to gain
I rode west at nightfall through freezing rain
Relying on luck, and the wit of my brain
Visions of plunder and endless campaign
Numb the pain

There is comfort in the sun
And the earth is good and soft
Now my sail catch the wind send my chariot aloft
I am rounding all the parapets
As another city burns
Harvest all creation for its ominous return
And then well before dawn
In cover we've gone

Moving on to the next after killing my prey
Growing steadily easier each one i'd slay
By blood and by battle, making my way
Onto the breach and into the fray
When i play...

There is comfort in the sun
And the earth is good and soft
Now my sail catch the wind send my chariot aloft
I am rounding all the parapets
As another city burns
Harvest all creation for its ominous return
And then well before dawn
In cover we've gone

Come hell, come high water, come into me
Storm bring your flood waters, turn desert to sea
Destroy all my obstacles, whatever they be
Extinguish all light and fell every tree
Set me free!

Said a low branch touching the water
Feels the current's take
Said a mighty river bends her
But oh

To err is human, to forgive can be most divine
You know i found it hard to take it that way once you broke that big heart of mine
Magnanimous in nature, mine was a trusting simple way
Until my platitudes were challenged
And he darkened the world that i threw away

Fire breaks through the cracks of a stone
Seems familiar until it heals in time
Into a new world that has grown

I once worshiped a hero and a friend
Until he turned a chilly back on me
I guess there was no other way
In the end for me to really find and really see
How desperate do you feel and how sad
My hero had become
And that there's pain in this world
Everybody gets some

Fire breaks through the cracks of a stone
Seems familiar until it heals in time
Into a new world that has grown

To err is human, to forgive can be most maligned
You know i found it hard to believe once you broke that big heart of mine
Magnanimous in nature, mine was a trusting simple way
Until my platitudes were challenged
And he darkened the world that i threw away
Fire breaks through the cracks of a stone
Seems familiar until it heals in time
Into a new world that has

Original performer: taj mahal

She caught the katy
Left me a mule to ride
She caught the katy
Left me a mule to ride
Well my baby caught the katy
Left me amule to ride
The train pulled out
I walked on behind
Crazy bout her
That hard-headed woman of mine

Man, my baby long
Great gosh almight my baby tall
I said man, my baby long
Great gosh almighty my baby tall
Well, my baby she long
My baby she tall
She sleep with her head in the kitchen
And her feet out in the hall
Crazy bout her
Hard-headed woman of mine

Well i love my baby
She's so fine
Wish she'd come and see me sometime
She don't believe in a lover
Look what a hole i'm in
She don't believe what i'm saying
Look at the shape i'm in

She don't believe in a lover
Look what a hole i'm in
She don't believe what i'm saying
Look at the shape i'm in

She caught the katy
Left me a mule to ride
She caught the katy
Left me a mule to ride
Well my baby caught the katy
Left me a mule to ride
The train pulled out
And i'm walkin' out behind
Crazy about her
Hard-headed woman
Hard-headed woman of mine

Original musician: wilson pickett/steve cropper

Gonna wait till the midnight hour
When there's no one else around
Gonna wait till the midnight hour
When my love comes tumbling down
I'm gonna take you girl, and hold you
And do all the things i told you
In the midnight hour
Yes i will, yes i will

Well, gonna wait until the stars come out
And my love begins to shine
Gonna wait till the midnight hour
Then i'm gonna make you mine
You're the only girl i know
Who really really loves me so
In the midnight hour
Yes you are, yes you are

I'm gonna wait, wait, wait till the midnight hour
I'm gonna wait, wait, wait till the midnight hour
I'm gonna wait, wait, wait till the midnight hour
I'm gonna wait, wait, wait till the midnight hour

Music & lyrics: john popper

Well she hated the 4th of july
Bombs bursting in air, and she'd never know why
She'd keep me up all night, too terrified to cry
Oh yes, she hated 4th of july

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because i am wide awake
I'm right here, i'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, i'm gonna hold you till the early light

And when the thunder clapped, she'd run to me afraid
She tried to be brave, but she couldn't figure out the terrible sound it made
I was smarter, but she just couldn't see
And when the thunder clapped, she'd always run to me

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because i am wide awake
I'm right here, i'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, i'm gonna hold you till the early light

Oh yes, she loved the world on a crisp, autumn day
The leaves would turn her color, the children were at play
Sit on hilltops with her, she'd smile as if to say
You couldn't touch the world when autumn comes this way

And i don't believe she cared for getting old
The limbs move a little slower, the hearing just goes cold
One day she looked at me through a gray haired eye
And i couldn't believe she was telling me good bye

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because i am wide awake
I'm right here, i'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, i'm gonna hold you till the early light

And i do believe her soul was rich and blue
We taught each other lessons, lessons that we knew
When we kept growing, there was nothing we could do
But i loved her and i know she loved me too

Now you can call me a sentimental fool
But i learned more from her than i ever did in school
I still get apprehensive, i still remember why
When the thunder claps or it's the 4th of july

Don't you be scared, don't you start to shake
Go back to sleep because i am wide awake
I'm right here, i'm not going anywhere tonight
Feel my hand, i'm gonna hold you till the early light

Oh yes she hated the 4th of july