Elvis Platinum-a Life In Music

(words & music by wayne - silver - lilly, based on "g'schichten aus dem wienerwold" by johann strauss)
Hold me tight
The moon's so bright
Tonight is so right for love

Now's the time to say
You're the only one
Tonight is so right for love

One by one the stars appear
They twinkle in your eyes
Who'd believe that we'd be here
So near to paradise

This could be the kiss
To unlock heaven's door
That magic hour of bliss
That we both waited for
I love more and more

Oh' we could fly right up to the sky
The things we've been dreaming of
And how real they would seem
A midsummernight's dream
Can't you see that tonight's so right for love

And how real they would seem
A midsummernight's dream
Can't you see that tonight's so right for love

Hold me tight
The moon's so bright
Tonight is so right for love

(words & music by hank williams)
Today i passed you on the street
And my heart was at your feet
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you

Somebody else stood by your side
And he looked so satisfied
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you

A memory from the past came slowly stealing
As i braced your arm and walked so close to you (yeah)
Oh heaven only knows how much i miss you
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you
I can't help it if i'm still in love with you

(words & music by layng martine, jr)
Babe, you're getting closer
The lights are goin' dim
The sound of your breathin'
Has made the mood i'm in
All of my resistance
Is lying on the floor
Taking me to places
I've never been before

Ooh, and i can feel it,
Feel it, feel it, feel it

Way down where the music plays
Way down like a tidal wave
Way down where the fires blaze
Way down, down, way, way on down

Ooh, my head is spinnin'
You got me in your spell,
A hundred magic fingers
On a whirling carousel
The medicine within me
No doctor could prescribe
Your love is doing something
That i just can't describe

Ooh, and i can feel it,
Feel it, feel it, feel it

Way down where the music plays
Way down like a tidal wave
Way down where the fires blaze
Way down, down, way, way on down

Hold me again,
Tight as you can
I need you so,
Baby, let's go

Way down where it feels so good
Way down where i hoped it would
Way down where i never could
Way down, down, way, way on down

(words & music by jerry leiber - mike stoller)
Don't, don't, that's what you say
Each time that i hold you this way,
When i feel like this and i want to hold you,
Baby, don't say don't.

Don't, don't leave my embrace
For here in my arms is your place
When the night grows cold and i want to hold you,
Baby, don't say don't.

If you think that this is just a game
I'm playing
If you think that i don't mean
Ev'ry word i'm saying
Don't, don't, don't, don't,
Don't feel that way
I'm your love and yours i will stay

This you can believe
I will never leave you
Heave knows i won't
Baby, don't say don't

(words & music by walker - sullivan)
When my blue moon turns to gold again
When my rainbow turns the clouds away
When my blue moon turns to gold again
You'll be back within my arms to stay

When the memories that linger in our hearts
Memories that make my heart cold
However some day they'll live again sweetheart
And my blue moon again will turn to gold

(words & music by jerry leiber - mike stoller)
The warden threw a party in the county jail.
The prison band was there and they began to wail.
The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing.
You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock.

Spider murphy played the tenor saxophone,
Little joe was blowin' on the slide trombone.
The drummer boy from illinois went crash, boom, bang,
The whole rhythm section was the purple gang.
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock.

Number forty-seven said to number three:
"you're the cutest jailbird i ever did see.
I sure would be delighted with your company,
Come on and do the jailhouse rock with me."
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock.

The sad sack was a sittin' on a block of stone
Way over in the corner weepin' all alone.
The warden said, "hey, buddy, don't you be no square.
If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair."
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock.

Shifty henry said to bugs, "for heaven's sake,
No one's lookin', now's our chance to make a break."
Bugsy turned to shifty and he said, "nix nix,
I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks."
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the jailhouse rock.

(words & music by oscar hammerstein ii - richard rogers)
When you walk through a storm hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark.
At the end of a storm is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark.
Walk on through the wind,
Walk on through the rain,
Tho' your dreams be tossed and blown.
Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never, ever walk alone.

Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone,
You'll never, ever walk alone.

(words & music by tony joe white)
I've got something to tell you
That i think you ought to know
That my eyes are on you baby
Since a long time ago
And now i fin'ly got the nerve
And i'm gonna make my move
Now don't you try to turn me off
Cause it's gonna be hard to do

I've got a thing about you baby
Ain't nothing i can do
I've got a thing about you baby
A thing about lovin' you

Ain't it just like a woman
When she knows she's got a man
She'll wring you out and turn you 'bout
In the palm of her hand
And then she starts to thinkin'
Then maybe she's put you in a blind
She'll give you just a little lovin'
It'll drive you out of your mind

I've got a thing about you baby
Ain't nothing you can do
I've got a thing about you baby
A thing about lovin' you

hold me close, hold me tight
Make me thrill with delight
Let me know where i stand from the start
I want you, i need you, i love you
With all my heart

Ev'ry time that you're near
All my cares disappear
Darling, you're all that i'm living for
I want you, i need you, i love you
More and more

I thought i could live without romance
Until you came to me
But now i know that
I will go on loving you eternally

Won't you please be my own?
Never leave me alone
'cause i die ev'ry time we're apart
I want you, i need you, i love you
With all my heart

(traditional)
Well when the saints go marchin' in
Well when the saints go marchin in
Oh lord i want to be in that number
When the saints go marchin' in

When the sun refuse to shine
Well when the sun refuse to shine
Oh lord i want to be in that number
When the sun refuse to shine

Well when the saints go marchin' in
Well when the saints go marchin in
Oh lord i want to be in that number
When the saints go marchin' in

Well when the saints go marchin' in
Well when the saints go marchin in
Oh lord i want to be in that number
When the saints go marchin' in

(words & music by anka - francois - revaux)
And now the end is near
So i face the final curtain
My friend, i'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which i'm certain

I've lived a life that's full
I've traveled each and every highway
And more, much more than this
I did it my way

Regrets, i've had a few
But then again, too few to mention
I did what i had to do
And saw it through without exception

I planned each charted course
Each careful step along the byway
Oh, and more, much more than this
I did it my way

Yes, there were times, i'm sure you know
When i bit off more than i could chew
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out
I faced it all and i stood tall
And did it my way

I've loved, i've laughed and cried
I've had my fails, my share of losing
And now as tears subside
I find it all so amusing
To think i did all that
And may i say, not in a shy way
Oh, no, no not me
I did it my way

For what is a man, what has he got
If not himself, then he has not
To say the words he truly feels
And not the words he would reveal
The record shows i took the blows
And did it my way
The record shows i took the blows
And did it my way

(words & music by lewis - burns)
I am the king of the jungle
They call me the tiger man
I am the king of the jungle
They call me tiger man
If you cross my path
You take your own life in your hands

Yeah, i get up on a mountain
And i call my black cat back
Yeah, i get up on a mountain
And i call my black cat back
My black cat comes a runnin'
And the hound dogs get way back

Yeah, i get up on a mountain
And i call my black cat back
Yeah, i get up on a mountain
And i call my black cat back
My black cat comes a runnin'
And the hound dogs get way back

Yeah, i get up on a mountain
And i call my black cat back
Yeah, i get up on a mountain
And i call my black cat back
My black cat comes a runnin'
And the hound dogs get way back

(words & music by ray charles)
Well, i've got a woman
Way cross town
She's good to me oh, yeah
Say. i've got a woman
Way cross town
She's good to me oh, yeah

She's here in the morning,
Loving me
Yeah, she's a kind of friend to me

She says she love me early in the morning
Just for me
Oh, yeah you know she loves me
Oh, naturally

She's there to love me both day and night
No groans or fusses, treats me right
Never running in the street
Loving me alone
She knows a woman's place is around home at night

Well, she's my baby
And i'm her loving man

(words & music by aaron schroeder - wally gold)
It's now or never,
Come hold me tight
Kiss me my darling,
Be mine tonight
Tomorrow will be too late,
It's now or never
My love won't wait.

When i first saw you
With your smile so tender
My heart was captured,
My soul surrendered
I'd spend a lifetime
Waiting for the right time
Now that your near
The time is here at last.

It's now or never,
Come hold me tight
Kiss me my darling,
Be mine tonight
Tomorrow will be too late,
It's now or never
My love won't wait.

Just like a willow,
We would cry an ocean
If we lost true love
And sweet devotion
Your lips excite me,
Let your arms invite me
For who knows when
We'll meet again this way

It's now or never,
Come hold me tight
Kiss me my darling,
Be mine tonight
Tomorrow will be too late,
It's now or never
My love won't wait.

(words & music by mosie lister)
You may ask me how i know my lord is real (my lord is real)
You may doubt the things i say and doubt the way i feel (the way i feel)
But i know he's real today he'll always be (he'll always be)
I can feel his hand in mine and that's enough for me

I will never walk alone he holds my hand (he holds my hand)
He will guide each step i take
And if i fall i know he'll understand
Till the day he tells me why he loves me so (he loves me so)
I can feel his hand in mine
That's all i need to know

I will never walk alone he holds my hand (he holds my hand)
He will guide each step i take
And if i fall i know he'll understand
Till the day he tells me why he loves me so (he loves me so)
I can feel his hand in mine
That's all i need to know

I can feel his hand in mine
That's all i need to know

(words & music by l. deanson)
Oh blessed mother we pray to thee
Thanks for the miracle of your rosary
Only you can hold back
Your holy son's hand
Long enough for the whole world to understand

Hail, mary full of grace
The lord is with thee
Blessed are thou among women
And blessed is the fruit of thy womb, jesus
Oh holy mary dear mother of god
Please pray for us sinners
Now and at the hour of our death
And give thanks once again
For the miracle of your rosary

(words & music by joe babcock)
I was born in macon georgia
They kept my daddy over in macon jail
He told me if you keep your hands clean
You won't hear them bloodhounds on your trail

Well i fell in with bad companions
Robbed a man, oh up in tennessee
They caught me way up in nashville
They locked me up and threw away the key

I washed my hands in muddy water
Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
Tried to do what my daddy told me
But i must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

Well i asked the judge now when's my time up
He said son, oh you know we won't forget
If you try just to keep your hands clean
We might just make a good man of you yet

Oh i couldn't wait to get my time up
I broke out, broke out of nashville jail
I just crossed the state-line of georgia
Well i can hear those bloodhounds on my trail

I washed my hands in muddy water
Washed my hands, but they didn't come clean
Tried to do what my daddy told me
But i must have washed my hands in a muddy stream

(words & music by george weiss - hugo peretti - luigi creatore)
Wise men say only fools rush in
But i can't help falling in love with you
Shall i stay
Would it be a sin
If i can't help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For i can't help falling in love with you

Like a river flows surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For i can't help falling in love with you
For i can't help falling in love with you

(words & music by wayne thompson - mark james - johnny christopher)
Maybe i didn't treat you
Quite as good as i should have
Maybe i didn't love you
Quite as often as i could have
Little things i should have said and done
I just never took the time

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me, give me one more chance
To keep you satisfied, satisfied

Maybe i didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And i guess i never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine
If i make you feel second best
Girl, i'm sorry i was blind

You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me, give me one more chance
To keep you satisfied, satisfied

Little things i should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You are always on my mind
You are always on my mind

(words & music by willy nelson)
Well hello there,
My it's been a long long time
How am i doin',
Oh well i guess i'm doin' fine
It's been so long now and it seems that
It was only yesterday
Mmm, ain't it funny how time slips away

How's your new love,
I hope that he's doin' fine
Heard you told him, yes baby
That you'd love him till the end of time
Well you know, that's the same thing
That you told me
Well it seems like just the other day
Mmm, ain't it funny how time slips away

Gotta go now,
Guess i'll see you hanging round
Don't know when though, oh
Never know when i'll be back in town
But i remember what i told you
That in time your gonna pay

Well ain't it surprisin' how time slips away
Yeah, ain't it surprisin' how time slips away

(words & music by arthur gunter)
Oh, baby, baby, baby, baby baby.
Baby, baby baby, b-b-b-b-b-b baby baby, baby.
Baby baby baby
Come back, baby, i wanna play house with you.

Well, you may go to college,
You may go to school.
You may have a pink cadillac,
But don't you be nobody's fool.

Now baby,
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby,
I wanna play house with you.

Now listen and i'll tell you baby
What i'm talking about.
Come on back to me, little girl,
So we can play some house.

Now baby,
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby,
I wanna play house with you.
Oh let's play house, baby.

Now this is one thing, baby
That i want you to know.
Come on back and let's play a little house,
And we can act like we did before.
Well, baby,
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby,
I wanna play house with you.

Yeah.

Now listen to me, baby
Try to understand.
I'd rather see you dead, little girl,
Than to be with another man.
Now baby,
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, come.
Come back, baby, i wanna play house with you.

Oh, baby baby baby.
Baby baby baby b-b-b-b-b-b baby baby baby.
Baby baby baby.
Come back, baby, i wanna play house with you.

(traditional)
Ohh oh oh oh
When i am disgraced
And i feel the gloom
God sends his angel
To see him my broom
Joy bells are ringing
I'm satisfied
I know, i know that jesus is mine
Oh, how i love jesus
Oh, how i love jesus
Oh, how i love jesus
To know that jesus is mine

Oh, how i love jesus
Oh, how i love jesus
Oh, how i love jesus
To know that jesus is mine

(words & music by roy brown)
Well, i heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight.
Well, i heard the news
There's good rockin' tonight.

I'm gonna hold my baby
As tight as i can.
Tonight she'll know
I'm a mighty, mighty man.
I heard the news,
There's good rockin' tonight.

I say, well, meet me in a hurry
Behind the barn,
Don't you be afraid, darling,
I'll do you no harm
I want you to bring
Along my rockin' shoes,
'cause tonight i'm gonna rock away
All my blues.
I heard the news,
There's good rockin' tonight.

Well, we're gonna rock. we're gonna rock.
Let's rock. come on and rock.
We're gonna rock all our blues away.

Have you heard the news?
Everybody's rockin' tonight.
Have you heard the news?
Everybody's rockin' tonight.

I'm gonna hold my baby
As tight as i can,
Well, tonight she'll know
I'm a mighty, mighty man.
I heard the news,
There's good rockin' tonight.

Well, we're gonna rock, rock, rock,
Come on and rock, rock, rock,
Well, rock, rock, rock, rock,
Let's rock, rock, rock, rock,
We're gonna rock all our blues away.

(words & music by sid wayne - bix reichner)
Oh, oh, i love you so
Uh, uh, can't let you go
Ooh, ooh, don't tell me no
I need your love tonight

Oh, gee, the way you kiss
Sweedee, too good to miss
Wow-whee, want more of this
I need your love tonight

I've been waiting just for tonight
To do some lovin' and hold you tight
Don't tell me baby you gotta go
I got the hifi high and the lights down low

Hey, now, hear what i say
Oh, wow, you better stay
Pow, pow, don't run away
I need your love tonight

(words & music by newbury)
Oh i wish i was in the land of cotton
Old things they are not forgotten
Look away, look away, look away dixieland
Oh i wish i was in dixie, away, away
In dixieland i take my stand to live and die in dixie
Cause dixieland, that's where i was born
Early lord one frosty morning
Look away, look away, look away dixieland

Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
Glory, glory hallelujah
His truth is marching on

So hush little baby
Don't you cry
You know your daddy's bound to die
But all my trials, lord will soon be over

(words & music by chuck berry)
Deep down in louisiana close to new orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
Stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named johnny b. good
Who never learned to read or write at all
But he could play the guitar just like ringing a bell

Go, go, go johnny go, go, go johnny, go go
Go johnny go, go, go johnny go go
Johnny b. good

His mama told him "someday you will be a man
And you will be the leader of a big band
Many people coming from miles around
To hear your playing music when the sun goes down
Maybe someday you will be in lights saying johnny b. good"

(words & music by fred wise - ben weisman)
Fame and fortune
How empty they can be
But when i hold you in my arms
That's heaven to me
Who cares for fame and fortune
They're only passing things
But the touch of your lips on mine
Makes me feel like a king

Your kind of love
Is a treasure i hold
It's so much greater
Than silver or gold
I know that i have nothing
If you should go away
But to know that you love me
Brings fame and fortune my way

(words & music by stevenson - miller)
Oh please release me, let me go
For i just don't love you anymore
To waste our lives would be a sin
Release me and let me love again

I have found a new love dear
And i will always want her near
Her lips are warm while yours are cold
Oh release me, my darling let me go

Please release me, let me go
For i just don't love you anymore
To waste our lives would be a sin
Release me and let me love again

Let me go, oh release me, my darling
Let me go

(words & music by brown)
There must be lights burning brighter somewhere
Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue
If i can dream of a better land
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
Tell me why, oh why, oh why can't my dream come true

There must be peace and understanding sometime
Strong winds of promise that will blow away
All the doubt and fear
If i can dream of a warmer sun
Where hope keeps shining on everyone
Tell me why, oh why, oh why won't that sun appear

We're lost in a cloud
With too much rain
We're trapped in a world
That's troubled with pain
But as long as a man
Has the strength to dream
He can redeem his soul and fly

Deep in my heart there's a trembling question
Still i am sure that the answer gonna come somehow
Out there in the dark, there's a beckoning candle
And while i can think, while i can talk
While i can stand, while i can walk
While i can dream, please let my dream
Come true, right now
Let it come true right now
Oh yeah

(words & music by mann-low)
Baby let me be,
Your lovin' teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck,
And lead me anywhere
Oh let me be
Your teddy bear.

I don't wanna be a tiger
Cause tigers play too rough
I don't wanna be a lion
'cause lions ain't the kind
You love enough.
Just wanna be, your teddy bear
Put a chain around my neck
And lead me anywhere
Oh let me be
Your teddy bear.

Baby let me be, around you every night
Run your fingers through my hair,
And cuddle me real tight

shackled by a heavy burden
Neath a load of guilt and shame
Then the hand of jesus touched me
And now i am no longer the same

He touched me, oh he touched me
And oh the joy that floods my soul
Something happened and now i know
He touched me and made me whole

Since i met this blessed savior
Since he cleansed and made me whole
I will never cease to praise him
I'll shout it while eternity rolls

He touched me oh he touched me
And oh the joy that floods my soul
Something happened and now i know
He touched me and made me whole

(words & music by j. stone)
You know, the landlord rang my front door bell.
I let it ring for a long, long spell.
I went to the window,
I peeped through the blind,
And asked him to tell me what's on his mind.
He said,

Money, honey.
Money, honey.
Money, honey, if you want to get along with me.

Well, i screamed and i hollered,
I was so hard-pressed.
I called the woman that i loved the best.
I finally got my baby about half past three,
She said i'd like to know what you want with me.
I said,

Money, honey.
Money, honey.
Money, honey,
If you want to get along with me.

Well, i said tell me baby, what's wrong with you?
From this day on our romance is through
I said, tell me baby, face to face
How could another man take my place?
She said,

Money, honey.
Money, honey.
Money, honey,
If you want to get a long with me.

Well, i've learned my lesson and now i know
The sun may shine and the winds may blow.
The women may come and the women may go,
But before i say i love you so,
I want

Money, honey.
Money, honey.
Money, honey,
If you want to get along with me.

(words & music by jerry leiber - mike stoller)
I said, 'take it easy, baby
I worked all day and my feet feel just like lead
You got my shirt tails
Flyin' all over the place
And the sweat poppin' out of my head'
She said, 'hey, bossa nova, baby
Keep on a workin' child
This ain't no time to quit'
She said, 'go, bossa nova, baby
Keep on dancin'
I'm about to have myself a fit'
Bossa nova, bossa nova

I said, 'hey little mama,
Let's sit down
Have a drink and dig the band'
She said, 'drink, drink, drink
Oh, fiddle-de-dink
I can dance with a drink in my hand'
She said 'hey bossa nova, baby
Keep on workin' child
This ain't no time to drink'
She said 'go, bossa nova, baby
Keep on dancin'
'cause i ain't got time to think'

I said, 'come on, baby
It's hot in here
And it's oh so cool outside
If you lend me a dollar
I can buy some gas
And we can go for a little ride'
She said, 'hey bossa nova, baby
Keep on workin' child
I ain't got time for that'
She said, 'go bossa nova, baby
Keep on dancin'
Or i'll find myself another cat'

(words & music by h. parker - s. philips)
Train i ride, sixteen coaches long
Train i ride, sixteen coaches long
Well that long black train got my baby and gone

Train train, comin' 'round, 'round the bend
Train train, comin' 'round the bend
Well it took my baby, but it never will again (no, not again)

Train train, comin' down, down the line
Train train, comin' down the line
Well it's bringin' my baby, 'cause she's mine all, all mine
(she's mine, all, all mine)

(words & music by rich)
Well it's so very hard to have
To leave the one you love
And you get more lonely
With each passing day
It's so lonely just sitting
And dreaming of
That girl thousand miles away

Yes, it's still lonely having
Just her picture here with me
And i know i just can't stand it anymore
I'm gonna leave right now
And go back where i ought to be
Goin' home to the girl that i adore

Well it's so very hard to have
To leave the one you love
And you get more lonely
With each passing day
It's so lonely just sitting
And dreaming of
That girl thousand miles away

Well, every time i hear
Her sweet voice on the telephone
Then i know i just can't stand it another day
I'm gonna call right back
And tell her that i'm coming home and stay
Call her back and say i'm comin' home and stay
Call her back and say i'm comin' home and stay

(words & music by aaron schroeder and sid wyche)
Hey baby, i ain't askin' much of you
No no no no no no no no baby, i ain't askin' much of you
Just a big-a big-a hunk o' love will do

Don't be a stingy little mama
You're 'bout to starve me half to death
Well you can spare a kiss or two and
Still have plenty left, no no no
Baby, i ain't askin' much of you
Just a big-a big-a hunk o' love will do

You're just a natural born beehive
Filled with honey to the top
Well i ain't greedy baby
All i want is all you got, no no no
Baby, i ain't askin' much of you
Just a big-a big-a hunk o' love will do

I got wishbone in my pocket
I got a rabbit's foot 'round my wrist
You know i'd have all the things these lucky charms could bring
If you'd give me just one sweet kiss, no no no no no no no
Baby, i ain't askin' much of you
Just a big-a big-a hunk o' love will do

(words & music by arthur crudup)
Well, that's all right, mama
That's all right for you
That's all right mama, just anyway you do
Well, that's all right, that's all right.
That's all right now mama, anyway you do

Mama she done told me,
Papa done told me too
'son, that gal your foolin' with,
She ain't no good for you'
But, that's all right, that's all right.
That's all right now mama, anyway you do

I'm leaving town, baby
I'm leaving town for sure
Well, then you won't be bothered with
Me hanging 'round your door
Well, that's all right, that's all right.
That's all right now mama, anyway you do

(words & music by ray charles)
Hey mama, don't you treat me wrong
Come and love your daddy all night long
All right, hey, hey, all right now

See the girl with the diamond ring
She knows how to shake that thing
All right, hey, hey, mmm, all right now

Ahhh, ohh, ahhh, ohh, ahhh, ohh, ohh

Make me feel so good, make me feel so good right now
Make me feel so good, make me feel so good right now
Make me feel so good, make me feel so good

Mmm, see the girl with the red dress on
She can do the dog all night long
All right, hmm what'd i say, tell me what'd i say

Tell me what'd i say, tell me what'd i say right now
Tell me what'd i say, tell me what'd i say right now
Tell me what'd i say, tell me what'd i say

Ahhh, ohh, ahhh, ohh, ahhh, ohh, ohh
It's all right, it's all right right now
Baby, it's all right, baby, it's all right right now
Baby, it's all right, oh yeah!

Baby shake that thing, baby shake that thing right now
Baby shake that thing, baby shake that thing right now
Baby shake that thing, well i feel all right

(words & music by mark james)
We're caught in a trap
I can't walk out
Because i love you too much baby

Why can't you see
What you're doing to me
When you don't believe a word i say?

We can't go on together
With suspicious minds
And we can't build our dreams
On suspicious minds

So, if an old friend i know
Drops by to say hello
Would i still see suspicion in your eyes?

Here we go again
Asking where i've been
You can't see these tears are real
I'm crying

We can't go on together
With suspicious minds
And be can't build our dreams
On suspicious minds

Oh let our love survive
Or dry the tears from your eyes
Let's don't let a good thing die

When honey, you know
I've never lied to you
Mmm yeah, yeah

(words & music by kris kristofferson)
Don't look so sad, i know it's over
But life goes on and this old world will keep on turning
Let's just be glad we had some time to spend together
There's no need o watch the bridges that we're burning

Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops fallin' soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time

For the good times
I'll get along, you'll find another
And i'll be here if you should find you ever need me
Don't say a word about tomorrow or forever
There'll be time enough for sadness when you leave me

Lay your head upon my pillow
Hold your warm and tender body close to mine
Hear the whisper of the raindrops fallin' soft against the window
And make believe you love me one more time

For the good times
For the good times

(words & music by lowell fulsom)
Well so long
Oh how i hate to see you go
Yes so long
Oh how i hate to see you go
Well the way that i will miss you
I guess you'll never know

We've been together so long
To have to separate this way
We've been together so long
To have to separate this way
Well i'm gonna let you go ahead on baby
But let you come back home some day

Play the blues boys, play the blues
One more time

You said you once had loved me
But now i guess you've changed your mind
You said you once had loved me
But now i guess you've changed your mind
Why don't you reconsider baby
Give yourself just a little more time

(words & music by wheeler - chesnut)

Maybe it's too late. sometimes i even hate myself for loving you
Trying to be strong then nighttime comes along and i start loving you
Wanting you. where is all my selfcontrol i'm burning way down in my soul
And needing you, and wishing i could be the man, i try to
Hating me for wanting you to be with you knowing you don't love me like you used to
But it's midnight, ohh and i miss you

It's getting late and i know that's when i am weak
Funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in the day light
I ought to go to bed to try and straighten out my head and just forget you
Oh but it's midnight yes and i miss you

It's getting late and i know that's when i am weak
Funny how things have a way of looking so much brighter in the day light
I ought to go to bed to try and straighten out my head and just forget you
Oh but it's midnight yes and i miss you

It's midnight and i miss you

(words & music by chuck willis)
Feel so bad
Like a ball game on a rainy day
Feel so bad
Like a ball game on a rainy day
Yes' i got my rain check
Shake my head and walk away

Oooo-people that's the way i feel
Oooo-people that's the way i feel
Sometimes i think i want
Then again i think i don't
Sometimes i want to stay here
Then again i want to leave here
Then again i want to stay
Yes, i got my train fare
Pack my grip and ride away

Oooo-people that's the way i feel
Oooo-people that's the way i feel
Sometimes i think i want
Then again i think i don't

(words & music by hubbard)
Well, i quit my job down at the car wash,
Left my mama a goodbye note,
By sundown i'd left kingston,
With my guitar under my coat,
I hitchhiked all the way down to memphis,
Got a room at the ymca,
For the next three weeks i went huntin' them nights,
Just lookin' for a place to play,
Well, i thought my pickin' would set 'em on fire,
But nobody wanted to hire a guitar man.

Well, i nearly 'bout starved to death down in memphis,
I run outta money and luck,
So i bought me a ride down to macon, georgia,
On a overloaded poultry truck,
I thumbed on down to panama city,
Started pickin' out some o' them all night bars,
Hopin' i could make myself a dollar,
Makin' music on my guitar,
I got the same old story at them all night piers,
There ain't no room around here for a guitar man
We don't need a guitar man, son

So i slept in the hobo jungles,
Roamed a thousand miles of track,
Till i found myself in mobile alabama,
At a club they call big jack's,
A little four-piece band was jammin',
So i took my guitar and i sat in,
I showed 'em what a band would sound like,
With a swingin' little guitar man.
Show 'em, son

If you ever take a trip down to the ocean,
Find yourself down around mobile,
Make it on out to a club called jack's,
If you got a little time to kill,
Just follow that crowd of people,
You'll wind up out on his dance floor,
Diggin' the finest little five-piece group,
Up and down the gulf of mexico,
Guess who's leadin' that five-piece band,
Well, wouldn't ya know, it's that swingin' little guitar man.

The tv-special verse:

Well, i came a long way from the carwash,
Got to where i said i'd get
Now that i'm here i know for sure
I really ain't got there yet
Think i'll start all over
Swing my guitar over my back
I'm gonna get myself back on the track
I'll never, never ever look back
I'll never be more than what i am
Wouldn't you know
I' m a swinging little guitar man

(arr. by elvis presley)
I said see, see, see rider
Oh, see what you have done
I said see, see, see rider
Oh, see what you have done
Oh girl, you made me love you
Now, now, now your lovin' man has gone

Hear what i say

Well, i'm going away, baby
And i won't be back to fall
Well, i'm going away baby
And i won't be back to fall
And if i find me a good girl
I won't, i won't be back at all

Hear what i say, i said

See see rider,
Oh see what you have done
Yeah, yeah, yeah

(words & music by mae b. axton - tommy durden - elvis presley)
Well, since my baby left me,
I found a new place to dwell.
It's down at the end of lonely street
At heartbreak hotel.

You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely i could die.

And although it's always crowded,
You still can find some room.
Where broken hearted lovers
Do cry away their gloom.

You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely i could die.

Well, the bell hop's tears keep flowin',
And the desk clerk's dressed in black.
Well they been so long on lonely street
They ain't ever gonna look back.

You make me so lonely baby,
I get so lonely,
I get so lonely i could die.

Hey now, if your baby leaves you,
And you got a tale to tell.
Just take a walk down lonely street
To heartbreak hotel.

(words & music by blackwell - marascaleo)
'cause it's saturday nite and i just got paid
Fool about my money don't try to save
My heart says go, go
Have a time 'cause it's saturday nite
And i'm feelin' fine

I'm gonna rip it up
I'm gonna rock it up
I'm gonna shake it up
I'm gonna ball it up
I'm gonna rip it up
And ball tonite

I got a date and i won't be late
Pick her up in my '88'
Shag it on down to the union hall
When the music starts jumpin'
I'll have a ball

Along about 10 i'll be flying high
Rocking on out into the sky
I don't care if i spend my gold
'cause tonite i'm gonna be one happy soul

(words & music by scott davis)
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the ghetto
And his mama cries
'cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another hungry mouth to feed
In the ghetto

People, don't you understand
The child needs a helping hand
Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day
Take a look at you and me,
Are we too blind to see,
Do we simply turn our heads
And look the other way

Well the world turns
And a hungry little boy with a runny nose
Plays in the street as the cold wind blows
In the ghetto

And his hunger burns
So he starts to roam the streets at night
And he learns how to steal
And he learns how to fight
In the ghetto

Then one night in desperation
A young man breaks away
He buys a gun, steals a car,
Tries to run, but he don't get far
And his mama cries

As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man
Face down on the street with a gun in his hand
In the ghetto

As her young man dies,
On a cold and gray chicago mornin',
Another little baby child is born
In the ghetto

promised land


(words & music by chuck berry)
I left my home in norfolk virginia
California on my mind
I straddled that greyhound
And rode into raleigh
And on across caroline

We had motor trouble that turn into a struggle
Halfway across alabam'
And that hound broke down and left us all stranded
In downtown birmingham

Right away i brought me a through train ticket
Ridin' across mississippi clean
And i was on that midnight flyer out of birmingham
Smoking into new orleans

Somebody help me get out of louisiana
Just to help me get to houston town
There are people there who care a little about me
And they won't let the poor boy down

Sure as you're born brought me a silk suit
Put luggage in my hand
And i woke up high over alburquerque
On a jet to the promised land

Working on a t-bone steak a la carte
Flying over to the golden state
Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate

Swing low chariot come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone

Los angeles give me norfolk virginia
Tidewater four ten o nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
And the poor boy is on the line

Working on a t-bone steak a la carte
Flying over to the golden state
Ah when the pilot told us in thirteen minutes
He would set us at the terminal gate

Swing low chariot come down easy
Taxi to the terminal zone
Cut your engines and cool your wings
And let me make it to the telephone

Los angeles give me norfolk virginia
Tidewater four ten o nine
Tell the folks back home this is the promised land calling
And the poor boy is on the line