Big Girls Don't Cry - Four Seasons, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Big Girls Don't Cry (Four Seasons, The, 1962). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-24. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Big Girls Don't Cry," written by bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio, was the Four Seasons' second release and second consecutive no. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962 (Whitburn, 2013). The song was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Whitburn, 2013). According to Bob Crewe (the Four Seasons' producer and co-writer of the song) stated that the song was "inspired by a line in the 1955 western 'Tennessee's Partner,' starring John Payne, Rhonda Fleming and Ronald Reagan. When Payne's character slap[ed] the blonde bombshell played by Fleming, he ask[ed] her what she [thought] about being slapped. She [got] up, compose[d] herself, and replie[d], 'Big girls don't cry'" (songfacts, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry-yi-yi (they don't cry)
Big girls don't cry (who said they don't cry?)
My girl said goodbye-yi-yi (my oh my)
My girl didn't cry (I wonder why)
(Silly boy) told my girl we had to break up
(Silly boy) hoped that she would call my bluff
(Silly boy) then she said to my surprise
"Big girls don't cry"
Big girls don't cry-yi-yi (they don't cry)
Big girls don't cry (who said they don't cry?)
(Maybe) I was cru-you-uel (I was cruel)
Baby I'm a fool (I'm such a fool)
(Silly girl) "Shame on you" your mama said
(Silly girl) "Shame on you, you're cryin' in bed"
(Silly girl) "Shame on you, you told me lies"
Big girls do cry
Big girls don't cr-yi-yi (they don't cry)
Big girls don't cry (that's just an alibi)
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry
Big girls don't cry
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Mr. Tambourine Man - Byrds, The / Bob Dylan (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Mr. Tambourine Man (Byrds, The, 1965; Bob Dylan, 1965). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-26. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Mr. Tambourine Man," written by Bob Dylan, was the Byrds' first release and climbed to the no. 1 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965; the Byrds' recording was inducted into the Grammy: Hall of Fame as well åças the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and is found at no. 79 on Rolling Stone magazines' "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (Whitburn, 2013). This is the only Bob Dylan song to ever reach the no. 1 position on the Billboard charts in the USA (songfacts, 2022). Dylan claimed that he was inspired by folk guitarist "Bruce [Langhorne who] was playing with me on a bunch of early records. On one session, [producer] Tom Wilson had asked him to play tambourine. And he had this gigantic tambourine. It was, like, really big. It was as big as a wagon wheel. He was playing and this vision of him playing just stuck in my mind" (songfacts, 2022). The musicians on the Byrds' track included Roger McGuinn and the Wrecking Crew; Gene Clark and David Crosby supplied the background harmony vocals. At the time of the recording, McGuinn, Clark and Crosby were known at the Jet Set, "the Byrds" were not hatched yet (wikipedia, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come followin' you
Take me for a trip upon your magic swirling ship
All my senses have been stripped
And my hands can't feel to grip
And my toes too numb to step
Wait only for my boot heels to be wandering
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade
Cast your dancing spell my way
I promise to go under it
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
I'm not sleepy and there ain't no place I'm going to
Hey, Mr. Tambourine man, play a song for me
In the jingle jangle morning, I'll come followin' you
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End Of The Line - Traveling Wilburys (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
End Of The Line (Traveling Wilburys, 1989). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-22. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"End Of The Line," written by Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty, was the Wilburys' second and last entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart stalling at the no. 63 position in 1989 (Whitburn, 2013). Roy Orbison passed away due to a heart attack on Dec. 06,1988 at the age of 52 (rock.fandom, 2022; Whitburn, 2013). In the music video for this song, the band members decided to place Obison's picture on a table and his guitar on a rocking chair when his lead vocal comes in (youtube, 2016). Also gone are George Harrison (d: 29 November 2001) (A. Dansby, rolling stone, Nov. 30, 2001) and Tom Petty (d: 02 October 2017) (R. Ellis, cnn, Jan. 21, 2018). The songs title and hook is referent to a train's last stop, "end of the line" (songfacts, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, doing the best you can
Well it's all right, as long as you lend a hand
You can sit around and wait for the phone to ring (end of the line)
Waiting for someone to tell you everything (end of the line)
Sit around and wonder what tomorrow will bring (end of the line)
Maybe a diamond ring
Well it's all right, even if they say you're wrong
Well it's all right, sometimes you gotta be strong
Well it's all right, as long as you got somewhere to lay
Well it's all right, everyday is judgment day
Maybe somewhere down the road aways (end of the line)
You'll think of me, wonder where I am these days (end of the line)
Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays (end of the line)
Purple haze
Well it's all right, even when push comes to shove
Well it's all right, if you got someone to love
Well it's all right, everything'll work out fine
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line
Don't have to be ashamed of the car I drive (end of the line)
I'm just glad to be here, happy to be alive (end of the line)
It don't matter if you're by my side (end of the line)
I'm satisfied
Well it's all right, even if you're old and grey
Well it's all right, you still got something to say
Well it's all right, remember to live and let live
Well it's all right, the best you can do is forgive
Well it's all right, riding around in the breeze
Well it's all right, if you live the life you please
Well it's all right, even if the sun don't shine
Well it's all right, we're going to the end of the line
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Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Lobo (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Me and You and a Dog Named Boo (Lobo, 1971). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-20. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo," written by Lobo (born Roland Kent LaVoie), was Lobo's first release and first top 10 hit rising to the no. 5 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971 (Whitburn, 2013). Has Lobo was writing the song, the original title and phrase was "You and Me;" however, Lobo stated: "'me and you' would have been easier, but I was trying to do it with proper grammar. I couldn't find anything to rhyme that fit what I wanted to say in the song. Finally, after I got back home to Florida, I decided to turn the phrase around to 'me and you.' I was thinking about it, sitting in a room . . . My big German shepherd dog: Boo, came running around the corner and looked in at me. I said: 'Well, now, that's kinda freaky. How about putting 'a dog named Boo' into the song?' That's literally how it came about" (songfacts, 2022). Lobo had a total of 8 top 40 hits in the 1970s with three of them reaching the top 10 "Me and You. . . ," "I'd Love You To Want Me" and "Don't expect Me To Be Your Friend" (Whitburn, 2013).
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Lyrics:
I remember to this day
The bright red Georgia clay
And how it stuck to the tires
After the summer rain
Will power made that old car go
A woman's mind told me that so
Oh how I wish
We were back on the road again
Me and you and a dog named boo
Travelin' and livin' off the land
Me and you and a dog named boo
How I love being a free man
I can still recall
The wheat fields of St. Paul
And the morning we got caught
Robbing from an old hen
Old McDonald he made us work
But then he paid us for what it was worth
Another tank of gas
And back on the road again
I'll never forget the day
We motored stately into big L.A.
The lights of the city put settlin'
Down in my brain
Though it's only been a month or so
That old car's buggin' us to go
We've gotta get away and get back on
The road again
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Neanderthal Man - Hotlegs (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Neanderthal Man (Hotlegs, 1970). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-18. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Neanderthal Man," written by Lol Creme, Kevin Godley and Eric Stewart, was Hotlegs only release that hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart landing at the no. 22 position in 1970 (Whitburn, 2013). However, the song was a no. 1 hit in Germany and Italy and rose to the no. 2 position in the UK (genius, 2022). Creme, Godley and Stewart were in the studio trying out some new recording equipment. According to Stewart, Dick Leahy, an A&R man from the Philips label, dropped by and asked "`What the hell's that you're playing?' I said, `It's a studio experiment; a percussive experiment.' He says, `It sounds like a hit record to me...' and `Can we release it?' And we said, `Yeah, okay'" (allmusic, 2022). At the time, they did not have a group name to place on the record, but they "had a girl at the studio… Kathy Gill, who had very, very nice legs and used to wear these incredible hot pants. So we called the group Hotlegs” (Genius, 2022). In 1972, they added Graham Gouldman to the group and changed their name to 10cc and had multiple hit songs (allmusic, 2022).
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Lyrics:
I'm a neanderthal man
You're a neanderthal girl
Let's make neanderthal love
In this neanderthal world
I'm a neanderthal man
You're a neanderthal girl
Let's make neanderthal love
In this neanderthal world
I'm a neanderthal man
You're a neanderthal girl
Let's make neanderthal love
In this neanderthal world
I'm a neanderthal man
You're a neanderthal girl
Let's make neanderthal love
In this neanderthal world
Neanderthal man
Neanderthal man
Ahhhh. . . .
I'm a neanderthal man
You're a neanderthal girl
Let's make neanderthal love
In this neanderthal world
I'm a neanderthal man
You're a neanderthal girl
Let's make neanderthal love
In this neanderthal world
I'm a neanderthal man
You're a neanderthal girl
Let's make neanderthal love
In this neanderthal world
na na na na . . .
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Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin') - Johnny Rivers (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin') (Johnny Rivers, 1977). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-15. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Swayin' to the Music (Slow Dancin')," written by Funky Kings' member Jack Tempchin, was released by the Funky Kings and Johnny Rivers in 1977 both charting on the Billboard Hot 100 chart landing at the no. 61 and no. 10 positions, respectively (Whitburn, 2013). The song was originally titled "Slow Dancing" as recorded by the Funky Kings (allmusic, 2022) and was also a hit with this title on the Billboard Top Country Singles chart in 1979 by Johnny Duncan landing at the no. 6 position (Whitburn, 1994). Johnny Rivers also had the song released with the title "Slow Dancin'" on the Soul City label promotional copy (eBay, 2022). Tempchin said that he wrote the song in 1972 for his then girlfriend, with whom he is still with (J. Tempchin, Youtube, 2010).
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Lyrics:
It's late at night and we're all alone
Just the music on the radio
No one's comin', no one's gonna telephone
Just me and you and the lights down low
And we're slow dancin', swayin' to the music
Slow dancin', just me and my girl
Slow dancin', swayin' to the music
No one else in the whole wide world just you, girl
And we just flow together when the lights are low
Shadows dancin' all across the wall
Music's playin' so soft and slow
Rest of the world so far away and small
When we're slow dancin', swayin' to the music
Slow dancin', just me and my girl
Slow dancin', swayin' to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Hold me, oh, oh, oh, hold me
No never let me go
As we dance together in the dark
So much love in this heart of mine
You whisper to me, hold you tight
You're the one I thought I'd never find
Now we're slow dancin', swayin' to the music
Slow dancin', just me and my girl
Slow dancin', swayin' to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Slow dancin', swayin' to the music
Slow dancin', just me and my girl
Slow dancin', swayin' to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Whole wide world
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Today's The Day - America (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Today's The Day (America, 1976). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-14. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Today's The Day," written by member Dan Peek, was America's ninth top 40 hit landing at the no. 23 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1971 (Whitburn, 2013). It had greater success on the Billboard Top Adult Contemporary chart on which it reached the top no. 1 position (Whitburn, 2002). Peek told the story of when Rod Stewart came to his studio and he said: "I played 'Today's the Day', the song I had been working on. Rod said that he liked it and that it gave him an idea for a song. Of course after his recording of 'Tonight's the Night' came out I laughed when I remembered what he'd said. I'm sure I probably smacked my forehead and said, 'Why didn't I think of that?'" (Peek, 2004). Stewart's "Tonight's the Night" rose to no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and stayed there for eight weeks! (Whitburn, 2013).
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Lyrics:
Hold me close
You turn nighttime into day
And you're the most
Brightest star that lights my way
So come home to me now
Cause it won't matter anyhow
I've got this feeling that today's the day
I've got this feeling today's the day
Turn me out
Turn me out on this fine day
'Cause all about
All the people like to play
So come home to me now
Cause it won't matter anyhow
I've got this feeling that today's the day
I've got this feeling today's the day
I've got this feeling that today's the day
I've got this feeling today's the day
Hold me close
You turn nighttime into day
And you're the most
Brightest star that lights my way
So come home to me now
Cause it won't matter anyhow
I've got this feeling that today's the day
I've got this feeling today's the day
I've got this feeling that today's the day
I've got this feeling today's the day [
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P.S. I Love You - Beatles, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
P.S. I Love You (Beatles, The, 1962/1964). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-12. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"P.S. I Love You," written by Paul McCartney but credited to Lennon and McCartney, was written in 1962 while the band was playing in Hamburg, Germany and was the band's first release as the "B" side of "Love me Do" in the UK (songfacts, 2022); the song was subsequently released in the USA in 1964 where it rose to the no. 10 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (Whitburn, 2013). Those involved in the recording of the song were John Lennon and George Harrison on guitars and background vocals, Paul McCartney on Bass and lead vocal, Andy White on Drums (woodblock), and Ringo Starr on maracas (Pete Best played drums on a few early takes of the song before being replaced by White) (beatlesbible, 2021).
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Lyrics:
As I write this letter, send my love to you
Remember that I'll always be in love with you
Treasure these few words till we're together
Keep all my love forever
P.S. I love you, you, you, you
I'll be coming home again to you, love
And till the day I do love
P.S. I love you, you, you, you
As I write this letter, send my love to you
Remember that I'll always be in love with you
Treasure these few words till we're together
Keep all my love forever
P.S. I love you, you, you, you
As I write this letter (oh)
Send my love to you (you know I want you to)
Remember that I'll always be in love with you
I'll be coming home again to you, love
And till the day I do love
P.S. I love you, you, you, you
You, you, you
I love you
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We're All Alone - Boz Scaggs / Rita Coolidge (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
We're All Alone (Boz Scaggs, 1976; Rita Coolidge, 1977). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-10. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"We're All Alone," written and recorded by Boz Scaggs for his 1976 album "Silk Degrees," was a minor hit the same year for Frankie Valli stalling at the no. 78 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, while Rita Coolidge scored a no. 7 hit on the chart the following year (Whitburn, 2013). Scaggs did release a single version of the song in 1976 but as the "B" side to his two hits "Lido Shuffle" and "What Can I Say" (eBay, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Outside the rain begins
And it may never end
So cry no more
On the shore, a dream
Will take us out to sea
Forever more, forever more
Close your eyes and dream
And you can be with me
'Neath the waves
Through the caves of ours
Long forgotten now
We're all alone, we're all alone
Close the window, calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out, let it all begin
Learn how to pretend
Once a story's told
It can't help but grow old
Roses do, lovers too
So cast your seasons to the wind
And hold me, dear
Oh, hold me, dear
Close the window, calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out, let it all begin
All's forgotten now
We're all alone, oh, we're all alone
Close the window, calm the light
And it will be all right
No need to bother now
Let it out, let it all begin
Owe it to the wind
My love
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Take It Easy - Eagles, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Take It Easy (Eagles, The, 1972). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-20. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Take It Easy," written by Jackson Browne and Glenn Frey, was the Eagles' very first entrance onto the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972 rising to #12 on the chart (Whitburn, 2013). "A real road trip inspired this song. Jackson Browne had been working on his first album for a long time and needed a break, so he headed to Utah from Southern California via Arizona, which took him through Winslow on Route 40 . . . [while passing through Utah, his 1953 Willys Jeep] died, and he was taken in by some guys he met out there. He started writing the song in their van, then completed it with Glenn Frey when he returned to California." (songfacts, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Well I'm a runnin' down the road
Tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind
Four that wanna own me
Two that wanna stone me
One says she's a friend of mine
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
Drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
And take it easy
Well, I'm a standin' on a corner
In Winslow, Arizona
Such a fine sight to see
It's a girl my Lord in a flat-bed Ford
Slowin' down to take a look at me
Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love
Is gonna save me
We may lose and we may win
Though we will never be here again
So open up I'm climbin' in
So take it easy
Well, I'm a runnin' down the road
Tryin' to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover
Who won't blow my cover
She's so hard to find
Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
Make you crazy
Come on baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love
Is gonna save me
Oh we got it easy
We oughta take it easy
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Soul Deep - Box Tops, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Soul Deep (Box Tops, The, 1969). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-06. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Soul Deep," written by Wayne Carson Thompsons (an American country musician, songwriter, and record producer), was the Box Tops' seventh and last top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart landing at the no. 18 position in 1969 (Whitburn, 2013). Of interest is the fact that Thompson wrote three of the Box Tops' hits (i.e., The Letter, Neon Rainbow & Soul Deep) (Last.fm, 2022). In 1970, Eddy Arnold released his country version of the song, which rose to no. 22 on Billboard's Country Top Singles' chart (Whitburn, 1994).
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Lyrics:
Darlin' I don't know much
I know I love you so much
My life depends on your touch
And my love is a river runnin' soul deep
Way down inside me it's a-soul deep
It's too big to hide and it can't be deni-ie-ed
My love is a river runnin' soul de-ee-ee-ep
I work myself to death for ya
Just to show I adore ya
Nothing I wouldn't do for ya
Cause my love is a river runnin' soul deep
Way down inside me it's a-soul deep
It's too big to hide and it can't be deni-ie-ed
My love is a river runnin' soul de-ee-ee-ep
All I ever ever hope to be
Depends on your love for me
Baby believe me, if you should leave me
I'd be nothing but an empty shell
I know darn well, I can tell now
I don't know much
But I know I love you so much
My life depends on your touch
And my love is a river runnin' soul deep
Way down inside me it's a-soul deep
It's too big to hide and it can't be deni-ie-ed
My love is a river runnin' soul de-ee-ee-ep
My love is a river runnin' soul deep
Way down inside me it's a-soul deep
My love is a river runnin' soul deep
Way down inside me it's a-soul deep
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God Only Knows - Beach Boys, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
God Only Knows (Beach Boys, The, 1966). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-02. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"God Only Knows," written by Brian Wilson and Tony Asher, was the Beach Boys' 21st top 40 single landing at the no. 39 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1966 (Whitburn, 2013). It was the "B" side of "Wouldn't It Be Nice" (rateyourmusic, 2022). "God Only Knows" comes from the Beach Boys' album "Pet Sounds," which Rolling Stone magazine ranked 2nd behind the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" LP and was the "inspiration for the Beatles' [album]" (Levy, 2005). "God Only Knows" "was the first popular song to include God in the title since 'God Save the Queen' (British national anthem)" (M. Zontine, allmusic, 2021); indeed, the group members were concerned that the title would be interpreted as a religious song and not get much air play (J. Sanburn, entertainment.time, Oct. 21, 2011). Even so, Paul McCartney claimed that "God Only Knows" was "The greatest song ever written" (songfacts, 2022), TIME magazine included the song in their ALL-TIME 100 songs (TIME staff, 2011), and Rolling Stone magazine ranked "God Only Knows" 11th on their "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" (rollingstone, 2021).
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Lyrics:
I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
God only knows what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on, believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would livin' do me
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
If you should ever leave me
Though life would still go on, believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would livin' do me
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
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Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Handle With Care (Traveling Wilburys, 1988). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-06-03. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Handle With Care," written by Bob Dylan, George Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Roy Orbison and Tom Petty, was the Wilburys' first and highest charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 chart stalling at the no. 45 position in 1988 and no. 2 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart; shortly after it's release, sadly, Roy Orbison passed away due to a heart attack Dec. 06,1988 at the age of 52 (rock.fandom, 2022; Whitburn, 2013); "Handle With Care" was Orbison's last recording (rock.fandom, 2022). Harrison grabbed the title of the song from a cardboard box in Dylan's studio as they were writing the song (songfacts, 2022). Jim Keltner provided the drumming for the song (B. Eder, allmusic, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Been beat up and battered 'round
Been sent up, and I've been shot down
You're the best thing that I've ever found
Handle me with care
Reputations changeable
Situations tolerable
Baby, you're adorable
Handle me with care
I'm so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won't you show me that you really care?
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and dream on
I've been fobbed off, and I've been fooled
I've been robbed and ridiculed
In daycare centers and night schools
Handle me with care
Been stuck in airports, terrorized
Sent to meetings, hypnotized
Overexposed, commercialized
Handle me with care
I'm so tired of being lonely
I still have some love to give
Won't you show me that you really care?
Everybody's got somebody to lean on
Put your body next to mine, and dream on
I've been uptight and made a mess
But I'll clean it up myself, I guess
Oh, the sweet smell of success
Handle me with care
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What's Your Name - Don & Juan (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
What's Your Name (Don & Juan, 1962). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-31. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"What's Your Name," written by the duo's Claude Johnson (aka Juan) who was originally in the Genies, was the duo's only top 40 hit rising to no. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1962 (Whitburn, 2013). They are officially classified as a "one-hit-wonder," although they did chart with their second release "Magic Wand" (no. 91 on the chart) (Whitburn, 2013). "Don" was Roland Trone, who met Johnson in Long Island, NY while both were painters in an apartment building (mentalitch, 2022). "What's Your Name" is to this day one of the great Doo-Wop hits from the '50s and '60s.
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Lyrics:
What's your name? I have seen you before
What's your name? May I walk you to your door?
It's so hard to find a personality with charms like your's for me
Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh-ee
What's your name? Is it Mary or Sue?
What's your name? Do I stand a chance with you?
It's so hard to find a personality with charms like yours for me
Ooh-ee, ooh-ee, ooh-ee
I stood on this corner waiting for you to come along
So my heart could feel satisf-i-ied
So please let me be your number one
Under the moon, under the stars, and under the sun
Oh-oh, what's your name? (what's your name?) Is it Mary or Sue?
What's your name? Do I stand a chance with you?
It's so hard to find a personality with charms like yours for me
Ooh-ee, ooh-ee, ooh-ee
What's your name?
What's your name?
Shooby-doo-bop-bah-dah!!
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I Can't Control Myself - Troggs, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
I Can't Control Myself (Troggs, The, 1966). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-29. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"I Can't Control Myself," written by Reg Presley, was the Troggs' third entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart stalling at no. 43 in 1966 (Whitburn, 2013). Because of the suggestive lyrics, the song's airplay was curtailed in the US, which kept the song from rising higher on the charts (allmusic, 2022). According to Presley, he was in East Anglia "and this girl stood in front of me and she had pillar-box red jeans cut so low you could see her pubic hair. I'm lookin' at her and I'm a bricklayer, not very world wise at that point, and I'm goin', Wa! In the car home it comes to me, (sings) 'I can't stand still 'cos she got me going/Her slacks are low and her hips are showing . . . I never met her, but she designed the song" (songfacts, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Oh no! Baba bababa baba ba ba
Baba bababa baba baba
I can't stand still 'cos you've got me goin'
Baba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Your slacks are low and your hips are shown'
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
I take you girl as you're standing there
Your low cut slacks and your long black hair
Don't want you goin' round with no one else
'Cause when I'm with you I can't control myself
Defense is down and you've got me shakin'
Baba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
You've got me so that my nerves are breakin'
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
If you knew me like I know you girl
Your knees would bend and your hair would curl
You make me move yeah like no one else
And when I'm with you I can't control myself
I've got this feeling that's inside of me
It makes me think of how things used to be
It makes me feel allright
When I'm with you at night
And we love-and we love
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
You fill me so with this big temptation
Baba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
This kind of feeling could move a nation
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
But I'm okay when I'm here with you
I do the things that you want me to
I do these things for no one else
But when I'm with you I can't control myself
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba ba
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When Will I Be Loved - Linda Ronstadt / Everly Brothers, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
When Will I Be Loved (Linda Ronstadt, 1975; Everly Brothers, The, 1960). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-26. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"When Will I Be Loved," written by Phil Everly, was a major hit for both The Everly Brothers in 1960 and Linda Ronstadt in 1975 rising to the no. 8 and no. 2 positions on the Billboard Hot 100 chart respectively (Whitburn, 2013). This was also Ronstadt's first no. 1 hit on Billboard's Country Top Singles chart the same year (Whitburn, 1994). According to songfacts (2022), "Phil Everly wrote this in his car, parked outside an A&W root beer stand. He took inspiration from his on-again, off-again romance with Jackie Ertel-Bleyer, the stepdaughter of Cadence Records founder, Archie Bleyer."
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Lyrics:
I've been cheated
Been mistreated
When will I be loved
I've been pushed down
I've been pushed 'round
When will I be loved
When I find a new girl
That I want for mine
She always breaks my heart in two
It happens every time
I've been made blue
I've been lied to
When will I be loved
When I find a new girl
That I want for mine
She always breaks my heart in two
It happens every time
Oh, I've been cheated
Been mistreated
When will I be loved
When will I be loved
Tell me, when will I be loved
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Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Hey Good Lookin' (Hank Williams, 1951). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-26. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Hey Good Lookin'" was Hank Williams' third entry onto the Billboard chart and third consecutive no. 1 hit landing at the top in 1951 and remaining at that position for eight weeks (Whitburn, 1986, 2013). It has been recorded by many artists over the years. His own version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2001 (country-music.fandom.com, 2022), and in 2003, Country Music Television (CMT) voted his version No. 19 on CMT's "100 Greatest Songs of Country Music" (Wikipedia, 2022). Other artists who charted with Williams' song include: Jimmy Buffet (2004, no. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and no. 8 on the Hot Country Songs chart) (Whitburn, 2013), The Mavericks hit no. 74 on the Top Country Singers chart in 1992 (Whitburn, 1994).
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Lyrics:
Hey, hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
Hey, sweet baby,
Don't you think maybe
We could find us a brand new recipe?
I got a hot-rod Ford and a two-dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill.
There's soda pop and the dancin's free,
So if you wanna have fun come along with me.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
I'm free and ready,
So we can go steady.
How's about savin' all your time for me?
No more lookin',
I know I've been tooken.
How's about keepin' steady company?
I'm gonna throw my date-book over the fence
And find me one for five or ten cents.
I'll keep it 'til it's covered with age
'Cause I'm writin' your name down on every page.
Hey, good lookin',
Whatcha got cookin'?
How's about cookin' somethin' up with me?
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Hot Love - T-Rex (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Hot Love (T-Rex, 1971). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-24. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Hot Love," written by Marc Bolan, was T-Rex's first entry onto the Billboard Hot 100 chart as "T-Rex" but failed to move past the no. 72 position on the chart in 1971 (the original band Tyrannosaurus Rex's single "Ride A White Swan" was Bolan's first entry onto the chart) (Whitburn, 2013); however, the song did reach the no. 1 position on the UK Singles Chart (Larkin, 1997). The song was released as a standalone single and not included on an album until the following year when the record label released the compilation LP "Bolan Boogie" with "Hot Love" included on it (rateyourmusic, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Well, she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old, ah, ah, ah
Well, she's my woman of gold
And she's not very old, ah, ah, ah
I don't mean to be bold, but may I hold your hand
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, ah, ah, ah
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, ah, ah, ah
I'm a laborer of love in my Persian gloves,
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
Well, she's faster than most
And she lives on the coast, ah, ah, ah
Well, she's faster than most
And she lives on the coast, ah, ah, ah
I'm her two penny prince and I give her hot love, ah, ah, ah
Take your leave, mama
Ow, aw
Oooooo, Ahhhhhhh
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, ah, ah, ah
Well, she ain't no witch
And I love the way she twitch, ah, ah, ah
I'm her two penny prince and I give her hot love, ah, ah, ah
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
Ooh
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
Ooh, yeah
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
La la la, la la la la
Ooh
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You Showed Me - Turtles, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
You Showed Me (Turtles, The, 1969). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-22. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"You Showed Me," written by The Byrds' members Gene Clark and Roger McGuinn, was the Turtles' fifth and last top 10 hit rising to no. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969 (Whitburn, 2013). The song as originally written was an uptempo number; however, Bassist Chip "Douglas first demonstrated [the song] for The Turtles' vocalists Howard Kaylan and Mark Volman on a harmonium with a broken bellows, requiring him to play the song slowly. The slower tempo impressed Kaylan and Volman and consequently," The Turtles' recorded the slower version (liquisearch, 2022).
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Lyrics:
You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you
Oh, oh, oh, it's true
Oh, oh, I love you
You showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that very special way
Oh, oh, oh, it's true
You fell for me too
And when I tried it
I could see you fall
And I decided
It's not a trip at all
You taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too
Oh, oh, oh, it's true
We're in love we too
Na na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Oh oh oh oh oh
We're in love we two
We two
You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you
(You...)
Showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that very special way
(You...)
Taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too
Now you love me too
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Lyin' Eyes - Eagles, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Lyin' Eyes (Eagles, The, 1975). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-20. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Lyin' Eyes," written by Glenn Frey and Don Henley, was the Eagles' fifth top 20 hit landing at the no. 2 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1975 (Whitburn, 2013). "When they were a struggling band in Los Angeles, they saw a lot of beautiful women around Hollywood who were married to wealthy, successful men, and wondered if they were unhappy. One night they were drinking in a bar (their favorite watering hole: Dan Tana's) when they spotted this stunning young woman; two steps behind her was a much older, fat, rich guy. As they were half laughing at them, Glenn Frey commented, 'Look at her, she can't even hide those lyin' eyes!' Realizing they had a song title, the band members began grabbing for cocktail napkins to write down lyrics to go with that great observation" (DVD "Hell Freezes Over," 1994; songfacts, 2022).
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Lyrics:
City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man
And she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style
Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice
So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town
You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes
On the other side of town a boy is waiting
With fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal
She drives on through the night anticipating
'Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel
She rushes to his arms; they fall together
She whispers that it's only for awhile
She swears that soon she'll be comin' back forever
She pulls away and leaves him with a smile
You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't now way to hide your lyin' eyes
She gets up and pours herself a strong one,
And stares out at the stars up in the sky.
Another night, it's gonna be a long one.
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry.
She wonders how it ever got this crazy.
She thinks about a boy she knew in school.
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool.
My oh my, you sure know how to arrange things.
You set it up so well, so carefully.
Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things?
You're still the same old girl you used to be.
You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes
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Mad World - Tears For Fears (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Mad World (Tears For Fears, 1982). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-18. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Mad World," written by Roland Orzabal, was recorded by Tears For Fears in 1982 and was included on their 1983 album "The Hurting," which rose to no. 73 on Billboards Top 200 Albums chart and remained there for 69 weeks (Whitburn, 2006). Although their recording of the song did not chart in the USA, it did rise to no. 3 on the UK Singles Chart in 1982 (UK Singles Chart, 1982). However, Adam Lambert did hit the US Billboard chart in 2009 with his slower, moody version that rose to no. 19 (Whitburn, 2013), while Gary Jules had a no. 1 hit in the UK with his stripped down version of the song (songfacts, 2022). Orzabal told The Guardian that "'Mad World' hasn't dated because it's expressive of a period I call the teenage menopause, where your hormones are going crazy as you're leaving childhood. Your fingers are on the cliff and you're about to drop off, but somehow you cling on" (songfacts, 2022).
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Lyrics:
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday, happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what's my lesson
Look right through me, look right through me
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world
And I find it kind of funny
I find it kind of sad
The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had
I find it hard to tell you 'cause I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it's a very, very
Mad world
Mad world
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Midnight Man - James Gang (w/Joe Walsh) (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Midnight Man (James Gang, The, 1971). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-14. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Midnight Man," written by Joe Walsh, was the James Gang's third release to hit the Billboard Hot 100 chart stalling at no. 80 in 1971 (Whitburn, 2013). The song is found on the group's "Thirds" album, which was Joe Walsh's last album with the band (M. Greenwald, allmusic, 2022).
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Lyrics:
I'm the Midnight Man,
I do all I can,
To make sure that I am
The Midnight Man.
Midnight Man's on time,
Everything is fine.
All the words in rhyme,
With everything.
Midnight Man, you're pretty
Midnight Man, you're fine
Midnight Man, be careful,
Midnight Man...
Midnight man, you're mine
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Baby Love - Supremes, The (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Baby Love (Supremes, The, 1964). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-15. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Baby Love," written by Dozier, Holland, and Holland was the Supremes' second of twelve no. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 chart rising to the top position in 1964 (Whitburn, 2013). Lamont Dozier claimed that the song referenced "my first love who I never really got over" (songfacts, 2022).
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Lyrics:
Baby love, my baby love, I need you oh how I need you
But all you do is treat me bad
Break my heart and leave me sad
Tell me what did I do wrong to make you stay away so long
'Cause baby love, my baby love, been missing ya, miss kissing ya
Instead of breaking up
Let's start some kissing and making up
Don't throw our love away
In my arms why don't you stay?
Need ya, need ya, baby love, my baby love
Baby love, my baby love, why must we separate my love?
All of my whole life through
I never love no one but you
Why you do me like you do, I guess it's me
Ooh, need to hold you once again my love, feel your warm embrace my love
Don't throw our love away, please don't do me this way
Not happy like I used to be, loneliness has got the best of me my love
My baby love, I need ya oh how I need ya
Why you do me like you do
After I've been true to you
So deep in love with you
Baby, baby ooh
'Til it hurt me, 'til it hurt me
Ooh baby love
Don't throw our love away
Don't throw our love away
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Just A Little Bit Better - Herman's Hermits (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
Just A Little Bit Better (Herman's Hermits, 1965). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-08. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"Just A Little Bit Better," written by Kenny Young, was Herman's Hermits' sixth consecutive top 10 hit, all in 1965, rising to no. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (Whitburn, 2013). Young also co-wrote the Grammy Hall of Fame song "Under the Boardwalk" of Drifters' fame and "Arizona," which was recorded and become a hit for ex-lead vocalist for Paul Revere & the Raiders, Mark Lindsey (groups.google.com, 2020).
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Lyrics:
He may send you flowers baby every single day
Buy you fancy clothes from Paris
And have sweet things to say
But I can give you love, sweet sweet love
Now ain't that just a little bit better
Uh-ho-ho, uh-ho-ho, uh-ho-ho
He'll take you to nightclubs in a shiny limousine
Buy you furs and diamond bracelets
Make you look just like a queen
But I can give you love, sweet sweet love
Now ain't that just a little bit better
Uh-ho-ho, uh-ho-ho, uh-ho-ho
Love, love, love is what I could give ya
True, true love as long as I may live
But I can give you love, sweet sweet love
Now ain't that just a little bit better
Uh-ho-ho, uh-ho-ho, uh-ho-ho
Love, love, love is what I could give ya
True, true love as long as I may live
Well, he may want to buy a fancy mansion on a hill
Will you live with him forever
Baby that ain't such a thrill
'Cause I can give you love, sweet sweet love
Now ain't that just a little bit better
Uh-ho-ho, uh-ho-ho, uh-ho-ho
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I Need You - America (cover-live by Bill Sharkey)
I Need You (America, 1972). Live cover performance by Bill Sharkey, Home Studio, Hawaii Kai, HI. 2022-05-03. "Keeping the Oldies Alive"
"I Need You," written by Gerry Beckley, was America's second release and second top 10 hit landing on the no. 9 position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1972 (Whitburn, 2013). "Beckley was just 16 when he wrote the song; at the time, he was in a band called Daze with Dewey Bunnell and Dan Peek, who later became his bandmates in America" (songfests.com, 2022).
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Lyrics:
We used to laugh, we used to cry
We used to bow our heads then, wonder why
And now you're gone, I guess I'll carry on
And make the best of what you've left to me
Left to me, left to me
I need you like the flower needs the rain
You know I need you, guess I'll start it all again
You know I need you like the winter needs the spring
You know I need you, I need you
And every day, I'd laugh the hours away
Just knowing you were thinking of me
And then it came that I was put to blame
For every story told about me
About me, about me
I need you like the flower needs the rain
You know I need you, guess I'll start it all again
You know I need you, I need you
I need you like the winter needs the spring
You know I need you, guess I'll start it all again
You know I need you, I need you
I need you like the flower needs the rain
You know I need you, guess I'll start it all again
You know I need you, I need you
I need you like the winter needs the spring
You know I need you, guess I'll start it all again
You know I need you, I need you
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