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Doreen
03:35
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I knew you and you knew me
How you shook my tree
Oh Doreen
I remember everything you said
How your face turned red
I wrote down all the things you did
I kept a record, kid
All alone in the night
All alone alone
I found Doreen
All alone in the night
All alone in the night
I found Doreen
You fed me oil and gasoline
But I’m not a machine
Oh Doreen
And You thought I wouldn’t write this song
We’ll you’re wrong
Oh Doreen
All alone in the blue
All alone in the wild blue, Doreen
All alone in the night
All alone in the night I found Doreen
We’ll I guess I missed my chance
I could have moved to France
With Doreen
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Ooh Ah Ooh
04:36
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You read my mind oao
What did you find oao
Were there green lights…
Or were they…
bluuu ah oooh
You crossed my street oao
In the blistering heat oao
The smoke came…
right out…
(of your) shooo ah ooh
Ooh a ooh a doo doo ditty
How on earth did you get so pretty
(So rare… and fair… truuuu ah ooooh
The Eiffel Tower oao
A blooming flower oao
I’m not impresssssed
(cause) atttttttt (their best)
You read my mind oao
You felt my spine oao
Was it straight…
Or twisted… up
(like a) screwwaahoooo
Ooh a ooh a doo doo ditty
How on earth did you get so pretty
Doo wah ditty ditty dum Ditty doo
Doo doo run run yeah
Goo goo g'joob
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Set a Bad Song Free
04:19
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Don’t expect a spectacle or expect to hear applause when you give yourself away, when you give yourself to God
You can Check underneath your hat and check underneath your thumb, if there’s an invitation there. An invitation to come.
It could be the real thing or it could be a mirage or it could be your shadow stretching and reaching for the wild blue
Every pair of holding hands is a time bomb ticking. You don’t have to take my advice but you’re gonna wanna heed my warning, child.
But There ain’t nobody in the world like you who can dance in circles wearing only one shoe
Set a bad song free
If you can’t let it go, just take it from me yeah
Give it a try and I swear you’re gonna believe me
They might call you a fink or might call you a whore or they might call you lord and ask for a snake or an apple or a cross.
And you listen to your tapes and your scratched up cds. it could be Aretha or it could even be The Boss
But there’s no one in the world like you, Who can dance all night. I’m telling you, it’s true
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A Peaceful Dream of You
03:25
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Well, the old mourning dove
He can’t hurry love
Or divine what is real and true
I’ll follow his flight
If it takes me all night
To a peaceful little dream of you
I felt old and in the way
So tired and so gray
My eyes turned black and blue
I was busy counting sheep
But now when I fall asleep
I dream a peaceful dream of you
I walked past the store
I looked through the glass
I found a million dollar lass
Lovely and Sweeter than the roses in MMay
A peaceful dream sent you my way
Oh the man who drives the ferry
His nights have been scary
He floats around without a clue
Because when he lays to rest
He never will be blessed
By a peaceful little dream of you
I walked through your gate
you opened your door
You seemed to glide across the floor
lovely and Sweeter than the roses in MMay
A peaceful dream
sent you my way
Well, the old mourning dove
Is gliding above
And flappin around like he do
His eyes gently close
And then he starts to doze
To a peaceful little dream of you
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When I was just a young boy, thought I knew it all
I couldn’t see the writing on the wall
Thought I saw the horizon ‘neath the blazing sky
I’d try to curse ya with the evil eye
Tried to slip you a twenty, somebody intervened
Said I looked suspicious, like my money ain’t green
I got a small apartment on the good side of town
But somebody in my building keeps telling me to calm down
Late into the night, I’m patrolling the streets
While they’re tucked all cozy, in their satin sheets
I hit the jackpot at the slot machine
But they turned down my bribes, like my money ain’t green
Saw the rain-dirty sidewalk. Saw the newspaper boy
He was wearing a jacket made of corduroy
He had an umbrella, I was soaking wet
Offered to buy it from him. He took it as a threat
Said he was insulted. He said I was obscene
Waved away my wallet like my money ain’t green
You were wrapped up in garland and a cactus crown
Had on red lipstick and an evening gown
Dancing the seven veils with a sideway glance
I buggered and begged you, please take a chance
I showed you my fancy car and my gold figurine
Said it didn’t impress ya, like my money ain’t green
I tried to love you. All night and all day
That’s alright, I don’t need ya Anyway
Wish I had a a knife and a double edge sword
I’d swing em around, in the name of the lord
I tried to buy em, when I was just 15
But they sent me away, like my money ain’t green
Can’t you hear me callin? I’m fashioned by fate
I’ll take you dinner. Thousand bucks a plate
I won’t hypnotize you, put you under a spell
I won’t call you a floozy or a jezebel
I’m not trying to be macho. I’m not trying to be mean
I’m just tired of being treated like my money ain’t green
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6. |
Where Do We Go From Here
02:06
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The telephone is ringing
And the mockingbirds are singing
The sky has never looked so cavalier
Tell me, baby.
Where do we go from here?
I got one oar in the water
And I’m asking out your daughter
But you won’t let me take her for a beer
Tell me, baby.
Where do we go from here?
I’ve lost my sense of wonder
And I’m hiding from the thunder
I got the blanket pulled up to my ears
Tell me, baby.
Where do we go from here?
The sun looks like a golden nest
It shines on me, you could have guessed
I’m hoping that my burns are not severe
Tell me, baby.
Where do we go from here?
Carnivals and carousels
And waterloos and wedding bells
Day and night blaring in my ear
Tell me, baby.
Where do we go from here?
I yodeled and I croaked a tune
The fellas danced, the ladies swooned
I wondered could this be a new career?
Tell me, baby.
Where do we go from here?
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7. |
You Better Love Me
05:03
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Better love me baby while I’m still in my prime x2
You’re gonna wanna love me baby, while you still have time
I got troubles so hard I can’t take it no more
I’ve been playing games so long, I can’t keep track of the score
Some people got eyeballs swimming around in their head x2
Youre gonna wanna love me, baby. it’ll be lonesome in that big old bed
You better read that good book before it’s time to leave x2
There’s adam and there’s eve and there’s things you could never believe
They say sometimes satan comes as a man of peace x2
He’s got smoke and he's got mirrors underneath a layer of fleece
Better love me baby while I’m still in my prime x2
You’re gonna wanna love me, while i still got a dime
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Goldie Gold and Action Jack
Their climbin into their Cadillac
Their money’s green and their eyes are red
They’re driving right into the flower bed
In the land of pestilence and blood
They're bringin the earthquake, bringin the flood
The class clown and the maniac
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
Apostle John and Cool Hand Luke
propositioning the Duke
Duke says, “Run and don’t look back
Here comes Goldie and Action Jack”
They're smokin dope and eatin steaks
They’re drinkin wine and baking cakes
They’re window shopin for a gun
They’re castigating their only son
Action Jack and Goldie Gold
They’re sufferin from the common cold
“I think I’m havin a heart attack”
Says Goldie Gold to Action Jack
Goldie Gold’s an early riser
Action Jack is none the wiser
She’s got the ass of an angel and the heart of a bat
He wears a backward cowboy hat
A hurricaine triggered by butterfly wings
Don’t place fate in material things
The Duke has got a lust for life
A taste for blood, a butcher knife
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
Readin the farmer’s almanac
“Looks like we’ll be blessed with a little more rain,
Bring the lightning, bring the pain.”
They got their hands in Duke’s money sack
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
Like Tinkerbell and Peter Pan
They sing all the way through the Yucatan
The Duke was waiting on the shore
Armed with instruments of war
He put them in a strangehold
Action Jack and Goldie Gold
Action Jack did the devil’s work
Goldie died wearing a smirk
Roll the credits, fade to black
Goldie Gold and Action Jack
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9. |
Red Sails in the Sunset
02:25
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Mercy Choir
Mercy Choir is the musical project of Paul Belbusti, a person from the New Haven, Connecticut area of the United States of America.
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