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Ne me quitte pas
Il faut oublier Tout peut s'oublier Qui s'enfuit deja Oublier le temps Des malentendus Et le temps perdu A savoir comment Oublier ces heures Qui tuaient parfois A coups de pourquoi Le coeur du bonheur Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Moi je t'offrirai Des perles de pluie Venues de pays Ou il ne pleut pas Je creuserai la terre Jusqu'apres ma mort Pour couvrir ton corps D'or et de lumiere Je ferai un domaine Ou l'amour sera roi Ou l'amour sera loi Ou tu seras reine Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Je t'inventerai Des mots insenses Que tu comprendras Je te parlerai De ces amants-la Qui ont vu deux fois Leurs coeurs s'embraser Je te raconterai L'histoire de ce roi Mort de n'avoir pas Pu te rencontrer Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas On a vu souvent Rejaillir le feu De l'ancien volcan Qu'on croyait trop vieux Il est para'?t-il Des terres brulees Donnant plus de ble Qu'un meilleur avril Et quand vient le soir Pour qu'un ciel flamboie Le rouge et le noir Ne s'epousent-ils pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Je ne vais plus pleurer Je ne vais plus parler Je me cacherai la A te regarder Danser et sourire Et a t'ecouter Chanter et puis rire Laisse-moi devenir L'ombre de ton ombre L'ombre de ta main L'ombre de ton chien Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas Ne me quitte pas |
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Tell me more and then some
Daddy you know what I wanna hear I want some more and then some of that I love you only dear I want some more and then some Oh how you feel And then when you done told me About a million times How much you love me And you're through Start right back again I've made the same mistake I know the awful ache Of a little heart that's been double crossed The waiting's been so long so long It's hard to be believing I thought I'd missed my guess I thought happiness for me was lost I want more some more Some more and then some You know how I love that stuff Whisper from now on till Doomsday But I never No I never no I never Will get enough |
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I loves you, porgy,
Dont let him take me Dont let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever And Ill be glad Yes I loves you, porgy, Dont let him take me Dont let him handle me With his hot hands If you can keep me I wants to stay here with you forever Ive got my man I loves you, porgy, Dont let him take me Dont let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever Ive got my man Someday I know hes coming to call me Hes going to handle me and hold me So, it going to be like dying, porgy When he calls me But when he comes I know Ill have to go I loves you, porgy, Dont let him take me Honey, dont let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wanna stay here with you forever Ive got my man |
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Work Song
Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang Breaking rocks and serving my time Breaking rocks out here on the chain gang Because they done convicted me of crime Hold it steady right there while I hit it Well reckon that ought to get it Been Working and working But I still got so terribly far to go I commited crime Lord I needed Crime of being hungry and poor I left the grocery store man bleeding (breathing?) When they caught me robbing his store Hold it steady right there while I hit it Well reckon that ought to get it Been Working and working But I still got so terribly far to go I heard the judge say five years On chain-gang you gonna go I heard the judge say five years labor I heard my old man scream "Lordy, no!" Hold it right there while I hit it Well reckon that ought to get it Been Working and working But I still got so terribly far to go Gonna see my sweet honey bee Gonna break this chain off to run Gonna lay down somewhere shady Lord I sure am hot in the sun Hold it right there while I hit it Well reckon that ought to get it Been Workin' and workin' Been Workin' and slavin' An' Workin' and workin' But I still got so terribly far to go |
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(1928) Gus Kahn, Walter Donaldson
My baby don't care for shows My baby don't care for clothes My baby just cares for me My baby don't care for cars and races My baby don't care for high-tone places Liz Taylor is not his style And even Lana Turner's smile Is somethin' he can't see My baby don't care who knows My baby just cares for me Baby, my baby don't care for shows And he don't even care for clothes He cares for me My baby don't care For cars and races My baby don't care for He don't care for high-tone places Liz Taylor is not his style And even Liberace's smile Is something he can't see Is something he can't see I wonder what's wrong with baby My baby just cares for My baby just cares for My baby just cares for me Original lyrics My baby don't care for shows My baby don't care for clothes My baby just cares for me My baby don't care for cars and races My baby don't care for high-tone places Liz Taylor is not his style And even Lana Turner's smile is somethin' he can't see My baby don't care who knows it My baby just cares for me My baby don't care for shows And he don't even care for clothes My baby just cares for me My baby don't care for cars and races My baby don't care for he don't care for high-tone places I wonder what's wrong with baby My baby just cares for Just says his prayers for My baby just cares for me |
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Lewis Allen, Sonny White
Southern trees Bear strange fruit Blood on the leaves And blood at the roots Black bodies Swinging in the southern breeze Strange fruit hangin' From the poplar trees Pastoral scene Of the gallant south Them big bulging eyes And the twisted mouth Scent of magnolia Clean and fresh Then the sudden smell Of burnin' flesh Here is a fruit For the crows to pluck For the rain to gather For the wind to suck For the sun to rot For the leaves to drop Here is Strange and bitter crop As sung by Billie Holiday Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter cry. |
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Birds flyin' high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel Breeze driftin' on by, you know how I feel It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me. Yeah, it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me, ooooooooh... And I'm feelin' good. Fish in the sea, you know how I feel River runnin' free, you know how I feel Blossom on the tree, you know how I feel It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me, And I'm feelin' good Dragonfly out in the sun, you know what I mean, don't you know, Butterflies all havin' fun, you know what I mean. Sleep in peace when day is done: that's what I mean, And this old world is a new world and a bold world for me... Stars when you shine, you know how I feel Scent of the pine, you know how I feel Yeah, freedom is mine, and I know how I feel: It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me (scat) And I'm feelin'... good. |
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Sit there and count your fingers
What can you do? Old girl you're through Sit there, count your little fingers Unhappy little girl blue Sit there and count the raindrops Falling on you It's time you knew All you can ever count on Are the raindrops That fall on little girl blue Won't you just sit there Count the little raindrops Falling on you 'Cause it's time you knew All you can ever count on Are the raindrops That fall on little girl blue No use old girl You might as well surrender 'Cause your hopes are getting slender and slender Why won't somebody send a tender blue boy To cheer up little girl blue |
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Love me or leave me and let me be lonely
You won't believe me but I love you only I'd rather be lonley than happy with somebody else You might find the night time the right time for kissing Night time is my time for just reminiscing Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else There'll be no one unless that someone is you I intended to be independently blue I want your love, don't wanna borrow Have it today to give back tomorrow Your love is my love There's no love for nobody else Say, love me or leave me and let me be lonely You won't believe me but I love you only I'd rather be lonley than happy with somebody else You might find the night time the right time for kissing Night time is my time for just reminiscing Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else There'll be no one unless that someone is you I intended to be independently blue Say I want your love, don't wanna borrow Have it today to give back tomorrow Your love is my love My love is your love There's no love for nobody else |
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For myself
I must learn for myself Not from what someone else Has said or done And so I live my life From day to day Try to smile While feeling my way Just like a child For myself I must learn for myself The future that some else May say will come May never be What destiny holds for me Let me see For myself! |
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You ain't never been blue, no, no, no
You ain't never been blue Till you've had that mood indigo That feeling goes stealing right down to my shoes While I just sit here and sigh Go along blues I always get that mood indigo Since my baby said goodbye And in the evening when the lights are low I'm so lonely I could cry For there's nobody who cares about me I'm just a poor fool that's bluer than blue can be When I get that mood indigo I could lay me down and die You ain't been blue, no, no, no You ain't never been blue Till you've had that mood indigo That feeling goes stealing right down to my shoes While I just sit here and sigh Go along blues |
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If I should lose you
The stars would fall from the sky If I should lose you The leaves would wither and die The birds in maytime Would sing a lonely refrain And I would wander around Hating the sound of rain With you beside me No wind in winter would blow With you beside me A rose would bloom in the snow I gave you my love But I was living a dream And living would seem in vain If I lost you |
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Horace Ott
Don't try to blow out the sun for me baby I'm not asking for what I know can't be All that I ask is a kiss a day And I'll give you love that'll never go away Yes I will yes I will I wouldn't ask you to lift up This great big world little baby I'm not that kind of a girl All that I ask is a smile or two And nothing in this world will be too good for you Nobody nobody nobody nobody nobody Nobody knows how deep my love for you really goes But boy I want you to know I wouldn't ask you to hold back the light of dawn baby That's too much to ask to anyone All that I ask is your loving ways And I'll keep you happy For the rest of your natural born days baby You hear me talking to you I'll keep you happy I'll keep you happy for the rest of your days daddy Just believe me |
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Hush now, don't explain
There ain't nothin' to gain I'm glad that you're back Don't explain Quiet, baby, don't explain There is nothing to gain Skip that, the lipstick Don't explain You know that I love you And what love endures All my thoughts are of you For I'm so completely yours Don't want to hear folks chatter 'Cause I know you cheat Right and wrong don't matter When you're with me, my sweet Hush, now, don't explain Don't you know You're my joy and you're my pain? My life is yours, love Don't explain All my thoughts are of you For I'm so completely yours Don't want to hear nobody chatter 'Cause I know you cheat Right and wrong don't matter When you're with me, my sweet Hush, now, don't explain You're my joy and you're my pain My life is yours, love Don't explain |
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(1964) Nina Simone, Waring Cuney
She does not know Her beauty, She thinks her brown body Has no glory. If she could dance Naked, Under palm trees And see her image in the river She would know. But there are no palm trees On the street, And dishwater gives back no images. |
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Love me, love me, love me, say you do
Let me fly away with you For my love is like the wind And wild is the wind Give me more than one caress Satisfy this hungriness Let the wind blow through your heart For wild is the wind You touch me I hear the sound of mandolins You kiss me With your kiss my life begins You're spring to me All things to me Don't you know you're life itself Like a leaf clings to a tree Oh my darling, cling to me For we're creatures of the wind And wild is the wind So wild is the wind You touch me I hear the sound of mandolins You kiss me With your kiss my life begins Dady, you're spring to me All things to me Don't you know you're life itself Like a leaf clings to a tree Oh my darling, cling to me For we're creatures of the wind And wild is the wind So wild is the wind Wild is the wind Wild is the wind Wild is the wind |
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Baby you understand me now
If sometimes you see that I'm mad Doncha know no one alive can always be an angel? When everything goes wrong, you see some bad But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood Ya know sometimes baby I'm so carefree With a joy that's hard to hide And then sometimes it seems again that all I have is worry And then you're bound to see my other side But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood If I seem edgy I want you to know I never mean to take it out on you Life has its problems And I get more than my share But that's one thing I never mean to do Caus' I love you Oh baby I'm just human Don't you know I have faults like anyone? Sometimes I find myself alone regretting Some little foolish thing Some simple thing that I've done Caus' I'm just a soul whose intentions are good Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood Don't let me be misunderstood I try so hard So please don't let me be misunderstood |
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Andy Stroud
Be my husband man I be your wife Be my husband man I be your wife Be my husband man I be your wife Loving all of you the rest of your life yeah If you promise me you'll be my man If you promise me you'll be my man If you promise me you'll be my man I will love you the best I can yeah Stick the promise man you made me Stick the promise man that you made me Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Stick the promise man you made me That you stay away from Rosalie yeah Oh daddy love me good Oh daddy now love me good Oh daddy love me good Oh daddy now love me good If you want me to cook and sew If you want me to cook and sew If you want me to cook and sew yeah Outside of you there is no place to go Please don't treat me so doggone mean Please don't treat me so doggone mean Please don't treat me so now doggone mean yeah You're the meanest man I ever see Oh daddy now love me good Oh daddy love me good yeah Oh daddy love me good yeah Oh daddy now love me good --- Lyrics transcripted by Roger Nupie |
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Lyrics to Mississippi Goddam!
Nina Simone, 1963 Mississippi Goddam (Nina Simone) The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam And I mean every word of it Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam Can't you see it Can't you feel it It's all in the air I can't stand the pressure much longer Somebody say a prayer Alabama's gotten me so upset Tennessee made me lose my rest And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam This is a show tune But the show hasn't been written for it, yet Hound dogs on my trail School children sitting in jail Black cat cross my path I think every day's gonna be my last Lord have mercy on this land of mine We all gonna get it in due time I don't belong here I don't belong there I've even stopped believing in prayer Don't tell me I tell you Me and my people just about due I've been there so I know They keep on saying "Go slow!" But that's just the trouble "do it slow" Washing the windows "do it slow" Picking the cotton "do it slow" You're just plain rotten "do it slow" You're too damn lazy "do it slow" The thinking's crazy "do it slow" Where am I going What am I doing I don't know I don't know Just try to do your very best Stand up be counted with all the rest For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam I made you thought I was kiddin' Picket lines School boy cots They try to say it's a communist plot All I want is equality for my sister my brother my people and me Yes you lied to me all these years You told me to wash and clean my ears And talk real fine just like a lady And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie Oh but this whole country is full of lies You're all gonna die and die like flies I don't trust you any more You keep on saying "Go slow!" "Go slow!" But that's just the trouble "do it slow" Desegregation "do it slow" Mass participation "do it slow" Reunification "do it slow" Do things gradually "do it slow" But bring more tragedy "do it slow" Why don't you see it Why don't you feel it I don't know I don't know You don't have to live next to me Just give me my equality Everybody knows about Mississippi Everybody knows about Alabama Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam That's it! |
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I love my baby
I've loved him so long I love my baby I've loved him since he was born Now, sweet baby is gone And done me oh so wrong Come on back baby Now understand Come on back baby Come back and hold me And take me by my hand Come back baby and take me by the hand Don't you know I love you baby Don't you understand Just say you love me And we'll go to the preacherman Just say you love me And before him we'll stand We'll live our lives together As we go hand in hand You say you love me We'll go to the preacherman And we'll live our lives together As we go hand in hand |
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I left a note on his dresser
And my old wedding ring With these few goodbye words How can I sing Goodbye old sleepy head I'm packing you in like I said Take care of everything I'm leaving my wedding ring Don't look for me I'll get ahead Remember darling Don't smoke in bed Don't look for me I'll get ahead Remember darling Don't smoke in bed |
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James Shelton
I lost myself on a cool damp night Gave myself in that misty light Was hypnotized by a strange delight Under a lilac tree I made wine from the lilac tree Put my heart in its recipe It makes me see what I want to see... And be what I want to be When I think more than I want to think Do things I never should do I drink much more that I ought to drink Because I brings me back you... Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love Listen to me... I cannot see clearly Isn't that she coming to me nearly here? Lilac wine is sweet and heady where's my love? Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, where's my love? Listen to me, why is everything so hazy? Isn't that she, or am I just going crazy, dear? Lilac Wine, I feel unready for my love... |
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Take me to the water
Take me to the water Take me to the water To be baptized None but the righteous None but the righteous None but the righteous Shall be saved So take me to the water Take me to the water Take me to the water To be, to be baptized I'm going back home, going back home Gonna stay here no longer I'm going back home, going back home To be baptized |
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George Bass
Yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah Alright ye See-line woman She drink coffee She drink tea And then go home See-line woman See-line woman Dressed in green Wears silk stockings With golden seams See-line woman See-line woman Dressed in red Make a man lose his head See-line woman See-line woman Black dress on For a thousand dollars She wail and she moan See-line woman Wiggle wiggle Turn like a cat Wink at a man And he wink back Now child See-line woman Empty his pockets And wreck his days Make him love her And she'll fly away See-line woman Take it on out now Empty his pockets And she wreck his days And she make him love her Then she sure fly away She got a black dress on For a thousand dollars She wail and she moan... |
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My skin is black
My arms are long My hair is woolly My back is strong Strong enough to take the pain inflicted again and again What do they call me My name is AUNT SARAH My name is Aunt Sarah My skin is yellow My hair is long Between two worlds I do belong My father was rich and white He forced my mother late one night What do they call me My name is SAFFRONIA My name is Saffronia My skin is tan My hair is fine My hips invite you my mouth like wine Whose little girl am I? Anyone who has money to buy What do they call me My name is SWEET THING My name is Sweet Thing My skin is brown my manner is tough I'll kill the first mother I see my life has been too rough I'm awfully bitter these days because my parents were slaves What do they call me My name is PEACHES |
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I put a spell on you
'Cause you're mine You better stop the things you do I ain't lyin' No I ain't lyin' You know I can't stand it You're runnin' around You know better daddy I can't stand it cause you put me down Yeah, Yeah I put a spell on you Because you're mine You're mine I love ya I love you I love you I love you anyhow And I don't care If you don't want me I'm yours right now You hear me I put a spell on you Because you're mine |
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Earl S. Burroughs
Plain gold ring on his finger he wore It was where everyone could see He belonged to someone, but not me On his hand was a plain gold band Plain gold ring has a story to tell It was one that I knew too well In my heart it will never be spring Long as he wears a plain gold ring Oh, oh When nighttime comes a' callin' on me I know why I will never be free I can't stop these teardrops of mine I'm gonna love him till the end of time Plain gold ring has but one thing to say I'll remember till my dying day In my heart it will never be spring Long as he wears a plain gold ring Plain gold ring on his finger he wore Plain gold ring on his finger he wore Plain gold ring on his finger he wore |
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Bob Dylan
I take just like a woman Yes I do And I make love just like a woman and I ache just like a woman but I break like a little girl Nobody here feels any pain tonight as I stand inside the rain And no one has to guess that baby's got new clothes Lately I see her ribbons and her bows and the problems from her curls REFRAIN I take just like a woman... It was raining from the first and I was dying her of thirst That's why I came here and a long time's curse and what's worse is this pain in here I can't stay in here Ain't it clear Ain't it clear I must admit I believe it's time for me to quit And until we meet again bein' introduced as friends please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry and it was your world REFRAIN I take just like a woman.... Original lyric by Bob Dylan Nobody feels any pain Tonight as I stand here in the rain. Everybody knows that baby's got new clothes, But lately I see her ribbons and her bows Have fallen from her curls. She takes just like a woman. She makes love just like a woman. And then she aches just like a woman. But she breaks just like a little girl. Queen Mary, she's my friend. Yes I believe I'll go see her again. Nobody has to guess that baby can't be blessed 'Till she finally sees that she's like all the rest With her fog, her amphetamines, and her pearls. She takes just like a woman. She makes love just like a woman. And then she aches just like a woman. But she breaks just like a little girl. (break:) It raining at first, and I was dying there of thirst, So I came in here. And your long-time curse hurts, but what's worse Is this pain in here. I can't stay in here. Ain't it clear... That I just can't fit. I believe it's time for us to quit. But when we met again and are introduced as friends, Please don't let on that you knew me when I was hungry, and it was your world. You take just like a woman. You make love just like a woman. And then you ache just like a woman. But you break just like a little girl. |
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