John Mayall

Body

Colours

Blues

1999

I got a padlock on the blues
And I got the key to open up my mind
Unlock it what's inside me?
I never know just what I'll find
When it comes to my emotions
I got the blues of every kind

People ask, "Why don't you sing the blues
With a voice full of gravel and growl?"
I say, "I got my own style
And when I sing you're gonna hear that howl
I got to go with what I got
And what I got won't let me down"

Sometimes I stop to wonder
What some critics out there would have me do
But beware the green gods of envy
Pay no attention - see it through
That's why I'm depending on you, people
Yes, I mean you and you and you and you

John V Herron

Rick Vito

Stevie Nicks

Body

Love

Weather

Clothing/Apparel

Pop

1992

You like a man with a future
You like a woman with a past
Well do you really believe that
She said to faces in the crowd

(Yesterday I was facinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else

And even if you did miss me
You never let me know
You prefer to be just a little bit
In and out of love with me
And not to scream and shout
You prefer to be just a little bit
In and out of agony

(Yesterday I was facinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else

Come on now, let the sad winds blow down
As the rain came, she refused to wear her coat
But deep in her heart she knew, that the song must go on

He says well I have forgotten you
And your beautiful eyes
We were off the wall
We were mirrors of our former selves

Well you could have said no
You could have said well I just can't
Whoa we were off the wall
We were mirrors of each other
Passing by

(Yesterday I was facinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else

REPEAT

Well I was your Paper Doll
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Paper Doll
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Well I was you Paper Doll
(Yesterday I was fascinated by somebody else)
Paper Doll

And it doesn't even matter
(I was fascinated by somebody else)
It was a real clear answer
(I was fascinated by somebody else)
I was fascinated by somebody else
(I was fascinated by somebody else)

Jim Steinman

Body

Celebration

Memories/Nostalgia

Love

Transport

Rock 'n' Roll

Rock

1977

No Lyrics

Jim Steinman

Body

Celebration

Memories/Nostalgia

Love

Transport

Pop

Rock 'n' Roll

2012

No Lyrics

Jim Steinman

Body

Celebration

Memories/Nostalgia

Love

Transport

Rock 'n' Roll

Rock

2011

No Lyrics

Jim Steinman

Body

Celebration

Memories/Nostalgia

Love

Transport

Rock 'n' Roll

Rock

2004

No Lyrics

Elvis Presley

Otis Blackwell

Body

Time

Rock 'n' Roll

Rock

1957

When you looked into my eyes
I stood there like I was hyp-notised
You sent a feeling to my spine
A feeling warm and smooth and fine
But all I could do were stand there paralyzed
When we kissed, ooh what a thrill
You took my hand and, ooh baby, what a chill
I felt like grabbin' you real tight
Squeeze and squeeze with all my might
But all I could do were stand there paralyzed

Oh yeah lucky me, I’m singing ev'ry day
Ever since that day you came my way
You made my life for me just one big happy game
I'm gay ev'ry morning
At night I’m still the same
Do you remember that wonderful time
You held my hand and swore that you'll be mine
In front of preacher you said
"I do" I couldn't say a word for thinking of you
All I could do was stand there paralyzed

Melanie Safka

Body

Country/Nature

Money

folk

1970

There's a chance peace will come in your life please buy one

For sometimes when I am feeling as big as the land
With the velvet hill in the small of my back
And my hands are playing the sand

And my feet are swimming in all of the waters
All of the rivers are givers to the ocean
According to plan, according to man

Well sometimes when I am feeling so grand
And I become the world
And the world becomes a man

And my song becomes a part of the river
I cry out to keep me just the way I am
According to plan

According to man, according to plan
According to man, according to plan

For sometimes when we have reached the end
With the velvet hill in the small of my backs
And our hands are clutching the sand

Will our blood become a part of the river
All of the rivers are givers to the ocean
According to plan, according to man

There's a chance peace will come

Jim Steinman

Body

Dreams

Love

Colours

Rock

1981

Everyday of my life they say the same old thing
Hey boy!-(oh boy)- you better wait your turn
And everyday of my life I get the same old line
Hey boy!-(oh boy)- when are you going to learn

I wanna go on the red- I wanna go on the green
I wanna go on all colors that I see in between
I wanna run all the tolls- I wanna run all the signs
I wanna run all the way across a double white line

But everyday of my life I see the same old road
Hey girl! - (oh girl) - we gotta pull up our routes
And everyday of my life I see the same old dreams
Hey girl! - (oh girl) - I need a dream I can use

I wanna go on the red - I wanna go on the green
I wanna go on all colors that I see in between
I wanna run all the tolls - I wanna run all the signs

My body is the car and my soul is the ignition
Your love will be the key and we'll jockey for position till we-
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
We're sick and tired of waiting in line
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
Nobody's taking our time
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!

Tire tracks and broken hearts that's all we're leaving behind
There oughta be a law and there better be a crime
There oughta be a law and there better be a crime

And every night of my life there's something holding me back
Hey girl! - (What is it boy) - I know it's time to cut loose
And every night of my life I dream of someone like you
Hey girl! - (What is it boy) - you got a dream I can use

My body is the car and my soul is the ignition
Your love will be the key and we'll jockey for position till we -
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
We're sick and tired of waiting in line
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!
Nobody's taking our time
Peel out! Peel out! Peel out!

Alfred Bryan

Fred Fisher

Body

Love

Easy Listening

1947

Peg o' my heart
I'll love you don't let us part
I love you I always knew it would be you
Since I heard your lilting laughter
It's your Irish heart I'm after
Peg o' my heart
Your glances make my heart say
How's chances come be my own
Come make your home in my heart

Barney McKenna

Ciaran Bourke

John Sheahan

Luke Kelly

Ronnie Drew

Body

Names

Food and Drink

Love

Country/Nature

Animals

folk

1968

O Peggy Gordon, You are my darling
Come sit you down upon my knee
And tell to me the very reason
Why I am slighted so by thee

I'm so in love that I can't deny it
My heart lies smothered in my breast
But it's not for you to let the world know it
A troubled mind can know no rest

I put my head to a glass of brandy
It was my fancy, I do declare
For when I'm drinking, I'm always thinking
And wishing Peggy Gordon was here

I wish I was in some lonesome valley
Where womankind cannot be found
Where little birds sing upon the branches
And every moment has a different sound

O Peggy Gordon, You are my darling
Come sit you down upon my knee
And tell to me the very reason

Sylvester Stewart

Todd A Thomas

Clothing/Apparel

Body

Memories/Nostalgia

Hip Hop

1992

See I was resting at the park minding my own,
Business as I kick up the treble tone,
On my radio tape player box, right,
Just loud enough so folks could hear it's hype, see ?

Outta nowhere comes the woman I'm dating,
Investigation maybe she was demonstrating,
But nevertheless I was pleased,
My day was going great and my soul was at ease,
Until a group of brothers started bugging out,
Drinking the 40 oz, going the nigga route,
Disrespecting my black queen,
Holding their crotches and being obscene.
At first I ignored them cause see I know their type,
They got drunk and got guns and they wanna fight,
And they see a young couple having a time that's good,
And their egos wanna test a brother's manhood,
So they came to test Speech cause of my hair-do,
And the loud bright colors that I wear (Boo !).
I was a target cause I'm a fashion misfit (Misfit!),
And the outfit that I'm wearing brothers dissing it.
Well I stay calm and pray the niggaz leave me be,
But they're squeezing parts of my date's anatomy,
Why, Lord, do brothers have to drill me ?
Cause if I start to hit this man they'll have to kill me,
See!

I am everyday people
I am everyday people

I told the niggaz please let us pass, friend.
I said please cause I don't like killing Africans,
But he wouldn't stop and I ain't Ice Cube,
But I had to take the brother out for being rude,
And like I said before I was mad by then.
It took three or four cops to pull me off of him,
But that's the story y'all of a black man,
Acting like a nigga and get stomped by an African,
Ya see.

I am everyday people
I am everyday people

Ray Davies

Body

Food and Drink

Rock

Pop

1969

A man lives at the corner of the street,
And his neighbors think he's helpful and hes sweet,
cause he never swears and he always shakes you by the hand,
But no one knows he really is a plastic man.

He's got plastic heart, plastic teeth and toes,
(yeah, he's plastic man)
He's got plastic knees and a perfect plastic nose.
(yeah, he's plastic man)
He's got plastic lips that hide his plastic teeth and gums,
And plastic legs that reach up to his plastic bum.
(plastic bum)

Plastic man got no brain,
Plastic man don't feel no pain,
Plastic people look the same,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Kick his shin or tread on his face,
Pull his nose all over the place,
He can't disfigure, or disgrace,
Plastic man (plastic man).

He's got plastic flowers growing up the walls,
He eats plastic food with a plastic knife and fork,
He likes plastic cups and saucers cause they never break,
And he likes to lick his gravy off a plastic plate.

Plastic man got no brain,
Plastic man don't feel no pain,
Plastic people look the same,
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Kick his shin or tread on his face,
Pull his nose all over the place,
He can't disfigure, or disgrace,
Plastic man (plastic man).

He's got a plastic wife who wears a plastic mac,
(yeah, he's plastic man)
And his children wanna be plastic like their dad,
(yeah, he's plastic man)
He's got a phony smile that makes you think he understands,
But no one ever gets the truth from plastic man (plastic man)

Plastic man (plastic man).

Keith Potger

Tony Macaulay

Body

Love

Pop

1975

Every night I stand there in the crowd and watch him playing
So turn on your body's love song
That I only wish he knew
If he played me like he played that old guitar he's always strumming
Ran his fingers through my hair
I'd play a love song too.

If he looked up for a moment
Then I know he'd realise
See me there and read the message written in my eyes
If he played me like he played that old guitar he's always strumming
And ran his fingers through my hair
I'd play a love song too.

If he looked up for a moment
Then I know he'd realise
See me there and read the message written in my eyes
If he played me like he played that old guitar he's always strumming
Ran his fingers through my hair
I'd play a love song too.

Tim Buckley

Body

Love

Weather

Country/Nature

Clothing/Apparel

Rock

folk

1967

You dont remember what to say
You dont remember what to do
You dont remember where to go
You dont remember what to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down

All the stony people
Walking round in christian licorice clothes
I cant hesitate
And I cant wait
For pleasant street

The sunshine reminds you of concreted skies
You thought you were flying but you opened your eyes
And you found yourself falling back to yesterdays lies
Hello, pleasant street, you know shes back again
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down

All the stony people
Walking round in christian licorice clothes
I cant hesitate
And I cant wait
For pleasant street

At twilight your lover comes to your room
Hell spin you, hell weave you round his emerald loom
And softly youll whisper all around his ear
Sweet lover, I love pleasant street
I wheel, I steal, I feel my way down to kneel

All the stony people
Walking round in christian licorice clothes
I cant hesitate
And I cant wait
For pleasant street

You dont remember what to say
You dont remember what to do
You dont remember which way to go
You dont remember who to choose
You wheel, you steal, you feel, you kneel down

Otis Blackwell

Winfield Scott

Body

Rock 'n' Roll

Rock

1963

You like to keep me dangling on a string
'Cause you know without you my life don't mean a thing

So I beg you
Please don't drag that string around, oh no
Well, what if it should break
Oh, tell me, what would I do then
Keep that string up off the ground
Oh, yeah, remember my heart is tied to the other end

Yes, I'm your puppet, my heart is in your hand
One twist of the wrist and I jump to your command

So I beg you
Please don't drag that string around, oh no
Well, what if it should break
What would I do then
Baby, keep that string up off the ground
Oh, yeah, remember my heart is tied to the other end

I feel inside me, as sure as anything
One day I'll mean more to you than a puppet on a string

So I beg you
Please don't drag that string around, oh no
Well, what if it should break
Oh, tell me, what would I do then
Keep that string up off the ground
Oh, yeah, remember my heart is tied to the other end

Dan McCafferty

Darrell Sweet

Manuel Charlton

Peter Agnew

Body

Names

Weather

Rock

1975

Please dont judas me
Treat me as you like to be treated
Please dont blacklist me
Leave me as youd wish to find me
Dont analyze me, sacrifice me
Please dont judas me.

Please dont chastise me
Show me just one shred of kindness
Try to help me see
Guide me in my eyes of blindness
Dont despise me, categorize me
Please dont judas me.

No, no dont judas me
No, please dont judas me

Please dont headshrink me
Dont disguise your innuendos
Make no lies to me
I can see the way the wind blows
Dont deface me, annihilate me
Please dont judas me.

Please dont number me
Dont betray my trusted promise
Please dont anger me
I find it hard to bear no fairness
Dont frustrate me, manipulate me
Please dont judas me

No no dont judas me
No,please dont judas me

Dolly Parton

Porter Wagoner

Body

Love

Weather

Country and Western

1974

Please, please don't stop loving me
For I couldn't live with you gone
Please, please don't stop loving me
For I couldn't make it alone
You bring me the sunshine when none is in sight
And when I'm in darkness, you bring me the light
You opened my eyes when I couldn't see
So please, oh, please don't stop loving me

You're my inspiration, my purpose in life
When things go all wrong, you make them all right
I would be useless if you ever leave
So please, oh please don't stop loving me

Please, please don't stop loving me
For I couldn't live with you gone
Please, please don't stop loving me
For I couldn't make it alone
Please, please don't stop loving me