Double You - Please Don't Go

Please don't go (8x)

Babe, I love you so
I, I want you to know
That I'm gonna miss your love
The minute you walk out that door

Please don't go ... (17 x)

Babe, I love you so
I want you to know
That I'm gonna miss your love
The minute you walk out that door

Please don't go, don't go
Don't go away
Please don't go, don't go
I'm begging you to stay.

If you live at least in my lifetime
I've had one dream come true
I was blessed to be loved
By someone as wonderful as you

Please don't go, don't go
Don't go away
Please don't go, don't go
I'm beggin' you to stay

Hey hey hey!

Please don't go ... (9 x)

Babe, I love you so
I, I want you to know
That I'm gonna miss your love
The minute you walk out that door

So, please don't go, don't go
Don't go away, hey, hey, hey!

I need your love
I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please, please, please!
Don't go! Don't you hear me baby?
Don't you leave me now?
Oh! No! No! Don't go!
Please, don't go.
I want your love
Babe, I, I, I love you so!
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Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen

In Memory of Jim Croce & Maury Muehleisen who died on September 20th, 1973,



Photographs and memories
Christmas cards you sent to me
All that I have are these to remember you
Memories that come at night
Take me to another time
Back to a happier day, when I called you mine

But we sure had a good time
When we started way back when
Morning walks and bedroom talks
Oh, how I loved you then

Summer skies and lullabies
Nights we couldn't say goodbye
And of all of the things that we knew
Not a dream survived

Photographs and memories
All the love you gave to me
Somehow it just can't be true
It's all I've left of you

But we sure had a good time
When we started way back when
Morning walks and bedroom talks
Oh, how I loved you then

Jim Croce - Next Time, This Time

If you get to feelin' all alone
When your good time friends
Have all got up and gone
Don't come knockin' around my door
Because I've heard your lines before

There ain't gone be a next time, this time
'Cause woman startin' right now
I'm gonna forget your name and
___your pretty face girl
And write you off as a bad mistake
You know that some women they are lovers
And some just got no sense
But a woman like you oughta be ashamed
Of the things that you do to men

And If you get to feelin' all alone
When you find that you can't make it
___on your own
Don't come knockin' around my door
You see I've seen your act before

And there ain't gonna be
___a next time, this time
'Cause woman startin' right now
I'm gonna forget your name and
___your pretty face girl
And write you off as a bad mistake
You know that some women they are lovers
And some just got no sense
But a woman like you oughta be ashamed
Of the things that you do to men

And If you get the feeling you where wrong
Don't go wastin' your good money in the phone
'Cause I can hang up as fast as you can call
And that ain't all

'Cause there ain't gonna be a next time, this time
'Cause woman startin' right now
I'm gonna forget your name and your pretty face girl
And write you off as a complete disgrace
You know that some women they are liars
And some just got no sense
But a woman like you oughta be ashamed
Of the things that you do to men

Yeah a woman like you oughta be ashamed

Jim Croce - One Less Set Of Footsteps

We've been running away from
Somethin' we both know
We've long run out of things to say
And I think I better go

So don't be getting excited
Oh when you hear that slammin' door
Cause there'll be one less set of footsteps
On your floor in the mornin'

And we've been hidin' from something
That should have never gone this far
But after all it's what we've done
That makes us what we are

And you been talkin' in silence
But if it's silence you adore
Well, there'll be one less set of footsteps
On your floor in the mornin'

Well there'll (be) one less set of footsteps on your floor
One less voice a-talkin'
One less pair of jeans upon your door
One less man to walk in

But tomorrow's a dream away
And today has turned to dust
Your silver tongue has turned to clay
And your golden rule to rust

If that's the way that you want it
Well that's the way I want it more
Cause they'll be one less set of footsteps
On your floor in the mornin'

Well there'll be one less set of footsteps on your floor
One less voice a-talkin'
And one less pair of jeans upon your door
One less man to walk in

But tomorrow's a dream away
And today has turned to dust
Your silver tongue has turned to clay
And your golden rule to rust

If that's the way that you want it
Well that's the way I want it more
Cause tgere'll one less set of footsteps
On your floor in the mornin'

Yeah there'll one less set of footsteps
On your floor in the mornin'

Jim Croce - Lover's Cross

I guess that it was bound to happen
Was just a matter o' time
But now I've come to my decision
And it's a-one of the painful kind
Cause now it seems that you wanted a martyr
Just a regular guy wouldn't do
And baby I can't hang upon no lovers cross for you

Yeah, I really got to hand it to ya
Cause girl you really tried
But for every time that we spent laughin'
There were two times that I cried
And you were tryin' to make me your martyr
And that's the one thing I just couldn't do
And baby, I can't hang upon no lovers cross for you

Cause tables are meant for turnin'
And people are bound to change
And bridges are meant for burnin'
When the people and memories they join
___aren't the same

So I hope that you can find
Another who can take what I could not
He'll have to be a super guy
Or maybe a super god
Cause I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain't 'bout to start nothin' new
And baby, I can't hang upon no lovers cross for you

Cause tables are meant for turnin'
And people are bound to change
And bridges are meant for burnin'
When the people and memories they join
___aren't the same

So I hope that you can find
Another who can take what I could not
He'll have to be a super guy
Or maybe a super god
Cause I never was much of a martyr before
And I ain't 'bout to start nothin' new
And baby, I can't hang upon no lovers cross for you

Jim Croce - New York's Not My Home (1973)

Well things were spinnin' round me
And all my thoughts were cloudy
And I had begun to doubt
All the things that were me

Been in so many places
You know I've run so many races
And looked into the empty faces
___of the people of the night
And something is just not right

And I know that I gotta get out of here
I'm so alone
Don't you know that I gotta get out of here
'Cause New York's not my home

Though all the streets are crowded
There's something strange about it
I lived there 'bout a year
And I never once felt at home

I thought I'd make the big time
I learned a lot of lessons awful quick
And now I'm tellin' you
That they were not the nice kind
And it's been so long since I have felt fine

That's the reason that I gotta get out of here
I'm so alone
Don't you know that I gotta get out of here
'Cause New York's not my home

Robbie Williams - My Way (Frank Sinatra)

The original song is a 1968 French hit by Claude François and Jacques Revaux, called "Comme d'Habitude". Paul Anka wrote new lyrics (NOT a translation) for the English-speaking public and Frank recorded it in 1969, becoming his signature song and closing number in many of his most memorable acts.





And now the end is near
And so I face the final curtain
My friend, I'll say it clear
I'll state my case of which I'm certain

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

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

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

Yes there were times, I'm sure you knew
When I bit off more than I could chew
But through it all when there was doubt
I ate it up and spit it out

I faced it all and I stood tall
And did it my way

I've loved, I've laughed and cried
I've had my fill, my share of losing
And now as tears subside
I find it all so amusing

To think I did all that
And may I say, not in a shy way
Oh no, oh no, not me
I did it my way

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, than he has naugth
To say the things he truly feels
And not the words of one who kneels

The record shows, I took the blows

Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual

Singing in 1965:


It's not unusual to be loved by anyone
It's not unusual to have fun with anyone
but when I see you hanging about with anyone
It's not unusual to see me cry,
oh I wanna' die

It's not unusual to go out at any time
but when I see you out and about it's such a crime
if you should ever want to be loved by anyone,
It's not unusual it happens every day, no matter what you say
you find it happens all the time
love will never do what you want it to
why can't this crazy love be mine?

It's not unusual to be mad with anyone
It's not unusual to be sad with anyone
but if I ever find that you've changed at anytime
it's not unusual to find out that I'm in love with you
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Singing in 2006:


Robbie Williams Version:

September by. Earth, Wind and Fire

Classic song from a great band



Do you remember the 21st night of september?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away

Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing.
As we danced in the night,
Remember how the stars stole the night away

Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in september
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

My thoughts are with you
Holding hands with your heart to see you
Only blue talk and love,
Remember how we knew love was here to stay

Now december found the love that we shared in september.
Only blue talk and love,
Remember the true love we share today

Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in september
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in september
Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days

Ashford and Simpson - Solid (1984)

And for love’s sake, each mistake, ah, you forgave
And soon both of us learned to trust
Not run away, it was no time to play
We build it up and build it up and build it up

And now it’s solid
Solid as a rock
That’s what this love is
That’s what we’ve got, oh, mmm…

Solid (Oh)
Solid as a rock
And nothing’s changed it (Ooh)
The thrill is still hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot

Oh…oh…oh…ah…

You didn’t turn away
When the sky went gray
Somehow we managed
We had to stick together (Ooh…ooh…ooh…ooh…)

You didn’t bat an eye
When I made you cry
We knew down the line
We would make it better (Ooh…ooh…ooh…ooh…)

And for love’s sake, each mistake, ah, you forgave
And soon both of us learned to trust
Not run away, it was no time to play
We build it up and build it up and build it up

Now it’s solid
Solid as a rock [Ooh]
That’s what this love is (Oh…oh…)
That’s what we’ve got [Oh…oh…] (Yes, it is)

Solid
Solid as a rock
And nothing’s changed it [Oh…]
The thrill is still hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot

Oh…oh…oh…ah…

Gone with the wind
Another friend
Got in between
Tried to separate us (Ooh…ooh…ooh…ooh…)

Oh, knock-knock on wood
You understood
Love was so new
We did what we had to (Ooh…ooh…ooh…ooh…)

And with that feeling we were willing to take a chance
So against all odds, we made a start
We got serious (Ooh), this wouldn’t turn to dust
We build it up and build it up and build it up

And now it’s solid (Ooh)
Solid as a rock
That’s what this love is (Oh)
That’s what we’ve got, oh (Oh, oh)

Solid (Yes, it is)
Solid as a rock (Ah…)
And nothing’s changed it (Ooh)
The thrill is still hot, hot, hot, hot, hot, hot , hot , hot

Solid (Oh)
Solid as a rock (You know it) [Well] (You know it, baby)
Solid
Solid as a rock (Lovin’ me, lovin’ me, oh)

Solid (Don’t leave me, baby)
Solid as a rock [Well, well, why, why] (Oh…)
Solid
Solid as a rock (Every day it gets sweeter, now) [Ooh]

Solid [You know I like it]
Solid as a rock (Good, good, well, it’s good, good, good)
Solid (Solid, solid, solid, solid, solid)
As a rock
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Ashford & Simpson talking about Motown and their careers



Ashford and Simpson Blow the Roof Off CNN Studios with their new version of old tune now called "Solid as Barack"

Elvis Presley , No More (La Paloma)

This beautiful song was written by Sebastian Yradier in 1861 after he had visited Cuba. Like many good melodies, it has been borrowed a lot. Some examples from the 1950s and 60s:
1) La Paloma - Trio Los Panchos, traditional Spanish vocal. Successful Latin American recording artists in the mid 20th C, they backed Eydie Gorme on two Spanish albums.
2) La Paloma - Billy Vaughn orchestra, 1958 #20 pop instrumental, adapted to the rock+roll era.
3) The Look - Dean Martin. Original words by Bob Russell. A 1956 nonhit single, and on his LP "This Is Dean Martin".
4) No More - Elvis Presley in a great adaptation by Don Robertson and Hal Blair for the 1961 movie Blue Hawaii.



The Film "Blue Hawaii"




When the sun, red like a ruby sinks into the sea,
a song from an earlier time sounds in the heart.
The song tells of one, who went aboard,
and said to his beloved a word of farewell:

"Don't cry, if I do not come back!
Find another for yourself, do not take it so hard!
And a white dove will then fly to you,
and bring you one last greeting across the sea from me."

La Paloma, goodbye!
Like the surging sea,
life is a coming and going,
but who can ever understand it?

La Paloma, goodbye!
Like the surging sea,
life is a coming and going,
but who can ever understand it?

Engelbert Humperdinck - Spanish Eyes 1969

Blue Spanish eyes
teardrops are falling from your Spanish eyes
Please please don't cry,
this is just adios and not good-bye.
Soon I'll return,
bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say "Si Si"
say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me

Blue Spanish Eyes,
prettiest eyes in all of Mexico
Blue Spanish Eyes,
please smile for me once more before I go
Soon I will return,
bringing you all the love your heart can hold
Please say "Si Si"
say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me

Say you and your Spanish eyes will wait for me

Elvis Presley - Release me (1972)

Oh please release me, let me go
For I just don’t love you anymore
To waste our lives would be a sin
Release me and let me love again

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

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

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

The Wall

On the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. For there are no more walls!



Another Brick in the Wall Part 1 (Waters)
Daddy's flown across the ocean
Leaving just a memory
Snapshot in the family album
Daddy what else did you leave for me?
Daddy, what'd'ja leave behind for me?!?
All in all it was just a brick in the wall.
All in all it was all just bricks in the wall.

"You! Yes, you! Stand still laddy!"

Another Brick in the Wall Part 2 (Waters)
We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.

"Wrong, Do it again!"
"If you don't eat yer meat, you can't have any pudding. How can you
have any pudding if you don't eat yer meat?"
"You! Yes, you behind the bikesheds, stand still laddy!"

Carole King " You've Got a Friend "

When you're down and troubled
and you need some loving care
and nothing, ooh, nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me
and soon I will be there
to brighten up even your darkest nights.

You just call out my name,
and you know wherever I am
I'll come running, oh yeah baby
to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall,
all you have to do is call
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah
You've got a friend.

If the sky above you
should turn dark and full of clouds
and that old north wind should begin to blow,
Keep your head together and call my name out loud
and soon I will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name,
and you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer or fall,
all you go to do is call
and I'll be there, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend?
People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you and desert you.
Well they'll take your soul if you let them.
Oh yeah, but don't you let them.

You just call out my name,
and you know wherever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Oh babe, don't you know that,
Winter, spring, summer or fall,
Hey now, all you've go to do is call.
Lord, I'll be there, yes I will.
You've got a friend.
You've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
You've got a friend.