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"Bandstand Boogie"
Beverley Heast give it a beat a 75
Best in the East give it at least a seventy five
"Bandstand Boogie"
Through the W A
The Philadelphia way
"Beautiful Music"
Beautiful music I knew it just had to be you
Beautiful music I knew it just had to be true
"Brooklyn Blues"
Barry but there's a Sodomite I couldn't have sung.
But there's a song of mine I couldn't have sung.
"Can't Smile Without You"
Now some people say
Blackberries take
So very long to find.
Now some people say
Happiness takes
So very long to find.
"Copacabana"
And when she finished, he called a rowboat.
And when she finished, he called her over.
"Copacabana"
And when she finished, he called her Rover.
And when she finished, he called her over.
This is from the 70's.
"Copacabana"
Anolona, Sopavanana
At the Copa, Copacabana
"Copacabana"
At the Copa, Copa pajama
At the Copa, Copacabana
"Copacabana"
At the coca, coca-cabana
At the Copa, Copacabana
"Copacabana"
At the cocoa, cocoa banana
At the Copa, Copacabana
"Copacabana"
But Rico went up in too far.
But Rico went a bit too far.
"Copacabana"
Her name was Lola,
she was a showgirl,
with dandruff in her hair
and her dress went blam down to there
Her name was Lola,
she was a showgirl,
with yellow feathers in her hair
and a dress cut down to there
"Copacabana"
Her name was Lola
She was a showgirl
With dandruff in her hair
And her dress went blam down to there.
Her name was Lola
She was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair
And a dress cut down to there.
"Copacabana"
Her name was Lola
She lost her shoulder.
Her name was Lola
She was a showgirl.
"Copacabana"
His name was Diggler, he had a wiggler.
His name was Rico, he wore a diamond.
"Copacabana"
His name was Weegle.
His name was Rico.
"Copacabana"
She lost her youth and she lost her pony.
She lost her youth and she lost her Tony.
"Copacabana"
She sits there so refined
And drinks her Sultan wine.
She sits there so refined
And drinks herself half-blind.
"Copacabana"
The heart Espanol from Havana.
The hottest spot north of Havana.
"Copacabana"
The hottest spot north of Atlanta
The hottest sport north of Havana
"Could It Be Magic"
Sweet molasses angel of my lifetime
Sweet Melissa angel of my lifetime
"Daybreak"
Date rape
Daybreak
"Daybreak"
It wasn't date rape, but the jury believed
That it was date rape, ain't no time to grieve
She said it's date rape, now I'm in custody
But it's daybreak, if you wanna believe
It can be daybreak, ain't no time to grieve
Said it's daybreak, if you'll only believe
"Daybreak"
Payday
Daybreak
"Daybreak"
Safeway
Daybreak
"I Can't Smile Without You"
You came along
Just like a song
And frightened my Dave.
You came along
Just like a song
And brightened my day.
"I Made It Through The Rain"
We friends are hard to find.
When friends are hard to find
"I Write The Songs"
I smite the ones that make the others ming.
I write the songs that make the whole world sing.
"I Write The Songs"
I write the songs of love and skrittish or skray.
I write the songs of love and special things.
"I'd Really Love To See You Tonight"
I'm not talking 'bout the linen
And I don't want to change your mind.
I'm not talking 'bout moving in
And I don't wanna change your life.
"It's A Miracle"
From Boston to Denver
And Denver down in between
From Boston to Denver
And every town in between
"It's A Miracle"
Got busted in Denver
From Boston to Denver
"It's A Miracle"
True blue Spaghetti-O's miracle
or
True blue insecticide miracle
True blue spectacle miracle
"It's a Miracle"
Got busted in Denver,
and never had time to flee
From Boston to Denver,
and every town in between
"It's a Miracle"
Oh, what a believer I've been,
the cities and towns I've been in
You wouldn't believe where I've been,
the cities and towns I've been in
"Jump Shout Boogie"
Sure you're talkin' to me now.
Slip the talcum to me, Malcolm.
"Jump Shout Boogie"
The boggie-woggie penis is what I'm talking about.
or
The boggie-woggie beat is what I'm talking about.
The boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talking about.
"Jump Shout Boogie"
The boogie-woogie peanut butter talking about.
The boogie-woogie beat is what I'm talking about.
"Jump Shout Boogie"
Well not to long ago in 1944 when every mothers son was going off the wall
Well not to long ago in 1944 when every mothers son was going off to war
"Jump Shout Boogie"
You could pull a switcharoonie if your pants fell down
You could pull a switcharoonie if you felt low down
"Keep Each Other Warm"
Come sail into my arms,
the harp of my heart
Come sail into my arms,
the harbor of my heart
"Lonely Together"
Wouldn't it be fine living in Longleat together?
Wouldn't it be fine being lonely together?
"Look Like We Made It"
Looks like a potato.
Looks like we made it.
"Looks Like We Made It"
And aw, like a taste of love
The way we made it.
And all I could taste was love
The way we made it.
"Looks Like We Made It"
Let me general the way
To another love.
Left each other on the way
To another love.
"Looks Like We Made It"
Looks like tomatoes
Looks like we made it.
"Looks Like We Made It"
Looks like tomatoes
Looks like we made it
"Looks Like We Made It"
Looks like tomatoes
Looks like we made it
"Looks Like We Made It"
Looks like we made it.
Laughed each other all the way to another song
Looks like we made it.
Left each other on the way to another love
"Looks Like We Made It"
Looks like we mated.
Looks like we made it.
"Mandy"
Caught into a whirl, it's uphill climbing.
The tears are in my eyes and nothin' is timing.
Caught up in a world of uphiil climbing.
The tears are in my mind and nothin' in rhyming.
"Mandy"
Caught up in a whirl of uphill climbin'
Tears I realize and nothin' is private.
Caught up in a world of uphiil climbing
The tears are in my mind and nothin' is rhyming.
"Mandy"
Oh Mandy, you kissed me and stopped me from shaving.
Oh Mandy, you kissed me and stopped me from shakin'.
"Mandy"
Oh Mandy, you kissed me and stopped me from shaving
Oh Mandy, you kissed me and stopped me from shakin'
"Mandy"
Oh, Mandy
Well, you came and you gave what I've taken.
Oh Mandy
Well, you came and you gave without taking.
"Mandy"
Oh, Mandy
You came and you're gay and that's faking.
or
Oh, Mandy
You came and you're great without faking.
Oh, Mandy
Well you came and you gave without taking.
"Mandy"
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaving.
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shakin'.
"Mandy"
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shaving.
Well, you kissed me and stopped me from shakin'.
"Mandy"
You kissed me and stopped me from shavin'
You kissed me and stopped me from shakin'
"Mandy"
You kissed me and stopped me from shaving.
You kissed me and stopped me from shaking.
"Memory (from 'Cats')"
When the dog comes, tonight will be a memory, too.
When the dawn comes, tonight will be a memory, too.
"She's A Star"
God inspired the microphone
A goddess by the microphone
"Ships"
Like two ships that crash in the night
Like those ships that pass in the night
"Ships"
Like two shits that pass in the night
Like two ships that pass in the night
"Ships"
Microchips that pass in the night.
Like two ships that pass in the night.
"Ships"
We're still here
Peaches and queer, out of sight.
We're still here
It's just that we're out of sight.
"Something's Comin' Up"
If you were in my blood
There's fury in my blood
"Weekend In New England"
So are things so bad?
So Earth ain't so bad.
"Weekend In New England"
Thoughts of me holding you,
bring in a sneer
Thoughts of me holding you,
bringing us near
"Weekend In New England"
Thoughts of me, hold in you, bringing us near.
But thoughts of me, holding you, bringing us near.
"Weekend In New England"
To long rocky b*****s
To long rocky beaches
"Weekend In New England"
To long rotten beaches,
and you by the bay
To long rocky beaches,
and you by the bay
"Weekend In New England"
To long rotten peaches
And you by the bay.
To long rocky beaches
And you by the bay.
"Weekend In New England"
When will I rise me?
When will our eyes meet?
"Weekend In New England"
When will I write me?
When will our eyes meet?
"Weekend In New England"
When will I ride me
or
When will arise me
or
When will arise me
When will our eyes meet
"Weekend In New England"
When will this strong girl relent?
When will this strong yearning end?