You had plenty of money in nineteen fifty-two
You let other people make a fool of you
Why don't you do right like some other men do?
Get out of here and get me some money too
You're sitting here wonderin' what it's all about
If you don't get some loot I'm gonna put you out
Why don't you do right like some other men do?
Get up and get outta here and get me some money too
If you had prepared twenty years ago
You wouldn't be wanderin' from door to door
Why don't you do right like some other men do? (I'm not
foolin')
Get out of here and get me some money too
(Orchestral Break)
If you had prepared twenty years ago
You wouldn't be wanderin' from door to door
Why don't you do right like some other men do? (I mean
Get out of here and get me some money too
A kiss on the hand
May be quite continental,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
A kiss may be grand
But it won't pay the rental
On your humble flat
Or help you at the automat
Men grow cold
As girls grow old,
And we all lose our charms in the end
But square-cut or pear-shaped,
These rocks don't lose their shape.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
The French are glad to die for love
They delight in fighting duels
But I prefer a man who lives
And gives expensive jewels
There may come a time
When a lass needs a lawyer,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
There may come a time
When a hard-boiled employer
Thinks you're awful nice,
But get that ice or else no dice.
He's your guy
When stocks are high,
But beware when they start to descend
It's then that those louses
Go back to their spouses.
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
Diamonds are a girl's best friend
It's been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt
That diamonds area girl's only friend
I've heard of affairs
That are strictly platonic,
But diamonds are a girl's best friend.
And I think affairs
That you must keep liaisonic
Are better bets
If little pets get big baguettes.
Time rolls on,
And youth is gone,
And you can't straighten up when you bend.
But stiff back
Or stiff knees,
You stand straight at Tiffany's.
Diamonds! Diamonds!
I don't mean rhinestones!
She gets too hungry, For dinner at eight
She loves the theater, But doesn't come late
She'd never bother, With people she'd hate
That's why the lady is a tramp Doesn't like crap games, With barons and earls
Won't go to Harlem, In ermine and pearls
Won't dish the dirt, With the rest of those girls
That's why the lady is a tramp She loves the free, Fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She's broke, but it's ok
She hates California, It's cold and it's damp
That's why the lady is a tramp Doesn't like dice games, With sharpies and frauds
Won't go to Harlem, In Lincolns or Fords
Won't dish the dirt, With the rest of those broads
Hey, Bill Bailey
Don't look now but
Somebody's calling you
Who, why, your
Lady friend, that's who
If I were you, If I were you
I'd get my little old self home
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey
Won't you come home
She moans the whole day long
I'll do the cooking, honey
I'll pay the rent
I know I done you wrong
Do you remember that rainy evening
I threw you out with nothing
But a fine tooth comb
Yeah, I know I'm to blame
Ain't it a shame
Bailey, won't you please come home
Ah, walk on home, Bill
Ah, I like it like that
Hey, Bailey, let's go on
Home one more time, hear
Won't you come home, Bill Bailey
Won't you come home
She moans the whole day long
I'll do the cooking, honey
I'll even pay the rent
I know, I know I done you wrong
Do you remember that rainy evening
That I drove you out with
Nothing but a fine tooth comb
And you were bald
I know I'm to blame
Well, ain't it a shame
Bailey, won't you please come
Bailey, won't you please come
Bailey, won't you please come
Bailey, won't you please come
Bailey, won't you please come
Come on, Bailey
Won't you please come, yo
Bailey, won't you please come
Bailey, won't you please come
Bailey, won't you please come
One more time,
Oh, Bailey won't you
Please come home
And now the pain begins
The teardrops start
And now the rain begins
Within my heart
But that's the price I pay
The price a fool must pay
For I let true love slip away
And now the blues walk in
And sleepless nights
No gypsy violins
No starry flights
Just broken dreams for me
Of fading memories
And now to love that once was mine
Goodbye
Just broken dreams for me
Of fading memories
And now to love that once was mine
I had the craziest dream last night, yes, I did
I never dreamt it could be
Yet there you were in love with me
I found your lips close to mine
So I kissed you and you didn't mind it at all
When I'm awake such a break never happens
How long can a girl go on dreaming?
If there's a chance that you care
Then please say you do, my baby
Say it and make my craziest dream come true
I found your lips close to mine
So I kissed them and you, you didn't mind it at all
When I'm awake, such a break never happens
How long can a girl go on dreaming?
If there's a chance that you care
Then please say you do, oh baby
Say it and make my craziest dream come true
Now after loving you
What else is there to do
Cause honey all the rest
Are gonna just be second best
I know I'll go through life
Comparing him to you
I'm no good to anyone
After loving you
Your love cannot be replaced
By just another fella
With a handsome face
And these heartaches will remain
For they can't be erased
Many loves may come along
But they won't live up to you
I"m just no good to anyone
After loving you
Your love, your precious love, cannot be replaced
By just another fella
With a handsome face
And these heartaches will remain
I know they cannot be erased
Many loves, many loves may come along
But I know they'll never live up to you
You see I'm no good to anyone
I hear the sound of music
Your favorite kind of music
And that reminds me dear of you
I see the summer roses
Your favorite shade of roses
And that reminds me to of you, dear
If I could hear no music
If there should be no roses
No summer nights to make me dream as I do
Perhaps, I might forget you
But in my heart I know
That I need no reminder to miss you so
I hear the sound of music
Your favorite kind of music
And that reminds me dear of you
I see the summer roses
Your favorite shade of roses
And that reminds me to of you, dear
If I could hear no music
If there should be no roses
No summer nights to make me dream as I do
Perhaps, I might forget you
But in my heart I know
Picture you upon my knee
Just tea for two
And two for tea
Just me for you
And you for me alone
Nobody near us to see us or hear us,
No friends or relations
On weekend vacations,
We won't have it known, dear,
That we own a telephone, dear...
Day will break and you'll wake,
And start to bake a sugar cake
For me to take for all the boys to see.
We will raise a family
A boy for you
And a girl for me
Till the end of time,
Long as stars are in the blue,
Long as there's a spring, a bird to sing,
I'll go on loving you.
Till the end of time,
Long as roses bloom in May,
My love for you will grow deeper,
With every passing day.
Till the wells run dry,
And each mountain disappears,
I'll be there for you, to care for you,
Through laughter and through tears.
So, take my heart in sweet surrender,
And tenderly say that I'm,
The one you love and live for,
I'll only love you
As long as the sea
Rolls on endlessly
To the shore
I'll love you til then
Not one minute more
I'll only love you
Til there's only night
And the sun
The sun gives no light as before
I'm gonna love you til then
Not one minute more
I'm yours, heart and soul, I'm yours
And all that I'll ever possess
But if you should say to me
Will you always be
I'll just have to confess
I'll only love you
As long as the beat
The beat of my heart
Can rest me still once more
I can love you til then
Not one minute more
I know I can love you til then
It's so nice to have a man around the house
Oh so nice to have a man around the house
Someone sweet whose glad he found you
Who will put his arms around you
And his kisses just astound you, it's so nice
Oh, a house is just a house without a man
He's the necessary evil in your plan
There are many things about him
You just cannot do without him
Though it's just a constant game of cat and mouse
It's so nice to have a man around the house
It's so nice to have a man around the house
Oh so nice to have a man around the house
Just a guy in pipe and slippers
Who will share your breakfast kippers
And will help you zip your zippers, it's so nice
Oh, a house is just a house without a man
He's that necessary evil in your plan
Someone kind who knows you treasure
Any simple little pleasure
Like a full length mink to cover last year's blouse
It's so nice to have a man around the house
There are many things about him
You just cannot do without him
Though it's just a constant game of cat and mouse
It's so nice to have a man around the house
Cha-cha-cha
It's so nice to have a man around the house
Get my word
I know that someday
You'll want me to want you
When I'm in love with somebody else
You'll expect me to be true and to go right on loving you
Although I've been feeling pretty blue
I think that I know how to forget about you
And I know someday you're gonna want me to really want you
When I am strong for somebody new
And although you don't want me now
I'll get along somehow
And then I won't want you.
Although you do not want me now
No you don't, you don't want me now, but
I'll get along somehow
Then maybe then I won't, oh baby I won't
Baby, I won't want you
One more time
I said although you do not want me now
No you don't, you told me you don't want me now, but
I'm gonna make it, I feel like I can make it any old how
Maybe then I won't, maybe then I won't, maybe I won't want you
I like it, I like it, I like it
I said although you do not want me now
I got a feelin' you don't want me now, but I know that
I'm gonna make it, I feel like I can make it any how, yes indeedee
Maybe then I won't, maybe then I won't, maybe I won't want you
I can't stop singin' it
One more one more time
I said, although you do not want me now
No you told me you don't want me now, but
I know, I know I know how to make it any old how
When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year
For small town boys
And soft summer nights
We'd hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen
When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year
For city boys
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one
When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year
For blue-blooded boys
Of independent means
We'd ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five
But now the days are short
I'm in the autumn of the year
And I think of my life as vintage wine
From fine old kegs
From the brim to the dregs
It poured sweet and clear
Hey, Daddy, I want a diamond ring, bracelets, everything
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Hey, Daddy, gee, don't I look swell in sables?
Clothes with Paris labels?
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Here's *'n'amazing* revelation
With a bit of stimulation
I'd be a great sensation
I'd be your inspiration
Daddy, I want a brand new car, champagne, caviar
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Hey, Daddy, I want a diamond ring, bracelets, everything
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Hey, Daddy, gee, don't I look swell in sables?
Clothes with Paris labels?
Daddy, you oughta get the best for me
Here's *'n'amazing* revelation
With a bit of stimulation
I'd be a great sensation
I'd be your inspiration
Daddy, I want a brand new car, champagne, caviar
Daddy, Daddy,
I heard me a sermonette, have you heard it yet
With that soulful message that you won't soon forget
It tells about real true love, the kind people lost sight of
Through their sinful livin', and their scornin' Heaven above
It tells you to love one another because each one is your brother
Live right 'cause you know you gotta reap just what you sow
And so to have no regrets and to find what you're missin'
Bow your head and listen to this sermonette
It tells you to love one another, you know each one is your brother
Live right 'cause you know one day you gotta reap everything you sow
And so to have no regrets and to find what you're missin'
Come on-a my house my house, I´m gonna give you candy
Come on-a my house, my house, I´m gonna give a you
Apple a plum and apricot-a too eh
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house I´m gonna give a you
Figs and dates and grapes and cakes eh
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house, I´m gonna give you candy
Come on-a my house, my house, I´m gonna give you
everything
(instrumental interlude)
Come on-a my house my house, I´m gonna give you
Christmas tree
Come on-a my house, my house, I´m gonna give you
Marriage ring and a pomegranate too ah
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house I´m gonna give a you
Peach and pear and I love your hair ah
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house a come on
Come on-a my house, my house, I´m gonna give you Easta-
Come on-a my house, my house, I´m gonna give you
Everything - everything - everything
Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets
And little man, little Lola wants you
Make up your mind to have
(Make up you mind to have)
No regrets (no regrets)
Recline yourself
Resign yourself, you're through
I always get, what I aim for
And your heart and soul
Is what I came for
Whatever Lola wants (Lola wants)
Lola gets (Lola gets)
Take off your coat
Don't you know you can't win
You're no exception to the rule
I'm irresistible you fool... give in
(Give in, you'll never win)
Whatever Lola wants
Lola gets
[Instrumental Interlude]
I always get, what I aim for
And your heart and soul
Is what I came for
Whatever Lola wants (Lola wants)
Lola gets (Lola gets)
Take off your coat
Don't you know, you can't win
You're no exception to the rule
I'm irresistible you fool... give in
(Give in, you'll never win)
Give in (give in, you'll never win)
Take my hand
I'm a stranger in paradise
All lost in a wonderland
A stranger in paradise
If I stand starry-eyed
That's the danger in paradise
For mortals who stand beside an angel like you
I saw your face and I ascended
Out of the commonplace into the rare
Somewhere in space I hang suspended
Until I know there's a chance that you care
Won't you answer this fervent prayer
Of a stranger in paradise
Don't send me in dark despair
From all that I hunger for
But open your angel's arms
To this stranger in paradise
And tell him that he need be
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