Asamoah Gyan (born 22 November 1985 in Accra) is a Ghanaian professional footballer and a part-time rapper, who plays as a striker for Sunderland of the Premier League.
Gyan shot to prominence after scoring three goals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and also missing a crucial penalty kick in the last minute of extra-time in Ghana's quarter-final defeat by Uruguay.
Having signed for Udinese in 2003 from Ghanaian club Liberty Professionals located in his hometown of Accra, Gyan spent two years on loan at Serie B club Modena to gain match experience. Following some excellent displays during the 2006 World Cup, he attracted interest from Russian club Lokomotiv Moscow. Gyan returned to Udinese at the start of 2006, but on 17 February 2007, Udinese pulled out of a deal to sell him in the January transfer window. The striker was on the verge of signing a 3-year deal with Russian Club Lokomotiv Moscow for US$10.5m, the fourth largest transfer fee in Russian football history. "The striker Udinese targeted to replace me did not sign for them," Gyan told BBC Sport. "I've been told I will now have to stay in Italy for the rest of the season."
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Castro served on the San Antonio City Council from 2001 to 2005, representing District 7. He sought to establish himself as a leader on issues of economic development, education, and environmental protection. Castro ran for Mayor of San Antonio in 2005 and was widely viewed as the front runner in a field that also included retired judge Phil Hardberger and conservative city councilman Carroll Schubert. While Castro received a plurality of the vote in the May 2005 election, he was narrowly defeated by Hardberger in the June 2005 runoff.
My girlfriend was
Babysitting down the street
So I bought some soda pop
And sandwich meat
She laid it on the table
And I took a seat
But I never got the
Chance to drink or eat
Chorus:
Cause one kiss led to another
And another and another
One kiss led to another
And another and another
The lights were low
When she turned on the radio
I could hear the music
Playing soft and low
I said, we better dance
Before I flip my lid
We both got up to dance
But we never did
(Chorus)
I thought the night was young
Until I saw the clock
The clock was striking midnight
It was quite a shock
I started for the door
But she grabbed my sleeve
She put her arms around me
Man, I couldn`t leave
(Chorus)
One kiss led to another
And another and another
And another and another
And another and another
I saw her standin' on the corner
A yellow ribbon in her hair
I couldn't stop myself from shoutin'
Look a-there, look a-there
Look a-there, look a-there
Young blood, young blood, young blood
I can't get you out of my mind
I took one look and I was fractured
I tried to walk but I was lame
I tried to talk but I just stuttered
What's your name? What's your name?
What's your name? What's your name?
Young blood, young blood, young blood
I can't get you out of my mind
What crazy stuff, she looked so tough
I had to follow her all the way home
Then things went bad, I met her dad
He said, "You'd better leave my daughter alone"
I couldn't sleep a wink for tryin'
I saw the rising of the sun
And all the night my heart was cryin'
You're the one, you're the one
You're the one, you're the one
Young blood, young blood, young blood
I can't get you out of my mind
Young blood, young blood, young blood
Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no spendin' cash
If you don't scrub that kitchen floor
You ain't gonna rock and roll no more
Yakety yak
(Don't talk back)
Just finish cleanin' up your room
Let's see that dust fly with that broom
Get all that garbage out of sight
Or you don't go out Friday night
Yakety yak
(Don't talk back)
You just put on your coat and hat
And walk yourself to the laundromat
And when you finish doin' that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat
Yakety yak
(Don't talk back)
Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip, he knows what cooks
Just tell your hoodlum friend outside
You ain't got time to take a ride
Yakety yak
(Don't talk back)
Yakety yak, yakety yak
Yakety yak, yakety yak
Yakety yak, yakety yak
Take out the papers and the trash
Or you don't get no spendin' cash
If you don't scrub that kitchen floor
You ain't gonna rock and roll no more
Yakety yak (don't talk back)
Just finish cleanin' up your room
Let's see that dust fly with that broom
Get all that garbage out of sight
Or you don't go out Friday night
Yakety yak (don't talk back)
You just put on your coat and hat
And walk yourself to the laundromat
And when you finish doin' that
Bring in the dog and put out the cat
Yakety yak (don't talk back)
Don't you give me no dirty looks
Your father's hip; he knows what cooks
Just tell your hoodlum friend outside
You ain't got time to take a ride
Yakety yak (don't talk back)
Yakety yak, yakety yak
Yakety yak, yakety yak
Yakety yak, yakety yak
He's got a house made of glass
Got his own swimming pool (what a gas)
We've got a one-room shack
Five by six by the railroad track (well)
What about us
What about us
Don't wanna cause no fuss
But what about us
He's with a beautiful chick
Every night of the week (pretty slick)
We're two poor hung up souls
Girls won't touch with a 10-foot pole (well)
What about us
What about us
Don't wanna cause no fuss
But what about us
He goes to eat at the Ritz
Big steaks (that's the breaks)
We eat hominy grits
From a bag (what a drag)
He's got a car made of suede
With a black leather top (got it made)
If we go out on dates
We go in a box on roller skates (well)
What about us
What about us
Don't wanna cause no fuss
But what about us
He goes to eat at the Ritz
Big steaks (that's the breaks)
We eat hominy grits
From a bag (what a drag)
He's got a car made of suede
With a black leather top (got it made)
If we go out on dates
We go in a box on roller skates (well)
What about us
What about us
Don't wanna cause no fuss
But what about us
What about us
What about us
Wait a minute let me understand
While I'm a-sittin' here holdin' your hand
Your tellin' me about the boy next door
Tellin' me that he can offer you more
What a nerve
What a chase
Better put her in a place
Wait a minute
You know that won't get it
If that's the way your love will be
You might as well forget it
Am I correct in hearin' what you say
That you would rather be with him instead
You said that you could travel with him far
You say he's got a brand new Cadillac car
Well, what you mean?
Is that so?
Better let that woman go
Wait a minute
You know that won't get it
If that's the way your love will be
You might as well forget it
I don't go for all the crazy noise
About you datin' all those other boys
If I'm gonna be your only one
I'm not waitin' till your honey's done
You're a riot
And you're tough
Honey, cut out all that stuff
Wait 'a minute
You know that won't get it
If that's the way your love will be
You might as well forget it
I'm gonna tell you for the very last time
If I'm yours, you better be mine
When I come home about a quarter to four
Don't wanna hear the slammin' of the back door
You're bad
And so wild
Stop a messin' with me, child
Wait a minute
You know that won't get it
If that's the way your love will be
You might as well forget it
You might as well forget it
Why, you can just go on on and forget about
The whole cotton pickin' affair
Three cool cats, three cool cats
Parked on the corner in a beat-up car
Dividing up a nickel candy bar
Talking all about how sharp they are, these
Three cool cats
Three cool chicks, three cool chicks
Walkin' down the street swingin' their hips
Splitting up a bag of potato chips
And three cool cats did three big flips for
Three cool chicks
Up popped the first cool cat
He said, "Man, look at that!
Man, do you see what I see?"
"I want this middle chick!"
"I want that little chick!"
"Hey, man, save one chick for me!"
Three cool chicks, three cool chicks
They look like angels from up above
And three cool cats really fell in love
And three cool chicks made three fools of these
Three cool cats
Three cool cats, three cool cats, three cool cats
SPOKEN:
In the beginning, there weren't nothin' but rocks.
Then somebody invented the wheel--
And things just started in to roll!
SUNG:
Did you ever hear a tenor sax
Swingin' like a rusty axe?
Honkin' like a frog
Down in a hollow log?
Well, baby, that is rock and roll
Did you ever hear a guitar twang,
Dingy, dingy, dingy, dang?
Ever hear those strings
Doin' crazy things?
Well, baby, that is rock and roll
That ain't no freight train
that you hear,
Rollin' down the railroad tracks--
That's a country boy piano man
Playin' in between the cracks.
You say that music's for the birds,
And you can't understand the words?
Well, honey, if you did,
You'd really blow your lid,
'Cause, baby, that is rock and roll.
That ain't no freight train that you hear,
Rollin' down the railroad tracks--
That's a country boy piano man
Playin' in between the cracks.
You say that music's for the birds,
And you can't understand the words?
Well, honey, if you did,
You'd really blow your lid,
'Cause, baby, that is rock and roll. (In the mornin')
Baby, that is rock and roll. (In the evenin')
Just taking a drink to
The end of the bar, buddy
Let her be
Now don't you be a fool
I'd rather have a hot seat
In Sing-Sing Prison
Than to sit there by her
On that stool
What's that you say
Are you looking for a fight, buddy
T'ain't nothing to me
Do you see that man
At the end of the bar, buddy
Now you see that she
Belongs to him
I can tell by the
Way he looks at you, buddy
That he's sure a quick tempered
Jealous man
What's that you say
Are you looking for a fight, buddy
T'ain't nothing to me
Now, there you are
Stretched out on the floor, buddy
Now you see what
You have made him do
They have come to
Take him off to jail, buddy
But tomorrow
Someone's gonna bury you
Oh, well, that's life
Or as it was
One day while I was eating beans at Smokey Joe's Café
Just sittin', diggin' all them scenes at Smokey Joe's
Café
A chick I'd never seen before
Came walkin' on in through the door
At least I'd never saw her down at Smokey Joe's Café
And I started shakin' when she sat right now next to me
Her chair was there right next to mine at Smokey Joe's
Café
A chill was running down my spine at Smokey Joe's Café
I could smell her sweet perfume
She smiled at me, my heart went boom
Then everybody in the room at Smokey Joe's Café
They said "Man be careful, that chick belongs to Smokey
Joe"
Then from behind the counter, I saw a man
A chef hat on his head and a knife in his hand
He grabbed me by the collar and began to shout
"You'd better eat up all your beans boy and clear right
on out"
I know I'll never eat again at Smokey Joe's Café
And so we'll never meet again at Smokey Joe's Café
I'd rather eat my chili beans
At Jack's or John's or Jim's or Jean's
Than taking my chances eating down at Smokey Joe's Café
(Intro)
Never could carry a tune, never knew where to start
You came along when everything was wrong and put a song
in my heart
Dear when you smiled at me, I heard a melody
It haunted me from the start
Something inside of me started a symphony
Zing! Went the strings of my heart
'Twas like a breath of spring, I heard a robin sing
About a nest set apart
All nature seemed to be in perfect harmony
Zing! Went the strings of my heart
Your eyes made skies seem blue again
What else could I do again
But keep repeating through and through
"I love you, love you"
I still recall the thrill, guess I always will
I hope 'twill never depart
Dear, with your lips to mine, a rhapsody devine
Zing! Went the strings of my heart
(instrumental)
Dear when you smiled at me, I heard a melody
It haunted me from the start
Something inside of me started a symphony
Zing! Went the strings of my heart
'Twas like a breath of spring, I heard a robin sing
About a nest set apart
All nature seemed to be in perfect harmony
Zing! Went the strings of my heart
Your eyes made skies seem blue again
What else could I do again?
But keep repeating through and through
"I love you, love you"
I still recall the thrill, I guess I always will
I hope 'twill never depart
Dear, with your lips to mine, a rhapsody devine
I was shopping for a suit the other day
And walked into the department store
I stepped on the elevator and told the girl
"Dry goods floor"
When I got off I saw a salesman was coming to me
He said "Now, what can I do for you"
I said "Well go in there and show me all the sport's
clothes
Like you're supposed to"
He said, "Well, sure, come on in buddy
Dig these fabrics we got laid out on the shelf"
He said "Pick yourself out one
Try it on, stand in the mirror and dig yourself"
Ohhhhhh...That suit's pure herringbone
Ohhhhhh...Yeah, that's a suit I'd like to own
Ohhhhhh...Buddy, that suit is you
Ohhhhhh...Yeah, I believe it too
I see for the business man you feature the natural
shoulder
That retail, wholesale indeed
It's got the custom cuffs and the walking short
He said "And I'm gonna let you have at a steal"
And for the playboy you have the latest in tweed
With the cut-away flap over twice
It's a box-back, two button western model
He said, "Now ain't that nice"
Ohhhhhh...Them buttons are solid gold
Ohhhhhh...You made a deal, sold
Ohhhhhh...That collar's pure camel hair
Ohhhhhh...Well, you can just set it down right in that
chair
(Sax interlude)
Now you go back there and you get that paper and let me
sign on the dotted line
And I'll make sure I get all my payments in right on
time
Hey wait a minute buddy, let me go back there and do a
little checking on you
Then the man come back, he said "I'm sorry my man but
your credit didn't go through"
Why, what you mean
Ohhhhhh...Ain't this a shame
Ohhhhhh...My heart's in pain
Ohhhhhh...Pure, pure herringbone
Ohhhhhh...That's a suit you'll never own
(Gonna find her)
(Gonna find her)
(Gonna find her)
(Gonna find her)
Yeah, I've been searchin'
A-a searchin'
Oh, yeah, searchin' every which a-way
Yeah, yeah
Oh, yeah, searchin'
I'm searchin'
Searchin' every which a-way
Yeah, yeah
But I'm like the Northwest Mounties
You know I'll bring her in someday
(Gonna find her)
(Gonna find her)
Well, now, if I have to swim a river
You know I will
And a if I have to climb a mountain
You know I will
And a if she's a hiding up
On a blueberry hill
Am I gonna find her, child
You know I will
'Cause I've been searchin'
Oh, yeah, searchin'
My goodness, searchin' every which a-way
Yeah, yeah
But I'm like the Northwest Mounties
You know I'll bring her in some day
(Gonna find her)
(Gonna find her)
Well, Sherlock Holmes
Sam Spade got nothin', child, on me
Sergeant Friday, Charlie Chan
And Boston Blackie
No matter where she's a hiding
She's gonna hear me a comin'
Gonna walk right down that street
Like Bulldog Drummond
'Cause I've been searchin'
Oooh, Lord, searchin', mm child
Searchin' every which a-way
Yeah, yeah
But I'm like the Northwest Mounties
You know I'll bring her in some day
(Gonna find her)
Oh, Red went and bought himself a monkey
Got him from a pawn shop broker
Taught that monkey how to guzzle beer
And he taught him out to play stud poker
Last night when they were gambling in the kitchen
The monkey he was taking a beating
The monkey said Red, "I'm going to shoot you dead
Because I know that well, you been a cheating."
Chorus:
Well, run Red run, because he's got your gun
And he's aiming it at your head.
Run Red run, because he's got your gun,
And he's aiming it at your head.
You better get up and wail,
You better move your tail before he fills it full of
lead.
Oh, Red jumped up and started to move like a P80-Saber
Jet.
He zoomed around the corner, and he disappeared
And everybody started to stare.
The race was on, you know the chase was on
And Red he was all shook up
But, let me tell you sport, don't sell that monkey
short,
Because he's a travelling son of a gun.
Repeat Chorus
(Saxaphone playing)
Monkey trapped Red in a parking alot.
Down along the Avenue,
Monkey said, "Red, you've made a man out of me,
Now I'm going to make a monkey out of you.
Give me your car keys, give me your wallet
Give it to me here, or I'll shoot
Going to put on your brand new Stetson hat
And go to town in your new brown suit."
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
Telling me just what a fool I've been.
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain,
And let me be alone again.
Now the only girl I care about has gone away.
Looking for a brand new start!
But little does she know that when she left that day.
Along with her she took my heart.
Rain, please tell me, now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care
I can't love another, when my heart's somewhere far away.
Rain, won't you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow
1959
She comes on like a rose but everybody knows
She'll get you in Dutch
Now you can look but you better not touch
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y
Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes
a'creepin'
Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
She's pretty as a daisy but look out man she's crazy
She'll really do you in
Now if you let her get under your skin
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y
Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes
a'creepin'
Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
Measles make you bumpy
And mumps'll make you lumpy
And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
A common cold'll fool ya
And whooping cough'll cool ya
But poison ivy, Lord'll make you itch!!
You're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion
You'll be scratchin' like a hound
The minute you start to mess around
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y
Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes
a'creepin'
Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
Measles make you bumpy
And mumps'll make you lumpy
And chicken pox'll make you jump and twitch
A common cold'll fool ya
And whooping cough'll cool ya
But poison ivy, Lord'll make you itch!!
You're gonna need an ocean of calamine lotion
You'll be scratchin' like a hound
The minute you start to mess around
Poison iv-y-y-y-y, poison iv-y-y-y-y
Late at night while you're sleepin' poison ivy comes
a'creepin'
Arou-ou-ou-ou-ou-ound
La da la da la da
La da la da la da
La da la da la da
La da la da la da
I took my troubles down to Madame Rue
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
She's got a pad down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine
I told her that I was a flop with chicks (*)
I've been this way since 1956
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
She said "What you need is Love Potion Number Nine"
She bent down and turned around and gave me a wink
She said "I'm gonna make it up right here in the sink"
It smelled like turpentine, it looked like India ink (*)
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissin' everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
I didn't know if it was day or night
I started kissin' everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on Thirty-Fourth and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
I went and bought myself a ticket and
I sat down in the very first row, wo wo.
They pulled the curtain but then when
they turned the spotlight way down low, wo wo,
little Egypt came out strotting,
wearing nothing but a button and a bow, wo wo,
singing, Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!
She had a ruby on her tummy and
a diamond big as Texas on her toe, wo wo.
She let her hair down and
she did the hoochie koochie real slow, wo wo,
When she did her special number on a zebra skin,
I thought she'd stop the show, wo wo,
singing, Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah! Yeah yeah!
She did a triple somersault and when she hit the ground,
she winked at the audience and then she turned around.
She had a picture of a cowboy tattooed on her spine,
saying Phoenix, Arizona, nineteen forty-nine.
Yeah, but let me tell you people,
little Egypt doesn't dance there anymore, wo wo.
She's too busy mopping and
a taking care of shopping at the store, wo wo.
'Cause we got seven kids and
all day long they crawl around the floor, wo wo,
Bought myself an idol
With a golden head
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
Put it on a shelf
Right above my bed
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
Got down on my knees
And began to pray
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
I said, idol, tell me
Where's my big foot May
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
The idol's eyes
Began to wink and blink
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
He said, hold on
Give me time to think
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
The lightning flashed
And the idol did speak
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
He said, your big foot May
She's down at Catfish Creek
Rocking and a-rolling
(Rocking and a-rolling)
Yes, she's rocking and a-rolling
(Rocking and a-rolling)
Rocking and a-rolling
(Rocking and a-rolling)
(Hopping and a-bopping and
A-bumping and a-jumping)
I said goodbye to the idol
Sitting on my shelf
(Oh, gee, what did you see)
Went down to the creek
To see for myself
(Oh, gee, what did you see)
I parked my car
And I looked around
(Oh, gee, what did you see)
There was a mess of empty
Beer cans laying on the ground
(Oh, gee, what did you see)
I peeked through the door
And my hair turned gray
(Oh, gee, what did you see)
In the middle of the floor
There was big foot May
Rocking and a-rolling
(Rocking and a-rolling)
Yes, rocking and a-rolling
(Rocking and a-rolling)
Rocking and a-rolling
(Rocking and a-rolling)
(Hopping and a-bopping and
A-bumping and a-jumping)
I went back to the house
I was feeling so blue
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
I said, tell me, idol
What am I gonna do
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
He said, I got the answer
There's only one way
(Great big idol with
The golden head)
You got to learn to do the boogie
With your big foot May
Rocking and a-rolling
(Rocking and a-rolling)
Yes, rocking and a-rolling
(Rocking and a-rolling)
Rocking and a-rolling
(Rocking and a-rolling)
(Hopping and a-bopping and
I'm a hog for you, baby
Can't get enough of your love
I'm a hog for you, baby
Can't get enough of your love
When I go to sleep at night
That's the only thing
I'm dreaming of
One little piggy ate a pizza (yeah)
One piggy ate potato chips (yeah)
But this little piggy's
Coming over your house
He's gonna nibble on your sweet lips
Cause I'm a hog for you, baby
Can't get enough of your love
When I go to sleep at night
That's the only thing
I'm dreaming of
One little piggy went to London (yeah)
One piggy went to Hong Kong (yeah)
But this little piggy's
Coming over your house
He's gonna rock you all night long
Cause I'm a hog for you, baby
Can't get enough of your love
When I go to sleep at night
That's the only thing
I'm dreaming of
When I go to sleep at night
That's the only thing
I'm dreaming of
When I go to sleep at night
I was walkin' down the street mindin' my own affair
When two policemen grabbed me, unaware
He say, “Is your name Henry?” I says, “Why sure”
He says, “You the boy I've been lookin' for”
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed
Well, I never knew nothin' but I always get framed, oh,
framed
They took him in the line up and let those bright lights
shine
There was ten poor souls like me in that line
I knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan
When a stool pidgeon walked in and says, “That's your
man”
I was framed, framed, I was blamed
Oh, framed, framed, framed
Well, I never knew nothin' but I always get framed
Well, the prosecutor turned and started a-prosecutin' me
Man, that cat didn't give me the one but the third degree
He says, “Where were you on the night of July 1953?”
Man I was just home, just a tweedle-a-dee
I was framed, oh framed, I was blamed
Oh, framed, framed, framed
Well I never knew nothin' but I always get framed
Down in Mexicali
There's a crazy little place that I know
Where the drinks are hotter than the chili sauce
And the boss is a cat named Joe
He wears a red bandanna, plays a blues piano
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash and a black mustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
Well, the first time that I saw him
He was sittin' on a piano stool
I said "Tell me, dad, when does the fun begin?"
He just winked his eye and said, "Man, be cool"
He wears a red bandanna, plays a blues piano
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash and a black mustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
In Mexico
All of a sudden in walks this chick
In Mexico
Joe starts playing on a Latin kick
In Mexico
Around her waist she wore three fishnets
In Mexico
She started dancin' with the castanets
In Mexico
I didn't know just what to expect
In Mexico
She threw her arms around my neck
In Mexico
We started dancin' all around the floor
And then she did a dance I never saw before
So if you're south of the border
I mean down in the Mexico
And you wanna get straight, man, don't hesitate
Just look up a cat named Joe
He wears a red bandanna, plays a blues piano
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash, and a black mustache
In a honky-tonk, down in Mexico
Yeah, como est usted senorita
Come with me to the border
South of the border, that is
In Mexico, yeah in Mexico
You can get your kicks in Mexico
Come with me, baby, come with me
Lord I swear the perfume you wear
Was made out of turnip greens
And everytime I kiss you girl
It tastes like pork and beans
Even though you're wearin' them
Citified high heels
I can tell by your giant step
You been walkin' through the cotton fields
Oh, you're so down home girl
Everytime you monkey child
You take my breath away
And everytime you move like that
I gotta get down and pray
Don't you know that dress of yours
Was made out of fiberglass
And everytime you move like that
I gotta go to Sunday mass
Oh, you're so down home girl
Oh, you're so down home girl
I'm gonna take you to the muddy river
And push you in
Just to watch the water roll on
Down your velvet skin
I'm gonna take you back to New Orleans
Down in Dixieland
I'm gonna watch you do the second line
With an umbrella in your hand
Oh, you're so down home girl
I'm with ya baby
You're so down home
Ow! Yeah, too much
Outta sight
(Bésame, bésame
Bésame, bésame...)
Bésame, bésame mucho
Each time I cling to your kiss
I hear music divine
Bésame, bésame mucho
Hold me, my darling, and say
That you'll always be mine
Dearest one, if you should leave me
Then each little dream will take wings
And my life would be through
Bésame, bésame, bésame mucho
Love me forever and make
All my dreams come true
This joy is something new
My arms enfolding you
Never knew this thrill before
Who ever thought I'd be
Holding you close to me
Whispering, it's you I adore
Well, dearest one, baby
If you should leave me
Each little dream would take wings
And my life would be through
Bésame, bésame, bésame mucho
Love me forever and make
All my dreams come true
I plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel 2
A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was chasin' poor
Sweet Sue
He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil
laugh,
"If you don't give me the deed to your ranch
I'll saw you all in half!"
And then he grabbed her (and then)
He tied her up (and then)
He turned on the bandsaw (and then, and then...!)
[Chorus:]
And then along came Jones
Tall thin Jones
Slow-walkin' Jones
Slow-talkin' Jones
Along came long, lean, lanky Jones
Commercial came on, so I got up to get myself a snack
You should've seen what was goin' on by the time that I
got back
Down in the old abandoned mine, Sweet Sue was havin'
fits
That villain said, "Give me the deed to your ranch
Or I'll blow you all to bits!"
And then he grabbed her (and then)
He tied her up (and then)
He lit the fuse to the dynamite (and then, and
then...!)
[Chorus]
I got so bugged I turned it off and turned on another
show
But there was the same old shoot-'em-up and the same
old rodeo
Salty Sam was tryin' to stuff Sweet Sue in a burlap
sack
He said, "If you don't give me the deed to your ranch
I'm gonna throw you on the railroad tracks!"
And then he grabbed her (and then)
He tied her up (and then)
He threw her on the railroad tracks (and then)
A train started comin' (and then, and then...!)
I had myself a day job
Pumpin' gasoline
A dollar a day is all they pay
And I just can't make that scene
That's why I'm thumbin' a ride
On the road
If I could find some money
Id straighten out right quick
But every time I get a dime
I spend it on some chick
That's why Im thumbin' a ride
On the road
That's why Im thumbin' a ride
On the road
I'm walking down the highway
Sweating like salt pork
I'm putting down this country town
Cause my souls up in New York
That's why I'm thumbin' a ride
Brazil, where hearts were entertaining June,
We stood beneath an amber moon
And softly murmured "someday soon."
We kissed and clung together,
Then, tomorrow was another day
The morning found me miles away
With still a million things to say;
Now, when twilight dims the sky above
Recalling thrills of our love,
There's one thing I'm certain of
Why don't you wake me
(Yeah) shake me (yeah)
Don't let me sleep too late, no
Gotta get up in the morning
About a quarter to eight
(Don't you know I'm bound)
I'm bound to my job (my boss)
My boss is a big, fat slob
Can't even be a minute late
Or the boss will blow his gate
(Why don't you) wake me
(Yeah) shake me (yeah)
Don't let me sleep too late
Oh, gotta get up in a minute
About a quarter to eight
(Don't you know I'm bound)
I'm bound to my garbage truck
(I got a lot) got a lot
Of cans to pick up
Can't even be a minute late
Or the boss will blow his gate
(Why don't you)
Wake me, shake me
Gotta get up in the morning time
About a quarter to eight
I had a dream (had a dream)
I had a dream (had a dream)
I said I looked over yonder
What did I see
I said two big garbage trucks
I said coming after me
Picking up trash
I said side by side
Why don't you swing down
Sweet garbage truck and
Let your buddy ride
Wake me (yeah) shake me (yeah)
Don't let me sleep too late, no
Gotta get up in the morning
About a quarter to eight
(Don't you know I'm bound)
I'm bound to my job (my boss)
My boss is a big, fat slob
Can't even be a minute late
Or the boss will blow his gate
(Why don't you)
Wake me, shake me
Gotta get up in the morning time
About a quarter to eight
(Why don't you)
Wake me, shake me
Gotta get up in the morning time
Georgia (brown), georgia (brown)
georgia (brown), georgia
Who's that chick in the yellow dress?
(sweet georgia brown)
well well well well, that's the girl that i love best
(sweet georgia brown)
who does the hop and the texas bop like
(sweet georgia brown)
well, nobody, nobody, nobody else in town
Well, she's got the other chicks on the spot
(sweet georgia brown)
oh yeah, 'cause she's got somethin' they ain't got
(sweet georgia brown)
when she goes to take a walk
you gotta want to make that girl talk
georgia claimed her, georgia lamed her
sweet georgia brown
(instrumental)
Who stops the traffic down at 5th and main?
(sweet georgia, georgia brown)
who drives all the young lads insane?
(sweet georgia, georgia brown)
i ain't gonna leave this town
long as georgia's hangin' around
georgia claimed her, georgia lamed her
The cannon's roar and smoke did nearly fill the airas
far as eyes could see.
Oh those valiant boys they charged line after line on
into the fray.
Honor bound they called them to that day..
As thousands fell away.
Ne're a man was missin from this field of glory
Where only echoes fall to tell their story.
On this field of souls arisin
Where for love of country they fought and died
afightin.
The battle raged as muskets plowed into those souls
that
stayed
The fight for blood and glory north and south they were
both
called blue and gray.
Gainin ground then fallin back and risin up again.
Seekin courage from their officers who fell
From swords and livin hell
Ne're a man was missin from this field of glory
Where only echoes fall to tell their story.
On this field of souls arisin
Where for love of country they fought and died afightin
The volleys sallied forth poundin all upon the
wheatfield north
and south
Their musket balls filled the amber fields into a
smokey haze
And as those valiant boys were risin from a daze
The black smoke blotted out their gaze...still the flag
raised !
Ne're a man was missin from this field of glory
Where only echoes fall to tell their story.
On this field of souls arisin
Where for love of country they gave their lives adyin
Ne're a man was missin from this field of glory
Where only echoes fall to tell their story.
On this field of souls arisin
Crossin wheatfields with no horizon.
Ne're a man was missin from this field of glory
Where only echoes fall to tell their story.
On this field of souls arisin
Where for love of country they fought and died afightin
Ne're a man was missin from this field of glory
Where only echoes fall to tell their story.
On this field of souls arisin
Where for love of country they fought and died afightin
Burn the wheatfields down
Burn the wheatfields down
I'll only hope I'll see you laterIf'n later comes
around
Cuz all our promises got broken
and are nowhere to be found..
The tears we spent are emptied
they've spilled out on the ground..
I'm still holdin you in my pillow
and prayin you'd be found..
If it all goes well
We'd be leavin here tomorrow
It's just too soon for us to tell
Tryin to manage all the sorrow
and the words that hurt you'd spell
That if I don't give up I can make
love lovin you
And if my prayers they got answered
Should your heart still hear the sound
Of another heart that's seeking
Still prayin you'd be found...
If it all goes well
We'd be leavin here tomorrow
It's just too soon for us to tell
Tryin to manage all the sorrow
and the words that hurt you'd spell
that if we donâ??t give up I can make
love lovin you..
If it all goes well
We'd be leavin here tomorrow
It's just too soon for us to tell
Tryin to manage all the sorrow
Hope it turns out well..
If it all goes well
We'd be leavin here tomorrow
It's just too soon for us to tell
Tryin to manage all the sorrow
and the words that hurt you fell..
Light shines on my stairwellNight falls all is not well
Listen with one ear..it isn't very clear
Time is not so kind
Fearing life so I might lose my mind
So I'm wishin with one heart
Closed for repairs we part
Time stops for no man
Reaching to the inside
Memories and tears we cried
Time is not my friend
Hopes to heal but when?
Light on my stairwell
Letting go is farewell
Listen with one ear
So it's very clear
Time is not so kind
Out of touch for now so hard to find
Now I'm wishin with one heart
Closed for repairs we part
Time stops for no man
Reaching to the inside
Memories and tears we cried
Time is not my friend
But I'm wishing with one heart
Closed for repairs we part
Time stops for no man
Reaching to the inside
Memories and tears we cried
Time is not my friend
Speck of rust on the kettleget the rag
see his poor back
I find it hard
to wait for time, because you cried my dearest one
You never let me see
how much you felt abotu the love
I'm so afraid, time means nothin here in China
As you see, I'm in rags
and the fierce Mongolians are screamin
and I am at their mercy
I have a knife that does not belong to me
stick in boots made of Spanish leather
On the road to Cathay
I will follow you by day
through the desert starry nights
I won't sleep until I find you
I will follow to the east
but times not willing to release me
till I gaze into your eyes of wide cerulean wonder
over China's distant hordes of Mongol riders
I can see the lives behind me
as I travel to your mission
though you left without a word
all I seek is your redemption
If I had the words to speak
I'd tell you of my travels
and the burdens that I've carried
in my search for you my dearest one
If you could see meI'm in rags
and the fierce Mongolians are screamin
as I am at their mercy
I have a knife tucked in my boot
and though it's dull
I won't refuse to use the strength that's left inside
On the road to cathay
I will follow you by day
through the desert starry nights
I won't rest until I find you
I will follow to the East
until I see you sleeping peacefully
and dream of lying there beside you
On the wide dusty road to cathay
And when the mission bells I hear
and I see you in the clearing
I will gaze into your eyes
We was just kids...gettin a hold on...gettin a load
on..searchin our dreams.We were just laughin...at all
that had happened...in our young short lives...not
even begun.
It was the Sixties...no where to mix these...troubled
emotions
that got me in jail.
No family to own me...I found myself lonely..got myself
drafted
for being eighteen...
I heard the judge sentence.. it's Nam or detention
To the court I did mention... I was only eighteen.
In the time that I spent there..I never could dare
share..the horror
inside me with the boys that I knew.
And when I did come back...There was only the dumb lack
of what I had seen there that had made me unreal.
Over and over, I'm livin it over..the loss and the horror
of what I have seen.
only eighteen ( repeat ) I've nurtured an illness....as
deep as the stillness
that lives in my dreams or so it may seem. Deep in my
night sweat...I never
can forget the lives that were forfeit... for being
In 80 years I'll have gone around the worldIn 80 years
I'll have gone around the world
Shape up, ship out
Take up, look out
Look up, Then you're out in 80 seconds
Work hard, ease down
You're up, I'm down
It's like a goin around the world
In 80 years I'll have gone around the world
In 80 years I'll have gone around the world
Fly high, go low
So smart, you don't show
Yor fears yor lows
Yor fears yor lows
My mind it don't seem to show
And everyone says it's so
It's like a goin around the world
In 80 years I'll have gone around the world
In 80 years I'll have gone around the world
Time's up it's over
What's wasted what's clover
You know it's not over
You know it's not over
You know it's not over
You know it's not over
In 80 years I'll have gone around the world
In 80 years I'll have gone around the world
In 80 years I'll have gone around the world
Love is all around you, it's near but is it real?Love
should just surround you of late it's out of reach
Take me down...you're the same and I'm the same way too
We refuse to change the way we're livin out our blues
Take me down.....low
Workin for the dollar we hollered out our blues
People in the tower, we're powerless to choose
Shook us down, we turned around with everything to lose
We refuse to change the way we're livin out our blues
Take me down low..far as we could go..take me down low,
doncha know? Tell me how you got me in my shoes..
Tell me how you got me in my shoes..take me down low
Far as we could go, take me down low, tell me how you got
in my shoes.
Since we've gone our own ways malaise is settin in
Ever since Black Thursday those dues don't mean nothin
Time has passed around me found me in my shoes
That's allright for other folks but I've got more to do
Take me down low.
Turn around and I have found that you were out for you
That was then and this is now I'm givin up those shoes
You go your way I'll go my way we might meet again
You gone your way I gone my way turn around again
Ya take me down low far as we can go you take me down
Everything's gonna be alright
Everything's gonna be alright
Whoever thought the sun would come crashing down
My life in flames, my tears concrete the pain
We feel the end, the darkest, deepest riverbed
My book of life ain't complete without you here
Alone I sit and reminisce, sometimes
I miss your touch, your kiss, your smile
And meanwhile you know I never cry
'Cuz deep down inside
You know our love will never ever die
Everything's gonna be alright
(Yeah)
Everything's gonna be okay
(No doubt)
Everything's gonna be alright
(Together we can take this one day at a time)
Can you take my breath away?
(Yeah)
Can you give him life today?
(No doubt)
Is everything gonna be okay?
(I'll be your strength, I'll be here when you wake up)
(Take your time, and I'll be here when you wake up)
I never thought my heart would miss a single beat
Caress your hands, as I watch you while you sleep
So sweet, I weep as I search within
To find a cure, to bring you back again
And the sun will rise, open up your eyes
Surprise, just a blink of an eye
I try, I try to be positive
You're a fighter, so fight, wake up and live
Everything's gonna be alright
(Yeah)
Everything's gonna be okay
(No doubt)
Everything's gonna be alright
(Together we can take this one day at a time)
Can you take my breath away?
(Yeah)
Can you give him life today?
(No doubt)
Is everything gonna be okay?
(I'll be your strength, I'll be here when you wake up)
Everything's gonna be alright
I'd give my life to only see you breathe again
Hand in hand as we walk on the white sands
To hear your voice, rejoice as you rise and say
"This is the day that I wake, and pray, okay?"
Tears in silence, as time just moves on
You can't hear it though, but I'm playin' my favorite songs
I miss you much, I wish you'd come back to me
You see I'd wait a lifetime, 'cuz you're my destiny
Everything's gonna be alright
(Yeah)
Everything's gonna be okay
(No doubt)
Everything's gonna be alright
(Together we can take this one day at a time)
Can you take my breath away?
(Yeah)
Can you give him life today?
(No doubt)
Is everything gonna be okay?
(I'll be your strength, I'll be here when you wake up, alright)
Everything's gonna be alright
(Yeah)
Everything's gonna be okay
(No doubt)
Everything's gonna be alright
(Together we can take this one day at a time)
Can you take my breath away?
(Yeah)
Can you give him life today?
(No doubt)
Is everything gonna be okay?
(I'll be your strength, I'll be here when you wake up, alright)
Everything's gonna be alright
(No doubt)
Ridin on the freewayEverybody's tryin to find their own
People drivin harder than they need to
Drivin so much faster
Ya cut me off ya basstard
Everybody's tryin to come home
urban rat race runnin
I don't see the fun in
Ridin on the freeway
It's all backed up to L.A.
People drivin harder than they need to
Drivin so much faster
Ya cut me off ya bastard
Everybody's tryin to come home
Urban rat race runnin
I don't see the fun in
Ridin on the freeway
Urban rat race runnin
I don't see the fun in
Everybody's tryin to come home
Urban rat race runnin
I don't see the fun in
Ridin on the freeway
It's all backed up to L.A.
Rather be home with my dear ones
What is the solution?
Green grass and meadows Each flower has petalsSo has my
love Take my heart back there
Let down your blonde hair Show that you still care
The time we shared all and all we cared for
Take my love back Back to all that
The days that we bared all Showered in blue
Bringing us back To our place in the sun
Light cast it's shadows We had our battles
These days are long since gone
Where are you gone now?
Lost what we had how.. I am showered in blue
The time we shared all and all we cared for
Take my love back Back to all that
The days that we bared all Showered in blue
Bringing us back To our place in the sun
Showered in blue These memories of you
Taking me to where the feelings were true
Showered in blue These memories of you
This is where our dreams were
And all that we were
Left with our hearts being apart
Returning to meadows of dew
Where Spring is forever
And days were much better
My heart is showered in blue
My heart is showered in blue
I wanted to be the original oneThe one you'd have the
first to call your love love love
And if I were the original one
The one you'd look for to be someone you'd love love love
When the summer came your eyes had turned away
To the one you found and stayed with to this day
The first time I laid eyes on you
Showed me what a girl could do
To a boy who wanted to be the original one
I'd see you fight with him at night
and if I were that guy I'd hold you tight and dry your
tears
I still carry you in my heart but I had gone so far apart
from home, hope and you
With the years gone by I'm a little wiser
and with all I've lived I wouldn't critisize her
The first time I laid eyes on you
Showed me what a girl could do
To a boy who wanted to be the original one
I wanted to be the original one
and I look back to what was once my dreams of you
I wish I were the original one
but that was not what was to come to be true...
Sometimes I just don't know my way homeSometimes I just
can't get around
Sometimes I think that I'm a goner
Then I see you comin round
Lately I've been feelin poorly
Lately I've been feelin mean
Then I see you come around dear
Makes me a kinder man
Makes me a kinder man
I've been spendin too much time adrinkin
I've been spendin too much time alone
Then I see you come around dear
Makes me a kinder man
Makes me a kinder man
[(bridge) chorus pre-chorus X 2 chorus out]
I've been spendin too much time adrinkin
I've been spendin too much time alone
Then I see you come around dear
Makes me a kinder man
Makes me a kinder man
Now that things are gettin better
Now my days are lookin bright
If'n not for yor sweet love dear
Chances are I couldn't make it right...
Lately I've been feelin poorly
Lately I've been feelin mean
I don't know the reason why for shorley
Been times I didn't know my way home
Been times I couldn't get around
I've been thinkin I'm a goner
Then I see you comin round
Lately I've been feelin poorly
Lately I've been feelin mean
I don't know the reason why for shorley
Make me a kinder man
Make me a kinder man
Make me a kinder man
Make me a kinder man
Make me a kinder man
Make me a kinder man