ENGLISH FROM LYRICS I ( NEW EDITION FROM SPRING ‘04)
SIDE A (from the era of cassettes)
song/ singer
1 LEAN ON ME
/Al Jarreau
suggested structures
and themes
Trust, friendship
The Following 4 Songs Present Perfect
Tenses!
2
2
Two
Five Foot
SIDE B
song/singer
suggested structures
and themes
14 IF I COULD
SAVE TIME IN A
BOTTLE
/Jim Croce
15 If you go
away/Nina
Simone
Passive voice, pres
16 These boots
perf progressive
are made for
walkin’
Generation gap, a
17 Father and
dialog in 2 voices
Son
I am a Pizza Sung Food, instant fun
, Passive Present,
by Linda Arnold)
. Am; was
3 Hard Rain/
Bob Dylan
4 We are the
Champions/ Queen
Social Ills, Protest
(Questions, tenses)
A cheer of victory
5
Praying for Peace
19 R E S P E C T
Aretha Franklin
What every teacher
wants!
6 Blowin’ in the
Wind
Protest
(How many times??)
7 My Heart will go
On
Courage
(future)
20 You’ve got a
Friend / James
Taylor
21 A Boy Named
Sue/Johnny Cash
8 Kumbaya
Spiritual
(Present Prog)
22 Three Bells
(The Browns)
Friendship,
call
out, brighten up
the Seasons
Participial clause
Generation Gap,
Growing Up, etc...
Life Cycle,
Americana,
(past progressive)
Peace Train
The following songs present ‘IF’
sentences
9 If I WERE A
CARPENTER/
Bobby Darrin
10 IF YOU’RE
HAPPY AND YOU
KNOW IT
11 IF I COULD
CHANGE THE
WORLD/ Clapton
12 IF I WERE A RICH
MAN
‘Fiddler on the Roof’
13 IF I HAD A
HAMMER
MOVEMENT AND
BODY
BARRY
SILVERBErG
Barisil@netvision.ne
t.il
1
Lean On Me
Sometimes in our lives we all have
pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always
tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your
needs
That you don't let show
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Lean on me...
If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
So just call on me brother, when you need a
hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd
understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
2 Five Foot Two - Has Anybody Seen
My Gal?
Words by: Sam Lewis and Joe Young
Music by: Ray Henderson
Five foot two...
Eyes of blue...
But Oh! what those five foot could do...
Has anybody seen my gal?
Turned up nose...
Turned down hose...
Never had no other beaus...
Has anybody seen my gal?
Now if you run into
A five foot two
Covered with fur...
Diamond rings...
And all those things...
Betcha' life it isn't her...
But could she love...
Could she woo...
Could she, could she, could she coo?
Has anybody seen my gal?
Five foot two...
Eyes of blue...
But Oh! what those five foot could do...
Has anybody seen my gal?
Turned up nose...
Turned down hose...
Flapper, yes sir, one of those...
Has anybody seen my gal?
Now if you run into A five foot two Covered with fur...
Diamond rings...And all those things... Betcha' life it isn't her...
But could she love...Could she woo...Could she, could she, could she coo?
Has anybody seen my gal?
3 A hard rain’s A’gonna fall
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains,
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked
highways,
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests,
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans,
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it,
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin',
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin',
I saw a white ladder all covered with water,
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children,
And it's a hard, . . .
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin',
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world,
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin',
Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin',
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin',
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter,
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley,
And it's a hard,. . .
Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony,
I met a white man who walked a black dog,
I met a young woman whose body was burning,
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow,
I met one man who was wounded in love,
I met another man who was wounded with hatred,
And it's a hard,. . .
Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin',
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest,
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty,
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters,
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison,
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden,
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten,
Where black is the color, where none is the number,
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it,
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it,
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',
But I'll know my song well before I start singin',
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a
hard,
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
/Bob Dylan
4
We are the champions
I've paid my dues..... time after time
I've done my sentence..... but committed no crime
And bad mistakes..... I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face, but I've
come through
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions, of the world
I've taken my bows..... and my curtain calls
You brought me fame..... and I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses... no pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race,
and I ain't gonna lose
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions of the world
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions (END)
5
PEACE TRAIN/ CAT STEVENS
Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train
Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you
Now come and join the living, it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true
Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
6
BLOWING IN THE WIND
Bob Dylan
How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand
How many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they are forever banned
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky
How many years must one man have
Before he can hear people cry
How many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
My Heart Will Go On
(Love Theme From 'Titanic')
Every night in my dreams
I see you. I feel you.
That is how I know you go on.
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on.
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're gone
Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
There is some love that will not
go away
You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
8
Kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord kumbaya
Someone's crying my Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying my Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord kumbaya
Repeat the verses with someone praying, singing, laughing, or anythng else
you wish.
9
If I Were A Carpenter / Bobby Darin
/Words & Music: Tim Hardin
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
If a tinker were my trade
would you still find me,
carrin' the pots I made,
followin' behind me.
Save my love through loneliness,
Save my love for sorrow,
I'm given you my onliness,
Come give your tomorrow.
If I worked my hands in wood,
Would you still love me?
Answer me babe, "Yes I would,
I'll put you above me."
If I were a miller
at a mill wheel grinding,
would you miss your color box,
and your soft shoe shining?
If I were a carpenter
and you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
Would you marry anyway?
Would you have my baby?
10
If You're Happy and You Know It
NOTE: THESE LYRICS DON'T QUITE MATCH THE DOWNLOADED SONG,
BUT YOU GET THE IDEA)
If you're happy and you know it
Clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it
Clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it
and you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it
Clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it Pat your head
X2
If you're happy and you know it And you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it Pat your head
If you're happy and you know it Stamp your feet
If you're happy and you know it Stamp your feet
If you're happy and you know it And you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it Stamp your feet
If you're happy and you know it Say, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it Say, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it
Say, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
And you really want to show it If you're happy and you know it
Do all four Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
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11 Change The World-Eric Clapton
If I could reach the stars, I'd pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart, so you could see the truth
That this love I have inside, is everything it seems
But for now I find, it's only in my dreams
That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You would think my love was really something good
Baby, if I could, change the world
If I could be king, even for a day
I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day
That I can change the world,
I would be the sunlight in your universe.
You would think my love was really something good,
Baby if I could change the world.
Baby if I could change the world.
I could change the world,
I would be the sunlight in your universe.
You would think my love was really something good,
Baby if I could change the world.
Baby if I could change the world.
Baby if I could change the world.
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12
If I were a rich man
If I were a rich man
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work hard
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich
Deedle daidle deedle daidle man
I'd build a big tall house
With rooms by the dozen
Right in the middle of town
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
There could be one long staircase just going
up
And one even longer coming down
And one more leading
Nowhere just for show
I'd fill my yard with chicks
And turkeys and geese and ducks
For the town to see and hear
Squawking just as noisily as they can
And each loud quack and cluck
And gobble and honk
Will land like a trumpet on the ear
As if to say here lives a wealthy man
If I were a rich man
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work hard
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich
Deedle daidle deedle daidle man
I see my wife, my Golde,
Looking like a rich man's wife
With a proper double chin;
Supervising meals to her heart's delight
I see her putting on airs
And strutting like a peacock
Oy! What a happy mood she's in
Screaming at the servants day and night
If I were rich I'd have the time that I lack
to sit in the synagogue and pray
And maybe have a seat by the eastern wall
And I'd discuss the holy books
With the learned men
Seven hours hour every day
that could be the sweetest thing of all
The most important men in town
Will come to fawn on me
They will ask me to advise them
Like a Solomon the wise
"If you please Reb Tevye,
Pardon me Reb Tevye"
Posing problems that would cross
The rabbi's eyes
And it won't make one bit of difference
If I answer right or wrong
When you're rich,
They think you really know
If I were a rich man
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work hard
Daidle deedel daidle deedle daidle dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
If I were a rich man
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
Lord who made the lion and the lamb You decreed I should be what I am
Would it spoil some vast eternal plan If I were a wealthy man?
Jerry Bock - Sheldon Harnick
13 IF I HAD A HAMMER /PETE SEEGER
If I had a hammer,
I'd hammer in the morning
I'd hammer in the evening,
All over this land.
I'd hammer out danger,
I'd hammer out a warning,
I'd hammer out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
If I had a bell,
I'd ring it in the morning,
I'd ring it in the evening,
All over this land.
I'd ring out danger,
I'd ring out a warning
I'd ring out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
If I had a song,
I'd sing it in the morning,
I'd sing it in the evening,
All over this land.
I'd sing out danger,
I'd sing out a warning
I'd sing out love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
Well I got a hammer,
And I got a bell,
And I got a song to sing, all over this land.
It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
It's the hammer of Justice,
It's the bell of Freedom,
It's the song about Love between my brothers and my sisters,
All over this land.
Words by Lee Hays
Music by Pete Seeger (1949)
14
TIME IN A BOTTLE
.
If I could save time in a bottle
the first thing that I'd like do
is to save everyday till eternity passes away
just to spend time with you
.
If I could make days last forever
if words could make wishes come true
I'd save everyday like a treasure and then
again, I would spend them with you
.
If I had a box just for wishes
and dreams that had never come true
the box would be empty except for the memory of how
they were answered by you
.
But there never seems to be enough time
to do things you want to do
once you find them
I've looked around enough to know
that you're the one I want to go through time with.
.
Jim Croce
15 If You Go Away
Shirley Bassey
If you go away on this summer day,
Then you might as well take the sun away,
All the birds that flew in the summer sky,
When our love was new and our hearts were high,
When the day was young, and the night was long,
And the moon stood still with the nightbird song.
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
But if you stay, I'll make you a day
Like no day has been or will be again.
We'll sail the sun, we'll glide on the rain,
We'll talk to the trees and worship the wind.
Then if you go, I'll understand;
Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand.
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
If you go away, as I know you will,
You must tell the world to stop turning 'til
You return again, if you ever do,
For what good is love without loving you?
Can I tell you now, as you turn to go,
I'll be dying slowly 'til the next hello?
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
But if you stay, I'll make you a night
Like no night has been or will be again.
I'll sail on your smile, I'll glide on your touch,
I'll talk to your eyes that I love so much.
But if you go, go! I won't cry,
Though the good is gone from the word goodbye.
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
If you go away, as I know you must,
There'll be nothing left in the world to trust;
Just an empty room, full of empty space,
Like the empty look I see on your face.
I'd have been the shadow of your shadow
If I thought it might have kept me by your side.
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away.
Please don't go away.
Nancy Sinatra
16
These Boots Were Made For Walking
You keep saying you've got something for me.
something you call love, but confess.
You've been messin' where you shouldn't have been a messin'
and now someone else is gettin' all your best.
These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
You keep lying, when you oughta be truthin'
and you keep losin' when you oughta not bet.
You keep samin' when you oughta be changin'.
Now what's right is right, but you ain't been right yet.
These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.
You keep playin' where you shouldn't be playin
and you keep thinkin' that you´ll never get burnt.
Ha! I just found me a brand new box of matches yeah
and what he know you ain't HAD time to learn.
Are you ready boots? Start walkin'!
17
Father And Son / \Cat Stevens
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just relax, take it easy.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to know.
Find a girl, settle down,
If you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
I was once like you are now, and I know that it's not easy,
To be calm when you've found something going on.
But take your time, think a lot,
Why, think of everything you've got.
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not.
Son
How can I try to explain, when I do he turns away again.
It's always been the same, same old story.
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
Father
It's not time to make a change,
Just sit down, take it slowly.
You're still young, that's your fault,
There's so much you have to go through.
Find a girl, settle down,
if you want you can marry.
Look at me, I am old, but I'm happy.
Son
All the times that I cried, keeping all the things I knew inside,
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it.
If they were right, I'd agree, but it's them you know not me.
Now there's a way and I know that I have to go away.
I know I have to go.
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18
I am a pizza !!!!!!!! Linda Arnold
1
I am a pizza
2
Oh, I am a Pizza
3
Oh, I am a Pizza
With extra cheese
pepperoni
Peppers on the top
From tomatos
No anchovies
Out of the oven
Sauce is squeezed
Or phoney baloney
Into the box
Onions and mushrooms
I am a pizza
In to the car,
Oregano,
Order by phone
Upside down
I am a pizza
I am a pizza,
I am a pizza,
Ready to go!
please take me home.
dropped on the ground.
Oh, I was a pizza, I was the
best, I was a Pizza, now
I’m a mess!
19
ARETHA FRANKLIN
Respect
(oo) What you want
(oo) Baby, I got (oo) What you need
got it?
(oo) All I'm askin'
(oo) Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home
(just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)
(oo) Do you know I
I ain't gonna do you wrong while you're gone
Ain't gonna do you wrong (oo) 'cause I don't wanna (oo)
All I'm askin' (oo)
Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Baby (just a little bit) when you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)
I'm about to give you all of my money
And all I'm askin' in return, honey
Is to give me my propers
When you get home (just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah baby (just a, just a, just a, just a)
When you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)
Ooo, your kisses (oo)
Sweeter than honey (oo)
And guess what? (oo)
So is my money (oo)
All I want you to do (oo) for me
Is give it to me when you get home (re, re, re ,re)
Yeah baby (re, re, re ,re)
Whip it to me (respect, just a little bit)
When you get home, now (just a little bit)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB
Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
whoa, babe (just a little bit) A little respect (just a little bit)
I get tired (just a little bit) Keep on tryin' (just a little bit)
You're runnin' out of foolin' (just a little bit)
And I ain't lyin' (just a little bit)
(re, re, re, re) 'spect
When you come home (re, re, re ,re)
Or you might walk in (respect, just a little bit)
And find out I'm gone (just a little bit)
I got to have (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)n' in the wind.
20 YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND
James Taylor
When you're down and troubled
And you need a helping hand
And nothing, and nothing is going right
Close your eyes and think of me
And soon I will be there
To brighten up even your darkest night
You just call out my name
And you know whereeeever I am
I'll come running
To see you again
Winter, spring, summer or fall
All you got to do is call
And I'll be there, yeah-yeah
You've got a friend
When the stars above you
Should turn dark and full of clouds
And that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep you head together
And call my name out loud
Sonn I'll be knockin' upon your door
You ain't it got to know
That you've got a friend
When people can be so sold
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
21 A BOY NAMED SUE (WORDS Shel Silverstein, performed by Johnny Cash
1. Well my daddy left home when I was three
Didn't leave much for me and me
Just this old guitar and an empty bottle of booze
Now I don't blame him 'cause he run and hid
But the meanest thing that he ever did
Was before he left he went and named me Sue
2. Well he must have thought it was quite a joke
And it got lot of loughs from lot of folks
And it seems I have to fight my whole life through
Some gal would giggle and I'd get red
And some guy'd lough and I'd bust his head
I tell ya, life ain't easy for boy named Sue
3. Well I grew up quick and grew up mean
My fists got hard and my wits got keen
I roamed from town to town to hide my shame
But I made me a vow to the moon and stars
I'd search the honky-tonks and bars
And kill that man who'd gave me that awful name
4. Well it was Gatlingburg in mid-July
And I'd just hit town and my throat was dry
I thought I'd stop and have myself a brew
At an old saloon on a street of mud
There at a table dealing stud
Sat the dirty mangy dog that named me Sue
5. Well I knew that snake was my own sweet dad
From a wornout picture that my mother'd had
And I knew that scar on his cheek and his evil eye
He was big and bent and gray and old
And I looked at him and my blood ran cold
And I said: My name is Sue, how do you do? Now
You gonna die!
Yeah, that's what I told him!
6. Well I hit him hard right between the eyes
He went down but to my surprise
He came up with a knife and cut off a piece of my
ear
But I busted a chair right across his teeth
And we crashed through the wall and into the street
Kicking and gonging in the mud and the blood and
the beer
7. I tell you I fought tougher men
But I really can't remember when
He kicked like a mule and he bit like a crocodile
I heard him laugh and then I heard him cuss
He went for his guns and I pulled mine first
He stood there lookin' at me and I saw him smile
8. And he said: Son this world is rough
And if man's going to make it he's gonna be tough'
And I knew I wouldn't be there to help you along
So I gave you that name and I said good-bye
I knew you'd have to get tough or die
And it's that name it's help to make you strong
9. He said: You fought one hell of a fight
And I know you hate me and you got the right
To kill me now and I wouldn't blame you if you do
But you ought to thank me before I die
For the gravel in your guts and the spit in your eye
For I'm the nut that named you Sue
Yeah, what could I do?
10. I got all choked up and I threw down my gun
I called him my pa and me called me his son
And I came away with a different point of view
And I think about him now and then
Every time I try and every time I win
And if I ever have a son I think I'm going to name
him, well,
George, or Bill – anything but Sue! I still hate that
name!!
22
THE THREE BELLS (The Browns)
There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Among the pine trees half forlorn
And there on a sunny morning
Little Jimmy Brown was born
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
All the chapel bells were ringing in the little valley town
And the song that they were singing was for baby Jimmy Brown
Then the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation, bless this hour of meditation"
"Guide him with eternal love"
There's a village hidden deep in the valley
Beneath the mountains high above
And there, twenty years thereafter
Jimmy was to meet his love
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
All the chapel bells were ringing, 'twas a great day in his life
'cause the songs that they were singing was for Jimmy and his wife
Then the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation, bless, oh Lord this celebration"
"May their lives be filled with love"
From the village hidden deep in the valley
One rainy morning dark and gray
A soul winged its way to heaven
Jimmy Brown had passed away
(bung, bung, bung, bung)
Just a lonely bell was ringing in the little valley town
'twas farewell that it was singing to our little Jimmy Brown
And the little congregation prayed for guidance from above
"Lead us not into temptation, may his soul find the salvation"
"Of thy great eternal love"
The end.