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Well, Try. Raggedy, onyx, and butterfly and I will be in your boss's book of dreams, but the Backstreet Boys have a different observation:

You wrote the book on love

When I first met you
My life turned a page
Chapter one was how true love was made
You taught me with your kiss
Things about romance I missed
You knew everything from A to Z
What pleases you and what pleases me
Girl when you touched me I began to understand oh oh oh oh

[Chorus:]
Oh you
You wrote the book on love (you wrote the book on love)
I wanna read every word
So I know everything about you
Oh you
You wrote the book on love (you wrote the book on love)
Girl I just can't get enough
Of your love
I know
Oh you wrote the book on love

Oh Brian help me sing

Each time I hold you I find something new
Cuz I know what I love about you
Girl I'll discover
You bring out the lover in me, yeah, yeah
Your like a fire that burns in my soul
Like a volcano I'm ready to blow
Cuz everytime I look at you I feel
Love I can't explain oh oh oh

[Chorus]

I hear what your heart is saying to me (saying to me)
I see the picture so clear to me
I'm thirsty for the knowledge true love brings
When your near me

[Chorus (4x)]

how bout some Annie Ross to kick off the day:

My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
The way he described it
He said I'd be better dead than live
I didn't listen to his jive
I knew all along
That he was all wrong
And I knew that he thought
I was crazy but I'm not
Oh no

My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
He said I'd need treatment
But I'm not that easily led
He said I was the type
That was most inclined
When out of his sight
To be out of my mind
And he thought I was nuts
No more ifs or ands or buts

They say as a child
I appeared a little bit wild
With all my crazy ideas
But I knew what was happening
I knew I was a genius...
What's so strange when you know
That you're a wizard at three
I knew that this was meant to be

Now I heard little children
Were supposed to sleep tight
That's why I got into the vodka one night
My parents got frantic
Didn't know what to do
But I saw some crazy scenes
Before I came to
Now do you think I was crazy
I may have been only three
But I was swinging

They all laugh at angry young men
They all laugh at Edison
And also at Einstein
So why should I feel sorry
If they just couldn't understand
The idiomatic logic
That went on in my head
I had a brain
It was insane
Oh they used to laugh at me
When I refused to ride
On all those double decker buses
All because there was no driver on the top

My analyst told me
That I was right out of my head
But I said dear doctor
I think that it's you instead
Because I have got a thing
That's unique and new
To prove it I'll have
The last laugh on you
'Cause instead of one head
I got two
And you know two heads are better than one.

Good mid morning, WA2K radio fans and contributors.

Mr. Turtle, that song reminds me of "up all night I could not sleep", and believe me, it had nothing to do with a "south city midnight lady."

I watched the Aladdin's Lamp part of Arabian Nights, and switched over to see "Medium" and it wasn't on. Instead, I got to watch a movie about a crazy gal who was obsessed with a married man, and who murdered his wife. Unfortunately, the object of her obsession was found guilty of the murder, and that is the way the show ended.

Well, folks, at least I got to see the end of Dr. House and it was all about a tape worm. YUK! I have never seen such a screwed up schedule from Time Warner.

Meant to play this one last night for Walter and hamburger, but got sidetracked:

BACKSTREET JUNGEN LYRIKEN
SIE SCHRIEBEN DAS BUCH AUF LIEBE Lied-Text

Please note: The text on this page has been automatically translated, and may therefore contain some misspellings and incorrect or bad language compared to the original version!


Als ich Sie zuerst traf
Mein Leben drehte eine Seite
Kapitel man war, wie zutreffende Liebe gebildet wurde
Sie unterrichteten mich mit Ihrem Kuß
Sachen über Romanze vermißte ich
Sie wußten alles von A bis Z
Was Ihnen gefällt und was mir gefällt
Mädchen, als Sie mich ich berührten, fing an, OH- OH- OH- OH- zu verstehen

[ Chor: ]
OH- Sie
Sie schrieben das Buch auf Liebe (Sie schrieben das Buch auf Liebe)
Ich möchte jedes Wort lesen
So weiß ich alles über Sie
OH- Sie
Sie schrieben das Buch auf Liebe (Sie schrieben das Buch auf Liebe)
Mädchen I kann nicht genug gerade erhalten
Von Ihrer Liebe
Ich weiß
OH- schrieben Sie das Buch auf Liebe

OH- Brian helfen mir zu singen

Jede Zeit halte ich Sie, die ich etwas neu finde
Cuz I wissen, was ich über Sie liebe
Mädchen I entdeckt
Sie bringen den Geliebten in mir yeah yeah heraus
Ihr Gleiches ein Feuer, das in meiner Seele brennt
Wie ein Vulkan bin ich bereit durchzubrennen
Cuz everytime betrachte ich Sie, die ich fühle
Liebe I kann nicht OH- OH- OH- erklären

[ Chor ]

Ich höre, was Ihr Herz zu mir sagt (sagend zu mir)
Ich sehe die Abbildung, die zu mir so frei ist
Ich bin für das Wissen durstig, das zutreffende Liebe holt
Wenn Ihr nahes ich

[ Chor (4x) ]

Good Morning WA2K.

Wish you had tuned in to the three hour 60th Anniversary Tony Awards show, Letty. I loved it.

Wishing a Happy 78th to Vic Damone

I remember best his "April in Portugal" and "Eternally", Charlie Chaplin's song from "Limelight".



and a Happy 76th to Jim Nabors

Ah, there's our Raggedy, listeners. You mean to tell me that Gomer is still hanging in there, PA? Actually, he had a fantastic voice. I know April in Portugal, gal, and I don't think I could have watched three hours of anything, honey. What a night!


April in Portugal

(Words by Jimmy Kennedy; Music by Raul Ferrao)

(Refrain)
I found my April dream in Portugal with you
When we discovered romance, like we never knew.
My head was in the clouds, My heart went crazy too,
And madly I said: "I love you."

(Interlude)
Too soon I heard you say:
"This dream is for a day"
That's Portugal and love in April!
And when the showers fell,
Those tears I know so well,
They told me it was spring fooling me.

(Refrain)
I found my April dream in Portugal with you
When we discovered romance, like I never knew.
Then morning brought the rain,
And now my dream is through
But still my heart says "I love you."

(Interlude)
This sad reality, To know it couldn't be,
That's Portugal and love in April!
The music and the wine convinced me you were mine,
But it was just the spring fooling me.

(Refrain)
I found my April dream in Portugal with you
When we discovered romance, like I never knew.
Then morning brought the rain,
And now my dream is through
But still my heart says "I love you."

I was thinking about Pele today. Wasn't he a famous soccer player from Brazil?

Yep. Pele was from Brazil and a great soccer player. I saw him in a movie with Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine called "Victory" and to watch him play soccer was sheer delight.

I hope you are not experiencing severe weather problems.

Raggedy, it is pouring rain as we speak, but it's needed. Heard from my sister and she was asking me the same question. Volusia county is glad because there have been several wild fires over the past months.

Okay, lets hear it for Alberto from Alberto:


Artist: Luis Alberto Spinetta
Song: Durazno sangrando


Temprano el durazno del árbol cayó
su piel era rosa, dorada del sol
y al verse en la suerte de todo frutal
a la orilla de un rio su fe lo hizo llegar...

Dicen que en este valle los duraznos son de los duendes...

Pasó cierto tiempo en el mismo lugar
hasta que un buen dia se puso a escuchar
una melodia muy triste del sur
que asi le lloraba desde su interior...

Quien canta es tu carozo pues tu cuerpo al fin tiene un alma.
Y si tu ser estalla será un corazón el que sangre.
Y la canción que escuchas tu cuerpo abrirá con el alba.

La brisa de enero a la orilla llegó
la noche del tiempo sus horas cumplió
y al llegar el alba el carozo cantó
partiendo al durazno que al rio cayó...

Y el durazno partido ya sangrando está bajo el agua.

Vic Damone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Vic Damone (born June 12, 1928 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American singer. He was born Vito Rocco Farinola.

He inherited his musical interests from his parents: His father, an electrician by trade, sang and played the guitar; his mother taught piano. At an early age he decided to imitate his favorite singer, Frank Sinatra, and began taking voice lessons. After his father became injured at work, he had to drop out of school, and he took a job as an usher and elevator operator in a movie theater, the Paramount, in Manhattan.

One day, Perry Como visited the theater and Vic took Como to his dressing room to perform for him. Como liked the performance enough to take him under his wing, and referred him to a local bandleader. At this time, he took the name of Damone, his mother's maiden name. He entered the talent search on Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts and won the competition in April, 1947.

Winning the contest led to his getting a regular role on Godfrey's show (a step that figured in the careers of many other Talent Scouts winners). One day he ran into Milton Berle at the station and Berle got him a chance to do regular shows at two night clubs. By the middle of 1947, he had a contract with Mercury Records.

His first release, "I Have But One Heart" (August 30) reached #7 on the Billboard chart. "You Do" (released November 1) reached the same peak. These were followed by a number of other hits. In 1948 he got his own weekly radio show, Saturday Night Serenade.

In 1951 he played in two movies: The Strip and Rich, Young, and Pretty. From 1951 to 1953 he served in the United States Army, but before going into the service he recorded a number of songs which were released during that time. After leaving the service, he married an American actress, Pier Angeli, and in 1954 made two more movies: Deep In My Heart and Athena. He also made some guest appearances on Milton Berle's television show in 1954.

1955 was a poor year for Damone. He had only one song on the charts, "Por Favor," which did not make it above #73. In early 1956, he was dropped by Mercury, but was able to sign with Columbia Records and had some success on that label with hits like "On the Street Where You Live" (from My Fair Lady) and "An Affair to Remember" (from the movie of the same name).

His marriage to Pier Angeli ended in 1958. In 1960 he starred in the movie Hell to Eternity, which would prove to be his last movie. In 1961 he was released by Columbia, moving over to Capitol Records, where he filled in the gap left by Frank Sinatra's leaving to help found Reprise Records. He lasted at Capitol only until 1965, however, moving next to Warner Brothers' record label. On Warners he had one chart hit: "You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love)." The next year he moved again, to RCA Records, but in 1968 he released what would be his final record for a long time.

in 1971 he started touring Las Vegas casinos as a performer, and although he had to declare bankruptcy in the early 1970s, he earned enough as a casino performer to clear up his financial difficulties. He extended his geographical range, touring through the United States and the United Kingdom, and as a result of his popularity decided to record some albums again, releasing them on RCA's label.

Damone was married from 1987 to 1996 to an American entertainer, Diahann Carroll. She was his fourth wife. Damone has married five times, divorced four. He has three daughters from his second marriage to Judith Rawlins and one son from his first union to Pier Angeli. In 1998 the singer married Rena Rowan, designer.

His final album was released in 1992.

Jim Nabors
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

James "Jim" Thurston Nabors (born June 12, 1930) is an American actor, singer, and comedian. He is best known for his portrayal of the good-hearted but naïve Gomer Pyle on two highly successful 1960s sitcoms, The Andy Griffith Show and its spinoff Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.. Given his goofy demeanor and voice on both Andy Griffith and Gomer Pyle, it was surprising to many when he revealed a strong baritone singing voice and turned it into a successful recording career.

Nabors was also a popular guest on variety shows in the 1960s and 1970s, most notably The Carol Burnett Show and The Muppet Show. Carol Burnett considered Nabors her lucky charm, and he was always the first guest on every new season of her show. Burnett and Nabors have long been close friends. Comedienne Minnie Pearl looked on Nabors as a surrogate son and he often vacationed with her and her husband.

Actor Burt Reynolds used Nabors in a number of his movies during the 1980s.

Since 1978 he has sung "Back Home Again in Indiana" (not the official state song, contrary to popular belief) during pre-race ceremonies for the Indianapolis 500.

He was born in Sylacauga, Alabama and graduated from the University of Alabama. As of 2005, Nabors owns and operates a macadamia nut plantation in Hawaii. In 2001, Private First Class Gomer Pyle received an honorary promotion to Lance Corporal from the Commandant of the Marine Corps James L. Jones.

BAPTIST COWBOY

A cowboy, who is visiting Wyoming from Texas, walks into a bar and orders three mugs of Bud. He sits in the back of the room, drinking a sip out of each one in turn. When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders three more.

The bartender approaches and tells the cowboy, "You know, a mug goes
flat after I draw it. It would taste better if you bought one at a time."

The cowboy replies, "Well, you see, I have two brothers. One is in
Arizona, the other is in Colorado. When we all left our home in Texas,
we promised that we'd drink this way to remember the days when
we drank together. So I'm drinking one beer for each of my brothers and
one for myself."

The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves it there.
The cowboy becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way. He orders three mugs and drinks them in turn.

One day, he comes in and only orders two mugs. All the regulars take
notice and fall silent. When he comes back to the bar for the second
round, the bartender says, "I don't want to intrude on your grief, but I wanted to offer my condolences on your loss."

The cowboy looks quite puzzled for a moment, then a light dawns in his
eyes and he laughs.

"Oh, no, everybody's just fine," he explains, "It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."

"Hasn't affected my brothers though."

Well, somehow our equipment went awry again, folks, so I'm trying once again:

Bob, your joke was great and believe me, I can identify with that one being a recovering Baptist. <smile>

Vic Damone today resembles Sean Connery, I think, and the only song that I could find from Jim was this one:

SONG: A Daisy A Day
Written by: Jud Strunk
Transcription: K. Warner

1. He re-[C]mem-bers the first time he met her [C7],
He re-[F]mem-bers the first thing she [C]said.
He re-[F]mem-bers the first time he [C]held her
And the [D7]night that she came to his [G7]bed.
He re-[C]mem-bers her sweet way of say-in' [C7]
[F]Hon-ey has some-thin' gone [C]wrong.
He re-[F]members the fun and the [C]teas-in'
And the rea-son he [G7]wrote her this [C]song. (Chorus)

2. They would [C]walk down the street in the eve-nin' [C7],
And for [F]years I would see them go [C]by.
And their [F]love that was more than the [C]clothes that they wore
Could be [D7]seen in the gleam of their [G7]eye.
As a [C]kid they would take me for can-dy [C7]
And I'd [F]love to go tag-gin' a-[C]long.
We'd hold [F]hands while we walked to the [C]cor-ner
And the old man would [G7]sing her his [C]song. (Chorus)

3. Now he [C]walks down the street in the eve-nin' [C7],
And he [F]stops by the old can-dy [C]store.
And I [F]some-how be-lieve he's be-[C]liev-in'
He's [D7]hold-in' her hand like be-[G7]fore.
For he [C]feels all her love walk-in' with him [C7]
And he [F]smiles at the things she might [C]say
Then the [F]old man walks up to the [C]hill-top
And he gives her a [G7]dai-sy a [C]day. (Chorus)

Chorus
I'll [C]give you a dai-sy a day dear [C7],
I'll [F]give you a dai-sy a [C]day.
I'll [F]love you un-til the [C]riv-ers [E7]run [Am]still
And the [C]four winds we [G7]know blow a-[C]way.

This is interesting to me, folks. A newbie whose screen name is oriental just asked what this song meant:

Artist: Michael Bolton Lyrics
Song: SAID I LOVED YOU...BUT I LIED Lyrics


You are the candle, love's the flame
A fire that burns through wind and rain
Shine your light on this heart of mine
Till the end of time
You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one

CHORUS:
Said I loved you but I lied
'Cause this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you but I was wrong
'Cause love could never ever feel so strong
Said I loved you but I lied


With all my soul I've tried in vain
How can mere words my heart explain
This taste of heaven so deep so true
I've found in you
So many reasons in so many ways
My life has just begun
Need you forever, I need you to stay
You are the one, you are the one


CHORUS:


You came to me like the dawn through the night
Just shinin' like the sun
Out of my dreams and into my life
You are the one, you are the one


CHORUS:


Said I loved you
But this is more than love I feel inside
Said I loved you....But I lied


Don't you think it expresses the idea that "I love you" isn't strong nor deep enough to tell the woman how he feels?

G'day folks, sorry I'm late I was out…


"Walkin' The Dog"
AEROSMITH lyrics -

Walkin' the dog
I'm just a-walkin' your dog
well if you don't know how to do it
I'll show you how to walk the dog
ask your mama for fifteen cents
to see the elephant jump the fence
it jumped so high, it touched the sky
didn't come back till the fourth of July
mary mary, quite contrary
how does your garden grow
well well, silver bells, and little bitty bitty white shells
pretty maids all in a row

Try, I'll wager you don't even have a dog.<smile> If you will, take a look at those lyrics by Michael Bolton, and tell me what you think?

Until then, here's the reason that I am late, folks.

Artist/Band: Nelson Willie
Lyrics for Song: Stormy Weather
Lyrics for Album: Willie Nelson & Friends: Outlaws & Angels

Don't know why there's no sun up in the sky stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together keeps rainin' all the time
Life is bare gloom and mis'ry everywhere stormy weather
Just can't get my poor self together I'm weary all the time all the time
When she went away the blues walked in and met me
If she stays away old rocking chair will get me
All I do is pray the Lord above will let me walk in the sun once more
Can't go on everything I had is gone stormy weather
Since my gal and I ain't together keeps rainin' all the time.

Had no idea Willie did that oldie, but it is beautiful

Willie Nelson sang Lena Horne's standard??? Well, I guess Willie can get away with practically anything, can't he.

Didn't care for Michael Bolton's lyrics, Letty. The idea that "love" isn't a strong enough word...that's absurd. Strikes me as very adolescent, it does.

Well, there's our Eva. Hey, gal, I have never heard the song, but I thought it was very different. Often, those three little words may not be enough. For example, look at Poe's poem:


by Edgar Allan Poe
(1849)



It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of ANNABEL LEE;--
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love and be loved by me.
She was a child and I was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea,
But we loved with a love that was more than love (this line particularly)
I and my Annabel Lee--
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me.

And this was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud by night
Chilling my Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre
In this kingdom by the sea.

The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me:--
Yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind came out of a cloud, chilling
And killing my Annabel Lee.

But our love it was stronger by far than the love
Of those who were older than we--
Of many far wiser than we-
And neither the angels in Heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:--

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I see the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side
Of my darling, my darling, my life and my bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea--
In her tomb by the side of the sea

Incidentally, gal. A bunch of folks did Stormy Weather.

Yeah, but it's the song I'll forever associate with Lena Horne.

Annabel Lee...such a gorgeous poem. But they were adolescents, weren't they? There's something about that rush of first love that seems so undescribable at the time. Brings back fond memories, it does.

Well, then, Eva. This one is for you, and guess who also did it. Wow! how odd can it get?

Love is lovelier, the second time around
Just as wonderful, with both feet on the ground
It's that second time you hear your love song sung
Makes you think perhaps that love, like youth, is wasted on the young
Love's more comfortable the second time you fall
Like a friendly home the second time you call
Who can say, what brought us to this miracle we've found
There are those who'd bet
Love comes but once - and yet
I'm oh so glad we met
The second time around

Hi letty (Ooh, there's Eva as well)

Still loading up the iPod, I came across this one.

It's one of my favourites...from Donovan.

CATCH THE WIND

In the chilly hours and minutes,
Of uncertainty, I want to be,
In the warm hold of your loving mind.

To feel you all around me,
And to take your hand, along the sand,
Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.

When sundown pales the sky,
I wanna hide a while, behind your smile,
And everywhere I'd look, your eyes I'd find.

For me to love you now,
Would be the sweetest thing, 'twould make me sing,
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

When rain has hung the leaves with tears,
I want you near, to kill my fears
To help me to leave all my blues behind.

For standin' in your heart,
Is where I want to be, and I long to be,
Ah, but I may as well, try and catch the wind.

....and this one, of course, by the fantastic Alison Krauss.

LET ME TOUCH YOU FOR A WHILE.

It's been a long time coming
As you shed a lonesome tear
Now your in a wonderama
I'm wondering what your doing here

The flame no longer flickers
You're feeling just like a fool
You keep staring into your liquor
I'm wondering what to do

I don't hardly know you
But I'd be willing to show you
I know a way to make you smile
Let me touch you for a while

I'm gonna ruin my black mascara
You're drinking whiskey when it should be wine
You keep on looking in to that mirror
But to me your looking really fine

I don't hardly know you
But I'd be willing to show you
I know a way to make you laugh at that cowgirl
As she's walking out your door
I know a way to make you smile
Just let me whisper things
You never heard before
Just let me touch you baby
Just let me touch you for a while

I don't hardly know
But I'd be willing to show you
I know a way to make you smile

It's been a long time
Just let me touch you for a while