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From Letty with love

MUSIC, MUSIC MUSIC

Teresa Brewer

PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN
IN THE NICKELODEON
ALL I WANT IS LOVING YOU AND
MUSIC, MUSIC MUSIC
I'D DO ANYTHING FOR YOU
ANYTHING YOU'D WANT ME TO
ALL I WANT IS KISSING YOU AND
MUSIC, MUSIC MUSIC

CLOSER, MY DEAR COME CLOSER
THE NICEST PART OF ANY MELODY
IS WHEN YOU'RE DANCING CLOSE TO ME

PUT ANOTHER NICKEL IN
IN THE NICKELODEON
ALL I WANT IS LOVING YOU AND
MUSIC, MUSIC MUSIC

BUT:

In the corner of the bar there stands a jukebox
With the best of country music, old and new
You can hear your five selections for a quarter
And somebody else's songs when yours are through

I got good Kentucky whiskey on the counter
And my friends around to help me ease the pain
'Til some button-pushing cowboy plays that love song
And here I am just missing you again

Please, Mr., please, don't play B-17
It was our song, it was his song, but it's over
Please, Mr., please, if you know what I mean
I don't ever wanna hear that song again

If I had a dime for every time I held you
Though you're far away, you've been so close to me
I could swear I'd be the richest girl in Nashville
Maybe even in the state of Tennessee

But I guess I'd better get myself together
'Cause when you left, you didn't leave too much behind
Just a note that said "I'm sorry" by your picture
And a song that's weighing heavy on my mind

Please, Mr., please, don't play B-17
It was our song, it was his song, but it's over
Please, Mr., please, if you know what I mean
I don't ever wanna hear that song again

(Responding to Letty's plea)

Please Mister Postman
The Beatles

Wait, oh yes wait a minute mister postman
Wait, wait mister postman

Mister postman look and see
If there's a letter in your bag for me
I been waiting such a long time
Since I heard from that girl of mine

There must be some word today
From my girlfriend so far away
Please mister postman look and see
If there's a letter, a letter for me
I been standing here waiting mister postman
So patiently
For just a card or just a letter
Saying she's returning home to me

So many days you passed me by
See the tear standing in my eye
You didn't stop to make me feel better
By leaving me a card or a letter

Please Mr. Postman, look and see
If there's a letter, oh yeh for me,
I've been waiting, a long long time
Since I've heard from that girlfriend of mine.

You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute
You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute
You gotta wait a minute, wait a minute
You gotta check it and see, one more time for me

Wait
Wait
Wait
Deliver the letter, the sooner the better

GOOD MORNING A2K!



You shake my nerves and you rattle my brain
Too much love drives a man insane
You broke my will, but what a thrill
Goodness gracious Great Balls of Fire

I laughed at love 'cos I tought it was funny
You came along and moved me honey
I changed my mind, this love is fine
Goodness gracious Great Balls of Fire

Kiss me baby, woooo, feels good
Hold me baby, well I want to love you like a lover should
Your fine, so kind
I gotta tell this world that your mine mine mine mine-ine

I chew my nails down and I twiddle my thumb
I'm real nervous but it sure is fun
Come on baby, you drive me crazy
Goodness gracious Great Balls of Fire

Well kiss me baby, woooo, feels good
Hold me baby, well I want to love you like a lover should
Your fine, so kind
I gotta tell this world that your mine mine mine mine-ine

I chew my nails and I twiddle my thumb
I'm real nervous but it sure is fun
Come on baby, drive me crazy
Goodness gracious Great Balls of Fire!

Jerry Lee Lewis - Great Balls Of Fire

Lex Barker
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



Birth name Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr.
Born May 8, 1919(1919-05-08)
Rye, New York
Died May 11, 1973 (aged 54)
New York City, New York
Spouse(s) Constanze Thurlow
(1942-1950)
Arlene Dahl
(1951-1952)
Lana Turner
(1953-1957)
Irene Labhart
(1957-1962)
Carmen G. Cervera
(1965-1972)

Lex Barker (May 8, 1919 - May 11, 1973) was born Alexander Crichlow Barker, Jr. in Rye, New York and graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1938.

He is best known as the tenth actor to play Tarzan in the movies, and starred in nearly thirty movies in the 1940s and 1950s. During this time he enlisted to fight in World War II and eventually rose to the rank of Major.

In 1957, as he found it harder to find work in American films, Lex moved to Europe, where he found popularity and starred in over forty European films, including two movies based on the novels by Italian author Emilio Salgari (1862-1911). In Italy he also had a short but compelling role as Anita Ekberg's fiancé in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita.

But it was in Germany where he would have his greatest success. There he starred in two movies based on the Doctor Mabuse-stories (formerly filmed by Fritz Lang) and in 13 movies based on novels by German author Karl May (1842-1912), playing such characters as Old Shatterhand, Kara Ben Nemsi, and Dr. Sternau.

He even recorded a single, in German, with Martin Böttcher, the composer of some of the soundtracks of the Karl May movies, including "Ich bin morgen auf dem Weg zu dir" (I'll be on the way to you tomorrow) and "Mädchen in Samt und Seide" (Girls in Velvet and Silk).

In 1966 Barker was awarded with the "Bambi Award" as "Best Foreign Actor" in Germany.

Barker's third wife, Lana Turner ordered Barker out of their home one night at gunpoint after Turner's daughter, Cheryl Crane, accused him of molesting her.

He married five times:

Constanze Thurlow (1942 - 1950) (divorced)
Arlene Dahl (1951 - 1952) (divorced)
Lana Turner (8 September 1953 - July 22, 1957) (divorced)
Irene Labhardt (1957 - 1962) (marriage ended at her death)
Maria del Carmen "Tita" Cervera (1965 - 1972) (divorce not valid, marriage ended with his death), who later became the fifth and final wife of billionaire Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
He was engaged at the time of his death to actress Karen Kondazian.

Barker continued to work in films until his last appearance in 1967's Woman Times Seven.

He died three days after his 54th birthday of a heart attack in New York City. His son, Christopher Barker, also became an actor.

Don Rickles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Born May 8, 1926

Donald Jay Rickles (born May 8, 1926 in New York City, New York) is an American comedian, film actor, and voice actor.




Early life and stand-up career

He was born in New York City to Jewish parents Etta and Max Rickles, and spent most of his early career doing stand-up comedy, becoming known primarily as an "insult comedian." It is said that this characteristic was partially inspired by his admiration for older comic Jack E. Leonard and was greatly elaborated when he learned to respond to hecklers by insulting them back. The audience liked these insults more than his prepared material, so he developed that part of his act. There is a story that while working in a Los Angeles nightclub early in his career, he spotted Frank Sinatra, and called out "Make yourself at home, Frank: hit somebody!"


Military service and early acting career

Rickles served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS Cyrene as a S1/c until 1946, when he was honorably discharged. Two years later he studied drama, and played occasional bit parts on television alongside his work in nightclubs. In 1958 he made his film debut in Run Silent, Run Deep, and went on to appear in a number of other films. In an episode of the mid-60s drama series Run for Your Life, Rickles played a distressed comedian whose act culminates with his strangling a patron while imploring the patron to "Laugh!"


A frequent Tonight Show guest

As his career progressed, he made more and more appearances on television talk shows, making his first appearance on Johnny Carson's Tonight Show in 1965. He would go on to make over 100 appearances on The Tonight Show throughout the rest of its run during Carson's era. From the 1970s, he made several appearances on Dean Martin's show. Frank Sinatra provided a big career boost, allowing Rickles to poke fun at his hairpiece, his voice, and his alleged Mafia connections.

In 1968, he came out with the comedy album Hello, Dummy!, which consisted of edited-together live performances of his Las Vegas act.


Television series and the "cigarette box incident"

From 1976-1978 he starred in the Navy-themed sitcom C.P.O. Sharkey as an abrasive Chief Petty Officer. During production of the series, Rickles appeared on The Tonight Show with guest host Bob Newhart. While poking fun at Newhart, in faux-anger, Rickles slammed the cigarette box which Johnny Carson kept on his desk and broke it. When Carson returned from vacation and discovered this incident (during the taped broadcast of his show), he took a camera crew to the studio next door where Sharkey was being taped, and disrupted taping in order to tease Rickles about it. Rickles, known for his quick comebacks, was left speechless and could only laugh heartily. This incident was often replayed in Tonight Show retrospectives and was considered a highlight of the 1970s era of the show.


Recent voice and film work

More recently, he made a return to film, appearing in a dramatic part as Robert DeNiro's trusted colleague in Martin Scorsese's Casino, and voicing Mr. Potato Head in the Pixar computer-animated film Toy Story and Toy Story 2.

Rickles has for many years also been known as "Mr. Warmth" (a satirical self-reference to his insult comedy schtick). Often when he is introduced to an audience or on a television talk show, Spanish matador music, usually "La Virgen de la Macarena," will be played (subtly foreshadowing that someone is about to be metaphorically gored), or else a dischordant version of "Mister Wonderful".


Personal life

Rickles and his wife Barbara are fast friends with comedian Bob Newhart and his wife, and they often vacation together. Rickles and Newhart appeared together on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on January 24, 2005, the Monday following Johnny Carson's death, reminiscing about their many guest appearances on Carson's show. Included was Rickles (and Newhart) recounting the "cigarette box incident". The footage of the incident was also included.

Rickles has been married for over 41 years to his wife, who hails from the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia. He and Barbara have a daughter, Mindy, a son, Larry and two grandchildren, Ethan and Harrison Mann. Harrison Mann is a soothsayer.

Rickles continues to be very active on the stand up comedy scene to this day, and has many dates booked through the end of 2007, and still says he has no plans to retire, he recently told New Jersey newspaper The Daily Record. "I'm in good health. I'm working better than I ever have. The audiences are great. Why should I retire? I'm like a fighter. The bell rings and you come out and fight. My energy comes alive. And I still enjoy it."[citation needed]

On May 8th 2007, Rickles' autobiography "Rickles' Book" will be published.

Toni Tennille
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Toni Tennille (born Cathryn Antoinette Tennille, 8 May 1940, Montgomery, Alabama) is one-half of the 1970s Grammy Award winning duo, Captain & Tennille. She attended Sidney Lanier High School and Auburn University in Alabama, where in the latter, sang with the big band music group, the Auburn Knights. Toni is a well-above-average height woman, at 178 centimeters (5' 10").

She became famous when she and her husband, the Captain, Daryl Frank Dragon, both accomplished musicians and songwriters, emerged in the early 1970s with their summer 1975 hit, "Love Will Keep Us Together", along with many others. Tennille is also credited with vocals on Pink Floyd's album The Wall and Elton John's hit "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me".

Tennille serves as an Ambassador of the Arts for the state of Nevada, among many other influential endeavors. Toni and Daryl were married on 11 November 1975. She is one of four girls born to Frank and Cathryn Tennille. Toni's sisters are Jane Tennille, Melissa Tennille and Louisa (Lulu) Tennille.

Captain & Tennille achieved stardom during the 1970s and early 1980s. Toni's father, Frank Tennille, was known as Clark Randall and was a singer with several big bands, including Bob Crosby's Bobcats. Toni's mother, Cathryn was a hostess of a local Mongomery, Alabama TV Talk Show. Toni and her sisters would be in the studio from time to time. Toni would play on her mother's show and occasionally with her sisters would dance and sing on the show. Toni Tennille attended Sidney Lanier High School and then Auburn University, where she studied music and was the lead singer with a campus band. In her second year of college, the family moved to California, when the family furniture business closed. Toni's parents divorced soon afterward. Toni herself would divorce her first husband Kenneth Shearer. She got a job as a file clerk and wrote music in her spare time. It wasn't too long after that that she would meet Daryl Dragon.

Toni Tennille's birth year was erroneously publicized as 1943, as was their marriage date which is November 11, 1975 at The Silver Queen Saloon Wedding Chapel in Virginia City, Nevada. The wrong date was erroneously publicized as February 14, 1975.




When they met in 1971 in San Francisco, Daryl Dragon had been performing for about six years as a keyboardist for The Beach Boys and Tennille was staging a musical she had written called Mother Earth, a rock ecology, at the Marines Memorial Theatre. Toni hired Daryl as a musician for the production; after which, in turn, he recommended Toni to the Beach Boys as a piano player, and she landed the gig as a touring keyboardist with them. She is recognized in music history books as the worlds first and only "Beach Girl". During touring with the band, traditionally, the Beach Boys would put band mates in hotel rooms together to save money. When it came to Toni having a roommate, it was Daryl. It was around that time that Toni penned the first love song of many that she would write for Daryl, "The Way I Want To Touch You".

They soon discovered they made a great team on their own and began performing on a regular basis at The Smokehouse club in Encino, California (Los Angeles), initially billed as The Dragons. There they met Bruno and Carol Cicotti who would become their longtime manager and personal assistant. Dragon and Tennille released a single on their own label (Butterscotch Castle Records and later Joyce Records) as Captain & Tennille, and eventually obtained a recording contract with A&M Records.

Their first single was a cover version of Neil Sedaka's "Love Will Keep Us Together". The song contained a verbal acknowledgment to its composer, as The Captain & Tennille worked the line "Sedaka is back" into the fadeout. The song spent four weeks at #1 in the U.S. in the summer of 1975 and became the top selling single of the year. They also received a Grammy Award for Record of the Year for this recording, which also gave Sedaka his first Grammy. They were nominated in two categories, Best Vocal Performance by a Group and for Record of the Year, both for "Love Will Keep Us Together" and received the award for Record of the Year.





Popular success

Over the next few years, the duo released a string of hit singles including "The Way I Want To Touch You", "Lonely Night (Angel Face)", "Shop Around", a cover version of Willis Alan Ramsey's "Muskrat Love" (previously popularized by America), and "You Never Done It Like That". Such was their level of success that they were given their own television show, but they were not happy with its format and asked to be released from their contract.

Neil Bogart signed them to a contract with Casablanca Records, and they reached Number One with their first single, "Do That To Me One More Time." Subsequent singles achieved only moderate success. They signed with CBS Records but were released from their contract.


Recent activities

Throughout the '90s, they continued to perform various concert dates, frequently at Harrah's Lake Tahoe which was close to their home in Northern Nevada. They played a one-time-only date at the House of Blues on the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles in 1995 as part of their 20th anniversary as an act.

Throughout the 1980s and '90s, Tennille enjoyed a second career as a big band and pop standards singer, mimicking the success of pop colleague Linda Ronstadt.

She also starred in the Broadway tour of Victor/Victoria. At the end of that project, she and Dragon were to have embarked on a 25th anniversary tour but have not toured.

Captain & Tennille's released their Ultimate Collection: The Complete Hits on Hip-O Records in 2001 and More Than Dancing...Much More, a 2002 CD. The latter contains what was originally their final album in 1982, More Than Dancing, which at that time was released only in Australia, and is combined with selected tracks from their 1995 20 Years Of Romance, originally on K-Tel as well five previously unreleased tracks.

In 2003, British Electro-kitsch duo Bent sampled Toni's vocals into their hit "Magic Love", confounding British listeners, many of whom knew the voice was familiar but could not place it.

In November 2003, Tennille performed a benefit concert for the Reno Chamber Orchestra with Dragon. This was the first time they had publicly performed as Captain & Tennille in many years, and, as a result, their first live recording was released. The double-CD, An Intimate Evening with Toni Tennille, can be acquired only through the Reno Chamber Orchestra website.

In 2005 Brant Berry, of R2 Entertainment, signed an agreement with Captain & Tennille for three separate projects featuring the duo. These were a DVD issue of Captain & Tennille's 1976 variety series. Secondly, R2 re-released all six of their albums (both from the original A&M and Casablanca labels) on newly-remastered CDs. Several of the CDs were previously only available in Japan. The new CDs, packaged both as individual CDs and in a box set, contain brand-new liner notes written by Toni Tennille. Thirdly, a new recording by Captain & Tennille was released: a 3-song Christmas CD, whose main title is "Saving Up Christmas." This release is in anticipation of a full-length Christmas CD, which R2 had planned to be released in the fall of 2006.

The couple is currently has homes in both the Sedona region of Arizona and Palm Springs, California. They previously lived in Nevada where Tennille was appointed "Ambassador For The Arts" by the governor of the state.


Trivia

Tennille's father was singer Clark Randall (a.k.a. Frank Tennille), a member of the legendary Bob Crosby's Bobcats. Toni Tennille's real first name, Cathryn, is the same as her mother's; the elder was a TV talk show hostess in Montgomery, Alabama.
Dragon's father was the legendary conductor, Carmen Dragon.
Tennille has also worked as a session singer (most frequently partnered with Beach Boy Bruce Johnston), performing backup on no fewer than three Elton John albums including Caribou, Blue Moves, and 21 At 33 (some vocally arranged by Dragon) and most notably (and prominently) on the classic "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me". She also appeared as a backup vocalist on tracks by Art Garfunkel and The Beach Boys, as well as Pink Floyd for whom she performed backing tracks on The Wall album.

Melissa Gilbert
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia




Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born on May 8, 1964) is an American actress.

The naturally red-headed Gilbert is best known as a child actor who starred as Charles Ingalls' (played by Michael Landon) middle daughter, Laura Ingalls, on the television series Little House on the Prairie (1974-1983). Not long after that she played Gerda in the Faerie Tale Theatre adaptation of The Snow Queen. She also provided the voicework for the roles of Clara in the Sanrio film, Nutcracker Fantasy and later Barbara Gordon in Batman: The Animated Series. More recently, she served two terms as president of the Screen Actors Guild.









Family and early career

Gilbert was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Jewish family. She was adopted by actor Paul Gilbert (born Paul MacMahon) and his wife, Barbara Crane. Her younger brother, Jonathan Gilbert, was also adopted. Melissa and Jonathan worked together when he portrayed Willie Oleson in Little House on the Prairie and in the movie The Miracle Worker. When Melissa was eight, her parents divorced, and when she was 11, her adoptive father died. Her adoptive mother married Harold Abeles and gave birth in 1975 to Sara Abeles, who became an actress. In 1984 Sara Abeles changed her name to Sara Gilbert. Sara would later star in the American television series Roseanne.


Career after Little House

Gilbert has continued to work regularly, mainly in television. She starred as Jean Donovan in the biopic Choices of the Heart (1983), and played Anna Sheridan in three episodes of Babylon 5 in 1996.

Melissa won the Screen Actors Guild presidency in 2001 after a contentious election in which she ultimately beat her opponent, Valerie Harper, 21,351 votes to 12,613 votes after a second vote was taken. In 2003, she was re-elected, defeating Kent McCord with 50% of the vote to his 42% [1]. In July 2005, she announced that she would not seek a third term and she was succeeded by Alan Rosenberg, who assumed the Guild presidency on September 25.

For her contribution to the television industry, Gilbert has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6429 Hollywood Blvd. In 1998, she was inducted into the Western Performers Hall of Fame at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Gilbert regularly keeps in contact with her friend Alison Arngrim, who played her nemesis and sometimes best friend "Nellie Oleson" on Little House on the Prairie.

Lies - by "tweety"

3 Biggest Software Lies

The program's fully tested and bugfree.

We're working on the documentation.

Of course we can modify it.



3 Biggest Computer Room Lies

As long as you remember to 'SAVE' your input, you'll never lose any files.

We run the stuff through as fast as it comes in the door.

The new machines on order.



3 Biggest Large Company Lies

We have an entrepreneurial spirit here.

People are our greatest resource.

We say 'let the marketplace decide'.



3 Biggest Small Company Lies

We have an entrepreneurial spirit here.

The boss is just one of the guys.

Staying small is a conscious decision.



3 Biggest Marketing Lies

Immediate delivery?...No problem.

We treat every customer as if they were our most important.

We're going out to lunch to talk business.


3 Biggest Engineering Professor's Lies


Some day this course will come in handy.

These tests are more trouble for me than they are for you.

This is the way they do it in industry.



3 Biggest Executive Lies

Money...it's just a score card.

If it were up to me, there'd be no assigned parking spaces.

You have to twist my arm to get me to go on a business trip.



3 Biggest undergraduate student starting Physics Lies

There are plenty of jobs out there for Physics graduates.

You'll make lots of money in your proffessional career.

The general public respect Physicists.



3 Biggest student teacher lies

The school will help and support you all they can.

This teaching course is interesting and stimulating.

Kids today are just the same as when you went to school.



3 Biggest advertising lies

This product will taste as good as it looks.

You really need our product.

If you use our product you will have sex with the same kinds of people as you see in our ad.



3 Biggest mail order lies

Delivery of your product will occur within 30 days of ordering it.

If you're not satisfied with our product we will guarentee a full refund.

We offer repair of your product free of charge with an accredited repairer in your home State.



3 Biggest retail industry lies

Our staff are courteous and considerate.

We try to help you with your problem.

You can exchange or get full refund on an item that you're not satisfied with.



3 Biggest politician lies

I'll be factual and to the point.

I'll give you a straightforward answer to your question.

The government doesn't waste taxpayers money.



3 Biggest parent lies

We're doing this for your own interest.

You can have that (do that) later (when you're older).

The family can't afford it now.



3 Biggest supermodels lies

Women normally look like that.

Women should look like that.

Fasting and dieting is good for your health.



3 Biggest beer ads lies

Drinking beer is for macho men only.

You'll meet good lifelong friends drinking beer in a bar.

Women think drunken loudmouths are sexy.



3 Biggest life lies

..and they lived happily ever after.

Dying is painless.

Things have gotten so bad that they couldn't possibly get worse.

My Rifle Pony and Me

Ricky Nelson
Duet w/ Dean Martin

Sun is sinking in the west
The cattle go down to the stream
The redwing settles in the nest
It's time for a cowboy to dream

Purple light in the canyon
that is where I long to be
With my three good companions
just my rifle pony and me

Gonna hang my sombrero
on the limb of a tree
Coming home sweet my darling
just my rifle pony and me

Whippoorwill in the willow
sings a sweet melody
Riding to Amarillo
just my rifle pony and me

No more cows to be ropin'
No more strays will I see
'round the bend shell be waitin
For my rifle pony and me
For my rifle my pony and me

Good Afternoon WA2K.

Faces to match Bob's bios:

Thanks Sweety

You xl at that and I don't. Glad you noticed and jumped in.

Master song

I believe that you heard your master sing
when I was sick in bed.
I suppose that he told you everything
that I keep locked away in my head.
Your master took you travelling,
well at least that's what you said.
And now do you come back to bring
your prisoner wine and bread?

You met him at some temple, where
they take your clothes at the door.
He was just a numberless man in a chair
who'd just come back from the war.
And you wrap up his tired face in your hair
and he hands you the apple core.
Then he touches your lips now so suddenly bare
of all the kisses we put on some time before.

And he gave you a German Shepherd to walk
with a collar of leather and nails,
and he never once made you explain or talk
about all of the little details,
such as who had a word and who had a rock,
and who had you through the mails.
Now your love is a secret all over the block,
and it never stops not even when your master fails.

And he took you up in his aeroplane,
which he flew without any hands,
and you cruised above the ribbons of rain
that drove the crowd from the stands.
Then he killed the lights in a lonely Lane
and, an ape with angel glands,
erased the final wisps of pain
with the music of rubber bands.

And now I hear your master sing,
you kneel for him to come.
His body is a golden string
that your body is hanging from.
His body is a golden string,
my body has grown numb.
Oh now you hear your master sing,
your shirt is all undone.

And will you kneel beside this bed
that we polished so long ago,
before your master chose instead
to make my bed of snow?
Your eyes are wild and your knuckles are red
and you're speaking far too low.
No I can't make out what your master said
before he made you go.

Then I think you're playing far too rough
for a lady who's been to the moon;
I've lain by this window long enough
to get used to an empty room.
And your love is some dust in an old man's cough
who is tapping his foot to a tune,
and your thighs are a ruin, you want too much,
let's say you came back some time too soon.

I loved your master perfectly
I taught him all that he knew.
He was starving in some deep mystery
like a man who is sure what is true.
And I sent you to him with my guarantee
I could teach him something new,
and I taught him how you would long for me
no matter what he said no matter what you'd do.

I believe that you heard your master sing
while I was sick in bed,
I'm sure that he told you everything
I must keep locked away in my head.
Your master took you travelling,
well at least that's what you said,
And now do you come back to bring
your prisoner wine and bread?


Winter Lady

Trav'ling lady, stay awhile
until the night is over.
I'm just a station on your way,
I know I'm not your lover.

Well I lived with a child of snow
when I was a soldier,
and I fought every man for her
until the nights grew colder.

She used to wear her hair like you
except when she was sleeping,
and then she'd weave it on a loom
of smoke and gold and breathing.

And why are you so quiet now
standing there in the doorway?
You chose your journey long before
you came upon this highway.

Trav'ling lady stay awhile
until the night is over.
I'm just a station on your way,
I know I'm not your lover.


Stranger song
(1966)

It's true that all the men you knew were dealers
who said they were through with dealing
Every time you gave them shelter
I know that kind of man
It's hard to hold the hand of anyone
who is reaching for the sky just to surrender
who is reaching for the sky just to surrender.

And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind
you find he did not leave you very much
not even laughter
Like any dealer he was watching for the card
that is so high and wild
he'll never need to deal another
He was just some Joseph looking for a manger
he was just some Joseph looking for a manger.

And then leaning on your window sill
he'll say one day you caused his will
to weaken with your love and warmth and shelter
And then taking from his wallet
an old schedule of trains, he'll say
I told you when I came I was a stranger
I told you when I came I was a stranger.

But now another stranger seems
to want you to ignore his dreams
as though they were the burden of some other
O you've seen that man before
his golden arm dispatching cards
but now it's rusted from the elbows to the finger
And he wants to trade the game he plays for shelter
Yes he wants to trade the game he knows for shelter.

Ah you hate to watch another tired man
lay down his hand
like he was giving up the holy game of poker
And while he talks his dreams to sleep
you notice there's a highway
that is curling up like smoke above his shoulder
It's curling just like smoke above his shoulder.

You tell him to come in sit down
but something makes you turn around
The door is open you can't close your shelter
You try the handle of the road
It opens do not be afraid
It's you my love, you who are the stranger
It's you my love, you who are the stranger.

Well, I've been waiting, I was sure
we'd meet between the trains we're waiting for
I think it's time to board another
Please understand, I never had a secret chart
to get me to the heart of this
or any other matter
When he talks like this
you don't know what he's after
when he speaks like this,
you don't know what he's after.

Let's meet tomorrow if you choose
upon the shore, beneath the bridge
that they are building on some endless river
Then he leaves the platform
for the sleeping car that's warm
You realize, he's only advertising one more shelter
And it comes to you, he never was a stranger
and you say ok the bridge or someplace later.

And then sweeping up the jokers that he left behind...

And leaning on your window sill...

I told you when I came I was a stranger.


Sisters of Mercy

Oh the sisters of mercy, they are not departed or gone.
They were waiting for me when I thought that I just can't go on.
And they brought me their comfort and later they brought me this song.
Oh I hope you run into them, you who've been travelling so long.

Yes you who must leave everything that you cannot control.
It begins with your family, but soon it comes around to your soul.
Well I've been where you're hanging, I think I can see how you're pinned:
When you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned.

Well they lay down beside me, I made my confession to them.
They touched both my eyes and I touched the dew on their hem.
If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn
they will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem.

When I left they were sleeping, I hope you run into them soon.
Don't turn on the lights, you can read their address by the moon.
And you won't make me jealous if I hear that they sweetened your night:
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right,
We weren't lovers like that and besides it would still be all right.


Leonard Cohen

Jerry Lee Lewis - Break My Mind

Baby, oh! Baby
Tell the man at the ticket stand
That you've changed your mind
Let me run on out and tell the cab
To keep his meter flyin'
Or did you say goodbye to me
Babe, you're gonna break my mind

Break my mind
Break my mind
Oh! I just can't stand
To hear them big jet engines whine
Break my mind
Break my mind, oh! Lord
If you leave you're gonna leave
A babblin' fool behind

Baby, I say, Baby
Let me take your suitcase
Off of them scales in time
Tell the man that you suddenly developed
A thing about flyin', flyin'
'Cause if you say goodbye to me, Baby
You know you?re gonna break my mind

Break my mind
Break my mind
Oh! I just can't stand
To hear them big jet engines whine
Break my mind
Break my mind, oh! Lord
If you leave you're gonna leave
A babblin' fool behind

Break my mind
Break my mind
Oh! I just can't stand
To hear them big jet engines whine
Break my mind
Break my mind, oh! Lord
If you leave you're gonna leave
A babblin' fool behind




Jerry Lee Lewis - Break Up

Well who's that guy you've been seeing most everyday
He shouldn't be allowed to come and take my baby away
Baby why dont you wake up, all we gotta do is make up
Come on baby, dont break up with me

Well, I saw you walking with him just the other night
And I almost flipped when I saw him squeeze you tight
Baby why dont you wake up, all we gotta do is make up
Come on baby, dont break up with me

Do you remember when the time you was so true
Then he came along and looked at you
Remember when you said you love me so
Now, Baby please dont go

I dont know just exactly what I'm gonna do
But if you like him then I suppose he likes you too
Baby why dont you wake up, all we gotta do is make up
Come on baby, dont break up with me


Do you remember when the time you was so true
Then he came along and looked at you
Remember when you said you love me so
Now, Baby please dont go

Look a-hear, look a-hear, I know that you gonna be true
But if you like him, honey, I suppose he loves you too
Baby why dont you wake up, all we gotta do is make up
Come on baby dont break up with me
Come on baby dont break up with me
Come on baby dont break up with me




Jerry Lee Lewis - Breathless

Now if you love me please don't tease
If I can hold then let me squeeze
My heart goes round and round
My love comes a tumblin' down

You leave me ahhhhhhh
Breathless
I shake all over and you know why
I am sure its love honey thats no lie

Cause when you call my name
You know I burn like a wooden flame
You leave me ahhhhhh
Breathless!

OOOOOOOhhhhhh baby, Oooooooh crazy!
Your much to much Honey I can't love you enough
It's alright to hold me tight
But when you love me love me riiiiighhhht!

Ah come on baby now don't be shy
This love was ment for you and I
Wind, rain, sleet or snow
I am gonna be wherever you go

You have left me ahhhh
Breathless

WEeeeeeellll
oooooh baby, mmmmnnn crazy
Your much to much
I can't love you enough

Well its alright to hold me tight
But when you love me love me right
Ah come on baby now don't be shy
This love was ment for you and I

Wind, rain, sleet or snow
I am gonna be wherever you go
You leave me ahhhh
Breathless




Jerry Lee Lewis - Brown Eyed Handsome Man

Flying across the desert in a TWA,
I saw a woman walking across the sand
Walkin' thirty miles in route to Bombay
To meet a brown eyed handsome man,
Brown eyed handsome man

Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To get a brown eyed handsome man,
Brown eyed handsome man

Way back in history three thousand years
Back ever since the world began
There's been a whole lot of shakin' goin' on
Over brown eyed handsome man,
Brown eyed handsome man

Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To get a brown eyed handsome man,
Brown eyed handsome man

Two, three count had nobody on
He hit a high fly in the stand
Rounding third he was headed for home
It was a brown eyed handsome man
Brown eyed handsome man

i'm not sure about phoenix, but here's what john prine had to say about mars

Linda Goes To Mars
John Prine

I just found out yesterday that Linda goes to Mars
Every time I sit and look at pictures of used cars
She'll turn on her radio and sit down in her chair
And look at me across the room, as if I wasn't there

Oh My stars! My Linda's gone to Mars
Well I wish she wouldn't leave me here alone
Oh My stars! My Linda's gone to Mars
Well, I wonder if she'd bring me something home.

Something, somewhere, somehow took my Linda by the hand
And secretly decoded our sacred wedding band
For when the moon shines down up on our happy, humble home
Her inner space gets tortured by some outer space unknown.

Oh My stars! My Linda's gone to Mars
Well I wish she wouldn't leave me here alone
Oh My stars! My Linda's gone to Mars
Well, I wonder if she'd bring me something home.

Now I ain't seen no saucers 'cept the ones upon the shelf
And if I ever seen one I'd keep it to myself
For if there's life out there somewhere beyond this life on earth
Then Linda must have gone out there and got her money's worth.

Oh My stars! My Linda's gone to Mars
Well I wish she wouldn't leave me here alone
Oh My stars! My Linda's gone to Mars
Well, I wonder if she'd bring me something home.

Yeah, I wonder if she'd bring me something home.

It's been a blue, blue day
I feel like runnin away
I feel like runnin away from it all

My love has been untrue
She's found somebody new
It's been a blue, blue day for me

I feel like cryin, dyin
What can I do
Fell like prayin, sayin
I'm glad we're through

It's been a blue, blue day
I feel like runnin away
I feel like runnin away from the blues

I cannot make believe
That I don't sit and grieve
It's been a blue, blue day for me

I can't pretend and say
That I don't love her anyway
It's been a blue, blue day for me

I feel like cryin, dyin
What can I do
Fell like prayin, sayin
I'm glad we're through

It's been a blue, blue day
I feel like runnin away
I feel like runnin away from the blues

Don Gibson
Blue Blue Day