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Well, there's our Try, folks. We were beginning to get a bit concerned about you, buddy. Thanks for the Green Grass song.

I was around for the movie "Mars Attacks", and if I recall correctly, Tom the piper's son sang this:


It's not unusual to be loved by anyone
It's not unusual to have fun with anyone
but when I see you hanging about with anyone
It's not unusual to see me cry,
oh I wanna' die



It's not unusual to go out at any time
but when I see you out and about it's such a crime
if you should ever want to be loved by anyone,
It's not unusual it happens every day no matter what you say
you find it happens all the time
love will never do what you want it to
why can't this crazy love be mine
It's not unusual, to be mad with anyone
It's not unusual, to be sad with anyone
but if I ever find that you've changed at anytime
it's not unusual to find out that I'm in love with you
whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Well, listeners, we have a special request from our young friend navigator, to do this song by Michael Jackson:



Michael Jackson - Bad Lyrics
Your butt is mine
gonna tell you right

Just show your face in broad daylight.
I'm telling you on how I feel

Gonna hurt your mind
don't shoot to kill
Come on
come on
lay it on me
all right.
I'm giving you on count of three
To show your stuff or let it be.
I'm telling you
just watch your mouth

I know your game
what you're about.

Well
they say the sky's the limit
and to me that's really true

but
my friend
you have seen nothing

just wait 'til I get through -

Because I'm bad
I'm bad - come on

You know I'm bad
I'm bad - you know it!
You know I'm bad
I'm bad - come on

And the whole world has to answer right now

Just to tell you once again who's bad!

The word is out
you're doin' wrong

Gonna lock you up before too long.
your lyin' eyes gonna tell you right

So listen up
don't make a fight!
Your talk is cheap
you're not a man

Wou're throwin' stones to hide your hands.

Well
they say the sky's the limit
and to me that's really true

but
my friend
you have seen nothing

just wait 'til I get through -

Because I'm bad
I'm bad - come on

You know I'm bad
I'm bad - you know it!
You know I'm bad
I'm bad - come on

And the whole world has to answer right now

Just to tell you once again who's bad!

We can change the world tomorrow

this could be a better place

If you don't like what I'm sayin'

then won't you slap my face -

Because I'm bad
I'm bad - come on

You know I'm bad
I'm bad - you know it!
You know I'm bad
I'm bad - come on

And the whole world has to answer right now

Just to tell you once again who's bad!

You know I'm bad
I'm bad - come on

You know I'm bad
I'm bad - you know it!
You know I'm bad
I'm bad - come on

And the whole world has to answer right now

Just to tell you once again who's bad!

You know I'm smooth
I'm bad - you know it

You know I'm bad
I'm bad
baby.
You know
you know
you know it - come on

And the whole world has to answer right now

Just to tell you once again.

You know I'm bad
I'm bad - you know it

You know I'm bad
I'm bad - you know!
You know I'm bad
I'm bad - you know it
you know

And the whole world has to answer right now

Just to tell you once again. Who's bad?

Hope you liked that Prince Henry. <smile>

Pearl Bailey
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Pearl Mae Bailey (March 29, 1918 - August 17, 1990) was an American singer and actress. She made her Broadway debut in St. Louis Woman in 1946. She won a Tony Award for the title role in Hello, Dolly! in 1968. Her rendition of "Takes Two to Tango" hit the top ten in 1952.

She was born in Southampton County, Virginia, to Rev. Joseph & Ella Mae Bailey. In 1954, she took the role of Frankie in the film version of Carmen Jones, and her rendition of "Beat Me That Rhythm on the Drum" is one of the highlights of the film. In 1959, she played the role of Maria in the film version of Porgy and Bess, starring Sidney Poitier and Dorothy Dandridge. Also that year she played the role of "Aunt Hagar" in the movie St. Louis Blues alongside Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, and Nat King Cole. During the 1970s she had her own television show, and she also provided voices for animations such as Tubby the Tuba (1976) and Disney's The Fox and the Hound (1981). Later in life, she earned a B.A. in Theology from Georgetown University in Washington, DC in 1985.

She was awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom on October 17, 1988.

She was married to jazz drummer Louie Bellson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl_Bailey


BEAT OUT DAT RHYTHM ON A DRUM (GYPSY SONG)

I'll tell you why I wanna dance.
It ain' de sweetness in de music
I like de sweetness in de music,
But dat ain' why I wanna dance.
It's sumpin' thumpin' in de bass,
A bumpin' underneath de music.
Dat bum-bum-bumpin' under music
Is all I need to start me off.
I don't need nuthin' else to start me off.

Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
An' I don' need no tune at all!
Beat me dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat me dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat me dat rhythm on a drum,
An' I don' need no tune at all!

I feel it beatin' in my bones,
It feel like twen'y millyun tomtoms.
I know dere's twen'y millyun tomtoms
Beatin' way down deep inside my bones.

I feel it beatin' in my heart,
An' den I get a kin' o' dream
An' in that dream it kin' o' seem
Dere's jus' one heart
In all de worl'
Dere ain't but one big heart for all de worl'.

Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Dere's one big heart for all de wor'!
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Dere's one big heart for all de worl'!

An' now dat heart is beatin' fast,
An' dat's a rhythm I kin dance to,
I'm mighty glad I got a chance to,
Wid dat one big heart dat's beatin' fast.
Tomorrow mornin' let it rain,
Tomorrow mornin' let it pour,
Tonight we're in de groove together
Ain' gonna worry 'bout stormy weather
Gonna kick ol' trouble out de door!

Beat out ol' trouble on a drum,
Beat out ol' trouble on a drum,
Beat out ol' trouble on a drum,
An' kick his carcass through de door!
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
Beat out dat rhythm on a drum,
An' kick ol' trouble out de door!



STAN' UP AN' FIGHT (TOREADOR SONG)

Thanks a lot! I'm sure glad to be,
To be where I c'n see
So many friends o' mine.
How've I been doin'? How've I been doin'?
If you really wanta know de truth,
I'm doin' fine!
Seventeen decisions in a row,
An' only five on points; de res' was all K.O.
Jackson an' Johnson, Murphy an' Bronson,
One by one dey come,
An' one by one to dreamland dey go.
How's it done? You ask me, how's it done?
I got a trainer man who taught me all I know.
Sure feels good to have him in my corner,
Hear his voice a-whisp'rin' low:
"Big boy, remember, you mus' remember...

Stan' up an' fight until you hear de bell,
Stan' toe to toe, trade blow fer blow,
Keep punchin' till you make yer punches tell,
Show dat crowd watcher know!
Until you hear dat bell, dat final bell,
Stan' up an' fight like hell!"

When you fight out in de open air,
In a patch o' light de ring looks small an' white.
Out in de blackness, out in de blackness,
You c'n feel a hun'erd thousan' eyes
Fillin' de night.
Cigarettes are blinkin' in de dark,
An' makin' polka dots aroun' de baseball park,
People are quiet den dere's a riot!
Someone t'rows a punch
An' plants it right smack on de mark...
Someone's hurt, you kinda think it's you.
You hang across de ropes
Da's all you want to do.
Den you look aroun' an' see your trainer's eyes,
Beggin' you to see it through,
Dey say, "Remember, big Boy, remember

Stan' up an' fight until you hear de bell,
Stan' toe to toe, trade blow fer blow,
Keep punchin' till you make yer punches tell,
Show dat crowd watcher know!
Until you hear dat bell, dat final bell,
Stan, up an' fight like hell!"

Bud Cort
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Bud Cort (born Walter Edward Cox on March 29, 1948, in New Rochelle, New York) is an American actor.

He grew up in Rye, New York with his mother Alma Mary Court (a variation of whose maiden name he would later use professionally), his father, Joseph Parker Cox, Sr., who suffered from multiple sclerosis, three younger sisters and an older brother. His Irish American father was a bandleader, pianist, and merchant, his mother, a reporter of Irish Catholic and French Canadian descent who took over the family clothing business when her husband took ill. Bud Cort graduated from the Roman Catholic Iona Preparatory School in New Rochelle in 1966.

He entered New York University to study design in 1967, but dropped out in 1969 to pursue acting. His first role was as an extra in the film version of Up the Down Staircase, and he then went on to study acting with Stella Adler and do television commercials, as well as stand-up comedy in New York City. He was discovered in a revue by Robert Altman and cast in two Robert Altman movies, M*A*S*H and given the leading role in Brewster McCloud.

Cort next went on to his most famous role, as the suicide-obsessed Harold, in Harold and Maude. The film was not a hit when it came out, but later gained international cult status. Cort feared being typecast after playing Harold; he initially was offered the role of Billy Bibbit in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, but he wanted the role of McMurphy instead, a role which ended up being played by Jack Nicholson. Because director Milos Forman would not give it to him, (before Cort knew that Nicholson had been offered the lead part) and as he did not want to be stereotyped in another film as "a crazy," he turned down the role. Instead he turned to a career in theater and night clubs.

In 1979, Cort was in a serious car accident on the Hollywood Freeway. On the way home from a Frank Sinatra concert, he rear-ended a car which was abandoned in the road. His injuries included a fractured skull, severe cuts to his face, the loss of several teeth, and a broken arm and leg; he had reconstructive plastic surgery, and subsequently lost a court case against the owner of the abandoned car. Having spent months in recuperation, he was out of the public eye and subsequently suffered career difficulties, with his work being relegated to small character actor roles in primarily independent films. His last leading role, which he also co-wrote and directed, Ted and Venus, garnered unfavorable reviews. He also worked during this time as a radio and voiceovers artist.

During the 1980s he was a familiar face on TV and appeared in such films as the remake of Invaders From Mars. He continues to act, and recently appeared in Kevin Smith's Dogma, Pollock, and the latest film by director Wes Anderson, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou. His most recent TV appearance was in the season finale of Arrested Development in February 2006.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud_Cort

Christophe Lambert
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Christophe Guy Dénis Lambert (born March 29, 1957), better known as Christopher Lambert, is a French/American actor.

Early life

Lambert was born in Great Neck, New York, where his father, a French diplomat in the United Nations, was stationed. Lambert grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, where his family moved when he was two, before returning to Paris when he was 16. There Lambert was accepted to the acting program at the Paris Conservatoire. His feature acting debut was in the 1980 film The Telephone Bar.

Career

Director Hugh Hudson cast him in the title role of Greystoke - The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). With Highlander (1986), starring as Connor MacLeod, Lambert received media attention. It is by far, his most famous role. He appeared in all three sequels and had a cameo appearance in the pilot of the television series.


Private life

Lambert was married to Diane Lane from 1988 to 1994. Their child, Eleanor Jasmine, was born on September 5, 1993.

After dating Alba Parietti in 1996, he married Jaimyse Haft in February 1999.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Lambert

Lucy Lawless
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Lucy Lawless (born Lucille Frances Ryan on March 29, 1968 in Auckland, New Zealand), is a Kiwi actress and singer best known for her role as Xena on the television series Xena: Warrior Princess from 1995 to 2001.

Lucy was born the fifth child of Frank and Julie Ryan. She found the joy of acting in secondary school. At Auckland University, she studied foreign languages for a year. She then left for Europe with her boyfriend, Garth Lawless, to travel around Germany and Switzerland. They went back and landed a job with a mining company in Australia.

In 1988, Lucy and Garth were married. They returned to New Zealand and had a daughter, Daisy. Lucy and Garth were divorced in 1995. She married the executive producer of Xena, Robert G. Tapert, in 1998. The couple have two sons: Julius Robert Bay Tapert (born 1999) and Judah Miro Tapert (born 2002). They all live in New Zealand.


Filmography

Lucy Lawless had a guest role in 1990 on New Zealand TV series Shark in the Park, around the same time compatriot Karl Urban appeared. In March 1995, Vanessa Angel was supposed to play a new character, the villainess Xena, in an episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, but became sick and was unable to travel to New Zealand. Lucy had previously played two different characters in Hercules, so the directors chose her as a replacement (though Lucy's hair had to be dyed to distinquish her from the previous, unrelated characters). Under the 1.79 m (5'10 1/2") Lucy, Xena's character became popular and got her own her series, Xena: Warrior Princess which debuted on 4 September 1995. The show was a hit, lasting six seasons.


An example of the popularity of Xena: Warrior Princess is that Lawless is a universally recognized celebrity despite the fact that she has not had a major role outside of the television series. She was even portrayed as a character on The Simpsons (playing a super-powered, flying version of herself).

In 1997, Lawless would be named one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World by People magazine. Days earlier on 6 May 1997, Lawless famously and inadvertently exposed her breasts (resulting from a wardrobe malfunction) while singing the US national anthem at an NHL hockey game in Anaheim, California between the Mighty Ducks and Detroit Red Wings. She later said (quoted in Newsweek): "I was mortified. . . . It was quite a bit more exposure than I want".

She has since appeared in the Vagina Monologues, on the first two episodes of the ninth season of The X-Files, and in the short-lived (eight episodes) television series Tarzan. She has had brief appearances in the movies Eurotrip, Spider-Man, and the horror film Boogeyman. Her next role was on TV battling bugs in her new TV-movie Locusts!
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

From 2005, Lawless has a recurring role in the television series Battlestar Galactica. She portrays D'anna Biers, a reporter with the Fleet News Service who works on a critical documentary about the crew of the Galactica and who - in secret - is revealed to be Number Three, one of twelve basic Cylon humanoid robot models that has infiltrated the ship to gather information. As a blonde and using her native New Zealander accent, many fans of Battlestar Galactica have commented that they did not realize the actress was Lawless, which dispelled early fears that her appearance might be a blatant cameo. In fact her character met with popular acceptance with the fans. Lawless appears in an episode later in the second season and, moreover, recurs in a 10-episode arc in the 20-episode long third season. According to interviews, while reluctant to get too heavily involved in TV, she really liked the writing, plots twists, and overall handling of the series; moreover, series executive producer David Eick had originally worked with her on Xena.

Due to her character Xena's ambiguous sexuality, Lucy Lawless gained a large cult following in the lesbian community. A new term, dykon, was coined to describe her status as a gay icon. Although she is heterosexual, Lucy Lawless has enhanced this reputation by appearing at gay pride events such as the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Lawless

A Girl and her mirror

Mirror, mirror on the wall,
Do you have to tell it all?

Where do you get the glaring right
To make my clothes look just too tight?

I think I'm fine but I can see
you won't co-operate with me;

The way you let the shadows play,
You'd think my hair was getting grey

What's that, you say? A double chin?
No, that's the way the light comes in;

If you persist in peering so,
You'll confiscate my facial glow,

And then if you're not hanging straight,
You'll tell me next I'm gaining weight;

I'm really quite upset with you,
For giving this distorted view;

I hate you being smug and wise...
O, look what's happened to my thighs!

I warn you now, O mirrored wall,
Since we're not on speaking terms at all,

If I look like this in my new jeans,
You'll find yourself in smithereens!!

Ah, thanks, hawkman for those great bio's. I don't know why that I can't remember that Cort guy nor Harold either.

Loved your mirror music, Boston. and you are so great to keep us apprised of all the background of famous folks.

Here's for our Bio Bob:

Frank Sinatra - Brazil Lyrics
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
Return I will to old brazil

<instrumental>

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 that I?m certain of
Return
I will
to old
brazil
That old brazil
Man, it?s old
in brazil
Brazil, brazil

Meatloaf
I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That) Lyrics

And I would do anything for love, I'd run right into hell and back
I would do anything for love, I'll never lie to you and that's a fact
But I'll never forget the way you feel right now, oh no, no way
And I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, I won't do that
Anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, oh I won't do that

Some days it don't come easy, and some days it don't come hard
Some days it don't come at all, and these are the days that never end
Some nights you're breathing fire, and some nights you're carved in ice
Some nights you're like nothing I've ever seen before or will again

Maybe I'm crazy, but it's crazy and it's true
I know you can save me, no one else can save me now but you

As long as the planets are turning, as long as the stars are burning
As long as your dreams are coming true, you better believe it

That I would do anything for love, and I'll be there til the final act
I would do anything for love, and I'll take a vow and seal a pact

But I'll never forgive myself if we don't go all the way tonight
And I would do anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
Oh I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, no I won't do that

I would do anything for love, anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that
(repeats 3x)

(Solo)

Some days I pray for silence, and somedays I pray for soul
Some days I just pray to the God of Sex and Drums and Rock 'N Roll
Some nights I lose the feeling, and some nights I lose control
Some nights I just lose it all when I watch you dance and the thunder rolls

Maybe I'm lonely and that's all I'm qualified to be
There's just one and only, the one and only promise I can keep

As long as the wheels are turning, as long as the fires are burning
As long as your prayers are coming true, you better believe it

That I would do anything for love, and you know it's true and that's a fact
I would do anything for love, and there'll never be no turning back

But I'll never do it better than I do it with you, so long, so long
And I would do anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, no no no I won't do that

I would do anything for love, anything you've been dreaming of
But I just won't do that
(repeats 7x)

But I'll never stop dreaming of you every night of my life, no way

And I would do anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, no I won't do that

[Girl:] Will you raise me up, will you help me down?
Will you get me right out of this Godforsaken town?
Will you make it all a little less cold?

[Boy:] I can do that! I can do that!

[Girl:] Will you hold me sacred? Will you hold me tight?
Can you colorize my life, I'm so sick of black and white?
Can you make it all a little less old?

[Boy:] I can do that! Oh oh, now I can do that!

[Girl:] Will you make me some magic, with your own two hands?
Can you build an emerald city with these grains of sand?
Can you give me something I can take home?

[Boy:] I can do that! Oh oh now, I can do that!

[Girl:] Will you cater to every fantasy I got?
Will ya hose me down with holy water, if I get too hot?
Will you take me places I've never known?

[Boy:] I can do that! Oh oh now, I can do that!

[Girl:] After a while you'll forget everything
It was a brief interlude and a midsummer night's fling
And you'll see that it's time to move on

[Boy:] I won't do that! No I won't do that!

[Girl:] I know the territory, I've been around
It'll all turn to dust and we'll all fall down
And sooner or later, you'll be screwing around

[Boy:] I won't do that! No I won't do that!

Anything for love, oh I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love, but I won't do that, no I won't do that

Great, Try, love the lyrics, buddy, but somehow I have missed hearing Meatloaf. Should I be sorry? <smile> Let's do an antithesis, shall we?

Tina Turner - WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT Lyrics

You must understand how the touch of your hand
Makes my pulse react
That it's only the thrill of boy meeting girl
Opposites attract
It's physical
Only logical
You must try to ignore that it means more than that

What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken

It may seem to you that I'm acting confused
When you're close to me
If I tend to look dazed I've read it someplace
I've got cause to be
There's a name for it
There's a phrase that fits
But whatever the reason you do it for me

What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken

I've been taking on a new direction
But I have to say
I've been thinking about my own protection
It scares me to feel this way

*(What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a second hand emotion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken

What's love got to do, got to do with it
What's love but a sweet old fashioned notion
What's love got to do, got to do with it
Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken)

News from the art world:

How Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa Wed Mar 29, 12:17 PM ET



PARIS (AFP) - As a seven-year-old boy Jacques Franck was shown a picture of the Mona Lisa, and a lifelong passion was born along with a single burning question: How did Leonardo Da Vinci achieve such perfection?


Today after decades of study, years of being snubbed by academic and museum circles and a stubborn refusal to be sidelined, this bespectacled, softly-spoken art enthusiast says: "I have the answer."

Scientists and art historians have for centuries pored over the 500-year-old Mona Lisa seeking to unveil the secrets of the portrait -- known as La Joconde in French -- and her mysterious smile.

But Franck, a consultant to the Armand Hammer Center for Da Vinci Studies at the University of California, says few have sought to elucidate the painter's actual technique.

"From a technical point of view La Joconde defies all understanding," said Franck, a trained artist and copyist, questioning how Da Vinci managed to achieve such subtle play of light and shadow.

Da Vinci himself coined the phrase "sfumato", a mixture of blended and smoky in Italian, to describe the process which he said resulted in a painting "without lines or borders, in the manner of smoke or beyond the focus plane."

So, listeners, let's salute Mona:

Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you?
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there and they die there
Are you warm, are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely lovely work of art?

Smile Like Mona Lisa
All 4 One



oh, i carry a photograph
girl of the way you used to be
love looking back at me, now it's just a memory
you were all laughter then
and you were my light when it was dark
how did we lose our way, how did we fall apart

'cause something in our kisses
said love would never end
and deep down you still feel it too
but you won't let me in

so when you smile like mona lisa
my heart falls to pieces
('cause) smiling just can't hide
all the sadness in your eyes
if i could only hold you
love you like i used to
but girl what can i do
when you smile like mona lisa

the way that i held you close
the way that you whispered my name
we made a work of art
know there's just an empty frame

all we had
baby we could have again
and deep down you still feel it too
but you won't let me in

so when you smile like mona lisa
my heart falls to pieces
('cause) smiling just can't hide
all the sadness in your eyes
if i could only hold you
love you like i used to
but girl what can i do
when you smile like mona lisa

so when you smile like mona lisa
my heart falls to pieces
('cause) smiling just can't hide
all the sadness in your eyes
if i could only hold you
love you like i used to
but girl what can i do
when you smile like mona lisa

i carry a photograph
girl of the way you used to be...

Good morning, WA2K listeners and contributors.

Well, Texas, that was the perfect song for our lovely work of art, Miss Mona. <smile>Thanks, buddy.

The following song, folks, was inspired by our dj's list discussion:

Artist: Marvin Gaye Lyrics
Song: I Heard It Through The Grapevine Lyrics

Ooh, I bet you're wondering how I knew
About you're plans to make me blue
With some other guy that you knew before.
Between the two of us guys
You know I love you more.
It took me by surprise I must say,
When I found out yesterday.
Don't you know that...

(Chorus:)
I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine.
Oh I heard it through the grapevine,
Oh and I'm just about to lose my mind.
Honey, honey yeah.

I know that a man ain't supposed to cry,
But these tears I can't hold inside.
Losin' you would end my life you see,
Cause you mean that much to me.
You could have told me yourself
That you love someone else.
Instead...

(Chorus)

People say believe half of what you see,
Son, and none of what you hear.
I can't help bein' confused
If it's true please tell me dear?
Do you plan to let me go
For the other guy you loved before?
Don't you know...

(Chorus)

I wonder if someone can help me the lyrics :wink:

The song byThe Beautiful South starts with ...

From Northenden to Partington it's rain,
From Altrincham to Chadderton it's rain,
From Moss Side to Swinton hardly Spain.

... and ends with the chorus

If rain makes Britain great,
Then Manchester is greater.


The cover looks like this

Good morning WA2K.

Wishing a Happy 69th Birthday to Warren Beatty:





and a Good Day to all.

Well, good afternoon, Walter. Hmmmm, folks. Who do we know in Manchester. Thinking :wink:

But, Germany, if you want a song from the South in the U.S., I'd be happy to oblige.

And I, my dear German friend, am looking for these lyrics"

On to Richmond early in the morning,
On to Richmond I heard a Yankee say.

We'll wait to see what transpires, but in the interim

The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down:
(Lyrics transcribed from the studio recording by) Joan Baez
Virgil Caine is my name and I drove on the Danville train
'til so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again
In the winter of '65, we were hungry, just barely alive
I took the train to Richmond that fell
It was a time I remember, oh, so well

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, .... "

Back with my wife in Tennessee
And one day she said to me,
"Virgil, Quick! Come see!
There goes Robert E. Lee."
Now I don't mind, I'm chopping wood
And I don't care if the money's no good
Just take what you need and leave the rest
But they should never have taken the very best

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, ..... "

Like my father before me, I'm a working man
And like my brother before me, I took a rebel stand
Oh, he was just 18, proud and brave
But a yankee laid him in his grave
I swear by the blood below my feet
You can't raise a Cane back up when he's in defeat

The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the bells were ringin'
The night they drove old Dixie down
And all the people were singin'
They went, "Na, na, na, na, na, na, ..... "

Well, there's our Raggedy with that man who went to Nova Scotia to watch the total eclipse of the sun.

Thanks, PA. Not bad for someone who played Dick Tracy.

For our Walter and McTag:

I Love you but You're Boring
(From the album "WELCOME TO THE BEAUTIFUL SOUTH")

Birds are singing in the trees
As we rise up on a beautiful morning
But I can't hear
That beautiful sound
Because I'm permanently yawning

What about the time of the fancy dress
When you came dressed as your mum
And there I was splendid in my penguin suit
So scared to show my bill

You must have been listening to your Carousel
Your Carousel, that Carousel

Remember the time
When I turned the house into a rocket ship
And you refused to come to Mars
You said ";It's too far";
You had to be back by six to watch your Carousel
Saturn's much too far
You had to watch Carousel (What's going on in there?)

When we first met
I asked you for your hand
I didn't really mean that hand
I meant join hands
Bake phallic cake (Bake phallic cake)
Carry round sticky tape
And love those devil dogs
Be an Indian elephant (Be an Indian elephant)
Bait straight people
But you must have missed my wink
You must have missed my wink

(I love you,
But you're boring, you know,
I really do love you
But you're so particularly boring)

Maybe you were too busy listening to Carousel
watching Carousel, living Carousel
You were listening to Carousel
You were watching Carousel

Good morning all.

(Sorry Walter, I can find no record that The Beautiful South ever sang the word Manchester).


Queen
Doing All Right
Words and music by Brian May and Tim Staffell

Yesterday my life was in ruin
Now today I know what I'm doing
Got a feeling I should be doing all right
Doing all right

Where will I be this time tomorrow?
Jumped in joy or sinking in sorrow
Anyway I should be doing all right
Doing all right

Should be waiting for the sun
Looking round to find the words to say
Should be waiting for the skies to clear
There ain't time in all the world

Should be waiting for the sun
And anyway I've got to hide away

Yesterday my life was in ruin
Now today God knows what I'm doing
Anyway I should be doing all right
Doing all right

Doing all right