Well, if your hands start a-clappin’
And your fingers start a-poppin’
And your feet start a-movin’ around
And if you start to swing and sway
When the band starts to play
A real cool way out sound
And if you get to can’t help it and you can’t sit down
You feel like you gotta move around

You get a shot of rhythm and blues.
With just a little rock and roll on the side
Just for good measure.
Get a pair of dancin’ shoes
Well, with your lover by your side
Don’t you know you’re gonna have a rockin’ time, c’mon!
Don’t you worry ’bout a thing
If you start to dance and sing
And chills come up on you
And if the rhythm finally gets you and the beat gets you too
Well, here’s something for you to do

Get a shot of rhythm and blues
With just a little rock and roll on the side
Just for good measure
Get a pair of dancin’ shoes
Well, with your lover by your side
Don’t you know you’re gonna have a rockin’ time, c’mon!
Don’t you worry ’bout a thing
If you start to dance and sing
And chills come up on you
And if the rhythm finally gets you and the beat gets you too
Well, here’s something for you to do

Get a shot of rhythm and blues
Get a pair of dancin’ shoes
Get a shot of rhythm and blues
Well, with your lover by your side
Don’t you know you’re gonna have a rockin’ time, c’mon!
Don’t you worry ’bout a thing
If you start to dance and sing
And chills come up on you
And if the rhythm finally gets you and the beat gets you too
Well, here’s something for you to do
Well, here’s something for you to do
Well, here’s something for you to do

I?ve lived my life like a one way ticket
Not knowin? where I?m bound
About killed myself to prove I was alive
Then all of a sudden with a whole lot of lovin?
You turned my world around
So don?t worry if I?m ever gonna walk the line
Yeah, I?ll be true, but baby, I can?t lie

(Chorus)
I?ve been known to get a little rowdy
And crazy when I can
I can get a little loud
I get a little lazy
And a little bit out of hand
I got a good side, bad side
Sometimes Just this side of sanity
But turning my back on you
Is a side of me you?ll never see

I?ve been in the middle
I?ve been on the edge
Been a diamond in the rough
But baby, I?ll bet that you can smooth me out
No, I ain?t perfect
But for what it?s worth
You can count on this boy?s love
I can see where you might have your doubt
But let me tell you what I?m all about

(Repeat Chorus Twice)

No you?ll never see

hey sight for sore eyes it’s a long time no see
workin hard hardly workin hey man you know me
water under the bridge didya see my new car
well it’s bought and it’s payed for parked outside of the bar
and hey barkeeper what’s keepin you keep pourin drinks
for all these palookas hey you know what i thinks
that we toast to the old days and dimagio too
and old drysdale and mantle whitey ford and to you

no the old gang ain’t around everyone has left town
‘cept for thumm and giardina said they just might be down
oh half drunk all the time and i’m all drunk the rest
yea monk’s till the champion but i’m the best

i guess you heard about nash he was killed in a crash
hell that must of been two or three years ago now
yea he spun out and he rolled he hit a telephone pole
and he died with the radio on
no she’s married and with a kid finally split up with sid
he’s up north for a nickle’s worth for armed robbery

hey i’ll play you some pin ball hell you ain’t got a chance
well then go on over and ask her to dance

La di da di da da
Baby gimme a sign
La di da di da da
Only you by my side
La di da di da da
I don’t wanna be cruel
Don’t gamble with my heart
So you’ll never get fooled


Do you know how hard I try to say it’s over
But your eyes are telling me to carry on
Day by day my time is short, we’re running faster
I’ve been waiting for you so long

La di da di da da
La di da di da da

Could you know that I can have another lover
But your jealous heart is beating on and on
In the night you feel so lonely, won’t forgive you
I’ve been waiting for you so long

Give your heart and soul away
Never doubting if it’s true
Is there no price that we won’t pay
For A Simple I Love You

After all the pride is gone
Hope has all but fallen through
We can still make ourselves hold on
To A Simple I Love You

There’s a time if love’s to say
When no other words will do
And all it takes to clear the way
Is A Simple I Love You
There’s a time if love’s to say
When no other words will do
And all it takes to clear the way
Is A Simple I Love You
When no other words will do
Say A Simple I Love You

I’m a simple man with a simple dream
In a far from simple time
And I payed the price of the road I chose
But at least the choice was mine

And the times I get the feeling
That the journey’s end is near
But I prefer to die with my head held high
Than to live my life in fear

I’m a simple man from a time gone by
Growing cold and old alone
There’s a time to run and a time to hide
And a time to head for home

To forgive and be forgiven
If it’s the last thing I can do
Then in death’s release I may find the peace
That in life I never knew

‘Cause I’m a simple man with a simple dream
I may never see come true

A little boy not much more than a baby
Found a rose and picked it like a child would do
Proudly he went running to his mommy
And with a grin he said, “Look what me find for you”

A teenage boy packed groceries at the market
A rebel kid sometimes a little wild
But every year on Mother’s Day and birthdays
He’d bring her a rose just like that little child

A single crimson rose
In time became a symbol of
Endless love shared between
A mother and her son
A single crimson rose
Was a special way to say
I’ll always love you come what may
A single crimson rose

At eighteen, he enlisted in the army
To fight a war he felt needed to be won
Sometimes he’d write on Mother’s Days and birthdays
He never failed to send a rose to mom

That soldier now is coming home a hero
With his medals to the mother that he loves
With tear-filled eyes, she tells him how she’s missed him
And on his casket lays a single crimson rose

A single crimson rose
In time became a symbol of
Endless love shared between
A mother and her son
A single crimson rose
Was a special way to say
I’ll always love you come what may
A single crimson rose

A single crimson rose
Was a special way to say
I’ll always love you come what may
A single crimson rose

A little boy not much more than a baby
Found a rose and picked it like a child would do

oh my god! my god this can’t be happening! god tell me, tell me this isn’t real! i can’t believe all that i have foreseen is finally happening. i cannot for a single second stand the way i feel. i always knew. i always saw it coming. enveloped now, encased by my worst fear. i’ve never felt the nausea of longing to feel nothing, i never wanted to cease to exist, just disappear. fear memories are all that lie ahead. never have i felt so lost. memories dull my senses. fear tragedy is all that lies ahead. never have i felt so dead. once felt so warm, no i’m fucking freezing. i am the once embraced abandoned one. i raised my eyes up to the light in hopes of finding healing; no relief was mine, i was burnt, by the sun

It’s a magical phase I’m going through
But it means so little without you
Hold my hand and we’ll feel better
Let’s go outside as the sky goes redder
Other girls don’t do it this way
And you knew it otherwise why would you have stayed
All the things that the world keeps bringing
They’re very nice but they just mean nothing

Oh – I loved you so
But now I’m back on my feet
My life is really sweet
So don’t come begging for more
Cos all I’ll do is slam the door
No – you’ve sunk too low
She’s got a wardrobe to please
Thinks you’re the bee’s knees
And she may have a pretty purr
But I’m a size more woman than her

It’s a magical phase I’m going through
Never been so happy without you
Her eyes are blue but her lipstick’s faded
Her teeth are nice but her skin is jaded
She’s got a front but I’ll tell you this much
Underneath is a token cleavage
Got to steer round her lips while kissing
And that’s no joke cos her lips are missing

Oh – I wish you’d go
After all you got a girl
But now you know full well
That she can’t even count to three
So who’s sorry now, well not me
Oh – I wish she’d go
She’s got a taster for you
Loves all that you do
But you can’t rest your head in her curves
Cos I’m a size more woman than her …..

VERSE
Poor soul
Spit upon that
Poor soul
He never knew what hit him
And it hit him so

Poor dunce
He pushed back the pigmen
The Barbs laughed
The fool is dead

Poor dunce
He’s less than within us
The brains talk
But the will to live is dead
And prayer can’t travel so far these days
The talk of your life
Standing so near
To innocent eyes
Poor dunce

Swings thru the tunnels
And claws his way
Is small life so manic
Are these really the days

Poor dunce
Poor dunce

VERSE

Poor soul
Poor soul
Poor soul