Who's sorry now ?
Who's sorry now ?
Who's heart is aching
For breaking each vow ?
Who's sad and blue ?
Who's crying too ?
Just like I cried
Over you
Just like a friend
Right to the end
I tried to warn you somehow
You had your way
Now you must pay
I'm glad that you're sorry now

sorry…sad

I’m Sad and I’m Lonely

I’m sad and I’m lonely, my heart it will break;
My sweetheart loves another, Lord, I wish I wuz dead!
My cheeks once were red as the bud on the rose,
But now they are whiter than the lily that grows.

Young ladies, tak’ wahnin’, tak’ a wahnin’ from me.
Don’t waste your affections on a young man so free.
He’ll hug you, he’ll kiss you, he’ll tell you mo’ lies,
Than the cross-ties on the railroad or the stars in the sky.

I’ll build me a cabin in the mountains so high,
Where the blackbirds can’t see me and hear my sad cry.
I’m troubled, I’m troubled, I’m troubled in mind;
Ef trouble don’ kill me, I’ll live a long time.

The American Songbag, by Carl Sandberg, published 1927, reissued 1990.
He first recorded it in the 1950s. It’s included in the album, Carl Sandburg sings his American Songbag,1967.

Tinman

Late one night, I heard a knock on my door,
No surprise, it was my landlord.
Notified me I was late with the rent.
What can you do when your last dollar's spent,
You got trouble.
Some kind of trouble.

"Some Kind of Trouble"
~~Tanya Tucker

trouble.....rent

Rent
~music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson

How do you document real life
When real life is getting more
Like fiction each day
Headlines - bread-lines
Blow my mind
And now this deadline
"Eviction - or pay"
Rent

For once in my life
I have someone who needs me
Someone I've needed so long
For once unafraid
I can go where life leads me
And somehow I know I'll be strong

"For Once In My Life"
~~Stevie Wonder

someone who needs me ... someone to watch over me

There's a saying old, says that love is blind
Still we're often told "Seek and you shall find"
So I'm going to seek a certain lad I've had in mind.
. . .
There's somebody I'm longing to see
I hope that he turns out to be
Someone who'll watch over me.
. . .
Won't you tell him please, to put on some speed
Follow my lead, oh, how I need
Someone to watch over me...

Music by George Gershwin; lyrics by Ira Gershwin

I need you like water
Like breath, like rain
I need you like mercy
From Heaven's gate
There's a freedom in your arms
That carries me through
I need you

"I Need You"
~~Leann Rimes

You ask how much I need you? Must I explain?
I need you, oh, my darling, like roses need rain.

You ask how long I'll love you? I'll tell you true.
Until the twelfth of never,
I'll still be loving you.


"Twelfth Of Never"
by P.F. Webster/ J. Livingston

I'll be yours until the sun doesn't shine,
'Til time stands still,
Until the winds don't blow.
When today is just a memory to me, I know,
I'll still be lovin',
I'll still be lovin' you.
I'll still be lovin' you.

"I'll Still Be Loving You"
~~Restless Heart

I'll still be.....sun

Island in the Sun
~Harry Belafonte

This is my island in the sun
where my people have toiled since time begun
I may sail on many a sea

her shores will always be home to me

Oh island in the sun

built to me by my father's hand
all my days I will sing in praise

...Sing it with me folks:

"Day-o, day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan´ go home
Day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day, he say day-ay-ay-o
Daylight come and he wan´ go home

Work all night on a drink a´rum
(Daylight come and he wan´ go home)
Stack banana till thee morning come
(Daylight come and he wan´ go home)"

"The Banana Boat Song"
~~Harry Belafonte

stack banana ... banana fanna foe

everybody do Tony!

Tony, Tony
Bo, Bony
Banana, Fanna, Foe. Fony
Fee, Fie, Moe, Mony
Tony

pretty good, let's do Billy,

Billy, Billy
Bo, illy
Banana, Fanna, Foe. Filly
Fee, Fie, Moe, Milly
Billy


The Name Game, Shirley Ellis

[Not quite the link you would have expected from banana, was it? ]

banana fanna foe.....pretty

Pretty Woman
~ Roy Orbison

Pretty Woman, walking down the street, Pretty Woman, the kind I like to meet,
Pretty Woman, I don't believe you, you're not the truth,
No one could look as good as you
Mercy

...and through her tears
I heard her say
Billy don't be a hero
don't be a fool with your life
Billy don't be a hero
come back and make me your wife

"Billy, Don't Be A Hero"
~~Bo Donaldson & the Heywoods

Billy-Ray was a preacher's son
and when his daddy would visit he'd come along
when they gathered around and started talkin'
that's when Billy would take me walkin'
out through the back yard we'd go walkin'
then he'd look into my eyes
lord knows to my surprise

the only one who could ever reach me
was the son of a preacher man
the only boy who could ever teach me
was the son of a preacher man
yes he was, ye, he was, ooh, he was

Son of a Preacher Man
John Hurley / Ronnie Wilkins
Sung by Dusty Springfield (among others)

????? Am I missing something with the "banana" links???? Are we no longer playing "link the lyrics"?

Kalleh, that is so odd. I swear when I did my link there was nothing after the banana song. In fact I'm sure of it. But whatever... I can link to your song too. (I'm just that good!)


Oh, a storm is threat'ning
My very life today
If I don't get some shelter
Oh yeah, I'm gonna fade away

War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away

Ooh, see the fire is sweepin'
Our very street today
Burns like a red coal carpet
Mad bull lost its way

Gimme Shelter
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)
The Rolling Stones

THAT was strange! I was responding to Hic's post and didn't see yours there Kalleh! We must all have been posting at the same time, and that is how long it took us all to do it!



"I don't wanna fade away
Oh I don't wanna fade away
Tell me what can I do what can I say
Cause darlin' I don't wanna fade away"

"Fade Away"
~~Bruce Springsteen

What do I do to make you want me
What have I got to do to be heard
What do I say when it's all over
And sorry seems to be the hardest word


"Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"
Sung by Elton John

If you want me to stay
I'll be around today
Available for you to see
Well I'm about to go
And then you'll know
For me to stay here
I've got to be me

"If You Want Me To Stay"
~~Sly and the Family Stone

Sometimes I need to remember just to breathe
Sometimes I need you to stay away from me
Sometimes I’m in disbelief I didn’t know
Somehow I need you to go

"Don't Stay"
Linkin Park

Cause I can feel you breathe
It's washing over me
Suddenly I'm melting into you
There's nothing left to prove
Baby all we need is just to be
Caught up in the touch
The slow and steady rush
Baby, isn't that the way that love's supposed to be?
I can feel you breathe
Just breathe..

"Breathe"
~~Faith Hill

The sun comes up, I think about you.
The coffee cup, I think about you.
I want you so, it's like I'm losing my mind.
The morning ends, I think about you.
I talk to friends, and think about you,
And do they know, it's like I'm losing my mind.

"Losing My Mind"
Sondhiem/Curry
Sung by Tim Curry

morning ends ... morning has broken

Morning has broken like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the world

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's re-creation of the new day

Lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon (1931); performed by Cat Stevens
What lovely lyrics. The link plays the music and gives more verses.

[This message was edited by wordnerd on Tue Apr 22nd, 2003 at 18:29.]

Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up

"Born in the USA"
Bruce Springsteen

Born to lose my every hope is gone
It's so hard to face an empty dawn
You were all the happiness I knew
Born to lose and now I'm losing you.






Author: F. Brown

dawn......it's so hard

It's So Hard
~ John Lennon

You got to live,
You got to love,
You got to be somebody,
You got to shove,
But it's hard,
It's really hard,
Some times I feel like going down,

You go to eat,
You got to drink,
You got to feel something,
You got to worry,
It's so hard,
It's really hard,
Some times I feel like going down,

DAY AFTER DAY,
ALONE ON A HILL,
THE MAN WITH THE FOOLISH GRIN
IS KEEPING PERFECTLY STILL;
BUT NOBODY WANTS TO KNOW HIM,
THEY CAN SEE THAT HE'S JUST A FOOL,
AND HE NEVER GIVES AN ANSWER.

BUT THE FOOL ON THE HILL
SEES THE SUN GOING DOWN,
AND THE EYES IN HIS HEAD
SEE THE WORLD SPINNING 'ROUND.

"The Fool on the Hill"
Lennon & McCartney

quote:

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Originally posted by tinman (way up above):
_sorry…sad_

I’m _Sad_ and I’m Lonely


Young ladies, tak’ wahnin’, tak’ a wahnin’ from me.
Don’t waste your affections on a young man so free.
He’ll hug you, he’ll kiss you, he’ll tell you mo’ lies,
Than the cross-ties on the railroad or the stars in the sky.
...

---

Did Sandburg ever relate this verse to "On Top of Old Smoky"?

On top of Old Smoky
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover,
For a-courtin' too slow.

Now courtin's a pleasure
And partin's a grief
But a false-hearted lover
Is worse than a thief
...

They'll hug you and kiss you
And tell you more lies
Than the crossties on the railroad
And the stars in the skies
...

going down.....fool

What kind of Fool
~ Barbara Streisand

Who's sorry now?
There was a world when we were standing still -
And for a moment we were separated. -
And then you found her
you let the stranger in

Who's sorry now
who's sorry now?
What
what kind of fool tears it apart

If I send a rose to you
For every time you made me blue
I’d send a room full of roses
If I sent a rose of white
For every time I cried all night
I’d send a room full of roses


If you took the petals
And tore them all apart
You'd be tearing at the roses
The way you tore my heart

Blue
Oh, so lonesome for you
Tears fill my eyes 'til I can's see
3 o'clock in the morning, here am I
Sittin' here so lonely, so lonesome I could cry

"Blue"
~~Leann Rimes

quote:

---

Originally posted by haberdasher:
Did Sandburg ever relate this verse to "On Top of Old Smoky"?

On top of Old Smoky
All covered with snow
I lost my true lover,
For a-courtin' too slow.

Now courtin's a pleasure
And partin's a grief
But a false-hearted lover
Is worse than a thief
...

_They'll hug you and kiss you
And tell you more lies
Than the crossties on the railroad
And the stars in the skies_
...

---

No, he doesn't. "On Top of Old Smoky", as I've heard it, is sung with a light-hearted lilt. "I'm Sad and I'm Lonely" has a more somber mood. Here's what Sandberg says:

"How many lies will a free young man tell a young lady? As many as the cross-ties on the railroad or as many as the stars in the sky. He will lie and lie. His lies are endless. Thus the cast-off woman speaks of him. She wants a mountain cabin. She wants to be so far away that she won't bother her friends, the blackbirds. She sings it slowly. There is time for deliberation. Yet a phrase now and then, shaded with hate or pity, comes swiftly, almost gutturally and as a threat. The song came to me from a Dallas, Texas, woman who got it from Tennessee folks."

Check "Carl Sandburg sings his American Songbag" out from your local library, if you can, and listen to the song. I think you'll like it.

Tinman

This one is like shooting fish in a barrel.

3 o'clock in the morning ... three o'clock


One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock, rock,
Five, six, seven o'clock, eight o'clock, rock,
Nine, ten, eleven o'clock, twelve o'clock, rock,
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight.

Put your glad rags on and join me, hon,
We'll have some fun when the clock strikes one,
We're gonna rock around the clock tonight,
We're gonna rock, rock, rock, 'til broad daylight.
We're gonna rock, gonna rock, around the clock tonight.

Rock Around The Clock, Max C. Freedman & Jimmy de Knight
immortalized by Bill Haley and the Comets

Tonight, Tonight, won't be just any night.
Tonight there will be no morning star.
Tonight, Tonight, I'll see my love tonight.
And for us stars will stop where they are.

"Tonight"
From West Side Story

Lyrics By Stephen Sondheim
Music By Leonard Bernstien

tonight ... see my love

See my love is like a open sky
See my heart is like the river wide
No my world would never ever run dry
It runs over for you and I
See my love is deeper than the sea
And sweeter than a pretty melody
So tell everybody that you're glad you got me
You can trust in my love
My L-O-V-E

My Love
Performed byWhitney Houston, with Bobby Brown
Written by Teddy Bishop, Gordon Chambers, Greg Charley

see my love

Me see Jamaica moon above
It won't be long me see my love
I take her in my arms and then
Me tell her I'll never leave again

Louie Louie; can't tell you who wrote it, but the Kingsmen made it (in)famous.

Gently, Gently
from: "Princess Ida"
~Gilbert and Sullivan

A Woman's college! maddest folly going!
What can girls learn within its walls worth knowing?
I'll lay a crown (the Princess shall decide it)
I'll teach them twice as much in half-an-hour outside it.
Hilarion:
Hush, scoffer; ere you sound your puny thunder,
List to their aims, and bow your head in wonder!

They intend to send a wire
To the moon
Cyril & Florian:
To the moon;
Hilarion:
And they'll set the Thames on fire
Very soon

I don't want to lose you, this good thing
that I got 'cause if I do
I will surely,
surely lose a lot.
'Cause your love is better
than any love I know.
It's like thunder and lightning,
the way you love me is frightening.
You better knock, knock on wood, baby.

"Knock on Wood"
Sung by Otis Redding (and many others!)

Originally posted by Kalleh:
from: "Princess Ida" ~Gilbert and Sullivan:
"A Woman's college! maddest folly going!
What can girls learn within its walls worth knowing?"

It's worth quoting the witty song of men mocking the very notion of a "women's" college. Apologies for the terrible word in the original.

quote:

---

They intend to send a wire to the moon (to the moon);
And they'll set the Thames on fire very soon (very soon);
Then they'll learn to make silk purses with their rigs (with their rigs)
From the ears of Lady Circe's piggy-wigs (piggy-wigs).
And weasels at their slumbers they trepan (they trepan);
To get sunbeams from cucumbers they've a plan (they've a plan).
They've a firmly rooted notion they can cross the Polar Ocean,
And they'll find Perpetual Motion, if they can (if they can).

As for fashion, they forswear it, so they say (so they say);
And the circle -- they will square it some fine day (some fine day);
Then the little pigs they're teaching for to fly (for to fly);
And the niggers they'll be bleaching, by and by! (by and by!)
Each newly joined aspirant to the clan (to the clan)
Must repudiate the tyrant known as Man (known as Man).
They'll mock at him and flout him, for they do not care about him
And they're "going to do without him" if they can! (if they can!)

---

Thanks, Hic. It sounds like you appreciate G&S as much as I do.

TrossL, I got so excited being able to link to G&S that I completely forgot about the words; you're right that the link should have been "moon".

thunder......knock

KNOCK THREE TIMES
TONY ORLANDO & DAWN

Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no
Oh my sweetness
Means you'll meet me in the hallway

Just like Juliette belonged to Romeo
You can stay prepared that I won't be letting you go
In the heat of the night
So right you taste my sweetness on your lips
I'll make it better than you ever dreamed
And the rest of your life will be just like this

"Declaration Of Love"
~~Celine Dion

In the Heat of the Night.
I've got troubles on the wall.
In the Heat of the Night.
Must be an ending to it all.

But hold on
It won't be long
If you be strong
And it'll be alright.

Title: "In the Heat Of The Night"
By: "Quincy Jones & Alan and Marilyn Bergman"

If money grew on hackberry trees
If time wasn't such a luxury
If love was lovesick over me
That'd be alright
If I could keep the wind in my sails
Keep a hold of the tiger by the tail
A half a ham sandwich in my lunch pail
That'd be alright

"That'd Be Alright"
~~Alan Jackson

Every night you drag me where the bright lights are found
There ain't no way to slow you down
I'm about as helpless as a leaf in a gale
And it looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.

I've got a tiger by the tail, it's plain to see
I won't be much when you get through with me
Well, I'm a-losing weight and a turnin' mighty pale
Looks like I've got a tiger by the tail.

I've Got A Tiger By The Tail; Buck Owens/Harlan Howard

Children are taught to hate, parents just couldn't wait
Some are rich and some are poor, others will just suffer more
Have you ever been ashamed and felt society try to keep you down?
I begin to watch things change and see them turn around

Turn around, - They'll try to keep you down
Turn around - Turn around
Don't drag me down



"Don't Drag Me Down"
Social Distortion

Well they like to call them hippies
outlaws with guitars
But they brought a little poetry
To the honky tonks and bars
They might've got a little crazy
They might have flew a little too high
Somewhere somebody's playing their song tonight
Things Change

"Things Change"
~~Tim McGraw

Ho, ho they’re playing my song;
Oh, yeah, they’re playing my song,
And when they’re playing my song
Ev’rybody’s gotta sh, sh, sh,
Don’t say a word now, listened to the sweet melody.
I’m happy to say, in my own humble way,
Ev’ry perfect note of that was written by me.

"THEY’RE PLAYING MY SONG"
Music: Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics: Carole Bayer Sager

I found my thrill ......on Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill ......when I found you
The moon stood still ......on Blueberry Hill
And lingered until ......my dreams came true

(The wind in the willow played.......love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made...... were never to be)

Though we're apart......you're part of me still
For you were my thrill......on Blueberry Hill

"Blueberry Hill"
made famous by the one and only
~~Louis Armstrong

I'll probably never see you eye-to-eye again.
This letter's meant to be my last farewell.
But you need to understand, I'm nearly crazy.
You need to know my life has gone to hell.

Write me back and tell me why it ended.
I need some final proof to show my heart.
I'll be somewhere between I love you, and what you're feeling now.
Lookin' for a place to fall apart.



A Place To Fall Apart
Merle Haggard and Janie Fricke.
Written by Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson and Freddy Powers.