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I
noticed a lot of people come to the site looking for the lyrics
to the songs on the CD. I frequently, and liberally, improvised
on the lyrics of these songs because I wanted to emphasize a
unique interpretation of the original material or I wanted
to put a contemporary spin on what I thought was the original
intent of the lyrics, sometimes a little bit of both. I hope
you enjoy my renditions, musically and vocally they are unique
so please take a listen. And, I hope these lyrics help you with
your project. (
Disclaimer: these are the lyrics I used, I can't confirm their
accuracy, I think they are right)
Satin Doll
Johny Mercer
Cigarette holder which wigs
me
Over his shoulder, he digs me
Outcattin, That Satin Doll
Baby shall we go outsteppin'
Careful amigo, you're flippin
Speaks Latin, that satin doll
He's nobody's fool so I'm playing
it cool as can be
I'll give him a try but I ain't for no guy catchin me
Telephone numbers, oh well you
know
Doing my rhumbas with uno
And thatn That Satin Doll
(Improv)
I Should've Known Better
McCartney/Lennon
I should've known better with
a girl like you
That I would love everything that you do
And I do, and I do, yes I do
I never realized what a kiss
could be
This could only happen to me
Can't you see, can't you see
That when I tell you that I
love you
You're gonna say you love me too
And when I ask you to be mine
You're gonna say you love me too
I should have realized a lot
of things before
If this is love you gotta give me more
Give me more, give me more
(Improv)
I never realized what a kiss
could mean
Until you happened to me
Can't you see, can't you see
I tell you that I love you
Say you love me too
Baby please be mine, Say you love me this time
You're gonna say you love me too
Can't you see -- I never realized
What your kiss could mean
Can't you see - I never realized
I'd love everything that you do
I should've known better
Go Take a listen:
Barbara Steel
What A Little Moonlight
Can Do
Harry Woods
Oooh Oooh Oooh What a little
Moonlight can do
Oooh Oooh Oooh What a Little Moonlight can do to you
You're in love, your hearts a flutter
And all day long you only stutter
Cuz your poor tongue can hardly utter
The words I love you
Oooh Oooh Oooh What a little
Moonlight can do
Wait awhile till a little moonbeam comes peepin through
You'll get bored, you can't resist him
All you'll say after you kiss him
Is Oooh Oooh Oooh What a little Moonlight can do
Baby It's Cold Outside(as
sung, many individual word changes)
Ad lib - Intro
Barb: I really can't stay
Marc: But Barbara it's cold outside
Barb: No, I've got to go way
Marc: I mean it's really cold outside
Barb: To see you again
Marc: Been hopin that you'd drop in
Barb: So very nice
Marc: I'll hold your hand they feel like ice
Barb: My Daddy'll will start to worry
Marc: Don't, what's your hurry
Barb: At least he'll be pacing the floor
Marc: Listen to the fireplace roar
Barb: No I'd better scurry
Marc: What's your worry honey
Barb: Well, maybe just a half a drink more
Barb: Someone might think
Marc: But baby it's bad out there
Barb: Say what's in this drink
Marc: I don't see no cabs out there
Barb: I wish I knew how
Marc: Your eyes are like starlite now
Barb: To break your spell
Marc: Please relax, I'll never tell
Barb: I ought to say No
Marc: Can I move in closer
Barb: At least I'll say that I tried
Marc: Just want to be by your side
Barb: I really can't stay
Marc: Don't hold out
Both: Baby it's cold outside
Ad lib
Marc: I simply must go
Barb: But Marc it's real cold outside
Marc: The answer is no
Barb: But baby it's so cold outside
Marc: To see you has been
Barb: Lucky that you dropped in
Marc: So nice and warm
Barb: Look out the window at that storm
Marc: My wife will get suspicious
Barb: Mmmm your lips look delicious
Marc: The brothers might be done by the door
Barb: I've heard it all before
Marc: My mistress she can be vicious
Barb: Those lips are just delicious
Marc: Well may be just another hit more
Barb: I've to go home
Marc: But baby you'd freeze out there
Barb: Then lend me your coat
Marc: It's up to your knees out there
Barb: Marc, you're my kind of man
Marc: Don't, Don't
Barb: But don't you see
Marc: Do this thing again to me
Barb: There's bound to be talk tomorrow
Marc: Think of life's sorrows
Barb: At least there'll be plenty implied
Marc: Want to be by your side
Barb: I really can't stay
Marc: Baby don't hold out
Both: Baby it's cold outside
Love for Sale
Cole Porter
Love for Sale
Appetizing young love for sale
Love that's fresh and still unspoiled
Love that's only slightly soiled
Love for Sale
Who will buy
Who would like to sample my supply
Who's prepared to pay the price
For a trip to paradise
Love for Sale
Let those poets pipe of love
In their childish way
I know every type of love
Better far than they
If you want the thrill of love
I've been through the mill of love
Old love, New love, any love but true love
Love for Sale
Appetizing young love for sale
If you want to buy my wares
Follow me and climb the stairs
Love for Sale
Comes Love (as sung, many
individual word changes)
Comes a rainstorm, put rubbers
on your feet
A snowstorm, you can make a little heat
Comes Love, nothing can be done
Comes a fire, you know just
what to do
A flat tire, there's a tow truck for you
Comes Love, nothing can be done
Have you ever, have you ever
been in love
If you had ever, you'd know just what I'm speaking of
Comes a headache, you can lose
it in a day
A toothache, see your dentist right away
Comes Love, nothing can be done
Comes a heatwave, hurry to the
shore
A summons, you'd better hide behind the door
Comes Love, nothing can be done
Disease, quarantine the room
That louse, chase him with a broom
But when it's love, Nothing can be done
A nightmare, Stay awake
Depression, There's a drug you can take
Comes Love, nothing can be done
If it's love, it isn't any use
You'll start slippin and slidin when the bitch
turns on her juice
(improv)
(I'd be Surprisingly)Good for You
It seems crazy but you must
believe
There's nothing calculated, nothing planned
Please forgive me if I seem naïve
I would never want to force your hand
Please understand I'd be good for you
I don't always rush in like
this
Twenty seconds after saying hello
Telling strangers I'm too good to miss
If I'm wrong, tell me so
You really should know
I'd be good for you
I won't go on if I'm boring you
But do you understand my point of view
Do you like what you hear
What you see and could you be
Good for me too
I'm not talking of a hurried night
A frantic tumble a shy goodbye
Creeping home before it gets too light
That's not the reason that I caught your eye
Which has to imply I'd be good for you
I'd be surprisingly good for you
I'm not talking of a hurried
night
A frantic tumble a shy goodbye
Creeping home before it gets
too light
That's not the reason that I caught your eye
Which has to imply I'd be good for you - I'd be surprisingly
good for you
Go Take a listen:
Barbara Steel
But not for me
They're writing songs of love,
But not for me (They songs of love for her, But not for me)
A lucky star's above, But not for me (She is a shining star,
But not for me)
With love to lead the way (She always led the way)
I've found more clouds of gray
Than any Russian play
Could guarantee
I was a fool to fall, And get
that way ( I had no choice at all but to get that way)
I am after all so Lack a day (I am a slave to her each and every
day)
Although I can't dismiss the memory of her kiss, I guess she's
not for me (I guess I'm not for her)
She's knocking on a door, But
not for me (I sit and wait by the phone , it's not for me)
She'll plan a party of petit fours, But not for me (She never
missed a date, Except with me)
I know that love's a game (She doesn't even remember my name)
I'm puzzled just the same
Was I the moth or a flame
I'm all at sea
It all began so well, But what
an end
This is the time when I need just a friend
When every happy plot ends with the marriage knot, And there'll
never be a marriage knot for me
You Can't Hurry Love
You can't hurry love, no you
just have to wait
Love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take.
You can't hurry love no, you
just have to wait. You gotta
Trust, give it time, no matter how long it takes.
But how many heartaches must
Istand before
I find a love to let me live again?
Right now the only thing
that keeps me hanging on
when I feel my strength yeah it's almost gone
I remember mama said
Can't hurry love No, you
Just have to wait, She said
Love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take.
How long must I wait,
How much more can I take
Before loneliness will cause my heart, heart to break?
No, I can't bear to live my life alone
I grow impatient for a love to call my own
But when I feel that I
I can't go on ,
These precious words keep me hanging on
I remember mama said
You Can't Hurry love
No , you just have to wait, She said
Trust give it time
No Matter how long it takes
No love, love don't come easy
But I keep on waiting anticipating
For that soft voice to talk to me at night
For some tender arms to hold me tight
I keep waiting, I keep on waiting but it ain't easy
It ain't easy when mama said
You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait. She said
Trust give it time no matter how long it takes
But how many heartaches must
Istand before
I find a love to let me live again?
Right now the only thing
that keeps me hanging on
when I feel my strength yeah it's almost gone
I remember mama said
You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait. She said
Trust give it time no matter how long it takes
How long must I wait,
How much more can I take
Before loneliness will cause my heart, heart to break?
No, I can't bear to live my life alone
I grow impatient for a love to call my own
But when I feel that I
I can't go on ,
These precious words keep me hanging on
I remember mama said
Can't Hurry love
No , you just have to wait, She said
Trust give it time
No Matter how long it takes
(repeat from Can't Hurry Love until end)
Son of a Preacher Man
Jimmy (Billie) Rae was a preacher's
son when his daddy would visit he'd come along
When they gathered round and started talkin that's when Billie
would take me walkin
Through the back door we'd go walkin, then he'd look into my
eyes
Lord knows to my surprise
The only one that could ever reach me me was the son of a preacher
man
The only one who could ever teach me was the son of a preacher
man
Yes he was, He was
Being good isn't always easy,
no matter how hard I try
When he started sweet talkin to me he'd come and tell me every
thing is alright
Kiss and tell me everything is alright
Can I sneak away again tonight
The only one that could ever reach me me was the son of a preacher
man
The only one who could ever teach me was the son of a preacher
man
Yes he was, He was
How well I remember the look
that was in his eyes
Stealin kisses from me on the sly
Takin time to make time
Tellin me he was all mine
Learnin from each other's knowin and lookin to see how much we've
grown
And the only one who could ever reach me was the sone of a preacher
man
The only one that could ever reach me me was the son of a preacher
man
The only one who could ever teach me was the son of a preacher
man
Yes he was, He was
Go Take a listen:
Barbara Steel
Body and Soul
My heart is sad and lonely
For you I sigh, for you dear only
Why haven't you seen it?
I'm all for you, body and soul
I spend my days in longing and
wondering why it's me you're wronging
I tell you I mean it , I'm all for you body and soul
I can't believe it, It's hard
to conceive it, that you'd turn away romance
Are you pretending? It looks like the ending
Unless I could have one more chance to prove dear
My life's a wreck you're making
You kow I'm yours just for the taking
I'd gladly surrender myself to you body and soul
Don't Explain
Hush now, don't explain
Just say you'll remain
I'm glad, you're back
Don't explain
Quiet, don't explain
What is there to gain?
Skip that lipstick
Don't explain
You know that I love you and
what love endures
All my thoughts are of you for I'm so completely yours
Cry to hear for folks talk, and I know you cheat
Right or wrong don't matter when you're with me sweet
Hush now, don't explain
You're my joy and pain
My life's yours love, don't explain
Fine and Mellow
My man don't love me, treats
me oh so mean
My man he don't love me, treats me awful mean
He's the lowest man that I've ever seen
He wears high draped pants,
stripes are really yellow
He wears high draped pants, stripes are really yellow
But when he starts into love me, he's so fine and mellow
Love will make you drink and
gamble, make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble, make you stay out all night
long
Love will make you do things that you know is wrong
But if you treat me right baby,
I'll stay home every day
But if you treat me right baby, I'll stay home every day
But you're so mean to me baby, I know you're gonna drive me away
Love is just like a faucet,
it turns off and on
Love is like a faucet, it turns off and on
Sometimes when you think it's on baby, it has turned off and
gone
A Ghost of a Chance
I need you're love so badly,
I love you oh so madly
But I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you
I thought at last I'd found
you, but other loves surround you
And I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you
If you'd surrender, just for
a tender kiss or two
You might discover, that I'm the lover meant for you
And, I'd be true
But what's the good of scheming, I know you must be dreaming
For I don't stand a ghost of a chance with you
How Little We Know
How little we know
How much to discover
What chemical forces flow from lover to lover?
How little we understand what touches off that tingle
That sudden explosion when two tingles intermingle
Who cares to define what chemistry
this is?
Who cares with your lips on mine, how ignorant bliss is?
So long as you kiss me and the world around us shatters
How little it matters
How little we know
I Can't Get Started
I've flown around the world
in a plane
I've settled revolutions in Spain
The North Pole I have charted but can't get started with you
Down on the golf course I'm
under par and all the movies want me to star
I've got a house a show case still I get no place with you
You're so supreme, the lyrics
I write of you scheme
Just for a sight of you, dream
Both day and night of you and what good does it do?
I've been consulted by Franklin
D
And Frank Sinatra had me to tea
Still I'm broken hearted cuz I can't get started with you
Whne first we met, how you elated
me Pet
You devastated me Yet
Now you;ve deflated me 'till you're my waterloo
When JP Morgan bows I just nod
Green Pastures wanted me to play God
The siamese twins I've parted but I can't get started with you
I Could Write a Book
If they asked me I could write
a book
About the way you walk and whisper and look
I could write a preface on how we met, so the world never forget
And the simple secret of the
plot
Is just to tell them that I love you a lot
Then the world discovers as my book ends
How to make two lovers of friends
I Get a Kick Out of You
I get no kick from champage
Mere alcohol doesn't thrill me at all
So tell me why should it be true
That I get a kick out of you
Some get a kick from cocaine
I'm sure that if I took even one shiff that would bore me terrifically
too
Yet I get a kick out of you
I get a kick every time I see
you're standing there before me
I get a kick though it's clear to me
You obviously do't adore me
I get no kick in a plane
Flying too high with some guy in the sky is my idea of nothing
to do
Yet I get a kick out of you
Go Take a listen:
Barbara Steel
I'll Be Seeing You
I'll be seeing you in all the
old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces all day thru
In that small café
The park across the way
The children's carousel
The chestnut trees, the wishing well
I'll be seeing you in every lovely summer's day
In everything that's light and gay, I'll always think of you
that way
I'll find you in the morning sun and when the night is new
I'll be looking at the moon, but I'll be seeing you
I Love You
I love you, Hums the April breeze
I Love you, echo the hills
I love you, the golden dawn agrees
As once more she sees daffodils
It's spring again and birds
on the wing again start to sing again
The old melodie, I Love You
That the song of songs, and it all belongs to you and me
I See Your Face Before Me
I see your face before me crowding
my every dream
THere is your face before me, you are my only theme
It doesn't matter where you are, I can see how fair you are
I close my eyes and there you are, always
If you could share the magic,
if you could see me too
There would be nothing tragic in all my dreams of you
Would that my love could haunt you so, knowing I want you so
I can't erase your wonderful face before me
It's Love
It's love, it's love
Well who would have thought it
If this is love, then why have I fought it
What a way to feel
I could touch the sky
What a way to feel
I have found my guy
It's love at last
I've someone to cheer for
It's love at last
I've learned what we're here for
I've heard it said
You'll know it when you see it
Well I see it
I know it, it's love
Just One of Those Things
It was just one of those things
Just one of those crazy flings
One of those bells that now and then rings, just one of those
things
It was just one of those nights,
just one of those fabulous flights
A trip to the moon on gossamer wings, just one of those things
If we'd thought a bit, of the
end of it, when we started painteing the town
We'd have been aware that our love afair was too hot not to cool
down
So goodby dear and amen
Here's hoping we meet now and then
It was great fun but it was just one of those things
Nearness of You
It's not the pale moon that
excites me that thrills and delights me, oh no
It's just the nearness of you
It isn't your sweet conversation that brings this sensation,
oh no
It's just the nearness of you
When you're in my arms and I
feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams come true
I need no soft lights to enchant
me if you'll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight and to feel in the night the nearness
of you
Night and Day
Night and Day, you are the one
Only you beneath the moon and under the sun
Whether near to me or far, it's no matter darling where you are
I think of you, night and day
Day and night, why is it so
That this longing for you follows wherever I go?
In the roaring traffic's boom in the silence of my lonely room
I think of you night and day
Night and day under the hide
of me,
There's an oh such a hungry yearning, burning inside of me
And its torment won't be through til you let me spend my life
making love to you,
Day and night, Night and day
Something Happens to Me
Something happens to me, every
time
I feel that you are near
A strange kind of soemthing change goes rushing through me
I know somehow you will appear
Then baby, something happens to me
In your arms when I feel you're trembling too
I can tell you've been caught in the spell that I am under
We gaze into each other's eyes in breathless wonder
To see that when something happens to me
It happens to you
Them There Eyes
I fell in love with you the
first time I looked into them there eyes
You've got a certain lil cute way of fliritn with them there
eyes
They ake me feel so happpy, they make me blue
No stallin, I'm fallin
Gling in a big way for sweet little you
My heart is jumpin, you started somethin with them there eyes
You'd better watch them if you're wise
They sparkle, they bubble
They're gonna get you in a whole lot of trouble
You're overworkin 'em, there's danger lurkin in them there eyes
Three Little Words
Three little words
Oh, what I'd give for that wonderful phrase
To hear those three little words
That's all I'd live for the rest of my days
And what I feel in my heart they say sincerely
No other words can tell it half so clearly
Three little words
Eight little letters which simply mean "I love you"
Witchcraft
Those fingers in my hair, that
sly come hither stare
That strips my conscience bare, it's witchcraft
And I've got no defense for it, the heat is too intense for it
What good would common sense for it do?
Cause it's witchcraft, wicked witchcraft
And, although I know it's strictly taboo
When you arouse the need in me, my heart says yes indeed in me
Proceed with what you're leadin me to
It's such an ancient pitch, but one I wouldn't switch
Cause there's no nicer witch than you
Yardbird Suite
It's hard to learn
How tears can burn one's heart
but that's the thing that I found out
Too late I guess cuz I'm in a mess
My faith has gone
Why lead me on this way
I thought there'd be no price on love
But I had to pay
If I could perform a miracle
I'd revive your thoughts of me
But I know it's hopeless
You could never really care
That's why I despair
I'll go along hoping someday
you'll learn
The flame in my heart dear
Forever will burn
Go Take a listen:
Barbara Steel
You've Changed
You've changed, that sparkle
in your eye is gone
Your smile is just a careless yawn
You're breaking my heart
You've changed
You've changed, your kisses
are so blasé
You're bored with me in every way
I can't understand
You've changed
You've forgotten the words,
I love you
Each memory that we've shared
You ignore every star above you
I can't realize you ever cared
You've changed, you're not the
angel I once knew
No need to tell me that we're through
It's all over now, You've changed
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