Boy Wonder
Composer(s): Mickey Bradley; Dan O'Neill
Performer(s): The Undertones



Boy Wonder never wants to grow up
Cos with some competition he won't look so great
But he's the biggest in the street
He knows to use his weight
But when he comes to realise
It will be too late

Kept away from school he didn't fit
And to the younger children he was it
Like an older brother who still wants to play
Innocent of hateful people and the things they say

He would want to be the last one there
About the cold he would say he doesn't care
Cos when we're gone he talks himself into another place
Everybody likes to know right to his face

Boy Wonder

Boy Toy
Composer(s): Sandra Denton; Chad "Dr. Seuss" Elliott;
Otwane Roberts; Norman Whitfield
Performer(s): Salt N Pepa



Yeah, heh heh
S-N-P, hmm, for you
Brand New, uh, uh, uh, yeah

Chorus:

Boy toy, I love you so
Temporary lover, never let you go
I spend my money on you
Boy toy, I love you so
Never no stress, let's keep this flow
I know you feel the same way, too

Sandra "Pepa" Denton:

Where you been all my life
No diamonds on her fingers
But I know you got a wifey, boo, word to life
No proof, cuz Pepa got plans for you
Reservations for two on a flight to Honolulu
No disrespect, for losin' sweats
You take the keys to my Lex, and this here blank check
So shop till you drop, thanks to hip-hop you tight
Have you fly, F.B.I. wanna indict
Bet you shit is right, got my daisies
Goin' crazy, the 20 ways you laid me, uh
Now come and bathe me, wanna get high
Take this helicopter ride
From the westside down to the eastside
Pick a highrise, I'll buy, uh, you know why
Cuz you're all that, no commitments, no lies
Never settle for less, I'm the best, no stress
So rests, yes, my boy toy

Chorus

Cheryl "Salt" James:

(Seeking) Black female (Word) seeking black male (Uh)
With the nice tail, uh, not frail (That's right)
I like 'em focused, 20-20
A man that needs little but gives plenty
I'm never vexed givin' up no sex
Unless I wanna release stress
And get this shit up off my chest
Enjoy how you massage my mind, at times
Feedin' me some knowledge instead of tryin' to out rhyme
Not insecure, for sure, not bored
Send you a first class ticket when I'm out on tour
Show me a lot of love in the club
You know your place, you give me my space, stay out my face
A G worth a cristal, for you and your pals
I love to see the other women yearn waitin' on their turn
Money earnin', more money, cash, checks
But you ain't never met a girl like this yet

Salt: What's up, man
You got that package I sent you
Man: Yeah I got it
Salt: Did you like it
Man: What
Salt: You know you earned it
Man: Yeah
Salt: Put the thing down right

Chorus

Deidra "Spinderella" Roper:

Me and my girls chillin' at the mall, laughing and all
Brother's kinda tall, you think he play ball
Damn, you look live, hmmm, so fine
I think I estimate about 4.5
My pockets goes high, so we can ride
I'll pick you up about nine-ish
Take you to the finest, masseuse
And we can get loose, sleigh la bouche styles
Get wild, I'll bet I leave your ass with a smile
Always a mouse, Spinderella, trick cheddar
I like a good fella but I love a boy toy better

Cheryl "Salt" James:

Cheryl James, you know my name, I love the same
I check for a player with a lot of game
Not a little, not tryin' to get caught in the middle
Uh, I like my toy part like a Tonka truck
Hit the middle, uh, like Larry Zonka, what

Chorus

I'm not scared to tell you (Whoo)
S-N-P, it's your boy toy
All day, all night
Nine-seven, like heaven, baby

Boy toy, I love you so
Never no stress, let's keep this flow
I know you feel the same way, too

I ain't gon' front

Boy Blue
Composer(s): Jeff Lynne
Originally performed by: Electric Light Orchestra
Covered by: Rick Altizer; Don McDonald



Hey boy blue, can't you hear all the noise, it's for you
All the town's waiting there, let us go
There's a show like you ain't seen before
Weclome home, where you been all these years, look around
All the crowd is in tears
It's so good to see you in the streets of your town

Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back

I've seen bold knights, dropping down like flies
I've seen kings, rolling in the mire
I've seen god, point the finger of doom to our foes
I have fought in the holiest wars
I have smashed, some of the holiest jaws
I've been jailed, been impaled, and been dragged through the world
One thing, I have learned through these years
Is that no man, should be stricken with fear
It should be that he walks with no care in the world
So my friends, who are gathered today
Hear this clear, for I'll not further say
That no man, shall cause me to take up arms again

Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back
Hey boy blue is back

Box Of Rain
Composer(s): Robert Hunter; Phil Lesh
Originally performed by: Grateful Dead
Covered by various other artists



Look out of any window
any morning, any evening, any day
Maybe the sun is shining
birds are winging or
rain is falling from a heavy sky
What do you want me to do
to do for you to see you through?
this is all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago

Walk out of any doorway
feel your way, feel your way
like the day before
Maybe you'll find direction
around some corner
where it's been waiting to meet you 
What do you want me to do
to watch for you while you're sleeping?
Well please don't be surprised
when you find me dreaming too

Look into any eyes

you find by you, you can see
clear through to another day
I know it's been seen before
through other eyes on other days
while going home 
What do you want me to do
to do for you to see you through?
It's all a dream we dreamed
one afternoon long ago

Walk into splintered sunlight

Inch your way through dead dreams
to another land
Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted
with words half spoken
and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
to do for you to see you through
A a box of rain will ease the pain
and love will see you through

Just a box of rain

wind and water 
Believe it if you need it
if you don't just pass it on
Sun and shower 
Wind and rain 
in and out the window
like a moth before a flame

It's just a box of rain

I don't know who put it there
Believe it if you need it
or leave it if you dare
But it's just a box of rain
or a ribbon for your hair
Such a long long time to be gone
and a short time to be there

Bowm Bowm Bowm
Composer(s): Mickey Jones; Tommy Browne
Performer(s): Thomas F. Browne



Down in the green fields
Where it's cool and it's clean
We'll go Bowm Bowm Bowm

Just bring your heart
And your very first dream
Let it Bowm Bowm Bowm

And if I kiss you
And the day begins to shine 
Will you Bowm Bowm Bowm?

Offer me roses
And a deep red wine
For our Bowm Bowm Bowm

Make me a tree leaf
To shine like it's gold
And I'll wear it on my finger
Catch me a rainbow before it is gone
Is it Bowm Bowm Bowm?
Bowm Bowm Bowm

Clear through the evening
From moonrise till dawn
We'll go Bowm Bowm Bowm
Softly by starlight
There true love is bound
You'll say Bowm Bowm Bowm

And with the dawning 
Where the dew diamond shines
I'll say Bowm Bowm Bowm

Ring on my finger
I will be there
Bowm Bowm Bowm

Make me a tree leaf
To shine like it's gold
And I'll wear it on my finger
Catch me a rainbow before it is gone
Is it Bowm Bowm Bowm?
Bowm Bowm Bowm
Bowm Bowm Bowm...

Bowling Green
Composer(s): Jacqueline Ertel; Terry Slater
Performer(s): The Everly Brothers
and various other artists



Way down in Bowling Green 
Prettiest girls I've ever seen 
A man in Kentucky 
Sure is lucky 
To live down in Bowling Green 
Bowling Green folks treat you kind 
They let you think your own mind 
A man in Kentucky 
Sure is lucky 
In Bowling Green you walk your own line 
Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold 
It warms the body 
And I know it touches the soul 
Bluegrass is fine 
Kentucky owns my mind 
The fields down in Bowling Green 
Have the softest grass I've ever seen 
A man in Kentucky 
Sure is lucky 
To lie down in Bowling Green 
Bowling Green girls treat you right 
They wear dresses cut country tight 
A man in Kentucky 
Sure is lucky 
If he's seen the Bowling Green light 
Kentucky sunshine makes the heart unfold 
It warms the body 
And I know it touches the soul 
Bluegrass is fine 
Kentucky owns my mind 
Bowling Green Bowling Green 
Bowling Green Bowling Green 
Bowling Green Bowling Green 
Bowling Green Bowling Green

'Bout Time
Composer(s): Richard Sherman; Robert Sherman
Performer(s): Louis Armstrong



'Bout time, 'bout time we had the taste of wasted time
Like love à deux, I wasted time alone with you
'Bout time we two were livin' out a lovely dream come true
'Bout you, 'bout me, 'bout love, ye-e-s-s-s

'Bout time, 'bout time we spent good time with no one near
To watch me while I say a little somethin' in your ear
'Bout how I care, 'bout how I wanna make my feelin's clear
About you, 'bout me, 'bout love

We're in deep water, Darlin', clear over my head
'Bout time to either sink or swim, let's swim, 'nuff said

'Bout time, 'bout time we didn't have to always steal a kiss
'Bout time, 'bout time I had my arms around your waste like this
My whole life through I wanna make you feel the way I do
'Bout you, 'bout me, 'bout love

Yes, we're in deep water, Darlin', clear over my head
'Bout time to either sink or swim, let's swim, 'nuff said

'Bout time, yes time we didn't have to always steal a kiss
'Bout time, time I had my arms around your waste like this
My whole life through I wanna make you feel the way I do
'Bout you, about me, 'bout us, ooo-eee
About your love and mine, budd-lee-ooo, 'bout time

Bourgeois Blues 
Composer(s): Huddie Ledbetter; Alan Lomax
Originally performed by: Leadbelly
Covered by various other artists



Me and my wife went all over town 
And everywhere we went people turned us down 
Lord, in a bourgeois town 
It's a bourgeois town 
I got the bourgeois blues 
Gonna spread the news all around 

Home of the brave, land of the free 
I don't wanna be mistreated by no bourgeoisie 
Lord, in a bourgeois town 
Uhm, the bourgeois town 
I got the bourgeois blues 
Gonna spread the news all around 

Well, me and my wife we were standing upstairs 
We heard the white man say "I don't want no niggers up there" 
Lord, in a bourgeois town 
Uhm, bourgeois town 
I got the bourgeois blues 
Gonna spread the news all around 

Well, them white folks in Washington they know how 
To call a colored man a nigger just to see him bow 
Lord, it's a bourgeois town 
Uhm, the bourgeois town 
I got the bourgeois blues 
Gonna spread the news all around 

I tell all the colored folks to listen to me 
Don't try to find you no home in Washington, DC 
`Cause it's a bourgeois town 
Uhm, the bourgeois town 
I got the bourgeois blues 
Gonna spread the news all around

The Old Fashioned Way
((Adapted from: Les Plaisirs Démodés (by Charles Aznavour) - 1962))
Composer(s): Georges Garvarentz - Charles Aznavour - Joel Hirschhorn - Al Kasha
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour - 1972
and multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1972 - Quel Che Non Si Fa Più (by Charles Aznavour)
2003 - Dans Zoals Toen (by Jo Vally)



Dance in the old-fashioned way
Won't you stay in my arms?
Just melt against my skin and let me feel your heart
Don't let the music win by dancing far apart
Come close where you belong, let's hear our secret song

Dance in the old-fashioned way
Won't you stay in my arms
and we'll discover heights we never knew before
if we just close our eyes and dance around the floor
That gay, old-fashioned way that makes me love you more

Come closer, forget about the others
It's nice to be like this, cheek to cheek
in the old-fashioned way
It's funny, but, I have the feeling that we are dancing as our parents used to do
Well, maybe they weren't wrong 
the world changes, love stays

Dance in the old-fashioned way
Won't you stay in my arms
and we'll discover heights we never knew before
if we just close our eyes and dance around the floor
That gay, old-fashioned way that makes me love you more

Bouquet Of Roses
Composer(s): Bob Hilliard; Steve Edward Nelson
Originally performed by: Eddy Arnold
Covered by various other artists



I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses 
One for every time you broke my heart 
And as the door of love between us closes 
Tears will fall like petals when we part 

I begged you to be different, but you'll always be untrue 
I'm tired of forgivin', now there's nothin' left to do 

So I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses 
One for every time you broke my heart 

I know that I should hate you after all you've put me through 
But how can I be bitter when I'm still in love with you? 

So I'm sending you a big bouquet of roses 
One for every time you broke my heart

Bounce Me Brother With A Solid Four
Composer(s): Don Raye; Hughie Prince
Performer(s): The Andrews Sisters
and various other artists



Say, what kind of beat is that? 
Man, it really spins my hat 
Doesn't sound like boogie woogie, but it's really got the beat 
Sounds to me like it's in four 
Let me hear it just once more whilst I latch on to that rhythm 
'Cause a solid four's my beat

Chorus:
Some folks like to hear eight beat rhythm
I don't go for that stuff no more
anytime you really want to send me
bounce me brother with a solid four

Come on in, while the whole place is jumpin'
ev'ry body's out on the floor
if you want to keep the rhythm pumpin'
bounce me brother with a solid four

The boogie woogie was never like this
we've got a new beat that no one can miss, if
boogie woogie sent like I think it did
four to the bar will flip your lid

Move the tables and roll the rug up
shut the windows and lock the door
while I try to dig the "Li'l Brown Jug" up
bounce me brother with a solid four

The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Composer(s): Harry Warren - Al Dubin
First performance/First recording by: Constance Bennett - 1934/Tony Bennett - 1950
Covered by multiple other artists



I walk along the street of sorrow
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Where gigolo and gigolette
Can take a kiss without regret
So they forget their broken dreams

You laugh tonight and cry tomorrow
When you behold your shattered schemes
And gigolo and gigolette
Wake up to find their eyes are wet
With tears that tell of broken dreams

Here is where you'll always find me
Always walking up and down
But I left my soul behind me
In an old cathedral town

The joy that you find here, you borrow
You cannot keep it long, it seems
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

Smiling while my woes are piling
I must be bequiling or they'll pass me by
Laughter, that is what they're after
But behind my laughter there's a tear-dimmed eye
Oh, Gay Paree, you've made a wreck of me

The joy that you find here, you borrow
You cannot keep it long, it seems
But gigolo and gigolette
Still sing a song and dance along
The Boulevard of Broken Dreams

A Dime At A Time
Composer(s): Jerry Chestnut - Ed Bruce
First release by: Bobby Goldsboro & Del Reeves - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists




My whole life's saving's a two dollar bill
That's why I'm here tonight I've got time to kill
And I can tell my story about twenty times
With two dollars in the jukebox a dime at a time

Two dollars in the jukebox a dime at a time
Play that same old song about a love gone wrong till closing time
Two dollars oughtah do me if you'll buy the wine
And I'll put in the jukebox a dime at a time

Pardon me mister mind if I sit down 
A misery likes company and I believe I've found
Somebody just as lonely don't believe I'm wrong
If you had a place to go to you'd've done been gone

Two dollars in the jukebox a dime at a time
Play the same old song about a love gone wrong till closing time
Two dollars oughta do me if you'll buy the wine
And I'll put in the jukebox a dime at a time

And I'll put in the jukebox a dime at a time

A Beautiful Morning
Composer(s): Felix Cavaliere - Edward Jr. Brigati
First release by: The Rascals - 1968
Covered by multiple other artists



It's a beautiful morning
I think I'll go outside for a while 
(and just smile)
Just diggin' some clean fresh air for
(no sense in stayin' inside)
If the weather's fine and you've got the time
It's your chance to wake up and plan
Another brand new day (lead the way)

It's a beautiful morning
Each bird keeps singin' his own song (so long)
I've got to be on my way now
(no fun just hangin' around)
I've got to cover ground
You couldn't keep me down
It just ain't no good if the sun shines
And you're still inside (shouldn't hide) ...

There will be children with
robins and flowers
Sunshine caresses each
new waking hour

Seems to me that people keep seein'
More and more each day
(gotta say) lead the way (it's ok)
Every day you got to say it's ok

A Beautiful Life
Composer(s): William Lee Golden
Performer(s): Jim Reeves
and multiple other artists



Each day I'll do (each day I'll do)
A golden deed (a golden deed)
By helping those (by helping those)
Who are in need (who are in need)

My life on earth (my life on earth)
Is but a span (is but a span)
And so I'll do (and so I'll do the best I can)

Life's evening sun (lifes evening sun)
Is sinking low (is sinking low)
A few more days (a few more days)
And I must go (and I must go)

Too meet the deed (to meet the deed)
That I have done (that I have done)
Where there will be (where there will be no setting sun)

While travelling down (while travelling down)
Life's weary road (life's weary road)
I'll try to lessen (I'll try to lessen)
Some travellers load (some travellers load)

I'll try to turn (I'll try to turn)
The nights to day (the night to day)
Make flowers bloom (make floweres bloom, along the way)

Life's evening sun (lifes evening sun)
Is sinking low (is sinking low)
A few more days (a few more days)
And I must go (and I must go)

A Beautiful Lady In Blue
Composer(s): Al Lewis - J. Fred Coots
Performer(s): Putney Dandridge
and multiple other artists



Ev'ryone loves a love story
Told of a maid and a man
But listen to my love story
It ended before it began
A beautiful lady in blue
We met just like two shadows do
Not one word was said, she kiss'd me and fled
And our little romance was thro'
A beautiful lady in blue
She thought I was someone she knew
Her lips so divine Were not meant for mine
The night seem'd to laugh at us too
How did I know she was lovely?
There wan't a moonbeam a-glow
How would I know there's a haven
Unles my heart told me so?
A beautiful lady in blue
And strange as it may sound to you
A lifetime was spent in one little moment
With a beautiful lady in blue

Blue Kiss
Composer(s): Randell Kirsch - Jane Wiedlin
Performer(s): Jane Wiedlin; Papa Doo Run Run
 


A Blue Kiss 
Colouring me goodbye 
A New Kiss 
Could never feel so fine 
Tomorrow 
I'll be living in black & white 

Why? Does it have to be such a Blue Kiss 
When I kiss you 
Now! I'll colour my world with a Blue Kiss 
I've got kisses for you 

Red Lips 
Kissing away my fears (I miss you) 
A Blue Kiss 
Bringing me back to tears (I love you) 

Why? Does it have to be such a Blue Kiss 
Yeah these kisses are blue 
Now! I colour my world with a Blue Kiss 
I've got kisses for you 

A prism of love surrounded us 
Don't you see what our hearts knew 
How can you choose a one coloured world 
When you know that I've got a rainbow for you 

Last night a spectrum filled the sky (I miss you) 
This morning you're shattered with your goodbye (I love you) 

Why? Does it have to be such a Blue Kiss? 
When I kiss you 
Now! I'll colour my world with a Blue Kiss 
I've got kisses for you

A Blue Like The Blue Of Your Eyes
((Adapted from: Plus Bleu Que Tes Yeux (by Edith Piaf) - 1951))
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour - Gene Lees
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour - 1971



A blue like the blue of your eyes
When they're full of surprise
Isn't found in the skies

A windfield in clear open air
Couldn't hope to compare
With the gold of your hair

A softening wind in July
Would be foolish to try
To compare with your sigh

The strength of a storm on the sea
Couldn't possibly be
Like the strength of my love

A blue like the blue of your eyes
Isn't found in the skies
Or the glow up above

If one day you decide to go your merry way
My life would become filled with dismay
Filled with dismay

A sky full of rain wouldn't say
It was nearly as grey
As the grey of the day

The darkest of nights wouldn't dare to claim
It could compare
With my aching despair

You laugh at me when I'm like this
Then you softly dismiss
All my fears with a kiss

My fool of a heart then takes flight
Almost mad with delight
Like a skylark above

The blue that I see in the skies
Can't compare with your eyes
When they're shining with love

'A' Bomb In Wardour Street
Composer(s): Paul Weller
Performer(s): The Jam; Setting Sons; Retaliator



Where the streets are paved with blood
With cataclysmic overtones
Fear and hate linger in the air
A strictly no-go deadly zone
I don't know what I'm doing here
'Cause it's not my scene at all
There's an 'A' bomb in Wardour Street
They've called in the Army, they've called in the police to
I'm stranded on the vortex floor
My head's been kicked in and blood's started to pour
Through the haze I can see my girl
15 geezers got her pinned to the door
I try to reach her but fall back to the floor
'A' bomb in Wardour Street
It's blown up the West End, now it's spreading throughout the City
'A' bomb in Wardour Street, it's blown up the City
Now it's spreading through the country
Law and order take a turn for the worst
In the shape of a size 10 boot
Rape and murder throughout the land
and they tell you that you're still a free man
If this is freedom I don't understand
'Cause it seems like madness to me
'A' bomb in Wardour Street, Hate Bomb
Hate Bomb, Hate Bomb, Hate Bomb
A Phillistine nation, of degredation
And hate and war. There must be more
It's Doctor Martin's A,p,o,c,a,l,y,p,s,e
Apocalypse!

A Boy Like Me, A Girl Like You
Composer(s): Sid Tepper - Roy C. Bennett
Performer(s): Elvis Presley



When a boy like me
meets a girl like you
Then I must confess wishes come true
I just look at you
and I touch your hand
And this ordinary world becomes a wonderland

There are many girls I have met before
But I passed them by because I knew
There would be this magic moment,
One to last a lifetime through
When a boy like me meets a girl like you
When a boy like me meets a girl like you