You packed in the morning I Stared out the window and I Struggled for something to say You left in the rain without closing the door I didn't stand in your way
But I miss you more than I Missed you before and now Where I'll find comfort, God knows 'Cause you left me Just when I needed you most (Left me, just when I needed you most)
Now most every morning I Stare out the window and I Think about where you might be I've written you letters that I'd like to send If you would just send one to me
'Cause I need you more than I Needed before and now Where I'll find comfort, God knows 'Cause you left me Just when I needed you most (Left me, just when I needed you most)
You packed in the morning I Stared out the window and I Struggled for something to say You left in the rain without closing the door I didn't stand in your way
Now I love you more than I Loved you before and now Where I'll find comfort, God knows 'Cause you left me Just when I needed you most Oh, yeah You left me just when I needed you most
The devil went down to Georgia He was lookin' for a soul to steal He was in a bind 'cause he was way behind and he was willin' to make a deal
When he came across this young man sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot And the devil jumped up on a hickory stump and said, "Boy, let me tell you what.
"I guess you didn't know it but I'm a fiddle player, too. And if you'd care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you.
"Now, you play pretty good fiddle, boy, but give the devil his due. I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, 'cause I think I'm better than you."
The boy said, "My name's Johnny, and it might be a sin, but I'll take your bet, you're gonna regret, 'cause I'm the best that's ever been."
Johnny, rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard, 'cause hell's broke loose in Georgia and the devil deals the cards. And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold But if you lose, the devil gets your soul...
The devil opened up his case and he said, "I'll start this show." And fire flew from his fingertips as he rosined up his bow.
And he pulled the bow across the strings and it made an evil hiss. Then a band of demons joined in and it sounded somethin' like this.
When the devil finished, Johnny said, "Well, you're pretty good, old son, but sit down in that chair right there and let me show you how it's done."
Fire on the mountain. Run, boys, run. The devil's in the House of the Rising Sun. Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough. Granny, does your dog bite? No, child, no.
The devil bowed his head because he knew that he'd been beat. And he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet.
Johnny said, "Devil, just come on back if you ever want to try again. 'Cause I told you once, you son of a gun, I'm the best that's ever been."
Young man, there's no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town There's no need to be unhappy.
Young man, there's a place you can go. I said, young man, when you're short on your dough. You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find Many ways to have a good time.
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. They have everything for you men to enjoy, You can hang out with all the boys ...
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal, You can do whatever you feel ...
Young man, are you listening to me? I said, young man, what do you want to be? I said, young man, you can make real your dreams. But you got to know this one thing!
No man does it all by himself. I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf, And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A. I'm sure they can help you today.
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. They have everything for you men to enjoy, You can hang out with all the boys ...
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. You can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal, You can do whatever you feel ...
Young man, I was once in your shoes. I said, I was down and out with the blues. I felt no man cared if I were alive. I felt the whole world was so tight ...
That's when someone came up to me, And said, young man, take a walk up the street. There's a place there called the Y.M.C.A. They can start you back on your way.
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A. They have everything for you men to enjoy, You can hang out with all the boys ...
Y.M.C.A.... you'll find it at the Y.M.C.A.
Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down. Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.
Y.M.C.A.... you'll find it at the Y.M.C.A.
Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down. Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.
Y.M.C.A.... just go to the Y.M.C.A.
Young man, young man, are you listening to me? Young man, young man, what do you wanna be?
Looks like it's over, you knew I couldn't stay She's comin' home today We had a good thing, I'll miss your sweet love Why must you look at me that way? It's over...
CHORUS: Sad eyes, turn the other way I don't wanna see you cry Sad eyes, you knew there'd come a day When we would have to say goodbye
Try to remember the magic that we shared In time your broken heart will mend I never used you, you knew I really cared I hate to see it have to end But it's over...
CHORUS
CHORUS
Sad eyes, turn the other way (Turn the other way) I don't wanna see you cry (Cry, cry cry) Sad eyes, you knew there'd come a day (Hey, hey) When we would have to say goodbye... (Ahhhh)
Radio, video Boogie with a suitcase You're livin' in a disco Forget about the rat race Let's do the milkshake, sellin' like a hotcake Try some buy some fee-fi-fo-fum
Talk about, pop muzik Talk about, pop muzik
Shoobie doobie do wop I wanna dedicate this Pop pop shoo wop Everybody made it Shoobie doobie do wop Infiltrate it Pop pop shoo wop Activate it
New York, London, Paris, Munich Everybody talk about pop muzik Talk about, pop muzik Talk about, pop muzik Pop pop pop pop muzik
Singing in the subway Shuffle with a shoe shine Fix me a molotov I'm on the headline
Wanna be a gun slinger Don't be a rock singer Eenie meenie minie moe Tell me where you wanna go
Talk about, pop muzik Talk about, pop muzik
Shoobie doobie do wop Lyin' in the tree (?) Pop pop shoo wop Eenee meenie Shoobie doobie do wop (?) Pop pop shoo wop You know what I mean
Hit it...
Now you know what to say...
Talk about, pop muzik Pop pop pop pop muzik
All around the world wherever you are dance in the street anything you like do it in your car in the middle of the night
La la la la la la la la la La la la la la la la
Dance in the supermart Dig it in the fastlane Listen to the countdown They're playin' our song again
I can't get jumping jack I wanna hold - get back (?) Moonlight muzak (?) Knick knack paddy whack
Talk about, pop muzik Talk about, pop muzik
Shoobie doobie do wop It's all around you Pop pop shoo wop Gonna surround you Shoobie doobie do wop It's all around Pop pop shoo wop
Hit it...
New York, London, Paris, Munich Everybody talk about pop muzik Talk about, pop muzik Talk about, pop muzik Pop pop pop pop muzik
Now... listen... Talk about, Pop pop pop pop muzik...
Oo my little pretty one, pretty one When you gonna give me some time, Sharona? Oo you make my motor run, my motor run Gun it coming off of the line, Sharona
Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind I always get it up with a touch of the younger kind My-ee ey-ee by-ee ahee ah woo! Ma ma ma my Sharona
Come a little closer, over here Close enough to look in my eyes, Sharona Keep a little mystery, kissin' me Runnin' down the length of my thigh, Sharona
Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind I always get it up from a touch of the younger kind My-ee ey-ee by-ee ahee ah woo! Ma ma ma my Sharona Ma ma ma my Sharona
When ya gonna get to me, get to me Is it just a matter of time, Sharona Is it a destiny, a destiny Or is it just a game in my mind, Sharona
Never gonna stop, give it up, such a dirty mind I always get it up from a touch of the younger kind My-ee ey-ee by-ee ahee ah woo! Ma ma ma ma ma ma ma ma Myee ey-ee by-ee ahee ah woo!
At first I was afraid, I was petrified Kept thinkin' I could never live without you by my side But then I spent so many nights thinkin' how you did me wrong And I grew strong and I learned how to get along
And so you're back from outer space I just walked in to find you here with that sad look upon your face I should have changed that stupid lock, I should have made you leave your key If I'd have known for just one second you'd back to bother me
Go on now, go walk out the door Just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye Did you think I'd crumble, did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh, no, not I-I will survive Oh, as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give And I'll survive, I will survive, hey, hey
It took all the strength I had not to fall apart Kept tryin' hard to mend the pieces of my broken heart And I spent, oh, so many nights just feeling sorry for myself I used to cry, but now I hold my head up high
And you see me, somebody new I'm not that chained up little person still in love with you And so you feel like droppin' in and just expect me to be free But now I'm savin' all my lovin' for someone who's lovin' me
Go on now, go walk out the door Just turn around now 'cause you're not welcome anymore Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye Did you think I'd crumble, did you think I'd lay down and die
Oh, no, not I-I will survive Oh, as long as I know how to love I know I'll stay alive I've got all my life to live and I've got all my love to give And I'll survive, I will survive, hey, hey...
Somebody's gonna hurt someone Before the night is through Somebody's gonna come undone There's nothin' we can do
Everybody wants to touch somebody If it takes all night Everybody wants to take a little chance And make it come out right
There's gonna be a heartache tonight A heartache tonight, I know There's gonna be a heartache tonight A heartache tonight, I know Lord, I know
Some people like to stay out late Some folks can't hold out that long But nobody wants to go home now There's too much goin' on
This night is gonna last forever Last all, last all summer long Sometimes before the sun comes up The radio is gonna play that song
There's gonna be a heartache tonight A heartache tonight, I know There's gonna be a heartache tonight A heartache tonight, I know Lord, I know
There's gonna be a heartache tonight The moon's shinin' bright So turn out the light And we'll get it right There's gonna be a heartache tonight A heartache tonight, I know
Somebody's gonna hurt someone (somebody) Before the night is through Somebody's gonna come undone There's nothin' we can do (everybody)
Everybody wants to touch somebody If it takes all night Everybody wants to take a little chance And make it come out right
There's gonna be a heartache tonight A heartache tonight, I know There's gonna be a heartache tonight A heartache tonight, I know Let's go
We can beat around the bushes We can get down to the bone We can leave it in the parkin' lot But either way there's gonna be a Heartache tonight, a heartache tonight, I know Oh, I know There'll be a heartache tonight A heartache tonight, I know
I was tired of my lady, We've been together too long. Like a worn-out recording, Of a favorite song. So while she lay there sleeping, I read the paper in bed. And in the personals column, There was this letter I read:
"If you like Piña Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, If you have half-a-brain. If you like making love at midnight, In the dunes of the cape. I'm the lady you've looked for, Write to me, and escape."
I didn't think about my lady, I know that sounds kind of mean. But me and my old lady, Have fallen into the same old dull routine. So I wrote to the paper, Took out a personal ad. And though I'm nobody's poet, I thought it wasn't half-bad.
"Yes, I like Piña Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. I'm not much into health food, I am into champagne. I've got to meet you by tomorrow noon, And cut through all this red tape. At a bar called O'Malley's, Where we'll plan our escape."
So I waited with high hopes, Then she walked in the place. I knew her smile in an instant, I knew the curve of her face. It was my own lovely lady, And she said, "Oh, it's you." And we laughed for a moment, And I said, "I never knew..
"That you liked Piña Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. And the feel of the ocean, And the taste of champagne. If you like making love at midnight, In the dunes of the cape. You're the love that I've looked for, Come with me, and escape."
"If you like Piña Coladas, And getting caught in the rain. If you're not into yoga, If you have half-a-brain. If you like making love at midnight, In the dunes of the cape. I'm the lady you've looked for, Write to me, and escape."
Babe I'm leaving I must be on my way The time is drawing near My train is going I see it in your eyes The love, the need, your tears But I'll be lonely without you And I'll need your love to see me through So please believe me My heart is in your hands I'll be missing you
'Cause you know it's you babe Whenever I get weary And I've had enough Feel like giving up You know it's you babe Giving me the courage And the strength I need Please believe that it's true Babe, I love you
Babe, I'm leaving I'll say it once again And somehow try to smile I know the feeling we're trying to forget If only for awhile 'Cause I'll be lonely without you And I'll need your love to see me through Please believe me My heart is in your hands 'Cause I'll be missing you Babe, I love you Babe, I love you Ooooh, Babe
I have a mansion, forget the price. Ain't never been there they tell me it's nice. I live in hotels, tear out the walls. I have accountants pay for it all.
They say I'm crazy, but I have a good time. (Everybody say oh, yeah.....OH,YEAH) I'm just looking for clues at the scene of the crime. Life's been good to me so far.
My Masarati does one-eighty-five. I lost my license, now I don't drive. I have a limo, ride in the back. I lock the doors in case I'm attacked.
I make hit records, my fans they can't wait. They write me letters, tell me I'm great. So I got me an office, gold records on the wall. Just leave a message, maybe I'll call.
Lucky I'm sane after all I've been through. (Everybody say I'm cool......He's cool) I can't complain but sometimes I still do. Life's been good to me so far
I go to parties, sometimes until 4. It's hard to leave when you can't find the door. It's tough to handle this fortune and fame. Everybody's so different, I hven't changed.
They say I'm lazy but I have a good time (Everybody say oh, yeah.....OH,YEAH) I keep on going guess I'll never know why. Life's been good to me so far.
Her name was Lola She was a showgirl With yellow feathers in her hair And a dress cut down to there
She would merengue And do the cha-cha And while she tried to be a star, Tony always tended bar
Across the crowded floor they worked from 8 til 4 They were young and they had each other Who could ask for more?
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana) The hottest spot north of Havana (here) At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana Music and passion were always the fashion At the Copa....they fell in love.
(Love....Copacabana....)
His name was Rico He wore a diamond He was escorted to his chair He saw Lola dancing there
And when she finished He called her over, But Rico went a bit too far, Tony sailed across the bar
And then the punches flew And chairs were smashed in two There was blood and a single gunshot But just who shot who?
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana) The hottest spot north of Havana (here) At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana Music and passion were always in fashion At the Copa....she lost her love.
Copa... Copacabana... music and passion... always the fashion...
Her name is Lola She was a showgirl, But that was 30 years ago When they used to have a show
Now it's a disco But not for Lola Still in the dress she used to wear Faded feathers in her hair
She sits there so refined And drinks herself half-blind She lost her youth and she lost her Tony, Now she's lost her mind!
At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana (Copacabana) The hottest spot north of Havana (here) At the Copa (CO!), Copacabana Music and passion were always in fashion At the Copa....don't fall in love.
On a dark desert highway Cool wind in my hair Warm smell of colitas Rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance I saw a shimmering light My head grew heavy, and my sight grew dim I had to stop for the night
There she stood in the doorway I heard the mission bell And I was thinking to myself This could be Heaven or this could be Hell
Then she lit up a candle And she showed me the way There were voices down the corridor I thought I heard them say
Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place) Such a lovely face Plenty of room at the Hotel California Any time of year (Any time of year) You can find it here
Her mind is Tiffany twisted She's got the Mercedes bends She's got a lot of pretty, pretty boys That she calls friends How they dance in the courtyard Sweet summer sweat Some dance to remember Some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain Please bring me my wine He said We haven't had that spirit here since 1969 And still those voices are calling from far away Wake you up in the middle of the night Just to hear them say
Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely Place (Such a lovely Place) Such a lovely face They're livin' it up at the Hotel California What a nice surprise (What a nice surprise) Bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling Pink champagne on ice And she said We are all just prisoners here Of our own device And in the master's chambers They gathered for the feast They stab it with their steely knives But they just can't kill the beast
Last thing I remember I was running for the door I had to find the passage back to the place I was before "Relax," said the nightman, "We are programmed to receive. You can check out any time you like, But you can never leave."
