THE ARK OF THE COVENANT OF THE TRUE GOD - MUSICAL PROPHECY: God Genre

Released 1982

4/22/2024

I Want You to Want Me
By Cheap Trick

I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'll shine up my old brown shoes
I'll put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work
If you say that you love me
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I
See you cryin' (cryin, cryin')
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I
See you cryin' (cryin, cryin')
Feelin' all alone without a friend
You know you feel like dyin' (dyin', dyin')
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I
See you cryin' (cryin', cryin')
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me
I'll shine up my old brown shoes
I'll put on a brand new shirt
I'll get home early from work
If you say that you love me
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I
See you cryin' (cryin, cryin')
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I
See you cryin' (cryin, cryin')
Feelin' all alone without a friend
You know you feel like dyin' (dyin', dyin')
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I
See you cryin' (cryin', cryin')
Feelin' all alone without a friend
You know you feel like dyin' (dyin', dyin')
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I
See you cryin' (cryin', cryin')
I want you to want me
I need you to need me
I'd love you to love me
I'm beggin' you to beg me

Minstrel Shows

12/31/2023

A minstrel was an entertainer, initially in medieval Europe. It originally described any type of entertainer such as a musician, juggler, acrobat, singer or fool; later, from the sixteenth century, it came to mean a specialist entertainer who sang songs and played musical instruments.

The minstrel show, also called minstrelsy, was an American form of theater developed in the early 19th century. The shows were performed by mostly white actors wearing blackface makeup for the purpose of comically portraying racial stereotypes of African Americans.

Dixie
(Original Minstrel Show Lyrics)

I wish I was in de lan’ ob cotton;
Ole times dar am not forgotten --
In Dixie lan’ where I was bawn in,
Early orn ne frosty mawin.’

I wish I was in Dixie — Away! away!
In Dixie Lan’ I’ll take my stan’,
To lib an’ die in Dixie.
Away! away! away down souph in Dixie!
Away! away! away down souph in Dixie!

In Dixie lan’ de darkies grow,
Ef white fo’kes only plants der toe;
Dey wet de groun’ wid’ ’backer smoke,
An’ up de darkey’s head will poke.

I wish I was in Dixie, etc.

’Dey hoe an’ rake and dig de lan’
An’ plant de cotton seed by han’;
When master’s gone dey down will sit,
De young folks dey git up an’ git.

I wish I was in Dixie, etc.

You court de gals right on de squar’
An’ smoove de wool in deir curly hair;
Dey am not drunk, dey am not sober --
Dey try to faint, but dey fall cl’ar ober.

I wish I was in Dixie, etc.

Ole Missis marry Will, de weaber;
William was a gay deceaber;
When he put is arm aroun’ ’er,
He looks as fierce as a forty-poun’er.

I wish I was in Dixie, etc.

When Missis libbed she libbed in clobber;
When she died she died all ober.
Here’s a health to the nex’ old Missis,
An’ all de gals dat want to kiss us.
I wish I was in Dixie, etc.

Released 1976

12/10/2023

Fly Like an Eagle
By Steve Miller Band

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future

I wanna fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
'Til I'm free
Oh Lord, through the revolution

Feed the babies
Who don't have enough to eat
Shoe the children
With no shoes on their feet
House the people
Livin' in the street
Oh, oh, there's a solution

I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
'Til I'm free
Fly through the revolution

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future

I want to fly like an eagle
To the sea
Fly like an eagle, let my spirit carry me
I want to fly like an eagle
'Til I'm free
Fly through the revolution

Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future
Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future

Released 1983

12/10/2023

Sweet Dreams
(Are Made of This)
By Eurythmics

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something

Hold your head up, keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on, keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on, keep your head up, movin' on
Hold your head up, movin' on, keep your head up

Some of them want to use you
Some of them want to get used by you
Some of them want to abuse you
Some of them want to be abused

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something

Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas
Everybody's looking for something
Sweet dreams are made of this
Who am I to disagree
I travel the world and the seven seas

Released 1983

12/10/2023

Here Comes The Rain Again
By Eurythmics

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
Want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?

So, baby, talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do

Here comes the rain again
Raining in my head like a tragedy
Tearing me apart like a new emotion (ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
I want to breathe in the open wind
I want to kiss like lovers do
Want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?

So, baby, talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do

So, baby, talk to me
Like lovers do

Ooh
Ooh, yeah
Here it comes again
Ooh-ooh
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey

Here it comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
(Here it comes again, here it comes again, oh-ah)
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
Want dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?

Ooh, here it comes again
Here comes the rain again (I said)
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion (ooh, ooh, yeah)
I want to walk in the open wind (ooh, ooh)
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion

Released 1976

11/25/2023

Let Em' In
By Paul McCartney

Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Do me a favor
Open the door and let 'em in

Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Do me a favor
Open the door and let 'em in, yeah, let 'em in

Sister Suzie, brother John
Martin Luther, Phil and Don
Brother Michael, auntie Gin
Open the door and let 'em in, yeah

Sister Suzie, brother John
Martin Luther, Phil and Don
Uncle Ernie, auntie Gin
Open the door and let 'em in, yeah

Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Do me a favor
Open the door and let 'em in, ooh yeah, let 'em in

Sister Suzie, brother John
Martin Luther, Phil and Don
Uncle Earnie, uncle Lin
Open the door and let 'em in, yeah

Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Someone's knockin' at the door
Somebody's ringin' the bell
Do me a favor
Open the door and let 'em in, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Released 1973

11/11/2023

I Wanna Know Your Name
By The Intruders

I wanna know your name
Ooh, you look so good
I wanna know your name
What's your name, baby?

I'd love ya if I could
'Cause you're the kind of girl
That I adore
And you're the kind of girl
I've been looking for

Hey, where do you live
Where do you live, baby?
I'd like to take you home
What do I have to give?
What do I have to give?
To call you on the phone

'Cause you're the kind of girl
That I adore
And you're the kind of girl
I've been looking for

Girl, tell me your name (I wanna know your name)
Just tell me your name
Please tell me your name (I wanna know your name)

Ain't never seen nothin' as sweet as you (I wanna know your name)
Sitting there in that gray dress
You pretty little thing (I wanna know your name)

'Cause I never believed
In love at first sight
But now, I know
That it's alright

Girl, tell me your name (I wanna know your name)
Please tell me your name
What's your name? (I wanna know your name)

You look so good, you look so good
(I wanna know your name) girl, ain't never seen nothing like this in my life
(I wanna know your name) you just look like something I could settle down with

Let me introduce myself, my name is Little Sonny
I drive a little red Volkswagen
I like to go horseback riding
I like all kind of sweets, cupcakes, currants and things like that

This is why I can't help from noticing you
Just a jazzy, jazzy ol' babe
Come on, can I have this dance?
Something as groovy as this, we got to dance

Lord, have mercy
Am I holding you too tight, oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, excuse me
Ain't gonna get too close

When are you going to tell me your name?
Please tell me your name
I'm just going to have to grab you and hold you a little closer
'Cause, I just got to, Lord, have mercy

girl, tell me your name
(I wanna know your name) just hold me, just squeeze me

girl, tell me your name, you sweet little thing, you
(I wanna know your name) I could love you, I could love you, I could love you
All night long, all night long, all night long

Listen, what about giving your phone number
And I call you one Saturday afternoon?
Perhaps we can go in town, have a little bite to eat
And then maybe, go and take a little movie?

And afterwards, I'll just drop you at the h-, at the doorstep
And give you a little kiss
Oh, I just, there's so many things that we could do if you just tell me your name
I'm not even married, are you married?

Girl, you gotta tell me, tell me, tell me your name (I wanna know your name)
Just wait a minute, don't leave out the door (I wanna know your name)
Don't leave me, don't leave me....

Released 1976

10/1/2023

Hot Line
by the Sylvers

Number please

Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
For your love, for your love
Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
On the hot line

I'm calling on the hot line for your love
Baby, cause Im burnin' up
Like a house on fire
My desire
Is climbin higher
Baby, whoo-ooo
Girl, the way you move your lips
I can tell you got fire in your kiss
The way you flash your eyes
Looks like lightnin' lightin' up the sky

Stop all the calls in the world
Till I catch you, girl
Catch you at home
I asked the CIA
If it was ok, to use their private phone
Oh, baby, baby

Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
For your love, for your love
Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
On the hot line

Operator, excuse me please
But this is more than an emergency
Take those phones off-a your ears
'Cause this is only for my baby to hear

Stop all the calls in the world
Till I catch you, girl
Catch you at home
I asked the CIA
They said it was ok, to use their private phone
Oh, baby, baby

Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
For your love, for your love
Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
On the hot line

Baby, where are you
Here am I
Should I get in touch with the FBI
I know my call will be accepted
There's no chance of bein disconnected, on the

Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
For your love, for your love
Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
On the hot line

Don't keep it busy
Don't make me dizzy
Your love makes me want to shout, Ow
You're my lover, undercover
You know what I'm talkin' about

Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
For your love, for your love
Hot line, hot line
Calling on the hot line
On the hot line

Released 1975

10/1/2023

Storybook Girl
by the Sylvers

If i were to write a storybook
I would fill every page...
With the sweet things you say
When we're together

Just like Romeo and Juliet when
They first met
What do you bet
They could feel love will be there
Like the love that we share
Now and forever

You are my storybook girl
Storybook girl...
My every wish my every dream
You are my storybook girl
Storybook girl...
My fantasy my make believe
(Make believe, make believe)

I'm your Cinderella girl when
You take my hand
You make me feel
I gone strolling to wonderland
I'm at your command
And I'll always be

You are my storybook girl
Storybook girl...
My every wish my every dream
You are my storybook girl
Storybook girl...
My fantasy my make believe
(Make believe, make believe)

Every minute of the day...
Every day of every year
Will live for storybook love

You are my storybook
Girl...(aah you are my
Storybook girl)
Storybook girl...
My every wish my every dream
You are my storybook girl
Storybook girl...
My fantasy my make believe
You are my storybook
Girl...(aah you are my
Storybook girl)
My every wish my every dream
(Fading)

Released 1975

10/1/2023

Boogie Fever
by the Sylvers

Boogie fever, got to boogie down
Boogie fever, I think it's going around

I took my baby to the drive-in show
She turned the speaker down
And then she turned on the radio
I watched a silent movie, diggin' funky sound

She's got the boogie fever
She likes to boogie down
Boogie fever
I think it's going around

I took my baby to the pizza parlor (pizza parlour)
To get a bite to eat, na na na
I put some money in the jukebox for her
You know she ate her pizza dancing to the beat

She's got the boogie fever
She likes to boogie down, oh
Shes got the boogie fever
I think it's going around

Yes we did, yes we did, yes we did, yeah
(She kept it going strong) doin' the bump, bump, bump (doin' the bump, bump, bump, yeah)

I called the doctor on the telephone (doctor, doctor)
Said doctor, doctor, please, ah ah ah
I got this feeling
Rocking and a'reeling
Tell me, what can it be, is it some new disease

They call it boogie fever
You got to boogie down (just get on down)
Boogie fever, I think it's going around

Fever
Fever
Fever, ooh, ooh, ooh
(All night long, we did the bump, bump, bump)
Yes we did, yes we did, yes we did
(We kept it going strong) doin the bump, bump, bump

Yeah, everybody's got the boogie fever
You got to boogie down, you get on down, you get on down
Boogie fever, boo-boo-boo-boogie fever, I think it's going around and around and around

I got the boogie fever
You got the boogie fever
She's got the boogie fever
Everybody's got the boogie fever
Boogie fever
Boogie down (just get on down, just get on down)

Released 1985

8/18/2023

Released 1985

8/18/2023

Released 1975

6/12/2023

Love Machine
Song by The Miracles

I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you (yeah baby)
I'm just a love machine
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I think it's high time you knew
Whenever I think of you
My mind blows a fuse (baby)
When I look in you eyes
My meter starts to rise, I become so confused
My voltage regulator cools
When I'm sitting next to you
Electricity starts to flow
And my indicator starts to glow, wooh

I-I I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you baby
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I-I I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I'm gentle as a lamb,
I'm not that hard to program,
There's no way that you can lose
My chassis fits like a glove
I've got a button for love
That she's got to use
If you look into my files
I am sure you can find out how
To turn me on just set my dial
And let me love you for a little while, wooh

I-I I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody (but you baby)
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you(baby)
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I'm just a love machine
I won't operate for nobody but you
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

Released 1974

6/12/2023

Do It Baby
Song by The Miracles

… Nice and easy
Ooh how you please me
You've got a love that's really real
Sweet and spicy come on entice me
You know the way I like to feel

… Can't nobody groove me
Can't nobody move me like you do
Like you do

… Girl you build me up now when I'm
Gettin' down down with you
Do do it, do it, do it, do it yeah
Do it baby do it, do it baby
Come on and do it to me
Do it baby um-hm, do it, do it, yeah

… Tantalizing' so appetizing
You've got me hungry for your love
Got me hungry for your love
Sweet as honey, yeah, oo how you love me baby
You keep me coming back for more
Back for more ooh
Can't nobody groove me
Can't nobody move me like you do
Like you do ooh
Girl you build me up now when I'm gettin' down
Down down with you ooh
Do it-do-it-do-it-do-it
Do it baby do it do it baby do it baby
Ooh, how you get me, yeah
Don't you know
Can't nobody groove me
Can't nobody move me like you do
Like you do yeah you do
Girl you build me up now when I'm gettin' down
Down with you
Do it-do-it-do-it-do-it baby
Do it baby, do it, do it baby, do it to me baby
Do it baby, do it to me baby
Come on b-baby
Do it baby do-it-do-it baby
Hold me tight
Do it baby do-it-do-it to me, yeah
Do it baby, do it, do it baby, pretty lady
Do it baby do it to me baby
Drive me crazy
Do it baby do-it-do-it baby

Slave Spirituals

12/20/2022

History of the American Negro Spiritual

The American Negro Spirituals are the folk songs created by the enslaved Africans after their arrival in North America between 1619 and 1860. Although slavery ended with Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation, which went into effect January 1, 1863, the enslaved people in Texas did not receive the notice until June 19, 1865, hence the Juneteenth Celebration.

The songs created and sung by enslaved women, men and children were born in North America and recant with dignity, resolve and sometimes joy, their stories of life, death, faith, hope, escape, and survival. These melodies and stories have been passed down orally from generation to generation in the plantation fields, in churches and in camp meetings and have presently taken their places on concert hall stages and recital series around the world. Some may wonder why NATS has chosen to use the classification "American Negro Spiritual" as opposed to a more updated term, and perhaps more contemporary classification like "African-American Spirituals." Dr. Everett McCorvey, founder of the American Spiritual Ensemble and a researcher in this area, comments: “The term 'American Negro Spirituals' speaks to the history, the suffering, the hope and the resolve of a people who were able to sing through their suffering and tell and re-tell their heroic stories of triumph and survival through these songs. It is a story and a history that hopefully will never be forgotten. And while the songs were born out of this very dark period in our American History, these songs are now sung, celebrated, and revered all around the world. While some of the language in the music is updated in order to be sung in a more contemporary style and to remove the barrier of dialect, the melodies, the sentiment and the stories of the spirituals are over 400 years old and need to be sung and remembered. I would encourage teachers and singers to be comfortable with calling the melodies what they are. They are "American Negro Spirituals." Please feel free to call them "Negro Spirituals" or just "Spirituals" or "American Negro Spirituals," but the ultimate goal is for these melodies to be celebrated and sung by all.

— Dr. Everett McCorvey
Founder and Director American Spiritual Ensemble
Artistic Director, National Chorale and Orchestra (New York, New York)
Professor of Voice and Endowed Chair in Opera Studies, University of Kentucky (Lexington, Kentucky)

Down By The Riverside And When The Saints Go Marching In

Let's snap our fingers, clap our hands
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside
Let's give 'em what the song demands
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside
We'll hear them playing, keep that beat
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside, down by the riverside
Let's get together, what a treat
Down by the riverside, down by the riverside

Strike up the band. Start the parade
Don't let that grand old rhythm fade
Just play that song, play that number
When the saints come marching in
Shake tambourines. Play that cornet
That trumpet horn you won't forget

Your heart will hum to that number
When the saints come marching in

The cymbals clang. Just pound that beat
Sounds like a hundred marching feet

It's fun to join in that number
When the saints come marching in
See banners wave. Oh hear that ring
We all feel prouder than a king
'cos everyone, everyone loves that number
When the saints come marching in

Released January 1, 1977

8/13/2022

I’ll Set You Out O.K.
By Con Funk Shun

I really wanna make you mine, pretty lady
But then, I don't want to show it
I'm lovin' you all the time, little lady
I just want you to know that
You really set my mind at ease, honey
Refreshing as a summer breeze, baby, baby
I'm really not that hard to please, darling, darling
Come on, sugar, be with me

So add a little sugar to your coffee
Sit and talk for awhile, won't you please, honey?
Well, baby, take a look at how I've planned things
I'll set you out O.K

And then I wanna take you out with me, baby
Disco Dancing all night long
My place, your place, doesn't matter, sweet lady
The love we have is, oh, so strong
Now, you've been sitting here all evening
Well, it's really not that hard to see, darling, darling
That lovin' me is on your mind, baby
Well, I'm so in love with what I see

So add a little sugar to your coffee
Sit and talk, sit and talk for awhile, won't you please, honey?
Well, baby, take a look at how I've planned things
I'll set you out O.K

So add a little sugar to your coffee
Sit and talk, sit and talk for awhile, won't you please, honey?
Well, baby, take a look at how I've planned things
I'll set you out O.K

So add a little sugar to your coffee
Sit and talk for awhile, won't you please, honey?
Well, baby, take a look at how I've planned things
I'll set you out O.K

Broadway Musical Hamilton 2016

7/22/2022

Released 1975 - Modern Slave Spirituals Theme Song

7/19/2022

Released 1965

7/4/2022

Yes, I'm Ready
By Barbara Mason

I don't even know how to love you
Just the way you want me to
But I'm ready (ready) to learn (to learn)
Yes, I'm ready (ready) to learn (to learn)
To fall in love, to fall in love, to fall in love with you

I don't even know how to hold your hand
Just to make you understand
But I'm ready (ready) to learn (to learn)
Yes, I'm ready (ready) to learn (to learn)
To hold your hand, make you understand
To hold your hand right now

I don't even know how to kiss your lips (kiss your lips)
At a moment like this
But I'm going to learn how to do
All the things you want me to
(Are you ready?) Yes, I'm ready
(Are you ready?) Yes, I'm ready
To fall in love, to fall in love, to fall in love right now

Yes, I'm ready
(Are you ready?) Yes, I'm ready
(To kiss me?) Yes, I'm ready
(To love me?)
To kiss you, love you, and hug you
Baby, I'm ready

Released January 27, 1956

6/24/2022

Heartbreak Hotel
By Elvis Presley

Well, since my baby left me
Well, I found a new place to dwell
Well, it's down at the end of Lonely Street
At Heartbreak Hotel
Where I'll be, I'll be so lonely, baby
Well, I'm so lonely
I'll be so lonely, I could die

Although it's always crowded
You still can find some room
For broken hearted lovers
To cry there in their gloom
Be so, they'll be so lonely, baby
They get so lonely
They're so lonely, they could die

Now, the bellhop's tears keep flowin'
And the desk clerk's dressed in black
Well, they've been so long on Lonely Street
Well, they'll never, they'll never look back
And they get so, they get so lonely, baby
Well, they are so lonely
They're so lonely, they could die

Well, now, if your baby leaves you
And you got a tale to tell
Well, just take a walk down Lonely Street
To Heartbreak Hotel
Where you will be, you will be lonely, baby
Well, you will be lonely
You'll be so lonely, you could die

Although it's always crowded
But you still can find some room
For broken hearted lovers
To cry there in their gloom
Where they get so, they get so lonely, baby
Well, they're so lonely
They'll be so lonely, they could die

Released 1975

6/11/2022

I'm Just a Love Machine
By the Miracles

I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you (yeah baby)
I'm just a love machine
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I think it's high time you knew
Whenever I think of you
My mind blows a fuse (baby)
When I look in you eyes
My meter starts to rise, I become so confused
My voltage regulator cools
When I'm sitting next to you
Electricity starts to flow
And my indicator starts to glow, wooh

I-I I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you baby
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I-I I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I'm gentle as a lamb,
I'm not that hard to program,
There's no way that you can lose
My chassis fits like a glove
I've got a button for love
That she's got to use
If you look into my files
I am sure you can find out how
To turn me on just set my dial
And let me love you for a little while, wooh

I-I I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody (but you baby)
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I'm just a love machine
And I won't work for nobody but you(baby)
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

I'm just a love machine
I won't operate for nobody but you
I'm just a love machine (yeah baby)
A huggin', kissin' fiend

Released 1975

6/8/2022

S. O. S.
By Abba

Where are those happy days
They seem so hard to find
I try to reach for you
But you have closed your mind

Whatever happened to our love?
I wish I understood
It used to be so nice
It used to be so good

So when you're near me
Darling, can't you hear me, S.O.S.
The love you gave me
Nothing else can save me, S.O.S.

When you're gone
How can I even try to go on?
When you're gone
Though I try, how can I carry on?

You seemed so far away
Though you were standing near
You made me feel alive
But something died, I fear

I really tried to make it up
I wish I understood
What happened to our love?
It used to be so good

So when you're near me
Darling, can't you hear me, S.O.S.
The love you gave me
Nothing else can save me, S.O.S.

When you're gone
How can I even try to go on?
When you're gone
Though I try, how can I carry on?

So when you're near me
Darling, can't you hear me, S.O.S.
And the love you gave me
Nothing else can save me, S.O.S.

When you're gone
How can I even try to go on?
When you're gone
Though I try, how can I carry on?

When you're gone
How can I even try to go on?
When you're gone
Though I try, how can I carry on?

Released October 24, 1978

5/27/2022

Be a Lion
Movie: The Wiz

There is a place we'll go
Where there is mostly quiet
Flowers and butterflies
A rainbow lives beside it

And from a velvet sky
A summer storm
You can feel the coolness in the air
But you're still warm

And then a mighty roar
Will start the sky to cryin'
But not even lightning
Will be frightening, my lion

And with no fear inside
No need to run
No need to hide
You're standing strong and tall
You're the bravest of them all

If on courage you must call
Then just keep on tryin'
And tryin', and tryin'
You're a lion
In your own way, be a lion
Come on, be a lion

I am standing strong and tall
You're the bravest of them all
If on courage you must call
Keep on tryin'
And tryin', and tryin'

I'm a lion
In my own way
I'm a lion
A lion
A lion
A lion

Released 1974

5/12/2022

Angie Baby
by Helen Reddy

You live your life in the songs you hear
On the rock n' roll radio
And when a young girl doesn't have any friends
That's a really nice place to go
Folks hoping you'd turn out cool
But they had to take you out of school
You're a little touched, you know, Angie baby

Lovers appear in your room each night
And they whirl you across the floor
But they always seem to fade away
When your daddy taps on your door
Angie girl, are you alright?
Tell the radio goodnight
All alone once more, Angie baby

Angie baby, you're a special lady
Living in a world of make believe
Well, maybe

Stopping at her house is a neighbor boy
With evil on his mind
'Cause he's been peeking in Angie's room
At the night through her window blind
I see your folks have gone away
Would you dance with me today?
I'll show you how to have a good time, Angie baby
(Angie baby, Angie baby)

When he walks in her room he feels confused
Like he walked into a play
And the music's so loud it spins him around
'Til his soul has lost its way
And as she turns the volume down
He's getting smaller with the sound
It seems to pull him off the ground
Toward the radio he's bound
Never to be found

The headlines read that a boy disappeared
And everyone thinks he died
'Cept a crazy girl with a secret lover
Who keeps her satisfied
It's so nice to be insane
No one asks you to explain
Radio by your side, Angie baby

Angie baby, you're a special lady
Living in a world of make believe
Well, maybe
Well, maybe (Angie baby, Angie baby)
Well, maybe (Angie baby, Angie baby)
(Angie baby, Angie baby)
(Angie baby, Angie baby)

Released 1985

4/25/2022

Grandpa
(Tell Me 'Bout The Good Old Days)
The Judds

Grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days
Sometimes it feels like this world's gone crazy
Grandpa, take me back to yesterday
When the line between right and wrong
Didn't seem so hazy

Did lovers really fall in love to stay
And stand beside each other, come what may?
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say
Did families really bow their heads to pray?
Did daddies really never go away?
Oh, grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days

Grandpa, everything is changing fast
We call it progress, but I just don't know
And grandpa, let's wander back into the past
And paint me the picture of long ago

Did lovers really fall in love to stay
And stand beside each other, come what may?
Was a promise really something people kept
Not just something they would say and then forget
Families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away?
Oh, grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days
Oh, grandpa, tell me 'bout the good old days

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Hum-mm

Families really bow their heads to pray
Did daddies really never go away?