Now listen honey while i say How can you fix your mind to say you're going away Don't say that we must part Don't break my aching heart You know you love me Tr...

Rudy Stevenson Ain't no use baby I'm leaving the scene Ain't no use baby You're too doggone mean Yes I'm tired of paying dues Having the blues Hitting bad new...

Nina Simone, Gilbert O'Sullivan I remember this afternoon When my sister came into the room She refused to say how my father was But I knew he'd be dying soon ...

Traditional There is a balm in gilead To make the wounded whole There is a balm in gilead To heal the sin-sick soul Repeat previous If you can pray like pete...

Wright, Forrest Baubles bangles hear how they ring ching-a-lingle Baubles bangles bright shiny heads sparkles spangles My heart will sing sing-a-linge Wearing ...

Traditional Black is the color of my true love's hair His face so soft and wondrous fair The purest eyes And the strongest hands I love the ground on where he...

Black is the color of my true loves hair His face so soft and wondrous fair The purest eyes And the strongest hands I love the ground on where he stands I love ...

(1947) gian carlo menotti The sun is falling and it lies in blood The moon is weaving bandages of gold Old black swan where oh where is my lover now Where oh w...

Irving berlin Blue skies smiling at me Nothing but blue skies do I see Bluebirds singing the song Nothing but bluebirds all day long I never saw the sun shin...

Break down and let it all out Break down and let it all out I've held back my tears Just as long as I could But now my eyes can see It's all over for you and m...

Oscar brown jr Brown baby brown baby As you grow up I want you to drink from the plenty cup I want you to stand up tall and proud And I want you to speak up cl...

BROWN EYED HANDSOME MAN Arrested on charges of unemployment, he was sitting in the witness stand The judge's wife called up the district attorney Said you free ...

Fletcher henderson, dixon Pack up all my cares and woe, here I go, singing low, Bye-bye blackbird Where somebody waits for me, sugar?s sweet, so is she, Bye-by...

Jimmy MacHugh, Loesser All day long before my eyes come little visions of you, They shouldn't, they mustn't, but they do Can't get out of this mood, Can't get ...

Cherish is the word I use to describe All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you You d...

H Krasnow, B Lovelock Going where the willows weep no more, darlin' baby, Going where the willows weep no more, Chilly winds don't blow along my shore, oh baby...

Traditional Come by here good lord Come by here Come by here good lord come by here Come by here good lord come by here Oh lord please come by here I'm on tria...

Now every woman is entitled to one mistake The Lord knows I've made one But baby forgive me half a chance I wanna make it up to you Come on back Jack hey Jack ...

Paul lawrence dunbar, nina simone Because I have loved so deeply Because I haved loved so long God in his great compassion Gave me the gift old song Because I...

(1967) nina simone And now we are one Let my soul rest in peace At last it is done My soul has been released For thousands of years My soul has roamed the eart...

Traditional If it hadn?t been for cotton-eye joe I?d been married long time ago Where did you come from where did you go? Where did you come from cotton-eye jo...

Tony mckay Oh dambala come dambala Oh dambala come dambala Think of the wings of a three toed frog Eat weeds from the deepest part of sea Oh dambala come damba...

Rudy Stevenson When you like a fellow Try to treat him right Give him your attention Day and Night When he starts to smilin' And he's got you uptight Shower h...

(1943) Duke Ellington, Bob Russell Do nothin' till you hear from me Pay no attention to what's said Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream is over my head ...

(B Holiday/A Herzog, Jr) Hush now, don't explain There aint nothin' to gain Im glad that your back Don't' explain Quiet baby, don't explain There is nothing t...

I left a note on his dresser My old wedding ring With these few goodbye words How can I sing Goodbye old sleepy head I'm packing you in like I said Take care o...

People laugh each time they see us walking by and their whispering just make You feel like you wanna cry Keep on walking by my side don't look behind You Know I...

If I stay, I know I'm that I'ma share your love and that I couldn't take And if I go, we'll be apart and I know my heart would surely break So, what difference ...

This is the end of the line I've clearly read ever sign the way you glance at me indifferently and take your hand from mine this is the end of the line how can...

Streets full of people, all alone Roads full of houses, never home A church full of singing, out of tune Everyone's gone to the moon Eyes full of sorrow, never...

everything must change nothing stays the same everyone will change no one, no one stays the same the young become the old and mysteries do unfold for that's th...

Everytime we say goodbye, I die a little, Everytime we say goodbye, I wonder why a little, Why the Gods above me, who must be in the know Think so little of me,...

I know why I waited Know why I've been blue I've been waiting each day For someone exactly like you Why should I spend some money On a show or two When nobody ...

Sammy Lerner, Frederick Hollander Falling in love again I never wanted to What am I to do I can't help it Love has always been my game play it how I may I was ...

Birds flying high You know how I feel Sun in the sky You know how I feel Breeze driftin' on by You know how I feel It's a new dawn It's a new day It's a new li...

Billie Holiday My man he don't love me he treats me oh so mean My man he don't love me he treats me oh so mean He's the meanest man that I've ever see My baby...

Folks Who Live on the Hill ((1937) Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) Someday we'll build a home on a hilltop high, You and I, Shiny and new a cottage that two...

Lost in day to day, Turned another way With a laugh, a kind hello And some small talk with friends I know I forget that I'm not over you for a while A wave, an...

Coots, lewis For all we know We may never meet again Before we go Make this moment live again We won?t say goodbye Until the last minute I?ll hold out my hand ...

For myself I must learn for myself Not from what someone else Has said or done And so I live my life From day to day Try to smile While feeling my way Just like...

You're nothing but a dirty, dirty old man You do your thinking with a one track mind Keep talkin' about heaven glory but On your face is a different story Clean...

(1939) Irving Mills, Duke Ellington Way down at Mister Joe's Cafe They're takin' someone far away And if you hear a song today It's a sad tune that you'll be p...

(1933) Wesley "Sox" Wilson Up in Harlem on a Saturday night Were the highbrows get together, it's just to tight We all gather at the Harlem Strut And what we d...

Loving is the thing I crave For your love I'd be your slave Gimme some I can't stand it no longer Gimme some Don't be bashful, come over here Whisper some swee...

Now if your mind lies in the Devil's workshop And evil duens your thrill And trouble and mischief is all you live for You know darn well That you'll go to hell ...

From the depths of slumber, As I ascend the spiral stairways of wakefulness, I will whisper: God! God! God! Thou art the food, and when I break my fast Of nigh...

Oh stairs, you look so high tonight Climbin' up with all my might Where I got no heart to be 'Cause he ain't comin' home no more Oh room, I'm all alone with yo...

Traditional He's got the whole world in His hands He's got the whole world in His hands He's got the whole world in His hands He's got the whole world in His h...

(1956) billy strayhorn, duke ellington Buddy bolden tune up Blowing horn was his game Born with a silver trumpet in his mouth He played the horn before he talk...

No one seems to care as much No time to smile, laugh or cry as much Have we lost the touch that means so much Have we lost the human touch No one wants to be a...

Hush, little baby, don't say a word, Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird And if that mockingbird don't sing, Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring And if that di...

Bennie benjamin, sol marcus I who never had much I now have a treasure A love too great to measure I am blessed with happiness And I?m done with loneliness I ...

(1967) Robin Gibb, Barry Gi I walk the lonely streets; I watch the people passing by I used to smile and say hello I guess that that was just a happy gap Then ...

I get alone without you very well Of course, I do Except when soft rains fall And drip from leaves then I recall The thrill of being sheltered In your arms Of c...

(1941) Paul Francis Webster, Duke Ellington My baby ever treats me sweet and gentle the way he should; I got it bad and that ain't good! My poor heart is senti...

(1947) duke ellington I like the sunrise cos it brings a new day I like the new day it brings new hope they say I like the sunrise blazing in the new sky Night...

I Love Your Lovin' Ways when you hold my hand And with a little ssqueeze you make me understand That I'm the only one underneath the sun for you, yes, for you I...

(1935) Ira Gershwin, DuBose Heyward, George Gershwin I loves you, Porgy, Don't let him take me Don't let him handle me And drive me mad If you can keep me I wa...

by Jay Hawkins performed by Marilyn Manson: I put a spell on you Because you're mine I can't stand the things that you do No, no, no, I ain't lyin' No I don't c...

Bob dylan They say everything can be replaced Yet every distance is not near So I remember every face Of every man who put me here I see the light come shinin...

I sing just to know that I'm alive I play just to feel that I'll survive And if there's a second place Where ?????????? just the case I sing just to know that I...

(1968) Randy Newman Broken windows and empty hallways A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with gray Human kindness is overflowing And I think it's going to ra...

I want some sugar in my bowl I want a little sweetness down in my soul I could stand some lovin' Oh so bad Feel so lonely and I feel so sad I want a little stea...

Cross, Cory I'll look around And when I've found me somebody who laughs like you I know somewhere spring must fill the air with sweetness Just as rare as a flo...

Rudy Stevenson I'm going back home where I was born First I planned to stay but I can't live this way I'm going back home where I was born Try to understand I...

Rudy Stevenson I'm gonna leave you yes I'm gonna I'm gonna leave you cos I wanna And I'll go where people love me And I'll stay there cos they love me No more...

Macgimsey I told jesus it would be alright if he changed my name I told jesus it would be alright if he changed my name I told jesus it would be alright if he ...

Leo robin, ralph rainger If I should lose you The stars would fall from the skies If I should lose you The leaves would wither and die The birds in maytime Wo...

Nina simone If you knew how I missed you You would not stay away today Don?t you know I need you Stay here my dear with me I need you here my darling Together...

Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux Rien n'est jamais acquis à l'homme Ni sa force Ni sa faiblesse ni son cœur Et quand il croit Ouvrir ses bras son ombre est celle d...

(1964) nina simone, waring cuney She does not know Her beauty, She thinks her brown body Has no glory If she could dance Naked, Under palm trees And see her im...

Traditional In the evening by the moonlight When my mother had finished working We used to sit around the fire place Till the cornbread it was done And then we...

Isn't it a pity You don't know what i'm talking about yet But i will tell you soon It's a pity Isn't it a pity Isn't it a shame Yes, how we break each other's ...

When your guy has got his hat, and made himself hard to find It doesn抰 mean you should go crazy, it be抯 that way sometime Find yourself another love who will tr...

Choir: Doo do do, do do do-oo do, do do Doo do do, do do do Doo do do, do do do-oo do, do do Doo do do, do do do It don't mean a thing, if you can't swing Dooa ...

I really can't stay But baby it's cold outside I've got to go 'way But baby it's cold outside This evening has been Been hoping that you'd drop in So very nice ...

Oh yeah, yeah Ain't that bad, ain't that black, ain't that fine, yeah Ain't that bad, ain't that black and ain't that fine Sunday after meetings and Saturday w...

True love seed in the autumn ground True love seed in the autumn ground Where will it be found? True love deep in the winter white snow True love deep in the w...

Bob dylan When you're lost in the rain in juarez And it's easter time too And your gravity fails And negativity don't pull you through Don't put on any airs Wh...

Traditional Oh she was a lass from the low country And he was a lord of high degree But she loved him oh so tenderly Oh sorrow sing sorrow Now she sleeps in th...

Lilac wine is sweet and heady, like my love Lilac wine, I feel unsteady, like my love Listen to me, I cannot see clearly Isn't that he coming to me nearly? Li...

Burt Bacharach - Hal David The look of love is in your eyes a look your smile can't disguise the look of love is saying so much more than just words could ever...

It's only human for anyone to want to be in love But who wants to be in love in vain At night you hang around the house and weep your heart out And cry your eye...

Love o' love o' love o' love Say love o' love o' love o' love I had a love so pure, so strong I keep wondering just where my love went wrong My love went wrong ...

Chorus: I have been a rover, I have walked alone, Hiked a-hundred highways, never found a home Still in all I'm happy, the reason is, you see, Once in a-while a...

He Marry me marry me Come and share my destiny Pair with me Dare with me Stand up and declare with me For we are now Man and wife Solemn vow Made for life I wa...

Duke ellington Merry mending to you Merry mending merry mending May your convalescence be fun as you chat about prevention Merry mending merry mending Think y...

Lyrics to Mississippi Goddam! Nina Simone, 1963 Mississippi Goddam (Nina Simone) The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam And I mean every word of it Alaba...

I knew a man Bojangles And he danced for you In worn out shoes With silver hair, a ragged shirt And baggy pants, the old soft shoe He jumped so high, he jumped ...

don't you realize, Mr Smith? don't you realize what thirty dollars buy today? just some stockings, and that's it I came from Havanah my mother was wild as you ...

There is music for lovers that resounds in the sound of a sigh And there's music for lovers in the hush-a-bye dreams of a child When the whole world discovers t...

My baby don't care for shows my baby don't care for clothes My boby just cares for me My baby don't care for cars and races My baby don't care for high-toned ...

George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward My man's gone now Ain't no use a listenin' For his tired footsteps Climbin' up the stairs Old man sorrow's Come to keep me com...

Near to you, near to you Even though you're far away So near to you, always near to you As near as april is to may Can't you feel me there, in my favourite chai...

I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice, And it told Thy love to me; But I long to rise in the arms of faith, And be closer drawn to Thee Draw me nearer, ne...

There's a new world commin' And it's just around the bend There's a brand new mornin' That belongs to you and me A nwe world commin' The one we had vision of An...

(Jimmie Cox) Well once I lived the life of a millionaire Spending my money, I didn't care Takin' my friends out for a mighty good time Buyin' boot leg liquor, ...

Nina Simone Ah, nobody's fault but mine Nobody's fault but mine Tryin' to raise my soul to light Ah, have a bible in my home Have a bible in my home Tryin' to...

(1970) Stan Vincent O-o-h child things are gonna get easier O-o-h child things 'll get brighter O-o-h child things are gonna get easier O-o-h child things 'll ...

Years, they will come and go Sometimes the tears will flow Some of my memories will fade But I'll always remember that one September day I used to reminisce 'C...