You aint never had to cry baby Dont start cryin now You aint never had to cry baby Dont start cryin now You never did it before Dont do you know good no how Cr...

This life is driving you to drink Sitting round wondering just what to think Well I've got some consolation and I'll give it to you if I might You know I don't ...

If this life is driving you to drink Sitting round what's the use what to think Well Ive got some consolation Give it to you if I might You know I don't worry a...

Dont worry about tomorrow That aint gonna help you none Dont worry about tomorrow That aint gonna help you none Youve gotta live and take each day as it comes ...

Dont ya know, dont ya know That it hurts to be treated like a fool? A dont ya know, dont ya know That its mean and its oh so cruel? When you said you were home...

Oh don't you feel my leg, don't you feel my leg 'Cos if you feel my leg, you'll want to feel my thigh Don't you feel my thigh, you'll wanna move up high So don'...

Me and my daddy was comin into town (sail away lady sail away) Round the billygoat leadin a hound (sail away lady sail away) Hound got dumped, billygoat jumped ...

Girl, you're my sunshine, take away the raindrops, you make it all worthwhile, make all the pain stop Just like a river, keep love flowin', don't let our world ...

Don't look back to the days of yesteryear, You cannot live on in the past, Don't look back And I've known so many people That still try to live on in the past,...

You ain't never had to cry baby Don't start cryin' now You ain't never had to cry baby Don't start cryin' now You never did it before Don't do you know good no ...

If this life is driving you to drink Sitting round what's the use what to think Well I've got some consolation Give it to you if I might You know I don't worry ...

Don't worry about tomorrow That ain't gonna help you none Don't worry about tomorrow That ain't gonna help you none You've gotta live and take each day as it co...

Don't ya know, don't ya know That it hurts to be treated like a fool? A don't ya know, don't ya know That it's mean and it's oh so cruel? When you said you wer...

Me and my daddy was comin' into town (Sail away lady sail away) Round the billygoat leadin' a hound (Sail away lady sail away) Hound got dumped, billygoat jumpe...

(Van Morrison) Well it's down the road I go And I got those worried Lonesome homesick Jones Way on down the road Well it's down the road I go Well I got the b...

Well, I wake up and I'm slowly a-comin' down I'm just tryin' to get my feet back on the ground I got more of an idea just exactly what I'm worth Baby, baby, I w...

Transcribed by ear by David Chance Notes from David Chance: I transcribed these lyrics from the version performed on the Irish TV show Talk About Pop October 1...

Drive and wail Go to jail You look so pale when ya' do the Drive and Wail Sock it to me baby One more time Just-a one more time Sock it to me baby Oh yeah Oh ye...

I was talkin' to the judge just before we left the countryside, paper in his hand, tryin' to find a way Goin' by the book, "Man, you oughtta make a serial" Ripp...

This here's the story about dumb, dumb George, who came up to Boston one sunny afternoon He drove up from New York City, and he was freaky, and he wanted to rec...

I'm a dweller on the threshold And I'm waiting at the door And I'm standing in the darkness I don't want to wait no more I have seen without perceiving I have b...

(Leo Hickman / Louis Jordan / Dallas Bartley) Early in the morning and I can't get right Had a little date with my baby last night Now it's early in the mornin...

When too many demands have destroyed all my plans Going down to the end of the land If I have to drive all night just to feel all right Going down to the end of...

Chop that wood Carry water What's the sound of one hand clapping Enlightenment, don't know what it is Every second, every minute It keeps changing to something ...

Van Morrison Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd By the light of the moon When the night holds the secrets Of the sleepy lagoon I'm contempla...

When evening shadows fall Minutes seem so long When evening shadows fall I'm waiting for the dawn I miss you every night Just about this time You're always on m...

(Van Morrison) Love to hear that evening train go by Love to hear that evening train go by 'Specially when my baby's in my mind Love to hear that lonesome whist...

Fair play to you Killarney's lakes are so blue And the architecture I'm taking in with my mind So fine Tell me of Poe Oscar Wilde and Thoreau Let your midnight ...

Van Morrison Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd Oh fame, they've taken everything and twisted it Oh fame they say You never could have resis...

Transcribed from a live performance on February 26, 2000 at the Barbican in York, England The first performance of this new song When you been on a fast train A...

Feedback out on Highway 101 Feedback out on Highway 101 Cruisin' easy, and your favorite DJ havin' fun Look out, stand back, there's a fool out on the road Look...

Call of the wildest, it's got the best of you Fire in my heart, fire in my belly too Got a heart and a mind and a fire inside And I'm crazy about you You, you o...

Lie by my side in the still of the night And morning brings forth all it's wondrous delight You couldn't have made it more plain When I hear that soft refrain A...

I'm standing by my window And I'm waiting on the summer rain And I'm standing by my window And I'm waiting on the summer rain Well, I felt this way before and I...

From faded newsprint used to wrap a fish Inscrutably the muse selects your face As i sit drinking famously in an irish bar Five thousand miles and thirty years ...

Whoa-oh, fame They're takin' ev'rything an' twistin' it Whoa-oh, 'fame' they're sayin' Yeah, I never could have resisted it What's in a name And ev'rybody's jad...

(Traditional) [LD] We'll take it a bit slower This is, this is the, huh, this is the first song I ever learned, actually Frankie and Johnny were sweethearts L...

Freaky, freaky, if you got this far You came a long way, but you're freaky and we can do something with you If you got this far you should be freaky, you should...

From the north To the south, Ya walked all the way Ya know ya left your, Left your home For good to stay, While ya built all, All of your castles In the sun, An...

Like a full force gale I was lifted up again I was lifted up again by the Lord And no matter where I roam I will find my way back home I will always return to t...

(Carmichael & Gorrell) Georgia, Georgia, The whole day through Just an old sweet song Keeps Georgia on my mind Oh, on my mind, on my mind Well, well, well, we...

Van Morrison Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd I just can't seem to take much more of this Got too much hassle baby and not enough bliss Go...

Baby just one sweet kiss, Honey from your sweet lips Baby just one sweet kiss, Honey from your sweet lips That's all I want, that's all I need I'm satisfied Ba...

And they'll lay you down low in the easy And the lips that you kiss will say Christmas And the miles that you traveled the distance So believe no lies, dry your...

(Van Morrison) Like to tell ya about my baby You know she comes around She about five feet four A-from her head to the ground You know she comes around here A...

Hey, where you gonna go for yourself? I think you should go for yourself I think you should go for yourself this time I think this time you should go for yourse...

(Bert Berns, Wes Farrell) Here she comes on a midnight train She says she's gotta see me again She's so young, I know I should send her away Leave me alone, I ...

Goin down geneva, give me a helping hand Im goin down geneva, give me a helping hand Its not easy baby, living on the exile plan Down on the bottom, down to my...

(Antonin Dvorak) arr Ken Colyer (Lead out with Chris Barber on trombone) Goin' home, he's goin' home He'll be leavin', leavin' here today Well if he don't lea...

What will it take for them to leave me alone? Don't they know I'm just a guy who sings songs? I'm not promoting no hit record And I don't have no tv show An' I ...

(Huddie Ledbetter, Alan Lomax) Good mornin' blues, blues how do ya do? Good mornin' blues, blues how do ya do? Well I'm doin' alright this mornin', how are you...

(Sonny Boy Williamson) A good morning little schoolgirl, can I go home with you? Tell your mama and your daddy, that I'm a little schoolboy too Baby I love yo...

Goodbye baby, so long girl I know you ain't gonna like it, But I'm stepping right out in your world For I'm coming to your party And I won't be able to stay, Bu...

(Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax) Last Saturday night I got married Me and my wife settled down But me and my wife have parted I'm gonna take another stroll downt...

Green mansions, high upon a hill Green mansions, quiet and still Big wall all around It's where my baby will be found Waiting for that day, to come Green mansio...

If I dont love you baby, Grits aint groceries, Eggs aint poultry, And mona lisa was a man All around the world Id rather be a fly And light on my babys head, I...

You can make out pretty good When you're on your own And you know just where you are When you wanna roam Got the moon above your head And the road beneath your ...

(Van Morrison) It's just the gypsy in my soul Make me pack up my things and go It may seem like I'm on a roll But it's just the gypsy in my soul Layin' out in t...

Dance on Gypsy Queen And if it's all night, It's alright Rave on, let your love Come tumbling down And if you let your love come tumbling down, It's alright Dan...

Hang on Groovy, Groovy hang on Hang on Groovy, Groovy hang on Hang on Groovy, Groovy hang on Hang on Groovy, Groovy hang on Let your hair hang down Groovy Groov...

Hey kids dig the first takes Ain?t that some inspiration When sinatra sings against nelson riddle strings Then takes a vacation Seen some hard times Drawn some...

Beside the garden walls, We walk in haunts of ancient peace At night we rest and go to sleep In haunts of ancient peace The love and light we seek, The words we...

Have I Told You Lately that I love you? Have I told you there's no one else above you? Fill my heart with gladness, take away all my sadness, Ease my troubles, ...

Little gal, little girl, lord, you know its true, Little gal, little girl, lord, you know its true, I dont wanna stop rockin and rollin with you Are you gonna ...

(Van Morrison) Ba-ba-doo-day, ba-ba-doo-day, ba-ba-doo-day Ba-ba-doo-day, ba-ba-doo-day, ba-ba-doo-day Ba-ba-doo-day, ba-ba-doo-day, ba-ba-doo-day Heathrow shuf...

In the land of a thousand dances I dance with you I was out I was taking my chances When dreams came true When you came into my dream Like from a whisper to a s...

(Antoine Fats Domino & Dave Bartholomew) Hello Josephine, A how do you do? Do you remember me baby, Like I remember you? You used to laugh at me I was a fool, ...

You gotta help me Can't do it all by myself Yout gotta Can't do it all by myself You don't help me darlin' Find someone else When I walk, I walk with you When ...

Here come dumb george Here come dumb george Here come dumb george Here come dumb george Here come dumb george Here come dumb george Here come dumb george Everyb...

(Bert Berns) Whoa, here it comes Here comes the night Here comes the night Whoa-whoa-whoa-yeah I could see right out my window Walkin' down the street, my gir...

(Van Morrison) Listen Mr DJ Won't you play me something slow Play me the songs For the lonely ones Play me something That I know Hey Mr DJ I'm in a sad mood t...

1968, Van Morrison guitar & vocals, Tom Kielbania (?) bass, John Payne (?) flute And the raincoat shone into the sun as we walked down the street as one into th...

By the mansion on the hillside Red sports car comes driving down the road And pulls up into the driveway And a story does unfold She's standing by the rhododend...

Well I'm higher than the world And I'm livin' in my dreams I'll make it better than it seems Today And I'm higher than a cloud And I'm living in the sound I'll ...

Hold on george, George hold on Hold on george, George hold on Hold on george, George hold on, yeah Sock it to me Hold on Hold on george Sock it to me Do the boo...

Had my congregation, had my flock When I was a shepherd of men Chased the wild goose, chased the pot of gold Chased the rainbows end How can a poor boy Deliver...

I could cry salty tears Where have I been all these years A little while, tell me now How long has this been going on? There were chills, up and down my spine ...

Oh my dear, oh my dear sweet love Oh my dear, oh my dear sweet love When I'm away from you, when I'm away from you Well I feel, yeah, well I feel so sad and blu...

One of these days and it won't be long You're gonna look for me an' I'll be gone 'Cause (I believe, yes I believe) Said I believe right now I believe, yes I bel...

I can't stop loving you Since I made up my mind To live in memories Of a lonesome time I can't stop wanting you It's useless to say So I just live my life In d...

I dont want much in this world Its th simple things I treasure till I die I would get by on fame, riches and sensual pleasure I dont ask much in this life No s...

I forgot that love existed troubled in my mind Heartache after heartache, worried all the time I forgot that love existed Then I saw the light Everyone around m...

(Bert Berns, Wes Farrell) I gave my love a diamond, a ten cent stone I gave her lonely teardrops and nights alone I gave my love a promise that had no truth Wh...

(Ray Charles) Whoa sometime, sometimes I get a little worried Well, but I wanna tell ya all, it's alright, yeah 'Cause I got a woman way across town She's goo...

I don't want you to be no slave I don't want you to think you got it made Do exactly what you wanna do I just wanna make love to you, that's alright I don't wa...

The smile you smile as you and i, see through your laughing eyes The smile you smile as you and i, see through your laughing eyes O baby, in the whirlpool of t...

Well my baby's gone, so's summer And it brings on a cool night breeze And I wish we could go walking By the river, by the shady trees By the river with the shad...

(Screamin' Jay Hawkins) I put a spell on you 'Cause you're mine Bi-a-do-ya, di-a-do-ya, dia-do-a, dia-do-a You better stop the things you do And I ain't lyin',...

I put a spell on you 'Cause you're mine Bi-a-do-ya, di-a-do-ya, dia-do-a, dia-do-a You better stop the things you do And I ain't lyin', no I ain't lyin' I can'...

I shall sing, sing my song, be it right, be it wrong In the night, in the day, any how, any way, I shall sing La la la la la la la la la na na na na na na na na...

Twenty-third of December Covered in snow You in the kitchen With the lights way down low I'm in the parlor playing my old guitar Speaking to you, darling, to fi...

Whenever the sunshine comes through Whenever my thoughts turn to you Whatever you want me to do I will be there Well I've crawled up to hell Now I've been throu...

Id love to write another song But nothing seems to come Id love to write another song To carry me along Make some money, pay the bills Keep me busy too Id love ...

Ill be your man Ill understand And do my best to take good care of you Yes I will Youll be my queen Ill be your king And I'll be your lover too Derry down gree...

Each time I hold somebody new My arms go cold thinking of you No one can take your place, darling, in my embrace Ill never be free And when my lips burn with d...

I know you've been hurt By someone else I can tell by the way You carry yourself But if you'll let me Here's what I'll do I'll take care of you I loved and lost...

Ill tell me ma when I go home, The boys wont leave the girls alone Theyll pull my hair, they stole my comb, Well thats alright till I go home Chorus: She is ha...

(Perry Como / Guy Lombardo) I'm confessin' that I love you Tell me do you love me too? I'm confessin' that I need you Honest, honest I do, I do, oh yeah In your...

I'm walking the long road to georgia Yeah the long road that's takin' me back Gonna live in the hills far away in the hills And i'm gonna dress in black Way hi...

Have to get back, have to get back the base I need to talk to somebody, I can trust Too many cooks, are tryin' to spoil the broth I can't feel it in my throat, ...