LET THE SUNSHINE IN
OLYMPIA 1970 – (G.MACDERMOT/J.RAGNI/J.RADO)
We starve, look at one another, short of breath
Walking proudly in our winter coats
Wearing smells from laboratories
Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy
Listening for the new told lies
With supreme visions of lonely tunes
Somewhere, inside something there is a rush of
Greatness, who knows what stands in front of
Our lives, I fashion my future on films in space
Silence tells me secretly
Everything
Everything
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in
The sunshine in
ROUND STONE RIVER
1970
Soft summer days
We would walk by Round Stone River
There holding hands
We’d make plans… for what would be
Now I stand here alone
…And wonder where did we go wrong?
Refrain :
Roll on, oh oh roll on
Round Stone River on to the sea
Roll on, oh oh roll on
…Until you find my love for me
Roll on, oh oh roll on
Round Stone River on to the sea
Roll on, oh oh roll on
…Endlessly
Long lonely nights
I remember Round Stone River
So much to share
Never caring… we were young
…But just like the river
Silently… she wandered on…
Refrain
CARROUSEL
They say that life’s a carrousel
You pay your money and you ring the bell
Turn around, the world slips by
The ride is over in a wink of an eye
And if you want to ride again
Round you go, the ride’s the same
On a painted horse or a kangaroo
Take your pick, it’s up to you
They say that life’s a carrousel
You pay your money and you ring the bell
Turn around, the world slips by
The ride is over in a wink of an eye
Refrain
WOLF (version anglaise de Loup)
I carried my basket along by the river bank
Looking for red sweet apples
The hazy sun was how-do-you-doing me
Shining from the hills to the chapel
I went by the rocks and I went by the brambles
Looking for goodies to carry home
Little by little I filled my basket
Strawberries and honeycombs
Who goes there
A stranger lurks behind me
What goes on
Show your face, sir, kindly
Refrain :
Wolf wolf, bad bad wolf
Look at him, shoot at him
Wolf wolf, bad bad wolf
Run him down, hunt him down
Run him out of town
Oh but he looks so good
Wonder if I’ll let him catch me
What have I got to lose?
I played it coy
Like a rabbit
In hope to avoid him
He came after unsuspected
How much I enjoyed it
I ran by the rocks and I ran by the brambles
Hoping he would follow me
Little by little he made his move
I thought that he would swallow me
Who goes there
A stranger lurks behind me
What goes on
Show your face so kindly
Refrain :
Wolf wolf, bad bad wolf
Look at him, shoot at him
Wolf wolf, bad bad wolf
Run him down, hunt him down
Run him out of town
Wolf wolf, bad bad wolf
Look at him, shoot at him
Wolf wolf, bad bad wolf
Run him down, hunt him down
Run him out of town
HERE THEY COME
Here they come one by one and
They don’t even mind
There they go two by two
And three and four of a kind
People here and then people there
People all over the place
Look around you, everywhere
We’re running out of space
Here they come one by one and
They don’t even mind
There they go two by two
And three and four of a kind
They’re digging here and they’re building there
Using up all the space
And I wonder what’s to become
Of the universe
Here they come one by one and
They don’t even mind
There they go two by two
And three and four of a kind
People here
People there
They keep moving
Everywhere
Oh yeah
Here they come one by one and
They don’t even mind
There they go two by two
And three and four of a kind
People here and then people there
They don’t seem to care
Look around, can’t you see
The people everywhere
Here they come one by one and
They don’t even mind
There they go two by two
And three and four of a kind
People here
People there
People moving
Everywhere
Oh yeah
Moving here
Moving there
Moving, moving
Everywhere
MEDECINE MAN
Why don’t everybody come into my tent?
If I trust you then you’ll know that you’ve been sent
A man that I know
Is comin’ on round to do his show
And while we’re away
No one’s got time to want to stay
Soon the fortune came, moved out of his track
The choir opened up
As he delved into his sack
And nothing you say him
I make change his mind — no way
I’ll stake the proof, God alone knows who tells the truth
Refrain :
Medicine man, won’t you let me sniff a little
Bit of your evil powder
Medicine man, won’t you let me
I know you can do the trick
Medicine man, won’t you let me sniff a little
Bit of your evil powder
Medicine man, won’t you let me
I know you can do the trick
Soon the fortune came, moved out of his track
The choir opened up
As he delved into his sack
And nothing you say him
I make change his mind — no way
I’ll stake the proof, God alone knows who tells the truth
Refrain (bis)
Medicine man, won’t you let me sniff a little
Bit of your evil powder
Medicine man, won’t you let me
I know you can do the trick
(repeat…)
GET BACK
(Lennon/McCartney – 1971)
Jo Jo was a man who thought he was a loner
But he knew it couldn’t last
Jo Jo left his home in Tucson, Arizona
For some California grass
Refrain :
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, Jo Jo
Go home
Get back, get back
Back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Back to where you once belonged
Get back, Jo
Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman
But she was another man
All the girls around her say she’s got it coming
But she gets it while she can
Refrain :
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back, Loretta
Ah, get back
Yeah, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Yeah, get back
Get back to where you once belonged
Get back… ooo…
TURN AROUND
Off you go, my friend,
To face your one-man battle.
Arm yourself with words of power,
Courageously you ride.
Your aim is that to conquer
The wrongs of this bad world,
A young Don Quixote in fight —
From reality you hide.
Refrain :
Turn around, turn around —
Their windmills now are many.
There’s no hope your revolution
Be will heard by none.
Around us and above us,
It’s far too late for change.
Your arm, a planted virtue,
Will be melted by the sun.
No ears will hear what you say
Or hear the son of your children’s son.
No eyes will look today
To see the harm that revolution’s done — oh no.
No hand will help you, my man —
Their hands are busy making all they can.
No voice will look who you fight,
Though deep inside they’ll know you’re right.
Around, around…
You play a losing game,
Life goes on now just the same.
You’ll see some angels fall —
It makes no difference at all, oh yeah.
You feel a little lame,
But after, life goes on all the same.
You realise, my friend,
The world keeps turning till the end,
Keeps turning till the end.
No ears will hear what you say
Or hear the son of your children’s son.
No eyes will look today
To see the harm that revolution’s done — oh no.
No hand will help you, my man —
Their hands are busy making all they can.
No voice will look who you fight,
Though deep inside they’ll know you’re right.
Turn around, turn around —
The revolution will be heard by none.
You play a losing game,
Life goes on now just the same.
You’ll see some angels fall —
It makes no difference at all.
You feel a little lame,
But after, life goes on all the same.
You realise, my friend,
The world keeps turning till the end,
Keeps turning till the end…
Listen to me —
Keeps turning till the end,
Till the end…
LOVE POTION
We are feeling lonely, so we’re going to start
Using a potion to trap the heart
Of all the guys — to make them lovers.
Pick a four-leaf clover, bring us luck, wait and see,
Singing and mixing this recipe.
We thank the sky
And stars above us.
Each of us will have a potion,
Just in case we get an option
On a date.
When nobody’s watching,
We will slip one in their Scotch —
It really works, you see:
Love Potion Number Three.
Johnny, Willy, Roger, Billy, Jimmy and Pete —
Now half the town’s falling at our feet,
All wondering why
We’re so bewitching.
Each of us will have a potion,
Just in case we get an option
On a date.
When nobody’s watching,
We will slip one in their Scotch —
It really works, you see:
Love Potion Number Three.
We are feeling lonely, so we’re going to start
Using a potion to trap the heart
Of all the guys
To make them lovers,
Of all the guys
To make them lovers.
Once upon a time,
We waited for the guys —
Waited oh so patiently.
Now our magic brew
Is sure to see us through:
Love Potion One to Three.
Parsley, sage and limes,
Herbs of every kind,
Stirring oh so patiently.
Now our magic brew
Is sure to see us through.
We’ve got the potion —
They’ll get the notion.
We are feeling lonely, so we’re going to start
Using a potion to trap the heart
Of all the guys — to make them lovers.
Johnny, Willy, Roger, Billy, Jimmy and Pete —
Now half the town’s falling at our feet,
All wondering why
We’re so bewitching,
All wondering why
We’re so bewitching.
All the guys —
They’re gonna love us.
Love… love potion…
GYPSIES, TRAMPS AND THIEVES
1972
I was born in the wagon of a travelin’ show
My mama used to dance for the money they’d throw
Papa would do whatever he could
Preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Doctor Good
Gypsies, tramps, and thieves
We’d hear it from the people of the town
They’d call us gypsies, tramps, and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
Picked up a boy just south of Mobile
Gave him a ride, filled him with a hot meal
I was sixteen, he was twenty-one
Rode with us to Memphis
And papa woulda shot him if he knew what he’d done
Gypsies, tramps, and thieves
We’d hear it from the people of the town
They’d call us gypsies, tramps, and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
I never had schoolin’ but he taught me well
With his smooth southern style
Three months later I’m a gal in trouble
And I haven’t seen him for a while, uh-huh
I haven’t seen him for a while, uh-huh
She was born in the wagon of a travelin’ show
Her mama had to dance for the money they’d throw
Grandpa’d do whatever he could
Preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of Doctor Good
Gypsies, tramps, and thieves
We’d hear it from the people of the town
They’d call us gypsies, tramps, and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
Gypsies, tramps, and thieves
We’d hear it from the people of the town
They’d call us gypsies, tramps, and thieves
But every night all the men would come around
And lay their money down
Gypsies, tramps, and thieves
ROCK’N’ROLL MUSIC
(Chuck Berry)
Oh ! Let me hear some of that rock and roll music,
Any old way you use it.
It’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it,
Any old way you use it.
It’s gotta be rock’n roll music
If you wanna dance with me,
If you wanna dance with me.
I have no kick against modern jazz,
Unless they try to play it too darn fast,
And lose the beauty of the melody,
Until it sounds just like a symphony.
Oh ! Let me hear some of that rock and roll music,
Any old way you use it.
It’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it,
Any old way you use it.
It’s gotta be rock’n roll music
If you wanna dance with me,
If you wanna dance with me.
NEVER BEEN TO SPAIN
(Extrait – Olympia 1972)
And I’ve never been to Spain,
But I kinda like the music.
Say the ladies are insane,
But they sure know how to use it.
They don’t abuse it,
Never gonna lose it,
I can’t refuse it.
But I’ve never been to Heaven (no, no),
But I’ve been to Oklahoma.
Well, they told me I was born there,
But I sure don’t remember.
In Oklahoma,
Not Arizona —
What does it matter?
In Oklahoma,
Not Arizona —
What does it matter?
PROUD MARY
1972
Left a good job down in the city
Workin’ for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin’
I was worryin’ ’bout the way that things might’ve been
Big wheel keep on turnin’
Ooh, the Proud Mary keep on burnin’
And we’re rollin’ (rollin’), rollin’, yeah (rollin’)
Rollin’ on the river (rollin’ on the river)
Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
And I pumped a lot of ‘tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Until I hitched a ride on the riverboat queen
You know the big wheel keep on turnin’
Proud Mary keep on burnin’
And we’re rollin’ (rollin’), rollin’, yeah (rollin’)
Rollin’ on the river (rollin’ on the river)
Say we’re rollin’ (rollin’), rollin’ (rollin’)
Rollin’ on the river (rollin’ on the river)
Oh, I left a good job in the city
Workin’ for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin’
Worryin’ ’bout the way things might have been
Big wheel keep on turnin’ (turnin’)
Proud Mary keep on burnin’ (burnin’)
Rollin’ (yeah), rollin’ (alright)
Rollin’ on the river (go ‘head now)
Rollin’ (oh), say we’re rollin’ (yeah)
Rollin’ on the river
LOVE IS BLUE
1974
(P. Mauriat / A. Popp / H. Giraud – Adapt. anglaise : B. Blackburn)
Blue, blue, my world is blue.
Blue is my world, now I’m without you.
Grey, grey, my life is grey,
Cold is my heart since you went away.
Red, red, my eyes are red,
Crying for you, alone in my bed.
Green, green, my jealous heart—
I doubted you, but now we’re apart.
When we met, how the bright sun shone.
Then love died—now the rainbow is gone.
Black, black, the nights I’ve known,
Longing for you, so lost and alone.
Blue, blue, my love is blue.
Blue is my love, now I’m without you.
THE MUSIC PLAYED
An angry silence lay where love had been
And in your eyes a look I’d never seen
If I had found the words you might have stayed
But as I turned to speak, the music played
As lovers danced their way around the floor
I sat and watched you walk towards the door
I heard a friend of yours suggest you stayed
And as you took his hand, the music played
Across the darkened room the fatal signs I saw
You’d been something more than friends before
While I was hurting you by clinging to my pride
He had been waiting, and I drove him to your side
I couldn’t say the things I should have said
Refused to let my heart control my head
But I was made to see the price I paid
And as he held you close, the music played
And as I lost your love, the music played
BANG BANG
1974I was five and you were six,
We rode on horses made of sticks.
I wore black and you wore white,
You would always win the fight.
Bang bang, you shot me down,
Bang bang, I hit the ground.
Bang bang, that awful sound,
Bang bang, my baby shot me down.
Seasons came and changed the time,
I grew up and called you mine.
You would always laugh and say,
“Remember when we used to play?”
Bang bang, you shot me down,
Bang bang, and I hit the ground.
Bang bang, that awful sound,
Bang bang, my baby shot me down.
Music played and people sang,
Just for me the church bell rang.
After echoes from a gun,
We both vowed that we’d be one.
Now you’re gone, I don’t know why,
Sometimes I cry.
You didn’t say goodbye,
You didn’t take the time to lie.
Bang bang, you shot me down,
Bang bang, and I hit the ground.
Bang bang, that awful sound,
Bang bang, my baby shot me down.
BAD BAD LEROY BROWN
1976
Well, the south side of Chicago
Is the baddest part of town
And if you go down there
You better just beware
Of a man named Leroy Brown
Now Leroy, more than trouble
You see, he stand ’bout six foot four
All the downtown ladies call him « Treetop Lover »
All the men just call him « Sir »
And it’s bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Now Leroy, he a gambler
And he like his fancy clothes
And he like to wave his diamond rings
In front of everybody’s nose
He got a custom Continental
He got an Eldorado too
He got a .32 gun in his pocket for fun
He got a razor in his shoe
And it’s bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Well, Friday ’bout a week ago
Leroy shootin’ dice
And at the edge of the bar
Sat a girl named Doris
And ooh, that girl looked nice
Well, he cast his eyes upon her
And the trouble soon began
And Leroy Brown learned a lesson
‘Bout messin’ with the wife of a jealous man
And it’s bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Well, the two men took to fightin’
And when they pulled them from the floor
Leroy looked like a jigsaw puzzle
With a couple of pieces gone
And it’s bad, bad Leroy Brown
The baddest man in the whole damn town
Badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
Yes, he was badder than old King Kong
And meaner than a junkyard dog
DA DOO RON-RON
I met him on a Monday and my heart stood still
Da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron
Somebody told me that his name was Bill
Da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron
Yeah, my heart stood still
Yes, his name was Bill
And when he walked me home
Da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron
I knew what he was doing when he caught my eye
Da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron
He looked so quiet, but my oh my
Da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron
Yeah, he caught my eye
Yes, oh my, oh my
And when he walked me home
Da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron
He picked me up at seven and he looked so fine
Da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron
Someday soon I’m gonna make him mine
Da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron
Yeah, he looked so fine
Yes, I’ll make him mine
And when he walked me home
Da doo ron-ron-ron, da doo ron-ron
Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah…
Da doo ron-ron
Da doo ron-ron
OPERATOR
(1975 – William Spivery)
Operator
Give me information
Information
Give me long distance
Long distance
Give me Heaven
(One, two, three)
Operator
Information
Give me Jesus on the line
Operator
Information
I’d like to speak to a friend of mine
Prayer is the number
Faith is the exchange
Heaven is the street
And Jesus is the name
Operator
Information
Please give me Jesus on the line
Operator
Information
Tell me why
Whyyyyy
Operator
Information
Don’t try to tell me
What number to call
My mother used this number
When I was very small
And every time she dialed it
She always got the call
Operator
Information
Please give me Jesus on the line
Operator
Information
Please hurry if you can
Operator
Information
Please connect me
With the Man
Don’t worry ’bout the money
I will pay the charge
Just get me on the line
I’m callin’ from my heart
Operator
Information
Please give me Jesus on the line
Chorus
Give me Jesus
Give me Jesus on the line
Yeah!
DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO?
1975
Do you know where you’re going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?
Do you get what you’re hoping for?
When you look behind you, there’s no open doors
What are you hoping for?
Do you know?
Once we were standing still in time
Chasing the fantasies that filled our minds
You knew how I loved you, but my spirit was free
Laughing at the questions that you once asked of me
Do you know where you’re going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?
Now looking back at all we planned
We let so many dreams just slip through our hands
Why must we wait so long before we see
How sad the answers to those questions can be?
Do you know where you’re going to?
Do you like the things that life is showing you?
Where are you going to?
Do you know?
Do you get what you’re hoping for?
When you look behind you, there’s no open doors
What are you hoping for?
Do you know?
TALKING ABOUT LOVE
(1977 – Tommy Brown, Michel Mallory)
Don’t think another day
Is gonna take the pain away
Sitting in your ivory tower
You’re weaving minutes into hours
You’re talkin’ ’bout love
You’re talkin’ ’bout love
Keep talking about love
Keep talking about love
I had the news today
He said she loves him in a bad, bad way
Why don’t you call him up
Sit down and talk about it
Talk about love
Keep talking about love
Sweet, sweet love
I mean real love
You know how to run and hide
You’ve got me and I’m on your side
You know how to run and hide
You can forget your foolish pride
Forget your foolish pride
Talk about love
Keep talking about love
Sweet, sweet love
Real love
Don’t think the song you play
Is gonna take the pain away
Sitting in your ivory tower
You’re weaving minutes into hours
You’re talking about love
Keep talking about love
You’re talking about love
You’re talking about love
You could make me feel so good
I got love and it’s on my side
I don’t think you understood
Just how much I hurt inside
Oh, how much I hurt inside
Talk about love
Maybe there’s another way
I got feelings that I can’t hide
Baby, I’m just made that way
I gotta show what I feel inside
Gotta show what I feel inside
And talk about love
I’m talking about love
I’m talking about love
Clap your hands
Just a little bit louder
And talk about love
Everybody
Keep talking about love…
SUMMERLOVE SENSATION
1977 – (BAY CITY ROLLERS) – VERSION ORIGINALE DE « PETIT RAINBOW »
Now the sun’s sitting high in the sky
And the love that’s in everyone’s eye
Now the waiting the anticipating is over, over, over, over
Leave your books and get out in the sun
Summer’s here and we’re gonna have fun
Schooldays are past and at last you can really feel free
And you can run in the sun
Having fun with the one that you really love
Walk in the sand hand in hand
With the boy that you met on vacation
And on a warm summer night it’s all right
When he says, baby I love you
Then boy oh boy you’re enjoying that summer love sensation
Hitch a ride and get down to the sea
On the beach where the gang’s gonna be
You can stay there all day
Still the fun isn’t over, over, over, over
In the evening he’s waiting for you
When you go to the beach barbecue
And you all have a ball dancing dusk until dawn
And you can run in the sun
Having fun with the one that you really love
Walk in the sand hand in hand
With the boy that you met on vacation
And on a warm summer night it’s all right
When he says, baby I love you
Then boy oh boy you’re enjoying that summer love sensation
Do wop be do be do
And you can run in the sun
Having fun with the one that you really love
Walk in the sand hand in hand
With the boy that you met on vacation
And on a warm summer night it’s all right
When he says, baby I love you
Then boy oh boy you’re enjoying that summer love sensation
JUBILATION
1977 – Live PDC 77 / P. Anka, J. Harris
I’m betting, I’m betting on Jesus
I’m hoping, I’m hoping Hell freezes
I’m hoping, I’m hoping it just freezes
The Devil, the Devil !
Rejubilation with some celebration beginning (beginning!)
Total rejection to lies and deception and sinning (and sinning!)
Sinners take heed
For the life that you lead is deceiving
Nothing replaces a man
That embraces believing, no! no! no! no!
People take heart
It’s the time to be sport
To be honest (be honest!)
Total reunion
There’s one last communion upon us (upon us!)
Sinners take heed
For the life that you lead is deceiving
Nothing replaces a man
That embraces believing, no! no! no! no!
I’m betting, I’m betting on Jesus
I’m hoping, I’m hoping Hell freezes
I’m hoping, I’m hoping it just freezes
The Devil, the Devil !
Oh oh oh, ooh ooh !
As for the children
God bless and God will
They’d know sorrow (the sorrow)
Share the confusion
And life’s disillusion tomorrow (tomorrow)
Sinners take heed
For the life that you lead is deceiving
Nothing replaces a man that embraces believing, no! no!
I’m betting, I’m betting on Jesus
I’m hoping, I’m hoping Hell freezes
I’m hoping, I’m hoping it just freezes
The Devil, the Devil !
Rejubilation, with some celebration
Rejubilation, with some celebration
Rejubilation !!!!
IT’S SO EASY
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
People tell me love’s for fools
Here I go, breaking all the rules
It seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh, so doggone easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Yeah, it seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh
Where you’re concerned my heart can learn
Oh-oh-oh
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
Look into your heart and see
What your love book has set aside for me
It seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh, so doggone easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Yeah, it seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh
Where you’re concerned my heart can learn
Oh-oh-oh
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
It seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh, so doggone easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Yeah, it seems so easy (it’s so easy, it’s so easy)
Oh-oh
Where you’re concerned my heart can learn
It’s so easy to fall in love
It’s so easy to fall in love
99 MILES FROM L. A.
H. David, A. Hammond
Keeping my eyes on the road, I see you.
Keeping my hands on the wheel, I hold you.
99 miles from L.A., I kiss you, I miss you, please be there.
Passing the white sandy beach, we’re sailing.
Turning the radio on, we’re dancing.
99 miles from L.A., I want you, I need you, please be there.
The windshield is covered with rain, I’m cryin’.
Pressing my foot on the gas, I’m flyin’.
Counting the telephone poles, I phone you.
Reading the signs on the road, I write you.
99 miles from L.A., we’re laughing, we’re loving, please be there.
Counting the telephone poles, I phone you.
Reading the signs on the road, I write you.
99 miles from L.A., we’re laughing, we’re loving, please be there.
