My Heart Went Do Dat Da
(Barbara Lewis)
When my Johnny asked me out on a time
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
He brushed my cheek & it felt so nice
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
When he kissed my lips it felt so right
He held my hand oh so tight
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
My heart started out rushin'
When he stopped the car & held me close
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
I whispered "Johnny baby, you're the most"
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
When we turned off the light we turned the music low
I thought my heart was gonna go
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
My heart started out rushin'
When he started to touch & take me home
My heart went...(violins)
I hadn't had enough of our bein' alone
My heart went...(violins)
When he walked me to the door & kissed me once more
I knew my mind was gone for sure
My heart went...(violins)
Well I got into bed & I started to think
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
I had go get something from out the kitchen sink
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Well I jumped back into bed, I tried to go to sleep
I rubbed up my hands, thought of Little Bo Beep
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
My heart started out rushin'
My heart went do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Do-dat-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
...& fade
My Mama Told Me
(Barbara Lewis)
(My mama mama mama) Oh yeah...
My mama told me there'd be lots of guys
Who'd look at me & start makin' eyes
They'd squeeze & wanna hold me tight
& say they love me both day & night
"So you (better be careful)"
Oh yeah (better be careful)
Yes, that's what she told me (better be careful)
"Or you're gonna miss out on a lot of fun"
& then I met a guy whose name was Joe
He told me "Baby, I've got lots of dough
So if you'll just come along with me
We'll go places, just wait & see"
I should have listened (to what my mama told me)
Yes I should have listened (to what my mama told me)
To what my mama told me (to what my mama told me
I wanna dig beneath what she said
(My mama mama mama) Oh yeah
(My mama mama mama) Yes that's what she told me
(My mama mama mama) I wanna dig beneath what she said
Well that all happened such a long time ago
I learned my lesson & now I know
I should have listened to what my mama said
But I found that I know everything instead
He ran around (I should have listened to what my mama said)
Yes, with every girl in town (I should have listened...)
Yes he brought me down (I should have listened...)
Playing me for a clown (I should have listened...)
...& fade
(Puppy puppy puppy puppy love, puppy love
Puppy love, puppy love puppy love)
Puppy love (puppy love)
I thought that I had fallen in love with you
But it was only puppy love (only puppy love)
Only puppy love (only puppy love)
Puppy love (puppy love)
I thought that my love for you was really true
But it was only puppy love (only puppy love)
Only puppy love (only puppy love)
(x2):
Remember when you held me tight in your arms?
You told me I was a good luck charm
I answered back "You're my #1 man
The one who'll really love," you said it again
Now where's my love? What has it become?
Instead of ringing bells, I hear drums
(drum solo)
Well I thought it was love (thought it was love)
'Cause my heart went a-rockin' & a-reelin' 'bout a feelin' in my key
But it was only puppy love (only puppy love)
Only puppy love (only puppy love)
Puppy love (puppy love)
Oh well now, you feel so silly when you find out it was really
Only puppy love (only puppy love)
Only puppy love (puppy love)
...& fade
Think A Little Sugar
(Barbara Lewis)
Don't want a holly golly
Don't wanna do the twist
I just wanna sit & talk with you, baby
All night long about the things we missed together
So if you'll just think a little sugar
If you'll just think a little sugar
You'll find you're wasting an awful lot of valuable time
Don't wanna hear no radio
I don't wanna hear no jams
I just wanna sit & talk with you, baby
I'll tell you just how lonely I have been
So just think a little sugar
Think a little sugar
& you'll find you're wasting an awful lot of valuable time
If we could have stayed together I know
The days & nights we spent alone
Would have been the love over the years
& there wouldn't have been any tears
But I don't wanna talk about a dance
For the dance has gone
I just wanna sit & talk with you, baby
All about the future, but it's been so long
So just think a little sugar
Think a little sugar
& you'll find we've wasted enough of our valuable time
& you'll find we've wasted enough of our valuable time
...& fade
Straighten Up Your Heart
(Sharon McMahan)
Your cheating heart was playing from the start
& our love's becoming the talk of the town
I can't live up to misery & pain
That I'm about to face, my tears would fall like rain
'Cause I have been too lonely
One day soon, let me go
It's gonna hurt, it's gonna hurt me so inside
So if you don't wanna, don't want to see my cry
Please don't ever ever say goodbye
Just straighten up your heart
& we can start anew
& if you do this for me
I'll know your lovin' is true
(instrumental)
So straighten up your heart
& we can start anew
& if you do this for me
I'll know your lovin' is true
Baby I'll know your love is true
Darlin', I'll know your love is true, so true
...&fade
Snap Your Fingers
(Grady Martin/Alex Zanetis)
Snap your fingers, I'll come runnin'
Back to you on bended knees
Snap your fingers, I'll come runnin'
I'll be true, take a chance on me
Let your lifetime bring, baby, I've gotta know
Give me some kind of clue, should I stay or go?
Let me love you like a lover, mm hmm, that you used to know
Turn the key & let me in, yeah, to that same old door
Bridge:
You know, I had it, but I've lost it
I've got a broken heart to mend
But listen, baby: I don't care what the cost is
You know, I've got to find my way back in
So if you'll just snap your fingers, please, I'll come runnin'
I'll do anything to get back again
(instrumental)
(repeat bridge)
How Can I Say Goodbye
(Victor Melrose/Lenore Rosenblatt)
(How could I say goodbye?)
I was gonna say goodbye to you tonight
But then you told me how much you missed me
& then you took me in your arms & kissed me
Oh how could I say goodbye?
Oh how could I say goodbye?
You're a troubled kind of guy, that's why, that's why
Tell me you can't stay for too long in one place
Without a word you'll go running off to someplace
Oh oh how you made me cry
Oh oh how you made me cry
Till you came back in your own sweet time
To kiss away the tears & tell me you're mine, mine
I was gonna say goodbye to you tonight
Tell you "I'm finished, I've had enough of you"
Then you walked in, I can't help it if I love you
Oh how could I say goodbye?
Oh how could I say goodbye?
To you, mmmmm, when you know how much...& fade
Spend A Little Time
(Eddie Singleton)
(Come over, spend a little time)
Come over, spend a little time with me sometime
Boy, you'd better let me know that you still want to be mine
You know it doesn't cost that much
We really ought to stay in touch
So come over, baby come over
& spend a little time with me sometime
Come over, sit by & hold my hand just one night
Then maybe my folks will feel everything is still all right
It's lonely here & I'm alone
Waiting by a silent phone
So come over, baby come over
& spend a little time with me sometime
With my lonely lonely heart
Baby, we shouldn't be apart
So come over, baby come over
& spend a little time with me sometime
Come over, spend a little time with me sometime
How long must I wait for you to make up your mind?
I'm sitting on a shelf all by myself
Don't kettle me bound, bored with nobody else
So won't you please come over
& spend a little time with me sometime
My baby, won't you come over
& spend a little time with me sometime?
...& fade
Someday We're Gonna Love Again
(Sharon McMahan)
When we broke up, I acted sad
I made pretend that you had hurt me bad
You ate my heart, I grinned, I held up my chin
Because I knew someday we're gonna love again
Someday we're gonna love again
(scat singing alternating with title)
I didn't know you got it when you left
I knew that I could take care of myself
You wouldn't be gone long, nothing could go wrong
Because I knew someday were' gonna love again
Someday we're gonna love again
(scat singing alternating with title)
You just told me that your love had changed
& that's why I'd love to arrange
To see you again, I don't know when
But I do know someday we're gonna love again
Someday we're gonna love again
(scat singing alternating with title, fading out)
Pushin' A Good Thing Too Far
(Bob Crewe/Sandy Linzer/Denny Randell)
From the beginnin', you've been winnin'
I've been givin' in to you
I'm at the point of no return, I'm burnin'
But it's time you learned a thing or 2
You're pushin' a good thing
You're pushin' a good thing
You're pushin' a good thing too far
It's like a slap across my face
Or cheek & every place disgracin' me
Now everybody's talkin' 'bout it
They say I should walk right out on you, they see
You're pushin' a good thing
You're pushin' a good thing
You're pushin' a good thing too far
(Low so feelin' you're mad, come on & kiss me)
Better listen good to what I'm sayin'
No more kissin' till you stop playin' games
(Baby I love you)
If you do, then don't you abuse me
Or you will lose me, ah
(instrumental)
You're pushin' a good thing
You're pushin' a good thing
You're pushin' a good thing too far
So keep on pushin', come on, come on come on
Keep on pushin', oh I want you to keep pushin'
Come on...& fade
Make Me Belong To You
(Chip Taylor/Billy Vera)
CHORUS:
Darlin', I am whatever you make me
So baby, baby, whatever you make me
Make me belong to you
I can live like a queen
& you've got the power to make anything
You've got the power, so open your heart
It's up to you, yeah, 'cause...
(chorus)
I can live puppet on a string
You've got the power to make me anything
You've got the power, so open your heart
It's up to you, yeah, 'cause...
(chorus)
(repeat & fade):
So baby, baby, whatever you make me
Make me belong to you
Baby What Do You Want Me To Do
(Grant Higgins)
When we're all alone, softly you tell me I'm your own
Baby, what do you want me to do?
But when we're in a crowd, you laugh & you talk so loud
Baby, what do you want me to do?
Bridge:
I've got to know if your love is really true
I can't go on feelin' the way I do
Tell me if it's just a game, 'cause I won't stand the pain
Baby, what do you want me to do?
(instrumental)
(repeat bridge, verse 3)
(repeat title & fade)
I Remember The Feeling
(Rose Marie McCoy)
CHORUS:
Still remember the feelin', baby
Still remember the thrill, yes I
Still remember your sweet sweet lovin'
& I always will
It's been a long time, baby, since you've been gone away
I still remember your kisses like it was yesterday
I tried to forget you, but I've found it's no use when I...
(chorus)
I missed you so much, baby; I really lost my mind
You've been a long time comin'; now that you're here I'm fine
They said time would change things, but everything's the same & I...
(chorus)
(instrumental)
What good would it do me to find somebody new when I...
(repeat chorus & fade)
I'll Make Him Love Me
(Howard Greenfield/Helen Miller)
If it's the last thing that I do, I'll make him love me
If dreams are things that still come true, I'll make him love
Nothing's impossible in this crazy world
Yesterday's miracle's just happened to me
Tomorrow's reality, oh wait & see
Although he may not want me now, I'll make him love me
I'm gonna get his heart somehow, I'll make him love me
(x2):
Life's unpredictable, but one thing's for sure
Just as I know tomorrow follows today
I know that I'll find a way to make him love me
I'll make him love me
Oh I'm gonna make him love me, wait & see
Oh how he's gonna love me...& fade
Thankful For What I Got
(Barbara Lewis)
I'm thankful for what I've got
Don't pay no mind to what I've not instead
I'm thankful for what I've got
She's got herself a real life better
She's got herself a real life better
I ain't got enough time
To spend alone & feelin' sad
I ain't got nobody to aim for
But that's somethin' that don't really matter
I'm thankful for what I've got
Don't pay no mind to what I've not instead
I'm thankful for what I've got
I've got myself a real life better
She's got herself a real life better
There just ain't enough hours in one day
To sit & watch all my dreams come true
Every day is a sunshine day
I've got because I'm happy, not because I worry
& that is something I can surely be proud of
Now I've found how I've grown
All I really want in life for me
& it's not a dream, a dream come true
I've got the one I want & I've got the one I need
& I couldn't be more happy now, I really really mean it
(instrumental & background scat singing)
(She's got herself a real life better
She's got herself a real life better)
I'm thankful for what I've got
Don't pay no mind to what I've not instead
I'm thankful for what I've got
I've got myself a real life better
She's got herself a real life better
I've got myself a real life better
She's got herself a real life better
Oh yeah...& fade
Sho-Nuff (It's Got To Be Your Love)
(Tony Hester/Richard Wyley)
Sho-nuff, it's got to be your love
Sho-nuff, it's got to, got to be your love
To make me do the things I do, yeah
Baby, I told you, I won't let no man tie you down
Keep the rhythm, keep the colors comin' 'round
Oh baby, you've got the final answer
The way your kisses feel, they make me know against my will
Sho-nuff, it's got to be your love
Sho-nuff, it's got to, got to be your love
To make me do what I do
There's only so much a woman can understand
Now you've got me, baby, in the palm of your hand
Oh baby, my mind says "Let me go"
Somethin' deep inside keeps shoutin' "I've got to hold on tight"
Sho-nuff, it's got to be your love
Sho-nuff, it's got to, got to be your love
To make me do what I do
(instrumental)
They all tell me the wire keeps the sparks alive
But the way they do, they never make me feel quite so nice
Oh baby, you've got the way to wrap me 'round ya
You know I love you baby, & now I know I just got to have ya
Sho-nuff, it's got to be your love
Sho-nuff, it's got to, got to be your love
To make me do what I do, baby
Sho-nuff, it's got to be your love
Sho-nuff, it's got to, got to be your love
Baby, ooo baby, sho-nuff...& fade
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