When I call you up
Your line’s engaged
I have had enough
So act your age
We have lost the time
That was so hard to find
And I will lose my mind
If you won’t see me
Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia’s busy
Too busy to come to the phone”
Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia’s trying
To start a new life of her own”
Sylvia’s mother says, “Sylvia’s happy
So why don’t you leave her alone?”
And the operator says, “Forty cents more
For the next three minutes”
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just gotta talk to her
I’ll only keep her a while
Please, Mrs. Avery, I just want to tell her goodbye
Please Mr. Custer, I don’t want to go
Hey, Mr. Custer, please don’t make me go
I had a dream last night about the comin’ fight
Somebody yelled “attack!”
And there I stood with a arrow in my back
And the man at the back said, “Everyone, attack,”
And it turned into a ballroom blitz.
And the girl in the corner said, “Boy, I wanna warn ya
It’ll turn into a ballroom blitz.”
Ballroom Blitz – Sweet
-“BB”-
Well, I used to smile when I was a pup
Sailing down the Nile in a china cup
With the recipe for a lovely day
Sticking out of my back pocket
But it wasn’t always such a pretty sight
We used to fight like cats and dogs
Til we made it up in the ballroom
Ballroom dancing made a man of me
Wandering eyes
Commitments never can last
It feels so cold
To know our name
I’ve never known you
And I never will
What difference
Does indifference takes
Do you regret what you saw
Floating softly at the Nile’s edge
Alone
You don’t know how long I have wanted
To touch your lips and hold you tight
You don’t know how long I have waited
And I was gonna tell you tonight
But the secret is still my own
And my love for you is still unknown
Alone
In my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally
I’m gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That’s when my love comes tumbling down
I’m gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there’s no one else around
After midnight, we’re gonna let it all hang out
After midnight, we’re gonna chug-a-lug and shout
We’re gonna cause talk and suspicion
Give an exhibition
Find out what it is all about
It was one of those nights when you turn out the lights
And everything comes into view
She was taking her time, I was losing my mind
There was nothing that she wouldn’t do
It wasn’t the first, wasn’t the last
She knew we was making love
I was so satisfied deep down inside
Like a hand in a velvet glove
Can you understand me?
Baby, don’t you hand me a line
Although it doesn’t matter
You and me got plenty of time
There’s nobody in the future
So, baby, let me hand you my love
Oh, no step for you to dance to
So slip your hand inside of my glove
Hold me, hold me, hold me
Come on and Hold me, hold me, hold me
A long distance directory assistance, area code 212
And say, hey, A&R, this is Mister Rhythm and Blues
You said, “Hello” and put me on hold
To say the least, the cat was cold
He said, “Don’t call us, child, we’ll call you”
Oh, hush, little baby, don’t say a word
Papa’s gonna buy you a mockingbird
In the hope you get avian flu
The nice folk at A&E will take care of you
If it wasnae for your wellies, where would you be?
You’d be in the hospital or infirmary
Cause you would have a dose of the flu or even pleurisy
If you didnae have your feet in your wellies!
You keep playin’ where you shouldn’t be playin’
And you keep thinkin’ that you’ll never get burnt (ha)
I just found me a brand new box of matches, yeah
And what he knows you ain’t had time to learn
These boots are made for walkin’
And that’s just what they’ll do
One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you
My friends know what’s in store
I won’t be here anymore
I’ve packed my bags
I’ve cleaned the floor
Watch me walking
Walking out the door
Singing in the sunshine, laughing in the rain
Hitting on the moonshine, rocking in the grain
Got no time to pack my bags, my foot’s outside the door
I got a date, I can’t be late, for the high hopes hailla ball, uh uh, uh uh, yeah
I will never love you,
The cost of love’s too dear.
But though I’ll never love you,
I’ll stay with you one year.
And we can sing in the sunshine,
We’ll laugh everyday,
We’ll sing in the sunshine,
Then I’ll be on my way.
Strolling along country roads with my baby
It starts to rain, it begins to pour
Without an umbrella we’re soaked to the skin
I feel a shiver run up my spine
I feel the warmth of her hand in mine
Ooh, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Ooh, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside