Jazz
Your goodbye left me with eyes that cry
How can I go on dear without you?
You took the part that once was my heart
So why not take all of me?
"All of Me" – Billie Holiday
I laughed at love 'cause I thought it was funny
You came along and you moved me, honey
I've changed my mind, this love is fine
"Great Balls of Fire" – Jerry Lee Lewis
I'm aware of where you go
Each time you leave my door
I watch you walk down the street
Knowing your other love you'll meet
"Stop! In the Name of Love" (1965) - The Supremes
I keep a close watch on this heart of mine
I keep my eyes wide open all the time
I keep the ends out for the tie that binds
"I Walk the Line" – Johnny Cash (1956)
bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
"Mr. Sandman" (1954) The Chordettes
She was truckin' on down the avenue
But not a single thing to do
She went peck, peck, peckin' all around
"A Tisket A Tasket" – Ella Fitzgerald
There goes my baby with someone new
She sure looks happy, I sure am blue
She was my baby 'til he stepped in
Goodbye to romance that might've been
"Bye Bye Love" – The Everly Brothers
I know a man ain't supposed to cry
But these tears, I can't hold inside
Losing you would end my life, you see
I Heard It Through the Grapevine, 1968, Marvin Gaye
Our little boy is four years old and quite a little man
So we spell out the words we don't want him to understand
"D-I-V-O-R-C-E" – Tammy Wynette (1968)
Don't go walking down lovers' lane with anyone else but me
Till I come marching home
"Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree" (1942) - The Andrews Sisters
Rome wasn't built in a day, kid.
You have to pay, kid, for what you get. But I am willing to wait, dear,
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" – Louis Armstrong
He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
Go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track
Oh, the engineers would see him sitting in the shade
"Johnny B. Goode" – Chuck Berry
For five long years
I thought you were my man
But I found out
I'm just a link in your chain
Chain of Fools, 1967, Aretha Franklin
I got a hot rod Ford and a two dollar bill
And I know a spot right over the hill
There's soda pop and the dancing's free
So if you wanna have fun, come along with me
"Hey Good Lookin’" – Hank Williams (1951)
Take my love with you
To any port or foreign shore.
Darling, you must feel for sure,
"Soldier Boy" (1962) - The Shirelles
Missed the Saturday dance
Heard they crowded the floor
Couldn't bear it without you
"Don’t Get Around Much Anymore" – Duke Ellington
I don't have fond desires
And I don't have happy hours
I don't have anything
"Since I Don’t Have You" – The Skyliners
I've got so much honey, the bees envy me
I've got a sweeter song than the birds in the trees
My Girl, 1964, The Temptations
Third boxcar, midnight train
Destination Bangor, Maine
Old, worn out suit and shoes
"King of the Road" – Roger Miller (1965)
I need love, love to ease my mind
I need to find, find someone to call mine
"You Can’t Hurry Love" (1966) - The Supremes
I'd sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of havin' you near
"I’ve Got You Under My Skin" – Anita O’Day
Well, she walks all night, talks all day
She's the kind of woman who'd have her way
"Red Hot" – Billy Lee Riley (1957)
I found a dream that I could speak to
A dream that I can call my own
At Last, 1960, Etta James
All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
"Take Me Home, Country Roads" – John Denver (1971)
When he's near me, I'll kiss him,
And when he leaves me woo I'll miss him
"Walking in the Rain" (1964) - The Ronettes
When the music goes around,
Everybody's goes go to town.
"Sing, Sing, Sing" – Benny Goodman
The strangest gal I ever had
Never happy 'less she's ma
"Mean Woman Blues" – Elvis Presley (1957)
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
(Sittin’ On) The Dock of the Bay, 1968, Otis Redding
I'll dry these useless tears and get myself together
I think I'll wander down the hall
"Two Doors Down" – Dolly Parton 1978
But just because he doesn't do what everybody else does
That's no reason why I can't give him all my love
"He’s a Rebel" (1962) - The Crystals