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No Strings
01:40
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I wake up every morning with a smile on my face everything in its place the way it should be
I start out every morning just as free as the breeze my cares upon the shelf
because I nd myself with
no strings no connections
no ties to my affections
I’m fancy free and free for anything fancy
no dates that can’t be broken
no words that can’t be spoken especially when I am feeling romancy
like a robin upon a tree
like a sailor that goes to sea
like an unwritten melody
I’m free that’s me
so bring on the big attraction
my decks are cleared for action
I’m fancy free and free for anything fancy
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Undecided
02:54
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rst you say you do
and then you don’t
then you say you will
and then you won’t
you’re undecided now
so what are you gonna do
now you want to play
and then it’s no
and when you say you’ll stay that’s when you go
you’re undecided now
so what are you gonna do
I’ve been sitting on the fence and it doesn’t make much sense cause you keep me in suspense and you know it
when you promise to return then you don’t I really burn well I guess I’ll never learn and I show it
if you’ve got a heart
and if you’re kind
then don’t keep us apart make up your mind
you’re undecided now
so what are you gonna do
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Shall We Dance
02:07
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drop that long face
come on have your ing
why keep nursing the blues
if you want this whole world on a string put on your dancing shoes
stop wasting time
put on your dancing shoes
watch your spirits climb
shall we dance
or keep on moping
shall we dance
and walk on air
shall we give in
to despair
or shall we dance with never a care
life is short
we’re growing older
don’t you be
an also ran
you better dance little lady dance little man
dance whenever you can
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4. |
Lulu's Back In Town
01:48
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gotta get your old tuxedo pressed
gotta sew a button on your vest
cause tonight you’ve gotta look your best Lulu’s back in town
gotta get a half a buck somewhere
gotta shine your shoes and slick your hair gotta get yourself a boutonniere
Lulu’s back in town
you can tell all his pets all his Harlem coquettes Miss Otis regrets that he won’t be around
you can tell the mailman not to call
he won’t be coming home until the fall
and then he might not get back home at all Lulu’s back in town
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5. |
Running Wild
01:35
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running wild lost control
running wild mighty bold
feeling gay reckless too
carefree mind all the time never blue always running don’t know where always showing I just don’t care
don’t love nobody cos it ain’t worthwhile all alone running wild
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got a snap in my ngers got a rhythm in my walk
as the elephant’s say
I’m living in a great big way
got a handful of nothing and I watch it like a hawk and I’m doing ok
I’m living in a great big way
I’m the salt in the ocean I’m the sun in the sky
I don’t need a promotion I’ve got a million dollars just as long as I
got a snap in my ngers got a rhythm in my walk got the devil to pay
I’m living in a great big way
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7. |
Get Happy
02:44
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forget your troubles come on get happy you better chase all your cares away shout hallelujah come on get happy
get ready for the judgement day
the sun is shining come on get happy the lord is waiting to take your hand shout hallelujah come on get happy we’re gonna be going to the promised land
we’re heading across the river wash your sins away in the tide it’s all so peaceful
on the other side
forget your troubles and just get happy you better chase all your cares away sing hallelujah come on get happy
get ready for the judgement day
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Fascinating Rhythm
03:00
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got a little rhythm a rhythm a rhythm that pit a pats through my brain
so darn persistent
the day isn’t distant
when it’ll drive me insane
comes in the morning without any warning
and hangs around me all day I’ll have to sneak up to it someday and speak up to it I hope it listens when I say
fascinating rhythm you’ve got me on the go fascinating rhythm
I’m all a quiver
what a mess you’re making the neighbors want to know why I’m always shaking
just like a ivver
each morning I get up with the sun start a hopping
never stopping
to nd at night no work has been done
I know that
once it didn’t matter
but now you’re doing wrong when you start to patter
I’m so unhappy
won’t you take a day off decide to run along somewhere far away off and make it snappy
oh how I long to be the girl I used to be fascinating rhythm
won’t you stop picking on me
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darling je vous aime beaucoup
je ne sais pas what to do
vous avez completely stolen my heart
matin midi et le soir
toujours wondering where you are
that’s the way I’ve felt right from the start
ah cherie my love for you is tres tres fort
wish my french were good enough
oh I’d tell you so much more
mais j’espere que tu as compris
all the little things you do to me
darling je vous aime beaucoup
I love you
oh my darling vous etes tres jolie
qu’est ce que c’est you do to me
je suis absolument in a trance
tout le temps j’espere que vous
dream of me a little too
ah cherie je pense this is romance
quand nous sommes alone and you are in my arms je remercie le bon dieu for all your lovely charms dite moi do you love me too
je suis happy if you do
darling je vous aime beaucoup
I love you so c’est vrai I do
I love you
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It Don’t Mean a Thing
02:39
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what good is melody, what good is music
if it ain’t possessing something sweet
it ain’t the melody no it ain’t the music
there’s something else that makes this tune complete
it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing doo wah doo wah...etc
it don’t mean a thing all you got to do is sing doo wah doo wah...etc
it makes no difference if it’s sweet or hot
just give that rhythm everything you got
well it don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing doo wah doo wah...etc
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11. |
After You've Gone
03:24
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now won’t you listen honey when I say
how could you tell me that you’re going away
don’t say that we must part
don’t you break my aching heart
you know I’ve loved you truly many years
loved you night and day
how can you talk to me honey me can’t you see my tears listen while I say
after you’ve gone and left me crying
after you’ve gone there’s no denying
you’ll feel blue you’ll feel sad
you’ll miss the bestest pal that you’ve ever had there’ll come a time now don’t forget it
there’ll come a time when you’ll regret it
some day when you feel lonely
you heart will break like mine and you’ll want me only after you’ve gone after you’ve gone away
after I’ve gone after the break up
after I’ve gone you’re gonna wake up
you will nd that you’ve been blind
to let somebody go and change your mind
after the years we’ve been together
through joy and tears and every kind of weather someday blue and downhearted
you’ll long to be with me right back where you started after I’ve gone after I’ve gone away
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Nagasaki
02:10
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hot ginger and dynamite
that’s all there is at night
back in Nagasaki
where the fellers chew tobaccy and the women wicky wacky woo
the way that they can entertain would hurry a hurricane
back in Nagasaki
where the fellers chew tobaccy and the women wicky wacky woo
in Fujiama you get a mama
then your troubles increase
in some pagoda she orders soda
earth shake milk shakes ten cents a piece
they hug you and they kiss you nice oh by jingo it’s worth the price
back in Nagasaki
where the fellers chew tobaccy
and the women wicky wacky woo
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when somebody thinks you’re wonderful what a difference to your day
seems as though your troubles disappear like a feather in your way
when somebody thinks you’re wonderful tells you with a smile so sweet
what are little stones your stepping on just a meadow beneath your feet
and how you greet the morning you gaily swing along
at night you may be yawning but your heart still sings a song
when somebody thinks you’re wonderful love is mighty close to you
just another thing more wonderful making all their dreams come true
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but I aint gonna holler cos I’ve still got a dollar and when I get low oh I get high
my man walked out well you know that aint right but he better watch out if I meet him tonight
I said when I get low oh I get high
all this hard luck in this town has found me nobody knows what troubles are all around me oh
Im all alone with no one to pet me
that old rocking chair ain’t never gonna get me cause when I get low oh I get high
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15. |
Me, Myself and I
00:46
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me myself and I
are all in love with you
we all think you’re wonderful we do
me, myself and I
have just one point of view we’re convinced
there’s no one else like you
it can’t be denied dear
you brought the sun to us we’d be satis ed dear
if you’d belong to one of us
so if you pass me by
three hearts will break in two cause me myself and I
are all in love with you
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Lucy Dixon Paris, France
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