THE FORTUNES’ LYRICS
Ballad Of The Alamo Books And Films Fire Brigade Freedom Come, Freedom Go Funny How Love Can Be Gasoline Alley Bred Halfway To Paradise Here Comes That Rainy Day Feeling Again Here It Comes Again I've Got To Go Laughing Fit To Cry Look Homeward Angel Looking Through The Eyes Of Love Maria Seasons In The Sun Secret Love She's Sure The Girl I Love Silent Street Someone To Care Storm In A Teacup The Idol Today I Killed A Man This Golden Ring You Gave Me Somebody To Love You Really Got A Hold On Me You've Got Your Troubles
YOU REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME (Robinson) Rec.Live 1963 I don't like you, But I love you, Seems that I'm always, Thinking of you. Oh ho ho You treat me badly, (You treat me badly) I love you madly, You've really got a hold on me. You've really got a hold on me. You've really got a hold on me. You've really got a hold on me. Baby! I love you! And all I want you to do is just, Hold me...hold me...hold me...oh yeah... Tighter...Tighter I wanna leave you, Don't wanna stay here, I don't want to spend another day here. Oh ho ho. I wanna quit now. (mmm) I just can't split now. You've really got a hold on me. You've really got a hold on me. You've really got a hold on me. You've really got a hold on me. Baby! I love you! And all I want you to do is just... Hold me...hold me...hold me...hold me. Real tight hold on me. You got a real tight hold on me. You got a real tight hold on me. You got a real tight hold on me. You got a real tight hold on me. You got a real tight hold on me. You got a real tight hold on me. You got a real tight hold on me. And I want you to know now... You got a real tight hold on me. Before you go I want you to know! You got a real tight hold on me. LOOK HOMEWARD ANGEL (Gold) Rec.01/08/64 Look homeward, angel Tell me what you see Does the girl I used to know Remember me? Look homeward, angel Tell me does she care Does she dream about The love we used to share? So she'll know How very much I miss her and want her Angel, while she's dreaming Won't you kiss her? Look homeward, angel One thing I must know Do her empty arms Still long for me alone? So she'll know How very much he missed her Angel while she's dreaming Won't you kiss her? Look homeward angel One thing I must know Do her empty arms Still long for me, if so Then homeward angel Homeward I must go SHE’S SURE THE GIRL I LOVE (Mann/Weil) Rec.Live 1964 Sha-la-la-la-la, hey hey hey Sha-la-la-la-la, hey hey hey Sha-la-la-la-la, hey hey hey She's sure the girl I love She doesn't look like a movie star She doesn't drive a Cadillac car She ain't the girl I've been dreaming of but She's the girl I love She’s never been a queen in life All I know she’s gonna be my wife She ain’t the girl I’ve been dreaming of But she’s sure the girl I love When she holds me tight everything's right Crazy as it seems I'm hers, whatever she is, And I forget all of my dreams She doesn't wear diamonds round her neck And all he's got's an unemployment check She ain't the girl I've been dreaming of but She's sure the girl I love [instrumental bridge] When she holds me tight everything's right Crazy as it seems I'm hers, whatever she is, And I forget all of my dreams She doesn't wear diamonds round her neck And all he's got's an unemployment check She ain't the girl I've been dreaming of but She's sure the girl I love YOU’VE GOT YOUR TROUBLES (Greenaway/Cook) Rec.28/05/65 I see that worried look upon your face She's found somebody else to take your place You've got your troubles, I've got mine I too have lost my love today You've got your troubles, I've got mine All of my dreams have flown away Now just like you I sit and wonder why You've got your troubles, I've got mine You need some sympathy, well so do I You've got your troubles, I've got mine And it don't seem so long ago She used to love me, that I know That we were walking That we were talking The way that lovers do ------ instrumental break ------ I too have lost my love today All of my dreams have flown away And so forgive me if I seem unkind You've got your troubles, I've got mine I'd help another place, another time You've got your troubles, I've got mine You've got your troubles, I've got mine You've got your troubles, I've got mine I’VE GOT TO GO (Reed/Mason) Rec.28/05/65 Sit down and listen to me There is something you must know I have someone waiting for me and I’ve got to go I don’t wanna leave now Cause I’d like our love to grow But she is waiting there for me and so I’ve got to go I made a promise to her before you came along If I’d walk down on her don’t you see that would be wrong Oh so wrong I must say goodbye now Even though I love you so You deserve a new love who will not have to go HERE IT COMES AGAIN (Reed/Mason) Rec.20/09/65 When I see that girl go walking by I know boys shouldn't cry Here it comes again That feeling Here it comes again When I see her look into his eyes No matter how I try Here it comes again That feeling Here it comes again I find I'm crying over you I know it's not the thing to do Now I'm on my own I walk alone A heart without a home Here it comes again That feeling Here it comes again My love walked out The fire went out inside of me What put it out those tears inside of me There is nothing left for me to say You know, you know, you know you broke my heart Here it comes again That feeling Here it comes again I find I'm crying over you I know it's not the thing to do Now I'm on my own I walk alone A heart without a home Here it comes again That feeling Here it comes again THIS GOLDEN RING (Greenaway/Cook) Rec.22/09/65 This golden ring's gonna buy me a place in my baby's arms This golden ring's gonna make quite sure that we never part It's so funny what a ring can do Make a girl just like you Take a ride downtown Searching for a wedding gown So I've got a ring for my baby And I'm a thinking very soon that maybe that girl will be mine I'm gonna have an angel devine And everything's gonna be fine So fine This golden ring is all I have to give to you But given time and love I'll make your dreams come true I've been a saving all my money I've been working hard, girl Only with you in mind But we've got something more than money We've got a love that's gonna last us So fine SOMEONE TO CARE (The Fortunes) Rec.22/09/65 I told you one day I’d find Someone to care I knew she’d be good and kind She’s standing right there I’ve been waiting for her so long I knew that she’d come along I knew that she’d come my way Someone to care She’s here and now here she’ll stay She’s standing right there I’ve been waiting.. The girl I love She makes me happy She makes me smile when I am blue All of my life I need Someone To Care I’ve waited and knew that she would standing right there. LOOKING THROUGH THE EYES OF LOVE (Mann/Weil) Rec.20/09/65 In the eyes of the world I'm a loser just wasting my time, I can't make a dime, In the eyes of the world, Being born was my first big mistake, I can't get a break, But in the eyes of my woman I stand Like a hero, A giant, a man who's as tall as can be, Any fool can see That she's looking through the eyes of love She's looking through the eyes of love She's looking through the eyes of love when she looks at me, In the eyes of the crowd I'm a do nothing kind of a guy, Who'll just live and die, In the eyes of the crowd, I'm another poor Joe on the street, Can't get on my feet, But in the eyes of my woman they're wrong, I'm a king and a lover strong and as brave as can be, Any fool can see That she's, looking through the eyes of love She's looking through the eyes of love She's looking through the eyes of love when she looks at me, She's makin' me believe someday, Someday I'm gonna find a way To be the man that she can see when she looks at me, Looking through the eyes of love, She's looking through the eyes of love She's looking through the eyes of love
LAUGHING FIT TO CRY (Greenaway/Cook) Rec.20/09/65
My friends ask me if I remember I only laugh at them and lie It's plain to see that I forgot her Cause I'm laughing fit to cry
The day she told me she was leaving She didn't even hear me sigh She'll never know my heart was grieving Cause I was laughing fit to cry
But when I dream she's always with me I only wanna be by her side I could rely but what a pity But I'm tired by my pride
(Instr. Break) It's plain to see that I forgot her Cause I'm laughing fit to cry
I wanted to believe I'm happy (Baby, baby, my, You don't know I miss you so) So if she asks you how am I (And that I'm longing for you, dreaming of my little baby) You'll say the last time that you saw me I was laughing fit to cry You'll say the last time that you saw me I was laughing fit to cry YOU GAVE ME SOMEBODY TO LOVE (Andreoli/Ponzia/Ross) Rec.24/02/66 Baby, it's been hard for me since you've been gone But you left me with the strength to carry on Though it hurts so much, I've accepted the fact we're through 'Cause the greatest gift in life I got from you Baby, baby, you gave me somebody to love You gave me somebody to love Wo wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh Memories of nights when we stayed out till dawn And every time we kissed, a brand new world was born Baby, it's all right; go and do what you gotta do 'Cause the greatest gift in life I got from you Baby, baby, you gave me somebody to love You gave me somebody to love Wo wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh Baby, it's all right; go on, do what you gotta do 'Cause the greatest gift in life I got from you Baby, baby, you gave me somebody to love You gave me somebody to love Wo wo, oh oh oh, oh oh oh, oh oh oh MARIA (Bernstein/Sondheim) Re.20/09/65 The most beautiful sound I ever heard: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria... All the beautiful sounds of the words in a single word: Maria, Maria, Maria, Maria... Maria! I've just met a girl named Maria, and suddenly that name will never be the same to me. Maria! I've just kissed a girl named Maria, and suddenly I've found how wonderful a sound can be! Maria! Say it loud and there's music playing, say it soft and it's almost like praying. Maria, I'll never stop saying Maria! The most beautiful sound I ever heard. Maria.
SILENT STREET (Reed/Mason) Rec.24/02/66
Silent street, hear the echo of my feet tonight Homeless stréet, where she promised we would meet tonight
But I waited in vain, and she never came Waited in vain, so I ask the rain
Silent street, I've no one but you Silent street, what am I to do? When I should be sleeping my eyes are weeping tonight
Neon lights, do the colours try to touch my hand? Shining bright, do they pity me and understand?
It's as though they can see down into my brain Yes, they can see, as I ask the rain
Silent street, I've no one but you Silent street, what am I to do? When I should be sleeping my eyes are weeping tonight
The falling rain can wash my tears away Oh, but not the pain, I've lost that girl of yesterday
Silent street, I've no one but you Silent street, what am I to do? When I should be sleeping my eyes are weeping tonight
THE IDOL (Bainbridge/Pritchard) Rec.18/06/67) Mine is the story of a record star The world at my feet, hah, but I’ve come too far Thanks to the richess that have come my way I can walk on pretty carpets I can swim down at my pool I can throw expensive parties yet afford to be a fool There are girls round every corner But the only one to be Just a partner for a short time To the idol that is me That's what is missing, something genuine To me gold records look like bits of tin But yes, that’s just too much for me to ask
I can walk on pretty carpets I can swim down at my pool I can throw expensive parties yet afford to be a fool There are girls round every corner But the only one to be Just a partner for a short time To the idol that is me
SEASONS IN THE SUN (Le Moribond) (McKuen/Brel) Rec.1968 Adieu, Emile, my trusted friend We've known each other since we were nine or ten Together we've climbed hills and trees Learned of love and ABCs Skinned our hearts and skinned our knees Adieu, Emile, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky Now that the spring is in the air Pretty girls are everywhere Think of me and I'll be there We had joy, we had fun We had seasons in the sun But the hills we used to climb Were just seasons out of time All our lives we had fun We had seasons in the sun But the hills we used to climb were just seasons out of time Adieu, Papa, please pray for me I was the black sheep of the family You tried to teach me right from wrong Too much wine and too much song Wonder how I got along Adieu, Papa, it's hard to die When all the birds are singing in the sky Now that the spring is in the air Little children everywhere Think of me and I'll be there We had joy... Adieu, Francoise, my trusted wife Without you I'd have had a lonely life You cheated lots of times but then, I forgave you in the end, Though your lover was my friend We had joy.... FIRE BRIGADE (Wood) Rec.01/68 Cast your mind back ten years To the girl who's next to me in school If I put me hand upon her leg She hit me with a rule Though tomorrow won't be long You're gonna have to play it cool You get fascinated by her She could set the place on fire Run and get the fire brigade Get the fire brigade See the buildings start to really burn Get the fire brigade Get the fire brigade If you jump you've got to wait your turn Friends all seem to laugh I fear I'm apt to make a compromise Try to reassure myself My head must need some exercise Half past ten in the morning She just took me by surprise True she set the place on fire You get fascinated by her The lights across the street throw a rainbow I'd love you all to meet her I'll be there, I'll be there Notice that my eyes have been A misty place since Saturday Brings a feeling we might lead The fire engines anyway
BALLAD OF THE ALAMO (Tomkin/Webster) Rec.1969 In the southern part of Texas, in the town of San Antone, There's a fortress all in ruin that the weeds have overgrown. You may look in vain for crosses and you'll never see a one, But sometime between the setting and the rising of the sun, You can hear a ghostly bugle as the men go marching by; You can hear them as they answer to that roll call in the sky: Colonel Travis, Davy Crockett and a hundred eighty more; Captain Dickenson, Jim Bowie, present and accounted for. Back in 1836, Houston said to Travis: "Get some volunteers and go fortify the Alamo." Well, the men came from Texas and from old Tennessee, And they joined up with Travis just to fight for the right to be free. Indian scouts with squirrel guns, men with muzzle loaders, Stood together heel and toe to defend the Alamo. "You may never see your loved ones," Travis told them that day. "Those that want to can leave now, those who'll fight to the death, let 'em stay." In the sand he drew a line with his army sabre, Out of a hundred eighty five, not a soldier crossed the line. With his banners a-dancin' in the dawn's golden light, Santa Anna came prancin' on a horse that was black as the night. He sent an officer to tell Travis to surrender. Travis answered with a shell and a rousin' rebel yell. Santa Anna turned scarlet: "Play Degüello," he roared. "I will show them no quarter, everyone will be put to the sword." One hundred and eighty five holdin' back five thousand. Five days, six days, eight days, ten; Travis held and held again. Then he sent for replacements for his wounded and lame, But the troops that were comin' never came, never came, never came. Twice he charged, then blew recall. On the fatal third time, Santa Anna breached the wall and he killed them one and all. Now the bugles are silent and there's rust on each sword, And the small band of soldiers lie asleep in the arms of The Lord. In the southern part of Texas, near the town of San Antone, Like a statue on his Pinto rides a cowboy all alone. And he sees the cattle grazin' where a century before, Santa Anna's guns were blazin' and the cannons used to roar. And his eyes turn sort of misty, and his heart begins to glow, And he takes his hat off slowly to the men of Alamo. To the thirteen days of glory at the seige of Alamo.
BOOKS AND FILMS (Lordan) Rec.1969 I lose my mind completely At the note you pinned across the unmade bed It said: Goodbye, I'm leaving you Would I believe that only happens in
Books and films and TV and radio To the friend of a friend of someone I used to know To someone else, but not to me, oh no
What if I tell me friends now They'll ask me how you've been and where you're gone I'll say I'm sorry, I don't know Well, that's easy to say, but it's only easy in
Books and films...
And who's to blame for all that's happened? Maybe I didn't try too hard Is it too late to say I'm sorry? Too late to make a new start?
Books and films.... GASOLINE ALLEY BRED (Greenaway/Cook/Macaulay) Rec.04/07/70 Woman get your hair out of curlers Time to get your butt out of bed Get down your hats and your baggage my child Goin' back home, gettin' back to the homestead I'm a-gonna heat me some water Put a shine upon my shoes Telephone my ma, keep the room above Joe's 'Cause we're coming back coming back to the homestead Everything is packed, gettin' back to the homestead This time, this time we'll stay, baby I know that we could have made it We had ideas in our heads And I wish somehow we could have saved it But we're Gasoline Alley bred Yet the years haven't really been wasted And I know it in my head We did good for the life that we've tasted 'Cause we're Gasoline Alley, Gasoline Alley bred Woman you can really believe it I did everything a man could do Breaking my back just to make us a dime That won't mean a damn when no one wants to know you Woman I know how you feel it I've seen the hurt upon your face How many time do you think that I've cried Knowing every day that your heart was getting broken Holding back your pride till you were nearly choking Oh, let's get away, baby I know that we could have made it We had ideas in our heads And I wish somehow we could have saved it But we're Gasoline Alley bred Yet the years haven't really been wasted And I know it in my head We did good for the life that we've tasted 'Cause we're Gasoline Alley, Gasoline Alley bred (Gasoline Alley) Gasoline Alley Bred
HERE COMES THAT RAINY DAY FEELING AGAIN (Greenaway/Cook) Rec.07/12/70 Here comes that rainy day feeling again, and soon my tears will be falling like rain... It always seems to be a Monday, Leftover memories of Sunday always spent with you. Before the clouds appeared, and took away my sunshine. Here comes that rainy day feeling again, and I'll be dreaming of you baby in vain. Your face is always on my mind, girl, I'm hoping you're soon gonna find, girl, your way back to me, 'cause if you'll say you'll stay, the rainy days will go away... Here comes that rainy day feeling again, and soon my tears will be falling like rain. FREEDOM COME, FREEDOM GO (Greenaway/Cook/Hazelwood/Hammond) Re.13/07/71) Freedom come Freedom go Tell me yes And then she tells me no Freedom never stay long Freedom moving along Freedom want Freedom stay Freedom love And then she flies away Freedem never stay long Freedom moving along. Daddy is a doctor Mother is a debutante Pillars of society Living in a mansion Somewhere in the country And another in Chelsea Freedom is a rich girl Daddie's little sweet girl Pretty as a sunny day Freedom never does do what She doesn't want To freedom never has to pay Freedom come... Freedom is her name And freedom is her nature Running all around the town Ev'rybody wants to And ev'rybody tries to But nobody can hold her down Freedom is so kind And freedom is so gentle Freedom is a happy day Freedom what would you do If I say love you Freedom would you Run away Freedom come... Da da da da da da (Freedom) Da da da da da (Freedom) Da da da da da da da Moving along Da la la la la la Moving right on along Da da da..... STORM IN A TEACUP (Rubin/Roker) Rec.20/10/71) Pitter-patter pitter-patter .... Pitter-patter pitter-patter .... One drop of rain on your window pane Doesn't mean to say there's a thunderstorm comin' Rain may pour for an hour or more But it doesn't matter, you know it doesn't matter One gentle breeze blowin' softly through the trees Doesn't mean to say there's a hurricane hummin' Don't go running ev'ry time you hear it coming It doesn't matter, you know it doesn't matter One little word that you may have overheard Doesn't mean to say that my love for you is dyin' Don't go cryin' over second hand lyin' 'Cos it doesn't matter, you know it doesn't matter It's a storm in a teacup Brewing up double all those tiny little troubles A storm in a teacup It really doesn't matter If it pitter-pitter-patters all the day Pidder-padder pidder-padder .... It doesn't matter, no no it doesn't matter One little word that you may have overheard Doesn't mean to say that my love for you is dyin' So don't start cryin' over second hand lyin' 'Cos it doesn't matter, you know it doesn't matter It's a storm in a teacup Brewing up double all those tiny little troubles Storm in a teacup It really doesn't matter If it pitter-pitter-patters all the day Pitter-patter pitter-patter .... It's a storm in a teacup Brewing up double all those tiny little troubles Storm in a teacup It really doesn't matter If it pitter-pitter-patters all the day
SECRET LOVE (Fain/Webster) Rec.1972 It ain't no secret anymore It ain't no secret anymore
Once I had a secret love
That lived within the heart of me
All too soon my secret love
Became impatient to be free
So I told a friendly star
The way that lovers often do
Just how wonderful you are
And why I'm so in love with you
Now I shout it from the highest hill
Even told the golden daffodils
And now my heart's an open door
And my secret love's no secret anymore
Now I shout it from the highest hill
Even told the golden daffodils
At last my heart's an open door
And my secret love's no secret anymore
It ain't no secret anymore
FUNNY HOW LOVE CAN BE
(Carter/Lewis)
Rec.1987 or 1990
There she goes with her nose in the air
Funny how love can be
Wonder why she pretends I'm not there
Funny how love can be, girl
Funny how love can be
There she is with that look
in her eye
Hasn't got time for me
Does she know how it's making me cry
Funny how love can be, girl
Funny how love can be
What a thing to happen
Left without a friend
What a thing to happen
Funny how true love can end
I can tell that she just
doesn't care
How can I make her see?
I'm in love and it just isn't fair
Funny how love can be, girl
Funny how love can be
HALFWAY TO PARADISE
(Goffin/King)
Rec.1994
I want to be your lover
But your friend is all I've stayed
I'm only halfway to paradise
So near, yet so far away
I long for your lips to kiss my lips
But just when I think they may
You lead me halfway to paradise
So near, yet so far away, mmm
Bein' close to you is almost heaven (heaven)
But seein' you can do just so much
It hurts me so to know your heart's a treasure (treasure)
And that my heart is forbidden to touch, so
Put your sweet lips close to my lips
And tell me that's where they're gonna stay
Don't lead me halfway to paradise
Mmm, so near, yet so far away
Oh, uh, oh so near, yet so far away
FADE
Yeah, yeah so near, yet so far away
Today I Killed
A
Man
(Cook / Greenaway)
Rec.1971
Today I killed a man I didn't know
I held my rifle high and shot him low
I'd like to think he really was to blame
Well I never knew or never will his name
I guess that someone, somewhere knew him well
And they'll cry when they're told that he has fell
But it's hard for me to think of him as good
'Cause he'd done me just the same if he could
Oh mama, oh mama, I'm so cold
And I feel like I am quickly growing old
So I hope you are thinking of your son
'Cause tomorrow morning I'll be twenty-one
Oh Johnny Rebel, Johnny Rebel, he don't worry now
He don't wonder how
Today my sergeant told me I've done well
That I'd sent another Southern boy to hell
But I can't help wondering about the loss of life
And if that rebel soldier had a wife
Oh mama, oh mama, I'm so cold
And the good book doesn't help me like you told
'Cause it don't tell me if I'm right or wrong
Or when this war will end, just how long
Oh mama, oh mama, I'm so cold
And I feel I am quickly growing old
So I hope that you are thinking of your son
'Cause tomorrow morning I'll be twenty-one