Author: rdoggett@villandio.net

Byrds version

There are places I’ll remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain

All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life i’ve loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When i think of love as something new

Though i know i’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know i’ll often stop and think about them
In my life i love you more

Though i know i’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know i’ll often stop and think about them

In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

I  love you        ’cause you tell me things I want to know
And it’s true      that it really only  goes to show
That I know  That I I I I  should never never never be blue
            
Now you’re mine      my happiness still makes me cry
And in  time        you’ll understand the reason why If I cry 
It’s not because I’m sad   But you’re the only love that I’ve ever had
I can’t believe   it’s happened to me I can’t conceive   of any more misery 

Ask me  why   I’ll say I love you    And I’m always thinking of you                       
I love you,      ’cause you tell me things I want to know      
goes to show That I know 
That I, I, I, I should never, never, never be blue

Ask me why, I’ll say I love you 
And I’m always thinking of you 
I can’t believe   it’s happened to me  
I can’t conceive   of any more misery 

Ask me  why, I’ll say I love you 
And I’m always thinking of you 

You, You, You, You

Before this dance is through, I think I’ll love you, too,
I’m so happy when you dance with me.
I don’t wanna kiss or hold your hand,
if it’s funny, try and understand
there is really nothing else I’d rather do,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you.

I don’t need to hug or hold you tight,
I just wanna dance with you all night,
In this world there’s nothing I would rather do,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you.

Just to dance with you, is everything I need,
before this dance is through, I think I’ll love you, too,
I’m so happy when you dance with me

If somebody tries to take my place,
let’s pretend we just can’t see his face,
In this world there’s nothing I would rather do,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you.

Just to dance with you, is everything I need,
before this dance is through, I think I’ll love you, too,
I’m so happy when you dance with me.

If somebody tries to take my place,
let’s pretend we just can’t see his face,
In this world there’s nothing I would rather do,
I’ve discovered I’m in love with you, oh, oh,
‘cos I’m happy just to dance with you, oh oh,
oh oh, oh.

(orig. = capo 4th) (The Beatles)

Well, she was just seventeen
You know what I mean
And the way she looked
Was way beyond compare
So how could I dance with another
Ooh, when I saw her standing there?

Well, she looked at me
And I, I could see
That before too long
I’d fall in love with her
She wouldn’t dance with another
Ooh, when I saw her standing there

Well, my heart went “boom”
When I crossed that room
And I held her hand in mine

Oh we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long
I fell in love with her
Now I’ll never dance with another
Ooh, since I saw her standing there

Well, my heart went, “Boom”
When I crossed that room
And I held her hand in mine

Oh, we danced through the night
And we held each other tight
And before too long
I fell in love with her
Now I’ll never dance with another
Oh, since I saw her standing there
Oh, since I saw her standing there
Yeah, well since I saw her standing there

CCR version
Ooh, bet you’re wonderin’ how I knew
‘Bout your plan to make me blue
With some other guy that you knew before
Between the two of us guys
You know I loved you more
It took me by surprise, I must say
When I found out yesterday

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
And I’m just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey, yeah

You know that a man ain’t supposed to cry
But these tears, I can’t hold inside
Losin’ you would end my life, you see
‘Cause you mean that much to me
You could have told me yourself
That you found someone else, instead

I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
And I’m just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey, yeah

People say, “You hear from what you see
Not, not, not from what you hear”
I can’t help but being confused
If it’s true, won’t you tell me, dear?
Do you plan to let me go
For the other guy that you knew before?

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
And I’m just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey, yeah

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
And I’m just about to lose my mind

Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
Not much longer would you be mine
Ooh-ooh, I heard it through the grapevine
And I’m just about to lose my mind
Honey, honey, yeah

House of the Rising Sun

There is a house in New FOrleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I’m one

My mother was a tailor
She sewed my new blue jeans
My father was a gamblin’ man
Down in New Orleans

Now the only thing a gambler needs
Is a suitcase and trunk
And the only time he’s satisfied
Is when he’s on a drunk

Oh mother tell your children
Not to do what I have done
Spend your lives in sin and misery
In the House of the Rising Sun

Well, I got one foot on the platform
The other foot on the train
I’m goin’ back to New Orleans
To wear that ball and chain

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun
And it’s been the ruin of many a poor boy
And God I know I’m one

He’s a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Doesn’t have a point of view
Knows not where he’s going to
Isn’t he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere man, please listen
You don’t know what you’re missing
Nowhere man
The world is at your command

He’s as blind as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
Nowhere man, can you see me at all?

Nowhere man, don’t worry
Take your time, don’t hurry
Leave it all
‘Til somebody else lends you a hand

Doesn’t have a point of view
Knows not where he’s going to
Isn’t he a bit like you and me?

Nowhere man, please listen
You don’t know what you’re missing
Nowhere man
The world is at your command

He’s a real nowhere man
Sitting in his nowhere land
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody
Making all his nowhere plans for nobody