The USMB Joyful Noise Karaoke Archives

[beautress]

Always loved "I want to know what love is."
Foreigner says it well.


I Want to Know What Love Is
The Chipmunks, Foreigner
I gotta take a little time
A little time to think things over
I better read between the lines
In case I need it when I'm older

In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
Can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life

I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me

I'm gonna take a little time
A little time to look around me
I've got nowhere left to hide
It looks like love has finally found me

In my life there's been heartache and pain
I don't know if I can face it again
I can't stop now, I've traveled so far
To change this lonely life

I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me
I wanna feel what love is
I know you can show me, show me

(I wanna know what) I wanna know what love is
I want you to show me (and I feeling so much love)
AI want to feel what love is
I know you can show me

I wanna know what love is
Let's talk about love
I want you to show me​

 

[beautress]

Well are ya?

You're So Vain
Carly Simon
You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye on the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and

[Chorus]
You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? don't you?

You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
And that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
I had some dreams, they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and

[Chorus]

I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee
Clouds in my coffee, and
Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear Jet up to Nova Scotia
To see the total eclipse of the sun
Well you're where you should be all the time
And when you're not you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and

[Chorus]

Songwriters: Carly E. Simon​

 

[Michelle420]

I don't know why you're here
You like the way I move
I like the face you wear, but let's not talk it away
I've got the whole night to tell you
Friendship to formula
Where will we both leave off?
Why don't we try to go slow?
Put all your numbers aside and let's start off with hello

And if it feels good, let it ride
Take a good long look at yourself and let it slide
I don't want to spend all day
On what may come tomorrow
And if it feels good, let it ride
Take a good long look at yourself and let it slide
I don't want to spend all day
On what may come tomorrow

Pick up the good stuff
If you left it outside
You've got your best friend to tell you
If it makes it rise, let it ride
Oh, let it ride, oh, let it ride
Oh, let it ride, oh, let it ride, oh, let it ride

Do what you got to do
If it feels good to you
What could be wrong if it's so right?
You'll pick it up like a child
I'm gonna teach you all night

On what may come tomorrow
On what may come tomorrow

 

[beautress]

Cherish
The Association



Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
Mold you into someone who could
Cherish me as much as I cherish you

Perish is the word that more than applies
To the hope in my heart each time I realize
That I am not gonna be the one to share your dreams
That I am not gonna be the one to share your schemes
That I am not gonna be the one to share what
Seems to be the life that you could
Cherish as much as I do yours

Oh I'm beginning to think that man has never found
The words that could make you want me
That have the right amount of letters, just the right sound
That could make you hear, make you see
That you are drivin' me out of my mind

*Oh I could say I need you putting your mind in birls*
**That I just want you like a thousand other girls**
Who'd say they loved you With all the rest of their lies
When all they wanted was to touch your face, your hands
And gaze into your eyes

Cherish is the word I use to describe
All the feeling that I have hiding here for you inside
You don't know how many times I've wished that I had told you
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could hold you
You don't know how many times I've wished that I could
Mold you into someone who could
Cherish me as much as I cherish you

And I do cherish you
And I do cherish you

Cherish is the word

Songwriters: TERRY KIRKMAN​

 

[beautress]

Never My Love
The Association


Never my, never my love
Never my, never my love
Never my, never my love

You ask me if there'll come a time
When I'll go tired of you
Never my love, never my love
You wonder if this heart of mine
Will lose its desire for you
Never my love (never my love)
Never my love
What makes you think love will end
When you know that my whole life
Depends on you (on you)
You

You say you fear I'll change my mind
I won't require you
Never my love, (never my love)
Never my love
You wonder if this heart of mine
Is gonna lose its desire for you
Never my love, never my love
Never my love, never my love

How can you think love will end
When I've asked you to spend
Your whole life with me
(With me)
ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta ta (3x) Never my love

I can't stop thinking about my love
The kinda love I could never go tired of
Ooh I want to tease you, I want to squeeze you
I want to love you, I never gonna stop it

Never my love, never my love
Never my love, never my love

How can you think love will end
When you know that
My whole life depends on you
(On you)

Never, never, never my love
Oh
Never my love, never my love
Never my love, never my love
Never my love, never my love...

Songwriters: RICHARD P. ADDRISI, DONALD J. ADDRISI​

 

[beautress]

When I Fall In Love
The Lettermen


When I fall in love it will be forever
Or I'll never fall in love
In a restless world like this is
Love is ended before it's begun
And too many moonlight kisses
Seem to cool in the warmth of the sun

When I give my heart it will be completely
Or I'll never give my heart
And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.

And the moment I can feel that you feel that way too
Is when I fall in love with you.

Songwriters: ANTHONY DAVID MCPARTLIN, DECLAN JOSEPH DONNELLY, PETER JEREMY DAVIS, RICHARD FREDERICK STANNARD
​

 

[beautress]

Pink Shoe Laces
Dodie Stevens


Now I've got a guy and his name is Dooley
He's my guy and I love him truly
He's not good lookin', heaven knows
But I'm wild about his crazy clothes

He wears tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka dot vest and man, oh, man
Tan shoes with pink shoelaces
And a big Panama with a purple hat band

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

He takes me deep-sea fishing in a submarine
We got to drive-in movies in a limousine
He's got a whirly-birdy and a 12-foot yacht
Ah, but that's-a not all he's got

He's got tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka dot vest and man, oh, man
Tan shoes with pink shoelaces
And a big Panama with a purple hat band

Now Dooley had a feelin' we were goin' to war
So he went out and enlisted in a fightin' corps
But he landed in the brig for raisin' such a storm
When they tried to put 'em in a uniform

He wanted tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka dot vest and man, oh, man
He wanted tan shoes with pink shoelaces
And a big Panama with a purple hat band

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

Now one day Dooley started feelin' sick
And he decided that he better make his will out quick
He said "Just before the angels come to carry me
I want it down in writin' how to bury me."

A'wearin tan shoes with pink shoelaces
A polka dot vest and man, oh, man
Give me tan shoes with pink shoelaces
And a big Panama with a purple hat band

Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh

And a big Panama with a purple hat band!!

Songwriters: MICK GRANT​

 

[beautress]

Mr. Sandman
The Chordettes


(Bung, bung, bung, bung)

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream (bung, bung, bung, bung)
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen (bung, bung, bung, bung)
Give him two lips like roses and clover (bung, bung, bung, bung)
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

(Bung, bung, bung, bung)

Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I've ever seen
Give him the word that I'm not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I'm so alone
Don't have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream

(Bung, bung, bung, bung)

Mr. Sandman (yes?) bring us a dream
Give him a pair of eyes with a "come-hither" gleam
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci
And lots of wavy hair like Liberace
Mr Sandman, someone to hold (someone to hold)
Would be so peachy before we're too old
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr Sandman, bring us, please, please, please
Mr Sandman, bring us a dream

(Bung, bung, bung, bung)

Songwriters: PAT BALLARD​

 

[beautress]

Theme from Mahogany
Do you know where you're going to?


Do You Know
Where you're going to?
Do you like the things?
That life is showing you
Where are you going to?
Do you know?

Do you get?
What you're hoping for?
When you look behind you
There's no open doors
What are you hoping for?
Do you know?

Once we were standing still, in time
Chasing the fantasies and feeling all nice
You knew how I loved you, but my-spirit was free
Laughing at the questions
That you once asked of me

(Chorus)
(Musical Bridge)
Now looking back at all we've had
We let so many dreams just slip through our hands
Why must we wait so long, before we see?
How sad the answers to those questions can be

(Chorus)
Do you get?
What you're hoping for
When you look behind you
There's no open doors
What are you hoping for?
Do you know?

(Musical Bridge 2 End)
Fade Out

Songwriters: GERRY GOFFIN, MICHAEL MASSER


​

 

[beautress]

Coming Around Again
Carly Simon

Baby sneezes
Mommy pleases
Daddy breezes in

So good on paper
So romantic
But so bewildering

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It's coming around again

So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart (Broken heart)

You pay the grocer
Fix the toaster
You kiss the host goodbye

Then you break a window
Burn the souffle
Scream a lullaby

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It's coming around again

So don't mind if I fall apart
There's more room in a broken heart (Broken heart)

And I believe in love
But what else can I do
I'm so in love with you

I know nothing stays the same (Stays the same)
But if you're willing to play the game (Play the game)
It's coming around again

(Baby sneezes) (I believe in love)
(Mommy pleases) (I believe in love)
(Daddy breezes in) (I believe in love)

I know nothing stays the same
But if you're willing to play the game
It will be coming around again

I do believe, I do believe (I believe in love)
I believe in love (I believe in love)
I believe in love (I believe in love)
Coming around again, coming around again

I know nothing stays the same (I believe in love)
But if you're willing to play the game (I believe in love)
It will be coming around again (I believe in love)

I believe in love (I believe in love)
I believe in love (I believe in love)
But it's coming around again
​

 

[beautress]

Jesse
Carly Simon


Oh mother, say a prayer for me
Jesse's back in town, it won't be easy
Don't let him near me
Don't let him touch me
Don't let him please me
​

[Chorus:]​

Jesse, I won't cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I won't make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I won't change the sheets for you
I won't put on cologne
I won't sit by the phone for you

Annie, keep reminding me
That he cut out my heart like a paper doll
Sally, tell me once again
How he set me up just to see me fall
​

[Chorus]​

Jesse, quick come here
I won't tell a soul
Not even myself
Jesse, that you've come back to me
My friends will all say "She's gone again'
But how can anyone know what you are to me
That I'm in heave again because you've come back to me - Oh Jessie!

Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I can easily change my mind about you
And put on cologne
And sit by the phone for you

Jesse, let's open the wine
And drink to the heart
Which has a will of it's own
My friends, let's comfort them
They're feeling bad
They think I've sunk so low

Jesse, I'll always cut fresh flowers for you
Jesse, I'll always make the wine cold for you
Jesse, I will change the sheets for you
Put on cologne
And I will wait by the phone for you - Oh Jesse!
​

 

[boedicca]

J'adore Karaoke! There are few things more enjoyable in life than signing badly in front of a bunch of drunk people.

Seriously.

My personal bests are "Piece of My Hear", "Proud Mary", and "I Got You Babe".

 

[beautress]

Vengeance
Carly Simon


That's dangerous driving baby, The policeman said.
I can smell the passion of another man on your breath
I could give you life, get you back for what I saw
That's vengeance he said, that's the law

You throw your misdemeanors right up in my face
The kind of man I am, I got to put you right in your lace
I should lock you up, get you back for what I saw
That's vengeance he said, that's the law
That's vengeance, Oh that's vengeance
Yeah that's vengeance he said, that's the law

You've taken your half out of the middle
Time and time again
But now I'm damned if I'll give you and itch
Till I get even

She said: Just because you're stronger and you hold it over me
I'll put the pedal to the floor, and prove to you that I'm free
Though you've stopped me once again, It's not the end of the war
It's vengeance she said, that's the law
That's vengeance, that's vengeance she said,
That's the law​

 

[beautress]

J'adore Karaoke! There are few things more enjoyable in life than signing badly in front of a bunch of drunk people.

Seriously.

My personal bests are "Piece of My Hear", "Proud Mary", and "I Got You Babe".

I put Piece of my heart in my little future book of karaokes to do, this past week. Still haven't worked on it yet, though. I started doing Karaoke a couple of years back, but was so bad after 2 or 3 weeks (1 night a week) I decided that if I was going to be half as good as everyone else, I would have to work a little harder that just mouthing a song I hadn't heard since high school and after verse 1, doh.... and not a deer either. I'd drink if I could, but I'm allergic to alcohol and all the other vices, too when it comes to mind-altering substances. My grandma gave me a lecture on how bad it was to do drugs and get drunk to the point of putting the fear of God in me about a lot of stuff. I already knew my mama's cigarettes made me sick to smell of it, although in this entire world, there wasn't anyone who was as wonderful a mom as she was. She died when she was 47 years old of an aneurism. Later, when I took a course on human health biology, I did a paper on how cigarettes affect people, and one of them is of the 437 chemicals they knew about cigarettes back when, one of them decimated the cell walls of arteries, which under pressure, would cause the artery to baloon out into an aneurism, until the day it burst. When (long ago) I asked mom to stop smoking so she would be around when my kids graduated from high school, she informed me that smoking was her only pleasure in life. And a few other choice things about my fallacies in social graces... So I backed off, and shed a few tears, knowing what was ahead for her, even back then. She passed Aug 24, 1973.
My youngest siblings grew up without our dear mother. They only partially knew what a wonderful human being she was.

 

[boedicca]

J'adore Karaoke! There are few things more enjoyable in life than signing badly in front of a bunch of drunk people.

Seriously.

My personal bests are "Piece of My Hear", "Proud Mary", and "I Got You Babe".

I put Piece of my heart in my little future book of karaokes to do, this past week. Still haven't worked on it yet, though. I started doing Karaoke a couple of years back, but was so bad after 2 or 3 weeks (1 night a week) I decided that if I was going to be half as good as everyone else, I would have to work a little harder that just mouthing a song I hadn't heard since high school and after verse 1, doh.... and not a deer either. I'd drink if I could, but I'm allergic to alcohol and all the other vices, too when it comes to mind-altering substances. My grandma gave me a lecture on how bad it was to do drugs and get drunk to the point of putting the fear of God in me about a lot of stuff. I already knew my mama's cigarettes made me sick to smell of it, although in this entire world, there wasn't anyone who was as wonderful a mom as she was. She died when she was 47 years old of an aneurism. Later, when I took a course on human health biology, I did a paper on how cigarettes affect people, and one of them is of the 437 chemicals they knew about cigarettes back when, one of them decimated the cell walls of arteries, which under pressure, would cause the artery to baloon out into an aneurism, until the day it burst. When (long ago) I asked mom to stop smoking so she would be around when my kids graduated from high school, she informed me that smoking was her only pleasure in life. And a few other choice things about my fallacies in social graces... So I backed off, and shed a few tears, knowing what was ahead for her, even back then. She passed Aug 24, 1973.
My youngest siblings grew up without our dear mother. They only partially knew what a wonderful human being she was.

Bless you, friendo. The grief never really goes away, one just learns how to live with it.

 

[beautress]

You're the Only One
Dolly Parton

​

I found out the hard way
And I'm never gonna break your heart
I know, too late
And I don't want to break your heart
Guess I had to go away just to find
What I left behind

You're the only one
You're the only one
Take me back
To where we started from
And let's make it now
Like we made it then
This ol' heart ain't gonna break your heart again

Nights I lay in bed
And your covers wouldn't warm my feet
And morning found me
Bitter or a bit too sweet
Oh baby, I had to go away
Just to run back and say

You're the only one
You're the only one
Take me back
To where we started from
Can we make it now
Like we made it then
This ol' heart ain't gonna break your heart again

You're the only one darlin'
They'll never be anyone else but you
I love you so much
You are my love, you've become my life
And I never meant to break your heart
But, sometimes, you just got to go away
To find what you left behind

You're the only one
You're the only one
Take me back
To where we started from
Can we make it now
Like we make it then
This ol' heart ain't gonna break your heart again

You're the only one
You're the only one
You're the only one
The only one
So take me back
To where we started from

You're the only one
The only one
You're the only one

You 're the only one
The only one
Take me back
To where we started from

You're the only one
The only one
You're the only one
You're the only one
The only one
​

 

[beautress]

Piece of My Heart
Janis Joplin


Oh, come on, come on, come on, come on!

Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man - yeah!
An' didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ?
Honey, you know I did!
And each time I tell myself that I, well I think I've had enough,
But I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it if it makes you feel good,
Oh, yes indeed.

You're out on the streets looking good,
And baby deep down in your heart I guess you know that it ain't right,
Never, never, never, never, never, never hear me when I cry at night,
Babe, and I cry all the time!
But each time I tell myself that I, well I can't stand the pain,
But when you hold me in your arms, I'll sing it once again.

I'll say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it!
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah,
Oh, oh, have a!
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.

I need you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby!
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, c'mon now.
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby.
You know you got it - whoahhhhh!!

Take it!
Take it! Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,
Oh, oh, break it!
Break another little bit of my heart, now darling, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Oh, oh, have a
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, hey,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.
​

 

[Michelle420]

I don't know why you're here
You like the way I move
I like the face you wear, but let's not talk it away
I've got the whole night to tell you
Friendship to formula
Where will we both leave off?
Why don't we try to go slow?
Put all your numbers aside and let's start off with hello

Chorus:
And if it feels good, let it ride
Take a good long look at yourself and let it slide
I don't want to spend all day
On what may come tomorrow
And if it feels good, let it ride
Take a good long look at yourself and let it slide
I don't want to spend all day
On what may come tomorrow

Pick up the good stuff
If you left it outside
You've got your best friend to tell you
If it makes it rise, let it ride
Oh, let it ride, oh, let it ride
Oh, let it ride, oh, let it ride, oh, let it ride

Do what you got to do
If it feels good to you
What could be wrong if it's so right?
You'll pick it up like a child
I'm gonna teach you all night

Repeat Chorus

On what may come tomorrow
On what may come tomorrow

 

[beautress]

Good Lovin'
The Young Rascals


(Good love)
(Good love)
(Good love)
(Good love)

I was feeling, so bad
I asked my family doctor just what I had
I said Dr. (Dr.)
Mr. M.D. (Dr.)
Now can you tell me what's ailing me (Dr.)
He said yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah (yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah)
Yes indeed, all I, I really need

(Good love) Now gimme that good good lovin'
(Good love) All I need is love
(Good love) Good good lovin' baby
(Good love)

Now honey please, squeeze me tight (squeeze me tight)
Don't you want your baby to feel alright
I said baby (baby)
Now it's for sure (it's for sure)
I got the fever, yeah
And you got the cure (got the cure)
Everybody yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah (yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah)
Yes indeed, all I, I really need

(Good love) Now come on and gimme that lovin'
(Good love) All I need is lovin'
(Good love) Good good lovin' baby
(Good love)

(Good love)
(Good love)
(Good love) All I need is love
(Good love) All I want is love
(Good love) Lovin' you early in the morning now
(Good love) Lovin' you late at night now
(Good love) Love, love
(Good love) Love, love, love, love, love​

 

[Michelle420]

Time keeps movin' on
Friends they turn away
I keep movin' on
But I never find out why
I keep pushing so hard the dream
I keep tryin' to make it right
Through another lonely day, whoa
Dawn has come at last
Twenty-five years, honey, just in one night, oh yeah
Well, I'm twenty-five years older now
So I know we can't be right
And I'm no better, baby
But I can't help you no more
Than I did when just a girl
Aww, but it don't make no difference, baby, no, no
And I know that I could always try
It don't make no difference, babe, yeah
I better hold it now
I better need it, yeah
I better use it 'til the day I die, whoa
Don't expect any answers, dear
For I know that they don't come with age, no, no
Well, ain't never gonna love you any better, babe
And they're never gonna love you right
So you'd better take it now, right now, oh
But it don't make no difference, babe, hey
And I know that I could always try
Well, there's a fire inside everyone of us
You'd better need it now
I get to hold it, yeah
I better use it 'til the day I die
Don't make no difference, babe, no no no
And it never ever will, eh
I wanna talk about a little bit of a-loving, yeah
I got to hold it, baby
I'm gonna need it now
I'm gonna use it, say, aaaah
Don't make no difference, babe, yeah
Ah honey, I hate to be the one
I said you gonna live your life
And you gonna love your life
Or babe, someday you're gonna have to cry
Yes indeed, yes indeed, yes indeed
Ah, baby, yes indeed
I said you, you're always gonna hurt me
I said you're always gonna let me down
I said everywhere, every day, every day
And every way, every way
Ah honey, won't you hold on to what's gonna move
I said it's gonna disappear when you turn your back
I said you know it ain't gonna be there
When you wanna reach out and grab on
Whoa babe
Whoa babe
Whoa babe
Oh, but keep truckin' on
Whoa yeah
Whoa yeah
Whoa yeah
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa
Whoa​