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Talkin' To My Baby
03:20
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I don't care if it rains all day
I wasn't going out anyway
All by myself but I'm not alone
I'm talkin' to my baby on the telephone
I dial her number and she says, "Hello"
And I say, "Hey Babe. What do you know?"
And I get happy right down to my bones
Talkin' to my baby on the telephone
If I was there I'd bring her coffee in her favorite cup
We'd stay in bed all day, and talk about whatever came up
Now if I was a secret agent man
On a dangerous mission to the Yucatán
I wouldn't care if my cover got blown
I'm talkin' to my bay on the telephone
I hear her voice and my whole world starts to smile
Best kick your shoes off girl, this phone call may last a while
If I was in the witness protection plan
Being chased by the mob just as hard as they can
I wouldn't care if it was Al Capone
I'm talkin' to my baby on the telephone
If I was the President you know what I would do?
If they said, "Sir, we have Putin for you on line number two."
I'd say, "I don't care if you've got the Pope in Rome!
I'm talkin' to my baby on the telephone."
If I was there, I'd bring her coffee in her favorite cup
We'd stay in bed all day, and talk about whatever came up
Now I know what you're thinkin' this guys over the hill
But long as I can pay that ol' telephone bill
I'll hang on 'till the cows come home
Just talkin' to my baby
Talkin' to my baby
Talkin' to my baby on the tel……the telephone
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Doctor of Love
02:59
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There are potions and pills, that cure all kinds of ills
All the aches and the pains and the flus
And they work pretty well but from what I can tell
They still ain't found a cure for the blues
So if your love life is causing you grief
Well I think I can offer relief
I couldn't help but notice when you walked through that door
You displayed the classic symptoms of femme sans l' amour
You need a doctor Baby, and I'm the doctor of love
Made my diagnosis from that look in your eye
An acute lack of lovin' from a cute kinda guy
You need a doctor Baby and I'm the doctor of love
Don't have an office, got no degree
But can help you child your satisfaction's guaranteed
I'll do all I can to ease your situation
From the laying on of hands to mouth to mouth resuscitation
'Scuse me if I stare but it's so hard to believe
Somebody up and left you with your heart on your sleeve
You need a doctor Baby and I'm the doctor of love
Lucky thing for us that we got together
Now tell me where it hurts so I can kiss and make it better
I won't tell your mama if you don't tell my pa
But tonight I'm gonna love you 'till we both say "Ahhh.."
Listen to me Mama, please heed my warnin'
Take these two arms tonight and call me in the mornin'
You need a doctor Baby and I'm the doctor of love
Ya know what? I don't play piano and I don't play no horn
But I've been playin' doctor since before you were born
You need a doctor Baby and I'm the doctor of love
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3. |
It Goes Without Saying
02:30
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It goes without sayin' the day's gonna end
And it goes without sayin' it'll come 'round again
But in matters of love this is simply not so
In matters of love, without sayin' it goes
And it goes without sayin' a garden needs rain
There's no need to tell it what to do in the Spring
But a love left unspoken is a love that won't grow
In matters of love, without sayin' it goes
In matters of love, without sayin' it goes
So tell her just tell her what's there in your heart
And let those words fall where they may
For lovers left wandering around in the dark
Are lovers who wander away
Oh the world has been turning a long time it's true
And it'll go on forever with no help from you
But in matters of love this is simply not so
In matters of love, without sayin' it goes
In matters of love, without sayin' it goes
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4. |
Tale of Two Hearts
02:58
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Gather 'round all you folks who love the high life
I'd like to read a little chapter out of my life
I should begin at the beginning
But the end is where it starts
And in the end, it's just a sad tale of two hearts
It's a classic case of heartbreak, you've heard it all before
'Bout a man who won the battle, and lost the war
If you use imagination to fill in the missing parts
Please remember, it's just a sad tale of two hearts
And it was the best of times, it was the worst of times
It's one of life's great crimes I let us drift apart
But if she came back to me, Oh I'd do things differently
But you can't change history, not in a tale of two hearts
You can lose your way so easy when you're on your own
And it's a far, far longer road then I've ever known
Though the ending has been written, I can't see ahead that far
That's how it goes in a sad tale of two hearts
And it was the best of times, it was the worst of times
It's one of life's great crimes I let us drift apart
But if she came back to me, Lord I'd do things differently
But you can't change history, not in a tale of two hearts
No you can't change history in a tale of two hearts
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5. |
Where the Music Has Gone
03:48
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In the cold early hours, of a middle age morning
She watches him dress like she does everyday
He doesn't look different but she hardly knows him
Her intimate stranger is drifting away
They used to make such lovely music together
They sang and they danced and they laughed until dawn
But in the cold early hours of a middle age morning
She wonders where all the sweet music has gone
Where the music has gone, are they dancing like we use to do?
Is the harmony sweet? Is the sky always blue?
Are they playing our song, or have we waited too long
To get back to the place where the music has gone?
She remembers a young man, a handsome romancer
Disarming and charming and full of his songs
But people get jaded and the colors get faded
And she wonders again where the music has gone
Where the music has gone, are they dancing like we used to do?
Is the harmony sweet? Is the sky always blue?
Are they playing our song, or have we waited too long
To get back to the place where the music has gone?
He says that he love her and she wants to believe him
But the words kinda hang in the silence of dawn
After all of this time, she knows she won't leave him
The words sound alright but the melody's gone
She nurses her coffee on a middle age morning
She stares into space and she waits for a sign
After years of lost causes and long awkward pauses
The lady's still hoping that someday she'll find
Where the music has gone, Oh the lady is longin' to go
Where they dance like she did half a lifetime ago
Everything in her world she would sell for a song
If she could only go back to where the music has gone
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6. |
Key of C
02:16
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I wanna play something in the key of C
The key of C is just fine with me
I'm as happy as a man can be
As long as we keep it in the key of C
I learned to play on my daddy's knee and fellas he
Was stubborn as a donkey
He only showed me one key
And the key was C. It's gonna have to do for me
Now if we play it in A or B, you won't see my virtuosity
I got nothin' 'gainst D or E or F or G. But goodness me
C's a key that's got no sharps or flats and fellas that's
The reason I keep sayin', long as we keep playin'
In the key of C it's absolutely fine with me
When I try to play a jazzy riff, my hands get stiff
Augmented or diminished Oh Honey lamb I'm finished
So the key of C is gonna have to do for me, oooeee
But I can play a song so sweet without those sharps and flats
That mean ol' dogs behave like pussy cats
Republicans begin to dance like Democrats
When I play it in the key of C oooeee
Play it in the key of C won't you please
Play it in the key of C
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7. |
You Don't Have To Say It
02:40
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You don't have to say it, I can see it in your eyes
Right there plain as day, all the pain and the surprise
You lost someone you love ya didn't get to say "goodbye"
You don't have to say it, I can see it in your eyes
You don't have to say it, you can hear them on the wind
All those lovely voices that we'll never hear again
Swallowed up and silent, down the road and 'round the bend
You don't have to say it, you can hear them on the wind
I was sure what heaven was when I was just a kid
Angels floatin' 'round on clouds
At least I thought they did
Now I'm not so sure these days it's hard to tell
This may not be the afterlife, but it's pretty close to hell
You don't have to say it, it's written on the shore
And every wave that comes erases just a little more
Until you can't remember what all those tears were for
You don't have to say it, it's written on the shore
You don't have to say it, it's written on the shore
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8. |
Yesterday's News
03:44
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Five o'clock in the station, with no clear destination
Lord he's just killin' time, "Can you spare us a dime?" hear him say
Got some scars to remind him, got his best years behind him
Ah but he's got enough change to buy him some Night Train
And it takes him, takes him away
A worn out man with worn out dreams
And a pair of worn out shoes
Blownin' down that ol' road again
Like yesterday's news, yesterdays news
Tellin' folks in the breadlines, how he once made the headlines
He knew where he was goin' 'tll a cold wind came blownin' one day
And it does not surprise him, they don't recognize him
'Cause he traded his good name for a ride on the Night Train
And it takes him, takes him away
A worn out man with worn out dreams
Tryin' to shake these worn out blues
Blownin' down the ol' road again
Like yesterday's news, yesterday's news
An American story. Born and raised in the USA
In the land of hope and glory
And we let him slip away
We let him slip away
Tryin' to sleep in your doorway. Tryin' to keep out of your way
Then without any warning the blue skies of morning turn gray
As the first the first drops of rain fall, he hears the ol' train call
And he'll raise to his feet an' shuffle off down the street
And let the Night Train take him away
A worn out man with worn out dreams
And nothin' left to lose
Blownin' down that ol' road again
Like yesterday's news, yesterday's news
Yesterday's news
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9. |
Spare the Rod
03:22
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I knew a man, put his heart on a shelf
When he was a frightened young kid
And then spent his life being somebody else
Always missing the part that he hid
Stand on the porch, with the sun on your back
The words raining down like a fist
"Wait 'till your father gets home young man
He ain't gonna tolerate this."
Let's raise a glass to those who are gone
And one more for those who are here
Then if you can find that frightened young man
Let him know he's got nothin' to fear
"Sparing' the rod's gonna spoil that child"
Wisdom passed down through the years
No one was spoiled, and no one was spared
And no one can count all the tears
Let's raise a glass to those who are gone
And one more for those who are here
And then if you can find that frightened young man
Let him know he's got nothin' to fear
We did the best that we could
We only did what we thought we should
Summers and winters blow away in the wind
And pile up along a stone wall
Take what you need, and use leave the rest
You don't have to carry it all
Let's raise a glass to those who are gone
And one more for those who are here
Then if you can find that frightened young man
Let him know he's got nothin' to fear
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10. |
It Is What It Is
03:30
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Take me by the hand. Walk across the field with me
Let's look back at the house and tell me what you see
The roof looks like it leaks, could use a coat of paint
It is what it is and it ain't what it ain't
Now you can lean on friends when you're feeling low
They may take you in if you got no place to go
But that's a situation that calls for some restraint
It is what it is and it ain't what it ain't
Folks believe in Heaven, a place they've never seen
They'd sell the family cow to get those magic beans
They believe in miracles. Doesn't that sound quaint?
It is what it is and it ain't what it ain't
Maybe there's a Heaven like the people say
Maybe there's a god can wash my sins away
But that's a lot of maybes and I ain't been no saint
It is what it is and it ain't what it ain't
It is what it is and it ain't what it ain't
Now people fall in love. That's just a natural fact
Sometimes the one you fall for, doesn't love you back
You can write your congressman. You can file a complaint
But it is what it is and it ain't what it ain't
I believe in love. What a thing to say
I held it in my hands and let it slip away
If it came around again I'm pretty sure I'd faint
It is what it is and it ain't what it ain't
It is what it is and it ain't what it ain't
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11. |
Buffalo Snow
03:36
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Waist deep in Buffalo snow
How strange it seems in all of my dreams
I'm waist deep in Buffalo snow
On a cold, still night, 'neath an old porch light
With the snow drifting' down
Diamonds all around
Waist deep in Buffalo snow
Sounds strange I know, all of that snow
But that's just the way that it goes
That's the attitude at that latitude
Wood smoke in the air, I just stood there and stared
And for a minute or two, the world was brand new
Watching my tracks disappear
They filled with snow all those years ago
But I can still see them from here
See what I mean? It's only a dream
Diamonds drift through the light
As I stood there that night
Waist deep in Buffalo snow
I was just a kid, but that's what I did
And even this far down the road
If I look just right, I can see that light
With the snow drifting through
When the world was brand new
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12. |
Lyin' Sack of Shit
02:33
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You told me that you loved me
You said we'd never part
I wanted you so badly, I believed with all my heart
Now it's been a year since you left me dear
And I can't seem to forget
I guess I'll always love you, you lyin' sack of shit
I guess I'll always love you
I'm a fool to want you back
The way you drove out of my life
In my brand new Cadillac
The torch of love I carry
Is the very one you lit
I guess I'll always love you, you lyin' sack of shit
(Spoken)
I hope that car drives as good for you
As it once did for us
I think of you 'most everyday
As I run to catch the bus
But a love like ours means more than cars
And it's painful to admit
I guess I'll always love you, you lyin' sack of shit
I guess I'll aways love you
I prob'ly always will
Even if I save enough to buy
Another Coupe Deville
Until that day I'll walk away
From love every chance I get
I guess I'll always love you, you Lyin' sack of shit
Oh I guess I'll always love you, you lyin' sack of shit
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William Sadler New York, New York
William Sadler is best known as an actor in such films as BILL & TED'S BOGUS JOURNEY, DIE HARD 2 and SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, but he's been writing and performing songs since he was a boy, growing up on the family farm in Orchard Park NY. Now, after a lifetime dedicated to entertaining people on Broadway, on TV and in movies, he's turned his wit, humor, and heart back to his first love, music. Enjoy! ... more
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