Laughter in the Rain: The Best of Neil Sedaka, 1974-1980 lyrics

A LITTLE LOVIN’

Mama raised me to be a man
Told me son you have to understand
Learn to get while the gettin's good
And bring it back to the neighborhood

And I swear, I was there
Tell me why should I lie
I just want to say
A little lovin' goes a long, long way

Uncle Henry and Cousin Grace
Used to weekend at our place
Grace and I would go behind the barn

I don’t need money, I don’t need gold,
your sweet kiss is wealth untold.
I don’t need the sunshine in the sky,
there is sunshine in your eyes.
When you hold me oh so near,
nothing more can matter, dear.
Oh, all I need is you.

When I’m lost in your embrace,
the world becomes a magic place.
When you hold me, church bells ring,
when I kiss you, angels sing.

ALL THE WORDS IN THE WORLD

Ooh All the words in the world
Ooh All the words in the world
Ooh All the words in the world
Ooh All the words in the world

Darling Je vous aime beaucoup
That in french means I love you
Yo te quiero mi amor
That's what they say on the spanish shore
But oh my darlin' what can I say
The right words just won't come my way
All the words in the world

Alone at last in a hideaway far away
from all the worries in the world.
We share each other
while the sun’s going down,
not another soul around,
alone at last,
you and I.

Sunshine, plenty of space and time, heady wine
for thirsty souls like yours and mine.
We come together
like the sea and the sand
in a very private wonderland,
alone at last,
you and I
wave goodbye

When the day is dawning
on a Texas Sunday morning,
how I long to be there
with Marie who’s waitin’ for me there.
Every lonely city
where I hang my hat,
ain’t as half as pretty
as where my baby’s at.

Is this the way to Amarillo?
Every night I’ve been hugging my pillow
dreaming dreams of Amarillo
and sweet Marie who waits for me.
Show me the way to Amarillo

Another sleepless night,
I sit alone and cry,
twilight time 'til dawn,
memories linger on,
since we said goodbye.

Throughout that sleepless night,
no matter what I do,
you're always on my mind,
and though you're gone I find,
I'm still in love with you.

Shadows fall, and I recall
the love that you once had for me.
Miss you so, when lights are low,

BAD AND BEAUTIFUL

Hooray for Mr. Wonderful,
he's feeling bad and beautiful,
I've seen him hanging out in the strangest places,
jiving in the dives where well fed faces go,
he looks so good yeah, he talks so fine,
feeling bad and beautiful,
he's grown to be a legend in his own time.
You can find him most of the time,
want only carousing after hours,

I know I'm no angel
Baby you're in trouble
Since your curiosity got you head over heels over me
Honey do you think that I'm outa my mind
The one who's in love till she's deaf dumb and blind ain't me

Want romance, think you stand a chance,
Tell ya where to find it
You're never gonna find it in me
I was born to be bad
Take the stars above, shower me with love
Make it all too easy

My old lady she's so sweet and fine
I can't help it wanting her kisses all the time
I run to meet her like kid with a dollar to the corner candy store
It's what I'm living for, but I want more than your candy kisses

She starts moving I say honey please
I ain't foolin' you know it isn't right to tease
I tell her sugar you're a true fine lover, you're sweet as cherry pie

Nothing is real in cardboard California
Just waking up brings you down
One lousy deal is cardboard California
You just can't survive in a make believe town

Lost in a city of little tin gods
Cold plastic people with phoney facades
How can you win when you look at the odds

You're running down a one way street
Nobody cares if you survive
Sometimes you beg or you don't eat

CIRCULATE

If you're feeling low down 'cause your baby left town,
then let me set you straight,
if your chick's flown the coop, knocked the blues for a loop,
get out and circulate.

Go on out and have fun, put the blues on the run,
you'll find that living is great,
just pretend you're a king, balance the world on a string,
get out and circulate.

Country livin' really gets me down
So I'm headin' for the lights of town
Gonna kiss the country life goodbye
I got myself a brand new high

Funky music where the lights are bright
Tell the ladies I'll be there tonight
It's a paradise of push and shove
I gotta get back to the streets I love

Chorus
I tried to fake it I couldn't make it
Down in my soul I'm a city boy, city boy

Oh, please
Don't, don't lead me on
Don't love me tonight if tomorrow you'll be gone
If you don't mean the things that you say
You only have to tell me
And I'll be on my way

Oh, don't
Don't make me cry
Don't say that you care if your love is just a lie
Don't build my hopes up to the sky
Please don't dont lead me on

If
If you're gonna hurt me
Then please, please don't make me wait

Oh please don't, don't lead me on,
don't love me tonight if tomorrow you'll be gone.
If you don't mean the things that you say,
you only have to tell me and I'll be on my way.

Oh don't, don't make me cry,
don't say that you care if your love is just a lie.
Don't build my hopes up to the sky.
Please don't, don't lead me on.

If, if you're gonna hurt me,

I've told you that we're getting married,
now don't you try changing my mind.
We've got a good thing together,
who cares if the world is unkind.
I'm a man and you're a woman,
that's all that matters to me.
Baby the times are a'changing
and I want the whole world to see.

You're my ebony angel,
who cares what people say.
My sweet ebony angel
we're going a long long way.

FALLIN'

I got the feeling I'm fallin'
Like a star up in the blue
Like I was fallin off Niagra
In a paddle boat canoe
I got the feeling I'm a fallin'
And it's all because of you

Like I was walking on a tight rope
Swinging in the breeze
And though I tried to keep my balance
When I weaken in my knees
I got the feeling I'm a fallin'
Lover, help me please

Fly don't fly on me,
fly around somebody new.
Fly don't fly on me,
your buzzing and your humming is making me blue.
I can't sleep at night,
I toss and turn with all of my might,
knowing you are there,
you'll take my dreams and turn my dreams into a nightmare.
When I go to sleep
I don't count the sheep,
I just think about my sweetie-pie.
Then you fly on me,

If you're feeling low down cos your baby left town
Then let me set you straight
If the chicks flown the coup knock the blues for a loop
Get out and circulate

Go on out and have fun put the blues on the run
You'll find that livin's great
Just pretend you're a king bounce the world on a string
Get out and circulate

There are plenty of pebbles on the beach
Go out and gather a few

Considering
so many folks, dissatisfied with everything,
who need someone to understand they're lonely, they're lonely,
and they're not alone.

And everywhere
they shrug their shoulders, tell themselves that they don't care,
and all the while they make believe they're happy, oh they're happy,
but not really.

And they're asked to hold the world together,

I'll show you the stars in heaven,
we'll look at the moon above.
Though I'm a silly dreamer, you better stick with me.
The best things in life are free,
and I'm gonna be your good time man.
I'll be your good time man.

No diamonds from Cartier,
no shopping spree every day.
I'll be your special lover, I know you'll understand,
I'm doing the best I can

Gonna sing a song, gonna be a love song
Sing about the good good feeling you brought along
You put my mind at rest
Made me feel like I'd been blessed
With good time, good music and good good friends

When I was feeling down, when I was feeling low down
You turned me on to good good music
You turned me right around
You took be to your breast
You held me up with your sweet caress

In love so many fall but rarely do we rise in love
We sing the saddest song,
Lamenting to ourselves how bad we feel when love goes wrong
I know I've been in love so many many times before
And swore to all my friends
That I would never never fall in love again

Chorus
And here we are falling in love again
Who'd ever believe we could
After all the many heavy falls
Why should it feel so good

I AM A SONG

I'm a song and I've waited so long
For someone to come and sing me
I got a rhyme that I've had for some time
Nobody wants to sing me

Let me show, the world, that I'm, not through
Let me touch, your heart, the way I used to do

Sing me, sing me, now I got a song to be sung
Sing me, sing me, roll me around on your tongue

I got sunshine, I got a message to shout

You kissed my lips and now my life has just begun
As far as I'm concerned you'll always be number one
Your kiss convinced me that my roving days are done
I belong to you

You came into my life just like a melody
And lingered in the very heart and soul of me
If you could open up my heart then you would see
I belong to you

Chorus
I found my heaven when I found you

I FOUND MY WORLD IN YOU

Rome may have its Colosseum
And London Bridge may have its view
While others travel far
I'm staying where you are
I found my world in you

Let them waltz in gay Vienna
Or see the sites of old Peru
Let others cross the sea
Those things are not for me
I found my world in you

I hear them sing of Paris in the spring
Of ski trails on the Alpine snow

I believe that nothing lasts forever
Promises won't help us stay together
Life for us was never hearts and flowers my friend

It seems we couldn't solve lifes problems
Maybe it's because we tried so seldom
So much must change today
That I can only hope and pray

Chorus
As I watch you leave the room that I'll see you very soon
And it's all that I can do to keep from running after you

I MUST BE DREAMING

All my life I've been in love with you,
now you are here, I can't believe it's true.
I must be dreaming
when you say that you're in love with me.

In my dreams I've kissed your lips of wine,
now all at once I find you're really mine.
I must be dreaming
when you say that you're in love with me.

The way that I feel
is so heavenly, too good to be real.

I waited too long, and now we're apart.
I never told you what I feel in my heart.
Somebody new has come along,
I was a fool for waiting too long.

My life without you won't be the same,
I should have never played that waiting game.
I'm so alone now that you're gone,
I was a fool for waiting too long.

I wasn't smart, I wasn't wise,

Every night I say a little prayer
I lie in bed beside you and I thank go that you're there
Remembering how lonely life can be
Till heaven smiled and sent you down to me

I was born the moment that we met
It's been years and still the magic hasn't left me yet
Day by day the thrill goes on and on
The sparkle in your eyes has never gone

Chorus
Love keeps getting stronger every day

Moon of gold in the sky,
my loving sweetheart said goodbye.
Those moonlight kisses that she shared with me
are just a memory.

By the light of your glow
those tender love words whispered low
were just a promise that never came true,
for she found someone new.

How, how was I to know she'd soon go
and leave me longing in the moon glow.

Since she's gone I'm alone,

My baby, my baby, my baby, my baby

Wait till you see my baby
You won't believe your eyes
And if you think there's no such thing as an angel
You're in for a surprise

Wait till you see my baby, gee whizz she's out of this world
And out of all the boys that she could have chosen
She want to be my girl

(What about her hair) Her hair is gold like the sunlight

When I'm unhappy and feeling lonely,
and this old world of mine comes tumbling down,
you are the someone on who I can depend,
it's nice to know that I have you, my friend.

When I get crazy, you understand me,
you overlook the things I don't mean to say.
You're there beside me whenever things go wrong,
I'm never lonely knowing you're along.

You and me, the two of us together,

Round and round I go in circles trying to be free,
since you went away the world is closing in on me.
Every day I face tomorrow knowing you'll be there.
I see your face in every little thing we used to share.
The memory of you is everywhere.

And my world keeps getting smaller every day,
I run but I can't run away.
you're with me everywhere I go.

NO VACANCY

I'm livin' in a house on the other side of town
They're makin' a highway so they're rippin' my buildin' down
I gotta find a place, within a week
Or else I'll be sleepin' out on the street
Woe is me, I'm lookin' for a vacancy

All day long I'm walkin' 'round (no vacancy)
Walkin' up and walkin' down (no vacancy)
I've been searchin' 'round the town (no vacancy)

Twinkle twinkle super star, fame and fortune took you far
Everybody envies you, you're number one
Night and day your records play, but ever since she went away
Life ain't no fun
The songs you write about her, keep coming back without her
The king of the charts is the king of broken hearts

Chorus
Number one with a heart ache
Hear the man singing on the radio
With every play his heart is breaking

Hey Lord, won't trouble never end,
tell me, are you still my friend.
I got such a heavy load,
when will I reach that glory road.
One more mountain to climb,
one more river to cross,
I come such a long long way and still,
I got a long way to go.
Weary all of the time,
I've been tumbled and tossed,
there's always one more mountain to climb
and one more river to cross.

An afternoon of sad affairs
Shared in the hope of mending broken dreams
The constant struggle after simple pleasures
Finds us perfect strangers you and I

You know I hate to see you cry
And through the tears that fall like winter rain
You say you're tired of merely just surviving
We've so much in common that we're

Chorus
Perfect strangers singing perfectly in tune

Baby, Baby you know it's true
I'm a puppet just for you
I'll do any little thing you say
I wouldn't have it any other way
Take my heart and take my soul
I'm givin' you complete control
If you wanna see me do my thing, Baby pull my string Huh, yea

(Backup Girls next section)
Puppet man, puppet man-an

(enter Jones)
Baby, Baby, I'm your sweet pet
I'm just your personal marionette

With a cloud above her head
here comes rainy Jane.
If she stops you, man, she'll bore you
with that sad refrain.
It's the same old story.
We've heard a thousand times before.
She'll tell you how he broke her heart
and then the tears will start to pour.

Hey, rainy Jane,
you gotta stop your crying sometime.
Come on rainy Jane,

RING A ROCKIN’

Come on and meet me 'bout a half past four
At the corner candy store
school is over and homework done
now's the time to have some fun
Gonna fly right off the ground
to that ringin' rockin' sound
jukebox music spinnin' around
ring a ring a rockin' music
sing a ring a rockin' song
bring a ring a ring your sweetheart
string a ring a ring along

ROSEMARY BLUE

You tried to wake me in the morning,
this was our moment of goodbye
You asked me once, how long I'd love you,
I told you 'till the day I die
And now at last my life is over,
you cannot go where I have gone
I won't be there to share tomorrow,
I love you so, but life goes on
Dry your eyes, Rosemary Blue,
take a look outside,

Look at the lady she's the one with the broken heart
Even so she musn't know that I've loved her from the start
She needs a friend now more than a new romance
I'd love to take her in my arms but I can't take the chance

Chorus
Ooh it's such a sad sad story but there'll be a happy ending
Just you wait and see what I can do, ooooh
When you see a lady cryin' can you blame a guy for tryin'

In the bible one thousand years BC
There's a story of ancient history
Bout a fella who was strong as he could be
Till he met a cheating gal who brought him tradgedy

Chorus
So run Samson run, Delilah's on her way
Run Samson run, you ain't got time to stay
Run Samson run, on your mark you'd better start
I'd sooner trust a hungry lion than a gal with a cheatin' heart

Snowtime, snowtime, oh oh oh oh oh oh.
Snowtime, snowtime, oh oh oh oh oh oh.

The snow is falling,
the world's dressed in white tonight,
and I remember another cold December
when I held you tight.

And I'm recalling
the joys that you were there to share,
the stars burned brightly and I clung to you tightly
as the snow clung to your hair.

You go where you want do what you please
Never let on, not even once, that you've ever been lonely
It's nice to see you alone
Are you looking for something maybe you ain't gettin' at home

Your hair is in place dressing to kill
Your old man has said that when he dies he will leave you his money
And the pool where you swim
Are you looking for something maybe you ain't gettin' from him

Chorus

STUPID CUPID

My fine feathered friend with your cute little pranks,
I would like to express my thanks,
I trusted you implicitly,
but what a double-crosser you turned out to be.

Stupid Cupid you're a real mean guy,
I'd like to clip your wings so you can't fly,
I'm in love and it's a crying shame,
and I know that you're the one to blame.
Hey hey, set me free.

A thousand stars fill the summer sky,
tonight, my love, the beach belongs to you and I.
And here we are lying in the sand,
I hear the sound of music when you touch my hand.

Just like the waves crashing on the shore,
the echo of our love will last forevermore.
Tonight, my love, hold me tight, my love,
as our hearts compose a summer symphony.

The symphony of a summer night.

THE GIRL FOR ME

The way you hold me tight, the way you kiss good-night,
and every time we dance, my heart goes in a trance.
You're something special, oh so special,
you're the girl for me.

The way you fix your hair, the way you choose your clothes,
and every time you smile, your lovely dimple shows.
You're something special, oh so special,
you're the girl for me.

Here I come, the king of clowns
As I hide behind this smile and paint the town
Though I cry since you're gone
You'll never know because the show must go on

I've been sad (I've been sad) I've been blue (I've been blue)
Ever since the day that you found someone new (someone new)
I pretend but you can't tell
With my broken heart I play my part so well

Step aside, here I come, the king of clowns

Anyone who's played on a record date
Will remember Stage-Door-Jenny
Well, I saw her last night and man,
She looks like she wasn't gettin' any
(Ah-h-h-h-h-h-h)
Rock and roll kinda took it's toll
When she shed her inhibitians
Too many scenes in limousienes
And dressing room intermissions

She was the queen of 1964
But the truth of the matter is
Nobody wants her anymore

I haven't changed, I'm still the same old me,
yes I'm still the same old fool I used to be.

I thought this heart of mine would never miss you,
I thought this heart of mine would never cry.
I told myself I'd get along without you,
but I realise I told myself a lie.
I'm still the same old fool I used to be,
I think of you and suddenly I'm helpless.

Baby you're just a user,
I know you've been running around.
Well girl I'm not the loser you think,
I ain't nobody's clown.
You're not gonna get the best of me,
there are three or four girls I got on a string,
tonight I'm going out and I'll do my thing.
What do you think of that.
Tit for tat. Tit for tat.

Baby I mean to show you
messing round doesn't pay.

We kiss in a shadow, we hide from the moon,
our meetings are few and over too soon!
We speak in a whisper afraid to be heard
when people are near, we speak not a word!

Alone in our secret together we sigh
for one smiling day to be free!

To kiss in the sunlight and say to the sky
behold and believe what you see,
behold how my lover loves me!

Do do do do do do do do, what a surprise
Do do do do do do do do, what a surprise
Ooh Ooh Ooh, what a surprise

She stood there looking like she didn't care
Looking right through me like I wasn't there
Could've bowled me over when I realized
She was cooking me breakfast what a surprise

What a surprise baby, oh what a night
Looking real good, she was moving just right

WHAT AM I GONNA DO

What am I gonna do when the sun goes down
and all the lights are low,
what am I gonna do when I recall
the love we used to know.
I remember the happiness we knew,
darling can't we make up soon
'cause I don't know what I'm gonna do.

What am I gonna do on wednesday night
when I used to call you on the phone,
what am I gonna say at the Record Hop

Like the summer wind that whispers in the dark
Let the song ignite the spark and you can hear the love
Hush of evening and the rustling of the leaves
The murmur as a baby breathes and you can hear the love

Chorus
Her body moves just like a symphony she needs you
To be the one who's harmony will guide her
And let her know she's getting through
And you can hear the love

The board of education from Maine to Tenessee
Just don't dig that crazy ABC
You know they teach us something different and they call it R & B

Chorus
You gotta learn your rythm and blues
Everybody's shoutin' the news
Go out and buy a pair of rock and roll shoes
Or brother you're gonna lose
The time is incidental, the fun is fundemental
When you learn your rythm and blues

When we start a'dancing I'm a nervous wreck,
your kinda shaking has a rare effect.
I can't stop a'flipping over what you're doing,
that kinda beat can drive a man to ruin.
Slow down baby, can ya hear me shout.
Stop! You're knockin' me out.

Crazy 'bout your rhythm when you're rock’n’rolling,
all I'm asking honey is that you control it.

You hear his voice above the roaring of the crowd,
dance while he goes through his charade.
You see him standing there so tall and proud
and you know, damn well the man has got it made.

Applause, applause for your favorite entertainer,
write a love letter to your favorite entertainer.
Applause, applause, because he's up there singing just for you,
singing just for you.

Tor!

Von Mundwinkel zu Mundwinkel

Süß verschmiertes Leben

Süß verschmierte Lust
Klebrige Last

Süß gepflückte Blumen

Voller Neigung zur Gewalt

Atme den Geruch

Sei gut

Sei stark

Tor!

Du liebst zu geben

Was wir erträumen

Was wir versäumen

Nimmermehr

Nimmermehr

Tor !

Ich kann mir absolut kein Fussbalsspiel ansehen

I'm obssesed and deranged-

for I am destined to rule-

and I just cant believe that you are such a fool-

I want want your sweet devotion-

I dont need your cheap emotion-

you will do as you are told-

till the rights to you are sold-

DONT YOU BLOW YOUR TOP

ARE YOU HUNG UP

think I go and start my car,

to have a real adventure-

like some Czecky little creap-

The cross of Christ
Divides between
The lost and the saved

Under Satan
Under Christ
The sinner has no hope
The sinner has no peace
The sinner has no God
The sinner has no Christ

How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation
You must be born again

Die now - live later

Under Satan
Under Christ
Which road are you walking
How and where are you

You must be born again

My uncle sammy

He's so meek and mild

He took a sausage from my child.

And when my child bent down to cry.
Sammy kicked him in the eye.

16 troubles and oh my oh

It really starts when I take him home

No meat - No man.

No meat - No man.

No man's gonna give me shit.

Over a smooth hot piece of meat.

No meat - No man.

No meat - No man.

16 rabbits on my back.

Helmut mein Helmut

Helmut mein Helmut

Helmut mein Helmut

Du bist ein ganzer Kerl

Helmut mein Helmut
Wir lieben dich so sehr

Ein schöner starker Kanzler

Der liebe gute Mann

Helmut mein Helmut

Was der so alles kann

Wir lieben unsren Kanzler

Er ist so wunderbar

Helmut mein Helmut

Ist immer für uns da

Helmut mein Helmut

Regiert mit starker Hand

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