One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one

"No" is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know
'Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number, whoa, worse than two

It's just no good anymore since you went away

- words by David Arkin, music by Earl Robinson, © 1956

The ink is black, the page is white
Together we learn to read and write
A child is black, a child is white
The whole world looks upon the sight, a beautiful sight

And now a child can understand
That this is the law of all the land, all the land

The world is black, the world is white

Slippin' away, sittin' on a pillow
Waitin' for night to fall
A girl and a dream, sittin' on a pillow
This is the night to go to the celebrity ball

Satin and lace, isn't it a pity
Didn't find time to call
Ready or not, gonna make it to the city
This is the night to go to the celebrity ball

Dress up tonight, why be lonely?
You'll stay at home and you'll be alone
So why be lonely?

Well I never been to Spain
But I kinda like the music
Say the ladies are insane there
And they sure know how to use it
They don't abuse it
Never gonna lose it
I can't refuse it

Well I never been to England
But I kinda like the Beatles
Well, I headed for Las Vegas
Only made it out to Needles
Can you feel it
It must be real it
Feels so good
Oh, feels so good

(written by Laura Nyro)

- peaked at #10 in 1969

Eli's comin'
Eli's comin' (Eli's a-comin')
Well you better hide your heart, your loving heart
Eli's a-comin' and the cards say... a broken heart

Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl
Eli's comin', hide your heart, girl
Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide
Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide
Girl, Eli's a-comin', you better hide

Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him a-drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine
Singin'...

Joy to the world
All the boys and girls now
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me

If I were the king of the world
Tell you what I'd do

(J. Finley)

I will serenade you, all along the way
I will serenade you, anyway you say
Take you to the country, I'll take you to the shore
Show you to my garden, I know you'll make it grow.

If you let me serenade you
You know that's what you come for,
So that I will serenade you

And when the walls begin to fall
Can't hold back the joy
That love will conquer all.

I won't ever leave while you want me to stay
Nothing you could do that would turn me away
Hanging on every word
Believing the things I heard
Being a fool
You've taken my life, so take my soul
That's what you said and
I believed it all
I want to be with you as long
As you want me to
I won't move away
Ain't that what you said?
Ain't that what you said?
Ain't that what you said?

- words and music by Randy Newman
- #1 hit for Three Dog Night in 1970
- lyrics as recorded by Three Dog Night and included on the compilation
album "Three Dog Night - The 20 Original Hits" (PolyTel 512 996-2)
- originally released in 1970 on Dunhill 4239

Want some whiskey in your water?
Sugar in your tea?
What's all these crazy questions they're askin' me?

There's some things on my mind
I don't know that I should be thinkin'
Am I wastin' my time thinkin' 'bout
You and I, and these feelings
Cuz I see you and me holdin' hands
Doin' things, goin' further
But they say we're too young
And those things will come
I'm just curious

When can I touch you?
When can I kiss you?
I'm curious
Nothin' more than a girl
Comin' straight from the heart

Just an old-fashioned love song playin' on the radio
And wrapped around the music is the sound
Of someone promising they'll never go
You swear you've heard it before
As it slowly rambles on
No need in bringin' `em back,
`Cause they're never really gone

Just an old-fashioned love song
One I'm sure they wrote for you and me
Just an old-fashioned love song
Comin' down in 3-part harmony

(written by Harry Nilsson)

- peaked at #5 in 1969

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one

No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know

'Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number, whoa-oh, worse than two

(P.Williams)
Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
Playing on the radio
And wrapped around the music
Is the sound of someone promising they'll never go
You'll swear you've heard it before
As it slowly rambles on and on.
No need in bringing em back
Cause they've never really gone
Just an Old Fashioned Love Song
Coming down in three part harmony
Just an old fashioned love song

(written by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols)

- peaked at # 15 in 1970

Whenever I need to leave it all behind
Or feel the need to get away-ay-ay
I find a quiet place, far from the human race
Out in the country

Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the night-time
Out where the rivers like to run

(D. Loggins)
from the album The Best of Three Dog Night

April gave us springtime and the promise of the flowers
And the feeling that we both shared and the love that we called ours
We knew no time for sadness, that's a road we each had crossed
We were living a time meant for us, and even when it would rain
we would laugh it off.

- written by Allen Toussaint
- as recorded by Three Dog Night (released September 28, 1974)
- entered the Billboard Top 40 the week of November 2, 1974 and
stayed for 3 weeks, peaking at #33 the week of November 16, 1974.
- also recorded by Maria Muldaur in 1974 on her album "Waitress in a Donut Shop"

Well, I tried to run my game

wash away my troubles
wash away my pain
with the rain in shambala
wash away my sorrow
wash away my shame
with the rain in shambala

ah ohhhhhhhh yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
ah ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah
yeah yeah yeah yeah

everyojne is helpful
everyone is kind i'm on the raod to shambala
everyone is lucky
everyone is so kind
i'm on the road to shambala

ah ohhhhhhh yeah

- written by John Hiatt, who recorded it on his 1974 album
"Hangin' Around The Observatory".
- as recorded by Three Dog Night (released June 29, 1974)
- entered the Billboard Top 40 the week of July 13, 1974 and
stayed for 8 weeks, peaking at #16 the week of August 10, 1974.

Git up, ya git down
Ya git lost and then ya get found
Sure as I'm sittin' here

This tired city was somebody's dream
Billboard horizons as black as they seem
Four level highways across the land
We're building a home for the family of man

And it's so hard whatever we are coming to
Yes it's so hard with so little time
And so much to do
Time running out for the family of man

One man to lead us with so much to say
Moving the mountains that got in our way

Well, I tried to run my game
She said "Man, that's the same old thing I've heard before"
And I'm too tired to go for your show
(again and again)
And she started to explain
She said "Man, I ain't sayin' what you're playin' just can't make it
But I can't take it anymore"
Play somethin' sweet, play somethin' mellow
Play somethin' I can sink my teeth in like Jello

(Paul Williams/Roger Nichols)
Whenever I need to leave it all behind
Or feel the need to get away
I find a quiet place, far from the human race
Out in the country
Before the breathin' air is gone
Before the sun is just a bright spot in the nighttime
Out where the rivers like to run
I stand alone and take back somethin' worth rememberin'
Whenever I feel them closing in on me

Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Was a good friend of mine
Never understood a single word he said
But I helped him drink his wine
Yes he always had some mighty fine wine
Singing joy to the world
All the boys and girls now
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me
If I were the king of the world
Tell you what I'd do
Throw away the cars and bars and wars
And make sweet love to you