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  • Elvis Presley
    (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

    I just got your letter baby
    Too bad you can't come home
    I swear I’m goin' crazy
    Sittin' here all alone
    Since you're gone
    I got a mess of blues

    I ain't slept a wink since Sunday
    I can't eat a thing all day
    Every day is just blue Monday
    Since you've been away
    Since you're gone
    I got a mess of blues

    Whoops there goes a teardrop
    Rollin' down my face
    If you cry when you're in love
    It sure ain't no disgrace

    I gotta get myself together
    Before I lose my mind
    I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
    And leave my blues behind
    Since you're gone
    I got a mess of blues

    Whoops there goes a teardrop
    Rollin' down my face
    If you cry when you're in love
    It sure ain't no disgrace

    I gotta get myself together
    Before I lose my mind
    I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
    And leave my blues behind
    Since you're gone
    I got a mess of blues

    Since you're gone I got a mess of blues
    Since you're gone I got a mess of blues

  • Andy Williams
    (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

    Guess there's no use in hangin' 'round
    Guess I'll get dressed and do the town
    I'll find some crowded avenue
    Though it will be empty without you

    Can't get used to losin' you
    No matter what I try to do
    Gonna live my whole life through
    Loving you

    Called up some girl I used to know
    After I heard heard say "Hello"
    Couldn't think of anything to say
    Since you're gone it happens every day

    Can't get used to losin' you
    No matter what I try to do
    Gonna live my whole life through
    Loving you

    I'll find somebody
    Wait and see
    Who am I kiddin'
    Only me
    'Cause no one else could take your place
    Guess that I am just a hopeless case

    Can't get used to losin' you
    No matter what I try to do
    Gonna live my whole life through
    Loving you

    I can't get used to losin' you
    No matter what I try to do
    Gonna live my whole life through
    Loving you

  • Janis Joplin
    (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

    In this world, if you read the papers, darling,
    You know everybody's fighting with each other.
    You got no one you can count on, dear,
    Not even your own brother.
    So if someone comes along,
    He gonna give you love and affection,

    I'd say get it while you can, yeah,
    Honey, get it while you can, yeah,
    Honey, grab it while you can,
    Don't you turn your back on love, no, no, no.

    When you're loving somebody, baby,
    You're taking a gamble against some sorrow.
    But who knows, baby,
    'Cause we may not be here tomorrow.
    And if anybody comes along,
    He gonna give you love and affection,

    I'd say get it while you can, yeah,
    Honey, get it while you can, yeah,
    Honey, grab it while you can,
    Don't you turn your back on love, no, no, no.

    Get it while you can, yeah!
    Honey, get it while you can, yeah!
    Honey, get it while you can,
    Don't you turn your back on love,
    No no no, no no no no.

    Get it while you can, yeah!
    Honey, grab it while you can, yeah!
    I said, hold on to that man, love,
    Hold on to that man whole,
    Yeah, get it, want it, need it,
    Get it, get it, hold it, need it, want it,
    Get it, need it, want it, hold it,
    Get it while you can, baby,
    Yeah hey, get it while you can,
    Get it while you can

  • The Hollies
    (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

    Here I go again
    Watch me now 'cause
    Here I go again.

    I've been hurt so much before
    I told myself, yes I did
    No more, no more won't get hurt any more

    There I was all by myself
    Doing all right
    Until I saw you last night
    And then I knew that

    Here I go again
    I can't help it
    Here I go again
    Makin' the same mistakes
    Headin' for more heartaches

    What can I do when there's nothing I can do
    I looked in your eyes and I knew that I was through
    What's the use
    I'll just give in
    Try as I may, and I do
    I'll never win, never win, baby I'll never win.
    Now, you're here, so close to me
    I can't resist you
    And I knew when I kissed you
    I'm gonna say now

    Here I go again
    Watch me now 'cause
    Here I go again
    Falling in love, in love
    Falling in love, in love
    Falling in love, in love
    Falling in love

  • The Drifters
    (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

    Na,na,na,na,na,na late at night
    Na,na,na,na,na,na late at night

    I have counted everyday since you've been away
    It seemed like a thousand years

    and at na,na,na,na,na,na,late at night
    na,na,na,na,na,na late at night
    I'll sit and count the tears

    I have counted all your lies all your alibis
    I'm a guy believes just what he hears
    and at na,na,na,na,na,na,late at night
    na,na,na,na,na,na,late at night
    I'll sit and count the tears

    She's gone and found somebody new
    He may be happy now but soon
    He'll be counting everyday that she's been away
    It'll seem like a thousand years

    and at na,na,na,na,na,na,late at night
    na,na,na,na,na,na,late at night

    He'll sit and count his tears
    He'll sit and count his tears
    He'll sit and count his tears
    He'll sit… and count his tears

  • Elvis Presley
    (Doc Pomus / Mort Shuman)

    Little sister, don't you
    Little sister, don't you
    Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice
    Then say it's very nice
    And then you run
    Little sister, don't you
    Do what your big sister done

    Well, I dated your big sister
    And took her to a show
    I went for some candy
    Along came Jim Dandy
    And they snuck right out of the door

    Little sister, don't you
    Little sister, don't you
    Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice
    Then say it's very nice
    And then you run
    Little sister, don't you
    Do what your big sister done

    Ev'ry time I see your sister
    Well she's got somebody new
    She's mean and she's evil
    Like that old Boll Weevil
    Guess I'll try my luck with you

    Little sister, don't you
    Little sister, don't you
    Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice
    Then say it's very nice
    And then you run
    Little sister, don't you
    Do what your big sister done

    Well, I used to pull your pigtails
    And pinch your turned-up nose
    But you been a growin'
    And baby, it's been showin'
    From your head down to your toes

    Little sister, don't you
    Little sister, don't you
    Little sister, don't you kiss me once or twice
    Then say it's very nice
    And then you run
    Little sister, don't you
    Do what your big sister done

  • Elvis Presley
    (Doc Pomus - Mort Shuman)

    A very old friend came by today
    'Cause he was telling everyone in town
    About the love that he just found
    And Marie's the name of his latest flame

    He talked and talked and I heard him say
    That she had the longest blackest hair
    The prettiest green eyes anywhere
    And Marie's the name of his latest flame

    Though I smiled the tears inside were a-burning
    I wished him luck and then he said goodbye
    He was gone but still his words kept returning
    What else was there for me to do but cry

    Would you believe that yesterday
    This girl was in my arms and swore to me
    She'd be mine eternally
    And Marie's the name of his latest flame

    Though I smiled the tears inside were a-burning
    I wished him luck and then he said goodbye
    He was gone but still his words kept returning
    What else was there for me to do but cry

    Would you believe that yesterday
    This girl was in my arms and swore to me
    She'd be mine eternally
    And Marie's the name of his latest flame
    Yeah Marie’s the name of his latest flame

  • The Drifters
    (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

    You can dance ev'ry dance with the guy,
    Who gives you the eye, let him hold you tight.
    You can smile ev'ry smile for the man,
    Who held your hand 'neath the pale moonlight.
    But don't forget who's taking you home,
    And in whose arms you're gonna be.
    So darlin', save the last dance for me

    Oh, I know (oh, I know),
    That the music's (yes I know) fine,
    Like sparkling wine, (oh, I know),
    Go and have your fun (yes, I know).
    (Oh, I know.) Laugh and sing (yes I know),
    But while we're (oh I know) apart,
    Don't give your heart (yes, I know),
    To anyone (oh, I know).
    (Yes, I know.) But don't forget
    Who's taking you home,
    And in whose arms you're gonna be.
    So darlin', (save) save the last dance for me

    Baby don't you know I love you so?
    Can't you feel it when we touch?
    I will never, never let you go.
    I love you, oh, so much.

    You can dance (you can dance).
    Go and carry (you can dance) on,
    ‘til the night is gone (you can dance).
    And it's time to go (you can dance).
    (You can dance.) If he asks (you can dance),
    If you're all alone (you can dance),
    Can he take you home? (You can dance).
    You must tell him no (you can dance).
    (You can dance) 'Cause don't forget
    Who's taking you home,
    And in whose arm's you're gonna be
    So darlin' (save) save the last dance for me.

    'Cause don't forget who's taking you home.
    And in whose arm's your gonna be.
    So darlin' save the last dance for me
    Save the last dance for me

  • Gary Us Bonds
    (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

    (Rama-lama-lama, bop-she-bop-she-bop, seven-day weekend.)
    (Rama-lama-lama, bop-she-bop-she-bop, seven-day weekend.)

    Well, I wish that I could have myself, a seven-day weekend.
    Tired of sittin' on the shelf until the weekend.
    Friday after school, I pick my baby up.
    We dance an' party till Sunday night.
    That's the only time I get to hold my baby tight.

    I wish that there could be a seven-day weekend.
    I'm gonna make a plea for a seven-day weekend.
    An' if it came about, life would be success.
    I'd run on out an' have a ball.
    An' never go to school at all.

    Monday, seven picture shows.
    Tuesday, you know, anything goes.
    A-Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, too
    I'd party an' Twist the whole week through.

    All day I dream about a seven-day weekend.
    I sit an' scheme an' scheme an' scheme,
    'Bout a seven-day weekend.
    The teacher calls my name an' I'm in another world.
    I'm just thinkin' about a seven-day weekend.

    A-well, Monday, a-seven picture shows.
    You know, Tuesday, yeah, anything goes.
    Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, too,
    I'd party an' Twist the whole week through.

    All day I dream about a seven-day weekend.
    I sit an' scheme an' scheme an' scheme,
    'Bout a seven-day weekend.
    The teacher calls my name an' I'm in another world.
    I'm just thinkin' about a seven-day weekend.

    Yeah! A seven-day weekend.
    (Shabba-dabba-dabba-doh.)
    Don'tcha know I'm thinkin' 'bout a seven-day...
    (Shabba-dabba-dabba-doh.)
    Yeah! A seven-day weekend.
    (Shabba-dabba-dabba-doh.)
    I'm thinkin' 'bout a seven-day weekend.
    (Shabba-dabba-dabba-doh.)
    (Shabba-dabba-dabba-doh.)
    Yeah! A seven-day weekend.
    (Shabba-dabba-dabba-doh.)
    Wo!...

  • Howard Tate
    (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

    Stop
    Baby, can't you see that I can't take it no more
    Stop
    If you keep it up I'm gonna go through the floor
    That's what's gonna happen, baby

    Never knew how good a love could be
    Love is gonna make a fool of me
    Everything is hazy
    One more kiss and you'll dri-i-i-ive me crazy

    Baby, stop
    Hold it up a minute 'cause I've gotta
    catch my breath
    You know what you do to me, baby
    Stop
    Everytime you squeeze you scare my heart half to death
    That's what you do to me, baby

    Thought I was the captain of my ship
    Ahhh, your loving made me lose my grip
    Everything is hazy
    One more kiss and you'll dri-i-ive
    Drive me crazy

    Baby, stop
    Stop it right now, baby
    I think you're tryin' to take advantage of poor old me
    That's what I think, baby
    Stop
    When you touch my hand I'm helpless as I can be
    That's how I feel, baby

    Tell me baby, what are you made of?
    Ahhh, what you do to me
    Sure must be made of love
    Everything is hazy
    One more kiss and you'll dri-i-ive me crazy

    Stop it, baby
    Sure want you to stop it right now, baby
    Stop it, baby
    Stop it right now, baby
    Can't you see that I can't take it no more?
    Sure want you to stop it, baby
    I'm beggin' you, baby
    I'm down on my knees beggin' you to stop it, baby
    Stop it, baby

  • Elvis Presley
    (Doc Pomus - Mort Shuman)

    Ev'rytime you kiss me I'm still not certain that you love me
    Ev'ry time you hold me I'm still not certain that you care
    Though you keep on saying you really, really, really love me
    Do you speak the same words
    To someone else when I'm not there

    Suspicion torments my heart
    Suspicion keeps us apart
    Suspicion why torture me

    Ev'rytime you call me and tell me we should meet tomorrow
    I can't help but think that you're meeting someone else tonight
    Why should our romance just keep on causing me such sorrow?
    Why am I so doubtful whenever you're out of sight?

    Suspicion torments my heart
    Suspicion keeps us apart
    Suspicion why torture me

    Darling, if you love me,I beg you wait a little longer
    Wait until I drive all these foolish fears out of my mind
    How I hope and pray that our love will keep on growing stronger
    Maybe I'm suspicious 'cause true love is so hard to find

    Suspicion torments my heart
    Suspicion keeps us apart
    Suspicion why torture me

  • The Drifters
    (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman)

    Sweets for my sweet,
    Sugar for my honey
    Your tasty kiss thrills me so
    Sweets for my sweet,
    Sugar for my honey
    I'll never ever let you go

    If you wanted that star
    That shines so brightly
    To match the stardust in your eyes
    Darling,
 I would chase that bright star nightly
    And try to steal it from the sky

    ‘Cause I would give
    sweets for my sweet,
    Sugar for my honey
    Your tasty kiss thrills me so
    Sweets for my sweet,
    Sugar for my honey
    I'll never ever let you go

    If you needed a dream
    To keep you smilin'
    I'd tell the sandman you were blue
    And I'd ask him
    To keep that sand a-pilin'
    ‘Til your dreams had all come true

    And I would give
    
Sweets for my sweet,
    Sugar for my honey
    Your tasty kiss thrills me so
    Sweets for my sweet,
    Sugar for my honey
    I'll never ever let you go

    If you wanted a love to last forever
    Then I would send my love your way
    And my love would not only last forever
    But forever and a day

    
'Cause I would give
    Sweets for my sweet,
    sugar for my honey
    Your tasty kiss thrills me so
    Sweets for my sweet,
    Sugar for my honey
    I'll never ever let you go
    Sweets for my sweet,
    Sugar for my honey
    Your tasty kiss thrills me so
    Sweets for my sweet,
    Sugar for my honey
    I'll never ever let you go

  • Dion And The Belmonts
    (Doc Pomus/ Mort Shuman)

    Each time we have a quarrel
    It almost breaks my heart
    'Cause I'm so afraid
That we will have to part
    Each night I ask the stars up above
    Why must I be a teenager in love?

    One day I feel so happy
    Next day I feel so sad
    I guess I'll learn To take the good with the bad
    'Cause each night I ask the stars up above
    Why must I be a teenager in love?

    I cried a tear for nobody but you
    I'll be a lonely one
    If you should say we're through
    Well if you want to make me cry
    That won't be so hard to do
    If you should say goodbye
    I'd still go on loving you
    Each night I ask the stars up above
    Why must I be a teenager in love?

    I cried a tear for nobody but you
    I'll be a lonely one
    If you should say we're through
    Well if you want to make me cry
    That won't be so hard to do
    And if you should say goodbye
    I'll still go on loving you
    Each night I ask the stars up above

    Why must I be a teenager in love?
    Why must I be a teenager in love?
    Why must I be a teenager in love?
    Why must I be a teenager in love?

  • The Drifters
    (Doc Pomus/ Mort Shuman)

    This magic moment
    So different and so new
    Was like any other
    Until I kissed you

    And then it happened
    It took me by surprise
    I knew that you felt it too
    By the look in your eyes

    Sweeter than wine
    Softer than the summer night
    Everything I want I have
    Whenever I hold you tight

    This magic moment
    While you lips are close to mine
    Will last forever
    Forever ‘til the end of time

    Oh.......
    Oh.......
    Mm......

    Sweeter than wine
    Softer than the summer night
    Everything I want I have
    Whenever I hold you tight

    This magic moment
    While your lips are close to mine
    Will last forever
    Forever ‘til the end of time

    Oh.......
    Magic moment......
    Magic moment......
    Magic moment......

  • Fabian Forte
    (Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman)

    Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
    This is the first time I have felt this way
    Gonna get a thousand kicks or kiss a thousand chicks

    So turn me loose
    Turn me loose, turn me loose I say

    Gonna rock'n'roll long as the band's gonna play
    Gonna holler, gonna shout,
    gonna knock myself right out

    So turn me loose (turn me loose, ooh-ahh)

    I've got some change in my pocket and I'm rarin' to go
    Takin' some chick-a to the picture show
    And when I see her home and we kiss goodnight

    Well, turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose
    Turn me loose, turn me loose I say

    Yes, today is gonna, is gonna be the day
    I want you all to understand, now I am a man

    So turn me loose (turn me loose, ooh-ahh)

    I've got some change in my pocket and I'm rarin' to go
    Takin' some chick-a to the picture show
    And when I see her home and we kiss goodnight

    Well, turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose, turn me loose
    Turn me loose, turn me loose I say
    Yes, today is gonna, is gonna be the day
    I want you all to understand, now I am a man
    So turn me loose (turn me loose, ooh-ahh)

  • Elvis Presley
    (Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman)

    Bright light city gonna set my soul
    Gonna set my soul on fire
    Got a whole lot of money that's ready to burn,
    So get those stakes up higher
    There's a thousand pretty women waitin' out there
    And they're all livin' devil may care
    And I'm just the devil with love to spare

    Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas

    How I wish that there were more
    Than the twenty-four hours in the day
    'Cause even if there were forty more
    I wouldn't sleep a minute away
    Oh, there's black jack and poker and the roulette wheel
    A fortune won and lost on ev'ry deal
    All you need's a strong heart and a nerve of steel

    Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas

    Viva Las Vegas with your neon flashin'
    And your one armbandits crashin'
    All those hopes down the drain
    Viva Las Vegas turnin' day into nighttime
    Turnin' night into daytime If you see it once
    You'll never be the same again
    I'm gonna keep on the run
    I'm gonna have me some fun
    If it costs me my very last dime
    If I wind up broke up well
    I'll always remember that I had a swingin' time
    I'm gonna give it ev'rything I've got
    Lady luck please let the dice stay hot
    Let me shout a seven with ev'ry shot

    Viva Las Vegas, Viva Las Vegas,
    Viva, Viva Las Vegas