Rags To Riches
Its a sign of the times, standing in line
Quietly waiting to go out of your mind
Theres nothing to say, no reason to stay
To fight for the right that they have taken away
Get what you get, not what you need
Time after time
* rags to riches, all fallen down
Rags to riches, tied up and bound
Theres no going under
When youre kicked to the ground
Rags to riches..rags to riches
Youre down on your knees, caught in the freeze
Crying inside but theres no easy release
Radical views--in yesterday news
Giving the reason with another excuse
Out on your own, cut to the bone
Time after time
Repeat * (2x)
(written and arranged by nazareth)
Copyright 1983 fool circle limited
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song performed by by Nazareth
Submitted by Lucian Velea
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Where Are You Now
Every single day
I think of the times
When you were still mine
And Im blue
Got to get away
Get you out of my mind
Im caught up in time
And Im blue
I dont miss all the fun that we had
You were always around me
Where are you now
I need you now
If you were around
It would be alright
Living on my own
I know Im to blame
Im locked in my chains
And youre free
Fallen like a stone
Im down on the ground
Im tied up and bound
And youre free
I dont miss all the fun that we had
You were always around me
* where are you now
I need you now
If you were around it would be alright
Repeat * (2x)
(written and arranged by nazareth)
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song performed by by Nazareth
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Rags To Riches
(words & music by adler - ross)
I know Id go from rags to riches
If you would only say you cared
And though my pockets may be empty
Id be a millionaire
My clothes may still be torn and tattered
But in my heart Id be a king
Your love is all that ever mattered
Its everything
So open your arms and youll open the door
To all the treasure that Im living for
Hold me and kiss me and tell me youre mine evermore
Must I forever stay a beggar
Whose golden dreams will not come true
Or will I go from rags to riches
My fate is up to you
song performed by by Elvis Presley
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Rags & Old Iron
Norman curtis, oscar brown jr
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
I heard that old rag man now making his rounds
He came right to my alley lord with sorrowful sounds
Crying rags old iron and pulling his cart
Ask him how much hed give me for my broken heart
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
So I asked that old rag man how much he would pay
For a heart that was broken baby when you went away
For a burnt out old love light that no longer beams
And a couple of slightly used second hand dreams
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
For those big empty promises you used to make
For those memories of you that are no longer sweet
I wish he could haul them off down the street
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
When love doesnt last tell me what is it worth
It was once mamas most precious possession on earth
When I asked that old rag man if hed like to buy
He just shook his head and continued to cry
Rags old iron rags old iron
All he was buying was just rags and old iron
Rags old iron rags old iron
Rags old iron rags old iron rags old iron
song performed by by Nina Simone
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Sew Who Needs Who
You're a needling....me
like a sewing machine
I'm in stitches over you
If I wanted to be nagged
I'd clothe in leather...dragged
Don't look at my unbridled soul
Will horseshoes bring us luck?
More likely hockey falls on us
while we're chasing one good puck
I tried to slightly sew this up
in a rags to riches way
but the rags were hags
the britches were bitches
no matter what I say
poem by Boink Boink
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Stay Away
You gave me too many chances, now its drivin us apart
I keep on runnin with the boys, girl, but then you knew that from the start
It must keep building up inside you, cause you never let it show
I know Im hanging on the edge now, but I wont let go
I never meant to hurt you, but something was on my mind
Just give me one more chance, we can make it this time
Stay away, stay away from my heart - bet Im trying my best
Stay away, stay away from my heart
If you gave me three wishes, Id throw two of them away
Ive seen that look in your eye girl, Id use the last one this way
Weve been from rags to riches, but your love cant be bought
Im just a junkyard dog, girl, whos afraid hes been caught
Youre standing in the shadows, watching everything that I do
And I know the way things must look, it couldnt be further from the truth
Stay away, stay away from my heart - Im doing all that I can
Stay away, stay away from my heart
Remember how it used to be girl, makin love like its the last time
We held each other close, not knowing what wed found
You felt the pounding of my thunder, as your rain was pouring down
(instrumental break)
I never meant to hurt you, but something was on my mind
Just give me one more chance, we can make it this time
Stay away, stay away from my heart - yeah, but I wanna stay here with you
Stay away, stay away from my heart - yeah, Im doing all I can do
Stay away, stay away from my heart - but I wanna stay away from you
Stay away, stay away from my heart...
song performed by by Toto
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Rags To Riches
Rags to riches
are the wishes
that come to only a few.
The rest of the poor
on the bottom floor
don't wish what can't come true.
poem by Edwina Reizer
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Soda Dreamer
(K.J.Garside C.Gray)
Rags and riches I made three wishes,
I've been a bad girl and I kissed the witches,
I dance naked with animals I've seen more than you,
ever dreamed possible.
I've seen her I've breathe inside her,
I've seen her adreena,
I've seen her adreena.
Hags and bitches I made three wishes,
I've been a bad girl and I broke the dishes,
I dance naked with animals I've seen more than you,
ever dreamed possible.
I've seen her I've grown her seeds,
I've been her adreena,
I've seen her adreena.
Rags and riches I made three wishes,
I've been a bad girl and kissed the witches,
I dance naked with animals I've seen more than you,
ever dreamed possible,
I've seen her I breathe inside her,
I've been her adreena,
I've seen her adreena,
I've seen her,
I sowed her dreams,
I've been her adreena,
I've seen her Adreena.
song performed by by Queen Adreena
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All Nite Radio
So youve run outa numbers
And youve run outa lovers
They wont deliver that pizza
Youre hungry under the covers
Youre all alone in the moonlight
Got to get ready for daylight
All nite, all nite
Listening to the all nite radio
You could have been sleepin
You could have done anythin
But everbodys singin
Good morin
All nite, all nite
Listening to the all nite
All nite radio
(written and arranged by nazareth)
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song performed by by Nazareth
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Celebrate Your Life
(j.p. maunick/r. bull/r. taylor)
Steal the thunder
Youre a diamond in the mire
Shine on, wont you shine on
No matter where you are
Like the forces of nature
Irresistable as the sun
So real got to be so real
Your heart and your minds desire
So wake up and dance
Now is the time
Hey, hey, hey
Chorus:
Celebrate your life
Its your life (your life)
Celebrate your life
Step into the big sunshine
From rags to riches
So many only dreamin
So dont be a fool now
Keep control on your destination
With the future so bright
Aim your eye to the sky
So real got to be so real
Life can be what you want it to be
So wake up and dance
Its your time hey, hey, hey
Chorus
song performed by by Incognito
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Backroom Boys
The backroom boys are playin real hard
Theres a lot of money rollin on the next card
Some are goin up some are goin down
Somell never make it to the next round
Stone me it dont come free
You gotta be a winner
If you wanna be a backroom boy
They got--a room full of women
A table full of booze
Gettin meaner with the dealer--cause he cant lose
Someone shouts out,its a goddamn shame
The dealers gettin meaner with the cocaine
*stone me it dont come free
Gotta be a winner
If you wanna be a backroom boy
Cant stay home get uptown
Get your ear to the ground
If you wanna be a backroom boy
** up all night, playin it right
Backroom boys
Look in your eye, never say die
Backroom boys
** the backroom boys are all the same
Even take your money when they play games
Take you when youre up, kick you when youre down
Youll always be a loser in their town
Repeat *
Repeat **
Repeat ***
Repeat * (2x)
(written and arranged by nazareth)
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song performed by by Nazareth
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At This Age (50 To 60)
everything becomes
merely nothing
but reminiscences
nothing efflorescent
or even fluvial
once there was a boy
rising from rags to riches
once there was a girl
who became the wife of the president
once there was a love so true
it brought nothing but sadness
once there was a home
splintered like a grenade
once there were beautiful times
fading like sunset.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Give Me Back My Rags #1
Give me back my rags
My rags of pure dreaming
Of silk smiling of striped foreboding
Of my cloth of lace
My rags of spotted hope
Of burnished desire of chequered glances
Of skin from my face
Give me back my rags
Give me when I ask you nicely
Trans. by Anne Pennington
Anonymous submission.
poem by Vasko Popa
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Why Dont You Read The Book
Dont talk to the pilot
When hes flyin
Dont smile at the soldier
Hes on parade
Dont come creeping round, youll
Catch me cryin
No more talkin bout it
Its all been said
You drawn such a fine line baby
Learnin all the rules
Why dont ya read between them sometimes
You wont look such a fool
Why dont you read the book, why dont you read the book
Why dont you read the book, why dont you read the book
Why show all your aces
To the gambler
If he calls your hand
Youre gonna lose
Dont trust first impressions
Of a stranger
Private informations
Just tellin tales
* you draw such a fine line baby
Learnin all the rules
Why dont ya read between them sometimes
You wont look such a fool
** why dont you read the book, why dont you read the book
Why dont you read the book, why dont you read the book
Repeat *
Repeat **
(written and arranged by nazareth)
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song performed by by Nazareth
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One More Time To Live
Pre>verse 1(a)
Look out of my window
See the world passing by
See the look in her eye
(b)
One more time to live and I have made it mine
Leave the wise to write for they write worldly rhymes
And he who wants to fight begins the end of time...
For I have riches more than these
For I have riches more than these
Middle 8
Desolation
Creation tell me someone why theres only confusion
Evolution tell me someone that this is all an illusion
Pollution tell me someone
Saturation tell me someone
Population
Annihilation
Revolution tell me someone why this talk of revolution
Confusion tell me someone when were changing evolution
Illusion tell me someone
Conclusion tell me someone
Starvation
Degredation
Humiliation
Contemplation changes in my life
Inspiration
Elation changes in my life
Salvation changes in my life
Communication
Compassion
Solution
Verse 2(a)
Look out on the hedgerow
As the world rushes by
Hear the birds sign a sigh
(b)
One more tree will fall how strong the growing vine
Turn the earth to sand and still permit no crime
How one thought will live provide the others die
For I have riches more than these
For I have riches more than these
Repeat middle 8
Repeat verse 1(a) /pre>
song performed by by Moody Blues
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Dream On
Dream on
Though its hard to tell
Though youre foolin yourself
Dream on
You can hide away
There is nothing to say, so dream on
Dream on
Though its hard to tell
Though youre foolin yourself, dream on
You can laugh at me because Im crying
You can tell your friends how much
I begged you to stay
You can live your fantasy without me
But youll never know how much I needed you
Dream on
Its so easy for you
Though Im broken in two, dream on
Dream on
You can never see
What youre doing to me, so dream on
You can cross your heart and still be lyin
You can count the reasons why youve thrown it away
You can dream your life away without me
But youll never know how much I needed you
You can laugh at me because Im crying
You can tell your friends how much
I begged you to stay
You can live your fantasy without me
But youll never know how much I needed you
Dream on
Its so easy for you
Though Im broken in two, dream on
Dream on
You can never see
What youre doin to me, so dream on
Dream on
Though its hard to tell
Though youre foolin yourself,dream on
Dream on
(written by nazareth)
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Lyrics used by permission
Reproduction prohibited
song performed by by Nazareth
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I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.
Not A Second Time
(j. lennon/p. mccartney)
You know you made me cry
I see no use in wondering why
I cry for you yeah
And now youve change your mind
I see no reason to change mine
My cryings through ooh ooh
You were giving me the same old line
Im wondering why
You hurt me then youre back again
Oh no no not a second time
You say you spoke too soon
And now you want to change your tune
Well I do too yeah
You wanna try again
I got no reason to pretend
I aint your fool oh oh
You were giving me the same old line
Im wondering why
You hurt me then youre back again
Oh no no not a second time
Not a second time, not a second time
Not a second time, not a second time
Not a second time, not a second time
Not a second time, not a second time
Not a second time, not a second time
Not a second time, not a second time
song performed by by Robert Palmer
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Rain On The Window
Round about midnight
I feel the chill closin in
Living my stage fright
I need the sun to begin - tomorrow
Thinking bout my life
And all the changes she made
And when she went running out
All the colors fade - to midnight
What a bad week Ive had
Theres rain on the window
What a bad week Im sad
Theres rain on my window
Will I be staying
Or am I moving in
Am I still standing
Ive gotta wait - shes choosing
* what a bad week Ive had
Theres rain on the window
What a bad week Im sad
Theres rain on the window
When the sun comes up
It dries that rain on the window
When the sun comes up
It dries that rain on the window
When the sun comes up
It dries that rain on the window
Repeat *
(written and arranged by nazareth)
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song performed by by Nazareth
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Without You
A palace is but a shack
Limousine a jalopy
A tuxedo is but rags
Gold is devalued to mud
Riches are but poverty
A garden is a desert
Roses turn out to be thorns
The sun dances in the night
Health is pregnant with illness
Laughter gives birth to crying
Music gives birth to mourning
Gladness gives birth to groaning
Everything becomes nothing
Life is but death without You
poem by Howard Simon
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