Song Lyrics

[k***@yahoo.com]

Hi. I am a teacher of the English Language from Tbilisi, Georgia. I
have often heard my students say that they find it difficult to
distinguish words in songs performed by native English or American
singers. To be honest, the task is rather problematic to me too. I
have got some very good songs by Mitch Woods but I'd like to have the
lyrics too so that we can hear not only the music and melody but the
words as well. The songs are "Blue Boogie", "Easy Street", "Palm Tree
Tie","Please Don't Leave Me", "Swinging At The Savoy", "Jive,
Mr.Boogie", "Jump For Joy", "10th and Parker Blues". I would be very
grateful to anybody who sends me the lyrics of even just one of these
songs to my e-mail address: ***@yahoo.com Thank you.

[John Dean]

Post by k***@yahoo.com
Hi. I am a teacher of the English Language from Tbilisi, Georgia. I
have often heard my students say that they find it difficult to
distinguish words in songs performed by native English or American
singers. To be honest, the task is rather problematic to me too. I
have got some very good songs by Mitch Woods but I'd like to have the
lyrics too so that we can hear not only the music and melody but the
words as well. The songs are "Blue Boogie", "Easy Street", "Palm Tree
Tie","Please Don't Leave Me", "Swinging At The Savoy", "Jive,
Mr.Boogie", "Jump For Joy", "10th and Parker Blues". I would be very
grateful to anybody who sends me the lyrics of even just one of these

You need to do some creative searching [1] via Yahoo, Google or whoever
takes your fancy. It wasn't hard to come up with this:

http://music.yahoo.com/Mitch-Woods--His-Rocket-88s/House-Of-Blue-Lights/lyrics/891790

The lyrics there are for "House of Blue Lights"
Seek and ye shall find the rest

[1] The best way to see if there are lyrics out there for a given song is to
find a distinctive phrase or two in the song that you are sure of (other
than the title) and plug it into an engine. Frinstance, having found the
example above, if I'd heard it and was sure he was singing "lose your lead"
and "detroit barbecue ribs" I'd try those two and they would lead me to the
Chuck Berry original in several places.

[b***@ihug.co.nz]

Post by John Dean

Post by k***@yahoo.com
Hi. I am a teacher of the English Language from Tbilisi, Georgia. I
have often heard my students say that they find it difficult to
distinguish words in songs performed by native English or American
singers. To be honest, the task is rather problematic to me too. I
have got some very good songs by Mitch Woods but I'd like to have the
lyrics too so that we can hear not only the music and melody but the
words as well. The songs are "Blue Boogie", "Easy Street", "Palm Tree
Tie","Please Don't Leave Me", "Swinging At The Savoy", "Jive,
Mr.Boogie", "Jump For Joy", "10th and Parker Blues". I would be very
grateful to anybody who sends me the lyrics of even just one of these

You need to do some creative searching [1] via Yahoo, Google or whoever
http://music.yahoo.com/Mitch-Woods--His-Rocket-88s/House-Of-Blue-Ligh...
The lyrics there are for "House of Blue Lights"
Seek and ye shall find the rest
[1] The best way to see if there are lyrics out there for a given song is to
find a distinctive phrase or two in the song that you are sure of (other
than the title) and plug it into an engine. Frinstance, having found the
example above, if I'd heard it and was sure he was singing "lose your lead"
and "detroit barbecue ribs" I'd try those two and they would lead me to the
Chuck Berry original in several places.
--
John Dean
Oxford

Sound advice, but Chuck Berry was not the original in this case.
"House of Blue Lights" was written by Freddie Slack and Don Raye, and
recorded by Ella Mae Morse in 1946. By the time Chuck recorded it, it
was already an oldie.

Ross Clark

[Ray O'Hara]

Post by b***@ihug.co.nz

Post by John Dean

Post by k***@yahoo.com
Hi. I am a teacher of the English Language from Tbilisi, Georgia. I
have often heard my students say that they find it difficult to
distinguish words in songs performed by native English or American
singers. To be honest, the task is rather problematic to me too. I
have got some very good songs by Mitch Woods but I'd like to have the
lyrics too so that we can hear not only the music and melody but the
words as well. The songs are "Blue Boogie", "Easy Street", "Palm Tree
Tie","Please Don't Leave Me", "Swinging At The Savoy", "Jive,
Mr.Boogie", "Jump For Joy", "10th and Parker Blues". I would be very
grateful to anybody who sends me the lyrics of even just one of these

You need to do some creative searching [1] via Yahoo, Google or whoever
http://music.yahoo.com/Mitch-Woods--His-Rocket-88s/House-Of-Blue-Ligh...
The lyrics there are for "House of Blue Lights"
Seek and ye shall find the rest
[1] The best way to see if there are lyrics out there for a given song is to
find a distinctive phrase or two in the song that you are sure of (other
than the title) and plug it into an engine. Frinstance, having found the
example above, if I'd heard it and was sure he was singing "lose your lead"
and "detroit barbecue ribs" I'd try those two and they would lead me to the
Chuck Berry original in several places.
--
John Dean
Oxford

Sound advice, but Chuck Berry was not the original in this case.
"House of Blue Lights" was written by Freddie Slack and Don Raye, and
recorded by Ella Mae Morse in 1946. By the time Chuck recorded it, it
was already an oldie.
Ross Clark

The term is "a standard" everybody has done it right up to todays Commander
Cody.

[b***@ihug.co.nz]

Post by Ray O'Hara

Post by b***@ihug.co.nz

Post by John Dean

Post by k***@yahoo.com
Hi. I am a teacher of the English Language from Tbilisi, Georgia. I
have often heard my students say that they find it difficult to
distinguish words in songs performed by native English or American
singers. To be honest, the task is rather problematic to me too. I
have got some very good songs by Mitch Woods but I'd like to have the
lyrics too so that we can hear not only the music and melody but the
words as well. The songs are "Blue Boogie", "Easy Street", "Palm Tree
Tie","Please Don't Leave Me", "Swinging At The Savoy", "Jive,
Mr.Boogie", "Jump For Joy", "10th and Parker Blues". I would be very
grateful to anybody who sends me the lyrics of even just one of these

You need to do some creative searching [1] via Yahoo, Google or whoever
http://music.yahoo.com/Mitch-Woods--His-Rocket-88s/House-Of-Blue-Ligh...
The lyrics there are for "House of Blue Lights"
Seek and ye shall find the rest
[1] The best way to see if there are lyrics out there for a given song

is to

Post by b***@ihug.co.nz

Post by John Dean
find a distinctive phrase or two in the song that you are sure of (other
than the title) and plug it into an engine. Frinstance, having found the
example above, if I'd heard it and was sure he was singing "lose your

lead"

Post by b***@ihug.co.nz

Post by John Dean
and "detroit barbecue ribs" I'd try those two and they would lead me to

the

Post by b***@ihug.co.nz

Post by John Dean
Chuck Berry original in several places.
--
John Dean
Oxford

Sound advice, but Chuck Berry was not the original in this case.
"House of Blue Lights" was written by Freddie Slack and Don Raye, and
recorded by Ella Mae Morse in 1946. By the time Chuck recorded it, it
was already an oldie.
Ross Clark

The term is "a standard"

You must be from a.u.e. ;-)

Post by Ray O'Hara
everybody has done it right up to todays Commander
Cody.-

"todays"? Son, you must be older'n I am. ;-)
Still, AFAIK he's still alive.

Ross Clark

[Ray O'Hara]

Post by b***@ihug.co.nz

Post by Ray O'Hara
The term is "a standard"

You must be from a.u.e. ;-)

Post by Ray O'Hara
everybody has done it right up to todays Commander
Cody.-

"todays"? Son, you must be older'n I am. ;-)
Still, AFAIK he's still alive.
Ross Clark

I saw him this last week.

He's on tour in New England and New York..

[b***@ihug.co.nz]

Post by Ray O'Hara

Post by b***@ihug.co.nz

Post by Ray O'Hara
The term is "a standard"

You must be from a.u.e. ;-)

Post by Ray O'Hara
everybody has done it right up to todays Commander
Cody.-

"todays"? Son, you must be older'n I am. ;-)
Still, AFAIK he's still alive.
Ross Clark

I saw him this last week.
He's on tour in New England and New York..

Glad to hear it. I have 3 or 4 of the early albums (including "HoBL"
recorded 1974), but never saw him or them live.

[Peter Duncanson]

On Sat, 24 Nov 2007 00:12:07 -0000, "John Dean"

Post by John Dean
[1] The best way to see if there are lyrics out there for a given song is to
find a distinctive phrase or two in the song that you are sure of (other
than the title) and plug it into an engine.

It can help to add the word "lyrics" after the phrase.

This will bring lyrics pages to the top of the search results
list. Other, non lyrics, pages which happen to contain the
phrase will be pushed down the list.

[John Varela]

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 15:09:15 -0500, ***@yahoo.com wrote
(in article

Post by k***@yahoo.com
Hi. I am a teacher of the English Language from Tbilisi, Georgia. I
have often heard my students say that they find it difficult to
distinguish words in songs performed by native English or American
singers. To be honest, the task is rather problematic to me too. I
have got some very good songs by Mitch Woods but I'd like to have the
lyrics too so that we can hear not only the music and melody but the
words as well. The songs are "Blue Boogie", "Easy Street", "Palm Tree
Tie","Please Don't Leave Me", "Swinging At The Savoy", "Jive,
Mr.Boogie", "Jump For Joy", "10th and Parker Blues". I would be very
grateful to anybody who sends me the lyrics of even just one of these

Try http://www.lyricsdepot.com/

Are you looking for "Swinging at the Savoy" or "Stompin at the Savoy"?
http://www.lyricsdepot.com/benny-goodman/stompin-at-the-savoy.html

[heron stone]

Post by k***@yahoo.com
Hi. I am a teacher of the English Language from Tbilisi, Georgia. I
have often heard my students say that they find it difficult to
distinguish words in songs performed by native English or American
singers. To be honest, the task is rather problematic to me too. I
have got some very good songs by Mitch Woods but I'd like to have the
lyrics too so that we can hear not only the music and melody but the
words as well. The songs are "Blue Boogie", "Easy Street", "Palm Tree
Tie","Please Don't Leave Me", "Swinging At The Savoy", "Jive,
Mr.Boogie", "Jump For Joy", "10th and Parker Blues". I would be very
grateful to anybody who sends me the lyrics of even just one of these

.for what it's worth, i'm a native speaker of
english and i can't make out the lyrics to
many contemporary songs from just listening
to them
.the singers don't articulate cleary, the music
is too loud, there's distortion, etc.

[Bart Mathias]

Post by heron stone
[...]
.for what it's worth, i'm a native speaker of
english and i can't make out the lyrics to
many contemporary songs from just listening
to them
.the singers don't articulate cleary, the music
is too loud, there's distortion, etc.

Reminds me of the time back in 1956 when I first heard a Japanese Elvis
imitator do "Heartbreak Hotel" and I found out Elvis wasn't really
saying "You'll be so lonely nick a tie."

Bart Mathias

[mb]

On Nov 25, 4:57 pm, Bart Mathias <***@hawaii.edu> wrote:
...

Post by Bart Mathias
Reminds me of the time back in 1956 when I first heard a Japanese Elvis
imitator do "Heartbreak Hotel" and I found out Elvis wasn't really
saying "You'll be so lonely nick a tie."

He wasn't? I'll be pickled. What was he saying?

[Bart Mathias]

Post by mb
...

Post by Bart Mathias
Reminds me of the time back in 1956 when I first heard a Japanese Elvis
imitator do "Heartbreak Hotel" and I found out Elvis wasn't really
saying "You'll be so lonely nick a tie."

He wasn't? I'll be pickled. What was he saying?

In case you're not pulling my leg, it was "You'll be so lonely you could
die."

[António Marques]

Post by Bart Mathias

Post by mb

Post by Bart Mathias
Reminds me of the time back in 1956 when I first heard a Japanese Elvis
imitator do "Heartbreak Hotel" and I found out Elvis wasn't really
saying "You'll be so lonely nick a tie."

He wasn't? I'll be pickled. What was he saying?

In case you're not pulling my leg, it was "You'll be so lonely you could
die."

As you can almost make out in John Cale's _Fragments of a rainy season_.
Of which the gem is 'Cordoba'. The lyrics are supposed to be lines taken
from a spanish-english phrasebook. Brian Eno explains the story in
http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/wwulyric.html, though I
think his interpretation leaves a bit to be desired. The lyrics go (sung
eerily but not slowly):

Endless sleeping under a tree.
He wrote to me from Cordoba.
After the theatre, we went to his house.
He's very generous Cordoban.
We waited at the door, but he didn't come.
According to his father, he's very ill.

There was a long line of cars in front of me.
I came as soon as I could.
I left without paying, a suitcase under my arm.
I won't see you until Sunday.
I'll come as soon as I can.
I'll meet you alone in the shoeshop near the bakery.
By the two-storey house/very pretty/like a villa.
The lift stops between two floors.
You start to walk towards the station.
I walk towards the bus.
We'll have to wait at the station.
Leave the parcel on the top deck.
You start to walk towards the station.
I'll walk towards the bus.
You walk towards the station.
I'll walk towards the bus.
You walk towards the station.
I'll walk towards the bus.
You walk towards the station.
I'll walk towards the bus.

[mb]

Post by Bart Mathias

Post by mb

Post by Bart Mathias
I found out Elvis wasn't really
saying "You'll be so lonely nick a tie."

He wasn't? I'll be pickled. What was he saying?

In case you're not pulling my leg,

Of course not. I'm fifty years older now and still totally unable to
understand sung words (or misspelled script). A lot of people can't
chew gum while walking. I even suspect that we are the overwhelming
majority.



it was "You'll be so lonely you could

Post by Bart Mathias
die."

[p***@abo.fi]

Post by Bart Mathias

Post by heron stone
[...]
.for what it's worth, i'm a native speaker of
english and i can't make out the lyrics to
many contemporary songs from just listening
to them
.the singers don't articulate cleary, the music
is too loud, there's distortion, etc.

Reminds me of the time back in 1956 when I first heard a Japanese Elvis
imitator do "Heartbreak Hotel" and I found out Elvis wasn't really
saying "You'll be so lonely nick a tie."

I don't think the idea comes from Finland to start with, but recently,
there have been several published books here of wrongly heard song
lyrics. One well-known gem is "minä suojelen sinua taiteelta" (= I
protect you from art) for "minä suojelen sinua kaikelta" (= I protect
you from everything).

[Douglas G. Kilday]

Post by Bart Mathias

Post by heron stone
[...]
.for what it's worth, i'm a native speaker of
english and i can't make out the lyrics to
many contemporary songs from just listening
to them
.the singers don't articulate cleary, the music
is too loud, there's distortion, etc.

Reminds me of the time back in 1956 when I first heard a Japanese Elvis
imitator do "Heartbreak Hotel" and I found out Elvis wasn't really
saying "You'll be so lonely nick a tie."

For decades I thought Ringo was singing that all he had was a bowl of
crap, until I heard a promotion for a photography outfit that
incorporated a snippet of the song, and a light bulb suddenly turned
on.

As for "Ferry 'Cross the Mersey", the line would still be utterly
opaque after 40 years, if I had not chanced across the written form of
the title. Of course, it contains a hydronym unfamiliar to most U.S.
residents.

I can usually identify the place of articulation in semi-intelligible
song lyrics, but have trouble with the manner, as in the "bowl of
crap" example. The Finnish case cited by Panu Hoglund is the other
way round.