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1949 Harry Truman Doris day Red China Johnnie Ray South Pacific Walter Winchell Joe Di Maggio. 1950 Joe McCarthy Richard Nixon Studebaker Television North Korea South Korea Marilyn Monroe. 1951 Rosenbergs H-Bomb Sugar Ray Panmunjom Brando The King And I and The Catcher In The Rye. 1952 Eisenhower Vaccine England’s got a new queen Marciano [...]
From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand And his daring life of crime Made him a legend in his time East and West of the Rio Grande Well he started with a bank in Colorado In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid [...]
I’ve been livin’ for the moment But I just can’t have my way And I’m afraid to go to sleep ‘Cause tomorrow is today People tell me life is sweeter But I don’t hear what they say Nothing comes to change my life So tomorrow is today I don’t care to know the hour ‘Cause [...]
Late at night When it’s dark and cold I reach out For somone to hold When I’m blue When I’m lonely She comes through She’s the only one who can My baby grand Is all I need In my time I’ve wandered everywhere Around this world She would always be there Any day Any hour [...]
There’s a place in the world for the angry young man With his working class ties and his radical plans He refuses to bend he refuses to crawl And he’s always at home with his back to the wall And he’s proud of his scars and the battles he’s lost And struggles and bleeds as [...]
The sins of Amsterdam were still a recent surprise And we were flying over Scandinavian Skies We climbed towards the sun, we turned and cursed as one We pulled the shades and closed our eyes…eyes… The Stockholm city lights were slowly starting to rise And we were strapped against those Scandinavian skies The landing gear [...]
I don’t believe in first impressions For just this once I hope that looks don’t deceive I ain’t got time for true confessions I’ve got to make the move right now Got to meet that girl somehow CHORUS I’ve gotta get it right the first time That’s the main thing I can’t afford to let [...]
Blackout, heatwave, .44 caliber homicide The buns drop dead and dogs go mad In packs on the West Side Young girl standing on a ledge looks like another suicide She wants to hit those bricks ‘Cause the news at six gotta stick to a deadline While the millionaires hide in Beekman Place The bag ladies [...]
Los Angelenos All come from somewhere To live in sunshine Their funky exile Midwestern ladies High-heeled and faded Driving sleek new sports cars With their New York cowboys Hiding up in the mountains Laying low in the canyons Going nowhere on the streets With the Spanish names Making love with the natives In their Hollywood [...]
Well I’m on the Downeaster "Alexa" And I’m cruising through Block Island Sound I have chartered a course to the Vineyard But tonight I am Nantucket bound We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday And left this morning from the bell in Gardner’s Bay Like all the locals here I’ve had to sell my [...]
She can kill with a smile, she can wound with her eye-eye-eyes And she can ruin your faith with her casual lies And she only reveals what she wants you to see She hides like a child but shes always a woman to me She can lead you to love, she can take you or [...]
The Times They Are A-Changin’ Come gather ’round people wherever you roam, and admit that the waters around you have grown, and accept it that soon you’ll be drenched to the bone if your time to you is worth savin’ then you better start swimmin’ or you’ll sink like a stone for the times they [...]
I`m young enough to see the passionate boy that I used to be But I`m old enough to say I got a good look at the other side I know we got to work real hard, maybe even for the rest of our lives But right now I just want to take what I can [...]
Some people think that she’s one of those mink-coated ladies They say she wakes up at one And makes the paparazzi run till dawn She wines and dines with Argentines and Kuwaitis After she sips maragaritas on the White House lawn CHORUS That’s not her style I can tell you That ain’t my woman It’s [...]
She waits for me at night, she waits for me in silence She gives me all her tenderness and takes away my pain And so far she hasn’t run, though I swear she’s had her moments She still believes in miracles while others cry in vain It’s all about soul It’s all about faith and [...]
Listen boy, don’t want to see you let a good thing slip away You know I don’t like watching anybody make the same mistakes I made She’s a real nice girl and she’s always there for you But a nice girl wouldn’t tell you what you should do Listen boy, I’m sure that you think [...]
Hey girl! I want you to know I’m gonna miss you so much if you go And hey girl! I tell you no lie Something deep inside of me’s gonna die If you must say so long If this is good-bye Oh! Hey girl! This can’t be true How am I supposed to existwithout you [...]