Bobby Darin

[fox69]

"I'll Be There"

"I'll Be There"


I'll be there
When all your dreams are broken
To answer your unspoken prayers
When the little things you're doing
Don't turn out right
Don't you worry darling
I'll be there

I'll miss you
And in my dreams I'll kiss you
And wish you luck on your new affair
So baby if you need me
All you have to do is call me
And don't you worry darling
I'll be there

There whenever you need to know
That there is someone who cares
So if your new love
Isn't a true love
Don't you worry darling
I'll be there

Ohh I'll be there
Don't you worry darling
Cuz you know I'll be there
Don't you worry...

 

[fox69]

"I'll Remember April"

"I'll Remember April"


This lovely day will lengthen into evening
We'll sigh goodbye to all we ever had
Alone where we have walked together
I'll remember April and be glad

I'll be content you loved me once in April
Your lips were warm and love and spring were new
I'm not afraid of autumn and her sorrow
For I'll remember April and you

The fire will dwindle into glowing ashes
For flames live such a little while
I won't forget but I won't be lonely
I'll remember April and smile

 

[fox69]

"I'm Beginning To See The Light"

"I'm Beginning To See The Light"


I never cared much for moonlit skies,
Never winked back at fireflies,
But now that the stars are in your eyes
I'm beginning to see the light.

I never went in for afterglow,
Or candlelight on the mistletoe,
But now when you turn the lamp down low
I'm beginning to see the light.

I used to ramble through the park
Shadow boxing in the dark
Then you came and caused the spark
That's a four-alarm fire, now.

I never made love by lantern shine,
I never saw rainbows in my wine,
But now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light.

I never cared much for moonlit skies,
I never winked back at fireflies,
But now that the stars are in your eyes
I'm beginning to see the light.

I never went in for afterglow,
Or candlelight on the mistletoe,
But now when you turn the lamp down low
I'm beginning to see the light.

You know I used to ramble through the park
Shadow boxing in the dark
Then you came and lit that spark
That's a four-alarm fire, now

I never made love by lantern shine,
I never saw rainbows in my wine,
But now that your lips are burning mine
I'm beginning to see the light.

 

[fox69]

"I'm Sitting On Top Of The World"

"I'm Sitting On Top Of The World"


I'm sitting on top of the world,
Just rolling along
Just rolling along.

I'm quitting the blues of the world,
Just singing a song
Just singing a song.

Glory, hallelujah, I just phoned the parson,
"Hey, Par, get ready to call!"
Just like humpty dumpty
I'm ready to fall.

I'm sitting on top of the world,
Just rolling along
Just rolling along.

I'm quitting the blues of the world,
Just singing a song
Just singing a song.

 

[fox69]

"I've Never Been In Love Before"

"I've Never Been In Love Before"


I've never been in love before
Now all at once it's you
It's you forevermore

I've never been in love before
Kinda thought my heart was safe
I thought I knew the score

But this is wine
That's all too strange and strong
I'm full of foolish songs
And out my song must pour

So please forgive
This helpless haze I'm in
I've really never been
In love before

But this is wine
That's all too strange and strong
I'm full of foolish songs
And out my song must pour

So please forgive
This helpless haze I'm in
I've really never been
In love before

 

[fox69]

"If A Man Answers"

"If A Man Answers"


If a man answers your phone when I call
Ooh... there's gonna be some screamin'
And that ain't all
'cause if I'm here callin' you
Then who's the who I'm talkin' to?

Why any fool could see
That for sure it ain't me
So, if a man answers your phone
Then, honey we're through!

Now... everything between us used to be fine
Till I became a third party
Where there ain't no party line
Ya hear me talkin'...

Gonna hang this phone up now and dial again
Ooh... and there better be a soprano
On the other end
'cause if the voice is baritone
When you told me you'd be home alone.

Well... then I'm wastin' my time
A-not to mention my dime
So, if a man answers your phone
Then, honey I'm gone!

Now... everything between us used to be fine
Till I became a third party
Where there ain't no party line
Ya hear me talkin'...

Gonna hang this phone up now and dial again
Ooooh... and there better be a soprano
On the other end
'cause if the voice is baritone
When you told me you'd be home alone.

Well... I'm wastin' my time
Not to mention my dime
So, if a man answers your phone
Then, honey I'm gone!

 

[fox69]

"If I Had My Druthers"
(with Johnny Mercer)

"If I Had My Druthers"
(with Johnny Mercer)



[Johnny:]
If I had my druthers
I'd druther have my druthers
Then anything else I know.
While you'd druther hustle
Accumulatin' muscle
I'd druther watch daisies grow.
While they're growin' slow an'
The summer breeze is blowin'
My heart is overflowin' and so.
If I had my druthers
I'd druther have my druthers
Than anything else I know.

Robert, you think you could agree with that kind of philosophy?

[Bobby:]
Agree? I live it!

If I had my druthers
I'd druther have my druthers
Then work any whereas at all.

[Johnny:]
Don't nobody call.

[Bobby:]
It ain't that I hates it
Why, in fact, I even contemplates it
While watchin' raindrops fall.
I sits there for hours
Developin' my powers
Of figurin' how flowers gets tall.
If I had my druthers
I'd druther have my druthers
Then anything else at all.

[Johnny:]
If I had my druthers
To choose from all the others
I'd druther be like I am.

[Bobby:]
I like you just the way you are.

This thing called employment
Detracts from my enjoyment
And tightens my diaphragm.

[Johnny:]
Oh, you poor lamb!

Whilst I'm doin' nary
A thing that's necessary
I'm happy as a cherrystone clam.

[Bobby:]
Some of my best friends are clams!

If I had my druthers
To choose from all the others
I'd rather be like I am.

[Both:]
If we had our druthers
We'd rather have our druthers
Than anything else we know.
Our forefathers wrote it
And often times we quote it
Whenever we're feelin' low.

[Bobby:]
Monsieur John?

[Johnny:]
As direct descendants

[Bobby:]
We figure independence

[Both:]
Ain't only in Missouri and so.
If we had our druthers
We'd rather have our druthers
Than anything else we know.

[Johnny:]
Why sho'...

[Both:]
Than anything else we know

[Bobby:]
Yebo'...

[Both:]
Then anythin else we know
Enco' ...
Than anything else we know.

[Bobby:]
Goodnight.

[Johnny:]
Leave a call.

 

[fox69]

"If I Were A Carpenter"

"If I Were A Carpenter"


If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway
Would you have my baby?

If a tinker were my trade
Would you still find me
Carrin' the pots I made
Followin' behind me?

Save my love through loneliness
Save my love for sorrow
I'm given you my onliness
Come give your tomorrow!

If I worked my hands in wood
Would you still love me?
Answer me babe, "Yes I would
I'll put you above me!"

If I were a miller
At a mill wheel grinding
Would you miss your color box
And your soft shoe shining?

If I were a carpenter
And you were a lady
Would you marry me anyway
Would you have my baby?
Would you marry anyway?
Would you have my baby?

 

[fox69]

"In Love In Vain"

"In Love In Vain"


It's only human for anyone to want to be in love
But who wants to be in love in vain
At night, you hang around the house and eat your heart out
And cry your eyes out, even rack your brain

You sit and wonder why anyone as wonderful as she
Should cause you such misery and pain
I thought that I would be in heaven but I'm only up a tree
'Cause it's just my luck to be in love in vain

I thought that I would be in heaven but I'm only up a tree
'Cause it's just my luck to be in love in vain

 

[fox69]

"In Memoriam"

"In Memoriam"


He's a ruthless opportunist
And he motivates by greed
He's just the way his father was
And that we sure don't need
So they all cried out destroy him
For he wants to see us drowned
They never understood him
So they put him in the ground.

Now some had stood for hours
And some sat on the grass
Listening to their radios
For where the train had passed
And a crowd will get impatient
As the clock hands turn around
They never understood him
So they put him in the ground.

They handed out some candles
To the somber weary crowd
And told us not to light them
Till our eyes beheld the shroud
Not even at that moment
Could there be tranquility
I could feel them push and argue
Hey, sit down, I cannot see
They never understood him
So they put him in the ground.

When the fathers closed their bibles
And the family left the site
The ropes and walls and hedges
Kind of faded in the night
Replaced by all the people
Who made a prayerful sound
They never understood him
So they put him in the ground.

Some people say the eighth of June
But the morning of the ninth
The workmen gently lowered him
By the beam of three work lights
Easy, take it easy
Set him down real slow
He'd been on some rougher trips
But he couldn't tell them so
They never understood him
So they put him in the ground.

Now no man has the answers
And he was just a man
And yet I can't help feelin'
That he knew a better plan
A shorter road to justice
On the trip that's freedom bound
But they never understood him
So they put him in the ground.