Dusty Springfield

[fox69]

"Mama Said"
(originally by The Shirelles)

"Mama Said"
(originally by The Shirelles)



Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)

Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, my mama said

I went walkin' the other day, yeah
Everything was goin' fine
And then I met a little boy named Billy-Joe
And then I almost lost my mind

Come on, mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Oh, mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, my mama said

My eyes were wide open
All that I could see, yeah
The chapel bells were tollin'
For everybody but me
But I don't worry 'cause

Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, my mama said

And then she said
Someone would look at me
Like I'm lookin' at you
One day
Then I might find
I don't want you any old way

So, don't worry, 'cause
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, my mama said
(Mama said, mama said)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Mama said there'll be days like this
There'll be days like this, my mama said
Oh, yeah
(Mama said, mama said)
Don't worry, yeah, don't worry, now, yeah, eah, eah, eah
Don't worry, worry, now, now, now
Don't you worry

 

[fox69]

"Mama's Little Girl"

"Mama's Little Girl"


I took the ribbon from my hair,
and I'm lettin' it all hang down
So if your lookin' for the same old me,
gotta tell you that shes left town

Don't try to call the number baby
your gonna get no reply,
Cause suddenly I'm changin,
I'm finally rearrangin'

In this day of liberation,
I'm lookin to find myself
Whats the use of bein patient
you ain't goin no where

got my own two step together
and I want the first slow dance with you

I just saw Venus risin
and I guess I'm realizin

[Chorus:]
I ain't mamas little girl no more
baby your the first to know
I ain't mamas little girl no more
I took a little time to grow

Its gonna be worth the waitin,
the anticipatin',
I m not mamas little baby. no more

Well I've been everyone's best friend,
someone they could tell their troubles to,
I found they never notice me
and the pain that I was goin through

I've seen the lonely side of livin
I never want to go back there again
Sun on me is dyin
Tonight theres no denyin

[Chorus]

(oooo-oooos)

 

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"Meditation"

"Meditation"



In my loneliness
When you're gone and I'm all by myself
And I need your caress
I just think of you
And the thought of you holding me near
Makes my loneliness soon disappear

Though you're far away
I have only to close my eyes
And you are back to stay
I just close my eyes
And the sadness that missing you brings
Soon is gone and this heart of mine sings

Yes I love you so
And that for me is all I need to know
I will wait for you
Till the stars fall from out of the sky
But what else can I do?

I will wait for you
Meditating how sweet it'll be
When you come back to me

Just the memory of your little smile
Makes everything worthwhile
You're so right for me
There could never be anyone new
Could thrill me the way that you do
No, I won't forget
For though you're gone I feel your nearness yet

Oh, I will wait for you
'Til the stars fall from out of the sky
But what else can I do?
I will wait for you
Meditating how sweet love will be
When you come back to me

 

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"Mixed Up Girl"

"Mixed Up Girl"



Ah, ha, ah
Gonna let you go my angel
Though I could make you stay
I could use my blind self-pity
Throw it in your way
But the times have turned between us
And you know I don't believe
That it makes one bit of difference
If you stay or if you leave

Why can't I be lonely
Like that lonely rushing river?
Pushing down a mountain
On it's way to meet the sea

Why can't I need somebody
Like that river needs that ocean?
Why did you have to get so mixed up, baby?
With a mixed up girl
With a mixed up girl like me, yeah

Gonna make it short now, angel
Though I could make it long
I could take through all the changes
And show you where you're wrong

But our dreams don't flow together
And you'll never, never see the light
So it really, really doesn't matter
Who is wrong or who is right?
Oh, why can't I be lonely
Like that lonely rushing river?
It's pushing down the mountain
On its way to meet the sea

Oh, why can't I need somebody
Like that river needs that ocean?
Why did you have to get so mixed up, baby?
With a mixed up girl
With a mixed up girl like me, mmm, ooh, mmm, ooh

 

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"Mockingbird"

"Mockingbird"



Moc, yeah
King, yeah
Bird, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Mockin' bird

Everybody have you heard?
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird
If that mockingbird don't sing
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring

If that diamond ring don't shine
Sure will break this heart of mine
That's why I keep tellin' the same thing
Yeah, yeah, whoa, oh oh, I know

Everybody have you heard?
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird don't sing
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring

If that diamond ring don't shine
Sure will break this heart of mine
That's why I keep tellin' the same thing
Yeah, yeah, whoa, oh oh, I know

Everybody have you heard?
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird don't sing
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring

If that diamond ring don't shine
Sure will break this heart of mine
That's why I keep tellin' the same thing
Yeah, yeah, whoa, oh oh, I know

Everybody have you heard?
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird don't sing
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring

If that diamond ring don't shine
Sure will break this heart of mine
That's why I keep tellin' the same thing
Yeah, yeah, whoa, oh oh, I know

Everybody have you heard?
He's gonna buy me a mockingbird
And if that mockingbird don't sing
He's gonna buy me a diamond ring
If that diamond

 

[fox69]

"Morning"

"Morning"



The morning it is sad
The morning so beautiful
The sunshine it is sad
The sunshine no friend of mine
You awake
It is day
As you go from me away
The morning it is sad
The morning so beautiful

So, alone I will stay
The daylight takes you away
So I wait 'til good night
Begins to end the daylight
The daytime, the daybreak
The dawning

Come away, until day
Come away with me my love
Come away, until day
Come away and sing the night

The morning it is sad
The morning so beautiful
The sunshine it is sad
The sunshine no friend of mine
You awake it is day
As you go from me away
The morning it is sad
The morning so beautiful

 

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"Mr. Dream Merchant"

"Mr. Dream Merchant"



Hey, Mr. Dream Merchant
Everything depends on you
Oh, hey, Mr. Dream Merchant
Bring him back to me
And make my dreams come true

When I said goodbye
To my love
I didn't mean to make him cry
I didn't realise that I had love
Now I need him by my side

Oh, hey, Mr. Dream Merchant
Everything depends on you
Oh, hey, Mr. Dream Merchant
Bring him back to me
And make my dreams come true

You should have told this fool
To stop it
You should have made this blind girl see
I got my pride back in my pocket
Won't you bring him back to me?

Oh, hey, Mr. Dream Merchant
Everything depends on you
Oh, hey, Mr. Dream Merchant
Can't you make him see
We need each other?
I'm no good alone
I really really, really love him
Bring him back to me
And make my dreams come true

Oh, hey, Mr. Dream Merchant
Can't you make him see
We need each other?
I'm no good alone
I really, really love him
Bring him back to me
And make my dreams come true

 

[fox69]

"My Colouring Book"
(originally by Barbra Streisand)

"My Colouring Book"
(originally by Barbra Streisand)



For those who fancy colouring books
And lots of people do
Here's a new one for you
A most unusual colouring book
The kind you'll never see
Crayons ready?
Very well
Begin to colour me

These are the eyes that watched him as he walked away
Colour them grey
This is the heart that thought he would always be true
Colour it blue

These are the arms that held him and touched him
Lost him somehow
Colour them empty now
These are the beads I wore
Until she came between
Colour them green

This is the room that I sleep in and walk in
And weep in and hide in
That nobody, nobody's seen
Oh, colour it lonely, please

This is the man whose love I depended upon
Colour him gone

 

[fox69]

"Natchez Trace"

"Natchez Trace"



Oh, ho
He rode into Virginia
Rollin' thunder, ridin' high
I was servin' table
Waitin' for that ride

My arms around his body
Well, we rode a thousand miles
He taught me how to love
He taught me how to fly, oh, ho, my

Hungry together
Racin' the weather
Into the Natchez Trace
Warmin' and feedin' him
All the way to Cumberland, oh, ho, yes

And I had his child in Memphis
And we watched him ride away
And now you know what a girl like me
Is doin' here today
I'm sorry mister, you can't stay

Hungry together
Racin' the weather
Into the Natchez Trace
Warmin' and feedin' him
All the way to Cumberland, oh, ho, yes

And when the piper gets to play
Somebody's got to pay
And now you know what a girl like me
Is doin' here today
Oh, I'm sorry mister, you can't stay
I'm sorry mister, you can't stay

Hungry together
Racin' the weather
Into the Natchez Trace
Warmin' and feedin' him
All the way to Cumberland, oh

When the piper gets to play
Somebody's got to pay
And now you know what a girl like me
Is doin' here today
Oh, I'm sorry mister, you can't stay
I'm sorry mister, you can't stay, oh, ho, ho, ho
Sorry mister, you can't stay
Sorry mister, you can't stay, no
Sorry mister, you can't stay, oh, ho, ho, ho
Sorry mister, you can't stay
Sorry mister, you can't stay, no
Sorry mister, you can't stay, oh
Sorry mister, sorry mister

 

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"Never Love Again"

"Never Love Again"



Dear Lord above
I swear that I
I will never love again
Unless I'm lovin' him
Oh, no, oh, oh, oh

He came to me
With a twinkle in his eye
And I fell for him
Yes, I fell for him
Took me by surprise
Unaware was I
Well I fell for him
Oh, I fell for him

If I ever needed help
I need it now
Ain't none of my so-called friends
Got the power
To make my tears go 'way
So on my knees I pray
That you bring his love my way

Dear Lord above
I swear that I'll
Never, never love again
Oh, no-ho

I stare down at the eyes
And wipe the tears I cried
When I fell for him
Yes, I fell him
Gettin' next to me
Was all he wanted to see
Well goody-good for him
Goody-good for him

When my heart's in trouble
And my mind's in doubt
You're the only one who could ever work it out
And bring the sun back in my day
So on my knees I pray
That you send his love my way

Dear Lord above
I swear that I
I will never love again
Unless I'm loving him
No I'll never, never, never, never, never, never, never gonna love again
Oh, yes I'm never, never, never , never, never, never, never gonna love again

Dear Lord above
I swear that I'll
Never, never, never, never, love again
Unless I'm lovin' him
Said I'm never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never gonna love again