Johnny Mathis

[fox69]

"Babalu"

"Babalu"



Babalu
Babalu
Babalu, aye
Babalu, aye
Babalu

Jungle drums were badly beating
In the glare of eerie lights
While the natives kept repeating
Ancient jungle rites

All at once
The dusky warriors began to
Raise their arms to skies above
A native stepped forward to chant
To his voodoo goddess of love
Ah

Great Babalu
I'm so lost and forsaken
Ah, great Babalu

 

[fox69]

"Baby, Baby, Baby"

"Baby, Baby, Baby"



Baby, baby, baby
Love me, love me, do
Love me, love me true
The way that I love you

Baby, baby, baby
You're my kind of guy
And I'd want to die
If you should say we're through

You smile and I'm happy
You frown and I'm blue
For me there's no sunshine
Unless the sun shines for you

Baby, baby, baby
Take me, take me, please
Put my heart at ease
Love me as I love you

 

[fox69]

"Bachianas Brasileiras, Pt. 1-3"

"Bachianas Brasileiras, Pt. 1-3"



Evening, a rosy, slow and transparent cloud
Over the space dreamy and beautiful
The Moon sweetly appears in the horizon,
Decorating the afternoon like a nice damsel
Who rushes and dreamy adorns herself
With an anxious soul to become beautiful
Shout all Nature to the Sky and to the Earth!
All birds become silent to the Moon's complains
And the Sea reflects its great splendor.
Softly, the shining Moon just awakes
The cruel missing that laughs and cries.
Evening, a rosy, slow and transparent cloud
Over the space dreamy and beautiful...

 

[fox69]

"Because You Loved Me"

"Because You Loved Me"



For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up, never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through, through it all

You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am, because you loved me

You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because I was, loved by you

You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place, because of you

 

[fox69]

"Begin The Beguine"

"Begin The Beguine"



When they begin the beguine
It brings back the sound of music so tender
It brings back a night of tropical splendor
It brings back a memory evergreen

I'm with you once more under the stars
And down by the shore, an orchestra's playing
And even the palms seem to be swaying
When they begin the beguine

To live it again is past all endeavor
Except when that tune clutches my heart
And there we are swearing to love forever
And promising never, never to part

A moments divine what rapture serene
To clouds came along to disperse the joys we had tasted
And now when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted
I know but too well what they mean

So don't let them begin the beguine
Let the love that was once a fire
Remain an ember
Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember
When they begin the beguine

Oh yes let them begin the beguine
Make them play
'Til the stars that were there before
Return above you
Till you whisper to me
Once more darling I love you
And we suddenly know what heaven we're in
When they begin
The beguine

 

[fox69]

"Betcha By Golly, Wow"

"Betcha By Golly, Wow"



There's a spark of magic in your eyes
Candyland appears each time you smile
Never thought that fairy tales came true
But they come true when I'm near you
You're a genie in disguise
Full of wonder and surprise and...

Betcha by golly wow!
You're the one that I've been waiting for forever
And ever will my love for you keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

If I could, I'd catch a falling star
To shine on you so I know where you are
Paint a rainbow in your favorite shade
To show I love you, thinking of you

Write your name across the sky
Anything you ask, I'll try

Betcha by golly wow!
You're the one that I've been waiting for forever
And ever will my love for you keep growing strong
Keep growing strong

 

[fox69]

"Beyond The Blue Horizon"

"Beyond The Blue Horizon"



Blue horizon
Waits a beautiful day
Goodbye to things that bore me
Joy is waiting for me

I see a new horizon
My life has only begun
Beyond the blue da-dum, dee-dum

Beyond the blue horizon
Waits a beautiful day
Goodbye to things that bore me
Joy is waiting for me

I see a new horizon
My life has only begun
Beyond the blue horizon
Lies a rising sun

Beyond the blue horizon
Waits the beautiful day
Goodbye to things that bore me
Joy is waiting for me

I see a new horizon
My life has only begun
Beyond the blue horizon
Lies a rising sun

Beyond the blue horizon
Lies a rising sun

Beyond the blue horizon
Waits a beautiful day
Da-da, bum, da, bum
Joy is waiting for me

I see a new horizon

 

[fox69]

"Beyond The Sea"

"Beyond The Sea"



Somewhere beyond the sea
somewhere waiting for me
my lover stands on golden sands
and watches the ships that go sailin'

Somewhere beyond the sea
she's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
then straight to her arms
I'd go sailin'

It's far beyond the stars
it's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
my heart will lead me there soon

We'll meet beyond the shore
we'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll feel beyond the sea
and never again I'll go sailin'

I know beyond a doubt
my heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet (I know we'll meet) beyond the shore
We'll kiss just like before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
and never again I'll go sailin'

no more sailin'
so long sailin'
bye bye sailin'...
move on out captain

 

[fox69]

"Blue Gardenia"

"Blue Gardenia"



A flower
reminds me
A place you use to walk too
now did given finds me
with only
a flower to talk too

Blue gardenia
now I'm alone with you
and I am oh so blue
she has tossed us aside,
and like you...

Gardenia
once I was near her heart
after the teardrops start
where are teardrops to hide

I lived for an hour
what more can I tell
love bloomed like a flower
then the petals fell

Blue gardenia
thrown to a passing breeze
but rest in my book
of memories

I lived for an hour
What more can I tell
Love bloomed like a flower
Then the petals fell

Blue gardenia
thrown to a passing breeze
but rest in my book
of memories

 

[fox69]

"Break Up To Make Up"

"Break Up To Make Up"



Tell me what's wrong with you now , tell me why I
Never seem to make you happy though heaven knows I try
What does it take to please you? Tell me just how
I can satisfy you woman, you're drivin' me wild

Break up to make up, that's all we do
First you love me then you hate me, that's a game for fools.
Break up to make up that's all we do,
First you love me then you hate me, that's a game for fools.

When I come home from workin', you're on the phone
Talkin' about how bad I treat you, now tell me I'm wrong
You say it's me who argues, I'll say it's you
We have got to get together or baby, we're through.

Break up to make up, that's all we do
First you love me then you hate me, that's a game for fools.
Break up to make up, that's all we do
Yeah, first you love me then you hate me, that's a game for fools.

Break up to make up, that's all we do
Yeah, first you love me then you hate me, that's a game for fools.

Break up to make up, that's all we do,
First you love me then you hate me, that's a game for fools.