Johnny Rivers

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"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
(originally by Chuck Berry)

"Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
(originally by Chuck Berry)



Arrested on charges of unemployment
He was sitting in the witness stand
The judge's wife called up the district attorney
Said: You free that brown-eyed man
You want your job, you better free that brown-eyed man

Way back in history, three thousand years back
Every since the world began
There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear
For a brown-eyed handsome man
That's what the trouble was: brown-eyed handsome man

Flying across the desert in a TWA
I saw a woman walking across the sand
She been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay
To get a brown-eyed handsome man
Her destination was a brown-eyed handsome man

Milo Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
She lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To get brown-eyed handsome man
She fought and won herself a brown-eyed handsome man

Beautiful daughter couldn't make up her mind
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
Her mother told her: Daughter, go out and find yourself
A brown eyed handsome man
That's what your daddy is: a brown-eyed handsome man

Way back in history, three thousand years
Back every since the world began
There's been a whole lot of good women shed a tear
For a brown-eyed handsome man
That's what the trouble was: brown-eyed handsome man

Two, three count with nobody on
He hit a high fly into the stand
Rounding third he was headed for home
It was a brown eyed handsome man
That won the game; it was a brown eyed handsome man

 

[fox69]

"Brown-Eyed Girl"
(originally by Van Morrison)

"Brown-Eyed Girl"
(originally by Van Morrison)



Hey where did we go, days when the rains came
Down in a hollow playin' a new game
Laughin' and a runnin', skippin' and a jumpin'
In the misty morning fog our hearts a thumpin' and you
My brown eyed girl
You're my brown eyed girl

Now whatever happened today is so slow
Goin' down the old mine with a transistor radio
Standin' in the sunlight laughin'
Hidin' behind a rainbow's wall
Slippin' and slidin' all along the waterfall with you
My brown eyed girl
You're my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da, la te da

So hard to find my way now that I'm out on my own
I saw you just the other day, my how you have grown
Cast that memory back there, Lord
Sometimes I'm overcome thinking about
Making Love in the green grass behind the stadium with you
My brown eyed girl
You're my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when
Do you remember when
Do you remember when we used to sing

Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da, la te da

You're my brown eyed girl (I know)
You're my brown eyed girl
You're my brown eyed girl

 

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"By The Time I Get To Phoenix"

"By The Time I Get To Phoenix"


By the time I get to Phoenix, she'll be rising
And she'll find that note that I left hanging on the door
And she'll laugh when she reads the part
That says: "I'm leaving"
Cause I've left that girl so many times before
And by the time I get to Albuquerque, she'll be working
And she'll take off time just to give me a call
And she'll hear that phone keep right on ringing and ringing
On the wall, yeah oh, that's all
And by the time I make Oklahoma, she'll be sleeping
She'll turn softly in her sleep and call my name out low
And then she'll cry just to think that I'd really leave her, I left her
But time after time after time I tried to tell her so
But she just didn't know That I would really go
That I would really go

 

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"C.C. Rider/Got My Mojo Working"

"C.C. Rider/Got My Mojo Working"


I said C., C. C. Rider
Oh see, what you have done
(Yea yea yea)

I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see, (C. C. Rider) what you have done
(Yea yea yea)

Oh girl, you made me love you
Now, now, now, you love me, your loving man has gone
(C. C. Rider) Girl what'd I say (C. C. Rider)

Well, I'm going away, baby
And I won't be back 'til fall
(Yea, yea, yea)
And I'm going away baby
And I won't be back 'til fall
(Yea, yea, yea)
If I find me a good girl
I won't, I won't, I won't be back at all
Girl what'd I say, I said C., (C. C. Rider)
C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see (C. C. Rider) what you have done
Yea, yea, yea
I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see, (C. C. Rider) what you have done
(Yea yea yea)
Oh girl, you made me love you
Now, now, now, you love me, your loving man has gone

Play it JB, (C. C. Rider) (C. C. Rider)

(Yea yea yea)

(Yea yea yea)

Whoo, hear what I say
I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
I-Oh see, (C. C. Rider) what you have done (Yea yea yea)
I said C. (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
Oh see, (C. C. Rider) what you have done (Yea yea yea)
Oh girl, you made me love you
Now, now, now, you love me, your loving man has gone
Well what I say
Now I said C., (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
I said C., (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
I said C., (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
I said C., (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
I said C., (C. C. Rider) C. C. Rider (C. C. Rider)
I said C. (C. C. Rider)

Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
I wanna love you so bad till I don't know what to do
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm going down to Louisiana to get me a mojo hand
I'm gonna have all you women right here at my command
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
Got my mojo working, but it just won't work on you
I wanna love you so bad till I don't know what to do
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I got a gypsy woman givin' me advice
I got some red hot tips I got to keep on ice
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working
Got my mojo working

But it - uh uh - just won't work on you

 

[fox69]

"California Dreamin'"
(originally by The Mamas & The Papas)

"California Dreamin'"
(originally by The Mamas & The Papas)



All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey
I've been for a walk on a winter's day
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A.
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.

Stopped into a church I passed along the way
Well I got down on my kneesand I pretend to pray
You know the preacher lights the coals, he knows I'm gonna stay
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.

All the leaves are brown and the sky is grey
I've been for a walk on a winter's day
I'd be safe and warm if I was in L.A.
California dreamin' on such a winter's day
California dreamin' on such a winter's day
California dreamin' on such a winter's day.

 

[fox69]

"Can I Change My Mind?"
(originally by Tyrone Davis)

"Can I Change My Mind?"
(originally by Tyrone Davis)



Aww, she didn't bat an eye ss I packed my bags to leave
I thought she would start to cry or sit around my room and grieve
But y'all, the girl, she fooled me this time
She acted like I was the last thing on her mind

I would like to start all over again
Baby, can I change my mind
I just wanna change my mind
Baby, let me change my mind

As I took those steps toward that open door
Knowing all the time, oh, Lord, I just didn't wanna go
But she didn't give me no sign
Nothing that would make me change my mind

I would like to start all over again
Baby, can I change my mind
Please, please, please, baby
I just wanna change my mind

Oh, I played my games many times before
But peoples, let me tell y'all, oh, I never reached the door
But ooh, the winds howl tonight
I keep lookin' back, but my baby's nowhere in sight

I would like to start all over again
Baby, can I change my mind
Please, please, please, baby
Baby, let me change my mind

 

[fox69]

"Can't Buy Me Love"
(originally by The Beatles)

"Can't Buy Me Love"
(originally by The Beatles)



I'll buy you a diamond ring, my friend, if it makes you feel alright
I'll buy you anything, my friend, if it makes you feel alright
I don't care too much for money
Money can't buy me love.

Can't buy me love, everybody tells me so
Can't buy me love, no no no, no.

I'll give you all I've got to give if you say you love me too
I may not have a lot to give but what I've got I'll give to you
I don't care too much for money
For money can't buy me love.

Can't buy me love, everybody tells me so
Can't buy me love, no no no, no, yeah.

Woman, say you don't need no diamond rings and I'll be satisfied
Well now, tell me that you want the kind of things that money just can't buy
I don't care too much for money
Money can't buy me love.

Can't buy me love, everybody tells me so
Can't buy me love, no no no, no.

 

[fox69]

"Can't Help Myself"

"Can't Help Myself"


Sugar pie honey bunch you know that I love you
I can't help myself I love you and nobody else

Wanna tell in and out my life you come and go
Leaving just your picture behind
and I kissed it a thousand times
When you snap your finger or wink your eye I come a running to you
I'm tied to your apron strings and there's nothing I can do

Sugar pie honey bunch I'm weaker than a man should be
I can't help myself I'm a fool in love you see
Wanna tell you I don't love you tell you that we're through and I've tried
But every time I see your face I get all choked up inside

When I call your name girl it starts the flame burning in my heart
tearin it all apart no matter how I try my love
I cannot hide 'cause

Sugar Pie Honey Bunch you know that I'm weak for you
Can't help myself I love you and nobody else
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch do anything you ask me to
Can't help myself I want you and nobody else
Sugar Pie Honey Bunch you know that I love you
You know that I love you
Can't help myself, no I can't help myself

 

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"Carpet Man"

"Carpet Man"


When you see some puddles on the ground
You lay down so she don't have to walk around

You think that will protect her from the rain
But you'll never ever stop the pain

She walks all over you
She knows she can
You're the carpet man
You're the carpet man

You take such care to keep that girl's feet clean
Like she's some kind of figurine
The world's so far below her it's not her scene
She uses you to stand between

She walks all over you
She knows she can
You're the carpet man
You're the carpet man

I would think you'd get tired of hurting
Every now and then
It's no good down there
And that's for certain and carpets do get then

And that's when they have to be thrown away
That's what she'll say to herself some sunny day

And she'll say come to my wedding
And of course, you do
And then the groom and her
Will have a dance on you

She walks all over you
She knows she can
You're the carpet man
You're the carpet man

Carpet man
Carpet man
Carpet man
Carpet man...

 

[fox69]

"Cast Your Fate To The Wind"

"Cast Your Fate To The Wind"


A month of nights, a year of days
Octobers drifting into Mays
You set your sail when the tide comes in
And you cast your fate to the wind

You shift your course along the breeze
Won't sail up wind on memories
The empty sky is your best friend
And you just cast your fate to the wind

That time has such a way of changing a man throughout the years
And now you're rearranging your life through all your tears
Alone, alone

There never was, there couldn't be
A place in time for men to be
Who'd drink the dark and laugh at day
And let their wildest dreams blow away

So now you're old, you're wise, you're smart
You're just a man with half a heart
You wonder how it might have been
Had you not cast your fate to the wind