Neil Sedaka

[fox69]

"Candy Kisses"

"Candy Kisses"



My old lady she's so sweet and fine
I can't help it wanting her kisses all the time
I run to meet her like kid with a dollar to the corner candy store
It's what I'm living for, but I want more than your candy kisses

She starts moving I say honey please
I ain't foolin' you know it isn't right to tease
I tell her sugar you're a true fine lover, you're sweet as cherry pie
But no matter how I try, I can't get by, on your candy kisses

I don't want our love to stop
If it should stop my heart would break
If the sun should get too hot
It's gonna melt the icing on our cake

Candy kisses knock me off my feet
Fill me up but leave me feeling incomplete
Fancy wrappin' and well made trappins will lead me to your door
But what I'm hungry for, is so much more
Than your candy kisses

 

[fox69]

"Cardboard California"

"Cardboard California"



Nothing is real
In Cardboard California
Just waking up
Brings you down
One lousy deal
Is Cardboard California
You just can't survive
In a make believe town

Lost in a city of little tin gods
Cold plastic people with phony facades
How can you win when you look at the odds?

You're running down a one way street
Nobody cares if you survive
Sometimes you beg or you don't eat
You gotta fight to stay alive
Hey
You're never gonna get away

Where's the world you used to know?
Where did all the good times go?
Look around your hopes and dreams are gone
But like a fool you still keep hanging on

Come and be a movie star
Come and drive a fancy car
Come and see
What you really are

Everybody's going somewhere
But you
You're going nowhere

Look in the mirror
Mirrors don't lie
You're getting older, your time's past you by
You lost your shot
To some younger guy

You're running down a one way street
Nobody cares if you survive
Sometimes you beg or you don't eat
You gotta fight to stay alive
Hey
You're never gonna get away

Nothing is real
In Cardboard California
Just waking up
Brings you down
One lousy deal
Is Cardboard California
You just can't survive
In a make believe town

 

[fox69]

"Circulate"

"Circulate"



If you're feeling low down cause your baby left town
Then let me set you straight
If your chick's flown the coop
Knocked the blues for a loop
Get out and circulate

Go on out and have fun
Put the blues on the run
You'll find that living's great
Just pretend you're a king
Balance the world on it's string
Get out and circulate

There are plenty of fish in the deep blue sea
Shopping around for a mate
Hurry on up
Waste no time
Come on in
The water's fine

It's a star spangled world
When your flags are unfurled
Don't underestimate
This advice that I give
It means wake up and live
Get out and circulate

There are plenty of pebbles on the beach
Go out and gather a few
You can be the cat's meow
Start your rock collection now

It's a star spangled world
When your flags are unfurled
Don't underestimate
This advice that I give
It means wake up and live
Get out and, ah, circulate

It's a world full of chicks
So get out and mix
I said that life's worth living so, ah, get your kicks
Get out and circulate

 

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"City Boy"

"City Boy"



Country livin' really gets me down
So I'm headin' for the lights of town
Gonna kiss the country life goodbye
I got myself a brand new high

Funky music where the lights are bright
Tell the ladies I'll be there tonight
It's a paradise of push and shove
I gotta get back to the streets I love

I tried to fake it I couldn't make it
Down in my soul I'm a city boy, city boy
I tried to hide it, it's been decided
Don't you just know I'm a city boy, boy
Oh I gotta satisfy it
Take me up town and let me boogie all night long
Oh I hate the peace and quiet
I gotta yell, I gotta shout, I gotta dance till I burn myself out

I gotta be me, I gotta be free
Welcome me home I'm a city boy, city boy
And now I know it, well don't I show it
Mama take a look at your city boy, city boy

Bring it on home, bring it on home to me
Bring it on home, bring it on home to me

It's the only place I've ever been
Where they never pull the sidewalks in
Life's a party and you can't go wrong
Cos Saturday night lasts a whole week long

I tried to fake it I couldn't make it
Down in my soul I'm a city boy, city boy
I tried to hide it, it's been decided
Don't you just know I'm a city boy, boy
Oh I gotta satisfy it
Take me up town and let me boogie all night long
Oh I hate the peace and quiet
I gotta yell, I gotta shout, I gotta dance till I burn myself out

I gotta be me, I gotta be free
Welcome me home I'm a city boy, city boy
And now I know it, well don't I show it
Mama take a look at your city boy, city boy

 

[fox69]

"Crossroads"

"Crossroads"


Change, I guess you're bound to have your way with me.
Time, no time to think about what used to be.
Just the never ending motion of a clock upon the wall,
A deep uneasy feeling of the axe about to fall.
Say my God I'm gettin' older,
Waitin' at the crossroads of my life.

Say, does anybody know the way to go?
God, help me to know what is and is not so.
I feel so lonely sometimes, can't help but be afraid,
Doubt and indecision get in all the plans I made.
Will it be this way for ever,
Waitin' at the crossroads of my life.

Duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh, the crossroads.
Duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh, the crossroads.
Duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh, the crossroads.
Duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh, the crossroads.

Well, no tellin' where it is I go from here.
I'm so very tired and my thoughts aren't clear.
My dear God if you're in heaven, won't you write and let me know,
I've come so very far, is it very far to go?
Have pity on this traveller
Waitin' at the crossroads of my life.

Oh,
Duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh, the crossroads.
Duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh, the crossroads.
Duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh, the crossroads.
Duh duh duh duh duh duh, duh duh duh, the crossroads...

 

[fox69]

"Dinosaur Pet"

"Dinosaur Pet"



I love, I love, I love my dinosaur pet
Yeah, sweet dinosaur pet
I love, I love, I love my dinosaur pet
Each and every day of the year

January, he's breaking out of his shell
February, he's body's starting to swell
March, at least eight times a day he's got to be fed
April, when he sleeps with me he crushes the bed

Yeah, yeah, how big can he get
I love, I love, I love my little dinosaur pet
Every day, every day, every day, every day of the year
Every day of the year

May, maybe if the roof was twice as tall
June, he wouldn't bump it when he's roaming the hall
July, like the fireworks he touches the sky
August, the cost of groceries is bleeding us dry

Yeah, yeah, how big can he get
I love, I love, I love my little dinosaur pet
Every day, every day, every day, every day of the year
Every day of the year

Yeah, yeah, how big can he get
I love, I love, I love my little dinosaur pet
Every day, every day, every day, every day of the year
Every day of the year

September, just the tail alone is thirty feet long
October, when we trick or treat he goes as King Kong
November, fifty turkeys weren't nearly enough
December, come the new year days are gonna get rough

Yeah, yeah, how big can he get
I love, I love, I love my little dinosaur pet
Every day, every day, every day, every day of the year
Every day of the year

I love, I love, I love my little dinosaur pet
Yeah, sweet dinosaur pet
I love, I love, I love my little dinosaur pet
Yeah, sweet dinosaur pet

I love, I love, I love my little dinosaur pet
Yeah, sweet dinosaur pet
I love, I love, I love my little dinosaur pet

 

[fox69]

"Don't Lead Me On"

"Don't Lead Me On"



Oh please don't, don't lead me on,
Don't love me tonight if tomorrow you'll be gone.
If you don't mean the things that you say,
You only have to tell me and I'll be on my way.

Oh don't, don't make me cry,
Don't say that you care if your love is just a lie.
Don't build my hopes up to the sky.
Please don't, don't lead me on.

If, if you're gonna hurt me,
Then please, please don't make me wait.
Should we part, I'll get along somehow,
So if you're gonna break my heart
Then come on, break it now.

But don't, don't lead me on,
Don't love me tonight if tomorrow you'll be gone.
If you don't mean the things that you say,
Please don't, don't lead me on.

If you don't mean the things that you say,
Oh don't, don't lead me on.

 

[fox69]

"Don't Let It Mess Your Mind"

"Don't Let It Mess Your Mind"



Once upon a lonely time, though not so long ago,
You used to be a super-star, you used to steal the show.
But now you must be satisfied with singin' on the street
And watch the world go passin' by, that once was at your feet.

Baby don't let it mess your mind, no,
Sadness ain't a feelin' that becomes you.
Baby don't let it mess your mind, no,
Remember life will always love you.

In and out of circles all the time we seem to waste,
To make our plans and find that all our plans have been erased.
We've had a little money and we made a little time,
And soon we'll grow forgetful of all we've left behind.

Baby don't let it mess your mind, no,
Sadness ain't a feelin' that becomes you.
Baby don't let it mess your mind, no no no no,
Remember life will always love you.

Baby don't let it mess your mind, no,
Sadness ain't a feelin' that becomes you.
Baby don't let it mess your mind, oh no no no no no no,
Remember life will always love you.

 

[fox69]

"Endlessly"

"Endlessly"



Higher than the highest mountain
And deeper than the deepest sea
That's how I will love you, oh, darling, endlessly

Softer than the gentle breezes
And stronger than the wild oak tree
That's how I will hold you, oh, darling, endlessly

Oh, my love, you are my heaven
You are my kingdom, you are my crown
Oh, my love, you're all that I prayed for
You were made for these arms to surround

Faithful as a morning sunrise
And sacred as a love can be
That's how I will love you, oh darling, endlessly

Darling, endlessly
Darling, endlessly

 

[fox69]

"Everything Happens To Me"

"Everything Happens To Me"



I make a date for gown,
You can bet your life it rains.
Tried to give a party
But the guy upstairs complains.
Guess I'll go through life
Catching colds and missing trains.
Everything happens to me.

I never miss a thing
I've had the measles and the mumps.
And every time I play an ace
My partner always trumps.
Guess I'm just a fool
Who never looks before he jumps.
Everything happens to me.

At first I thought that you would end this jinx for me.
And love would turn the trick to end despair.
Now I just can't fool this head that thinks for me.
I've mortgaged all my castles in the air.
Well I've telegraphed and phoned.
Sent an air mail special too.
Your answer was goodbye.
There was even postage due.
Fell in love just once,
And it had to be with you.
Everything happens to me.