Ray Charles

[fox69]

"Greenbacks"

"Greenbacks"


As I was walking down the street last night
A pretty little girl came into sight
I bowed and smiled and asked her name
She said, "Hold it bud, I don't play that game"
I reached in my pocket, and to her big surprise
There was Lincoln staring her dead in the eyes.
On a greenback, greenback dollar bill
Just a little piece of paper, coated with chlorophyll
She looked at me with that familiar desire
Her eyes lit up like they were on fire
She said, "My name's Flo, and you're on the right track,
But look here, daddy, I wear furs on my back,
So if you want to have fun in this man's land,
Let Lincoln and Jackson start shaking hands."
On a greenback, greenback dollar bill
Just a little piece of paper, coated with chlorophyll
I didn't know what I was getting into
But I popped Lincoln and Jackson, too
I didn't mind seeing them fade out of sight,
I just knew I'd have some fun last night
Whenever you in town and looking for a thrill
If Lincoln can't get it, Jackson sure will
On a greenback, greenback dollar bill
Just a little piece of paper, coated with chlorophyll

We went to a nightspot where the lights were low
Dined and danced, and I was ready to go
I got out of my seat, and when Flo arose,
She said, "Hold on daddy, while I powder my nose"
I sat back down with a smiling face,
While she went down to the powder place
With my greenback, greenback dollar bill
Just a little piece of paper, coated with chlorophyll
The music stopped and the lights came on,
I looked around and saw I was all alone
I didn't know how long Flo had been gone
But a nose powder sure didn't take that long
I left the place with tears in my eyes
As I waved Lincoln and Jackson a last goodbye
On a greenback, greenback dollar bill
Just a little piece of paper, coated with chlorophyll

 

[fox69]

"Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry"

"Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry"


The torch I carry is handsome, it's worth its heartache in ransom
Now when that twilight steals, I know how the lady in the harbor feels
When I want rain, I get sunny weather, I'm just as blue, blue as the sky
Since love has gone, I can't get myself together, guess I'll hang my tears out to dry
My friend ask me out, but I tell them I'm busy, I've got to get a new alibi
I hang around at home, and ask myself: "Where is she?"
Guess I'll hang my tears out to dry
Dry little tear drops, my little tear drops, moving on a stream of dreams
My little memories, those precious memories, remind me of our crazy schemes
Then somebody says, just forget about her, but I gave that treatment a try
Strangely enough, I got along without her
Then one day she passed me right by - oh well
I guess I'll hang my tears out to dry

 

[fox69]

"Hallelujah, I Love Her So"

"Hallelujah, I Love Her So"


[Words in parentheses ( ) are alternate words, depending on which gender is singing the song.]

Let me tell you 'bout a boy (girl) I know.
He(She) is my baby and he (she) lives next door.
Ev'ry morning 'fore the sun come up,
He (she) brings my coffee in my fav'rite cup.
That's why I know, yes, I know,
Hallelujah, I just love him (her) so.
When I'm in trouble and I have no friends,
I know hel'll (she'll) go with me until the end.
Ev'rybody asks me how I know.
I smile at them and say he (she) told me so.
That's why I know, yes, I know,
Hallelujah, I just love him (her) so.
Now if I call him (her) on the telephone,
And tell him (her) that I'm all alone,

By the time I count from one to four,I hear him (her) on my door.
In the evening when the sun does down,
When there is nobody else around,
He (she) kisses me and he (she) holds me tight.
He (And) tells me "Baby, (Daddy) ev'ry thing's all right."
That's why I know, yes, I know,
Hallelujah, I just love him (her) so.
[Repeat]

 

[fox69]

"Hallelujah, I'm A Bum"

"Hallelujah, I'm A Bum"


Cast!
Rockefeller's busy giving dough away;
Chevrolet is busy making cars;
Hobo, you keep busy when they throw away
Slightly used cigars.
Hobo, you've no time to shirk.
You're busy keeping far away from work.

The weather' s getting fine.
The coffee tastes like wine.
You happy hobo, sing,
"Hallelujah, I'm a bum again!"
Why work away for wealth
When you can travel for your health?
It' s spring, you hobo, sing,
"Hallelujah, I'm a bum again!"
Your home is always near;
The moon's your chandelier;
Your ceiling is the sky,
Way up high.

The road is your estate,
The earth your little dinner plate;
It's spring, you hobo, sing,
"Hallelujah, I'm a bum again!"

 

[fox69]

"Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)"

"Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)"


My mother told me before she passed away,
Said, "Son, when I'm gone, don't forget to pray
'Cause there'll be hard times, Lord those hard times -
Who knows better than I?"

Well I soon found out just what she meant
When I had to pawn my clothes just to pay the rent;
Talkin' 'about hard times, hard times
Who knows better than I?

I had a woman, Lord, who was always around,
But when I lost my money, she put me down.
Talkin' 'bout hard times, you know those hard times,
Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?

Lord, one of these days, there'll be no sorrow
When I pass away,
And no more hard times,
Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I?
Yeah, Lord, who knows better than I?

 

[fox69]

"Hardhearted Hannah"

"Hardhearted Hannah"


They call her Hardhearted Hannah,
The vamp of Savannah,
The meanest gal in town
Leather is tough,
But Hannah's heart is tougher
She's a gal who likes to see men suffer
To tease 'em and thrill 'em,
To torture and kill 'em
Is her delight they say.
I saw her at the seashore with a great big pan
There was Hannah pouring water on a drowning man
That's Hardhearted Hannah, the vamp of Savannah G-A

They call her Hardhearted Hannah,
The vamp of Savannah
The meanest gal in town
Talk about your cold refrigerating mammas
Brother she's a polar bears pajamas
To tease 'em and thrill 'em,
To torture and kill 'em
Is her delight they say.
An evening spent with Hannah sitting on your knees
Is like being in Alaska in your B.V.D.'s
That's Hard Hearted Hannah, the vamp of Savannah G-A

 

[fox69]

"Have You Met Miss Jones?"

"Have You Met Miss Jones?"


It happened
I felt it happened
I was awake
I wasn't blind
I didn't think
I felt it happened
Now I belive in matter over mind.
And now you see we mustn't wait
The nearest moment that we marry is too late!
Have you met Miss Jones
Someone said as we shook hands
She was just Miss Jones to me
Then i said Miss Jones
You're a girl who understand
I'm a boy who must be free.
And all at once I lost my breath
And all at once was scared to death
And all at once I hold the eatrh and sky!
Now I met Miss Jones
And we'll keep on meeting till we die
Miss Jones and I

 

[fox69]

"He And She"

"He And She"


[Wynn]
I was I,
You were you,
And now we're only we.
We are one
Who were two,
Or we had better be.

[Jimmy]
"I now pronounce you man and wife"
Are magic words like "Open Sesame.''

[Wynn]
But though they made you mine for life,
They also made you think much less o' me.

[Jimmy]
It only shows how little you know of it.

[Wynn]
I know a pair who made quite a go of it.

[Wynn]
He was a man who was very fond of, women.
She was a girl who was very fond of men.
She had a taste for both corpulent and slim men.
He wouldn't look at a lady under ten.
She went abroad just to find a man to marry.
He went abroad just to find himself a wife.
She didn't want any Tom or Dick or Harry.
He sought a mate who'd be true to him for life.
She fell in love with the angle of his eyebrow.
He fell in love with the dimple on her knee.
And when they wed,
He went around with other women
And she went with other men.
And that is he and she!

[Jimmy]
He always said, "I would like to have a daughter."
She always said, "I would like to have a son."
She took to kids like a duckling takes to water.
He always thought having babies would be fun.
He told her this on the very day he met her.
She said, "The wish is the father to the sport."
He bought a house, in the nursery he set her.
She helped the stork make his annual report.
He won renown as the father of a squadron.
She won awards for her prolificacy.
And just because,
And just because they loved their children
They got married after all.
And that is he and she!

[Jimmy]
She was so pure as the snow before it's driven.

[Wynn]
He never smoked and he never touched a drop.

[Jimmy]
When she said "Boo" she would ask to be forgiven.

[Wynn]
When he would swim he would always wear the top,

[Jimmy]
She wore no rouge though she had a bad complexion.

[Wynn]
He always prayed ev'ry time he went to bed.

[Jimmy]
She was so kind that she hated vivisection,

[Wynn]
He loved his ma and he swore he' d never wed,

[Jimmy]
She was so chaste that it made her very nervous,

[Wynn]
He loved to go to the vicarage for tea.

[Both]
And when they died,
And when they died and went to Heaven
All the angels moved to Hell.
And that is he and she!

 

[fox69]

"He Was Too Good To Me"

"He Was Too Good To Me"


There goes my young intended,
The thing is ended,
Regrets are vain.
I'll never find
Another half so sweet
And we'll never meet again.
I got impatient,
Told him good-bye
Sad-eyed,
Out in the rain.

He was too good to me,
How can I get along now?
So close he stood to me
Everything seems all wrong now.
He who had brought me the sun
Making me smile,
That was his fun.
When I was mean to him
He'd never say go 'way now,
I was a queen to him,
Whose gonna make me gay now?
It's only natural that I'm blue,
He was too good to be true.

 

[fox69]

"Heartbreaker"

"Heartbreaker"


Heartbreaker, Girl you sure is gone
Heartbreaker, Girl you sure is gone
Heartbreaker, how you carry on.

You a bobby soxer mean mistreated too
You a bobby soxer mean mistreated too
You just a little school girl,
But you sure know what to do.

Pretty baby, in your new red dress
Pretty baby, in your new red dress
When I'm not around ya,
I can't hardly get my rest.

Heart-Teaser,
You runnin all around
Heart-Teaser, Girl,
You runnin all around
And if you don't stop baby,
You'll be sleeping in the ground

How can I help it,
If I'm in love with you.
I've been your fool baby,
Tell me what more can I do.

Heartbreaker, you think you're smart
Heartbreaker, you think you're smart
Well, Heartbreaker, I want to tell ya'
You broke my heart

You know, you broke my heart
You said we would never part

You told me, we would never part

You know you broke my heart