Dusty Sringfield
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A House Is Not A Home
A chair is still a chair
Even though there's no-one sitting
there
But a chair is not a house
And a house is not a home
When there's
no-one there to hold you tight
And no-one there you can kiss goodnight
A room is still a room
Even though there's nothing there
but gloom
But a room is not a house
And a house is not a home
When the
two of us are far apart
And one of us has a broken heart
Now and then I call your name
And suddenly your voice
appears
But it's just a crazy game
When it ends, it ends in tears
Darling, have a heart
Don't let one mistake keep us apart
I'm not meant to live alone
Turn this house into a home
When I climb the
stairs
And turn the key
Oh, please be there
Still in love with me
I'm not meant to live alone
Turn this house into a home
When I climb the stairs
And turn the key
Oh, please be there
Still in
love with me
Arrested By You
What is this strange elation?
Taking my train of thought to
an unknown destination
And suddenly I don't know where I am
But like a
tremor or a spark
Something's happening in my heart
I've been arrested by you
Take me in, oh, oh, oh
Finally
captured by you, by you and by you
Take me in
I've been arrested by you
Take me in, oh, oh, oh
Finally captured by you, by you and by you
Take me
in
You've broken my concentration
Saving me just in time from
a desperate situation
And suddenly, I don't know who I am
But my dilemma's
where to start
Something's happening in my heart
I've been arrested by you
Take me in, oh, oh, oh
Finally
captured by you, by you and by you
Take me in
I've been arrested by you
Take me in, oh, oh, oh
Finally captured by you, by you and by you
Take me
in
I've been arrested by you
Take me in, oh, oh, oh
Finally
captured by you, by you and by you
Take me in
I've been arrested by you
Take me in, oh
Finally captured by you, oh, oh
Take me in
I've been
captured, captured, captured, captured
Oh, baby
Oh, ho,
Take me baby
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Be Somebody
I can tell by lookin' in your eyes
There is something on
your mind
Restless so long
It's time to let you go
There's a dream out
there
I know you got to find
So, if you take the love that I will give to
you
Then I won't feel like I'm losin' you
I want you to be somebody, be somebody, be somebody
I know
you can be somebody
Be somebody strong
To me, you'll always be somebody,
be somebody, be somebody
You'll never do wrong
Never do wrong
Always be
strong, strong, oh
Be strong, yeah
People change
It happens all the time
Still, it hurts
to say goodbye
So, if my tears are gettin' in your way
I'm imagining how
your wings learn to fly
So, shine your light for all the world to see
Share the love you feel
But save the best for me
I want you to be somebody, be somebody, be somebody
I know
you can be somebody
Be somebody strong
To me, you'll always be somebody
Ooh, you can be somebody
You'll never do wrong
Always be strong
If you need me you can count on me
I know, I know
You
can be somebody, ooh
You can be somebody
I know you can be somebody
Ooh, somebody strong
In my heart you'll always be somebody, oh
You can be
somebody
I know it, I know it, I know it
Oh, you'll never do wrong
You
can fly, you can fly, oh, fly
Bring Him Back
Oh, bring him back
If he's too much for you
And you
don't know just what to do
Just send him right on back to me
'Cause I'm
still the fool I used to be
If it's only just for a day
I'll take him back any old
kinda way
I ain't fooling anymore
Been crying since he walked out the door
Don't know what to do
Don't know where to go
You know I
love him so
You know so won't you
(Bring him back), mmm
(Bring him
back)
You know you gotta bring him back
(Bring him back), ooh, yeah
(Bring him back), mmm
Just bring him back to me
(I want you to bring him back)
(I want you to bring him
back)
(I want you to bring him back)
Oh, bring him back to me
My life is full of misery
Let
me play with the boy
Let me be his little toy
Oh, bring him back to me
My life is full of misery
You
know you gotta bring him back
Ah, ha, you've gotta bring him back
Oh,
bring him back to me
Oh, my life is full of misery
Chained To A Memory
Why am I chained to a memory?
Why does the thought of you
still torture me?
When will I find someone to set me free?
So I won't be
chained to a memory, mmm
Why am I chained to the hurt I knew?
Each day the thought
of something so cruel to do
Where in this world will I escape from you?
So
I won't be chained to a memory
Your letters threw them on the fire
Your pictures out the
window
All that I could find that reminded me of you
I threw them all away
I get up in the morning
I'm pacing the floor
Like I'm
expecting you to walk in the door
I keep forgetting I won't see you anymore
Guess I'm doomed to be chained to a memory
Oh, yes I am
I get up in the morning
I'm pacing the
floor
Like I'm expecting you to walk in the door
I keep forgetting I won't
see you anymore
Guess I'm doomed to be chained to a memory
Yes I am
Daydreaming
You don't commit to me
You won't make a start
You don't
tell me no
You haven't got the heart
You sit in a chair
Or you lie in
bed
With a faraway stare
And a swollen head
Well, listen here my lover
I have had enough
And I can
tell you brother
I could fall in love
With someone who
Looks a lot like
you
But gets up and does
What he's thinking of
I can't wait another day
I can give and I can take
There's a choice you have to make
So many times things pass you by
Imagination running wild
You've got to start choosing right from wrong
Instead of daydreaming all day
long
I want to catch a plane
To an open space
I want to feel
the sun
Shining on my face
But time is short
And waiting is long
And
my patience is exhausted
I'm just not that strong
I want to see the parade
You wanna watch TV
So we don't
do either
It's insanity
You say there's plenty of time
And life is good
So you never make your mind up
Well you never could
I can ask you when or why
And you'll look up to the sky
The parade is marching by
So many times things pass you by
Imagination running wild
You've got to start choosing right from wrong
Instead of daydreaming all day
long
Daydreaming, oh, oh, daydreaming, daydreaming
You gotta wake up, you gotta wake up
(Leave me alone I'm only dreaming)
You gotta wake up, you
gotta wake up
(Leave me alone I'm only dreaming)
You gotta wake up, you
gotta wake up
(I'm only dreaming), oh, oh
I can't wait another day
I can give and I can take
There's a choice you have to make, oh, oh
So many times things pass you by
Imagination running wild
You've got to start choosing right from wrong
Instead of daydreaming all day
long
So many times things pass you by
Imagination running wild
You've gotta choose right from wrong
Instead of daydreaming all night long
(Daydreaming)
So many times
(Daydreaming)
Things pass
you by
(Daydreaming)
You've gotta choose right from wrong
(Daydreaming)
All day long
All day long
I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself
I just don't know what to do with myself
Don't know just
what to do with myself
I'm so used to doing everything with you
Planning
everything for two
And now that we're through
I just don't know what to do with my time
I'm so lonesome
for you it's a crime
Going to the movie only makes me sad
Parties make me
feel as bad
When I'm not with you
I just don't know what to do
Like a summer rose
It needs the sun and rain
Oh, I need
your sweet love
To beat all the pain
I just don't know what to do with myself
I just don't know
what to do with myself
Baby, if your new love ever turns you down
Come
back, I will be around
Just waiting for you
I don't know what else to do
Like a summer rose
It needs the sun and rain
Oh, I need
your sweet love
To beat all the pain
I don't know just what to do with myself
I don't know just
what to do with myself
Baby, if your new love ever turns you down
Come on
back, I will be around
Just waiting for you
I don't know what else to do,
no, no, no
I don't know what else to do
I'm still so crazy for you, no,
no, no, no
I don't know what else to do, no, no, no
I'm still so crazy for
you
I Only Want To Be With You
I don't know what it is that makes me love you so
I only
know I never want to let you go
'Cause you've started something
Oh, can't
you see?
That ever since we met
You've had a hold on me
It happens to
be true
I only want to be with you
It doesn't matter where you go or what you do
I want to
spend each moment of the day with you
Oh, look what has happened with just
one kiss
I never knew that I could be in love like this
It's crazy but
it's true
I only want to be with you
You stopped and smiled at me
And asked if I'd care to dance
I fell into your open arms
And I didn't stand a chance
Now now hear me
tell it
I just want to be beside you everywhere
As long as we're together,
honey, I don't care
'Cause you've started something
Oh, can't you see?
That ever since we met
You've had a hold on me
No matter what you do
I
only want to be with you
Oh, oh, you stopped and you smiled at me
And asked if I'd
care to dance
I fell into your open arms
And I didn't stand a chance
Believe me honey
I just want to be beside you everywhere
As long as we're
together, honey, I don't care
'Cause you've started something
Oh, can't
you see?
That ever since we met
You've had a hold on me
No matter what
you do
I only want to be with you
I said no matter, no matter what you do
I only want to be with you
In Private
Take your time and tell me
Where you lie
I realise
That we've been found out this time
We should stay together
If we can
But what you've
planned
Means there's a difference between
What you're gonna say
In private
You still want my love
We're in this together
And what you're gonna do
In public
Say you were
never in love
That you can remember
So discreet
I never tried to meet
Your friends or
interfere
I took a back seat between
And what you gonna say
In private?
You still want my
love
We're in this together
And what you're gonna do
In public
Say
you were never in love
That you can remember
What you gonna say, ay
When you run back to your wife?
I
guess it's just the story of my life
What you gonna say?
So take your time
And tell me
Where did you learn
Oh, I may publicise
That there's a difference between
What you're gonna say
In private?
You still want my love
We're in this together
And what you're gonna do
In public
Say you were
never in love
That you can remember
Tell me what you gonna say
In
private?, ooh, ooh, ooh
What you gonna say?
What you gonna do?
Baby,
what you gonna say?
Joe
If I have to catch a subway
Or catch a plane on a runway
I've got to find out some way
Where did he go?
Yesterday was bright and sunny
All his jokes were oh-so
funny
Now he's gone and left me
Honey, where did you go?
I've been
searchin' here and there
Lookin' for you everywhere
'Cause your love I
wanna share
Hey, does anybody know
How I can get in touch with Joe?
I will try to wait forever
It could take till the twelfth
of never
How I pray we'd be together
Where did he go?
My heart was pure
How could you bruise it?
Gave him mine
He just used it
My mind was clear
And he confused it
Where did he go?
I've been searchin' here and there
Lookin' for you everywhere
'Cause your
love I wanna share
Hey does anybody know
How I can get in touch with Joe?, ooh
Does anybody know
How I can get in touch with Joe?
I can get in touch with
Joe?, ooh Joey, Joey
Somebody tell me
Where did he go?, Joe
Come back
baby, Joe, oh, oh, Joey, Joey, Joey
Mama Said
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
Son Of A Preacher Man
Billy-Ray was a preacher's son
and when his daddy would
visit he'd come along
when they gathered around and started talkin'
that's
when Billy would take me walkin'
out through the back yard we'd go walkin'
then he'd look into my eyes
lord knows to my surprise
the only one who could ever reach me
was the son of a
preacher man
the only boy who could ever teach me
was the son of a
preacher man
yes he was, he was, ooh, he was
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bein' good isn't always easy
no matter how hard I try
when he started sweet-talkin' to me
he'd come and tell me everythings alright
he'd kiss and tell me everything is alright
can I get away again tonight?
the only one who could ever reach me
was the son of a
preacher man
the only boy who could ever teach me
was the son of a
preacher man
yes he was, he was, ooh,lord no's he was
how well I remember
the look that was in his eyes
stealin' kisses from me on the sly
takin' time to make time
tellin' me
that he's all mine
learnin' from each other's knowin'
lookin' to see how
much we're growin’
an the only one who could ever reach me was
a son of a
preacher man
the only boy who could ever teach me
was the son of a
preacher man
yes he was, he was, oh yes he was
the only one who could
ever reach me
he was a sweet talkin'son of a preacher man
the only boy
who could ever teach me
i guess he was the son of a preacher man
the only
one was a sweet talkin' son of a preacher man
the only one ...
Time After Time
Time after time
I tell myself I'm so lucky
To be loving
you
I'm so lucky to be
The one you run to see
In the evening
When
the day is through
I only know what I know
The passing years will show
You
kept my love so young
So new
And time after time
You'll hear me say
that I'm
So lucky to be loving you
I only know what I know
The passing years will show
You
kept my love so young
So new
And time after time
You'll hear me say
that I'm
So lucky to be loving you
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László Zoltán 2012
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