COWARDLY SONGS
(THE COMMENTS OF MANMAKING AUTHOR FRANK PARLATO ARE IN RED, CAPITALIZED AND IN BOLD INTERPOSED AMONGST THE LYRICS OF VARIOUS SONGS)
Somebody else is taking my place (1942)
Words and music by Dick Howard, Bob Ellsworth and
Russ Morgan
Somebody else is taking my place
Somebody else now shares your embrace
While I am trying
To keep from crying
BOO HOO
You go around with a smile on your face
SMILING AT YOU LITTLE FOOL
Little you care for vows that you made
Little you care how much I have paid
HOW MUCH HAVE YOU PAID?
My heart is aching
My heart is breaking
HOW SAD
For somebody's taking my place
You'll never know (1943)
Words & Music by Mack Gordon & Harry Warren
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1943
You'll never know just how much I miss you,
AND SHE DOESN'T CARE
You'lll never know just how much I care.
And if I tried, I still couldn't hide my love for
you.
DON'T BOTHER SHE ISN'T LOOKING FOR YOU
You ought to know, for haven't I told you so
A million or more times.
IT'S THE NATURE OF COWARDICE TO EXAGGERATE
You went away and my heart went with you;
CREATING A LARGE CAVITY IN YOUR CHEST
I speak your name with my ev' - ry prayer.
SHE’S TAKEN THE PLACE OF GOD
If there is some other way to prove that I love you,
I swear I don't know how;
You'll never know if you don't know now.
NO I GUESS SHE’LL NEVER KNOW, YOU COWARD
Sunday, Monday or Always - Bing Crosby (1943)
Words & Music by Johnny Burke & Jimmy Van Heusen
Recorded by Bing Crosby, 1943, in the movie "Dixie"
Won't you tell me when
We will meet again,
Sunday, Monday or always?
If you're satisfied,
I'll be at your side,
Sunday, Monday or always.
SHE DECIDES AND HE FOLLOWS
Bridge:
No need to tell me now what
Makes the world go round,
When at the sight of you,
My heart begins to pound and pound.
NERVOUS CONDITION
And what am I to do?
Can't I be with you
Sunday, Monday or always?
All I Have to Do Is Dream-- Everly Brothers (1958)
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
When I want you in my arms
When I want you and all your charms
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
When I feel blue in the night
And I need you to hold me tight
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam
I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I'm dreamin' my life away
TRUTH NEVER DREAMS
I need you so that I could die
THAT’S A LIE
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam
I can make you mine, taste your lips of wine
Anytime night or day
Only trouble is, gee whiz
I'm dreamin' my life away
SO WAKE UP ALREADY
I need you so that I could die
PINE PINE WHINE WHINE
I love you so and that is why
Whenever I want you, all I have to do is
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
Drea-ea-ea-ea-eam, dream, dream, dream
Don't-- Elvis Presley (1958)
(words & music by otis blackwell - elvis presley)
You know i can be found,
Sitting home all alone,
THAT WON’T IMPRESS A LADY MUCH – YOUR ADMISSION OF WEAKNESS AND UNPOPULARITY
If you can't come around,
At least please telephone.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Baby, if i made you mad
For something i might have said,
HE DOESN’T EVEN KNOW WHY HE’S APOLOGIZING. NO PERSONAL DIGNITY
Please, let's forget the past,
The future looks bright ahead,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you i'm thinking of.
Don't stop thinking of me,
Don't make me feel this way,
Come on over here and love me,
You know what i want you to say.
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
Why should we be apart?
I really love you baby, cross my heart.
IDIOTIC. A MAN WHOSE WORDS DO NOT CARRY GENUINE POWER HAVE TO ADD FORCE TO THEIR WEAK WORDS WITH “I SWEAR” OR LIKE CHILDREN CROSS MY HEART AND HOPE TO DIE….
Let's walk up to the preacher
And let us say i do,
Then you'll know you'll have me,
And i'll know that i'll have you,
Don't be cruel to a heart that's true.
I don't want no other love,
Baby it's just you i'm thinking of.
WHAT KIND OF A COWARD WOULD ASK A WOMAN NOT TO BE CRUEL. IF SHE’S CRUEL OR EVEN POTENTIALLY SO WHO WOULD WANT HER.., OR TO SAY IT ANOTHER WAY… IF SHE DOESN’T WANT YOU, FIND SOMEONE WHO DOES. SHE’LL RESPECT YOU MORE AND YOU’LL MORE IMPORTANTLY RESPECT YOURSELF.
Lonely Boy-- Paul Anka (1958)
I'm just a lonely boy
lonely and blue
AND COWARDLY
I'm all alone
With nothin' to do
WEAK MINDED
I've got everything
You could think of
HARDLY
But all I want
Is someone to love
Someone, yes someone to love
Someone to kiss
Someone to hold
At a moment like this
I'd like to hear
Somebody say
I'll give you my love
Each night and day
THIS IS THE LONESOME LOSER’S LAMENT
Somebody, somebody, somebody, please
WHO?
Send her to me
I'll make her happy
Just wait and see
I've prayed so hard
To the heavens above
That I might find
Someone to love
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes—Platters (1958)
ALMOST NEUTRAL.
Written by Jerome Kern (music) and Otto Harbach
They, asked me how I knew,
My true love was true,
I of course replied, something here inside,
Can not be denied.
They, said some day you'll find,
All who love are blind,
When you heart's on fire, you must realize,
Smoke gets in your eyes.
So I chaffed them, and I gaily laughed,
To think they would doubt our love,
And yet today, my love has gone away,
I am without my love.
Now laughing friends deride,
Tears I cannot hide,
IT ALWAYS SICKENS ME WHEN A MAN CRIES FOR HIMSELF AND DOUBLY SO WHEN HE CRIES OVER A MERE FICKLE WOMAN AND LOVE LOST. DOUBTLESS SHE SAW YOU WERE NO MAN YOU CRYBABY AND WAS GLAD TO BE GONE…
So I smile and say, when a lovely flame dies,
Smoke gets in your eyes,
Smoke gets in your eyes.
WELL HE ALMOST REDEEMS HIMSELF WITH THE LAST LINES… KEEP SMILING JUNIOR AND ONE DAY YOU TOO WILL BE A MAN…
Dizzy-- Tommy Roe (1969)
He's love - sick
I'm so dizzy, my head is spinnin'
YOU BETTER SIT DOWN.
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
THEN ITS FATAL
And it's you, girl, makin' it spin
You're makin' me dizzy
POOR GUY
First time that I saw you, girl
I knew that I just had to make you mine
But it's so hard to talk to you
With fellas hangin' round you all the time
I want you for my sweet pet
LIKE A TURTLE OR LIKE A CAT?
But you keep playin' hard to get
I'm goin' around in circles all the time
Dizzy
I'm so dizzy, my head is spinnin'
Like a whirlpool, it never ends
And it's you, girl, makin' it spin
You're makin' me dizzy
I finally got to talk to you
And I told you just exactly how I felt
Then I held you close to me
And kissed you and my heart began to melt
Girl, you've got control of me
WEAKLING
'Cause I'm so dizzy I can't see
I need to call a doctor for some help
COWARD DOG
Layla - Derek and the Dominos (1970)
ONE OF THE GREAT COWARD SONGS OF THE TIME PERIOD
by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon
What'll you do when you get lonely
And nobody's waiting by your side?
ACT LIKE A MAN?
You've been running and hiding much too long.
You know it's just your foolish pride.
Layla, you've got me on my knees.
THE BRAVE MAN NEVER GOES ON HIS KNEES FOR A WOMAN
Layla, I'm begging, darling please.
THE BRAVE MAN NEVER BEGS
Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.
CONSEQUENTLY HE NEVER HAS A WORRIED MIND
I tried to give you consolation
When your old man had let you down.
Like a fool, I fell in love with you,
A REAL MAN NEVER CALLS HIMSELF A FOOL.
Turned my whole world upside down.
AND NO WOMAN CAN TURN HIS WORLD UPISDE DOWN. TRUTH WOULDNT PERMIT IT. HE HAS SELF CONFIDENCE
Chorus
Let's make the best of the situation
Before I finally go insane.
A MAN WHO WOULD GO INSANE OVER A WOMAN IS FEEBLE MINDED AT BEST.
Please don't say we'll never find a way
And tell me all my love's in vain.
Paranoid - Black Sabbath (1970)
WEAK PSYCHO BABBLE
by Black Sabbath/Ozzy Osborn
Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
people think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time
All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify
DRUGS DO PREVENT CONTENTMENT.
Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah
I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind
A TRUE GURU MIGHT BE HELPFUL.
Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I cannot feel and love to me is so unreal
And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life I wish I could but it's too late
SOUNDS LIKE A COWARD LOSER FILLED WITH SELF-INDULGENT, SELF PITY. GROW UP, BE STRONG AND YOU WILL SUCCEED.
I think I love you - Partridge Family (1970)
COWRARDLY PSYCHOPATHIC WITH PROPENSITY TO NONSENSE RHYHMES
by David Cassidy
I'm sleeping
And right in the middle of a good dream
When all at once I wake up
From something that keeps knockin' at my brain.
Before I go insane
WEAK, FEEBLE MINDED
I hold my pillow to my head
And spring up in my bed
Screaming out the words I dread:
COWARD
"I think I love you!"
This morning
I woke up with this feeling
I didn't know how to deal with
And so I just decided to myself
I'd hide it to myself and never talk about it
PSYHCIATRIC REMEDIES MIGHT BE EMPLOYED
And didn't I go and shout it
When you walked into the room.
"I think I love you!"
I think I love you.
So what am I so afraid of?
COWARDICE
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of
A love there is no cure for.
THERE IS A CURE- IT’S CALLED MANLINESS
I think I love you.
Isn't that what life is made of?
Though it worries me to say
TRUE LOVE WON’T WORRY ANYONE
That I've never felt this way.
I don't know what I'm up against.
I don't know what it's all about.
VERY CONFUSED INDIVIDUAL
I got so much to think about.
BRAIN FEVER
Hey, I think I love you.
So what am I so afraid of?
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of
A love there is no cure for.
I think I love you.
Isn't that what life is made of?
Though it worries me to say
That I've never felt this way.
Believe me,
You really don't have to worry.
I only want to make you happy
And if you say,
"Hey, go away," I will
But I think better still,
I'd better stay around and love you.
Do you think I have a case?
Let me ask you to your face:
RAN OUT OF RYHMES
Do you think you love me?
I think I love you.
I think I love you.
I think I love you.
Maggie May-- Rod Stewart (1971)
Wake up Maggie I think I've got something to say to
you
It's late September and I really should be back at
school
I know I keep you amused, but I feel I'm being used
Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more
POOR BABY
You lured me away from home just to save you from
being alone
OH HOW SAD
You stole my heart, and that's what really hurts
MAYBE HE NEEDS A TRANSPLANT. HE HAS NO COURAGE. PROBABLY FROM DESEMINATION HE HAS LOST ALL HIS MANLINESS. MEN WOULD LAUGH AT HIS COWARDICE IN MOST SOCIETIES.
The morning sun when it's in your face really shows
your age
But that don't worry me none, in my eyes you're
everything
OLD HAG.
I laughed at all your jokes, my love you didn't need
to coax
SHE’S CLEARLY A LOT SMARTER THAN HIM. THE LITTLE FELLER….
Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home just to save you from
being alone
You stole my soul that's a pain I can do without
I GUESS SO.
All I needed was a friend to lend a guiding hand
But you turned into a lover and mother what a lover
you wore me out
YOU MEAN YOU LOST ALL YOUR SEMEN AND CONSEQUENTLY YOU WERE WEAK IN BODY AND MIND.
All you did was wreck my bed and in the morning kick
me in the head
OUCH THAT MUST HURT AS MUCH AS HAVING A HEART STOLEN LITTLE WEAK ONE….
Oh Maggie I couldn't have tried any more
You lured me away from home 'cause you didn't want to
be alone
You stole my heart I couldn't leave you if I tried
NO OF COURSE NOT YOU LONESOME LOSER
I suppose I should collect my books and get back to
school
NOT A BAD IDEA. BUT YOU SQUIRTED ALL YOUR BRAINS OUT INTO HER BELLY…. DOES NOT GO WELL WITH STUDY.
Or steal my daddy's cue make a living out of playing
pool
Or find myself a rock and roll band that needs a
helping hand
Oh Maggie, I wish I'd never seen your face
LAZY COWARD. YOU PROBABLY WET YOUR FACE IN HER BEHIND…
You made a first class fool out of me,
NO YOU WERE A FOOL ALREADY….
but I'm as
blind as a fool can be
THANK YOU.
You stole my heart but I love you anyway
OF COURSE YOU'RE WEAK AND YOU LOVE IT.
One Bad Apple-Osmonds (1971)
Yeah, yeah
I can tell you`ve been hurt
By that look on your face, girl
Some guy brought sad
Into your happy world
CHILDISH LYRICS
You need love, but you`re
Afraid that if you give in
Someone else will come along
And sock it to you again
EMBARRASINGLY STUPID LYRICS
One bad apple don`t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, give it one more try
Before you give up on love
One bad apple don`t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, I don`t care what they say
I don`t care what you heard
I could make you happy, baby
Satisfy you too (satisfy you now)
But how can I if you
Won`t give me a chance
To prove my love to you
Won`t you just give me one
Little chance (one little chance now)
I`ll give you love`s guarantee
That you won`t be hurt again
One bad apple don`t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, give it one more try
Before you give up on love
One bad apple don`t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, I don`t care what they say
I don`t care what you heard now
I`ve been noticing you, baby
For a long, long time
(Long, long time now)
I`m not ashamed to tell the world
That you really messed up my mind
COWARD TELL ALL ABOUT YOUR WEAKNESS OR FEEBLE MIND
Girl, to me you`re like a
Dream come true
(Dream come true now)
I`d rather hurt myself
Than to ever hurt you
WHY DO EITHER?
One bad apple don`t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, give it one more try
Before you give up on love
One bad apple don`t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, I don`t care what they say
I don`t care what you heard now
One bad apple don`t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, give it one more try
Before you give up on love
One bad apple don`t
Spoil the whole bunch, girl
Oh, now, I don`t care what they say
I don`t care what you heard now
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart-- Bee Gees (1971)
A SONG OF WEAKNESS AND SELF INDULGENT COWARDICE IN THE TRUE VOICE OF THE LONESOME LOSER…
I can think of younger days when living for my life
Was everything a man could want to do.
I could never see tomorrow, but I was never told about
the sorrow.
SELF INDULGENT SELF-PITY
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
YOU CAN’T
How can you stop the sun from shining?
YOU CAN’T
What makes the world go round?
YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL
How can you mend this broken man?
WE CAN’T. WE’LL JUST HAVE TO THROW YOU IN THE GARBAGE.
How can a loser ever win?
A LOSER LIKE YOU?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live
again.
OK WE’LL TRY TO MEND YOU… STOP FEELING SORRY FOR YOURSELF
I can still feel the breeze that rustles through the
trees
And misty memories of days gone by
VERY POETIC
We could never see tomorrow, no one said a word about
the sorrow.
THEY SEEMED TO HAVE KEPT IT A BIG SECRET- KNOWING YOUR INSECURITIES
And how can you mend a broken heart?
How can you stop the rain from falling down?
How can you stop the sun from shining?
What makes the world go round?
How can you mend this broken man?
How can a loser ever win?
Please help me mend my broken heart and let me live
again.
PLEASE DON’T COMMIT SUICIDE
Go Away Little Girl-- Donny Osmond (1971)
Written by Carol King
Go away, little girl
Go away, little girl
I`m not supposed
To be alone with you
I know that your lips are sweet
But our lips must never meet
I`m dating somebody else
I must be true
Oh, go away, little girl
(Go away, little girl)
Go away, little girl
(Go away, little girl)
It`s hurting me more
Each minute that we delay
LACK OF SELF DISCIPLINE – ATTEMPTING TO MASQUERADE AS HONOR
(That we delay)
When you are near me like this
You`re much too hard to resist
SO KISS HER YOU FOOL…
So, go away, little girl
Before I beg you to stay
ONLY COWARDS BEG
(Go away, little girl)
Go away, little girl
(Go away, little girl)
Oh, go away, little girl
(It hurts me more)
(The more that we delay)
When you are near me like this
You`re much too hard to resist
So, go away, little girl
Before I beg you to stay
Let`s call it a day, little girl
Please, go away, little girl
Before I beg you to stay
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