BUDDY HOLLY LIVES
L Y R I C S
A - C
(plus some songs by the Big Bopper, Ritchie Valens and tribute songs)
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AIN'T GOT NO HOME
(Clarence "Frogman" Henry)
I ain't got no home No place to roam I ain't got no home No place to roam
I'm a lonely boy I ain't got a home
I got a voice And I love to sing I can sing like a girl And I can sing like a frog
I'm a lonely boy I ain't got a home
I ain't got a man I ain't got no one I ain't got a daughter I ain't got no boy
I'm a lonely girl I ain't got a home
I ain't got a father I ain't got a mother I ain't got a sister Not even a brother
I'm a lonely frog I ain't got a home
What you say to me Please say to me What you say to me Please say to me
I'm a lonely frog I ain't got a home
© RCA / BMI Archives
I don't look the way the average cowboy singer looks
I'll admit i've taken things i never should of took
You can read a different story in a lot of different books
But even then you won't really know
How it was a long time ago
Women have been my trouble since i found out they weren't men
In spite of that i stopped and took a wife now and then
They built their fences high but they couldn't hold me in
I was born with a fire down below
And i learned to fly a long time ago
Don't ask me about the years i spent out in the rain
About the ones i spent in love or the ones i spent insane
Don't ask me who i gave my seat to on that plane
I think you already know
I told you that a long time ago
Me and ol' Willie, lordy we've been sold and bought
I guess you all heard about some kind of system that we fought
We ain't the only outlaws just the only ones they caught
They tried to run us off but Willie's slow
I quit running a long time ago
AN EMPTY CUP (And A Broken Date)
(Roy Orbison - Norman Petty)
One lonely night at this drive-in
And now I know what a foo-ooll I've been
She was to meet me, we had a da-ate
A date at seven I dreamed of heaven
Now it's way past eight
She just drove by with another guy
No wonder I can't he-elp but cry
To think she never cared just tears me up
Now all I have to show for love
Is this empty cup Just like this Coke
My love is gone I've hit the bottom
Now I'm all alone
(You're So Square) BABY I DON'T CARE
(Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller)
You don't like crazy music
You don't like rockin' bands
You just wanna go to a movie show
And sit there a-holding hands
You're so square Baby I don't care
I don't why my heart flips
I only know it does
I wonder why I love you baby
I guess it's just because
You're so square Baby I don't care
You don't know any dance steps that I do
I only know I love you like I do, I do, I do, I do
I don't why my heart flips
I only know it does
I wonder why I love you baby
I guess it's just because
You're so square Baby I don't care
Baby I don't care Baby I don't care care care care
BABY IT'S LOVE
(Bob Montgomery - Ella Holley)
Sixty seconds of heavenly bliss One minute of your sweet kiss
Then my heart was all a mess It's love, baby it's love
Sixty minutes of you in my arms One hour to learn of all your charms
Then my heart's like a fire alarm It's love, baby, it's love
Twelve hours of you to tantalize One day for me to realize
My heart flutters like butterflies It's love, baby it's love
Seven days, a wedding to plan One week and then I began
My life of a happily married man It's love, baby, it's love
Sixty seconds of heavenly bliss One minute of your sweet kiss
Then my heart was all a mess It's love, baby, it's love
Sixty minutes of you in my arms One hour to learn of all your charms
Then my heart's like a fire alarm It's love, baby, it's love
Twelve hours of you to tantalize One day for me to realize
My heart flutters like butterflies It's love, baby it's love
Four weeks of quarrels and kisses One month of fighting the missus
I'm wondering now What the heck that this is If it's love, baby, what's love ?
Baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, baby, baby babe
Baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, baby, baby babe
Come back baby I wanna play house with you
Well now you may go to college
You may go to school
You may have a big Cadillac
But don't you be nobody's fool
Now baby, come back a-baby come
Come back a-baby come
Come back baby, I wanna play house with you
Well now this is one thing baby
That I want you to know
Well a-come on back to me a-little girl
We can make it like we did before
Now baby, come back a-baby come
Come back a-baby come
Come back baby, I wanna play house with you
Well now this is one thing baby
That I'm talkin' about
Well a-come on back to me a-little girl
So we can play some house
Now baby, come back a-baby come
Come back a-baby come
Come back baby, I wanna play house with you
Well listen to me baby
Try to understand
Well I'd rather see you dead a-little girl
Than to be with another man
Now baby, come back a-baby come
Come back a-baby come
Come back baby, I wanna play house with you
Well a-baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, baby, baby babe
Baby, baby, baby baby
Baby, baby, baby babe
Come back baby I wanna play house with you
BABY WON'T YOU COME OUT TONIGHT
(Buddy Holly)
Oh well-a go baby, go baby, go baby go
Baby go, baby go, baby, go baby go
Baby go, baby go, baby
Won't you come out tonight
Well, baby won't you come out tonight Underneath the moon so bright
We'll have fun cuttin' the rug Won't cha come out my little honey bug
Oh baby, won't cha come out tonight
Well baby, the moon is so bright And if you'll only come out, it'll be just right
We'll make all the night spots And for you that's not a lot
Oh baby, won't you come out tonight
Oh, go baby, go baby, go-baby-go
Baby go, baby go, baby, go-baby-go
Baby go, baby go, baby
Baby go, baby go, baby go, baby go-go-go
Go! Go!
Well baby, I love you so And I hope your answer won't be no
If you'll come out, we'll rock and roll Come on baby, let's go
Oh baby, won't you come out tonight
Oh, go baby, go baby, go-baby-go
Baby go, baby go, baby, go-baby-go
Baby go, baby go, baby
Won't cha come out tonight
Oh, go baby, go baby, go-baby-go
Baby go, baby go, baby, go-baby-go
Baby go, baby go, baby
Won't cha come out tonight
BECAUSE I LOVE YOU
(Buddy Holly)
Well they say what you don't know won't hurt you And I believe that it's so
So don't tell me that you found someone new To go thru life with you
Because I love you my darling, my dearest I love you You're the one I want
nearest, may I love you And I will bet you love me too
Oh, I'd rather die thinking you love me Than to go on thru life without you
And you with someone new To go thru life with you
Well, because I love you, I love you, my darling My dearest I love you, I love you
You're the one I want nearest, may I love you, I love you And I will bet you love
me too
Oh, I'd rather die thinking you love me Than to go on thru life without you
And you with someone new To go thru life with you
BLUE DAYS, BLACK NIGHTS
(Ben Hall)
Blue days, black nights, blue tears keep on fallin' For you dear, now you're gone
Blue days, black nights, my heart keeps on callin' For you dear, and you alone
Memories of you make me sorry I gave you reason to doubt me
But now you're gone and I am left here all alone With blue memories, I think of you
Blue days, black nights, I didn't realize I would miss you, the way I do
And now somehow I know I will pay For the times I have made you blue
Memories of you make me sorry I gave you reason to doubt me
But now you're gone and I am left here all alone With blue memories, I think of you
BLUE MONDAY
(Dave Bartholomew - Antoine Domino)
Blue Monday, how I hate Blue Monday
Got to work like a slave all day
Here come Tuesday, oh hard Tuesday
I'm so tired that I've no time to play
Here come Wednesday, I'm beat to my socks
My gal calls, and I tell her that I'm out
'Cause Thursday is a hard workin' day
And Friday I get my pay
Saturday mornin', oh Saturday mornin'
All my tiredness has gone all away
Find my money meet my honey
And go out on the town to play
Sunday mornin' my head is bad
But it's worth it for the time that I've had
But I've got to get my rest
'Cause Monday is a mess
Saturday mornin', oh Saturday mornin'
All my tiredness has gone all away
Find my money meet my honey
And go out on the town to play
Sunday mornin' my head is bad
But it's worth it for the time that I've had
But I've got to get my rest
'Cause Monday is a mess
BLUE SUEDE SHOES
( Carl Perkins )
Well it's a-one for the money, two for the show
Three to get ready now go cat go
But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
Well you can knock me down, step on my face
Slander my name all over the place
Do anything that you wanna do
But uh uh honey lay off of my shoes
And don't you step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
You can burn my house, steal my car
Drink my liquor from an old fruit jar
Do anything that you wanna do
But uh uh honey lay off of my shoes
But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes
Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
Well it's a-one for the money, two for the show
Three to get ready, now go cat go
But don't you, step on my blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
Well it's blue, blue, blue suede shoes
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes yeh!
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes yeh!
Blue, blue, blue suede shoes
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes
BO DIDDLEY
(Ellas Mc Daniels)
Bo Diddley'll buy baby a diamond ring
If that diamond ring don't shine
He's gonna take it to a private eye
If that private eye can't see
He better not take-a ring-a from me
Won't you come to my house a-back at home
Take-a my baby on the way from home
Love-a that boo-doo, oh where've you been
Up to your house and gone again
Bo Diddley caught a bearcat
To make a pretty baby a Sunday hat
Bo Diddley caught a nanny-goat
To make a pretty baby a Sunday coat
Bo Diddley, Bo Diddley have you heard
My pretty baby said she was a bird
BROWN - EYED HANDSOME MAN
(Charles E. "Chuck" Berry)
Oh 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
Flying across the desert in a TWA,
I saw a woman walking across the sand
She'd been a-walkin' thirty miles en route to Bombay
To meet a brown eyed handsome man
Her destination was a brown eyed handsome man
Way back in history three thousand years
In fact ever since the world began
There's been a whole lot of good women shedding tears
Over a brown eyed handsome man
A lot of trouble with a brown eyed handsome man
Well a beautiful a daughter couldn't make up her mind
Between a doctor and a lawyer man
Her mother told her, "Darlin' go out and find yourself
A brown eyed handsome man
That's what your daddy is a brown eyed handsome man"
Well the Milo de Venus was a beautiful lass
She had the world in the palm of her hand
But she lost both her arms in a wrestling match
To win a brown eyed handsome man
She fought and won herself a brown eyed handsome man
Well-a two, three the count with nobody on
He hit a high fly into the stands
A-rounding third he was a-heading for home
It was a brown eyed handsome man
That won the game it was a brown eyed handsome man
Tribute Song, USA
It was long ago and fa-a-ar away
America was lookin' for something new to say
All of a sudden Rock N Roll was here to stay
They tried to tell us no, we said That'll Be The Day
Though some said Elvis was the king
That's not where I saw the crown
'Cause Buddy Holly was the Rock N Roll Superman
He wrote the best songs and played like no one can
Yeah Buddy Holly was the Rock N Roll Superman
And then he joined
Joined every rock n roll band
He was a man of music, a saint of circumstance
He taught Rock to feel and think, as well as dance
He said
Hey Peggy Sue
She said I'm in love with you
He said
Maybe Baby
I'm-a-gonna love you too
You wouldn't think this Clark Kent kid
Was a whole Party In A Can...
But Buddy Holly was the Rock N Roll Superman
He wrote the best songs and played like no one can
Yeah Buddy Holly, was the Rock N Roll Superman
He wrote better songs and played like no one can
Then he joined
Joined every rock n roll
Joined every rock n roll band
~Guitar solo
Though that was long ago, I know,
He's still here all over town
'Cause Buddy Holly, he's the Rock N Roll Superman
Showed Lennon and McCartney how the whole thing's done, man
Yes he was
Yeah Buddy Holly, he was Superman
It was so tragic and wrong
I coulda lost my mind
His plane went down in early '59
Along with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper too
You're not forgotten,
We Will Remember You
We love you with a love so rare and true
Yeah, even now
'Cause Buddy Holly, you're a Rock N Roll Superman
You cast a shadow taller than any other man
Like Jesus with a guitar, a brown-eyed handsome man
He wrote better songs than anybody else can
And then he joined
He joined the Hall Of Fame
Gave Everyone His Name
Joined every rock n roll band
woohoo...
woohoo...
Buddy Holly's Brille
( Die Ärzte )
German tribute
Er hatte braune Augen und auch braune Haare,
er hatte eine Brille und eine Gitarre.
Auf der Gitarre spielte er bis zur Ekstase,
und die Brille trug er immer auf seiner Nase.
Er sang wie ein Engel und war überall bekannt,
zum schlafengehen hing er die Gitarre an die Wand.
Doch seine Brille hat er niemals abgesetzt,
wo ist Buddy Holly´s Brille jetzt?
Er war schlank und hatte Glück bei den Frauen,
er brauchte ihnen nur in die Augen zu schauen.
Wenn ihn die Brille dabei einmal störte,
dann sang er solange, bis sie ihn erhörte.
Er stieg in ein Flugzeug und grinste hinaus,
von oben sah die Erde überwältigend aus.
Das Flugzeug stürzte ab, und die Welt war entsetzt,
wo ist Buddy Holly´s Brille jetzt?
Um die verschwundene Brille entstand eine Sage,
es hiess, man könne singen, wenn man sie trage.
Viele Schurken waren deshalb hinter ihr her,
doch von denen trägt die Brille garantiert keiner mehr.
Es stand in seinem Testament, es war sein letzter Wille,
wenn ihr mich einst begraben müßt, dann nur mit meiner Brille.
Damit ist auch dieses Rätsel endlich gelöst,
Buddy Holly ist mit seiner Brille verwest!
Die ganze Welt hat Buddy Holly geliebt:
als er so jung gestorben ist waren viele Menschen betrübt.
Und das ist ein guter Grund, sich selber umzubringen,
denn im Himmel wird Buddy wieder für uns singen ...
C A P R O C K
( Jim Ratts )
From the CD "Oh, Boy!"
Tribute, USA
A shooting star in a midnight sky
The afterglow did not die
He flew ten thousand miles an hour
In the days of Eisenhower
A Llano kid A country boy
Music was his pride and joy
A shooting star West Texas born
Caught up in a Memphis storm
Chorus: What a show !
We watched it go !
The afterglow won't fade away (4x)
A shooting star A country soul
Dust to Rock Caprock and Roll
He flew ten thousand miles an hour
In the days of Eisenhower
Chorus: . . .
COME BACK BABY
(Fred Neil - Norman Petty)
Come back baby Baby won't you come back Come back baby to me
Now I know why all sad hearts cry Baby baby come to me
Well, I cried all night Ever since you left me Nothing has gone right
Poor lonely oh me
I say come back baby Baby won't you come back Come back baby to me
Now you know I love you so Baby baby come to me
When you left me all alone To sing the blues I waited by the phone
To get good news That you would come back baby
Baby won't you come back Come back baby to me
Now you know I love you so Baby baby come to me
Oh, come back baby to me
Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Come back baby to me
Oh baby baby come to me Come back baby to me
CHANTILLY LACE
( The Big Bopper )
(Hello baby. Yeah, this is the Big Bopper speaking.
Ha ha ha ha ha! Oh you sweet thing! Will I what?
Oh baby you know what I like!)
Chantilly lace and a pretty face and a pony-tail a-hanging down,
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk
Made the world go round, round, round.
Ain't nothing in the world like big-eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money,
Make me feel real loose, like a long-necked goose,
Like a girl, oh baby, that's a-what I like!
(What's that baby? But ... but Ah, honey.
Ah, honey. You know what I like!)
Chantilly lace and a pretty face and a pony-tail a-hanging down,
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk.
Lord made the world go round, round, round.
Ain't nothing in the world like big-eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money,
Make me feel real loose, like a long-necked goose,
Like a girl, oh baby, that's a-what I like!
(What's that honey? Pick up at eight? And don't be late?
But baby, I ain't got no money, honey.
Ha ha ha ha. Oh, all right, honey, you know what I like!)
Chantilly lace and a pretty face and a pony-tail a-hanging down,
A wiggle in her walk and a giggle in her talk,
Lord, made the world go round, round, round.
Ain't nothing in the world like big-eyed girl
To make me act so funny, make me spend my money,
Make me feel real loose, like a long-necked goose,
Like a girl, oh baby, that's a-what I like!
CRYING, WAITING, HOPING
(Buddy Holly)
Crying, waiting, hoping you'll come back
I just can't seem to get you off my mi-a-i-a-ind
Crying, waiting, hoping you'll come back
You're the one I love
And I think about you all the time
Crying, my tears keep a-falling all night long
Waiting, it feels so useless, I know it's wrong
To keep a-crying, waiting, hoping you'll come back
Maybe someday soon
Things will change and a-you'll be mine
Crying, my tears keep a-falling all night long
Waiting, it feels so useless, I know it's wrong
To keep a-crying, waiting, hoping you'll come back
Maybe someday soon
Things will change and a-you'll be mine
Crying, waiting, hoping
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