The day is open
The night is closing it's doors
And somewhere in the jungle
A lion stretches out and roars

On a dirty street, in a tenement house
A man unwraps himself from a dainty dainty sheet
And he opens his eyes and hates the bright sunrise

Somewhere in the j

There was an old woman that lived in a shoe
Had so many children, she didn't know what to do
They were doin' all right, till she took 'em to town
The kids started pickin' 'em up and puttin' 'em down
Now all your children wanna rock, mama
All your children wants to roll
Th

A-well-a bless my soul
What's wrong with me?
I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I'm actin' wild as a bug
I'm in love...ugh
I'm all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

My hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two

You got me runnin', you got me hidin'
You got me run, hide, hide, run, any way you wanna let it roll
Yeah, yeah, yeah, you got me doin' what you want me to, baby why ya' wanna let go

I'm goin' up, I'm goin' down
I'm goin' up, down, down, up, any way you wanna let it roll
Ye

Be honest to me, dear
Whatever you do
Remember you're mine, dear
So always be true

Wherever you wander, on land or on sea
If you really love me be honest with me
My poor heart would break dear if you were untrue
Asleep or awake dear I'll dream about you

Oh you

Well Be Bop A Lula she's my baby
Be Bop A Lula I don't mean maybe
Be Bop A Lula she's my baby
Be Bop A Lula I don't mean maybe
Be Bop A Lula she's my baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll.

Well, she's the gal in the red blue jeans
She's the queen of all the teens
Sh

Because you're mine I love you so
Because you're mine I love you so
I just wanna this world to know
But I was rockin' to night just to have my baby with me near
And because you're mine I keep on wanting you dear

I walk you home always from school
O-T-T say back always f

Well, it's a sad situation when the big bad blues gets you (alright)
Yeah, it's a sad situation when the big bad blues gets you (talkin' about you)
Will they get you, me, and all, make the rock of gibraltar fall
And that's what happens with the big bad blues

Hey, mama tried to

Johnny is a joker
(He's a bird)
A very funny joker
(He's a bird)

But when he jokes my honey
(He's a dog)
His joking ain't so funny
(What a dog)

Johnny is a joker that's
Trying to steal my baby
(He's a bird dog)

Johnny sings a love song
(Like

Well Nashville had country music but Memphis had the soul
Lord the white boy had the rhythm and that started rock and roll
And i was here when it happened don't you all think i ought to know
I was here when it happened yeah yeah yeah
I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll

Well, it's 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 in my face,
Slander my name all over the place
Do a

I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill where I found you
The moon stood still on Blueberry Hill
And lingered till my dreams came true

The wind in the willow played
Love's sweet melody
But all of those vows we made
Were never to be

Tho' we're apa

Well, all my friends are boppin' the blues; it must be goin'round
All my friends are boppin' the blues; it must be goin' round
I love you, baby, but I must be rhythm bound

Well, the doctor told me, Carl you need no pills.
Yes, the doctor told me, boy, you don't need no pills.</

Was born in a shack in West Tennessee
I picked that cotton down upon my knees
The sun got hotter each and every day
But me and my brothers kept a-pickin' away
Seemed like the sun would never go down
So we could clap our hands and gather around
And do the boogie (boogie)

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 acr

I remember when I was a lad
Times were hard and things were bad
But there's a silver linin' behind ev'ry cloud
Just four people that 's all we were
Tryin' to make a livin' out of black-land dirt
But we'd get together in a family circle singin' loud

Daddy sang bass (mama

I want to go home, I want to go home,
Oh Lord, I want to go home.

Last night I went to sleep in Detroit city,
And I dreamed about those cotton fields and home,
I dreamed about my mother, dear old papa, sister and brother,
And I dreamed about that girl, who's been waitin' fo

Well how can you say you will when you won't,
Say you do, baby, when you don't?
Let me know, honey, how you feel
Tell the truth how is love real.

But oh well honey don't, well honey don't,
Honey don't, honey don't, honey don't
I say you will when you won't, oh honey, do

Well I'm sitting here wondering, will a matchbox hold my clothes Yeah I'm sitting here wondering, will a matchbox hold my clothes I ain't got no matches, but I got a long way to go I'm an ol' poor

Now let me take you to the movies Magg
So I can hold your hand
Well it ain't that I don't like your house
It's just that doggone man
And that dubbel barrel behind the door
It waits for Carl I know
So climb upon ol' Becky's back
And let's ride to the picture show