Leiber-Stoller Quotes

We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout,
We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out.
I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around.
Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson,
Look out Jackson town.

I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
She's got a pad down at Thirty-Fourth and Vine
Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine<p>I told her that I was a flop with chicks
I've been this way since 1956
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
She said, "What you need is Love Potion Number Nine"

I said, "Take it easy, baby, I worked all day
And my feet feel just like lead
You got my shirt tails flyin' all over the place
And the sweat poppin' out of my head"<p>She said, "Hey, Bossa Nova baby, keep on workin'
'Cause this ain't no time to quit"
She said, "Go, Bossa Nova baby keep on dancin'
I'm about to have myself a fit"

One day while I was eatin' beans at Smokey Joe's Cafe
Just sittin' diggin' all the scenes at Smokey Joe's Cafe
A chick came walkin' through the door
That I had never seen before
At least I never saw her down at Smokey Joe's Cafe
And I started shakin'
When she sat right down next to me

They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway
They say there's always magic in the air
But when you're walkin' down that street
And you ain't had enough to eat
The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere

Don't, don't," that's what you say
Each time that I hold you this way
When I feel like this and I want to kiss you
Baby, don't say "don't

There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
With eyes as black as coal
That look down in my soul
And start a fire there and then I lose control
I have to beg your pardon
I'm going to pick that rose
And watch her as she grows
In my garden

Charlie Brown
Charlie Brown
He's a clown
That Charlie Brown
He's gonna get caught
Just you wait and see
Why is everybody always pickin' on me?

Well, I got a girl and Ruby is her name
She don't love me but I love her just the same
Ruby, Ruby, how I want ya
Like a ghost I'm-a gonna haunt ya
Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?

Is that all there is?
Is that all there is?
If that's all there is, my friends
Then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

Well, now, if I have to swim a river,
You know I will.
And a if I have to climb a mountain,
You know I will.
And a if she's a hiding up
On a blueberry hill,
Am I gonna find her, child?
You know I will.
'Cause I've been searchin'.
Oh, yeah, searchin'.
My goodness, searchin' every which a-way.

Treat me like a fool
Treat me mean and cruel
But love me
Break my faithful heart
Tear it all apart
But love me<p>If you ever go
Darlin', I'll be oh
so lonely
I'll be sad and blue
Crying over you
dear only

Her hair is soft and her eyes are oh so blue
She's all the things a girl should be, but she's not you
She knows just how to make me laugh when I feel blue
She's everything a man could want, but she's not you

I've got pains in my head
Dead on my feet
My pantry's empty
I ain't eaten for a week<p>Hard times - ooh I feel so bad
When I lost my baby, I lost everything I had

You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Quit snoopin' 'round my door
You ain't nothin' but a hound dog
Quit snoopin' 'round my door
You can wag your tail
But I ain't gonna feed you no more