Leiber-Stoller Quotes

I can wash out forty-four pairs of socks an' have 'em hangin' out on the line
I can starch an' iron two dozens shirts before you can count from one to nine
I can scoop up a great big dipper full of lard from the drippin's can
Throw it in the skillet, go out an' do my shopping, and be back before it melts in the pan<p>'Cause I'm a woman
W-O-M-A-N
I'll say it again

The warden threw a party in the county jail
The prison band was there and they began to wail
The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing<p>Let's rock
Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock

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

Lucky lips are always kissing
Lucky lips are never blue
Lucky lips will always find a pair
Of lips that will be true
I don't need a four-leaf clover
Rabbit's foot or good luck charm
With lucky lips, I'll always have
A fellow in my arms

I plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel Two
A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was a-chasin' poor Sweet Sue
He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh
"If you don't gimme the deed to your ranch, I'll saw you all in half"<p>And then he grabbed her
And then?
He tied her up
And then?
He turned on the buzz saw
And then?
And then?
Eh-eh!<p>And then along came Jones…

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?

I wanna know if she loved me.
Did she really love me?
Was she just playing me for a fool?<p>I wonder why she left me.
Why did she leave me so all alone?
So all alone.<p>I was gonna tell her that I loved her
And that I need her
Beside my side to be my guide.

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

When the night has come and the land is dark
And the moon is the only light we'll see
No, I won't be afraid, oh I won't be afraid
Just as long as you stand, stand by me<p>So darling, darling stand by me
Oh, stand by me
Oh, stand - stand by me, stand by me.

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.

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

I never looked for trouble, but I never ran
I don't take no orders from no kind of man
I'm only made out of flesh, blood, and bone
But if you're gonna start a rumble, don't you try it all alone<p>'Cause I'm evil
My middle name is Misery
Yes, I'm evil
So don't you mess around with me

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'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

The warden said, "come out with your hands up in the air
If you don't stop this riot, you're all gonna get the chair"
Scarface Jones said, "It's too late to quit
Pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit"