Leiber-Stoller Quotes

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 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

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.

She comes on like a rose
But everybody knows
She'll get you in dutch
You can look, but you better not touch<p>Poison Ivy, Poison Ivy,
Late at night while your sleepin'
Poison Ivy comes a-creepin' around

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

Pick up the papers from the trash.
Cans and bottles you can cash.
We'll better just recycle, or
We're not gonna rock 'n' roll no more
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Don't be no square. Don't be no chump.
Don't make this Earth a garbage dump.
This planet's screaming "NO MORE FUNK!".
There's no more room for no more junk.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Kids, you don't have to go to school
To teach your folks this simple rule.
If it's a drink, or just a snack,
Well, when it's empty, take it back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Who says you can't fight City Hall?
Just write a letter. Make a call.
Sign a petition. And, what's more,
Make 'em get it at your door.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.<p>Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.
Yakety Yak,
Take it Back.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Well, it's Christmas time, pretty baby
And the snow is falling down
Well, it's Christmas time, pretty baby
And the snow is falling down
You be a real good little girl, 'cause
Santa Claus is back in town

I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
I'm going to Kansas City
Kansas City, here I come
They got a crazy way of lovin' there
And I'm gonna get me some<p>I'm gonna be standing on the corner
Twelfth Street and Vine
I'm gonna be standing on the corner
Twelfth Street and Vine
With my Kansas City baby
And a bottle of Kansas City wine

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.