Leiber-Stoller Quotes

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?

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.

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

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

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 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"

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

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.

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"

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

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

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.

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

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?

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