Leiber-Stoller Quotes

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

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

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…

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.

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

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 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"

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, 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 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

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

I saw her standin' on the corner
A yellow ribbon in her hair
I couldn't keep myself from shoutin'
Look-a there...<p>Young Blood
Young Blood
Young Blood
I can't get you out of my mind