Top 15 Leiber-Stoller Quotes

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

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.

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

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 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 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

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

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.

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 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

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…

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?

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

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