Ella
Speed
(Trad. Arr. Ray Dorset)
Come
and take heed
be sworn by the death of Ella Speed
come
and take heed
be sworn by the death of Ella Speed
Now,
Ella Speed was downtown
she was having a lot of fun
and
here's the deed Bill Martin done
now, Ella Speed was downtown
she
was having a lot of fun
and here's the deed Bill Martin done
Oh,
Bill Martin, he was tall and slender
better know as him being a bartender
oh,
Bill Martin, he was tall and slender
better know as him being a bartender
The
deed that old Bill Martin done
was commit murder witha colt forty-one
oh,
the deed that old Bill Martin done
was commit murder witha colt forty-one
When
folks downtown heard Ella Speed was dead
well, they were really red and red
when
folks downtown heard Ella Speed was dead
well, they were really red and red
Oh,
come and take heed
be sworn by the death of Ella Speed
come
and take heed
be sworn by the death of Ella Speed
English
Girls
(Ray Dorset)
Well everybody's
heard about California girls
The Beach Boys
told that well
But there aint
nobody that makes me smile
Like real life
English girls
Those Jamaican
beauties darks skin girls
They sure know
just how to dance
An' West Indian
women with their reggae sounds
You oughta see
them shake their ass
CHORUS
But English girls,
English girls
They know how to
make me smile
English girls,
English girls
They know how to
make me smile
I've heard all
about the Japanese girls
They know how to
treat their man
An' Chinese ladies
with their pretty little feet
Always understand
Malaysian girls
with that smile on their face
No way I'd say no
An' Russian girls
I can't resist when I hear them say hello
CHORUS
Well the French
young ladies yeah they look so smart
You oughta see the
way they dress
An' Italian women
I've seen in Rome never look a mess
German girls with
their big boned bodies and the shower of thick blonde hair
Swedish, Danish,
Dutch, who's best, I really just don't care
CHORUS
Everybody
Needs Someone
(Ray Dorset)
Walking through the town when the sun goes
down
Looking everywhere, looking all around
Making conversation in a late night bar
Too many drinks then you don’t know where
you are
Wake up in your bed, don’t know where
you’ve been
Don’t remember what you done, don’t
remember what you’ve seen
Have a strong cup of coffee just to try to get
awake
Another day off work you’re gonna pay for
your mistake
And you think that you know you’ve gotta
have someone
You’ve gotta have someone, somebody to love
It’s a cruel hard world when you’re
livin’ on your own
You’ve got no friends no one calls you on
the phone
Looking in the mirror see your wrinkles
getting deeper
You aint getting younger, time is gonna beat
yuh
Reading all the lonely hearts club ads in
every paper
Saying to yourself that you’re gonna call
one later
Looking out your window, feeling all alone
And you know, everybody wants someone
Everybody wants someone, somebody to love
Chorus / Refrain
Everybody wants someone, somebody to love
Everybody needs someone, somebody to love
No satisfaction in a one night stand
Nothing for a woman and there’s nothing for
a man
Driftin’ through the night in the midnight
rain
Over and over and over again
Someone, somebody to love
Now should you get a cat, or should you get a
dog
That would lie at your feet sleeping cozy on a
rug
But who’s gonna feed it when you’re out on
your job
Give it water when it’s thirsty, take it for
a walk
You hear about religion on the television
Learn about the people who all have them a
mission
Something to believe in someone that they
trust
Someone to believe in, the someone that they
trust
Is the Lord, and they’ve always got someone
Yeah they’ve always someone, somebody to
love