Tuesday, September 28, 2021

TUNESMITH TUESDAY - "Can't Take My Eyes Off You" by Frank Valli (1967)


Can't Take My Eyes Off You

You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much

At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

Pardon the way that I stare
There's nothing else to compare
The sight of you leaves me weak
There are no words left to speak

But if you feel like I feel
Please let me know that it's real
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

I love you, baby
And if it's quite alright, I need you, baby
To warm a lonely night, I love you, baby
Trust in me when I say

Oh, pretty baby
Don't bring me down, I pray, oh pretty baby
Now that I found you, stay
And let me love you, baby
Let me love you

You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you
You'd be like heaven to touch
I wanna hold you so much

At long last love has arrived
And I thank God I'm alive
You're just too good to be true
Can't take my eyes off you

I love you, baby
And if it's quite alright I need you, baby
To warm a lonely night, I love you, baby
Trust in me when I say

Oh, pretty baby
Don't bring me down, I pray, oh pretty baby
Now that I found you, stay, oh pretty baby
Trust in me when I say

Oh, pretty baby

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

TUNESMITH TUESDAY - "Highly Illogical" by Leonard Nimoy (1967)




Highly Illogical

From far beyond the galaxies 
I've journeyed to this place
To study the behavior patterns o
Of the human race

And I find them highly illogical

Girl meets boy they fall in love
She says he's everything 
She's dreamed of
But when they get married 
Before he's aware
She changes his habits 
The way he combs his hair
She changes him to someone 
He's never been
And then complains 
He's not like other men
Now really I find this most illogical

Take the case of your automobiles
Greatest invention 
Since man discovered wheels
Hydromatic overdrive 
Four-on-the-floor
Pushbutton windows 
Pushbutton doors
Double barreled carborators 
Rush you any place
But you never can find 
A parking space

Highly illogical

Take the case of modern man
He works all his life 
Gives it all he can
Saves all his money 
Works overtime
Pinches every penny 
Banks every dime
All he can think about 
Is money but you know
That he can't take it with him 
Where he's going to go

Now I find that fascinatingly illogical

Now is the time to journey home 
To tell of what I've learned
My people, I believe, 
Have every right to be concerned
For in spite of computers 
And advanced psychology
Behavior patterns 
Are still a mystery
I predict the future 
Of this earthly human race
Is that having made a mess of Earth 
They'll move to outer space

Well there goes the neighborhood

Totally, completely, absolutely, irrevocably, highly illogical

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

TUNESMITH TUESDAY - "Rainy Night in Georgia" by Brook Benton (1970)


Rainy Night in Georgia

Hoverin' by my suitcase
Tryin' to find a warm place to spend the night
Heavy rain's fallin'
Seems I hear your voice callin' "it's all right"

A rainy night in Georgia
A rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

Neon signs a-flashin'
Taxicabs and buses passin' through the night
A distant moanin' of a train
Seems to play a sad refrain to the night

But it's a rainy night in Georgia
Such a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
I feel like it's rainin' all over the world

How many times I wondered
It still comes out the same
No matter how you look at it or think of it
It's life and you just got to play the game

Find me a place in a box car
So I take my guitar to pass some time
Late at night when it's hard to rest
I hold your picture to my chest and I feel fine, I feel fine

But it's a rainy night in Georgia
Baby, it's a rainy night in Georgia
Lord, I believe it's rainin' all over the world
Kinda lonely now and it's rainin' all over the world

Rainin', rainin' rainin', rainin', rainin' rainin', 
rainin', rainin', rainin', rainin'

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

TUNESMITH TUESDAY - "Shut Up and Dance" by Walk the Moon (2014)



Shut Up And Dance

"Oh don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo
Shut up and dance with me"

We were victims of the night
The chemical, physical, kryptonite
Helpless to the bass and the fading light
Oh, we were bound to get together
Bound to get together

She took my arm
I don't know how it happened
We took the floor and she said

"Oh, don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo
Shut up and dance with me"

A backless dress and some beat up sneaks
My discothèque, Juliet teenage dream
I felt it in my chest as she looked at me
I knew we were bound to be together
Bound to be together

She took my arm
I don't know how it happened
We took the floor and she said

"Oh, don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo
Shut up and dance with me"

Oh, come on girl

Deep in her eyes
I think I see the future
I realize this is my last chance

She took my arm
I don't know how it happened
We took the floor and she said

"Oh, don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo
Shut up and dance!"

"Don't you dare look back
Just keep your eyes on me"
I said, "You're holding back"
She said, "Shut up and dance with me!"
This woman is my destiny
She said, "Ooh-ooh-hoo
Shut up and dance with me"

Ooh-ooh-hoo, shut up and dance with me
Ooh-ooh-hoo, shut up and dance with me