Gene Pitney
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Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa
Dearest darlin' I had to write to say that I won't be home
anymore
'cause something happened to me while I was drivin' home
And I'm
not the same anymore
Oh, I was only twenty four hours from Tulsa
Ah, only one
day away from your arms
I saw a welcoming light and stopped to rest for the
night
And that is when I saw her as I pulled in outside of the small
motel she was there
And so I walked up to her, asked where I could get
something to eat
And she showed me where.
Oh, I was only twenty four hours from Tulsa
Ah, only one
day away from your arms
She took me to the cafe, I asked her if she would
stay, she said "OK"
Oh, I was only twenty four hours from Tulsa
Ah, only one
day away from your arms
The jukebox started to play and night time turned
into day
As we were dancin', closely, all of a sudden I lost control as
I held her charms
And I caressed her, kissed her, told her I'd die
Before
I would let her out of my arms
Oh, I was only twenty four hours from Tulsa
Ah, only one
day away from your arms
I hate to do this to you but I love somebody new,
what can I do?
And I can never, never, never---go home again
Backstage
A thousand hands applaud tonight
I sing my songs my star
shines bright
I stop and smile I take my bow
I leave the stage and then
somehow
Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry
You've gone away and
each night I seem to die a little
Out on that stage I play the star
I'm famous now I've come
so far
A famous fool I let love go
I didn't know I'd miss you so
Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry
Hating myself since
I let you say goodbye
Every night a different room
Every night a different club
And yet I'm lonely all the time
When I sign my autograph
When I hold
an interview
Can't get you out of my mind
Come back my love come back to me
I need you now so
desperately
What good is fame it's just a game
I'd give it all to be the
same
Backstage I wait now, hoping I'll see
Your smiling face
waiting there backstage for me
Your smiling face waiting backstage for me
Backstage
Backstage
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
When Liberty Valance rode to town the womenfolk would hide,
they'd hide
When Liberty Valance walked around the men would step aside
'cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When it
came to shootin' straight and fast---he was mighty good.
From out of the East a stranger came, a law book in his hand,
a man
The kind of a man the West would need to tame a troubled land
'cause the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When it
came to shootin' straight and fast---he was mighty good.
Many a man would face his gun and many a man would fall
The
man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of
them all.
The love of a girl can make a man stay on when he should go,
stay on
Just tryin' to build a peaceful life where love is free to grow
But the point of a gun was the only law that Liberty understood
When the
final showdown came at last, a law book was no good.
Alone and afraid she prayed that he'd return that fateful
night, aww that night
When nothin' she said could keep her man from goin'
out to fight
From the moment a girl gets to be full-grown the very first
thing she learns
When two men go out to face each other only one
retur-r-r-ns
Everyone heard two shots ring out, a shot made Liberty fall
The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance
He was the
bravest of them all.
The man who shot Liberty Valance, he shot Liberty Valance
He was the bravest of them all.
Only Love Can Break A Heart
Only love can break a heart only love can mend it again
Last night I hurt you but darlin? Remember this
Only love
can break a heart only love can mend it again, hmm, hmm
You know Im sorry,
I'll prove it with just one kiss
Only love can break a heart only love can
mend it agai-ai-ain
Give me a chance to make up for the harm Ive done
Try to
forgive me and lets keep the two of us one.
Please let me hold you and love you for always and always
Only love can break a heart only love can mend it agai-ai-ain
Only love can
break a heart only love can mendit--again
It Hurts To be In Love
It hurts to be in love, when the only one you love
turns
out to be someone who´s not in love with you.
It hurts to love her so
when
deep down inside you know,
she will never want you, no matter what you do.
and so you cry a little bit (hurts to be in love)
oh you
die a little bit (hurts to be in love)
Day and night, night and day
it
hurts to be in love this way.
how long can I exist?
wanting lips I´ve never kissed
she
gives all her kisses, to somebody else.
She thinks I´m just a friend
though it hurts, I must pretend
the only way to keep her, is to keep it to
myself.
And so I cry a little bit (hurts to be in love)
Oh I die a
little bit (hurts to be in love)
Day and night, night and day
it hurts to
be in love this way.
And so I cry a little bit (hurts to be in love)
Oh I die a
little bit (hurts to be in love)
Day and night, night and day
it hurts to
be in love this way.
It hurts to be in love, day and night, night and day
it
hurts to be in love. night and day, day and night
it hurts to be in love, day
and night, night and day......
Half Heaven Half Heartache
My arms reach out for you i kiss you tenderly
but you touch
my lips you're kissing him not me, why must it be
half heaven, half
heartache, my lovin' you, darlin'
can't you forget that other love you knew,
hmm
within your angel eyes a world of dreams are there
yet i'll
keep wondering if they are mine to share, oh it's just not fair
half heaven,
half heartache, my loving you, darlin'
oh let my love be strong enough to
take away the heartache
and make my life a heaven on earth with you-ou-oo-ou
half heaven, half heartache, my loving you, darlin'
oh let
my love be strong enough to take away the heartache
and make my life a heaven
on earth with you-ou-oo-oo-ou
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László Zoltán 2013
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