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Can't Help What I Feel
02:27
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CAN’T HELP WHAT I FEEL
I came into town for a one night stand
Was I to know she was out to land her man, tonight?
Well, I was caught unaware
While trying to be debonnaire and trite
She bought me a drink and we talked until two
Already it was much too late to review those rules of mine
Now, I just hope that it’s real
‘Cause I can’t help what I feel tonight
I used to be a loner, in but around
Hanging out in honky-tonks and playing rebounds
But, now those days are over, I’ve taken her cue
What else could I do?
Now I’m content to kick my shoes off
Oh, the feeling is right
There’ll be no more running while my baby’s in sight
I guess I’ll have to reveal
That I can’t help what I feel, well all right
I used to be a loner, in but around
Hanging out in honky-tonks and playing rebounds
But, now those days are over, I’ve taken her cue
What else could I do?
You’d be content to kick your shoes off
If the feeling is right
There’ll be no more running while your baby’s in sight
I guess I’ll have to reveal
That you can’t help what you feel
No way to conceal what you’re beginning to feel
Have to reveal that you can’t help what you feel, tonight
words and music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
written May 6, 1980 - Ann Arbor, Michigan
© 1980 Johnny Stephen Zawacki
© 2001 Piano Street Music (BMI)
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Diddy-Wa-Diddie
03:08
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DIDDY-WA-DIDDIE
There’s a great big mystery, and it sure has been worrying me
It’s Diddy-Wa-Diddie, yeah Diddy-Wa-Diddie
I wish somebody’d tell me what Diddy-Wa-Diddie means
I went out, and I walked around, somebody said, “lookey who’s in town
It’s Diddy-Wa-Diddie, yeah Diddy-Wa-Diddie
I wish Somebody’d tell me what Diddy-Wa-Diddie means
Had a little girl, about 4 foot-four, come on babe, won’t ‘cha give me some more
Of your Diddy-Wa-Diddie, yeah Diddy-Wa-Diddie
I wish somebody’d tell me what Diddy-Wa-Diddie means
(“scat” break)
Went to church, my hat on the seat, lady said, “Usher, that sure is sweet
Your Diddy-Wa-Diddie, yeah Didy-Wa-Diddie”
I wish somebody’d tell me what Diddy-Wa-Diddie means
Come on baby, I gotta go, gimme that thing you sittin’ on
Your Diddy-Wa-Diddie, your Diddy-Wa-Diddie
I wish somebody’d tell me what Diddy-Wa-Diddie means
(“scat” break)
Now, all my friends, they startin’ to cuss, ‘cuz I talk about Diddy-Wa-Diddie too much
Oh, Diddy-Wa-Diddie, yeah Diddy-Wa-Diddie
I wish somebody’d tell me what Diddy-Wa-Diddie means
I wish somebody’d tell me what Diddy-Wa-Diddie means
I wish somebody’d tell me what Diddy-Wa-Diddie means
Traditional - Public Domain
words and music by Blind Blake
arranged by Leon Redbone
© 1977 Please and Thank You Music (BMI)
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A Little Confused
04:04
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A LITTLE CONFUSED
words and music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
I’ll start my day and get the feeling that things’ll go smoothly
All my worries and cares are nowhere to be found
Everything that I see, even jokes played on me seem amusing
I carry my load with my feet off the ground
But, then I fall out of bed, a cloud looms overhead and I’m crying
A tears on my face and I feel so disgraced and abused
Everyone that I see, they seem to think that I’m lying
Sometimes I have to admit it, I get a little confused
I remember a time when that girl of mine let me miss her
I was waiting at home, just for her to return
Out on her own, I should’ve known she was no beginner
Like a fool I would say, “I’ve got nothing to learn”
But, then I fall out of bed, a cloud looms overhead and I’m crying
A tears on my face and I feel so disgraced and abused
Everyone that I see, they seem to think that I’m lying
Sometimes I have to admit it, I get a little confused
Instrument Break (equal to verse)
But, then I fall out of bed, a cloud looms overhead and I’m crying
A tears on my face and I feel so disgraced and abused
Everyone that I see, they seem to think that I’m lying
Sometimes I have to admit it, I get a little confused
I’ll be walking along, just whistling a song in the evening
The light of the moon, it tells me, I’m the only one there
Sometimes being alone, to me, is a very good feeling
Taking my time and going nowhere
But, then I fall out of bed, a cloud looms overhead and I’m crying
A tears on my face and I feel so disgraced and abused
Everyone that I see, they seem to think that I’m lying
Sometimes I have to admit it, I get a little confused (x3)
written October 14, 1979 - Ann Arbor, Michigan
© 1980 Johnny Stephen Zawacki
© 2003 Piano Street Music (BMI)
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4. |
Don't Ask Me Why
02:56
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DON’T ASK ME WHY
words and music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
I try to hard, that’s what they’ve said
Don’t drop your guard, take time instead
But, I can’t wait here alone
Don’t break my heart by leaving
Don’t go
This isn’t what I had in mind
There’s more that I want, and you know I
That I can’t wait here alone
Don’t break my heart by leaving
Don’t go
Don’t ask me why I love you
You know the reasons never change
Don’t ask me why I’m crying
I’m crying out your name
Instrument Break (equal to verse)
What do you want? Don’t tell me lies
All that I’ve got is yours, though I
Though I can’t wait here alone
Don’t break my heart by leaving
Don’t break my heart by leaving
Don’t break my heart by leaving
Don’t go
© 1998 Piano Street Music (BMI)
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NEVER CHANGE (AN OLD SAILORS LAMMENT)
Once I was a young man, left my love and my home
Spent those days on the open sea, my boyhood, I said, I’ve outgrown
But, I didn’t know that it took more to grow
Than a port in a land that was strange
And if my father were here, his voice would be clear
“My son, at no age will you change?”
Through the years, I’ve had riches, more than my pocket could store
Fortune has never been dearer, than when I was far from the shore
Far and away, I’d continue to stay, away from the masses disdain
Refusing to be ever far from the sea, and refusing to ever be changed
I still wear the clothes of a sailor, but the sea will have me no more
And that which I saw as a youth, no dreaming can ever restore
And I’ll stare at the sea, thinking “How could it be
This old man has nothing to gain?
Alone all his life, never taking a wife, and never quite taking to change”
Yes, I’ll stare at the sea, thinking “How could it be
This old man has nothing to gain?
Alone all his life, never taking a wife, and never quite taking to change
No, and never quite taking to change”
words and music by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
written - Ann Arbor, Michigan
© 1980 Johnny Stephen Zawacki
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I Wanna Go Home
06:43
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I Wanna Go Home
Sailed on the Sloop John B, while Grandaddy and me
Ran Nassau town, we did roam
We been drinking all night, got into a fight
Yeah, I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
Hoist up the John B sails, see how the main sail sets
Send for the Captain, ashore, and let me go home
I wanna go home, I wanna go home
Cuz I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
Yes, I do - Feel so broke up, I wanna go home
Captain’s a wicked man, and he gets drunk any time he can
And he don’t give a damn for Grandpappy no, nor me
He kicks us around and he knocks us about
Well, I feel so broke up I, I wanna go home
Hoist up the John B sail, see how the main sail sets
Send for the Captain, ashore, and let me go home
I wanna go home, I wanna go home
Cuz I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
Yes, I do - I feel so broke up, I wanna go home
Traditional Sea Shanty - Public Domain
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Blow the Man Down
03:13
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Blow the Man Down
As I was a-walkin’ down Paradise Street, To me!
Way, hey, blow the man down
A pretty young damsel I chanced for to meet
Give me some time to blow the man down
She was round in the corner and bluff in the bow…
Way, hey, blow the man down
So I took in all sail and cried “Way enough now”…
Give me some time to blow the man down
I threw out my hawser and took her in tow
Way, hey, blow the man down
And yardarm to yardarm away did we go
Give me some time to blow the man down
She said to me “Sir, will you stand the treat?”
Way, hey, blow the man down
“Delighted,” says I, “for a charmer so sweet”
Give me some time to blow the man down
It was up in her quarters she piped me aboard
Way, hey, blow the man down
And there on her bed I cut loose with my sword
Give me some time to blow the man down
But just as my cutter was forging ahead
Way, hey, blow the man down
She shouted “My husband!” and jumped out of bed
Give me some time to blow the man down
He was seven feet tall, had a chest like a horse
Way, hey, blow the man down
And right for my jawbone he plotted his course
Give me some time to blow the man down
He loosened my rigging, he kicked me in stays
Way, hey, blow the man down
I flew down the stairs like a ship on the way
Give me some time to blow the man down
I chanced on a packet that happened on by
Way, hey, blow the man down
And when I awoke I was bound for Shanghai
Give me some time to blow the man down
So, come all ye laddies who follow the sea
Way, hey, blow the man down
Don’t never take heed of what fair damsels say
Give me some time to blow the man down
Traditional Sea Shanty - Public Domain
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What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor?
What shall we do with a drunken sailor earlie in the mornin'?
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises, earlie in the mornin'
Put 'im in the cabin with the captain's daughter
Put 'im in the cabin with the captain's daughter
Put 'im in the cabin with the captain's daughter, earlie in the mornin'
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises, earlie in the mornin'
Put 'im in the scuppers with the hose pipe on 'im
Put 'im in the scuppers with the hose pipe on 'im
Put 'im in the scupper with the hose pipe on 'im, earlie in the mornin'
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises, earlie in the mornin'
Heave 'im by the leg with a runnin' bowline
Heave 'im by the leg with a runnin' bowline
Heave 'im by the leg with a runnin' bowline, earlie in the mornin
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises, earlie in the mornin'
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor
Shave his belly with a rusty razor, earlie in the mornin'
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises, earlie in the mornin'
Throw 'im in the longboat, 'til he's sober
Throw 'im in the longboat. 'til he's sober
Throw 'im in the longboat, 'til he's sober, earlie in the mornin'
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises, earlie in the mornin'
Pull out the plug and wet 'im all over
Pull out the plug and wet 'im all over
Pull out the plug and wet 'im all over, earlie in the mornin'
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises, earlie in the mornin'
Give 'im the hair of the dog that bit 'im
Give 'im the hair of the dog that bit 'im
Give 'im the hair of the dog that bit 'im, earlie in the mornin'
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises, earlie in the mornin'
Put 'im in charge of an Exxon tanker
Put 'im in charge of an Exxon tanker
Put 'im in charge of an Exxon tanker, earlie in the mornin'
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises
Way, hey, and up she rises, earlie in the mornin'
Oh, that's what we'll do with a drunken sailor
That's what we'll do with a drunken sailor
Yeah, that's what we'll do with a drunken sailor, earlie in the mornin'
Oh, that's what we'll do with a drunken sailor
That's what we'll do with a drunken sailor
Yeah, that's what we'll do with a drunken sailor, earlie in the mornin'
Traditional English Sea Shanty - Public Domain
Additional lyric by Johnny Stephen Zawacki
© 1989 Piano Street Music, BMI
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