IVEYS RARITES - 1966/1968

TURN ON YOUR LOVIN' MOOD (1966) (Bill Collins / Ron Griffiths) You sure got a good way of lovin' when you're in the mood When it suits you, you turn me on, girl Love the time, the time you're cool It's so good when you're doing the teasin' and I get a hold on you Such a drag when I feel I'm not pleasin', I don't know what I'll do Turn on your lovin' mood (on your lovin' mood) Turn on your lovin' mood Ooooh, ooooh Mary, Mary, quite contrary, where do the other guys go With tearful eyes and shattered minds and broken hearts all in a row? Let's have one of our good nights when I've caught you Little darlin', tell me it's alright, say you love me too Turn on your lovin' mood (on your lovin' mood) Turn on your lovin' mood Ooooh (oooh oooh) Ooooh Ooooh (Yeah yeah yeah) Ooooh (Yeah yeah yeah) Ooooh (Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah) Ooooh Ooooh MAN WITHOUT A HEART (1966) (Pete Ham) Life each day never changes much in any way Like machines, we have to carry on I know it's wrong, somehow Then you walk on by (walk on by) And suddenly I'm ten feet high (ten feet high) Then I'll be once more, a man without a heart Love, it's clear, only helps to bring you misery When the one you left just passes by You want to cry somehow But you know inside (know inside) To follow her would hurt your pride (hurt your pride) So you just remain a man without a heart But you know inside (know inside) To follow her would hurt your pride (hurt your pride) So you just remain a man without a heart TAXI (1966) (Pete Ham) Only three miles from your home Now at last, we're alone Just because I telephoned for a taxi It may be just another car (car) But it's more to me by far (far) Forty miles per hour Sitting in a taxi, yeah Sitting in a taxi Only two miles from your door Like a palace of our own On imaginary thrones in a taxi I wish the lights would change to red (red) They're green and we must go ahead (head) I know the things I said Moving in a taxi, yeah (moving in a taxi) Moving in a taxi, taxi, taxi Moving oh so fast (taxi) Not so fast! (taxi) Slow down! (taxi) Slow down! Only one mile from your door Now, I'm on my own Making my way home in a taxi (moving in a taxi) Taxi (moving in a taxi) Taxi (moving in a taxi) Yeah I BELIEVE (1966) (Ron Griffiths) Everybody gather 'round (and on me) Everybody gather 'round (it's not her) Everybody gather 'round Sit down on the ground And listen to my song I believe--someday that you'll be mine I just can't wait 'til then I believe--it isn't very far away It's up to you, you must see when I believe--in oh, so many, many things Rabbits foots and good luck charms I believe--in your sweet, sweet love When you got me in your arms I believe in you, girl, believe me I believe in you, girl, c'mon now I believe in you, girl, you see me I believe in you, girl, believe me One fine day--we'll find some time together I hope that we'll get wed 'Til I see---I'll just keep up my faith in you You'll know girl, what I've said I believe in you, girl, believe me I believe in you, girl, c'mon now I believe in you, girl, you see me I believe in you, girl I believe---yeah I believe--baby I believe--girl I believe in you, girl, believe me I believe in you SAUSAGE AND EGGS (1966) (Pete Ham) Nocturnal animal beings Living by night, not by day Snowplows have finished their clearing To lessen the time of delay Sausage and egg in a transport car Money is getting so low But we still carry on Just a-singin' our song Hoping some day we'll be known Girlfriends in every big city All hoping to settle down That they should wait is a pity But our destiny, we haven't found Sausage and egg in a transport car Money is getting so low But we still carry on Just a-singin' our song Hoping some day we'll be known Food out of cardboard containers Drink out of small cardboard cups We're just small-time entertainers Hoping for big-time luck Sausage and egg in a transport car Money is getting so low But we still carry on Just a-singin' our song Hoping some day we'll be known Gotta be known Will we be known Gotta be known Will we be known Gotta be known Will we be known I LOVE YOU (1966/67) (Pete Ham) Now I think it's time somebody told you Just how much I really want to hold you There's one thing I want so much Just to feel you tender touch Cause I-I-I-I-I I love you Love you - love you Told myself this thing was not a ? And ? if it does somebody must surrect ? But you proved me wrong again ? I-I-I-I-I I love you Love you - love you If you think my love will never find you One day you will see my love behind you And before the day is through You will say the same words too â?˜cause I-I-I-I-I I love you Love you - love you La la lal la la la la la la La la lal la la la la la la And before the day is through You will say the same words too Cause I-I-I-I-I I love you Love you - love you - love you - love you - love you THE GIRL NEXT DOOR (IN A MINI-SKIRT) (1967/68) (Pete Ham) Oooo, oooo Oo oo, oo oo You were just the girl next door Girl, you [had me] to the floor But something tells me I wanna flirt Now, you're the girl next door in the mini-skirt Can't get you off my mind Must make you realize that it's love That's what it is Should have noticed you from the start Now you're walking into my heart I don't like you dressed-up in jeans & shirts You're the girl next door in the mini-skirt Can't get you off my mind Must make you realize that it's love That's what it is Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Hey hey hey hey Can't get you off my mind Can't make you realize that it's love That's what it is Can't get you off my mind Must make you realize that it's love That's what it is Can't get you off my mind CHEATED AND LIED (1967/68) (Ron Griffiths) What am I here for? She will let me know What have I done wrong? I must find the answer Hey baby, how can you come and cry, baby? After you cheated me a lot, baby? After you cheated me and lied? Loving you, no fun When you're sad and lonely Life has just begun Lost my one and only Hey baby, how can you come and cry, baby? After you cheated me a lot, baby? After you cheated me and lied? A river of salty water flowing from eyes For no apparent reason Growing through the season No one I know well sees me cry Tears of failure lose their eye Got to find someone Who will love me dearly Such a two __t___m Life's a lover's clearing Hey baby, how can you come and cry, baby? After you cheated me a lot, baby? After you cheated me and lied? Hey baby, how can you come and cry, baby? After you cheated me a lot, baby? After you cheated me and lied? Hey baby, how do you come and cry, baby? After you cheated me a lot, baby? After you cheated me and lied? THE LEAVES (Tom Evans) La la la, la la la la, la la la la The leaves, they tumble from the trees Reminding me of the times when you used to be mine That's what you did for me The leaves, they tumble from the trees Reminding me of the times when you used to be mine Thank you, thank you for what you did to me MR. STRANGEWAYS (1967/68) (Ron Griffiths) Mr. Strangeways walks down the road On his way to work Though he's dressed in crazy clothes He hasn't gone berserk You see, Mr. Strangeways is a funny little man He's not like you and me He runs a little curio shop With his wife named, Emily His customers are just as strange They've come to purchase dreams They come and go, day in, day out Endless as it seems You see, Mr. Strangeways is a funny little man He knows it all, you see He'll fix you up with what-ta you want Too bad it's make-believe! Mr. Strangeways, strange Mr. Strangeways Ah, ahh, ahhh Thought I'd take a walk down there 'Cause I've a broken heart I told him all about little you He said, "let's make a start" Mr. Strangeways, sell me a dream Mr. Strangeways, any old thing Mr. Strangeways, make me feel bright Mr. Strangeways I'LL KISS YOU GOODNIGHT (1967/68) (Pete Ham) Baby don't cry, I'll kiss you goodnight Couples are drifting out of view Seems that the odd one out was you Underneath the sky, you cry Thinking of the times you could have had with him Baby don't cry, I'll kiss you goodnight Baby don't cry, I'll kiss you goodnight Counting the stars, you seem so sad Maybe tomorrow, you'll be glad All you have to do is hope And you'll get the world all wrapped in cellophane Baby don't cry (baby don't cry), I'll kiss you goodnight Baby don't cry Good luck will pass you someday And then you'll know what life is all about People walk past you down the lane But you just stare at them in vain Hoping that you'll see the one Who will comfort you and make your world complete (someone is waiting and hoping for you) But until then (but until then), I'll kiss you goodnight But until then (but until then), I'll kiss you goodnight I'll kiss you goodnight HANDSOME MALCOLM (1967/68) (Tom Evans) Handsome Malcolm What about the girls? Handsome Malcolm He blew out the long blond curls Malcolm stole my baby's heart He didn't know, but he tore it apart Malcolm broke our love affair He didn't know, didn't show any care Handsome Malcolm took my love away from me Handsome Malcolm, now the blind don't see Malcolm, can't you see the light You have to stop or there'll be a fight Malcolm, take a look at your face You'll have to stop or it'll be a disgrace Handsome Malcolm What about the girls? Handsome Malcolm He blew out the long blond curls (Malcolm) Malcolm get out of town (Don't want) I don't want you around Baby, you'll see the light Malcolm get out of sight Malcolm stole my baby's heart He didn't know, but he tore it apart Malcolm brok

e our love affair He didn't know, didn't show any care Handsome Malcolm Handsome Malcolm Handsome Malcolm ANOTHER DAY (1967/68) (Pete Ham) Ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh Sleepy eyes close for the night The young ones kneel and pray And lovers dream of happy times of yesterday The sun is sinking out of sight The stars above shine bright And lovers part just waiting for another day Another day when I hold you tight So close to me in the sun so bright Another day when I've got no fright And my cares just drift away Another day, another day, another day Another day becomes another night Ahhhhhhhh One by one, the lights go out The owl hoots down the way And the sandman starts to do his nightly rounds (do his nightly rounds) Suddenly you hear a shout And laughter oh so gay But you're just dreaming of tomorrow's funny sounds Another day when I hold you tight So close to me in the sun so bright Another day when I've got no fright And my cares just drift away Another day, another day, another day Another day becomes another night Ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhh TAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY (1967/68) (Pete Ham) As I look out through my window I can see the morning dew And the people seem so happy I wish that I could, too But my life's become so blue, so blue, so blue If you get a real good woman Be sure to treat her right Or someone else will take her Away from you one night From the arms that held her tight, held her tight, held her tight Take good care of my baby That's all I ask of you Take good care of my baby And then, I won't feel blue No matter what you do, what you do, what you do I think I've learned my lesson But now, the time's too late Someone else has got my baby Someone else is feeling great I sit all day and wait, sit and wait, sit and wait As I think about the good times Feel tears come to my eyes Times when I could make her happy Just to be right by my side Gotta make you realize, realize, realize Take good care of my baby That's all I ask of you Take good care of my baby And then, I won't feel blue Take good care of my baby That's all I ask of you Take good care of my baby Ahhhhhhhhhhhh Ahhhhhhhhhhhh (CALL ON ME) FOR MY SYMPATHY (1967/68) (Pete Ham) If you need somebody to hold you tight Someone who will love you, day and night If you need someone to do the things you want to do Call on me for my sympathy If you feel down-hearted, feel so blue And you think that happiness is through If the world depresses you, you know just what to do Call on me for my sympathy I can't give you everything, it's pretty plain to see I ain't got no money, but my sympathy is free If you feel the world is closing in And every little noise becomes a din If you get to feel that you just can't carry on Call on me for my sympathy I can't give you everything, it's pretty plain to see I ain't got no money, but my sympathy is free Oi! If you get to feel that you just can't carry on Call on me for my sympathy Doo doo Doo doo Doo doo