Playlist Johnny Rivers

johnny rivers - when a man loves a woman

(Lights!)

When a man loves a woman
Can't keep his mind on nothin' else
He'd trade the world
For a good thing he's found
If she is bad, he can't see it
She can do no wrong
He turns his back on his best friend If he puts her down

Yes, When a man loves a woman
Spend his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all of his comforts
And sleep out in the rain
If she said that's the way
It´s gotta be

Well this man loves the woman
(yes I do)
I give everything I have
Trying to hold on to her kind of love
Why if can she treat me bad?

When a man loves a woman
I´ve talked about it down deep in the soul
She can bring him such misery
If she´s playing him for a fool
He's the very last one to know
Loving eyes can never see

Yes when a man loves a woman
Oh, he spends his very last dime
Trying to hold on to what he needs
He'd give up all of his comforts
Oh, that fool sleeps out in the rain
If she said that's the way
It´s gotta be

I need it down deep in the soul

johnny rivers - artists and poets

Living in poverty,
searching for harmony
Chasing after dreams not yet real

An artist with no brush,
a poet with no pen
Tried to tell the world what he did feel

Years of disappointment,
rare moments of joy
Wonder how he endured the strife

He saw all the beauty,
felt the sorrow and pain
Searchin for meaning to his life

Now that he's gone will his songs live on?
Will someone remember what he gave
Stars in the skies, tears in your eyes
Ooo, it made me feel so good inside

Came from Alabama
with a banjo on his knee
Spent some time in Nashville, Tennessee

He sang some fine lines,
sad songs of hard times
just for the people on the land
(Chorus)

johnny rivers - he don t love you

He don?t love you?.like I love you
If he did he wouldn?t break your heart
He don?t love you?.like I love you
He?s just tryin? to tear us apart

Very well I know you?re leavin?
For that new love that you?ve found
That handsome guy you been date?n
I got a feelin? he?s gonna put you down

?Cos he don?t love you?.like I love you
If he did he wouldn?t break your heart
He don?t love you?.like I love you
He?s just tryin? to tear us apart

Now he use?s all the great?. quotation?s
And he says all the things I wish I could say
But-a he?s had so many rehearsal
Girls to him are just another play
But wait?.

When the final act is over
And baby you?re left standing?.all along
When he takes his bow and makes his exit
Whoooa?. I?ll be there to take you home

?Cause he don?t love you
And he never will
Like I love you
If he did he wouldn?t break your heart
No?no
He don?t love you?.like I love you

johnny rivers - cast your fate to the wind

A month of nights, a year of days
Octobers drifting into Mays
I set my sail when the tide comes in
And I just cast my fate to the wind.

I shift my course along the breeze
Won't sail up wind on memories
The empty sky is my best friend
And I just cast my fate to the wind

That time has a way of changing a man throughout the years
And now I?m rearranging my life through all my tears
Alone, alone, alone

There never was, there couldn't be
A place in time for men like me
Who'd drink the dark and laugh at day
And let their wildest dreams blow away

That time has a way of changing a man throughout the years
And now I?m rearranging my life through all my tears
Alone, alone, alone

So now I?m old, I?m wise, I?m smart
I?m just a man with half a heart
I wonder how it might have been
And I hadn?t cast my fate to the wind
To the wind, to the wind.

johnny rivers - baby i need your lovin

Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Baby I need your lovin'
Baby I need your lovin'
Although you're never near
Your voice I often hear
Another day, another night
I long to hold you tight
'cause I'm so lonely

Baby I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'
Baby I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'

Some say it's a sign of weakness
For a man to beg
Then weak I would rather be
If it means havin' you to keep
'cause lately I've been losin' sleep

Baby I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'
Baby I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'

Every night I call your name
Sometimes I wonder girl, will I ever be the same
When you see me smile you know
Things are just gettin' worse
Any smile you might see baby
Has all been rehearsed
Baby I can't go on without ya
This lonliness won't let me live without ya
This emptiness inside me baby
Makes me feel half alive

Baby I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'
Baby I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'
Baby I need your lovin'
Got to have all your lovin'

johnny rivers - look to your soul

I nearly lost myself
Tryin' to be someone else
All of my life I've been playin' the game
Gotta get out of myself, it seems
Life's not real when you're in a dream
Hang onto your head and give it a try

To live you must nearly die
Giving up the need to say "I"
Look to your soul for the answer
Look to your soul

So many people passing by
Have a need to identify
All of us want to be satisfied
Few people seem to care
Livin' a life that leads nowhere
Nobody takes the time to try

To live you must nearly die
Giving up the need to say "I"
Just Look to your soul for the answer
Look to your soul
Look to your soul

johnny rivers - roll over beethoven

I'm gonna write a little letter,
gonna mail it to my local DJ.
Well it's a jumpin' little record
I want my jockey to play, "Memphis"
Roll Over Beethoven,
I gotta hear it again today.

You know my temperature's risin'
The jukebox's blowin' a fuse
My heart's beatin' rhythm
and my soul keeps singing the blues.
Now roll over Beethoven
and tell Tschaikowsky the news.

Now if you really like it
go get your lover,
and then reel and rock it.
Roll it over and then move on up
just a trifle further
honey reel and rock it,
roll it over,
Roll Over Beethoven,
dig these rhythm and blues.

Well now early in the morning
When I'm a givin' you my warning
don't you step on my blue suede shoes.
Hey Hey diddle diddle, I'm playin' my fiddle,
I ain't got nothing to lose.
Roll it over Beethoven
and tell Tschaikowski the news.

You know she wiggles like a glow worm,
dance like a spinnin' top.
She got a crazy partner,
Ya oughta see her reel and rock.
Long as she got a dime
the music don't never stop.

All right!

Now Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Roll over Beethoven,
Dig these rhythm and blues.

johnny rivers - secret agent man

There?s a man who leads a life of danger.
To everyone he meets he stays a stranger.
With every move he makes another chance he takes.
Odds are he won?t live to see tomorrow.

Chorus:
Secret Agent Man
Secret Agent Man
They giving you a number and taken? away your name.

Beware of pretty faces that you find.
A pretty face can hide an evil mind.
Oh, be careful what you say,
Or you will give yourself away.
Odds are you won?t live to see tomorrow.

Chorus x 2

Swinging on the Riviera one day.
And then later in the Bombay Alan next day.
I know you let the wrong words slip,
While kissing persuasive lips.
The odds are you won?t live to see tomorrow.

Chorus

Secret Agent Man

johnny rivers - strangers in the night

Strangers in the night exchanging glances
Wond'ring in the night
What were the chances we'd be sharing love
Before the night was through.

Something in your eyes was so inviting,
Something in you smile was so exciting,
Something in my heart,
Told me I must have you.

Strangers in the night, two lonely people
We were strangers in the night
Up to the moment
When we said our first hello.
Little did we know
Love was just a glance away,
A warm embracing dance away and -

Ever since that night we've been together.
Lovers at first sight, in love forever.
It turned out so right,
For strangers in the night.
Love was just a glance away,
A warm embracing dance away and -

Ever since that night we've been together.
Lovers at first sight, in love forever.
It turned out so right,
For strangers in the night.

johnny rivers - swayin to the music

It's late at night and we're all alone
With just the music on the radio
No one's coming, no one's gonna telephone
Just me and you and the lights down low
And we're

Slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my girl
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Just you, girl

And we just flow together when the lights are low
And shadows dancing across the wall
The music's playing so soft and slow
And the rest of the world so far away and small
And we're

Slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my girl
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Just you, girl

Hold me, hold me
Don't ever let me go

As we dance together in the dark
There's so much love in this heart of mine
You whisper to me and I hold you tight
You're the one I thought I'd never find

Slow dancing, swaying to the music
Slow dancing, just me and my girl
Slow dancing, swaying to the music
No one else in the whole wide world
Oh my, girl

johnny rivers - city ways

City ways are gonna get you, baby
City ways is gonna small you in
City ways are gonna keep you, baby
Down in the hollow you're in
Down in the hollow you're in
Everybody, it seems, is hustling
Just to get an extra dollar or two
When you think that is your turn to have it
Someone's gonna step on you
You know they're gonna step on you
And it's hard
A country life is all I've ever known, now
Yeah, it's hard
City life, girl, is bringing me down
It's dragging me down

(Solo) yeah, yeah

When you get to the end of your road, now
you're about to lose your lies talked warm
Just hang on that last moment
When you get it by the door
Lock up the door
Take me back to the real thing, baby
You know this place ain't right to me
Keep me out this hard tight city
Take me back where I can re-breath
You know I just wanna be free

(solo) yeah, yeah (and fade)?.

johnny rivers - hey joe

Hey Joe, oh, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
Hey Joe, I said, where you goin' with that gun in your hand?
I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady,
you know, I caught her messin' around with another man, yeah.
I'm goin' down to shoot my old lady,
you know, I caught her messin' around with another man.
And that ain't too cool.
Hey Joe, I heard you shot your woman down,
you shot her down, now.
Hey Joe , I heard you shot your old lady down,
you shot her down to the ground, yeah!
Yes I did, I shot her, you know I caught her messin' round,
messin' round town.
Oh yes, I did, I shot her.
You know, I caught my old lady messin' around town
And I gave her the gun, I shot her!

johnny rivers - do you wanna dance

(Chorus 1)
Do you wanna dance and hold my hand ?
Tell me that I?m your man
Baby, do you wanna dance ?

Do you wanna dance under the moonlight ?
Squeeze and kiss me all through the night
Baby, do you wanna dance ?
Do you wanna dance girl and hold my hand ?
Tell me that I?m your man
Baby, do you wanna dance ?
Do you wanna dance under the moonlight ?
Love me girl all through the night
Baby, do you wanna dance ?

(Chorus 2)
Girl now do you do you do you do you wanna dance ?
Do you do you do you do you wanna dance ?
Do you do you wanna dance ?

(Repeat Chorus 1)

Yes, do you wanna dance I mean under the moonlight ?
Squeeze and kiss me all through the night
Baby, do you wanna dance ?

(Repeat Chorus 2)

johnny rivers - enemies and friends

In 1969 I was following the sun
On my highway of enemies and friends
Just hoping that I might see the grave eastern line
Before the time came for me to meet my end
And we said how the good times just come and go
Like the wind, like the rain, like the time
Revolution they tell just to lose your friend
And I hope at the end you?ll be mine
Solo
And we said how the good times just come and go
Like the wind, like the rain, like the time
Revolution they tell just to lose your friend
And I hope at the end you?ll be mine
Yes I hope at the end you?ll be mine

johnny rivers - you ve lost that lovin feeling

You never close your eyes anymore when I kiss your lips.
And there's no tenderness like before in your fingertips.
You're trying hard not to show it, (baby).
But baby, can't you see that I know it...

You've lost that lovin' feeling,
Whoa, that lovin' feeling,
You've lost that lovin' feeling,
Now it's gone...gone...gone...wooooooh.

Now there's no welcome look in your eyes when I reach out for you.
And now your're starting to critisize every little things I try to do.
It makes me just feel like crying, (baby).
'Cause baby, something beautiful is dying.

You lost that lovin' feeling,
Whoa, that lovin' feeling,
And you've lost that lovin' feeling,
Now it's gone...gone...gone...woooooah

Baby, baby, I get down on my knees for you, I do it for you.

If you would only love me like you used to do, yeah.
Somebody help me now.

We had a love...a love...a love you don't find everyday.

So don't...don't...don't... oh don't take'n away.

Baby (baby), baby (baby), wooooooh baby (baby).
I need your love (I need your love), I need your love (I need your love),
I need your love, girl (I need your love), I need your love (I need your love).
Come on, bring it on back (bring it on back), bring it on back (bring it on back),
Bring it on back now (bring it on back), bring it on back (bring it on back).

Bring back that lovin' feeling,
Whoa, that lovin' feeling
I need that lovin' feeling,
Girl it's gone...gone...gone, woooooah

Baby, baby, I've down on my knees for you, nobody do it for you.

If you would only love me like you used to do, yeah.
I can make it alright.

We had a love...a love...a love you don't find everyday.

So don't...don't...don't... oh don't take'n away.

I say baby (baby), baby (baby), wooooooh (wooooooh) baby (baby).
I need your love (I need your love), I need your love (I need your love),
I need your love now (I need your love), I need your love (I need your love).
Come on, bring it on back (bring it on back), bring it on home (bring it on home),
Bring it on back now (bring it on back), bring it on back (bring it on back).

Oh bring back that lovin' feeling,
Whoa, that lovin' feeling
I need that lovin' feeling,
Girl it's gone...gone...gone and I can't go on, woooooah
Woooooah
Woooooah
Woooooah
Woooooah

You never close your eyes...

johnny rivers