The Songs & Story of The Bag

SOME SONGS

by

Dan Mahony

I'd love to dance a waltz with you
We'd swirl around the crowd
We'd be so much in love so new
We'd float upon a cloud

I know that I must dare not dream
That you'd be mine someday, but I'd
Love to dance a waltz with you
It would take my breath away

Yes, I'd love to dance a waltz with you
It would take my breath away


THOSE GOOD OLD SONGS

How I wish they'd bring back
Those good old songs
The ones that
Made you sing along
By the King Berlin
Or the Brothers Gershwin
Those good old songs
Live on and on

(Chorus)
Things are gonna' be
Like they were back then
Hearin' those songs again
Singin' along
Oh bring back those
Good old songs

(Optional Verse)
There's Kahn and Cohan
And Jerry Kern
Thomas Waller, Harry Arlen
Sir Richard Rodgers
Lorenz Hart, Vincent Youmans
The Prince Cole Porter
Stephen Foster, Scott Joplin
Oscar Hammerstein

(Verse)
Oh I wish they'd bring back
Those good old songs
The ones they
Played in old four-four
Whether happy or sad
You thought had
'Heard' them all before


THE TIME OF MY LIFE
(THAT WAS YOU)
Words & Music by Marcia Hillman & Dan Mahony (1968)

There is time
In my life now for living
All of the dreams
That I want to come true
But I haven't the knack
'Cause I keep thinkin' back to the
Time in my life that was you.
 
There are moments
When I can see clearly
To begin all the things
That I've wanted to do
But my heart starts to yearn
And I want to return to the
Time in my life that was you

(Bridge)
It's not easy
To find a tomorrow
When the ties are so strong to the past
I keep wondering if there is a somehow
That could make our love last

So the time
Moves in lonely reflection
'Cause I can't try
With somebody new.
It's foolish to start
'Cause I left my heart in the
Time of my life that was you.


QUEEN OF JAZZ
Words & Music by Diana Segara & Dan Mahony
 
(Intro)
Yat yah dah
Yat yah dah
Yat yah dah
Yat yah dah
Oh day
Yah Oh day
 
(Verse)
Happy
Just to see the day
A song to sing as she
Goes her way
Swingin' with the Duke
Scatin'
In her special way
 
(Chorus)
Ella
Queen of Jazz
Scatin'
Singin'
Swingin'
 
Happy
She still sings
Songs that swing
With all the
Stars at night
Giggin' with the Duke
Scatin'
In her special way

(Coda)
A bop a dee oh doo dah (repeat)

MILLION TO ONE

When I first saw you
I wanted to hold you
But I knew you'd turn me down
And when I saw you again
I wanted to dance
But I guess you can't take a
Chance on me

I'm from the wrong part
Of town for a start
And my crowd's not your type
I guess I'm too rough
And not the right stuff, but my
Feelin' for you is
Ri-i-ight, it's a

(Chorus)
Million to one, a
Million to one, that
You'd want a guy like me, but when
All's said and done, I
Know you're the one, the
One in a million for me


So I keep hopin' that
You'll be the one
I'll hold in my arms
The odds aren't too good
And I know that I should stop
Thinkin' that you'd ever take a
Chance on me


ON MY GUITAR
           
You don't have to play on my guitar
And you don't have to kiss me in the bar
And you don't have to ride
in my great big new car
'Cause all I want is to love you
And all I need is to have you
And all I want is to hear you
On my guitar
On my guitar

(She)
I don't have to play on your guitar
And I don't have to kiss you in the bar
And I don't have to ride in your
great big new car
'Cause I just might not love you
And I just might not want you, though
I might want to hear you
On my guitar
On my guitar
(to guitar solo)

(She)
'Cause I just might not love you
(He)
But all I need is to have you
(She)
And I might want to hear you
On my guitar
(He)
On my guitar
(Both)
On my guitar
On my guitar
 

I closed my eyes and made my wish
And prayed it would come true
If you had only heard my heart
You'd know my wish was you

I blew out all the candles
With the breath of love
And whispered, "If you only know
What I'm thinkin' of"

Then I cut my birthday cake
In many little parts
And in my mind I saved a piece
Wrapped up with my heart

I know it's just a darin' dream
But I pray it will come true
Maybe in a year from now
I will be with you

And now the party's over
But those candles light my heart
They'll burn until you love me too
And my birthday wish comes true

(Chorus)
My wish was you
My wish was you
You were my wish
My wish come true


BLAME IT ON THE MOON

(Intro)
No one really knows why we fall in love
Though psychologists and biologists
Are always thinkin' up
Scientific reasons such as
Hormones and the seasons
When there's really only one thing
That makes any sense:

(Verse)
Blame it on the moon
Why not? Everyone does
For ev'rything from madness to the weather
Whatever brought us together?
Blame it on the moon

It's as good a reason
As blamin' birds'n bees'n
Spring for love's sweet nonsense and consequence
So what about our predicament?
Let's blame it on the moon

(Bridge)
Maybe it's because of that
Sexy saxophone
The night we danced till dawn
Or what about that
Long talk on the phone when we
Yawned 'til the sun came up?

Blame it on the stars
Blame it on Mars
We could wonder why forever
For some reason we're together
Let's blame it on the moon

BEGUINE AGAIN

Take me in your arms my dear
Let's beguine again
We'll take a week in Martinique
Where it all began

Let's soak up music in the heat
Of a lovely Latin beat
And let the Southern stars above
Relight the spark of love

(Bridge)
Let's step into the past
When romance was still in dance
Though it happened so fast
We thought it would last
For all these years
We can't let it go wrong


So take me in your arms my dear
And whisper in my ear
Let's light the spark of love right here
Let's beguine again

Just pretend that we're in Martinique
And let's beguine again


LOVABILITY

There's a lady up the street
Who's got no time for me
Though I'm a personality
She just ain't impressed you see
Yeah I got electricity
She don't like me currently
What's wrong with her why can't she see my
Lovability?

I got lookability
But she don't like the sight of me
I can argue brilliantly
But she just won't agree
I got hardly any faults
Well maybe one or three
What's wrong with her why can't she see my
Lovability?

(Chorus)
Lovability
I got it all over me
And all the ladies do agree
That I got lovability
Satisfaction guaranteed
Extra-sexability
And on top of all of that
I got humility

I got lots of chemistry
But she don't want to mix with me
I know she's my destiny
Yet she ain't got no plans for me
I got possibility
But she won't take a chance on me
What's wrong with her why can't she see my
Lovability?