Manfred Mann - The Manfred Mann Album/ My Little Reo Book (2007) by Manfred Mann (보컬) on maniadb.com

There she was just a-walkin' down the street,
singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do.
Poppin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet,
singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do.
She looked good, LOOKED GOOD
she looked fine, LOOKED FINE
she looked good, she looked fine
and I nearly lost my mind.
Before I knew it she was walkin' next to me,
singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do.
Holdin' my hand just as natural as can be,
singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do.
We walked on WALKED ON
to my door, MY DOOR
we walked on to my door,
then we kissed a little more.
Wo-o-o-oh, I knew we were falling in love,
yes I did, and so I told her all the things
that I'd been dreamin' of.
Now we're together nearly every single day
singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do.
We're so happy and that how we're gonna stay
singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do.
Well I'm hers, I'M HERS
she's mine, SHE'S MINE
I'm hers, she's mine,
wedding bells are gonna chime.

Now we're together nearly every single day
singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do.
We're so happy and that how we're gonna stay
singin' do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do.
Well I'm hers, I'M HERS
she's mine, SHE'S MINE
I'm hers, she's mine,
wedding bells are gonna chime.
do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do,
do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do,
do-wah diddy-diddy down diddy-do.

I gave you all of my lovin
Everything I could
Now you say you don't love me
Well there's no reason why you should
But baby don't ask me what I say
Don't talk about it
You make my heart feel sad
Don't ask me what I say
Cause I might tell you
It was a low down trick
A low down trick

I must admit it (Don't you ask me)
You never told me no lies (Don't you ask me)
But you told me no truth (Don't you ask me)
Hey baby that you can't deny
Now girl don't ask me what I say (I don't know)
Don't talk about it (I don't know)
You make my heart feel sad (Don't you ask me)
Well don't you ask me what I say (I don't know)
Cause I might tell you
It was a low down trick
A low down trick

I asked my brother (Don't you ask me)
Will you tell me true (Don't you ask me)
What will you say (Don't you ask me)
If your woman done the same to you
You said don't ask me what I say (I don't know)
Don't talk about it (I don't know)
You make my heart feel sad (Don't you ask me)
Don't ask me what I say (I don't know)
I-iii might tell you
It was a low down trick
A low down trick

You know I love you,I treat you good,I try to do,everything I should
But you shouldn't lie an threaten me,when all of the town,
Know are coming days when I put you down
Tell me, tell me baby, what you gonna do, what you gonna do
Tell me baby,what you gonna do

How can you do it,treat me so bad,
Don't you understand you driving me mad
Now will come a day when I will leave you
And you know baby how that will grieve you
Tell me, tell me baby, what you gonna do
C'mon try to tell how will you do

you know it's true,I did my best
But the way you treat me,I get so depressed
you know baby,I'll take away myself
And then one day you'll need my help
Tell me, tell me baby, what you gonna do
What you gonna do

Smokestack Lightning, shinin' just like gold, .. ohhh, don't you hear me cry.
awoo hoo .. .awoo hoo ... awoo hoo.

Tell me baby, where did you stay last night, .. ohhh, don't you hear me cry.
awoo hoo ... awoo hoo ... awoo hoo.

Harmonica Solo.

Tell me baby, what's a matter now, .. ohhh, don't you hear me cry.
awoo hoo ... awoo hoo ... awoo hoo.
Don't you hear me cry, ... (low)
don't you hear me cry, ... (lower)
don't you hear me cry, (whisper)

Harmonica Solo. end.

Just a hunk o' steel
Yeah and just a plank o' wood
Give a little bit of bad lu-uck
Mmm, just a bit o' goo-ood

I could be so happy
With this life of mine
But you know I'm so sad baby
So sa-ad, all the ti-i-ime

That's why life baby-why, oh yeah-eah-eah
It's no good without you

Really, now son
Yeah, yeah that's my life baby-why
Mmm, it's no good without you

Let me tell you 'bout it now
I ain't got no money
I can't find no work
I could've been a good man

Mmm-yeah, a good man and not a jerk
If things could've been different
We could'a had some changes made
But you went away child

Lord knows, you should've stay-ay-ayed
That's my life baby-why
Oh-oh yeah-eah-eah, it's no good without you

I just got out my little red book
The minute that you said good-bye.
I thumbed right through my little red book
I wasn't gonna sit and cry.
And I went from A to Z;
I took out every pretty girl in town.
They danced with me, and while I held them,
All I did was to talk about you.
Hear your name and I'd start to cry
There is just no getting over you.
No girl who is in my little red book,
Just ever could replace your love,
And each girl in my little red book
Knows you're the one I'm thinking of.
Won't you please come back to me?
Without your precious love I can't go on.
Where can you be? I need you so much.
All I do is talk about you,
Hear your name and I start to cry
There is just no getting over you.

"Oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby
Oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby
Not my girl"

When my friends told me you had someone new
I didn't believe a single word was true
I told them all I had faith in you
I just kept on sayin':

"Oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby
She don't go with other guys
& I don't think she would tell me lies"
My mama told me when rumors spread
There's truth somewhere & I should use my head
But I didn't listen to a word she said
I kept right on sayin':

"Oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby
She's not like these other girls, you see
& I believe she's in love with me
Oh no no no no no, not my girl"

Well, you might have had a last-minute fling
But I am sure it didn't mean a thing
'Cause yesterday you accepted my ring
& now I'm glad that I just kept on sayin':

"Oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby
Oh no, not my baby; oh no, not my sweet baby
Not my girl, not my girl

Baby, it's been hard for me since you've been gone
But you left me with the strength to carry on
Though it hurts so much, I've accepted the fact we're through
'Cause the greatest gift in life I got from you

CHORUS:
Baby baby you gave me somebody to love
You gave me somebody to love
Wo wo oh oh oh oh oh oh

Memories of nights when we stayed out till dawn
& evey time we kissed, a brand new world was born
Baby, it's all right; go & do what you gotta do
'Cause the greatest gift in life I got from you

(chorus)

(instrumental)

Oh baby it's all right; go on, do what you gotta do
'Cause the greatest gift in life I got from you

(chorus)

Baby, baby
(repeat title & fade)

My name it is nothing, my age it means less
The country I come from is a part of the Free West
I was taught and brought up there its laws to abide
And that the land that I live in has God on its side

Oh, the history books tell it, they tell it so well
The cavalries charged, the Indians fell
The cavalries charged, the Indians died
For the country was young with God on its side

Oh, the first World War, it came and it went
The reason for fighting I never could get
But I learned to accept it, accept it with pride
For you don't count the dead when God's on your side

And then the second World War, it came to an end
We forgave the Germans and now we are friends
Though they murdered six million, in the ovens they fried
The Germans now, too, have God on their side

But now we have weapons of chemical dust
And if fire them we're forced to, why then fire them we must
One push of the button and a shot the worldwide
And you never ask questions when God's on your side

'Tho many a long hour I've thought on this
That Jesus Christ was betrayed by a kiss
But I can't think for you, you will have to decide
Whether Judas Iscariot had God on his side

And now as I leave you, I'm weary as hell
The confusion I'm feelin', there ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head and drop to the floor
That if God's on our side, He'll stop the next war