Manfred Mann

title x7, 1st time slowly)
Always onward rode the 600 (5-4-3-2-1)
Down the valley on their horses they thundered (5-4-3-2-1)
Ah but once they're down they really blundered (5-4-3-2-1)
Uh huh, it was the Manfreds

(title x2)
The soldiers waited at the gate for weeks (5-4-3-2-1)
& onward on horses to the city they sneaked (5-4-3-2-1)
Pulled out & then, was it the Greeks? (5-4-3-2-1)
Uh huh, it was the Manfreds

(title x5)
Uh huh, it was the Manfreds
(title slowly

title x7, 1st time slowly)
Always onward rode the 600 (5-4-3-2-1)
Down the valley on their horses they thundered (5-4-3-2-1)
Ah but once they're down they really blundered (5-4-3-2-1)
Uh huh, it was the Manfreds

(title x2)
The soldiers waited at the gate for weeks (5-4-3-2-1)
& onward on horses to the city they sneaked (5-4-3-2-1)
Pulled out & then, was it the Greeks? (5-4-3-2-1)
Uh huh, it was the Manfreds

(title x5)
Uh huh, it was the Manfreds
(title slowly

25 lbs. of pure cane sugar
In each and every kiss
You wouldn't know what I'm talking about
If you never had lovin' like this
I don't mean to be brash
You'll have to agree to that
She's 99 lbs. of natural born goodness
99 lbs. of soul
She's 99 lbs. of pure grade woman
99 lbs. of soul
25 lbs. of tenderness in each and every touch
25 lbs. of understanding her man
She don't want me to worry too much
24 lbs of something else that I can't even name
And it all adds up to 99 lbs


Put together in a nice warm frame
She's 99 lbs of natural born goodness
99 lbs of soul
She's 99 lbs of pure grade woman
99 lbs of soul
She's 99 lbs of natural born goodness
99 lbs of soul
She's 99 lbs of pure grade woman
99 lbs of soul

The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-burned hands I used to hold

Since you went away the days grow long
And soon I'll hear old winter's song
But I miss you most of all my darling
When autumn leaves start to fall

C'est une chanson, qui nous ressemble
Toi tu m'aimais et je t'aimais
Nous vivions tous deux ensemble
Toi qui m'aimais moi qui t'aimais
Mais la vie separe ceux qui s'aiment
Tout doucement sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable les pas des amants desunis

Some get the gravy, some get the gristle
Some get the marrow bone
Some get nothing though there's plenty to spare
Some watch the paint peel, some watch their kids grow
Some watch their stocks and bonds
Waiting for that big deal American Dream

Took my dream down by the sea
Sailing yachts and lobster pots and sunshine
Logs and sails and shell oil pails
Down where the waterskiers glide

Some turn to Elvis, some turn to Africa
Some turn to rambling round
For a clean sky and a drinking stream
Who let the greedy in ?
Who left the needy out ?
Who made the salty sea ?
Tell them we're hungry for a sweeter fare

Took my dream down by the sea
Sailing yachts and lobster pots and sunshine
Logs and sails and shell oil pails
Down where the waterskiers glide

Some get the gravy, some get the gristle
Some get the marrow bone
Some get nothing though there's plenty to spare
Some watch the paint peel, some watch their kids grow
Some watch their stocks and bonds
Waiting for that big deal American Dream

If the song of the songbird
Could replace my wrong word
Then my dear, that's the song I would borrow

CHORUS:
& tonight you would hear
The saddest song of the year
& you'd be mine once again come tomorrow

If the song of the swallow
Could reveal my sorrow
Then my dear, he would sing just for you

(chorus)

Just tonight, while in flight, on your windowsill daylight
To tell you all of my tears

(chorus)

(repeat verse 2)
(chorus twice)

Sing sing sing sing sing, Mr. Songbird
Come on & sing just once, little swallow
& make her mine once again
...& fade

If the song of the songbird
Could replace my wrong word
Then my dear, that's the song I would borrow

CHORUS:
& tonight you would hear
The saddest song of the year
& you'd be mine once again come tomorrow

If the song of the swallow
Could reveal my sorrow
Then my dear, he would sing just for you

(chorus)

Just tonight, while in flight, on your windowsill daylight
To tell you all of my tears

(chorus)

(repeat verse 2)
(chorus twice)

Sing sing sing sing sing, Mr. Songbird
Come on & sing just once, little swallow
& make her mine once again
...& fade

If the song of the songbird
Could replace my wrong word
Then my dear, that's the song I would borrow

CHORUS:
& tonight you would hear
The saddest song of the year
& you'd be mine once again come tomorrow

If the song of the swallow
Could reveal my sorrow
Then my dear, he would sing just for you

(chorus)

Just tonight, while in flight, on your windowsill daylight
To tell you all of my tears

(chorus)

(repeat verse 2)
(chorus twice)

Sing sing sing sing sing, Mr. Songbird
Come on & sing just once, little swallow
& make her mine once again
...& fade

The world was just the world of pollen air
I wandered 'round and 'round the busy square
I turned and floated gently upside down
And one by one the people gathered 'round

The rivers and the bridges turned to blue
The thin age of the night is creeping through
The orange sun is dying on the line
And slowly melt into the sea of wine

Good night, cubist town, good night
The day has vanished with the night
The light has vanished with the day
And the bride passed me quietly away

The table grows the evening meal's begun
The wedding song of love has just been sung
But there's to much of this, too much for me
I go outside where darkness sets me free

Good night, cubist town, good night
The day has vanished with the night
The light has vanished with the day
And the bride passed me quietly away

I thought I saw the house where you were born
A yellow house, the color of the corn
I thought I saw strange beasts out there in the sky
But music filled my mind, then they passed by

Good night, cubist town, good night
The day has vanished with the night
The light has vanished with the day
And the bride passed me quietly away

But music filled my mind, then they passed by

Good night, cubist town, good night
The day has vanished with the night
Good night, cubist town, good night
The night has vanished with the day

Good night, cubist town, good night
The day has vanished with the night
Good night, cubist town, good night