Tommy James And The Shondells Album

My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky!

My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky!

I saw her walking on down the line.
You know I saw her for the very first time.
A pretty little girl standing all alone.
Hey baby, can I take you home?
I never saw her, never really saw her.

My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky!

(solo)

I saw her walking on down the line.
You know I saw her for the very first time.
A pretty little girl standing all alone.
Hey baby, can I take you home?
I never saw her, never really saw her.

My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky!

My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky,
My baby does the Hanky Panky...

[ooh-aah ooh-aah ooh-aah ooh-aah]
[ooh-aah ooh-aah ooh-aah ooh-aah]
If you're lookin' for a lovin' man,
A lovin' man, say, say I am.
If you're lookin' for a huggin' man,
A huggin' man, say, say I am.
If you're lookin' for a kissin' man,
A kissin' man, say, say, I am.
Well, if you're lookin' for a dancin' man,
A dancin' man, say, say I am.

Oh, yeah!
Shake this baby up.
Shake this baby up.
Shake this baby up.
Shake this baby up.
Shake this baby up.
Shake this baby up.
Shake this baby up.
Shake, shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, shake, shake,
Shake, shake, hey, shake!

You can't laugh. You can't cry.
You're actin' kinda funny and you don't know why.
'Cause your heart keeps beatin' like a big, bass drum.
And the beat's gettin' stronger, and it's so much fun.
And you keep on singin', but the words are wrong.
And you can't stop laughin', baby, what's goin' on?

Chorus
It's only love tryin' to get through.
It's only love tryin' to get through.
It's only love tryin' to get through.

You can't run. You can't hide.
No matter what you do, you're on a ten-cent ride.
Goin' up, down, baby, and it's so much fun.
And your heart keeps beatin' like a big, bass drum.
And the beat's gettin' stronger, and it just won't quit.
Better hold on, baby, 'cause you know that it's
repeat chorus

repeat chorus until fade out

"Children, behave"
That's what they say when we're together
"And watch how you play"
They don't understand

And so we're running just as fast as we can
Holding on to one another's hand
Trying to get away into the night
And then you put your arms around me
As we tumble to the ground and then you say

I think we're alone now
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

Look at the way
We gotta hide what we're doing
'Cause what would they say
If they ever knew

And so we're running just as fast as we can
Holding on to one another's hand
Trying to get away into the night
And then you put your arms around me
As we tumble to the ground and then you say

I think we're alone now
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now
The beating of our hearts is the only sound

I think we're alone now
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now
The beating of our hearts is the only sound
I think we're alone now
There doesn't seem to be anyone around
I think we're alone now

You may be right, you may be wrong, girl.
I've been hurtin' much too long, girl.
You know, I think I've finally reached the end,
You keep tellin' me that guy's just a friend.
We've been all through it and you'll do it again.
Don't stand there tellin' me, girl, that you're so sorry
Baby, baby, I can't take it no more.
Baby, baby, I can't take it no more.

You build me up, you let me down, girl.
I'm not the kind to fool around, girl.
If this guy really means so much more
Than all the happiness that we had before,
Just go ahead, girl, and walk out the door.
You know I can't go on, I'd rather see you gone.
Baby, baby, I can't take it no more.
Baby, baby, I can't take it no more.

Baby, baby, I can't take it no more.
Baby, baby, I can't take it no more.
repeat until fade out

I see you standing in the alleys and the hallways
(Wait a second)
You're gone now
I run to touch you, but you vanish through the doorway
And, oh, how
Hard it is to live without you
I love everything about you
Now I know you're really gone
But my imagination is so strong
That I see you coming into view
And your face is telling me that you
Oh, yeah, oh, want to be by my side
Oh, yeah, oh, now it's finally time
(Wait a second)

Mirage, that's all you are to me
Mirage, something I only see

So I keep walking through the alleys and the hallways
Where are you?
I keep remembering the kissing in the doorways
The car, too
How it all comes back to me
The movies every Saturday
The place we used to go to eat
I want so much to have it like it used to be
That I see you coming into view
And your face is telling me that you
Oh, yeah, oh, want to be by my side
Oh, yeah, oh, now it's finally time
(Here it comes again)

Mirage, that's all you are to me
Mirage, something I only see

Just a mirage, that's all you are to me
Just a mirage, something that I only see
Just a mirage, that's all you are to me
Just a mirage, something that I only see

I like the way, you call my name
It sounds so nice
I could never explain
I like the way, you hold my hand
It lets me know that you understand
I like the way, you wanna kiss me
And I like the way, you always miss me

I like the way (I like the way)

I like the way, you come around
To cheer me up, whenever I'm down
I like the way, you make me feel
The love we have, is so very real
I like the way, you wanna kiss me
And I like the way, you always miss me

I like the way (I like the way)

I like the way, we kiss goodnight
It feels so good when you're holding me tight
I like the way, you wanna kiss me
And I like the way, you always miss me

I like the way (I like the way)

I like the way
Oh I like the way
I like the way
Oh I like the way
(fade)

[No lyrics]

Gettin' together is better than ever
Gettin' together

I am so happy, baby
Now that you are my lady
We can hold hands together
Every day, come what may
I promise you I'll always
Give you my lovin' always
You can depend on me girl
All the time, rain or shine

You're gonna love it
I'm gonna love it
Day time, night time
Your time, my time

Gettin' together is better than ever
Gettin' together never felt like this before
Gettin' together is better than ever
Gettin' together

You bring me new excitement
I never knew what night meant
We got a thing together
very few ever knew
You can be sure of one thing
All of the love that I bring
I'm gonna keep you happy
All the time rain or shine

You're gonna love it
I'm gonna love it
Day time, night time
Your time, my time

Gettin' together is better than ever
Gettin' together never felt like this before
Gettin' together is better than ever
Gettin' together

Gettin' together is better than ever
Gettin' together never felt like this before
Gettin' together is better than ever
Gettin' together

(Real girl, real girl)
Real girl (real girl),
real girl (real girl).

You are unique, unlike the girls I've known, (real girl),
Incomplete, and nothing on their own.
Now I know what I was searchin' for.
Real girl ((Real girl, real girl)

Your shining hair that sways as we walk by, (real girl),
Turned up nose and eyes so big and shiny
Makes me feel so proud that you are mine

Chorus:
You turn me on.
You're someone so fresh and so new.
Don't ever change, 'cause you're real
And I'd know I'd be lost if you do.
You're a real girl (real girl).

Other girls are put on and untrue, (real girl),
You're sincere in everything you do.
Don't you stop, just stay the way you are.

repeat chorus

You are unique, unlike the girls I've known, (real girl),
Incomplete, and nothing on their own.
Now I know what I was lookin' for:
You're a real girl (real girl).

Real girl (real girl).
repeat until fade out

Something is happening inside me.
Something is starting to excite me.
Think I'm on the edge of disaster.
I think I feel my heart beating faster
Every time I look at you;
Every time I see you looking, too.

Chorus
Love's closin' in on me and I can feel it.
Love's closin' in on me and I can feel it.
Love's closin' in on, yeah, it's closin' in on
Love is closin' in on me.

Seems as if I'm losin' control of
Feelings inside I'm trying not to show; love
Could be a groovy situation.
I get a new sensation
Every time I look at you;
Every time I see you looking, too.
repeat chorus


Every time I look at you;
Every time I see you looking, too.
Love's closin' in on me and I can feel it.
repeat until fade out

I was so downhearted, baby, till I met with you.
Oh, you took me, took me, out of the blue.
You shook me, shook me, out of the blue.

Out of the blue into your arms,
Oh, I came out of the blue, leavin' the pain behind.
Just as if the rain was fallin', you came into view.
Oh, you took me, took me, out of the blue.
You shook me, shook me, out of the blue.

Out of the blue into a love,
So real, yeah! Out of the blue, how very strange it feels.
Everything was so unproven, till you pulled me through.
Oh, you took me, took me, out of the blue.
You shook me, shook me, out of the blue.

[doo doo-doo doo doo, doo-doo doo doo]
You passed my way, I asked your name.
And since that day I'm not the same.
I fell so hard for you, for every little part of you.

Oh, out of the blue into your arms,
Oh, I came out of the blue into your love just in time.
Everything was so unproven, till you pulled me through.
Oh, you took me, took me, out of the blue
You shook me, shook me, out of the blue.

Out of the blue, baby, you took me out of the blue
Out of the blue, baby, you shook me out of the blue
repeat until fade out

Heartbreak, baby. Heartbreak, baby.

I can see the heartbreak that he puts you through
And I've seen enough to know he's not in love with you.
And I understand your feelings, girl, I really do.
Baby, I've been through it, go ahead and do it, baby.

Chorus
Get out, get out, get out now. Get out, he doesn't love you baby.
Get out, get out, get out now. Get out, my love is more than maybe.

Can't you see your future, girl, is lookin' dim,
'Cause he don't need the love that you're givin' him,
And I'm only cryin' tears, the deeper you get in?
Girl, you never tell him. Tell him that you're through and baby,
repeat chorus

Girl, it's gettin' late, you go no time to wait,
And if you hesitate, I know that you'll be sorry.


It's time to
repeat chorus until fade out

Hey, be comin' on so nice to me
And let you think it ain't so hard to see.
You're not actin' like you know you should
And that's no good. No.

You know you shouldn't look at me that way.
'Cause when you do, you know I wanna stay.
You make me wish my heart was made of wood
And that's no good.
I'm taken and you'd just be fakin' your heart out.
I'm taken and you'd be mistaken to start out.
'Cause I'm not out for love.

I've got somebody who's so good to me.
But if I didn't, I'd be glad to be
The one to live you like nobody could. I could.
But I'm taken and you'd just be fakin' your heart out.
I'm taken and you'd be mistaken to start out.
'Cause I'm not out for love. No.

I'm taken and you'd just be fakin' your heart out.
I'm taken and you'd be mistaken to start out.

Kissin' awhile, watchin' you smile, spendin' my time with you.
Look at the way my heart is jumpin'.
Baby, you've really started somethin'.
Oh, what a thrill: kissin' me 'til nobody else will do.
Findin' you girl was so exciting.
You've got a look, girl, so inviting.

Chorus
One, two, three, and I fell.
I fell in love with you, ain't it something?
One, two, three, and I fell.
It wasn't hard to do all for you.

Love is a light, burnin' inside only becuase of you.
Yeah, baby you really got me goin'.
I don't believe how fast it's growin'.
Everything's right, every night all of my dreams come true.
You were the one thing i was missin'.
You came along, we started kissin'.
repeat chorus

Findin' you girl was so exciting.
You've got a look, girl, so inviting.
repeat chorus until fade out

Here she come down, say "Mony, Mony"
Well, shoot 'em down, turn around, come home, mony
Hey!, she gimme love an' I feel alright now
Everybody! You got me tossin' turnin' in the night,
make me feel alright

I say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Well you make me feel Mony, Mony
So Mony, Mony
Good Mony, Mony
Yeah! Mony, Mony
So good! Mony, Mony
Oh, yeah! Mony, Mony
Come on! Mony, Mony

All right, baby! Mony, Mony

Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Break 'dis, shake 'dis, Mony, Mony
Shot gun, get it done, come on, monyDon't stop cookin', it feels so good, yeah
Hey! Well don't stop now, hey, come on Mony,
well come on, Mony

I say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Well you make me feel Mony, Mony
So Mony, Mony
Good Mony, Mony
Yeah! Mony, Mony
So good! Mony, Mony
Oh, yeah! Mony, Mony
Come on! Mony, Mony

All right, baby! Mony, Mony

I say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Oo, I love your Mony, moan, moan, Mony
Oo, I love your Mony, moan, moan, Mony
Oo, I love your Mony, moan, moan, Mony
Oo, I love your Mony, moan, moan, Mony

I say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Come on! Mony, Mony
Come on! Mony, Mony
Come on! Mony, Mony

Mony, Mony
Mony, Mony
Mony, Mony
Mony, Mony

If you think I'd ever leave you,
Girl, you're wrong, I'd never want to.
And how could you know that my love is real?
A-take this kiss, and you'll know how I feel.

Chorus
Somebody cares, and I'm gonna make you see.
Somebody cares, so put your trust in me, baby.

Now the time is going and the sky is cloudy.
The birds are leaving and the cold is nearing.
A-trust in me and you'll know the reason
That our love will last through many a season.
repeat chorus

So give me a smile and you'll know that our love's true.
Don't be in doubt, 'cause I'd never hurt you.
A-trust in me and you'll know the reason
That our love will last through many a season.
repeat chorus

repeat chorus until fade out

Do something to me, I've got to find love in a hurry.
C'mon, do something to me, help me to ease all the worry.
Do something to me, I've got to find love in a hurry.
C'mon do something to me, help me to ease all the worry.

Whenever you're near me, you give me a lovin' feelin'
But, baby, you keep concealin' what I want to know,
What I want to know.
Do something to me, I've got to find love in a hurry.
C'mon, do something to me, help me to ease all the worry.

It should be so easy.
You got me where you want me, baby.
You love me till you get me crazy, c'mon!

Do something to me, I've got to find love in a hurry.
C'mon, do something to me, help me to ease all the worry.
(repeat until fade out)

Oh
Now I don't hardly know her
But I think I could love her
Crimson and clover

Ah
I wish she'd come walking over
Now I've been waiting to show her
Crimson and clover
Over and over

Yes (Da-da, da-da, da-da)
My, my, such a sweet thing (Da-da, da-da, da-da)
I want to do everything (Da-da, da-da, da-da)
What a beautiful feeling (Da-da, da-da, da-da)
Crimson and clover (Da-da, da-da, da-da)
Over and over

Crimson and clover, over and over
Crimson and clover, over and over
Crimson and clover, over and over
Crimson and clover, over and over
Crimson and clover, over and over
Crimson and clover, over and over

Oh, the night is slipping away, femme jolie, femme jolie
And there's still so much left to say, femme jolie, femme jolie
Oh, we haven't got time, 'cause I'll be gone in the sunshine.

Oh my love, you've been good to me, femme jolie, femme jolie
I could love you so easily, femme jolie, femme jolie
Oh, what can I do now? Then I'm tellin' you now.

I'm only sugar on Sunday, I'm leavin' on Monday,
Only got one day to love me, yeah.
Sugar on sunday, I'm leavin' on Monday,
But I'll be your man tonight.

And the night is never to wait, femme jolie, femme jolie
Love me now, before it's too late, femme jolie, femme jolie
But we haven't got time, I'll be gone in the sunshine.

I'm only sugar on Sunday, I'm leavin' on Monday,
Only got one day to love me, yeah.
Sugar on sunday, I'm leavin' on Monday,
But I'll be your man tonight.

Oh, sugar on Sunday, I'm leavin' on Monday,
Only got one day to love me, yeah.
(repeat until fade out)

Look over yonder
What do you see?
The sun is a-risin'
Most definitely
A new day is comin', whoo-hoo
People are changin'
Ain't it beautiful, whoo-hoo
Crystal blue persuasion

Better get ready
Gonna see the light
Love, love is the answer, whoo-hoo
And that's all right
So don't you give up now, whoo-hoo
It's so easy to find
Just look to your soul (Look to your soul)
And open your mind

Crystal blue persuasion
Mm-hmm
It's a new vibration
Crystal blue persuasion
Crystal
Blue persuasion

Maybe tomorrow
When he looks down
On every green field, whoo-hoo
And every town
All of his children
In every nation
There'll be peace and good
Brotherhood
Crystal blue persuasion
Yeah

Crystal blue persuasion, aha
Crystal blue persuasion, aha
Crystal blue persuasion, aha (Oh)
Crystal blue persuasion, aha
Crystal blue persuasion, aha
Crystal blue persuasion, aha
Crystal blue persuasion, aha

C'mon, everyone, we got to get together now
Oh, yeah, love's the only thing that matters anyhow
And the beauty of life
Can only survive
If we love one another

Oh, yeah, yesterday my friends were marching out to war
Oh, yeah, listen, now, we ain't a-marching anymore
No, we ain't gonna fight
Only God has the right
To decide who's to live and die

He gave us sweet cherry wine
So very fine
We'll drink it right down
Pass it all around
So stimulating, so intoxicating
Sweet cherry wine
(All day and night)
And everybody's gonna feel so fine
Drinking sweet cherry wine
Yes, they will

Watch the mountain turn to dust and blow away
Oh, Lord, you know there's got to be a better way
And the old masquerade
Is a no soul parade
Marchin' through the ruins of time

To save us, he gave us
Sweet cherry wine
So very fine
We'll drink it right down
Pass it all around
So stimulating, so intoxicating
Sweet cherry wine
Everybody's gonna feel so fine
Drinking sweet cherry wine

Oh, sweet cherry wine
So very fine
We'll drink it right down
Pass it all around
So stimulating, so intoxicating
Sweet cherry wine
C'mon, drink it with your brother
Trust in one another
Yeah, yeah
We need each other
Sweet cherry wine
Drink it right down
Pass it all around
People, don't you know
The cup is running over?
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh
Oh
Come on
Come on
Hey (Sweet)
Ooh
Ooh

It takes a loved one, loved one, someone like you, babe
To make a loved one, loved one, and I do; I love you.

Ain't no place I'd rather be,
Nothing means that much to me.
Ain't no place I haven't been,
A trip to nowhere and back again.
Suddenly, there was a young girl.
She reached right out and took my mind.
She said, "If you want to get love, you've got to give some."
Yeah, it takes a loved one, loved one, someone like you, babe
To make a loved one, loved one, and I do; I love you.
Oh, yes I do.

Without love, a man's a stone,
Cold and grey, stand alone;
Two can make it twice as strong.
Listen, you want to get love, you've got to give some.
It takes a loved one, loved one, someone like you, babe
To make a loved one, loved one, and I do; I love you.
Oh, yeah.

It takes a loved one.
repeat until fade out

Scarlet hoverin' my head
Pretty and red, pretty and red
Flowers dyin' in their bed
Oh, yeah

Why is everyone crying, mmm...hmm...
Don't you know you can see
Shining down on you and me, yeah

And the ball of fire in the sky, yeah
Keeps watching over you and I, way up high
And the ball of fire in the sky, come on
Keeps watching over you and I, way up high

And now the towers are fallin'
Tumblin' down, tumblin' down
Oh, can't you hear the angels callin'
Oh, yeah, listen

Mmm...shinin' through eternity
As it was, so it shall be, yeah

And the ball of fire in the sky, yeah
Keeps watching over you and I, way up high, yeah
And the ball of fire in the sky
Keeps watching over you and I, you and I, yes, it does

And the ball of fire in the sky, come on
It keeps watching over you and I, way up high, come on
And the ball of fire in the sky, yeah
Keeps watching over you and I, you and I, way up high

And the ball of fire in the sky, yeah
It keeps watching over you and I, way up high, ho
And the ball of fire in the sky, come on
It keeps watching over you and I, way up high

She loves her man
And let's him know
Every way she can
Soul on soul
Hand in hand together

She knows his mind
Every way
All the time
Soul on soul
Hand in hand together

Mmm...
Oh, yeah

She stands alone
All the way
Right or wrong
Cause one on one
Twice as strong, yeah, together

She
She
She's a woman

She
She
She
She

Fortunata woman,
you know I wanted to fly,
make it by myself alone.
Now I'm lookin' for a man
with a silver dollar shoeshine,
I gotta get a way back home.

Listen to me, woman,
now can't you hear me callin',
I've got a lot of love to do.
Don't you know I'm gonna cry some,
I know I'm gonna die some,
I gotta get back to you.

Chorus
Gotta get back, gotta get back,
gotta get, gotta get back to you.
Gotta get back,
gotta get back,
gotta get,
gotta get back to you.

Fortunata woman,
the monkey man's dead
and the junkie didn't get too far.
But I'm singin' my song,
'cuz I got my head,
and my bed, and my red guitar.

I'm a-rollin' down the highway,
now don't you get in my way,
Mister, I'm a comin' through.
Well, I know I'm gonna cry some,
you know I'm gonna die some,
I gotta get back to you.

Gotta get back, gotta get back,
gotta get, gotta get back to you.
Gotta get back,
gotta get back,
gotta get,
gotta get back to you.

Gotta get back, gotta get back,
gotta get, gotta get back to you.
Gotta get back,
gotta get back,
gotta get,
gotta get back to you.
(Repeat until fade out)

Makin' a livin' the old, hard way.
Takin' and givin' by day by day.
I dig snow and rain and the bright sunshine.
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).

My dog, Sam, eats purple flowers.
Ain't got much, but what we got's ours.
We dig snow and rain and the bright sunshine.
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).

I feel fine. I'm talkin' 'bout peace of mind.
I'm gonna take my time. I'm gettin' the good sign.
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).

Lovin' the free and feelin' spirit
Of hugging a tree, when you get near it.
Diggin' the snow and rain and the bright sunshine.
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).

I feel fine. I'm talkin' 'bout peace of mind.
I'm gonna take my time. I'm gettin' the good sign.
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line).

Draggin' the line (draggin' the line). La la la la la la la-la-la.
Draggin' the line (draggin' the line). La la la la la la la.
(repeat ad lib until fade out)