The Manhattan Transfer Album

Take a seat and cool it 'cause unless you overrule it
We are ready to show you some blowin'
A rompin' and a stompin' is a lot of fun
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

So settle down an' listen 'cause you don't know what you're missin'
And we're ready to give you a showin'
A movin' it 'n groovin' it has just begun
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

We got a little message that you're gonna enjoy
Ain't no sense in dodgin' the facts
So settle in your easy chair an' if you ever had a care - forget it,
It's time to relax

You might as well admit it, we're the best that ever did it
But in case you ain't too sure o' knowin'
We're gonna let you listen to us one by one
Four brothers who are blowin' our horns

JANIS:
How'd ya do, I'm talkin' about you
It's very nice to know that you have really taken time to listen to me blow
'Cause as sure as I'm born, I'm blowin' my horn
Listen't'me baby, I'm blowin', zootin' it up
And I hope you dig the sounds I'm makin' more'n any other
Now I must go for it's time for you to listen to my other brother

TIM:
I think the chick's talkin' 'bout me so I'd better go 'n see
I'm hip that she knows a horn is very best to greet you
That's the reason I'm blowin' so snappily
I don't know what ya got, but it thrills me an' I hope to have a lot
'Cause it puts me in clover
So baby, if you would like to dig my other brother
You're gonna have to turn the record over

ALAN:
Hey hey hey
Who ya talkin' about, say who ya talkin' about
Did I hear you say you'd introduce your other brother
'Cause in case I heard you talkin' about three, that's me
Pleased to meet you, how'd you do, how are you, nothin's new,
How is everything with you?
Whattya say I leave this jazz up to my brother --

CHERYL:
Dig dig dig my Long Island sound
I hope you're puttin' it down
You got me in a mood that's so romantic
If you noticed you can take this silly old actin'
'Cause I'm actin' so distracted when I dig you
Pretty baby you will never know how much I really dig you
You have got me so excited that I goofed blowin' my horn

ALL:
Boop bop the news is gettin' around, we're really puttin' it down
We're glad, in fact, to know that you enjoy it and we wish we had the time to give you
more
Thank you for the compliment
You told us we were better just as though we didn't know it
We're hip that we're the best, we're over all the rest
We're in the modern school, we always play it cool, we never play the fool
The honkers and the squeakers might be stealin' the show
But we don't go for that, so while we blow

BAND MEMBER:
Hi-ho, lackaday, boy it's a natural fact
I ain't no kin, but I would like to get in the act!

ALL:
Well get outta here, get outta here, get outta here now
Fellas we appreciate it makin' you mad,
But we must ask you to apologize
Because after all he's in our band

Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
Although we sound like more
Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
We're really only four

We like to blow but we don't know how time can fly and how an hour can pass away
We wish the time would never go so we could take our time an' blow 'til judgement day

Four brothers, four brothers, four brothers
Now just one final word:

JANIS: I'm happy to know you and I hope I don't forget you
TIM: It's really a pleasure and I hope I don't look silly to you
ALAN: I'm hopin' the story that I told did not upset you
CHERYL: Sorry, now in conclusion we are hoping that you heard four

ALL:
So just before we go we want you to know ---
We're glad you let us show you how we always end up with that jazz
(We don't go for braggin' but we're blowin' our own...
Horn!

Met a gal in calico
Down in Santa Fe
Used to be her Sunday beau
'Til I rode away
Do I want her
Do I want her love - yes, siree
Will I win her
Will I win her love - wait and see

Workin' with the rodeo
Rode from town to town
Seen most every kinda gal
Every kind of gown
But who makes my heart sing
Yipee yi, yipee yo -
My little gal in calico

I'll take my gal in calico
Down in Santa Fe
Guess I better let her know
That I feel this way
Is she waitin' (is she waitin')
Aw, she'd better be
Am I hopin' to be ropin' her
Yes siree

Gonna quit the rodeo
Gonna settle down
Buy a bolt of calico
For a wedding gown
And will I fence her in
Yip yipee yi, yip yipee yo ---
My little gal in calico

Little gal in calico
My little gal in calico
Yipee yi, yipee yo -------

Love for sale
Advertising young love for sale
Love that's fresh and still unspoiled
Love that's only slightly soiled
Love - yes come get my love because it's right here for sale

Who will buy
Who would like to sample my supply
Who's prepared to pay the price
For a trip to paradise
Love for sale

Let the poets pipe of love in their childish way
I've known every type of love better far than they
If you want the thrill of love,
I've been through the mill of love
Old love, new love, every love but true

Love for sale
Advertising young love for sale
If you want to buy my wares
Follow me and climb the stairs
Love for sale

Je mettrai mon coeur dans du papier d'argent,
Mon numéro d'appel aux abonnés absents.
Mes chansons d'amour resteront là dans mon piano,
J'aurai jeté la clé du piano dans l'eau.
J'irai voir les rois de la brocante.
Vendez mon coeur trois francs cinquante.
Tu savais si bien l'écouter,
Que ma vie s'est arrêtée
Quand tu m'a quitté.

Je voulais te dire que je t'attends.
Et tant pis si je perds mon temps.
Je t'attends, je t'attends tout le temps
Sans me décourager pourtant.
Comme quelqu'un qui n'a plus personne
S'endort près de son téléphone,
Et sourit quand on le réveille
Mais ce n'était que le Soleil.

L'autre jour j'ai vu quelqu'un qui te ressemble
Et la rue était comme une photo qui tremble.
Si c'est toi qui passe le jour où je me promène,
Si c'est vraiment toi, je vois déjà la scène.
Moi je te regarde
Et tu me regardes.

Je voulais te dire que je t'attends.
Et tant pis si je perds mon temps.
Je t'attends, je t'attends tout le temps,
Ce soir, demain, n'importe quand.
Comme quelqu'un qui n'a plus personne
S'endort près de son téléphone
Et qui te cherche à son réveil,
Tout seul au soleil, j'attends.
Je voulais te dire que je t'attends.
Si tu savais comme je t'attends!
Je t'attends, je t'attends tout l'temps.
Quand seras-tu là, je t'attends.
Si tu savais comme je t'attends!
Je t'attends, je t'attends tout l'temps.
Je voulais te dire que je t'attends.

On a little street in Singapore
With me - beside a lotus covered door
A veil of moonlight on her lovely face
How pale the hands that held me in embrace

My sails tonight are filled with perfume of Shalimar
With temple bells that guide me to her shore
And then I hold you in my arms
And love the way I loved before
On a little street in Singapore

On a little street in Singapore
With me - beside a lotus covered door
A veil of moonlight on her lovely face
How pale the hands that held me in embrace

In a mellow tone
Feelin' fancy free
And I'm not alone
I've got company
Everything's ok
The live-long day
With this mellow song
I can't go wrong

In a mellow tone
That's the way to live
If you mope and groan
Something's gotta give
Just go your way
And laugh and play
You know there's joy unknown
In a mellow tone

(Excellent scat section here)

In --- a mellow tone
that's the way to live
If you mope and groan
Something's got to give
Just go your way
And laugh and play
You know there's joy unknown
In a mellow tone
Just go your way
And laugh and play
You know there's joy unknown
In a mellow tone

In a mellow tone

Walk in love
A sandy beach, we're barefoot
We walk in love
A time and place so sacred
Only lovers/love will see the magic we can be -

We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love

We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love

Talking hands
We walk in silence but we have talking hands
They speak of feelings like our words could never do
My love, I shine for you -

We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love

We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love

Laugh to laugh
We take our clothes off
Moonlit to love (to love)
Ooh, to love (ooh, to love)
We spread the blanket, lie down rising with the waves
And falling like a star -

We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love

We came - we saw - we fell in love
Two birds as one above
No need to conquer love

Who (who ooh ooh ooh oo)
What (woo ooh ooh ooh oo)
Where (woo ooh ooh ooh oo)
Why (Tell me why, tell me why, tell me why---)

I don't understand
Let's sit down and talk
One minute you love me and then you walk
There's more going on
Than you will admit
'Cause just as we got it to work you quit

I'm caught in a fog
And you make it clear
The truth won't be worse than the things I fear
It's a mystery to me
I haven't a clue
If somebody else has a part of you

Tell me
Who (who)
What when where why (why)
Who is the guy
What made you need someone new
Tell me
Who what when where why
When did it die
When'd we go wrong
Don't you lie, tell me why

You won't be my love
You won't be my friend
But won't you at least help me comprehend
What's happening to me
'Cause after you go
My one consolation will be to know
The places and names, the reason and rhymes
The facts of the matter and points in time
I tried for your love
But you won't allow
This guy to do nothin' but ask you how -

And - Who (who)
What when where why (why)
Who is the guy
What made you need someone new
Tell me
Who what when where why
When did it die
When'd we go wrong
Don't you lie, tell me why --

I want you to say
What's inside your head
Confession is good for the soul it's said
So start at the top and take it real slow
If you want out, then I have to know

Just - Who (who)
What when where why (why)
Who is the guy
What made you need someone new
Tell me
Who what when where why
When did it die
When'd we go wrong
Don't you lie, tell me why

(Repeat and fade)

If I ever feel the light again
Shinin' down on me
I don't have to tell you
How welcome it will be
I felt the light before
But I let it slip away
I still keep on believin'
It'll come back someday

It's not the spotlight
It ain't the candlelight
And it ain't the streetlight
Of some old street of dreams
It ain't the moonlight
Not even the sunlight
But I've seen it shinin' in your eyes
And you know what I mean

Sometimes I try to tell myself
"You know the light was never real" -
A fantasy that used to be the way I used to feel
But you and I know better now
Even though it's been so long
If your memory really serves you well
You'd never tell me I'm wrong

It's not the spotlight
It ain't the candlelight
And it ain't the streetlight
Of some old street of dreams (no - no)
It ain't the moonlight
Not even the sunlight
But I've seen it shinin' in your eyes
And you know what I mean

If I ever feel the light again
you know things will have to change
Names and faces, homes and places
Will have to be re-arranged
And you can help me come about
If you're ever so inclined
Ain't no rhyme or reason
A woman can't change her mind

It's not the spotlight
It ain't the candlelight
And it ain't the streetlight
Of some old street of dreams (no - no)
It ain't the moonlight
Not even the sunlight
But I've seen it shinin' in your eyes
And you know what I mean

(Repeat)

Pieces of dreams
Islands and oceans
Lovers marooned in each other's arms
Just you and me
The sand and the sea
All alone and drifting it seems
Floating away on
Pieces of dreams

Two Robinson Crusoes
Castaway hearts
Shipwrecked in paradise come true
For me and for you
Lost among our pieces of dreams
Far from together
Halfway between now and forever

We'll watch the waves
On a beach where nobody can find us
We'll leave the whole world behind us
Just you and me -

Pieces of dreams
Floating away on
Pieces of dreams
Islands and oceans
Lovers marooned in each others arms
Just you and me
Adrift and so free
Making love and making believe
Shaping our lives from
Pieces of dreams

Baby, baby
Where did our love go?
Don't you want me
Don't you want me no more
You came into my life
So tenderly
We both fell in love
That stings like a bee (?)

And now that I surrender
So helplessly
You now wanna leave me
Oh, you wanna leave me
Baby, baby, baby (Baby, baby -Baby, baby)
Where did our love go? (Where did our love go?)
Why don't you want me (Baby, baby)
Don't you want me no more (Ooh, baby baby)
(So, so so baby baby)
Oh baby.....

Sax Solo - background voices during solo:
Baby, baby
Baby, baby
Baby, baby
Ooh, baby baby
Baby, baby
Baby, baby
So, so so
Baby baby

Oh now baby, baby baby
Where did our love go? (Where did our love go?)
Why don't you want me
Don't you want me no more
You came into my life
So tenderly
We both fell in love babe
That stings like a bee

And now that I surrender (Repeat same background as used during sax solo)
So helplessly
You now wanna leave me
Oh, you wanna leave me

Oh now baby, baby
Baby don't leave me
Please don't leave me girl
All by myself

Oh baby (If I surrender, so helplessly) (Baby baby - baby baby - baby baby)
Please don't leave me baby Don't leave me (Ooh baby baby)
Oh don't leave me sugar (Baby baby - baby baby)
All by myself (All by myself)

Baby, baby baby (If I surrender, so helplessly) (Baby baby - baby baby - baby baby)
Baby don't leave (Please don't leave me) (Ooh baby baby)
Oh please don't leave me girl (Baby baby - baby baby)
All by myself (All by myself)

(Repeat and fade all parts)

When I was single
the life I led was mine
Thought that when I married
I'd be happy al the time

Lord I wish I was
A single girl again
Lord I wish I was
A single girl again

When I was a single girl
The boys all courted me
I would move from man to man
Just like a honeybee
Single girls are free to roam
Wherever love is found
Now that I am married Lord
You know I can't get to town - no no

Lord I wish I was
A single girl again
Lord I wish I was
A single girl again

First he said he loved me
And now he treats me like a slave
The burden of this married life
I carry to my grave

Lord I wish I was
A single girl again
Lord I wish I was
A single girl again

(Repeat 3 times to fade)