1. |
Mrs. Sunshine
04:01
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MRS. SUNSHINE
w&m by Dana Countryman and Terry Draper
Sometimes I wake up before the sunrise
When I do, I go right back to sleep
I don’t wanna wake up without sunshine on my face
I love to feel your welcoming embrace
Hey there, Mrs. Sunshine
Help me out, If you’d be so kind
Cause my baby’s coming home, she’s on her way
Lovely Mrs. Sunshine
All I ask is just this one time
Shine your light and bring a bright and sunny day
Where should we go,
what should we do on such a day?
I don't really care as long as you and I can play
And look at the clouds float by, look at how they envy us two
Blown by the wind they cannot do all the things we can do
Hey there, Mrs. Sunshine
Help me out, If you’d be so kind
Cause my baby’s coming home,
she’s on her way
Lovely Mrs. Sunshine
All I ask is just this one time
Shine your light and bring a
bright and sunny day
I don’t mind if it rains today
But hey, come tomorrow keep it all away
‘Cause my girlfriend misses sunshine, Mrs. Sunshine
Mrs. Sunshine
INST
Hey there, Mrs. Sunshine
Help me out, If you’d be so kind
Cause my baby’s coming home, she’s on her way
Lovely Mrs. Sunshine
All I ask is just one more time
Show your might and bring a bright and sunny day
© 2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
Magentalane Music, ASCAP
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2. |
My Little Caroline
03:22
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MY LITTLE CAROLINE
Dana Countryman
My little Caroline
We’ve gotta give it one more try
Can’t you see that you and I
Should be together?
My little Caroline
Please give me just a little sign
Put your little hand in mine,
My little Caroline
Don’t know why you went away
It’s still a mystery
What we had, girl
was everything to me
But then you left
and broke my heart,
I love you anyway
Baby, come back
I miss you more ev’ry day
My little Caroline
We’ve gotta give it one more try
Can’t you see that you and I
should be together?
My little Caroline
Please give me just a little sign
Put your little hand in mine,
My little Caroline
I can’t forget
the way that you kissed me then
Oh, how I want you
back in my arms again
in my arms again
My little Caroline
Please give me just a little sign
Put your little hand in mine,
My little Caroline
My little Caroline
My little Caroline
My little Caroline
My little Caroline
Ev’ry night I hope and pray
You’ll be coming home to stay
© 2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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3. |
City Life
02:36
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CITY LIFE
w&m by Dana Countryman
I’m gettin’ out of the suburbs,
and I’m getting’ into the city life
The people there seem to be diff’rent,
but I don’t care
I think I’m gonna like it there
‘Cause in the city, life is waitin’ there
I’m gonna show my people back home
They can kid me, I don’t really care
I’ll show ‘em I can make it out on my own
People tell me I’m crazy
Man, the crime rate there is getting’ worse each day
But none of the people that warn me can change my plans
I’m movin’ out and takin’ the chance
‘Cause in the city, life is waitin’ there
I’m gonna show my people back home
They can kid me, I don’t really care
I’ll show ‘em I can make it out on my own
Country livin’ just ain’t my style
I’m movin’ out in a little while
I think my big chance is in the city
Ooh, yes, I do
City Life
I guess the suburbs are alright,
but the city life is where it’s at for me
I’m leavin’ as soon as I can but,
‘til I get to, this suburb life will just have to do
But in the city, life is waitin’ there
I’m gonna show my people back home
They can kid me, I don’t really care
I’ll show ‘em I can make it out on my own
City Life
City Life
City Life
©2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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4. |
Sunday Comes Along
03:24
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SUNDAY COMES ALONG
w&m by Dana Countryman
Let’s take it easy Sunday
We’ll have our day of rest
At least will have our one day
when we don’t have to get up and dressed
And you can do your crosswords,
and I’ll play my guitar
Maybe I could come up with a song
When Sunday comes along
All through the week,
you’ve done nothin’ but fret
Nothin’s been goin’ right yet
And I hate to see you upset,
but baby, it’s time to forget
Cause it’s almost Sunday
our day to have fun day
Hold on,
Girl, you know it won’t be long
You just gotta hold on
It won’t be long
‘till Sunday comes along
It won’t be long
‘till Sunday comes along
© 2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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5. |
Let's Keep Dancin'
03:04
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LET’S KEEP DANCING
w&m by Dana Countryman
See the stars shinin’ up above?
Not a cloud to spoil the view
What a beautiful evening
to fall in love with you
It’s a perfect night to feel
your heart next to mine,
and thrill me like you do
There’s no one else in the world tonight,
but we two
So let’s keep dancing
Let’s pretend that there’s no one else here
Let’s keep right on dancing
I’ll whisper sweet little things in your ear
And when the music’s soft like this,
it’s just a prelude to a kiss
So let’s keep dancing
(Keep on holding me tight)
Just keep on dancing
(Dance with me through the night)
What a lovely way
to spend the night with you
Now they’re putting the chairs away,
and the band is heading home
Other couples have gone,
and here we are, all alone
As they lock the doors
we step out into the dark,
and hold each other tight
And all alone, we dance on our own
in the night
So let’s keep dancing
Let’s pretend that there’s no one else here
Let’s keep right on dancing
I’ll whisper sweet little things in your ear
And when the music’s soft like this,
it’s just a prelude to a kiss
So let’s keep dancing
(Keep on holding me tight)
Just keep on dancing
(Dance with me through the night)
What a lovely way
to spend the night with you
©2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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6. |
You're Everything
03:32
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YOU’RE EVERYTHING
w&m by Dana Countryman
Ev’ry time you kiss me,
I keep coming back for more
Ev’ry kiss is sweeter than
the one that came before
And when you cuddle up,
and whisper in my ear the way you do,
no one else could love you more than I love you
And girl, you’re ev’rything I’ll ever want,
you’re ev’rything to me
Like Romeo and Juliet,
we’ll take our place in history
When other couples come and go,
you’ll still be in my arms, I know
You’re ev’ry note of ev’ry song I sing
And you’re not just a part of me,
you’re eve’rything
You’re the one I idolize,
the one I’ve waited for
Now I know the meaning
of the word “forevermore”
And I could never find another girl
who’d love me like you do
No one else could ever take the place of you
And girl, you’re ev’rything I’ll ever want,
you’re ev’rything to me
Like Romeo and Juliet,
we’ll take our place in history
When other couples come and go,
you’ll still be in my arms, I know
You’re ev’ry note of ev’ry song I sing
And you’re not just a part of me,
you’re eve’rything
©2021 Friends Romans Music
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7. |
Record Store Employees
05:16
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RECORD STORE EMPLOYEES
w&m by Dana Countryman
They don’t ever say "thank you"
after you’ve spent your dough
When the registers been fed,
They just want you to go
Record Store Employees,
they’re very polite,
just as long as you get out of their line of sight
I snidely say “you’re welcome“, they just look up and stare
They obey what’s in fashion
They know ‘bout papers and pipes
In their promotional T-shirts,
they’re such stereotypes
Record Store Employees,
they think they’re so hot
After all, they got the job that you never got
You’ll never hear this song
played in their store for long
I called up the record store today
to see if they had the new LP by Eydie Gormé
The record store employee said they did
When she said that, I really flipped my lid
So I walked the mile to the record store
When I got there, she said that they don’t got it no more
So I said, “Hey! You told me on the phone
you had that new record, dear.”
The she said, “You know, we don’t have time to check.
I’m just one of many
Stupid people working here”
(She’s got an IQ of 34)
“And by the way, don’t call me ‘dear’.”
(put her to work in the record store)
Chances are she only got the job
‘cause the store’s owned by her Uncle Bob
Stupid people have their faults,
and their waltz
They try to pretend like they know their stuff
But sooner or later, I’ll call their bluff
They’re bound and determined
to treat you like vermin
They’re not gonna take any guff
Now you’ve heard all about it,
all the crap I went through
And I wouldn’t even doubt it,
to hear it happened to you
Never again do I have to tell my sad, sad story
The record store has closed and faded into glory
It feels so good to know they never will again annoy me
And down at 7-Eleven, there’s a new employee
© 2021 Friends/Romans Music, BMI
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8. |
Brand New Feeling
02:57
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BRAND NEW FEELING
w&m by Dana Countryman
I remember the day I first set eyes on you
in your hot pink Chuck Taylor tennis shoes
You looked a little bit wild then,
ya got my attention, its true
And with your pink suspenders, and pink toenails, too
I swear that’s when I fell in love with you
I got a brand new feeling
It’s a feeling I’ll never forget
the way I felt the moment when we first met
You know I still get that brand new feeling,
whenever your lips meet mine
I get that brand new feelin’ every time
And now here we are, many years have passed
We sit on the couch with a couple of cats,
just a-watchin’ old movies,
Look at us, still holdin’ hands
And after all these years of truly wedded bliss,
there’s no one else I’d rather grow old with
We got that brand new feeling
and the feeling’s as strong as before
My love for you will last forevermore
You know I still get that brand new feeling,
whenever your lips meet mine
I get that brand new feeling every time
©2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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9. |
She's Here With Me
03:11
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SHE'S HERE WITH ME
w&m by Dana Countryman
She's here with me
In my arms,
she's as warm as the Spring clouds above
She's as light as the wings of a dove,
and she's so full of love,
and she's here with me
As she sleeps,
she's a sail on the calm, open seas
She the rustle of wind in the trees
She's a soft, summer breeze,
and she's here with me
Ooh, yeah yeah
Like a diamond so bright,
she's the first star of night that I see
And she's shinin' her light down on me
She's shinin' it down on me
She's just too sweet for words,
like the song of nightbirds in a tree
and if their song you've heard, you'll agree
It's a sweeter song than this one ever will be
Ooh, yeah yeah
Like a diamond so bright,
she's the first star of night that I see
And she's shinin' her light down on me
She's shinin' it down on me
She's just too sweet for words,
like the song of nightbirds in a tree
and if their song you've heard, you'll agree
It's a sweeter song than this one ever will be
In my eyes, she's as pure as the new fallen snow
She's the sky when she's gettin' that glow
She's the sun settin' low,
and she's here with me
She's here with me
She's here with me today
She's here with me
I think she's gonna stay
© 2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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10. |
Knock, Knock, Knockin'
02:08
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KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCKIN’
w&m by Dana Countryman
Somethin’ deep inside me says
to stay away from you
You’ll only break my heart again
You’ll only make me blue
I know you’re not the kind of girl
to promise you’ll be true,
but I just can’t seem to stay away from you
Ev’rytime I break up with you,
I keep knock, knock, knockin’ again on your door
I keep tellin’ myself “We’re through”,
then I’m beg, beg, beggin’ for more
When it comes to you,
I break ev’ry rule
And I guess it’s true,
I’m a crazy fool
‘cause I keep knock, knock, knockin’ just like before
Girl, I love ya,
so what can I do?
©2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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11. |
Butterflies
03:52
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BUTTERFLIES
w&m by Dana Countryman
Ev’ry time you pass my way,
I get butterflies
Then I realize
I’m hopelessly in love with you
But you never notice me and my butterflies
Like a thousand guys,
who seem to think they love you, too
It isn’t thunder when it rains,
that’s the pounding of my heart
And ev’ry rainbow gives me hope
that there’s still a chance our love might start
So if you take the time to notice a butterfly,
the flutter of their wings
is like the flutter in my heart
And if you give me just a chance
we’ll never part
©2021 Friends Romans, BMI
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12. |
Rainbow In The Distance
03:12
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RAINBOW IN THE DISTANCE
w&m by Dana Countryman
The sun is slowly risin’
It’s another brand new day
Now the morning rain has lifted,
and the clouds have cleared away
There’s a rainbow in the distance,
and there’s not a trace of gray
As I sit and watch,
I stop and think about you
We grew up together
Never had a friend so true
Through the years you were the one friend
I could tell my troubles to
Someone strong enough to listen,
and I learned from watching you
And then late last night
I heard the news about you
And it really hurts to think I’ve lost a friend
Now there’s nothing I can do but wonder why
And it’s sad to think we’ll never meet again,
‘Cause we never had the chance to say goodbye
Now the sun is slowly sinkin’,
and the moon is on the hill
And tonight I really miss you,
and I guess I always will
But there’s a rainbow in the distance
In another place and time
And the world’s a little sadder now without you
And as the rain begins
I stop and think about you
© 2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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13. |
Scrapbook
03:48
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SCRAPBOOK
w&m by Dana Countryman
Look at this photograph,
that little guy is me
Life was much simpler then,
the way things used to be
Summers lasted forever
Neighbor kids spent their days together
in the sun, havin’ fun,
and laughing endlessly
There’s a sweet memory
in each photo I see in my scrapbook
Ev’ry face that I see
comes back clearly to me in my mind
And there’s a story behind
ev’ry photo I find in my scrapbook
Mem’ries time can’t erase
bring a smile to my face ev’ry time
Here’s one that makes me smile
The kid we used to know
We’d laugh so hard, as he’d
put on a puppet show
Now, he’s grown with his own life
He’ll stop by to see mom and dad,
to fill us in on how he’s been
How quickly they do grow
This one’s my fav’rite one,
a perfect memory
You looked so beautiful
the day you married me
Look at you with your hair done
Shining there, like a movie star
I swear of ev’ry photo,
this one means the most to me
There’s a sweet memory
in each photo I see in my scrapbook
Ev’ry face that I see
comes back clearly to me in my mind
And there’s a story behind
ev’ry photo I find in my scrapbook
Mem’ries time can’t erase
bring a smile to my face ev’ry time
Look at this photograph
©2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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THAT’S WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME
w&m by Dana Countryman
Christmas is falling snow, children home, out of school
Christmas is getting hugs from all of your in-laws
Christmas is pink noses, frozen toes and Jingle Bells
Christmas is Christmas Eve, can’t get to sleep and Santa Claus
Christmas is Sunday School, and it’s mom in the kitchen,
cooking the turkey for dinner on Christmas Day
It’s Dad, watching football on TV
Oh, that’s what Christmas means to me
Christmas is getting on the roof and stringing Christmas lights
Christmas is carolers, out singing in the snow
Christmas is presents, and lost mittens and it’s snowball fights
Christmas is hearing “White Christmas” played on the radio,
Christmas is mistletoe, and candy canes, and holly wreaths
Christmas is cookies shaped like reindeer, and what’s more
It’s little sister’s up on Santa’s knee
Oh, that’s what Christmas means to me
Christmas is seeing all the relatives on Christmas Day
Christmas is taking pictures of the family
Christmas is Bethlehem, Silent Night, stockings hung
upon the fireplace where Santa’s bound to see
Christmas is baby dolls, and BB guns, and Tonka Trucks
Christmas is celebrating His nativity
It’s putting the star on the Christmas tree
Oh, that’s what Christmas means,
what Christmas means
That’s what Christmas means to me
©2021 Friends Romans Music, BMI
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Dana Countryman Seattle, Washington
This artist remains a mystery. He never performs live in concert, these days. Deeply allergic to hip-hop and most modern radio sounds, he stays happy in his retro pop world.
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