Homer wrote the music - Ira wrote the lyrics period

Here is all the info about Who wrote Porgy and Bess It seems that the first song Gershwin wrote was Summertime. Together with his wife Ira he wrote Porgy and Bess..

All about Summertime of George Gershwin

written by Ira Gershwin period

Beautiful song in the musical Porgy and Bess!! Sung beautifully by Ella Fitzgerald and written by George Gershwin..

Thanks for putting it here, bwildman :-)

well once a year christmas that's tolerable. :D

Summer time
and the living is easy
the catfish are jumping
and the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich
and your momma's good looking
so hush
little baby
dont you cry

One of these mornings
Your gunna rise up singing
Your gunna spread your wings
and take to the sky
But till that morning
something will haunt you
but hush
little baby
dont you cry

*author unknown*

Let's wander slowly through the fields
Slowly slowly through the fields
I touch the leaves that touch the sky
Just you and I through fields of joy

All trouble slowly fades away
Slowly slowly fades away
I hold your hand inside my hand
Across the land through fields of joy

The sound of music that we hear
The blend of colors in the air
All cities, mountains disappear from view
All truth and beauty near to me and you

With you through the fields
With you through the fields
With you through the fields
The fields of joy

Let's wander slowly through the fields
Slowly slowly through the fields
I know our love will never die
Just you and I
Through fields of joy
Through fields of joy

*** Lenny Kravitz

Sometimes I feel
Like I don’t have a partner
Sometimes I feel
Like my only friend
Is the city I live in
The city of angel
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I drive on her streets
’cause she’s my companion
I walk through her hills
’cause she knows who I am
She sees my good deeds
And she kisses me windy
I never worry
Now that is a lie

I don’t ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

It’s hard to believe
That there’s nobody out there
It’s hard to believe
That I’m all alone
At least I have her love
The city she loves me
Lonely as I am
Together we cry

I don’t ever want to feel
Like I did that day
Take me to the place I love
Take me all the way

Under the bridge downtown
Is where I drew some blood
Under the bridge downtown
I could not get enough
Under the bridge downtown
Forgot about my love
Under the bridge downtown
I gave my life away

*** RHCP

Concert now at VIVA TV.

He left me crying one Sunday night outside of Boulder
He said he had to find himself out on the road.
I guess when love goes wrong
You ve gotta learn to be strong.

So I worked two jobs,
And I moved three times.
I ended up south of Memphis, working down in Riverside.
I may not be so lucky in love,
But the one thing Im sure of.

I want a man that stands beside me,
Not in front of or behind me.
Give me two arms that want to hold me, not own me
And Ill give all the love in my heart.
Stand beside me.
Be true dont tell lies to me.
Im not looking for a fantasy,
I want a man to stand beside me.

I didnt expect to see hi, one hot July morning
His hair was longer, but his eyes were the same old blue.
He said..ive missed you for so long. Oh baby what can I do?
I said..Iwant a man to stand beside me,
Not in front of or behind me.
Give me two arms that want to hold me, not own me
And Ill give all the love in my heart.

Oh its hard to tell him No
When I want him so bad
But Ive got to be true to my heart this time.

Im not looking for a fantasy
I want a man to stand beside me.
I want a man to stand beside me.

LOL you two are so silly

Amen. The key to understanding the universe is in these two posts. LOL

I'm good to the finish,cause I eats my spinach..I'm Popeye the Sailor Man!! Toot Toot
LOL:)

I am what I am and that's all that I am...I'm Popeye The Sailor Man. :)

My life is changing in so many ways..
I dont know who to trust anymore..
theres a shadow running through my days..
like a begger going from door to door.
I was thinking maybe that I'd get a maid..
find a place nearby for her to stay...
just someone to keep my house clean..
fix my meals and go away.
a maid
a man needs a maid
a maid
a man needs a maid

when will I see you again.

Awhile ago somewhere I dont know when...
I was watching a movie with a friend..
I fell in love with the actress..
she was playing a part that I could understand.
a maid
a man needs a maid
a maid
a man needs a maid

when will I see you again...

N.Young

When I'm Gone


There's another world inside of me
That you may never see
There's secrets in this life
That I can't hide
Somewhere in this darkness
There's a light that I can't find
Maybe it's too far away...
Maybe I'm just blind...

Maybe I'm just blind...


So hold me when I'm here
Love me when I'm wrong
Hold me when I'm scared
And love me when I'm gone
Everything I am
And everything you need
I'll also be the one
You wanted me to be
I'll never let you down
Even if I could
I'd give up everything
If only for your good
So hold me when I'm here
Love me when I'm wrong
You can hold me when I'm scared
You won't always be there
So love me when I'm gone


Love me when I'm gone...

When your education x-ray
Can not see under my skin
I won't tell you a damn thing
That I could not tell my friends
Roaming through this darkness
I'm alive but I'm alone
Part of me is fighting this
But part of me is gone

So hold me when I'm here
Love me when I'm wrong
Hold me when I'm scared
And love me when I'm gone
Everything I am
And everything you need
I'll also be the one
You wanted me to be
I'll never let you down
Even if I could
I'd give up everything
If only for your good
So hold me when I'm here
Love me when I'm wrong
You can hold me when I'm scared
You won't always be there
So love me when I'm gone

Maybe I'm just blind...

So hold me when I'm here
Love me when I'm wrong
Hold me when I'm scared
And love me when I'm gone
Everything I am
And everything you need
I'll also be the one
You wanted me to be
I'll never let you down
Even if I could
I'd give up everything
If only for your good
So hold me when I'm here
Love me when I'm wrong
You can hold me when I'm scared
You won't always be there
So love me when I'm gone

Love me when I'm gone...

Love me when I'm gone
When I'm Gone
When I'm Gone
When I'm Gone

The Truth About Men


We don't like to go out shoppin', don't care what's on sale
Just wanna sit with a bag full of chips watchin' the NFL
When you come over at half time, you say does this dress fit too tight
We just look you in the eye with a big fat lie and say
“Uh-Hu, looks just right”

Well that's the truth about men, that's the truth about us
We like to hunt and golf on our days off, scratch and spit and cuss
And no matter what line we hand you when we come draggin' in
We ain't wrong, we ain't sorry, and it's probably gonna happen again

We hate watchin' Steel Magnolias, we like Rambo and Die Hard IV
Jump up and down like fools when we see the new tools
At the Home Depot Store
We don't really wanna take you to dinner at some fancy restaurant
The only reason we do is ‘cause we know it leads to
The one thing that we all want

Well, that's the truth about men, that's the truth about guys
We'd rather pick guitars and work on cars
Than work on the problems in our lives
And though we might say it to you now and then
We ain't wrong, we ain't sorry, and it's probably gonna happen again

Well, if you wanna know what we're all thinkin', it's nothing too complex
It's just somethin' cold for drinkin' and a whole lotta “S” E” … Yes.

That's the truth about men, that's the truth about us
We like to hunt and golf and drive around lost
And scratch and spit and a whole lotta other disgusting stuff
And no matter what line we give you when we come crawlin' in
We ain't wrong, we ain't sorry and it's probably gonna happen again

We ain't wrong, We ain't sorry, and it's probably gonna happen
Sure it's gonna happen, you know it's gonna happen again
And that's the truth about men

Hey
I'm your life
I'm the one who takes you there
Hey
I'm your life
I'm the one who cares
They
They betray
I'm your only true friend now
They
They'll betray
I'm forever there

I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true

I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true

You
You're my mask
You're my cover, my shelter
You
You're my mask
You're the one who's blamed
Do
Do my work
Do my dirty work, scapegoat
Do
Do my deeds
For you're the one who's shamed

I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true

I'm your dream, mind astray
I'm your eyes while you're away
I'm your pain while you repay
You know it's sad but true

Hate
I'm your hate
I'm your hate when you want love
Pay
Pay the price
Pay, for nothing's fair

Hey
I'm your life
I'm the one who took you here
Hey
I'm your life
And i no longer care

I'm your dream, make you real
I'm your eyes when you must steal
I'm your pain when you can't feel
Sad but true

I'm your truth, telling lies
I'm your reasoned alibis
I'm inside open your eyes
I'm you

Sad but true

Chorus:
The closer you get, the further i fall.
I'll be over the edge now in no time at all.
I'm falling faster and faster and faster with no time to stall.
The closer you get, the further i fall.

The things that you say to me, the look on your face, brings out the man in
Me.
Do i see a trace in your eyes of love?

Chorus

Could i be dreamin'?
Is this really real?
'cause there's something magic the way that i feel in your arms tonight.

Chorus

Keep fallin', oh, yeah, yeah, keep fallin', mm, fallin', oh, yeah, yeah, i'm
Fallin'.

Yes, i'm fallin'. yes, i'm fallin'. yes, i'm fallin'.
Yes, i'm fallin'. yes, i'm fallin'. yes, i'm fallin'.
Yes, i'm fallin'. yes, i'm fallin'. yes, i'm fallin'.

Chorus

the celentano music film was directed by fellini. :D

Adriano Celentano surfing the first American Waves 1960

The summary confesses, some were worse and
even shallower than sinatra. :-)) WTG Frankie. :-b

Roots - now at Arte-TV Europe.

LOL. My mistress is The Killing Machine.

wow,whatever it is that could inspire Chief and Usurper is indeed worthy of a crown and a Kingdom!

Very special indeed.

oh my chiefy...such a crown must be a unique size...whoever it does fit must be very special :)

Very great Usurper one of my favorites too. What could inspire us to post such great music? Who knows? If the crown fits wear it. LOL

I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love her

She gives me ev'rything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her

A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die
And I love her


(Lennon/McCartney)

Never My Love


You ask me if there'll come a time
when I grow tired of you;
never my love, never my love.

You wonder if this heart of mine
will lose its desire for you;
never my love,
never my love.

What makes you think love will end
when you know that my whole life
depends on you?

You say you fear I'll change my mind
I won't require you,
Never my love,
never my love.

How can you think love will end
when I've asked you to spend your
whole life with me?


(by Don and Dick Addrisi)

LOL....Chiefy speechless...impossible :)

Thanks Donna. It says so much.

Princess..Chiefy ain't talking. As if. :)

oh wow chiefy absolutely heart melting song...whatever inspired you to post it?

Beautiful Chief! One of my favourite songs! :-)

You ask me if I love you
And I choke on my reply
I'd rather hurt you honestly
Than mislead you with a lie

For who am I to judge you
In what you say or do
I'm only just beginning
To see the real you

And sometimes when we touch
The honesty's too much
And I have to close my eyes
And hide
I wanna hold you till I die
Till we both break down and cry
I wanna hold you till the fear in me subsides

Romance's an honest strategy
Leaves me grappling with my pride
But through the years of maturity
Some tenderness survives
I'm just another writer
Still trapped within my truth
A hesitant prize-fighter
Still trapped within my youth

At times I'd like to break you
And drive you to your knees
At times I'd like to break through
And hold you endlessly
At times I understand you
And I know how hard you try
I've watched whil love commands you
And I've watched love pass you by
At times I think we're drifters
Still searching for a friend
A brother or a sister
But then the passion flares again....

My fave Xmas song!

Fairytale of New york

It was Christmas Eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won't see another one
And then he sang a song
The Rare Old Mountain Dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I've got a feeling
This year's for me and you
So happy Christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They've got cars big as bars
They've got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It's no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold Christmas Eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of New York City
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the NYPD choir
Were singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day

You're a bum
You're a punk
You're an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy Christmas your arse
I pray God it's our last




The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells were ringing out
For Christmas day


I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can't make it all alone
I've built my dreams around you

The boys of the NYPD choir
Still singing "Galway Bay"
And the bells are ringing out
For Christmas day

Fall for me, my southern cross, my star
Shine for me when love has gone too far
I've got you belly-deep in me.

Just a little breath on the water is all we need
Just a little strenght in our hearts -
Enough to heal, Enough to heal.

Dig me out, can't leave this love for dead
Hand to mouth we're picking up the thread
I've got you belly-deep in me.

Just a little breath on the water now is all we need
Just a little strenght in our hearts,
Enough to heal, Enough to heal.

And the sea glistens, And the waves pull us in
There's something rising up and up.

Just a little breath on the water now,
Just a little strenght in our hearts,
Enough to heal, Enough to heal.

*** Heather Nova

In the white room with black curtains near the station.
Blackroof country, no gold pavements, tired starlings.
Silver horses ran down moonbeams in your dark eyes.
Dawnlight smiles on you leaving, my contentment.

I’ll wait in this place where the sun never shines;
Wait in this place where the shadows run from themselves.

You said no strings could secure you at the station.
Platform ticket, restless diesels, goodbye windows.
I walked into such a sad time at the station.
As I walked out, felt my own need just beginning.

I’ll wait in the queue when the trains come back;
Lie with you where the shadows run from themselves.

At the party she was kindness in the hard crowd.
Consolation for the old wound now forgotten.
Yellow tigers crouched in jungles in her dark eyes.
She’s just dressing, goodbye windows, tired starlings.

I’ll sleep in this place with the lonely crowd;
Lie in the dark where the shadows run from themselves.

*** jack bruce and pete brown

Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean

And they wile away the hours
In their ivory towers
Till they're covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine

Chorus
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking 'bout you and me
And the games people play

Oh we make one another cry
Break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die
That the other was to blame

Neither one will give in
So we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking 'bout the things that might have been
It's a dirty rotten shame

Repeat Chorus

People walking up to you
Singing glory hallelulia
And they're tryin to sock it to you
In the name of the Lord

They're gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope, cheat your faith
And further more to hell with hate
Come on and get on board

Repeat Chorus

Look around tell me what you see
What's happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To remember who I am

Cause you've given up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turns you sad on humanity
And you don't give a da da da da da

The target is me, a monster you flee
I hate what you say and you do
A mirror is there and look if you dare
The fool that you see's only you

Oh, no you won't nail me to you tree
Or hang my head up high
No kingdom reigns over me
Despite all the liars I see

Don't give me your "Save my soul" cure
I - I'm still alive, and
I, am a soul survivor
You can't understand why
I - I'm still alive, and
I, am a soul survivor

Damn you holy man - alive
Can't understand, the lord of the land
You heart and your head made of stone
Lay in the sand my blood on your hands
For God's sake just leave me alone

Oh no, you won't nail me to your tree
Or hang my head up high
Restless is all I can be
Ruthless and reckless you see

I don't need your "Save my soul" cure
I - I'm still alive, and
I, am a soul survivor
You can't understand why
I - I'm still alive, and
I, am a soul survivor

Damn you holy man - alive
Force suppression, that's what you do
Tell me what's in it for you
Listen, I'm on to your game
All your lies are the same

** Wasp

I been alone
All the years
So many ways to count the tears
I never change
I never will
I'm so afraid the way i feel

Days when the rain and the sun are gone
Black as night
Agony's torn at my heart too long
So afraid
Slip and fall and i die

I been alone
Always down
No one cared to stay around
I never change
I never will
I'm so afraid the way i feel

*** Fleetwood Mac

I've been sittin' here trying to find myself
I get behind myself I need to rewind myself
Looking for the payback listening for the playback
They say that every man bleeds just like me
And I feel like number one yet I'm last in line
I watch my younger son and it helps to pass the time
I take too many pills that helps to ease the pain
I made a couple of dollare bills still I feel the same
Everybody knows my name they say it way out loud
A lot of folks f... with me it's hard to hang out in a croud
I guess that's the price you pay to be some big shot like I am
Out strecthed hands and one night stands
Still I can't find love and when the walls are tumbling down
I will always be around
Yea.....

And when the walls are tumbling down I will always be around

People don't know about the things I say and do
They don't understand about the s... I've been through
Its been so long since I've been home
I've been gone, I've been gone way too long
Maybe I've forgotten all the things I miss
Oh, somehow I know there is more to life than this
I've said it too many times and I still stand firm
You get what you put in and people get what the deserve
Still I aint seen mine, no I aint seen mine
I've been given but just aint gettin' I've been walkin that thin line
So I think I'll keep a walking with my head held high
I'll keep moving on and only God knows why
Only God, Only God, Only God knows why
Only God knows why,why,why,why
Only God knows why
Take it to the river, hey..
Take it to the river, hey..

Kid Rock

In your arms I can still feel the way you
want me when you hold me
I can still hear the words you whispered
when you told me
I can stay right here forever in your arms

And there ain't no way--
I'm lettin' you go now
And there ain't no way--
and there ain't not how
I'll never see that day....

[Chorus:]
'Cause I'm keeping you
forever and for always
We will be together all of our day
Wanna wake up every
morning to your sweet face--always

Mmmm, baby
In your heart--I can still hear
a beat for every time you kiss me
And when we're apart,
I know how much you miss me
I can feel your love for me in your heart

And there ain't no way--
I'm lettin' you go now
And there ain't now way--
and there ain't no how
I'll never see that day....

Chorus:]
'Cause I'm keeping you
forever and for always
We will be together all of our day
Wanna wake up every
morning to your sweet face--always

(I wanna wake up every morning)

In your eyes--(I can still see
the look of the one) I can still see
the look of the one who really loves me
(I can still feel the way that you want)
The one who wouldn't put anything
else in the world above me
(I can still see love for me) I can
still see love for me in your eyes
(I still see the love)

And there ain't no way--
I'm lettin' you go now
And there ain't no way--
and there ain't no how
I'll never see that day....

[Repeat Chorus (2x)]

I'm keeping you forever and for always
I'm in your arms

My makeup is dry and it cracks on my chin
I'm drowning my sorrows in whiskey and gin
The lion tamer's whip doesn't crack anymore
The lions they won't bite and the tigers won't roar

La la la La
So let's all drink to the death of a clown
Won't someone help me to break up this crown
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
La la la la la la la la la la
Let's all drink to the death of a clown

The old fortune teller lies dead on the floor
Nobody needs fortunes told anymore
The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees
And frantically looking for runaway fleas

La la la la la la la la la la
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
So won't someone help me to breakup this crown
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
La la la la la la la la la la

Pleasure! :-)