Monday, August 16, 2010

BERTIE HIGGINS: JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE AND 6 MORE




Elbert Joseph "Bertie" Higgins (born December 8, 1944, Tarpon Springs, Florida) is an adult-contemporary singer, songwriter, and guitarist. In 1982, he had his only Top 40 album with Just Another Day in Paradise. It spawned the Top 10 romantic ballad "Key Largo", which referenced the Humphrey Bogart movie of the same name and reached #8 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 record chart, number one in the adult contemporary charts, and a country hit as well. In 2009, his song was #75 on VH1's Greatest One Hit Wonders of the 80's. He also became a multi-platinum recording artist in the Pacific Rim countries including Japan and China due to the mega-hit, "Casablanca".
Birth name Elbert Joseph Higgins
Born December 8, 1944 (1944-12-08) (age 65)
Origin Tarpon Springs, Florida
Genres Country, pop
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Years active 1982–present
Labels Epic



1. CASABLANCA


Back row of the drive in show
in the flickering light
Popcorn and cokes beneath
the stars became champagne and caviar
Making love on a long hot summers night

I thought you fell in love
with me watching Casablance
Holding hands 'neath the paddle
fans in Rick's Candle lit cafe
Hiding in the shadows from the spies.
Moroccan moonlight in your eyes
Making magic at the movies in my old Chevrolet

Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by

I guess there're many broken hearts in Casablanca
You know I've never really
been there. so, I don't know
I guess our love story will
never be seen on the big wide silver screen
But it hurt just as bad
when I had to watch you go

Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh
Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more
each day as time goes by
Oh! A kiss is still a kiss in Casablanca
But a kiss is not a kiss without your sigh

Please come back to me in Casablanca
I love you more and more each day as time goes by
I love you more and more each day as time goes by

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2. MIAMI MOON


There hasn't been a night go by
Where I haven't craved for you and cried
I walked that lonely beach
alone...

I listened while the warm wind
Wishpered your name
Remembered how your body
glistened in the rain
I fought the memories and the pain
That keep hanging on...

Beneath the big Miami Moon
Shining down on you
Dancing in your eyes so blue
The way it used to do

Baby come back soon
I still believe that dreams come true
Under that gold doubloon
The big Miami Moon

I'm so sorry that I broke your heart
But I sailed the ship of fools out in the dark
Never dreamed we'd fall apart
Back then...

If you don't come home to stay
The ship should just take me away
'Cause I'm so scared that I may
Never see you again...

CHORUS (2x


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3. KEY LARGO


Wrapped around each other

Trying so hard to stay warm

That first cold winter together

Lying in each other's arms
Watching those old movies

Falling in love so desperately

Honey I was your hero

And you were my leading lady



We had it all

Just like Bogie and Bacall

Starring in our old late, late show

Sailing away to Key Largo



Here's lookin' at you kid

Missing all the things we did

We can find it once again, I know

Just like they did in Key Largo



Honey can't you remember

We played all the parts

That sweet scene of surrender

When you gave me your heart

Please say you will...play it again

'Cause I love you still

Baby this can't be the end



We had it all

Just like Bogie and Bacall

Starring in our old late, late show

Sailing away to Key Largo



Here's lookin' at you kid

Missing all the things we did

We can find it once again, I know

Just like they did in Key Largo


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4. JUST ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE


The big cold city is such a lonely place to be
Hustle all day and dream of the islands and sea
Millions of girls but none of them seemed right for me
Til you came along, you touched me and set me free

So I slipped away last night, eased on down to the Key
Flyin' so high, we hitched a ride on a Gulf Stream breeze
Livin' on love and the fruits from tropical trees
A song in our hearts and our eyes on the West Indies

It's just another day in paradise
Love in the night, oh we do it so right
Seein' that 'I Love You' look in your eyes
Just another day in paradise

A bottle of rum, listen to the steel drum band
Laughin' in the moonlight, along the beach we ran
Splashin' naked in the sea, makin' love upon the sand
Fallin' fast asleep like children, hand in hand

It's just another day in paradise
Love in the night, oh we do it so right
Seein' that 'I Love You' look in your eyes
Just another day in paradise

I woke up this morning with the sunlight in my eyes
Guess it was only a dream, I hear the city outside
But I look at you sleepin' and honey now I realize
That anywhere with you is paradise

It's just another day in paradise
Love in the night, oh we do it so right
Seein' that 'I Love You' look in your eyes
Just another day in paradise

It's just another day in paradise
Love in the night, oh we do it so right
Seein' that 'I Love You' look in your eyes
Just another day in paradise

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5. JAMAICA ME CRAZY


Thought I'd drink another red stripe
Thought I'd think about getting right
But I forgot to forget about the moonlight
And you

A reckless island romance
A sudden summer sundance
A Carribean take-a-chance
That just couldn't come true
But

Jamaica Me Crazy
Jamaica Me Wild
Jamaica Me Coconuts
Jamaica Me Smile

Jamaica Me Crazy
Crazy as a loon
Jamaica Me Crazy
How you amaze me
Hope you'll come back soon

Hung out on the new beach
Paradise within my reach
But those hot brown bodies
Look like cold conch fillies to me

The weather's here
I guess they're beautiful
But nothing holds a candle
To you in my memory

Jamaica Me Crazy
Jamaica Me Wild
Jamaica Me Coconuts
Jamaica Me Smile

Jamaica Me Crazy
Crazy as a loon
Jamaica Me Crazy
How you amaze me
Hope you'll come back soon

Jamaica Me Crazy
Jamaica Me Wild
Jamaica Me Coconuts
Jamaica Me Smile

Jamaica Me Crazy
Crazy as a loon
Jamaica Me Crazy
How you amaze me
Hope you'll come back soon

Jamaica Me Crazy
Jamaica Me Wild
Jamaica Me Coconuts
Jamaica Me Smile

Jamaica Me Crazy
Crazy as a loon
Jamaica Me Crazy
How you amaze me
Hope you'll come back soon

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6. THE FLAG IS ON FIRE


I was born and I was raised
In the land of the brave and free,
Took mama’s homemade apple pie
To school with me.
And every morning we’d say the pledge
And learn American history,
I’d show those shiny medals
Daddy died for across the sea.

(chorus)
But now the Flag’s on Fire, the Flag’s on Fire,
It’s up to you and me to raise old glory higher.
They can burn the flag of freedom for all the world to see,
But they’ll never burn the freedom out of me.

At seventeen my girl and me
Made every single home game,
Before the start with hand on heart
We’d stand up proud and sing.
And how we prayed that one day
We’d hear wedding bells ring,
Until that day I was called away
About some terrible Mid-east thing.

(repeat chorus)

I guess they’ve got the right to express
How they feel about the flag,
But let ‘em tell it to the ones
Coming home in a body bag.
In God I trust, you feel you must,
Stand up with me and brag,
We’ll tell the world that the stars and stripes
Just ain’t some damned old rag!

(repeat chorus twice)


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