Tuesday, May 24, 2011

JOHNNY TILLOTSON: POETRY IN MOTION [10]




Johnny Tillotson (born April 20, 1938 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American singer and songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored 9 top-ten hits on the pop, country and adult contemporary billboard charts including "Poetry In Motion" and the self-penned "It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin'". He also sang "Yellow Bird", an adaptation of the Haitian song, Johnny's version is quoted as being a favorite of the former head of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, because he and his wife had enjoyed it during their honeymoon. (BBC Interview)

Born April 20, 1938 (age 73)
Jacksonville, Florida
Genres country, pop
Occupations singer, songwriter
Years active Since 1957
Labels Cadence Records
MGM Records


1. DREAMY EYES

[peak Billboard position # 63 in 1958-59
Words and Music by Johnny Tillotson]


Dreamy eyes
You've got such dreamy eyes
When I'm away from you
I'm so alone and blu-u-ue
When I take you home
I feel so all alone
And then I realize
I love you, Dreamy Eyes
Your eyes hold a dream of a love for two
A love so warm and rare
I hope to see that dream come true

A dream we both can share
Dreamy eyes
You've got such dreamy eyes
And I see paradise
Within your dreamy eyes
Your eyes hold a dream of a love for two
A love so warm and rare
I hope to see that dream come true
A dream we both can share
Dreamy eyes
You've got such dreamy eyes
And I see paradise
Within your dreamy eyes

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2. IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A-HURTING..


[-peak Billboard position # 3 in 1962
-Words and Music by Johnny Tillotson]


I cry myself to sleep each night
Wishing I could hold you tight
Life seems so empty since you went away
The pillow where you'd lay your head
Now holds my lonely tears instead
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone
CHORUS
It keeps right on a-hurtin' every minute of the day
Every hour you're away I feel so lonely

And I can't help it, I don't think I can go on
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone
They say a man should never cry
But when I see you passin' by
My heart breaks down and cries a million tears
You broke my heart and set me free
But you forgot your memory
And it keeps right on a-hurtin' since you're gone
CHORUS

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3. TRUE TRUE HAPPINESS.



-peak Billboard position # 54 in 1959
-Words and Music by Hal Greene and Dick Wolfe
(bum-bah-bah-bum) (bah-bah-bum) (bah-bah-bum) (bah-bah-bum)
(bah-bah-bum) (bah-bah-bum)
True, true happiness will fo-o-low
True, true happiness will fo-o-low if you'll only follow
True, true happiness will fo-o-low if you'll only follow me
Yeah, yeah
SPOKEN (with constant ) When you're feeling lost inside,
let my
true love be your guide. True, true happiness will follow if you'll
only follow me.
Yeah!
True, true happiness will fo-o-low
True, true happiness will fo-o-low if you'll only follow
True, true happiness will fo-o-low if you'll only follow me
Yeah, yeah
SPOKEN (with constant ) Come with me and find the way.

You can trust me when I say " True, true happiness will follow if you'll
only follow me.
Yeah!"
True, true happiness will fo-o-low
True, true happiness will fo-o-low if you'll only follow
True, true happiness will fo-o-low if you'll only follow me
Yeah, yeah
SPOKEN (with constant ) Let me lead you like a steady.
Take
my hand and say you're ready. True, true happiness will follow if you'll
only follow
me. Yeah!
True, true happiness will fo-o-low
True, true happiness will fo-o-low if you'll only follow
True, true happiness will fo-o-low if you'll only follow me
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
FADE
Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

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4. WITHOUT YOU



You made me happy, you made me sing
But now without you, I've lost everything
And I know, know it's true that I-I must go throu-ou-gh
All my life (all my life) all my life (all my life)
Wi-ithout yo-ou-ou (wi-ithout you)

No one to talk to when I'm alone
No one to call me, call me her own
And I know, know it's true that I-I must go throu-ou-gh
All my life (all my life) all my life (all my life)
Wi-ithout yo-ou-ou (wi-ithout you)

(dum-dum-dum-dum)
SPOKEN: Maybe tomorrow
(dum-dum-dum-dum)
SPOKEN: Maybe in time
(dum-dum-dum-dum)
SPOKEN: I'll find an angel
(dum-dum-dum-dum)
SPOKEN: Who wants to be mine
(dum-dum-dum-dum)
SPOKEN: Someone who needs me
(dum-dum-dum-dum)
SPOKEN: Like I'm needing you
(dum-dum-dum-dum)
SPOKEN: Someone to love me and to always be true

But, oh my darling (oh-oh oh yes)
I love you still (he loves you still)
I dream about you (oh-oh oh yes)
And I always will (he always will)
And I know, know it's true that I-I must go throu-ou-gh
All my life (all my life) all my life (all my life)
Wi-ithout you (wi-ithout you)

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5. YOU CAN NEVER STOP ME LOVING YOU



You can take your picture off your shelf
You can go around all by yourself
You can tell the others that we're through
But darling, I know one thing you can't do

You can never stop me loving you
You can never stop the way that my heart's beating too
You can never stop me loving you
That's one thing you'll never do

You can look away when I pass by
You can do your best to make me cry
You can break my heart and leave me blue
But darling I know one thing you can't do

You can hang the phone up when I call
You can say you don't love me at all
You can say its over and we're through
But darling I know one thing you can't do

You'll never stop me loving you
That's one thing you'll never do

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6. WHY DO I LOVE YOU SO



Oooo - Oooo - Oooo - Oooo.......

My darlin' I have often thought of things we used to do,
And now I sit and wonder why you're gone and left me blue,
You said you'd never leave me, you said you'd never go,

Oh my darlin', why do I love you so?
Oh my darlin', why do I love you so?

Oooo - Oooo - Oooo - Oooo.......

Is it because you stroked my hair when you were by my side?
Or is it because of the tears you cried when your little puppy died?
You said you'd never leave me, you said you'd never go,

Oh my darlin', why do I love you so?
Oh my darlin', why do I love you so?

Oooo - Oooo - Oooo - Oooo.......

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7. HEART ACHES BY THE NUMBER



VERSE 1
I've got heartaches by the number when you left me
I never knew that I could hurt this way
O, how my heart was filled, when you come home again
But you came back an' never meant to stay

CHORUS:
Now, I've got heartaches by the number
Troubled by the shore
Ever day I love you more an' more
I've got heartaches by the number
It's a love that I can't win
But th day you stop lovin' me
Is th day my world will end

VERSE 2
Got heartaches by the number
When you called me an' said
You were coming back to stay
With hopeful heart I waited for you
But you must have lost your way

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8. POETRY IN MOTION




When I see my baby
What do I see
Poetry poetry in motion

Poetry in motion walking by my side
Her lovely locomotion
Keeps my eyes open wide
Poetry in motion see her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way

I love every movement
There's nothing I would change
She doesn't need improvement
She's much too nice to rearrange

Poetry in motion dancing close to me
A flower of devotion a-swaying gracefully
Woh-woh-woh-woh-woh-woh
Woh-woh-woh-woh-woh.....
Poetry in motion see her gentle sway
A wave out on the ocean
Could never move that way

I love every movement
There's nothing I would change
She doesn't need improvement
She's much too nice to rearrange

Poetry in motion all that I adore
No number nine love potion
Could make me love her more
Woh-woh-woh-woh-woh-woh
Woh-woh-woh-woh-woh.....

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9. TALK BACK TREMBLING LIPS

Talk back trembling lips
Shakey legs don't just stand there
Don't let her know that she's getting through to to you
Talk back trembling lips
Burning eyes don't start crying
Heart don't let her know that your breaking in two

Every day our love's a battle royal
Dear it seems that fighting is all we do
But if i let you know how much I love you
You'll do things to me you shouldn't do

So talk back trembling lips
Shakey legs don't just stand there
Don't let her know that she's getting through to to you
Talk back trembling lips
Burning eyes don't start crying
Heart don't let her know that your breaking in two

Every time you up and hurt my feelings
I pretend it couldn't matter less
I'm just hiding all of my emotions
Behind my broken heart I guess

So talk back trembling lips
Shakey legs don't just stand there
Don't let her know that she's getting through to to you
Talk back trembling lips
Burning eyes don't start crying
Heart don't let her know that your breaking in two
Heart don't let her know that your breaking in tWO

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10. PLEDGING MY LOVE



Forever my darling our love will be true
Always and forever I'll love just you
Just promise me darling your love in return
Let this fire in my soul dear forever burn

My heart's at your command dear to keep love and to hold
Making you happy is my desire dear keeping you is my goal
I'll forever love you the rest of my days
I'll never part from you and your loving way

My heart's at your command dear...


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