FOOL TO CRY

THE ROLLING STONES
SONGWRITERS: KEITH RICHARDS & MICK JAGGER
COUNTRY: U. K.
ALBUM: BLACK AND BLUE
LABEL: ROLLING STONES
GENRE: SOUL/BALLAD
YEAR: 1976
 
       "Fool to Cry" is a ballad by English rock band [the Rolling Stones] from their 1976 album Black and Blue.
        The song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Taylor had just left the band and the Stones were left without a lead guitarist. The recording of Black and Blue acted as a sort of audition for new guitarists, which led to session man Wayne Perkins playing guitar on this track. Jagger plays electric piano and Nicky Hopkins performs regular piano on the track, with Hopkins also playing the string synthesizer.
        Released as the lead single off Black and Blue in 1976, "Fool to Cry" reached Nº 6 on the UK Singles Chart and Nº 10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.
          "Fool to Cry" was the only track from Black and Blue to appear on the Stones' career-spanning greatest hits albums Forty Licks in 2002 and GRRR! in 2012.
When I come home baby
And I've been working all night long
I put my daughter on my knee, and she says
Daddy what's wrong?
She whispers in my ear so sweet
You know what she says, she says
Ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry
You're a fool to cry
And it makes me wonder why
 
Daddy you're a fool
You know, I got a woman (daddy you're a fool)
And she lives in the poor part of town
And I go see her sometimes
And we make love, so fine
I put my head on her shoulder
She says, tell me all your troubles
You know what she says?
She says, ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry
You're a fool to cry
And it makes me wonder why
 
Daddy you're a fool to cry
Yeah, she says
Oh, Daddy you're a fool to cry
You're a fool to cry
And it makes me wonder why
 
She says, ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry
Ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry
Ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry
Ooh, daddy you're a fool to cry
 
Even my friends say to me sometimes
And make out like I don't understand them
You know what they say?
They say, ooh daddy you're a fool to cry
You're a fool to cry
And it makes me wonder why, ah
 
I'm a fool baby, ah ya
I'm a certified fool, ah yeah
Gotta tell ya, baby
I'm a fool baby, ah yeah
Whoo
Certified fool for ya, mama, ya, yeah, come on, yeah
I'm a fool, yeah!

FEELIN’ THE SAME WAY
NORAH JONES
SONGWRITER: LEE ALEXANDER
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: COME AWAY WITH ME
LABEL: BLUE NOTE
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 2002
 
        "Feelin' the Same Way" is a song released on Norah Jones's debut album Come Away with Me. It was written by Lee Alexander, and produced by Jones. The song charted at number 72 on the UK Singles chart.

The sun just slipped its note below my door
And I can't hide beneath my sheets
I've read the words before so now I know
The time has come again for me
 
And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend
 
Another day that I can't find my head
My feet don't look like they're my own
I'll try and find the floor below to stand
And I hope I reach it once again
 
And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend
Yeahhhh, Ohhhh, Yeahhh
 
So many times I wonder where I've gone
And how I found my way back in
I look around awhile for something lost
Maybe I'll find it in the end
 
And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend
 
Feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend
No matter how much I pretend.

LADY OF THE NIGHT

DONNA SUMMER
SONGWRITERS: GIORGIO MORODER & PETE BELLOTTE
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: LADY OF THE NIGHT
LABEL: GROOVY RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1974
 
            Lady of the Night is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Donna Summer, released on February 26, 1974. The album, which was produced by Pete Bellotte, was released only in The Netherlands, and spawned the minor hit singles "The Hostage" and "Lady of the Night" in that country. The songs, written by the Moroder/Bellotte team, are mostly of the pop/rock/folk variety. The track "Lady of the Night" is popular in Germany, receiving air time on radio stations that feature classics of the sixties and seventies. Being formerly married to an Austrian, Donna Summer was a fluent German speaker and recorded a number of songs in that language.
        "Full of Emptiness" was excised from all CD reissues, as the track was re-mixed and re-released on her next album, 1975's Love to Love You Baby.

They call her the lady of the night
She's a woman of the world
And easy-living girl with love for sale
 
That's what they call her the lady of the night
No one seems to know her name
And even less about the place
From where she came
 
Every evening when the night is close at hand
You'll find the lady on the rue d'avignon
In a half lit hotel doorway the lady advertises warmly
It's just a job but she'll do the best she can
 
Don't try to change this lady of the night
She's a lot like you and me
And less than what she seems to be
 
And easy-living girl
(she is the lady of the night)
She's a woman of the world
(she is the lady of the night)
With lots of loving for sale
(she is the lady of the night)
Lady lady of the night
 
Round here they call her the lady of the night
In a perfume hotel room
Shadows dance upon the wall and fate at dawn
She's no beginner this lady of the night
Never try that funny stuff
'cause lady can be tough
Be warned!
 
She's a lot like you and me
(she is the lady of the night)
And never just what she seems
(she is the lady of the night)
No one seems to know her name
(she is the lady of the night)
Or the place from where she came.

LIGHTS OF CINCINNATI

SCOTT WALKER
SONGWRITERS: GEOFF STEPHENS & TONY MCAUIEY
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: IT’S RAINING TODAY: THE SCOTT WALKER STORY(1967-70)
LABEL: PHILIPS RECORDS
GENRE: FOLK POP
YEAR: 1996
 
     "Lights of Cincinnati" is a song written by the English songwriters Tony Macaulay and Geoff Stephens which was first a song for the American singer-songwriter Scott Walker in 1969. The song was Walker's third solo single in the UK. The accompaniment was directed by Peter Knight.
       "Lights of Cincinnati" was a moderate hit spending ten weeks on the UK Singles Chart and peaking at Nº 13 in July 1969. The single also made the Irish Singles Chart peaking at No. 20.
       While not included on the concurrently released Scott: Scott Walker Sings Songs from his TV Series album or Scott 3 album from March, the song replaced "30 Century Man" on US editions of Scott 3. The single was backed with the 1969 Scott 3 album track "Two Weeks Since You've Gone". The accompaniment of the b-side was directed by Angela Morley.
I remember still, I guess I always will
That winters day I took the west bound flight
As I looked down from the plane
You were standing in the rain
You waved goodbye
Till I was out of sight
 
And I can see them shining
Through the Willows and the Pines
The lights of Cincinatti
Oh, so many miles behind
I could build myself a new life
And make it on my own
But the lights of Cincinnati
Will be calling me back home
 
Sometimes late at night
I watch the fire light
Make pictures of a life that used to be
For a moment I'm back there
In that same old rocking chair
You look across the room
And smile at me
 
And I can see them shining
Through the Willows and the Pines
The lights of Cincinatti
Oh, so many miles behind
I could build myself a new life
And make it on my own
But the lights of Cincinnati
Will be calling me back home
 
But the lights of Cincinnati
Will be callin' me back home.