The Brian Setzer Orchestra

Brian Setzer The Brian Setzer Orchestra Lyrics
1.Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

Written:Eric Maschwitz/Manning Sherwin

That certain night
The night we met
There was magic abroad in the air
There were angels dining at the Ritz
And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

I may be right I may be wrong
But I'm perfectly willing to swear
That when you turned and smiled at me
A nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

The moon that lingered over London town
Poor puzzled moon he wore a frown
How could he know we two were so in love
The whole damned world seemed upside down

The streets of town were paved with stars
It was such a romantic affair
And as we kissed and said goodnight
A nightingale sang in Berekeley Square

How strange it was
How sweet and strange
There was never a dream to compare
To those hazy crazy nights we met
And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

Ah this heart of mine
Loud and fast
Like a merry-go-round in a fair
We would dance cheek to cheek
And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

The dawn came staeling up
All gold and blue
To interrupt our rendez-vous
I still remember how you smiled and said
Was that a dream or was it true?

Our homeward step was just as light
As the dancing feet of Astaire
And like an echo far away
And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square
And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square

That night in Berkeley Square.


2.Sittin' On It All The Time

Written:Sydney Mann/Henry Bernard

Old maid old maid stop acting like a baby child
Old maid old maid stop acting like a baby child
You waited til you got 63
Before you started runnin wild

Oh, I'm lookin for a gal She's got to be young and neat
Yeah, I'm lookin for a gal She's got to be young and neat
What good is a stove if it don't put out no heat

Well you had your chance for love and romance
but you let it pass you by
'Cause when you were 10 you used to run from men
Kept on sittin on it all the time

When you was 15 you was a natural queen
Kept on sittin on it all the time

When you were 22 you didn't know what to do
When you was 25 you thought about that jive
Kept on sittin on it all the time
Kept on sittin on it all the time

When you was 31 you was hot as the sun,
you kept on sittin on it all the time

When you were 35 you were glad to be alive
When you were it still wasn't too late
Kept on sittin on it all the time
Kept on sittin on it all the time

When you were 44 men were still knockin on your door
Kept on sittin on it all the time

When you were 49 you changed your mind
When you were 52 you still knew what to do
Kept on sittin on it all the time
Kept on sittin on it all the time

Now you're 63 you're too old for me,
so keep on sittin on it all the time.


3.Ball And Chain

Written:Brian Setzer

Never call when you're out late
I don't know when you're comin' home
Change your mind just like the weather
And I don't know if I'm ever gonna

Break this ball and chain
And to you our love is just a little game
Now there's a fine line between
pleasure and pain
You love me like a ball and chain

When I called up information
Tryin' to pinpoint a location
When I find out unexpected
That your nunber's disconnected

Oh I got to break this ball and chain
And to you our love is just a little game
Now there's a fine line between
pleasure and pain
You love me like a ball and chain

I spent all my money
On a big shiny car
I spent all my time
In the back of a bar

Drivin down the highway
But I never get far
Keepin up with you baby's
like chasin a star

Never call when you're out late
I don't know when you're comin' home
Change your mind just like the weather
And I don't know if I'm ever gonna

Break this ball and chain
And to you our love is just a little game
Now there's a fine line between
pleasure and pain
You love me like a ball and chain

There's a fine line between
pleasure and pain
love me like a ball and chain
There's a fine line between
pleasure and pain
love me like a ball and chain.


4.Your True Love

Written:Carl Lee Perkins

Your love
Your true love
Your true love baby that's what you give to me

Your love
Your true love
Your true love baby that's what you give to me

Well God made the world and he made it round
I got my baby and I'm glad I found
Her love was meant for me
And my baby she'll always be

She gives me true love
Your true love
Your true love baby that's what you give to me

Your love
Your true love
Your true love baby that's what you give to me

Well love was made and I don't boast
When he made you he made the most
You've got that certain touch
And to me baby you mean so much

You give me your love
Your true love
Your true love baby that's what you give to me

Oh your true love
Your true love baby that's what you give to me
You give me something baby hard to forget

You give me your love
Your true love
Your true love baby that's what you give to me
Your true love baby that's what you give to me

True love baby that's what you give to me

Oh baby true love baby that's what you give to me.


5.Lady Luck

Written:Brian Setzer

Two hands reach for twelve at midnight
Clouds of smoke fill up the room
All the boys snap to attention
When Lady Luck walks into the room

She's got diamonds on her fingers
And she smells like fine perfume
Everyone drops what they're doin'
When Lady Luck walks into the room

I can't rub two dimes together
I'm so broke that it's a shame
Though we're two birds of a feather
Lady Luck don't even know my name

Bartender pour her a double
The band just played her favorite tune
And the party's just beginning
When Lady Luck walks into the room

I can't rub two dimes together
I'm so broke that it's a shame
Though we're two birds of a feather
Lady Luck don't even know my name

Bartender pour her a double
The band just played her favorite tune
And the party's just beginning
When Lady Luck walks into the room

When Lady Luck walks into the room
When Lady Luck walks into the room
She's got a fourteen carat four-leaf clover
She's got a mink rabbit's foot
When Lady Luck walks into the room.


6.Straight Up

Written:Merritt, Lambert, Setzer

Hey bartender
I got a lover but it's not what it seems
Pour me a drink if you know what I mean
Don't mix it up, gimme straight what you got
I don't want it on the rocks I want my lovin straight up

Well my baby don't love me hey don't you see
Straight no chaser is alright by me
Don't mix it up gimme straight what you got
I don't want it on the rocks I want my lovin straight up

Hey my baby don't love me hey don't you see
Straight no chaser is OK by me
Don't mix it up gimme straight what you got
I don't want it on the rocks I want my lovin straight up

She'll win you all over with wine and a song
Love you all night and by morning she's gone
Don't mix it up gimme straight what you got
I don't want it on the rocks I want my lovin straight up

Well I don't wanna be chasin her all over town
Love is like whiskey you drink it right down
When you're all finished there ain't no denying
Man you're really flying

Hey bartender
One more for good luck
Gimme all that you got
I want my lovin straight up.


7.September Skies

Written:Brian Setzer/William Carter/Christine Schmidt/Ruth
Ellsworth

September Skies
Funny how that memory
never dies
And when that first leaf falls
Days turn cold, nights grow long
Like an old Sinatra song
And every year right about this time
I wind up here wishing that winds of fate
would bring you back to me
beneath September Skies

I should've known better
than to count on the weather
summer's long gone, still holdin' on
A fool pretendin' that love's never ending
With the first sign of fall, I still recall

September Skies
The autumn melody clouds my eyes
And I'll never see, why you're gone
and I dream all alone
Beneath Setember Skies

I should've known better
than to count on the weather
summer's long gone, still holdin' on
A fool pretendin' that love's never ending
With the first sign of fall, I still recall

September Skies
The autumn melody clouds my eyes
And I'll never see, why you're gone
and I dream all alone
Beneath Setember Skies.


8.Good Rockin' Daddy

Written:Brian Setzer

You can really go go go
jumpin fast or rockin slow
I will see ya when the band gone blow
Now hold it, don't move it
Now boogie some more

I'm a good rockin daddy
Yeah well I'm a good rockin daddy
Up on my feet I can't be beat
I'm a good rockin daddy

I told the girls all to come and see
just what the sandman brought to me
They stood around with a great big smile
And when you start to rock n' roll
They all went wild

I'm a good rockin daddy
Yeah well I'm a good rockin daddy
Up on my feet I can't be beat
I'm a good rockin daddy

Well I'll hold you close and I'll hold you tight
You'll rock n' roll from left to right
'Round and round and round we go
Rest awhile and we'll boogie some more

I'm a good rockin daddy
Yeah well I'm a good rockin daddy
Up on my feet I can't be beat
I'm a good rockin daddy

Good Rockin' Daddy
Good Rockin' Daddy
Good Rockin' Daddy
Good Rockin' Daddy.


9.There's A Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder

Written:Dave Dreyer/Al Jolson/Billy Rose

There's a rainbow round my shoulder
And a sky of blue above
How the sun shines bright
The world's all right
Cause I'm in love

There's a rainbow round my shoulder
And it fits me like a glove
Let it blow let it storm, I'll be warm
Cause I'm in love

Hallelujah, how the folks will stare
When they see that solitare
That my little baby is gonna wear

There's a rainbow round my shoulder
And a sky of blue above
And I'm shoutin so the world
will know that I'm in love

Hallelujah, how the folks gonna stare
When they see that diamond solitare
That my own true baby's gonna wear

There's a rainbow round my shoulder
And a sky of blue above
And I'm shoutin so the world will know

I'm in love, I'm in love
There's a rainbow round my shoulder
And I'm in love.


10.Brand New Cadillac

Written:Vince Taylor

My baby drove up in a Brand new Cadillac
I said my baby drove up in a Brand new Cadillac
She said listen to me daddy, I ain't never comin' back

Baby baby won't you hear my plea
C'mon sugar just hear my plea

She said balls to ya daddy
She ain't comin back to me
Baby baby won't you hear my plea
C'mon sugar just hear my plea

She said balls to ya daddy
She ain't comin back to me

A Cadillac pulled up about ninety-five
I said a Cadillac pulled up about ninety-five
I said get a grip baby you won't take me out alive

My baby drove up in a Brand new Cadillac
I said jesus baby where'd you get the Cadillac
She said balls to ya daddy
I ain't never comin' back

I ain't never comin' back x 4.


11.Route 66

Written:Bobby Troup

Now if you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way take the highway that's the best
Gets your kicks on Route 66

It winds from Chicago to LA
More than 2000 miles all the way
Get your kicks on Route 66

It goes through St. Louis
Joplin, Missouri and
Oklahoma City
Lookin mighty pretty You'll see Amarillo, Gallup, New Mexico
Flagstaff, Arizona, don't forget Winona, Barstow, Reno
San Bernidino

Won't you get hip to this timely tip
When you make that California trip
Get your kicks on Route 66

Now if you ever plan to motor west
Travel my way take the highway that's the best
Gets your kicks on Route 66

Gets your kicks on Route 66 x 5.


12.Drink That Bottle Down

Written:Brian Setzer/Jim Phantom/Lee Rocker

What's a man supposed to do
When the blues have got him down
What's he gonna do
When the blues have got him down
You go down to the liquor store
And you drink your bottle down

Where you gonna run to
Or are you gonna hide
Where you gonna run to
With those blues right down inside
You got no place left to go
You go down to the liquor store
And you drink your bottle down

Where you gonna run to
Are you gonna hide
Where you gonna run to
With those blues right down inside
You got no place left to go
You go down to the liquor store
And you drink your bottle down.