Moments to Remember: The Very Best of

The Four Lads Moments to Remember: The Very Best of Lyrics
1.A House With Love In It

A HOUSE WITH LOVE IN IT
The Four Lads

A house with love in it is rich indeed
Altho there are a thousand things
That house may need
The carpet may be old
The room so plain and bare
And yet, it's beautiful somehow
When love is living there
A house with love in it
Just seems to bloom
As tho the month of May
Were filling ev'ry room
So, darling, thru the years
With all my heart I'll pray
A house with love in it
Is where we'll stay


2.Enchanted Island

Enchanted Island
The Four Lads

True love
Is an enchanted island
And we have found that island
From which we'll never roam
BR
BRWe stand
BROn an enchanted island
BRA magic yours-and-m6 land
BRThat we can call our home
BR
BRIf all around, we found
BRA sea of faces
BRI know your face is
BRThe only one I'd see
BR
BRTrue love
BRIs an enchanted island
BRAnd we're upon that island
BRWherever we may be
BR
BR
BRLyrics provided by Betty E. Fisher, Hanover, MD
BR


3.No, Not Much

NO NOT MUCH
The Four Lads

I don't want my arms around you, no not much
I don't bless the day I found you, no not much
I don't need you like the stars don't need the sky
I won't love you longer than the day I die

You don't please me when you squeeze me, no not much
My heads the lightest from your very slightest touch
Baby, if you ever go could I take it maybe so
Oh but would I like it, no not much

Like a ten cent soda dosen't cost a dime
I don't want you near me only all time

You don't thrill me when you hold me, no not much
My brain gets hazy from your cool and crazy touch
Baby if you ever go could I take it maybe so
Oh but would I like it, no not much
No not much


4.Skokiaan (south African Song)

Skokiaan
The Four Lads

Happy happy Africa
They singa bingo bango bingo
They have a ball and really go

Oh- take a trip to Africa
Any ship to Africa
Come on along and learn the lingo
Beside a jungle bungalow

Hot drums are drumming
-Or- hot strings are strumming, and warm lips are blissful
They're kissful of Skokiaan
Oh- when you go to Africa
Happy happy Africa
You linga longa like a King-o
Right in a jungle bungalow

Skoki skoki skoki skokiaan
Okee dokee anybody can
Skoki skoki man oh man oh man
You sing a bingo bango bingo
In hokey pokey skokiaan
Skokiaan

Oh- ho-far away in Africa
Happy happy Africa
They singa bingo bango bingo
They have a ball and really go

Oh- ho-take a trip to Africa, any ship to Africa
Come on along and learn the lingo,beside a jungle bungalow
Hot drums are drumming,or hot strings are strumming
And warm lips are blissful,they're kissful- of skokiaan
Oh-if you go to Africa,happy happy Africa
You linga longa like a king-o
Right in a jungle bungalow
Sko-kiaan, sko-kiaan, sko-kiaan, sko-kiaan,
Oh-right in a jungle bungalow
Oh-skokiaan!!

From: 'Brian Staite'


5.The Bus Stop Song (a Paper Of Pins)

THE BUS STOP SONG (A PAPER OF PINS)
The Four Lads

I'll give to you a paper of pins
And that's the way our love begins
If you will marry me, me, me
If you will marry me

I'll give to you a feathery bed
With downy pillows for your head
If you will marry me, me, me
If you will marry me

But you don't want my paper of pins
And you don't want my feathery bed
You want my house and money instead
That is plain to see

Well here they are take everything
My house, my money, my wedding ring
And in the bargain I'll throw in me
If you will marry me


6.There's Only One Of You

THERE'S ONLY ONE OF YOU
The Four Lads

Now there's ninety-nine kinds of candy bars
Heaven knows there must be a billion stars
Lots of candy bars, 'bout a billion stars
But there's only one of you

There's an ample number of apple trees
Seven million fish in the seven seas
Lots of apple trees, more than seven seas
But there's only one of you

So tell me that you'll always care
And tell me your love is mine alone to share
If you leave me, I'll be a lonely one
Don't cha know you're my one and only one
And there's only one of you

There's a great abundance of coconuts
And there's even more if's 'n' ands 'n' buts
Lots of coconuts, if's 'n' and's 'n' but's
But there's only one of you

There's a wide selection of magazines
And a zillion Brazilian coffee beans
Lots of magazines, loads of coffee beans
But there's only one of you


7.Who Needs You

Lyricist:Al Stillman, Robert Allen

Who needs you to drive me out of my mind
Who needs you, I'd like to know
Who needs you to give me chills when I'm well
How fast can a helpless heart go

I know dear I love you more than a lot
But oh, what I've got to go through
And so dear I guess the answer is simply
Who needs you, I do

Each time we kiss goodnight
I find that I get so excited
I can't sleep all night, I've lost my appetite
No appetite, no sleep at night

Who needs you, I'd like to know
How fast can a helpless heart go

I know dear I love you more than a lot
But oh, what I've got to go through
And so dear I guess the answer is simply
Who needs you, who needs you, I do


8.Istanbul (Not Constantinople)

Lyricist:Jimmy Kennedy, Nat Simon

Istanbul was Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople
Been a long time gone
Old Constantinople's still has Turkish delight
On a moonlight night

Every gal in Constantinople
Is a Miss-stanbul, not Constantinople
So if you've date in Constantinople
She'll be waiting in Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it, I can't say
(People just liked it better that way)

Take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople

Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'
Istanbul, Istanbul

Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
Why they changed it, I can't say
(People just liked it better that way)

Take me back to Constantinople
No, you can't go back to Constantinople
Now it's Istanbul, not Constantinople

Why did Constantinople get the works?
That's nobody's business but the Turks'
Istanbul


9.Moments to Remember

Lyricist:Robert Allen, Al Stillman

January to December
We'll have moments to remember

The New Year's Eve we did the town
The day we tore the goal post down
We will have these moments to remember

The quiet walks, the noisy fun
The ballroom prize we almost won
We will have these moments to remember

Though summer turns to winter
And the present disappears
The laughter we were glad to share
Will echo through the years

When other nights and other days
May find us gone our separate ways
We will have these moments to remember

(The drive in movie where we'd go)
(And somehow never watched the show)
We will have these moments to remember

Though summer turns to winter
And the present disappears
The laughter we were glad to share
Will echo through the years

When other nights and other days
May find us gone our separate ways
We will have these moments to remember


10.Standing on the Corner

Lyricist:Frank Loesser

Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Brother you don't know a nicer occupation
Matter of fact, neither do I
Than standing on a corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by

I'm the cat that got the cream
Haven't got a girl but I can dream
Haven't got a girl but I can wish
So, I'll take me down to Main street
And that's where I select my imaginary dish

Standing on a corner watching all the girls go by
Standing on a corner giving all the girls the eye
Brother if you've got a rich imagination
Give it a whirl, give it a try
Try standing on a corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by

Saturday and I'm so broke haven't got a girl and that's no joke
Still I'm living like a millionaire when I take me down to
Main street and I review the harem parading for me there

Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by
Standing on the corner underneath the springtime sky
Brother, you can't go to jail for what you're thinking
Or for the woo look in your eye
You're only standing on the corner watching all the girls
Watching all the girls, watching all the girls go by