1.Big Man
BIG MAN
The Four Preps
I was a big man yesterday but boy you oughta see me now
Well I talked big yesterday, but boy you oughta see me now
I bragged too long that your love was strong
There'd never be another guy
But you said more when you whispered your goodbye
I was a big man yesterday but boy you oughta see me now
I said that I was through with you
I didn't need you anyhow
I said I didn't need you then
But boy you oughta see me now
Those bragging words that you were mine
Of that there was no doubt
So empty now that half my life's walked out
Half my life left me yesterday
And boy you oughta see me now
If you will just forgive me dear
I'll never break another vow
I broke so many yesterday
And boy you oughta see me now
I couldn't see it yesterday
But now I know it's true
The only thing that made me big was you
I was a big man yesterday but boy you oughta see me now
If you could only see me now
You should see me now
2.Down By The Station
Down by the station early in the morning
Met a little girl about as cute as she could be
I turned on my charms and told her that I loved her
I said that she would always be the number one for me
She'd always be my number one girl
I said there'd be no number two or three
Down by the malt shop shortly thereafter
Met another girl about as cute as she could be
I looked for number one and when I didn't see her
I told number two she was the only girl for me
Went to the drug store and nearly lost my life
There I saw my little girlfriends, one and two
Standing there together, I knew I was in trouble
But I'm a clever fella I knew what to do
I went on down by the station early in the morning
I was wooing women as cute as they could be
But then I saw another girl lookin kinda pretty
I said I'm through with one and two
I love you number three
I said I love you number three
And here's what she said to me
Just head on down by the station early in the morning
Catch yourself a trolley car that goes into the sea
I want a love that's true sir, not a love like you sir
You weren't true to one and two
You won't be true to me
Down by the station early in the morning
See the little puffer-bellies all in a row
See the station master pull the little handle
Chug, chug, woo, woo, off they go
(Repeat and fade on 2nd repeat)
3.Dreamy Eyes
Dreamy Eyes
- Artists：The Four Preps as sung on 'The Best Of the Four Preps'
- Capitol 4XL-9380
- peak Billboard position # 56 in 1957
- Words and Music by Jack Hoffman ＆ Bebe Blake
- Released as Capitol records #3576 in 1956
- copyright： Taurus Music Publishing (ASCAP)
D Bm Em A7
Dreamy eyes, who are you dreamin' of？
D Bm Em A7
Dreamy eyes, who do you really love？
D Bm Em A7 D Bm
Who holds - the key - to your heart？. - Oh
Em A7
Oh - Oh.
D Bm Em A7
Tell me, tell me who, who do you yearn to kiss？
D Bm Em A7
Open up your heart, don't torture me like this
D Bm Em A7 D
Your - dreams - will drive - us apart
Bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah BAH
(CHORUS：)
G D
Your lonely lips - cry for love
G D
You live - and you die - just for love
D6 Daug A DIM E7
But my lips - excite - thrill - and ignite
E A7
That fire - of - love - deep inside. Whoa-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh, oh
D Bm Em A7
Dreamy eyes, I need you desperately
D Bm Em A7
Dreamy Eyes, I dream ec-sta-sy
D Bm Em A7 D - G - D
Wish you - were dreaming of me
Lyrics transcribed by Robin Hood with help from J Vestal
Chords solely by Vestal
4.Got A Girl
GOT A GIRL
The Four Preps
Well I got a girl, what a girl
I don't know what to do
When she's with me
It's plain to see
There's someone else there too
I'm wondring my only scheme
Was park with the other cars
And when I did I could see
She was happy as could be
Her eyes were full of stars
There was Fabian, Avalon, Ricky Nelson
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Bobby Rydell and I know darned well
Presley's in there too
I asked her friend, her very best friend
To plan some strategy
So she'd forget her other pets
And concentrate on me
This little gal said, listen pal
Don't worry, she loves you
I know she does with her big hugs
My little gal is true
She's been to Fabian, Avalon, Ricky Nelson too
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Bobby Rydell and I know darned well
Presley's in there too
What a night in the moonlight
I long to hold her tight
I plan the days and everything I'd say
The evening goes just right
She said no one else will do
Hold me, we're alone
But as she spoke her locket broke
And I guess I might have known
Inside was Fabian, Avalon, Ricky Nelson too
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah,
Bobby Rydell and I know darned well
Presley's in there too
5.26 Miles (santa Catalina)
26 Miles (Santa Catalina)
Artists; The Four Preps (peak Billboard position # 2 in 1958)
Words and Music by band members Glen Larson and Bruce Belland
Twenty- six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me
Santa Catalina, the island of romance, romance, romance, romance
Water all around it everywhere
Tropical trees and the salty air
But for me the thing that's a-waitin' there-romance
It seems so distant, twenty-six miles away
Restin' in the water serene
I'd work for anyone, even the Navy
Who would float me to my island dream
Twenty- six miles, so near yet far
I'd swim with just some water-wings and my guitar
I could leave the wings but I'll need the guitar for romance,
romance, romance,
romance
Twenty- six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me
Santa Catalina, the island of romance
A tropical heaven out in the ocean
Covered with trees and girls
If I have to swim, I'll do it forever
Till I'm gazin' on those island pearls
Forty kilometers in a leaky old boat
Any old thing that'll stay afloat
When we arrive we'll all promote romance, romance, romance,
romance
Twenty- six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me
Santa Catalina, the island of romance, romance, romance, romance
FADE
Twenty- six miles across the sea
Santa Catalina is a-waitin' for me
Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz with a little help from his buddy
Norm
6.Lazy Summer Night
It's such a lazy summer night.
There's not a moving thing in sight.
It's all so quiet, no riot.
Why even in the thicket
Mr. Cricket's slowing down.
It's such a lazy summer night.
An inspiration point is right.
for fancy dreamin, and seemin
to just relax and run away from town.
Hey take a look at all those other cars
They're parked here just like ours
to count the stars above.
It seems we're not alone.
I guess I should have known.
Romance runs high
the last two weeks in July.
It's such a lazy summer night.
Tonight the fireflies will light
the way for lovers,
for lovers like us to love.
It's such a lazy summer night.
7.A Letter To The Beatles
My girl fell in love with a singing group
From England far away
She lost her mind, she lost her heart
When they began to play
'I want to hold your hand
I want to hold your hand
I want to hold your hand'
And so my girl wrote a letter to The Beatles
Saying, 'You're so fine
You can have my love to keep
Take this heart of mine'
(Well)
'Beatles, I'd give you anything
All of my true love'
But they wrote a letter back to her
Sayin' that ain't enough
You gotta send us twenty-five cents
For an autographed picture
One dollar bill for a fan club card
And if you send in right away
You get a lock of hair from our St. Bernard
(Oh, no)
I want to hold your hand
So she wrote another letter to The Beatles
Saying 'You misunderstood
It's you I love, it's you I want
To have and hold for good'
(Well)
'Beatles I'd give you anything
All of my true love'
But they wrote a letter back to her
Sayin' that ain't enough
You gotta send us twenty-five cents
For an autographed picture
One dollar bill for a fan club card
And if you send in right away
You get a lock of hair from our St. Bernard
(Oh, no)
I want to hold your hand
So she wrote a last letter to The Beatles
And now my song can end
Others all around her makin' her life another heaven
Now my girl and The Beatles got together
And now she's my girl no more
But she wrote, 'Dear Beatles
I love you very much' and furthermore
She sent them twenty-five cents
For an autographed picture
One dollar bill for a fan club card
And 'cause she sent it right away
She got a lock of hair from their St. Bernard
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no
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