Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller

"I've got pains in my head Dead on my feet My pantry's empty I ain't eaten for a weekHard times - ooh I feel so bad When I lost my baby, I lost everything I had"

"I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City, here I come I'm going to Kansas City Kansas City, here I come They got a crazy way of lovin' there And I'm gonna get me someI'm gonna be standing on the corner Twelfth Street and Vine I'm gonna be standing on the corner Twelfth Street and Vine With my Kansas City baby And a bottle of Kansas City wine"

"You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Quit snoopin' 'round my door You ain't nothin' but a hound dog Quit snoopin' 'round my door You can wag your tail But I ain't gonna feed you no more"

"One day while I was eatin' beans at Smokey Joe's Cafe Just sittin' diggin' all the scenes at Smokey Joe's Cafe A chick came walkin' through the door That I had never seen before At least I never saw her down at Smokey Joe's Cafe And I started shakin' When she sat right down next to me"

"The warden said, "come out with your hands up in the air If you don't stop this riot, you're all gonna get the chair" Scarface Jones said, "It's too late to quit Pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit""

"Treat me like a fool Treat me mean and cruel But love me Break my faithful heart Tear it all apart But love meIf you ever go Darlin', I'll be oh so lonely I'll be sad and blue Crying over you dear only"

"Well, I got a girl and Ruby is her name She don't love me but I love her just the same Ruby, Ruby, how I want ya Like a ghost I'm-a gonna haunt ya Ruby, Ruby, when will you be mine?"

"I saw her standin' on the corner A yellow ribbon in her hair I couldn't keep myself from shoutin' Look-a there...Young Blood Young Blood Young Blood I can't get you out of my mind"

"Well, now, if I have to swim a river, You know I will. And a if I have to climb a mountain, You know I will. And a if she's a hiding up On a blueberry hill, Am I gonna find her, child? You know I will. 'Cause I've been searchin'. Oh, yeah, searchin'. My goodness, searchin' every which a-way."

"The warden threw a party in the county jail The prison band was there and they began to wail The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds singLet's rock Everybody, let's rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock"

"Lucky lips are always kissing Lucky lips are never blue Lucky lips will always find a pair Of lips that will be true I don't need a four-leaf clover Rabbit's foot or good luck charm With lucky lips, I'll always have A fellow in my arms"

"Well, it's Christmas time, pretty baby And the snow is falling down Well, it's Christmas time, pretty baby And the snow is falling down You be a real good little girl, 'cause Santa Claus is back in town"

"Pick up the papers from the trash. Cans and bottles you can cash. We'll better just recycle, or We're not gonna rock 'n' roll no more Yakety Yak, Take it Back.Don't be no square. Don't be no chump. Don't make this Earth a garbage dump. This planet's screaming "NO MORE FUNK!". There's no more room for no more junk. Yakety Yak, Take it Back.Yakety Yak, Take it Back. Yakety Yak, Take it Back. Yakety Yak, Take it Back. Yakety Yak, Take it Back.Kids, you don't have to go to school To teach your folks this simple rule. If it's a drink, or just a snack, Well, when it's empty, take it back. Yakety Yak, Take it Back.Who says you can't fight City Hall? Just write a letter. Make a call. Sign a petition. And, what's more, Make 'em get it at your door. Yakety Yak, Take it Back.Yakety Yak, Take it Back. Yakety Yak, Take it Back. Yakety Yak, Take it Back. Yakety Yak, Take it Back."

"Don't, don't," that's what you say Each time that I hold you this way When I feel like this and I want to kiss you Baby, don't say "don't"

"I never looked for trouble, but I never ran I don't take no orders from no kind of man I'm only made out of flesh, blood, and bone But if you're gonna start a rumble, don't you try it all alone'Cause I'm evil My middle name is Misery Yes, I'm evil So don't you mess around with me"

"Charlie Brown Charlie Brown He's a clown That Charlie Brown He's gonna get caught Just you wait and see Why is everybody always pickin' on me?"

"I plopped down in my easy chair and turned on Channel Two A bad gunslinger called Salty Sam was a-chasin' poor Sweet Sue He trapped her in the old sawmill and said with an evil laugh "If you don't gimme the deed to your ranch, I'll saw you all in half"And then he grabbed her And then? He tied her up And then? He turned on the buzz saw And then? And then? Eh-eh!And then along came Jones…"

"She comes on like a rose But everybody knows She'll get you in dutch You can look, but you better not touchPoison Ivy, Poison Ivy, Late at night while your sleepin' Poison Ivy comes a-creepin' around"

"I wanna know if she loved me. Did she really love me? Was she just playing me for a fool?I wonder why she left me. Why did she leave me so all alone? So all alone.I was gonna tell her that I loved her And that I need her Beside my side to be my guide."

"I took my troubles down to Madame Ruth You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth She's got a pad down at Thirty-Fourth and Vine Sellin' little bottles of Love Potion Number NineI told her that I was a flop with chicks I've been this way since 1956 She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign She said, "What you need is Love Potion Number Nine""

"When the night has come and the land is dark And the moon is the only light we'll see No, I won't be afraid, oh I won't be afraid Just as long as you stand, stand by meSo darling, darling stand by me Oh, stand by me Oh, stand - stand by me, stand by me."

"There is a rose in Spanish Harlem A red rose up in Spanish Harlem With eyes as black as coal That look down in my soul And start a fire there and then I lose control I have to beg your pardon I'm going to pick that rose And watch her as she grows In my garden"

"I can wash out forty-four pairs of socks an' have 'em hangin' out on the line I can starch an' iron two dozens shirts before you can count from one to nine I can scoop up a great big dipper full of lard from the drippin's can Throw it in the skillet, go out an' do my shopping, and be back before it melts in the pan'Cause I'm a woman W-O-M-A-N I'll say it again"

"I said, "Take it easy, baby, I worked all day And my feet feel just like lead You got my shirt tails flyin' all over the place And the sweat poppin' out of my head"She said, "Hey, Bossa Nova baby, keep on workin' 'Cause this ain't no time to quit" She said, "Go, Bossa Nova baby keep on dancin' I'm about to have myself a fit""

"Her hair is soft and her eyes are oh so blue She's all the things a girl should be, but she's not you She knows just how to make me laugh when I feel blue She's everything a man could want, but she's not you"

"They say the neon lights are bright on Broadway They say there's always magic in the air But when you're walkin' down that street And you ain't had enough to eat The glitter rubs right off and you're nowhere"

"We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout, We've been talkin' 'bout Jackson, ever since the fire went out. I'm goin' to Jackson, I'm gonna mess around. Yeah, I'm goin' to Jackson, Look out Jackson town."

"Is that all there is? Is that all there is? If that's all there is, my friends Then let's keep dancing Let's break out the booze and have a ball If that's all there is"