Pop Music

"We used to laugh, we used to cry. We used to bow our heads, then wonder why. And now you're gone, I guess I'll carry on. And make the best of what you've left to me; Left to me, left to me.I need you like the flower needs the rain. You know I need you, guess I'll start it all again. You know I need you like the winter needs the spring. You know I need you, I need you."

"I understand you've been running from the man That goes by the name of the Sandman. He flies the sky like an eagle in the eye Of a hurricane that's abandoned."

"Hold me close. You turn nighttime into day. And you're the most Brightest star that lights my way.So come home to me now. 'Cause it won't matter anyhow. I've got this feeling that today's the day. I've got this feeling today's the day."

"Whenever it's a rainy day I pack my troubles up in my room. I chase all the clouds away; I get myself back to the womb.But I know that you're gonna cry. Tears are runnin' from your eyes. The piece of my life you take Is one that so often breaks."

"You can do magic. You can have anything that you desire. Magic, and you know You're the one who can put out the fire.You know darn well When you cast your spell you will get your way. When you hypnotize with your eyes, A heart of stone can turn to clay."

"I've been through the desert on a horse with no name. It felt good to be out of the rain. In the desert you can remember your name 'Cause there ain't no one for to give you no pain."

"There's a world where I can go and tell my secrets to In my room, in my room (in my room) In this world I lock out all my worries and my fears In my room, in my room (in my room)"

"We’ll all be plannin’ out a route we’re gonna take real soon. We’re waxin’ down our surfboards. We can’t wait for June. We’ll all be gone for the summer. We’re on safari to stay. Tell the teacher we’re surfin’. Surfin’ U.S.A."

"If ev’rybody had an ocean across the U.S.A., Then ev’rybody’d be surfin’ like Californ-I-A. You’d see ‘em wearin’ their baggies. Huarache sandals, too. A bushy bushy blonde hairdo. Surfin’ U.S.A."

"Little surfer little one Made my heart come all undone Do you love me, do you surfer girl? Surfer girl my little surfer girl."

"Don't be afraid to try the greatest sport around Everybody tries it once Those who don't just have to put it down. You paddle out turn around and raise And baby that's all there is to the coastline craze. You gotta catch a wave and you're sittin' on top of the world."

"Well I'm not braggin' babe so don't put me down But I've got the fastest set of wheels in town. When something comes up to me he don't even try, Cause if it had a set of wings man I know she could fly. She's my little deuce coupe, You don't know what I got."

"When some loud braggart tries to put me down And says his school is great I tell him right away "Now what's the matter buddy Ain't you heard of my school? It's number one in the state."So be true to your school now Just like you would to your girl or guy Be true to your school now And let your colors fly. Be true to your school."

"Now get yourself in gear Oh baby come on Still cruisin' after all of these years Hey girl let's go for a spin Hop in my hot rod and do it again."

"Aruba, Jamaica, ooh I wanna take you to Bermuda, Bahama, come on pretty mama. Key Largo Montego, baby why don't we go Ooh I wanna take you down to Kokomo, We'll get there fast and then we'll take it slow. That's where we wanna go, Way down in Kokomo."

"Let’s go surfin’ now. Ev’rybody’s learnin’ how. Come on a safari with me."

"Close my eyes She's somehow closer now Softly smile, I know she must be kind When I look in her eyes, She goes with me to a blossom world.I'm pickin' up good vibrations, She's giving me excitations. I'm pickin' up good vibrations. (Oom bop bop good vibrations)."

"It's automatic when I Talk with old friends The conversation turns to Girls we knew when their Hair was soft and long and the Beach was the place to go.Suntanned bodies and Waves of sunshine the California girls and a Beautiful coastline Warmed up weather Let's get together and Do it again."

"Surfin' is the only life the only way for me Now come on pretty baby and surf with me."

"Well she got her daddy's car And she cruised through the hamburger stand now Seems she forgot all about the library Like she told her old man now And with the radio blasting Goes cruising just as fast as she can now.And she'll have fun fun fun 'Til her daddy takes the T-Bird away (Fun fun fun 'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away)"

"Well you knew all along That your dad was gettin' wise to you now. (You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied) And since he took your set of keys, You've been thinking that your fun is all through now. (You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied) But you can come along with me 'Cause we gotta a lot of things to do now. (You shouldn't have lied now you shouldn't have lied)And we'll have fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away. (Fun fun fun now that daddy took the T-Bird away)"

"After six hours of school I've had enough for the day I hit the radio dial and turn it up all the way I gotta dance (dance dance dance now the beat's really hot) right on the spot (Dance dance dance right there on the spot)"

"Late at night I think about the love of this whole world. (This whole world) Oomm dot dit it Oomm dot dit it Oomm dot dit it."

"When day is over (when day is over) I close my tired eyes. (I close my tired) Music is in my soul."

"You may not live with me every day All that I care is that we find a way To stay together with Deirdre.Deirdre Do do do do do do Dear dear dear Deirdre.Ooo do do do do do do Ooo do do do do do do"

"I been all around this great big world And I seen all kinds of girls Yeah, but I couldn't wait to get back in the states Back to the cutest girls in the world."

"Wouldn't it be nice if we were older Then we wouldn't have to wait so long? And wouldn't it be nice to live together In the kind of world where we belong?You know its gonna make it that much better, When we can say goodnight and stay together."

"So hoist up the John B's sail See how the mainsail sets Call for the Captain ashore Let me go home, let me go home I wanna go home, yeah yeah Well I feel so broke up I wanna go home."

"Well East coast girls are hip I really dig those styles they wear And the Southern girls with the way they talk They knock me out when I'm down there.The Midwest farmer's daughters Really make you feel alright And the Northern girls with the way they kiss They keep their boyfriends warm at night.I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California I wish they all could be California girls."

"Well, way up north where the air gets cold There's a tale about Christmas that you've all been told And a real famous cat all dressed up in red And he spends the whole year workin' out on his sled.It's the little Saint Nick Ooooo, little Saint Nick It's the little Saint Nick Ooooo, little Saint Nick."

"When I grow up to be a man Will I dig the same things that turn me on as a kid? Will I look back and say that I wish I hadn't done what I did? Will I joke around and still dig those sounds When I grow up to be a man?Will I look for the same things in a woman that I dig in a girl? (fourteen fifteen) Will I settle down fast or will I first wanna travel the world? (sixteen seventeen) Now I'm young and free, but how will it be When I grow up to be a man?"

"I may not always love you But long as there are stars above you You never need to doubt it I'll make you so sure about it. God only knows what I'd be without you.If you should ever leave me Though life would still go on believe me The world could show nothing to me So what good would living do me? God only knows what I'd be without you."

"She was gonna be my wife And I was gonna be her man. But she let another guy come between us And it ruined our plan.Well, Ronda you caught my eye (caught my eye) And I can give you lotsa reasons why You gotta help me Ronda, Help me get her out of my heart."

"Well it's been building up inside of me For oh I don't know how long. I don't know why But I keep thinking Something's bound to go wrong.But she looks in my eyes And makes me realize. And she says "Don't worry baby" Don't worry baby. Don't worry baby, Everything will turn out alright."

"We always take my car cause it's never been beat And we've never missed yet with the girls we meet None of the guys go steady cause it wouldn't be right To leave their best girl home now on Saturday night. I get around."

"I'm gettin' bugged driving up and down this same old strip. I gotta find a new place where the kids are hip. My buddies and me are getting real well known. Yeah, the bad guys know us and they leave us alone. I get around."

"You've got the ticket, come on slip inside And let my song take you for a ride."

"I think it's a great program. ... I made my wife go get me one of these radio recorders so that I could record the Pop Chronicles and have them for my own."

"I … started out to become a jazz pianist; in the meantime I started singing and I sang the way I felt and that's just the way it came out."

"For the serious aficionado of pop music and the casual listener alike, it's been a nearly unqualified success."

"So many proposals happened on the dance floor to the pretty music where the guy'Il say, 'Honey, I love you. Will you marry me?' I've often wondered how a young man gets through to his lady friend today when she'd be doing her own little thing 15 feet away. He tries to get her attention, waves his arms and somebody walks in between and he says, "I love you," and the little girl in the middle … a stranger . . . says "who me?""

"[My] publicity agent … went to hear Father Divine and he had a sermon and his subject was 'you got to accentuate the positive and eliminate the negative.' And I said 'Wow, that's a colorful phrase!'"

"A song would come out … a singer's song, right? Elmo [Tanner] would whistle it. Whatever he didn't want to whistle, I would sing. Now you can imagine what I used to sing. It was frightening. Elmo was the whole band, you know?""

"A veritable schoolroom of the airwaves … significant records … leaving the story-telling … to the interview subjects."

"... I just know that, right now, … the biggest record selling business there is is rock and roll."

"To sing blues, you've got to be able to, ... be willing to, feel things."

"Rhythm and blues used to be called race music; … this music was going on for years, but nobody paid any attention to it."

"I took song writing seriously when I discovered girls."

"Soul is truth, … no matter where it comes from, no matter how it is presented."

"Here, I'm going to make you a big star … and you don't have to pay any dues. … For that, you're going to get no respect from your contemporaries. … To me, that was the cruelest thing."