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Song List

Ain’t it Somethin’ (D)

Beautiful Jamaican (D)

Best Game in the World (D)

Better Than Sex (D)

Big Boy

Blue Days — Blue Nights (D)

Bourbon and the Blues

Chelsea

Cool Cool Cat (D)

Detox Earthquake

Doggy Doo

Don’t Apologise

Feel the Music

Feelin’ up about the World

Gay and Proud

Hearts are Trumps (D)

In My Dreams (D)

Just Walk Away

Kids Today

Little Miss Confidence

Love is a Four Letter Word

Loved Ya Babe

Marty’s Song (Until We Meet Again)

Memphis Moon

Merry Christmas America (D)

Million Dollar Babe

Mirror Don’t Lie

Mister Will Power

My Little Girl

Nashville — Nashville Tennessee (D)

New York City (D)

Not Giving Up on You

Ode To Jess (D)

One Day

Over and Out

Party USA (D)

Purr Baby Purr

Red Alert

Ruby Blue

She

Small Town

Sometimes

Special Little Thing

Teenage Blues (D)

That Elusive Song

The Boulevard

The Fake

The Funniest Man Alive

The Girl of Your Dreams

The Girl with the Dynamite Lips

This Man is Mine

We Have Contact

What to Do (D)

Youth Don’t Wait

Zip It Up (D)

My Song Writing

Ain’t it Somethin’ (D)

V1:

Think about this - if we weren’t alive - think of everything we’d miss.

The joy of love — the joy of life

the joy of being — the joy of everything — we’re now seeing.

Chorus 1:

Ain’t it somethin’ — this life that we’re livin’

ain’t it somethin’ — this chance we’ve been given.

Walk live and breathe — given everything we need.

Ain’t it great — ain’t it grand

everything we’d hoped for — everything we’d planned.

Sharing this world — planting the seed

everything’s here — everything we need

and it’s all ours — and it’s all free.

Ain’t it somethin’ — ain’t it.

V2:

Think about life - because we’re alive - think of everything we’ve got.

The joy of love — the joy of life

the joy of being — the joy of everything — we’re now seeing.

Repeat Chorus 1:

Ain’t it somethin’ — this life that we’re livin’

ain’t it somethin’ — this chance we’ve been given.

Walk live and breathe — given everything we need.

Ain’t it great — ain’t it grand

everything we’d hoped for — everything we’d planned.

Sharing this world — planting the seed

everything’s here — everything we need

and it’s all ours — and it’s all free.

Ain’t it somethin’ — ain’t it.

V3:

Don’t waste this - if we miss the chance - think of everything we’ll miss.

The joy of love — the joy of life

the joy of being — the joy of everything we’re now seeing.

Chorus 2:

Ain’t it somethin’ — this life that we’re livin’

ain’t it somethin’ — this chance we’ve been given.

Ain’t it great — ain’t it grand

everything we’d hoped for — everything we’d planned.

Ain’t it somethin’ — ain’t it.

Beautiful Jamaican (D)

V1:

Beautiful Jamaican — that’s just how they make ‘em.

Beautiful Jamaican — beautiful Jamaican.

Velvet skin — brown eyes

beautiful — I’m mesmerised.

Caribbean Miss — so hard to resist

plump full lips — soft to touch — sooo soft to kiss.

Jamaican beauty — gonna be something I’ll miss.

Chorus 1:

Velvet princess — Caribbean cutie

you almost had me — I was taken by your beauty.

Dreamy eyes — curves and thighs — you got the look.

Ooh yeah — you got the look.

Beautiful Jamaican — that’s just how they make ‘em.

Beautiful Jamaican

beautiful — beautiful — beautiful Jamaican.

V2:

Jamaican goddess — tempting — inviting

so so sensual — so so exciting.

One touch — was one touch to much.

One kiss — is one kiss I’ll miss.

Beautiful — beautiful — Caribbean Miss.

Repeat Chorus 1:

Velvet princess — Caribbean cutie

you almost had me — I was taken by your beauty.

Dreamy eyes — curves and thighs — you got the look.

Ooh yeah — you got the look.

Beautiful Jamaican — that’s just how they make ‘em.

Beautiful Jamaican

beautiful — beautiful — beautiful Jamaican.

Chorus 2:

Beautiful Jamaican — that’s just how they make ‘em.

Beautiful Jamaican — beautiful Jamaican

beautiful — beautiful — beautiful Jamaican.

Best Game in the World (D)

V1:

NFL — NFL

Best game in the world — N-F-L — best game in the world N-F-L.

Chorus 1:

Best game in the world — NFL — best game in the world.

Move it ten — first down — move the chains — then move them again.

Touchdown — hear the roar — love that sound.

Best game in the world — NFL — best game in the world.

V2:

Thirty two teams — this is football — the stuff of dreams.

Quarterback to wide receiver — run that ball — majestic.

I’m a believer.

Repeat Chorus 1:

Best game in the world –NFL — best game in the world.

Move it ten — first down — move the chains — then move them again.

Touchdown — hear the roar — love that sound.

Best game in the world — NFL — best game in the world.

V3:

O-Line — D-Line

keep ‘em out of the box — give the quarterback time.

Run that play — head for home — touchdown in the end zone.

Chorus 2:

Best game in the world — NFL — best game in the world.

Love the colour — love the fashion

NFL — gotta love that passion.

Best game in the world — NFL — best game in the world - NFL.

NFL - NFL

Best game in the world — NFL — best game in the world - NFL.

Best game in the world.

Better Than Sex (D)

V1:

Yeah yeah — take off again

run away from responsibility

as usual — leave it all to me.

Nothing’s new — nothing’s changed

you guys are all the same

no care — no responsibility.

V2:

Out with the boys

or playing with your toys

when are you — gonna become a man.

Or is this a case of what you see — is what I am

hope not — ‘cos I’m not happy with what I’ve got.

Chorus 1:

Wish I’d known from the start

guys are driven by the groin — not driven by the heart

for you it’s only sex - for me it’s what comes next — that’s the best.

Love is better than sex - you don’t believe me ask your ex.

From a girl’s point of view - love will always do

a girls take on sex - give me what comes next.

Love is better than sex

better than — better than — better than sex.

V3:

Guys just don’t get it - sex is not the summit