 Genius Lyrics
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Mr. Bojangles
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[Verse 1] / I knew a man / "Bojangles" and / He'd dance for you / In worn out shoes / With silver hair / A ragged shirt / And baggy pants / He would do the old Soft Shoe / He could
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Too Close for Comfort
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Be firm, be fair, be sure, beware / On your guard take care / While there's such temptation / One thing will lead to another / Too late to run for cover / She's much too close for
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Love Me or Leave Me
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Love me or leave me / Or let me be lonely / You won't believe me / But I love you only / I'd rather be lonely, then happy with somebody else / You might find the night time / The
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Easy to Love
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You'd be so easy to love / So easy to idolize all others above / So worth the yearning for / So swell to keep every home fire burning for / Why, we'd be so grand at the game / So
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Sammy Davis Jr. – All Of You
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After watching her appeal from every angle / There's a big romantic deal I've got to wangle / For I've fallen for a certain lovely lass / And it's not a passing fancy or a fancy
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Sammy Davis Jr. – The Birth of the Blues
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Oh, they say some people long ago / Were lookin' for a different tune / One that they could croon, as only they can / They only had the rhythm so / They started swayin' to and fro
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Tigers Jaw – Sammy Davis Jr.
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I broke up when you left for the night / And I swear that I wanted to die / When the dust from the smoke filled my eyes / So I started my own fire
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Sammy Davis Jr. – I've Gotta Be Me
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Whether I'm right or whether I'm wrong / Whether I find a place in this world or never belong / I gotta be me, I've gotta be me / What else can I be but what I am / I want to live
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Baretta's Theme
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Don't go to bed with no price on your head, no, no (Don't do it), no, no / Don't do the crime if you can't do the time (Don't do it) (Hurry up) / Keep your eye on the sparrow when
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Sammy Davis Jr. – I'm Not Anyone
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I'm not anyone / No, not just anyone / I have the right to lead / A life fulfilled with every need / I'm not any man / Designed to fit someone's plan / I have my own desires / All
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Jingle Bells
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Jingle Bells / Jingle Bells / Jingle all the way / Oh what fun it is to ride / In a one horse open sleigh / Jingle Bells / Jingle Bells / Jingle all the way / Oh what fun it is to
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Something's Gotta Give
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When an irresistible force / Such as you / Meets an old immovable object like me / You can bet as sure as you live / Something's gotta give / Something's gotta give / Something's
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Sammy Davis Jr. – A Lot of Living to Do
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There are girls just ripe for some kissin' / And I mean to kiss me a few / Oh, those girls don't know what they're missin' / I've got a lot of living to do! / And there's wine all
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Sammy Davis Jr. – She's a Woman (W-O-M-A-N)
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[Verse 1] / She can wash out forty pairs of socks and have 'em hangin' out on the line / She can starch and iron two dozen shirts before you can count from one to nine / She can
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Bang! Bang!
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Will (Sammy Davis Jr.) goes into a bar owned by Guy Gisborne (Peter Falk) and shoots up the place while singing this song about how much he likes gunplay.
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Sammy Davis Jr. – The Lady Is a Tramp
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I've wined and dined on Mulligan stew / And never wished for turkey / As I hitched and hiked and drifted too / From Maine to Albuquerque / Alas, I missed the Beaux Arts Ball / What
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Gonna Build a Mountain
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Gonna build a mountain / From a little hill / Gonna build me a mountain / 'Least I hope I will / Gonna build a mountain / Gonna build it high / I don't know how I'm gonna do it / I
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Sammy Davis Jr. – John Shaft
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Who's the Black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks? / (Shaft) Can you dig it? / Who's the cat that won't cop out, when there's danger all about? / (Shaft) Right on
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Hey There
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[Verse 1] / Hey there / You with the stars in your eyes / Love never made a fool of you / You used to be too wise / Hey there / You on that high-flying cloud / Though she won't
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Sammy Davis Jr. – That Old Black Magic
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That old black magic has me in its spell / That old black magic that you weave so well / Icy fingers up and down my spine / The same old witchcraft when your eyes meet mine / The
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Christmas Time All Over the World
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It's Christmas Time All Over The World / It's Christmas here at home / The church bells chime wherever we roam / Så riktig god jul [Norwegian] / Feliz natal [Portuguese
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Sammy Davis Jr. – The People Tree
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Hay / Wouldn't it be nice to make a people tree / The likes of you / The likes of me / We can do it very easily / We barely even have to try / Let a little time go by / And pretty
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)
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Who can I turn to / When nobody needs me / My heart wants to know / So I must go / Where destiny leads me / With no star to guide me / And no one beside me / I'll go on my way
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Eee-O Eleven
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One day I'll have me a / Chauffeur and a block long limousine / Eee-o-Eleven / Eee-o-Eleven / Someday I'll have me a penthouse / Stacks and stacks of folding green / Eee-o-Eleven
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Sammy Davis Jr. – You Can Count on Me (Theme from "Hawaii Five-O")
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If you get in trouble / Bring it home to me / Whether I am near you / Or across the sea / I will think of something to do / I'll be on the lookout for you / And I'll find you / You
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Once In a Lifetime
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Once In a lifetime / Just once in a lifetime / A man knows a moment / One wonderful moment / When faith takes his hand / And this is my moment / My once in a lifetime / When I can
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Sammy Davis Jr. – I've Got You Under My Skin
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I've got you under my skin / I've got you deep in the heart of me / So deep in my heart, that you're really a part of me / I've got you under my skin / I've tried so not to give it
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Sammy Davis Jr. – September Song
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Oh, it's a long long while from May to December / But the days grow short when you reach September / And the autumn weather turns the leaves to flame / And I haven't got time for
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Yes I Can
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Yes I can / Suddenly yes I can / Gee I'm afraid to go on, has turned into / Yes I can / Take a look, what do you see? / 133 pounds of confidence: me / Got the feeling / I can do
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Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae – Two Sleepy People
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[Verse 1: Carmen McRae, Sammy Davis Jr.] / Here we are out of cigarettes / Holding hands and yawning, look how late it gets / Two sleepy people by dawn's early light / And too much
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Sammy Davis Jr. – The Christmas Song
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All through the year we've waited / Waited through spring and fall / To hear silver bells ringing / And winter-time bringing / The happiest season of all / Chestnuts roasting on an
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Sammy Davis Jr. (Ft. Carmen McRae) – Baby, It’s Cold Outside
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[Spoken Intro: Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae] / Brrr, ah, that's nice, now we're inside. Did you have a good time tonight, Carmen? / Oh, I had a wonderful time, Sam / Oh, good
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Thou Swell
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Babe, we are well met / As in a spell met / I lift my helmet / Sandy, you're just dandy / For just this here lad / You're such a fistful / My eyes are mist-full / Are you too
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Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae – You're The Top
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[Intro: Carmen McRae, Sammy Davis Jr. ] / At words poetic, I'm so pathetic / That I always have found it best / Instead of getting him off my chest / To let 'em rest, unexpressed
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Fabulous Places
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There are so many fabulous faraway places to see! / Such as Mexico, Sweden, Hawaii, Japan and Capri! / There are so many exciting & wonderful places! / Mountains and jungles
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Bye Bye Blackbird
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[Chorus] / Pack up all my cares and woe / Here I go swinging low / Bye, bye, little blackbird / Where somebody waits for me / Sugar's sweet, so is she / Bye, bye, blackbird / [
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Frankie and Johnny
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Frankie and Johnny were lovers / Man how those two cats could love / They promised to dig one another / Long as stars remained above / He was her mate / But he couldn’t fly
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Lonesome Road
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Look down, look down that lonesome road / Before you travel on / Look up, look up at seek your maker / Before Gabriel blows his horn / Weary totin' such a load / Treadin' down that
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Trijntje Oosterhuis – You were there - tribute to sammy davis jr.
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You were there, before we came / You took the hurt, you took the shame / They built the walls to block your way / You beat them down / You won the day / It wasn't right, it wasn't
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Sammy Davis Jr. (Ft. Mike Curb Congregation) – The Candy Man
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[Intro] / Candy Man, hey Candy Man / Alright everybody, gather around / The Candy Man is here / What kind of candy do you want? / Sweet chocolate? Chocolate walnut candy? / Gum
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Someone Nice Like You
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And if we could live twice / I'd make life paradise / For someone really nice / Like you / Why did someone nice like you, Evie / Have to love someone like me? / When I think of all
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Stan' Up An' Fight
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Thanks a lot! It sure is nice to be / To be where I can see so many friends o' mine / How've I been doin'? How've I been doin'? / If you really want to know the truth, I'm doin
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Don't Blame The Children
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(Don't blame it on the children) / You know we read in the papers / And we hear on the air / Of killing and stealing / And crime everywhere / And we sigh and we say / As we notice
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Sammy Davis Jr. – What I've Got in Mind
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There's some million things / That we could do this evening / With all the night life / And the silver screen / Oh, we got time / And we could take the town in / Or take the fast
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Something's Coming
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Could be! Who knows? / There's something due any day / I will know right away / Soon as it shows / It may come cannon-balling down through the sky / Gleam in its eye / Bright as a
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Another Spring
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Another spring / Is on the way / Another April / Another May / And every flower / Is gonna blossom / And every blossom / In time, will flower / There will be birds / In every tree
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Sammy Davis Jr. – No One Can Live Forever
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[Verse 1] / No one can live forever / But I'll love you as long as I live / No one can tell what the years may unfold / But you'll be my one love to have and to hold / [Verse 2
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Straighten Up and Fly Right
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[Verse 1] / A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air / The monkey thought that everything was on the square / The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back / The monkey
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