 Genius Meanings
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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. – Tracey
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Tracey / Lovely Tracey / Seeing you there / Makes me aware / There's something more / To live and care for / Tracey / Soft and lacy / Bundle of charms / Finally I know / The reason
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Sammy Davis Jr. – The Shelter of Your Arms
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In this cold world / No matter where I go / The clouds are all the same / To them I'm just / A pebble in the Sand, a face without a name / Nobody gives a hang for what I say or do
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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. & 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. – 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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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. (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. – 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. – For Once in My Life
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For once in my life / I have someone who needs me / Someone I've needed so long / For once unafraid / I can go where life leads me / This time I know I'll be strong / For once I
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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. – 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. & Carmen McRae (Ft. Carmen McRae & Sammy Davis Jr.) – Happy to Make Your Acquaintance
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[Spoken intro: Sammy Davis Jr. & Carmen McRae] / I wonder who that fine chick is standing there— hey, that's Carmen McRae! How 'bout I go over there and pick up what she's puttin
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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. – My Funny Valentine
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My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine / You make me smile with my heart / Your looks are laughable, unphotographable / Yet you're my favorite work of art / Is your figure less
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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. – 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. (Ft. Dean Martin) – Sam’s Song
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(Here's a happy tune) / A happy tune / (You'll love to croon) / You'll love to croon / (They call it Dean's song) / Hey, you don't seem to understand / (Catchy as can be) / I must
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Sammy Davis Jr. – I Ain't Got Nobody
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There's been a sayin' goin' round / And I begin to think it's true / It's awful hard to love someone / When they don't care about you / Once I had a lovin' gal / The sweetest
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Sammy Davis Jr. – In My Own Lifetime
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[Verse 1] / In my own lifetime I want to see the fighting cease / In my own lifetime I want to see my sons enjoy the fruits of peace / While I'm still here I want to know beyond a
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Sammy Davis Jr. – Feeling Good
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Birds flying high / You know how I feel / Sun in the sky / You know how I feel / Reeds driftin' on by / You know how I feel / It's a new dawn / It's a new day / It's a new life
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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. – 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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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. – A Stranger In Town
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Just arrived on the seven-ten; / Thought I'd see the old gang again / But you know how they come and go / I'm just a stranger in town! / Everywhere, everyone I see / Seems to
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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. – 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. – I Am Over 25 - But You Can Trust Me
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I am over 25, but you can trust me / I can understand just how you feel / I am over 25, but trust me / I've shared with you kids the same ideals / I once chased the same dreams you
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Sammy Davis Jr. – I'll Begin Again
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I'll begin again / I will build my life / I will live to know / That I fulfilled my life / I'll begin today / Throw away the past / And the future I build / Will be something that
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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. – I'm gonna live till i die
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I'm gonna live till I die / I'm gonna laugh 'stead of cry / I'm gonna take the town and turn it upside down / I'm gonna live, live, live till I die / They're gonna say "What a guy
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Sammy Davis Jr. – As Long As She Needs Me
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As long as she needs me / I know where I must be / I'll cling on steadfastly / As long as she needs me / As long as life is long / I'll love her right or wrong / And somehow, I'll
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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. – 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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