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Life I’m Wasting My Time

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Written by:
Barry Gibb

Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1972)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb

Robin Gibb

Album:
Bootleg: One kick in the head is worth eight in the pants

Transcript by Luis Alberto Gonzales


[Barry]
Life, it is strange.
It gets good, it gets bad.
And my life, there’s no change.
There’s no time for turning back.
Why do I go from day to day?

[Robin]
Life, I’ve been wasting my time.
And they say that love’s a crime,
Since I last saw you.

Well, maybe tomorrow
I’ll wait up and see.
And all of my sorrows
Will all be well behind me.

[Barry]
Life, it is strange.
It gets good, it gets bad.
And my life, there’s no change.
There’s no time for turning back.
Why do I go from day to day?

My song it goes on, it goes on.
It goes on.
My song it goes on, it goes on.
It goes on.
My song it goes on, it goes on.
It goes on…

Life

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Written by:
Robin Gibb
(1970
)

Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb

Album:
Robin Gibb:
Sing slowly sisters
(bootlegs)

Transcript by
Mohamad Farghaly

Corrections by
Natalia



You saw me this morning
Wasn’t that a funny thing?
Because you once stood by my side
And kissed the tears I cried
But suddenly you’ve changed
And ran to someone strange
Because that’s life, life
You must be my wife
That’s life

I watched you this evening
Walking hand in hand with him
And because I am a man
I’ll do the best I can
To get you back with me
The way we used to be
Because that’s life, life
You must be my wife
That’s life

That’s life, life
That’s life – you must be my wife
Life – you must be my wife
Life – you must be my wife

Let’s Stomp, Australia Way

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Devlin
(1964)
 
Lead vocals:
Tony Brady
 
Album:


Everybody’s doing it, stomping Australia way

Let’s stomp, Australia way
That’s what they’ll do today
Let’s stomp to the surfing wave
everybody in this here land
Come on,
get yourself some sun
We’re gonna stomp till the night is gone
stomp, stomp, stomping Australia way

It all began in Sydney town, down Avalon way
Then Surf City came along
Well, you’ve got to stomp to stay
The Denver man had, ah-oo, stomp fever
What more can I say, ooh
everybody’s doing it, stomping Australia way
Well, well, well

Let’s stomp, Australia way
That’s what they’ll do today
Let’s stomp to the surfing wave
everybody in this here land
Come on,
get yourself some sun
We’re gonna stomp till the night is gone
stomp, stomp, stomping Australia way

Let’s stomp it now
everybody’s doing it, stomping Australia way

They’re doing it down in Melbourne now
stomping Australia way
In Brisbane and the Gold Coast too
They stomp all night and day
In Adelaide town it’s a getting around
stomp is here to stay, yeah
everybody’s doing it, stomping Australia way

Let’s stomp Australia way
That’s what they’ll do today
Let’s stomp to the surfing wave
everybody in this here land
Come on,
get yourself some sun
We gonna stomp till the night is gone
stomp, stomp, stomping Australia way

Let Your Heart Out

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Written by:
Barry Gibb

Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1968)

Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb

Album:
Lost And Found

(bootleg)

Transcript by
Luis Alberto Gonzales


Hmm…
Let your heart out
For somebody else
For somebody else like me

I’m nothing but trouble
And I’ve let you down
Be careful, my woman,
Stop playing around

Let your heart out
For somebody else
Let your heart out
Don’t keep it to yourself
Let your heart out
And, babe, don’t keep it in your mind,
Keep it in your mind (oh)

Everyday now
When you come around
Throwing yourself at me
I never loved you
And I never will
Stop giving me everything
You’re not getting your fill

Let your heart out (oh)
For somebody else (oh)
Let your heart out
Don’t save to yourself (and, baby)
And, babe, don’t keep it in your mind,
Keep it in your mind,
Don’t keep it in your mind,
Don’t keep it in your mind,
Don’t keep it in your mind

Let your heart out
For somebody else
Let your heart out
Don’t keep it to yourself
Let your heart out
And, babe, don’t keep it in your…

[Barry speaking: That’s ridiculous!]

Letting Go

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Bitzer
(1986)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
Hawks
<soundtrack>
(1988)


A child
that hides behind a chair,
almost afraid to grow
without you there.
Whisper words that make you see
what you’ve come to mean to me.
 
A voice
that rises from the heart,
the hunger that seizes me
and tears my soul apart.
And serving only to renew
how I came to feel for you.
 
Through your love I’d seen
forever.
We became as one.
I never saw you turn away.
My love was blind.
 
You call me when your storm is over.
Crying over love that I can give you.
When the night is the colder.
Holding on to me.
 
‘Cause it’s so hard letting go.
And it’s so hard not to cry.
With your face that lies,
you memorize
the reason why.
 
And when the  love is gone
then one of us will know
it’s so hard letting go.
 
Foolish that I still believe
that love should never die.
It makes me cry to witness
where the story ends.
 
All the lovers in the world will
echo all the words that I will leave you,
When the night is lonely
only goes to show…
 
…that it’s so hard letting go.
And it’s so hard not to cry.
And I kneel for yesterday,
when you were mine.
 
And when the love is gone,
then one of us will know
it’s so hard letting go.

Let There Be Love

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1968)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
 
Album:
Idea
(1968)


Let there be love,
so I can be loved by you
in Paradise Avenue.
 
Let there be life,
so everyone lives to love.
Let it happen to me and you.
 
I am a man,
so take me for what I am.
I’ll never have everything,
but let there be love.
Let there be love,
let there be love.
 
I can be nothing,
or I can be something,
I’ve got to give you my life.
 
I’m tired of living
without your giving.
I’ve got to get you for my wife.
 
Can’t hold on much longer.
Feeling’s getting stronger.
I never begged,
but I’m begging now.
 
Let there be love,
so I can be loved by you
in Paradise Avenue, oh yeah.
 
Let there be life,
so we can all live to love
and let it be both of us.
 
I am a man,
so take me for what I am
I’ll never have everything,
but let there be love.
Let there be love,
let there be love.

 

Let Me Wake Up In Your Arms

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1991)
 
Lead vocals:
Lulu
 
Album:
Lulu:
Independence
(1992)


Another lonely Monday morning
and I don’t want to face the world outside
No control
You got someone there to make you smile
But I cry alone
Giving those secret feeling

You never cooperate,
share your love with me
I try in vain to seize your heart
Please don’t keep me waiting for that sign
Give me one good reason why
you say goodnight and mean goodbye
Please let me

Let me wake up in your arms
Let me go down in your dreams
There is so much we can do before tomorrow
and what tomorrow means
I want to get close to you
Every single word I swear is true
On bended knees,I beg you
Let me wake up in your arms

It’s gotta be now or never that heaven in your eyes
You touch me hand and I just die
If you got no one there to see you through,
I’m standing by
I give you my secret feelings

Another lonely Monday morning
and I don’t want to face the truth inside
‘cause you’re not mine
Maybe I’ve been reaching far too high
I may be somebody you don’t know
But I won’t let you forget me, let me

Let me wake up in your arms
Let me go down in your dreams
There is so much we can do before tomorrow
and what tomorrow means
Baby I want to get close to you
Every single word I swear is true
On bended knees I beg you
Let me wake up in your arms

I won’t let you forget me
Let me, let me, let me

Let me wake up in your arms
Let me go down in your dreams
There is so much we can do before tomorrow
and what tomorrow means
Baby I want to get close to you
Every single word I swear is true
On bended knees, I beg you
Let me wake up in your arms

Nobody wants to sleep alone

Let Me Love You (Clip)

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
(1959
)

Lead vocals:
Tommy Steele

Album:
—-
Single, 1965

Transcript by
Mohamad Farghaly



let me love you
I never let you go
let me love you
and as I need you
so let me love you
nobody else will do

Lesson In Love

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Maurice Gibb
Bitzer
(1984)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
Barry Gibb:
Now voyager
(1984)


On the dark side of the street.
Just about midnight on the way
to the bright side when she calls.
 
She turned out the light.
I’m just a beginner when it comes
from a number on the wall.
 
All God’s children
need someone to love.
And you know, you know I found mine.
 
I’ve been waiting for the one.
After her you will see me gone.
I got a question answered anyway.
She turned out to be a lesson in love.
A lesson in love.
 
Bad girls cross the line.
Get it for nothing anytime.
I am a victim of the blues.
 
She don’t know the truth.
Nobody told her how to cry.
She got a back against the wall.
 
All God’s children need someone to love.
And you know, baby, you know I found mine.
 
She can show me I’m the one.
After me she’ll be on the run.
And lightning strikes in my bedroom.
The satisfaction was to me a lesson in love.
 
If you give your love for the first time,
-a lesson in love-
you could learn from me.
It’s gonna be
-a lesson.
 
All God’s children need someone to love.
And you know, baby, you know I found mine.
 
She can show me I’m the one.
After me she’ll be on the run.
And lightning strikes in my bedroom.
The satisfaction was to me a lesson in love.
 
If you give your love for the first time,
-a lesson in love-
you could learn from me.
It’s gonna be
-a lesson in love.
 
There are ways and means for your pleasure.
-a lesson in love.
Now just you wait and see.
It’s gonna be
-a lesson in love.
 
If you give your love for the first time,
-a lesson in love-
you could learn from me
-a lesson in love.
 
There are ways and means for your pleasure..

Lemons Never Forget

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1967)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
Horizontal
(1968)


Incidentally there should some changes made.
You’ve got to work if you should have to save.
An apple is a fool but lemons never do forget.
You’ve got to play it cool before they come and throw the net.
 
Wait a while and straighten out the tie you wear.
You’ve got to take it easy if you dare.
An apple is a fool but lemons never do forget.
You’ve got to play it cool before they come and throw the net.
 
Don’t be blind, you’ve got a thinking mind.
Stop the bells that ring so loud.
Don’t nod your head, you’ll draw a crowd.
Just think of everything you’ve worked so hard to bring.
The lemon sings my song. He’s known it all along.
 
Incidentally there should be some changes made.
You’ve got to work if you should have to save.
An apple is a fool but lemons never do forget.
You’ve got to play it cool before they come and throw the net.
 
Don’t be blind, you’ve got a thinking mind.
Stop the bells that ring so loud.
Don’t nod your head, you’ll draw a crowd.
Just think of everything you’ve worked so hard to bring.
The lemon sings my song. He’s known it all along.
 
Incidentally there should be some changes made.
You’ve got to work if you should have to save.
An apple is a fool but lemons never do forget.
You’ve got to play it cool before they come and throw the net.

Lay It On Me

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Written by:
Maurice Gibb
(1970)
 
Lead vocals:
Maurice Gibb
 
Album:
2 years on
(1970)


Don’t you drink with me ‘cause you know that I’m a loser,
and I’m proud of that fact as you can plainly see.
Never did what people said I should’ve.
I’m just a low down critter who never did any good.
I’m just a low down critter who never did any good.
 
I spend my life working up a sweat to be a bad boy,
getting girls into trouble every day,
going from town to town, now I tell you I’ve been around.
I’m just a low down critter who never did any good.
I’m just a low down critter who never did any good.
 
Lay it on me. Yeah.
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
 
Don’t you drink with me ‘cause I tell you that I’m a loser,
and I’m proud of that fact as you can plainly see.
Going from town to town, now I tell you I’ve been around.
I’m just a low down critter who never did any good.
I’m just a low down critter who never did any good.
Ha ha ha.

Lamplight

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1968)
 
Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb
 
Album:
Odessa
(1969)

Thanks to Stephan Koenig
for his help with the French part!


Allons, viens encore chérie
J’attendrai patiemment
Sous la lampe dans not’ vieille avenue

(Come home again, dear.
I will wait patiently
under the lamp in our old avenue)

10:05 a.m.
she had things to buy.
I close my eyes,
yet I don’t know why.

I gave her money.
Said she knew someone,
and she said she wouldn’t be long.

Lamplight, keep on burning
while this heart of mine is yearning.
Lamplight, keep on burning
till this love of yours is mine.

I sat alone
with my thoughts and laughed.
Then saw your face
in an old photograph.

I didn’t think
that I could live without you,
but what am I to do?

Lamplight, keep on burning
while this heart of mine is yearning.
Lamplight, keep on burning
till this love of yours is mine.

Come home again, dear.
I have waited year after year
under the lamp in our old avenue.

If all in the world that’s laughing,
why should it make us cry?

Ah…

Lady Is A Tramp

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Written by:
Hart
Rodgers
(1937)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
Barry Gibb sings Sinatra
<bootleg>


She gets too hungry for dinner at eight
She likes the theater and never comes late
She never bothers with people she’d hate
That’s why the lady is a tramp
 
Doesn’t like crap games with barons or earls
Won’t go to Harlem in ermine and pearls
Won’t dish the dirt with the rest of the girls
That’s why the lady is a tramp
 
She likes the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She’s broke, and it’s “oke”
 
Hates California, it’s cold and it’s damp
That’s why the lady is a tramp
 
She gets too hungry to wait for dinner at eight
She loves the theater but never comes late
She’d never bother with people she’d hate
That’s why the lady is a tramp
 
She’ll have no crap games with sharpies and frauds
And she won’t go to Harlem in Lincolns or Fords
And she won’t dish the dirt with the rest of the broads
That’s why the lady is a tramp
 
She’d love the free, fresh wind in her hair
Life without care
She’s broke, but it’s “oke”
 
Hates California, it’s so cold and so damp
That’s why the lady
That’s why the lady
That’s why the lady is a tramp

Lady

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
(1966)
 
Lead vocals:
Johnny Young
 
Album:


I’ll be so lonely without you
Biding my time, loving you, lady
Driving me crazy
Watching the trains go by
Loving you, lady
You ain’t seen the last of me
I’ll be around till eternity
You ain’t seen the last of me
Lady, I’ll be around till eternity for you

No use in calling me back, girl, I’ve got to go
Look from your window, watch as your loves grow
Wondering if I’ll be home, watch as your loves grow
You ain’t seen the last of me
I’ll be around till eternity
You ain’t seen the last of me
Lady, I’ll be around till eternity for you

I’ll be so lonely without you
Biding my time, loving you, lady
Driving me crazy
Watching the trains go by, loving you, lady
You ain’t seen the last of me
I’ll be around till eternity
You ain’t seen the last of me
Lady, I’ll be around till eternity

You ain’t seen the last of me
I’ll be around till eternity…

 

I’ve Got You Under My Skin

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1998 – Barry Sings Sinatra Bootleg

 

 


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’d tried so not to give in.
I said to myself: this affair never will go so well.
But why should I try to resist when, baby, I know so well
I’ve got you under my skin?
 
I’d sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of havin’ you near
In spite of a warnin’ voice that comes in the night
And repeats, repeats in my ear:
Don’t you know, little fool, you never can win?
Use your mentality, wake up to reality.
But each time that I do just the thought of you
Makes me stop before I begin
‘Cause I’ve got you under my skin.
 
I would sacrifice anything come what might
For the sake of havin’ you near
In spite of the warning voice that comes in the night
And repeats – how it yells in my ear:
Don’t you know, little fool, you never can win?
Why not use your mentality – step up, wake up to reality?
But each time I do just the thought of you
Makes me stop just before I begin
‘Cause I’ve got you under my skin.
Yes, I’ve got you under my skin.

I’ve Gotta Get A Message To You

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1968)
 
Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
Idea
(1968)

 


 

The preacher talked to me and he smiled.
Said, ‘Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile.
Now for once in your life you’re alone,
but you ain’t got a dime, there’s no time for the phone.’
 
I’ve just gotta get a message to you,
hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through,
hold on, hold on.
 
I told him I’m in no hurry,
but if I broke her heart, then won’t you tell her I’m sorry.
And for once in my life I’m alone,
and I’ve got to let her know
just in time before I go.
 
I’ve just gotta get a message to you,
hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through,
hold on, hold on.
 
Well I laughed but that didn’t hurt,
and it’s only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt.
Now I’m crying but deep down inside,
well I did it to him, now it’s my turn to die.
 
I’ve just gotta get a message to you,
hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through,
hold on, hold on.
 
I’ve just gotta get a message to you,
hold on, hold on.
One more hour and my life will be through,
hold on, hold on.

I’ve Decided To Join The Air Force

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1968)
 
Lead vocals:
Robin Gibb
 
Album:
Idea
(1968)


Mother, I’m going to join the Air Force today.
I don’t care what the neighbours may say,
but I’m going to join the Air Force today.
 
Mother, I don’t care what my father might think.
Perhaps it’s going to drive him to drink.
But I don’t care what my father might think.
 
Don’t ask me why, it’s my mind and it’s right.
Don’t ask me why, it’s my mind,
It’s better, it’s better than being alone,
alone on the ground. Now I find.
 
Mother, I’ve got to join the Air Force, you see.
I’ve seen my friends and they all agree
that’s it’s better than joining the army or going to sea.
 
Mother, I’ve got to join the Air Force, you see
I’ve seen my friends and they all agree
that’s it’s better than joining the army or going to sea.
Mother, mother, mother.

It’s Up To You

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Ashley Gibb
(2004
)

Lead vocals:
Barbra Streisand

Album:
Barbra Streisand:
Guilty Pleasures
(2005)


You can say what you got to say
Wherever you go, baby
I will find a way
I’m ready to go anywhere you choose
It’s up to you

You decide if I live or die
Wherever you go, baby
So will I
I’m ready to accept your point of view
It’s up to you

And there’s something about that way you smile
Every touch leaves me helpless
Every moment drives me wild
I never saw the cause that made you lie
And never said goodbye… inside

You can go where you got to go
Wherever you lead, baby
I will follow
I’m ready to be all you want me to
It’s up to you

AndI walk in the dark and the candle burns
Out of place, your face is missing
Come the day that you return
My love on hold
This moment stops in time
The reason and the rhyme
Inside

You can go where you got to go
Where you lead, baby
I will follow
I’m ready to be all you want me to
It’s up to you

It’s My Neighborhood

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Robin Gibb
Maurice Gibb
(1985)
 
Lead vocals:
Barry Gibb
 
Album:
One
(1989)


Don’t get too close to me, don’t overreact,
you’re not the enemy as a matter of fact,
you got your pretty face and you got any name you wore,
gonna stick by you, gonna stumble over what to do.
 
I want it, good loving, wanna be your plaything.
I want it, good loving, bring out the beast in me.
I want it, good loving,wanna make your heart sing,
in the shadows we are free, and I walk you through it.
 
It’s my neighborhood,
that’s where I belong.
You’re in trouble if you
disagree with me.
It’s my neighborhood,
that’s where I belong,
you find out why.
 
It’s my neighborhood,
that’s where I belong.
You’re in trouble if you
disagree with me.
It’s my neighborhood,
that’s where I belong,
you find out why.
 
So many tell you that you can’t win.
It’s a battle if you’re lonely
or if you’re starting over.
Two-fisted and fast on your feet
and you know there’s something more
and the city kicks it out of you and..
 
I want it, good loving, wanna be your plaything.
I want it, good loving, bring out the worst in me.
I want it, good loving, wanna make your heart sing,
in the shadows we are free, and I walk you through it.
 
It’s my neighborhood,
that’s where I belong.
You’re in trouble if (trouble) you
disagree with me.
It’s my neighborhood,
that’s where I belong,
you find out why.

It Makes No Diference

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Written by:
Barry Gibb
Albhy Galuten
(1982)
 
Lead vocals:
Dionne Warwick
<demo:
Barry Gibb>
 
Album:
-Dionne Warwick:
Heartbreaker
(1982)
-Bee Gees:
Heartbreaker demos
<bootleg>


You made a promise -so did I,
you’d never leave me alone.
You wake me up in the middle of the night,
take what you what and you’re gone.

Tell me a reason for what I am.
I’ll never win this game you play.
You wake me up in the middle of a dream.
You make it over, that’s ok.

It takes a million years for us to
understand it all.
All the love you need is why…

It makes no difference now .
There is no other you.
I’d rather die without you
than let you go.
My seasons in the sun.
So many moments wasted.
My love is living for you
and you should know.

You make my world a better place.
But I don’t see you around, around, around.
Could there be others I’m replacing?
No more love to be found.

It takes a million years to make
you understand your heart
let my love lay where it falls.

It makes no difference now.
There is no other you.
I’d rather die without you
than let you go.
My seasons in the sun.
So many moments wasted.
My love is living for you
and you should know.

It makes no difference now.
It makes no difference now.
It makes no difference now.

It makes no difference now.
There is no other you.
I’d rather die without you
than let you go.
My seasons in the sun.
So many moments wasted.
My love is living for you
and you should know.

It makes no difference now.
There is no other you…