Name that Tune

[Human without the bean]

"Goodbye papa please pray for me
i was the black sheep of the family
you tried to teach me right from wrong
too much wine and too much song
wonder how i got along"

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Terry Jacks

Seasons in the Sun

George

[Human without the bean]

Yes

[GeorgeStGeorge]

"I can fly like a bird in the sky
Hey, and I can buy anything that money can't buy.
Oh, I can turn a river into a raging fire
I can live forever, if I so desire."

George

[GeorgeStGeorge]

I can fly like a bird in the sky
Hey, and I can buy anything that money can't buy.
Oh, I can turn a river into a raging fire
I can live forever, if I so desire.

I can turn back the hands of time, you better believe I can
I can make the seasons change, just by waving my hand
Oh, I
I can change anything from old to new
The things I want to do the most, I'm unable to do.

George

[Human without the bean]

I'm just not getting anything George.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Here's the whole song with title removed:

I
Can turn the gray sky blue
I can make it rain, whenever I want it to, oh I
I can build a castle from a single grain of sand
I can make a ship sail, on dry land tell 'em yeah
But my life is incomplete and I'm so blue
'Cause I [title]

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I
Can fly like a bird in the sky
Hey, and I can buy anything that money can't buy
Oh, I
I can turn a river into a raging fire
I can live forever if I so desired

Unimportant are all the things I can do
'Cause I [title]

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Uh-ya

Ooo-ooo
Ooo-ooo
Chica boom, chica boom
Chica boom, boom, boom

I can turn back the hands of time, you better believe I can
I can make the seasons change, just by waving my hand
Oh, I
I can change anything from old to new
The things I want to do the most, I'm unable to do

Unhappy am I with all the powers I possess
'Cause girl you're the key to my happiness
And I

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Girl, you're blowing my mind 'cause I [title]
Can't you see these tears I'm crying? I [title]
Girl, it's you that I need, [title]
Can't you see these tears I'm crying? I [title]
I, I, I, I, I [title]
I, I, I, I, I [title]
Girl, you're blowing my mind

George

[Human without the bean]

George this seems to me ike a song that you used a few months back.   Cloud Nine ?  ~The Temptations~

It sure sounds like a song from ~The Temptations~.

Edited December 2, 2022 by Human without the bean

[GeorgeStGeorge]

4 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

George this seems to me like a song that you used a few months back. 

I did.

 

4 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

It sure sounds like a song from ~The Temptations~.

It is.

 

4 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

Cloud Nine ? 

No.

George

[Human without the bean]

That other song was I Can't Get Next To You.  It's not this one however.

[GeorgeStGeorge]

13 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

That other song was I Can't Get Next To You.  It's not this one however.

Actually, it is.  You're up.

George

[Human without the bean]

Huh, a payoff.  Okay.

And though your dreams may toss and turn you now

They will vanish away like your daddy's best jeans
Denim blue fading up to the sky
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will, you know they never will
And the patches make the goodbye harder still

Edited December 3, 2022 by Human without the bean

[Human without the bean]

 

And though your dreams may toss and turn you now

They will vanish away like your daddy's best jeans
Denim blue fading up to the sky
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will, you know they never will
And the patches make the goodbye harder still

 

There'll never be a better chance to change your mind
And if you want this world to see a better day

Will you carry the words of love with you?
Will you ride the great white bird into heaven?
And though you want to last forever
You know you never will, you know you never will
And the goodbye makes the journey harder still

[Human without the bean]

What will you leave us this time?
You're only dancing on this earth for a short while
And though your dreams may toss and turn you now
They will vanish away like your daddy's best jeans
Denim blue fading up to the sky
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will, you know they never will
And the patches make the goodbye harder still

What will you leave us this time?
There'll never be a better chance to change your mind
And if you want this world to see a better day
Will you carry the words of love with you?
Will you ride the great white bird into heaven?
And though you want to last forever
You know you never will, you know you never will
And the goodbye makes the journey harder still

Will you carry the word of love with you
Will you ride? Will you ride? Will you ride? Oh

[GeorgeStGeorge]

Seems vaguely familiar (especially, "You know you never will, you know you never will"); but I'm not getting it.

George

[Human without the bean]

Oh Very Young  ~Cat Stevens~ (Yusuf Islam)

[Human without the bean]

Next one:

You've got a cute way of talkin'
You got the better of me
Just snap your fingers and I'm walkin'
Like a dog hangin' on your lead

[Human without the bean]

You've got a cute way of talkin'
You got the better of me
Just snap your fingers and I'm walkin'
Like a dog hangin' on your lead

I'm in a spin, you know
Shakin' on string, you know

Edited December 12, 2022 by Human without the bean

[Human without the bean]

You've got a cute way of talkin'
You got the better of me
Just snap your fingers and I'm walkin'
Like a dog hangin' on your lead

I'm in a spin, you know
Shakin' on string, you know

 

Quarter to four in the mornin'
I ain't feeling tired no, no, no, no, no
Just hold me tight and leave on the light
'Cause I don't want to go home

[Human without the bean]

I think if George doesn't get this one, he is going to give us multiple doh slaps. 

[GeorgeStGeorge]

7 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

I think if George doesn't get this one, he is going to give us multiple doh slaps. 

This may well be.  I'm not getting it, though.

George

[Human without the bean]

Wow, I've been humming this since I posted it.

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing  ~Leo Sayers~

[GeorgeStGeorge]

9 hours ago, Human without the bean said:

Wow, I've been humming this since I posted it.

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing  ~Leo Sayers~

I haven't heard that one in decades, but 

 George

[GeorgeStGeorge]

You're still up, Human.

George

[Human without the bean]

When I said I needed you
You said you would always stay
It wasn't me who changed but you
And now you've gone away

Don't you see
That now you've gone
And I'm left here on my own
That I have to follow you
And beg you to come home?