a ship sailing without end...

There Will Always Be A You

sung by Donna Summer

lyric/music by Donna Summer

Like the stars that shine above
in a warn and wind tossed love
just like tears that fall forever

Like the raven and the dove
looking for a perfect love
after rainy, stormy weather
I am yours and you are mine
till the stars fall from my eyes
there will always be a you

A ship sailing without end
a lost, tired, worm down friend
and old broken run down shoe
I keep running back for more,
at least you thought I would be sure
but I gave up, I broke it's true
still there will always be a you

Don't ask me how
I tried so long
and in my heart I know
I will never go away
if you wanted me to stay
well in a million years
I wouldn't go

Cause I love you so
yes I do
I love you so
I could never leave you
I love you
don't go away
don't go away
there will always be a you

A ship sailing without end
a lost tired, worm down friend
and old broken run down shore
I keep running back for more
at least you thought I would be sure
but I give up, I broke it's true
still there will always be a you

I am yours and you are mine
till the stars fall from my eyes
there will always be a you

I will never go away
if you wanted me to stay
well in a million years
I wouldn't go
cause I love you so
yes I do
I love you so
I could never leave you
I love you
I love you
don't go away
can't go away
there will always be a you

At night I cry
can't find a reason
I'm left alone
can't seem to understand
at night I cry
can't find a reason
I'm left alone
can't seem to understand
there will always be a you
there will always be a you

Wow! sometimes things just happen that take you by complete surprise. going to Andy Towle's site and seeing that Donna Summer died just did that for me. i really was shocked. 

i remember so many happy times, sad times, and fun that i had because of her music. you might say that she really was an icon for a generation. more than that she was a tremendous talent. though probably known more for his disco, her ballads, soul, & jazz show her range as a wonderful singer.

i can only think to post what is my favorite of all her songs - "There Will Always Be A You" - it has very personal meaning to me but also says that we have her talent to keep.

remember what the doormouse said...

White Rabbit

Jefferson Airplane

Live at Woodstock

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice
When she's ten feet tall
And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you're going to fall
Tell 'em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
Call Alice
When she was just small

When men on the chessboard
Get up and tell you where to go
And you've just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving slow
Go ask Alice
I think she'll know

When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the Red Queen's "off with her head!"
Remember what the doormouse said;
"Feed YOUR HEAD...
Feed your head"

who knows where the time goes...

Happy Birthday, Judy! all the way from the old Gate of Horn to today, you have changed my life in so many ways...

Who Knows Where the Time Goes

Judy Collins

written by Sandy Denny

Across the morning sky,
All the bird are leaving,
Ah, how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire,
We'll still be dreaming.
I do not count the time

Who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

Sad deserted shore,
Your fickle friends are leaving,
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go,
But I will still be here,
I have no thought of leaving.
I do not count the time

Who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?

And I'm not alone,
While my love is near me,
And I know,it will be so,till it's time to go,
So come the storms of winter,
And then the birds in spring again.
I do not fear the time

Who knows how my love grows?
Who knows where the time goes?

La la la la la la
Um um um um
Du du du du du
Ah ah ah ah ah
Um um um um

waiting home for you...

Love with All the Trimmings

Barbra Streisand

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever

My dearest love who existed in a dream
Till this evening when a wave came and swept me out to sea
None of the loves that you have known
Could prepare you for the love raging everywhere in me
For all the arms that have covered you the hands

That have touched you and the lips
You have lingered on before
Added together would be less than an olive
In the banquet of love I have in store
Love season to entice
Love with all the trimmings filled with spice
Love flavored to your whim
Served piping hot with all the trimmings...Ooo...
For I’ll decode every breath and every sigh
Till your every lover's wish
Is fulfilled before it's made
Toss in some jealousy and doubt
Should it be required
Not to rest till there's nothing more desired
Thus loving as I do
Never, never will you ever be untrue
Having love with all the trimmings
Waiting home for you...

someone like you...

Someone Like You

written & sung by Adele

I heard
That you're settled down
That you
Found a girl
And you're
Married now

I heard
That your dreams came true.
Guess she gave you things
I didn't give to you

Old friend
Why you so shy?
Ain't like you to hold back
Or hide from the light

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I hoped you'd see my face and be reminded
That for me it isn't over

Never mind
I'll find someone, like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me I beg
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead."
Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead,
Yeah.

You know how
The time flies
Only yesterday
It was the time of our lives
We were born and raised
In a summer haze
Bound by the surprise
Of our glory days

I hate to turn up out of the blue uninvited
But I couldn't stay away, I couldn't fight it.
I hoped you'd see my face and that you'd be reminded
That for me it isn't over.

Never mind
I'll find someone, like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me I beg
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead"

Nothing compares
No worries or cares
Regrets and mistakes
And memories made.
Who would have known
How bittersweet
This would taste?

Never mind
I'll find someone, like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me I beg
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead"

Never mind
I'll find someone, like you
I wish nothing but the best for you, too
Don't forget me I beg
I remember you said
"Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead"

Sometimes it lasts in love
But sometimes it hurts instead

rolling in the deep...

Rolling in the Deep

Adele

There's a fire starting in my heart,

Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark.

Finally I can see you crystal clear

Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your ship bare.

See how I'll leave, with every piece of you

Don't underestimate the things that I will do.

There's a fire starting in my heart,

Reaching a fever pitch and it's bring me out the dark.

The scars of your love, remind me of us.

They keep me thinking that we almost had it all

The scars of your love, they leave me breathless

I can't feeling

We could of had it all

Rolling in the deep

You had my heart inside your hand

And you played it to the beat

Baby I have no story to be told

But I've heard one of you and I'm gonna make your head burn,

Think of me in the depths of your despair

Making a home down there as mine sure won't be shared

The scars of your love, remind you of us.

They keep me thinking that we almost had it all

The scars of your love, they leave me breathless

I can't feeling

We could of had it all

You had my heart inside your hand

And you played it to the beat

We could of had it all

Rolling in the deep

You had my heart inside your hand

But you played it with a beating

Throw your soul threw every open door

Count your blessings to find what you look for

Turn my sorrow into treasured gold

You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow

(I wish you never gonna miss you)

We could of had it all

We could of had it all (I wish you never gonna miss you)

It all(3 times)

We could of had it all

Rolling in the deep

You had my heart inside your hand

And you played it to the beat

We could of had it all

Rolling in the deep

You had my heart inside your hand

But you played it,

You played it,

You played it

You played it to the beat.

va todo al ganador...

sung by il divo
written by Björn Ulvaeus & Benny Andersson

Ya no quiero hablar
Ya se dijo todo
Duele aun mover
Cosas del ayer

Hice igual que tu
me quede sin cartas
yano hay vuelta atras
no reparten mas

Va todo al ganador
A quien jugo mejor
me toca a mi perder
que le voy a hacer

Quise ver en ti
un lugar seguro
un muro alrededor
ese fue ni error
No debi sonar
un amor tan puro
que inocente fue
ir de buena fe
Il Divo Lyrics on www.lyrics-celebrities.anekatips.com

Los dioses por placer
eligen sin querer
sus dados a rodar
marcan nuestro azar

Va todo al ganador
le deja su dolor
es como debe ser
hoy igual que ayer

Ya no quiero hablar
ya se dijo todo
duele un mover
cosas del ayer

Va todo al ganador
a quien jugo mejor
me toca a mi perder
va todo al ganador

Ganador!

Actue sin amor
lo bueno y lo mejor

Va todo al ganador
a quien jugo mejor
va todo al ganador
va todo al ganador

Ya no quiero hablar
ya se dijo todo

with a song in my heart...

from the movie "With a Song in My Heart"
sung by Jane Froman
pictured here Susan Hayward
with Richard Allan

Though I know that we meet ev'ry night
and we couldn't have change since the last time,
to my joy and delight,
it's a new kind of love at first sight.
Though it's you and it's I all the time
ev'ry meeting's marvelous pastime.
You're increasingly sweet,
so whenever we happened to met
I greet you ...

With a song in my heart
I behold your adorable face.
Just a song at the start
but it soon is a hymn to your grace.
When the music swells
I'm touching you hand
It tells that your're standing near, and ..
At the sound of your voice
heaven opens his portals to me.
Can I help but rejoice
that a song such as ours came to be?
But I always knew
I would live life through
with a song in my heart for you.

Oh, the moon's not a moon for a night
and these stars will not twinkle and fade out,
and the words in my ears
will resound for the rest of my years.
In the morning I find with delight
not a note of our music is played out.
It will be just as sweet,
and an air that I'll live to repeat:
I greet you ...

With a song in my heart
I behold your adorable face.
Just a song at the start
but it soon is a hymn to your grace.
When the music swells
I'm touching you hand
It tells that your're standing near, and ..
At the sound of your voice
heaven opens his portals to me.
Can I help but rejoice
that a song such as ours came to be?
But I always knew
I would live life through
with a song in my heart for you.

Beethoven Violin Concerto final movement...

played by Joshua Bell

Joshua Bell does not play the violin with just his hands and fingers; his entire body pores into the instrument; his face unfolds every note when you watch him; it can be distracting when you first see him in person, but the sound that comes out is just - the sublime...

rolling in the deep...

this one blows me away...


sung by Adele



There’s a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch, it’s bringing me out the dark
Finally I can see you crystal clear
Go head and sell me out and I’ll lay your shit bare

See how I leave with every piece of you
Don’t underestimate the things that I will do

There’s a fire starting in my heart
Reaching a fever pitch
And its bring me out the dark

The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love they leave me breathless
I can’t help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart and soul
And you played it
To the beat

Baby I have no story to be told
But I’ve heard one of you
And I’m gonna make your head burn
Think of me in the depths of your despair
Making a home down there
It Reminds you of the home we shared


The scars of your love remind me of us
They keep me thinking that we almost had it all
The scars of your love they leave me breathless
I can’t help feeling
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart and soul
And you played it
To the beat

Throw your soul through every open door
Count your blessings to find what you look for
Turned my sorrow into treasured gold
You pay me back in kind and reap just what you sow

We could have had it all
We could have had it all
It all, it all it all,
We could have had it all
Rolling in the deep
You had my heart and soul
And you played it
To the beat

no one is alone...

sung by Bernadette Peters
from "Into The Woods"
by Stephen Sondheim




No one here to guide you
Now you're on your own
Only me beside you
Still your not alone
No one is alone
Truley
No one is alone

Sometimes people leave you
Half-way through the wood
Others may decieve you
You decide whats good
You decide alone
But no one is alone

People make mistakes
Father's, Mother's
People make mistakes
Holding to their own
Thinking they're alone

Honor their mistakes
Everybody makes
One another's terrible mistakes

Witches can be right
Giants can be good
You decide whats right
You decide whats good
Just remember

Someone is on your side
Someone else is not
Well we're seeing our side
Maybe we forgot
They are not alone
Cause no one is alone

Hard to see the light now
Just don't let it go
Things will come out right now
We can make it so
Someone is on your side
No one is alone


cross posted on no matter what... eschew obfuscation

state of independence...

State of Independence
Sung by Donna Summer
Written by Jon Anderson & Vangelis

State of life, may I live, may I love
coming out the sky, I name me a name
coming out silver word for what it is
it is very nature of the sound, the game

Shablamidi, shablamida
shablamidi, shablamida
shablamidi, shablamida

Siamese, Indonese, to Tibet treat the life
as a game, if you please (hey)
coming up Caribee such a freedom
derives from a meditative state
movin' on, believe that's it, call it magic
third world, it is, I only guessed it

Shablamidi, shablamida
shablamidi, shablamida
shablamidi, shablamida

Shablimidi, shablamida
shablimidi, shablamida
shablimidi, shablamida

Shot to the soul the flame of Oroladian
(the) essence of the word
the state of independence

Sounds like a signal from you
bring me to meet your sound
and I will bring you to my heart

Love, like a signal you call
touching my body, my soul
bring to me, you to meet me here

Home, be the temple of your heart
home, be the body of your love
just like holy water to my lips
(hey, hey)

Yes, I do know how I survive
yes, I do know why I'm alive
to love and be with you
day by day by day by day

Time, time again, it is said
we will hear, we will see
see it all in His wisdom hear

His truth will abound the land
this truth will abound the land
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be

Say, yeah -e-yay, yeah-e-yo
yeah-e-yay, yeah-e-yo...
be the sound of higher
love today
yeah-e-yeah (hey, hey)

Time, time again, it is said
we will hear, we will see
see it all in His wisdom hear

His truth will abound the land
this truth will abound the land
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be
this state of independence shall be...


this song is frequently in my head spinning around and around. it is one of my favorite songs. most people don't think of Donna Summer as doing anything but Disco, but she is a fabulous R&B and ballad performer. there is usually hints on jazz in a lot of her work also.

famous jazz quotes...

something a little different -


"I wish you wouldn't make the strings such an important part of your arrangements because frankly they're only a tax dodge!"

- Tommy Dorsey
(to arranger Nelson Riddle)

"Tastes are created by the business interests. How else can you explain the popularity of Al Hirt?"

- Charles Mingus

"The outer space beings are my brothers. They sent me here. They already know my music."

- Sun Ra

"I discovered early in life that if you take gym first period, you can go into the wrestling room and sit in the corner and sleep."

- Paul Desmond

"I was very happy and secure until I went into the army. Then I started to feel there was something I should know that I didn't know."

- Bill Evans

"Are big bands coming back? Sure, every football season."

- Woody Herman

"Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread - without it, it's flat."

- Carmen McCrae

'Giving jazz the Congressional seal of approval is a little like making Huck Finn an honorary Boy Scout.'

- Melvin Maddocks

'I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo."

- Bessie Smith

"I am the world's laziest writer."

- Oscar Peterson

"It's taken me all my life to learn what not to play."

- Dizzy Gillespie

"I don't mind being the butt of a joke-if it's a funny joke."

- Kenny G

"Those people were mavericks. The only person who wanted them was me. I mean, was Gene Krupa hard to get? Was Bunny Berigan hard to get?"

- Benny Goodman

"It's not the mistakes that count, it's what you do after them that counts."

- Thelonious Monk

and to prove Carmen McRae correct, here's a little vintage Koko Taylor who just left us after 80 marvelous years.



Wang Dang Doodle
sung by Koko Taylor
written by Willie Dixon


Tell automatic Slim
Tell razor totin' Jim
Tell butcher knife
Toting Nanny
Tell fast talking fanny
We're gonna pitch a ball
Down to the union hall

We're gonna romp
And trump till midnight
We're gonna fuss
And fight till daylight
We're gonna get your
Wang dang doodle
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long

Tell cooda-crawling Ray
To tell abyssinia Ned
To tell old pistol Pete
To tell everybody he meets
Tonight we need no rest
We're gonna really
Throw a mess
We're gonna knock down
All the windows
We're gonna kick down
All the doors
We're gonna get your
Wang dang doodle
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long

Tell fats
And washbone Sam
Everybody gonna jam
Tell shaking boxcar Joe
We got
Sawdust on the floor
Now tell Peggy
And Colin Die
We're gonna have
A heck of a time
Now when the fish
Scent fill the air
There'll be
Snuff juice everywhere
We're gonna get your
Wang dang doodle
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long
All night long

nobody knows you when you're down and out...

sung by Alberta Hunter
written by Jimmie Cox
1923


Once I lived the life of a millionaire,
spending my money, I didn't care
I carried my friends out for a good time,
buying bootleg liquor, champagne and wine
Then I began to fall so low,
I didn't have a friend, and no place to go
So if I ever get my hand on a dollar again,
I'm gonna hold on to it till them eagle's grin
Nobody knows you when you're down and out
In my pocket not one penny,
and my friends I haven't any
But If I ever get on my feet again,
then I'll meet my long lost friend
It's mighty strange, without a doubt
Nobody knows you when you're down and out
I mean when you down and out
Mmmmm, when you're down and out,
mmmmm, not one penny
And my friends I haven't any,
mmmmm, well I felt so low
Nobody wants me round their door,
mmmmm, without a doubt,
No man can use you when you're down and out
I mean when you down and out

thanks, Alex, for bringing this back into my memory...

in sieme a te...

In sieme a te
Alessandro Safina, tenor



Seguo il percorso del vento
Toglie il respiro pensare un pò a te
Che ancora a dispetto del tempo cammini con me
Noi siamo stati 2 amanti 2 amici 2 complici 2 buone idee
Navigatori 2 vele nell' eternità
Vago nell' anima tua ma senza fermarmi perché vuoi cosi
'Non vuoi che rinunci alla mia soltanto perché tu sei qui
Dimmi chi sei
Che stradda farai
So che è la stessa che m'inventerei per noi

Insieme a te giorno per giorno
Camminerò estate e inverno
Più non avrò sete nell' anima
Perché tu sei d'acqua e di musica
Di fuoco e d'estasi
Di verità
Di fantasia
Senza rimpianti
La via dei canti io seguirò

Sento il passagio del tempo e vivo contento di quello che ho
Con gli occhi della memoria ti accarezzerò
Ma tu sei futuro e radici e quello che dici mi mostra la via
Il canto da il nome alla terra che percorrerò
Dimmi chi sei
E' come farò
Per ritrovarmi quando non sarai con me

Insieme a te giorno per giorno
Camminerò estate e inverno
Più non avro sete nell' anima
Perché tu sei d'acqua e di musica
Di fuoco e d'estasi
Di verità
Di fantasia
Di libertà
E di poesia
Imparerò
Saprò chi sei
Senza ripianti
La via dei canti io seguirò


unfortunately, i cannot find a translation for this song. the title, Insieme a te means "Together with you". it is a sad song because he is singing about what was, not what is. the affair is over.

"we were two lovers, two friends, two partners, two good ideas..."

all that's left is memory...

Bosom Buddies - Bea Arthur...

on the sad news of a life well lived ending, i would be remiss in not posting my favorite Bea song - Bosom Buddies - from Mame.

i've previously posted the version of Bea singing it from the movie with Lucille Ball. here she is singing it with the person that made it famous with her - Angela Lansbury...




the real Vera Charles...

come on baby...

shake your tail feather...




watch it until the end. he gets better and better...

i love Ray Charles, too.

brush up your Shakespeare...

Mayor Richard J. Daley has announced that this Thursday, April 23, 2009, is 'Talk Like Shakespeare Day' in Chicago.

April 20, 2009 (CHICAGO) -- In honor of William Shakespeare's upcoming birthday, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley has proclaimed "Talk Like Shakespeare Day" in the city.

Although Shakespeare's actual birth date is not known, many scholars believe it to have been on April 23, 1564, since the poet and playwright is known to have been baptized three days later.

This year, April 23 is Thursday.

In his recent proclamation, Daley urged Chicagoans to celebrate the occasion by bringing the spoken words of Shakespeare into their daily lives.

ABC7 Chicago News via the AP

so what's the big deal?

i tried to find a video of how Da Mayor normally speaks, but couldn't. he speaks soutside. that's not a typo. there is no /sh/ sound in soutside English. i should know; i speak it fluently.

well, not on a regular basis. with education you learn to speak differently, but i can slip right into it when i'm with friends or family. as a matter of fact, i just got of the phone with my cousin. "i's speakin' soutside wid'im" the entire time.

so, for Mayor Daley to proclaim this Thursday "Talk Like Shakespeare Day" is wonnerfull.

actually, it's also in conjunction with the Chicago Shakespeare Theater that is one of the greatest in the country. it won a national Tony Award a number of years ago for top regional theater. i've seen many incredible performances there over the years.

so, thou may speaketh on Thursday yon as if thy were with the Bard


but you may need to "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" first...




words & music by Cole Porter
from Kiss Me Kate

The girls today in society
Go for classical poetry,
So to win their hearts one must quote with ease
Aeschylus and Euripides.
But the poet of them all
Who will start 'em simply ravin'
Is the poet people call
The bard of Stratford-on-Avon.

Brush up your Shakespeare,
Start quoting him now.
Brush up your Shakespeare
And the women you will wow.
Just declaim a few lines from "Othella"
And they think you're a heckuva fella.
If your blonde won't respond when you flatter 'er
Tell her what Tony told Cleopaterer,
And if still, to be shocked, she pretends well,
Just remind her that "All's Well That Ends Well."
Brush up your Shakespeare
And they'll all kowtow.

Brush up your Shakespeare,
Start quoting him now.
Brush up your Shakespeare
And the women you will wow.
If your goil is a Washington Heights dream
Treat the kid to "A Midsummer Night Dream."
If she fights when her clothes you are mussing,
What are clothes? "Much Ado About Nussing."
If she says your behavior is heinous
Kick her right in the "Coriolanus."
Brush up your Shakespeare
And they'll all kowtow,
And they'll all kowtow,
And they'll all kowtow.

Brush up your Shakespeare,
Start quoting him now.
Brush up your Shakespeare
And the women you will wow.

Brush up your Shakespeare
And they'll all kowtow,






crossposted at no matter what... eschew obfuscation

I dreamed a dream...

this is the dream a lot of people would love to come through.

embedding has been disable on YouTube so you need to click on the link below for one of the biggest surprises you've ever heard...

Susan Boyle - Singer - Britain's Got Talent 2009

simply amazing...

ain't nobody's business...

jazz is the great american music. along with the blues it is truly american. often misunderstood by many people it is an expressive music that deals with feelings and moods.

the legendary baseballer Yogi Berra is credited with an interview about jazz -

Interviewer: Can you explain jazz?
Yogi: I can't, but I will. 90% of all jazz is half improvisation. The other half is the part people play while others are playing something they never played with anyone who played that part. So if you play the wrong part, its right. If you play the right part, it might be right if you play it wrong enough. But if you play it too right, it's wrong.
Interviewer: I don't understand.
Yogi: Anyone who understands jazz knows that you can't understand it. It's too complicated. That's what's so simple about it.
Interviewer: Do you understand it?
Yogi: No. That's why I can explain it. If I understood it, I wouldn't know anything about it.
Interviewer: Are there any great jazz players alive today?
Yogi: No. All the great jazz players alive today are dead. Except for the ones that are still alive. But so many of them are dead, that the ones that are still alive are dying to be like the ones that are dead. Some would kill for it.
Interviewer: What is syncopation?
Yogi: That's when the note that you should hear now happens either before or after you hear it. In jazz, you don't hear notes when they happen because that would be some other type of music. Other types of music can be jazz, but only if they're the same as something different from those other kinds.
Interviewer: Now I really don't understand.
Yogi: I haven't taught you enough for you to not understand jazz that well.

and what better example to not understand it than Wynton Marsalis and Willie Nelson singing "Ain't Nobody's Business" from their album Two Men with the Blues that was performed live on Jazz at Lincoln Center

huh?


Ain't Nobody's Business
written by Porter Grainger
performed by Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis

There ain't nothing I can do, or nothing I can say,
Some folks will criticize me.
So I'm gonna do just what I want to anyway,
And don't care if you all despise me.

If I should take a notion
To jump into the ocean,
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

If I go to church on Sunday
And I shimmy down on Monday,
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

And if my friend ain't got no money
And I say, "All right, take all of mine honey,"
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

If I lend her my last nickel
And it leaves me in a pickle,
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

I would rather my gal would hit me
Than to haul right up and quit me.
It ain't nobody's business if I do.

I know that she won't call no copper
If she gets beat up by her poppa.
It ain't nobody's business if I do, Lord no.
Well, it ain't nobody's business if I do


so, are you appropriately confused?