How Long Is Too Long Wasn't Long Enough

[Robbie]

I got chills
They're multiplying
And I'm losing control
Cause the power you're supplying
It's electrifying!

You better shape up
Cause I need a man
And my heart is set on you
You better shape up
You better understand
To my heart I must be true
Nothing left
Nothing left for me to do

You're the one that I want
You are the one I want
Oh, honey
The one that I want
You are the one I want
Oh, honey
The one that I want
You are the one I want
Oh, the one I need
Oh, yes indeed

[Nearly Sane]

I only knew you for a while
I never saw your smile
'Til it was time to go
Time to go away
(Time to go away)
Sometimes it's hard to recognise
Love comes as a surprise
And it's too late
It's just too late to stay
Too late to stay

We'll always be together
However far it seems
(Love never ends)
We'll always be together
Together in electric dreams

[Nearly Sane]

And in my occasional analysis of the songs we put the latest in terms of songs that appear more than 5 times are:


Dream a Little Dream of me            10
With a Song in My Heart                   10
Always Look on the Bright Side of Life   7
Blue Skies                                           7
Love Is a Many Splendoured  Thing   7
Memories are Made of This                   7
Bohemian Rhapsody                         6
Come Fly With Me                           6
Don't Stop Me Now                           6
In The Still of the Night                   6
Singing in the Rain                           6
Amoreuse                                           5
Baby It's Cold Outside                           5
Banana Boat Song                           5
Brother Can you spare a dime           5
Cry Me a River                              5
Don't it make my brown Eyes Blue   5
I Will Survive                                   5
I Write the Songs                           5
It's a Kind of Magic                           5
It's a Lovely Day Today                   5
Lilac Wine                                           5
Love Me or Leave Me                           5
Mama Told Me Not To Come           5
Moon River                                           5
No More the Fool                           5
Oh What a Beautiful Morning           5
Reflections                                      5
Rock Around the Clock                     5
Somewhere over the rainbow           5
Strangers in the Night                    5
The Sound of Silence                           5
Tie a Yellow Ribbon                           5
Walk on by                                           5

Two titles would appear The Power of Love and Young at Heart but they are different songs - The Power of Love is 4 FGTH and 2 Jennifer Rush. Young at Heart is 4 Frank Sinatra and 1 The Bluebells

[Nearly Sane]

For Artists that have more than 10 entries the lists is:

The Beatles   76
Ella Fitzgerald   66
Frank Sinatra   66
Trad.             43
Nat King Cole   34
Doris Day           30
Queen           30
Abba                    29
Simon and Garfunkel   29
Bing Crosby   28
David Bowie   28
Judy Garland   23
Fred Astaire   21
The Rolling Stones   18
Gene Kelly           17
Mario Lanza   17
Theme           17
Hymn           16
Billie Holiday   15
Diana Ross and The Supremes   15
Wings           15
Andy Williams   14
Louis Armstrong   14
Paul Simon   14
Barbra Streisand   13
Don McLean   13
The Carpenters   13
Blondie           12
Dean Martin   12
Tony Bennett   12
Vera Lynn           12
Elkie Brooks   11
Perry Como   11
Pink Floyd           11
Roy Orbison   11
Bob Dylan           10
Carole King   10
Johnny Cash   10
Julie Andrews   10
Lionel Ritchie   10
The Kinks      10


Since last time The Beatles have passed Frank Sinatra and built up a substantial lead. Bing Crosby has been passed by a number of acts. David Bowie has moved up rapidly. All of the artists on 10 songs are new.

[Aruntraveller]

Thanks for the analysis NS. As noted before it speaks to our ages.

If you go away on this summer day
Then you might as well take the sun away
All the birds that flew in the summer sky
When our love was new and our hearts were high
When the day was young and the night was long
And the moon stood still for the night bird's song
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away
But if you stay, I'll make you a day
Like no day has been or will be again
We'll sail on the sun, we'll ride on the rain
We'll talk to the trees and worship the wind
Then if you go, I'll understand
Leave me just enough love to hold in my hand
If you go away, if you go away, if you go away

[Nearly Sane]

I talk to the trees
But they don't listen to me
I talk to the stars
But they never hear me

The breeze hasn't time
To stop and hear what I say
I talk to them all in vain

But suddenly my words
Reach someone else's ear
At someone else's heart strings too

[Udayana]

Dancing in the shallows of a river
Lonely moonchild
Dreaming in the shadow
Of the willow.

Talking to the trees of the
Cobweb strange
Sleeping on the steps of a fountain
Waving silver wands to the
Night-birds song
Waiting for the sun on the mountain.

...

[Nearly Sane]

And thus begins the web
Attempting to discard these clinging memories
 I only serve to wallow in our past
 I fabricate the weave with my excuses
 Its strands I hope and pray shall last
 Oh please do last
The flytrap needs the insects, ivy caresses the wall
 Needles make love to the junkies, the sirens seduce with their call
 Confidence has deserted me, with you it has forsaken me
 Confused and rejected, despised and alone
 I kiss isolation on its fevered brow
 Security clutching me, obscurity threatening me
 Your reasons were so obvious
 As my friend have qualified, I only laughed away your tears
 But even jesters cry

[Robbie]

Take every memory ingrained in me
Erase it from my thoughts so I can sleep
I know I need to move on, but it's the last thing that I'm ready to do
These subtle signs cause angry tides that rip me right in two

I tell myself that this all will pass
But it just won't stop and it all adds up, so I'm sure that this will last
Take every memory ingrained in me
Erase it from my thoughts so I can sleep

I'd give anything to feel no pain
Name your price and take the past away
Take every memory ingrained in me, in me

[Nearly Sane]

My baby and I are back together again
Lovin' is better than it's ever been
If it weren't for the trials we've been through
I'd never have the courage to come back to you

We're all entitled to make a mistake
We got to prepare for some heartbreak
I as earnin' my man, while I was learnin' my man
Something you young girls might not understand

No pain (no pain), no pain (no pain)
No gain (no gain), no
No pain (no pain), no pain (no pain)
No gain (no gain)

[Robbie]

I wake up every mornin', I stumble out of bed
Stretchin' and yawnin', another day ahead
It seems to last forever, and time goes slowly by
Till babe and me's together, then it starts to fly

'Cause the moment that he's with me, time can take a flight
The moment that he's with me, everything's alright
Night time is the right time, we make love
Then it's his and my time, we take off

My baby takes the morning train, he works from nine till five and then
He takes another home again to find me waitin' for him

[Nearly Sane]

I know your window and I know it's late
I know your stairs and your doorway
I walk down your street and past your gate
I stand by the light at the four way
You watch them as they fall
They all have heart attacks
They stay at the carnival
But they'll never win you back

Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train
Where Every night its just the same
You leave me lonely
Will I see you tonight
On a downtown train
All of my dreams just fall like rain
All upon on a downtown train

[Robbie]

Trains and boats and planes are passing by
They mean a trip to Paris or Rome
For someone else but not for me
The trains and the boats and planes
Took you away, away from me

We were so in love and high above
We had a star to wish upon
Wish and dreams come true, but not for me
The trains and the boats and planes
Took you away, away from me

You are from another part of the world
You had to go back awhile and then
You said you soon would return again
I'm waiting here like I promised to
I'm waiting here, but where are you

[Aruntraveller]

When a star is born
They possess a gift or two
One of them is this
They have the power to make a wish come true
When you wish upon a star
Makes no difference who you are

Anything your heart desires will come to you
If your heart is in your dream
No request is too extreme
When you wish upon a star
As dreamers do
Fate is kind

[Nearly Sane]

Here, as I watch the ships go by
I'm rooted to my shore
I keep asking myself why
And if there's more on the other side
Here, as I see the friends I thought I'd made
A little bit crazed, knowing now
We've outgrown one another

Starmaker
Dream breaker
Soul taker
We're happy now

[Robbie]

Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes
Watchin' the ships roll in
Then I watch 'em roll away again

I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Watchin' the tide, roll away
I'm sittin' on the dock of the bay
Wastin' time

[Nearly Sane]

Here I am
I'm playing day dreaming fool again
My favourite game

And you are the one
Who's got my head in the clouds above
You're the one that I love

Cause you're mine
Baby, you're my favourite waste of time
Mine
Baby, you're my favourite waste of time

[Robbie]

Baby, I'm yours (baby, I'm yours)
And I'll be yours (yours) until the stars fall from the sky
Yours (yours) until the rivers all run dry
In other words, until I die

Baby, I'm yours (baby, I'm yours)
And I'll be yours (yours) until the sun no longer shines
Yours (yours) until the poets run out of rhyme
In other words, until the end of time

I'm gonna stay right here by your side
Do my best to keep you satisfied
Nothin' in the world could drive me away
Everyday, you'll hear me say

Baby, I'm yours (baby, I'm yours)

[Nearly Sane]

I'll love you till the bluebells forget to bloom;
I'll love you till the clover has lost its perfume.
I'll love you till the poets run out of rhyme,
Until the twelfth of never and that's a long, long time.

Hold me close, never let me go.
Hold me close, melt my heart like April snow.

[Robbie]

Trent said 2 days ago:- Thanks for the analysis NS. As noted before it speaks to our ages.

A lot of the time, yes but I don't always know the songs I post, I google words & themes and come up with all sorts.

I loved you in the morning, our kisses deep and warm
Your hair upon the pillow like a sleepy golden storm
Yes, many loved before us, I know that we are not new
In city and in forest they smiled like me and you
But now it's come to distances and both of us must try
Your eyes are soft with sorrow
Hey, that's no way to say goodbye

[ekim]

So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, good night
I hate to go and leave this pretty sight
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, adieu
Adieu, adieu, to yieu and yieu and yieu
So long, farewell, au revoir, auf wiedersehen
I'd like to stay and taste my first champagne
So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye
I leave and heave a sigh and say goodbye
Goodbye!

[Nearly Sane]

She's walking down the street 
Blind to every eye she meets 
Do you think you'll be the guy 
To make the queen of the angels sigh? 

Hello, I love you 
Won't you tell me your name? 
Hello, I love you 
Let me jump in your game 

[Robbie]

Uh she works in the cubical next to me
She looks like she just stepped out of a magazine
She's got style, she's got class,
She's not just naughty
She's legs for days, she got the body

She ain't the type to give it up quick
She won't fall for that every day stick
This may take a little more time, aha
I'm about to make er mine

And she doesn't know ah ah oh oh
She doesn't know ah ah oh oh
Oh oh oh ah ah oh oh
She doesn't know ah ah oh oh

[Nearly Sane]

When she finished her laundry she was all in a quandary
And made it for the street like a hare
Her escape was so urgent, she forgot her detergent
And dropped all her clean underwear

Little does she know that I know that she knows
That I know shes cheatin on me

[Robbie]

Story of my life
Searching for the right
But it keeps avoiding me
Sorrow in my soul
Cause it seems that wrong

Really loves my company
He's more than a man
And this is more than love
The reason that the sky is blue
The clouds are rolling in
Because I'm gone again

And to him I just can't be true
And I know that he knows I'm unfaithful
And it kills him inside
To know that I am happy with some other guy
I can see him dying