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My Musical Life 6-20-26

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June 20th, 2026

#80 You Showed Me (The Turtles) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you
Oh, oh, oh, it’s true
Oh, oh, I love you🪄
You showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that very special way
Oh, oh, oh, it’s true
You fell for me too🪄
And when I tried it
I could see you fall
And I decided
It’s not a trip at all🪄
You taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too
Oh, oh, oh, it’s true
We’re in love, we two🪄
Na, na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
We’re in love, we two
We two🪄
You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you🪄
You showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that very special way🪄
You taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too🪄
Now you love me too
Now you love me too
Now you love me too
Now you love me too
Now you love me too
Now you love me too

My Musical Life 6-19-26

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June 19th, 2026

#79 Games People Play (Joe South) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Hmm la-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da da da🪄
Oh the games people play now
Every night and every day now
Never meaning what they say now
Never saying what they mean🪄
And they wile away the hours
In their ivory towers
Till they’re covered up with flowers
In the back of a black limousine whoa🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking ’bout you and me
And the games people play🪄
Oh we make one another cry
Break a heart then we say goodbye
Cross our hearts and we hope to die
That the other was to blame whoa🪄
Neither one will give in
So we gaze at our eight by ten
Thinking ’bout the things that might have been
And it’s a dirty rotten shame whoa🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking ’bout you and me
And the games people play now🪄
Oh yeah
All right
Oh yeah
Come on🪄
Oh
Come again🪄
People walking up to ya
Singing glory Hallelujah
And they’re tryin’ to sock it to you
In the name of the Lord🪄
They’re gonna teach you how to meditate
Read your horoscope, cheat your fate
And further more to hell with hate
Come on and get on board whoah🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
Talking ’bout you and me
And the games people play
Now wait a minute🪄
Look around tell me what you see
What’s happening to you and me
God grant me the serenity
To just remember who I am whoah🪄
‘Cause you’ve given up your sanity
For your pride and your vanity
Turn your back on humanity
Oh and you don’t give a da da da da da🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
I keep talking ’bout you and me baby
And the games people play now lala🪄
La-da da da da da da da
La-da da da da da de
I keep talking ’bout you and me
Oh and the games people play
I wonder can you come now, play🪄
Talking ’bout you and me oh
And the games people play now

My Musical Life 6-18-26

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June 18th, 2026

#77 Polk Salad Annie (Tony Joe White) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
If some of ya’ll never been down south too much
Some y’all never been down s-
I’m gonna tell you a little story so’s you’ll understand what I’m talkin’ about
Down there we have a plant that grows out in the woods, and the fields
And it looks somethin’ like a turnip green
Everybody calls it polk salad
Now that’s polk salad
Used to know a girl lived down there and she’d go out in the evenings and
Pick her a mess of it
Carry it home and cook it for supper
Because that’s about all they had to eat
But they did all right🪄
Down in Louisiana, where the alligators grow so mean
Lived a girl, that I swear to the world
Made the alligators look tame
Polk salad Annie, gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Because her momma was a workin’ on the chain gang
A mean vicious woman🪄
Everyday before supper time, she’d go down by the truck patch
And pick her a mess of polk salad, and carry it home in a tow sack
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody says it was a shame
Because her momma was a workin’ on the chain gang
A wretched, spiteful, straight-razor totin’ woman
Lord have Mercy, pick a mess of it🪄
Sock a little polk salad to me🪄
Her daddy was lazy and no-count, claimed he had a bad back
All her brothers were fit for
Was stealin’ watermelons out of my truck patch
Polk salad Annie, the gators got your granny
Everybody said it was a shame
Because her momma was a workin’ on the chain gang🪄
Yeah, sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need me a mess of it
Sock a little🪄
Sock a little polk salad to me, you know I need a real mess of it (chick-a-boom)
Sock a little polk salad, you know I need a real (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)
Ching-ching-ching-ching-a-ling (chick-a-boom)

My Musical Life 6-9-26

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June 9th, 2026

#57 Runaway Child, Running Wild (The Temptations) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
You played hookie from school and you can’t go out to play, yeah
Mama said, for the rest of the week, in your room you gotta stay, yeah
Oh ho, now you feel like the whole world’s pickin’ on you
But deep down inside, you know it ain’t true
You’re in punishment
‘Cause your mother wants to raise you in the right way, yeah
But you don’t care
‘Cause you already made up your mind you wanna run away yeah
You’re on your way, runaway child, running wild
Runaway child running wild
Better go back home where you belong
Roaming through the city going nowhere fast, you’re on your own at last
Hey, it’s gettin’ late, where will you sleep?
You’re gettin’ kinda hungry, you forgot to bring something to eat
Oh, lost with no money you start to cry
But remember, you left home wantin’ to be grown, so dry your weeping eyes
Sirens screamin’ down neon lighted streets
You want your mama
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run
Are they looking for you?
You’re frightened and confused
I want my mama
Run, run, run, run, run, run, run
But she’s much too far away, she can’t hear a word you say
You’ve heard some frightening news on the radio
About little boys running away from home
And the parents don’t see them no more
You wanna stop to hitch a ride, I know
But your mama told you never trust a stranger
And you don’t know which way to go
Streets are dark and deserted, not a sound nor sign of life
Oh how you long to hear your mother’s voice, ’cause you’re lost and alone
But remember, you made the choice, runaway child, running wild
You better go back home where you belong
He he he, oh, runaway child, running wild
You better go back home where you belong
You’re lost in this great big city
Go back home where you belong
Not one familiar face, ain’t it a pity
Go back home where you belong
Oh, runaway child running wild
You better go back home where you belong
Oh yeah, my girl
Mama, mama, please, come and sit here by me
Oh but she’s much too far away, she can’t hear a word you say
Oh, you’re frightened and confused, which way will you choose

My Musical Life 6-6-26

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June 6th, 2026

#54 Traces (Classics IV) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Faded photograph
Covered now with lines and creases
Tickets torn in half
Memories in bits and pieces🪄
Traces of love long ago
That didn’t work out right
Traces of love🪄
Ribbons from her hair
Souvenirs of days together
The ring she used to wear
Pages from an old love letter🪄
Traces of love long ago
That didn’t work out right
Traces of love with me tonight🪄
I close my eyes and say a prayer
That in her heart she’ll find
A trace of love still there
Somewhere, oh, oh🪄
Traces of hope in the night
That she’ll come back and dry
These traces of tears from my eyes
Oh, yeah

My Musical Life 5-4-26

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May 4th, 2026

#18 Suspicious Minds (Elvis Presley) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
We’re caught in a trap
I can’t walk out
Because I love you too much, baby🪄
Why can’t you see
What you’re doing to me
When you don’t believe a word I say?🪄
We can’t go on together
With suspicious minds (with suspicious minds)
And we can’t build our dreams
On suspicious minds🪄
So, if an old friend I know
Stops by to say hello
Would I still see suspicion in your eyes?🪄
Here we go again
Asking where I’ve been
You can’t see the tears are real, I’m crying
(Yes, I’m crying)🪄
We can’t go on together
With suspicious minds (suspicious minds)
And we can’t build our dreams
On suspicious minds🪄
Oh, let our love survive
I’ll dry the tears from your eyes
Let’s don’t let a good thing die
When, honey, you know I have never lied to you, mm
(Yeah, yeah)🪄
We’re caught in a trap
I can’t walk out
Because I love you too much, baby🪄
Why can’t you see
What you’re doing to me
When you don’t believe a word I say?🪄
Don’t you know I’m caught in a trap?
I can’t walk out
Because I love you too much, baby🪄
Well, don’t you know I’m caught in a trap?
I can’t walk out
Because I love you too much, baby

My Musical Life 5-3-26

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May 3rd, 2026

#17 Grazing In The Grass (The Friends Of Distinction) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
It sure is mellow grazin’ in the grass
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)
What a trip just watchin’ as the world goes past
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)🪄
There are so many good things to see
While grazin’ in the grass
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)
Flowers with colours for takin’🪄
Everything outta sight in the grass
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)
The sun beaming down between the leaves
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)🪄
And the bir-ir-ir-irds dartin’ in and out of the trees
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)
Everything here is so clear, you can see it
And everything here is so real, you can feel it🪄
And it’s real, so real, so real, so real, so real, so real
Can you dig it
Whooo-oooh
I can dig it, he can dig it🪄
She can dig it, we can dig it
They can dig it, you can dig it
Oh, let’s dig it
Can you dig it, baby🪄
I can dig it, he can dig it
She can dig it, we can dig it
They can dig it, you can dig it
Oh, let’s dig it🪄
Can you dig it, baby🪄
The sun beaming down between the leaves
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)
And the bir-ir-ir-irds dartin’ in and out of the trees
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)🪄
Everything here is so clear, you can see it
And everything here is so real, you can feel it
And it’s real, so real, so real, so real, so real, so real
Can you dig it🪄
Whooo-oooh, yeah
I can dig it, he can dig it
She can dig it, we can dig it
They can dig it, you can dig it🪄
Oh, let’s dig it
Can you dig it, baby
I can dig it, he can dig it
She can dig it, we can dig it🪄
They can dig it, you can dig it
Oh, let’s dig it
Can you dig it, baby🪄
I can dig it, he can dig it
She can dig it, we can dig it
They can dig it, you can dig it
Oh, let’s dig it🪄
Can you dig it, baby
I can dig it, he can dig it
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)
She can dig it, we can dig it🪄
They can dig it, you can dig it
(Grazin’ in the grass is a gas, baby, can you dig it)
Oh, let’s dig it

My Musical Life 4-17-26

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April 17th, 2026

#1 Sugar Sugar (The Archies) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
Sugar
Oh, honey, honey
You are my candy girl
And you got me wanting you🪄
Honey
Oh, sugar, sugar
You are my candy girl
And you got me wanting you🪄
I just can’t believe
The loveliness of loving you
I just can’t believe it’s true
I just can’t believe
The wonder of this feeling, too
I just can’t believe it’s true🪄
Ah, sugar
Oh, honey, honey
You are my candy girl
And you got me wanting you🪄
Oh, honey
Oh, sugar, sugar
You are my candy girl
And you got me f- wanting you🪄
When I kissed you, girl
I knew how sweet a kiss could be
(I know how sweet a kiss can be)
Like the summer sunshine
Pour your sweetness over me
(Pour your sweetness over me)🪄
Oh-oh-oh-oh, sugar
Pour a little sugar on it, honey
Pour a little sugar on it, baby
Make your life so sweet, yeah, yeah, yeah
Pour a little sugar on it, oh yeah
Pour a little sugar on it, honey
Pour a little sugar on it, baby
I’m gonna make your life so sweet, yeah, yeah, yeah🪄
Pour a little sugar on it, honey
Ah, sugar
Ah-ah-ah, honey, honey
You are my candy girl
And you got me wanting you🪄
Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Honey (honey, sugar, sugar)
Sugar sugar (honey, honey, sugar, sugar)
You are my candy girl

My Musical Life 4-16-26

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April 16th, 2026

#100  Never Give You Up (Jerry Butler) 👍🏼

Lyrics:
… Never gonna give you up
No matter how you treat me
Never gonna give you up
So don’t you think of leavin’🪄
… Girl, you treat me bad and I know why
Yeah, I’ve seen you runnin’ around with another guy
And you think if you hurt me that I’ll go away
Made it up in my mind that I’m here to stay🪄
… So tell him
(Never gonna give you up)
Whisper in his ear
(No matter how you treat me)
You tell him that Jerry said he’ll never let you go (never gonna give you up)
(So don’t you think of leavin’)
Hey, don’t you understand
What you’re doing to the man?🪄
… Do you see these tears here in my eyes?
Ain’t no use in me lyin’ ’cause I really cried
You think you’re gonna take me and put me on the shelf
Girl, I’d rather die than see you with somebody else🪄
… So throw it out of your mind (never gonna give you up)
I’ll never leave you (no matter how you treat me, never gonna give you up)
Though you grieve me and deceive me, yeah (so don’t you think of leavin’)
Hey, don’t you understand
What you’re doing to the man?🪄
… My friends all say that I’m your fool
And you’re using me like a carpenter uses a tool
And I know their intentions are all very good
Some of them would help me if they could🪄
… But I’m never gonna give you up
Never, never, never, never let you go
(No matter how you treat me)
No matter what you say (never gonna give you up)
(So don’t you think of leavin’)
Baby, don’t you understand
That you’re killing this man?🪄
… never gonna give you up
(No matter how you treat me) no matter what you do to me, baby now
(So don’t you think of leavin’) one of these days
I’ll be always standing around the door (never gonna give you up)
(No matter how you treat me)
Even though you say that you don’t love me no more (never gonna give you up)