Archie Lyrics

Archie
by
Robert Barham

Kings Of Hollywood
Welcome friends welcome family to the world of Hollywood
Take a seat settle down
We'll make you feel real good
Tonight we give you the Kings of Hollywood
They kissed the girls they won the wars
They're handsome strong and good

Silver screens golden nights tickets by the score
Usherettes ice cream girls who could ask for more
Dim the lights roll the film enter hall of fame
Headline news bankroll pay winning world acclaim

From the day the cameras first began to roll
The big screen hero has captured every soul
From Cagney to John Wayne they let the punches roll
From Fairbanks to Elvis they ladies hearts they stole

From Rome to Berlin Hungry to Peru and even Timbuktu
They've laughed at Chaplin
The Marx brothers three Laurel and Hardy
Keaton was the man whose house fell down
Harold Lloyd would hang from clocks
Crosby and Hope were always on the road
Call for the Keystone Cops

From these first giggling
To the present day laughing all the way
Their comic sibling filled us all with joy
From king to paperboy
We would like to thank them for the joy
They have spread around the globe
So clever with the skill that they employ
They'd even get a smile from job

From the day the pin dropped
And sound came from the screen
The world's best dancers began the beguine
Is there not a man here who would not trade his chair
For the chance the honour to dance like Astaire

So welcome friends welcome family
To the world of Hollywood
Tonight we gave you the men who made it good
From the day the cameras first began to roll
The big screen hero Has climbed his way rung by rung
To become a King of Hollywood

 

Nadims introduction
Long ago and oh so far away
Another place another time
Long before dreams of Hollywood
Before the actor took his line
The days of the silver screen had just begun
Edison gave the world a brand new scene
The stage is set the players here the curtain about to rise
For a King of Hollywood

1899 Bristol England It's was here that
Wait you know my father used to say
It's far more fun if you work things out for yourself

These were the days when an empire reigned
One where the sun would never set
But who cares for queen and country
When in your hands is the king of all your dreams

Time to plan for the future now
Set your course and sail with tide
There's no one who can stop you now
let the stars be your guide
Dream of the wonders that lie ahead days to share a smile and a prayer
Who dare to spoil this idyllic scene the perfect spread
Till one day

What did I Do
What did I do
Where did I go wrong
This life I gave
Now forever gone

 

I will be right here for you
I will be right here for you always at your side
When shadows fall on you I will be your guide
Time will be our friend and we will smile again
But now until that time is here we'll take it day by day
Slowly as the days unfold we will make our way

I will hold you near and dry every tear
Then you'll see all that we will do
You'll be amazed as our dreams come true

Time will be our friend and we will smile again
But now until that time is here we'll take it day by day
Slowly as the days unfold
We will make our way

Buy Sheet music for 'I will be right here for you'

 

Second Chance
Please let him live
Please let him see tomorrow
This one request is all I ask
I'm not the one to get down on her knees before you
No slave am I but I ask with my soul

Now I have this second chance I'll prove all my worth
Please don't take my one salvation
From all that has past
The past can be so dark and cold
Can leave you lost and scared
Can leave you without a prayer

Each breath he takes
Each step towards tomorrow
I'll guard his way with all my life my last breath
I'll give up all just to see him make that journey
No one would dare try to take him from me

Now I have this second chance I'll prove all my worth
Each and every waking moment here's where I'll be
The past can be so dark and cold
But this time I'm prepared yes this time I'm prepared

 

Hippodrome Song
I often wonder if you were with me
How my life would be I'm scared to ask you cause if you said no
My heart would have to go
Why do you have to be so beautiful
Why do you have to be so rare
Why do you have to go and spoil it all
With beauty that's beyond compare

I was a bachelor singularly detached happy just to batch
A carefree wanderer then you sauntered by and made my heart go shy
What is it that makes you beautiful
What is that makes me scared
What do I do to win your heart
And end my life of solitaire
A figure that's divine with lips sweet as wine I could toast them every day
Things will be so fine if I could make you mine
If  I just knew the words to say

He longs to kiss you Hold you in his arms Woo hoo you with his charms
You're such a picture eyes that are so dear
And a rear to cheer

Lips that I adore as I've sung before I would toast them every day
One and one is two make that me and you
Would you like his resume
So please don't leave me
A solitary chap a burger with no bap
Coz that would grieve me so say that you'll be mine
And be my life long valentine

 

Sail Away
Buy Sail Away Sheet Music.
Sail away ride the wind and sea
Sail away nothing here for me
Follow where the sun lays down
Land my feet on different ground
Sail away sail away

Fly away high above the cloud
Fly away sing my song out loud
Don't know why she had to go was it me I just don't know

Follow where the bluebirds fly
Where no one will hear my crying
Sail away sail away

 

Timing
Timing that's what it's all about is timing
Timing that's what you'll learn about is timing
This time tomorrow you'll be well on your way
You'll learn to drop the rock on the cop and say
Something really funny

Laughing that's what the world's about laughing
Smiling that's what this job's about's smiling
Make someone happy who could want for more
From eight to five luncheon aside we strive

There are those who say that we've had our day
The picture show will be the end of us all
Nonsense how can pictures on some great big screen
Replace the thrill of us all

This time tomorrow another town another hall
We won't stop
Till we reach the top of them all

 

Sail Away Reprise

Sail away what else is there to do
Sail away nothing here for you
Follow where the sun lays down
Land your feet on different ground and

Follow where the sun lays down
Land your feet on different ground and
Sail away sail away

 

Should we ever meet again
Should we ever meet again
Should your face light up my eyes
We'll talk endlessly of days we knew
And drink to those we missed
All those days I spent with you
As the world passed slowly by
Now those days are gone
That time gone by the past is dead and gone

So hard to tell the very young all the ways of the world
What do you say to ease the pain
Of a dream that all went wrong

Should we ever meet again
And by chance you stop on by
Please don't think of me as someone who
Never cared for you

Some things you'll never know
Some of path I had to take
All those days when I was far away I did for all our sakes

Life is not an easy book
You live through every page
How soon your dreams can end in tears when the players take the stage

Please don't leave me standing here
Where the sun can't touch my eyes
Please let me now you'll come up for me
When the night fills up the skies

 

Chasing fame
Fame the hardest ambition
Always just out of reach
If it cuts your skin you'll bleed within
Just for a taste of it's name

Chasing fame no quick gain no one solution
No smart aim no small flame
When your chasing fame

Fame the one true obsession
Always there at your side
If you speak its name you'll light a flame
One that will burn all your life

Chasing fame no quick gain no one solution
No smart aim no small flame
When you're chasing fame

You'll cry just for a glimpse of it
You'll plead  you'll whinge you'll crawl
You'll starve just for the taste of it
Till the stars spell out your name

Chasing fame no quick gain no one solution
No smart aim no small flame
When your chasing fame

 

How was I supposed to know that
I'm the kind of girl who would fit in very well at a convent
Always one to say a good deed everyday Is what God meant
So why is it you say
That I should be locked away

Well how many examples do you want

All the things you say so that you can have your way Its an insult

The bucks that you would pay just to do me away
You're no consult

What is it I've done I'm no Attila the Hun

What is it you've done
Well how about that time you put rat poison on my dinner

Well how was I to know the rat wasn't gonna show up
It would have been a shame to waste good food

Yes but the rat didn't show up five nights running

How was I supposed to know that
Why d'you think that I would do that to you
How could you believe I'm like that
There's no way that I would risk losing you

All the things you say so you might get away with murder
I'm so dumb to stay day after day

I heard ya
But what is it I've done I'm just your little hun

What is it you haven't done
What about that time you pushed me over
And I broke both my legs

It was an accident

And I suppose you didn't notice the eighty-foot cliff behind me

How was I supposed to know that
Why d'you think that I would do that to you
How could you believe I'm like that
There's no way that I would risk losing you
If it were true I'd be so blue I could not live without you
Lock me away if I should say
He's not my guy I'd rather die
Let me fix you a drink

Can I trust you

Oh now stop that I won't be a second

There you go I got your favourite wine
Why only one glass
Oh how silly of me I forgot I'll just get one
You start darling
Don't you want some of this
Oh, that wine makes my skin all blotchy I'll have this one Cheers!
Cheers
Aren't you gonna drink yours
Are you sure it's not poisoned
There you go again

Blessed be the day when you look at me and say I misjudged you
You should be so proud you should sing it right out loud that I love you

Maybe I've gone to far
You're great just the way you are
Darling would you mind fetching me my slippers

Not at all

There you are darling
Thank you You know you're right I really am too hard on you
Here's to our very good health
Cheers

Now, the world wants your picture
Everyone calls your name.
From this day on the past is gone
Your life will never be the same

They'll plead just for a glimpse of you
They'll whinge they'll beg they'll crawl
They'll starve just for a glimpse of you
Now the stars spell out your name

 

All to me
He does not mean all to me
And if you wanted to break me free
Then I would be yours
I I've had my eye on you
It's time for me to turn that screw
And make a bid for my freedom

She's easy on the eye
Her smile so inviting
I want to know more I need to know more
Is she the thrill I'm seeking

Now let me get close to you
Now nobody else will do
I need some attention
So come on and show me some attention

I wander what she's thinking
Is it me that fills her mind
What words should I say
What moves should I make
To attract her attentions

I need some attention,
So come on and show me some intentions.

 

Is it
Is it good Is it bad
Is it real or a fad
If it sticks with me what a tragedy I'll be mad
Am I up am I down
Are my feet on the ground
It's the place to be I didn't want to be but I'm here

Mother always said to me never get confused
But what's the good of sound advice
That you're just too dumb to use

Am I high am I low
Is the world all aglow
It's so clear to me you must agree its all mad

Father always said to me always be prepared
But how can you prepare for things
When you're running scared

Do I sleep do I wake
Is my heart set to break
Am I left with it am I right with it are we one
Is it he
Is it me
Is it done

 

No one else
No one else has ever made me feel
Just the way I feel for you
No one voice has been so clearly heard
As the voice that comes from you

Once before I thought Id found the one
Who'd change my world but I was mistaken
Here with you it's all so clear and strong
Everyday my life is new
If a day should come when you would say
The world outside is standing against you
I'd be there right by your side
I'd be there to see you through
Just we two me and you

No one else could ever take your place
From this day on my life's with you

 

The child in you *

Home again these streets that you once knew
Home again this world so close to you
The world you left so long ago
What lies in wait you just don't know

The child in you never left here
The child in you needed love here
The child in you the empty void
Longing for love
But if this World you left behind
To you once more is so unkind then
Sail away
Sail away

 

Forgotten son
Maybe it's me who started this
The fool who believed that he'd be missed
What did I do wrong
Where do I belong

Seems they did not want a son
Too much to ask  just to belong
When no one wants your life
How much deeper cuts the knife

Now all I have to do is go
Leave behind all the distant past I know

Somehow the truth is easier now
No longer need the why the how
If someone long ago
Made mistakes then let them go

Tell me what did they achieve
Cheating the one which they conceived
No tears left to cry no feelings left to try

Not one letter not one call
Proves that I am nothing at all

What did I do wrong where do I belong
What now for this forgotten son
Now that the devil's work is done
No one can change the past
Seems my role was just mis-cast

 

What's the gain
Fame the perfect illusion
A world where nothing is real
They all know your face they speak your name  
But none know the life you have lead
Chasing fame what's the gain Just who is the winner
Chasing fame soothes no pain Life is just the same

 

For Gracie
Well you could sit under my tree
And I will share a coco nut with you
We could swim by there key I know the Dolphins there will adore you
We could search for the Volsci
I hear their cook books would impress you
You could learn Chimpanzee
They have stories to amaze you

You see I don’t really mind what we do
We could talk from dusk till dawn
There’s just one thing that I need to be true
That I am with you
That I am with you

We could gaze at the stars Plan a trip to Denebola
We could stop by on Mars I hear they do a real good cola

You see I don’t really mind what we do
We could talk from dusk till dawn
There’s just one thing that I need to be true
That I am with you
That I am with you

You see I don’t really mind what we do
We could talk from dusk till dawn
There’s just one thing that I need to be true
That I am with you
That I am with you

 

No one else
No one else has ever made me feel
Just the way I feel for you
No one voice has been so clearly heard
As the voice that comes from you

Once before I thought Id found the one
Who'd change my world but I was mistaken
Here with you its all so clear and strong
Everyday my life is new

If a day should come when you would say
The world outside  is standing against you
I'd be there right by your side
I'd be there to see you through
Just we two me and you

No one else
Could ever take you place
From this day on
My life with you

 

 

 

 

All songs written by Robert Barham
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