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DANCE LIKE A LADY - The perfect children’s activity song. It tells the children to walk like a turtle or hop like a bunny or dance like a lady. Once they learn this one, they’ll make up their own verses.

LYRICS:
Dance like a lady
Dance like a lady 
Dance like a lady, 
Ting a ling a ling

I’ll give you a golden ring
Give you a bird to sing
Dance like a lady
Ting a ling a ling

Walk like a daddy
Walk like a daddy
Walk like a daddy
Ting a ling a ling

I’ll give you a golden ring
Give you a bird to sing
Walk like a daddy
Ting a ling a ling

Crawl like a baby (etc.)
Walk like a mommy (etc.)
Walk like a turtle (etc.)
Hop like a bunny (etc.)
Dance like a lady (etc.)

Words and Music: Patty Zeitlin (ASCAP)
Album: SHOEBOX TOWN

Shoebox Town

Dance Like a Lady

If it were up to me no one would hurt you
No one would cut you so deep
If it were up to me no one would desert you
You’d never cry yourself to sleep
          
And I would be there
Each time you feel scared
And I would love you
And shine like the sun and the moon and the stars  

If it were up to me you’d be protected
By all the love you give
If it were up to me we’d be connected
All of the days we get to live

And I would be there
Each time you feel scared
And I would love you                             
And shine like the sun and the moon and the stars  

I can’t hold your hand all the time 
I’ve got to let go, I know 
Cuz you need to be free to follow your dreams 
 In this world on your own

(INSTRUMENTAL VERSE)

If it were up to me a heart that is broken
Would bounce back like a ball
If it were up to me you’re eyes would be open 
And you’d never wait for his call

And I would be there
Each time you feel scared
And I would love you
And shine like the sun and the moon and the stars 
In the sky above you

Words and Music by Tracy Newman
KABEAUTY MUSIC (BMI)

I Just See You

If It Were Up to Me

If It Were Up To Me

1973

DEAR ROCHELLE

Dear, Dear Rochelle
I fell victim to your spell
I’ve thought about those lovin’ Saturday nights
Inside your arms that always held me so tight

Say Dear Rochelle
If ya promise not to tell
I’ve always hoped that I’d be back one day
You‘d never have to ask me once to stay
My Dear Rochelle

I live alone a thousand miles away
I’ve got some friends I’ve got some sunny days
But nobody sees me or can heal my pain
My Dear Rochelle

And Hey, Rochelle
Someone said that you’re not well
Just give a call and I’ll be by your side
There are too many people with too much pride
My Dear Rochelle

Babe I love you to this day
A thousand miles away

Richard Goldman's Album

DEAR ROCHELLE

Saving the Republic

Old Mill Town

Old Mill Town R4 Mix 1.4

2002/3 - Written For A Low-Budget "Comedy Horror" Film 
This Was A Quickie Demo
Written For The Producer To Share With The Director  
Who Turned It Down Because... 
'He Hated The Rock Band, Styx
Hollywood Is/Was & Forever Will Be... Hollywood  
----
What I Think Is On Displayed Here
Is How Close Advertising Copywriting Is To Songwriting
All The 'Jokes' Are Very Much Ad Copy
Here's the final version - without 'Styx'
https://soundcloud.com/dragbunt/the-other-side-of-paradise-03 
So Raise A Glass To The "Turned-Down Classics" Everywhere!  
Cheers

THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE

Follow Me Down To The Banks Of The River, Styx
The Band Is Wailing
We’ll Put You Up At The Motel 666
We’ll Leave The Flame On
You Can Book Yourself A Reservation 
Kick-Back In Eternal Damnation
Prices Are Low For Long-Time Cheaters
Heaven Knows We Don’t Need Heaters
Even When You’re Dead 
You Can Economize
We’re Just On The Other Side Of Paradise

If You Happen To Be Down By The River Styx
There’s Plenty To Save On
We’ll Put You Up At The Motel 666
We’ll Leave The Flame On
Even When You’re Dead 
You Can Economize
We’re Just On 
The Other Side Of Paradise

®rgoldman dragbunt music

THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE

Written in 1966 - Re-Recorded in 2014
My First Band - The Humbys 
I Was 16 & Had A Crush 
On The Lead-Guitarist's 14 Year-Old Sister 
We Played Parties 'N Stuff
We Played The Hits  
But Just The Ones We Liked  
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I'd Been Writing Songs For A Couple Of Years  
Many Of Them Contained 'Coded' Messages' 
This One Particularly!  
The First Letter Of Each Word In The Title 
Spells Out Her Name - DALE  
The Humbys Rehearsed In The Lead-Guitarist's Living Room 
Where Younger Sister, Dale, Would Watch 
While Splayed On The Sofa  
It Made You Wanna Run The Song Through A Few Times
There Are Some Things You Don't Forget

DO ALL LOVES END?

Different From The Rest
And By Far The Best You Can See That I’m Blessed With A God
Lends A Helping Hand
Ending All Her Plans
And Will Understand When Your'e Low
Do All Loves End
When People Die
Or Do They Last Longer
Than You Can See With The Naked Eye

Denting Your Mind
And Others Of Your Kind With A Smile That Could Bind A Deep Wound
Lets You Speak Your Lines
Entering At tTmes
She’s A Love You Don’t Find Anymore
Do All Loves End
I Ask This Cos I Pray
That When That Fateful Day Will Come
Our Love Will Go On

®rgoldman dragbunt music

DO ALL LOVES END?

Written in 1966 - 
Recorded in my childhood bedroom on an Ampex - reel to reel - In 1967 With Marvin Goodfriend – Soon he'd bring along his bud – Peter Noah – guitar/piano singer/songwriter – Hummingbird was born – We knew we sounded good together and had a cool New Rochelle vocal blend – we grew up together – we lived within a half mile of each other – went to same elementary/middle and high school – Marvin who died in 2019  had the coolest voice – even his speaking voice was warm and memorable – I eventually ended-up in LA in 1970 – Staying at first with Peter’s parents who'd moved from New Rochelle 6-months before I did – So, during the summers of ‘71 ‘2 & ‘3  Peter & Marvin came to LA where we recorded what ended-up on "Sweethearts, Deluxe" – The music industry was 'sketchy' and Marvin who was on the conservative side was appalled by my manager – he would soon would bail and grow-up to become a well-respected man – 
 
TELL ME TRUE
I’m your man and you are my love
I will stand around you my love
Only thing that I ask of you
Tell me right Tell me true

Hey the sun, hey the moon
All day long, some day soon
In the morning I wont be so blue
If you tell me right, tell me true
Tell me right, tell me true

There’s a carnival right down the road
We will make it if we don’t explode 
We’ll hey the carnival and hey the food
If you tell me right tell me true
Tell me right, Tell me true

Drive my Bonnyville back to my home
Leave the carnival back down the road
Look at my eyes and tell me their blue
Tell me right, tell me true 
Tell me right, tell me true

TELL ME TRUE

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