I’ll Take The Train

It’s been all steam ahead today! I spent the afternoon showing a certain someone the posts from other bloggers in today’s SONG-LYRIC-SUNDAY. He loved it!!! Oh my goodness. It is impossible to restrain him!

I was absolutely adamant that he is not allowed to create a WordPress account just so he can like and comment on all the other SONG-LYRIC-POSTS. I am super scared of how indiscreet he has always been with social media. He is such a kid with his phone!

We had lots of fun this weekend. It’s really good. A month ago, I could never have imagined it. Life is so crackers sometimes isn’t it!!!

I have been waiting to see all of the songs featured by everyone who takes part today.  I had yet another song choice up my sleeve. But I wanted to wait to see if it had been featured by anyone else. Well…it doesn’t look like it so far. So I am going for it! I am not going to post a fourth though. That really would be too much!

He and me had a dance together to this song earlier today, “Cuanto Le Gusta” from the iconic Carmen Miranda. Did I ever tell you about how I had to tour performing this song with three other women? It was a charity thing! We were very popular. Thank goodness he doesn’t have the video from that act…yet! I would not put him past it to seek it out. I still have the fruity hat we had made! I have two versions for you to enjoy, neither of which am I in!

As I am sure you all know by now, Jim Adams, aka Newepicauthor, the creator of A Unique Title For Me, is hosting SONG-LYRIC-SUNDAY and this week he has chosen the theme: TRAIN SONGS…and I didn’t want to leave this one out! Sunday nights should always finish with a little party- don’t you think!!

Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta
Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta
We gotta get goin’, where are we goin’, what are we gonna do?
We’re on our way to somewhere, the three of us and you
What’ll we see there, who will be there, what’ll be the big surprise?
There may be caballeros with dark and flashing eyes
We’re on our way (we’re on our way)
Pack up your pack (pack up your pack)
And if we stay (and if we stay)
We won’t come back (we won’t come back)
How can we go, we haven’t got a dime?
But we’re goin’ and we’re gonna have a happy time
Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta
Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta
Now someone said they’d just come back from somewhere
A friend of mine that I don’t even know
He said there’s lots of fun if we can get there
If that’s the case, that’s the place, the place we want to go
We gotta get goin’, where we’re goin’, what are we gonna do?
We’re on our way to somewhere, the three of us and you
What’ll we see there, who will be there, what’ll be the big surprise?
There may be caballeros with dark and flashing eyes
I’ll take the train (I’ll take the train)
You take a boat (well I take the boat)
I’ll take a plane (I’ll take the plane)
You ride the goat (well I ride the goat)
Oh, we don’t care, we’ll either walk or climb
But we’ll get there and we’re gonna have a happy time
Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta
Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta, la gusta
Someone said he just came back from somewhere
And picked a few petunias in the snow
He told me that it’s very close to nowhere
If that’s the case, that’s the place, the place we want to go
We gotta get goin’, where we’re goin’, what are we gonna see?
We’re off to see somebody who’s on his way to me
Gonna go my way, you go your way, wanna make a little bet?
We’ll all meet in the country, they haven’t found us yet
We’re on our way (we’re on our way)
Pack up your pack (pack up your pack)
And if we stay (and if we stay)
We won’t come back (we won’t come back)
How can we go, we haven’t got a dime?
But we’re goin’ and we’re gonna have a happy time
Yes, we’re goin’ and we’re gonna have a happy, happy, happy, happy, happy
Cuanto la gusta, la gusta, la gusta
Yes, we’re gonna have a happy time

Written by: Gabriel Ruiz and Ray Gilbert

Chug-a Chug-a Motion Like A Railway Train

Are you choo choo-ing and chug-chugging along with the rest of us today I wonder? We are! He and me! He is loving SONG-LYRIC-SUNDAY!

I am going to admit that when I first saw Jim’s theme for today, I thought there was only one possible song that I could choose for this theme. This is a song that exposes my music roots. It may explain why I have become a karaoke queen and am always keen to jump up on the dancefloor and have fun.

This turns out to be a brilliant theme, and it’s all thanks to Jim Adams, aka Newepicauthor, the creator of A Unique Title For Me, who is hosting SONG-LYRIC-SUNDAY and this week he has chosen the theme: TRAIN SONGS

When I was a very little girl, the first song I became obsessed with was the Kylie Minogue recording of “The Loco Motion”. I loved that song! A friend of my brother’s recorded it onto a cassette tape for me and taught me the dance moves to The Loco-Motion. Then my Dad bought a Kylie Minogue album for me. I just loved it. Don’t laugh! I was only six or seven at the time! It was my very first favourite song.

When I was over in Australia, I am sure Goldfinch just loved it that everytime I was looking through his music collection and he asked me if there was anything I wanted to listen to, I would always answer, “I’m still wondering where you keep your Kylie Minogue CDs”. He made it quite clear about how he felt about Kylie making an appearance in his music collection! Love him! Not everyone can share the outstanding taste in music that Melody Finch has.

Everybody’s doin’ a brand new dance now
(C’mon baby do the loco-motion)
I know you’ll get to like it
If you give it a chance now
(C’mon baby do the loco-motion)
My little baby sister can do it with ease
It’s easier than learning your a b c’s
So come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me

You gotta swing your hips now
Come on baby, jump up, hmmm jump back
Oh well I think you got the knack

Now that you can do it
Let’s make a chain now
(C’mon baby do the loco-motion)
Chug-a chug-a motion like a railway train now
(C’mon baby do the loco-motion)
Do it nice and easy now don’t lose control
A little bit of rhythm and a lot of soul
So come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now
Come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
Yeah

Chug chug

Move around the floor in a loco-motion
(C’mon baby do the loco-motion)
Do it holding hands if you got the notion
(C’mon baby do the loco-motion)
There’s never been a dance that’s so easy to do
It even makes you happy
When you’re feeling blue
So come on come on do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now

Come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
Yeah
Come on, come on,
Do the loco-motion with me
You gotta swing your hips now

Written By: Gerry Goffin and  Carole King

 

Jimmy Heard The Day He Caught The Train

Jim Adams, aka Newepicauthor, the creator of A Unique Title For Me, is hosting SONG-LYRIC-SUNDAY and this week he has chosen the theme: TRAIN SONGS

It turns out there are many! And they are great songs. Today is going to be a superb SONG-LYRIC-SUNDAY! I had several brilliant songs in mind. In fact, the day is young, we will see how many of the songs I thought of are featured today…I might find I can’t resist posting again later!

I was so tempted to choose The Monkees…but they are sure to be a favourite choice today I am sure of it. So instead I have chosen another Britpop favourite.

This song is from a band I have featured before, Ocean Colour Scene. I loved their sound. The first time I saw them they were a support act for Oasis. I love love love this song! It is one of my summer playlist songs. I really hope you enjoy it, because it always makes me smile.

Last night (I am typing on Saturday before I schedule my post to be published on Sunday), I caught the train to a town on the edge of London…and somebody was there in his car. He drove us to a little cottage he has hired. We are having fun. He is fun, he always has been. His pancakes are awful. They always were. I am going to cook lunch. Nothing special – I ran into the mini supermarket just before I went into the train station, and bought fresh pasta, pesto, garlic ciabatta and some salad, and a salted caramel dessert, which I was sure he would love. He bought the ingredients for the pancakes and he also brought coffee and wine. We are going to argue about who does the dishes later.

I never saw it as the start
It’s more a change of heart
Rapping on the windows, whistling down the chimney pot
Blowing off the dust in the room where I forgot
I laid my plans in solid rock

Stepping through the door like a troubadour, whiling just an hour away
Looking at the trees on the roadside, feeling it’s a holiday
You and I should ride the coast and wind up in our favourite coats just miles away
Roll a number
Write another song like Jimmy heard the day he caught the train

Ohh la la, ohh la la
Ohh la la, ohh la la

He sips another rum and coke
And told a dirty joke
Walking like Groucho, sucking on a number ten
Rolling on the floor with the cigarette burns walked in
I’ll miss the crush and I’m home again

Stepping through the door with the night in store, whiling just an hour away
Step into the sky in the starbright, feeling it’s a brighter day
You and I should ride the coast and wind up in our favourite coats just miles away
Roll a number
Write another song like Jimmy heard the day he caught the train

Ohh la la, ohh la la
Ohh la la, ohh la la

You and I should ride the tracks and find ourselves just wading through tomorrow
And you and I, when we’re coming down
We’re only getting back and you know I feel no sorrow

Ohh la la, ohh la la
Ohh la la, ohh la la

When you find that things are getting wild, don’t you want days like these?
When you find that things are getting wild, don’t you want days like these?
When you find that things are getting wild, don’t you need days like these?
When you find that things are getting wild, don’t you want days like these?

Ohh la la, ohh la la…

Written By: Simon Fowler, Steve Cradock, Oscar Harrison and Damon Minchella