Attached File - too big for text buffer ------------------- ROCKPEL2.TXT follows -------------------- @ALBUM: Rockapella Two: From N.Y. Transcribed by Randy Goldberg, New York Medical College Rockapella is: Scott Leonard (High-Tenor) Sean Altman (Tenor) Elliott Kerman (Baritone) Barry Carl (Bass) @SONG: Long Cool Woman In A Black Dress (Roger Greenway, Harold Clark & Roger Cook) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman Saturday night I was downtown, workin' for the FBI Sittin' in a nest of bad men, Whiskey bottles pilin' high. A bootleggin' boozer on the west side, Full o' people who were doin' wrong A just about to call the DA-man, When I heard this woman singin' a song... A pair o' 45's made me open my eyes, My temperature started to rise * She was a long cool woman in a black dress, Just a 5 - 9 beautiful tall With just one look I was a bad mess, Cause that long cool woman had it all. S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y night ay yeah I saw her head up to the table Just a tall walkin' big black cat A'Charlie said, "I hope that you're able boy." Cause I'm tellin' you she knows where it's at. Well suddenly we heard the sirens, And everybody started to run. Jumpin' outta doors and tables, Well I heard someone shootin' a gun. Well the DA was pumpin' my left hand, And she was a-holdin' my right. I said don't be scared, y'gonna be spared, Well I gotta be forgivin' If I wanna spend my livin' with * Repeat Missy was fine, she blew my mind, I think about that woman all the time, She was a long cool woman in a black dress... @SONG: Zombie Jamboree (Conrad Mauge Jr., 3rd verse lyric by Sean Altman) Vocal arrangement: Sean Altman, David Yazbek & Bill Stral * Back to back! Belly to belly! Yes, my friends, Back to back! Ha ha ha ha! Belly to belly. * Repeat It was a Zombie Jamboree, Took place in the New York Cemetery. It was a Zombie Jamboree, Took place in the New York Cemetery. Zombies from all parts of the island Some of them were great calypsonians. Since the season was carnival, They got together in bacchanal HUH! And they were singing: ** Back to back, belly to belly Well I don't give a damn 'Cause I'm stoned dead already! Back to back, belly to belly It's a Zombie Jamboree One female zombie, she wouldn't behave, She how she's dancing out of the grave. In one hand she's holding a quart of rum; The other hand is knocking a conga drum. You know the lead singer starts To make his rhyme, While the other zombies rockin' in time. One bystander, he had this to say, "It was a trip to see the zombies break away" SHAH! And they were singing: ** Repeat twice Back to back! Everyone we sing "Back to Back!" And Belly to belly; Then Back to back! One two three four.... Yeah, what a Zombie Jamboree; >From Times Square to the Statue of Liberty. Uptown, Downtown, Zombie Jamboree! Wow! Yeah! There's a high-wire zombie 'Tween the World Trades, A King Kong zombie on the Empire State, But the biggest zombies, Tokyo to Rome, The zombies who call this city "home." Hah! What they do! Huh! ** Repeat and fade @SONG: I Like You Very Much (Sean Altman) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman I'm not sayin' that just the thought of You makes my walk a skip, And I'm not sayin' that my heartbeat's Any more than just a radar blip. Oh well I'm not sayin' that I'm not affected By your feminine such'n'such, I'm sayin' that I like you... I like you very much I like you, I like you very much... yes I do... Well I'm a feeble-minded droolin' brute With a'nuthin' much on top, When you smile at me you yank The stick a'right from my lollipop, Well I'm not sayin' that the things I'm thinkin' wouldn't make a virgin blush, I'm sayin' that I like you... I like you very much I like you, I like you very much... yes I do... Aw y'know that I do Wanna cannibalize your missionary baby, Wanna shoot out your lights With my favorite gun Like skeet, wanna kiss your feet, A'likin' you's gonna be such fun... Well I don't mean to be so in your face, I don't mean to be indiscreet, But if my temperature gets any higher I might drop dead at your feet, Oh I got no stamps no phone no fax machine But I'd love to stay in touch, I'm sayin' that I like you... I like you very much I like, like you very much... @SONG: A Change In My Life (Bill Straus) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman Standing cold and scared on top of blue hill, There came one moment, when I lost my will. I prayed for mercy, please lord take me away. Oh give me sunshine where I only see grey. My past had a hold on me, it can't be denied, And the changes don't come easily. * I've been lonely, I've been cheated, I've been misunderstood I've been washed up, I've been put down, And told I'm no good But with you I belong, Cause you help me be strong, There's a change in my life, Since you came along. Now I don't mind working so hard every day. And I don't pay no mind to what people say. 'Cause after all the pain I've been through Lord knows I'd give up everything Just to love only you All my life I'd held my head bent in shame, But now I've found you, and with you I'll remain, Lord knows. * Repeat A man gets crazy when his life is all wrong, And a heart gets weary when it doesn't belong. When the road gets rocky Lord You've got to keep on. Let the new light come shining on through. * Repeat @SONG: Crazy 'bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know) (William Henderson) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman Every woman I know, she's crazy 'bout an automobile Every woman I know, she's crazy 'bout an automobile And here I am standin with nothin but a rubber heels One more time, every woman I know, She's crazy 'bout an automobile Every woman I know, She's gotta have an automobile, yeah And here I am standin with nothin but a rubber heels. Walkin women home's a thing of the past. These women wanna ride around in class. Some like Cadillacs, some like Fords. Some like anything as long as it rolls. Woman I know, she gotta have herself an automobile And here I am standin with nothin but a rubber heels. Ridin' and lovin' just can't be beat. You and your baby in your own front seat, She can jingle your keys, switch gears, Turn up the radio just loud enough to hear, Well she turn up your heat, flip on your fan And then you start riding just as fast as you can. Woman I know, she must be crazy about an automobile And here I am standin with nothin but a rubber heels. Pull into overdrive now Every woman I know she must be crazy Bout an automobile Woman I know, she got to have herself A little deuce coupe, You don't know what I got And here I am standin with nothin but a rubber Nothin but a rubber, nothin but a rubber heels AUTOMOBILE CRAZY.....! @SONG: When You Came (David Yazbek) Vocal arrangement: Sean Altman, David Yazbek & Bill Straus When you came in my life, I saw seven kinds of light, I saw all words turn to sun and rain, When you cam, when you came. Why do sleepy eyes make all things Live again every day In my life, when you came in my life When you came in my door, I saw angels come before. I had never sung a love song, Til you came, til you came. Why do sleeping eyes make all things Live again every day In my life when you came, in my life I lay on my back and I look at the sky And the sun refused to shine... When you came in my life, I saw windows out of night I saw sidewalks turn to precious stone, When you came, when you came I wonder how do sleeping eyes See empty full again every day, In my life when you came, in my life When you came... in my life... @SONG: Just You, Just Me (Brian Auger) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman & Elliott Kerman Bass Line by Barry Carl Just you, just me. Let's find a cozy spot to cuddle and coo. Just us, just we. I've missed an awful lot. My trouble is you. Oh gee, what are your charms for? What are my arms for? Use your imagination. * Just you, just me. I'll tie a lover's knot 'round wonderful you. Oh gee, what are your charms for? What are my arms for? You've been my inspiration * Repeat @SONG: Why (Josh Deutsch & Janna Allen) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman Everybody's gotta learn to lose, well I'm the one. I've got to explain this heart of mine. Everybody's gotta learn to bleed, I see the light. It seems like a shame. Well listen people sing * Why... (why, got to do... yeah) and I... (Why, it doesn't mean that much to you sing, yeah) Sing why... (why... go to choose, yeah) And I (why, don't wanna lose, no) But I can't stop me from feelin' strange Everybody's gotta learn to change, well I'm the one. There's pleasure in pain (What you feel when love is at your door) When love's around. Everybody's gotta learn to breathe, I see the light. Well it seems like a shame. (Doesn't it seem like such a damn) Well listen people sing * Repeat It's not how you play, it's if you win the game I don't care who you were, look at what you became It's a woman in prison on the 4th o'July Sings the music of fear in a lullaby. * Repeat @SONG: Bed Of Nails (Scott Leonard) Vocal Arrangement: Scott Leonard The lullaby of Broadway Save me from the bed of nails. Oh, rest a weary head. Just save me from a dead-end jail Save me from the bed Ya know ya gotta catch a few z's, a get some shut-eye. Ya know ya gotta getcha some sleep. Ya know it's time to hit -n- the hay, a lay ya head down. Lay it down for someone to keep. Oh Lawd this bed of nails Ya know it's time to saw a few logs, it's time ta turn in. Plenty o'pain to purchase with a nice tin cup, Plenty o'padded sells to buy. But this bed's way too down-filled to wake you up If you can't lie upon it - just lie. Bed of nails - sleep with one eye open, Bed of nails - love to toss n turn, Bed of nails - ain't no use in hopin' Ya gotta just learn. Ya know its time a take you a nap, it's time a nod off. Don't ya think ya oughta unwind. Ya know ya gotta getcha some rest, ya better knock off, Better get yo booty reclined. The sky's still sunny with or without money. Feel the warmin' while we do rest. Risin' in the east, shinin' on a beast Slowly, surely settin' on the West. Bed of nails - quiet's never silent Bed of nails - silent's never still Bed of nails - ta snore thru all that violence. Ya better just chill Next time you fly (tweet tweet tweedlydeedlydeet) Look down where you lie (m leavin on a jet plane) Long cool bed a steely long tall nails, A shootin' for the sky from their dead-end jails. And sooner or later, out of the East, Comes a hammer in the hand of a quiet little beast. And each tall nail that dares to reach up into space Will pounded n hammered n slammed down into place. Bed of nails - every point is painful Bed of nails - a thousand points of spite Bed of nails - Ya know the weak it ain't for It hurts me just right, Ya know ya should be countin' some sheep, A head to dreamland, ya know ya gotta hit the sack. Ya know ya gotta getcha some sleep, ya better cash in, It's time that you was flat on your back. @SONG: Fliptop Twister (Sean Altman) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman FLIP-TOP TWISTER OF LOVE We met in Vegas, I tore my best red suit And lady luck had just smacked my face. The lanky croupier was dealin' on you hard I thought that maybe I could be your ace Then like a slingshot right in the butt of fate, We're tradin' winkers and countin' beans. We hit the window, and all night long We bounced upon a mattress full o'paper greens. Ahh, the morning sun was an egg yolk we'd never seen, We're chugging cokes like we're sippin' champagne I got a steak on my eye, but don't you ever cry I'll make you happy as a duck someday I was a sucker for the pickup, The stickup, and every saucy hiccup, The foam-mouth mongrel of love. Ain't nothing worse in my brain than When I feel too sane, And how I wish I'm gonna find my home. I think it suits me - Australian ostrich boots. I think it suits you - a diamond ring. I think it suited the man who said so much so fast To steal away with every last damn thing. Aah the morning sun was an eyeball we'd never seen, But there was red in the sclera of love. We pulled the one-armed bandits And we ate our sandwiches Of knuckles in a black leather glove You were a runner for the mixup, The fixup, and gettin' boys' wicks up, A lift-off locust of love. Ain't nothin' worse in your mind than When you're feelin' fine, And now I think I've finally found my home Yes Sir! and now I think I've finally found my home, HEY!! Now it's amazing how you've become my mom, Crazy wacky how I'm my pop. I still got raspberry seeds between my teeth, And now I'm slurpin' from a bowl o'slop. The funky monkey still flips his chips about, I guess it's just in my genes to roam. So like a gunshot right in the butt of fate, I think I wish I'm never goin' home, No Sir! I think I wish I'm never goin' home... I was a junkie for the break-up, The make-up, and every little shake-up, The flip-top twister of love. Ain't nothin worse in my mind than When I'm feelin' fine, And now I wish I'm never goin' home. @SONG: Heart Of Gold (Neil Young) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman, David Yazbek & Bill Straus I wanna live, I wanna give, I been a miner for a heart of gold. It's these expressions I never give That keep me searchin' for a heart of gold, And I'm gettin' old. I been to Hollywood, I been to redwood, I've crossed the ocean for a heart of gold. I been in my mind, it's such a fine line That keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold, And I'm gettin' old. That keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold, And I'm gettin' old. That keeps me searchin' for a heart of gold, That keeps me searchin' and I'm growin' old, I keep searchin' for a heart of gold. I've been a miner for a heart of gold, And I'm gettin' old. @SONG: Sixty Minute Man (William Ward) Vocal Arrangement: The Persuasions Well listen here girls, I'm telling you now. They call me lovin' Dan. I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a 60 minute man. And if you don't believe I'm all I say, Come up and take my hand. As soon as I leave you go you'll cry "Oh Yeah, he's a sixty Minute Man!" * There'll be 15 minutes of kissin', And then you holler "Oh please don't stop!" There'll be 15 minutes of teasin' And 15 minutes of pleasin' And 15 minutes of blowin' my top! MOP MOP MOP! Well if your man ain't treatin' you right Come up and see your Dan. I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a 60 minute man. ** 60 (Minute Man) Well they call me (lovin' Dan) I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a 60 minute man. ** Repeat * Repeat Well if your man ain't treatin' you right Come up and see your Dan. I'll rock 'em, roll 'em all night long I'm a 60 minute man. Oh yeah! 60 Minute, Rock'em, roll'em, rammin', jammin' all night long I'm a 60 Minute Man. @SONG: Oh Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison & Bill Dees) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman Oh pretty woman, walkin' down the street. Pretty woman, the kind I'd like to meet, Pretty woman, I don't believe you. You're not the truth. No one could look as good as you. Mercy, mmm, oh, such a, such a, such a, Pretty woman, won't you pardon me. Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see, Pretty woman, that you look lovely as can be. Are you lonely just like me? Pretty woman stop a while. Pretty woman talk a while. Pretty woman give your smile to me. Pretty woman, yeah, yeah, yeah. Pretty woman, look my way. Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me. 'Cause I need you, I'll treat you right. Come with me baby, be mine tonight. Pretty woman, don't walk on by. Pretty woman, don't make me cry. Pretty woman, don't walk away, hey! OK. If that's the way it must be, OK. I guess I'll go on home, it's late. Maybe tomorrow night, BUT WAIT! What do I see? Is she walking back to me? Yeah, yeah! I said she's walking back to me! I said woh PRETTY WOMAN! @SONG: Hound Dog (Jerry Leiber & Mike Stoller) Vocal Arrangement: Sean Altman You ain't nothn but a hound dog, cryin all the time You ain't nothn but a hound dog, cryin all the time. Well you ain't never caught a rabbit, You ain't no friend of mine. Well you said you were high class, that was just a lie Well you said you were high class, that was just a lie Well you ain't never caught a rabbit, You ain't no friend of mine. I say YEAH! Dalmatian, Doberman, Chihuahuahuahuahua, Boxer, scotty, beagle, collie, poodly-doodly, doodly-doo, A husky, no, no, you ain't no pekinese! Good dog, bad dog, up girl, down boy! Sit girl, roll over on the ground boy! Doggy style heel on your knees, boy! Chow chow Lorne Greene sees your fleas, boy! Hey Mr. Canine, hop that gravy train line! You're like Snoopy, you're like Goofy, You're like Astro, you're like Pluto. I said you're like Scooby-Doo, and Marmaduke, And Rin Tin Tin, and Toto-too, You're like Lassie, Checkers and Huckleberry Hound! Repeat Well you ain't never caught a rabbit, You ain't no friend of mine. OH YEAH! @SONG: Tokyo Yo-Yo (Ralph McCarthy and Masahiro Ikumi) * We take the green train, baby, and I show you 'round From Takadanobaba up to Ueno town You may get crazy, girl, but don't get out of line Train is movin' fast, it's gonna be on time Cherry blossom, Fujiyama Geisha ladies in designed clothes There's a party gettin' started Just another day in Tokyo ** Tokyo's a celebration Watch it whirl, around and 'round and 'round we go Tokyo's a revelation Boys and girls, do the Tokyo Yo-Yo *** You wanna party more, well it's a party town Get up and wiggle down into the underground From Akasaka over to Asakusa You go a-rock-'n'-rollin' with the one you love Cherry blossoms, Fujiyama Salarymen samurais 'n' sons Karaoke mama-san, she Pours your sake when the day is done ** Repeat Didn't I tell you baby, Tokyo's a blast The city of the future, present and the past Hey, anything you want, you gonna find it here You better grab it fast before it disappears * *** Repeat