Lyrics

We skipped the light fandango
turned cartwheels ‚cross the floor
I was feeling kinda seasick
but the crowd called out for more
The room was humming harder
as the ceiling flew away
When we called out for another drink
the waiter brought a tray

And so it was that later
as the miller told his tale
that her face, at first just ghostly,
turned a whiter shade of pale

She said, ‚There is no reason
and the truth is plain to see‘.
But I wandered through my playing cards
and would not let her be
one of sixteen vestal virgins
who were leaving for the coast
and although my eyes were open
they might have just as well’ve been closed

She said, ‚I’m home on shore leave,‘
though in truth we were at sea
so I took her by the looking glass
and forced her to agree
saying, ‚You must be the mermaid
who took Neptune for a ride.‘
But she smiled at me so sadly
that my anger straightway died

If music be the food of love
then laughter is its queen
and likewise if behind is in front
then dirt in truth is clean
My mouth by then like cardboard
seemed to slip straight through my head
So we crash-dived straightway quickly
and attacked the ocean bed

Recordings

an unreleased TV recording from 1973

an unreleased TV recording from 1979 (Hauskonzert)

Lyrics

A well I bless my soul
Whats wrong with me?
I’m itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say I’m actin wild as a bug
I’m in love
I’m all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

Please don’t ask me whats on my mind
I’m a little mixed up, but I’m feelin fine
When I’m near that girl that I love best
My heart beats so it scares me to death!

She touched my hand what a chill I got
Her lips are like a vulcano that’s hot
I’m proud to say shes my buttercup
I’m in love
I’m all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!
I’m all shook up

Can’t buy me love,
Can’t buy me love,
I’ll buy you a diamond ring my friend
if it you makes you feel all right
I’ll get you anything my friend
if it you makes you feel all right

For I don’t care too much for money
Money can’t buy me love
Can’t buy me love
everybody tells me so
Can’t buy me love, no, no, no, no

I’ll buy you a diamond ring my friend
if it you makes you feel all right
I’ll get you anything my friend
if it you makes you feel all right

For I don’t care too much for money
for money can’t buy me love
can’t buy me love, love
can’t buy me love

Recording

an unreleased TV recording from the show „Die goldene Stimme aus Prag“ (ZDF, 1978)

Lyrics

Oh I’m all shook up

Good Golly Miss Molly
you’re sure like a ball
Good Golly Miss Molly
yeah, when you’re rocking and rolling
can’t you hear your mamma call

From the early, early morning
to the early, early night
I caught Miss Molly rocking in the
House at Blue Dog

Good Golly Miss Molly
you’re sure like a ball
Good Golly Miss Molly
yeah, when you’re rocking and rolling
can’t you hear your mamma call

Good Golly Miss Molly
Good Golly Miss Molly

you’re sure like a ball Good Golly Miss Molly
yeah, when you’re rocking and rolling
can’t you hear your mamma call

Don’t tell me your troubles
I got troubles on my own
Don’t tell me your troubles
Just leave me alone, leave me alone
All alone, I tell it to the friends
I got troubles on my own

It happens to the best of us
that’s what they say
so take it boy like a man
and don’t stay in my way

Well, it’s saturday night
and I just got big
The pulse on my mind, all time’s sick
My heart says go go at a time
Cos saturday night, baby I feel fine
Gotta rip it up, I’m gonna shake it up
I’m gonna rip it up, I’m gonna break it up
I wanna rip it up, have ball tonight

Be bob a lula, she’s my baby
Be bob a lula, I don’t mean maybe
Be bob a lula, she’s my baby
Be bob a lula, I don’t mean maybe
Be bob a lula, she’s my baby love, my baby love

It was a night, what a night
it was a real one, such a night
The moon was bright, oh how bright
it was a real one, such a night
That night was alive with stars above
when she kissed me
I had to fall in love

But I gave my heart to her
in sweet surrender
How well I remember,
Oh how I remember

It was a night, oh what a night
it was a real one, such a night
Such a kiss, yeah, such a night

Well, she’s gone, gone, gone
yes, she’s gone, gone, gone
came the dawn, dawn, dawn
and my love was gone

But before that morning
yes, before that morning
yes, before that morning,
such a night

Recording

an unreleased song medley from the TV show Ein Abend mit Karel Gott (1992)

Lyrics

A well I bless my soul
Whats wrong with me?
Im itching like a man on a fuzzy tree
My friends say Im actin wild as a bug
Im in love
Im all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

My hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I cant seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck?
Im in love
Im all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

Please dont ask me whats on my mind
Im a little mixed up, but Im feelin fine
When Im near that girl that I love best
My heart beats so it scares me to death!

She touched my hand what a chill I got
Her lips are like a vulcano thats hot
Im proud to say shes my buttercup
Im in love
Im all shook up
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!
Mm mm oh, oh, yeah, yeah!

It was a night, what a night
it was a real one, such a night
The moon was bright, oh how bright
it was a real one, such a night
That night was alive with stars above
when she kissed me
I had to fall in love

But I gave my heart to her
in sweet surrender
How well I remember,
Oh how I remember

It was a night, oh what a night
it was a real one, such a night
Such a kiss, yeah, such a night

Well, she’s gone, gone, gone
yes, she’s gone, gone, gone
came the dawn, dawn, dawn
and my love was gone

But before that morning
yes, before that morning
yes, before that morning,
such a night

Good Golly Miss Molly
you’re sure like a ball
Good Golly Miss Molly
you’re sure like a ball
yeah, when you’re rocking and rolling
can’t you hear your mamma call

Good Golly Miss Molly
you’re sure like a ball
Good Golly Miss Molly
you’re sure like a ball
yeah, when you’re rocking and rolling
can’t you hear your mamma call

From the early, early morning
to the early, early night
I caught Miss Molly rocking in the
House at Blue Dog
Good Golly Miss Molly
you’re sure like a ball yeah, when you’re rocking and rolling
can’t you hear your mamma call

Good Golly Miss Molly
Good Golly Miss Molly
Good Golly Miss Molly
Good Golly Miss Molly

yeah, when you’re rocking and rolling
can’t you hear your mamma call

Recording

live at Lucerna Music Hall in 2006
Pavel Sedláček & The Cadillac Orchestra
released on DVD Pavel Sedláček & The Cadillac Orchestra (Reno Music 2008)

Lyrics

And when I die, and when I’m gone,
There’ll be one child born
In this world to carry on,
To carry on.

I’m not scared of dying,
And I don’t really care.
If it’s peace you find in dying,
Well then let the time be near.
If it’s peace you find in dying,
And if dying time is here,
Just bundle up my coffin
‚Cause it’s cold way down there.
I hear that its cold way down their.
Yeah, crazy cold way down thein

And when I die, and when I’m gone,
There’ll be one child born
In this world to carry on,
To carry on.

Now troubles are many, they’re as deep as a well.
I can swear there ain’t no heaven but I pray there ain’t no hell.
Swear there ain’t no heaven and I pray there ain’t no hell,
But I’ll never know by living, only my dying will tell.
Yes only my dying will tell.
Yeah, only my dying will tell.

And when I die, and when I’m gone,
There’ll be one child born
In this world to carry on,
To carry on.

Give me my freedom for as long as I be.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.
All I ask of living is to have no chains on me,
And all I ask of dying is to go naturally.
Oh I want to go naturally.

And when I die, and when I’m gone,
There’ll be one child born
In this world to carry on,
To carry on.

Don’t want to go by the devil.
Don’t want to go by demon.
Don’t want to go by Satan,
Don’t want to die uneasy.
Just let me go naturally.

And when I die,
When I’m dead, dead and gone,
There’ll be one child born in our world to carry on,
To carry on.

Recording

an unreleased live TV recording from 1971