Must you dance every dance With the same fortunate man? You have danced with him Since the music began Won't you change partners and dance with me? Ask him to sit this one out While you're alone I'll ask the waiter to tell him He's wanted on the telephone.
Now I sit by my window and I watch the cars I fear I'll do some damage one fine day But I would not be convicted By a jury of my peers Still crazy after all these years
You better sit down kids I'll tell you why Your mother and I kids Don't see eye to eye.
I first had this on a Glen Campbell album in the mid last century, but it turns out Sonny and Cher made it well known. A song where the dad explains to his kids why he and their mom are getting a divorce.
Those who feel the breath of sadness, sit down next to me. Those who find they're touched by madness, sit down next to me. Those who find themselves ridiculous, sit down next to me.
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I'm sitting in a railway station
Got a ticket for my destination
Homeward Bound
Simon and Garfunkel
Walk right in
Sit right down
Baby, let your hair hang down
One of them songs from the 60s
Sittin' in my la-la,
Waitin' for my ya-ya.
Unnnh-unnnh-huh!
Sittin' in My La-la - Lee Dorsey
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin's done
"Dock of the Bay," Otis Redding
just sit right back and you'll hear a tale
Gilligan's Island theme song
I'm gonna sit right down
And write myself a letter
And make believe it came from you
(Young/Ahlert, notably sung by Fats Waller)
I'm just sitting on a fence
You can say I've got no sense
Tryin' to make up my mind
Really is so horrifyin'
So I'm sitting on a fence
The Rolling Stones
Must you dance every dance
With the same fortunate man?
You have danced with him
Since the music began
Won't you change partners and dance with me?
Ask him to sit this one out
While you're alone
I'll ask the waiter to tell him
He's wanted on the telephone.
(Irving Berlin, "Change Partners")
Just got home from Illinois
Lock the front door oh boy!
Got to sit down take a rest on the porch
Looking Out My Back Door
Credence Clearwater Revival
We could sit and talk about this all night long
And wonder why we didn't last
Little Texas
Hey! He's gonna sit by you
Another one rides the bus
Weird Al
Now I sit by my window and I watch the cars
I fear I'll do some damage one fine day
But I would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years
(Paul Simon)
She asked me to stay and she told me to sit anywhere
So I looked around and I noticed there wasn't a chair
"Norwegian Wood," The Beatles
Step one you say we need to talk
He walks you say sit down it's just a talk
The Fray
"How to Save a Life"
We just sit around talkin' about
the old times
she says when she feels like crying
she starts laughing
thinkin' about
glory days...
---Bruce Springsteen
Jesus blows up balloons all day
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly
"Levon," Elton John
Love has flown
all alone
I sit and wonder why-yi-yi
oh why
you left me
oh, Sandy...
---John Travolta, "Sandy" from Grease
And the people all said,
"Sit down! Sit down, you're rockin' the boat."
-from "Guys and Dolls"
I've been sittin' on the fence
And it doesn't make much sense
'Cuz you keep me in suspense
And you know it
Then you promise to return
When you don't I really burn
Well, I guess I'll never learn
And I show it
Ella sang it and it is probably called "Undecided"
Sit there, and count your fingers
What can you do?
Old girl, you're through
Just sit there, and count your little fingers
Unlucky little girl blue.
(Rodgers/Hart)
An evenin' spent with Hannah sittin' on your knees
Is like walking through Alaska in your BVDs
"Hard Hearted Hannah"
Me and Loretta we don't talk much more
She sits and stares at the back door screen
Hello in There
John Prine
Stand up, stand up for Jesus
But don't rock the boat around
Stand up, stand up for Jesus
Or for Christ's sake, sit down.
I say Vote Yes!
(Sit down, John!)
Vote for independency
(Someone ought to open up a window)
from "1776"
Come and sit by my side if you love me
Do not hasten to bid me adieu
"Red River Valley"
Diana sittin' on Jackie's lap,
He's got his hands between her knees
"Jack & Diane," John Mellencamp
Don't sit under the apple tree
With anyone else but me
The Andrews Sisters, I think
Took her home, I nearly made it
Sitting on the sofa with a sister or two
"Lovely Rita," Beatles
I'm only in between dances
Sitting it out for a while
Pam Tillis
Sitting on a fence post
Chewing on my bubble gum
Playing with my yo-yo (Doo-wop, doo-wop)
When along comes Herman the worm
Camp song
You better sit down kids
I'll tell you why
Your mother and I kids
Don't see eye to eye.
I first had this on a Glen Campbell album in the mid last century, but it turns out Sonny and Cher made it well known. A song where the dad explains to his kids why he and their mom are getting a divorce.
Sit on my face and tell me that you love me
Monty Python
Now here's a man and a woman sitting on a rock
Hejira...Joni Mitchell
Sitting in a park in Paris, France
Reading the news and it sure looks bad
California...Joni Mitchell
Those who feel the breath of sadness,
sit down next to me.
Those who find they're touched by madness, sit down next to me.
Those who find themselves ridiculous,
sit down next to me.
Sit Down by James
Sitting on my own not by myself, everybody's here with me
I don't need to touch your face to know, I don't need to use my eyes to see
"Sitting," Cat Stevens
Sit down, I think I love you
Anyway I'd like to try
Buffalo Springfield
now sit back on the floor,
we're not hoppin anymore
"Somebody near you" Mary LaFleur
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