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17 Oct 12 - 01:16 AM (#3421097) Subject: Lyr Add: Dark Shadows and Empty Hallways From: Jason Xion Wang I just searched but didn't find the lyrics to this song. So here is my transciption of the Mitchell Trio's version. Dark Shadows and Empty Hallways (As sung by the Mitchell Trio) Dark shadows and empty hallways That reach out to enfold the lonely To hide falling tears when a lover has gone Listening for her step on the stair Looking out and hoping she's there Living every day with despair Since she's gone (Dark shadows and empty hallways) Life is so lonely (That reach out to enfold the lonely) So lonely when love has gone (To hide falling tears when a lover has gone) (When love has gone) And if you see my baby Just tell her there is no rainbow for me And if you talk to my baby Just tell her I'm as blue as can be How can I make tomorrow When I can't bear to live through today My heart is filled with sorrow There is no life and now I can't find my way (Dark shadows and empty hallways) Life is so lonely (That reach out to enfold the lonely) So lonely (To hide falling tears when a lover has gone) When love has gone Looking for a break in the storm (Looking for a break in the storm) Reaching out for some place that's warm (Reaching out for some place that's warm) Knowing I can't live since she's gone (Knowing I can't live since she's gone) Gone away (Dark shadows and empty hallways) Life is so lonely (That reach out to enfold the lonely) So lonely (To hide falling tears when a lover has gone) So lonely |
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17 Oct 12 - 01:41 AM (#3421102) Subject: ADD: Deal With the Ladies From: Jason Xion Wang So a few more Mitchell Trio songs that are not on mudcat. This, like the former one, was also released only on the compilation album "Best of the Chad Mitchell Trio: The Mercury Years". Deal with the Ladies (As sung by the Mitchell Trio) Like to deal with the ladies Like to give 'em a real hard time Like to make 'em sigh Like to make 'em cry over me Like to swing with the good times Like to have me a real live ball Doin' what I can like a dirty ole man Tee Hee Like to have 'em just a-hangin' around Wondering where I've been Like to see 'em with the big brown eyes Just drinkin' me in (Ya ta ta ta) I like to deal with the ladies (deal with the ladies) I like to hang 'em up on my line (woo, woo) Treat 'em kinda rough But they never get enough of me Rat tat tat tat tat Like to have 'em just a-hangin' around Wondering where I've been I like to see 'em with the big brown eyes Just drinkin' me in (Ya ta ta ta) Like to deal with the ladies (deal with the ladies) Like to give 'em a real hard time (woo, woo) Like to make 'em sigh Like to make 'em cry over Like to make 'em bawl Like to make 'em crawl over Like to make 'em weep Like to make 'em creep after me Rat tat tat tat tat Yeah |
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17 Oct 12 - 01:53 AM (#3421105) Subject: Lyr Add: Take Me to Tomorrow From: Jason Xion Wang Take Me to Tomorrow (As sung by the Mitchell Trio) Hey everybody, tell me how do you feel Are you satisfied with your life, do you think it's real Tell me how is your head, what are your dreams Do you have any plans, do you have any schemes Do you care about- about anybody I'd like to know, is the answer no Take me to tomorrow, take me there today I've had my fill of sorrow and live in this way Take me to tomorrow, that's where I'd like to be The day after tomorrow is waiting for me Hey everybody, what's on your mind (oh I don't know) Do you think there's nowhere else to go, there's nothing left to find? (I got more) Are you happy where you are, do you have anything to share (oh I can't say) Do you think you're gonna waste your life spending it there (oh yeah) Would you like to find a way out, do think it's worth a try (yeah, yeah) I'd like to know, is the answer no Well, maybe so Take me to tomorrow, take me there today I've had my fill of sorrow and live in your way Take me to tomorrow, that's where I'd like to be The day after tomorrow is waiting for me Take me to tomorrow, take me there today I've had my fill of sorrow and live in your way Take me to tomorrow, that's where I'd like to be The day after tomorrow is waiting for me The day after tomorrow is waiting The day after tomorrow is waiting for me |
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17 Oct 12 - 10:21 AM (#3421289) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Dark Shadows and Empty Hallways From: GUEST,999 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nCMfoefQBY You can hear the writer of the song, Tammy St John, sing 'Dark Shadows and Empty Hallways' at that Youtube link. |
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24 Apr 23 - 07:47 AM (#4170715) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Dark Shadows and Empty Hallways From: GerryM "Like to Deal with the Ladies" was also on The Mitchell Trio Alive! – which was on Reprise, not Mercury, so it's strange to see it on an album called The Mercury Years. "Dark Shadows and Empty Highways" was written by Fangette Enzel Willett, not Tammy St John (although it was first released by Tammy St. John in 1965). The Mitchell Trio (and the Chad Mitchell Trio) did very little that I didn't like, but I think that recording is just awful. |
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25 Apr 23 - 12:27 PM (#4170818) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Dark Shadows and Empty Hallways From: leeneia I think the song was inspired by "Heartbreak Hotel." The recording could be better. For one thing, the background music drowns the singer out. I take it from the comments that she was a teenager, and clearly had little understanding of rejection, loneliness and depression. |
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25 Apr 23 - 03:38 PM (#4170834) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Dark Shadows and Empty Hallways From: Jason Xion Wang It's weird to see my own post from decades ago again on the mudcat.org main page. I confess that I have only heard The Mitchell Trio's version of the song and that I actually like it. |
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25 Apr 23 - 07:15 PM (#4170843) Subject: RE: Lyr Add: Dark Shadows and Empty Hallways From: GerryM leeneia, Tammy St John was 14 years old when she recorded the song. Jason, each to his/her own. It was just so far from everything else the Trio did, so far into the "easy listening," over-orchestrated camp, that I found it very hard listening. De gustibus non disputandum est. |