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20 Dec 06 - 11:53 AM (#1914878) Subject: Lyr Req: 'First you say you do, and then you' From: leeneia I'm trying to reconstruct a song that I heard on the radio when I was a little kid. It seems to me that there was a male vocal group, and they sang: First you say you do, and then you don't. Next you say you will, but then you won't. tumty tumty tum tee tumty tum So what am I s'posed to do? I googled this, and found that strangely enough, the first line is famous enough to be included in a lot of psychology threads, but the song itself seems to have been forgotten. The song came in handy in my kitchen the other day as a way to end an argument on a humorous note. |
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20 Dec 06 - 11:56 AM (#1914881) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'First you say you do, and then you' From: Wolfgang click Wolfgang |
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20 Dec 06 - 11:57 AM (#1914883) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'First you say you do, and then you' From: Wolfgang I googled your line and added the word "lyrics". Wolfgang |
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20 Dec 06 - 11:58 AM (#1914884) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'First you say you do, and then you' From: cobra Had not heard the Ella Fitzgerald version before. But I do recognise it as the opening lines to a Beatles song: "Honey Don't" |
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20 Dec 06 - 12:02 PM (#1914886) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'First you say you do, and then you' From: GUEST,what, what, what another version with chords |
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20 Dec 06 - 12:03 PM (#1914887) Subject: Lyr Add: HONEY DON'T (Carl Perkins) From: cobra Here are the lyrics (song written by Carl Perkins) from this site: http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_beatles/honey_dont.html Well how come you say you will when you won't Say you do, baby, when you don't? Let me know honey how you feel Tell the truth now, is love real? But ah ah well honey don't, well honey don't Honey don't, honey don't, honey don't I say you will when you won't, ah ah, honey, don't Well I love you, baby, and you ought to know I like the way you wear your clothes Everything about you is so doggone sweet You got that sand all over your feet But ah ah well honey don't, honey don't Honey don't, honey don't, honey don't I say you will when you won't, ah ah, honey, don't [Ah, rock on George, one time for me. I feel fine. I said.] Well sometimes I love you on a Saturday night Sunday morning you don't look right You've been out painting the town Ah ah baby, been stepping around But ah ah well honey don't, I said honey don't Honey don't, honey don't, honey don't I say you will when you won't, ah ah, honey, don't [Ah, rock on George, for Ringo one time.] Well honey don't, well honey don't I say you will when you won't, ah ah, honey, don't |
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20 Dec 06 - 12:04 PM (#1914890) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'First you say you do, and then you' From: clueless don I associate this song ("Undecided", not "Honey Don't") with the Mills Brothers. Don |
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20 Dec 06 - 12:14 PM (#1914896) Subject: Lyr Add: PLEASE DON'T TEASE (from Cliff Richard) From: GUEST Could it be Cliff Richard, 'Please Don't Tease'? You tell me that you love me baby Then you say you don't You tell me that you'll come on over Then you say you won't You love me like a hurricane Then you start to freeze I'll give it to you straight right now Please don't tease You come right out and tell me You're out with someone new You play it oh, so doggone cool I don't know what to do You never seem to answer me You just don't here my plea I'll give it to you one more time Please don't tease Oh, please don't tease me You know it hurts so much Come on and squeeze me You know I need your tender touch (But)You tell me that you love me baby Then you say you don't You tell me that you'll come on over Then you say you won't You love me like a hurricane Then you start to freeze I'll give it to you straight right now Please don't tease (Instr. Break) Oh, please don't tease me You know it hurts so much Come on and squeeze me You know I need your tender touch (But)You tell me that you love me baby Then you say you don't You tell me that you'll come on over Then you say you won't You love me like a hurricane Then you start to freeze I'll give it to you straight right now Please don't tease. |
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20 Dec 06 - 06:04 PM (#1915169) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'First you say you do, and then you' From: leeneia Thanks, everybody. Wolfgang hit it right on the head. what what what's link says it was sung by the Ames Brothers in 1951. I don't know where I got the heart-rending line "so what am I S'POSED ta do?" but it's a good line to sing while you grab your sweetie round the waist. This is hard to express, but I remember noticing the song as a little kid because it is a good song to teach language. It takes an idea, then shows how to negate it, doing so while while bouncing rhythmically along. Perfect! |
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20 Dec 06 - 08:49 PM (#1915287) Subject: Lyric Add: Undecided ('First you say you do ...) From: Genie UNDECIDED First you say you do and then you don't. Then you say you will annd then you won't, You're Undecided now, so what are you gonna do? Now you want to play and then it's no And when you say you'll stay, that's when you go. You're Undecided now, so what are you gonna do? I've been sitting on the fence And it doesn't make much sense, 'cause you keep me in suspense And you know it, When you promise to return And you don't, I really burn! Guess I'll never learn, And I show it! If you've got a heart and if you're kind Don't keep us apart, make up your mindl You're Undecided now, so what are you gonna do? |
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22 Dec 06 - 08:36 PM (#1917146) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: 'First you say you do, and then you' From: Jim Dixon Allmusic.com lists 480 recordings of UNDECIDED. Some notable ones are by The Ames Brothers, Louis Armstrong & His All-Stars, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Natalie Cole, Roy Eldridge & His Little Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, The Erroll Garner Trio, Benny Goodman & His Orchestra, Coleman Hawkins, Tito Puente, Fats Waller, and dozens of lesser-known people. Genie: what you've got there are (as I figure) 3 choruses and a bridge. There's also a verse: Lyrics copied from Jim Bottorff's Banjo Page: VERSE: It seems that you keep slowly driving me crazy. I can't make head or tail out of you. My mind's gone bad. I feel that ev'rything's hazy. Don't know exactly just what to do. |
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23 Dec 06 - 07:39 PM (#1917831) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: First you say you do, and then you don't From: Tannywheeler Ah, yes, I remember it well, Genie. "Undecided" is it. Can hear it in my head now. Nothing like a good guy group for interesting harmonies. Tw |
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23 Dec 06 - 07:54 PM (#1917840) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: First you say you do, and then you do From: John on the Sunset Coast Thread Drift alert---Has Natalie Cole ever had a song that wasn't one of her daddy's, or a faux duet with her daddy. There has to be someting Freudian there. |
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23 Dec 06 - 07:57 PM (#1917846) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: First you say you do, and then you don't From: Azizi One group that recorded this song was the multiracial group War . I believe that "Undecided" was included in their 1972 best selling album "The World Is A Ghetto". But it might have been on their 1971 album "All Day Music" instead. |
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23 Dec 06 - 08:04 PM (#1917855) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: First you say you do, and then you don't From: Azizi John on the Sunset Coast, you asked "Has Natalie Cole ever had a song that wasn't one of her daddy's, or a faux duet with her daddy". The answer to your question is Yes. Read this if you are interested in learning more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Cole |