Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection (birthday edition)

Now that it's your birthday
I don't what to do
Can't give you a Thunderbird
Or a penthouse with a view
Can't even buy a little present
I'm much too broke I find
But there is one way I may save the day
And I sure hope you don't mind
That I can't give you anything but love, baby
That's the only thing I've plenty of, baby...

"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields)
as performed by Judy Garland, Judy at Carnegie Hall, 1961

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

I could learn every line of Crime and Punishment
by heart and recite it to you
To swim seven seas would be a breeze I bet
but I couldn't love you any more than I do.

"Couldn't Love You (Any More Than I Do)"
Nick Lowe, Nick the Knife, 1982

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

loved ones loved ones
visit the building
take the highway park and come up and see me
I'll be working working
but if you come visit
I'll put down what I'm doing
my friends are important

"Don't Worry About the Government"
Talking Heads, 77,1977

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

Now Mary Lou loved Johnny with a mean true love

"Reason to Believe"
Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska, 1982

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

America's calling, Harry Truman!
Harry, won't you please come home.
Things are looking bad
I know you would be mad...

"Harry Truman"
Chicago, Chicago VIII, 1975

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again

"Werewolves of London"
Warren Zevon, Excitable Boy, 1978

Sinatra lyric of the week from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

All those years I've worked for Santa Fe
Never ever missed a single day
Just one more without a raise in pay
And I'm leavin'

"Michael and Peter" (Jake Holmes)
Frank Sinatra, Watertown, 1969

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

But then you take my hand
my heart starts to soar once more

KEY CHANGE

High An - XIETY
It's always the same
Hey, Xiety
It's you that I blame
It's very clear to me I've GOT to give in
High Anxiety

(and remember, folks, be good to your parents; they've been good to you)

You WINNNNNN!

"Theme from High Anxiety"
Mel Brooks, High Anxiety Original Soundtrack, 1978

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

My baby's brother never break-a your arm

"My Baby Gives It Away"
Pete Townsend and Ronnie Laine, Rough Mix, 1977

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

Everyone said they were crazy,
"Brenda, you know that you’re much too lazy.
And Eddie could never afford to live that kind of life,"
But there we were wavin’ Brenda and Eddie goodbye

“Scenes from an Italian Restaurant”
Billy Joel, The Stranger, 1977

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

Some folks call me a narrow-minded man'
But I don’t think that’s true
Others call me decadent for the things I like to do
Well you can go your way and I’ll go mine
'cause I know we can all agree
that among life’s many pleasures only three things matter to me

Music sex and cookies
Cookies music and sex
And it doesn’t really matter what order you try ‘em
‘cause I like ‘em all the best
I’ve tried therapy and LSD
Been lost but now I’m found
But it’s music sex and cookies that make my world go round

“Music, Sex, and Cookies”
George Uetz, WEBN Album Project 3, 1978

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

Louisiana rain
is soaking through my shoes
I’ll never be the same
‘til I reach Baton Rouge

"Louisiana Rain"
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Damn the Torpedoes, 1979

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

I want my portrait done by Andy Warhol
I’d like to market a “Jackie O” doll
Just let me be Jackie Onassis
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah

"(I want to be) Jackie Onassis”
Human Sexual Response, Fig. 14, 1980

Sinatra lyric of the week from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

You were my adored one.
Then you became the bored one,
And I was like a toy that brought you joy one day,
A broken toy that you preferred to throw away.

“Blame It on My Youth” (Edward Heyman and Oscar Levant)
As performed by Frank Sinatra, Close to You (and more), 1957

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

If you're feeling presidential
You can make it, yes, indeed
There are just three things essential
Let me tell you all you need
is an ounce of wisdom and a pound of gall
and the hostess with the mostes' on the ball

An Ambassador has just reached the shore
He's a man of many loves
An important gent from the Orient
To be handled with kid gloves
He can come and let his hair down
Have the best time of his life
Even bring his new affair down
Introduce her as his wife
But she mustn't leave her panties in the hall
I'm the hostess with the mostes' on the ball.

“The Hostess with Mostes’” Call Me Madam, 1950
as performed by Ethel Merman

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

Well, a proud daddy only wanna give his little girl the best
So he put down a grand on a cozy little lovers’ nest
You could have called the reception an unqualified success
At a French hotel for 150 guests.

Well, take a look at the bridegroom, smilin' pleased as pie
Shakin' hands all around with a glassy look in his eye
He got a real good job and his shirt and tie is nice
(But I remember a time when she never would have looked at him twice)

“I Knew the Bride (When She Used to Rock and Roll)”
Nick Lowe’s Last Chicken in the Shop (Stiffs Live, 1978)

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

Some people achieve greatness.
Others have greatness thrust upon them.
And then there are those who are born Italian

Opening salvo from Holly and the Italians, The Right to Be Italian (1981)

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

I sing the body electric

I glory in the glow of rebirth

creating my own tomorrow

when I shall embody the earth

I'll serenade Venus

I'll serenade Mars

and I'll burn with the fire of 10 million stars

and in time

and in time

we will all be stars

"I Sing the Body Electric" (Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford)

Fame Movie Soundtrack (1980)

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

I could not see for the fog in my eyes

I could not feel for the fear in my life

And from across the great divide, In the distance I saw a light

Jean Baptiste's walking to me with the Maker

"The Maker"

Daniel Lanois, Acadie (1989)

(Almost certainly one of the last new releases I bought in lp form.)

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

You, you know, you know my name
You, you know, you know my name
You know my name, look up the number

"You know my name (look up the number)," (Lennon/McCartney)
45 rpm release from Apple Records (1970)
The Beatles