Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (often shortened to just the Gimmes or Me First) is a punk rock supergroup supergroup (music) and cover band that formed in 1995. The Gimmes work exclusively as a cover band. The band is named after a children's book of the same name by Gerald G. Jampolsky and Diane V. Cirincione. The Gimmes have a habit of wearing quirky matching costumes during their live shows. [read more] - I Would Walk 500 Miles
When I wake up, yeh I know I'm gonna beI'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to youWhen I go out, yeh I know I'm gonna beI'm gonna be the man who goes along with youIf I get drunk, yes I know I'm gonna beI'm gonna be...
- Rocketman
She packed my bags last nightPre-flight,Zero hour, nine a.m.And I'm gonna be high as a kite by then.I miss the earth so much,I miss my wife.It's lonely out in spaceOn such a timeless flight.And I think it's gonna be a...
- I Believe I Can Fly
I used to think that I could not go onAnd life was nothing but that an awful song But now I know the meaning of true love I'm leaning on the everlasting arms If I can see it, then I can do it If I just believe it,...
- I Sing The Body Electric
I sing the body electricI celebrate the me yet to comeI toast to my own reunionWhen I become one with the sunAnd I'll look back on Venus, I'll look back on MarsI burn with the fire of ten million starsAnd in time, and...
- Favorite Thing
Like a dog bite, like a bee stingI don't feel so *** badRaindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my...
- Evita
It won't be easy, you'll think it's strangeWhen I try to explain how I feelI still need your love after all that I've doneYou won't believe meAll you will see is a girl you once knewAlthough she is dressed to the...
- Steppin Out
What good is sitting alone in your room?Come hear the music playLife is a cabaret, old chumCome to the cabaretPut down the knitting, the book and the broomIt's time for a holidayLife is a cabaret, old chumCome to the...
- Cabaret
What good is sitting alone in your room?Come hear the music playLife is a cabaret, old chumCome to the cabaretPut down the knitting, the book and the broomIt's time for a holidayLife is a cabaret, old chumCome to the...
- Favourite Things
Like a dog bite, like a bee stingI don't feel so *** badRaindrops on roses and whiskers on kittensBright copper kettles and warm woolen mittensBrown paper packages tied up with stringsThese are a few of my...
- Over The Rainbow
Somewhere over the rainbow, way up highThere's a land that I've heard of once in a lullabySomewhere over the rainbow, skies are blueAnd the dreams that you dare to dream really do come trueSomeday I'll wish upon a...
- Science Fiction Double Feature
Michael Rennie was ill The Day The Earth Stood StillBut he told us where we standFlash Gordon was there in silver underwearClaude Rains was The Invisible ManThen something went wrong for Fay Wray and King KongThey got...
- Summertime
Summertime and the living is easyFish are jumping and the cotton is highOh you're daddy's rich and your mom is good lookingSo hush little baby, don't you cryOne of these mornings you gonna rise up singingSpead your...
- Science Fiction/Double Feature
Michael Rennie was illThe Day The Earth Stood StillBut he told us where we standFlash Gordon was there in silver underwearClaude Reins was The Invisible ManThen something went wrongFor Fay Wray and King KongThey got...
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina
It won't be easy, you'll think it's strangeWhen I try to explain how I feelI still need your love after all that I've doneYou won't believe meAll you will see is a girl you once knewAlthough she's dressed to the...
- It's Raining On Prom Night
I was deprived of a young girl's dreamBy the cruel force of nature from the blueInstead of a night full of romance supremeAll I got was a running nose and Aegeatic fluIt's raining on prom night, my hair is a messIt's...
- Rainbow Connection
Why are there so many songs about rainbows?What's on the other side?Rainbows are visions, but only illusionsAnd rainbows have nothing to hideSo we've been told and some choose to believe itI know they're wrong, wait...
- Phantom Of The Opera
In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he cameThat voice which calls to me and speaks my nameAnd do I dream again, for now I findThe Phantom of the Opera is there inside my mindSing once again with me our strange duetMy...
- What I Did For Love
Kiss the day goodbyeThe sweetness and the sorrowWe did what we had to doAnd I can't regret what I did for loveWhat I did for loveLook my eyes are dryThe dream was ours to borrowIt's as if we always knewBut I won't...
- Wild World
Now that I've lost everthing to youYou say you want to start something newAnd it's breaking my heart that your leavingBaby I'm grievingBut if you wanna leave take good careI hope you have a lot of nice things to...
- My Boyfriend's Back
(Spoken)He went away and you hung around and bothered me every night,But i wouldn't go out with you,You said some things that weren't very nice.My boyfriend's back and your gonna be in trouble,Hey now, Hey now my...
- Superstar
Long ago and oh so far awayI fell in love with you, before the second showYour guitar, it sounds so sweet and clearBut you're not really hereIts just the radioDon't you remember you told me you loved me babyYou said...
- Delta Dawn
Delta Dawn, what's that flower you have on?Could it be a faded rose from days gone by?And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here todayTo take you to his mansion in the sky?She's forty-one and her daddy still...
- Auld Lang Syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgotAnd never brought to mind?Should auld acquaintance be forgotAnd days of auld lang syne?RepeatFor auld lang syne, my dearFor auld lang syneWe'll take a cup of kindness yetFor auld lang...
- Heart Of Glass
Once I had a love and it was a gasSoon turned out had a heart of glassSeemed like the real thing, but only to findMucho mistrust, love's gone behindOnce I had a love and it was divineSoon found out I was losing my...
- Come Sail Away
I'm sailing away, set an open course for the virgin seaI've got to be free, free to face the life that's ahead of meOn board, I'm the captain, so climb aboardWe'll look for tomorrow on every shoreAnd we'll try, oh...
- Always On My Mind
Maybe I didn't love youQuite as often as I could haveMaybe I didn't treat youQuite as good as I should haveIf I make you feel second bestGirl, I'm sorry I was blindYou were always on my mindYou were always on my...
- Hava Nagila
Hava nagila, hava nagilaHava nagila, ve nismechaHava nagila, hava nagilaHava nagila, ve nismechaHava neranena, hava neranenaHava neranena, ve nismechaHava neranena, hava neranenaHava neranena, ve nismechaUru, uru...
- Hava Nagila (Christmas Arrangement)
Hava nagila, hava nagilaHava nagila, ve nismechaHava nagilaHava nagila, hava nagilaHava nagila, ve nismechaHava nagilaI want to wish you a Rosj ha sjanaI want to wish you a Rosj ha sjanaI want to wish you a Rosj ha...
- Stairway To Heaven
There's a lady who's sure all that glitters is goldAnd she's buying a stairway to heavenWhen she gets there she knows if the stores are all closedWith a word she can get what she came forOoh oh oh oh ohAnd she's...
- The Longest Time
If you said goodbye to me tonightThere would still be music left to writeWhat else could I doI'm so inspired by youThat hasnt happened for the longest timeOnce I thought my innocence was goneNow I know that...
- Strawberry Fields Forever
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry FieldsNothing is real, and nothing to get hungaboutStrawberry Fields foreverLiving is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you seeIt's getting hard to be...
- O Sole Mio
Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e soleN'aria serena doppo na tempesta!Pe' ll'aria fresca pare già na festa...Che bella cosa na jurnata 'e soleMa n'atu soleCchiù bello, oje ne''O sole mioSta 'nfronte a te!'O sole, 'o sole...
- Take It On The Run
Heard it from a friend whoHeard it from a friend whoHeard it from another you been messing aroundThey say you got a boy friendYou're up there every weekendThey're talking about you and it's bringing me downBut I know...
- Oh Girl
Oh, girlI'd be in trouble if you left me now'Cause I don't know where to look for loveI just don't know howOh, girlHow I depend on youTo give me love when I need itRight on time you would always beAll my friends call...
- End Of The Road
[Spoken:]Darlin', You complete me.But you make alot of asumptions, and when youasume things you make an***out of you and me.Don't make an***out of me.We belong togetherAnd you that I'm rightWhy do you play with my...
- Isn't She Lovely
Isn't she lovelyIsn't she wonderfullIsn't she preciousLess than one minute oldI never thought through love we'd beMaking one as lovely as sheBut isn't she lovely made from loveIsn't she prettyTruly the angel's...
- Hello
I've been alone with you inside my mind And in my dreams I've kissed your lips a thousand times I sometimes see you pass outside my door Hello, is it me you're looking for? I can see it in your eyes I can see it in...
- Where Do Broken Hearts Go?
I know it's been some timebut there's something on my mindYou seeI haven't been the same since that cold November day.We said we needed spacebut all we found was an empty placeAnd the only things I learned is that I...
- Ain't No Sunshine
Ain't no sunshine when she's gone it's not warm when she's away ain't no sunshine when she's gone and she's always gone too long anytime she goes away wonder this time where she's gone wonder if she's going to stay...
- Natural Woman
Looking out on the morning rainI used to feel so uninspiredAnd when I knew I had to face another dayyou know it made me feel so tiredBefore the day I met you, life was so unkindBut you're the key to my peace of...
- Ill Be There
You and I must make a pact, we must bring salvation back Where there is love, I'll be there I'll reach out my hand to you, I'll have faith in all you do Just call my name and I'll be there I'll be there to comfort...
- Crazy
A man decides after seventy years That what he goes there for, is to unlock the door While those around him criticize and sleep...criticize and sleepAnd through a fractal on a breaking wall I see you my friend, and...
- Save The Best For Last
Sometimes the snow comes down in June Sometimes the sun goes round the moon I see the passion in your eyes Somehow it's all a big surprise There was a time when all I did was wish You'd tell me this was love It's not...
- Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, man have named you You're so like the lady with the mystic smile Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile Do you smile to tempt a lover...
- Nothing Compares To You
It's been seven hours and fifteen daysSince you took your love awayI go out every night and sleep all daySince you took your love awaySince you been gone I can do whatever I wantI can see whomever I chooseI can eat my...
- Nothing Compares 2 U
been seven hours and fifteen daysSince u took your love awayI go out every night and sleep all daySince u took your love awaySince u been gone I can do whatever I wantI can see whomever I chooseI can eat my dinner in...
- Desperado
Desperado, why don't you come to your senses? You been out ridin' fences for so long now Oh, you're a hard one I know that you got your reasons These things that are pleasin' you Can hurt you somehow Don't you draw...
- Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
This old highway's getting longer Seems there ain't no end in sight To sleep would be best, but I just can't afford to rest I've got to ride in Pittsburgh tomorrow night And the white line's getting longer and the...
- Sunday Morning Coming Down
Well I woke up Sunday morning, With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad, So I had one more for dessert Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes, And found my...
- Jolene
Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene I'm begging of you please don't take my man Jolene, Jolene, Jolene, Jolene Please don't take him just because you can Your beauty is beyond compare With flaming locks of auburn hair With...
- Goodbye Earl
Mary Anne and Wanda were the best of friends All through their high school days Both members of the 4H club Both active in the FFA After graduation Mary Anne went out looking For a bright new world Wanda looked all...
- (Ghost) Riders In The Sky
See a young cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day Upon a ridge he rested as he went upon the way When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw A-plowing through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw...
- On The Road Again
Woah, all I want is the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is makin' music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Just can't wait to get on the...
- Stand By Your Man
Sometimes it's hard to be a womanGiving all your life to just one manYou'll have bad times, he'll have good timesDoing things that you don't understandBut if you love him, you'll forgive himEven though he's hard to...
- Who Put The Bomb
I'd like to thank the guyWho wrote the songThat made my baby fall in love with meWho put the bomp in the bomp bah bomp bah bomp?Who put the ram in the rama lama ding dong?Who put the bop in the bop shoo bop shoo...
- San Francisco
If you're going to San FranciscoBe sure to wear some flowers in your hairIf you're going to San FranciscoYou're gonna meet some gentle people thereFor those who come to San FranciscoSummertime will be a love-in...
- Blowin In The Wind
How many roads must a man walk downBefore you call him a man?How many seas must a white dove sailBefore she sleeps in the sand?And how many times must the cannonballs flyBefore they are forever banned?The answer, my...
- I Only Want To Be With You
I don't know what it is that makes me love you soI only know I never want to let you go'Cause you've started somethingOh can't you see?That ever since we met you've had a hold on meIt happens to be trueI only want to...
- Runaway
As I walk along I wonder what went wrong with our loveA love that was so strongAnd as I still walk on I think of the things we've done togetherWhile our hearts were youngI'm a-walking in the rainTears are falling and...
- Elenor
You got a thing about youI just can't live without youI really want you, Elenor, near meYour looks intoxicate meEven though your folks hate meThere's no one like you, Elenor, reallyElenor, gee, I think you're swellAnd...
- Different Drum
You and I travel to the beat of a different drumOh can't you tell by the way I runEvertime you make eyes at meYou cry and moan and say it will work outBut honey child I've got my doubtsYou can't see the forest for the...
- Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
Tonight you're mine completelyYou give your love so sweetlyTonight the light of love is in your eyesBut will you love me tomorrow?Is this a lasting treasure?Or just a moment's pleasure?Can I believe the magic of your...
- Only The Good Die Young
Come out, Virginia. Don't let me wait.You Catholic girls start much too late,Oh, but sooner or later, it comes down to fate.I might as well be the one.Well, they showed you a statue, told you to pray.They built you a...
- One Tin Soldier
Listen, children, to a storyThat was written long ago,'Bout a kingdom on a mountainAnd the valley-folk below.On the mountain was a treasureBuried deep beneath the stone,And the valley-people sworeThey'd have it for...
- Rich Girl
You're a rich girl, and you've gone too far'Cause you know it don't matter anywayYou can rely on the old man's moneyYou can rely on the old man's moneyIt's a bitch, girl, but it's gone too far'Cause you know it don't...
- The Boxer
I am just a poor boy And my story's seldom toldI've squandered my resistance For a pocketful of mumblesSuch are promisesAll lies and jestStill the man hears what he wants to hearAnd disregards the restWhen I left my...
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