Bette Midler: Up The Ladder To The Roof / Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy / Friends

Come with me, come with me
and we shall run across the sky.
We illuminate the night.
Ohhhh, I, I will try and guide you
to better times and brighter days.
Just don't be afraid.

Come on up the ladder to the roof
where we can see heaven much better.
Let's go up the ladder to the roof
where we can be closer to heaven.

Stay with me, stay with me
and we shall let expression ring.
Hear freedom singin'.
Ohhh, memories of yesterday's broken dreams.
Hey, don't you know, don't you know
that they are gonna fade away?
Don't be afraid.

Come on up the ladder to the roof
where we can see heaven much better.
Let's go up the ladder to the roof
where we can be closer to heaven.

We'll relax, I'll tell you the story of love.
How it is, the happiness in it, baby.
Combine these thoughts and together we'll travel
to the fountain of lovingness.
I will never, never, never, never,
never leave you, baby.
If we hold on longer our love is
gonna grow much stronger

Stand with song and sing:
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go?
Say, don't you wanna go

up the ladder to the roof
where we can see heaven much better.
Let's go up the ladder to the roof
where we can be closer to heaven.

Woah, Let's go up the, up the, up the ladder to heaven.
Heaven, heaven, heaven, heaven.


He was a famous trumpet man from out chicago way.
He had a boogie style that no one else could play.
He was the top man at his craft,
But then his number came up and he was gone with the draft.
Hes in the army now. hes blowin reveille.
Hes the boogie woogie bugle boy of company b.

They made him blow a bugle for his uncle sam.
It really brought him down because he could not jam.
The captain seemed to understand,
Because the next day the cap went out and drafted the band.
And now the company jumps when he plays reveille.
Hes the boogie woogie bugle boy of company b.

A root, a toot, a toodlie-a-da-toot.
He blows it eight to the bar in boogie rhythm.
He cant blow a note unless a bass and guitar
Is playin with him.
And the company jumps when he plays reveille.
Hes the boogie woogie bugle boy of company b.

He was some boogie woogie bugle boy of company b.
And when he played his boogie woogie bugle
He was busy as a busy bee.
And when he played he made the company jump eight to the bar.
Hes the boogie woogie bugle boy of company b.

Andata toodliata-toodliata toot toot
He blows it eight to the bar.
He cant blow a note if a bass and guitar
Isnt with him.
And the company jumps when he plays reveille.
Hes the boogie woogie bugle boy of company b.

He puts the boys to sleep with boogie every night,
And wakes em up the same way in the early bright.
They clap their hands and stamp their feet,
cause they know how it goes when someone gives him a beat.
Woah, woah, he wakes em up when he plays reveille.
The boogie woogie bugle boy of company b.

A root, a toot, a toodli-a-da to toot toot toot
Hes blowin eight to the bar.
Yeah, he cant blow a note if a bass and guitar
Isnt, woah, with him.
And the company jumps when he plays reveille.
Hes the boogie woogie bugle boy of company b


And I am all alone.
There is no one here beside me.
And my problems have all gone.
There is no one to deride me.

But you got to have friends.
The feelings oh so strong.
You got to have friends
To make that day last long.

I had some firends but theyre gone,
Somethin came and took them away.
And from the dusk til the dawn
Here is where Ill stay.

Standing at the end of the road, boys,
Waiting for my new friends to come.
I dont care if Im hungry or poor,
Im gonna get me some of them.

cause you got to have friends.
Da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, da, friends.
Thats right you, oh you, yeah you,
I said you gotta have some friends,
Im talkin about friends, thats right, friends.
Friends, friends, friends.

I had some firends, oh, but theyre all gone, gone,
Someone came and snatched them away.
And from the dusk until the very dawn, you know,
Here is where I gotta stay, here is where I gotta stay.

And Im standing at the end of a real long road
And Im waiting for my new friends to come.
I dont care if Im hungry or freezin cold,
Im gonna get me some of them.

cause you gotta have friends,
Thats right, friends, friends.
I gotta me my, I gotta me my, I gotta me my,
Look around and see all of my friends.
Oh, friends, thats right, friends, friends,
Friends, friends, friends, friends, oh,
Friends, you gotta have friends . . .