Lyrics to As Long as He Needs Me, sung by Nancy in the musical Oliver! It’s sung by Nancy, to herself, justifying staying with her vicious, abusive boyfriend, Bill. It’s quite heartbreaking, as Nancy is one of the nicest people in the musical. And in a real sense, this foreshadows her death.
Reviewing The Situation lyrics, from the musical Oliver!. Left alone, the criminal Fagin wonders what his life might be like if he left London and began an honest life – or not!
Be Back Soon is a song from the musical Oliver! Words and Music by Lionel Bart. It is sung by Fagin, the Artful Dodger, Oliver, and the boys as Fagin sends them out to work. As pickpockets.
Oom-Pah-Pah is a lively and somewhat risqué show tune with music and lyrics by Lionel Bart and appearing in the musical Oliver! when it is sung by Nancy and the crowd at the “Three Cripples” tavern. Nancy is creating a little commotion by starting this song so that she can steal and save Oliver from Bill Sikes, the fearsome robber. The word “oom-pah-pah” is seemingly used euphemistically to refer to both intoxication and fornication; however, as the song points out, the word’s meaning is only as dirty as the listener interprets it.
Consider Yourself is a song from the musical Oliver!. It is performed in the market and led by the Artful Dodger. Dodger sings it when he first meets Oliver, after offering to get the destitute and lonely boy food and lodging.
I’d Do Anything is part of Act One of Oliver!, sung in Fagin’s lair. It begins with dialog between Nancy and the Artful Dodger, leading into the song. Other characters who have lines in the song are Oliver, Fagin and Bette (Nancy’s best friend in the 1968 film), with Fagin’s Boys as the chorus.
Song lyrics to You’ve Got to Pick a Pocket or Two, from the musical Oliver! where Fagin is indoctrinating Oliver into the life of being a pickpocket. Words and music by Lionel Bart.
Food, Glorious Food – written by Lionel Bart, is the opening song from the 1960s West End and Broadway musical (and 1968 film) Oliver! It is sung when the workhouse boys are dreaming and fantasizing about food while going to collect their gruel from the staff of the workhouse.
Can’t Take My Eyes Off You is a 1967 single credited to Frankie Valli. The song was among his biggest hits, earning a gold record and reaching No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a week. It was co-written by Bob Gaudio, a bandmate of Valli’s in The Four Seasons.
Sunny is a song written by Bobby Hebb. It is one of the most performed and recorded popular songs, with hundreds of versions released. BMI rates “Sunny” number 25 in its “Top 100 songs of the century”.
