1. Ooby Dooby (2:11) - The tempo is fast. The narrator asks his girlfriend to do a dance called the ooby-dooby. He claims that to do it, "you wiggle and you shake like a big rattlesnake." This song was later covered by Creedence Clearwater Revival. I do like this version, but I like Creedence's even better.
2. Rockhouse (2:03) - This song is even faster than the previous one. The narrator invites one and all to the Rockhouse (a dance hall), where they'll have "no trouble, no blues." The hall is open all 24 hours of the day.
3. Uptown (2:06) - This moderate, swing-tempoed song features a piano orchestral string instruments, both of which are commonly heard from now on. The narrator, a bellhop, has fallen in love with a girl who lives in a penthouse. He's too busy to stop and tell her how he feels about her, but he resolves that someday he'll rise to riches, marry her, and move uptown with her.
4. Only The Lonely (2:26) - The dominant tempo is slightly faster than moderate, but in a few spots, the tempo is slow. Only the lonely know how the narrator feels because he is one of them. He is lonely because his girlfriend has left him. He has a small hope that soon he will find a new girlfriend with whom he will never feel sad again.
5. Blue Angel (2:50) - The tempo is slightly slower than moderate. Most of the time, the backup vocals overpower Roy's leads, but if I listen closely, I can tell that the narrator is telling the girl not to cry. Her previous boyfriend had dumped her, but now the narrator his here to dry away her tears and become her new lifetime companion.
6. I'm Hurtin' (2:42) - A couple of times in this moderately fast song, I hear instrumental breaks similar to those I heard two songs back. Although it's been a long time since the girl left the narrator, he still hurts. He believes he will never fall in love again.
7. Running Scared (2:11) - This moderately slow song starts a bit soft, then gradually gets louder with every verse. Everywhere the narrator and his girlfriend go, he worries that her previous boyfriend might come back and reclaim her. Sure enough, the other guy does reappear, but the girl rejects him and walks away with the narrator. What a relief; there's nothing to be scared of now!
8. Crying (2:46) - The tempo is moderate. This song, like the previous one, starts soft and ends loud. Just when the narrator thought he was over his ex-girlfriend, he saw her again on the night before the setting of the song. Now he will always cry over her.
9. Candy Man (2:45) - This fast song features, in the right speaker, a harmonica and female backup vocals. The narrator has a "sweet tooth" for the girl and asks her to let him be her "candy man," her boyfriend. I also have a later version by country duo Mickey Gilley and Charly McClain.
10. Dream Baby (2:31) - This fast song, the one I like best by Roy, also features women who sing behind Roy in the right speaker. The narrator dreams of the girl every day and every night. He asks her how long he must dream, how long it will be until she reciprocates his feelings for her.
11. Leah (2:38) - This song, slightly slower than moderate, opens with a 4-second drum solo. Other instruments include a marimba. In a dream, the narrator plans to buy some pearls and make them into a necklace for Leah. But the next morning, he wakes up and once again realizes that Leah had left him and broken his heart a long time before.
12. Working For The Man (2:25) - During the first 20 seconds of this fast song, Roy sings mostly a capella, with an occasional loud drumbeat. In the intro and the first verse, Roy plays the boss who orders his employees to work as fast as they can so they can meet their nearing deadline. In the rest of the song, Roy plays a bricklayer who slaves all day for scanty pay.
13. In Dreams (2:48) - In the slow intro, the Sandman sings the narrator to sleep. In the rest of the song, slightly slower than moderate, the narrator falls asleep and dreams that he still walks with and talks to the girl, that she's still his. These dreams compensate for the loneliness he feels in waking life after she dumped him.
14. Mean Woman Blues (2:24) - This fast song features a sax. The volume softens a bit just before the final singing of the chorus. The narrator's girlfriend is as "mean as she can be." He himself must be even meaner, for he says he sometimes thinks she's almost as mean as he is. I hope they're not mean to each other, but they're definitely one couple I'd stay away from!
15. Blue Bayou (2:29) - The tempo is moderate. During the first verse, drums and a bass are the only instruments. A harmonica plays during the chorus. The narrator rues having left his girlfriend on the place named in the title. As he works from dawn to dusk, he eagerly awaits a day when he can return to the bayou, his girlfriend, and some of his buddies. He even invites the listener to come with him to "where you sleep all day and the catfish play." Later, this song was also a big hit for Linda Ronstadt.
16. Pretty Paper (2:45) - This slow Christmas tune was written and also sung by Willie Nelson. A beggar sits lonely and unnoticed while crowds of people shop for gifts to wrap in beautiful paper, blue ribbons, pretzels and other decorations.
17. It's Over (2:46) - This song starts softly and ends loudly. The slow intro consists of a single guitar strum and Roy singing a single line. The rest of the song is moderately slow, with Roy describing what life for a man is like when his girlfriend dumps him.
18. Oh Pretty Woman (2:56) - This moderately fast song reached #1 in 1964, thus becoming Roy's greatest hit. As the narrator sees a woman walking down the street, he falls in love with her. He begs her to stop and talk to him. At first she rejects him, and he thinks, So be it; but a moment later she changes her mind and walks back toward him. In the early 1990s, this was the theme song for the movie Pretty Woman. At about that same time, copyright controversy erupted over a parody of this song by the rap group 2 Live Crew.