Monday, September 7, 2009
Lyric - Brucia La Terra (The Godfather III, 1990)
Brucia La Terra
Music by Nino Rota
Sicilian Lyric by Giuseppe Rinaldi
The Godfather III
Columbia, 1990
Brucia la luna n'cielu
E ju bruciu d'amuri
Focu ca si consuma
Comu lu me cori
L'anima chianci
Addulurata
Non si da paci
Ma cchi mala nuttata
Lu tempu passa
Ma non agghiorna
Non c'e mai suli
S'idda non torna
Brucia la terra mia
E abbrucia lu me cori
Cchi siti d'acqua idda
E ju siti d'amuri
Acu la cantu
La me canzuni
Si no c'e nuddu
Ca s'a affacia
A lu barcuni
Brucia la luna n'cielu
E ju bruciu d'amuri
Focu ca si consuma
Comu lu me cori
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English Translation
The moon is burning in the sky
And I am burning with love
The fire that is consumed
Like my heart
My soul crys
Painfully
I'm not at peace
What a terrible night
The time passes
But there is no dawn
There is no sunshine
If she doesn't return
My earth is burning
And my heart is burning
What she thirsts for water
I thirst for love
Who will I sing
My song to
If there is no one
Who shows herself
On the balcony
The moon is burning in the sky
And I am burning with love
The fire that is consumed
Like my heart
Lyric - September Morn (Neil Diamond, 1979)
September Morn
Neil Diamond
1979
Stay, and let me look at you
Its been so long, I hardly knew you
Standing in the door
Stay with me a while
I only want to talk to you
We've traveled halfway round the world
To find ourselves again
[REFRAIN]
September morn
We danced until the night became a brand new day
Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play
September morning still can make me feel this way
Look at what you've done
Why, you've become a grown-up girl
I still can hear you cryin
In the corner of your room
And look how far we've come
So far from where we used to be
But not so far that we've forgotten
How it was before
[REFRAIN]
Neil Diamond
1979
Stay, and let me look at you
Its been so long, I hardly knew you
Standing in the door
Stay with me a while
I only want to talk to you
We've traveled halfway round the world
To find ourselves again
[REFRAIN]
September morn
We danced until the night became a brand new day
Two lovers playing scenes from some romantic play
September morning still can make me feel this way
Look at what you've done
Why, you've become a grown-up girl
I still can hear you cryin
In the corner of your room
And look how far we've come
So far from where we used to be
But not so far that we've forgotten
How it was before
[REFRAIN]
Lyric - You Light Up My Life (Kasey Cisyk, 1977)
You Light Up My Life
Written by Joseph Brooks
Performed by Kasey Cisyk
August 31, 1977
So many nights
I'd sit by my window
Waiting for someone
To sing me his song
So many dreams
I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark
But now you've come along
(CHORUS)
And you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights with song
Rolling at sea
Adrift on the water
Could it be finally
I'm turning for home
Finally a chance
To say Hey, I love you
Never again to be all alone
(CHORUS)
It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
Cause you, you light up my life
Written by Joseph Brooks
Performed by Kasey Cisyk
August 31, 1977
So many nights
I'd sit by my window
Waiting for someone
To sing me his song
So many dreams
I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark
But now you've come along
(CHORUS)
And you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days
And fill my nights with song
Rolling at sea
Adrift on the water
Could it be finally
I'm turning for home
Finally a chance
To say Hey, I love you
Never again to be all alone
(CHORUS)
It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
Cause you, you light up my life
Lyric - Don't Cry Out Loud (Melissa Manchester, 1978)
Don't Cry Out Loud
Written by Peter Allen
Vocal by Melissa Manchester
Arista Records, August 1, 1978
Baby cried the day the circus came to town
'Cause she didn't want parades just passin' by her
So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown
While she danced without a net upon the wire
I know a lot about 'er 'cause, you see
Baby is an awful lot like me
[REFRAIN]
Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
Learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
Remember you almost had it all
Baby saw that when they pulled that big top down
They left behind her dreams among the litter
The different kind of love she thought she'd found
There was nothin' left but sawdust and some glitter
But baby can't be broken 'cause you see
She had the finest teacher - that was me - I told 'er
[REFRAIN]
Written by Peter Allen
Vocal by Melissa Manchester
Arista Records, August 1, 1978
Baby cried the day the circus came to town
'Cause she didn't want parades just passin' by her
So she painted on a smile and took up with some clown
While she danced without a net upon the wire
I know a lot about 'er 'cause, you see
Baby is an awful lot like me
[REFRAIN]
Don't cry out loud
Just keep it inside
Learn how to hide your feelings
Fly high and proud
And if you should fall
Remember you almost had it all
Baby saw that when they pulled that big top down
They left behind her dreams among the litter
The different kind of love she thought she'd found
There was nothin' left but sawdust and some glitter
But baby can't be broken 'cause you see
She had the finest teacher - that was me - I told 'er
[REFRAIN]
Lyric - Sad Eyes (Robert John, 1979)
Sad Eyes
Written by Robert John
EMI Records, April 1979
Looks like it's over
You knew I couldn't stay
She's comin' home today
We had a good thing
I'll miss your sweet love
Why must you look at me that way?
It's over
[CHORUS]
Sad eyes, turn the other way
I don't wanna see you cry
Sad eyes, you knew there'd come a day
When we would have to say goodbye
Try to remember the magic that we shared
In time your broken heart will mend
I never used you
You knew I really cared
I hate to see it have to end
But it's over
[CHORUS]
Written by Robert John
EMI Records, April 1979
Looks like it's over
You knew I couldn't stay
She's comin' home today
We had a good thing
I'll miss your sweet love
Why must you look at me that way?
It's over
[CHORUS]
Sad eyes, turn the other way
I don't wanna see you cry
Sad eyes, you knew there'd come a day
When we would have to say goodbye
Try to remember the magic that we shared
In time your broken heart will mend
I never used you
You knew I really cared
I hate to see it have to end
But it's over
[CHORUS]
Lyric - Knock Three Times (Dawn, 1971)
Knock Three Times
Italian Pop Song
English Lyric
Vocal by Tony Orlando and Dawn
Cartwheel, 1971
Hey girl what-cha doin' down there?
Dancin' alone every night,
While I live right above you.
I can hear your music playin'.
I can feel your body swayin'.
One floor below me you don't even know me.
I love you.
Oh, my darling,
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.
Mmm-hmmm, twice on the pipe if the answer is no.
Oh my sweetness, (Knock, knock, knock.)
Means you'll meet me in the hallway.
Twice on the pipe (tap, tap),
Means you ain't gonna show.
If you look out your window tonight,
Pull in the string with the note,
That's attached to my heart.
Read how many times I saw you.
How in my silence I adored you.
Only in my dreams did that,
Wall between us come apart.
Oh, my darling,
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.
Oh my sweetness, (knock, knock, knock.)
Means you'll meet me in the hallway.
Twice on the pipe (tap, tap),
Means you ain't gonna show.
Whoa, I can hear your music playin'.
I can feel your body swayin'.
One floor below me you don't even know me.
I love you.
Oh, my darling,
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.
Oh my sweetness, (Knock, knock, knock.)
Means you'll meet me in the hallway.
Twice on the pipe (tap, tap)
Means you ain't gonna show.
Italian Pop Song
English Lyric
Vocal by Tony Orlando and Dawn
Cartwheel, 1971
Hey girl what-cha doin' down there?
Dancin' alone every night,
While I live right above you.
I can hear your music playin'.
I can feel your body swayin'.
One floor below me you don't even know me.
I love you.
Oh, my darling,
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.
Mmm-hmmm, twice on the pipe if the answer is no.
Oh my sweetness, (Knock, knock, knock.)
Means you'll meet me in the hallway.
Twice on the pipe (tap, tap),
Means you ain't gonna show.
If you look out your window tonight,
Pull in the string with the note,
That's attached to my heart.
Read how many times I saw you.
How in my silence I adored you.
Only in my dreams did that,
Wall between us come apart.
Oh, my darling,
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.
Oh my sweetness, (knock, knock, knock.)
Means you'll meet me in the hallway.
Twice on the pipe (tap, tap),
Means you ain't gonna show.
Whoa, I can hear your music playin'.
I can feel your body swayin'.
One floor below me you don't even know me.
I love you.
Oh, my darling,
Knock three times on the ceiling if you want me.
Twice on the pipe if the answer is no.
Oh my sweetness, (Knock, knock, knock.)
Means you'll meet me in the hallway.
Twice on the pipe (tap, tap)
Means you ain't gonna show.
Lyric - San Francisco (Scott McKenzie, 1967)
San Francisco (Flowers In Your Hair)
Written by John Phillips
Vocal by Scott McKenzie
Ode Records, June 1967
If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair
All across the nation
Such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation
With a new explanation
People in motion
People in motion
For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
Written by John Phillips
Vocal by Scott McKenzie
Ode Records, June 1967
If you're going to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you're going to San Francisco
You're gonna meet some gentle people there
For those who come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
In the streets of San Francisco
Gentle people with flowers in their hair
All across the nation
Such a strange vibration
People in motion
There's a whole generation
With a new explanation
People in motion
People in motion
For those who come to San Francisco
Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
If you come to San Francisco
Summertime will be a love-in there
Lyric - Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree (Dawn, 1973)
1973
Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree
Written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown
Performed by Tony Orlando
Dawn
Bell, 1973
I'm coming home. I've done my time.
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine.
If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free,
Then you'll know just what to do
If you still want me,
If you still want me.
[CHORUS]
Oh, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.
It's been three long years.
Do you still want me?
(Still want me?)
If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree,
I'll stay on the bus,
Forget about us,
Put the blame on me,
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.
Bus driver, please look for me,
'Cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see.
I'm really still in prison, and my love, she holds the key.
A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free.
I wrote and told her please.
[CHORUS]
Now the whole damn bus is cheering,
And I can't believe I see,
A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree.
I'm coming home, mm-hmm.
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.
Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.
Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.
Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.
Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.
Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree.
Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree...)