Lyric - Go the Distance ("Hercules," Michael Bolton, 1997)

Composed by David Zippel
Written by Alan Menken
Performed by Michael Bolton
Walt Disney Records, 1997





I have often dreamed
Of a far off place
Where a hero's welcome
Would be waiting for me
Where the crowds will cheer
When they see my face
And a voice keeps saying
This is where I'm meant to be

I'll be there someday
I can go the distance
I will find my way
If I can be strong
I know ev'ry mile
Will be worth my while
When I go the distance
I'll be right where I belong

Down an unknown road
To embrace my fate
Though the road may wander
It will lead me to you
And a thousand years
Would be worth the wait
It may take a lifetime
But somehow I'll see it through

And I won't look back
I can go the distance
And I'll stay on track
No I won't accept defeat
It's an uphill slope
But I won't lose hope
Till I go the distance
And my journey is complete

But to look beyond the glory is the hardest part
For a hero's strength is measured by his heart

Like a shooting star
I can go the distance
I will search the world
I will face its harms
I don't care how far
I can go the distance
TillI find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms...

I will search the world
I will face its harms
TillI find my hero's welcome
Waiting in your arms...

Lyric - Last Christmas (Glee Cast, 2009)

Last Christmas
Written by George Michael
Performed by Glee Cast
2009

[Chorus]
Last christmas
I gave you my heart (gave you my heart)
But the very next day
You gave it away (gave it away)
This year
To save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special (special)

[Chorus]

Once bitten and twice shy
I keep my distance
But you still catch my eye
Tell me baby
Do you recognize me?
Well, it's been a year
It doesn't surprise me
(Happy Christmas, Christmas)

I wrapped it up and sent it
With a note saying "I love you"
I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kissed me now
I know you'd fool me again

[Chorus]

Bum bum bum bum bum bum bum bum

A crowded room
Friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you
And your soul of ice
My god I thought you were
Someone to rely on (someone to rely on)
Me? I guess I was a shoulder to cry on

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man under cover
But you tore me apart (ooh ohh)
Now I've found a real love
You'll never fool me again

[Chorus]

Lyric - Smile (Charlie Chaplin, 1936)

Composer: Charlie Chaplin, 1936
Writer: John Turner & Geoffrey Parsons



Smile though your heart is aching,
Smile even though it's breaking,
When there are clouds in the sky
You'll get by if you
Smile through your fear and sorrow,
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through for you.

Light up your face with gladness,
Hide every trace of sadness,
Although a tear may be ever so near,
That's the time you must keep on trying,
Smile
What's the use of crying,
You'll find that life is still worthwhile,
If you just smile.

Lyric - Don't Make Me Over (Dionne Warwick, 1962)

Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, 1962
Dionne Warwick



Don't make me over
Now that I'd do anything for you
Don't make me over
Now that you know how I adore you

Don't pick on the things I say
the things I do
Just love me with all my faults
that way that I love you
I'm begging you

Don't make me over
Now that I can't make it without you
Don't make me over
I wouldn't change one thing about you

Just take me inside your arms
and hold me tight
And always be by my side
If I am wrong or right
I'm begging you

Don't make me over
Don't make me over
Now that you've got me at your command

Accept me for what I am
Accept me for the things that I do
Accept me for what I am
Accept me for the things that I do

Lyric - Dead and Gone (T.I. feat. Justin Timberlake, 2009)

Dead and Gone

Written and performed by T.I.

Featuring Justin Timberlake

Grand Hustle, 2009

 

 

[Spoken - T.I.]
Ay
Let me kick it to you right quick, partner
Not as a ganster, but as a grown man
What matters more than the mistakes you've made,
Is what you able to learn from it. Big Phil
This for you pimpin'

 

[Chorus - Justin Timberlake (T.I.)]
Ohhhh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
And ohhhh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead
and gone, dead and gone

 

[Verse 1 - T.I.]
Ever had one of dem days wish woulda stayed home
Run into a group of suckas who gettin' they hate on You walk by
They get wrong
You reply then things get blown
Way outta proportion
Way past discussion
Just you against them, pick one then rush 'em
Figure you'll get dropped, hell that's nuthin'
They don't wanna stop there now they bussin'
Now you gushin', ambulance rushin'
You to the hospital with a bad concussion
Plus ya hit 4 times
Plus it hit ya spine
Paralyzed waist down now ya wheel chair bound
Nevermind that now you lucky to be alive
Just think it all started you fussin' with 3 guys
Now ya pride in the way, but ya pride is the way
You could mess around, get shot, die anyday
People die everyday
All over nonsense, dirty money, dice
game, stash box contents
Could this be 'cos of hip hop music?
Or did the ones with the good sense not use it?
Usually people don't know what to do
when their back against the wall so
they just start shootin'
For red or for blue or for blo I guess
From Bankhead or from your projects
No more stress, now I'm straight,
now I get it, now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes
just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say
The old me dead and gone away

 

[Chorus - Justin Timberlake (T.I.)]
Ohhhh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
And ohhhh (eyyy)

I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead
and gone, dead and gone (yeah e yeah)

 

[Verse 2 - T.I.]
I ain't never been scared, I lived through tragedy
Situation coulda been dead lookin' back at it
Most of that stuff didn't even have to happen
But you don't think about it when
you out there trappin'
In apartments, hangin', smokin', and rappin'
Suckas start something, next thing ya know we at it
Get locked up then didn't even get mad
Now thinking back then what a life I had
Most of that stuff, look back, just laugh
Some stuff still look back get sad
Maybe my homeboy still be around
Had I not hit the sucka in the mouth that time
I won that fight
I lost that war
I can still see my homie walkin' out that door
Who'da thought I'd never see Philant no more?
Got enough dead homies I don't want no more
Cost a sucka his job Cost me more
Should walked of and take that loss for sure
Now think before I risk my life
Take them chances to get my stripe
Somebody put his hands on me alright
Otherwise stand there talk stuff all night
'Cos I hit you, you sue me,
I shoot you, get locked up, who me?
No more stress, now I'm straight,
now I get it, now I take
Time to think, before I make mistakes
just for my family's sake
That part of me left yesterday
The heart of me is strong today
No regrets I'm blessed to say
The old me dead and gone away

 

[Chorus - Justin Timberlake (T.I.)]
Ohhhh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
And ohhhh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone

 

[Hook - Justin Timberlake]
I turn my head to the East
I don't see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the West
Still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the North
Swallow that pill that they call pride
That old me is dead and gone
But that new me will be alright

I turn my head to the East
I don't see nobody by my side
I turn my head to the West
Still nobody in sight
So I turn my head to the North
Swallow that pill that they call pride
That old me is dead and gone
But that new me will be alright

 

[Chorus - Justin Timberlake (T.I.)]
Ohhhh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone
And ohhhh (eyyy)
I've been travellin' on this road too long (too long)
Just tryna find my way back home (back home)
The old me is dead and gone, dead and gone, dead...

Lyric - Poker Face (Lady GaGa, 2008)

Poker Face
Written and Performed by Lady GaGa
Streamline, Kon Live, Interscope, Cherrytree, 2008

I wanna hold em' like they do in Texas plays,
Fold em' let em' hit me, raise it, baby stay with me
Love game, intuition play the cards with spades to start,
And after he's been hooked I'll play the one that's on his heart
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
[Chorus:]
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(He's got me like nobody)
Can't read my, can't read my
No he can't read my poker face
(She's got me like nobody)
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
P-p-p-poker face, p-p-poker face
I wanna roll with him a hard pair we will be
A little gambling is fun when you're with me
Russian Roulette is not the same without a gun
And baby when it's love, if its not rough it isn't fun......
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
I want you to know
Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohhhh, ohh-oh-e-ohh-oh-oh
I'll get him hot, show him what I've got
[Repeat Chorus:]
Woh, oh, oh, oh
Oh-woh-oh-oh-oh
I won't tell you that I love you
Kiss or hug you
Cause I'm bluffin' with my muffin
I'm not lying
I'm just stunnin'
With my love-glue-gunning
Just like a chick in the casino
Take your bank before I pay you out
I promise this, promise this
Check this hand 'cause I am marvelous
So marvelous, I'm marvelous
So marvelous, so marvelous
Can't ready my, can't read my
He can't ready my Poker Face

Lyric - "Alone" (Heart, 1987)

Alone

Composed by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly

Performed by Heart (Ann and Nancy Wilson et al)

Album: Bad Animals

Capitol, May 16, 1987

(The song first appeared on via Steinberg and Kelly's pet project, 1983's I-Ten, "Taking a Cold Look." It was later recorded by John Stamos in his role as Gino Minelli, on the original soundtrack of the CBS sitcom Dreams in 1984. American rock band Heart made it a hit in 1987. Twenty years later, Céline Dion recorded it for her album Taking Chances.)

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I hear the ticking of the clock

I'm lying here, the room's pitch dark

I wonder where you are tonight

No answer on the telephone

And the night goes by so very slow

Oh I hope that it won't end though

Alone

[CHORUS]

Till now I always got by on my own

I never really cared until I met you

And now it chills me to the bone

How do I get you alone

How do I get you alone

You don't know how long I have wanted 

to touch your lips and hold you tight

You don't know how long I have waited

and I was going to tell you tonight

But the secret is still my own

and my love for you is still unknown

Alone

[CHORUS]

Alone

Alone

Lyric - Halo (Beyonce, 2009)

Halo
Performed by Beyonce
Composed by Evan Bogart and Ryan Tedder
Columbia, 2009

Remember those walls I built
Well, baby they're tumbling down
And they didn't even put up a fight
They didn't even make up a sound

I found a way to let you in
But I never really had a doubt
Standing in the light of your halo
I got my angel now

It's like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
It's the risk that I'm takin'
I ain't never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

Hit me like a ray of sun
Burning through my darkest night
You're the only one that I want
Think I'm addicted to your light

I swore I'd never fall again
But this don't even feel like falling
Gravity can't forget
To pull me back to the ground again

Feels like I've been awakened
Every rule I had you breakin'
The risk that I'm takin'
I'm never gonna shut you out

Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
Halo, halo

Everywhere I'm looking now
I'm surrounded by your embrace
Baby I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace

You're everything I need and more
It's written all over your face
Baby I can feel your halo
Pray it won't fade away

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo
I can feel your halo halo halo
I can see your halo halo halo

Lyric - Cry Me A River (Justin Timberlake)

Cry Me A River
Written and Performed by Justin Timberlake
Jive, 2002

You were my sun
You were my earth
But you didn't know all the ways I loved you, no
So you took a chance
And made other plans
But I bet you didn't think that they would come crashing down, no

You don't have to say, what you did,
I already know, I found out from him
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me
Why did you leave me, all alone
Now you tell me you need me
When you call me, on the phone
Girl I refuse, you must have me confused
With some other guy
Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn
To cry, cry me a river
Cry me a river-er
Cry me a river
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

I know that they say
That somethings are better left unsaid
It wasn't like you only talked to him and you know it
(Don't act like you don't know it)
All of these things people told me
Keep messing with my head
(Messing with my head)
You should've picked honesty
Then you may not have blown it
(Yea..)

You don't have to say, what you did,
(Don't have to say, what you did)
I already know, I found out from him
(I already know, uh)
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
(No chance, you and me)
And don't it make you sad about it

You told me you loved me
Why did you leave me, all alone
(All alone)
Now you tell me you need me
When you call me, on the phone
(When you call me on the phone)
Girl I refuse, you must have me confused
With some other guy
(I'm not like them baby)
Your bridges were burned, and now it's your turn
(It's your turn)
To cry, cry me a river
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be leaving
Oh
(Oh)
The damage is done
So I guess I be... leaving

You don't have to say, what you did,
(Don't have to say, what you did)
I already know, I found out from him
(I already know, uh)
Now there's just no chance, for you and me, there'll never be
(No chance, you and me)
And don't it make you sad about it

Cry me a river
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river
(You can go on and just)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea

Cry me a river
(Baby go on and just)
Cry me a river-er
(Go on and just)
Cry me a river
(Cause I've already cried)
Cry me a river-er, yea yea
(Ain't gonna cry no more, yea-yea)

Cry me a river
Cry me a river, oh
Cry me a river, oh
Cry me a river, oh

Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)

Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river, oh
(Cry me, cry me)
Cry me a river
(Cry me, cry me)

Lyric - I'll Be There (The Jackson 5)

I'll Be There
Performed by The Jackson 5
Written by Berry Gordy, Bob West, Hal Davis, and Willie Hutch
Motown, 1970

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

And oh, I'll be there to comfort you,
Build my world of dreams around you
I'm so glad that I found you
I'll be there with a love that's strong
I'll be your strength, I'll keep holding on
Yes, I'll be, yes, I'll be

Let me fill your heart with joy and laughter
Togetherness, well that's all I'm after
Whenever you need me, I'll be there
I'll be there to protect you, yeah baby
With an unselfish love that respects you
Just call my name and I'll be there

And oh, I'll be there to comfort you,
Build my world of dreams around you
I'm so glad that I found you
I'll be there with a love that's strong
I'll be your strength, I'll keep holding on,
Yes, I'll be, yes, I'll be

If you should ever find someone new
I know he'd better be good to you
'Cause if he doesn't, I'll be there
Don't you know, baby, yeah yeah
I'll be there, I'll be there
Just call my name, I'll be there
Just look over your shoulders, honey, oh

I'll be there, I'll be there
Whenever you need me, I'll be there
Don't you know, baby, yeah yeah

I'll be there, I'll be there
Just call my name, I'll be there...

Lyric - Let's Stay Together (Al Green, 1971)

Let's Stay Together
Written and Performed by Al Green
Hi Records, 1971

I, I'm so in love with you
Whatever you want to do is all right with me
'Cause you make me feel so brand new
And I want to spend the rest of my life with you

Let me say that since, alright, since we've been together
Loving you forever is what I need
Oh let me be the one you come running to
I'll never be untrue

Oh let's, let's stay together
Lovin' you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad, alright, oh yeah
Whether times are good or bad, happy or sad

Oh tell me why, why, why, why, why, why
Why people break up, turn around and make up
I can't see, you never, never, never do that to me
You better not do, staying around you is all I
All these eyes will ever see

Why won't you say that me, everybody says
That let's, let's stay together
Lovin' you whether, whether
Times are good or bad, happy or sad

Everybody says, "Let's, let's stay together"
I'll keep on lovin' you whether, whether
Times are, oh times are good or times are bad
Whether, whether good or bad, happy or sad
Oh yeah, oh yeah, oh yeah

Lyric - Accidentally In Love (Counting Crows, 2004)

Accidentall In Love
Written and Performed by Counting Crows
Geffen, 2004

So she said, "What's the problem baby?"
What's the problem I don't know
Well maybe I'm in love, think about it every time
I think about it, can't stop thinking 'bout it

How much longer will it take to cure this
Just to cure it 'cause I can't ignore it if it's love
Makes me wanna turn around and face me
But I don't know nothing about love

Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
Come on, come on
Because everybody's after love

So I said, "I'm a snowball running"
Running down into the spring
That's coming all this love melting under
Blue skies belting out sunlight, shimmering love

Well baby I surrender to the strawberry ice cream
Never ever end of all this love
Well I didn't mean to do it
But there's no escaping your love

These lines of lightning
Mean we're never alone
Never alone, no, no

Come on, come on
Move a little closer
Come on, come on
I want to hear you whisper
Come on, come on
Settle down inside my love

Come on, come on
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on
If you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once upon a time in love

We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love

Accidentally
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
Accidentally
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
Accidentally

Come on, come on
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on
And the world's a little brighter
Come on, come on
Just get yourself inside her
Love, I'm in love

Lyric - Who's Loving You (The Jackson 5, 1969)

Who's Loving You
Written by Smokey Robinson
Performed by The Jackon 5 (Michael Jackson)
Original Tamla, 1960
Motown, 1969

When I had you
I treated you bad and wrong, my dear
And girl, since, since you went away

Don't you know I sit around
With my head hanging down
And I wonder, who's loving you?

I, I, I should have never, ever
Ever made you cry
And girl, since, since you've been gone

Don't you know I sit around
With my head hanging down
And I wonder, who's loving you?

Life without love, it's, oh so lonely
I don't think, I don't think, I'm gonna make it

All my life, all my life, yeah
Been lost to you only
Come on and take it, girl
Come on and take it

Because all I can do, all I can do
Since you've been gone is cry
And you ever wonder
And worry you fill in the head 'bout what I do

Don't you know I sit around
With my head hanging down
And I wonder, who's loving you?

(Who's loving you?)
I, I, I don't know, yeah
(Who's loving you?)

I, I, I wonder
(Who's loving you?)
Who's loving you?
(Who's loving you?)
I, I, I...

Voulez-Vous
ABBA
Polar, April 23, 1979


People everywhere
A sense of expectation hanging in the air
Giving out a spark
Across the room your eyes are glowing in the dark

And here we go again, we know the start, we know the end
Masters of the scene
We've done it all before and now were back to get some more
You know what I mean

[CHORUS]
Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Take it now or leave it (ah-ha)
Now is all we get (ah-ha)
Nothing promised, no regrets
Voulez-vous (ah-ha)
Ain't no big decision (ah-ha)
You know what to do (ah-ha)
La question c'est voulez-vous
Voulez-vous...

I know what you think
The girl means business so I'll offer her a drink
Looking mighty proud
I see you leave your table, pushing through the crowd
I'm really glad you came, you know the rules, you know the game
Master of the scene
We've done it all before and now were back to get some more
You know what I mean

[CHORUS]

And here we go again, we know the start, we know the end
Masters of the scene
Weve done it all before and now were back to get some more
You know what I mean

[CHORUS]

Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)
Voulez-vous (ah-ha, ah-ha, ah-ha)

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


-----

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]

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

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]

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]

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.

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

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...)

Lyric - I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor, 1978)

I Will Survive
Written by Freddie Perren, Dino Fekaris
Vocal by Gloria Gaynor
October 27, 1978


At first I was afraid
I was petrified
Kept thinking I could never live
Without you by my side
But then I spent so many nights
Thinking how you did me wrong
And I grew strong
And I learned how to get along

And so you're back
From outer space
I just walked in to find you here
With that sad look upon your face
I should have changed that stupid lock
I should have made you leave your key
If I had known for just one second
You'd be back to bother me

[CHORUS]
Go on now go
Walk out the door
Just turn around now
'Cause you're not welcome anymore
Weren't you the one who tried to hurt me with goodbye
Did you think I'd crumble
Did you think I'd lay down and die

Oh no, not I
I will survive
Oh as long as i know how to love
I know I'll stay alive
I've got all my life to live
I've got all my love to give
And I'll survive
I will survive
(hey hey)

It took all the strength I had
Not to fall apart
Kept trying hard to mend
The pieces of my broken heart
And I spent oh so many nights
Just feeling sorry for myself

I used to cry
But now I hold my head up high
And you see me
Somebody new
I'm not that chained up little person
Still in love with you
And so you felt like dropping in
And just expect me to be free
But now I'm saving all my loving
For someone who's loving me

[CHORUS]

Lyric - Spirits Having Flown (Bee Gees, 1979)

Spirits (Having Flown)
Bee Gees
RSO, February 1979


I never fell in love so easily.
Where the four winds blow I carry on.
I'd like to take you where my spirit flies:
Through the empty skies.
We go alone.
Never before having flown.

Faster than lightning is this heart of mine.
In the face of time I carry on.
I'd like to take you where my rainbow ends.
Be my lover friend.
We go alone.
Never before having flown.

[Chorus]
I am your hurricane, your fire in the sun.
How long must I live in the air?
You are my paradise, my angel on the run.
How long must I wait?
It's the dawn of the feeling that starts
From the moment you're there.

[Bridge]
You'll never know what you have done for me.
You've broken all those rules I live upon.
And I'd like to take you to my Shangri-La,
Neither here nor far away from home,
Never before having flown.

[Chorus]

I'd like to take you where my spirit flies,
Through the empty skies.
We go alone.
Never before having flown.

Lyric - Too Much Heaven (Bee Gees, 1978)

Too Much Heaven
Bee Gees
RSO, November 21, 1978


[Chorus]
Nobody gets too much heaven no more
It's much harder to come by
I'm waiting in line
Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as high as a mountain
And harder to climb

Oh you and me girl
Got a lot of love in store
And it flows through you
And it flows through me
And I love you so much more
Then my life..
I can see beyond forever
Evrything we are will never die
Loving's such a beautiful thing
Oh you make my world.. a summer day
Are you just a dream to fade away

[Chorus]

You and me girl got a highway to the sky
We can turn away from the night and day
And the tears we had to pay (u hade to cry)
You're my life..
I can see a new tomorrow
Everything we are will never die
Loving's such a beautiful thing
When you are to me, the light above
Made for all to see our precious love

[Chorus]

Love is such a beautiful thing
You make my world a summer day
Are you just a dream to fade away

[Chorus]

Nobody gets too much love anymore
It's as wide as a river and harder to cross

[Chorus]

Lyric - How Can I Tell Her (Lobo, 1973)

How Can I Tell Her
Lobo (Roland Kent Lavoie)
1973


She knows when I'm lonesome
And she cries when I'm sad
She's up in the good times
She's down in the bad
Whenever I'm discouraged
She knows just what to do
But girl she doesn't know about you.

I can tell her my troubles
She makes them all seem right
I can make up excuses not to hold her at night
We can talk of tomorrow
I'll tell her things that I want to do
But girl how can I tell her about you.

How can I tell her about you
Girl please tell me what to do
Everything seems right
Whenever I'm with you
So girl won't you tell me
How to tell her about you.

How can I tell her I don't miss her whenever I'm away
How can I say it's you I think of every single night and day
But when is it easy telling someone we're through
Ah girl help me tell her about you.

Lyric - I'd Love You to Want Me (Lobo, 1972)

I'd Love You to Want Me
Written by Lobo (Roland Kent Lavoie)
Big Tree Records, 1972


When I saw you standing there
I about fell off my chair
When you moved your mouth to speak
I felt the blood go to my feet

Now it took time for me to know
What you tried so not to show
Something in my soul just cried
I see the want in your blue eyes

[Chorus]
Baby, I'd love you to want me
The way that I want you
The way that it should be
Baby, you'd love me to want you
The way that I want to
If you'd only let it be

You told yourself years ago
You'd never let your feelings show
The obligation that you made
For the title that they gave

Repeat chorus
Repeat verse 2
Repeat chorus

Lyric - Torn Between Two Lovers (Mary MacGregor, 1976)

Torn Between Two Lovers
Written by Peter Yarrow and Phillip Jarrell
Vocal by Mary MacGregor

Ariola America, 1976

There are times when a woman has to say what's on her mind
Even though she knows how much it's gonna hurt
Before I say another word let me tell you, I love you
Let me hold you close and say these words as gently as I can

There's been another man that I've needed and I've loved
But that doesn't mean I love you less
And he knows he can't possess me and he knows he never will
There's just this empty place inside of me that only he can fill

[Chorus]
Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool
Lovin' both of you is breakin' all the rules
Torn between two lovers, feelin' like a fool
Lovin' you both is breakin' all the rules

You mustn't think you've failed me
Just because there's someone else
You were the first real love I ever had
And all the things I ever said
I swear they still are true
For no one else can have the part of me I gave to you

[Chorus]

I couldn't really blame you if you turned and walked away
But with everything I feel inside, I'm asking you to stay

[Chorus]

Torn between two lovers

[Fade]

Feelin' like a fool
Lovin' both of you is breakin' all the rules

Lyric - Just When I Needed You Most (Randy VanWarmer, 1979)

Just When I Needed You Most
Written by Randy VanWarmer
Bearsville Records, 1979


[REFRAIN]
You packed in the morning and I
Stared out the window and I
Struggled for something to say
You left in the rain
Without closing the door
I didn't stand in your way

But I miss you more than I
Missed you before and now
Where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me
Just when I needed you most

(Left me, just when I needed you most)

Now most every morning I
Stare out the window and I
Think about where you might be
I've written you letters
That I'd like to send
If you would just send one to me

'Cause I need you more than I
Needed before and now
Where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me
Just when I needed you most

(Left me, just when I needed you most)

[Instrumental Interlude]

[REFRAIN]

Now I love you more than I
Loved you before and now
Where I'll find comfort, God knows
'Cause you left me
Just when I needed you most
Oh, yeah
You left me
Just when I needed you most

You left me
Just when I needed you most

Lyric- Jolene (Dolly Parton, 1974)

Jolene
Dolly Parton
RCA, February 1974


[REFRAIN]
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 ivory skin and eyes of emerald green
Your smile is like a breath of spring
Your voice is soft like summer rain
And I cannot compete with you, Jolene

He talks about you in his sleep
And there's nothing I can do to keep
From crying when he calls your name, Jolene

And I can easily understand
How you could easily take my man
But you don't know what he means to me, Jolene

[REFRAIN]

You could have your choice of men
But I could never love again
He's the only one for me, Jolene
I had to have this talk with you
My happiness depends on you
And whatever you decide to do, Jolene

[REFRAIN]

Lyric - Blue Bayou (Roy Orbison, 1963)

Blue Bayou
Written by Roy Orbison & Joe Melson
Monument, August 1, 1963


I feel so bad I've got a worried mind
I'm so lonesome all the time
Since I left my baby behind on blue bayou

Saving nickels, saving dimes, working till the sun don't shine
Looking forward to happier times on blue bayou

I'm going back some day come what may to blue bayou
Where you sleep all day and the catfish play on blue bayou

All those fishing boats with their sails afloat if I could only see
That familiar sunrise through sleepy eyes, how happy I'd be

Go to see my baby again
And to be with some of my friends
Maybe I'd be happy then on blue bayou

I'm going back some day, gonna stay on blue bayou
Where the folks are fine and the world is mine on blue bayou
Oh, that girl of mine by my side
The silver moon and the evening tide
Oh, some sweet day gonna take away this hurtin inside

I'll never be blue, my dreams come true on blue bayou

Lyric - Dream Baby (Roy Orbison)

Dream Baby
Roy Orbison


Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream?

Dream baby
Got me dreamin' sweet dreams
The whole day through
Dream baby
Got me dreamin' sweet dreams
Nighttime too
I love you
And I really love you
You know I do
Dream baby, make me stop my dreamin'
You can make my dreams come true

Oh, sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
Sweet dream baby
How long must I dream?

Lyric - Only The Lonely (Roy Orbison, 1960)

CD Version


Live

Only The Lonely
Written by Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
Monument Records, May 1960


Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-oh-wah
Only the lonely
Only the lonely

Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
Know the way I feel tonight (ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah)
Only the lonely (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)
Know this feelin’ ain’t right (dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)

There goes my baby
There goes my heart
They’re gone forever
So far apart

But only the lonely
Know why
I cry
Only the lonely

Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah
Ooh-yay-yay-yay-yeah
Oh-oh-oh-oh-wah
Only the lonely
Only the lonely

Only the lonely
Know the heartaches I’ve been through
Only the lonely
Know I cried and cried for you

Maybe tomorrow
A new romance
No more sorrow
But that’s the chance
You gotta take
If your lonely heart breaks
Only the lonely

Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah

Lyric - Crying (Roy Orbison, 1961)

Crying
Written by Roy Orbison, Joe Melson
Monument 447, July 1961


I was alright for a while,
I could smile for a while.
But when I saw you last night,
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say hello.
And though you wished me well,
You couldn't tell that I'd been
Crying over you, crying over you
Yes you said so long, and left me standing all alone,
Alone and crying, crying, crying, crying

It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying.

I thought that I was over you,
But it's true, so true.
I love you even more
Than I did before,
But darling, what can I do?
Oh, you don't love me,
And I'll always be
Crying over you, crying over you,
Yes, now you're gone, and from this moment on,
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying
Over you.

Lyric - Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison, 1964)

Pretty Woman
Written by Roy Orbison, Bill Dees
Monument 851, August 1964


Pretty woman, walking down the street
Pretty woman, the kind I like to meet
Pretty woman
I don't believe you, you're not the truth
No one could look as good as you

Mercy

Pretty woman, won't you pardon me
Pretty woman, I couldn't help but see
Pretty woman
That you look lovely as can be
Are you lonely just like me

Wow

Pretty woman, stop a while
Pretty woman, talk a while
Pretty woman, give your smile to me

Pretty woman, yeah yeah yeah
Pretty woman, look my way
Pretty woman, say you'll stay with me

'Cause I need you, I'll treat you right
Come to me baby, be mine tonight

Pretty woman, don't walk on by
Pretty woman, don't make me cry
Pretty woman, don't walk away, hey...okay
If that's the way it must be, okay

I guess I'll go on home, it's late
There'll be tomorrow night, but wait
What do I see
Is she walking back to me
Yeah, she's walking back to me
Oh, oh, Pretty woman

Lyric - Take It Easy (The Eagles, 1972)

Take It Easy
Written by Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey
The Eagles
Asylum, May 1, 1972


Well, I'm running down the road
Tryin' to loosen my load
I've got seven women on my mind,

Four that wanna own me,
Two that wanna stone me,
One says she's a friend of mine.

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels
Drive you crazy
Lighten up while you still can
Don't even try to understand
Just find a place to make your stand
And take it easy

Well, I'm a standing on a corner in Winslow Arizona
I'm such a fine sight to see
It's a girl, my Lord, in a flatbed Ford slowin' down to take a look at me

Come on, baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me

We may lose and we may win
Though we will never be here again
So open up, I'm climbin' in
Take it easy...
(Alright)

Well I'm running down the road trying to loosen my load
Got a world of trouble on my mind
Lookin' for a lover who won't blow my cover, she's so hard to find

Take it easy, take it easy
Don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy
Come on baby, don't say maybe
I gotta know if your sweet love is gonna save me

ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh,ooh

Oh well you know we got it easy
We oughta take it easy, yeah

Lyric - I Can't Tell You Why (The Eagles, 1980)

I Can't Tell You Why
Written by Timothy B. Schmit, Glenn Frey, Don Henley
The Eagles
Asylum, February 4, 1980


Look at us baby, up all night
Tearing our love apart
Aren't we the same two people who live through years in the dark?
Ahh...

Every time I try to walk away
Something makes me turn around and stay
And I can't tell you why

When we get crazy,
It just ain't right,
(try to keep you head, little girl)
Girl, I get lonely, too

You don't have to worry
Just hold on tight
(don't get caught in your little world)
'Cause I love you

Nothing's wrong as far as I can see
We make it harder than it has to be
and I can't tell you why
No, baby, I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
No, no, baby, I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why
I can't tell you why

Lyric - New Kid In Town (The Eagles, 1976)

New Kid In Town
Written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, J.D. Souther
The Eagles
Asylum, December 7, 1976


There's talk on the street; it sounds so familiar
Great expectations, everybody's watching you
The people you meet, they all seem to know you
Even your old friends treat you like you're something new

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town
Everybody loves you, so don't let them down

You look in her eyes; the music begins to play
Hopeless romantics, here we go again
But after awhile, you're lookin' the other way
It's those restless hearts that never mend

Johnny come lately, the new kid in town
Will she still love you when you're not around?

There's so many things you should have told her,
but night after night you're willing to hold her,
Just hold her, tears on your shoulder

There's talk on the street, it's there to remind you
That it doesn't really matter which side you're on.
You're walking away and they're talking behind you
They will never forget you 'til somebody new comes along

Where you been lately? There's a new kid in town
Everybody loves him, don't they?
Now he's holding her, and you're still around

Oh, my, my
There's a new kid in town
Just another new kid in town
Ooh, hoo
Everybody's talking 'bout the new kid in town,
Ooh, hoo
Everybody's walking' like the new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
Theres a new kid in town people started walking
There's a new kid in town
I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town
I don't want to hear it
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town
There's a new kid in town

Lyric - Lyin' Eyes (The Eagles, 1975)

Houston 1976


Farewell




Lyin' Eyes
Written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey
The Eagles
Asylum, September 7, 1975


City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man
And she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style

Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is only
Given to a man with hands as cold as ice

So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

[CHORUS]
You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes

On the other side of town a boy is waiting
With fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal
She drives on through the night anticipating
'Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel

She rushes to his arms,
They fall together
She whispers that it's only for awhile
She swears that soon she'll be comin' back forever
She pulls away and leaves him with a smile

[CHORUS]

She gets up and pours herself a strong one
And stares out at the stars up in the sky
Another night, it's gonna be a long one
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry

She wonders how it ever got this crazy
She thinks about a boy she knew in school
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool

My, oh my, you sure know how to arrange things
You set it up so well, so carefully
Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things
You're still the same old girl you used to be

[CHORUS]

There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes

Lyric - Hotel California (The Eagles, 1977)

Hotel California
Written by Don Felder, Glenn Frey, Don Henley
The Eagles
Asylum, February 1977


On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
I had to stop for the night

There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself,
This could be heaven or this could be hell
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor,
I thought I heard them say...

[CHORUS]
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time of year, you can find it here

Her mind is tiffany-twisted, she got the mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys, that she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget

So I called up the captain,
Please bring me my wine
He said, We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

[CHORUS]
Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise, bring your alibis

Mirrors on the ceiling,
The pink champagne on ice
And she said We are all just prisoners here, of our own device
And in the master's chambers,
They gathered for the feast
The stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember,
I was running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax", said the night man,
We are programmed to receive.
You can checkout any time you like,
But you can never leave!

Lyric - Careless Whisper (George Michael, 1984)

Careless Whisper
Written by George Michael & Andrew Ridgeley
Recorded by George Michael
Columbia Records, 1984




I feel so unsure as I take your hand and lead you to the dance floor.
As the music dies something in your eyes
Calls to mind a silver screen and you're its sad goodbye.


[CHORUS]
I'm never gonna dance again
guilty feet have got no rhythm
Though it's easy to pretend
I know you're not a fool.
I should have known better than to cheat a friend
And waste a chance that I've been given.
So I'm never gonna dance again
the way I danced with you.


Time can never mend the careless whispers of a good friend.
To the heart and mind ignorance is kind.
There's no comfort in the truth
Pain is all you'll find.


[CHORUS]


Never without your love.


Tonight the music seems so loud
I wish that we could lose this crowd.
Maybe it's better this way
We'd hurt each other with the things we want to say.


We could have been so good together
We could have lived this dance forever
But now who's gonna dance with me?
Please stay.


[CHORUS]


No dance
no dance
no dance
you're gone - no dance
you're gone.
This matter is so wrong
so wrong
that you had lo leave me alone.

Lyric - I Started a Joke (Bee Gees 1968)

I Started a Joke
Written by Barry, Robin, Maurice Gibb
Polydor 1968


I started a joke, which started the whole world crying,
But I didnt see that the joke was on me, oh no.

I started to cry, which started the whole world laughing,
Oh, if Id only seen that the joke was on me.

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that Id said.

Til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if Id only seen that the joke was on me.

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that Id said.

til I finally died, which started the whole world living,
Oh, if Id only seen that the joke was one me.

Lyric - How Deep is Your Love (Bee Gees, 1977)

How Deep is Your Love
Written by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb
RSO, 1977




I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again


And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave
And its me you need to show


[Chorus]
How deep is your love
I really need to learn
cause were living in a world of fools
Breaking us down
When they all should let us be
We belong to you and me


I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
Youre the light in my deepest darkest hour
Youre my saviour when I fall
And you may not think
I care for you
When you know down inside
That I really do
And its me you need to show


[Chorus]
(Repeat and fade)

Lyric - Billie Jean (Michael Jackson, 1983)

Billie Jean

Written & Recorded by Michael Jackson

Epic 1983

1st verse

She was more like a beauty queen from a movie scene

I said dont mind, but what do you mean I am the one

Who will dance on the floor in the round

She said I am the one who will dance on the floor in the round

2nd verse

She told me her name was billie jean, as she caused a scene

Then every head turned with eyes that dreamed of being the one

Who will dance on the floor in the round

Bridge

People always told me be careful of what you do

And dont go around breaking young girls' hearts

And mother always told me be careful of who you love

And be careful of what you do cause the lie becomes the truth

Chorus

Billie jean is not my lover

Shes just a girl who claims that I am the one

But the kid is not my son

She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

3rd verse

For forty days and forty nights

The law was on her side

But who can stand when shes in demand

Her schemes and plans

cause we danced on the floor in the round

So take my strong advice, just remember to always think twice

(do think twice)

4th verse

She told my baby,we where dancing still 3:00

Then she looked at me, she show me a photo

My baby cried, cause his eyes where like mine

cause we danced on the floor in the round

Bridge

People always told me be careful of what you do

And dont go around breaking young girls' hearts

She came and stood right by me

Then the smell of sweet perfume

This happened much too soon

She called me to her room

Chorus

Billie jean is not my lover

Shes just a girl who claims that I am the one

But the kid is not my son

Billie jean is not my lover

Shes just a girl who claims that I am the one

But the kid is not my son

She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

Billie jean is not my lover

Shes just a girl who claims that I am the one

But the kid is not my son

She says I am the one, but the kid is not my son

She says I am the one, she says he is my son

She says I am the one

Billie jean is not my lover

Billie jean is not my lover

Billie jean is not my lover

Billie jean is not my lover

Billie jean is not my lover

Billie jean is not my lover

Lyric - Oklahoma (Billy Gilman, 2000)

Oklahoma

Written by John Allen and D. Vincent Williams

Recorded by Billy Gilman

Epic Nashville - June 20, 2000

Suitcase packed with all his things

Car pulls up, the doorbell rings

He don't want to go

He thought he'd found his home

But with circumstances he can't change

Waves goodbye as they pull away

From the life he's known

For the last seven months or so

She said we found the man who looks like you

Who cried and said he never knew

About the boy in pictures that we showed him

A rambler in his younger days

He knew he made a few mistakes

But he swore he would have been there

Had he known it

Son we think we found your dad in Oklahoma

A million thoughts raced through his mind

What's his name, what's he like and will he be

Anything like the man in his dreams

She could see the questions in his eyes

Whispered "don't be scared my child

I will let you know, what we know

About the man we found, he looks like you

Who cried and said he never knew

About the boy in pictures that we showed him

A rambler in his younger days

He knew he'd made a few mistakes

But he swore he would've been there

Had he known it

You always said that this was something that you wanted

Son it's time to meet your Dad in Oklahoma

One last turn he held his breath

'Til they reached the fifth house on the left

And all at once the tears came rolling in

And as they pulled into the drive

A man was waiting there outside

Wiped the worry from his eyes

Smiled and took his hand

And he said I'm the man who looks like you

Who cried because I never knew

About the boy in pictures that they showed me

A rambler in my younger days

I knew I made a few mistakes

But I swear I would have been there had I known it

Never again will you ever be alone

Son welcome to your home in Oklahoma 

Lyric - One Day In Your Life

One Day In Your Life

Written by Sam Brown and Renée Armand

Recorded by Michael Jackson

Motown Records 1975

One day in your life 

you'll remember a place 

Someone's touching your face 

You'll come back and you'll look around you 

One day in your life 

You'll remember the love you found here 

You'll remember me somehow 

Though you don't need me now 

I will stay in your heart 

And when things fall apart 

You'll remember one day... 

One day in your life 

When you find that you're always waiting 

For the love we used to share 

Just call my name 

And I'll be there 

(Oh-oh-oh-oh-oh...) 

You'll remember me somehow 

Though you don't need me now 

I will stay in your heart 

And when things fall apart 

You'll remember one day... 

One day in your life 

When you find that you're always longing 

for the love we used to share 

Just call my name 

And I'll be there 

(Ohh...)

Lyric - Bella Luna

Bella Luna

Recorded by Jason MrAZ

2005

Mystery the moon

A hole in the sky

A supernatural nightlight

So full but often right

A pair of eyes a closin' one

A chosen child of golden sun

A marble dog that chases cars

To farthest reaches of the beach and far beyond into the swimming sea of stars

A cosmic fish they love to kiss

They're giving birth to constellation

No riffs and oh no reservation

If they should fall you get a wish or dedication

May I suggest you get the best

For nothing less than you and I

Let's take a chance as this romance is rising over before we lose the lighting

Oh bella bella please

Bella you beautiful luna

Oh bella do what you do

Do do do do do

You are an illuminating anchor

Of leagues to infinite number

Crashing waves and breaking thunder

Tiding the ebb and flows of hunger

You're dancing naked there for me

You expose all memory

You make the most of boundary

You're the ghost of royalty imposing love

You are the queen and king combining everything

Intertwining like a ring around the finger of a girl

I'm just a singer, you're the world

All I can bring ya

Is the language of a lover

Bella luna, my beautiful, beautiful moon

How you swoon me like no other

May I suggest you get the best

Of your wish may I insist

That no contest for little you or smaller I

A larger chance happened, all them they lie

On the rise, on the brink of our lives

Bella please

Bella you beautiful luna

Oh bella do what you do

Bella luna, my beautiful, beautiful moon

How you swoon me like no other, oh oh oh

Lyric - Ben

Ben

Written by Don Black and Walter Scharf

Recorded by Michael Jackson

Motown 1972

Ben, the two of us need look no more 

We both found what we were looking for 

With a friend to call my own 

I'll never be alone 

And you, my friend, will see 

You've got a friend in me 

(you've got a friend in me) 

Ben, you're always running here and there 

You feel you're not wanted anywhere 

If you ever look behind 

And don't like what you find 

There's one thing you should know 

You've got a place to go 

(you've got a place to go) 

I used to say "I" and "me" 

Now it's "us", now it's "we" 

I used to say "I" and "me" 

Now it's "us", now it's "we" 

Ben, most people would turn you away 

I don't listen to a word they say 

They don't see you as I do 

I wish they would try to 

I'm sure they'd think again 

If they had a friend like Ben 

(a friend) Like Ben 

(like Ben) Like Ben

Lyric - The Day You Went Away (M2M, 2003)

The Day You Went Away

M2M

2003

[VERSE 1]

Well I wonder could it be

When I was dreaming 'bout you baby

You were dreaming of me

Call me crazy, call me blind

To still be suffering is stupid after all of this time

[PRE-CHORUS 1]

Did I lose my love to someone better

And does she love you like I do

I do, you know I really really do

[CHORUS]

Well hey

So much I need to say

Been lonely since the day

The day you went away

So sad but true

For me there's only you

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

Oh oh yeah oh oh oh....

[VERSE 2]

I remember date and time

September twenty second

Sunday twenty five after nine

In the doorway with your case

No longer shouting at each other

There were tears on our faces

[PRE-CHORUS 2]

And we were letting go of something special

Something we'll never have again

I know, I guess I really really know

[CHORUS]

The day you went away

The day you went away

[PRE-CHORUS 1]

[CHORUS]

[BRIDGE]

Why do we never know what we've got 'til it's gone

How could I carry on

The day you went away

Cause I've been missing you so much I have to say

Been crying since the day

The day you went away

The day you went away

The day you went away

Lyrics - Circle of Life (Lion King)

Circle of Life (Lion King)
Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Vocals by Carmen Twillie and Lebo M.
1994

Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba [Here comes a lion, Father]
Sithi uhm ingonyama [Oh yes, it's a lion]

Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama
Ingonyama

Siyo Nqoba [We're going to conquer]
Ingonyama
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala [A lion and a leopard come to this open place]

[Chant repeats]

From the day we arrive on the planet
And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round

It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life

It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life

Lyrics - America the Beautiful

America the Beautiful
Written by Katharine Lee Bates
Composed by Samuel A. Ward
1895

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for pilgrim feet
Whose stern impassioned stress
A thoroughfare of freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!

O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife.
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine
Till all success be nobleness
And every gain divine!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!

O beautiful for halcyon skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the enameled plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till souls wax fair as earth and air
And music-hearted sea!

O beautiful for pilgrims feet,
Whose stem impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till paths be wrought through
wilds of thought
By pilgrim foot and knee!

O beautiful for glory-tale
Of liberating strife
When once and twice,
for man's avail
Men lavished precious life!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till selfish gain no longer stain
The banner of the free!

O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
Till nobler men keep once again
Thy whiter jubilee!

Lyrics - Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace
John Newton
1772

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.

Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus far
and Grace will lead me home.

The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

When we've been here ten thousand years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.

Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

Naam Yi Dong Ji Keung (Once Upon a Time in China)

Naam Yi Dong Ji Keung (Once Upon a Time in China)

O hei o siu man chung long
Yit huet yit sing hung yat gwong
Gwat ji jing gong
Hung kam baak chin jeung
Ngaan gwong maan lei cheung
Sai fen yiu faat ji keung
Jo ho hon
Jo goh ho hon ji
Mui tin yiu ji keung
Bit sing hung yat gwong
Yeung hoi tin wai ngoh jeui neng leung
Heui hoi tin pik dei
Wai ngoh leiseung heui cheung
Hon bik boh go jong
Yau hon bik hung gwong fut ho hei yeung
Gei si naam yi dong ji keung
On bo ding hung dai ga jok dung leung
Jo ho hon
Yung ngoh baak dim yit
Yiu chut chin fen gwong
Jo goh ho hon ji
Yit huet yit cheung yit
Bit sing hung yat gwong

Lyrics - A Whole New World (Aladdin)

A Whole New World (Aladdin)
Composed by Alan Menkan
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Vocals by Brad Kane and Lea Salonga
1992

I can show you the world
Shining, shimmering, splendid
Tell me, princess, now when did
You last let your heart decide?

I can open your eyes
Take you wonder by wonder
Over, sideways and under
On a magic carpet ride

A whole new world
A new fantastic point of view
No one to tell us no
Or where to go
Or say we're only dreaming

A whole new world
A dazzling place I never knew
But when I'm way up here
It's crystal clear
That now I'm in a whole new world with you
Now I'm in a whole new world with you

Unbelievable sights
Indescribable feeling
Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling
Through an endless diamond sky

A whole new world
Don't you dare close your eyes
A hundred thousand things to see
Hold your breath - it gets better
I'm like a shooting star
I've come so far
I can't go back to where I used to be

A whole new world
Every turn a surprise
With new horizons to pursue
Every moment red-letter
I'll chase them anywhere
There's time to spare
Let me share this whole new world with you

A whole new world
That's where we'll be
A thrilling chase
A wondrous place
For you and me

Lyrics - Kiss the Girl (A Little Mermaid)

Kiss the Girl (A Little Mermaid)

Composed by Alan Menken

Lyrics by Howard Ashman

Performed by Samuel E. Wright

1989

 

 

Sebastien:(spoken)
Eef you want somet'in done, you gotta do eet yoaself
Percussion,
Strings,
Winds,
Words

There you see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got a lot to say,
But there's something about her.
And you don't know why,
But you're dying to try
You wanna,
Kiss the girl
Yes, you want her
Look at her you know you do
Possible she wants you too,
there is one way to ask her.
It don't take a word,
Not a single word, go on and
Kiss the Girl (sing wit' me now)

Frogs & Sebastien:
Sha la la la la la
My oh my
Look like the boy too shy
He ain't gonna kiss the girl
Sha la la la la la
Ain't that sad
Ain't it a shame, too bad
You're gonna miss the girl,

(dialogue)

Sebastien:
Now's your moment
(ya ya)
Floating in a blue lagoon
(ya ya ya)
Boy you better do it soon
No time will be better
(ya ya ya ya ya)
She don't say a word
And she won't say a word until you, kiss the girl

Sha la la la la la
Don't be scared
You've got the mood prepared
Go on and kiss the girl
Sha la la la la la
Don't stop now
Don't try to hide it how, you wanna
Kiss the girl (woah-woah!)
Sha la la la la la
Float along, and listen to the song
The song say, kiss the girl
Sha la la la la
The music play
Do what the music says
You gotta, kiss the girl

You gotta ( to fade)

Lyric - I Have Nothing

I Have Nothing

Written by David Foster and Linda Thompson

Vocal by Whitney Houston

1993

Share my life, take me for what I am

Coz I'll never change all my colors for you

Take my love, I'll never ask for too much

Just all that you are and everything that you do

I don't really need to look very much further

I don't want to have to go where you don't follow

I won't hold it back again, this passion inside

Can't run from myself

There's nowhere to hide

Well,don't make me close one more door

I don't wanna hurt anymore

Stay in my arms if you dare

Or must I imagine you there

Don't walk away from me...

I have nothing, nothing, nothing

If I don't have you, you, you, you, you, you...

You see through, right to the heart of me

You break down my walls with the strength of your love mmmmm...

I never knew love like I've known it with you 

Will a memory survive, one I can hold on to 

I don't really need to look very much further

I don't want to have to go where you don't follow

I won't hold it back again, this passion inside

I Can't run from myself

There's nowhere to hide

Your love I'll remember, forever

Don't make me close one more door

I don't wanna hurt anymore

Stay in my arms if you dare

Or must I imagine you there

Don't walk away from me...

I have nothing, nothing, nothing...

Well,don't make me close one more door

I don't wanna hurt anymore

Stay in my arms if you dare

Or must I imagine you there

Don't walk away from me no...

Don't walk away from me

Don't you dare walk away from me

I have nothing, nothing, nothing

If I don't have you, you 

ooohhh,ooooh

if i don't have you,oohh... Thank you, thank you very much!