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Na na hey hey kiss him goodbye (Gary DeCarlo(=Garrett
Scott) - Dale
Frasheur - Paul Leka) composed in 1961 as 'Kiss him goodbye', Steam, 1969
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York mining desaster 1941
(Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones?) (Barry & Robin Gibb) In the event of something happening to me, There is something I would like you all to see. It's just a photograph of someone that I knew. Refrain: Have you seen my wife, Mr. Jones? Do you know what it's like on the outside? Don't go talking too loud, you'll cause a landslide, Mr. Jones. I keep straining my ears to hear a sound. Maybe someone is digging underground, Or have they given up and all gone home to bed, Thinking those who once existed must be dead. [Refrain] I keep straining my ears to hear a sound. Maybe someone is digging underground, Or have they given up and all gone home to bed, Thinking those who once existed must be dead. [Refrain] Nobody knows You when You're down and out (Jimmy Cox) Once I led the life of a millionaire Spendin’ all my money I didn’t care Takin’ my friends out for a mighty good time, Bootleg, whiskey, champagne and wine. Then I began to fall so low Lost all my good friends and nowhere to go If I ever get my hand on a dollar again Gonna hang on to it ‘till the eagle grins. Cos nobody knows you, when you’re down and out In my pocket not one penny And my friends I haven’t any But If I ever get myself back on my feet again Everybody wants to be my long lost friend It’s mighty strange, without a doubt Nobody knows you when you down and out I mean when you down and out Cos nobody knows you, when you’re down and out In my pocket not one penny And my friends I haven’t any But If I ever get myself back on my feet again Everybody wants to be my long lost friend It’s mighty strange, without a doubt Nobody knows you when you down and out I mean when you down and out When you’re down and out Ooh when you’re down and, when you’re down and out. No face, no name, no number (Steve Winwood - Jim Capaldi) I'm looking for a girl who has no face She has no name or number And so I search within this lonely place Knowing that I won't find her But I can't stop this feeling deep inside of me Ruling my mind I feel no sound Don't know where I'm bound The scenery is all the same to me Nothing has changed or faded I'm a part of it (It's) a part of me Painted cool green and shaded So trying to find myself must be the only way To feel free I feel no sound Don't know where I'm bound I'm looking for a girl who has no face She has no name or number |
Nights
in white satin (Justin Hayward) Nights in white satin Never reaching the end Letters I've written Never meaning to send Beauty I'd always missed With these eyes before Just what the truth is I can't say anymore Cause I love you Yes I love you Oh how I love you Gazing at people Some hand in hand Just what I'm going thru They can't understand Some try to tell me Thoughts they cannot defend Just what you want to be You'll be in the end And I love you Yes I love you Oh how I love you Gazing at people ... Not fade away (Ch. Hardin & N. Petty) I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be You're gonna give your love to me I wanna love you night and day You know my love not fade away Well you know my love not fade away My love is bigger than a Cadillac I try to show down it and you drive me back Your love for me has got to be real For you to know just how I feel A love for real not fade away I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be You're gonna give your love to me Love to last more than one day A love that's love not fade away ... |
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O del mio dolce
ardor (Christoph Willibald Gluck / Raniero de Calzabigi, from the opera "Paride ed Elena", 1770) O del mio dolce ardor bramto oggetto! L’aure che tu respiri alfin respiro. Ovunque il guardo io giro Le tue vaghe sembianze Amore in me dipinge, Il mio pensier si finge Le piu liete speranze, E nel desio che cosi empie il mio pette, Certo te, chiamo te, spero e sospiro Translation: O del mio dolce ardor Oh Desired Object of my sweet passion! At last I breath the air you respire. Where ever I turn my gaze love paints my mind A picture of your charming features; My thought gives way to the most delightful hopes, And in the desire which thus fills my breast, I seek you out, I call you, I hope and sigh! Oliver! / Consider yourself (Lionel Bart) Consider yourself at home Consider yourself one of the family I’ve taken to you so strong It’s clear we’re going to get along Consider yourself well in Consider yourself part of the furniture There isn’t a lot to spare, who cares? What ever we’ve got we share If it should chance to be we should see some harder days Empty larder days, why grouse? Always a chance we’ll meet somebody to foot the bill Then the drinks are on the house Consider yourself our mate We don’t want to have no fuss For after some consideration we can state Consider yourself one of us Consider yourself at home Consider yourself one of the family I’ve taken to you so strong It’s clear we’re going to get along Consider yourself well in Consider yourself part of the furniture There isn’t a lot to spare, who cares? What ever we’ve got we share Nobody tries to be lah-di-dah and up-ety There’s a cup o’ tea for all Only it’s wise to be handy with a rollong pin When the landlord comes to call Consider yourself our mate We don’t want to have no fuss For after some consideration we can state Consider yourself one of us Oliver! / Where is love? (Lionel Bart) Where is love? Does it fall from the skies above? Is it underneath the willow tree That I’ve been dreaming of? Where is she Who I close my eyes to see? Will I ever know The sweet “Hello“ That’s meant for only me? Who can say where she may hide? Must I travel far and wide ‘till I am beside the someone who I can mean something to? Where, where is love? Is it underneath the willow tree That I’ve been dreaming of? Where is she Who I close my eyes to see? Will I ever know The sweet “Hello“ That’s meant for only me? Every night I kneel and pray, Let tomorrow be the day When I see the face of someone who I can mean something to? Where, where is love? Oliver! / Who will buy? (Lionel Bart) Gary Wilmot: Who will buy this wonderful morning? Such a sky you never did see Who will tie it up with a ribbon And put it in a box for me? Barbara Dickson: Who will buy this feeling for me? I’m so high, I swear I could fly Who will buy it And put it in a box for me? Gary Wilmot: So I can see it at my leisure When ever things go wrong And I would keep it as a treasure To last my whole life long Who will buy this wonderful feeling? I’m so high, I swear I could fly Me Oh My, I don’t want to lose it There must be someone who will buy Duet: GW: Who will buy this wonderful feeling? BD: Who will buy this feeling for me? GW: I’m so high, I swear I could fly BD: I’m so high, I swear I could fly GW: Me Oh My, I don’t want to lose it BD: Who will buy it GW: So what am I to do, to keep the sky so blue? BD: And put it in a box for me? GW: There must be someone who will, will buy BD: There must be someone who will put it in a box for me ( There’ll never a day so sunny It could not happen twice Where is the man with all the money? It’s cheap at half the price! ) |
On the road again (Floyd Jones/Alan Wilson) Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again I'm on the road again. Well I'm so tired of cryin' but I'm out on the road again I'm on the road again. I ain't got no woman just to call my special friend. And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away. I'm going to leave the city, got to go away. All this fussing and fighting, man I sure can't stay. You know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow, in the rain and snow. You know the first time I travelled out in the rain and snow, in the rain and snow. I didn't have no fellow, not even no place to go. And my dear mother left me when I was quite young, when I was quite young. And my dear mother left me when I was quite young, when I was quite young. She said "Lord have mercy on my wicked son." --- Break --- Take a hint from me mama please don't you cry no more, don't you cry no more. Take a hint from me mama please don't you cry no more, don't you cry no more. Cause it's soon one morning down the road I'm gone. But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road all by myself. But I ain't going down that long and lonesome road all by myself. I can't carry you baby, gonna carry somebody else. Owner of a lonely heart (Trevor Charles Rabin - Jon Anderson - Chris Squire - Trevor Charles Horn) Move yourself You always live your life Never thinking of the future Prove yourself You are the move you make Take your chances win or loser See yourself You are the steps you take You and you, and that's the only way Shake shake yourself You're every move you make So the story goes Refrain: Owner of a lonely heart Owner of a lonely heart (Much better than a) Owner of a broken heart Owner of a lonely heart Say you don't want to chance it You've been hurt so before Watch it now the eagle in the sky How he dancin' one and only You lose yourself No, not for pity's sake There's no real reason to be lonely Be yourself Give your free will a chance You've got to want to succeed [Refrain] After my own indecision they confused me so Owner of a lonely heart My love said never question your will at all In the end you've got to go Look before you leap and don't hesitate at all no no [Refrain] Owner of a lonely heart Sooner or later each conclusion will decide the lonely heart Owner of a lonely heart I will excite it will delight, it will give a better start Owner of a lonely heart Don't deceive your free will at all Don't deceive your free will at all Don't deceive your free will at all Just deceive it ... Out of time (Mick Jagger - Keith Richards) You don't know what's going on You've been away for far too long You can't come back and think you are still mine You're out of touch, my baby My poor unfaithful baby I said, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time Refrain: Well, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time I said, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time Yes, you are left out Out of there without a doubt 'cause, baby, baby, baby, you're out of time You thought you were a clever girl Giving up your social whirl But you can't come back and be the first in line You're obsolete my baby My poor old-fashioned baby I said baby, baby, baby you're out of time [Refrain] |
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(Mick Jagger - Keith Richards) I see a red door and I want it painted black No colours anymore, I want them to turn black I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes I have to turn my head until my darkness goes I see a line of cars and they're all painted black With flowers and my love both never to come back I see people turn their heads and quickly look away Like a new born baby it just happens every day I look inside myself and see my heart is black I see my red door and I want it painted black Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts It's not easy facing up when your whole world is black No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue I could not forsee this thing happening to you If I look hard enough into the setting sun My love will laugh with me before the morning comes [Repeat Verse 1] Porgy & Bess / It ain't necesserarily so (George & Ira Gershwin) It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so, De t'ings dat yo' li'ble to read in de Bible, It ain't necessarily so. David was small, but oh my! Li'l David was small but oh my! He fought big Goliath who lay down an' dieth, Li'l David was small, but oh my! It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so De t'ings dat yo' li'ble to read in de Bible, It ain't necessarily so. Jonah, he lived in a whale, Jonah, he lived in a whale, He made his home in dat fish's abdomen. Jonah, he lived in a whale. It ain't necessarily De t'ings dat yo' li'ble to read in de Bible, It ain't necessarily so. To get into Hebben, don' snap for a sebben! Live clean, don' have no fault. Oh, I takes dat gospel, whenever it's pos'ble. But wid a grain o' salt. Methuselah lived nine hundred years, Methuselah lived nine hundred years, But who calls dat livin' when no gal'll will give in, To no man who’s nine hundred years? I'm preachin' this sermon to show It ain't nessa, ain't nessa, Ain't nessa, ain't nessa, Ain't necessarily so. ( Li'l Moses was found in a stream, He floated on water till ol' Pharaoh's daughter Fished him, she said from dat stream. Wa-doo - Zim bam boodle-oo, hoodle ah da wa sa - Scatty wah. Yeah! It ain't necessarily so, it ain't necessarily so, Dey tell all you chillun de debble's a villun But ain't necessarily so. ) |
Panis
Angelicus (César Franck, arr: Mike Batt) Panis angelicus fit panis hominum Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum O res mirabilis! manducat dominum Pauper, Pauper, servus et humilis Pauper, Pauper, servus et humilis Panis angelicus fit panis hominum Dat panis coelicus figuris terminum O res mirabilis! manducat dominum Pauper, Pauper, servus et humilis O res mirabilis! manducat dominum Pauper, Pauper, servus et humilis Pauper, Pauper, servus, servus et humilis Perfect circle (Katie Melua & Molly McQueen) A mask is easily placed, On a betrayed and broken face. A disguise to hide the past, When you mapped out my skin and made the memories last. Some things are never erased, And I have run when I’ve been chased, By recollections of you and me falling off our homemade castle. And even when I’m walking straight I always end up in a perfect circle. Oh I try but I just can’t wait, To break out of this perfect circle. ‘Cos giving into old temptation, Is like that common twitch. Oh the silly stupid realisation, The more you scratch the more you itch. Why am I fighting, what’s it for, Must let my mask drop to the floor. My scars I shouldn’t hide from the people who are on my side, Rolling up my sleeves to fight against, All the things I locked up and all the things I fenced. But it’s time to let it out so we can build a brand new castle. And even when I’m walking straight I always end up in a perfect circle. Oh I try but I just can’t wait, To break out of this perfect circle. ‘Cos giving into old temptation, Is like that common twitch. Oh the silly stupid realisation, The more you scratch the more you itch. And even when I’m walking straight I always end up in a perfect circle. Oh I try but I just can’t wait, To break out of this perfect circle. ‘Cos giving into old temptation, Is like that common twitch. Oh the silly stupid realisation, The more you scratch the more you itch. The more you scratch the more you itch. Piece by piece (Katie Melua) First of all must go Your scent upon my pillow And then I'll say goodbye To your whispers in my dreams. And then our lips will part In my mind and in my heart, Cos your kiss Went deeper than my skin. Piece by piece Is how I'll let go of you Kiss by kiss Will leave my mind one at a time One at a time First of all must fly, My dreams of you and I, There's no point of holding on to those And then our ties will break, For your and my own sake, Just remember, This is what you chose Piece by piece Is how I'll let go of you Kiss by kiss, Will leave my mind one at a time One at a time I'll shed like skin, Our memories of lazy days, And fade away the shadow of your face Piece by piece Is how I'll let go of you Kiss by kiss, Will leave my mind one at a time One at a time One at a time One at a time Porgy & Bess / Summertime (George Gershwin - DuBose Heyward) Summertime and de livin' is easy Fish are jumpin' and de cotton is high Yo' daddy's rich and yo' mama is good lookin So hush little baby don' yo' cry One of dese mornin's you're goin' to rise up singin' Den you'll spread yo' wings an' you'll take to the sky But till that mornin' der ain't nothin' can harm you With daddy an mommy standin' by |
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and Juliet / A time for us (Rota / Snyder / Kusik) A time for us, some day there'll be When chains are torn by courage born of a love that's free A time when dreams so long denied can flourish As we unveil the love we now must hide Refrain: A time for us, at last to see A life worthwhile for you and me And with our love, through tears and thorns We will endure as we pass surely through every storm A time for us, some day there'll be a new world A world of shining hope for you and me [Refrain] [repeat verse 1] . |
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| Santa Lucia (Trad.) Sul mare luccica l'astro d'argento placida é l'onda prospero il vento Sul mare luccica l'astro d'argento placida é l'onda prospero il vento Venite all'argine barchette mie Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia Venite all'argine barchette mie Santa Lucia, Santa Lucia September song (Kurt Weill / Maxwell Anderson, from the musical "Knickerbocker holiday", 1938) When I was a young man courting the girls I played me a waiting game; If a maid refused me with tossing curls I’d let the old earth take a couple of twirls While I replied with tears instead of pearls, And as time came around she came my way. As time came around she came. But it’s a long, long while from May to December And the days grow short when you reach September And the Autumn weather turns the leaves to flame And I haven't got time for the waiting game And the days dwindle down to a precious few September, November, And these few precious days I'll spend with you These golden days I'll spend with you When you meet with the young man early in Spring They court you in song and rhyme They woo you with words and a clover ring But if you examine the goods they bring They have little to offer but the songs they sing And a plentiful waste of time of day A plentiful waste of time But it’s a long, long while from May to December And the days grow short when you reach September And the Autumn weather turns the leaves to flame And I haven't got time for the waiting game And the days dwindle down to a precious few September, November, And these few precious days I'd spend with you These golden days I'd spend with you She moved thro’ the fair (Trad., arr: Mike Batt) My young love said to me my mother won’t mind And my father won’t light you for your lack of kind And she stepped away from me and this she did say It will not be long love ‘til our wedding day She stepped away from me and she moved thro’ the fair And fondly I watched her go here and go there Then she went her way homeward with one star awake As the swan in the evening moves over the lake The people were saying no two were ere wed But one has a sorrow that never was said And I smiled as she passed with her goods and gear And that was the last that I saw of my dear I dreamt it last night that my young love came in So softly she entered her feet made no din She came close beside me and this she did say It will not be long love ‘til our wedding day Shirt of a ghost (Katie Melua) Mary at home, as always, was ironing a pale shirt of a ghost Trying to straighten out every crease of his being and the emptiness where she was lost. Ten minutes before she had her man drying in the summer's breeze. Their love had been helped by a little red peg but it was just a moment seized. 'Cos he flew away, on a memory where most people fade away, But now she's left with the shirt of a ghost. Yeah, she's left with the shirt of a ghost. Ten minutes before he ran away to a stranger's hands and feet And as it turned she saw them play among the soap, water and heat. 'Cos he flew away on a memory where most lovers just fade away, And she's left with the shirt of a ghost. Yeah, she's left with the shirt of a ghost. Ten minutes before the shirt was stained in anger and greed And it smelled of revenge from a broken heart and the shirt his body no longer did need 'Cos he flew away on a memory where most bodies just fade away, But she's left with the shirt of a ghost. Yeah, she's left with the shirt of a ghost. 'Cos he flew away on a memory where most lovers just fade away, But she's left with the shirt of a ghost. Yeah, she's left with the shirt of a ghost. She's left with the shirt of a ghost. Softly as I leave you (Antonio de Vita / Giorgio Calabrese / Hal Shaper) Softly, I will leave you softly For my heart would break if you should wake and see me go So I leave you softly, long before you miss me Long before your arms can beg me stay For one more hour or one more day After all the years, I can't bear the tears to fall So, softly as I leave you there So I leave you softly, long before you miss me Long before your arms can beg me stay For one more hour or one more day After all the years, I can't bear the tears to fall So, softly as I leave you there As I leave I you there As I leave I you there Soldier, Soldier / Cry me a river (Arthur Hamilton) Now you say you're lonely, you cried the hole night through Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river, I cried a river over you Now you say you're sorry for being so untrue Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river, I cried a river over you You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head While you never shed a tear, remember? I remember all that you said Told me love was too plebeian, told me you were through with me Now you say you love me, well, just to prove you do Cry me a river, cry me a river, I cried a river over you You drove me, nearly drove me out of my head While you never shed a tear, remember? I remember all that you said Told me love was too plebeian, told me you were through with me... And now you say you love me, well, just to prove you do... Come on and cry me a river..., I cried a river over you... [Repeat verse 1 & 2] South Pacific / Bali h'ai (Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II=> O. Greeley Clendenning H. II) Bali Ha'i may call you, any night, any day. In your heart you'll hear it call you: "Come away, Come away." Bali Ha'i will whisper on the wind of the sea: "Here am I, your special island! Come to me, come to me." Your own special hopes, your own special dreams, Bloom on the hillside and shine in the streams. If you try, you'll find me where the sky meets the sea; "Here am I, your special island! Come to me, come to me!" Your own special hopes, your own special dreams, Bloom on the hillside and shine in the streams. If you try, you'll find me where the sky meets the sea; "Here am I, your special island! Come to me, come to me!" Bali Ha'i, Bali Ha'i, Bali Ha'i. Stranger in paradise (Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin (Polovstsian Dances) / Richard Wright / George Forrest, from the musical "Kismet", 1953) Oh why do the leaves of the mulberry tree whisper differently now? And why is the nightingale singing at noon on the mulberry bough? For some most mysterious reason this isn’t garden I know… No, it’s paradise now that was only a garden a moment a go! Take my hand I'm a stranger in paradise All lost in a wonderland a stranger in paradise If I stand starry-eyed that's the danger in paradise For mortals who stand beside an angel like you I saw your face and I ascended Out of the commonplace into the rare Somewhere in space I hang suspended Until I know there's a chance that you care Won't you answer this fervent prayer Of a stranger in paradise Don't send me in dark despair from all that I hunger for But open your angel's arms to this stranger in paradise South Pacific / Some enchanted evening (Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II=> O. Greeley Clendenning H. II) Some enchanted evening you may see a stranger, You may see a stranger across a crowded room. And somehow you know, you know even then, That somewhere you'll see her again and again. Some enchanted evening someone may be laughing, You may hear her laughing across a crowded room And night after night, as strange as it seems, The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams. Who can explain it? Who can tell you why? Fools give you reasons, wise men never try. Some enchanted evening, when you find your true love, When you feel her call you across a crowded room Then fly to her side and make her your own, Or all through your life you may dream all alone. Once you have found her, never let her go. Once you have found her, never let her go! South Pacific / This nearly was mine (Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II=> O. Greeley Clendenning H. II) One dream in my heart, one love to be living for, One love to be living for, this nearly was mine. One girl for my dream, one partner in paradise, This promise of paradise, this nearly was mine. Close to my heart she came only to fly away, Only to fly as day flies from moonlight. Now, now I'm alone, still dreaming of paradise, Still saying that paradise once nearly was mine. So clear and deep are my fancies Of things I wish were true. I'll keep remembering evenings I wish I'd spent with you. I'll keep remembering kisses from lips I'll never own, And all the lovely adventures that we have never known. Now, now I'm alone, still dreaming of paradise, Still saying that paradise once nearly was mine. Once nearly was mine. South Pacific / Younger than springtime (Richard Rodgers - Oscar Hammerstein II=> O. Greeley Clendenning H. II) I touch your hand, and my arms grow strong, Like a pair of birds that burst with song. My eyes look down at your lovely face, And I hold the world in my embrace. Younger than springtime are you, Softer than starlight are you; Warmer than winds of June are the gentle lips you gave me. Gayer than laughter are you, Sweeter than music are you; Angel and lover, heaven and earth, aAre you to me. [2 x] And when your youth and joy invade my arms And fill my heart, as now they do, Then younger than springtime am I, Gayer than laughter am I, Angel and lover, heaven and earth, Am I with you. Stardust (Hoagy Carmichael & Mitchell Parish, 1927) And now the purple dust of twilight time Steals across the meadows of my heart Now the little stars, the little stars pine Always reminding me that we're apart You wander down the lane and far away Leaving me a love that cannot die Love is now the stardust of yesterday The music of the years gone by. Sometimes I wonder why I spend The lonely nights Dreaming of a song That melody haunts my reverie And I am once again with you When our love was new And each kiss an inspiration Ah, but that was long ago Now my consolation Is in the stardust of a song Beside a garden wall Where stars are bright You are in my arms That nightingale tells its fairy tale of paradise where roses grew Though I dream in vain In my heart it will remain my stardust melody The memory of love's refrain. Ah, but that was long ago Now my consolation Is in the stardust of a song Beside a garden wall Where stars are bright You are in my arms That nightingale tells its fairy tale Of paradise where roses grew Though I dream in vain In my heart it will remain My stardust melody The memory of love's refrain. Sunset Boulevard / Sunset Boulevard (Andrew Lloyd Webber - Black - Hampton) Sure, I came out here to make my name Wanted my pool, my dose of fame Wanted my parking space at Warners' But after a year, a one-room hell A murphy bed, a rancid smell Wallpaper peeling at the corners Sunset Boulevard, twisting Boulevard Secretive and rich, a little scary Sunset Boulevard, tempting Boulevard Waiting there to swallow the unwary Dreams are not enough to win a war Out here they're always keeping score Beneath the tan, the battle rages Smile a rented smile, fill someone's glass Kiss someone's wife, kiss someone's ass We do whatever pays the wages Sunset Boulevard, headline Boulevard Getting here is only the beginning Sunset Boulevard, Jackpot Boulevard Once you've won you have to go on winning You think I've sold out? Dead right I've sold out I've just been waiting for the right offer: Comfortable quarters, regular rations 24-hour five-star room service And if I'm honest I like the lady I can't help being touched by her folly I'm treading water, taking the money Watching her sunset... well, I'm a writer L.A.'s changed a lot over the years Since those brave gold rush pioneers Came in their creaky covered wagons Far as they could go, end of the line Their dreams were yours, their dreams were mine But in those dreams were hidden dragons Sunset Boulevard, frenzied Boulevard Swamped with every kind of false emotion Sunset Boulevard, brutal Boulevard Just like you we'll wind up in the ocean She was sinking fast, I threw a rope Now I have suits, and she has hope It seemed an elegant solution One day this must end, it isn't real Still I'll enjoy a hearty meal Before tomorrow's execution Sunset Boulevard, ruthless Boulevard Destination for the stony-hearted Sunset Boulevard, lethal Boulevard Everyone's forgotten how they started Here on Sunset Boulevard Sunset Boulevard / The perfect year (Andrew Lloyd Webber - Black - Hampton) Ring out the old, ring in the new, A midnight wish to share with you. Your lips are warm, my head is light, Were we alive before to night? I don't need a crowded ballroom, Everything I want is here, if you're with me, Next year will be the perfect year. Before we play some dangerous game, Before we fan some harmless flame, We have to ask, if this is wise, And if the game is worth the prize. With this wine, and with this music, How can anything be clear? Let's wait and see, it may just be the perfect year. We don't need a crowded ballroom, Everything we want is here, And face to face we will embrace the perfect year. It's New Year's Eve, and hopes are high, Dance one year in, kiss one good-bye, Another chance, another start, so many dreams to tease the heart. [2 x] We don't need a crowded ballroom, Everything we want is here, And face to face we will embrace the perfect year. |
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boys of summer (Don Henley - Mike Campbell) Nobody on the road Nobody on the beach I feel it in the air The summer's out of reach Empty lake, empty streets The sun goes down alone I'm drivin' by your house Though I know you're not at home But I can see you- Refrain: Your brown skin shinin' in the sun You got your hair combed back and your sunglasses on, baby And I can tell you my love for you will still be strong After the boys of summer have gone I never will forget those nights I wonder if it was a dream Remember how you made me crazy? Remember how I made you scream Now I don't understand what happened to our love But babe, I'm gonna get you back I'm gonna show you what I'm made of I can see you- [Refrain] Out on the road today, I saw a DEADHEAD sticker on a Cadillac A little voice Inside my head said, "Don't look back. You can never look back." I thought I knew what love was What did I know? Those days are gone forever I should just let them go but- I can see you- [Refrain] I can see you- [Refrain] The cry of the lone wolf (Katie Melua & Mike Batt) Everybody told me to walk away Though you made me feel good I was just a fool, didn’t hear them say Love is like a wild wood. Something in the way I was lost and found Something made it feel right Spirited away by a haunting sound Calling in the deep night. They told me not to listen to the cry of the lone wolf. Next time I won’t listen to the cry of the lone wolf. Following the smoke of your glowing fire Shining through (in) the twilight Then you slipped away as the flames grew higher Back Into the deep night. They told me not to listen to the cry of the lone wolf. Next time I won’t listen to the cry of the lone wolf. The first nowell (trad. carol) The first nowell the angel did say, Was to certain poor shepherds; in fields as they lay, In fields they lay keeping their sheep On a cold winter's night that was so deep. Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell, Born is the King of Israel! ( They looked up and saw a star Shining in the east beyond them far, And to the earth it gave a great light, And so it continued both day and night. Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell, Born is the King of Israel! And by the light of that same star, Three wise men came from country far To seek for the king was their intent And to follow the star wherever it went. Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell, Born is the King of Israel! This star drew nigh to the northwest, Over Bethlehem it took its rest, And there it did both stop up and stay, Right over the place where Jesus lay. Nowell, nowell, nowell, nowell, Born is the King of Israel! The love I'm frightened of (Luke Batt) If I wait Don’t move a muscle Maybe somehow a spark will strike It’s been a long night So sincere But the message is still a struggle Knives with which we juggle While we jump through fire So maybe I’ll move on and make a mistake And see if my earth-quakes (Chorus) This is the love I’m frightened of Doesn’t come with a leaflet that says how to keep it This is the love that can’t be seen No detailed instructions or Japanese symbols like you find on a washing machine Slow me down Apply some gentile pressure And maybe somehow a spark will strike I hope it might One is best But lacking in conversation Safe but no relation To the warmth you give So maybe I move on and make a mistake And see if my earth-quakes (Chorus) This is the love I’m frightened of Doesn’t come with a leaflet that says how to keep it This is the love that can’t be seen No detailed instructions… This is the love I’m frightened of This is the love I’m frightened of The lovecats (Robert James Smith) Let's go and throw All the Songs we know Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We missed you hissed the lovecats We move like cagey tigers Oh - We couldn't get closer than this The way we walk The way we talk The way we stalk The way we kiss We slip through the streets While everyone sleeps Getting bigger wider and brighter Let's go and throw All the songs we know... Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We missed you hissed the lovecats We're so wonderfully wonderfully wonderfully Wonderfully pretty! you know that I'd do anything for you... We should have each other to dinner huh? We should have each other with cream Then curl up by the fire And sleep for a while It's the grooviest thing It's the perfect dream Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats (lovecats) INTERLUDE Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We missed you hissed the lovecats We move like cagey tigers Oh - We couldn't get closer than this The way we walk The way we talk The way we stalk And the way we kiss INTERLUDE We slip through the streets While everyone sleeps Getting bigger wider and brighter Let's go and throw All the songs we know... Into the sea You and me All these years and no one heard I'll show you in spring It's a treacherous thing We missed you hissed the lovecats We missed you hissed the lovecats Babababa..... The old turf fire (Trad., arr: Mike Batt) Oh the old turf fire and the hearth swept clean There is no one half so happy as myself and Molly Keane With the baby in the cradle you could hear her mammy say Wouldn’t you go to sleep Alanna ‘til I wet your daddy’s tay. Oh the man that I work for is a richer man than me But faith in this wide world we never can agree He has big towering mansions and castles over all But sure I wouldn’t exchange with him my little marble hall. I have got a little house and a tidy bit of land You would never see a better on the side of Knocknacran I’ve no piano in the corner and no pictures on the wall But I’m somehow quite contented in my little marble hall. Oh the old turf fire and the hearth swept clean There is no one half so happy as myself and Molly Keane With the baby in the cradle you could hear her mammy say Wouldn’t you go to sleep Alanna ‘til I wet your daddy’s tay. Repeat last verse The Kerry dances (Molloy, arr: Mike Batt) Refrain: Oh the days of the Kerry dancing Oh the ring of the piper’s tune Oh for one of those hours of gladness Gone alas like our youth too soon When the boys began to gather in the glen of a summer night And the Kerry piper’s tuning made us long with wild delight Oh to think of it, oh to dream of it fills my heart with tears [Refrain] Was there ever a sweeter colleen in the dance than Eily More Or a prouder lad than Thady as he boldly took the floor Lads and lassies to your places up the middle and down again And the merry hearted laughter ringing through the happy glen Oh to think of it, oh to dream of it fills my heart with tears [Refrain] Time goes on and the happy years are dead And one by one the merry hearts are fled Silent now is the wild and lonely glen Where the bright glad laugh will echo ne’er again Only dreaming of days gone by...in my heart I hear Loving voices of old companions stealing out of the past once more And the sound of the dear old music soft and sweet as in days of yore When the boys began to gather in the glen of a summer night And the Kerry piper’s tuning made us long with wild delight Oh to think of it, oh to dream of it fills my heart with tears [Refrain] The phantom of the opera / The phantom of the opera (Andrew Lloyd Webber - Charles Hart - Richard Stilgoe - Mike Batt) Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux sung by Colm Wilkinson & Claire Moore The phantom (Colm) Sing once again with me our strange duet... My power over you grows stronger yet... And though you turn from me, to glance behind, The Phantom of the Opera is there - inside your mind... Christine (Claire) Those who have seen your face draw back in fear... I am the mask you wear... The phantom It's me they hear... Christine / Phantom You're/my spirit and you're/my voice, in one combined: The Phantom of the Opera is there - inside your/my mind... The phantom In all your fantasies, you always knew Christine That man and mystery... were both in you... Christine / Phantom And in this labyrinth, where night is blind, The Phantom of the Opera is there/here - inside your/my mind... Christine He's here, the Phantom of the Opera... The phantom I’m here, the Phantom of the Opera... The singer not the song (Mick Jagger / Keith Richards) Everywhere you want I always go I always give in because, baby, you know You just say so 'cause you give me that feeling inside That I know I must be right It's the singer not the song It's not the way you give in willingly Others do it without thrilling me Giving me that same old feeling inside That I know I must be right The same old places and the same old songs We've been going there for much too long There's something wrong and it gives me that feeling inside That I know I must be right The star of the County Down (Trad., arr: Mike Batt) Near to Banbridge town in the County Down one morning last July Down a Boreen green came a sweet colleen and she smiled as she passed me by She looked so neat from her two white feet to the sheen of her nut brown hair Such a coaxin’ elf I’d to shake myself to make sure I was really there Refrain: From Bantry Bay up to Derry Quay and from Galway to Dublin town No maid I’ve seen like the sweet colleen that I met in the County Down As I onward sped I shook my head and I gazed with a feeling quare ‘Til I said says I to a passer by who’s the maid with the nut brown hair He smiled at me and with pride says he that’s the gem of Erin’s crown Young Rosie Mc Cann from the banks of the Bann she’s the star of the County Down [Refrain] At the harvest fair she’ll be surely there so I’ll dress in my sunday clothes With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked right for a smile from the nut brown rose No pipe I’ll smoke no horse I’ll yoke ‘til my plough’s a rust coloured brown ‘Til a smiling bride by my own fireside is the star of the County Down [2 x Refrain] The wizard of Oz / Over the rainbow (Harold Arlen - Edgar "Yip" Harburg) Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high. There's a land that I heard of once in a lullaby. Somewhere, over the rainbow, skies are blue. And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true. Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops. That's where you'll find me. Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow, why then - oh, why can't I? [instrumetal section] Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me. Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops. That's where you'll find me. Somewhere, over the rainbow, way up high. There's a land that I heard of Once in a lullaby. Somewhere, over the rainbow, bluebirds fly. Birds fly over the rainbow, why then - oh, why can't I? If happy little bluebirds fly beyond the rainbow Why - oh, why can't I? This year's love (David Gray) This years love had better last Heaven knows it's high time I've been waiting on my own too long But when you hold me like you do It feels so right I start to forget How my heart gets torn When that hurt gets thrown Feeling like you can't go on Turning circles and time again It cut like a knife oh yeah If you love me got to know for sure 'Cause it takes something more this time Than sweet sweet lies Before I open up my arms and fall Losing all control Every dream inside my soul And when you kiss me On that midnight street Sweep me off my feet Singing ain't this life so sweet This years love had better last This years love had better last So whose to worry If our hearts get torn When that hurt gets thrown Don't you know this life goes on And won't you kiss me On that midnight street Sweep me off my feet Singing ain't this life so sweet This years love had better last This years love had better last This years love had better last This years love had better last Time after time (Cindy Lauper – R. Hyman) Lying in my bed, I hear the clock tick, and think of you. Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new. Flash back, warm night, almost left behind. Suitcase of memories..... Time after -- Sometimes you picture me, I'm walking too far ahead. You're callin' to me, I can't hear what you've said. And you said, "Go slow, I fall behind " The second hand unwinds..... Refrain: If you're lost, you can look and you will find me, Time after time. If you fall I will catch you, I'll be waiting, Time after time. After, my picture fades, and darkness has turned to grey. Watching through windows, you're wondering if I'm okay. Secrets, stolen, from deep inside, The drum beats out of time..... [Refrain] Secrets, stolen, from deep inside, The drum beats out of time..... [Refrain] Too many people (Paul McCartney) Too many people going underground, Too many reaching for a piece of cake, Too many people pulled and pushed around, Too many waiting for that lucky break. That was your first mistake, You took your lucky break and broke it in two. Now what can be done for you, You broke it in two. Too many people sharing party lines, Too many people never sleeping late, Too many people paying parking fines, Too many hungry people losing weight. That was your first mistake, You took your lucky break and broke it in two. Now what can be done for you, You broke it in two Too many people preaching practices, Don't let them tell you what you wanna be. Too many people holding back, this is Crazy and maybe it's not like me That was your last mistake, I find my love awake and waiting to be. Now what can be done for you, She's waiting for me. Toy collection (Katie Melua) I will not sell my toy collection If I did I would weep Who’s to say what you need and what you don’t On a desert island they’re the things I’ll keep Some children had their parents read them stories Well I heard mine directly from the source Captain Kirk shared his tales and glories While fighting a deadly force Who’s to say when you get older You don’t need a toy collection? Who’s to say when you get older That you have to follow convention? Black beard told me of his troubled mother And with his songs he’d sing me off to sleep He said Superman was my real father And they gave me dreams that I still keep Who’s to say when you get older You don’t need a toy collection? Who’s to say when you get older That you have to follow convention? instrumental Who’s to say when you get older You don’t need a toy collection? Who’s to say when you get older That you have to follow convention? That you have to follow convention? Trottin’ to the fair (Trad. / Graves, arr: Mike Batt) Trottin’ to the fair me and Moll Moloney Seated I declare on a single pony How am I to know that Molly’s safe behind With her head in oh that awkward, awkward way inclined By her gentle breathing whispered past my ear And her white arms writhin’ soft around me here Thus on Dobbins back I discoursed the darling ‘Til upon our track leapt a mongrel snarling Ah says Moll I’m frightened, frightened that the poney’ll start And her pretty hands she tightened round my happy heart ‘Til I axed her may I steal a kiss or so And my Molly’s grey eyes didn’t answer no Repeat second verse Turn to tell (Justin Sandercoe, Nov. 2002) I turn to tell him things I still make tea for two I keep the kitchen clean The way he’d want me to Start again, but I’m not ready to move on ‘Cos I still turn to tell him, I love him But he's gone I miss the mess he made Of my head when we fought Over such silly things I wish we could have talked A little more, spoke instead of screamed ‘Cos when I turn to tell him, I love him He’s just a dream I lost the second chance When fate led time away I keep his picture close So his memory won’t fade Alive in me, forever with my soul So when I turn to tell him, I love him I think he knows. |
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Vincent
(Don McLean) Starry, starry night... Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer’s day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul... Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land And now I understand... What you tried to say, to me How you suffered for your sanity... How you tried to set them free They would not listen; they did not know how Perhaps they’ll listen now Starry, starry night... Flaming flowers that brightly blaze Swirling clouds in violet haze Reflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue... Colors changing hue Morning fields of amber grain Weathered faces lined in pain Are soothed beneath the artist’s loving hand And now I understand... What you tried to say, to me How you suffered for your sanity... How you tried to set them free They would not listen; they did not know how Perhaps they’ll listen now For they could not love you... But still, your love was true And when no hope was left inside... On that starry, starry night... You took your life as lovers often do But I could’ve told you Vincent... This world was never meant For one as beautiful as you Starry, starry night... Portraits hung in empty halls Frameless heads on nameless walls With eyes that watch the world and can’t forget Like the strangers that you’ve met The ragged men in ragged clothes The silver thorn, a bloody rose Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow Now I think I know... What you tried to say, to me How you suffered for your sanity... How you tried to set them free They would not listen; they’re not listening still Perhaps they never will |
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Walk Lightly On This World (Katie Melua) There are Spiders making silky castles There are Bears with Kingdom in their eyes They say we'll find our treasure On the day we realise how to walk lightly on the world and take each step like the first to walk lightly on the world On the world On the world The Earth can turn a thousand miles an hour And we fly with it every day And if we saw how far we were getting We'd know in every way How to walk lightly on the world And take each step like the first To walk lightly on the world On the world On the world On the world What I miss about you (Katie Melua & Molly McEwan) Sipping coffee from the same cup as you. The sharing of secrets we thought no one else knew, That’s what I miss about you. The new way that love had made me see, Your bashful grin when you asked if I would like your key. The knowing way you used to caress me, That’s what I miss about you. You stole in with your starry smile exciting me, Driving with you in your new car, feeling free. If it's true that love is blind, then I was blind willingly, You made me feel we had a future, that could be and would be. The way you said I’d be no one on my own, Your habit of soaking yourself in over-priced cologne. The way you turned the light out when I knew you were home, That’s what I don’t miss about you. I bet you’re using your weary magic like it’s new, Driving so fast with a new fool beside you. Presumably believing she’s the last of the lucky few, I wonder if she knows she’s being lied to like I do. The way I only doubted myself when I was with you, Like I was a fool for expecting something from life too. Your skill of putting me down in-front of everyone we knew, That’s what I don’t miss about you. When Irish eyes are smiling (Ernest R. Ball / Chauncey Olcott / George Graff Jr.) There’s a tear in your eye and I’m wondering why For it never should be there at all With the power of your smile sure a stone you’d beguile So there’s never a tear drop should fall When your sweet lilting laughter’s like some fairy song And your eyes twinkle bright as can be You should laugh all the while and all other time smile So now smile a smile for me Refrain: When Irish eyes are smiling sure ‘tis like a morn in spring In the lit of Irish laughter you can hear the angels sing When Irish hearts are happy all the world seems bright and gay And when Irish eyes are smiling sure they steal your heart away For your smile is a part of the joy in your heart And it makes even sunshine seem bright Like the linnets sweet song crooning all the day long Comes your laughter so tender and light For the springtime of life is the sweetest of all There is ne’er a real care or regret So while springtime is ours throughout all of youth’s hours Let us smile each chance we get [2 x Refrain] Wie Du (M: Mike Batt (Bright eyes) / German lyrics: Wolfgang Mürmann) Ich hatte mein Zuhaus, war zufrieden mit mir Da kamst Du und hast mir von dir erzählt Und von Deiner Welt. Von der Reise zum Regenbogen, Vom Bett unter den Sternen, Vom Wind der für Dich in den Bäumen singt. Es klang wunderschön Und ich - konnt' Dich verstehn. Wie Du - wollte ich leben Wie Du - frei, doch mit einem Ziel. Ich kam nicht los von alten Gefühlen Heut hab' ich es erreicht - wie Du. Du gingst allein früh am Morgen und der Alltag zog ein. Dass mich nur noch die Gewohnheit hielt Hab ich bald gefühlt. Und nun folgte ich Deiner Spur. Der Wind zeigt mir den Weg und dort, wo die Wolken das Land berühren, wo Nebel sich drehn, da werd' ich dich sehn. Wie Du - wollte ich leben Wie Du - frei, doch mit einem Ziel. Ich kam nicht los von alten Gefühlen Heut hab' ich es erreicht - wie Du. While shepherds watch (Nahum Tate) While Shepherds watch their flocks by night All seated on the ground The angel of the Lord came down And glory shone around "Fear not," said he for mighty dread had seized their troubled mind "Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all man-kind" "To you in David's town this day Is born of David's line The Savior who is Christ the Lord And this shall me the sign The heav'n'ly babe you there shall find To human view displayed All meanly wrapped in swathing bands And in a manger laid" Those spoke the seraph and forth-with Appeared a shining throng Of angels praising God who thus Addressed their joyful song "All glory be to God on high And to the earth be peace Goodwill hence-forth from heav'n to men Begin and never cease" |
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sunset (Raymond Douglas Davies) Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, Flowing into the night. People so busy, make me feel dizzy, Taxi lights shine so bright. But i don't need no friends, As long as i gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise. Refrain: Every day i look at the world from my window, The chilly-chilliest evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine. Terry meets Julie, Waterloo station, every friday night, But i am so lazy, don't want to wander, i stay at home at night. But i don't feel afraid, As long as i gaze on Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise. [Refrain] Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground. Terry and Julie cross over the river Where they feel safe and sound. And they don't need no friends As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset, They are in paradise. [Refrain] West side story / Maria (Leonard Bernstein - Stephen Sondheim) The most beautiful sound I ever heard, Maria... All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word Maria... I just met a girl named Maria, And suddenly that name, Will never be the same, To me... Maria, I just kissed a girl named Maria, And suddenly I found, How wonderful a sound, Can be... Maria, Say it loud and there's music playing, Say it soft and it's almost like praying, Maria, I'll never stop saying, Maria... West side story / Somewhere (Leonard Bernstein - Stephen Sondheim) There's a place for us, Somewhere a place for us. Peace and quiet and open air Wait for us Somewhere. There's a time for us, Some day a time for us. Time together with time to spare, Time to look, time to care Some day! Somewhere We'll find a new way of living, Will find a way of forgiving Somewhere There's a place for us, A time and place for us. Hold my hand and we're halfway there Hold my hand and I'll take you there Somehow Some day Somewhere Somewhere What a wonderful world (Bob Thiele & George David Weiss) I see trees that are green red roses too I watch them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world. I see skies of blue clouds of white Bright blessed days dark sacred nights And I think to myself what a wonderful world. The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of the people passing by I see friends shaking hands sayin' how do you do But they're really sayin' I love you. I see trees that are green red roses too I watch them bloom for me and you And I think to myself what a wonderful world. I think to myself, ooh, what a wonderful world. White cliffs of Dover (M: Walter Kent; W: Nat Burton) I'll never forget the people I met, braving those angry skies. I remember the wall as the shadows fall, the light of hope in their eyes, but though i'm far away, I still can hear them say. We love for when the dawn comes up: There'll be bluebirds over, The white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see. There'll be love and laughter, And peace ever after, Tomorrow when the world is free. The shepherd will tend his sheep, The valley will bloom again. And Jimmy will go to sleep, In his own little room again. There'll be bluebirds over, The white cliffs of Dover, Tomorrow, just you wait and see. Winter wonderland (Felix Bernhard - Dick Smith) Sleigh bells ring, are you listening? In the lane snow is glistening. A beautiful sight, We're happy tonight, Walking in a winter wonderland. Gone away is the blue bird, Here to stay is a new bird, He sings a love song As we go along, Walking in a winter wonderland. In the meadow we can build a snowman And pretend that he is Parson Brown. He'll say are you married, We'll say no man, But you can do the job while you're in town. Later on we'll conspire, As we dream by the fire, To face unafraid The plans that we made Walking in a winter wonderland. |
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mother should know (John Lennon - Paul McCartney) Lift up your hearts and sing me a song That was a hit before your mother was born. Though she was born a long, long time ago Your mother should know (Your mother should...) Your mother should know (...know.) Sing it again. Let's all get up and dance to a song That was a hit before your mother was born. Though she was born a long, long time ago Your mother should know (Your mother should...) Your mother should know (...know.) Sing it again. Let's all get up and dance to a song That was a hit before your mother was born. Though she was born a long, long time ago Your mother should know (Your mother should...) Your mother should know (...know.) Sing it again. Lift up your hearts and sing me a song That was a hit before your mother was born. Though she was born a long, long time ago Your mother should know (Your mother should...) Your mother should know (Yeah.) Your mother should know (Your mother should...) Your mother should know (Yeah.) Your mother should know (Your mother should...) Your mother should know |
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