Saturday, March 26, 2011

PAUL SIMON: LOVE [ 15]



Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.

Simon is best known for his success, beginning in 1965, as part of the duo Simon & Garfunkel, with musical partner Art Garfunkel. Simon wrote most of the pair's songs, including three that reached number one on the US singles charts, "The Sound of Silence", "Mrs. Robinson", and "Bridge Over Troubled Water". In 1970, at the height of their popularity, the duo split, and Simon began a successful solo career, recording three highly-acclaimed albums over the next five years In 1986, he released Graceland, an album inspired by South African township music that helped fuel the anti-apartheid movement.[3] Besides music, Simon wrote and starred in the film One Trick Pony in 1980 and co-wrote the Broadway musical The Capeman in 1998.

Through his solo and collaborative work, Simon has earned 13 Grammys, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[6] and in 2006 was selected as one of the "100 People Who Shaped the World" by Time magazine. Among many other honors, Simon was named the first recipient of the Library of Congress's Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2007.

Birth name Paul Frederic Simon
Born October 13, 1941 (age 69)
Origin Newark, New Jersey,
United States
Genres Folk rock, folk-pop, rock, world
Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, percussion
Years active 1957–present
Labels Columbia (1964-1977, 2010-present [catalog])
Warner Bros. (1978-2009)
Hear Music (2010-present [new releases])
Associated acts Simon & Garfunkel





1. 50 WAYS TO LEAVE YOUR LOVER



The problem is all inside your head she said to me
The answer is easy if you take it logically
I'd like to help you in your struggle to be free
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover

She said it's really not my habit to intrude
Furthermore
I hope my meaning won't be lost or misconstrued
But I'll repeat myself at the risk of being crude
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back
Jack
Make a new plan
Stan
You don't need to be coy
Roy
Just get yourself free
Hop on the bus
Gus
You don't need to discuss much

Just drop off the key
Lee
And get yourself free

You just slip out the back
Jack
. . .

She said it grieves me so to see you in such pain
I wish there was something I could do to make you smile again
I said I appreciate that and would you please explain
About the fifty ways

She said why don't we both just sleep on it tonight
And I believe in the morning you'll begin to see the light
And then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right
There must be fifty ways to leave your lover
Fifty ways to leave your lover

You just slip out the back
Jack
. . .

VIDEO




2. LOVE ME LIKE A ROCK



When I was a little boy
(when I was just a boy)
And the devil would call my name
(when I was just a boy)
I'd say "now who do (who)
Who do you think you're fooling?"
(when I was just a boy)
I'm a consecrated boy
(when I was just a boy)
I'm a singer in a sunday choir
Oh, my mama loves, she loves me

(chorus)
She get down on her knees and hug me
Like she loves me like a rock
She rocks me like the rock of ages
And loves me
She love me, love me, love me, love me

When I was grown to be a man
(grown to be a man)
And the devil would call my name
(grown to be a man)
I'd say "now who do (who)
Who do you think you're fooling?"

(grown to be a man)
I'm a consummated man
(grown to be a man)
I can snatch a little purity
My mama loves me, she loves me

(chorus)

And if I was president
(was the president)
The minute congress call my name
(was the president)
I'd say "who do (who)
Who do you think you're fooling?"
(who do you think you're fooling)
I've got the presidential seal
(was the president)
I'm up on the presidential podium
My mama loves me, she loves me

(chorus)

Fade out:
She love me, love me, love me, love me
(loves me like a rock)
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
(loves me like a rock, oh baby)....

VIDEO


3. HE WAS MY BROTHER

He Was My Brother lyrics

He was my brother
Five years older than I
He was my brother
Twenty-three Years old the day he died
Freedom writer
They cursed my brother to his face
Go home outsider
This town's gonna be your buryin' place
He was singin' on his knees
An angry mob trailed along
They shot my brother dead
Because he hated what was wrong
He was my brother
Tears can't bnng him back to me
He was my brother
And he died so his brothers could be free
He died so his brothers could be free

VIDEO



4. STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS


I met my old lover
On the street last night
She seemed so glad to see me
I just smiled
And we talked about some old times
And we drank ourselves some beers
Still crazy after all these years
Oh, still crazy after all these years

I'm not the kind of man
Who tends to socialize
I seem to lean on
Old familiar ways
And I ain't no fool for love songs
That whisper in my ears
Still crazy after all these years
Oh, still crazy after all these years


Four in the morning
Crapped out, yawning
Longing my life away
I'll never worry
Why should I?
It's all gonna fade

Now I sit by my window
And I watch the cars
I fear I'll do some damage
One fine day
But I would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years
Oh, still crazy
Still crazy
Still crazy after all these years

VIDEO




5. SLIP SLIDIN AWAY


(chorus)
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
the more you're slip slidin' away

I know a man
He came from my home town
He wore his passion for his woman
like a thorny crown
He said "Delores,
I live in fear
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear"

(chorus)

I know a woman
Became a wife
These are the very words she uses
to describe her life
She said a good day
ain't got no rain
She said a bad day's when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been

(chorus)

And I know a father
who had a son
He longed to tell him all the reasons
for the things he'd done
He came a long way
just to explain
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping
then he turned around and headed home again

(chorus)

God only knows
God makes his plan
The information's unavailable
to the mortal man
We work our jobs
collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway
when in fact we're slip slidin' away

(chorus 2x)

Mmm mmm mmm
Hoh woh woh woh woh
woh woh woh ooh woh woh...


VIDEO



6. ACE IN THE HOLE

Some people say Jesus that's the ace in the hole
But I never met the man so l don't really know
Maybe some Christmas if I'm sick and alone
He will look up my number
Call me on the phone and say :
Hey, boy, where you been so long
Don't you know me
I'm your ace in the hole

Two hundred dollars, that's my ace in the hole
When I'm down, dirty and desperate
That's my emergency bank roll (I got . . .)
Two hundred dollars, that's the price on the street
If you wanna get some quality
That's the price you got to meet (and the man says...)
Hey, Junior, where you been so long
Don't you know me
I'm your ace in the hole
(talk about ace in the hole)

Once I was crazy and my ace in the hole
Was that I knew that I was crazy
So I never lost my self-control
I just walk in the middle of the road
I sleep in the middle of the bed
I stop in the middle of a sentence
And the voice in the middle of my head said
Hey, Junior, where you been so long
Don't you know me
I'm your ace in the hole (oh yeah)
Ace in the hole
Lean on me
Don't you know me
I'm your guarantee

Riding on this rolling bus
Beneath a stormy sky
With a slow moon rising
And the smokestacks driving by

In the hour when the heart is weakest
And the memory is strong
When time has stopped
But the bus just rolls along
Roll on, roll on
Roll on, roll on
Roll on, roll on

Some people say music that's their ace in the hole
Just your ordinary rhythm and blues
Your basic rock and roll
You can sit on the top of the beat
You can lean on the side of the beat
You can hang from the bottom of the beat
But you got to admit that the music is sweet

Where you been so long
Don't you know me l m your ace in the hole (oh yeah)

Ace in the hole
Lean on me
Don't you know me
I'm your guarantee

Some people say music that's their ace in the hole
Just your ordinary rhythm and blues
Your basic rock and roll
You can sit on the top of the beat
You can lean on the side of the beat
You can hang from the bottom of the beat
But you gotta admit that the music is sweet

Hey, Junior, I'm your ace in the hole
Hey, Junior, I'm your ace in the hole
Hey, Junior, I'm your ace in the hole
Hey, Junior, I'm your ace in the hole


VIDEO



7. HEARTS AND BONES

One and one-half wandering Jews
Free to wander wherever they choose
Are travelling together
In the Sangre de Cristo
The Blood of Christ Mountains
Of New Mexico
On the last leg of the journey
They started a long time ago
The arc of a love affair
Rainbows in the high desert air
Mountain passes slipping into stones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Thinking back to the season before
Looking back through the cracks in the door
Two people were married
The act was outrageous
The bride was contagious
She burned like a bride
These events may have had some effect
On the man with the girl by his side
The arc of a love affair
His hands rolling down her hair
Love like lightning shaking till it moans
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
And whoa whoa whoa
She said:
Why?
Why don't we drive through the night
We'll wake up down in Mexico
Oh I
I don't know nothin' about nothin' about
No Mexico
And tell me why
Why won't you love me
For who I am
Where I am
He said:
'Cause that's not the way the world is baby
This is how I love you, baby
This is how I love you, baby
One and one-half wandering Jews
Return to their natural coasts
To resume old acquaintances
Step out occasionally
And speculate who had been damaged the most
Easy time will determine if these consolations
Will be their reward
The arc of a love affair
Waiting to be restored
You take two bodies and you twirl them into one
Their hearts and their bones
And they won't come undone
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones
Hearts and bones

VIDEO



8. 10 YEARS[OPRAH WINFREY SHOW 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY THEME]


You are moving on a crowded street
Through various shades of people
In the summers harshest heat
A story in your eye
Well, speak until your minds at ease

Ten years come and gone so fast
I might as well be dreaming
Sunny days have burned a path
Across another season
A fortune rises to the sky
Ten years come and gone so fast
You are driving down an empty road
Beside a shady river
When the sky turns dark as stone
The trees begin to shiver
The grace of God is nigh

Ten years come and gone
And that flash has never been forgotten
Sunny days have burned a path
Across another season
How do the powerless survive
Ten years come and gone so fast

And if you look into your future life
Ten years from this question
Do you imagine a familiar light
Burning in the distance
The love that never died

Ten years come and gone so fast
I might as well be dreaming
Sunny days have burned a path
Across another season

Ten years come and gone so fast
Sunny days have burned a path


VIDEO



9. EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS A LOVE SONG.


Locked in a struggle for the right combination -
Of words in a melody line,
I took a walk along the riverbank of my imagination.
Golden clouds were shuffling the sunshine.

But if I ever get back to the twentieth century,
Guess I'll have to pay off some debts.
Open the book of my vanishing memory,
With it's catalogue of regrets.
Stand up for the deeds I did, and those I didn't do.
Sit down, shut up, think about God,
And wait for the hour of my rescue.
We don't mean to mess things up,
But mess them up we do.
And then it's "Oh, I'm sorry."
Here's a smiling photograph
Of love when it was new.
At a birthday party.
Make a wish and close your eyes:
Surprise, surprise, surprise.

Early December, and brown as a sparrow,
Frost creeping over the pond.
I shoot a thought into the future,
And it flies like an arrow, through my liftime.
And beyond.
If I ever come back as a tree, or a crow,
Or even the wind-blown dust;
Find me on the ancient road
In the song when the wires are hushed.
Hurry on and remember me,
As I'll remember you.
Far above the golden clouds,
The darkness vibrates.
The earth is blue.

And everything about it is a love song.
Everything about it.
Everything about it is a love song.
Everything about it.
Everything about it is a love song.

VIDEO cecilia



10. FLOWERS NEVER BEND WITH THE RAINFALL

Through the corridors of sleep
Past the shadows dark and deep
My mind dances and leaps in confusion.
I don't know what is real,
I can't touch what I feel
And I hide behind the shield of my illusion.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall.

The mirror on my wall
Casts an image dark and small
But I'm not sure at all it's my reflection.
I am blinded by the light
Of God and truth and right
And I wander in the night without direction.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall.

It's no matter if you're born
To play the King or pawn
For the line is thinly drawn 'tween joy and sorrow,
So my fantasy
Becomes reality,
And I must be what I must be and face tomorrow.

So I'll continue to continue to pretend
My life will never end,
And Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall.

VIDEO



11. ONE NIGHT STAND


[Chorus:]
You should stay another night with me
Oh woah uh huh
A one night stand is all I need
Just you and me
You should stay another night with me
Oh woah uh huh
A one night stand is all I need

[Verse 1: Keri Hilson]
Tell me how you like it baby
Do you want it fast or slow
Cos I get so excited baby
When you're taking off my clothes
Time and time again I done tried
To be the girl in your life
Boy I know you're feeling lonely
So if you want it boy
Just come over boy
And I promise you won't ever want to leave oh yeah
[Chorus]
I just want your body baby*

[Verse 2: Chris Brown]
Tell me how it feels
When your man don't please you right
And tell me how it feels after I take you on this ride?
Ooh I got the remedy girl
I'll be your fantasy girl
I'ma kiss from your head to your feet yeah
Satisfaction guaranteed woahhh
Girl I didn't come to tease ya
I just wanna please ya
Hope you like it
[Keri Hilson]
I know you wanna be loved
Maybe we can make some
Boy I think that you should stay

[Chorus]

[Outro]
You should stay another night with me
A one night stand is all I need

[Chris Brown]
Baby he aint treating you right and I know
Ha aint hittin it right that's why you need me in
Your life baby come here and let me kiss on your neck
Down to your chest, to your navel i may go all the way just stay here
Another night

VIDEO Janice Joplin


12. HOW THE HEART APPROACHES WHAT IT YEARNS

In the blue light
Of the Belvedere motel
Wondering as the television burns
How the heart approaches what it yearns

In a fever
I distinctly hear your voice
Emerging from a dream, the dream returns
How the heart approaches what it yearns
After the rain on the interstate
The headlights slide past the moon
A bone-weary traveler
Waits by the side of the road
Where's he goin?

I dream we are lying on the top of a hill
And headlights slide past the moon
I fold in your arms
And your voice is the heat of the night
I'm on fire

In a phone booth
In some local bar and grill
Rehearsing what I'll say, my coin returns
How the heart approaches what it yearns
How the heart approaches what it yearns

VIDEO



13. I DO IT FOR YOUR LOVE


We were married on a rainy day
The sky was yellow
And the grass was gray
We signed the papers
And we drove away
I do it for your love
The rooms were musty
And the pipes were old
All that winter we shared a cold
Drank all the orange juice
That we could hold
I do it for your love

Found a rug
In an old junk shop
And I brought it home to you
Along the way the colors ran
The orange bled the blue

The sting of reason
The splash of tears
The northern and the southern
Hemisphere
Love emerges and it disappears
I do it for your love
I do it for your love

VIDEO




14. LOVE

Cool me
Cool my fever high
Hold me when I cry
I need it so much
Makes you want to get down and crawl like a beggar
For it's touch
And all the while it's free as air
Like plants the medicine is everywhere

Love
Love
Love
We crave it so badly
Makes you want to laugh out loud when you receive it
And gobble it like candy

We think it's easy
Sometimes it's easy
But it's not easy
You're going to break down and cry
We're not important
We should be grateful
And if you're wondering why

Love
Love
Love

The price that we pay
When evil walks the planet
And love is crushed like clay
The master races, the chosen peoples
The burning temples, the weeping cathedrals...

VIDEO



15. PEACE LIKE A RIVER


Ah, peace like a river ran through the city
Long past the midnight curfew
We sat starry-eyed
Ooh, oh,we were satisfied
O-o-oh, when I remember
Misinformation followed us like a plague
Nobody knew from time to time
If the plans were changed
Oh, oh, oh, if the plans were changed.
You can beat us with wires
You can beat us with chains
You can run out your rules
But you know you can't outrun the history train
I seen a glorious day, aiee------


Ah, four in the morning
I woke up from out of my dreams
Nowhere to go but back to sleep
But I'm reconciled
Oh, oh, oh, I'm going to be up for a while
Oh, oh, oh, I'm going to be up for a while

Oh, oh, oh, I'm going to be up for a while


VIDEO

Thursday, March 17, 2011

SEPTEMBER WHEN: IRRITATING LOVER [6]




The September When is a Norwegian rock band formed in Stavanger in 1987, by vocalist Morten Abel, guitarist Tor Øyvind Syvertsen and keyboardist Helge Hummervoll, all former members of the band Mods. They signed a recording contract with Warner Music in Norway, and released their self-titled debut album in 1989. The band line-up was broadened by the addition of bassist Gulleiv Wee and drummer Stene Osmundsen before the following tour. Syvertsen left the band the following year, and Morten Mølster took his place.

The new line-up released their break-through album Mother I've Been Kissed in 1991. After releasing two more albums, One Eye Open in 1993 and HuggerMugger in 1994, The September When split up in 1996. The same year they released the compilation Absolute The September When - Prestige de la Norvège 1989-96. Another compilation, The Best Of TSW, got released in 2002 and contains remastered songs.

According to the Morten Abel website, The September When reunited for a show on August 28, 2008 in Stavanger, Norway. The band returned with a fifth studio album "Judas Kiss" on December 5th 2008.

Origin Stavanger, Norway
Genres Pop / rock
Years active 1987–1996,2008–present
Website http://www.theseptemberwhen.no
Members
Morten Abel
Morten Møster
Gulleiw
Stene Osmundsen
Helge Hummervoll
Past members
Tor Øyvind Syvertsen
Torkild Viig



1. SPEAK YOUR MIND



When did you begin to steal
I hear this is new now what has come to your mind
One game is over and now comes another
Couldn't you run away with her like you wanted to
Or was there something that she would not do to you
Oh little yeah little I care
You're getting nowhere
You must let them hear you
Speak your mind
Ship in the morning with the golden light sleeping
On the water top
Dreams get better and better as the prices go up
Couldn't you get her up to a rendezvous

Or couldn't you get her first of two
Oh little oh little I care
You're getting nowhere
You must let them hear you
Speak your mind
Do you believe in Kingdom Come
Take the risk of leaving home

VIDEO



2. WHERE YOU GO I GO


I follow you
barefoot or with shoes
And I will laugh on my way
'cos I'll get to you some day
But it's a dangerous track
It keeps haunting me back
But it still don't leave me no choice
I must keep following your voice
Chorus:
Where you go I go with you
Through the tunnel of evilness
My heart will never rest
Through scenes we've seen in "Angel Heart"

Where I have to do Mickey's part
I know this will take a lot of time
If years pass I won't mind
I'll be guided by the stars above
And the moon will show me to my love
Chorus
I don't know what to call you saint or Satan
But you still capture the whole heart of mine
Prince gets a son and he calls him Nathan
I don't matter to me I follow you follow you
There's nothing to be afraid of
Even if you're alone
Leave it to the hand of fate
Leave it to the hand of fate
There's one thing I can assure you
You won't regret it
There's nothing to be afraid of
There's nothing to be afraid of

VIDEO


3. NOT IMPRESSED



I'm working with my bare hands
I'm gonna be a rich man
I think I could dive 50 feet down
I'll do anything when you're around
I've sailed with a ship on the sea
Three times 'round the world it took me
I've been drunk in the port of Shanghai
And I've seen what is left of My-Lai
Chorus:
Not impressed
Not impressed

I work so hard to be best
Not impressed
I'm working so hard
I almost never rest
I'm up before the sun is rising
To keep my title as the champ in everything
I'm often to be heard on the wire
And my friends are the hippest that you can hire
Chorus
My feet can run me from coast to coast
But baby I need you

VIDEO



4. FEELING OF FLYING



Yes I admit that I
wish I could fly sometimes
just leave the ground
and watch everything from the sky, sometimes
it's unreal but imagine
the feeling of flying
Yes I admit that I

wish I could cry sometimes
(And sometimes I do)
Just lay my head on your shoulder
and be a child for a while
It's unreal but imagine
the feeling of crying


VIDEO



5. A PLACE TO STOP

A Place To Stop lyrics

You talk a lot about silence day
As we drive along the so-called highway
I stop the pick-up on a hilltop nearby
So we can gaze upon the blue sky
I feel so safe with my hands upon the wheel
It's just like everything around me becomes unreal
And you tell stories close to lies about despair
Is there a place to stop
around here

Is there a place to stop
around here
And as the afternoon comes sneaking in
It brings with it from the ocean a cold wind
And you tell me about the trend in magazines
I try to find a place with gasoline
Is there a place to stop
Around here

VIDEO




6. IRRITATING LOVER



I'm a quiet guy, I live within all reasons
but they say that I...
am not being careful when I'm played with
So to take me for a ride
is not for you, young girl
'cos I see right through when you lie
I got you once I can get you twice
Ha-ha ... So you don't believe that
so you are ready to play?
Then let it start, let it start
I feel like time is fading out
Now you've played your part
It's like a bomb exploding
Guess it's your lover
You come around with him
Your irritating lover
I think you call him Jim or Tim or Phil

Ahh ... This is gonna stop!
Well I guess I can turn away
But I warn you now
You have to be careful when you play
Take a good look up at the blue sky
and breathe
And I will take away
that look in your eyes
I want them to cry, cry, cry
Yes I will take away
that look in your eyes
cos I want this stopped
so please stop
I guess It's your lover
You come around with him
your irritating lover
I think you call him Bob or Steve or Finn
Ahh ... This is gonna stop
I'm so happy for the world is round
I go for a second time

Thursday, March 10, 2011

ENYA: A MOMENT LOST [11]



Enya (born Eithne Patricia Ní Bhraonáin, Irish pronunciation: [ˈɛnʲə pəˈtrɪʃə nʲiː ˈvˠɾˠiːn̪ˠaːnʲ], 17 May 1961) is an Irish singer, instrumentalist and composer. The media sometimes refer to her by the Anglicized name, Enya Brennan; Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Gaoth Dobhair dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.
She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad, before leaving to perform solo. She gained wider recognition for her music in the 1986 BBC series The Celts. Shortly afterwards, her 1988 album Watermark propelled her to further international fame and she became known for her unique sound, characterized by voice-layering, folk melodies, synthesized backdrops and ethereal reverberations.

She continued to enjoy steady success during the 1990s and 2000s; her 2000 album A Day Without Rain sold 15 million copies and she was named the world's best selling female artist of 2001. She is Ireland's best-selling solo musician and is officially the country's second-largest musical export after the band U2. Her album sales stand at 70 million as of 2009, with over 26 million in album sales in the US. Her work has earned her four Grammy awards and an Academy Award nomination. She has performed works in 10 languages.




1. DREAMS ARE MORE PRECIOUS



Come see, high above.
Come see, high in the heavens.
A new star shining bright.
Out of the darkness, comes a light.

Come hear, midnight chimes
Come hear, bells that are ringing
And for some distant shore
Sounds of a journey, echo on

This is the night
They say,
Everyone wants a dream.

This is the night
They say
Nothing is as it seems.

Come see, close your eyes.
Come see, give me your sorrow.
And I keep watch for you.
Until the dawn is, breaking through.
Until the morning wakens you.

Da, Da, Da...

Come dream, through the night.
Come dream, and then tomorrow
They'll see who, what will know.

Dreams are more precious than gold
Dreams are more precious than gold
Dreams are more precious than gold

VIDEO



2. SOMEONE SAID GOODBYE



Summer. When the day is over
there's a heart a little colder;
someone said goodbye,
but you don't know why.
Somewhere there is someone keeping
all the tears they have been weeping,
someone said goodbye,
but you don't know why.

Is there a reason
why a broken heart begins to cry?
Is there a reason
you were lost although you don't know why?
Give me a reason
why you never want to say goodbye.
If there's a reason,
I don't know why.

Always looking for a meaning,
all the time you keep believing,
but I don't know why
you won't say goodbye.
Even when the sun is shining

you don't see the silver lining,
but I don't know why
you won't say goodbye.

Is there a reason
why a broken dream can never fly?
Is there a reason
you believe and then you close your eyes?
Give me a reason
why you hide away so much inside.
If there's a reason,
I don't know why.

Is there a reason
why a broken heart begins to cry?
Is there a reason
you were lost although you don't know why?
Give me a reason
why you never want to say goodbye.
If there's a reason
I don't know why.
I don't know why.
I don't know why.
I don't know why.

VIDEO



3. FALLEN EMBERS



Once, as my heart remember,
all the stars were fallen embers.
Once, when night seemed forever
I was with you.
Once, in the care of morning
in the air was all belonging.
Once, when that day was dawning.
I was with you.

How far we are from morning.
how far we are

and the stars shining through the darkness,
falling in the air.

Once, as the night was leaving
into us our dreams were weaving.
Once, all dreams were worth keeping.
I was with you.

Once, when our hearts were singing,
I was with you.

VIDEO



4. LAST TIME BY MOONLIGHT

The winter sky above us
Was shining
In moonlight,
And everywhere around us
The silence
Of midnight.
And we had gathered snowflakes;
Remember
The soft light
Of starlight on snow.

Oooh, remember this,
For no-one knows
The way love goes.
Oooh, remember this,
For no-one knows
The way life goes.

We walked the road together

One last time
By moonlight,
As underneath the heavens
The slow chimes
At midnight,
But nothing is forever
Not even
The starlight
At midnight
Not even
The moonlight...

Oooh, remember this,
For no-one knows
The way love goes.
Oooh, remember this,
For no-one knows
The way life goes.

VIDEO




5. ON YOUR SHORE

[written by:Enya/Roma Ryan]

Strange how
my heart beats
To find myself upon your shore.
Strange how
I still feel
My loss of comfort gone before.
Cool waves wash over
and drift away with dreams of youth
so time is stolen
I cannot hold you long enough.
And so
this is where I should be now
Days and nights falling by
Days and nights falling by me.
I know
of a dream I should be holding
days and nights falling by
Days and nights falling by me.
Soft blue horizons
reach far into my childhood days
as you are rising
to bring me my forgotten ways
Strange how I falter
to find I'm standing in deep water
Strange how
my heart beats
to find I'm standing on your shore

VIDEO



6. A MOMENT LOST

It's only now when words are said
that break my heart in two,
I wonder how you can endure
all I've said, all I say to you.

How strong, how brave, how true of you
to bear the hurt I gave.
I know it tears your heart in two;
all I've said, all I say to you.

After all the words are said
after all the dreams we made;
every one a precious one,
every one a summer sun...

A moment lost, forever gone,
can never be again,
so know how much it means to me;
all you said,
all you gave,
all your love to me.


VIDEO


7. IF I COULD BE WHERE YOU ARE

Where are you this moment?
only in my dreams.
You're missing, but you're always
a heartbeat from me.
I'm lost now without you,
I don't know where you are.
I keep watching, I keep hoping,
but time keeps us apart

Is there a way I can find you,
is there a sign I should know,
is there a road I could follow
to bring you back home?

Winter lies before me

now you're so far away.
In the darkness of my dreaming
the light of you will stay

If I could be close beside you
If I could be where you are
if I could reach out and touch you
and bring you back home
Is there a way I can find you
Is there a sign I should know
Is there a road I could follow
to bring you back home to me


VIDEO




8. I WANT YOU TOMORROW

Dawn breaks; there is blue in the sky.
Your face before me though I don't know why.
Thoughts disappearing like tears from the moon.
Waiting here; as I sit by the stone
They came before me, those men from the sun.
Signs from the heavens say I am the one.
Chorus
Now I know; I can see your light,
this light that I must follow,
You -- you could take my life away
-- so far away.
Now I know; I must leave your spell
-- I want tomorrow.
Now you're here; I can see your light,
this light that I must follow,
You -- you may take my life away
-- so far away.
Now I know; I must leave your spell
-- I want tomorrow.

VIDEO


9. ONLY IF...


When there's a shadow, you reach for the
sun.
When there is love, then you look for
the one.
And for the promises, there is the sky.
And for the heavens are those who can
fly.
Chorus:
If you really want to, you can hear me
say
Only if you want to will you find a way.
If you really want to you can seize the
day.
Only if you want to will you fly away.
Da da da da, da da da da da.
da da da da, da da da da da,
da da da da.
When there's a journey, you follow a
star.
When there's an ocean, you sail from
afar.
And for the broken heart, there is the
sky.
And for tomorrow are those who can
fly.
Chorus

Da da da da, da da da da da.
da da da da, da da da da da,
da da da da.
Ooh go doe bay mwa.
Ooh go doe bay mwa.
Chorus
Ah! Je voudrai voler comme un oiseau
d'aile
Ah! Je voudrai voler comme un oiseau
d'aile,
d'aile...
Ooh go doe bay mwa.
Ooh go doe bay mwa.
Chorus
If you really want to you can seize the
day.
Only if you want to will you fly away.

VIDEO



10. IT'S IN THE RAIN

Every time
the rain comes down,
close my eyes and listen.
I can hear the lonesome sound
of the sky as it cries.

Listen to the rain
Here it comes again
Hear it in the rain

Feel the touch
of tears that fall
-they won't fall forever
In the way the day will flow
all things come,
all things go.

Listen to the rain
...the rain...
Here it comes again...
...again...
Hear it in the rain
...the rain...

Late at night
I drift away -
I can hear you calling,
and my name
is in the rain,
leaves on trees whispering,
deep blue sea's mysteries.

Even when
this moment ends,
can't let go this feeling.
Everything
will come again
in the sound,
falling down,
of the sky as it cries.
Hear my name in the rain.


VIDEO





11. PAINT THE SKY WITH STARS


Suddenly before my eyes
Hues of indigo arise
With them how my spirit sighs
Paint the sky with stars
Only night will ever know
Why the heavens never show
All the dreams there are to know
Paint the sky with stars
Who has paced the midnight sky?
So a spirit has to fly
As the heavens seem so far
Now who will paint the midnight star?
Night has brought to those who sleep
Only dreams they cannot keep

Paint the sky with stars

Who has paced the midnight sky?
So a spirit has to fly
As the heavens seem so far
Now who will paint the midnight star?
Place a name upon the night
One to set your heart alight
And to make the darkness bright
Paint the sky with stars.


VIDEO

Saturday, March 05, 2011

LEONA LEWIS: NAKED [11]




Leona Louise Lewis (born 3 April 1985) is a British[1] singer-songwriter. Lewis was a contestant in third series of the British television series The X Factor, which she won.

Lewis is a multi-platinum selling artist and three time Grammy Award nominee. Her most successful single, "Bleeding Love", reached number one in over thirty countries around the world. She was proclaimed 'Top New Artist' by Billboard magazine in 2008. Lewis has released two albums to date, Spirit and Echo, in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Spirit became the fastest-selling debut album and the biggest seller of 2007 in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, and made Lewis the first British solo artist to top the Billboard 200 with a debut album. It has sold over 6.5 million copies worldwide.[2]

Lewis's debut single "A Moment Like This" became the fastest selling UK single after being downloaded over 50,000 times within thirty minutes of its release. In November 2008 she set a record in the UK for the fastest selling download-only release with her cover version of the Snow Patrol song "Run" which sold 69,244 copies in two days. Lewis's debut tour, The Labyrinth, took place in 2010.

Birth name Leona Louise Lewis
Born 3 April 1985 (age 25)
Islington, London, England
Genres Pop, R&B
Occupations Singer-songwriter
Years active 2006–present
Labels Syco, J

1. A MILLION LOVE SONGS



Put your head against my life, what do you hear
A million words just trying to make
The love song of the year
Close your eyes but don't forget what you have heard
A girl who’s trying to say three words
The words that make me scared

A million love songs later
And here I am trying to tell you that I care
A million love songs later and here I am

Looking to the future now this is what I see
A million chances pass me by

A million chances to hold you
Take me back, take me back to where I used to be
And hide away from all my truths
Through the light I see

A million love songs later
And here I am trying to tell you that I care
A million love songs later and here I am

A million love songs later
And here I am trying to tell you that I care
A million love songs later and here I am
A million love songs later and here I am


VIDEO



2. I AM YOU




How many times
Are you gonna take it
Look in my eyes
Help me make this make sense

Night after night
You sat up and cried
Wondering when you're gonna see things clearer
You don't even realise
That at this very moment
You're talking to yourself in the mirror

It's true
So you think I'm strong but you're feelin that you're weak
Baby I'm you
But we're one in the same so you're just as strong as me
Baby I'm you
And we deserve better it's time for us to leave
You know what to do
Cause I'm not a fool
So neither are you
Baby I'm you

Oh you're not crazy
If only you'd realize

That you and I
Have all the help we need

So why are we sitting here on the floor
(listen to me)
We ain't cryin no more
I am your soul
I am your heart
My strength is yours (Oh my strength is yours)

Baby it's true
So you think I'm strong but you're feelin that you're weak
Baby I'm you
But we're one in the same so you're just as strong as me
Baby I'm you
And we deserve better it's time for us to leave
You know what to do
Cause I'm not a fool
So neither are you
Baby I'm you

So pick yourself up right now
We've been here too long
We've overstayed it enough
That might have been
It's been a long time gone

So wipe away the tears
Ain't nothing for us here
The time has come to move on

Oooohhhhhwwww

Baby we deserve better
And we're far too strong
To let this go on
Baby I'm you

So you think I'm strong but you're feelin that you're weak
Baby I'm you
But we're one in the same so you're just as strong as me
Baby I'm you
And we deserve better it's time for us to leave
You know what to do
Cause I'm not a fool
So neither are you

Baby I'm you [x3]

VIDEO




3. BLEEDING LOVE

Send "Bleeding Love" Ringtone to your Cell
Bleeding Love lyrics
Songwriters: Mccartney, Jesse; Tedder, Ryan;

Closed off from love, I didn't need the pain
Once or twice was enough and it was all in vain
Time starts to pass before you know it you're frozen

But something happened for the very first time with you
My heart melted to the ground, found something true
And everyone's looking 'round, thinking I'm going crazy

But I don't care what they say, I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away but they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein that I keep on closing

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding, I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

Trying hard not to hear but they talk so loud
Their piercing sounds fill my ears try to fill me with doubt
Yet I know that the goal is to keep me from falling

But nothing's greater than the rush
That comes with your embrace
And in this world of loneliness I see your face
Yet everyone around me thinks that I'm going crazy
Maybe, maybe


But I don't care what they say, I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away but they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein that I keep on closing

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding, I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

And it's draining all of me
Oh, they find it hard to believe
I'll be wearing these scars for everyone to see

I don't care what they say, I'm in love with you
They try to pull me away but they don't know the truth
My heart's crippled by the vein that I keep on closing

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding, I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding, I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love

You cut me open
And I keep bleeding, keep, keep bleeding love

VIDEO




4. NAKED

You could've left me on a Friday
Would've loved to at least have the weekend
To go under and stay under to
To get better and to stay better

But you had to pick a Monday
Now i've gotta go to work and get
Through 5 days
And get throught it, if i can do it, no i can't do it

There's a heartbreaking chill running through my bones
Got my clothes but i can't really feel them on
Oh no whatever i do, i'm naked, i'm naked
Without you
Can't go out can't go home can't go anywhere
Covered up but i'm still watching people stare
Oh no now what can i do, i'm naked, i'm naked without you

Trying to focus
To go unnoticed
But the harder i try to stay dry it rains
And i can't do it, no, they see through it
Yeah they see through it

There's a heartbreaking chill running through my bones
Got my clothes but i can't really feel them on
Oh no whatever i do, i'm naked, i'm naked
Without you
Can't go out can't go home can't go anywhere
Covered up but i'm still watching people stare
Oh no now what can i do, i'm naked, i'm naked without you

Inside i'm still hiding
Outside i'm just too exposed
But i know that
I should let go
But i miss you

There's a heartbreaking chill running through my bones
Got my clothes but i can't really feel them on
Oh no whatever i do, i'm naked, i'm naked
Without you
Can't go out can't go home can't go anywhere
Covered up but i'm still watching people stare
Oh no now what can i do, i'm naked, i'm naked without you


VIDEO




5. I AM SO INTO YOU

Boy, there you go
You're telling me that you love me
But boy you know
That you belong to another girl who loves you

You are so fine, you blow my mind
With the things you do to me
Blind, she's not blind
Things you do for me, but I know

I'm so into you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Boy, you got me so confused
I don't know what I'm gonna do

Friends ask how could I give myself
To one who belongs to someone else
They just don't know your love's so good
That they would want it for themselves

Anyone can see, so fine, you blow my mind
With the things you do to me
Blind, she's not blind
Things you do for me, oh my God

I'm so into you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Boy, you got me so confused
I don't know what I'm gonna do

I'm so into you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Boy, you got me so confused
I don't know what I'm gonna do

You're not, you're not mine
You're not, you're not mine
You're not, you're not mine
You're not
What am I supposed to do

I'm so into you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Boy, you got me so confused
I don't know what I'm gonna do

I'm so into you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Boy, you got me so confused
I don't know what I'm gonna do

I'm so into you
I don't know what I'm gonna do
Boy, you got me so confused
I don't know what I'm gonna do

I'm so into you
Boy, you got me so confused
I don't know what I'm gonna do
I'm so into you

VIDEO



6. L.O.V.E. U



Lately I don't know what's coming over me
Keep on thinking about what we could be
Now I know we're just friends, is there more to us
Can't help thinking that just ain't enough

I'm into you and what you do
Lets make a move baby you lead the way
Head over heals is how I feel you know the deal
I think that you feel the same

Oh is this for real
Everything that you can make feel
Oh it's time that I L.O.V.E
Oh is this for true I can see myself tripping on you
And oh oh it's time that you L.O.V.E

I know some people say that
When you're friends you're friends
Make a move and your relationship ends
But I am a chancer in life and I can take my heart
Better to have loved and lost then never to have love at all

I'm into you and what you do
Let's make a move baby you lead the way

Head over heels is how I feel you know the deal
I know that you feel the same

Oh is this for real
Everything that you can make feel
Oh it's time that I L.O.V.E
Oh is this for true I can see myself tripping on you
And oh oh it's time that you L.O.V.E

Take a chance and my hand
Discover a whole new land
If we don't we'll never know what we could be

Boy you better L.O.V.E love me
Cause I am gonna L.O.V.E love you

How I'm gonna love you
I am gonna love you
Are you gonna tell me
How you're gonna love me

Oh is this for real
Everything that you can make feel
Oh it's time that I L.O.V.E
Oh is this for true I can see myself tripping on you
And oh oh it's time that you L.O.V.E

VIDEO



7. LOVE LETTER

I cant wait for the day to end
So I can finally see your face again
We'll find a way if this wish comes true tonight

Even though I
never met you
i still miss you
i can feel you in my dreams
and i hope that
when you wake up
just maybe you'll remember me

And now I believe that this is fate
'Cause baby we belong together
I know everything is gonna be ok
Just as long as we have each other
Through the sunshine and through the rain
I know that it'l last forever
Just last night I stayed up late
And I wrote you a love letter

Tell me am I insane
I set your letter on the window pane
I thought of you as I let it fly away, and away

Even though I
never met you
i still miss you
i can see you in my dreams
and i hope that
when you read this
just maybe you'll remember me

And now I believe that this is fate
'Cause baby we belong together
I know everything is gonna be ok

Just as long as we have eachother
Through the sunshine and through the rain
I know that it'll last forever
Just last night I stayed up late
And I wrote you a love letter

Wrote you a love letter
I know that we'll always be together
Together, together, together

Even though I
never met you
I still miss you
I can see you in my dreams
And I hope that
When you read this
Just maybe you'll remember me

And now I believe that this is fate
'Cause baby we belong together
I know everything is gonna be OK
Just as long as we have each other
Through the sunshine and through the rain
I know that it'll last forever
Just last night I stayed up late
And I wrote you a love letter

Wrote you a love letter
I know that we'll always be together
We'll be together, together,
We'll always be

'Cause I wrote you a love letter

VIDEO



8. A MOMENT LIKE THIS


[Songwriters: Reid, John; Eloffson, Jorgen;]

What if I told you it was all meant to be?
Would you believe me, would you agree?
It's almost that feeling that we've met before
So tell me that you don't think I'm crazy
When I tell your love has come here and now

A moment like this, some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this, some people search forever
For that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Everything changes but beauty remains
Something so tender I can't explain
Well, I may be dreaming but till I awake
Can we make this dream last forever?
And I'll cherish all the love that we share

A moment like this, some people wait a lifetime
For a moment like this, some people search forever

For that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Could this be the greatest love of all?
I wanna know that you will catch me when I fall
So let me tell you this
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special kiss
Oh, I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this

Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
Some people search forever for that one special kiss
I can't believe it's happening to me
Some people wait a lifetime for a moment like this
A moment like this

VIDEO




9. FOOT PRINTS IN THE SAND


[Songwriters: Cowell, Simon; Kreuger, David Bengt; Magnusson, Per Olof; Page, Richard;]

You walked with me, footprints in the sand
And helped me understand where I?m going
You walked with me when I was all alone
With so much I know along the way
Then I heard you say

I promise you, I?m always there
When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
I?ll carry you when you need a friend
You?ll find my footprints in the sand

I see my life flash across the sky
So many times have I been so afraid
And just when I have thought I lost my way
You give me strength to carry on
That?s when I heard you say


I promise you, I?m always there
When your heart is filled with sorrow and despair
And I?ll carry you when you need a friend
You?ll find my footprints in the sand

When I?m weary, well, I know you?ll be there
And I can feel you when you say

I promise you, I?m always there
When your heart is filled with sadness and despair
I?ll carry you when you need a friend
You?ll find my footprints in the sand

I promise you, I?m always there
When your heart is full of sadness and despair
I?ll carry you when you need a friend
You?ll find my footprints in the sand


VIDEO




10. STOP CRYING YOUR HEART OUT


Hold Up… Hold on… Don’t be scared,
You’ll never change what’s been and gone.
May your smile… Shine on…
Don’t be scared,
Your destiny may keep you warm.

‘Cos all of the stars have faded away,
Just try not to worry,
You’ll see them some day.
Take what you need,
And be on your way,
And stop crying your heart out.

Get up… Come on… Why you scared?
You’ll never change what’s been and gone.

‘Cos all of the stars have faded away,
Just try not to worry,
You’ll see them some day.

Just take what you need,
And be on your way,
And stop crying your heart out.

Interlude

‘Cos all of the stars have faded away,
Just try not to worry,
You’ll see them some day.
Just take what you need,
And be on your way,
And stop crying your heart out.

When all of the stars were fading away,
Just try not to worry,
You’ll see them some day.
Just take what you need,
And be on your way,
And stop crying your heart out.

Stop crying your heart out. (X3)

VIDEO



11. FORGIVE ME


[Songwriters: Kelly, Claude; Thiam, Aliaune Abou; Tuinfort, Giorgio;]

There's a first time for everything
It's definitely one of them nights
I knew when I looked in his eyes
That he was gonna be trouble for me

I never wanted to lie
I knew that my baby would cry
If he knew what we were doing

But if his love don't pass the test
I gotta get it from somewhere else
Well I'm gone and I need a man
Hope he understands, forgive me baby

But I gotta take a chance tonight
So I'm doing me, myself and I
Can't wait no more, sitting all alone
Man, I really hope, hope you forgive me

Oh oh, hope you forgive me
Oh oh, hope you forgive me
Oh oh, I can't wait no more
Man, I really hope, hope you forgive me

Been a long time since I
Did something good for myself
But why should I be put through hell?
When he's doing what he wanna do

I finally found somebody else
Who really wants to make me feel
Things that I've been missing so long

And his love always passed the test
It's a shame I had to look somewhere else
Well I'm gone and I need a man

I just hope that he understands
(Forgive me baby)

But I gotta take a chance tonight
So I'm doing me, myself and I
Can?t wait no more, sitting all alone
Man, I really hope, hope you forgive me

Oh oh, hope you forgive me
Oh oh, hope you forgive me
Oh oh, I can?t wait no more
Man, I really hope, hope you forgive me

Forgive me but I need to be loved too
Forgive me but I can't wait around for you
Forgive me if I found a man
Who understands just what I need, oh

Forgive me but I need to be loved too
Forgive me if I can't wait around for you
Forgive me if I found a man who understands
Forgive me baby

But I gotta take a chance tonight
So I'm doing me, myself and I
Can?t wait no more, sitting all alone
Man, I really hope, hope you forgive me

Oh oh, hope you forgive me
Oh oh, hope you forgive me
Oh oh, I can?t wait no more
Man, I really hope, hope you forgive me

But I gotta take a chance tonight
So I'm doing me, myself and I
Can?t wait no more, sitting all alone
Man, I really hope, hope you forgive me


VIDEO

Friday, March 04, 2011

RICHARD MARX : LOVED [11]




Richard Noel Marx (born September 16, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American adult contemporary and pop/rock singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard". Although most of his major hit songs were slow ballads, many of his songs had a classic rock style, such as "Don't Mean Nothing", "Should've Known Better," "Satisfied," and "Too Late To Say Goodbye". Marx placed himself in the record books by being the first solo artist to have his first seven singles hit the Top 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart . His record sales worldwide exceed 30 million.[Aside from songs that he has sung himself, he has written, co-written, and produced successful tracks for other artists such as "This I Promise You" by NSYNC and "Dance With My Father" by Luther Vandross. The latter song won several Grammy Awards.

Birth name Richard Noel Marx
Born September 16, 1963 (age 47)
Origin Chicago, IL, United States
Genres Pop, soft rock, rock, adult contemporary, R&B
Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer
Instruments Vocals, keyboards, organ, piano, guitar
Years active 1982 - present
Labels Capitol Records, EMI, Manhattan Records, Signal 21 Records, Zanzibar Records
Associated acts Dick Marx, Matt Scannell, Luther Vandross, Keith Urba





1. FIRST TIME I EVER SAW YOUR FACE


The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and the stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and empty skies, my love

The first time ever I kissed your mouth

I felt your heart beat close to mine
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was ther at my command, my love

The first time ever I saw your face, your face,
Your face, your face


VIDEO




2. NOW AND FOREVER


[Songwriters: Marx, Richard;]

Whenever I'm weary
From the battles that rage in my head
You make sense of madness
When my sanity hangs by a thread

I lose my way, but still you
Seem to understand
Now and forever
I will be your man

Sometimes I just hold you
Too caught up in me to see
I'm holding a fortune
That Heaven has given to me


I'll try to show you
Each and every way I can
Now and forever
I will be your man

Now I can rest my worries
And always be sure
That I won't be alone, anymore
If I'd only known you were there
All the time
All this time

Until the day the ocean
Doesn't touch the sand
Now and forever
I will be your man
Now and forever
I will be your man



VIDEO




3. LOVED


Once again I bare myself before you
Beggin' for a chance we never had
You don’t want all I have to offer
And its too late for me to take it back

Look at where you always leave us standing
Between all the way and not quite close enough
There could be a place you dont believe in
If you would only let yourself be loved

Im the one who seems to keep you smiling
And I'd be more if you'd take the dare
The two of us, we're really children hiding
Underneath the armor that we wear

And these walls...aren't so tall
That we're climbing

chorus

So many hearts who'll never even
Have the chance to hold
What you seem to be so willing to let go
What good is being strong and hiding in some harbor
If you and I end up all alone

Look at where you always leave us standing
Between all the way and not quite close enough
I could be what you just won’t believe in
If you would only let yourself be loved
Baby, wont you let yourself be loved.

VIDEO




4. SURRENDER TO ME



Is that what we've been together much too long
The answer may not be in black and white

We're always trying to prove who's right or wrong
Yet know we're giving up without a fight

But I know when you're gone
I'll wish I'd held on

Chorus:
So, baby, surrender to me
There'll be no holding back now
So, baby, surrender to me tonight

I don't want our love to cause you so much pain
If this is how it's going to be I'll walk away

Neither one of us should ever say goodbye
Let's forget about the past and who's to blame

'cause when this is all gone
We'll wish we'd held on


Chorus

How could this love be in danger
That used to be so good, so right
To think that fate could make us strangers
Has thrown me in your arms tonight

Chorus



VIDEO



5. SHOULD 'VE KNOWN BETTER.

Another sleeplees night I can't explain

Somebody said they heard me call your name.
The radio won't let you leave my mind

I know it's over
but I don't know why.

Should've known better than to fall in love with you

Now love is just a faded memory.
Should've known better
now I'm a prisoner to this pain

And my heart still aches for you.

There was no risk that I wouldn't take

Not a promise that I didn't make.
AII I asked was that you just hold on

And now I'm wondering what I did wrong.

Should've known better than to fall in love with you
. . .

I gave you all of my body and soul

Never believing we might lose control

I took my hands off the wheel.

I can't remember if the lies were true

It's been a million years since I touched you.
I thought time might help me win this game

But being away from you is slowly driving me insane.

Should've known better than to fall in love with you
. . .
Should've known better than to fall in love with you
. . .

VIDEO




6. SATISFIED

We work our bodies weary
to stay alive
There must be more to livin'
than nine to five
Why should we wait
for some better time
There may not even be a tomorrow
Ain't no sense in losing you mind
I'm gonna make it worth the ride

(chorus)
Don't you know?
I won't give up
until I'm satisfied
Don't you know?
Why should I stop
until I'm satisfied?

Ignore the hesitation
that ties your hands
Use your imagination
and take a chance
I won't let my moment
of truth pass me by
I've gotta make my move
now or never
And if they turn me loose on this town
they're gonna have to hold me down

(chorus)

Yeah

(instrumental)

(chorus 2x)

Why should I stop
until I'm satisfied?

Ain't gonna stop
until I'm safisfied


VIDEO



7. UNTIL I FIND YOU AGAIN

Lately I've been trying,
To fill up my days since you're gone
The speed of love is blinding
And I didn't know how to hold on
My mind won't clear

I'm out of tears
My heart's got no room left inside
How many dreams will end
How long can I pretend
How many times will love pass me by
Until I find you again
Well the arms of hope surround me
Will time be a fair weather friend
Should I call out to angels
Or just drink myself sober again
Can't hide is true
I still burn for you

Your memory just won't let me go

How many dreams will end
How long can I pretend
How many times will love pass me by
Until I find you again

I'd hold you tighter
Closer than ever before
Yeah...
No flame would burn brighter

If I could touch you once more
Hold you once more

How many dreams will end
How long can I pretend
How many times will love pass me by
Until I find you again
Until I find you
Again


VIDEO





8. AND I LOVE HER

I give her all my love
That's all I do
And if you saw my love
You'd love her too
I love her

She gives me everything
And tenderly
The kiss my lover brings
She brings to me
And I love her )

A love like ours
Could never die
As long as I
Have you near me

Bright are the stars that shine
Dark is the sky
I know this love of mine
Will never die


VIDEO




9. HOLD ON TO THE NIGHTS

Just when I believed
I couldn't ever want for more
This ever changing world
pushes me through another door
I saw you smile
and my mind could not erase
the beauty of your face
Just for awhile won't you
let me shelter you

(chorus)
Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
I wish I could give you something more
and I could be yours

How do we explain
something that took us by surprise
Promises in vain
love that is real but in disguise
What happens now?
Do we break another rule
let our lovers play the fool?

I don't know how
to stop feeling this way

(chorus)

Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
If I could only give you more

Well, I think that I've been true
to everybody else but me
And the way I feel about you
makes my heart long to be free
Every time I look into your eyes
I'm helplessly aware
That the someone I've been searching for
is right there

(chorus)

Hold on to the nights
Hold on to the memories
I wish I could give you more
then I could be yours

VIDEO




10. RIGHT HERE WAITING

Oceans apart, day after day
And I slowly go insane
I hear your voice on the line
But it doesn't stop the pain

If I see you next to never
But how can we say forever

Wherever you go, whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I took for granted, all the times
That I thought would last somehow
I hear the laughter, I taste the tears
But I can't get near you now

Oh, can't you see it, baby
You've got me goin' crazy


Wherever you go, whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

I wonder how we can survive
This romance
But in the end if I'm with you
I'll take the chance

Oh, can't you see it, baby
You've got me goin' crazy

Wherever you go, whatever you do
I will be right here waiting for you
Whatever it takes or how my heart breaks
I will be right here waiting for you

Waiting for you

VIDEO



11. YOUR GOODBYE


Another morning just like all the rest
Still nothing beating here inside my chest
Day turns into night as if everything's all right,
and then the lonely shadows fall

Just look at what's become of me
I can't remember how to breathe
Never knew that I could hurt this way
I can't hold on, I can't let go
My head denies what my heart knows
It's something I can't bring myself to say
I don't believe I'll ever quite survive your goodbye

Staring at your picture on the wall
is keeping me from any sleep at all
I'm lonely in the crowd,
the silence is too loud,
and all this darkness hurts my eyes

Wake me now and tell me I've been dreaming
Turn back the clock somehow

VIDEO





BONUS:

" DANCE WITH MY FATHER" GRAMMY WINNER WITH LUTHER VANDROSS


VIDEO

Tuesday, March 01, 2011

RANDY NEWMAN: I LOVE L.A. [9]



Randall Stuart "Randy" Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer/songwriter,[1] arranger, composer, and pianist who is known for his mordant (and often satirical) pop songs and for film scores.

Newman often writes lyrics from the perspective of a character far removed from Newman's own experiences. For example, the 1972 song "Sail Away" is written as a slave trader's sales pitch to attract slaves, while the narrator of "Political Science" is a U.S. nationalist who complains of worldwide ingratitude toward America and proposes a brutally ironic final solution. One of his biggest hits, "Short People" was written from the perspective of "a lunatic"[2] who hates short people. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer. His film scores include Ragtime, Awakenings, The Natural, Leatherheads, James and the Giant Peach, Meet the Parents, Seabiscuit and The Princess and the Frog. He has scored six Disney-Pixar films: Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars and most recently Toy Story 3.

He has been awarded two Academy Awards, three Emmys, five Grammy Awards, and the Governor's Award from the Recording Academy.[3] Newman was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002. In 2007, Newman was inducted as a Disney Legend.[4] In 2011, Newman won his second Oscar, for the song "We Belong Together" from Toy Story 3 at the 83rd Academy Award.
Birth name Randall Stuart Newman
Born November 28, 1943 (age 67)
Origin Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres Piano rock, comedy rock
Occupations Singer-songwriter, arranger, musician
Instruments Vocals, piano
Years active 1961–present
Labels Warner Bros. Records
Reprise/Warner Bros. Records
Walt Disney Records (Disney-Pixar films)
DreamWorks/Interscope/Universal Records
Nonesuch/Elektra Records




1. IF WE DID NOT HAVE JESUS.


If we didn't have Jesus
We wouldn't have
No one at all
If we didn't have Jesus
We wouldn't have
No one at all
If we didn't have Jesus
We wouldn't have
No one at all

God gonna set
This world on fire
God gonna set
This world on fire
God gonna set
This world on fire
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days

All of the sinners
Gonna turn up missing
All of the sinners
Gonna turn up missing
All of the sinners
Gonna turn up missing
One of these days
One of these days

One of these days

Gonna climb up
Jacob's ladder
It's not very far away
Gonna climb up Jacob's
Ladder one of these days

I'm gonna walk
And talk with Jesus
I'm gonna walk
And talk with Jesus
I'm gonna walk
And talk with Jesus
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days

God gonna set
This world on fire
God gonna set
This world on fire
God gonna set
This world on fire
One of these days
One of these days
One of these days

VIDEO




2. GOOD MORNING


Good morning
Good morning
Good morning
And a very
Happy birthday to you
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy
Happy birthday to you
Now Daddy may not spend
Much time with us
(Fuck off)
But I'm sure
That he loves you a lot
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy

He's the only daddy
You've got
(Fuck off)
Fuck off
But I'm the song
That the trees sing
When the wind blows
Fuck off, but, honey,
I'm the starlight
And I'm a rainbow
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you
Susie sing
Happy birthday to Daddy
Happy birthday to you


feels like home VIDEO



3. TICKLE ME



What can you do to amuse me
Now that there's nothing to do
The TV set's busted and can't get a picture
The radio plays nothing but news

Why don't you tickle me
Gee whiz won't that be fine
What a great idea
What a perfect way to kill some time
Can't stop to think 'cause if we do we'll lose our mind

Why don't you tickle me

Don't we have fun every minute

Oh what a gay life we lead
One chocolate milkshake with two straws stuck in it
What else does anyone need

Why don't you tickle me
There's nothing else to do
You won't have to talk to me
And I won't have to talk to you
When we're done I'll think of something else to do

Why don't you tickle me


VIDEO




4. MAY BE I'M DOING IT WRONG.



Maybe I'm doing it wrong
Maybe I'm doing it wrong
It just don't move me
The way that it should
Maybe I'm doing it wrong

There ain't no book you can read
There ain't nobody to tell you
But I don't think I'm getting
What everybody's getting
Maybe I'm doing it wrong


Sometimes I throw off a good one
At least I think it is
No, I know it is
But I shouldn't be thinking at all
I shouldn't be thinking at all

Maybe I'm doing it wrong
Maybe I'm doing it wrong
It just don't move me
The way that it should
Maybe I'm doing it wrong

MAD TV VIDEO


5. I LOVE LA.



Hate New YorK City
Its cold and it damp
and all the people dress
like monkeys

Lets leave Chicago
to the Eskimos that
town's a little bit rugged
for you and me girl

Rolling down Imperial Highway
big nasty Red head at my side
Santa Ana winds blowing hot from
the north we was born to ride

Roll down the windows
put down the top
crank up the beach boys
baby dont let the music stop
we gonna ride it till we
just cant ride it no more

from the sideway to the valley
from the west side to the east side

everybody very happy cause the sun is shinning
all the time like another perfect day
I LOVE LA
we love it
I LOVE LA
we love it

WE LOVE IT

Look at the mountain look those trees
look at that bum over there man hes
down on his knees look at these women
ain't nothing like them no where

Century Blvd
we love it 2x

Santa Monica blvd
we love it

6th Street
(we love it 4x)

WE LOVE LA


I Lovr LA
(we love it 3x)

VIDEO


6. LET IT SHINE


Whatever happened to
The things
You used to do
And all the dreams
You dreamed so long?

Stop livin'
In the past
The good times
Never last
Well now's the time
For movin' on

Let It shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
If there's hope
In your heart
Then let it shine

Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
Shine shine
If there's hope
In your heart
Then let it shine

Why don't you
Ever do
All that you
Want to do?
There's nothin'
Stoppin' you
You know

You've waited
All this time
To leave
The past behind
Well now it's fine
To let it go

Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
If there's hope
In your heart
Then let it shine

Let it shine
Let it shine
Let it shine
Shine, shine
If there's hope
In your heart
Then let it shine

THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG VIDEO


7. SHINING

Y'all should have seen me
When I was sixteen years old
Had my hair hangin' free down my back
It used to shine in the sun like gold.

Went eight years of grade school
Four years of high school
I was never sick one day
And the kids that were with you in the first grade
Were with you all the way

We'd go over to Augusta for a ball game
We'd all go down to Daytona for the race
We'd go over to the drive-in every Friday
Shining in the sun like gold

Some cold winter morning, outside the school
And the bell hadn't rung just yet
We stand outside the gate, smoke a cigarette
Brushin' the snow off our clothes, and lean against the wall
Shining

And there wasn't no baby cryin'
And there wasn't no laundry waitin' for me on the line
If I didn't want to be alone, I didn't have to be alone
All I had to do was shine
Shining
Shining

Lord there must be something better
Lord it just don't seem right
To cook the same breakfast for the same man every morning
Sleep with the same man every night
For the rest of my life
For the rest of my life

LAUGH AND B HAPPY VIDEO



8. CHANGE YOUR WAYS


Where you goin'
With your shoes undone
Throwin' rocks
Makin' fun of everyone
Little man
You'll make a big mistake
Unless you change your way

Stayin' out late
Every night
Chasin' after streetcars
And getting' into fights
Yeah
Son you're bound
To break your mama's heart
Unless you change your way

All the teachers
At the school there

They know you well
'Cause you're always
The worst one
You're always
Playin' the fool
I can tell
What's the matter
With you little guy

Don't you know
Take my advice
Before you do
Somethin' bad
You'd better
Think about it twice
You're sure to end up
On the shady side
Unless you
Change
Your
Way

POLITICAL SCIENCE VIDEO



9. DOCTOR, DOCTOR...



My brother's a machinist
And he works at the mill
And he makes more money
Than you ever will
He just got married
To a Polish girl
With a space
Between her teeth
When he was ten
Or eleven years old
He was helping out my Pop
In the barbershop
Sweeping up the hair
As it would drop
On to the boardwalk
And out of the shop

Doctor, doctor, what you say?
How 'bout lettin' him out today?
I can promise you he'll be ok
There ain't no reason
For him to stay

Get him back on his feet again
[
Back on his feet again
Open the door and set him free
Get him back on his feet again

One day he was workin'
In the barbershop
Knocked over some bottles
With the handle of his broom
And he cried
Daddy took him to a baseball game,
And still he cried
Daddy took him to the zoo,
And still he cried
Daddy said, "Son, I ain't angry,
But I'm so disappointed in you."

Get him back on his feet again
Back on his feet again
Open the door and set him free
Get him back on his feet again

dOCTOR WHO VIDEO