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There are places I remember all my life though some have changed some forever, not for better some have gone and some remain All these places had their moments with lovers and friends I still can recall some are dead and some are living in my life I've loved them all "In My Life" The Beatles [This message was edited by Revenant on Tue May 6th, 2003 at 9:27.] | |||
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in my life ... remember Seems like the other day, my baby went away, Went away 'cross the sea. It's been two years or so, since I saw my baby go And then this letter came to me. It said that we were through. He'd found somebody new. Someone help me! Someone help me! What can I do? Remember! Walking in the sand. Remember! Walking hand in hand. Remember! The night was so exciting. Remember! His smile was so inviting. Remember! Then he touched my cheek Remember! With his fingertips. Softly, softly we met with a kiss (back-up singers: WAAAAAAAAAAAH!) "Walking in the Sand" by the Shangri-Las (Best "girl group" ever!) I'm not a regular on this thread but I will pop in from time to time. I'm posting here since "In My Life" and "Walking in the Sand" are two absolute favorites of mine. | |||
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When I was younger, so much younger than today, I never needed anybody's help in any way. But now these days are gone, I'm not so self assured, Now I find I've changed my mind and opened up the doors. "Help! The Beatles | |||
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Try to see it my way, Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on? While you see it your way, Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone. We can work it out, We can work it out. "We Can Work It Out" ~~The Beatles | |||
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way ... can Bum! Bum! Bump-bump-bump-bump Bum! Bum! Bump-bump-bump-bump Bum! Bum! Bump-bump-bump-bump-bump BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM-BUM! Bum! Bum! Bump-bump-bump-bump Bum! Bum! Bump-bump-bump-bump Bum! Bum! Bump-bump-bump-bumpty-dumpty-dump! Theme from the movie "Can-Can" (an instrumental) | |||
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What's a blue man gonna do when he collects the whole set of the blues he can't move, he can't shake his slump a blue man says bumpity bump "Bumpity Bump" ~~Adrian Belew (aside to CJ--THANKS! ![]() | |||
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bump.....shake "Twist and Shout" ~The Beatles Well, shake it up, baby, now, (shake it up, baby) Twist and shout. (twist and shout) C'mon c'mon, c'mon, c'mon, baby, now, (come on baby) Come on and work it on out. (work it on out) | |||
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It's not the way you smile that touched my heart. (sha la la la la) It's not the way you kiss that tears me apart. Uh, oh, many, many, many nights go by, I sit alone at home and I cry over you. What can I do. Can't help myself, 'cause baby, it's you. Baby, it's you. "Baby It's You" ~~the Beatles | |||
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An aside back to Morgan: Congrats on tackling the challenge proposed by my "Can-Can" post. I knew someone would rise to it! And while it may not exactly fall into the category of "creative writing," I was rather pleased on how well (if I do say so myself and, of course, I do) the transcription turned out. If you play the "Can-Can" music in your head while reading the text, it's darn near perfect. Of course, if you don't know how the instrumental goes, that whole post was probably pretty much a mystery... | |||
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There's only so much I can take And I just got to let it go And who knows I might feel better, yeah If I don't try and I don't hope What can I do to make you love me What can I do to make you care What can I say to make you feel this What can I do to get you there "What Can I Do" The Corrs | |||
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What'll I do When you are far away And I am blue What'll I do What'll I do When I am wondering who Is kissing you What'll I do What'll I do With just a photograph To tell my troubles to When I'm alone With only dreams of you That won't come true What'll I do ???? Irving Berlin | |||
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I'll pretend that I'm kissing The lips I am missing And hope that my dreams will come true And then while I'm away I'll write home every day And I'll send all my loving to you "All My Loving" ~~the Beatles (Yeah, I know...another Beatles song! But there are so many, and they are so good! ![]() | |||
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Oh, Morgan, I missed your post! You are right--they are ohrwurms. ![]() "Send in the Clowns" Judy Collins I'm talking about the ever changing Winds of fame I guess it just got cold in here It comes full circle Never ever changed our ways our Little pill killed summer days I guess it just got cold in here It comes full circle Send in the clowns Well here come the clowns | |||
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One pill makes you larger And one pill makes you small, And the ones that mother gives you Don't do anything at all. Go ask Alice When she's ten feet tall. "White Rabbit" Jefferson Airplane written by Grace Slick | |||
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I'm a full grown man That's plain to see But nowhere near as full grown As I'd like to be But I'll find a bar And I'll have a few Until I'm ten feet tall and bulletproof "Ten Feet Tall and Bulletproof" ~~Travis Tritt | |||
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This board has already had another song with ten feet tall. ![]() ten feet tall ... I'd like to be I'd like to be under the sea In an octopus' garden in the shade He'd let us in, knows where we've been In his octopus' garden in the shade. We would be warm below the storm In our little hideaway beneath the waves Resting our head on the sea bed In an octopus' garden near a cave. -- Octopus' Garden by Ringo Starr, performed by The Beatles (an ohrwurm for Kalleh) [This message was edited by shufitz on Sat May 31st, 2003 at 17:32.] | |||
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Under the sea Under the sea Darling it's better Down where it's wetter Take it from me Up on the shore they work all day Out in the sun they slave away While we devotin' Full time to floatin' Under the sea "Under the Sea The seaweed is always greener" ~~Samuel E. Wright - from "The Little Mermaid" | |||
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take it from me ... don't take ... from me Don't take your love away from me Don't you leave my heart in misery If you go then I'll be blue Cause breakin' up is hard to do. Remember when you held me tight And you kissed me all through the night Think of all that we been through Cause breakin' up is hard to do. -- Neil Sedaka & Howard Greenfield, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do ![]() | |||
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O lee o lay dee, o lay dee i ay, Donner and Blitzen away, away, O lee o lay dee, o lay dee i o, I'm Hardrock, I'm Coco, I'm Joe. --- And Santa is busy with his heavy pack, He trusts his drivers and never looks back, -- O lee o lay dee, o lay dee i o, I'm Hardrock, I'm Coco, I'm Joe. "Hardrock, Coco and Joe" No one knows who sang it, or who wrote it... But they show up on WGN every Christmas season along with their friend Suzy Snowflake... | |||
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One of my favorites! ![]() Santa Baby written by J. Javits and P. Springer originally sung by Ertha Kitt Santa baby, slip a sable under the tree, for me I've been an awful good girl Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight Santa baby, an out-of-space convertible too, light blue I'll wait up for you dear Santa baby, and hurry down the chimney tonight | |||
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There’s a house on a hill, by an old willow tree Where the fire-place burning for my love and me But I got restless and send my goodbye Now I’m roaming the hills and I’m searching the sky , for that Chimney smoke, chimney smoke A winding and a whirling A climbing and a twirling Chimney smoke, why did I roam Chimney smoke lead me home "Chimney Smoke" Recorded by Harry Belefonte April 3, 1952 | |||
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The Wayward Wind sung by Gogi Grant (1956) Words and Music by Stan Lebowsky and Herb Newman # 8 song of the 1955-1959 rock era; # 1 for 8 weeks in 1956 The wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind In a lonely shack by a railroad track He spent his younger days And I guess the sound of the outward-bound Made him a slave to his wand'rin ways And the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind brief instrumental interlude Oh I met him there in a border town He vowed we'd never part Though he tried his best to settle down I'm now alone with a broken heart And the wayward wind is a restless wind A restless wind that yearns to wander And he was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind The next of kin to the wayward wind ================================== Transcribed by Ronald E. Hontz ronhontz@worldnet.att.net Tinman | |||
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Last night I prayed the lord my soul to keep Then I cried myself to sleep So sure life wouldn't go on without you But oh this sun is blinding me As it wakes me from the dark I guess the world wouldn't stop For my broken heart "For My Broken Heart" ~~Reba McEntire | |||
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Around the World in 80 Days ~ Nat King Cole Around the world, I've searched for you I traveled on when hope was gone To keep a rendezvous I know somewhere, sometime, somehow You'd look at me And I would see the smile you're smiling now | |||
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Walk through this world with me go where I go Share all my dreams with me I've searched for you so And now that I found you new horizons I see Come take my hand and walk through this world with me Come take my hand and walk through this world with me "WALK THROUGH THIS WORLD WITH ME" ~~written by Sandy Seamons and Kaye Savage ~~as sung by Connie Smith 1967 | |||
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I've searched for you ... take my hand This land is mine, God gave this land to me This brave and ancient land to me And when the morning sun reveals her hills and plain Then I see a land where children can run free So take my hand and walk this land with me And walk this lovely land with me Though I am just a man, when you are by my side With the help of God, I know I can be strong. Exodus Music for the 1960 film, by Ernest Gold, who won an Oscar for the score. Words added in 1961 by Pat Boone as "This Land Is Mine." | |||
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Oh Shufitz! That is one of my most favorite songs in the world. I sang this for all auditions in high school. It has a beautiful melody, has such a range, and requires a very strong voice to sing it. For those who are not familiar with the music, here is a very good midi version of it. Enjoy it as much as I am! And thank you Shu! | |||
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take my hand ... This land is mine [Regarding the "Land of Milk and Honey"] The honey's kind of bitter and the milk's a little sour. Did you know the "pebble" is the state's official flower? How about the tension? Political dissentions? And no one ever mentions, But the scenery is barren, and torrid and arid and horrid, AND How about the border when the Syrians attack? How about the Arab with the rifle in your back? How about the water: what there is of it is brine but This lovely land is mine. From the musical Milk and Honey, as remembered. | |||
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Heart don't fail me now! Courage, don't desert me! Don't turn back now that we're here. People always say Life is full of choices, No one ever mentions fear! Or how the world can seem so vast On a journey. . . to the past "Journey to the past" - From the motion picture Anastasia | |||
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This is an aside and not part of the game. However, with all the "this land is mine" talk, I just had to link to this song, one of my favorites: THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND words and music by Woody Guthrie Chorus: This land is your land, this land is my land From California, to the New York Island From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters This land was made for you and me | |||
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Oh heart, Hold on just a little bit longer, Oh heart, he'll come around. Oh heart, As long as he’s in your heart, he’s not really gone. "Oh Heart" ~~Bailley and the Boys | |||
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heart ... just a little bit longer Stay Just a little bit longer Please please please please please Tell me you're going to. Well, your daddy don't mind And your mamma don't mind If we have another dance Yeah just one more, one more time Stay, recorded by the Four Seasons, but didn't someone else do it earlier? | |||
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You know that I believe I should be good as gone But still I stay just a little bit longer The only reason why I am holding on The hurt was strong, so strong But love is stronger "Love Is Stronger" ~~Suzy Bogguss And as asked above, "Stay" was written by Maurice Wilson and recorded by "Maurice Wilson and the Zodiacs" in 1960 and then covered by "Frankie Valley and the Four Seasons" in 1964. [This message was edited by Morgan on Wed Jun 18th, 2003 at 21:47.] | |||
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I Believe ~Words and music by Erwin Drake, Irvin Graham, Jimmy Shirl, Al Stillman I believe, for every drop of rain that falls, A flower grows... I believe that somewhere in the darkest night, A candle glows... I believe for everyone who goes astray, Someone will come, to show the way, I believe, I believe... [Morgan, yours was great! ![]() | |||
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Freedom is a basic right You can't take what's mine I don't let nobody hold me down I gotta fight Gotta keep my dignity Gotta do what I believe Can't you understand I'm tryna make a stand, hey hey "Fight" ~~Alicia Keys (Kalleh, I just love the song you posted! I sang that for a friend's son's funeral. It still brings tears to my eyes.) | |||
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The Night Chicago Died The Night Chicago Died Paper Lace (1974) Daddy was a cop On the East Side of Chicago Back in the USA Back in the bad old days In the heat of a summer night In the land of the dollar bill When the town of Chicago died And they talk about it still When a man named Al Capone Tried to make that town his own And he called his gang to war Against the forces of the law I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night it really was Brother, what a fight it really was Glory be I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night the people saw Brother, what a fight the people saw Yes, indeed And the sound of the battle rang Through the streets of the old East Side 'Til the last of the hoodlum gang Had surrendered up or died There was shouting in the street And the sound of running feet And I asked someone who said 'Bout a hundred cops are dead I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night it really was Brother, what a fight it really was Glory be I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night the people saw Brother, what a fight the people saw Yes, indeed Then there was no sound at all But the clock up on the wall Then the door burst open wide And my daddy stepped inside And he kissed my momma's face Then brushed her tears away I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night it really was Brother, what a fight it really was Glory be I heard my momma cry I heard her pray the night Chicago died Brother, what a night the people saw Brother, what a fight the people saw Yes, indeed The night Chicago died The night Chicago died Brother, what a night it really was Brother, what a fight it really was Glory be The night Chicago died The night Chicago died Tinman [This message was edited by tinman on Sun Jun 22nd, 2003 at 22:12.] | |||
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We barely touch, we hardly say "Goodnight". And how could she have known? She's only five. I tucked her in, warm and safe. 'Bout to close her door and walk away, Then my heart stopped when I heard her pray: "I promise, honest, I'll be good. "Just one wish, God, if you would: "Bring back their happy faces; "Just make them kiss and make up; "Please keep Mom and Dad in love." "Keep Mom And Dad In Love" ~~Hal Ketchum and Lisa Brokop. | |||
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Teddy Bear's Picnic Picnic time for teddy bears The little teddy bears are Having a lovely time today Watch them, catch them unawares And see them picnic on their holiday See them gaily gather 'bout They love to play and shout They never have any cares At six o'clock their mommies and daddies Will take them home to bed Because they're tired little teddy bears. [One of my favorite children's songs; in looking for it I found this great site.] | |||
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Dallas, Ft. Worth, Amarillo On down to San Antone Gonna turn it loose in Houston Y'all it's good to be back home Lubbock, Texarkana, Corpus Austin, Abilene Man we love to play that Texas swing "Texas Swing" ~~Clay Walker | |||
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San Antonio Rose written and sung by Bob Wills (1940) Deep within my heart lies a melody, A song of old San An - tone. Where in dreams I live with a memory, Beneath the stars all alone. It was there I found beside the Alamo Enchantment strange as the blue up above. A moonlit pass only she would know, Still hears my broken song of love. Moon in all your splendor, know only my heart Call back my Rose, Rose of San Antone. Lips so sweet and tender, like petals falling apart. Speak once a - gain of my love, my own. Broken song, empty words I know still live in my heart all a - lone For that moonlit pass by the Alamo, and Rose, my Rose of San Antone. Tinman [This message was edited by tinman on Sat Jun 28th, 2003 at 22:18.] | |||
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Deep in the Heart of Texas ~George Strait The stars at night - are big and bright Deep in the heart of Texas. The prairie sky - is wide and high Deep in the heart of Texas. The Sage in bloom - is like perfume Deep in the heart of Texas. Reminds me of - the one I love Deep in the heart of Texas. The cowboys cry - ki-yip-pie-yi Deep in the heart of Texas. The rabbits rush - around the brush Deep in the heart of Texas. The coyotes wail - along the trail Deep in the heart of Texas. The doggies bawl - and bawl and bawl Deep in the heart of Texas | |||
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There's a yellow rose in Texas, that I am going to see, Nobody else could miss her, not half as much as me. She cried so when I left her, it like to broke my heart, And if I ever find her, we nevermore will part. "Yellow Rose of Texas" Circa 1836; author and copyright unknown. | |||
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Yellow Submarine ~ The Beatles In the town where I was born Lived a man who sailed to sea And he told us of his life In the land of submarines So we sailed up to the sun Till we found the sea of green And we lived beneath the waves In our yellow submarine | |||
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Around her neck She wore a yellow ribbon, She wore it in the springtime And in the month of May. And if you asked her Why the heck she wore it, She'd say "It's for my lover Who is far, far away". Refrain: Far away! Far away! She wore it for her lover far away. Around her neck she wore a yellow ribbon. She wore it for her lover who is far, far away. Around the block she pushed a baby carriage. . . Around her thigh she wore a yellow garter. . . Behind the door her daddy kept his shotgun. . . And in the church the preacher kept a license. . . | |||
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The only one who could ever reach me Was the son of a preacher man The only boy who could ever teach me Was the son of a preacher man Yes he was, he was, ooh, yes he was "Son of a Preacher Man" ~~written by: John Hurley and Ronnie Wilkins ~~sung by many including: Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin, Janis Joplin, and many others | |||
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TEACH YOUR CHILDREN Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young by Graham Nash You who are on the road Must have a code that you can live by And so become yourself Because the past is just a good bye. Teach your children well, Their father's hell did slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picks, the one you'll know by. Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry, So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. And you, of tender years, Can't know the fears that your elders grew by, And so please help them with your youth, They seek the truth before they can die. Teach your parents well, Their children's hell will slowly go by, And feed them on your dreams The one they picks, the one you'll know by. Don't you ever ask them why, if they told you, you will cry, So just look at them and sigh and know they love you. [I love this one, so I am posting the whole song.] | |||
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teach......love I hate to answer myself, but here is my tribute of one of my very favorites...Barry White. His romantic and sensuous singing will be sorely missed. Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe ~ Barry White (spoken) I've heard people say that Too much of anything is not good for you, baby Oh no But I don't know about that There's many times that we've loved We've shared love and made love It doesn't seem to me like it's enough There's just not enough of it There's just not enough Oh oh, babe (sung) My darling, I can't get enough of your love babe Girl, I don't know, I don't know why Can't get enough of your love babe Oh, some things I can't get used to No matter how I try Just like the more you give, the more I want And baby, that's no lie Oh no, babe | |||
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It feels so good You lying here next to me Oh, what a groove You have no idea how it feels My hands just won’t keep still I love you, baby Oh, I love you, I love you, I love you I just wanna hold you Run my fingers through your hair Ooh Outta sight Uh-huh, right there, you like it like that Closer Come here, closer, close Oh, baby Oh, baby "I'm Gonna Love You Just a Little More, Baby" ~~Barry White (I'm with you Kalleh) | |||
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Good... Gotta Now little girl, you're so young and pretty but one thing I know is true, You'll be dead before your time, you know it.. See my daddy in bed, he's dyin' See his hair been turnin grey He's been working and slaving his life away. We gotta' get out of this place If it's the last thing we ever do We gotta' get out of this place- Girl, there's a better life for me and you... "We gotta get out of this place" (This was an Animals song I belive, but I like the Blue Oyster Cult version better.) | |||
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Love that song, Jim! ![]() Here is one from the other end of the continuum: The Old Gray Mare ~adapted spiritual ~author unknown The old gray mare, She ain't what she used to be Ain't what she used to be, Ain't what she used to be The old gray mare, She ain't what she used to be Many long years ago Having just had a birthday, I hope Shufitz doesn't think this of me! ![]() | |||
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