music after my own heart

San Antonio Rose

2012-01-27T10:21:00.000-05:00

Patsy Cline

Deep within my heart lies a melody
A song of old San Antone
Where in dreams I live with a memory
Beneath the stars, all alone

It was there I found
Beside the Alamo, enchantments
Strange as the blue up above
That moonlit pass
That only she would know
Still hears my broken song of love

Moon in all your splendor
Known only to my heart
Call back my rose, rose of San Antone
Lips so sweet and tender
Like petals falling apart
Speak once again of my love, my own

Broken song, empty words I know
Still live in my heart all alone
For that moonlit pass by the Alamo
And rose, my rose of San Antone.

My own version:

Graduation Day

2012-01-24T15:39:00.002-05:00

Chris Isaak

Driving slowly
Watching the headlights in the rain
Funny how things change
Think of the good times
Wishing you were still with me
The way it used to be, graduation day

Watching the stars fall
A million dreams have all gone bad
Think of all we had
I knew all then
Thought you loved me, I was wrong, life goes on
Graduation day, oh, graduation day

Thinking of a time when everything was right
Thinking of a time with only you and I
Makes me sorry that it had to end that way
Learned my lesson, now there's nothing left to say
Graduation day, oh graduation day.

Cockeyed Optimist

2012-01-14T10:11:00.002-05:00

from South Pacific
Stacey Kent

When the skies are bright canary yellow
I forget every cloud I've ever seen
So they called me a cockeyed optimist
Immature and incurably green

I have heard people rant and rave and bellow
That we're done and we might as well be dead
But I'm only a cockeyed optimist
And I can't get it into my head

I hear the human race is falling on its face
And hasn't very far to go
But every whippoorwill is selling me a bill
And telling me it just ain't so

I could say life is just a bowl of Jello
And appear more intelligent and smart
But I'm stuck like a dope with a thing called hope
And I can't get it out of my heart, not this heart!

Corcovado

2012-01-13T20:57:00.000-05:00

Stacey Kent

Quiet nights of quiet stars
Quiet chords from my guitar
Floating on the silence that surrounds us
Quiet thoughts and quiet dreams
Quiet walks by quiet streams
And a window looking onto Corcovado, how lovely

This is where I want to be
Here with you so close to me
Until the final flicker of life's ember
I who was lost and lonely
Believing life was only
A bitter tragic joke, have found with you
The meaning of existence, oh my love.

Forget Him

2012-01-13T18:27:00.001-05:00

Alfio

Forget him, if he doesn't love you
Forget him, if he doesn't care
Don't let him tell you that he wants you
'Cause he can't give you love which isn't there

Oh, little girl, he's never dreaming of you
He'll break your heart, you wait and see
So don't you cry now, just tell him goodbye now
Forget him and please come home to me.

The Surrey with the Fringe on Top

2012-01-13T11:27:00.000-05:00

from Oklahoma
Stacey Kent

Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry
When I take you out in the surrey
When I take you out in the surrey with the fringe on top
Watch that fringe and see how it flutters
When I drive those high steppin' strutters
Nosey pokes will peek thru' their shutters and their eyes will pop
The wheels are yellow, the upholstery's brown
The dashboard's genuine leather
With isinglass curtains you can roll right down
In case there's a change in the weather
Two bright sidelight's winkin' and blinkin'
Ain't no finer rig I'm a-thinkin'
You can keep your rig if you're thinkin' that I'd care to swap
For that shiny, little surrey with the fringe on the top!

I can see the stars gettin' blurry
When we ride back home in the surrey
Ridin' slowly home in the surrey with the fringe on top
I can feel the day gettin' older
Feel a sleepy head near my shoulder
Noddin', droopin' close to my shoulder, till it falls kerplop
The sun is swimmin' on the rim of a hill
The moon is takin' a header
And just as I'm thinkin' all the earth is still
A lark'll wake up in the meadow
Hush, you bird, my baby's a-sleepin'
Maybe got a dream worth a-keepin'
Whoa! you team, and just keep a-creepin' at a slow clip clop
Don't you hurry with the surrey with the fringe on the top!

If I Were a Bell

2012-01-13T11:22:00.000-05:00

from Guys and Dolls
Stacey Kent

Ask me how do I feel
Ask me now that we're cosy and clinging
Well sir, all I can say is
If I were a bell I'd be ringing
From the moment we kissed tonight
That's the way I've just gotta behave
Boy, if I were a lamp I'd light
And If I were a banner I'd wave

Ask me how do I feel
Little me with my quiet upbringing
Well sir, all I can say is
If I were gate I'd be swinging
And if I were a watch
I'd start popping my springs
Or if I were a bell
I'd go ding dong, ding dong ding!

Ask me how do I feel
From this chemistry lesson I'm learning.
Well sir, all I can say
Is if I were a bridge I'd be burning
Yes, I knew my moral would crack
From the wonderful way that you looked
Boy, if I were a duck I'd quack
Or if I were a goose I'd be cooked

Ask me how do I feel
Ask me now that we're fondly caressing
Well, if I were a salad
I know I'd be splashing my dressing
Ask me how to describe this whole beautiful thing
Well, if I were a bell
I'd go ding dong, ding dong ding!

Manhã de Carnaval

2012-01-12T21:44:00.000-05:00

Saxophonist: Jim Tomlinson

Play:

Dream Lover

2012-01-12T17:04:00.000-05:00

Every night I hope and pray
A dream lover will come my way
A girl to hold in my arms
And know the magic of her charms
Because I want a girl to call my own
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Dream lover where are you
With a love oh so true
And a hand that I can hold
To feel you near as I grow old
Because I want a girl to call my own
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Someday I don't know how
I hope she'll hear my plea
Some way I don't know how
She'll bring her love to me

Dream lover until then
I'll go to sleep and dream again
That's the only thing to do
Till all my lover's dreams come true
Because I want a girl to call my own
I want a dream lover
So I don't have to dream alone

Please don't make me dream alone
I beg you don't make me dream alone
No I don't wanna dream alone...

The Loveliest Night of the Year

2012-01-11T21:50:00.000-05:00

When you are in love
It’s the loveliest night of the year
Stars twinkle above
And you almost can touch them from here
Words fall into rhyme
Any time you are holding me near
When you are in love
It’s the loveliest night of the year.

Waltzing along in the blue
Like a breeze drifting over the sand
Thrilled by the wonder of you
And the wonderful touch of your hand
And my heart starts to beat
Like a child’s when a birthday is near
So kiss me, my sweet
It’s the loveliest night of the year.

Love Story

2012-01-11T16:50:00.000-05:00

Alfio

Where do I begin
To tell the story of how great a love can be
The sweet love story that is older than the sea
The simple truth about the love she brings to me
Where do I start

With her first hello
She gave new meaning to this empty world of mine
There'd never be another love, another time
She came into my life and made the living fine
She fills my heart

She fills my heart with very special things
With angel's songs, with wild imaginings
She fills my soul with so much love
That anywhere I go I'm never lonely
With her around, who could be lonely
I reach for her hand, it's always there

How long does it last
Can love be measured by the hours in a day
I have no answers now but this much I can say
I know I'll need her till the stars all burn away
And she'll be there.

Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes

2012-01-11T13:07:00.000-05:00

Alfio

Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Don't let the moon break your heart
Love blooms at night, in daylight it dies
Don't let the stars get in your eyes
Or keep your heart from me
For some day I'll return
And you know you're the only one I'll ever love

Too many nights, too many stars
Too many moons could change your mind
If I'm gone for long don't forget where you belong
When the stars come out remember you are mine

Too many miles, too many days
Too many nights to be alone
Oh, please keep your heart while we are apart
Don't you linger in the moonlight when I'm gone.

The Village Where I Went to School

2012-01-10T17:56:00.000-05:00

Foster & Allen

Well I've travelled the world, I've heard people say
Funny how life has slipped away
But I knew that I'd come back someday
To the village where I went to school

In the corner of a field there's a big old tree
It's been growing there before you and me
I carved my name for all to see
In the village where I went to school

I would sit in the class on a winter's morn
Sometimes I wished I'd never been born
In second-hand clothes that were tattered and torn
In the village where I went to school

Where are they now, some went over the sea
Odd ones came back to the village, like me

There's a smell of bread from the baker's shop
And the little store where we bought our pop
The coalman's old horse he goes clippity-clop
Through the village where I went to school

Like many childhood memories
Like the time when all the school caught fleas
And the orchard where we climbed those trees
In the village where I went to school

Now I've come back home and I reminisce
I look around at the things I missed
As the sun comes up I watch it kiss
The village where I went to school

Like the old village stream, the water flows on
Some folks have stayed while others have gone

Well I'll look around and I'll find a wife
I've had my share of trouble and strife
And it's here I'll spend the last years of my life
In the village where I went to school.

Minuet in G

2012-01-09T08:00:00.002-05:00

Composer: Beethoven
Orchestra: The London Philharmonic

Piano version by Dame Moura Lympany:

Träumerei

2012-01-08T21:25:00.000-05:00

Composer: Robert Schumann
Pianist: Vladimir Horowitz

Serenade

2012-01-06T22:26:00.000-05:00

Composer: Franz Schubert
Violinist: Joshua Bell

Listen to the piano version by Vladimir Horowitz here

The Swan

2012-01-06T18:47:00.000-05:00

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns
Violinist: Joshua Bell

Tristesse

2012-01-06T18:11:00.000-05:00

Composer: Frédéric Chopin
Violinist: André Rieu

Serenade

2012-01-05T21:48:00.000-05:00

Composer: Enrico Toselli
Violinist: André Rieu

Jardin d'Hiver

2012-01-05T10:29:00.000-05:00

Stacey Kent

Je voudrais du soleil vert
Des dentelles et des théières
Des photos de bord de mer
Dans mon jardin d'hiver

Je voudrais de la lumière
Comme au Nouvelle-Angleterre
Je veux changer d'atmosphère
Dans mon jardin d'hiver

Ma robe à fleurs
Sous la pluie de novembre
Tes mains qui courent
Je n'en peux plus de t'attendre
Les années passent
Qu'il est loin l'âge tendre
Nul ne peut nous entendre

Je voudrais du Fred Astère
Revoir un Latécoère
Je voudrais toujours te plaire
Dans mon jardin d'hiver

Je veux déjeuner par terre
Comme au long des golfes clairs
T'embrasser les yeux ouverts
Dans mon jardin d'hiver.

Lovin' You

2012-01-04T16:06:00.000-05:00

Bobby Darin

If you are wondering what I'm gonna do
While you are sleeping, am I sleeping too?
Well, I'm just sitting here loving you
Close my eyes and loving you
I'm just sitting back, sitting here loving you

I have been wondering just what I would do
If I weren't sleeping had I not found you
But I'd be outside finding you
Walking on the avenue finding you
Well, I'm just sitting back, sitting here loving you

Now the reason that you never see me running round
Fingers on my forehead couldn't calm me down
She can't even get me up on my feet
When I've got to take care of some business on the street

I have been walking all my streets alone
I would keep walking to keep from going home
I couldn't quite barely conceive of you
Now I can't conceive of ever leaving you
'cause I'm just sitting back, sitting here loving you.

Try to Remember

2011-12-27T00:18:00.001-05:00

Ed Ames
from The Fantasticks

Try to remember the kind of September
When life was slow and oh, so mellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When grass was green and grain was yellow
Try to remember the kind of September
When you were a tender and callow fellow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow.

Try to remember when life was so tender
That no one wept except the willow
Try to remember when life was so tender
That dreams were kept beside your pillow
Try to remember when life was so tender
When love was an ember about to billow
Try to remember and if you remember
Then follow, follow.

Deep in December it's nice to remember
Although you know the snow will follow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
Without a hurt the heart is hollow
Deep in December it's nice to remember
The fire of September that made us mellow
Deep in December our hearts should remember
And follow, follow, follow..

My own version:

Sunday Morning Coming Down

2011-12-22T18:33:00.000-05:00

Johnny Cash

Well I woke up Sunday morning
With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt
And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad
So I had one more for dessert
Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes
And found my cleanest dirty shirt
Then I washed my face and combed my hair
And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day

I'd smoked my mind the night before
With cigarettes and the songs that I'd been picking
But I lit my first and watched a small boy
Cursing at a can that he'd been kicking
I crossed the empty street
And caught the Sunday smell of someone's frying chicken
And it took me back to something
That I'd lost somewhere, somehow along the way

On a Sunday morning sidewalk
I'm wishing Lord that I was stoned
'Cause there's something in a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
Oh there ain't nothing short of dying
Half as lonesome as the sound
Of a sleeping city sidewalk
Sunday morning coming down

In the park I saw a daddy
With a laughing little girl that he was swinging
And I stopped beside a Sunday school
Listened to the songs that they were singing
Then I headed down the road
And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing
And it echoed through the canyons
Like the disappearing dream of yesterday

On a Sunday morning sidewalk
I'm wishing Lord that I was stoned
'Cause there's something about a Sunday
That makes a body feel alone
Oh there ain't nothing short of dying
Half as lonesome as the sound
Of a sleeping city sidewalk
Sunday morning coming down.

Carrickfergus

2011-12-18T03:59:00.003-05:00

Darren Holden

I wish I was in Carrickfergus
Only for nights in Ballygran
I would swim over the deepest ocean
The deepest ocean for my love to find
But the sea is wide and I cannot swim over
And neither have I wings to fly
If I could find me a handsome boatman
To ferry me over my love and I.

My childhood days bring a sad reflection
Of happy times spent long ago
My boyhood friends and my relations
Have all passed on now like melting snow
But I spend my days in endless roving
Soft is the grass, my bed is free
Ah to be back now in Carrickfergus
On that long road down to the sea.

And in Kilkenny it is reported
There on marble stones as black as ink
With gold and silver I would support her
But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink
I'm drunk today and I'm seldom sober
A handsome rover from town to town
Ah but I'm sick now my days are numbered
Come all ye young men and lay me down.

Can't Help Falling in Love

2011-12-11T19:00:00.008-05:00

Chris Isaak

Wise men say
Only fools rush in
But I can't help
Falling in love with you.

Shall I stay
Would it be a sin
If I can't help
Falling in love with you.

Like a river flows
Surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes
Some things are meant to be.

Take my hand
Take my whole life too
For I can't help
Falling in love with you.

Hallelujah

2011-12-10T13:24:00.005-05:00

Celtic Thunder

I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this: the fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you
It's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not someone who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah.

Remember Me

2011-12-07T22:04:00.002-05:00

Daniel O'Donnell

I was born in Bethlehem many years ago
And my Father sent me down to change the world we know
I performed some miracles I brought love and peace
And I'm the reason for Christmas day so please remember me.

Remember me when you raise your glass
Remember me I died for you on a cross
When you unwrap your Christmas gifts
And your heart is filled with glee
Take a moment to set aside and just remember me
Just remember me.

I'm beside you everyday in everything you do
And even though you can't see me
I'm there to help you through
I watch you laugh and I watch you cry
I try to make you see
I don't want anything in return but just remember me.

Noreen

2011-12-06T13:45:00.002-05:00

Neil Byrne - Celtic Thunder

When I dream, I’ll be dreaming of Noreen
And the love that I’m leaving behind me
And the twilight will always remind me
Of my Noreen, mo stoirin, my love
Every night I’ll be thinking of Noreen
And the way I would cuddle and kiss her
Every bone in my body will miss her
My Noreen, mo stoirin, my love.

I curse the day that I left her
And the people who drove me away
It’s worse than I ever imagined
Oh God, it gets harder each day.

So I pray when my exile is over
With the pain and the heartache behind us
Back in the peace of the valley, you’ll find us
My Noreen, mo stoirin, and me
Back in the peace of the valley
That’s where we will be
My Noreen, mo stoirin, and me.

Nue comme la mer

2011-12-05T16:34:00.006-05:00

Christophe

Le vent, la mer, le soleil et la pluie
C'était comme en hiver
La nuit, le froid, le feu
C'est l'éclat de ses yeux
Quand elle est en colère
Ma vie souvent qu'elle a trop oubliée
C'est un cri dans mon coeur
Et c'est le vent la mer qui me l'ont redonnée
En rêve cette nuit

Je l'ai vue passer, elle était nue comme une enfant
Nue comme la mer, elle était nue dans la lumière
Mon chagrin dansait dans ses yeux clairs comme une larme
Une larme amère qui serait tombée dans la mer
Elle était belle, je crois qu'elle était tout pour moi

Le vent, la mer, le soleil et la pluie
C'était comme en hiver
La nuit, le froid, le feu
C'est l'éclat de ses yeux
Quand elle est en colère
Ma vie souvent qu'elle a presque oubliée
C'est un cri dans mon coeur
Pourtant ce cri, mon coeur commence à l'oublier
Je crois qu'elle reviendra.

Maggie

2011-12-05T11:55:00.017-05:00

Darren Holden

I wandered today to the hills, Maggie
To watch the scene below
The creek and the creaking old mill, Maggie
Where we used to love long ago
The green grove is gone from the hills, Maggie
Where first the daisies have sprung
The creaking old mill it is still, Maggie
Since you and I were young.

Oh they say I'm feeble with age, Maggie
My steps are much slower than then
My face is a well-written page, Maggie
And time all alone was the pen
They say we have outlived our times, Maggie
As dated as the songs we have sung
But to me you're as fair as you were, Maggie
When you and I were young.

Somebody's Crying

2011-12-04T21:42:00.010-05:00

Chris Isaak

I know somebody and they cry for you
They lie awake and then dream of you
I bet you never even know they do
But somebody's crying.
I know somebody and they called your name
A million times and still you never came
They go on loving you just the same
I know that somebody's trying.

So please return the love you took from me
Or please let me know if it can't me
I know when somebody's lying

Give me a sign and let me know if we're through
If you don't love me like I love you
But if you cry at night the way I do
I'll know that somebody's lying.

Raining in My Heart

2011-12-04T20:49:00.002-05:00

Charlie Landsborough

The sun is out, the sky is blue
There’s not a cloud to spoil the view
But it’s raining, raining in my heart

The weatherman says fine today
He doesn’t know you've gone away
And it’s raining, raining in my heart

Oh misery, misery
What’s gonna become of me?

I tell my blues they mustn’t show
But soon my tears are bound to flow
'cause it’s raining, raining in my heart.

There She Goes

2011-12-03T20:10:00.001-05:00

Chris Isaak

There she goes, there she goes
All dressed up and walking, you found somebody new
I don't want nobody, I was happy with you
There she goes.

I never said I love you, but you know that I do
I can't believe it's over, I keep thinking of you
I see her everywhere, everywhere I go
I see her everywhere, everywhere I go
There she goes, there she goes.

There she goes.

Don't know why she left me, don't know what I'll do
I don't want no counsel, I was happy with you
I see her everywhere, everywhere I go
I see her everywhere, everywhere I go
There she goes, there she goes.

I wanna cry, for you
There she goes, there she goes
There she goes, there she goes
There she goes, there she goes, there she goes.

Some of These Days

2011-12-02T20:31:00.006-05:00

Kevin Spacey

Some of these days
You're gonna miss me, baby
Some of these days
You'll feel so lonely

You're gonna miss my hugging
You'll miss my kissing
You may even miss me, baby
When I'm gone away

You're gonna feel lonely
And want me only
'Cause you know, honey
You always got your way.

Say baby, if you really want me, oh yeah
You know it's gonna grieve me
You're gonna miss your boney little daddy
Comes one of these yeah

Said some of these days, I'll do it, Sophie
You're gonna miss me, honey
And I'm talking about days
When you feel all blue.

You're gonna miss my hugging
You're gonna miss my kissing
You may even miss me, baby
When I'm long gone away

I hope you feel lonely
And want me only
'Cause you know, lover
You always had your way

And if you leave me
You know it's gonna grieve me
You'll miss your brown-eyed daddy
Grab it now
Some of these days.

I Forgot to Remember to Forget

2011-12-02T11:15:00.001-05:00

Chris Isaak

I forgot to remember to forget her
I can't seem to get her off my mind
I thought I'd never miss her
But I found out somehow
I think about her almost all the time.

The day we said goodbye
I made myself a promise
That I'd soon forget we ever met
Oh darling something sure is wrong
'cause I'm so blue and lonely
I forgot to remember to forget.

The Crow on the Cradle

2011-12-01T20:41:00.003-05:00

Darren Holden

The sheep's in the meadow
The cow's in the corn
Now is the time for a child to be born
You'll laugh at the moon
And you'll cry for the sun
And if it's a boy he'll carry a gun
Sang the crow on the cradle

And if it should be that this baby's a girl
Never you mind if her hair doesn't curl
With rings on her fingers
And bells on her toes
And a shadow above her wherever she goes
Sang the crow on the cradle

The crow on the cradle
The black on the white
Somebody's baby is born for a fight
The crow on the cradle
The white on the black
Somebody's baby is not coming back
Sang the crow on the cradle

Bring me my gun to shoot that bird dead
That's what your mother and father once said
The crow on the cradle, what will we do
This is a thing I must leave up to you
Sang the crow on the cradle
Sang the crow on the cradle.

Shadows in a Mirror

2011-12-01T17:59:00.000-05:00

Chris Isaak

I'm watching somebody's heart break in two
And wondering if somewhere you're crying too
Shadows in a mirror tell me that I'm wrong
Shadows in a mirror, tell me that we're through.

I'm watching somebody's world at an end
And wondering if someday we'll love again
Shadows in a mirror tell me that I'm wrong
Shadows in a mirror, tell me that we're through.

Oh and I, I still need your love
I can't see my life darling without you
Shadows in a mirror, shadows in a mirror.

I'm watching somebody's world at an end
And wishing that somehow we could love again
Shadows in a mirror tell me that I'm wrong
Shadows in a mirror, tell me that we're through.

Oh and I, I still need your love
I can't see my life darling without you
Shadows in a mirror, shadows in a mirror
Shadows in a mirror.

When You Were Sweet Sixteen

2011-11-30T21:41:00.005-05:00

Brian Dullaghan

When first I saw the love light in your eyes
I thought the world held naught but joy for me
And even though we drifted far apart
I never dreamed but what I dreamed of thee.

I love you as I never loved before
Since first I saw you on the village green
Come to me 'ere my dreams of love are o'er
I love you as I loved you, when you were sweet
When you were sweet sixteen.

Song of the Ocean

2011-11-30T20:34:00.004-05:00

Charlie Landsborough

Moon on a canvas sail
Such a beautiful sight
Lost on a stardust trail
On a mystical night
Wash of a million waves
Calling to me
Deep in my soul I can hear
The song of the ocean
Far from the noise of men
Free from its hold
We took our dreams and ran
We were scattered like gold

Softer than silken feet
Through a night like a prayer
Taking our hearts to meet
The song of the ocean
Golden moon, silent friend
rides along
Just like me, he can see
The beauty in your song
Strung like a million pearls
Stars in the sky
Dance as the seabirds call
Their lonely lullaby

Heaven is there to touch
If your heart is clear
I've come to love so much
The song of the ocean
Secrets as old as time
Whisper to me
Sometimes a soul can feel
What the mind cannot see
Heaven is there to touch
If your heart is clear
I've come to love so much
The song of the ocean.

The Wild Rover

2011-11-30T10:10:00.000-05:00

The High Kings

I've been a wild rover for many a year
And I spent all my money on whiskey and beer
And now I'm returning with gold in great store
And I never will play the wild rover no more.

And it's no, nay, never
No nay never no more
Will I play the wild rover
No never no more.

I went to an ale-house I used to frequent
And I told the landlady my money was spent
I asked her for credit, she answered me nay
Such a custom as yours I could have any day.

Then out of my pocket I took sovereigns bright
And the landlady's eyes opened wide with delight
She said "I have whiskey and wines of the best
And the words that I spoke they were only in jest."

I'll go home to my parents, confess what I've done
And I'll ask them to pardon their prodigal son
And if they caress me as ofttimes before
I never will play the wild rover no more.

The Green Fields of France

2011-11-30T09:42:00.002-05:00

The High Kings

Well how do you do, young Willie McBride
Do you mind if I sit here down by your graveside
And rest for a while 'neath the warm summer sun
I've been walking all day and I'm nearly done
I see by your gravestone you were only nineteen
When you joined the great fallen in nineteen-sixteen
I hope you died well and I hope you died clean
Or young Willie McBride, was it slow and obscene?

Did they beat the drum slowly, did they play the fife lowly
Did they sound the death march as they lowered you down
Did the band play the Last Post and chorus
Did the pipes play the Flowers of the Forest?

And did you leave a wife or a sweetheart behind
In some faithful heart is your memory enshrined
Although you died back in nineteen-sixteen
In that faithful heart are you forever nineteen
Or are you a stranger without even a name
Enclosed and forever behind the glass pane
In a old photograph, torn and battered and stained
And faded to yellow in a brown leather frame.

The sun now it shines on the green fields of France
The warm summer breeze makes the red poppies dance
And look how the sun shines from under the clouds
There's no gas, no barbed wire, there's no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no-man's-land
The countless white crosses stand mute in the sand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
To a whole generation that were butchered and damned.

Now young Willie McBride I can't help but wonder why
Do all those who lie here know why did they die
And did they believe when they answered the call
Did they really believe that this war would end wars?
For the sorrow, the suffering, the glory, the shame
The killing and dying was all done in vain
For young Willie McBride it all happened again
And again, and again, and again, and again.

Don't Leave Me On My Own

2011-11-29T15:50:00.002-05:00

Chris Isaak

I've been thinking a lot about you
I'm so lonely here without you, please
Don't leave me on my own.

I was hoping that you would write me
Or come and see me or just invite me, please
Don't leave me on my own.

If you come back here
I'll fix the place up
I really love you let's not give up, please
Don't leave me on my own.

I stay up late now 'cause I've been crying
I'd say I'm OK but I'd be lying, please
Don't leave me on my own
Please don't leave me all alone.

Forever Blue

2011-11-29T14:51:00.001-05:00

Chris Isaak

Nobody ever warns you
Or tells you what to do
She walks away, you're left to stay
Alone, forever blue.

The stars have all stopped shining
The sun just won't break through
Each day's the same, more clouds more rain
You're left forever blue.

Forever blue 'cause you love her
But she doesn't love you
You did your best, life did the rest
You're left forever blue.

No reason left for living
Still there's a lot to do
New tears to cry, old songs to sing
And feel forever blue
And be forever blue.

The Holy Ground

2011-11-28T18:22:00.002-05:00

The High Kings

Fare thee well, my lovely Dinah, a thousand times adieu
We’re going away from the Holy Ground and the girls we all love true
We will sail the salt seas over and we’ll return for shore
To see again the girls we love and the Holy Ground once more
Fine girl you are!
You’re the girl I do adore
And still I live in hopes to see the Holy Ground once more
Fine girl you are!

And now the storm is raging and we are far from shore
And the good old ship is tossing about and the rigging is all tore
And the secrets of my mind, my love, you’re the girl I do adore
And still I live in hopes to see the Holy Ground once more
Fine girl you are!
You’re the girl I do adore
And still I live in hopes to see the Holy Ground once more
Fine girl you are!

And now the storm is over and we are safe and well
We will go into a public house and we’ll sit and drink like hell
We will drink strong ale and porter and we’ll make the rafters roar
And when our money is all spent, we’ll go to sea once more
Fine girl you are!
You’re the girl I do adore,
And still I live in hopes to see the Holy Ground once more
Fine girl you are!

Bunch of Thyme

2011-11-28T14:33:00.002-05:00

Darren Holden

Come all ye maidens young and fair
All you that are blooming in your prime
Always beware and keep your garden fair
Let no man steal away your thyme

For thyme is a precious thing
And thyme brings all things to my mind
Thyme with all its labors along with all its joys
And thyme brings all things to an end

Once I had a bunch of thyme
I thought it never would decay
Then came a lusty sailor who chanced to pass my way
He stole my bunch of thyme away

The sailor gave to me a rose
A rose that never would decay
He gave it to me to keep me reminded
Of when he stole my thyme away.

Whiskey in the Jar

2011-11-28T09:08:00.004-05:00

The High Kings

As I was going over the Cork and Kerry mountains
I met with captain Farrell, and his money he was counting
I first produced my pistol, and then produced my rapier
Said stand and deliver for you are a bold deceiver

Musha ring dumma do damma da
Whack for the daddy-o
Whack for the daddy-o
There's whiskey in the jar

I took out all his money, and it was a pretty penny
I put it in my pocket and I brought it home to Jenny
She sighed and she swore, that she never would deceive me
But the devil take the women, for they never can be easy

I went into my chamber, all for to take a slumber
I dreamt of gold and jewels and for sure it was no wonder
But Jenny drew my charges and she filled them up with water
Then sent for captain Farrell to be ready for the slaughter

‘twas early in the morning, just before I rose for travel
Up came a band of footmen and likewise captain Farrell
I first produced my pistol, for she stole away my rapier
But I couldn't shoot the water so a prisoner I was taken

If anyone can aid me, it's my brother in the army
If I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney
And if he'll go with me, we'll go roving through Kilkenny
I’m sure he'll treat me better than me darling sporting Jenny.

I Believe

2011-11-28T08:49:00.002-05:00

Chris Isaak

I believe the stars keep shining all throught the night
I believe if we just keep trying it will be alright
I believe that someday we're gonna find our way
And I believe in a beautiful day

I believe in lovers walking side by side
I believe that someday we'll be satisfied
I believe the angels listen, God hears us pray
And I believe in a beautiful day

Yeah I believe it's gonna work out ok
But not for me, and not for you

I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe, I believe, I believe

I believe there's an answer waiting when the day is done
I believe if you just keep searching you'll find someone
I believe that you and I just lost our way
And I believe in a beautiful day
I still believe in a beautiful day

But not for me, and not for you
I know your tried, and I tried to
Sometime all our dreams just don't come true
I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe, I believe, I believe
Oh...Oh...Beautiful day...

She's Not You

2011-11-28T08:31:00.004-05:00

Chris Isaak

Her hair is gold and her eyes are also blue
She's all the things a girl should be, but she's not you.
She knows just how to make me laugh when I feel blue
She's everything a man could want, but she's not you.

And when we're dancing it almost feels the same
I've got to stop myself from whispering your name.
She even kisses me like you used to do
And it's just breaking my heart 'cause she's not you.

After All These Years

2011-11-27T23:37:00.002-05:00

Foster and Allen

My darling come to me
Sit you down easily
And rest awhile near the soft firelight
Cold is the night
But warm is my heart with pride
Having you by my side
You're still my guiding light
After all these years

Your soft assuring ways
The rock I lean on
Saw me through my darkest days
When all hope had gone
You're still the only one
I'll ever hold near
And I love you
After all these years.

Time from me passes on
And I'm growing old
A lifetime nearly gone
I cannot unfold, nights dark and cold
But warm is your hand in mine
Feeble with ageless time
The light of love still shines
After all these years.

Leaving of Liverpool

2011-11-27T23:13:00.005-05:00

The High Kings

Fare thee well to Prince's landing stage
River Mersey, fare thee well
I am bound for California
It's a place that I know right well

So fare thee well my own true love
And when I return united we will be
It's not the leaving of Liverpool that grieves me
But my darling when I think of thee.

I have signed on a Yankee clipper ship
"Davy Crockett" is her name
And Burgess is the captain of her
And they say that she's a floating shame.

I have sailed with Burgess once before
He's a man that I know right well
If a man's a sailor he will get along
If not then he's sure in hell.

Now the sun is on the harbour, love
And I wish I could remain
For I know that it will be a long, long time
Before I see you again.

Will Ye Go Lassie, Go?

2011-11-27T22:45:00.004-05:00

The High Kings

Oh, the summertime is coming
And the trees are sweetly blooming
And the wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie, go?

And we’ll all go together
To pluck wild mountain thyme
All around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie, go?

I will build my love a bower
Near yon pure crystal fountain
And on it I will pile
All the flowers of the mountain
Will ye go lassie, go?

If my true love she were gone
I would surely find another
Where wild mountain thyme
Grows around the blooming heather
Will ye go lassie, go?

Belle

2011-09-21T19:30:00.009-04:00

Alain Morisod et Les Sweet People

Quasimodo:

Belle
C'est un mot qu'on dirait inventé pour elle
Quand elle danse et qu'elle met son corps à jour, tel
Un oiseau qui étend ses ailes pour s'envoler
Alors je sens l'enfer s'ouvrir sous mes pieds
J'ai posé mes yeux sous sa robe de gitane
A quoi me sert encore de prier Notre-Dame
Quel
Est celui qui lui jettera la première pierre
Celui-là ne mérite pas d'être sur terre
O Lucifer!
Oh! Laisse-moi rien qu'une fois
Glisser mes doigts dans les cheveux d'Esméralda

Frollo:

Belle
Est-ce le diable qui s'est incarné en elle
Pour détourner mes yeux du Dieu éternel
Qui a mis dans mon être ce désir charnel
Pour m'empêcher de regarder vers le Ciel
Elle porte en elle le péché originel
La désirer fait-il de moi un criminel
Celle
Qu'on prenait pour une fille de joie une fille de rien
Semble soudain porter la croix du genre humain
O Notre-Dame !
Oh ! laisse-moi rien qu'une fois
Pousser la porte du jardin d'Esméralda

Phoebus:

Belle
Malgré ses grands yeux noirs qui vous ensorcellent
La demoiselle serait-elle encore pucelle ?
Quand ses mouvements me font voir monts et merveilles
Sous son jupon aux couleurs de l'arc-en-ciel
Ma dulcinée laissez-moi vous être infidèle
Avant de vous avoir mené jusqu'à l'autel
Quel
Est l'homme qui détournerait son regard d'elle
Sous peine d'être changé en statue de sel
O Fleur-de-Lys,
Je ne suis pas homme de foi
J'irai cueillir la fleur d'amour d'Esméralda

Quasimodo, Frollo et Phoebus:

J'ai posé mes yeux sous sa robe de gitane
A quoi me sert encore de prier Notre-Dame
Quel
Est celui qui lui jettera la première pierre
Celui-là ne mérite pas d'être sur terre
O Lucifer!
Oh! Laisse-moi rien qu'une fois
Glisser mes doigts dans les cheveux d'Esméralda
Esméralda.

Tender Is the Night

2011-09-21T10:51:00.004-04:00

Paul Byrom and Deidre Shannon (Celtic Thunder)

Lonely is the night when you’re dreaming all alone
Dreaming of the one, the one that you can call your own
But now, at last, I found the love that I’ve been searching for
And everything feels right when you hold me tight
Tender is the night

After all this time, after all the loneliness
Yearning for your touch, yearning for your tenderness
But now, at last, I found the magic of your sweet caress
And everything feels right when you hold me tight
Tender is the night

You have made my spirit whole
And you have touched my very soul
Your love just shook me to the core
Opened every door, made me cry for more

I believe in love just as I believe in you
And in the power above to make our every dream come true
And I believe that we will love until eternity
The future seems so bright when you hold me tight
Tender is the night.

Je ne vis que pour elle

2011-08-20T11:18:00.003-04:00

Alain Morisod & Sweet People

F. Vanlanthen – F. Altman

Comme tous les matins je la vois passer
Près de moi dans ce petit café
Derrière mon journal son parfum me rend fou
Je voudrais savoir à quoi elle joue
Mais pour le moment je n’attends presque rien
Un sourire un regard un peut-être
Et si chaque soir tout semble disparaître
Au matin son sourire me revient

Je ne vis que pour elle, jusqu’au bout de la nuit
Je ne rêve que d’elle, car elle est toute ma vie
Je ne vis que pour elle, jusqu’au lendemain
Mais si seulement l’amour pouvait un jour nous tendre la main

Je pourrais par cœur dessiner son corps
Et ses yeux me font perdre le nord
Elle n’en sait rien et c’est peut-être mieux
Je ne suis rien qu’un homme amoureux
Je promets un jour de prononcer son nom
Et d’entendre le son de sa voix
Mais en attendant le soir sur mon balcon
J’imagine qu’elle pense un peu à moi

Je ne vis que pour elle, jusqu’au bout de la nuit
Je ne rêve que d’elle, car elle est toute ma vie
Je ne vis que pour elle, jusqu’au lendemain
Mais si seulement l’amour pouvait un jour nous tendre la main

On partirait vers le soleil dans un pays très très loin, très très loin...

The Dutchman

2011-06-11T10:05:00.008-04:00

Celtic Thunder

The Dutchman's not the kind of man
To keep his thumb jammed in the dam that holds his dreams in
But that's a secret that only Margaret knows
When Amsterdam is golden in the morning
Margaret brings him breakfast. She believes him
He thinks the tulips bloom beneath the snow.
He's mad as he can be, but Margaret only sees that sometimes
Sometimes she sees her unborn children in his eyes.

Let us go to the banks of the ocean
Where the walls rise above the Zuider Zee.
Long ago, I used to be a young man
But dear Margaret remembers that for me.

The Dutchman still wears wooden shoes
His cap and coat are patched with the love that Margaret sewed there
Sometimes he thinks he's still in Rotterdam
And he watches the tug-boats down canals
And calls out to them when he thinks he knows the Captain
Till Margaret comes to take him home again
Through unforgiving streets that trip him, though she holds his arm
Sometimes he thinks he's alone and he calls her name.

The winters whirl the windmills 'round
She winds his muffler tighter and they sit in the kitchen
Some tea with whiskey keeps away the dew
And he sees her for a moment, calls her name
She makes the bed up singing some old love song
A song Margaret learned when it was very new
He hums a line or two, they hum together in the night
The Dutchman falls asleep and Margaret blows the candle out.

Far Side Banks of Jordan

2011-05-21T12:20:00.007-04:00

Daniel O'Donnell

I believe my steps are growing wearier each day
Still I've got a journey on my mind
Lures of this old world have ceased to make me want to stay
And my one regret is leaving you behind.

If it should prove to be His will that I am first to cross
And somehow I've a feeling it will be
When it comes your time to travel likewise don't feel lost
For I will be the first one that you'll see.

And I'll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan
I'll be sitting drawing pictures in the sand
And when I see you coming I will rise up with a shout
And come running through the shallow waters reaching for your hand.

Through this world we've labored hard to earn our meager fare
It's brought us trembling hands and failing eyes
So I'll just rest here on this shore and turn my head away
Until you come then we'll see paradise.

And I'll be waiting on the far side banks of Jordan
I'll be sitting drawing pictures in the sand
And when I see you coming I will rise up with a shout
And come running through the shallow waters reaching for your hand.

My Father's House

2011-05-15T22:02:00.011-04:00

Daniel O'Donnell

The gable wall is all that's left now
The old thatched cottage has fallen down
I dry my eyes as I fondly remember
The days of long ago when I was young

In my father's house we were poor but rich in love
No TV but music there was plenty of
My mama hummed the old melodies and we all sang along
In my father's house when I was young

Come the time when I am older
My own children are reared and gone
I wonder then will they fondly remember
The days of long ago when they were young

In my father's house, a smile would greet you at the door
A friendly word, even travelers they're always welcome for
And at night time neighbors rambled in
And might stay 'til twelve or one
In my father's house when I was young

The years have passed and times are changing
The rambling house has almost gone
But I still hear the laughter of children
Just as long ago when I was young

In my father's house we were poor but rich in love
No TV but good times there were plenty of
We made the best of what we had, and we sang a happy song
In my father's house when I was young.

Cottage by the Lee

2011-05-15T21:35:00.003-04:00

Daniel O'Donnell

'Tis well I know that often folks keep wond'ring
When in my eyes a far-off look they see
What can it be the cause of all my dreaming
What is this dream so very dear to me?

And truth to tell, 'tis often I go roaming
In dreams along the road of memory
To where my heart will find its consolation
Within that lovely cottage by the Lee

My home, sweet home that I so fondly cherish
The dear ones there mean everything to me
In all this world, if there can be a heaven
I'm sure it's in that cottage by the Lee

'Tis grand to stand outside that cottage doorway
And gaze across the corn fields so rich and gold
To hear the stream go rippling by the meadow
Or watch the shepherd calling to his fold

And down the lane that winds behind the garden
The blackbird greets the smiling summer morn
And as his music echoes o'er the valley
You smile and bless the day that you were born

Yes, that's my dream, my lovely dream of homeland
And though I thought a rover I could be
It's soon I found I left my heart behind me
Within that lovely cottage by the Lee.

Melody in F

2011-05-08T01:03:00.002-04:00

Composer: Anton Rubinstein
Pianist: Joseph Banowetz

Words

2011-05-04T02:09:00.006-04:00

The Bee Gees

Smile an everlasting smile, a smile can bring you near to me
Don't ever let me find you gone, cause that would bring a tear to me
This world has lost its glory, let's start a brand new story now, my love
Right now, there'll be no other time and I can show you how, my love.

Talk in everlasting words, and dedicate them all to me
And I will give you all my life, I'm here if you should call to me
You think that I don't even mean a single word I say
It's only words, and words are all I have, to take your heart away.

Caravan

2011-03-20T17:39:00.002-04:00

Bobby Darin

Night and stars above
That shine so bright
The mystery of their fading light
That shines upon our caravan

Sleep upon my shoulder
As we creep
Across the sand so I may keep
This memory of our caravan

This is so exciting
You're so inviting
Resting in my arms
As I thrill to your many charms

You beside me here
Beneath the blue
My dream of love is coming true
Within our desert caravan.

Marin

2011-03-13T22:08:00.005-04:00

Alain Morisod & Sweet People

Enfant du voyage
Ton lit c'est la mer
Ton toit les nuages
Eté comme hiver.
Ta maison c'est l'océan
Tes amis sont les étoiles
Tu n'as qu'une fleur au coeur
Et c'est la rose des vents
Ton amour est un bateau
Qui te berce dans ses voiles
Mais n'oublie pas pour autant
Que l'on t'attend.

Enfant du voyage
Ton cœur s'est offert
Au vent, aux nuages
Là-bas sur la mer.
Mais tu sais que dans un port
Tremblant à chaque sirène
Une fille aux cheveux d'or
Perdue dans le vent du nord
Une fille aux cheveux d'or
Compte les jours et les semaines
Et te garde son amour
Pour ton retour.

Eighteen Yellow Roses

2011-03-10T20:37:00.002-05:00

Sean O'Farrell

Eighteen yellow roses came today
Eighteen yellow roses in a pretty bouquet
When the boy came to the door I didn't know what to say
But eighteen yellow roses came today

I opened up the card to see what it said
I couldn't believe my eyes when I had read
Though you belong to another I love you anyway
Yes eighteen yellow roses came today

I never doubt your love for a minute
I always thought that you would be true
But now this box and the flowers in it
I guess there's nothing left for me to do

But ask to meet the boy that's done this thing
And find out if he's got plans to buy you a ring
'Cause eighteen yellow roses will wilt and die one day
But a father's love will never fade away.

Charade

2011-03-06T19:38:00.004-05:00

Kevin Spacey

When we played our charade
We were like children posing
Playing at games
Acting out names
Guessing the parts we played
Oh what a hit we made
We came on next to closing
Best on the bill, lovers until
Love left the masquerade

Fate seemed to pull the strings
I turned and you were gone
While from the darkened wings
The music box played on
Sad little serenade
Song of my heart's composing
I hear it still, I always will
Best on the bill
Charade.

Red Rose Café

2011-03-06T13:35:00.007-05:00

Celtic Thunder

They come from the farms and the factories too
And they all soon forget who they are
The cares of today are soon washed away
As they sit at a stool by the bar
The girl with green eyes in the Rolling Stones shirt
Doesn't look like she works on the land
The man at the end, he's a very good friend
Of a man who sells cars second hand.

Down at the Red Rose Cafe in the Harbour
There by the port just outside Amsterdam
Everyone shares in the songs and the laughter
Everyone there is so happy to be there.

The salesmen relax with a few pints of beer
As they try not to talk about trade
The poet won't write any verses tonight
He may sing a sweet serenade
So pull up a chair and forget about life
It's a good thing to do now and then
And if you like it here I have an idea
Tomorrow let's all meet again

Just a Song at Twilight

2011-03-06T00:26:00.012-05:00

Celtic Thunder

Once in the dear, dead days beyond recall
When on the world the mists began to fall
Out of the dreams that rose in happy throng
Low to our hearts love sang an old sweet song
And in the dusk where fell the firelight gleam
Softly it wove itself into our dream.

Just a song at twilight, when the lights are low
And the flick'ring shadows softly come and go
Tho' the heart be weary, sad the day and long
Still to us at twilight comes love's old song
Comes love's old sweet song.

Even today we hear love's song of yore
Deep in our hearts it dwells forevermore
Footsteps may falter, weary grow the way
Still we can hear it at the close of day
So 'til the end, when life's dim shadows fall
Love will be found the sweetest song of all.

Lover, Come Back to Me

2011-03-02T21:06:00.004-05:00

Bobby Darin

   The sky was blue
   And high above
   The moon was new
   And so was love
   This eager heart of mine was
        singing
   Lover, where can you be?
   You came at last
   Love had its day
   That day is past
   You've gone away
   This aching heart of mine is
        singing
   Lover, come back to me.

   When I remember every
        little thing
   You used to do
   I'm so lonely
   Every road I walked along
   I walked along with you
   No wonder I am lonely
   The sky is blue
   The night is cold
   The moon is new
   But love is old
   And while I'm waiting here
   This heart of mine is singing
   Lover, come back to me.

Tell Me You Love Me

2011-03-01T23:47:00.008-05:00

Daniel O'Donnell

Tell me you love me, tell me you need me
Whisper sweet words of love, I'm begging you to
It's your heart I pray for each night and day for
Tell me you love me and make all of my dreams come true

This heart's been aching, these arms are waiting
For all these years to hold an angel so divine
And now I've found you let me be around you
Until my days are o'er I want you to be mine

This heart's been yearning, these lips are burning
For all these years to kiss an angel so divine
Why is this heart feeling? Am I only dreaming?
Or can I feel love's tender glow begin to shine?

Don't wait a second more, let love walk through that door
These words I long to hear come whisper in my ear.

That's All

2011-03-01T23:09:00.004-05:00

Kevin Spacey

I can only give you love that lasts forever
And a promise to be near each time you call
And the only heart I own for you and you alone
That's all, that's all.

I can only give you country walks in springtime
And a hand to hold when leaves begin to fall
And a love whose burning light will warm the winter night
That's all, that's all.

There are those, I am sure, who have told you
They would give you the world for a toy
All I have are these arms to enfold you
And a love time can never destroy.

If you're wondering what I'm asking in return, dear
You'll be glad to know that my demands are small
Say it's me that you'll adore for now and ever more
That's all, that's all.

I Don't Know Why I Love You But I Do

2011-02-28T22:49:00.007-05:00

Charlie Landsborough

I don't know why I love you but I do
I don't know why I cry so but it's true
I only know I'm lonely
And that I'll want you only
I don't know why I love you but I do.

I can't sleep nights
Because I feel so restless
I don't know what to do I feel so helpless
Since you've been away
I've cried both night and day
I don't know why I love you but I do.

My days have been so lonely
My nights have been so blue
I don't know why I cry so but I do.

Each night I sit alone and tell myself
That I will fall in love with someone else
I know I'm wasting time
But I've got to clear my mind
I don't know why I love you but I do.

I Will Wait for You

2011-02-28T22:39:00.003-05:00

Bobby Darin

If it takes forever, I will wait for you
For a thousand summers, I will wait for you
Till you're back beside me, till I'm holding you
Till I hear you sigh, here in my arms

Anywhere you wander, anywhere you go
Everyday remember, how I love you so
In your heart believe, what in my heart I know
That forevermore, I'll wait for you

The clock will tick away the hours one by one
Then the time will come when all the waiting's done
The time when you return and find me here and run
Straight to my waiting arms

If it takes forever, I will wait for you
For a thousand summers, I will wait for you
Till you're here beside me, till I'm touching you
And forevermore, sharing our love.

Va pensiero - die Sehnsucht wird siegen

2011-02-28T22:08:00.003-05:00

from Nabucco by Verdi
Semino Rossi

Va pensiero, Gedanken sie fliegen
Hin zu dir auf den Flügeln meiner Liebe
Va pensiero, die Sehnsucht wird siegen
Denn die Liebe sie kann ganz allein uns zwei befrein

Va pensiero, wir sehn uns bald wieder
Und der Schmerz unsrer Trennung geht vorüber
Va pensiero, die Sehnsucht wird siegen
Denn die Liebe sie kann ganz allein uns zwei befrein

Viel zu lang viel zu weit
Warn wir getrennt durch Raum und Zeit
Doch die Hoffnung gab ich nie verloren
Tag und Nacht dachte ich
Immer an uns immer an dich
Hab gewußt daß der Traum nie zerbricht
Der Gedanke an dich macht mich frei
Denn ich bin mit dem Herzen dabei

Va pensiero, die Sehnsucht wird siegen
Denn die Liebe sie kann ganz allein uns zwei Befrein
Ja die Liebe allein kann uns beide befrein
Nur die Liebe allein kann uns zwei glücklich sein
Nur die Liebe allein.

Change

2011-02-28T20:34:00.005-05:00

Kevin Spacey

Whatever you've done it's all over
Wherever you've been is so strange
Yesterday's long gone forever
Dang if what you're feelin' isn't change.

Music that used to seem hollow
Now seems to fit in your range
Today is the now and the never
Dang if what you're feelin' isn't change.

It's fun to wander along a yesterday road
Trying so hard to retain
All of the wondrous and beautiful times
That never can happen again.

So get yourself up off your past, friend
There's so much to rearrange
Tomorrow sits right next to never
Dang if what you're feelin' isn't change.

Sunshine

2011-02-27T11:43:00.012-05:00

Charlie Landsborough

Sunshine, so fine
To feel your friendly hands
Upon my skin
In June and July
Me and my girl watching
The world go by.

Sunshine, cloud nine
Where I’m sailing when
You look my way
Hey I like your style
My spirits rise when
You open eyes and smile.

I get lazy when the heat
Gets hazy and shimmers
I find the spot that’s nice and hot
And I lie and I fry
And I kiss all my cares goodbye.

Sunshine, guess I’m partial
To the things you do with ease
Please don’t go away
The world and me
We both agree should stay.
I can’t help it, I must admit
Summer suits me fine
Can’t stand the cold
But I love that old sunshine.

Haven't Met You Yet

2011-02-24T20:36:00.008-05:00

Michael Bublé

I'm not surprised, not everything lasts
I've broken my heart so many times I stopped keeping track
Talk myself in, I talk myself out
I get all worked up then I let myself down
I tried so very hard not to lose it
I came up with a million excuses
I thought I thought of every possibility
And I know someday that it'll all turn out
You'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you kid that I'll give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet.

I might have to wait, I'll never give up
I guess it's half timing and the other half's luck
Wherever you are, whenever it's right
You'll come out of nowhere and into my life
And I know that we can be so amazing
And baby your love is gonna change me
And now I can see every possibility
And somehow I know that it'll all turn out
And you'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you kid I'll give so much more than I get
I just haven't met you yet.

They say all's fair in love and war
But I won't need to fight it
We'll get it by it, we'll be united
And I know that we can be so amazing
And being in your life is gonna change me
And now I can see every single possibility
And someday I know it'll all turn out
And I'll work to work it out
Promise you kid I'll give more than I get
Than I get, than I get, than I get!

Oh you know it'll all turn out
And you'll make me work so we can work to work it out
And I promise you kid to give so much more than I get
Yeah I just haven't met you yet
I just haven't met you yet
Oh promise you kid to give so much more than I get
I said love love love love love love love .....
I just haven't met you yet
Love love love .....
I just haven't met you yet.

Crying

2011-02-22T22:46:00.007-05:00

Derek Ryan

I was all right for a while
I could smile for a while
But I saw you last night
You held my hand so tight
As you stopped to say hello
Oh, you wished me well
You couldn't tell
That I'd been crying over you
Crying over you
When you said, "So long"
Left me standing all alone
Alone and crying, crying
Crying, crying.

It's hard to understand
But the touch of your hand
Can start me crying
I thought that I was over you
But it's true, so true
I love you even more
Than I did before
But, darling, what can I do?
For you don't love me
And I'll always be crying over you
Crying over you
Yes, now you're gone
And, from this moment on
I'll be crying, crying, crying, crying
Yeah, crying, crying over you.

Like Rain

2011-02-22T12:40:00.006-05:00

Charlie Landsborough

Give me some paper and a pen
And I will write you
The story of a broken heart
Of golden dreams that fell apart
Behind the wall where sorrows fall
Like rain

Give me some music and the moon
And I will sing you
A ocean full of fallen stars
A landscape littered with the scars
Of cruel lies here on earth cry
Like rain

I’m fallen and you know why
Cause like the sky you have me
And love me so then let me go
Like rain

Build me a stairway to the past
And I will take you
Beyond the reasons to forget
Into dimensions of regret
Where memory sleeps and gently weeps
Like rain.

Behind the Clouds

2011-01-26T06:59:00.009-05:00

Brad Paisley

When you're feeling lonely, lost and let down
Seems like those dark skies are following you around
And life’s just one big shade of gray
You wonder if you’ll see the light of day.

Behind the clouds the sun is shining
Believe me even though you can't quite make it out
You may not see the silver lining
But there's a big blue sky waiting right behind the clouds.

I've heard it said that, "This too shall pass"
Good times or bad times neither one last
But thinking that your luck won't ever change
Is like thinking it won't ever stop once it starts to rain.

Quando Sento che Mi Ami

2011-01-17T11:29:00.003-05:00

Sissel and Jose Carreras

Le stelle chiamano. La notte va
Il giorno che vivro non morira
Il mondo cambiero solo per te
e impossibile, ma non per me

I wanna hold you close under the rain
I wanna kiss your smile and feel the pain
I know what's beautiful looking at you
In a world of lies you are the truth

Amore! Quando mi ami
Mi sento forte
Ti salvero ovunque tu sarai

I'll bring you everything you ask for
Nothing is above me
I'm shining like a candle in the dark

Quando sento che mi ami

I wanna make you see just what I was
Show you the loneliness and what it does

Ma le mie lacrime lontane gia
Tutto e piu facile se tu sei qua

And every time you touch me I become a hero
I'll make you safe no matter where you are

Ti porto tutto cio che chiedi
Niente sembra troppo
Io splendo anche nell oscurita

When you tell me that you love me

Senza di te, il mondo non puo piu girare
Solo il tuo amore mi puo salvare

Amore! Quando mi ami
Mi sento forte
Ti salvero ovunque tu sarai
Ti porto tutto cio che chiedi
Niente sembra troppo
Io splendo anche nell oscurita
Quando sento che mi ami

You love me

Quando sento che mi ami.

You'll Never Walk Alone

2011-01-03T22:57:00.001-05:00

from Carousel
Sissel

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
Is a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark.

Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone.

Two Loves Have I

2010-12-29T18:07:00.002-05:00

Nat King Cole

      Two loves have I
      And they tear me apart
      Two loves have I
      Both are in my heart

      One is a flower
      And the other a flame
      Two loves have I
      But they're not the same

      When I'm in a gay mood
      'tis then my light love I crave
      Then again at times
      My other love can make me a slave

      I can't deny
      That to both I am true
      Two loves have I
      Both of them are you.

Ce train qui s'en va

2010-12-22T21:28:00.004-05:00

Hélène Rollès

Je n'aurais pas dû venir
J'aurais dû savoir mentir
Ne laisser que ton sourire
Vivre dans mes souvenirs
J'aurais dû laisser l'espoir
Adoucir les au revoir

Ce train qui s'en va
C'est un peu de moi qui part

Je savais que ce serait
Difficile mais je pensais
Que je saurais te cacher
Le plus grand de mes secrets
Mais à quoi bon te mentir
C'est dur de te voir partir

Et avant que ne coule une larme
Dans ton sourire qui me désarme
Je cherche un peu de réconfort
Dans tes bras je veux me blottir
Pour mieux garder le souvenir
De toute la chaleur de ton corps

Je n'aurais pas dû venir
J'aurais dû savoir mentir
Ne laisser que ton sourire
Vivre dans mes souvenirs
J'ai beau essayer d'y croire
Je sais bien qu'il est trop tard.

Cantique de Noël

2010-12-19T00:54:00.001-05:00

Andrea Bocelli

Minuit, chrétiens, c'est l'heure solennelle,
Où l'Homme-Dieu descendit jusqu'à nous
Pour effacer la tache originelle
Et de Son Père arrêter le courroux.
Le monde entier tressaille d'espérance
En cette nuit qui lui donne un Sauveur.
Peuple à genoux, attends ta délivrance.
Noël, Noël, voici le Rédempteur,
Noël, Noël, voici le Rédempteur!

Le Rédempteur a brisé toute entrave:
La terre est libre, et le ciel est ouvert.
Il voit un frère où n'était qu'un esclave,
L'amour unit ceux qu'enchaînait le fer.
Qui lui dira notre reconnaissance,
C'est pour nous tous qu'il naît, qu'il souffre et meurt.
Peuple debout! Chante ta délivrance,
Noël, Noël, chantons le Rédempteur,
Noël, Noël, chantons le Rédempteur!

La java de celui qui s'en va

2010-12-14T15:20:00.003-05:00

Patrick Bruel

Sous les galeries de l'Odéon on entend parfois
Les notes d'un accordéon qui pleure à mi-voix
C'est pas la chanson d'amour de chaque jour
Ni le refrain vif et bien parisien
C'est quelque chose de différent
Ça semble tout gris
La nuit, des couples errants l'écoutent, surpris
C'est un air qu'on dirait las de tout, écoeuré
Ça fait pleurer

C'est la java de celui qui s'en va
Sans regarder en arrière, seul dans la nuit
En laissant derrière lui les braises et les prières
Tous les bobards il en a eu sa part
Tous les serments il les sait, et comment
Aussi lassé, dégoûté du passé
Il s'en va le coeur blessé
C'est la java, c'est la pauvre java
De celui qui s'en va

Y a des soirs comme des bouts de l'an où le coeur lassé
Dans le silence fait son bilan des amours passées
Ce qu'il entend autour de lui dans la nuit
Ce n'est plus le chant d'amour des beaux jours
Comme des gueux battant le pavé
Tous les souvenirs semblent ce soir d'un air mauvais
Vers lui revenir
Et là-bas, à mi-voix
Semblent chanter pourquoi
Comme autrefois

C'est la java de celui qui s'en va
Sans regarder en arrière, seul dans la nuit
En laissant derrière lui les braises et les prières
Tous les bobards il en a eu sa part
Tous les serments il les sait, et comment
Aussi lassé, dégoûté du passé
Il s'en va le coeur blessé
C'est la java, c'est la pauvre java
De l'amour qui s'en va.

Mon amant de Saint-Jean

2010-12-14T11:20:00.001-05:00

Patrick Bruel

Je ne sais pourquoi elle allait danser
A Saint-Jean au musette
Mais quand ce gars lui a pris un baiser
Elle frissonnait, était chipée

Comment ne pas perdre la tête
Serrée par des bras audacieux
Car l'on croit toujours
Aux doux mots d'amour
Quand ils sont dits avec les yeux
Elle qui l'aimait tant
Elle le trouvait le plus beau de Saint-Jean
Elle restait grisée
Sans volonté
Sous ses baisers

Sans plus réfléchir, elle lui donnait
Le meilleur de son être
Beau parleur chaque fois qu'il mentait
Elle le savais, mais elle l'aimait

Mais hélas, à Saint-Jean comme ailleurs
Un serment n'est qu'un leurre
Elle étais folle de croire au bonheur
Et de vouloir garder son cœur

Elle qui l'aimait tant
Son bel amour, son amant de Saint-Jean
Il ne l'aime plus
C'est du passé
N'en parlons plus.

No More Boleros

2010-12-12T23:43:00.006-05:00

Bob Stevens

What can I say
There's an empty place
Where your love filled my life
And I know
That a part of you
Will always be a part of me

One summer night
And the sky is full of wishes
That won't arrive
How can I live
In a world without your eyes
To look at me

No more boleros
No more nights to dance the dance of love
Only lonely hearts
No more boleros

I hear a song
And your laugh's gonna make me feel so warm
Now you're gone I'll be dancing on alone

No more boleros
No more nights to dance the dance of love
Only lonely hearts
No more boleros.

Caminito

2010-12-12T12:57:00.001-05:00

Semino Rossi

Caminito que el tiempo ha borrado
Que juntos un día nos viste pasar
He venido por última vez
He venido a contarte mi mal

Caminito que entonces estabas
Bordado de trébol y juncos en flor
Una sombra ya pronto serás
Una sombra lo mismo que yo

Desde que se fué triste vivo yo
Caminito amigo yo tambien me voy
Desde que se fué nunca más volvió
Seguiré sus pasos, caminito, adiós.

Caminito que todas las tardes
Feliz recorría cantando mi amor
No le digas si vuelve a pasar
Que mi llanto tu huella regó

Caminito cubierto de cardos
La mano del tiempo tu huella borró
Yo a tu lado quisiera caer
Y que el tiempo nos mate a los dos.

Aber dich gibt's nur einmal für mich

2010-12-11T22:23:00.000-05:00

Semino Rossi

Aqui brillan miles de estrellas
La ciudad tienen miles de luces
Se que hay mucho aqui de valor
Para mi solamente estas tu

Hay mas de mil besos por darnos
y amores que pueden romperse
Se que hay alegria y dolor
Para mi solamente estas tu

Solo pensar que un dia pueda perderte
Que haya un momento en que
Quieras decirme adios
Todo es tristeza porque sin ti no hay felicidad
Nada seia igual nunca mas

Es blüh'n viele Blumen im Garten
Und es gibt viele Mädchen die warten
Freud' und Leid gibt es zu jeder Zeit
Aber dich gibt's nur einmal für mich

Schon der Gedanke, daß ich dich einmal verlieren könnt'
Daß dich ein and'rer Mann einmal sein Eigen nennt
Es macht mich traurig, weil du für mich die Erfüllung bist
Was wär die Welt für mich, ohne dich?

Es gibt sieben Wunder der Erde
Tausend Schiffe fahren über die Meere
Gut und Geld gibt es viel auf der Welt
Aber dich gibt´s nur einmal für mich.

Schon der Gedanke, daß ich dich einmal verlieren könnt'
Daß dich ein and'rer Mann einmal sein Eigen nennt
Es macht mich traurig, weil du für mich die Erfüllung bist
Was wär die Welt für mich, ohne dich?

Aber dich gibt´s nur einmal für mich.

Tausend Rosen für dich

2010-12-11T14:49:00.001-05:00

A song for one's mother

Semino Rossi

Du hast mich geliebt, denn ich war ja dein Kind
Und nur das zählte immer für mich
Hast bei Tag und bei Nacht meine Kindheit bewacht
Du warst Welt und Himmel für mich

Du hast mir vertraut und mir immer geglaubt
Auch wenn alles mal gegen mich war
Du hast mit mir geweint, meine Träume geträumt
Du warst für mich immer da

Tausend Rosen für dich und dazu noch mein Leben
Denn du hast mir dein Herz aus Liebe gegeben
Du warst Tag und Tag mir immer nah, oh Mama
Tief in meiner Seele, da bleibst immer du.

Du hast mir erzählt von den Wundern der Welt
Und du hast mir so viel gezeigt
Ich hab bei dir gelernt, daß man sagt, was man denk
Aber manchmal besser auch schweigt

Die Klugheit in dir hat mich immer geführt
Lerntest mich mit dem Herzen zu sehn
Warst für mich immer stark, bis ich stark genug war
Meine eigenen Wege zu gehn.

Ich denk an dich

2010-12-03T23:25:00.002-05:00

Semino Rossi

Ich denk an dich wohin ich geh
Dein Abschied tut mir weh
Ich mocht vergessen was du einmal warst für mich
Und ich vergesse alles, alles nur nicht dich

Ich denk an dich und wüsst so gern
Wie's dir denn heute geht
Vielleicht weißt du was wir versäumen
Und sagst in deiner Träumen
My darling, ich denk an dich

Ich denk an dich die ganze Zeit
Und alles tut mir Leid
Ich seh den Himmel und die Menschen und ihr Glück
Und wünsche mir so sehr du kämst zu mir zurück

Musik erklingt, ein Tag vergeht
Ich frag mich wo du bist
Vielleicht weißt du was wir versäumen
Und sagst in deiner Träumen
My darling, ich denk an dich.

Fernando

2010-12-03T20:09:00.000-05:00

ABBA

Can you hear the drums, Fernando?
I remember long ago another starry night like this
In the firelight, Fernando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar

They were closer now, Fernando
Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid, Fernando
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die
And I'm not ashamed to say
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There's no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando

Now we're old and grey, Fernando
And since many years I haven't seen a rifle in your hand
Can you hear the drums, Fernando?
Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?
I can see it in your eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land

Que reste-t-il de nos amours

2010-11-09T00:20:00.001-05:00

Patrick Bruel

Ce soir
Le vent qui frappe à ma porte
Me parle des amours mortes
Devant le feu qui s’éteint

Ce soir
C’est une chanson d’automne
Dans la maison qui frissonne
Et je pense aux jours lointains

Que reste-t-il de nos amours
Que reste-t-il de ces beaux jours
Une photo, vieille photo
De ma jeunesse

Que reste-t-il des billets doux
Des mois d’avril, des rendez-vous
Un souvenir qui me poursuit
Sans cesse

Bonheur fané, cheveux au vent
Baisers volés, rêves mouvants
Que reste-t-il de tout cela
Dites-le-moi

Un petit village, un vieux clocher
Un paysage si bien caché
Et dans un nuage le cher visage
De mon passé

Les mots
Les mots tendres qu'on murmure
Les caresses les plus pures
Les serments au fond des bois

Les fleurs
Qu'on retrouve dans un livre
Dont le parfum vous enivre
Se sont envolées, pourquoi?

Always on My Mind

2010-11-07T12:26:00.003-05:00

Derek Ryan

Maybe I didn't love you
Quite as good as I should have
And maybe I didn't hold you
Quite as often as I could have
Little things I should have said and done
I just never took the time
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

And maybe I didn't hold you
All those lonely, lonely times
And I guess I never told you
I'm so happy that you're mine
If I made you feel second best
Girl I'm sorry I was blind
You were always on my mind
You were always on my mind

Tell me, tell me that your sweet love hasn't died
Give me, give me one more chance to keep you satisfied, satisfied.

The Banks of My Own Lovely Lee

2010-11-06T22:24:00.006-04:00

Derek Ryan

How oft do my thoughts in their fancy take flight
To the home of my childhood away
To the days when each patriot's vision seem'd bright
Ere I dreamed that those joys should decay
When my heart was as light as the wild winds that blow
Down the Mardyke through each elm tree
Where I sported and play'd 'neath each green leafy shade
On the banks of my own lovely Lee

And then in the springtime of laughter and song
Can I ever forget the sweet hours?
With the friends of my youth as we rambled along
'Mongst the green mossy banks and wild flowers
Then too, when the evening sun's sinking to rest
Sheds its golden light over the sea
The maid with her lover the wild daisies pressed
On the banks of my own lovely Lee.

Ave Maria No Morro

2010-11-04T18:03:00.003-04:00

Helmut Lotti

Hay un río, un monte de chocitas chiquititas
Es el morro de los negros, la mansión
Es tan humilde, tan desgraciada y tan sencilla
Ni siquiera una capilla da cobijo para rezar

Pero se vive cerca del Cielo y con piedad
Y la noche con su manto cubre las chozas que van a amar
Allá se escucha, al fin del día una plegaria, Ave María
Allá se escucha, al fin del día una plegaria, Ave María

Ave María, Ave María
Aunque no tenga capilla, reza la gente sencilla, Ave María.

Mack the Knife

2010-11-03T20:44:00.012-04:00

Bobby Darin

Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear
And it shows them pearly white
Just a jackknife has old MacHeath, babe
And he keeps it … ah … out of sight.

Ya know when that shark bites, with his teeth, babe
Scarlet billows start to spread
Fancy gloves, though, wears old MacHeath, babe
So there’s nevah, nevah a trace of red.

Now on the sidewalk … uuh, huh … whoo … sunny mornin’ … uuh, huh
Lies a body just oozin' life … eeek!
And someone’s sneakin' ‘round the corner
Could that someone be Mack the Knife?

A-there's a tugboat … huh, huh, huh … down by the river don’tcha know
Where a cement bag’s just a'droopin' on down
Oh, that cement is just, it's there for the weight, dear
Five'll get ya ten old Macky’s back in town.

Now, d'ja hear ‘bout Louie Miller? He disappeared, babe
After drawin' out all his hard-earned cash
And now MacHeath spends just like a sailor
Could it be our boy's done somethin' rash?

Now … Jenny Diver … ho, ho … yeah … Sukey Tawdry
Ooh … Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Oh, the line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky’s back in town.

Aah … I said Jenny Diver … whoa … Sukey Tawdry
Look out to Miss Lotte Lenya and old Lucy Brown
Yes, that line forms on the right, babe
Now that Macky’s back in town …

Look out … old Macky is back!!

from Beyond the Sea
Kevin Spacey

Beyond the Sea

2010-10-30T20:22:00.001-04:00

from Beyond the Sea
Kevin Spacey

Somewhere beyond the sea
Somewhere waiting for me
My lover stands on golden sands
And watches the ships that go sailing

Somewhere beyond the sea
She's there watching for me
If I could fly like birds on high
Then straight to her arms
I'd go sailing

It's far beyond the stars
It's near beyond the moon
I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon

We'll meet beyond the shore
we'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing

I know beyond a doubt
My heart will lead me there soon
We'll meet beyond the shore
We'll kiss just as before
Happy we'll be beyond the sea
And never again I'll go sailing

No more sailing
So long sailing
Bye bye sailing
Move on out captain...

Walking in the Air

2010-10-29T13:28:00.002-04:00

from The Snowman
Celtic Woman

We're walking in the air, we're floating in the moonlit sky
The people far below are sleeping as we fly
We're holding very tight, I'm riding in the midnight blue
I'm finding I can fly so high above with you

Far across the world the villages go by like dreams
The rivers and the hills, the forests and the streams
Children gaze open-mouthed, taken by surprise
Nobody down below believes their eyes

We're surfing in the air, we're swimming in the frozen sky
We're drifting over icy mountains floating by
Suddenly swooping low on an ocean deep
Rousing up a mighty monster from his sleep

We're walking in the air, we're dancing in the midnight sky
And everyone who sees us greets us as we fly
We're walking in the air
We're walking in the air.

Any Dream Will Do

2010-10-29T12:55:00.004-04:00

from Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Daniel O'Donnell

I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain
To see for certain what I thought I knew
Far far away, someone was weeping
But the world was sleeping
Any dream will do

I wore my coat, with golden lining
Bright colors shining, wonderful and new
And in the east, the dawn was breaking
And the world was waking
Any dream will do

A crash of drums, a flash of light
My golden coat flew out of sight
The colors faded into darkness
I was left alone

May I return to the beginning
The light is dimming, and the dream is too
The world and I, we are still waiting
Still hesitating
Any dream will do.

Quizás, Quizás, Quizás

2010-10-26T20:26:00.001-04:00

Helmut Lotti

Siempre que te pregunto
Que, cuándo, cómo y dónde
Tú siempre me respondes
Quizás, quizás, quizás

Y así pasan los días
Y yo, desesperando
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás

Estás perdiendo el tiempo
Pensando, pensando
Por lo que más tú quieras
Hasta cuándo, hasta cuándo

Y así pasan los días
Y yo, desesperando
Y tú, tú contestando
Quizás, quizás, quizás