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In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains
NANANA-SONGS
Lie la lie ...
The Boxer
Lady in black
I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles such are
promises
All lies and jests
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
She came to me one morning, one lonely
Sunday morning
Her long hair flowing in the mid-winter
wind
I know not how she found me, for in
darkness I was walking
And destruction lay around me, from a
fight I could not win
Ahh Ahh ...
When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station running
scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer
quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would
know
Lie la lie ...
Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers,
Just a come-on from the whores on
Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was
so lonesome I took some comfort there
Lie la lie ...
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't
bleeding me
Bleeding me, going home
In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
Or cut him till he cried out
She asked me name my foe then, I said
the need within some men
To fight and kill their brothers, without
thought of love or God
And I begged her give me horses to
trample down my enemy
So eager was my passion to devour this
waste of life
Ahh Ahh ...
But she wouldn't think of battle that,
reduces men to animals
So easy to begin and yet impossible to
end
For she the mother of all men, had
counceled me so wisely that
I feared to walk alone again and asked if
she would stay
Ahh Ahh ...
Oh lady lend your hand I cried, oh let me
rest here at your side
Have faith and trust in me she said, and
filled my heart with life
There is no strenght in numbers, have no
such misconception
But when you need me be assured I won't
be far away
Ahh Ahh ...
Thus having spoke she turned away, and
'though I found no words to say
I stood and watched until I saw her black
cloak disappear
My labour is no easier but now I know I'm
not alone
I find new heart each time I think upon that
windy day
And if one day she comes to you, drink
deeply from her words so wise
Take courage from her as your prize and
say hello for me
The ocean is a desert, with it's life
underground,
And a perfect disguise above.
Under the cities lies, a heart made of
ground,
But the humans will give no love.
You see I've been through the desert on a
horse with no name,
It felt good to be out of the rain.
In the desert you can remember your
name,
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you
no pain.
A Horse With No Name
On the first part of the journey,
I was looking at all the life.
There were plants and birds. and rocks
and things,
There was sand and hills and rings.
The first thing I met, was a fly with a buzz,
And the sky, with no clouds.
The heat was hot, and the ground was dry,
But the air was full of sound.
La, la, la la la la...
Great Song Of Indifference
I don't mind if you go
I don't mind if you take it slow
I don't mind if you say yes or no
I don't mind at all
I've been through the desert on a horse
with no name,
It felt good to be out of the rain.
In the desert you can remember your
name,
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you
no pain.
La, la, la la la la...
I don't care if you live or die
Couldn't care less if you laugh or cry
I don't mind if you crash or fly
I don't mind at all
After two days, in the desert sun,
My skin began to turn red.
After three days, in the desert fun,
I was looking at a river bed.
And the story it told, of a river that flowed,
Made me sad to think it was dead.
I don't mind if you come or go
I don't mind if you say no
Couldn't care less baby let it flow
'Cause I don't care at all
You see I've been through the desert on a
horse with no name,
It felt good to be out of the rain.
In the desert you can remember your
name,
'Cause there ain't no one for to give you
no pain.
La, la, la la la la...
I don't care if you sink or swim
Lock me out or let me in
Where I'm going or where I've been
I don't mind at all
Na na na, ...
I don't mind if the government falls
Implements more futile laws
I don't care if the nation stalls
And I don't care at all
After nine days, I let the horse run free,
'Cause the desert had turned to sea.
There were plants and birds, and rocks
and things,
There was sand and hills and rings.
I don't care if they tear down trees
I don't feel the hotter breeze
Sink in dust in dying sees
And I don't care at all
2
Na na na , ...
I don't mind if culture crumbles
I don't mind if religion stumbles
I can't hear the speakers mumble
And I don't mind at all
I don't care if the Third World fries
It's hotter there I'm not surprised
Baby I can watch whole nations die
And I don't care at all
I don't mind I don't mind I don't mind I don't
mind
I don't mind I don't mind
I don't mind at all
Na na na , ...
I don't mind about people's fears
Authority no longer hears
Send a social engineer
And I don't mind at all
3
JAZZ BALLADS
Everytime we say goodbye
Summertime
Everytime we say goodbye, I die a little,
Everytime we say goodbye, I wonder why
a little,
Why the Gods above me, who must be in
the know.
Think so little of me, they allow you to go.
When you're near, there's such an air of
spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere, begin to sing
about it,
There's no love song finer, but how
strange the change from major to
minor,
Everytime we say goodbye.
Summertime,
And the livin' is easy
Fish are jumpin'
And the cotton is high
Your daddy's rich
And your mamma's good lookin'
So hush little baby
Don't you cry
One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing
Then you'll spread your wings
And you'll take to the sky
But till that morning
There's a'nothing can harm you
With mamma and daddy standing by
When you're near, there's such an air of
spring about it,
I can hear a lark somewhere, begin to sing
about it,
There's no love song finer, but how
strange the change from major to
minor,
Everytime we say goodbye.
Autumn leaves
The falling leaves drift by the window,
the autumn leaves of red and gold.
I see your lips, the summer kisses,
the sunburned hands I used to hold.
Since you went away, the days grow long,
and soon I'll hear old winter's song.
But I miss you most of all, my darling,
when autumn leaves start to fall.
C'est une chanson qui nous ressemble
Toi qui m'aimais et je t'aimais
Nous vivions tous les deux ensemble
Toi qui m'aimais moi qui t'aimais.
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Mais la vie sépare
Ceux qui s'aiment
Tout doucement
Sans faire de bruit
Et la mer efface sur le sable
Les pas des amants désunis.
4
AKTUELL
somebody that you used to know...
Somebody that I used to know
Chorus
But you didn't have to cut me off..
V. 1
Now and then I think of when we were
together
Like when you said you felt so happy you
could die
Told myself that you were right for me
But felt so lonely in your company
But that was love and it's an ache I still
remember
Rolling in the deep
There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fevered pitch and it's bringing
me out the dark.
Finally, I can see you crystal clear,
Go ahead and sell me out and I'll lay your
ship bare,
See how I'll leave with every piece of you,
Don't underestimate the things that I will
do.
V.2
You can get addicted to a certain kind of
sadness
Like resignation to the end, always the end
So when we found we could not make
sense
Well you said that we would still be friends
But I'll admit that I was glad that it was
over.
There's a fire starting in my heart,
Reaching a fever pitch and it's bringing me
out the dark.
The scars of your love remind me of us,
They keep me thinking that we almost had
it all.
The scars of your love, they leave me
breathless,
I can't help feeling,
Chorus
But you didn't have to cut me off
Make out like it never happened
And that we were nothing
And I don't even need your love
But you treat me like a stranger
And that feels so rough
You didn't have to scoop so low
Have your friends collect your records
And then change your number
I guess that I don't need that though
Now you're just somebody that I used to
know
Now you're just somebody that I used to
know
Now you're just somebody that I used to
know
We could have had it all,
Rolling in the deep.
You had my heart inside your hand,
And you played it to the beat.
Baby, I have no story to be told,
But I've heard one on you and I'm gonna
make your head burn,
Think of me in the depths of your despair,
Making a home down there as mine sure
won't be shared,
The scars of your love remind me of us,
They keep me thinking that we almost had
it all.
The scars of your love, they leave me
breathless,
I can't help feeling,
V.3
Now and then I think of all the times you
screwed me over
But had me believing it was always
something that I'd done
And I don't wanna live that way
Reading into every word you say
You said that you could let it go
And I wouldn't catch you hung up on
We could have had it all...
Could have had it all,
Rolling in the deep,
5
You had my heart inside of your hands,
But you played it with a beating.
Yeah... yeah
Ich suche neues Land mit unbekannten
Straßen
Fremde Gesichter und keiner kennt
meinen Namen
Alles gewinnen beim Spiel mit gezinkten
Karten
Alles verlieren, Gott hat einen harten
linken Haken
Ich grabe Schätze aus in Schnee und
Sand
Huch, und Frauen rauben mir jeden
Verstand
Doch irgendwann werd ich vom Glück
verfolgt
Und komm zurück mit beiden Taschen voll
Gold
Ich lad die alten Vögel und Verwandten
ein
Und alle fang'n vor Freude an zu weinen
Wir grillen, die Mamas kochen und wir
saufen Schnaps
Und feiern eine Woche jede Nacht
Throw your soul through every open door,
Count your blessings to find what you look
for.
Turn my sorrow into treasured gold,
You'll pay me back in kind and reap just
what you've sown.
We could have had it all .....
But you played it,
You played it,
You played it,
You played it to the beat.
Haus am See
Hier bin ich geboren und laufe durch die
Straßen
Kenn die Gesichter, jedes Haus und jeden
Laden
Ich muss ma weg, kenn jede Taube hier
beim Namen
Tauben raus, ich warte auf 'ne schicke
Frau mit schnellem Wagen
Die Sonne blendet, alles fliegt vorbei
Und die Welt hinter mir wird langsam klein
Doch die Welt vor mir is für mich gemacht
Ich weiß sie wartet und ich hol sie ab.
Und der Mond scheint hell auf mein Haus
am See
Orangenbaumblätter liegen auf dem Weg
Ich hab 20 Kinder, meine Frau ist schön
Alle komm'n vorbei, ich brauch nie raus zu
gehn
... das Haus am See
Und am Ende der Straße steht ein Haus
am See...
Ich hab den Tag auf meiner Seite, ich hab
Rückenwind
Ein Frauenchor am Straßenrand der für
mich singt... yeah
Ich lehne mich zurück und kuck ins tiefe
blau,
Schließ die Augen und lauf einfach
gradeaus
Hier bin ich geboren, hier werd ich
begraben
Hab taube Ohren, n' weißen Bart und sitz
I'm Garten
Meine 100 Enkel spielen Cricket auf'm
Rasen
Wenn ich so daran denke, kann ich's
eigentlich kaum erwarten
Und am Ende der Straße steht ein Haus
am See
Orangenbaumblätter liegen auf dem Weg
Ich hab zwanzig Kinder, meine Frau ist
schön
Alle kommen vorbei, ich brauch nie raus
zu gehn
... Das Haus am See
6
Come together
BEATLES
Michelle
Here come old flattop.
He come grooving up slowly
He got ju-ju eyeballs.
He's one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he
please
Michelle, my belle.
These are words that go together well,
My Michelle.
Michelle, my belle.
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble,
Très bien ensemble.
(Shoot me! Shoot me! Shoot me!)
I love you, I love you, I love you.
That's all I want to say.
Until I find a way
I will say the only words I know that
You'll understand.
He wear no shoeshine
He's got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger
He shoot Coca-Cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you
got to be free
Come together right now over me.
Michelle, my belle.
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble,
Très bien ensemble.
(Shoot me! Shoot me! Shoot me!)
I need to, I need to, I need to.
I need to make you see,
Oh, what you mean to me.
Until I do I'm hoping you will
Know what I mean.
He bag production
He got walrus gumboot
He's got Ono sideboard
He one spinal cracker
He's got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can
feel his disease
Come together right now over me.
I love you...
I want you, I want you, I want you.
I think you know by now
I'll get to you somehow.
Until I do I'm telling you so
You'll understand.
(Shoot me! Shoot me! Shoot me!)
He's roller-coaster
He's got early warning
He's got muddy water
He's one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good looking 'cause he's so hard
to see
Come together right now over me.
Michelle, my belle.
Sont les mots qui vont très bien ensemble,
Très bien ensemble.
I will say the only words I know that
You'll understand,
my Michelle.
7
mich führt hier ein Licht durch das All
das kennt ihr noch nicht ich komme bald
mir wird kalt
STERNE
Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst)
Gründlich durchgecheckt steht sie da
und wartet auf den Start alles klar
Experten streiten sich um ein paar Daten
die Crew hat da noch ein paar Fragen
doch der Countdown läuft
Völlig losgelöst
von der Erde
schwebt das Raumschiff
völlig schwerelo---s
Effektivität bestimmt das Handeln
man verlässt sich blind auf den andern
jeder weiß genau was von ihm abhängt
jeder ist im Stress doch Major Tom
macht einen Scherz
Vom selben Stern
Steh auf, zieh dich an
Jetzt sind andre Geister dran
Ich nehm' den Schmerz von dir, ich nehm'
den Schmerz von dir
Fenster auf, Musik ganz laut
Das letzte Eis ist aufgetaut
Ich nehm' den Schmerz von dir, ich nehm'
den Schmerz von dir
dann hebt er ab und
Völlig losgelöst
von der Erde
schwebt das Raumschiff
völlig schwerelos
Wir alle sind aus Sternenstaub
In unseren Augen warmer Glanz
Wir sind noch immer nicht zerbrochen, wir
sind ganz
Die Erdanziehungskraft ist überwunden
alles läuft perfekt schon seit Stunden
wissenschaftliche Experimente
doch was nützen die am Ende denkt
sich Major Tom
Du bist vom selben Stern
Ich kann deinen Herzschlag hör'n
Du bist vom selben Stern
Wie ich (wie ich - wie ich)
Weil dich die gleiche Stimme lenkt
Und du am gleichen Faden hängst
Weil du das Selbe denkst
Wie ich (wie ich - wie ich)
Im Kontrollzentrum
da wird man panisch
der Kurs der Kapsel der
stimmt ja gar nicht
"Hallo Major Tom können sie hören
wolln Sie das Projekt denn so zerstören"
doch er kann nichts hörn
er schwebt weiter
Völlig losgelöst
von der Erde
schwebt das Raumschiff
völlig schwerelos
__________________________________
Tanz durch dein Zimmer, heb mal ab
Tanz durch die Strassen
Tanz durch die Stadt
Ich nehm' den Schmerz von dir, ich nehm'
den Schmerz von dir
Lass uns zusammen uns're Bahnen zieh'n
Wir fliegen heute noch über Berlin
Ich nehm' den Schmerz von dir, ich nehm'
den Schmerz von dir
Die Erde schimmert blau
sein letzter Funk kommt
grüßt mir meine Frau und er verstummt
Unten trauern noch die Egoisten
Major Tom denkt sich
wenn die wüssten
Wir alle sind aus Sternenstaub..
Du bist vom selben Stern...
8
CHANSON
Du siehst ein, Dein kleines Glück lebt von
tausend Kompromissen.
Einer schrieb: "Kein Mensch muss
müssen!" Doch der lügt!
La vie en rose
Quand il me prend dans ses bras
Il me parle tout bas
Je vois la vie en rose
Überall blühen Rosen, überall blühen
Rosen, überall blühen Rosen für Dich.
Überall blühen Rosen, überall blühen
Rosen, überall blühen Rosen für Dich.
Il me dit des mots d'amour
Des mots de tous les jours
Et ça me fait quelque chose
Il est entré dans mon coeur
Une part de bonheur
Dont je connais la cause
Sehnsucht heißt ein altes Lied der
Taiga
C'est lui pour moi
Moi pour lui dans la vie
Il me l'a dit, l'a juré pour la vie
Sehnsucht heißt ein altes Lied der Taiga
Das schon damals meine Mutter sang
Sehnsucht lag im Spiel der Balaleika
Wenn sie abends vor dem Haus erklang
Et, dès que je l'apercois
Alors je sens en moi
Mon coeur qui bat
Und heut' bleiben davon nur noch kurze
Träume
Die in langen Nächten oft vor mir entsteh'n
Und tausend Ängste, daß ich es versäume
Die geliebte Taiga noch einmal zu seh'n.
Überall blühen Rosen
Du hast Glück, es geht Dir gut, doch ein
Dichter hat geschrieben:
Alles Schöne, was wir lieben, muss
vergehn.
Ja, das Unglück schreitet schnell, schon
siehst Du am Tag Gespenster,
graue Schatten vor dem Fenster, doch Du
weisst
Überall blühen Rosen, überall blühen
Rosen, überall blühen Rosen für Dich.
Sehnsucht sind die vielen heißen Tränen
Und die Hoffnung, die im Herzen schwingt
Sehnsucht liegt noch immer in den Tönen
Abends, wenn das alte Lied erklingt
Die endlosen Steppen und die tiefen
Wälder
Die wie graue Schatten oft vor mir
ersteh'n,
Neblige Flüsse, taubedeckte Felder
Alles möcht' ich einmal, einmal
wiederseh'n
Du bist jung und meinst, Du kennst, was
die Leute "Leben" nennen,
wie sie jagen, wie sie rennen nach dem
Geld!
Und Du willst nicht sein wie sie,
nicht die selben Fehler machen,
eines Tages wirst Du lachen über Dich.
Sehnsucht heißt das altes Lied der Taiga
Das schon damals meine Mutter sang
Sehnsucht lag im Spiel der Balaleika
Wenn sie abends vor dem Haus erklang.
Überall blühen Rosen, überall blühen
Rosen, überall blühen Rosen für Dich.
Und Du denkst so gern zurück an der
Jugend Blütenträume.
Deine Träume waren Schäume, sind
dahin.
9
GOSPEL
Amazing Grace
Oh happy day
Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound,
That saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
Oh happy day (oh happy day)
When Jesus washed
When Jesus washed
When my Jesus washed
He washed my sins away
(oh happy day, oh happy day)
T'was Grace that taught my heart to fear.
And Grace, my fears relieved.
How precious did that Grace appear
The hour I first believed.
He taught me how to wash, fight and pray,
Fight and pray.
And live rejoicing every, every day,
Every day!
Through many dangers, toils and snares
I have already come;
'Tis Grace that brought me safe thus
far and
Grace will lead me home.
Oh happy day (oh happy day)....
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Go down Moses
The Lord has promised good to me.
His word my hope secures.
He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.
When Israel was in Egypt's land
Let my people go
Oppressed so hard they could not stand
Let my people go
Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.
Go down Moses
Way down in Egypt's land
Tell old Pharaoh
To let my people go
When we've been here ten thousand
years
Bright shining as the sun.
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.
Thus gave the Lord in Moses hand
Let my people go
The rod so wonders he could grant
Let my people go
Go down Moses...
By the waters of Babylon
Thus said the Lord bold Moses said
Let my people go
If not he'll stay your first born dead
Let my people go
By the waters, the waters of Babylon
We lay down and wept, and wept
For thee, Zion
We remember, we remember, we
Remember thee, Zion.
Go down Moses...
10
I will follow him
I will follow him,
Follow him where ever he may go
And near him I always will be,
For nothing can keep me away;
He is my destiny.
I will follow him.
Ever since he touched my heart I knew
There isn´t an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high it can keep,
Keep me away,
Away from his love
I love him, I love him, I love him
And where he goes Ill follow,
Ill follow, Ill follow
I will follow him,
Follow him where ever he may go
There isnt an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high it can keep,
Keep me away.
We will follow him,
Follow him where ever he may go.
There isnt an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high it can keep,
Keep us away,
Away from his love
I love him,
(oh yes I love him)
I´ll follow,
(Im gonna follow).
True love,
(he´ll always be my true love)
Forever,
(from now until forever).
I love him, I love him, I love him
And where he goes I´ll follow,
I´ll follow, I´ll follow.
He´ll always be my true love, my true love,
My true love from now until forever,
Forever, forever.
There isn´t an ocean too deep,
A mountain so high it can keep,
Keep us away,
Away from his love.
11
Country roads
COUNTRY/FOLK
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, blowing like
a breeze
Ring of fire
Love is a burning thing
And it makes a fiery ring
Bound by wild desire
I fell in to a ring of fire
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, Mountain Mama
Take me home, country roads
I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire
The ring of fire
All my memories, gathered 'round her
Miners' Lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my
eye
I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
Country roads....
I hear her voice, in the morning hour she
calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far
away
And drivin' down the road I get the feeling
That I should have been home yesterday,
yesterday
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire
The ring of fire
The taste of love is sweet
When hearts like ours meet
I fell for you like a child
Oh, but the fire went wild
Country roads....
I fell in to a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire
The ring of fire
I fell into a burning ring of fire
I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire
The ring of fire
And it burns, burns, burns
The ring of fire...
12
Stand by your man
Heart of gold
Sometimes its hard to be a woman
Giving all your love to just one man
You'll have bad times
And he'll have good times
Doing things that you don't understand
I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.
It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
But if you love him you'll forgive him
Even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him
Oh be proud of him
'Cause after all he's just a man
Stand by your man
Give him two arms to cling to
And something warm to come to
When nights are cold and lonely.
Stand by your man
And tell the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man.
I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind,
it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep giving all the love you can
Stand by your man.
13
REGGAE
And I say
Don't like Jamaica oh no
I love her
Don't like Jamaica oh no
I love her oh yea
Don't you walk thru' her words
You got to show some respect
Don't you walk thru' her words
'Cause you ain't heard her out yet.
Dreadlock Holiday
I was walkin' down the street
Concentratin' on truckin' right
I heard a dark voice beside of me
And I looked round in a state of fright
I saw four faces one mad
A brother from the gutter
They looked me up and down a bit
And turned to each other
I don't like cricket ....
I say
I don't like cricket oh no
I love it
I don't like cricket no no
I love it
Don't you walk thru' my words
You got to show some respect
Don't you walk thru' my words
'Cause you ain't heard me out yet.
I shot the sheriff
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, oh no!
I shot the sheriff
But I didn't shoot no deputy, ooh, ooh, ooooh.
All around in my home town,
They're tryin' to track me down;
They say they want to bring me in guilty
For the killing of a deputy,
For the life of a deputy.
But I say:
Well he looked down at my silver chain
He said I'll give you one dollar
I said you've got to be jokin' man
It was a present from me mother
He said I like it I want it
I'll take it off your hands
And you'll be sorry you crossed me
You'd better understand that you're alone
A long way from home.
I shot the sheriff
But I swear it was in selfdefence
I shot the sheriff
And they say it is a capital offence
Sheriff John Brown always hated me,
For what, I don't know:
Every time I plant a seed,
He said kill it before it grow He said kill them before they grow.
And so:
And I say
I don't like reggae no no
I love it
I don't like regaae
I love it
Don't you cramp me style
Don't you queer me pitch
Don't you walk thru' my words
'Cause you ain't heard me out yet.
I shot the sheriff....
Freedom came my way one day
And I started out of town, yeah!
All of a sudden I saw sheriff John Brown
Aiming to shoot me down,
So I shot - I shot him down and I say:
I hurried back to the swimming pool
Sinkin' Pena Calarda
I heard a dark voice beside me say
Would you like something harder
She said I've got it you want it
My harvest is the best
And it you try it you'll like it
And whollow in a Dreadlock Holiday.
I shot the sheriff....
Reflexes had got the better of me
And what is to be must be:
Every day the bucket a-go a well,
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One day the bottom a-go drop out,
One day the bottom a-go drop out.
I say:
No woman no cry
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
Said said
Said I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
Oba, ob-serving the hypocrites
As they would
mingle with the good people we meet
Good friends we have had,
Oh, good friends we've lost
along the way
In this great future you can't forget your
past
So dry your tears, I say
No, woman, no cry
No, woman, no cry
Ee little darling, don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cry
Said, said,
Said I remember when we used to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Georgie would make the fire light
As it was log wood burnin' through the
night
Then we would cook corn meal porridge
Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
So I've got to push on through
But while I'm gone, I mean...
Everything's gonna be alright
Ev'rything's gonna be alright...
So woman, no cry
No, no, woman,
No, woman, no cry
Oh, my little sister, don't shed no tears
No, woman, no cry
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SHANTYS
Der Durst war die größte Plage
Da liefen wir auf ein Riff
What shall we do with a drunken sailor
Ahoi, Kameraden, ahoi, ahoi!...
What shall we do with a drunken sailor(3x)
Early in the morning?
Der lange Hein war der erste
Er soff von dem faulen Naß
Die Pest gab ihm das Letzte
Und wir ihm ein Seemannsgrab
Hooray and up she rises(3x)
Early in the morning
Put him in the long boat till he's sober, (3x)
Early in the morning
Hooray and up she rises....
Ahoi, Kameraden, ahoi, ahoi!...
Give 'im a dose of salt and water. (3x)
Early in the morning
Hooray and up she rises....
Ick heff mol en Hamborger Veermaster
sehn
To my hoodah, to my hoodah
De masten so scheev as den Schipper
sien been
To my hoodah, hoodah ho
Hamborger Veermaster
Shave his belly with a rusty razor. (3x)
Early in the morning
Hooray and up she rises....
Blow, boys blow, for Californio
There is plenty of gold
So I am told
On the banks of Sacramento
Put him in bed with the captain's daughter.
(3x)
Early in the morning
Hooray and up she rises....
That's what we'll do with the drunken
sailor. (3x)
Early in the morning
Hooray and up she rises....
Dat Deck weer vun Isen, vull Schiet un vull
Smeer
To my hoodah, to my hoodah
"Rein Schipp" weur den Käpten sin gröstet
Pläseer
To my hoodah, hoodah ho
Wir lagen vor Madagaskar
Blow, boys blow, for Californio...
Wir lagen vor Madagaskar
Und hatten die Pest an Bord
In den Kesseln, da faulte das Wasser
Und täglich ging einer über Bord
Dat Logis weer vull Wanzen, de Kombüs
weer vull Dreck
To my hoodah, to my hoodah
De Beschüten, de löpen von sülven al weg
To my hoodah, hoodah ho
Ahoi, Kameraden, ahoi, ahoi!
Leb wohl, kleines Mädel, leb wohl, leb
wohl!
Ja, wenn das Schifferklavier an Bord
ertönt
Dann sind die Matrosen so still, ja so still
Weil ein jeder nach seiner Heimat sich
sehnt
Die er gerne einmal wiedersehen will
Blow, boys blow, for Californio...
Wir lagen schon vierzehn Tage
Kein Wind durch die Segeln uns pfiff
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ALL TIME FAVOURITES
Killing me softly
More than words
Strumming my pain with his fingers
singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Saying "I love you"
Is not the words I want to hear from you
It's not that I want you
Not to say, but if you only knew how easy
It would be to show me how you feel
I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
and so I came to see him
and listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
a stranger to my eyes
More than words
Is all you have to do to make it real
Then you wouldn't have to say that you
love me
'Cause I'd already know
What would you do if my heart was torn in
two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
Strumming my pain....
I felt all flushed with fever
embarassed by the crowd
i felt he found my letters and read each
one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on
What would you say if I took those words
away
Then you couldn't make things new
Just by saying "I love you"
Strumming my pain....
More than words
He sang as if he knew me
in all my dark despair
and then he looked right through me
as if I wasn't there
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong
Now but I've tried to talk to you
And make you understand
All you have to do is close your eyes
And just reach out your hands
And touch me
Hold me close, don't ever let me go
Strumming my pain....
More than words
Is all I ever needed you to show
Then you wouldn't have to say that you
love me
'Cause I'd already know
What would you do if my heart was torn in
two
More than words to show you feel
That your love for me is real
What would you say if I took those words
away
When you couldn't make things new
Just by saying "I love you"
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Lean on me
Your Song
Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's
Always tomorrow
It's a little bit funny
this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money
but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live
Lean on me, when you're not strong
I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling
show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you
And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in
words
How wonderful life is while you're in the
world
Please swallow your pride
If I have things
You need to borrow
For no one can fill
Those of your needs
That you won't let show
I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me
quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote
this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on
So excuse me forgetting
but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or
they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen
You just call on me brother
When you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem
That you'll understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me, ....
You just call on me brother ...
And you can tell everybody this is your song
...
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Thank you for the music
Imagine
I'm nothing special, in fact I'm a bit of a
bore
If I tell a joke, you've probably heard it
before
But I have a talent, a wonderful thing
'Cause everyone listens when I start to
sing
I'm so grateful and proud
All I want is to sing it out loud
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
So I say
Thank you for the music, the songs I'm
singing
Thanks for all the joy they're bringing
Who can live without it, I ask in honesty
What would life be?
Without a song or a dance what are we?
So I say thank you for the music
For giving it to me
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
Mother says I was a dancer before I could
walk
She says I began to sing long before I
could talk
I've often wondered, how did it all start
Who found out that nothing can capture a
heart
Like a melody can
Well, whoever it was, I'm a fan
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
So I say Thank you for the music...
I've been so lucky, I am the girl with
golden hair
I wanna sing it out to everybody
What a joy, what a life, what a chance!
Thank you for the music, the songs..
So I say Thank you for the music
For giving it to me...
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Hallelujah
It's not somebody who's seen the light
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
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 2X
Tears in heaven
Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong here in
heaven
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Your faith was strong but you needed
proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty in the moonlight
overthrew you
She tied you to a kitchen chair
She broke your throne,
she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven?
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven?
I'll find my way through night and day
'Cause I know I just can't stay here in
heaven
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Time can bring you down, time can bend
your knees
Time can break your heart, have you
begging please, begging please
Maybe I've been here before
I know this room, I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew you
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken hallelujah
Beyond the door there's peace I'm sure
And I know there'll be no more tears in
heaven
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven?
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven?
I must be strong and carry on
'Cause I know I don't belong here in
heaven
There was a time you'd let me know
What's real and going on below
But now you never show it to me do you?
Remember when I moved in you?
The holy dark was moving too
And every breath we drew was hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Maybe there's a God above
And all I ever learned from love
Was how to shoot at someone who
outdrew you
It's not a cry you can hear at night
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River of dreams
Through the desert of truth
To the river so deep
We all end in the ocean
We all start in the streams
We're all carried along
By the river of dreams
In the middle of the night
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
From the mountains of faith
To the river so deep
I must be lookin' for something
Something sacred i lost
But the river is wide
And it's too hard to cross
I'm walking on sunshine
I used to think maybe you love me, now
baby I'm sure
and I just cant wait till the day, when you
knock on my door
now every time I go for the mail box, gotta
hold myself down
'cos I just cant wait till you write me, you're
coming around
even though I know the river is wide
I walk down every evening and stand on
the shore
I try to cross to the opposite side
So I can finally find what I've been looking
for
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the valley of fear
To a river so deep
I've been searching for something
Taken out of my soul
Something I'd never lose
Something somebody stole
Chorus:
I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh)
I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh)
I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh)
And don't it feel good
And don't it feel good
I used to think maybe you love me, I know
that it's true
I don't want spend my whole life just
waiting for you
I don't want you back for the weekend, not
back for a day
baby I just want you back and I want you
to stay
I don't know why I go walking at night
But now I'm tired and I don't want to walk
anymore
I hope it doesn't take the rest of my life
Until I find what it is I've been looking for
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
Through the jungle of doubt
To the river so deep
I know I'm searching for something
Something so undefined
That it can only be seen
By the eyes of the blind
In the middle of the night
Chorus
I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh)....
I feel alive, I feel a love, I feel a love that's
real
I feel alive, I feel a love, I feel a love that's
real
I’m not sure about a life after this
God knows I've never been a spiritual man
Baptized by the fire, I wade into the river
That is runnin' through the promised land
Chorus
I'm walking on sunshine (whoa oh)....
In the middle of the night
I go walking in my sleep
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Fragile
Romeo loved Juliet
Juliet she felt the same
When he put his arms around her
He said, "Julie baby you're my flame"
Thou givest fever when we kisseth
Fever with thy flaming youth
Fever I'm on fire
Fever yea I burn forsooth
If blood will flow
When flesh and steel are one
Drying in the colour of the evening sun
Tomorrow's rain will wash the stains away
But something in our minds will always
stay
Perhaps this final act was meant
To clinch a lifetime's argument
That nothing comes from violence and
nothing ever could
For all those born beneath an angry star
Lest we forget how fragile we are
Captain Smith and Pocahontas
Had a very mad affair
When her daddy tried to kill him
She said "Daddy oh don't you dare"
"He gives me fever with his kisses"
"Fever when he holds me tight"
"Fever, I'm his missus"
"Daddy won't you treat him right?"
On and on the rain will fall
Like tears from a star like tears from a star
On and on the rain will say
How fragile we are how fragile we are
Now you've listened to my story
Here's the point that I have made
Chicks were born to give you fever
Be it Fahrenheit or centigrade
We give you fever when we kiss them
Fever if you live and learn
Fever till you sizzle
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
What a lovely way to burn
Fever
Never know how much I love you
Never know how much I care
When you put your arms around me
I get a fever that's so hard to bear
You give me fever
when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever ... in the mornin'
Fever all through the night
Sun lights up the day time
Moon lights up the night
I light up when you call my name
And you know I´m gonna treat you right
You give me fever
when you kiss me
Fever when you hold me tight
Fever ... in the mornin'
Fever all through the night
Everybody's got the fever
That is somethin' you all know
Fever isn't such a new thing
Fever started long time ago
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The year of the cat
Summer in the city
On a morning from a Bogart movie
In a country where they turn back time
You go strolling through the crowd like
Peter Lorre
Contemplating a crime
Hot town summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirt and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around people looking half dead
Walking on the sidewalk hotter than a
match head
She comes out of the sun in a silk dress
running
Like a watercolor in the rain
Don't bother asking for explanations
She'll just tell you that she came
But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on and dance all night
Despite the heat it will be alright
And babe, don't you know it's a pity
The days can't be like the night
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city
In the year of the cat
She doesn't give you time for questions
As she locks up your arm in hers
And you follow till your sense of which
direction
Completely disappears
Cool town, evening in the city
Dressed so fine and looking so pritty
Cool cat lookin for a kitty
Gonna look in every corner of the city
Till I'm weezin like a bus stop
Running up the stairs gonna meet ya on
the roof top
By the blue tiled walls near the market
stalls
There's a hidden door she leads you to
These days, she says, "I feel my life
Just like a river running through"
But at night it's a different world
Go out and find a girl
Come on, come on lets dance all night
Despite the heat it will be alright
And babe, don't you know it's a pity
The days can't be like the night
In the summer in the city
In the summer in the city
The year of the cat
Why she looks at you so coolly?
And her eyes shine like the moon in the
sea
She comes in incense and patchouli
So you take her, to find what's waiting
inside
The year of the cat
Well morning comes and you're still with
her
And the bus and the tourists are gone
And you've thrown away your choice and
lost your ticket
So you have to stay on
But the drumbeat strains of the night
remain
In the rhythm of the new-born day
You know sometime you're bound to leave
her, but for now you're going to stay
In the year of the cat.
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