It Takes Diff'rent Strokes
From the TV shoe "Diff'rent Strokes"
Composer(s): Alan Thicke; Gloria Loring; Al Burton
Performer(s): Gene Morford



Now, the world don't move to the beat of just one drum
What might be right for you
May not be right for some
A man is born, he's a man of means
Then along come two
They got nothing but their jeans

But they got, Diff'rent Strokes 
It takes, Diff'rent Strokes
It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world

Eve rybody's got a special kind of story 
Everybody finds a way to shine
It don't matter that you got not alot
So what, they'll have theirs
And you'll have yours, and I'll have mine
And together we'll be fine . . .

Because it takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world
Yes it does
It takes, Diff'rent Strokes to move the world

Angel In The Christmas Play
Performer(s): Spike Jones



Poured the goldfish bowl into daddy's hat
Then I painted stripes down the family cat
Broke two teeth only yesterday
I'm the angel in the Christmas play 

In department stores, 'do it just because
Pull the whiskers off of the San-tee Claus
Bite his leg, then I get away
I'm the angel in the Chrismas play 

Daddy laughs, he bends in half
When I wear angel hair 
But wait until he takes a spill 
On halos on the stairs 

Well I gotta go before the mailman stops
And he feels that glue in the letter box 
See you all when its Christmas day
I'm the angel in the Christmas play 

I put on my angel gown 
And oh did momma laugh 
She didn't guess it was her best dress... 
The one I tore in half 

On the roof today, gave 'em all a scare
I put on my wings, tried to fly thru air
Hope that lump's gonna go away
I'm the angel in the Christmas play
I'm the angel in the Christmas play

It Takes a Woman
Composer(s): Jerry Herman
Performer(s): Horace Vandergelder; David Burns; Instant Glee Club



Vandergelder:
It takes a woman all powdered and pink
To joyously clean out the drain in the sink
And it takes an angel with long golden lashes
And soft dresden fingers
For dumping the ashes

Cornelius, Barnaby, and 2 customers:
Yes it takes a woman
A dainty woman
A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife
O yes it takes a woman
A fragile woman
To bring you the sweet things in life

Vandergelder:
The frail young maiden who's constantly there
For washing and blueing and shoeing the mare
And it takes a female for setting the table
And weaving the Guernsey
And cleaning the stable

All:
O yes it takes a woman
A dainty woman
A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife
O yes it takes a woman
A fragile woman
To bring you the sweet things in life
And so she'll work until infinity
Three cheers for femininity
Rah Rah Rah...Rah Rah Rah
F. E. M. - I. T. Y

Vandergelder:
F. E. M. I. T. Y?
Get out of here!
And in the winter she'll shovel the ice
And lovingly set out the traps for the mice
She's a joy and treasure for practically speaking
To whom can you turn when the plumbing is leaking?

Vandergelder, Cornelius, and Barnaby:
To That dainty woman
That fragile woman
That sweetheart, that mistress, that wife
O yes it takes a woman

Vandergelder:
A husky woman
Vandergelder, Cornelius, & Barnaby
To bring you the sweet things in life!

All:
O Yes it takes a woman
A dainty woman
A sweetheart, a mistress, a wife
O yes it takes a woman, a fragile woman
To bring you the sweet things in life

An Old-Fashioned Christmas
Composer(s): John Bettis; Richard Carpenter
Performer(s): The Carpenters



How I miss that Old Fashioned Christmas! 
Carols being sung by the tree, 
Window's candlelight shining bright 
For the whole world to see 

Children's eyes of sweet expectations 
Wondering what each present will hold 
Lying in their beds and impatient 
On long Christmas Eves of old 

It used to be that all the family 
Would gather for this one night 
It used to be that special feeling shared together 
Knowing Christmas was here one night a year 

How I miss that Old Fashioned Christmas! 
Memories that last through the years 
Call me sentimental; Don't mind if you do 
I wish an Old Fashioned Christmas to you!

It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry
(Romanian Version: E-Atît De Greu Sa Rîzi, E-Asa Usor Sa Plîngi - 1999)
Composer(s): Bob Dylan
First release by: Bob Dylan - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



Well I ride on a mailtrain baby, can't buy a thrill
Well I been up all night baby leanin' on the window sill

If I die on top of the hill
or if I don't make it, you know my baby will

Don't the moon look good shining through the trees
Don't the breakmen look good ma, flaggin' down the 'Double-E'

Don't the sun look good goin' down over the sea
but don't my gal look fine when she's coming after me

Well the wintertime is coming, the windows are filled with frost
I tried to tell everybody but I could not get across

Well I wanna be your lover babe, I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost 

I've just been to the baggage car where the bags been tossed
I snap out forty compasses, sure don't know what they cost

I wanna be your lover babe, I don't wanna be your boss
Don't say I never warned you when your train gets lost

An Old-Fashioned Christmas
Composer(s): Sammy Cahn; Jimmy Van Heusen
Performer(s): Frank Sinatra; Fred Waring



Give me an old fashioned Christmas
An old fashioned Christmas
Family faces, wide open spaces
Covered with snow

Right now my Mom there in the kitchen
Basting the Christmas bird
You'll have to take my word
You can't find that at the automat

An old fashioned fireplace
Give me an old fashioned fireplace,
My heart remembers smouldering embers
Warming your glow

I'd trade that whole Manhattan skyline
The shimmering steel and chrome
For one old fashioned Christmas
Back home

It Takes A Little Rain With The Sunshine To Make The World Go Round
Composer(s): Ballard MacDonald; Harry Carroll



A dear little girl and a dear little boy looked out at the drizzling rain
and tears filled her eyes and ran down her cheeks, like the drops on the window pane
so he said: "Don't you cry, you will see bye and bye
that a rainbow bright will shine on high
there are always rain clouds in the sky, and I'll tell you sweetheart why"

The dear little girl and the dear little boy grew up as most children do 
and one summer day they went wandering away, on the road that makes one of two
she was sweet he was good, and they loved as they should
till a dark cloud came, do what they could
but she said she'd make up if he would, for she always understood

'Cause it takes a little rain with the sunshine
like the tear drops come with the smiles
but the troubles never come all at one time
just wait a little while, remember, flowers couldn't grow without rain, dear
happiness we share with the pain, dear
'cause it takes a little rain with the sunshine to make the world go around

Oakie Boogie
Composer(s): Johnny Tyler
Performer(s): Jack Guthrie;
Ella Mae Morse; Johnny Tyler; 
Don Walser; Speedy West


Now listen here friends, I wanna tell you
About a brand new dance that you gotta learn to do
It's called the oakie boogie, you do it oakie style
That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild
Well it's gotta be fast, now you can't go slow
When you hear that rhythm, Lord you gotta do-si-do
When you do the oakie boogie, and do it oakie style
That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild

Now ol' man Mose on a cane and a crutch
Tried to do the oakie boogie just a little too much
He tried to overdo it, Oklahoma style
That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild
When you get started it's hard to stop
If you don't look out, you're gonna blow your top
When you do the oakie boogie, and do it oakie style
That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild

Well it's gotta be fast, now you can't go slow
When you hear that rhythm, Lord you gotta do-si-do
When you do the oakie boogie, and do it oakie style
That mean oakie boogie is bound to drive you wild
When you get started it's hard to stop
If you don't look out, you're gonna blow your top
When you do the oakie boogie, and do it oakie style
That mean ol' oakie boogie and let her drive you wild

Now you got the beat, I'll tell you what to do
Grab your partner and follow on through
Let's do the oakie boogie, Oklahoma style
That mean ol' oakie boogie drives everybody wild

It Started With A Love Affair
Composer(s): Bard; Norell; Oson
Performer(s): Jerry Williams



In July of '62
The moment we met
My summer with you 
I'll never forget

I was looking to find 
Someone carin' like you
When I think of the time
Feelin' lonely and blue didn't know what to do

Ah Oh Oh

It started with a love affair
You showed me how to really care
With you I travel everywhere
If you feel the same only call my name
I'll be there

They play it now again
Our favorite song
It's still the same the refrain
Despite the years have gone

I was lucky to find
Someone carein' like you
When I think of the time
Feelin' lonely and blue didn't know what to do

It started with a love affair
You showed me how to really care
With you I travel everywhere
If you feel the same only call my name
I'll be there

I was lucky to find
Someone careing like you
When I think of the time
Feelin' lonely and blue didn't know what to do

It started with a love affair
You showed me how to really care
With you I travel everywhere
If you feel the same only call my name
I'll be there

O, Fair New Mexico
Composer(s): Elizabeth Garrett


Under a sky of azure, where balmy breezes blow
Kissed by the golden sunshine, is Nuevo Mejico
Land of the Montezuma, with firey hearts aglow
Land of the deeds historic, is Nuevo Mejico

Chorus: 

Oh! Fair New Mexico, we love, we love you so
Our hearts with pride o're flow
No matter where we go
Oh! Fair New Mexico, we love, we love you so
The grandest state we know NEW MEXICO!

It Started With A Kiss
(Danish Version: Started' Med Et Kys - 1984)
Composer(s): Errol Brown
First release by: Hot Chocolate - 1982



It started with a kiss in the back row of a classroom
How could I resist the aroma of your perfume
You and I were inseparable, it was love at first sight
You made me promise to marry you, I made you promise to be my wife
But then you were only eight years old and I had just about turned nine
I thought that life was always good, I thought you always would be mine 

It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this
It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this

I remember ev'ry little thing like fighting in the playground
As some good looking boy had started to hang around
That boy hurt me so bad, but I was happy 'cause you cried - still 
I couldn't help but notice that new distant look in your eyes
And then when you were sixteen and I had just turned seventeen
I couldn't hold on to your love, I couldn't hold on to my dreams

It started with a kiss, never thought is would come to this
It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this
You don't remember me, do you? You don't remember me, do you?

Walking down the street came the star of my love story
And my heart began to beat so fast, so clear was my memory
I heard my voice cry out her name and as she looked and looked away
I felt so hurt, I felt so small, and it was all that I could say
You don't remember me, do you? You don't remember me, do you?
You don't remember me, do you? You don't remember me, do you?

It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this
It started with a kiss, never thought it would come to this

O What A Savior
Composer(s): Marvin P. Dalton
Performer(s): The Cathedrals; Brian Free


Once I was straying in sin’s dark valley
No hope within could I see
They searched through Heaven
And found a Savior
To save a poor lost soul like me

Chorus
O what a Savior, O hallelujah
His heart was broken on Calvary
His hands were nail scarred
His side was riven
He gave His life-blood for even me

Death’s chilly water I’ll soon be crossing
His hand will lead me safe o're
I’ll join the chorus in that great city
And sing up there for evermore

Chorus
O what a Savior, O hallelujah
His heart was broken on Calvary
His hands were nail scarred
His side was riven
He gave His life-blood for even me

It Sparkles!
Composer(s): Stephen Duffy
Performer(s): Stephen Duffy



And she sparkles her surprise
The marvels of the milky way
Are but a candle to her
I kissed but she did not kiss back
Temptations of the saints
And though the leaves are falling fast
She still thinks she ain't
And she's going to blow my mind
This time
So we set out for the sun
A generation on the run
The ones who hid by moving trains
Pretending destinations
Now fighting everyone she knows
And some imaginary foes
My campus bride for whom truth slips
Beyond her finger tips
And she's going to blow my mind
This time
I've been sitting on the corner of my street
waiting for her waiting for her
And I don't know if she sparkles when she speaks
If I could love her any more
I won't deny that we had fun
More than I can say for some
With just so many years to live
In which nothing gives
Two courting birds wheeled away
Against the opalescent grey
My campus bride and I just sit
Certain this is it
And she's going to blow my mind
This time
And she's going to blow her mind
If she can find the time
And she's going to blow my mind
This time

O Vinho
Composer(s): Raimundo Fagner; Fausto Nilo
Performer(s): Raimundo Fagner


Quando você chegar
Veja o tempo passando
Pelas Flores do Mal
Só o tempo não vê
Que eu estou esquecido
Esperando você

A noite já passou
E eu detesto revelar que andei sofrendo
Mas há um resto de saudade em seu olhar
E uma promessa de prazeres ciumentos
Meu amor

Não devemos tentar
Enganar o amor
Nem duvidar do vinho
Uma frase vulgar
Pode surpreender
Num imenso carinho

Pra que dizer que não
Verdades são banais e mesmo assim
Por caprichos vãos Mentiras levarão você de mim

Perdidos na escuridão
Seus olhos na minha saudade
Seu vestido está em minha mãos
Sua voz por toda a cidade
Nessas canções que eu faço
Permanece o meu destino
De adormecer em seus braços
E sonhar como um menino

Quero só pensar em ti
Em seu colo adormecer
E acordar com mais vontade de viver

It Should Have Been Me
Composer(s): William "Mickey" Stevenson; Norman Whitfield
Performer(s): Gladys Knight & The Pips



I saw my love walking down the aisle
And as he passed me by
He turned and gave me a smile
Then, the preacher, then the preacher
The preacher joined their hands
And all the people, all the people began to stand
When I shouted, "you know it should have been me"
(Instead of her walking with you)

You are leaving me stranded
You know that it should have been me baby
Oh baby gettin' ready to marry you
Darlin' darlin' darlin'
You made a promise that we would never part
Then you turned around and broke my little heart
Now you're standing there saying I do
Holding hands with somebody new
You know that it should have been me
(I can't stand it)
Instead of her standing by you
You know that it should have been me
It should have been me
(Baby don't do it)
Then the preacher oh yeah the preacher asked
That there be silence please

If anybody objects to this wedding
Speak now or forever or forever hold your peace
Thin I shouted, "It should have been me"
You know that it should have been me
Don't you know that it should have been me
You know that it should have been me
I've been faithful to you baby, baby, baby
You were leaving me stranded 

O Velho Francisco
Performer(s): Chico Buarque


Já gozei de boa vida
Tinha até meu bangalô
Cobertor, comida
Roupa lavada
Vida veio e me levou

Fui eu mesmo alforriado
Pela mão do Imperador
Tive terra, arado
Cavalo e brida
Vida veio e me levou

Hoje é dia de vista
Vem aí meu grande amor
Ela vem toda de brinco
Vem todo domingo
Tem cheiro de flor

Quem me vê, vê nem bagaço
Do que viu quem me enfrentou
Campeão do mundo
Em queda de braço
Vida veio e me levou

Li jornal, bula e prefácio
Que aprendi sem professor
Freqüentei palácio
Sem fazer feio
Vida veio e me levou

Hoje é dia de vista
Vem aí meu grande amor
Ela vem toda de brinco
Vem todo domingo
Tem cheiro de flor

Eu gerei dezoito filhas
Me tornei navegador
Vice-rei das ilhas
Da Caraíba
Vida veio e me levou

Fechei negócio da China
Desbravei o interior
Possuí mina
De prata, jazida
Vida veio e me levou

Hoje é dia de visista
Vem aí meu grande amor
Hoje não deram almoço, né
Acho que o moço até
Nem me lavou

Acho que fui deputado
Acho que tudo acabou
Quase que
Já não me lembro de nada
Vida veio e me levou

It Seems Like Ages And Ages And You've Only Been Gone A Day
Composer(s): Kendis; Brockman



Your voice I hear, you seem so near
Still you are far, far away
Time drags along
Everything's wrong 
As broken hearted I stray

You'll always rest, close to my breast 
Echoed of love seem to sigh
Time can't erase 
Your smiling face
I keep on wondering why

It seems like ages and ages
And you've only been gone a day
The night shadows fall
With tears I recall
True love in a shack, how I wish you were back
The long and weary hours
Just wear my heart away 
It seems like ages and ages
And you've only been gone a day

O Velho
Performer(s): Chico Buarque


O velho sem conselhos
De joelhos
De partida
Carrega com certeza
Todo o peso
Da sua vida
Então eu lhe pergunto pelo amor
A vida iteira, diz que se guardou
Do carnaval, da brincadeira
Que ele não brincou
Me diga agora
O que é que eu digo ao povo
O que é que tem de novo
Pra deixar
Nada
Só a caminhada
Longa, pra nenhum lugar

O velho de partida
Deixa a vida
Sem saudades
Sem dívida, sem saldo
Sem rival
Ou amizade
Então eu lhe pergunto pelo amor
Ele me diz que sempre se escondeu
Não se comprometeu
Nem nunca se entregou
E diga agora
O que é que eu digo ao povo
O que é que tem de novo
Pra deixar
Nada
E eu vejo a triste estrada
Onde um dia eu vou parar

O velho vai-se agora
Vai-se embora
Sem bagagem
Não sabe pra que veio
Foi passeio
Foi passagem
Então eu lhe pergunto pelo amor
Ele me é franco
Mostra um verso manco
De um caderno em branco
Que já fechou
Me diga agora
O que é que eu digo ao povo
O que é que tem de novo
Pra deixar
Não
Foi tudo escrito em vão
E eu lhe peço perdão
Mas não vou lastimar

It Seemed Like A Good Idea At The Time
Composer(s): Mike Batt
Performer(s): Mike Batt



Don't ask me why I did it
It seemed like a good idea at the time
There were no other amusements or games to play
To pass the night away
Don't ask me why I did it
I must have been lonely stupid or blind
But I know that it seemed like a good idea at the time

It was 3 a.m. in the casino
I was feeling like the Sportsman of the Year
So I blew a little money on the roulette wheel
And I taught myself to play Chemin de fer

Don't ask me why I did it
It seemed like a good idea at the time
There were no other amusements or games to play
To pass the night away
Don't ask me why I did it
I must have been lonely stupid or blind
But I know that it seemed like a good idea at the time

As the dawn came round on Monte Carlo
I had lost the car and safe deposit key
The country house in Switzerland was mine no more
And the gendarme at the door said "c'est la vie!"

Don't ask me why I did it
I must have been lonely stupid or blind
But I know that it seemed like a good idea at the time

Ô Toi! La Vie
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour


Ô toi! la vie
Que je porte en souffrant
Comme on porte un enfant
Donne-moi l'amour et l'argent
Ma vie
Aux voies impénétrables
Fais que de grain de sable
Je deviens géant

Ô toi! la vie
Dont je ne connais rien
Qui fuit entre mes mains
J'appréhende tes lendemains
Ma vie
J'ai peur de ta jeunesse
Un matin disparaisse
Me laissant sur ma faim
Tu sais la vie
Je ne t'ai pas cherchée
C'est toi qui t'es donnée
Comme une fille en mal d'aimer
Je peux depuis
Me vautrer dans tes bras
Faire un feu de tes joies
Et l'amour avec toi

La vie
Pour te serrer très fort
Et réchauffer mon corps
Et te garder longtemps encore
Je suis
Un enfant de la terre
Un passant solitaire
Aux mains tendues vers toi
Ne m'abandonne pas
Tu sais, je crois en toi
En toi
La vie