The Saga Begins
((Adapted from: American Pie (by Don McLean) - 1971))
Composer(s): Don McLean - "Weird Al" Yankovic
Performer(s): "Weird Al" Yankovic - 1999



A long long time ago
in a galaxy far away
Naboo was under an attack
And I thought me and Qui-Gon Jinn
Could talk the Federation into
Maybe cutting them a little slack
But their response, it didn't thrill us
They locked the doors and tried to kill us
We escaped from that gas
Then met Jar Jar and Boss Nass
We took a bongo from the scene
And we went to Theed to see the queen
We all wound up on Tatooine
That's where we found this boy...

Oh my my, this here Anakin guy
May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
"Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"

Did you know this junkyard slave
Isn't even old enough to shave
But he can use the Force they say
Ahh, do you see him hitting on the queen
Though he's just nine and she's fourteen
Yeah, he's probably gonna marry her someday
Well, I know he built C-3PO
And I've heard how fast his pod can go
And we were broke, it's true
So we made a wager or two
He was a prepubescent flyin' ace
And the minute Jabba started off that race
Well, I know who would win first place
Oh yes, it was our boy

We started singin'... My my, this here Anakin guy
May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
"Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"

Now we finally got to Coruscant
The Jedi Council we knew would want
To see how good the boy could be
So we took him there and we told the tale
How his midi-chlorians were off the scale
And he might fulfill that prophecy
Oh, the Council was impressed, of course
Could he bring balance to the Force?
They interviewed the kid
Oh, training they forbid
Because Yoda sensed in him much fear
And Qui-Gon said, "Now listen here
Just stick it in your pointy ear
I still will teach this boy"

He was singin'... My my, this here Anakin guy
May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
"Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"

We caught a ride back to Naboo
'Cause Queen Amidala wanted to
I frankly would've liked to stay
We all fought in that epic war
And it wasn't long at all before
Little Hotshot flew his plane and saved the day
And in the end some Gungans died
Some ships blew up and some pilots fried
A lot of folks were croakin'
The battle droids were broken
And the Jedi I admire most
Met up with Darth Maul and now he's toast
Well, I'm still here and he's a ghost
I guess I'll train this boy

And I was singin'... My my, this here Anakin guy
May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
"Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi"
We were singin'... My my, this here Anakin guy
May be Vader someday later - now he's just a small fry
And he left his home and kissed his mommy goodbye
Sayin' "Soon I'm gonna be a Jedi" 

Wreck Of The Hesperus
Composer(s): Matthew Fisher; Keith Reid
Performer(s): Procol Harum; John Tabacco



We'll hoist a hand
becalmed upon a troubled sea
'Make haste to your funeral
' cries the Valkyrie
We'll hoist a hand or drown
amidst this stormy sea
'Here lies a coffin,' cries the cemetery
it calls to me
And all for nothing quite in vain
was hope forever tossed
No thoughts explained, no moments gained
all hope forever lost
One moment's space
one moment's final fall from grace
Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire

We'll hoist a hand
becalmed upon a troubled sea
I fear a mighty wave is threatening me
We'll hoist a hand, or drown
amidst this stormy sea
'Come follow after,' cry the humble
'You will surely see ...'
But still for nothing quite in vain
was hope forever tossed
No moments gained, no thoughts explained
all hope forever lost
One moment's space
one moment's final fall from grace
Burnt by fire, blind in sight, lost in ire

American Music
Composer(s): Dave Alvin - Parker McGee
Performer(s): The Pointer Sisters
and multiple other artists



Well the rock still rolls
The beat goes on 
After all of this time
The faces change but the song's the same
So roll over Mister Dylan for the next in line

They want American music
For drivin' with the radio
She said I know that I would be alright 
If I could just make somebody my baby tonight 
American music
For dancin' with the stereo 
Oh do what you like 
Feel what you feel
The music is right 
Well it almost feels real American
From the purple peaks to the city streets
People searching for the rock and roll scene
The power of the pounding beat 
The magic in the dream

They want American music
For trav'lin' with the radio
She said I know that I would be alright 
If I could just make somebody my baby tonight 
American music
For dancin' with the stereo 
Oh do what you like
Feel what you feel 
The music is right 
Well it almost feels real American

Just when you think that you've heard enough 
Well somebody say turn it up
Turn it up, turn it up

Wreck Of The Hesperus
Composer(s): George Harrison
Performer(s): George Harrison



I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus 
feel more like the Wall of China
getting old as Methuselah, feel tall as the Eiffel Tower
I'm not a power or attorney but I can rock as good as Gibraltar
Ain't no more no spring chicken, been plucked but I'm still kicking
But it's alright, it's alright

Poison penmen sneak, have no nerve to speak, make up lies then they leak ‘em out
Behind a pseudonym, the rottenness in them, reaching out trying to touch me

Met some Oscars and Tonys, I slipped on a pavement oyster
met a snake climbing ladders, got out of the line of fire 
But it's alright, it's alright

Brainless writers gossip nonsenses to others heads dense as they is
It's the same old malady, what they see is faulty

I'm not the wreck of the Hesperus, feel more like Big Bill Broonzy
Getting old as my mother, but I tell you I got some company
But it's alright, it's alright
But it's alright, it's alright…

American Hearts
Composer(s): Dominic Bugatti - Frank Musker
Performer(s): Air Supply; Billy Ocean



They were married in September back in 1969
They travelled, these two Indians
To find some peace of mind
They stood for love and freedom
They were children of their time oh oh

They lived in a world that was cold and uncaring
They swore they would change it
with loving and shareing
They'll never live like their parents have done
Their innocence shone like the sun

American hearts, so filled with emotion
American hearts, so easily broken

Now they've got a family and a cottage in the hills
He's always working late to pay the mortgage and the bills
And she has trouble sleeping
So the doctor gives her pills oh oh

Who are these strangers who used to be lovers
Now they've got nothing to say to each other
Too far apart to discuss their mistakes
They filed for divorce and it breaks their

American hearts, so fiIled with emotion
American hearts, so easily broken

Ah - American hearts
Ah - American hearts, American hearts

Now that it's over they'll each go on living
Never forgetting but somehow forgiving
They'll care for their children protect them with pride
And that's how their dream will survive in

American hearts, so filled with emotion
American hearts, so easily broken

American hearts, so filled with emotion
American hearts, so easily broken

Wreck Of The Carlos Rey
Composer(s): D. Hidalgo; L. Pérez
Performer(s): Los Lobos; The Sidekicks



Fifteen travelin' to work the fields
Toil in factories and sweat those deals
Set out to sail from Santa Rosalie
I left you a note tacked to a tree

I'm yours carino
I'll return one day
Now I'm leavin' on the Carlos Rey

Four cruel days under stormy skies
Not much bread to keep us alive
The wind kicked up and the rain come down
And then we all heard a terrible sound

I'm yours carino
Nothin' more to say
I'm lost in the wreck of the Carlos Rey

Struggled against the poor weather tie
Fetched my bag with your picture inside
But my heart did break as it slipped away
Disappearin' into the gray

I'm yours carino
I'm gone to stay
Down in the wreck of the Carlos Rey

In the dark and cold I let you go
With the hard cold work that I took on
I sleep in a bed of salt and sand
And I dream sweet dreams of takin' your hand

I'm yours carino
I'm gone away
Down in the wreck of the Carlos Rey

American Girl
Composer(s): Tom Petty
First release by: Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - 1976
Covered by multiple other artists



Well, she was an American girl
Raised on promises
She couldn't help thinking that there was a little more to life
Somewhere else
After all it was a great big world
With lots of places to run to
And if she had to die
Tryin', she
Had one little promise she was gonna keep

Oh yeah, alright
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl

Well, it was kind of cold that night
She stood alone on the balcony
Yeah, she could hear the cars roll by
Out on four forty one like
Waves crashing on the beach
And for one des'rate moment there
He crept back in her memory
God, it's so painful when something that's so close
Is still so far out of reach

Oh yeah, alright
Take it easy, baby
Make it last all night
She was an American girl

Wrapping Paper
Composer(s): Pete Brown; Jack Bruce
Performer(s): Cream



Wrapping paper in the gutter
Moving slowly as the wind on the sea
(Faces calling, waves moving)
In your picture on a wall of a house of old times
(Can you hear me) Can you hear me
(Can you hear me) Wandering sadly?
In the city, feeling pretty
Down and out and making love to you
On the shore, (ruined buildings, faces empty)
In the picture as I gaze ahead and don't see
(That they're calling) That they're calling
(That they're calling) Wandering sadly
Shattered windows, stairs to nowhere
(Hear you calling) Hear you calling,
(Hear you calling) As I wander so sadly
Wish I knew what you'd done to me
Turned me on to things I never knew
It's all broken, weeds are growing
Wish I was going home to the house by the shore
(Where you loved me) Where you loved me
(Where you loved me) Loved me so sadly
Someday I'll get back, somehow I'll do it
I'll arrive there and you'll be there to meet me
(Walk together, tread the weeds down)
Kiss again in the picture on the wall
(Where I loved you) In the old house
(Where I loved you) Loved you so well

American Eagles
Composer(s): Irving Berlin



Eagles
American eagles
America sings
Of her wings
In the sky

Eagles
American eagles
America's strong
Just as long
As they fly

(Give us some)
More bombers to attack with
More bombers till the skies are black with

Eagles
American eagles
America sings
Of her kings
In the sky

Wrapped Around Your Finger
Spanish Title: Estaré Prendido En Tus Dedos
Composer(s): Sting
Originally performed by: The Police
Covered by various other artists



You consider me the young apprentice
Caught between the scylla and charibdes
Hypnotized by you if I should linger
Staring at the ring around your finger

I have only come here seeking knowledge
Things they wouldn't teach me of in college
I can see the destiny you sold
Turned into a shining band of gold

I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger

Mephistopheles is not your name
But I know what you're up to just the same
I will listen hard to your tuition
And you will see it come to its fruition

I'll be wrapped around your finger
I'll be wrapped around your finger

Devil and the deep blue sea behind me
Vanish in the air you'll never find me
I will turn your face to alabaster
Then you will find your servant is your master

And you'll be wrapped around my finger
You'll be wrapped around your finger
You'll be wrapped around your finger

American Dream
Composer(s): Neil Young
Performer(s): Crosby, Stills & Nash



I used to see you on every T.V.
Your smiling face looked back at me
I used to see you on every T.V.
Your smiling face looked back at me
Then they caught you with the girl next door
People's money piled on the floor
Accusations that you try to deny
Revelations and rumors begin to fly

Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
Now you think about reaching out
Maybe get some help from above
Reporters crowd around your house
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds
Speculating what they may find out
It don't matter now, you're all washed up

You wake up in the middle of the night
Your sheets are wet and your face is white
You tried to make a good thing last
How could something so good, go bad, so fast?

American dream, American dream
American dream, American dream

Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
Reporters crowd around your house
Going through your garbage like a pack of hounds
Speculating what they may find out
It don't matter now, you're all washed up

Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
American dream, American dream
Don't know when things went wrong
Might have been when you were young and strong
American dream, American dream

Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams (And Dream Your Troubles Away)
Composer(s): Harry Barris; Ted Koehler; Billy Moll
Performer(s): Bing Crosby;
and various other artists



When skies are cloudy and grey 
They're only grey for a day
So wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream your troubles away
Until that sunshine peeps through
There's only one thing to do
Just wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream your troubles away
Your castles may tumble
That's Fate after all
Life's really funny that way
No use to grumble
Just smile as they fall
Weren't you King for a day? 
Say! 
Just remember that sunshine 
Always follows the rain 
So wrap your troubles in dreams
And dream your troubles away

American Boy
Composer(s): Eddie Rabbitt
Performer(s): Eddie Rabbitt



I wanna live in a place where they name their kids Billy
Turn on the radio, and hear my man Willie
Friday night football, stand up and cheer
Go where I wanna go, I'm a free man here!

I'm an American boy
Drive me a Chevy, ain't got no Peugeot
My older brother was a GI Joe
Red White and Blue from my head to my toes

I'm an American boy

My little brother watches Saturday morning cartoons
I mow the front lawn, in the afternoon
Fixin' up my car, workin' for a livin'
Drive down to the seashore, lookin' at the pretty women

I'm an American boy
Drive me a Chevy, ain't got no Peugeot
My older brother was a GI Joe
Red White and Blue from my head to my toes

I'm an American boy
(voice mix including Martin Luther King Jr.)
I'm an American boy
(I buy American)
I'm an American boy
(Yes I am)
I'm an American boy
(I'll die an American)

I'm an American boy
Drive me a Chevy, ain't got no Peugeot
My older brother was a GI Joe
Red White and Blue from my head to my toes

I'm an American boy
(I buy American)
I'm an American boy
(I'll die an American)
I'm an American boy
I'm an American boy
(Coast to coast)
I'm an American boy
(Just like apple pie baby)
I'm an American boy 
Yeah
I'm an American boy
Eye eye I'm an American boy
I'm an American boy

Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Dutch Title: Sla Je Arm Om Me Heen
Composer(s): Mike Chapman; Holly Knight
Originally performed by: Agnetha Fältskog
Covered by various other artists



Wrap your arms around me...

When you´re so far away
At the end of each day
Counting the moments till you fade away
Inside my soul
Under passion´s control
Are feelings I can´t find the words to explain
Just like the first time I´m helpless again

Chorus:
Wrap your arms around me
Let your love surround me
Make love to me now like never before
Wrap your arms around me
From the day you found me
You´ll never be alone

The nights are so cold
With just your memory to hold
I´ve tried to be strong, reaching out holding on
Alone in my bed
I cling to each word you said
Wanting you more everyday we´re apart
And each precious moment is safe in my heart

Chorus

Tag mig i din famn/Take me in your arms
Hall om mig/Hold me
Du är den, bara du/You are the one, only you
Jag vill wara hos dig/I want to be with you
Vi hör tillsammans/We belong together
Vi var sa nära/We were so close
Nätterna är sa kalla/The nights are so cold
Vill vara hos dig/Want to be with you
Saknar dig hur som helst/Miss you anyway
Jag vill vara hos dig/I want to be with you
Hall om mig, älska mig, älska mig/Hold me, love me, love me

Just like the first time I´m helpless again...

Chorus

Wrap your arms around me
And you´ll never be alone
Wrap your arms around me
You´ll never be alone
No, you´ll never be alone

A Girl Like You
Composer(s): Burt Bacharach - Anne Croswell
Performer(s): Adam Faith



A girl like you could have the pick of any boy she knew
With just a flick of her little fingertip
A boy would flip
There's nothing that he wouldn't do for you

Ooh, a girl like you who's such a cutie
Eyes of baby blue, a living beauty
Could have most anything
Any king would leave his throne and palace too for you

A girl like you who could have had
The yellow moon above
Just for the asking, didn't even ask
You didn't ask a thing but love

That's all I had, a heart to hand you
And a heart that's glad to understand you
I can't believe it's true
A boy like me could ever have a girl like you, like you

A girl like you who could have had
The yellow moon above
Just for the asking, didn't even ask
You didn't ask a thing but love

That's all I had, a heart to hand you
And a heart that's glad to understand you
I can't believe it's true
A boy like me could ever have a girl like you, like you, like you

Sla Je Arm Om Me Heen
English Title: Wrap Your Arms Around Me
Composer(s): Benny Neyman; Holly Knight; Mike Chapman
Performer(s): Wendy Van Wanten
(Originally performed by: Agnetha Fältskog)



't Is stil hier vannacht
Maar ik slaap niet, ik waak
Lang duren uren als jij er niet bent
Denkend waarom, 'k draaim e honderd keer om
Ik bijt in mijn kussen en kijk naar 't behang
Net als een kind in het donker zo bang

Sla je arm om me heen
Laat me nooit meer alleen
Wees lief,hou me vast
Want de nacht is zo koud
Sla je arm om me heen
Zeg nog een keer alleen
Dat je nog van mij houdt

Ik kijk naar de maan
En de morgen breekt aan
Je weet ik en sterk
Maar dit hou ik niet vol
Maar soms is het net
Of je hier ligt in bed
Dan neem ik de deken
En denk een moment
Even, heel even, dat jij er weer bent

Sla je arm om me heen
Laat me nooit meer alleen
Wees lief,hou me vast
Want de nacht is zo koud
Sla je arm om me heen
Zeg nog een keer alleen
Dat je nog van mij houdt

Na na na na
Net als een kind in het donker zo bang

Sla je arm om me heen
Laat me nooit meer alleen
Wees lief,hou me vast
Want de nacht is zo koud
Sla je arm om me heen
Zeg nog een keer alleen
Dat je nog van mij houdt

American Beauty
Composer(s): Rich Alves - Randy Van Warmer
Performer(s): The Oak Ridge Boys



A '57 Chevy, Red and White
American Beauty
Levi blue jeans twisin' all night
American Beauty
California girls, Rocky Mountain High
A Texas star in a cowboy's eyes
Shinin' like a diamond from sea to sea
American beauty, American beauty

A Zebco Fishing Pole Fishin dowstream
American Beauty
Strummin on a '48 D-18
American Beauty
Hot dogs, baseball, popcorn, football
a cheer for victory
NASCAR Racecar number 3
American beauty, American beauty

From North to South
From coast to coast
You can see it everywhere you go

Miles of Wheat fields rolling to the skies
American beauty
Great white spaceship, Enterprise
American Beauty
Stampede of buffalo, Sitting bull
Geronimo
An eagle on wing
From Alabama with a banjo on my knee
American beauty, American beauty

She stands in the harbor
In the city of dreams
American Beauty
Prettiest face
I've ever seen
American Beauty
And she holds a torch
And she wont let go
I love her with all my heart
And soul
Id give my life
To keep her free
American beauty, American beauty
American beauty, American beauty
American beauty

Wrap It Up 
Composer(s): Isaac Hayes; David Porter
Originally performed by: Sam & Dave
Covered by various other artists



I've been watching you for days, now baby
I just love your sexy ways, now baby
You know my love will never stop, now baby
Just put your loving in my box, now baby

Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it

Well, no more will I shop around, now baby
I know I got the best thing in town, now baby
I've seen all I want to see, now baby
Bring your loving straight to me, now baby

Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it, oowee
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Good God almighty, come on

Well, I'm gonna treat you like the queen you are
Bring you sweet things from my candy jar
You've got tricks you ain't never used
Give it, give it to me, it won't get abused

I've been watching you for days, baby
I just love your sexy ways, baby
You know my love will never stop, baby
Just put your loving in my box, ooo baby

Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it

Wrap, wrap
Wrap, wrap, wrap
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it
Wrap it up, I'll take it

America, I Love You
Composer(s): Edgar Leslie - Archie Gottler
Performer(s): Claude Thornhill
and multiple other artists



A mid fields of clover
'T was just a little over a hundred years ago 
A handful of strangers 
they faced many dangers to make their country grow
It's now quite a nation of wond'rous population
And free from every king
It's your land, it's my land
A great do or die land
And that's why I sing

From all sorts of places
They welcomed all the races to settle on their shore
They didn't care which one
The poor or the rich one 
They still had room for more 
To give them protection 
By popular election
A set of laws they chose
They're your laws and my laws
For your cause and my cause
That's why this country rose

America, I love you
You're like a sweetheart of mine
From ocean to ocean
For you my devotion, is touching each bound'ry line
Just like a little baby 
Climbing it's mother's knee
America, I love you
And there's a hundred million other's like me

Wowie Zowie
Composer(s): Frank Zappa
Performer(s): Frank Zappa



Wowie Zowie
Your love's a treat
Wowie Zowie
You can't be beat
Wowie Zowie, baby
You're so neat
I don't even care
If you shave your legs

Wowie Zowie, baby
You're so fine
Wowie Zowie, baby
Please be mine
Wowie Zowie
Up and down my spine
I don't even care
If you brush your teeth

Dream of you each mornin'
I dream of you each night
Just the other day I got so shook up
I dreamed of you in the afternoon

I dream of you each mornin'
I dream of you each night
Just the other day I got so shook up
I had a flash in the afternoon

Wowie Zowie, baby
Love me do
Wowie Zowie
and I'll love you too
Wowie Zowie, baby
I'll be true
I don't even care
If your dad's the heat

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