Souvenir De Laura ((aka Laura (French Version) (by Alys Robi) - 1944))
((Adapted from Laura (English Version) (by Emil Newman) - 1944))
((Danish Version): Laura (by Gustav Winckler) - 1964))
Composer(s): Johnny Mercer - David Raskin - Philippe Paringaux
Performer(s): Christophe - 1983



Laura
Souvenir d'un film noir et blanc
Laura
Reflet dans un miroir
Poussière d'étoile tombée de l'écran
Qui vient danser dans ma mémoire
Je t'ai vue, Laura
Sur un mur, un peu déchirée
Pourtant, tu n'avais pas changé

À moi
Il ne reste que quelques rêves
Et toi Laura
Tu restes le plus beau

{x2:}
Laura
Souviens-toi, j'étais ton amant
Laura
Celui du premier rang

Sur une affiche un peu déchirée
J'ai vu Laura
Laura
Souvenir d'une chanson perdue
Laura
Echo dans ma mémoire

Belgian Bar
Composer(s): Eric Andersen
Performer(s): Eric Andersen



One snowy night alone in my house in Norway 
I sat with pen, paper, and guitar and a candle by an old wood table 
I felt a canopy in the air and the feeling of being somewhere else 
I started to remember a time when I was with a close friend a couple years before 
We had been in Brussels working on a film score together 
and we had many good evenings hanging out in this ancient city in the middle of Europe 
And this evening it came rushing back 
As if I had stumbled into a cathedral of memory 
After we finished the project we took a train to France 
I went on to Venice and it was right before Christmas
We were living in a nice hotel on the avenue Louise 
Working on a project there it was just my man and me 
I was unattached back then like a puppet off his feet 
A crazy pile of broken strings only one I had to keep 
We walked around the corner saw the lights of a little bar 
The mood there made me curious a chance to forget 
Awhile inside a couple of tables a couple rock 'n roll cassettes 
I was drinking rum that night with the barmaid speaking French 
I wonder just how things have changed 
I wonder where you are 
And I wonder if a young French girl 
Still works in a Belgian bar 

Brussels in October the yellow gray's all I recall 
The rain ran on forever like the wires on a trolley car 
Walking down the new wet streets ancient wind blowin through my heart 
The only face I couldn't see was the face of my true love 
I dreamed about the lights of Nice the rust rocks of the coast 
I dreamed about a frozen path to the one I missed the most 
Then I guess it wasn't long before I was on my feet again 
It must have happened someplace quiet cause I don't remember when 

I wonder just how things have changed 
I wonder where you are 
And I wonder if a young French girl 
Still works in a Belgian bar 

When I look over my shoulder from the window of my train 
I think about my man again who I heard has moved to Spain 
We worked hard and we traveled some through France and Italy 
When it rained down hard in Brussels it poured on you and me 
And when my eyes got tangled in the honey colored hair 
Of the girl ho poured the drinks that night when we were talkin there 
She had eyes that seemed to drink us up and a crooked little smile 
When we sailed off for the starry night and forever took a little while

Laughter In The Rain 
Composer(s): Neil Sedaka - Phil Cody
First release by: Neil Sedaka - 1974
Covered by multiple other artists



Strolling along country roads with my baby
It starts to rain, it begins to pour
Without an umbrella we're soaked to the skin
I feel a shiver run up my spine
I feel the warmth of her hand in mine

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oo, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside

After a while we run under a tree
I turn to her and she kisses me
There with the beat of the rain on the leaves
Softly she breathes and I close my eyes
Sharing our love under stormy skies

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oo, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside

I feel the warmth of her hand in mine

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oo, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oo, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside

Oo, I hear laughter in the rain
Walking hand in hand with the one I love
Oo, how I love the rainy days
And the happy way I feel inside 

Beleza Pura
Composer(s): Caetano Veloso
Performer(s): Caetano Veloso; A Cor Do Som



Não me amarra dinheiro não
Mas formosura
Dinheiro não
A pele escura
Dinheiro não
A carne dura
Dinheiro não
Moca preta do curuzu
Beleza pura
Federação
beleza pura
Boca do Rio
Beleza pura
Dinheiro não
Quando essa preta comeca a tratar do cabelo
É de se olhar
Toda a trama da trança
A transa do cabelo
Conchas do mar
Ela manda buscar p'ra botar no cabelo
Toda minúcia
Toda delícia
Nao me amarra dinheiro não
Mas elegância
Nao me amarra dinheiro não
Mas a cultura
Dinheiro não
A pele escura
Dinheiro não
A carne dura
Dinheiro não
Moco lindo do Badauê
Beleza pura
Do Iê aiyê
Beleza pura
Dinheiro yeah
Beleza pura
Dinheiro não
Dentro daquele turbante do Filho de Ghandi
É o que há
tudo é chique demais, tudo é muito elegante
Manda botar 
Fina palha da costa e que tudo se trance
Todos os búzios
Todos os ócios
Nao me amarra dinheiro não, mas os mistérios

Laughter And Forgetting
Composer(s): David Sylvian
Performer(s): David Sylvian



Running like a horse between the trees
The ground beneath my feet
Gives me something to hold on to

With the reins around my heart
Guided by hands that spread life before my very eyes

Well every hope falls down on it’s knees in time
But I’m no longer lost
Every day, every second, every hour inside
Love’s my only guide

Are these the years for laughter and forgetting?

Beleza
Composer(s): Raimundo Fagner; Brandão
Performer(s): Raimundo Fagner



Beleza só se tem quando se acende a lamparina
Iluminando a alma se entende a própria sina
E quando se vê o arame que amarra toda gente
Pendendo das estacas sob um sol indiferente
Beleza só depois de uma sangria desatada
Aberta na ferida dos perigos do amor
E quando se afasta a sombra triste do remorso
Que impede olhar pra dentro para enfrentar a dor
Repara este silêncio que se estende da janela
Repassa o teu passado e come o lixo que ele encerra
Vagar sem remissão é também parte da questão
Juntar estas migalhas para refazer o pão
Não é da natureza que ele surge confeitado
Mas é desta tristeza, deste adubo de rancor
Beleza é o temporal que suja e corta uma visão
E esmaga qualquer sonho com um grito de pavor

Laughing On The Outside
Composer(s): Ben Raleigh - Bernie Wayne
Performer(s): Dinah Shore
and multiple other artists



The crowd sees me out dancing
Carefree and romancing
Happy with my someone new
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause I'm still in love with you

They see me night and daytime
Having such a gay time
They don't know what I go through
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause I'm still in love with you

No one knows it's just a pose
Pretending I'm glad we're apart
And when I cry, my eyes are dry
The tears are in my heart

My darling, can't we make up?
Ever since our breakup
Make believe is all I do
I'm laughing on the outside
Crying on the inside
'cause I'm still in love

I am still in love with you 

Belexes
Composer(s): Kerry Livgren
Performer(s): Kansas; Proto-Kaw



Oh, I cannot tell you to make up your mind
And gather together the best of your kind
The prophets have spoken the words of ill fate
Your childhood has ended you've taken the bait
You've got the power it's there deep inside
Just look around and you'll know what you've tried
So much relies on the course that you take
The fool and the wise man both burn at the stake-ah

Look at the heads buried deep in the sand
Hiding from evil made by their own hand
The prophets have spoken the words of ill fate
Your childhood has ended you've taken the bait
You've got the power it's there deep inside
Just look around and you'll know what you've tried
So much relies on the course that you take
The fool and the wise man both burn at the stake-ah

Laughing Man (In The Devil Mask)
Composer(s): Tony Iommi - Henry Rollins
Performer(s): Tony Iommi; Henry Rollins



Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask

You ripped yourself to shreds
While I stood laughing
You'd like to see me pay
For the time you're having

You'll walk that line again
You'll try to die again
You'll waste your nights just thinking of me

As the needle finds the vein
As the bullet goes through the brain
As your city meets the sea
As you're drowning, think of me

Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask

I am the lord of crime
The laughing man in a devil mask
I am the birth of crime
The laughing man in a devil mask
Drop to your knees again
The laughing man in a devil mask
Tie off and die again
The laughing man in a devil mask

Push the rock back up the hill
You start to feel like you're standing still
Your life lies broken for all to see
You'll hear the laughter, then you'll see me

Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask

Tender flock, led astray
You always knew it would be this way
You just go now, no need to ask
You are the face behind the devil mask

The laughing man in the devil mask
Laughing man in the devil mask
I'm laughing, I'm laughing
You're burning, you're burning
The laughing man in the devil mask
The laughing man in the devil mask
Burn, burn
Burn while I'm laughing

Belda-Beast
Composer(s): Erik Braunn
Performer(s): Iron Butterfly



Size is decreasing
Under transparent purple skies
The life you’ve chased seen thru my eyes
Was distorted, filled with lies

Your hopes are bouncing in front of your eyes
As you jump to catch them floating so high

Bye, bye

A top comes a-spinning into your life
And you’ve reached a height

Threatening destruction in a way that we know too well
Sitting on the limb of love with my friends
Sitting here all alone

Life without malice can you call this bluff
And say without knowing it’s hard enough

Bye, bye

A top comes a-spinning into your life
And you’ve reached a height

Life without malice can you call this bluff
And say without knowing it’s hard enough

Bye, bye

Bye, bye

Laughing Boy
Composer(s): Smokey Robinson
Performer(s): Mary Wells



Laughing Boy (ha ha ha ha ha)
That's what they used to call you
Before you found a new love to take my place
(Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)
Laughing Boy (ha ha ha ha ha)
That's what they used to call you
You always wore a smile upon your face
(Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha)
But as I look at you now, I know that somehow
The smile you're wearing is untrue
Laughing Boy (Laughing Boy), I think you're blue

Your new love (your new love)
She really must have hurt you
She really must have filled your heart with pain
'Cause I know you well (know you well)
And you could never fool me
I know that somehow you're not the same
(La la la la la la la la)
As I look at you now, I know that somehow
When you say you're happy, you're lying
Laughing Boy (Laughing Boy), I believe you've been crying

(La la la la la la la la)
Don't you know that it's true, I still love you
Just as much as I did before
So Laughing Boy (come on home)
Come on home, Laughing Boy (come on home)
Come on home, Laughing Boy (come on home)
And smile once more

Beira-Mar
Composer(s): Gilberto Gil; Caetano Veloso
Performer(s): Gilberto Gil



Na terra em que o mar não bate
Não bate o meu coração
O mar onde o céu flutua
Onde morre o sol e a lua
E acaba o caminho do chão
Nasci numa onda verde
Na espuma me batizei
Vim trazido numa rede
Na areia me enterrarei
Ou então nasci na palma
Palha da palma no chão
Tenho a alma de água clara
Meu braço espalhado em praia
E o mar na palma da mão
No cais, na beira do cais
Senti o meu primeiro amor
E num cais que era só um cais
Somente ao redor
Mas o mar não é todo mar
Mar que em todo mundo existe
Ou melhor, é o mar do mundo
De um certo ponto de vista
De onde só se avista o mar
A ilha de Itaparica
A Bahia é que é o cais
A praia, a beira, a espuma
E a Bahia só tem uma
Costa, clara, litoral
É por isso que o azul
Cor de minha devoção
Não qualquer azul, azul
De qualquer céu, qualquer dia
O azul de qualquer poesia
De samba tirado em vão
É o azul que agente fita
No azul do mar da Bahia
É a cor que lá principia
E que habita em meu coração

Laughing
Composer(s): Randy Bachman - Burton Cummings
First release by: The Guess Who - 1969



I should laugh, but I cry
Because your love has passed me by
You took me by surprise
You didn't realize that I was waiting

Time goes slowly but carries on
And now the best years have come and gone
You took me by surprise
I didn't realize that you were laughing

Laughing -- the things you're doin' to me
Laughing -- that ain't the way it should be
You took away everything I had
You put the hurt on me

Laughing -- the things you're doin' to me
Laughing -- that ain't the way it should be
You took away everything I had
You put the hurt on me

I go alone now, calling your name
After losing at the game
You took me by surprise
I didn't realize that you were laughing

Time goes slowly, but carries on
And now the best years, the best years have come and gone
You took me by surprise
I didn't realize, that you were laughing

Laughing -- the things you're doin' to me
Laughing -- that ain't the way it should be
You took away everything I had
You put the hurt on me

Laughing -- the things you're doin' to me
Laughing -- oh, what you're doin' to me
You took away everything I had
You put the hurt on me

Oo!
Laughing -- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Laughing -- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha
Laughing -- well, you're laughin' at me
Laughing -- well, you're laughin' at me
Laughing -- oh, what you're doin' to me, girl
Laughing -- I'm a-lookin', you're laughin'
Laughing -- I'm a-lookin', you're laughin'
Laughing -- you're a-lookin', I'm a-laughin'
Laughing -- laughin' at me
Laughing -- ah, but you're a-laughin', baby
Laughing

Being With You
Composer(s): Smokey Robinson
Originally performed by: Smokey Robinson
Covered by various other artists



Ooh...ooh...ooh...
Ooh...ooh...ooh...ooh...

I don't care what they think about me
And I don't care what they say
I don't care what they think if you're leavin'
I'm gonna beg you to stay

I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else
But being with you, being with you

Honey, don't go, don't leave this scene
Be out of the picture and off of the screen
Don't let them say, "We told you so"
They tell me you'll love me and then let me go

I've heard the warning voice from friends and my relations
They tell me all about your heartbreak reputation

But I don't care what they think about me
And I don't care what they say, no
I don't care what they think if you're leavin'
I'm gonna beg you to stay

I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else
But being with you, being with you

Ooh...ooh...ooh...
Woo...ooh...ooh...

People can change, they always do
Haven't they noticed the changes in you
Or can it be that like love I am blind
Do I want it so much till it's all in my mind

One thing I know for sure
Is really, really real
I've never felt before
The way you make me feel

I don't care what they think about me
And I don't care what they say, ooh
I don't care what they think if you're leavin'
I'm gonna beg you to stay

I don't care if they start to avoid me
I don't care what they do
I don't care about anything else
But being with you being with you
Being with you, being with you

{Being with you} I don't care about anything else
{Being with you} But being with you, being with you, I wanna be with you
{Being with you} (Being with you) I don't care if they start to avoid me
{Being with you} I don't care what they do

Laugh, Laugh
((French Version: Passe, Passe Ton Chemin (by Noël Deschamps) - 1965
Composer(s): Ron Elliott
First release by: The Beau Brummels - 1965
Covered by multiple other artists



I hate to say it but I told you so, don't mind my preachin' to you
I said "don't trust 'em, baby" now you know
You don't know ev'rything there is to know in school
Wouldn't believe me when I gave advice, I said that he was a tease
If you want help you better ask me now
So be sincere, convince me with a "pretty please"

Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
It seemed so funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy who taught you how it feels to be
Lonely, oh so lonely

Don't think I'm bein' funny when I say you got just what you deserve
I can't help feeling you found out today
You thought you would, you could, you had a lot of nerve

Won't say I'm sorry for the things I said
I'm glad he packed up to go
You kept on braggin' he was yours instead
Found you don't know ev'rything there is to know

Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
It seemed so funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy who taught you how it feels to be
Lonely, oh so lonely

Before I go I got to say one thing, don't close your ears to me
Take my advice and you find out that he 
Is just another guy who'll cause you misery
Don't say you can't get any boy to call, do be so smug or else
You'll find you can't get any boy a'tall
You'll wind up an old lady sittin' on the shelf.

Laugh, laugh, I thought I'd die
It seemed so funny to me
Laugh, laugh you met a guy who taught you how it feels to be
Lonely, oh so lonely

Lonely, oh so lonely 

Being Together 
Composer(s): Tony Romeo
Performer(s): David Cassidy



Us being together is always
A very big deal to me
Us taking some time from our daily routines
Only means that we care
And we wanted to share for a while
A tear or a smile
Give part of ourselves to somebody else

And our being together is always
So honest and real to me
Us both saying "Yes, I'm aware that you're there"
Goes to show how you know
When somebody loves you so

Being together is my kind of fun
Learning your ups and your downs
Is my dance in the sun
And if someone asked me
What I needed to count on
To make me as happy as I've ever been
It would be our being together again

Passe, Passe Ton Chemin
((Adapted from: Laugh, Laugh (by The Beau Brummels) - 1965))
Composer(s): Ron Elliott - Gilles Thibault
Performer(s): Noël Deschamps - 1965



Depuis des jours, tu fais les yeux doux
À cette fille, je le sais
Je n'ai rien dit et je ne suis pas fou
Je connais depuis bien longtemps ce jeu-là
Tu as bien dû t'apercevoir pourtant
Qu'elle ne regardait que moi
Alors, ne fais pas d'histoire et va-t'en
Crois-moi, il vaut mieux arrêter ce jeu-là

Passe, passe ton chemin
Je te dis ça en ami
Passe, passe ton chemin
Et va plus loin vivre ta vie

Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime, oui, c'est moi
Ton portefeuille est bourré de billets
T'as voiture neuve et costume
Tu vois que ça n'a pas marché
Avec cette fille, ça ne prend pas, ces jeux-là
Moi, dès le premier jour, je le savais
Tu ne pouvais pas gagner
Notre amour était bien trop fort pour toi
Il y a longtemps qu'il ne craint plus ces jeux-là

Passe, passe ton chemin
Je te dis ça en ami
Passe, passe ton chemin
Et va plus loin vivre ta vie

Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime
Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime
Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime
Oui, c'est moi qu'elle aime
Oui, c'est moi

Bein' Green
Composer(s): Joe Raposo
Performer(s): Jim Henson
and various other artists



[Greetings! 
Kermit the Frog here 
and today I'd like to tell you a little bit about the color green 
Do you know what's green? 
Well I am for one thing 
You see, frogs are green, and I'm a frog 
And that means I'm green, you see?] 

It's not that easy bein' green 
Having to spend each day the color of the leaves 
When I think it could be nicer being red or yellow or gold 
Or something much more colorful like that 

It's not easy bein' green 
It seems you blend in with so many other ordinary things 
And people tend to pass you over 'cause you're 
Not standing out like flashy sparkles in the water 
Or stars in the sky 

But green's the color of Spring 
And green can be cool and friendly-like 
And green can be big like an ocean 
Or important like a mountain 
Or tall like a tree 

When green is all there is to be 
It could make you wonder why 
But why wonder, why wonder? 
I am green and it'll do fine 
It's beautiful! 
And I think it's what I want to be

Laugh, Clown, Laugh!
Composer(s): Ted Fiorito - Samuel M. Lewis - Joseph Young
Performer(s): Fred Waring
and multiple other artists



Life is a play and we all play a part
The Lover, the Dreamer, the Clown
The Dreamer and Lover are always in tears
The Clown spreads sunshine around
The life with a smile is the life worthwhile
The Clown till the curtain comes down

Even though you're only make believing
Laugh, Clown, laugh!
Even though something inside is grieving
Laugh, Clown, laugh!
Don't let your heart grow too mellow
Just be a real Punchinello, fellow

You're supposed to brighten up a place
And laugh, Clown, laugh!
Paint a lot of smiles around your face
And laugh, Clown, don't frown
Dressed in your best coloured humour
Be a pallietto and laugh, Clown, laugh!

Bei Mir Bist Du Schön
Composer(s): Sholem Secunda; Jacob Jacobs
Sammy Cahn; Saul Chaplin
Performer(s): The Andrews Sisters
and various other artists



Of all the boys I've known, and I've known some
Until I first met you, I was lonesome
And when you came in sight, dear, my heart grew light
And this old world seemed new to me

You're really swell, I have to admit you
Deserve expressions that really fit you
And so I've racked my brain, hoping to explain
All the things that you do to me

Bei mir bist du schön, please let me explain
Bei mir bist du schön means you're grand
Bei mir bist du schön, again I'll explain
It means you're the fairest in the land

I could say "Bella, Bella", even say "Wunderbar"
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are

I've tried to explain, bei mir bist du schön
So kiss me and say you understand

Bei mir bist du schön, you've heard it all before
but let me try to explain
Bei mir bist du schön means that you're grand
Bei mir bist du schön, it's such an old refrain
and yet I should explain
It means I am begging for your hand

I could say "Bella, Bella", even say "Wunderbar"
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are

I could say "Bella, Bella", even say "Wunderbar"
Each language only helps me tell you how grand you are

I've tried to explain, bei mir bist du schön
So kiss me and say that you will understand