Merci Mon Dieu
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour



Pour ces désirs qui nous inondent
Et se traduisent peu à peu
En des instants de fin du monde
Merci mon Dieu
Pour ce destin que l'on se forge
Avec des larmes au fond des yeux
Et des joies qui prennent à la gorge
Merci mon Dieu
Mon cœur s'en allait en déroute
De lendemains en lendemains
Quand tu m'as éclairé la route
Et montré le chemin
Celui de l'espoir qui délivre
Et remplace les songes creux
Par une folle envie de vivre
Merci mon Dieu

L'amour que tu as conçu
Pour nos âmes solitaires
Fait que nos regards perdus
Sont ruisselants de lumière
Ils regardent le ciel ébloui
Simplement pour te dire merci

Pour ces désirs qui nous inondent
Et se traduisent peu à peu
En des instants de fin du monde
Merci mon Dieu
Pour ce destin que l'on se forge
Avec des larmes au fond des yeux
Et des joies qui prennent à la gorge
Merci mon Dieu
Ce que j'attendais de la terre
Et que j'espérais de la vie
En t'implorant dans mes prières
Au long des jours, des nuits
Mon Dieu, tu me l'as fait connaître
Puisque j'ai ma part de bonheur
Et que l'amour rit dans mon cœur
Je veux crier de tout mon être
Merci mon Dieu

One More Dance
Composer(s): C.C. Carter
Performer(s): Harry Belafonte;
and various other artists



Darling, go home, your husband is ill
Is he ill? Let them give him a pill
Oh, come my dear Franz, just one more dance
Then I'll go home to my poor old man
Then I'll go home to my poor old man

Darling, go home, your husband is worse
Is he worse? Well I am no nurse
Oh, come my dear Franz, just one more dance
Then I'll go home to my poor old man
Then I'll go home to my poor old man

Darling, go home, your husband is dead
Is he dead? There's no more to be said
Oh, come my dear Franz, just one more dance
Then I'll go home to my poor old man
Then I'll go home to my poor old man

Darling, go home, the will's to be read
What's that you said? I said the will's to be read
Oh, no, no, my dear Franz, this is no time to dance
I must go weep for my poor old man
I must go weep for my poor old man

Merci Madame La Vie
Composer(s): Charles Aznavour; Georges Garvarentz
Performer(s): Charles Aznavour



Pour m'avoir accordé un jour
Le droit de vous faire la cour
Merci madame la vie
Et m'avoir permis si longtemps
D'être votre fidèle amant
Merci madame la vie

Je n'ai cessé de vous aimer
Mais vous, vous m'avez tant donné
Que je reste votre obligé
Quand même
Et mon problème

Tant que je suis encore vivant
C'est de vous redire très humblement
Merci madame la vie

Bien sûr il ne tiendrait qu'à vous
Pour que je reste à vos genoux
Mais oui madame la vie

Vous n'auriez qu'à dire un seul mot
Je reprendrais tout à zéro
Mais oui madame la vie

Car j'ai un moral étonnant
Et puis la force, je le sens
De vous aimer encore mille ans
Peut-être
Mais sans promettre

Enfin quoi qu'il puisse arriver
Et quoi que vous puissiez décider
A vous qui m'avez tant donné
Je redis
Merci madame la vie

One More Cup Of Coffee
Composer(s): Bob Dylan
Performer(s): Bob Dylan;
and various other artists



Your breath is sweet
Your eyes are like two jewels in the sky
Your back is straight, your hair is smooth
On the pillow where you lie
But I don't sense affection
No gratitude or love
Your loyalty is not to me
But to the stars above

One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below

Your daddy he's an outlaw
And a wanderer by trade
He'll teach you how to pick and choose
And how to throw the blade
He oversees his kingdom
So no stranger does intrude
His voice it trembles as he calls out
For another plate of food

One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below

Your sister sees the future
Like your mama and yourself
You've never learned to read or write
There's no books upon your shelf
And your pleasure knows no limits
Your voice is like a meadowlark
But your heart is like an ocean
Mysterious and dark

One more cup of coffee for the road
One more cup of coffee 'fore I go
To the valley below

Merci John D'être Venu
Composer(s): Christophe
Performer(s): Christophe



Je suis allé au mariage
D'un copain de mon village
Nous avons dîné
Au milieu d'un champ de blé rasé
Le fiancé faisait des bonds
Dans son bel habit de location
Lorsque soudain les Beatles sont arrivés

Ils ont chanté ils ont chanté yeah
Ils ont chanté toute la journée
Ils ont chanté ils ont chanté yeah
Ils ont chanté toute la journée

John Lennon s'est approché
Il a pris la main de la mariée
Ils se sont laissé
Sur une botte de foin aller

Le fiancé s'est consolé
En mangeant un peu de pièce montée
Tout ça parc'qu'un jour
Les Beatles sont arrivés

Ils ont chanté ils ont chanté yeah
Ils ont chanté toute la journée
Ils ont chanté ils ont chanté yeah
Ils ont chanté toute la journée
Ils ont chanté ils ont chanté yeah
Ils ont chanté toute la journée

Que ce soient les Beatles ou Donovan
Un beau jour quelqu'un t'aurait pris ta femme
Comme c'est arrivé le premier jour
Y aura pas trop d'bobo côté amour ...

One More Chance
Composer(s): Nico
Performer(s): Nico



Give awareness and some light
To the darkness outside
A roof above my head might just be right
For such a tender night

Give awareness and some light
To the darkness outside
A roof above my head might just be right
For such a tender night tender night

The bridge will show you how to fall
More than one good person you can call

Stepping on the stairway
Climbing up the wall
Has the man I told you about
Stopped in here or called?

Stepping on the stairway
climbing up the wall
Has the man I told you about
Stopped in here or called?

Was it the right moment to lift his head
And did he see that you are mad

Seven daughters and one son
And their father's on the run
He is gone long past midnight
From the Towers strikes the time

What will they do when morning dawns
They may not be able to explain

Are you ready for a good fight
Are you ready for laughter
It is you that we are after
It is you

You can give me one more chance
Forget that it is me who must fight

Merci Chérie
((Dutch, English, & French Versions:
Merci Chérie (by Ronny Temmer); Merci Chérie (by Matt Monro); Merci Chérie (by Paul Mauriat))
Composer(s): Thomas Horbiger; Udo Jürgens
First performance by: Udo Jürgens - 1966



Merci, Merci, Merci
Für die Stunden Chérie, Chérie
Unsere Liebe war schön, so schön
Merci Chérie
Sei nicht traurig, muß ich auch von Dir geh'n

Adieu, Adieu, Adieu
Deine Tränen tun weh, so weh, so weh
Unser Traum fliegt dahin, dahin
Merci Chérie, weine nicht
Auch das hat so seinen Sinn

Schau nach vor'n, nicht zurück
Zwingen kann man kein Glück
Denn kein Meer ist so wild, wie die Liebe
Die Liebe allein, nur die kann so sein, so sein

Merci, Merci, Merci
Für die Stunden Chérie, Chérie
Unsere Liebe war schön, so schön
Merci Chérie, so schön, so schön
Merci Chérie, so schön, so schön
Merci Chérie 
Merci

One More Chance
Composer(s): R. Kelly
Performer(s): Michael Jackson



Uh huh alright
This time gonna do my best to make it right
Can't go on without you by my side
Hold on
Shelter come and rescue me out of this storm
And out of this cold I need someone
Oh why oh why why why
If you see her
tell her this from me
All I need is

One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(One more)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(See)
(One more)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(One more)
One more chance at love
(Alright)
One more chance at love

Searching for that one who is going to make me whole
Help me make these mysteries unfold
Hold on
Lightning about to strike in rain only on me
Hurt so bad sometimes it's hard to breathe
Oh why why
If you see her
Tell her this from me
All I need is

One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(One more)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(One more chance for love)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(One more)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love

And I would walk around this world to find her
And I don't care what it takes no
Why
I'd sail the seven seas to be near her
And if you happen to see her
See tell her this from me

One more chance at love
(Yeah, Yeah)
One more chance at love
(Tell her this from me)
One more chance at love
(Yeah, Yeah)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(Lovin' you)
One more chance at love
(I can't find)
One more chance at love
(Lovin' you)
One more chance at love
(Yeah one more)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(For love)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(Yeah I can't stop)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(Lovin' you)
One more chance at love
One more chance at love
(I can't stop)
One more chance at love
(Lovin' you)
(Aaow)
One more chance at love
(I can't stop)
One more chance at love

Merci Chérie
((Adapted from: Merci Chérie (by Udo Jürgens) - 1966))
((Dutch & English Versions: Merci Chérie (by Ronny Temmer); Merci Chérie (by Matt Monro))
Composer(s): Thomas Horbiger; Udo Jürgens; André Michel Salvet
Performer(s): Paul Mauriat



Merci, merci chérie, toi, l'amour de ma vie
Merci chérie, pour les joies que tu m'a données
Merci chérie, pour les jours et les nuits qu'on n'oublis jamais
Adieu, adieu, adieu, j'ai des larmes dans les yeux
Je dois partir, je sais que tout va finir, finir
Merci chérie, pour les jours et les nuits qu'on n'oublis jamais
Le moment important est venu, aujourd'hui de choisir de tournant de ma vie ...
Je dois m'en aller
Je dois te quitter le coeur blessé, blessé ...
Merci, merci chérie, toi, l'amour de ma vie
Merci chérie, pour les joies que tu m'as données
Merci chérie, adieu chérie
Merci chérie, adieu chérie, merci chérie, merci ...

One More Chance
Composer(s): Madonna; David Foster
Performer(s): Madonna



I turned around too late to see the fallen star
I fell asleep and never saw the sun go down
I took your love for granted
Thought luck was always on my side
I turned around too late and you were gone
Chorus:
So give me one more chance
Darlin' if you care for me
Let me win your love
'Cause you were always there for me
If you care for me
Be there for me
I like to play the queen of hearts and never thought I'd lose
I rolled the dice but never showed my hand
I planned it out so perfectly
So you'd never leave a girl like me
I was a fool, but now I understand
(chorus)
Here is the law of the land
You play with fire and you'll get burned
Here is the lesson I've learned
That you don't know what you've got til it's gone
(chorus, without last two lines)
Gimme one more chance
Tell me that it's not too late
Let me win your love
Darlin' please don't hesitate
If you care for me
Be there for me
Give me one more chance

Merci Chérie
((Adapted from: Merci Chérie (by Udo Jürgens) - 1966))
((Dutch & French Versions: Merci Chérie (by Ronny Temmer); Merci Chérie (by Paul Mauriat))
Composer(s): Thomas Horbiger; Udo Jürgens; Baker Cavendish
Performer(s): Matt Monro



Merci, merci, chérie
For the love that you give so tenderly
For the hours that we share, my thanks - merci, chérie
For each kiss that soothes my aching heart
The smile - your smile, chérie
Gives me hope that becomes reality
Gives me reason to laugh, to love, to be, chérie
You're my life, you're everything and more
Just to know you are near can destroy any fear
For no fear is as strong as our love, as our love
No sun is as warm, my dreams are reborn
Each day with you, with you
Merci, merci, chérie
For the love that you give so tenderly
For the hours that we share, my thanks - merci, chérie
Merci, merci, merci, chérie
Merci, merci, merci, chérie
Merci

One More Arrow
Composer(s): Elton John; Bernie Taupin
Performer(s): Elton John



He said I want to grow up
And look like Robert Mitchum
And I hope that when I'm gone
There'll be some say that I miss him
He must have been romantic
He must have sensed adventure
And I feel the steel of his strong will
In the frame around his picture

And he's one more arrow flying through the air
One more arrow landing in a shady spot somewhere
Where the days and nights blend into one
And he can always feel the sun
Through the soft brown earth that holds him
Forever always young

He could have been a boxer
But the fight game seemed so dirty
We argued once he knocked me down
And he cried when he thought he'd hurt me
Strictly from the old school
He was quiet about his pain
And if one in ten could be that brave
I would never hate again

One more arrow
One more arrow
One more arrow
Forever always young

Merci Beaucoup
Performer(s): Gilbert Bécaud



Pour Monsieur le savant, savant
qui a le prix Nobel
pour les autres qui dans cent ans
nous rendront éternels
pour l'avion qui dans le brouillard
retrouve son terrain
pour la joie de dire le soir
"à demain!" 
'merci bien, merci bien 
merci beaucoup, merci beaucoup
oh oui'

Pour ceux qui très tôt le matin
s'en vont de leur banlieue
et pour toi qui plantes un sapin
bien que tu sois très vieux
pour le noir qui chante à Saint-Louis
pour le rouge à Moscou
pour le riz du petit Hindou
qui a faim 
'merci bien, merci bien, merci bien, merci bien
merci beaucoup, merci beaucoup
oh oui'

Pour Chaplin et pour Picasso
pour Molière et Shakespeare
pour les intelligents, les sots
les meilleurs et les pires
pour le diable et pour le bon Dieu
qui s'entendent si bien
pour tes dents et pour tes cheveux
et pour rien 
'merci bien, merci bien, merci bien, merci bien
merci beaucoup, merci beaucoup
oh oui'

Pour les secondes et pour les heures
que nous jette le temps
pour l'enfant qui rit ou qui pleure
mais qui est bon enfant
pour la fille qui va donner
son premier cri d'amour
pour le fils qui prend le chemin
qui retourne 
'merci bien, merci bien, merci bien, merci bien
merci beaucoup, merci beaucoup
merci beaucoup'

One Moment In Time
Composer(s): John Bettis; Albert Hammond
Performer(s): Whitney Houston;
and various other artists



Each day I live
I want to be
A day to give
The best of me
I'm only one
But not alone
My finest day
Is yet unknown

I broke my heart
Fought every gain
To taste the sweet
I face the pain
I rise and fall
Yet through it all
This much remains

I want one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity

I've lived to be
The very best
I want it all
No time for less
I've laid the plans
Now lay the chance
Here in my hands

Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will feel
I will feel eternity

You're a winner for a lifetime
If you seize that one moment in time
Make it shine

Give me one moment in time
When I'm more than I thought I could be
When all of my dreams are a heartbeat away
And the answers are all up to me
Give me one moment in time
When I'm racing with destiny
Then in that one moment of time
I will be
I will be
I will be free
I will be
I will be free

Merci Beaucoup
Composer(s): Jerry Livingston; Mack David
Performer(s): Corinne Calvet



Merci beaucoup, thank you monsieur, thank you
The cocktails you served were really supreme
And my heart skipped a beat when you touched my hand
As you served me the caviar and that delightful tea
It was so nice

Merci beaucoup, thank you monsieur, thank you
I'm afraid that the wine, it went to my head
But I got such a thrill when you said

It was so nice
Thank you monsieur, thank you

One Mile Apart
Composer(s): Lisa Aschmann;
Michael Johnson; Karen Taylor-Good
Performer(s): Michael Johnson



My name is Mary Francis and I live in El Paso
In a large house on Mt. Franklin, I have quite a view
I can see the desert, pecan trees in the valley
Those little shacks in Juarez, yes I can see them too

My name is Juan Contreras and from my home in Juarez
I can see El Paso and the houses of the rich
I leave my children sleeping to earn a few pesetas
Selling red pistachios to the tourists on the bridge

Chorus:
Which side of the river, did someone flip a coin
It's sad enough to break a river's heart
How can there be so much distance between us
When our houses are one mile apart

My house is Spanish stucco, it has a blue Jacuzzi
Four bedrooms and a fireplace, a swimming pool with heat
My house is brown adobe, I don't have running water
I don't have indoor plumbing, or pavement on my street

Chorus

Mercenary Territory
Composer(s): Lowell George; Richard Hayward
Performer(s): Little Feat



Is it the lies
Is it the style

It's a mercenary territory
I wish you knew the story
I've been out here so long dreaming up songs
I'm temporarily qualmless and sinking

I've died my time in that rodeo
It's been so long and I've got nothing to show
Well I'm so plain loco
Fool that I am I'd do it all over again

Is it the style
Is it the lies
Is it the days into nights
Or the "I'm sorry"s into fights

Now some kind of man, he can't do anything wrong
If I see him I'll tell him you're waiting 
'Cause I'm devoted for sure but my days are a blur
While your nights turn into my mornings
Well I did my time in that rodeo
Fool that I am I'd do it all over again

Is it love keeps you waiting so long
Makes you say I'll see you around
The forces that be, they just just don't see
While your nights turn into my mornings

Is it the style
Is it the lies
The days into nights
Or the "I'm sorry"s into fights

One Meatball
Composer(s): Lou Singer; Hy Zaret
Performer(s): Bing Crosby;
and various other artists



Little man walked up and down
To find an eatin' place in town
He looked the menu thru and thru
To see what a dollar bill might do

Chorus: 
One meatball
One meatball
One meatball
All he could get was one meatball

He told that waiter near at hand
The simple dinner he had planned
The guests were startled one and all
To hear that waiter loudly call

Repeat Chorus

Little man felt so ill at ease
He said: "Some bread Sir, if you please."
The waiter hollered down the hall:
You get no bread with your one meatball

Little man felt so very bad
One meat ball is all he had
And in his dreams he can still hear that call
You get no bread with your one meatball

Mercedes Benz
Composer(s): Janis Joplin; Mike McClure; Bob Neuwirth
Originally performed by: Janis Joplin



O Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?
My friends all have Porsches I must make amends
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends
O Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz?

O Lord, won't you buy me a color TV?
Dialing for dollars is trying to find me
I'll wait for delivery each day until 3
O Lord, won't you buy me a color TV?

Oh Lord won't you buy me a night on the town
I'm counting on you Lord, please don't let me down
Prove that you love me and buy the next round
Oh Lord won't you buy me a night on the town

One Man's Fool
Composer(s): Tony Banks; Mike Rutherford
Performer(s): Genesis



As the buildings crumble, tumble to the ground
And the dust-filled smoke rises in the air
You know that somebody somewhere looks with pride, they're satisfied

To all who think they know
To everyone that knows that they're right
D'you ever wonder why
D'you never ask the question even in the depths of night?

Now as the daylight fading ends another day
For too many life will never be the same
And it is all for the reason they will never understand

To all who think they know
To everyone that knows that they're right
D'you ever wonder why
D'you never ask the question even in the depths of night?

And on the morning after do you realise
See the ruined faces and the ruined lives
Inside your head do you never have the thought a moment of doubt?

To all who think they know
To everyone that knows that they're right
D'you ever wonder why
D'you never ask the question even in the depths of night?

There are only dreams one like any other
What means the earth to one or few means nothing to another
There are only dreams like any other

Drawing lines upon the sand, on the land, on the sea
Then dying to defend them seems quite meaningless to me

Don't you know what means the earth to some or only one
Can mean just nothing nothing nothing to another

There are only dreams like any other
There are only differences, worth living but not dying for

One man's joy makes another man weep
Nothing you can do is ever gonna change it
One man's saint is another man's fool
One man's hot is another man's cool

And when the war is over, won
Will there be peace for evermore?

Statues carved right out of stone, out of wood, made from gold
Praying for their mercy that won't save their souls

Don't you know what means the earth to some or only one
Can mean just nothing nothing nothing to another

There are only dreams like any other
There are only hopes and beliefs one like any other
(there are only dreams like any other)
Worth living but not dying for
Living but not dying for not killing for
There are only dreams like any other like any other

To all of those who think that they know
All I can say yes all I can say

One man's joy makes another man weep
Nothing you can do is ever gonna change it
One man's saint is another man's fool
One man's hot is another man's cool

There are only dreams like any other
There are only hopes and beliefs, one like any other
There are only dreams like any other...