A Mi Manera ((aka A Mi Manera (by Joan Baez) 1989); A Mi Manera (Paul Anka & Julio Iglesias) - 1996))
((Adapted from: Comme D'habitude (by Claude François - 1967))
Composer(s): Claude François - Jacques Revaux - Gilles Thibault - A. Alpin
Performer(s): Raphael - 2003

Versions In Other Languages:
1968/1969 - My Way (by Frank Sinatra)
1969 - Eu Já Me Habituei (by Agnaldo Timóteo)
1971 - La Mia Via (by Fred Bongusto)
1972 - A Modo Mio (by Patty Pravo)
1980 - Waarom (by André Hazes)
1996 - Moj Svet (by Dragan Stojnic)
1998 - Alleen Gaan (by Will Tura)
2004 - Zoals Gewoonlijk (by Raymond Van Het Groenewoud)
2009 - Mijn Leven (by Nicole & Hugo)



El final se hacerca ya
Lo esperare serenamente
Ya ves que yo he sido asi
Te lo dire sinceramente
Vivi la inmensidad
Sin conocer jamas fronteras
Jugue sin descansar
Y a mi manera

Jamas vivi un amor
Que para mi fuera, fuera importante
Corte solo la flor
Y lo mejor de cada instante
Viaje y disfrute
No se si mas que otro cualquiera
Si bien, todo esto fue
A mi manera

Tal vez llore o tal vez rei
Tal vez gane o tal vez perdi
Ahora se que fui feliz
Que si llore tambien ame
Puedo seguir hasta el final
A mi manera

Quizas tambien dude
Cuando yo mas me divertia
Quizas yo desprecie
Aquello que yo no comprendia
Hoy se que firme fui
Y que afronte ser como era
Y asi logre vivir
A mi manera

Porque sabras
Que un hombre en fin
Conoceras por su vivir
No hay porque hablar ni que decir
Ni recordar ni que fingir
Puedo seguir hasta el final
A mi manera

Si, a mi manera

How Do You Do It That Way?
Composer(s): Ruth Naomi Floyd; Victoria Spivey
Performer(s): Victoria Spivey & Louis Armstrong



Have you ever had a feeling 
that someone would come out leadin' you?
If you had it's not so bad unless you found that it is all untrue
Take a good girl to keep her man, some can't do it, others can
I'm no chump but I would jump if I could find someone that's not unlike me too

Oh when the river runs, flowers are bloomin' in May
And if you get good business, how do you do it that way?

Streetwalkin' women, they are happy and gay
But I'm never happy, how do you get that way?

I want a man to be near, because he bring good care
But the men don't like me, they don't seem to care

Now they can come and go, to and fro every day
But I can't make 'em like me, how do you do it that way?

Now if you want somethin' good, you mustn't knock on wood
Just get a good man to look up under your hood

And when the rooster and the hen go to the barn to play
Oh the hen has chickens, how do they do it that way?

A Mi Hermano
Performer(s): Fernando Ubiergo



Hermano, amigo, hermano
la noche me ha atrapado
como en un sueño largo
lanzándome al pasado
Y recuerdo tu niñez...
recuerdo mi niñez... de ayer

La radio nos decía:
"llegó el hombre a la Luna"
mientras que tú subías
a un árbol de aventuras
tratando de alcanzar
a tu corta edad... el sol

Hermano, aquel tiempo se fue
como un barquito de papel
que al norte de nuestro jardín
perdió su edén
sin brújula y sin capitán
un día tendrá que volver
y llegaremos a esa edad
con otra piel

Hermano, amigo, hermano
compañero de patio
pirata de los nidos
duende de los manzanos,
recuerdo tu niñez
recuerdo mi niñez... de ayer

Mientras la radio hablaba
de una guerra lejana
tú me preguntabas
si el mundo tiene alas
para poder volar
para poder llegar... al sol 

How Do You Do?
Composer(s): H.V. Hoof; H.V. Hemert
Performer(s): Mouth & MacNeal



Once I said I wanted you, I don't remember why
I often wonder if it's true that you could make me cry
I only know it's long ago you said "I love you too"
But I got one solution left we're gonna start anew

How do you do? Mm, mm, I thought why not na na na na
Just me and you and then we can na na na na
Just like before and you will say na na na na
Please give me more and you will think na na na na
Hey, that's what I'm living for

How do you do? Mm, mm, I thought why not na na na na
Just me and you and then we can na na na na
Just like before and you will say na na na na
Please give me more and you will think na na na na
Hey, that's what I'm living for

Once I said I wanted you, and I remember why
I often wonder if it's true you still can make me cry
And now it's not so long ago you said "I love you too"
'Cause I had one solution left and that's to start anew

How do you do? Mm, mm, I thought why not na na na na
Just me and you and then we can na na na na
Just like before and you will say na na na na
Please give me more and you will think na na na na
Hey, that's what I'm living for

How do you do? Mm, mm, I thought why not na na na na
Just me and you and then we can na na na na
Just like before and you will say na na na na
Please give me more and you will think na na na na
Hey, that's what I'm living for

Rudy, A Message To You ((aka A Message to You Rudy (by The Specials) - 1979); Ska Sucks (by Propagandhi - 1993))
Composer(s): Dandy Livingstone
First release by: Dandy - 1967
Covered by multiple other artists



Stop your messing around 
Better think of your future 
Time you straightened right out 
Creating problems in town 

Rudy, a message to you 
Rudy, a message to you 

Stop your fooling around 
Time you straightened right out 
Better think of your future 
Else you'll wind up in jail 

Rudy, a message to you 
Rudy, a message to you 

Stop your messing around 
Better think of your future 
Time you straightened right out 
Creating problems in town 

Rudy, a message to you 
Rudy, a message to you 
Rudy, a message to you 
Rudy, a message to you 

How Deep Is Your Love
Composer(s): Barry Gibb; Robin Gibb; Maurice Gibb
Performer(s): The Bee Gees



I know your eyes in the morning sun 
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain 
And the moment that you wander far from me 
I wanna feel you in my arms again 

And you come to me on a summer breeze 
Keep me warm in your love and then softly leave 
And it's me you need to show .... 

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?) 
I really need to learn 
'Cause we're living in a world of fools 
Breaking us down 
When they all should let us be 
We belong to you and me 

I believe in you 
You know the door to my very soul 
You're the light in my deepest darkest hour 
You're my saviour when I fall 
And you may not think 
I care for you 
When you know down inside 
That I really do 
And it's me you need to show .... 

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?) 
I really need to learn 
'Cause we're living in a world of fools 
Breaking us down 
When they all should let us be 
We belong to you and me 

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?) 
I really need to learn 
'Cause we're living in a world of fools 
Breaking us down 
When they all should let us be 
We belong to you and me 

How deep is your love? (how deep is your love?) ......

Message To My Mother
Composer(s): Hank Williams Sr.
Performer(s): Hank Williams Sr.; Iron Horse



Take this message to my mother
It will fill her heart with joy
Tell her that I've met my Saviour
God has saved her wand'ring boy

The tears and sorrow I have caused her
How I wish I could repay
But tell her I'll be waiting for her
We'll meet in heaven some glad day

How she cried when I left her
I know it filled her heart with pain
She said, "Son, please don't leave me
For we may never meet again"

Take this message to my mother
It will fill her heart with joy
Tell her that I've met my Saviour
God has saved her wand'ring boy

Years have passed since that parting
But I know she waits and prays
Soon I'll cross that dark river
Please let her know that I was saved

Take this message to my mother
It will fill her heart with joy
Tell her that I've met my Saviour
God has saved her wand'ring boy

How Deep Is The Ocean?
Composer(s): Irving Berlin
Performer(s): Julie London;
and various other artists



How much do I love you? 
I'll tell you no lie 
How deep is the ocean? 
How high is the sky? 
How many times in a day 
Do I think of you? 
How many roses are 
Sprinkled with dew? 

How far would I travel 
Just to be where you are? 
How far is the journey 
From here to a star? 
And if I ever lost you 
How much would I cry? 
How deep is the ocean? 
How high is the sky?

A Mess Of Blues
Composer(s): Doc Pomus - Mort Shuman
First recording/First release by: Elvis Presley & The Jordanaires - 1960
Covered by multiple other artists

Versions In Other Languages:
1961 - C'est Tout Comme (Les Chaussettes Noires)
1976 - Masser Af Busser (Bamses Venner)



I just got your letter baby
Too bad you can't come home
I swear I’m goin' crazy
Sittin' here all alone
Since your gone
I got a mess of blues

I ain't slept a week since Sunday
I can't eat a thing all day
Every day is just blue Monday
Since you've been away
Since your gone
I got a mess of blues

Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace

Whoops there goes a teardrop
Rollin' down my face
If you cry when you're in love
It sure ain't no disgrace

I gotta get myself together
Before I lose my mind
I'm gonna catch the next train goin'
And leave my blues behind
Since your gone
I got a mess of blues
I got a mess of blues

How Cruel
Composer(s): Joan Armatrading
Performer(s): Joan Armatrading



Some people want to see my blood gush out
And others want to watch while I cry
I heard somebody say once I was way too black
And someone answers she's not black enough for me

I bite my tongue and it bites me back
I bought a house and the neighbours moved
I had a dog but it was stolen

Some people say that it's coming
And I'll get it
It must be something I have no control of
They'll put the skin of the fruit on the ground
And I'll slip and fall

Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry

I have no hope in hell and I want to get to heaven
Too many lies or not enough sinnin'

Some people say that it's coming
And I'll get it
It must be something I have no control of
They'll put the skin of the fruit on the ground
And I'll slip and fall

Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry
Oh how cruel to make a girl cry

A Memory Like I'm Gonna Be
Composer(s): Jerry Laseter - Roger Murrah
Performer(s): Tanya Tucker



I can hear you smilin' on the 'phone
Bet you thought that I'd be cryin'
Go on, tell yourself I done you wrong
But we both know you'd be lyin'
We don't have to have a reason
If your heart is set on leavin'

To remember on some rainy day
A little simple word or thought
Or a birthday card I bought
Just surrender, 'cause you can't get away
You never can be free
From a memory like I'm gonna be

That greener grass you think you see
Hah, is just a high-heeled illusion
Better count the cost of bein' free
Is it worth all that you're losin'?
It may be over, but it's not ending
'Cause there's one thing you're forgetting

An' you'll remember on some rainy day
The little things we used to do
Like that night in Baton Rouge
Just surrender, 'cause you can't get away
You never can be free
From a memory like I'm gonna be

When it all comes back someday
You'll be surprised on some lonely night
When you close your eyes

Just surrender, 'cause you can't get away
You never can be free
From a memory like I'm gonna be

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

(From a memory)

Just surrender, 'cause you can't get away
You never can be free
From a memory like I'm gonna be

How Could You Believe Me When I Said I Loved You 
When You Know I've Been A Liar All My Life?
Composer(s): Burton Lane; Alan Jay Lerner
Performer(s): Fred Astaire & Jane Powell;
and various other artists



Fred: 
Oh yeah, yeah!

Jane:
You listen to me just once

Fred:
Oh sure, sure!

Jane:
I told you a million times
You never wanna listen to me

Fred:
So I said it
So you heard it
So you're mad
So what?

Jane:
So this--It's the last time I ever
Go to a party with you!

Fred: 
Will you put that in writin'?

Jane:
Well you're always
Makin' cracks
Makin' cracks!

Fred: 
Like what?

Jane:
You always humiliate me
Humiliate me
Didn't your mother never teach ya no manners?

Fred:
I ain't never had no mother
We was too poor

Jane:
Say, what's the matter with you lately?
You used to tell me you loved me
You used to treat me like a high-class dame
Well usen't ya?

Fred:
So I used

Jane:
Oh, so there, you admit it

Fred:
I ain't admittin' nothin'!

Jane:
I'll give ya one more chance
Do ya love me or don't ya?

Fred: 
No I don't!

Jane:
Quit stallin'! 
I want a direct answer

Fred:
Oh...
Listen, kid, there's one thing about ya I can't understand---

Fred:
How could you believe me when I said I loved you 
When you know I've been a liar all my life?

Jane:
You've had that reputation
Since you was a youth

Fred:
You must've been insane
To think I'd tell you the truth

Jane:
How could I believe you
When you said we'd marry?

Fred:
Why, you know I'd rather hang
Than have a wife
I know I said I'd make you mine

Jane:
Now wouldn't youse know
That I would go for that old line?

Fred: 
How could you believe me
When I said I loved you
When you know I've been a liar?

Jane:
You sure have been a liar

Fred:
A double-crossin' liar

Jane:
A double-crossin' liar

Fred:
All my doggone cheatin' life?

Jane:
You said you would love me long

Fred:
So what?

Jane:
And never would do me wrong

Fred:
Stop bending the suit!

Jane:
Faithful you'd always be

Fred:
Me?
Why baby, you must be loony
To trust a lower-than-low, two-timer like me

Jane:
You said I'd have everything

Fred:
Get her

Jane:
A beautiful diamond ring

Fred:
Ha ha ha

Jane:
A bungalow by the sea

Fred:
A bungalow yet
You're really naive to ever believe
A full-of-baloney phony like me

Jane:
Boy, I sure must've lost my head

Fred:
You ain't lost nothin' you never had

Jane:
What about the time you went to Indiana?

Fred:
I was lyin'
I was down in Ala...bam

Jane:
You said you had some business
You had to complete

Fred:
What I was doin'
I would be a cad to repeat

Jane:
What about the evenin's
You was with your mother?

Fred:
I was rompin' with another honey lamb

Jane:
To think you swore
Our love was real

Fred:
Baby, leave us not forget
That I'm a heel

Jane:
How could I believe you
When you said you loved me?

Fred:
When you know I've been a liar

Jane:
A good-for-nothin' liar

Fred:
All my good-for-nothin' life

Fred: 
Hey! 
Yee-hoo! 
Hey!
Hey! 

Fred:
Ooh!
Ow! Ooh!

Jane: 
You know you've been a liar

Fred:
I know I've been a liar

Jane:
A double-crossin' liar

Fred:
A double-crossin' liar

Jane:
All your good-for-nothin' life!

A Memory Away
Composer(s): Warren Robb - David Kirby
Performer(s): Gene Watson



I woke up this morning
Thinking 'bout those times
You and love and I were more
Only on my mind

I let myself go drifting
Way back in my dreams
Let my memory bring you back to me

Your love is just a memory away
I can count on yesterday
I can have you, antyime I want to
You're always just a memory away

Love can change a beggar
Make a poor man king
Love can build a castle
Out of almost anything

Minds can still work miracles
That even I can see
When my memory brings you back to me

Your love is just a memory away
I can count on yesterday
I can have you, anytime I want to
You're always just a memory away
You're always just a memory away

How Could I Love Her So Much?
Composer(s): Hugh Moffatt
Performer(s): Johnny Rodriguez; Hugh Moffatt



I went over to him, said you may not know me
But I sure do know who you are
Don't worry my anger was spent long ago
And only the memory remains
But Lord, how I suffered, sometimes I still wonder
And maybe now you can explain

Tell me how could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you
How did you know how to hold her and please her
How did you know what to do

After all of the time I spent learning to love her
And be what she needed me to
Tell me how could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you

He said, Friend let me buy you a drink
And I'll tell you a story that's sad, but it's true
How I loved her and held her till some licker stole her
From me, like I stole her from you

I guess no one can own her, her heart's like a soldier
Of fortune, her love's like the wind
Till all I can think of is finding a new love
And asking this question again

How could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you
How did you know how to hold her and please her
How did you know what to do

After all of the time I spent learning to love her
And be what she needed me to
Tell me how could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you

How could I love her so much
And then lose her so quickly to someone like you

A Means To An End
Composer(s): Ian Curtis - Peter Hook - Stephen Morris - Bernard Sumner
First recording/First release by: Joy Division - 1979/1980
Covered by multiple other artists



A legacy so far removed
One day will be improved
Eternal rights we left behind
We were the better kind
Two the same, set free too
I always looked to you
I always looked to you
I always looked to you

We fought for good, stood side by side
Our friendship never died
On stranger waves, the lows and highs
Our vision touched the sky
Immortalists with points to prove
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you

A house somewhere on foreign soil
Where ageless lovers call
Is this your goal, your final needs
Where dogs and vultures eat
Committed still I turn to go
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
I put my trust in you
In you, in you, in you
Put my trust in you, in you

How Come?
Composer(s): Charles Alexander; Wyclef Jean; Youssou N'Dour
Performer(s): Youssou N'Dour



Yo
As the universe expands
I contemplate whether it was God
or the Big Bang that made man
Sometimes I wonder how come
We can't live without guns
What would have been the outcome if the South won
Think about that son
What in the hell caused the assassination of Malcolm
The federal communications commission
listens to politicians in the position to 
Make certain decisions like puttin' minorities in prison
To decimating the population of women
It's called socialism
From the United States to the United Kingdom
Aahhkk, spit into the sky and extinguish the sun
but how come

In the future
The location is planet Earth
The time and date is 1999, December 31st 11:59 p.m. 
the anticipation of what I think's about to happen, got my heart 'beatin
We got less than a minute left before the planet Jupiter is united into a star
I know it sounds bizarre but it's mathematics
A specific sign for some of the planet's inhabitants
Those who understand know what I'm sayin' is accurate
Our country is corrupt from the president to the cabinet
In the year 2, followed by three 0's
The space probe Galileo will welcome us all to channel zero
but how come

A Matter Of Trust
Composer(s): Billy Joel
Performer(s): Billy Joel



Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
And they may not want it to end
But it will, it's just a question of when
I've lived long enough to have learned
The closer you get to the fire the more you get burned
But that won't happen to us
Because it's always been a matter of trust

I know you're an emotional girl
It took a lot for you to not lose your faith in this world
I can't offer you proof
But you're gonna face a moment of truth
It's hard when you're always afraid
You just recover when another belief is betrayed
So break my heart if you must
It's a matter of trust

You can't go the distance
With too much resistance
I know you have doubts
But for God's sake don't shut me out

This time you've got nothing to lose
You can take it, you can leave it
Whatever you choose
I won't hold back anything
And I'll walk away a fool or a king
Some love is just a lie of the mind
It's make believe until it's only a matter of time
And some might have learned to adjust
But then it never was a matter of trust

I'm sure you're aware love
We've both had our share of
Believing too long
When the whole situation was wrong

Some love is just a lie of the soul
A constant battle for the ultimate state of control
After you've heard lie upon lie
There can hardly be a question of why
Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began with a passionate start
But that can't happen to us
Because it's always been a matter of trust

How Come?
Composer(s): Ronnie Lane; Kevin Westlake
Performer(s): The Small Faces; The Pogues



How come when I cut the ace of hearts 
You always draw the ace of spades? 
How's it when your best friend 
Brings you lillies on your birthday? 

How come, how come 
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen 
How come, how come 
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

How come when the local clergy calls 
He tells me that you shouldn't wear black? 
What kind of bread are you gonna bake 
With that hemlock in your spice rack? 

How come, how come 
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen 
How come, how come 
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

The spider's run, the cobweb's gone 
Did you eat it when the moon was new? 
I drowned your cat, what do you say about that? 
I've even broken up your broom 

How come, how come 
I ain't superstitious, but these things I seen 
How come, how come 
I ain't a superstitious fella, but it worries me

A Matter Of Time
Performer(s): Barclay James Harvest



It's a matter of time before we know
If you follow the signs, let your feelings show
Oh babe, you've got nothing to lose
We can talk for a while and that's all right
I can see in your eyes what you feel inside
You don't know what you've been doing
Leave me standing here
We are on the edge of reality

We've gone too far
Not the way that it's meant to be
It's a matter of time
It's just a matter of time

It's a matter of time before we say
We got out of line looking for the way
Oh babe, you've got something to hide

You can stay for a while and that's all right
I see in your smile what you feel tonight
You don't know what you've been doing
Leave us standing here
We are on the edge of reality

We've gone too far
Not the way that it's meant to be
It's a matter of time
It's just a matter of time

Are you really looking for someone
Who'll turn you on
And always be around you?

Take another look and you will see
That I will be waiting
It's a matter of time
It's a matter of time
Oh babe, it's just a matter of time

How Come?
Composer(s): Robert B. Sherman; Richard M. Sherman
Performer(s): Johnny Whitaker



How come
I hear the sun
Laughin'
Up in the skies?

How come
I see the grass
Growin'
Before my eyes?

Crazy
What's happenin'?
Feel like
I'm ten feet high
Nothin'
Is impossible

If I try
I could fly
Wonderin'
What's just begun
Tinglin'
Yet sorta numb

How come?
How come?
How come?