À Mi-Chemin De L'existence
Composer(s): Yves Duteil
Performer(s): Yves Duteil



À mi-chemin de l'existence
Où plus rien n'est écrit d'avance
Je m'éveille au-dessus du sol
Ma conscience a pris son envol

Je n'étais ni bon ni mauvais
Et pourtant maintenant je sais
Que je peux devenir meilleur
Ouvrir encore plus grand mon cœur

J'ai découvert dans ton amour
Des secrets si forts et si lourds
Qu'il sera plus doux plus léger
D'être à deux pour les partager

Ce qui s'écrit du temps passé
Jamais plus ne peut s'effacer
Mais il reste la vie entière
Pour regarder vers la lumière

Et si des chagrins des blessures
Sont gravés dans notre aventure
Il en reste aussi le meilleur
En joies profondes et en bonheur

J'ai compris qu'il fallait vouloir
Pour bâtir et pour s'émouvoir
À vieillir auprès de ton cœur
L'avenir ne me fait pas peur

Je donnerais ma vie en gage
Pour tout l'amour de ton visage
Et le reste de mes années
S'il fallait, pour recommencer

Chaque jour en tournant la page
Ressemble au début d'un voyage
C'est aujourd'hui que je suis né
Pour revivre et pour espérer

À mi-chemin de l'existence
Où plus rien n'est écrit d'avance
Je suis bien, au-dessus du sol
Mon amour a repris son vol

How Do You Keep The Music Playing?
Composer(s): Alan Bergman; Marilyn Bergman; Michel Legrand
Performer(s): James Ingram;
and various other artists



How do you keep the music playing?
How do you make it last?
How do you keep the song from fading too fast?
How do you lose yourself to someone?
And never lose your ways
How do you not run out of new things to say?
And since we're always changing
How can it be the same?
And tell me how year after year
You're sure your heart will fall apart
Each time you hear his name
I know the way I feel for you
It's now or never
The more I love the more that i'm afraid
That in your eyes I may not see forever..
Forever...

If we can be the best of lovers
Yet be the best of friends
If we can try with everyday to make it better as it grows
With any luck, then I suppose
The music never ends

I know the way I feel for you
It's now or never!
(How do you keep the music playing?)
The more I love the more that I'm afraid
(How do you make it last)
That in your eyes I may not see forever
Forever...
(How do you keep the song from fading, keep the song from fading too fast)
If we can be the best of lovers
Yet be the best of friends
If we can try with everyday to make it better as it grows
With any luck, then I suppose
The music never ends

A Mi Próximo Amor
Composer(s): Miguel Gallardo
Performer(s): Miguel Gallardo



A mi próximo amor le daré lo mejor
que me ha dado la vida
mi sonrisa más fiel, mi infantil madurez
y mis horas vividas
A mi próximo amor le daré tanto amor
como tenga conmigo
y en sus ojos veré, y en sus manos veré
como crece ante mí
Le daré la inquietud
de los años más bellos, que viví
y jamás sentirá, la profunda maldad
que aprendí junto a ti
Ese próximo amor será tan de verdad
como el fuego y el viento
no tendrá que mentir, ni tendré que decir
nunca más que lo siento
será fuerte y capaz, será grande y audaz
como las tempestades
y pequeño a la vez, refrescante a la vez
como lluvia de abril
Y en su piel grabaré
la venganza más dulce, para ti
cuando te hablen de mi, y te duela saber
que me siento feliz
En mi próximo amor no habrá nunca rencor
ni silencios que hieran
y gritar será hablar, y el hablar será un mar
de palabras sinceras
sin dolor la veré junto a mi envejecer
sin dejar de ser niños
y hasta el último adiós, sentiremos los dos
la alegría de vivir
Yo sé bien que ese amor
es un sueño que el odio, crea en mi
pero quiero pensar, para herirte aún más
en mi próximo amor
En su piel grabaré
la venganza más dulce, para ti
cuando te hablen de mi
y te duela saber, que me siento feliz
Yo sé bien que ese amor
es un sueño que el odio, crea en mi
pero quiero pensar, para herirte aún más
en mi próximo amor

How Do You Do, Mr. Right?
Composer(s): Vivian Ellis
Performer(s): Eve Beck; Flanagan & Allen



How do you do, Mr. Right?
Can it be true? Well, it might
I have searched the whole world over
It’s like looking for a four-leaf clover
Out of the blue, Mr. Right, but
Now I’ve met you, Mr. Right
I’ll stick like glue, day and night
If you were to make advances 
And imagine that your chances might be bright
You’d be right, Mr. Right

Mijn Leven
((aka Waarom (by André Hazes) - 1980; Alleen Gaan (by Will Tura) - 1998; Zoals Gewoonlijk (by Raymond Van Het Groenewoud) - 2004))
((Adapted from: Comme D'habitude (by Claude François - 1967))
Composer(s): Claude François - Jacques Revaux - Gilles Thibault - Ward Bogaert
Performer(s): Nicole & Hugo - 2009

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)
1989 - A Mi Manera (by Joan Baez)
1996 - A Mi Manera (Paul Anka & Julio Iglesias)
1996 - Moj Svet (by Dragan Stojnic)
2003 - A Mi Manera (by Raphael)



Okay mijn tijd is om 
Dit wordt een lied van afscheidswoorden 
Ik zong mijn levenslied voor iedereen 
Die het graag hoorden 
Dat lied is net als ik 
Het wil aan u veel liefde geven 
Mijn lied, mijn levenslied 
Dat is mijn leven 
Al werd ik vaak verguisd 
Veel pijn doen die herinneringen 
Ik bleef mijn levenslied met hart en ziel 
Toch altijd zingen 
De weg die ik moest gaan 
Die ging beslist niet over rozen 
Maar toch, ik zette door 
Ik had gekozen 
Ik heb gebracht waar u van hield 
En voor kritiek nog nooit geknield 
Er zei een stem diep in mijn hart 
Geef het niet op, vergeet je smart 
Dus zong ik door, altijd maar door 
Dit was mijn leven 
Ik denk zo graag terug 
Met dankbaarheid in mijn gedachten 
Hoe vaak de mensen mij 
Spontaan en blij hun bloemen brachten 
De liefde en het applaus 
Die zij mij steeds hebben gegeven 
Die draag ik in mijn hart 
Mijn hele leven 
En breekt voor mij de tijd eens aan 
Dat ik voor altijd heen moet gaan 
Dan zal mijn laatste bede zijn 
Aan alle mensen groot en klein 
Vergeet me niet, ik had u lief 
Mijn hele leven

How Do You Do It?
Composer(s): Mitch Murray
Performer(s): Gerry & The Pacemakers



How do you do what you do to me?
I wish I knew
If I knew how you do it to me
I'd do it to you

How do you do what you do to me?
I'm feeling blue
Wish I knew how you do it to me
But I haven't a clue

You give me a feeling in my heart
Like an arrow passin' through it
'spose that you think you're very smart
But won't you tell me how do you do it?

How do you do what you do to me?
If I only knew
Then perhaps you'd fall for me
Like I fell for you

You give me a feeling in my heart
Like an arrow passin' through it
'spose that you think you're very smart
But won't you tell me how do you do it?

How do you do what you do to me?
If I only knew
Then perhaps you'd fall for me
Like I fell for you
When I do it to you

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

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)



Yo sé, que no vendrás
Por eso ya
Tanto la olvido
Dejar un nuevo amor
Tanto mejor
Ay como el mio

Dejar y la vive
Hay en este mundo de tristeza
Dejar y la vive
A mi manera

Yo quiero ser
Ay nada mas
Preferiré y recordar
Un nuevo amor
Tanto mejor
Quisiera olvidar
Tanto la dejar
Quisiera vivir
Ay nada mas
O si my way

How Do You Do It?
Composer(s): E.Y. Harburg; Lewis Gensler



How do you do it?
How do you do what you do?
I've been all through it
But this is something new

Your kiss is voodoo
How do you get me this way?
The things that you do
Make other thrills passé

You took the old-fashioned passion
And reorganized it
You took the old kind of love
And demoralized it

How do you do it?
I ought to drop you, but oh!
How do you do it?
What makes me love you so?

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!