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Here In The City


Here In The City
Performer(s): Janis Ian



You don't see many shadows here in the city
Only picturesque windows, all covered and dirty
Black and grey that once was new
Yesterday that once was you
No I can't find my shadow in the city

We got canyons of smoke and steel-blue horizons
Our castles explode as the city lays dying
History that once was new
Memories that once were true
No I can't find my shadow in the city

And oh, for the green green hills of home
For the hills I used to roam
so many years ago
Oh, for the love that's now grown cold
For the love that's now grown old
as the hills I used to know

You don't find many lovers here in the jungle
Only magazine covers designed for the humble
Cold caress that burns and slides
Emptiness that's hard to hide
Used to be I knew my mind
but I can't find my shadow in the city

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If My World Stopped Turning


If My World Stopped Turning
Composer(s): Bryan McFadden - Jonathan Shorten
First performance by: Chris Doran - 2004



I can see my future
When I'm looking in your eyes
And I can sense security
Just by you bein' in my life

I hear a voice inside my head
Say you're an angel in disguise
Without you I feel hopeless
Without you I'm deprived

I wish I could describe it
All the love I feel inside
Maybe I can find the words
That will make you realise

My life seems near perfect
When I've got you in my arms
'Cause that's when I feel wholesome
That's when I'm with you

And if my world stopped turning in the morning
And if God should take this all away
If it all should stop without a warning
Then I would still stand tall
'Cause behind it all
You're the one who's made a winner out of me

All day I long to touch you
And it comes as a surprise
That we spent so long apart
Even more than I survived

Now, if I'm speaking frankly
There's only one thing I can say
It's that I'm fallin' for you, baby
Fallin' further every day

And if my world stopped turning in the morning
And if God should take this all away
If it all should stop without a warning
Then I would still stand tall
'Cause behind it all
You're the one who's made a winner out of me

(If my world stopped) turning in the morning
In the morning
(And if God) should take this all away
If it all should stop without a warning
Then I would still stand tall
'Cause behind it all
You're the one who's made a winner out of me

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Here In My Heart


Here In My Heart
Composer(s): Pat Genaro; Lou Levinson; Bill Borrelli
Performer(s): Al Martino;
and various other artists



Here in my heart I'm alone, I'm so lonely
Here in my heart I just yearn for you only
Here in my arms I long to hold you
Hold you so near, ever close to my heart
So, darling

Say that you care, take these arms I give gladly
Surely you know I need your love so badly
Here is my heart, my life, and my all, dear
Please be mine and stay here in my heart

Say that you care, take these arms I give gladly
Surely you know I need your love so badly
Here is my heart, my life, and my all, dear
Please be mine and stay here in my heart

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St. Elmo's Fire


St. Elmo's Fire
Composer(s): Brian Eno
First release by: Brian Eno - 1975



Brown Eyes and I were tired
We had walked and we had scrambled
Through the moors and through the briars
Through the endless blue meanders
In the blue August moon
In the cool August moon

Over the nights and through the fires
We went surging down the wires
Through the towns and on the highways
Through the storms in all their thundering
In the blue August moon
In the cool August moon

Well we rested in a desert
Where the bones were white as teeth, sir
And we saw St. Elmo's Fire
Splitting ions in the ether
In the blue August moon
In the cool August moon

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Here I Go Again


Here I Go Again
Composer(s): Mort Shuman; Clive Westlake
Performer(s): The Hollies



Here I go again
Watch it now 'cause
here I go again

I've been hurt so much before
I told myself
yes I did
no more, no more won't get hurt any more

There I was by myself
doing all right
until I saw you last night

And then I knew that
here I go again
I cannot help it
Here I go again

Making the same mistakes
heading for more heartaches
What can I do when there's nothing I can do?
I looked in your eyes and I knew that I was blue

What 's the use?
I'll just give in
Try as I may
and I do
I'll never win, never win, baby I'll never win

Now, you're here, so close to me
I can't resist you
and I knew when I kissed you

I'm gonna sing now
here I go again
Watch it now 'cause
here I go again

Falling in love, in love
Falling in love, in love
Falling in love, in love
Falling in love

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Heaven


Heaven
Composer(s): Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson - Magnús Þór Sigmundsson
First performance by: Jónsi - 2004



I still miss you and it makes me feel blue
And I'm lost without those colours of you
I can't think straight, I just wanna be
Wherever you are when you're not here with me

Blend with my blue, those colours of you
Please help me see it through, oh...
This journey I must take alone
So just blend your colours with my blue

I lay down and cry, and the rivers are dry
Oh... to unveil my heart when you kiss me goodbye
And when you set sail, fair winds all the way
So farewell, that's all I can say

Mmm... blend with my blue, the colours of you
Oh... please help me see it through, oh...
This journey I must take alone
Oh... so just blend your colours with my blue

And I know I'll find my love tonight
I can feel you reachin' out
I got this feeling deep inside
It's in my head, it's in my heart

I know your love tonight
And I know you'll be by my side
I know you'll help me to see it through
Oh... blend your colours with my blue

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Here I Am (The Hoppers)


Here I Am
Composer(s): Sylvia Merle Green
Performer(s): The Hoppers



On that resurrection morning when the redeemed are gath'ring in
I'll be in that royal number, when they call my name
When they all join in and sing, "Alleluia to the King!"
I'll cry with a joyful sound, "Lord, here I am"

Chorus:
Here I am, here I am!
I'm the one the Shepherd left the fold and found
There were ninety and nine, but He left the fold to find
One little lost lamb, and here I am

When old Gabriel blows the trumpet, and we rise up in the air
In less time than a split second, we'll be changed from here to there
Where there'll be no grief or pain, perfect peace and joy shall reign
Home at last I shall proclaim, "Lord, here I am"

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St. Bridget


St. Bridget
Composer(s): Jerry Herman
Performer(s): Jerry Herman; Frankie Michaels



Agnes Gooch:
Saint Bridget, deliver us to Beekman Place
Away from the wicked and depraved
A gray head is peeping through the curtain lace
Calling "Come ye inside, where you'll be saved"
She's baked him a cherry pie and glazed a ham
Her dear arms reach out for his embrace
So if you have pity on this poor lost lamb
God love you, dear Saint Bridget, deliver us to
Bee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-eekman Place

Sing with me Patrick, it will keep up your courage!

Agnes and Young Patrick
So if you have pity on this poor lost sheep
God love you, dear Saint Bridget, deliver us to
Bee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee-eekman Place

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Here I Am (Jessi Colter)


Here I Am
Composer(s): Jessi Colter
Performer(s): Jessi Colter



You walk away into the sunset
You stop, take one last look at me
I feel that look, once more I'm warm all over
Here I am, here I'll stay

We been together but a short time
Your fingertips have learned my face
Your hands on me have lightened ev'ry darkened place
Here I am, here I'll stay

When I awake and find the mornin' sun
As much a part of me as you
My heart can't hold the love that flows from me to you
Here I am, here I'll stay

If you would leave, so would the sunrise
Stay here, let your warm hands kindle on me
A thousand days, a thousand ways I've needed you
Here I am, here I'll stay

Here I am, here I'll stay

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Shake It (Sakis Rouvas)


Shake It
Composer(s): Nikos Terzis - Nektarios Tirakis
First performance by: Sakis Rouvas - 2004



Everytime you wanna play
Turn me on, all the way
Come to me and take the ride
Skin on skin, it's pure delight
Givin' me the passion, you're burning my heart
Gonna rock you till you drop
Baby, you're the reason I'm feeling so hot
Want you now, I just can't stop

I would trade my life
For a night with you
Driven by desire
Make that move on me
It's time for you to see
That my world's on fire

Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Everyday I can't resist
Need the taste of your lips
Darlin', it's your body that's driving me nuts
Let me in, I've got to touch

I would trade my life
For a night with you
Driven by desire
Make that move on me
It's time for you to see
That my world's on fire

Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Shake, shake, shake, shake, shake it, mi amor
Crazy for love
Give me some more
Forever
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Shake, shake, shake

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Here I Am (Dionne Warwick)


Here I Am
Composer(s): Burt Bacharach; Hal David
Performer(s): Dionne Warwick;
and various other artists



Here I'll stay
All of my life we'll be together from now on
I was afraid but now my doubts and fears have gone
Here I am
And here I'll always stay
I'll be wanting you, needing you
Don't let me go a single day without your love
You'll always be the one thing I am certain of
Here I am
Here I'll always stay
I can't lose you now that I've found you
Please keep my arms wound around you
Forever
Here I am
Here I'll stay
All of my life I'll be what you want me to be
All that I ask is that you just keep loving me
Here I am
And here I'll always stay
Close to you
In love with you, my dear
Close to you
In love with you, my dear
Close to you
In love with you, my dear
Close to you

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St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast


St. Alphonzo's Pancake Breakfast
Composer(s): Frank Zappa
Performer(s): Frank Zappa



Yes indeed
Here we are

At
Where I stole the margarine
And wheedled on the Bingo cards
And blew up the latrine

I saw a handsome parish lady
Make her entrance like a queen
While she was totally in chenille
And her old man was a Marine

As she abused the sausage pattie
And said, "Why don't you treat me mean?"
At
Where I stole the margarine
(St. Alfonzo
St. Alfonzo
St. Alfonzo
St. Alfonzo)

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Here I Am (Craig Wasson)


Here I Am
Composer(s): Craig Wasson
Performer(s): Craig Wasson



Uncle Sam I’m in Vietnam
It’s a jungle it’s a prison
But here I am
Dreaming of the outside and freedom, planning my get away

Far away from this one ship bay
In the south-east tip of Asia
Where I lay
Dreaming of the outside and freedom, planning my getaway

Weapon drawn I got my wet gear on
I'm crawling on my belly near Khe Sahn
Dreaming of the outside and freedom planning my getaway

But there is a guard on the inside with a rifle in hand
And a guard on the outside on this government land
Uncle Sam I’m in Vietnam it’s a jungle it’s a prison but here I am, here I am...

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Life (Toše Proeski)


Life
Composer(s): Jovan Jovanov - Ilija Nikolovski
First performance by: Toše Proeski - 2004



I saw my ID and it wasn't me
It was someone else's identity
Why do I need to prove myself
And who is the judge of my sanity?

Roaming through my old emotions
I find new feelings of misery
I bet with my soul to get back the truth
Where I will face reality

Life is a book and you gotta read it
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

Life is a book and you gotta read it
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

Walking around, some thoughts on my mind
I search for a place where I'll be free
From all that is said and all that's been done
It'll be hard to find it inside of me

Life is a book and you gotta read it
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

(Life is a book and you gotta read it)
Oh... life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

I know that I've gotta try
No one can see me cry
I can't take it anymore
I must find a way to let myself go, yeah

Oh yeah
(Life is a... life is... life is...)
(Life is a... life is... life is...)
It's true, you know it, don't you?

Life is a book and you gotta read it
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

(Life is a book and you gotta read it)
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

(Life is a book and you gotta read it)
Life is a story and you gotta tell it
Life is a song and you gotta sing it
You've got to know how to live it

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Here I Am (Come And Take Me)


Here I Am (Come And Take Me)
Composer(s): Al Green; Mabon "Teenie" Hodges
Performer(s): Al Green;
and various other artists



I can't believe that it's real
the way that you make me feel
A burning deep down inside
a love that I cannot hide
Our love is you and me baby
that makes the world go round
And if you've been doin' lovin' with me
layin' all my troubles down
here I am, baby
come and take me
Here I am, baby
come and take me
take me by the hand
Show me
here I am, baby

It always ends up this way
me begging you every day
A love that I cannot have
you broke my heart into half
Our love is you and me baby
that make's the world go round
And if you've been doin' lovin' with me
layin' all my troubles down
here I am, baby
come and take me
Here I am, baby
come and take me
take me by the hand
Show me
here I am, baby

When I'm down I can always call you
for a helpin' hand
I know you'll do the best you can
But it don't take much from me
just my cup of joe
Oh there's love inside me
I believe there's one to be explodin'
It's tough for me, oh baby
I can do worry
tell me all your troubles
You won't ever have to worry now
Just one more thing, ask everybody
everybody you see
you'll find yourselve lost and alone on a darkened street
here I am, baby
come and take me
Here I am, baby
come and take me
take me by the hand
Show me
here I am, baby...

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Life (Elvis Presley)


Life
Composer(s): Shirl Milete
Performer(s): Elvis Presley



Somewhere out in empty space
Long before the human race
Something stirred
A vast and timeless source began
Intelligence was born and then
There was the World
Powers filled the Universe
Matter formed and broke the curse
Of nothingness
Love became an ageless soul
Nature reached her highest goal
And breathed the breath of life
Everlasting life

Well, creatures come from out of sight
Daylight came from in the night
And all was good
Life became a masterplan
Love produced a perfect man
That understood
The image of the Maker's word
Worshipped Him with all he had
But then one day
From in the depths an evil seed
Grew and manufactured greed
That changed the way of life
Everlasting life

Oh, the loving power looked and saw
Inside the heart of man a flaw
Begin to grow
Well, the fires of Hell began to burn
And so He sent his chosen Son
To let us know
That love had surely made us all
And hate would surely make us fall
So from the Cross
Well, he showed the world that dreadful day
That love could be the only way
Or all is lost of life
Everlasting life
For life is love
And love is life

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Here For Your Love


Here For Your Love
((Swedish Version: Tio Mil Kvar Till Korpilombolo (Agnetha Fältskog) - 1972)) Composer(s): Agnetha Fältskog - Björn Ulvaeus - Peter Himmelstrand - Bosse Carlgren Performer(s): Agnetha Fältskog



Here for your love so please don't hinder me
Unbolt your door now, don't be a bore now
Here for your love so please don't hinder me
Please let me in, 'cause once I'm in you're in heaven
I promise you, mmm, you've got it coming to you
I'm here for your love so please don't hinder me
Once I get in you'll see just why I'm here

You're a teaser and I've found you're fond of playing hard to get
Still you've let me feel we'd make it ever since the day we met
I can't stand it any longer, don't know what you're waiting for
So I've come to get what's mine behind your barricaded door

Here for your love so please don't hinder me
Unbolt your door now, don't be a bore now
Here for your love so please don't hinder me
Please let me in, 'cause once I'm in you're in heaven
I promise you, mmm, you've got it coming to you
I'm here for your love so please don't hinder me
Once I get in you'll see just why I'm here

Mmm, here for your love so please don't hinder me
Unbolt your door now, don't be a bore now
Here for your love so please don't hinder me
Please let me in, 'cause once I'm in you're in heaven
I promise you, mmm, you've got it coming to you
I'm here for your love so please don't hinder me
Once I get in you'll see just why I'm here

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Squid Jiggin' Ground


Squid Jiggin' Ground
Composer(s): Art Scammell
Performer(s): Hank Snow; Stompin' Tom Connors; Schooner Fare



Oh, this is the place where the fishermen gather
In oilskins and boots and Cape Anns battened down
All sizes of figures with squid lines and jiggers
They congregate here on the squid jigging ground
Some are working their jiggers while others are yarning
There's some standing up and there's more lying down
While all kinds of fun, jokes and tricks are begun
As they wait for the squid on the squid jigging ground

There's men of all ages and boys in the bargain
There's old Billy Cave and there's young Raymond Brown
There's a red ranting Tory out here in a dory
A-running down Squires on the squid jigging ground

There's men from the Harbour, there's men from the Tickle
In all kinds of motorboats, green, grey and brown
Right yonder there's Bobby and with him is Noddy
He's chawing hard tack on the squid jigging ground

Oh, God bless my sou'wester, there's Skipper John Chaffey
He's the best hand at squid jigging here, I'll be bound
Hello, what's the row? Why he's jigging one now
It's the very first squid on the squid jigging ground

Now, the man with the whiskers is old Jacob Steele
He's getting well up but he's still pretty sound
While Uncle Bob Hawkins wears six pairs of stockings
Whenever he's out on the squid jigging ground

Holy smoke! What a scuffle, all hands are excited
`Tis a wonder to me that there's nobody drowned
There's confusion, a bustle, a wonderful hustle
They're all jigging squids on the squid jigging ground

Says Bobby, "The squids are on top of the water
I just got my jiggers `bout one fathom down
But a squid in the boat squirted right down his throat
And he's swearing like mad on the squid jigging ground

There's poor Uncle Billy, his whiskers are spattered
With spots of the squid juice that's flying around
One poor little boy got it right in the eye
But they don't give a darn on the squid jigging ground

Now if ever you feel so inclined to go squidding
Leave your white shirts and collars behind in the town
And if you get cranky without your silk hanky
You'd better steer clear of the squid jigging ground

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Here For You


Here For You
Composer(s): Chris De Burgh
Performer(s): Chris De Burgh



I don't know where the time has gone, suddenly here we are alone
Only a word before you go, everyone's waiting
So many friends to say goodbye, so many tears they'll have to cry
So many wings to help you fly where you are going

And now a plane must take away my child that life has found
And you will be up in the sky, and I'll be on the ground
Sending my love with you tonight

I will be waiting, I will be waiting, here for you, here for you

I don't know where the years have gone
Suddenly here, and you have grown
It was like only yesterday when you were so young
But here is the day we had to see, always the same eternally
This is the way that it must be, now it is your world

And so a plane must take away my child that time has found
And you will be up in the sky, and I'll be on the ground
Sending my dreams with you tonight

I will be waiting.....I'm trying not to show
But seeing you go, is the hardest thing that I have known

I will be waiting, don't worry 'bout me, I'll be alright
I will be waiting, don't worry 'bout me, I'll be alright
Here for you, here for you

I don't know where the years have gone.....

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Believe Me (Julia Savicheva)


Believe Me
Composer(s): Maxim Fadeev - Brenda Loring
First performance by: Julia Savicheva - 2004



Believe me, I just don't care
If you look away or stare
If you choose to go or stay
Don't believe me, I pray

In my head – every day, everywhere – oh, no
You and I can talk, and I sound colder
In my heart, though I say I don't care
I just cry and cry on your big shoulder

Believe me, I just don't care
If you look away or stare
If you choose to go or stay
Don't believe me, I pray

Believe me, I just don't care
If you look away or stare
If you choose to go or stay
Don't believe me, I pray

Far away, like the man in the moon, my dear
You just wave to me, you're always lying
Every face, every voice, every tune
Brings you back to me, and I start crying

Believe me, I just don't care
If you look away or stare
If you choose to go or stay
Don't believe me, I pray

Believe me, I just don't care
If you look away or stare
If you choose to go or stay
Don't believe me, I pray

Believe me, I just don't care

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