Below are the lyrics as I hear them. I am least confident about Michael's second line, "There's always someone who never knew" as well as Brooke's second line, "when the fire lit the sky alive". Tell me if you know better. Thanks.
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written by Michael Johns
performed by Michael Johns and Brooke White
Life Is Okay
MICHAEL. Well I remember skies of blue There's always someone who never knew life is okay
I think about those days gone by when there was nothing but you and I Life was okay
But I'm just a day dreamer one of those hopeless believers I'm standing on the outside looking in
Tell me your name baby And don't you play games with my heart and make me feel like I'm outside looking in
BROOKE. I remember days gone by when the fire lit the sky alive where it was only you and I gonna live forever
Thoughts of you went through my head to take me back to that time again but it was never going to be you and me forever
Forever baby I'm a day dreamer one of those hopeless believers I'm standing on the outside looking in
Tell me your name baby And don't you play games with my heart and make me feel like I'm outside looking in
M&B together. But I'm just a day dreamer one of those hopeless believers I'm standing on the outside looking in
Tell me your name baby And don't you play games with my heart and make me feel like I'm outside looking in
M&B, separate lines in harmony. (M) But I'm just a day dreamer (B) I remember days gone by
(M) a hopeless believer (B) when the fire lit the sky alive
(M) I'm standing on the outside looking in (B) where it was only you and I gonna live
(M) Tell me your name baby (B) Thoughts of you went through my head
(M) And don't you play games with my heart (B) to take me back to that time again
M&B together. But it was never going to be you and me
inspired by the gospel song "Stand By Me" by Charles A. Tindley
written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
produced by Bono
as performed by, in order of appearance Roger Ridley, Santa Monica, California Grandpa Elliott, New Orleans, Louisiana Washboard Chaz, New Orleans, Louisiana Clarence Bekker, Amsterdam, Netherlands Twin Eagle Drum Group, Zuni, New Mexico François Viguié, Toulouse, France Cesar Pope, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Dimitri Dolganov, Moscow, Russia Roberto Luti, New Orleans, Louisiana Geraldo & Dionisio, Caracas, Venezuela Junior Kissangwa Mbouta, The Congo Pokei Klaas, Guguletu, South Africa Django Degen, Barcelona, Spain Sinamuva, Umlazi, South Africa Vusi Mahlasela, Mamelodi, South Africa Stefano Tomaselli, Pisa, Italy
Stand By Me
This songs says no matter who you are, no matter where you go in your life at some point you going to need somebody to stand by you
Oh yeah, oh my darlin' stand by me No matter who you are No matter where you go in life You going need somebody to stand by you No matter how much money you got Or the friends you got You going need somebody to stand by you
When the night has come And the land is dark And that moon is the only light we'll see No I won't be afraid, no I won't shed one tear Just as long as you people come and stand by me
And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me Oh stand, stand, stand by me, Come on stand by me, stand by me
When the sky that we look upon When she tumble and fall Or the mountains, they just tumble into the sea I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me Please stand, stand by me, stand by me And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me Please stand, stand by me, stand by me, oh baby, baby
So darlin', darlin', stand sa-la-na-mi[*], oh stand sa-la-na-mi Oh stand, oh stand, stand, stand by me, come on stand by me Stand, sa-la-na-mi, oh won't you stand, sa-la-na-mi Oh stand, sa-la-na-mi, stand by me, stand by me, come on stand by me
When the night has come And the land is dark And that moon is the only light we'll see I won't be afraid, sa-la-na-mi , I won't be afraid Not as long, not as long as you stand by me
[*sa-la-na-mi: that's what I'm hearing, sa-la-na-mi, but wonder if it is a word or exclamation, that is not English, but meaningful in another language.]
as written by Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
and performed by Ben E. King
Stand By Me
When the night has come and the land is dark And the moon is the only light we'll see No I won't be afraid, oh I won't be afraid Just as long as you stand, stand by me
So darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me Oh stand, stand by me, stand by me
If the sky that we look upon should tumble and fall Or the mountains should crumble to the sea I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear Just as long as you stand, stand by me
And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me
Darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me Oh stand now, stand by me, stand by me
Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me Oh stand by me, oh stand now
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words and music by Charles A. Tindley
as performed by Elvis Presley
Stand by Me
When the storms of life are raging Stand by me (stand by me) When the storms of life are raging Stand by me (stand by me)
When the world is tossing me Like a ship out on the sea Thou Who rulest wind and water Stand by me (stand by me)
When I’m growing old and feeble Stand by me (stand by me) When I’m growing old and feeble Stand by me (stand by me)
When I do the best I can And my friends misunderstand Thou who never lost a battle Stand by me (stand by me)
Thou who never lost a battle Stand by me (stand by me)
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by Rev. Dr. Charles Albert Tindley
Stand by Me
When the storms of life are raging, stand by me; When the storms of life are raging, stand by me. When the world is tossing me like a ship upon the sea, Lord who rules the wind and water, stand by me.
In the midst of tribulation, stand by me; In the midst of tribulation, stand by me. When the host of hell assail and my strength begins to fail, Lord who never lost a battle stand by me.
In the midst of faults and failures stand by me; In the midst of faults and failures stand by me. When I've done the best I can and my friends misunderstand, Lord who knows all about me, stand by me.
In the midst of persecution, stand by me; In the midst of persecution, stand by me. When my foes in war array undertake to stop my way, Lord who saved Paul and Silas, stand by me.
When I'm growing old and feeble, stand by me, When I'm growing old and feeble, stand by me. When my life becomes a burden and I'm nearing chilly Jordan, Lord the lily of the valley, stand by me.
