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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Love Will Keep Us Alive, performed by the Eagles, featuring Timothy B. Schmit
by Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack, and Peter Vale
Love Will Keep Us Alive
I was standing all alone against the world outside You were searching for a place to hide
Lost and lonely now you've given me the will to survive When we're hungry love will keep us alive
Don't you worry Sometimes you've just gotta let it ride The world is changing right before your eyes Now I've found you There's no more emptiness inside When we're hungry love will keep us alive
I would die for you climb the highest mountain Baby there's nothing I wouldn't do
Now I found you there's no more emptiness inside When we're hungry love will keep us alive
I would die for you climb the highest mountain Baby there's nothing I wouldn't do
I was standing all alone against the world outside You were searching for a place to hide Lost and lonely now you've given me the will to survive
When we're hungry love will keep us alive When we're hungry love will keep us alive When we're hungry love will keep us alive
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.
Now many many years ago when I was twenty-three I was married to a widow who was pretty as could be This widow had a grown-up daughter (who) had hair of red My father fell in love with her and soon the two were wed
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life My daughter was my mother 'cause she was my father's wife To complicate the matter even though it brought me joy I soon became the father of a bouncing baby boy
My little baby then became the brother-in-law to Dad And so became my uncle though it made me very sad For if he was my uncle that also made him the brother Of the widow's grown-up daughter who of course was my step-mother
I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa It sounds funny I know but it really is so I'm my own grandpa
My father's wife then had a son that kept him on the run And he became my grandchild for he was my daughter's son My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue Because she is my wife she's my grandmother too
I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa It sounds funny I know but it really is so I'm my own grandpa
Now if my wife is my grandmother then I'm her grandchild And every time I think of it, it nearly drives me wild For now I have become the strangest case you ever saw As husband of my grandmother I am my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa It sounds funny I know but it really is so I'm my own grandpa
I'm my own grandpa I'm my own grandpa It sounds funny I know but it really is so I'm my own grandpa
The Head-Cutting Scene, the Guitar Duel in the Movie Crossroads
from the 1986 movie Crossroads written by John Fusco directed by Walter Hill inspired by a legend surrounding Robert Johnson (1911-38) original score by Ry Cooder and Steve Vai
in the guitar battle scene Ry Cooder plays Lightning's blues parts at the duel's beginning Robert Judd as Ol' Scratch, the devil Ralph Macchio as guitarist "Lightning Boy" Eugene Martone Gretchen Palmer as the beautiful dancer Joe Seneca as "Blind Dog" Willie Brown on the harmonica Steve Vai as guitarist Jack Butler Steve Vai also plays Jack Butler's guitar and most of Lightning's
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle Life is a maze and love is a riddle I don't know where to go Can't do it alone, I've tried, and I don't know why
Slow it down, make it stop or else my heart is going to pop 'Cause it's too much Yeah it's a lot, to be something I'm not I'm a fool out of love, 'cause I just can't get enough
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle Life is a maze and love is a riddle I don't know where to go Can't do it alone, I've tried, and I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment I'm so scared but I don't show it I can't figure it out It's bringing me down I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show
The sun is hot in the sky just like a giant spotlight The people follow the signs and synchronize in time It's a joke Nobody knows they've got a ticket to that show
Yeah I'm just a little bit caught in the middle Life is a maze and love is a riddle I don't know where to go Can't do it alone, I've tried, and I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment I'm so scared but I don't show it I can't figure it out It's bringing me down I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show, oh oh Just enjoy the show, oh oh
I'm just a little bit caught in the middle Life is a maze and love is a riddle I don't know where to go Can't do it alone, I've tried, and I don't know why
I'm just a little girl lost in the moment I'm so scared but I don't show it I can't figure it out It's bringing me down I know I've got to let it go and just enjoy the show
Dum dee dum, dah dum dee dum Just enjoy the show Dah dum dee dum, dah dum dee dum Just enjoy the show
I want my money back I want my money back I want my money back Just enjoy the show
I want my money back I want my money back I want my money back Just enjoy the show
Soldier of fortune He's a man of war Just can't remember What he's fighting for Start a revolution Right before your eyes When you hear the big bang Don't you be surprised
Showdown at big sky Darkness at high noon Showdown at big sky That day may be soon People, people Can you hear the sound From every village and every town Let the bells ring out Hear the bells ring in Let the bells ring out Keep them ringing, ringing
Can't predict the future Can't forget the past Feels like any moment Could be the last All you believers Standing inside this room Can't you see it coming Shooting out across the moon
Save this place In the valley of tears By the river of time From weapons race In the Book of David In the holy Bible When it's laid to waste It will be written By the children of Eden I said save this place And the Holy Ghost
Showdown at big sky Darkness at high noon Showdown at big sky That day may be soon People, people Can you hear the sound In every village and every town Let the bells ring out Hear the bells ring in Let the bells ring out Keep them ringing, ringing
Save this place In the valley of tears By the river of time From weapons race In the Book of David In the holy Bible When it's laid to waste It will be written By the children of Eden I said save this place And the Holy Ghost And the Holy Ghost
Showdown at big sky Darkness at high noon Kiss tomorrow goodbye That day could be soon Give us the strength Give us the wisdom And give us the morals Let the bells ring out Hear the bells ring in Let the bells ring out Keep them ringing, ringing Let the bells ring out Hear the bells ring in Let the bells ring out Keep them ringing, ringing
Look If you had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted One moment Would you capture it or just let it slip
Yo His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy There's vomit on his sweater already Mom's spaghetti He's nervous but on the surface he looks calm and ready to drops bombs But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down The whole crowd goes so loud He opens his mouth but the words won't come out He's choking How Everybody's joking now The clock's run out Time's up, over Plow Snap back to reality Oh there goes gravity Oh there goes Rabbit He choked He's so mad but he won't give up that easy No he won't have it He knows his whole back's to these ropes It don't matter He's dope He knows that but he's broke He's so stagnant he knows when he goes back to this mobile home that's when it's back to the lab again Yo this whole rap shit He better go capture this moment and hope it don't pass him
You better lose yourself in the music The moment you own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot Do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better lose yourself in the music The moment you own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot Do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better
Soul's escaping Through this hole that is gaping This world is mine for the taking Make me king As we move toward a new world order a normal life is boring But superstardom's close to post mortem It only grows harder Homie grows hotter He blows us all over These hoes is all on him Coast to coast shows He's known as the globetrotter Lonely roads God only knows he's grown farther from home He's no father He goes home and barely knows his own daughter But hold your nose 'cause here goes the cold water These hoes don't want him no more He's cold product They moved on to the next shmoe who flows He nose dove and sold nada So the soap opera is told, it unfolds I suppose it's old, partner But the beat goes on Da da doe, da doe, da da
You better lose yourself in the music The moment you own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot Do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better lose yourself in the music The moment you own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot Do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better
No more games I'm gonna change what you call rage Tear this motherfucking roof off like two dogs caged I was playing in the beginning The mood all changed I've been chewed up and spit out and booed off stage But I kept rhyming in step, writing the next cypher Best believe somebody's paying the pied piper All the pain inside amplified by the fact that I can't get by with my nine to five and I can't provide the right type of life for my family 'Cause man, these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers And there's no movie, there's no Mekhi Pfifer This is my life And these times are so hard And it's getting even harder trying to feed and water my seed Plus, see, dishonor Caught up between being a father and a prima donna Baby-momma drama's screaming on And too much for me to wanna stay in one spot Another day of monotony has gotten me to the point I'm like a snail I've got to formulate a plot or end up in jail or shot Success is my only motherfucking option Failure's not Mom, I love you but this trailer's got to go I cannot grow old in Salem's Lot So here I go It's my shot Feet fail me not This maybe the only opportunity that I got
You better lose yourself in the music The moment you own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot Do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better lose yourself in the music The moment you own it, you better never let it go You only get one shot Do not miss your chance to blow This opportunity comes once in a lifetime You better
performed by Mark Knopfler & Chet Atkins on guitars and vocals
on their Neck and Neck album, with Floyd Cramer: piano Vince Gill: backing vocals Guy Fletcher: bass, drums, keyboards Paul Franklin: dobro, pedabro, steel guitar Larrie Londin: drums Edigar Meyer: bass Mark O'Connor: fiddle, mandolin Steve Wariner: bass
written by Paul Kennerly
Poor Boy Blues
Do I want you? Yes I do.
Do I need you? Baby you know it's true.
But I ain't got nothin' that you can use.
So I'm sittin' on my own here, with these poor boy blues.
The Smothers Brothers & Boston Pops do Poor Wandering One with Feuding Banjos
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from The Pirates of Penzance (or, The Slave of Duty)
written by W. S. Gilbert composed by Arthur Sullivan
Poor Wandering One
Poor wandering one With such poor love as mine Can help thee find True peace of mind Well take it, it is thine
Take heart; no danger lowers Take any heart--but ours!
Take heart, fair days will shine Take any heart--take mine
Fa la la la la la la la Fa la la la la la la la Fa la la la la la la la Fa la la la la la la la la la la la la la la . . .
[Feuding Banjos, composed by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith & Don Reno, a.k.a Dueling Banjos]
Poor wandering one Though thou hast surely strayed Take heart of grace Thy steps retrace Poor wandering one
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composed by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith & Don Reno
performed by Hayseed Dixie (a.k.a Kerosene Brothers) Barley Scotch (a.k.a. John Wheeler) on vocals, guitar & fiddle "Reverend" Don Wayne Reno on banjo "Deacon" Dale Reno on mandolin "Bakesnake" Byers (a.k.a. Jake Byers) on bass
Stranger by Jefferson Starship Live in Vancouver 1983
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performed by Jefferson Starship Donny Baldwin on drums Craig Chaquico on lead guitar David Freiberg on vocals & keyboards Paul Kantner on rhythm guitar & vocals Pete Sears on bass guitar & keyboards Grace Slick on lead vocals Mickey Thomas on lead vocals
written by Pete Sears & Jeanette Sears
Stranger
Raindrops falling Winter feels so gloomy Hear a knock upon my door
Stranger calling Eyes that look like mine He said you know I've called before
What is veiled now soon will be shown Come walk with me through the unknown
Stranger
Familiar stranger Should I know your name Did we meet some time ago
I feel uncertain Shadows whisper to me now Sudden wind begins to blow
What is veiled now soon will be shown Come walk with me through the unknown
Stranger
Darkened doorways Strangest things can happen Don't know who you're talking to
Find yourself When lightning strikes you now You could be looking back at you
What is veiled now soon will be shown Come walk with me through the unknown
What is veiled now soon will be shown Come walk with me through the unknown
Stranger
Familiar stranger Should I know your name Did we meet some time ago Are you someone I should know Did we meet some time ago
John Travolta & Olivia Newton-John perform "You're the One that I Want"
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from Grease (1978)
sung by Olivia Newton-John as Sandy Dumbrowski John Travolta as Danny Zuko
written by John Farrar
You're the One that I Want
Danny: Sandy!
Sandy: Tell me about it, stud.
Danny: I got chills--they're multiplyin--and I'm losin control, cause the power you're supplyin--it's electrifyin!
Sandy: You better shape up, cause I need a man, and my heart is set on you. You better shape up. You better understand, to my heart I must be true.
Danny: Nothin left, nothin left for me to do.
Together: You're the one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo. The one I need, oh yes indeed.
Sandy: If you're filled with affection you're to shy to convey, meditate in my direction. Feel your way.
Danny: Wow! I better shape up, cause you need a man.
Sandy: I need a man, who can keep me satisfied.
Danny: I better shape up if I'm gonna prove . . .
Sandy: You better prove that my faith is justified.
Danny: Are you sure?
Together: Yes, I'm sure down deep inside.
Together: You're the one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo. The one I need, oh yes indeed.
You're the one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo. The one I need, oh yes indeed.
You're the one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo. The one I need, oh yes indeed.
You're the one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo, honey. The one that I want--oo oo oo. The one I need, oh yes indeed.
I am an old woman named after my mother My old man is another child that's grown old If dreams were thunder and lightnin' was desire This old house would've burned down a long time ago
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing I can hold onto To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go
When I was a young girl I had me a cowboy He weren't much to look at--just a free ramblin' man But that was a long time--no matter how I tried The years just flowed by like a broken down dam
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo Just give me one thing that I can hold onto To believe in this livin' is just a hard way to go
There's flies in the kitchen--I can hear their buzzin' Ain't done nothin' since I woke up today How the hell can a person go to work in the mornin' And come home in the evenin' and have nothin' to say
Make me an angel that flies from Montgomery Make me a poster of an old rodeo You got to give me just one thing I can hold onto To believe in this livin' is such a hard way to go
performed by Bon Jovi: Jon Bon Jovi, lead vocals, guitar Richie Sambora, guitar David Bryan, keyboard Tico Torres, percussion
written by Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora, & Desmond Child
(You Want To) Make A Memory
Hello again, it's you and me Kind of always like it used to be Sipping wine, killing time Trying to solve life's mysteries
How's your life, it's been a while God it's good to see you smile I see you reaching for your keys Looking for a reason not to leave
If you don't know if you should stay If you don't say what's on your mind Baby just breathe There's nowhere else tonight we should be You want to make a memory
I dug up this old photograph Look at all that hair we had It's bittersweet to hear you laugh Your phone is ringing--I don't want to ask
If you go now I'll understand If you stay, hey I got a plan You want to make a memory
You want to steal a piece of time You could sing the melody to me And I could write a couple lines You want to make a memory
If you don't know if you should stay And you don't say what's on your mind Baby just breathe There's nowhere else tonight we should be
You want to make a memory You want to steal a piece of time You could sing the melody to me And I could write a couple lines
You want to make a memory You want to make a memory
