I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn’t understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start
With a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
You’ll be older too,
And if I say the word,
I could stay with you.
I could be handy, mending a fuse
When your lights have gone.
You can knit a sweater by the fireside
Sunday morning go for a ride,
Doing the garden, digging the weeds,
Who could ask for more.
Will you still need me, will you still feed me
When I’m sixty-four.
For I’ve grown a little leaner,
Grown a little colder,
Grown a little sadder,
Grown a little older,
And I need a little angel
Sitting on my shoulder,
Need a little Christmas now
Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon my brow today,
Life is fading fast away.
But, my darling, you will be,
Always young and fair to me,
Yes, my darling, you will be
Always young and fair to me.
Don’t you go
It makes no sense
When all your talking supermen
Just take away the time
And get in the way
Ain’t it just like rain
And love, is only heaven away
Inside you the time moves
And she don’t fade
The ghost in you
She don’t fade
Inside you the time moves
And she don’t fade
Ooh, baby, do you know what that’s worth?
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth.
They say in heaven love comes first.
We’ll make heaven a place on earth.
Ooh, heaven is a place on earth.
When the night falls down.
I wait for you and you come around.
And the world’s alive with the sound
Of kids on the street outside.
When you walk into the room,
You pull me close and we start to move.
And we’re spinning with the stars above
And you lift me up in a wave of love.
Can you hear them?
They talk about us, telling lies
Well, that’s no surprise
Can you see them?
See right through them
They have no shield, no secrets to reveal
It doesn’t matter what they say
In the Jealous Games People Play
Our Lips are Sealed
I think we’re alone now,
There doesn’t seem to be anyone around.
I get lost in your eyes
And I feel my spirits rise
And soar like the wind
Is it love that I am in?
I get weak in a glance
Isn’t this what’s called romance?
And now I know
'Cause when I’m lost I can let go
I don’t mind not knowing what I’m heading for
You can take me to the skies
It’s like being lost in heaven
When I’m lost in your eyes
Are the stars out tonight?
I can’t tell if it’s cloudy or bright,
For I only have eyes for you, dear.
The moon may be high,
Maybe millions of people pass by,
But they all disappear from view,
For I only have eyes for you.
Some time in the night, when you’re feeling the cold
Take a look at the sky above you
Those are faces in the light, if the story were told
They are calling you, calling you (yeah)
We are magic in the night
We are shadow, we are light
We are forever, you and I
We’re stars
We’re stars
Start with the sun
And move on out
The future’s in the skies above
The heavens unfold
A new star is born
Space and time makin’ love
From darkness I understand the night
Dreams flow, a star shines
Ah! I desire Evenstar
Look! A star rises out of the darkness
The song of the star enchants my heart
Ah! I desire
Ergo, Hath it not been for these words of thine,
Shan’t I have found the meaning of mine,
With thee only exists my harmony of life,
Without thee all is naught, but a soliloquy of strife,
Seeing thy visage doth I tread on my path,
Without thy wishes, no direction but I hath,
Alas I rove on, I pray on, to see thee one day,
How thy divinity of hope lent me the light of my way,
That one day shall I embark upon your shore,
Shalt one moment of thy fragrance, last me evermore
Before Lord God made the Sea and the Land
He held all the stars in the palm of his hand
And they ran through his fingers like grains of sand
And one little star fell alone.
And the Lord God hunted through the wide night air
For the little dark star in the wind down there
And he stated and promised
He’d take special care
So it wouldn’t get lost again.
Now man don’t mind if the stars grow dim
And the clouds blow over and darken him
So long as the Lord God’s watching over him
Keeping track how it all goes on~
But I’ve been walking through the night, and the day
Till my eyes get weary and my head turns grey
And sometimes it seems maybe God’s gone away
Forgetting the promise that we’ve heard him say
And we’re lost out here in the stars.
Little stars, big stars
Blowing through the night
And we’re lost out here in the stars.
Little stars, big stars
Blowing through the night.
And we’re lost out here in the stars…
There, out in the darkness
A fugitive running
Fallen from God
Fallen from grace
God be my witness
I never shall yield
Till we come face to face
Till we come face to face
He knows his way in the dark
Mine is the way of the Lord
Those who follow the path of the righteous
Shall have their reward
And if they fall
As Lucifer fell
The flame
The sword!
Stars
In your multitudes
Scarce to be counted
Filling the darkness
With order and light
You are the sentinels
Silent and sure
Keeping watch in the night
Keeping watch in the night
You know your place in the sky
You hold your course and your aim
And each in your season
Returns and returns
And is always the same
And if you fall as Lucifer fell
You fall in flames!
And so it must be
For so it is written
On the doorway to paradise
That those who falter and those who fall
Must pay the price!
Lord let me find him
That I may see him
Safe behind bars
I will never rest
Till then, this I swear…
This I swear by the stars!
(I posted the whole thing because it’s my favorite song from Les Mis)
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won’t you buy me a Mercedes Benz?
Oh Lord, won’t you buy me a color TV?
Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery each day until three,
So oh Lord, won’t you buy me a color TV?
Take me to the river
'cause the desert is too dry
I’m not asking for redemption
For the things I feel inside
When you found me here in darkness
I was cursing at my fate
Before you leave me standing
It is not too late
Redemption
I don’t need no cure
Be your healing hands
On the sick and the poor
Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord, give me love
Oh lord, give me strength
Oh lord, give me love
Give me love
Give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light
Give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope
Help me cope, with this heavy load
Trying to, touch and reach you with,
heart and soul
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
That sings the tune without the words
And never stops at all
Soft as the voice of an angel,
Breathing a lesson unheard,
Hope with a gentle persuasion
Whispers her comforting word:
Wait till the darkness is over,
Wait till the tempest is done,
Hope for the sunshine tomorrow,
After the shower is gone.
Whispering hope, oh, how welcome thy voice,
Making my heart in its sorrow rejoice.