Aug.19, 2009

A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes

A dream is a wish your heart makes
When you're fast asleep
In dreams you will lose your heartaches
Whatever you wish for, you keep

Have faith in your dreams and someday
Your rainbows will come smiling through
No matter how your heart is grieving
If you keep on believing
the dream that you wish will come true

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Begin the Beguine
Cole Porter

When they begin the beguine,
It brings back the sound of music so tender,
It brings back the night of tropical splendour,
It brings back a memory evergreen!

I'm with you once more under the stars,
And down by the shore an orchestra's playin'
Even the palms seems to be swayin'
When they begin the beguine!

To live it again is past all endeavour,
Except when that tune clutches my heart,
And there we are swearin' to love forever,
And promising never, never to part!

What moments divine, what raptures serene,
'Till clouds came along to disperse the joys we had tasted . . .
Now, when I hear people curse the chance that was wasted,
I know but too well what they mean!

So, don't let them begin the beguine,
Let the love that was once a fire remain an ember . . .
Let it sleep like the dead desire I only remember,
When they begin the beguine!

Oh yes, let them begin the beguine, make them play!
'Till the stars that were there before return above you,
'Till you whisper to me once more, "Darling, I love you!"
And we suddenly know, what heaven we're in,
When they begin the beguine!
When they begin . . . the beguine!

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Against All Odds

Hmmm.....mm
How can I just let you walk away
Just let you leave without a trace
When I stand here taking
Every breath with you ohhhh
You're the only one
Who really knew me at all

How can you just walk away from me
When all I can do is watch you leave
'Cause we've shared the laughter and the pain
And even shared the tears
You're the only one
Who really knew me at all

So take a look at me now
'Cause there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me
Just the memory of your face
So take a look at me now
'Cause there's just an empty space
And you coming back to me is against the odds
And that's what I've got to face

I wish I could just make you turn around
Turn around and see me cry
There's so much I need to say to you
So many reasons why
You're the only one
Who really knew me at all

So take a look at me now
Cause there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me
Just the memory of your face
So take a look at me now
o there's just an empty space
But to wait for you is all I can do
When that's what I've got to face

Take a good look at me now
'Cause l'll still be standing (standing here)
And you coming back to me is against all odds
That's the chance I've got to take
Yeahh yeah yeah
Take A look at me now
(Take A Look at me now)

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ONLY LYRICS

If you want to hear any of the songs (or melodies) you may get it at YouTube. ;-)

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5 'rounded' tbsp (approx.) of tamarind pulp
[May contain seeds in some brands. If you can't find tamarind in
your regular supermarket(s) , try getting it at some Asian provision shops or your Chinatown.]

1.5 litre of water.
1/2 (half) teaspoon of (common) salt.

Stir the tamarind pulp and salt in the water.
Bring the mixture to boil.
Sieve out the pulp (and seeds) and discard .

For every cup of the tamarind mixture add equal amount of sugar (any kind) and bring this mixture to boil. (Refrigerate for future use.)

Use the resulting 'syrup' to flavour your punch or cocktail according to your taste.
Otherwise you may just add this syrup to your fruit drinks or ice cream.
For a tall drink : Add 5tbsp of the syup (or more to your taste) to a glass of any aerated water (7-up?). Add ice cubes. I would 'absent-mindedly' pour some Cointreau, brandy, whiskey ... into my glass. ;-)

Neither Black nor White

Feel you need something to pep or cheer yourself up?

Har, very simple ... just think of me!! :-D haaaahaaaa.

Otherwise, try this:

330 ml stout

330 ml milk

1 egg

1tbspoonful (or more ) of sugar (or honey)

Ice-cube/crushed ice

Put all in a blender and blend till cold and frothy.

Pour mixture into tall glass(es) , sprinkle top with cinnamon and/or nutmeg (powder) before
you and your 'better-half' sip it through a straw.

Cheers!!! ... SMILE and be happy, huh! ;-)

In memory of & tribute to Michael Jackson (MJ)

You're gone but would not be forgotten!

May the Good Lord show you His face and
your soul rest in Peace.


http://nikhelbig.com/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdn9TkhTxtQ&feature=channel

AUG, 09

Don't Say You Love Me

I've seen this place a thousand times
I've felt this all before
And every time you call
I've waited there as though you might not call at all
I know this face I'm wearing now
I've seen this in my eyes
And though it feels so great, I'm still afraid
That you'll be leaving anytime
We've done this once and then you closed the door
Don't let me fall again for nothing more
Don't say you love me unless forever
Don't tell me you need me, if you're not gonna stay
Don't give me this feeling, I'll only believe it
Make it real or take it all away
I've caught myself smiling alone
Just thinking of your voice
And dreaming of your touch, is all too much
You know I don't have any choice
Don't say you love me unless forever
Don't tell me you need me, if you're not gonna stay
Don't give me this feeling, I'll only believe it
Make it real or take it all awayYeah Yeah Yeah
We've done this once and then you closed the door
Don't let me fall again for nothing more
Don't say you love me unless forever
Don't tell me you need me, if you're not gonna stay
Don't give me this feeling, I'll only believe it
Make it real or take it all away
Say you love me
Don't tell me you need me, if you're not gonna stay
Don't give me this feeling, I'll only believe it
Make it real or take it all away
Take it all away, take it all away
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Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White

It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
When your true lover comes your way
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
The poets say

The story goes that once a cherry tree
Beside an apple tree did grow
And there a boy once met his bride to be
Long long ago

The boy looked into her eyes, it was a sight to enthrall
The breezes joined in their sighs, the blossoms started to fall
And as they gently carressed, the lovers looked up to find
The branches of the two trees were intertwined

And that is why the poets always write
If there's a new moon bright above
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
When you're in love

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Torna a Surriento (Come back to Sorriento)
Aveling/de Curtis

Vide 'o mare quant'è bello!
Spira tantu sentimento.
Comme tu a chi tiene mente
Ca scetato 'o faje sunnà.
Guarda, guà chistu ciardino;
Siente, siè sti sciure arance.
Nu prufumo accussì fino
Dinto 'o core se ne va...
E tu dice "I' parto, addio!
"T'alluntane da stu core...
Da la terra da l'ammore...
Tiene 'o core 'e nun turnà.

Ma nun me lassà
Nun darme stu turmiento!
Torna a Surriento,
Famme campà

Vide 'o mare de Surriento,
Che tesoro tene 'nfunno:
Chi ha girato tutto 'o munno
Nun l'ha visto comm'a ccà.
Guarda attuorno sti sserene,
Ca te guardano 'ncantate
E te vonno tantu bene...
Te vulessero vasà.
E tu dice "I' parto, addio!
"T'alluntane da stu core...
Da la terra da l'ammore...
Tiene 'o core 'e nun turnà

Ma nun me lassà
Nun darme stu turmiento
Torna a Surriento,
Famme campà
Ma nun me lassà
Ma nun me lassà
Ma nun me lassà
Ma nun me lassà

English version:(Come back to Sorriento)
Hear the music of the waters,
bars of tender passion sighing
like thy heart to which go flying,
all my thoughts in wakeful dream.

See the lovely dewey garden,
Breathing orange perfumed greetings;
Nought can set my heart a-beating,
like the frangrance of its bloom.
Now I hear that thou must leave me;
Thou and I will soon be parted
Can'st though leave me broken hearted ?
Will thou never more return?

Then say not 'goodbye'
Come back again, beloved
Back to Sorrento, or I must die.......!

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Danny Boy

Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountainside.
The summer's gone, and all the roses falling.
It's you, it's you must go and I must bide.

But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow,
And I'll be here in sunshine or in shadow.
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you so.

But when ye come, and all the flow'rs are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be.
Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an ' Ave' there for me.

And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be,
For you will bend and tell me that you love me,
And I shall sleep in peace until you come to me.
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boyyyyyyy........ I love you so!

More commonly sung lyrics, however, are the following:

Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountainside.
The summer's gone, and all the flowers are dying.
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye (or yah) back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow,
'Tis I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow.
Oh Danny Boy, Oh Danny Boy, I love you so.

But if ye come, and all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be.
Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an "Ave" there for me.
And I shall hear, though soft you tread above me,
And all my dreams will warmer, sweeter be,
And you'll not fail to tell me that you love me,
I'll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

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Daddy's Home

You're my love
You're my angel
You're the girl of my dreams
I'd like to thank you for waiting patiently
Daddy's home, your daddy's home to stay

How I've waited for this moment
To be by your side
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had teardrops in your eyes
Daddy's home, your daddy's home to stay

It wasn't on a Sunday (Monday and Tuesday went by)
It wasn't on a Tuesday afternoon (all I could do was cry)
But I made a promise that you treasure
I made it back home to you
How I've waited for this moment
To be by your side
Your best friend wrote and told me
You had teardrops in your eyes
Daddy's home, -(your) daddy's home - to stay
Daddy's home - to stay ....I'm not a thousand miles away
Daddy's home to stay

I'm gonna be here come what may
Daddy's home to stay

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Down The Trails Of Aching Hearts

Down the trail of achin' hearts
Where nobody's hiding their tears
You set me there where sadness start
Down the trail of achin' hearts

You told me I was your darling
You kept me hanging around
Somebody else is your darling
For lonesome and blue I'll be found

Down the trail of aching hearts
Where nobody's hiding their tears
You set me there where sadness start
Down the trail of achin' hearts

Once I was passing your window
Under the light of a star
Somebody else play my love song
And play it on my old guitar
After you have all your darlings
May be you'll be on the shelf
Why are these days little darling
Now you may be down there yourself
Down the trail of aching hearts
When nobody's hiding their tears
You set me there where sadness start
Down the trail of achin' hearts

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Cupid Draw Back Your Bow

Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, for me
Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Now I don't mean to be bother to you
But I'm in distress
There's danger of me losing all of my happiness
For I love a girl who doesn't know I exist
And this you can fix So...

Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Now, Cupid if your arrow make her love strong for me
I promise I wll love her until eternity
I know between the two of us her heart we can steal
Help me if you will .. So...

Cupid draw back your bow
And let your arrow go
Straight to my lover's heart for me, nobody but me
Cupid please hear my cry
And let your arrow fly
Straight to my lover's heart for me

Now, Cupid don't you hear me calling you
I need you
Cupid help me
I need you.
Cupid ...don't fail me ....

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"Daisy Bell".

There is a flower within my heart Daisy, Daisy
Planted one day by a glancing dart
Planted by Daisy Bell

Whether she loves me or loves me not
Sometimes it's hard to tell
But there are those that would share the lot
Of beautiful Daisy Bell

Daisy, Daisy, give me your answer true
I'm half crazy all for the love of you
It won't be a stylish marriage I can't afford a carriage
But you'll look sweet upon the seat
Of a bicycle built for two

We will go tandem as man and wife
Daisy, Daisy
Wheeling away down the road of life
I and my Daisy Bell

When the night's dark, we can both despise
Policemen and lamps as well
There are bright lights in the dazzling eyes
Of beautiful Daisy Bell.


(Below, ending of the Edward M. Favor version); This version, with music arranged for barbershop quartet, is available on the Internet.

I will stand by you in "wheel" or woe Daisy, Daisy
You'll be the bell(e) which I'll ring you know
Sweet little Daisy Bell
You'll take the lead in each trip we take
Then if I don't do well I will permit you to use the brake
My beautiful Daisy Bell.


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Don't Let the Stars Get In Your Eyes
Perry Como

( Pa pa pa pia, pa pa pa pia, pia, pia . . . ) Don’t let the stars get in your eyes,
Don’t let the moon break your heart!
Love blooms at night,In daylight it dies,
Don’t let the stars get in your eyes,
Don’t keep your heart from me,
For some day I’ll return,
And you know you’re the only one I’ll ever love!

Too many nights! ( Too many nights! )
Too many stars! ( Too many stars! )
Too many moons could change your mind! ( Don’t let the moon change your mind! )
If I’m gone too long,
Don’t forget where you belong,
When the stars come out remember you are mine!

Don’t let the stars get in your eyes,
Don’t let the moon break your heart!
Love blooms at night,
In daylight it dies,
Don’t let the stars get in your eyes,
Don’t keep your heart from me,
For some day I’ll return,
And you know you’re the only one
I’ll ever love! <> ( Don’t let the stars get in your eyes,. . .
Don’t let the moon break your heart! ) <>
( Pa pa pa pia, pa pa pa pia . . . )
Too many miles! ( Too many miles! )
Too many days! ( Too many days! )
Too many nights to be alone! ( Too many nights all alone! )
Oh! please keep your heart, while we are apart,
Don’t you linger in the moonlight when I’m gone! ( While I’m gone! )

Don’t let the stars get in your eyes,
Don’t let the moon break your heart! ( Don’t let the moon break your heart! )
Love blooms at night,In daylight it dies,
Don’t let the stars get in your eyes,
Don’t keep your heart from me,
For some day I’ll return,
And you know you’re the only one I’ll ever love!( I’ll ever love! )

I’ll ever love! You’re the only one! ( You’re the only one! )I’ll ever love!


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Down By The Riverside

Down By the Riverside
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna lay down my sword and shield
Down by the riverside
Ain't gonna study war no more.

Refrain

I ain't gonna study war no more,
I ain't gonna study war no more,
Study war no more.
I ain't gonna study war no more,
I ain't gonna study war no more,
Study war no more.

Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand;
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna stick my sword in the golden sand
Down by the riversideGonna study war no more.

Refrain

Gonna put on my long white robe;
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna put on my long white robe;
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.

Refrain

Gonna put on my starry crown;
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Down by the riverside
Gonna put on my starry crown;
Down by the riverside
Gonna study war no more.

Refrain

Gonna put on my golden shoes;
(ETC)Gonna talk with the Prince of Peace;
(ETC)Gonna shake hands around the world;
(ETC)

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CHERRY PINK AND APPLE BLOSSOM WHITE

It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
When your true lover comes your way.
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white
The poets say.

The story goes that once a cherry tree
Beside an apple tree did grow
And there a boy once met his bride to be
Long, long ago.

The boy looked into her eyes,
It was a sight to enthrall.
The breezes joined in their sighs,
The blossoms started to fall.
And as they gently caressed,
The lovers looked up to find
The branches of the two trees were intertwined.

And that is why the poets always write,
If there's a new moon bright above,
It's cherry pink and apple blossom white,
When you're in love.

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DOWN IN THE VALLEY

Down in the valley the valley so low
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow
Hear the wind blow love, hear the wind blow
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow

Roses love sunshine, violets love dew
Angels in heaven, know I love you
If you don't love me, level you please
Put your arms round me, give my heart ease
Give my heart ease love, give my heart ease
Put your arms round me, give my heart ease

Write me a letter, send it by mail
Send it in care of, the Birmingham Jail
Birmingham Jail love, Birmingham Jail
Send it in care of, the Birmingham Jail

Build me a castle, forty feet high
So I can see her, as she rides by
As she rides by love, as she rides by
So I can see her, as she rides by
Down in the valley, the valley so low
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow

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I've Been Working On The Railroad/(Dinah Won't You Blow Your Horn

I've been working on the railroad
All the livelong day
I've been working on the railroad
Just to pass the time away
Can't you hear the whistle blowing?
Rise up so early in the morn
Can't you hear the captain shouting?
Dinah, blow your horn

Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow your horn?
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow
Dinah, won't you blow your horn?

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Someone's in the kitchen I know
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
Strumming on the old banjo, and singing
Fie, fi, fiddly i-o
Fie, fi, fiddly i-o
Fie, fi, fiddly i-o
Strumming on the old banjo

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Cecilia

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home
Come on home

Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
Up in my bedroomI got up to wash my face
When I come back to bedSomeone's taken my place

Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home
Come on home

Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing,
Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing

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Dance With My Father
Luther Vandross

Back when I was a child,
Before life removed all the innocence,
My father would lift me high,
And dance with my mother and me,
And then...Spin me around til' I fell asleep,
Then up the stairs he would carry me,
And I knew for sure I was loved
If I could get another chance,
Another walk, another dance with him,
I'd play a song that would never ever end
How I'd love love love...To dance with my father again.
Ooooh...

When I and my mother would disagree,
To get my way I would run from her to him.
He'd make me laugh just to comfort me,
Yeah yeah...Then finally make me do just what my momma said.

Later that night when I was asleep,
He left the dollar under my sheet.
Never dreamed that he, would be gone from me.

Repeat Chorus

If I could steal one final glance,
One final step,
One final dance with him,
I'd play a song that would never ever end.
Co'z I'd love love love, to dance with my father again.

Sometimes I'd listen outside her door
And I'd hear how my momma cried for him
I pray for her even more than me...
I pray for her even more than me.....

(4 Measure Instrumental)

I know I'm praying for much too much,
But could you send me
The only man she loved.
I know you don't do it usually,
But dear Lord she's dying,
To dance with my father again.
Every night I fall asleep and this is all I ever dream...

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Congratulations
Cliff Richard

Congratulations
And celebrations
When I tell everyone that you're in love
With me

Congratulations
And jubilations
I want the world to know Im happy as can be.
Who could believe that I could be happy andContented
I used to think that happiness hadn't been invented
But that was in the bad old days beforeI met you
When I let you
Walk into my heart
Congratulations...

I was afraid that maybe you thought you
Were above me
That I was only fooling myself to think you
Loved me
But then tonight you said you couldnt live
Without me
That round about me
You wanted to stay
Congratulations...

Congratulations
And jubilations
I want the world to know
I'm happy as can be
I want the world to know
Im happy as can be

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Could I Have This Dance
Anne Murray

I'll always remember the song they were playing
The first time we danced and I knew
As we swayed to the music and held to each other
I fell in love with you

Could I have this dance for the rest of my life
Would you be my partner then every night
When we're together it feels so right
Could I have this dance for the rest of my life.

I'll always remember that magic moment
When I held you close to me
Cause we move together I know forever
You're all I'll ever need

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First of May
Sarah Brightman

When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,
We used to love while others used to play.
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,someone else moved in from far away.
(chorus)
Now we are tall, and Christmas trees are small,
and you don't ask the time of day.
But you and I, our love will never die,
but guess we'll cry come first of May.

The apple tree that grew for you and me,
I watched the apples falling one by one.
And I recall the moment of them all,
the day I kissed your cheek and you were gone.

(chorus...)
When I was small, and Christmas trees were tall,
do do do do do do do do do...
Don't ask me why, but time has passed us by,
some one else moved in from far away.

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Carolina Moon
Sung by Connie Francis

Carolina moon keep shining
Shining on the one who waits for me
Carolina moon I'm pining
Pining for the place I long to be.
How I'm hoping tonight you'll go, go to the right window
Scatter your light, say I'm alright please do
Tell him that I'm blue and lonely
Dreamy Carolina moon.

Carolina moon.

--- Instrumental ---

Shining on the one who waits for me.
How I'm hoping tonight you'll go, go to the right window
Scatter your light, say I'm alright please do
Tell him that I'm blue and lonely
Dreamy Carolina moon.
Shining on, shining on Carolina moon...

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Oh Donna

Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna

I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'cause I love my girl Donna,
where can you be?
Where can you be?

Now that you're gone
I'm left all alone
All by myself
To wander and roam
'cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?

Well, darlin', now that you're gone
I don't know what I'll do
All the time and all my love for yo-ou-ou

I had a girl
Donna was her name
Since she left me
I've never been the same
'cause I love my girl
Donna, where can you be?
Where can you be?
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna
Oh, Donna, Oh, Donna ....Oh,.... (fade)

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Paper Roses

Paper roses paper roses
I realize the way your eyes deceived me with tender looks that I mistook for love
So take away the flowers that you gave me and send the kind that you remind me of
Paper roses, paper roses oh how real those roses seem to be
But they're only imitation like your imitation love for me
[ steel ]
I thought that you would be a perfect lover
You seemed so full of sweetness at the start
But like the big red rose that's made of paper
Ah there isn't any sweetness in your heart
Paper roses paper roses...
Like your imitation love for me

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China Doll

I'm tired of cryin'
and all your lyin'
that's why I'm buyin' a China Doll

Her lips are truer
her thoughts fewer
her eyes are bluer
my China Doll

I'd rather have a doll to play
that I could call my own
Than someone just like you
with a heart of stone

She'll never leave me
she'll not decieve me
and never leave me my China Doll

No tears or sorrow
no sad tomorrow
no one can borrow ..my China Doll

And her lips are truer......

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Sentimental Reason

I love you for sentimental reasons.
I hope you will believe me,
I'll give you my heart.
I love you and you
alone were meant for me.
Please give your loving heart to me
And say we'll never part.

I think of you ev'ry morning,
Dream of you ev'ry night.
Darling, I'm never lonely
Whenever you're in sight.

I love you for sentimental reasons.
And I hope you do believe me
I've given you my heart.

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Tennessee Waltz

I was dancin' with my darlin'
To the Tennessee waltz,
When an old friend I happened to see.
Introduced her to my loved one,
And while they were dancin',
My friend stole my sweetheart from me.

I remember the night,
And the Tennessee waltz,
Now I know just how much I've lost,
Yes I lost my little darlin',
The night they were playin',
To the beautiful Tennessee waltz.

(Repeat)

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Rose Rose I Love You
Performed by Frankie Laine

Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart.
What is your future, now we have to part?
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away,
Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay.

Make way, oh, make way for my Eastern Rose.
Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes.
In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret,
"Please make way for Rosie," you can hear them say.

All my life I shall remember,
Oriental music and you in my arms.
Perfumed flowers in your tresses,
Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms.

Rose, Rose I love you with your almond eyes.
Fragrant and slender 'neath tropical skies.
I must cross the seas again and never see you more.
Way back to my home on a distant shore.

(All my life I shall remember,) (Oriental music and you in my arms.) (Perfumed flowers in your tresses,) (Lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms.)

Rose, Rose I leave you, my ship is in the bay.
Kiss me farewell now, there's nothin' to say.
East is East and West is West, our worlds are far apart.
I must leave you now but I leave my heart.

Rose, Rose I love you with an aching heart.
What is your future, now we have to part?
Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away,
Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay.

(Rose, Rose I love you, I cannot stay.)

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The Yellow Rose of Texas

There's a yellow rose of Texas
That I am going to see
No other fellow knows her
No other, only me
She cried so when I left her
It like to broke my heart
And if I ever find her
We never more will part.

(Chorus)
She's the sweetest rose of color
This soldier ever knew
Her eyes are bright as diamonds
They sparkle like the dew
You may talk about your dearest May
And sing of Rosa Lee
But the Yellow Rose of Texas
Is the only girl for me

Where the Rio Grande is flowing
And the starry skies are bright
She walks along the river
In the quiet summer night
She thinks if I remember
When we parted long ago
I promised to come back again
And never leave her so

(Chorus)

Oh now I'm going to find her
For my heart is full of woe
And we'll sing the song together
That we sang so long ago
We'll play the banjo gaily
And we'll sing the song of yore
And the Yellow Rose of Texas
Shall be mine for ever more

(Chorus)
*Some versions have these 2 lines as the last lines of chorus*
'Butthe Yellow Rose of Texas Beats the girls of Tennessee'

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Rose Garden
Lynn Anderson

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
there's gotta be a little rain sometime

When you take you gotta give
so live and let live and let go
oh oh oh oh I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
I could promise you things like big diamond rings
But you don't find roses growin' on stalks of clover
So you better think it over
When it's sweet talking you could make it come true
I would give you the world right now on a silver platter
But what would it matter
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine
there's gotta be a little rain sometime
I beg your pardon I never promised you a rose garden

I could sing you a tune and promise you the moon
But if that's what it takes to hold you
I'd just as soon let you go But there's one thing
I want you to know
You'd better look before you leap .. still waters run deep
And there won't always be someone there to pull you out
And you know what I'm talking about
So smile for a while and let's be jolly
love shouldn't be so melancholy
Come along and share the good times while we can

I beg your pardon
I never promised you a rose garden
Along with the sunshine there's gotta be a little rain sometime.....

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*****
Mexicali Rose
(Sung by Burl Ives -as well as Vera Lynn)

Mexicali rose, stop crying
I'll come back to you some sunny day
Every night you know that I'll be pining
Every hour of year while you're away.

Dry those big brown eyes and smile dear
Banish all those tears and please don't cry
Kiss me once again and hold me Mexicali rose, goodbye.

Mexicali rose, I'm leaving,
don't feel blue Mexicali rose, stop grieving,
I love you
When the dove of love is winging through the blue
All the castles you've been building will come true.
Mexicali rose, stop crying
I'll come back to you some sunny day
Every night you know that I'll be pining
Every hour of year while you're away.

Dry those big brown eyes and smile dear
Banish all those tears and please don't cry
Kiss me once again and hold me Mexicali rose, goodbye...

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"Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)
Les Paul & Mary Ford

Now the hacienda's dark, the town is sleeping;
Now the time has come to part, the time for weeping.
Vaya con Dios my darling,
May God be with you my love.

Wherever you may be, I'll be beside you,
Although you're many million dreams away.
Each night I'll say a pray'r, a pray'r to guide you
To hasten ev'ry lonely hour of ev'ry lonely day.
Now the dawn is breaking through a gray tomorrow,
But the memories we share are there to borrow.

Vaya con Dios, my darling:
May God be with you, my love, my love,
May God be with you my love.

Now the village mission bells are softly ringing,
If you listen with your heart you'll hear them singing,
Vaya con Dios my darling,
May God be with you my love.

Wherever you may be I'll be beside you,
Although you're many million dreams away,
Each night I'll say a pray'r, a pray'r to guide you
To hasten ev'ry lonely hour of ev'ry lonely day.
Now the dawn is breaking through a gray tomorrow,
But the memories we share are there to borrow,
Vaya con Dios, my darling!
May God be with you, my love, my love,
May God be with you my love.
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(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons
First recorded by Nat King Cole in 1946 Later recorded by Natalie Cole in the 1991

I love you for sentimental reasons.
I hope you will believe me,
I'll give you my heart.
I love you .. and you
alone were meant for me.
Please give your loving heart to me
And say we'll never part.
I think of you ev'ry morning,
Dream of you ev'ry night.
Darling, I'm never lonely
Whenever you're in sight.
I love you for sentimental reasons.
And I hope you do believe me
I've given you my heart.

Repeat

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"Changing Partners"

We were waltzin' together to a dreamy melody
When they called out "change partners"
And you waltzed away from me
Now my arms feel so empty as I gaze around the floor
And I'll keep on changing partners
Till I hold you once more
Though we danced for one moment and too soon we had to part
In that wonderful moment something happened to my heart
So I'll keep changing partners till you're in my arms and then
Oh, my darlin' I will never change partners again

[Instrumental Interlude]

Though we danced for one moment and too soon we had to part
In that wonderful moment something happened to my heart
So I'll keep changing partners till you're in my arms and then
Oh, my darlin' I will never change partners again.

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"I Went To Your Wedding"
(Jessie Mae Robinson)

I went to your wedding
Although I was dreading
The thought of losing you
The organ was playing
My poor heart kept saying
"My dreams, my dreams are through"

You came down the aisle, wearing a smile
A vision of loveliness
I uttered a sigh, and then whispered goodbye
Goodbye to my happiness
Your mother was crying
Your father was crying
And I was crying too

The teardrops were falling
Because we were losin' you
You came down the aisle, wearing a smile
A vision of loveliness
I uttered a sigh, and then whispered goodbye
Goodbye to my happiness

Oh, your mother was crying
Your father was crying
And I was crying too
The teardrops were falling
Because we were losing you

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Half As Much
(Patsy Cline-Written by Curley Williams)

If you loved me half as much as I love you
You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
You're nice to me when there's no one else around
You only build me up to let me down

If you miss me half as much as I miss you
You wouldn't stay away half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I love you
If you loved me half as much as I love you

You wouldn't worry me half as much as you do
I know that I would never be this blue
If you only loved me half as much as I loved you.


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You Belong to Me

See the pyramids along the Nile
Watch the sunrise on a tropic isle
Just remember, darling all the while
You belong to me

See the market place in old Algiers
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
You belong to me

I'll be so lonesome without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too
And blue ....

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

Maybe you'll be lonesome too
And blue

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

(Repeat)

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HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU
(Sung by Kitty Wells , Jim Reeves, Ricky Nelson , Mary Robbins ...and many others)

Have I told you lately that I love you
Could I tell you once again somehow
Have I told with all my heart and soul how I adore you
Well darling I'm telling you now

This heart would break in two if you refuse me
I'm no good without you anyhow
Have I told you lately that I love you
Well darling I'm telling you now

Have I told you lately how I miss you
When the stars are shining in the skies
Have I told why the nights are long when you're not with me
Well darling I'm telling you now

This heart would break ...... Well darling I'm telling you now

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One More Day

Last night I had a crazy dream
A wish was granted just for me
It could be for anything
I didn't ask for money
Or a mansion in Malibu
I simply wished, for one more day with you
One more day
One more time
One more sunset, maybe I'd be satisfied
But then again
I know what it would do
Leave me wishing still, for one more day with you
First thing I'd do, is pray for time to crawl
Then I'd unplug the telephone
And keep the TV off
I'd hold you every second
Say a million I love you's
That's what I'd do, with one more day with you
Leave me wishing still, for one more day
Leave me wishing still, for one more day
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June, 2009

Sukiyaki

It's all because of you
I'm feeling sad and blue
You went away
Now my life is just a rainy day
I love you so
How much you'll never know
You've gone away and left me, lonely

Untouchable memories
Seem to keep haunting me
Of love so true
That once turned all my gray skies blue
But you disappeared
Now my eyes are filled with tears
I'm wishing you were here with me

Soaked with love all my thoughts of you
Now that you're gone I don't know what to do

If only you were here
You'd wash away my tears
The sun would shine
Once again you'll be mine all mine
But in reality
Your love I will never be
Because you took your love away from me

If only you were here
You'd wash away my tears
The sun would shine
Once again you'll be mine all mine
But in reality
Your love I will never be
Because you took your love away from me

Ahhh baby
Because you took your love away from me

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My Happiness
Words by Betty Peterson and Music by Borney Bergantine)

Evening shadows make me blue
When each weary day is through
How I long to be with you, my happiness
Every day I reminisce

Dreaming of your tender kiss
Always thinking how I miss - my happiness

A million years it seems
Have gone by since we shared our dreams
But I'll hold you again
There'll be no blue memories then

Whether skies are gray or blue
Any place on earth will do
Just as long as I'm with you - my happiness

Whether skies are gray or blue
Any place on earth will do
Just as long as I'm with you - my happiness .

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Obladi Oblada

Desmond has a barrow in the market place
Molly is the singer in a band
Desmond says to Molly - girl I like your face
And Molly says this as she takes him by the hand.

Chorus:
Obladi oblada life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on
Obladi Oblada life goes on bra
Lala how the life goes on.

Desmond takes a trolly to the jewellers stores
Buys a twenty carat golden ring
Takes it back to Molly waiting at the door
And as he gives it to her she begins to sing.

Chorus.

In a couple of years they have built a home, sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones.

Happy ever after in the market place
Desmond lets the children lend a hand
Molly stays at home and does her pretty face
And in the evening she's a singer with the band.

Chorus.

In a couple of years they have built a home , sweet home
With a couple of kids running in the yard
Of Desmond and Molly Jones.

Happy ever after in the market place
Molly lets the children lend a hand
Desmond stays at home and does his pretty face
And in the evening she's a singer with the band.

Chorus.

And if you want some fun - takeObladiblada.


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Perhaps Love
Lyrics:John Denver Music:John Denver

Perhaps love is like a resting place
A shelter from the storm
It exists to give you comfort
It is there to keep you warm
And in those times of trouble
When you are most alone
The memory of love will bring you home

Perhaps love is like a window
Perhaps an open door
It invites you to come closer
It wants to show you more
And even if you lose yourself
And don't know what to do
The memory of love will see you through

Oh, love to some is like a cloud
To some as strong as steel
For some a way of living
For some a way to feel
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of pain
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you
And some say love is holding on
And some say letting go
And some say love is everything
And some say they don't know

Perhaps love is like the ocean
Full of conflict, full of change (/pain)
Like a fire when it's cold outside
Or thunder when it rains
If I should live forever
And all my dreams come true
My memories of love will be of you

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May, 2008 (B)

A Lovers' Concerto

How gentle is the rain
That falls softly on the meadow
Birds high up on the trees
Serenade the clouds with their melody

Oh, how gentle is the rain
That falls softly on the meadow
Birds high up on the trees
Serenade the clouds with their melody

Oh! See there beyond the hills
The bright colours of the rainbow
Some magic from above
Made this day for us, just to fall in love

You'll hold me in your arms
And say once again you'll love me
And that your love is true
Everything will be just as wonderful

Now, I belong to you
From this day until forever
Just love me tenderly
And I'll give to you every part of me

Oh! Don't ever make me cry
Through long lonely nights without us
Be always true to me
Keep this day in your heart eternally

You hold me in your arms
And say once again you love me
And that your love is true
Everything will be just as wonderful

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May, 2008 (A)

Mocking Bird Hill & Down In THe Valley

Mocking Bird Hill

When the sun in the morning peeps over the hill
And kisses the roses 'round my window sill
Then my heart fills with gladness when I hear the trill
Of the birds in the treetops on Mockingbird Hill

t gives me a thrill
To wake up in the morning
To the mockingbird's trill
Tra la la tweedle dee dee dee
There's peace and good will
You're welcome as the flowers
On Mockingbird Hill

Got a three-cornered plow and an acre to till
And a mule that I bought for a ten-dollar bill
There's a tumble-down shack and a rusty old mill
But it's my Home Sweet Home up on Mockingbird Hill

Tra la la, tweedle dee dee dee
It gives me a thrill
To wake up in the morning
To the mockingbird's trill
Tra la la tweedle dee dee dee
There's peace and good will
You're welcome as the flowers
On Mockingbird Hill

When it's late in the evening
I climb up the hill
And survey all my kingdom while everything's still
Only me and the sky and an old whippoorwill
Singin' songs in the twilight on Mockingbird Hill

Tra la la, tweedle dee dee dee
It gives me a thrill
To wake up in the morning
To the mockingbird's trill

Tra la la tweedle dee dee dee
There's peace and good will
You're welcome as the flowers
On Mockingbird Hill

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Down In The Valley

Down in the valley the valley so low
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow
Hear the wind blow love, hear the wind blow
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow
Roses love sunshine, violets love dew
Angels in heaven, know I love you

If you don't love me, level you please
Put your arms round me, give my heart ease
Give my heart ease love, give my heart ease
Put your arms round me, give my heart ease

Write me a letter, send it by mail
Send it in care of, the Birmingham Jail
Birmingham Jail, love, Birmingham Jail
Send it in care of, the Birmingham Jail

Build me a castle, forty feet high
So I can see her, as she rides by
As she rides by love, as she rides by
So I can see her, as she rides by

Down in the valley, the valley so low
Hang your head over, hear the wind blow

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Love You Every Second
Charlie Landsborough

Down the years
There'll be days
When we must be apart
So I bought this small watch
For to measure the time
The inscription it carries
Comes straight from my heart
To remind you
You'll always be mine --

CHORUS :
Love you every second
It's simple
But so true
Love you every second
Every second I live I'll love you
--
When you feel
You're out fighting
This world on your own
Watch those hands turning round
And remember that phrase
While there's breath in this body
You won't be alone
So believe that old watch
When it says :
-> REPEAT CHORUS
--
Every moment is precious
So don't waste a one
For you'll never recover
A moment that's gone
Love can sometimes
Get lost
In an ocean of time
But my heart will not change
And I want you to know
You possess every drop
God allows to be mine
I decided a long time ago:

-> REPEAT CHORUS
--
Every moment of time
I'll love you
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February, 2008 (B)

Happy Valentine's Day To you & your spouse/fiancee/fiance/'steady' ... and anyone else whom you love.
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My Valentine
Martina McBride

If there were no words
No way to speak I would still hear you
If there were no tears
No way to feel inside
I'd still feel for you

And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time
You're all I need, my love, my Valentine.

All of my life I have been waiting for
All you give to me
You've opened my eyes
And shown me how to love unselfishly

I've dreamed of this a thousand times before
In my dreams I couldn't love you more
I will give you my heart
Until the end of time
You're all I need, my love, my Valentine

And even if the sun refused to shine
Even if romance ran out of rhyme
You would still have my heart until the end of time
'Cause all I need is you, my Valentine
You're all I need, my love, my Valentine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I Love You Because
Jim Reeves
I love you because you understand, dear
Ev'ry single thing I try to do
You're always there to lend the helping hand, dear
I love you most of all because you're you

No matter what may be the style or season
(No matter what the world may say about me)
I know your love will always see me through
I love you for a hundred thousand reasons
(I love you for the way you never doubt me)
I love you most of all because you're you

I love you because my heart is lighter
Every time you're walkin' by my side
I love you because the future's brighter
The door to happiness you open wide

No matter what the world may say about me
I know your love will always see me through
I love you for a hundred thousand reasons
But I love you most of all because you're you
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February, 2008. (A)

Good morning, Zao shang hao, Zou san, Selamat pagi , Gau cha , Kaalai Vannakkam, Bonjour , On zoh Shubh prabhat, Kaalai Vannakkam, Annyunghaseyo , Xin chao , Magandang umaga, Ohayo gozaimaz, everyone

Wish you a joyful weekend.

"As I live each day
May I do my part
To make a difference
And to touch a heart.
Each day it is my goal,
To bring smiles and laughter
Into a soul !"


You Light Up My Life
Debby Boone

So many nights I'd sit by my window
Waiting for someone to sing me his song
So many dreams I kept deep inside me
Alone in the dark but now you've come along

And you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song

Rollin' at sea, adrift on the water
Could it be finally I'm turnin' for home?
Finally a chance to say "Hey, I love you"
Never again to be all alone

'cause you, you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song

And you light up my life
You give me hope to carry on
You light up my days and fill my nights with song
It can't be wrong
When it feels so right
'cause you.....you light up my life
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Nobody Loves me like You Do

Like a candle burning bright,
Love is glowing in your eyes.
A flame to light our way,
That burns brighter every day.
Now I have you.
And nobody loves me like you do

Like a leaf upon the wind,
I could find no place to land.
I dreamed the hours away,
And wondered every day,
Do dreams come true?
Nobody loves me like you do

What if I'd never met you?
Where would I be right now?
Funny how life just falls in place somehow.
You touched my heart in places,
That I never even knew.
Nobody loves me like you do.

I was words without a tune.
I was a song still unsung.
A poem with no rhyme.
A dancer out of time.
But now there's you.
Nobody loves me like you do.

What if I'd never met you?
Where would I be right now?
Funny how life just falls in place somehow.
You touched my heart in places,
That I never even knew.
Nobody loves me
Nobody loves me
Nobody loves me like you do.
Nobody loves me like you do.

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Love one another and bring not anger into the heart of another. S-e

The Weekender

A Psalm of Life
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream! -
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.

Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.

Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.

Art is long, and time is fleeting,
And our heart, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.

In the world's broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!

Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act, -act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o'erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,

And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.

Footprints, that, perhaps another,
Sailing o'er life's solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
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When I Need You
Leo Sayer & The muppets

When I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
And all that I so want to give you
It's only a heartbeat away

When I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day

Miles and miles of empty space in between us
The telephone can't take the place of your smile
But you know I won't be travelin' forever
It's cold out, but hold out, and do I like I do

When I need you
I just close my eyes and I'm with you
And all that I so wanna give you babe
It's only a heartbeat away

It's not easy when the road is your driver
Honey that's a heavy load that we bear
But you know I won't be traveling a lifetime
It's cold out but hold out and do like I do
Oh, I need you

When I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
Keeping me warm night and day
When I need you I just close my eyes
And you're right here by my side
Keeping me warm night and day
I just hold out my hands
I just hold out my hand
And I'm with you darlin'

Yes, I'm with you darlin'
All I wanna give you
It's only a heartbeat away
Oh I need you darling

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And I Love You So
Perry Como
And I love you so,
The people ask me how,
How I've lived 'till now,
I tell them i don't know!

I guess they understand,
How lonely life has been,
But life began again,
The day you took my hand!

And yes, I know,
How lonely life can be,
The shadows follow me,
And the night won't set me free!

But I don't let . . .
The evening get me down,
Now that you're around, Me!

And you love me too,
Your thoughts are just for me,
You set my spirit free,
I'm happy that you do!

The book of life is brief,
And once a page is read,
All but love is dead,
That is my belief!

And yes, I know,
How lonely life can be,
The shadows follow me,
And the night won't set me free!

But I don't let . . .
The evening get me down,
Now that you're around, Me!

*****
As Long As You Love Me
The Backstreet Boys

Although loneliness has always been a friend of mine
I'm leaving my life in your hands
People say I'm crazy and that I am blind
Risking it all in a glance
How you got me blind is still a mystery I can't get you out of my head
Don't care what is written in you history
As long as you're here with me

Chorus: I don't care who you are
Where you're from
What you did
As long as you love me
Who you are
Where you're from
Don't care what you did
As long as you love me

Every little thing
That you have said and done
Feels like it's deep within me
Doesn't really matter
If you're on the run
It seems like we're meant to be

I've tried to hide it so that no one knows
But I guess it shows
When you look in to my eyes
What you did and where you're comin from
I don't care, as long as you love me, baby.
*****

Could I Have This Dance
Anne Murray
ll always remember the song they were playing
The first time we danced and I knew
As we swayed to the music and held to each other
I fell in love with you

Could I have this dance for the rest of my life
Would you be my partner then every night
When we're together it feels so right
Could I have this dance for the rest of my life

I'll always remember that magic moment
When I held you close to me
Cause we move together I know forever
You're all I'll ever need

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