Walk On - U2 (For The Lady Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)

Walk On - U2 for The Lady (Daw Aung San Suu Kyi)
And love is not the easy thing
The only baggage you can bring...
And love is not the easy thing...
The only baggage you can bring
Is all that you can't leave behind

And if the darkness is to keep us apart
And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off
And if your glass heart should crack
And for a second you turn back
Oh no, be strong

Walk on, walk on
What you got, they can't steal it
No they can't even feel it
Walk on, walk on
Stay safe tonight...

You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been
A place that has to be believed to be seen
You could have flown away
A singing bird in an open cage
Who will only fly, only fly for freedom

Walk on, walk on
What you got they can't deny it
Can't sell it or buy it
Walk on, walk on
Stay safe tonight

And I know it aches
And your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on, walk on

Home...hard to know what it is if you never had one
Home...I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home
That's where the heart is

I know it aches
How your heart it breaks
And you can only take so much
Walk on, walk on

Leave it behind
You've got to leave it behind
All that you fashion
All that you make
All that you build
All that you break
All that you measure
All that you steal
All this you can leave behind
All that you reason
All that you sense
All that you speak
All you dress up
All that you scheme...

Today is the Beginning ~ Patience Strong

Today is the Beginning
Today is the beginning
In the years that lie ahead
may you always share the love you have
this day as you are wed
I pray you'll each be one on whom
the other can depend
and may you share not only love,
but be each others friend
some hopes may not be realised
some dreams may not come true
but many of them will I know
to bless the two of you
within the home that you will have
I pray you'll always find
contentment, joy,security
good health and peace of mind.

Patience Strong
1907-1990

Passionate Kisses ~ Mary Chapin Carpenter

Passionate Kisses ~ Mary Chapin Carpenter
Is it too much to ask
I want a comfortable bed that won't hurt my back
Food to fill me up
And warm clothes and all that stuff
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have all of this, and

Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you

Is it too much to demand
I want a full house and a rock and roll band
Pens that won't run out of ink
And cool quiet and time to think
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have this
Shouldn't I have all of this, and

Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you

Do I want too much
Am I going overboard to want that touch
I shout it out to the night
"Give me what I deserve, 'cause it's my right"
Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I)
Shouldn't I have this (shouldn't I)
Shouldn't I have all of this, and

Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you
Passionate kisses
Passionate kisses, whoa oh oh
Passionate kisses from you

And You Love Me ~ Stephen Maria Crane

And you love me
And you love me
I love you.
You are, then, cold coward.

Aye; but, beloved,
When I strive to come to you,
Man's opinions, a thousand thickets,
My interwoven existence,
My life,
Caught in the stubble of the world
Like a tender veil —
This stays me.
No strange move can I make
Without noise of tearing
I dare not.

If love loves,
There is no world
Nor word.
All is lost
Save thought of love
And place to dream.
You love me?

I love you.

You are, then, cold coward.

Aye; but, beloved —

Stephen Maria Crane
1871-1900

Una Paloma Blanca ~ George Baker

Una Paloma Blanca ~ George Baker
When the sun shines on the mountains
And the night is on the run
It's a new day
It's a new way
And I fly up to the sun

I can feel the morning sunlight
I can smell the new mown hay
I can hear god's voices calling
On my golden skylight way

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountains I fly
No one can take my freedom away

Once I had my share of losing
Once they locked me on a chain
Yes, they tried to break my power
Oh, I still can feel the pain

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountains I fly
Yes no one can take my freedom away
Yes no one can take my freedom away

When the sun shines on the mountains
And the night is on the run
It's a new day
It's a new way
And I fly up to your sun

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountains I fly
No one can take my freedom away

Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh

The Pig ~ Roald Dahl

The Pig
In England once there lived a big
A wonderfully clever pig.
To everybody it was plain
That Piggy had a massive brain.
He worked out sums inside his head,
There was no book he hadn't read.
He knew what made an airplane fly,
He knew how engines worked and why.
He knew all this, but in the end
One question drove him round the bend:
He simply couldn't puzzle out
What LIFE was really all about.

What was the reason for his birth?
Why was he placed upon this earth?
His giant brain went round and round.
Alas, no answer could be found.
Till suddenly one wondrous night.
All in a flash he saw the light.
He jumped up like a ballet dancer
And yelled, "By gum, I've got the answer!"
"They want my bacon slice by slice
"To sell at a tremendous price!
"They want my tender juicy chops
"To put in all the butcher's shops!
"They want my pork to make a roast
"And that's the part'll cost the most!
"They want my sausages in strings!
"They even want my chitterlings!
"The butcher's shop! The carving knife!
"That is the reason for my life!"

Such thoughts as these are not designed
To give a pig great peace of mind.
Next morning, in comes Farmer Bland,
A pail of pigswill in his hand,
And piggy with a mighty roar,
Bashes the farmer to the floor…
Now comes the rather grizzly bit
So let's not make too much of it,
Except that you must understand
That Piggy did eat Farmer Bland,
He ate him up from head to toe,
Chewing the pieces nice and slow.
It took an hour to reach the feet,
Because there was so much to eat,
And when he finished, Pig, of course,
Felt absolutely no remorse.

Slowly he scratched his brainy head
And with a little smile he said,
"I had a fairly powerful hunch
"That he might have me for his lunch.
"And so, because I feared the worst,
"I thought I'd better eat him first."

Roald Dahl
1916-1990

When I'm a Kid ~ Demis Roussos

WHEN I’M A KID ~ Demis Roussos

When I’m a kid
I’ll go and play
With misty wind
Singing along,
tapping along
Clapping away.

When I a boy
I’ll go back to my good old toys
Singing along,
Clapping along
Day after day.

La, la, la, laa

Loved A Little, Worked A Little ~ Faiz Ahmed Faiz 1911-1984

Loved a little, Worked a little…

Those were very fortunate people,
Who considered Love an obligation,
Or they just loved their task,
I remained busy all my life,
Loved a little, worked a little,
Sometimes love was a snag in the way of my work,
While sometimes duty didn’t allow me to love with passion,
Ultimately I got upset of the situation,
And left both my love and my work incomplete.

Faiz Ahmed Faiz 1911-1984

Let Your Love Flow ~ Bellamy Brothers

Let Your Love Flow - Bellamy Brothers
Let your love flow
There's a reason for the sunshiny sky
There's a reason why I'm feeling so high
Must be the season when those love lights shine all around us
So let that feeling grab you deep inside
And send you reeling where your love can't hide
And then go stealing through the moonlit night with your lover

Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season
Let your love fly like a bird on the wind
And let your love find you to all living things
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason

There's a reason for the warm sweet nights
And there's a reason for the candle lights
Must be the season when those love lights shine all around us
So let that wonder take you into space
And lay you under its loving embrace
Just feel the thunder as it warms your face you can't hold back

Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season
Let your love fly like a bird on the wind
And let your love find you to all living things
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason

Just let your love flow like a mountain stream
And let your love grow with the smallest of dreams
And let your love show and you'll know what I mean it's the season
Let your love fly like a bird on the wind
And let your love find you to all living things
And let your love shine and you'll know what I mean that's the reason.

See It Through ~ Edgar Albert Guest

See It Through
When you're up against a trouble,
Meet it squarely, face to face;
Lift your chin and set your shoulders,
Plant your feet and take a brace.
When it's vain to try to dodge it,
Do the best that you can do;
You may fail, but you may conquer,
See it through!

Black may be the clouds about you
And your future may seem grim,
But don't let your nerve desert you;
Keep yourself in fighting trim.
If the worst is bound to happen,
Spite of all that you can do,
Running from it will not save you,
See it through!

Even hope may seem but futile,
When with troubles you're beset,
But remember you are facing
Just what other men have met.
You may fail, but fall still fighting;
Don't give up, whate'er you do;
Eyes front, head high to the finish.
See it through!

Edgar Albert Guest
1881-1959

Boulevard Of Broken Dreams ~ Smokie

Smokie - Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
Walking in the rain, I can't believe the way I'm feeling;
Lonely once again, could it be that I'm still dreaming;
I thought I heard you talking,
But deep inside I know, this heart of mine has left me walking

Down the Boulevard of broken dreams,
Down the Boulevard of broken dreams,
You left me broken hearted, before we got things started
Rain keeps falling, or so it seems
Down the boulevard of broken dreams,
Don't leave me broken hearted, I don't wanna be on that
Boulevard of broken dreams

Burning in my heart, tells me now that it's all over;
It's tearing me apart, feeling that I'm sinking over;
I thought I heard you talking,
But deep inside I know, this heart of mine has left me walking

Down the Boulevard of broken dreams,
Down the Boulevard of broken dreams,
You left me broken hearted, I don't wanna be on that
Boulevard of broken dreams.

Walking in the rain, can't believe what I am seeing;
Is it you again, oh tell me baby I'm not dreaming,
'Cause I can hear you talking, no more will I be walking


Down the Boulevard of broken dreams,
Down the Boulevard of broken dreams,
You left me broken hearted, before we got things started
Rain keeps falling, or so it seems
Down the boulevard of broken dreams,
Don't leave me broken hearted, I don't wanna be on that
Boulevard of broken dreams

Snow Song ~ Sara Teasdale

Snow Song
Fairy snow, fairy snow,
Blowing, blowing everywhere,
Would that I
Too, could fly
Lightly, lightly through the air.

Like a wee, crystal star
I should drift, I should blow
Near, more near,
To my dear
Where he comes through the snow.

I should fly to my love
Like a flake in the storm,
I should die,
I should die,
On his lips that are warm.

Sara Teasdale

Rain ~ Breaking Benjamin

Rain - Breaking Benjamin
Take a photograph,
It'll be the last,
Not a dollar or a crowd could ever keep me here,

I don't have a past
I just have a chance,
Not a family or honest plea remains to say,

Rain rain go away,
Come again another day,
All the world is waiting for the sun.

Is it you I want,
Or just the notion
Of a heart to wrap around so I can find my way around

Safe to say from here,
Your getting closer now,
We are never sad cause we are not allowed to be

Rain rain go away,
Come again another day,
All the world is waiting for the sun.

Rain rain go away,
Come again another day,
All the world is waiting for the sun.

To lie here under you,
Is all that I could ever do,
To lie here under you is all,
To lie here under you is all that i could ever do,
To lie here under you is all,

Rain rain go away,
Come again another day,
All the world is waiting for the sun.

Rain rain go away,
Come again another day,
All the world is waiting for the sun,
All the world is waiting for the sun,
All the world is waiting for the sun.

To A Cat ~ Jorge Luis Borges

To A Cat

Mirrors are not more silent
nor the creeping dawn more secretive;
in the moonlight, you are that panther
we catch sight of from afar.
By the inexplicable workings of a divine law,
we look for you in vain;
More remote, even, than the Ganges or the setting sun,
yours is the solitude, yours the secret.
Your haunch allows the lingering
caress of my hand. You have accepted,
since that long forgotten past,
the love of the distrustful hand.
You belong to another time. You are lord
of a place bounded like a dream.

Jorge Luis Borges

Up On The Roof ~ Carole King & James Taylor

Carole King & James Taylor - Up On the Roof (Live)
When this old world starts a getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I'll climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space

On the roof, it's peaceful as can be
And there the world below don't bother me, no, no

So when I come home feeling tired and beat
I'll go up where the air is fresh and sweet
I'll get far away from the hustling crowd
And all the rat-race noise down in the street

On the roof, that's the only place I know
Look at the city, baby
Where you just have to wish to make it so
Let's go up on the roof

And at night the stars they put on a show for free
And, darling, you can share it all with me
That's what I said
Keep on telling you

That right smack dab in the middle of town
I found a paradise that's troubleproof
And if this old world starts a getting you down
There's room enough for two
Up on the roof...

The Giving Tree ~ Sheldon Allan Silverstein

The Giving Tree (In English & Chinese)
Once there was a tree....
and she loved a little boy.
And everyday the boy would come
and he would gather her leaves
and make them into crowns
and play king of the forest.
He would climb up her trunk
and swing from her branches
and eat apples.
And they would play hide-and-go-seek.
And when he was tired,
he would sleep in her shade.
And the boy loved the tree....
very much.
And the tree was happy.
But time went by.
And the boy grew older.
And the tree was often alone.
Then one day the boy came to the tree
and the tree said, "Come, Boy, come and
climb up my trunk and swing from my
branches and eat apples and play in my
shade and be happy."
"I am too big to climb and play" said
the boy.
"I want to buy things and have fun.
I want some money?"
"I'm sorry," said the tree, "but I
have no money.
I have only leaves and apples.
Take my apples, Boy, and sell them in
the city. Then you will have money and
you will be happy."
And so the boy climbed up the
tree and gathered her apples
and carried them away.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time....
and the tree was sad.
And then one day the boy came back
and the tree shook with joy
and she said, "Come, Boy, climb up my trunk
and swing from my branches and be happy."
"I am too busy to climb trees," said the boy.
"I want a house to keep me warm," he said.
"I want a wife and I want children,
and so I need a house.
Can you give me a house ?"
" I have no house," said the tree.
"The forest is my house,
but you may cut off
my branches and build a
house. Then you will be happy."

And so the boy cut off her branches
and carried them away
to build his house.
And the tree was happy.
But the boy stayed away for a long time.
And when he came back,
the tree was so happy
she could hardly speak.
"Come, Boy," she whispered,
"come and play."
"I am too old and sad to play,"
said the boy.
"I want a boat that will
take me far away from here.
Can you give me a boat?"
"Cut down my trunk
and make a boat," said the tree.
"Then you can sail away...
and be happy."
And so the boy cut down her trunk
and made a boat and sailed away.
And the tree was happy
... but not really.

And after a long time
the boy came back again.
"I am sorry, Boy,"
said the tree," but I have nothing
left to give you -
My apples are gone."
"My teeth are too weak
for apples," said the boy.
"My branches are gone,"
said the tree. " You
cannot swing on them - "
"I am too old to swing
on branches," said the boy.
"My trunk is gone, " said the tree.
"You cannot climb - "
"I am too tired to climb" said the boy.
"I am sorry," sighed the tree.
"I wish that I could give you something....
but I have nothing left.
I am just an old stump.
I am sorry...."
"I don't need very much now," said the boy.
"just a quiet place to sit and rest.
I am very tired."
"Well," said the tree, straightening
herself up as much as she could,
"well, an old stump is good for sitting and resting
Come, Boy, sit down. Sit down and rest."
And the boy did.
And the tree was happy.

Sheldon Allan Silverstein

Chinese Text:

從前有一棵樹，它好愛一個小男孩。每天男孩都會跑來，收集它的葉子，把葉子編成皇冠，扮起森林裡的國王。男孩會爬上樹幹，抓著樹枝盪起鞦韆，吃吃蘋果。

他們會一起玩抓迷藏，玩累了，男孩就在他的樹蔭下睡著。男孩好愛這棵樹……好愛喔！樹好快樂！日子一天天的過去…男孩長大了，樹常常好孤單……

有一天男孩來到樹下，樹說：「來啊，孩子，來，爬上我的樹幹，抓著我的樹枝盪鞦韆，吃吃蘋果，在我的樹蔭下玩耍，快快樂樂的。」「我不是小孩子了，我不要爬樹和玩耍，」男孩說 「我要買東西來玩，我要錢。你可以給我一些錢嗎？」

「真抱歉，」樹說，「我沒有錢。我只有樹葉和蘋果。孩子，拿我的蘋果到城裡去賣。這樣，你就會有錢，你就會快樂了。」

於是男孩爬到樹上，摘下她的蘋果，把蘋果通通帶走了。樹好快樂。

但是男孩好久沒有再來看樹了……樹好傷心。

有一天，男孩回來了，樹高興地發抖，她說：「來啊，孩子，爬上我的樹幹，抓著我的樹枝盪鞦韆，快快樂樂的。」「我太忙了，沒時間爬樹。」男孩說：「我想要一間房子保暖，」他說。「我想要妻子和小孩，所以我需要房子，你能給我一間房子嗎？」「我沒有房子，」樹說森林就是我的房子，不過你可以砍下我的樹枝去建屋， 這樣你就會快樂了。」

於是男孩砍下了她的樹枝，把樹枝帶走去建屋。樹好快樂….可是男孩好久都沒有再來，所以當男孩再回來時，樹好快樂….快樂得幾乎說不出話來「來啊，孩子，」她輕輕地說。「過來，來玩啊！」「我又老又傷心，玩不動了，」男孩說

「我想要一條船，可以帶我離開這裡，妳可以給我一艘船嗎？」「砍下我的樹幹去造船吧！這樣你就可以遠航…你就會快樂」樹說，於是男孩砍下她的樹幹造了條船，坐船走了，樹好快樂……但不是真的。

過了好久好久，那男孩又再回來了。「我很抱歉，孩子」樹說，「我已經沒有東西可以給你了……」「我的蘋果沒了。」「我的牙齒也咬不動蘋果了，」男孩說。

「我的樹枝沒了，你不能在上面盪鞦韆……」樹說。「我太老了，沒有辦法在樹枝上盪鞦韆，」男孩說。「我的樹幹沒了，你不能爬……」樹說。「我太累了，爬不動的。」男孩說。「我真希望我能給你什麼……可是我什麼也沒了。我只剩下一塊老樹幹。我很抱歉……」「我現在要的不多，」男孩說。「只要一個安靜可以休息的地方。我好累好累。」「好啊！」樹一邊說，一邊努力挺直身子，

「正好啊，老樹根是最適合做下來休息的。來啊，孩子，坐下來，坐下來休息。」男孩坐了下來，樹好快樂………。

It's Not Goodbye - (OST from Sweet November) ~ Laura Pausini

Laura Pausini ~ it's not goodbye - sweet november
And what if I never kiss your lips again
Or feel the touch of your sweet embrace
How would I ever go on
Without you there's no place to belong

Well someday love is gonna lead you back to me
But 'til it does I'll have an empty heart
So I'll just have to believe
Somewhere out there you thinking of me

Until the day I'll let you go
Until we say our next hello
It's not goodbye
'Til I see you again
I'll be right here rememberin' when
And if time is on our side
There will be no tears to cry
On down the road
There is one thing I can't deny
It's not goodbye


You'd think I'd be strong enough to make it through
And rise above when the rain falls down
But it's so hard to be strong
When you've been missin' somebody so long

It's just a matter of time I'm sure
But time takes time and I can't hold on
So won't you try as hard as you can
To put my broken heart together again

Until the day I'll let you go
Until we say our next hello
It's not goodbye
'Til I see you again
I'll be right here rememberin' when
And if time is on our side
There will be no tears to cry
On down the road
There is one thing I can't deny
It's not goodbye

57 ~ I plucked your flower ~ Rabindranath Tagore

57

I plucked your flower, O world!
I pressed it to my heart and the thorn pricked.
When the day waned and it darkened, I found that the flower had faded, but the pain remained.

More flowers will come to you with perfume and pride, O world!
But my time for flower-gathering is over, and through the dark night I have not my rose, only the pain remains.

Rabindranath Tagore
The Gardener

Fast Car ~ Tracy Chapman

Fast Car ~ Tracy Chapman
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere

Anyplace is better
Starting from zero got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
But me myself I got nothing to prove

You got a fast car
And I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
We won't have to drive too far
Just 'cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living

You see my old man's got a problem
He live with the bottle that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
I say his body's too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so we can fly away
We gotta make a decision
We leave tonight or live and die this way

I remember we were driving driving in your car
The speed so fast I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I had a feeling that I belonged
And I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone

You got a fast car
And we go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
We'll move out of the shelter
Buy a big house and live in the suburbs
You got a fast car
And I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I'd always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving

You got a fast car
But is it fast enough so you can fly away
You gotta make a decision
You leave tonight or live and die this way

Lean Out Of The Window ~ James Joyce (1882-1941)

LEAN OUT OF THE WINDOW

LEAN out of the window,
Goldenhair,
I heard you singing
A merry air.

My book was closed;
I read no more,
Watching the fire dance
On the floor.

I have left my book,
I have left my room,
For I heard you singing
Through the gloom.

Singing and singing
A merry air,
Lean out of the window,
Goldenhair.

by: James Joyce (1882-1941)

Maria ~ Blondie

Maria ~ Blondie
She moves like she don't care
Smooth as silk
Cool as air
Oooh it makes you wanna’ cry
She doesn't know your name and your heart beats like a subway train
Oooh it makes you wanna’ die
Oooh don't you wanna’ take her?
Wanna' make her all your own?
Maria
You've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Latina
Ave Maria
A million and one candlelight’s
I've seen this thing before
In my best friends and the boy next door
Fool for love and full of fire
Won't come in from the rain
She's oceans running down the drain
Blue as ice and desire
Don't you wanna’ make her?
Oooh don't you wanna’ take her home?
Maria
You've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Latina
Ave Maria
A million and one candlelight’s
Oooh don't you wanna’ break her?
Oooh don't you wanna’ take her home?
She walks like she don't care
You wanna’ take her everywhere
Oooh it makes you wanna cry
She's like a millionaire
Walking on imported air
Oooh it makes you wanna’ die
Maria
You've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Latina
Ave Maria
A million and one candlelight’s
Maria
You've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Regina
Ave Maria
A million and one candlelight’s
Maria
You've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Regina
Ave Maria
A million and one candlelight’s
Maria
You've gotta see her
Go insane and out of your mind
Regina
Ave Maria
A million and one candlelight’s

Toad (癩蛤蟆) ~ BaKoGi

Toad cries up,
Loud as could be,
Rain… rain……. rain,
Running up and down on stage,
Some cheer him on.

Toad whines,
Why drought’s on,
No rain, no rain, why no rain,
Cursing village chief, wind and cloud,
Folks Clap him on.

Poor toad,
As he tries to goad
Woeful folks,
Cry of blames,
Lie in vain, still no Rain,
It’s a shame.

BaKoGi

79. I often wonder where lie hidden ~ Rabindranath Tagore

79
I often wonder where lie hidden the boundaries of recognition
between man and the beast whose heart knows no spoken language.
Through what primal paradise in a remote morning of creation ran
the simple path by which their hearts visited each other.
Those marks of their constant tread have not been effaced though
their kinship has been long forgotten.
Yet suddenly in some wordless music the dim memory wakes up and
the beast gazes into the man's face with a tender trust, and
the man looks down into its eyes with amused affection.
It seems that the two friends meet masked and vaguely know each
other through the disguise.

Rabindranath Tagore (The Gardener)

Corruption ~ Bhakta Raj Giri, Bhutan

CORRUPTION

Law fails
Injustice rules,
Fools rejoice
Wise Suffers.

Morality quits
Money governs,
Light fades
Darkness engulfs.

Own mother kicked out
But adopted, in,
Undiscerned to recognize
Between holy and sin.

Pious hearts break
Perfidious breeds
Majority subjugated
Few elevated.

Development freezes
Starvation booms,
Nation cries
But citizen never thinks.

Bhakta Raj Giri, Bhutan

What Can I Do? ~ The Corrs

The Corrs - What Can I Do?
I haven't slept at all in days
It's been so long since we've talked
And I have been here many times
I just don't know what I'm doing wrong

What can I do to make you love me
What can I do to make you care
What can I say to make you feel this
What can I do to get you there

There's only so much I can take
And I just got to let it go
And who knows I might feel better
If I don't try and I don't hope

What can I do to make you love me
What can I do to make you care
What can I say to make you feel this
What can I do to get you there

No more waiting, No more aching
No more fighting, No more trying

Maybe there's nothing more to say
And in a funny way I'm calm
Because the power is not mine
I'm just gonna let it fly

What can I do to make you love me
What can I do to make you care
What can I say to make you feel this
What can I do to get you there

Love me..

You Win Again ~ Bee Gees

You Win Again ~ Bee Gees
I couldn't figure why
You couldn't give me what everybody needs
I shouldn't let you kick me when I'm down
My baby
I find out everybody know that
You've been using me
I'm surprised you
Let me stay around you
One day I'm gonna lift the cover
And look inside your heart
We gotta level before we go
And tear this love apart

(CHORUS)
There's no fight you can't fight
This battle of love with me
You win again
So little time
We do nothing but compete
There's no life on earth
No other could see me through
You win again
Some never try
But if anybody can, we can
And I'll be, I'll be
Following you

Oh baby I shake you from now on
I'm gonna break down your defenses
One by one
I'm gonna hit you from all sides
Lay your fortress open wide
Nobody stops this body from
Taking you

You better beware, I swear
I'm gonna be there one day when you fall
I could never let you cast aside
The greatest love of all

(Repeat Chorus)

Keep Me Fully Glad ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Keep Me Fully Glad
II
Keep me fully glad with nothing. Only take my hand in your hand.
In the gloom of the deepening night take up my heart and play with it as you list. Bind me close to you with nothing.
I will spread myself out at your feet and lie still. Under this clouded sky I will meet silence with silence. I will become one with the night clasping the earth in my breast.
Make my life glad with nothing.
The rains sweep the sky from end to end. Jasmines in the wet untamable wind revel in their own perfume. The cloud-hidden stars thrill in secret. Let me fill to the full my heart with nothing but my own depth of joy.

Rabindranath Tagore

This Years Love ~ David Gray

This years love had better last
Heaven knows it's high time
And I've been waiting on my own too long
But when you hold me like you do
It feels so right
I start to forget
How my heart gets torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Feeling like you can't go on

Turning circles when time again
It cuts like a knife oh yeah
If you love me got to know for sure
Cos it takes something more this time
Than sweet sweet lies
Before I open up my arms and fall
Losing all control
Every dream inside my soul
And when you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last

So whose to worry
If our hearts get torn
When that hurt gets thrown
Don't you know this life goes on
And won't you kiss me
On that midnight street
Sweep me off my feet
Singing ain't this life so sweet

This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last
This years love had better last

Let America be America Again ~ Langston Hughes

Let America be America Again

Let America be America again.
Let it be the dream it used to be.
Let it be the pioneer on the plain
Seeking a home where he himself is free.

(America never was America to me.)

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed--
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.

(It never was America to me.)

O, let my land be a land where Liberty
Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath,
But opportunity is real, and life is free,
Equality is in the air we breathe.

(There's never been equality for me,
Nor freedom in this "homeland of the free.")

Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark?
And who are you that draws your veil across the stars?

I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart,
I am the Negro bearing slavery's scars.
I am the red man driven from the land,
I am the immigrant clutching the hope I seek--
And finding only the same old stupid plan
Of dog eat dog, of mighty crush the weak.

I am the young man, full of strength and hope,
Tangled in that ancient endless chain
Of profit, power, gain, of grab the land!
Of grab the gold! Of grab the ways of satisfying need!
Of work the men! Of take the pay!
Of owning everything for one's own greed!

I am the farmer, bondsman to the soil.
I am the worker sold to the machine.
I am the Negro, servant to you all.
I am the people, humble, hungry, mean--
Hungry yet today despite the dream.
Beaten yet today--O, Pioneers!
I am the man who never got ahead,
The poorest worker bartered through the years.

Yet I'm the one who dreamt our basic dream
In the Old World while still a serf of kings,
Who dreamt a dream so strong, so brave, so true,
That even yet its mighty daring sings
In every brick and stone, in every furrow turned
That's made America the land it has become.
O, I'm the man who sailed those early seas
In search of what I meant to be my home--
For I'm the one who left dark Ireland's shore,
And Poland's plain, and England's grassy lea,
And torn from Black Africa's strand I came
To build a "homeland of the free."

The free?

Who said the free? Not me?
Surely not me? The millions on relief today?
The millions shot down when we strike?
The millions who have nothing for our pay?
For all the dreams we've dreamed
And all the songs we've sung
And all the hopes we've held
And all the flags we've hung,
The millions who have nothing for our pay--
Except the dream that's almost dead today.

O, let America be America again--
The land that never has been yet--
And yet must be--the land where every man is free.
The land that's mine--the poor man's, Indian's, Negro's, ME--
Who made America,
Whose sweat and blood, whose faith and pain,
Whose hand at the foundry, whose plow in the rain,
Must bring back our mighty dream again.

Sure, call me any ugly name you choose--
The steel of freedom does not stain.
From those who live like leeches on the people's lives,
We must take back our land again,
America!

O, yes,
I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath--
America will be!

Out of the rack and ruin of our gangster death,
The rape and rot of graft, and stealth, and lies,
We, the people, must redeem
The land, the mines, the plants, the rivers.
The mountains and the endless plain--
All, all the stretch of these great green states--
And make America again!

Langston Hughes

Let Me Love You ~ Schiller

Schiller - Let me love you
don't want you to give what you don't have
don't make a vow that you can't keep
I don't want you to change your position
don't hang around just to please me
But i have one request
and if you don't think is senseless
let me give some than this


Let me love you
Let me love you
free from rituals,nothing conventual
something you can save your deepen to
Let me love you
Let me love you
feel where have you been
feel what sneak around
something you can fall right back into
my love for you
my love for you


We can go deep if you need to
I won't draw a line that is froma against you
don't follow back if you are afraid to
a is what awaits you
But i have one request
and if you don't think i senseless
let me give you some than this


Let me love you
Let me love you
free from rituals,nothing conventual
something you can save your deepen to
Let me love you
Let me love you
feel where have you been
feel what sneak around
something you can fall right back into
my love for you
my love for you

Let me love you

If I Could Write Words ~ Spike Milligan

If I could write words
Like leaves on an autumn forest floor,
What a bonfire my letters would make.

If I could speak words of water,
You would drown when I said
"I love you."

Spike Milligan

16 April 1918 – 27 February 2002

Lille ~ Lisa Hannigan

Lille ~ Lisa Hannigan
He went to see for a day
He wanted to know what to say
when he asked what he'd done
in the past to someone
that he loved endlessly...
now she's gone, and so is he...

i went to war every morning
i lost my way, but now I'm following
what you said in my arms...
what i read in the charms
that i loved durably
now it's dead and gone, and i am free...

i went to sleep for the daytime
i shut my eyes to the sunshine
turned my head away from the noise
bruise and drip decay of childish toys
that i love arguably
all our labouring gone to seed

we went out to play for the evening
and wanted to hold on to the feeling
and the stretch in the sun
and the breathlessness as we run
to the beach endlessly
as the sun creeps up on the sea...

Autumn Love ~~ Li Ching Chao (李清照)

Autumn Love
Search. Search. Seek. Seek.
Cold. Cold. Clear. Clear.
Sorrow. Sorrow. Pain. Pain.
Hot flashes. Sudden chills.
Stabbing pains. Slow agonies.
I can find no peace.
I drink two cups, then three bowls,
Of clear wine until I can’t
Stand up against a gust of wind.
Wild geese fly over head.
They wrench my heart.
They were our friends in the old days.
Gold chrysanthemums litter
The ground, pile up, faded, dead.
This season I could not bear
To pick them. All alone,
Motionless at my window,
I watch the gathering shadows.
Fine rain sifts through the wu-t’ung trees,
And drips, drop by drop, through the dusk.
What can I ever do now?
How can I drive off this word —
Hopelessness?

Li Ching Chao
1084-1151

Sweet Memories ~ Andy Williams

Sweet Memories ~ Andy Williams

My world is like a river, as dark as it is deep;

Night after night the past slips in and gathers all my sleep.

My days are just an endless stream of emptiness to me,
Filled only by the fleeting moments of her memory.

Sweet memories, sweet memories-

M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mm.

She slipped into the silence of my dreams again last night;

Wandering from room to room, she's turning on each light.

Her laughter spills like water from the river to the sea,

And I'm swept away from sadness, clinging to her memory.

Sweet memories, sweet memories-

M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mm.

Sweet memories, sweet memories-

M-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-m-mm.

Lost Time ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Lost Time
On many an idle day have I grieved over lost time.
But it is never lost, my lord.
Thou hast taken every moment of my life in thine own hands.

Hidden in the heart of things thou art nourishing seeds into sprouts,
buds into blossoms, and ripening flowers into fruitfulness.

I was tired and sleeping on my idle bed
and imagined all work had ceased.
In the morning I woke up
and found my garden full with wonders of flowers.

Rabindranath Tagore
1861-1941

Marisa ~ (Dave's True Story)

Marisa (Dave's True Story)
It's quite a party on the street tonight
Alive with music
Alive with noise and light

Marisa
You've been in your room all day
Marisa
Hear the fine mariachi play
How happy we could be
If you'd come down and dance with me

There's a corner by the stairway wall
We could dance there and not move at all

Marisa
Just put on your pink print dress
Marisa
How tightly our legs will press
You sit there like a stone
But I don't want to dance alone

He really did a job on you
You've dropped clear out of sight
You've starved yourself in spite
Heartbreak is a game for two
Come play that game with me tonight

The moon burns with a hot white flame
But your smile could put that moon to shame

Marisa
The night wears a bright new skin
Marisa
My arms wait to take you in

How lonely they will be
If you don't come and dance with me

How lonely it will be
If you don't come and dance with me

Sonnet LXXXI: Rest With Your Dream Inside My Dream

Sonnet LXXXI: Rest With Your Dream Inside My Dream
Already, you are mine. Rest with your dream inside my dream.
Love, grief, labour, must sleep now.
Night revolves on invisible wheels
and joined to me you are pure as sleeping amber.

No one else will sleep with my dream, love.
You will go we will go joined by the waters of time.
No other one will travel the shadows with me,
only you, eternal nature, eternal sun, eternal moon.

Already your hands have opened their delicate fists
and let fall, without direction, their gentle signs,
you eyes enclosing themselves like two grey wings,

while I follow the waters you bring that take me onwards:
night, Earth, winds weave their fate, and already,
not only am I not without you, I alone am your dream.

Pablo Neruda
1904-1973

Just The Way You Are ~ Bruno Mars

Just The Way You Are ~ Bruno Mars

Oh her eyes, her eyes
Make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
Falls perfectly without her trying

She's so beautiful
And I tell her every day

Yeah I know, I know
When I compliment her
She wont believe me
And its so, its so
Sad to think she don't see what I see

But every time she asks me do I look okay
I say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

Her nails, her nails
I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh, her laugh
She hates but I think its so sexy

She's so beautiful
Are And I tell her every day

Oh you know, you know, you know
Id never ask you to change
If perfect is what you're searching for
Then just stay the same

So don't even bother asking
If you look okay
You know I say

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

The way you are
The way you are
Girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile,
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are

The Guest House ~ Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.

A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
As an unexpected visitor.

Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.

Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.

Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi
1207-1273

Pokarekare Ana ~ Hayley Westenra (海莉現場演唱紐西蘭毛利族情歌 "河水湍湍")

Hayley Westenra - Pokarekare Ana
Māori (English)
Pōkarekare ana, ngā wai o Waiapu
Whiti atu koe hine, marino ana e
The waves are breaking, against the shores of Waiapu,
My heart is aching, for your return my love.

E hine e, hoki mai ra, ka mate ahau i te aroha e.
Oh my beloved, come back to me, my heart is breaking for of love for you.

Tuhituhi taku reta, tuku atu taku rīni
Kia kite tō iwi, raruraru ana e.
I have written you a letter, and enclosed with it my ring,
If your people should see it, then the trouble will begin.

E hine e, hoki mai ra, ka mate ahau i te aroha e.
Oh my beloved, come back to me, my heart is breaking for of love for you.

Whatiwhati taku pene, kua pau aku pepa
Ko taku aroha, mau tonu ana e.
My poor pen is broken, my paper is spent,
But my love for you endures, and remains forever more.

E hine e, hoki mai ra, ka mate ahau i te aroha e.
Oh my beloved, come back to me, my heart is breaking for of love for you.

E kore te aroha, e maroke i te rā
Mākūkū tonu i aku roimata e.
The sun's hot sheen, won't scorch my love,
Being kept evergreen, by the falling of my tears.

E hine e, hoki mai ra, ka mate ahau i te aroha e.
Oh girl, Come back to me, I could die of love for you.

Face To Face ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Face To Face
Day after day, O lord of my life,
shall I stand before thee face to face.
With folded hands, O lord of all worlds,
shall I stand before thee face to face.

Under thy great sky in solitude and silence,
with humble heart shall I stand before thee face to face.

In this laborious world of thine, tumultuous with toil
and with struggle, among hurrying crowds
shall I stand before thee face to face.

And when my work shall be done in this world,
O King of kings, alone and speechless
shall I stand before thee face to face.

Rabindranath Tagore
1861-1941

Rhythm Of My Heart ~ Rod Stewart

Rod Stewart - Rhythm Of My Heart

Across the street the river runs.
Down in the gutter life is slipping away.
Let me still exist in another place,
Running down under cover
Of a helicopter blade.

The flames are getting higher
In effigy.
Burning down the bridges of my memory.
Love may still alive
somewhere someday
where they're downing only deer
a hundred steel towns away.

Oh, rhythm of my heart
is beating like a drum
with the words "I Love you"
rolling off my tongue.
No never will I roam,
for I know my place is home.
Where the ocean meets the sky,
I'll be sailing.

Photographs and kerosene
light up my darkness,
light it up,
light it up.
I can still feel the touch
of your thin blue jeans.
Running down the alley,
I've got my eyes all over you, baby.
Oh, baby.

Oh, the rhythm of my heart
is beating like a drum
with the words "I Love you"
rolling off my tongue.
No never will I roam,
for I know my place is home.
Where the ocean meets the sky,
I'll be sailing.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, I've got lightning in my veins,
shifting like the handle
of a slot machine.
Love may still exist
in another place.
I'm just yanking back the handle,
no expression on my face.

Oh, the rhythm of my heart
is beating like a drum
with the words "I Love you"
rolling off my tongue.
No never will I roam,
for I know my place is home.
Where the ocean meets the sky,
I'll be sailing.

Oh, the rhythm of my heart
is beating like a drum
with the words "I Love you"
rolling off my tongue.
No never will I roam,
for I know my place is home.
Where the ocean meets the sky,
I'll be sailing.

The rhythm of my heart
is beating like a drum
with the words "I Love you" rolling off my tongue.
No never will I roam,
for I know my place is home.
Where the ocean meets the sky,
I'll be sailing

The Sun Sets in Molten Gold ~ Li Ching Chao ( 李清照)

The sun sets in molten gold.
The evening clouds form a jade disk.
Where is he?
Dense white mist envelops the willows.
A sad flute plays “Falling Plum Blossoms.”
How many Spring days are left now?
This Feast of Lanterns should be joyful.
The weather is calm and lovely.
But who can tell if it
Will be followed by wind and rain?

Li Ching Chao
1084-1151

Some People ~ Sir Cliff Richard

Some People ~ Cliff Richard
Some people they tease one another

Take pride in themselves keeping the other one down
-
Well
I'm not like that at all!
Some people they hurt one another

They love to see hurt in the other one's eyes
-
Well
I'm not like that at all.

Some people are born for each other

They love to walk holding the other one's hand
-
They always understand!
Some people cry
some people know why.

Some people they use one another so aimlessly

Not like lovers do
- well
I'm not like that at all!
Some people they long for each other

They love to talk holding the other one's hand -
They always understand!
Some people cry
some people know why.

With a word unspoken
with a voice unheard

When a word is broken by a tender word.
When a heart is moved
when a heart is thrown

The silence tells you you're not alone.

Some people are born for each other

They love to walk holding the other one.
Some people are born for each other

They love to walk holding the other one.
Some people are born for each other

They love to walk holding the other one.
Holding the other one
holding each other!

The Road Goes Ever On ~ J R R Tolkien 1892-1973

The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

J R R Tolkien 1892-1973

I Cry ~ Tupac Shakur

I Cry
Sometimes when I'm alone
I Cry,
Cause I am on my own.
The tears I cry are bitter and warm.
They flow with life but take no form
I Cry because my heart is torn.
I find it difficult to carry on.

If I had an ear to confiding,
I would cry among my treasured friend,
but who do you know that stops that long,
to help another carry on.

The world moves fast and it would rather pass by.
Then to stop and see what makes one cry,
so painful and sad.
And sometimes…
I Cry
and no one cares about why.

Tupac Shakur

情歌 (Love Song) ~ 梁靜茹 (Fish Leong)

Artist: 梁靜茹 Liang Jing Ru Fish Leong
Song: 情歌 Qing Ge love Song
Lyricist: 陳沒 Chen Mo
Composer: 伍冠諺 Wu guan Yan
Music Composer: 陳建騏 Chen Jian Qi
Lyric from: Chinesemusicblog
時光是琥珀淚一滴滴
shi guang shi hu po lei yi di di
Time is drops of tears being locked

被反鎖情書再不朽
bei fan suo qing shu zai bu xiu
in an amber. No matter how immortal the love letters are,

也磨成沙漏青春的上游
ye mo cheng sha luo qing chun de shang you
it'll still grinded into sand, leaking away. On the top of youthfulness,

白雲飛走蒼狗與海鷗
bai yun fei zou cang gou yu hai ou
white clouds are flying pass turning into dogs and seagulls.

閃過的念頭潺潺的溜走
shan guo de nian tou chan chan de liu zou
These flashy thoughts are slipping away.


命運好幽默讓愛的人都沉默
ming yun hao you mo rang ai de ren dou chen mo
Fate is very humorous. It makes people in love silent

一整個宇宙換一顆紅豆
yi zheng ge yu zhou huan yi ke hong dou
(and) willing to trade in the universe for a red bean.

回憶如困獸寂寞太久
hui yi ru kun shou ji mo tai jiu
Memories is like a monster that'll eventually became gentle

而漸漸溫柔放開了拳頭
er jian jian wen rou fang kai le quan tou
from being lonely for a long time. Letting go of (it's) fist,

反而更自由慢動作
fan er geng zi you man dong zuo
(it feels) much freer. In slow motion


繾綣膠捲重播默片
qian quan jiao juan chong bo mo pian
attracting, (and) replaying the silent film,

定格一瞬間我們在告別的演唱會
ding ge yi shun jian wo men zai gao bie de yan chang hui
(I've) stopped for a moment. In our farewell concert,

說好不再見
shuo hao bu zai jian
(we've) said that we won't met again.

你寫給我我的第一首歌
ni xie gei wo wo de di yi shou ge
You wrote me my first song.

你和我十指緊扣默寫前奏
ni he wo shi zhi jin kou mo xie qian zou
You and I were hand in hand (and) writing the prelude from (our) memory.

可是那然後呢還好我有
ke shi na ran hou ne hai hao wo you
But what now? At least I still have

我這一首情歌輕輕的 輕輕哼著
wo zhe yi shou qing ge qing qing de qing qing heng zhe
this love song. Lightly humming,
哭著笑著 我的天長地久
ku zhe xiao zhe wo de tian chang di jiu
crying and smiling at my eternity.

命運好幽默讓愛的人都沉默
ming yun hao you mo rang ai de ren dou chen mo
Fate is very humorous. It makes people in love silent

一整個宇宙換一顆紅豆
yi zheng ge yu zhou huan yi ke hong dou
(and) willing to trade in the universe for a red bean.

回憶如困獸寂寞太久
hui yi ru kun shou ji mo tai jiu
Memories is like a monster that'll eventually became gentle

而漸漸溫柔放開了拳頭
er jian jian wen rou fang kai le quan tou
from being lonely for a long time. Letting go of (it's) fist,

反而更自由長鏡頭
fan er geng zi you chang jin tou
(it feels) much freer. The long camera shot


越拉越遠越來越遠
yue la yue yuan yue la yue yuan
is pulling further and further, further and further.

事隔好幾年我們在
shi ge hao ji nian wo men zai
After a couple years from this, we are at

懷念的演唱會禮貌的吻別
huai nian de yan chang hui li mao de wen bie
(our) memorable concert politely kissing good bye.


你寫給我我的第一首歌
ni xie gei wo wo de di yi shou ge
You wrote me my first song.

你和我十指緊扣默寫前奏
ni he wo shi zhi jin kou mo xie qian zou
You and I were hand in hand (and) writing the prelude from (our) memory.

可是那然後呢還好我有
ke shi na ran hou ne hai hao wo you
But what now? At least I still have

我這一首情歌輕輕的 輕輕哼著
wo zhe yi shou qing ge qing qing de qing qing heng zhe
this love song. Lightly humming,

哭著笑著 我的天長地久
ku zhe xiao zhe wo de tian chang di jiu
crying and smiling at my eternity.

陪我唱歌清唱你的情歌
pei wo chang ge qing chang ni de qing ge
Sing with me. Sing acapella to your love song.

捨不得 短短副歌心還熱著
she bu de duan duan fu ge xin hai re zhe
(I) don't want the short chorus to end. My heart is still hot,

也該告一段落還好我有
ye gai gao yi duan luo hai hao wo you
but it should come to an end. At least I still have

我下一首情歌生命宛如 靜靜的
wo xia yi shou qing ge sheng ming wan ru jing jing de
my next love song. Life is like a calm river

相擁的河 永遠天長地久
xiang yong de he yong yuan tian chang di jiu
embracing each other for eternity.

People Get Ready ~ Rod Stewart

People get ready
你準備好了嗎？

People get ready, there's a train a comin'
你準備好了嗎 希望列車就要來了
...You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
不用帶行李 跳上來就好
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'
唯一需要的 是信心 聼那加油的呐喊
Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord
也不用買票 感謝神就好

People get ready for the train to Jordan
你準備好了嗎 希望列車就要來了
It's picking up passengers from coast to coast
東西南北 沿途載上了無數的旅客
Faith is the key, open the doors and board 'em
信心就是鑰匙 打開那扇心中的門 讓愛進入
There's hope for all among those loved the most.
只要有愛 就有幸福

There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
希望列車上 容不下邪惡的撒旦
Who would hurt all mankind just to save his own
容不下那些 把善良踩在腳下的惡魔
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
寬恕那些 沒有機會的可憐人
For there's no hiding place against the Kingdom's throne
因爲 他們在神的面前 無可遁形

So people get ready, there's a train a comin'
你準備好了嗎 希望列車就要來了
You don't need no baggage, you just get on board
不用帶行李 跳上來就好
All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin'
唯一需要的 是信心 聼那加油的呐喊
Don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord
也不用買票 感謝神就好

For All We Have and Are ~ Rudyard Kipling

For All We Have and Are

FOR all we have and are,
For all our children’s fate,
Stand up and take the war.
The Hun is at the gate!
Our world has passed away
In wantonness o’erthrown.
There is nothing left to-day
But steel and fire and stone!
Though all we knew depart,
The old Commandments stand—
“In courage keep your heart,
In strength lift up your hand.”

Once more we hear the word
That sickened earth of old:—
“No law except the Sword
Unsheathed and uncontrolled.”
Once more it knits mankind
Once more the nations go
To meet and break and bind
A crazed and driven foe.

Comfort, content, delight,
The ages’ slow-bought gain,
They shrivelled in a night.
Only ourselves remain
To face the naked days
In silent fortitude,
Through perils and dismays
Renewed and re-renewed.
Though all we made depart,
The old Commandments stand:—
“In patience keep your heart,
In strength lift up your hand.”

No easy hope or lies
Shall bring us to our goal,
But iron sacrifice
Of body, will, and soul.
There is but one task for all—
One life for each to give.
What stands if Freedom fall?
Who dies if England live?

Rudyard Kipling

潮騷 SHIOSAI (The Sound Of The Waves)~Mayumi Itsuwa (五輪真弓)

潮騷 SHIOSAI (The Sound Of The Waves) - Mayumi Itsuwa
Standing in a lonely harbor
I hear the sound of the waves
I am stranded and feel lost
My body and my soul worn out

Ah, seagull, look down and ridicule me
Who ever dreamed that I would be
In this strange town
And under this strange sky

A shooting star from above
Falls to the ground like a tear drop
A steam whistle makes me pine
For my home town far away

Ah, I'll get back to my town someday
Please tell them that I'm doing fine now

Ah, I'll get back to my town someday
And I will tell them stories of my travels
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Daremo inai minato ni tachi
Shiosai wo kikeba
Yorube nasa ni mi mo kokoro mo
Yatsureta youna

Ah mishiranu sora kono machi ni
Yume wo idaita kono watashi wo
waratte kamome

Nagare boshi ga namida no youni
Potsuri to ochitara
Haruka tooi kokyo e to
Kiteki ga yobu yo

Ah itsuka kaeru ano machi ni
Ima wa genki de iru kara to
tsutaete okure

Ah itsuka kaeru ano machi ni
Kitto miyage banashi nado wo
kikasete ageyou

As Long as your Eyes are Blue ~ A B 'Banjo' Paterson

As Long as your Eyes are Blue
Wilt thou love me, sweet, when my hair is grey
And my cheeks shall have lost their hue?
When the charms of youth shall have passed away,
Will your love as of old prove true?

For the looks may change, and the heart may range,
And the love be no longer fond;
Wilt thou love with truth in the years of youth
And away to the years beyond?

Oh, I love you, sweet, for your locks of brown
And the blush on your cheek that lies —
But I love you most for the kindly heart
That I see in your sweet blue eyes.

For the eyes are signs of the soul within,
Of the heart that is leal and true,
And mine own sweetheart, I shall love you still,
Just as long as your eyes are blue.

For the locks may bleach, and the cheeks of peach
May be reft of their golden hue;
But mine own sweetheart, I shall love you still,
Just as long as your eyes are blue.

A B 'Banjo' Paterson
1864-1941, written in 1892

Per Noi ~ Andrea Bocelli

Per Noi ~ Andrea Bocelli
Per Noi lyrics: Amedeo Minghi / Paolo Audino

Translation:
For Us

For us
I thought of
So many things you don't know about
A different love like that ....
So I never want to lose you ...

Hot pearls on your face
Tears that I will gather -
You will smile
Amidst my fresh promises,
You will hear these words of mine,
Already honest.

The two of us like this, turning our backs on the world
Here facing a sunset,
You will listen to
The sound of life stretching away peacefully
And you will understand.

Dark summer storms
Remain a nonexistent memory
And I will hear
Sounds in the sunset, now
It's time to stay with you
Here and now,
Holding each other tight
Not to part again
If that is what you want.

For us,
You know,
From afar I caressed
A different love like that,
Still thinking of you .....
Softly you opened
Your coral lips on me
With your kisses.
Back turned on the world, like that
As it goes slowly by I know
I'll hear

Sounds in the sunset, now
It's time to stay beside you
And you'll understand
Holding each other tight
Not to part again
If that is what you want

For us
I would grow
A different love like that,
Inside me - here
I take everything that you are

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Per noi
Pensai
Quante cose che tu non sai
Un diverso amore cosi
Che non voglio perderti mai

Calde perle sul tuo viso
Lacrime che io raccogliero'
Sorriderai
Nelle mie promesse nuove
Queste mie parole sentirai
Oneste ormai

Noi cosi di spalle al mondo
Qui di fronte ad un tramonto che
Ascolterai
Suono della vita che serenamente si distender
E capirai

Scure le tempeste estive
Restano un ricordo che non
E sentiro'
Suoni nel tramonto adesso
E tempo di restare insieme a te
Adesso qui
Che stringersi
Non è dividersi di nuovo
Se vorrai

Per noi
Lo sai
Da lontano io carezzai
Un diverso amore cos
Nell'idea ancora di te â
Le tue labbra coralline
Dischiudevi piano su di me
Coi baci tuoi
Lui così di spalle
Al mondo
Mentre scorre lento sento che
Ascolterai
Suoni nel tramonto adesso
è tempo di restare insieme a te
E capirai
Che stringersi
Non è dividersi di nuovo
Se vorrai

Per noi
Saprei
Crescere qui dentro di me
Un diverso amore cos
Prendo tutto quello che sei
Tu qui â

Dreams ~ Langston Hughes

Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

Langston Hughes
1902-1967

Blue ~ By Angie Hart

Blue - By Angie Hart
Night falls
I fall
And where were you?
And where were you?

Warm skin
Wolf grin
And where were you?

I fell into the moon
And it covered you in blue
I fell into the moon
Can I make it right?
Can I spend the night?

High tide
Inside
The air is dew
And where were you?

While I
I died
And where were you?

I crawled out of the world
And you said I shouldn't stay
I crawled out of the world
Can I make it right?
Can I spend the night
Alone?

The Moonlight ~ Sarah Knowles Bolton

The Moonlight

What is the moonlight to me?
An infinite rest;
The subtle and sweet melody
Of song unexpressed.

What is the moonlight to me?
The peace of a river:
Companionship of a sea
That surges forever.

What is the moonlight to me?
Satisfaction completest;
A precious and dear memory
Of all that is sweetest.

What is the moonlight to me?
A tryst and a union;
A promise for futurity;
A soulful communion.

Sarah Knowles Bolton (1841-1916)

All I Ever Need Is You ~ Ray Charles

Ray Charles - All I Ever Need Is You (1991)
Sometimes when I'm sad and all alone
just like a child without a home
The love you give me keeps me hangin' on
All I ever need is you now

Your my first love, your my last
Your my future, your my past
Loving you is all I ask, ohh
All I ever need is you

Winters come and then they go
And we watch the melting snow
Sure as summer follows spring, all the things you do
Give me a reason to build my world around you

Some men follow rainbows I am told
Some men search for silver, some for gold
I found my treasures in your soul
All I ever need is you baby

Without love I'd never find the way
Through ups and downs of every day
I won't sleep at night until you say
Ohh Babe, all I ever need is you

Some men follow rainbows I am told
Some men search for silver, some for gold
I found my treasures in your soul
All I ever need is you baby

Without love I'd never find the way
Through ups and downs of every day
I won't sleep at night until you say
Ohh, all I ever need is you
I wanna hear you say
All I ever need is you babe
All I ever need is you
All I ever need is you
All I ever need is you