Lotus ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Lotus
On the day when the lotus bloomed, alas, my mind was straying,
and I knew it not. My basket was empty and the flower remained unheeded.

Only now and again a sadness fell upon me, and I started up from my
dream and felt a sweet trace of a strange fragrance in the south wind.

That vague sweetness made my heart ache with longing and it seemed to
me that is was the eager breath of the summer seeking for its completion.

I knew not then that it was so near, that it was mine, and that this
perfect sweetness had blossomed in the depth of my own heart.

Rabindranath Tagore
1861-1941

心雨 ~ 李碧華 (Silent Rain Of My Heart)

歌手：李碧華 , 專輯：溫柔珍藏版專輯
--------------------------------------------
作詞：劉振美　作曲：馬兆駿

我的思念　
是不可觸摸的網
我的思念　
不再是決堤的海
為什麼總在　
那些飄雨的日子
深深的把你想起

我的心事六月的情　
瀝瀝下著心雨
想你想你想你想你　
最後一次想你
因為明天我將成為別人的新娘
讓我最後一次想你


心雨 ~ 毛宁;杨钰莹

The Rose ~ Aoi Teshima (手嶌葵)

The Rose ~ Aoi Teshima (手嶌葵)
The Rose
Some say love, it is a river
That drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor
That leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love, it is a hunger
An endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower
And you, its only seed

It's the heart, afraid of breaking
That never learns to dance
It's the dream, afraid of waking
That never takes the chance
It's the one who won't be taken
Who cannot seem to give
And the soul, afraid of dying
That never learns to live

When the night has been too lonely
And the road has been too long
And you think that love is only
for the lucky and the strong
Just remember in the winter
Far beneath the bitter snow
Lies the seed
That with the sun's love, in the spring
Becomes the rose
--------------------------------------------
The Rose Song Lyrics Information
Lyrics and Song Music by Amanda Mc Broom
The Rose was recorded by Bette Midler in1979

Final Curve ~ Langston Hughes (1902- 1967)

Final Curve
When you turn the corner
And you run into yourself
Then you know that you have turned
All the corners that are left

Langston Hughes
1902-1967

I Honestly Love You ~ Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John, I Honestly Love You
Artist: Olivia Newton-John
Song: I Honestly Love You
Album: Magic - The Very Best of Olivia Newton-John


Maybe I hang around here
A little more than I should
We both know I got somewhere else to go
But I got something to tell you
That I never thought I would
But I believe you really ought to know

I love you
I honestly love you

You don't have to answer
I see it in your eyes
Maybe it was better left unsaid
This is pure and simple
And you should realize
That it's coming from my heart and not my head

I love you
I honestly love you

I'm not trying to make you feel uncomfortable
I'm not trying to make you anything at all
But this feeling doesn't come along everyday
And you shouldn't blow the chance
When you've got the chance to say

I love you
I honestly love you

If we both were born
In anoother place and time
This moment might be ending in a kiss
But there you are with yours
And here I am with mine
So I guess we'll just be leaving it at this

I love you
I honestly love you
I honestly love you

June Light ~ Richard Wilbur

June Light

Your voice, with clear location of June days,
Called me outside the window.You were there,
Light yet composed, as in the just soft stare
Of uncontested summer all things raise
Plainly their seeming into seamless air.

Then your love looked as simple and entire
As that picked pear you tossed me, and your face
As legible as pearskin's fleck and trace,
Which promise always wine, by mottled fire
More fatal fleshed than ever human grace.

And your gay gift—Oh when I saw it fall
Into my hands, through all that naïve light,
It seemed as blessed with truth and new delight
As must have been the first great gift of all.

Richard Wilbur

Nothing man ~ Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen - Nothing man
I don't remember how I felt
I never thought I'd live
To read about myself
In my hometown paper
How my brave young life
Was forever changed
In a misty cloud of pink vapor

Darlin' give me your kiss
Only understand
I am the nothing man

Around here everybody acts the same
Around here everybody acts like nothing's changed
Friday night club meets at Al's Barbecue
The sky is still the same unbelievable blue

Darlin' give me your kiss
Come and take my hand
I am the nothing man

You can call me Joe
Buy me a drink and shake my hand
You want courage
I'll show you courage you can understand
Pearl and silver
Restin' on my night table
It's just me Lord, pray I'm able

Darlin' with this kiss
Say you understand
I am the nothing man
I am the nothing man

It Was Long Ago ~ Eleanor Farjeon 1881-1965

It Was Long Ago
I'll tell you, shall I, something I remember?
Something that still means a great deal to me.
It was long ago.

A dusty road in summer I remember,
A mountain, and an old house, and a tree
That stood, you know,

Behind the house. An old woman I remember
In a red shawl with a grey cat on her knee
Humming under a tree.

She seemed the oldest thing I can remember.
But then perhaps I was not more than three.
It was long ago.

I dragged on the dusty road, and I remember
How the old woman looked over the fence at me
And seemed to know

How it felt to be three, and called out, I remember
"Do you like bilberries and cream for tea?"
I went under the tree.

And while she hummed, and the cat purred, I remember
How she filled a saucer with berries and cream for me
So long ago.

Such berries and such cream as I remember
I never had seen before, and never see
Today, you know.

And that is almost all I can remember,
The house, the mountain, the gray cat on her knee,
Her red shawl, and the tree,

And the taste of the berries, the feel of the sun I remember,
And the smell of everything that used to be
So long ago,

Till the heat on the road outside again I remember
And how the long dusty road seemed to have for me
No end, you know.

That is the farthest thing I can remember.
It won't mean much to you. It does to me.

Eleanor Farjeon
1881-1965

Kiroro-Nagaiaida ( A Long Time)

Kiroro-Nagaiaida
I’m sorry I kept you waiting for so long
Work suddenly came up again
We can’t be together all the time
And I’ve made you feel so lonely

When I can’t be with you
Your voice sounds broken over the phone
Seeing your smile after such a long time
Sweeps my heart away

I’ve realized that my heart belongs to you
But I can’t bring myself to say those words, “I love you”

I’ll only believe those words if you’re the one who says them
I’ve been waiting all this time to hear it
Your smile is something I won’t forget
Because I want to be close to you

My heart melts when I’m near your smile
But I can’t bring myself to say those words, “I love you”

*I’ve realized that my heart belongs to you
But I can’t bring myself to say those words, “I love you”
My heart melts when I’m near your smile
But I can’t bring myself to say those words, “I love you”

(Repeat*)
[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]
Nagai aida matasete gomen
Mata kyuu ni shigoto ga haitta
Itsumo issho ni irarenakute
Sabishii omoi wo saseta ne

Aenai toki juwaki kara kikoeru
Kimi no koe ga kasureteru
Hisashiburi ni atta toki no
Kimi no egao ga mune wo saratte iku

Kizuita no anata ga konna ni mune no naka ni iru koto
Aishiteru masaka ne sonna koto ienai

Anata no sono kotoba dake wo shinjite
Kyou made matte ita watashi
Egao dake wa wasurenai you ni
Anata no soba ni itai kara

Waratteru anata no soba dewa sunao ni nareru no
Aishiteru demo masaka ne sonna koto ienai

Kizuita no anata ga konna ni mune no naka ni iru koto
Aishiteru masaka ne sonna koto ienai
Waratteru anata no soba dewa sunao ni nareru no
Aishiteru demo masaka ne sonna koto ienai

Kizuita no anata ga konna ni mune no naka ni iru koto
Aishiteru masaka ne sonna koto ienai
Waratteru anata no soba dewa sunao ni nareru no
Aishiteru demo masaka ne sonna koto ienai

I Am The Wind ~ Zoe Akins

I Am The Wind
I am the wind that wavers,
You are the certain land;
I am the shadow that passes
Over the sand.

I am the leaf that quivers,
You, the unshaken tree;
You are the stars that are steadfast,
I am the sea.

You are the light eternal—
Like a torch I shall die.
You are the surge of deep music,
I but a cry!

Zoe Akins 1886-1958, written in 1914

Brand New Start ~ Paul Weller [Acoustic]

Paul Weller Brand New Start
I'm gonna clear out my head
I'm gonna get myself straight
I know it's never too late
To make a brand new start

I'm gonna kick down the door
I'm gonna get myself in
I'm gonna fix up the yard
And not fall back again

I'm gonna clear up my earth
And build a heaven off the ground
Not something distant on a cloud
But something real to me
But something real to me

All that I can I can be
All that I am I can't see
All that is mine is in my hands
So to myself I call

There's somewhere else I should be
There's someone else I can't see
There's something more I can find
There's only love to me

I'm gonna clean up my earth
And build a heaven off the ground
Not something dsitant on a cloud
But something real to me
But something real to me

I'm gonna clean up my head
I'm gonna get myself straight
I feel it's never too late
To make a brand new start
To make a brand new start
To make a brand new start

Advice To A Son ~ Ernest Hemingway

Advice To A Son
Never trust a white man,
Never kill a Jew,
Never sign a contract,
Never rent a pew.
Don't enlist in armies;
Nor marry many wives;
Never write for magazines;
Never scratch your hives.
Always put paper on the seat,
Don't believe in wars,
Keep yourself both clean and neat,
Never marry whores.
Never pay a blackmailer,
Never go to law,
Never trust a publisher,
Or you'll sleep on straw.
All your friends will leave you
All your friends will die
So lead a clean and wholesome life
And join them in the sky.

Ernest Hemingway

Mirai e- Kiroro

Mirai e- Kiroro
English Translation:
Future
Look, do you see what's at your feet?
This is the road you walk on
Look do you see what's up ahead?
That is your future...

My mother showed me so much tenderness
Telling me again and again,to walk on with love
I was too young then to understand what she meant
But she still took my hand and walk together with me...

My dreams always seems so far away in the sky
I'm afraid i'll never reach it, but i'll keep chasing it
Since this is my story, i don't want to give up
You held my hand when i was scared
and walked together with me

At times i hated that tenderness and let go,
not listening to my mom...

Look, do you see what's at your feet?
This is the road you walk on
Look do you see what's up ahead?
That is your future...

At times i hated that tenderness and let go,
not listening to my mom...

Look, do you see what's at your feet?
This is the road you walk on
Look do you see what's up ahead?
That is your future...

Look, do you see what's at your feet?
This is the road you walk on
Look do you see what's up ahead?
That is your future...

Turn to the future and let's walk there one step at a time
((((((((((+++++++++++++++)))))))))

Hora ashimoto wo mitegoran
Kore ga anata no ayumu michi
Hora mae wo mitegoran
Are ga anata no mirai

Haha ga kureta takusan no yasashisa
Ai wo idaite ayume to kurikaeshita
Ano toki wa mada osanakute imi nado shiranai
Sonna watashi no te wo nigiri
Issho ni ayundekita

Yume wa itsumo sora takaku aru kara
Todokanakute kowai ne dakedo oitsuzukeru no
Jibun no SUTOORII dakara koso akirametakunai
Fuan ni naru to te wo nigiri
Issho ni ayundekita

** sono yasashi wo toki ni wa iyagari
Hanareta haha e sunao ni narezu

* repeat
** repeat
* repeat

Hora ashimoto wo mitegoran
Kore ga anata no ayumu michi
Hora mae wo mitegoran
Are ga anata no mirai

Mirai e mukatte yukkuri to aruite yukou

More lyrics: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/k/kiroro/#share

Has My Heart Gone To Sleep? ~ Antonio Machado

Has My Heart Gone To Sleep?
Has my heart gone to sleep?
Have the beehives of my dreams
stopped working, the waterwheel
of the mind run dry,
scoops turning empty,
only shadow inside?

No, my heart is not asleep.
It is awake, wide awake.
Not asleep, not dreaming—
its eyes are opened wide
watching distant signals, listening
on the rim of vast silence.

Antonio Machado
1875-1939, written in 1917

Michael Buble - Home

Michael Buble - Home
Another summer day
has come and gone away
In Paris or Rome...
but I wanna go home
...uhm Home
may be surrounded by
a million people I
still feel all alone
just wanna go home
I miss you, you know

And I've been keeping all the letters
that I wrote to you,
Each one a line or two
I'm fine baby, how are you?
I would send them but I know that it's just not enough
My words were cold and flat
And you deserve more than that

Another aeroplane, another sunny place,
I'm lucky I know
but I wanna go home
I got to go home

Let me go home

I'm just too far from where you are
I wanna come home


And I feel just like I'm living
someone else's life
It's like I just stepped outside
when everything was going right
And I know just why you could not come along with me
This was not your dream
but you always believed in me...

Another winter day
Has come and gone away
in either Paris or Rome
and I wanna go home
Let me go home

And I'm surrounded by
A million people I
still feel alone
Let me go home
I miss you , you know

Let me go home
I've had my run
baby I'm done
I gotta go home

Let me go home
it'll all be alright
I'll be home tonight
I'm coming back home

Devotion ~ Robert Frost

Devotion
The heart can think of no devotion
Greater than being shore to ocean -
Holding the curve of one position,
Counting an endless repetition.

Robert Frost
1874-1963,

Heart Of Gold ~ Neil Young

Heart Of Gold ~ Neil Young

I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.
It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind,
it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

Keep me searching
for a heart of gold
You keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm growing old.
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.

Roxette - Heart of Gold

Just Thinking Of You ~ James Douglas Morrison

Just Thinking Of You
Watching whitecaps roll into the ocean of blue.
With a smile on my face just thinking of you.
The sweet memories, the tender moments we've shared.
They caress me like the soft breeze that fills the air.
The loving feeling I get when I hold your hand.
The summer night when we walked in the sand.
Waves splashing on the rocks along the shoreline.
Brings tears to my eyes knowing that your mine.
Sharing a love like ours my happy heart sighs.
Watching the violet clouds carelessly floating by.

James Douglas Morrison
1943-1971