Diamonds and Rust ~ Joan Baez

DIAMONDS AND RUST

(Words and Music by Joan Baez)

Well I'll be damned
Here comes your ghost again
But that's not unusual
It's just that the moon is full
And you happened to call
And here I sit
Hand on the telephone
Hearing a voice I'd known
A couple of light years ago
Heading straight for a fall

As I remember your eyes
Were bluer than robin's eggs
My poetry was lousy you said
Where are you calling from?
A booth in the midwest
Ten years ago
I bought you some cufflinks
You brought me something
We both know what memories can bring
They bring diamonds and rust

Well you burst on the scene
Already a legend
The unwashed phenomenon
The original vagabond
You strayed into my arms
And there you stayed
Temporarily lost at sea
The Madonna was yours for free
Yes the girl on the half-shell
Would keep you unharmed

Now I see you standing
With brown leaves falling around
And snow in your hair
Now you're smiling out the window
Of that crummy hotel
Over Washington Square
Our breath comes out white clouds
Mingles and hangs in the air
Speaking strictly for me
We both could have died then and there

Now you're telling me
You're not nostalgic
Then give me another word for it
You who are so good with words
And at keeping things vague
Because I need some of that vagueness now
It's all come back too clearly
Yes I loved you dearly
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
I've already paid

In An Album ~ Arthur Sherburne Hardy

IN AN ALBUM

Like the south-flying swallow the summer has flown,

Like a fast-falling star, from unknown to unknown

Life flashes and falters and fails from our sight,—

Good-night, friends, good-night.

Like home-coming swallows that seek the old eaves,

Like the buds that wait patient beneath the dead leaves,

Love shall sleep in our hearts till our hands meet again,

Till then, friends, till then!

Arthur Sherburne Hardy

Try A Little Kindness ~ Glen Campbell

Try A Little Kindness  ~ Glen Campbell

If you see your brother standing by the road
with the heavy load from the seeds he sowed
and if you see your sister falling by the way
why don't you stop and say:
You're on the wrong way!

But you've got to try a little kindness
you show a little kindness
but you shine your light for every one to see
But if you try a little kindness
then you'll overlook the blindness
of the narrow minded people
on the narrow minded street

And don't you walk around the down and out

just lend a helping hand and settle.down
And the kindness that .you show every day
it's gonna help someone along life's way



But you've got to try a little kindness..

A Moment Of Happiness ~ Mewlana Jalaluddin Rumi

A moment of happiness,

you and I sitting on the verandah,

apparently two, but one in soul, you and I.
We feel the flowing water of life here,
you and I, with the garden's beauty
and the birds singing.
The stars will be watching us,
and we will show them
what it is to be a thin crescent moon.
You and I unselfed, will be together,
indifferent to idle speculation, you and I.
The parrots of heaven will be cracking sugar
as we laugh together, you and I.
In one form upon this earth,
and in another form in a timeless sweet land.

Baby It's You ~ Smokie

Baby It's You ~ Smokie

I was lost and at an end

It seemed so long
I really needed a friend
Why should I pretend?

I couldn't think I had to see
That Southern Comfort comforts me
I could be free
But where would I be?

Then you came along
And you sang your song
And you made my day
In your special way

Then I knew
That baby it's you
Baby it's you
You know that it's you I'm thinking of
Baby it's you

Try my best to get along
Make some friends, but something always went wrong
I come on too strong
Things were really getting rough
Getting tired of acting like I was tough
I just had enough

Then you came along
And you sang your song
And you made my day
In your special way

Then I knew
That baby it's you
Baby it's you
You know that it's you I'm thinking of
Baby it's you

(Chorus x 2)

Myself ~ Edgar Albert Guest

I have to live with myself and so
I want to be fit for myself to know.
I want to be able as days go by,
always to look myself straight in the eye;
I don't want to stand with the setting sun
and hate myself for the things I have done.
I don't want to keep on a closet shelf
a lot of secrets about myself
and fool myself as I come and go
into thinking no one else will ever know
the kind of person I really am,
I don't want to dress up myself in sham.
I want to go out with my head erect
I want to deserve all men's respect;
but here in the struggle for fame and wealth
I want to be able to like myself.
I don't want to look at myself and know that
I am bluster and bluff and empty show.
I never can hide myself from me;
I see what others may never see;
I know what others may never know,

I never can fool myself and so,

whatever happens I want to be
self respecting and conscience free.

Edgar Albert Guest 

First Time Ever I Saw Your Face ~ Roberta Flack

First Time Ever I Saw Your Face

The first time ever I saw your face
I thought the sun rose in your eyes
And the moon and stars were the gifts you gave
To the dark and the empty skies, my love,
To the dark and the empty skies.

The first time ever I kissed your mouth
And felt your heart beat close to mine
Like the trembling heart of a captive bird
That was there at my command, my love
That was there at my command.

And the first time ever I lay with you
I felt your heart so close to mine
And I knew our joy would fill the earth
And last till the end of time my love
It would last till the end of time my love

The first time ever I saw your face, your face,
your face, your face

Summer Wind ~ Frank Sinatra

Summer Wind ~ Frank Sinatra

The summer wind, came blowin' in from across the sea

It lingered there to touch your hair and walk with me
All summer long we sang a song and then we strolled that golden sand
Two sweethearts and the summer wind

Like painted kites, those days and nights, they went flyin' by
The world was new beneath a blue umbrella sky
Then softer than a piper man one day it called to you
I lost you, I lost you to the summer wind

The autumn wind and the winter winds, they have come and gone
And still the days, those lonely days, they go on and on
And guess who sighs his lullabies through nights that never end
My fickle friend, the summer wind

The summer wind
Warm summer wind
Mmm, the summer wind

The Blind Men and the Elephant:A Hindoo Fable by John Godfrey Saxe

The Blind Men and the Elephant:

A Hindoo Fable

by John Godfrey Saxe

It was six men of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind),
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.

The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side,
At once began to bawl:
“God bless me! but the Elephant
Is very like a wall!”

The Second, feeling of the tusk,
Cried, “Ho! what have we here
So very round and smooth and sharp?
To me ‘tis mighty clear
This wonder of an Elephant
Is very like a spear!”

The Third approached the animal,
And happening to take
The squirming trunk within his hands,
Thus boldly up and spake:
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a snake!”

The Fourth reached out an eager hand,
And felt about the knee.
“What most this wondrous beast is like
Is mighty plain,” quoth he;
“‘Tis clear enough the Elephant
Is very like a tree!”

The Fifth who chanced to touch the ear,
Said: “E’en the blindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can,
This marvel of an Elephant
Is very like a fan!”

The Sixth no sooner had begun
About the beast to grope,
Than, seizing on the swinging tail
That fell within his scope,
“I see,” quoth he, “the Elephant
Is very like a rope!”

And so these men of Indostan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!

The Moral:

So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!

First Fig ~ Edna St. Vincent Millay

                                       Amy Jade Winehouse

                                                                         (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011)

First Fig

My candle burns at both ends;

It will not last the night;

But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—

It gives a lovely light.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

February 22, 1892 – October 19, 1950

Only Love ~ Trademark

"Only Love"

2 a.m. and the rain is falling
Here we are at the crossroads once again
You're telling me you're so confused
You can't make up your mind
Is this meant to be
You're asking me

But only love can say - try again or walk away
But I believe for you and me
The sun will shine one day
So I'll just play my part
And pray you'll have a change of heart
But I can't make you see it through
That's something only love can do

In your arms as the dawn is breaking
Face to face and a thousand miles apart
I've tried my best to make you see
There's hope beyond the pain
If we give enough, if we learn to trust

[Chorus]

Good - Better - Best~Ellis Parker Butler

Good - Better - Best

When young, in tones quite positive
I said, "The world shall see
That I can keep myself from sin;
A good man I will be."

But when I loved Miss Kate St. Clair
'Twas thus my musing ran:
"I cannot be compared with her;
I'll be a better man."

'Twas at the wedding of a friend
(He married Kate St. Clair)
That I became superlative,
For I was "best man" there.

Ellis Parker Butler

1869-1937

I See The Moon ~ Jim Brickman

I See The Moon ~ Jim Brickman
I see the moon, the moon sees me

The moon sees somebody I want to see
So, God bless the moon and God bless me
And God bless the 'Somebody' I want to see

I see the moon, the moon sees me
The moon sees somebody I want to see
So, God bless the moon and God bless me
And God bless the 'Somebody' I want to see

So, God bless the moon and God bless me
And God bless the 'Somebody' I want to see
God bless the moon, God bless me
And God bless the 'Somebody' I want to see

The Grey Hair ~ Yehudah ha-Levi

The Grey Hair

One day I observed a grey hair in my head;
I plucked it right out, when it thus to me said:
"You may smile, if you wish, at your treatment of me,
But a score of my friends soon will make a mockery of you."

Yehudah ha-Levi

1075-1141

My Father's Eyes ~ Eric Clapton

My Father's Eyes ~ Eric Clapton
Sailing down behind the sun,
Waiting for my prince to come.
Praying for the healing rain
To restore my soul again.

Just a toerag on the run.
How did I get here?
What have I done?
When will all my hopes arise?
How will I know him?


When I look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
When I look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.


Then the light begins to shine
And I hear those ancient lullabies.
And as I watch this seedling grow,
Feel my heart start to overflow.


Where do I find the words to say?
How do I teach him?
What do we play?
Bit by bit, I've realized


That's when I need them,
That's when I need my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
That's when I need my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.


Then the jagged edge appears
Through the distant clouds of tears.
I'm like a bridge that was washed away;
My foundations were made of clay.


As my soul slides down to die.
How could I lose him?
What did I try?
Bit by bit, I've realized
That he was here with me;
I looked into my father's eyes.


My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.


My father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

Golden Silence ~ Ellis Parker Butler

Golden Silence



I told her I loved her and begged but a word,
One dear little word, that would be
For me by all odds the most sweet ever heard,
But never a word said she!


I raged at her then, and I said she was cold;
I swore she was nothing to me;
I prayed her the cause of her silence unfold,
But never a word said she!


I covered with kisses her delicate hand,
But she only glanced down where the sea
Low murmured in ripples of love on the sand,
And never a word said she!


I cast her hand from me with rage unsuppressed,
And she turned her blue eyes up to me
And smiled as she laid her fair head on my breast;
"What need of a word?" asked she.


Ellis Parker Butler

1869-1937

Return to Innocence~Enigma

Enigma ~~ Return to Innocence
That's not the beginning of the end

That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence


Love, devotion
Feeling, emotion
Love, devotion
Feeling, emotion


Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart, my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence


If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself, don't hide
Just believe in destiny
Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence


That's not the beginning of the end
That's the return to yourself
The return to innocence


Don't care what people say
Follow just your own way
Don't give up, don't give up
To return, to return to innocence


If you want, then laugh
If you must, then cry
Be yourself, don't hide
Just believe in destiny

God Bless Our Good and Gracious King ~ Lord John Wilmot

God Bless Our Good and Gracious King


God bless our good and gracious kind,
Whose promise none relies on,
Who never said a foolish thing,
Nor ever did a wise one.


Lord John Wilmot
1647-1680

The Spanish Night Is Over ~ Engelbert Humperdinck

Engelbert Humperdinck - The Spanish Night Is Over
Once upon a lonely night, Barcelona Spain.

She was just a simple girl, Maria was her name.
Through the night we fell in love, that morning brings goodbye.
Now we spend the rest of my life wondering why.


The Spanish night is over, and here I am again.
Holdin’ just a heartfull of memory’s, that never ends.
The Spanish night is over, but still I’m dreamin’ off.
How it was together, the night we fell in love.


Every night I close my eyes, and hold her in my sleep.
So it was so long ago, the memory’s I will keep,
Some of us we went to win, other’s ment to loose.
But I never dream that we still loosin’ you.


The Spanish night is over, and here I am again.
Holdin’ just a heartfull of memory’s, that never ends.
The Spanish night is over, but still I’m dreamin’ off.
How it was together, the night we fell in love.

Instrumental……..
The Spanish night is over, but still I’m dreamin’ off.
How it was together, the night we fell in love.
How it was together, the-night -we -fell -in love

Rain Has Fallen All the Day ~ James Joyce

Rain Has Fallen All the Day

Rain has fallen all the day.
O come among the laden trees:
The leaves lie thick upon the way
Of memories.

Staying a little by the way
Of memories shall we depart.
Come, my beloved, where I may
Speak to your heart.


James Joyce
2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941

It's Impossible ~ Perry Como

It's impossible . . .

Tell the sun to leave the sky,
It’s just impossible . . .


It’s impossible . . .
Ask a baby not to cry,
It’s just impossible . . .


Can I hold you closer to me.
And not feel you goin’ through me,
Split the second,
That I never think of you,
Oh! how impossible . . .


Can the ocean keep from rushin’ to the shore?
It’s just impossible!
If I had you, could I ever want for more?
It’s just impossible!


And tomorrow , should you ask me for the world,
Somehow I'd get it . . .
I would sell my very soul,
And not regret it . . .
For to live without your love,
It’s just impossible!


< repeat last two verses >
Impossible! ( hmm )
Impossible!

Now The Day Is Over ~ Sabine Baring-Gould

Now The Day Is Over

Now the day is over,
Night is drawing nigh,
Shadows of the evening
Steal across the sky.


Now the darkness gathers,
Stars begin to peep,
Birds, and beasts and flowers
Soon will be asleep.


Jesus, give the weary
Calm and sweet repose;
With Thy tenderest blessing
May mine eyelids close.


Grant to little children
Visions bright of Thee;
Guard the sailors tossing
On the deep, blue sea.


Comfort those who suffer,
Watching late in pain;
Those who plan some evil
From their sin restrain.


Through the long night watches
May Thine angels spread
Their white wings above me,
Watching round my bed.


When the morning wakens,
Then may I arise
Pure, and fresh, and sinless
In Thy holy eyes.


Glory to the Father,
Glory to the Son,
And to Thee, blest Spirit,
While all ages run.

Sabine Baring-Gould

1834-1924



留不住你的心 ~ 鄧麗君 (Teresa Teng)

留不住你的心 ~ 鄧麗君 (Teresa Teng)


作詞：張錦華　作曲：張錦華


你曾經對我一往深情　我也曾經對你一片癡心

You have once been affectionate with me;
I have also been that way with you.


奈何情天掀起了風雨陣陣　使我倆離分
It is a pity that our sweet time has been
interrupted by rainstorms often, separating us.


你卻丟下了我　不管也不問
Then you leave me behind, ignoring me and do not
even ask about me.


縱然遇見了　也變成陌生的人
Even while chancing upon me,
you have become a stranger.


我已付出真情　也愛你這麼深　卻留不住你的心
I have already offered my true affection,
and loved you this deeply. But I cannot keep your heart.


你曾經對我一往深情　我也曾經對你一片癡心
You have once been affectionate with me;
I have also been that way with you.


奈何情天掀起了風雨陣陣　使我倆離分
It is a pity that our sweet time has been
interrupted by rainstorms often, separating us.


你卻丟下了我　不管也不問
Then you leave me behind,
ignoring me and do not even ask about me.


縱然遇見了　也變成陌生的人
Even while chancing upon me,
you have become a stranger.


我已付出真情　也愛你這麼深　卻留不住你的心
I have already offered my true affection,
and loved you this deeply. But I cannot keep your heart.

Wisdom and War ~ Langston Hughes

Wisdom and War

We do not care-
That much is clear.
Not enough
Of us care
Anywhere.
We are not wise-
For that reason,
Mankind dies.
To think
Is much against
The will.
Better-
And easier-
To kill.

Langston Hughes

I'll Find a Way ~ Rachael Yamagata

Rachael Yamagata - I'll Find a Way
I'll find a way to see you again
I'll find a way to see you again


I used to think that anything I'd do
Wouldn't matter at all anyway
But now I find that when it comes to you
I'm the winner of cards I can't play
Wait for me, wait for me
Darling, I need you desperately, desperately here


And I'll find a way to see you again
And I'll find a way to see you again


The rain is like an orchestra to me
Little gifts from above meant to say
Girl, you falling at his feet
Isn't lovely or stunning today
Wait with me, wait with me
I'm alive when you're here with me, here with me, stay


And I'll find a way to see you again
And I'll find a way to see you again


Why do the street lamps die
When you're passing by
Like a hand that won't stay on my shoulder tonight
If you held me close, would you laugh it away
Would you dare the glance that I steal to stay


And I'll find a way to see you again
Yes, I'll find a way to see you again
I'll find a way, a way, a way to see you again
I'll find a way, a way, a way to see you again
I'll find a way, a way, a way to see you again


The rain will bring, the rain will bring, the rain will bring, bring, bring me down
The rain will bring, the rain will bring, the rain will bring, bring, bring me down
The rain will bring, the rain will bring, the rain will bring, bring, bring me down

Be Kind ~ Charles Bukowski

Be Kind

we are always asked
to understand the other person's
viewpoint
no matter how
out-dated
foolish or
obnoxious.


one is asked
to view
their total error
their life-waste
with
kindliness,
especially if they are
aged.


but age is the total of
our doing.
they have aged
badly
because they have
lived
out of focus,
they have refused to
see.

not their fault?
whose fault?
mine?


I am asked to hide
my viewpoint
from them
for fear of their
fear.


age is no crime

but the shame
of a deliberately
wasted
life


among so many
deliberately
wasted
lives


is.

Joy ~ Phish

"Joy"

Joy is over there in her incredible clothes

She has silver silk shimmering down to her toes
I was doing the best that I can, I suppose
But that little girl dancer eventually grows, she grows


You can't imagine all the times that I tried
To uncover the source of the tears that you cried
Let's throw it away and just go for a ride
And you'd say okay but you'd keep it inside
And I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried


We want you to be happy, don't live inside the gloom
We want you to be happy, come step outside your room
We want you to be happy 'cause this is your song too


I never thought I could have it so good
You were the song that my soul understood
That time is a river that flows through the woods
And it led us to places we both understood
Would be gone before too long, would be gone before too long

When we were young we thought life was a game
But then somebody leaves you and you're never the same
All of the places and people belong to the puzzle
But one of the pieces is gone and it's you
It's you, it's you, Joy, it's you

We want you to be happy, don't live inside the gloom
We want you to be happy, come step outside your room
We want you to be happy 'cause this is your song too


In time we'll weather this storm inside together
You'll see the change when the sun shines through


We want you to be happy, don't live inside the gloom
We want you to be happy, come step outside your room
We want you to be happy 'cause this is your song too


This is your song too, this is your song too
This is your song too, this is your song too
This is your song too

O Could We Always Live and Love ~ Thomas Paine

O Could We Always Live and Love
O could we always live and love,
And always be sincere,
I would not wish for heaven above,
My heaven would be here.


Though many countries I have seen,
And more may chance to see,
My Little Corner of the World
Is half the world to me;


The other half, as you may guess,
America contains;
And thus, between them, I possess

The whole world for my pains.
I'm then contented with my lot,
I can no happier be;
For neither world I'm sure has got
So rich a man as me.


Then send no fiery chariot down
To take me off from hence,
But leave me on my heavenly ground -
This prayer is Common-sense.

Let others choose another plan,
I mean no fault to find;
The true theology of man
Is happiness of mind.

Thomas Paine

春曉 (A Spring Morning) ~ 孟浩然 (Meng Haoran)

春曉 (A Spring Morning)

春眠不覺曉，
I awake light-hearted this morning of spring,


處處聞啼鳥。
Everywhere round me the singing of birds --


夜來風雨聲，
But now I remember the night, the storm,

花落知多少。
And I wonder how many blossoms were broken.

孟浩然(Meng Haoran)

May it be ~ Enya

May It Be ~ Enya
May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you
May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true
You walk a lonely road
Oh! How far you are from home

Mornie utúlië (darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië (darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now

May it be the shadows call
Will fly away
May it be you journey on
To light the day
When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun

Mornie utúlië (darkness has come)
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië (darkness has fallen)
A promise lives within you now

A promise lives within you now

The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull ~ Guy Wetmore Carryl

The Arrogant Frog and the Superior Bull ~ Guy Wetmore Carryl

Once, on a time and in a place

Conducive to malaria,

There lived a member of the race

Of Rana Temporaria;
Or, more concisely still, a frog
Inhabited a certain bog.

A bull of Brobdingnagian size,
Too proud for condescension,
One morning chanced to cast his eyes
Upon the frog I mention;
And, being to the manner born,
Surveyed him with a lofty scorn.

Perceiving this, the bactrian’s frame
With anger was inflated,
Till, growing larger, he became
Egregiously elated;
For inspiration’s sudden spell
Had pointed out a way to swell.

“Ha! ha!” he proudly cried, “a fig
For this, your mammoth torso!
Just watch me while I grow as big
As you—or even more so!”
To which magniloquential gush
His bullship simply answered “Tush!”

Alas! the frog’s success was slight,
Which really was a wonder,
In view of how with main and might
He strove to grow rotunder!
And, standing patiently the while,
The bull displayed a quiet smile.

But ah, the frog tried once too oft
And, doing so, he busted;
Whereat the bull discreetly coughed
And moved away, disgusted,
As well he might, considering
The wretched taste that marked the thing.

THE MORAL: Everybody knows
How ill a wind it is that blows.

Guy Wetmore Carryl

Here is a poem for filthy arrogant 鄭弘儀 http://www.bakogi.com/2010/11/toad-bakogi.html

Journey - Open Arms (Live)

Open Arm~Journey
Lying beside you, here in the dark

Feeling your heart beat with mind
Softly you whisper, you're so sincere
How could our live be so blind
We sailed on together
We drifted apart
And here you are by my side

So now I come to you, with open arms
Nothing to hide, believe what I say
So here I am with open arms
Hoping you'll see what your love means to me
Open arms

Living without you, living alone
This empty house seems so cold
Wanting to hold you, wanting you near
How much I wanted you home

But now that you've come back
Turned night into day
I need you to stay.

(chorus)

Family Love ~ Amado Ruiz de Nervo

Family Love
I adore my dear mother,
I adore my dear father too;
No one loves me as much
As they know how to love me.


When I sleep, they keep watch over me;
When I cry they are sad with me;
When I laugh they smile with me:
My laugh is the sunshine for them.


They tenderly teach me
to be happy and nice.
My father does his best for me;
My mother prays always for me.


I adore my dear mother,
I adore my dear father too.
No one loves me as much
As they know how to love me.


Amado Ruiz de Nervo

Passing Breeze ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Passing Breeze
Yes, I know, this is nothing but thy love,
O beloved of my heart—-this golden light that dances upon the leaves,
these idle clouds sailing across the sky,
this passing breeze leaving its coolness upon my forehead.


The morning light has flooded my eyes—-this is thy message to my heart.
Thy face is bent from above, thy eyes look down on my eyes,
and my heart has touched thy feet.

Rabindranath Tagore

掌聲響起 Applause ~ 鳳飛飛 Feng Fei Fei

掌聲響起 Applause ~ 鳳飛飛 Feng Fei Fei
孤獨站在這舞台　聽到掌聲響起來
Standing alone on this stage , hearing this thunderous applause　
我的心中有無限感慨
My heart is overflowing with emotion
多少青春不再　多少情懷已更改　
My youth is slipping away, My feeling might no longer be the same
我還擁有你的愛
But still…My LOVE for you remains unshaken


好像初次的舞台　聽到第一聲喝采
Feeling so ecstatic, like the tears that I shed　
我的眼淚忍不住掉下來
On receiving the first applause
經過多少失敗　經過多少等待　
Having failed so many times, having waited so long
告訴自己要忍耐
I told myself to be patient


掌聲響起來　我心更明白　你的愛將與我同在
Hearing the wondrous applause, I made me understood, your love had always been in my heart
掌聲響起來　我心更明白　歌聲交會你我的愛
Hearing the wondrous applause, I made me understood, the songs embody and rekindle our love

Catch a Falling Star~Perry Como

Catch a Falling Star~Perry Como
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away!
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day!

For love may come an' tap you on the shoulder,
Some star-less night!
Just in case you feel you wanna’ hold her,
You’ll have a pocketful of starlight!

Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away! ( Never let it fade away! )
Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day! ( Save it for a rainy day! )

For love may come and tap you on the shoulder,
Some star-less night!
An’ just in case you feel you wanta’ hold her,
You’ll have a pocketful of starlight!

( . . . pocketful of starlight! ) [ hum in time ]

Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away! ( Never let it fade away! )
Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day! ( Save it for a rainy . . . Save it for a rainy, rainy rainy day! )

For when your troubles startn’ multiplyin’,
An' they just might!
It’s easy to forget them without tryin’,
With just a pocketful of starlight!

Catch a falling star an’ ( Catch a falling . . . ) put it in your pocket,
Never let it fade away! ( Never let it fade away! )
Catch a falling star an’ put it in your pocket,
Save it for a rainy day!

( Save it for rainy day! ) Save it for a rainy day!

Music and Lyrics by Lee Pockriss
and Paul Vance

Life ~ Paul Laurence Dunbar

Earthquake survivors from Yunnan province, China

Life

A CRUST of bread and a corner to sleep in,

A minute to smile and an hour to weep in,

A pint of joy to a peck of trouble,

And never a laugh but the moans come double;

And that is life!

A crust and a corner that love makes precious,

With a smile to warm and the tears to refresh us;

And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,

And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter;

And that is life!

Paul Laurence Dunbar June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906

Daffodils ~ William Wordsworth

Daffodils
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Outdid the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed—and gazed—but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.

William Wordsworth
1770-1850

イビョル（離別）(이별)- Patti Kim

イビョル（離別）(이별)- Patti Kim
作詩　作曲　吉屋　潤

偶爾也會想起吧
雖是個冷酷的人
那樣愛過的回憶
總是無法來忘懐　　

抬頭一望青光月
一人過着孤獨夜
誓言返複浮心頭
更是想要再相見

※山隔分別那麼遠
相離遥遠海彼方
偶爾也會想起吧
雖是個冷酷的人
那樣愛過的回憶
總是無法來忘懐

當你的傳聞訊息
由風傳來那夜裡
湧上又退寂寞中
心情就會動揺吧
如水流逝日月中
一切都會改變吧
雖然二人的情炎
還是繼續燃燒着

※山隔分別那麼遠
相離遥遠海彼方
偶爾也會想起吧
雖是個冷酷的人
那樣愛過的回憶
總是無法來忘懐

Japanese Lyric:
時には思い出すでしょう　　冷たい人だけど　
あんなに愛した想い出を　　 忘れはしなしでしょうそう　　　　
青い月を見上げ　　一人過ごす夜は　
誓った言葉を繰り返し　逢いたくなるでしょう　　　　
　
※山越え遠くに 別れても 　海の彼方遥か　離れても
時には思い出すでしょう　冷たい人だけど　　　　　　　
あんなに愛した想い出を　忘れはしなしでしょう　　　　

あなたの噂を風が 運んで来る夜は　　　　　　　
寄せては返す淋しさに　心を揺らすでしょう　　　　　
流れゆく月日が　すべてを変えるでしょう　　　
たとえ二人の炎が　燃えつづけていても　　　　　

※山越え遠くに　別れても　海の彼方遥か　離れても　　　
時には思い出すでしょう　冷たい人だけど　　　　　　　
あんなに愛した想い出を　忘れはしなしでしょう　　　

Brink Of Eternity ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Brink Of Eternity
In desperate hope I go and search for her
in all the corners of my room;
I find her not.

My house is small
and what once has gone from it can never be regained.

But infinite is thy mansion, my lord,
and seeking her I have to come to thy door.

I stand under the golden canopy of thine evening sky
and I lift my eager eyes to thy face.

I have come to the brink of eternity from which nothing can vanish
—-no hope, no happiness, no vision of a face seen through tears.

Oh, dip my emptied life into that ocean,
plunge it into the deepest fullness.
Let me for once feel that lost sweet touch
in the allness of the universe.

Rabindranath Tagore

Shine ~ Daniel Lanois

SHINE ~ DANIEL LANOIS
I have wandered far and wide
All the way from Paris to Mexico
'Til I was gone and didn't know

In the end the thing that keeps me walking
Is your shine, your shine in the morning, your shine in the distance,
Your shine inside the laughter and the ghosts

They have spoken of the river forever bending inside the fever
Of the saints that walk all night with no domain

In the end the thing that keeps them walking is your shine
Your shine when they wear no coat, your shine when the feelings low
Your shine when it's too late to turn around

I have frozen up my dreams, thinking I was all alone
Fighting every minute for each turning stone
I have reached the rocket speed
I have touched the ground that feeds
Scaling fences, looking for the healing sun

In the end the thing that keeps me walking is your shine
Your shine in transmissions, your shine in decisions,
Your shine when I labor to the new day,
It's your shine, your shine, your shine, shine, shine on

A Friend ~ Edgar Albert Guest

A Friend
A friend is one who stands to share
Your every touch of grief and care.
He comes by chance, but stays by choice;
Your praises he is quick to voice.

No grievous fault or passing whim
Can make an enemy of him.
And though your need be great or small,
His strength is yours throughout it all.

No matter where your path may turn
Your welfare is his chief concern.
No matter what your dream may be
He prays your triumph soon to see.

There is no wish your tongue can tell
But what it is your friend's as well.
The life of him who has a friend
Is double-guarded to the end.

Edgar A. Guest

1881-1959

Flower ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Flower
Pluck this little flower and take it, delay not! I fear lest it
droop and drop into the dust.

I may not find a place in thy garland, but honour it with a touch of
pain from thy hand and pluck it. I fear lest the day end before I am
aware, and the time of offering go by.

Though its colour be not deep and its smell be faint, use this flower
in thy service and pluck it while there is time.

Rabindranath Tagore
1861-1941

All About Your Heart ~ Mindy Gledhill

All About Your Heart - Mindy Gledhill
I don't mind your odd behavior
It's the very thing I love
If you were an ice cream flavor
You would be my favorite one

My imagination sees you
Like a painting by Van Gogh
Starry nights and bright sunflowers
Follow you where you may go

Oh, I've loved you from the start
In every single way
And more each passing day
You are brighter than the stars
Believe me when I say
It's not about your scars
It's all about your heart

You're a butterfly held captive
Small and safe in your cocoon
Go on you can take your time
Time is said to heal all wounds

Chorus

Like a lock without a key
Like a mystery without a clue
There is no me if I cannot have you

Chorus

54. Where Do You Hurry ~ Rabindranath Tagore

54

Where do you hurry with your basket this late evening when the
marketing is over?
They all have come home with their burdens; the moon peeps from
above the village trees.
The echoes of the voices calling for the ferry run across the
dark water to the distant swamp where wild ducks sleep.
Where do you hurry with your basket when the marketing is over?

Sleep has laid her fingers upon the eyes of the earth.
The nests of the crows have become silent, and the murmurs of the
bamboo leaves are silent.
The labourers home from their fields spread their mats in the
courtyards.
Where do you hurry with your basket when the marketing is over?

Rabindranath Tagore
From The Gardener

Give Me A Sign ~ Ofra Haza

Give Me A Sign - Ofra Haza (French)

Aaah...

Ma vie dans ta vie
J'avais des Rêves
Tu avais pour mai des Rêves
A flame of hope and love
Mes yeux dans tes yeux
Tu avais des Rêves
J'avais pour toi des Rêves
A flame of hope and love
Until the end of my life

Give me a sign - I'll give you my hand
Give me a sign - I will understand
Don't be afraid I am your friend forever, forever
Give me a sign and open your eyes
Give me a sign and don't tell me lies
Don't be afraid I am your friend forever, forever...

Aaah...

La pluie m'a conduite à toi
Au cours de mon voyage final
La pluie a frappé les lumières de ton visage
Comme si elle avait voulu effacer
Une autre larme
Tu fuis tu fuis
Et essayes de revivre
Les souvenirs de ton passé
Tu ne sais pas
Quelle douleur
Ma causée ton amour

Give me a sign - I'll give you my hand
Give me a sign - I will understand
Don't be afraid I am your friend forever, forever
Give me a sign and open your eyes
Give me a sign and don't tell me lies
Don't be afraid I am your friend forever, forever...

Aaah...

Yash kef alo him mi me on
we yach, we yach...

Aaah...

A Tear And A Smile ~ Khalil Gibran

A Tear And A Smile
I would not exchange the sorrows of my heart
For the joys of the multitude.
And I would not have the tears that sadness makes
To flow from my every part turn into laughter.

I would that my life remain a tear and a smile.

A tear to purify my heart and give me understanding
Of life's secrets and hidden things.
A smile to draw me nigh to the sons of my kind and
To be a symbol of my glorification of the gods.

A tear to unite me with those of broken heart;
A smile to be a sign of my joy in existence.

I would rather that I died in yearning and longing than that I live Weary and despairing.

I want the hunger for love and beauty to be in the
Depths of my spirit,for I have seen those who are
Satisfied the most wretched of people.
I have heard the sigh of those in yearning and Longing, and it is sweeter than the sweetest melody.

With evening's coming the flower folds her petals
And sleeps, embracingher longing.
At morning's approach she opens her lips to meet
The sun's kiss.

The life of a flower is longing and fulfilment.
A tear and a smile.

The waters of the sea become vapor and rise and come
Together and area cloud.

And the cloud floats above the hills and valleys
Until it meets the gentle breeze, then falls weeping
To the fields and joins with brooks and rivers to Return to the sea, its home.

The life of clouds is a parting and a meeting.
A tear and a smile.

And so does the spirit become separated from
The greater spirit to move in the world of matter
And pass as a cloud over the mountain of sorrow
And the plains of joy to meet the breeze of death
And return whence it came.

To the ocean of Love and Beauty----to God.

Khalil Gibran

1845-1911

Devoted to You ~ The Beach Boys

The Beach Boys - Devoted to You
Darlin’ you can count on me
Till the sun dries up the sea
Until then I’ll always be devoted to you

I’ll be yours through endless time
I’ll adore your charms sublime
Guess by now you know that I’m devoted to you

I’ll never hurt you, I’ll never lie
I’ll never be untrue
I’ll never give you reason to cry
I’d be unhappy if you were blue

Through the years my love will grow
Like a river it will flow
It can’t die because I’m so devoted to you

I’ll never hurt you, I’ll never lie
I’ll never be untrue
I’ll never give you reason to cry
I’d be unhappy if you were blue

Through the years my love will grow
Like a river it will flow
It can’t die because I’m so devoted to you

IF ~ e e cummings

If
If freckles were lovely, and day was night,
And measles were nice and a lie warn't a lie,
Life would be delight,-
But things couldn't go right
For in such a sad plight
I wouldn't be I.

If earth was heaven, and now was hence,
And past was present, and false was true,
There might be some sense
But I'd be in suspense
For on such a pretense
You wouldn't be you.

If fear was plucky, and globes were square,
And dirt was cleanly and tears were glee
Things would seem fair,-
Yet they'd all despair,
For if here was there
We wouldn't be we.

e e cummings
1894-1962

Distant Time ~ Rabindranath Tagore

Distant Time
I know not from what distant time
thou art ever coming nearer to meet me.
Thy sun and stars can never keep thee hidden from me for aye.

In many a morning and eve thy footsteps have been heard
and thy messenger has come within my heart and called me in secret.

I know not only why today my life is all astir,
and a feeling of tremulous joy is passing through my heart.

It is as if the time were come to wind up my work,
and I feel in the air a faint smell of thy sweet presence.

Rabindranath Tagore
1861-1941

Valentine ~ Martina McBride

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
But 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