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