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