I Want To Live
Words & Music by John Denver
There are children raised in sorrow
On a scorched and barren plain.
There are children raised beneath the golden sun.
There are children of the water,
Children of the sand,
And they cry out through the universe
Their voices raised as one.
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I want to live, I want to grow.
I want to see, I want to know.
I want to share what I can give.
I want to be, I want to live.
Have you gazed out on the ocean,
Seen the breaching of a whale?
Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam?
Have you heard the song the humpback hears
Five hundred miles away,
Telling tales of ancient history
of passages and home.
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I want to live, I want to grow.
I want to see, I want to know.
I want to share what I can give.
I want to be, I want to live.
For the worker and warrior, the lover and the liar,
For the native and the wanderer in kind.
For the maker and the user and the mother and her son.
I am looking for my family and all of you are mine.
We are standing all together -
Face to face and arm in arm.
We are standing on the threshold of a dream.
No more hunger, no more killing.
No more wasting life away.
It is simply an idea,
And I know its time has come
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I want to live, I want to grow.
I want to see, I want to know.
I want to share what I can give.
I want to be, I want to live.
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Up From Your Life
Words & Music by James Taylor
So much for your moment of prayer -
God's not at home.
There is no there there.
Lost in the stars,
That's what you are,
Left here on your own.
You can only hope to live on this earth.
This here is it, for all it's worth.
Nothing else awaits you.
No second birth.
No starry crown.
For an un-believer like you
There's not much they can do.
It would turn you away.
Though I hate to see you surrender,
You need to surrender.
We must find you a way to
Chorus
Look up from your life.
Up from your life.
Look on up from your life.
Look up from your life.
There's a river running under your feet,
Under this house,
Under this street,
Straight from the heart,
Ancient and sweet,
On its way back home.
Even in the middle of your sadness,
The everyday madness,
The ongoing game.
Even when you can't find a reason,
Still there is a reason.
You don't need to name it,
Look on up.
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Look up from your life.
Up from your life.
Look on up from your life.
Look up from your life.
Only for a minute -
To find yourself in it -
To wait by the stream -
To drop out of your dream -
Look on up.
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Look up from your life.
Up from your life.
Look on up from your life.
Look up from your life.
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Vincent
Words & Music by Don McLean
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and grey
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul.
Shadows on the hills
Sketch the trees and the daffodils
Catch the breeze and the winter chills
In colours on the snowy linen land.
Now I understand
What you tried to say, to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free:
They would not listen; they did not know how -
Perhaps they'll listen now.
Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds in violet haze
Reflect in Vincent's eyes of china blue
Colours changing hue
Morning fields of amber grain
Weathered faces lined in pain
Are soothed beneath the artist's loving hand.
Now I understand
What you tried to say, to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free:
They would not listen; they did not know how--
Perhaps they'll listen now.
For they could not love you
But still, your love was true
And when no hope was left inside
On that starry, starry night
You took your life as lovers often do--
But I could've told you, Vincent:
This world was never meant
For one as beautiful as you.
Starry, Starry night
Portraits hung in empty halls
Frameless heads on nameless walls
With eyes that watch the world and can't forget
Like the strangers that you've met
The ragged men in ragged clothes
The silver thorn, a bloody rose
Lie crushed and broken on the virgin snow.
Now I think I know
What you tried to say, to me
And how you suffered for your sanity
And how you tried to set them free:
They would not listen; they're not listening still--
Perhaps they never will.
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Bridge Over Troubled Water
Words & Music by Paul Simon
When you’re weary,
Feelin’ small,
When tears are in your eyes,
I’ll dry them all.
I’m on your side
When times get tough
And friends just can’t be found.
Like a bridge over troubled water,
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water,
I will lay me down.
When you’re down and out,
When you’re on the street,
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you.
I’ll take your part
When darkness comes
And pain is all around.
Like a bridge over troubled water,
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water,
I will lay me down.
Sail on Silver Girl, sail on by.
Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine.
Oh, if you need a friend
I’m sailing right behind,
Like a bridge over troubled water,
I will lay me down.
Like a bridge over troubled water,
I will lay me down.
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As Long As You Love (Scarlet Wings)
Words & Music by Cindy Bullens
Time has a different meaning now
Since you found your scarlet wings
Forever seems like yesterday
But only angels know these things
I can hear your voice sometimes at night
And it echoes through the day
When my soul cries out from missing you
I remember what you say
As long as you love
You will see me in the stars
As you look up at the stars
I will be there
As long as you love
I will whisper in your ear
Little whispers you will hear
As long as you love
As long as you love
You are standing here beside me now
As I watch the children play
To those of us you left behind
You are never far away
Even heaven cannot hold your heart
For no boundaries love allows
So little angel spread those scarlet wings
As you whisper to me now
As long as you love
You will feel me in the sun
In the warming of the sun
I will be there
As long as you love
You will understand the rain
You must bless the falling rain
As long as you love
As long as you love
You will see me in the stars...
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Scar
Words
& Music by Carly Simon
A
gray day in February
Some
flecks of white
But
mostly brown
Purple
surprises
riding
in on a nerve
Begins
to excite you
before
it settles down
It's
after the knives and
the
sutures and needles
I'm
left with an arrow that
points
at my heart
I
call it the seat of my
sentimental
sorrow
Gone
seems to be one of
the
sum of my parts
And
the night is cold
as
the coldest nights are
There's
a wise woman, she
comes
from an evening star
She
says, "Look for the signs,
you
won't have to look far
Lead
with your spirit and
follow,
follow your scar"
A
man I knew once said
he
wanted to see me
I
said I'd been sick
but
was on the mend
I
told him a few
of
the overall details
He
said, "That's too bad"
And
he's never called me again
With
a gift in disguise,
that
poor little puppy
So
scared of misfortune
and
always on guard
A
big man will love you
even
more when you're hurtin'
And
a really big man
loves
a really big scar
'Cause
the dawn breaks
and
it's breaking your heart
There's
a wise woman she
sits
at the end of the bar
She
says, "Look for the signs,
you
won't have to look far
Lead
with your spirit and
follow,
follow your scar"
A
gray day in February
Some
flecks of white
But
mostly brown
The
world has tilted but
the
world has expanded
And
the world has turned
my
world upside down
'Cause
the night is
warm
and all full of stars
There's
a wise woman
she's
moved right
into
my heart
She
says, "Look for the signs,
you
won't have to look far
Lead
with your spirit and
follow,
follow
Follow...your
scar"
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Secret
O' Life
Words
& Music by James Taylor
The secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
Any fool can do it
There ain't nothing to it
Nobody knows how we got to
The top of the hill
But since we're on our way down
We might as well enjoy the ride
The secret of love is in opening up your heart
It's okay to feel afraid
But don't let that stand in your way
'Cause anyone knows that love is the only road
And since we're only here for a while
Might as well show some style
Give us a smile
Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Now the thing about time is that time
Isn't really real
It's just your point of view
How does it feel for you
Einstein said he could never understand it all
Planets spinning through space
The smile upon your face
Welcome to the human race
Some kind of lovely ride
I'll be sliding down
I'll be gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Isn't it a lovely ride
Sliding down
Gliding down
Try not to try too hard
It's just a lovely ride
Now the secret of life is enjoying the passage of time
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