MUSIC LYRICS II

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disclaimer:  The artist listed below is the performer (but not necessarily the lyricist)

 

GOOD PEOPLE  by Jack Johnson

 

 

I’M LETTING GO  by Francesca Battistelli

My heart beats, standing on the edge
But my feet have finally left the ledge
Like an acrobat
There’s no turning back

I’m letting go
Of the life I planned for me
And my dreams
Losing control
Of my destiny
Feels like I’m falling and that’s what it’s like to believe
So I’m letting go

This is a giant leap of faith
Trusting and trying to embrace
The fear of the unknown
Beyond my comfort zone

I’m letting go
Of the life I planned for me
And my dreams
Losing control
Of my destiny
Feels like I’m falling and that’s what it’s like to believe
So I’m letting go

Giving in to your gravity
Knowing You are holding me
I’m not afraid

Feels like I’m falling and that’s what it’s like to believe
Feels like I’m falling and this is the life for me

 

 

SEARCH FOR THE HERO  by M People

Sometimes the river flows but nothing breathes
A train arrives but never leaves, it’s a shame
Oh, life like love that’s walked out of the door
Of being rich or being poor, such a shame

But it’s then, then that faith arrives
To make your feelings alive
And that’s why, you should keep on aiming high
Just seek yourself and you will shine

You’ve got to search for the hero inside yourself
Search for the secrets you hide
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you find the key to your life

In this life, long and hard though it may seem
Live it as you’d live a dream, aim so high
Just keep the flame of truth burning bright
The missing treasure you must find

Because you and only you alone
Can build a bridge across the stream
Weave your spell in life’s rich tapestry
Your passport to a feeling supreme

You’ve got to search for the hero inside yourself
Search for the secrets you hide
Search for the hero inside yourself
Until you find the key to your life

 

SOMETHING IN THE AIR  by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

Call out the instigator
Because there’s something in the air
We’ve got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution’s here
And you know it’s right
And you know that it’s right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together, now

Run through the fields and houses
Because there’s something in the air
We’ve got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution’s here
And you know it’s right
And you know that it’s right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together, now

Call out the instigator
Because there’s something in the air
We’ve got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution’s here
And you know it’s right
And you know that it’s right

 

 

THE IN CROWD  by Dobie Gray

I’m in with the in crowd
I go where the in crowd goes
I’m in with the in crowd
And I know what the in crowd knows
Anytime of the year, don’t you hear?
Dressing fine, making time

We breeze up and down the street
We get respect from the people we meet
They make way day or night
They know the in crowd is out of sight

I’m in with the in crowd
I know every latest dance
When you’re in with the in crowd
It’s so easy to find romance
Any time of the year, don’t you hear?
If it’s square, we ain’t there

We make every minute count
Our share is always the biggest come out
Other guys imitate us
But the original is still the greatest in crowd
Any time of the year, don’t you hear?
Spendin’ cash, talkin’ trash

I’ll show you a real good time
Come on with me, leave your troubles behind
I don’t care where you’ve been
You ain’t been nowhere ’til you’ve been in
With the in crowd, with the in crowd, in crowd

 

 

AT SEVENTEEN   by Janis Ian

I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired

The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth

And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone

Who called to say, “Come dance with me”
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn’t all it seems at seventeen

A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs
Whose name I never could pronounce
Said, “Pity, please, the ones who serve
‘Cause they only get what they deserve”

And the rich relationed hometown queen
Marries into what she needs
With a guarantee of company
And haven for the elderly

So remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain
In debentures of quality and dubious integrity

Their small town eyes will gape at you
In dull surprise when payment due
Exceeds accounts received at seventeen

To those of us who knew the pain
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names were never called
When choosing sides for basketball

It was long ago and far away
The world was younger than today
When dreams were all they gave for free
To ugly duckling girls like me

 

COME AND GET IT   by The Beatles

If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
Make your mind up fast

If you want it anytime I can give it
But you better hurry ’cause it may not last

Did I hear you say that there must be a catch?
Will you walk away from a fool and his money?

If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
But you better hurry ’cause it’s going fast

If you want it, here it is
Come and get it
Make your mind up fast

If you want it anytime I can give it
But you’d better hurry ’cause it may not last

 

 

MOVING ON UP   by M People

You´ve done me wrong, your time is up
You took a sip from the devils cup.
You broke my heart, there’s no way back.
Move right outta here baby.  Go and pack your bags.
Just who do you think you are?
Stop acting like some kind of star.
Just who do you think you are?
Take it like a man, baby, if that’s what you are.

Because I’m moving on up.  You’re moving on out.
Movin´ on up.  Nothing can stop me.
Moving on up.  You’re moving on out.
Time to break free.  Nothing can stop me.

They brag a man has walked in space,
but you can´t even find my place.
Mmm there ain´t nothing (not a thing) you can do
Because I’ve had enough of me, baby, being part of you.

Just who do you think you are?
This time you´ve gone too far.
Just who do you think you are?
Take it like a man, baby, if that´s what you are.

 

SMILE  by Judy Garland

 

USE WHAT YOU GOT   by Bonnie Langford

When you’re a hustler
There is one thing you should know
You got to hustle every day
When you’re a hustler
There’s no time to take it slow
Gather ye suckers while ye may
Monday you’re hot
Tuesday you’re not
And that’s the reason why they say…

You got to use what you got
To get what you want
Before what you got is gone
You got to reach for that ring
When you’re on that ride
How long does that ride go on?

You got to learn every dance
Return every glance
While you have the chance to score
You got to use what you got
To get what you want
Before you ain’t got no more

Your clock starts running
On the day that you are born
It just keeps tick-tick-ticking on
There’s only so much time to
Blow your little horn
Before your time has come
And gone

Wednesday you’re new
Thursday you’re through
It happens sooner than you know
That gravy train gets mighty slow
So as I told you a long time ago

You got to use what you got
To get what you want
Before what you got is gone
You got to reach for that ring
When you’re on that ride
How long does that ride go on?
You got to learn every dance
Return every glance
While you have the chance to score
You got to use what you got
To get what you want

So take my advice
From this moment on
Remember to use what you got
To get e-ver-y-thing that you want
Before what you got is gone

 

 

LOVE AGAIN  by Rae Morris

These days I’m afraid of me
There’s fire where my heart should be
My confident core is weak
My mouth doesn’t dare to speak
‘Cause I’ve been looking too hard for something,
Looking too hard for something
Giving it all for nothing,
Trying too hard to love again

In light of reality,
The truth it’s too good to be
Looking too hard for something,
Looking too hard for something
Giving it all for nothing,
Trying too hard to love again

Maybe if I stop lookin’
Take back all that I’ve put in
Elevate and build you will
Maybe if I, maybe if I stop

Ooh ooh, eh eh
Looking for, looking for love again
Ooh ooh, eh eh
Looking for, looking for love again

 

 

TOO LITTLE TOO LATE  by Johnny Mathis and Deniese Williams

Guess it’s over, call it a day
Sorry that it had to end this way
No reason to pretend
We knew it had to end some day, this way
Yes, it’s over, the kids are gone
What’s the use of tryin’ to hang on?
Somewhere we lost the key
So little left for you and me and it’s clear to see
Too much, too little, too late to lie again with you
Too much, too little, too late to try again with you
We’re in the middle of ending something that we knew
It’s over
Oh, it was over
Too much, too little, too late to ever try again
Too much, too little, too late, let’s end it being friends
Too much, too little, too late, we knew it had to end
Ah, it’s over
It’s over
Yes, it’s over, the chips are down 
Nearly all our bridges tumbled down
Whatever chance we try, let’s face it widened-eye
 It’s over (It’s over)
It’s over

 

 

GOLDFINGER  by Shirley Bassey

Goldfinger
He’s the man, the man with the Midas touch
A spider’s touch
Such a cold finger
Beckons you to enter his web of sin
But don’t go in

Golden words he will pour in your ear
But his lies can’t disguise what you fear
For a golden girl knows when he’s kissed her
It’s the kiss of death from

Mister Goldfinger
Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold
This heart is cold

Golden words he will pour in your ear
But his lies can’t disguise what you fear
For a golden girl knows when he’s kissed her
It’s the kiss of death from

Mister Goldfinger
Pretty girl beware of this heart of gold
This heart is cold

He loves only gold
Only gold
He loves gold
He loves only gold
Only gold
He loves gold

 

YOU’RE THE VOICE  by John Farnham

We have the chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we want to write
We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older

We’re all someone’s daughter
We’re all someone’s son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

You’re the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
We’re not gonna sit in silence
We’re not gonna live with fear
 
This time, we know we all can stand together
With the power to be powerful
Believing we can make it better
 
We’re all someone’s daughter
We’re all someone’s son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

 

 

FEELS LIKE HEAVEN  by Peter Cetera (with Chaka Khan)

All through my wandering years
I always said
I was biding my time
All alone in the dark
I’d faced my fears
That no other heart would come to mine

At first when you found me
It took me a while 
 Until I realized
Why I felt weak
When you were around
Why I couldn’t speak
When I looked in your eyes

All this time
I’ve been searching
Until you, I was lost in my dreams
And I never knew that love
Could feel like heaven
Watching over me

Wherever you are
Invisible hands reach over the miles
For every wish
You make to the stars
There’s one silent kiss
I send to the sky

All this time
I’ve been searching
Until you I was lost in my dreams
And I never knew that love could feel like heaven
Watching over me

Everything’s changed
Since you came my way
(Since you came my way)
You put the colour
In a world of grey
And you make the love
That carries me away 
 
Feels like heaven 

 

SMOOTH OPERATOR  by SADE

He’s laughing with another girl
And playing with another heart
Placing high stakes, making hearts ache
He’s loved in seven languages
Jewel box life diamond nights and ruby lights, high in the sky
Heaven help him, when he falls
Diamond life, lover boy
He moves in space with minimum waste and maximum joy
City lights and business nights
When you require streetcar desire for higher heights

No place for beginners or sensitive hearts
When sentiment is left to chance
No place to be ending but somewhere to start

No need to ask
He’s a smooth operator
Smooth operator, smooth operator
Smooth operator

Coast to coast, LA to Chicago, western male
Across the north and south, to Key Largo, love for sale

Face to face, each classic case
We shadow box and double cross
Yet need the chase

A license to love, insurance to hold
Melts all your memories and change into gold
His eyes are like angels but his heart is cold

No need to ask
He’s a smooth operator
Smooth operator, smooth operator
Smooth operator

 

YOU’VE GOT A FRIEND  by Carole King, Gloria Estefan, Celine Dion and Shania Twain