The Lost MP3 Files

[I'mOneToo]

I have three or four MP3 players, mainly because I keep on losing them but they always turn up somehow. One of them was lost for a few years, but it just reappeared, and it's like a time machine. Songs I played over and over as I hiked for miles across vast expanses, back in the days when that was possible. I still walk (a LOT) but not like then.

The past several years have been a different kind of journey. And the MP3 player that I just found is like walking back into a different age, before several cognitive changes took place. A lot of feeling comes through to me in music. Part of my journey has been re-learning the gift of appreciating music. For a while, I lost the capability of comprehending lyrics, or remembering lyrics. Though I could recall every nuance of a tune, the words were lost someplace. Music became a cacophony, mere noise. But then I learned how to read the lyrics while listening to the songs, and in the process something else was regained - my own sure and clear voice, and audio clarity. I also regained the capacity to read and understand written and spoken words, and to convey at least a complete thought (if not perfect syntax). Sound ceased to be noise, and I could differentiate between a bird calling from far away and a plane flying overhead. Honestly, I would have rather been struck deaf than to have sounds competing in a mish-mash. No one will ever comprehend except for me, what a gift it is, that they no longer do. I know how blessed I am for this.

This thread is for music coupled with the complete lyrics. Maybe someone else out there is trying to re-learn their own language (whatever that language may be) and could benefit from reading and listening along here. I would also like to see posts in other languages, but I am afraid if I post in anything other than my native language (english) I would not be sure if the lyrics were correct and do not wish to offend anyone by posting wrong lyrics. Anyone who can, is welcome to do so.

I'm going to start this off, and I am fully aware I may be alone in this endeavor of trying to improve speech and language by using music and lyrics. That's okay! I'm just grateful for the space in which to do this. I'm probably going to use songs that may be considered "oldies" because it's what is more commonly found in my "long term memory banks"; women's music if I can find it, and lots of stuff from the "lost MP3 files."

My first offering, from the lost MP3 files:

Cris Williamson, from the album "The Changer And The Changed". I listened to this non-stop I first got it (using something called a "record player"). It was my introduction to "women's music" and I gathered quite an eclectic collection of various artists over the years. Unfortunately, not all of those artists have youtubes of their songs available.

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMg5EuT3WuQ"]YouTube - Cris Williamson - Waterfall[/nomedia]

Sometimes it takes a rainy day
just to let you know
everything's gonna be all right
all right

I've been dreaming in the sun
won't you wake me up, someone
I need a little peace of mind

Wake me from this dream
that I have dreamed so many times
I need a little peace of mind
Oh, I need a little peace of mind

When you open up your life
to the living
All things come spilling in on you

and you're flowing like a river,
The Changer and The Changed

you've got to spill some over
spill some over
spill some over, over all

Filling up and spilling over
it's and endless waterfall
Filling up and spilling over
over all

Filling up and spilling over
it's and endless waterfall
Filling up and spilling over
over all

Like the rain falling on the ground
like the rain falling all around

Sometimes it takes a rainy day
just to let you know
everything's gonna be all right
I know, I know
I know all right

Filling up and spilling over
it's and endless waterfall
Filling up and spilling over
over all

Filling up and spilling over
it's and endless waterfall
Filling up and spilling over
over all

oh ba ba ba ba... fade out

(now, if i just knew how to make the youtube screen instead of the link...)

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_TZoHNQCKA"]YouTube - Elton John You Gotta Love Someone[/nomedia]


You can win the fight,
you can grab a piece of the sky
You can break the rules
but before you try
You gotta love someone
You gotta love someone

You can stop the world,
steal the face from the moon
You can beat the clock,
but before high noon
You gotta love someone
You gotta love someone

You've got one life with a reason
You need two hearts on one side
When you stand alone and there's no one there
To share the way it feels inside and baby

You can cheat the devil
and slice a piece of the sun
Burn up the highway
but before you run
You gotta love someone
You gotta love someone

When you're gonna play with fire
You let someone share the heat
When you're on your own and there's no one there
To cool the flames beneath your feet and baby

You can win the fight,
you can grab a piece of the sky
You can break the rules
but before you try
You gotta love someone
You gotta love someone

You gotta love someone
You gotta love someone

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltWDMdadq98"]YouTube - Darryl Worley - Awful Beautiful Life[/nomedia] -- awful beautiful life

I woke up early with a poundin' in my head
I'd been out the night before with all my friends
A little worried, kinda wonderin' what I did
I said, " Lord, please forgive me for my sins."
My wife wanted to kill me, but she tried to save me first
"You're goin' if I have to drag your butt to church."

I love this crazy, tragic,
Sometimes almost magic,
Awful, beautful life

I read the hymns and kinda sorta sang along
And made it through the Sunday sermon wide awake
We met the family for dinner at our home
Drank some beer, watched a game,
and cooked some steaks
My little brother had a big fight with his wife
And my poor mother sat between'em both all night

I love this crazy, tragic,
Sometimes almost magic,
Awful, beautful life

We said a prayer for Cousin Michael in Iraq
We're all aware that he may never make it back
We talked about the way we missed his stupid jokes
And how he loved to be a soldier more than most

I laid in bed that night and thought about the day
And how my life is like a roller coaster ride
The ups and downs and crazy turns along the way
It'll throw you off if you don't hold on tight
You can't really smile until you've shed some tears
I could die today or I might live on for years

I love this crazy, tragic,
Sometimes almost magic,
Awful, beautful life

I love this crazy, tragic,
Sometimes almost magic,
Awful, beautful life

Alright
It's a beautiful life
Awful, beautiful, life
I love this life
It's a beautiful life

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYQfWJNWe3I"]YouTube - Stevie Wonder - As[/nomedia]

(long version)

As around the sun the earth knows she's revolving
And the rosebuds know to bloom in early May
Just as hate knows love's the cure
You can rest your mind assure
That I'll be loving you always
As now can't reveal the mystery of tomorrow
But in passing will grow older every day
Just as all is born is new
Do know what I say is true
That I'll be loving you always

Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky---ALWAYS
Until the ocean covers every mountain high---ALWAYS
Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea---ALWAYS
Until we dream of life and life becomes a dream

Did you know that true love asks for nothing
Her acceptance is the way we pay
Did you know that life has given love a guarantee
To last through forever and another day
Just as time knew to move on since the beginning
And the seasons know exactly when to change
Just as kindness knows no shame
Know through all your joy and pain
That I'll be loving you always
As today I know I'm living but tomorrow
Could make me the past but that I mustn't fear
For I'll know deep in my mind
The love of me I've left behind Cause I'll be loving you always

Until the day is night and night becomes the day---ALWAYS
Until the trees and seas just up and fly away---ALWAYS
Until the day that 8x8x8 is 4---ALWAYS
Until the day that is the day that are no more
Did you know that you're loved by somebody?
Until the day the earth starts turning right to left---ALWAYS
Until the earth just for the sun denies itself
I'll be loving you forever
Until dear Mother Nature says her work is through---ALWAYS
Until the day that you are me and I am you---AL~~~~~~WA~~
~~~~~AA~~~~~~~AA~~~~
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky~~~~~AA~~~~
~~~~AA~~~~~~~AA~~~~~~~~~AA~~~~~~~YS~~ALWAYS

We all know sometimes lifes hates and troubles
Can make you wish you were born in another time and space
But you can bet you life times that and twice its double
That God knew exactly where he wanted you to be placed
so make sure when you say you're in it but not of it
You're not helping to make this earth a place sometimes called Hell
Change your words into truths and then change that truth into love
And maybe our children's grandchildren
And their great-great grandchildren will tell
I'll be loving you

Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky--Loving you
Until the ocean covers every mountain high--Loving you
Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea--Loving you
Until we dream of life and life becomes a dream--Be loving you
Until the day is night and night becomes the day--Loving you
Until the trees and seas up, up and fly away--Loving you
Until the day that 8x8x8x8 is 4--Loving you
Until the day that is the day that are no more--Loving you
Until the day the earth starts turning right to left--Be loving you
Until the earth just for the sun denies itself--Loving you
Until dear Mother Nature says her work is through--Loving you
Until the day that you are me and I am you--
Now ain't that loving you
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky
Ain't that loving you
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
And I've got to say always
Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea~~AL~~~WA~~~AYS
Until we dream of life and life becomes a dream-Um AL~~WA~~AYS
Until the day is night and night becomes the day-AL~~~~WA~~AYS
Until the trees and seas just up and fly away-AL~~WA~~~AA~~~~~
Until the day that 8x8x8 is 4~~~~~AA~~~~~~~AA~~~~~~~AA
Until the day that is the day that are no more-AA~~~~AA~~AA~~~AYS
Until the day the earth starts turning right to left-AL~~~WA~~~A~~~AA
Until the earth just for the sun denies itself-~~AA~~~AA~~~AA~~~AYS
Until dear Mother Nature says her work is through-AL~~~WAYS
Until the day that you are me and I am you
Until the rainbow burns the stars out in the sky
Until the ocean covers every mountain high
Until the dolphin flies and parrots live at sea
Until we dream of life and life becomes a dream
Until the day is night and night becomes the day
Until the trees and seas just up and fly away
Until the day that 8x8x8 is 4
Until the day that is the day that are no more
Until the day the earth starts turning right to left
Until the earth just for the sun denies itself
Until dear Mother Nature says her work is through
Until the day that you are me and I am you

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhR36gV6vW4"]YouTube - carpenter - Bless the Beasts and the Children[/nomedia]


Bless the beasts and the children
For in this world they have no voice
They have no choice

Bless the beasts and the children
For the world can never be
The world they see

Light their way
When the darkness surrounds them
Give them love
Let it shine all around them

Bless the beasts and the children
Give them shelter from the storm
Keep them safe
Keep them warm

Light their way
When the darkness surrounds them
Give them love
Let it shine all around them

Bless the beasts and the children
Give them shelter from the storm
Keep them safe
Keep them warm

The children
The children
The children

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jloQ6xsx3bE"]YouTube - Natasha Bedingfield Unwritten (With Lyrics)[/nomedia] -- unwritten

I am unwritten,
can't read my mind,
I'm undefined
I'm just beginning,
the pen's in my hand,
ending unplanned

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Oh, oh, oh

I break tradition,
sometimes my tries,
are outside the lines
We've been conditioned
to not make mistakes,
but I can't live that way

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins
The rest is still unwritten

Staring at the blank page before you
Open up the dirty window
Let the sun illuminate the words
that you could not find

Reaching for something in the distance
So close you can almost taste it
Release your inhibitions

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

Feel the rain on your skin

No one else can feel it for you
Only you can let it in
No one else, no one else
Can speak the words on your lips
Drench yourself in words unspoken
Live your life with arms wide open
Today is where your book begins

The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten
The rest is still unwritten

Oh, yeah, yeah

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00cEQHhbiVI"]YouTube - Jose Feliciano - "Light My Fire" (1967)[/nomedia]


You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire
Light My Fire (')
You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

The time to hesitate is through
No time to wallow in the mire
Try now we can only lose
And our love become a funeral pyre

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire, yeah

You know that it would be untrue
You know that I would be a liar
If I was to say to you
Girl, we couldn't get much higher

Come on baby, light my fire
Come on baby, light my fire
Try to set the night on fire
Try to set the night on fire

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUrqFkR7QlI"]YouTube - Michael Jackson - Man In The Mirror Lyrics[/nomedia]


I'm gonna make a change for once in my life
It's gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right

As I, turn up the collar on my favorite winter coat
This wind is blowing my mind
I see the kids in the streets with not enough to eat
Who am I to be blind?
Pretending not to see their needs

A summer disregard, a broken bottle top
And a one man soul
They follow each other on the wind ya' know
'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
(If you wanna make the world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
(Take a look at yourself, and then make a change)
(Na na na, na na na, na na, na nah)

I've been a victim of a selfish kind of love
It's time that I realize
That there are some with no home, not a nickel to loan
Could it be really me,
pretending that they're not alone?

A willow deeply scarred, somebody's broken heart
And a washed-out dream
(Washed-out dream)
They follow the pattern of the wind ya' see
'Cause they got no place to be
That's why I'm starting with me
(Starting with me!)

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Ooh!)
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
(If you wanna make the world a better place)
Take a look at yourself, and then make a change
(Take a look at yourself, and then make a change)

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
(Ooh!)
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Change his ways - ooh!)
And no message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make that..
(Take a look at yourself and then make that..)
CHANGE!

I'm starting with the man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror - Oh yeah!)
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
No message could have been any clearer
(If you wanna make the world a better place)

(Take a look at yourself and then make the change)
(You gotta get it right, while you got the time)
('Cause when you close your heart)
You can't close your... your mind!
(Then you close your... mind!)
That man, that man, that man, that man
With the man in the mirror
(Man in the mirror, oh yeah!)
That man, that man, that man,
I'm asking him to change his ways
(Better change!)
You know... that man
No message could have been any clearer
If you wanna make the world a better place
(If you wanna m
ake the world a better place)
Take a look at yourself and then make the change
(Take a look at yourself and then make the change)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Na na na, na na na, na na, na nah
(Ooooh...)
Oh no, no no...

I'm gonna make a change
It's gonna feel real good!
Come on!
(Change...)
Just lift yourself
You know
You've got to stop it,
Yourself!
(Yeah! - Make that change!)
I've got to make that change, today!
Hoo!
(Man in the mirror)
You got to
You got to not let yourself...
brother...
Hoo!
(Yeah! - Make that change!)
You know - I've got to get
that man, that man...
(Man in the mirror)
You've got to
You've got to move! Come on!
Come on!
YOu got to...
Stand up! Stand up! Stand up!
(Yeah! - Make that change)
Stand up and lift yourself, now!
(Man in the mirror)
Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!
Aaow!
(Yeah! - Make that change!)
Gonna make that change...
come on!
You know it!
You know it!
You know it!
You know it...
(Change...)
Make that change.

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTzM4flKFKE"]YouTube - Michael Jackson - Heal The World[/nomedia]

(rip michael, who could have imagined it, then...)


There's a place in your heart
And I know that it is love
And this place could be much
Brighter than tomorrow
And if you really try
You'll find there's no need to cry
In this place you'll feel
There's no hurt or sorrow
There are ways to get there
If you care enough for the living
Make a little space, make a better place

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

If you want to know why
There's a love that cannot lie
Love is strong
It only cares for joyful giving
If we try we shall see
In this bliss we cannot feel
Fear or dread
We stop existing and start living
Then it feels that always
Love's enough for us growing
Make a better world, make a better world

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

And the dream we would conceived in
Will reveal a joyful face
And the world we once believed in
Will shine again in grace
Then why do we keep strangling life
Wound this earth, crucify it's soul
Though it's plain to see, this world is heavenly
Be God's glow

We could fly so high
Let our spirits never die
In my heart I feel
You are all my brothers
Create a world with no fear
Together we'll cry happy tears
See the nations turn
Their swords into plowshares
We could really get there
If you cared enough for the living
Make a little space to make a better place

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

Heal the world
Make it a better place
For you and for me and the entire human race
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me
There are people dying
If you care enough for the living
Make a better place
For you and for me

You and for me / Make a better place
You and for me / Make a better place
You and for me / Make a better place
You and for me / Heal the world we live in
You and for me / Save it for our children
You and for me / Heal the world we live in
You and for me / Save it for our children
You and for me / Heal the world we live in
You and for me / Save it for our children
You and for me / Heal the world we live in
You and for me / Save it for our children

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1hYobrNI4g"]YouTube - Look Within - Meg Christian[/nomedia]


I'm looking for the 4th of July
silver clouds and trumpets up in the sky
I'm looking for a heart that's true
a fairy princess to fall out of the blue

but life keeps standing me up
and your best is never enough
so i'll take my eyes off the horizon
look within

look within

I'm waiting for the revolution
for the president to have a spiritual transfusion
I'm looking for the holy ghost
and for you to say you love me the most

but life keeps standing me up
and your best is never enough
take my eyes off the horizon
look within

look within

i'm waiting for my planets to align
for the kundalini to rise in my spine
i'm waiting for my shell to crack
for mother nature to take all her adams back

but life keeps standing me up
and your best is never enough
take my eyes off the horizon
look within

look within

i'm waiting for the mad hatter
for jerry falwell's head on a silver platter
i'm waiting for an end to war
and for the millionaire to knock on my door

i never thought i could be complete
till you dropped the world at my feet
but my ship's not on the horizon
it sails within

it's a submarine

when the waves grow angry in me
it can dive
to the deep (lalala haha can't still understand that word)

i am waiting till it's time to eat
for a girl scout to help me across the street
i'm waiting for perfect weather
and i'm waiting for you to get your shit together

i couldn't seem to make a move
till i got you all to approve
but the one who always thinks i'm a groove
grooves within

deep within

so i'll keep on singing with you
and we'll do what we're here to do
but i'll stop waiting for the reviews
look within

deep within

look within

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NBCCdObURY"]YouTube - Haven't Got Time For The Pain[/nomedia]


All those crazy nights when I cried myself to sleep
Now melodrama never makes me weep anymore
'cause I haven't got time for the pain
I haven't got room for the pain
I haven't the need for the pain
Not since I've known you

You showed me how, how to leave myself behind
How to turn down the noise in my mind
Now I haven't got time for the pain
I haven't got room for the pain
I haven't the need for the pain
Not since I've known you

I haven't got time for the pain
I haven't got room for the pain
I haven't the need for the pain

Sufferin' was the only thing made me feel I was alive
Thought that's just how much it cost to survive in this world
'Til you showed me how, how to fill my heart with love
How to open up and drink in all that white light
Pourin' down from the heaven

Haven't got time for the pain (no pain)
I haven't got room for the pain (no pain)
I haven't the need for the pain
Not since I've known you

I haven't got time for the pain
I haven't got room for the pain (for the pain)
No, I haven't got time, I haven't got time, no I haven't got time for the pain
Haven't got room for pain
No, no, no, no more pain
I haven't got time for the pain

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3rdym66uL0&feature=fvst"]YouTube - Into White by Cat Stevens[/nomedia]


I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice
Tables of paper wood, windows of light
And everything emptying into white.

A simple garden, with acres of sky
A Brown-haired dogmouse
If one dropped by
Yellow Delanie would sleep well at night
With everything emptying into white.

A sad Blue eyed drummer rehearses outside
A Black spider dancing on top of his eye
Red legged chicken stands ready to strike
And everything emptying into white.

I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice
And everything emptying into white
I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice
Tables of paper wood, windows of light
And everything emptying into white.

A simple garden, with acres of sky
A Brown-haired dogmouse
If one dropped by
Yellow Delanie would sleep well at night
With everything emptying into white.

A sad Blue eyed drummer rehearses outside
A Black spider dancing on top of his eye
Red legged chicken stands ready to strike
And everything emptying into white.

I built my house from barley rice
Green pepper walls and water ice
And everything emptying into white

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZUdzr9e2GQ"]YouTube - "Lay Down" (Candles in the Rain)[/nomedia]


lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown

we were so close, there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace

lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown

so raise the candles high cause if you
don't we could stay black against the night
oh raise them higher again and if you
do we could stay dry against the rain

lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown

we were so close there was no room
we bled inside each others wounds
we all had caught the same disease
and we all sang the songs of peace
some came to sing, some came to pray
some came to keep the dark away
so raise the candles high
cause if you don't we could stay
black against the sky
oh oh raise them higher again
and if you do we could stay dry against the rain

lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown
lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown

lay down lay down, let it all down
let your white birds smile up at the
ones who stand and frown ... fade out

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji2ma2mfyhU"]YouTube - Stevie Wonder - You Haven't Done Nothin'[/nomedia]


We are amazed but not amused
By all the things you say that you'll do
Though much concerned but not involved
With decisions that are made by you

But we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
"You haven't done nothing"!

It's not too cool to be ridiculed
But you brought this upon yourself
The world is tired of pacifiers
We want the truth and nothing else

And we are sick and tired of hearing your song
Telling how you are gonna change right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
"You haven't done nothing"!

Jackson 5 join along with me say
Doo doo wop - hey hey hey
Doo doo wop - wow wow wow
Doo doo wop - co co co
Doo doo wop - naw naw naw
Doo doo wop - bum bum bum
Doo doo wop

We would not care to wake up to the nightmare
That's becoming real life
But when misled who knows a person's mind
Can turn as cold as ice un hum

Why do you keep on making us hear your song
Telling us how you are changing right from wrong
'Cause if you really want to hear our views
"You haven't done nothing"!
Yeah

Jackson 5 sing along again say
Doo doo wop
Doo doo wop - oh
Doo doo wop - co co co
Doo doo wop - sing it baby
Doo doo wop - bum bum bum
Doo doo wop - um
Sing it loud for your people say
Doo doo wop - um um um

Doo doo wop - stand up be counted, say
Doo doo wop - co co co
Doo doo wop - ow
Doo doo wop - bum bum bum
Doo doo wop - ah hum

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc0XEw4m-3w"]YouTube - Stevie Wonder - Living for the City[/nomedia]

(long version)


A boy is born in hard time Mississippi
Surrounded by four walls that ain't so pretty
His parents give him love and affection
To keep him strong moving in the right direction
Living just enough, just enough for the city...ee ha!

His father works some days for fourteen hours
And you can bet he barely makes a dollar
His mother goes to scrub the floor for many
And you'd best believe she hardly gets a penny
Living just enough, just enough for the city...yeah

His sister's black but she is sho 'nuff pretty
Her skirt is short but Lord her legs are sturdy
To walk to school she's got to get up early
Her clothes are old but never are they dirty
Living just enough, just enough for the city...um hum

Her brother's smart he's got more sense than many
His patience's long but soon he won't have any
[ Find more Lyrics on http://mp3lyrics.org/hXo ]
To find a job is like a haystack needle
Cause where he lives they don't use colored people
Living just enough, just enough for the city...
Living just enough...
For the city...ooh,ooh
[repeat several times]

His hair is long, his feet are hard and gritty
He spends his love walking the streets of New York City
He's almost dead from breathing on air pollution
He tried to vote but to him there's no solution
Living just enough, just enough for
the city...yeah, yeah, yeah!

I hope you hear inside my voice of sorrow
And that it motivates you to make a better tomorrow
This place is cruel no where could be much colder
If we don't change the world will soon be over
Living just enough, just enough for the city!!!!

La, la, la, la, la, la,
Da Ba Da Da Da Da Da Da
Da Da Da Da Da Da
Da Ba Da Da Da Da Da Da Da

[I'mOneToo]

[nomedia="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY9tkhEdjfc"]YouTube - That's The Way I've Always Heard It Should Be - Carly Simon[/nomedia]


My father sits at night with no lights on
His cigarette glows in the dark.
The living room is still;
I walk by, no remark.
I tiptoe past the master bedroom where
My mother reads her magazines.
I hear her call sweet dreams,
But I forgot how to dream.

But you say it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me -
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be:
You want to marry me, we'll marry.

My friends from college they're all married now;
They have their houses and their lawns.
They have their silent noons,
Tearful nights, angry dawns.
Their children hate them for the things they're not;
They hate themselves for what they are-
And yet they drink, they laugh,
Close the wound, hide the scar.

But you say it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me -
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be:
You want to marry me, we'll marry.

You say we can keep our love alive
Babe - all I know is what I see -
The couples cling and claw
And drown in love's debris.
You say we'll soar like two birds through the clouds,
But soon you'll cage me on your shelf -
I'll never learn to be just me first
By myself.

Well O.K., it's time we moved in together
And raised a family of our own, you and me -
Well, that's the way I've always heard it should be,
You want to marry me, we'll marry,
We'll marry.

[I'mOneToo]

my MP3 player seems to be stuck in the 70's and 80's for a little bit. Still having trouble trying to figure out how to make the youtube be a clickable screen instead of the link, but when it opens a separate screen I just narrow them so both screens are side by side, then I can read and listen at the same time.


With a little luck we can help it out
We can make this whole damn thing work out
With a little love we can lay it down
Can't you feel the town exploding?

There is no end to what we can do together

There is no end
The willow turns his back on inclement weather
And if he can do it, we can do it just me and you

And a little luck we can clear it up
We can bring it in for a landing
With a little luck we can turn it on
There can be no misunderstanding

There is no end to what we can do together
There is no end
The willow turns his back on inclement weather
We can do it, just me and you

With a little push we could set it off
We can send it rocketing skywards
With a little love we could shake it up
Don't you feel the comet exploding?

With a little luck we can help it out
We can make this whole damn thing work out
With a little love we can lay it down

Can't you feel the town exploding
With a little luck, baby
We could set it off, send it rocketing skywards
With a little luck we could shake it up, oh yeah, yeah

With a little luck we can help it out
We can make this whole damn thing work out
With a little love we can lay it down
Can't you feel the town exploding?

With a little push we could set it off
We can send it rocketing skywards
With a little love we could shake it up
Don't you feel the comet exploding?
Woh oh, woo

[I'mOneToo]

I was hummin this tune to the lost MP3 player, LOL it did run away for a bit.


As I walk along
I wonder what went wrong
With our love,
a love that was so strong
And as still walk on
I think of the things we've done
Together while our hearts were young

I'm a walking in the rain,
tears are falling and I feel a pain
Wishing you were here by me
to end this misery
And I wonder,
I wo wo wo wo wonder
Why, why why why why
you ran away
And I wonder
if you will stay
My little runaway,
a run run run run runaway

[I'mOneToo]

Lights out tonight
Trouble in the heartland
Got a head-on collision
Smashin' in my guts man
I'm caught in a crossfire
That I don't understand

I don't give a damn
For the same old played out scenes
I don't give a damn
For just the in-betweens
Honey I want the heart, I want the soul
I want control right now

Talk about a dream
Try to make it real
You wake up in the night
With a fear so real
Spend your life waiting
For a moment that just don't come
Well don't waste your time waiting

Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

Workin' in the fields
Til you get your back burned
Workin' 'neath the wheel
Till you get your facts learned
Baby got my facts
Learned real good right now

Poor man wanna be rich
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied
Till he rules everything
I wanna go out tonight
I wanna find out what I got

I believe in the love that you gave me
I believe in the hope that can save me
I believe in the faith
And I pray that some day it may raise me
Above these badlands

Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

For the ones who had a notion
A notion deep inside
That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
I wanna find one face that ain't looking through me
I wanna find one place
I wanna spit in the face of these badlands

Badlands, you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you've gotta pay
We'll keep pushin' till it's understood
And these badlands start treating us good

[I'mOneToo]

I have more songs by Cris on the mp3, but cannot find youtubes of them. Might have to turn a few of them into youtubes, wonder why there is such a dearth of women's music on the internet. This one, though I know every note by heart, the lyrics seem almost too simple to grasp.


strange paradise
seems like there is no choice
only a pawn in the game
it's all the same

you win and you lose
but still you choose
you know you do
it's up to you

strange paradise
ancient fire and ice
making their moves once again
beginning and end

you win and you lose
but still you choose
you know you do
it's up to you

stranger in paradise
cold and alone
later and later now
no place to go
what does it matter
now you are your own home

paradise
taking your turn at the throw of the dice
in the game

paradise
taking your turn at the throw of the dice
in the game

danger in paradise
taking your turn at the fire and ice
once again

i'm just a stranger

paradise

i'm just a stranger

paradise