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BobbyZ
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« Reply #30 on: 22:09:26, 22-06-2007 »

I went out walking the other day
Seen a little girl crying along the way
She'd been hurt so bad said she'd never love again
Someday your crying girl will end
And youll find once again

Two hearts are better than one
Two hearts girl get the job done
Two hearts are better than one

Once I spent my time playing tough guy scenes
But I was living in a world of childish dreams
Someday these childish dreams must end
To become a man and grow up to dream again
Now I believe in the end

Two hearts are better than one...

Sometimes it might seem like it was planned
For you to roam empty hearted through this land
Though the world turns you hard and cold
There's one thing mister that I know
That's if you think your heart is stone
And that you're rough enough to whip this world alone
Alone buddy there ain't no peace of mind
Thats why I'll keep searching till I find my special one

Two hearts are better than one
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« Reply #31 on: 22:42:31, 22-06-2007 »

The wind in my hair
And the black in my eyes
I was holding back tears
As I reeled with surprise
There was no one to phone
I just chewed at the time
I was waving goodbye
To control of my mind

And the beat of my heart
Marks the passing of time
And I just wanna scream to the sky
There are times when my mind is an explosion of feelings
I'm trying to hold on to the soul inside

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« Reply #32 on: 14:06:49, 24-06-2007 »

Willow weep for me, Willow weep for me,
Bend your branches green,
Along the stream that runs to sea.

Listen to my plea, listen willow and weep for me.
Gone my lover’s dream
Lovely summer dream.
Gone and left me here
To weep my tears into the stream.

Sad as I can be, hear me willow and weep for me.
Whisper to the wind, and say that love has sinned
To leave my heart a-breaking and making a moan,
Murmur to the night, to hide her starry light,
So none will find me sighing and crying, all alone.

Oh weeping willow tree, weep in sympathy,
Bend your branches down
Along the ground and cover me,
When the shadows fall,
Bend oh willow and weep for me.
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« Reply #33 on: 14:20:40, 24-06-2007 »

Well if I could I surely would
Stand on the rock where Moses stood
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army get drownded
O Mary, don't you weep

Well Mary wore 3 links of chain
on every link was a Jesus' name
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army get drownded
Oh, Mary, don't you weep

Well one of these nights bout 12 o'clock
this old world is gonna rock
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

Well Moses stood on the Red Sea shore
And smote the water with a two by four
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

O Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
O Mary, don't you weep, don't you mourn
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary, don't you weep

Well, old Mr. Satan he got mad
Missed that soul that he thought he had
Pharaoh's army get drownded
O Mary, don't you weep

Brothers and sisters don't you cry
they'll be good times by and by
Pharaoh's army got drownded
O Mary don't you weep

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« Reply #34 on: 14:23:44, 24-06-2007 »

On a tree by a river a little tom-tit
Sang "Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
And I said to him, "Dicky-bird, why do you sit
Singing Willow, titwillow, titwillow'?"
"Is it weakness of intellect, birdie?" I cried,
"Or a rather tough worm in your little inside?"
With a shake of his poor little head, he replied,
"Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!"

He slapped at his chest, as he sat on that bough,
Singing "Willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
And a cold perspiration bespangled his brow,
Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!
He sobbed and he sighed, and a gurgle he gave,
Then he plunged himself into the billowy wave,
And an echo arose from the suicide's grave —
"Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!"

Now I feel just as sure as I'm sure that my name
Isn't Willow, titwillow, titwillow,
That 'twas blighted affection that made him exclaim
"Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!"
And if you remain callous and obdurate, I
Shall perish as he did, and you will know why,
Though I probably shall not exclaim as I die,
"Oh, willow, titwillow, titwillow!"

An opportunity to post the link to this excellent G&S website where you can find all the lyrics plus photos,audio files etc :
http://math.boisestate.edu/GaS/

PS Meanwhile BobbyZ's just posted! Feel free to ignore this one then and follow on from his!  Cheesy
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BobbyZ
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« Reply #35 on: 14:25:59, 24-06-2007 »

Or follow on from MabelJane's, I was originally trying to find Desdemona's Willow song anyway !  Grin
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« Reply #36 on: 18:42:51, 24-06-2007 »

Or follow on from MabelJane's, I was originally trying to find Desdemona's Willow song anyway !  Grin


DESDEMONA
Son mesta, tanto, tanto.


[sedendo macchinalmente davanti allo specchio]


Mia madre aveva una povera ancella,
innamorata e bella.
Era il suo nome
Barbara. Amava
un uom che poi l'abbandonò; cantava
un canzone: la canzon del Salice.


[Disposizione]


[parlante] Mi disciogli le chiome. . .
Io questa sera ho la memoria piena
di quella cantilena. . .
Piangea cantando
nell'erma landa,
piangea la mesta. . .
[come una voce lontana] O Salce! Salce! Salce!
Sedea chinando
sul sen la testa!
Salce! Salce! Salce!
Cantiamo! Cantiamo! il Salce funebre
sarà la mia ghirlanda.
[ad Emilia, parlante] Affrettati; fra poco giunge Otello.
Scorreano i rivi fra le zolle in fior,
gemea quel core affranto,
e dalle ciglia le sgorgava il cor
l'amara onda del pianto.
Salce! Salce! [come un'eco] Salce!
Cantiamo! Cantiamo! Il Salce funebre
sarà la mia ghirlanda.
[dolce] Scendean 'augelli a vol dai rami cupi
verso quel dolce canto.
[con espress.] E gli occhi suoi piangean tanto, tanto,
da impietosir le rupi.


[a Emilia, levandosi un anello dal dito] Riponi quest'anello.
[alzandosi] Povera Barbara! [parlante] Solea la storia
con questo semplice suono finir:
Egli era nato per la sua gloria,
io per amar. . .

From the entire libretto here:
http://opera.stanford.edu/Verdi/Otello/libretto.html
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Andy D
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« Reply #37 on: 23:03:39, 24-06-2007 »

Desdemona just because
You're the daughter of a man
He may be rich he's in a ditch
He does not understand
Just how to move or rock and roll
To the conventions of the young
Desdemona, Desdemona,
Desdemona Desdemona,
Desdemona, Desdemona
Lift up your skirt and fly.

written by Marc Bolan when he was a member of John's Children who recorded it - it was banned by the BBC because of the last line  Shocked
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« Reply #38 on: 23:59:32, 24-06-2007 »

All I wanna do when I wake up in the morning is see your eyes
Rosanna, Rosanna
I never thought that a girl like you could ever care for me, Rosanna

All I wanna do in the middle of the evening is hold you tight
Rosanna, Rosanna
I didn't know you were looking for more than I could ever be

Chorus:
Not quite a year since she went away, Rosanna yeah
Now she's gone and I have to say
Meet you all the way, meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah
Meet you all the way, meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah

I can see your face still shining through the window on the other side
Rosanna, Rosanna
I didn't know that a girl like you could make me feel so sad, Rosanna

All I wanna tell you is now you'll never ever have to compromise
Rosanna, Rosanna
I never thought that losing you could ever hurt so bad

Chorus

(instrumental break)

Chorus

Meet you all the way, meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah
Meet you all the way, meet you all the way, Rosanna yeah
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« Reply #39 on: 16:30:24, 25-06-2007 »

A poor soul sat sighing by a sycamore tree
Oh willow, willow, willow,
With his hand on his bosom and his head upon his knee.
Oh willow, willow, willow
Oh willow willow, willow
Oh all the green willow
Must be my garland.

He sighed in his singing and made a great moan
Oh willow, willow, willow.
I am dead to all pleasure, my true love she is gone.
Oh willow, willow, willow...

etc etc. There is more but I can't remember it.
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« Reply #40 on: 18:43:33, 25-06-2007 »

I have given you my true love,
But you love a new love.
What am I supposed to do now,
With you now you're through?
You'll be on your merry way
And there's only this to say:

I'm through with love
I'll never fall again.
Said adieu to love
Don't ever call again.
For I must have you or no one
And so I'm through with love.

I've locked my heart
I'll keep my feelings there.
I have stocked my heart with icy, frigid air.
And I mean to care for no one
Because I'm through with love.

Why did you lead me to think you could care?
You didn't need me for you had your share
of slaves around you to hound you and swear
with deep emotion and devotion to you.

Goodbye to spring and all it meant to me
It can never bring the thing that used to be.
For I must have you or no one
And so I'm through with love.
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« Reply #41 on: 19:04:01, 25-06-2007 »

Yeah, said its all right
I won't forget
All the times I've waited patiently for you
And you'll do just what you choose to do
And I will be alone again tonight my dear

Yeah, I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
You know that I could be in love with almost everyone
I think that people are
The greatest fun
And I will be alone again tonight my dear
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« Reply #42 on: 19:11:40, 25-06-2007 »

It's not open to discussion anymore
She's out again tonight and I'm alone once more
She's all I have worth waiting for
But baby plays around

And so it seems I've always been the last to know
To hold on to that girl, I had to let her go
I wish to God I didn't love her so
'Cause baby plays around

I try to be strong, hold on to my pride
She doesn't even know it's wrong, how much I hurt inside
And heaven knows I've tried
But baby plays around, just a plaything
It's hard to reconcile the facts I'm facing

It's not open to discussion anymore
She walks those shiny streets
I walk the worn-out floor
She's all I have worth living for
And baby plays, baby plays around
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« Reply #43 on: 19:13:15, 25-06-2007 »

(man we are dwelling on the lost love theme eh?)

Easy come, easy go
That's the way, if love must have it's day
Then, as it came, let it go.

Oh, no remorse, no regret,
We shall part exactly as we met
Just easy come, easy go.

We never dreamt of romantic dangers
But now that it ends, let's be friends and not two strangers

Easy come, easy go, here we are
So darling au revoir, it's easy come, easy go


 Cry
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« Reply #44 on: 19:46:07, 25-06-2007 »

This is all too much for such a small town girl
Though I see more than you think
This world, very little did I like
And when I did it was not mine

I never have believed in pure coincidence
And your distinctions proved such a subtle difference
And subtlety was always lost on me, yeah

Evenings can go to your head (some things are better left unsaid)
Feelings can get left behind
So keep your love and I`ll keep mine
Keep your love and I`ll keep mine

Still trying to get over my small town ways
But still so much a part of me is my past disgrace
And you might say you don`t care
But how can you when you weren`t even there?

And this is all too much for such a small town girl
I can only stand still
But your world, and everything I see, just brings confusion to me
Don`t know where I am today, but I wish you wouldn`t look that way

Go straight to my head
Some things are better left unsaid
Feelings can get left behind
So keep your, keep your love
Keep your love and I`ll try to keep mine.

(Tracey Thorn - Small Town Girl)

and

Meetings arranged, they say, never work out
I say we’ve proved them wrong without a doubt
I can’t remember now just what we said
I never could have guessed what lay ahead
As I ran towards you up the stairs
Did a voice in my ear cry “Beware”?

Even now I’m surprised you recall
Such a short time it took me to fall
Pretending that my heart still lay elsewhere
When in truth I had long ceased to care
For what I thought I’d never replace
‘Til in my heart you left him no space

You say, you wonder what was it I saw?
I say “Oh, I don’t recall anymore”
My first impressions have been left behind
Replaced now by feelings and more lost in kind
Sure that you know but you never can tell
When I think I understand you so well
Shakes me that you were a constant surprise
Or so you appear in my eyes

Tempting to think now it will all be plain sailing
Old enough now to know there’s no such thing.

(Tracey Thorn - Plain Sailing)
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