from black (Yeah!)
A PEOPLE’S CHOIR DC
Earth
April 24, 2017
Happy 3rd Birthday to APCDC!
‘Cause the world keeps spinnin’ round and round
And my heart’s keepin time to the speed of sound
I was lost til I heard the drums, then I found my way
‘Cause you cant stop the beat!
Ever since we first saw the light,
A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday night
So I’m gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today!
Cause you cant stop the motion of the ocean,
or the rain from above
They can try to stop the paradise we’re dreamin of
But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay
You can’t stop the beat!
Aah, aah, aah
Ahh, ahh, ahh
Ahh, ahh, ahh, ahh
Ever since we first saw the sun
A man and woman like to shake it when the day is done
And so we’re gonna shake and shimmy it
and have some fun today!
Cause you can’t stop the
Motion of the ocean or the rain from above
You can try to stop the paradise were dreamin’ of
But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay!
You can’t stop the beat! (you can’t stop the beat)
You can’t stop the beat! (you can’t stop the beat)
YOU CAN’T STOP THE BEEEEAT!
---- 10 MINUTE BREAK ---It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls
[Spoken:]
Hi (hi) we’re your weather girls (ah-huh)
And have we got news for you (you better listen)
Get ready, all you lonely girls, and leave those umbrellas at
home (alright)
Humidity is rising (uh, rising)
Barometer’s getting low (how low, girl)
Uh, oh
According to all sources (what sources, now)
The street’s the place to go (we better hurry up)
‘Cause tonight for the first time (first time)
Just about half-past ten (half past ten)
For the first time, in history
It’s gonna start raining men (start raining men)
It’s raining men, hallelujah, it’s raining men, amen
I’m gonna go out to run and let myself get
Absolutely soaking wet
It’s raining men, hallelujah, it’s raining men, every specimen
Tall, blonde, dark, and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean
God bless mother nature...she’s a single woman too
She took off to heaven, and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel , she rearranged the sky
So that each and every woman
Could find her perfect guy
It’s raining men, hallelujah, it’s raining men, amen
It’s raining men, hallelujah, it’s raining men, ameeeeeeeeeeeee-e-eeeee-eeen
Hear (hear) the (the) thun- (thun-) der (der)
Don’t (don’t) you (you) lose (lose) your (your) heaaaad
Rip off the roof and stay in bed
(Rip off the roof and stay in bed)
Oh, God bless Mother Nature, she’s a single woman too
She took off to heaven and she did what she had to do
She taught every angel to rearrange the sky
So that each and every woman could find her perfect guy
It’s Raining Men, yeah!
Humidity is rising, barometer’s getting low
According to all sources, the street’s the place to go
Cause tonight for the first time, just about half-past ten
For the first time in history, it’s gonna start raining men
It’s raining men, woo! Hallelujah! - It’s raining men! Amen!
[x2]
It’s raining men! Hallelujah, it’s raining men! Amen!
It’s raining men! Hallelujah (whoa, whoa, whoa)
Amen!
Tall, blonde, dark, and lean
Rough and tough and strong and mean
Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
Sun is shinin’ in the sky, there ain’t a cloud in sight
It’s stopped rainin’, everybody’s in a play
And don’t you know, it’s a beautiful new day, hey hey
Runnin’ down the avenue [pant]
See how the sun shines brightly
In the city, on the streets where once was pity
Mr. Blue Sky is living here today, hey-ey
[Chorus:][x2]
Mr. Blue Sky, please tell us why
You had to hide away for so long (so long)
Where did we go wrong
[Brief solo]
Hey you with the pretty face, welcome to the human race
A celebration, Mr. Blue Sky’s up there waitin’
And today is the day we’ve waited for, oh oh
[Chorus]
Hey there Mr. Blue, we’re so pleased to be with you
Look around see what you do, everybody smiles at you
The original A People’s Choir is a monthly group sing-along
created by Paige Reitz, Adele Hauser, and Decoteau Wilkerson
in Portland, Oregon. Every month, a theme is chosen and
choir members (i.e., whoever wants to come) suggest songs
via social media. The choir simply sings along to the sound
recordings - anything goes! The choir began in 2011 out
of nostalgia for communal singing. Since the first choir, A
People’s Choir has hosted choirs at PSU’s Open Engagement,
New York’s Art in Odd Places festival, Last Thursdays on
Alberta, PDX Farm Fiesta and monthly at their new venue,
Crush Bar. They were also listed as one of the “Best of
Portland” by the Willamette Week. Find out more about the
Portland choir at: https://www.facebook.com/APeoplesChoir
The DC sing-along started in April 2014. You can keep track of
events through email (send a note to the email below to get
on the list), Twitter, Facebook, or willing/able miniature horse
messenger.
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Under The Sea – From Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”
Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
All I Want Is You – Barry Louis Polisar
River Deep - Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
On Top Of The World – Imagine Dragons
Welcome To The Jungle – Guns ‘N’ Roses
Dust In The Wind – Kansas
You Can’t Stop The Beat – From “Hairspray”
It’s Raining Men – The Weather Girls
Mr. Blue Sky – Electric Light Orchestra
(Love is like a) Heatwave – Martha and The Vandellas
Heaven Is A Place On Earth – Belinda Carlisle
Just Around The Riverbend – From Disney’s “Pocahontas”
Dirty Paws – Of Monsters and Men
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
Joy To The World – Three Dog Night
Beautiful Day – U2
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi
Terrell
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
[Robot voice:]
Mr. Blue Sky, Mr. Blueee Sky, Mr. Blueee Skyyy-yy
Mr. Blue you did it right, but soon comes Mr. Night
Creepin’ over, now his hand is on your shoulder
Never mind I’ll remember you this-, I’ll remember you this way
[Chorus]
Hey there Mr. Blue (blue sky)
We’re so pleased to be with you (blue sky)
Look around see what you do (blue)
Everybody smiles at you
Ah-ah, ah ah ah ah [x3]
Ahh ahhhh
Ah-ah, ah ah ah ah (ba da ba doo) [x3]
Baaaaah, Baaa baaaa
Bum baaa, Bum baaaaa
(Love is like a) Heatwave – Martha and The Vandellas
Whenever I’m with him (ooh ooh ooh-ooh)
Lyrics follow (provided for educational purposes, of course).
Tips:
[words in brackets are notes]
(words in parentheses are for singing)
words not in parentheses are also for singing,
which was probably intuitive.
Under The Sea – From Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”
[Spoken:]
Ariel, listen to me. The human world, it’s a mess. Life under the
sea is better than anything they’ve got up there.
Something inside (inside)
Starts to burning (ooh ooh ooh-ooh)
And I’m filled with desire
Could it be a devil in me
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be?
The seaweed is always greener, in somebody else’s lake
You dream about going up there, but that is a big mistake
Just look at the world around you, right here on the ocean floor
Such wonderful things surround you
What more is you lookin’ for?
[Chorus:]
It’s like a heat wave
Burning in my heart (It’s like a heat wave)
I can’t keep from crying (It’s like a heat wave)
It’s tearing me apart
Under the sea, under the sea
Darling it’s better, down where it’s wetter, ake it from me
Up on the shore they work all day
Out in the sun they slave away
While we devotin’ full time to floatin’ under the sea
Whenever he calls my name (wa ooh wa ooh)
Soft, low, sweet, and plain (yeah, yeah yeah yeah)
I feel, right there (wa ooh wa ooh)
I feel that burnin’ flame (yeah, yeah yeah yeah)
Down here all the fish is happy
As off through the waves they roll
The fish on the land ain’t happy
They sad cause they in their bowl
But fish in the bowl is lucky, they in for a worser fate
One day when the boss get hungry
(Guess who’s gon’ be on the plate) Whoa-oh
Under the sea, under the sea
Nobody beat us, fry us and eat us in fricassee
We what the land folks loves to cook
Under the sea we off the hook
We got no troubles, life is the bubbles
Under the sea (under the sea), under the sea (under the sea)
Since life is sweet here
We got the beat here naturally (naturally-y-y)
Even the sturgeon an’ the ray, they get the urge ‘n’ start to play
We got the spirit, you got to hear it, under the sea
Has high blood pressure got a hold on me
Or is this the way love’s supposed to be?
[Chorus]
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooooh, heat wave
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooooh, heat wave
Sometimes I stare in space (ooh wah ooh wah)
Tears all over my face (ooh wah ooh wah ooh)
I can’t explain it, don’t understand it (ooh wah ooh wah)
I ain’t never felt like this before (ooh wah ooh wah ooh)
Now that funny feelin’ has me amazed
Don’t know what to do, my head’s in a haze
[Chorus]
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (But it’s all right, girl)
Yeah, yeah
Oh (Go ahead, girl)
Yeah, yeah (Well, it’s all right, girl)
Yeah, yeah
Oh (Ain’t nothin’ but love, girl)
The newt play the flute, the carp play the harp
The plaice play the bass, and they soundin’ sharp
The bass play the brass, the chub play the tub
The fluke is the duke of soul (Yeah)
The ray he can play, the lings on the strings
The trout rockin’ out, the blackfish she sings
The smelt and the sprat, they know where it’s at
An’ oh that blowfish blow
I feel it burning (Don’t pass up this chance)
Right here in my heart (It sounds like a true romance)
[Key change!]
Don’t you know it’s like a heat wave?
Yeah, under the sea, under the sea
When the sardine begin the beguine
It’s music to me (music is to me)
What do they got? A lot of sand! We got a hot crustacean band
Each little clam here, know how to jam here, under the sea
Each little slug here, cuttin’ a rug here, under the sea
Each little snail here, know how to wail here
That’s why it’s hotter under the water
Ya we in luck here, down in the muck here, under the sea
Yeah yeah (Burnin’ burnin’)
Yeah yeah
Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears For Fears
Welcome to your life, there’s no turning back
Even while we sleep, we will find you
Acting on your best behaviour, turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
It’s my own design, it’s my own remorse
Help me to decide, help me make the most
Of freedom and of pleasure, nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
There’s a room where the light won’t find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do I’ll be right behind you
Oooh yeah (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Don’t know you know it’s like a heatwave
(Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Right here in my heart (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Yeah, yeah (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Yeah, yeah
Ooooh, yeah (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
I feel it (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Burning
Right here in my heart (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’ [x3]
Yeah yeah yeah (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Don’t know you know that I feel it (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Burnin’
Right here in my heart (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Yeah yeah yeah yeah (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Fire, yeah
Don’t you know it’s like a heatwave (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Burnin’
Heatwave (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Burnin’
Yeah yeah (Burnin’ burnin’ burnin’)
Yeah yeah
Oooooh
Heaven Is A Place On Earth – Belinda Carlisle
[Chorus:]
Ooh, baby, do you know what that’s worth?
Ooh heaven is a place on Earth
They say in heaven love comes first
We’ll make heaven a place on Earth
Ooh heaven is a place on Earth
When the night falls down
I wait for you, and you come around
And the world’s alive
With the sound of kids, on the street outside
When you walk into the room
You pull me close and we start to move
And we’re spinning with the stars above
And you lift me up in a wave of love
[Chorus]
When I feel alone
I reach for you, and you bring me home
When I’m lost at sea
I hear your voice, and it carries me
In this world we’re just beginning
To understand the miracle of living
Baby I was afraid before
But I’m not afraid anymore
[Chorus]
[Children singing]
So glad we’ve almost made it, so sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world
[Musical interlude]
I can’t stand this indecision, married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you’ll never never never never need it
One headline why believe it...
September – Earth, Wind & Fire
Do you remember, the 21st night of September?*
Love was changing the mind of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away
Our hearts were ringin, In the key that our souls were singing
As we danced in the night, remember
How the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah
[Chorus:]
Ah ah ah
Bada ya, say do you remember
Bada ya, dancing in September
Bada ya, never was a cloudy day
Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda
My thoughts are with you
Holding hands with your heart to see you
Only blue talk and love
Remember, how we knew love was here to stay
Now December found the love that we shared in September
Only blue talk and love
Remember, the true love we share today
[Chorus]
There was a
Bada ya, say do you remember
Bada ya, dancing in September
Bada ya, golden dreams were shiny days
In this world we’re just beginning
To understand the miracle of living
Baby I was afraid before
But I’m not afraid anymore
The bell was ringing
Our souls were singing
Do you remember every cloudy day, yow
[Key change!]
There was a
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
Ooh heaven is a place on Earth [x5]
And we’ll say
Bada ya, say do you remember
Bada ya, dancing in September
Bada ya, golden dreams were shiny days
Just Around The Riverbend – From Disney’s “Pocahontas”
What I love most about rivers is
You can’t step in the same river twice
The water’s always changing, always flowing
But people, I guess, can’t live like that
We all must pay a price
To be safe, we lose our chance of ever knowing
[x2]
Bada ya da ya da ya
Bada ya da ya da ya
Bada ya da ya da ya da ya
[*I looked it up, and there is apparently no significance to this
date. It’s just the one that sounded the best with the song.]
What’s around the river bend
Waiting just around the river bend
All I Want Is You – Barry Louis Polisar
I look once more, just around the river bend
Beyond the shore, where the gulls fly free
Don’t know what for, what I dream the day might send
Just around the river bend for me
Coming for me...coming for me
If I was a flower growing wild and free
All I’d want is you to be my sweet honey bee
And if I was a tree growing tall and green
All I’d want is you to shade me and be my leaves
I feel it there beyond those trees
Or right behind these waterfalls
If I was a flower growing wild and free
All I’d want is you to be my sweet honey bee
And if I was a tree growing tall and green
All I’d want is you to shade me and be my leaves
Can I ignore that sound of distant drumming?
[Chorus:]
All I want is you, will you be my bride
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea
For a handsome sturdy husband
Who builds handsome sturdy walls
And never dreams that something might be coming?
[Harmonica]
If you were a river in the mountains tall
The rumble of your water would be my call
If you were the winter, I know I’d be the snow
Just as long as you were with me when the cold winds blow
[Chorus]
If you were a wink, I’d be a nod
If you were a seed, well I’d be a pod
If you were the floor, I’d wanna be the rug
And if you were a kiss, I know I’d be a hug
[Chorus]
Just around the river bend
Just around the river bend
I look once more just around the river bend
Beyond the shore somewhere past the sea
Don’t know what for, why do all my dreams extend
Just around the river bend, just around the river bend
Should I choose the smoothest course,
steady as the beating drum?
Should I marry Kocoum? Is all my dreaming at an end?
Or do you still wait for me, dream giver
Just around the river beeend?
Dirty Paws – Of Monsters and Men
[Chorus]
Jumping up and down the floor
My head, is an animal
And once there was an animal
It had a son that mowed the lawn
The son was an okay guy
They had a pet dragonfly
The dragonfly it ran away
But it came back with a story to say
[Harmonica outro]
Hey!
River Deep - Mountain High – Ike & Tina Turner
Her dirty paws and furry coat
She ran down the forest slope
The forest of talking trees
They used to sing about the birds and the bees
The bees had declared a war
The sky wasn’t big enough for them all
The birds they got help from below
From dirty paws and the creatures of snow
If you were the wood, I’d be the fire
If you were the love, I’d be the desire
If you were a castle, I’d be your moat
And if you were an ocean, I’d learn to float
When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll
Only doll I’ve ever owned
Now I love you just the way I loved that rag doll
But only now my love has grown
And it gets stronger, in every way
And it gets deeper, let me say
And it gets higher, day by day
And do I love you, my oh my
Yeah, river deep, mountain high (yeah, yeah, yeah)
If I lost you, would I cry
Oh, how I love you baby,
Baby, baby, baby
I love you baby like a flower loves the spring
And I love you baby like a robin loves to sing
And I love you baby like a school boy loves his pet
And I love you baby, river deep mountain high
Baaaby, baaaaaaaby
Baaaby, oh baby
Yow
Ohhhh
Do I love you, my oh my
Yeah, river deep, mountain high (yeah, yeah, yeah)
If I lost you would I cry
Oh how I love you baby, baby, baby, baby
La, la, la
La, la, laaaaa, la
La, la, la
La, la, laaaaa, la
Hey!
And for a while things were cold
They were scared down in their holes
The forest that once was green
Was colored black by those killing machines
But she and her furry friends
Took down the queen bee and her men
And that’s how the story goes
The story of the beast with those four dirty paws
[x4]
La, la, la
La, la, laaaaa, la
Bad Moon Rising – Creedence Clearwater Revival
[x3]
Hey!
Ooh, ooh,
Ooh, ooh, oooh
Ooh, ooh, oooh
I see - the bad moon a-rising, I see - trouble on the way
I see - earthquakes and lightnin’, I see - bad times today
Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
[Chorus:]
Don’t go around tonight, well, it’s bound to take your life
There’s a bad moon on the rise
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel, a boutique, and a swingin’ hotspot
[Chorus:]
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop, shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
I hear - hurricanes a-blowing, I know the end is coming soon
I fear - rivers overflowing, I hear the voice of rage and ruin
They took all the trees, put them in a tree museum
And they charged the people
A dollar and a half just to see ‘em
All right!
[Chorus]
Hey farmer, farmer, put away the DDT now
Give me spots on my apples
But leave me the birds and the bees, plee-e-ease
[Chorus]
Late last night, I heard the screen door slam
And a big yellow taxi took away my old man
[Chorus]
I said, don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone?...
[Wait]
[Chorus]
[Guitar solo]
Hope you - got your things together
Hope you - are quite prepared to die
Looks like - we’re in for nasty weather
One eye is taken for an eye
[Chorus][x2]
On Top Of The World – Imagine Dragons
If you love somebody
Better tell them why they’re here ‘cause
They just may run away from you
You’ll never know what went well
Then again it just depends on
How long of time is left for you
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
I’ve had the highest mountains
I’ve had the deepest rivers
You can have it all but not til you move it
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
(Shoo-bop-bop-bop-bop)
Now take it in but don’t look down
[HIGH] They paved paradise,
[LOW] put up a parking lot
[Laugh]
Joy To The World – Three Dog Night
Jeremiah was a bull frog
Was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine
Singin’
[Chorus:]
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls, now
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me
If I were the king of the world
Tell you what I’d do
I’d throw away the cars and the bars and the wars
Make sweet love to you
Singin’ now
[Chorus]
[Solo]
You know I love the ladies, love to have my fun
I’m a high night flier and a rainbow rider
A straight-shootin’ son of a gun
I said a straight shootin’ son of a gun
[Chorus:]
‘Cause I’m on top of the world, ‘ey
I’m on top of the world, ‘ey
Waiting on this for a while now, paying my dues to the dirt
I’ve been waiting to smile, ‘ey
Been holding it in for a while, ‘ey
Take it with me if I can, been dreaming of this since a child
I’m on top of the world
I’ve tried to cut these corners
Try to take the easy way out
I kept on falling short of something
I coulda gave up then but
Then again I couldn’t have ‘cause
I’ve traveled all this way for something
I take it in but don’t look down
[Chorus]
I’m on top of the world
[Space break]
[Chorus]
[x2]
And I know it’s hard when you’re falling down
And it’s a long way up when you’ve hit the ground
Get up now, get up, get up now
[Chorus]
[Chorus][x2]
[x2]
And I know it’s hard when you’re falling down
And it’s a long way up when you’ve hit the ground
Get up now, get up, get up now
[Key change!]
[Chorus]
Joy to the world
Welcome To The Jungle – Guns ‘N’ Roses
[Screaming]
Welcome to the jungle, we’ve got fun ‘n’ games
We got everything you want, honey, we know the names
We are the people that can find whatever you may need
If you got the money, honey, we got your disease
[Chorus:]
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle, watch it bring you to your
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na knees, knees...I wanna watch you bleed
Welcome to the jungle, we take it day by day
If you want it you’re gonna bleed, but it’s the price you pay
And you’re a very sexy girl, who’s very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights, but you won’t get them for free
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine...I, I wanna hear you scream
[Guitar and moaning]
Welcome to the jungle, it gets worse here everyday
Ya learn ta live like an animal in the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see, you’ll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me
[Chorus]
And when you’re high you never, ever want to come down
So down, so down, so down, yeaaaaaaaaah
[Guitar solo]
You know where you are? You’re in the jungle, baby
You’re gonna die
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle, watch it bring you to your
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na knees, knees
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Feel my, ooh, my serpentine
In the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
Sha-na-na-na-na-na-na knees, knees
Down in the jungle, welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your...
All the boys and girls
Joy to the world
Joy to you and me
[Chorus][x4]
Beautiful Day – U2
The heart is a bloom
Shoots up through the stony ground, there’s no room
No space to rent in this town
You’re out of luck
And the reason that you had to care, the traffic is stuck
And you’re not moving anywhere
You thought you’d found a friend
To take you out of this place
Someone you could lend a hand, in return for grace
[Chorus:]
It’s a beautiful day
Sky falls, you feel like
It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away
You’re on the road
But you’ve got no destination
You’re in the mud
In the maze of her imagination
You love this town
Even if that doesn’t ring true
You’ve been all over
And it’s been all over you
[Chorus]
Hooo oo oo ooo
Touch me...Take me to that other place
Teach me, yeah
I know I’m not a hopeless case
It’s gonna bring you down, ha!
See the world in green and blue, see China right in front of you
See the canyons broken by cloud
See the tuna fleets clearing the sea out
See the Bedouin fires at night, see the oil fields at first light and
See the bird with a leaf in her mouth
After the flood all the colors came out
Dust In The Wind – Kansas
[Chorus]
I close my eyes
Only for a moment, and the moment’s gone
All my dreams
Pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Touch me
Take me to that other place
Re-e-e-each me
I know I’m not a hopeless case
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
What you don’t know you can feel it somehow
What you don’t have you don’t need it now
Don’t need it now
Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do...crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see
(Ahh-aah-aah) Dust in the wind
(Ahh) All we are is dust in the wi-i-ind
Oooh ooh oooh
[Violin solo] [It is not short]
Now, don’t hang on
Nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away...and all your money won’t another minute buy
Dust in the wind
Was a beautiful day
Ain’t No Mountain High Enough –
Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
Listen baby
Ain’t no mountain high, ain’t no valley low,
Ain’t no river wiiide enough baby
If you need me call me, no matter where you are
No matter how far (don’t worry baby)
Just call my name, I’ll be there in a hurry
You don’t have to worry
[Chorus:]
‘Cause baby there ain’t no mountain high enough
Ain’t no valley low enough, ain’t no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you, babe
Remember the day I set you free
I told you, you could always count on me darling
From that day on, I made a vow,
I’ll be there when you want me, some way, some how
[Chorus]
All we are is dust in the wind (all we are is dust in the wind)
Dust in the wind (everything is dust in the wind)
Everything is dust in the wind
The wind
You Can’t Stop The Beat – From “Hairspray”
You can’t stop an avalanche as it races down the hill
You can try to stop the seasons, girl, but you know you never will
And you can try to stop my dancing feet,
but I just cannot stand still!
‘Cause the world keeps spinnin’ round and round
And my heart’s keepin’ time to the speed of the sound
I was lost ‘til I heard the drums, then I found my way
‘Cause you can’t stop the beat
Oh no darling
No wind, no rain
Or winter’s co-old can stop me baby (no no baby)
‘Cause you are my goal
If you’re ever in trouble, I’ll be there on the double
Just send for me, oh baby...Ha!
Ever since this whole world began
A woman found out if she shook it she could shake up a man
So now I’m gonna shake and shimmy it
the best that I can today
My love is alive (woo!),way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart
If you ever need
A helping hand
I’ll be there on the double, just as fast as I can
Don’t you know that there
‘Cause you can’t stop the
Motion of the ocean or the sun in the sky
You can wonder, if you wanna, but I’ll never ask why
And if you try to hold me down I’m gonna spit in
your eye and say
That you can’t stop the beat!
Ain’t no mountain high enough
Ain’t no valley low enough
Ain’t no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you babe
You can’t stop the river as it rushes to the sea
You can try to stop the hands of time,
but you know it just can’t be!
And if they try to stop us, Seaweed, I’ll call the N double A C P
Don’tcha know that there
Ain’t no mountain high enough
Ain’t no valley low enough
Ain’t no river wide enough
Ain’t mountain high enough
Ain’t no valley low enough
Cause the world keeps spinnin round and round
And my heart’s keepin time to the speed of sound
I was lost ‘til I heard the drums, then I found my way
Cause you cant stop the beat!
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
[Spoken:]
Some of you young folks been saying to me, “Hey Pops, what
you mean ‘What a wonderful world’? How about all them wars
all over the place? You call them wonderful? And how about
hunger and pollution? They ain’t so wonderful either.” Well how
about listening to old Pops for a minute. Seems to me, it ain’t
the world that’s so bad but what we’re doin’ to it. And all I’m
saying is, see, what a wonderful world it would be if only we’d
give it a chance. Love baby, love. That’s the secret, yeah. If lots
more of us loved each other, we’d solve lots more problems.
And then this world would be a gassar. That’s what ol’ Pops
keeps saying.
I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
The colors of the rainbow so pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces of people going by
I see friends shaking hands saying how do you do
They’re really saying I love you
I hear babies crying, I watch them grow
They’ll learn much more than I’ll never know
And I think to myself what a wonderful world
Yes I think to myself what a wonderful world
Oh yeah
Ever since we first saw the light
A man and woman like to shake it on a Saturday night
So I’m gonna shake and shimmy it with all of my might today
Cause you can’t stop the motion of the ocean,
or the rain from above
you can try to stop the paradise we’re dreamin of
But you cannot stop the rhythm of two hearts in love to stay
Cause you can’t stop the beat!
You can’t stop my happiness, cause I like the way I am
And you just can’t stop my knife and fork
when I see a Christmas Ham!
So if you don’t like the way I look, well, I just don’t give a damn!
Cause the world keeps spinnin round and round
and my heart’s keepin time to the speed of sound
I was lost ‘til I heard the drums, then I found my way
Cause you can’t stop the beat
Ever since this whole world began
A woman found out if she shook it she could shake up a man
So I’m gonna shake and shimmy it the best that I can today!
Cause you can’t stop the motion of the ocean
or the sun in the sky
You can wonder, if you wanna, but I never ask why
And you can try to hold me down,
but I’ll spit in your eye and say
That you can’t stop the beat!
[Dance break]
Oh, Oh, Oh
You can’t stop today (No!)
As it comes speeding down the track (oooh, child yes!)
Yesterday is history (be gone!)
And it’s never comin back! (Look ahead)
Cause tomorrow is a brand new day, and it don’t know white