Song Page

Here are songs. Music is such a big part of my life, I couldn't NOT have a page devoted to it. Following are songs that have some meaning for me, and songs I just plain like. I'll try to arrange them in something resembling an order, but don't bet on anything. I will also try to give credit where credit is due, but if you see some question marks now and then, have patience. Now, read. Someday I'll get sound clips...

Sentimental Journey Origin: ? Lyrics & music: Bud Green, Les Brown, and Ben Homer Gonna take a sentimental journey Gonna set my heart at ease Gonna make a sentimental journey To renew old memories Got my bag, got my reservation Spent each dime I could afford Like a child in wild anticipation Long to hear that "All aboard" Seven, that's the time we leave, at seven I'll be waitin' up for heaven Countin' every mile of railroad track That takes me back Never thought my heart could be so yearny Why did I decide to roam? Gotta take that sentimental journey Sentimental journey home Sentimental journey!

The Sound of Silence Origin: CD "Sounds of Silence" Lyrics & music: Simon and Garfunkel Hello darkness, my old friend I've come to talk with you again Because a vision softly creeping Left its seeds while I was sleeping And the vision that was planted in my brain Still remains Within the sound of silence In restless dreams I walked alone Narrow streets of cobblestone 'Neath the halo of a street lamp I turn my collar to the cold and damp When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light That split the night And touched the sound of silence And in the naked light I saw Ten thousand people maybe more People talking without speaking People hearing without listening People writing songs that voices never shared No one dared Disturb the sound of silence "Fools," said I, "you do not know Silence like a cancer grows Hear my words that I might teach you Take my arms that I might reach you" But my words like silent raindrops fell And echoed in the wells of silence And the people bowed and prayed To the neon god they made And the sign flashed out its warning In the words that it was forming And the sign said "The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls And tenement halls And whispered in the sound of silence"

Fare Thee Well Love Origin: CD "North Country" Lyrics: Jimmy Rankin Music: Jimmy Rankin Voice 1 (male): Fare thee well, love, fare thee well, love! Far away you must go. Take your heart, love, take you heart, love! Will we never meet again no more? Voice 2 (female): Far across, love, far across, love! O'er the mountains and country wide Take my heart, love, take my heart, love! No one knows the tears I've cried. Chorus (both): So I'll drink today, love, I'll sing to you, love. In pauper's glory my time I'll bide, No home or ties, love, a restless rover If I can't have you by my side. Voice 1: Oh come back, love, oh come back, love! The sun and moon refuse to shine. Voice 2: Since I've gone, love, gone away, love This lonely girl has had no peace of mind. Chorus Voice 1 & 2: Fare thee well, love, fare thee well, love Far away you must go. Take my heart, love, take your heart, love! Will we never meet again no more? Will we never meet again no more?

Language Origin: CD "Solitude Standing" Lyrics: Suzanne Vega Music: Suzanne Vega & Michael Visceglia If language were liquid It would be rushing in Instead here we are In a silence more eloquent Than any word could ever be These words are too solid They don't move fast enough To catch the blur in the brain That flies by and is gone I'd like to meet you In a timeless Placeless place Somewhere out of context And beyond all consequences Let's go back to the building On Little West Twelfth It is not far away And the river is there And the sun and the spaces are all laying low And we'll sit in the silence That comes rushing in and is gone I won't use words again They don't mean what I meant They don't say what I said They're just the crust of the meaning With realms underneath Never touched Never stirred Never even moved through If language were liquid It would be rushing in Instead here we are in a silence more eloquent Than any word could ever be And it's gone

Façade Origin: musical play "Jekyll & Hyde" Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse Music: Frank Wildhorn There's a face that we wear In the cold light of day - It's society's mask, It's society's way, And the truth is That it's all a façade! There's a face that we hide Till the nighttime appears, And what's hiding inside, Behind all of our fears, Is our true self, Locked inside the façade! Every day People, in their own sweet way, Like to add a coat of paint, And be what they ain't! That's how our little - Game is played, Livin' like a masquerade Actin' a bizarre charade - While playing the saint! But there's one thing I know, And I know it for sure: This disease that we've got Has got no ready cure! And I'm certain Life is terribly hard - When your life's a façade! Look around you! I have found You cannot tell, by lookin' at the surface, What is lurkin' there beneath it! See that face Now, I'm prepared to bet you, What you see's not what you get - 'Cause man's a master of deceit! So, what is the sinister secret? The lie he will tell you is true? - It's that each man you meet In the street Isn't one man but two! Nearly everyone you see - Like him an' her, An' you, an' me - Pretends to be A pillar of society - A model for propriety - Sobriety An' piety - Who shudders at the thought Of notoriety! The ladies an' gents 'ere before you - Which none of 'em ever admits - May 'ave saintly looks - But they're sinners an' crooks! Hypocrites! Hypocrites! There are preachers who kill! There are killers who preach! There are teachers who lie! There are liars who teach! Take yer pick, dear - 'Cause it's all a façade! If we're not one, but two, Are we evil or good? Do we walk the fine line - That we'd cross if we could? Are we waiting - To break through the façade? One or two Might look kinda well-to-do - Hah! They're bad as me an' you, Right down their boots! I'm inclined to think - Half mankind Thinks the other half is blind! Wouldn't be surprise to find - They're all in cahoots! At the end of the day, They don't mean what they say, They don't say what they mean, They don't ever come clean - And the answer - Is it's all a façade! Is it's all a façade! Man is not one, but two, He is evil and good, An' he walks the fine line We'd all cross if we could! It's a nightmare - We can never discard - So we stay on our guard - Though we love the façade - What's behind the façade? Look behind the façade! [ www.stlyrics.com ]

In Western Lands Beneath the Sun Origin: book The Lord of the Rings Lyrics: J. R. R. Tolkien Music: Unknown; performed by William Nye In western lands beneath the Sun   the flowers may rise in Spring, the trees may bud, the waters run,   the merry finches sing. Or there maybe 'tis cloudless night   and swaying beeches bear the Elven-stars as jewels white   amid their branching hair. Though here at journey's end I lie   in darkness buried deep, beyond all towers strong and high,   beyond all mountains steep, above all shadows rides the Sun   and Stars for ever dwell: I will not say the Day is done,   nor bid the Stars farewell.

Savory, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme Origin: "Six Songs of Early Canada" Composer: Donald Patriquin Pray can you buy me an acre or more, Savory, sage, rosemary, and thyme, Between the wide ocean and the seashore? And then you can be a true lover of mine. Pray can you plow it with one ram's horn, Savory, sage, rosemary, and thyme, And sow it all over with one peppercorn? And then you can be a true lover of mine. Pray can you reap it with a sickle of leather, Savory, sage, rosemary,and thyme, And tie it all up with one peacock's feather? And then you can be a true lover of mine. Now you have asked of me these questions three, And now it is my turn to ask three of thee. Pray can you make me a fine cambric shirt, Savory, sage, rosemary, and thyme, Without any seam and all needlework? And then you can be a true lover of mine. Pray in yon brook can you wash it and wade, Savory, sage, rosemary, and thyme, Where water ne'er flowed since earth it was made? And then you can be a true lover of mine. Pray can you dry it on yonder sweet thorn, Savory, sage, rosemary, and thyme, Where blossom ne'er bloomed since Adam was born? Then you can be a true lover of mine! [ Program Participants Translations & Text ]

When I Hear Music Origin: Warner Bros. Publications U.S. Inc. Lyrics & music: Michael G. Martin I hear music in the wind. It wakens me to sing a song of love and beauty, a melody, a symphony. I feel music in my heart. Every song I sing, it carries me to yesterday, a lulaby, a memory. There are so many songs unsung, so much hope to bring. You've set my life to music. I'll sing on. (3x) You've left an imprint, you've left an imprint on my heart. You have taught me how to love. You have taught me how to live a life that's filled with music, a passion yet to give. When I hear laughter, when I hear singing, when I hear music, I think of you.

Sure On This Shining Night Origin: Permit Me Voyage, "Description of Elysium" Words: James Agee Music: Samuel Barber Sure on this shinging night Of star-made shadows round, Silence must watch for me This side the ground. The late year lies down the north. All is healed, all is health. High summer holds the earth. Hearts all whole. Sure on this shining night I weep for wonder, wand'ring far alone, Of shadows on the stars.

Like a Shining Light Origin: Somerset Press, Carol Stream, Illinois Lyrics: Roger G. Lentz Music: Roger G. Lentz Like a shining light, Like a shining light, I, like a shining light, will brighten the world, will brighten the world. Repeat Brighten the lonely with friendship, Brighten the painful with comfort, Brighten the anger with calmness, Brighten despair with hope. Brighten the taking with giving, Brighten the doubting with trusting, Brighten the evil with goodness, Brighten the hatred with love! Like a shining light, etc.