the Edmonton Karaoke thread

okay we see your challange and will consider whether to respond to it.

i the meantime we sing

Fragile
Like a baby in your arms
Be gentle with me
I'd never willingly
Do you harm

Apologies
Are all you ever seem to get from me
But just like a child
You make me smile
When you care for me
And you know...

It's a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

Independence
Is still important for us though (we realise)
It's easy to make
The stupid mistake
Of letting go (do you know what I mean)

My weakness
You know each and every one (it frightens me)
But I need to drink
More than you seem to think
Before I'm anyone's
And you know...

It's a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

Kiss me goodbye
When I'm on my own
But you know that I'd
Rather be home

It's a question of lust
It's a question of trust
It's a question of not letting
What we've built up
Crumble to dust
It is all of these things and more
That keep us together

it's Depeche Mode Yiann.

Hello lovely lady
Can I see you smile,
Catch it from the corner
Of my wandering eye.
Move a little closer,
Until you touch my sin,
You can be forgiven.
Of a story, laced within.
I know one day, oh now, you'll come in.
I know one night, you'll disappear.
What can I do, what can I say.
(chorus)
It's standing, push and fall
Oh that's all it is
I jump the gun each time you call
Standing, push and fall
Oh, that's all it is
I jump the gun each time you call
I stand, you push and then I fall
That's how it is, it's all the same
Praying wouldn't help me,
I say it on my knees,
Heaven's just an angel
For broken hearts to breed.
Webbed yourself around me
Tangled me with skin
Kissed me with your poison
Now here we go again.
I know one day, oh now, you'll come in
I know one night, you'll disappear
What can I do, what can I say.

What I'm listening to now:

I wanna heal I wanna feel
What I thought was never real
I wanna let go of the pain I've held so long

I wanna heal I wanna feel like I'm close to something real
I wanna find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong...

From: ABBA

UNA PALOMA BLANCA (one white dove)

When the sun shines on the mountain
And the night is on the run
It's a new day
It's a new way
And I fly up to the sun

I can feel the morning sunlight
I can smell the new-mown hay
I can hear God's voice is calling
For my golden sky light way

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountains I fly
No one can take my freedom away

Once I had my share of losing
for they locked me on a chain
Yes they tried to break my power
oh I still can feel the pain

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountains I fly
No one can take my freedom away

Una paloma blanca
I'm just a bird in the sky
Una paloma blanca
Over the mountains I fly
No one can take my freedom away

Abba Sweet! good choice.
Here's one for a boyscout who thinks i might be a trifle expensive!

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

But it's gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
It's gonne take plenty of money
To do it right child

It's gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
It's gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right child

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

And this time I know it's for real
The feelings that I feel
I know if I put my mind to it
I know that I really can do it

I got my mind set on you
Set on you
I got my mind set on you
Set on you

But it's gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
It's gonna take plenty of money
To do it right child

It's gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
It's gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right child

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

And this time I know it's for real
The feelings that I feel
I know if I put my mind to it
I know that I really can do it

But it's gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
It's gonna take plenty of money
To do it right child

It's gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
It's gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right

Set on you
Set on you
(Repeat)

cute...and as for the "might be a trifle expensive!"...might doesn't seen to cover it.

i am worth every imperial credit

i don't think Troy can afford you

he already has me

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.
I'm beggin' you to beg me.
I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.

I'll shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
I'll get home early from work if you say that you love me.
Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'.
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.
I'm beggin' you to beg me.
I'll shine up the old brown shoes, put on a brand-new shirt.
I'll get home early from work if you say that you love me.

Didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'.
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?
Feelin' all alone without a friend, you know you feel like dyin'.
Oh, didn't I, didn't I, didn't I see you cryin'?

I want you to want me.
I need you to need me.
I'd love you to love me.
I'm beggin' you to beg me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.
I want you to want me.

yeh...lucky me... (IT'S A JOKE!)

watch it boyscout

for terry

So true funny how it seems
always in time, but never in line for dreams
Head over heels when toe to toe
This is the sound of my soul,
this is the sound
I bought a ticket to the world,
but now I've come back again
Why do I find it hard to write the next line
Oh I want the truth to be said

Huh huh huh hu-uh huh
I know this much is true
Huh huh huh hu-uh huh
I know this much is true

With a thrill in my head and a pill on my tongue
dissolve the nerves that have just begun
Listening to Marvin (all night long)
This is the sound of my soul,
this is the sound

Always slipping from my hands,
sand's a time of its own
Take your seaside arms and write the next line
Oh I want the truth to be known

Huh huh huh hu-uh huh
I know this much is true
Huh huh huh hu-uh huh
I know this much is true

I bought a ticket to the world,
but now I've come back again
Why do I find it hard to write the next line
Oh I want the truth to be said

Huh huh huh hu-uh huh
I know this much is true
Huh huh huh hu-uh huh
I know this much is true
This much is true
I know, I know, I know this much is true

What I'm listening to right now:

Is this the real life-
Is this just fantasy-
Caught in a landslide-
No escape from reality-
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see-
I?m just a poor boy,i need no sympathy-
Because I?m easy come,easy go,
A little high,little low,
Anyway the wind blows,doesn?t really matter to me,
To me

Mama,just killed a man,
Put a gun against his head,
Pulled my trigger,now he?s dead,
Mama,life had just begun,
But now I?ve gone and thrown it all away-
Mama ooo,
Didn?t mean to make you cry-
If I?m not back again this time tomorrow-
Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters-

Too late,my time has come,
Sends shivers down my spine-
Body?s aching all the time,
Goodbye everybody-I?ve got to go-
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth-
Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows)
I don?t want to die,
I sometimes wish I?d never been born at all-

I see a little silhouetto of a man,
Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the fandango-
Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me-
Galileo,galileo,
Galileo galileo
Galileo figaro-magnifico-
But I?m just a poor boy and nobody loves me-
He?s just a poor boy from a poor family-
Spare him his life from this monstrosity-
Easy come easy go-,will you let me go-
Bismillah! no-,we will not let you go-let him go-
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let him go
Bismillah! we will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go-let me go
Will not let you go let me go
No,no,no,no,no,no,no-
Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go-
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me-

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye-
So you think you can love me and leave me to die-
Oh baby-can?t do this to me baby-
Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here-

Nothing really matters,
Anyone can see,
Nothing really matters-,nothing really matters to me,

Any way the wind blows....


Winamp on shuffle

hey we were singing that one in the oakville thread on our board

Since this is officially Edmonton now, here's a great song for us to sing

Ride Forever
I was born north of Great Slave, 1898
And I rode near all my life on a ranch near Devil's Gate
And I've seen this world about me bend and flip and change
Hey, it feels like rain -- that's a thunder cloud

We'll, I've been called a coward, but I've seen two World Wars
And I lost my son, Virgil, my Korean reward
And my Lucy died last summer -- you ask me if I cry?
Hell, I'll show you tears, they're all over this ground
They're falling from these blue Alberta skies

But I'm going to ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call, well it's only then
I might pull in the reins

They tell me I'm an old man, they tell me I am blind
They took my driver's license, this house ain't far behind
I say jump back all you big suits 'cause you've got something wrong
I ain't gone, no, I ain't gone
I am still breathing and I still have my pride
And I have my memories, your life, it never dies
Like the wind that blows in thunder
Or the stallion on the fly, I got it all
And I'm standing tall underneath these blue Alberta skies

And I'm going to ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call, well it's only then
I might pull in the reins

So I say to all you old men, don't let yourself get broke
If you think the world's gone crazy
And it's scratching at your throat
It's time to dust off that old saddle, get it on a horse
Kick up your spurs, we're gonna run like stink
We're gonna tear across these blue Alberta skies

We're gonna ride forever
You can't keep horsemen in a cage
Should the angels call it's only then
I might pull in the reins.

Paul Gross, beatiful, Blue Skies of Alberta, priceless

four strong winds that blow slowly
Seven seas that run high
All these things that don't change come what may
Now our good times are all gone
And i'm bound for moving on
I'll look for you if i'm ever back this way

Guess i'll go out to alberta
Weather's good there in the fall
Got some friends that i can go to workin' for
Still i wish you'd change your mind
If i asked you one more time
But we've been thru that a hundred times or more

Four strong winds that blow lonely
Seven seas that run high
All these things that don't change come what may
Now our good times are all gone
And i'm bound for movin' on
I'll look for you if i'm ever back this way

If i get there before the snow flies
And if things are going good
You could meet me if i send you down the fare
But by then it would be winter
Nothing much for you to do
And the wind sure blows cold way out there

Four strong winds that blow slowly
Seven seas that run high
All these things that don't change come what may
Now our good times are all gone
And i'm bound for movin' on

I'll look for you if i'm ever back this way
Yes, i'll look for you if i'm ever back this way

way-aw-haw iskwewaw, way-aw-haw iskwewaw
kakiyaw pappa-ho!
kakiyaw pappa-ho!

Little freestyle Cree drumming for ya

Friday is when you left me
So I drink myself to sleep
Sunday is when I wake up
Not to remember a thing

My friends all say the same thing
I don't know my new girl too well
That all this lying gets to me
And no one seems to give a ****

The way she talks to every guy in the bar
Well I guess it should've raised some kind of alarm
Who'd ever think I'd go and end up
Like all the other guys that you gone and ****ed

Well it ain't no surprise
That you turn me on and leave
Well it ain't no surprise
That you turned around on me

I don't know why you won't give me what I need
Well it ain't so surprise
That that ***** is leaving me! leavin' me!

A little TOAD for ya, too

I stand in the pouring rain
You counldn?t even be there to pick me up
Yer taking me for granted again
Yer running outa time and yer outa luck!

Just a moment of weakness
I should examine my head!
Just a moment of weakness
I never meant a word I said!

I?m sick with the bejing flu
And you choose then not to come home
A week later I caught you
Kissing a girl who was my clone!

Just a moment of weakness
I should examine my head!
Just a moment of weakness
I never meant a word I said!

Oh why should I stay and pretend?
You make me laugh again
My darling, truth is we are not even friends!
Oh love comes and goes
Where yer heart stops no one knows
How did I wind up in this mess here with you?

Just a moment of weakness
I should examine my head!
Just a moment of weakness
I never meant a word I said


banana

Big yellow taxi

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
With a pink hotel a boutique and a swing hot spot

Don?t it away seem to go you don?t know
what you ?ve got till it gone

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Shu ba ba
Shu ba ba

They took all the tree and put them in a tree museum
And them a doller and a half just to see m

Don?t it away seem to go you don?t know
what you ?ve got till it gone

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Shu ba ba
Shu ba ba

Hay farmer farmer put away the dtd
now give spot on my apples
And leave me the brids and the bees please

Don?t it away seem to go you don?t know
what you ?ve got till it gone

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Shu ba ba
Shu ba ba

Late last night I herd the screen door slam
and big yellow took away my old man

Don?t it away seem to go you don?t know
what you ?ve got till it gone

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Shu ba ba

Don?t it away seem to go you don?t know
what you ?ve got till it gone

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot

Shu ba ba

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot
Shu ba ba

They paved paradise to put up a parking lot


banana

nice songs banana i know all moments of weakness. . .

This song was written by Karen Willson on a suggestion by Melinda Snodgrass just before A NEW HOPE was released. Available on a filksong CD on the internet.

Star to Steer By

Chorus: Oh, give me a star to steer by
A cause to die for, a love to win,
And I will seek the sky.

Hope springs in a rebel's breast,
Knowing death is near, but fighting on
To win a free man's grave

Life limps on for those he's left behind.
We'll meet another time, another life,
Where secret lovers dine.

Chorus

Gently, she draws her children near
And whispered 'way their fears, for by moonset
The soldiers will have gone.

Somewhere, her loved on roams the sky.
Death weaves his silken lies: a shield gone,
A robe of rest well won.

Chorus

Hidden deep, a princess' secrets lie,
Her brothers beside her slain. Dark master smiles.
This battle he has won.

Head high, she meets death unafraid,
Knowing the price she's paid is worth its end
Dark master's hold broken.

Chorus

War lingers on. Its roots grow deep in space,
Inspired and fed by hate. We will be free ---
The rebel's cry is strong.

For them this dream: Together they'll carve a place.
Destiny they will create. The time has come;
The force of peace has won!

Chorus

nice

remember this adi?

I?ll be seeing you
In all the old familiar places
That this heart of mine embraces
All day through

In that small café
The park across the way
The children?s carousel
The chestnut tree
The wishing well

I?ll be seeing you
In every lovely summer?s day
In everything that?s light and gay
I?ll always think of you that way

I?ll find you in the morning sun
And when the night is new
I?ll be looking at the moon
But I?ll be seeing you

The Voice

Won't you take me back to school
I need to learn the golden rule
Won't you lay it on the line
I need to hear it just one more time
Verse: Oh won't you tell me again
Can you feel it
Won't you tell me again
Tonight

Each and every heart it seems
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun
Is greeted by a lonely one
Verse: Oh won't you tell me again...

'Cos out on the ocean of life my love
There's so many storms we must rise above
Can you hear the spirit calling
As it's carried across the waves
You're already falling
It's calling you back to face the music
And the song that is coming through
You're already falling
The one that it's calling is you

Make a promise take a vow
And trust your feelings it's easy now
Understand the voice within
And feel the changes already beginning
Verse: Oh won't you tell me again...

And how many words have I got to say
And how many times will it be this way
With your arms around the future
And your back up against the past
You're already falling it's calling you
On to face the music
And the song that is coming through
You're already falling
The one that it's calling is you.

Each and every heart it seems
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun
Is greeted by a lonely one
Won't you tell me again
Can you feel it
Oh won't you tell me again
Tonight

(Note: for those of you too young to remember or know, this Moody Blues song was written for George Lucas and Star Wars)