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Let There Be Love
02:30
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Let there be you
Let there be me
Let there be oysters
Under the sea
Let there be wind
An occasional rain
Chile con carne
Sparkling champagne
Let there be birds
To sing in the trees
Someone to bless me
Whenever I sneeze
Let there be cuckoos
A lark and a dove
But first of all, please
Let there be love
Yes, Lord
Let there be love
Yes, Lord
Let there be love
Yes, Lord
Let there be love
Yes, Lord
Let there be birds
To sing in the trees
Someone to bless me
Whenever I sneeze
Let there be cuckoos
A lark and a dove
But first of all, please
Let there be love
Yes, Lord
Let there be love
Yes, Lord
Let there be love
Yes, Lord
Let there be love
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Mona Lisa
05:08
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Mona Lisa, Mona Lisa, men have named you
You're so like the lady with the mystic smile
Is it only 'cause you're lonely they have blamed you?
For that Mona Lisa strangeness in your smile?
Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there, and they die there
Are you warm? Are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art?
Do you smile to tempt a lover, Mona Lisa?
Or is this your way to hide a broken heart?
Many dreams have been brought to your doorstep
They just lie there, and they die there
Are you warm? Are you real, Mona Lisa?
Or just a cold and lonely, lovely work of art?
Mona Lisa
Mona Lisa
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Birmingham
04:15
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The hoods don't like us 'cause we're from the hood
We try to fight them 'cause they ain't no good
The time has now come for me to take a stand
They knocked down King Cole in Birmingham
They really think they're slick with their silly red line
They want us to believe that things will change with time
We have to tell our young don't believe the man
Because of what happened down in Birmingham
Moved to Chicago to get away
They still tried to play me in a city way
I won't dare forget who I am
But I ain't going back to Birmingham
Headed out west to Los Angeles
Maybe there's a place that I can do what I please
The neighbors killed my dog with a poison
Sure sounds like I'm down in Birmingham
Made my own way onto network prime time
Afraid of the dark, they wouldn't give me a dime
Had to through my baby into a can
Because of stubbornness like in Birmingham
My own people try to say I never did a thing
They don't know how much I gave to Dr. King
They thought all I cared about was Uncle Sam
I'm sort of thinking to keep you in Birmingham
Now I hope the natives down in Alabama, yes
They probably ain't the worst but they certainly ain't the best
The South was a fine place, but I ain't a fan
Of things they do down in Birmingham
Now I'm dead and gone and things ain't changed
Now I'm dead and gone and things are still the same
Now I'm dead and gone, oh man, oh man
Remember what they did to me in Birmingham
Woah, Birmingham is Birmingham
America is Birmingham
Do the very best, the best that you can
To find your way down in Birmingham
Birmingham is Birmingham
America is Birmingham
Do the very best, the best that you can
To find your way down in Birmingham
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Nature Boy
05:00
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There was a boy
A very strange, enchanted boy
They say he travelled very far
Very far, over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
One magic day he passed my way
And as we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me:
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
There was a boy
A very strange, enchanted boy
They say he travelled very far
Very far, over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
One magic day he passed my way
And as we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me:
"The greatest thing that you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
And then one day
One magic day he passed my way
And as we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me:
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
In return
In return
In return
In return
In return
To be loved
In return
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Stardust
04:47
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And now the purple dusk of twilight time
Steals across the meadows of my heart
High up in the sky the little stars climb
Always reminding me that we're apart
You wandered down the lane and far away
Leaving me a song that will not die
Love is now the stardust of yesterday
The music of the years gone by
Sometimes I wonder why I spend
The lonely nights
Dreaming of a song
The melody haunts my reverie
And I am once again with you
Though all of us knew
And each kiss an inspiration
But that was long ago
And now my consolation
Is in the stardust of a song
Beyond a garden wall
When stars are bright
You are in my arms
The nightingale tells a fairytale
Of paradise where roses grew
Though I dream in vain
In my heart it will remain
My stardust melody
A memory of love's refrain
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Blame It On My Youth
02:55
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If I expected love when first we kissed
Blame it on my youth
If only just for you I did exist
Blame it on my youth
I believed in everything
Like a child of three
You meant more than anything
You meant all the world to me
If you were on my mind all night and day
Blame it on my youth
If I forgot to eat and sleep and pray
Blame it on my youth
If I cried a little bit
When first I learned the truth
Don't blame it on my heart
Blame it on my youth
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The Very Thought Of You
04:36
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The very thought of you and I forget to do
Those little ordinary things that everyone ought to do
I'm living in a daydream
I'm happy as a king
And foolish as it may seem
To me that's everything
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you
You'll never know how slow these moments go till I am near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love
The mere idea of you, the longing here for you
You'll never know how slow these moments go till I am near to you
I see your face in every flower
Your eyes in stars above
It's just the thought of you
The very thought of you, my love
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For All We Know
04:05
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For all we know we may never meet again
Before you go make this moment sweet again
We won't say goodnight until the last minute
I'll hold out my hand and my heart will be in it
For all we know this may only be a dream
We come and we go like the ripples on a stream
So love me tonight; tomorrow was made for some
Tomorrow may never come for all we know
We know
Oh, for all we know
We know, we know, we know
We know, we know, we know, we know, we know, we know
For all we know
For all we know, we know, we know
This may be, this may be our last chance
For all we know
For all we know
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9. |
Smile
04:18
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Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds in the sky, you'll get by
If you smile through your fear and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see that sun come shining through for you
Light up your face with gladness
And hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll see that life is still worthwhile
If you just smile
Light up your face with gladness
And hide every trace of sadness
Although a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile, what's the use of crying?
You'll find that life is worthwhile
If you just smile
If you just smile
Everything's gonna be alright if you just smile
Everything's gonna be alright
Don't you know you got to smile
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Inseparable
02:40
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Inseparable
That's how we'll always be
Inseparable
Just you and me
It's so wonderful
To know you'll always be around me
Incredible
What you are to me
Incredible
You bring out the human in me
With your style of love
Inseparable
Yes, we are
We're like a flower to a tree
Like words to a melody of love
There's no way we could break up
No words that can make us blow our thing
We're just
Inseparable
That's just how it is
Inseparable
For the rest of our years
It's so wonderful
To know you'll always be around
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