Seasons of Love

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure; measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee,

In inches, in miles, in laughter in strife.
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,
How do you measure a year in the life?

How about love?

How about love?
How about love? Measure in love.
Seasons of love
Seasons of love.

I Dreamed a Dream

I dreamed a dream in days gone by

When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die,
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
 Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid.
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night

With their voices soft as thunder.
As they tear your hope apart,
As they turn your dream to shame . . . . .

Memory

Midnight. Not a sound from the pavement.

Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone.
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan.

Memory. All alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then.
I remember the time I knew what happiness was,
Let the memory live again.

Every street lamp seems to beat

A fatalistic warning.
Someone mutters and a street lamp gutters
And soon it will be morning.
 All I Ask of You

Say you love me every waking moment

Turn my head and talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always,
Promise me that all you say is true.
That’s all I ask of you.

Say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime;

Let me lead you from your solitude
Say you need me with you here beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go too.
Love me, that’s all I ask of you.

Dancing Queen

Friday night and the lights are low

Looking out for a place to go
Oh when they pay the right music
Getting in the swing
You come to look for a King.

Anybody could be that guy

Night is young and the music’s high.
With a bit of rock music
Everything is fine
You’re in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance
 You are the dancing queen
Young and sweet only seventeen,
Dancing queen.
Feel the beat from the tambourine.
You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life, Oh
See that girl,
Watch that scene diggin’ the dancing queen.
Seasons of Love

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan.
Five hundred twenty-five six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

In truth that she learned or in times that he cried.

In bridges he burned or the way that she died.
It’s time now to sing out, though the story never ends.
Let’s celebrate, remember a year in the life of friends.

Remember the love,

Remember the love
Remember the love. Measure in love.
Seasons of love.
Seasons of love.

Dreamed a Dream

He slept a summer by my side.

He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride,
But he was gone when autumn came.
 And still I dreamed he’d come to me
That we would live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be,
And there are storms we cannot weather.

I had a dream my life would be

So different from this hell I’m living.
So different now from what it seemed.
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

Memory

Daylight. I must wait for the sunrise,

I must think of a new life
And I mustn’t give in.
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too,
And a new day will begin.
Burnt out ends of smoky days,
The stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning.

Touch me. It’s so easy to leave me

All alone with the memory of my days in the sun.
If you touch me you’ll understand what happiness is.
Look, a new day has begun.
Dancing Queen

You’re a teaser you turn ‘em on,

Leave ‘em burning and then you’re gone.
Lookin’ out for another
Any one will do.
You’re in the mood for a dance
And when you get the change

You are the dancing queen.

Young and sweet only seventeen,
Dancing queen.
Feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance. You can jive.
 Having the time of your life, Oh,
See that girl,
Watch that scene, diggin’ dancing queen.

See that girl,

Watch that scene, diggin’ dancing queen.
 Sing-a-Long 2019

Sound of Music

The hills are alive with the sound of music

With songs they have sung for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears.

My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds

That rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime that flies
From a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls over
Stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark who is learning to pray.

I go to the hills when my heart is lonely

I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I´ll sing once more

Oklahoma!

Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain,

And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.
Oklahoma, ev'ry night my honey lamb and I
Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk makin' lazy circles in the sky.
We know we belong to the land
And the land we belong to is grand!
And when we say, yeeow-a-yip-i-o-ee ay!
We're only sayin' You're doin' fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma, okay.
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweepin' down the plain,
And the wavin' wheat can sure smell sweet
When the wind comes right behind the rain.
Oklahoma, ev'ry night my honey lamb and I
Sit alone and talk and watch a hawk makin' lazy circles in the sky.
We know we belong to the land
And the land we belong to is grand!
And when we say, yeeow-a-yip-i-o-ee ay!
We're only sayin' You're doin' fine, Oklahoma! Oklahoma, O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A! Oklahoma!
 Getting to Know You

Getting to know you

Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you 
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you 
Putting it my way 
But nicely 
You are precisely 
My cup of tea

Getting to know you

Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you 
Getting to know what to say 
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy? 
Because of all the beautiful and new 
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day.

Getting to know you

Getting to know all about you
Getting to like you 
Getting to hope you like me
Getting to know you 
Putting it my way 
But nicely 
You are precisely 
My cup of tea
Getting to know you
Getting to feel free and easy
When I am with you 
Getting to know what to say 
Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy? 
Because of all the beautiful and new 
Things I'm learning about you 
Day by day.

Some Enchanted Evening

Some enchanted evening, you may see a stranger,

 You may see a stranger across a crowded room,
And somehow you know, you know even then,
That somewhere you'll see her again and again.
Some enchanted evening, someone may be laughing,
You may hear her laughing across a crowded room,
And night after night, as strange as it seems,
The sound of her laughter will sing in your dreams.
Who can explain it? Who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons. Wise men never try.
Some enchanted evening, when you find your true love,
When you hear her call you across a crowded room,
Then fly to her side and make her your own,
Or all through your life you may dream all alone.
Once you have found her, never let her go,
Once you have found her, never let her go.

It’s a Grand Night for Singing

It's a grand night for singing,

The moon is flying high, 
And somewhere a bird 
Who is bound he'll be heard 
Is throwing his heart at the sky! 
It's a grand night for singing,
The stars are bright above.
The earth is a-glow
And to add to the show,
I think I am falling in love! 
Falling, falling in love.
Maybe it's more than the moon,
Maybe it's more than the birds,
Maybe it's more than sight of the night,
In a light too lovely for words. 
Maybe it's more than the earth
Shiny and silvery blue.
Maybe the reason I'm feeling this way
Has something to do with you! 

It’s a grand night for singing,

The moon is flying high,
And somewhere a bird
Who is bound he’ll be heard
Is throwing his heart at the sky!
It's a grand night for singing,
 The stars are bright above.
The earth is a-glow
And, to add to the show
I think I am falling in love! 
Falling, falling in love.

I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out-a My Hair

I’m gonna wash that man right out-a my hair.

I’m gonna wash that man right out-a my hair.
I’m gonna wash that man right out-a my hair,
And send him on his way.

I’m gonna wave that man right out-a my arms.

I’m gonna wave that man right out-a my arms.
I’m gonna wave that man right out-a my arms,
And send him on his way.

Don’t try to patch it up,

Tear it up, tear it up!
Wash him out, dry him out,
Push him out, fly him out!
Cancel him, and let him go!
Yeah, sister!

I’m gonna wash that man right out-a my hair.

I’m gonna wash that man right out-a my hair.
I’m gonna wash that man right out-a my hair,
And send him on his way.

If a man don’t under stand you,

If you fly on separate beams,
Waste no time! Make a change!
Ride that man right off your range!
Rub him out-a the roll call,
And drum him out of your dreams!
Oh ho!

If you laugh at diff’rent comics,

If you root for diff’rent teams,
Waste no time, Weep no more,
Show him what the door is for!
Rub him out-a the roll call,
And drum him out-a your dreams!
Oh ho! Oh ho!
 I went and washed that man right out-a my hair.
I went and washed that man right out-a my hair.
I went and washed that man right out-a my hair.
And sent him on his way!

She went and washed that man right out-a her hair,
She went and washed that man right out-a her hair.
She went and washed that man right out-a her hair
And sent him on his way!

Climb Every Mountain

Climb every mountain.

Search high and low.
Follow ev’ry by-way,
Ev’ry path you know.

Climb every mountain,

Ford ev’ry stream.
Fol-low ev’ry rainbow
Till you find your dream.

A dream that will need

All the love you can give
Ev’ry day of your life
For as long as you live.

Climb ev’ry moun-tain,

Ford ev’ry stream.
Fol-low ev’ry rainbow
Till you find your dream.

A dream that will need all the love you can give
Ev’ry day of your life
For as long as you live.

Climb ev’ry mountain

Ford ev’ry stream
Fol-low ev’ry rainbow
Till you find your dream.

No Business Like Show Business

 There’s no business like show business
Like no business I know.
Everything about it is appealing,
Everything that traffic will allow.
Nowhere could you get that happy feeling
When you are stealing that extra bow.

There’s no people like show people,

They smile when they are low.
Even with a turkey that you know will fold,
You may be stranded out in the cold.
Still you wouldn’t change it for a sack of gold,
Let’s go on with the show.

There’s no business like show business

Like no business I know.
Everything about it is appealing,
Everything that traffic will allow.
Nowhere could you get that happy feeling
When you are stealing that extra bow.

There’s no people like show people,

They smile when they are low.
Even with a turkey that you know will fold,
You may be stranded out in the cold.
Still you wouldn’t change it for a sack of gold,
Let’s go on with the show.
Let’s go on with the show.

Alexander’s Ragtime Band

Come on and hear, come on and hear Alexander's Ragtime Band

Come on and hear, come on and hear 'bout the best band in the land
They can play a bugle call like you never heard before 
So na-tu-ral that you want to go to war 
That's just the bestest band what am, oh Honey Lamb
Come on along, come on along, let me take you by the hand 
Up to the man, up to the man, who's the leader of the band 
And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime
Come on and hear, come on and hear Alexander's Ragtime Band

Come on and hear, come on and hear Alexander’s Ragtime Band

Come on and hear, come on and hear ‘bout the best band in the land.
 They can play a bugle call like you never heard before
So na-tu-ral that you want to go to war.
That’s just the bestest band what am, Oh Honey Lamb!

Come on along, come on along, Let me take you by the hand.

Up to the man, up to the man who’s the leader of the band.
And if you care to hear the Swanee River played in ragtime,
Come on and hear, come on and hear Alexander’s Ragtime Band.

Puttin’ on the Ritz

If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to

Why don’t you go where fashion sits,
Puttin’ on the Ritz.

Diff’rent types who wear a day coat, pants with stripes

And cut-a-way coat, perfect fits,
Puttin’ on the Ritz.

Strolling up the av-e-nue so happy.

All dressed up just like an English chappie, very snappie.
Come, let’s mix where Rock-e-fel-lers walk with sticks or “um-ber-el-las
in their mitts,
Puttin’ on the Ritz.

If you’re blue and you don’t know where to go to

Why don’t you go where fashion sits,
Puttin’ on the Ritz.

Diff’rent types who wear a day coat, pants with stripes

And cut-a-way coat, perfect fits,
Puttin’ on the Ritz.

Strolling up the av-e-nue so happy.

All dressed up just like an English chappie, very snappie.
Come, let’s mix where Rock-e-fel-lers walk with sticks or “um-ber-el-las
in their mitts,
Puttin’ on the Ritz.

Strike Up the Band

Let the drums roll out!

Let the trumpet call!
While the people shout!
 Strike up the band!

Hear the cymbals ring!

Calling one and all
To the martial swing
Strike up the band!

There is work to be done, to be done!

There’s a war to be won, to be won!
Come, you son of a son of a gun!
Take your stand!
Fall in line, yea bo!
Come along, let’s go!
Hey, leader, Strike up the band!

Let the drums roll out!

Let the trumpet call!
While the people shout!
Strike up the band!

Hear the cymbals ring!

Calling one and all
To the martial swing
Strike up the band!

Yankee Doo, Doo-dle-oo, Doo-dle-oo,

We’ll come through, Doo-dle-oo, Doo-dle-oo,
For the red, white and blue, Doo-dle-oo,
Lend a hand!

With your flag unfurled,

We can lick the world!
Hey, leader! Strike up the band!

I’ve Got Rhythm

I got rhythm, I got music,

I got my man, Who could ask for anything more?
I got daisies In green pastures,
I got my man, Who could ask for anything more?

Old Man Trouble, I don’t mind him,

You won’t find him ‘round my door.
 I got starlight, I got sweet dreams,
I got my man, Who could ask for anything more?
Who could ask for anything more?

I got rhythm, I got music,

I got my man, Who could ask for anything more?
I got daisies In green pastures,
I got my man, Who could ask for anything more?

Old Man Trouble, I don’t mind him,

You won’t find him ‘round my door.

I got starlight, I got sweet dreams,

I got my man, Who could ask for anything more?
Who could ask for anything more?

‘S Wonderful

‘S wonderful! ‘S marvelous!
You should care for me.
‘S awful nice!
‘S paradise!
‘S what I love to see!

You’ve made my life so glamorous

You can’t blame me for feeling amorous
Oh! ‘S wonderful!
‘S marvelous!
That you should care for me!

‘S wonderful! ‘S marvelous!
You should care for me.
‘S awful nice!
‘S paradise!
‘S what I love to see!

My dear, it’s four-leaf clover time.

From now on my heart’s working o-ver time.

Oh! ‘S wonderful!
‘S marvelous!
That you should care for me!
 I Could Have Danced All Night

Bed! Bed!
I couldn’t go to bed,
My head’s too light to try to set it down.

Sleep! Sleep!
I couldn’t sleep tonight,
Not for all the jewels in the crown!

I could have danced all night!

I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more.

I could have spread my wings

And done a thousand things
I’ve never done before.

I’ll never know what made it so exciting,

Why all at once my heart took flight.

I only know when he

Began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced, danced all night.

I could have danced all night!

I could have danced all night
And still have begged for more.

I could have spread my wings

And done a thousand things
I’ve never done before.

I’ll never know what made it so exciting,

Why all at once my heart took flight.

I only know when he

Began to dance with me
I could have danced, danced, danced all night!

Get Me to the Church on Time

I’m getting’ married in the morning

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.
Pull out the stopper;
 Let’s have a whopper;
But get me to the church on time!

I gotta be there in the morning

Spruced up and looking in my prime.
Girls, come and kiss me;
Show how you’ll miss me,
But get me to the church on time!

If I am dancing,
Roll up the floor!
If I am whistling,
Whewt me out the door!

For I’m getting married in the morning

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.
Kick up a rumpus,
But don’t lose the compass;
And get me to the church.
Get me to the church.
For Pete’s sake, get me to the church on time!

If I am dancing,
Roll up the floor!
If I am whistling,
Whewt me out the door!

For I’m getting married in the morning

Ding! Dong! The bells are gonna chime.
Kick up a rumpus,
But don’t lose the compass;
And get me to the church.
Get me to the church.
For Pete’s sake, get me to the church on time!

Luck Be a Lady

Luck, be a lady tonight.

Luck, be a lady tonight.
Luck, if you’ve ever been a lady to begin with,
Luck, be a lady tonight.

Luck, let a gentleman see,

How nice a dame you can be.
I know the way you’ve treated other guys you’ve been with.
 Luck, be a lady with me.

A lady doesn’t leave her escort

It isn’t fair. It isn’t nice.
A lady doesn’t wander all over the room
And blow on some other guy’s dice.
So, let’s keep the party polite.
Never get out of my sight.
Stick with me baby, I’m the fella you came in with.
Luck, be a lady.
Luck, be a lady tonight.

Bushel and a Peck

I love you a bushel and a peck

A bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck
A hug around the neck and a barrel and a heap
A barrel and a heap and I'm talkin' in my sleep
About you, about you,
'Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your purdy neck I do.
A doodle oodle oodle 
A doodle oodle oodle
A doodle oodle oodle oooo.
I love you a bushel and a peck
A bushel and a peck though you make my heart a wreck.
Make my heart a wreck and you make my life a mess
Make my life a mess, yes a mess of happiness about you,
About you,
'Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your purdy neck I do.
A doodle oodle oodle
A doodle oodle oodle
A doodle oodle oodle ooooo.
I love you a bushel and a peck
A bushel and a peck and it beats me all to heck
It beats me all to heck, how I'll never tend the farm
Never tend the farm when I wanna keep my arm
About you, about you.
'Cause I love you a bushel and a peck
You bet your purdy neck I do
A doodle oodle oodle
A doodle oodle oodle
A doodle oodle oodle ooooo.
A doodle oodle oodle
 A doodle oodle oodle
A doodle oodle oodle ooooo.

Almost Like Being in Love

Maybe the sun gave me the pow'r

For I could swim Loch Lomond and be home in half an hour
Maybe the air gave me the drive
For I'm all a glow and alive!
What a day this has been
What a rare mood I'm in
Why, it's almost like being in love
There's a smile on my face
For the whole human race
Why it's almost like being in love
All the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me
And from the way that I feel
When that bell starts to peal
I would swear I was falling
Swear I was falling
It's almost like being in love.
What a day this has been
What a rare mood I'm in
Why, it's almost like being in love
There's a smile on my face
For the whole human race
Why it's almost like being in love.
All the music of life seems to be
Like a bell that is ringing for me
And from the way that I feel
When that bell starts to peal
I would swear I was falling
Swear I was falling
It's almost like being in love.

Whatever Lola Wants

Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets.

And little man, little Lola wants you
Make up your mind to have No regrets,
Recline yourself, resign yourself, you’re through.
 She always gets
What she aims for
And your heart and soul
Is what she came for.

Whatever Lola wants, Lola gets.

Take off your coat,
Don’t you know you can’t win?
You’re no exception to the rule,
She’s irresistible, you fool, give in.

Big Spender

The minute you walked in the joint,

I could see you were a man of distinction
A real big spender,
Good looking, so refined,
Say wouldn’t you like to know what’s
Goin’ on in my mind?

So let me get right to the point!

I don’t pop my cork for ev’ry man I see.
Hey, big spender.
Spend a little time with me.

Wouldn’t you like to have fun, fun, fun?

How’s about a few laughs, laughs?
I could show you a good time.
Let me show you a good time.

The minute you walked in the joint,

I could see you were a man of distinction,
A real big spender.
Good looking, so refined,
Say, wouldn’t you like to know what’s
Goin’ on in my mind?

So let me get right to the point!

I don’t pop my cork for ev’ry man I see.
Hey, big spender.
Hey, big spender.
Hey, big spender.
Spend a little time with me.
 Cabaret

What good is sitting alone in your room?

Come hear the music play.
Life is a cabaret, old chum.
Come to the cabaret.
Put down the knitting, the book and the broom
Time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret, old chum.
Come to the cabaret.
Come taste the wine
Come hear the band
Come blow the horn, start celebrating
Right this way, your table's waiting.
No use permitting some prophet of doom
To wipe every smile a-way.
Life is a cabaret old chum.
Come to the cabaret.
What good is sitting alone in your room?
Come hear the music play.
Life is a cabaret, old chum.
Come to the cabaret.
Put down the knitting, the book and the broom
Time for a holiday
Life is a cabaret, old chum.
Come to the cabaret.
Come taste the wine
Come hear the band
Come blow the horn, start celebrating
Right this way, your table's waiting.
No use permitting some prophet of doom
To wipe every smile a-way.
Life is a cabaret old chum.
Come to the cabaret.

Everything’s Comin’ Up Roses

You’ll be swell, You’ll be great.

Gonna have the whole world on a plate!
 Starting here, starting now,
Honey, ev’rything’s coming up roses!

Clear the decks, Clear the tracks,

You got nothing to do but relax.
Blow a kiss, Take a bow,
Honey, ev’rything’s coming up roses!

Now’s your inning

Stand the world on its ear!
Set it spinning,
That’ll be just the beginning!

Curtain up, Light the lights,

You got nothing to hit but the heights!
You’ll be swell, You’ll be great,
I can tell, Just you wait!
That lucky star I talk about is due.
Honey, ev’rything’s coming up roses for me and for you!

Curtain up, Light the lights,

We got nothing to hit but the heights!
I can tell, Wait and see!
There’s the bell, Follow me!
And nothing’s gonna stop us till we’re through!
Honey, ev’rything’s coming up roses and daffodils,
Ev’rything’s coming up sunshine and Santa Claus,
Ev’rything’s gonna be bright lights and lollipops.
Ev’rything’s coming up roses for me and for you.

Hello Dolly

Hello Dolly, well, hello Dolly

It's so nice to have you back where you belong
You're looking swell, Dolly, We can tell, Dolly,
You're still glowing, you're still crowing, you're still going strong.
We feel the room swaying 'cause the band's playing
One of your old favorite songs from way back when
Take a rap, fellows, find her an empty lap, fellows
Dolly'll never go away again.
Hello Dolly, well hello Dolly
 It's so nice to have you back where you belong.
You're looking swell, Dolly, we can tell, Dolly,
You're still glowing, you're still crowing, you're still going strong
We feel the room swaying 'cause the band's playing
One of your old favorite songs from way back when
Take a rap, fellows, find her an empty lap, fellows,
Dolly'll never go away, Dolly'll never go away,
Dolly'll never go away again!

Mame

You coax the blues right out of the horn, Mame.

You charm the husk right off of the corn, Mame.
You've got the banjos strumming
And plunking out a tune to beat the band
The whole plantation's hummin'
Since you brought Dixie back to Dixieland
You make the cotton easy to pick, Mame.
You give my old mint julep a kick, Mame.
You make the old magnolia tree
Blossom at the mention of your name.
You've made us feel alive again.
You've given us the drive again.
To make the South revive again, Mame.

You've brought the cakewalk back into style, Mame.

You make the weepin' willow tree smile, Mame.
Your skin is Dixie satin, There's rebel in your manner and your speech,
You may be from Manhattan, but Georgia never had a sweeter peach.
You make our black eyed peas and our grits, Mame.
Seem like the bill of fare at the Ritz, Mame,
You came, you saw, you conquered and absolutely nothing is the same.

Your special fascination'll

Prove to be inspirational
We think you're just sensational, Mame.

Diamonds Are a Girl’s Best Friend

A kiss on the hand may be quite continental,

But diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
A kiss may be grand but it won’t pay the rental on your humble flat
Or help you at the automat.
 Men grow cold as girls grow old,
And we all lose our charms in the end.
But square-cut or pear-shape, these rocks don’t lose their shape.
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.

There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer,

But diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
There may come a time when a hardboiled employer things you’re awful nice,
But get that ice, or else no dice.

He’s your guy when stocks are high

But beware when they start to descend.
It’s then that those louses go back to their spouses
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.
Diamonds are a girl’s best friend.

Seasons of Love

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty-five thousand moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
How do you measure; measure a year?

In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee,

In inches, in miles, in laughter in strife.
In five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes,
How do you measure a year in the life?

How about love?

How about love?
How about love? Measure in love.
Seasons of love
Seasons of love.

Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes

Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan.
Five hundred twenty-five six hundred minutes
How do you measure the life of a woman or a man?

In truth that she learned or in times that he cried.

In bridges he burned or the way that she died.
It’s time now to sing out, though the story never ends.
Let’s celebrate, remember a year in the life of friends.
 Remember the love,
Remember the love
Remember the love. Measure in love.
Seasons of love.
Seasons of love.

I Dreamed a Dream

I dreamed a dream in days gone by

When hope was high and life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die,
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid

And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid.
No song unsung, no wine untasted

But the tigers come at night

With their voices soft as thunder.
As they tear your hope apart,
As they turn your dream to shame . . . . .

He slept a summer by my side.

He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride,
But he was gone when autumn came.

And still I dreamed he’d come to me

That we would live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be,
And there are storms we cannot weather.

I had a dream my life would be

So different from this hell I’m living.
So different now from what it seemed.
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

Memory

Midnight. Not a sound from the pavement.

Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone.
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan.

Memory. All alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then.
I remember the time I knew what happiness was,
Let the memory live again.

Every street lamp seems to beat

A fatalistic warning.
Someone mutters and a street lamp gutters
And soon it will be morning.

Daylight. I must wait for the sunrise,

I must think of a new life
And I mustn’t give in.
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too,
And a new day will begin.
Burnt out ends of smoky days,
The stale cold smell of morning
The street lamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning.

Touch me. It’s so easy to leave me

All alone with the memory of my days in the sun.
If you touch me you’ll understand what happiness is.
Look, a new day has begun.

All I Ask of You

Say you love me every waking moment

Turn my head and talk of summertime.
Say you need me with you now and always,
Promise me that all you say is true.
That’s all I ask of you.

Say you’ll share with me one love, one lifetime;

Let me lead you from your solitude
Say you need me with you here beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go too.
Love me, that’s all I ask of you.

Dancing Queen
 Friday night and the lights are low
Looking out for a place to go
Oh when they pay the right music
Getting in the swing
You come to look for a King.

Anybody could be that guy

Night is young and the music’s high.
With a bit of rock music
Everything is fine
You’re in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance

You are the dancing queen

Young and sweet only seventeen,
Dancing queen.
Feel the beat from the tambourine.
You can dance, you can jive
Having the time of your life, Oh
See that girl,
Watch that scene diggin’ the dancing queen.

You’re a teaser you turn ‘em on,

Leave ‘em burning and then you’re gone.
Lookin’ out for another
Any one will do.
You’re in the mood for a dance
And when you get the change

You are the dancing queen.

Young and sweet only seventeen,
Dancing queen.
Feel the beat from the tambourine
You can dance. You can jive.
Having the time of your life, Oh,
See that girl,
Watch that scene, diggin’ dancing queen.

See that girl,

Watch that scene, diggin’ dancing queen.