ENGLISH FROM LYRICS I ( NEW EDITION FROM SPRING ‘04)
SIDE A (from the era of cassettes) / SIDE Bsong/ singer / suggested structures and themes / song/singer / suggested structures and themes
1 LEAN ON ME
/Al Jarreau / Trust, friendship / 14 IF I COULD SAVE TIME IN A BOTTLE
/Jim Croce
The Following 4 Songs Present Perfect Tenses!
/ 15 If you go away/Nina Simone22 Five Foot
Two / 16 These boots are made for walkin’ / Passive voice, pres perf progressive
3 Hard Rain/
Bob Dylan / Social Ills, Protest
(Questions, tenses) / 17 Father and Son / Generation gap, a dialog in 2 voices
4 We are the Champions/ Queen / A cheer of victory / I am a Pizza Sung by Linda Arnold) / Food, instant fun
, Passive Present,
. Am; was
5 Peace Train / Praying for Peace / 19 R E S P E C T
Aretha Franklin / What every teacher wants!
6 Blowin’ in the Wind / Protest
(How many times??) / 20 You’ve got a Friend / James Taylor / Friendship, call out, brighten up
the Seasons
7 My Heart will go On / Courage
(future) / 21 A Boy Named Sue/Johnny Cash / Participial clause
Generation Gap, Growing Up, etc...
8 Kumbaya / Spiritual
(Present Prog) / 22 Three Bells
(The Browns) / Life Cycle, Americana,
(past progressive)
The following songs present ‘IF’ sentences
9 If I WERE A CARPENTER/ Bobby Darrin
10 IF YOU’RE HAPPY AND YOU KNOW IT / MOVEMENT AND BODY
11 IF I COULD CHANGE THE WORLD/ Clapton
12 IF I WERE A RICH MAN
‘Fiddler on the Roof’
13 IF I HAD A HAMMER / BARRY SILVERBErG /
1 Lean On Me
Sometimes in our lives we all have pain
We all have sorrow
But if we are wise
We know that there's always tomorrow
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you don't let show
Lean on me, when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
Lean on me... / If there is a load you have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me
So just call on me brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on
I just might have a problem that you'd understand
We all need somebody to lean on
Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend
I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
Till I'm gonna need
Somebody to lean on
2 Five Foot Two - Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
Words by: Sam Lewis and Joe Young
Music by: Ray Henderson
Five foot two...
Eyes of blue...
But Oh! what those five foot could do...
Has anybody seen my gal?
Turned up nose...
Turned down hose...
Never had no other beaus...
Has anybody seen my gal?
Now if you run into
A five foot two
Covered with fur...
Diamond rings...
And all those things...
Betcha' life it isn't her...
But could she love...
Could she woo...
Could she, could she, could she coo?
Has anybody seen my gal?
Five foot two...
Eyes of blue...
But Oh! what those five foot could do...
Has anybody seen my gal?
Turned up nose...
Turned down hose...
Flapper, yes sir, one of those...
Has anybody seen my gal?
Now if you run into A five foot twoCovered with fur...
Diamond rings...And all those things...Betcha' life it isn't her...
But could she love...Could she woo...Could she, could she, could she coo?
Has anybody seen my gal?
3 A hard rain’s A’gonna fall
Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, where have you been, my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains,
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways,
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests,
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans,
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard,
And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard,
And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall.
Oh, what did you see, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what did you see, my darling young one?
I saw a newborn baby with wild wolves all around it
I saw a highway of diamonds with nobody on it,
I saw a black branch with blood that kept drippin',
I saw a room full of men with their hammers a-bleedin',
I saw a white ladder all covered with water,
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
I saw guns and sharp swords in the hands of youngchildren,
And it's a hard, . . .
And what did you hear, my blue-eyed son?
And what did you hear, my darling young one?
I heard the sound of a thunder, it roared out a warnin',
Heard the roar of a wave that could drown the whole world,
Heard one hundred drummers whose hands were a-blazin',
Heard ten thousand whisperin' and nobody listenin',
Heard one person starve, I heard many people laughin',
Heard the song of a poet who died in the gutter,
Heard the sound of a clown who cried in the alley,
And it's a hard,. . .
Oh, who did you meet, my blue-eyed son?
Who did you meet, my darling young one?
I met a young child beside a dead pony,
I met a white man who walked a black dog,
I met a young woman whose body was burning,
I met a young girl, she gave me a rainbow,
I met one man who was wounded in love,
I met another man who was wounded with hatred,
And it's a hard,. . .
Oh, what'll you do now, my blue-eyed son?
Oh, what'll you do now, my darling young one?
I'm a-goin' back out 'fore the rain starts a-fallin',
I'll walk to the depths of the deepest black forest,
Where the people are many and their hands are all empty,
Where the pellets of poison are flooding their waters,
Where the home in the valley meets the damp dirty prison,
Where the executioner's face is always well hidden,
Where hunger is ugly, where souls are forgotten,
Where black is the color, where none is the number,
And I'll tell it and think it and speak it and breathe it,
And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it,
Then I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinkin',
But I'll know my song well before I start singin',
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a
hard,
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. /Bob Dylan
4 We are the champions
I've paid my dues..... time after time
I've done my sentence..... but committed no crime
And bad mistakes..... I've made a few
I've had my share of sand kicked in my face, but I've
come through
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions, of the world
I've taken my bows..... and my curtain calls
You brought me fame..... and I thank you all
But it's been no bed of roses... no pleasure cruise
I consider it a challenge before the whole human race,
and I ain't gonna lose
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions of the world
We are the champions, my friends
And we'll keep on fighting till the end
We are the champions, we are the champions
No time for losers
Cause we are the champions (END)
5 PEACE TRAIN/ CAT STEVENS
Now I've been happy lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh I've been smiling lately, dreaming about the world as one
And I believe it could be, some day it's going to come
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
Now I've been smiling lately, thinking about the good things to come
And I believe it could be, something good has begun
Oh peace train sounding louder
Glide on the peace train
Come on now peace train
Yes, peace train holy roller
Everyone jump upon the peace train
Come on now peace train
Get your bags together, go bring your good friends too
Cause it's getting nearer, it soon will be with you
Now come and join the living, it's not so far from you
And it's getting nearer, soon it will all be true
Now I've been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is
Why must we go on hating, why can't we live in bliss
Cause out on the edge of darkness, there rides a peace train
Oh peace train take this country, come take me home again
6 BLOWING IN THE WIND
Bob Dylan
How many roads must a man walk down
Before they call him a man
How many seas must a white dove sail
Before she sleeps in the sand
How many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they are forever banned
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
How many years must a mountain exist
Before it is washed to the sea
How many years can some people exist
Before they're allowed to be free
How many times can a man turn his head
And pretend that he just doesn't see
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky
How many years must one man have
Before he can hear people cry
How many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died
The answer, my friend, is blowing in the wind
The answer is blowing in the wind
My Heart Will Go On
(Love Theme From 'Titanic')
Every night in my dreams
I see you. I feel you.
That is how I know you go on.
Far across the distance
And spaces between us
You have come to show you go on.
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
Love can touch us one time
And last for a lifetime
And never let go till we're gone
Love was when I loved you
One true time I hold to
In my life we'll always go on
Near, far, wherever you are
I believe that the heart does go on
Once more you open the door
And you're here in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
There is some love that will not
go away
You're here, there's nothing I fear,
And I know that my heart will go on
We'll stay forever this way
You are safe in my heart
And my heart will go on and on
8 Kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Kumbaya my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord kumbaya
Someone's crying my Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying my Lord, kumbaya
Someone's crying my Lord, kumbaya
Oh Lord kumbaya
Repeat the verses with someone praying, singing, laughing, or anythng else
you wish.
9 If I Were A Carpenter / Bobby Darin /Words & Music: Tim Hardin
If I were a carpenter and you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
If a tinker were my trade
would you still find me,
carrin' the pots I made,
followin' behind me.
Save my love through loneliness,
Save my love for sorrow,
I'm given you my onliness,
Come give your tomorrow.
If I worked my hands in wood,
Would you still love me?
Answer me babe, "Yes I would,
I'll put you above me."
If I were a miller
at a mill wheel grinding,
would you miss your color box,
and your soft shoe shining?
If I were a carpenter
and you were a lady,
Would you marry me anyway?
Would you have my baby?
Would you marry anyway?
Would you have my baby?
10 If You're Happy and You Know It
NOTE: THESE LYRICS DON'T QUITE MATCH THE DOWNLOADED SONG, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA)
If you're happy and you know it
Clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it
Clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it
and you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it
Clap your hands
If you're happy and you know it Pat your head X 2
If you're happy and you know it And you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it Pat your head
If you're happy and you know it Stamp your feet
If you're happy and you know it Stamp your feet
If you're happy and you know it And you really want to show it,
If you're happy and you know it Stamp your feet
If you're happy and you know it Say, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it Say, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it
Say, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
Do all four
Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
If you're happy and you know it
And you really want to show it If you're happy and you know it
Do all four Clap hands, pat heads, stamp feet, 'we are'
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11 Change The World-Eric Clapton
If I could reach the stars, I'd pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart, so you could see the truth
That this love I have inside, is everything it seems
But for now I find, it's only in my dreams
That I can change the world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You would think my love was really something good
Baby, if I could, change the world
If I could be king, even for a day
I'd take you as my queen, I'd have it no other way
And our love will rule, in this kingdom we have made
Till then I'd be a fool, wishin' for the day
That I can change the world,
I would be the sunlight in your universe.
You would think my love was really something good,
Baby if I could change the world.
Baby if I could change the world.
I could change the world,
I would be the sunlight in your universe.
You would think my love was really something good,
Baby if I could change the world.
Baby if I could change the world.
Baby if I could change the world.
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12 If I were a rich man
If I were a rich man
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work hard
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich
Deedle daidle deedle daidle man
I'd build a big tall house
With rooms by the dozen
Right in the middle of town
A fine tin roof with real wooden floors below
There could be one long staircase just going
up
And one even longer coming down
And one more leading
Nowhere just for show
I'd fill my yard with chicks
And turkeys and geese and ducks
For the town to see and hear
Squawking just as noisily as they can
And each loud quack and cluck
And gobble and honk
Will land like a trumpet on the ear
As if to say here lives a wealthy man
If I were a rich man
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
All day long I'd biddy biddy bum
If I were a wealthy man
I wouldn't have to work hard
Daidle deedle daidle deedle daidle dum
If I were a biddy biddy rich
Deedle daidle deedle daidle man
I see my wife, my Golde,
Looking like a rich man's wife
With a proper double chin;
Supervising meals to her heart's delight
I see her putting on airs
And strutting like a peacock
Oy! What a happy mood she's in
Screaming at the servants day and night
If I were rich I'd have the time that I lack
to sit in the synagogue and pray
And maybe have a seat by the eastern wall
And I'd discuss the holy books
With the learned men
Seven hours hour every day
that could be the sweetest thing of all
The most important men in town
Will come to fawn on me
They will ask me to advise them
Like a Solomon the wise