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I Am What I Am
05:32
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I am what I am
I am my own special creation
So come, come take a look
Give me the hook or the ovation
It's my world that I want to take a little pride in
My world, and it's not a place I have to hide in
Your life is a sham
'Til you can say, "Hey world, I am what I am."
I am what I am
I don't want praise, I don't want pity, no
I bang my own drum
Some think it's noise, some think it's pretty
And so what, if I love each feather and each spangle
Why not try to see things from a diff’rent angle?
Life’s not worth a damn 'til you can shout out loud
I am what I am!
I am what I am
And what I am needs no excuses
I deal my own deck
Sometimes the aces, sometimes the deuces
There's one life, and there's no return and no deposit
One life, so it's time to open up your closet
Life's not worth a damn 'til you can shout out loud
I am what I am
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2. |
Closer
04:55
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You let me violate you
You let me desecrate you
You let me penetrate you
You let me complicate you (Help Me)
I broke apart my insides (Help me)
I've got no soul to sell (Help me)
The only thing that works for me
Help me get away from myself
I wanna hunt you like an animal
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna hunt you like an animal
My whole existence is flawed
Oh, you got me closer to God
You can have my isolation
You can have the hate that it brings
You can have a absence of faith
You can have my everything (Help me)
You tear down my reason (Help me)
It's your sex I can smell (Help me)
You make me perfect now
Help me become somebody else
I wanna hunt you like an animal
I wanna feel you from the inside
I wanna hunt you like an animal, yeah
My whole existence is flawed
I-I-I-I-I I wanna hunt you
I wanna hunt you
I wanna hunt you , baby, like an animal
I wanna hunt you like an animal, yeah
You got me closer to God
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Do nothing till you hear from me
Pay no attention to what's said
Do nothing till you hear from me
Pay no attention to what's said
Why people tear the seam of anyone's dream
Is over my head
Oh-oh, do nothing till you hear from me!
Won’t you please consider our romance
Do nothing till you hear from me!
Won’t you please, please consider our romance
If you should take the words of those you heard, oh baby, I haven't a chance
Now it’s true
I've been with someone new
Oh, but tell me honey, does that mean I've been untrue
Oh baby, when we're apart all the words in my heart
Reveal how I feel about you
Some kiss may cloud my memory, and other arms may hold a thrill, oh yeah
Some kiss may cloud my memory, yeah, and other arms may hold a thrill, oh yeah
I said but do nothing till you hear from me, and you never will
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4. |
The Show Must Go On
04:27
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Empty spaces, what are we living for?
Abandoned places… I guess we know the score
On and on- does anybody know what we are living for?
Another hero. Another mindless crime
Behind the curtain in the pantomime
Hold the line!
Does anybody want to take it anymore?
The Show must go on
Put on your makeup
It’s time that you wake up
The people they pay to see your display
Though you may be crying cause your man has been lying
Laugh through your sighing there is no other way
Those tears that fall become your own swan song
Though years may call, all you do is just play along
So, laugh through your sadness
Turn your pain into gladness
Laugh for your art although love poisons your heart
Laugh through your sobbing
Hear the audience applauding
Laugh through the dawn - you know the show must go on
So, laugh through your sadness
Turn your pain into gladness
Laugh for your art although love poisons your heart
Laugh through your sobbing
Hear the audience applauding
Laugh through the dawn - the show must go on
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I’m always chasing rainbows watching the clouds drifting by
My schemes turn out like all of my dreams ending in the sky
Some fellas look and find the sunshine, I always look and find the rain
Some fellas make a winning sometimes, but me, I never make a gain - believe me
Some fellas look and find the sunshine, I always look and find the rain
Some fellas make a winning sometimes, but me, I never make a gain - believe me
I’m always chasing rainbows
Looking for the little bluebird in vain
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6. |
In the Moonlight
05:17
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I wrote you a love song on one sunny day
You said I could do you no wrong, but then you turned me away
You were all I ever wanted - and no one else will do
Now I lay my head on my lonely bed just thinking of you
Is there something more I’m living for?
Tell me what’s in store if I open this door
Will you make me yours? ‘Cause we’ve been here before in the moonlight
I could weigh down the sky with the burdens that I bear
I could tell the truth 1000 times, oh, but you don’t seem to care
And if there is but a moment that you should feel alone
There’s no need to hide, I’ll run to your side and I’ll bring you back home
Is there something else you might have felt?
Tell me what is this spell that has cast me to Hell?
Oh it’s so hard to tell now I’m by myself in the moonlight
Over and over and over again
You were my one and only friend
Tell me, could this be the end?
Why couldn’t we just pretend?
That everything’s alright - that we never had to fight
Oh, tell me honey, what can I do to make it right?
‘Cause I can’t take it, I can’t make it through the night without you
In the moonlight
And even though I wanna hate you these feelings all feel the same
It’s a sign from above that my only love will forever bear your name
Is there something I can do to try?
Tell me why, oh why, do you deny this love of mine?
‘Cause you know I’d rather die than to hear you say goodbye in the moonlight
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7. |
Severed Heads
04:51
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Oh moon above me, pale face, so bloodless
I’d miss the light of your kiss if you should leave me all alone
I need you with me and so I ask this
Where do you disappear to when I am calling on my own?
No, I can’t love you - not all the time
Sometimes I hide away just like the sun but I’ll come back again
And shine again
If I could give you one more chance
If I believed the things you said
Our hearts would make our bodies dance
and we’d be more than severed heads, ooo
No, I can’t save you from being mine
At times I wish away the memories of holding onto love
Is that enough?
If you could only let me go
If you could come back from the dead
Our hearts would have a place to go
And we’d be more than severed heads
If you could give me one more chance
If you believed the things I said
Our hearts would make our bodies dance
and we’d be more than severed heads, ooo
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8. |
Je Veux Vivre
03:53
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Ah!
Je veux vivre
Dans ce rêve qui m’enivre
Ce jour encore
Douce flamme
Je te garde dans mon âme
Comme un trésor!
Cette ivresse
De jeunesse
Ne dure, hélas! qu'un jour!
Puis vient l’heure
Où l'on pleure
Le cœur cède à l’amour
Et le bonheur fuit sans retour
Je veux vivre, etc
Loin de l'hiver morose
Laisse-moi sommeiller
Et respirer la rose
Avant de l’effeuiller
Ah!
Douce flamme
Reste dans mon âme
Comme un doux trésor
Longtemps encore!
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9. |
Chega de Saudade
02:58
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Vai, minha tristeza
E diz a ele que sem ele não pode ser
Diz-lhe numa prece
Que ele regresse
Porque eu não posso mais sofrer
Chega de saudade
A realidade é que sem ele não há paz
Não há beleza
É só tristeza e a melancolia
Que não sai de mim, não sai de mim, não sai
Mas se ele voltar, se ele voltar
Que coisa linda, que coisa louca
Pois há menos peixinhos a nadar no mar
Do que os beijinhos que eu darei na sua boca
Dentro dos meus braços
Os abraços hão de ser milhões de abraços
Apertado assim, colado assim, calado assim
Abraços e beijinhos e carinhos sem ter fim
Pra acabar com esse negócio de jamais viver sem mim
Mas se ele voltar, se ele voltar
Que coisa linda, que coisa louca
Pois há menos peixinhos a nadar no mar
Do que os beijinhos que eu darei na sua boca
Dentro dos meus braços
Os abraços hão de ser milhões de abraços
Apertado assim, colado assim, calado assim
Abraços e beijinhos e carinhos sem ter fim
Que é pra acabar com esse negócio de querer viver sem mim
Vamos deixar desse negócio de viver longe de mim
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10. |
Keep Yourself Alive
03:18
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I’ve been told a million times of all the troubles in my way
That you’ll grow a little wiser, a little better every day
But if I crossed a million rivers and I rode a million miles
I'd be right where I started - bread and butter for a smile
I sold a million mirrors in a shopping alley way
But I ain’t never seen my face in any window any day
Now the folks are gonna keep on telling you, come on, be a super star
But I tell you just be satisfied stay right where you are
Keep yourself alive, keep yourself alive
All you people- keep yourself alive, oh
Now I've seen a million women In a belladonic haze
And I’ve had a million dinners served to me on silver trays
But give me everything I need to feed my body and my soul
Maybe I'll grow a little bigger, that can be my goal
Keep yourself alive, keep yourself alive
It'll take you all your time and your money, honey you'll survive
I’m telling you keep yourself alive, keep yourself alive
All you people- keep yourself alive, come on
Keep yourself alive, keep yourself alive
All you people
I said it'll take you all your time and your money, baby
And you’ll survive, OoOooo
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11. |
Don't Rain on My Parade
03:12
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Don't tell me not to live, just sit and putter
Life’s candy and the sun’s a ball of butter
Don’t bring around a cloud to rain on my parade
Don’t tell me not to fly I’ve simply got to
If someone takes a spill, it’s me and not you
Who told you you’re allowed to rain on my parade
I’ll march my band out, I’ll beat my drum
And if I’m fanned out, you turn at bat sir, at least I didn’t fake it
Hat sir? I guess I didn’t make it
But whether I’m the rose of sheer perfection
A freckle on the nose of life’s complexion
A cinder or the shiny apple of its eye
I gotta try once, I gotta fly once, only can die once (right sir?)
Ooo life is juicy, juicy and you’ll see I’m gonna have my bite sir
Get ready for me love, ‘cause I’m a comer
I simply gotta march my heart’s a drummer
Nobody’s gonna rain, rain on my parade
Don’t rain, don’t rain
Rain rain go away, come again some other day
I’m gonna live and live now, get what I want, I know how
One roll for the whole shebang, one toll that bell will go ‘clang’
Eye on the target and WHAM, one shot- one gun shot and BAM
Hey listen up everybody
HERE I AM!
I’ll march my band out, I’ll beat my drum
And if I’m fanned out, you turn at bat sir, at least I didn’t fake it
Hat sir? I guess I didn’t make it
Get ready for me love, ‘cause I’m a comer
I simply gotta march my heart’s a drummer
Nobody’s gonna rain, rain on my parade
Don’t rain on my parade!
Don’t rain on my parade!
Don’t rain on my parade!
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Veronica Swift Los Angeles, California
Not even 30 years old yet, Veronica Swift's command of the vocal-jazz tradition is astounding. Named Best New Artist in JazzTimes’ 2019 Readers’ Poll, Swift has toured as a featured vocalist with Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and Chris Botti. A master of vocalese and scat performance, she applies her gifts to genre-blurring works that continue to propel her rising star. ... more
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