Tell me somethin'
girl
Are you happy
in this modern world
Or do you
need more
Is there
somethin' else
You're
searchin' for
I'm falling
in all the good times
I find myself
longin' for change
And in the bad times
I fear myself
Tell me something
boy
Aren't you
tired
Tryin' to fill
that void
Or do you
need more
Ain't it hard
keeping it so hardcore
I'm falling
in all the good times
I find myself
longing for change
And in the bad times
I fear myself
I'm off the deep end
watch as I dive in
I'll never meet
the ground
Crash through
the surface
Where
they can't hurt us
We're far from
the shallow now
In the shallow
shallow
In the shallow
shallow
In the shallow
shallow
We're far from
the shallow now

I'm off the deep end
watch as I dive in
I'll never meet
the ground
Crash through
the surface
Where
they can't hurt us
We're far from
the shallow now
In the shallow
shallow
In the shallow
shallow
In the shallow
shallow
We're far from
the shallow now

Uhm uhm
uhm uh uhm uhm
Some people live
for the fortune
Some people live
just for the fame
Some people live
for the power yeah
Some people live
just to play the game
Some people think that
the physical things
Define
what's within
And I been
there before
But that
life's a bore
So full
of the superficial
Some people
want it all
But I don't want
nothing at all
If it ain't
you baby
If I ain't got
you baby
Some people want
diamond rings
Some just want
everything
But everything
means nothing
If I ain't got
you yeah
Some people search
for a fountain
That promises
forever young
Some people need
three dozen roses
And that's
the only way
To prove you love him
hand me the world
On a silver platter
and what
Good would it be
with no one to share
With no one who truly
cares for me
Some people
want it all
But I don't want
nothing at all
If it ain't
you baby
If I ain't got
you baby
Some people want
diamond rings
Some just want
everything
But everything
means nothing
If I ain't got
you you you
Some people
want it all
But I don't want
nothing at all
If it ain't
you baby
If I ain't got
you baby
Some people want
diamond rings
Some just want
everything
But everything
means nothing
If I ain't got
you yeah-
If I ain't got you
with me baby uh
Woo see nothing
in this
Whole wide world
don't mean a thing
If I ain't got you
with me baby-

When I am down
and oh my soul
So weary
when troubles come
And my heart
burdened be
Then I am still
and wait here
In the silence
until you come
And sit a while
with me
You raise me up
so I can stand
On mountains
you raise me up
To walk on
stormy seas
I am strong when I am
on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I can be

You raise me up
so I can stand
On mountains
you raise me up
To walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am
On your shoulders
you raise me up
To more than I can be
you raise me up
So I can stand
on mountains
You raise me up
to walk on stormy seas
I am strong when I am
on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I can be
You raise me up
so I can stand
On mountains
you raise me up
To walk on
stormy seas
I am strong when I am
on your shoulders
You raise me up
to more than I can be
You raise me up
to more than I can be

Look
if you had
One shot
one opportunity
To seize everything
you ever wanted
One moment
would you capture it
Or just let it slip yo
his palms are sweaty
Knees weak arms
are heavy
There's vomit
on his sweater
Alredy mom's spaghetti
he's nervous
But on the surface
he looks calm
And ready
to drop bombs
But he keeps on
forgettin
What he wrote down
the whole crowd
Goes so loud yo
he open his mouth
But the words
won't come out
He's chokin how
everybody's jokin now
The clock's run out
time's up over bloah
Snap back to reality
oh there goes gravity
Oh there goes rabbit
he choked
He's so mad
but he won't
Give up that is he
no he won't have it
He knows his whole
back city's ropes
I don't matter
he's dope
He knows that
but he's broke
He's so stacked
that he knows
When he goes back
to his mobile home
That's when it's back
to the lab again yo
This whole rap shit
he better go capture
This moment and
hope it don't pass him
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Comes once
in a lifetime
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own
it you better
Never let it go ho
you only get one shot
Do not miss
your chance to blow
This opportunity
comes once
In a lifetime
you better
The soul's escaping
through this hole
That it's gaping
this world is mine
For the taking
make me king
As we move toward
a new world order
A normal life is borin
but superstardom's
Close to post mortar
it only grows harder
Only grows hotter
he blows us all over
These hoes is
all on him
Coast to coast shows
he's know
As the globetrotter
lonely roads
God only knows
he's know father
From home
he's no father
He goes home
and barely knows
His own daughter
but hold your nose
Cuz here
goes the cold water
His hoes don't want
him no mo
He's cold product
they moved on
To the next schmoe
who flows
He nose dove and
sold nada
So the soap opera is
told and unfolds
I suppose
it's old potna
But the beat goes on
da da dum de dom
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Comes once
in a lifetime
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity comes
Once in a lifetime
you better
No more games
I'm a change
What you call rage
tear this mothafuckin
Roof off like
2 doas cased
I was playing
in the beginning
The mood all changed
I been chewed up
And spit out
and booed off stage
But I kept rhymin
and stepwritin
The next cypher
best believe
Somebody's payin
the pied piper
All the pain inside
amplified by the fact
That I can't get by
with my 9 to 5
And I can't provide
the right type of
Life for my family
cuz man
These goddam
food stamps
Don't buy diapers
and it's no movie
There's
no Mekhi phifer
This is my life
and these times
Are so hard
and it's getting
Even harder
trying to feed
And water my seed
plus see dishonor
Caught up between
bein a father
And a prima donna
baby mama drama's
Screamin on and
too much for me
To wanna stay
in one spot
Another jam or not
has gotten me
To the point
I'm like a snail
I've got to formulate
a plot fore
I end up in jail
or shot success is
My only mothafuckin
option failure's not
Mam I love you
but this trail has
Got to go
I cannot grow old
In salem's lot so
here I go is my shot
Feet fail me not
cuz maybe
The only opportunity
that I got
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Comes once
in a lifetime
You better
lose yourself
In the music
the moment
You own it you better
never let it go ho
You only get one shot
do not miss
Your chance to blow
this opportunity
Come once
in a lifetime
You better
you can do anything
You set your mind
to man-

Another head
hangs lowly
Child's slowly taken
and the violence
Cause such silence
who are we mistaken
But you see
it's not me
It's not my family
in your head
In your head
they are fighting
With their tanks
and their bombs
And their bombs
and their guns
In your head
in your head
They are crying
in your head
In your head
zombie zombie zombie
What's in your head
in your head
Zombie zombie
zombie-

Another mother's
breaking heart is
Taken over
when the violence
Cause silence
we must be mistaken
It's the same
old theme
Since nineteen sixteen
in your head
In your head
they're still fighting
With their tanks
and their bombs
And their bombs
and their guns
In your head
in your head
They are dying
in your head
In your head
zombie zombie zombie
But in your head
in your head
Zombie zombie
zombie-

Woo you can dance
you can jive
Having the time
of your life woo
See that girl
watch that scene
Digging
the dancing queen
Friday night and
the lights are low
Looking out for
a place to go
Umm where they play
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
oh yeah
You can dance
you can jive
Having the time of
your life woo
See that girl
watch that scene
Digging
the dancing queen

You're a teaser
you turn 'em on
Leave them burning
and then you're gone
Looking out for
another anyone will do
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
oh yeah
You can dance
you can jive
Having the time of
your life woo
See that girl
watch that scene
Digging
the dancing queen
Digging
the dancing queen

On a dark
desert highway
cool wind in my hair
warm smell of colitas
rising up
through the air
Up ahead
in the distance
I saw a
suimmering light
My head grew heavy and
my sight grew dim
I had to stop
for the night
These she stood
in the doorway
I heard the
mission bell
He said And
I was thinking
to myself
this could be heaven
and this could be hell
Then she lit up
a candle and she
showed me the way
There were voices down
the corridor
I thought
I heard them say
Welcome to the
Hotel California
Such a lovely place
(such a lovely place)
such a lovely face
plenty of room at the
Hotel California
Any time of year
(any time of year)
you can find it here
Her mind is
Tiffany twisted
She got
the Mercedes Benz
She got a lot of
pretty pretty boys
that she calls friends
How they dance
in the courtyard
sweet summer sweet
Some dance to remember
some dance to forget
So I called up
the captain
Please bring me
my wine
He said
We haven't had that
spirit here since
nineteen sixty nine
and still those voices
are calling
from far away
wake you up
in the middle
of the night
just to here them say
Welcome to the
Hotel California
Such a lovely place
(such a lovely place)
such a lovely face
They living it up
at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise
(what a nice surprise)
bring your alibis
Mirrors on the ceiling
the pink champagne
on ice
and she said
We are all just
prisoners here
of our own device
And in the
master's chambers
they gathered
for the feast
They stab it with their
steely knives
but they just can't
kill the beast
Last thing I remember
I was running
for the door
I had to find
the passage back
to the place
I was before
Relax said
the night man
We are programmed
to receive
You can check out
any time
you like
but you can
never leave-

Wise men say
only fools rush in
But I can't help
falling in
love with you
shall I stay?
Would it be a sin
if I can't help falling
in love with you
Like a river flows
surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Somethings are
meant to be
Take my hand
take my whole life too
For I can't help
falling in
love with you
Like a river flows
surely to the sea
Darling so it goes
Somethings are
meant to be
Take my hand take
my whole life too
For I can't help
falling in
love with you
For I can't help
falling in
love with you.

When I was young
I'd listen to the
radio waitin' for my
fav'rite songs
when they played
I'd sing along it
made me smile
Those were such happy
times and not so
long ago how I
wondered where
they'd gone
But they're back
again just like a
long lost friend all
the songs I love
so well Ev'ry
sha la la la ev'ry
wo wo still shine
Ev'ry shing a ling
a ling that they're
startin' to sing
so fine
When they get to the
part where he's
breaking her heart it
can really make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday
once more
Lookin' back on how it
was in years
gone by and the good
times that I had
makes today
seem rather sad
so much has changed
It was songs of love
that I would sing
to them and
I'd memories each word
Those old melodies
still lost so good
to me as they melt
the years away
Ev'ry sha la la la
ev'ry wo wo still shine
Ev'ry shing a ling
a ling that they're
startin' to sing
so fine
All my best memories
come back clearly
to me some can even
make me cry
Just like before
It's yesterday
once more
Ev'ry Sha la la la
ev'ry wo wo still
shines
Ev'ry shing a ling
a ling that they're
startin' to sing
so fine
Ev'ry Sha la la la
ev'ry wo wo still
shines-

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sex apeal ha
Feel my sex apeal
pa ra ra ra
Feel my sex apeal ha
feel my sex apeal
Feel my
sex apeal ha
Feel my sex apeal
pa ra ra ra
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feel my~

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pa ra ra ra

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sex apeal sex apeal
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sex apeal~~

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pa ra ra ra

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sex apeal sex apeal

Feel my sex apeal
pa ra ra ra

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sex apeal sex apeal
Sex apeal sex apeal
sex apeal~~

Feel my sex apeal
pa ra ra ra

Sex apeal sex apeal
sex apeal sex apeal

Heartbeats fast
colors and promises
How to be brave
how can I love
When I'm afraid
to fall
But watching you
stand alone
All
of my doubt
Suddenly goes away
somehow
One step
closer
I have died every day
waiting for you
Darling
don't be afraid
I have loved you
for a thousand years
I'll love you
for a thousand more
Time stands still
beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not
Let anything
take away
What's standing
in front of me
Every
breath
Every hour has
come to this
One step
closer
I have died every day
waiting for you
Darling
don't be afraid
I have loved you
for a thousand years
I'll love you
for a thousand more
And all along
I believed
I would
find you
Time has brought
your heart to me
I have loved you
for a thousand years
I'll love you
for a thousand more

One step
closer
One step
closer
I have died every day
waiting for you
Darling
don't be afraid
I have loved you
for a thousand years
I'll love you
for a thousand more
And all along
I believed
I would
find you
Time has brought
your heart to me
I have loved you
for a thousand years
I'll love you
for a thousand more

I know you're
somewhere out there
Somewhere
far away
I want you back
I want you back
My neighbors think
I'm crazy
But they don't
understand
You're all I have
you're all I have
At night when the
stars light up my room
I sit
by myself
Talking to the moon
tryin' to get to you
In hopes you're
on the other side
Talking to me
too
Or am I a fool
who sits alone
Talking to
the moon
I'm feeling like
I'm famous
The talk
of the town
They say I've gone mad
yeah I've gone mad
But they don't know
what I know
'Cause when the sun
goes down
Someone's
talking back
Yeah they're
talking back
At night when the
stars light up my room
I sit
by myself
Talking to the moon
tryin' to get to you
In hopes you're
on the other side
Talking to me
too
Or am I a fool
who sits alone
Talking to
the moon
Do you ever
hear me calling
'Cause
every night
I'm talking to
the moon
Still tryin' to
get to you
In hopes you're
on the other side
Talking to me
too
Or am I a fool
who sits alone
Talking to
the moon
I know you're
somewhere out there
Somewhere
far away

First things first
I'ma say
All the words
inside my head
I'm fired up
and tired of
The way that things
have been oh woo
The way that things
have been oh woo
Second things second
don't you tell me
What you think
that I could be
I'm the one
at the sail
I'm the master
of my sea oh woo
The master
of my sea oh woo
I was broken
from a young age
Taking my sulking
to the masses
Writing my poems
for the few
That look at me
took to me
Shook to me
feeling me
Singing from heartache
from the pain
Taking my message
from the veins
Speaking my lesson
from the brain
Seeing the beauty
through the
Pain
you made me a
You made me a
believer believer
Pain
you break me down
You build me up
believer believer
Pain
oh let the bullets fly
Oh let them
rain
My life my love
my drive it came from
Pain
you made me a
You made me a
believer believer
Third things third
send a prayer
To the ones
up above
All the hate
that you've heard has
Turned your spirit
to a dove oh woo
Your spirit up above
oh woo
I was choking
in the crowd
Building my rain up
in the cloud
Falling like ashes
to the ground
Hoping my feelings
they would drown
But they never did
ever lived
Ebbing
and flowing
Inhibited limited
till it broke open
And rained down
and rained down like
Pain
you made me a
You made me a
believer believer
Pain
you break me down
You build me up
believer believer
Pain
oh let the bullets fly
Oh let them
rain
My life my love
my drive it came from
Pain
you made me a
You made me a
believer believer
Last things last
by the grace
Of the fire
and the flames
You're the face
of the future
The blood in my veins
oh woo
The blood in my veins
oh woo
But they never did
ever lived
Ebbing
and flowing
Inhibited limited
till it broke open
And rained down
and rained down like
Pain
you made me a
You made me a
believer believer
Pain
you break me down
You build me up
believer believer
Pain
oh let the bullets fly
Oh let them
rain
My life my love
my drive it came from
Pain
you made me a
You made me a
believer believer

Take the ribbon
from your hair
Shake it loose and
let it fall
Laying soft upon
my skin
Like the shadows
on the wall
Come and lay down
by my side
Till the early
morning light
All I'm asking
is your time
Help me make it
through the night
I don't care
who's right or wrong
I don't try
to understand
Let the devil
take tomorrow
Lord tonight
I need a friend
Yesterday
is dead and gone
And tomorrow's
out of sight
And it's sad
to be alone
Help me make it
through the night.
I don't care
who's right or wrong
I don't try
to understand
Let the devil
take tomorrow
Lord tonight
I need a friend

Life is a moment
in space
When the dream
is gone
It's a lonelier
place
I kiss the morning
goodbye
But down
inside
You know
we never know why
The road is narrow
and long
When eyes meet
eyes
And the feeling
is strong
I turn away
from the wall
I stumble
and fall
But I give you
it all
I am a woman
in love
And I'd
do anything
To get you
into my world
And hold you within
It's a right
I defend over and
over again
What do
I do?
With you
eternally mine in love
There is no
measure of time
We planned it all
at the start
That you and I live in
each other's heart
We may be oceans away
you feel my love
I hear
what you say
The truth is
ever a lie
I stumble
and fall
But I give you
it all

And hold you within
It's a right
I defend over
and over again
What do
I do?
I am a woman
in love
And I'm talking to you
I know how you feel
What a woman can do
It's a right
I defend over
and over again
I am a woman
in love
And I'd
do anything
To get you
into my world
And hold you within
It's a right
I defend over and
over again
I am a woman
in love
And I'd
do anything
To get you
into my world
And hold you within
It's a right
I defend over and
over again

There is a house
in New Orleans
They call the
rising sun
And it's been the ruin
of many a poor boy
And Go I know I'm one
My mother was a tailor
She sewed my
new blue jeans
My father was
a gamblin' man
Down in
New Orleans
Now the only thing
a gambler needs
Is a suitcase
and a trunk
And the only time
he'll be satisfied
Is when he's all
a drunk

Oh mother
tell your children
Not to do
what I have done
spend your lives
in sin and misery
In the house
of the rising sun
Well I've got one
foot on the platform
The other
foot on the train
I'm going back to
New Orleans
To wear that ball
and chain
Well there is
a house in New Orleans
They call
the rising sun
And It's been the ruin
of many a poor boy
And God I know
I'm one

Almost heaven
West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah River
Life is old there
older than the trees
younger than
the mountains
growing like a breeze
Country
Roads take me
home to the place
I belong
West Virginia
mountain momma
TAKE ME
HOME COUNTRY ROADS
All my mem'ries
gather 'round her
Miner's lady
stranger
to blue water
Dark and justy
painted on the sky
misty taste
of moonshine
teardrop in my eye
Country
Roads take me
home to the place
I belong
West Virginia
mountain momma
TAKE ME
HOME COUNTRY ROADS
I hear her voice
in the morning hours
she calls me
the radio reminds me
of my home
far away
and drivin' down
the road
I get a feeling that
I should have
been home
yesterday
yesterday
Country Roads
take me home
to the place
I belong West Virginia
mountain momma
Take me home
Country Roads
Country roads
take me home
to the place
I belong West Virginia
mountain momma
Take me home
Country Roads
take me home
Country Roads
Take me home
Country Roads-

It's nine o'clock
on a Saturday
The regular crowd
shuffles in
There's an old man
sitting next to me
Making love
to his tonic and gin

He says son can you
play me a memory
I'm not really sure
how it goes
But it's sad
and it's sweet
And I knew it
complete
When I wore
a younger man's
Clothes na-- na---
na- na-- na-
Sing us a song
you're the piano man
Sing us a song
tonight
Well we're all in
the mood for a melody
And you've got us
feeling alright-

Now John at the bar
is a friend of mine
He gets me my drinks
for free
And he's quick
with a joke
Or to light up
your smoke
But there's someplace
that he'd rather be
He says Bill I believe
this is killing me
As the smile ran away
from his face
Well I'm sure that
I could be
A movie star
if I could get out
Of this place na--
na--- na- na-- na-
Now Paul is
a real estate novelist
Who never had time
for a wife
And he's talking
with Davy
Who's still
in the navy
And probably
will be for life

And the waitress is
practicing politics
As the businessmen
slowly get stoned
Yes they're sharing
a drink
They call
loneliness
But it's better than
drinking alone

Sing us a song
you're the piano man
Sing us a song
tonight
Well we're all in
the mood for a melody
And you've got us
feeling alright-

It's a pretty good
crowd for a Saturday
And the manager
give me a smile
'Cause he knows
that it's me
They've been coming
to see
To forget about
life for a while
And the piano
it sounds
Like a carnival
and the microphone
Smells like a beer and
they sit at the bar
And put bread
in my jar
And say man what
are you doing here
Oh- na-- na---
na- na-- na-
Sing us a song
you're the piano man
Sing us a song
tonight
Well we're all in
the mood for a melody
And you've got us
feeling alright-

Words
don't come easy to me
How can I find
away to make you see
I love you Words
don't come easy
Words
don't come easy to me
This is the only way
for me to say
I love you Words
don't come easy
Well I'm
just a music man
Melodies for
my best friend
But my words
are coming along
Then I
I reveal my heart
to you and
Hope you believe
it's true cause
Words
don't come easy to me
How can I find away
to make you see
I love you Words
don't come easy
This is
just a simple song
That l've
made for you
on my own
There's on hidden
meaning you know
When I
When I say
I love you and honey
please believe
I really do cause-

Words
don't come easy to me
How can I find away
to make you see
I love you words
don't come easy
It isn't easy
Words don't come easy
Words
don't come easy to me
How can I find away
to make you see
I love you words
don't come easy
Don't come easy to me
This is the only way
for me to say
I love you
Words don't come easy-

Time it needs time
To win back your
love again
I will be there
I will be there
Love only love
can bring back
your love someday
I will be there
I will be there-

I'll fight babe
I'll fight
To win back your
love again
I will be there
I will be there
Love only love
Can break down
the walls someday
I will be there
I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way
from the start
I would try to change
The thing that killed
our love
your pride has
built a wall
So strong That
I can't get through
Is there really
no chance
To start once again
I'm loving you-

Try babe try
To trust in my
love again
I will be there
I will be there
Love our love
Just shouldn't
be throw
away I will be there
I will be there
If we'd go again
All the way
from the start
I would try to change
The thing that killed
our love
your pride has
built a wall
So strong That
I can't get through
Is there really
no chance
To start once again
If we'd go again
All the way
from the start
I would try to change
The things that killed
our love
Yes I've hurt you pride
and I know what
you've been through
You should give me
a chance
This can't be the end
I'm still loving you--
I'm still loving you--
I'm still loving you--
I need your love
I'm still loving you---

I'm still loving you--
I need your love
I'm still loving you--
I'm still loving you---