The first time I heard the name Franky & Jane, says the two names seemed to be one, when I was attending first grade junior high school in 1981. The first time most hit song was “Musim Bunga” (Summer Flowers) and “Perjalanan” (Travel). Franky carry other colors in the music of Indonesia, namely the element of the Country and the lyric ballads, particularly on the song “Perjalanan”. If you look at this song, guitar ballads and fiddle violin was much thicker.

The song “Musim Bunga” that I’ll never forget, because this was the song when my memories of my adolescence and thirst for any kind of any song, including songs of Frank & Jane. While the song “Perjalanan” Jane’s absolute, because there is no sound Franky. No doubt, “Musim Bunga” and “Perjalanan” marks the beginning of a successful musical journey Franky & Jane.

Here you can listen to two songs Franky & Jane, “Musim Bunga” and “Perjalanan”…

Musim Bunga

di suatu perkampungan bunga
di musim petik indah warnanya
menghias rumah halaman rakyat

ramai-ramai perempuan desa
dengan keranjang di atas kepala

burung-burung yang berkiacauan
menemani mereka memetik bunga

senyum beberapa wanita
yang menjepit bunga di rambutnya

“Buka hatimu, bukalah sedikit untukku…” (open your heart, open a little for me), so the song tells. The story is very cliched, but still sold for sale. Especially if not the story of a broken heart, but the lyrics are somewhat different from other melancholy songs. Here, the man asks his girlfriend to open her hearts so that he can still have. However, he does not always consider himself does not exist. The problem, as it complained of the man, his girlfriend was always considered himself not exist. Not consider it!

This love story without reply. But it also reflected the insistence of a man for trying to have her lover, despite her lover no longer loved him and did not think existed.

And because the lyrics are pretty strong for maudlin songs like this, so I tend to like it, probably because of my mood that matches the soul of the song so I tried to listen to this song more in Armada. Here is the song….

Buka Hatimu

Aku telah lelah mengikuti semua langkah kakimu
Dan mengharap bisa memiliki
Berbagai cara telah aku lakukan untuk hidupmu
Hingga aku mengorbankan hidupku

Buka hatimu, bukalah sedikit untukku
Sehingga diriku bisa memilikimu

Betapa sakitnya, betepa perihnya hatiku
Selalu dirimu tak menganggap ku ada

But the song “Kasih Tiada Berpadu” is probably fits with my mood today. I completely fail to remember the event long as I remember what the link with the past on this song. But experience and heart vain that I had has forced me to write and share this beautiful song to anyone who would listen.

Farewell wherever will leave a bitter taste in the heart, heavy on flavor. Farewell many forms, children separated from parents because they have to go to school, husbands separated from wives having to work, husband and wife get divorced because one thing has not come to fruition, also lovers who have parted because of the principles and ideals that can not be equalized. Farewell is always end with a sad feeling.

People who appreciate the deeper meaning of this separation, surely he’ll come to a conclusion, that the parting would be experienced by every human being living in this world. No one will be able to resist this separation, as people who can not escape from death. The issue is simply, it just the matter of time; now or later. Essentially, both are the same… sadness!

Kasih Tiada Berpadu

Kulepas kepergianmu tanpa tetesan airmata
kau kecup mesra jemari tanganku
Selamat tinggal kekasih biarkan semua berlalu
Sampaikan salamku pada ibumu

Oh, untuk apa kita bertahan
Dengan gejolak hati dalam menempuh hidup ini
Oh, sekian lama kita mencoba
namun tiada tercipta kedamaian dan bahagia

Semakin jauh langkahmu menghapus rangkaian memori
Betapa indah awal kisah ini
Setelah kita bersalah mengurai makna kehidupan
Biarkan cerita tamat begini

There have been many hits which created like “imaji” (imagery), “Kau Datang” (You Come), “Gemilang”, and other songs. But I will never forget this one song from Krakatau, “La Samba Primadona”. It’s nothing, this song has lyrics that rapid chatter when sung by Trie Utami, as if like the music “rap” of today. But of course in the Indonesian language. I do not understand anymore how many albums they produce and on any album of songs that I mentioned earlier is located.

A few days ago while I was driving looking after a sick friend, I heard “La Samba Primadona”. Not Krakatau that sung, but ….. sorry, I do not know the name of the singer that seemed to still teenagers. But the matter of tone and music has been repackaged, so it is not too strange for me. My ear can accept song “recycle” that way, provided with a novelty that does not change the music too far.

Through YouTube and Google I tried to search who is the singer. I got her name later, Latasha. This is her song and her video clips…

La Samba Primadona

Dalam suatu pesta
Di malam ceria
Semuanya gembira
Menyanyi dan berdansa

Ku melangkah ke sana
Kuangkat kepala
Kumelirikkan mata
Agar semua pria tahu
Siapa aku, Sang primadona

Lihatlah padaku
Manisnya senyumku
Coba tengok langkahku
Semua membuat rindu
Membuat pria datang padaku
Ku memang primadona
Ku memang ratu pesta
O..ya ya

You can compare the song La Samba Primadona new version with the original version. Certainly not the videoclips are presented, but their voice just enough. Go ….

The rest, I know Nick because the problem of the household are loaded heavily in the media gossip a few years ago. I like Nicky because frankly, he got a good body, though not too pretty great for Sundanese women. But, whatever the physical things, I do not like to talk about it.

All of a sudden a few months ago, by chance I heard of a singer singing “Jangan Ada Angkara” on SCTV, a television station in Indonesia. She was a women who used the gesture very expressive when sung it. So, that’s when I knew “Jangan Ada Angkara”. Too outmoded, right?

Completed with a video posted on Youtube, I repeatedly listened to “Jangan Ada Angkara”. It was really a very charming song! Strong lyrics, sounding like the music of Japanese Kitaro, especially at the beginning of the song. And this … Nicky shows the quality of her voice as a rocker from Bandung who deserve to be number one of Indonesian lady rocker. Her voice was shrill voice strong without abdominal or use falseto technique. In short, I fell in love with this song.

You, especially the younger generation, probably want to hear the song “Jangan Ada Angkara” from Nicky Astria? I am sure, you do not lose …..

Jangan Ada Angkara

Saat hati tak lagi bernyanyi
Mentari seakan kian sembunyi
Kutunggu kau tak datang jua menyapaku
Kala badai gelombang mengguncang
Kandaskan hatiku yang kian bimbang
Kucoba teguhkan harapan yang tersisa
‘Tuk cintamu

Jangan lagi ada angkara
Demi damai jiwaku
Jangan lagi ada prasangka
Yang ‘kan menyiksamu
Demi cinta kita (dan resahkan jiwa)

Begitu banyak jalan berliku
Jangan luruhkan tegarnya hatimu
Dan kuatkan kembali setiap langkahmu
Bersamaku ooo

Jangan lagi ada angkara
Demi damai jiwaku
Jangan lagi ada prasangka
Yang ‘kan menyiksamu
Demi cinta kita (dan resahkan jiwa)

Biarkan damai menyapa jiwa yang luka
Biarkan cinta satukan sukma

Of course, that sound steal my hearing is a high-pitched voice by Fals, like ripping the narrow space. The contents of the lyrics himself tells about the love that ran aground, a theme which has become even obsolete but still sung by singers like Iwan and his friends were.

Iwan in his time and even now, keep the legend alive in the affairs of the best singer ever born in this country. Vina also an “icon” and Jockie, anyone Indonesian music lovers, would recognize this name.

I did not get to buy the cassette, that’s what I always regret throughout 1987 and subsequent years. I had searched for the original album that no sound robotic, because the song “Percayalah Kasih” sung in three versions with different combinations. But the technology really helped me bring the song. Besides getting the song, I even get it in the video version.

You, who live by my contemporaries or later generations who did like the series of tone this song, could listen to the lyrics and the video below.

Percayalah Kasih

Engkau datang saat bintang-bintang ramah tersenyum
Malampun terasa hangat, kurasakan ini di dalam hati
Percayalah…

Engkau datang saat sinar rembulan menyentuh tubuhku
Belaian lembut angin malam membawa sejuta kisah cinta
Percayalah kasih

Hadirlah kau saat diriku tak mampu berpikir
Senyummu membawa damai segala rasa gundah dihati
Menghilang pergi

Buang segala keraguan itu, dan lupakan saja
Dengarkan bisik hati terdalam, demi kepastian

Tak terasa begitu cepat waktu berlalu buahkan cerita indah
Jangan kita hancurkan mimpi-mimpi yang hampir menjelma nyata

Tak kusangka engkau yang biasanya diam pasrah
Ternyata mampu berkata: “Pergilah kau pergi dari sisiku, lupakan aku!”

Maaf kasih, sudah terlalu lama kita saling dusta
Maaf kasih, tak mungkin kubertahan, semoga kau mengerti

Apapun yang telah kau katakan tak mudah bagiku
Untuk begitu saja percaya akan semua katamu

Bila itu maumu tak mungkin kuhalangi apa yang kau kan ingini
Hanya satu pintaku sudahkah kau sadari betapa sia-sianya waktu
Yang selama ini telah kita lalui penuh rasa….. cinta

Why do I interest in Minang folk song? You know, Minang is one of a thousand tribes in aur country. They lives in Padang (or Minangkabau) at West Sumatra. This mountaineous region is so beatiful, especially Padang Panjang where Jam Gadang lied. I have several times visited this remarkable region for covering a news.  The question is: whey do I interest ini Minang?

First, I have listened the Minang’s song when I wacthed film “Malin Kuindang” in 1976, a long long time ago. Malin Kundang is a folk tale from this region. There were several themes song for this film. When I heard Minang song, this Malin Kundang reminded me to the past. Second, when I was in university, I have a best friend from Padang. She is a sweety girls, name Elfina. I didn’t know where she is live now. May be she is a dentist now! (Hi Elfina, how are you today?). I learned a few word of Minang such as basobok balik and laruik sanjo.

Here I have Minang’s folk song lyrics which I took from http://laguminanglamo.wordpress.com. Thank to this great sites. This give a me a chance to introduce this lyrics to all over the world, include all of you!

MUDIAK ARAU

(Ajis Sutan Sati)

Anak urang Sabu Andaleh, yo tuan oi
Singgah karumah si Sutan Mudo
Bia abih bialah tandeh, yo tuan oi
Hati den kanai kabaa juo

Indak dapek musim manuai, yo tuan oi
Musim manyikek den nanti juo
Indak dapek barago gadih, yo tuan oi
Baranak ampek den nanti juo

Ondeh mandeh sansai badan den – 2x

AYAM DEN LAPEH

(Abd Hamid)

Luruihlah jalan Payakumbuah
Babelok jalan Kayu Jati
Dima ati indak karusuah
Ayam den lapeh ai ai… ayam den lapeh

Mandaki jalan Pandaisikek
Basimpang jalan ka Biaro
Di ma ati indak kamaupek
Awak takicuah ai ai… ayam den lapeh

Sikucapang sikucapeh
Saikua tabang saikua lapeh
Tabanglah juo nan karimbo
Oilah malang juo

Pagaruyuang Batusangka
Tampek bajalan urang baso
Duduak tamanuang tiok sabanta
Oi takana juo ai ai… ayam den lapeh

Den sangko lamang nasi tuai
Kironyo tatumpah kuah gulai
Awak ka pasa alah usai
Oi lah malang denai

O hoi … ayam den lapeh

KAMBANGLAH BUNGO

(Sodiaan Naan)

Kambanglah bungo parawitan
Simambang riang ditarikan
Di desa dusun Ranah Minang

Kambanglah bungo parawitan
Simambang riang ditarikan
Di desa dusun Ranah Minang

Bungo kambang sumarak anjuang
Pusako Minang Ranah Pagaruyuang
Dipasuntiang siang malam …
Bungo kanangan …, rumah nan gadang

Bungo kambang sumarak anjuang
Pusako Minang Ranah Pagaruyuang
Dipasuntiang siang malam …
Tabayang bayang …, gadih nan jombang

MALAM BAINAI

Malam-malam baeko yo mamak
Malam-malam bainai yo sayang
Malam-malam baeko yo mamak
Malam-malam bainai yo sayang
Anak daro yo mamak, jo marapulai 2x

Pasumandannyo banyak yo mamak
Manatiang-natiang piriang yo sayang
Pasumandannyo banyak yo mamak
Manatiang-natiang piriang yo sayang
Sambanyo lamak yo mamak, si gulai kambiang 2x

Malam-malam bajoki yo mamak
Dibawah-bawah tirai yo sayang
Malam-malam bajoki yo mamak
Dibawah-bawah tirai yo sayang
Bujang jo gadih yo mamak, banyak maintai 2x

Cincinnyo lah dicabuik yo mamak
Di jari-jari manih yo sayang
Cincinnyo lah dicabuik yo mamak
Di jari-jari manih yo sayang
Marapulai galak yo mamak, anak daro manangih 2x

Malam-malam katigo yo mamak
Malam-malam bajapuik yo sayang
Malam-malam katigo yo mamak
Malam-malam bajapuik yo sayang
Marapulai tibo yo mamak, anak daro takuik

(Dipopulerkan pertama kali oleh Elly Kasim)

Malam malam baiko yo mamak
Malam malam bainai yo sayang
Anak daro yo mamak
Jo marapulai (2x)

Malam malam katigo yo mamak
Malam malam bajapuik yo sayang
Marapulai tibo yo mamak
Anak daro takuik (2x)

Cincin cincin dicabuik yo mamak
Di jari jari manih yo sayang
Marapulai galak yo mamak
Anak daro manangih (2x)

Pasumandannyo banyak yo mamak
Manatiang-natiang piriang yo sayang
Sambanyo lamak yo mamak
Patai jo jariang (2x)

LARUIK SANJO

(Asbon M)

Mandi kalubuak mandalian
Udang disangko tali-tali
Mabuak untuang jo parasaian
Patang disangko pagi hari

Ondeh…Ondeh, Lah laruik sanjo

Lai den timbo banda Padang
Biluluak juo nan tatimbo
Lai den cubo nan bak urang
Nan buruak juo nan tasuo

Ondeh…Ondeh, Lah laruik sanjo

Urang Padang mandi ka gurun
Mandi basiram bungo lado
Hari patang matoari turun
Dagang baurai aia mato

Ondeh…Ondeh, Lah laruik sanjo

BA BENDI BENDI

(Gumarang)

Babendi bendi rang sungai tanang
Singgah lah mamatiak bungo limbayuang
Hati siapo indaklah ka sanang
Maliek nak mudo manari payuang

LANGKISAU

(Nuskan Syarif)

Langkisau bukik langkisau
Tanang aia di talao
Tangiang kampuang maimbau
Taganang si aia mato

Ndeh, oh Langkisau bukik Painan
Batampek mandi pincuran madam
Elok karantau denai bajalan
Kok lai tabangkik batang tarandam

Ndeh, oh badabua ombak maampeh
Batu kureta mamanciang ikan
Jikok lai mujua bundo malapeh
Bak ayam pulang ka pautan

Ndeh, balah-balah lah si batang kapeh
Ka diambiak lah ka kayu api
Rilah-rilah lah bundo malapeh
Untuang salamaik pulang jo pai

Langkisau … Langkisau … Langkisau …

BAREH SOLOK

(Nuskan Syarief)

Bareh Solok tanak didandang
Dipagatok ulam pario
Bunyi kulek cando badendang
Dek ditingkah (ondeh mak) si samba lado

Urang Sumpu jalan barampek
Di Singkarak singgah dahulu
Bareh baru makan jo pangek
Indak nampak (ondeh mak) mintuo lalu

Bareh solok bareh tanamo
Bareh solok lamak rasonyo
Bareh solok bareh tanamo
Bareh solok lamak rasonyo

KAMPUNG NAN JAUH DI MATO

(Westem/Asbon)

Kampuang nan jauah di mato
Gunuang sansai bakuliliang
Den takana jo kawan-kawan lamo
Sangkek basuliang suliang

Panduduaknyo nan elok
Nan suko bagotong royong
Sakik sanang samo-samo diraso
Den takana jo kampuang

Takana jo kampuang
Induak, ayah, adiak sadonyo
Raso maimbau imbau denai pulang
Den takana jo kampuang

LINTUAH

(Ibenzani Usman)

Rang mudo rang mudo nak Pagaruyuang
Tingganyo nan jauah diateh bukik
Batutua kato pantang manyingguang
Tagah dek suratannyo nan paik

Oi gadih oi gadih urang Sungayang
Basonyo katuju nan elok budi
Pandai sirek jo tatiang manatiang
Nan pandai mamikek jantuang hati

Lintuah hati den lintuah lah lintuah – 2x

Oi sanak sudaro saparinduan
Patenggangkan juo oi patenggangkan
Tido karuah nan tak tajaniahkan
Patenggangkan juo, patenggangkan

Lintuah hati den lintuah lah lintuah – 2x

JASO MANDE

(Nuskan Syarief)

Sambilan bulan sapuluah hari
Manangguang baban saba mananti
Manyabuang nyao basarah diri
Darah tatumpah manyiram bumi
Jolong tadanga rengek jo tangih
Barubek jariah sananglah hati

Anggak kan ameh babungkah-bungkah
Anggak kan pitih indak tabilang
Kok hati mandeh nan dilukoi
Bumi manyumpah ‘Arasy baguncang
Alamaik iduik ndak ka salasai
Bak cando kayu digiriak kumbang

Jaso mandeh indak ka tabaleh
Bia babungkah perak jo ameh
Jaso mandeh indak ka tabaleh
Bia babungkah perak jo ameh

BAJU KURUANG

(Asbom M)

Baju kuruang, ondeh ondeh lah si baju kuruang
Basalendang suto nan aluih ba maniak-maniak
Saruang babungo banang ameh tanunan lamo
Silopnyo baludu hijau nan babungo pulo

Baju kuruang, ondeh ondeh si baju kuruang -2x

Baju kuruang, ondeh ondeh lah si baju kuruang
Yo nan rancak baju kuruang urang Koto Gadang
Langannyo laweh badannyo disangajo lapang
Sangguanyo bulek licin bakonde bungo kambang

Baju kuruang, ondeh ondeh si baju kuruang -2x

Baju kuruang, ondeh ondeh lah si baju kuruang
Dipakai dek anak gadih urang Koto Gadang
Jalannyo malenggang, mandaki manurun ngarai
Dimalah bujang ndak ka laruik mambao sansai

Baju kuruang, ondeh ondeh si baju kuruang -8x

TINGGALLAH KAMPUANG

(Syahrul Tarun Yusuf)

Tinggalah kampuang ranah Balingka
Gunuang Singgalang (ondeh) lai ka manjago
Oi mandeh kanduang tolong jo doa
Antah pabilo (ondeh) kito basuo

Takadia untuang kok lai ka mujua
Bilo masonyo kito basuo
Sadangnyo arek tali jo buhua
Bakarek rotan kini jadinyo

Jikok taragak mandeh jo ambo
Didalam nyanyi (ondeh) denai pasankan
Jikok taragak yo nak basuo
Didalam mimpi (ondeh) denai nantikan

NASIB SAWAH LUNTO

(Gumarang)

Dari tapian ka Sawahlunto (kanduang)
Sawahlunto bukik barantai
Parasaian badan, parasaian badan
Sarupo iko, sarupo iko … (kanduang)
Baitu dagang nan sansai
Sarupo iko … (kanduang)
Baitu dagang nan sansai

Balari lari bukannyo kijang (kanduang)
Pandan tasanda nan jo ujuangnyo
Kami yo lah banyanyi, kami yo banyanyi
Bukannyo girang, bukannyo girang … (kanduang)
Badan takana nan jo untuangnyo
Bukannyo riang … (kanduang)
Badan takana nan jo untuangnyo

Kubang Sirakuak ka Kayu Aro (kanduang)
Tanam lado dihari sanjo
Parasaian badan, parasaian badan
Sarupo iko, sarupo iko … (kanduang)
Aia mato jatuah kadalam
Sarupo iko … (kanduang)
Aia mato jatuah kadalam

I was in the sixth class of an elementary school in my suburb in 1977 when I heard this song for the first time. Can you here the drums Fernando….? That was the lyric I heard. I didnt know the meaning at that time. My uncle had introuced me this song when he brought a cassette which consist of Fernando from Jakarta. In same year, probably in last December 1977, I watched the early video of ABBA who sang Fernando. Four persons: 2 men, 2 women, standing on the stage with their own expression.

Video tape player owned by Haji Iing Ibrahim, my neighbour, who had sons and daughter. Nowdays, his daughter become a dangdut singer, Vetti Vera, and his son also become a singer, name Alam. Dangdut is a genre of music which dominated by tabla or kendang percussion. Haji Iing Ibrahim of course the only person who had video tape player at that time in my suburb. One of his son, Ricky, is my classmate. So that why I can watch video. Frankly speaking, I’m very impressed with this song. When I was in secondary school and high school, I bought a cassette with my own money.

ABBA is a quartet music group consist with Benny Anderson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Anny-Frid Lyngstad, and Agnetha Faltskog. So ABBA is an acronym formed from the first letters of Agnetta-Bjorn-Benny-Annyfrid. Their first appearance was in 1972. I love their song because of his simply rhytem and easy lyrics. When I was in a senior high school, I bought their cassette “Summer Night City”. May be you know some of their songs like Honey Honey, Money Money Money, Gimme Gimme Gimme, I Do I  Do I Do, and Ring Ring… So funny but cool.

Here I have some lyrics:

Fernando

Can you hear the drums Fernando?
I remember long ago another starry night like this
In the firelight Fernando
You were humming to yourself and softly strumming your guitar
I could hear the distant drums
And sounds of bugle calls were coming from afar

They were closer now Fernando
Every hour every minute seemed to last eternally
I was so afraid Fernando
We were young and full of life and none of us prepared to die
And I’m not ashamed to say
The roar of guns and cannons almost made me cry

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There’s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando

Now we’re old and grey Fernando
And since many years I haven’t seen a rifle in your hand
Can you hear the drums Fernando?
Do you still recall the fateful night we crossed the Rio Grande?
I can see it in your eyes
How proud you were to fight for freedom in this land

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There’s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando

There was something in the air that night
The stars were bright, Fernando
They were shining there for you and me
For liberty, Fernando
Though I never thought that we could lose
There’s no regret
If I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando
Yes, if I had to do the same again
I would, my friend, Fernando…

Summer Night City

Summer Night Summer night city…
Summer night city…
Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in the park
Summer night city
In the sun I feel like sleeping
I can’t take it for too long
My impatience slowly creeping
Up my spine and growing strong
I know what’s waiting there for me
Tonight I’m loose and fancy-free
Aa-ahhh
When the night comes with the action
I just know it’s time to go
Can’t resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo
Lots to take and lots to give
Time to breathe and time to live

Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in the park
Summer night city

It’s elusive call it glitter
Somehow something turns me on
Some folks only see the litter
We don’t miss them when they’re gone
I love the feeling in the air
My kind of people everywhere

When the night comes with the action
I just know it’s time to go
Can’t resist the strange attraction
From that giant dynamo

And tomorrow, when it’s dawning
And the first birds start to sing
In the pale light of the morning
Nothing’s worth remembering
It’s a dream, it’s out of reach
Scattered driftwood on the beach

Waiting for the sunrise, soul dancing in the dark
Summer night city
Walking in the moonlight, love-making in the park
Summer night city

Waterloo 

My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself

Waterloo – I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo – Promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo – Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo – Finally facing my Waterloo

My my, I tried to hold you back but you were stronger
Oh yeah, and now it seems my only chance is giving up the fight
And how could I ever refuse
I feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo – I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo – Promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo – Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo – Finally facing my Waterloo

So how could I ever refuse
I feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo – Couldn’t be safe if I wanted to
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo – Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo – Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you

Chiquitita

Chiquitita, tell me what’s wrong
You’re enchained by your own sorrow
In your eyes there is no hope for tomorrow
How I hate to see you like this
There is no way you can deny it
I can see that you’re oh so sad, so quiet

Chiquitita, tell me the truth
I’m a shoulder you can cry on
Your best friend, I’m the one you must rely on
You were always sure of yourself
Now I see you’ve broken a feather
I hope we can patch it up together

Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go and the scars they’re leaving
You’ll be dancing once again and the pain will end
You will have no time for grieving
Chiquitita, you and I cry
But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you
Let me hear you sing once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita

So the walls came tumbling down
And your love’s a blown out candle
All is gone and it seems too hard to handle
Chiquitita, tell me the truth
There is no way you can deny it
I see that you’re oh so sad, so quiet

Chiquitita, you and I know
How the heartaches come and they go and the scars they’re leaving
You’ll be dancing once again and the pain will end
You will have no time for grieving
Chiquitita, you and I cry
But the sun is still in the sky and shining above you
Let me hear you sing once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita
Try once more like you did before
Sing a new song, Chiquitita

Dancing Queen

You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
Ooo.. see that girl, watch that scene, diggin’ the Dancing Queen

Friday night and the lights are low
Looking out for the place to go
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
Ooo.. 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
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 yaaa
You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
Ooo.. see that girl, watch that scene, diggin’ the Dancing Queen

Diggin the Dancing Queen

Gimme! gimme! gimme!

Half past twelve
And I’m watching the late show in my flat all alone
How I hate to spend the evening on my own
Autumn winds
Blowing outside the window as I look around the room
And it makes me so depressed to see the gloom
There’s not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Movie stars
Find the end of the rainbow, with a fortune to win
It’s so different from the world I’m living in
Tired of TV
I open the window and I gaze into the night
But there’s nothing there to see, no one in sight
There’s not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight

There’s not a soul out there
No one to hear my prayer

Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Won’t somebody help me chase the shadows away
Gimme gimme gimme a man after midnight
Take me through the darkness to the break of the day

I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

Love me or leave me, make your choice but believe me
I love you
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
I can’t conceal it, don’t you see, can’t you feel it
Don’t you too
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

Oh, I’ve been dreaming through my lonely past
Now I just made it, I found you at last

So come on, now let’s try it, I love you, can’t deny it
‘Cos it’s true
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

Oh, no hard feelings between you and me
If we can’t make it, but just wait and see

So come on now, let’s try it, I love you, can’t deny it
‘Cos it’s true
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
So love me or leave me, make your choice but believe me
I love you
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do
I can’t conceal it, don’t you see, can’t you feel it
Don’t you too
I do, I do, I do, I do, I do

I Have a Dream

I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream

I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream

I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream
I’ll cross the stream – I have a dream

Mamma Mia

I’ve been cheated by you since i don’t know when. So I made up my mind, it must come to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn
I don’t know how but I suddenly lose control
There’s a fire within my soul
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything.

Ooooh Ooooh,
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you
Mamma mia, does it show again
My my, just how much I’ve missed you
Yes, I’ve been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go
Mamma mia, now I really know
My my, I should not have let you go

I’ve been angry and sad about things that you do
I can’t count all the times that I’ve told you we’re through
And when you go, when you slam the door
I think that you know you won’t be away too long
You know that I’m not that strong
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything

Ooooh Ooooh,
Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you
Mamma mia, does it show again
My my, just how much I’ve missed you
Yes, I’ve been brokenhearted

Blue since the day we parted

Why, why did I ever let you go
Mamma mia, even if I say
Bye bye, leave me now or never
Mamma mia, its a game we play
Bye bye doesnt mean forever

Mamma mia, here I go again
My my, how can I resist you
Mamma mia, does it show again
My my, just how much I’ve missed you

Yes, I’ve been brokenhearted
Blue since the day we parted
Why, why did I ever let you go
Mamma mia, now I really know
My my, I could never let you go

Waterloo 
My my, at Waterloo Napoleon did surrender
Oh yeah, and I have met my destiny in quite a similar way
The history book on the shelf
Is always repeating itself

Waterloo – I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo – Promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo – Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo – Finally facing my Waterloo

My my, I tried to hold you back but you were stronger
Oh yeah, and now it seems my only chance is giving up the fight
And how could I ever refuse
I feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo – I was defeated, you won the war
Waterloo – Promise to love you for ever more
Waterloo – Couldn’t escape if I wanted to
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo – Finally facing my Waterloo

So how could I ever refuse
I feel like I win when I lose

Waterloo – Couldn’t be safe if I wanted to
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo – Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you
Waterloo – Finally facing my Waterloo
Waterloo – Knowing my fate is to be with you

Ring Ring

I was sitting by the phone
I was waiting all alone
Baby, by myself I sit and wait and wonder about you
It’s a dark and dreary night
Seems like nothing’s going right
Won’t you tell me honey how can I go on here without you

Yes, I’m down and feeling blue
And I don’t know what to do, oh-oh

Ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call
Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all
Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall
And I sit all alone impatiently
Won’t you please understand the need in me
So, ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call
So, ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call

You were here and now you’re gone
Hey, did I do something wrong
I just can’t believe that I could be so badly mistaken
Was it me or was it you
Tell me, are we really through
Won’t you hear me cry and you will know that my heart is breaking

Please forgive and then forget
Or maybe darling better yet, oh-oh

Ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call
Ring, ring, the happiest sound of them all
Ring, ring, I stare at the phone on the wall
And I sit all alone impatiently
Won’t you please understand the need in me
So, ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call
So, ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call
Oh-oh, ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call
So, ring, ring, why don’t you give me a call

Honey Honey

Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey
I’d heard about you before
I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, you’re a love machine
Oh, you make me dizzy

Honey honey, let me feel it, ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, don’t conceal it, ah-hah, honey honey
The way that you kiss goodnight
(The way that you kiss me goodnight)
The way that you hold me tight
(The way that you’re holding me tight)
I feel like I wanna sing when you do your thing yeah

I don’t wanna hurt you, baby, I don’t wanna see you cry
So stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too high
But I’m gonna stick to you, boy, you’ll never get rid of me
There’s no other place in this world where I rather would be

Honey honey, touch me, baby, ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, hold me, baby, ah-hah, honey honey
You look like a movie star
(You look like a movie star)
But I know just who you are
(I know just who you are)
And, honey, to say the least, you’re a doggone beast

So stay on the ground, girl, you better not get too high
There’s no other place in this world where I rather would be

Honey honey, how you thrill me, ah-hah, honey honey
Honey honey, nearly kill me, ah-hah, honey honey
I heard about you before
I wanted to know some more
And now I know what they mean, you’re a love machine

SOS

Where are those happy days, they seem so hard to find
I tried to reach for you, but you have closed your mind
Whatever happened to our love
I wish I understood
It used to be so nice, it used to be so good

So when you’re near me, darling can’t you hear me
SOS
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me
SOS
When you’re gone
How can I even try to go on
When you’re gone
Though I try how can I carry on

You seemed so far away though you were standing near
You made me feel alive, but something died I fear
I really tried to make it out
I wish I understood
What happened to our love, it used to be so good

So when you’re near me, darling can’t you hear me
SOS
The love you gave me, nothing else can save me
SOS
When you’re gone
How can I even try to go on
When you’re gone
Though I try how can I carry on

So when you’re near me, darling can’t you hear me
SOS
And the love you gave me, nothing else can save me
SOS
When you’re gone
How can I even try to go on
When you’re gone
Though I try how can I carry on
When you’re gone
How can I even try to go on
When you’re gone
Though I try how can I carry on

Money Money Money

I work all night, I work all day, to pay the bills I have to pay
Ain’t it sad
And still there never seems to be a single penny left for me
That’s too bad
In my dreams I have a plan
If I got me a wealthy man
I wouldn’t have to work at all, I’d fool around and have a ball

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man’s world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man’s world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It’s a rich man’s world

A man like that is hard to find but I can’t get him off my mind
Ain’t it sad
And if he happens to be free I bet he wouldn’t fancy me
That’s too bad
So I must leave, I’ll have to go
To Las Vegas or Monaco
And win a fortune in a game, my life will never be the same

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man’s world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man’s world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It’s a rich man’s world

Money, money, money
Must be funny
In the rich man’s world
Money, money, money
Always sunny
In the rich man’s world
Aha-ahaaa
All the things I could do
If I had a little money
It’s a rich man’s world

It’s a rich man’s world

Born Januari 10th 1945, Roderick David Stewart is a singer and songwriter who raised in London, England.  He was the youngest of five children in Highgate, North London, to parents Robert and Elsie Stewart who ran a newsagent.  

Rod was the first of his siblings (two brothers,  two sisters) to be born in England after the family moved from Scotland. He attended the Wiiliam Grimshaw School and picked up his guitar at the age od eleven.

In 1970-ies, I often heard his husky voice singing “Sailing”. Then, when I was in senior high school, I knew another song, “I Don’t Want To Talk About It”. Here’s the lyrics and some:

Sailing

I am sailing, I am sailing,
home again ‘cross the sea.
I am sailing, stormy waters,
to be near you, to be free.

I am flying, I am flying,
like a bird ‘cross the sky.
I am flying, passing high clouds,
to be with you, to be free.

Can you hear me, can you hear me
thro’ the dark night, far away,
I am dying, forever crying,
to be with you, who can say.

Can you hear me, can you hear me,
thro’ the dark night far away.
I am dying, forever crying,
to be with you, who can say.

We are sailing, we are sailing,
home again ‘cross the sea.
We are sailing stormy waters,
to be near you, to be free.

Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free.
Oh Lord, to be near you, to be free,
Oh Lord.

I Don’t Want To Talk About It

I can tell by your eyes that you’ve prob’bly been cryin’ forever, and the stars in the sky don’t mean nothin’ to you, they’re a mirror.

I don’t wanna talk about it, how you broke my heart.
but if I stay here just a little bit longer,
If I stay here, won’t you listen to my heart, whoa, my heart?

If I stand all alone, will the shadow hide the colors of my heart; blue for the tears, black for the night’s fears.
The star in the sky don’t mean nothin’ to you, they’re a mirror.

I don’t wanna talk about it, how you broke my heart.
but if I stay here just a little bit longer,
if I stay here, won’t you listen to my heart, whoa, my heart?
my heart, whoa my heart, this ol’ heart.

I don’t wanna talk about it, how you broke my heart,
but if I stay here just a little bit longer, if I stay here, won’t you listen to my heart, whoa, my heart?
My heart, whoa, my heart.

Da Ya Think I’m Sexy

She sits alone waiting for suggestions
He’s so nervous avoiding all the questions
His lips are dry, her heart is gently pounding
Don’t you just know exactly what they’re thinking

If you want my body and you think I’m sexy
come on sugar let me know.
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on honey tell me so
Tell me so baby

He’s acting shy looking for an answer
Come on honey let’s spend the night together
Now hold on a minute before we go much further
Give me a dime so I can phone my mother
They catch a cab to his high rise apartment
At last he can tell her exactly what his heart meant

If you want my body and you think I’m sexy
come on honey tell me so
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know

His heart’s beating like a drum
‘cos at last he’s got this girl home
Relax baby now we are alone

They wake at dawn ‘cos all the birds are singing
Two total strangers but that ain’t what they’re thinking
Outside it’s cold, misty and it’s raining
They got each other neither one’s complaining
He say’s I sorry but I’m out of milk and coffee
Never mind sugar we can watch the early movie

If you want my body and you think I’m sexy
come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on honey tell me so

If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you really, really, really, really need me
just let me know
Just reach out and touch me
If you really want me
just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you really need me just reach out and touch me
come on sugar let me know
If you, if you, if you really need me
just come on and tell me so

Have I Told You Lately

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
take away all my sadness
ease my troubles that’s what you do

For the morning sun in all it’s glory
greets the day with hope and comfort too
You fill my heart with laughter
and take away and make it better
ease my troubles that’s what you do
There’s a love that’s divine
and it’s yours and it’s mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
we should give thanks and pray
to the one, to the one

Have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one else above you
Fill my heart with gladness
take away all my sadness
ease my troubles that’s what you do

There’s a love that’s divine
and it’s yours and it’s mine like the sun
And at the end of the day
we should give thanks and pray
to the one, to the one

And have I told you lately that I love you
Have I told you there’s no one else above you
You fill my heart with gladness
take away my sadness
ease my troubles that’s what you do
Take away all my sadness
fill my life with gladness
ease my troubles that’s what you do
Take away all my sadness
fill my life with gladness
ease my troubles that’s what you do

All For Love

When it’s love you give
I’ll be your man of good faith
When it’s love you live
I’ll make a stand I won’t break
I’ll be the rock you can lean on
Be there when you’re old
To have and to hold

When there’s love inside
I swear I’ll alway’s be strong
And there’s a reason why
I’ll prove to you we belong
I’ll be the wall that protects you
from the wind and the rain
from the hurt and the pain

Let’s make it all for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
the one you need
Cause when it’s all for one it’s one for all
When there’s someone that you know
then just let your feelings show
and make it all for one and all for love

When it’s love you make
I’ll be the fire in your night
Then it’s love you take
I will defend I will fight
I’ll be there when you need me
When honor’s at stake
This vow I will make
That it’s all for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
the one you need
Cause when it’s all for one it’s one for all
When there’s someone that you know
then just let your feelings show
and make it all for one and all for love

Don’t lay our love to rest
cause we could stand up to the test
We got everything and more than we had planned
More than the rivers that run inland
We got it all in our hands

Now it’s all for one and all for love
Let the one you hold be the one you want
the one you need
Cause when it’s all for one it’s one for all
When there’s someone that you know
then just let your feelings show
When there’s someone that you want
When there’s someone that you need
Let’s make it all all for one
and all for love

Longer is just one of his greatest song. May be you still remember another Dan’s song such as Rhythm of The Rain, The Power of Gold, The Language of Love, and Lonely in Love. When I backed home to Jakarta in 2006 after finished my jobs at Surabaya, East Java for more than two years, I bought some CD’s Dan. Of course one of them is consist his everlasting song, Longer, which you can see the lyrics below, add Leader of The Band, the song dedicated to his father. You can ask me another Dan’s lyrics, then I’ll give you all.

Well, Longer become my special song because this song remind me to someone who lives wherever.

His complete name is Daniel Grayling “Dan” Fogelberg, born  on August 13, 1951 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. He was the youngest of Lawrence and Margaret Fogelberg’s three sons. His father was a high school band director who spent most of his career at Peoria, and his mother was a pianist. Dan is capable in Hawaiian slide guitar which produce melow sound and taught himself to play this music. Before, his grandfather give him Hawaiian guitar. He learned also piano and become master. But personally, I love his accoustic music instrument.

Later, I heard Dan Fogelberg was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer in 2004. If you visit his web, you can read that in his 54th birthday, in August 31, 2005, he thanked to his many fans for their support and declared that he had no immediate plans to return to making music. He just want to enjoy spending time with his wife, musician Jean Fogelberg. I pray for you, Dan, hope you will get your healty as soon as possible.

Longer

Longer than there’ve been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there’ve been stars up in the heavens
I’ve been in love with you.

Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer than any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primeval
I am in love with you.

I’ll bring fire in the winters
You’ll send showers in the springs
We’ll fly through the falls and summers
With love on our wings.

Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
Blurring lines in the book of our lives
Though the binding cracks and the pages start to yellow
I’ll be in love with you.
I’ll be in love with you.

Longer than there’ve been fishes in the ocean
Higher than any bird ever flew
Longer than there’ve been stars up in the heavens
I’ve been in love with you
I am in love with you..

Rhythm of The Rain

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I’ve been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

The only girl I’ve ever loved has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
But little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart

Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when she don’t care
I can’t love another when my heart’s somewhere far away

Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain
Telling me just what a fool I’ve been
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain
And let me be alone again

The only girl I’ve ever loved has gone away
Looking for a brand new start
Little does she know that when she left that day
Along with her she took my heart

Rain won’t you tell her that I love her so
Please ask the sun to set her heart a glow
And rain in her heart and let the love we know start to grow

Rain please tell me now does that seem fair
For her to steal my heart away when he don’t care
I can’t love another when my heart’s somewhere far away

Oh listen to the falling rain
Oh rhythm of the falling rain
Oh listen to the falling rain
Oh rhythm of the falling rain

Leader of The Band

An only child alone and wild
A cabinet maker’s son
His hands were meant for different work
And his heart was known to none
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
And he gave to me a gift I know
I never can repay

A quiet man of music
Denied a simpler fate
He tried to be a soldier once
But his music wouldn’t wait
He earned his love through discipline
A thundering, velvet hand
His gentle means of sculpting souls
Took me years to understand.

The leader of the band is tired
And his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs through my instrument
And his song is in my soul

My life has been a poor attempt
To imitate the man
I’m just a living legacy
To the leader of the band.

My brothers’ lives were different
For they heard another call
One went to Chicago
And the other to St. Paul
And I’m in Colorado
When I’m not in some hotel
Living out this life I’ve chose
And come to know so well.

I thank you for the music
And your stories of the road
I thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go

I thank you for the kindness
And the times when you got tough
And, papa, I don’t think I
Said ‘I love you’ near enough

The leader of the band is tired
And his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs through my instrument
And his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt
To imitate the man
I’m just a living legacy
To the leader of the band
I am the living legacy
To the leader of the band.

The Language of Love

She says no
When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can’t guess
When we want more
You know we ask for less
Such is the language of love…

I say leave
When I mean stay
But she don’t see
And so she moves away
What we really want
You know we rarely say
Such is the language of love.

It’s tooth for tooth
and eye for eye
We hide our hearts
And then we won’t say why
It’s truth for truth
and lie for lie
Such is the language of love.

One cries foul
And will not speak
The other claims a little victory
And all the time
You know we fail to see
This is the language of love.

When a loves begins to wander
No one ever knows
But we feel it deep inside us
Long before it shows
Long before it shows.

We hem and haw
We balk and bluff
Our words don’t ever seem to
say enough
But a simple smile
A tender touch
Speaks the true language of love.

When a loves begins to wander
No one ever knows
But we feel it deep inside us
Long before it shows
Long before it shows.

She says no
When she means yes
And what she wants
You know that I can’t guess
When we want more
You know we ask for less
Such is the language of love
Such is the language of love…

Someday, I played with my friend who had brother singing that song with his guitar. When I passed his room, I saw a huge poster: man with long hair and round glasses. There was a signing or letter at that poster,  but I couldn’t read at that time. So I asked who was that man to my friend’s brother, he replied: “Oh, he is John Lennon!” While he sang, “Mother you had me…” But for me the answer was meaningless until 8 December 1980, when I listened news radio that John Lennon died by dead shoot. I shouted, “Oh my God, the guy with long hair and round glasses and sang Mother die!”

At that time, when Lennon passed away, I was in junior high sechool and love reading: book, magazine or newspaper. I read at daily Kompas, Mark David Chapman killed Lenon by his revolver. The world shock, include my village on Lennon death. Sure I know Lennon better, even he did solo carrier after separate with The Beatles. I know other Lennon song such as Imagine and Oh Yoko.

In the next post, I will tell you about who Lennon is. I mean  where he was born or a kind of curriculum vitae and carrier. But in this post, I just want to share you the remarkable song, or may be immportal song by Lennon: Mother and Imagine. I hope, I can post another greatest song composed by Lennon.

Mother

Mother, you had me, but I never had you
I wanted you, you didn’t want me
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye

Father, you left me, but I never left you
I needed you, you didn’t need me
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye

Children, don’t do what I have done
I couldn’t walk and I tried to run
So I, I just got to tell you
Goodbye, goodbye

Mama don’t go
Daddy come home

Imagine

Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today…

Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace… you whooo

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world… you whooo

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one