TWO weeks ago I spent all days long in music store Disc Tara at Plaza Bintaro. I sweft the discs and cassettes shelves and I considered there were no a “good music” I should buy. When I saw a shelf consist with folk song of Indonesia, my eyes was stubbed by one disc, a yellow one. I picked it up and I read the album “Minang”. There are several songs, maybe 16 folk song of Minang, who sung by four singers, especially Elly kasim, a legendary female Minang singers.

 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

ASK some Indonesian guys ‘what do you know about Sweden’, they might answer Volvo and ABBA! First, of course a luxury car, an official car for Indonesian VVIP in Soeharto era. Second, related to music. Certainly.  ABBA is music band from Sweden. Why should I recall this name, ABBA? Why do I remember this name? Here’s the story… 

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

DUSSELDORF, Germany, December 7th 2007, in Pizza Hut Restaurant in railway station, I heard Rod Stewart husky voice, shout “Matilda” softly. I accompanied with Budi Putra, an Indonesian blogger who invited by Nokia to attend the annual meeting in Amsterdam, Holland. But, I didn’t find Stewart song name “Matilda”. He just shout that name ini his song. Frankly, I dind’t know the title, but I know best that song.

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

DAN Fogelberg. I have never known his name until I moved to Makassar, South Celebes in 2001 to 2004 due to my job. As a journalist, I never could refuse my placement all over Indonesia. In this nice town, Makassar, far away from home, I listened again Dan Fogelberg voice, Longer. Undoubtly, Longer was his immortal song. I have ever listened this song when I was in senior high school at my village, but in Makassar I just known the name: Dan Fogelberg. I picked my guitar and then tried to search the Longer notes.

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…

IN the year 1970, I was still in kindergarten “TK BKOW” in my village, Tasikmalaya, West Java, when I listened from the local radio Buana Jaya a song like this: Mother you had me, but I never had you. I wanted you, but you didn’t want me. Sure, I didn’t know the meaning, the singer, or even at what kind of language that song singing. I didn’t try ask my mom or my dad about this song on the radio. May be they didn’t know either.

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

 I just want to tell a story about the two songs of Sir Michael Phillip “Mick” Jagger -most popular call Mick Jagger- Hard Woman and Party Doll.  In 80’s, the sky of Bandung city in West Java, the place where I Studied in university, was decorated by mellow song such Hello and My Love of Lionel Richie or Knife of Rockwell from radio station. But Hard Woman is different.

Why different? I don’t know the answer, but my feeling tell another thing.  I knew Jagger voice for the first time when I was in basic school, circa 1977, when I did scouting jamboree in a little mountainous village in Torowek, West Java. My colleage, Dadang who representatives my village for Sibolangit Jamboree in North Sumatera, sang The Rolling Stones “Hongky Thonk Women” with his guitar. So I’m very impressed with his played.

Later, I know the singer is Mick Jagger, founder of legendary band from England, Rolling Stones who born in Dartford, Kent, England, July 26, 1943. Not only singer and celebrities, he is also a songwriter, fim producer, and even businessman. His father is Basil Fanshawe “Joe” Jagger with mother Eva Ensley Mary Scutts. He loved singing since his childhood and always sang everywhere he want. Frankly, I love his hard voice.

Here is the two songs that I love so much:

Hard Woman

She’s a hard woman to please
And I thought about letting her know
She’s a hard lady to leave
and I thought about letting her go
She’s a tough lady to leave
But, I thought about it
She’s a hard lady to please, yes she is

I gave her laughter, she wanted diamonds
I was romantic, she treated my cruelly
Where is the mercy, where is the love?

You see, passion has a funny way
Of burning down and running low
And suddenly it goes out
And you wonder where does it go

She’s a hard woman to please
I’ve thought about letting her know
She’s a hard lady to leave, yes she is

I gave her laughter, she wanted diamonds
She was unfaithful, treated me cruelly
Where is the mercy, where is the love?

I’m alone at last; something inside of me knows
I could have loved in vain
For a thousand years
I have to let her go

I’ve got to let her go
I’ve got to say goodbye
How can I say goodbye to my baby?
She’s a tough cookie, hard lady
I’ve got to say goodbye

Alone at last and something inside of me knows
I could have loved in vain for a thousand years
I have to let her go

And time goes so fast and new love starts so slow
I could have loved in wain for a thousand years
I have to let her go

I’ve got to let her go
I’ve got to say goodbye
Hard woman to please, yes you are
Hard woman,tough lady,
I’ve got to, I’ve got to say goodbye.
How can I say goodbye to my baby?
How can I say goodbye to my baby?
So long honey.

Party Doll

You used to be my party doll
But now you say the party’s over
You used to love to honky tonk
But now the honky tonking’s over
Now life is a bitter thing, my sweet
Now life is a mystery to me
Love’s pain, I ain’t buying
Love’s strange. I keep trying, trying, trying

You used to be my party doll
But now you want to live in clover
You used to be my number one
But now those salad days are over

Times change but the fascination stays
Love wins but the passion just fades
I’ll drink to the dancing days
I’ll drink to your crazy ways
Through the whiskey haze

Face the music, face the truth
Chase that fleet sweet bird of youth
Grow up sweetly, grow up strong
Hear the heartbeat, in my song

Love’s pain, I ain’t buying
Love’s strange. I keep trying, trying, trying

You used to be my party doll
But now you say the party’s over
You used to love to honky tonk
But now those dancing days are over
You used to be my number one
But now you vanished in the ozone

OLIVER, someone over there, sent me a comment for my previous posting, The Rock (1), a new band founded by Ahmad Dhani with his three Aussies colleage. Just to say, Ahmad Dhani is prominent people in this country as young talented musician. In The Rock, Ahmad Dhani sang his song, Munajat Cinta and became the soul of this band. Oliver wrote:

Hi There,

Just back from a short break in Bali. I heard Munajat Cinta on the radio and on MTV. Sounded so good I bought the CD. No idea about what the lyrics mean, but the tune is quite good…

Without doubt, I try to translate this Indonesian lyrics into English. I’m so sorry,  my English and my English comprehension is so bad because I never learned this language formally. But I have enthusiasm for study, try to understand the meaning and learn how people speaking. With this limitation, I try to translate Munajat Cinta into English. Here it is… 

Munajat Cinta =Begging for Love

Malam ini ku sendiri =Tonight I’m alone
tak ada yang menemani =no one accompany
seperti malam-malam =just like the nights
yang sudah sudah =before

Hati ini selalu sepi =This heart is always lonely
tak ada yang menghiasi, =no one decorate
seperti cinta ini =just like this love
yang s’lalu pupus =that always fading

Tuhan kirimkanlah aku =God send me
kekasih yang baik hati =a good fiancee
yang mencintai aku =who loving me
apa adanya =just the way I’m

Mawar ini semakin layu =This rose more and more wilted
tak ada yang memiliki =no one belonging
seperti aku ini =just like me
semakin pupus =more and more fading.

Bye all…

NO more lonely night, never be another…  This chunk of lyrics trapped me to the past when I was in university in 80’s. I listened the singer, Sir Paul McCartney from radio station in Bandung when I laid down in my bad, then I had a cassette which consist of compillation. One of the songs was No More Lonely Night.

Several years ago, when I was in senior high school, I heard McCartney’s voice when he sang with his American mate, Stevie Wonder. They sang together Ebony and Ivory. Of course I know McCarney as a personel of The Beatles with John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. I remember Let It Be, one of the Beatles greatest song, was sung and created by Sir McCartney, dedicated ti his mother, Mary.

His birth name is James Paul Mc Cartney. He was born on 18 June 1942 in Liverpool, England. His mother was Mary, who had worked as a nursing sister in the maternity ward. While his father was James “Jim” McCartney.  He has a little brother, name Michael. When he was at school age, he mated with George Harrison.

McCartney play multi music instruments such bass, double bass, accoustic and electric guitar, piano, drums, mandolin, ukulele, trumpet, and even violin. He is a singer, song writer, artist, painter, and activist. Eleanor Rigby, Yesterday, For No One, And I Love Her, All My Loving, Blackbird, Hey Jude, Here There and Everywhere, and Michelle,  were several McCartney great song.

After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band called Wings  with his wife, Linda Eastman.  He married Heather Mills as second wife. I know, as a music star McCartney has several girlfriends.

Here I have some McCartney Lyris:

No More Lonely Night

I Can Wait Another Day Until I Call You
You’ve Only Got My Heart On A String And Everything A Flutter
But Another Lonely Night (And Another, And Another)
Might Take Forever(And Another, And Another)
We’ve Only Got Each Other To Blame
It’s All The Same To Me Love
‘Cause I Know What I Feel To Be Right
No More Lonely Nights
No More Lonely Nights
You’re My Guiding Light
Day Or Night I’m Always There

May I Never Miss The Thrill Of Being Near You
And If It Takes A Couple Of Years
To Turn Your Tears To Laughter
I Will Do What I Feel To Be Right

No More Lonely Nights
Never Be Another
No More Lonely Nights
You’re My Guiding Light
Day Or Night I’m Always There
And I Won’t Go Away Until You Tell Me So
No I’ll Never Go Away

Yes I Know What I Feel To Be Right
No More Lonely Nights
Never Be Another
No More Lonely Nights
You’re My Guiding Light
Day Or Night I’m Always There
And I Won’t Go Away Until You Tell Me So
No I’ll Never Go Away
I Won’t Go Away Until You Tell Me So
No I’ll Never Go Away
No more lonely nights, no no. Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo

Ebony and Ivory

Ebony And Ivory
Live Together In Perfect Harmony
Side By Side On My Piano Keyboard,
Oh Lord, Why Don’t We?
We All Know That People Are The Same
Where Ever You Go
There Is Good And Bad In Ev’ryone,
We Learn To Live,
We Learn To Give
Each Other What We Need
To Survive Together Alive.

Ebony And Ivory
Live Together In Perfect Harmony
Side By Side On My Piano Keyboard,
Oh Lord Why Don’t We?

Ebony, Ivory
are Living In Perfect Harmony
Ebony, Ivory, Ooh

We All Know That People Are The Same
Where Ever We Go
There Is Good And Bad In Ev’ryone,
We Learn To Live,
We Learn To Give
Each Other What We Need
To Survive Together Alive.

Ebony And Ivory
Live Together In Perfect Harmony
Side By Side On My Piano Keyboard,
Oh Lord Why Don’t We?

Side By Side On My Piano Keyboard,
Oh Lord Why Don’t We?

Ebony, Ivory
are Living In Perfect Harmony
Ebony, Ivory, Ooh

Let It Be

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be
For though they may be parted there is
still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
yeah, there will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow
Let it be
I wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be

IF you ask me what the most romantic balad song that I ever listened, undoubtly, I’ll answer: When I Need You by Leo Sayer! May be you still remember the overture of the lyric… when I need you, I just close my eyes and I’m with you… So romantic, isn’t it? It’s remind me to the past, when I was in junior high school. Sometimes, I listened Sayer’s voice when I was in public transportation in my village, when I went to  school or when backed home.

Born as Gerard Hugh Sayer on 21 May 1948, Leo’s birth place is in Soreham-by-Sea, Sussex, England. Now he lives in my neighbour country, Australia. Not only singer and song writer, Leo also master in playing guitar and harmonica. His music genre is easy pop with most of them romantic lyric. I can mention the other romantic lyric by him, for example, I Can’t Stop Loving You. Later in 2002, I saw Phil Collins resing this song with a hard beat. You can see both of the lyrics and others below:

When I Need You 

when I need you
I just close my eyes and I’m with you
and all that I so want to give you
It’s only a heartbeat away

when I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
keeping me warm night and day

miles and miles of empty space in between us
the telephone can’t take the place of your smile
but you know I won’t be travelin’ forever
it’s cold out, but hold out, and do like I do
when I need you
I just close my eyes and I’m with you
and all that I so wanna give you babe
it’s only a heartbeat away

it’s not easy when the road is your driver
honey that’s a heavy load that we bear
but you know I won’t be traveling a lifetime
it’s cold out but hold out and do like I do
oh, I need you

when I need love
I hold out my hands and I touch love
I never knew there was so much love
keeping me warm night and day

when I need you
I just close my eyes
and you’re right here by my side
keeping me warm night and day

I just hold out my hands
I just hold out my hand
and I’m with you darlin’
yes, I’m with you darlin’
all I wanna give you
it’s only a heartbeat away
oh I need you darling

I Can’t Stop Loving You

so you’re leaving
in the morning
on the early train
I could say everything’s alright
I could pretend and say good bye

got your ticket
got your suitcase
got your leaving smile
I could say that’s the way it goes
I could pretend and you won’t know
that I was lying

’cause I can’t stop loving you
I can’t stop loving you
no, I can’t stop loving you
though I try

took a taxi
to the station
not a word was said
I saw you walk across the road
maybe the last time, I don’t know

feeling humble
I heard a rumble
on the railway track
and when I hear THAT whistle blow
I’LL walk away and you WON’T Know
that I was lying

’cause I can’t stop loving you
no, I can’t stop loving you
I can’t stop loving you
though I try

’cause I can’t stop loving you
I can’t stop loving you
no, I can’t stop loving you
though I try

More Than I Can Say

Whoa whoa, yea yea
I love you more than I can say
I’ll love you twice as much tomorrow
Oh, love you more than I can say

whoa whoa, yea yea
I’ll miss ya ev’ry single day
Why must my life be filled with sorrow
Oh, love you more than I can say

Ah, don’t you know I need you so
Oh tell me please I gotta know
Do you mean to make me cry
Am I just another guy

whoa whoa yea yea
I miss you more than I can say
Why must my life be filled with sorrow
Oh oh, love you more than I can say

Oh don’t you know I need you so
So tell me please, I gotta know
Do you mean to make me cry
Am I just another guy

Whoa whoa, yea yea
I love you more than I can say
I’ll love you twice as much tomorrow
Whoa, love you more than I can say
I’ll love you more than I can say
I’ll love you more than I can say……..
Ohhhhhhhhhh
(More than I can say)
I’ll love you twice as much tomorrow
(More than I can say)
I’ll love you twice as much tomorrow
(More than I can say)
I love you more than I can say
(More than I can say)
I love you more than words can say
(More than I can say)
I love you more than I can say

Raining In My Heart

The sun is out, the sky is blue
there’s not a cloud to spoil the view
but it’s raining
raining in my heart

The weatherman says fine today
he doesn’t know that you’ve gone away
and it’s raining
raining in my heart

Aww, aww misery, aww misery
aww what’s gonna become of me oh woe
I tell myself, my blues won’t show but I know
that soon all my tears will flow come a
raining down, raining in my heart

Aww oh aww misery, oh you misery
Aww, what’s gonna become of me woah

The sun is out, the sky is blue
there’s not a cloud to spoil the view
but it’s raining, oh it’s raining in my heart

You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

you’ve got a cute way of talking
you got the better of me
just snap your fingers and I’m walking
like a dog hanging on your lead
I’m in a spin you know
shaking on a string you know

you make me feel like dancing
I’m gonna dance the night away
you make me feel like dancing
I’m gonna dance the night away
you make feel like dancing
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing ahhh

quarter to four in the morning
I ain’t feeling tired no no no no no
just hold me tight and leave on the light
cause I don’t want to go home

you put a spell on me
I’m right where you want me to be

You make me feel like dancing
I want to dance the night away
you make me feel like dancing
I’m gonna dance the night away
you make feel like dancing
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing

you take me higher
I’m gonna catch on fire ’cause

you make me feel like dancing I wanna dance the night away
you make me feel like dancing I’m gonna dance the night away
you make me feel like dancing
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing dance the night away
I feel like dancing dancing ahhh

you really slipped me a potion
I can’t get off of the floor
all this perpetual motion
you gotta give me some more
you gotta give me some more

and if you’ll let me stay we’ll dance our lives away
you make me feel like dancing I wanna dance my life away
you make me feel like dancing I wanna dance my life away
you make me feel like dancing I wanna dance my life away
I feel
you make me feel like dancing

ALL Indonesian music lover know one name: Ahmad Dhani. He is Indonesian young musician with a huge talent, birth in Surabaya, East Java. He is a controversial person due to his family life turbulence, but I don’t care about it. I knew Dhani’s music went I listened one of his song, Risalah Cinta by accident many years ago. Dhani is not only member of Dewa 19, but he is a founder the outstanding band in this country.  

In this post, I don’t want to speak about Ahmad Dhani or his band Dewa 19. I want to speak about The Rock with it’s song Munajat Cinta. Again, the inisiator of the existence of The Rock is Ahmad Dhani, personel and founder Dewa 19. In this band, Dhani did collaboration with his three Australian mate:  Zhacary Haider-Keene (bass), Clancy Alexander Tucker (guitar), and Michael Bennet (drumm) who lived in Sydney. Dhani himself played lead guitar and of course, song writer.

This is the mixture of Asia-Aussie collaboration where Dhani’s obsession will reach: go international. Due to it’s mixture, the tone of music full of Asian “taste” than Aussie one. You know, Zac, Clancy, and Mike played metal hardcore. Aussie audience know best about this three musketeers. Dhani met with them when he did collaboration with The Swinger, another Australian music group.

In this first album, Master Mister Ahmad Dhani I,  there are 12 songs include Munajat Cinta.  Another songs are Kamu-kamulah Surgaku,  Aku Bukan Siapa-Siapa,  Dimensi,  Aku Cinta Kau dan Dia,  Rahasia Perempuan,  I Get A Kick Out Of You,   Kasidah Cinta,  My Way, and Arjuna. Some of them are the old song getting from Dewa 19.

I’m impressed with Munajat Cinta which launched in September this year. This is the simple music with light lyric from Dhani, but good enough to listen, especially for Asia audience. Really easy listening. Here I have the Munajat Cinta lyric and others The Rock lyrics with featuring Ahmad Dhani:

Munajat Cinta

 Malam ini ku sendiri
tak ada yang menemani
seperti malam-malam
yang sudah sudah

Hati ini selalu sepi
tak ada yang menghiasi
seperti cinta ini
yang s’lalu pupus

Tuhan kirimkanlah aku
kekasih yang baik hati
yang mencintai aku
apa adanya

Mawar ini semakin layu
tak ada yang memiliki
seperti aku ini
semakin pupus

Kamu Kamulah Surgaku

Tahukah kamu kuciumimu di saat kamu terlelap
Tahukah kamu kudekap kamu di saat kamu bermimpi
Tahukah kamu ya cuma kamu pemilik hatiku
Tahukah kamu hatiku ini adalah hatimu
Tahukah kamu di setiap hidup yang kukagumi wajahmu
Nanti kau kacau nanti kau dengar bahwa aku begitu

Kamu kamu adalah surga yang ada
Dalam hidupku dalam kenyataanku
Kamu aku adalah penghuni surga
Ucapkan salam pada hidup dan mati

Tahukah kamu disaat kamu menangis
Adalah air mataku yang jatuh berlinang
Tahukah kamu disaat kamu tersakiti
Adalah aku yang pertama terluka
Tahukah kamu ya cuma aku yang punya cinta untukmu
Tahukah kamu ya cuma aku yang rela mati untukmu

Aku Bukan Siapa Siapa

Aku bisa menjadi
raja yang paling ditakuti
Aaku bisa taklukkan
segala bangsa didunia
Tapi apa artinya bila kau tak cinta

Apa artinya dunia yang bisa kugenggam
bila tak ada cinta darimu untukku
Aku bukanlah siapa siapa
bila tak ada cinta darimu untukku

Aku bisa melayang
terbang di atas awan awan
Aku bisa selami
palung terdalam di dunia
Tapi apa artinya
bila kau tak cinta

Aku Cinta Kau dan Dia

Hancur hatiku mengenang dikau,
Menjadi keping-keping setelah kau pergi,
Tinggalkan kasih sayang yg pernah singgah antara kita,
Masihkah ada sayang itu…

Memang salahku yg tak pernah bisa,
Meninggalkan dirinya ‘tuk bersama kamu,
Walau ‘tuk terus bersama kau nada hati akan terluka,
Masihkah ada sayang itu…

Skali lagi maafkanlah,
Kerna aku cinta kau dan dia,
Maafkanlah ku tak bisa tinggalkan dirinya…

Mungkin tak mungkin ‘tuk terus bersama,
Dalami semua cinta yg tak dijalani,
Tapi bila itu yang kau fikir yang terbaik untukmu,
Bahagiaku untuk dirimu…

Skali lagi maafkanlah,
Kerna aku cinta kau dan dia,
Maafkanlah ku tak bisa tinggalkan dirinya…

Simpan sisa-sisa cerita cinta berdua,
Walau tak tercipta cerita cinta berdua…

Still I have in my eyes,
Still I have forever…

Memang salahku yg tak pernah bisa,
Meninggalkan dirinya ‘tuk bersama kamu,
Walau ‘tuk terus bersama kau nada hati akan terluka,
Dan ku tahu kau tak mahu…

Skali lagi maafkanlah,
Kerna aku cinta kau dan dia,
Maafkanlah ku tak bisa tinggalkan dirinya…

Skali lagi maafkanlah,
Kerna aku cinta kau dan dia,
Maafkanlah ku tak bisa tinggalkan dirinya…

Still I have in my eyes,
Still I have forever…

Rahasia Perempuan

Ada satu bagian
pada perempuan
yang sangatlah peka bila disentuh
oleh lelaki
Di manakah bagian itu?
Maukah kau tahu?

Karna bagian itu
hanya untuk lelaki yang cukup umur
Karna bagian itu
sungguh sangat bisa
buat perempuan dimabuk kepayang, dimabuk asmara
Di manakah bagian itu?
Maukah kau tahu?

Sentuhlah dia
Tepat di hatinya
Dia ‘kan jadi milikmu selamanya
Sentuh dengan setulus cinta
Buat hatinya sampai melayang

Sentuh hatinya dengan sangat hati-hati
Bila ingin rebut hatinya aaoo
Karna bagian itu
Sungguh sangat bisa
Buat perempuan dimabuk kepayang, dimabuk asmara
Di manakah bagian itu?
Maukah kau tahu?

Kasidah Cinta

Ku jatuh cinta kepadamu
saat pertama bertemu
Salahkah aku terlalu mencintai

dirimu yang tak mungkin

Mencintai aku

Oh… Tuhan tolong

Aku langsung jatuh cinta
kepadamu

Cinta pada pandangan pertama
Cinta yang bisa merubah jalan
hidupku jadi lebih berarti

Oh mungkin, hanya keajaiban Tuhan
Yang bisa jadikan hambanya yang cantik
menjadi milikku

Aku bukanlah laki-laki
Yang mudah jatuh hatinya

Arjuna

Sudah kudaki gunung tertinggi
Hanya untuk mencari dimana dirimu
Sudah kujelajahi isi bumi
Hanya untuk dapat hidup bersamamu

Sudah kuarungi laut samudera
Hanya untuk mencari tempat berlabuhmu
Tapi semakin jauh ku mencari
Cinta semakin aku tak mengerti

Akulah Arjuna yang mencari cinta
Wahai wanita cintailah aku

Mungkin kutemui cinta sejati
Saat aku hembuskan nafas terakhirku
Mungkin cinta sejati memang tak ada
Dalam cerita kehidupan ini

HI, friends, here I’m telling you something about American R&B singer, Beyonce Giselle Knowles, who presented in Jakarta, capital city of Indonesia. As I mention earlier, Boyence will appear in Jakarta on November 1st. She really made Indonesian fans hardcore hysteric, sing and shake together, include some Indonesian out standing  artist such as Agnes Monica, Luna Maya, Ferdi Hasan, Olga Saputra, Dona Agnesia with her husband amongs audience, and others.

I know her performance has boycotted by many Indonesian journalists who burned their ID card just because of unprofessesional management. But her performance called “The Beyonce World Tour 2007″ itself has got very sucessful. But luckly, Kompas daily photographer, Arbain Rambey, allowed to take some Beyonce pictures. Something I’ve forgetten to tell, that I’m Indonesian journalist who work for Kompas daily, a biggest newspaper in this country. I’m sorry to say it!

Beyonce shaked a stage in Jakarta International Event and Convention Center by her great song such as Irreplaceable and Crazy in Love. She did’nt sing Irreplaceable but the audience did. She gave her mike to the audience and they sang, while Beyonce shake her body in sexy customs. Malaysia banned her appereance because of it.

Beyonce, former Destiny’s Child member, sang 17 hits and the others like Listen, No no no, Bug a Boo, and Independent Women. Actually, Indonesia is not her destination just because Malaysia ban.  Here I have some others lyrics that you need, may be:

Listen 

VERSE 1:
Listen
To the song here in my heart
A melody I start but can’t complete
Listen (mmm)
To the sound from deep within
It’s only beginning to find release
Oh, the time has come
For my dreams to be heard
They will not be pushed aside and turned
Into your own, all ’cause you won’t listen

CHORUS:
Listen
I am alone at a crossroads
I’m not at home in my own home
And I’ve tried and tried
To say what’s on my mind
You should have known

Oh, now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what you made of me
I found the voice you gave to me
But now I’ve got to find my own

VERSE 2:
You should have listened
There is someone here inside
Someone I thought had died so long ago
Oh, I’m screamin out
And my dreams will be heard
They will not be pushed aside or worse
Into your own, all ’cause you won’t listen

CHORUS:
Listen
I am alone at a crossroads
I’m not at home in my own home
And I’ve tried and tried
To say what’s on my mind
You should have known

Oh, now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what you made of me
I found the voice you gave to me
But now I’ve got to find my own

BRIDGE:
I don’t know where I belong
But I’ll be moving on
If you don’t, if you won’t
Listen
To the song here in my heart
A melody I start but I will complete

2nd part of CHORUS:
Oh, now I’m done believing you
You don’t know what I’m feeling
I’m more than what you made of me
I found the voice you think you gave to me
But now I’ve got to find my own, my own

 ‘03 Bonnie & Clyde

Look for me
Young V cruising down the west side high way
Doing what we like to do our way
Eyes behind shades

This neck is the reason all of my days
Was blind dates but today
I got the thoroest girl with me
I’m mashing the gas she garbing the wheel

Its true how she rides with me
The new bobby and Whitney
Only time we don’t speak is during sex and the city
She gets carry fever

But as soon as the shows over
She’s right back to being my soldier
Cause mommy is a rider
And I’m a roller

Put us together
How they going to stop both of us
What ever she lacks
I’m right over her shoulder

When I’m off track
Mommy is keeping me focused
So lets lock this down like its supposed to be
The 0′3 Bonnie & Clyde, Hov & B

All I need in this life of sin
Is me and my girl
Me and and my girlfriend

Down to ride to the very end
Is Me and my boyfriend
Me and my boyfriend

The problem is you dudes
Treat the one that your loving
With The same respect that you treat the one that your humping
That ain’t bout nothing
If ever you mad about something
It wont be that
Oh no it wont be that
I don’t be at
Places where we comfy at
With no biyatch
Oh no you wont see that
And no I ain’t perfect
Nobody walks in this earth surfaces
But girlfriend work with the kid
I keep you working at
Hermaine Bercley bag Monolo blahnoc Tims
Aviator lens
600 drops Hercedes Benz
The only time you wear Burberry to swim
And I don’t have to worry
Only worry is him
She do anything necessary for him
And I do anything necessary for her
So don’t let the necessary occur
Yep

Beyonce’
If I was your girl friend
I’d be there for you
If somebody hurt you
Even if that somebody was me
Yeaaaahhh
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be
And so I put this on my life
Nobody or nothing will ever come between us
And I promise I give my life
Love and my trust if you was my boy friend
I put this on my life
Where ever breathe all that I believe in
I promise I give my life
Love and my trust
If you was my boyfriend

Naughty Girl

I love to love You baby [I love to love You baby]
I love to love You baby [I love to love You baby]

I’m feelin’ sexy
I wanna hear You say my name, boy
If You can reach me
You can feel my burnin’ flame

Feelin’ kinda N-A-S-T-Y
I just might take You home with me

Baby the minute I feel your energy
Your vibe has just taken over me
Start feelin’ so crazy babe
Lately, I feel the funk coming over me
I don’t know what’s gotten into me
The rhythm’s got me feelin’ so crazy babe

Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin’ all the girls
We’re gonna turn this party out
I know You want my body

Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin’ all the girls
I see You look me up and down
And I think about it

You’re so sexy
Tonight I am all yours, boy
The way your body moves across the floor

Feelin’ kinda N-A-S-T-Y
I just might take You home with me

Baby the minute I feel your energy
Your vibe has just taken over me
Start feelin’ so crazy babe
Lately, I feel the funk coming over me
I don’t know what’s gotten into me
The rhythm’s got me feelin’ so crazy babe

Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin’ all the girls
We’re gonna turn this party out
I know You want my body

Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin’ all the girls
I see You look me up and down
And I think about it

I love to love You baby [I love to love You baby]
I love to love You baby [I love to love You baby]
I love to love You baby [I love to love You baby]
I love to love You baby [I love to love You baby]

Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin’ all the girls
We’re gonna turn this party out
I know You want my body

Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin’ all the girls
I see You look me up and down
And I think about it

Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin’ all the girls
We’re gonna turn this party out
I know You want my body

Tonight I’ll be your naughty girl
I’m callin’ all the girls
I see You look me up and down
And I think about it

Me, Myself And I

All the ladies if you feel me help me sing it out.

Verse 1
I can’t believe I believed everything we had would last
So young and naive of me to think she was from your past
Silly of me to dream of one day having your kids
Love is so blind it feels right when it’s wrong

I can’t believe I fell for your schemes I’m smarter than that
So dumb and naive to believe that with me you’re a changed man
Foolish of me to compete when you cheat with loose women
It took me some time but now I moved on
Because I realized I got

Chorus
Me, Myself and I that’s all I got in the end
That’s what I found out
And there ain’t no need to cry
I took a vow that from now on
I will be my own best friend

Repeat

So controlling to say that you love me but you don’t
Your family told me one day I would see it on my own
Next thing I know I’m dealing with your three kids in my home
Love is so blind it feels right when it’s wrong

Now that it’s over stop calling me come pick up your clothes
Ain’t no need to front like your still with me all your homies know
Even your very best friend try to warn me on the low
Took me some time but now I am strong
Because I realized I got

Chorus

Repeat

Bridge
Got me, myself and I
(I know that I will never disappoint myself)
I must have cried a thousand times
(All the ladies if you feel me help me sing it out)
I can’t regret time spent with you
(Yeah you hurt me but I learned alot along the way)
So I have vowed to make it through
(After all the rain you’ll see the sun come out again)

Repeat

Oh (oh) oh (oh) oh (oh) oh (oh)
Oh (oh) oh (oh) oh (oh) woo woo (woo woo)

Yeah

Bridge
Now I’ve got me, myself and I (I know that I will never disappoint myself)
I must have cried a thousand times
(If ya cried a thousand times ladies you will survive)
I can’t regret time spent with you
(Yeah, ya hurt me but I learned a lot along the way)
So I have vowed to make it through (After all the rain you’ll see the sun come again)