The USMB Joyful Noise Karaoke Archives

[beautress]

Christopher Cross's Sailing still rings in the heart for many as one of the most beautiful songs ever written, and this 1981 Grammy Award song remains:

sung by Christopher Cross​

And with lyrics...



Karaoke style

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[beautress]

Christopher Cross, always seems to be hitting one outta the park as this 1982 Academy Award's best song...

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With lyrics...



And the hard stuff--Karaoke

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[beautress]

Killing Me Softly With His Song had music written by Charles Fox, and lyrics by Norman Gimbel in 1971​

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Killing me softly with his song sung by Roberta Flack with lyrics became #1 on USA and Canada charts in 1973​

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And the challenging Karaoke accompaniment to this lovely work is below:​

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Killing Me Softly with His Song Lyrics

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

I heard he sang a good song
I heard he had a style
And so I came to see him
To listen for a while
And there he was this young boy
A stranger to my eyes

Strumming my pain with his fingers
Singing my life with his words
Killing me softly with his song
Killing me softly with his song
Telling my whole life with his words
Killing me softly with his song

I felt all flushed with fever
Embarassed by the crowd
I felt he found my letters
And read each one out loud
I prayed that he would finish
But he just kept right on

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[beautress]

At tonight's karaoke, I sang Christopher Cross's 1981 best song, "Sailing" and Carly Simon's Anticipation, which was nominated for a grammy in 1973. I think my pneumonia is gone, the gang liked Anticipation, which I practiced by having a handy place here to view it. Also practiced Christopher Cross's "Sailing," but it was first, and my vocal chords were a little tight, but it was okay, and it brought in 8 more people in the other dining room to our area of the Diner where we perform Karaoke. I just love Carly's delightful song. You can put your heart and soul into it, which the crowd loves. Thanks, Carly Simon! And also, Thanks, Christopher Cross! (My voice isn't like Mr. Cross's, but the crowd gave me their ok+, so all was not lost. I'd sung it 4 or 5 times, and I'm here to tell you, that song does not sing itself. For the first time, I knew all the words, and it was no sweat getting from one part of the song to the next with its jump right in starts. It was a good night for singing, and I'm so glad all the bad stuff is out of my lungs now.

Oh, yes, and next week, the two above, Arthur's Theme or Killing Me Softly With His Song. are on the list , which will take working on them every day if that happens, plus there are other songs worked on but gone unsung, for the last several weeks. Practicing without voice is not the same as with, because you can't hear yourself, and less gets registered in older brains.

 

[beautress]

Perfect Day lyrics...



Perfect day (Hoku) sans lyrics (which are furnished below from genius lyrics online)



[Verse 1]
Sun's up, a little after twelve, make breakfast for myself
Leave the work for someone else
People say, they say that it's just a phase
They tell me to act my age, well I am

[Chorus]
On this perfect day, nothing's standing in my way
On this perfect day when nothing can go wrong
It's the perfect day, tomorrow's gonna come too soon
I could stay, forever as I am on this perfect day

[Verse 2]
Sun's down, a little after ten I pick up all my friends
In my Mercedes Benz, wake up don't tell me it's just a dream
Cause when I've had enough you'll hear me say
Now don't you try to rain on my

[Chorus]
Perfect day, nothing's standing in my way
On this perfect day when nothing can go wrong
It's the perfect day, tomorrow's gonna come too soon
I could stay, forever as I am on this perfect day

[Bridge]
I'm in the race but I've already won
And getting there can be half the fun
So don't stop me till I'm good and done
Don't you try to rain on my

Chorus 2]
Perfect day, it's the perfect day
It's the perfect day, nothing's gonna bring me down
I could stay, forever as I am
On this perfect day, nothing's standing in my way
On this perfect day, nothing can go wrong

[Outro]
I'm in the race but I've already won
And getting there can be half the fun
So don't stop me till I'm good and done
Don't you try to rain on my perfect day
On this perfect day, on this perfect day​

 

[beautress]

Dances





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[beautress]

Dance the night away...





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[beautress]

Celebration
Kool & The Gang
Celebrate good times, come on
Let's celebrate
Celebrate good times, come on
There's a party goin' on right here

A celebration to last
Throughout the years
So bring your good times
And your laughter too

We gonna celebrate your
Party with you
Come on now, Celebration
Let's all celebrate

And have a good time
Celebration
We gonna celebrate
And have a good time

It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure
Everyone around the world
Come on!

Celebrate good times, come on
Come on, It's a celebration
Celebrate good times, come on
It's a celebration

Celebrate good times, come on
Celebration, Come on and celebrate
Celebrate good times, come on!
Celebration, come on and celebrate

We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right
We're gonna have a good time tonight
Let's celebrate, it's all right

It's time to come together
It's up to you, what's your pleasure
Everyone around the world
Come on!

It's a celebration
Celebrate good times, come on! celebration
Celebrate good times, come on!
Celebration
Celebrate good times, come on! celebration​

 

[beautress]

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[beautress]

Danny and the Juniors- At The Hop

Bah-bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah. bah-bah-bah-bah, at the hop!

Well, you can rock it you can roll it
You can stop and you can stroll it at the hop
When the record starts spinnin'
You *chalypso* when you chicken at the hop
Do the dance sensation that is sweepin' the nation at the hop

Ah, let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop

Well, you can swing it you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jockey is the smoothest
And the music is the coolest at the hop
All the cats and chicks can get their kicks at the hop
Let's go!

Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop
Let's go!


Well, you can rock it you can roll it
You can stop and you can stroll it at the hop
When the record starts spinnin'
You *chalypso* when you chicken at the hop
Do the dance sensation that is sweepin' the nation at the hop

You can swing it you can groove it
You can really start to move it at the hop
Where the jockey is the smoothest
And the music is the coolest at the hop.
All the cats and chicks can get their kicks at the hop.
Let's go!

Let's go to the hop
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop, (oh baby)
Let's go to the hop
Come on, let's go to the hop

Bah-bah-bah-bah, bah-bah-bah-bah
Bah-bah-bah-bah. bah-bah-bah-bah, at the hop!

All lyrics are property and copyright of their owners.​

 

[beautress]

Ooh
You can dance
You can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl
Watch that scene
Dig in the dancing queen​

Friday night and the lights are low
Looking out for a 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
Ooh, see that girl
Watch that scene
Dig in 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 yeah
You can dance
You can jive
Having the time of your life
Ooh, see that girl
Watch that scene
Dig in the dancing queen
Dig in the dancing queen
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[beautress]

It's so important to
Make someone happy,
Make just one someone happy;
Make just one heart the heart you sing to.
One smile that cheers you,
One face that lights when it nears you,
One guy (girl) you're ev'rything to.

Fame if you win it,
Comes and goes in a minute.
Where's the real stuff in life to cling to?
Love is the answer,
Someone to love is the answer.
Once you've found him (her), build your world around him (her.)

Make someone happy,
Make just one someone happy,
And you will be happy, too.

Songwriters: ADOLPH GREEN,BETTY COMDEN,JULE STYNE

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[beautress]

Perry Como, Make Someone Happy


Do, do do do do, do do!
Do, do do do do, do do!

Make, someone happy,
Make just one, someone happy,
Make just one heart the heart you sing to!
One smile that cheers you,
One face that lights when it nears you,
One girl you're everything to!

Fame, if you win it,
Comes an' goes in a minute,
Where's the 'real-stuff' in life to cling to?
Love, is the answer,
Someone to love, is the answer,
Once you've found her,
Build your world around her!
Make, someone happy,
Make just one, someone happy,
And you will be happy too!

Read more: Perry Como - Make Someone Happy Lyrics | MetroLyrics

Perry Como, Make Someone Happy, Karaoke

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[beautress]

Calypso
John Denver
To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean
To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm
To work in the service of life and living
In search of the answers to the questions unknown
To be part of the movement and part of the growing
Part of beginning to understand

Aye Calypso the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you so long and so well

Like the dolphin who guides you, you bring us beside you
To light up the darkness and show us the way
For though we are strangers in your silent world
To live on the land we must learn from the sea
To be true as the tide and free as a wind swell
Joyful and loving in letting it be

Aye Calypso the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you so long and so well

Aye Calypso the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you so long and so well​

 

[beautress]

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[beautress]

Deo Gracias

Adam lay ibounden
Bounden in a bond
Four thousand winter
Thought he not too long

Deo gracias!
Deo gracias!

And all was for an apple
An apple that he tok
As clerkes finden
Wreten in their book

Deo gracias!
Deo gracias!

Ne had the apple take ben
The apple taken ben
Ne hadde never our lady
A ben the hevene queen
Blessed be the time
That apple take was
Therefore we moun singen
We moun singen
We moun singen,
singen singen singen:

Deo gracias!
Deo gracias!
Deo gracias!
Deo gracias!
Deo gracias!
Deo gracias!
Deo gracias!
Deo gracias!
Deo
gra-ci-as!!!


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[Marion Morrison]

 

[Marion Morrison]

I sang "Renegade" , too. Skynyr was just for my own benefit.

Got free drinks after that.

This is Renegade: (It requires a high g) My voice 'bout cracked

 

[beautress]

Grrrrrrrr-e-a-a-a-a-a-t!, MM!

 

[beautress]

Won't Get Fooled Again
The Who
We'll be fighting in the streets
With our children at our feet
And the morals that they worship will be gone
And the men who spurred us on
Sit in judgement of all wrong
They decide and the shotgun sings the song

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again

The change, it had to come
We knew it all along
We were liberated from the fold, that's all
And the world looks just the same
And history ain't changed
'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again, no, no

I'll move myself and my family aside
If we happen to be left half alive
I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky
Though I know that the hypnotized never lie
Do ya?

Yeaah!

There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Is now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution
Take a bow for the new revolution
Smile and grin at the change all around
Pick up my guitar and play
Just like yesterday
Then I'll get on my knees and pray
We don't get fooled again
Don't get fooled again, no no

Yeaaah!
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss

Credits: PETER TOWNSHEND et al


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