The Song Thread

[Elspethseeker]

OKay we have done this one!

Make way for Prince Ali
Say hey! It's Prince Ali

Hey! Clear the way in the old Bazaar
Hey you!
Let us through!
It's a bright new star!
Oh Come!
Be the first on your block to meet his eye!

Make way!
Here he comes!
Ring bells! Bang the drums!
Oh! You gonna love this guy!

Prince Ali! Fabulous he!
Ali Ababwa Genuflect, show some respect
Down on one knee!
Now, try your best to stay calm
Brush up your sunday salaam
The come and meet his spectacular coterie

Prince Ali!
Mighty is he!
Ali Ababwa
Strong as ten regular men, definitely!
He faced the galloping hordes
A hundred bad guys with swords
Who sent those goons to their lords?
Why, Prince Ali

He's got seventy-five golden camels
Purple peac0cks
He's got fifty-three
When it comes to exotic-type mammals
Has he got a zoo?
I'm telling you, it's a world-class menagerie

Prince Ali! Handsome is he, Ali Ababwa
That physique! How can I speak
Weak at the knee
Well, get on out in that square
Adjust your veil and prepare
To gawk and grovel and stare at Prince Ali!

There's no question this Ali's alluring
Never ordinary, never boring
Everything about the man just plain impresses
He's a winner, he's a whiz, a wonder!
He's about to pull my heart asunder!
And I absolutely love the way he dresses!

He's got ninety-five white Persian monkeys
(He's got the monkeys, let's see the monkeys)
And to view them he charges no fee
(He's generous, so generous)
He's got slaves, he's got servants and flunkies
(Proud to work for him)
They bow to his whim love serving him
They're just lousy with loyalty to Ali! Prince Ali!

Prince Ali!
Amorous he! Ali Ababwa
Heard your princess was a sight lovely to see
And that, good people, is why he got dolled up and dropped by
With sixty elephants, llamas galore
With his bears and lions
A brass band and more
With his forty fakirs, his cooks, his bakers
His birds that warble on key
Make way for prince Ali!

[Squarmi]

All I want for Christmas is YOU!!!!!!! Ok, sorry, listening to Love Actually Soundtrack but I absolutey adore Anastacia!!!

Have you heard there's a rumour in St Petersburg

People in factory:
St Peterburg is gloomy
St Peterburg is bleak
My underwear gets frozen standing here all week
For since the revolution
Our lives have been so grey
Thank goodness for the gossip that gets us through the day
Hey!

Crowd in street:
have you heard??
There's a rumour in St Petersburg
Have you heard??
What they're saying on the street?
Newspaper seller: Although the tsar did not survive
One daughter may be still alive
Crowd: The Princess Anastacia!!!
Newspaper seller: But please do not repeat!

Crowd:
It's a rumour, a legend, a mystery.
Something whispered in an alley way or through a crack.
It's a rumour that's part of our history
Fortune teller: They say her royal grandmamma will pay a royal sum
Crowd:
To someone who can bring the princess back

Guy in blackmarket:
A rubel (sp?) for this painting
It's Romanov, I swear
Lady in blackmarket:
Count blahblahblah's pajamas
Comrades buy the pair
Another guy in blackmarket:
I got this from the palace
It's lined with real fur
All: It could be worth a fortune if it belonged to her!

(Dimitri and Vlad talk)

Dimitri:
It's the rumour, the legend, the mystery
It's the Princess Anastacia who will help us fly
You and I friend will go down in history
We'll find a girl to play the part
And teach her what to say
Dress her up and take her to Paris
Imagine the reward her dear old Grandmamma will pay!
Who else could pull it off but you and me?

We'll be rich!
Vlad: We'll be rich!
Dimitri: We'll be out!
Vlad: We'll be out!
Together: And St Petersburg will have some more to talk about!

Crowd: Have you heard? There's a rumour in St Petersburg
Have you heard what they're saying on the street?
Hey!

Have you heard? There's a rumour in St Petersburg!
Have you heard? What's there? What do you suppose?
A fascinating mystery.
Dimitri: The biggest con in history!
Crowd: The Princess Anastacia!
Alive today!
Window cleaner: Who knows? Shhh..


Journey to the past

Heart don't fail me now
Courage don't desert me
Don't turn back now that we're here
People always say life is full of choices
No one ever mentions fear
Or how the world can seem so vast
On a journey to the past

Somewhere down this road I know someone's waiting
Years of dreams just can't be wrong
Arms will open wide
I'll be safe and wanted
Finally home where I belong
Well starting now, I'm learning fast
On this journey to the past...

Home, love, family
There was once a time I must have had them too
Home, love, family
I will never be complete until I find you

One step at a time
One hope then another
Who knows where this road may go?
Back to who I was
On to find my future
Things my heart still needs to know
Yes!
Let this be a sign
Let this road be mine
Let it lead to my past
And bring me home
At last!


Once upon a December

Dancing bears, painted wings,
Things I almost remember
And a song someone sings
Once upon a december

Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory

Someone holds me safe and warm
Horses prance through a silver storm
Figures dancing gracefully
Across my memory

Far away, long ago
Glowing dim as an ember
Things my heart used to know
Things it yearns to remember

And a song someone sings
Once upon a december


Learn to do it

Vlad: You were born in a palace by the sea
Anastacia: A palace by the sea. Could it be?
Vlad: Yes that's right
You rode horseback when you were only three
Anastacia: horseback riding, me?
Vlad: And the horse.
Dimitri: He was white!
Vlad: You made faces and terrorised the cook.
Dimitri: threw him in the brook!
Ana: Was I wild?
Dimitri: wrote the book
Vlad: But you'd behave when you father gave that look.
Dimitri: Imagine how it was.
Vlad: Your long forgotten past.
Dimitri and Vlad: We've lots and lots to teach you and the time is going fast
Ana: All right, I'm ready
Vlad: Now shoulders back and stand up tall
Dimitri: And do not walk but try to float
Ana: I feel a little foolish. Am I floating?
Vlad: Like a little boat
Dimitri: You give a bow
Ana: What happens now?
Vlad: Your hand receives a kiss
Dimitri and Vlad: Most of all remember this..

Vlad: If I can learn to do it, you can learn to do it
Dimitri: something in you knows it
Vlad: There's nothing to it.
Follow in my footsteps, shoe by shoe
Dimitri and Vlad: You can learn to do it too.

Vlad: Now elbows in and sit up straight
Dimitri: and never slurp the strogonoff
Ana: I never cared for strogonoff
Vlad: She said that like a Romanov
Dimitri: The samovar
Vlad: The caviar!
Ana: Desert and then goodnight?!
Vlad and Dimitri: Not until you get this right.

Vlad: If I can learn to do it
Dimitri: he can learn to do it
Vlad: You can learn to do it
Dimitri: You can learn to do it
Vlad: Pull yourself together
Vlad and Dimitri: And you'll pull through it
Vlad: Tell yourself it's easy
Dimitri: And it's true
Vlad and Dimitri: You can learn to do it too!

Vlad: Next we memorise the names of the royalty....
Now here we have Kropotkin
Dimitri: Shot Potemkin
Vlad: in the Botkin
Ana: Oh!
Vlad: And dear old uncle Vanya loved his vodka
Dimitri: Got it Anya?
Ana: No!
Vlad: The Baron Pushkin
Ana: he was...
Dimitri: Short!
Vlad: Count Anatoly
Ana: Had a
Dimitri: Wart!
Vlad: Count Sergei
Dimitri: Wore a feathered hat
Vlad: I hear he's gotten very fat
Ana: And I recall his yellow cat!
Vlad: I don't believe we told her that!

Ana: If you can learn to do it!
I can learn to do it!
Vlad: Don't know how you knew it!
Ana: I simply knew it!
Suddenly I feel like someone new!
Dimitri and Vlad: Anya you're a dream come true!
Vlad and Dimiti: If I can learn to do it
Ana: I can learn to do it
Vlad and Dimitri: You can learn to do it
Ana: You can learn to do it
Vlad: Pull yourself together!
All: And you'll pull through it!
Vlad: Tell yourself it's easy
Ana and Dimitri: And it's true
Vlad and Dimitri: You can learn to do
Ana: Nothing to it
All: You can learn to do it too!

Enough for today... Stay tuned for the rest later. Must go study guys.

Squarmi

[Timm]

Damn those addictive TV show themes...

Money money money money, money (x6)
Some people got to have it
Some people really need it
Listen to me y'all, do things, do things, do bad things with it
You wanna do things, do things, do things, good things with it
Talk about cash money, money
Talk about cash money- dollar bills, yall

For the love of money
People will steal from their mother
For the love of money
People will rob their own brother
For the love of money
People can't even walk the street
Because they never know who in the world they're gonna beat
For that lean, mean, mean green
Almighty dollar, money

For the love of money
People will lie, Lord, they will cheat
For the love of money
People don't care who they hurt or beat
For the love of money
A woman will sell her precious body
For a small piece of paper it carries a lot of weight
Call it lean, mean, mean green

Almighty dollar

I know money is the root of all evil
Do funny things to some people
Give me a nickel, brother can you spare a dime
Money can drive some people out of their minds

Got to have it, I really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Some people really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Got to have it, I really need it
How many things have I heard you say
Lay down, lay down, a woman will lay down
For the love of money
All for the love of money
Don't let, don't let, don't let money rule you
For the love of money
Money can change people sometimes
Don't let, don't let, don't let money fool you
Money can fool people sometimes
People! Don't let money, dont let money change you,
it will keep on changing, changing up your mind.

[Lol]

I think the ones that work best when you're reading the lyrics are story songs and ballads. Check this out.

The Queen and the Soldier - Suzanne Vega

The soldier came knocking upon the queen's door
He said, "I am not fighting for you any more"
The queen knew she'd seen his face someplace before
And slowly she let him inside.

He said, "I've watched your palace up here on the hill
And I've wondered who's the woman for whom we all kill
But I am leaving tomorrow and you can do what you will
Only first I am asking you why."

Down in the long narrow hall he was led
Into her rooms with her tapestries red
And she never once took the crown from her head
She asked him there to sit down.

He said, "I see you now, and you are so very young
But I've seen more battles lost than I have battles won
And I've got this intuition, says it's all for your fun
And now will you tell me why?"

The young queen, she fixed him with an arrogant eye
She said, "You won't understand, and you may as well not try"
But her face was a child's, and he thought she would cry
But she closed herself up like a fan.

And she said, "I've swallowed a secret burning thread
It cuts me inside, and often I've bled"
He laid his hand then on top of her head
And he bowed her down to the ground.

"Tell me how hungry are you? How weak you must feel
As you are living here alone, and you are never revealed
But I won't march again on your battlefield"
And he took her to the window to see.

And the sun, it was gold, though the sky, it was gray
And she wanted more than she ever could say
But she knew how it frightened her, and she turned away
And would not look at his face again.

And he said, "I want to live as an honest man
To get all I deserve and to give all I can
And to love a young woman who I don't understand
Your highness, your ways are very strange."

But the crown, it had fallen, and she thought she would break
And she stood there, ashamed of the way her heart ached
She took him to the doorstep and she asked him to wait
She would only be a moment inside.

Out in the distance her order was heard
And the soldier was killed, still waiting for her word
And while the queen went on strangeling in the solitude she preferred
The battle continued on

[Rilla]

That was sooo good Lol!

Mister Cellophane
Mister Cellophane
Should I bend my name
Mister Cellophane
Coz you can look right through me
Walk right by me
And never know I'm there...

[Arien]

That story song was sad, Lol. but it was good, i liked it...

[Miska]

wow...we're gettin really good mix here!!! much better then teh wadies board... but that still good too!

o squarmi i love anastasia too! ahhhhhhhhh soo cool! but i think ive sad that before...

ok let me see...Mad World:

Verse 1
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, Worn out faces
Bright and early for the daily races
Going nowhere, Going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, No expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, No tomorrow

Chorus
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
These dreams in which i'm dying, Are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it’s a very very….
Mad World, Mad World

Verse 2
Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday
And they feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen, Sit and listen
Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me, No one knew me
Hello teacher tell me whats my lesson
Look right through me, Look right through me

Chorus
And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad
These dreams in which i'm dying, Are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it’s a very very….
Mad World, Mad World

Enlargen your world

Mad World

i just love the above song!!! - from donny darko! *sigh* it saddens me tho...

[Squarmi]

miska said:

o squarmi i love anastasia too! ahhhhhhhhh soo cool! but i think ive sad that before...

yeah, you have. That's what made me post it. Although I'm ashamed to admit that all of those words came from memory. I know, that's pretty sad. Oh well. Glad you enjoyed it.

Squarmi

P.S. And of course I realised after posting it all that I should've done it in separate posts to raise my rank faster.

[Miska]

hahaha...awwww next time! eheheh...thats pretty cool tis from memory! i used to no it! but *sigh* alcomohol! ...well thats wat im blamin anyway...oh was its theme song there?! in the beginin?!?! hmmmm i love htat song!

life is a road and i want to keep going
love is a river i want to keep flowing on-n-n
startin out a journey...

or somethin ofthe sort... *i should look at ur post better*

[Arien]

yeah, Anastacia's a good one. ;D

don't worry Squarmi. i know quite a few disney songs off by heart too. hehe

[Lol]

Oh Miska, who sings Mad World? I loved it in Donnie Darko, and always wanted to know who it was.

[Miska]

ok Lol its redone by Gary Jules. first done by tears and ... oh i cnat remember but gary jules is the one from donny darko! i love it sooo much too...it was released as a single bout a month ago...so im planin to get it soon!

[Emerald]

Yeah i got addicted to that song when Nova (a radio station in Melbourne) started playing it heaps...

Heres one of my fav disney songs... hehe go Hurcules!!!

Bless my soul
Herc was on a roll
Person of the week in ev'ry Greek opinion poll
What a pro
Herc could stop a show
Point him at a monster and you're talking S.R.O.
He was a no one
A zero, zero
Now he's a honcho
He's a hero
Here was a kid with his act down pat
From zero to hero...in no time flat
Zero to hero...just like that

When he smiled
The girls went wild with oohs and aahs
And they slapped his face
On ev'ry vase (on ev'ry vase)

From appearance fees and royalties
Our Herc had cash to burn
Now nouveau riche an' famous
He could tell you
What's a Grecian urn?

Say amen
There he goes again
Sweet and undefeated
And an awesome 10 for 10
Folks lined up
Just to watch him flex
And his perfect package packed a
pair of pretty pecs

Hercie, he comes
He sees, he conquers
Honey, they crowds were
Going bonkers
He showed tho moxie, brains and spunk
From zero to hero...a major hunk
Zero to hero...and whoda thunk

Who put the glad in gladiator?
Hercules
Whose daring deeds are great the-a-ter?
Hercules
Is he bold?
No one braver
Is he sweet?
Our fav'rite flavor
Hercules...Hercules...

Bless my soul
Herc was on a roll
Undefeated
Riding high
And the nicest guy
Not conceited

He was a nothing
A zero, zero
Now he's a honcho
He's a hero

He hit the heights at breakneck speed
From zero to hero
Herc is a hero
Now he's a hero
Yes, indeed!

[Emerald]

wow thats was really long... i forgot to add... Everyone has to go to this site : www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/musicmovies.htm
It's is a great sing along site!!! if your feeling like singing go there... thats the movies and musicals page but if you click on the Main Index they have even more songs...

Consider yourself at home
Consider yourself one of the family
We've taken to you so strong
It's clear we're going to get along

Consider yourself well in
Consider yourself part of the furniture
There isn't a lot to spare
Who cares, whatever we've got we share

If it should chance to be we should see some harder days
Empty larder days, why grouse
Always a chance to meet somebody to foot the bill
Then the drinks are on the house

Consider yourself our mate
We don't want to have no fuss
For after some consideration we can state
Consider yourself one of us!

[Megana]

Arien! I woke up with that lion king song in my head this morning! How weird is that!?

Nine Days
If I am

So you're standing on a ledge
It looks like you might fall
Its so far down
Maybe you were thinking about jumping
Well you could have it all
If you learned a little paitence
For though I can not fly
I'm not content to fall
Give me a little credit
Have in me a little faith
I wanna be with you forever
And tomorrows not too late
But it's always too late when you've got nothing
So you say
That you should never let the sun set on tomorrow
Before the sun rises today.

There's a lot more to that song, but that's all I know from memory.

[Squarmi]

Okay, this is one of my favorite songs to listen to when I'm feeling sad because it's exactly how I felt when my Mum died. Of course change the boy to girl and I've got 3 little sisters instead of a brother (I think he's older). But you get the idea.

Joshua Kadison's "Mama's Arms"

Going back to a tender age,
so full of confusion and rage,
Daddy says, "Boys, your Mama's gone."
There's a hand on your shoulder as you're throwing dirt,
someone says, "Time heals the hurt.
Little man you got to keep on keepin' on."
but all you want is
Mama's arms.
You ride back home in a limousine,
the saddest car that you've ever seen,
your brother cannot look you in the eye.
Lightning stikes and thunder roars,
an early winter in that heart of yours,
but you swear you won't let them see you cry
'ca
use all you want is Mama's arms.
The nieghbors come and bring you pies,
endless words and futile sighs,
and you run up to your room and lock the door.
And there you are in your Sunday best,
the way your Mama would have had your dressed,
and you realize it doesn't matter anymore
'cause all you want is Mama's arms.
'Round and 'round and 'round it goes.
The seasons change the young boy grows
to understand it's all part of some plan.
You used to wonder what it's all about,
Now those are questions you can do without.
You laugh them off and do the best you can.
but all you want is Mama's arms.
All you want in Mama's arms.


Squarmi

[Lix]

whats with all the musicals these days? i mean they dont stop signing

hehe

p.s. dont start me on the gilbert and sullivan operas, ill go for hours
remeber that sideshow bob episode where he sings all thsie songs on the barge? twas cool, i sing along

[Miska]

omg squarmi! thats so sad!!!! i cant listen to under teh board walk atm! dads fav song! and it hurts soo much! but that is a beautiful song!

[Dameon]

Ah, Elixa!

Gilbert and Sullivan, ay?

With cat like tread!
Upon the way we steal!
With silence dread!
Our cautious way we feel!
No sound at all!
We never speak a word!
A fly's footfall would be distinctly heard!
Come men who plow the seas!
Truce to navigation!
Take another station!
Let's vary Piracy!
With a little burglary!

Ah, if there's anything better than Gilbert and Sullivan, it's Gilbert and Sullivan writing operettas about pirates!!!

Hooray for pirates!!!

KSL

[Rilla]

*cries* I can't think of anymore songs!!!

[Arien]

Thanks for that lyric site Emerald!!!!!!!!!!! ;D


Squarmi, Miska, i'm sorry.

[Timm]

I've hardly seen any musicals

[Miska]

thankx arien! all is good.... and i must agree wit u timm i havent see any for ages...pross only like2 or 3 ever :S

[Arien]

but musicals are so cool!!
well, i like them anyway

[Miska]

i like beinn in them...as much as i really cant sing but meh...they're fun! i saw lion king tho that was good!