Post by Tiarnán on Aug 1, 2011 17:25:25 GMT -5
The definitive list. Complete with lyrics:
1. “Engine to Turn”, Tift Merritt
"I'm just trying to get the engine to turn,
I'm just trying to smile through my tears,
And I've still got so much to learn,
But the best I have is what I've got to give,
Gonna give it while I'm here."
2. “The Music of the Night”, from The Phantom of the Opera
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication,
Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation,
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the harmony which dreams alone can write:
The Power of the Music of the Night."
3. “And So It Goes”, Billie Joel
"So I would choose to be with you, that's if the choice were mine to make,
But you can make decisions to, and you can have this heart to break."
4. “Godspeed”, as recorded by The Dixie Chicks
"God bless Mommy and match box cars,
God bless Dad and thanks for the stars,
God hears "Amen" wherever we are,
And I love you."
5. “Up to the Mountain”, as performed by Kelly Clarkson
"Some days I look down, afraid I will fall
And though the sun shines I see nothing at all,
But I hear your sweet voice comin' and go, comin' and go
Telling me softly you love me so."
6. “Smoky Mountain Memories”, Dolly Parton
Oh and these northern nights are dreary,
And my Southern eyes are teary
As I wonder how the old folks are back home,
But I'll keep leanin' on my Jesus,
I know he'll love and guide and lead us,
And Smoky Mountain Memories keep me strong.
7. “Finale”, from Les Miserables
"Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing? Say do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring when tomorrow comes."
8. “Mrs Hemingway”, Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Love is the greatest deceiver; it hollows you out like a drum,
And suddenly nothing is certain, as if all the clouds closed the curtains
And blocked the sun.
And friends now are strangers in this city of dangers:
As cold and as cruel as they come."
9. “The Winner Takes It All”, ABBA
"The Gods may throw a dice, their minds as cold as ice,
And someone way down here loses someone dear,
The winner takes it all; the loser has to fall,
It's simple in its plain. Why should I complain?"
10. “Could We Start Again Please”, from Jesus Christ Superstar
"I've been very hopeful so far,
Now for the first time I think we're going wrong.
Hurry up and tell me this is just a dream,
Or could we start again please?"
11. “I’m Here”, as performed by Fantasia Barrino
"I got my sister: I can feel here now,
She may not be here, but she's still mine,
And I know she still loves me.
I got my children: I can't hold them now,
They may not be here, but they're still mine,
And I hope they know I still love them."
12. “Catch the Wind”, Donovan
"When rain has hung the leaves with tears,
I want you here to count my fears,
To help me to leave all my blues behind.
Standing in your heart is where I want to be,
And long to be,
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind."
13. “Somewhere”, from West Side Story
"There's a place for us, a time and place for us,
Hold my hand and we're half way there,
Hold my hand and I'll take you there.
Somehow, someday, somewhere."
14. “Midnight Train to Georgia”, Gladys Knight & the Pips
"He's leaving on the midnight train to Georgia,
Said he's goin' back to find a simpler place in time.
I got to be with him on that midnight train to Georgia;
I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine."
15. “Bless the Broken Road”, Selah
"I think about the years I spent just passing through,
I'd like the take the time I lost and give it back to you,
But you just smiled and take my hand,
You've been there, you understand
It's all part of this grander plan that is coming true."
16. “I Don’t Want to Wait”, Paula Cole
"So open up your morning light, and say a little prayer for I,
You that we are to stay alive, and see the peace in every eye."
17. “Driftwood”, Travis
"Everywhere there's trouble, nowhere's safe to go,
Pushes turn to shovels, shovelling the show,
Frozen you have chosen which path you wish to go,
Drifting on forever, and forever more,
'Til you reach your shore..."
18. “Edelweiss”, from The Sound of Music
"Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever,
Edelweiss, Edelweiss, bless my homeland forever."
19. “You”, Evanescence
"The words have been drained from this pencil:
Sweet words that I want to give you,
And I can't sleep, I need to tell you goodnight."
20. “Travelin’ Thru”, Dolly Parton
"God made me for a reason, and nothing is in vain,
Redemption comes in many shapes with many kinds of pain.
Oh sweet Jesus if you're listenin' keep me ever close to you,
As I'm stumblin', tumblin', wonderin', as I'm travelin' through."
21. “The Lucky One”, Alison Krauss
"You're the lucky one, I know that now,
Don't ask me why, when, where or how,
No matter where you're at or where you'll be
You can bet your luck won't follow me.
Give you a song and a one night stand
And you'll be lookin' at a happy man
'Cause you're the lucky one."
22. “In a Graveyard”, Rufus Wainwright
"Then along the bending path away,
I smiled in knowing I'd be back one day."
23. “Disremembrance”, Dannii Minogue
"I feel so calm tonight, like I'm floating into space,
I feel my anger now vanishing without a trace,
I feel so weak tonight, I'm no longer in control,
I feel so different now that it's time to face my soul."
24. “9 Crimes”, Damien Rice
"Is that alright? Yeah.
Give my gun away when it's loaded.
Is that alright? Yeah.
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?"
25. “Baby Girl”, Sugarland
"Dear mom and dad, please send money,
I'm so broke that it ain't funny,
Well I don't need much, just enough to get me through.
Please don't worry 'cause I'm alright,
See I'm playing here at the bar tonight,
Well, this time I'm gonna make our dreams come true.
Well I love you more than anything in the world,
Love, your baby girl."
Songs that failed to avoid the cutting process, but deserve a mention:
- ABBA – “Chiquitita”
- Al Green – “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”
- Alanis Morissette – “You Learn”
- Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know”
- Alanis Morissette – “That Particular Time”
- Alexander Rybak – “Fairytale”
- Alicia Keys – “Doesn’t Mean Anything”
- Alison Krauss – “When You Say Nothing At All”
- Amy Winehouse – “Back to Black”
- Anastasia – “Once Upon a December”
- Annie – “Maybe”
- Annie – “Tomorrow”
- Aretha Franklin – “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)”
- Avril Lavigne – “Complicated”
- Britney Spears – “(Hit Me) …Baby One More Time”
- The Carpenters – “Top of the World”
- Chantal Kreviazuk – “Feels Like Home”
- Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game”
- Connie Francis – “Where the Boys Are”
- The Corrs – “Radio”
- The Corrs – “Summer Sunshine”
- David Gray – “Babylon”
- Death Cab for Cutie – “I’ll Follow You Into the Dark”
- Diana Ross & The Supremes – “You Can’t Hurry Love”
- Dido – “White Flag”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Cowboy Take Me Away”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Landslide”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Top of the World”
- The Dixie Chicks – “There’s Your Trouble”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Not Ready to Make Nice”
- The Dixie Chicks – “The Long Way Around”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Easy Silence”
- Dolly Parton – “It’s All Wrong, But it’s Alright”
- Dolly Parton – “Jolene”
- Dolly Parton – “I Will Always Love You”
- Dolly Parton – “Coat of Many Colors”
- Dolly Parton – “Me & Little Andy”
- Don McLean – “American Pie”
- Eva Cassidy – “Over the Rainbow”
- Eva Cassidy – “Fields of Gold”
- Eva Cassidy – “Songbird”
- Evanescence – “Good Enough”
- Evanescence – “The Last Song I’m Wasting On You”
- Evita – “Another Suitcase in Another Hall”
- Evita – “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”
- Evita – “Buenos Aires”
- Evita – “Oh What a Circus”
- Ferras – “Take My Lips”
- Ferras – “Gypsy Girl”
- Fleetwood Mac – “Rhiannon”
- Great Lake Swimmers – “Your Rocky Spine”
- Hanson – “MMMBop”
- Janis Joplin – “Me & Bobby McGee”
- Jennifer Holliday – “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going”
- Jesus Christ Superstar – “Gethsemane”
- Jesus Christ Superstar – “I Don’t Know How to Love Him”
- Jewel – “Hands”
- Jewel – “You Were Meant for Me”
- Jewel – “Don’t”
- Jewel – “Foolish Games”
- Judy Garland – “As Long As He Needs Me”
- Judy Garland – “Ol’ Man River”
- Kate Bush – “The Man With the Child In His Eyes”
- Kelly Clarkson – “Breakaway”
- Kelly Clarkson – “Because of You”
- Kylie Minogue – “All the Lovers”
- Kylie Minogue – “Love At First Sight”
- Les Miserables – “On My Own”
- LeAnn Rimes – “The Rose”
- Lee Ann Womack – “I Hope You Dance”
- Mary Beth Maziarz – “Daydream Believer”
- Mary Black – “A Song for Ireland”
- Mary Chapin Carpenter – “The Age of Miracles”
- Mary Chapin Carpenter – “I Take My Chances”
- Muse – “Falling Down”
- Muse – “Stockholm Syndrome”
- Muse – “Unintended”
- Natalie Imbruglia – “Torn”
- Our Lady Peace – “Innocent”
- Patty Loveless – “How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye”
- Phantom of the Opera – “All I Ask Of You”
- The Pretenders – “I’ll Stand By You”
- RENT – “Another Day”
- RENT – “La Vie Boheme”
- Rufus Wainwright – “Tiergarten”
- Rufus Wainwright – “Barcelona”
- Sarah McLachlan – “Angel”
- Savage Garden – “I Want You”
- Shakira – “Whenever, Wherever”
- The Sound of Music – “The Sound of Music”
- Sugarland – “Baby Girl”
- Taylor Swift – “Our Song”
- The Temptations – “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted”
- Tift Merritt – “The Things That Everybody Does”
- Tift Merritt – “Bar With a TV On”
- Tift Merritt – “Good Hearted Man”
- Tift Merritt – “Laid a Highway”
- Tift Merritt – “See You On the Moon”
- Thelma Houston – “Don’t Leave Me This Way”
- Travis – “The Weight”
- Vonda Shepherd – “Baby Don’t You Break My Heart Slow”
- Vonda Shepherd – “I Know Him By Heart”
- West Side Story – “Tonight”
- Wicked – “The Wizard & I”
- Wicked – “As Long As You’re Mine”
- Wilson Phillips – “Hold On”
1. “Engine to Turn”, Tift Merritt
"I'm just trying to get the engine to turn,
I'm just trying to smile through my tears,
And I've still got so much to learn,
But the best I have is what I've got to give,
Gonna give it while I'm here."
2. “The Music of the Night”, from The Phantom of the Opera
Floating, falling, sweet intoxication,
Touch me, trust me, savour each sensation,
Let the dream begin, let your darker side give in
To the harmony which dreams alone can write:
The Power of the Music of the Night."
3. “And So It Goes”, Billie Joel
"So I would choose to be with you, that's if the choice were mine to make,
But you can make decisions to, and you can have this heart to break."
4. “Godspeed”, as recorded by The Dixie Chicks
"God bless Mommy and match box cars,
God bless Dad and thanks for the stars,
God hears "Amen" wherever we are,
And I love you."
5. “Up to the Mountain”, as performed by Kelly Clarkson
"Some days I look down, afraid I will fall
And though the sun shines I see nothing at all,
But I hear your sweet voice comin' and go, comin' and go
Telling me softly you love me so."
6. “Smoky Mountain Memories”, Dolly Parton
Oh and these northern nights are dreary,
And my Southern eyes are teary
As I wonder how the old folks are back home,
But I'll keep leanin' on my Jesus,
I know he'll love and guide and lead us,
And Smoky Mountain Memories keep me strong.
7. “Finale”, from Les Miserables
"Will you join in our crusade? Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade is there a world you long to see?
Do you hear the people sing? Say do you hear the distant drums?
It is the future that they bring when tomorrow comes."
8. “Mrs Hemingway”, Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Love is the greatest deceiver; it hollows you out like a drum,
And suddenly nothing is certain, as if all the clouds closed the curtains
And blocked the sun.
And friends now are strangers in this city of dangers:
As cold and as cruel as they come."
9. “The Winner Takes It All”, ABBA
"The Gods may throw a dice, their minds as cold as ice,
And someone way down here loses someone dear,
The winner takes it all; the loser has to fall,
It's simple in its plain. Why should I complain?"
10. “Could We Start Again Please”, from Jesus Christ Superstar
"I've been very hopeful so far,
Now for the first time I think we're going wrong.
Hurry up and tell me this is just a dream,
Or could we start again please?"
11. “I’m Here”, as performed by Fantasia Barrino
"I got my sister: I can feel here now,
She may not be here, but she's still mine,
And I know she still loves me.
I got my children: I can't hold them now,
They may not be here, but they're still mine,
And I hope they know I still love them."
12. “Catch the Wind”, Donovan
"When rain has hung the leaves with tears,
I want you here to count my fears,
To help me to leave all my blues behind.
Standing in your heart is where I want to be,
And long to be,
Ah but I may as well try and catch the wind."
13. “Somewhere”, from West Side Story
"There's a place for us, a time and place for us,
Hold my hand and we're half way there,
Hold my hand and I'll take you there.
Somehow, someday, somewhere."
14. “Midnight Train to Georgia”, Gladys Knight & the Pips
"He's leaving on the midnight train to Georgia,
Said he's goin' back to find a simpler place in time.
I got to be with him on that midnight train to Georgia;
I'd rather live in his world than live without him in mine."
15. “Bless the Broken Road”, Selah
"I think about the years I spent just passing through,
I'd like the take the time I lost and give it back to you,
But you just smiled and take my hand,
You've been there, you understand
It's all part of this grander plan that is coming true."
16. “I Don’t Want to Wait”, Paula Cole
"So open up your morning light, and say a little prayer for I,
You that we are to stay alive, and see the peace in every eye."
17. “Driftwood”, Travis
"Everywhere there's trouble, nowhere's safe to go,
Pushes turn to shovels, shovelling the show,
Frozen you have chosen which path you wish to go,
Drifting on forever, and forever more,
'Til you reach your shore..."
18. “Edelweiss”, from The Sound of Music
"Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow,
Bloom and grow forever,
Edelweiss, Edelweiss, bless my homeland forever."
19. “You”, Evanescence
"The words have been drained from this pencil:
Sweet words that I want to give you,
And I can't sleep, I need to tell you goodnight."
20. “Travelin’ Thru”, Dolly Parton
"God made me for a reason, and nothing is in vain,
Redemption comes in many shapes with many kinds of pain.
Oh sweet Jesus if you're listenin' keep me ever close to you,
As I'm stumblin', tumblin', wonderin', as I'm travelin' through."
21. “The Lucky One”, Alison Krauss
"You're the lucky one, I know that now,
Don't ask me why, when, where or how,
No matter where you're at or where you'll be
You can bet your luck won't follow me.
Give you a song and a one night stand
And you'll be lookin' at a happy man
'Cause you're the lucky one."
22. “In a Graveyard”, Rufus Wainwright
"Then along the bending path away,
I smiled in knowing I'd be back one day."
23. “Disremembrance”, Dannii Minogue
"I feel so calm tonight, like I'm floating into space,
I feel my anger now vanishing without a trace,
I feel so weak tonight, I'm no longer in control,
I feel so different now that it's time to face my soul."
24. “9 Crimes”, Damien Rice
"Is that alright? Yeah.
Give my gun away when it's loaded.
Is that alright? Yeah.
If you don't shoot it how am I supposed to hold it?"
25. “Baby Girl”, Sugarland
"Dear mom and dad, please send money,
I'm so broke that it ain't funny,
Well I don't need much, just enough to get me through.
Please don't worry 'cause I'm alright,
See I'm playing here at the bar tonight,
Well, this time I'm gonna make our dreams come true.
Well I love you more than anything in the world,
Love, your baby girl."
Songs that failed to avoid the cutting process, but deserve a mention:
- ABBA – “Chiquitita”
- Al Green – “How Can You Mend a Broken Heart”
- Alanis Morissette – “You Learn”
- Alanis Morissette – “You Oughta Know”
- Alanis Morissette – “That Particular Time”
- Alexander Rybak – “Fairytale”
- Alicia Keys – “Doesn’t Mean Anything”
- Alison Krauss – “When You Say Nothing At All”
- Amy Winehouse – “Back to Black”
- Anastasia – “Once Upon a December”
- Annie – “Maybe”
- Annie – “Tomorrow”
- Aretha Franklin – “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied)”
- Avril Lavigne – “Complicated”
- Britney Spears – “(Hit Me) …Baby One More Time”
- The Carpenters – “Top of the World”
- Chantal Kreviazuk – “Feels Like Home”
- Chris Isaak – “Wicked Game”
- Connie Francis – “Where the Boys Are”
- The Corrs – “Radio”
- The Corrs – “Summer Sunshine”
- David Gray – “Babylon”
- Death Cab for Cutie – “I’ll Follow You Into the Dark”
- Diana Ross & The Supremes – “You Can’t Hurry Love”
- Dido – “White Flag”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Cowboy Take Me Away”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Landslide”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Top of the World”
- The Dixie Chicks – “There’s Your Trouble”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Not Ready to Make Nice”
- The Dixie Chicks – “The Long Way Around”
- The Dixie Chicks – “Easy Silence”
- Dolly Parton – “It’s All Wrong, But it’s Alright”
- Dolly Parton – “Jolene”
- Dolly Parton – “I Will Always Love You”
- Dolly Parton – “Coat of Many Colors”
- Dolly Parton – “Me & Little Andy”
- Don McLean – “American Pie”
- Eva Cassidy – “Over the Rainbow”
- Eva Cassidy – “Fields of Gold”
- Eva Cassidy – “Songbird”
- Evanescence – “Good Enough”
- Evanescence – “The Last Song I’m Wasting On You”
- Evita – “Another Suitcase in Another Hall”
- Evita – “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina”
- Evita – “Buenos Aires”
- Evita – “Oh What a Circus”
- Ferras – “Take My Lips”
- Ferras – “Gypsy Girl”
- Fleetwood Mac – “Rhiannon”
- Great Lake Swimmers – “Your Rocky Spine”
- Hanson – “MMMBop”
- Janis Joplin – “Me & Bobby McGee”
- Jennifer Holliday – “And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going”
- Jesus Christ Superstar – “Gethsemane”
- Jesus Christ Superstar – “I Don’t Know How to Love Him”
- Jewel – “Hands”
- Jewel – “You Were Meant for Me”
- Jewel – “Don’t”
- Jewel – “Foolish Games”
- Judy Garland – “As Long As He Needs Me”
- Judy Garland – “Ol’ Man River”
- Kate Bush – “The Man With the Child In His Eyes”
- Kelly Clarkson – “Breakaway”
- Kelly Clarkson – “Because of You”
- Kylie Minogue – “All the Lovers”
- Kylie Minogue – “Love At First Sight”
- Les Miserables – “On My Own”
- LeAnn Rimes – “The Rose”
- Lee Ann Womack – “I Hope You Dance”
- Mary Beth Maziarz – “Daydream Believer”
- Mary Black – “A Song for Ireland”
- Mary Chapin Carpenter – “The Age of Miracles”
- Mary Chapin Carpenter – “I Take My Chances”
- Muse – “Falling Down”
- Muse – “Stockholm Syndrome”
- Muse – “Unintended”
- Natalie Imbruglia – “Torn”
- Our Lady Peace – “Innocent”
- Patty Loveless – “How Can I Help You To Say Goodbye”
- Phantom of the Opera – “All I Ask Of You”
- The Pretenders – “I’ll Stand By You”
- RENT – “Another Day”
- RENT – “La Vie Boheme”
- Rufus Wainwright – “Tiergarten”
- Rufus Wainwright – “Barcelona”
- Sarah McLachlan – “Angel”
- Savage Garden – “I Want You”
- Shakira – “Whenever, Wherever”
- The Sound of Music – “The Sound of Music”
- Sugarland – “Baby Girl”
- Taylor Swift – “Our Song”
- The Temptations – “What Becomes of the Broken Hearted”
- Tift Merritt – “The Things That Everybody Does”
- Tift Merritt – “Bar With a TV On”
- Tift Merritt – “Good Hearted Man”
- Tift Merritt – “Laid a Highway”
- Tift Merritt – “See You On the Moon”
- Thelma Houston – “Don’t Leave Me This Way”
- Travis – “The Weight”
- Vonda Shepherd – “Baby Don’t You Break My Heart Slow”
- Vonda Shepherd – “I Know Him By Heart”
- West Side Story – “Tonight”
- Wicked – “The Wizard & I”
- Wicked – “As Long As You’re Mine”
- Wilson Phillips – “Hold On”
