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RUNAWAY
                                    TRAIN
 
SOUL ASYLUM
 
Call you up in the middle of
                                    the night
Like a fire without a light
You were like a blow torch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning
So tired that I couldn't even
                                    sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep
It seems no one can help me now
                                    
I'm
                                    in too deep
There's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray
 
 
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting
                                    somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
 
 
Can you help me remember how to smile
Make it all somehow seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mystery seems so faded
I can go where no one else can
                                    go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train
Everything is cut and dry
Day and night earth and sky
Somehow I just dont believe it
 
 
Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting
                                    somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
 
 
 
Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughing at the rain
A little out of touch a little
                                    insane
Its just easier than dealing with the pain
 
 
Runaway train never going back
(Runaway train)
Wrong way on a one way track
Seems like I should be getting
                                    somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there
Runaway train never coming back
(Runaway train)
Runaway train tearing up the
                                    track
(Runaway train)
Runaway train burning in my veins
(Runaway train)
Runaway but it always seems the same.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I Can See Clearly Now

 

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Gone are the dark clouds that had me blind.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.

Oh, yes I can make it now the pain is gone.
All of the bad feelings have disappeared.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.

(ooh...) Look all around, there's nothing but blue skies.
Look straight ahead, there's nothing but blue skies.

I can see clearly now the rain is gone.
I can see all obstacles in my way.
Here is that rainbow I've been praying for.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's gonna be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
It's going to be a bright (bright)
bright (bright) sunshiny day.
Yeah, hey, it's gonna be a bright (bright) bright (bright)
sunshiny day.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
All Out Of Love
By:  Air Supply
(Graham Russell, Clive Davis)
 
 
     
I'm lying alone with my head on the phone,
thinking of you 'til it hurts
I know you hurt too, but what else can we do,
tormented and torn apart. 
I wish I could carry your smile in my heart, 
For times when my life seems so low. 
It would make me believe what tomorrow could bring, 
When today doesn't really know, Doesn't really know. 
 
 
(Chorus)
                                    
    
I'm all out of love, I'm so lost with you,
I know you were right, believing for so long. 
I'm all out of love, what am I without you, 
I can't be to late to say that I was so wrong. 
 
 
I want you to come
                                    back and carry me home, 
Away
                                    from these long, lonely nights. 
I'm reaching for you. Are you feeling it too?
Does the feeling seem oh, so right? 
 
And
                                    what would you say if I called on you now, 
     
And said that I can't hold on? 
There's no easy way, it gets harder each day, 
Please love me or I'll be gone. 
                                    I'll be gone. 
 
(To Chorus:) 
 
Oooo....What are you thinking of
What are you thinking of
What are you Thinking of
What are you Thinking of
 
 
(Chorus)

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Sing this song! Piano man!
 

PIANO MAN

BILLY JOEL

 

Its nine oclock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in

Theres an old man sitting next to me makin love to his tonic and gin

He says, Son, can you play me a melody

Im not really sure how it goes

But its sad and its sweet and I knew it complete

When I wore a younger mans clothes

 

La la la, de de da, la la, de de da da da

 

Sing us a song, youre the piano man, sing us a song tonight

Well, were all in the mood for a melody and youve got us feelin alright

 

Now John at the bar is a friend of mine, he gets me my drinks for free

And hes quick with a joke or a light up your smoke

But theres someplace that hed rather be

He says, Bill, I believe this is killing me

As a smile ran away from his face

Well I sure that I could be a movie star if I could get out of this place

 

Oh, la la la, de de da, la la, de de da da da

 

Now Paul is a real estate novelist who never had time for a wife

And hes talkin with Davy whos still in the navy

And probably will be for life

And the waitress is practicing politics

As the businessmen slowly get stoned

Yes, theyre sharing a drink they call loneliness

But its better than drinkin alone

 

Sing us a song, youre the piano man, sing us a song tonight

Well, were all in the mood for a melody and youve got us feelin alright

 

Its a pretty good crowd for a Saturday and the manager gives me a smile

Cause he knows that its me theyve been comin to see

To forget about life for a while

And the piano, it sounds like a carnival

And the microphone smells like a beer

And they sit at the bar and put bread in my jar

And say, Man, what are you doin here?

 

Oh, la la la, de de da, la la, de de da da da

 

Sing us a song, youre the piano man, sing us a song tonight

Well, were all in the mood for a melody and youve got us feelin alright 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
Here you have Elton John´s Lyrics written for singing and playing in guitar.  We know you are a daring professor and you´re not going to loose the chance for listening your students in classroom singing these songs!
 
Remember: Every single song is available from Sunday until Saturday. We change songs every Sunday, but lyrics will stay here for a long time.
 
{t:Daniel}
{st:Elton John/Bernie
                                    Taupin}
 
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane. 
 I can see the red tail lights, heading for Spain.  Oh and,  
I can see Dan iel waving goodbye. 
                                    
 God it looks 
                                    like Daniel.  Must be the clouds in my eyes.
                                                         
                                    
 
 They say Spain is pretty, though I've never been.
 Daniel says it's
                                    the best place he's ever seen.
 Oh and he should know, he's been there enough.
 Lord I miss Daniel,
                                    oh I miss him so much.
 
  Daniel, my brother,
                                    you are older than me.    
  Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal? 
  Your eyes have died but you see more than I. 
  Daniel
                                    you're a star in the face of the sky.
 
 Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane. 
 I can see the red tail lights, heading for Spain.  Oh and,  
 I can see Daniel waving
                                    goodbye.  
 
God it looks like Daniel.  Must be the clouds in my eyes.

Your Song  Elton John
 
Your
                                    Song  Elton John
 
It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily
                                    hide
I don't much money, but, boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live
 
If I was a sculptor, but
                                    then again no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song, and this
                                    one for you
 
{start_of_chorus}
And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that
                                    it's done
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words,
{end_of_chorus}
How wonderful life is while
                                    you're in the world
 
I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses they've got me quite crossed
But the sun's been quite
                                    king, while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that they keep turned on
 
So excuse me and forget but
                                    these I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway, the thing is, what I reallly mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes
                                    I've ever seen
{c: chorus}
How wonderful life is while you're in the world
 
 

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