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Oh Very Young
02:50
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video of performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiPSTZrb2WE
Cat Stevens, 1974
Oh very young
What will you leave us this time?
You're only dancing on this earth for a short while
And though your dreams may toss and turn you now
They will vanish away like your daddy's best jeans
Denim blue fading up to the sky
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will, you know they never will
And the patches make the goodbye harder still
Oh very young
What will you leave us this time?
There'll never be a better chance to change your mind
And if you want this world to see a better day
Will you carry the words of love with you?
Will you ride the great white bird into heaven?
And though you want to last forever
You know you never will, you know you never will
And the goodbye makes the journey harder still
Will you carry the word of love with you
Will you ride? Will you ride? Will you ride? Oh
Oh very young
What will you leave us this time?
You're only dancing on this earth for a short while
Oh very young
What will you leave us this time?
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Your Song
04:08
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video of performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9XR5KJLfRg
words and music by Elton John and Bernie taupin, 1970
It's a little bit funny this feeling inside
But I'm, I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I, I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live
If I was a sculptor but, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a traveling shows
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you
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
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, well, they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on
So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen
So 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
How wonderful life is while you're in the world
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind
That I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world
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my cricket
03:15
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video of performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdGX5z5pywk
Leon Russell, June 1972
well i was just thinkin about you today
and the evening we slept in the mountains
but i can not get through to you
find words to say to you darling
you're so far away
oh no, i'm not crying
these aint tears in my eyes
i'm so happy, i'm dying with laughter
if you'd only come over
i'm sure that you'd see
we're not lonesome,
my cricket and me
well your picture reminds me
i wanted to be free
i hurt you, i drove you away
if you'd just come back over
i'm sure that you'd see
that we're not lonesome,
my cricket and me
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Just Breathe
03:58
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video of performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yR7p7bKHGlY
words and music by Pearl Jam
Yes, I understand that every life must end, uh-huh
As we sit alone, I know someday we must go, uh-huh
Yeah, I'm a lucky man, to count on both hands the ones I love
Some folks they've got one, yeah, others, they've got none
Stay with me
Let's just breathe
Practiced all my sins, never gonna let me win, uh-huh
Under everything, just another human being, uh-huh
I don't wanna hurt, there's so much in this world to make me bleed
Stay with me
You're all I see
Did I say that I need you?
Did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
As I come clean
I wonder everyday, as I look upon your face, uh-huh
Everything you gave
And nothing you would save, oh, no
Nothing you would take
Everything you gave
Did I say that I need you?
Oh, did I say that I want you?
Oh, if I didn't I'm a fool you see
No one knows this more than me
And I come clean, ah
Nothing you would take
Everything you gave
Hold me til I die
Meet you on the other side
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5. |
Nobody Home
03:16
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video video of performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBO6tIsmUvQ
Words and Music by Roger Waters, 1979
I got a little black book with my poems in
got a bag, got a toothbrush and a comb in,
when I'm a good dog they sometimes throw me a bone in.
I got elastic bands keeping my shoes on,
got those swollen hand blues.
I got thirteen channels of shit on the T.V. to choose from.
I got electric light,
and I got second sight.
I got amazing powers of observation.
and that is how I know
when I try to get through
on the telephone to you
there'll be nobody home.
I got the obligatory Hendrix perm
and the inevitable pinhole burns
all down the fron of my favorite satin shirt.
I got nocotine stains on my fingers
I got a silver spoon on a chain.
got a grand piano to prop up my mortal remains.
I got wild, staring eyes.
I got a strong urge to fly,
but I got nowhere to fly to.
Oooh babe, when I pick up the phone
there's still nobody home.
I got a pair of Gohill's boots,
and I got fading roots.
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6. |
Something
05:03
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wZ7UXV5tbE&list=UUNhlavtmEqMxwE9G_hilfZQ&index=15
George Harrison 1969
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Isolation
03:50
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CB5XpvB17pI&list=UUNhlavtmEqMxwE9G_hilfZQ&index=13
John Lennon 1970
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Changes
04:03
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIo3V1fp9bM&list=UUNhlavtmEqMxwE9G_hilfZQ&index=19
David Bowie 1971
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Maybe I'm Amazed
04:42
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kykttn8vCbU&list=UUNhlavtmEqMxwE9G_hilfZQ&index=18
Paul McCartney 1977
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the wind
02:04
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performed by dama
written and recorded by Cat Stevens, 1971
video of performance;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXUxsAguL5k
I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul
Where I'll end up, well, I think only God really knows
I've sat upon the setting sun
But never, never, never, never
I never wanted water once
No never, never, never
I listen to my words but they fall far below
I let my music take me where my heart wants to go
I've swam upon the devil's lake
But never, never, never, never
I'll never make the same mistake,
no, never, never, never,
my sweetest friend for life.
I love you til the end of all time.
No matter what.
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11. |
A Change is Gonna Come
04:25
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43lrp0zBQgQ&list=UUNhlavtmEqMxwE9G_hilfZQ&index=16
Sam Cooke 1964
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12. |
She's Always A Woman
03:53
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4V4unKr84s&list=UUNhlavtmEqMxwE9G_hilfZQ&index=20
Billy Joel 1977
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Adam James Buffalo, New York
pianist
singer
songwriter
composer
guitarist
artist
trembling optimist
philoso-rock-on-teur
"There are a million reasons not to go to war. If you can't think of one reason not to, then you shouldn't. If you can, then you wouldn't."
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