((( THE QUALITY OF MERCY )))

The quality of mercy is not strain'd,

It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven

Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;

It blesseth him that gives and him that takes...

~ Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice) ~

((( CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU )))

You're just too good to be true.

Can't take my eyes off you.

You'd be like Heaven to touch.

I wanna hold you so much.

At long last love has arrived

And I thank God I'm alive.

You're just too good to be true.

Can't take my eyes off you.

Pardon the way that I stare.

There's nothing else to compare.

The sight of you leaves me weak.

There are no words left to speak,

But if you feel like I feel,

Please let me know that it's real.

You're just too good to be true.

Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,

And if it's quite alright,

I need you, baby,

To warm a lonely night.

I love you, baby.

Trust in me when I say:

Oh, pretty baby,

Don't bring me down, I pray.

Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay

And let me love you, baby.

Let me love you.

You're just too good to be true.

Can't take my eyes off you.

You'd be like Heaven to touch.

I wanna hold you so much.

At long last love has arrived

And I thank God I'm alive.

You're just too good to be true.

Can't take my eyes off you.

I love you, baby,

And if it's quite alright,

I need you, baby,

To warm a lonely night.

I love you, baby.

Trust in me when I say:

Oh, pretty baby,

Don't bring me down, I pray.

Oh, pretty baby, now that I found you, stay..

~ New Karaoke Song ~

((( THE CALIFORNIA RAISINS )))

THE CALIFORNIA RAISINS HAVE ARRIVED!!!

I got a set of 12 from Ebay!!

AWESOME!!!

((( COME TO ME )))

Come to me now that I have found you;

Come to me; wrap my love around you.

Look in my eyes; hear what they way.

Don't run away; stay, stay , stay.

*I'm on fire; let your lips caress me.

My desire is that you possess me.

Don't be afraid for love to come to you.

My lover, come to me; lover, come to me,

Come to me.

(Instrumental interlude and pick up.)

I'm on fire; let your lips caress me.

My desire is that you possess me.

Don't be afraid for love to come to you.

My lover, come to me; lover, come to me,

Come to me.

~ New Karaoke Song ~

((( IT'S NOT FOR ME TO SAY )))

It's not for me to say you love me

It's not for me to say you'll always care

Oh, but here for the moment, I can hold you fast

And press your lips to mine and dream that love will last

As far as I can see, this is heaven

And speaking just for me, it's ours to share

Perhaps the glow of love will grow with ev'ry passing day

Or we may never meet again

But then, it's not for me to say

As far as I can see, this is heaven

And speaking just for me, it's ours to share

Perhaps the glow of love will grow with ev'ry passing day

Or we may never meet again

But then, it's not for me to say

~ New Karaoke Song ~

((( WILD IS THE WIND )))

Love me, love me, say you do

Let me fly away with you

For my love is like the wind

And wild is the wind

Give me more than one caress

Satisfy this hungriness

Let the wind blow through your heart

For wild is the wind

You touch me, I hear the sound of mandolins

You kiss me and with your kiss, the world begins

You're spring to me, all things to me

You're life itself

like a leaf clings to a tree

Oh my darling, cling to me

For we're creatures of the wind

And wild is the wind, the wind

Wild is my love for you

~ New Karaoke Song ~

((( WONDERFUL WONDERFUL )))

Sometimes we walk hand in hand by the sea

And we breathe in the cool salty air

You turn to me with a kiss in your eyes

And my heart feels a thrill beyond compare

Then your lips cling to mine

It's wonderful, wonderful

Oh, so wonderful, my love

Sometimes we stand on the top of a hill

And we gaze at the earth and the sky

I turn to you and you melt in my arms

There we are, darling, only you and I

What a moment to share

It's wonderful, wonderful

Oh, so wonderful, my love

The world is full of wondrous things, it's true

But they wouldn't have much meaning without you

Some quiet evening I sit by your side

And we're lost in a world of our own

I feel the glow of your unspoken love

I'm aware of the treasure that I own

And I say to myself

"It's wonderful, wonderful

Oh, so wonderful, my love"

And I say to myself

"It's wonderful, wonderful

Oh, so wonderful, my love"

~ I'm stocking up on Karaoke songs in case the world ends ~

I intend to die singing!

((( AN IDEA WHOSE TIME HAS COME )))

"There is one thing

that is stronger than all the armies in the world,

and that is an idea whose time has come"

~ Victor Hugo ~

Hugo began planning a major novel about social misery and injustice as early as the 1830s, but it would take a full 17 years for Les Misérables to be realized and finally published in 1862. Hugo was acutely aware of the quality of the novel and publication of the work went to the highest bidder. The Belgian publishing house Lacroix and Verboeckhoven undertook a marketing campaign unusual for the time, issuing press releases about the work a full six months before the launch. It also initially published only the first part of the novel ("Fantine"), which was launched simultaneously in major cities. Installments of the book sold out within hours, and had enormous impact on French society.

The critical establishment was generally hostile to the novel; Taine found it insincere, Barbey d'Aurevilly complained of its vulgarity, Gustave Flaubert found within it "neither truth nor greatness", the Goncourts lambasted its artificiality, and Baudelaire – despite giving favorable reviews in newspapers – castigated it in private as "tasteless and inept". Les Misérables proved popular enough with the masses that the issues it highlighted were soon on the agenda of the National Assembly of France. Today the novel remains his most enduringly popular work. It is popular worldwide, and has been adapted for cinema, television and stage shows.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo

MY COMMENT:

I was suddenly inspired to do a study into the life of Victor Hugo and was amazed to find how this novel, panned by most of the critics, was so well received by the public that it led to social reforms in France. If that were not enough it eventually became a major Broadway Musical hit and blockbuster movie. Quite an accomplishment for a novel. I never remember hearing the like of such a thing before.

I'm going to look into singing a karaoke version of at least one of the main songs from the film. The spirit of Enrico Caruso loves to sing show tunes through my being, Ha!

I just checked and, unfortunately, all the songs are...miserable. As that should come as some big surprise considering the name of the movie, right?

Wassamatta fo you, bebe?

And what of Madonna

starring in the movie version of Evita?

'Don't cry for me Argentina...'

cry for yourselves because I starred in this movie

and feel guilty every time you rejoiced

seeing me slapped around

I just did some studies on the real life Evita

"* La Gran Puta: The Evita haters played the sex card 

and permanently tagged her with the label of "the great whore."

No wonder Madonna was "great" for the role...um...I guess

didn't see the movie

don't intend to

But it's fun to pass judgment

when I don't really know what I'm talking about

Hey, everybody's doing it!

Hooo Boy!

No wonder

the Republicans hated her!

((( NEW YEAR'S DAY )))

I feel inspired to stock up on ANY SONG

I want to sing or play instrumentally

if I can find excellent Karaoke versions of them

I Intend an instrumental version of this song by U2

((( ROAM )))

Got a great Karaoke version of this song

to play instrumentally on electric guitar

((( TERMINATOR 2 )))

One of my all time favorite

movie scenes

((( MY SHARONA )))

Oh my little pretty one, pretty one

When you gonna give me some time Sharona

When you make my motor run, my motor run

Gun it coming, off the line Sharona

*Never gonna stop, give it up

Such a dirty mind, always get it up

For the touch of the younger kind

My my my i yi woo

My my my my Sharona

Come a little closer huh, ah will ya huh,

Close enough to look in my eyes Sharona

Keeping it a mystery gets to me

Running down the length of my thighs Sharona

(Repeat *)

When you gonna get to me

Get to me

It's just a matter of time Sharona

Is it just destiny, destiny

Or is it just a game in my mind Sharona

(Repeat *)

((( WHEN SUNNY GETS BLUE )))

When Sunny gets blue, her eyes get gray and cloudy

Then the rain begins to fall, pitter-patter, pitter-patter

Love is gone, so what can matter

No sweet lover man comes to call

When Sunny gets blue, she breathes a sigh of sadness

Like the wind that stirs the trees

Wind that sets the leaves to swaying

Like some violins were playing weird and haunting melodies

People used to love to hear her laugh, see her smile

That's how she got her name

Since that sad affair, she's lost her smile, changed her style

Somehow she's not the same

But memories will fade and pretty dreams will rise up

Where the other dreams fell through

Hurry new love, hurry here to kiss away each lonely tear

And hold her near when Sunny gets blue

People used to love to hear her laugh, see her smile

That's how she got her name

Since that sad affair, she's lost her smile, changed her style

Somehow she's not the same

People used to love to hear her laugh, see her smile

That's how she got her name

Since that sad affair, she's lost her smile, changed her style

Somehow she's not the same

But memories will fade and pretty dreams will rise up

Where the other dreams fell through

Hurry new love, hurry here, to kiss away each lonely tear

And hold her near when Sunny gets blue

Hold her near when Sunny gets blue

((( CHANCES ARE )))

Chances are, 'cause I wear a silly grin

The moment you come into view

Chances are you think that I'm in love with you

Just because my composure sort of slips

The moment that your lips meet mine

Chances are you think my heart's your valentine

In the magic of moonlight

When I sigh, "Hold me close, dear"

Chances are you'll believe the stars

That fill the skies are in my eyes

Guess you feel you'll always be

The one and only one for me

And if you think you could

Well, chances are your chances are awfully good

Chances are you'll believe the stars

That fill the skies are in my eyes

Guess you feel you'll always be

The one and only one for me

And if you think you could

Well, chances are your chances are awfully good

The chances are your chances are awfully good

((( WAKE ME UP BEFORE YOU GO-GO )))

Jitterbug

Jitterbug

Jitterbug

Jitterbug

You put the boom boom into my heart

You send my soul sky high when your lovin' starts

Jitterbug into my brain

Goes a bang bang bang 'til my feet do the same

But something's bugging you, something ain't right

My best friend told me what you did last night

Left me sleepin' in my bed, I was dreaming

But I should have been with you instead

Wake me up before you go go

Don't leave me hanging on like a yo yo

Wake me up before you go go

I don't want to miss it when you hit that high

Wake me up before you go go

'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo

Wake me up before you go go

Take me dancing tonight

I wanna hit that high, yeah, yeah

You take the gray skies out of my way

You make the sun shine brighter than Doris Day

Turned a bright spark into a flame

My beats per minute never been the same

'Cause you're my lady, I'm your fool

It makes me crazy when you act so cruel

Come on baby, let's not fight

We'll go dancing, everything will be all right

Wake me up before you go go

Don't leave me hanging on like a yo yo

Wake me up before you go go

I don't want to miss it when you hit that high

Wake me up before you go go

'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo

Wake me up before you go go

Take me dancing tonight

I wanna hit that high, yeah, yeah yeah, baby

Jitterbug

Jitterbug

Cuddle up, baby, move in tight

We'll go dancing tomorrow night

It's cold out there but it's warm in bed

They can dance, we'll stay home instead

Jitterbug

Wake me up before you go go

Don't leave me hanging on like a yo yo

Wake me up before you go go

I don't want to miss it when you hit that high

Wake me up before you go go

'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo

Wake me up before you go go

Take me dancing tonight

Wake me up before you go go

Don't you dare to leave me hanging

Wake me up before you go go

I don't want to miss it when you hit that high

Wake me up before you go go

'Cause I'm not plannin' on going solo

Wake me up before you go go

Take me dancing tonight

Yeah yeah

~ Had to lower the Karaoke version 3 steps ~

Should be silly fun to sing