this'll help you practice...the almost final song-snippet selection:
Love Is A Battlefield (Pat Benetar)
*sung by Alex as William Shatner
(spoken)
we are young (we are young)
heartache to heartache we stand (echo)
no promises
no demands
love is a battlefield
whoa whoa whoa whoa...
we are strong
no one can tell us we're wrong
searching our hearts for so long
both of us knowing...
love is a battlefield
Beth (KISS)
(by emcee Carew and possibly Alex w/ cd player)
Beth i hear you calling
but i can't come home right now
me and the boys are playing
and we just can't find the sound
just a few more hours
and i'll be right home to you
i think i hear them callin
oh Beth what can i do (CHOIR: dun-dun-dun)
Beth what can i do
you say you feel so empty
that our house just ain't our home
i'm always somewhere else
and you're always there alone
Just a few more hours
and i'll be right home to you
i think i hear them calling
oh beth what can i do (CHOIR: dun-dun-dun)
beth what can i do
Every Rose Has It's Thorn (Poison)
(sigh)
we both lie silently still in the dead of the night
although we both lie close together we feel miles apart inside
was it something i said or something i did
did my words not come out right
though i tried not to hurt you
though i tried
but i guess that's why they say,
every rose has it's thorn
just like every night has it's dawn
just like every cowboy sings his sad sad song
every rose has it's thorn
(Alex as Shatner: Yeah it does!)
Love Walks In (Van Halen)
(hum intro twice)
and then you sense a change
nothing feels the same
all your dreams are strange
love comes walking in
some kind of alien
waits for the opening
and simply pulls a string
LOVE COMES WALKING INNNNN
(Alex as Shatner: LOVE COMES WALKING IN!)
To Be With You (Mr.Big)
hold on little girl
show me what he's done to you
stand up little girl
a broken heart can't be that bad
when it's through, it's through
fate will twist the both of you
so come on baby
come on over
let me be the one to show you
i'm the one who wants to be with you
deep inside i hope you feel it too (Alex: feel it too)
waited on a line of (Alex: waiting on a line of) greens and blues
just to be the next to be with you
JUST TO BE THE NEXT TO BE WITH YOU
More Than Words (Extreme)
(fingersnaps)
sayin' i love you
is not the words i want to hear from you
it's not that i want you
not to say, but if you only knew, how eeeasy
it would be to show me how you feel
more than wo-ooords
is all you have to do to make it real
then you wouldn't have to say
that you love me
cuz iii'd aallllreeeady knooowww...
da-de-da la-di-da
(Alex: what would you say if i took those words away)
When I see You Smile (Bad English)
sometimes i wanna give up
wanna give in
i wanna quit the fi-ight
and then i see you baby
and everything's alright
everyyything's alright (dun dun dun)
when i see you smile
i can face the world
oooooh-ohh
you know i can do anything
when i see you smile
i see a ray of light
oooooh-ohh,
see it shining right through the rain
when i see you smile, mmmmmm
baby when i see you smi-ile...at me
(Alex: oh yeah!)
Sister Christian (Night Ranger)
sister christian oh the time has come
and you know that you're the only one to say, ok
where you going
what you looking for
you know those boys don't wanna play no more
with you
it's trueeee
12345678 motoring
what's your price for flight
in finding mr.right
you'll be alright tonight
Patience #1 (Guns n Roses)
1-2-3-4
(whistling)
shed a tear cos i'm missing you
i'm still alright to smile
girl i think about you every day now
was a time when i wasn't sure
but you set my mind at ease
there is no doubt you're in my heart now
said "woman take it slow
it'll work itself out just fine
all we need is just a little patience"
said "sugar make it slow
it'll come together fine
all we need is just a little patience"
ooh yeah just a little patience
Love Song (Tesla)
(*do-do do-do do-dooo, do-do do-do do-doo
do-do do-do do-dooo, do-do do-do do-dooo)
(*la la la la la la)
so you think that it's over
feeling love has finally reached...the end
anytime you call, night or day
i'll be right there for youuu
when you need a fri-end
it's gonna take a little time
time will sure mend your broken heart
but doncha even worry WINONA
i know you'll find love again. do-do do-do do-doo
yeah, love is all around you
love is knockin, outside your door
waiting for you
is this love made just for two
keep an o--pen heart and you'll find love again, i know
love is all around you (Alex: yeah)
love is knockin, outside your door
waiting for you, is this love made just for two
keep an o--pen heart and you'll find love again i know
Love and Affection (Nelson)
here she comes
mmmm, just like an angel
seems like forever that's she's been on my mind
nothing has changed
thinks i'm a waste of her ti-ime
there she goes
oh, she don't know what she's missing
can't she see i'll never give up the fight
i'll do all i can, till she understands my desire
Baby,
i can't live without your love and affection
i can't face another night on my own
i'll give up my pride to save me from being alone
cos i can't live without your love
Livin' on A Prayer (Bon Jovi)
(*whoa-waw who waw)
(Alex: Once upon a time, not so long ago)
Tommy used to work on the docks
union been on strike
he's down on his luck
it's tough
so tough
Gina works the diner all day
working for her man
she brings home her pay
for love,, ooh for love
she says "we gotta hold on
to what we got
it doesn't make a difference
if we make it or not
we got each other
and that's a lot
for love
we'll give it a shot"
ooh, we're half way there
ooh-ohhh, livin on a prayer
take my hand
we'll make it i swear
living on a prayer
LIVING ON A PRAYER
Here I Go Again (Whitesnake)
i don't know where i'm going
but i sure know where i've been
hanging on the promises and the songs of yesterday
and i've made up my mind
i ain't wasting no more time
and here i go again on my own
going down the only road i ever known
like a drifter i was born to walk alone
and i've made up my mind
i ain't wasting no more time
here i go again
Faithfully (Journey)
you know, being apart ain't easy on this love affair
two strangers learn to fall in love again
i get the joy of rediscovering you
ooh girl, you stand by me...
i'm forever yo-oouuurs...
Faithfully
(bun bun bun buh-du ba, bun bun bun bu-da-ba)
(whoa whoa whoa whoa, whoa whoa whoa whoa, wo-whoaaa)
Faithfully...i'm still yours
Dust in the Wind #1 (Kansas)
i close my eyes
only for a moment
and the moments gone
all my dreams
pass before my eyes, a curiousity
......dust in the wind
all they are is dust in the wind
same old song
just a drop of water in an endless sea
all we do
crumbles to the ground
though we refuse to see
....dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the Wind #2 (Kansas)
now, don't hang on
nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
it slips away
and all your money won't another minute buy
dust in the wind
all we are is dust in the wind
(Alex: all we are is dust in the wind)
dust in the wind
(Alex: everything is dust in the wind)
everything is dust in the wind
I Would Do Anything For Love (Meatloaf)
...and i would do anything for love
i'd run right into hell and beck
i would anything for love
i'd never lie to you and that's a fact
but i'll never forget the way you feel right now
oh no, no way
and i would do anything for love
oh i would do anything for love
i would do anything for love
but i won't do that
no, i won't do that
Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Queen)
i gotta be cool, relax
get hip, get on my tracks
take a backseat, hitchhike
..........take a long ride on my motorbike
(ALL: get ready!)
crazy little thing called love
(*pause)
this thing, called love
i just, can't handle it
this thing, called love
i must, get round to it
i ain't ready
crazy little thing called love
(repeat ad nauseum)
Somebody to Love (Queen)
(Becca: Can anybody find me somebody to love?)
Each morning I get up I die a little
Can barely
stand on my feet
Take a look in the mirror and cry
Lord what you're doing to me
I have spent all my years in believing you
But I just can't get no relief,
Lord!
Somebody, somebody
Can anybody find meeeeeeeeeeeee...
(BECCA: somebody to love?)
extra verses?
I work hard every day of my life
I work till I ache my bones
At the end I take home my hard earned pay all on my own -
I get down on my knees
And I start to pray
Till the tears run down from my eyes
Lord - somebody - somebody
Can anybody find me - somebody to love?
Come Sail Away (Styx)
i'm sailing away
set an open course for the Mississippi
cos i've got to be free
free to face the life
that's ahead of me
on board i'm the captain
so climb aboard
we'll search for tomorrow
on every shore
and i'll try, oh lord, i'll try...(do do dun)
to caaa-rry on
(*walk to stage)
i look to the "sea?"
reflections in the waves spark my memory
some happy
some sad
i think of childhood friends and the dreams we had
we lived happily forever
so the story goes
but somehow we missed out
on the pot of gold
but we try best that we can (dun dun dun)
to carry on!!!
(*Wes's closing comments here)
a gathering of angels appeared above my head
they sang to me this song of hope
and this is what said, they said
"come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me lads"
(*walk out of theater)
come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me
come sail away, come sail away, come sail away with me
come sail away, come sail away, come sail away......
When I Look Into Your Eyes
*Eric's Song