OPEN MIC LYRICS

I’M YOURS
Jason Mraz

Well, you done done me in, you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill, but you’re so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
Now I’m trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I’ll be giving it my bestest
And nothing’s gonna stop me but divine intervention
I reckon it’s again my turn
To win some or learn some

But I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m yours

Well, open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and, damn, you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find love, love, love, love
Listen to the music of the moment, people dance and sing
We’re just one big family
And it’s our God-forsaken right to be loved, loved, loved, loved, loved

So I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m sure
There’s no need to complicate
Our time is short
This is our fate, I’m yours

I’ve been spending way too long checking my tongue in the mirror
And bending over backwards just to try to see it clearer
But my breath fogged up the glass
And so I drew a new face and I laughed
I guess what I be saying is there ain’t no better reason
To rid yourself of vanities and just go with the seasons
It’s what we aim to do
Our name is our virtue

But I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m yours

Well, open up your mind and see like me
Open up your plans and, damn, you’re free
Look into your heart and you’ll find love, love, love, love
Listen to the music of the moment, people dance and sing
We’re just one big family
And it’s our God-forsaken right to be loved, loved, loved, loved, loved

THINK OF ME
Andrew Lloyd Webber

Think of me, think of me fondly
When we’ve said goodbye
Remember me, once in a while
Please promise me you’ll try

When you find that once again you long
To take your heart back and be free
If you ever find a moment
Spare a thought for me
We never said our love was evergreen
Or as unchanging as the sea
But if you can still remember
Stop and think of me
Think of all the things
We’ve shared and seen
Don’t think about the way
Things might have been

Think of me, think of me waking
Silent and resigned
Imagine me trying too hard
To put you from my mind
Recall those days
Look back on all those times
Think of the things we’ll never do
There will never be a day
When I won’t think of you

Can it be, can it be Christine?
Bravo!
Long ago, it seems so long ago
How young and innocent we were
She may not remember me
But I remember her

Flowers fade, the fruits of summer fade
They have their season so do we
But please promise me that sometimes
You will think of me

UNDER THE MILKY WAY
The Church

Sometimes when this place gets kind of empty
Sound of their breath fades with the light
I think about the loveless fascination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Lower the curtain down in Memphis
Lower the curtain down all right
I got no time for private consultation
Under the Milky Way tonight

Wish I knew what you were looking for
Might have known what you would find

And it’s something quite peculiar
Something that’s shimmering and white
It leads you here despite your destination
Under the Milky Way tonight

Under the Milky Way tonight

THIS LITTLE LIGHT OF MINE
The Seekers

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine
Everywhere I go, I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

In my brother’s heart, I’m gonna let it shine
In my brother’s heart, I’m gonna let it shine
In my brother’s heart, I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

In my sister’s soul, I’m gonna let it shine
In my sister’s soul, I’m gonna let it shine
In my sister’s soul, I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

All around the world, I’m gonna let it shine
All around the world, I’m gonna let it shine
All around the world, I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine
Let it shine, let it shine, let it shine

MAD WORLD
Adam Lambert

All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places – worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere – going nowhere

Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression – no expression
Hide my head I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow – no tomorrow

[Chorus]
And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, and I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it’s a very very
Mad world
Mad world

Children waiting for the day they feel good
Happy birthday – happy birthday
Made to feel the way that every child should
Sit and listen – sit and listen

Went to school and I was very nervous
No one knew me – no one knew me
Hello teacher tell me what’s my lesson
Look right through me – look right through me

[Chorus]
And I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad
The dreams in which I’m dying are the best I’ve ever had
I find it hard to tell you, I find it hard to take
When people run in circles it’s a very very
Mad world
Mad world
Mad world

OUT ON THE WEEKEND
Neil Young

Think I’ll pack it in and buy a pick-up
Take it down to L.A.
Find a place to call my own and try to fix up
Start a brand new day

The woman I’m thinking of, she loved me all up
But I’m so down today
She’s so fine, she’s in my mind
I hear her callin’

See the lonely boy, out on the weekend
Trying to make it pay
Can’t relate to joy, he tries to speak and
Can’t begin to say

She got pictures on the wall, they make me look up
From her big brass bed
Now I’m running down the road trying to stay up
Somewhere in her head

The woman I’m thinking of, she loved me all up
But I’m so down today
She’s so fine, she’s in my mind
I hear her callin’

See the lonely boy, out on the weekend
Trying to make it pay
Can’t relate to joy, he tries to speak and
Can’t begin to say, oh

COMES A TIME
Neil Young

Comes a time, when you’re driftin’
Comes a time, when you settle down
Comes a light, feelings liftin’
Lift that baby right up off the ground

[Chorus]
Oh, this old world keeps spinnin’ ‘round
It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t laying down
There comes a time

[Verse 2]
You and I, we were captured
We took our souls, and we flew away
We were right, we were giving
That’s how we kept what we gave away

[Chorus]
Oh, this old world keeps spinnin’ ‘round
It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t laying down
There comes a time

[Chorus]
Oh, this old world keeps spinnin’ ‘round
It’s a wonder tall trees ain’t laying down
There comes a time

[Outro]
There comes a time
Comes a time, comes a time
Comes a time
Comes a time
Comes a time
Comes a time
Comes a time

YELLOW SUBMARINE
The Beatles

In the town where I was born
Lived a man who sailed to sea
And he told us of his life
In the land of submarines
So we sailed on to the sun
‘Til we found a sea of green
And we lived beneath the waves
In our yellow submarine

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

And our friends are all aboard
Many more of them live next door
And the band begins to play

We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

As we live a life of ease (a life of ease)
Every one of us (every one of us)
Has all we need (has all we need)
Sky of blue (sky of blue)
And sea of green (sea of green)
In our yellow (in our yellow)
Submarine (submarine, aha)

We all live in a yellow submarine
A yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
A yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine
We all live in a yellow submarine
Yellow submarine, yellow submarine

I MELT WITH YOU
Modern English

Moving forward using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world crashing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace

[Chorus]
I’ll stop the world and melt with you
You’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better all the time
There’s nothing you and I won’t do
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
Trapped in the state of imaginary grace
I made a pilgrimage to save this humans race
Never comprehending the race had long gone by

[Chorus]
I’ll stop the world and melt with you
You’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better all the time
There’s nothing you and I won’t do
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

[Bridge]
The future’s open wide

[Chorus]
I’ll stop the world and melt with you
I’ve seen some changes but it’s getting better all the time
There’s nothing you and I won’t do
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

[Bridge]
The future’s open wide

Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm
Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm
Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm
Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm Hmmm

[Chorus]
I’ll stop the world and melt with you
You’ve seen the difference and it’s getting better all the time
There’s nothing you and I won’t do
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

[Outro]
I’ll stop the world and melt with you
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

I’ll stop the world and melt with you
I’ll stop the world and melt with you

ARMS
Christina Perri

I never thought that you would be the one to hold my heart
But you came around and you knocked me off the ground from the start

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go
You put your arms around me and I’m home

How many times will you let me change my mind and turn around
I can’t decide if I’ll let you save my life or if I’ll drown

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, ’cause I’m already falling
I’ll never let our love get so close
You put your arms around me and I’m home

The world is coming down on me and I can’t find a reason to be loved
I never wanna leave you but I can’t make you bleed if I’m alone

You put your arms around me
And I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, ’cause I’m already falling
I’ll never let our love get so close
You put your arms around me and I’m home

I tried my best to never let you in to see the truth
And I’ve never opened up I’ve never truly loved ‘Till
you put your arms around me
And I believe that it’s easier for you to let me go

I hope that you see right through my walls
I hope that you catch me, ’cause I’m already falling
I’ll never let our love get so close
You put your arms around me and I’m home
You put your arms around me and I’m home

KATHY’S SONG
Simon & Garfunkel

I hear the drizzle of the rain
Like a memory it falls
Soft and warm continuing
Tapping on my roof and walls

And from the shelter of my mind
Through the window of my eyes
I gaze beyond the rain-drenched streets
To England where my heart lies

My mind’s distracted and diffused
My thoughts are many miles away
They lie with you when you’re asleep
And kiss you when you start your day

And a song I was writing is left undone
I don’t know why I spend my time
Writing songs I can’t believe
With words that tear and strain to rhyme

And so you see I have come to doubt
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you

And as I watch the drops of rain
Weave their weary paths and die
I know that I am like the rain
There but for the grace of you go I

SUMMERTIME
George Gershwin

Summertime, and the livin’ is easyFish are jumpin’ and the cotton is highOh, your daddy’s rich and your ma is good-lookin’So hush little baby, don’t you cry

One of these mornings, you’re goin’ to rise up singin’And you’ll spread your wings and you’ll take the skyBut ’til that mornin’, there’s a-nothin’ can harm youWith Pappy and Mammy standin’ by

One of these mornings, you’re goin’ to rise up singin’And you’ll spread your wings and you’ll take the skyBut ’til that mornin’, there’s a-nothin’ can harm youWith Pappy and Mammy standin’ by

WOKE UP THIS MORNING WITH MY MIND STAYED ON FREEDOM
Sweet Honey in the Rock

Well I woke up this morning with my mind (oh lordy) set on freedom
Woke up this morning with my mind set on freedom
Woke up this morning with my mind set on freedom
Hallelu (Hallelu)
Hallelu (Hallelu)
Hallelujah

Walking and talking with my mind (oh lordy) set on freedom
Walking and talking with my mind set on freedom
Walking and talking with my mind set on freedom
Hallelu (Hallelu)
Hallelu (Hallelu)
Hallelujah

[Bridge]
I’m gonna walk, walk
I’m gonna talk, talk

I’m gonna walk, walk
With my mind on freedom

I’m gonna walk, walk
I’m gonna talk, talk

I’m gonna walk, walk
With my mind on freedom

I’m gonna walk, walk
I’m gonna talk, talk

I’m gonna walk, walk
With my mind on freedom

Hallelu (Hallelu)
Hallelu (Hallelu)
Hallelujah

Well I woke up this morning with my mind (oh lordy) set on freedom
Woke up this morning with my mind set on freedom
Woke up this morning with my mind set on freedom
Hallelu (Hallelu)
Hallelu (Hallelu)
Hallelujah

OLD CAPE COD
Patti Page

If you’re fond of sand dunes and salty air
Quaint little villages here and there
You’re sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod

If you like the taste of a lobster stew
Served by a window with an ocean view
You’re sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod

Winding roads that seem to beckon you
Miles of green beneath the skies of blue
Church bell chiming on a Sunday morn
Remind you of the town where you were born

If you spend an evening you’d want to stay
Watching the moonlight on Cape Cod Bay
You’re sure to fall in love with Old Cape Cod

UP, UP AND AWAY
The 5th Dimension

Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon
Would you like to ride in my beautiful balloon
We could float among the stars together, you and I
For we can fly, we can fly

Up, up and away
My beautiful, my beautiful balloon

The world’s a nicer place in my beautiful balloon
It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon
We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky
For we can fly, we can fly

Up, up and away
My beautiful, my beautiful balloon

Suspended under a twilight canopy
We’ll search the clouds for a star to guide us
If by some chance you find yourself loving me
We’ll find a cloud to hide us
We’ll keep the moon beside us

Love is waiting there in my beautiful balloon
Way up in the air in my beautiful balloon
If you’ll hold my hand we’ll chase your dream across the sky
For we can, fly we can fly

Up, up and away
My beautiful, my beautiful balloon
Balloon
Up, up, and away

SWAY
Norman Gimbel

When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more

Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance, you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me

Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have that magic technique
When we sway, I go weak

I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now

Other dancers may be on the floor
Dear, but my eyes will see only you
Only you have that magic technique
When we sway, I go weak

I can hear the sounds of violins
Long before it begins
Make me thrill as only you know how
Sway me smooth, sway me now

When marimba rhythms start to play
Dance with me, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more

Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me

When marimbas start to play
Hold me close, make me sway
Like a lazy ocean hugs the shore
Hold me close, sway me more

Like a flower bending in the breeze
Bend with me, sway with ease
When we dance, you have a way with me
Stay with me, sway with me

WAGON WHEEL
Bob Dylan & Ketch Secor

Heading down south to the land of the pines
I’m thumbing my way into North Caroline
Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights
I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I’m a-hopin’ for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey, momma rock me

I’m running from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down
Lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town
But I ain’t turning back to living that old life no more

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Hey, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey, momma rock me

Walkin’ to the south out of Roanoke
Caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
But he’s a heading west from the Cumberland gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
And I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she’s the only one
And if I die in Raleigh at least I will die free

So rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, momma rock me
Oh, rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey momma rock me

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