I'm everything I am Because you loved me

For all those times you stood by me
For all the truth that you made me see
For all the joy you brought to my life
For all the wrong that you made right
For every dream you made come true
For all the love I found in you
I'll be forever thankful baby
You're the one who held me up
Never let me fall
You're the one who saw me through through it all


You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am Because you loved me


You gave me wings and made me fly
You touched my hand I could touch the sky
I lost my faith, you gave it back to me
You said no star was out of reach
You stood by me and I stood tall
I had your love I had it all
I'm grateful for each day you gave me
Maybe I don't know that much
But I know this much is true
I was blessed because
I was loved by you


You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am Because you loved me


You were always there for me
The tender wind that carried me
A light in the dark shining your love into my life
You've been my inspiration
Through the lies you were the truth
My world is a better place because of you


You were my strength when I was weak
You were my voice when I couldn't speak
You were my eyes when I couldn't see
You saw the best there was in me
Lifted me up when I couldn't reach
You gave me faith 'coz you believed
I'm everything I am
Because you loved me

That's the way it is

I can read your mind and I know your story
and I see what you're going through yeah
It's an uphill climb, and I'm feeling sorry
But I know it will come to you yeah
So don't surrender coz' you can win
In this thing called love
When you want it the most
there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go
and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is


When you question me for a simple answer
I don't know what to say, no
But it's plain to see, if we stick together
You're gonna find the way, yeah
So don't surrender coz' you can win
In this thing called love
When you want it the most
there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go
and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is

When life is empty with no tomorrow
And loneliness starts to call
Baby don't worry, forget your sorrow'
Cause love's gonna conquer it all, ALL!
When you want it the most
there's no easy way out
When you're ready to go
and your heart's left in doubt
Don't give up on your faith
Love comes to those who believe it
And that's the way it is

Frozen

You only see what your eyes want to see

how can life be what you want it to be

you're frozen when your hearts not open

you're so concerned with how much you get

you waste your time with hate and regret

you're broken when your hearts not open

Mmmm if I could melt your heart

we'd never be apart

give yourself to me ; you hold the key

Now theres no point in placing the blame

and you should know I'd suffer the same

if I loose you,

my heart will be broken

Love is a bird, she needs to fly

let all the hurt inside of you die

you're frozen when your hearts not open

You only see what your eyes want to see

how can life be what you want it to be

you're frozen when your hearts not open

When I Grow Too Old To Dream

We have been gay, going our way
Life has been beautiful, we have been young
After you've gone, life will go on
Like an old song we have sung

When I grow too old to dream
I'll have you to remember
When I grow too old to dream
Your love will live in my heart

So, kiss me my sweet
And so let us part
And when I grow too old to dream
That kiss will live in my heart

And when I grow too old to dream
Your love will live in my heart



Music by Sigmund Romberg,
words by Oscar Hammerstein II

O Captain my Captain

O Captain my Captain! our fearful trip is done;
The ship has weather’d every rack,
the prize we sought is won;
The port is near, the bells I hear,
the people all exulting,
While follow eyes the steady keel,
the vessel grim and daring:

But O heart! heart! heart!
O the bleeding drops of red,
Where on the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;
Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills;
For you bouquets and ribbon’d wreaths—
for you the shores a-crowding;
For you they call, the swaying mass,
their eager faces turning;

Here Captain! dear father!
This arm beneath your head;
It is some dream that on the deck,
You’ve fallen cold and dead.
My Captain does not answer,
his lips are pale and still;
My father does not feel my arm,
he has no pulse nor will;
The ship is anchor’d safe and sound,
its voyage closed and done;
From fearful trip, the victor ship,
comes in with object won;

Exult, O shores, and ring, O bells!
But I, with mournful tread,
Walk the deck my Captain lies,
Fallen cold and dead.

Longest time

Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began
with a passionate start
And they may not want it to end

But it will it's just a question of when
I've lived long enough to have learned
The closer you get to the fire
the more you get burned
But that won't happen to us
Because it's always been a matter of trust

I know you're an emotional girl
It took a lot for you to not lose
your faith in this world
I can't offer you proof
But you're going to face a moment of truth

It's hard when you're always afraid
You just recover when
another belief is betrayed
So break my heart of you must

It's a matter of trust
You can't go the distance
With too much resistance

I know you have doubts
But for God's sake don't shut me out
This time you've got nothing to lose
You can take it, you can leave it
Whatever you choose
I won't hold back anything

And I'll walk away a fool or a king
Some love is just a lie of the mind
It's make believe until its
only a matter of time

And some might have learned to adjust
But then it never was a matter of trust
I'm sure you're aware love
We've both had our share of
Believing too long
When the whole situation was wrong

Some love is just a lie of the soul
A constant battle for the ultimate state of control
After you've heard lie upon lie
There can hardly be a question of why

Some love is just a lie of the heart
The cold remains of what began
with a passionate start

But that can't happen to us
Because it's always been
a matter of trust...


Billy Joel

Honesty

If you search for tenderness it isn't hard to find.
You can have the love you need to live.
But if you look for truthfulness
You might just as well be blind.
It always seems to be so hard to give.

Honesty is such a lonely word.
Everyone is so untrue.
Honesty is hardly ever heard.
And mostly what I need from you.

I can always find someone to say they sympathize.
If I wear my heart out on my sleeve.
But I don't want some pretty face to tell me pretty lies.
All I want is someone to believe.

Honesty is such a lonely word.
Everyone is so untrue.
Honesty is hardly ever heard.
And mostly what I need from you.

I can find a lover. I can find a friend.
I can have security until the bitter end.
Anyone can comfort me with promises again.

I know, I know.
When I'm deep inside of me don't be too concerned.
I won't as for nothin' while I'm gone.
But when I want sincerity tell me where else can I turn.
Because you're the one I depend upon.

Honesty is such a lonely word.
Everyone is so untrue.
Honesty is hardly ever heard.
And mostly what I need from you.

Billy Joel

Just the way you are

Don't go changing, to try and please me
You never let me down before
Don't imagine you're too familiar
And I don't see you anymore

I wouldn't leave you in times of trouble
We never could have come this far
I took the good times,
I'll take the bad times
I'll take you just the way you are

Don't go trying some new fashion
Don't change the color of your hair
You always have my unspoken passion
Although I might not seem to care

I don't want clever conversation
I never want to work that hard
I just want someone that
I can talk to I want you just the way you are.

I need to know that you will always be
The same old someone that I knew
What will it take till you believe in me
The way that I believe in you.

I said I love you and that's forever
And this I promise from the heart
I could not love you any better
I love you just the way you are.







Billy Joel

White Rose

THE red rose whispers of passion,
And the white rose breathes of love;
O, the red rose is a falcon,
And the white rose is a dove.
But I send you a cream-white rose bud
With a flush on its petal tips;
For the love that is purest and sweetest
Has a kiss of desire on the lips


John Boyle O'Reilly

Let it be

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the broken hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer
Let it be
For though they may be
parted there is still a chance that
Let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine until tomorrow
Let it beI wake up to the sound of music
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom
Let it be
There will be an answer
Let it be
Whisper words of wisdom
Let it be
And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light
that shines on me


Lennon/McCartney

CASABIANCA

The boy stood on the burning deck

Whence all but he had fled;

The flame that lit the battle's wreck

Shone round him o'er the dead.
Yet beautiful and bright he stood,

As born to rule the storm;

A creature of heroic blood,

A proud, though child-like form.
The flames rolled on–he would not go

Without his Father's word;

That father, faint in death below,

His voice no longer heard.
He called aloud–'say, Father,

say If yet my task is done?

'He knew not that the chieftain lay

Unconscious of his son.
'Speak, father!' once again he cried,

'If I may yet be gone!'

And but the booming shots replied,

And fast the flames rolled on.

Upon his brow he felt their breath,

And in his waving hair,

And looked from that lone post of death

In still yet brave despair.
And shouted but once more aloud,

'My father! must I stay?

'While o'er him fast, through sail and shroud,

The wreathing fires made way.

They wrapt the ship in splendour wild,

They caught the flag on high,

And streamed above the gallant child,

Like banners in the sky.
There came a burst of thunder sound–

The boy–oh! where was he?

Ask of the winds that far around

With fragments strewed the sea!–
With mast, and helm, and pennon fair,

That well had borne their part–

But the noblest thing which perished there

Was that young faithful heart.

xxxx

Felicia Hemans

Notes:
Young Casabianca, a boy about thirteen years old, son of the admiral of the Orient, remained at his post (in the Battle of the Nile), after the ship had taken fire, and all the guns had been abandoned; and perished in the explosion of the vessel, when the flames had reached the powder.

Ecclesiastes

"Two are better than one,

because they have a good return for their toil.

For if they fall,

one will lift up his fellow;

but woe to him who is alone

when he falls and has not another to lift him up.

Again, if two lie together,

they are warm;

but how can one be warm alone?

And though a man might prevail

against one who is alone,

two will withstand him."

Song of Solomon

Place me like a seal over your heart,

like a seal on your arm;

for love is as strong as death,

its jealousy unyielding as the grave.

It burns like a blazing fire,

like a mighty flame.

Many waters cannot quench love;

rivers cannot wash it away.

If one were to give all the wealth of his house for love,

it would be utterly scorned.

Wedding vows

Wedding vows
"Do you,--- take---- to be your (wife/husband)?
Do you promise to love, honor, cherish
and protect her/him,
forsaking all others and holding only unto her/him?"
("I do") "I __ , take thee __ ,
to be my (wife/husband)
to have and to hold,
in sickness and in health,
for richer or for poorer,
and I promise my love to you.."
"With this ring, I thee wed; all my love, I do thee give."


"In token and pledge of the vow between us made,
with this ring I thee wed;
in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen."

“With this Ring I thee wed,
with my Body I thee worship,
and with all my worldly Goods I thee endow;
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost;
Amen."

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change;

courage to change the things I can;

and wisdom to know the difference.
Living one day at a time;

Enjoying one moment at a time;

Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace;

Taking, as He did, this sinful worldas it is, not as I would have it;

Trusting that He will make all things right

if I surrender to His Will;

That I may be reasonably happy in this life

and supremely happy with HimForever in the next.

Amen.

--Reinhold Niebuhr

The heart smasher from " Rog"

मैंने दिल से कहा, ढूँढ लाना ख़ुशी
नासमझ लाया गम , तो यह गम ही सही
बेचारा कहाँ जानता था
खलिश है यह क्या खला है
शहर भर की ख़ुशी से
यह दर्द मेरा भला है
जश्न यह राज़ न आये
मज़ा तो बस गम में आया है
कभी है इश्क का उजाला
कभी है मौत का अँधेरा
बताओ कौन बेस होगा
मैं जोगी बनू या लुटेरा
कई चेहरे है इस दिल के
न जाने कौन सा मेरा
हजारों ऐसे फासले थे
जो तय करने चले थे
राहे मगर चल पड़ी थी
और पीछे हम रह गए थे
कदम दो चार चल पाए
किये फेरे तेरे मन के
मैंने दिल से कहा, ढूँढ लाना ख़ुशी
नासमझ लाया गम , तो यह गम ही सही

Crippled inside

You can shine you're shoes and wear a suit

you can comb your hair and look quite cute

you can hide your face behind a smile

One thing you can't hide is when you're crippled inside

You wear a mask and paint your face

you can call yourself the human race

you can wear a collar and a tie

But the one thing you can't hide is when you're crippled inside

Well now you know that your cat has nine lives

babe nine loves to itself but you only got one

and a dog life ain't no fun mamma

take a look outside.

You can go to church and sing a hymn

judge me by the colorof my skin

you can live a lie until you die

one thing you can't hide is when you're crippled inside

John Lennon