The Ultimate Shira Database
Shir Mosh 1998
Rivers of Babylon
Salaam
Moonshadow
Shir Mosh 2003
Ani Ve’ata
Bashana Haba’ah
Ho Hey
Shir Mosh 2005
Cecilia
Show Me the Way to
My Home
Nowhere with You
Shir Mosh 2007
Oh Vanya Ti Vanya
Hayseed
Photosynthesis
Shir Mosh 2008
Mitachat Lashamayim
Yihyeh Tov
Shir Mosh 2014
Shir Mosh 2009
Joy to the World
Where Have All The
Flowers Gone?
Shir Mosh Choref 2014
Shir Mosh 2010
Dreamer
Shir Lashalom
Shir Mosh 2011
If I Had a Hammer
Picolomini
Shir Mosh 2012
Love Potion Number
Nine
Little Boxes
Shir Mosh 2013
Not Fade Away
Gesher Tsar Meod
Shir Mosh 2005:
The Old Dirt Road
What do you say that you and me
Just pack up our bags and go to a place where we can be free
Escape from the hustle and bustle of city streets
Step on the bus and I guarantee you’ll feel the relief
The old dirt road looks familiar to me
This is where I can truly be free
Memories gone but they still remain
You know true friends will never betray
Machane shomria
Ze hamakom sheli veshelcha
Mi hamigdal hachultza hachultza ha kchula
Ani lo rotse lishkoach otcha
It’s been almost a year since I’ve seen you last
But before you too long this summer will pass
So while you’re here have some fun and join in this song
Let’s turn to each other with open arms and sing along
The old dirt road looks familiar to me
This is where I can truly be free
Memories gone but they still remain
You know true friends will never betray
Machane shomria
Ze hamakom sheli veshelcha
Mi hamigdal hachultza hachultza ha kchula
Ani lo rotse lishkoach otcha
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Shir Mosh 2007:
Stay With Me
When I said goodbye I’ll see you another summer
I cried, I sighed but as time quickly pass my love
It’s time to come back to this moshav
The dirt road road is still old
Your funny faces always me me laugh
I smile, a while as we sing
La….La
Ba’migdal ani ragua
Sochim Ba’agam
Eem chaverim
Stay with me
My love,
It’s time to come back to
This moshav
The night ahead is young
We’ll talk as best friends till sunrise
We’ll play, all day
As we sing
La….La
Ba’migdal ani ragua
Sochim Ba’agam
Eem chaverim
Stay with me
My love,
It’s time to come back to
This moshav
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Ani Ve’ata
Ani ve’ata neshane et haolam
Ani veata az yavou kvar kulam
Amru et ze kodem lefanai ze lo meshaneh
Ani veata neshane et haolam
Ani ve’ata nenase mihahatchala
Yihye lanu ra en davar ze lo nora
Amru et ze kodem lefanai ze lo meshane
ani veata neshane et haolam
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Bashana Haba’ah
Bashana haba’a neshev al hamirpeset
Vnispor tsiporim nod’dot
Yeladim bchufsha Ysachaku tofeset
Bein habayit lvein hasadot
Od tir’eh, od tir’eh kama tov ihiyeh bashana bashana
haba’a x2
Anavim adumim yav’shilu ad ha’erev v’yug’shu tson’nim
lashulchan
V’ruchot redumim yisu el eim haderech itonim yshanim
va’anan
Od tir’eh, od tir’eh kama tov ihiyeh bashana
bashana haba’a x2
Bashana Haba’a nifros kapot yadayim
Mul ha’or hanigar halavan
Anafa levana tfros ba’or knafayim v’hashemesh
tizrach betochan
Od tir’eh, od tir’eh kama tov ihiyeh bashana
bashana haba’a x2
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Rivers of Babylon
By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he went
When he remembered Zion
For the wicked, carry us away
Captivity require from us a song
How can we sing king alpha’s song in a strange
land?
So let the words of our mouth
And the meditations of our hearts
Be acceptable in thy sight
Over I
By the rivers of Babylon
Where he sat down
And there he went
When he remembered Zion
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Hayseed
I’m a hayseed
My hair is sea weed
And my ears are made of leather and they flop is stormy weather
Gosh a hem lock
I’m strong asa pine lock
I’m a shomer(et) can’t you see
All shomrim are high minded
Bless our souls we’re double jointed
They climb trees and don’t mind it all day long
x2
Hashomer is for you
Hashomer is for me
Hashomer is for anyone who sings off key
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Oh Vanya Ti Vanya
Oh Vanya ti Vanya
Lama azavta oti Vanya
Lama azavta oti Vanya
Le olamim
x2
Lalalalalalala
Woof woof!
Lalalalalalala
Woof woof!
x2
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Salaam
Od yavo shalom eleinu
Od yavo shalom eleinu
Od yavo shalom eleinu
ve al koolam
x2
Salaam
aleinu ve’al kol ha’olam salaam salaam
x2
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Joy to the World
Jeremiah was a bull frog
Was a good friend of mine
I never understood a single word he said
But I helped him a-drink his wine
And he always had some mighty fine wine
Singin’ joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me
If I were the King of the world
Tell you what I'd do
I'd throw away the cars and the bars and the wars
And make sweet love to you
Sing it now
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me
You know I love the ladies
Love to have my fun
I'm a high night flier and a rainbow rider
And a straight-shooting son of a gun
I said a staight shootin son of a gun
Joy to the world
All the boys and girls, now
Joy to the fishes in the deep blue sea
Joy to you and me
x10000
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Dreamer
What did we do when we needed corn?
We plowed and we sowed till the early morn.
x2
For our hands are strong and our hearts are young
And the dreamer keeps on dreamin’ ages long
(Dreamin’, keeps on dreamin, keeps on dreamin’ along)
What did we do when we needed a town?
We hammered and we nailed till the sun went down
x2
For our hands are strong and our hearts are young
And the dreamer keeps on dreamin’ ages long
(Dreamin’, keeps on dreamin, keeps on dreamin’ along)
What do we do when it’s peace that we want?
It’s more than a man can build or plant
We’ll gather our friends from the ends of the earth
To lend a hand at the hour of birth
We'll plow, we'll sow, we'll hammer, and we'll nail
We'll work all day till peace is real. (Israel!)
For our hands are strong and our hearts are young
And the dreamer keeps on dreamin’ ages long
(Dreamin’, keeps on dreamin, keeps on dreamin’
along)
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To “Hammer”
If I Had a Hammer
If I had a hammer, I’d hammer in the morning
I’d hammer in the evening, all over this land
I’d hammer out danger, I’d hammer out warning
I’d hammer out the love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
If I had a bell I’d ring it in the morning
I’d ring it in the evening, all over this land
I’d ring out danger, I’d ring out warning
I’d ring out the love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
If I had a song, I’d sing it in the morning,
I’d sing it in the evening, all over this land,
I’d sing out danger, I’d sing out warning,
I’d sing out the love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Now I have a hammer, and I have a bell
And I have a song to sing all over this land
It’s the hammer of justice, It’s the bell of freedom
It’s the song about he love between my brothers and my sisters
All over this land
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
Aah aah aah aah
Eee Eee Eee Eee
Oh oh oh oh
Ooh ooh ooh ooh
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And sometimes Y!
Shir Mosh 2012:
I Am Here
Wake up, surrounded by my best friends
I can’t wait to get out of bed
It’s another beautiful morning
Oh…oh, oh, oh
Run and hug my madrichim
Tell them about last night’s dream
I was back in Toronto
But I am here
Yes, I’m here,
Did you hear that I am here.
How I love to be here at home
Ani ge’eh, lovesh et ha chultza,
Eizeh kayitz nifla
Ha’shemesh can zorachat
Be’machaneh shomria!
I’m already excited for next year
I wish that mosh was my career
Then I could live here all year,
With the frogs, the fish, and the deer.
But I am here
Yes, I’m here,
Did you hear that I am here.
How I love to be here at home
x2
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Shir Mosh 2013:
The Place I Call Home
The grass is green and the sheep are fluffy.
Finding something bad can be a toughie.
So let’s hop on the bus.
Escape from the city, and the city fuss.
I'll show you lower benches and the b-ball court
And how to use a bunkbed to build a fort.
And when it’s over and done,
At least I’ll be able to say.. I had fun.
It doesn’t matter if I’m big and grown
Or far from the roots I have sown.
When I’m old and grey and times at mosh are of yesterday,
This will be the place I call home.
(Doo doo doo)
Anu garim ba’tzrifim
Mevalim eem col ha’chanichim
Yachad k’mo echad
Ba mekom haz’eh en li.. pachad
It doesn’t matter if I’m big and grown
Or far from the roots I have sown.
When I’m old and grey and times at mosh are of yesterday,
This will be the place I call home.
And where I’ll go, I have no idea.
It could be Israel or Tanzania
Whether it’s Perth or South Korea
I know I’ll always remember.. Camp Shomria.
I climb the migdal to see Otty Lake.
I climb the Monkey Tree for climbing’s sake.
At the chof, I jump right in
For greasy watermelon or island swim.
Saturday blues and Friday whites.
I love toranut and the water fights.
Memories together.
Like my name on the walls, they’ll last.. forever.
It doesn’t matter if I’m big and grown
Or far from the roots I have sown.
When I’m old and grey and times at mosh are of yesterday,
This will be the place I call home.
When I’m old and grey and times at mosh are of yesterday,
This will be the place I call home.
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Cecilia
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home
Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia
Up in my bedroom (making love)
I got up to wash my face
When I come back to bed
Someone's taken my place
Cecilia, you're breaking my heart
You're shaking my confidence daily
Oh, Cecilia, I'm down on my knees
I'm begging you please to come home
Come on home
(Oh oh oohhh oohhh oh)
Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing,
Jubilation, she loves me again,
I fall on the floor and I'm laughing
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Show Me the Way to My Home
Show me the way to my home
I'm tired and I want to go to bed
I had a little drink about an hour ago
And it went straight to my head (Oh baby!)
Wherever I may roam
Over land or sea or foam
You can always hear me singing my song
Show me the way to my home
Translation!
Indicate the route to my habitual abode
I’m fatigued and I want to retire
Had an alcoholic beverage sixty minutes ago
And it went straight to my cerebellum
Wherever I may perambulate
Over land or sea or agitated water
You can always hear my symphony
Indicate the route to my habitual abode
In Hebrew!
Taruli et ha derech le habait sheli
Ani haiyef ve rotze lanuach
Shatiti ktzat yayin lifnai sha’a
Ve ze holech yeshar la rosh, oh motek
Mi eifo ani holech
B’agam, adama, v’katzef
Adaiyin shomim et hashir sheli
Taruli et ha derech le habait sheli
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Shir Mosh 2009:
More Than a Summer Camp
Just an 8-minute drive or an hour walk
From a quaint little town with a really old pagoda called
Perth! Is a very special place PAUSE!!!
Unlike any other special place on Earth
Yesh makom meyuchad she karov li balev
Batzrifim ani motze et shmi bakir
Zichronot bekol makom she ani holech
Ad sof a’kayitz ani holech la’shir
(La la la)
I’ll say it’s more than a summer camp
I know it looks like a summer camp
But it is more than a summer camp to me
x2
How do you describe the feeling pulling in through the gate
Fifteen-cent eggrolls on my mind
Getting chased down the hill by a boy twice my age
Take a nap by the water just to unwind
Catch a frog, put it back, climb a tree and jump down
Stay up late, long after my bed time
Strange how here, I like doing dishes
Just playing and singing all the time
(La la la)
I’ll say it’s more than a summer camp
I know it looks like a summer camp
But it is more than a summer camp to me
X2
But that sad feeling keeps on rolling around
That it ends after only six weeks
But for now I’ll put all of that to the back of my mind
Not think about it ‘til the busses are here
Get back to the fun and the fooling around
And wish that mosh would run all year
This mosh existing out of time and space
Where abundance of awesome is the only flaw
And I know I’ll keep on coming back as long as they let me
I’ll always have a special place saved for SHOMRIA!
(La la la)
I’ll say it’s more than a summer camp
I know it looks like a summer camp
But it is more than a summer camp to me
x2
But it is more than a summer camp to me
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Yihyeh Tov
Ani mabit mehachalon
Vezeh oseh li dei atzuv,
Ha'aviv chalaf avar lo
Mi yode'a im yashuv
Haleitzan hayah lemelech
Hanavi nihyah leitzan
Veshachachti et haderech
Aval ani od kan
Ve’yihyeh tov, yihyeh tov, ken
Lif'amim ani nishbar
Az halailah ho halailah
Itach ani nish'ar
Yeladim lov'shim k'nafaim
Ve'afim el hatzava
Ve'acharei sh'nataim
Hem chozrim lelo t'shuvah
Anashim chayim bemetach
Mechapsim sibah lin'shom
Uvein sin'ah leretzach
Medabrim al hashalom
Ve’yihyeh tov, yihyeh tov, ken
Lif'amim ani nishbar
Az halailah ho halailah
Itach ani nish'ar
Od nil'mad lichyot beyachad
Bein churshot atzei zeitim
Yeladim yich'yu bli pachad
Bli g'vulot, bli mik'latim
Al kvarim yifrach ha'esev
Leshalom ve'ahava
Me'ah shanim shel cherev
Ve'od lo avdah hatikvah
Ve’yihyeh tov, yihyeh tov, ken
Lif'amim ani nishbar
Az halailah ho halailah
Itach ani nish’ar
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Mitachat Lashamyim
Banu lekan
Mitachat lashamayim
Shnayim - Kmo zug einayim
Yesh lanu zman
Mitachat hashamayim
Benatayim - Anu od kan
At ve'ani (x3)
Ve ha'mita ha'rechava
Latet ahava
Leilah ve'yom (x3)
Ve'hachiyuch mitnatzel
She'hu mitatzel.
Banu lekan
Mitachat lashamayim
Shnayim - Kmo zug einayim
Yesh lanu zman
Mitachat hashamayim
Benatayim - Anu od kan
Shneinu echad (x3)
Echad shalem ve'agol
Shalem ve'gadol
Bo'ee nee'ten (x3)
Ani eten lach latet
Latet li latet lach.
Banu lekan
Mitachat lashamayim
Shnayim - Kmo zug einayim
Yesh lanu zman
Mitachat hashamayim
Benatayim - Anu od kan
Ve'lamrot hapa'ar
Ve'lamrot ha'ke'ev
Ve'lamrot ha'tza'ar
Ani ohev
Ve'ohev (x2)
Banu lekan
Mitachat lashamayim
Shnayim - Kmo zug einayim
Yesh lanu zman
Mitachat hashamayim
Benatayim - Anu od kan
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Where Have All the Flowers Gone?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone?
Girls have picked them every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone?
Taken husbands every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the young men gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the young men gone?
Gone for soldiers every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone?
Covered with flowers every one
When will we ever learn?
When will we ever learn?
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Shir Mosh 1998:
Im Kol Ha Chaverim
Ani yoshev ba beit hasafer
Ve mabit ba chootz
Choshev al ha kayitz ve rotzeh la roots
Az ani lokeach tarmil ve chulzah kchulah
Ha zman heegeeah l’eensoah
L’machane SHOMRIA
Az chalmti chalom
She kol tov ba olam
She ha shemesh
Misocheket al ha agam
Shamati shir she ha kochavim sharim
Ve ani roked ba sadeh
Im kol ha chaverim
So I dreamt a dream
That all was good in the world
That the sun played on Otty Lake
And I heard a song that the sparkling stars sing
And I danced in the fields
With all my chaverim
Az chalmti chalom
She kol tov ba olam
She ha shemesh
Misocheket al ha agam
Shamati shir she ha kochavim sharim
Ve ani roked ba sadeh
Im kol ha chaverim
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Shir Mosh 2003:
I Know You’ll Be Fine
Sitting with a friend of mine
Recollecting all the good and bad times
‘Cause I’m still
Scared of the day that we’ll part
And I hope
That this mosh kayitz
Will remain in my heart
Now I know that I can say
This place set me right
And even though it’s only a summer
I wish I could stay for
Life
The rest of my life
And when I have to leave you
I know you’ll be fine
Chaiyai
Kol chaiyai
And when I have to leave you
I know you’ll be fine
Higanu lekan levad
Aval ozvim im hamon chaverim
Mishtatfim bachof hayam
Lo lidog rak tzrichim lishtolel
Vehakef nigmar
Lekol davar tov yesh sof
And finally when it’s all over
We’ll go separate ways
And you should know that you taught me
How to live every day
Of my life
The rest of my life
And when I have to leave you
I know you’ll be fine
Chaiyai
Kol chaiyai
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Not Fade Away
I’m gonna tell you how its gonna be
You’re gonna give your love to me
I’m gonna love you night and day
Love is real not fade away
Love is real not fade away
My love is bigger than a Cadillac
I tried to show you but you drove me back
Your love for me has got to be real
Before I tell you just how I feel
Love is real not fade away
Love is real not fade away
Love is real not fade away (quieter)
Love is real not fade away (whisper)
LOVE IS REAL NOT FADE AWAY!
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Love Potion Number Nine
I took my troubles down to Madam Ruth
You know that gypsy with the gold-capped tooth
She’s got a pad down on 34th and Vine
Sellin’ little bottles of Love Potion Number Nine
I told her that I was a flop with chicks
I’ve been this way since 1956
She looked at my palm and she made a magic sign
She said what you need is Love Potion Number Nine
She bent down and turned and gave me a wink
She said I’m gonna make it right up here in the sink
It smelt like turpentine, it looked like Indian ink
I held my nose, I closed my eyes, I took a drink
I didn’t know if it was day or night
I started kissing everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on 34th and Vine
He broke my little bottle of love Potion Number Nine
I didn’t know if it was day or night
I started kissing everything in sight
But when I kissed a cop down on 34th and Vine
He broke my little bottle of Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
Love Potion Number Nine
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Shir Lashalom
Tnu lashemesh la'alot laboker le'ha'ir
Hazaka shebatfilot otanu lo tachzir
Mi asher kava nero u've'Afar nitman
Bechi mar lo ya'iro lo yachziro le'chan
Ish otanu lo yashiv mibor tachtit a'fel - kan lo yo'ilu
Lo simchat hanitzachon velo shirei hallel
Lachen rak shiru shir lashalom
Al tilhashu tfila
Lachen rak shiru shir lashalom
Bitze'aka gdola
Tnu lashemesh lachador miba'ad laprachim
Al tabitu le'achor hanichu la'holchim
S'u eina'yim betikva lo derech kavanot
Shiru shir la'ahava velo lamilchamot
Al tagidu yom yavo havi'u et hayom
Ki lo chalom hu uve'chol hakikarot
Hari'u rak shalom
Lachen rak shiru shir lashalom
Al tilhashu tfila
Lachen rak shiru shir lashalom
Bitze'aka gdola
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Picolomini
Picolomini, picolomini
Picolomini, pico
Lomini picolo
Mini picolomini
Picolomini pi
Colomini picolomini picolomini picolomini
I love Shomria, I love Shomria
I love Shomria, I love
Shomria I love
Shomria I love
Shomria I love
Shomria I
Love Shomria
I love Shomria, I love Shomria, I love Shomria
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Gesher Tsar Meod
Kol Ha'olam kulo
Gesher Tsar me'od
Gesher Tsar me'od
Gesher Tsar me'od
Kol Ha'olam kulo
Gesher Tsar me'od
Gesher Tsar me'od
Veha'ikar - veha'ikar
Lo lefached lo lefached klal
Veha'ikar veha'ikar
Lo lefached klal
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Shir Mosh 2008:
Shomria, Shomria
Shomria, Shomria
The place I always love to see
Mosh is like a home away from home
Cherish every minute with friends and not alone
Shomria I love you, Shomria I care
When I truly need you, you’re always there
Make new friends, see old ones too
When you’re at mosh there’s always fun things to do
This moshava means so much to me
Hadracha and chanichim
We are all just one family
Shomria I’ve missed you, it’s great to be here
Every inch of this mosh is filled with cheer
From the chof until the big blue gate
I deeply love this moshava, there’s not too much to hate
This moshava means so much to me
Hadracha and chanichim
We are all just one family
Shomria chazarti, Shomria ahavti
Shomria zeh, ha’bayit sheli
Moshava, natat lee ahava
Ani ohev et mosh… KOL HASHANAH!!!
This moshava means so much to me
Hadracha and chanichim
We are all just one family
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Little Boxes
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes made of ticky tacky
Little boxes on the hillside,
Little boxes all the same,
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And the people in the houses
All went to the university
Where they were put in boxes
And they came out all the same
And there's doctors and lawyers
And business executives
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
And they all play on the golf course
And drink their martinis dry
And they all have pretty children
And the children go to school,
And the children go to summer camp
And then to the university
Where they are put in boxes
And they come out all the same.
And the boys go into business
And marry and raise a family
In boxes made of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same,
There's a pink one and a green one
And a blue one and a yellow one
And they're all made out of ticky tacky
And they all look just the same.
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Shir Mosh 2010:
I’m Coming Home
Staring at the ceiling,
Monday morning 1 am
Woken up by that familiar feeling,
Dreaming about camp.
Feel the grass beneath my toes,
As I walk down to the Chof,
Step by step beside that old dirt road,
It feels good to be home…
I’m coming home…
Jimbalaya round the chet,
Burgers by the b-ball court,
Here the days drift by like clouds,
But the summer still feels short,
Shabbat whites with Friday nights,
Stand up straight at Amod Dom,
Lehiyot po kulanu yachad ze ose li
Tov me’od… (x4)
Ube sofo shel yom
Michabim et ha’orot
Erze makom acher
Shebo erze lechiyot
Though there has to be an end
I’ll see you soon around the bend
‘Cause when all is said and done
There really isn’t anyone…
Like us…
Madrichim, learn so much from ‘em,
And I know that I’ll keep coming
Long as I hear guitars strummin’
In my heart I’ll just keep coming
(hmm hmm hmm…) (x2)
I’m coming home… (x2)
I’m coming home… (shav ha baita) (x4)
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Moonshadow
Oh, I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow,
moonshadow
Leapin and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow,
moonshadow
And if I ever lose my hands, lose my plough, lose my land,
Oh if I ever lose my hands, Oh if.... I won't have to work no
more.
And if I ever lose my eyes, if my colours all run dry,
Yes if I ever lose my eyes, Oh if.... I won't have to cry no more.
Oh I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow,
moonshadow
Leapin' and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow,
moonshadow
And if I ever lose my legs, I won't moan, and I won't beg,
Yes if I ever lose my legs, Oh if.... I won't have to walk no more.
And if I ever lose my mouth, all my teeth, north and south,
Yes if I ever lose my mouth, Oh if.... I won't have to talk...
Oh I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow,
moonshadow
Leapin' and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow,
moonshadow
Did it take long to find me? I asked the faithful light.
Did it take long to find me? And are you gonna stay the night?
Oh I'm bein' followed by a moonshadow, moonshadow,
moonshadow
Leapin' and hoppin' on a moonshadow, moonshadow,
moonshadow
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Ho Hey
(Ho!)
(Hey!)
(Ho!)
(Hey!)
(Ho!) I've been trying to do it right
(Hey!) I've been living a lonely life
(Ho!) I've been sleeping here instead
(Hey!) I've been sleeping in my bed,
(Ho!) I've been sleeping in my bed
(Hey!)
(Ho!) So show me family
(Hey!) All the blood that I would bleed
(Ho!) I don't know where I belong
(Hey!) I don't know where I went wrong
(Ho!) But I can write a song
(Hey!)
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweet (Ho!)
(Hey!)
(Ho!)
(Hey!)
(Ho!) I don't think you're right for him
(Hey!) Look at what it might have been if you
(Ho!) Took a bus to China Town
(Hey!) I'd be standing on Canal
(Ho!) And Bowery
(Hey!)
(Ho!) And she'd be standing next to me
(Hey!)
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
Love – we need it now
Let's hope for some
So, we're bleeding out
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweetheart
I belong with you, you belong with me, you're my sweet (Ho!)
(Hey!)
(Ho!)
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(Hey!)
Shir Mosh 2011
A mosquito said to me
Baby, I wish that I could be
A little kid so I could see
The world stretched out in front of me
Cuz flyin’ around from vein to vein
Bumping into windowpanes
It’s enough to drive a bug insane…
And I said oh, oh, oh…
Listen up Mr. Mosquito
There’s not much that you need to know…
And I said
Run around, fall down,
Make a sound, be a clown,
Watch the sunset in the west,
Maybe try to get some rest,
Peanut butter bumblebees
But not if you have allergies!
Climb trees, scrape your knees
There’s so much more but pretty please
Remember above all else, to
Always, always, always,
Be yourself (x3),
Don’t be selfish just be yourself!
Slowly I think I am seein’
What is up with human beings
And I must say it seems appealing
But I can’t fight this nervous feeling
The thought of freedom makes me queasy
Being yourself just ain’t that easy
I’m insecure, and you just can’t relate, I’m sure…
And I said oh, oh, oh…
That is something that we all know
Something that we all go through
But there’s a place that we can go to
And I know you can get scared
But you have friends around,
People who do care.
So just smile, each and every day
And be proud of the way you’re going,
Because so much is going your way
The mosquito looked perplexed,
As if unsure of what came next
Then opened his mosquito mouth and said…
Well…let’s…
Jump, shout, dance, sing,
Give the meal bell a ring,
Be excited to try
Anything, do everything
Rikkud with ice cream
Monkey tree daydreams
The chof with a cool breeze
Saying thanks and please
L’hiyot ba’tnua
Kupa kvutza
All the things we do here that are
Easy to get used to
Toranut water fights
Staying up late at night
Talking to your best friends
The letters that we never send
All the grass I’ve pulled out
Sitting through peulot
Talking in a circle is
What we are all about
Sunny days, rainy days,
Sunscreen for the UV rays
Funny how this place
Never fails to amaze
And even when it gets tough
‘Cause there will be some tough stuff
We’ll get through it all together
Because we know to remember
To take it all day by day,
It’ll happen anyway and
Anyway it happens we know
It’ll all work out OK!
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Nowhere With You
Hey good looking, why the frown?
You always look better when it's upside down
You say you got nowhere that you're going to
Can I go nowhere with you?
I took the Dartmouth Ferry into the town,
Spent my pennies bumming around,
Tryin' to find a way to tear a strip off these blues,
Can I go nowhere with you?
Paid the cover, saw the show,
Sat at the bar where the drinks did flow.
Didn't see a single face that I knew,
'Till I went nowhere with you.
Can I tag along tonight?
We'll kill some time, it looks like you might
need a little company,
I'm so cheap I might as well be free.
Hey good looking, why the frown?
You always look better when it's upside down
You say you got nowhere that you're going to
Can I go nowhere with you?
nananana...
Can I go nowhere with you? Again
nananana...
Can I go nowhere with you?
Can I tag along tonight?
We'll kill some time, it looks like you might
need a little company,
I'm so cheap I may as well be free.
whoa whoa whoa whoa!
If you get tired and want to go home,
I'm still wired, I can go it alone,
Same time next week at a quarter past ten?
And we can go nowhere again.
If you show up then, you know I will too,
Can I go nowhere with you?
Hey good looking, why the frown?
You always look better when it's upside down
You say you got nowhere that you're going to
Can I go nowhere with you?
naananana...(good looking)
Can I go nowhere with you?
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Photosynthesis
Well I guess I should confess that I am starting to get old
All the latest music fads all passed me by and left me cold
All the kids are talking slang I won't pretend to understand
All my friends are getting married, mortgages and pension
plans
And it's obvious my angry adolescent days are done
And I'm happy and I'm settled in the person I've become
But that doesn't mean I'm settled up and sitting out the
game
Time may change a lot but some things may stay the same
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
x2
Oh maturity's a wrapped up package deal so it seems
And ditching teenage fantasy means ditching all your
dreams
All your friends and peers and family solemnly tell you you
will
Have to grow up be an adult yeah be bored and unfulfilled
Oh when no ones yet explained to me exactly what's so
great
About slaving 50 years away on something that you hate,
About meekly shuffling down the path of mediocrity
Well if that's your road then take it but it's not the road for
me
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
x2
And if all you ever do with your life
Is just photosynthesize
Then you deserve every hour of these sleepless nights
That you waste wondering when you're gonna die
Now I'll play and you sing
The perfect way for the evening to begin
x2
And I won't sit down
And I won't shut up
And most of all I will not grow up
x3
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Shir Mosh 2014
I like to think of paradise
A place in mind that I devise
To help me get away just for a while
Then in time I’ve realized
That right in front of my two eyes
Is exactly a place that fits my style
So I’ll do what I want!
Kick up my feet!
Start my own dance!
Singin’ so sweet!
End off the day wishing I could repeat
But now I’m tired, I need to wash my hair
Watch erev, get aruchat esser
Dream about the following day…
I’m not done, being a kid yet
Still gotta make memories that I’ll never forget
And when Mosh becomes just a place that I
adore
I’ll wish I could do it all once more
With arms around my friends I find
Our strength and courage are combined
We cannot wait to see, what the summer has in
store
Swimming in the big ol’ lake
Or making noises monkeys make
Turn off all the lights and get from the chof to
the--ZAP! Ughhh! How did you see me!?!
But now I’m tired, I need to wash my hair
Watch erev, get aruchat esser
Dream about the following day…
I’m not done, being a kid yet
Still gotta make memories that I’ll never forget
And when Mosh becomes just a place that I
adore
I’ll wish I could do it all once more
One of these days, I’ll leave with a groan
Mosh will become just another stepping stone
So I’m, runnin’ around, to the beat of my own drum
I’ll never forget the place that I came from
No I’ll never forget this place, because…
I’m not done, being a kid yet
Still gotta make memories that I’ll never forget
And when Mosh becomes just a place that I adore
I’ll wish I could do it all once more x3
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Shir Mosh Choref 2014
Our clothes dry by the crackling fire
We’re up late but I don’t feel tired
Outside or inside, hot or cold weather
I love you and our memories together
Sitting with my chaverim
No other place I’d rather be
Watching all the snow fall down
I notice I begin to frown
Cause with the fun and the winter sports
I know Winter Camp is too short
The time we spent together was great
Mosh Choref is my favourite escape
OOhh Oh Oh Oh x4
I don’t know what will happen tomorrow
Need one more week of time to borrow
My friends all with me, new and old
You keep me warm as we hug in the cold
Sitting with my chaverim
No other place I’d rather be
Watching all the snow fall down
I notice I begin to frown
Cause with the fun and the winter sports
I know Winter Camp is too short
The time we spent together was great
Mosh Choref is my favourite escape
OOhh Oh Oh Oh x4
Nothing’s better than throwing snow balls
Except for running in the halls
When you’re with your friends, everything’s fun
And that’s why winter camp is number one
Mesachkim im ha chaverim
Ve shotfim et ha kay leem
Kulanu beh yachad ze meod kef
Mi hadracha ad chalutzim alef
(ve shoresh!!)
Sitting with my chaverim
No other place I’d rather be
Watching all the snow fall down
I notice I begin to frown
Cause with the fun and the winter sports
I know Winter Camp is too short
The time we spent together was great
Mosh Choref is my favourite escape
OOhh Oh Oh Oh x8
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