A PEOPLE’S CHOIR DC
One Year, One Word
April 28, 2015
The original A People’s Choir is a monthly group sing-along created by Paige Reitz, Adele Hauser, &
Decoteau Wilkerson in Portland, Oregon. Every month, a theme is chosen and choir members
(i.e.,whoever wants to come) suggest songs via social media. Lyric books are provided. The choir simply
sings along to the sound recordings - anything goes!
The choir began in 2011 out of nostalgia for communal singing. Since the first choir, A People’s Choir has
hosted choirs at PSU’s Open Engagement, New York’s Art in Odd Places festival, Last Thursdays on
Alberta, PDX Farm Fiesta and monthly at their new venue, Crush Bar. They were also listed as one of the
“Best of Portland” by the Willamette Week. Find out more about the Portland choir at:
https://www.facebook.com/APeoplesChoir
The DC choir started in April 2014. You can keep track of events through email (send a note to the email
below to get on the list), Twitter, Facebook, or rhinocerous. (Note: must supply own trained rhino.)
APeoplesChoirDC@gmail.com
@aPeoplesChoirDC
facebook.com/APeoplesChoirDC
Smooth – Santana feat. Rob Thomas
Timber – Pitbull feat. Kesha
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Amber – 311
Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
Complicated – Avril Lavigne
Diamonds – Rihanna
Vogue – Madonna
Loser – Beck
Home – Edward Sharpe & The
Magnetic Zeros
Tubthumping – Chumbawumba
Firework – Katy Perry
Bad – Michael Jackson
Wonderwall – Oasis
Royals – Lorde
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Faith – George Michael
Kiss – Prince
Bulletproof – La Roux
Africa – Toto
Ironic – Alanis Morissette
Smooth – Santana feat. Rob Thomas
Man, it’s a hot one
Like seven inches from the midday sun
Well, I hear you whisper and the words melt everyone
But you stay so cool
My muñequita, My Spanish Harlem Mona Lisa
You’re my reason for reason, the step in my groove, yeah.
And if you said, “This life ain’t good enough.”
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
Because you’re so smooth
[Chorus:]
And it’s just like the ocean under the moon
Well, that’s the same as the emotion that I get from you
You got the kind of loving that can be so smooth, yeah.
Gimme your heart, make it real
Or else forget about it
Well, I’ll tell you one thing
If you would leave it’d be a crying shame
In every breath and every word
I hear your name calling me out
Out from the barrio,
You hear my rhythm on your radio
You feel the turning of the world so soft and slow
Turning you ‘round and ‘round
And if you said, “This life ain’t good enough.”
I would give my world to lift you up
I could change my life to better suit your mood
Because you’re so smooth
[Chorus]
[Guitar]
[Chorus]
Or else forget about it
Or else forget about it
Oh, let’s don’t forget about it
(Gimme your heart, make it real)
Let’s don’t forget about it (hey)
Let’s don’t forget about it (no oh no oh) [x3]
Let’s don’t forget about it (hey hey hey)
Timber – Pitbull feat. Kesha
[Kesha]
It’s going down, I’m yelling timber
You better move, you better dance
Let’s make a night you won’t remember
I’ll be the one you won’t forget
Woooo (timber), woooo (timber), woooo (it’s going down)
Woooo (timber), woooo (timber), woooo (it’s going down)
[Pitbull]
The bigger they are, the harder they fall
These big-iddy boys are dig-gidy dogs
I have ‘em like Miley Cyrus, clothes off
Twerking in their bras and thongs, timber
Face down, booty up, timber
That’s the way we like to–what?–timber
I’m slicker than an oil spill
She say she won’t, but I bet she will, timber
Swing your partner round and round
End of the night, it’s going down
One more shot, another round
End of the night, it’s going down
Swing your partner round and round
End of the night, it’s going down
One more shot, another round,
End of the night, it’s going down
[Kesha]
It’s going down, I’m yelling timber
You better move, you better dance
Let’s make a night you won’t remember
I’ll be the one you won’t forget
It’s going down (it’s going down), I’m yelling timber
You better move (you better move), you better dance (you better dance)
Let’s make a night you won’t remember
I’ll be the one you won’t forget (you won’t forget)
Wooooah (timber), wooooah (timber), wooooah (it’s going down)
Wooooah (timber), wooooah (timber), wooooah (it’s going down)
[Pitbull]
Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane
Nah, it’s just me, ain’t a damn thing changed
Live in hotels, swing on planes
Blessed to say, money ain’t a thing
Club jumping like LeBron now, Volí
Order me another round, homie
We about to clown. Why? ‘Cause it’s about to go down
Swing your partner round and round
End of the night, it’s going down
One more shot, another round
End of the night, it’s going down
Swing your partner round and round
End of the night, it’s going down
One more shot, another round
End of the night, it’s going down
[Kesha]
It’s going down, I’m yelling timber
You better move, you better dance
Let’s make a night you won’t remember
I’ll be the one you won’t forget
It’s going down (it’s going down), I’m yelling timber
You better move, you better dance (you better dance)
Let’s make a night (let’s make a night) you won’t remember
I’ll be the one (I’ll be the one) you won’t forget (you won’t forget)
Wooooah (timber), wooooah (timber), (hey), wooooah (it’s going down) (Pitbull)
Wooooah (timber), wooooah (timber), wooooah (it’s going down)
Wooooah (timber), wooooah (c’mon), wooooah (it’s going down)
Wooooah (timber), wooooah (you won’t forget), wooooah (timber)
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
[Chorus:]
They tried to make me go to rehab but I said, ‘No, no, no.’
Yes, I’ve been black but when I come back you’ll know, know, know
I ain’t got the time and if my daddy thinks I’m fine
He’s tried to make me go to rehab but I won’t go, go, go
I’d rather be at home with Ray
I ain’t got seventy days
‘Cause there’s nothing, there’s nothing you can teach me
That I can’t learn
from Mr. Hathaway
I didn’t get a lot in class
But I know it don’t come in a shot glass
[Chorus]
The man said, ‘Why do you think you’re here?’
I said, ‘I got no idea
I’m gonna, I’m gonna lose my baby
So I always keep a bottle near.’
He said, ‘I just think you’re depressed,
Kiss me, yeah baby, and go rest.’
They tried to make me go to rehab but I said, ‘No, no, no.’
Yes, I’ve been black but when I come back you’ll know, know, know
I don’t ever wanna drink again
I just, ooh, I just need a friend
I’m not gonna spend ten weeks
Have everyone think I’m on the mend
It’s not just my pride
It’s just ‘til these tears have dried
[Chorus]
Amber – 311
Brainstorm, take me away from the norm
I got to tell you something
this phenomenon
I had to put it in a song, and it goes like...
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally
you wanna know what brings me here
you glide through my head blind to fear
and I know why
whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally
[Guitar…probably the most mellow guitar break we’ve ever had]
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally
You live too far away
your voice rings like a bell anyway
don’t give up your independence
unless it feels so right
nothing good comes easily
sometimes you gotta fight
Whoa, amber is the color of your energy
whoa, shades of gold displayed naturally
launched a thousand ships in my heart, so easy
still it’s fine from afar, and you know that
whoa, brainstorm take me away from the norm
whoa, I got to tell you something
Torn – Natalie Imbruglia
I thought I saw a man brought to life
He was warm he came around, like he was dignified
He showed me what it was to cry
Well, you couldn’t be that man I adored
You don’t seem to know or seem to care
What your heart is for
I don’t know him anymore
There’s nothing where he used to lie
My conversation has run dry
That’s what’s going on
Nothing’s fine, I’m torn
[Chorus:]
I’m all out of faith, this is how I feel
I’m cold and I am shamed, lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I’m wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn
You’re a little late, I’m already torn
So I guess the fortune teller’s right
I should have seen just what was there
And not some holy light
But you crawled beneath my veins and now
I don’t care, I have no luck
I don’t miss it all that much
There’s just so many things
That I can’t touch, I’m torn
[Chorus]
Torn
Ooh, hooo-ooh, oooh
There’s nothing where he used to lie
My inspiration has run dry
That’s what’s goin’ on
Nothing’s right, I’m torn
I’m all out of faith
This is how I feel
I’m cold and I am shamed
Lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed
Into something real
I’m wide awake and I can see
The perfect sky is torn
I’m all out of faith
This is how I feel
I’m cold and I am shamed
Bound and broken on the floor
You’re a little late
I’m already torn
Torn
Whoa
[Music and some unintelligible whispers]
Complicated – Avril Lavigne
Uh huh, life’s like this
Uh huh, uh huh, that’s the way it is
‘Cause life’s like this
Uh huh, uh huh, that’s the way it is
Chill out, what you yellin’ for?
Lay back, it’s all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
I like you the way you are
When we’re drivin’ in your car
And you’re talking to me one on one
But you become
Somebody else ‘round everyone else
You’re watching your back like you can’t relax
You’re tryin’ to be cool
You look like a fool to me
Tell me
[Chorus:]
Why d’ya have to go and make things so complicated?
I see the way you’re
Acting like you’re somebody else, gets me frustrated
And life’s like this you,
You fall and you crawl and you break and you take what you get and you turn it into
Honesty, you promised me I’m never gonna find you fake it
No, no, no
You come over unannounced
Dressed up like you’re somethin’ else
Where you are ain’t where it’s at you see, you’re making me
Laugh out when you strike your pose
Take off all your preppy clothes
You know, you’re not fooling anyone
When you’ve become
Somebody else ‘round everyone else
You’re watchin’ your back like you can’t relax
You’re tryin’ to be cool
You look like a fool to me
Tell me
[Chorus]
No, no, no (No) [x3]
Chill out, what you yellin’ for?
Lay back, it’s all been done before
And if you could only let it be
You will see
Somebody else ‘round everyone else
You’re watching your back like you can’t relax
You’re trying to be cool,
You look like a fool to me
Tell me
[Chorus][x2]
Diamonds – Rihanna
Shine bright like a diamond, shine bright like a diamond
Find light in the beautiful sea
I choose to be happy
You and I, you and I
We’re like diamonds in the sky
You’re a shooting star I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I’m alive
We’re like diamonds in the sky
I knew that we’d become one right away
Oh, right away
At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays
I saw the life inside your eyes
[Chorus:]
So shine bright tonight, you and I
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Eye to eye, so alive
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
[x2]
Shine bright like a diamond [x3]
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Palms rise to the universe
As we moonshine and molly
Feel the warmth, we’ll never die
We’re like diamonds in the sky
You’re a shooting star I see
A vision of ecstasy
When you hold me, I’m alive
We’re like diamonds in the sky
At first sight I felt the energy of sun rays
I saw the life inside your eyes
[Chorus]
[x2]
Shine bright like a diamond [x3]
We’re beautiful like diamonds in the sky
Shine bright like a diamond [x3]
[Chorus]
Shine bright like a diamond [x3]
Oh, yeah
Shine bright like a diamond [x4]
Vogue – Madonna
What are you looking at?
[Instrumental opening. Obviously, this is when you strike poses.]
Strike a pose
Strike a pose
(Vogue, vogue, vogue)
(Vogue, vogue, vogue)
Look around
Everywhere you turn is heartache
It’s everywhere that you go (Look around)
You try, everything you can to escape the pain of life
That you know (Life that you know)
When all else fails and you long to be
Something better than you are today
I know a place where you can get away
It’s called a dance floor
And here’s what it’s for
So
Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music (Move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow (Go with the flow)
You know you can do it
All you need
Is your own imagination
So use it, that’s what it’s for (That’s what it’s for)
Go inside
For your finest inspiration
Your dreams will open the door (Open up the door)
It makes no difference if you’re black or white
If you’re a boy or a girl
If the music’s pumping it will give you new life
You’re a superstar
Yes that’s what you are
You know it
Come on, vogue
Let your body groove to the music (Groove to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow (Go with the flow)
You know you can do it
Beauty’s where you find it
Not just where you bump and grind it
Soul is in the musical
That’s where I feel so beautiful
Magical, life’s a ball so get up on the dance floor
Come on, vogue
Let your body move to the music (Move to the music)
Hey, hey, hey
Come on, vogue
Let your body go with the flow
(Go with the flow)
You know you can do it
Vogue (Vogue)
Beauty’s where you find it
(Move to the music)
Vogue (Vogue)
Beauty’s where you find it
(Go with the flow)
[Spoken:]
Greta Garbo and Monroe
Deitrich and DiMaggio
Marlon Brando, Jimmy Dean
On the cover of a magazine
Grace Kelly
Harlow, Jean
Picture of a beauty queen
Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire
Ginger Rodgers
Dance on air
They had style, they had grace
Rita Hayworth gave good face
Lauren, Katherine
Lana too
Bette Davis we love you
Ladies with an attitude
Fellows that were in the mood
Don’t just stand there, let’s get to it
Strike a pose, there’s nothing to it
Vogue
Vogue
Oooh
You’ve got to
Let your body move to the music
Oooh
You’ve got to just
Let your body go
With the flow
Oooh
You’ve got to just
Vogue
Loser – Beck
In the time of chimpanzees, I was a monkey
Butane in my veins, so I’m out to cut the junkie
With the plastic eyeballs,
Spray-paint the vegetables
Dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose
Kill the headlights and put it in neutral
Stock car flaming’ with a loser and the cruise control
Baby’s in Reno with the vitamin D
Got a couple of couches, sleep on the love seat
Someone keeps saying’
I’m insane to complain
About a shotgun wedding and a stain on my shirt
Don’t believe everything that you breathe
You get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve
So shave your face
With some mace in the dark
Saving’ all your food stamps
And burning’ down the trailer park
(Yo. Cut it.)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(Double-barrel buckshot)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
Forces of evil in a bozo nightmare
Banned all the music with a phony gas chamber
‘Cuz one’s got a weasel and the other’s got a flag
One’s on the pole, shove the other in a bag
With the rerun shows
And the cocaine nose-job
The daytime crap of the folksinger slop
He hung himself with a guitar string
Slap the turkey-neck
And it’s hanging’ from a pigeon wing
You can’t write if you can’t relate
Trade the cash for the beef
For the body for the hate
And my time is a piece of wax
Falling’ on a termite
Who’s choking’ on the splinters
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(Get crazy with the cheeze whiz)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(Drive-by body-pierce)
(Yo, bring it on down)
Soooooooyy....
[Chorus backwards. Sound it out.]
(I’m a driver; I’m the winner;
Things are gonna change
I can feel it)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(I can’t believe you)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
Neeh
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(Sprechen sie Deutsch, baby?)
Soy un perdedor
I’m a loser baby, so why don’t you kill me?
(Know what I’m saying’?)
Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
[Whistles]
Alabama, Arkansas,
I do love my ma and pa
Not the way that I do love you
Holy, moley, me, oh my
You’re the apple of my eye
Girl I’ve never loved one like you
Man oh man you’re my best friend
I scream it to the nothingness
There ain’t nothing that I need
Well, hot and heavy, pumpkin pie
Chocolate candy, Jesus Christ
Ain’t nothing please me more than you
[Chorus:]
Ahh home, let me come home
Home is wherever I’m with you
Ahh home. Let me come ho-o-ome
Home is wherever I’m with you
[Music break]
La, la, la, la, take me home
Mother, I’m coming home
[Whistles]
I’ll follow you into the park
Through the jungle, through the dark
Girl I never loved one like you
Moats and boats and waterfalls
Alley-ways and pay phone calls
I’ve been everywhere with you (That’s true!)
We laugh until we think we’ll die
Barefoot on a summer night
Nothin’ new is sweeter than with you
And in the streets you run afree
Like it’s only you and me
Geeze, you’re something to see
[Chorus]
[Musical break]
La, la, la, la, take me home
Daddy, I’m coming home
[Spoken:]




Jade
Alexander
Do you remember that day you fell outta my window?
I sure do, you came jumping out after me
 Well, you fell on the concrete, nearly broke your ass, and you were bleeding all over the
place and I rushed you out to the hospital, you remember that?
 Yes I do
 Well there’s something I never told you about that night
 What didn’t you tell me?
 While you were sitting in the backseat smoking a cigarette you thought was gonna be your
last, I was falling deep, deeply in love with you, and I never told you til just now
[Chorus]
Home, let me come home
Home is wherever I’m with you
Ahh home, yes I am ho-o-ome
Home is when I’m alone with you
Alabama, Arkansas…
I do love my ma and pa…
Moats and boats and waterfalls…
Alley-ways and pay phone calls…
Ahh home, let me go home
Home is wherever I’m with you
Ahh home, let me go ho-oh-ome
Home is where I’m alone with you
Tubthumping – Chumbawumba
We’ll be singing
When we’re winning
We’ll be singing
[x2]
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You’re never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You’re never gonna keep me down
Pissing the night away, pissing the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times
Oh, Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Danny Boy
[x2]
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You’re never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You’re never gonna keep me down
Pissing the night away, pissing the night away
He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that remind him of the good times
He sings the songs that remind him of the better times
Don’t cry for me
Next door neighbor
[x2]
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You’re never gonna keep me down
I get knocked down, but I get up again
You’re never gonna keep me down
[Horns!]
[x6]
I get knocked down (We’ll be singing)
But I get up again
You’re never going to keep me down (When we’re winning)
I get knocked down (We’ll be singing)
But I get up again
You’re never going to keep me down (Ooh, ooh, ooh)
--BREAK--
Firework – Katy Perry
Do you ever feel, like a plastic bag
Drifting through the wind, wanting to start again?
Do you ever feel, feel so paper thin
Like a house of cards, one blow from caving in?
Do you ever feel, already buried deep,
Six feet under screams but no one seems to hear a thing
Do you know that there’s, still a chance for you
‘Cause there’s a spark in you?
You just gotta ignite, the light, and let it shine
Just own, the night, like the 4th of July
[Chorus:]
‘Cause, baby, you’re a firework
Come on, show ‘em what you’re worth
Make ‘em go, “Aah, aah, aah”
As you shoot across the sky-y-y
Baby, you’re a firework
Come on, let your colours burst
Make ‘em go, “Aah, aah, aah”
You’re gonna leave ‘em all in awe, awe, awe
You don’t have to feel, like a wasted space
You’re original, cannot be replaced
If you only knew, what the future holds
After a hurricane, comes a rainbow
Maybe a reason why, all the doors are closed
So you could open one that leads you to the perfect road
Like a lightning bolt, your heart will glow
And when it’s time you’ll know
You just gotta ignite, the light, and let, it shine
Just own, the night, like the 4th of July
[Chorus]
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
It’s always been inside of you, you, you
And now it’s time to let it through-ough-ough
[Chorus]
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Boom, boom, boom
Even brighter than the moon, moon, moon
Bad – Michael Jackson
Your butt* is mine, gonna tell you right
Just show your face in broad daylight
I’m telling you on how I feel
Gonna hurt your mind, don’t shoot to kill
Come on
Come on
Lay it on me
All right
I’m giving you on count of three
To show your stuff, or let it be
I’m telling you, just watch your mouth
I know your game, what you’re about
Well they say the sky’s the limit
And to me that’s really true
But my friend you have seen nothin’
Just wait ‘til I get through
[Chorus]
Because I’m bad, I’m bad come on
You know I’m bad, I’m bad come on, you know
You know I’m bad, I’m bad come on, you know
And the whole world has to answer right now
Just to tell you once again, who’s bad
The word is out, you’re doin’ wrong
Gonna lock you up,
Before too long
Your lyin’ eyes gonna tell you right
So listen up, don’t make a fight
Your talk is cheap, you’re not a man
You’re throwin’ stones to hide your hands
But they say the sky’s the limit
And to me that’s really true
And my friends you have seen nothin’
Just wait ‘til I get through
[Chorus]
We can change the world tomorrow
This could be a better place
If you don’t like what I’m sayin’
Then won’t you slap my face
[Chorus]
[Chorus]
Who’s bad?
*[Note: Might be “body,” but the lyric sites were split so I went with butt.]
Wonderwall – Oasis
Today is gonna be the day
That they’re gonna throw it back to you
By now you should’ve somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don’t believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now
Back beat, the word is on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I’m sure you’ve heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don’t believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now
And all the roads we have to walk are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
But I don’t know how
Because maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall
Today was gonna be the day
But they’ll never throw it back to you
By now you should’ve somehow
Realized what you’re not to do
I don’t believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now
And all the roads that lead you there were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
But I don’t know how
[x2]
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
And after all
You’re my wonderwall
I said maybe
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
You’re gonna be the one that saves me
[Outerlude]
Royals – Lorde
I’ve never seen a diamond in the flesh
I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies
And I’m not proud of my address,
In a torn-up town, no postcode envy
But every song’s like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin’ in the bathroom
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin’ the hotel room,
We don’t care, we’re driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody’s like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash.
We don’t care, we aren’t caught up in your love affair.
[Chorus:]
And we’ll never be royals (royals).
It don’t run in our blood,
That kind of luxe just ain’t for us.
We crave a different kind of buzz.
Let me be your ruler (ruler),
You can call me queen Bee
And baby I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule, I’ll rule.
Let me live that fantasy.
My friends and I—we’ve cracked the code.
We count our dollars on the train to the party.
And everyone who knows us kno-o-o-o-ows
That we’re fine with this,
We didn’t come from money.
But every song’s like gold teeth, grey goose, trippin’ in the bathroom.
Blood stains, ball gowns, trashin’ the hotel room,
We don’t care, we’re driving Cadillacs in our dreams.
But everybody’s like Cristal, Maybach, diamonds on your timepiece.
Jet planes, islands, tigers on a gold leash
We don’t care, we aren’t caught up in your love affair
[Chorus]
Ooh ooh oh
We’re bigger than we ever dreamed,
And I’m in love with being queen.
Ooh ooh oh
Life is great without a care
We aren’t caught up in your love affair.
[Chorus]
Respect – Aretha Franklin
What you want
(oo) Baby, I got
(oo) What you need
(oo) Do you know I got it?
(oo) All I’m askin’
(oo) Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Hey baby (just a little bit) when you get home
(just a little bit) mister (just a little bit)
I ain’t gonna do you wrong, while you’re gone
Ain’t gonna do you wrong (oo) ‘cause I don’t wanna (oo)
All I’m askin’ (oo)
Is for a little respect when you come home (just a little bit)
Baby (just a little bit) when you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)
I’m about to give you
All of my money
And all I’m askin’
In return, honey
Is to give me, my propers when you get home (just a, just a, just a, just a)
Yeah baby (just a, just a, just a, just a)
When you get home (just a little bit)
Yeah (just a little bit)
[Horns!]
Ooo, your kisses (oo)
Sweeter than honey (oo)
And guess what? (oo)
So is my money (oo)
All I want you to do (oo) for me
Is give it to me when you get home (re, re, re ,re)
Yeah baby (re, re, re ,re)
Whip it to me (respect, just a little bit)
When you get home, now (just a little bit)
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Find out what it means to me
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Take care, TCB
Oh (sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
A little respect (sock it to me, sock it to me,
sock it to me, sock it to me)
Whoa, babe (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)
I get tired (just a little bit)
Keep on tryin’ (just a little bit)
You’re runnin’ out of foolin’ (just a little bit)
And I ain’t lyin’ (just a little bit)
(re, re, re, re) ‘spect
When you come home (re, re, re ,re)
Or you might walk in (respect, just a little bit)
And find out I’m gone (just a little bit)
I got to have (just a little bit)
A little respect (just a little bit)
Faith – George Michael
Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you
But I’ve got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too
Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
Oh, and that love comes down with-out devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby, but I’m showing you the door
Because I gotta have faith
I gotta have faith
Because I got to have faith, faith
I gotta have faith, faith, faith
Baby --I know you’re asking me to stay
Sayin’ please, please, please, don’t go away
You say I’m giving you the blues
Maybe--You mean every word you say
Can’t help but think of yesterday
And another who tied me down to lover boy rules*
Before this river
Becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back
On the floor
Oh, baby I reconsider
My foolish notion
Well I need someone to hold me
But I’ll wait for something more
Yes I’ve gotta have faith
I gotta have faith
Because I got to have faith, faith, faith
I gotta have faith, faith, faith
[musical interlude]
Because I got to have faith
Oh yeah, faith
Got to have faith
Before this river
Becomes an ocean
Before you throw my heart back on the floor
Oh, baby I reconsider
My foolish notion
Well I need someone to hold me
But I’ll wait for something more
Because I gotta have faith
I gotta have faith
Because I got to have faith, faith, faith
I gotta have faith, faith, faith
[*Note: what are the lover boy rules?]
Kiss – Prince
Uh!
You don’t have to be beautiful to turn me on
I just need your body, baby, from dusk ‘til dawn
You don’t need experience to turn me on
You just leave it all up to me
I’m gonna show you what it’s all about
[Chorus:]
You don’t have to be rich to be my girl
You don’t have to be cool to rule my world
Ain’t no particular sign I’m more compatible with
I just want your extra time and your - kiss
Ah, oh-oh
You got to not talk dirty, baby, if you wanna impress me
You can’t be too flirty, mama, I know how to undress me
I want to be your fantasy, maybe you could be mine
You just leave it all up to me, we could have a good time
[Chorus]
Yes, oh I think I wanna dance
Gotta, gotta
Little girl Wendy’s parade
Gotta, gotta, gotta
Women, not girls, rule my world,
I said they rule my world
Act your age, mama, not your shoe size
Not your shoe size, maybe we could do the twirl
You don’t have to watch Dynasty to have an attitude
You just leave it all up to me, my love will be your food
Yeah
[Chorus]
Bulletproof – La Roux
Been there, done that, messed around
I’m having fun, don’t put me down
I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet
I won’t let you in again
The messages I tried to send
My information’s just not going in
I’m burning bridges shore to shore
I break away from something more
I’m not turned off to love until it’s cheap
Been there, done that, messed around
I’m having fun, don’t put me down
I’ll never let you sweep me off my feet
[Chorus:]
This time baby, I’ll be,
Bulletproof
This time baby, I’ll be
Bulletproof
I won’t let you turn around
And tell me now I’m much too proud
To walk away from something when it’s dead
Do, do, do, your dirty words
Come out to play when you are hurt
There’re certain things that should be left unsaid
Tick, tick, tick, tick on the watch
And life’s too short for me to stop
Oh, baby, your time is running out
I won’t let you turn around
And tell me now I’m much too proud
All you do is fill me up with doubt
[Chorus] [x2]
This time...I’ll be...bulletproof [repeat 2x]
[Brief dance break]
[Chorus] [x2]
Africa – Toto
I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She’s coming in twelve-thirty flight
Her moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way
Hoping to find some old forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say: “Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you”
[Chorus:]
It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had
The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what’s right
Sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti
I seek to cure what’s deep inside, frightened of this thing that I’ve become
[Repeat chorus]
[Instrumental break]
Hurry boy, she’s waiting there for you
[Repeat chorus]
Ironic – Alanis Morissette
[Note: Let’s just get this out of the way: Alanis is mostly confused about the meaning of “ironic” in
this song.]
Hey yiah yiah, yiah yea yea
Hey yiah
An old man turned ninety-eight
He won the lottery, and died the next day
It’s a black fly in your Chardonnay
It’s a death row pardon, two minutes too late
Isn’t it ironic?
Don’t you think?
[Chorus:]
It’s like rain on your weddin’ day
It’s a free ride when you’ve already paid
It’s the good advice that you just didn’t take
And who would’ve thought, it figures
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly
He packed his suitcase and kissed his kids goodbye
He waited his whole damn life to take that flight
And as the plane crashed down he thought
Well, isn’t this nice
And isn’t it ironic?
Don’t you think?
[Chorus]
Well life has a funny way
of sneakin’ up on you when you think everything’s okay
and everything’s goin’ ri-ight
And life has a funny way
nobody helpin’ you out when you think everything’s gone wrong
and everything blows up in your face
A traffic jam when you’re already late
A no smoking sign on your cigarette break
It’s like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife
It’s meeting the man of my dreams
And then meeting his beautiful wife, hmm
And isn’t it ironic? Don’t you think?
A little too ironic
And yeah, I really do think
[Chorus]
And well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you
And life has a funny, funny way of helpin’ you out
Helpin’ you out