Honest, baby,
Can't you see it when it's just me and you?
My face gets blushed
My sentences rush
I don't know what to do

I'm trying, lady,
Just to act like nothing's going on
It's plain to see
You get into me
And I guess you should

Rumors goin' round
Baby, I guess it's true

Everybody knows it here but you (everybody knows but you)
I love you, girl, but you still ain't got a clue (everybody knows but you)

I'm waiting, baby
For these feelings just to fade away
As the days get longer
It just gets stronger
I don't know what to say

Forgive me, baby
See, I never really meant to confuse
My chance is gone
All I've done is wrong
I've got nothing to lose

Rumors goin' round
Baby I guess it's true

Everybody knows it here but you (everybody knows but you)
I love you, girl, but you still ain't got a clue (everybody knows but you)

I must apologize for the reasons and all the lies
I'm helpless, baby, when it's you

Everybody knows it here but you (everybody knows but you)
I love you, girl, but you still ain't got a clue (everybody knows but you)
Everybody knows it here but you (everybody knows but you)
I love you, girl, but you still ain't got a clue (everybody knows but you)

-Dave Barnes

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Not that he's ever lied to me. This'd be another one for more of the spirit of the song than matching every word.

Feeling somewhat rueful, a little silly for this, but so happy about it that the happiness pervades everything else. Maybe not everyone, but it certainly feels like it - he's loved me so much, that everyone else knew about it, and I was just oblivious. Yes, we'll be friends, you'll always have a place in my life...yeah, no. He's wanted the place in my life.

And now, he's got it.

This is the way you left me
I'm not pretending
No hope, no love, no glory
No happy ending

This is the way that we love
Like it's forever
Then live the rest of our lives
But not together

Wake up in the morning, stumble on my life
Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' every day

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Two o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind
Can't get no rest; keep walkin' around
If I pretend that nothin' ever went wrong,
I can get to my sleep, I can think that we just carried on

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' every day

This is the way you left me, (Oh, I)
I'm not pretending (feel as if I'm wasted)
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending
This is the way that we love, (and I'm)
Like it's forever (wastin' every day)
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together

A little bit of love, little bit of love
Little bit of love, little bit of love

I feel as if I'm wasted
And I wasted every day
Hey, hey, hey, hey

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever
To live the rest of our life,
But not together

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever
To live the rest of our life,
But not together

-Mika

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I don't know if he was planning to or not, but somehow I got a little of the story of what happened and how I made him feel before. We've known each other for years, but I ditched him and went to chase off after something else, and just kind of said that we'd stay friends. He kept loving me, though. I ran across this song recently, and a lot of it fit with what he described from then. I'm amazed that he still loved me through me hurting him like that, but so happy and thankful that he did. Little bit of love, sent my way, every day - and I had it in my head that we'd just be friends at best.

Little bit of love over and over just might be what made the difference.

I just wanted you to comfort me
When I called you late last night, you see
I was falling into love
Yes, I was crashing into love
Oh, of all the words you sang to me
About life and truth and being free, yeah
You sang to me
Oh, how you sang to me

Girl, I live for how you make me feel
So I question all this being real
'Cause I'm not afraid to love
For the first time I'm not afraid to love
Oh, this day seems made for you and me
And you showed me what life needs to be
Yeah, you sang to me
Oh, you sang to me

All the while you were in front of me, I never realized
I just can't believe I didn't see it in your eyes
I didn't see it
I can't believe it
Oh, but I feel it
When you sing to me

How I long to hear you sing beneath the clear blue skies
And I promise you, this time I'll see it in your eyes
I didn't see it
I can't believe it
Oh, but I feel it
When you sing to me

Just to think you live inside of me
I had no idea how this could be
Now I'm crazy for your love
Can't believe I'm crazy for your love
The words you sang, you sang to me
And you showed me where I wanna be
You sang to me
Oh, you sang to me
 
All the while you were in front of me, I never realized
I just can't believe I didn't see it in your eyes
I didn't see it
I can't believe it
Oh, but I feel it
When you sing to me

How I long to hear you sing beneath the clear blue skies
And I promise you, this time I'll see it in your eyes
I didn't see it
I can't believe it
Oh, but I feel it
When you sing to me


-Marc Anthony

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He sings to my heart. All this time I never realized, and now I see him. I just called him for comfort when I was feeling lonely, and he answered with so much more. He's always loved me. This whole time, he's loved me. He shows me so much about life, and the only place I want to be is with him.

Falling in love? Oh, I think yes.

No more talk of darkness;
Forget these wide-eyed fears
I'm here; nothing can harm you
My words will warm and calm you

Let me be your freedom
Let daylight dry your tears
I'm here, with you, beside you
To guard you and to guide you

Say you love me every waking moment
Turn my head with talk of summertime
Say you need me with you now and always
Promise me that all you say is true
That's all I ask of you

Let me be your shelter
Let me be your light
You're safe, no one will find you
Your fears are far behind you

All I want is freedom
A world with no more night
And you, always beside me
To hold me and to hide me

Then say you'll share with me
One love, one lifetime
Let me lead you from your solitude
Say you need me with you, here, beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go, too
Christine, that's all I ask of you

Say you'll share with me
One love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share each day with me
Each night, each morning

Say you love me
You know I do

Love me; that's all I ask of you

-Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Too happy to get into details, but that's my love.

Porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie
Vanilla soup
A double scoop, please
No, maybe I want, maybe I won't, maybe I will
Tutti fruit, with fruity bleu cheese

Ah, but, porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie
Don't let it get on your jeans
And though it sounds a little strange,
You gotta eat it with gloves,
Or your hands'll turn green

Ah, but porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie
It weaves its way through my dreams
And I do believe I'm gonna have one,
Leave room for dessert:
Chicken ripple ice cream

-Neil Diamond

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Let it be noted that I am not a huge Neil Diamond fan. I've a friend who says, "Well, he goes hot and...very, very cold. And there's not much difference in style between the two. You actually have to listen to one of his songs the whole way through to figure out if it's any good." But I do like some of his sillier ones.

Over the summer, I'll have a different dozen preteens every week. Around mid-July, I start teaching them things that have nothing to do with anything related to our curriculum. And I have quite the stockpile of silly songs. One week, I taught the girls this one.