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No matter how hard I try
You keep pushing me aside
And I can’t break through
There’s no talking to you
It’s so sad that you’re leaving
It takes time to believe it
But after all is said and done
You’re gonna be the lonely one

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don’t think you’re strong enough
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don’t think you’re strong enough

What am I supposed to do
Sit around and wait for you
Well I can’t do that
And there’s no turning back
I need time to move on
I need a love to feel strong
‘Cause I’ve got time to think it through
And maybe I’m too good for you

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don’t think you’re strong enough
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don’t think you’re strong enough

Well I know that I’ll get through this
‘Cause I know that I am strong
I don’t need you anymore
I don’t need you anymore
I don’t need you anymore
No, I don’t need you anymore

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don’t think you’re strong enough
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don’t think you’re strong enough

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don’t thing you’re strong enough
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don’t think you’re strong enough

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Gracias a la vida

Canción de Violeta Parra, compuesta en 1964-1965

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto.
Me dio dos luceros que, cuando los abro,
perfecto distingo lo negro del blanco,
y en el alto cielo su fondo estrellado
y en las multitudes el hombre que yo amo.

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto.
Me ha dado el oído que, en todo su ancho,
graba noche y día grillos y canarios;
martillos, turbinas, ladridos, chubascos,
y la voz tan tierna de mi bien amado.

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto.
Me ha dado el sonido y el abecedario,
con él las palabras que pienso y declaro:
madre, amigo, hermano, y luz alumbrando
la ruta del alma del que estoy amando.

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto.
Me ha dado la marcha de mis pies cansados;
con ellos anduve ciudades y charcos,
playas y desiertos, montañas y llanos,
y la casa tuya, tu calle y tu patio.

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto.
Me dio el corazón que agita su marco
cuando miro el fruto del cerebro humano;
cuando miro el bueno tan lejos del malo,
cuando miro el fondo de tus ojos claros.

Gracias a la vida que me ha dado tanto.
Me ha dado la risa y me ha dado el llanto.
Así yo distingo dicha de quebranto,
los dos materiales que forman mi canto,
y el canto de ustedes que es el mismo canto
y el canto de todos, que es mi propio canto.
——
Thanks to life that has given me so much
It gave me 2 eyes that when I open them up
I perfect distinguish black from white
and in the high ski its stellate deeps
and in the crowds the man I love

Thanks to life that has given me so much
It has given me the sound and the alfabet
With it the words that I think and declare
Mother, friend, brother
And light shining the route of the soul of the one I love

Thanks to life that has given me so much
It gave me the march of my tired feet
With them I walked cities and puddles
Beaches and deserts, mountains and valleys
And your house, your street and your patio

Thanks to life that has given me so much
It gave me a heart that agitate its frame
When I look the fruit of the human brain
When I look the good so far from the bad
When I look the deeps of your clear eyes

Thanks to life that has given me so much
It has given me laughter and it has given me crying
That´s how I distinguish joy from sorrow
The two materials that form my song
The song that is yours and is our same song
Everybody´s song that is my own song (less)

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I’ve been alone with you inside my mind
And in my dreams I’ve kissed your lips a thousand times
I sometimes see you pass outside my door
Hello, is it me you’re looking for?

I can see it in your eyes
I can see it in your smile
You’re all I’ve ever wanted, (and) my arms are open wide
‘Cause you know just what to say
And you know just what to do
And I want to tell you so much, I love you …

I long to see the sunlight in your hair
And tell you time and time again how much I care
Sometimes I feel my heart will overflow
Hello, I’ve just got to let you know

‘Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
Are you somewhere feeling lonely, or is someone loving you?
Tell me how to win your heart
For I haven’t got a clue
But let me start by saying, I love you …

Hello, is it me you’re looking for?
‘Cause I wonder where you are
And I wonder what you do
Are you somewhere feeling lonely or is someone loving you?
Tell me how to win your heart
For I haven’t got a clue
But let me start by saying … I love you

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This is brilliant jazz hit of Dinah Washington.
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Mad about the boy
I know it’s stupid to be mad about the boy
I’m so ashamed of it but must admit the sleepless nights I’ve had
About the boy

On the silverscreen
He melts my foolish heart in every single scene
Although I’m quite aware that here and there are traces of the cad
About the boy

Lord knows I’m not a fool girl
I really shouldn’t care
Lord knows I’m not a school girl
In the fury of her first affair

Will it ever cloy
This odd diversity of misery and joy
I’m feeling quite insane and young again
And all because I’m mad about the boy

So if I could employ
A little magic that will finally destroy
This dream that pains me and enchains me
But I can’t because I’m mad…
I’m mad about the boy

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depuis longtemps mon cœur
etait à la retraite
et ne pensait jamais
devoir se réveiller
mais au son de ta voix
j’ai relevé la tête
et l’amour m’a repris
avant que d’y penser

isabelle isabelle isabelle isabelle
isabelle isabelle isabelle mon amour

comme on passe le doigt
entre l’arbre et l’écorce
l’amour s’est infiltré
s’est glissé sous ma peau
avec tant d’insistance
et avec tant de force
que je n’ai plus depuis
ni calme ni repos

isabelle isabelle isabelle isabelle
isabelle isabelle isabelle mon amour

les heures près de toi
fuient comme des secondes
les journées loin de toi
ressemblent à des années
qui donnent à mon amour
un goût de fin du monde
elles troublent mon corps
autant que ma pensée

isabelle isabelle isabelle isabelle
isabelle isabelle isabelle mon amour

tu vis dans la lumière
et moi dans les coins sombres
car tu te meurs de vivre
et je me meurs d’amour
je me contenterais
de caresser ton ombre
si tu voulais m’offrir
ton destin pour toujours

isabelle isabelle isabelle isabelle
isabelle isabelle isabelle mon amour (less)

What has happened to Amy Winehouse? LONDON (AFP) reports that her 17-date tour was kocked off. I know that she has had “health issues” and her party-loving husband Blake Fielder-Civil is being held on grievous bodily harm and conspiracy to pervert the course of justice charges.But Wednesday’s gig at the NIA, which can hold up to 13,000 people, was slammed by angry fans as a “disgrace” after she turned up late and stumbled about the stage.When punters started jeering, Winehouse snapped: “Let me tell you something. First of all, if you’re booing, you’re a mug for buying a ticket.”Second, to all those booing, just wait till my husband gets out of incarceration — and I mean that.”The Birmingham Mail newspaper’s music critic Andy Coleman said it was “one of the saddest nights of my life”.
“I saw a supremely talented artist reduced to tears, stumbling around the stage and, unforgivably, swearing at the audience,” he wrote. James Dyas demanded his money back, according to London’s Evening Standard newspaper. “She came on stage half an hour late. She managed four songs but was slurring her words and swaying all over the place,” he said.
“She fell into the guitar stand and dropped the microphone — it was atrocious. The song dedicated to her husband was so bad it was like swinging a cat round your head.”

What a pity! I love her voice, she is really very talanted singer and it just grieves me to look at her.

This is one of the most impressive and heartfelt interpretation of famous “Je suis malade” I’ve ever heard.

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Je suis malade (Serge Lama/Alice Donna)

Unofficial Lyric Adaptation, by David Man

Je ne rêve plus
Je ne fume plus
Je n’ai même plus d’histoire
Je suis sale sans toi
Je suis laide sans toi
Comme une orpheline dans un dortoir
Je n’ai plus envie
De vivre ma vie
Ma vie cesse quand tu pars
Je n’ai plus de vie
Et même mon lit
Se transforme en quai de gare
Quand tu t’en vas…
Je suis malade
Complètement malade
Comme quand ma mère sortait le soir
Et qu’elle me laissait seule avec mon désespoir
Je suis malade
Parfaitement malade
T’arrive on ne sait jamais quand
Tu repars on ne sait jamais où
Et ça va faire bientôt deux ans
Que tu t’en fous…
Comme à un rocher
Comme à un péché
Je suis accroché à toi
Je suis fatiguée, je suis épuisée
De faire semblant d’être heureuse
Quand ils sont là
Je bois toutes les nuits
et tous les whiskys
Pour moi ont le même goût
Et tous les bateaux
Portent ton drapeau
Je ne sais plus où aller tu es partout…
Je suis malade
Complètement malade
Je verse mon sang dans ton corps
Et je suis comme un oiseau mort
Quand toi tu dors
Je suis malade
Parfaitement malade
Tu m’as privée de tous mes chants
Tu m’as vidée de tous mes mots
Pourtant moi j’avais du talent
Avant ta peau…
Cet amour me tue
Si ça continue
Je crèverai seule avec moi
Près de ma radio
comme un gosse idiot
j’écouterai ta propre propre voix qui me chantera…
Je suis malade
Complètement malade
Comme quand ma mère sortait le soir
Et qu’elle me laissait seule avec mon désespoir
Je suis malade
c’est ça je suis malade
Tu m’as privée de tous mes chants
Tu m’as vidée de tous mes mots
Et j’ai le coeur complètement malade
Cerné de barricades
T’entends… Je suis malade…

I’M MAD

I don’t have a dream
I don’t have a hit
I don’t even have a name
In the lost and found
Like a broken child
I’m just a mess and I don’t care

I don’t wanna live
I don’t wanna give
Why give when you’re not there
I don’t have a life
And even the skies
Turn blue to grey
When you’re away

Chorus:
I feel truly mad
Completely sick, really mad
Just like when mom was leaving me
Hopelessly crying in my bed all through the night
I feel truly mad
Completely sick, really mad
Nobody knows when you’ll be home
And when you’re home, I’m on my own
Why do you treat me the way you do
What did I do

Could it be a sin
Could it be I’m weak
What is it I feel for you
Every single day
I will play the game
Pretend I’m ok when they’re around
I’m drunk through and through
Oh it’s nothing new
You know, nights’re the enemy
When I close my eyes
It’s still you I find
There’s no hiding place, you’re everywhere

Chorus:
I feel truly mad
Completely sick, really mad
I am a bird under your sky
I’m burning like an inferno
Without a spark
I feel truly mad
Completely sick, really mad
Because of you I’m lost for words
Because of you I’m without song
And yet I know I had it all
Before your touch

What more can I do ?
I feel like a fool
Here in the dark, by the radio
Soon I will be down
Like an aging star
Singing over and over these crazy words

Chorus:
I feel truly mad
Completely sick, truly mad
Just like when mom was leaving me
Hopelessly crying in my bed all through the night
I feel truly mad
That’s right…I’m mad!
Because of you I’m lost for words
Because of you I’m out of touch
And now my heart is going wild..wild
I swear I’m gonna fly up high
That’s right… my heart is truly mad (less)

There are songs reflected in many hearts and perfomed by many singers in different styles. This is one of them. Legendary I Put A Spell On You (screamin Jay Hawkins, Slotkin 1949), singing Nina Simone. Which perfoming of this legendary song do you prefer?
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I put a spell on you
cause youre mine

You better stop the things you do
I aint lyin
No I aint lyin

You know I cant stand it
Youre runnin around
You know better daddy
I cant stand it cause you put me down

I put a spell on you
Because youre mine
Youre mine

I love ya
I love you
I love you
I love you anyhow
And I dont care
If you dont want me
Im yours right now

You hear me
I put a spell on you
Because youre mine