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World of Possibility
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World of Possibility
Arlon Bennett
If you can walk You can dance
If you can talk you can sing
If you rock you can roll
Yeah you can do almost anything (anything anything)
If you can think you can dream
dream you can fly
fly you can seek
seek and you will find
CHORUS
the missing piece
to the puzzle of your life
The one that disappeared
Just when things were going right
Close your eyes and you will see
a broken world is
a world of possibility
Possibility
You've been dealt a cruel hand
by the Master croupier
Don't seem fair
but now you've got to play
so double down
with an angel from above
stand your ground
and soon you will discover___
CHORUS
World of Possibility
If you can walk You can dance
If you can talk you can sing
If you rock you can roll
Yeah you can do almost anything
think you can dream
dream you can fly
fly you can seek
seek and you will find
CHORUS
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Carry Me
03:27
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CARRY ME LYRICS
I am here not quite body but full of soul
just on my way to a new life of my own
So I drift upon the waves in a hollow sea
rolling with the tides wherever they carry me…
CHORUS
Carry me, Carry me to a world where I can see
Hold me up unto the light
Carry me, Carry me to a place where I can be
The reflection in your eyes
You are there, your heart gives you away…
taking special care till that all-important day…
When we meet you will know that I am yours…
Just as I will know that you are mine.
CHORUS
Here we are and how the time went by
The days are made of games and lullabies
If I cry I know you’ll understand
I need your hands
CHORUS
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Nothing Like a Song
03:30
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NOTHING LIKE A SONG
I was on the road to Memphis
With a hundred miles to go
Hypnotized by spinnin’ tires
I turned on the radio
Station after station
And nothing but bad news
‘till the King chimed in
singin’ Blue Suede Shoes
CHORUS
There’s nothing like a song
That cuts right to your soul
There’s nothing like a song
To fill an empty hole
In a broken heart
or make you start
to dance or sing along
There’s nothing
Nothing like a song
She was small town pretty
And the flower of the ball
n’ I just had to dance
With the girl who had it all
Closer and closer
Beneath those dimming lights
I couldn’t help but sing
You look wonderful tonght
CHORUS
Nothing like a song
It was no happy Sunday
Saying goodbye to a friend
When the congregation
All together bowed their heads
In the solemn silence
Of that sacred holy place
A hundred voices
All joined in amazing grace
CHORUS
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Question for Einstein
03:24
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QUESTION FOR EINSTEIN
If I could ride a beam of light across the universe
Imagine how that would be
I’d hit the speed limit never age another minute
by special relativity
That's what Einstein dreamt in a thought experiment
To unlock the secrets of the stars
But I wonder if he ever tried to endeavor
To unlock the secrets__ of the heart
CHORUS
Dr. Einstein, the question I would ask
If you were alive and I was sittin' in your class
Of all the beauty in your mind
And all you know of space and time
What is love?
You would give a grin and scratch your chin
Run your fingers through that hair
growing ever weary thinking of a theory
greater than your mc squared
You knew the power of the sun
But what is that compared to the power shared
when two hearts join as one?
CHORUS
You ran out of time before you could find
The answer to all that is
But I will keep on searchin’ to find the inertia
behind a single kiss
CHORUS
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Sal
04:58
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SAL
Sal was short for Salvatore he came with little more
than a third grade education from Italian shores
He was part of a generation looking for
a better life a better life
He was the janitor in my elementary school long before
Maintenance Engineers were used
No fool..he was cool
like one of us yes he was
CHORUS
He made the windows shine
And hauled the trash away
Working overtime
every single day
He could do most anything
In the gym he loved to sing Italian Opera
You could see your reflection in the floor
Thanks to Sal, short for Salvatore
A simple man with a simple dream
He spoke broken English, he could not write nor read
How I laughed when he would say “Stay ina school, stay ina school..
‘Cause he never had the chance to go when he was young
He had to work while he was growing up
This was his way to stay in school, stay in school
So..
CHORUS
He made the windows shine
And hauled the trash away
Working overtime
Every single day
He could do most anything
He fixed a broken swing in the playground
You could see your reflection in the floor
Thanks to Sal, short for Salvatore
One thing for sure is that time goes by
I got promoted and went to Junior High
A bigger school that had a crew of guys like Sal
But not like Sal
What’s he doing now?
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Finally came the day every school kid dreams about
There I was in my cap and gown
I looked around and after all these years I saw Sal, it was Sal
In his Sunday shoes and best shirt and tie
He wore his tassel on the same side as mine
How he cried and said it’s true you can do what you put your mind to
When you make the windows shine
And haul the trash away
Working overtime
every single day
You can do most anything
He wore a class ring on his finger
You could see your reflection in the floor
Thanks to Sal, Short for Salvatore
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Everything He Says
03:24
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EVERYTHING HE SAYS
Caught up with a friend in conversation
Talkin’ ‘bout his new main squeeze
I thought he skipped his medication
Or caught some strange disease
CHORUS
Everything he says starts with she
Every single word's about this girl of his dreams
Ohh when his tongue gets tied
There’s a reason why
Everything he says (everything he says)
starts with she___
she___
I thought it was just infatuation
Like the rest it wouldn’t last
But I was there at the reception
when he raised his glass___
CHORUS
Then I heard the news
In a little pink bow
in mary jane shoes
how she’s got Daddy’s face
she’s got Mommy’s grace
‘n her deep baby blues____
CHORUS
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A Little Faith
02:52
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A LITTLE FAITH
Lost like a child
In a forest after dark
With only my own hand to hold
Praying for a spark
Every path turned to brush
Every thorn had its day
When a single firefly
Lit up as if to say
CHORUS
Follow me...Follow me...
I will guide you through the trees
Follow me..Follow me
Sometimes a little faith is all you need
I stayed close behind
Like a pied piper’s dream
Past a fallen willow
Up to a running stream
Where by the water’s edge
A moonbeam then appeared
And shimmered on my shoulder
As if to say I’m here
CHORUS
Soon familiar voices
Echoed through the palms
Friends around a campfire
Where I had ventured from
They all gathered ‘round
Askin’ where I’d been
I told them what I found
And offered with a grin
CHORUS
Sometimes a little faith is all you need
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A Friend in You
03:18
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A FRIEND IN YOU
You’ve been at my side through the hardest of times
there when I needed you most
The truest of blue and I offer to you
This 'specially heartfelt toast
We have a bond that keeps holding on
Like some kind of cosmic glue
I know as long as forever will last
I have a friend in you
CHORUS
I have a friend in you
you have a friend in me
There’s nothing oh nothing I wouldn’t do for you
Unconditionally
We had ourselves a quarrel or two
could have broken our friendship in half
But the magic of us is not giving up
Now we look back and laugh
I think of the times you’re on my mind
And the phone rings right on cue
I know as long as forever will last
I have a friend in you
CHORUS
A friend like you is family too
That is what we’ve become
We’ll never be too far apart
Even when our time comes
We’ll fly in the clouds and frolic about
Like angel friends must do
I know as long as forever will last
I have a friend in you
I have a friend in you
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE ON SALEM STREET
There's a Christmas tree on Salem Street
in the window for all to see
Decorated and all lit up
An angel flying high above
CHORUS
There’s something special about
the Christmas tree in a midwest house
Every gift is wrapped
With a name attached
Standin’ proud and tall
For the one who gave his all
People come for miles to see
the Christmas Tree on Salem Street
You can walk by any Summer night
The only house with a tree so bright
Ornaments hung with love so true
Include a pair of baby shoes
CHORUS
In this small country town
You find out if you ask around
Their waitin’ for an only son
Gone MIA________ in seventy-one
CHORUS
There's a Christmas tree on Salem Street
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I AMERICA
I was born
on independence day
July fourth
They signed their lives away
That I might form
a more perfect union
But I’m not perfect
And never claimed to be
My architects
were men who believed
in life, liberty and
pursuit of happiness
CHORUS
I am a father
I am a mother
I am a neighbor
I’m like no other
I am a wise man
I am a newborn child
Oh, I am America!
People came
In any way they could
on iron ships and
dinghy’s made of wood
‘cause they believed
In streets paved with gold
But they learned
By the hammer and the axe
That what is earned
On their broken backs
Is worth more than
I could ever give
CHORUS
I’ve been blessed
By the almighty god
But I can’t rest
From those who want me gone
Every day’s a test
whether I will endure
So I
leave it up to you
To stand and fight
For all that you can lose
And keep light
In the harbour burning bright
CHORUS
Oh, I am America!
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Even When She Cries
03:47
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EVEN WHEN SHE CRIES
She’s got me right in the palm of her hands
Speaks a language I don’t understand
Doin’ all I can
to get it right
When her eyes stir like the sea
Funny how it occurs to me
She’s beautiful
even when she cries
CHORUS
Even when she cries
The music plays
The dance goes on
In the morning haze
I spend my days
to make her smile
Even when she tries
To say what’s wrong
I just sing her
Favorite song
soon she’s gone
back to her dreams
She’s not too hard to please
Sometimes a bottle is all she needs
Soon she sleeps to a lullaby
But when those clouds roll in
I think to myself again
She’s beautiful
even when she cries
CHORUS
CHORUS
Back to her dreams
Back to her dreams
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Arlon Bennett New York
Arlon Bennett; Daddy, Eagle Scout, baseball connoisseur, and all-around Renaissance guy with Tuscan roots, is an Americana songsmith writing songs that recall Harry Chapin and vintage James Taylor, but with an eloquence and honesty all his own. A home-made guitarist with a self-effacing style, he has a gift of storytelling from the heart that reveals the gold nuggets in the river of everyday life. ... more
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