A Song I Heard
- Lyrics -

• Marin Marais — Dialogues (Book V, Pièces de Viole)

• Tobias Hume — What Greater Griefe

  What greater griefe then no reliefe

  In deepest woe,

  Death is no friend that will not end such harts sorrow.

  Helpe, I doe crie, no helpe is nie,

  But winde and ayre

  Which to and fro do tosse and blow all to dispayre.

  Sith then dispaire I must yet may not dye.

  No man unhappier lives on earth then I.

  Tis I that feele the scornfull heele

  Of dismall hate,

  My gaine is lost, my losse deere cost repentance late.

  So I must mone be monde of none, O bitter gal,

  Death be my friend with speed to end and quiet all.

  But if thou linger in dispaire to leave me,

  Ile kill dispaire with hope and so deceive thee.

• Tobias Hume — Spirit of Gambo

• Armenian trad. — Keler Tsoler

Armenian

Քելեր, ցոլեր իմ յարը,

Արևի տակին

Քելեր, ցոլեր իմ յարը:

Սարի սովոր,

Մեն-մենավոր,

Շեկ տղա,

Շող արեգակ,

Թո՛ղ արեգակ,

Ե՛կ, տղա:

Քելեր, ցոլեր իմ յարը,

Աղբյուրի ակին

Քելեր, ցոլեր իմ յարը:

Կանաչ առվով,

Ճանաչ առվով,

Ե՛կ, տղա,

Բաղովն արի,

Շողովն արի,

Շեկ տղա:

• The Beatles — Michelle

  Michelle, ma belle

  These are words that go together well

  My Michelle

  Michelle, ma belle

  Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble

  Tres bien ensemble

  I love you, I love you, I love you

  That's all I want to say

  Until I find a way

  I will say the only words I know that you'll understand

  Michelle, ma belle

  Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble

  Tres bien ensemble

  I need to, I need to, I need to

  I need to make you see

  Oh, what you mean to me

  Until I do, I'm hoping you will know what I mean

  I love you

  I want you, I want you, I want you

  I think you know by now

  I'll get to you somehow

  Until I do, I'm telling you so you'll understand

  Michelle, ma belle

  Sont les mots qui vont tres bien ensemble

  Tres bien ensemble

  And I will say the only words I know that you'll understand

  My Michelle

• The Killers — Read My mind

  On the corner of Main Street

  Just tryna keep it in line

  You say you wanna move on and

  You say I'm fallin' behind

  Can you read my mind?

  Can you read my mind?

  I never really gave up on

  Breakin' out of this two-star town

  I got the green light, I got a little fight

  I'm gonna turn this thing around

  Can you read my mind?

  Can you read my mind?

  The good old days, the honest man

  The restless heart, the Promised Land

  A subtle kiss that no one sees

  A broken wrist and a big trapeze

  Oh well, I don't mind if you don't mind

  'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine

  Before you go

  Can you read my mind?

  It's funny how you just break down

  Waitin' on some sign

  I pull up to the front of your driveway

  With magic soakin' my spine

  Can you read my mind?

  Can you read my mind?

  The teenage queen, the loaded gun

  The drop dead dream, the Chosen One

  A southern drawl, a world unseen

  A city wall and a trampoline

  Oh well, I don't mind if you don't mind

  'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine

  Before you jump

  Tell me what you find

  When you read my mind?

  Slippin' in my faith until I fall

  He never returned that call

  Woman, open the door, don't let it sting

  I wanna breathe that fire again

  She said, "I don't mind, you don't mind

  'Cause I don't shine if you don't shine"

  Put your back on me, put your back on me

  Put your back on me

  The stars are blazing like rebel diamonds

  Cut out of the sun

  Can you read my mind?

• Marin Marais — Le Badinage (Book IV, Pièces de Viole)

• Randy Newman — I think it’s gonna rain today

  
  Broken windows and empty hallways

  A pale dead moon in the sky streaked with grey

  Human kindness is overflowing

  And I think it's going to rain today

  Scarecrows dressed in the latest styles

  With frozen smiles to chase love away

  Human kindness is overflowing

  And I think it's going to rain today

  Lonely, lonely

  Tin can at my feet

  Think I'll kick it down the street

  That's the way to treat a friend

  Bright before me the signs implore me

  To help the needy and show them the way

  Human kindness is overflowing

  And I think it's going to rain today

• Lucine — Morning Light

  You are like the morning light on a cold winter’s day,

  After a never-ending night you take uncertainties away.

  You beam right through my unadjusted eyes like you knew I’d cried, now they’re open wide.

  I’d never know you like I do if day and night did not collide.

  Sometimes I feel I don’t know anything,

  I just know tomorrow you’ll appear, nature’s glistening chandelier,

  Shedding light on a path I did not see the night before,

  I don’t need anything more.

  I fell asleep, drifting in a deep November far away, remembering that day.

  “Wake up, it’s just another dream!” but even so, the feeling stays.

  Sometimes I feel I don’t know anything,

  I just know tomorrow you’ll appear.

  You’re the unabashed smile,

  The “hey, it’s been a while.”

  You’re the steadfast tin soldier,

  The eyes of the beholder.

  You’re the “God, it’s good to see you,

  After all we’ve been through,”

  You’re the light, my morning light.

• Radiohead — Videotape

  When I'm at the pearly gates

  This'll be on my videotape, my videotape

  Mephistopheles is just beneath

  And he's reaching up to grab me

  This is one for the good days

  And I have it all here

  In red, blue, green

  Red, blue, green

  You are my centre

  When I spin away

  Out of control on videotape

  On videotape, on videotape...

  This is my way of saying goodbye

  'Cause I can't do it face to face

  I'm talking to you before

  No matter what happens now

  You shouldn't be afraid

  Because I know today has been

  The most perfect day I've ever seen.

• Lucine — Mars

  Summer is gonna fade,

  Quiet nights, outer space.

  Coming up empty looking for the moons,

  Phobos and Deimos, they'll greet you pretty soon.

  And I'll keep those letters that you sent,

  Underline every word you really meant.

  I'll swim in the ocean, I'll sit by the sea,

  Stare at the sky, watch you stare back at me.

  It's cold, but an extra hour a day won't make you old,

  Don't forget to add a street sign on that road,

  That being said, you never do just what you're told,

  "Life on Mars is classified," you replied,

  "Goodbye, don't cry,

  I'll see you soon when all of this is over

  By the train tracks where we stood and it got colder,

  Don't cry, you'll wake up soon this nightmare will be over,

  Hiding in places left behind as you get older,

  Wiser but afraid of everything you thought you knew."

• François Couperin — Le Dodo

• Welsh trad. — All Through the Night

  Sleep, my love, and peace attend thee

  All through the night.

  Guardian angels God will lend thee

  All through the night.

  Soft the drowsy hours are creeping,

  Hill and vale in slumber sleeping,

  I my loving vigil keeping,

  All through the night.

  Love to thee my thoughts returning,

  All through the night,

  All for thee my heart is yearning,

  Though sad fate our lives may sever,

  Parting will not last forever,

  There's a hope that leaves me never,

  All through the night.

  Deep the silence 'round us spreading,

  All through the night.

  Dark the path that we are treading,

  All through the night.

  Still the coming day discerning

  By the hope within us burning,

  To the dawn our footsteps turning

  All through the night.

  Star of faith the dark adorning,

  All through the night.

  Lead us fearless towards the morning,

  All through the night.

  Though our hearts be wrapped in sorrow

  From the hope of dawn we borrow

  Promise of a glad tomorrow,

  All through the night.