September 15, 2007, 10:45 pm
Filed under: songs and lyrics
Filed under: songs and lyrics
songs for the high holidays
1) Leonard Cohen – “Who by Fire”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZ3Pxho-B4k
Who By Fire Lyrics (Leonard Cohen)
And who by fire, who by water,
who in the sunshine, who in the night time,
who by high ordeal, who by common trial,
who in your merry merry month of may,who by very slow decay,
and who shall I say is calling?
And who in her lonely slip,
who by barbiturate,
who in these realms of love,
who by something blunt,
and who by avalanche,
who by powder,
who for his greed,
who for his hunger,
and who shall I say is calling?
And who by brave assent, who by accident,
who in solitude, who in this mirror,
who by his lady’s command, who by his own hand,
who in mortal chains, who in power,
and who shall I say is calling?
http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Leonard-Cohen/Who-By-Fire.html
2) Leonard Cohen Hallelujah
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf36v0epfmI
lyrics - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FC4bJl_X9M Hallelujah – Leonard Cohen (from Leonard Cohen Live in Concert) with lyrics I’ve heard there was a secret chord that David played, and it pleased the Lord But you don’t really care for music, Do you It goes like this, the fourth, the fifth The minor Fall, The major lift, The baffled king composing, hallelujah Your faith was strong but you needed proof You saw her bathing on the roof Her beauty in the moonlight overthrew you She tied you to a kitchen chair, she broke your throne she cut your hair and from your lips she drew the halleujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Baby I’ve been here before I know this room, I’ve walked this floor I used to live alone before I knew you I’ve seen your flag on the marble arch love is not a victory march it’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah There was a time you let me know What’s real and going on below but now you never show it to me, do you? Well remember when I moved in you the holy dove was moving too And every breath we drew was Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Maybe there’s a God above And all I ever learned from love Was how to shoot at someone who outdrew you It’s not a cry you can hear at night It’s not somebody who’s seen the light it’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah Hallelujah, Hallelujah… 3) Ripple - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVdTQ3OPtGY I use this tune for our Shabbat kiddush -
blessing the day, the wine, and the people.
lyrics at http://arts.ucsc.edu/gdead/agdl/ripple.html
Words by Robert Hunter; music by Jerry Garcia.
("Ripple" composed and written by Jerry Garcia and Robert Hunter.
Reproduced by arrangement with Ice Nine Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP))If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung Would you hear my voice come through the music Would you hold it near as it were your own? It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung I don't know, don't really care Let there be songs to fill the air (Chorus) Ripple in still water When there is no pebble tossed Nor wind to blow Reach out your hand if your cup be empty If your cup is full may it be again Let it be known there is a fountain That was not made by the hands of men There is a road, no simple highway Between the dawn and the dark of night And if you go no one may follow That path is for your steps alone (Chorus) You who choose to lead must follow But if you fall you fall alone If you should stand then who's to guide you? If I knew the way I would take you home4) Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tygpTfkK94Y
by Van Morrison
lyrics
Have I told you lately that I love you Have I told you there's no one above you Fill my heart with gladness Take away my sadness Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Oh the morning sun in all its glory Greets the day with hope and comfort too And you fill my life with laughter You can make it better Ease my troubles that's what you do
There's a love that's divine And it's yours and it's mine Like the sun at the end of the day We should give thanks and pray to the One
Have I told you lately that I love you Have I told you there's no one above you Fill my heart with gladness Take away my sadness Ease my troubles, that's what you do
There's a love that's divine And it's yours and it's mine And it shines like the sun At the end of the day we will give thanks And pray to the One
Have I told you lately that I love you Have I told you there's no one above you Fill my heart with gladness Take away my sadness Ease my troubles, that's what you do
Take away my sadness Fill my life with gladness Ease my troubles that's what you do Fill my life with gladness Take away my sadness Ease my troubles that's what you do.
5) George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWy9q24wfdU lyrics Give me love Give me love Give me peace on earth Give me light Give me life Keep me free from hurt Give me hope Help me cope, with this heavy load Trying to, touch and reach you with, heart and soul OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M My Lord . . . PLEASE take hold of my hand, that I might understand you Won't you please Oh won't you Give me love Give me love Give me peace on earth Give me light Give me life Keep me free from hurt Give me hope Help me cope, with this heavy load Trying to, touch and reach you with, heart and soul OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M M My Lord . . . PLEASE take hold of my hand, that I might understand you
6) Bob Dylan - highway 61 revisited
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BH8U_z7Q6c
Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son" Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on" God say, "No." Abe say, "What?" God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but The next time you see me comin' you better run" Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done?" God says, "Out on Highway 61."
Well Georgia Sam he had a bloody nose Welfare Department they wouldn't give him no clothes He asked poor Howard where can I go Howard said there's only one place I know Sam said tell me quick man I got to run Ol' Howard just pointed with his gun And said that way down on Highway 61.
Well Mack the Finger said to Louie the King I got forty red white and blue shoe strings And a thousand telephones that don't ring Do you know where I can get rid of these things And Louie the King said let me think for a minute son And he said yes I think it can be easily done Just take everything down to Highway 61.
Now the fifth daughter on the twelfth night Told the first father that things weren't right My complexion she said is much too white He said come here and step into the light he says hmm you're right Let me tell the second mother this has been done But the second mother was with the seventh son And they were both out on Highway 61.
Now the rovin' gambler he was very bored He was tryin' to create a next world war He found a promoter who nearly fell off the floor He said I never engaged in this kind of thing before But yes I think it can be very easily done We'll just put some bleachers out in the sun And have it on Highway 61.
lyrics from http://bobdylan.com/songs/highway61.html
7) Story of Issac - Leonard Cohen
http://media.putfile.com/Story-of-Isaac---Leonard-Cohen
The door it opened slowly, my father he came in, I was nine years old. And he stood so tall above me, his blue eyes they were shining and his voice was very cold. He said, "I've had a vision and you know I'm strong and holy, I must do what I've been told." So he started up the mountain, I was running, he was walking, and his axe was made of gold. Well, the trees they got much smaller, the lake a lady's mirror, we stopped to drink some wine. Then he threw the bottle over. Broke a minute later and he put his hand on mine. Thought I saw an eagle but it might have been a vulture, I never could decide. Then my father built an altar, he looked once behind his shoulder, he knew I would not hide.
You who build these altars now to sacrifice these children, you must not do it anymore. A scheme is not a vision and you never have been tempted by a demon or a god. You who stand above them now, your hatchets blunt and bloody, you were not there before, when I lay upon a mountain and my father's hand was trembling with the beauty of the word.
And if you call me brother now, forgive me if I inquire, "Just according to whose plan?" When it all comes down to dust I will kill you if I must, I will help you if I can. When it all comes down to dust I will help you if I must, I will kill you if I can. And mercy on our uniform, man of peace or man of war, the peacock spreads his fan.
8) Miriam Makeba - Chove Chuva
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GemqUlXe1Jw
Yesterday was a special day on my calendar. It was Shabbat Shuvah, the shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the shabbat of return - to a better life, to the Lord's love. When I was young, I associated the following song with Shabbat Shuvah - hearing a similarity with Chove Chuvah. It was a popular song that I heard while hitch hiking to the beach. From Sergio Mendes & Brazil 66, I thought that it was a love song and a religious song. Written by Jorge Ben Jor, a Brazilian of Ethipian descent, it combines romantic and spiritual allusions, about regrets about lost love and a pray for protection of a divinely beautiful love. I will need to find a Brasiliane to explain it all to me. The popular song's English lyrics are
As I stand here and Remember when once our hearts were one and everyday was spring to me to be loved and to be in the sun
Now the days are lonely the song of love is still they say I will forget you but I say I never will and it hurts with such a pain to be alone and lonely in the rain And it hurts with such a pain to be alone and lonely in the rain
Chove Chuva constant is the rain Chove Chuva endless is the pain Chove Chove Chove Chuva endless is the pain
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/thievery-corporation-chove-chuva-lyrics.html
Written by Jorge Ben Jor, Chove chuva's full lyrics -
Lyric: Lá fora está chovendo Mas assim mesmo Eu vou correndo Só pra ver o meu amor Pois ela vem toda de branco Toda molhada, linda e despenteada Que maravilha Que coisa linda Que é o meu amor Por entre bancários, Jato, móveis, ruas e avenidas Milhões de buzinas Tocando minha harmonia sem cessar E ela vem chegando de branco Meiga, pura, linda e muito tímida Com a chuva molhando Seu corpo lindo que eu vou abraçar E a gente no meio da rua Do mundo, no meio da chuva A girar, que maravilha A girar Chove chuva, chove sem parar Chove chuva, chove sem parar Pois eu vou fazer uma prece Pra Deus, Nosso Senhor Pra chuva parar de molhar O meu divino amor Que é muito lindo É mais que o infinito É puro e é belo Inocente como a flor Por favor, chuva ruim Não molhe mais o meu amor assim Por favor, chuva ruim Não molhe mais o meu amor assim Chove chuva, chove sem parar Chove chuva, chove sem parar O a ri a ai o oba oba oba oba O o o o o a ri a ai o oba oba oba oba Mais que nada Sai da minha frente que eu quero passar Pois o samba está animado e o que eu quero é dançar Este samba é misto de maracatu É samba de preto velho Samba de preto to Mais que nada Um samba como este tão legal Você não vai querer Que ele chegue no final O a ri a ai o oba oba oba oba O a ri a ai o oba oba oba oba O o o o o a ri a ai o oba oba oba oba
http://www2.uol.com.br/cante/lyrics/Jorge_Ben_Jor_-_Chove_chuva.htm
Babel Fish Translation Help
In English: There it are is raining But thus exactly I Only go running pra to see my love Therefore it I come all of white All wet, pretty and disheveled That wonder That pretty thing That is my love Among bank clerks, Spurt, furniture, streets and avenues Millions of horns Touching my harmony without ceasing and it comes arriving of Meiga white, pure, pretty and very shy With rain wetting Its pretty body that I go to hug and people in the way of the street it world, in the way of rain to turn, that wonder turning Rains rain, rains without stopping Rains rain, rains without stopping Therefore I goes to make prece Pra God, Ours Mr. Pra rain to stop to wet my the holy ghost love That is very pretty Is more than the infinite Is pure and is beautiful Innocent as the flower, bad rain has please not wet more my love Please, bad rain has thus not wet more my love thus Rains rain, rains without stopping Rains rain, oba rains without stopping the a laughs ai oba oba oba the o the o the a laughs ai More oba oba oba oba that nothing It leaves mine front that I want to pass Therefore the samba I am livened up and what I want I am to dance This samba I am compound of maracatu Samba of black color Is samba of old black color you More than nothing a samba as this so legal You do not go to want That it arrives in the end the a laughs ai oba oba oba oba the a laughs ai oba oba oba oba the o the o the a laughs ai oba oba oba oba
another version -http://www.brazzil.com/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=9248
Chove Chuva
Jorge Ben Jor
Chove chuva
Chove sem parar (bis)
Pois eu vou fazer uma prece
Pra Deus Nosso Senhor
Pra chuva parar De molhar o meu divino amor Que é muito lindo
É mais que o infinito
É puro e belo
Inocente como a flor
Por favor, chuva ruim
Não molhe mais o
meu amor assim (bis)
Chove chuva
Chove sem parar (bis)
Sacundim, Sacundém
Imboró, Congá
Dombim, dombém
Agouê e Obá
English translation -
It rains rain
It rains rain
It doesn't stop raining
So I'm going to say a prayer
To God Our Lord
For the rain to stop
Wetting my divine
Who is so pretty It's more than infinite It's pure and beautiful
Innocent as a flower
Please, bad rain
Stop wetting
my love like that
It rains rain
It doesn't stop raining
Sacundim, Sacundém
Imboró, Congá
Dombim, Dombém
Agouê and Obá
9) Cast Your Fate To the Wind
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLJ1aZhKVhk
Steve Alaimo Words by Carel Werber, Music by Vince Guaraldi AS AN INTRUMENTAL by the Vince Guaraldi Trio, it peaked at # 22 in 1963 Competing version by Martin Denny didnt make the Top 100. Vocal versions released later by Steve Alaimo (# 89 in 1965) and by Shelby Flint (# 61 in 1965).
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/steve-alaimo-cast-your-fate-to-the-wind-lyrics.html A month of nights, a year of days Octobers drifting into Mays You set your sail when the tide comes in And you cast your fate to the wind You shift your course along the breeze Won't sail up wind on memories The empty sky is your best friend And you just cast your fate to the wind That time has such a way of changing a man throughout the years And now you're rearranging your life through all your tears Alone, alone There never was, there couldn't be A place in time for men to be Who'd drink the dark and laugh at day And let their wildest dreams blow away So now you're old, you're wise, you're smart You're just a man with half a heart You wonder how it might have been Had you not cast your fate to the wind
10)Kol Nidre - sang on the evening that starts Yom Kippur -
played on a sitar - http://www.kolnidre.org/
played by an orchestra -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mgaICZS79Y&mode=related&search=
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kol_Nidre
The actual wording of the Kol Nidre is as follows (in Aramaic):
"All vows, obligations, oaths, and anathemas, whether called
'konam,' 'konas,' or by any other name, which we may vow, or swear,
or pledge, or whereby we may be bound,from this Day of Atonement
until the next (whose happy coming we await), we do repent.
May they be deemed absolved, forgiven, annulled, and void,
and made of no effect; they shall not bind us nor have power over us.
The vows shall not be reckoned vows; the obligations shall not be obligatory;
nor the oaths be oaths."
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