Lyrics

"LIKE ANY MAN"

Music: Byron Janis

Lyrics: Hal Hackady

QUASIMODO

I LAUGH AND I CRY... JUST LIKE YOU

I DON’T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT TO DO...

LIKE YOU I HAVE DOUBTS...

AND I'VE TASTED FEAR

I ASKED GOD, WHO MADE ME, WHY HE PUT ME HERE!

 

MY THIRST AND HUNGER ARE REAL

I CAN'T ALWAYS SHOW WHAT I FEEL

I WAKE UP SOME DAYS

AND ASK MYSELF WHY

AND WONDER IF I'M ONLY LIVING TO DIE

 

I HAVE NIGHTS I DREAM

THAT I'M MADE OF STONE

THAT I DON'T HAVE A HEART

THAT I HAVE NEVER KNOWN

HOW IT HURTS TO LONG FOR LOVE!

 

AND GOD KNOWS HOW OFTEN I PRAY

THE WORLD MIGHT BE BLIND FOR A DAY

AND THEY WOULDN'T LAUGH

CUZ THEY COULDN'T SEE

THAT SOMETHING LIKE LOVE...

COMES FROM SOMETHING LIKE ME

FOR ONE LITTLE DAY....

WHAT I WOULDN'T GIVE

FOR ONE DAY TO LIVE...

LIKE ANY MAN!

 

I'M NOT MADE OF STONE

STONE COULD NEVER BE

ASHAMED TO HAVE THEM SEE

THE WAY THAT IT WAS MADE!

STONE haS NEVER PRAYED FOR LOVE

 

AND GOD KNOWS HOW OFTEN I PRAY

THE WORLD COULD BE BLIND FOR A DAY

THEN THEY WOULDN'T LAUGH

CUZ' THEY WOULDN'T SEE

THAT SOMETHING LIKE LOVE

COMES FROM SOMETHING LIKE ME

FOR ONE LITTLE DAY

WHAT I WOULDN’T GIVE

FOR ONE DAY TO LIVE

LIKE ANY MAN!

LIKE ANY MAN!

LIKE ANY MAN!

 

BLACKOUT

END OF SCENE 6

"DAVID'S STAR"

Music: Byron Janis

Lyrics: Stefan Janis

A BARREN LAND, BEGGING FOR WATER,

OH ISRAEL, NOW YOU'RE TEEMING WITH GROVES.

SO MANY STONES BEING SPUN TO ALTER,

THE DESERT SANDS OUR FATHER ROVED.

A STRUGGLE WON, A COUNTY BORN, YES

FOREVERMORE, THROUGH ETERNITY,

OH! ISRAEL! LOOK, SEE. THE STAR OF DAVID SHINES OVER THEE.

 

ACROSS THIS LAND, WE REMEMBER,

OH ISRAEL! ALL THE PAIN OF YOUR PAST

WE DREAM A DREAM MOSES GAVE LONG AGO_O,

FOR EVERY CHILD THAT DREAM WILL LAST.

THIS IS A VOW EVERY PARENT MAKES_OH!

TO SEE THE DREAM, THE DREAM FULFILLED.

OH! ISRAEL! LOOK, SEE? THE STAR OF DAVID SHINES OVER THEE.

 

FEEL THE NEW DAY DAWNING.

HEAR THE SHOFAR'S CALL

FEEL THE DEEP YEARNING

TO TOUCH THE ANCIENT WALL.

UP FROM EVERY VALLEY,

DOWN FROM EACH AND EVERY MOUNTAIN

WE MEE, WARRIORS OF ZION

AND WE PRAY   AND WE PRAY FOR PEACE.

 

OH! TEL AVIV. BLESSED JERUSALEM!

TWO SHINING STARS IN OUR GREAT ENDLESS POEM.

THE DESERT SANDS OUR FATHER ROVED.

A STRUGGLE WON, A COUNTY BORN, YES

FOREVERMORE, THROUGH ETERNITY,

OH! ISRAEL! LOOK, SEE. THE STAR OF DAVID SHINES OVER THEE.

 

ACROSS THIS LAND, WE REMEMBER,

OH ISRAEL! ALL THE PAIN OF YOUR PAST

WE DREAM A DREAM MOSES GAVE LONG AGO_O,

FOR EVERY CHILD THAT DREAM WILL LAST.

THIS IS A VOW EVERY PARENT MAKES_OH!

TO SEE THE DREAM, THE DREAM FULFILLED.

OH! ISRAEL! LOOK, SEE? THE STAR OF DAVID SHINES OVER THEE.

 

FEEL THE NEW DAY DAWNING.

HEAR THE SHOFAR'S CALL

FEEL THE DEEP YEARNING

TO TOUCH THE ANCIENT WALL.

UP FROM EVERY VALLEY,

DOWN FROM EACH AND EVERY MOUNTAIN

WE MEE, WARRIORS OF ZION

AND WE PRAY   AND WE PRAY FOR PEACE.

 

OH! TEL AVIV. BLESSED JERUSALEM!

TWO SHINING STARS IN OUR GREAT ENDLESS POEM.

SING FORTH THEIR JOYS, AND LIGHT UP THE WAY

TO SEE THE DREAM, THE DREAM FULFILLED

OH ISRAEL! YOU WONT BE STILLED —- NO.

FOREVERMORE   THROUGH ETERNITY,

OH ISRAEL! CAN'T YOU SEE, THE STAR OF DAVID SHINES OVER THEE!

OH ISRAEL! CAN'T YOU SEE, THE STAR OF DAVID SHINES OVER THEE.

"YOU ARE MORE"

Music: Byron Janis

Lyrics: Hal Hackady

YOU ARE MORE

THAN A NIGHT OF SURRENDER...

THAN A MOMENT OF SPLENDOR...

MORE THAN A KISS AND GOODBYE

 

ALL THE PROMISE BEFORE

CAN'T COMPARE TO THE AFTER

ALL THE RARE OF THE AFTER

LOVE DIDN'T STOP TO ASK WHY

 

I'VE PRETENDED TO FEEL LOVE

THAT WAS ALL I COULD DO!

NO ONE MAKE ME FEEL REAL LOVE

UNTIL...

UNTIL YOU!

 

I WOULD DREAM

LOVE HAD FINALLY FOUND ME

STARS EXPLODED AROUND ME

I OPENED HEAVEN'S OWN DOOR

YOU'RE NO DREAM...

YOU ARE MORE!

Live From Leningrad 1960 CD (Autographed) - LIMITED QUANTITY
$15.00

Live from Leningrad, 1960, a recording made in secret and recently discovered of his historically significant performance in Russia during the height of the Cold War. Maestro Janis was unaware of its existence until his sound engineer Seth Winner, who received it by mail from an unnamed source, brought the vinyl to him.

Live from Leningrad, 1960 is comprised of 16 classical pieces from six composers, including Aaron Copland’s Piano Sonata composed in 1939, which reflects Copland’s fear of WW II, and ends with beautiful bells that “announce the hope for peace,” says Janis. Other featured composers: Chopin, de Falla, Liszt, Mozart and Schumann. Live from Leningrad is the second in a series of Janis’ previously unreleased recordings of live performances.

Maestro Janis performed in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, at the behest of President Kennedy, whose administration appointed Janis our country’s first Cultural Ambassador to Russia. The Cultural Exchange was meant to soften the relationship between the two superpowers. The beginning of this Cultural Exchange was fraught by hostilities towards the USA due to Russia’s shooting down of a new USA U2 spy plane.

LISTEN TO A PREVIEW

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

1. Mozart Piano Sonata No. 5 G Major K.283. 1 Allegro

2. Mozart : Piano Sonata No. 5 K283. 2 Andante C Major

3. Mozart Piano Sonata No. 5 K283. 3 Presto

4. Schumann: Arabesque C Major Op.18

5. Chopin : Piano Sonata No. 2 B Flat Minor Op. 35. 1 Grave - Doppio Movimento

6. Chopin : Piano Sonata No. 2 B Flat Minor Op.35

7. Chopin : Piano Sonata No. 2 B Flat Minor Op.35 - 3 Marche Funèbre

8. Chopin : Piano Sonata No. 2 B Flat Minor Op.35 - 4 Finale

9. Liszt : Valse Oubliée No. 1

10. Liszt : Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104

11. Copland : Piano Sonata. 1 Molto Moderato

12. Copland: Piano Sonata. 2 Vivace

13. Copland: Piano Sonata. 3 Andante Sostenuto

14. Chopin : Étude F Major Op. 25 No. 3

15. Chopin : Étude G Flat Major Op. 10 No. 5 (Black Key Étude)

16. de Falla : The Three-Cornered Hat : The Miller’s Dance

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