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, 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