Sing For Franny

via YourSong

Lullaby

 roses whisper "goodnight"
 'Neath silv'ry light
 Asleep in the dew
 They hide from our view
 When the dawn peepeth thro'
 God will awaken them, and you.

 Slumber sweetly my dear,
 For angels are near
 To watch over you
 The silent night thro'
 And to bear you above
 To the dreamland of love.

jadzia sings to her Franny

 I have never had a way with women,
 but the hills of Iowa make me wish that I could.
 And I've never found a way to say "I love you"
 but if the chance came by, oh I, I would.
 But way back where I come from,
 we never mean to bother,
 we don't like to make our passions other people's concern.
 And we walk in the world of safe people
 and at night we walk into our houses and burn.

 Chorus: Iowa, oh-oh-oh-oh, Iowa, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-I, Iowa

 How I long to fall just a little bit,
 To dance out of the lines and stray from the light.
 But I fear that to fall in love with you
 Is to fall from a great and gruesome height.
 So I asked a friend about it on a bad day, her husband had just
 Left her, and she sat down in the chair he left behind.
 She said, "What is love, where did it get me?
 Whoever thought of love is no friend of mine."

 Chorus

 Once I had everything, I gave it up
 For the shoulder of your driveway and the words I've never felt.
 And so for you, I came this far across the tracks
 Ten miles above the limit and with no seat belt, and I'd do it again.
 For tonight I went running through the screen doors of discretion,
 For I woke up from a nightmare that I could not stand to see.
 You were a-wandering out on the hills of Iowa and
 You were not thinking of me.

 Chorus 

~Dar Williams, sung to you by Becky~

 Standing cold and scared on top of Blue Hill,
 There came one moment when I lost my will.
 I prayed for mercy, "Lord, please take me away,
 Or give me sunshine where I only see grey."
 The past had a hold on me, it can't be denied,
 And the changes didn't come easily.
 
 Chorus
 I've been lonely, I've been cheated, I've been misunderstood;
 I've been washed up, I've been put down, and told I'm no good.
 But with you I belong, 'cause you helped me be strong.
 There's a change in my life since you came along.
 
 Now I don't mind working so hard every day,
 And I don't pay no mind to what people say.
 'Cause after all the pain I've been through,
 Lord knows I'd give up everything just to love only you.
 All my life I've held my head bent in shame,
 But now I've found you, and with you I'll remain.
 Lord knows...
 
 (Chorus)
 
 A man gets crazy when his world is all wrong,
 And a heart gets weary when it doesn't belong.
 When the road gets rocky, Lord, you've got to keep on,
 Let the new light come shining on through.
 
 (Repeat chorus and fade)
 

"Change In My Life", Rockapella, as sung to you by Fiona

 Can you fix this? It's a broken heart. 
 It was fine, but it just fell apart. 
 It was mine, but now I give it to you, 
 Cause you can fix it, you know what to do. 

 Let your love cover me, 
 Like a pair of angel wings, 
 You are my family, 
 You are my family. 

 We stood outside in the summer rain, 
 Different people with a common pain. 
 A simple box in that hard red clay, 
 Where we left him to always remain. 

 Let your love cover me, 
 Like a pair of angel wings, 
 You are my family, 
 You are my family. 
 
 The child who played with the moon and stars, 
 Waves a snatch of hay in a common barn, 
 In the lonely house of Adam's fall 
 Lies a child, it's just a child that's all, crying 

 Let your love cover me, 
 Like a pair of angel wings, 
 You are my family, 
 You are my family.

by dar williams, sung by kat

 Watched it coming up Winslow 
 Down South Park Boulevard 
 Yeah it was looking good from tail to hood 
 Great big fins and painted steel 
 Man it looked just like the Batmobile 
 With my old man behind the wheel

 Well you could hardly even see him 
 In all of that chrome 
 The man with the plan and the pocket comb 
 But every night it carried him home 
 And I could hear him sayin'... 

 Don't gimme no Buick  
 Son you must take my word 
 If there's a God in heaven 
 He's got a Silver Thunderbird 
 You can keep your Eldorados 
 And the foreign car's absurd 
 Me I wanna go down 
 In a Silver Thunderbird 

 He got up every morning 
 While i was still asleep 
 But I remember the sound of him shuffling around
 Then right before the crack of dawn 
 I heard him turn the motor on 
 But when I got up they were gone 

 Down the road in the rain and snow 
 The man and his machine would go 
 Oh the secrets that old car would know 
 Sometimes I hear him sayin'... 

 ~Silver Thunderbird, by Marc Cohn~
 sung for Franny by her wife, Mel
 for no particular reason except she 
 loves Franny, and loves that song.

 Blackbird singing in the dead of night
 Take these broken wings and learn to fly
 All your life
 You were only waiting for this moment to arise
 
 Blackbird singing in the dead of night
 Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
 All your life
 You were only waiting for this moment to be free
 
 Blackbird fly
 Blackbird fly
 Into the light of the dark black night

sung to Franny by Marina

song for a winter's night Sarah Mclachlan

 the lamp is burnin' low upon my table top
 the snow is softly fallin'
 the air is still within the silence of my room
 i hear your voice softly callin' 

 if i could only have you near
 to breathe a sigh or two
 i would be happy just to hold the hands i love
 upon this winter night with you 

 the smoke is rising in the shadows overhead
 my glass is almost empty
 i read again between the lines upon the page
 the words of love you sent me 
 
 if i could know within my heart
 that you were lonely too
 i would be happy just to hold the hands i love
 upon this winter night with you 

 the fire is dying now, my lamp is growing dim
 the shades of night are liftin'
 the mornin' light steals across my windowpane
 where webs of snow are driftin' 

 if i could only have you near
 to breathe a sigh or two
 i would be happy just to hold the hands i love
 and to be once again with with you
 to be once again with with you 

as sung to you by your jazzberry

• I believe this song is originally by Gordon Lightfoot, who also does a really good version of it! :) Emma

Let it be

 When I find myself in times of trouble 
 Mother Mary comes to me 
 Speaking words of wisdom 
 Let it be 
 And in my hour of darkness 
 She is standing right it front of me 
 Speaking words of wisdom 
 Let it be 

 Let it be, let it be 
 Let it be, let it be 
 Whisper words of wisdom 
 Let it be 

 And when the broken hearted people 
 Living in the world agree 
 There will be an answer 
 Let it be 
 For though they may be parted there is 
 still a chance that they will see 
 There will be an answer 
 Let it be 

 Let it be, let it be 
 Let it be, let it be 
 yeah, there will be an answer 
 Let it be 
 Let it be, let it be 
 Let it be, let it be 
 Whisper words of wisdom 
 Let it be 

 Let it be, let it be 
 Let it be, let it be 
 Whisper words of wisdom 
 Let it be 

 And when the night is cloudy 
 There is still a light that shines on me 
 Shine until tomorrow 
 Let it be 
 I wake up to the sound of music 
 Mother Mary comes to me 
 Speaking words of wisdom 
 Let it be 

 Let it be, let it be 
 Let it be, let it be 
 There will be an answer 
 Let it be 
 Let it be, let it be 
 Let it be, let it be 
 There will be an answer 
 Let it be 

 Let it be, let it be 
 Let it be, let it be 
 Whisper words of wisdom 
 Let it be

as sung to franny by

 And I'd give up forever to touch you
 'Cause I know that you feel me somehow
 You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
 And I don't want to go home right now

 And all I can taste is this moment
 And all I can breathe is your life
 'Cause sooner or later it's over
 I just don't want to miss you tonight

 And I don't want the world to see me
 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
 When everything's made to be broken
 I just want you to know who I am 

 And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
 Or the moment of truth in your lies
 When everything feels like the movies
 Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive

 And I don't want the world to see me
 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
 When everything's made to be broken
 I just want you to know who I am

 And I don't want the world to see me
 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
 When everything's made to be broken
 I just want you to know who I am

 And I don't want the world to see me
 'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
 When everything's made to be broken
 I just want you to know who I am

 I just want you to know who I am
 I just want you to know who I am
 I just want you to know who I am

Iris, by the Goo Goo Dolls, sung to Franny by Mel