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Tears in Heaven by Eric Clapton

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong
And carry on
'Cos I know I don't belong
Here in heaven

Would you hold my hand
If I saw you in heaven
Would you help me stand
If I saw you in heaven
I'll find my way through night and day
I just can't stay
Here in heaven

Time can bring you down
Time can bend your knees
Time can break your heart
Have you begging please
Begging please
Beyond the door
There's peace I'm sure
And I know
There'll be no more
Tears in heaven

Would you know my name
If I saw you in heaven
Would it be the same
If I saw you in heaven
I must be strong and carry on
'Cos I know I don't belong
Here in heaven.

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Josh Groban - Remember
*Thanks to Stefanie
 
Remember
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory
 
Remember
When your dreams have ended
Time can be transcended
Just remember me
 
I am the one star that keeps burning
So brightly
It is the last light
To fade into the rising sun
 
I'm with you whenever you tell
My story
For I am all I've done
 
Remember
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory
Remember me
 
I am that warm voice in the cold wind
That whispers
And if you listen
You'll hear me call across the sky
 
As long as I still can reach out
And touch you
That I will never die
 
Remember
I'll never leave you
If you will only
Remember me
 
Remember
I will still be here
As long as you hold me
In your memory
 
Remember
When your dreams have ended
Time can be transcended
I live forever
Remember me
Remember me
Remember me

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Savage Garden - Crash and Burn
*Thanks to Stefanie

When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment please, to tame your wild wild heart
I know you feel like the walls are closing in on you
It's hard to find relief and people can be so cold
When darkness is upon your door
And you feel like you can't take anymore

Let me be the one you call
If you jump, I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone

When you feel all alone
And a loyal friend is hard to find
You're caught in a one way street
With the monsters in your head
When hopes and dreams are far away and
You feel like you can't face the day

Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone

Cuz there has always been heartache and pain
And when it's over you'll breathe again
You'll breathe again

When you feel all alone
And the world has turned its back on you
Give me a moment, please
To tame your wild wild heart

Let me be the one you call
If you jump I'll break your fall
Lift you up and fly away with you into the night
If you need to fall apart
I can mend a broken heart
If you need to crash then crash and burn
You're not alone

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Avril Lavigne - Slipped Away
*Thanks to Stefanie

I miss you, miss you so bad
I don't forget you, oh it's so sad
I hope you can hear me
I remember it clearly

The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it won't be the same

Nah nah, la la la, nah nah

I didn't get around to kiss you
Goodbye on the hand
I wish that I could see you again
I know that I can't

I hope you can hear me
Cause I remember it clearly

The day you slipped away
Was the day I found it won't be the same

I had my wake up
Won't you wake up
I keep asking why
And I can't take it
It wasn't fake
It happened, you passed by

Now your gone, now your gone
There you go, there you go
Somewhere I can't bring you back
Now your gone, now your gone
There you go, there you go,
Somewhere your not coming back

The day you slipped away
Was the day i found it won't be the same no..
The day you slipped away
Was the day that i found it won't be the same...

Nah nah, nah nah nah, nah nah
I miss you

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Tremolo - Promise Ring
*Thanks to Stefanie

Long ago
I drew a line into the sand
Jumped across and held your hand
Band of gold
Protect us from the bitter tide that comes to wash away our words with time

Hello you
Hello me
Hello, hello
Cant you see
Love is, more than what it seems
So I wear your promise ring

Promises,
Made under the right of spring
Heavy under summer's sting
Say you know
I'd run to where the spaceships land
A million miles between my mouth and hand

Hello you
Hello me
Hello, hello
Cant you see
Love is, more than what it seems
So I wear your promise ring

Love labor's through the night
It bleeds and never fights
And like a seed it lives because it dies

So dont forget,
Just like cash I'll walk the line,
Like a soldier guarding what is mine

Hello you
Hello me
Hello, hello
Cant you see
Love is, more than what it seems
So I wear your promise ring

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Augustana - Stars and Boulevards
*Thanks to Stefanie

Wait, dear
A white horse is walking down my street, here
Your words are creeping at my feet, I fear..
That sunrise will come too soon and youll disappear,
To the haze of a city and yourself
Oh no

Look, out
Theyre coming after us with big guns
Theyre only going to tell you all the bad things Ive done
Even if the words they say arent true..
Theyve won
Now Im left here dying in the sun

Woah..
Seem like Im all eyes.. I bet whoa..
Seem like Im never coming home
Seem like in my eyes
I bet all the stars and boulevards
Aint close enough to you

Late, nights
Wont do me justice
Cuz when I dream
I Just get so damn depressed
And its, it's not like..
I aint trying to get over you
Its just hard to look at all the seasons pass me all the time

And I said..
Woah..
Seem like Im all eyes.. I bet whoa..
Seem like Im never coming home
Seem like in more ways..
I bet all the stars and boulevards
Aint close enough to you

One, last
Phone call from you
It wouldnt hurt, much
I just like to hear your voice
And pretend to touch
Any inch of you that hasnt said it all.. or read it all..
I've sung my life away

And I said
Whoa...
Seem like Im all eyes..
Seem like Im never coming home
Seem like in my eyes
I bet all..
All the stars and boulevards
Aint close enough to you

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Hilary Duff - Someone's Watching Over me
*Thanks to Stefanie

I found myself today
Oh I found myself and ran away
But something pulled me back
The voice of reason I forgot I had
All I know is you're not here to say
What you always used to say
But it's written in the sky tonight.

So I won't give up
No, I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong even if it all goes wrong
When I'm standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me.

I've seen that ray of light
And it's shining on my destiny
Shining all the time,
and I won't be afraid
To follow everywhere it's taking me
All I know is yesterday is gone,
and right now I belong
To this moment to my dreams.

So I won't give up
No, I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong even if it all goes wrong
When Im standing in the dark I'll still believe
Someone's watching over me.

It doesn't matter what people say
And it doesn't matter how long it takes.
Believe in yourself and you'll fly high
And it only matters how true you are
Be true to yourself, and follow your heart.

So I won't give up
No, I won't break down
sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong even if it all goes wrong
When Im standing in the dark I'll still believe
That I won't give up
No, I won't break down
Sooner than it seems life turns around
And I will be strong even when it all goes wrong
When Im standing in the dark I'll still believe
That someone's watching over, someone's watching over, someones watching over me

Someones watching over me

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Mandy Moore "Cry"
 
I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
And ended too soon
You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark gray sky
I was changed

In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry

The moment that I saw you cry

It was late in september
And I've seen you before (and you were)
You were always the cold one
But I was never that sure
You were all by yourself
Staring at a dark gray sky
I was changed

In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry

I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything, all right....

I'll always remember...
It was late afternoon...
In places no one would find...

In places no one would find
All your feelings so deep inside (deep inside)
It was then that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry

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Bruce Springsteen "Forever Young"
 
May God bless and keep you always
May your wishes all come true
May you always do for others
And let others do for you
May you build a ladder to the stars
And climb on every rung
May you stay forever
 young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young

May you grow up to be righteous,
May you grow up to be true
May you always know the truth
And see the lights surrounding you
May you always be courageous
Stand upright and be strong
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young

May your hands always be busy
May your feet always be swift
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes
 shift
May your heart always be joyful
May your song
 always be sung
May you stay forever young
Forever young, forever young
May you stay forever young

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Mandy Moore "Only Hope"
 
There's a song that's inside of my soul
It's the one that I've tried to write over, and over again
I'm awake in the infinite cold
But you sing to me over, and over, and over again

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours I pray
To be only yours
I know now, you're my only hope

Sing to me the song o
f the stars
Of your galaxy dancing and laughing, and laughing again
When it feels like my dreams are so far
Sing to me of the plans that you have for me over again
So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours I pray
To be only yours
I know now, you're my only hope

I give you my destiny
I'm givin' you all of me
I want your symphony, singing in all that I am
At the top of my lungs, I'm givin' it back

So I lay my head back down
And I lift my hands and pray
To be only yours I pray
To be only yours I pray
To be only yours
I know now, you're my only hope

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Josh Groban "You Raise Me Up"

 

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary;
When troubles come and my heart burdened be;
Then, I am still and wait here in the silence,
Until you come and sit awhile with me.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up To more than I can be.

There is no life no life without its hunger;

Each restless heart beats so imperfectly;
But when you come and I am filled with wonder,
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up To more than I can be.

You raise me up, so I can stand on mountains;
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas;
I am strong, when I am on your shoulders;
You raise me up To more than I can be.

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Michelle Branch "Goodbye To You"

Of all the things I've believed in
I just want to get it over with
Tears form behind my eyes
But I do not cry
Counting the days that pass me by

I've been searching deep down in my soul
Words that I'm hearing are starting to get old
It feels like I'm starting all over again
The last three years were just pretend
And I said,

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

I still get lost in your eyes
And it seems that I can't live a day without you
Closing my eyes and you chase my thoughts away
To a place where I am blinded by the light
But it's not right

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

And it hurts to want everything and nothing at the same time
I want what's yours and I want what's mine
I want you
But I'm not giving in this time

Goodbye to you
Goodbye to everything I thought I knew
You were the one I loved
The one thing that I tried to hold on to
The one thing that I tried to hold on to

And when the stars fall
I will lie awake
You're my shooting star

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Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey "One Sweet Day"

 

Sorry I never told you

All I wanted to say.

And now it's too late to hold you,

'Cause you've flown away, so far away.

 

Never had I imagined

Living without your smile.

Feeling, and knowing you hear me,

It keeps me alive, alive.

 

And I know you're shining down on me from heaven,

Like so many friends we've lost along the way.

And I know eventually we'll be together

One sweet day.

 

Darling, I never showed you,

Assumed you'd always be there.

I, I took your presence for granted,

But I always cared and I miss the love we shared.

 

And I know you're shining down on me from heaven,

Like so many friends we've lost along the way.

And I know eventually we'll be together

One sweet day.

 

Although the sun will never shine the same,

I'll always look to a brighter day.

 

Lord, I know when I lay me down to sleep,

You will always listen as I pray.

 

And I know you're shining down on me from heaven,

Like so many friends we've lost along the way.

And I know eventually we'll be together

One sweet day.

And I know you're shining down on me from heaven,

Like so many friends we've lost along the way.

And I know eventually we'll be together

One sweet day.

 

Sorry I never told you

All I wanted to say.