{"id":20298,"date":"2024-04-05T01:41:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T01:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/?p=20298"},"modified":"2025-08-25T23:28:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T23:28:20","slug":"may-2024-recital-sing-along","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/may-2024-recital-sing-along\/","title":{"rendered":"May 2024 Recital Sing Along"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Concert Schedule<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">April 13 @ 3:15 in Plaza Bistro \u2013 20-25 minutes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">August 24 @ 4:00 in Plaza Bistro \u2013 1 hour<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Blue Suede Shoes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Well, it\u2019s one for the money two for the show. Three to get ready now go, cat, go, but don\u2019t you step on my blue suede shoes. Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Well, you can knock me down, step in my face. Slander my name all over the place. Do anything that you want to do; But uh-uh honey, lay off of my shoes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t you step on my blue suede shoes. Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">You can burn my house, steal my car. Drink my liquor from an old fruit-jar. Do anything that you want to do; But uh-uh baby, lay off of my shoes.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t you step on my blue suede shoes. Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Well, it\u2019s one for the money two for the show. Three to get ready now go, cat, go, but don\u2019t you step on my blue suede shoes. Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Blue, blue suede shoes oh baby<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Blue, blue suede shoes uh ha<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Blue, blue suede shoes oh baby<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Blue, blue suede shoes. You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Today<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[MAIN CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ll taste your strawberries, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ll drink your sweet wine.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">A million tomorrows shall all pass away \u2013 \u2013 E\u2019re I forget all the joy that is mine . . . today.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ll be a dandy and I\u2019ll be a <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">rover.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"> You\u2019ll know who I am by the <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">songs that I sing.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ll feast at your table, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ll sleep in your clover.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Who cares what the morrow <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">shall bring?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[MAIN CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ll taste your strawberries,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ll drink your sweet wine.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">A million tomorrows shall all pass away \u2013 \u2013 E\u2019re I forget all the joy that is mine . . . today.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I can\u2019t be contented with <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">yesterday\u2019s glory.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I can\u2019t live on promises <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">winter to spring.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Today is my moment and <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">now is my story. I\u2019ll laugh <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">and I\u2019ll cry and I\u2019ll sing<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[MAIN CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine.<br \/>\nI\u2019ll taste your strawberries,<br \/>\nI\u2019ll drink your sweet wine.<br \/>\nA million tomorrows shall all pass away \u2013 \u2013 E\u2019re I forget all the joy that is mine . . . today.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[MAIN CHORUS] \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 Today, while the blossoms still cling to the vine.<br \/>\nI\u2019ll taste your strawberries,<br \/>\nI\u2019ll drink your sweet wine.<br \/>\nA million tomorrows shall all pass away \u2013 \u2013 E\u2019re I forget all the joy that is mine . . . today.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab Driver<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, drive by Mary\u2019s place.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I just want a chance to see her face.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Never mind the meter, let it race.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, drive by Mary\u2019s place.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, once more \u2019round the block.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Never mind the tickin\u2019 of the clock.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I only wish we could have had a talk.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, once more \u2019round the block.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, once more down the street.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">There\u2019s a little place we used to eat.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">That\u2019s where I laid my future at her feet.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, once more down the street.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, wait here by the door.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Perhaps I\u2019ll hold her in my arms once more.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Things will be just like they were before.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, wait here by the door.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, better take me home.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I guess that I was meant to be alone.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I hope God sends me a loved one of my own.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Cab driver, better take me home<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">On the Road Again<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; On the road again, just can&#8217;t wait to get on the road again. My one love is makin&#8217; music with my friends. And I can&#8217;t wait to get on the road again.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[Verse] On the road again, going places that I&#8217;ve never been. Seein&#8217; things that I may never see again. And I can&#8217;t wait to get on the road again.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[BRIDGE] &#8211; On the road again, like a band of gypsies we go down the highway. We&#8217;re the best of friends, insisting that the world keep turnin&#8217; our way, and our way&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; On the road again, just can&#8217;t wait to get on the road again. My one love is makin&#8217; music with my friends. And I can&#8217;t wait to get on the road again.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[BRIDGE] &#8211; On the road again, like a band of gypsies we go down the highway. We&#8217;re the best of friends, insisting that the world keep turnin&#8217; our way, and our way&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; On the road again, just can&#8217;t wait to get on the road again. My one love is makin&#8217; music with my friends. And I can&#8217;t wait to get on the road again.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I can&#8217;t wait to get on the road again.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The CoVid Song<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">So after a bit of practice, the class decided to write a song about the CoVid experience.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s short, but adequately sums up our lives during these past 3 years.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">We call it \u201cThe CoVid Song\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">We wrote it in the key of C \u2013 for CoVid.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t Let the Rain Come Down<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">There was a crooked man and he had a crooked smile. Had a crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile. Had a crooked cat and he had a crooked mouse. They all lived together in a crooked little <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">house<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; (Ah, ah) Oh, no, don&#8217;t let the rain come down. (Ah, ah) Oh, no, don&#8217;t let the rain come down.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don&#8217;t let the rain come down. My roof&#8217;s got a hole in it and I might drown. (PAUSE) Oh, yes, my roof&#8217;s got a hole in it and I might drown.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Well, this crooked little man and his crooked little smile Took his crooked sixpence and he walked a crooked mile. Bought some crooked nails and a crooked little bat. Tried to fix his roof with a rat-tat-tat-tat-tat (PAUSE FOR RAT TAT)<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; (Ah, ah) Oh, no, don&#8217;t let the rain come down. (Ah, ah) Oh, no, don&#8217;t let the rain come down.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don&#8217;t let the rain come down. My roof&#8217;s got a hole in it and I might drown. (PAUSE) Oh, yes, my roof&#8217;s got a hole in it and I might drown.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Now this crooked little man and his crooked cat and mouse; They all live together in a crooked little house. Has a crooked door with a crooked little latch. Has a crooked roof with a crooked little patch.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; (Ah, ah) Oh, no, don&#8217;t let the rain come down. (Ah, ah) Oh, no, don&#8217;t let the rain come down.<br \/>\n(Ah, ah) Oh, no, don&#8217;t let the rain come down. My roof&#8217;s got a hole in it and I might drown. (PAUSE) Oh, yes, my roof&#8217;s got a hole in it and I might drown.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">For the Good Times<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Don\u2019t look so sad, I know it\u2019s over. But life goes on and this ol\u2019 world will keep on turning. Let\u2019s just be glad we had some time to spend together. There\u2019s no need to watch the bridges that we\u2019re burning.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 Lay your head upon my pillow. Hold your warm and tender body close to mine. Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft across the window. And make believe you love me one more time. For the good times . .<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I\u2019ll get along, you\u2019ll find another. And I\u2019ll be here if you should find you ever need me. Don\u2019t say a word about tomorrow, or forever. There\u2019ll be time enough for sadness when you leave me.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 \u2013 Lay your head upon my pillow. Hold your warm and tender body close to mine. Hear the whisper of the raindrops blowing soft across the window. And make believe you love me one more time. For the good times . .<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">For the good times . .<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">For the good times . .<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">For the good times<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Country Road<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[Verse 1] &#8211; Almost Heaven, West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Life is old there, older than the trees, younger than the mountains, blowin&#8217; like a breeze.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">West Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[Verse 2] &#8211; All my memories gather &#8217;round her, miner&#8217;s lady, stranger to blue water.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Dark and dusty, painted on the sky, misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong.<br \/>\nWest Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[Bridge] &#8211; I hear her voice, in the mornin&#8217; hour she calls me. Radio reminds me of my home far away. And drivin&#8217; down the [A#] road I get a feelin&#8217; that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; Country Roads, take me home, to the place I belong.<br \/>\nWest Virginia, mountain mama, take me home, country roads.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Take me home, [down] country roads.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Take me home, [down] country roads.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">You are my Sunshine \/ Red River Valley<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You&#8217;ll never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don&#8217;t take my sunshine away<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">RED RIVER VALLEY &#8211; From this valley they say you are leaving. We will miss your bright eyes and sweet smile. For they say you are taking the sunshine, that has brightened our pathway a while<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Come and sit by my side if you love me. Do not hasten to bid me adieu.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Just remember the Red River Valley, and the cowboy that\u2019s loved you so true<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You&#8217;ll never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don&#8217;t take my sunshine away<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">For a long time my darling I\u2019ve waited <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">for those sweet words you never would say.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Now at last all my wishes have vanished, f<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">or they say you are going away.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Won&#8217;t you think of the valley you&#8217;re leaving. oh, how lonely, how sad it will be? Oh, think of the fond heart you&#8217;re breaking,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">and the grief you are causing to me<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You&#8217;ll never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don&#8217;t take my sunshine away<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">As you go to your home by the ocean. May you never forget these sweet hours that we spent in the Red River Valley, and the love we exchanged mid the flowers.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I dreamed I held you, in my arms.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">When I awoke, dear, I was mistaken, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">so I hung my head and I cried<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You&#8217;ll never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don&#8217;t take my sunshine away<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">They will bury me where you have wandered,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Near the hills where the daffodils grow.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">When you\u2019re gone from the Red River Valley, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">I can\u2019t live without you, that I know.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You&#8217;ll never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don&#8217;t take my sunshine away<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; You are my sunshine. My only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray. You&#8217;ll never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don&#8217;t take my sunshine away<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">L<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">ittle Boxes<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes made of ticky tacky. Little boxes on the hillside, Little boxes all the same.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">There\u2019s a green one and a pink one, And a blue one and a yellow one, and they\u2019re all made out of ticky tacky, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">and they all look just the same.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">And the people in the houses, all went to the university, where they were all put in boxes, and they all came out the same.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">And there\u2019s doctors and there\u2019s lawyers, and business executives, and they\u2019re<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">all made out of ticky tacky, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">and they all look just the same.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">And they all play on the golf course,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">And they all drink their martinis dry, and they all have pretty children,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">and the children go to school . . .<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">And the children go to summer camp, and then to the university where they\u2019re<\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">all put into boxes,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"> and they all come out the same.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">And the boys go into business, and <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">marry and raise a family, in boxes made of ticky tacky,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"> and they all look just the same.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">There\u2019s a green one and a pink one, and a blue one and a yellow one,<\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"> and they\u2019re all made out of ticky tacky, <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">and they all look just the same.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Leaving on a Jet Plane<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[Verse 1] &#8211; All my bags are packed, I&#8217;m ready to go. I&#8217;m standing here outside your door. I hate to wake you <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">up to say goodbye.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">But the dawn is breaking, it&#8217;s early morn. The taxi&#8217;s waiting, he&#8217;s blowing his horn. Already I&#8217;m so lonesome I could die.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you&#8217;ll wait for me. Hold me like you&#8217;ll never let me go. I&#8217;m leaving on a jet plane.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Don&#8217;t know when I&#8217;ll be back again.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Oh babe, I hate to go.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[V 2] &#8211; There&#8217;s so many times I&#8217;ve let you down. So many times I&#8217;ve played around. I tell you now they don&#8217;t mean a thing.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Every place I go I&#8217;ll think of you. Every song I sing I&#8217;ll sing for you. When I come back I&#8217;ll bring your wedding ring.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; So kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you&#8217;ll wait for me. Hold me like you&#8217;ll never let me go. I&#8217;m leaving on a jet plane.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Don&#8217;t know when I&#8217;ll be back again.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Oh babe, I hate to go.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">[V 3] &#8211; Now the time has come for me to leave you. One more time let me kiss you. Then close your eyes I&#8217;ll be on my way.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Dream about the days to come. When I won&#8217;t have to leave alone. About the times I won&#8217;t have to say.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">{ CHORUS } &#8211; kiss me and smile for me. Tell me that you&#8217;ll wait for me.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Hold me like you&#8217;ll never let me go. I&#8217;m leaving on a jet plane.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Don&#8217;t know when I&#8217;ll be back again.\u00a0 <\/span><\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Oh babe, I hate to go.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-weight: 900;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Concert Schedule April 13 @ 3:15 in Plaza Bistro \u2013 20-25 minutes August 24 @ 4:00 in Plaza Bistro \u2013 1 hour Blue Suede Shoes Well, it\u2019s one for the money two for the show. 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