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The Words Behind the Music
B Who U R
Verse 1
You’re in this world – a shining star
Always perfect just the way you are
It is alright the way you feel
You don't need their approval to be real
They put you down most every day
There’s nothing left for you but pray
Here’s my advice, for what it’s worth:
You’ve been perfect since the day of your birth
Chorus
BE WHO YOU ARE, AND NEVER DOUBT IT!
BE WHO YOU ARE, AND NEVER DOUBT IT!
...Never doubt it!
Verse 2
Your guiding star is shining bright
Never mind what others think is right
If you go through life always imitating,
Your inner spark will start fading
Chorus
BE WHO YOU ARE, AND NEVER DOUBT IT!
BE WHO YOU ARE, AND NEVER DOUBT IT!
...Never doubt it!
Bridge
Now when they give you hell and put you down,
I don’t wanna see you stoop and frown
Get on your feet and smile instead
Never let them get into your head
Final Chorus
BE WHO YOU ARE, AND NEVER DOUBT IT!
BE WHO YOU ARE, AND NEVER DOUBT IT!
...Never doubt it!
Music & Lyrics: A. A. A. A.
Lillehammer
Intro
Da-da-da...
Verse 1
Six months and seven days
That you took your love away (da-da-da-da)
I have been brooding
Steadily alluding ... to
Little scenes of life
Blooming, rich, and rife
I have been waiting
Long anticipating, whoa
I have been wishing (da-da-da-da)
Foolish reminiscing
Mm-mm, na-na-na-na
Mm-mm, na-na-na-na
Chorus
But when you keep coming to my mind
When you keep coming to my mind, I switch it off
Na-na-na-na, la-la-la-la
Na-na-na-na, la-la-la-la
Verse 2
I just stop thinking of you (mm-mm)
I just stop thinking of you
I just stop dreaming
Pondering and screaming, whoa
I just stop kissing
Mm, I just stop missing
I just stop feeling
I just stop reeling, whoa
I just stop caring
Mm-mm, I just stop sharing
Mm-mm, I stop believing
Mm, I stop retrieving, whoa
I just stop thinking of you (mm-mm)
I just stop thinking of you
Final Chorus
But when you keep coming to my mind
When you keep coming to my mind, I switch it off
Na-na-na-na, Lillehammer
Na-na-na-na, Lillehammer
Na-na-na-na, Lillehammer
Na-na-na-na, Lillehammer (mm)
La-la-la-la, Lillehammer
La-la-la-la, Lillehammer
La-la-la-la, I want my Lillehammer back
La-la-la-la, Lillehammer
Na-na-na-na, Lillehammer
La-la-la-la, Lillehammer
La-la-la-la, I want my Lillehammer back.
Music & Lyrics: A. A. A. A.
Why
Intro
Ummmhhhhh
Verse 1
I stand on the balcony
Looking into nothing
I rewrite forgotten dreams
That tear into tomorrow
Shades drink the afternoon
A clock forgets the time
Every answer fades to sleep
But why?
Chorus
But why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
Do-do-do-do
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
Do-do-do-do
Why
Why
Why
(Do-do-do-do)
Verse 2
The moon wears someone else
The stars dissolve
A door appears inside
I knock, it vanishes
But why (do-do-do-do)
Chorus
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why
Do-do-do-do
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why
Why
Why
Why
Verse 3
Birds flutter
From invisible trees
Their feathers made of glass
My tongue becomes a paper key
Unlocking echoes
The sky is breathing underneath
The clouds are sewn with red
Who is dreaming from beneath?
Chorus
But why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why
Do-do-do-do
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why
Why
Why
Why
Verse 4
Between us a field of snow
Where roses bloom without a name
The mirrors burst and then
Nothing remembers
I hear a lighthouse in the dust
I see a staircase made of rain
You whisper turn around
And no one speaks
Final Chorus
But why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why
Do-do-do-do
My eyes drift over broken skies
Following butterflies
Folds into the grey blue sea
Yet keeps returning back to me
But why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
No beginning
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why (do-do-do-do)
Why
Why
Why
Why
Music & Lyrics: A. A. A. A.
We Are the Summer People (Official Version)
Verse 1
Sunday afternoon in Sopron
Windows open, curtains drawn
All the summer people leaving
Before the summer’s gone
Luggage and the Sunday papers
Footsteps fading down the hall
Someone waves across a window
Someone doesn’t wave at all
Chorus
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
Holding on to August
As the light begins to fade
One by one the tables empty
One by one the cars are gone
Funny how the streets grow quiet
On a Sunday in Sopron
Verse 2
We could leave tomorrow morning
There is really nothing wrong
Still, the woman at the corner
Says we shouldn’t stay too long
Chairs are stacked beneath the awnings
Glasses vanish from the square
Someone locks a blue-green doorway
Like they know what’s in the air
Chorus
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
Holding on to August
As the light begins to fade
One by one the tables empty
One by one the cars are gone
Funny how the streets grow quiet
On a Sunday in Sopron
Verse 3
Someone’s closing all the shutters
Someone’s turning out the light
Someone said the road was easy
It looks different now tonight
Maybe we should leave tomorrow
Maybe we should leave today
Summer people know the season
Summer people never stay
Final Chorus
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
Holding on to August
As the light begins to fade
One by one the tables empty
One by one the cars are gone
Funny how the streets grow quiet
On a Sunday in Sopron
Outro
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
Sunday night in August
Slowly fades away
Music & Lyrics: A. A. A. A.
We Are the Summer People (Chill House)
Sunday afternoon in Sopron
All the summer people leaving
Before the summer's gone
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
Someone waves across a window
Someone doesn't wave at all
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
Holding on to August
As the light begins to fade
Someone said we shouldn't stay too long
Maybe we should leave today
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
We are the summer people
Living borrowed days
Summer people know the season
Summer people never stay
Sunday night in August
Slowly fades away
Music & Lyrics: A. A. A. A.
Austria
[Intro]
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[Verse 1]
We have the Edelweiss
A mountain paradise
Vienna’s candlelight
Cowbells and cattle drives
A “Grüßgott” on the breeze
A waltz beneath the trees
But hey, we gotta warn ya:
It’s hotter than California
[Chorus]
Austria, we come from Austria
Austria, we are from Austria
La-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[Bridge]
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
Hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm
[Chorus]
Austria, we come from Austria
Austria, we are from Austria
We are drawn to higher places
Rock it, Amadeus
Rainbow prisms
Dancing to the coolest rhythms
[Breakdown]
Austria!
Austria!
Austria!
Austria!
Austria!
Austria!
Hey-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la-la
[Verse 2]
When our footsteps roam,
The mountains call us home
From Graz to Weissensee,
Pine forests all the way
[Chorus]
Austria, we come from Austria
Austria, we are from Austria
Austria, we are from Austria
We’ve got the coolest rhythms
Mighty cool rhythms
Austria, we are from Austria
Hearts on fire
Scarves around the wire
Ruby red, white
Alpine light!
[Outro]
Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da
Where roads may lead us far,
We still know who we are
Hmm-hmm-hmm-la-la-la-la
Austria, we are from Austria
Austria, it’s got the coolest rhythms.
Hmm-hmm-hmm—
Hmm-hmm-hmm
Music & Lyrics: A. A. A. A.