STILL YOU TURN ME ON

EMERSON, LAKE & PALMER

SONGWRITER: GREG LAKE

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: BRAIN SALAD SURGERY

LABEL: MANTICORE

GENRE: ROCK

YEAR: 1973

Brain Salad Surgery is the fourth studio album by English progressive rock band Emerson, Lake & Palmer, released on 19 November 1973 by their own record label, Manticore Records, and distributed by Atlantic Records.

Following the tour in support of the last album, Trilogy(1972), the group acquired rehearsal facilities to work on new material, which would blend classical and rock themes. In order to control things, they launched their own record company, Manticore, in March 1973. The album was recorded from June to September at Olympic and Advision Studios, and mixed in October 1973 at AIR Studios in London. As were all the group's previous works, it was produced by Greg Lake. The album includes a cover designed by H. R. Giger.

Released to a mixed critical response, it has begun to receive more favourable reviews with time. Brain Salad Surgery continued the group's commercial success, reaching number 2 in the United Kingdom and number 11 in the United States, and eventually gaining Gold certifications in both countries. In its support, the trio embarked on their largest world tour to date, including a headlining spot at the California Jam festival.

Do you want to be an angel

Do you want to be a star

Do you want to play some magic on my guitar?

Do you want to be a poet

Do you want to be my string?

You could be anything

Do you want to be the lover of another

Undercover? You could even be the man on the moon

Do you want to be the player

Do you want to be the string?

Let me just tell you something

It just don't mean a thing

You see it really doesn't matter

When you're buried in disguise

By the dark glass on your eyes

Though your flesh has crystalised

Still you turn me on.

Do you want to be the pillow where I lay my head

Do you want to be the feathers lying in my bed?

Do you want to be a colour cover magazine

Create a scene

Every day a little sadder

A little madder

Someone get me a ladder

Do you want to be the singer

Do you want to be the song?

Let me tell you something

You just couldn't be more wrong

You see I really have to tell you

That it all gets so intense

From my experience

It just doesn't seem to make sense

Still you turn me on.

NOW AND FOREVER

ANNE MURRAY

SONGWRITERS: DAVID FOSTER, RANDY GOODRUM & JIM VALLANCE

COUNTRY: CANADA

ALBUM: SOMETHING TO TALK ABOUT

LABEL: CAPITOL

GENRE: COUNTRY

YEAR: 1986

"Now and Forever (You and Me)" is a hit song written by David Foster, Randy Goodrum and Jim Vallance and recorded by Canadian Country vocalist Anne Murray. It was aided by a popular music video, filmed in Toronto. The back-up vocal was sung by Richard Page, lead singer for the Pop group Mr. Mister.

It was released in January 1986 as the first single from the Gold-certified album Something to Talk About. The cut was Murray's tenth #1 hit on the U.S. Country singles chart and spent six weeks on the Billboard Hot 100. It remained for a total of nineteen weeks on the Billboard Country chart. (This was Murray's final 45 to cross over to the U.S. 'Pop' chart.)

Morna Anne Murray CC ONS (born June 20, 1945), known professionally as Anne Murray, is a Canadian singer in pop, country, and adult contemporary music whose albums have sold over 55 million copies worldwide during her 40 year career.

Murray was the first Canadian female solo singer to reach No. 1 on the U.S. charts, and also the first to earn a Gold record for one of her signature songs, "Snowbird" (1970). She is often cited as the one who paved the way for other international Canadian success stories such as k.d. lang, Céline Dion, and Shania Twain. She is also the first woman and the first Canadian to win "Album of the Year" at the 1984 Country Music Association Awards for her Gold-plus 1983 album A Little Good News.

Up until now I've learned to live without love

Like a ship without a sail, wandering aimlessly lost

I never knew how it felt to lose my control

Now that I've found you, this is all so new

You and me, we've got a destiny

Starting tonight we'll be together

You and me, this is what love should be

And it's gonna be right, now and forever

Darlin', inside your eyes I can see mysteries there

And you're melting the ice surrounding me, I'm no longer scared

I feel you inside my soul and I'm captured tonight

But don't let go, this is paradise

You and me, we've got a destiny

Starting tonight we'll be together

You and me, this is what love should be

And it's gonna be right, if you tell me

There's a heaven up above, then that's what I'll believe

'cause you're the one thing that I'm so sure of

I feel you inside my soul and I'm captive tonight

But don't let go, this is paradise

You and me, we've got a destiny

Starting tonight we'll be together

You and me, this is what love should be

And it's gonna be right, now and forever

You and me, we've got a destiny

Starting tonight we'll be together

You and me, this is what love should be

And it's gonna be right

Woo ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh.

THE AIR THAT I BREATHE

K.D. LANG

Songwriters: ALBERT Louis HAMMOND & MICHAEL HAZLEWOOD

Country: canada

Album: drag

Label: warner bros records

Genre: pop

Year: 1997

Drag is a cover album by k.d. lang, released in 1997; most of its songs feature a smoking motif, although some address broader issues of dependence and/or addiction. The cover of Dionne Warwick's "(Theme from) Valley of the Dolls" was notably used in key scenes in the pilot episode and series finale of the Showtime comedy-drama series Nurse Jackie. Lang's cover of "Hain't It Funny" was part of the soundtrack for the 2002 film Talk to Her.

Kathryn Dawn Lang OC AOE (born November 2, 1961), known by her stage name k.d. lang, is a Canadian pop and country singer-songwriter and occasional actress.

Lang has won both Juno Awards and Grammy Awards for her musical performances; hits include "Constant Craving" and "Miss Chatelaine". She has contributed songs to movie soundtracks and has collaborated with musicians such as Roy Orbison, Tony Bennett,  Anne Murray, Ann Wilson, and Jane Siberry.

Lang is also known for being na animal rights, gay rights, and Tibetan human rights activist. She is a tantric practitioner of the old school of Tibetan Buddhism. She performed Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" live at the opening ceremony of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouve, British Columbia. Previously, she had performed at the closing ceremony of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Alberta. Lang possesses the vocal range of a mezzo-soprano.

If I could make a wish,

I think I'd pass.

Can't think of anything I need -

No cigarettes, no sleep, no light, no sound,

Nothing to eat, no books to read.

Making love with you

Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired.

What more could I ask?

There's nothing left to be desired.

Peace came upon me and it leaves me weak.

So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep.

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe

And to love you.

All I need is the air that I breathe,

Yes, to love you.

All I need is the air that I breathe.

Making love with you

Has left me peaceful, warm, and tired.

What more could I ask?

There's nothing left to be desired.

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe

And to love you.

All I need is the air that I breathe,

Yes, to love you.

All I need is the air that I breathe.

Peace came upon me and it leaves me weak.

So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep.

Sleep, silent angel, go to sleep.

CHRISTMAS CARD FROM A HOOKER IN MINNEAPOLIS

TOM WAITS

SONGWRITER: TOM WAITS

COUNTRY: U. S. A.

ALBUM: BLUE VALENTINE

LABEL: ASYLUM

GENRE: JAZZ

YEAR: 1978

"CHRISTMAS CARD FROM A HOOKER IN MINNEAPOLIS" is a song written and performed by Tom Waits, released on his 1978 album, Blue Valentine.

"Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis" has been described as a "laconic first-person sketch." The song's lyrics narrate a letter written by a prostitute to a man named Charlie. She confesses to being pregnant, and describes her current living circumstances, including her stable relationship with a partner who promises to raise her arriving baby "like he would his own son." At the song's conclusion, the author confesses to Charlie that she has been lying to him; she does not have a husband, is currently serving time in prison, and will be eligible for parole on Valentine's Day.

Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor. His music is characterized by his distinctive deep, gravelly singing voice and lyrics focusing on the underside of U.S. society. During the 1970s, he worked primarily in jazz, but since the 1980s his music has reflected greater influence from blues, vaudeville, and experimental genres.

Hey Charlie i'm pregnant

And living on the 9th street

Right above a dirty bookstore

Of Euclid avenue

And i stopped takin dope

And i quit drinkin whiskey

And my old man plays the trombone

And works out at the track

And he says that he loves me

Even though its not his baby

And he says that he'll raise him up

Like he would his own son

And he gave me a ring

That was worn by his mother

And he takes me out dancin

Every saturday night.

And hey Charlie i think about you

Everytime i pass a fillin station

Om account of all the grease

You used to wear in your hair

And i still have that record

Of little anthony & the imperials

But someone stole my record player

Now how do you like that?

Hey charlie i almost went crazy

After mario got busted

So i went back to omaha to

Live with my folks

But everyone i used to know

Was either dead or in prison

So i came back to minneapolis

This time i think i'm gonna stay.

Hey Charlie i think i'm happy

For the first time since my accident

And i wish i had all the money

That we used to spend on dope

I'd buy me a used car lot

And i wouldn't sell any of em

I'd just drive a different car

Every day, dependin on how

I feel

Hey Charlie for chrissakes

Do you want to know the

Truth of it?

I don't have a husband

He don't play the trombone

And i need to borrow money

To pay this lawyer

And Charlie, hey

I'll be eligible for parole

Come Valentines Day.