A Girl’s Notebook :)

This is one of the songs in Lea Salonga’s first ever album. I have a copy of it which was given by my daughter’s godfather. When, Antoinette is still a baby, I and her father used to play that cd and especially when she’s uneasy and crying. The music made her calm and eventually put her into sleep. Even up to now, she enjoyed listening to it.

HAPPINESS

Lea:

You know some kids ask us what happiness really
is.
Well, to me happiness is a hamburger, going to
the movies, new clothes.
Well, what’s your happiness, gerard?

Gerard:
My happiness is a hotdog sandwich, new rubber
shoes, new t-shirts,
New jeans and also my favorite part of happiness
is love.

Lea:
Happiness is two kinds of ice cream
Finding your skate key, telling the time
Happiness is learning to whistle
Tying your shoe for the very first time
Happiness is playing the drum in your own school
band
And happiness is walking hand in hand

Gerard:
Happiness is five different crayons
Knowing a secret, climbing a tree
Happiness is finding a nickel
Catching a firefly, setting him free
Happiness is being alone every now and then
And happiness is coming home again

Lea:
Happiness is morning and evening

Gerard:
Daytime and nighttime, too

Both:
For happiness is anyone and anything at all
That’s loved by you

Gerard:
Happiness is having a sister

Lea:
Sharing a sandwich

Both:
Getting along
Happiness is singing together when day is
through
And happiness is those who sing with you

Happiness is morning and evening
Daytime and nighttime, too
For happiness is anyone and anything at all
That’s loved by you

Ciao!

Though this song may have been playing since the first quarter of 2008, I am still enjoying this song lately..

Do you hear me,
I’m talking to you
Across the water across the deep blue ocean
Under the open sky oh my, baby I’m trying
Boy I hear you in my dreams
I feel your whisper across the sea
I keep you with me in my heart
You make it easier when life gets hard

I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
Oooohhhhoohhhhohhooohhooohhooohoooh

They don’t know how long it takes
Waiting for a love like this
Every time we say goodbye
I wish we had one more kiss
I’ll wait for you I promise you, I will

I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I’m lucky we’re in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

And so I’m sailing through the sea
To an island where we’ll meet
You’ll hear the music, feel the air
I’ll put a flower in your hair
Though the breezes through trees
Move so pretty you’re all I see
As the world keeps spinning round
You hold me right here right now

I’m lucky I’m in love with my best friend
Lucky to have been where I have been
Lucky to be coming home again
I’m lucky we’re in love in every way
Lucky to have stayed where we have stayed
Lucky to be coming home someday

Ooohh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh
Ooooh ooooh oooh oooh ooh ooh ooh ooh

By: Ingrid Michaelson

If you were falling
Then I would catch you

You need a light
I’d find a match

Cause I love the way you say good morning
And you take me the way I am

If you are chilly
Here take my sweater

Your head is aching
I’ll make it better

Cause I love the way you call me baby
And you take me the way I am

I’d buy you Rogaine
When you start losing all your hair

Sew on patches
To all you tear

Cause I love you more than I could ever promise
And you take me the way I am mmm

You take me the way I am
You take me the way I am

Closed off from love
I didn’t need the pain
Once or twice was enough
And it was all in vain
Time starts to pass
Before you know it you’re frozen

Ooooh…

But something happened
For the very first time with you
My heart melted into the ground
Found something true
And everyone’s looking ’round
Thinking I’m going crazy

Chorus:
But I don’t care what they say
I’m in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don’t know the truth
My heart’s crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

Oooh, oooh…

Trying hard not to hear
But they talk so loud
Their piercing sounds fill my ears
Try to fill me with doubt
Yet I know that their goal
Is to keep me from falling

Hey, yeah!

But nothing’s greater
Than the rush that comes with your embrace
And in this world of loneliness
I see your face
Yet everyone around me
Thinks that I’m going crazy
Maybe, maybe

Chorus:
But I don’t care what they say
I’m in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don’t know the truth
My heart’s crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open

And it’s draining all of me
Oh they find it hard to believe
I’ll be wearing these scars
For everyone to see

I don’t care what they say
I’m in love with you
They try to pull me away
But they don’t know the truth
My heart’s crippled by the vein
That I keep on closing
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open and I

Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
I keep bleeding
I keep, keep bleeding love
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love
You cut me open and I
Keep bleeding
Keep, keep bleeding love

Life is a moment in space
When the dream is gone it’s a lonelier place
I kiss the morning goodbye
But down inside you know we never know why

The road is narrow and long
When eyes meet eyes and the feeling is strong
I turn away from the wall I stumble and fall
But I give you it all…

Chorus:
I am a woman in love, And I do anything
To get you into my world, And hold you within
Its a right I defend over and over again
What do I do?

With you eternally mine
In love there is no measure of time
We planned it all at the start
That you and I would live in each others hearts

We may be oceans away you feel my love
I hear what you say
No truth is ever a lie
I stumble and fall
But I give you it all

Chorus:
I am a woman in love, And I do anything
To get you into my world, And hold you within
Its a right I defend over and over again
What do I do?

I am a woman in love
And Im talking to you
Do you know how it feels?
What a woman can do
It’s a right
That I defend over and over again…

This afternoon as I think of something to share with you, I turned on my Music match and listened to some sweet music I have stored. Then, I played the song The Way You Look Tonight. It’s song of the 60s or 70s if I am mistaken and it was revived by Michael Buble. How I love this song. It is a love song, indeed. When I get married, I want honey to sing this one for me. I am sure you have heard this song already. The rendition of Michael Buble is really charming. You and your partner will really be in a dance mood if you hear it. I can’t help myself to play the song over again until I memorize it! :) Even my daughter Antoinette fell inlove with this song. She loves listening to it as I dance her in my arms, then she will fall asleep with a sweet smile.

Some day, when I’m awfully low,
When the world is cold,
I will feel a glow just thinking of you
And the way you look tonight.

You’re lovely, with your smile so warm
And your cheeks so soft,
There is nothing for me but to love you,
And the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fears apart
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
Touches my foolish heart.

Yes you’re lovely, never, ever change
Keep that breathless charm.
Won’t you please arrange it?
‘Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight.

With each word your tenderness grows,
Tearing my fears apart
And that laugh that wrinkles your nose,
Touches my foolish heart.

Yes you’re lovely, never, ever change
Keep that breathless charm.
Won’t you please arrange it?
‘Cause I love you
Just the way you look tonight.
Just the way you look tonight.
Darling
Just the way you look tonight.

Open the door and come in
I’m so glad to see you my friend
Don’t know how long it has been
Having those feelings again.

And now i see that you’re so happy
And ooh, it just sets me free
And i’d like to see
Us as good of friends
As we used to be

Chorus:
Aah, my love, aah
You’re in love
That’s the way
It should be
’cause i want you to be happy
You’re in love
And i know
That you’re not in love with me
Ooh it’s enough
For me to know
That you’re in love
Now i’ll let you go
’cause i know
That you’re in love

Sometimes it’s hard to believe
That you’re never coming back to me
I’ve had this dream that you’d always be by my side
Oh i could have died.

But now i see that you’re so happy
And ooh, it just sets me free.
And i’d like to see
Us as good of friends
As we used to be

(chorus)

I tried to find you but you were so far away
I was praying that fate would bring you back to me
Someday, someday, someday… ooh, you’re in love

Ooh it’s enough
For me to know
That you’re in love
Now i’ll let you go
’cause i know
That you’re in love

I was so down. I only have 200 in my wallet. We don’t have any rice to cook. No more pork, no more chicken. I tried to ask some help from my friends but they too are experiencing some financial difficulties. To my depressions, I tried to console myself by playing some happy tunes. I played Antoinette’s Nursery rhymes but that didn’t give me any good. I looked for another CD to play and I stumbled on a CD which I have borrowed from my neighbor. It is called “Timeless Christian Songs”. I checked on the songs it has and found one of my favorite songs, The Power of Your Love. I listened to song. I sang along with it and just found myself crying. I never realized that I was actually uttering a prayer to God. I asked God to embrace me and hold me closer to Him.

I played the song over and over again. Until, I feel okay. I felt God’s love for me, giving me an assurance that everything’s going to be alright.

Lord, I come to You
Let my heart be changed, renewed,
Flowing from the grace,
That I found in You
Lord, I’ve come to know,
The weaknesses I see in me,
Will be stripped away,
By the power of Your love

Lord unveil my eyes,
Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love,
As You live in me
Lord renew my mind,
As Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day,
In the power of Your Love

Lord, I come to You,
Let my heart be changed, renewed,
Flowing from the grace,
That I found in You
Lord, I’ve come to know,
The weaknesses I see in me,
Will be stripped away,
By the power of Your love

Hold me close,
Let Your love surround me
Bring me near,
Draw me to Your side
And as I wait,
I’ll rise up like the eagle
And I will soar with You,
Your Spirit leads me on
In the power of Your Love

Lord unveil my eyes,
Let me see You face to face
The knowledge of Your love,
As You live in me
Lord renew my mind,
As Your will unfolds in my life
In living every day,
In the power of Your Love

I played the song over and over again. Until, I feel okay. I felt God’s love for me, giving me an assurance that everything’s going to be alright.

I’m really not feeling good today. I thought I cannot make it to work, but even if Sir Kamo will kill me because ‘m about 45 minutes late, I still reported for work, even if my eyes are swollen because of overnight crying.  I just overheard my friend Manoline singing M2M’s The Day you Went Away. Her cubicle is just right next to mine. I think I could post the lyrics of that song here. This line is really true to what I’m going through right now.  Why do we never know what we’ve got ’til it’s gone. How could I carry on. I am letting go of something special. Something, someone I’ll never have again..

Verse 1
Well I wonder could it be
When I was dreaming ’bout you baby
You were dreaming of me
Call me crazy, call me blind
To still be suffering is stupid after all of this time

Pre-chorus 1
Did I lose my love to someone better
And does she love you like I do
I do, you know I really really do

Chorus
Well hey
So much I need to say
Been lonely since the day
The day you went away
So sad but true
For me there’s only you
Been crying since the day
The day you went away

Verse 2
I remember date and time
September twenty second
Sunday twenty five after nine
In the doorway with your case
No longer shouting at each other
There were tears on our faces

Pre-chorus 2
And we were letting go of something special
Something we’ll never have again
I know, I guess I really really know

Chorus
The day you went away
The day you went away

Pre-chorus 1
Chorus

Bridge
Why do we never know what we’ve got ’til it’s gone
How could I carry on
The day you went away
Cause I’ve been missing you so much I have to say
Been crying since the day
The day you went away

The day you went away
The day you went away

I don’t know what’s going to happen tomorrow.. I’m really broken right now. I hope and pray that he’s okay..

I’m not feeling well today, I have bad colds. I’m not emotionally okay as well, and I have this song playing at the back of my mind..

How can I tell you that I love you, I love you
But I can’t think of right words to say
I long to tell you that I’m always thinking of you
I’m always thinking of you, but my words
Just blow away

It always ends up to one thing, honey
And I can’t think of right words to say

Wherever I am boy,
I’m always walking with you
I’m always walking with you,
But I look and you’re not there

Whoever I’m with,
I’m always, always talking to you
I’m always talking to you, and I’m sad that you can’t hear,
Sad that you can’t hear

It always ends up to one thing, honey,
When I look and you’re not there

I need to know you,
Need to feel my arms around you
Feel my arms around you
Like a sea around a shore

And - each night and day I pray
In hope that I might find you
In hope that I might find you
Because heart’s can do no more

It always ends up to one thing honey,
Still I kneel upon the floor

How can I tell you that I love you, I love you
But I can’t think of right words to say
I long to tell you that I’m always thinking of you
I’m always thinking of you..

It always ends up to one thing honey
And I can’t think of right words to say..

Having nothing to write about today, i just posted the song that’s currently playing on my mind..

Here we are, the two of us together
Takin’ this crazy chance to be all alone
We both know that we should not be together
‘Cause if we’re found out, it could mess up
Both our happy homes

I hate to think about us all meeting up together
‘Cause as soon as I look at you it will show on my face, yeah
Then they’ll know that we’ve been loving each other
We can’t let ‘em know, no, no, no
We can’t leave a trace

Secret lovers, yeah, that’s what we are
We should not be together
But we can’t let go, no, no
‘Cause we love each other so

Ooh…ooh…

Sittin’ at home, I do nothin’ all day
But I think about you and hope that you’re okay
Hopin’ you’ll call before anyone gets home
I wait anxiously alone by the phone

How could something so wrong be so right
I wish we didn’t have to keep our love out of sight, yeah
Living two lives just ain’t easy at all
But we gotta hang on in there or fall

Secret lovers, yeah, that’s what we are
We should not be together
But we can’t let go, no, no
‘Cause we love each other so

Secret lovers, yeah, that’s what we are
Tryin’ so hard to hide the way we feel
‘Cause we both belong to someone else
But we can’t let go
‘Cause what we feel is, oh, so real
So real, so real

You and me, are we friends
Is this cool or do we care
Can they tell what’s in our minds
Maybe they’ve had secret loves all of the time

In the middle of making love we notice the time
We both get nervous ‘cause it’s way after nine
Even though we hate it, we know it’s time that we go
We gotta be careful so that no one will know

Secret lovers, yeah, that’s what we are
Trying so hard to hide the way we feel
‘Cause we both belong to someone else
But we can’t let go
‘Cause what we feel is, oh, so real
So real, so real, so real, so real