u/BoLanier

For the last 250 years lady liberty has worn the ole red,

White and blue, symbolizing the glory of freedom,valar

And virtue,where our four fathers built this nation on blood,

Sweat and tears,having faith,having faith over fear,for the

Last 250 years the old red,white and blue has been flown

For me and you,the threads of tattered flag has stood the

Test of time,threads of a tattered flag at home or behind

Enemy lines....

Threads of a tattered flag just as vibrant today as the day

It was made,threads of a tattered flag in all its splendor

And swag,flying high like a beackon of hope and true

American pride,from the Atlantic to the Pacific side,from the

Gulf shores to the mountains high,well the threads of a

Tattered Flag still touches the sky in all its splendor and

Swag,threads of a tattered flag,threads of a tattered flag...

Just like it was 250 years ago when George Washington

Came to Betsy Ross with the sketch and the idea of the

Strips and stars and hence thereafter has lived in every

American heart,in the good times and when things seemed

To be falling apart the U.S.A. never lost its way even

When things got a little dark,just like it was 250 years ago

When George Washington came to Betsy Ross with nothing

But a sketch and an idea of the strips and stars....

Threads of a tattered flag,just as vibrant today as it was

The day it was made,threads of a tattered flag in all its

Splendor and swag, flying high like a beackon of hope and

True American pride,from the Atlantic to the Pacific side

From the Gulf shores to the mountains high,the threads of

A tattered flag still touches the sky in all its splendor and swag

Threads of a tattered flag,threads of a tattered flag!

\\#9 from the songbook collection "Nitty Gritty"

For the last 250 years lady liberty has worn the ole red,

White and blue, symbolizing the glory of freedom,valar

And virtue,where our four fathers built this nation on blood,

Sweat and tears,having faith,having faith over fear,for the

Last 250 years the old red,white and blue has been flown

For me and you,the threads of tattered flag has stood the

Test of time,threads of a tattered flag at home or behind

Enemy lines....

Threads of a tattered flag just as vibrant today as the day

It was made,threads of a tattered flag in all its splendor

And swag,flying high like a beackon of hope and true

American pride,from the Atlantic to the Pacific side,from the

Gulf shores to the mountains high,well the threads of a

Tattered Flag still touches the sky in all its splendor and

Swag,threads of a tattered flag,threads of a tattered flag...

Just like it was 250 years ago when George Washington

Came to Betsy Ross with the sketch and the idea of the

Strips and stars and hence thereafter has lived in every

American heart,in the good times and when things seemed

To be falling apart the U.S.A. never lost its way even

When things got a little dark,just like it was 250 years ago

When George Washington came to Betsy Ross with nothing

But a sketch and an idea of the strips and stars....

Threads of a tattered flag,just as vibrant today as it was

The day it was made,threads of a tattered flag in all its

Splendor and swag, flying high like a beackon of hope and

True American pride,from the Atlantic to the Pacific side

From the Gulf shores to the mountains high,the threads of

A tattered flag still touches the sky in all its splendor and swag

Threads of a tattered flag,threads of a tattered flag!

\#9 from the songbook collection "Nitty Gritty"

For the last 250 years lady liberty has worn the ole red,

White and blue, symbolizing the glory of freedom,valar

And virtue,where our four fathers built this nation on blood,

Sweat and tears,having faith,having faith over fear,for the

Last 250 years the old red,white and blue has been flown

For me and you,the threads of tattered flag has stood the

Test of time,threads of a tattered flag at home or behind

Enemy lines....

Threads of a tattered flag just as vibrant today as the day

It was made,threads of a tattered flag in all its splendor

And swag,flying high like a beackon of hope and true

American pride,from the Atlantic to the Pacific side,from the

Gulf shores to the mountains high,well the threads of a

Tattered Flag still touches the sky in all its splendor and

Swag,threads of a tattered flag,threads of a tattered flag...

Just like it was 250 years ago when George Washington

Came to Betsy Ross with the sketch and the idea of the

Strips and stars and hence thereafter has lived in every

American heart,in the good times and when things seemed

To be falling apart the U.S.A. never lost its way even

When things got a little dark,just like it was 250 years ago

When George Washington came to Betsy Ross with nothing

But a sketch and an idea of the strips and stars....

Threads of a tattered flag,just as vibrant today as it was

The day it was made,threads of a tattered flag in all its

Splendor and swag, flying high like a beackon of hope and

True American pride,from the Atlantic to the Pacific side

From the Gulf shores to the mountains high,the threads of

A tattered flag still touches the sky in all its splendor and swag

Threads of a tattered flag,threads of a tattered flag!

#9 from the songbook collection "Nitty Gritty"

Well and you say you're glad you met me and you wanna

Get to know me better,just one thing I'm not looking for a

Relationship,I'm just looking for a lover,let me show you

What a real casanova can do,I can be a freak in the sheets,I'll

Do anything you want me to do...

They don't call me Don Juan for nothing and I know there's a

Fire burning between me and you,just two strangers in the

Night getting down and dirty,I know how to set your spirit free,

Making out down in a moonlit sea,let me show you just how

Strong the passion can be but don't get it confused,you are

Just a tool,a tool for me to use,you're just a tool,just a tool...

You say I hope in time there can be more between us than just

A hot burning desire but this viking has crossed many lakes

Of fire oh and just like thors hammer to a norse man,you are

Just a tool,a tool for me to use,call me a player but you are just

A tool,a tool for me to use....

They don't call me Don Juan for nothing and I know there's a

Fire burning between me and you,just two strangers in the

Night getting down and dirty,I know how to set your spirit free,

Making out down in a moonlit sea,let me show you just how

Strong the passion can be but don't get it confused,you are

Just a tool,a tool for me to use,you're just a tool,just a tool,a

Tool for me to use,you're just a tool,just a tool!

From the songbook collection " The NITTY GRITTY"

Well,and this is my baby,the one that's crazy bout me,the one

And only one I'll ever need,this is my baby,this is my baby...

The one that will never do me wrong,the one that can't leave

Me alone,from morning til night and all night long,the one

That knows how to touch me to turn me on,the one that really

Loves me and will never do me wrong...

This is my baby,this is my baby,the one that's crazy bout me,

The one and only one I'll ever need,this is my baby,this is my

Baby...

The one that knows exactly how to put a smile on my face

Anytime I'm feeling a little sad and blue,the one that always

Brings out the best in me and makes me laugh too,from

Morning til night and all night long,the one that knows how to

Touch me to really turn me on,the one that loves me for me

And will never do me wrong...

This is my baby,this is my baby,the one that's crazy bout me,the

One,the one and only one I'll ever need,,well this is my baby,this

Is my baby...

The one that only has my best intentions at heart,the one that

Is like a beautiful work of art,the one I love waking up to

In the dawns early morning light,holding you,holding me tight,from morning til night and all night long,the one that

Loves me for me and will never do me wrong,well...

This is my baby,this is my baby,the one that's crazy bout me,the

One and only one I'll ever need,the one that loves me like

Crazy, well this is my baby,this is my baby,this is my baby,this

Is my baby!

​

#7 from the songbook collection "Nitty Gritty"

Right off the top of my head I can't think of any reason why I

Should be having these feelings of dread,off the top of my head

I can't think of anything to say that hasn't already been said,

Nothing surprises me anymore,a window opens with the

Closing of a door,all is fair in love and war,off the top of my

Head I can't think of any reason why you'd leave me on red,

Right off the top my head I can't think of anything to say that

Hasn't already been said...

But when you get to the nitty gritty there's still some hard

Feelings deep down inside,when you get down to the nitty

Gritty,we don't see eye to eye,when you get right down to it

Maybe we were never meant to be,maybe it was just a fluke in

Destiny,maybe the expectations I placed on you were way too

High,when you get right down to the nitty gritty it never was

Ride or die,when you get down to the nitty gritty there are

Still some hard feelings buried deep down inside,the never

Ending animosity between you and me unfortunately,when

You get right down to it and oh what a pitty,when you get right

Down to the nitty gritty...

Off the top of my head I can't think of any reason why I would

Be depressed and not want to get out of bed,the last time I

Saw you,you left me on red,right off the top of my head I can't

Think of any reason why I would want to die now instead,off the

Top of my head I can't think of anything to say that hasn't

Been said,you made your decision when you left me for him

And left me on red and...

when you get to the nitty gritty there's still some hard

Feelings deep down inside,when you get down to the nitty

Gritty,we don't see eye to eye,when you get right down to it

Maybe we were never meant to be,maybe it was just a fluke in

Destiny,maybe the expectations I placed on you were way too

High,when you get right down to the nitty gritty it never was

Ride or die,when you get down to the nitty gritty there are

Still some hard feelings buried deep down inside,the never

Ending animosity between you and me unfortunately,when

You get right down to it and oh what a pitty,when you get right

Down to the nitty gritty,when you get right down to it,when you

Get down to the nitty gritty!

​

#6 from the songbook collection " Nitty Gritty"

Well I swore I would never fall in love again but the moment

You came into my life I fell head over heels for you like a

Silly teenager in high school,I didn't think anyone could ever

Restart the fire that had long since died from the last time I

Loved and said goodbye but oh boy was I wrong,you are proof

Love lives on from the first time I looked into your dark eyes...

And when I look into your dark eyes I feel all warm and fuzzy

Inside,dare I call it love,have I known you long enough,well my

Heart says listen to your intuition,it just might be the stuff that

Dreams are made of,Everytime I look into your dark eyes,I get

A warm and fuzzy feeling inside, Everytime I look into your

Dark Eyes...

Oh and the time just flys, whenever we are together,lost in your

Eyes,you could knock me over with a feather,it's a feeling of

Being on cloud nine, suspended in time and kinda like being

Drunk on cherry wine,sure feels good,everytime...

When I look into your dark eyes I feel all warm and fuzzy inside,

Dare we call it love,have we known each other long enough,

Well my heart says just listen to your intuition,it just might be

The stuff dreams are made of cuz Everytime I look into your

Dark Eyes,I get a warm and fuzzy feeling inside,then I know

The fire ain't dead,love is still alive,when I look into your

Dark Eyes,Everytime I look into your dark eyes!

​

4th from the songbook collection "NITTY GRITTY"

Want you please go away,I don't love you anymore, you're

Gonna put me in an early grave because I really just can't

Take no more, everything that's mine is not yours,call this

The closing of a door,you say you still wanna be friends

Thing is I don't even like you anymore so...

Why don't you make like a ghost and disappear,you are no

Longer wanted here now am I making myself clear,I'm beyond

The anger that comes with the tears,I may look cool,calm and

Collected but sometimes things aren't as they appear,so before

I go and do something I'm gonna regret I just have one

Suggestion left,why don't you make like a ghost and disappear

You are no longer wanted here,so why don't you make like a

Ghost,make like a ghost and disappear...

All you ever do is cause me grief and sorrow,you are like a

Poison arrow to my soul,it seems we've come to our

Crossroads but I really don't give a damn which way you go

You say that's cold but you're the one that made me that way

Don't you know,so go on and just go,I swear you are like a

Poison arrow to my heart and soul,maybe this is a new

Beginning,the closing of a door and the opening of a window,

You say you still wanna be friends,I'm sorry I'm not seventeen

Years old and I'm done with the grief and sorrow,oh so...

Why don't you make like a ghost and disappear,you are no

Longer wanted here now am I making myself clear,I'm beyond

The anger that comes with the tears,I may look cool,calm and

Collected but sometimes things aren't as they appear,so before

I go and do something I'm gonna regret I just have one

Suggestion left,why don't you make like a ghost and disappear

You are no longer wanted here,so why don't you make like a

Ghost,make like a ghost and disappear...

Go on,go on and disappear,make like a ghost,make like a

Ghost and disappear....

​

#4 from the New songbook collection "Nitty Gritty"

Giddy with delight from morning til night, I finally got my foot in the door now there’s no holding me back anymore, I'm on my way, I'm on my way now and these are happier days...

Somewhere over the wide cliffs of Dover and it ain't got a damn thing to do with you what so ever and I gotta say I'm feeling better than ever and this time I really got it together, right down to the letter, somewhere over the wide cliffs of Dover...

My heart is so full of joy, what a strange and twisted story, I guess it's just like they say, God works in mysterious ways and now I've witnessed it first hand like something out of a dream, these are happier days, the past is dead and gone and now these are happier days...

Somewhere over the wide cliffs of Dover and it sure feels good and it ain't got nothing, nothing to do with you, nothing what so ever, I've finally got it together right down to the letter, walking the oceans edge, these are happier days, somewhere down over the wide cliffs of Dover, somewhere, somewhere down over the wide cliffs of Dover!

Can't judge a book by it's cover,there's more inside yet

To discover,learn the whole story before you make any

Preconceived notions,that's where you can draw the

Bigger picture,that's when your imagination can really

Come alive,a feeling of real emotions,when the truth is

There in black and white right before your eyes,get your

Story straight before you go spreading any rumours,

Research your facts so that no one can ever accuse you

Of a lie,there's always more than meets the eye...

Don't judge nothing you know nothing about,don't judge

Anyone or anything if there's any shadow of a doubt,keep

It to yourself or talk about something else but don't judge

Nothing you know nothing about,don't judge anyone,don't

Judge anyone or anything if there's even the slightest

Shadow of a doubt,don't judge...

Can't judge a book by it's cover,oh no there's more inside

Still to discover,can't say he's this way or she's that way

Without knowing their whole story,that's when you can draw

The bigger picture,that's when your imagination really comes

Alive,if you wanna get down to the nitty gritty there's always

Way more to someone than meets the eye....

Don't judge nothing you know nothing about,don't judge

Anyone or anything if there's any shadow of a doubt,keep

It to yourself or talk about something else but don't judge

Nothing you know nothing about,don't judge anyone,don't

Judge anyone or anything if there's even the slightest

Shadow of a doubt,don't judge,don't judge!

#2 from the songbook collection "The Nitty Gritty"

Well and you've got that je ne sais quoi,there's just something

Uniquely enchanting about you, instinctly you know how to

Charm the pants off of anyone just like you've done to me and

Now I think I'm falling in love with you,I lose my composure

And my heart strings come undone,I am mesmerized Everytime

I look into your dark blue eyes,I am charmed and can't stop

Thinking about you, you've just got that certain something and

I am under your spell it's true,there's just something enchanting

About you...

And I'm falling head over heels,drawn to you like a moth to a

Flame and it's driving me wild feeling the heat from the fire,

Now I'll never be the same,you are all I want,all I desire,I am

Charmed by the magic you do,I am charmed by your charisma

And falling head over heels in love with you,like a moth to a

Flame,I'll never be the same,you are all I want,all I desire, feeling

The heat from the fire and the charisma you inspire...

Oh and you've got that moxy everyone wishes they had and

Just being around you makes me happy, makes me glad,

I lose my composure and my heart strings come undone,

There is an old world gnostic feel to the webb you have spun all

Around me,call it fate or call it destiny,I don't care as long as you

Are here with me because....

I am falling head over heels,drawn to you like a moth to a flame and it's driving me wild feeling the heat from the flame now

I'll never be the same,you are all I want,all I desire,I am charmed by The magic you do,I am charmed by your charisma and I am

Falling head over heels in love with you,you are all I want,all I

Desire, feeling the heat from your fire,drowning in the Charisma

You inspire,you are all I want,all I desire!

#1 from the songbook collection "The NITTY GRITTY"

​

I wasn't looking for love when I found you but now here you are and I am looking into the eyes of love, praises be to the Lord

Above,you are the dream I have always dreamed of, sometimes

Reality is enough because here I am,one lucky man, looking

Into the eyes of love...

You are totally unlike anyone I've ever known but maybe that's

What I've been missing in my life, almost as different as day

And night, how can it be wrong when it feels so right,you are

Unlike anyone I have ever known but maybe baby,that's what

I've been missing in my life...

Now I am looking into the eyes of love,praises be to the Lord

Up above,you are the dream I have always dreamed of,

Sometimes fate is kind and reality is just enough because now

Here I am,here I am,one lucky man, looking into the eyes of

Love...

You're like a breath of fresh air and whenever you are around

There is magic everywhere, as I am sure the whole wide

World is aware,our romance is a different kind of love affair,

Whenever you are around there is magic,magic everywhere,

When it comes to you nothing or no one can compare,you are refreshing like a breath of fresh air ...

And now I am looking into the eyes of love,praises be to the

Lord above,you are the dream,the dream I have always

Dreamed of, sometimes fate is kind and reality is just enough,

Just enough because here I am,here I am,one lucky man,

Looking into the eyes, looking into the eyes of love...

#16 from the songbook collection "Eyes Of Love"

Our love is divine,heart and soul,body And mind,you are the music to my rhythm, I am the poet to your rhyme,no place is

Too far as long as we are together don't you know,take it to

Sweden with the winter rose or on over to Siberia with the ice

And snow,well, I'd follow you wherever you go,even in the

Shadow of the pyramids down in Cairo or down off the shores

Of Rio de janario where the warm,warm winds blow,well,I love

You with all my heart and soul and so where you go,I will

Follow,I will follow,I will follow wherever you go...

Come hail or high water our aim is true, passion like an ocean

Crashing,Venus in pieces and love everlasting,could be we

Were written in the stars and destined to be,maybe but all I

Know for sure is that I love you and you love me and

Wherever you go I will follow,right up the edge of the wide

Cliffs of dover,then over to the congo for wild hot summer,oh

Well I'd follow you wherever you go,up this road and down

That road,all the way from kilamounjara to Timbuktu because

I love you with all my heart and soul so wherever you go,I will

Follow,I will follow,I will follow wherever you go...

Come hurricanes or blizzards with gale force winds,we are in

This together through thick and thin,love of my life and my best

Friend,here we go again, watching the sunrise over a snow

Covered mountain in the Himalayan outback,high above the

City below,well, I'd follow you up this road and down that road,

Don't you know because I love you with all my heart and soul

And so, wherever you go I will follow,I will follow,I will follow,

Wherever you go!

14 from the songbook collection "Eyes Of Love"

It's almost as though my heart has only known winter so far

For my whole life,cold dark shadows of grey light,I don't know

How I held on for as long as I held on,all alone and on my own

With nothing to keep me warm but an icy blue heart frozen

Like a stone ...

But then you came along like a rush of warm,warm wind to my

Heart and soul,sing a new song now,one that's never been told

It's time to put the past behind,hind sight is 20/20 don't you

Know, everything is turning up roses everywhere,it's time to

Come on out of the darkness and let go of despair, love has

Found me,a love whose heart truly cares and it's turning up

Roses here and there,it's turning up roses,it's turning up roses

Everywhere...

You look at me and the sun begins to spin,you kiss me and a

River runs through me again,you touch me and a garden of

Passion comes alive,every color of the rainbow to match all

The wonderful feelings you make me feel inside,thank God you

Came along when you came along,I don't know how much

Longer I could of held on,on my own and all alone,with nothing

To keep me warm but an icy blue heart,frozen like a stone...

But then you came along like a rush of warm,warm wind to my

Heart and soul,sing a new song now,one that's never been told

It's time to put the past behind,hind sight is 20/20 don't you

Know, everything is turning up roses everywhere,it's time to

Come on out of the darkness and let go of despair, love has

Found me,a love whose heart truly cares and it's turning up

Roses here and there,it's turning up roses,it's turning up roses

Everywhere, everything is turning up roses, turning up roses

Everywhere!

You say you love me but can you promise never to make me cry, you say you love me but can you promise I'll always come before anyone else, could you be my hero anytime I call for help, well you say you love me can you promise that on your life and until the day you die...

Can you promise you can provide a home and not just the house, if you love me wouldn't you do anything for me isn't that what love is all about, if you love me can you promise me you'll do anything in your power to make and keep me happy...

You say you love me but can you promise never to make me cry, you say you love me but can you promise I'll always come before anyone else, could you be my hero anytime I call for help, you say you love me can you promise that on your life and until the day you die...

I mean after all you say you love me, yeah you say you love me but don't say words you can't take back, karma will always get you for that think carefully before you say you love me and swear, swear on your life you will love me till the day you die!

Our love isn't perfect but it's not a lie,our love is compassionate

Because it's never a matter of pride, whatever comes tomorrow

I know we'll be ok,we may not have it all but together we got it

Made, together we have it made...

Although we may not have a pot to piss in and everything is

Falling down around us,there is love,there is still love, praises be

To the power above for chance would never had been good

Enough,you'd think we'd get tired of trying but love never does

And although we don't have a pot to piss in and everything is

Falling down around us,there is love,there is love...

Our love is not caviar and champagne no,our love is more like

Laughter and rain,a little bit of pleasure and a little bit of pain

It's far from heaven but it's far from hell,it's hard to explain but

It's love all the same...

Because even though we may not have a pot to piss in and everything is Falling down around us,there is love,there is still love, praises be To the power above for chance would never had been good Enough,you'd think we'd get tired of trying but love never does And although we don't have a pot to piss in and everything is Falling down around us,there is love,there is love,

There is still love!

#12 from the songbook collection "Eyes Of Love"

How do you fall in and outta love if love is forever and if you really love someone how can it ever really be over...

Maybe I'm just a hopeless romantic and what I always dreamed I'd find is just of the fairy tale kind...

But I want to believe there is someone for everyone even me, I only live to love but unfortunately that's what is killing me...

How can you cheat and lie to someone who'd die for you well that's something I could never do...

Maybe I'm just too naive for believing there's such a thing as a happily ever after destiny or maybe it's just not in the cards for me...

But I have always wanted to believe there’s someone for everyone but maybe I'm just a fool to believe in those fairy tale stories because I only live, I only live to love and that's what is killing me, I only live to love but I swear that is what's gonna be the death of me!

#11 from the songbook collection "Eyes Of Love"

It's unbelievable but it's true I'm starting to have feelings for you should I go for it and rest my heart being broken again maybe we should take it slow and get to know each other better as friends, if it's really loved then it's not going to go anywhere, if it's really love time will get us there, there's no rush when it comes to forever, can't rush love when it comes to forever, it's unbelievable but it's true I am falling falling in love with you... It's undeniable looking into your pale blue eyes and in the way you give me butterflies, it's undeniable how this new found emotion is making me feel, all good and warm inside, it's undeniable the passion that keeps building between you and I it's undeniable, it's incredible, it's beautiful and it's powerful, we are undeniable we are undeniable.... Well and it's unfathomable to imagine you not being a part of my life, it is unfathomable to think we could be wrong when it feels so right, it's unbelievable but it's true I'm starting to have feelings feelings for you, it's unbelievable but it's true, destiny has finally caught up with me and you, it's unassuming how deep it goes to the heart and the sou,l it's uncomprehensible to feel otherwise, it's uncomprehensible looking into your eyes... It's undeniable looking into your pale blue eyes and in the way you give me butterflies, it's undeniable how this new found emotion is making me feel all good and warm inside, it's undeniable the passion that keeps building between you and I it's undeniable, it's incredible, it's beautiful and it's powerful we are undeniable, we are undeniable, undeniable! #10 from the songbook collection "Eyes Of Love"

Once in a lifetime someone comes along like an angel

Sent from Heaven to bring you out of the darkness and

Give new meaning to your dreams...

Stuck on a European feeling,stuck on you from the beginning

Le Francais,francais d'or, fields of lavender leads to your door

I miss you and all the love we shared down on the French

Rivia and the Mediterranean shore....

I am a better person now from having met you,two worlds apart but love can bridge any distance of the heart if love is true and I

Know our love is true,fly me to paris and I will never leave again

Fly me to paris and let forever begin,fly me to paris and I'll

Never leave again...

I will bring to you my art and my magic like a bird in flight,dreaming of holding you,holding me tight,dancing me through the Enchanted parisian night,I can almost feel your lips on mine Like a fine,fine vintage wine,still on my mind,all the

Time...

Stuck on a European feeling,stuck on you from the beginning,oh

Le francais, Francais d'or,you are the one worth waiting for,fly me to paris and let love begin,fly me to paris and I will never

Leave again,fly me to paris...fly me to paris!

#9 from the songbook collection " Eyes Of Love"