Cantemus XXVI: A Moment in Life

2nd Half
Welcome back everyone
To Cantemus XXVI:
A Moment in Life.
Hopefully so far has
Been a moment well spent
As we will continue (on)
Singing in celebration
Of all the moments that have
Led us to where we are now.
Moments that we share with
Those who we know, of all
The people on this dot,
As fate dictates our path
To cross, for us to meet
Each one who are essential,
Each one who passes by,
And the special one that
Stops the heart in a beat.
Perhaps it s the guy who
Lives just a block away,
Or the uptown girl who
Arrests one's attention.
(song "Uptown Girl")
Uptown girl
She's been living in her uptown world
I bet she never had a backstreet guy
I bet her mama never told her why
I'm gonna try for an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
And
She
And
And

when she knows what

wants from her time
when she wakes up
makes up her mind

She'll see I'm not so tough

Just because
I'm in love with an uptown girl
You know I've seen her in her uptown world
She's getting tired of her high class toys
And all her presents from her uptown boys
She's got a choice
Uptown girl
You know I can't afford to buy her pearls
But maybe someday when my ship comes in
She'll understand what kind of guy I've been

And then I'll win

And when she's walking
She's looking so fine
And when she's talking
She'll say that she's mine
She'll say I'm not so tough
Just because
I'm in love
With an uptown girl
She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am
Uptown girl
She's my uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
You know I'm in love
With an uptown girl
My uptown girl
(song ends)
More to the people
We share those moments with
Is the interaction
Without which we become
Lonely wanderers.
Through simple conversation,
Through expression of thoughts,
(Through the news from the press,
Through reaching of decision.
In all possible forms,)
Those written, those spoken,
they are like triggers that
cause one moment after
another, as one reacts
in response to what's implied
from the words one encounters.
(song "Words")
Words
A letter and a letter on a string
Will hold forever humanity spellbound
Words
Possession of the beggar and the king
Everybody, everyday
You and I, we all can say
Words
Regarded as a complicated tool
Created by man, implicated by mankind

Words
Obsession of the genius and the fool
Everybody, everyday,
Everywhere and everyway
Words!
Find them, you can use them
Say them, you can hear them
Write them, you can read them
Love them, fear them
Words
Transmitted as we're fitted from the start
Received by all and we're sentenced to a life with
Words
Impression of the stupid and the smart
Everybody, everyday
You and I, we all can say
Words
Inside your head can come alive as they're said
Softly, loudly, modestly or proudly
Words
Expression by the living and the dead
Everybody, everyday
Everywhere and everyway
Words!
Find them, you can use them
Say them, you can hear them
Write them, you can read them
Love them, fear them
Words, a letter and a letter on a string
(song ends)
With all the joys in it,
Alas, a moment only
Lasts for so long a time.
(The beauty to behold,
The scents filling the air,
The melody of a song,
The tickle on the palate,
The warm embraces)
The senses only captures (Are only captured in)
That one particular
Brief moment in time
Before it passes and
Becomes history that
Will live in memory.
(song "Memory")
Daylight
See the dew on the sunflower
And the rose that is fading
Roses wither away

Like the sunflower

I yearn to turn my face to the dawn
I am waiting for the day
Memory
Turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in
If you find there
The meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin
Memory
All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember
A time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Burnt out ends of smoky days
The stale, cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies
Another night is over
Another day is dawning
Daylight
I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I mustn't give in
When the dawn comes
Tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin
Sunlight through the trees in summer
Endless masquerading
Like a flower as the dawn is breaking
The memory is fading
Touch me
It's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me
You'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun
(song ends)
Beyond what's out there
For us to take in,
There's another world
That lives inside of us.
A world that's filled with dreams
and possibilities
of what might truly
become reality.
(As we're moving along
In both of these worlds,

life moments are first dreamed,

Planned with expectation)
Out of pure imagination.
(song "Pure Imagination")
Come with me and you'll be
In a world of pure imagination
Take a look and you'll see
Into your imagination
We'll begin with a spin
Traveling in the world of my creation
What we'll see will defy explanation
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there you'll be free
If you truly wish to be
If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it
Anything you want to, do it
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it
There is no life I know
To compare with pure imagination
Living there you'll be free
If you truly wish to be
(song ends)
However beautiful,
A dream is just a dream
A plaything of the mind
Until effort is given
To turn it into
a reality.
It takes great courage
To embark on such endeavour,
To make sacrifices
In breaking conventions,
Taking that leap of faith,
And counting on the stars,
(song "Counting Stars")
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
But baby I've been, I've been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
Yeah, we'll be counting stars
I see this life

Like a swinging vine

Swing my heart across the line
In my face's flashing signs
Seek it out and ye shall find
Old, but I'm not that old
Young, but I'm not that bold
And I don't think the world is sold
I'm just doing what we're told
I feel something so right
Doing the wrong thing
I feel something so wrong
Doing the right thing
I couldn't lie, couldn't lie, couldn't lie
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we] could be
Baby I've been, I've been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
I feel the love
And I feel it burn
Down this river every turn
Hope is a four letter word
Make that money
Watch it burn
Old, but I'm not that old
Young, but I'm not that bold
And I don't think the world is sold
I'm just doing what we're told
I, feel something so wrong
Doing the right thing
I could lie, could lie, could lie
Everything that drowns me makes me wanna fly
Lately I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
Baby I been, I been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
Take that money and watch it burn
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
Everything that kills me makes me feel alive
Baby I've been, I've been losing sleep
Dreaming about the things that we could be
Baby I've been, I've been prayin' hard
Said no more counting dollars
We'll be counting stars
Take that money and watch it burn
Sink in the river the lessons I learned
(song ends)

Often, we go through this life

Thinking we have all control
(with all the plans mapped out).
But there are those times
when fate gives a twist
and catches us by surprise.
When reality hits us
with hard facts and truths,
(When it challenges the hope
And the faith that we cling to)
As the tower of our dreams,
Built for a perfect world,
Shows its cracks and falls apart,
One can't help but wonder
How everything would turn out
To be if I had my way.
(song "If I Had My Way")
Long ago and far away
Before the world had come to this
I took for granted how my life would be
Assuming that my freedom would be free
Before these evening shadows fell
I reveled in the light of day
I rarely ever cried, my patience wasn't tried
And heroes never died
But if I had my way
Things would be different
Danger wouldn't come from a sky of blue
Choices would be clear
And strangers would be kinder
Love a little blinder
As it saved the day
If I had my way
Every now and then it seems
We live our lives to such extremes
Racing all around, never homeward bound
Losing what we've found
But if I had my way
Things would be different
No one would believe that a lie was true
Choices would be clear
And wisdom would be heeded
Warnings never needed
This is what I'd pray
If I had my way
The milk of human kindness
Would seek us out and find us
And color all the words we say
And hearts would come alive

Instead of breaking
No one would believe that a lie was true
Angels would appear
Children would be cherished
Hope would never parish
Faith would not betray
If I had my way
(song ends)
Good times and misfortune,
(Sunny and rainy days,)
Expected and unforeseen
(and all variation there is of)
Moments are bound to happen
Within this lifetime
As much as we d like to keep
Living a joyful moment
Or grieving over our lost
Father time will push us
To move forward together
On his everlasting journey
Until the sun finally sets. (Until he calls for
The sun to finally set
And we lay our head to rest.)
Indeed, there s never a wish
Better than being fifteen
When we only have
A hundred years to live.
(song "100 Years")
I'm 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
I'm 22 for a moment
And she feels better than ever
And we're on fire
Making our way back from Mars
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got a hundred years to live
I'm 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I'm a "they"
A kid on the way, babe.
A family on my mind
I'm 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I'm heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose yourself

Within a morning star

15 I'm all right with you
15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got a hundred years to live
Half time goes by
Suddenly you re wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We're moving on...
I'm 99 for a moment
And dying for just another moment
And I'm just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
15 there's still time for you
22 I feel her too
33 you re on your way
Every day's a new day...
15 there's still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there's never a wish better than this
When you only got a hundred years to live
(song ends)
Time has certainly
flown through tonight,
And now we will be singing
A song to finish
This moment in life
(To make way for those to come).
A song that reminds us
To make the most of all
The time that we're given
(To walk on this earth),
To (wisely) take a chance on
Every moment that's coming,
So that at the end of the day,
we can surely say "I lived."
(song "I Lived")
Hope when you take that jump, you don't fear the fall
Hope when the water rises, you built a wall
Hope when the crowd screams out, they're screaming your name
Hope if everybody runs, you choose to stay
Hope that you fall in love, and it hurts so bad
The only way you can know is give it all you have
And I hope that you don't suffer but take the pain
Hope when the moment comes, you'll say...
I, I did it all
I, I did it all
I owned every second that this world could give
I saw so many places, the things that I did

With every broken bone, I swear I lived

Hope that you spend your days, but they all add up
And when that sun goes down, hope you raise your cup
Oh, I wish that I could witness all your joy and all your pain
But until my moment comes, I'll say...
I, I did it all
I, I did it all
I owned every second that this world could give
I saw so many places, the things that I did
With every broken bone, I swear I lived
Oh [4x]
With every broken bone, I swear I lived.
With every broken bone, I swear I...
I, I did it all
I, I did it all
I owned every second that this world could give
I saw so many places, the things that I did
With every broken bone, I swear I lived.
Oh [4x]
I swear I lived. Ohhh [2x]
(End of 2nd half)
[Thank Yous, Gratitudes, and Acknowledgements]
(Encore: Circle of Life)
Nants ingonyama bagithi Baba
Sithi uhm ingonyama
Nants ingonyama bagithi baba
Sithi uhhmm ingonyama
Ingonyama
Siyo Nqoba
Ingonyama
Ingonyama nengw' enamabala

[Here comes a lion, Father]

[Oh yes, it's a lion]

[We're going to conquer]

[A lion and a leopard come
to this open place]

From the day we arrive on the planet

And blinking, step into the sun
There's more to see than can ever be seen
More to do than can ever be done
There's far too much to take in here
More to find than can ever be found
But the sun rolling high
Through the sapphire sky
Keeps great and small on the endless round
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding

In the Circle
The Circle of Life
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life
(End of Cantemus XXVI: A Moment in Life)