1917 - Thomas Newman

The strange young man who comes to me A soldier on a three day spree Who needs one night's cheap ecstasy And a woman's arms to hide him He greets me with a courtly bow And hides his pain by acting proud He drinks too much and he laughs too loud How can I deny him? Let us dance beneath the moon I'll sing to you "Claire de Lune' The morning always comes too soon But tonight the war is over He speaks to me in schoolboy French Of a soldier's life inside a trench Of the look of death and the ghastly stench I do my best to please him He puts two roses in a vase Two roses sadly out of place Like the gallant smile on his haggard face Playfully I tease him Hold me 'neath the Paris skies Let's not talk of how or why Tomorrow's soon enough to die But tonight the war is over We make love too hard too fast He falls asleep, his face a mask He wakes with the shakes and he drinks from his flask I put my arms around him They die in the trenches and they die in the air In Belgium and France the dead are everywhere They die so fast there's no time to prepare A decent grave to surround them Old world glory, old world fame The old world's gone, gone up in flames Nothing will ever be the same And nothing lasts forever Oh I'd pray for him but I've forgotten how And there's nothing, nothing that can save him now There's always another with the same funny bow And who am I to deny them Lux aeterna Luce-at e-is domine cum Sanctic tu-is in aeternum Qui-a pius es requiem aeternaum Dona e-is Domine. Qui-a pius es requiem aeternaum Dona e-is Domine Qui-a pius es et lux perpetua luce-at- e-is Cum Sancris tu-is in Aeternum qui-api-us es Tonight the war is over...

You gave a warning But you never give the Signals that I'm wanting You know that I crave all your attention It's danger mmm I don't know if this is it, is this it to you? When you say you do, you don't Leaving me no clue If yes is no and no is yes Tell me what you want How am I meant to know What's going on? You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want Knife's edge Living on both sides I don't know what's best I need you to tell me Don't know what's next Be honest, mmm Oh, yeah I don't know if this is it, is this it to you? When you say you do, you don't Leaving me no clue If yes is no and no is yes Tell me what you want How am I meant to know what's going on? You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want I don't know if this is it, is this it to you? When you say you do, you don't Leaving me no clue If yes is no and no is yes Tell me what you want How am I meant to know what's going on? You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You, yeah You never give the feelings that I want You never give the feelings that I want (You, yeah) You never give the feelings that I want

I saw you on Sunday, Monday Hanging with your man again You came back on a Tuesday With that cold a' look ashamed Oh I could love you better Better than you once knew If you're cheating, cheat on yeah 'Cause cheating's just a thing you do It's just a thing you do I saw you on Friday, Saturday Tearing up another heart You came home a' crying Why you take it all so hard? You know I love you better Better than you once knew If you're cheating, cheat on, yeah But I would never cheat on you Yeah, I could love you, better Better than you once knew But if you're cheating, cheat on, yeah 'Cause cheating's just the thing you do It's just a thing you do Ohhh I've been told you baby You done some things so bad to me ahh I know You are the one who's creeping You are the one who's cheating But if you're heart is beating Bring it on, bring it to me. You are the one who's creeping You are the one who's cheating But if you're heart is beating Bring it on, bring it to me. I could love you, better Better than you once knew If you're cheating, cheat on But I would never cheat on you, no. I could love you, better Better than you once knew If you're cheating, cheat on 'Cause cheating's just a thing you do.

My tribute It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me Here's my tribute 15, I had known to be So confused, broken easily Now I could not be off the memory but you're next to me 18, you made me see You lit the lights I've been dampening Now I could not be off the memory but you're next to me My passion was abused, my words were never used But now I hope that you can see That it's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew Here's my tribute 23, now I'm taken in This vicious whirl I was captured in Now I could not be off the memory but you're next to me My passion was abused, my words were never used But now I hope that you can see That it's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew Here's my tribute It's my tribute! My tribute! Oh no! This life I've been brought Life I've been leading It's my life, it's my tribute This life I've been brought Life I've been leading It's my life, it's my tribute And it's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have shown me and what you do It's all for you, it's all for you For what you have made me, look how I grew Here's my tribute