1. |
Listen to My Heart
04:06
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LYRICS - LISTEN TO MY HEART
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
Here we are
You and I at last
In the right place
At the right time
Every dream I’ve dreamed
Has come to pass
Cause you're right here
And you’re all mine
I can't believe the years
Of holding back are through
And iIcan finally share
What's in my heart, with you
Listen
Listen
Listen to my heart
Listen to it sing
Listen to my voice
It wants to tell you everything
There's so much to say
I don't know where to start
But if you want to know
The love i'm feeling
Listen to my heart
All my life
I've been on a road
Going one way
Towards one dream
The road would wind
And down it I would go
Always searching
Never finding
But even in my darkest hour
I always knew
That someway, somehow
The road would lead to you
And words can't express
How my heart's filled with happiness
Listen to it
Listen to my heart
Listen to it sing
Listen to my voice
It wants to tell you everything
Listen to my song
Listen to it soar
I've waited all my life
For this one moment
I'm not waiting anymore
Listen to my heart
As it cries for all the years
That it was lonely
Listen to my heart
As it smiles to know
That now after so long
I can finally sing my song
And you're here
And you're listening
You're listening
Listen to my voice
And it will tell you everything
All about the life
That's just about to start
And if you want to know
How much I love you
Listen to my heart
Listen to my heart
Listen to my heart
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2. |
Lion Tamer
03:07
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LYRICS - LION TAMER
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
I'd like to be a lion tamer,
Sequins and tights and silk top hats.
I know I could be a lion tamer,
I've always gotten along with cats.
I'd have a whip but never use it,
I'd simply hold it in my hand.
I'd like to be a lion tamer.
If I could be a lion tamer
I could be someone grand.
I couldn't be a ballerina,
I never could stand on my toes.
I couldn't be a Spanish dancer,
I'd look ridiculous with a rose.
Everyone has a special calling,
Something that only he can do.
I could be such a lion tamer.
If I could be lion tamer
I would be special too.
I could begin with baby leopards,
Move on to tiger cubs and then,
After I learned to handle lions,
Maybe I could work up to men.
I never wanted fancy mansions,
Butlers and footmen liveried.
I never wanted lots of money,
Money can't buy what you really need.
I never asked for any favors,
But here I am on knobby knee.
Please let me be a lion tamer.
If I could be a lion tamer,
Wouldn't he have to finally notice me?
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3. |
Hit Me With a Hot Note
03:01
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LYRICS - HIT ME WITH A HOT NOTE
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
Hit me with a hot note and watch me bounce
Hit me with a hot note and watch me bounce
When trumpets heat up
Gimme a rug to beat up
Hit me with a hot note and watch me bounce
Hit me with a hot note and watch me burn
Slap me down the rhythm from stem to stern
When saxes flare up
How can I keep my hair up
Hit me with a hot note and watch me burn
Start that tombone slidin
While I gather steam
Keep that tempo ridin
And I'll come in right on the beam
Hit me with a hot note and watch me bounce
Knock me out with music in great amounts
Let that beat wave
We're gonna have a heat wave
Hit me with a hot note and watch me bounce
Start that tombone slidin
While I gather steam
Keep that tempo ridin
And I'll come in right on the beam
Hit me with a hot note and watch me bounce
Knock me out with music in great amounts
Let that beat wave
We're gonna have a heat wave
Hit me with a hot note
Hit me with a hot note
Hit me with a hot note and watch me bounce.
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4. |
And So It Goes
03:43
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LYRICS - AND SO IT GOES
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
In every heart there is a room
A sanctuary safe and strong
To heal the wounds from lovers past
Until a new one comes along
I spoke to you in cautious tones
You answered me with no pretense
And still I feel I said too much
My silence is my self defense
And every time I've held a rose
It seems I only felt the thorns
And so it goes, and so it goes
And so will you soon I suppose
But if my silence made you leave
Then that would be my worst mistake
So I will share this room with you
And you can have this heart to break
And this is why my eyes are closed
It's just as well for all I've seen
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
So I would choose to be with you
That's if the choice were mine to make
But you can make decisions too
And you can have this heart to break
And so it goes, and so it goes
And you're the only one who knows
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LYRICS - CHILDREN WILL LISTEN / EVERYTHING POSSIBLE
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
Careful the things you say
Children will listen
Careful the things you do
Children will see and learn
Children may not obey
But children will listen
Children will look to you
For which way to turn
To learn what to be
Careful before you say
"Listen to me"
Children will listen
Careful the wish you make
Wishes are children
Careful the path they take
Wishes come true
Not free
Careful the spell you cast
Not just on children
Sometimes the spell may last
Past what you can see
And turn against you
Careful the tale you tell
That is the spell
Children will listen
We have cleared off the table
The leftovers saved
Washed the dishes
And put them away
I have told you a story
And tucked you in tight
At the end of your knockabout day
As the moon sets its sail
To carry you to sleep
Over the midnight sea
Well I will sing you a song no one sang to me
May it keep you good company
You can be anybody that you want to be
You can love whomever you will
You can travel any country where your heart leads
And know I will love you still
You can live by yourself
You can gather friends around
You can choose one special one
And the only measure of your words and your deeds
Will be the love you leave behind when you're gone.
Some girls grow up strong and bold
Some boys are quiet and kind
Some race on ahead, some follow behind
Some grow in their own space and time
Some women love women
And some men love men
Some raise children and some never do
You can dream all the day
Never reaching the end
Of everything possible for you
Don't be rattled by names by taunts or games
But seek out spirits true
If you give your friends the best part of yourself
They will give the same back to you
You can be anybody that you want to be
You can love whomever you will
You can travel any country where your heart leads
And know I will love you still
You can live by yourself
You can gather friends around
You can choose one special one
And the only measure of your words and your deeds
Will be the love you leave behind when you're gone
Oh the love we leave behind when we’re gone
God loves each of us, the children of the world
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6. |
Disneyland
04:52
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LYRICS - DISNEYLAND
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
Hot Sunday night
I guess the folks were busy fighting
Joe’d already left home
Eleven years old on my own
Feelling nothing but lonely
There’s nothing to do
there’s nothing out there but the traffic
Down on state ninety-three
So I’d sit through the night
By our old black and white TV
And that’s when I saw it
That’s when I heard it
Calling me
Disneyland
Magic Kingdom
Disneyland
Close my eyes real tight
Wishing hard I might
Wishing hard I may
Find my way to
Disneyland
Gotta get to Disneyland
On a western breeze
Magic carpet please
Please carry me away
Cause when the world it too real
It makes it better to feel
You’ve got another place to go
Somewhere there’s magic enough
To leave who’s ugly and tough
To grab a dream and let it grow
Somewhere it’s never too late
To leave it all at the gate
And just be there
We’re free there
Come with me there
Cause I know
We all need some
Disneyland
Magic Kingdom
Disneyland
Where the child inside
Gets to laugh and gets to ride
Until it’s all okay
I believe in Disneyland
Come with me to Disneyland
And when we get to Disneyland
Let’s stay
Cause when the world it too real
It makes it better to feel
You’ve got another place to go
Somewhere there’s magic enough
To leave who’s ugly and tough
To grab a dream and let it grow
Somewhere it’s never too late
To leave it all at the gate
And just be there
We’re free there
Come with me there
‘Cause I know
I know
We all need some
Disneyland
Magic Kingdom
Disneyland
Where the child inside
Gets to laugh and gets to ride
Until it’s all okay
I believe in Disneyland
Come with me to Disneyland
And when we get to Disneyland
Let’s stay
Let’s stay
Let’s stay
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7. |
So Many People
04:41
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LYRICS - SO MANY PEOPLE
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
So many people in the world
And what can they do?
They'll never know love
Like my love for you
So many people laugh
At what they don't know
Well that's their concern
If just a few, say
Half a million or so
Could see us
They'd learn
So many people in the world
Don't know what they've missed
They'd never believe
Such joy could exist
And if they tell us it's a phase we'll outgrow
They're jealous as they can be
That with so many people in the world
You love me
I said the man for me
Must have a castle
A man of means he'd be
A man of fame
And then I met a man
Who hadn't any
Without a penny
To his name
I had to go and fall
For so much less than
What I had planned from all
The magazines
I should be good and sore
What am I happy for?
I guess the man means more
Than the means
So many people in the world
And what can they do?
They'll never know love
Like my love for you
So many people laugh
At what they don't know
Well that's their concern
If just a few, say
Half a million or so
Could see us
They'd learn
So many people in the world
Don't know what they've missed
They'd never believe
Such joy could exist
And if they tell us it's a phase we'll outgrow
They're jealous as they can be
That with so many people in the world
You love me
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8. |
This Land Is Your Land
04:53
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LYRICS - THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
This land is your land
This land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forests
To the Gulfstream waters
This land was made for you and me
As I went walking
That ribbon of highway
I saw above me
That endless skyway
I saw below me
The golden valley
This land was made for you and me
One Sunday morning
In the shadow of the steeple
By the welfare office
I saw my people
As they stood there hungry
I stood there singing
This land was made for you and me
As I went walking
As I went walking
I saw a sign there, yes I did
And on the sign it said
You don’t belong here, no you don’t
But on the back side, oh on the back side
The sign said nothing
That side was made for you and me
Nobody living, no nobody living
Can ever stop me, no they can’t
As I go walking the freedom highway
Nobody living, no nobody living
Can make me turn back
Cause this land was made for you and me
This land is your land
This land is my land
From California to the New York island
From the redwood forests
To the Gulfstream waters
This land was made for you
This land was made for you
I know this land was made for you and me
For you and me
For you and me
For you and me
This land was made for you and me
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9. |
Danny Boy
04:14
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Lyrics - DANNY BOY
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
Oh, Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer's gone and ah the winter’s coming
It's you, It's you must go and I must bide
But come ye back when summer's in the meadow
Or when the valley's hushed and white with snow
Then I'll be there in sunshine or in shadow
Oh, Danny boy, Oh Danny boy, I love you so
But when ye come, and all the flowers are dying
If I am dead, as dead I well may be
Ye'll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an Avè there for me
And I will hear, though soft you tread above me
And all my grave will warmer, sweeter be
If you will bend and tell me that you love me
Then I shall sleep in peace until you come to me
If you will bend and tell me that you love me
Then I shall sleep in peace until you come to me
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10. |
Love Don't Need a Reason
03:28
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LYRICS- LOVE DON’T NEED A REASON
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
If your heart always did
What a normal heart would do
If you always play a part
Instead of being who you really are
Then you might just miss
The one who's standing there
So instead of passing by
Show him that you care
Instead of asking why
Why me and why you?
Why not we two?
'Cause love don't need a reason
Love don't always rhyme
Love is all we have for now
What we don't have is time
If you always believe
All the madness that we're taught
Never questioning the rules
Then we're living lies we
bought so long ago
How are they to know?
It's not who's wrong or right
It's just another way
And I don't wanna fight
But know I'm gonna I’m stay with you till the end
With you my friend
'Cause love don't need a reason
Love’s never a crime
Love is all we have for now
What we don't have is time
I'll hold you close
Time can't tear us apart
Forever, I will stand by you
It’s got to start with the beat of one heart
Together, we will see this through
'Cause love don't need a reason
Love's don’t always rhyme
Love is all we have for now
What we don't have
What we don't have
What we don't have is time
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11. |
The Ones Who Aren't Here
03:49
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LYRICS - THE ONES WHO AREN’T HERE
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
I’m thinking about
The ones who aren’t here
And won’t be coming in late
Home all alone
With their families
And won’t be coming out tonight
I wish I could know
All the lovers and friends
Kept from gathering
I think of you now
The ways you could go
We’re all of us refugees
Telling myself
And my family
My friends and the folks on the job
One by one
And it’s never been easy
And me and everyone’s changed
The hope and the tears
When they show you their hearts
Some never speak again
Every pot off the wheel
Can’t bear the kiln,
And every love can’t bear the pain.
So let’s pass a kiss
And a happy sad tear
And a hug the whole circle round
For the ones who aren’t here
For the hate and the fear
For laughter
The struggle for life
And let’s have a song here for me and for you
And the love that we cannot hide
And let’s have a song
For the ones who aren’t here
And won’t be coming out tonight.
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12. |
Hold On
02:43
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LYRICS - HOLD ON
(As recorded by Bill McKinley)
When you see the storm is coming
See the lightning part the skies
It's too late to run
There's terror in your eyes
What you do then is remember
This old thing you heard me say
It's the storm, not you
That's bound to blow away
Hold on
Hold on to someone standing by
Hold on
Don't even ask how long or why
Child, hold on to what you know is true
Hold on till you get through
Child, oh child
Hold on
When you feel your heart is poundin'
Fear a devil's at your door
There's no place to hide
You're frozen to the floor
What you do then is you force yourself
To wake up, and you say
"It's this dream, not me
That's bound to go away"
Hold on
Hold on, the night will soon be by
Hold on
And think of something else to try
Child, hold on, there's angels on their way
Hold on and hear them say
"Child, oh child!"
And it doesn't even matter
If the danger and the doom
Come from up above or down below
Or just come flying at you from across the room
When you see a man who's raging
And he's jealous and he fears
That you've walked through walls
He's hid behind for years
What you do then
Is you tell yourself to wait it out
And say "It's this day, not me
That's bound to go away"
Child, hold on
It's this day, not you
That's bound to go away
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DaddyB Madrid, Spain
DaddyB (Bill McKinley) is a multitalented singer, dancer, choreographer, songwriter, actor, recording artist and
entertainer.
As an openly-gay performer since 1990 (long before it was acceptable or fashionable), DaddyB counts among his proudest accomplishments his performances on behalf of equal civil rights, LGBT causes, and HIV/AIDS education.
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