
White Rose
1977
White Rose - Songs
Oui, Oui!
Lyrics
We are very special people in Paris - Oui, oui! Always chic and debonair as you can see - Oui, oui! Not a hair is out of place, all is fashionable grace, Garlic? Well perhaps a trace, Oui, oui! There's no city in the world just like Paris - Oui, oui! You can keep Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower's for me - Oui, oui! Piccadilly, Leicester Square, can't in any way compare, With the Place Pigale! So there! Oui, oui!
No cuisine is like the cuisine of Paris - Oui, oui! Though the kitchen you should never ask to see - Oui, oui! Yorkshire pudding? Irish stew? Do we like them? Pas beacoup! Coq-au-vin? Now that will do, Oui, oui! There's no concord like the Concorde of Paris - Oui, oui! Though in politics we none of us agree - Oui, oui! On one subject it is true, we've a common point of view, That's the Armée du Salut! Oui, oui!
Everything Looks Bright
Lyrics
Everything looks bright in this kind of light, Hidden out of sight there is sorrow, Heavily disguised, oh, you'd be surprised, How afraid they are of tomorrow
Treated like a tart, I've a broken heart, Underneath my smile I'm crying! Run-away from home, feeling all alone, Terrified of living or dying.
Don't be taken in by the charming grin, Just beneath the skin I'm bleeding! This pretended smile only last awhile, It's the grace of God that we're needing.
Everything looks bright in this kind of light, Hidden out of sight there is sorrow, Heavily disguised, oh, you'd be surprised, How afraid we are of tomorrow.
Miss, You Look Like An Angel
Lyrics
Miss, you look like an angel, though your halo's navy blue. Miss, you look like an angel. Miss, I'm telling you it's true! Miss, I've never met an angel, though I hope one day I do, Miss, I think that that angel will probably look just like you.
Could You Care?
Lyrics
Miss, you look like an angel, Tell me, underneath your wing, could you care for me? Bringing joy to the joyless, such as only angels bring, Could you care for me? Is there hope for the hopeless? Is there faith for the faithless? Is there love for the loveless? Could there be? Could there be? Could you care? Could you care for me?
I'm not really an angel, Look, I haven't any wings! But I'll care for you! You need love, you need friendship, you need, oh, so many things, Let me care for you. Yes, there's hope for the hopeless. Yes, there's faith for the faithless! Yes, there's love for the loveless! Oh, it's true! Oh, it's true! Let me care, let me care for you! Care, care for you!
Without The Home League
Lyrics
What on earth would I do without the Home League? What a chore my life would be! What a bore my life would be! What on earth would I do without the Home League? What would the Home League do without me!
We get coffee at the Home League, We make toffee at the Home League, We get other people's views at the Home League! We can chatter at the Home League, Have a natter at the Home League, We can catch up on the news at the Home League.
We get knitting at the Home League, Have a fitting at the Home League, We can laugh or shed a tear at the Home League! We get teaching at the Home League, Even preaching at the Home League, God is often very near at the Home League!
It's Jesus We Proclaim
Lyrics
It's not ourselves that we proclaim, We have no strength, no grace is ours, But we announce the Saviour's name, A Saviour's love, a Saviour's powers.
It's Jesus, Jesus, Jesus we proclaim, No claim for ourselves we make, It's Jesus, Jesus, Jesus we proclaim, Your servants for Jesus' sake. The pow'r is his, the glory too, Transforming glory, making new The heart of man, of me and you. It's Jesus, Jesus, Jesus we proclaim, Your servants for Jesus' sake.
That light has come, the night has gone, We've proved his love, received his grace, For in our hearts God's light has shone, His glory shines in Jesus' face.
The pow'r is his, how could we boast, Or proudly our commission hold? The humble heart he uses most, And only grace has made us bold?
It's Not Good Enough
Lyrics
It's not good enough for the Rose, Why? Who knows? It's a mystery. I must change the world for the Rose, Why? God knows! It's his plan for me. It speaks to me of purity, It speaks to me of peace unpriced; For me it sings of lovely things, Of hope, of love, of Christ! It's not good enough for the Rose. Why? God knows!
There's a world of difference in the way she speaks to me, There's a world of difference in her eyes - There's world of difference, it's not difficult to see Where the hidden secret lies.
Can your message of beauty, can your purity, Make a world of difference to me? Can your message of beauty, can your purity, Make a world of difference to me? Could you make a world of difference? Could you make a world of difference to me?
When I Came To Him
Lyrics
Once in misery I walked alone, Self-sufficient but sad, But I found a friend to walk with me, And I tell you, I'm glad.
When I came to him, he came to me, Showed me what he planned that I should be, I was liberated there and then, Oh, I'll never be the same again.
In the ruins of my life I stood, I was drowning in tears, But I found a friend to stand by me, And I lost all my fears!
Discontented with a pointless life, For direction I sighed, Life has point and purposes now for me, Since I made him my guide.
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A New Direction (Euphonium Solo)
Arranger: Derick Kane