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Sings the Music of... was released in 1992.  All of the songs on this disc have been re-released onto other discs such as, ALW Collection, and Surrender. 
















Don’t Cry For Me Argentina

It won't be easy, you'll think it strange
When I try to explain how I feel
That I still need your love after all that I've done
You won't believe me
All you will see is a girl you once knew
Although she's dressed up to the nines
At sixes and sevens with you

 

I had to let it happen; I had to change

Couldn’t stay all my life down at heel

Looking out of the window; staying out at the sun

So I chose freedom, running around trying everything new

But nothing impressed me at all

I never expected it to…

 

Don’t cry for me Argentina

The truth is I never left you

All through my wild days, my mad existence

I kept my promise; don’t keep your distance

 

And as for fortune and as for fame

I never invited them in

Though it seems to the world

They were all I desired

They are illusions

They’re not the solutions they promised to be

The answer was here all the time

I love you and hope you love me

 

Don’t cry for me Argentina…

 

Don’t cry for me Argentina

The truth is I never left you

All through my wild days

My mad existence

I kept my promise

Don’t keep your distance

 

Have I said too much?

There’s nothing more I can think of

To say to you

But all you have to do

Is look at me to know

That every word is true…

 

Don’t cry for me Argentina

Another Suitcase in Another Hall

I don't expect my love affairs to last for long
Never fool myself that my dreams will come true
Being used to trouble I anticipate it
But all the same I hate it -- wouldn't you?

 

So what happens now?

Another suitcase in another hall

So what happens now?

Take your picture off another wall

Where am I going to?

You’ll get by, you always have before

Where am I going to?

 

Time and time again I’ve said that I don’t care

That I’m immune to gloom

That I’m hard through and through

But every time it matters, all my words desert me 

So anyone can hurt me – and they do

 

So what happens now?

Another suitcase in another hall

So what happens now?

Take your picture off another wall

Where am I going to?

You’ll get by, you always have before

Where am I going to?

 

Call in three months time and I’ll be fine, I know

Well maybe not that fine

But I’ll survive anyhow

I won’t recall the names and places of this sad occasion

But that’s no consolation — here and now

 

So what happens now?

Another suitcase in another hall

So what happens now?

Take your picture off another wall

Where am I going to?

You’ll get by, you always have before

Where am I going to?

Don’t ask anymore

Everything’s Alright

Mary Magdalene (Sarah Brightman)

Try not to get worried
Try not to turn on to
Problems that upset you
(oh) Don't you know
Everything's alright
Yes everything's fine
And we want you to sleep well tonight
Let the world turn without you tonight
If we try
We'll get by
So forget all about us tonight

 

Apostles' Women

Everything's all right
Yes everything's all right yes

 

Mary Magdalene

Sleep and I shall soothe you
Calm you and anoint you
Myrrh for your hot forehead
(oh) Then you'll feel
Everything's all right
Yes everything's fine
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
For the fire in your head and feet
Close your eyes
Close your eyes
And relax
Think of nothing tonight

 

Apostles' Women

Everything's all right
Yes everything's all right yes

 

Judas (Gary Martin)

Woman your fine ointment
Brand new and expensive
Could have been saved for the poor
Why has it been wasted?
We could have raised maybe
Three hundred silver pieces or more
People who are hungry
People who are starving
Thay matter more
Than your feet and hair

 

Mary Magdalene

Try not to get worried
Try not to turn on to
Problems that upset you
(oh) Don't you know
Everything's all right
Yes everything's fine
And we want you to sleep well tonight
Let the world turn without you tonight
If we try
We'll get by
So forget all about us tonight

 

Apostles' Women

Everything's all right
Yes everything's all right yes

 

Jesus (Bogdan Kominowksi)

Surely you're not saying
We have the resources
To save the poor from their lot?
There will be poor always
Pathetically struggling
Look at the good things you've got!
Think
While you still have me
Move
While you still see me
You'll be lost
You'll be so, so sorry
When I'm gone

 

Mary Magdalene

Sleep and I shall soothe you
Calm you and anoint you
Myrrh for your hot forehead
(oh) then you'll feel
Everything's alright
Yes everything's fine
And it's cool and the ointment's sweet
For the fire in your head and feet
Close your eyes
Close your eyes
And relax
Think of nothing tonight

 

Apostles' Women & Mary Magdalene

Close your eyes
Alose your eyes
And relax
Think of nothing tonight

 

Men

Everything's all right
Yes everything's all right yes

 

(The last verses are repeated several times)

I Don't Know How to Love Him

I don't know how to love him,
What to do, how to move him.
I've been changed, yes, really changed.
In these past few days when I've seen myself
I seem like someone else.

 

I don't know how to take this
I don't see why he moves me.
He's a man; he's just a man.
And I've had so many men before
In very many ways:
He's just one more

 

Should I bring him down? Should I scream and shout?
Should I speak of love - let my feelings out?
I never thought I'd come to this - what's it all about?

 

Don't you think it's rather funny
I should be in this position?
I'm the one who's always been
So calm, so cool, no lover's fool
Running every show
He scares me so.

 

I never thought I'd come to this - what's it all about

 

Yet, if he said he loved me
I'd be lost, I'd be frightened.
I couldn't cope, just couldn't cope.
I'd turn my head, I'd back away,
I wouldn't want to know -
He scares me so.
I want him so.
I love him so.

Memory

Midnight
Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight
The withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan

 

Memory

All alone in the moonlight

I can smile at the old days

Life was beautiful then

I remember

The time I knew what happiness was

Let the memory live again

 

Every street lamp

Seems to beat

A fatalistic warning

Someone mutters

And a street lamp gutters

And soon it will be morning

 

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

 

Burnt out ends of smoky days

The stale, cold smell of morning

A street lamp dies

Another night is over

Another day is dawning

 

Touch me

It’s so easy to leave me

All alone with my memory

Of my days in the sun

If you touch me

You’ll understand what happiness is 

Look a new day has begun…

Any Dream Will Do

I closed my eyes, drew back the curtain
To see for certain, what I thought I knew.
Far, far away, someone was weeping,
But the world was sleeping.
Any dream will do.

 

I wore my coat, with golden lining,
Bright colours shining, wonderful and new.
And in the east, the dawn was breaking,
And the world was waking.
Any dream will do.

 

A crash of drums, a flash of light,
My golden coat, flew out of sight.
The colours faded into darkness,
I was left alone.

 

May I return to the beginning?
The light is dimming, and the dream is too.
The world and I, we are still waiting,
Still hesitating.
Any dream will do.

Any dream will do.

 

A crash of drums, a flash of light,
My golden coat, flew out of sight.
The colours faded into darkness,
I was left alone.

 

May I return to the beginning?
The light is dimming, and the dream is too.
The world and I, we are still waiting,
Still hestating.
Any dream will do.

Any dream, any dream, .... any dream will do
Any dream, any dream, .... any dream will do

Anything But Lonely

 

Anything but lonely,
Anything but empty rooms.
There's so much in life to share --
What's the sense when no one else is there?

 

Anything but lonely

Anything but only me

Quiet years in too much space

That’s the thing that’s hard to face

And…

 

You have a right to go

But you should also know

That I won’t be alone for long

Long days with nothing said

Are not what lie ahead

I’m sorry but I’m not that strong

 

Anything but lonely

Anything but passing time

Lonely’s what I’ll never be

While there’s still some life in me

And…

 

I’m still young, don’t forget

It isn’t over yet

So many hearts for me to thrill

If you’re not here to say

How good I look each day

I’ll have to find someone who will

 

Anything but lonely

Anything but empty rooms

There’s so much in life to share

What’s the sense when no one else is there?

 

What’s the sense when no one else is there?

 

Pie Jesu

 

Sarah

Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem

 

Paul

Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu

 

Both

Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem

 

Choir

Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei

 

Both

Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem

 

Choir

Dona eis requiem

 

Both

Sempiternam

 

Choir

Dona eis requiem

 

Both

Sempiternam

 

Sarah

Requiem

 

Paul

Sempiternam

 

Love Changes Everything

 

Love, love changes everything: hands and faces, earth and sky.
Love, love changes everything: how you live and how you die.
Love can make the summer fly, or a night seem like a lifetime.
Yes, love, love changes everything, now I tremble at your name.
Nothing in the world will ever be the same.

 

Love, love changes everything: days are longer; words mean more.
Love, love changes everything: pain is deeper than before.
Love will turn your world around, and that world will last forever.
Yes, love, love changes everything, brings you glory, brings you shame.
Nothing in the world will ever be the same.

 

Off into the world we go, planning futures, shaping years.
Love bursts in and suddenly all our wisdom disappears.
Love makes fools of everyone: all the rules we make are broken.
Yes, love, love changes everything: live or perish, in its flame.
Love will never ever let you be the same.
Love will never ever let you be the same.

 

Tell Me on a Sunday

 

Don't write a letter when you want to leave
Don't call me at 3 a.m. from a friend's apartment
I'd like to choose how I hear the news
Take me to a park that's covered with trees
Tell me on a Sunday please

 

Let me down easy, no big song and dance

No long faces, no long looks

No deep conversation

I know the way we should spend that day

Take me to a zoo that's got chimpanzees

Tell me on a Sunday please

 

Don't want to know who's to blame

It won't help knowing

Don't want to fight day and night

Bad enough you're going

Don't leave in silence

With no word at all

Don't get drunk and slam the door

That's no way to end this

I know how I want you to say goodbye

 

Find a circus ring with a flying trapeze

Tell me on a Sunday please

 

Don't want to fight day and night

Bad enough you're going

Don't leave in silence

With no word at all

Don't get drunk and slam the door

That's no way to end this

I know how I want you to say goodbye

 

Don’t run off in the pouring rain

Don’t call me as they call your train

Take the hurt out off all the pain

 

Take me to a park that’s covered with trees

Tell me on a Sunday please…

 

The Phantom of the Opera

 

Christine

In sleep he sang to me,

In dreams he came...

That voice which calls to me

And speaks my name...

 

And do I dream again?

For now I find

The Phantom of the Opera

Is there - inside my mind...

 

Phantom

Sing once again with me

Our strange duet...

My power over you

Grows stronger yet...

 

And though you turn from me,

To glance behind,

The Phantom of the Opera

Is there - inside your mind...

 

Christine

Those who have seen your face

Draw back in fear...

I am the mask you wear...

 

Phantom

It's me they hear...

 

Both

Your/my spirit

And your/my voice

In one combined:

The Phantom of the Opera

Is there - inside your/my mind...

 

(Off stage)

He's there,

The Phantom of the Opera...

Beware the Phantom of the Opera...

 

Phantom

In all your fantasies,

You always knew

That man and mystery...

 

Christine

...Were both in you...

 

Both

And in this labyrinth

Where night is blind,

The Phantom of the Opera

Is there/here

Inside your/my mind...

 

Phantom

Sing, my Angel of Music!

 

Christine

He's there

The Phantom of the Opera…

 

All I Ask of You

 

Raoul

No more talk of darkness,

Forget these wide-eyed fears;

I'm here, nothing can harm you,

My words will warm and calm you.

 

Let me be your freedom,

Let daylight dry your tears;

I'm here, with you, beside you,

To guard you and to guide you.

Christine

Say you love me every waking moment,

Turn my head with talk of summertime.

Say you need me with you now and always;

Promise me that all you say is true,

That's all I ask of you.

 

Raoul

Let me be your shelter,

Let me be your light;

You're safe; no one will find you,

Your fears are far behind you.

 

Christine

All I want is freedom,

A world with no more night;

And you, always beside me,

To hold me and to hide me.

 

Raoul

Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;

Let me lead you from your solitude.

Say you want me with you, here beside you,

Anywhere you go, let me go too,

Christine, that's all I ask of you

 

Christine

Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime;

 

Together

Say the word and I will follow you.

Share each day with me,

Each night, each morning.

 

Christine

Say you love me!

 

Raoul

You know I do.

 

Together

Love me, that's all I ask of you

Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again

 

You were once

My one companion . . .

You were all

That mattered . . .

You were once

A friend and father -

Then my world

Was shattered . . .

 

Wishing you were somehow here again . . .

Wishing you were somehow near . . .

Sometimes it seemed if I just dreamed,

Somehow you would be here . . .

 

Wishing I could hear your voice again . . .

Knowing that I never would . . .

Dreaming of you won't help me to do

All that you dreamed

I could . . .

 

Passing bells

And sculpted angels

Cold and monumental

Seem, for you,

The wrong companions

You were warm and gentle . . .

 

Too many years

Fighting back tears . . .

Why can't the past

Just die . . .?

 

Wishing you were somehow here again. . .

Knowing we must say goodbye. . .

Try to forgive. . .

Teach me to live. . .

Give me the strength

To try. . .

 

No more memories,

No more silent tears. . .

No more gazing across

The wasted years. . .

Help me say

Goodbye

 

Help me say

Goodbye…

 

The Music of the Night

 

Night time sharpens, heightens each sensation

Darkness stir and wakes imagination

Silently the senses abandon their defences

 

Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour

Grasp it, sense it - tremulous and tender

Turn your fears away from the garish light of day

Turn your face away from warm and feeling light

And listen to the music of the night

 

Close your eyes and surrender to your darkest dreams

Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before

Close your eyes let your spirit start to sore…

And you’ll live as you’ve never lived before

 

Softly, deftly,

Music shall caress you

Sear it, feel it, secretly possess you

Open up your mind,

Let your fantasies unwind,

In this darkness which you know

You cannot fight -

The darkness of the music

Of the night

 

Let your mind start a journey

Through a strange, new world!

Leave all thoughts

Of the world you knew before

Let your soul take you where you long to go

Only then can you belong to me

 

Floating, falling, sweet intoxication!

Touch me, trust me,

Savour each sensation!

Let the dream begin,

Let your darker side give in

To the harmony which dreams alone can write

The power of the music of the night...

 

You alone can make my song take flight

Help me make the music of the night…

 

Amigos Para Siempre

 

Sarah

I don’t have to say word to you

You seem to know whatever mood going through

Feel as though I’ve known you forever

 

Jose

You can look into my eyes and see

The way I feel and how the world is treating me

Maybe I have known forever

 

Chorus

Amigos para siempre

Means “You’ll always be my friend”

Amics per sempre

Means “I love that cannot end”

Friends for life not just a summer or a spring

Amigos para siempre

 

I feel you near me even when we are apart

Just knowing you are in this world

Can warm my heart

Friends for life not just a summer or spring

Amigos para siempre

 

Sarah

We’ve shared memories I won’t forget

And we’ll share more, my friend,

We haven’t started yet

Something happens when we’re together

 

Jose

When I look at you I wonder why

There’s has to come a time

When we must say goodbye

I’m alive when we are together

 

Chorus

 

Jose

When I look at you I wonder why

There has to come a time

When we must say goodbye

 

Together

I’m alive when we are together

 

Chorus