Stranger Things Have Happened

(Levine & Rudetsky)

	
	Who says it's impossible?
	Maybe it's just hard to get.
	But if I were the last man on earth
	I would not relent.

	Ooh, and maybe I know better
	But I'll fight fire with fire.
	You, you must believe
	We can have our hearts' desire.

CHORUS:   Stranger things have happened.
	  Stranger things than you can imagine.
	  Stranger things have happened.
	  Stranger things than love.

	The crime of the century
	Has just been solved tonight.
	Here in the shelter of my arms
	I will make it right.

	Ooh, the Long March is beginning
	And the river shows the Way.
	I, I must be crazy
	To believe in what remains.

	Repeat CHORUS

 

YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR

	There's a story going round,
	Some folks have not heard it yet.
	You get what you pay for,
	And you pay for what you get.

	This is what I'm hearing
	As I hang out on the set
	You get what you pay for,
	And you pay for ehat you get.

CHORUS:   Whooa, children,
	  Please (please please) don't forget:
	  You get what you pay for,
	  And you pay for what you get.

	Now here comes cosmic Oil Can Harry.
	He's gonna collect on your karmic debt.
	'Cause you get what you pay for,
	And you apy for what you get.

	CHORUS

	Now you're hanging from the trapeze of life
	  by one finger,
	And you're slipping and you're praying for a net.
	Well, you get what you pray for,
	And you pay, pay, pay for what you get.

	CHORUS

 

SEA CHANGE

	I drank your deep sea water
	Kneeling at your shore.
	Felt your changes in my body,
	Came crawling back for more.

	Screeching seagulls, moaning whales
	Dare me to exist.
	Do I enter Mother Ocean,
	Do I dare resist?

	I give up. I surrender to your charms.
	Take me down into your depths
	And let me drown in your arms.

CHORUS:   Take me down
	  Take me down
	  Take me down
	  Take me down

	Shape me, bend me to your will,
	Only give me time
	To learn to seek your will for me
	And to ease your mind.

	And I will do my best for you
	Each moment that I'm able.
	I only want to please you
	As I lie here in your cradle.

	CHORUS

	Let the ocean waters wreak their
	Darkness black as coal.

	Drown the old me, make me over,
	Claim my soul.

	CHORUS (Repeat)

 

GIANT STEP

(Goffin & King)

	Though you've played at love and lost
	And sorrow's turned your heart to frost,
	I will melt your heart again.
	Remember the feeling as a child
	When you woke up and morning smiled,
	It's time you felt like you did then.

	Come with me, I'll take you where
	The taste of life is green,
	And every day holds wonders to be seen.
	Come with me leave yesterday behind.
	And take a giant step outside your mind!

	You start at me in disbelief,
	You say for you there's no relief.
	But I swear I'll prove you wrong.
	Don't sit here in your lonely room
	Just staring back in silent gloom.
	That's not where you belong.

	There's just no percentage in
	Remembering the past.
	It's time you learned to live again at last.
	Come with me leave yesterday behind.
	And take a giant step outside your mind.

 

MILKSHAKE

(Martin Briley)

	She wore an apron that was covered in gravy stains,
	She had a little green book, and she had varicose veins.
	I was tired, I was hungry, I was ready to snap.
	She dropped the steaming gumbo right in my lap.

	I was alone, otherwise I would have trashed the place.
	But I was soothed by the Muzak and her beautiful face.
	The meat was chewy and the chicken was bland.
	I'm not a pigeon, but she had me eating out of her hand.

CHORUS:   And I feel, and I feel, and I feel like a milkshake.
	  I never ordered a slice of life a la mode.
	  What i need is an earthquake;
	  I could hide in a crack in the road.
	  But I feel like a milkshake. (Feel like a milkshake)

	She started sponging my pants; it really tickled.
	She grabbed my plate and sank her teeth into my pickle.
	She sat down on my lap and started picking my teeth.
	She was as naked as a baby underneath.

	We were lost in a dream on a bed of fluffy rice,
	When I was grabbed by the chef; he had a grip like a vise.
	He had gold medallions and a hairy chest.
	I gave him back his wife but he was still depressed.

	CHORUS

	I tipped heavy so they wouldn't think the yankees were mean.
	I saw a ground beef patty hit the coffee machine.
	I could tell this gorilla was the moody kind.
	I could have used a doggie bag, but I changed my mind.

	One of these hungry days when my luck runs dry,
	I'm gonna meet that Great Soda Jerk in the sky.
	He'll set the blender for that final frappe,
	Wipe the fudge from his beard, and then he'll probably say:

CHORUS:  Do you feel, do you feel, do you feel like a milkshake
	  At the end of your slice of life a la mode?
	  We could split a devol's food cake,
	  But the man with the van never showed.
	  So we'll both have a milkshake. (Both have a milkshake)

 

MGB-GT

	Lately my mind is drifting back
	To former days that used to be.
	I think about some folks I knew and of my MGB-GT.
	People let me tell you that if I had to make a recipe
	For fun in driving I would have to spell it MGB-GT.

	Cruising, using, choosing it,
	   amusing myself without a care;
	Striving, thriving, hot-rod driving,
	    not arriving anywhere.

	Folks, this little car of mine
	   was like a kitten purring throatily.
	Sometimes it even seemed to soar
	    into the heavens, my red MGB-GT.

	Tooling, fueling my good feeling,
	    schooling me in ways to know
	Soaring, flooring it, adoring it,
	    my little way to go.

	Folks, this little car of mine
	   was like a kitten purring throatily.
	Sometimes it even seemed to soar
	    into the heavens, my red MGB-GT.

	But I, I learned you have to lose some things
	   before you treasure them,;that's how it goes.
	And I, I didn't give time to my car
	    and lost my car to time; what did I know?

	And so life carries on,
	And lots of things are better now for me.
	And yet I think back on those golden times
	When I had my red MGB-GT.

 

MIRACLE

	Did I hear you say that you'd been praying?
	Were you asking God to send the perfect Romeo?
	Can you pay the price for instant satisfaction,
	Or can you wait for love to grow?

CHORUS:  Is it a miracle you were looking for?

	A miracle.
	Did I hear you say that you'd been praying?
	Can't you tell the miracle's occurred?
	You think I am not the man you prayed for,
	But I am here to bring the word

CHORUS : That it's a, it's a miracle.

	So here is your miracle
	Sent down from above.
	We're together with the will to grow,
	And sow the seeds,
	And pull the weeds,
	And fill the needs of love.

CHORUS:  (Repeat)

 

PIRATES

(Nick Thorkelson)

	Listen up alla you pirates,
	You buccaneers and such,
	Take a sad warning from my sad song,
	And don't push your luck too much.

	I used to run all around town,
	Makin' and breakin' love.
	But all my runnin' didn't seem so cunnin'
	When push came down to shove.

CHORUS:   'Cause when I came upon you, Baby,
	  I didn't know what it was all about.
	  'Cause when I ran, and then I ran
	  From true love,
	  And then i ran
	  Until my heart gave out.

	Thinkin' about those hot nights
	When the neighbors began to talk.
	I thought love was easy to get
	Until I took a walk.

	Now I'm here in a cold place
	Sittin' so all alone.
	I didn't know it could be so bad
	Until I quit my happy home.

CHORUS

	And didn't it always seem that you can't keep
	A good man down?
	But when I came of age,
	Livin' it up was all the rage.

CHORUS	

 

GETTIN' IN

	I'm gettin' in to your heart,
	I'm gettin' in to your mind.
	You better learn from the start
	You'll never leave me behind.
	My love surrounding you,
	My love will be your shield,
	Just take me into your heart,
	And all will be revealed.

	Don't be scared to love me darling,
	I won't chain you down you know.
	My love sets you free for flying,
	Hold me, kiss me, off you go.

	I'll stay with you.
	I'll stay with you.
	I'll stay with you.
	I'm gonna stick with you.

	I'm gettin' in to your heart,
	I'm gettin' in to your mind.
	You better learn from the start
	You'll never leave me behind.

	I was given love like this
	It was a gift I pass to you.
	You'll be happy when you get it,
	I was when I got it too.

	I'll stay with you (etc.)

	I'm gettin' in to your heart,
	I'm gettin' in to your mind.
	You better learn from the start
	You'll never leave me behind.

	I love you baby, baby,
	Love you everywhere.
	Take me with you when you fly----

 

TENDER IS

	I sit at the piano almost all the time.
	I think about my life and try to make it rhyme.
	It's been such a long, long while
	Since I've been to the front.
	I did so well the last time it must have seemed a stunt.

	But my chops have gotten tender,
	I don't know if I am able
	To pick the banner up again, do service and stay stable.

	'Cause I'd rather be no one at home,
	And leave my talent on the shelf
	Than be the world to some poor girl
	Who's nobody at home herself.

 

HIGHER AND HIGHER

(Jacobson, Miner & Smith)

	Your love keeps liftin' me higher
	Than I've ever been lifted before.
	Keep it up, which is my desire,
	And I'll be at your side forever more.

CHORUS:   Because your love
	  (Your love keeps liftin' me)
	  Keeps on liftin' (Keeps on liftin' me)
	  Liftin' me higher and higher.

	I'm so glad that i finally found you,
	Yes, that one in a million girls.
	When I wrap my lovin' arms around you
	Well, I'm ready to face the world.

CHORUS

	Now, once I was downhearted.
	Disappointment was my closest friend.
	But you came and he soon departed,
	And I'll never see his face again.

CHORUS

 

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