<p>ⓒ Richard Levitte</p>
http://journal.richard.levitte.org/tags/songs/Richard Levitte's journalikiwiki2012-09-10T16:52:55ZAffirmationhttp://journal.richard.levitte.org/entries/Affirmation/2012-09-10T16:52:55Z2009-12-18T10:01:42Z
<p><em>This song keeps hitting me in my gut and in my heart, time
and again. Sometimes not, but most of the time strongly. Today is
one of those strong moments.</em></p>
<p><em>Savage Garden</em>: <strong>Affirmation</strong></p>
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<p>I believe the sun should never set upon an argument<br />
I believe we place our happiness in other people's hands<br />
I believe that junk food tastes so good because it's bad for
you<br />
I believe your parents did the best job they knew how to do<br />
I believe that beauty magazines promote low self esteem<br />
I believe I'm loved when I'm completely by myself alone</p>
<p>I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned<br />
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been
burned<br />
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side<br />
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye</p>
<p>I believe you can't control or choose your sexuality<br />
I believe that trust is more important than monogamy<br />
I believe your most attractive features are your heart and
soul<br />
I believe that family is worth more than money or gold<br />
I believe the struggle for financial freedom is unfair<br />
I believe the only ones who disagree are millionaires</p>
<p>I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned<br />
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been
burned<br />
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side<br />
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye</p>
<p>I believe forgiveness is the key to your own happiness<br />
I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed<br />
I believe that God does not endorse tv evangelists<br />
I believe in love surviving death into eternity</p>
<p>I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned<br />
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been
burned<br />
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side<br />
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye</p>
<p>I believe in Karma what you give is what you get returned<br />
I believe you can't appreciate real love 'til you've been
burned<br />
I believe the grass is no more greener on the other side<br />
I believe you don't know what you've got until you say goodbye</p>
<p>Until you say goodbye<br />
Oh no no no no no ( Repeats itself many times fading)</p>
Tell me why...http://journal.richard.levitte.org/entries/tell-me-why/2009-11-28T02:43:54Z2009-11-28T02:43:54Z
<p>(found on <a href=
"http://barneyk.blogspot.com/2009/11/tell-me-why.html">another
blog</a>)</p>
<p>Leave it to kids... the kid who sings this also wrote it, says
the text on YouTube...</p>
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<p><em>In my dream,</em><br />
<em>Children sing</em><br />
<em>A song of love for every boy and girl</em><br />
<em>The sky is blue,</em><br />
<em>The fields are green</em><br />
<em>And laughter is the language of the world</em></p>
<p><em>Then I wake and all I see</em><br />
<em>Is a world full of people in need</em></p>
<p>Chorus:<br />
<em>Tell me why (why)</em><br />
<em>Does it have to be like this</em><br />
<em>Tell me why (why)</em><br />
<em>Is there something I have missed</em><br />
<em>Tell me why (why)</em><br />
<em>Because I don't understand</em><br />
<em>When somebody needs somebody</em><br />
<em>We don't give a helping hand</em></p>
<p><em>Tell me why</em></p>
<p><em>Every day</em><br />
<em>I ask myself</em><br />
<em>What will I have to do to be a man</em><br />
<em>Do I have</em><br />
<em>To stand and fight</em><br />
<em>To prove to everybody who I am</em></p>
<p><em>Is that what my life is for</em><br />
<em>To waste in a world full of war</em></p>
<p>Repeat chorus</p>
<p><em>Tell me why (tell my why)</em><br />
<em>Tell me why (tell my why)</em><br />
<em>Tell me why (tell my why)</em><br />
<em>Just tell me why (just tell me why)</em></p>
<p>Repeat chorus</p>
<p><em>Tell me why (why why do the tigers run)</em><br />
<em>Tell me why (why why do we shoot the gun)</em><br />
<em>Tell me why (why why do we never learn)</em><br />
<em>Can someone tell us why we let the forest burn</em><br />
<em>(Why why do we say we care) Tell me why</em><br />
<em>(Why why do we stand and stare) Tell me why</em><br />
<em>(Why why do the doplhins cry)</em><br />
<em>Can someone tell us why we let the ocean die</em><br />
<em>(Why why if we're all the same) Tell me why</em><br />
<em>(Why why do we pass the blame) Tell me why</em><br />
<em>(Why why does it never end)</em><br />
<em>Can someone tell us why we cannot just be friends</em><br />
<em>Why why</em></p>
It's all about choiceshttp://journal.richard.levitte.org/entries/its-all-about-choices/2008-07-06T23:21:28Z2008-06-11T11:03:50Z
<p><em>There are times when some songs seem particularly important.
Today, this one made an impression on me as an affirmation.<br />
I hope the Barcode Brothers will forgive me for copying the lyrics,
for they send a very important message that should be told over and
over, again and again.</em></p>
<p><em>Barcode Brothers</em>: <strong>Ambient</strong></p>
<p>Consider this:<br />
92% of the world's population<br />
feel that their lives could be better.<br />
what about you?<br />
If you could do anything,<br />
anything at all,<br />
what would you do?<br />
What are you doing now?</p>
<p>Imagine that<br />
you could live your life,<br />
knowing that it could not be better,<br />
and never feeling that you would rather<br />
be doing something else,<br />
be somewhere else,<br />
or be someone else.</p>
<p>Now consider this:<br />
some people actually live that way<br />
and so could you.</p>
<p>Contemplate this:<br />
What if 90% of the problems you encountered in your life<br />
were mere illusions and only existed in your mind?<br />
In your everyday life<br />
whenever something annoys you,<br />
stresses you, makes you mad, or makes you sad,<br />
consider if that something really matters.</p>
<p>Will you even remember<br />
how you felt in one day, one week, one month, one year,<br />
or what about in ten years?<br />
So when the people you work for pressure you, and fail to
understand you, does it really matter?<br />
And when they call you on the phone,<br />
screaming and yelling,<br />
does it matter and should you really allow that to influence your
life?<br />
It's all about choices.</p>