Flyer Karaoke - Unzipped

Here is another look at the post from December 19th. All of the song lyrics are highlighted in green. There are 21 songs! At the bottom, you will see the name and artist for each song. 

Here I am, dancing in Ethiopia - I like to dance just as much as I like to sing. I am equally talented at both. :(

Happy New Year!

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My bags are packed, I’m ready to go—I’m covered in gortex from head to toe. Once outside I see skies of blue and clouds of white, and the brightness of the day, and I think to myself, what a wonderful world. And then, as I am walking along humming a tune, drinking in sunshine, out of that orange-colored view—wham, bam, alakazam, I got too much to do! With the dog and the sleigh, and me in my winter best, singing and dancing and taking no rest, I pull and I heave, and I hear voices say, “Isn’t she lovely… isn’t she wonderful.”

The smile spreads across my face and through my body, like a shiver in the sun.

It seems that flyer walkin’ is something shockin’, when your feet just can’t keep still, I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will. But, as I walk and I walk and I walk, I find that walking gets too boring, when you learn how to fly. I spin around, and take off. I danced in the morning when the world was begun, I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun, I came down from heaven and I danced on earth, I delivered my flyers even though they had no worth!

If the kids saw me dancing amidst snow and sun, they would be embarrassed instead of seeing the fun. Baby, I was born this way! And I’m the same old girl that I used to be, I haven’t changed at all—got the same old walk, the same old talk, only I stumble now and fall. You know, I throw my hands up in the air sometimes, saying A-YO! Gotta let go! I wanna celebrate and live my life, saying A-YO! Baby, let’s go! What?! Did you think I’d crumble; did you think I’d lay down and die? Oh no, not I—I will survive!

But, since the route is new, and I don’t know what to do, let this be my prayer: when we lose our way, lead us to a place, guide us with your grace, to a place where we’ll be safe. And deep in December, it’s nice to remember, the fire of September that made us mellow. But, it’s also hard because the cold freezes my toes, and I find that the feeling is gone, and I can’t get it back. Lost and cold and alone I mumble, country roads, take me home to the place I belong.

And to think, I left a good job in the city, workin’ for the man every night and day, and I never lost one minute of sleepin’ worrying about the way things might have been. ‘Cause I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love. But now, the route is so long, the roads are so slippery that the pressure is on—I feel it, but I’ve got it all—believe it…

When you fall - get up (oh, oh),

If you fall-  get up (eh, eh).

Slipping and stumbling along my route, and I gotta stop and pick up dog poop! It ain’t all fine. The day is long—and the night has come and the land is dark, and the moon is the only light I’ll see. NO, I won’t be afraid. Oh, I won’t be afraid, just as long as you stand—stand by me. But the flyers must be done with the setting of the sun, because when evening comes around, and it’s time to go to town, where do I go…to rock and roll! Where do I go…to rock and roll.

So when you hear that I am frolicking playfully as I bring the junk that clogs your mail, you may say I’m a dreamer, but I’m not the only one. I hope someday you’ll join us, and the world will be as one.

In order: (21 Songs!)

Leaving on a Jet Plane – Chantal Kreviazuk (original - John Denver)

What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong

Orange Colored Sky – Natalie Cole

Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder

Crocodile Rock – Elton John

Gypsy – Shakira

Lord of the Dance - Michael Flatley

Born This Way – Lady Gaga

Rhumba Girl – Nicolette Larson

Dynamite – Taio Cruz

I Will Survive – Gloria Gaynor

The Prayer – Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion

Try to Remember – John McDermott (I bet only my father-in-law got that one!)

If you Could Read my Mind –

Country Roads – John Denver

Proud Mary – Glee Cast (original - Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Can’t Buy Me Love – The Beatles

Waka Waka – Shakira

Stand By Me – Ben E. King

Your Momma Don’t Dance – Veronica Martell (original - Loggins and Messina)

Imagine – John Lennon