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I Won't Say (I'm in Love)
Written By: Alan Menken & David Zippel
Artist: Susan Egan with Roz Ryan, Cheryl Freeman, Lillias White, Vanéese Y. Thomas & LaChanze for Hercules
Released: 1997
From the 1997 Disney movie Hercules, “I Won’t Say (I’m In Love)” is the movie’s featured love ballad. After a romantic date with Hercules, Meg expresses her conflicting emotions through song (with some back up from the Muses). Hurt before and technically working for Herc’s arch nemesis, this song demonstrates Meg’s reluctance to get into another relationship that (in her mind) can only end badly.
[MEG]
If there's a prize for rotten judgment
I guess I've already won that
No man is worth the aggravation
That's ancient history, been there, done that
[MUSES, MEG]
Who d'you think you're kiddin'?
He's the earth and heaven to you
Try to keep it hidden
Honey, we can see right through you (Oh no)
Girl, you can't conceal it
We know how you feel and who you're thinkin' of
[MEG]
Oh
No chance, no way
I won't say it, no, no
[MUSES]
You swoon, you sigh
Why deny it? Uh-oh
[MEG]
It's too cliché
I won't say I'm in love
[MUSES]
Shoo-do, shoo-do, ooh
[MEG, with MUSES]
I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you start out
My head is screaming, "Get a grip, girl"
"Unless you're dyin' to cry your heart out"
Oh
[MUSES, MEG]
You keep on denying
Who you are and how you're feeling
Baby, we're not buying
Hon, we saw you hit the ceiling (Oh no)
Face it like a grown-up
When ya gonna own up
That you got, got, got it bad?
[MEG]
Whoa
No chance, no way
I won't say it, no, no
[MUSES]
Give up, give in
Check the grin, you're in love
[MEG]
This scene won't play
I won't say I'm in love
[MUSES]
You're doin' flips
Read our lips, you're in love
[MEG, MUSES]
You're way off base (Shoo-do, shoo-do)
I won't say it (She won't say it, no)
Get off my case (Sha-da, sha-da)
I won't say it
[MUSES]
Girl, don't be proud
It's okay, you're in love
[MEG]
Oh
At least, out loud
I won't say I'm in love
[MUSES]
Shoo-do, shoo-do, shoo-do, shoo-do
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, ah
God Only Knows
Written By: Brian Wilson & Tony Asher
Artist: The Beach Boys
Released: 1966
“God Only Knows” is a song by American rock band The Beach Boys. It is the eighth track on the group’s 11th studio album, Pet Sounds, and one of their most widely recognized songs. “God Only Knows” was composed and produced by Brian Wilson. Tony Asher helped Brian with the lyrics. Carl Wilson sang lead, and Bruce Johnston sang harmony vocals with Brian in the outro. The song broke new ground in many ways. It was one of the first commercial songs to use the word ‘God’ in its title. As producer, Brian Wilson used many unorthodox instruments, including the harpsichord and French horns that are heard in the song’s famous introduction. Although The Beatles engaged in a friendly rivalry with the Beach Boys based on mutual respect, Paul McCartney called this song the best song ever written.
[Verse 1: Carl Wilson]
I may not always love you
But long as there are stars above you
You never need to doubt it
I'll make you so sure about it
[Refrain: Carl Wilson]
God only knows what I'd be without you
[Verse 2: Carl Wilson]
If you should ever leave me
Well, life would still go on, believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me?
[Refrain: Carl Wilson]
God only knows what I'd be without you
[Interlude: Carl Wilson, Brian Wilson, and Bruce Johnston]
Ooh, ooh
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do
Bow, buh-bow, buh-bow, buh-bow (Do, do, do, do)
Buh-bow, buh-bow, buh-bow (Do, do, do, do, do, do)
Buh-bow, buh-bow, buh-bow, buh-bow (Do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do)
[Refrain: Carl Wilson]
God only knows what I'd be without you
[Verse 3: Carl Wilson]
If you should ever leave me
Well, life would still go on, believe me
The world could show nothing to me
So what good would living do me?
[Chorus: Carl Wilson]
God only knows what I'd be without you
[Outro: Carl Wilson with Brian Wilson and Bruce Johnston]
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you
God only knows what I'd be without you (What I'd be)
God only knows what I'd be without you (God only knows)
God only knows what I'd be without you (What I'd be)
God only knows what I'd be without you (God only knows)
God only knows what I'd be without you (What I'd be)
God only knows what I'd be without you (God only knows)
God only knows what I'd be without you (What I'd be)
God only knows what I'd be without you (God only knows)
God only knows what I'd be without you (What I'd be)
God only knows what I'd be without you (God only knows)
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