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3. PROLOGUE
W
hen my interest in the music played on the radio
changed from“being listened” to “being sung” I can
say my resources to do so were very limited. They
consisted of a one way portable record player in the
livingroom of my home, some old 45 RPM records,
some spiral notebook and a pencil with an eraser on top. On the other
hand, my knowledge of the English language was very incipient, making
my task something a lot more difficult. Nevertheless, at the age of seven,
there seems to be no obstacles in our way, so I started to sing some of the
songs that my heroes (The Beatles) sang, no matter I had to make up the
words I didn’t understand from the lyrics. Today, more than forty years
away from that time, I still sing, my heroes are now a lot more artists, I
perform some of their hits on my piano or with my guitar and I have
composed some of my own songs in English. This anecdote about how I
started in music has inspired me to publish this SONGBOOK. Many
people at my presentations have asked me for the lyrics of some of the
songs I sing. This is my way of fulfilling their request and also to offer
those who like this kind of music, a resource that hopefully will
encourage them to sing along.
ULISES TROYO
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4. Contents
A horse with no name AMERICA
A love song LOGGINS & MESINA
Alabama rain JIM CROCE
All around AMERICA
All I have to do is dream GLENN CAMPBELL
All I really need is you NEIL DIAMOND
All my life AMERICA
All out of love AIR SUPPLY
All the time BARRY MANILOW
America SIMON & GARFUNKEL
American pie DON McLEAN
Annie’s song JOHN DENVER
B.S.U.R. JAMES TAYLOR
Baby I love your way PETER FRAMPTON
Bad, bad Leroy Brown JIM CROCE
Beautiful music BARRY MANILOW
Blowing in the wind BOB DYLAN
Blue eyes ELTON JOHN
Bluer than blue MICHAEL JOHNSON
Bridge over troubled water SIMON & GARFUNKEL
Can you feel the love tonight ELTON JOHN
Candle in the wind ELTON JOHN
Careful man JIM CROCE
Carolina in my mind JAMES TAYLOR
Color my world CHICAGO
Cotton fields JOHN FOGERTY
Could it be magic BARRY MANILOW
Cracklin’ Rosie NEIL DIAMOND
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5. Daisy Jane AMERICA
Daniel ELTON JOHN
Danny’s song LOGGINS & MESSINA
Daybreak BARRY MANILOW
Desperado EAGLES
Don’t let me be lonely tonight JAMES TAYLOR
Dust in the wind KANSAS
Empty chairs DON McLEAN
Even now BARRY MANILOW
Everyday JAMES TAYLOR
Everything I own BREAD
Faithfully JOURNEY
Father and son CAT STEVENS
Fire and rain JAMES TAYLOR
Grandma’s feather bed JOHN DENVER
Handy man JAMES TAYLOR
Heartlight NEIL DIAMOND
Hello LIONEL RICHIE
Hello again NEIL DIAMOND
Honesty BILLY JOEL
How can you mend a broken heart BEE GEES
How sweet it is JAMES TAYLOR
I need you AMERICA
I started a joke BEE GEES
I write the songs BARRY MANILOW
If BREAD
I’ll have to say I love you in a song JIM CROCE
Imagine JOHN LENNON
James BILLY JOEL
Just a song before I go CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
Just once JAMES INGRAM
Just the way you are BILLY JOEL
Lady KENNY ROGERS
Lady in red CHRIS DE BURGH
Leaving on a jet plane JOHN DENVER
Lighthouse JAMES TAYLOR
Lonely people AMERICA
Long ago and far away JAMES TAYLOR
Looks like we made it BARRY MANILOW
Love on the rocks NEIL DIAMOND
Lyin’ eyes EAGLES
Make it with you BREAD
Mandy BARRY MANILOW
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6. Mexico JAMES TAYLOR
Morning has broken CAT STEVENS
Music JAMES TAYLOR
Muskrat love AMERICA
My life BILLY JOEL
My man EAGLES
My way FRANK SINATRA
Oh, Camil GRAHAM NASH
Old Virginia AMERICA
One voice BARRY MANILOW
Only One JAMES TAYLOR
Open arms JOURNEY
Operator JIM CROCE
Our house CROSBY, STILLS & NASH
Piano man BILLY JOEL
Poems, prayers and promises JOHN DENVER
Ready to take a chance again BARRY MANILOW
Right between the eyes CROSBY & NASH
Right here waiting RICHARD MARX
Rocket man ELTON JOHN
Sacrifice ELTON JOHN
Sad Lisa CAT STEVENS
Sally G PAUL McCARTNEY
Secret O’life JAMES TAYLOR
September morn NEIL DIAMOND
She’s got a way BILLY JOEL
Shower the people JAMES TAYLOR
Simple man GRAHAM NASH
Sister Golden Hair AMERICA
Sleep song GRAHAM NASH
Sometimes when we touch DAN HILL
Somewhere down the road BARRY MANILOW
Somewhere in the night BARRY MANILOW
Song for you far away JAMES TAYLOR
Sorry seems to be the hardest word ELTON JOHN
Starting again BARRY MANILOW
Still LIONEL RICHIE
Stuck on you LIONEL RICHIE
Sweet Baby James JAMES TAYLOR
Sweet Caroline NEIL DIAMOND
Take it easy JACKSON BROWNE
Take me home Country Roads JOHN DENVER
Teach your children CSN&Y
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7. Tears in Heaven ERIC CLAPTON
Temptation BILLY JOEL
Tequila Sunrise EAGLES
The boxer SIMON & GARFUNKEL
The coward of the county KENNY ROGERS
The guitar man BREAD
The last resort EAGLES
The last song ELTON JOHN
The old songs BARRY MANILOW
The One ELTON JOHN
The sound of silence SIMON & GARFUNKEL
This old guitar JOHN DENVER
This one’s for you BARRY MANILOW
Three times a Lady LIONEL RICHIE
Tin man AMERICA
Today JOHN DENVER
Tryin’ to get the feeling again BARRY MANILOW
Up on the roof JAMES TAYLOR
Vincent DON McLEAN
Wandering JAMES TAYLOR
Weekend in New England BARRY MANILOW
When I wanted you BARRY MANILOW
Wild world CAT STEVENS
Will you love me tomorrow CAROLE KING
You are so beautiful JOE COCKER
You decorated my life KENNY ROGERS
You don’t bring me flowers NEIL DIAMOND
You’ve got a friend CAROLE KING
Your song ELTON JOHN
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PRODUCED IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO, 2012
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