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Flying the Flag (For You) (Spoken Dialogue) Babada Babada... Badada Babada... Babada Babada... Yeah Yeah Yeah Yeah... Babada Flying the Flag (for you) (Spoken dialogue) Babada babada... badada babada... Babada babada... Yeah yeah yeah yeah... Babada babada... badada babada... Babada babada... We're flying the flag all over the world Flying the flag for you. London to Berlin All the way from Paris to Tallinn Helsinki on to Prague Don't matter where we are. Yeah yeah yeah... Flying high in Amsterdam Why don't you catch us if you can? Now we're cruising in the sky And we're singing it for you. Babada babada... badada babada... Babada babada... Yeah yeah yeah yeah... Babada babada... badada babada... Babada babada... We're flying the flag all over the world Flying the flag for you. We're flying the flag all over the world Flying the flag for you (Spoken dialogue) Babada babada... badada babada... Babada babada... Yeah yeah yeah yeah... Babada babada... badada babada... Babada babada... We're flying the flag all over the world Flying the flag for you. We're flying the flag all over the world Flying the flag for you. We're flying the flag all over the world Flying the flag for you. “We'd like to thank you for flying KPMF Airlines today.” Puppet on a string I wonder if one day that, you'll say that, you care, If you say you love me madly, I'll gladly, be there, Like a puppet on a string. Love is just like a merry-go-round with all the fun of a fair. One day I'm feeling down on the ground then I'm up in the air. Are you leading me on? Tomorrow will you be gone? I wonder if one day that, you'll say that, you care, If you say you love me madly, I'll gladly, be there, Like a puppet on a string. I may win on the roundabout, then I lose on the swings. In or out, there is never a doubt just who's pulling the strings. I'm all tied up in you, but where's it leading me to? I wonder if one day that, you'll say that, you care, If you say you love me madly, I'll gladly, be there, Like a puppet on a string. Like a puppet on a..... string! Save Your Kisses for Me Though it hurts to go away, it's impossible to stay, But there's one thing I must say before I go. I love you, (I love you) you know. I'll be thinking of you in most everything I do Now the time is movin’ on and I really should be gone, But you keep me hangin’ on for one more smile I love you (I love you) all the while, With your cute little wave will you promise that you'll save your Kisses for me, save all your kisses for me. Bye bye baby bye bye, don't cry honey don't cry. Gonna walk out the door but I'll soon be back for more Kisses for me, save all your kisses for me. So long honey so long, hang on baby hang on. Don't you dare me to stay ‘cos you know I'll have to say- That I've got to work each day and that's why I go away, But I count the seconds till I'm home with you. I love you (I love you) it's true. You're so cute honey, gee, won't you save them up for me? Your Kisses for me, save all your kisses for me. Bye bye baby bye bye, don't cry honey don't cry. Gonna walk out the door but I'll soon be back for more Kisses for me, save all your kisses for me. So long honey so long, hang on baby hang on. Don't you dare me to stay ‘cause you know you’ve got to save your- Kisses for me, save all your kisses for me. Bye bye baby bye bye, don't cry honey don't cry. Won't you save them for me, even though you're only three... Love Shine a Light - Katrina and the Waves Love shine a light in ev’ry corner of my heart, Let the love light carry, let the love light carry. Light up the magic in ev’ry little part, Let our love shine a light in ev’ry corner of our hearts. Love shine a light in every corner of my dreams, Let the love light carry, let the love light carry. Like the mighty river flowing from a stream Let our love shine a light in ev’ry corner of my dreams. And we're all gonna shine a light together. All shine a light to light the way. Brothers and sisters in every little part, Let our love shine a light in ev’ry corner of our hearts. Love shine a light in ev’ry corner of the world, Let the love light carry, let the love light carry. Light up the magic for ev’ry boy and girl, Let our love shine a light in every corner of the world And we're all gonna shine a light together. All shine a light to light the way. Brothers and sisters in every little part, Let our love shine a light in ev’ry corner of our hearts. And we're all gonna shine a light together. All shine a light to light the way. Brothers and sisters in every little part, Let our love shine a light in ev’ry corner of our hearts. (Slower) Shine a light in ev’ry corner of our hearts. Looking High, High, High I once had a love, and oh I loved her very dearly, She told me she loved me so, I thought she spoke sincerely But one day, away, I found that she had flown So off to find that love of mine I set alone. Looking high, high, high, looking low, low, low. Wondering: "Why, why, why did she go, go, go?" For if I, I, I don't find my love, I know I shall die, die, die 'cos I love her so. I journeyed across the sea, I sought her with devotion. Though, where she could really be I'd not the slightest notion. But so bright the light of love within me shone. I knew full well, what e’er befell I must go on Looking high, high, high, looking low, low, low. Wondering: "Why, why, why did she go, go, go?" For if I, I, I don't find my love, I know I shall die, die, die 'cos I love her so. To east over desert sands, to west where grass is greener. I asked in a dozen lands, but none had ever seen her. It was clear, I fear my quest was all in vain. So I departed, sad at heart for home again. Looking high, high, high, looking low, low, low. Wondering: "Why, why, why did she go, go, go?" For if I, I, I don't find my love, I know I shall die, die, die 'cos I love her so. But when I arrived back home all tanned by wind and weather, You sure could have knocked me down with the proverbial feather. She stood there, so fair and sweetly she confessed That she'd been wrong, and all along she'd loved me best. I looked high, high, high, I looked low, low, low. Wondering: "Why, why, why did she go, go, go?" Now that I, I, I have found my love, I know ‘Till I die, die, die I will love her so. Jack in the Box Stop - don't say you'll put me down. Love - don't go away. Drop my feet back on the ground. Open your arms, let me stay. Hold me like you know you should. Don't leave me on the shelf. Like a doll you throw away. So sad and lonely all by myself. I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box you know whenever love knocks I'm gonna bounce up and down on my spring. A toy you start when it stops, I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box, Because for your love I'd do anything. Who just keeps my heart around? Loves to pull the strings? You - and when it's upside down, look at the way that it swings. I can't help the way I feel. It's you and no one else Calls the tune, but all too soon I'm just a doll put back on the shelf. I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box you know whenever love knocks I'm gonna bounce up and down on my spring. A toy you start when it stops, I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box, Because for your love I'd do anything. La la la la la la la... La la la la la la la... La la la la la la la la la la... La la la la la la la... La la la la la la la... La la la la la la la la la la... Hey, hear what I say. You'll find someday that I’ve walked away from you So say I've got to stay. And from today it's love that's gonna break through. I'm just your Jack-in-the-Box you know whenever love knocks I'm gonna bounce up and down on my spring.
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