Merrill Osmond - Sings Broadway

Merrill Osmond - Sings Broadway - 2006 (CD)

1. Close Every Door
2. Copacabana
3. Impossible Dream
4. Lullaby of Broadway
5. Mame
6. Oh What a Beautiful Morning
7. Music of the Night
8. Razzle Dazzle
9. Some Enchanted Evening
10.Luck Be A Lady

Bonus Track
Osmond’s Greatest Hits Medley

Extra Bonus Tracks
Broadway Hits by Wendy King

1. Close Every Door

Close every door to me
Hide all the world from me
Bar all the windows
And shut out the light

Do what you want with me
Hate me and laugh at me
Darken my daytime
And torture my night

If my life were important I
Would ask will I live or die
But I know the answers lie
Far from this world

Close every door to me
Keep those I love from me
Children of Israel
Are never alone

For I know I shall find
My own peace of mind
For I have been promised
A land of my own

Close every door to me
Hide all the world from me
Bar all the windows
And shut out the light

Just give me a number
Instead of my name
Forget all about me
And let me decay

I do not matter
I’m only one person
Destroy me completely
Then throw me away

If my life were important I
Would ask will I live or die
But I know the answers lie
Far from this world

Close every door to me
Keep those I love from me
Children of Israel
Are never alone

For we know we shall find
Our own peace of mind
For we have been promised
A land of our own

2. Copacabana

Copa, Copacabana
The hottest spot north of Havana
At the Copa, Copacabana
Music and passion were
always the fashion
At the Copa, they fell in love

Her name was Lola,
she was a showgirl
With yellow feathers in her hair
and a dress cut down to there

She would meringue
and do the cha-cha
And while she tried to be a star,
Tony always tended bar

Across the crowded floor,
they worked from 8 till 4
They were young and
they had each other
Who could ask for more

At the Copa, Copacabana
The hottest spot north of Havana
At the Copa, Copacabana
Music and passion were
always the fashion
At the Copa, they fell in love

Yeah!

3. Impossible Dream

To dream the impossible dream
To fight the unbeatable foe
To bear with unbearable sorrow
To run where the brave dare not go

To right the unrightable wrong
To love pure and chaste from afar
To try when your arms are too weary
To reach the unreachable star

This is my quest
To follow that star
No matter how hopeless
No matter how far

To fight for the right
Without question or pause
To be willing to march into hell
For that heavenly cause

For I know If I’ll only be true
To this glorious quest
That my heart
Will lie peaceful and calm
When I’m laid to my rest

And the world will be better for this
That one man scorned and
covered with scars,
Still strove with his last
ounce of courage
To reach the unreachable star

4. Lullaby On Broadway

Come on along and listen to
The lullaby of Broadway.
The hip hooray and bally hoo,
The lullaby of Broadway.
The rumble of the subway train,
The rattle of the taxis.
The daffy-dills who entertain
At Angelo’s and Maxie’s.

When a Broadway baby
says "Good night,"
It’s early in the morning.
Manhattan babies don’t
sleep tight until the dawn

(Come on along and listen to
The lullaby of Broadway.
The hidee hi and boopa doo,
The lullaby of Broadway)

The band begins to go to town,
And everyone goes crazy.
You rock-a-bye your baby ’round
Until the dawn

Goodnight baby
Goodnight let’s call it a day

(lets call it a day, hey)

Come on along and listen to
The lullaby of Broadway.
The hip hooray and bally hoo,
The lullaby of Broadway.
Come on along and listen to
The lullaby of Broadway.
The hidee hi and boopa doo,
Until the dawn

Listen to the lullaby of old Broadway

5. Mame

You coax the blues right
out of the horn, Mame,
You charm the husk right
off of the corn, Mame,
You’ve got that banjo’s strummin’
And plunkin’ out a tune
to beat the band,
The whole plantation’s hummin’
Since you brought Dixie
back to Dixieland.

You make the cotton
easy to pick, Mame,
You give my old mint
julep a kick, Mame,
Who ever thought a
Yankee would put
A little Dixie mouse to shame.
You’ve made us feel alive again,
You’ve given us the drive again,
To make the South
revive again, Mame.

(You’ve brought the cake-walk
back into style, Mame
You make the weepin’
willow tree smile, Mame,)

Your skin is Dixie satin,
There’s rebel in your
manner and your speech,
You may be from Manhattan,
But Georgia never had a sweeter peach.

You make our black-eyed
peas and our grits, Mame,
Seem like our bill of fare
at the Ritz, Mame,
You came, you saw, you conquered
And absolutely nothing is the same.
You’re special fascination’ll
prove to be inspirational,
We think you’re just
sensational, Mame.

Since you brought Dixie
back to Dixieland

You make our black-eyed peas
and our grits, Mame,
Seem like our bill of fare
at the Ritz, Mame,
You came, you saw, you conquered
And absolutely nothing is the same.
You’re special fascination’ll
prove to be inspirational,
We think you’re just
sensational, Mame

You coax the blues right
out of the horn, Mame,
You charm the husk right
off of the corn, Mame,
You’ve got that banjo’s strummin’
And plunkin’ out a tune to beat the band,
The whole plantation’s hummin’
Since you brought Dixie
back to Dixieland.

6. Oh What A Beautiful Morning

There’s a bright golden
haze on the meadow,
There’s a bright golden
haze on the meadow,
The corn is as high
as an elephant’s eye,
An’ it looks like it’s climbin’
right up to the sky.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin’, Oh, what a beautiful day.
I got a beautiful feelin’
Everything’s goin’ my way.

Oh the cattle are standin’ like statues,
All the cattle are standin’ like statues,
They don’t turn their heads as they see me ride by,
and a little brown maverick is winkin’ her eye.

Oh, what a beautiful mornin’, Oh, what a beautiful day.
I’ve got a beautiful feelin’
Everything’s goin’ my way.

All the sounds of the earth are like music, All the sounds of the
earth are like music, The breeze is so busy
it don’t miss a tree, And a ol’ weepin’ willer
is laughin’ at me!

Oh, what a beautiful mornin’,
Oh, what a beautiful day,
I got a beautiful feelin’
Everything’s goin’ my way.

Oh, what a beautiful day.

7. Music of The Night

Night time sharpens,
heightens each sensation
Darkness wakes and
stirs imagination
Silently the senses
abandon their defenses
Helpless to resist
the notes I write
For I compose the
music of the night

Slowly, gently, night
unfurls its splendour
Grasp it, sense it,
tremulous and tender
Hearing is believing and
music is deceiving
Hard as light and
soft as candlelight
Dare we trust the
music of the night

Close your eyes
start a journey to a
strange new world
leave all thoughts of
the world you knew before
Close your eyes let
the music set you free
Only then can you
belong to me

Softly, deftly, music
shall caress you
Feel it, hear it,
secretly possess you
Open up your mind,
Let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness which
you know you cannot fight
The darkness of
the music of the night

Close your eyes
start a journey to a
strange new world
leave all thoughts of
the world you knew before
Close your eyes
let the music set you free

Open up your mind
let your fantasies unwind
You alone can make
my song take flight
Help me make
the music of the night

8. Razzle Dazzle

Give ’em the old razzle dazzle
Razzle Dazzle ’em
Give ’em an act
with lots of flash in it
And the reaction
will be passionate
Give ’em the old hocus pocus
Bead and feather ’em
How can they see
with sequins in their eyes

What if your hinges
all are rusting
What if, in fact,
you’re just disgusting
Razzle dazzle ’em
And they’ll never catch wise

Give ’em the old Razzle Dazzle
Razzle Dazzle ‘em
Give ‘em the show
that’s so splendiferous
Row after row
will grow vociferous

Give ’em the old
flim flam flummox
Fool and fracture ’em
How can they hear the
truth above the roar?

Throw ’em a fake and a finagle
They’ll never know
you’re just a bagel,
Razzle dazzle ’em
And they’ll beg you for more!

Give ’em the old razzle dazzle
Razzle dazzle ’em
Back since the days
of old Methuselah
Everyone loves the
big bambooz-a-ler

Give ’em the old
three ring circus
Stun and stagger ’em
When you’re in trouble,
go into your dance

Though you are
stiffer than a girder
They let ya get away with a murder
Razzle dazzle ’em
And you’ve got a romance

Give ’em the old
Razzle dazzle
Razzle dazzle ’em
Give ’em an act
that’s unassailable
They’ll wait a year ’til
your available!

Give ’em the old
Double whammy
Daze and dizzy ’em
Show ’em the first
rate sorcerer you are

Long as you keep ’em
way off balance
How can they spot
you got no talents?
Razzle dazzle ’em
Razzle dazzle ’em
Razzle dazzle ’em
And they’ll make you a star!

9. Some Enchanted Evening

Some enchanted evening
You may see a stranger,
you may see a stranger
Across the crowded room

And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere you’ll see her
Again and again.

Some enchanted evening
Someone may be laughin’,
You may hear her laughin’
Across the crowded room

And night after night,
As strange as it seems
The sound of her laughter
Will sing in your dreams.

Who can explain it?
Who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons,
Wise men never try.

Some enchanted evening
When you find your true love,
When you feel her call you
Across the crowded room,

Then fly to her side,
And make her your own
Or all through your life you
May dream all alone.

Once you have found her,
Never let her go.
Once you have found her,
Never let her go!

10. Luck Be A Lady

Luck be a lady tonight
Luck by a lady tonight
Luck if you’ve ever been a lady to begin with
Luck be a lady tonight

Luck let a gentleman see
Just how nice a dame you can be
I know the way you’ve treated
Other guys you’ve been with
Luck be a lady with me

A lady never leaves her escort
It isn’t fair, it isn’t nice
A lady doesn’t wander all over the room
And blow on some other guy’s dice

So let’s keep this party polite
Don’t you ever get out of my sight
Stick with me baby
I’m the one that you came in with
Luck be a lady tonight

Oh, yeah
Mmm

Now a lady never flirts with strangers
She’d have a heart, oh, she’d be nice
A lady doesn’t wander all over the room
And blow on some other guy’s dice

So let’s keep this party polite
Don’t you ever get out of my sight
Stick with me baby
I’m the guy that you came in with
Be a lady tonight