Category: Songs & Lyrics

bob dah marley

It’s midnight and the WorldCup match for Germany vs Australia is another few hours before it starts. I’m starting to feel sleepy already. While waiting, I’ve been practicing the pentatonic scales and adjusted a bit of Bob Marley’s No Woman No Cry riff. I find practicing the scales much more fun than working my fingers [...]

here i go again

When I woke up this morning, out of nowhere I suddenly remembered an old song that I used to listen a lot and sang repeatedly while walking to the store where I worked. During my younger days, rock were my choices of genre, it’s a song by Whitesnake with very good drum beats and sang [...]

Saturday November 26th, 2005 in Songs & Lyrics | 10 Comments »

man bai pun belum mai lagi…

I’ve been trying to sing this old Malay song for a while, and also to get the chords right with my guitar… kinda tough but it’s getting there, slowly. Here’s the lyrics : Kau Ilhamku Beribu bintang di langit kini menghilang Meraba aku dalam kelam Rembulan mengambang kini makin suram Pudar ilhamku tanpa arah Sedetik [...]

Tuesday November 15th, 2005 in Life, Songs & Lyrics | 7 Comments »

leaving on a jet plane

now listening to John Denver. one of my favourite songs. the lyrics is a bit too long to memorize easily, but the chorus stuck in forever :-) I’m … I’m … All my bags are packed, I’m ready to go I’m standin’ here outside your door I hate to wake you up to say goodbye [...]

Wednesday July 30th, 2003 in Songs & Lyrics | No Comments »

cat stevens : father and son

been singing this song for the past few days, the lyrics’s kinda easy to remember but it’s really hard to sing it properly. my latest favourite song, by Yusuf Islam (former stage name : Cat Stevens). .: Father It’s not time to make a change, Just relax, take it easy. You’re still young, that’s your [...]

Monday June 30th, 2003 in Songs & Lyrics | 11 Comments »

blowin’ in the wind

How many roads must a man walk down, before you call him a man? How many seas must a white dove sail, before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, ‘n’ how many times must the cannon balls fly, before they’re forever banned? The answer my friend, is blowin’ in the wind, the answer is blowin’ [...]

Thursday May 22nd, 2003 in Songs & Lyrics | 1 Comment »