Can This Be Love / Kahit Habang Buhay

i was in grade school when these songs first played. back then, Smokey Mountain was a big hit among us youngsters who went to school each morning, hoping that the radio would play their songs before we hit the school gates.

i even remember excitedly waiting for Kahit Habang Buhay so i could sing the second voice to myself. those were the days...

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CAN THIS BE LOVE
Smokey Mountain

Can this be love I'm feeling right now
I know for certain I'm reeling right now
I don't recall ever feeling this way
Tell me what does one say
To one who makes me feel this way

Can this be love I'm feeling right now
I am not sure of this feeling somehow
Why do I tremble whenever you're near
I can't seem to say my words so you'll hear

This is the first time I'm gonna say "I love you"
It's the first time I ever felt
So helpless deep inside
If I had to say a thousand times
I'd tell you once again
This is the first time I'm gonna say "I love you"

Can this be love I'm feeling right now
I love the feeling it's giving me now
A voice inside me is guiding me now
It's telling me now
To take your hand and say

This is the first time I'm gonna say "I love you"
It's the first time I ever felt
So helpless deep inside
If I had to say a thousand times
I'd tell you once again
This is the first time I'm gonna say "I love you"

This is the first time I'm gonna say "I love you"
It's the first time I ever felt
So helpless deep inside
If I had to say a thousand times
I'd tell you once again
This is the first time
This is the first time
It's the first time I'm gonna say
"I love you"

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KAHIT HABANG BUHAY
Smokey Mountain

Nakakalito ang mundo.
Kung sinong mahal mo, s'yang ayaw sa 'yo
H'wag sanang masayang itong
Damdamin kong laan sa 'yo.

Pa'no naman ako?
Kay tagal ko nang umibig sa 'yo.
H'wag sanang masayang itong
Damdamin kong laan sa 'yo.

Kahit habang buhay maghihintay ako sa 'yo.
Kahit pa maglaho ang mundo.
Kahit habang buhay maghihintay ako sa 'yo.
Asahan mong hindi magpapalit
Itong damdamin ko.

Pa'no naman ako?
Kay tagal ko nang umibig sa 'yo.
H'wag sanang masayang itong
Damdamin kong laan sa 'yo.

Kahit habang buhay maghihintay ako sa 'yo.
Kahit pa maglaho ang mundo.
Kahit habang buhay maghihintay ako sa 'yo.
Asahan mong hindi magpapalit
Itong damdamin ko.

Kahit habang buhay maghihintay ako sa 'yo.
Kahit pa maglaho ang mundo.
Kahit habang buhay maghihintay ako sa 'yo.
Asahan mong hindi magpapalit
Hindi-hindi magpapalit
Hindi-hindi magpapalit
Itong damdamin ko.

Kailangan Kita / Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw

when i first taught philosophy in Ateneo de Davao after i graduated in 2000, one of the challenges i had to face was how to bring down what i understood from Fr. Ferriols' many classes and teach them in ways that would relate to students' experiences.

as i tackled marcel's texts in my philo of religion class, we discussed the film La Strada (The Road)--a film which probably several of you know of. anyway, since intersubjectivity was the theme of the discussion, what better way to get students' attention that to spice it up with--yes, you guessed it--LOVE.

love. ha! :)

because it was also a serious philosophical discourse, we tried to emphasize the difference between KITA and IKAW.... no, i will not discuss that here in the email. hehehehehehehe.

anyhow, here's Kailangan Ko'y Ikaw and Kailangan Kita... two songs that talk about the Beloved, one of which is probably stretching its gramatical artistic license. mabuhay ang wikang filipino. (huh? hahahaha.)

on an unrelated note, though, i think Kailangan Kita is a really nice song to sing to somone you wish to propose to, or at least a song worth singing on a wedding day. :)

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KAILANGAN KITA
Gary Valenciano

Sa piling mo lang nadarama
Ang tunay na pagsinta
'Pag yakap kita nang mahigpit
Parang ako'y nasa langit

Ngunit ito ay panaginip lamang
Pagkat ang puso mo'y
Labis kong nasaktan
Pakiusap ko ako ay pakinggan

Kailangan kita, ngayon at kailanman
Kailangan mong malaman na ikaw lamang
Ang tunay kong minamahal
At tangi kong hiling ay makapiling ka muli

Ngunit ito ay panaginip lamang
Pagkat ang puso mo'y
Labis kong nasaktan
Pakiusap ko ako ay pakinggan

Kailangan kita, ngayon at kailanman
Kailangan mong malaman na ikaw lamang
Ang tunay kong minamahal
Ang lagi kong dinarasal

Kailangan kita, ngayon at kailanman
Kailangan mong malaman na ikaw lamang
Ang tunay kong minamahal
At tangi kong hiling ay makapiling ka muli

Kailangan kita

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KAILANGAN KO'Y IKAW
Regine Velasquez

Kailangan ko'y ikaw dito sa piling ko
Kailangan kong madama ang pag-ibig mo
Sa bawat oras na 'di ka nakikita
Para bang kay bigat ng nadarama

O, giliw nasan ka, bakit lumisan ka
Paano nang puso kong nag-iisa
O, giliw nasan ka, bakit lumisan ka
Paano nang puso kong nag-iisa

Kailangan ko'y ikaw sa bawat sandali
Kailangan kong yakap mo at iyong halik
Kailangan ko'y ikaw dito sa buhay ko
Paano nang puso kong nag-iisa

Kailangan ko'y ikaw

Let's Stop and Talk a While

okay, so i've been busy this weekend... i think i spent too much time setting up my blog, or should I say, blogs...

you might want to visit them, by the way. hehehehehe.

http://recusantpilgrim.blogspot.com/
for kinda serious stuff

http://insouciantsojourner.blogspot.com/
for whatever

anyway, because of the "lack" of time, here's a simple remake by lea salonga of an old jose mari chan classic. think of walks in the park and sharing ice cream. whatever. :)

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LET'S STOP AND TALK A WHILE
Lea Salonga

Fancy meeting you alone in the crowd
Couldn't help but notice your smile
While everybody else around us is goin' about
Can we just stop and talk awhile

I've been often told our world's growing old
And that friends are harder to find
Do tell me more about yourself
We could share a thought or two, now who would mind

Maybe then we could go for a ride
Drive down to the countryside
Get away from the gray
And frenzied hurly-burly of the city life

Early yet to say what lies ahead
It's the first day of the rest of our lives
Can we just stop and talk awhile
Get to know each other, who are we to know
Love could be waiting at the end,
'Round that bend and so
Let's stop and talk a while

Maybe then we could go for a ride
Drive down to the countryside
Get away from the gray
And frenzied hurly-burly of the city life

Early yet to say what lies ahead
It's the first day of the rest of our lives
Can we just stop and talk awhile
Get to know each other, who are we to know
Love could be waiting at the end,
'Round that bend and so
Let's stop and talk a while

Let's stop and talk a while
Let's stop and talk a while
Let's stop and talk a while

Misty Glass Window / I Believe in Dreams

here are two more senti slow songs. :)

i think i was in first year high school during this time. back then, Magic 89.9, RX 93.1--among others--were already well-known stations. they played this acoustic song on the radio, a song i looked forward to hearing. as soon as the opening chords would play, i'd turn on the casette player, press 'record', and hope that my blank tape had enough free space on it. that's how we did it then. a blank tape had such power to compile your favorite songs.

unfortunately, i lost my copy of Misty Glass Window many years ago. i guess the Artstart song was overlapped by other popular songs as the years gone by. for all i know, among the tons of casette tapes that still remain in the corner of my old room, some gems are yet to be rediscovered...

as fate would have it though, i encountered the same song again a year or two ago, venturing through a tiangge selling pirated CDs. and there it was, one of my old favorites, in its digitized glory. i remember i was laughing so hard as i held up the pirated piece of intellectual property. the man who was selling the stuff probably thought me mad. ;)

the other old senti song we have on our playlist is by Janno Gibbs. I Believe in Dreams. for all you guitar enthusiasts out there: I dare you. ikapa n'yo yung kantang ito. bawal mag-cheating by downloading the tabs or chords from the internet. hahaha. :) the song is beautiful because the message is simple. but it is also beautiful because the music behind the words is surprisingly complex. the shift in chords and the chord patterns do not follow the usual pop song formula. oh well, just listen to it, and you may or may not agree with me. :) hehehehe.

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MISTY GLASS WINDOWS
Artstart

Rain falls
Dark clouds are racing up above
I gaze in solitude
Looking through a misty glass window
'Cause then it used to be the two of us

This empty room
Filled my thoughts with memories of you
I turned and looked around
Oh, but found no sight of you
I guess it'll never be as true, no no ooh

Starlight
All I need is you tonight
Oh, starbright
Grant my wish tonight
I'm beggin' you, starlight
All I need is you tonight
Hoh, starbright
Get rid of the spell tonight, ooh

Rain falls
Dark clouds keep racing up above
It's still in solitude
Oh, longin' for you
Guess my heart will always be with you
My heart will always be with you

Starlight
All I need is you tonight
Oh, starbright
Grant my wish tonight
I'm beggin' you, starlight
All I need is you tonight
Hoh, starbright
Get rid of the spell tonight

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I BELIEVE IN DREAMS
Janno Gibbs

Lying in the gloom
Of my lonely room
Thinking of how to reach you
Dreaming of havin' you

I believe in dreams
And I believe in miracles
I believe that toy balloons
Can reach and touch the moon

I don't have the courage and the will
To say the words but i can feel
That what's inside me is for real

Oh, and I know someday
I'll have the chance to prove and say
Three simple words will come your way
I know I'll have a chance someday

'Cause I believe in dreams
And I believe in miracles
I believe that toy balloons
Can reach and touch the moon

I don't have the courage and the will
To say the words but i can feel
That what's inside me is for real

Oh, and I know someday
I'll have the chance to prove and say
Three simple words will come your way
I know I'll have a chance someday

A chance for me to say
That I love you
Oh I love you
Yes I love you
Oh I love you

I believe in dreams
I believe my dreams will all
Come true