Toughen Up
(t. britten/g. lyle)
Hes the kind that takes the line of least resistance
In this situation cupid needs assistance
I can tell you this in confidence
You should learn a little self-defense
Toughen up
You better believe it
Toughen up
Youre gonna need to
Toughen up
Dont let him get the best of you
Toughen up, yeah
What youre looking for is only wishful thinking
Word is out all over town whose bell hes ringing
Wont you take a little good advice
Youre better hiding what you feel inside
Toughen up
You better believe it
Toughen up
Youre gonna need to
Toughen up
Dont let him get the best of you
Toughen up, yeah
Dont let him tell you what to do
To get him running after you
Pretend you dont care about the guy
Never let him see you cry
If you love him take a tip from me
Its a sensible philosophy
Toughen up
Enough is enough
Toughen up
Show him youre hot stuff
Toughen up
Dont let him get one over you
Toughen up, yeah
Toughen up
You better believe it
Toughen up
Youre gonna need to
Toughen up
Dont let him get the best of you
Toughen up, yeah
Toughen up
Enough is enough
Toughen up
Show him youre hot stuff
Toughen up
Dont let him get one over you
Toughen up, yeah
song performed by by Olivia Newton-John
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I think too many Democrats are too wimpy. But I think they're beginning to toughen up.
quote by Paul Begala
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Strict Time
Theres a hand on a wire that leads to my mouth
I can hear you knocking but Im not coming out
Dont want to be a puppet or a ventriloquist
cause theres no ventilation on a critical list
Fingers creeping up my spine are not mine to resist
Strict time
Chorus:
Toughen up, toughen up
Keep your lip buttoned up
Strict time
Oh the muscles flex and the fingers curl
And a cold sweat breaks out on the sweater girl
Strict time
Oh hes all hands, dont touch that dial
The courting cold wars weekend witch trial
Strict time
All the boys are straight laced and the girls are frigid
The talk is two-faced and the rules are rigid cause its strict time
Strict time
Chorus
You talk in hushed tones, I talk in lush tones
Try to look italian through the musical valium
Strict time
Thinking of grand larceny
Smoking the everlasting cigarette of chastity
Cute assistants staying alive
More like a hand job than the hand jive
Strict time
Chorus
song performed by by Elvis Costello
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Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else.
quote by Michael Madsen
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The purpose of training is to tighten up the slack, toughen the body, and polish the spirit.
quote by Morihei Ueshiba
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That strong mother doesn't tell her cub, Son, stay weak so the wolves can get you. She says, Toughen up, this is reality we are living in.
quote by Lauryn Hill
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If Youre Not Gonna Love Me Right
(m.seward)
Hey, oh
Hey yeah
Hey baby, hey baby
The phone is ringing
And Im running late
Ive no time to get it
coz Im expecting you at eight
Heard your voice on the message
Im surprised you called
Said youre all tied up
And you aint comin at all
If youre not gonna love me right
Baby dont love me at all
Youre just gonna make me crazy
If youre not gonna love me right
Baby dont love me at all
If youre not gonna love me right, oh
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
At all
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
At all
Another box of roses outside on my porch
Twelve long excuses none of them stop the hurt
Wheres this going, do you really care?
Is this real love, I dont know anymore I swear
If youre not gonna love me right
Baby dont love me at all
Baby dont make me crazy
If youre not gonna love me right
Baby dont love me at all
If youre not gonna love me right, yeah
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
Oh baby
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
I really want you, oh baby
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
If youre not gonna love me right
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
Baby just make me crazy
Baby, I want you here
If youre not here it makes me feel like
I cant trust you
You make me crazy if you really love me
You see
Oh, I get confused when you hold me next to you
I wanna go further, oh baby yes I do
I just cant hold on to something that wont last
So wed better slow down, and maybe not go so fast
Maybe not go so fast
If youre not gonna love me right
Baby dont love me at all
Youre just gonna make me crazy
(if youre not gonna love me right)
If youre not gonna love me
Baby dont love me, baby dont love me, baby dont love me
If youre not gonna love me right
If youre not gonna love me right
Baby, dont love me at all
Youre just gonna make me crazy
If youre not gonna love me right
Baby, dont love me at all
Youre just gonna make me crazy
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
Baby dont love, baby dont love me
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
Baby dont love, baby dont love me
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
Baby dont love, baby dont love me
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
If youre not gonna do it right
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
If youre not gonna do it right
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
If youre not gonna do it right
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
Baby dont love, baby dont love me
(baby dont love, baby dont love me)
Baby dont love, baby dont love, baby dont love me
song performed by by Diana Ross
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Let's Make This Clear
Let's make this clear,
And get it over with right now.
If I come home one more time,
To find you crying...
And this house is not clean?
You will have much more on your mind,
Than what people are saying about you.
I work too hard to fill your eyes with tears.
Especially when I could dropp a few myself.
And I'll give you one guess as to who has not time,
To do it!
I care about you and what you are going through,
I do.
I don't want you to think I don't.
However...
There is something about priorities,
You are going to remember.
Do as I say...
Or suffer the consequences!
'Ma?
WHY do you keep saying the same things to me,
Over and over again.
As if I'm blind! '
There is a lot you need to learn about life...
And what to value.
If I give you something to do,
And you leave that not done...
Your concerns about what people say about you,
Is going to be further and further away from your mind.
AND I'm doing the best I can to avoid that from happening.
Now...
What's it going to be?
My house cleaned?
Or a monster you have never seen?
With a sore behind and weeks of punishment delivered.
Trust me...
I have the magic to restore your 'vision'.
And eventually you will toughen up.
I guarantee it.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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On Sustaining Strokes
A slight before the wintry nights,
The vivacious children of the street,
Signaled whistling with inviting voices,
That we all should come out of the houses,
To be beaten amusingly playing a game.
We could not resist and came out all,
Gathered in the yard with no wall around,
And squatted in circles with bending heads,
Then was twisted an Anchal, pale or red,
Into a flog hard, longer than a yard.
One of the older moved and moved around,
And placed silently behind one of us,
On the turn next, he began to beat,
We ran and ran around in circles,
Sustaining strokes on the delicate backs.
While running around and being beaten,
I did feel perhaps the participants older,
Lashed to harden, toughen us more,
To face beats and callous odds of life,
When we would grow up, pacing on the path.
poem by Muhammad Shanazar
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Youre So Good To Me
Youre kinda small
And youre such a doll
Im glad youre mine
Youre so good to me
How come you are
You take my hand
And you understand
When I get in a bad mood
Youre so good to me
And I love it, love it
Youre my baby
Oh yeah
Dont mean maybe
Oh yeah
I know your eyes
Are not on the guys
When were apart
Youre so true to me
How come you are
And every night
You hold me so tight
When I kiss you goodbye
Youre so good to me
And I love it, love it
Youre my baby
Oh yeah
Dont mean maybe
Oh yeah
Youre my baby
Oh yeah
Dont mean maybe
Oh yeah
Youre my baby
Oh yeah
Dont mean maybe
Oh yeah
Youre my baby
song performed by by Beach Boys
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Your Three Words
you write about
three words, and i predict
them from the
beginning,
i look at how your
name spells
letters arranged
so easy to remember
and you hint
about the three words
that i also know....
i know you mean
i love you..
cute, tickle me, like
high school sweethearts
you like it
giggling words
i love you
but grow a little
bit, grow the length of my arms
and muscles on my thighs
grow the nails
in my fingers
some dirt in there
some stains
in my hands
grow some more
yes, have white hairs
and wrinkled forehead
and trembling hands
and some sad stories
as you go along
some griefs
that you cannot contain
move on
with such words as
i quit
i am fed up
move on, grow, let time eat you
bloat in silence
store everything
inside your chest
and hit it with your
fists
do not cry
toughen your jaws
have a rope ready
loosen it a bit
for a while
on the benefit of a
doubt
something that
is reasonable
now, think deep
thoughts
and inhale more air
then exhale
tell me, what are those three words
in your throat?
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Surrender To Me
I know it never came easy
Girl, you drive me out of my mind
Your fine and still kind of sleazy
Now I want to make you mine
Somehow, I dont believe you
I really need you now
You know youre so good at teasing
Maybe thats what I like
Sometimes youre hot when youre freezing
Dont want to let you out of my sight
Somehow, I dont believe you
I really need you
I dont believe you
And I really need you
(hey) you never believe what I say
Youre gonna surrender someday
Surrender to me
Surrender to me
Surrender to me all the way
Surrender to me all the way (yeah, yeah)
Surrender to me
Youve got an attitude
A hardheaded woman that I cant refuse
Your love is kind of rude
You love me like you got nothing to lose
Somehow, I dont believe you
I really need you
I dont believe you
And I really need you
(hey) you never believe what I say
Youre gonna surrender someday
Surrender to me
Surrender to me
Surrender to me all the way
Surrender to me all the way (yeah, yeah)
Surrender to me
All the way
All the way
All the way
All the way
Surrender to me all the way
Surrender to me
Surrender
(sikes-scholz-laquidara)
song performed by by Boston
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Get Your Act Together
You say youre so tired, youre never satisfied
But I cant seem to make you understand
I see your point of view, but lifes been to good to you
Just stand up and face things like a man
You better get your act together
If you ever wanna take it on the road
You cant sit around
Or the bad times are gonna get to you
And youre never gonna see it through
I know, that things dont seem so good right now
But you gotta move along some how
Try to do the best you can
Sure nuff, thins will slowly turnaround
You wont always be so down
I know that its true
It wont always be such stormy weather
It may be a cliche but the sun is gonna shine
So you cant sit around
Or the bad times are gonna get to you
And youre never gonna see it through
It dont matter where youve been
Its where youre going to
Yeah, and it wont do you no good
Just livin in the past
You know you cant sit around
cos the bad times are gonna get to you
And youre never gonna see it through
And theyre never ever gonna go
Yeah, theyll be here to stay
Yeah, its always gonna be that way
song performed by by Supertramp
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Wotcha Gonna Do
Written by ricki, kim & marty wilde
I couldnt believe what I read when I got your letter
Said you needed to take some time to work out your life, yeah
Well, its easy for you to just go off and do what you want
Any time you please
Dont expect me to wait
If you leave its too late
Youre gonna have to crawl back on your knees
Wotcha gonna do when it gets so lonely
When youre down and so far away from home
How ya gonna feel, you know it wont get better
Cos youve made your bed so you can lie in it on your own
Wotcha gonna do
I knew youd been feeling the need to just change direction
But I didnt know you were gonna walk away from me, no
Now youre out on your own cos you think youve outgrown
All the things that you left behind
But its crazy to see
Cos you know without me
Youre gonna end up losing more than you find
Wotcha gonna do when it gets so lonely
When youre down and so far away from home
How ya gonna feel, you know it wont get better
Cos youve made your bed so you can lie in it on your own
Yeah, yeah
Now dont be a fool on yourself
Cos youve got so much to lose
And I really love you baby
Dont you know that I do, yeah
How ya gonna feel, you know it wont get better
Now youre down and so far away
Now youre down and so far away
Now youre down and so far away from home
Wotcha gonna do
How ya gonna feel
song performed by by Kim Wilde
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Dont Know Why
By bonnie bramlett and eric clapton
You say you want everything good for me,
But I know so well, I can tell when youre lying.
Making believe youre looking up to me,
And Im just sitting here, crying.
And I dont know why,
I dont know why,
I dont know why I dont care.
Youll go on back to him, hell take you in.
I know hes gonna love you, but I still want you back again,
cause baby youre part of me, its deep inside of you.
When hes done all he can, youll come running to your other man, oh yeah.
Chorus
I know you wont soon forget last night.
Your precious love was all over me, but its all right.
Go on and try again but you know nothings gonna change.
Thats the way its gonna be, oh yeah.
Chorus
song performed by by Eric Clapton
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Dont Try Suicide
Words and music by freddie mercury
A-one two three four one
Yeah
Ok
Dont do it dont you try it baby
Dont do that dont dont dont
Dont do that
You got a good thing going now
Dont do it dont do it
Dont
Dont try suicide
Nobodys worth it
Dont try suicide
Nobody cares
Dont try suicide
Youre just gonna hate it
Dont try suicide
Nobody gives a damn
So you think its the easy way out?
Think youre gonna slash your wrists
This time
Baby when you do it all you do is
Get on my tits
Dont do that try try try baby
Dont do that - you got a good thing going now
Dont do it dont do it
Dont
Dont try suicide
Nobodys worth it
Dont try suicide
Nobody cares
Dont try suicide
Youre just gonna hate it
Dont try suicide
Nobody gives a damn
You need help
Look at yourself you need help
You need life
So dont hang yourself
Its ok ok ok ok
You just cant be a prick teaser all of the time
A little bit attention - you got it
Need some affection - you got it
Suicide suicide suicide bid
Suicide suicide suicide bid
Suicide
Dont do it dont do it dont do it babe (yeah)
Dont do it dont do it dont - do it
Yeah
Dont put your neck on the line
Dont drown on me babe
Blow your brains out -
Dont do that (yeah)
Dont do that - you got a good thing going baby
Dont do it (no) dont do it (no) dont
Dont try suicide
Nobodys worth it
Dont try suicide
Nobody cares
Dont try suicide
Youre just gonna hate it
Dont try suicide
Nobody gives - nobody cares
Nobody gives a damn
Ok
song performed by by Queen
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She Is A Woman
Our whole existence revolves
Her presences around make things transform
She has a vision
Capable to strengthen
She is a woman
And can make the organization function
She knows how best to handle a situation
Her actions plans are almost certain
She is a woman
And loves to lead more than often
Life in essence
Can be social influence process
Her strong emotions can have
Charismatic effects
She is a woman
And does things with determination
Her dreams are as deep as ocean
Her passion for coordination
Will toughen our actions
She is a woman
And will never let our spirits dampen
She know how to shape the workplace
For all the events
From effort estimation to expenditure to task strategy
There are no boundaries
All her interactions are human
There is a stronghold
She is a woman
And never gives ups from nine to eleven
Life can be just a prayer
For a woman who has ability to factor in
The emotions in herself and others
Contributes to leadership with great vigor
She is a woman
And loves to do it in style and fashion
She is a woman with passion!
poem by Leena Ajay Pimple
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The Criminal Kind
You got a criminal mind, you got criminal looks
Boy you better look out, youre gonna get hooked
Dont you ever feel guilty when you come up short
Man you better be careful, youre gonna get caught
cause youre the criminal kind, youre the criminal kind
Man what you gonna do? where you gonna hide?
Theyre callin you a sickness, disease of the mind
Man what you go nna do? youre the criminal kind
Dont you ever get tired? dont you ever wanna quit?
Yeah its been a long time, and you still dont fit
Dog tags on the mirror, hangin down from a chain
Give up little sister, this aint gonna change
cause youre the criminal kind, youre the criminal kind
Man what you gonna do? where you gonna hide?
Theyre callin you a sickness, disease of the mind
Man what you gonna do? youre the criminal kind
Yeah, and that little girl you used to know
Just dont come around no more
Now she aint there to watch the door
She dont wanna die in no liquor store
I hope they all made money, I hope they all get rich
Yeah, I hope they give hell, to every son of a bitc h
That put a man on the carpet
Or struck him out on the line
Whoever let him get a taste of the criminal life
cause youre the criminal kind, youre the criminal kind
Man what you gonna do? where you gonna hide?
Theyre calli n you a sickness, disease of the mind
Man what you gonna do? youre the criminal kind
song performed by by Tom Petty
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Youre My Baby Now
(barkam/adams)
Hey, girl, put away your handkerchief
Dry your eyes and get ahold of your heart
Lift your head up, dont you worry now
Brighter days are just about to start
You been scraping bottom long enough
Pushed and pulled by every all-the-way guy, yeah
But now Im here to shelter you
And love you faithfully until I die, yeah
Youre my baby now
And I wanna take care of you
Youre my baby now
And I wanna take care of you
Dont you be afraid to follow me
Take my hand and let me lead you away
Away from all those bitter memories
That youre having trouble shaking today, yeah
Just relax and let me open your eyes
To all the things you never could see
cause once youre in my arms and feel the love
I got for you youre gonna be free, yes you will
Dont you worry, baby
(dont worry, baby yeah)
Hmm, everything gonna be all right
(I know youre gonna make it, youre gonna make it right)
Dont you worry, honey, no no no
(oh, hold me to you, baby, hold me close)
Gonna make the sun shine
(gonna make the sun shine)
Gonna make the sun shine so high
song performed by by Olivia Newton-John
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The Writer
Im the writer got a front page cover
Hot gossip bout whos with their latest lover
I write all chapters by the second scene
I call the shots, dont need a fleet street team
I am a writer and Im the news
You cross me you know youre gonna lose
Ill do the story if youre dead or alive
If seconds out or if youre gonna take a dive
Slip out the news or a piece of scandal
Dont toe the line, cause nothings too hot to handle
I am the writer and Im the news
If you cross me you know youre gonna lose
Yeah youre gonna lose
[instrumental]
I am a writer and I am the news
If you cross me you know youre gonna lose
And where you are its because of me
cause overnight you know it dont come free
Ill put you up there or Ill bring you down
cause nothing moves without me in this town
I am a writer and I am the news
If you cross me you know youre gonna lose
Boy youre gonna lose I said youre gonna lose
I write the news I am the news
Got to, got to lose
Oh yeah youre gonna lose
So dont step on my blue suede shoes...
song performed by by Ufo
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Bel Ami
Hes a casanova (yeah yeah whatd I say? )
Hes a busy lover (yeah yeah whatd I say? )
Everybodys trying to tell me
That Im wasting time away
Too cool for one woman (yeah yeah whatd I say? )
My bel ami - Im born to be with you
My bel ami - I dont care what you do
My bel ami - whenever youre with me
My bel ami - Im happy (whatd I say)
My bel ami
My bel ami
It wont last forever (yeah yeah whatd I say? )
Hes just like the weather (yeah yeah whatd I say? )
Life with him is so exciting
Heights to the lows from day to day
Somethings always happening (yeah yeah whatd I say? )
My bel ami - Im born to be with you
My bel ami - I dont care what you do
My bel ami - whenever youre with me
My bel ami - Im happy (whatd I say)
My bel ami
My bel ami
My bel ami
My bel ami - Im born to be with you
My bel ami - I dont care what you do
My bel ami - whenever youre with me
My bel ami - Im happy
My bel ami
My bel ami - Im born to be with you
My bel ami - I dont care what you do
My bel ami - whenever youre with me
My bel ami - Im happy
My bel ami
3rd verse, unreleased:
He cant deny some offers ... yeah yeah what I say
Hes got more than the others ... yeah yeah what I say
Why should I be mad about it
Thats the price I have to pay
In a world of competition ... yeah yeah what I say
song performed by by Boney M.
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