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The
Lyrics to the Songs
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The Stories Behind the Stories |
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The lasting emotional impact of Bill's story-songs comes from the fact that that they transport you into the life of the characters. Bill sees the pain of others and makes the source of that pain understandable to anyone. Teenagers who run away from home, children who have
learning disabilities, the poor and
homeless, the bereaved, the elderly, the socially outcast - these are the heroes and heroines of the songs from this remarkable songwriter's pen.
For a long time, folks have been asking about the real story behind the songs.
So we asked fans to write in and tell us which songs they want to know about.
Here is the the complete lyric index for all the recorded (and some
not-yet-recorded) songs, and selected "Stories Behind the Stories". If you have a favorite that you want to know about, e-mail us and let us know.
( info @ ctsongwriting . com )
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Below are
links for all the lyrics, and selected stories
behind the songs, with links for of all the songs.
Since Bill is well known for using unusual
words, a link to the
Online Webster's Dictionary is included
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DARE TO DREAM
(
listen - purchase - download)
Proceeds benefit social
service programs through
L.U.N.C.H.
(a collection of songs that
look at all aspects of dreams, hopes, and aspirations across the
panorama of living a full life)
This collection
contains several songs from Bill's musical "Pegasus", marked with
*. For
more from "Pegasus" see the CD "Songs For Kids Who Like to Think".
There are also selections from Bill's rock musical "Of Time to Come"
press article
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(2 Discs ! )

"The Wish" reached #1 on several
Internet Radio
charts and was released on a compilation with Pete Seeger, John Cafferty,
ond other great artists. |
DISC # 1 |
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Dare to Dream (3:15) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Dream That Came True
* (4:16) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Amanda's Garden
(2:24) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Meadow Song (3:19) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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You're In All of My
Dreams (3:31) |
Lyrics |
Story |
songmap |
Alizarin Crimson (3:45)
(See the Gallery of Paintings) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Flickers (Candle in a
Corridor) (3:44) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Dawn Moment (2:35)
(Vocal by Nicole Foley) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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I Will Never Be Lost
Again (3:37) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Footsteps (4:49) |
Lyrics |
Story |
songmap |
Blind Man (2:42)
(From the Rock Opera "Of Time to Come") |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Wish (4:14)
(#1 hit on NM1 charts) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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When I Sing (The Sound
in the Space)
(vocal by Kay Pere) (3:20) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Forgotten Cries
(8:02)
(From the Rock Opera "Of Time to Come")
(vocal duet: Bill Pere and Melody Pere) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Mark on the Wall
(4:45)
(top 10 hit on NM1 charts) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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-- DISC # 2 -- |
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Hourglass (3:49)
* |
Lyrics |
Story |
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She Made it All
Worthwhile (4:24) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Daydream -
( The Levees of New Orleans )
(Vocal by Denise Levasseur,
written by Rena Johnson) Originally released to benefit hurricane
Katrina relief efforts |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Time Flies (3:10) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Gasoline Cat
(2:24) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Sleep, Little One
(Orphan's Lullaby) (3:31)* |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Dream Held in Your Eyes (Caregiver)*
(6:25) (vocal by Jaclyn Sabogal) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Jump Start (All of Your
Dreams) (4:00)
(Vocal by Kayla Bogan) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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i-Soul 3000A.D.
(From the Rock Opera "Of Time to Come") |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Such a Short Step
(3:25) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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You're So Jejune !
(3:46) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Game (2:28) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Swing the Carousel
(3:01) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Skulking Dream of
the Wiggling Whisker (Instrumental) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Secret Adventures of Bob's Left
Thigh (Instrumental) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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CREST OF A WAVE
(
listen - purchase - download)
Proceeds benefit social service programs
through L.U.N.C.H.
Featuring the 2 songs that launched Bill's career and which remain fan
favorites today, "The Promise" and "Six Candles in the Chandlery"
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featured on the Maritime Heritage Network
press article
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Crest of a Wave |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Crescent Moon |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Tatterdemalion |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Other Side of the
Wave |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Six Candles in the
Chandlery
(a top all-time
favorite) ! |
Lyrics |
Story |
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My Tears and the Tide |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Promise
(a top all-time favorite !) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Cerulean Blue |
Lyrics |
Story |
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HIGH SCHOOL MY SCHOOL
(
listen - purchase - download)
Proceeds benefit social service programs
through L.U.N.C.H.
(High
School My School was in the top 10 on the charts at both ArtistLaunch
and NM1 for more than 120 consecutive weeks !)
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High School, My School (Life 101)
(4:11)
(#1 hit on NM1 charts - a top all-time favorite !) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Shadow Lad (3:17)
(It happened at Columbine,
at Virginia Tech, and many other schools - why ?) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Most Likely
to Succeed (The Yearbook)
(3:58)
(#1 hit on NM1 charts) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Pebble (7:54)
(by Kay Pere) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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All I Need
Is a Friend (5:19) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Bein' Cool (It Ain't So Hot)
(5:35) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Teacher
(Do I Matter Much at All?)
(5:20)
(a top all-time favorite ! ) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Jack T. Tation (3:28) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Friday Night (Reflection)
(5:17) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Past The Pane (3:30) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Revelation (Philosophy 101)
(5:07) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Taunted (3:43) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Songs, Flowers, You and I
(4:00) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Teach Me How to Fly (3:54) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Kram It! (Overload) (4:09) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Shine On (Graduation) (3:02) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Four Years Out of Forty
(Reunion) (4:12) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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NEW DAY COMING TOMORROW
(
listen - purchase - download )
Proceeds benefit social service programs
through L.U.N.C.H.

( Calendar reached #1 on the Artist Launch
charts, and #1 on the NM1 Charts and stayed in the Top
10 for more than 140 consecutive weeks!)
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Let Them Be Who They Are
(4:38) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Calendar (6:31)
(#1 hit on NM1 charts) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Jump Start (All of Your
Dreams) (4:00) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Symphony of Man (5:24) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Teach Me How
to Fly (3:56) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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YouTube video of
Shauna Beth's version |
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The Face In Your Mirror
(4:20) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Prism Rainbow (5:10) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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From On High (3:13) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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New Day Coming Tomorrow
(4:08) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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SONGS FOR KIDS WHO LIKE TO THINK
(
listen - purchase - download)
Proceeds benefit social service programs
through L.U.N.C.H.
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Word Twister (4:30) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Pegasus (4:25) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Celestial Symphony (3:15) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Anyone Can Make Music (4:46) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Homunculus
(5:28) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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What Our Children Teach
(3:07) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Heart of the Storm (3:01) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Jack T. Tation (3:10) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Trivial John (3:02) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Get Scienced, Get Smart
(3:26) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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March of the
Munchkin Mischief Makers (4:40) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Give the Children a Tomorrow
(Bill Pere / Les Julian) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Surprise Reprise |
Lyrics |
Story |
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SONGS
FOR KIDS WITH COMMON SCENTS
(
listen - purchase - download)
Proceeds benefit social service programs
through L.U.N.C.H.
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Word Twister, Part Deux!
(5:03) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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House of Ideas (4:52) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Summer Breeze, Winter Wind
(3:35) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Electric Nose! (4:45) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Senseless
(2:35) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Wish (4:54)
(#1 hit on NM1 charts) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Seventeen Giraffes (3:39) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Bubble Bath (3:53) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Someone to Come Along (5:15) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Little Pro-Fusser (2:24) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Singer and His Son
(4:48) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Voices of the Young (3:43) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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SONGS
FOR KIDS WHO TOUCH THE STARS
(
listen - purchase - download)
Proceeds benefit social service programs
through L.U.N.C.H.
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My Smile Is Upside Down |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Change It ! |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Kids Just Want to Have Fund$ |
Lyrics |
Story |
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My Best Friend |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Kyla and the
Cupcakes |
Lyrics |
Story |
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If I Had a Time Machine
(Hide and Seek) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Juliassic Park
(instrumental) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Game Warden |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Rhythms of Our Heart |
Lyrics |
Story |
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All of Us, God's Children
(commissioned for the Special Olympics World
Games) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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PROFILES
OF CONNECTICUT
(
listen - purchase - download)
Proceeds benefit social service programs
through L.U.N.C.H. |
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The Tides that Bind
(Bill Pere/Tom Callinan) |
Lyrics |
Story |
The Legend of Mother
Bailey (Kay Pere) |
Lyrics |
Story |
To the Fringed Gentian
(Kay Pere) |
Lyrics |
Story |
Marry Me Mary
(Kay Pere) |
Lyrics |
Story |
Connecticut's
a Cut Above the Rest |
Lyrics |
Story |
We All Rely on Ely (A tale of Eli Whitney) |
Lyrics |
Story |
Impresario (A tale of P.T. Barnum) |
Lyrics |
Story |
One Life to Give ( A tale of Nathan Hale) |
Lyrics |
Story |
A Man Behind the Legend |
Lyrics |
Story |
Connecticut Compromise (A tale of Roger Sherman) |
Lyrics |
Story |
USS Connecticut
(commissioned as the official song of the submarine USS
Connecticut) |
Lyrics |
Story |
Heart of the Storm
(a tribute to the men and women of Operation Desert Storm,
acknowledged by General Norman Schwarzkopf) |
Lyrics |
Story |
lots more to come...
LET ME COUNT THE WAYS
(in the queue)
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Let Me Count the Ways |
Lyrics |
Story |
songmap |
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Pictures of You |
Lyrics |
Story |
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A Life Behind the
Lyrics |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Coruscate |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Story I'd Tell |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Love We Share |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Let It Embrace You |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Life's Cafe |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Where Has All the Love Gone |
Lyrics |
Story |
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She |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Peanut Butter Night |
Lyrics |
Story |
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The Poets Song |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Such a Simple Thing |
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When We're Together |
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Time at the Table (by Kay Pere and Bill Pere) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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Orphan's
Lament (by Bill Pere, recorded by Angel & Mackenzie) |
Lyrics |
Story |
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OTHER SONGS
Donkey in a Ditch
(2012 Grammy Award Winner) |
Lyrics |
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Poopular |
Lyrics |
Story |
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I'm A Angry Young Man |
Lyrics |
Story |
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lots more
things to come....
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Bill is well known for using some unusual words in his lyrics.
A dictionary link is provided below if you want to check out any definitions
JUMP TO: Crest of a Wave Cityscape High School My School Dare to Dream
New Day Coming Tomorrow Christmas Eve on the
Poor Side of Town
You'll See a
Much Brighter Day Rural Mural Let Me Count
the Ways
Songs For Kids Who
Like to Think Songs For Kids Who
Touch the Stars
Songs For Kids
With Common Scents
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