{"id":772,"date":"2024-06-07T13:53:22","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T03:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/?p=772"},"modified":"2026-05-13T21:06:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:06:02","slug":"choir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/2024\/06\/choir\/","title":{"rendered":"Choir"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey Choir!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the songs we are either doing at the moment, or may do soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Never Grow Up lyrics<\/strong> (see <a href=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Taylor-Swift-Never-Grow-Up-Lyric-Video-shorter.mp4\">this link for the lyric video to sing to<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Taylor-Swift-Never-Grow-Up-Lyric-Video-shorter.m4a\">this link for the audio alone<\/a>) &#8211; Note we are not doing the whole song, just the lyrics as below :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your little hands wrapped around my finger<br>And it&#8217;s so quiet in the world tonight<br>Your little eyelids flutter cause you&#8217;re dreaming<br>So I tuck you in, turn on your favorite night light<br>To you everything&#8217;s funny, you&#8217;ve got nothing to regret<br>I&#8217;d give all I have honey<br>If you could stay like that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh darling, don&#8217;t you ever grow up<br>Don&#8217;t you ever grow up, just stay this little<br>Oh darling, don&#8217;t you ever grow up<br>Don&#8217;t you ever grow up, it could stay this simple<br>I won&#8217;t let nobody hurt you, won&#8217;t let no one break your heart<br>And no one will desert you<br>Just try to never grow up, never grow up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re in the car on the way to the movies<br>And you&#8217;re mortified your mom is dropping you off<br>At 14 there is just so much you can&#8217;t do<br>And you can&#8217;t wait to move out someday and call your own shots<br>But don&#8217;t make her drop you off around the block<br>Remember that she&#8217;s getting older too<br>Don&#8217;t lose the way that you dance around in your pj&#8217;s getting ready for school<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh darling, don&#8217;t you ever grow up<br>Don&#8217;t you ever grow up, just stay this little<br>Oh darling don&#8217;t you ever grow up<br>Don&#8217;t you ever grow up, it could stay this simple<br>And no one&#8217;s ever burned you, nothing&#8217;s ever left you scarred<br>And even though you want to, just try to never grow up<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fr\u00e8re Jacques lyrics<\/strong> (see <a href=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Frere-Jacques-with-instrumental-round.mp3\">this *updated* link for the music to sing to<\/a> &#8211; note this does not have lyrics which are below). Directions in brackets {}. Please practice singing the round part to the guitar sound :-)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fr\u00e8re Jacques, Fr\u00e8re Jacques,<br>Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous?<br>Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines!<br>Ding, dang, dong. Ding, dang, dong. {repeat 4 times}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>More information including an English translation of the original French lyrics is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frenchlearner.com\/songs\/frere-jacques\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.frenchlearner.com\/songs\/frere-jacques\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lean on Me by Bill Withers lyrics<\/strong> (see for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Jrlhn1H1EWw\"><strong>this link for lyric video with music<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; note we are skipping some parts, use below lyrics for our arrangement)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hmm<br>Hmm hmm hmm hmm<br>Hmm hmm hmm hmm<br>Hmm hmm hmm hmm hmm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes in our lives<br>We all have pain, we all have sorrow<br>But if we are wise<br>We know that there&#8217;s always tomorrow<br><br>Lean on me when you&#8217;re not strong<br>And I&#8217;ll be your friend, I&#8217;ll help you carry on<br>For it won&#8217;t be long<br>&#8216;Til I&#8217;m gonna need somebody to lean on<br><br>Please, swallow your pride<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If I have things you need to borrow<br>For no one can fill those of your needs<br>That you won&#8217;t let show<br><br>You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand<br>We all need somebody to lean on<br>I just might have a problem that you&#8217;ll understand<br>We all need somebody to lean on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lean on me when you&#8217;re not strong<br>And I&#8217;ll be your friend, I&#8217;ll help you carry on<br>For it won&#8217;t be long<br>&#8216;Til I&#8217;m gonna need somebody to lean on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand<br>We all need somebody to lean on<br>I just might have a problem that you&#8217;ll understand<br>We all need somebody to lean on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lean on me when you&#8217;re not strong<br>And I&#8217;ll be your friend, I&#8217;ll help you carry on<br>For it won&#8217;t be long<br>&#8216;Til I&#8217;m gonna need somebody to lean on<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Just Like Fire by P!nk lyrics<\/strong> (our own arrangement &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Just-Like-Fire-singing.m4v\"><strong>Full version lyric video here<\/strong><\/a> and<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Just-Like-Fire-karaoke.mp4\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Just-Like-Fire-karaoke.mp4\">Karaoke video here<\/a><\/strong>) Sung unless in <em>italics<\/em> (which means rap\/spoken). Directions in brackets {}.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Just-Like-Fire-karaoke.m4v\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Just-Like-Fire-karaoke.m4v\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know that I&#8217;m running out of time<br>I want it all, mmm, mmm<br>And I&#8217;m wishing they&#8217;d stop tryna turn me off<br>I want it on, mmm, mmm<br>And I&#8217;m walking on a wire, trying to go higher<br>Feels like I&#8217;m surrounded by clow-owns and liars<br>Even when I give it all away<br>I want it all, mmm, mmm <br><br><em>{Spoken} We came here to run it, run it, run it, We came here to run it, run it, run it<\/em><br><br>Just like fire, burning out the way<br>If I can light the world up for just one day<br>Watch this madness, colorful charade<br>No one can be just like me any way<br>Just like magic, I&#8217;ll be flying free<br>I&#8217;mma disappear when they come for me<br>I kick that ceiling, what you gonna say?<br>No one can be just like me any way<br>Just like fire<em> {note: don&#8217;t do &#8220;uh&#8221; here}<\/em><br><br>And people like to laugh at you cause they are all the same, mmm, mmm <br>See I would rather we just go our different way than play the game mm, mm <br>And no matter the weather, we can do it better<br>You and me together, forever and ever <br>We don&#8217;t have to worry bout&#8217; a thing, bout&#8217; a thing, no<br><br><em>{Spoken} We came here to run it, run it, run it, We came here to run it, run it, run it<\/em><br><br>Just like fire, burning out the way<br>If I can light the world up for just one day<br>Watch this madness, colorful charade<br>No one can be just like me any way<br>Just like magic, I&#8217;ll be flying free<br>I&#8217;mma disappear when they come for me<br>I kick that ceiling, what you gonna say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one can be just like me any way<br>Just like fire, fire<br><br><em>{Spoken} We came here to run it, run it, run it<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>{Rap}<\/em> <em>So look I came here to run it<br>Just cause nobody&#8217;s done it<br>Y&#8217;all don&#8217;t think I can run it<br>But look, I&#8217;ve been here, I&#8217;ve done it<br>Impossible? Please<br>Watch, I do it with ease<br>You just gotta believe<br>Come on, come on with me<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like fire, burning out the way<br>If I can light the world up for just one day<br>Watch this madness, colorful charade<br>No one can be just like me any way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like fire, burning out the way<br>If I can light the world up for just one day<br>Watch this madness, colorful charade<br>No one can be just like me any way<br>Just like magic, I&#8217;ll be flying free<br>I&#8217;mma disappear when they come for me<br>I kick that ceiling, what you gonna say?<br>No one can be just like me any way<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like fire, fire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>{Spoken} Run it!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like fire<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>{Spoken} Run it, run it!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Fly Away&#8221; by Krys Talk<\/strong> (our own arrangement &#8211; see <a href=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Fly-Away-remix-extra-vocals.mp3\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"809\">backing track here<\/a>)<br><br>Take me away from home<br>Show me all the places I\u2019ve never known<br>And we\u2019ll chase the night<br>Erase all of these broken dreams and flight<br><br>And we\u2019ll fly<br>And we\u2019ll fly<br>away, away, away<br>Yeah, I will fly<br><br>I will fly<br>Fly away, away, away fly away<br>Away, away, away<br>Yeah I will fly<br><br>Up here we\u2019re free<br>Bound only by frozen memories<br>Lost it inside<br>Erasing all these broken dreams tonight<br><br>And we\u2019ll fly<br>And we\u2019ll fly<br>away, away, away<br>Yeah, I will fly<br><br>I will fly<br>Fly away, away, away fly away<br>Away, away, away<br>Yeah I will fly&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Shake It Off&#8221; by Taylor Swift<\/strong> (see YouTube for this). Directions marked in brackets {}. Sung unless in <em>italics<\/em> (which means rap). Don&#8217;t do lyrics in brackets unless there is direction to. Cheers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>* &#8211; means <em><strong>For A &amp; E only &#8211; do this bracket, skip words around as needed<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>{Singing, everyone}<\/strong><\/em> I stay out too late<br>Got nothing in my brain<br>That&#8217;s what people say, mm-mm<br>That&#8217;s what people say, mm-mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I go on too many dates<br>But I can&#8217;t make &#8217;em stay<br>At least that&#8217;s what people say, mm-mm<br>That&#8217;s what people say, mm-mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But I keep cruisin&#8217;<br>Can&#8217;t stop, won&#8217;t stop movin&#8217;<br>It&#8217;s like I got this music in my mind<br>Sayin&#8217; it&#8217;s gonna be alright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play<br>And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate<br>Baby, I&#8217;m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake<br>I shake it off, I shake it off (<em><strong><em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em> hoo-hoo-hoo)<br>Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break<br>And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake<br>Baby, I&#8217;m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake<br>I shake it off, I shake it off (<em><strong><em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em> hoo-hoo-hoo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I never miss a beat<br>I&#8217;m lightnin&#8217; on my feet<br>And that&#8217;s what they don&#8217;t see, mm-mm<br>That&#8217;s what they don&#8217;t see, mm-mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>{M only}<\/strong> <\/em>I&#8217;m dancin&#8217; on my own <em><strong>{everyone}<\/strong> <\/em>(dancin&#8217; on my own)<br><em><strong>{M only}<\/strong> <\/em>I make the moves up as I go<strong> <em>{everyone}<\/em><\/strong><em> <\/em>(moves up as I go)<br><em><strong>{L only}<\/strong> <\/em>And that&#8217;s what they don&#8217;t know, mm-mm<br><em><strong>{L only}<\/strong> <\/em>That&#8217;s what they don&#8217;t know, mm-mm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>{Q, E &amp; A together only this paragraph} <\/strong><\/em>But I keep cruisin&#8217;<br>Can&#8217;t stop, won&#8217;t stop groovin&#8217;<br>It&#8217;s like I got this music in my mind<br>Sayin&#8217; it&#8217;s gonna be alright<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>{Singing, everyone}<\/em> <\/strong>&#8216;Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play<br>And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate<br>Baby, I&#8217;m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake<br>I shake it off, I shake it off (<strong>* <\/strong>hoo-hoo-hoo)<br>Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break<br>And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake<br>Baby, I&#8217;m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake<br>I shake it off, I shake it off (<em><strong><em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em> hoo-hoo-hoo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shake it off, I shake it off<br>I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off<br>I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off<br>I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off (<em><strong>* <\/strong><\/em>hoo-hoo-hoo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>{Rap: G &amp; R only this paragraph} <\/strong>Hey, hey, hey<br>Just think, while you&#8217;ve been gettin&#8217; down and out about the liars<br>And the dirty, dirty cheats of the world<br>You could&#8217;ve been gettin&#8217; down to this sick beat<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>{Rap: E &amp; A only this paragraph} <\/strong>My ex-man brought his new girlfriend<br>She&#8217;s like, &#8220;Oh my God!&#8221; but I&#8217;m just gonna shake<br>And to the fella over there with the hella good hair<br>Won&#8217;t you come on over, baby? We can shake, shake, shake (<em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em><\/em> <em>yeah)<br>Yeah, oh, oh<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>{Singing, everyone} <\/em>&#8216;Cause the players gonna play, play, play, play, play<br>And the haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate (<strong>* <\/strong>haters gonna hate)<br>Baby, I&#8217;m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake<br>I shake it off, I shake it off (<em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em> hoo-hoo-hoo)<br>Heartbreakers gonna break, break, break, break, break (<em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em> mmm)<br>And the fakers gonna fake, fake, fake, fake, fake (<em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em> and fake and fake and fake)<br>Baby, I&#8217;m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake<br>I shake it off, I shake it off (<em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em> hoo-hoo-hoo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shake it off, I shake it off<br>I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off<br>I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off<br>I, I, I shake it off (<em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em> yeah), I shake it off (<em><strong>* <\/strong><\/em>hoo-hoo-hoo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shake it off, I shake it off<br>I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off (<em><strong>*<\/strong><\/em> you got to)<br>I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off<br>I, I, I shake it off, I shake it off<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Gone&#8221; by Amy Shark<\/strong> (see YouTube for this). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;Lost Boys&#8221; by Ruth B<\/strong> (see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5tTwFC7Nlks\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5tTwFC7Nlks\">this YouTube link for this &#8211; lyric video)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Choir! Here are the songs we are either doing at the moment, or may do soon! Never Grow Up lyrics (see this link for the lyric video to sing to and this link for the audio alone) &#8211; Note we are not doing the whole song, just the lyrics as below :-) Your little&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/2024\/06\/choir\/\">Read more: Choir<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=772"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882,"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/772\/revisions\/882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=772"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=772"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/patmore.net.au\/music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=772"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}