CHIC - Good Times

Good times 

These are the good times

Leave your cares behind 

These are the good times

Good times 

These are the good times

Our new state of mind 

These are the good times

Happy days are here again

The time is right 

For makin' friends

Let's get together 

How 'bout a quarter to ten

Come tomorrow 

Let's all do it again

Boys will be boys 

Better let them have their toys

Girls will be girls 

Cute pony tails and curls

Must put an end 

To this stress and strife

I think I want to live the sporting life

Good times 

These are the good times

Leave your cares behind 

These are the good times

Good times 

These are the good times

Our new state of mind 

These are the good times 

A rumor has it that 

It's getting late

Time marches on 

Just can't wait

The clock keeps turning 

Why hesitate

You silly fool 

You can't change your fate

Let's cut a rug 

A little jive and jitterbug

We want the best 

We won't settle for less

Don't be a drag 

Participate

Clams on the half shell 

And roller-skates 

Roller-skates

Good times 

These are the good times

Leave your cares behind 

These are the good times

Good times 

These are the good times

Our new state of mind 

These are the good times

Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out

I'm coming out

I'm coming

I'm coming out

I'm coming out

I'm coming out

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

Got to let it show

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

I got to let it show

There's a new me coming out

And I just had to live

And I wanna give

I'm completely positive

I think this time around

I am gonna do it

Like you never knew it

Ooh, I'll make it through

The time has come for me

To break out of this shell

I have to shout

That I am coming out

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

I got to let it show

I'm coming

I'm (coming out) coming

(I want the world to know)

(I got to let it show)

I've got to show the world

All that I wanna be

And all my abillities

There's so much more to me

Somehow, I have to make them

Just understand

I got it well in hand

And, oh, how I've planned

I'm spreadin' love

There is no need to fear

And I just feel so good

Everytime I hear

I'm coming out

Coming

(I want the world to know)

(I got to let it show)

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

I got to let it show

I'm coming out

I want the world to know

Got to let it show....

Diana Ross - Upside Down

I said upside down

You're turning me

You're giving love instinctively

Around and round you're turning me

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round and round

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round and round

Instinctively you give to me

The love that I need

I cherish the moments with you

Respectfully I say to thee

I'm aware that you're cheatin'

When no one makes me feel like you do

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round and round

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round and round

I know you got charm and appeal

You always play the field

I'm crazy to think you're all mine

As long as the sun continues to shine

There's a place in my heart for you

That's the bottomline

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round and round

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round and round

Instinctively you give to me

The love that I need

I cherish the moment with you

Respectfully I see to thee

I'm aware that you're cheatin'

But no one makes me feel like you do

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round, round

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round and round

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round and round

Upside down

Boy, you turn me

Inside out

And round, round

Upside down you're turning me

You're giving love instinctively

Around and round you're turning me

I say to thee respectfully

Upside down you're turning me

You're giving love instinctively

Around and round you're turning me

I say to thee respectfully

I said a upside down you're turning me

You're giving love instinctively

Around and round you're turning me

I say to thee respectfully

Upside down you're turning me

Remember the marketing story: A DELIGHTED customers tells 2 people. An unhappy customer tells at least 10, or everyone they know, loudly and for years. In addition, they will never come back. Which do you want?

- quickly_now (SO user)

To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.

Simply Red - Holding Back The Years

Holding back the years

Thinking of the fear I've had so long

When somebody hears

Listen to the fear that's gone

Strangled by the wishes of pater

Hoping for the arms of mater

Get to me the sooner or later

Holding back the years

Chance for me to escape from all I've known

Holding back the tears

Cause nothing here has grown

I've wasted all my tears

Wasted all those years

And nothing had the chance to be good

Nothing ever could yeah

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

So tight

I've wasted all my tears

Wasted all of those years

And nothing had the chance to be good

Cause nothing ever could oh yeah

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

I'll keep holding on

Holding, holding, holding

That's all I have today

It's all I have to say

There's More to Life Than Being Happy

There's More to Life Than Being Happy

"...having purpose and meaning in life increases overall well-being and life satisfaction, improves mental and physical health, enhances resiliency, enhances self-esteem, and decreases the chances of depression. On top of that, the single-minded pursuit of happiness is ironically leaving people less happy..."

"Leading a happy life, the psychologists found, is associated with being a "taker" while leading a meaningful life corresponds with being a "giver.""

"Happiness without meaning characterizes a relatively shallow, self-absorbed or even selfish life, in which things go well, needs and desire are easily satisfied, and difficult or taxing entanglements are avoided"

"What sets human beings apart from animals is not the pursuit of happiness, which occurs all across the natural world, but the pursuit of meaning, which is unique to humans"

"people who thought more about the present were happier, but people who spent more time thinking about the future or about past struggles and sufferings felt more meaning in their lives, though they were less happy"

"Having negative events happen to you, the study found, decreases your happiness but increases the amount of meaning you have in life."

Man's Search for Meaning, V.E.Frankl

Seal - Kiss From A Rose

There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea.

You became the light on the dark side of me.

Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and

The light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.

Ooh,

The more I get of you,

The stranger it feels, yeah.

And now that your rose is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

There is so much a man can tell you,

So much he can say.

You remain,

My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby

To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.

Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.

Ooh, the more I get of you

The stranger it feels, yeah

Now that your rose is in bloom.

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,

I've been kissed by a rose

I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,

...And if I should fall along the way

I've been kissed by a rose

...been kissed by a rose on the gray.

There is so much a man can tell you,

So much he can say.

You remain

My power, my pleasure, my pain.

To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah

Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby.

But did you know,

That when it snows,

My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.

Baby,

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.

Ooh, the more I get of you

The stranger it feels, yeah

Now that your rose is in bloom,

A light hits the gloom on the gray.

Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray

Ooh, the more I get of you

The stranger it feels, yeah

And now that your rose is in bloom

A light hits the gloom on the gray

Now that your rose is in bloom,

A light hits the gloom on the gray.