Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Awesome Movie Song Quote

Who needs just obscurity when you can sing too?  These choices are all from songs sung in the movie, not background music.  Many of them have been stuck in my head a time or two - three of them today alone!  Enjoy the sing-along!

[Hint: Disney movies have lots of singing.]

1.  What I love most about rivers is
     You can't step in the same river twice.
     The water's always changing, always flowing.  Just Around the River Bend - Pocahontas 

2.  I'm in a store and I'm singing.  
     I'm in a store and I'm singing!  Buddy the Elf in Elf

3.  The very words that they had sung
     Became their last communion
     On the lonely barricade at dawn
     Empty Chairs at Empty Tables - Les Miserables

4.  Can't make no vows to a herd of cows.
and
     Now when the men folk went to fetch 'em
     The women would not be fetched.
     It seems when the Romans catch 'em,
     Their lady friends stay catched.  Seven Brides for Seven Brothers

5.  Say you love me every waking moment,
     Turn my head with talk of summertime...  All I Ask of You - The Phantom of the Opera

6.  There goes the baker
     With his tray like always
     The same old bread and rolls to sell  Belle - Beauty and the Beast


7.  And ready to know what the people know
     Ask 'em my questions and get some answers
     What's a fire and why does it - what's the word?
     Burn?     Part of Your World - The Little Mermaid


8.  Some other folks might be
     A little bit smarter than I am
     Bigger and stronger too
     Maybe
     But none of them will ever love you the way I do
     It's me and you   You've Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story


9.  The violins sing with joyful ring
     The violins sing with joyful ring!
     The clarinet, the clarinet 
     Goes doodly-doodly-doodly-doodly-det.  You've Got Mail

10.  When I was a young boy
       My mama said to me
       There's only one girl in the world for you
       And she probably lives in Tahiti
       I'd go the whole wide world
       I'd go the whole wide world
       Just to find her  Whole Wide World - Stranger than Fiction


11.  He had a green card, new house, big cash
       So made a wish with every fallen lash
       For you to do the journey with him
       To smile when he got home ask how his day had been  No Life Without Wife - Bride and Prejudice


12.  I'm dreaming of a boy,
       A very special guy.
       I wish that I could pluck
       A fairy from the sky.   Get Over It

13.  Never ever thinkin' there was danger in the water
       They were drinkin', they just guzzled it down
       Never dreamin' that a schemin' sherrif and his posse
       Was a-watchin' them an' gatherin' around  Robin Hood and Little John- Disney's Robin Hood

14.  I just wanna see the floating lanterns gleam
       Yeah And with every passing hour
       I'm so glad I left my tower
       Like all you lovely folks,
       I've got a dream.  I've Got a Dream - Tangled


15.  Perhaps I had a wicked childhood
       Perhaps I had a miserable youth
       But somewhere in my wicked, miserable past
       There must have been a moment of truth.  Something Good - The Sound of Music

16.  Why are there so many songs about rainbows
       And what's on the other side?
       Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
       And rainbows have nothing to hide.  The Rainbow Connection - The Muppet Movie

17.  I'm gonna be the mane event
Like no king was before
I'm brushing up on looking down
       I'm working on my roar  I Just Can't Wait to Be King - The Lion King




18.  Soon all the church bells will be ringing
  And I'll march with Ma and Pa.
       All the church bells will be ringing,
       With a hey nonny nonny and a hotcha-cha cha.  Fit as a Fiddle - Singin' in the Rain

19.  Prince John and the Sheriff
They was running the show
       Raising the taxes
       'Cause they needed the dough
       A reign of terror
       Took over the land
       They was shaking down the people
       Just to beat the band
       Hey!
       - Hey nonny nonny and a ho ho ho  Opening Song - Robin Hood Men in Tights

20. A robin feathering his nest
      Has very little time to rest
      While gathering his bits of twine and twig
      Though quite intent in his pursuit
      He has a merry tune to toot
      He knows a song will move the job along  A Spoon Full of Sugar - Mary Poppins


21.  Oh, there's no fire in the fireplace
       There's no carpet on the floor
       Don't try to order dinner
       There's no kitchen anymore
       But if the road's been kinda bumpy
       And you need to rest a spell
       Well, welcome home
       To ----------------------------- !  Happiness Hotel - The Great Muppet Caper.



And there you have it.  I'm just shocked that I forgot to put a song in from Pirates of Penzance.  This lack of sleep thing really catches up with you after a few years...