Sunday, June 2, 2013

Hineni Title Track Mordechai Ben David MBD Jewish Music Lyrics

Hineni is one of MBD's first albums. This song is classic. 

I found these producer's notes for the album on Mostlymusic.com:
Liner notes for MBD Hineni We live in a time when directness of emotion and resourcefulness of imagination are primary to sustain success. The entertainer who emerges and survives must have great depth and venturesome to further develop his potential and to continue to absorb new sounds and experiences. Mordechai Ben David, endowed with and exceptionally talented voice, has already captivated many audiences in the States and in Israel. He is gifted with the ability to inspire his listeners, possessing the unique capacity to convey the emotional feelings inherent in the words and melodies of his selections. He already ranks as one of the greatest singers in Jewish Music today, and continues on his successful road to stardom. The Neginah has a record of outstanding achievement and popularity in a remarkably short period of time , and shows infinite promise for the future. Yisroel Lamm, Neginah\'s conductor and director, is considered to be one of the most imaginative and creative people in Chassidic Music of today. Together with Yitzchok Gross, Neginah\'s very dynamic and capable production manager, he has been able to produce some of the greatest musical masterpieces of our time.

Here's the song:

A dark cloud of despair surrounds your heart
Disillusion with life your face imparts
You are wandering in a world of confusion
Reality is hidden behind the web of illusion.

Chorus
So my brothers put your faith in the Above
Say "Hineni," I am ready to serve you with love.

The truth lies at the end of a forest dense
Your heart is your compass your spiritual sense
Let it lead you along the right road
And let the words of the Torah be your navigational code.

Our father Abraham was called by G-D to sacrifice his son
With the cry of Hineni the deed was done
Now what will become of our father's devotion
If we won’t say Hineni in our every emotion

Our forefathers smiled as they died in peace
But the cries they began will never cease
The words they cried shook the heavens above

They said Hineni, we are here with love

Neshama / Soul Title Track Mordechai Ben David MBD Jewish Music Lyrics

From one of MBD's first albums. Classic. 

I think he says "tundreds of sand" but i can't find a dictionary that has heard of the word Tundred. 

Here's a blurb for the Album that I found on Mostlymusic.com:
Liner Notes for MBD Neshama - Soul Mordechai Ben David is a child of a glorious musical tradition. His father, Cantor David Werdyger, is the world’s foremost interpreter of the famous music of Ger, Poland’s largest Chassidic center. Cantor Werdyger was an authentic wunderkind, of pre-war Europe. His son is an American original, blending timeless religious motifs with today’s sound. In the past few years, Mordechai has become one of our foremost singers. He has performed before thousands throughout the United States and abroad. After the Yom Kippur War, he was invited to entertain the Israeli troops. With his religious background and his musical talent, he gives us his new album Neshama (soul). The producers of this album bring you the very best. Tap your feet to such lively tuned as Al Hanisim the sit back and let Mordechai stir your soul with his Vaani Tefilati.



Here's the song

A stranger adrift in an unfriendly land
Of mountains, tundras of sand
To enrich and enliven this wasteland is his goal
His name is Neshama, soul

From a mountain came a gift of the only true life
Sinai now stands for bloodshed and strife
When rifles fall silent and tanks cease to roll
The victor will then be the soul

Blackened and charred like a synagogue burned
Lies a tank lifeless and overturned
Four heroes within snuffed out like a coal
But forever and ever and ever alive is the soul

You're Never Alone Avraham Fried Holyland's Greatest Hits Jewish Music Lyrics

This song originally appeared on a record called Holyland's Greatest Hits. Holyland being the late Jewish record distributor. You can now find it on a CD called Avraham Fried & Holyland's Greatest Hits, distributed by Sameach Music. Songs composed by Yossi Green. Fried sings it a lot at concerts. Nice song. 

You're Never Alone - Avraham Fried

Sometimes when you're feeling all alone
You need some happiness to call your own
Nothing is going the way it should
You're trying to do the best you could

Lift up your eyes to the skies
Your life's in His hands, trust in Him, He will reply
Guiding all your steps always at your side
You are His joy and pride

And don't you know you're never alone
It doesn't matter where you are
There's nothing in His eyes more special than you
Wherever you go Hashem goes with you 

Colored Candles from Destiny Volume 1 Eli Nathan Jewish Music Lyrics Chanukah Song

From his block of rolling lawns and fancy cars
He was so proud that he'd come so far
With the greatest of ease, he moved through high society
That grocer’s boy from the city streets

Well he’d long since gone and changed his name
It was the only way that he could play the game
With the neighbors like the Richardsons, the Williams and the Jones,

 What could he do with a name like Cohen

But he had one memory,
Yes his father he did see
Lighting colored candles on the window sill
Eight days a year he'd light
Another candle every night
It lingered in his memory still

In December came home from school his little girl called Sue
She held a picture of an x-mas tree she drew
All the kids in my class have one she said with a tear,
And could we have one in our home this year

He didn't know what to do
With his little daughter Sue
Although her desires he wished to fulfill
"My dear Sue listen to me,
There's something better than a tree,
It lingers in my memory still"

The next day he came home from work with a menorah in his hand
His dear wife said to him "Joe! I just don’t understand,
We've worked so hard to get to where we are today,
And now what will we do? What will the neighbors say?

But he light those candles anyway, yes there were 5 that night
And from his window to the street glowed the candle light
They were burning for an hour maybe a little more
When suddenly Mr. Richardson stood there by the door

He said would it be ok if a word to you I’d say
There's something about those candles you must know
Yes they bring back memories, of my father I still see
As he light those candles many years ago

He stepped outside on that night and boy was he surprised!
He couldn't believe what he saw he couldn't believe his eyes
From all the houses on the block glowed candle light
From their window sills and out unto the night

Yes they had one memory
Yes their father's they did see
Lighting colored candles on the window sill
Eight days a year they'd light
Another candle every night
It lingered in their memory still