 An introspective Live & Intimate pop, jazz, acoustic-fused continuum of some of the most beautiful songs ever written. All credits to writers and publishers.  These aren't copies of the originals but a re-arrangement that strips the music that you know of almost naked; completely live and in moment; ONE take: raw; elemental mix: unmastered.

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.RISHAR  🥂.  

RISHAR: Live & Intimate

Words by: Yip Harburg  Music by: Harold Arlen 
(c) 1939 Published by Leo Feist, Inc.

Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
There's a land that I heard of
Once in a lullaby

Somewhere over the rainbow
Skies are blue
And the dreams that you dare to dream
Really do come true

Someday I'll wish upon a star
And wake up where the clouds are far behind me
Where troubles melt like lemon drops
Away above the chimney tops
That's where you'll find me

Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I?

Somewhere over the rainbow
Blue birds fly
Birds fly over the rainbow
Why then, oh, why can't I?

If happy little blue birds fly
Beyond the rainbow
Why, oh, why can't I?

Live: Over the rainbow (Judy Garland)

Writer: BLUE MILLER, INDIA ARIE, INDIA ARIE SIMPSON
© 2001 Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., BMG Rights Management

I am ready for love
Why are you hiding from me
I'd quickly give my freedom
To be held in your captivity

I am ready for love
All of the joy and the pain
And all the time that it takes
Just to stay in your good grace
Lately I've been thinking
Maybe you're not ready for me
Maybe you think I need to learn maturity
They say watch what you ask for
Cause you might receive
But if you ask me tomorrow
I'll say the same thing

I am ready for love
Would you please lend me your ear?
I promise I won't complain
I just need you to acknowledge I am here

If you give me half a chance
I'll prove this to you
I will be patient, kind, faithful and true
To a man who loves music
A man who loves art
Respect's the spirit world
And thinks with his heart

I am ready for love
If you'll take me in your hands
I will learn what you teach
And do the best that I can

I am ready for love
Here with an offering of
My voice
My Eyes
My soul
My mind

Tell me what is enough
To prove I am ready for love

I am ready

Live:  Ready For Love (India Ari)

Writer(s): Eugene B. Mcdaniels, Thomas Abraham Misch 
(c) 1976 Universal Music Publishing Group, Wixen Music Publishing

Strollin′ in the park, watching winter turn to spring
Walkin' in the dark, seein′ lovers do their thing, ooh, ooh
That's the time I feel like making love to you
That's the time I feel like making dreams come true
Oh, baby

When you talk to me
When you′re moanin′ sweet and low
When you're touchin′ me
And my feelings start to show, ooh, ooh

That's the time I feel like making love to you
That′s the time I feel like making dreams come true
Oh, baby

In a restaurant, holdin' hands by candlelight
While I′m touchin' you, wanting you with all my might, ooh, ooh
That's the time I feel like making love to you
That′s the time I feel like making dreams come true
Oh, baby

Strollin′ in the park, watching winter turn to spring
Walkin' in the dark, seein′ lovers do their thing, ooh, ooh
That's the time I feel like making love to you
That′s the time I feel like making dreams come true
Oh, baby

Live: Feel Like Making Love (Roberta Flack)

Songwriters: Joe Thomas / Jolyon Ward Skinner / Michele Williams
© 1999 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group

It's amazing how you knock me off my feet, hm
Every time you come around me I get weak, oh yeah
Nobody ever made me feel this way, oh
You kiss my lips and then you take my breath away
So I want to know

I want to know what turns you on
I'd like to know (so I can be all that and more)
I'd like to know (I'd like to know what makes you cry)
So I can be the one who always makes you smile

Girl, he never understood what you were worth, hm no
And he never took the time to make it work
(You deserve more loving, girl)
Baby, I'm the kind of man who shows concern, yes I do, oh
Anyway that I can please you let me learn
So I wanna know

I wanna know what turns you on
I wanna know (so I can be all that and more)
I'd like to (I'd like to know what makes you cry)
So (so I can be the one who always makes you smile)
Make you smile, babe

Tell me what I gotta do to please you
Baby, anything you say I'll do
'Cause I only want to make you happy
From the bottom of my heart, it's true

Tell me what I gotta do to please you
Baby, anything you say I'll do
'Cause I only want to make you happy
From the bottom of my heart, it's true

I wish that I could take a journey through your mind, alright
And find emotions that you always try to hide, babe, oh
I do believe that there's a love you want to share, oh, oh
I'll take good care of you, lady, have no fear, oh
So I wanna know

I wanna know what turns you on
I wanna know (so I can be all that and more)
And I'd like to (I'd like to know what makes you cry)
So I can be the one who always makes you smile

Uh tell me, tell me, tell me what I gotta do to please you
Baby, anything you say I'll do
'Cause I only want to make you happy
From the bottom of my heart, it's true

Tell me what I gotta do to please you
Baby, anything you say I'll do
'Cause I only want to make you happy
From the bottom of my heart, it's true

I wanna know what turns you on
I'd like to know, I'd like to know (so I can be all that and more)
(I wanna know) I'd like to know what makes you cry
(So) So I can be the one who always makes you smile

I'd like to know, I wanna know
I wanna know what turns you on
Tell me, girl

Live:I wanna Know (Joe)

Written by Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb 
©1977 Universal Music Publishing Group

I know your eyes in the morning sun
I feel you touch me in the pouring rain
And the moment that you wander far from me
I wanna feel you in my arms again
And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave
And it's me you need to show

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

I believe in you
You know the door to my very soul
You're the light in my deepest, darkest hour
You're my savior when I fall
And you may not think I care for you
When you know down inside that I really do
And it's me you need to show

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

Na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na-na-na-na

And you come to me on a summer breeze
Keep me warm in your love, then you softly leave
And it's me you need to show

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me (na-na-na-na-na)

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me (na-na-na-na-na)

How deep is your love?
How deep is your love?
I really mean to learn
'Cause we're living in a world of fools
Breaking us down when they all should let us be
We belong to you and me

Live : How Deep Is Your Love (Bee Gees)

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