 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

Live, Impromptu, Unmixed & Unmastered Re-Arrangments by:  Richard Ladouceur

Composed By: Slimane Nebchi and Louis Remi
Copyright Gohan Music c/o Songs of Peer Ltd, K7g Productions c/o Universal Musica Latina, and Noe Music c/o Universal Musica Latina

Live: (Slimane's) Habibi

Composed By: Dimitri Tiomkin / Ned Washington
 © Reservoir Media Management, Inc, Warner Chappell Music, Inc

Love me, love me, love me, love me
Say you do
Let me fly away
With you
For my love is like
The wind
And wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

Give me more
Than one caress
Satisfy this
Hungriness
Let the wind
Blow through your heart
For wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

You
Touch me
I hear the sound
Of mandolins
You
Kiss me
With your kiss
My life begins
You're spring to me
All things
To me

Don't you know you're
Life itself

Like a leaf clings
To the tree
Oh my darling,
Cling to me
For we're like creatures
Of the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

You
Touch me
I hear the sound
Of mandolins
You
Kiss me
With your kiss
My life begins
You're spring to me
All things
To me

Don't you know you're
Life itself

Like a leaf clings
To the tree
Oh my darling,
Cling to me
For we're like creatures
In the wind
And wild is the wind
Wild is the wind

Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind
Wild is the wind



Live: Wild Is The Wind (Nina Simone)

Composed: Bernard Ighner
Almo Music, Corp
(c)1974
Universal Publishing 

Everything must change,
Nothing stays the same.
Everyone will change
Nothing stays the same.

The young become the old,
Mysteries do unfold.
'Cause that's the way of time
Nothing and no one goes unchanged.

There are not many things
In life you can be sure of.
Except

Rain comes from the clouds,
And sun lights up the sky,
And humming birds do fly.

Winter turns to spring.
Wounded heart will heal.
Never much too soon
Everything must change

The young become the old,
Mysteries do unfold.
'Cause that's the way of time
Nothing and no one goes unchanged.

There are not many things
In life you can be sure of.
Except

Rain comes from the clouds,
And sun lights up the sky,
And humming birds do fly.

Live: Everything Must Change (George Benson)

Songwriters: Gene Nash / Juan Eduardo Carballo / Juan Marcelo
 ©1973 Peermusic Publishing

And I love you so
The people ask me how
How I've lived till now
I tell them I don't know

I guess they understand
How lonely life has been
But life began again
The day you took my hand

And yes, I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me 'n' the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me

And you love me, too
Your thoughts are just for me
You set my spirit free
I'm happy that you do

The book of life is brief
And once a page is read
All but life is dead
That is my belief

And yes, I know how lonely life can be
The shadows follow me and the night won't set me free
But I don't let the evening get me down
Now that you're around me



Live: And I Love You So (Don McClean)

Composed: John Lennon & Paul McCartney
©1965 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday

Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday

Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play
Now I need a place to hide away
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Mm mm mm mm mm.

Live: Yesterday (Beetles)

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)

Composed: Buck Ram & Ande Rand
(c) 1959 Hollis Music, Inc.
 (ASCAP)

Only you can make this world seem right
Only you can make the darkness bright
Only you and you alone can thrill me like you do
And fill my heart with love for only you

Oh, only you can make all this change in me
For it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand, I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true, my one and only you

Oh-oh, only you can make all this change in me
For it's true, you are my destiny
When you hold my hand, I understand the magic that you do
You're my dream come true, my one and only you (one and only you)




Live: Only You (The Platters)

Songwriters: Mike Campbell / Ian Axel / Chad Vaccarino
© 2014 Ian Axel Music, Chad Vaccarino Publishing, Manhattan Astronaut Music, Songs Of Universal Inc.

Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'll be the one, if you want me to
Anywhere, I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I am feeling so small
It was over my head
I know nothing at all

And I will stumble and fall
I'm still learning to love
Just starting to crawl

Say something, I'm giving up on you
I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
Anywhere, I would've followed you
Say something, I'm giving up on you

And I will swallow my pride
You're the one that I love
And I'm saying goodbye

Say something, I'm giving up on you
And I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you
And anywhere, I would've followed you, oh-oh
Say something, I'm giving up on you

Say something, I'm giving up on you
Say something

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Mike Campbell / Ian Axel / Chad Vaccarino

Say Something lyrics © Ian Axel Music, Chad Vaccarino Publishing, Manhattan Astronaut Music, Songs Of Universal Inc.

Live: Say Something (A Great Big World)

Written by: Rockwell, Mitch Bottler, and Norma Helms.   

(c) 1984 Sony/ATV Music Publishing.

You touched my life
With your softness in the night
My wish was your command
Until you ran out of love
I tell myself I'm free
Got the chance of livin' just for me
No need to hurry home
Now that you're gone

Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal?
I'm so deeply wounded
Knife
Cuts like a knife
You cut away the heart of my life

When I pretend
Wear a smile to fool my dearest friends
I wonder if they know
It's just a show
I'm on a stage
Day and night I go through my charades
But how can I disguise
What's in my eyes?

Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal?
I'm so deeply wounded
Knife
Cuts like a knife
You cut away the heart of my life

Oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh...

I've tried and tried
Blocking out the pain i feel inside
The pain of wanting you
Wanting you

Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal?
I'm so deeply wounded
Knife
Cuts like a knife
How will I ever heal?
I'm so deeply wounded

You cut away the heart
Of my life



Live:  Knife (Rockwell)

Written by: Bob Dylan
(c) 1997 Universal Music Publishing Group

When the rain is blowing in your face
And the whole world is on your case
I could offer you a warm embrace
To make you feel my love

When the evening shadows and the stars appear
And there is no one there to dry your tears
I could hold you for a million years
To make you feel my love

I know you haven't made your mind up yet
But I would never do you wrong
I've known it from the moment that we met
No doubt in my mind where you belong

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
I'd go crawling down the avenue
Know there's nothing that I wouldn't do
To make you feel my love

The storms are raging on the rolling sea
And on the highway of regret
The winds of change are blowing wild and free
You ain't seen nothing like me yet

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
Nothing that I wouldn't do
Go to the ends of the earth for you
To make you feel my love
To make you feel my love

Live: To Make You Feel My Love (Bob Dylan/Adele)

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 Is Your Love (Bee Gees)

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