Naaalala kong grade four pa lang nagkakilala tayo
Parang kambal sa playground magkalaro
Pati adventures in high school magkasama pa rin
Happy days at heart breaks, through thick and thin

Kahit dati pa ay alam ko na

Magkaibigan magpakailanman
Pagsasamahang di mapapantayan
Pag-ibig at damayan, maasahan
Kasama sa saya't sa kalungkutan
Kahit bumagyo, lumindol, pumutok ang mayon
Magkaramay tayo sa habang panahon
Walang katapusan, magkaibigan magpakailanman

Ngayong di na tayo bata, iba na ang mundo
Pakakaibigan natin di pa rin nagbago
Best man sa wedding at ninong ka sa binyagan
Kung may problema man ikaw ang sandalan

Sa buhay ko walang katulad mo

Magkaibigan magpakailanman
Pagsasamahang di mapapantayan
Pag-ibig at damayan, maasahan
Kasama sa saya't sa kalungkutan
Kahit bumagyo, lumindol, pumutok ang mayon
Magkaramay tayo sa habang panahon
Walang katapusan, magkaibigan magpakailanman

At kung dumating man ang panahon
Isa sa atin mapalayo
'Wag kang mag-alala
Saan man mapunta
Sa puso'y lagi kang kasama

Magkaibigan magpakailanman
Pagsasamahang di mapapantayan
Pag-ibig at damayan, maasahan
Kasama sa saya't sa kalungkutan
Kahit bumagyo, lumindol, pumutok ang mayon
Magkaramay tayo sa habang panahon
Walang katapusan, magkaibigan magpakailanman

Ikaw at ako, magkaibigan magkailanman

Magkaibigan Magpakailanman

Tulad Ng Dati
© 2013 Wil Lim

Isang letratong aking tinitignan
Dalawa kami puno ng tawanan
Masaya ako noon, di tulad ngayon

Saka ko lang naisip ‘tong nadarama
Di lang kaibigan, kundi pag-ibig pala
Tinawagan ko siya sa telepono

Ngunit sabi niya
Di na maaaring tulad ng dati
Kay tagal niyang hinintay na mahalin ko siya
Hanggang ang puso’y napagod na at naghanap na ng iba
Hindi na maaaring tulad ng dati

Pinag-usapan namin ang nakaraan
Nagmakaawa kung pwede siyang balikan
Huwag na lang daw, masaya na siya ngayon

Nagpaalam ako’t naiyak sa huli
Hiling niya’y huwag na sanang tumawag muli
Tuluyang naglaho ang pagkakataon

Dahil sabi niya
Di na maaaring tulad ng dati
Kay tagal niyang hinintay na mahalin ko siya
Hanggang ang puso’y napagod na at naghanap na ng iba
Hindi na maaaring tulad ng dati

Sabi niya
Di na maaaring tulad ng dati
Kay tagal niyang hinintay na mahalin ko siya
Hanggang ang puso’y napagod na at naghanap na ng iba
Hindi na maaaring tulad ng dati

Di na maaaring kami tulad ng dati

Isang letratong aking tinitignan
Dala nito ay luha’t kalungkutan
Dahil
Di na maaaring tulad ng dati


Tulad Ng Dati

One Step Forward Two Heartbreaks Back
© 2021 Wil Lim

We’ve been through this before
The shouting and slamming of doors
You would stay away
I’d be angry and worried for days
Then you’d come home, we would make up
But it doesn’t last, seems we’re stuck on the same spot

Always one step forward, two heartbreaks back
There are times when we would get along so good
Then we slip back to where we stood
Why can’t the tenderness last long
We somehow end up breaking each other’s hearts
It’s one step forward, then two heartbreaks back

We have tried it all before
Nothing has worked at all
Talk has gotten cheap 
With promises we never could keep
I don’t want us to break up
But could it be this love is just not meant for us

Always one step forward, two heartbreaks back
There are times when we would get along so good
Then we slip back to where we stood
Why can’t the tenderness last long
We somehow end up breaking each other’s hearts
It’s one step forward, then two heartbreaks back

There’s no, no victim or bad guy in this relationship
Only two, two people so different pushed to the breaking tip
Yet still hoping to find a way of saving this
We’re both caught in the hold of love so strong yet so wrong

Always one step forward, two heartbreaks back
There are times when we would get along so good
Then we slip back to where we stood
Why can’t the tenderness last long
We somehow end up breaking each other’s hearts
It’s one step forward, then two heartbreaks back

One Step Forward Two Heartbreaks Back

For You (I’d Like To Be)
© 2021 Wil Lim and Greg Swartzentruber 

I’d like to be that old t-shirt
You put on when you feel hurt
The one that’s not your Sunday best
It’s kept with all the rest
Got stains and holes, a bit threadbare
But when life is rough, it’s what you wear
Calms you down, keeps you warm
Gives comfort in the cruelest storm
If there’s something I could do
I’d like to be that shirt for you

I’d like to be that wooden door
And you know just what it’s for
The one you close to shut it out
When all you wanna do is shout
But when not feeling broken
You can swing that door wide open
Step out strong and face the day
Live your own life, make your own way
If there’s something I could do
I’d like to be that door for you

So remember, wear my love around you
Let the door close on it all
Paint the two of us in the warmest colors
Hang it proudly high up on the wall

I’d like to be that picture frame 
Kinda simple, a little too plain
Made of ordinary wood
By itself, doesn’t look that good
But it’s part of something special
It’s become quite essential
You are that precious art
It holds dearly as its heart
If there’s something I could do
I’d like to be that frame for you

So remember, wear my love around you
Let the door close on it all
Paint the two of us in the warmest colors
Hang it proudly high up on the wall

If there’s something I could do
I’d like to be all for you

FOR YOU Mix 8 23 21

© 2013 Greg Swartzentruber and Wil Lim

You never had to worry or keep your story straight
Kept telling myself you were just working late
When I saw those flowers on your Mastercard bill
I thought that was so sweet, he loves his mama still

You didn’t even have to lie

chorus:
My heart lied for you, that’s all it could do
It wanted so bad to believe in you
My head clearly knew none of it was true
But my heart, my poor heart, lied for you

The late night calls should have raised my suspicions
But I wrote them off to important decisions
To L. A. for meetings the whole week long
But receipts from Vegas made me think I heard you wrong

You didn’t even have to lie

chorus

Your professions of love were so sweet to my ears
My heart denied the signs through the years
But I had enough, I can’t go on with one more lie
Time to face the truth, make my heart realize

chorus

My heart lied for you, but now it knows the truth
And it will beat on without you
No more lying for you

My Heart Lied For You

Will you still love me when I'm old
As years pass and time takes hold
When lines show on my face, my hair turns gray
Would your love fade away

If I lose everything I own
Would I walk this world alone
Not a penny to my name, no success to proclaim
Would your love ever change

Or would you still feel the same

The sun and the moon rise and they fall
Some nights the stars don't shine at all
Rivers run dry and the ocean tide subsides
Even the mountains crumble to the sea at times
But not my love, not my love
My love goes on and on.. and on
 
If my spirit becomes weak
Would you still be strong for me
If I ever lose my way or the will to face the day
Would your love lose its faith

Or would you still feel the same
 
The sun and the moon rise and they fall
Some nights the stars don't shine at all
Rivers run dry and the ocean tide subsides
And even the mountains crumble to the sea at times
But not my love, not my love
My love goes on and on
My love forever will hold strong.. goes on and on and on

On And On (performed by Greg Shields)

©2011 Greg Swartzentruber and Wil Lim

I stand in this dusty, cluttered room
All the colors fade to gray
I should go and find a broom
Sweep cobweb memories away

Walls could be brightened up
To a lighter shade of blue
Leaky windows tightened up
But he'd keep on seeping through

I'll shut the window on the past
Seal out cold and ancient drafts
Every shadow holds his face
His whispers echo through this space
I've got to lock it all away
And close the door on yesterday

Someday maybe I'll come back
Turn the key, look inside
Let the sun shine through a crack
In the curtains of my mind

But that day's far ahead
Much farther than I can see
For this room of things unsaid
There's only one choice left for me

I'll shut the window on the past
Seal out cold and ancient drafts
Every shadow holds his face
His whispers echo through this space
I've got to lock it all away
And close the door on yesterday

Our love once decorated this room's walls and beams
But now this place is haunted by ghosts of shattered dreams

I'll shut the window on the past
Seal out cold and ancient drafts
Every shadow holds his face
His whispers echo through this space
I've got to lock it all away
And close the door on yesterday

Close The Door On Yesterday

©2014 Wil Lim

Maraming nagdagsa dito sa tanghalan 
Lahat ay masaya, puno ng tawanan
Nagsimula ang mang-aawit, lahat ng tao’y napangiti
Maliban sa akin, parang natinik sa dibdib
 
Dahil siya ay..
Kinakanta ang awiting “Naaalala Ka”
Natatandaan tuloy ang isang kahapong kay saya
Isang gabing mahiwaga tayo’y magkayakap nang mahigpit
Sa isang sayaw, isang halik, isang Rey Valerang awit 
 
Lumipas ang oras, tapos na ang palabas
Mga tao’y umalis na, lugar ay nagsasara
Ngunit nandito pa rin ako, di makakilos parang bato 
Ginugunita ang isang matamis na panahon
 
Sa isip ko’y...
Tinutugtog ang awiting “Naaalala Ka”
Natatandaan ko ang isang kahapong kay saya
Isang gabing mahiwaga tayo’y magkayakap nang mahigpit
Sa isang sayaw, isang halik, isang Rey Valerang awit 
	
Kung pwede lang, gagawin ang lahat upang ako’y mabalik
Nang makita ka, mahawak at muling mahalik
Ngunit ngayon wala ka na, tanging iwan ang alaala
Ng isang awit, at ng isang sayaw, at ng naglahong pag-ibig
 
Sa isip ko’y...
Tinutugtog ang awiting “Naaalala Ka”
Natatandaan ko ang isang kahapong kay saya
Isang gabing mahiwaga tayo’y magkayakap nang mahigpit
Sa isang sayaw, isang halik, isang Rey Valerang awit 

O gagawin ko ang lahat kung pwede lang ako’y mabalik
Sa isang sayaw, isang halik, isang Rey Valerang awit

Isang Rey Valerang Awit

©2014 Wil Lim

Napapansin ko tuwing dumadaan siya
May ningning ang 'yong mga mata
At kapag magkausap kayo
Sobrang tamis ng mga ngiti mo
Di man sabihin, halata rin
Sa kanya ka may pagtingin

Di niya siguro alam ang sikreto
Siyang laman ng puso mo
Pero di masabi sa kanya
Dahil meron siyang ibang sinta
Di kayang pigilin iyong damdamin
Kahit di mo siya dapat mahalin

chorus 1:
Mahirap kung ang mahal mo'y may mahal ng iba
Nais mong makapiling siya, sa piling ng iba ang gusto niya
Mapagbiro minsan si Cupido, puso'y nilalaro
Sa lahat ng maaaring ibigin, bakit pa
Sa isang may mahal ng iba

Ngayon aaminin, meron din akong lihim
Sa 'yo ako'y may pagtingin
Lagi-lagi kong dinadasal
Sana ako na lang ang iyong mahal
Ngunit di maaaring puso'y pilitin
Kung sino ang siyang iibigin

chorus 2:
Mahirap dahil ang mahal ko'y may mahal ng iba
Nais kong makapiling ka, ang gusto mo'y makapiling siya
Mapagbiro minsan si Cupido, puso'y nilalaro
Sa lahat ng maaaring ibigin, bakit pa
Sa isang may mahal ng iba

bridge:
Nakakatulala, ano 'tong naririnig ko
Iyong inaamin, akong tunay na mahal mo
Kasabwat lang pala siya upang magselos ako
Sobrang torpe raw kasi, kailangan ng tulong

chorus 3:
Kay sarap kung ang mahal mo'y nagmamahal din sa iyo
Nais kong makapiling ka, sana panghabang buhay na
Ang galing naman ni Cupido, kapwa pinagtugma
Sa lahat ng maaaring ibigin, nahanap din
Ang isang nagmamahal sa 'kin
Sa lahal ng maaaring ibigin, hindi pala
Sa isang may mahal ng iba

May Mahal Ng Iba

Let’s Be Kind
© 2015 Wil Lim

Woke from a dream of an old memory
Years had gone by since that magical night
We saw a shooting star, swore we’d stay in love
We had our whole lives planned

But not all wishes come true despite all we tried to do
Two strangers now, polite guests in this house
With our separate rooms to retreat from view
And hide the discontent

But I'm saying it now

Let's be kind.. and let each other go
Maybe we'll find.. true love waiting down the road
We hurt ourselves by holding on to a love long gone
Time to say goodbye.. let's be kind

There's no one to blame, not much left to explain
We don't even fight, no more passion to ignite
We're both getting old, imprisoned too long
I want us to be happy again

So I'm begging you now

Let's be kind.. and let each other go
Maybe we'll find.. true love waiting down the road
We hurt ourselves by holding on to a love long gone
Time to say goodbye.. let's be kind

Though it did not work for us
Let's give us both another chance at love
Holding on to sadness is being cruel to ourselves

Let's be kind.. and let each other go
Maybe we'll find.. true love waiting down the road
We hurt ourselves by holding on to a love long gone
Time to say goodbye.. let's be kind

Let's Be Kind (singer: Cindi Hall)

© 2012 Wil Lim

Your car is packed with all you own
We said it's best this way, but why do I wanna beg you to stay
As you close the door, I feel all hope is gone

I take my time driving away
Keep wishing you'd run out, tell me you want me to turn around
I thought our love was strong, so why am I leavin' home

Is this the end, can't we start over again?  Coz I'm..

chorus:
Still so much in love to know this ain't right
We shouldn't be moving on to separate lives
Still so much in love to feel this ain't real
All I wanna do is kiss and hold you near
Must be crazy believin' we're through
I'm still so much in love with you

Looking back at what we had (the good times far outweigh the bad)
As bad as things have been, my love for you never wavered within
Though I failed to see, you felt the same for me

Don't say goodbye, can't we try one more time?  Coz I'm..

repeat chorus

bridge:
I pick up the phone
I turn the car around
I've got to let you know
Baby, there's no doubt.. that I'm..

repeat chorus

Let's not walk away, baby, please stay
Coz I'm still so much in love with you

Still So Much In Love

Thanks for listening. Songs are available for free download.

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