Alphonso R's project

i chose the to make a cd because i like working with music and it helps me get a better understanding of what i am doing. making this cd was a pleasure because it let me expand my music library to match with the book. i believe in understand this book more now. i also think that the song carry on my wayward song really applies to this book because sam is like the wayward son who has gone off the path that was set for him.

1)Dave Mathews band- its not easy to be me: describes how tim feels because no one ever pays attention to him
2)foo fighters- my hero: tims hero is his brother sam
3)journey- don't stop believing: tim never stopped believing
4)juelz Santana- rumble young man rumble: tims brother sam who has to fight in the revolutionary war
5)Kansas- carry on my wayward son: Mr.meeker believes that his son sam is on the wrong path because he chose to fight in the war.
6)Kansas- dust in the wind: sam's death at the end
7)the fray- how to save a life: how tim trys to save his brother sam even though in the end he dies
8)sean Kingston- drummer boy: the British always marched to the beat of a drum
9)3 days grace- lets start a riot: the patriots fighting against the British and how tim feels since no one believes he can do anything
10)nickleback- far away: sam is so far away from home and his brother tim even tho he even hims he also misses him

dave Mathews band-its not easy to be me
I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
I’m just out to find
The better part of me

I’m more than a bird…I’m more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It’s not easy to be me

I wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
'bout a home I’ll never see

It may sound absurd…but don’t be naive
Even Heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed…but won’t you concede
Even Heroes have the right to dream
It’s not easy to be me

Up, up and away…away from me
Well it’s all right…You can all sleep sound tonight
I’m not crazy…or anything…

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
Men weren’t meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I’m only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me
inside of me ...... inside of me ...(x2)

I’m only a man in a funny red sheet
I’m only a man looking for a dream


I’m only a man in a funny red sheet

It’s not easy ... wu.. hoo.. hoo..
It’s not easy to be me...


Kansas- carry on my wayward son
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say



Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don't know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say


No!

Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
The center lights around your vanity
But surely heaven waits for you

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry (don't you cry no more)


Alphonso R.