Low Maintenance, High Standards
RACHEL:
I said remember this moment
In the back of my mind
The time we stood with our shaking hands
The crowds in the stands went wild
FINN:
We were the Kings and the Queens
And they read off our names
The night you danced like you knew our lives
Would never be the same
MERCEDES:
You held your head like a hero
On a history book page
It was the end of a decade
But the start of an age
ALL:
LONG LIVE - the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shine just for me and you
I was screaming, “Long live!” - all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered
TINA:
I said remember this feeling
I passed the pictures around
Of all the years that we stood there
On the side-lines wishing for right now
ARTIE/BLAINE:
We are the Kings and the Queens
You traded your baseball cap for a crown
When they gave us our trophies
BLAINE/ARTIE/SANTANA:
And we held them up for our town
KURT:
And the cynics were outraged
Screaming
KURT/BRITTANY:
“This is absurd!”
PUCK/SANTANA:
Cause for a moment a band of thieves
In ripped up jeans got to rule the world
ALL:
Long live - the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shine just for me and you
I was screaming, “Long live!” - all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders
MERCEDES:
I’m not afraid
ALL:
Long live - all the mountains we moved
RACHEL/MERCEDES:
I had the time of my life fighting dragons with you
ALL:
I was screaming long live that look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders
One day we will be remembered
QUINN/SANTANA:
Hold on to spinning around
Confetti falls to the ground
May these memories break our fall
RACHEL/WILL:
Will you take a moment
Promise me this -
That you’ll stand by me forever
But if, God forbid, fate should step in
And force us into a goodbye
If you have children someday
When they point to the pictures
Please tell them my name
WILL AND NEW DIRECTIONS:
Tell them how the crowds went wild
Tell them how I hope they shine
WILL/RACHEL:
Long live the walls we crashed through
I had the time of my life with you
ALL:
Long, long live - the walls we crashed through
All the kingdom lights shine just for me and you
I was screaming, “Long live!” - all the magic we made
And bring on all the pretenders
SANTANA/PUCK:
I’m not afraid
Singing long live - all the mountains we moved
I had the time of my life
KURT/BLAINE:
Fighting dragons with you
ALL:
And long, long live that look on your face
And bring on all the pretenders
One day,
RACHEL/WILL:
We will be remembered
RACHEL:
We’ve been through days of thunder
Some people say they don’t belong
They try to put us under
But here we stand together and a million strong
ALL (PUCK):
Let’s get on with the show (Let’s get started)
Turn the lights down low (Turn the lights down low)
You were there from the start (You were there)
We know who you are
FINN:
And this one goes out to you
ALL:
Everyone, everyone, everyone
Said this one goes out to you
Everyone, we’re standing strong cause of what you’ve done
And this one goes out to you.
FINN:
We’ve been inside the circus
[Special dance started by Brittany & Mike)
FINN/BLAINE:
We take the pleasure with the pain
ARTIE:
I guess there’s something about us
Whatever comes around we’ll always stay the same
ALL (ARTIE)
Let’s get on with the show (Oh Let’s get started)
Turn the lights down low (Turn the lights down low)
You were there from the start (You were there)
We know who you are
RACHEL:
We know, who you are!
ALL:
CHORUS
MERCEDES:
Now we’re minutes away
Till it’s time to play
MERCEDES/PUCK:
Our heart beats are rising
They’re letting you in
MERCEDES:
Time for the show to begin
ALL:
We, we’re standing strong cause of what you’ve done
this one goes out to you, you, you
You make us feel like we’ve just begun
And this one goes out to you
CHORUS
FINN/PUCK:
Lying in my bed, I hear the clock tick and think of you
Caught up in circles, confusion is nothing new
BLAINE/QUINN:
You say, “Go slow”, I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
ALL:
If you’re lost, you can look and you will find me
Time after time
If you fall, I will catch you, I’ll be waiting
Time after time, time after time, time after time
RACHEL/SANTANA:
Sometimes you picture me, I’m walking too far ahead
You’re calling to me, I can’t hear what you’ve said
BLAINE/KURT:
You say, “Go slow”, I fall behind
The second hand unwinds
ALL:
CHORUS
MERCEDES/ARTIE:
After my picture fades, our darkness has turned to gray
Watching through windows, you’re wondering if I’m okay
BLAINE/RACHEL:
And you say, “Go slow”, I fall behind
The drum beats out of time
ALL:
CHORUS
RACHEL:
I’m 15 for a moment
Caught in between 10 and 20
And I’m just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
FINN:
I’m 22 for a moment
She feels better than ever
And we’re on fire
Making our way back from Mars
ALL:
15 there’s still time for you
Time to buy and time to lose
15, there’s never a wish better than this
FINN/RACHEL:
When you only got 100 years to live
PUCK:
I’m 33 for a moment
Still the man, but you see I’m a they
A kid on the way
A family on my mind
QUINN:
I’m 45 for a moment
The sea is high
And I’m heading into a crisis
Chasing the years of my life
SANTANA:
15 there’s still time for you
Time to buy, Time to lose yourself
Within a morning star
MERCEDES:
15 I’m all right with you
15, there’s never a wish better than this
PUCK/QUINN:
When you only got 100 years to live
KURT/MERCEDES:
Half time goes by
Suddenly you’re wise
Another blink of an eye
67 is gone
The sun is getting high
We’re moving on…
WILL:
I’m 99 for a moment
Dying for just another moment
And I’m just dreaming
Counting the ways to where you are
RACHEL:
15 there’s still time for you
FINN:
22 I feel her too
PUCK:
33 you’re on your way
WILL/QUINN:
Every day’s a new day…
ALL:
15 there’s still time for you
Time to buy and time to choose
Hey 15, there’s never a wish better than this
KURT:
When you only got 100 years to live
FINN:
So denied. So I lied. Are you the now or never kind?
PUCK:
In a day and a day, love, I’m gonna be gone for good again
SANTANA:
Are you willing to be had? Are you cool with just tonight?
RACHEL:
Here’s a toast to all those who hear me all too well
ALL:
Here’s to the nights we felt alive
Here’s to the tears you knew you’d cry
Here’s to goodbye
Tomorrow’s gonna come too soon
QUINN:
Put your name on the line along with place and time
MIKE:
Wanna stay not to go I wanna ditch the logical
KURT:
Here’s a toast to all those who hear me all too well
ALL:
[CHORUS]
MERCEDES:
All my time is froze in motion
FINN:
Can’t I stay an hour or two or more
SANTANA:
Don’t let me let you go
RACHEL/FINN/KURT:
Here’s a toast to all those who hear me all too well
ALL:
[CHORUS]
TINA:
Some people laugh, some people cry
ARTIE:
Some people live, some people die
PUCK:
Some people run right into the fire
SANTANA:
Some people hide their every desire
KURT:
But we are the lovers
If you don’t believe me
Then just look into my eyes
‘Cause the heart never lies
FINN:
Some people fight, some people fall
QUINN:
Others pretend they don’t care at all
MERCEDES:
If you wanna fight, I’ll stand right beside you
SAM:
The day that you fall I’ll be right behind you
RACHEL:
To pick up the pieces
If you don’t believe me
BLAINE/RACHEL:
Just look into my eyes
‘Cause the heart never lies
ALL:
(Whoas)
WILL/RACHEL:
Another year over, and we’re still together
FINN/RACHEL:
It’s not always easy, but I’m here forever
ALL:
We are the lovers
I know you believe me
When you look into my eyes
‘Cause the heart never lies
‘Cause the heart never lies
RACHEL:
Because the heart never lies
TINA:
I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
BLAINE:
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed
ARTIE:
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
JOE:
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance
SAM:
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
ALL UNDERCLASSMEN:
I hope you dance
I hope you dance
TINA:
I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
SAM:
Never settle for the path of least resistance
ARTIE:
Living might mean taking chances but they’re worth taking
BLAINE:
Lovin’ might be a mistake but it’s worth making
RORY:
Don’t let some hell-bent heart leave you bitter
SUGAR:
When you come close to selling out reconsider
JOE/TINA:
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
SAM:
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
ALL (GIRLS=DANCE; BOYS=()s)
I hope you dance
(Time is a wheel in constant motion always)
I hope you dance
(Rolling us along)
I hope you dance
(Tell me who wants to look back on their years and wonder)
I hope you dance
(Where those years have gone)
WILL:
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
ALL:
Dance
WILL:
I hope you dance
ALL:
CHORUS TO FADE
FINN:
Some dreams live on in time forever
Those dreams you want with all your heart
RACHEL:
And I’ll do whatever it takes
Follow through with the promise I made
Put it all on the line
What I hoped for at last would be mine
ALL:
If I could reach, higher
PUCK:
Just for one moment touch the sky
From that one moment in my life
ALL:
I’m gonna be stronger
KURT:
Know that I’ve tried my very best
Put my spirit to the test
ALL:
If I could reach
QUINN:
Some days are meant to be remembered
MERCEDES:
Those days we rise above the stars
SANTANA:
So I’ll go the distance this time
Seeing more the higher I climb
MERCEDES/SANTANA/QUINN:
That the more I believe
All the more that this dream will be mine
ALL:
If I could reach, higher
MIKE:
Just for one moment touch the sky
From that one moment in my life
ALL:
I’m gonna be stronger
PUCK:
Know that I’ve tried my very best
I’d put my spirit to the test
ALL:
If I could reach
ALL:
If I could reach, higher
FINN:
Just for one moment touch the sky
RACHEL:
From that one moment in my life
KURT:
I’m gonna be stronger
I’m gonna be so much stronger yes I am
MERCEDES/RACHEL:
I’ve tried my very best
I’d put my spirit to the test
….fade
I really wish they had done this song for the finale, especially since Gloria Estefan will be guest starring…
I felt the need to add a few songs to the Glee Wish List - Disney Edition.
I Bring You a Song - Bambi (1942)
- Rachel, Finn, Blaine and Kurt with New Directions
- Will & Emma
Stay Awake - Mary Poppins (1964)
- Rachel Berry
Very Good Advice - Alice in Wonderland (1951)
- Quinn Fabray
Scales and Arpeggios - The Aristocats (1970)
- Rachel Berry & Kurt Hummel
So the full track list for the Glee Christmas Album was released.
I already made my Glee Christmas Wish List HERE. I really wish they had more traditional songs to be honest. But here are my suggestions:
1. All I Want For Christmas Is You: All Girls (and Kurt) of Glee Couples
2. Extraordinary Merry Christmas: I don’t know this song, and I can’t find it anywhere to listen to it so….original?
3. Santa Baby: Quinn, Rachel and/or Santana
4. Christmas Eve With You: NEW DIRECTIONS with Will
5. The Little Drummer Boy: NO ONE EXCEPT FINN F***ING HUDSON!!!
6. River: Blaine, Rachel or Tina
7. Do You Hear What I Hear?: By verse: Blaine or Quinn, Tina, Artie & Mercedes
(In my original, I had Kurt singing the first verse, but since he’s an Atheist, and this is a wonderful religious song, I guess Kurt wouldn’t sing about Jesus’ birth so I switched it to Blaine or Quinn.)
8. Let It Snow: Some sort of scene outside!! Emma or Blaine; Will/Emma
9. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town: New Directions (Much like “The Most Wonderful Day of the Year”)
10. Christmas Wrapping: THE UNHOLY TRINITY
11. Blue Christmas: BLAINE OR QUINN
12. Do They Know It’s Christmas?: New Directions - all have solos
Wow. This was in my “Draft” folder for months…
Yes, I know that they already did the completely ridiculous, pointless and lazy Britney episode. These are just more suggestions of what they could have done, what they could possibly do in the future, and/or possibilities should they do a redo with better storytelling…
**NOTE: This won’t include all of her songs or albums. It’s mainly Old School Britney with a couple exceptions… And now…
By me
- Spice Girls
WANNABE – New Directions Girls
MERCEDES:
Yo, I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want
SANTANA:
So tell me what you want, what you really really want
MERCEDES:
I’ll tell you what I want, what I really really want
SANTANA:
So tell me what you want, what you really really want
MERCEDES/SANTANA:
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
Really really wanna zigazig ha
SANTANA:
If you want my future, forget my past
QUINN:
If you wanna get with me, better make it fast
MERCEDES:
Now don’t go wasting my precious time
RACHEL:
Get your act together; we could be just fine
[Repeat opening]
ALL:
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends
Make it last forever friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give
Taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is
TINA:
What do you think about that? Now you know how I feel
LAUREN:
Say you can handle my love - are you for real?
RACHEL:
I won’t be hasty, I’ll give you a try
BRITTANY:
If you really bug me, then I’ll say goodbye
[Repeat opening]
[Repeat CHORUS]
MERCEDES:
So here’s a story from a to z, you wanna get with me
You gotta listen carefully
We got [RACHEL] in the place who likes it in your face
We got [TINA] like [QUINN] who likes it on an
Easy [SANTANA] doesn’t come for free, she’s a real lady
MERCEDES, BRITTANY, LAUREN:
And as for [we]? Aha, you’ll see
ALL:
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends
Make it last forever friendship never ends
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give
Taking is too easy, but that’s the way it is
If you wanna be my lover, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta
You gotta, you gotta, slam, slam, slam, slam
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around
MERCEDES:
Slam your body down zigazig ah
ALL:
If you wanna be my lover
- ‘NSYNC
POP — Puck with New Directions
CELEBRITY — Blaine & the Warblers; Artie & Puck with ND Boys
THE GAME IS OVER — Finn with ND Boys
GIRLFRIEND — Sam & Puck with ND Boys
THE TWO OF US — Finn with ND Boys or Will; Blaine with Warblers
GONE — Puck or Will
TELL ME, TELL ME, BABY — Sam & Finn with ND Boys
UP AGAINST THE WALL — Puck, Sam & Artie with ND Boys; Blaine with Warblers
SEE RIGHT THROUGH YOU — Artie, Sam & Finn
SELFISH — Will, Finn & Puck or Rachel or Finn/Rachel; or Blaine
JUST DON’T TELL ME THAT — All guys who dated Santana
SOMETHING LIKE YOU — Will or Finn or Finn/Rachel
DO YOUR THING — Artie & Sam
BYE BYE BYE — Finn & Sam with ND Boys
IT’S GONNA BE ME — Finn & Puck with ND Boys; Rachel & Santana with ND Girls
SPACE COWBOYS — Blaine with Warblers; ND Boys
JUST GOT PAID — Acafellas or Warblers
IT MAKES ME ILL — Will
THIS I PROMISE YOU — Finn/Rachel Duet; Finn or Will; Blaine
NO STRINGS ATTACHED — Sam & Finn with ND Boys
BRINGIN’ DA NOISE — Acafellas or Warblers
THAT’S WHEN I’LL STOP LOVING YOU — Finn, Puck, Artie with ND Boys; Blaine and Warblers
I’LL BE GOOD FOR YOU — Will or Blaine
I THOUGHT SHE KNEW — ND Boys or Warblers
TEARIN’ UP MY HEART — Finn and ND Boys
I WANT YOU BACK — Sam and ND Boys (replace the Beiber nonsense)
- 98º
I DO — Will with Emma; Finn/Rachel Duet
IT’S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU — Puck, Artie & Sam with ND Boys
THE HARDEST THING — Puck with ND Boys
TRUE TO YOUR HEART — Rachel, Mercedes & Artie with New Directions
*RACHEL:
Quit Playing Games
As Long As You Love Me
All I Have to Give
I Need You Tonight
Don’t Wanna Lose You Now
I’ll Be the One
Shape of My Heart
Lose It All
In Pieces
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
Back to Your Heart
Safest Place to Hide
Inconsolable
Any Other Way
Trouble Is
Love You Will Keep You Up All Night
Unmistakable
Downpour
*FINN:
Quit Playing Games
As Long As You Love Me
All I Have to Give
Shining Star
Not For Me
How Did I Fall in Love with You?
Get Another Boyfriend (to Rachel about Jesse)
Don’t Want You Back
Don’t Wanna Lose You Now
Crawling Back You
Any Other Way
*ARTIE:
I Promise You
Show Me the Meaning of Being Lonely
Don’t Wanna Lose You Now
Inconsolable
Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon
*QUINN:
Crawling Back to You
*PUCK:
Darlin’
Shape of My Heart
How Did I Fall in Love with You?
Don’t Wanna Lose You Now
Back to Your Heart
Any Other Way
One in a Million
*SANTANA:
Helpless When She Smiles
Any Other Way
*SAM:
All I Have to Give
I’ll Never Break Your Heart
I Promise You
More Than That
I’ll Be the One
Helpless When She Smiles
Trouble Is
*BLAINE:
You Can Let Go
Quit Playing Games
As Long As You Love Me
All I Have to Give
I’ll Never Break Your Heart
I Promise You
How Did I Fall in Love With You?
Unsuspecting Sunday Afternoon
*WILL:
Quit Playing Games
As Long As You Love Me
Anywhere For You
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
Get Another Boyfriend
Shining Star
The Answer to Our Lives
More Than That
I Need You Tonight
Don’t Want You Back (to Terri)
Don’t Wanna Lose You Now
Spanish Eyes
Safest Place to Hide
You Can Let Go
Love Will Keep You Up All Night
*NEW DIRECTIONS BOYS:
We’ve Got It Goin’ On
Quit Playing Games
- Solos: Finn & Puck
As Long As You Love Me
- Solos: Finn & Puck
Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)
- Solos: Finn, Puck, Artie & Sam
Anywhere For You
- Solos: Artie & Sam
Hey, Mr. D.J. (featuring Will)
I’ll Never Break Your Heart
- Solos: Sam, Finn & Mike
Darlin’
If You Want It To Be Good…
- Solos: Puck & Artie
Set Adrift on Memory Bliss
The Call
- Solo: Puck
Shape of My Heart
- Solos: Puck, Artie & Sam
Get Another Boyfriend
- Solos: Sam, Artie & Puck
I Promise You
- Solos: Finn, Artie & Sam
Not For Me
- Solos: Finn, Sam & Artie
Yes, I Will
It’s True
I Want It That Way
- Solos: Finn, Puck, Artie, Sam, Kurt & Mike
Don’t Wanna Lose You Now
- Solos: Finn, Puck & Artie
Crawling Back to You
- Solos: Finn, Puck & Artie
No One Else Comes Close
Poster Girl
- Solos: Sam, Puck & Artie
My Beautiful Woman (feat. Will)
- Solos: All boys about their girls
Everything But Mine
- Solos: All boys get a solo
Inconsolable
One in a Million
- Solos: Finn, Puck & Sam
Panic
Trouble Is
- Solos: Puck, Sam & Finn
Unmistakable
- Solos: All Solos
Downpour
- Solos: All Solos
NEW DIRECTIONS GROUP NUMBERS:
Get Down (You’re the One For Me)
- Solos: Sam & Artie
RACHEL:
We’ve been through days of thunder
Some people say they don’t belong
They try to put us under
But here we stand together and a million strongALL (PUCK):
Let’s get on with the show (Let’s get started)
Turn the lights down low (Turn the lights down low)
You were there from the start (You were there)
We know who you areFINN:
And this one goes out to youALL:
Everyone, everyone, everyone
Said this one goes out to you
Everyone, we’re standing strong cause of what you’ve done
And this one goes out to you.FINN:
We’ve been inside the circus
[Special dance started by Brittany & Mike)
We take the pleasure with the pain
I guess there’s something about us
Whatever comes around we’ll always stay the sameALL (ARTIE)
Let’s get on with the show (Oh Let’s get started)
Turn the lights down low (Turn the lights down low)
You were there from the start (You were there)
We know who you areRACHEL:
We know, who you are!
ALL:
CHORUSMERCEDES:
Now we’re minutes away
Till it’s time to play
Our heart beats are rising
They’re letting you in
Time for the show to beginALL:
We, we’re standing strong cause of what you’ve done
this one goes out to you, you, you
You make us feel like we’ve just begun
And this one goes out to you
CHORUS
Time (with Will)
Larger Than Life
- Solos: Rachel, Finn, Puck & Artie
It’s Gotta Be You
- Solos: Finn, Puck, Rachel & Mercedes
I’ll Be the One
- Solos: Sam & Rachel
Never Gone (to Will)
- Solos: Rachel, Finn & Mercedes
Weird World
- Solos: Finn, Artie & Rachel
Incomplete
- Solos: Artie, Rachel & Finn
*DUETS / SMALL GROUP:
Just Want You To Know
- Rachel, Finn, Puck & Will
(As a montage – separate, but quartet like “Like a Virgin”)
FINN:
Looking at your picture from when we first met
You gave me a smile that I could never forget
And nothing I could do could protect me from you that nightRACHEL:
Wrapped around your finger, always on my mind
The days would blend ‘cause we stayed up all night
Yeah, you and I were everything, everything to meFINN/RACHEL:
I just want you to know that I’ve been fighting to let you go
Some days I make it through and then there’s nights that never end
I wish that I could believe that there’s a day you’ll come back to me
But still I have to say I would do it all again
Just want you to knowPUCK:
All the doors are closing I’m tryin’ to move ahead
And deep inside I wish it’s me instead
My dreams are empty from the day, the day you slipped awayALL:
CHORUSWILL:
That since I lost you, I lost myself
No I can’t fake it, there’s no one else
I just want you to know
That I’ve been fighting to let you go
Some days I make it through
RACHEL & WILL:
And then there’s nights that never endALL:
I wish that I could believe that there’s a day you’ll come back to me
But still I have to say I would do it all again
Just want you to know
CHORUS
I Still…
- Finn, Rachel, Puck, Will & Santana
Siberia
- Rachel & Puck Duet
Everything But Mine
- New Directions Girls
Something That I Already Know
- Puck, Will & Rachel
Panic
- Santana & Brittany Duet
Treat Me Right
- New Directions Girls (All Solos)
In Pieces
- Rachel & Puck Duet (or solos)
I Promise You
- Rachel/Finn Duet
As Long As You Love Me
- Finn/Rachel Duet; Blaine/Kurt Duet; Puck/Quinn Duet; Sam/Mercedes Duet
Incomplete
- Finn/Rachel, Quinn/Puck Quartet
