Joseph Aragon is an American composer living in Paris. His music crosses several genres.
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GREAT IS NOTRE DAME
Notre Dame is sleeping now Deep will be the night On the cobbled streets below People kneel in prayer
Great is Notre Dame She will rise again
Notre Dame is sleeping now Angels watch above She is great and she is strong And her life is long Great is Notre Dame
Hear the people sing Notre Dame will rise will rise again
Centuries of mighty kings Slip into the mist Yet our Lady reigns supreme Great is Notre Dame
She will rise again Great is Notre Dame
Hear the people sing Notre Dame still reigns She will rise again Notre Dame will rise again Will rise will rise...and
She is sleeping now All is still within Day will break Bells will ring
She will rise again
ON MY OWN
I must do this on my own I won’t let someone take my place If this is what I’m called to do today
I know I’ll have to close my heart Forget the past and look away And say today I did this on my own
There’s a time for tenderness A time for trust and innocence A time when love is all that someone sees
But there are greater things that call And hearts must steel to face them all And say today I did this on my own And no one else will ever see The tears I’ll shed What used to be The fairy tales we children played No thought of fear no place for hate
There will come a day I know When poisoned words no longer rule When hearts can soar And dreamers show The way
And if that day I do not see I’ll face the fate life brings to me And say to…day I did this on…my own… On my own… on my own….
Own…on my own… on my…own And said I did this …on… my…own
I ONCE WAS LOVED
I know that I Must leave her now And take a path I cannot see
And if I fail To find my way To be the man She saw in me
I’ll always hold I once was loved I once was there
And snow will fall And winter come And tears appear Like gentle rain
But I believe Someone did hear my prayer I once was loved I once was there
And even as I make my way I hear her voice Her breath is near I feel her kiss The softness of her hair
I once was loved I once was there
And even as...(repeat)
THERE WAS A MOMENT
There was a moment when time stood still there was forever and there was you
we chose the path we thought we knew believed it all there was a moment and there was you
The light was fading We failed to see the tide was ebbing we looked away
we lost it all we paid the price There was a moment there was forever and there was you
how proud the heart how brief the touch there was a moment there was forever and there was you
