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BEIJING (AP) — Along with spitting, run-down housing and bad manners, add unintelligible English to the list of things organizers of the 2008 Beijing Olympics want to ban.

Municipal officials promised on Wednesday to crack down on awkward, Chinese-inflected English, known as "Chinglish," and asked the public to help police bad grammar and faulty syntax.

With 500,000 foreigners expected for the Olympics, taxi drivers who can’t speak English — or signs that mangle the language — could be an embarrassment and distract from the $40 billion being poured into rebuilding the city for the games.

Throughout the city, examples abound.

A store selling tobacco products advertises: "An Excellent Winding Smoke."

On the floor at Beijing’s Capital Airport, a sign reads: "Careful Landslip Attention Security."

On a billboard, this mysterious message: "Shangri-La is in you mind, but your Buffalo is not."

In an elevator, parents are warned: "Please lead your child to tare the life."

Liu Yang, who heads the "Beijing Speaks Foreign Languages Program" for the city government, said 6,500 "standardized" English-language signs were put up last year on Beijing roads. But he acknowledged private businesses were not following the rules, which were handed to reporters — a stack of glossy documents weighing 2 pounds.

"We will pass the message on to authorities in the advertising sector," Liu said. "If English translation is needed it must be subject to the standards set forth in the regulations."

Liu said a language hotline may be set up for the games to encourage the public to report nonsense English. China’s diplomatic missions abroad are assisting, Liu said, "and our people working in foreign companies are helping with correct usage."

"In the future when we set up new signs in public places in English, we hope all these standards will be followed to avoid more additional mistakes."

Liu said Beijing taxi drivers must pass an English test to keep their licenses. But he acknowledged most speak only Chinese, and many are skipping language classes.

"The taxi training courses are not working effectively, and there is a problem of taxi drivers missing classes," he said. "Taxi drivers need to get their licenses renewed every year, and an English test is now part of that that exam. But the exam is not so difficult."

"Some taxi drivers do speak some English, and that’s a big change from the past," Liu added. "But the overall level still needs to improve. Some taxi drivers speak no English; they understand no English."

Despite the problems, Liu said one-third of Beijing’s 15 million residents speak some English, a claim that was challenged by a local reporter from China’s state-run CCTV.

"I think 5 million is a big number," the reporter told Liu.

Liu stood by the figure, but conceded the vast majority of the English speakers fell into a category he labeled "low level."

"They can have very simply conversations, like: `Who am I? Where am I going?"’

Hoy Gising!

A picture of you reminds me
How the years have gone so lonely
Why do you come and leave me
Without saying that you love me

I’m saying i love you again
Are you listening
Open your eyes once again
Look at me crying

If only you could hear me
Shout your name
If only you could feel
My love again
The stars in the sky will
Never be the same
If only you were here

A picture of you reminds me
How the days have gone so empty
Why do you come and leave me
Without saying that you love me

I’m saying i love you again
Are you listening
Open your eyes once again
Look at me crying

If only you could hear me
Shout your name
If only you could feel
My love again
The stars in the sky will
Never be the same
If only you were here

I’m saying i love you again
Are you listening
Open your eyes once again
Look at me crying

If only you could hear me
Shout your name
If only you could feel
My love again
The stars in the sky will
Never be the same
If only i had wings
So i can fly
I want to be with you
For all of time
My love for you
Will never die

If only you could hear me
Shout your name
If only you could feel
My love again
The stars in the sky will
Never be the same
If only you were here
(if only you were here)

Chords used:
B…..X24442
F#m…244222
E…..022100
C#m…X46654
A2….X02200

Intro:

e|———–11—12——|
B|-11—12—————-|
G|—-9—-9—-9—-9—-| x4
D|————————|
A|————————|
E|————————|

E F#m
I want to live forever

E F#m
Inside your nights and days.

A2 E
Wish upon a silver cloud,

A2
Crawling across the moonbeams.

E F#m
A summer night in heaven

E F#m
Between the stars and waves.

A2 E
Gaze across the old bonfire;

A2 C#m-A2
Trample on my heartbeat.

E B C#m-A2
I wanted to turn you on

E B C#m-A2
My favorite song.

E B
Wanted to be near you

A2 E A2
But somebody owns you now.

E F#m
I love you with a fire,

E F#m
Ablaze until times end

A2
But what good is a heart

E A2
When it shudders to speak.

A2 C#m-A2
I guess it’s too late now.

E B C#m-A2
I wanted to turn you on

E B C#m-A2
My favorite song.

E B
Wanted to be near you

A2 E
But somebody owns you now.

A2 E
I try to live somehow

A2 E A2 C#m-A2
Somebody owns you now

E B C#m-A2 E B C#m-A2
(haaaaaaaaa.. aaa.. aaaa…)

E B C#m-A2
I wanted to turn you on

E B C#m-A2
My favorite song.

E B
Wanted to be near you

A2 E
But of course somebody owns you now.

A2 E
And I’ll try to live somehow

A2 E
Somebody owns you now

A2 E
Somebody owns you now

(A2 - E) x4

unti-unting gumagalaw
kanyang matang nakatanaw
sayong ngiting walang saya
nagtatanong,nagtataka
bakit ba ganito?
natapos sa gulo…
wala na rin bang halaga
ang yakap at halik niyang
dati’y hinahanap pa
ngayo’y tinataguan na
bakit ba ganito?
tinapos sa gulo…

MAHALIN MO NA LANG KAHIT KUNWARI
DALANGIN NIYANG NAKATINGIN SA LANGIT
NAUBOS NA ANG SANDALI NG BUHAY NIYANG KASING-GULO
NG ISANG PELIKULANG WALA NAMANG ISTORYA
NATAPOS NG IKAW NA LANG ANG BIDA
DI MAN LANG NASABI NA MAHAL NA MAHAL MO SIYA…

ang hawak mo’y kasing lamig
ng huling halik sa kanyang bibig
bakit ka umiwas sa
huling tanong na meron sya
Eto ako nalilito,
sa istorya ng buhay mo
daig mo pa ang tv ko

MAHALIN MO NA LANG KAHIT KUNWARI
DALANGIN NIYANG NAKATINGIN SA LANGIT
NAUBOS NA ANG SANDALI NG BUHAY NIYANG KASING-GULO
NG ISANG PELIKULANG WALA NAMANG ISTORYA
NATAPOS NG IKAW NA LANG ANG BIDA
DI MAN LANG NASABI NA MAHAL NA MAHAL MO SIYA…
MAHAL NA MAHAL MO SIYA…

naubos na ang luha niya
pikit na din ang mga matang
kanina’y nakatitig pa
sa larawan mo na yakap niya…

MAHALIN MO NA LANG KAHIT KUNWARI
DALANGIN NIYANG NAKATINGIN SA LANGIT
NAUBOS NA ANG SANDALI NG BUHAY NIYANG KASING-GULO
NG ISANG PELIKULANG WALA NAMANG ISTORYA
NATAPOS NG IKAW NA LANG ANG BIDA
DI MAN LANG NASABI NA MAHAL NA MAHAL MO SIYA…
MAHAL NA MAHAL MO SIYA…
MAHAL NA MAHAL MO SIYA…

M3 (Malabo, Malalim, Malayo)

Sawang sawa na sa pagkalunod,
Kailan bababaw ang luha kong dahil sa’yo
Napapagod sa kakaasa
Naniniwala sa walang kakwenta-kwentang kwento…

*Sana’y madinig ng puso
Pag nagsabi na ako’y kailangan mo
Kahit na maging malabo, malalim at malayo ka
Ay maging tuloy pa rin ako

Paikot-ikot ako sa sala
Naghahanap ng dahilan,
Nagpapatalo sa konsensya
Wala bang kapatawaran?

Nakikita ang pag-asa sa mata’y nagdadaan…

Standing on the great divide
Feel the sudden need to fly
Underneath the open sky
And the river down below

I could keep on running down
I could keep on cheating death and yet somehow
It all ends up the same
And I don’t want to be the one who’s blamed

[refrain]
Can you see that I don’t really have a choice at all
If only for a taste flight
I’d gladly take the fall

[chorus]
So, I say I love you
I don’t wanna wait forever
Just to say, I need you
Doesn’t even have to matter
If it really matter anything to you

I’d gladly take this ride
As long as you are there on the other side
Not making sense at all
Of making sense of it all

So while I can, I’ll take the chance,
I’m diving in
If you need me, I will die
To feel alive again

[chorus]
So, I say I love you
I don’t wanna wait forever
Just to say, I need you
Doesn’t even have to matter
When I say I love you, yeah yeah

I’m falling like
I’ve never done so before
I’m flying against the wind
And here I go

[chorus]
So, I say I love you
I don’t wanna wait forever
Just to say, I need you
I don’t wanna wait forever, no, oh oh (I say I love you)
So, while I can I’ll take the chance
So, I’ll say, I need you
Doesn’t even have to matter
When I say…

I love you so (I love you), I need you
It doesn’t really matter (no, it doesn’t really matter)
If it really matters anything to you
I love you…

Now you are my beloved ghost
And here i’ll wait for you to sing
Then we will have eternity
A promise to keep haunting me

This wine
From my veins
These gifts
We’ll take

The sky is ours to keep tonight
Together in this silent sleep
We are the mist that fills the air
Lie still, just be with me

This wine
From my veins
These gifts
We’ll take
And i’ll be
The kiss
The gun
We’ll be draining their blood again

Embrace the rest of me
Well be racing through the night
Again, embrace the rest of me
And then we’ll feast on them, celebrating

I’m not alone
I can feel your eyes on me

I’m not alone
Your soul for all the world to see

Denied another day
Life took you away
I’ll love you just the same

Cause you are my beloved ghost
And here i’ll wait for you to sing
Then we will have eternity
A promise to keep haunting me
The sky is ours to keep tonight
Together in this silent sleep
We are the mist that fills the air
Lie still, just be with me

I’m not alone
I can feel your eyes on me
I’m not alone
Your soul for all the world to see

Unang araw, kay bilis ng galaw
may kalaliman na patungo sa pag-ayaw
na kalimutan ka kahit pa may iba
at sa muli’y magbabalik sa ‘kin ang lahat

[refrain]
Maaari bang magtanong
dahil labis na rin akong lumalayo

[chorus]
Matatanggap ba ako
kung magbabalik sa ‘yo
sakit ng sinapit ay please wag ng magtampo
wala man akong nagawa
nung unang ika’y nawala
wala sa hinagap na ako’y mabibigo
wala sa hinagap na ako’y mabibigo

Unang araw, naninibago ka
sa pakiwari ay may katiyakan na
at sa isang iglap mayroong magaganap
at sa muli magbabalik sa ‘kin ang lahat

[refrain]
Maaari bang magtanong
dahil labis na rin akong lumalayo

[chorus]
Matatanggap ba ako
kung magbabalik sa ‘yo
sakit ng sinapit ay please wag ng magtampo
wala man akong nagawa
nung unang ika’y nawala
wala sa hinagap na ako’y mabibigo
wala sa hinagap na ako’y mabibigo

Wag kang magtaka
pinilit kong magtanong
basta sapat na ang
nalaman mo na ako ay narito
wag kang magtaka…
wag kang magtaka…
wag kang magtaka…
wag kang magtaka…

[instrumental]

[refrain]
Maaari bang magtanong
dahil labis na rin akong luma….layo

[chorus]
Matatanggap ba ako
kung magbabalik sa ‘yo
sakit ng sinapit ay please wag ng magtampo
wala man akong nagawa
nung unang ika’y nawala
wala sa hinagap na ako’y mabibigo
wala sa hinagap na ako’y mabibigo

..wala sa hinagap na ako’y mabibigo

There are times
When i’m lyin’ in my bed
How i bellow and cry from this stupid get
And my eyes are like windshields on a rainy day
Almost rubbed-out, swelling
As i keep on
Diggin’ my face
In these cold hands of mine
Heaven knows how embittered i am

‘Cause this angel has flown away from me
Leaving me in drunken misery
I should have clipped her wings
And made her mine
For all eternity
Now this angel has flown away from me
I thought i had the strength to set her free
I did what i did
Because i love her so
Will she ever find her way
Back home to me

I’m so tired
I feel like catching forty-winks
Being up all night in this elbow-room
That puts me in a trance

Where hopes and dreams come true
Now my lips are burning
And my eyes are hurting
From these fumes i make
Still i light another cigarette
Just to pass my time
Oh, heaven knows ho embittered i am

‘Cause this angel has flown away from me
Leaving me in drunken misery
I should have clipped her wings
And made her mine
For all eternity
Now this angel has flown away from me
I thought i had the strength to set her free
I did what i did
Because i love her so
Will she ever find her way
Back home to me..