Killing The Time

If you are waiting for someone,
And that someone never comes,
Would it mean that someone doesn’t care?
Would it mean that someone doesn’t love you anymore?

Perhaps,
That someone is trapped in alternate time…

Night and day,
Hours go astray,
Perhaps there is nothing to say,
Or maybe there is too much to say,
Precious love would graciously stay,
White, red, blue or gray…

Perhaps time could be stopped,
With an arrow flying in a strop,
And the ticking hands shall cease counting,
Until love comes a calling…

But perhaps love is already dead…

Copyright – Ali Sobree @ AisKOOL 2011
Just Killing Time by ReflectionOf.Me

Goodbye Goodnite

Goodbye and/or goodnite sometimes means we would never see each other ever again. Of course sometimes it just means ‘so long’…

Goodbye Goodnite

When we were young we used to love
The rain the sun and all above
Now time has come I’ve gotta fly
Please don’t cry just say goodbye

Goodbye goodnite
The morning ‘ll come and I’ll be gone
Goodbye goodnite
The curtain’s down and I’ll be gone

Forever forever
Goodbye goodnite
Goodbye

Goodbye
Goodnite everyone
Goodbye

Words and Song : Ali Sobree
Music and Vocals : Ali Sobree
Kuala Lumpur – April 2011
Video and Music Copyright – Ali Sobree @ AisKOOL 2011

Get Off Me

Sometimes you just want to be left alone.

I used to have fun singing this song during my college days in Institute Teknologi Mara – ITM (now known as UiTM: University Institute Teknologi Mara) from 1977-1980.

Pergi Jauh Dari Ku

Pergi jauh engkau dari ku
Pergi jauh dariku
Tiada sudi engkau dekat ku
Cintamu hanya palsu

Ku bertanya siapa teman mu
Kau jawab teman biasa yeah yeah
Lain kali bertemu lagi
Kali ini yang itu lagi

Words and Song : The Mercy’s
Music and Vocals : Ali Sobree
Video Copyright – Ali Sobree @ AisKOOL 2011

A Whisper To Yesterday

Whisper to the enchanting wind and bring back your love ones to your waiting arms.

This song is one of my favorites from an Indonesian super band The Mercy’s. I used to sing this with my Kapok guitar when I started out way back in the 1970s.

Kembalilah

Di keheningan malam
Dalam seksaan sunyi yang mencengkam
Maafkanlah sayang
Hati yang merana semenjak berpisah
Aduhai sayang
Merana berpisah sayang
Jatuhlah berderai si airmata

Oh angin sampaikanlah
Bisikan rindu hatiku padanya
Kembalilah sayang
Si buah hatiku pujaan kalbu
Aduhai sayang
Rindu hatiku sayang
Rindu padamu si buah hati

Words and Song : The Mercy’s
Music and Vocals : Ali Sobree
Video Copyright – Ali Sobree @ AisKOOL 2011

The Sun Forgets To Shine

The night slithers away,
Stealing dream of glowing moonshine,
Of fireflies and butterflies,
Of heaven and paradise…

Misty morning is cold and gray,
The sky litters with shades of dismay,
Love is slippery when it is wet,
It even disappears when it dries…

This moment as time fizzles and chimes,
The sun forgets to shine,
It forgets to glow and give warmth,
It even forgets to cast a rainbow,
It just forgets,
How to bring life,
To a dead world of memories,
Stuck at the end of the bridge,
That leads to nowhere…

Copyright – Ali Sobree @ AisKOOL March 2011

The Art Of Politics

Poli-Tak-Tik

Politik Politik Politik Tak-Tik
Politik Politik Politik Tak-Tik

Di mana mana ada politik
Hidup kita pun penuh teknik
Dunia yang dulu mistik
Kini kejam dan robotik

Ke sana sini pakai kosmetik
Manusia materialistik
Jiwa raga jadi pelastik
Benda senang menjadi kronik

Politik sungguh unik
Politik sungguh artistik
Sedangkan cinta pun ada politik
Asmara… sintetik!!!

Waktu dan masa berdetak-detik
Politik bermacam taktik
Itu ini berdolak-dalik
Tak usah heran tak usah pelik

Words and Song : Ali Sobree
Vocals : Ali Sobree
Music Arrangements : Zalikamari and Ali Sobree
Music and Video Copyright – Ali Sobree @ AisKOOL 2011

Eternal Memories

Wonderful moments never fade away – they would just recess into an abyss of our subconsciousness. But sometimes, it would resurface again and again to remind us of our yesterday – where our heart used to care and love. We would not be able to relive those moments long gone, but they would always be a part of our mortal life.

26 years ago to this month…

Tanjung Jara Mac 22

Sejuta keresahan menggarap kehidupan
Aku terbuang dari semua kemesraan
Engkau pergi bersama kerinduan
Jantungku teriris api kepiluan
Membara di celah impian

Hikayat lama mengguris kesepian
Suatu waktu penuh dengan keindahan
Kilau matamu mencipta pelangi
Di hatiku masih segar berseri
Seperti mawar di pagi hari

Aku sendiri oh sendiri
Kini engkau tiada lagi di sini
Kelopak cintaku gugur ke bumi
Kau biarkan nafas rindu membara
Kau biarkan cintaku terbenam dalam pusara
Oh mengapa oh mengapa mengapa

Ombak bermanja di persisiran pantai itu
Seperti kita yang duduk di atas karang
Mungkinkah ada di antara waktu
Hari yang cerah hari yang terang
Di dalam hidup yang penuh gersang

Titisan cinta dari kerdipan matamu
Membasahi seluruh jiwa dan ragaku
Aku menunggu di perhentian
Janji-janji yang engkau bisikkan
Antara hati dan perasaan

Words and Song : Ali Sobree
Vocals : Ali Sobree
Music Arrangements : Ramlan Imam, Raymond Lim and Ali Sobree
Music and Video Copyright – Ali Sobree @ AisKOOL 2011