Who Took The Merry / Change the World

Performed by: 

The Staple Singers / Eric Clapton

Arranged by: 

UK Soul Choirs

Full Mix
Backing Track
Soprano
Alto
Tenor

ALL Oo___ ah oo

Who took the merry out of Christmas?

People all over the world forgot about merry

S Too busy fighting wars (A+T Oo__)

S Trying to make it to Mars (A+T Oo__)

S Searching for light and can't seem to find the right star (A+T Ah____)

ALL Searching for light and can't seem to find the right star

ALL Oo___ ah oo

Who took the merry out of Christmas?

People all over the world forgot about merry

T Too busy buying toys (S+A Oo__)

T Learning 'bout Santa's joy (S+A Oo__)

T Making believe he was just another baby boy (S+A Ah__)

ALL Making believe he was just another baby boy

A+T Oo____ oo____

S Searching for light and can't seem to find the right star

A+T Oo____ oo____

S Searching for light and can't seem to find the right ALL star____

ALL Oo___ ah oo

Oo___ ah oo

Oo oo oo

Oo oo oo

Yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah

SOLO If I could reach the stars

I’d pull one down for you

Shine it on my heart

So you could see the truth

S That this love I have inside (A+T oo oo oo)

S Is everything it seems (A+T oo oo oo)

A But for now I find (S+T oo oo oo)

A It’s only in my dreams (S+T oo oo ah__)

ALL That I can..

ALL Change S the world (A+T change the world)

ALL I would be the sunlight in your universe

You would think my love was really something good

Baby if I could

Change___ the world

ALL Yeah yeah yeah

T If I could be king

Even for a day

A I’d take you as my queen

I’d have it no other way

S And our love would rule, in this

Kingdom we have made

ALL ’til then I’d be a fool

Wishing for a day

That I can

ALL Change S the world (A+T change the world)

ALL I would be the sunlight in your universe

You would think my love was really something good

Baby if I could

S Change the world (A+T change__)

ALL Baby if I could

S Change the world (A+T change__)

ALL Baby if I could__

Change_____ the world___  

ALL Oo___ ah oo (S Let me tell ya now)

S Who took the merry out of Christmas? (A+T Oo___ ah oo)

S Who took the merry out of Christmas? (A+T Oo___ ah oo)

ALL Who took the merry out of Christmas?

ALL Who took the merry out of Christmas?

S Who took the merry out of Christmas? (A+T Who took the merry out of Christmas?)

S Who took the merry out of Christmas? (A+T Who took the merry out of Christmas?)

ALL People all over the world_____

Don't forget about Me-e-rry__!

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