Maybe 3 years ago Dad sent this to me. He asked for, and we sang, some of the songs below:

A SELECTION SONGS FOR MY PERSONAL RELIGION

A POCKET FULL OF DREAMS

I'm no millionaire

But I'm not the type to care

'Cause I've got a pocketful of dreams

It's my universe

Even with an empty purse

'Cause I've got a pocketful of dreams

I wouldn't take the wealth of Wall Street

For a road where nature trods

And I calculate that I'm worth my weight

In goldenrods

Lucky, lucky me

I can live in luxury

'Cause I've got a pocket full of dreams

A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES

A dream is a wish your heart makes

When you're fast asleep

In dreams you will lose your heartaches

Whatever you wish for, you keep

Have faith in your dreams and someday

Your rainbow will come smiling thru

No matter how your heart is grieving

If you keep on believing

the dream that you wish will come true

DEAR HEARTS AND GENTLE PEOPLE

I love those dear hearts and gentle people

Who live in my home town

Because those dear hearts and gentle people

Will never ever let you down

They read the good book

From Fri till Monday

That's how the weekend goes

I've got a dream house

I'll build there one day

With picket fence and rambling rose

I feel so welcome each time that I return

That my happy heart keeps laughing

like a clown

I love the dear hearts and gentle people

Who live and love in my home town

PENNIES FROM HEAVEN

Every time it rains, it rains pennies from heaven

Don't you know each cloud contains pennies from heaven?

You'll find your fortune's fallin' all over the town

Be sure that your umbrella is upside down

Trade them for a package of sunshine and flowers

If you want the things you love, you must have showers

So, when you hear it thunder, don't run under a tree

There'll be pennies from heaven for you and me

PEOPLE

People who need people,

Are the luckiest people in the world

We’re children, needing other children

And yet letting a grown-up pride

Hide all the need inside

Acting more like children than children

Lovers are very special people

They’re the luckiest people in the world

With one person one very special person

A feeling deep in your soul

Says you were half now you’re whole

No more hunger and thirst

But first be a person who needs people

People who need people

Are the luckiest people in the world

With one person one very special person

No more hunger and thirst

But first be a person who needs people

People who need people

Are the luckiest people in the worl

POWDER YOUR FACE WITH SUNSHINE

Powder your face with sunshine

Put on a great big smile

Make up your eyes with laughter

Folks will be laughing with you

in a little while

Whistle a tune of gladness

Blue never was in style

The future's brighter when hearts are lighter

Smile smile smile

SMILE

Smile tho' your heart is aching,

Smile even tho' it's breaking,

When there are clouds in the sky

You'll get by,

If you smile through your fear and sorrow,

Smile and maybe tomorrow,

You'll see the sun come shin-ing through,

For you

Light up your face with gladness,

Hide ev-'ry trace of sadness,

Al -'tho a tear may be ever so near,

That's the time, you must keep on trying,

Smile, what's the use of crying,

You'll find that life is still worth-while,

If you- just- smile.

WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD

I see trees of green, red roses too,

I see them bloom for me and you.

And I think to myself, what a wonderful World.

I see skies of blue, and clouds of white,

The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night.

And I think to myself, what a wonderful World.

The colors of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky,

Are also on the faces, of people going by.

I see friends shakin’ hands, sayin’ “how do you do!”

They’re really sayin’ “I love you”.

I hear babies cry, watch them grow,

They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know.

And I think to myself, what a wonderful World…..

Yes I think to myself, what a wonderful World.

WHEN YOU’RE SMILIN’

When you're smilin' keep on smilin'

The whole world smiles with you

And when you're laughin' oh when youre laughin'

The sun comes shinin? through

But when you?re cryin' you bring on the rain

So stop your sighin 'be happy again

keep on smilin Cause when you're smilin'

The whole world smiles with you.

WRAP YOUR TROUBLES IN DREAMS

When skies are cloudy and gray,

They're only gray for a day,

So wrap your troubles in dreams,

And dream your troubles away.

Until that sunshine peeps thru,

There's only one thing to do,

Just wrap your troubles in dreams,

And dream your troubles away.

Your castles may tumble,

That's Fate after all,

Life's really funny that way.

No use to grumble,

Just smile as they fall,

Weren't you King for a day? Say!

Just remember that sunshine

Always follows the rain,

So wrap your troubles in dreams,

And dream your troubles away.

YOUNG AT HEART

Fairy tales can come true

It can happen to you if you're young at heart

For it's hard, you will find

To be narrow of mind if you're young at heart

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes

You can laugh when your dreams

fall apart at the seams

And life gets more exciting with each passing day

And love is either in your heart or on it's way

Don't you know that it's worth

Every treasure on earth to be young at heart (

For as rich as you are

It's much better by far to be young at heart

And if you should survive to a hundred and five

Look at all you'll derive out of bein' alive

And here is the best part, you have a head start

If you are among the very young at heart

YOUR NOBODY ‘TILL SOMEBODY LOVES YOU

You're nobody 'til somebody loves you

You're nobody 'til somebody cares

You may be king, you may possess, the world and its gold

But gold won't bring you happiness, when you're growing old

The world still is the same, you'll never change it

As sure as the star shines above

You're nobody 'til somebody loves you

So find yourself somebody to love.