The hills are alive with the sound of music
With songs they have sung for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears
My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
That rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime
That flies from a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips
And falls over stones on its way
To sing through the night like a lark
Who is learning to pray
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
2) Maria
She climbs a tree and scrapes her knee
Her dress has got a tear
She waltzes on her way to mass
And whistles on the stair
And underneath her wimple she has curlers in her hair
I even heard her singing in the abbey
She's always late for chapel but her penitence is real
She's always late for everything except for every meal
I hate to have to say it but I very firmly feel
Maria's not an asset to the abbey
I like to say a word in her behalf
Maria makes me laugh
(chorus)
How do you solve a problem like Maria
How do you catch a cloud and pin it down
How do you find a word that means Maria
A flibbertijibbet, a will o the wisp, a clown
Many of things you know you'd like to tell her
Many of things she ought to understand
But how do you make her stay
And listen to all you say
How do you keep a wave upon the sand
Oh how do you solve a problem like Maria
How do you hold a moonbeam in your hand
When I'm with her I'm confused, out of focus and bemused
And I never know exactly where I am
Unpredictable as wheather
She's as flighty as a feather
She's a darling, she's a demon, she's a lamb
She'd outpester any pest
Drive a hornet from its nest
She can throw a whirling dervish out of whirl
She is gentle, she is wild
She's a riddle, she's a child
She's a headache, she's an angel
She's a girl
repeat chorus
3) Sixteen Going On Seventeen
[Rolf:]
You wait, little girl, on an empty stage,
For fate to turn the light on.
Your life, little girl, is an empty page
That men will want to write on.
To write on.
You are sixteen going on seventeen,
Baby, it's time to think.
Better beware, Be canny and careful,
Baby, you're on the brink.
You are sixteen going on seventeen,
Fellows will fall in line.
Eager young lads and rou'es and cads
Will offer you food and wine.
Totally unprepared are you
To face a world of men.
Timid and shy and scared are you
of things beyond your ken.
You need someone older and wiser
Telling you what to do.
I am seventeen going on eighteen,
I'll take care of you.
[Liesl:]
I am sixteen going on seventeen,
I know that I'm naive,
Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I believe.
I am sixteen going on seventeen,
innocent as a rose.
Bachelor dandies,
Drinkers of brandies,
What do I know of those?
Totally unprepared am I
To face a world of men.
Timid and shy and scared am I
Of things beyond my ken.
I need someone older and wiser
Telling me what to do,
You are seventeen going on eighteen,
I'll depend on you.
4) The sound Of Music
The hills are alive with the sound of music
With songs they have sung for a thousand years
The hills fill my heart with the sound of music
My heart wants to sing every song it hears
My heart wants to beat like the wings of the birds
that rise from the lake to the trees
My heart wants to sigh like a chime
that flies from a church on a breeze
To laugh like a brook when it trips and falls
over stones on its way
To sing through the night
Like a lark who is learning to pray
I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more
5) Climb Ev'ry Mountain
Climb ev'ry mountain
Search high and low
Follow ev'ry by-way
Ev'ry path you know
Repeat twice
Climb ev'ry mountain
Ford ev'ry stream
Follow ev'ry rainbow
'Till you find your dream
A dream that will need
All the love you can give
Ev'ry day of your life
For as long as you live