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Here we have a double first. It’s the first “Single” by our fictional girl band the chiX… and it’s the first song by us at Storynory.
In the story (Gladys and the Eurovision Song Contest) this song is written by Gladys, the chiX younger sister, and sung by Laura with backing vocals by Mandy and Sam.
Save the song on your iPod – send it to all your friends !
Real life credits:
Music (and musical direction): Gabriella Brunel
Lead Vocals (and creative input): Eiriona Jackson
Backing vocals: Natasha and Gabriella
Band: Andre, Eric and David
Engineer: Joe Davison
Lyrics: Bertie
You taught me to fly and to swoop to your arms;
And though I soared high I came to no harm;
You sawed me in half and you pulled me apart
And though I really laughed, you had broken my heart,
You stood me quite still and you threw straight your knives
And though you didn’t kill, you used eight of my lives,
You rattled my cage and you cracked your whip
And though I really raged, I only bit my lip.
Chorus x 2
Our dream is
A circus
Run away
Live for the day
Our life’s
A circus
Ups and downs
round and round
You set up a hoop, and I jumped through the fire,
And though you were cool, you lit up my desire
You stretched a high wire, and you made me walk the walk,
And though said you were a flyer, It was only ticks and talk.
Chorus x 2
Our dream is
A circus
Run away
Live for the day
Our life is
A circus
Ups and downs
round and round
Bridge—
We made a pact
We’re a double act
A high wire flier
with a belly full of fire
A big attraction
with plenty of action
A spectacular show
With no net below
[Guitar Solo]
Our dream
is a a circus
Run away,
live for the day
Our life,
is a circus
ups and downs
round and round
Our dream
is a a circus
Run away,
live for the day
Our life,
is a circus
ups and downs
round and round
Our way is a circus
Thrills and spills,
looks that kill
Our love
is a circus
yes we fight, but it’s right on the night
Our way is a circus
Thrills and spills,
looks that kill
Our love a is
A circus
yes we fight
But it’s alright on the night
Copyright: Storynory.com (Blog Relations Ltd) 2009 – but please feel free to spread the mp3 of the song around the internet and to all your friends so long as all rights to the music, lyrics and story remain with us at Storynory !
89 Comments
Bertie, I like this song. Can you make more songs?
Ashely , We’re already planning more songs… and with our limited resources permitting, we will bring you more music in future.
i sang this song
That was terrific, just when is the next bertie story coming?
hey, bertie
what story are you putting up next i love adventurous fiction stories would you do it for me?
from sharanya
yeah. .im exited to know when will it be. .like the song. .it makes sang. .go Ms. Bertie. .its great!!
Many thanks Charmz. I’m glad you like the song.
mooooooooooore chiX please BERTIE I <3 chiX THANKYOU!
I cant belive it I am one of th e first comments!!!
Um bertie is there a diffrent story?
Dear Sharanya, The next story is from Vietnam, it’s quite a gentle story I would say, but with a touch of adventure.
HI Adrian, Glad you are a chiX fan !
IT was fun BUT! can you put a storynory about Bahrain to.And why cantyou also tell us about aiencient Egypt to.Im not saying your stories are bad
I LOVE THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Hello Jasmine,
Thank you for the suggestions. Ancient Egypt is in our plans for some stage, though probably not in the nearest future. Can you suggest any stories about or from Bahrain? The nearest I have ever been to there is Dubai.
I do love the circus! (giggle!)
Hi Bertie and Jasmine, (suggestion for Jasmine) my mom is reading a book called Aztec. And it’s about ancient Mexico. She says it’s interesting but can’t read it. It has more than 1000 pages! OK, back to the story. It’s really coooool the song!!!!!!!! But I know it’s a lot of work.
love,
jade
its a reeeeeeeeeeally nice song and please say thanks to the singer.her voice is really good
Thanks Zahra. I’ll let Eiriona know. Yes, she does have a great voice.
Dear Red Aju, Thank you for the idea. I don’t think we can read the 1000 page book about the Aztecs, but it would be nice to do an Aztec legend if we can find one.
that is the best song ever! i listen to it 10 times a day
We are a group of teenagers at a school in Australia, for physical/health impaired students.
We absolutely love all the stories and we think the song is great too.
Many thanks from all of us and we look forward to some more songs.
Bertie and Gladys,
This song is great!. My daddy says its got a hook and we dance to it. We listen to a kids show in our car called Kids Place Live and this is way better than the song on that channel. Can you get this song on the radio PLEASE.
Ginger age 4
Dear Glenallen…. Many thanks for letting us know about your school. And yes, there will be more music. Good luck to you all !
Dear Ginger and Daddy
We would like Gladys and the chiX to be on the radio – and actually some small radio stations do play our stories so you never know. But for us the internet IS the new radio.
Really glad you like it !
i just read my 1st comments above. .and honestly I’m a bit confused for what did I written. .hehe there are lot of missing words that makes it incomplete. .but Im glad that Bertie understand this. .Thank you so much. .more power!!
wow. that was amazing. Natasha makes a great backup singer…keep up the good work Bertie and Natasha…. has Natasha ever met princess Beatrice? she should… they’d love each other!
AMAZING!!!!!!!!I Love this song!
I just don’t know how Gladys writes theese amazing songs! It’s
so, well,cool how she writes such
amazing songs.
>vo<
Bertie, is this the last episode of Gladys????
Please, please, PUH-LEASE reply!
Hi Michelle- We are planning one more Gladys story. I’m glad you like her ! And the news is that we’ve commissioned some special pictures of Gladys and the chiX.
this is a awsome song i love it
Uh..
Did Natasha sing herself?
If yes, Natasha should go to join sing tournment! like.. hannah montana, demi lovota, etc…!
GO it! :]
Hi Lilie, Natasha was on backing vocals this time. Her friend Eiriona sang the lead vocals.
The song is really neat… and it’s true, life IS a circus! It does sound like it could ALMOST win a contest! How do you think up such cool stories & songs? I was reading the comments, & I am so glad there is going to be another Gladys story. Please make other series like it…I absolutely LOVE Gladys! I even wear glasses like her! And she is SO smart! (Sorry if I’m overdoing capitalized words & exclamation marks.)
this is awesome. they had it on youtube
thank you Natasha. I loved the song. Mmmmm I want more songs. Are there more songs ?
Yes! Yes! Thanks Birtie so so much!!
Bertie, you are a very good at writing, but not better then me.
no-one is better then me, you see,I am a chapion at writing.
Dear AliOJ Thanks ever so much for your comment about Gladys. We are very fond of Gladys too so we are really pleased that you like her and her music so much.
when was this song posted?
Dear Knight we posted the song last week at the same time as the Eurovision story
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I loved it.It was sssssssssooooooooooo cool.I have also sene gladys and the eurouison song contest.
Hey,
I really kinda liked the song, but i think that some girls should have sung the song… it would have been nicer.
cool
GREAT SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111
this is a pretty good song
I really liked your song and please if you can,make a new one .
when is the next gladys and the chiX coming or is there no more
Bertie,
I would LOVE seeing the chiX, even in pictures! I can’t wait for the new Gladys story and thank you so, so much for starting the new Gladys story. I will listen to them again and again, even when there’s no more NEW gladys.
By the way, when is the new gladys story?
-Michelle^^
Puh-lease reply to that!
Dear Michelle you will see the chiX in pics very soon, but I’m not quite sure when the new Gladys will be yet.
Dear Eve, there will be one more Gladys story soon, and then that’s probably the last for a while.
it was is great I love it you are the best
From Emm@
Thanks Emma !
thanks a lot and i am really glad there are more songs and gladys stories coming up! i am a number 1 fan and this is totally cool!
P.S.
got any tips for me as i am planning to write songs but want to make them good. any tips would do!
thank you and i lovvveee storynory!!!!
Dear Ben,
I’m really glad you like the song. As for tips, I think it’s good to write some ideas and some words that rhyme before you start.
yes i did like it
I loved it
I loved it so much.
you guys sing very well.
Hello from America. We enjoy listening to this song; it sounds great! When we are on the way home from school, our dad sometimes tells us he got a new story on his ipod. One of the first questions we ask is if it’s a Storynory story. We love to listen to your stories. Natasha is such a good storyteller and makes the stories fun to listen to and more believable. Thanks, Storynory!
And now, from me, Jojo,
Bye Byyyyyye!
Dear Jojo and family. I’m really glad you like the song and the stories, and well done to your Dad for putting them on his iPod for the trip home from school.
******Answer me Bertie!!!!*******
when, When, when is the next Gladys story comming up??????When, when, whenis it???????
^^Royal fan,
Phoebe^^
Dear Phoebe I hope you’ve seen the latest Gladys story
http://storynory.com/2009/10/17/gladys-and-the-eurovision-song-contest/
And the final one will be in a couple of week’s time. Also check out all the past stories for the new pictures.
Too bad the chiX didn’t come in first.
Bertie, if you made more songs you could make an album!!!!!!!!!
lol me lllllllllllllooooooooooooovvvvvvvvvveeeeeeeeeee this song!!!!! awesome job. i sang this song to my sister untill she waslike STOPPPPPP!!!!! PS. good job!!!
love petaldrop.****
I love your sister, petaldrop***
I like the guitar solo
I loved the music and the singing
I could picture it in my mind
I love the beat in the song and the singing.
I wish i could sing like you
good bye see you soon
Try to not repeat the same words uvwis it will be brillnt.
I dont like it sorry
I loved the guitar solo
and the singing i loved the beat to .
Really I only like the Guitar solo but I like the singing too!
Love the song!
Hi Katie Well done for listening to all the story so far. We’ll have one more sometime to sum it all up. It’s been fun reading your comments as you got through the series !
I love it!
This one is the first song I had in Storynory.
Can you recommand me some songs, Bertie?
Dear clair. Thank you for your comments. I’m glad you like Storynory. All the times on the Site are London (GMT). We have a few more songs on Rockford – http://storynory.com/category/rockfords-rock-opera/ It’s a story by our friends – not actually ours. Our version of the Nutcracker has some nice music http://storynory.com/2008/12/15/a-christmas-nutcracker/ and we are planning more songs for next year.
Beartie can you reply to my comment that says “um, beartie is there a diffrent story?”I ment of the chiX series.
Lauren
Hi Lauren, this is the latest chiX story that we have: http://storynory.com/2009/10/17/gladys-and-the-eurovision-song-contest/
IS THERE MORE CHIX and do you have Harry potter books? answer Bertie from Adrian <3
Adrian there will be one more. Hope you caught the eurovision chapter.
Bertie, is the eurovision contest a real contest or just a made up one?
Hi Sarah there really is a Eurovision contest every year, but the particular event in our story is made up of course.
I really like the music and the band is very very nice in the background. The music has energy, and excitement. Thank you
Hi, I was wondering if you are going to hold any writing contests soon? Because I love to write and i didnt know about this till 2008 past the other contest? Will you tell me Bertie?
Thanks,
Sabrinia
Hey,could you make more Eruovision songs?
Love, Starstruck
Ps , please reply!
Dear Starstruck, we have plans for more songs ,but not necessarily Eurovision ones.
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