Need suggestions for a leaving song...

[EvilHomer]

Hi folks,

Looking for suggestions for a meaningful song ie Queen - these are the days of or lives, M People - what have you done today, Westlife - you raise me up. I am a teacher and my 6th year are leaving in a week and I have to choose a song for the leaving assembly. Any suggestions? Let the feelings flow...

[The Big Gill]

Do Anything You Want To Do - Eddie & The Hot Rods

Not a Robbie Williams fan, but didn't he write one for a teacher who told him he wouldn't amount to anything? : )

[robbo82]

Cast- Walkaway
The Beatles- She's Leaving Home
Ben Folds- Fred Jones Part 2

(Or of course Alice Cooper- School's Out!)

[The Big Gill]

Don't Look Back In Anger - Oasis

[enigma]

I think that Baz Lhurmann's "(Everybody's free to wear) Sunscreen" is quite inspirational and very mellow. The common misconception is that it was used as a college graduation speech when in actual fact it was written by a journalist called Mary Schmich who wrote it for the Chicago Tribune as what SHE would have written if she had to write a graduation speech but how cool would that have been if it really had been ? I would love to have left school to a song like that. I always find it quite uplifting when I feel a bit hacked off and after listening to it , I am ready to put the world to right again !

[sophie_1003]

At my year 6 leavers assembly we all sung Rod Stewart- I am Sailing, that was good!

[scubadiver]

What about "Bless the Road" by Mary Black?- very apt lyrics

Remember when we walked on hills of heather
Singing weaving mystical rings
Now in a while my precious child
You will unfurl your wings
And I'll have lost what I believed
Had promised everything
But before you go my friend, my kind companion
Listen to this song I sing

Then go in peace and grow in grace and goodness
Know that you have nothing to fear
And dry your eyes my little one
And let there be no tears
Send me a dream from away beyond
I promise I shall hear
Oh beautiful beloved soul companion
Thank you for those beautiful years

And heaven hold and watch your way forever
May your every dream come true
Forgive all wrong, always be strong
And do what you must do
You stand before this open door
And you must now go through
My precious friend, my own my sweet companion
Bless the road that carries you
My precious friend, my own my sweet companion
Bless the road that carries you

[Dizzieblonde]

We Don't Need No Education - Pink Floyd;
Schools Out For The Summer - Alice Cooper;

[maxximus]

maxi priest's version of cat steven's "wild world"

[Machecoul]

Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
Youre only dancing on this earth for a short while
And though your dreams may toss and turn you now
They will vanish away like your daddys best jeans
Denim blue fading up to the sky
And though you want them to last forever
You know they never will
You know they never will
And the patches make the goodbye harder still

Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
Therell never be a better chance to change your mind
And if you want this world to see a better day
Will you carry the words of love with you
Will you ride the great white bird into heaven
And though you want to last forever
You know you never will
You know you never will
And the goodbye makes the journey harder still

Oh very young
What will you leave us this time
Youre only dancing on this earth for a short while
Oh very young
What will you leave us this time

Cat Stevens again

[bonbon28]

'Proud' by Heather Small.

[Rock'n'Roll]

School is Out. - Gary US Bonds
Hit the road Jack--Ray Charles

[Rock'n'Roll]

Silhoutes- Get A Job

[Eastender]

To Sir With Love by Lulu

[debzy]

M People - Moving on Up

Thats the song they played at my primary school when i left...all 8 yrs ago! i feel so old!