Shirley Bassey - Tonight I Celebrate My Love (w/ Les Dawson) / I Am What I Am

1989 (Appearance on Les Dawson TV Special)

LYRICS - Tonight I Celebrate My Love:
Tonight I celebrate my love for you
It seems the natural thing to do
Tonight no one's gonna find us
We'll leave the world behind us
When I make love to you
Tonight I celebrate my love for you
And hope that deep inside you feel it too
Tonight our spirits will be climbing
To the sky lit up with diamonds
When I make love to you tonight

Tonight I celebrate my love for you (ooh)
And that midnight song is gonna come shining through
Tonight there'll be no distance between us
What I want most to do
Is to get close to you tonight

Tonight I celebrate my love for you
And soon this old world will seem brand new
Tonight we will both discover
How friends turn into lovers
When I make love to you


LYRICS - I Am What I Am:
I am what I am
I am my own special creation
So come take a look
Give me the hook
or the ovation

It's my world
that I want to have a little pride in
My world
and it's not a place I have to hide in
Life's not worth a damn
till you can say
Hey world
I am what I am

I am what I am
I don't want praise
I don't want pity
I bang my own drum
Some think it's noise
I think it's pretty
And so what if I love each feather and each spangle
Why not try and see things from a different angle
Your life is a sham
till you can say
Hey world
I am what I am

I am what I am
And what I am
needs no excuses
I deal my own deckS
ometimes the ace
Sometimes the deuces

It's my life and there's no return
and no deposit
One life, so it's time to open up your closet

Life's not worth a damn
till you can say
Hey world
I am what I am

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Shirley Bassey
• Les Dawson
• Michael Masser
• Gerald Goffin
• Jerry Herman
• La Cage aux Folles

[Rosannasfriend]

always a cool video! Nice to see my all time favorite performance of I Am What I Am by Shirley back up!

[sas9023055]

@Rosannasfriend -Thks Rosanna... It really is slow going uploading these vids...I was using a batch uploader but it's suddenly decided to not work. While I'm trying to find out why, I am using the youtube uploader, but it really is slow. And, if I enter more than one vid at a time, the system crashes. So, unfortunately, while I'm at work, I can't keep uploading. Hopefully, the batch uploader will be fixed soon.

[HannahXDudeexD]

Les had the wonderful ability to play the piano out of tune but played it well, what a guy! i remember watching his show as a child and loving every minute of it

thank you sir! x

[Bigbearbeau]

what class duo !!!

[1RomanticSoul]

@Paulol100....Thanks so much our Sweet Ann...

Great !!

Hugs, Kisses

Robby&Bob~Cole&Parker

[Paulol100]

RIP Dear Les... We miss you.

[popazz1]

No-one like the late,lamented Les Dawson! And the broad wasn't too bad either!

[starlight76able]

The best verions are Shirley Bassey and Gloria Gaynor of I am what I am

[Thorneycroft37]

Out of this world vocals in I am what i am! Fantastic!

[lydee09]

This guy was really brave to sing with Dame Shirley. This is funny ans sweet at the same time.Thanks for this post!