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Alma Cook, "5000 Candles"
8/14/2026 | 3m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Alma Cook performs "5000 Candles".
Alma Cook is a pop and soul singer songwriter who studied voice in Chicago before immersing herself into the Los Angeles art scene. Luckily for North Dakota she fell head over heals for the town of Williston where she does it all including working with area youth to develop their appreciate for the arts with the Williston Music Intensive.
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Alma Cook, "5000 Candles"
8/14/2026 | 3m 24sVideo has Closed Captions
Alma Cook is a pop and soul singer songwriter who studied voice in Chicago before immersing herself into the Los Angeles art scene. Luckily for North Dakota she fell head over heals for the town of Williston where she does it all including working with area youth to develop their appreciate for the arts with the Williston Music Intensive.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(cheerful guitar music) ♪ There's a lot of people running their mouth ♪ ♪ That don't stay the night, never come through town ♪ ♪ And some other people running about ♪ ♪ That don't take the time to suss you out ♪ ♪ Still, some of us, every night ♪ ♪ We make a toast to you, like isn't it nice ♪ ♪ That somebody had the presence of mind ♪ ♪ To speak over you, let there be light ♪ (cheerful guitar music) ♪ I know it doesn't make me one of a kind ♪ ♪ That I came to you at an opportune time ♪ ♪ And it doesn't mean I'm one of the guys ♪ ♪ But I'm grateful you came and opened my eyes ♪ ♪ Still, none of us, up in the play ♪ ♪ We don't think enough 'bout the beauty we make ♪ ♪ It's all work here, every day ♪ ♪ But when the lights go out, it's then that I say ♪ ♪ Sight to behold ♪ ♪ Nothing you could do would make me go ♪ ♪ We'll let the world judge what they don't know ♪ ♪ Giving me a heartbeat ♪ ♪ Making me never wanna leave ♪ ♪ We'll let the world judge, 'cause they don't see ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles burning bright ♪ ♪ All the light you could handle ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles here at night ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles burning bright ♪ ♪ All the light you could handle ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles here at night ♪ (cheerful guitar music) ♪ They keep telling me it's only a phase ♪ ♪ And then soon enough, I'll see that I'm crazy ♪ ♪ For loving you the way that I do ♪ ♪ Because who could love somebody like you ♪ ♪ They say you're too, too, too dang small ♪ ♪ And I won't pretend it don't matter at all ♪ ♪ But no matter what the trouble ahead ♪ ♪ I still won't regret this time that I spent ♪ ♪ Sight to behold ♪ ♪ Nothing you could do would make me go ♪ ♪ We'll let the world judge what they don't know ♪ ♪ Giving me a heartbeat ♪ ♪ Making me never wanna leave ♪ ♪ We'll let the world judge, 'cause they don't see ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles burning bright ♪ ♪ All the light you could handle ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles here at night ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles burning bright ♪ ♪ All the light you could handle ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles here at night ♪ ♪ I wanna know who did that ♪ ♪ Show me the match that lit that sky ♪ ♪ Look at all those candles ♪ ♪ Ode to the light that caught my eye ♪ ♪ Never could forget that ♪ ♪ Stealing my breath and I don't mind ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles ♪ ♪ 5,000 candles here at night ♪ (cheerful guitar music) - [Announcer] Funded by the North Dakota Council on the Arts and by the members of Prairie Public.
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