The Song Knows

[dreadhead7]

Oh my GAWD, this is scary!!! Boann, Sloww, and AoA, you folks have EXACTLY the same taste in music as I!!! How kewl!

I don't listen to much music in English, but when I do, I listen to exactly the same type of stuff as you guys. I absoltely adore Sting, and have several of his CD's.

Mao Tse Tung--I like Nirvana, too.

My sig is taken from a song, but I'm not going to post it because most of the lyrics are not in English.

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"Shake the world beneath your feet up"
--Johnny Clegg

 

[The Green Destiny]

This is from my change from Johan511 to The Green Destiny.
01- The Grudge
Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity.
Calculate what we will or will not tolerate.
Desperate to control all and everything.
Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.

Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Justify denials and grip 'em to the lonesome end.
Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Terrified of being wrong. Ultimatum prison cell.

Saturn ascends, choose one or ten. Hang on or be humbled again.

Clutch it like a cornerstone. Otherwise it all comes down.
Justify denials and grip 'em to the lonesome end.
Saturn ascends, comes round again.
Saturn ascends, the one, the ten. Ignorant to the damage done.

Wear the grudge like a crown of negativity.
Calculate what we will or will not tolerate.
Desperate to control all and everything.
Unable to forgive your scarlet lettermen.

Wear the grudge like a crown. Desperate to control.
Unable to forgive. And we're sinking deeper.

Defining, confining, controlling, and we're sinking deeper.

Saturn comes back around to show you everything
Let's you choose what you will not see and then
Drags you down like a stone or lifts you up again
Spits you out like a child, light and innocent.

Saturn comes back around. Lifts you up like a child or
Drags you down like a stone
To consume you till you choose to let this go.

Give away the stone.
Let the oceans take and transmutate this cold and fated anchor.
Give away the stone.
Let the waters kiss and transmutate these leaden grudges into gold.
Let go.



02
Eon Blue Apocalypse

There are no words.



03
The Patient

A groan of tedium escapes me,
Startling the fearful.
Is this a test? It has to be,
Otherwise I can't go on.
Draining patience, drain vitality.
This paranoid, paralyzed vampire act's a little old.

But I'm still right here
Giving blood, keeping faith
And I'm still right here.

Wait it out,
Gonna wait it out,
Be patient (wait it out).

If there were no rewards to reap,
No loving embrace to see me through
This tedious path I've chosen here,
I certainly would've walked away by now.
Gonna wait it out.

If there were no desire to heal
The damaged and broken met along
This tedious path I've chosen here
I certainly would've walked away by now.

And I still may ... (sigh) ... I still may.

Be patient.
I must keep reminding myself of this.

And if there were no rewards to reap,
No loving embrace to see me through
This tedious path I've chosen here,
I certainly would've walked away by now.
And I still may.

Gonna wait it out.



04
Mantra

...



05
Schism

I know the pieces fit cuz I watched them fall away
Mildewed and smoldering. Fundamental differing.
Pure intention juxtaposed will set two lovers souls in motion
Disintegrating as it goes testing our communication
The light that fueled our fire then has burned a hole between us so
We cannot see to reach an end crippling our communication.

I know the pieces fit cuz I watched them tumble down
No fault, none to blame it doesn't mean I don't desire to
Point the finger, blame the other, watch the temple topple over.
To bring the pieces back together, rediscover communication

The poetry that comes from the squaring off between,
And the circling is worth it.
Finding beauty in the dissonance.

There was a time that the pieces fit, but I watched them fall away.
Mildewed and smoldering, strangled by our coveting
I've done the math enough to know the dangers of our second guessing
Doomed to crumble unless we grow, and strengthen our communication.

Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any
Sense of compassion
Between supposed lovers/brothers



06
Parabol

So familiar and overwhelmingly warm
This one, this form I hold now.
Embracing you, this reality here,
This one, this form I hold now, so
Wide eyed and hopeful.
Wide eyed and hopefully wild.

We barely remember what came before this precious moment,
Choosing to be here right now. Hold on, stay inside...
This body holding me, reminding me that I am not alone in
This body makes me feel eternal. All this pain is an illusion.



07
Parabola

We barely remember who or what came before this precious moment,
We are choosing to be here right now. Hold on, stay inside
This holy reality, this holy experience.
Choosing to be here in

This body. This body holding me. Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion.

Alive, I

In this holy reality, in this holy experience. Choosing to be here in

This body. This body holding me. Be my reminder here that I am not alone in
This body, this body holding me, feeling eternal
All this pain is an illusion.

Twirling round with this familiar parable.
Spinning, weaving round each new experience.
Recognize this as a holy gift and celebrate this chance to be alive and breathing.

This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality.
Embrace this moment. Remember. We are eternal.
All this pain is an illusion.



08
Ticks and Leeches

Suck and suck.
Suckin up all you can, suckin up all you can suck.
Workin up under my patience like a little tick.
Fat little parasite.

Suck me dry.
My blood is bruised and borrowed. You thieving bastards.
You have turned my blood cold and bitter,
beat my compassion black and blue.

Hope this is what you wanted.
Hope this is what you had in mind.
Cuz this is what you're getting.
I hope you're choking. I hope you choke on this.

Taken all I can, taken all I can, we(?) can take.
Taken all you can, taken all you can ****in' take
Got nothing left to give to you.
Blood suckin parasitic little tick/blood suckin parasitic little tick
Take what you want and then go.

Hope this is what you wanted.
Hope this is what you had in mind.
Cuz this is what you're getting.

Suck me dry.
Is this what you wanted?
Is this what you had in mind?
Cuz this this is what you're getting.
I hope you choke.



09
Lateralus

Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
lets me see.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
drawn beyond the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.

Black then white are all I see in my infancy.
red and yellow then came to be, reaching out to me.
lets me see there is so much more
and beckons me to look through to these infinite possibilities.
As below, so above and beyond, I imagine
drawn outside the lines of reason.
Push the envelope. Watch it bend.

Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving all these opportunities behind.

Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.
Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.

I embrace my desire to
feel the rhythm, to feel connected
enough to step aside and weep like a widow
to feel inspired, to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral
of our divinity and still be a human.

With my feet upon the ground I lose myself
between the sounds and open wide to suck it in,
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out,
I'm reaching for the random or what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.

Spiral out. Keep going, going...



10
Disposition

Mention this to me
Mention something, mention anything


... and watch the weather change.



11
Reflection

I have come curiously close to the end, down
Beneath my self-indulgent pitiful hole,
Defeated, I concede and
Move closer
I may find comfort here
I may find peace within the emptiness
How pitiful

It's calling me...

And in my darkest moment, fetal and weeping
The moon tells me a secret - my confidant
As full and bright as I am
This light is not my own and
A million light reflections pass over me

Its source is bright and endless
She resuscitates the hopeless
Without her, we are lifeless satellites drifting

And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt
Don't wanna be down here feeding my narcissism.
I must crucify the ego before it's far too late
I pray the light lifts me out
Before I pine away.

So crucify the ego, before it's far too late
To leave behind this place so negative and blind and cynical,
And you will come to find that we are all one mind
Capable of all that's imagined and all conceivable.
Just let the light touch you
And let the words spill through
And let them pass right through
Bringing out our hope and reason ...
before we pine away.



12
Triad

There are no words.





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I am. That is enough. I have all the promise that each day offers to me. I am. The past is nothing but what has brought you here and the future is what you make of today. I am. We are each a force in life.

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Glad to hear that, Dread.

So this one is for you.

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
Sting

JUST A CASTAWAY
AN ISLAND LOST AT SEA OH
ANOTHER LONELY DAY
NO ONE HERE BUT ME OH

MORE LONELINESS
THAN ANY MAN COULD BEAR
RESCUE ME BEFORE I
FALL INTO DESPAIR

chorus;
I'LL SEND AND S O S TO THE WORLD
I'LL SEND AND S O S TO THE WORLD
I HOPE THAT SOME GETS MY
I HOPE THAT SOME GETS MY
I HOPE THAT SOME GETS MY
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE
MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE

A YEAR HAS PASSED SINCE I WROTE MY NOTE
BUT I SHOULD NAVE KNOWN THIS RIGHT FROM THE START
ONLY HOPE CAN KEEP ME TOGETHER
LOVE CAN MEN YOUR LIFE
BUT LOVE CAN BREAK YOUR HEART

chorus


WALKED OUT THIS MORNING
DON'T BELIEVE THAT I SAW
A HUNDRED BILLION BOTTLES WASHED UP ON THE SHORE
SEEMS I'M NOT ALONE IN BEING ALONE
A HUNDRED BILLION CASTAWAYS
LOOKING FOR A HOME

chorus

SENDING OUT AND S O S
SENDING OUT AND S O S
SENDING OUT AND S O S
SENDING OUT AND S O S


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[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

chairetismata Paiktis! Glad to have you with us.

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[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

For My sister Boann, get better soon.

Little Pink Houses
John Cougar Melloncamp

There's a black man with a black cat livin' in a black neighborhood
He's got an interstate runnin' through his front yard
You know he thinks that he's got it so good
And there's a woman in the kitchen cleanin' up the evenin' slop
And he looks at her and says, "Hey darlin',
I can remember when you could stop a clock."

Chorus:
Oh but ain't that America for you and me
Ain't that America somethin' to see baby
Ain't that America home of the free
Little pink houses for you and me

There's a young man in a t-shirt
Listenin' to a rockin' rollin' station
He's got greasy hair, greasy smile
He says, "Lord this must be my destination."
'Cause they told me when I was younger
"Boy you're gonna be president."
But just like everything else those old crazy dreams
Just kinda came and went

Chorus

Well there's people and more people
What do they know know know
Go to work in some high rise
And vacation down at the Gulf of Mexico
Ooh yeah
And there's winners and there's losers
But they ain't no big deal
'Cause the simple man baby pays for the thrills,
the bills, the pills that kill

Chorus



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[dreadhead7]

Thanks AoA, I DO like that song!

Now, here's one from me:


Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin


When are you gonna come down
When are you going to land
I should have stayed on the farm
I should have listened to my old man

You know you can't hold me forever
I didn't sign up with you
I'm not a present for your friends to open
This boy's too young to be singing the blues

Chorus
So goodbye yellow brick road
Where the dogs of society howl
You can't plant me in your penthouse
I'm going back to my plough

Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Hunting the horny back toad
Oh I've finally decided my future lies
Beyond the yellow brick road

What do you think you'll do then
I bet that'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again

Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground

Repeat Chorus--

Hope this isn't a repeat--I love Elton John, and this is my second favorite song of his. My favorite is "Bennie And The Jets".

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"Shake The World Beneath Your Feet Up"
--Johnny Clegg

[This message has been edited by dreadhead7 (edited August 30, 2001).]

 

[dreadhead7]

Now, here's another of my favorites:

Straighten Up And Fly Right
(Nathaniel Cole, Irving Mills)

A buzzard took a monkey for a ride in the air,
The monkey thought that everything was on the square.
The buzzard tried to throw the monkey off his back,
The monkey grabbed his neck and said, "Now listen, Jack..."

"Straighten up and fly right,
Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."
"Ain't no use in divin',
What's the use in jivin'?
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

The buzzard told the monkey, "You're chokin' me.
Release your hold and I'll set you free."
The monkey looked the buzzard right dead in the eye and said,
"Your story's so touching, but it sounds jes' like a lie."

"Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow your top."

~interlude~

"Straighten up and fly right
Straighten up and stay right
Straighten up and fly right
Cool down, papa, don't you blow - your - top."

Fly right!

I grew up listening to Nat "King" Cole, and this is one of my favorites.

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"Shake the world beneath your feet up"
--Johnny Clegg

 

[boann]

WILD THING
Sung by The Troggs



Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, I think I love you
But I wanna know for sure
Come on and hold me tight
I love you

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing, I think you move me
But I wanna know for sure
So c'mon hold me tight
You move me

Wild thing
You make my heart sing
You make everything groovy
Wild thing

Wild thing
C'mon, c'mon, wild thing
Shake it, shake it, wild thing

 

[boann]

ALWAYS THERE SOMETHING TO REMIND ME
NAKED EYES

I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me,
and every step I take reminds me of just how we used to be.
Well, how can I forget you, girl?
When there is allways something there to remind me.
always something there to remind me.
As shadows fall, I pass a small cafe where we would dance at night(?).
And I can't help recalling how it how it felt to kiss and hold you tight
Well, how can I forget you, girl?
When there is allways something there to remind me.
always something there to remind me.
I was born to love her, and I'll never be free.
You'll always be a part of me.

If you should find you miss the sweet and tender love we used to share.
Just go back to the places where we used to go, and I'll be there
Well, how can I forget you, girl?
When there is allways something there to remind me.
always something there to remind me.
I was born to love her, and I'll never be free
You'll always be a part of me.
'cause there is always something there to remind me.
always something there to remind me.
always something there to remind me.

 

[SlowwHand]

Neil Young day

LONG MAY YOU RUN

We've been through some things together
With trunks of memories still to come
We found things to do in stormy weather
Long may you run.

Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.

Well, it was back in Blind River in 1962
When I last saw you alive
But we missed that shift on the long decline
Long may you run.

Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.

Maybe The Beach Boys have got you now
With those waves singing "Caroline No"
Rollin' down that empty ocean road
Gettin' to the surf on time.

Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.

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AFTER THE GOLDRUSH

Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
In armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and
Drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowing
To the sun
That was floating on the breeze.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst thru the sky.
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home.
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Are There Any More Real Cowboys

Are there any more real cowboys
Left out in these hills?
Will the fire hit the iron
One more time?
And will one more dusty pick-up
Coming rolling down the road
With a load of feed before the sun gets high?
Well, I hope that working cowboy never dies.

Not the one that's snortin' cocaine
When the honky-tonk's all closed
But the one that prays for more rain
Heaven knows
That the good feed brings the money
And the money buys the clothes
Not the diamond sequins shining on TV
But the kind the working cowboy really needs.

Are there any more country families
Still working hand in hand
Trying hard to stay together
And make a stand?
While the rows and rows of houses
Come creepin' up on the land
Where the cattle graze and an old grey barn still stands
Are there any more real cowboys in this land?

Are there any more real cowboys in this land?


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[SlowwHand]

NOBODY TOLD ME
John Lennon

Everybody's talking and on one says a word
Everybody's making love and no one really cares
There's Nazis in the bathroom just below the stairs

Always something happening and nothin going on
There's always something cooking and nothing in the pot
They're starving back in China, so finish what you got

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed, strange days indeed

Everybody's runnin and no one makes a move
Well everybody's a winner and nothing left to lose
There's a little yellow idol to the north of Katmandu

Everybody's flying and no one leaves the ground
Well everybody's crying and no one makes a sound
There's a place for us in movies, you just gotta stay around

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed, most peculiar mama

Everybody's smoking and no one's getting high
Everybody's flying and never touch the sky
There's UFO's over in New York and I ain't too surprised

Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Nobody told me there'd be days like these
Strange days indeed, most peculiar mama



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[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

For my baby.

Burnin' for you

Blue Oyster Cult

Home in the valley
Home in the city
Home isn't pretty
Ain't no home for me

Home in the darkness
Home on the highway
Home isn't my way
Home I'll never be

Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I can't see no reason to put up a fight
I'm living for givin' the devil his due
And I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you
I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you

Time is the essence
Time is the season
Time ain't no reason
Got no time to slow

Time everlasting
Time to play B-sides
Time ain't on my side
Time I'll never know

Burn out the day
Burn out the night
I'm not the one to tell you what's wrong and what's right
I've seen suns that were freezing and lives that were through
And I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you
I'm burnin', I'm burnin', I'm burnin' for you




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[Paiktis22]

Dandy Warhols
Bohemian Like you

You've got a great car
yeah what's wrong with it today
I used to have one too
maybe I'll come and have a look

I really love
your hairdo yeah
I'm glad you like mine too
see we're looking pretty cool
gotcha

So what do you do
oh yeah I wait tables too
no I haven't heard your band
'cause you guys are pretty new

but if you dig
on vegan food
well come over to my work
I'll have them cook you
something that you'd really love

'cause I like you
yeah I like you
and I feel so bohemian
like you

'cause I like you
yeah I like you
and I feel oh ho woo

who's that guy
just hanging at your pad
he's looking kinda bum
yeah you broke up that's too bad

I guess it's fair
if he always pays the rent
and he doesn't get bend
about sleeping on the couch when I'm there

'cause I like you
yeah I like you
and I feel so bohemian like you

'cause I like you
yeah I like you and I feel
oh ho woo


I'm getting ???? and I feel so bohemian like you
it's you that I want so please
jus a casual casual easy thing
is it? it is for me

'cause I like you
yeah I like you
and I feel so bohemian like you
'cause I like you
yeah I like you
and I feel oh ho woo

 

[SlowwHand]

I've Got A Rock 'n' Roll Heart
by Troy Seals, Eddie Setser and Steve Diamond
Performed by Eric Clapton

I've got a feeling we could be serious, girl;
Right at this moment, I could promise you the world.
Before we go crazy, before we explode,
There's something 'bout me, baby, you got to know, you got to know.

I get off on 57 Chevys;
I get off on screaming guitar.
Like the way it hits me every time it hits me.
I've got a rock and roll, I've got a rock and roll heart.

Feels like we're falling into the arms of the night,
So if you're not ready, don't be holdin' me so tight.
I guess there's nothing left for me to explain;
Here's what you're gettin' and I don't want to change, I don't want to change.

Chorus

I don't need to glitter, no Hollywood,
All you got to do is lay it down and you lay it down good.

Chorus



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[TrailblazingScot]

The way I felt the first time I realised I was in love was the way I feel when I listen to this song...I recommend it as a DEFINITE anti-depressant...

(audiogalaxy has it...well worth the download)

SUNSHINE by Van der Graaf Generator
(from the "Aerosol Grey Machine" album.

Oh, suddenly things begin to come clear in my mind as I look into the land laid bare by your eyes;
E-S/M attractions are working behind my thought,
I can't help my feelings, the way that my emotions are over-wrought.

CHORUS:
Good morning, sunshine!
You're all around my head,
Good morning, sunshine!
I'm ready to be led.
Good morning, sunshine!
You know how sad it makes me to see you unhappy
so smile, spread sunshine all around....

How sweet it would be to be chained by your side; how sweet if you would strip my worried mind.
Your blonde/brown hair hangs down on you,
how I wish that it hung on me,
there's something in your allure, that makes me know I'll never again be free.

CHORUS

I'd like to run on the clouds with my liberty,
but for you I'd get hooked and float six inches mud-free.
The sight of your smile just makes me want to jump and clap;
the fact that you may be owed to someone else can't entirely tight your trap.

CHORUS

Another song I recommend -but for different reasons- is Vision from the same album...

I have a vision of you, locked inside my head;
it creeps upon my mind, and warms me in my bed.
A vision shimering, shifting
moving in false firelight;
a vision of a vision,
protecting me from fear at night,
as the seasons roll on, and my love stays strong.

I don't know where you end, and where it is that I begin.
I simply open my mind and the memories flood on in.
I remember waking up with your arms around me;
I remember losing myself
and finding that you'd found me,
as the seasons rolled on, and my love stayed strong.

Be my child, be my lover,
swallow me up in your fire-glow.
Take my tongue, take my torment,
take my hand and don't let go.
Let me live in your life,
for you make it all seem to matter.
Let me die in your arms,
so the vision may never shatter.
The seasons roll on;
my love stays strong.


AND FINALLY from Peter Hammill's album OVER this song...which is a brilliant song about failed love...

Thinking back, it seems that I
can lie beside you as I never truly did,
in afterglow -
no afterwords at all.
Only writing love songs when it's gone and dead;
only paying words out in strings of half-forgotten sentiments...
I mean...
I meant...
I never really quite could say the way it was.

The first time that we met I said 'I bet that she's the one',
but I was talking to myself then, as always.
As time went by our steps entwined, unwritten lines drew taut
and I tried to find a way to make it all safe....
Into the play - what a production! -
into the days and ever more suction:
you hold me close, but hold me farther
away from yourself - I make me a martyr,
for pain and love go hand in hand....
And hand in hand go you and my friend,
you are his and I am yours and just cannot evade you;
my days a dream, my nights unseemly,
stolen moments all I live for,
but theft is no way to persuade you
to come with me, leave him behind you;
my hurtful eyes try to remind you
it's all I can do to keep from screaming
'I love you, I love you!' - I wish I was dreaming,
but the steps we take all leave footprints....

Sooner or later the whole thing will be blown:
you will leave him or I'll be left here, alone.
Either way someone loses someone
but I won't mind that, I just would quite like to know
who we love the most -
well, I guess that's ourselves.

The days are strange, at night we're strangers,
lie in bed and lie inside our heads,
we come no closer than as dancers.
Your eyes are change, your presence danger,
won't look me in the face and yet
you kiss and make up the answer
to all the questions that fly unanswered, unreasoned -
death in the sky, death in the season.
If you leave me now, it might nearly kill me....
Remember me?
Remember we three?

It all seemed so important at the time,
we came so close to wrecking all our lives,
and now it's all just song lines.
Time heals,
time heals -
oh, but I still bear the weals.

Thinking back, it seems that I
can lie beside you as I never truly did,
in afterglow -
no afterwords at all.
Only writing love songs when it's gone and dead,
only paying words out: streams of half-forgotten sentiments...
I mean...
I meant...
I never really quite could say
the way it was.

P.S "Anna my Love" by Harvey Andrews is another love song worth the download (only about 2.5 Mb)...


The thread MUST go on!


[This message has been edited by kittenOFchaos (edited September 02, 2001).]

 

[Paiktis22]

Originally posted by SlowwHand:
I've Got A Rock 'n' Roll Heart
by Troy Seals, Eddie Setser and Steve Diamond
Performed by Eric Clapton

wow. I really liked the lyrics of that song. I'll check it out

 

[SlowwHand]

The Fish Cheer & I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag
Country Joe McDonald
(not as performed at Woodstock <IMG SRC="http://forums.civfanatics.com/ubb/biggrin.gif" border=0>

)

Gimme an F!


F!
Gimme an I!

I!
Gimme an S!

S!
Gimme an H!

H!
What's that spell ?

FISH!
What's that spell ?

FISH!
What's that spell ?

FISH!
Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,
Uncle Sam needs your help again.
He's got himself in a terrible jam
Way down yonder in Vietnam
So put down your books and pick up a gun,
We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on generals, let's move fast;
Your big chance has come at last.
Gotta go out and get those reds —
The only good commie is the one who's dead
And you know that peace can only be won
When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam;
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Huh!

Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow,
Why man, this is war au-go-go.
There's plenty good money to be made
By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,
Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,
They drop it on the Viet Cong.

And it's one, two, three,
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Well, come on mothers throughout the land,
Pack your boys off to Vietnam.
Come on fathers, don't hesitate,
Send 'em off before it's too late.
Be the first one on your block
To have your boy come home in a box.

And it's one, two, three
What are we fighting for ?
Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,
Next stop is Vietnam.
And it's five, six, seven,
Open up the pearly gates,
Well there ain't no time to wonder why,
Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

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It's In The Way That You Use It
Tuatha De Danann Tribe
ICQ 51553293

[This message has been edited by SlowwHand (edited September 03, 2001).]

 

[Simon Darkshade]

A couple of additions.

Barry’s Column

From East to West, from North to South,
They tried to hunt the column out
But the Tans were forced to go without
The boys of Barry's Column

In armoured cars they came to stay,
And wipe the Irish cowards away
But oh, the lovely holiday
Was stopped by Barry's Column

Oh but isn't great to see
The Tommies and the R.I.C
The Black And Tans and the Staters flee
Away from Barry's Column

Lloyd George might have some wiley tricks
On how the volunteers to fix
Yet all his Black And Tans go sick
When they think of Barry's Column

His ships all come in red and black,
No tanks or war equipment lack
Yet o'er the sea, they'll ne'er get back
If caught by Barry's Column

Along the lonely road they wind
Armed in front, and armed behind
"We're sorry, but that bridge is mine"
Said the lads of Barry's Column

They stopped to rest just for a spell
Some hand-grenades upon them fell
"Here sort them out among yourselves"
Said the lads from Barry's Column

Oh but isn't it great to see,
The Staters and the R.I.C
The Tommies and the Tans all flee
Away from Barry's Column


The Pub With No Beer

It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer

Now the publican's anxious for the quota to come
There's a faraway look on the face of the bum
The maid's gone all cranky and the cook's acting queer
What a terrible place is a pub with no beer

The stockman rides up with his dry, dusty throat
He breasts up to the bar, pulls a wad from his coat
But the smile on his face quickly turns to a sneer
When the barman says suddenly: "The pub's got no beer!"

There's a dog on the verandah, for his master he waits
But the boss is inside drinking wine with his mates
He hurries for cover and he cringes in fear
It's no place for a dog round a pub with no beer

Then in comes the swagman, all covered with flies
He throws down his roll, wipes the sweat from his eyes
But when he is told he says, "What's this I hear?
I've trudged fifty flamin' miles to a pub with no beer!"

Old Billy, the blacksmith, the first time in his life
Has gone home cold sober to his darling wife
He walks in the kitchen; she says: "You're early, me dear"
Then he breaks down and he tells her that the pub's got no beer

It's lonesome away from your kindred and all
By the campfire at night where the wild dingos call
But there's nothin' so lonesome, so dull or so drear
Than to stand in the bar of a pub with no beer




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Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.
- N.S.Khrushchev

 

[Simon Darkshade]

A trio of songs by The Screaming Jets, a nice, quiet Australian gospel group known for their restrained demeanour and refined manners

Better

You still didn't know what happened, when you knocked upon my door.
The things you had and the life you lived, all the dreams you had before.
Your eyes, your face, your heart and soul, you know they said it all.
What happened on that day back then, the moment hurt us all.
Now you can see the reason why not everyone's the same,
but you don't have to please them, or try hard to save your name.
They say you'd never get anywhere.
Well, they don't care and it's just not fair, but you know and I know better.
Yes I do.
Well the weeks go by and you wonder why, is this really true?
Your heard said no but your feelings showed the whole thing you never new.
You and I, we knew deep down that ain't really you.
We always knew that it would work out right, and we could start anew.
Now you can see the reason why not everyone's the same,
but you don't have to please them, or try hard to save your name.
They say you'd never get anywhere.
Well, they don't care and it's just not fair, but you know and I know better.
Things ain't always what they seem, so wake up man get outta you dream.
Things ain't always what they seem so wake up.
Things ain't always what they seem, wake up man, your in my dream, things ain't always...... 1 2 3 4
They said you'd never get anywhere, they don’t care, it's just not fair.
You're never gonna get anywhere, that's what they tell me.
Never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, gonna get anywhere,
they don't care, that's not fair.
They say you’ll never get anywhere, they don’t care and it’s just not fair
That you know and I know.


Helping Hand

Sometimes, things get a little hazy
Sometimes, I think I'm just a little crazy
I don't even know my own name
Soon all of me will go up in flames
Wearing scars, on my arms and in my eyes
Are you friends or enemies in disguise
So hard, when everything just runs against me
Jealous words, turn into a love/hate frenzy
Won't someone, lend me a helping hand
Time is up, to the time thats left undone
Time to grab my hat, grab my coat, I gotta load my gun
Silly things always always are the ones that turn out worst
And it seams
The ones that love you always hurt you the most
Won't someone, please understand
Won't someone, lend me a helping hand
Won't someone, please take the time to think
That your actions and words
They don't always say what they mean
Since I was a child, I used to dream of many things
Superstars, the bizzare, kings and their pretty queens
Now it seems, I need a shot, a drink to jog my thoughts
Why does this happen all the time
Is ti, is it just because
Because no-one will understand
Won't someone, lend me a helping hand
Won't someone, take the time to think
That your actions and words
They don't always say what they mean.


Sad Song

How about a sad song to help me get further down
So down like I’m drowning, so down like I’m dying
How about a song to pull the rug from under me
When I was O.K, when I was sane
When I found my way, Yeah
How about a warning when the body’s already dowsed
And It’s ready for burning, to late to learn
How about a reunion when everybody’s gone away
They don’t want to see you, They don’t want to find out that you’re doing O.K
Will you be the first one when things get me down
Will you be the first one to bring me around
Resurrect my sense of believing
Cause’ I sure could use the feeling
Got to get a handle, got to climb up another rung
I’m tired of being down, I don’t want to drown
I’m gonna walk, gonna walk, like a walking time bomb
I don’t want to go off, but I will if I’m forced to run
Will you be the first one when things get me down
Will you be the first one to bring me around
Resurrect my sense of believing
Cause’ I sure could use the feeling
Something in the way I feel, makes me want to run
There’s something in the way you lead me.
That stop’s my head from making my body go
How about a sad song to make me get further down
Got to get ahead got to climb another rung
Will you be the first one when things get me down
Will you be the first one to bring me around
Resurrect my sense of healing Cause’ I sure could use it
Will you be the first one when things get me down
Will you be the first one to bring me around
Resurrect my sense of believing
Cause’ I sure could use the feeling




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Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.
- N.S.Khrushchev

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Here is one that Slowwhand will probably not like

as it strays a bit away from the blues traditions of his little band of yard birds....

For Your Love (Yardbirds)

For your love.
For your love.
For your love.

I'd give you everything and more, and that's for sure.
For your love.
I'd bring you diamond rings and things right to your door.
For your love.

To thrill you with delight, I'll give you diamonds bright.
There'll be things that will excite,
To make you dream of me at night.

For your love.
For your love.
For your love.

For your love, for your love,
I would give the stars above.
For your love, for your love,
I would give you all I could.

For your love.
For your love.
For your love.

I'd give the moon if it were mine to give.
For your love.
I'd give the stars and the sun 'fore I live.
For your love.

To thrill you with delight,
I'll give you diamonds bright.
There'll be things that will excite,
To make you dream of me at night.

For your love.
For your love.
For your love.
For your love.




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Whether you like it or not, history is on our side. We will bury you.
- N.S.Khrushchev