This Song's For You

[starlifter]

This song, as rendered by Tenessee singer Lee Greenwood, became our "infomal anthem" of the Persian Gulf War in 1990-91. It could really get you going, even at the end of long 28 and 32 and 38 hour days.


God Bless the U.S.A.

If tomorrow all the things were gone
I'd worked for all my life,
And I had to start again
with just my children and my wife,
I'd thank my lucky stars
to be living here today,
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom
and they can't take that away.

I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died
who gave that right to me,
And I gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today,
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

From the lakes of Minnesota
to the hills of Tennessee,
Across the plains of Texas
from sea to shining sea.
From Detroit down to Houston
and New York to L.A.,
There's pride in every American heart
and it's time we stand and say:

I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died
who gave that right to me,
And I gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today,
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

 

[Magnus]

Originally posted by starlifter
This song, as rendered by Tenessee singer Lee Greenwood, became our "infomal anthem" of the Persian Gulf War in 1990-91. It could really get you going, even at the end of long 28 and 32 and 38 hour days.

Hmmm I knew the Middle East was different - but I had NO idea their days had more hours than ours!

 

[SlowwHand]

Good one, Starlifter.
That's played at the American Legion Post, probably every day. People in a circle, hands joined.
Not just for the last month, but for a long time.



THANK YOU FOR BEING A FRIEND
Andrew Gold

Thank you for being a friend
Traveled down a road and back again
Your heart is true, you're a pal and a confidant

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

And if you threw a party
Invited everyone you knew
You would see the biggest gift would be from me
And the card attached would say

Thank you for being a friend

If it's a car you lack
I'd surely buy you a Cadillac
Whatever you need any time of the day or night

I'm not ashamed to say
I hope it always will stay this way
My hat is off, won't you stand up and take a bow

And when we both get older
With walking canes and hair of gray
Have no fear even though it's hard to hear
I will stand real close and say

Thank you for being a friend

And when we die
And float away
Into the night
The milky way
You'll hear me call
As we ascend
I'll say your name
Then once again

Thank you for being a friend

 

[starlifter]

Hmmm I knew the Middle East was different - but I had NO idea their days had more hours than ours!

LOL, you haven't been on "military time" before, eh? The Middle East is not on a non-24 hour day, but we sure were!!! The body clocks and bizarre surnise/sunset daylight/darkness schedule as you fly east-west and west-east makes it even tougher that sitting at home and staying on a 28 hour per day schedule! It is weird to have 4 days in a week, literally. You have 4 or 5 days, and one week has suddenly elapsed! Lee Greenwood's rendition, and the words in the song, really did help and will always evoke a special feeling for a lot of us.

 

[Sixchan]

Getting back to songs, here's my favourite Barenaked Ladies song:

New Kid on the Block

I didn't ask to be famous, but I'm not sore.
'Cause you can see my face on the window of every store.
You can by my lunch box, and you can wear my clothes.
You can remember my name as plain as the face under your nose.

I'm a New Kid on the Block,
Though I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach.
So we may not write the songs we sing,
But look at Elvis, he sold his soul and you crowned him king.

I didn't ask to be famous, but I'm not sad.
You see I've got everything that I always wished I had.
I thank my manager and I thank the screaming girls.
I thank my hairdresser for giving me such beautiful curls.

Now I'm a new kid on the block.
Well I'm 23 and they won't let me grow up.
I went down to register for the draft,
Well I got up to the counter and the lady there just laughed.

She said you're a new kid on the block,
Young girls scream and old boys mock.
Well you broke my youngest daughter's heart.
I knew you kids were trouble from the start.

I didn't ask to be famous, but I'm not sure,
we're as apple pie as you always thought we were.
I can stay up all night, I can have a blast.
I can breakdance I can fight,
I can kick your sorry ass.

I'm a new kid on the block.
Though I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach.
There's no need to be afraid of us.
Though it might just be your daughter on our bus.

I'm a new kid on the block.
Though I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach.
There's no need to be afraid of us.
Though it might just be your daughter on our bus.

 

[SlowwHand]

The Hurt
Cat Stevens

You say you want to seek the truth, but it's hard to find
No one to help you, your friends don't have the time
So you ride around in your car, switch on the radio
You want to relate to something you once read in a book
What kind of a way to try to take a look

Until I got hurt I was looking, I was on my way
Until I got hurt, until I got hurt, darling I painted my face grey
Until I got hurt, 'til I got hurt, why didn't I
I didn't think of this until I got hurt
'Till I got hurt, baby, I didn't know what love is

You say you want to learn to laugh 'cause music makes you cry
But the tears you shed are only in your eye
So you turn to any phoney mouth with a tale to tell
But he's just a hoaxer don't you know, selling peace and religion
Between his jokes and his karma chewing gum

Until I got hurt, I was looking, I was the same as you
Untii I got hurt, until I got hurt, I did not know what to do
Until I got hurt, 'till I got hurt, why didn't [
I didn't think of this until I got hurt
'Till I got hurt, baby, I didn't know what love is

Young son, don't let me down, young son
I'm trusting you to keep on, never turn away now
Hold on, never let go, now hold on
Turn your heart to the bright sun
Love will come your way
Cos 'till you make that final show
You'll never know what love you've been missing
Missing

You say you want to seek the truth but you work alone
No one to help you and nobody to push you on
So you sit at home drinking your wine, television on
You wait for a miracle, cos you say one day one'll come along
( But wishful thinking, boy) any minute now ! You might be gone
I'd like to help you brother but that would be wrong

Until I got hurt, I was looking, I was on my way
Until I got hurt, until I got hurt, darling I didn't know which way
Until I got hurt, 'till I got hurt, why didn't I
I didn't think of this until I got hurt
'Till I got hurt, baby, I didn't know what love is

Until I got hurt, oh I didn't know what love is

 

[stormerne]

This won't suit everyone but I like it. I like the sentiment and I like the band's performance. There's a bit of black humour in it to be sure, but I can join the toast at the end, and not just because Halloween is approaching. But hey, this song's for me.


No One Lives Forever!
Oingo Boingo

You worry too much
You make yourself sad
You can't change fate
But don't feel so bad
Enjoy it while you can
It's just like the weather
So quit complaining brother...
No one lives forever!

Let's have a party there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and I don't want to die

I'm so happy dancing while the grim reaper
cuts, cuts, cuts
But he can't get me (I'm as)
Clever as can be, and I'm very quick, but don't forget
No one lives forever!

You think you got it rough
What about your darling doggy?
Ten short years
And he's getting old and groggy
I don't think it's very fair
Cold, chop, low
But it's all relative my friend 'cause
No one lives forever!

Let's have a party there's a full moon in the sky
It's the hour of the wolf and I don't want to die (but...)

No one beats him at his game
For very long but just the same
Who cares, there's no place safe to hide
Nowhere to run--no time to cry
So celebrate while you still can
'Cause any second it may end
And when it's all been said and done
Better that you had some fun
Instead of hiding in a shell
Why make your life a living hell?
So have a toast, and down the cup
And drink to bones that turn to dust ('cause...)
No one, no one, no one, no one...
No one lives forever! (Hey!)

 

[SlowwHand]

One has to have some character lines to fully appreciate.
I do.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

A few little ditties for your eruditition (if that ain't a real word, I'll take out the patent )

Kenny Rogers
The Gambler



On a warm summers evening
On a train bound for nowhere
I met up with a gambler
We were both too tired to sleep
So we took turns a-staring
Out the window at the darkness
The boredom overtook us
And he began to speak

He said, son I've made my life
Out of reading people's faces
And knowing what the cards were
By the way they held their eyes
So if you don't mind my sayin'
I can see you're out of aces
For a taste of your whiskey
I'll give you some advice

So I handed him my bottle
And he drank down my last swallow
Then he bummed a cigarette
And asked me for a light
And the night got deathly quiet
And his face lost all expression
Said, if you're gonna play the game, boy
You gotta learn to play it right

{Refrain}
You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em
Know when to walk away, know when to run
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table
There'll be time enough for countin', when the dealin's done

Now, every gambler knows
The secret to survivin'
Is knowing what to throw away
Knowing what to keep
'Cause every hand's a winner
And every hand's a loser
And the best you can hope for
Is to die in your sleep

So when he'd finished speakin'
He turned back toward the window
Crushed out the cigarette
And faded off to sleep
Then somewhere in the darkness
The gambler he broke even
But in his final words I found
An ace that I could keep

{Refrain thrice}


ZZ Top
Sharp Dressed Man



Clean shirt, new shoes
And I don't know where I am goin' to
Silk suit, black tie
I don't need a reason why
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

Gold watch, diamond ring
I ain't missin' not a single thing
And cufflinks, stick pin
When I step out I'm gonna do you in
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

Top coat, top hat
'N' I don't worry 'cause my wallet's fat
Black shades, white glove
Lookin' sharp and lookin' for love
They come runnin' just as fast as they can
'Cause every girl crazy 'bout a sharp dressed man

Donovan
Sunshine Superman



Sunshine came softly through my a-window today
Coulda tripped out easy, but I've a-changed my ways
It'll take time, I know it, but in a while
You're gonna be mine, I know it, we'll do it in style

{Refrain}
'Cause I've made my mind up you're going to be mine
I'll tell you right now
Any trick in the book now, baby, all that I can find

Superman or Green Lantern ain't got a-nothin' on me
I can make like a turtle and dive for a-pearls in the sea
A-you can just sit there thinkin' on your velvet throne
Yes, about all the rainbows a-you can have for your own

{Refrain}

Everybody's hustlin' just to have a little scene
When I say we'll be cool, I think that you know what I mean
We stood on a beach at sunset do you remember when
I know a beach where, baby, a-it never ends

When you've made your mind up forever to be mine
Hm-m-m-m-m
I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind

{Refrain}

Superman or Green Lantern ain't got a-nothin' on me
I can make like a turtle and dive for your pearls in the sea
A-y-y-y-you can just sit there thinkin' on your velvet throne
About all the rainbows a-you can have for your own

When you've made your mind up forever to be mine
Hm-m-m-m-m
I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind
When you've made your mind up forever to be mine
I'll pick up your hand
I'll pick up your hand and slowly blow your little mind
Blow your little mind

 

[Simon Darkshade]

Time for some tunes from the Reed section:


Dirty Blvd.


Pedro lives out of the Wilshire Hotel
he looks out a window without glass
The walls are made of cardboard, newspapers on his feet
his father beats him 'cause he's too tired to beg

He's got 9 brothers and sisters
they're brought up on their knees
it's hard to run when a coat hanger beats you on the thighs
Pedro dreams of being older and killing the old man
but that's a slim chance he's going to the boulevard

He's going to end up, on the dirty boulevard
he's going out, to the dirty boulevard
He's going down, to the dirty boulevard

This room cost 2,000 dollars a month
you can believe it man it's true
somewhere a landlord's laughing till he wets his pants
No one here dreams of being a doctor or a lawyer or anything
they dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard

Give me your hungry, your tired your poor I'll piss on 'em
that's what the Statue of Bigotry says
Your poor huddled masses, let's club 'em to death
and get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard

Get to end up, on the dirty boulevard
going out, to the dirty boulevard
He's going down, on the dirty boulevard
going out

Outside it's a bright night
there's an opera at Lincoln Center
movie stars arrive by limousine
The klieg lights shoot up over the skyline of Manhattan
but the lights are out on the Mean Streets

A small kid stands by the Lincoln Tunnel
he's selling plastic roses for a buck
The traffic's backed up to 39th street
the TV whores are calling the cops out for a suck

And back at the Wilshire, Pedro sits there dreaming
he's found a book on magic in a garbage can
He looks at the pictures and stares at the cracked ceiling
"At the count of 3" he says, "I hope I can disappear"

And fly fly away, from this dirty boulevard
I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
I want to fly, from dirty boulevard
I want to fly-fly-fly-fly, from dirty boulevard

I want to fly away
I want to fly
Fly, fly away
I want to fly
Fly-fly away (Fly a-)
fly-fly-fly (-way, ooohhh...)
Fly-fly away (I want to fly-fly away)
fly away (I want to fly, wow-woh, no, fly away)

Perfect Day


Just a perfect day
drink Sangria in the park
And then later
when it gets dark, we go home

Just a perfect day
feed animals in the zoo
Then later
a movie, too, and then home

Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spend it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on

Just a perfect day
problems all left alone
Weekenders on our own
it's such fun

Just a perfect day
you made me forget myself
I thought I was
someone else, someone good

Oh, it's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on
You just keep me hanging on

You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow
You're going to reap just what you sow

Satellite Of Love


Satellite's gone
up to the skies
Thing like that drive me
out of my mind

I watched it for a little while
I like to watch things on TV

Satellite of love
satellite of love
Satellite of love
satellite of

Satellite's gone
way up to Mars
Soon it will be filled
with parking cars

I watch it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Satellite of love
satellite of love
Satellite of love
satellite of

I've been told that you've been bold
with Harry, Mark and John
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday to Thursday
with Harry, Mark and John

Satellite's gone
up to the skies
Thing like that drive me
out of my mind

I watched it for a little while
I love to watch things on TV

Satellite of love
satellite of love
Satellite of love
satellite of

Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
Satellite of love
...

Vicious


Vicious
you hit me with a flower
You do it every hour
oh, baby, you're so vicious

Vicious
you want me to hit you with a stick
But all I've got is a guitar pick
huh, baby, you're so vicious

When I watch you come
baby, I just want to run far away
You're not the kind of person around I
want to stay

When I see you walking down the street
I step on your hands and I mangle your feet
You're not the kind of person that I want to meet

Oh, baby, you're so vicious
you're just so vicious

Vicious
hey, you hit me with a flower
You do it every hour
oh, baby you're so vicious

Vicious
hey, why don't you swallow razor blades
You must think that I'm some kind of gay blade
but baby, you're so vicious

When I see you coming
I just have to run
You're not good and you certainly aren't
very much fun

When I see you walking down the street
I step on your hand and I mangle your feet
You're not the kind of person that I'd even want to meet

'Cause you're so vicious
baby, you're so vicious
Vicious, vicious
vicious, vicious
Vicious, vicious
vicious, vicious
...

Walk On The Wild Side


Holly came from Miami F.L.A.
hitch-hiked her way across the U.S.A.

Plucked her eyebrows on the way
shaved her leg and then he was a she
She says, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side

Candy came from out on the island
in the backroom she was everybody's darling

But she never lost her head
even when she was given head
She says, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
and the coloured girls go

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
(Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(Doo)

Little Joe never once gave it away
everybody had to pay and pay

A hustle here and a hustle there
New York city is the place where they said
Hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I Said hey Joe, take a walk on the wild side

Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets
lookin' for soul food and a place to eat

Went to the Apollo
you should have seen him go go go
They said, hey Sugar, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
all right, huh

Jackie is just speeding away
thought she was James Dean for a day

Then I guess she had to crash
valium would have helped that dash
She said, hey babe, take a walk on the wild side
I said, hey honey, take a walk on the wild side
and the coloured girls say

Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
(Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(Doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo)
(Doo)

 

[SlowwHand]

Every day, our extended family grows in America.
This is for the new family members.

AMERICA
Neil Diamond

Far
We've been traveling far
Without a home
But not without a star
Free
Only want to be free
We huddle close
Hang on to a dream

On the boats and on the planes
They're coming to America
Never looking back again
They're coming to America

Home, don't it seem so far away
Oh, we're traveling light today
In the eye of the storm
In the eye of the storm

Home, to a new and a shiny place
Make our bed, and we'll say our grace
Freedom's light burning warm
Freedom's light burning warm

Everywhere around the world
They're coming to America
Every time that flag's unfurled
They're coming to America

Got a dream to take them there
They're coming to America
Got a dream they've come to share
They're coming to America

They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
They're coming to America
Today, today, today, today, today

My country 'tis of thee
Today
Sweet land of liberty
Today
Of thee I sing
Today
Of thee I sing
Today

 

[allan]

A bit of Dire Straits:

"Skateaway"

I seen a girl on a one way corridor
stealing down a wrong way street
for all the world like an urban toreador
she had wheels on, on her feet
well the cars do the usual dances
same old cruise and the kerbside crawl
but the rollergirl she's taking chances
they just love to see her take them all

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud

hallelujah here she comes queen rollerball
enchante what can I say don't care at all
you know she used to have to wait around
she used to be the lonely one
but now that she can skate around town
she's the only, only one

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud

she gets rock n roll, a rock n roll station
and a rock n roll dream
she's making movies on location
she don't know what it means
but the music make her wanna be the story
and the story was whatever was the song what it was
rollergirl don't worry
d.j. play the movies all night long

she tortures taxi drivers just for fun
she like to read their lips
says toro toro taxi see ya tomorrow my son
I swear she let a big truck grease her hip
she got her own world in the city
you can't intrude on her
she got her own world in the city
cos the city's been so rude to her

no fears alone at night she's sailing through the crowd
in her ears the phones are tight and the music's playing loud

she gets rock n roll, a rock n roll station
and a rock n roll dream
she's making movies on location
she don't know what it means
but the music make her wanna be the story
and the story was whatever was the song what it was
rollergirl don't worry
d.j. play the movies all night long

come slippin and slidin
life's roller ball
slippin and a slidin
skateaway that's all
shala shalay hey hey
she's going shala shalay hey hey
skateaway

--Mark Knopfler

 

[Becka]

Three Days
Pat Green

Wake up. Whatcha been dreaming about?
I ain't got a lot to say, but I could talk to you for hours.
The way talk, the way that you breath,
The way that your spirit moves into me.

Wake up, wake up
Wake up, wake up,
Oh aiyay.

I got three days to watch the road out of my soul,
And I got three days to love you out of control.
And I wish I had a life time to hold on to you this way,
Love could use some healing in just three days.

And hold me, help me understand why on earth
I have to be such a stupid man.
Live the way I do, dream the dreams I dream,
So far away from you.

Yeah, hold me, hold me,
Hold me, hold me,
Hold me, hold me,
Oh aiyay.

I got three days to watch the road out of my soul,
And I got three days to love you out of control.
And I wish I had a life time to hold on to you this way,
Love could use some healing in just three days.

Three days and nights to put some life back in this man
I ain't holdin' nothing back, you got all I am.
Hearts, and souls, and dreams in the palm of your hand.

I got three days to watch the road out of my soul,
And I got three days to love you out of control.
And I wish I had a life time to hold on to you this way,
Love could use some healing in just three days.

 

[boann]

Ain't no mountain high enough
marvin gaye


Listen, baby
Ain't no mountain high
Ain't no vally low
Ain't no river wide enough, baby

If you need me, call me
No matter where you are
No matter how far
Just call my name
I'll be there in a hurry
You don't have to worry

'Cause baby,
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

Remember the day
I set you free
I told you
You could always count on me
From that day on I made a vow
I'll be there when you want me
Some way,some how

'Cause baby,
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

No wind, no rain

My love is alive
Way down in my heart
Although we are miles apart
If you ever need a helping hand
I'll be there on the double
As fast as I can

Don't you know that
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough
To keep me from getting to you

Don't you know that
There ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
Ain't no river wide enough

 

[SlowwHand]

Dixie Chicks - Wide Open Spaces

Who doesn't know what I'm talking about
Who's never left home
Who's never struck out
To find a dream and a life of their own
A place in the clouds, a foundation of stone
Many precede and many will follow
A young girl's dream no longer hollow
It takes a shape of a place out west
But what it holds for her , she hasn't guessed yet

Chorus:
She needs wide open spaces
Room to make her big mistakes
She needs new faces
She knows the high stakes

She traveled this road as a child
Wide-eyed and grinning she never tired
But now she won't be coming back with the rest
If these are life's lessons, she'll take this test

Chorus

As her folks drive away her dad yells, " check the oil"
Mom stares out the window and says
"I'm leaving my girl"
She says " It didn't seem like that long ago
When she stood there and let her own folks know"

Chorus


She knows the high stakes

She knows the highest stakes
Wide open spaces
She knows the high stakes
she knows the high stakes

 

[SlowwHand]

We May Never Pass This Way Again
Seals and Croft

Life, so they say
Is but a game and they'd let it slip away
Love, like the autumn sun
Should be dyin' but it's only just begun
Like the twilight in the road up ahead
They don't see just where we're goin'
And all the secrets in the universe
Whisper in our ears
All the years that come and go
Take us up, always up


We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again


Dreams, so they say
Are for the fools and they let 'em drift away
Peace, like the silent dove
Should be flyin' but it's only just begun
Like Columbus in the olden days
We must gather all our courage
Sail our ships out on the open seas
Cast away our fears and
All the years that come and go
Take us up, always up


We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again


(So) I wanna laugh while the laughin' is easy
I wanna cry when it makes it worthwhile
I may never pass this way again
That's why I want it with you

('Cause) You make me feel like I'm more than a friend
Like I'm the journey and you're the journey's end
I may never pass this way again
That's why I want it with you, baby


We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again


We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again
We may never pass this way again

 

[CurtSibling]

Ever been Sneak Attacked in CIV? This song I think describes the situation well...The song Is by IRON SAVIOR a totally cool German Metal band who's lyrics and ablums are about atlantis and SciFi etc. This song sounds actually more inspiring than the lyrics would lead you to think...the remainder or the album is about the survivors battle to get revenge! Just like CIV!!!

A flash of destruction
cut through and blinded the night
The heavens caught fire
they were glowing in unholy light
A sudden attack
broke all the dreams of unification
The hunger for power
it's the lash of CIVILIZATION!
dispaired and in pain - all seems so in vain

Fires in the sky
defenceless we stand tonight we will die
Shaddows of the end
the Kingdom will fall life it will finally decent
percieve what you've done and repent

Careless we thought
all you do is to bark at the moon
But in the grip of fury
you have conjured
the dawning of doom

is this our fate - wiped out by your hate
Fires in the sky
defenceless we stand tonight we will die
Shaddows of the end
the Empire will fall life it will finally decent

Goddess of the seas let us rest in peace
In her cold embrace we will find our graves
Silence will set in - will existance begin - again

Fires in the sky
helpless we stand
defenceless we'll die
Shaddows of the end
the Kingdom will fall
life will decent

Fires in the sky
helpless we stand defenceless we'll die
Shaddows of the end
Atlantis will fall life it will finally decent
decent for evermore

Cool!

 

[SlowwHand]

The Last Song
Edward Bear

Did you know I go to sleep and
Leave the lights on
Hoping you'd come by and know
That I was home and still awake
But two years go by and still
My light's on
This is hard for me to say
But it is all that I can take

It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last time that I'll tell you
Just how much I really care
This is the last song I'll ever sing for you
You'll come looking for the light
And it won't be there
But I love you
Oh yes I do
Yes I do

All the times that I spent waiting
Wondering where you are
Always knew the time would come
When I would start to wonder why
Now the time is here
I don't know where you are
So I'll write you one more song
But it's the last time that I'll ever try

It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last time that I'll tell you
Just how much I really care
This is the last song I'll ever sing for you
You'll come looking for the light
And it won't be there
But I love you
Oh yes I do
Yes I do

It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you
It's the last song I'll ever write for you

 

[VanOranje]

Manowar my favoriet Hard-Rock Band: THE LOUTEST BAND ON THE FACE OF THIS EARTH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLOOD OF MY ENEMIES

Three sons have I, and they
Ride by my side. - The fierce,
The black, and the wicked are
their names - we ride down my
enemies on their half-hearted flight.
No voice of mercy - no evangels of light.

Mighty messengers - heathens rage
Witness our coming - gods of the dead.
I ride through the air -
I laugh as I die - with powers of evil
Dark knowledge is mine.
The ride of the wicked.
The 1st sin was trust. -
Kill without warning - for blood now
I lust.

Strong winds - magic mist
To Asgard the Valkries fly
High overhead - they carry the dead
Where the blood of my enemy lies.

Three sons have I, and they
Ride by my side. - The fierce,
The black, and the wicked are
their names - we ride down my
enemies on their half-hearted flight.
No voice of mercy - no evangels of light.

Strong winds - magic mist
To Asgard the Valkries fly
High overhead - they carry the dead
Where the blood of my enemy lies.

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KILL WITH POWER

Hear what's written on the wind.
We come to kill and kill again.
Our arrows fall like hail
Trample on the dead. - Ride through the
Gate of clouds - stand on the open step.

Run beserk - spreading fear and pain.
Black shield and weapons, black our chain.
None can harm us - not their fire -
Iron or steel - for we have the
Will to power - with power we will
Kill.

Kill with power - die die
Kill with power - die die

To the war god Odin you will pray.
And the curse of weapons shall
Remain. On the blood of all our
Fathers - on their weapons we now
Swear to avenge - not lament.
Give the False ones death.

Kill with power - die die
Kill with power - die die

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ARMY OF THE IMMORTALS


Battle hymns did sound the call.
You came to our side.
You heard true metal - into glory
Ride.

You stood beside us the false ones
Cried. - Your love is judgement.
You gave us life.

You wait in the rain - you walk
Through the snow. We give you
Our blood. We want you to know.
In our eyes your immortal -
In our hearts you'll live forever -
In our eyes your immortal -
In our hearts you'll live forever.

We have read your letters -
We have heard your call.
We were brought together -
Cause we've got the balls -
To play the loudest metal.
So hard and so wild and mean. -
You'll live forever we were
Born from your belief.

Metal makes us strong
Together we belong - forever
Here's your song. We want you
To know.
In our eyes your immortal -
In our hearts you'll live forever -
In our eyes your immortal
In our hearts you'll live forevermore.

Metal makes us strong
Together we belong - forever
Here's your song. We want you
To know.
In our eyes your immortal -
In our hearts you'll live forever -
In our eyes your immortal
In our hearts you'll live forevermore.

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HAIL TO ENGLAND


Raise sails head for the open sea.
With sails full of wind - our hearts
Overflow with belief.

The guest for the grail to England
We sail, with our steel. We
Bring what was lost. If
Lives are the cost, let it be.

Strong she stands - reaching her
Hand. Brave and Grand. On English
Ground - we were born. Proudly
We return. - To English shore

Hail, hail to England -
Hail, hail, hail.

We march from the hills
Down to London town. -
Join Raise your hand - or hide
When we ride for the crown.

The sign of the hammer and
The black winds blow through
The night. Long was our wait
Our meeting with Fate is tonight.

Strong she stands - reaching her
Hand. Brave and Grand. On English
Ground - we were born. Proudly
We return. - To English shore

Hail, hail to England -
Hail, hail, hail.

Standing tall - one and all -
Light the hall. -

Years have passed - I've dreamed
of this day.
As we raise our hands - we
proudly say.

Hail, hail to England -
Hail, hail, hail.


My civs will sing one of these songs when they will go into battle to conquere one of the many CIV WORLDS !!!! HAIL TO OUR BROTHERS IN ARMS

 

[boann]

Moondance
van morrison

Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance
With the stars up above in your eyes
A fantabulous night to make romance
'Neath the cover of October skies
And all the leaves on the trees are falling
To the sound of the breezes that blow
And I'm trying to please to the calling
Of your heart-strings that play soft and low
And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush
And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush
Chorus:
Can I just have one a' more Moondance with you, my love
Can I just make some more romance with a-you, my love

Well, I wanna make love to you tonight
I can't wait 'til the morning has come
And I know that the time is just right
And straight into my arms you will run
And when you come my heart will be waiting
To make sure that you're never alone
There and then all my dreams will come true, dear
There and then I will make you my own
And every time I touch you, you just tremble inside
And I know how much you want me that you can't hide

Chorus

Repeat 1st Verse

One more Moondance with you in the moonlight
On a magic night
La, la, la, la in the moonlight
On a magic night
Can't I just have one more dance with you my love