This Song's For You

[SlowwHand]

Gypsy
Fleetwood Mac


so i'm back to the velvet underground
back to the floor that i love
to a room with some lace and peper flowers
back to the gypsy...that i was...to the gypsy...that i was...

and it all comes down to you
well you know that it does, well...
lightning strikes...maybe once...maybe twice...
oh....and it lights up the night....
and you see your gypsy.......
you see your gypsy....

to the gypsy......
that remains.....
she faces freedom......
with a little fear.....
well i have no fear....
i have only love.....
and if i was a child....
and the child was enough.....
enough for me to love....
enough to love......

she is dancing away from you now
she was just a wish
she was just....a wish
and her memory is all that is left for you now
you see your gypsy.....
you see your gypsy.....

lightning strikes...
maybe once...maybe twice....
and it all comes down to you
oooooo......oh......well it all comes down to you....
lightning strikes...
maybe once....maybe twice....
oh.............
i still see your bright eyes......bright eyes...
and i've always loved you....
and it all comes down to you
it all comes down to you.....

 

[Magnus]

True Happines This Way Lies

TheThe

And have you ever wanted something so badly
That it possessed your body and your soul
Through the night and through the day
Until you finally get it
And then you realise
That it wasn't what you wanted after all
And then those selfsame, sickly little thoughts
Now go and attach themselves to something
Or somebody new
And the whole goddamn thing starts all over again

Well, I've been crushing the symptoms
But I can't locate the cause
Could God really be so cruel?
To give us feelings that could never be fulfilled
Baby
I've got my sights set on you
I've got my sight set on you
And someday, someday, someday
You'll come my way
But when you put your arms around me
I'll be looking over your shoulder for something new
'Cause I ain't ever found peace upon the breast of a girl
I ain't ever found peace with the religion of the world
I ain't ever found peace at the bottom of a glass
Sometimes it seems the more I ask for the less I receive
Sometimes it seems the more I ask for the less I receive
The only true freedom is freedom from the heart's desires
And the only true happiness this way lies

 

[boann]

Say It Again
santana

It gives me such a thrill
When you tell me ‘bout the way
You feel
It really makes my day
I just love to hear you say


Chorus:
Say it again, say it high say it low
Say it again, so the whole wide
World will know
Say it, that you’re still lovin’ me
Still lovin’ me, still in love with me
Say it again, tell me where, tell me when


Say it again, that our love will never end
Say it, that you’re still lovin’ me
Still lovin’ me, still in love with me


You know it sounds so sweet
It just knocks me right up off of
My feet
To hear you talk that way
I just love to hear you say


I hear the echoes in my mind
They’re calling to me all the time
I hear those voices start to sing
Again and again

------------
and yet another santana
dedicated to the one i love forever
our love is written in the sand.................



Written in Sand
santana

Your eyes are the color of the sea
You look my way and the waves
Wash over me
Your body shivers with the
Fading light
You say, “Baby, let’s just make
It last tonight.”


And when the morning comes
You take me by the hand
And say our love is written in sand
Written in sand


We hear the ocean roar
We’re swept away on to some
Distant shore
You whisper secrets of the heart
They keep us close when the
World keeps us apart


Until tomorrow comes
Time is on our hands
Because this love is written in
Sand
Written in sand


SOLO


Nothing lies between
A woman and a man
When their love is written in sand
When their love is written in sand
When their love is written in sand

 

[Becka]

I could've SWORN that I'd posted this song in this thread already. I guess I was wrong. Maybe I was thinking of the wrong forum. Oh, well. Here's one of my favorite songs.


Ruby's Two Sad Daughters
Pat Green, written by Walt Wilkens

When the sun hits it right on its way down,
It was the prettiest thing in our little town.
Every hour I'd sneak a glance over at the
Plastic frame and cracked glass
That held the picture
Of Ruby's two sad daughters.

Last mill closed when I was nine, and Daddy left
And Momma cried, again.
I spent my nights cleaning Ruby's floors.
Just another cafe on a wind swept highway.
And the famers [complained]
We're no good a football anymore.

In this land that knows no laughter,
In this land that holds no water,
We were all in love with Ruby's two sad daughters.

One went way out west, one went way wrong.
One left at seventeen and the other couldn't wait that long.
Neither went anywhere with me,
Not to the games or the Dairy Queen.
They split with the first boy who lied sweet,
And looked vaugely mean.

In this land that knows no laughter,
In this land that holds no water,
We were all in love with Ruby's two sad daughters.

Why so pretty and forlorn?
Why so permanently blue?
I guess ours wasn't much of a kingdom to rule.

Now when the sun hits it right on its way down,
It's still the prettiest thing in our little town.
Every hour I'd sneak a glance over at the plastic frame
And I fixed the glass that holds the picture
Of Ruby's two sad daughters.
Why did hope leave town with Ruby's two sad daughers?

 

[CurtSibling]

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

Yup MANOWAR! They are big LOUTS!

Man you are a true CIV WARRIOR!

I SALUTE YOU!

I can back this man up that this rock band has certainly discvored the CIV tech of STEEL! good to see a rocker among all these damned hippies!

Although you should check out RUNNING WILD, GERMANY'S FINEST ROCK BAND!

 

[SlowwHand]

IN THE MIDNIGHT HOUR
Wilson Pickett

I'm gonna wait til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumblin' down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
When there's no one else around
I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
And do all the things I told you
In the midnight hour

Yes I am, oh, yes, I am
(One more thing I wanna say right here)

I'm gonna wait 'til the stars come out
And see that twinkle in your eyes
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love begins to shine
You're the only girl I know
That really loves me so
In the midnight hour
Oh, yeah, in the midnight hour

(Yeah! All right - play it for me one time now)

I'm gonna wait til the midnight hour
That's when my love comes tumblin' down
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour
That's when my love begins to shine

Just you and I... oh, baby, hah!
Just you and I... nobody around, baby, just you and I
All right... you know what?
I'm gonna hold you in my arms...
Just you and I, oh yeah
In the midnight hour
Oh, baby, in the midnight hour.....

 

[Simon Darkshade]

A couple o' more for the pot:


IRON LION ZION - BOB MARLEY

I am on the rock and then I check a stock
I have to run like a fugitive to save the life I live
I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion
I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion
Iron Lion Zion

I'm on the run but I ain't got no gun
See they want to be the star
So they fighting tribal war
And they saying Iron like a Lion in Zion
Iron like a Lion in Zion,
Iron Lion Zion

I'm on the rock, (running and you running)
I take a stock, (running like a fugitive)
I had to run like a fugitive just to save the life I live
I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion
I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion
Iron Lion Zion, Iron Lion Zion, Iron Lion Zion
Iron like a Lion in Zion, Iron like a lion in Zion
Iron Like a Lion in Zion

ILLUMINATION - HENRY ROLLINS

I walked green miles of jungle
I walked through yellow miles of pain
I crossed starvation's desert
watched dead rivers swell with rain
the song of insects fill the air
nights in cities of despair
where killer's sons said, son beware
and all the roads from here to there

I sailed the sea of desolation
dropped my anchor there
plumbed the depths of isolation
wallked its length and was not scared
went from end to end to end
and from there I went again
the road that only this one knows
off to nowhere here I go

illumination comes so hard
makes me see but it leaves its scars
at times I wish that I didn't know what I know now
thought and thought until I lost my mind
looked and looked until I went near blind
the path is fair but so unkind
illumination

At night the highway's diesel roar
speaks to me and tells me more
than any book I've ever read
or anything you've ever said
with silent eyes inside
I watch myself and worlds collide
the seasons burn and crack my skin
I stay outside and live within

illumination comes so hard
makes me see but it leaves its scars
at times I wish that I didn't know what I know now
thought and thought until I lost my mind
looked and looked until I went near blind
the path is fair but so unkind
illumination

illumination
illumination
illumination
illumination

BIG BAD JOHN

(Big John, Big John)
Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive
He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five
Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip
And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John.
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

Nobody seemed to know where John called home
He just drifted into town and stayed all alone
He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy
And if you spoke at all, you just said "Hi" to Big John.

Somebody said he came from New Orleans
Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen
And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand
Sent a Loosiana fellow to the Promised Land-Big John
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

Then came the day at the bottom of the mine
When a timber cracked and men started cryin'
Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast
And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last-'cept John

Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell
Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well
Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan
And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone-Big John
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove
Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above!"
And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave
Now there's only one left down there to save-Big John

With jacks and timbers they started back down
Then came that rumble way down in the ground
And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine
Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

Now they never reopened that worthless pit
They just placed a marble stand in front of it
These few words are written on that stand
**At the bottom of this mine lies a hell of a man Big John
(Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

FADE (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)

 

[SlowwHand]

Mr. Darkshade. Your musical tastes are as varied as my own.

 

[Becka]

I dedicate this one to a specific person. I won't say who. You know very well who you are.

Welcome to Texas
by a guy who's name I cannot remember!

Welcome to Texas, glad that you came down,
You've got lots of friends here, so take a look around.
They come from Arizona, they come from Ohio,
They come from Minnesota to get out of the snow.

You don't like our driving, and you don't like our roads.
You make fun of the way we talk, you make fun of our clothes.
But you've clogged up the highways, you've been pouring in for years,
If you don't like the way we do it, what are you doing here?!

Welcome to Texas, don't anybody get me wrong,
We're glad you came to see us, just don't forget to go back home.

We don't need your politics, we don't need your prayers.
We don't need your moral compass leading us anywhere.
We don't need your business, we don't need your art,
We don't really give a d*** how you do things up North.

Welcome to Texas, don't anybody get me wrong,
We're glad you came to see us, just don't forget to go back home.

'Cause you gripe about our music, you gripe about our food.
You gripe about the weather here, say it's way too hot for you.
We've heard all your whinning, and it starts wearing thin
When we see our milk and honey running down your chin.

So come on down to Texas, have yourself a ball,
Take the kids to Six Flags, take the wife out to the mall.
Have a good vacation, then don't hesitate
To point your car back up the road to that outbound interstate.

Welcome to Texas, don't anybody get me wrong,
We're glad you came to see us, just don't forget to go back home.
I said get on home.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

SHE'S A RAINBOW - The Strolling Bones
(Jagger/Richards)

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her dressed in blue?
See the sky in front of you
And her face is lik a sail
Speck of white so fair and pale
Have you seen a lady fairer?

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

Have you seen her all in gold?
Like a queen in days of old
She shoots her colors all around
Like a sunset going down
Have you seen a lady fairer?

She comes in colors ev'rywhere;
She combs her hair
She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

She's like a rainbow
Coming, colors in the air
Oh, everywhere
She comes in colors

YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL
Billy Preston and Bruce Fisher

You are so beautiful
To me
You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see

You're everything I hope for
You're everything I need
You are so beautiful to me
You are so beautiful to me

You are so beautiful
To me
Can't you see
You're everything I hope for
You're every, everything I need
You are so beautiful to me (hit really excessive high note if you are Joe Cocker)


TENDER COMRADE
Billy Bragg

What will you do when the war is over, tender comrade
When we lay down our weary guns
When we return home to our wives and families
And look into the eyes of our sons
What will you say of the bond we had, tender comrade
Will you say that we were brave
As the shells fell all around us
Or that we wept and cried for our mothers
And cursed our fathers
For forgetting that all men are brothers

Will you say that we were heroes
Or that fear of dying among strangers
Tore our innocence and false shame away
And from that moment on deep in my heart I knew
That I would only give my life for love

Brothers in arms in each other arms
Was the only time that I was not afraid
What will you do when the war is over, tender comrade
When we cast off these khaki clothes
And go our separate ways
What will you say of the bond we had
Tender comrade


99 LUFT BALLOONS
Nena

You and I in a little toy shop
buy a bag of balloons
with the money we've got
Set them free at the break of dawn
'Til one by one, they were gone
Back at base, bugs in the software
Flash the message,
"Something's out there"
Floating in the summer sky
99 red balloons go by

99 red balloons
floating in the summer sky
Panic bells, it's red alert
There's something here
from somewhere else
The war machine springs to life
Opens up one eager eye
Focusing it on the sky
Where 99 red balloons go by

99 Decision Street,
99 ministers meet
To worry, worry, super-scurry
Call the troops out in a hurry
This is what we've waited for
This is it boys, this is war
The president is on the line
As 99 red balloons go by

99 Knights of the air
ride super-high-tech jet fighters
Everyone's a Silverhero
Everyone's a Captain Kirk
With orders to identify
To clarify and classify
Scramble in the summer sky
As 99 red balloons go by

99 dreams I have had
In every one a red balloon
It's all over and I'm standin' pretty
In this dust that was a city
If I could find a souvenier
Just to prove the world was here
And here is a red balloon
I think of you and let it go

(Sounds much, much better in the original German, but the tune is hella catchy)

GOLDEN BROWN
The Stranglers

Golden brown texture like sun
Lays me down with my mind she runs
Throughout the night
No need to fight
Never a frown with golden brown

Every time just like the last
On her ship tied to the mast
To distant lands
Takes both my hands
Never a frown with golden brown

Golden brown finer temptress
Through the ages she's heading

West
From far away
Stays for a day
Never a frown with golden brown

Never a frown
With golden brown
Never a frown
With golden brown

(The best part of this song is the music, but the lyrics fit nicely)

PARANOID
Black Sabbath

Finished with my woman 'cause she couldn't help me with my mind
People think I'm insane because I am frowning all the time

All day long I think of things but nothing seems to satisfy,
Think I'll lose my mind if I don't find something to pacify

Can you help me occupy my brain?
Oh yeah

I need someone to show me the things in life that I can't find,
I can't see the things that make true happiness, I must be blind

Make a joke and I will sigh and you will laugh and I will cry
Happiness I can not feel and love to me is so unreal

And so as you hear these words telling you now of my state
I tell you to enjoy life, I wish I could but it's too late

 

[SlowwHand]

Old Days - Chicago
- J. Pankow


Old days
Good times I remember
Fun days
Filled with ship of pleasure
Drive-in movies
Comic books and blue jeans
Howdy Doody
Baseball cards and birthdays
Please take me back
To the world gone away
Memories
Seem like yesterday

Old days
Good times I remember
Gold days
Days I'll always treasure
Funny faces
Full of love and laughter
Funny places
Summer nights and streetcars
Take me back
To the world gone away
Our good memories
Seem like yesterday

Old days...

 

[Simon Darkshade]

STEREO -The Watchmen

My life is a stereo, how loud does it go?
What songs do I know? What ever happened to my plans?
What ever happened to the life I thought I had?
My life is a stereo, kinda cheaply made though.
How bad does it show? what ever did become of all my friends?
What ever happened to the likes of all of them?
My life is a stereo, turn me on and lets go,
Turn me up louder. Ill scream as loud and clear as I can scream.
And if u like what you’re hearing, please hang on to me.
Ooo I like being here, and im all hooked up wrong
Hang on to me, though i'm one of a million,
one of a million
one of a million
Please hang on to me.
My life is a stereo, out of phase, but u know.
60 cycles humming, what ever happened to my friends?
What ever happened to the likes of all of them?
Ooo I like being here, and im all hooked up wrong
Hang on to me, though i'm one of a million,
one of a million
one of a million
And my lights are like candles,
Im so afraid of new technology.
Im in the race and I know I don’t wanna be
Yeah im so afraid of whats to come for me
Im in the race and I know I don’t wanna be
Live ends as a stereo pack me up and lets go
Put me any where please don’t think of leaving me behind
What ever happens to you, ill get on just fine.
one of a million
one of a million
one of a million
one of a million
one of a million
one of a million

GOT MY MIND SET ON YOU - George Harrison

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

But it's gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
It's gonne take plenty of money
To do it right child

It's gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
It's gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right child

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

And this time I know it's for real
The feelings that I feel
I know if I put my mind to it
I know that I really can do it

I got my mind set on you
Set on you
I got my mind set on you
Set on you

But it's gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
It's gonna take plenty of money
To do it right child

It's gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
It's gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right child

I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you
I got my mind set on you

And this time I know it's for real
The feelings that I feel
I know if I put my mind to it
I know that I really can do it

But it's gonna take money
A whole lotta spending money
It's gonna take plenty of money
To do it right child

It's gonna take time
A whole lot of precious time
It's gonna take patience and time, ummm
To do it, to do it, to do it, to do it, to do it,
To do it right

Set on you
Set on you
(Repeat)

YOU'VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME -

I don't like you, but I love you
See that I'm always thinking of you
Oh, oh, oh
You treat me badly, I love you madly
You've really got a hold on me
You've really got a hold on me, baby

I don't want you, but I need you
Don't want to kiss you, but I need you
Oh, oh, oh
You do me wrong now, my love is strong now
You've really got a hold on me
You've really got a hold on me, baby

I love you and all I want you to do
Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me

I want to leave you, don't want to stay here
Don't want to spend another day here
Oh, oh, oh,
I want to split now, I just can quit now
You've really got a hold on me
You've really got a hold on me, baby

I love you and all I want you to do
Is just hold me, hold me, hold me, hold me

You've really got a hold on me
You've really got a hold on me


TAXI - Harry Chapin

It was raining hard in 'Frisco,
I needed one more fare to make my night.
A lady up ahead waved to flag me down,
She got in at the light.

Oh, where you going to, my lady blue,
It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.
She just looked out the window, and said
"Sixteen Parkside Lane".

Something about her was familiar
I could swear I'd seen her face before,
But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken"
And she didn't say anything more.

It took a while, but she looked in the mirror,
And she glanced at the license for my name.
A smile seemed to come to her slowly,
It was a sad smile, just the same.
And she said, "How are you Harry?"
I said, "How are you Sue?
Through the too many miles
and the too little smiles
I still remember you."

It was somewhere in a fairy tale,
I used to take her home in my car.
We learned about love in the back of the Dodge,
The lesson hadn't gone too far.
You see, she was gonna be an actress,
And I was gonna learn to fly.
She took off to find the footlights,
And I took off to find the sky.

Oh, I've got something inside me,
To drive a princess blind.
There's a wild man, wizard,
He's hiding in me, illuminating my mind.
Oh, I've got something inside me,
Not what my life's about,
Cause I've been letting my outside tide me,
Over 'till my time, runs out.

Baby's so high that she's skying,
Yes she's flying, afraid to fall.
I'll tell you why baby's crying,
Cause she's dying, aren't we all.

There was not much more for us to talk about,
Whatever we had once was gone.
So I turned my cab into the driveway,
Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns.
And she said we must get together,
But I knew it'd never be arranged.
And she handed me twenty dollars,
For a two fifty fare, she said
"Harry, keep the change."
Well another man might have been angry,
And another man might have been hurt,
But another man never would have let her go...
I stashed the bill in my shirt.

And she walked away in silence,
It's strange, how you never know,
But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for,
Such a long, long time ago.

You see, she was gonna be an actress
And I was gonna learn to fly.
She took off to find the footlights,
And I took off for the sky.
And here, she's acting happy,
Inside her handsome home.
And me, I'm flying in my taxi,
Taking tips, and getting stoned,
I go flying so high, when I'm stoned.

(Warning: the use of drugs is not condoned by the guy who posted these lyrics. "The use of drugs leads to debauchery, insanity and blasphemy")

YOU'RE SO VAIN- Carly Simon

You walked into the party like you were walking onto a yacht
Your hat strategically dipped below one eye
Your scarf it was apricot
You had one eye in the mirror as you watched yourself gavotte
And all the girls dreamed that they'd be your partner
They'd be your partner, and....

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you
You're so vain, I'll bet you think this song is about you
Don't you? Don't you?

You had me several years ago when I was still quite naive
Well you said that we made such a pretty pair
and that you would never leave
But you gave away the things you loved and one of them was me
I had some dreams they were clouds in my coffee, clouds in my coffee and....

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you.....

Well I hear you went up to Saratoga and your horse naturally won
Then you flew your Lear jet up to Nova Scotia to see the total eclipse of the sun
Well you're where you should be all of the time
And when you're not you're with
Some underworld spy or the wife of a close friend
Wife of a close friend, and....

You're so vain, you probably think this song is about you.....

 

[SlowwHand]

GIVE ME LOVE-(GIVE ME PEACE ON EARTH)
- George Harrison

Give me love, give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light, give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope, help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with heart and soul

OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M
M M M My Lord . . .

PLEASE take hold of my hand, that
I might understand you

Won't you please
Oh won't you

Give me love, give me love
Give me peace on earth
Give me light, give me life
Keep me free from birth
Give me hope, help me cope with this heavy load
Trying to touch and reach you with heart and soul

OM M M M M M M M M M M M M M
M M M My Lord . . .

PLEASE take hold of my hand, that
I might understand you

 

[boann]

Stand by Me
- Ben E. King


When the night, has come
And the land is dark
And the moon, is the only light we'll see
No I won't, be afraid,
no I won't be afraid
Just as long, as you stand,
stand by me.

And darlin', darlin',
stand by me,
oh now stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me.

If the sky, that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
And the mountains, should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry,
no I won't shed a tear
Just as long, as you stand,
stand by me

And darlin', darlin',
stand by me, oh stand by me
Stand by me, stand by me,
stand by me-e.

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Originally posted by CurtSibling
I think I'm going to be sick!

That's your problem.

And you wonder why other nations scoff at you?

The ramblings of the jealous and the stupid concern me not at all.

WHEN WILL YOU AMERICANS GET A GRIP!!!

When we are rid of intolerant fools like someone I'm currently quoting.

And what about the indians!?!

And here is the warning part.
Keep your wise ass comments to yourself, and stay on topic.
Otherwise Von Hammer, you will find yourself shot down.

This is a music thread, you don't like it, feel free to post elsewhere, but stay on topic, or get a vaction.

Understand?

 

[SlowwHand]

Appreciated, AoA.


YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG
AC/DC

She was a fast machine
She kept her motor clean
She was the best damn woman I had ever seen
She had the sightless eyes
Telling me no lies
Knockin' me out with those American thighs
Taking more than her share
Had me fighting for air
She told me to come but I was already there

'Cause the walls start shaking
The earth was quaking
My mind was aching
And we were making it and you -

CHORUS:
Shook me all night long
Yeah you shook me all night long

Working double time
On the seduction line
She was one of a kind, she's just mine all mine
She wanted no applause
Just another course
Made a meal out of me and came back for more
Had to cool me down
To take another round
Now I'm back in the ring to take another swing

'Cause the walls were shaking
The earth was quaking
My mind was aching
And we were making it and you -

CHORUS

And knocked me out and then you
Shook me all night long
You had me shakin' and you
Shook me all night long
Yeah you shook me
Well you took me

You reall took me and you
Shook me all night long
Ooooh you
Shook me all night long
Yeah, yeah, you
Shook me all night long

Your really took me and you
Yeah you shook me, yeah you shook me
All night long

 

[Apollo]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
YOU SHOOK ME ALL NIGHT LONG
AC/DC

I love that song! After seeing your post, I got out my CD with that song and played it. Here's one of my favorites that I've been listening to a lot since getting the "Live at Leeds" album. Its a mini opera, so its a little long.

The Who
"A Quick One While He's Away"

[I. Her Man's Been Gone]

Her man's been gone
For nearly a year
He was due home yesterday
But he ain't here

Her man's been gone
For nigh on a year
He was due home yesterday
But he ain't here

[II. Crying Town]

Down your street your crying is a well-known sound
Your street is very well known, right here in town
Your town is very famous for the little girl
Whose cries can be heard all around the world

[III. We Have A Remedy]

Fa la la la la la
Fa la la la la
Fa la la la la la
Fa la la la la

We have a remedy
You'll appreciate
No need to be so sad
He's only late

We'll bring you flowers and things
Help pass your time
We'll give him eagle's wings
Then he can fly to you

Fa la la la la la
Fa la la la la
Fa la la la la la
Fa la la la la
Fa la la la la la
Fa la la la la la

We have a remedy
Fa la la la la la la
We have a remedy
Fa la la la la la la
We have a remedy
Fa la la la la la la
We have a remedy
Fa la la la la la la

[spoken]
We have a remedy.
We have!

Little girl, why don't you stop your crying?
I'm gonna make you feel all right

[IV. Ivor The Engine Driver]

My name is Ivor
I'm an engine driver

I know him well
I know why you feel blue
Just 'cause he's late
Don't mean he'll never get through

He told me he loves you
He ain't no liar, I ain't either
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver
So let's have a smile for an old engine driver

Please take a sweet
Come take a walk with me
We'll sort it out
Back at my place, maybe

It'll come right
You ain't no fool, I ain't either
So why not be nice to an old engine driver?
Better be nice to an old engine driver
Better be nice to an old engine driver

[V. Soon Be Home]

We'll soon be home
We'll soon be home
We'll soon
We'll soon, soon, soon be home

We'll soon be home
We'll soon be home
We'll soon
We'll soon, soon, soon be home

Come on, old horse

Soon be home
Soon be home
Soon
We'll soon, soon, soon be home

We'll soon
We'll soon, soon, soon be home

We'll soon be home
Soon be home ...

[VI. You Are Forgiven]

Dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang, dang

Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello
Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello
Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello
Cello, cello, cello, cello, cello, cello

I can't believe it
Do my eyes deceive me?
Am I back in your arms?
Away from all harm?

It's like a dream to be with you again
Can't believe that I'm with you again

I missed you and I must admit
I kissed a few and once did sit
On Ivor the Engine Driver's lap
And later with him, had a nap

You are forgiven, you are forgiven, you are forgiven ... [ad lib]

You are forgiven

[End]

Edit: You may notice that at one point they sing "cello" over and over again. When they originally recorded the song, they wanted to have cellos playing at that part, but their producer said it was too expensive, so this was their solution!

 

[Magnus]

(Jonathan Richman/The Modern Lovers)

I dont want just a girl to fool around with
I dont want just a girl to ball
What I want is a girl that I
Care about or I
Want nothing at all

Well I won't pretend I like a girl if I really don't
And act like she's great when she makes me fell appalled
All I want is a girl that I
Care about or I
Want nothing at all

Well I dont want some cocaine sniffing triumph in the bar
I dont want a triumph in the car
I dont want to make a rich girl crawl
What I want is a girl that I
Care about or I
Want no one at all

Picture this
I'm walking with my girlfriend
Twenty-eight misguided souls come by and say we're moving in
There's a certain kind of girl that you care about so much
You say well I dont care what you guys do to me, but her, dont touch.

Cuz I dont want just a girl to fool around with
I dont want just a girl to ball
What I want is a girl that I
Care about or I
Want nothing at all

Well I dont want just a girl to fool around with
And I dont want just a girl to ball
What I want is a girl that I
Care about or I
Want nothing at all

 

[Sixchan]

A more recent one my favourite right now.

Super Furry Animals

Rings around the world


You expose the film in me we're drawing:
Rings around the world

Sooner or Later we will melt together and draw:
Rings around the world

With all those meteoric stones,
and all thos sheep they never coned.

Okay.

I am glowing radioactive we draw
beams around the world.

Wish you could see us when we're at our best now
we draw rings around the world.
with cans of post water in tow
we're gonna vapourize your soul.

Uh-huh.

Earth will become Saturn 2
with all the rings around the world
Tetsou 2 became me and you
with all those rings around the world
and all hose body hammer blows
we're drawing rings around the world

Ring Ring!
Ring Ring!
Rings arond the world!
Repeat and fade out.

 

[Simon Darkshade]

RAISTLIN AND THE ROSE- Lake of Tears


Shadows
shadows and fever
no-one hears him cry
so he turns to evil


Only now,
only now does he know

Pains
always those pains
once he turns that way
he will do it again

Only now,
only now does he know
silver doom,
unseen moon will show

As they dance under the moon
they bring doom
he calls her friend
and says he'll change
she calls him friend
and he deceives again

Flowers
a scent of flowers
always on his mind
so he deceives her

Only now,
only now does she know

Love
love makes her blind
soon she follows him
through the doors of time

Only now,
only now does she know
silver doom,
unseen moon will show

As they dance under the moon
they bring doom
he calls her friend
and says he'll change
she calls him friend
and he deceives again
he calls her friend
and says he'll change
she calls him friend...

But he deceives again.

"The Day the Wizard Died", by Anakerie
(To the tune of "American Pie" by Don McLean)

A long long time ago.
I can still remember how
The magic used to make me smile.

And I knew if I had the chance
That I could make those peons dance.
And maybe they'd respect me for a while.

But oh the fevers made me shiver
With every spell that I'd deliver.
The kender stole our door step
I couldn't take one more step.

I can't remember if I cried
When I found out Crysania fried.
But Takhisis touched me deep inside.
The day the wizard died.

So bye bye to the one they called Sly.
Cause Caramon he saw the hourglass in the sky.
That good old boy, I saw him stand there and cry.
Singing "This'll be the day that you die. Oh, this'll be the day that you die."

Oh did you write this book of spells?
And can you help me find the gates to Hell?
If I promise I can change?
Do you believe that heads will roll?
And can I use your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to change time's flow?

Well I know that you're in love with me.
And you'll help me set the Dark Queen free.
We opened up the door.
Man, I dig that five-headed roar.

I was a scrawny, black-robed, hacking hick. (real word censored)
With an idiot brother and a kick-ass stick.
But I knew I was out of tricks.
The day the wizard died.

Well, for two years I've been own my own.
And my brother's grown all fat and stoned.
But that's not how it used to be.
When I performed in the village streets.
In robes I sewed from old bedsheets.
And made money off their gullibility.

And while my master screamed and huffed.
The kender stole his magic stuff.
My wizard act he spurned.
I pretended I had learned.

And as I tried to learn the spells of old.
The Kingpriest started getting bold.
And now Istar is just a hole.
The day, the wizard died.

Then there we were in that Abyss place.
I looked up and saw Caramon's face.
With no time left to start again.
So take the girl and start to run
Or Takhisis'll have you on a bun.
Cause killing is the Dark Queen's only friend.

And as she tore me limb from limb.
I felt a hand and knew it was him.
No goddess spawned in hell
Could break my brother's spell.
As I slipped into the night.
I knew that I would be alright.
I saw shadow bunnies in silver light.
The day, the wizard died.

And they were singing:
"Bye bye to the one they called Sly
Cause Caramon he saw the hourglass in the sky.
That good old boy, I saw him stand there and cry, singing "This'll be the day that you die."