Lyrics to the Soundtrack of my Life
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Soul Asylum - Misery
by D. Pirner
They say misery loves company
We could start a company and make misery
Frustrated, Incorporated
Well I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to see
Put me out of my misery
I'd do it for you, would you do it for me
We will always be busy making misery
We could build a factory and make misery
We' we made the disease
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated
Well I know just what you need
I might just have the thing
I know what you'd pay to feel
Put me out of my misery
All you suicide kings and you drama queens
Forever after happily, making misery
Did you satisfy your greed, get what you need
Was it only envy, so empty
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated
Frustrated, Incorporated (put me out of my misery)
Frustrated, Incorporated (I'd do it for you, would you do it for me)
Frustrated, Incorporated (forever after happily)
Frustrated, Incorporated (making misery)
Soul Asylum - Can't Even Tell
by D. Pirner
from &Clerks&
I may never get what I want
But I'm happy just to die trying
And I hope I ain't done nobody wrong
But I miss you smiling
And I'm looking for a cure cause I'm bored to tears
And I'm stuck in here, stuck out here, stuck in here
We lived through another day
It's a good excuse to celebrate
Take a number knock on wood
We'll find a reason to feel good
I know you know I wanna know how I feel
I can't even tell (3)
No one knows nothing about me
I'm guessing I'll just keep 'em guessing
No one sees what I see
This is my blessing
And I'm looking for a way to get out of here
Get me out of here, out of here, out of here
We lived through another day
It's a good excuse to celebrate
Take a number knock on wood
Find a reason to feel good
I know you know you wanna know how I feel
I can't even tell (3)
I'm out of here, out of here, out of here
I know you know I want to know how I feel
I can't tell
I know you know I'll tell you if it's real
It sounded like a bell
I can't even tell
I can't even tell
Yes - Lift Me Up
Rabin/Squire
Look around - Got no place to stay.
God I hate this town, depending on the day.
You lift me up, you lift me down - Alright, OK.
While I got no life, I
I'm falling in love.
Help me with tonight - I'm calling.
What to do I
Lord, the walk is not the one I chose...
Lead me on into the dawn.
Take me to
Tie me up, love in a storm.
Have you decided on my fortune?
Facing the future in your eyes,
With your imperial behaviour
We fight amidst the battle cries.
Open doors - They
The fire's still burning in my heart...
What to do I
I want to turn my life around...
Crowded House - World Where You Live
(Neil Finn)
Here's someone now whose got the muscle
His steady hand could move a mountain
Expert in bed but come on now
There must be something missing
That golden one leads a double life
You'll find out
But I don't know where you go
Do you climb into space
To the world where you live
The world where you live
So here we lie against each other
These four walls can never hold us
We're looking for wide open spaces
High above the kitchen
And we're strangers here
On our way to some other place
Tell me I don't know where you go
Do you climb into space
To the world where you live
The world where you live
The world where you live
When friends come round
You might remember and be sad
Behind their eyes is unfamiliar
Do you climb into space
To the world where you live
The world where you live ...
Dave Matthews - Ants Marching
(originally called &No New Directions&)
plays a metaphor of how humans resemble ants in the way we work
and go about doing things in life. As ants have their monotonous routines,
we as humans do as well. The song starts off giving certain examples and
then gives the general view on life.
He wakes up in the morning
Does his teeth bite to eat and he's rolling
Never changes a thing
The week ends the week begins
She thinks, we look at each other
Wondering what the other is thinking
But we never say a thing
These crimes between us grow deeper
Goes to visit his mommy
She feeds him well his concerns
He forgets them
And remembers being small
Playing under the table and dreaming
Take these chances
Place them in a box until a quieter time
Lights down, you up and die
Driving in on this highway
All these cars and upon the sidewalk
People in every direction
No words exchanged
No time to exchange
And all the little ants are marching
Red and black antennas waving
They all do it the same
They all do it the same way
Candyman tempting the thoughts of a
Sweet tooth tortured by the weight loss
Program cutting the corners
Loose end, loose end, cut, cut
On the fence, could not to offend
Cut, cut, cut, cut
Take these chances
Place them in a box until a quieter time
Lights down, you up and die
Jimmy Buffett - Boat Drinks
Boat drinks. Boys in the band ordered boat drinks.
Visitors just scored on the home rink.
Everything seems to be wrong.
Lately, newspaper mentioned cheap airfare.
I've got to fly to Saint Somewhere.
I'm close to bodily harm.
Twenty degrees and the hockey games on.
N they are way too far gone,
screamin' &Boat drinks,&
somethin'to keep them all warm.
This morning I shot six holes in my freezer.
I think I got cabin fever.
Somebody sound the alarm.
I'd like to go where the pace or life's slow.
Could you beam me somewhere, Mister Scott?
Any old place here on Earth or in space.
You pick the century and I'll pick the spot.
I know I should be leaving this climate.
I got a verse but can't rhyme it.
I gotta go where it's warm.
Boat drinks.
Waitress, I need two more boat drinks.
Then I'm headin south 'fore my dream shrinks.
I gotta where it's warm.
I gotta go where it's warm.
I gotta go where it's warm.
I gotta go where there ain't any snow,
where there ain't any blow,
'cause my fin sinks so low.
I gotta go where it's warm.
Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
I can see her lyin' back in her satin dress
In a room where you do what you don't confess.
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs.
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs.
She's bin lookin' like a queen in a sailor's dream
And she don't always say what she really means.
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain.
Sometimes I think it's a shame
I can picture ev'ry move t
Gettin' lost in her lovin' is your first mistake.
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs.
Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again.
I can see her lookin' fas
She's a hard lovin' woman, got me feelin' mean.
Sometimes I think it's a shame
When I get feelin' better when I'm feelin' no pain.
Sundown, you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs.
Sundown you better take care
If I find you bin creepin' round my back stairs.
Sometimes I think it's a sin
When I feel like I'm winnin' when I'm losin' again.
Duran Duran - My Own Way
Written by/Copyright: Simon LeBon Duran Duran
I saw you at the airace yesterday
April showers get out of my way
Fear of flying, no not me
I'm never bothered, what you say
Someone's kid just lives for today
I ain't your problem anyway
'Cause I've got my own way
I can find my own way
'Cause I've got my own way
No. 1 public figure, what a pain
Just puts another rattle in your brain
Take another green but it's not the same
Now you're on the Sandlane everyday
Dancing with the bulls in any old way
Running like a fox to keep up with me
I'm on 45th between Sixth and Broadway
7UP between Sixth and Broadway
Metallica - The God That Failed
Pride you took, pride you feel
pride that you felt when you'd kneel
not the word, not the love
not what you thought from above
it feeds, it grows
it clouds all that you will know
deceit, deceive
decide just what you believe
I see faith in your eyes
never your hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
broken is the promise, betrayal
the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
follow the god that failed
find your peace, find your say
find the smooth road in your way
trust you gave, a child to save
left you cold and him in grave
it feeds, it grows
it clouds all that you will know
deceit, deceive
decide just what you believe
I see faith in your eyes
never you hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
broken is the promise, betrayal
the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
follow the god that failed
I see faith in your eyes
broken is the promise, betrayal
the healing hand held back by the deepened nail
follow the god that failed
pride you took, pride you feel
pride that you felt when you'd kneel
trust you gave, a child to save
left you cold and him in grave
I see faith in your eyes
never you hear the discouraging lies
I hear faith in your cries
broken is the promise, betrayal
the healing hand held back by deepened nail
follow the god that failed
Dear God by XTC (and covered brilliantly by Sarah McLachlin)
&Dear God, hope you got the letter, and...
I pray you can make it better down here.
I don't mean a big reduction in the price of beer
but all the people that you made in your image,
see them starving on their feet 'cause they don't get enough to eat from
God, I can't believe in you
Dear God, sorry to disturb you, but...
I feel that I should be heard loud and clear.
We all need a big reduction in amount of tears
and all the people that you made in your image,
see them fighting in the street 'cause they can't make opinions meet about
God, I can't believe in you
Did you make disease, and the diamond blue?
Did you make mankind after we made you?
And the devil too!
Dear God, don't know if you noticed, but...
your name is on a lot of quotes in this book,
and us crazy humans wrote it, you should take a look,
and all the people that you made in your image
still believing that junk is true.
Well I know it ain't, and so do you,
I can't believe in
I don't believe in
I won't believe in heaven and hell. No saints, no sinners, no devil as well.
No pearly gates, no thorny crown. You're always letting us humans down.
The wars you bring, the babes you drown. Those lost at sea and never found,
and it's the same the whole world 'round. The hurt I see helps to compound
that Father, Son and Holy Ghost is just somebody's unholy hoax,
and if you're up there you'd perceive that my heart's here upon my sleeve.
If there's one thing I don't believe in
it's you...
Dear God.&
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) - Calling America
(Jeff Lynne)
(Somebody...)
Told her that there was a place like heaven
Across the water on a 747
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
And pretty soon she's really got the notion
Of flying out across the big blue ocean
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
Talk is cheap on satellite
But all I get is (static!)
Information, I'm still here
Re-dial on automatic.
Calling America (can't get a message through)
Calling America (that's what she said to do)
Calling America (that's where she has to be)
Calling America (she left a number for me)
Calling America.
But I'm just talking to a satellite
Twenty thousand miles up in the sky each night
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
All I had to do was pick up the phone
I'm out in space, trying to talk to someone
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
She left a number I could call
But no one's there, no one at all
There must be something going wrong
That number just rings on and on.
[REPEAT CHORUS|
Said she'd call when she'd been gone a while
Guess she's missing me across the miles
Yeah, we're living in
In a modern world.
[REPEAT CHORUS|
Calling America, Calling America
Calling America, Calling America...
Matchbox 20 - Real World
(Rob Thomas)
I wonder what it's like to be the rainmaker
I wonder what it's like to know that I made the rain
I'd store it in boxes with little yellow tags on everyone
And you can come and see them when I'm...done, when I'm done
I wonder what it's like to be a super hero
I wonder where I'd go if I could fly around downtown
From some other planet, I get this funky high on yellow sun
Boy I bet my friends will be...stunned, they're stunned
Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here
If I were someone else, would this all fall apart
Strange, where were you, when we started this gig,
I wish the real world, would just stop hassling me
I wonder what it's like to be the head honcho
I wonder what I'd do if they all did just what I said
I'd shout out an order, I think we're out of this man get me some
Boy don't make me wanna change my...tone, my tone
Please don't change, please don't break
The only thing that seems to work at all is you
Please don't change, at all from me
To you, and you to me
Bob Seger - Against The Wind
Words and Music by Bob Seger
It seems like yesterday
But it was long ago
Janey was lovely, she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness with the radio playing low
And the secrets that we shared
The mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
Till there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove
And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it never would end
I remember how she held me oh so tight
Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then
Against the wind
We were runnin' against the wind
We were young and strong, we were runnin'
against the wind
And the years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded by strangers I thought were my friends
I found myself further and further from my home
And I guess I lost my way
There were oh so many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worried about paying or even how much I owed
Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breaking all of the rules that would bend
I began to find myself searchin'
Searching for shelter again and again
Against the wind
A little something against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter against the wind
Well those drifters days are past me now
I've got so much more to think about
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to leave out
Against the wind
I'm still runnin' against the wind
Well I'm older now and still
Against the wind
Moody Blues - The Voice
(Justin Hayward)
Won't you take me back to school
I need to learn the golden rule
Won't you lay it on the line
I need to hear it just one more time
Oh won't you tell me again
Can you feel it
Won't you tell me again
Each and every heart it seems
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun
Is greeted by a lonely one
'Cos out on the ocean of life my love
There's so many storms we must rise above
Can you hear the spirit calling
As it's carried across the waves
You're already falling
It's calling you back to face the music
And the song that is coming through
You're already falling
The one that it's calling is you
Make a promise take a vow
And trust your feelings it's easy now
Understand the voice within
And feel the changes already beginning
And how many words have I got to say
And how many times will it be this way
With your arms around the future
And your back up against the past
You're already falling it's calling you
On to face the music
and the song
that is coming through
You're already falling
The one that it's calling is you
Each and every heart it seems
Is bounded by a world of dreams
Each and every rising sun
Is greeted by a lonely lonely one
Supertramp - The Logical Song
When I was young, it seemed that life was so wonderful,
a miracle, oh it was beautiful, magical.
And all the birds in the trees, well they'd be singing so happily,
joyfully, playfully watching me.
But then they send me away to teach me how to be sensible,
logical, responsible, practical.
And they showed me a world where I could be so dependable,
clinical, intellectual, cynical.
There are times when all the world's asleep,
the questions run too deep
for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who I am.
Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you a radical,
liberal, fanatical, criminal.
Won't you sign up your name, we'd like to feel you're
acceptable, respectable, presentable, a vegetable!
At night, when all the world's asleep,
the questions run so deep
for such a simple man.
Won't you please, please tell me what we've learned
I know it sounds absurd
but please tell me who I am.
Bruce Hornsby - Mandolin Rain
(B. R. Hornsby/John Hornsby)
The song came and went
Like the times that we spent
Hiding out from the rain under the carnival tent
I laughed and she'd smile
It would last for awhile
You don't know what you got till you lose it all again
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go
A cool evening dance
Listening to the bluegrass band takes the chill
From the air till they play the last song
I'll do my time
Keeping you off my mind but there's moments
That I find, I'm not feeling so strong
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go
Running down by the lakeshore
She did love the sound of a summer storm
It played on the lake like a mandolin
Now it's washing her away once again
Listen to the mandolin rain
The boat's steaming in
I watch the sidewheel spin and I
Think about her when I hear that whistle blow
I can't change my mind
I knew all the time that she'd go
But that's a choice I made long ago
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the music on the lake
Listen to my heart break every time she runs away
Listen to the banjo wind
A sad song drifting low
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go, as she turns to go…
Listen to the mandolin rain
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go
Listen to the tears roll
Down my face as she turns to go…
Howard Jones – No One Is To Blame
(Howard Jones)
You can look at the menu, but you just can't eat
You can feel the cushion, but you can't have a seat
You can dip your foot in the pool, but you can't have a swim
You can feel the punishment, but you can't commit the sin
And you want her, and she wants you
We want everyone
And you want her and she wants you
No one, no one, no one ever is to blame
You can build a mansion, but you just can't live in it
You're the fastest runner but you're not allowed to win
Some break the rules, and let you cut the cost
The insecurity is the thing that won't get lost
You can see the summit but you can't reach it
It's the last piece of the puzzle but you just can't make it fit
Doctor says you're cured but you still feel the pain
Aspirations in the clouds but your hopes go down the drain
CHORUS No one ever is to blame, No one ever is to blame
Urge Overkill - Positive Bleeding
Hey look around today
Everything don't need to be the same
Feel, I'm feelin' lonely people
People just like me who go it alone
I guess I'm gonna go it alone
now, I live my life
woo-ooh-hoo
with no control of my destiny.
yeah yeah, yeah yeah
woo-ooh-hoo
I can bleed when I wanna bleed
so come on, come on
woo-ooh-hoo
you can bleed when you wanna bleed
come on and bleed!
hey, look around today
depend on me to be the same
feel, I'm feelin' lonely people
people just like me who go it alone
'cause baby I'm a rollin' stone
ooh, I'm in my life
woo-ooh-hoo
with no control o'er my destiny
yeah yeah, yeah yeah
woo-ooh-hoo
I can bleed when I wanna bleed
so come on, come on
woo-ooh-hoo
you can bleed when you wanna bleed
yeah yeah, come on
woo-ooh-hoo
everybody bleed when they wanna bleed
come on and bleed!
yeah yeah, yeah yeah
woo-ooh-hoo
I can bleed when I wanna bleed
come on, come on
woo-ooh-hoo
you can bleed when you wanna bleed
yeah yeah, come on
woo-ooh-hoo
everybody bleed when they wanna bleed
'cause I can bleed when I wanna bleed
and you can bleed when you wanna bleed
people, bleed when you're gonna bleed
Steely Dan – Hey Nineteen
Way back when
In Sixty-seven
I was the dandy
Of Gamma Chi
Sweet things from Boston
So young and willing
Moved down to Scarsdale
Where the hell am I
Hey Nineteen
No we can't dance together
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along
When you slide on down
Hey Nineteen
That's 'Retha Franklin
She don't remember
The Queen of Soul
It's hard times befallen
The sole survivors
She thinks I'm crazy
But I'm just growing old
Hey Nineteen
No we got nothing in common
No we can't talk at all
Please take me along
When you slide on down
The Cuervo Gold
The fine Columbian
Make tonight a wonderful thing
No we can't dance together
No we can't talk at all
Journey - Feeling That Way / Anytime
(Perry, Rolie, Dunbar) (Rolie, Silver, Fleischman, Schon, Valory)
From The Album: INFINITY (January 1978)
Opened my eyes to a new kind of way
All the good times that you saved
Are you feeling, You feeling that way too
Or am I just, Am I just a fool
When the summer's gone
She'll be there standing by the light
Once she's been to where she's gone to
She should know wrong from right
Is your feeling,
Are you feeling, You feeling that way too
Or am I just, Am I just a fool
A new road's waiting, you touched my life
Soft and warm on a summer's night
You're the only one I told you, the only one I love
The lovely one (lovely one), I'm thinking of
Is your feeling,
Are you feeling, You feeling that way too
You feeling that way?
Is your feeling,
feeling that way
&Break to Anytime&
Oooo-ooo Anytime that you want me
Oooo-ooo Anytime that you want me
Oooo-ooo Anytime that you want me to
Oooo-ooo Anytime that you need me
I'm standing here with my arms a mile wide
Hoping and praying for you
Listen to me and enlighten me
I hope that you need me too, 'cause,
Give me all of your sunshine
A spark is all I need
To take away, all of the shadows
Well what more can I say.
Oh, Anytime at all
Anytime at all
Anytime at all
(Chorus and fade)
Ace of Base – The Sign
I got a new life
You would hardly recognize me
I'm so glad
How can a person like me care for you?
Why do I bother
when you're not the one for me?
Is enough enough?
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign
Life is demanding without understanding
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up
to get into the light where you belong
But where do you belong?
Under the pale moon
for so many years I've wondered
who you are
How can a person like you bring my joy?
Under the pale moon
where I see a lot of stars
Is enough enough?
I saw the sign and it opened up my mind
and I am happy now
living without you
I've left you
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign
No one's gonna drag you up
to get into the light where you belong
I saw the sign and it opened up my eyes
I saw the sign
Pink Floyd -
The Happiest Days of Our Lives / Another Brick in the Wall, part 2
(Roger Waters)
When we grew up and went to school
There were certain teachers who would
Hurt the children in any way they could
By pouring their derision upon anything we did
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids
But in the town, it was well known
When they got home at night, their fat and
Psychopathic wives would thrash them
Within inches of their lives.
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
We don't need no education
We don't need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
All in all it's just another brick in the wall.
All in all you're just another brick in the wall.
Aerosmith - Amazing
(Steven Tyler/Richie Supa)
I kept the right ones out and let the wrong ones in
Had an angel of mercy to see me through all my sins
There were times in my life when I was goin' insane
Tryin' to walk through the pain
When I lost my grip and I hit the floor
Yeah, I thought I could leave but couldn't get out the door, ah ha
I was so sick and tired of livin' a lie
I was wishin' that I would die
It's amazing
With the blink of an eye you finally see the light
Oh, it's amazing
When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright
Yeah, it's amazing
And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight
That one last shot's a permanent vacation
And how high can you fly with broken wings?
Life's a journey not a destination
And I just can't tell just what tomorrow brings
You have to learn to crawl before you learn to walk
But I just couldn't listen to all that righteous talk, oh yeah
I was out on the street just tryin' to survive
Scratchin' to stay alive
It's amazing
With the blink of an eye you finally see the light
Oh, it's amazing
When the moment arrives that you know you'll be alright
Oh, it's amazing
And I'm sayin' a prayer for the desperate hearts tonight
Desperate hearts, desperate hearts
Did he wanna see without and give what I get
Oh, oh woh no, oh woh no
Ya ka kow, ya ka ka ka kow
Hooooo woh oooh
Tell you where we'll go
Love is all naughty, na no
Yaba da dun do, na no
A-t-yeah two two two
Ya no no no no no no, no no
It's amazing
It's so exciting
That's right
It's amazing, ya yow
It's a net go tip top tatayeah
Ohhhhhh, woh no no no no no
Whoo whoo oh oh
So from all of us at Aerosmith to all of you out there
Wherever you are
Remember, the light at the end of the tunnel may be you
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
from Songs From The Big Chair (1985)
Welcome to your life
There's no turning back
Even while we sleep
We will find you acting on your best behavior
Turn your back on mother nature
Everybody wants to rule the world
It's my own design
It's my own remorse
Help me to decide
Help me make the most of freedom and of pleasure
Nothing ever lasts forever
Everybody wants to rule the world
There's a room where the light won't find you
Holding hands while the walls come tumbling down
When they do I'll be right behind you
So glad we almost made it
So sad they had to fade it
Everybody wants to rule the world
I can't stand this indecision Married with a lack of vision
Everybody wants to rule the world
Say that you'll never never never never need it
One headline why believe it
Everybody wants to rule the world
All for freedom and for pleasure
Nothing ever lasts for ever
Everybody wants to rule the world
Jackson Browne - The Pretender
(Jackson Browne)
I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Say it again
I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
I've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there
Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight
I'm going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put out dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again
I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender
Dobie Gray - Drift Away
Day after day I'm more confused
But I look for the light thru the pourin' rain
You know that's a game that I hate to lose
I'm feelin' the strain
Ain't it a shame-oh
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in the rock and roll
And drift away
Give me the beat boys and free my soul
I want to get lost in the rock and roll
And drift away
Beginnin' to think that I'm wasting time
And I don't understand the things I do
The world outside looks so unkind
I'm counting on you
To carry me thru-oh
When my mind is free
You know a melody can move me
And when I'm feelin' blue
The spirit's comin' thru to soothe me
Thanks for the joy that you've given me
I want you to know I believe in the song
And rhythm and rhyme and harmony
You helped me along
You're makin' me strong
Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blueskies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?
And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?
How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground. What have you found? The same old fears.
Wish you were here.
Talking Heads - Stay Up Late
Mommy had. A little baby.
There he is. Fast asleep.
He's just. A little plaything.
Why not. Wake him up?
Cute. Cute. Little baby.
Little pee pee. Little toes.
Now he's comin' to me.
Crawl across. The kitchen floor.
Baby, baby, please let me hold him
I wanna make him stay up all night
Sister, sister, he's just a plaything
We wanna make him stay up all night
Yeah we do
See him drink. From a bottle.
See him eat. From a plate.
Cute. Cute. As a button.
Don't you wanna make him. Stay up late.
And we're having fun. With no money.
Little smile. On his face.
Don't cha' love. The little baby.
Don't you want to make him. Stay up late.
Here we go (all night long)
Sister, sister (all night long)
In the playpen...woo...(all night long)
Little baby goes, ha! (all night long)
I know you want to leave me... Why don't.
We pretend. There you go.
Little man. Cute. Cute.
Why not? Late at night. Wake him up.
Here we go (all night long)
Sister, sister...woo... (with the television on)
Little baby goes...woo! (all night long)
Hey, hey, baby! (all night long)
And he looks so cute (all night long)
In his little red suit (all night long)
Smash Mouth - All Star
Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an &L& on her forehead
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey now you're an All Star get your game on, go play
Hey now you're a Rock Star get the show on get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The water's getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire how about yours
That's the way I like it and I never get bored
Somebody once asked could you spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place
I said yep what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change
Well, the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do, so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Katrina and the Waves - Walking On Sunshine
By: Kimberly Rew
I used to think maybe you loved me
Now, baby, I'm sure
And I just can't wait 'til the day
When you knock on my door
Now every time I go to the mailbox
I gotta hold myself down
'Cause I just can't wait 'til you write me
You're coming to town
I'm walking on sunshine, woh, oh
I'm walking on sunshine, woh, oh
I'm walking on sunshine, woh, oh
And it's time to feel good
It's time to feel good
I used to think maybe you loved me
Now I know that it's true
But I don't want to spend my whole life
Just a waiting for you
Now I don't want you back for the weekend
Or just for a day, no, no
Baby I just want you back
And I want you to stay
Repeat Chorus
Walking, I'm walking on sunshine
I'm walking on sunshine, woh, oh
I'm walking on sunshine, woh, oh
I'm walking on sunshine, woh, oh
And it's time to feel good
It's time to feel good, now
Metallica - Eye Of The Beholder
(Hetfield/Ulrich/Hammet)
Do you see what i see?
Truth is an offence
You silence for your confidence
Do you hear what i hear?
Doors are slamming shut
Limit your imagination, keep you where they must
Do you feel what i feel?
Bittering distress
Who decides what you express
Do you take what i take?
Endurance is the word
Moving back instead of forward seems to me absurd
Doesn't matter what you see?
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how i say
Independence limited
Freedom of choice
Choice is mad for you my friend
Freedom of speech
Speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception
Do you fear what I fear?
Living properly
Truths to you are lies to me
Do you choose what I choose?
More afterlives
Energy derives from both the plus and negative
Do you need what I need?
Boundaries overthrown
Look inside to each his own
Do you trust what I trust?
Me, myself and I
Penetrate the smoke screen I see through the selfish lie
Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say
Independence limited
Freedom of choice
Choice is mad for you my friend
Freedom of speech
Speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception
Do you know what I know?
Your money end your wealth
Your silence just to hear your self
Do you want what I want?
Desire not a thing
I hunger after independence lengthen freedom's ring
Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say
Independence limited
Freedom of choice
Choice is mad for you my friend
Freedom of speech
Speech is words that they will bend
Freedom with their exception
Doesn't matter what you see
Or into it what you read
You can do it your own way
If it's done just how I say
Everclear - Everything to Everyone
You put yourself in stupid places
Yes I think you know it's true
Situations where it's easy to look down on you
I think you like to be the victim
I think you like o be in pain
I think you make yourself a victim almost every single day
You do what you do
You say what you say
You try to be everything to everyone
You know all the right people
You play all the right games
You always try to be everything to everyone
Yeah you do it again
You always do it again
You say they taught you to read and write
Yeah they taught you how to count
I say they tought you how to buy and sell your own body by the pound
I think you like to be their simple toy
I think you love to play the clown
I think you are blind to the fact that the hand you hold is the hand that holds you down
Paul Simon - Slip Slidin' Away
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
I know a man
He came from my home town
He wore his passion for his woman
Like a thorny crown
He said Delores
I live in fear
My love for you's so overpowering
I'm afraid that I will disappear
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
I know a woman
Became a wife
These are the very words she uses
To describe her life
She said a good day
Ain't got no rain
She said a bad day's when I lie in bed
And think of things that might have been
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
And I know a father
Who had a son
He longed to tell him all the reasons
For the things he'd done
He came a long way
Just to explain
He kissed his boy as he lay sleeping
Then he turned around and headed home again
Slip slidin' away
Slip slidin' away
You know the nearer your destination
The more you're slip slidin' away
God only knows
God makes his plan
The information's unavailable
To the mortal man
We work our jobs
Collect our pay
Believe we're gliding down the highway
When in fact we're slip slidin' away
Manfred Mann - Blinded by the Light
from The Roaring Silence
(c) 1976 original lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
These are the condensed / refined lyrics for the Manfred Mann version of BBTL
Blinded by the light
revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night
Blinded by the light
revved up like a deuce
Another runner in the night (fading)
Madman drummers bummers,
Indians in the summer,
With a teenager diplomat
And the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder my shoulder,
feeling kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin,
the calliope crashed to the ground
the calliope crashed to the ground
Some silicon sister with a manager mister
told me I go what it takes.
She said I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
if you play that song with the funky break
And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart
to see if it was safe (to go) outside
And little Early-Pearly came in by her curly-wurly
and asked me if I needed a ride
asked me if I needed a ride
She got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it to the night
She's gonna make it through the night
(break with soul-stirring solo)
Oh momma, that's where the fun is
But momma, that's where the fun is
Momma always told me not to look
in the eye's on the sun
But momma that's where the fun is
(chop sticks variation)
So brimstone-baritone, anti-cyclone Rolling Stone
Preacher from the East,
says dethrone the Dictaphone, hit it in it's funny bone
that's what they expect at least
And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner
watchin' the young girls dance
And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone
only reminding him of romance
and the calliope crashed to the ground
Madman drummers bummers,
Indians in the summer,
With a teenager diplomat
And the dumps with the mumps
As the adolescent pumps his way into his hat
With a boulder my shoulder,
feeling kinda older,
I tripped the merry-go-round
With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin,
the calliope crashed to the ground
Now Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot
and throws his lover in the sand
And some bloodshot forget-me not whispers daddy's within earshot
save the buckshot turn up the band
Some silicon sister with a manager mister
told me I go what it takes.
She said I'll turn you on sonny to something strong
She got down but she never got tired
She's gonna make it to the night
She's gonna make it through the night
Pat Benetar - We Belong
Many times I've tried to tell you,
many times I've cried alone
Always I'm surprised how well
you cut my feelings to the bone
Don't wanna leave you really,
I've invested too much time
To give you up that easy,
to the doubts that complicate your mind
We belong to the light, we belong to the thunder
We belong to the sound of the words we've both fallen under
Whatever we deny or embrace for worse or for better
We belong, we belong, we belong together
Maybe it's a sign of weakness,
when I don't know what to say
Maybe I just wouldn't know what to do
with my strength anyway
Have we become a habit,
do we distort the facts
Now there's no looking forward,
now there's no turning back,
when you say
Close your eyes and try to sleep now,
close your eyes and try to dream
Clear your mind and do your best
to try and wash the palette clean
We can't begin to know it,
how much we really care
I hear your voice inside me,
I see your face everywhere,
still you say
(chorus repeats out)
Aliotta, Haynes, and Jeremiah - Lake Shore Drive
There’s a road I’d like to tell you about, lives in my home town
Lake Shore Drive the road is called and it’ll take you up or down
From rags on up to riches fifteen minutes you can fly
Pretty blue lights along the way, help you right on by
And the blue lights shining with a heavenly grace, help you right on by
And there ain’t no road just like it
Anywhere I found
Running south on Lake Shore Drive heading into town
Just slippin’ on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound
And it starts up north from Hollywood, water on the driving side
Concrete mountains rearing up, throwing shadows just about five
Sometimes you can smell the green if your mind is feeling fine
There ain’t no finer place to be, than running Lake Shore Drive
And there’s no peace of mind, or place you see, than riding on Lake Shore Drive
And there ain’t no road just like it
Anywhere I found
Running south on Lake Shore drive heading into town
Just slicking on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound
And it’s Friday night and you’re looking clean
To early to start the rounds
A ten minute ride from the Gold Coast back make sure you’re pleasure bound
And it’s four o’clock in the morning and all of the people have gone away
Just you and your mind and Lake Shore Drive, tomorrow is another day
And the sunshine’s fine in the morning time, tomorrow is another day
And there ain’t no road just like it
Anywhere I found
Running south on Lake Shore drive heading into town
Just snaking on by on LSD, Friday night trouble bound
Elton John - Levon
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
from Madman Across The Water
Levon wears his war wound like a crown
He calls his child Jesus
`Cause he likes the name
And he sends him to the finest school in town
Levon, Levon likes his money
He makes a lot they say
Spend his days counting
In a garage by the motorway
He was born a pauper to a pawn on a Christmas day
When the New York Times said God is dead
And the war's begun
Alvin Tostig has a son today
And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
And he shall be Levon
In tradition with the family plan
And he shall be Levon
And he shall be a good man
He shall be Levon
Levon sells cartoon balloons in town
His family business thrives
Jesus blows up balloons all day
Sits on the porch swing watching them fly
And Jesus, he wants to go to Venus
Leaving Levon far behind
Take a balloon and go sailing
While Levon, Levon slowly dies
Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill
Climbing up on Solsbury Hill
I could see the city lights
Wind was blowing, time stood still
Eagle flew out of the night
He was something to observe
C I heard a voice
Standing, stretching every nerve
I had no choice
I did not believe the information
Just had to trust imagination
My heart going boom boom boom
Son, he said, grab your things I've come to take you home
To keep in silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut
So I went from day to day
Though my life was in a rut
Till I thought of what I'd say
And which connection I should cut
I was feeling part of the scenery
I walked right out of the machinery
My heart going boom boom boom
Son, he said, grab your things I've come to take you home
When illusion spin her net
I'm never where I want to be
And liberty she pirouette
When I think that I am free
Watched by empty silhouettes
Who close their eyes but still can see
No one taught them etiquette
So I will show another me
Today I don't need a replacement
I'll show them what the smile on my face meant
My heart going boom boom boom
Hey, I said, you can keep my things they've come to take me home
Santana - Winning
One day I was on the ground
When I needed a hand Then it couldn't be found
I was so far down that I couldn't get up
You know and one day I was one of life's losers
Even my friends were my accusers
In my head I lost before I begun
I had a dream but it turned to dust
And what I thought was love That must have been lust
I was living in style When the walls fell in
And when I played my hand I looked like a joker
Turn around fate must have woke her
Cause lady luck she was waiting outside the door
I'm winning I'm winning
I'm winning I'm winning
and I don't intend losing again
Too bad it belonged to me
It was the wrong time and not meant to be
It took a long time and I'm new born now
I can see the day that I bleed for If it's agreed that there's a need
To play the game and to win again
And For Fun (and because I can't find lyrics anywhere else)...
Gary Lee and Showdown - The Rodeo Song
(NOT BY David Allen Coe - though he may have covered it once)
Well it's 40 below and I don't give a fuck
Got a heater in my truck and I'm off to the rodeo
It's an allemande left and an allemande right
C'mon you fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off stage, you goddamn goof - Ya' know,
You piss me off
You fuckin' jerk
You get on my nerves
Well here comes Johnny with his pecker in his hand
He's a one ball man and he's off to the Rodeo
It's an allemande left and an allemande right
C'mon you fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off stage, you goddamn goof - Ya' know,
You piss me off
You fuckin' jerk
You get on my nerves
Well it's 40 below and I ain't got a truck
And don't give a fuck 'cause I'm off to the rodeo
It's an allemande left and an allemande right
C'mon you fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off stage, you goddamn goof - Ya' know,
You piss me off
You fuckin' jerk
You get on my nerves
Well here comes Johnny with his pecker in his hand
He's a one ball man and he's off to the Rodeo
It's an allemande left and an allemande right
C'mon you fuckin' dummy get your right step right
Get off stage, you goddamn goof - Ya' know,
You piss me off
You fuckin' jerk
You get on my nerves
And because I'm a total glutton for punishment...
Jimmy Buffett / Marvin Gardens -
Please Take Your Drunken 15 Year Old Girlfriend Home
D Marvin Gardens was the alter ego of Jimmy
Buffett once upon a time (think Garth Brooks / Chris Gaines) and this song
is sometimes attributed to that name. This song was originally recorded
for the album Hava?a Daydreamin' and was cut for whatever reason
before it's release. This is a difficult song to find the studio version
of and only hardcore Parrot Heads have copies. Though Jimmy frequently
does this song in concert, it still has yet to appear on any Buffett
release (and most likely never will). The following was transcribed directly from the original
recording (by yours truly), so these lyrics are IT. Any variations you
might have heard or read otherwise were probably from a concert recording
of the song, and Jimmy is known for altering his lyrics to many of his
songs in concert.
Please take your girlfriend home
She's only fifteen, shouldn't be back here alone
I'm horny and my mind begins to roam
So please take your drunken fifteen year old girlfriend home
She found mama's Quaalude 'script
Took a few just right before the show, ooo-ooo-ooh
She is no beer drinker
She used the bathroom fifteen times I know
Her overtures were rather crude
Her boyfriend he was more than rude to me
I'm twenty-eight and I don't date
I can still meet fancy women just for free
So please take your girlfriend home
She's only fifteen, shouldn't be back here alone
I'm horny and my mouth begins to foam
So please take your drunken fifteen year old girlfriend home
&Oh, get her out of here.&
She said our show was rather dull
She like Jethro Tull more than she liked us, uuu-uuh-uus
She said a cab cost twenty bucks
I gave her thirty cents to ride the bus
When she hit me with the line
Something with which I could not agree
When she said she dug the harmonica player
A whole lot more than she really dug me
So please take your girlfriend home
She's only fifteen, shouldn't be back here alone
Take her to go see the Rolling Stones
And please take your drunken fifteen year old girlfriend home
Yeah, please take your drunken fifteen year old girlfriend home