Favorite song lyrics

[SAFD46Truck]

Ok music lovers, list your favorite song lyrics here! Here are 2 of my favorites. (very insightful stuff!;))

1)"Every gambler knows the secret to survival is knowing what to throw away and knowing what to keep. 'Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser...and the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep." -the gambler-Kenny Rogers

2)"I have nothin to lose but my money and my mind" -take it off-KISS

[superchef]

Tell her i´ll be waiting
In the usual place
With the tired and weary
There´s no escape
To need a woman
You´ve got to know
How the strong get weak
And the rich get poor
You´re running with me
Don´t touch the ground
We´re restless hearted
Not the chained and bound
The sky is burning
A sea of flame
Though your world is changing
I will be the same
The storm is breaking
Or so it seems
We´re too young to reason
Too grown up to dream
Now spring is turning
Your face to mine
I can hear your laughter
I can see your smile
No I can´t escape
I´m a slave to love


Bryan Ferry/Roxy Music

[ullrichk]

I like to get some sleep before I travel/
But if you've got a warrant I guess you're gonna come in.

The other JerryGarcia

[WTFD10]

"In my dream I was drowning my sorrows but my sorrows they learned to swim..." - U2 "Until The End Of The World"

[jerrygarcia]

Originally posted by ullrichk
I like to get some sleep before I travel/
But if you've got a warrant I guess you're gonna come in.

The other JerryGarcia

What a long strange trip it's been.

:cool:

[ffexpCP]

I love the way you look at me.
I love the way you smack my ass.
I love the dirty things you do.
I have control of you.

Control-Puddle of Mudd

[ffexpCP]

Oh, come on and kick me,
Oh, come on and kick me,
You've got your problems-
I've got my ass wipe.
Youve got your big g's-
I've got my hash pipe.

[superchef]

"Spirit of the rising sun lift me up
Hold me there and never let me fall"

U2- The Three Sunrises

[CaptainGonzo]

Both of mine are from Rush
Distant Early Warning from the album "Grace under Pressure"

The world weighs on my shoulders
But what am I to do?
You sometimes drive me crazy-
But I worry about you

I know it makes no difference
To what you're going through
But I see the tip of the iceberg-
And I worry about you...

Limelight from the album "Moving Pictures"

All the world's indeed a stage,
And we are merely players,
Performers and portrayers,
Each another's audience
Outside the gilded cage.

[FWDbuff]

METALLICA/Nothing Else Matters

So close no matter how far
couldn't be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

never opened myself this way
life is ours, we live it our way
all these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters

trust I seek and I find in you
every day for us something new
open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

so close no matter how far
couldn't be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
but I know

never opened myself this way
life is ours, we live it our way
all these words I don't just say
and nothing else matters

trust I seek and I find in you
every day for us something new
open mind for a different view
and nothing else matters

never cared for what they say
never cared for games they play
never cared for what they do
never cared for what they know
and I know

so close no matter how far
couldn't be much more from the heart
forever trusting who we are
no nothing else matters

[manofire2]

"Pickin up hookers instead of my pen I let the words of my youth fade away.

Old worn out saddles and old worn out memories of no place with no where to go.

My heroes have always been cowboys and they still are it seems

Sadly in search of and one step in back of themselves and their slow movin dreams"

[Dave1983]

Our memories of yesterday will last a lifetime
We'll take the best, forget the rest
And someday we'll find these are the best of times

STYX "The Best of Times":cool:


No his mind is not for rent
To any god or government
Always hopeful, yet discontent
He knows changes aren't permanent
But change is

RUSH "Tom Sawyer":cool: :cool:

[Farmun]

Kansas-Wayward Son

Carry on my wayward son
For there'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Now don't you cry no more
Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond the illusion
I was soaring ever higher, but I flew too high
Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a madman
I hear the voices when I'm dreamin'
I can hear them say
CHORUS
Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, it surely means that I don't
know
On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about, I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune, but I hear the voices say
CHORUS
Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
Now your life's no longer empty
Surely heaven waits for you
CHORUS
;)

[ChiefReason]

Bye, bye, Miss American Pie;
Drove my Chevy to the levy,
But the levy was dry;
And good ole boys were drinkin' whiskey and rye
Singin' "this'll be the day that I die...
This'll be the day that I die...

Did you write the book of love,
Do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so...

Do you believe in rock-n-roll
Can music save your moral soul and
Can you teach me how to dance real slow...

'Cause I know that you're in love with him,
'Cause I saw you dancin' chin to chin

You both kicked off your shoes
And I dig those rythmic blues....

:cool:

[E229Lt]

Patty Hearst, heard the burst,
of Rolands Thompson gun and bought it.

______________________________ __________

Mario Andretti would a sure been proud,
of the way I was movin' when I passed that crowd

______________________________ ___________

Fat bottom girls
you make the rockin' world go round

______________________________ ________________

and of course:

Johnny’s in the basement
Mixing up the medicine
I’m on the pavement
Thinking about the government
The man in the trench coat
Badge out, laid off
Says he’s got a bad cough
Wants to get it paid off
Look out kid
It’s somethin’ you did
God knows when
But you’re doin’ it again
You better duck down the alley way
Lookin’ for a new friend
The man in the coon-skin cap
In the big pen
Wants eleven dollar bills
You only got ten

Maggie comes fleet foot
Face full of black soot
Talkin’ that the heat put
Plants in the bed but
The phone’s tapped anyway
Maggie says that many say
They must bust in early may
Orders from the d. a.
Look out kid
Don’t matter what you did
Walk on your tip toes
Don’t try no doz
Better stay away from those
That carry around a fire hose
Keep a clean nose
Watch the plain clothes
You don’t need a weather man
To know which way the wind blows

Get sick, get well
Hang around a ink well
Ring bell, hard to tell
If anything is goin’ to sell
Try hard, get barred
Get back, write braille
Get jailed, jump bail
Join the army, if you fail
Look out kid
You’re gonna get hit
But losers, cheaters
Six-time users
Hang around the theaters
Girl by the whirlpool
Lookin’ for a new fool
Don’t follow leaders
Watch the parkin’ meters

Ah get born, keep warm
Short pants, romance, learn to dance
Get dressed, get blessed
Try to be a success
Please her, please him, buy gifts
Don’t steal, don’t lift
Twenty years of schoolin’
And they put you on the day shift
Look out kid
They keep it all hid
Better jump down a manhole
Light yourself a candle
Don’t wear sandals
Try to avoid the scandals
Don’t wanna be a bum
You better chew gum
The pump don’t work
’cause the vandals took the handles

[Steamer]

Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to

I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

So look down upon me, Jesus
You've got to help me make a stand
You've just got to see me through another day
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way

woh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again

I’ve been walking my mind to an easy time
My back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it’ll turn your head around
Well, there’s hours of time on the telephone line
To talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.

woh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again, now

Thought I'd see you one more time again
There's just a few things coming my way this time around, now
Thought I'd see you, thought I'd see you fire and rain, now

[Ladder8]

So here she's actin' happy inside her handsome home
And me, I'm flyin' in my taxi, takin' tips and gettin' stoned.

I got into town a little early.
Had eight hours to kill before the show.
First I thought about heading up north of the bay
Then I knew where I had to go.

I thought about taking a limousine
Or at least a fancy car.
But I ended up taking a taxi
'Cause that's how I got this far.

You see, ten years ago it was the front seat
Drivin' stoned and feelin' no pain.
Now here I am straight and sittin' in the back
Hitting Sixteen Parkside Lane.

The driveway was the same as I remembered
And a butler came and answered the door.
He just shook his head when I asked for her
And said "She doesn't live here anymore."

But he offered to give me the address
That they were forwarding her letters to.
I just took it and returned to the cabbie
And said "I got one more fare for you."

And so we rolled back into the city
Up to a five story old brownstone
I rang the bell that had her name on the mailbox.
The buzzer said somebody's home.

And the look on her face as she opened the door
Was like an old joke told by a friend.
It'd taken ten more years but she'd found her smile
And I watched the corners start to bend.

And she said, "How are you Harry?
Haven't we played this scene before?"
I said "It's so good to see you, Sue
Had to play it out just once more."
Play it out just once more.

She said I've heard you flying high on my radio
I answered "It's not all it seems"
That's when she laughed and she said, "It's better sometimes
When we don't get to touch our dreams."

That's when I asked her where was that actress
She said "That was somebody else"
And then I asked her why she looked so happy now
She said "I finally like myself, at last I like myself."

So we talked all through that afternoon
Talking about where we'd been
We talked of the tiny difference
Between ending and starting to begin.
We talked because talking tells you things
Like what you really are thinking about.
But sometimes you can't find what you're feeling
Till all the words run out.

So I asked her to come to the concert.
She said "No, I work at night."
I said, "We've gotten too damn good at leaving, Sue"
She said, "Harry, you're right."

Don't ask me if I made love to her
Or which one of us started to cry
Don't ask me why she wouldn't take the money that I left
If I answered at all I'd lie.

So I thought about her as I sang that night
And how the circle keeps rolling around.
How I act as I'm facing the footlights
And how she's flying with both feet on the ground.

I guess it's a sequel to our story
From the journey 'tween heaven and hell
With half the time thinking of what might have been
and half thinkin' just as well.

I guess only time will tell.

[hwoods]

Sometimes at Night, When I'm all alone
The sounds of the day fade away
Alone in my room with my memories
Winds of Yesterday blow on me
I hear country music on the radio
The way that it was a long time ago
And the sound of Mama Singin'
Comes driftin' thru the trees
When the Winds of Yesterday blow on me

I see a moon so bright, over cotton fields of white
The fragrance of Magnolias ride the breeze
And the little 2 room school, where I learned the Golden Rule
And the Winds of Yesterday blow on me
I see children at the old swimmin' hole
And Fishin' on the river, with an old cane pole
Each memory is so dear, Each face is so clear
When the Winds of Yesterday blow on me

I can hear the choir sing, how their voices ring
I remember the words to each song
And that old preacher man once more sets my heart at ease
When the Winds of Yesterday blow on me
When the Winds of Yesterday blow on me.

With thanks to, and in memory of,
Boxcar Willie 1920-2001

[CaptainS]

Suicide Is Painless
Mike Altman & Johnny Mandell


A brave man once requested me
To answer questions that are key
Is it to be or not to be
And I replied "Oh why ask me."

Cause suicide is painless
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please;

And you can do the same thing if you please.

[spearsm]

Andy Griggs/She's more.


I like blue eyes, hers are green.
Not like the woman of my dreams.
And her hair's not quite as long as I had planned.
Five foot three isn't tall-
She's not the girl I pictured at all,
In those paint by number fantasies I've had.

So it took me by complete surprise
When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes
She's not at all what I was looking for
She's more.

No, it wasn't at first sight,
But the moment I looked twice
I saw the woman I was born to love
Her laughter fills my soul

And when I hold her I don't wanna let go
When it comes to her I can't get enough

So it took me by complete surprise
When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes
She's not at all what I was looking for
She's more

More than I dreamed of
More than any man deserves.
I couldn't ask for more
Than a love like hers

So it took me by complete surprise
When my heart got lost in those deep green eyes
She's not at all what I was looking for
She's more..

[rualfire]

It was a beautiful day, the sun beat down
I had the radio on, I was drivin’
The trees went by, me and del were singin’
Little runaway, I was flyin’

Yeah runnin’ down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads
I’m runnin’ down a dream

I felt so good, like anything was possible
I hit cruise control and rubbed eyes
The last three days the rain was unstoppabl e
It was always cold, no sun shine

Yeah runnin’ down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads
I’m runnin’ down a dream

I rolled on as the sky grew dark
I put the pedal down to make some time
There’s something good waitin’ down this road
I’m pickin’ up whatever is mine

Yeah runnin’ down a dream
That never would come to me
Workin’ on a mystery, goin’ wherever it leads
I’m runnin’ down a dream

[spearsm]

I pop this `un in after a rough shift rotation.

Huey Lewis n the news

I like my job and i dont mind the work
But eleven out of twelve is bound to hurt
The pay's pretty good and the benefits are fine
But i got a little girl and i wanna make her mine

Don't mind telling you i get a little mad
To get a bit ahead takes all the time i have
Don't misunderstand me
I'm not getting soft
All i want is a couple days off

Can't wait for the weekend
Ah baby just can't wait no

I dont need another high song to sing
I dont need a shiny new diamond ring
I don't need to meet nobody else
I just need a little time for myself
'cause i'm only human, i'm no machine
I need a little loving only you know what i mean

Don't misunderstand me
I'm not getting soft
All i want is a couple days off

Let me catch my breath

Thank god for the weekend

Back to the old grind

I dont need another long coffee break
I've had as much coffee as a man can take
I need to change my disposition
Change my point of view
I need time to figure out what i want to do

Believe me when i tell you it gets a little rough
We work a little harder but it never is enough

I'm not afraid to say
I'm a total loss
All i want is a couple days off

Can't wait for the weekend

[F52Westside]

"One hand reaches out and pulls a lost soul from harm. While a thousand more go unspoken for, They say what good have you done, By saving just this one. It's like whispering a prayer in the fury of a storm.
And I hear them saying you'll never change things, And nomatter what you do it's still the same thing. But it's not the world I am changing. I do this so this world will know, That it will not chnge me." - Garth Brooks - "The Change"

" I can sit here in the back half of my life, And wonder when the other shoe will fall. Or I can stand up, point myself home, And see if I've learned anything at all, Anything at all
Mediocrity's easy, the good things take time. The great need commitment right down the line." - Bob Seger - "Lock and Load"

[SteveDude]

Always a fave on the coach on the way back fro a Rugby Match or a Fire Brigade 'Beano'

In a cavern down by a canyon
Excavatin' for a mine
A-there lived a miner from North Carolina
And his daughter chubby Clementine

N'every mornin', hey just about dawnin'
A'when the sun BEGAN to shine
You know she would rouse up wake all a them cows up
And walk 'em down to her Daddy's mine

She took the foot bridge way 'cross the water
Though she weighed two-ninety nine
The old bridge trembled and disassembled
(Oops!) dumped her into the foamy brine

Hey, crackle like thunder, (ho, ho) you know she went under
(ho, ho) blowin bubbles down the line
Hey, I'm no swimm'a but were she slimm'a
I might'a saved that Clementine

(Hey) broke the record way under water
I thought that she was doin' fine
I wasn't nervous until the service
That they held for Clementine

Hey you sailor (ho, ho) way out in your whaler
With a harpoon your trusty line
If she shows now, yeah, there she blows now
It just may be chunky Clementine

(One more time)
Oh my darlin', oh my darlin', oh my darlin'
Oh my darlin' , oh my darlin' sweet Clementine
You may be gone
But!
You're not forgotten,
Fare thee well
So long Clementine
Bye!


Clementine...Bobby Darin

*Beano....UK, Coach trip to a seaside resort with beer on the coach, then all day in the pubs, coach back home late at night.... usually a group of work friends, a pub group a sports club etc...Dunno what you call them in the US, but I recommend them heartily.:D

[FFTide]

"It's nice to be imporatant,
but it's more important to be nice"
-Scooter Move your ass!

"I'm the cream of the crop, I rise to the top
I never eat a pig cause a pig is a cop
Or better yet a terminator
Like Arnold Schwarzenegger
Try'n to play me out like as if my name was Sega"
-House of Pain Jump Around

"I'll stir fry you in my wok!"
-Beastie Boys Intergalactic

"Your best friend Harry has a brother Larry
In five days from now he's gonna marry
He's hopin you can make it there if you can
Cause in the ceremony you'll be the best man
You say neat-o, check your libido
And roll to the church in your new tuxedo
The bride walks down just to start the wedding
And there's one more girl you won't be getting"
-Young MC Bust a Move

"Mad cause I got floor seats at the Lakers
See me on the fifty yard line with the Raiders
Met Ali he told me I'm the greatest
... gettin' jiggy wit it"
-Will Smith Gettin' Jiggy Wit it

[rualfire]

Originally posted by SteveDude
Always a fave on the coach on the way back fro a Rugby Match or a Fire Brigade 'Beano'


*Beano....UK, Coach trip to a seaside resort with beer on the coach, then all day in the pubs, coach back home late at night.... usually a group of work friends, a pub group a sports club etc...Dunno what you call them in the US, but I recommend them heartily.:D


Sounds like a great time.. We do similar trips to the rocky mountians for skiing in groups, and there are some companies doing pub crawls where people pay $20 and get toured from bar to bar on yellow school bus's, some use double deckers from the UK..

[RoughRider]

You imagine sipping champagne from your boot
For a taste of your elegant pride
I may be going to hell in a bucket
But at least I'm enjoying the ride
At least I'm enjoying the ride
Yeah at least I'm enjoying the ride

[RoughRider]

If my words did glow with the gold of sunshine
And my tunes were played on the harp unstrung
Would you hear my voice come through the music?
Would you hold it near, as it were your own?

It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken
Perhaps they're better left unsung
I don't know, don't really care
Let there be songs to fill the air (note 1)

Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow

Reach out your hand if your cup be empty
If your cup is full may it be again
Let it be known there is a fountain
That was not made by the hands of man

There is a road, no simple highway
Between the dawn and the dark of night
And if you go, no one may follow
That path is for your steps alone

Ripple in still water
When there is no pebble tossed
Nor wind to blow

You who choose to lead must follow
But if you fall, you fall alone
If you should stand, then who's to guide you?
If I knew the way, I would take you home

[Dave1983]

I forgot this one. Written by Freddie Mercury when he was dying of AIDS and was very ill. From Queen's "Innuendo" (1991).


Empty spaces - what are we living for
Abandoned places - I guess we know the score
On and on, does anybody know what we are looking for...
Another hero, another mindless crime
Behind the curtain, in the pantomime
Hold the line, does anybody want to take it anymore
The show must go on,
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on.
Whatever happens, I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache, another failed romance
On and on, does anybody know what we are living for?
I guess I'm learning, I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning, round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free
The show must go on
The show must go on
Inside my heart is breaking
My make-up may be flaking
But my smile still stays on
My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies
Fairytales of yesterday will grow but never die
I can fly - my friends
The show must go on
The show must go on
I'll face it with a grin
I'm never giving in
On - with the show -
I'll top the bill, I'll overkill
I have to find the will to carry on
On with the -
On with the show -
The show must go on...


RIP Freddie...:(

[Dave1983]

Nobody's posted this one yet?;)


[Chorus:]
Well they call me the fireman, that's my name.
Making my rounds all over town, putting out old flames.
Well everybody'd like to have a what I got.
I can cool 'em down when they're smold'ring hot.
I'm the fireman, that's my name.

Last night they had a bad one a mile or two down the road.
Well my buddy walked out and left his woman burning out of control.
Well I was down there in about an hour or so.
With a little mouth to mouth she was ready to go.
I'm the fireman, that's my name.

[Chorus]

Got a fire engine red - T - bird automobile.
In a minute or less I can be dressed fit to kill.
I work 24 on, 24 off.
When they get too hot, they just give me a call.
I'm the fireman, that's my name.

[Chorus]

They call me the fireman, that's my name.


George Strait "The Fireman"

[snowball]

Ona dark desert highway
Cool wind in my hair
Warm smell of colitas
Rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance
I saw a shimmering light
My head grew heavy
And my sight grew dim
I had to stop fot the night

There she stood in the doorway
I heard the mission bell
And I was thinking to myself
'this could be Heaven or this could be hell'

Then she lit up a candle
And she showed me the way
There were voices down the corridor
I thought I heard them say

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely place
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
Any time you're here
You can find it here

Her mind is tiffany-twisted
She got the mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty pretty boys
That she call friends

How they dance in the courtyard
Sweet summer sweat
Some dance to remember
Some dance to forget

So I called up the captain
Please bring me my wine
And he said
'we havent had that spirit here since 1969
And still those voices are calling from far away
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice suprise
Bring your alibis

Mirrors on the cieling
The pink champagne on ice
And she said 'we are all just prisoners here, of our own device'
And in the master's chambers
They gathered for the feast
They stab it with their steely knives
But they just can't kill the beast

Last thing I remember
Iwas running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
'relax' said the night man
'we are programmed to recieve'
'you can check out any time you like,
but you can never leave'


(insert awesome guitar solo) :cool:

[JackTee09]

I don't know if they are favorites - but they do come to mind often.

Tunnel of Love - Springsteen

it ought to be easy ought to be simple enough
Man meets woman and they fall in love
But the house is haunted and the ride gets rough
And you've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above
if you want to ride on down in through this tunnel of love

4th of July-Asbury Park - Springsteen

Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over little Eden tonight
Sparkin' a light in all those lonesome faces staring up on this warm July
Down in town the streets are full of switchblade lovers, so fast, so shiny, so sharp
And them wizards play down on pinball way on the boardwalk way past dark
And those boys from the Casino dance with their shirts open like bandits on the shore
Ah, catching all them silly New York girls by the score

[StayBack500FT]

I make my living off the evening news
Just give me something-something I can use
People love it when you lose,
They love dirty laundry

Well, I coulda been an actor, but I wound up here
I just have to look good, I don’t have to be clear
Come and whisper in my ear
Give us dirty laundry

Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em when they’re down
Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em when they’re down
Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em when they’re down
Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em all around

We got the bubble-headed-bleach-blonde who
Comes on at five
She can tell you ’bout the plane crash with a gleam
In her eye
It’s interesting when people die-
Give us dirty laundry

Can we film the operation?
Is the head dead yet?
You know, the boys in the newsroom got a
Running bet
Get the widow on the set!
We need dirty laundry

You don’t really need to find out what’s going on
You don’t really want to know just how far it’s gone
Just leave well enough alone
Eat your dirty laundry

Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em when they’re down
Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em when they’re down

Kick ’em when they’re up
Kick ’em when they’re down
Kick ’em when they’re stiff
Kick ’em all around

Dirty little secrets
Dirty little lies
We got our dirty little fingers in everybody’s pie
We love to cut you down to size
We love dirty laundry

We can do the innuendo
We can dance and sing
When it’s said and done we haven’t told you a thing
We all know that crap is king
Give us dirty laundry!

[dragonfyre]

"Her name was Magill
and she called herself Lil
But everyone knew her as Nancy."

Rocky Racoon
from the Beatles White album

[Murph64]

Snips of a couple of my favorites...


Well, I've got to run to keep from hiding,
And I'm bound to keep on riding.
And I've got one more silver dollar,
But I'm not gonna let them catch me, no,
Not gonna let 'em catch the Midnight Rider.


My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law
And on Sundays I elude the eyes
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits



Well, I just got into town about an hour ago
Took a look around, see which way the wind blow
Where the little girls in their Hollywood bungalows


Don’t you love her madly, don’t you need her badly
Don’t you love her ways, tell me what you say
Don’t you love her madly, wanna be her daddy
Don’t you love her face
Don’t you love her as she’s walkin’ out the door

Once upon a time
Once when you were mine
I remember skies
Reflected in your eyes
I wonder where you are
I wonder if you
Think about me
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams






Andy

[2004F550]

Here's a couple of my favorites......its DMB

Say, my love, I came to you with best intentions
You laid down and gave to me just what I'm seeking
Love, you drive me to distraction

Hey my love do you believe that we might last a thousand years
Or more if not for this,
our flesh and blood
It ties you and me right up
Tie me down

Celebrate we will
Because life is short but sweet for certain
We're climbing two by two
To be sure these days continue
These things we cannot change

Hey, my love, you came to me like wine comes to this mouth
Grown tired of water all the time
You quench my heart and you quench my mind

Celebrate we will
Because life is short but
Sweet for certain
We're climbing two by two
To be sure these days continue
The things we cannot
Celebrate, you and me, climbing two by two, to be sure
these days continue, things we cannot change

Oh, my love I came to you
with best intentions
You laid down and gave to me
Just what I'm seeking

Celebrate we will
Because life is short
But sweet for certain
We're climbing two by two
To be sure these days continue
Things we cannot change...
Things we cannot change


Also like.....

You've got your ball
You've got your chain
Tied to me tight tie me up again
Who's got their claws
in you my friend
Into your heart I'll beat again
Sweet like candy to my soul
Sweet you rock
and sweet you roll
Lost for you I'm so lost for you

You come crash into me
And I come into you,
I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream

Touch your lips just so I know
In your eyes, love, it glows so
I'm bare-boned and crazy for you
When you come crash
into me, baby
And I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream
If I've gone overboard
Then I'm begging you
to forgive me
In my haste
When I'm holding you so girl...
close to me

Oh and you come crash
into me, baby
And I come into you
Hike up your skirt a little more
and show the world to me
Hike up your skirt a little more
and show your world to me
In a boys dream... In a boys dream

Oh I watch you there
through the window
And I stare at you
You wear nothing but you
wear it so well
Tied up and twisted,
the way I'd like to be
For you, for me, come crash
Into me

[wag11c]

Sitting here in Queens,
eating refried beans,
reading all the magazines-gulping down Thorazines,
We ain't got no friends,
no Christmas cards to send,
our troubles never end,
Daddy likes men.

"The Ramones" RIP boys!

[ROOKIELZ]

Where have all the good men gone
And where are all the gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules
To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night I toss and turn and dream
of what I need

[Chorus]

I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong
And he's gotta be fast
And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure
And it's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life

Somewhere after midnight
In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere just beyond my reach
There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder end rising with the heat
It's gonna take a superman to sweep me off my feet

[Chorus]

Up where the mountains meet the heavens above
Out where the lightning splits the sea
I would swear that there's someone somewhere
Watching me

Through the wind end the chill and the rain
And the storm and the flood
I can feel his approach
Like the fire in my blood


Note: He wears Turn-0uts and I married him :D

[RyanEMVFD]

I like that one line from a Papa Roach song:

"And the scars remind us that the past is real."

and Lightning Crashes by Live

lightning crashes, a new mother cries
her placenta falls to the floor
the angel opens her eyes
the confusion sets in
before the doctor can even close the door

lightning crashes, an old mother dies
her intentions fall to the floor
the angel closes her eyes
the confusion that was hers
belongs now, to the baby down the hall

oh now feel it comin' back again
like a rollin' thunder chasing the wind
forces pullin' from the center of the earth again
i can feel it.

lightning crashes, a new mother cries
this moment she's been waiting for
the angel opens her eyes
pale blue colored iris, presents the circle
and puts the glory out to hide, hide




then there are several songs by Lorenna McKennitt that I like.

[LtDPSJFD]

Even though he wrote it, I can't picture Springsteen singing it...

Some silicone sister with a manager mister told me I go what it takes
She said "I'll turn you on sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break"

And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe outside
And little Early-Pearly came by in his curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride

[StayBack500FT]

I was a little too tall
Could’ve used a few pounds
Tight pants points hardly reknown
She was a black-haired beauty with big dark eyes
And points all her own sitting way up high
Way up firm and high

Out past the cornfields where the woods got heavy
Out in the back seat of my ’60 chevy
Workin’ on mysteries without any clues
Workin’ on our night moves
Tryin’ to make some front page drive-in news
Workin’ on our night moves
In the summertime
In the sweet summertime

We weren’t in love, oh no, far from it
We weren’t searchin’ for some pie in the sky summit
We were just young and restless and bored
Livin’ by the sword
And we’d steal away every chance we could
To the backroom, to the alley or the trusty woods
I used her, she used me
But neither one cared
We were gettin’ our share
Workin’ on our night moves
Tryin’ to lose the awkward teenage blues
Workin’ on our night moves
And it was summertime

And oh the wonder
We felt the lightning
And we waited on the thunder
Waited on the thunder

I awoke last night to the sound of thunder
How far off I sat and wondered
Started humming a song from 1962
Ain’t it funny how the night moves
When you just don’t seem to have as much to lose
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in

[StayBack500FT]

She's my kind of rain
Like love in a drunken sky
She's confetti falling
Down all night

She sits quietly there
Black water in a jar
Says, Baby why are you
Trembling like you are

So I wait
And I try
I confess like a child

She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain

She's the sun set shadows
She's like Rembrandt's light
She's the history that's made at night
She's my lost companion
She's my dreaming tree
Together in this brief eternity
Summer days, winter snows
She's all things to behold

She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain

So I wait
And I try
I confess all my crimes

She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain

She's my kind of rain
Like love from a drunken sky
Confetti falling down all night
She's my kind of rain

She's my kind of rain
Oh, rain on me
She's my kind of rain

[wfmartin]

Another Bruce

"Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good"

Highway Patrolman
Bruce Springsteen

[dragonfyre]

Originally posted by StayBack500FT
Like love in a drunken sky

I never understood that song.

What exactly is a drunken sky and what does it look like?

And how do you tell when there is love in a drunken sky??

[StayBack500FT]

I don't know exactly, but if it gets sick we're all in trouble!

[spearsm]

"Operator, 321, please. Thank You. Hello, Coy? What are you doin'?! What do you mean, who is this! This is Bubba? Why wasn't you at the banquet? What do you mean all you had to wear was a Hawaiian flowerdy shirt? Well, you may think you're foolin' some people, but I know what's goin' on. Yeah, Ever'body seen the little redhead. That's right, ever'body! Why she come runnin' right through the dinner, right in the middle of the pineapple sherbet. Didn't have nothin' on but your fez, Coy! Coy, you the only one's got a fez with a propeller on top!! Yeah, yeah and she was a yellin' out the secret code, too, Coy. Dad blame it we gonna have to change it now, Coy! We gonna have to have a special meetin', we get back to Hahira, about your conduct at this here convention. Embarrassin'!! Now Coy, you be at the secret conclave tonight! You hear me?! And Coy, keep it a secret! Hah!"

[spearsm]

Well, when I stepped into the shop, I realized immediately that I was dealing with a born-again barber. Don't see too many barber shops with a steeple, had an organ in the corner, a choir, an usher led me to the barber chair. Barber walked in, started saying grace, "Oh Lord, for these haircuts we are about to receive, may we be truly thankful. Dominus possum pax probiscus, post mortem, et tu brute, puella carborundum". He was sorta half-Baptist, half-Catholic...maybe a Cathtist. He started cuttin' my hair and preachin' at the same time. I mean he's a wild man, scissors and razors a'flyin' around my head, he's talkin'about the evils of dancin' and drinkin' and liquor and sex and wild women and music and the music business. Then he looked down at me and he said, "What do you do for a livin'ahuh?" Now, I'm not ashamed of what I do for a livin'. Workin' bars and casinos, around liquor and wild women, I just play my piano, sing my little songs. I looked him right in the eye and I said, "I run this church for loggers!"
Chorus

[doughesson]

If you can listen to this song and not think of those who went to work one day in September and never got the chance to say good bye without crying,you're tougher than I'll ever want to be.

Tell me I was Dreamin'
Travis Tritt 1995




When I woke up this morning,and wiped the sleep from my eyes,
I found a new day dawning and suddenly I realize,you're gone.
Tell me I was dreaming,that you didn't leave me here to cry
You didn't say you don't love me anymore,It was just my imagination telling lies,Tell me you didn't say good bye.
I'm in a state of confusion,I hope things aren't what they seem,if this is really happening,just let me go back to dream,you're home.

Tell me I was dreaming,that you didn't leave me here to cry.You didn't say you don't love me any more It was just my imagination telling lies,Tell me you didn't say good bye.

Tell me I was dreaming,that you didn't leave me here to cry
You didn't say you don't love me anymore,it was just my imagination telling lies,
Tell me you didn't say good bye.
Darlin',tell me you didn't say good bye.

[Dave1983]

[QUOTE=dragonfyre]I never understood that song.

What exactly is a drunken sky and what does it look like?/QUOTE]


Get drunk, go outside and look up? :)

[Plattsfire2]

:p :cool: Wasted away again in Margaritaville... :p :D ;)

[Plattsfire2]

On a more serious note,


"Would you exchange a walk on part in a war for a lead role in a cage?"


Anybody know who that's from?

[E40FDNYL35]

And you can't always get what you want, honey.
You can't always get what you want.
You can't always get what you want.
But if you try sometime, yeah,
You just might find you get what you need!

[ullrichk]

On a more serious note,


"Would you exchange a walk on part in a war for a lead role in a cage?"


Anybody know who that's from?




Which one's Pink? ;)

[Lewiston2Capt]

On a more serious note,


"Would you exchange a walk on part in a war for a lead role in a cage?"


Anybody know who that's from?

Pink Floyd "Wish you Were Here"

[Emberxx]

Well, there's a Connie Vannet song called "My Pussy" that I absolutely love, unfortunately the lyrics cannot be posted here.....(it's about her cat you guys...geesh! :D )

So...let's see:

You’re the cutest thing
That I ever did see
I really love your peaches
Want to shake your tree
Lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey-dovey all the time
Ooo-eee baby, I’ll sure show you a good time

Steve Miller - The Joker

****************

Night lift up the shades
Let in the brilliant light of morning
But steady me now
For I am weak
And starving for mercy
Sleep has left me alone
to carry the weight of unraveling where we went wrong
It's all I can do to hang on,
to keep me from falling into old familiar shoes

How stupid could I be
a simpleton could see
that you're no good for me
but you're the only one I see

Love has made me a fool
Set me on fire and watched as I floundered
Unable to speak
except to cry out and wait for your answer
But you come around in your time
speaking of fabulous places
create an oasis
that dries up as soon as you're gone
you leave me here burning in this desert without you

Sarah McLachlan - Stupid

[doughesson]

We used Beano in the Navy as a location for the battlegroup to loiter around Like"Beano Station"as in "There will Be no liberty,there will be no alcohol,there will be no women....".
That's exactly what I figured Hell is going to be like.


[B]

*Beano....UK, Coach trip to a seaside resort with beer on the coach, then all day in the pubs, coach back home late at night.... usually a group of work friends, a pub group a sports club etc...Dunno what you call them in the US, but I recommend them heartily.:D

[DianeC]

Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway)
Billy Joel

Seen the lights go out Broadway
I saw the Empire State laid low
And life went on beyond the Palisades
They all bought Cadillacs
And left there long ago

They held a concert out in Brooklyn
To watch the island bridges blow
They turned our power down
And drove us underground
But we went right on with the show

I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
I saw the ruins at my feet
You know we almost didn't notice it
We'd seen it all the time on Forty second street

They burned the churches down in Harlem
Like in that Spanish civil war
The flames were everywhere
But no one really cared
It always burned up there before

I've seen the lights go out on Broadway
I saw the mighty skyline fall
The boats were waiting at the battery
The union went on strike
They never sailed at all

They sent a carrier out from Norfolk
And picked the Yankees up for free
They said that Queens could stay
And blew the Bronx away
And sank Manhattan out at sea

You know those lights were bright on Broadway
That was so many years ago
Before we all lived here in Florida
Before the Mafia took over Mexico
There are not many who remember
They say a handful still survive
To tell the world about
The way the lights went out
And keep the memory alive

[RoughRider]

Well I married me a wife, she’s been trouble all my life
Run me out in the cold rain and snow
Rain and snow, run me out in the cold rain and snow

Well she’s coming down the stairs, combin’ back her yellow hair
And I ain’t goin be treated this ol’ way

Well she went up to her room where she sang her faithful tune
Well I’m goin where those chilly winds don’t blow

[dragonfyre]

"Never hit your grandma with a shovel,
It makes a bad impression on her mind."

Tiny Tim

[Emberxx]

On the turning away
From the pale and downtrodden
And the words they say
Which we won't understand

"Don't accept that what's happening
Is just a case of others' suffering
Or you'll find that you're joining in
The turning away"

It's a sin that somehow
Light is changing to shadow
And casting it's shroud
Over all we have known

Unaware how the ranks have grown
Driven on by a heart of stone
We could find that we're all alone
In the dream of the proud

On the wings of the night
As the daytime is stirring
Where the speechless unite
In a silent accord

Using words you will find are strange
And mesmerised as they light the flame
Feel the new wind of change
On the wings of the night

No more turning away
From the weak and the weary
No more turning away
From the coldness inside

Just a world that we all must share
It's not enough just to stand and stare
Is it only a dream that there'll be
No more turning away?


Pink Floyd - On the turning away, Momentary Lapse of Reason

[tbonetrexler]

"American Idiot"

Don't wanna be an American idiot.
Don't want a nation under the new mania.
And can you hear the sound of hysteria?
The subliminal mind **** America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.

Well maybe I'm the faggot America.
I'm not a part of a redneck agenda.
Now everybody do the propaganda.
And sing along in the age of paranoia.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.

Don't wanna be an American idiot.
One nation controlled by the media.
Information age of hysteria.
It's calling out to idiot America.

Welcome to a new kind of tension.
All across the alienation.
Everything isn't meant to be okay.
Television dreams of tomorrow.
We're not the ones who're meant to follow.
For that's enough to argue.
:D :D

From the ageless wonders: GREEN DAY

[adamkhalil]

From the vonage commercials/kill bill:

Woo hoo woo hoo hoo....yeah

Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo

Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo

Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo

Oh, yeah

Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo
Woo hoo woo hoo hoo

[Vegasfyrgirl]

:D Present Tense--PEARL JAM :D

do you see the way that tree bends?
does it inspire?
leaning out to catch the sun's rays
a lesson to be applied
are you getting something out of this all encompassing trip?
you can spend your time alone, redigesting past regrets, oh
or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who can't forgive yourself, oh
makes much more sense to live in the present tense
have you ideas on how this life ends?
checked your hands and studied the lines
have you the belief that the road ahead ascends off into the light?
seems that needlessly it's getting harder
to find an approach and a way to live
are we getting something out of this all-encompassing trip?
you can spend your time alone redigesting past regrets, oh
or you can come to terms and realize
you're the only one who cannot forgive yourself, oh
makes much more sense to live in the present tense

[Vegasfyrgirl]

:D Strange Currencies--R.E.M. :D

I don’t know why you’re mean to me
When I call on the telephone
And I don’t know what you mean to me
But I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out, I want to take you on

These words, you will be mine
These words, you will be mine all the time

The fool might be my middle name
But I’d be foolish not to say
I’m going to make whatever it takes,
Ring you up, call you down, sign your name, secret love,
Make it rhyme, take you in, and make you mine

These words, you will be mine
These words, you will be mine all the time, oh
I tripped and fell. did I fall?
What I want to feel, I want to feel it now

You know with love come strange currencies
And here is my appeal:

I need a chance, a second chance, a third chance, a fourth chance,
A word, a signal, a nod, a little breath
Just to fool myself, to catch myself, to make it real, real

These words, you will be mine
These words, you will be mine all the time, oh

These words, you will be mine
These words, they haunt me, hunt me down, catch in my throat, make me pray,
Say, love’s confined, oh

[tabletonFD]

Shine Your Light from Ladder 49:

The cry of the city like a siren's song
Wailing over the rooftops the whole night long
Saw a shooting star like a diamond in the sky
Must be someone's soul passing by

These are the streets
Where we used to run where your Papa's from
These are the days
Where you become what you become
These are the streets
Where the story's told
The truth unfolds
Darkness settles in

Shine your light down on me
Lift me up so I can see
Shine your light when you're gone
Give me the strength
To carry on, carry on

Don't wanna be a hero
Just an everyday man
Trying to do the job the very best he can
But now it's like living on borrowed time
Out on the rim, over the line
Always tempting fate like a game of chance
Never wanna stick around to the very last dance
Sometimes I stumble and take a hard fall
Loose(?) hold your grip off the wall

Shine your light down on me
Lift me up so I can see
Shine your light when you're gone
Give me the strength to carry on
Carry on

I thought I saw him walking by the side of the road
Maybe trying to find his way home

He's here but not here
He's gone but not gone
Just hope he knows if I get lost

Shine your light down on me
Lift me up so I can see
Shine your light when you're gone
Give me the strength to carry on
Carry on

[doughesson]

From the musings of Tim Wilson:
The Clone Song

These scientific eggheads,have comitted a Mortal Sin.
They wanna start cloning people now,I seen it on the CNN.
Now,they can't cure the common cold or arthritis of the bone,but somehow these idiots have found the time to build my *&%&*! clone.
So,I'm officially asking the idiots now,to leave my clone alone.
Cause we damn sure don't need another me.
And the losers I owe money to will wholeheartedly agree.
Four or five Brittany Spears now something I'd pay to see but we damn sure don't need another me.
-Musical interlude-
Now I wouldn't want to wish upon a clone,to have to live my life,
I'd probably find some clone of mine recloning with my wife
So if they want to make another me,I think I'll have to pass.
Cause I'd hate to be the jerk in jail,
For whuppin' my own ass.