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they may seen disorganized to you. 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'll create the cure; 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) etc... 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 got no hope; I'm falling in love. Help me through the fight; Help me with tonight - I'm calling. What to do I find it hard to know; Lord, the walk is not the one I chose... Lift me up and turn me over; Lead me on into the dawn. Take me to the highest mountain; 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 may be closed to me; The fire's still burning in my heart... What to do I find it hard to know; 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. Nobody cares; 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 that a man could make; 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' fast in her faded jeans; 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 CHORUS '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 CHORUS 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, dear God, 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. [CHORUS:| 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 (Chorus) 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 (Chorus) 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 (Chorus) 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 CHORUS Oh won't you tell me again Can you feel it Won't you tell me again Tonight Each and every heart it seems Is bounded by a world of dreams Each and every rising sun Is greeted by a lonely one CHORUS '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 CHORUS 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 CHORUS CHORUS 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 CHORUS: 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 CHORUS 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! bleeding bleeding 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 Chorus 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 (Chorus) Is your feeling, Are you feeling, You feeling that way too You feeling that way? (Chorus) Is your feeling, feeling that way <Break to Anytime> Chorus 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, (Chorus) 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 shock! 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? Chorus 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? (Chorus) 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 Goodnight 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 Amen Say it again Amen 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 Amen 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 Chorus 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 Chorus 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. CHORUS 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. CHORUS 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 CHORUS: 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 CHORUS CHORUS 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 CHORUS 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 Chorus: 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 For the full, original version lyrics you can go here. Chorus 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 (pickup) the calliope crashed to the ground (chorus) 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 (pickup) asked me if I needed a ride (chorus) Bridge 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 (pickup) and the calliope crashed to the ground (Chorus) 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 Chorus: 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 (chorus) 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 Came in close; I heard a voice Standing, stretching every nerve I had to listen; 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 Disclaimer; 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 Havaña 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 |