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[Loulit01]

Luv me some lyrics!

I still remember it was autumn and the moon was shinin'
My '60 Cadillac was rollin' through Nebraska whinin'
Doing 120, man the fields was bendin' over
Headed up for the mountains, knowin' we was travelin' further
All the fires were blazing and the spinning wheels were turnin' turnin'
Had my girl beside me and brother brother she was burnin' burnin'

Up walked a Baptist preaching southern funky school teacher
She had a line on something heavy but we couldn't reach her
We told her that we needed something that would get us going
She pulled out all she had and laid it on the counter showing
All I had to do was lay my money down and pick it up
The cops came bustin' in and then we lit out in a pickup truck and go!



The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
Streetlights shed their hallow glow
Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise
Still one place to go, still one place to go

Well your fingers weave quick minarets
Speak in secret alphabets
I light another cigarette
Learn to forget, learn to forget



She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
Like a lizard on a window pane
The man in the clouds with the multicolored mirrors
On his hobnail boots, lying with his eyes
While his hands are busy workin' overtime
A soap impression of his wife
Which he ate and donated to the National Trust

When I hold you in my arms
And I feel my finger on your trigger
I know nobody can do me no harm
Because

(Happiness) is a warm gun momma (bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun, yes it is (bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

 

[ttwtt78640]

Hmm…

 

[Loulit01]

 

[nota bene]

I offer these two poems, the first composed by Townes Van Zandt and the other by Paul Simon:

 

[Helix]

 

[Bok Tuklo]

We started drinking the Kool-Aid
We were taking the bait
We were talking the big talk
Never playing it safe
Looking good as Jane Fonda
On a Vietnam tank
You can't get something for nothing
Gotta energize your base

But she was young enough
She was blonde enough
She was about a perfect ten
Had millions of admirers but not one single friend

But it's a, it's a little uncanny
What she managed to do
Became a symbol for a pain she never knew

You know old Ronnie Reagan
He was a shoe salesman's son
He got himself in the movies
Yeah, he impressed everyone
He thought trial by fire
Was America's fate
He made a joke of the poor people
And that made him a saint

But he was tan enough, he was rich enough
He was handsome like John Wayne
And there was no one at the country club
Who didn't feel the same

But it's a, it's a little uncanny
What he managed to do
Got me to read those Russian authors through and through

I miss Christopher Hitchens
I miss Oliver Sacks
I miss poor Robin Williams
I miss Sylvia Plath
Every morning's a desert
Every night is a flood
They say a party can kill you
Well sometimes I wish it would

But I'll be strong enough, I'll be man enough
Oh I'll keep myself in check
'Cause all my friends who flew to town
Said that's what they expect

But it's a, it's a little uncanny
What they managed to do
Got me admittin' to things I knew were never true

 

[ttwtt78640]

The following music video cheats a bit, but it’s entertaining:

 

[Loulit01]

So sick of the hobos always begging for change
I don't like how I gotta work and
They just sit around and get paid
I hate all of the people who can't drive their cars.
Bitch you better get outta the way
Before I start falling apart

I hate how my wife is always up my ass
She always wants to buy brand new things
But I don't have the cash.

I hate my job, all of my rich friends
I hate everyone to the bitter end.
Nothing turns out right
There's no end in sight
I hate my life!

How come I never get laid nice guys always lose.
How could she have another headache
There's always some kind of excuse
I still hate my job, my boss is a dick
"I don't get paid nearly enough
To put up with all of your shit"

I hate my job, all of my rich friends
I hate everyone to the bitter end.
Nothing turns out right
There's no end in sight
I hate my life!

I hate that I can't tell when a girl's underage,
You know, I tell her she's a nice piece of ass,
Then her daddy punches me in the face

So if you're pissed like me
Bitches, here's what you gotta do
Put your middle fingers up in the air
Go on and say "**** you!"

I hate my job, all of my rich friends
I hate everyone to the bitter end.
Nothing turns out right
There's no end in sight
I hate my life!

So much at stake, can't catch a break
I hate my life
No, it's nothing new hear "it sucks to be you"
I ****in hate my life


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[ttwtt78640]

Couldn’t find a lyric video for this one, but it’s a good ‘story’ song.

 

[Grand Mal]

Luv me some lyrics!

I still remember it was autumn and the moon was shinin'
My '60 Cadillac was rollin' through Nebraska whinin'
Doing 120, man the fields was bendin' over
Headed up for the mountains, knowin' we was travelin' further
All the fires were blazing and the spinning wheels were turnin' turnin'
Had my girl beside me and brother brother she was burnin' burnin'

Up walked a Baptist preaching southern funky school teacher
She had a line on something heavy but we couldn't reach her
We told her that we needed something that would get us going
She pulled out all she had and laid it on the counter showing
All I had to do was lay my money down and pick it up
The cops came bustin' in and then we lit out in a pickup truck and go!



The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes
Streetlights shed their hallow glow
Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise
Still one place to go, still one place to go

Well your fingers weave quick minarets
Speak in secret alphabets
I light another cigarette
Learn to forget, learn to forget



She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
Like a lizard on a window pane
The man in the clouds with the multicolored mirrors
On his hobnail boots, lying with his eyes
While his hands are busy workin' overtime
A soap impression of his wife
Which he ate and donated to the National Trust

When I hold you in my arms
And I feel my finger on your trigger
I know nobody can do me no harm
Because

(Happiness) is a warm gun momma (bang, bang, shoot, shoot)
Happiness is a warm gun, yes it is (bang, bang, shoot, shoot)

"She's well acquainted with the touch of the velvet hand
Like a lizard on a window pane"

That's one of my favourite lines.

 

[Loulit01]

I lit out from Reno, I was trailed by twenty hounds
Didn't get to sleep that night 'til the morning came around

Set out runnin' but I take my time
A friend of the devil is a friend of mine
If I get home before daylight
Just might get some sleep tonight

Ran into the devil, babe, he loaned me twenty bills
Spent the night in Utah in a cave up in the hills


Got a wife in Chino, babe, and one in Cherokee
The first one says she's got my child, but it don't look like me

 

[Loulit01]

Nothin' seems to happen that ain't happened before
I see it all through flashes of depression
I drop my drink and hit some people runnin' for the door
Gotta make some kind of impression
'Cause when I'm disconnected from the drivin' wheel
I'm only half the man I should be
Metal hitting metal is all I feel
Everything is good as it poss-i-bul-ly could be

Crawlin' from the wreckage, crawlin' from the wreckage
You'd think by now at least that half a brain would get the message
Crawlin' from the wreckage, crawlin' from the wreckage
Into a brand new car

 

[Loulit01]

Think of all the hate there is in Red China
Then take a look around at Selma, Alabama
Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space
But when your return, it's the same old place
The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace
You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace
Hate your next-door-neighbor, but don't forget to say grace

And you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction



Banned songs are the best.

 

[Loulit01]

I woke up in a SoHo doorway
A policeman knew my name
He said, you can go sleep at home tonight
If you can get up and walk away

I staggered back to the underground
And a breeze blew back my hair
I remember throwing punches around
And preaching from my chair

 

[Loulit01]

She packed up her bags and she took off down the road
She left me here stranded with the bills she owed
She gave me a false address
Took off with my American Express
Sunspot baby
She sure had me way outguessed

I looked in Miami
I looked in Negril
The closest I came was a month old bill
I checked the Bahamas and they said she was gone
I can't understand why she did me so wrong



Everybody sings!

 

[Loulit01]

The sun is the same
In a relative way
But you're older

Shorter of breath
And one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter
Never seem to find the time

Plans that either come to naught
Or half a page of scribbled lines

Hanging on in quiet desperation
Is the English way

The time is gone
The song is over
Thought I'd something more to say

Home
Home again
I like to be here
When I can

When I come home
Cold and tired
It's good to warm my bones
Beside the fire

Far away
Across the field
Tolling on the iron bell
Calls the faithful to their knees
To hear the softly spoken magic spell...

 

[Loulit01]

Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends
We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside
There behind a glass stands a real blade of grass
Be careful as you pass, move along, move along

Soon the Gypsy Queen in a glaze of vaseline
Will perform on guillotine, what a scene, what a scene
Next upon the stand will you please extend a hand
To Alexander's Ragtime Band, Dixieland, Dixieland

Performing on a stool we've a sight to make you drool
Seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool
We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown
Were exclusively our own, all our own, all our own

 

[Rexedgar]

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
And the secrets that we shared
The mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
'Til 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
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 searching
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 drifter's 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
I'm older now but still runnin' against the wind
Well I'm older now and still runnin'
Against the wind
Against the wind
Against the wind
Still runnin' (against the wind)
I'm still runnin' against the wind
(Against the wind) I'm still runnin'
(Against the wind)
I'm still runnin' against the wind
(Against the wind) still runnin'
(Against the wind)runnin' against the wind, runnin' against the wind
(Against the wind) see the young man run
(Against the wind) watch the young man run
(Against the wind) watch the young man runnin'
(Against the wind) he'll be runnin' against the wind
(Against the wind) let the cowboys ride
(Against the wind) aah
(Against the wind) let the cowboys ride
(Against the wind) they'll be ridin' against the wind
(Against the wind) against the wind
(Against the wind) ridin' against the wind...

Bob Seger

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
You've been out ridin' fences for so long now
Oh, you're a hard one
I know that you got your reasons
These things that are pleasin' you
Can hurt you somehow

Don't you draw the queen of diamonds, boy
She'll beat you if she's able
You know the queen of hearts is always your best bet
Now it seems to me, some fine things
Have been laid upon your table
But you only want the ones that you can't get

Desperado, oh, you ain't gettin' no younger
Your pain and your hunger, they're drivin' you home
And freedom, oh freedom well, that's just some people talkin'
Your prison is walking through this world all alone

Don't your feet get cold in the winter time?
The sky won't snow and the sun won't shine
It's hard to tell the night time from the day
You're losin' all your highs and lows
Ain't it funny how the feeling goes away?

Desperado, why don't you come to your senses?
Come down from your fences, open the gate
It may be rainin', but there's a rainbow above you
You better let somebody love you
(Let somebody love you)
You better let somebody love you before it's too late

Eagles, best song ever, imo.

 

[Loulit01]

 

[Loulit01]

Away from Mississippi’s vale
With my ol’ hat there for a sail
I crossed upon a cotton bale
To Rose of Alabama

I landed on the far sand bank
I sat upon the hollow plank
And there I made the banjo twank
For Rose of Alabama

Oh brown Rosie
Rose of Alabama
Sweet tobacco posey
Is my Rose of Alabama
Sweet tobacco posey
Is my Rose of Alabama

Oh fare thee well you belles of Spain
And fare thee well to Liza Jane
Your charms will all be put to shame
By Rose of Alabama

 

[FreeStorm84]

Stuck inside these four walls
Sent inside forever
Never seeing no one
Nice again like you
Mama you, mama you

If I ever get out of here
Thought of giving it all away
To a registered charity
All I need is a pint a day
If I ever get outta here
If we ever get outta of here

Well, the rain exploded with a mighty crash
As we fell into the sun
And the first one said to the second one there
I hope you're having fun

Band on the run, band on the run
And the jailer man and sailor Sam
Were searching every one
For the band on the run
Band on the run
For the band on the run
Band on the run

Well, the undertaker drew a heavy sigh
Seeing no one else had come
And a bell was ringing in the village square
For the rabbits on the run

Band on the run
Band on the run
And the jailer man and sailor Sam
Were searching every one
For the band on the run
Band on the run

Yeah, the band on the run
The band on the run
Band on the run, hey
Band on the run

Well, the night was falling as the desert world
Began to settle down
In the town they're searching for us everywhere
But we never will be found

Band on the run
Band on the run
And the county judge who held a grudge
Will search for evermore
For the band on the run
The band on the run
Band on the run, yeah
Band on the run, yeah

 

[Loulit01]

Well, we busted out of class
Had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three-minute record, baby
Than we ever learned in school
— Bruce Springsteen

We don't need no education
We dont need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone

Hey! Teachers! Leave them kids alone!
— Pink Floyd

When I think back on all the crap I've learned in high school
It's a wonder I can think at all
Though my lack of education hasn't hurt me much
I can read the writing on the walls
— Paul Simon

I'm takin' down all my enemies 'cause they're all so ****ing useless
A bunch of shit-talkin' drama queens, and they're all filled with excuses
I wanna find me a better scene where it's not the same opinion
I'd rather go to a funeral than into this high school reunion
— Green Day

 

[Loulit01]

She stands on the banks of the mighty Mississippi, alone in the pale moonlight
Waitin' for her man, a riverboat gambler, said that he'd return tonight
They used to waltz on the banks of the mighty Mississippi, lovin' the whole night through
Till the riverboat gambler went off to make a killing and bring it on back to you

Bayou Sam, from South Louisian' had gambling in his veins
Evangeline, from the Maritimes was slowly goin' insane
High on the top of Hickory Hill, she stands in the lightnin' and thunder
Down on the river the boat was a-sinkin', she watched that queen go under

Evangeline, Evangeline
Curses the soul of the Mississippi Queen
That pulled her man away

 

[Loulit01]

I like to dream, yes, yes
Right between the sound machine
On a cloud of sound I drift in the night
Any place it goes is right
Goes far, flies near
To the stars away from here

Well, you don't know what
We can find
Why don't you come with me little girl
On a magic carpet ride

Well, you don't know what
We can see
Why don't you tell your dreams to me
Fantasy will set you free

Close your eyes now
Look inside now
Let the sound
Take you away

Last night I held Aladdin's lamp
So I wished that I could stay
Before the thing could answer me
Well, someone came and took the lamp away

 

[Lisa]

Now I taught the weeping willow how to cry
And I showed the clouds how to cover up a clear blue sky
And the tears that I cried for that woman are gonna flood you, big river
And I'm gonna sit right here until I die

[Verse 2]
I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota
And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl, Southern drawl
Then I heard my dream went back downstream, cavorting in Davenport
And I followed you, big river, when you called

[Verse 3]
Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river
A freighter said she's been here, but she's gone, boy, she's gone
I found her trail in Memphis, but she just walked up the bluff
She raised a few eyebrows and then she went on down alone

[Verse 4]
Now, won't you batter down by Baton Rouge, River Queen, roll it on
Take that woman on down to New Orleans, New Orleans
Go on, I've had enough, dump my blues down in the Gulf
She loves you, big river, more than me