one song

[Elixir Sue]

I want to run

I want to hide

I want to tear down the walls

That hold me inside

I want to reach out

And touch the flame

Where the streets have no name

 

I want to feel sunlight on my face

I see the dust cloud disappear

Without a trace

I want to take shelter from the poison rain

Where the streets have no name

 

Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name

We're still building

Then burning down love

Burning down love

And when I go there

I go there with you

It's all I can do

 

The city's aflood

And our love turns to rust

We're beaten and blown by the wind

Trampled in dust

I'll show you a place

High on a desert plain

Where the streets have no name

 

Where the streets have no name

Where the streets have no name

We're still building

Then burning down love

Burning down love

And when I go there

I go there with you

It's all I can do

Our love turns to rust

We're beaten and blown by the wind

Blown by the wind

Oh, and I see love

See our love turn to rust

We're beaten and blown by the wind

Blown by the wind

Oh, when I go there

I go there with you

It's all I can do

[embiggen]

People say we got it made

Don

[bjorn_skurj]

Say, where did I see this guy?

In Red River?

Or a place in the sun?

Maybe the Misfits?

Or From Here to Eternity?

 

Everybody say, "Is he all right?"

And everybody say, "What's he like?"

Everybody say, "He sure look funny."

That's...Montgomery Clift, honey!

 

New York, New York, New York, 42nd Street

Hustlers rustle and pimps pimp the beat

Monty Clift is recognized at dawn

He ain't got no shoes and his clothes are torn

 

I see a car smashed at night

Cut the applause and dim the light

Monty's face is broken on a wheel

Is he alive? Can he still feel?

 

Nembutol numbs it all

But I prefer alcohol

 

He said go out and get me my old movie stills

Go out and get me another roll of pills

There I go again shaking, but I ain't got the chills

 

ARRRGHHHGORRA BUH BHUH DO ARRRRGGGGHHHHNNNN!!!!

[Darkhorse]

This is one of those songs that I have heard a million times, to the point where I don't even think about the lyrics. But after seeing the documentary last week I checked them out again.

i know what you speak of but here is mine:

Some nights I thirst for real blood, for real knives, for real cries. And then the flash of steel from real guns in real life really fills my mind. Then I really miss what really did exist when I held your throat so tight. And I miss the bus as it swerved from us and almost came crashing to its side. Sometimes the blood from real cuts feels real nice when it's really mine. And if you want it to be real, come over for a night, we can really, really climb, and those blue bridge lights might really burn most bright while we watch that dark lake rise. And if you really want to see what really matters most to me, we can just take a real short drive. Just a drive into the dark stretch, long stretch of night, will really stretch this shaking mind. And this room, unlit, unheated, and the ceiling striped, and the dark black blinds.... I want to know this time if you

[Attack With Love]

i know what you speak of but here is mine:

Some nights I thirst for real blood, for real knives, for real cries. And then the flash of steel from real guns in real life really fills my mind. Then I really miss what really did exist when I held your throat so tight. And I miss the bus as it swerved from us and almost came crashing to its side. Sometimes the blood from real cuts feels real nice when it's really mine. And if you want it to be real, come over for a night, we can really, really climb, and those blue bridge lights might really burn most bright while we watch that dark lake rise. And if you really want to see what really matters most to me, we can just take a real short drive. Just a drive into the dark stretch, long stretch of night, will really stretch this shaking mind. And this room, unlit, unheated, and the ceiling striped, and the dark black blinds.... I want to know this time if you

[Saint Genevieve]

There's a justice in this world

And I know just what she's called

She's called Elaine

 

There's a dead man in your heart

And he takes up too much room

And I know just what he's called

He's called Steve

 

There's a farmer in the clouds

And he's sowing golden seeds

And he's feeding on your dreams

That's the only thing you need

And I know just what he's called

He's called Ray

 

I'm starting to freeze

Freeze

Freeze

Freeze

 

I know who wrote the book of love

It was an idiot

It was a fool

A slobbering fool with a speech defect and a shakin' hand

And he wrote my name

Next to yours

But it should have been David Byrne or somebody

 

Dog dig a dog dig a dog...

 

There's a justice in this world

She's cruel but she's fair

And I know just what she's called

She's called Elaine

 

She's called Elaine

[bobbob1313]

you ever hear the story of mr. faded glory?

say he who rides a pony must someday fall

i was talkin' to my alter

says life is what you make it

and if you make it death well rest your soul away

away, away...

it's a broken kind of feeling

she'll have to tie me to the ceiling

a bad moon's comin' better say your prayers

i wanna tell you that i love you

but does it really matter?

i just can't stand to see you dragging down again

again, again...

so i'm singing

and this is my kinda love

it's the kind that moves on

it's the kind that leaves you alone, yeah

this is my kinda love

it's the kind that moves on

it's the kind that leaves me alone

i used to treat you like a lady

now you're a substitute teacher

this bottle's not a pretty, not a pretty sight

i owe the man some money so i'm turnin over honey

ah mr. faded glory is once again doin' time, yeah

this is my kinda love

it's the kind that moves on

it's the kind that leaves me alone, yeah

this is my kinda love

it's the kind that moves on

it's the kind that, it's the kind that...

leaves me alone

like a crown of thorns, it's all who you know

so don't burn your bridges cause someday, yeah

so i'm singing

this is my kinda love

it's the kind that moves on

it's the kind that leaves me alone, yeah

this is my kinda love

it's the kind that moves on

it's the kind that

leaves me alone

don't burn your bridges...

[embiggen]

Down on South Street Philadelphia,

Out from Avenue C,

I seen it in the eyes

it was ready to freeze

from the valley hotel!

 

I don't care about you!

Fuck you!

I don't care about you!

Fuck you!

 

I see Hollywood boulevard,

welfare hotel,

I spent the night in jail,

near the Wicox hotel!

 

I don't care about you!

Fuck you!

I don't care about you!

 

I've seen an old man have a heart attack in Manhattan.

Well he just died while we just stood there lookin' at him.

Ain't he cute?

 

I don't care about you!

Ohhhhhhhhh!

I don't care about you!

 

I see man rollin' drunks,

bodies the streets.

Some man was sleepin' in puke

and a man with no legs crawling down 5th street trying to get something to eat!

 

I don't care about you!

Oh noooooo!!

I don't care about you!

Fuck you!

I don't care about you!

Hey! Hey!

I don't care about you!

[bjorn_skurj]

Man made the buildings that reach for the sky

And man made the motorcar and learned how to fly

But he didn't make the flowers and he didn't make the trees

And he didn't make you and he didn't make me

And he got no right to turn us into machines

He's got no right at all

'Cause we are all God's children

And he got no right to change us

Oh, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all

 

Don't want this world to change me

I wanna go back the way the good lord made me

Same lungs that he gave me to breath with

Same eyes he gave me to see with

 

Oh, the rich man, the poor man, the saint and the sinner

The wise man, the simpleton, the loser and the winner

We are all the same to Him

Stripped of our clothes and all the things we own

The day that we are born

We are all God's children

And they got no right to change us

Oh, we gotta go back the way the good lord made

Oh, the good lord made us all

And we are all his children

And they got no right to change us

Oh, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all

Yeah, we gotta go back the way the good lord made us all

[Fritz]

Did the wine make her dream

Of the far distant spring

Or a bed full of hens

Or the ghost of a friend

 

All the while that she wept

She had a gun by her bed

And a letter he wrote

From a dry, foundered boat

 

And the train track will take

All the wounded ones home

And I

[viatroy]

It

[Analogman]

Rose lived on the south side of town

Until her landlord showed up with two hundred dollar bills

A notice of eviction on the other hand

Now she don't live there no more,

and everyone thinks he drowned,

 

I pulled into Mecklenburg on them trains

Into a station that got flooded when they opened up the dam

And broke their connections to the railway lines

So they could blast into the quarry,

and for every load of granite,

we got a ton of worry

 

One night at the diner over eggs,

Over easy she showed me the length of her legs,

But that gold plated cross on her neck, it was real

and you don't get that kind of money from pushing meal

 

I should've told him that you were the one for me,

But I lied, But I lied,

To most any drifter whose looking for work is too weird

I met Percy and I married her in July

But if only to be closer to you, Caroline

 

Percy and I moved down the street

Until we lost two pretty girls

one was seven and one was three

Alderman and Caroline owned the house right up the hill

where we laid those babies down

so they could still see our house

 

Suspicion got the best of old Alderman Haint

He owned an auto parts store off the interstate

But the lord took him home in July

And then Rose spilled the beans on the day that he died

 

I should've told him that you were the one for me

But I lied, But I lied

Tied up to concrete at the bottom of the quarry

with a tattoo on his heart that spelled out "Caroline"

He was silent but his rosary

drifted into the custody

of a sheriff that was just deputized

 

And I was down at the banquet hall

when two guys came up, pretty angry and drunk

And I'm still here at the banquet hall

at the banquet hall

where the gun went off, in the Carolina Rain

in the Carolina Rain, in the Carolina Rain

oh, Caroline

[bjorn_skurj]

Tired, but I ain't sleepin'

Thinking about some sad affair

And why I should be leavin'

'Cause some of these thoughts

Only seem to take me out of here

 

Yeah, these habits are so hard to break

They're the most easy to make

These habits are so hard to break

And the most easy to make

 

Thinking about tomorrow

Tired from all the time I spared

On what I still believe in

When none of my talk

Ever seems to get me anywhere

 

Yeah, these habits are so hard to break

Are the most easy to make

These habits are so hard to break

Are the most easy to make

So easy to make

 

So long

Night-night friends, so long

So long

Will it ever happen again?

You know that I've been waiting for you

I've been created for you

So long

You know that I've been fading from you

Nothing could save me from you

So long

 

Tired, but I ain't dreamin'

Falling into solid earth

On why I must be leavin'

'Cause one of these days

I'm gonna pull out all my hair

 

Yeah these habits are so hard to break

And the most easy to make

Well, these habits are so hard to make

And the most easy to break

So easy

 

So long

Night-night friends, so long

So long

Will it ever happen again?

You know that I've been waitin' for you

I've been created for you

So long

You know that I have faded from you

And nothing could save me from you

So long

[Analogman]

In the attics of my life

Full of cloudy dreams unreal

Full of tastes no tongue can know

And lights no eye can see

When there was no ear to hear

You sang to me

 

I have spent my life

Seeking all that's still unsung

Bent my ear to hear the tune

And closed my eyes to see

When there were no strings to play

You played to me

 

 

In the book of love's own dream

Where all the print is blood

Where all the pages are my days

And all my lights grow old

When I had no wings to fly

You flew to me

 

 

You

flew

to me

 

 

In the secret space of dreams

Where I dreaming lay amazed

When the secrets all are told

And the petals all unfold

When there was no dream of mine

You dreamed of me

[Guest lazarus]

May God bless and keep you always,

May your wishes all come true,

May you always do for others

And let others do for you.

May you build a ladder to the stars

And climb on every rung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

 

May you grow up to be righteous,

May you grow up to be true,

May you always know the truth

And see the lights surrounding you.

May you always be courageous,

Stand upright and be strong,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

 

May your hands always be busy,

May your feet always be swift,

May you have a strong foundation

When the winds of changes shift.

May your heart always be joyful,

May your song always be sung,

May you stay forever young,

Forever young, forever young,

May you stay forever young.

[Motorik]

Well, I woke up Sunday morning

With no way to hold my head that didn't hurt.

And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad,

So I had one more for dessert.

Then I fumbled in my closet through my clothes

And found my cleanest dirty shirt.

Then I washed my face and combed my hair

And stumbled down the stairs to meet the day.

 

I'd smoked my mind the night before

With cigarettes and songs I'd been picking.

But I lit my first and watched a small kid

Playing with a can that he was kicking.

Then I walked across the street

And caught the Sunday smell of someone frying chicken.

And Lord, it took me back to something that I'd lost

Somewhere, somehow along the way.

 

On a Sunday morning sidewalk,

I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.

'Cause there's something in a Sunday

That makes a body feel alone.

And there's nothing short a' dying

That's half as lonesome as the sound

Of the sleeping city sidewalk

And Sunday morning coming down.

 

In the park I saw a daddy

With a laughing little girl that he was swinging.

And I stopped beside a Sunday school

And listened to the songs they were singing.

Then I headed down the street,

And somewhere far away a lonely bell was ringing,

And it echoed through the canyon

Like the disappearing dreams of yesterday.

 

On a Sunday morning sidewalk,

I'm wishing, Lord, that I was stoned.

'Cause there's something in a Sunday

That makes a body feel alone.

And there's nothing short a' dying

That's half as lonesome as the sound

Of the sleeping city sidewalk

And Sunday morning coming down.

[Saint Genevieve]

The best Christmas song of all time...

 

 

It was Christmas Eve babe

In the drunk tank

An old man said to me, won't see another one

And then he sang a song

The Rare Old Mountain Dew

I turned my face away

And dreamed about you

 

Got on a lucky one

Came in eighteen to one

I've got a feeling

This year's for me and you

So Happy Christmas

I love you baby

I can see a better time

When all our dreams come true

 

They've got cars big as bars

They've got rivers of gold

But the wind goes right through you

It's no place for the old

When he first took my hand

On a cold Christmas Eve

You promised me

Broadway was waiting for me

 

You were handsome

You were pretty

Queen of New York City

When the band finished playing

They howled out for more

Sinatra was swinging,

All the drunks they were singing

We kissed on a corner

Then danced through the night

 

The boys of the NYPD choir

Were singing "Galway Bay"

And the bells were ringing out

For Christmas day

 

You're a bum

You're a punk

You're an old slut on junk

Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed

You scumbag, you maggot

You cheap lousy faggot

Happy Christmas your arse

I pray God it's our last

 

The boys of the NYPD choir

Still singing "Galway Bay"

And the bells were ringing out

For Christmas day

[MrRain422]

In memory of Joe Strummer, now three years gone....

_________________

 

 

I slept and I dreamed of a time long ago

I saw an army of rebels dancing on air

I dreamed as I slept, I could see the campfires

A song of the battle that was born in the flames

And the rebels were waltzing on air

 

I danced with a girl to the tune of a waltz

That was written to be danced on the battlefield

I danced to the tune of a voice of a girl

A voice that called "Stand till we fall

We stand till all the boys fall"

 

As we danced came the news that the war was not won

Five armies were coming with carriage and gun

Through the heart of the camp

Swept the news from the front

A cloud crossed the moon, a child cried for food

We knew the war could not be won

 

So we danced with a rifle to the rhythm of the gun

In a glade through the trees I saw my only one

Then the earth seemed to rise hell hot as the sun

The soldiers were dying, there was tune to the sighing

The song was an old rebel one

 

As the smoke of our hopes rose high from the field

My eyes played tricks through the moon and the trees

I slept, as I dreamed I saw the army rise

A voice began to call, stand till you fall

The tune was an old rebel one

[MrRain422]

In memory of Joe Strummer, now three years gone....

_________________

 

 

I slept and I dreamed of a time long ago

I saw an army of rebels dancing on air

I dreamed as I slept, I could see the campfires

A song of the battle that was born in the flames

And the rebels were waltzing on air

 

I danced with a girl to the tune of a waltz

That was written to be danced on the battlefield

I danced to the tune of a voice of a girl

A voice that called "Stand till we fall

We stand till all the boys fall"

 

As we danced came the news that the war was not won

Five armies were coming with carriage and gun

Through the heart of the camp

Swept the news from the front

A cloud crossed the moon, a child cried for food

We knew the war could not be won

 

So we danced with a rifle to the rhythm of the gun

In a glade through the trees I saw my only one

Then the earth seemed to rise hell hot as the sun

The soldiers were dying, there was tune to the sighing

The song was an old rebel one

 

As the smoke of our hopes rose high from the field

My eyes played tricks through the moon and the trees

I slept, as I dreamed I saw the army rise

A voice began to call, stand till you fall

The tune was an old rebel one

[GPARSUNDA]

She comes into my mind

twisting thru my nerves

I don't understand

a word she says

she's on my side

I love her all the time

I love her all the time

I love her all the time

I love her all the time

 

She comes into my mind

twisting thru my nerves

I don't understand

a word she says

she's on my side

I love her all the time

I love her all the time

I love her all the time

I love her all the time

[Analogman]

I love you, 'cause you tell me things I want to know.

And it's true that it really only goes to show,

That I know,

That I, I, I, I should never, never, never be blue.

 

Now you're mine, my happiness still makes me cry.

And in time, you'll understand the reason why,

If I cry,

It's not because I'm sad, but you're the only love that I've ever had.

 

I can't believe it's happened to me

I can't conceive of any more misery.

 

Ask me why, I'll say I love you,

And I'm always thinking of you.

 

I love you, 'cause you tell me things I want to know.

And it's true that it really only goes to show,

That I know,

That I, I, I, I should never, never, never be blue.

 

Ask me why, I'll say I love you,

And I'm always thinking of you.

 

I can't believe it's happened to me.

I can't conceive of any more misery.

 

Ask me why, I'll say I love you,

And I'm always thinking of you.

[viatroy]

Far, far away

From those city lights

That might be shining on you tonight

Far, far away from you

On the dark side of the moon

 

I long to hold you in my arms and sway

Kiss and ride on the CTA

I need to see you tonight

 

And those bright lights

Oh, I know it's right

Deep in my heart

I'll know it's right

 

By the bed, by the light that you read by

By the time that I get home to say good night

I need to see you again

On the dark side my friend

On the dark side

[GPARSUNDA]

DOROTHY BY THE BEACH

 

We were Benji, me and you.

It was the summer of....

We saw the ship leaving the beach,

"I love you", you read her lips.

 

You were younger, didn

[GPARSUNDA]

SHE'S A GEM

 

Her room is a mess.

Her mind is a hole.

She thinks I'm in love

with one of her kind.

 

I've set it aside,

on a side of the road...

she's a gem

 

Her mouth is the fruit

that hangs from her nose.

Her eyes tell me

all I need to know

 

If there's nothing inside

there's nothing to hide...

she's a gem

 

She swings like a fool,

as fool as can be.

She's black and blue,

she's white as cream

 

No rabbit will jump

out of her hat,

hats off to her...

she's a gem :santacool

[Analogman]

I went out today

And I was looking at the people on the street

They weren't threatening to me

And I was noticing how it was kinda sweet

How I been changing a lot

How I think maybe, if I could find a way

To fall back in love with the world

And end up forgiving us eventually

 

 

Because I've never lived anywhere but in my head

Think that my eyes might of hidden instead

Ask me to forgive us for the things that we did

And I do, and I did

But the suns comes out and I hide

From whatever it is that's been tearing me up inside

 

 

 

But you weren't out today

You're just lying there and staring at the sheets

That's not threatening to you

But baby just take something so you can get some sleep

I know it's been changing you a lot

If there was chance you that could ever find a way

To fall back in love with world

You could forgive yourself eventually

 

 

 

Because you never lived anywhere but in your head

Think that your eyes might of hidden instead

Ask me to forgive us for the things that we did

And I do, and I did

But the suns comes out and I hide

From whatever it is that's been tearing me up inside

Inside

Inside

Inside