one song

[peqger]

A lonely man I know myself to be

It's not as bad as some things I have seen.

The picture painted here is not a dream

The only reality is the way it seems.

 

The happier you fly

The sadder you fall

The laughter in your eyes

Is never all.

 

Give me strength to move along.

Give me strength to leave my sweetheart.

 

I'm riding down swept road in my old car

The moon is almost full except for stars.

The party ended long before the night

She made me feel alive and that's all right.

 

The happier you fly

The sadder you fall

The laughter in your eyes

Is never all.

 

Give me strength to move along.

Give me strength to leave while she's gone.

 

The happier you fly

The sadder you fall

The laughter in your eyes

Is never all.

 

Give me strength to move along.

Give me strength to move along.

Give me strength to move along.

Edited May 10, 2006 by peqger

[Elixir Sue]

Fitter, happier, more productive, comfortable, not drinking too much

Regular exercise at the gym, 3 days a week

Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries at ease

Eating well, no more microwave dinners and saturated fats

A patient better driver, a safer car, baby smiling in back seat

Sleeping well, no bad dreams, no paranoia

Careful to all animals, never washing spiders down the plughole

Keep in contact with old friends, enjoy a drink now and then

Will frequently check credit at moral bank, hole in wall

Favors for favors, fond but not in love

Charity standing orders on sundays ring road supermarket

No killing moths or putting boiling water on the ants

Car wash, also on sundays, no longer afraid of the dark or midday shadows

Nothing so ridiculously teenage and desperate nothing so childish

At a better pace, slower and more calculated, no chance of escape

Now self-employed, concerned, but powerless

An empowered and informed member of society, pragmatism not idealism

Will not cry in public, less chance of illness, tires that grip in the wet

Shot of baby strapped in back seat, a good memory still cries at a good film

Still kisses with saliva, no longer empty and frantic like a cat tied to a stick

That

[Dude]

I'll drown my beliefs

To have you be in peace

I'll dress like your niece

To wash your swollen feet

 

Just don't leave

Don't leave

 

I'm not living

I'm just killing time

Your tiny hands

Your crazy kitten smile

 

Just don't leave

Don't leave

 

And true love waits

In haunted attics

And true love lives

On lollipops and crisps

 

Just don't leave

Don't leave

 

Just don't leave

Don't leave

[Analogman]

Well I found me a little girl and I settled down

In a pretty little house in a pretty little town

We got married and promised never to part

Then little by little we drifted from each other's hearts

Now I'm drivin' a stolen car on a pitch-black night

And I'm doin' my best to make it through

 

Well I'm just sittin' down here at the Stanton light

I wanna get caught but I never do

At first I thought it was just restlessness

That would fade as time went by and our love grew deep

But in the end it was something more, I guess

That tore us apart and made us weep

And I'm drivin' a stolen car waitin' on that little red light

I keep tellin' myself everything's gonna be alright

But I ride by night and I travel in fear

That in this darkness I might just disappear

 

She asked if I remembered the letters I wrote

When our love was young and we were bold

She said last night she read those letters

And they made her feel a hundred years old

 

There's a river that runs by that little town

Down into the sea

It was there in the shade I laid my body down

As she flowed on so effortlessly

Now there's a party tonight out at County Line

There'll be dancing down at Seven Trees

From these banks I can see those party lights shine

Maybe she's there, maybe she's looking for me

 

Last night I dreamed I made the call

I swore to return and stay forevermore

Once again we stood on the wedding steps at Victory Hall

And walked arm in arm through the chapel door

I can remember how good I felt inside

When the preacher said "Son, you may kiss the bride"

But as I leaned over to touch here pretty lips

I felt it all slip away through my fingertips

And I'm driving a stolen car through a pitch-black night

I keep tellin' myself everything's gonna be alright

But I ride by night and I travel in fear

No matter what I do or where I drive

Nobody ever sees me when I ride by

[mountain bed]

once was a young man

who had a strange dread

from the tops of his shoes

to the bottom of his head

put his face to the wall

as he got up out of bed

he was drawn to the call

never knowin where it led

the strangest feeling grew & grew

and through his mind it spread

somehow everybody knew

the secrets in his head

with no mistake from what he heard

a most uncommon sound

his vision blurred,his breathing stirred

no reason could be found

no reason could be found

 

so he turned out the lights

and he locked every door

tried everything he might

but he heard it all the more

then he ran to the hillside

and he wandered by the shore

heard the sound even louder

than the ocean's mighty roar

so he sat right down,the truth to learn

brushing back his wild mustache

and as he left no stone unturned

his life before him flashed

his mind complained,his body groaned

his faith put to the test

and making no left turn unstoned

he got it off his chest

straightforward,he confessed

 

so the story doesn't end here

if it ever does at all

just a letter to the sender

handwriting on the wall

take a ride by the hillside

take a wander by the shore

hear the sound even louder

than the ocean's roar

hear the sound even louder

than the ocean's roar...

[Elixir Sue]

Where do we go from here?

The words are coming out all weird

Where are you now, when I need you

Alone on an aeroplane

Fall asleep against the window pane

My blood will thicken

 

I need to wash myself again to hide all the dirt and pain

'Cause I'd be scared that there's nothing underneath

But who are my real friends?

Have they all got the bends?

Am I really sinking this low?

 

My baby's got the bends, oh no

We don't have any real friends, no, no, no

 

Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on

Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen

I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy

I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen

 

Where do we go from here?

The planet is a gunboat in a sea of fear

And where are you?

They brought in the CIA, the tanks and the whole marines

To blow me away, to blow me sky high

 

My baby's got the bends

We don't have any real friends

 

Just lying in the bar with my drip feed on

Talking to my girlfriend, waiting for something to happen

I wish it was the sixties, I wish I could be happy

I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen

 

I wanna live, breathe

I wanna be part of the human race

I wanna live, breathe

I wanna be part of the human race, race, race, race

 

Where do we go from here?

The words are coming out all weird

Where are you now when I need you?

[M. (hristine]

Baby, see how I been living

Velvet curtains on the windows to

Keep the bright and unforgiving

Light from shining through

 

Baby, I remember all the things we did

When we slept together

In the blue behind your eyelids

Baby, sweet baby

 

Traced your scent through the gloom

'Til I found these purple flowers

I was spent, I was soon smelling you for hours

 

Lavender, lotus blossoms too

Water the dirt, flowers last for you

Baby, sweet baby

 

Tangerines and persimmons

And sugarcane

Grapes and honeydew melon

Enough fit for a queen

 

Lemon trees don't make a sound

'Til branches bend and fruit falls to the ground

Baby, sweet baby

 

Come to my world and witness

The way things have changed

'Cause I finally did it, baby

I got out of La Grange

 

Got in my Mercury and drove out west

Pedal to the metal and my luck to the test

Baby, sweet baby

 

I been tryin' to enjoy all the fruits of my labor

I been cryin' for you boy but truth is my savior

 

Baby, sweet baby if it's all the same

Take the glory any day over the fame

Baby, sweet baby

[solace]

David Ford - State of the Union

 

Sweet dreams all met with derision

This train, it was armed for collision

It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame

 

Clap your hands in the sparkle and glitter

Shake your heads at the twisted and bitter

Oh they don't know how lucky they are

 

Foot down for the alienation

Look on as your love, its gets lost in translation

To a language that nobody understands

 

There are smiles as they erode and corrupt you

Of the great expectations you could never live up to

We are lost, we are lost, we are lost

 

get you coat, 'cos the righteous are leaving

'Cos they can't work out what the hell to believe in

It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame

 

No abandon, no heartfelt desire

No love could be worth getting fired

For real, it's surreal, it's so real

 

So paint over the cracks and then cover

What you thought was the worst ever pain with another

And the first one, it always comes free

 

How they love you so cold and so vicious

With friends like these, well who needs politicians

The first one, its always comes free

They tell you heroin tastes like ice cream

 

Clever men know all that and all this

And they will talk and they talk and the don't fucking listen

It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame

 

It's no life but God, it's a living

Come on Jesus Christ, come back all is forgiven

We are lost, we are lost, we are lost

 

Have no fear of the state of the nation

Let the facts have no bearing on public relations

It's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame

 

What a model of Christian behaviour

Preach on with the message of "go fuck thy neighbour"

it's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame

it's a shame, it's a shame

 

Watch your step by the crowd of fanatics

While they kill in the name of applied mathematics

Hate the system even though you invented it

Go kill your brothers and claim self defense of it

Picking up all the secrets and tricks to being

One of the guys whom the shit never sticks to

Take you seats for the final calamity

Don't you look serious, hell, what can the matter be?

Another day and the rot's getting faster

And all the machines started killing the master

 

it's a shame, it's a shame, it's a shame

it's a shame, it's a shame

 

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[Analogman]

The waiting drove me mad...you

[Analogman]

Vacate is the word...vengeance has no place so near to her

Cannot find the comfort in this world

Artificial tear...vessel stabbed...next up, volunteers

Vulnerable, wisdom can't adhere...

 

A truant finds home...and a wish to hold on...

But there's a trapdoor in the sun...immortality...

 

As privileged as a whore...victims in demand for public show

Swept out through the cracks beneath the door

Holier than thou, how?

Surrendered...executed anyhow

Scrawl dissolved, cigar box on the floor...

 

A truant finds home...and a wish to hold on, to...

But saw the trapdoor in the sun...

 

Immortality...

I cannot stop the thought...of running in the dark...

Coming up a which way sign...all good truants must decide...

Oh, stripped and sold, mom...(auctioned forearm)...

And whispers in the sand...

Truants move on...cannot stay long

Some die just to live...

Ohh...

[ajarwithaheavylid]

"Ah the night... here it comes again"

It's on with the jeans, the jacket and shirt

How'd I end up feeing so bad

For such a little girl

 

And I hold you close in the back of my mind

Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt

And I'm too scared to know how I feel about you now

La cienega just smiled... "see ya around"

And I hold you close in the back of my mind

And raise my glass 'cause either way I'm dead

Neither of you really help me to sleep anymore

One breaks my body and the other breaks my soul

La cienega just smiles as it waves goodbye

 

"Ah the night... here it comes again"

It's off with the jeans, the jacket and the shirt

How'd I end up feeling so bad

For such a little girl

And I hold you close in the back of my mind

Feels so good but damn it makes me hurt

And I'm too scared to know how I feel about you now

How I feel about you now

La cienega just smiles and says, "I'll see you around"

[embiggen]

There was a boy

A very strange enchanted boy

They say he wandered very far, very far

Over land and sea

A little shy and sad of eye

But very wise was he

 

And then one day

A magic day he passed my way

And while we spoke of many things

Fools and kings

This he said to me

"The greatest thing

you'll ever learn

Is just to love

and be loved in return"

 

"The greatest thing

you'll ever learn

Is just to love

and

be

loved

in

return"

[Albert Tatlock]

Vor der Kaserne vor dem grossen Tor

Stand eine Laterne, und stebt noch davor,

So wolln wir uns da wiedersehn

Bei der Laterne wolln wir stehn,

Wie einst Lili Marleen, wie einst Lili Marleen.

 

Unsre beide Schatten sahn wie einer aus.

Dass wir so lieb uns hatten, das sah man gleich daraus

Un alle Leute solln es sehn,

Wenn wir bei der Laterne stehn,

Wie einst Lili Marleen, wie einst Lili Marleen.

 

Schon rief der Posten: Sie blasen Zapfenstreich

Es kann drei Tage kosten! Kam'rad, ich komm ja gleich.

Da sagten wir auf Wiedersehn.

Wie gerne wollt ich mit dir gehn,

Mit dir Lili Marleen, mit dir Lili Marleen.

 

Deine Schritte kennt sie, deinen zieren Gang

Alle Abend brennt sie, mich vergass sie lanp

Und sollte mir ein Leids geschehn,

Wer wird bei der Laterne stehn,

Mit dir Lili Marleen, mit dir Lili Marleen?

 

Aus dem stillen Raume, aus der Erde Grund

Hebt mich wie im Traume dein verliebter Mund.

Wenn sich die spaeten Nebel drehn,

Werd' ich bei der Laterne stehn

Wie einst Lili Marleen, wie einst Lili Marleen

[M. (hristine]

What a face.

 

[Albert Tatlock]

I love that song, and the story that goes with it from WWII - Brits in the desert hearing it the original German version (probably not Dietrich as she was a prominent anti-Nazi in exile, but maybe, I'm not sure) on German radio and tuning into the sentiment and adopting it themselves. I like the German version better than the English. Same with Silent Night.

[M. (hristine]

I love that story too. Such poignant lyrics..."My Lili of the lamplight..." *sigh*

 

 

Underneath the lantern

By the barrack gate,

Darling, I remember

The way you used to wait,

'Twas there that you whispered tenderly,

That you loved me, you'd always be,

My Lili of the lamplight, my own Lili Marlene.

[Guest Laminated Kat]

Could we

Take a walk

Could we

Have us a talk alone

In the afternoon

 

Could we

Have a seat

Why yes be my guest

You can hold my hand

 

What a dream

In the grass

We kissed

Fell in love too fast too soon

Love full bloom

 

Should we get up

Let's wake up

Let's get dressed

I'll let you walk me up the street

Back home

 

Thank you

It was great

let's make another date

Real soon

In the afternoon

[Dude]

when I wake up

in the morning

I pour the coffee

read the paper

 

then I slowly

and so softly

do the dishes

feed the fishes

 

sing me Happy Birthday

sing it like it's going to be

your last day

like it's halleujah

don't just let it pass on through ya

 

it's a giant among cliches

and thats why I want you to sing it anyway

sing me Happy Birthday

cause hell, what's it all about

anyway?

 

sing me Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday

like it's gonna be

gonna be your last day

here on earth

[P Dub]

"There must be some way out of here," said the joker to the thief,

"There's too much confusion, I can't get no relief.

Businessmen, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth,

None of them along the line know what any of it is worth."

 

"No reason to get excited," the thief, he kindly spoke,

"There are many here among us who feel that life is but a joke.

But you and I, we've been through that, and this is not our fate,

So let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late."

 

All along the watchtower, princes kept the view

While all the women came and went, barefoot servants, too.

 

Outside in the distance a wildcat did growl,

Two riders were approaching, the wind began to howl.

 

 

 

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[Analogman]

Long time since I climbed down this mountain before

Things I've seen here make me want to go running home

 

Lean close put your lips next to my face

Look further on past the surface

 

Orange, blue, red & green

Are the colors of what I feel

And my mind y'know it starts to reel in time

 

To know your flesh layin' by my skin

And I wonder whenever I'm in

Warm, soft, nice & now

Are the word things of what I know

And my body y'know it's so in time

 

I see you at the same place that I play

Ah darlin' tell me what can I say

Dance, sing, sleep& dream

Is the music of what I feel

Among the many things whenever you're near in time

 

Come with me my friend

Come on now and take my hand

You can be my friend

Soon be in another country

[Elixir Sue]

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

 

I need to laugh, and when the sun is out

I've got something I can laugh about

I feel good, in a special way

I'm in love and it's a sunny day

 

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

 

We take a walk, the sun is shining down

Burns my feet as they touch the ground

 

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

 

Then we lie beneath a shady tree

I love her and she's loving me

She feels good, she know she's looking fine

I'm so proud to know that she is mine

 

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

Good day sunshine

[Analogman]

Good morning mister sunshine, you brighten up my day.

Come sit beside me in your way.

I see you every morning, outside the restaurants,

The music plays so nonchalant.

 

Lonely days, lonely nights. Where would I be without my woman?

Lonely days, lonely nights. Where would I be without my woman?

 

Good morning mister sunshine, you brighten up my day.

Come sit beside me in your way.

 

Lonely days, lonely nights. Where would I be without my woman?

Lonely days, lonely nights. Where would I be without my woman?

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

You got a lotta nerve

To say you are my friend

When I was down

You just stood there grinning

 

You got a lotta nerve

To say you got a helping hand to lend

You just want to be on

The side that's winning

 

You say I let you down

You know it's not like that

If you're so hurt

Why then don't you show it

 

You say you lost your faith

But that's not where it's at

You had no faith to lose

And you know it

 

I know the reason

That you talk behind my back

I used to be among the crowd

You're in with

 

Do you take me for such a fool

To think I'd make contact

With the one who tries to hide

What he don't know to begin with

 

You see me on the street

You always act surprised

You say, "How are you?" "Good luck"

But you don't mean it

 

When you know as well as me

You'd rather see me paralyzed

Why don't you just come out once

And scream it

 

No, I do not feel that good

When I see the heartbreaks you embrace

If I was a master thief

Perhaps I'd rob them

 

And now I know you're dissatisfied

With your position and your place

Don't you understand

It's not my problem

 

I wish that for just one time

You could stand inside my shoes

And just for that one moment

I could be you

 

Yes, I wish that for just one time

You could stand inside my shoes

You'd know what a drag it is

To see you

[Analogman]

Take me back where I come from

All I need--feeling blue

Friends that I made in my youth

Now I'm older

I love them more

Moon shines bright above

Never seems to change

Ever smiling face--no one asks why

Everyone wanted his soul

All he gave them was a smile

People can change overnight

You most of all--yeah that's right

Find yourself on the ground

Where you been?

What have you found?

Yeah, now you know the score

Never want no more

Keep yourself in your own mind

Can you believe what I say

That I'm glad, feeling sad

I'm feeling awful cold

I've just been bought and sold

In my eyes you'll see

The sign of fear

Take me back to see

What I left behind, yeah

Ooh, superficial people told him where to go

Everyone wanted his soul

All he gave them was a smile, oh

[Mystik Spiral]

Your mind's a machine

It's deadly and dull

It's never been still and its will

Has never been free

 

Lightly tapping

A high-pitched drum

 

As your spine starts to shine

You shiver at your soul

A fist so clear and climbing

Punches a hole

In the sky

So you can see

For yourself

If you don't believe me

 

There's so much less

To this than you think

 

It's almost gone

The night is dissolving

In a cup God lifts

To toast the lightning

 

Lightly tapping

It's high-pitched and it hums

 

Your spine starts to shine

And you shiver at your soul

A fist so clear and climbing

Punches a hole

In the sky

So you can see

For yourself

If you don't believe me

 

There's so much less

To this than you think

 

 

This song still gives me chills...