one song

[mountain bed]

When they turn the pages of history

When these days have passed long ago

Will they read of us with sadness

For the seeds that we let grow

We turned our gaze

From the castles in the distance

Eyes cast down

On the path of least resistance

 

Cities full of hatred,fear and lies

Withered hearts,and cruel tormented eyes

Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise

Beating down the multitudes

And scoffing at the wise

 

The hypocrites are slandering

The sacred halls of Truth

Ancient nobles showering

Their bitterness on youth

Can't we find

The minds that made us strong

Can't we learn

To feel what's right,and what's wrong

What's wrong?

 

Cities full of hatred,fear and lies

Withered hearts,and cruel tormented eyes

Scheming demons dressed in kingly guise

Beating down the multitudes

And scoffing at the wise

Can't we raise our eyes,and make a start

Can't we find the minds to lead us

Closer to the heart

 

A Farewell to Kings (Lee,Lifeson & Peart)

[froggie]

nice one a-man... one of his greastest vocals on that one.

 

 

 

You wanna make me sick;

You wanna lick my wounds,

Dont you, baby?

You want the badge of honour when you save my hide

But youre the one in the way

Of the day of doom, baby

If you need my shame to reclaim your pride

 

And when I think of it, my fingers turn to fists

I never did anything to you, man

But no matter what I try

Youll beat me with your bitter lies

So call me crazy, hold me down

Make me cry; get off now, baby-

It wont be long till youll be

Lying limp in your own hand

 

You feed the beast I have within me

You wave the red flag, baby you make it run run run

Standing on the sidelines, waving and grinning

You fondle my trigger, then you blame my gun

 

And when I think of it, my fingers turn to fists

I never did anything to you, man

But no matter what I try

Youll beat me with your bitter lies

So call me crazy, hold me down

Make me cry; get off now, baby-

It wont be long till youll be

Lying limp in your own hand

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

We'll be fighting in the streets

With our children at our feet

And the morals that they worship will be gone

And the men who spurred us on

Sit in judgement of all wrong

They decide and the shotgun sings the song

 

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

 

The change, it had to come

We knew it all along

We were liberated from the fold, that's all

And the world looks just the same

And history ain't changed

'Cause the banners, they all flown in the last war

 

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

No, no!

 

I'll move myself and my family aside

If we happen to be left half alive

I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky

For I know that the hypnotized never lie

 

Do ya?

 

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

 

There's nothing in the street

Looks any different to me

And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye

And the parting on the left

Is now the parting on the right

And the beards have all grown longer overnight

 

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

Don't get fooled again

No, no!

 

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

 

Meet the new boss

Same as the old boss

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

Everyone is busy with the regular routine

The sniper just takes his aim

Everyone is window shopping, no one is amazed

Even if he hit you, you'd still think it's just a graze

You go to a movie, you go to a show

You think that you're living, you don't really know

 

Big tears mean nothing

You can count them as they fall

Big tears mean nothing

When you're lying in your coffin

Tell me who's been taken in

 

Oh, you talk about the new boss automatic clause

But of course they make it all up for you

Always fascinated by the weird edge of town

Come home disappointed every time they put you down

Laughing with the old boys, saying that it's all noise

 

I suppose big tears mean nothing

You can count them as they fall

Big tears mean nothing

When you're lying in your coffin

Tell me who's been taken in

 

All the buttons of my overcoat

They have fallen off one by one

You wouldn't even like me if you'd never had a drink

You wouldn't even like me if you never stopped to think

Standing in the shadow, turning wives to widows

 

Don't you know big tears mean nothing

You can count them as they fall

Big tears mean nothing

When you're lying in your coffin

Tell me who's been taken in

Tell me, me or yous been taken in

Tell me, tell me, tell me

[lizish]

The Presidents Dead - Okkervil River

 

The President

[Calexico]

Coulter's Snatch

We

[mountain bed]

They were hiding behind hay bales

They were planting in the full moon

They had given all they had for something new

But the light of day was on them

They could see the thrashers coming

And the water shone like diamonds in the dew

 

And I was just getting up,hit the road before it's light

Tryin' to catch an hour on the sun

When I saw those thrashers rollin' by

Lookin' more than two lanes wide

I was feelin' like my day had just begun

 

Where the eagle glides ascending

There's an ancient river bending

Down the timeless gorge of changes

Where sleeplessness awaits

I searched out my companions

Who were lost in crystal canyons

When the aimless blade of science slashed the pearly gates

 

It was then I knew I'd had enough

Burned my credit card for fuel

Heading out to where the pavement turns to sand

With a one-way ticket to the land of truth

And my suitcase in my hand

How I lost my friends I still don't understand

 

They had the best selection

They were poisoned with protection

There was nothing that they needed

They had nothing left to find

They were lost in rock formations

Or became park bench mutations

On the sidewalks and in the stations

They were waiting,waiting..

 

So I got bored and left them there

They were just dead weight to me

It's better on the road without that load

Brings back the time when I was 8 or 9

I was watchin' my mama's TV

It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode

 

Where the vulture glides descending

On an asphalt highway bending

Thru libraries and museums,galaxies and stars

Down the windy halls of friendship

To the rose clipped by the bullwhip

The motel of lost companions waits with heated pool,and bar

 

But me,I'm not stopping there

Got my own row left to hoe

Just another line in the field of time

When the thrashers come and I'm stuck in the sun

Like the dinosaurs in shrines

Then I'll know the time has come to give what's mine

Happy birthday,Neil

[caliber66]

Oh, Jawbone, when did you first go wrong?

Oh, Jawbone, where is it you belong?

Three time loser, you'll never learn,

Lay down your tools before you burn.

Ya keep on runnin' and hidin' your face,

spreadin' your heat all over the place.

 

I'm a thief and I dig it!

I'm up on a beef, I'm gonna rig it!

I'm a thief and I dig it!

 

Oh, Jawbone, why don't cha sit and moan?

Oh, Jawbone, you know that it's stone for stone.

Sneak through the night upon your toes,

To look in your eye, it never shows.

Your name upon the post office wall,

Put you on edge 'cause they wrote it too small!

 

I'm a thief and I dig it!

I'm up on a beef, I'm gonna rig it!

I'm a thief and I dig it!

 

Oh, Jawbone, revenge stays on your mind.

Oh, Jawbone, you been doin' too much time.

Pull off a job with an inside man,

who needs the cash and likes your plan.

Then you will know just who to thank,

when you land right back in the tank.

 

I'm a thief and I dig it!

I'm up on a beef, I'm gonna rig it!

I'm a thief and I dig it!

 

Oh, Jawbone, why dont'cha go home?

Oh, Jawbone, where is it you belong?

Boostin' and goin' out on the lam,

Ya know that you'll steal anything that you can.

Temptation stands just behind the door,

So what you wanna go and open it for?

 

I'm a thief and I dig it!

I'm up on a beef, I'm gonna rig it!

I'm a thief and I dig it!

[viatroy]

When the rain is blowing in your face

And the whole world is on your case

I could offer you a warm embrace

To make you feel my love

 

When the evening shadows and the stars appear

And there is no one there to dry your tears

I could hold you for a million years

To make you feel my love

 

I know you haven't made your mind up yet

But I would never do you wrong

I've known it from the moment that we met

No doubt in my mind where you belong

 

I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue

I'd go crawling down the avenue

There's nothing that I wouldn't do

To make you feel my love

 

The storms are raging on the rollin' sea

And on the highway of regret

The winds of change are blowing wild and free

You ain't seen nothing like me yet

 

I could make you happy, make your dreams come true

Nothing that I wouldn't do

Go to the ends of the earth for you

To make you feel my love

[embiggen]

When the rain is blowing in your face

And the whole world is on your case

I could offer you a warm embrace

To make you feel my love

 

I love that song. Lee and I were going to use it in our wedding, but Garth Brooks ruined it

[Sweet Papa Crimbo]

We don't smoke marijuana in Muskogee;

We don't take our trips on LSD

We don't burn our draft cards down on Main Street;

We like livin' right, and bein' free.

 

I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,

A place where even squares can have a ball

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,

And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all

 

We don't make a party out of lovin';

We like holdin' hands and pitchin' woo;

We don't let our hair grow long and shaggy,

Like the hippies out in San Francisco do.

 

And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee,

A place where even squares can have a ball.

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,

And white lightnin's still the biggest thrill of all.

 

Leather boots are still in style for manly footwear;

Beads and Roman sandals won't be seen.

Football's still the roughest thing on campus,

And the kids here still respect the college dean.

 

We still wave Old Glory down at the courthouse,

In Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA.

 

 

If we make it through December

Everythings gonna be all right I know

It's the coldest time of winter

And I shivver when I see the fallin snow

 

If we make it through December

I got plans of bein in a warmer town come summer time

Maybe even California

If we make it through December we'll be fine

 

I got laid off down at the factory

And their timing's not the greatest in the world

Heaven knows I been workin' hard

I wanted Christmas to be right for daddy's girl

Now I don't mean to hate December

It's meant to be the happy time of year

And why my little girl don't understand

Why daddy can't afford no Christmas here

 

If we make it through December

Everythings gonna be alright I know

It's the coldest time of winter

And I shivver when I see the fallin' snow

 

If we make it through December

I got plans of bein' in a warmer town come summer time

Maybe even California

If we make it through December we'll be fine

[embiggen]

Now that our ties are severed

As we say goodbye

Let us not wonder whether

We are ready to take the dive

 

Let it dive, let it die, let it fade out of sight

Let it drag us down, let it fade

 

Grieve, but not grieve together

Mourn with nothing to say

Gone are those times forever

Lost as those sweet warm other days

 

Let it dive, let it die, let it fade out of sight

Let it drag us down, let it come between you and I

Let it dive, let it die, let it fade

 

Where we born to despair

Deeds done but not forgiven?

There will always be something there

As long as one of us goes on living

 

Let it dive, let it die

Let it fade out of sight

Let it drag us down, let it come between you and I

What's done is done, no reason to apologize

Let it dive, let it die, let it fade

[viatroy]

When the dream came

I held my breath

With my eyes closed

I went insane,

Like a smoke ring day

When the wind blows

Now I won't be back

Till later on

If I do come back at all

But you know me,

And I miss you now.

 

In a strange game

I saw myself as you knew me

When the change came,

And you had a

Chance to see through me

Though the other side

Is just the same

You can tell

My dream is real

Because I love you,

Can you see me now.

 

Though we rush ahead

To save our time

We are only what we feel

And I love you,

Can you feel it now.

[embiggen]

As I walked out tonight in the mystic garden

The wounded flowers were dangling from the vine

I was passing by yon cool crystal fountain

Someone hit me from behind

 

Ain't talkin', just walkin'

Through this weary world of woe

Heart burnin', still yearnin'

No one on earth would ever know

 

They say prayer has the power to heal

So pray for me mother

In the human heart an evil spirit can dwell

I am a-tryin' to love my neighbor and do good unto others

But oh, mother, things ain't going well

 

Ain't talkin', just walkin'

I'll burn that bridge before you can cross

Heart burnin', still yearnin'

There'll be no mercy for you once you've lost

 

Now I'm all worn down by weeping

My eyes are filled with tears, my lips are dry

If I catch my opponents ever sleeping

I'll just slaughter 'em where they lie

 

Ain't talkin', just walkin'

Through the world mysterious and vague

Heart burnin', still yearnin'

Walkin' through the cities of the plague.

 

Well, the whole world is filled with speculation

The whole wide world which people say is round

They will tear your mind away from contemplation

They will jump on your misfortune when you're down

 

Ain't talkin', just walkin'

Eatin' hog eyed grease in a hog eyed town.

Heart burnin', still yearnin'

Some day you'll be glad to have me around.

 

They will crush you with wealth and power

Every waking moment you could crack

I'll make the most of one last extra hour

I'll revenge my father's death then I'll step back

 

Ain't talkin', just walkin'

Hand me down my walkin' cane.

Heart burnin', still yearnin'

Got to get you out of my miserable brain.

 

All my loyal and my much-loved companions

They approve of me and share my code

I practice a faith that's been long abandoned

Ain't no altars on this long and lonesome road

 

Ain't talkin', just walkin'

My mule is sick, my horse is blind.

Heart burnin', still yearnin'

Thinkin' 'bout that gal I left behind.

 

Well, it's bright in the heavens and the wheels are flyin'

Fame and honor never seem to fade

The fire gone out but the light is never dyin'

Who says I can't get heavenly aid?

 

Ain't talkin', just walkin'

Carryin' a dead man's shield

Heart burnin', still yearnin'

Walkin' with a toothache in my heel

 

The sufferin' is unending

Every nook and cranny has its tears

I'm not playing, I'm not pretending

I'm not nursin' any superfluous fears

 

Ain't talkin', just walkin'

Walkin' ever since the other night.

Heart burnin', still yearnin'

Walkin' 'til I'm clean out of sight.

 

As I walked out in the mystic garden

On a hot summer day, a hot summer lawn

Excuse me, ma'am, I beg your pardon

There's no one here, the gardener is gone

 

Ain't talkin', just walkin'

Up the road, around the bend.

Heart burnin', still yearnin'

In the last outback at the world's end.

[bobbob1313]

Looking out the door I see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners

Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water

And maybe Im too young to keep good love from going wrong

But tonight youre on my mind so you never know

 

When Im broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it

Where are you tonight, child you know how much I need it

Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run

 

Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun

And much too blind to see the damage hes done

Sometimes a man must awake to find that really, he has no-one

 

So Ill wait for you... and Ill burn

Will I ever see your sweet return

Oh will I ever learn

 

Oh lover, you shouldve come over

cause its not too late

 

Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in

Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him

My body turns and yearns for a sleep that will never come

 

Its never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder

Its never over, all my riches for her smiles when I slept so soft against her

Its never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter

Its never over, shes the tear that hangs inside my soul forever

 

Well maybe Im just too young

To keep good love from going wrong

 

Oh... lover, you shouldve come over

cause its not too late

 

Well I feel too young to hold on

And Im much too old to break free and run

Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage Ive done

Sweet lover, you shouldve come over

Oh, love well Im waiting for you

 

Lover, you shouldve come over

cause its not too late

[lizish]

 

And Vandalism

 

I know this guy

If I'm the mayonnaise he's the cream

Some sit and wait for the ride

While others become the scene

And he can see a Wednesday morning

Like others see Friday night

It's all an open book

It's just how you vandalise

A double stitch on the shirttail

While the rest of us split on the seams

He talks about Art Blakey

And I pretend to know what he means

So now it's three gigs a night

While your girl digs up the UAE

And burn up like a matchstick

The whole damn city can see

The sun caught me hiding

Just enough for someone to see

My heart in my hands, the tracks of my glands

Cracking through the grit in my teeth

So when did you decide

That there's only so much you can lose?

The best choices come

Just when there's nothing left to choose

So you blow up letterboxes and chlorine bombs

'Coz it's a weekend blitz on the dicks who just can't whistle the tune

Yeah and yeah hit while I sit here on my hands

Measuring compliments with a spoon

And I'm never too far away

I know this guy

If I'm the mayonnaise he's the cream

Some sit and wait for the ride

While others become the scene

And he can see a Wednesday morning

Like others see Friday night

It's all an open book

It's just how you vandalise

[lizish]

 

I can't understand

how the touch of her hand

on my cheek leaves me feeling

so weak in the knees and blue.

She pulls her hair back

the same way I've seen you do.

 

I've had enough

my recovery's tough

and I'm not out here looking

to start up with someone new.

So in the end just before I surrender

I'll make believe that she's you.

 

Beautiful faces

I've seen in these places

could make your heart heavy and sad

with a drink or two.

I don't need that yet

I've got a sea of regret

to go through.

 

She sits here waiting

while I'm still debating

there's a cold night ahead we'd be

helping each other through.

So in the end just before I surrender

I'll make believe that she's you.

 

I'll make believe that I'm

kissing the lips that are gone.

Truth is I'm having

trouble just carrying on.

 

She sits here waiting

while I'm still debating

there's a cold night ahead we'd be

helping each other through.

So in the end just before I surrender

I'll make believe that she's you.

And so in the end just before I surrender

I'll make believe that she's you.

[kidsmoke]

Tualla dearest, thank you so much for including the album covers like you've done with the last two! Nice touch; I hope you start a trend.

[Mystik Spiral]

damn, i am so into this album lately....

 

 

I dropped a line, took a nap

I fell asleep on my back

I dreamed of the tears in your eyes

Your features grew like the tide

 

I need someone and you need someone to love tonight

 

Who needs someone?

Who needs someone to pick a fight?

 

I parked a bike down the aisle

Had conversations for a while

I long for the ghost towns and July

Your heart still belongs to the new guy

 

I need someone and you need someone to love tonight

 

Who needs someone?

Who needs someone to pick a fight?

 

Is what I need way too much?

Too much to ask for but not enough

I know I appeared and we tied

Do you still think we wasted our lives?

 

I need someone and you need someone to love tonight

 

Who needs someone?

Who needs someone to pick a fight?

 

I need someone and you need someone to love tonight

 

Who needs someone?

Who needs someone to pick a fight?

[kidsmoke]

damn, i am so into this album lately....

 

 

I dropped a line, took a nap

I fell asleep on my back

I dreamed of the tears in your eyes

Your features grew like the tide

 

I need someone and you need someone to love tonight

 

Who needs someone?

Who needs someone to pick a fight?

 

I parked a bike down the aisle

Had conversations for a while

I long for the ghost towns and July

Your heart still belongs to the new guy

 

I need someone and you need someone to love tonight

 

Who needs someone?

Who needs someone to pick a fight?

 

Is what I need way too much?

Too much to ask for but not enough

I know I appeared and we tied

Do you still think we wasted our lives?

 

I need someone and you need someone to love tonight

 

Who needs someone?

Who needs someone to pick a fight?

 

I need someone and you need someone to love tonight

 

Who needs someone?

Who needs someone to pick a fight?

 

Who is that, Bridget?

[mountain bed]

Somebody's shouting

Up at a mountain

Only my own words return

Nobody's up there

It's a deception

When will I ever learn ?

 

I'm alone here

With emptiness, eagles and snow

Unfriendliness chilling my body

And whispering pictures of home

 

Wondering blindly

How can they find me

Maybe they don't even know

My body is shaking

Anticipating

The call of the black-hooded crow

 

I'm alone here

With emptiness, eagles and snow

Unfriendliness chilling my body

And shouting out pictures of home

 

Here in this prison

Of my own making

Year after day I have grown

Into a hero

But there's no worship

Where have they hidden my throne ?

 

I'm alone here

With emptiness, eagles and snow

Unfriendliness chilling my body

And screaming out pictures of home

[mountain bed]

I think that I'd like to go back home

And take it easy

There's a woman that I'd like to get to know

Living there

 

Everybody seems to wonder

What it's like down here

I gotta get away from this day-to-day runnin' around

Everybody knows this is nowhere

 

Everybody knows

 

Every time I think about back home

It's cool and breezy

I wish that I could be there right now

Just passin' time

 

Everybody seems to wonder

What it's like down here

I gotta get away from this day-to-day runnin' around

Everybody knows this is nowhere

 

Everybody knows

[Fritz]

Well Portland Oregon and sloe gin fizz

If that ain't love then tell me what is

Well I lost my heart it didn't take no time

But that ain't all. I lost my mind in Oregon

 

In a booth in the corner with the lights down low

I was movin' in fast she was takin' it slow

Well I looked at him and caught him lookin' at me

I knew right then we were playin' free in Oregon

 

Next day we knew last night got drunk

But we loved enough for the both of us

In the morning when the night had sobered up

It was much too late for the both of us in Oregon

 

Well sloe gin fizz works might fast

When you drink it by the pitcher and not by the glass

Hey bartender before you close

Pour us one more drink and a pitcher to go

 

And a pitcher to go [repeat]

[Clouds of Fluff]

There's a cross above the baby's bed,

A Saviour in her dreams.

But she was not delivered then,

And the baby became me.

There's a light inside the darkened room,

A footstep on the stair.

A door that I forever close,

To leave those memories there.

 

So when the shadows link them,

Into an evening sun.

Well first there's summer, then I'll let you in.

September when it comes.

 

I plan to crawl outside these walls,

Close my eyes and see.

And fall into the heart and arms,

Of those who wait for me.

I cannot move a mountain now;

I can no longer run.

I cannot be who I was then:

In a way, I never was.

 

I watch the clouds go sailing;

I watch the clock and sun.

Oh, I watch myself, depending on,

September when it comes.

 

So when the shadows link them,

And burn away the clouds.

They will fly me, like an angel,

To a place where I can rest.

When this begins, I'll let you know,

September when it comes.

 

 

(no album cover, but Rosanne Cash feat. Johnny Cash)

[Analogman]

Well you took me out of my mind baby

You took me out of my head

My friends have gone to look for me

I ain't been seen yet

 

No i ain't disappeared

i'm only over here

Well you found me out of my skull baby

staring at the stars

You will appear now just in time

to what i was looking for

I had no place to run

Did not have anyone

 

Well i wonder

why the day is so bright

What can the reason be

You light up the darkest night

like a pearl out of the sea

 

Hope it can always be

but i must wait and see

Give me some of your love baby

That is all i need

Tell me what it's all about

Tell me what you see

 

Where have you been so long

My tears have dried and gone

Where have you been so long

all my blues have gone

 

Well you took me out of my mind baby

You took me out of my head

My friends have gone to look for me

I ain't been seen yet

 

No i ain't disappeared

i'm only over here

 

No i ain't disappeared

i'm only over here