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And as we've been missing the old thread (and I can't be bothered to look for it) here's a new place to sing out!

Don't be shy now.

Here's a song for Alan, it's called Heaven


There is a song the river sings
There is a river sings your name
The air is living, humming
Slanting sun
In heavens view
Aah aah

Lay down your restless motion now
Turn down the faithless voice inside
Protect my heart
My heartbeat
I will take
Take care of you

I will take care
Take care of you

Lay down upon the silver grass
Down on the blanket laid for us
Melting all together
We’ll watch the moon,
The moon go past

So hang on
Hang on strong to me
Let me show
Let me show you
How sweet the strong can be

Hold on
Hold on

Heaven

So hang on
Hang on strong to me
Let me show
Let me show you
How sweet the strong can be

You say there's always gonna be this thing
Between us days are filled with dreams
Scorpions crawl across my screen
Make their home beneath my skin
Underneath my dress stick their tongues
Bite through the flesh down to the bone
And I have been so fuckin' alone
Since those three days

Did you only want me for those three days?
Did you only need me for those three days?
Did you love me forever
just for those three days?

You built a nest inside my soul
You rest your head on leaves of gold
You managed to crawl inside my brain
You found a hole and in you came
You sleep like a baby breathing
Comfortably between truth and pain
But the truth is nothing's been the same
Since those three days

Did you only want me for those three days?
Did you only need me for those three days?
Did you love me forever
just for those three days?

You say there's always gonna be this thing
Between us days are filled with dreams
Scorpions crawl across my screen
Make their home beneath my skin
Underneath my dress stick their tongues
Bite through the flesh down to the bone
And I have been so fuckin' alone
You built a nest inside my soul
You rest your head on leaves of gold
You managed to crawl inside my brain
You found a hole and in you came
You sleep like a baby breathing
Comfortably between truth and pain
But the truth is nothing's been the same
Since those three days

Did you only want me for those three days?
Did you only need me for those three days?
Did you love me forever
just for those three days, baby?

Did you only want me for those three days?
Did you only need me for those three days?
Did you love me forever
just for those three days?

For those three days

For those three days

Peeling the skin back from my eyes
I felt surprised
That the time on the clock was the time
I usually retire
To the place where I clear my head of you
But just for today
I think I'll lie here and dream

I've got you under my skin
Where the rain can't get in
But if the sweat pours out
Just shout
I'll try to swim and pull you out

A howling wind blows the litter
As the rain flows
And streetlamps pour orange-coloured shapes
Through your window
A broken soul stares from a pair of watering eyes
Uncertain emotions force an uncertain smile

I've got you under my skin
Where the rain can't get in
But if the sweat pours out
Just shout
I'll try to swim and pull you out

Talkin' to myself and feelin' old
Sometimes I'd like to quit
Nothing ever seems to fit
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

What I've got they used to call the blues
Nothin' is really wrong
Feelin' like I don't belong
Walkin' around
Some kind of lonely clown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

Funny but it seems I always wind up here with you
Nice to know somebody loves me
Funny but it seems that it's the only thing to do
Run and find the one who loves me.

What I feel has come and gone before
No need to talk it out
We know what it's all about
Hangin' around
Nothing to do but frown
Rainy Days and Mondays always get me down.

The handshake
Seals the contract
From the contract
There's no turning back
The turning point
Of a career
In Korea, being insincere

The holiday
Was fun packed
The contract:
Still intact

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all

It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts

The graph
On the wall
Tells the story
Of it all
Picture it now
See just how
The lies and deceit
Gained a little more power

Confidence
Taken in
By a sun tan
And a grin

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
All for themselves
After all

It's a competitive world
Everything counts in large amounts

The grabbing hands
Grab all they can
Everything counts in large amounts

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived.
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.

Pardon the way that I stare.
There's nothing else to compare.
The sight of you leaves me weak.
There are no words left to speak.
But if you feel like I feel.
Please let me know that it's real.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.

I need you baby, and if it's quite all right,
I need you baby to warm a lonely night.
I love you baby. Trust in me when I say OK:
Oh pretty baby, don't let me down I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.
And let me love you,
oh baby let me love you, oh baby....

You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off you.
You'd be like heaven to touch.
I wanna hold you so much.
At long last love has arrived.
And I thank God I'm alive.
You're just too good to be true.
Can't take my eyes off of you.

I need you baby, and if it's quite all right,
I need you baby to warm a lonely night.
I love you baby. Trust in me when I say it's OK
Oh pretty baby, don't let me down I pray.
Oh pretty baby, now that I found you, stay.
And let me love you,
oh baby let me love you, oh baby....

JT that is one of the best songs ever - Frankie Vallis version still chokes me up even after countless listens.

For my 'Main Man'

Say What You Want


Twenty seconds on the back time
I feel you on the run
Never lived too long to make right
I see you're doing fine
And when I get that feeling
I can no longer slide I can no longer run
And when I get that feeling
I can no longer hide for it's no longer fun

Well, you can say what you want
But it won't change my mind
I'll feel the same about you
And you can tell me your reasons
But it won't change my feelings
I'll feel the same about you

What I am is what you want of me
Now that I'm not there
Took the tables away from you
It's turned that I don't care
And when I get that feeling
I can no longer slide I can no longer run
And when I get that feeling
I can no longer hide for it's no longer fun

I've said goodnight try to sleep tight
Just dream of me
Go close your eyes cause I'll close mine
The sun will shine from time to time
When you dream of me

Everybody shouts on I Love Lucy
Pee Wee reads the evening news
A pre-owned song or a second-hand Uzi
Everybody got a job to lose

Here come the golden oldies
Here come the Hizbollah
Businessmen from South Miami
Humming AOR

Meanwhile...

I like Cal and his dog Napalm
I like Ike and his itty-bitty A-bomb
Everybody got one, I want mine
You can order it up on Channel Nine

Meanwhile, in the Sheraton,
Doctor Jeep plays on and on and on

There was a time but it's long gone
Janie got a crush on the Viet Cong
Burning through downtown Saigon
Me, I'm sold - down the Mekong

Meanwhile, in the Sheraton,
Doctor Jeep plays on and on and on

Guns and cars and accidents
The threatened witness my defence
You can sell one another for fifteen cents
Well bye-bye mother, it's common sense

Meanwhile, in the Sheraton,
Doctor Jeep plays on and on and on

Everybody shouts on I Love Lucy
Pee Wee reads the evening news
A pre-owned song or a second-hand Uzi
Everybody got a job to lose

Here come the golden oldies
Here come the Hizbollah
Businessmen from South Miami
Humming AOR

Meanwhile, in the Sheraton,
Doctor Jeep plays on and on and on

This life is too short
To live it just for you
But when you feel
So powerless
What are you gonna do?

Just say what you want
Say what you want
Say, say
Say what you want

We got winners
We got losers
Chain smokers and boozers
An' we got yuppies
We got bikers
An' we got thirsty hitchhikers
And the girls next door dress up like movie stars
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar

We got cowboys
We got truckers
Broken hearted fools and suckers
An' we got hustlers
We got fighters
Early birds and all nighters
And the veterans talk about their battle scars
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar

I love this bar
It's my kinda place
Just walk in through the front door
Puts a big smile on my face
It ain't too far
Come as you are
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar

I've seen short skirts
We've got high-techs
Blue collar boys and rednecks
An' we got lovers
Lots of lookers
I've even seen dancin' girls and hookers
And we like to drink our beer from a mason jar
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar (yes I do!)

I like my truck (I like my truck)
An' I like my girlfriend (I like my girlfriend)
I like to take her out to dinner
I like a movie now and then

But I love this bar
It's my kinda place
Just toeing around the dance floor
Puts a big smile on my face
No cover charge
Come as you are
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I love this bar
Mm, mm, mmm, mmm, mmm, I just love this ol' bar

(Toby Keith)

Out of the street you better get on home
Tail shaking filly running on her own
They say she got loose on the night she was born
Cranking it up in the school zone

"kick it out - kick it out", she said
"kick out your motor and drive
While you're still alive - kick it out!"

Sitting in a bar in a seaside town
Sweet little love getting high getting down
Sailors see her running along the beach
Laugh and jump out of reach

Wild music blowing in her mane
She needs a bareback rider won't give her no pain
A hard racy game of give and take
Leaves them dazed - half crazed- in her wake

"kick it out - kick it out", she said
"kick out your motor and drive
While you're still alive - kick it out!"

Soñé que el río me hablaba
I dreamt that the river spoke to me
con voz de nieve cumbreña
with a voice of mountain snow
y dulce me recordaba
and sweetly it reminded me
las cosas de mi querencia
of the things that I love

Tú que puedes, vuélvete
Turn back, you that are able to
me dijo el río llorando
the river said to me crying
los cerros que tanto quieres, me dijo
the hills that you so love, it said,
allá te están esperando
are waiting for you

Es cosa triste ser río
To be a river is a sad thing
quien pudiera ser laguna
who could be lagoon
oír el silbo en el junco
to listen to the mockingbird in the reeds
cuando lo besa la luna
when it is kissed by the moon

Tú que puedes, vuélvete
me dijo el río llorando
los cerros que tanto quieres, me dijo
allá te están esperando

Que cosa más parecida
How similar are
son tu destino y el mío
your destiny and mine
vivir cantando y penando
to exist singing and suffering
por esos largos caminos
through those long roads

Up in the little room, looking down, everybody's passing time
Princess dressed in wool, dreaming eyes, whispering her rhymes
"rain play my song today, no one wants to know me anyway"
Perfect lover where are you?
I can't wait much more for you to come true

Shining prince inside my head,
Live inside a palace underneath my bed

And everybody knows who they are in a velvet garden of rhinestone stars
Shine down on me satin queen, overlords of insane scenes
They go dancing cross the pages of the magazine

Typewriter steel and gray, work away, everybody's going home
Over across town, caught in a crowd, still living alone
Little room for her out of the rain
A little something for the pain
Lay in wait impatiently for the lord of the rock 'n roll aristocracy, see me....
Dreaming in photographs at night, love's like sand held in your hand so tight

And everybody know who they are in a velvet garden of rhinestone stars
Shine down on me satin queen, overlords of insane scenes
They go dancing cross the pages of the magazine

Everyday's like the day before
Come in tired and lock the door
Paint your space with magic hands
Shining slick and dandy
Smile at your fans

"C'mon pretty boy sing for us
Take me over the edge
I know you're good enough

And everybody knows who they are in a velvet garden of rhinestone stars
Shine down on me satin queen, overlords of insane scenes
They go dancing cross the pages of the magazine

He's a man whose voice speaks for everyone
And his actions touch the lives of us all
He rules with energy and style
Touch my hand, kiss my child
Save us all with a smile
He readily accepts acclaim
And soon forgets that he came
From the backstreets like them

We pray to the east
We pray to the west
And we see the gods of the new church
As they undertake their vow
Tell me who will save us now
Save us from the Lords of the new church

He's a man some believe is a visionary
He's a man who is driven by greed
He made a fortune overnight
In a deal that he knew
was too good to be true
As he bends the rules of play
Becomes obsessed with the game
has to go all the way

We pray to the east
We pray to the west
And we see the gods of the new church
As they undertake their vow
Tell me who will save us now
Save us from the Lords of the new church

They feast and they fly
While we pay the real price
But what price do we place on life

So we pray to the east
We pray to the west
And we see the gods of the new church
As they undertake their vow
Tell me who will save us now
Save us from the Lords of the new church

ooooooo
the new church
ooooooo
save us from the Lords of the new church
ooooooo
God, new church
ooooooo
save us from the Lords of the new church

They say that love often passes in a second
And you can never catch it up
So I'm hangin' on to you as though eternity beckoned
But it's clear that the match is rough
Common sense would tell me not to try and continue
But I'm after a piece of that diamond in you
So keep an eye open
My spirit ain't broken
Your love's so incredible
Your body's so edible
You give me an overdose of love
A little is enough

I'm like a connoisseur of champange congac
The perfume nearly beats the taste
I eat an oyster and I feel the contact
But more than one would be a waste
Some people want an endless line, that's true
But all I have to have's a little time with you
A smile sets me reeling
A kiss feels like stealing
Your love is like heroin
This addict is mellowin'
I can't pretend that I'm tough
A little is enough

Just like a sailor heading into the sea
There's a gale blowing in my face
The high wind scare me but I need the breeze
And I can't head for any other place
Life would seem so easy on the other tack
But even a hurricane won't turn me back
You might be an island
On the distant horizon
But the little I see
Looks like heaven to me
I don't care if the ocean gets rough
A little is enough

Common sense would tell me not to try and continue
But I'm after a piece of that diamond in you
So keep an eye open
My spirit ain't broken
Your love's so incredible
Your body's so edible
You give me an overdose of love
A little is enough

Now for one of the very few songs that rod Stewart covered that is better than the original.


I would have given you all of my heart
But there's someone who's torn it apart
And she's taken just all that I had
But if you want I'll try to love again
Baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
But when it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst
I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
And I'm sure going to give you a try
And if you want I'll try to love again
Baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
But when it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst

I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I've cried
But I'm sure gonna give you a try
'cause if you want I'll try to love again
Baby I'll try to love again but I know

The first cut is the deepest
Baby I know the first cut is the deepest
When it come to being lucky she's cursed
When it come to loving me she's the worst

While on a Rod Stewart frame of mind I remembered thathe thoroughly ruined Rocks by Primal Scream, which reminded me of the next classic. Enjoy.

You will never be a stranger
I will always be your friend
Be you devil, be you angel
I will always love you 'till the end

I'll be your shelter
I'll be your shelter
In times of storm
I'll keep you warm
I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you

I'll be there for you
I'll be there for you

If your head is strange and messy
If your spirit's cold and dark
If you're feelin' like an outlaw
If you're burnin' out your star

I'll be there for you

I'm on a covers train of thought so here's one of my favourites - Black Steel, originally by Public Enemy, but I prefer the Tricky version -


I got a letter from the government the other day
Opened it and read it, it said they were suckers
They wanted me for their army or whatever
Picture me givin' a damn, I said never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
About a brother like myself
Because I never did
I wasn't wit' it, but just that very minute...
It occurred to me
The suckers had authority
Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
How long has it been?
They got me sittin' in the state pen
I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before
I contemplated a plan on the cell floor
I'm not a fugitive on the run
But a brother like me begun, to be another one
Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all
They criticize me for some crime

I got a letter, I got a letter, I got a letter
Picture me given' a damn, I said never
Mmm...mmm...mmm
It occurred to me
The suckers had authority
Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
How long has it been?
They got me sittin' in the state pen
I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before

I'm not a fugitive on the run
I'm not a fugitive on the run

Many switch in, switch on, switch off
Many switch in, swirch on, switch off

Nevertheless they could not understand
That I'm a black man, and I could never be a veteran.
On the strength of situations, I'm real.
I got a raw deal, so I'm lookin' for the steel
Looking for the steel.

I got a letter from the government
The other day
Opened and read it
It said they were suckers
They wanted me for their army or whatever
Picture me givin' a damn, I said never
Here is a land that never gave a damn
About a brother like me and myself
Because they never did
I wasn't wit' it, but just that very minute...
It occurred to me
The suckers had authority
Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
How long has it been?
They got me sittin' in the state pen
I gotta get out, but that thought was thought before
I contemplated a plan on the cell floor
I'm not a fugitive on the run
I'm not, I'm not
I'm not a fugitive on the run
But a brother like me begun, to be another one
Public enemy servin' time, they drew the line y'all
To criticize me for some crime

Mmm...mmm...mmm...mmm
I got a letter from the government
The other day
Opened it and read it
It said they were suckers
They wanted me for their army or whatever
Picture me givin' a damn, I said never
Here is a land that never gave a damn...

It doesn’t hurt me.
Do you want to feel how it feels?
Do you want to know that it doesn’t hurt me?
Do you want to hear about the deal that I’m making?
You, it’s you and me.

And if I only could,
I’d make a deal with god,
And I’d get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building.
If I only could, oh...

You don’t want to hurt me,
But see how deep the bullet lies.
Unaware I’m tearing you asunder.
Ooh, there is thunder in our hearts.

Is there so much hate for the ones we love?
Tell me, we both matter, don’t we?
You, it’s you and me.
It’s you and me won’t be unhappy.

And if I only could,
I’d make a deal with god,
And I’d get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
Be running up that building,
Say, if I only could, oh...

You,
It’s you and me,
It’s you and me won’t be unhappy.

"c’mon, baby, c’mon darling,
Let me steal this moment from you now.
C’mon, angel, c’mon, c’mon, darling,
Let’s exchange the experience, oh..."

And if I only could,
I’d make a deal with god,
And I’d get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

And if I only could,
I’d make a deal with god,
And I’d get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

And if I only could,
I’d make a deal with god,
And I’d get him to swap our places,
Be running up that road,
Be running up that hill,
With no problems.

If I only could
Be running up that hill
With no problems...

"if I only could, I’d be running up that hill.
If I only could, I’d be running up that hill."

People in this place
just seem to stand around
Flashing cash
they eye each other up and down

You're all alone out on the floor
The music spins you 'round
It's all you came here for

The way you dance
You move in self-romance
And you don't see me watch
The way you dance
Your eyes close in a trance
And you don't see me watching

I feel the night go slipping by
And every song
Takes me closer to the time
When you'll be gone

How do I get through?
I don't wanna break the spell
I just wanna dance with you

The way you dance
You move in self-romance
And you don't see me watch
The way you dance
Your eyes close in a trance
And you don't see me watching
You

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating mind
Now I'm bound by the life you left behind
Your face it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice it chased away
All the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

When you cried I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream I'd fight away all of your fears
I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

That's right, I'm pleased to meet you
I still don't wanna tell you my name
Don't you believe in mystery?
Don't you wanna play my game?

I'm looking for a man to love me
Like I've never been loved before
I'm looking for a man that'll do it anywhere
Even on a limosuine floor

Because tonight I'm living in a fantasy
My own little nasty world
Tonight don't you wanna come with me
Do you think I'm a nasty girl?

I guess I'm just used to sailors
I think they got water on the brain
I think they got more water upstairs
Than they got sugar on a candy cane

That's right, it's been a long time
Since I had a man that did it real good
So if you ain't scared take it out
And do it like a real live mister could should

Because tonight I'm living in a fantasy
My own little nasty world
Tonight don't you wanna come with me
Do you think I'm a nasty girl?

The ice is thin come on dive in
underneath my lucid skin
the cold is lost, forgotten
Hours pass days pass time stands still
light gets dark and darkness fills
my secret heart forbidden...
I think you worried for me then
the subtle ways that I'd give in but I know
you liked the show
tied down to this bed of shame
you tried to move around the pain but oh
your soul is anchored
The only comfort is the moving of the river
You enter into me, a lie upon your lips
offer what you can, I'll take all that I can get
only a fool's here...
I don't like your tragic sighs
as if your god has passed you by well hey fool
that's your deception
your angels speak with jilted tongues
the serpent's tale has come undone you have no
strength to squander
The only comfort is the moving of the river
You enter into me, a lie upon your lips
offer what you can, I'll take all that I can get
only a fool's here to stay
only a fool's here to stay
only a fool's here...

I would risk the serpent's bite
I would dance around with seven
I would kiss the diamondback
If I knew it would get me to heaven

'Cause I want to get right with God
You know you gotta get right with God

I would burn the soles of my feet
Burn the palms of both my hands
If I could learn and be complete
If I could walk righteously again

Because I wanna get right with God
You know you got to get right with God

I asked God about his plan
To save us all from Satan's slaughter:
If I give up one of my lambs
Will you take me as one of your daughters?

'Cause I wanna get right with God
You know you gotta get it right with God