 Previous Thread |
|
Next Thread 
|
|
Print Thread  |
|
|
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 25,675
space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches
|
|
space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches
Joined: Dec 2008
Posts: 25,675 |
"On Armistice Day, the Philharmonic will play
But the songs they'll be singin' will be sad
Shufflin' brown tunes
Hangin' around ah-ooo
No long, drawn blown-out excuses were made
When I needed a friend, she was there
Just like an easy chair
Armistice Day, Armistice Day,
That's all I really wanted to say
Oh, I'm weary from waiting, in Washington, D.C.
I'm comin' to see my Congressman, but he's avoiding me
Weary from waiting, down in Washington, D.C.
Congresswoman, won't you tell that Congressman
I've waited such a long time, I've about waited all I can
Congresswoman, won't you tell that Congressman...?"
-- Paul Simon, "Armistice Day"
Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on DeviantArt! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. *updated often!*
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 33,081
Time Trapper
|
|
Time Trapper
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 33,081 |
You made everything so spic and span
You cleaned everything a cleaning lady can
But I can't throw away your plastic cart
......because you missed a spot
In my heart (heart heart heart-heart-heart heart heart heart-heart-heart heart heart heart-heart-heart)
In my heart
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 10,929
Time Trapper
|
|
Time Trapper
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 10,929 |
I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free
I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love yeah
God knows God knows I've fallen in love
It's strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free baby
Oh how I want to be free
Oh how I want to break free
But life still goes on
I can't get used to living without living without
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone hey
God knows got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
I've got to break free
I've got to break free
I want to break free yeah
I want, I want, I want, I want to break free
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 10,929
Time Trapper
|
|
Time Trapper
Joined: Nov 2004
Posts: 10,929 |
I threw a wish in the well,
Don't ask me, I'll never tell
I looked to you as it fell,
And now you're in my way
I'd trade my soul for a wish,
Pennies and dimes for a kiss
I wasn't looking for this,
But now you're in my way
Your stare was holdin',
Ripped jeans, skin was showin'
Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where you think you're going, baby?
Hey, I just met you,
And this is crazy,
But here's my number,
So call me, maybe?
It's hard to look right,
At you baby,
But here's my number,
So call me, maybe?
Hey, I just met you,
And this is crazy,
But here's my number,
So call me, maybe?
And all the other boys,
Try to chase me,
But here's my number,
So call me, maybe?
You took your time with the call,
I took no time with the fall
You gave me nothing at all,
But still, you're in my way
I beg, and borrow and steal
Have foresight and it's real
I didn't know I would feel it,
But it's in my way
Your stare was holdin',
Ripped jeans, skin was showin'
Hot night, wind was blowin'
Where you think you're going, baby?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 85,320
Unseen, not unheard
|
|
Unseen, not unheard
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 85,320 |
In this world
Divided by fear
We've got to believe that
There's a reason we're here
Yeah, there's a reason we're here...
Oh, yeah...
Cause these are the days worth living
These are the years we're given
And these are the moments
These are the times
Let's make the best out of our lives...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 85,320
Unseen, not unheard
|
|
Unseen, not unheard
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 85,320 |
In this world
Divided by fear
We've got to believe that
There's a reason we're here
Yeah, there's a reason we're here...
Oh, yeah...
Cause these are the days worth living
These are the years we're given
And these are the moments
These are the times
Let's make the best out of our lives...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 4,978
Wanderer
|
|
Wanderer
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 4,978 |
Oh the weather outside is frightful
But the fire is so delightful
And since we've no place to go
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
It doesn't show signs of stopping
And I've bought some corn for popping
The lights are turned way down low
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
When we finally kiss goodnight
How I'll hate going out in the storm!
But if you'll really hold me tight
All the way home I'll be warm
The fire is slowly dying
And, my dear, we're still goodbying
But as long as you love me so
Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow
Faithfull
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
|
|
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872 |
And I keep hoping
You are the same as me
And I write you letters
And go to your house for tea
We are who we are
What do the others know?
But poetry
Is not for me
So show me the way to go home
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 85,320
Unseen, not unheard
|
|
Unseen, not unheard
Joined: Oct 2003
Posts: 85,320 |
From Savage Garden's Hold Me. Those guys sure wrote awesome lyrics!
Hey Hey
More than angry words I hate this silence
It's getting so loud
Well I wanna scream
But bitterness has silenced these emotions
It's getting hard to breathe
So tell me isn't happiness
Worth more than a golden diamond ring?
I'm willing to do anything
To calm the storm in my heart
I've never been the praying kind
But lately I've been down upon my knees
Not looking for a miracle
Just a reason to believe
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
|
|
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872 |
Got to keep things moving
'Til my personality starts improving
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
|
|
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872 |
Light of the world
Shine on me
Love is the answer
Shine on us all
Set us free
Love is the answer
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 24,141
Not much between despair and ecstacy
|
|
Not much between despair and ecstacy
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 24,141 |
^My favorite England Dan & John Ford Coley song.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
|
|
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872 |
I think their version's just fine, but I prefer the Todd Rundgren/Utopia original.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 24,141
Not much between despair and ecstacy
|
|
Not much between despair and ecstacy
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 24,141 |
^Not bad. A different version than I'm used to.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
|
|
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872 |
That's perfectly understandable.
Your favorite Utopia song is Set Me Free, am I correct? I was listening to that just the other night.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 24,141
Not much between despair and ecstacy
|
|
Not much between despair and ecstacy
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 24,141 |
I listened to it just now. (And you have an amazing memory!)
Very interesting video. Released in 1980, it includes footage of the Shah of Iran, the hostages in Iran, and protesters being dragged away by police . . . all of which has nothing to do with the song itself, except on the most general thematic level. Yet the video and song fit in oddly well with the present situation in Ferguson, Missouri.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
|
|
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872 |
Lately I'm not the only one
I said, "Never trust anyone"
I won't be the one
Who's going to let you down
Maybe you'll get what you want
this time around...
The trick is to keep breathing Lash, I never knew you like Garbage! They're one of those bands that changed my life! I'm always happy to find out someone else is a fan! 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,692
Humanoid from the Deep
|
|
Humanoid from the Deep
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,692 |
It's the time of the season
When love runs high
In this time, give it to me easy
And let me try with pleasured hands
To take you in the sun to promised lands
To show you every one
It's the time of the season for loving
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 24,141
Not much between despair and ecstacy
|
|
Not much between despair and ecstacy
Joined: Jul 2003
Posts: 24,141 |
Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco flow,
Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli.
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore,
Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Sea.
sail away, sail away, sail away
sail away, sail away, sail away
sail away, sail away, sail away
sail away, sail away, sail away
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
|
|
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872 |
Ah, Braal Janitor posted lyrics by the Zombies, great band.
I also like their spinoff band, Argent:
Hold your head up
Hold it
Hold your head up
Hold it
Hold your head high
and
God gave rock and roll to you
Gave rock and roll to me
Gave rock and roll to everyone
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
|
|
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872 |
Let me sail, let me sail, let the Orinoco flow,
Let me reach, let me beach on the shores of Tripoli.
Let me sail, let me sail, let me crash upon your shore,
Let me reach, let me beach far beyond the Yellow Sea.
sail away, sail away, sail away
sail away, sail away, sail away
sail away, sail away, sail away
sail away, sail away, sail away I love Enya! Who can say where the road goes
Where the day flows
Only time
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,692
Humanoid from the Deep
|
|
Humanoid from the Deep
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,692 |
I haven't listened to much Argent beyond their version of Time of the Season. I really should look more into their catalog.
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
|
|
More Polyanna than Poison Ivy
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 17,872 |
Definitely give "Hold Your Head High" a listen. I think it's one of the greatest rock anthems of all time.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,692
Humanoid from the Deep
|
|
Humanoid from the Deep
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,692 |
I ripped your heart out from your chest
Replaced it with a grenade blast
Incinerate [4x]
Firefighters hose me down
I don't care I'll burn out anyhow
It's 4 alarm girl nothing to see
Hear the sirens come for me
You dosed my soul with gasoline
You flicked a match into my brain
Last edited by Braal Janitor; 08/15/14 09:31 PM.
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,692
Humanoid from the Deep
|
|
Humanoid from the Deep
Joined: Jul 2014
Posts: 6,692 |
Hmm I'll check them out when I get the chance then.
Keep up with what I've been watching lately! "Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you."
|
|
|
|
Forums14
Topics21,080
Posts1,051,251
Legionnaires1,732
| |
Most Online53,886
Jan 7th, 2024
|
|
|
Xben
Perth, Australia
Posts: 2,049
Joined: June 2006
|
|
|
|
