Favorite song lyrics

Said1

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Re: RE: Favorite song lyrics

cortezzz said:
Said1 said:
So what musical genre is that?

its a mixed genre
punk-progressive rock-psycodelic
the mars volta sings in english with a smattering of spanish and and latin as well
they use stream of conciousness writing
the music varies from slow and mournfull to prog-rock guitar instrumental sections to rock-salsa- to experimental electronic in a cut and jump editing pattern--all within the space 0f 0ne song

its jolting but stimulating
the guitarist is particularly interesting often mutitracking 4-5 conflicting guitar lines at once-- giving a strange chaotic melange that somehow works-- its NOT easy listening--- it grows on you--

its VERY TRIPPY music --

Sounds almost like Captain Beefheart.
 

Kreskin

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Elephant Talk
(King Crimson)

Talk, it’s only talk
Arguments, agreements, advice, answers,
Articulate announcements
It’s only talk

Talk, it’s only talk
Babble, burble, banter, bicker bicker bicker
Brouhaha, boulderdash, ballyhoo
It’s only talk
Back talk

Talk talk talk, it’s only talk
Comments, cliches, commentary, controversy
Chatter, chit-chat, chit-chat, chit-chat,
Conversation, contradiction, criticism
It’s only talk
Cheap talk

Talk, talk, it’s only talk
Debates, discussions
These are words with a d this time
Dialogue, dualogue, diatribe,
Dissention, declamation
Double talk, double talk

Talk, talk, it’s all talk
Too much talk
Small talk
Talk that trash
Expressions, editorials, expugnations, exclamations, enfadulations
It’s all talk
Elephant talk, elephant talk, elephant talk
 

I think not

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The Evil Empire
Is it ok if I call you mine?

Is it okay if I call you mine
Just for a time?
And I will be just fine
If I know that you know
That I'm wanting, needing your love,

If I ask of you, is it alright
If I ask you to hold me tight
Through a cold, dark night?
'Cause there may be a cloudy day in sight
And I need to let you know
That I might be needing your love,

And what I'm trying to say isn't really new
It's just the things that happen to me
When I'm reminded of you

Like when I hear your name
Or see a place that you've been
Or see a picture of your grin
Or pass a house that you've been in one time or another
It sets off something in me I can't explain
And I can't wait to see you again
Oh babe, I love your love,

And what I'm trying to say isn't really new
It's just the things that happen to me
When I'm reminded of you
 

Laika

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Where The Wild Things Are
The Mars Volta song is from a concept album called Frances the Mute, about a man named Vismund Cygnus. Great album!

My favourite song lyrics are also from a Bob Marley song:

-Redemption Song-

Old pirates, yes, they rob i;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took i
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the ’and of the almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
’cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
’cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? ooh!
Some say it’s just a part of it:
We’ve got to fulfil de book.

Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
’cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! have no fear for atomic energy,
’cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it’s just a part of it:
We’ve got to fulfil de book.
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
’cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.

/word
 

Said1

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Screw the GST!

Worms Arrogant Lyrics - The Last Saskatchewan Pirate Lyrics

Oh, I used to be a farmer and I made a living fine,
I had a little stretch of land along the city line
But time went by and though I tried, the money wasn't there
And bankers came and took my land and told me fair is fair
I looked for every kind of job, the answer always "no"
Hire you now, they'd always laugh, we just let twenty go!
The government, they offered me a measly little sum
But I've got too much pride to end up just another bum.
And so I thought who gives a damn if all the jobs are gone
I'm gonna be a PIRATE! on the river Saskatchewan!

Chorus:
And it's a heave-ho! hi-ho!
Coming down the plains
Stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains
And it's a ho-hey! hi-hey!
Farmers bar your doors when you see the Jolly Roger on Regina's mighty shores.
Arr!

Well you think the locals farmers would know that I'm at large
But, just the other day I found an unprotected barge
I suck up right behind them and they were none the wiser,
I rammed their ship, and sank it, and I stole their fertilizer!
A bridge outside of Moosejaw spans a mighty river
The farmers pass in so much fear, their stomachs are a-quiver
Because the know that TRACTOR JACK! is hiding in the bay,
I'll jump the bridge and knock them cold and sail off with their hay!

Chorus

Well Mountie Bob he chased me, hey was always at my throat
He'd follow on the shoreline 'cuz he didn't own a boat
But cutbacks were a-coming so the mountie lost his job
Now he's sailing with me and we call him Salty Bob.
A swingin' sword, and sull n' bones, and pleasant company
I never pay the income tax and screw the GST- SCREW IT!
Prince Albert down to Saskatoon, I'm the terror of the sea
If ya wanna reach the Co-op, boy, you gotta get by me!

Chorus

Arrrrr matey! Get it? Metis? Ha-ha, that's Riel-ly funny! You know? Louis Riel?

Well, pirate life's appealing. but you don't just find it here
I've heard that in Alberta, there's a band of bucchaneers
They roam the Athabasca, from Smith to Fort McKay
And you're gonna lose your stetson if you have to pass their way
Well winter is a-coming and a chill is in the breeze
Our pirate days are over when the river starts to freeze
I'll be back in springtime, but now I have to go,
I hear there's lots of plundering down in New Mexico
 

Kreskin

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"Ring of Fire" Based on the performance by Johnny Cash
"Stings Like Fire" Parody by Rick Duncan


'Roids are a burning ring
And it makes my sphincter sing
Prep "H" I require
My affliction sure stings like fire

My poor brown eye sure burns and stings like fire
Can't sit down, down, down
Without my rubber tire
And my bum, bum, bum
Sure stings like fire
Sure stings like fire

The waste don't pass on through
(With)out a big to-doo
I get ice at every chance
And stick it down my pants

My poor butt hole sure burns and stings like fire
Can't sit down, down, down
Without my rubber tire
And my bum, bum, bum
Sure stings like fire
Sure stings like fire
 

Nuggler

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Backwater, Ontario.
Bird on a wire by Leonard Cohen

Like a bird
Bird on a wire
Like a drunk
In a midnight choir
I have tried in my way
To be free

Like a worm
Worm on a hook
Like a knight
In some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons
For thee

And if I
If I have been unkind
I hope you can let it go by
And if I
Have been untrue
I hope you know
It was never to you

Like a baby
Baby stillborn
Like a beast
Beast with his horn
I have torn everyone
Who reached out for me

But I swear
Swear by this song
And by all
All I've done wrong
I will make it all up
All up to thee.

one more verse I forget.

One of my sons and I played that for a drinking audience one night, and had a bunch of them crying in their beer. Booze does prick the unwary conscience, n'est pas?

Ugg :idea:
 

Daz_Hockey

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I like this one, I just dont understand why no-one uses this half of the song these days!!(can you guess....without looking it up, what it is?):

"The locusts are singing, the sun is red
It's gotten so late somehow
There's gonna be trouble, you know what they said
We should have been home by now
We should have been home by now

The thunder is rolling, the sky is black
It's gotten so dark somehow
There's gonna be danger, God I wish we were back
We should have been home by now
We should have been home by... now....
(ooh, aah)...."
 

imaginarylion

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House In Virginia - Brendan Benson

This song makes me so homesick, which is really weird considering I've never actually been to Virginia...

House in Virginia
We'd love to see you, Emma
Red velvet chairs
For you to sit on, Emma

Blue colbat teacups
Every shape, every size, your favourite designs
White flawed enamel pots
And a place on the shelf for everything you've got

When are you coming to stay?
Say that you'll never go away

Porch swings and everything
Your favourite pets, they're everywhere
Willow trees and a cool breeze
Lemonade, freshly squeezed

Sun-thickened linseed oil
A studio equipped for brooding
Alcohol and turpentine
Somehow you find it soothing

When are you coming to stay?
Say that you'll never go away

She stands at the full-length
Admiring herself in her grandmother's hat
She says when she gets the strength
She's flying away and she's never coming back
 

selfactivated

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Godspell Album


BY MY SIDE

Listen to the music (midi file)

Where are you going?
Where are you going?
Can you take me with you?
For my hand is cold
And needs warmth
Where are you going?

Far beyond where the horizon lies
Where the horizon lies
And the land sinks into mellow blueness
Oh please, take me with you

Let me skip the road with you
I can dare myself
I can dare myself
I'll put a pebble in my shoe
And watch me walk (watch me walk)
I can walk and walk!
(I can walk!)

I shall call the pebble Dare
I shall call the pebble Dare
We will talk, we will talk together
We will talk (chorus) about walking
Dare shall be carried
And when we both have had enough
I will take him from my shoe, singing:
"Meet your new road!"
Then I'll take your hand
Finally glad
Finally glad
That you are here
By my side

By my side
By my side
By my side

BEAUTIFUL CITY

Listen to the music (midi file)

Come sing me sweet rejoicing
Come sing me love
We're not afraid of voicing
All the things
We're dreaming of
Oh, high and low,
And everywhere we go

We can build
A beautiful city
Yes we can
Oh yes we can
We can build
A beautiful city
Call it out
And call it the city of man

We don't need alabaster
We don't need chrome
We've got our special plaster
Take my hand (Take my hand)
I'll take you home (I'll take you home!)
We see nations rise
In each other's eyes (in each other's eyes!)

We can build (we can build)
A beautiful city (a beautiful city)
Yes we can
Oh yes we can
We can build (we can build)
A beautiful city (a beautiful city)
Call it out
And call it the city of man

Come sing me sweet rejoicing
Come sing me love
We're not afraid of voicing
All the things (all the things)
We're dreaming of (we're dreaming of)
Oh, high and low,
And everywhere we go (everywhere we go)

We can build (we can build)
A beautiful city (a beautiful city)
Yes we can
Oh yes we can
We can build (we can build)
A beautiful city (a beautiful city)
Call it out
And call it the city of man

 

Riyko

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Disturbed
Overburdened

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
I may never know for certain when will be my time
How was I considered evil?
Pleasures taken in this life
Someone granted me repreival
Decades spent in strife

Led to nothing
Repeat it in my mind
Led to nothing
If only I was born another time

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
Now I find that some determine a line

It's the closing of the curtain
In the plane that was my life
Now this chapter's left for open tragedies in time
I was hiding for a reason
Holy blessed homicide
Seems I have committed treason
All I've sacrificed

Led to nothing
Repeat it in my mind
Led to nothing
If only I was born another time

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
Now I find that some determine a line

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
Now I find that some determine a line

Fate is so unkind
Now I should have known
Blind leading the blind
Reaping on all I've sown
If it all amounts to nothing
Why, then, am I standing in this line?

Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
Now I find that some determine a line
Hell is still overburdened
I must stand and wait in line
Hell is still overburdened
Now I find that some determine a line
 

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I think this one is pretty hilarious.....

Do it With Madonna by the Androids

You know Christina's got the body, she really likes to spin and twirl
But when she's flirting with the camera, you know she's just a little girl
Now Pink is cute but still a baby, and she talks with attitude
She has some spunk for a young lady, but what I really want to do

I'd rather do it with Madonna, she's what a women's supposed to be
Oh Madonna, won't you do it with me

When Britney sings, it sounds amazing, I like her belly and her butt
But how would you like to be with her, she's always hanging with her mum

I'd rather do it with Madonna, she's what a women's supposed to be
The only girl I'll ever need, Madonna, do it with me
I'd rather do it with Madonna, she's really got me on my knees
The only girl I'll ever need, Madonna, do it with me

Ooh Madonna, ooh, ooh Madonna
I'd really like to be with Kylie, I think she's really, really hot
I wonder if I could get Kylie to wanna do it with Madonna

I'd rather do it with Madonna, she's really got me on my knees
Oh Madonna, won't you do it with me
I'd rather do it with Madonna, she's what a women's supposed to be
Oh Madonna, come and do it with me
I'd rather do it with Madonna, she's really got me
Have you seen that filmclip where she's wearing the cowboy hat
And she's kicking the dirt? I wanna do it with

Ooh Madonna, ooh Madonna, ooh Madonna
Ooh Madonna, ooh Madonna, ooh Madonna
 

Said1

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Kick My Ass - Big and Rich

Well I walked up to the bar
I laid down my platinum card
Then I ordered fifty longnecks for my new friends
Well the barmaid passed them out
And before we chugged them down
I held mine up and
Said here's to us and then
Well this blonde slid up to me
Said that was awful sweet
Then I saw her boyfriend
As wide as he was tall
Well he broke up our hug
With a six foot, five inch shove
And I found myself slammed up
Against the wall

Why does everybody want
To kick my ass
I'm just trying to have a little fun
For all the ones who can't
And just because I kiss the prettiest girls
And I drive my truck too fast
Why does everybody want
To kick my ass

Well I've never been the type
To walk up and pick a fight
I've always been the kind to get along
I throw parties all the time
And there always on my dime
We drink and dance and smoke until the dawn
Well my style of stress relief
Sometimes disturbs the peace
The police show up
And cut donuts in my yard
And while the Zeppelin's playing loud
They run off my party crowd
They cuff up my wrist
And throw me down so hard

Why does everybody want
To kick my ass
I'm just truing to have a little fun
For all the ones who can't
And just because I kiss the prettiest girls
And I drive my truck to fast
Why does everybody want
To kick my ass

And just because I kiss the prettiest girls
And I drive my truck to fast
Why does everybody want
To kick my ass
 

Said1

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The White Stripes - My Doorbell

I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell

Oh, well

Well whim in and chip in me kisses
Not the man in my life i know
And I been goin to Mystery Miss'
I respect the art at the show
Take back what you said little girl
And while youre at it take yourself back too
Well I'm tired of sittin and waitin
And woman, whatcha gonna do now, whatcha gonna do about it

Yeah, I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about the doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it oh
I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
Yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell

Oh, well

You don't seem to come around
Point your finger and make a sound
You don't seem to come around
Knock knock since you knocked it down?

Oh, well

Make a sound and I'll make you feel right
Right at home, yeah
Yeah, right at home, yeah

Now you got me waitin' in pain,
But how come it's so easy to you?
You don't strike me as the type to be careless
But your words seem so obtuse
But then again I know you feel guilty
And you tell me you want me again
But I don't need any of your pity
I got plenty of my own friends'
They're all above me

And I've been thinkin' about the doorbell
When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it
Yeah, I've been thinkin' about the doorbell
When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it oh
I've been thinkin' about the doorbell
When they gonna ring it, when they gonna ring it
Yeah, I been thinkin' about the doorbell

Oh, well

They don't seem to come around
Push the finger and make a sound
They don't seem to come around
Maybe they they'll knock 'em down

Oh, well

Make a sound and I'll make you feel right
Right at home
Right at home

I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
Yeah, I been thinkin' about my doorbell
And when you're gonna ring it, when you're gonna ring it

I'm thinkin' about my doorbell
When ya gonna ring it, when ya gonna ring it
Yeah, I'm thinkin' about my doorbell

Oh, oh we