The Lyrics Thread-Part V

Lucid Lounge
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Good song.

[size=150]Sitting on a Fence - The Rolling Stones[/size]
(Jagger/Richards)

Since I was young I’ve been very hard to
please
And I don’t know wrong from right
But there is one thing I could never
understand
Some of the sick things that a girl does to a
man, so

I’m just sittin’ on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind
Really is too hard I find
So I’m sittin on a fence

All of my friends at school grew up and
settled down
And they mortgaged up their lives
One things not said too much, but I think
it’s true
They just get married cause there’s nothing
else to do, so

I’m just sittin’ on a fence
You can say i got no sense
Trying to make up my mind
Really is too hard I find
So I’m sittin on a fence

I’m just sittin’ on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind
Really is too hard I find
So I’m sittin on a fence

The day can come when you get old and
sick and tired of life
You just never realize
Maybe the choice you made wasn’t really
right
But you go out and you don’t come back
at night, so

I’m just sittin’ on a fence
You can say I got no sense
Trying to make up my mind
Really is too hard I find
So I’m sittin on a fence

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On With The Show - The Rolling Stones
(Jagger/Richards)

Good evening one and all we’re all so glad to see you here
We’ll play your favorite songs while you all soak up the atmosphere
We’ll start with over river, then maybe stormy weather, too
I’m sure you know just what to do
On with the show good health to you

Please pour another glass it time to watch the cabaret
Your wife will never know that you’re not really working late
Your hostess here is Wendy, you’ll find her very friendly, too
And we don’t care just what you do
On with the show good health to you

Petina, start the show at 2 o’clock

Oh if by chance you find that you can’t make it anymore
We’ll put you in a cab and get you safely to the door
But we’ve got all the answers, and we’ve got lovely dancers, too
There’s nothing else you have to do
On with the show good health to you

You’re all such lovely people dancing, eating round the floor
But if you have to fight, please take your trouble out the door
For now I say with sorrow, until this time tomorrow
We’ll bid you all a find adieu
On with the show good health to you

83

Melanie c - Protected

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F81y-uR3C4E

Do you spend your life hiding in the shadows?
Terrified of letting down your guard
Do you fantasize of glorious tomorrows
Come alive, you’re perfect as you are

Careless lies will hurt you no more

'til the angels cry and the music dies
You and I will be protected
'til this earth burns out and stops turning round
I will keep you protected
We’re protected

Walk away from those who bring you sorrow
Take a chance I know you still believe
Letting go of everything you can’t control
Open up the life you long to lead

Precious heart unlock the door

'til the angels cry and the music dies
You and I will be protected
'til this earth burns out and stops turning round
I will keep you protected

Every moment you’re affected
By a light so divine
From the darkness we’re protected
With the truth in our hearts we can shine

'til the angels cry and the music dies
You and I will be protected
'til this earth burns out and stops turning round
I will keep you protected

I’ll always love you
I’ll always love you
I’ll always love you

In this life we’re protected
We’re protected
I will keep you protected

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sweet love song…but i want to emphasize the first two verses

84

Lene Marlin - You Weren’t There

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DtR4JFTNlM

She came home, just won the game
Long time struggle she fulfilled her dream
All she wanted was to make you proud,
You weren’t there

He had his birthday few days ago
He got some presents, a big party too
And there were congratulation calls
As the years before, not ever one from you

You weren’t there, distant, far away
It’s like this every day, they see you in their heads
Wonder if you’ll come
Afraid to close their eyes, and miss you once again

She cut herself on a piece of paper
It didn’t hurt, but she saw the blood
She could need that embrace, you weren’t there

Did he have to cry louder,
Would that make you hear him
You see, his heart was broken, for the first time

You weren’t there, distant, far away
It’s like this every day, they see you in their heads
Wonder if you’ll come
Afraid to close their eyes, and miss you once again

Cannot turn back time, a wish yet to come true
They’re making up these stories about you

You weren’t there, distant, far away
It’s like this every day, they see you in their heads
Wonder if you’ll come
Afraid to close their eyes, and miss you once again

85

Dyer Maker - Led Zeppelin

Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You don’t have to go, oh oh oh oh
You don’t have to go, oh oh oh oh
You don’t have to go

I I I I I I
All those tears I cry, I I I I
All those tears I cry, oh oh, I I
Baby, please don’t go

When I read the letter you wrote me
it made me mad mad mad
When I read the words that it told me
It made me sad sad sad
But I still love you so
I can’t let you go
I love you
Ooh baby I love you

Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Every breath I take, oh oh oh oh
Oh, every move I make
Oh baby please, don’t go

I I I I I I
You hurt me to my soul, oh oh oh oh
You hurt me to my soul, oh oh-hoh
Darling please don’t go

When I read the letter you sent me
It made me mad mad mad
When I read the news that it brought me
It made me sad sad sad
But I still love you so
And I can’t let you go
I love you
Ooh baby, I love you

(Guitar Solo)

Oh oh oh oh oh oh
You don’t have to go, oh oh oh oh
You don’t have to go, oh oh oh oh
Oh, baby, babe, please, please, please, please

Oh oh, oh oh, oh oh, baby
Oh oh I really love you baby
Ooh ooh, ooh ooh, ooh ooh, darlin’
Oh oh
Oh baby, I still love you so
Oh baby, I still love you so
Oh oooh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh, yeah
Ah ah ah ah ah ah, ohhh
Ah ah ah ah ah
Oooooh, yeah
Ah, baby baby

86

Halleluja - Jeff Buckley

i heard there was a secret chord
that david played and it pleased the lord
but you don’t really care for music, do you
well it goes like this the fourth, the fifth
the minor fall and the major lift
the baffled king composing hallelujah

hallelujah…

well your faith was strong but you needed proof
you saw her bathing on the roof
her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
she tied you to her kitchen chair
she broke your throne and she cut your hair
and from your lips she drew the hallelujah

hallelujah…

baby i’ve been here before
i’ve seen this room and i’ve walked this floor
i used to live alone before i knew you
i’ve seen your flag on the marble arch
but love is not a victory march
it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah

hallelujah…

well there was a time when you let me know
what’s really going on below
but now you never show that to me do you
but remember when i moved in you
and the holy dove was moving too
and every breath we drew was hallelujah

well, maybe there’s a god above
but all i’ve ever learned from love
was how to shoot somebody who outdrew you
it’s not a cry that you hear at night
it’s not somebody who’s seen the light
it’s a cold and it’s a broken hallelujah

hallelujah…

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People Are Strange
The Doors

(I freakin’ love this song)https://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=old6xeBVIfw&feature=related

People are strange when you’re a stranger
Faces look ugly when you’re alone
Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted
Streets are uneven when you’re down

When you’re strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you’re strange
No one remembers your name
When you’re strange
When you’re strange
When you’re strange

People are strange when you’re a stranger
Faces look ugly when you’re alone
Women seem wicked when you’re unwanted
Streets are uneven when you’re down

When you’re strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you’re strange
No one remembers your name
When you’re strange
When you’re strange
When you’re strange

When you’re strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you’re strange
No one remembers your name
When you’re strange
When you’re strange
When you’re strange

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Brain Damage - Pink Floyd

The lunatic is on the grass
The lunatic is on the grass
Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs
Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall
The lunatics are in my hall
The paper holds their folded faces to the floor
And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon
And if there is no room upon the hill
And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too
Ill see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head
The lunatic is in my head
You raise the blade, you make the change
You re-arrange me till I’m sane
You lock the door
And throw away the key
There’s someone in my head but its not me.

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear
You shout and no one seems to hear
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
Ill see you on the dark side of the moon

89

solitary shell a song by Dream Theater, part of their six degrees of inner turbulence, with notably cool performance in Budokan, Japan. he seemed no different from the rest
just a healthy normal boy
his mama always did her best
and he was daddy’s pride and joy

he learned to walk and talk on time
but never cared much to be held
and steadily he would decline
into his solitary shell

as a boy he was considered somewhat odd
kept to himself most of the time
he would daydream in and out of his own world
but in every other way he was fine

he’s a monday morning lunatic
disturbed from time to time
lost within himself
in his solitary shell

a temporary catatonic
madman on occasion
when will he break out
of his solitary shell

he struggled to get through his day
he was helplessly behind
he poured himself onto the page
writing for hours at a time

as a man he was a danger to himself
fearful and sad most of the time
he was drifting in and out of sanity
but in every other way he was fine

he’s a monday morning lunatic
disturbed from time to time
lost within himself
in his solitary shell

a momentary maniac
with casual delusions
when will he be let out
of his solitary shell

90

I’m Alive, by Disturbed… By the way, i’m going to Manchester to see Disturbed live on Monday! WHOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Never again will I be dishonored
And never again will I be reminded
Of living within the world of the jaded
They kill inspiration
It’s my obligation
To never again, allow this to happen
Where do I begin?
The choices are endless
Denying the sin
My art, my redemption
I carry the torch of my fathers before me

The thing I treasure most in life cannot be taken away
There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice
To change myself, I’d rather die
Though they will not understand
I won’t make the greatest sacrifice
You can’t predict where the outcome lies
You’ll never take me alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive

Change again, cannot be considered
I rage again, dispelling my anger
Where do I begin?
The choices are endless
My art, my redemption, my only salvation
I carry the gift that I have been blessed with
My soul is adrift in oceans of madness
Repairing the rift that you have created
I am not alone, brothers, give me your arms now

The thing I treasure most in life cannot be taken away
There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice
To change myself, I’d rather die
Though they will not understand
I won’t make the greatest sacrifice
You can’t predict where the outcome lies
You’ll never take me alive

I’m no slave
Are you feeling brave?
Or have you gone out of your mind?
No more games
It won’t feel the same
If I hold my anger inside
There’s no meaning
My soul is bleeding
I’ve had enough of your kind
One suggestion, use your discretion
Before you label me blind

The thing I treasure most in life cannot be taken away
There will never be a reason why I will surrender to your advice
To change myself, I’d rather die
Though they will not understand
I won’t make the greatest sacrifice
You can’t predict where the outcome lies
You’ll never take me alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive
I’m alive

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Welcome to The Machine - Pink Floyd
From Wish You Were Here

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
Where have you been?
It’s alright we know where you’ve been.
You’ve been in the pipeline, filling in time,
Provided with toys and ‘Scouting for Boys’.
You bought a guitar to punish your ma,
And you didn’t like school, and you
know you’re nobody’s fool,
So welcome to the machine.

Welcome my son, welcome to the machine.
What did you dream?
It’s alright we told you what to dream.
You dreamed of a big star,
He played a mean guitar,
He always ate in the Steak Bar.
He loved to drive in his Jaguar.
So welcome to the Machine.

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Peace Frogs - The Doors

There’s blood in the streets, it’s up to my ankles
She came
There’s blood in the streets, it’s up to my knee
She came
There’s blood in the streets in the town of Chicago
She came
Blood on the rise, it’s following me
Think about the break of day
She came and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair
She came
Blood in the streets runs a river of sadness
She came
Blood in the streets it’s up to my thigh
She came
Yeah the river runs down the legs of the city
She came
The women are crying red rivers of weepin’
She came into town and then she drove away
Sunlight in her hair
Indians scattered on dawn’s highway bleeding
Ghosts crowd the young child’s fragile eggshell mind
Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven
Blood stains the roofs and the palm trees of Venice
Blood in my love in the terrible summer
Bloody red sun of phantastic L.A.
Blood streams her brain as they chop off her fingers
Blood will be born in the birth of a nation
Blood is the rose of mysterious union
There’s blood in the streets, it’s up to my ankles
Blood in the streets, it’s up to my knee
Blood in the streets in the town of Chicago
Blood on the rise, it’s following me

93

Rockin’ In The Free World
Neil Young

There’s colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin’ their feet
People sleepin’ in their shoes
But there’s a warnin’ sign on the road ahead
There’s a lot of people sayin’ we’d be better off dead
Don’t feel like Satan, but I am to them
So I try to forget it, any way I can.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world,
Keep on rockin’ in the free world
Keep on rockin’ in the free world,
Keep on rockin’ in the free world.

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away, and she’s gone to get a hit
She hates her life, and what she’s done to it
There’s one more kid that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love, never get to be cool.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world,
Keep on rockin’ in the free world
Keep on rockin’ in the free world,
Keep on rockin’ in the free world.

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people, says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn, got roads to drive.

Keep on rockin’ in the free world,
Keep on rockin’ in the free world
Keep on rockin’ in the free world,
Keep on rockin’ in the free world.

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Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite - The Beatles

For the benefit of Mr. Kite
There will be a show tonight on trampoline
The Hendersons will all be there
Late of Pablo-Fanques Fair, what a scene (Have you seen it? It’s great, they got stuff.)
Over men and horses hoops and garters
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!
In this way Mr. K. will challenge the world!
The celebrated Mr. K.
Performs his feat on Saturday at Bishopsgate
The Hendersons will dance and sing
As Mr. Kite flies through the ring don’t be late
Messrs. K and H. assure the public
Their production will be second to none
And of course Henry The Horse dances the waltz!
The band begins at ten to six
When Mr. K. performs his tricks without a sound
And Mr. H. will demonstrate
Ten somersets he’ll undertake on solid ground
'ving been some days in preparation
A splendid time is guaranteed for all
And tonight Mr. Kite is topping the bill.
(It’s me. In the thing.)

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Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd
From Wish You Were Here

Come in here, Dear boy, have a cigar.
You’re gonna go far,
You’re gonna fly high,
You’re never gonna die,
You’re gonna make it, if you try;
They’re gonna love you.
Well I’ve always had a deep respect,
And I mean that most sincerely.
The band is just fantastic,
that is really what I think.
Oh by the way, which one’s Pink?

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.

We’re just knocked out.
We heard about the sell out.
You gotta get an album out.
You owe it to the people.
We’re so happy we can hardly count.
Everybody else is just green,
Have you seen the chart?
It’s a hell of a start,
It could be made into a monster
If we all pull together as a team.

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it Riding the Gravy Train.

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Miserable At Best - Mayday Parade
Im simply posting them due to its the song i have played solid over the last 3 days :roll:
[b][color=red]Katie, don’t cry, I know
You’re trying your hardest
And the hardest part is letting go
Of the nights we shared
Ocala is calling and you know it’s haunting
But compared to your eyes, nothing shines quite as bright
And when we look to the sky, its not mine, but i want it so

Let’s not pretend like you’re alone tonight
(I know he’s there)
You’re probably hanging out and making eyes
(while across the room, he stares)
I bet he gets the nerve to walk the floor
And ask my girl to dance, and she’ll say yes

Because these words were never easier for me to say
Or her to second guess
But I guess
That I can live without you but
Without you I’ll be miserable at best

You’re all that I hoped I’d find
In every single way
And everything I could give
Is everything you couldn’t take
Cause nothing feels like home, you’re a thousand miles away
And the hardest part of living
Is just taking breaths to stay

Because I know I’m good for something
I just haven’t found it yet
But I need it

So let’s not pretend like you’re alone tonight
(I know he’s there)
You’re probably hanging out and making eyes
(while across the room, he stares)
I bet he gets the nerve to walk the floor
And ask my girl to dance, and she’ll say yes

Because these words were never easier for me to say
Or her to second guess
But I guess
That I can live without you but
Without you I’ll be miserable at best

Ladada ladada ladadaoh ohhh

And this will be the first time in a week
That I’ll talk to you
And I can’t speak
It’s been three whole days since I’ve had sleep
Because I dream of his lips on your cheek
And I got the point that I should leave you alone
But we both know that I’m not that strong
And I miss the lips that made me fly

So let’s not pretend like you’re alone tonight
(I know he’s there)
You’re probably hanging out and making eyes
(while across the room, he stares)
I bet he gets the nerve to walk the floor
And ask my girl to dance, and she’ll say yes

Because these words were never easier for me to say
Or her to second guess
But I guess
That I can live without you but
Without you I’ll be miserable
And I can live without you
But without you I’ll be miserable
And I can live without you
Oh, without you I’ll be miserable at best [/color][/b]

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Savin’ Me - Nickelback

[b][color=red]Prison gates won’t open up for me
On these hands and knees I’m crawlin’
Oh, I reach for you
Well I’m terrified of these four walls
These iron bars can’t hold my soul in
All I need is you
Come please I’m callin’
And oh I scream for you
Hurry I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’

Show me what it’s like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I’ll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I’ll leave this life behind me
Say it if it’s worth saving me

Heaven’s gates won’t open up for me
With these broken wings I’m fallin’
And all I see is you
These city walls ain’t got no love for me
I’m on the ledge of the eighteenth story
And oh I scream for you
Come please I’m callin’
And all I need from you
Hurry I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’

Show me what it’s like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I’ll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I’ll leave this life behind me
Say it if it’s worth saving me

Hurry I’m fallin’

All I need is you
Come please I’m callin’
And oh, I scream for you
Hurry I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’, I’m fallin’

Show me what it’s like
To be the last one standing
And teach me wrong from right
And I’ll show you what I can be
Say it for me
Say it to me
And I’ll leave this life behind me
Say it if it’s worth saving me

Hurry I’m fallin’
[/color][/b]

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To Sing For You - Donovan
and
It’s all over now, Baby Blue - Bob Dylan
ca.youtube.com/watch?v=SN6gqot02Zk

to sing for you
From the album catch the wind

When you’re feeling kind of lonesome in your mind
With a heartache followin’ you so close behind
Call out to me as I ramble by.
I’ll sing a song for you,
That’s what I’m here to do,
To sing for you.
When the night has left you cold and feeling sad,
I will show you that it cannot be so bad.
Forget the one who went and made you cry.
I’ll sing a song for you,
That’s what I’m here to do,
To sing for you.
When you feel you just can’t make it anymore,
With your head bowed down you’re staring at the floor,
Search out to me with your weary eyes.
I’ll sing a song for you,
That’s what I’m here to do,
To sing for you.
Now every man he has his work, you know,
And to find out mine, you ain’t got far to go.
Call out to me with your weary eyes.
I’ll sing a song for you,
That’s what I’m here to do,
To sing for you.
To sing for you.

It’s all over now, Baby Blue
You must leave now, take what you need, you think will last.
But whatever you wish to keep, you better grab it fast.
Yonder stands your orphan with his gun,
Crying like a fire in the sun.
Look out the saints are comin through
And its all over now, baby blue.

The highway is for gamblers, better use your sense.
Take what you have gathered from coincidence.
The empty-handed painter from your streets
Is drawing crazy patterns on your sheets.
This sky, too, is folding under you
And its all over now, baby blue.

All your seasick sailors, they are rowing home.
All your reindeer armies, are all going home.
The lover who just walked out your door
Has taken all his blankets from the floor.
The carpet, too, is moving under you
And its all over now, baby blue.

Leave your stepping stones behind, something calls for you.
Forget the dead youve left, they will not follow you.
The vagabond whos rapping at your door
Is standing in the clothes that you once wore.
Strike another match, go start anew
And its all over now, baby blue.

99

Positively 4th Street - Bob Dylan

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

100

This Year - the Mountain Goats

I broke free on a Saturday morning.
I put the pedal to the floor.
Headed north on Mills avenue,
And listened to the engine roar.

My broken house behind me and good things ahead,
A girl named Cathy wants a little of my time.
Six cylinders underneath the hood crashing and kicking,
Ahhh listen to the engine whine.

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.

I played video games in a drunken haze
I was seventeen years young.
Hurt my knuckles punching the machines
The taste of scotch rich on my tongue.

And then Cathy showed up and we hung out.
Trading swigs from the bottle all bitter and clean
Locking eyes, holding hands,
Twin high maintenance machines.

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.

I drove home in the California dusk.
I could feel the alcohol inside of me.
Home. Pictured the look on my stepfather’s face,
Ready for the bad things to come.

I downshifted as I pulled into the driveway.
The motor screaming out stuck in second gear.
The scene ends badly as you might imagine,
In a cavalcade of anger and fear.

There will be feasting and dancing in Jerusalem next year.

I am going to make it through this year if it kills me.
I am going to make it through this year if it kills me