CHRIS DE BURGH lyrics - Making The Perfect Man

It was way after midnight, all the village was asleep,

All except for one young villain through the night did creep,

He went down to the church, started ringing the bell,

Everybody came out looking, running like the hounds of hell;



"There are lights in the castle, they are blazing all night long,

Let me tell you everybody there is something going on,"

So they took to the torches and went over the wall,

Someone went ahead to tell of horrors hiding in the hall;



"What did you see?" - "I saw an apparition,"

"What did you see?" - "A monster on a bed,"

"What did you see?" - "I saw an old magician,

Waking up the living from the dead!"



Keep away, keep away, they are making the perfect man,

Keep away, keep away, they are making the perfect,

Making the perfect man!



So they called for the doctor, the doctor said, "it's strange,

He's got pistols on his finger, he's got love on the brain,

He's got a tongue good for lying and the legs to run away,

He will fool all the people all the time some day!"



"What will he be?" - "A leader of the country,"

"What will he be?" - "A member of the press,"

"What will he be?" - "A banker selling moonbeams,

You can watch your money going west!"



Keep away, keep away, they are making the perfect man,

Keep away, keep away, they are making the perfect,

Making the perfect man!



"I'd like to spend a night with you,

and show you what I am..."



"What will he be?" - "Could make a politician,"

"What will he be?" - "A member of the press,"

"What will he be?" - "A banker selling moonbeams,

You can watch your money, you can watch your money,

You can watch your money going west!"



Keep away, keep away, they are making the perfect man,

Keep away, keep away, they are making the perfect,

Making the perfect man!



Perfect man, perfect man,

Making the perfect man, making the perfect man!

I'd like to spend a night with you...

Making the perfect man, making the perfect man!

LYNYRD SKYNYRD lyrics - Good Luck, Bad Luck

(Ed King - Mike Estes)



I ain't the son of the seventh son, black cats won't cross my path

Good luck comes I just watch it run and it sure does run out fast

I wasn't born under no bad sign, but it was Friday the 13th

East, west, no, yes

Hot, cold, tell you this

Ain't nothin' in between

Its either good luck - I'm the last to get it

Bad luck - I'm the first

When its good, ain't nothin' better

When its bad, ain't nothin' worse



Well life can be a little hard sometimes, you do what you gotta do

A lot depends on the luck a man has and the cards that's been dealt to you

I'd fold this hand if I could or at least take a card or two

I been around

Had my ups and downs

Tell me does it sound little like you

Good luck - I'm the last to get it

Bad luck - I'm the first

When its good, ain't nothin' better

When its bad, ain't nothin' worse



Its either good luck - I'm the last to get it

Bad luck - I'm the first

When its good, ain't nothin' better

When its bad, ain't nothin' worse



Its either good luck - I'm the last to get it

Bad luck - I'm the first

When its good, ain't nothin' better

When its bad, ain't nothin' worse

Good luck, bad luck

ABBA lyrics - Should I Laugh Or Cry

He stands

towering over me beside my bed

losing his head

tells me

I must take him seriously

droning on the usual way

he's such a clever guy

and I wonder should I laugh or cry



He's dressed

in the striped pyjamas that I bought

trousers too short

gives me

of his small philosophy

carries on the way he does

and me I get so tired

and I wonder should I laugh or cry



High and mighty his banner flies

a fool's pride in his eyes

standing there on

his toes to grow in size

all I see is a big balloon

halfway up to the moon

he's wrapped up

in the warm and safe cocoon

of an eternal lie

so should I laugh or cry



Strange how

dangerously indifferent I have grown

cold as a stone

no more

pain where there was pain before

far away he rambles on

I feel my throat go dry

and I wonder should I laugh or cry



High and mighty his banner flies

a fool's pride in his eyes

standing there on

his toes to grow in size

all I see is a big balloon

halfway up to the moon

he's wrapped up

in the warm and safe cocoon

of an eternal lie

so should I laugh or cry

THE MONKEES lyrics - Midnight

Deep in the bayou en route to LA

The merchandise is changing sides

People are hiding and waiting all day

'Til midnight comes around

That's when it's coming down

And the dreams of a boy

And his shortcut to easy street will die



Back in the city, she's biting her nails

Taking it hard - he's doing it for her

She didn't ask and all he would say

It's what he had to do

To make her dreams come true

But a whisper went 'round on the dark side of town

And anything that could go wrong

Is going wrong right now



Midnight when it all comes down

Only the brave and the fools are around

Midnight when it all comes down

Poor little fool, his bravery won't help him now



Touchdown on the water and into the trees

He's come so far and this is the easy part

Just gotta follow the flashlight he sees

And that's where he gets paid

His fortune will be made

But a house in the country

And an acre of green

Will always be a dream

They never even knew his name



Midnight when it all comes down

Only the brave and the fools are around

Midnight when it all comes down

Poor little fool, his bravery won't help him now

[repeat]

THE MANHATTAN TRANSFER lyrics - Popsicle Toes

(Michael Franks)



And when God gave out rhythm

He sure was good to you

You could add, subtract, multiply and divide by two

I know today's your birthday

And I did not buy no rose

But I'll sing this song instead

'An I call it Popsicle Toes



Popsicle Toes

Popsicle Toes are always froze

Popsicle Toes

Oh you're so brave to expose all those Popsicle Toes



You must've been Miss Pennsylvania

With your bedroom attitude

How come you always load your Pentax when I'm in the nude

We ought to have a birthday party

And you can wear your birthday clothes

We can hit the floor and go explore

Those Popsicle Toes



Popsicle Toes (ooh)

Popsicle Toes are always froze (ooo ooh)

Popsicle Toes (wah ooh)

Oh you're so brave to expose all those Popsicle Toes (ooh)



Don't 'cha know you got the nicest North America

This sailor ever saw

I'd like to feel your warm Brazil, touch your Panama

Well your Tierra del Fuegos are nearly always froze

We got to see-saw until we unthaw

Those Popsicle Toes



Popsicle Toes (wah ooh)

Popsicle Toes are always froze (wah ooh)

Popsicle Toes (ooh)

Oh you're so brave to expose all those Popsicle Toes

Popsicle Toes (wah ooh)

Popsicle Toes are always froze (wah ooh)

Popsicle Toes (ooh)

Oh you're so brave to expose all those Popsicle Toes (Fade)

ICE CUBE lyrics - Once Upon A Time In The Projects

Once upon a time in the projects, yo

I damn near had to wreck a ho

I knocked on the door - "Who is it?"

It's Ice Cube, come to pay a little visit to ya

And what's up with the niggers in the parking lot

She said fuck em, cause they get sparked alot

I sat on the couch but it wasn't stable

and then I put my Nikes on the coffee table

Her brother walked in he's into gangbangin

cause he walked up and said "what set you claimin"

I don't bang I write the good rhymes

The whole scenery reminded me of Good Times

I hate to feel bad but I'm in a rut

by a young nigga that needs to pull his pants up

Her mother came in with a joint in her mouth

and fired up the sess it was sess no doubt

She said please excuse my house and all that

I said yeah cause I was buzzed from the contact

Lookin at a fucked up black and white

her mom's bitchin cause the county check wasn't right

She had another brother that was three years old

and had a bad case of the runny nose

He asked me who I was then I had to pause

It smelled like he took a shit in his little drawers

I saw her sister that needs get her ass kicked

only thirteen and already pregnant

I grabbed the forty out the bag and took a swig

cause I was getting overwhelmed by BeBe Kids

They were runnin and playin and cursin and yellin

and tellin and look at this young punk bailin

I heard a knock on the door without the password

and her mom's got the 12 guage Mossberg

The nigga said "yo, what's for sale"

and the bitch came out with a bag of ya-yo

She made the drop and got the 20 dollars

from a smoked out fool with ring around the collar

The girl I was waiting for came out

I said BITCH I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS A CRACK HOUSE

I got my coat and SUDDENLY...

(police breaking into house annoucing themselves)

The cop busted in and had a Mac-10 pointed to my dome

and I said to myself once again it's on

He threw me on the carpet no slap jumped back

stomped on my head and put his knee in my back

First he tried to wrap me up, slap me up, rough me up

They couldn't do it so they cuffed me up

I said FUCK how much abuse can a nigga take

Hey yo officer you're making a big mistake

Since I had on a shirt that said I was dope

He thought I was selling base and couldn't hear my case

He said get out my face I musta had a grudge

His reply tell that bullshit to the judge

The girl I was with wasn't sayin nothin

I said AIYYO BITCH you better tell em SOMETHIN

She started draggin and all of a sudden

we all got tossed in the patty wagon

Now I beat the rap but that ain't the point

I had a warrant so I spent 2 weeks in the joint

Now the story you heard has one little object

DON'T FUCK WITH A BITCH FROM THE PROJECTS!

IRVING BERLIN lyrics - I've Got My Captain Working For Me Now

[1st verse:]

Johnny Jones was a first class private

In the army last year

Now he's back to bus'ness in his father's place

Sunday night I saw him with a smiling face

When I asked why he felt so happy

Johnny chuckled with glee

He winked his eye and made this reply:

"Something wonderful has happened to me"



[Refrain:]

I've got the guy who used to be my Captain working for me

He wanted work so I made him a clerk in my father's factory

And bye and bye I'm gonna have him wrapped in work up to his brow

I make him open the office ev'ry morning at eight

I come around about four hours late

Ev'rything comes to those who wait

I've got my Captain working for me now



[2nd verse:]

He's not worth what I have to pay him

But I'll never complain

I've agreed to give him fifty dollars per

It's worth twice as much to hear him call me "Sir"

While I sit in my cosy office

He's outside working hard

Out in the hall at my beck and call

With a feather duster standing on guard



[2nd refrain:]

I've got the guy who used to be my Captain working for me

He wanted work so I made him a clerk in my father's factory

And bye and bye I'm gonna have him wrapped in work up to his brow

When I come into the office he gets up on his feet

Stands at attention and gives me his seat

Who was it said "revenge is sweet"

I've got my Captain working for me now



[Alternate Refrain:]

I've got the guy who used to be my Captain working for me

I gave him work where there's no chance to shirk

He's as busy as a bee

And bye and bye I'm gonna have him wrapped in work up to his brow

I had a small kitchen built in my Dad's factory

Now I have the Captain there doing K. P.

God has been awfully good to me

I've got my Captain working for me now



[Alternate Lines:]

He stood at attention, called me "Sir"

He said, "I can't get along on twenty-five per"

I gave him a look and said "as you were"



[Some versions substitute 'beanery' for 'factory']

ELVIS COSTELLO lyrics - Daddy Can I Turn This?

There is a button and there's a switch

There is a needle and there's a dial

There is a lever I want to lift

And still you treat me like I'm a child

Daddy can I turn this?

Daddy can I turn this?



Will it be very dangerous?

Or will it taste nice?

You wash your hands with perfume and spice

I'll tell you when I want your advice

Daddy can I turn this?

Daddy can I turn this?



Is anybody acting your age?

You got a girl you keep in a cage

You give her present after a while

A birthday cake containing a file

Daddy can I turn this?

Daddy can I turn this?



The flashing lights go running 'round and 'round

It spits out money

It tastes like honey

So drink it down



It leaves the slightest chemical taste

It could be most unfortunate

Earrings that jangle before they're seen

She slaps your face like a tambourine

Daddy can I turn this?

Daddy can I turn this?

Daddy can I turn this?

Daddy, daddy, daddy, daddy...

MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER lyrics - He Thinks He'll Keep Her

(Mary Chapin Carpenter/Don Schlitz)



She makes his coffee, she makes his bed

She does the laundry, she keeps him fed

When she was twenty-one she wore her mother's lace

She said "forever" with a smile upon her face

She does the car-pool, she PTAs

Doctors and dentists, she drives all day

When she was twenty-nine she delivered number three

And every Christmas card showed a perfect family

Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design

Spit and polish till it shines. He thinks he'll keep her

Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find

God forbid you change your mind. He thinks he'll keep her

She packs his suitcase, she sits and waits

With no expression upon her face

When she was thirty-six she met him at their door

She said I'm sorry, I don't love you anymore

Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design

Spit and polish till it shines. He thinks he'll keep her

Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find

God forbid you change your mind. He thinks he'll keep her

For fifteen years she had a job and not one raise in pay

Now she's in the typing pool at minimum wage

Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design

Spit and polish till it shines. He thinks he'll keep her

Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find

At least until you change your mind. He thinks he'll keep her

THE KINKS lyrics - Lola

I met her in a club down in old Soho

Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry-cola [LP version: Coca-Cola]

See-oh-el-aye cola

She walked up to me and she asked me to dance

I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said Lola

El-oh-el-aye Lola la-la-la-la Lola



Well I'm not the world's most physical guy

But when she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine

Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Well I'm not dumb but I can't understand

Why she walked like a woman and talked like a man

Oh my Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola



Well we drank champagne and danced all night

Under electric candlelight

She picked me up and sat me on her knee

And said dear boy won't you come home with me

Well I'm not the world's most passionate guy

But when I looked in her eyes well I almost fell for my Lola

La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

I pushed her away

I walked to the door

I fell to the floor

I got down on my knees

Then I looked at her and she at me



Well that's the way that I want it to stay

And I always want it to be that way for my Lola

La-la-la-la Lola

Girls will be boys and boys will be girls

It's a mixed up muddled up shook up world except for Lola

La-la-la-la Lola



Well I left home just a week before

And I'd never ever kissed a woman before

But Lola smiled and took me by the hand

And said dear boy I'm gonna make you a man



Well I'm not the world's most masculine man

But I know what I am and I'm glad I'm a man

And so is Lola

La-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

Lola la-la-la-la Lola la-la-la-la Lola

NICO lyrics - Win A Few

They will give you what you need

They will run your life

They will get you where they want to

On the cross you'll die

Oh, what a game a fair frame

Consumed into a single flame



When you're blind

When you're kind

The future and the reasons

Will they change the seasons?



The law has made it very clear

Save your breath for the next try

They will try you with fanatic threats

To make you sigh

Oh, what a game a fair frame

Consumed into a single flame



When you're blind

When you're kind

The future and the reasons

Will they change the seasons?



They want your face for a magazine

They want my voice for their fears

I want the world's news to be

A different truth in different ears

What a game a fair frame

Consumed into a single flame



When you're blind

When you're kind

The future and the reasons

They won't change the seasons

BLUE OYSTER CULT lyrics - Black Blade

(E. Bloom - M. Moorcock - J. Trivers)



I have this feeling that my luck is none too good

This sword here at my side don't act the way it should

Keeps calling me its master, but I feel like its slave

Hauling me faster and faster to an early, early grave

And it howls, it howls like hell



I'm told it's my duty to fight against the law

That wizardry's my trade and I was born to wade through gore

I just want to be a lover, not a red-eyed screaming ghoul

I wish it'd picked another to be its killing tool



Black blade! Black blade!

Forged a billion years ago

Black blade! Black blade!

Killing so its power can grow



There's death from the beginning to the end of time

And I'm the cosmic champion and I hold a mystic sign

And the whole world's dying and the burdens mine

And the black sword keeps on killing 'til the end of time



Black blade! Black blade!

Bringing chaos to the world we know

Black blade! Black blade!

And its using me to kill my friends

Black blade! Black blade!

Getting stronger so the world will end

Black blade! Black blade!

Forcing my mind to bend and bend



The black blade

Forged a million billion years ago

My cosmic sword goes on for eternity

Carving out destiny

Bringing in the lords of chaos

Bringing up the beasts of Hades

Sucking out the souls of heroes

Laying waste to knights and ladies

My master is my slave

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

TOO $HORT (TOO SHORT) lyrics - Everytime

[$hort]

From the day we met up until we met right now

If I wanted that girl I always knew how

To fight her get her and tear her apart

Getting everything I wanted all I want

Everytime I see her its time to toss

I walking in the door taking everything off

Cuz I know I'll get it call her in a minute

Short oh boy and I'm a tone cold playa



She was mine and more but more came more

She was giving that funk to the homeboy short

Wanting money but maybe it was just the fact

The life I live made me the man of the rap

Everytime I see her you know I take her

Straight to her house then I braker

If I don't see break she'll give me a call

Same ol' freak show having a ball



Breakdown



She's a tender a star and Angel in white

My wildest dream on a saturday night

My freak of the week but girl of the day

If I like it like that it will be that way

Now everytime I see her she be doing it slow

Like ninty on shorty in a big time room

She's the one I can't resist

Everytime I see her I tell her like this



Breakdown



She be coming around the mountain around ten till eight

Hook me up on a late night date

I be right there homie opening the door

Singing baby oh baby are you ready for more

Everytime I see her you know what I mean

Had her in the back doing sexual things

Same ol' freak show all them moves

Call me short homeboy and I just can't loose



Tone cold freak dressed in lace

The hottest young tender in the whole dang place

Hottie so hot I keep telling myself

I want the young tender if you read this

At lyrics dot astraweb dot com that means

This was bitten didn't waste one second

To take a chance

I walked up to her and asked to dance

Baby said yes we hit the spot

My rap came hard and the freak got hot

BARBRA STREISAND lyrics - Some Other Time

Where has the time all gone to?

Haven't done half the things we want to

Oh well, we'll catch up some other time



This day was just a token

Too many words are still unspoken

Oh well, we'll catch up some other time



Just when the fun is startin'

Comes the time for partin'

But let's just be glad for what we've had

And what's to come



There's so much more embracin'

Still to be done but time is racin'

Oh well, we'll catch up some other time



There's so much more embracin'

Still to be done but time is racin'

Oh well, we'll catch up some other time

LOU REED lyrics - Finish Line

Wind blows snow outside my windows

Crowd below runs wild in the streets

Two rented brothers race down two separate alleys

Heading for the finish line



Down in the train yard out by the stockyard

Butchers with aprons hack meat in the snow

Blood has the brothers pulsing with envy

Heading for the finish line



Two rented brothers. Their faces keep changing

Just like these feelings I have for you

And nothing's forever not even five minutes

When you're headed for the finish line



Down in the depot out by the meat rack

Down by the tunnels surrounding the jail

Prisoners are marching in squares and in circles

They're heading for the finish line



They're lining up for Noah's Ark

They're stabbing each other in the dark

Saluting a flag made of some rich guy's socks

Heading for the finish line



Close to the line the ice is cracking

Two rented feelings sitting in the stands

Two mothers, two fathers and both of them are paid for

All of a sudden it comes back to me



Just up ahead is the finish line

Two rented referees and two checkered rags

Out of the corner of my eye comes a

Dark horse with black wings

Headed for the finish line



I'm five years old the room is fuzzy

I think there's also a very young girl

It's hard to remember what happened exactly

As I'm staring at the finish line

First came fire then came light

Then came feeling then cane sight

SUPERTRAMP lyrics - Forever

I will always love you true forever

Forever, I will always love you true

Hope you'll feel the same way too forever

Forever, I hope you feel the same way too

Want to spend my life with you forever

Forever, I want to spend my life with you



My life with you, my life with you, uhu

Life with you, my life with you, uhu



Love you 'till the day I die, yeah forever

Forever, love you 'till the day I die

So I'll sing this song to you forever

Forever, I will sing this song to you



Song to you, song to you

Song to you, song to you....



I really love you, I really need you..

I really love you, I think about you....

BABYFACE lyrics - The Day (That You Gave Me A Son)

'Twas late December the news came

And I got so excited, I cried all day

And you were such a lovely, precious site

When I saw our baby in your eyes



It was like falling deep in love

I heard the angels cry above

I felt a blessing straight from God

The day that you gave me a son



I called 'bout everyone I knew

Just think, I'll be a father 'cuase of you

There's no greater love than what you gave

A brand new baby on the way



[HOOK]



Oh such tears of joy, I've never known

I can't remember

It's like a song, I've never heard

I've never sung, but know the words



[HOOK]

NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS lyrics - The Loom Of The Land

It was the dirty end of winter

Along the loom of the land

When I walked with sweet Sally

Hand upon hand



And the wind it bit bitter

For a boy of no means

With no shoes on his feet

And a knife in his jeans



Along the loom of the land

The mission bells peeled

From the tower at Saint Mary's

Down to Reprobate Fields



And I saw that the world

Was all blessed and bright

And Sally breathed softly

In the majestic night



O baby please don't cry

And try to keep

Your little hand upon my shoulder

Now go to sleep



The elms and the poplars

Were turning their backs

Past the rumbling station

We followed the tracks



We found an untrodden path

And followed it down

The moon in the sky

Like a dislodged crown



My hands they burned

In the folds of her coat

Breathing milky white air

From deep in her throat



O baby please don't cry

And try to keep

Your little head upon my shoulder

Now go to sleep



I told Sally in whispers

I'll never bring you harm

Her breast it was small

And warm in my palm



I told her the moon

Was a magical thing

That it shone gold in winter

And silver in spring



And we walked and walked

Across the endless sands

Just me and my Sally

Along the loom of the land



O baby please don't cry

And try to keep

Your little head upon my shoulder

Now go to sleep

VANESSA WILLIAMS lyrics - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Have yourself a merry little Christmas,

Let your heart be light

From now on,

Our troubles will be out of sight



Have yourself a merry little Christmas,

Make the Yule-tide gay,

From now on,

Our troubles will be miles away.



Here we are as in olden days,

Happy golden days of yore.

Faithful friends who are dear to us

Gather near to us once more.



Through the years

We all will be together,

If the Fates allow

Hang a shining star upon the highest bough.

And have yourself a merry little Christmas now.

TALKING HEADS lyrics - The Facts Of Life

Mon key see and mon key do

Ma king ba bies, ea ting food

Smel ly things, pu bic hair

Words of lo ve, in the air

Sparks fly, shoo ting out

Ma king sure that eve ry thing is wor king

I can't turn you down

We are pro grammed hap py lit tle chil dren

Mat ter o ver mind

We can not re sis so I won't fight it

Love is a ma chine

Love is a ma chine without a dri ver

The facts of life

The facts of life

A masterpiece

Biology

Smokey water

Air conditioned

Boys 'n' girls

And automation

Chromosomes

Designer jeans

Chimpanzees

And human beings

Machines of love

Machines of love

Strong in body, strong in mind

A love machine with the facts of life

The facts of life

The facts of life

So much sex 'n' violence

Must be a bad design

We're stupid to be fighting

Every night

The monsters we create

They welcome us aboard

The best in advertising

From coast to coast

The girls and boys combine

Like monkeys in the zoo

The clouds have silver linings

Looks pretty good

People fall in love like in fairy tales

I'm not sure I like, what they can do

I'm afraid that God has no master plan

He only takes -- what he can use

Factory life, ice cream & pie

Factory life

Someday we'll live on Venus

And men will walk on Mars

But we will still be monkeys

Down deep inside

If chimpanzees are smart

Then we will close our eyes

And let our instincts guide us

Oh oh oh oh no

LINDA RONSTADT lyrics - My Old Flame

(Sam Coslow and Arthur Johnston)



My old flame

I can't even think of his name

But it's funny now and then

How my thoughts go flashing back again

To my old flame



My old flame

My new lovers all seem so tame

For I haven't met a gent

So magnificent or elegant

As my old flame



I've met so many who had fascinating ways

A fascinating gaze in their eyes

Some who took me up to the skies

But their attempts at love

Were only imitations of

My old flame

I can't even think of his name

But I'll never be the same

Until I discover what became

Of my old flame



My old flame

I can't even think of his name

But I'll never be the same

Until I discover what became

Of my old flame

MODERN TALKING lyrics - Wild Wild Water

Sail across the universe

All the magic here on earth

Slipping and sliding

Rolling and riding to you, my love

Summer breeze reminded me - love was wild and love was free

Love is wide and love is free

Memories will hiding

Baby, come riding to me



Wild, wild water

Brings me back to you, over and over

Wild, wild water

Babe, still missing you, over and over



Wild, wild water

Freez the wind in summersky

Wild, wild water

Expect that love that just wouldn't die



Silverwater - evening tide

Brings that girl back to my side

Slipping and sliding

Rolling and writing to you, my love

You will be coming back some day

True, we gonna come what made

Memories were hiding

Baby, come on riding to me

BARBRA STREISAND lyrics - When In Rome (I Do As The Romans Do)

(C. Leigh & C. Coleman)



When on foreign shores I am

Very truly yours I am

But if inclined to play I am

Sweetheart, that's the way I am....

When in Spain for reasons I don't explain

I remain enjoying a brew

Don't deplore my fondness for fundador

You know how a fundador can lead to a few

And baby when in Rome I do as the Romans do

If per chance I'm saying farewell to France

And romance drops in from the blue

Cherchez l'amour I beg of you please endure

My taking a brief detour with somebody new

It's just that when in Rome

I do as the Romans do

And though from Italy I lied to you prettily

Oh don't think of me bitterly

But know that I'm true

Except now and then in Rome,

I get that old yearn in Rome

And naturally when in Rome

I do as the Romans do

E molto difficile resistere agli uomini di Italia

Per esempio, per esempio i biondi,

I biondi di Firenze, di Venezia

E i bruni di Palermo, di Milano...

You know what I mean?

If I write happily

Best wishes from Napoli

Don't cable me snappily

To tell me we're through

'Cause I'm once again in Rome

In somebody's den in Rome

Well honey, but when in Rome

I do as the Romans do

So just disregard the signs and the omens

When in Rome I do as the Romans do...

Veni, vidi, vince!

AMERICA lyrics - 5th Avenue

Walking down 5th Avenue

I saw him walking there with you

People see and people talk

Word travels fast round my block



Might just save you the price of writing

I could save you an hour or two

Walking down 5th Avenue

Walking down 5th Avenue



Don't know what to ask of you

My mind is gettin' so confused

Even when I really try

Keeps sounding like I'm saying goodbye



Somewhere deep in my heart I'm hurtin'

'Cause I keep on remembering you

Walking down 5th Avenue

Walking down 5th Avenue

Such a long way to go



How many times must I look up and say

What kind of fool am I

But I can't turn my back on the times that we shared

No matter how I try



Walking down 5th Avenue

Can't seem to shake the thought of you

Even in the dark of night

Your memories of shining light



Though I'm tryin' to change direction

I pray what I saw ain't true

Walking down 5th Avenue

Walking down 5th Avenue

Such a long way to go



Do, do, do, do...

IRVING BERLIN lyrics - Bells

[Verse:]

Very many years ago

Mister Edgar Allan Poe

Wrote a little poem I know

Called "Bells"

When I read those clever rhymes

Of the many different chimes

I could almost hear them ringing

Ding dong dinging



[Refrain:]

Phone bells, sleigh bells

And very merry Christmas day bells



The brazen fire bells that ring with fear

And happy New Year bells that ring out once a year



Cow bells, door bells

For all I know there may be more bells



But the poet tells

That wedding bells

Have the sweetest little ding dong of all

MICHAEL JACKSON lyrics - 2000 Watts

Bass note, treble, stereo control, how low you go

Just enough to make your juices flow

Press play, don’t stop, rotate, too hot

You feel I’m real

I’m everything you need, so tell me what’s the deal



[CHORUS]

2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong

Too much of that, fuse blown

Be careful what you say don’t overload

2000 Watts, 8 ohms, 200 volts, real strong

Too much of that, fuse blown

Be careful what you say don’t overload



3D, high speed, feedback, Dolby

Release two or three, when I reach I can go ‘til I hit my peak

Compact steelo, chico, D-Lo, highpost lady

Shorty really wanna be there for me



[CHORUS]



[AD LIBS]



[CHORUS OUT]

ALISON KRAUSS AND UNION STATION lyrics - When You Say Nothing At All

(Don Schlitz & Paul Overstreet)



It's amazing how you can speak right to my heart

Without saying a word you can light up the dark

Try as I may I could never explain

What I hear when you don't say a thing



The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me

The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all



All day long I can hear people talking out loud

But when you hold me near, you drown out the crowd

Old Mr. Webster could never define

What's being said between your heart and mine



The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me

The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all



The smile on your face lets me know that you need me

There's a truth in your eyes sayin' you'll never leave me

The touch of your hand says you'll catch me if ever I fall

You say it best when you say nothing at all

DAN FOGELBERG lyrics - Better Change

I can see you in the distance

And you're heading for a fall

Sinking deeper by the minute

You're about to lose it all



[Chorus:]

You better change before the sun goes down

You better leave before you are the last in town

You better raise your fortresses or tear them down

Tear them down...tear them down



Well there's an angel on your shoulders

And a devil at your feet

And that door you see before you

Could be poison tasting sweet



[Chorus]



I can see you in the distance

And you're heading for a fall

Sinking deeper by the minute

You're about to lose it all



[Chorus]



You gotta tear them down...tear them down

You better tear them down...tear them down

ELOY lyrics - Pilot To Paradise

WE contain a LIGHT - IT's a twinkling FIRE,

WE're in possession of the GOLDEN KEY!

Enormous ignorance surrounds the LIAR,

But OUR SPIRIT could really tell US PRODIGY!

Will-o'-the-wisps, so countless by OUR side,

Try to make US stumble, wanderin' and glide!

PILOT TO PARADISE - open OUR eyes!

PILOT TO PARADISE - make US wise!

Millenniums ago, ADAM swallowed the KEY,

Now IT dwells inside of OUR INNER SECRECY!

To discover the GUARDIAN of HARMONY,

WE gotta immerse into OUR INNER SEA!

IT animates US, makes US wonder and act,

And IT only depends on US - as a natural fact:

Whether IT is far as the farthest star,

Or whether IT is near, so clean and so clear!

So, let's look for the PILOT,

leading through OUR night!

At the tunnel's end - I am sure -

WE'll discover the LIGHT!

And I know there's SOMEONE to hold US tight!

MAN'S damned to fight, only LOVE

and TRUTH will bring US the LIGHT!

PILOT TO PARADISE - open OUR eyes!

PILOT TO PARADISE - make US wise!

BETTE MIDLER lyrics - Tragedy

Wind storm, comes the sound.

From the stars my dark has come.

You've gone from me.

Whoa, tragedy.

Mmm, tragedy.



Whoa, come back. Help me here.

Call me my love, love. Be sincere.

You've gone, you've gone,

you've gone from me.

Whoa, tragedy.

Whoa, tragedy.



Like smoke from a fire of love, love, love.

Oh, oh, oh, oh.

Our dreams have all gone.

A fire. Ooo-oo-oo-ooh.



Blown by wind, kissed by snow.

All that's left is the dark.

We know you've gone from me.

Whoa-oo-oo-oo-o-o-hy?

Tragedy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

ALISON KRAUSS lyrics - Two Highways

Two highways lay before me, which one will I choose

Down one lane I'd find happiness and down the other I would lose

There is no one that I can trust, I must decide alone

My decision is an awful one, which road will take me home



In the mornin' would I wake to find, down the wrong road I have gone

Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long

Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice

And though sadness cries my inner soul, goodbye lover moans my voice



Perils, there are many, as I set out on my way

If I lose your love I know that I can call it back someday

Rambler, lonely rambler, just 'cause anyplace is home

Nashville, lights how you have always shined



Wishing now that you had found a word or two to say

But the mornin' came and we both knew my eyes gave it away

As I kissed your cheeks and said goodbye I thought only time will tell

And you can't draw water from an empty well



In the mornin' would I wake to find, down the wrong road I have gone

Will I hear the melodies I've searched for oh so long

Only time will tell if I have made a loser's choice

And though sadness cries my inner soul, goodbye lover moans my voice

PAUL MCCARTNEY & WINGS lyrics - Spin It On

(This is it)

Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top.

'Cos I gotwhole lotta love for you

I wanna spin it on. Spin it on!





Off to the flicks with the piddle in her nicks, to the fair with her hair

in curlers.

Their cousins didn't get all down to the pleasure dome

Their cousins didn't send their night in an aircraft hanger.

Memories. . .!





Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top.

'Cos I got whole lotta love for you

That's why I wanna spin it on. Spin it on! Spin it on!



Spin it on!



Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top

'Cos I got whole lotta love for you

That's why I wanna spin it on. Spin it on!



Off to the fields with a missionary's zeal for the life

of the wife of the farmer

Their cousins didn't get all down to the billiard hall

Their cousins didn't spend their time on a pinball table.

Memories. . .!



Spin it on, don't stop. Take it back to the top

'Cos I got whole lotta love for you.

I wanna spin it on. Spin it on!

Spin it on! Spin it on! I wanna spin it on! I wanna spin it on!

Spin it on! Don't Stop! Take it back to the top!

'Cos I got a whole lotta for you!

MOTLEY CRUE lyrics - Kickstart My Heart

When I get high

I get high on speed

Top fuel funny car's

A drug for me

My heart, my heart

Kickstart my heart

Always got the cops

Coming after me

Custom built bike doing 103

My heart, my heart

Kickstart my heart



Ooh, are you ready girls?

Ooh, are you ready now?

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Give it a start

Ooh, yeah, baby

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Hope it never stops

Ooh, yeah, baby



Skydive naked

From an aeroplane

Or a lady with a

Body from outerspace

My heart, my heart

Kickstart my heart

Say I got trouble

Trouble in my eyes

I'm just looking for Another good time

My heart, my heart

Kickstart my heart



Ooh, are you ready girls?

Ooh, are you ready now?

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Give it a start

Ooh, yeah, baby

Ooh, yeah

Kickstart my heart

Hope it never stops

Ooh, yeah, baby



When we started this band

All we needed, needed was a laugh

Years gone by...

I'd say we've kicked some ass

When I'm enraged

Or hittin' the stage

Adrenaline rushing

Through my veins

And I'd say we're still kickin' ass



Ooo, ahh, kickstart my heart

Hope it never stops

And to think, we did all of this...

To rock



Kickstart my heart

VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR lyrics - Masks

He's a man of the past and one of the present,

a man who hides behind a mask behind a mask;

a clown, a fool, believing it cool to be down

or that the game is all about who laughs the last.



So he tells all his problems to his friends

and relations, exposes his neuroses to their view.

They accept as fact

every masochistic mumble of his act;

how could they know what was false

and what was true?



Sometimes when he wakes

he feels he's walked into a dream

but all it takes

to remind him things are what they seem

is the belief

that the man behind the mask can really dance

Pirouetting smile

he sees himself cavorting,

Pierrot for a while

before aborting

to find relief

in the shelter of the dark, most telling mask.



After all the pantomimes are ended

he peels all the make-up off his face

to reveal, beneath,

the tears running all down his cheeks:

alne, he opens to the world...

but it's much too late.

He's been left, in the end, without a face.

ELTON JOHN lyrics - On Dark Street

I'm staring down a mile of disappearing track

Is this the best that we could do

I'm leaning through the rain but you ain't looking back

What did I ever have to prove



`Cause it feels like electricity hitting an open field

When am I ever gonna to learn

Married life's two people trying to grab the wheel



Oh and we must have got lost

Living on Dark Street

Looking for an exit

Sleeping on the concrete

You can't see it with your eyes

You can't find it with your feet

All I know is that we're lost baby

And we're living on Dark Street



All the layoffs and the pay cuts cripple me inside

I pay the price for living everyday

Trying to keep us all together along with a little pride

What'll it take to make you stay



But I've dreamed about an island

And all I got's a bucket of sand

I'd give my eyes to give you all your dreams

Now I get to see my family slipping through my hands

KINGDOM COME lyrics - Both Of Us

Let me shower you with affection

There's no need for such self-protection

I feel your body melting into mine



Bound to misery

And seduction there's no need for this self-destruction

I feel you trample like a frightened child



[Chorus:]

Talkin 'bout the both of us

Don't need to cry

No one can destroy our trust

(No one can replace your touch)

And we know why

BON JOVI lyrics - Learn To Love

I have run from the truth

Since the days of my misspent youth

I was hungry for kindness

I was lost in life's blindness



When you're born without wings

All you dream of, all you want

Is that feeling of flying

Of rising and climbing



Halle, halle,

We're one breath away

Halle, halle,

From our judgement day

You Leave it all on the table

If you lose or you win

You've got to learn to love the world you're living in



Always thought I'd die young

In these hands I held the gun

But it's too late for dying

Now there's nothing worth hiding



I've lost love, lived with shame

I was humbled by my fall from grace

On the steps of decision

It's revenge or forgiveness



Halle, halle,

We're one breath away

Halle, halle,

From our judgement day

Leave it all on the table

If you lose or you win

You got to learn to love the world you're living in



Halle, halle [2x]



Halle, halle,

We're one breath away

Halle, halle,

From our judgement day

Leave it all on the table

If you lose all you win

You've got to learn to love the world you're living in



Halle, halle, and that's how it is

You've got to learn to love the world you're living in



Halle, halle

RUN-D. M.C. lyrics - Slow And Low

[The song was originally written and recorded by Run-DMC. Later recorded and released by the Beastie Boys on their debut album.]



Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo

Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo



It's never old school, all brand new

So everybody catch, the boog-a-loo flu

It's not like a fever, not like a cold

The beats are clear, the rhymes are bold

So don't see a doctor or see a nurse

Just listen to the music, 'cause first things first

First of all, get off the wall

It's time to party so have a ball

We slowed it on down, so get on up

Like a volcano I'll erupt

We got determination, bass and highs

I see real well because I've got four eyes

What you see is what you get

And you ain't seen nothing yet



Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo



I do not sing, but I make a song

You'll live your whole life, and I hope you'll live long

On the Gong Show we won't get gonged

It's Run-DMC, not Cheech and Chong

Strong as an ox, fresh out the box

The crowd is so loud, they're coming in flocks

And when we go on, the crowd goes off

It's all hard rock, there's nothing soft



Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo



We won't only rock the house, but we'll house the rock

We won't stroll, but we'll roll straight to the top

We're Run-DMC, and Jay makes three

The baddest B-Boys in history

When I'm recorded, you'll be rewarded

You know my song is great, 'cause you're all applauding

Not PCP or LSD, just DMC in the place to be

There's nothing free, you must pay a fee

Cash on delivery like a C. O.D.



Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo

Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo



The beat is slow in order to dance

We wanna hear I dos, and no I can'ts

First you move your legs, and then your arms

It's not fast and nervous, this dance is calm

It's truly stable and you ought to be able

To dance to the record when it's on the turntable



Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo

Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo

Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo

Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo

Let it flow - let yourself go

Slow and low - that is the tempo

GRAND FUNK RAILROAD lyrics - Rain Keeps Fallin'

I remember the night so well.

The rain was fallin' but I just couldn't tell,

If it was you that was callin' to my love-sick brain.

But the rain kept fallin' on my window pane.



Out of the night the thunder rang in my ear.

I can't fight the feelin', Lord, that brings forth my fears.

I wish it was over, Lord, please stop the rain.

The rain that's fallin' on my window pane.



The rain that's fallin' on my window pane.



Every night the rain's on time, I can feel it in this heart of mine.

But I don't know what to do.

Well, I guess I could go back home, 'cause you know back home is where I belong.

But it just ain't home without you.



And I don't know what to do, baby.



Well, I guess I'm a looser but it just don't seem fair.

I lost all my life so tell me, why should I care?

The night that you left me is the night that it came.

And the rain's still fallin' on my window pane.



The rain keeps fallin' on my window pane.

The rain keeps fallin' on my window pane.

You know the rain.

The rain keeps fallin' on my window pane.

I said the rain.

The rain keeps fallin' on my window pane.

You know the rain.

The rain keeps fallin' on my window pane.

I said the rain.

The rain keeps fallin' on my window pane.

You know the rain...

The rain keeps fallin' on my window pane.

... keeps right on fallin'.

The rain keeps fallin' on my window pane.



I said, the rain keeps fallin' ...

BOB DYLAN lyrics - Farewell Angelina

Farewell Angelina

The bells of the crown

Are being stolen by bandits

I must follow the sound

The triangle tingles

And the trumpet play slow

Farewell Angelina

The sky is on fire

And I must go.



There's no need for anger

There's no need for blame

There's nothing to prove

Ev'rything's still the same

Just a table standing empty

By the edge of the sea

Farewell Angelina

The sky is trembling

And I must leave.



The jacks and queens

Have forsaked the courtyard

Fifty-two gypsies

Now file past the guards

In the space where the deuce

And the ace once ran wild

Farewell Angelina

The sky is folding

I'll see you in a while.



See the cross-eyed pirates sitting

Perched in the sun

Shooting tin cans

With a sawed-off shotgun

And the neighbors they clap

And they cheer with each blast

Farewell Angelina

The sky's changing color

And I must leave fast.



King Kong, little elves

On the rooftoops they dance

Valentino-type tangos

While the make-up man's hands

Shut the eyes of the dead

Not to embarrass anyone

Farewell Angelina

The sky is embarrassed

And I must be gone.



The machine guns are roaring

The puppets heave rocks

The fiends nail time bombs

To the hands of the clocks

Call me any name you like

I will never deny it

Farewell Angelina

The sky is erupting

I must go where it's quiet.

KANSAS lyrics - One Man, One Heart

(M. Spiro / D. Huff)



This is my beginning

Tomorrow holds my hand

Yesterday is dead and gone

Buried in the sand

The vision stands before me

And now there's nothing else

So close your eyes and realize

The way I see myself



One man, one heart

Standing in the flame

Can you hear my voice tonight

I'm calling out - I'm calling out your name



You've broken my defenses

And opened up my soul

The love I tried to keep inside

I cannot control

So let the wind be silent

The ocean turn to sand

And let your body dream of me

And see me as I am



One man, one heart

Standing in the flame

Can you hear my voice tonight

I'm calling out your name



One man, one heart reaching for the light

If I can hold on, I'll come through the dark

RINGO STARR lyrics - Where Did Our Love Go

(Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier and Brian Holland)



Baby, baby, baby, don't leave me,

Please, don't leave me all by myself.

I've got this burnin', yearnin' feeling inside me,

Deep inside me and it hurts so bad.



You came into my heart (baby, baby)

So tenderly (where did our love go?)

With a burnin' love (baby, baby)

That stings like a bee. (baby, baby, oo, baby, baby)

And now that i surrender, (baby, baby)

So helplessly, (where did our love go?)

You now wanna leave, (baby, baby)

You wanna leave me behind. (baby, baby, oo, baby, baby)



Baby, baby, where did our love go? (where did our love go?)

Don't you want me, (baby, baby)

Don't you want me no more? (baby, baby, oo, baby, baby)



Baby, baby, where did our love go?

And all of your promises (baby, baby)

Of a love forever more. (baby, baby, oo, baby, baby)



Baby, baby, baby, don't leave me,

(where did our love go?)

Please, don't leave me (baby, baby)

All by myself. (baby, baby, oo, baby, baby)



I've got this burnin', burnin', yearnin',

(baby, baby)

Feeling inside me, (where did our love go?)

Ooh, deep inside me (baby, baby)

And it hurts so bad. (baby, baby, oo, baby, baby)



Baby, baby, where did our love go?

Oh, don't you want me, (baby, baby)

Don't you want me no more? (baby, baby, oo, baby, baby)



Oh, baby, baby, where did our love go?

And all your promises.

ANTHRAX lyrics - Think About An End

Wake up on fire everyday

And I never say good-bye..

Pre-determined destiny

I've never been afraid to die..

Mmh!



Ever since I was a kid

I've seen things my own way with my own eyes..

With my hands I turn the screws

In my life i decide..



You're bent under the will of endless dogmatic restraints

I will rage against the machine spewing out blind faith



Think about an end you can live with

Think about an end I can give you

Think about an end that will satisy



Think about an end you can live with

Think about an end I can give you

Think about an end



The only thing that's touched my soul

Ever in my life is love..

Tangible and psychical, visible

Unlike your god above..



You're bent under the will of endless dogmatic restraints

I will rage against the machine spewing out blind faith



Think about an end you can live with

Think about an end I can give you

Think about an end that will satisy



Think about an end you can live with

Think about an end I can give you

Think about an end



Where is all the mercy on which your faith has been built

All I see is hatred caused by years of inbred guilt

Yeah!



Resurrecting genuflecting killing in the name

You disawow the right to choose

It's medievally insane



Your god is dead and doesn't care

Tell me which one's worst

An uncaring god or knowing that you're alone on this earth?

Yeah!



(Wake up on..)

(Wake up on..)

(Wake up on..)

(Wake up on..)



Wake up on fire everyday

And I never say good-bye..

Pre-determined destiny

I've never been afraid to die..



You're bent under the will of endless dogmatic restraints

I will scream with rage!



Think about an end you can live with

Think about an end I can give you

Think about an end that will satisy



Think about an end you can live with

Think about an end I can give you

Think about an end



Think about an end

Think about an end

Think about an end



(Think about and end..)

(Think about and end..)

KANSAS lyrics - Diamonds And Pearls

(Kerry Livgren)



The stage is set, the race is on

To drink the cup 'til every drop is gone

And when you make it to the top

The hunger doesn't stop

You climb the ladder to success

The way the world defines it more or less

You find the grass is greener still

On someone else's hill



(Chorus)

Diamonds and pearls

Silver and gold

Soon fade away

Empty and cold

Nothing remains of the things that we strive to attain

Only the love that is lasting will not be in vain



They say that pride's before the fall

The stakes are high, you know who takes it all

To make it through the needle's eye

You just can't live a lie



(Chorus)

(Instrumental)

(Chorus)

TOM WAITS lyrics - What Keeps Mankind Alive

(Weill/Brecht)



You gentlemen who think you have a mission

To purge us of the seven deadly sins

Should first sort out the basic food position

Then start your preaching, that's where it begins



You lot who preach restraint and watch your waist as well

Should learn, for once, the way the world is run

However much you twist or whatever lies that you tell

Food is the first thing, morals follow on



So first make sure that those who are now starving

Get proper helpings when we all start carving

What keeps mankind alive?



What keeps mankind alive?

The fact that millions are daily tortured

Stifled, punished, silenced and oppressed

Mankind can keep alive thanks to its brilliance

In keeping its humanity repressed

And for once you must try not to shriek the facts

Mankind is kept alive by bestial acts

STEVE HACKETT lyrics - Reach Out (Never Say No)

The question I'm asking

Is what are you planning

The answer that's coming

Better ring true

You say that you need me

Don't know what to believe



Loving you

Makes nothing easy

After all

The things we want are not the same



Reach out

Never say no



Reach out

Never say no



Reach out

Never say no



Don't need x-ray vision

I see right through you

Your love makes trouble

The seeds of disruption

You're always abusing

The freedom you're given

Loving you

Makes nothing easy

After all

The things we want are not the same



Reach out

Never say no



Reach out

Never say no

DEAN MARTIN lyrics - Powder Your Face With Sunshine

Powder your face with sunshine

Put on a great big smile

Make up your eyes with laughter

Folks will be laughing with you in a little while

Whistle a tune of gladness

Blue never was in style

The future's brighter when hearts are lighter

So smile smile smile



Powder your face with sunshine

Put on a great big smile

Make up your eyes with laughter

Folks will be laughing with you in a little while

Whistle a tune of gladness

Blue never was in style

The future's brighter when hearts are lighter

Future's brighter, hearts are lighter

When you're wearing a great big smile

DEMON lyrics - Hemispheres (British Standard Approved)

(Dave Hill-Mal Spooner)



There are spaces in my mind

It's a fine line

So many places I have seen

Is this my time?

Eight ninths below the waterline

Out of my hands

Eight ninths below the waterline

Oh no

Another child left in the cold

Taken chances

Just breaking up inside

After all this

Never thought

Turn out like this

Where's the reason?

So much to give

Nothing left of me

Oh no

Take a look at me now

I'm a part of it all



Take a look at me now

Oh, I've become

God bless Her Majesty

God bless Her Majesty

God bless

As I stand here all alone

For one moment

I think of how it might have been

The other time

Eight ninths below the waterline

Out of my hands

Eight ninths below the waterline

Take a look at me now

I'm a part of it all

Take a look at me now

Oh, I've become

God bless Her Majesty

God bless Her Majesty

Long live Her Majesty

Die for Her Majesty

God bless Her Majesty

God bless Her Majesty

DELBERT MCCLINTON lyrics - Spoonful

Well, it could be a spoonful of diamonds

Could be a spoonful of gold

One little spoon of my baby's love

Satisfy my soul



Could be a spoonful of coffee

Could be a spoonful of tea

Just a little spoon of my baby's love

Good enough for me



They lied about that spoonful

And they cried about a spoonful

Everybody die by the spoonful

Spoon, that spoonful



That spoon

That spoon

That spoonful



Well, now, could be a spoonful of water

Saved from the desert sand

Spoonful of lead from a forty-five

Saved you from another man



They lie about that spoonful

Cry about a spoonful

Everybody dies by the spoonful

Spoon, a little spoonful



That spoon

That spoon

That spoonful



Yeah, it could be a spoonful of pleasure

Could be a spoonful of blood

Could be a spoonful of anything you need

That you can't seem to get enough of



They lie about a spoonful

They cry about a spoonful

People they die by the spoonful

Spoon, a little spoonful

CELINE DION lyrics - I Feel Too Much

I just wanted you to talk to me

But baby you captured my heart so easy

And I know love, baby when I see it

Boy when you're near me that's the

Feeling I get



It's pure emotion inside of me

And all I know is I feel, , ,



To much, too much baby all I do is think

About you night and day I feel too

Too much, too much baby don't let go 'cause

It's my heart your takin'



The spell that I'm under I can't undo

But baby I wonder do you feel it too



A classic case of infatuation

Is it possible that I feel, , ,



It's a serious connection when I look into your eyes

When you show me your affection, its more than I realized

FRANK ZAPPA lyrics - Are You Hung Up?

EC: Uh. . . Uh. . . Uh Uh. . . Uh. . . Uh. . . d'you, are you, ARE YOU HUNG UP? ARE YOU HUNG UP?

Girl: Outa site!

EC: Outa site, yeah - listen, uhm, d'you, are you. . .? ARE YOU HUNG UP?

Girl: Ha ha. . . ! What does that mean?

EC: Are you strung up, are you? ARE YOU HUNG UP?

Girl: I don't. . . I don't. . . I can't understand. . . Outa site!

EC: Outa site, yeah - listen, uhm, d'you, are you. . .? ARE YOU HUNG UP?



Gary Kellgren: One of these days I am going to erase all the tape in the world. . . In the world. . . world. . . Tomorrow I may do it. . . All the Frank Zappa Masters. . . Nothing. . . Blank. . . Empty. . . Space. . . That's what they are now. . . Blank. . . Empty. . . Space. . . Oh, I know he's sitting in there, in the control room now, listening to everything I say, but I really don't care. . . Hello Frank Zappa!



JCB: Hi, boys & girls, I'm Jimmy Carl Black, I'm the Indian of the group!

IRON MAIDEN lyrics - Brave New World

(Murray, Harris, Dickinson)



Dying swans twisted wings, beauty not needed here

Lost my love, lost my life, in this garden of fear

I have seen many things, in a lifetime alone

Mother love is no more, bring this savage back home



Wilderness house of pain, makes no sense of it all

Close this mind dull this brain, Messiah before his fall

What you see is not real, those who know will not tell

All is lost sold your souls to this brave new world



A brave new world, in a brave new world

A brave new world, in a brave new world

In a brave new world, a brave new world

In a brave new world, a brave new world



Dragon kings dying queens, where is salvation now

Lost my life lost my dreams, rip the bones from my flesh

Silent screams laughing here, dying to tell you the truth

You are planned and you are damned in this brave new world



A brave new world, in a brave new world

A brave new world, in a brave new world

In a brave new world, a brave new world

In a brave new world, a brave new world



A brave new world, in a brave new world

A brave new world, in a brave new world

In a brave new world, a brave new world

In a brave new world, a brave new world



Dying swans twisted wings, bring this savage back home

PETE TOWNSHEND lyrics - Keep On Working

I was digging in the yard today

When a letter came from Southampton way

Keep on working

Keep on working

I must admit I was a bit in the red

But if you never have pleasure then you could be dead

Keep on working

Keep on working



But there's on thing

They can't take away

Hear the sea sing

See a smiling face

I think we're OK

Though we all could be mad

That's what they say

We just can't all be bad



I got something now to think about

I'll work all day but not to pay it out

Keep on working

Keep on working

Don't care if they say where a dying race

I'd rather be here than any other place

Keep on working

Keep on working



And there's another whirl

They can't ever touch

Just need a boy and girl

It don't cost you much

And if your luck is in

You might have kids at play

To make you laugh and sing

When you're old and gray

GRATEFUL DEAD lyrics - What's Become Of The Baby

Waves of violet go crashing and laughing

The rainbow winged singing birds fly 'round the sun

Sun bells rain down in a liquid profusion

Mermaids on porpoises draw up the dawn

What's become of the baby this cold December morning?



Songbirds frozen in their flight

Drifting to the earth, remnants of forgotten dreaming

Dawning answer comes there none.



Go to sleep you child, dream of never-ending always

Panes of crystal ice sparkle like waterfalls

Lighting the polished ice caverns of the dawn,

But where in the looking-glass fields of illusion

Wandered the child who was perfect as the dawn?

What's become of the baby this cold December morning?

What's become of the baby this cold December morning?



Racing in rhythm of the sun

All the world revolves captured in the eye of woman

Allah, where are you now?



All eyes are blinded by the sparkling waters

Scheherazade gethering stories to tell

But where is the child who played with the sunshines?

And chased the cloud shape to the regions of mind?

Standing stream cries the south wind

Lost in the regions of

Shadow-like chains of illusion, delusions of living and dead.

HEART lyrics - In The Cool

I'm not a hero

Not a saint

I'm just a fever tryin' to cool it

Through the bedlam days



I'm not leadin'

Or mis-led

I'm just tumblin' through the sun

Heals over head



But in the cool there's a place

I'd lay away the day

And forsake all the hours unkind

When the moon melts the sun

Take my dreams and let 'em run

And roll all this heartache down to none



Road I travel

High and low

People shake their heads and wonder

If that's the way I go



And I've been fighting

And I am sore

I'm just an accidential soldier

In a private war



But in the cool there's a place

I'd lay away the day

And forsake all the hours unkind

When the moon melts the sun

Take my dreams and let 'em run

And roll all this trouble down to none

Yeah, when the moon melts the sun

Take my dreams and let me run

And roll all this trouble down to none

Yeah, yeah, yeah

DAVID LEE ROTH lyrics - That's Life

That's life, That's Life

that's what all the people say.

You're riding high on Monday,

shot down in May.

But I, I ain't never gonna change my tune

when I'm back on top in the month of June.



I said, that's life. That's Life

Ain't as funny as it may seem,

some people get their kicks

stompin' on a dream.

But I, I don't never let it get me down

'cause that big ol' world keeps spinnin' 'round.



Been a puppet, pirate, a poet, a pauper, a pawn and a king.

Been up and down and over and out and I know one thing:

each time that I find myself flat on my face

I pick myself up and get back in the race.



That's life, That's Life

And I can't deny it,

many times I thought of quitting, babe,

but my heart wouldn't buy it.

If I didn't think it was worth one try

I'd jump right on a big bucket and fly.



Been a puppet, poet, pirate, pauper; now I'm a king.

Been up, down, I know one thing:

each time that I find myself flat on my face

I pick myself up and get back in the race.



That's life, That's Life

And I can't deny it,

many times I thought of quitting, babe,

but my heart wouldn't buy it.

If I didn't think it was worth one try

I'd just roll myself up in a big ball and fly.

VAN MORRISON lyrics - You Don't Know Me

You give your hand to me and then you say hello

And I can hardly speak - my heart is beating so

And anyone can tell you think you know me well

You don't know me.



Now you don't know one who longs for you each night

And longs to kiss your lips and longs to hold you tight

You know I am just a friend

That's all I've ever been.

You don't know me.



[Refrain:]

I never knew the art of making love

'Til my heart yearned with love you

Afraid and shy, I let my chance go by

The chance you might have loved me too

You give your hand to me and then you say good-bye.

I watch you walk away beside some lucky guy.

To never, never know the one who loves you so.

'Cause you don't know me.



[Refrain]

DAVID BYRNE lyrics - The Whole Man

[Vocal by Kate Pierson]



We're talking-about the whole man

In body-in mind and in spirit

And you, give the body, what is good, good, good, good

You make him-educated



What makes a home?

The answer is love

What is love when it's real?

The answer is beauty



We're talking-about the whole man

When he's whole-we see him smile

But take-just one part-away from the rest

And now he's a-a crocodile



What makes a home?

The answer is love

What is love when it's real?

The answer is beauty



Beauty through time

Culture and spirit

At home where he lives

He's up when he's in it

The heart and the home

Wherever he lives

He's up when he's down

He takes when he gives-



How do the children draw a tree?

Zero and one-are you following me?

Human order-woman and man

So on and on-are you seeing the plan?



Going in circles-chasing the dollar

Like a Pac-Man-a vicious creature!

Here, over here, the center is mankind

But I'll never-be a teacher!



What makes a home?

The answer is love

What is love when it's real?

The answer is beauty



Beauty through time

Culture and spirit

At home where he lives

He's up when he's in it

The heart and the home

Wherever he lives

He's up when he's down

He takes when he gives-he's a:



Cos-mos man

A cross to a flower!

Switch! Recycle

Ecological order



Cos-mos man

A cross to a flower!

Switch! Recycle

Ecological order

QUEEN LATIFAH lyrics - U. N.I. T.Y

Uh, U. N.I. T.Y., U. N.I. T.Y. that's a unity

U. N.I. T.Y., love a black man from infinity to infinity

(Who you calling a bitch?)



[Chorus:]

U. N.I. T.Y., U. N.I. T.Y. that's a unity (You gotta let him know)

(You go, come on here we go)

U. N.I. T.Y., Love a black woman from (You got to let him know)

infinity to infinity (You ain't a bitch or a ho)

U. N.I. T.Y., U. N.I. T.Y. that's a unity (You gotta let him know)

(You go, come on here we go)

U. N.I. T.Y., Love a black man from (You got to let him know)

infinity to infinity (You ain't a bitch or a ho)



Instinct leads me to another flow

Everytime I hear a brother call a girl a bitch or a ho

Trying to make a sister feel low

You know all of that gots to go

Now everybody knows there's exceptions to this rule

Now don't be getting mad, when we playing, it's cool

But don't you be calling out my name

I bring wrath to those who disrespect me like a dame

That's why I'm talking, one day I was walking down the block

I had my cutoff shorts on right cause it was crazy hot

I walked past these dudes when they passed me

One of 'em felt my booty, he was nasty

I turned around red, somebody was catching the wrath

Then the little one said (Yeah me bitch) and laughed

Since he was with his boys he tried to break fly

Huh, I punched him dead in his eye and said "Who you calling a bitch?"



(Here we go)

[Chorus]



I hit the bottom, there ain't nowhere else to go but up

Bad days at work, give you an attitude then you were rough

And take it out on me but that's about enough

You put your hands on me again I'll put your ass in handcuffs

I guess I fell so deep in love I grew dependency

I was too blind to see just how it was affecting me

All I knew was you, you was all the man I had

And I was scared to let you go, even though you treated me bad

But I don't want my kids to see me getting beat down

By daddy smacking mommy all around

You say I'm nothing without ya, but I'm nothing with ya

A man don't really love you if he hits ya

This is my notice to the door, I'm not taking it no more

I'm not your personal whore, that's not what I'm here for

And nothing good gonna come to ya til you do right by me

Brother you wait and see (Who you calling a bitch?)



(Here we go)

[Chorus]



What's going on in your mind is what I ask ya

But like Yo-Yo, you don't hear me though

You wear a rag around your head and you call yourself

A "Gangsta Bitch" now that you saw Apache's video

I saw you wilding, acting like a fool

I peeped you out the window jumping girls after school

But where did all of this come from?

A minute ago, you was a nerd and nobody ever heard of ya

Now you a wannabe... hard

You barely know your ABC's, please

There's plenty of people out there with triggers ready to pull it

Why you trying to jump in front of the bullet (Young lady)

Uh, and real bad girls are the silent type

Ain't none of this work getting your face sliced

Cause that's what happened to your homegirl, right? Bucking with nobody

She got to wear that for life (Who you calling a bitch?)



(Here we go)

[Chorus]

DEAN MARTIN lyrics - Goodnight, My Love

Goodnight, my love

The tired old moon is descending

Goodnight, my love

My moment with you is now ending



It was so heavenly

Holding you close to me

It will be heavenly

To hold you again in a dream



The stars above

Have promised to meet us tomorrow

Til then my love

How dreary the new day will seem

So for the present dear

We'll have to part

Sleep tight, my love

Goodnight, my love

Remember that you're mine, sweetheart



Sleep tight, my love

Goodnight, my love

Remember that you're mine, sweetheart

GILBERT O'SULLIVAN lyrics - Not So Great Britain

Take one policeman whose job is tough

Investigating a cover-up

Looks to his colleagues for support

Gets accused of nothing has to leave the force

Not so Great Britain

Not So Great Britain

Not So Great

And who knows why



We pride ourselves on our sporting name

Soccer after all is our national game



And in Europe our teams are banned

It's not the players they don't like

It's the fans

Not so Great Britain

Not So Great Britain

Not So Great

And who knows why



It's the land of hope and glory

Where every school is preparatory (early)

No wonder on election night

Tories always win outright



I was taught at school it's wrong to tell lies

That golden rule it seems no longer applies

Next time your teacher says you lied here's proof

Just say you're being economical with the truth

Not so Great Britain

Not So Great Britain

Not So Great

And who knows why



In the kingdom of Jackanory

Where every picture it sells a story

Woe is me what have we done

Goodbye Hong Kong it's been fun



I know how I feel when a child is sick

You want to treat it and treat it quick

But what's going to happen when the doctor

Says

We'd love to treat you but we have no beds

Not so Great Britain

Not So Great Britain

Not So Great

And who knows why



So great in so many ways

But not in others

So cool nobody's fool

Like any other

BOB MARLEY lyrics - Iron, Lion, Zion

I am on the rock and then I check a stock

I have to run like a fugitive to save the life I live

I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion (repeat)

Iron Lion Zion

I'm on the run but I ain't got no gun

See they want to be the star

So they fighting tribal war

And they saying Iron like a Lion in Zion

Iron like a Lion in Zion,

Iron Lion Zion



I'm on the rock, (running and you running)

I take a stock, (running like a fugitive)

I had to run like a fugitive just to save the life I live

I'm gonna be Iron like a Lion in Zion (repeat)

Iron Lion Zion, Iron Lion Zion, Iron Lion Zion

Iron like a Lion in Zion, Iron like a Lion in Zion

Iron like a Lion in Zion

JOHN (COUGAR) MELLENCAMP lyrics - For The Children

(John Mellencamp)



I wish I could give you an answer

As to when life really begins

I wish I could tell you where we went

When our days here come to an end

Wish I could see the future

The same way I see the past

Wish I could draw a conclusion

Why nothing here seems to last



I can't even make a guess

Or an uneducated thought

All I can do here is my best

And be thankful for what we've got



Why do so many suffer

Oppressed to the end of time

Why does freedom move so slowly

Unable to speak its mind

Some say it's a circle

Others think we live on the wing

Why are promises broken

And some think life don't mean a thing



I can't even make a guess

Or an uneducated thought

All I can do here is my best

And be thankful for what we've got



I hope you can be a child of life

With big dreams for everyone

And know that dying's as natural as birth

And our troubles here they don't last long

I have worried about many things

Most of which did not come to pass

Hope you find someone to give you love

And that your love will last



I can't even make a guess

Or an uneducated thought

All I can do here is my best

And be thankful for what we've got

We've got...

PRINCE lyrics - Wedding Feast

"Brother dear brother, I came as quickly as I could

The Digital Haze is broken, The Banished Ones r gone 4 good, gone 4 good"



Now there must b a wedding

Now there must b a feast

A feast, a feast

A smorgasbord at least

A brunch, a munch

Of cake if just a piece



Not just a vat of chitlins

Or turkey meat u c

We r what we eat

So we must eat a leaf

We'll dine under a tree

Unless it snows!

THE KINKS lyrics - Powerman

I know a man, he's a powerful man

He's got the people in his power

In the palm of his hand.

He started at the bottom and he worked his way up

Now he's never going to stop

Until he reaches the top.

It's the same old story, it's the same old dream,

It's power man, power man, and all that it can bring.

If you want your money, you better stand in the line

'Cos you'll only end up picking up nickels and dimes.

You call him names and he sits and grins

'Cos everybody else is just a sucker to him.

And he's got my money, but I've got my faith

And powerman, powerman, I'll never be your slave.

It's the same old story, it's the same old game

It's power man, power man, driving me insane

People tried to conquer the world Napoleon and Genghis Khan

Hitler tried and Mussolini too

Powerman don't need to fight, powerman don't need no guns

Powerman got money on his side

Well I'm not rich and I'm not free

But I've got my girl and she got me

He's got my money and my publishing rights

But I've got my girl and I'm alright

And she got me going, and she keeps me sane

But powerman, powerman, got money on the brain

It's the same old story it's the same old game

Powerman, powerman driving me insane

JAMES TAYLOR lyrics - Suite For 20G

Slipping away, what can I say, won't you stay inside me, month of May?

And hold on to me golden days, slipping away.

Sunshine on my wall to keep my mind on the things I'm saying.

Footsteps in the hall to tell me I've been this way before, nevermore.

Let it rain, sweet Mary Jane, let it wash your love down all around me,

come inside and put it down, let it rain.



I've been trying hard to find a way to let you know that we can make it shine most all the time.

This time round I'm searching down to where I used to go,

and it's been on my mind to make it shine



You can say I wanna be free, I can say someday I will be.



You can say I wanna be free, I can say someday I will be.



When I catch a common cold, wanna hear a saxophone.

When I let the good times roll, baby, slide me a bass trombone

Walk me down old Funky Street

Lord knows I feel good enough to eat (now)

Hold my soul. Now, I'm sure enough fond of my rock 'n roll



When I go to sleep at night, wanna hear a slide guitar.

When I'm feeling loose and right, go riding in my automobile.

Boney Maroney and Peggy Sue, got the rocking pneumonia, got the boogy-woogy flu, hey,

hold my soul, said I'm sure enough fond of my rock 'n roll, good God!

Looky here, looky here, woo!

A. C. REED lyrics - You're Going To Miss Me

(Aaron Carthen Reed)



I know little gal, you gon' miss me

I know, darlin' you gon' cry

When it's all over, you might wanna die-i



I know, gonna have tears in your eye-eyes

You'll be lonely an' really won't know why-i

When it's all over, you might wanna die-i



When you left me little girl, you only hurt yourself

When you left me darlin', you only hurt yourself

But now it's all over, there's nothin' else left

Ooh



Woman! Woman! Woman! Woman!



Oh! Hey! Yeah! Oh!



I know little gal, gonna have tears in your eye-eyes

You'll be lonely, woman, but you won't know why

But when it's all over, you might wanna cry



Now listen girl



When you left me now, you know you hurt yourself (real bad!)

When you walked out on me little gal, only hurt yourself

But now it's all over woman, there's nothing else left



Ooh, Look out gal!



Woman! woman! woman! woman!

Fading:

Woman! woman!

EURYTHMICS lyrics - Take Me To Your Heart

Time after time

I try to contact you

Time after time

I try to talk to you

But you don't take me to your heart



When I'm alone

I think you're near me

It's good to pretend

That you're with me

Why don't you take me to your heart

GEORGE STRAIT lyrics - The Road Less Traveled

There's a road a winding road that never ends

Full of curves lessons learned at every bend

Goin's rough unlike the straight and narrow

It's for those who go against the grain

Have no fear dare to dream of a change live to march to the beat of a

Different drummer

And it all might come together

And it all might unraveled

On the road less traveled



For the road less traveled ain't for the faint of heart

For those who choose to play it safe and never stray too far

Me I want to live my life and one day leave my mark

And it all might come together

And it all come unraveled

On the road less traveled



I've chosen a pathway I may not endure

One thing's for certain nothing for sure

And it all might come together

And it all might come unraveled

On the road less traveled



For the road less traveled ain't for the faint of heart

For those who choose to play it safe and never stray too far

Me I want to live my life and one day leave my mark

And it all might come together

And it all come unraveled

On the road less traveled



There's a road winding road that never ends

W. A.S. P. lyrics - Scared To Death

Grit your teeth and listen for the gun

Get in the runners block and kneel

And run the human race

That decadent decathalon

Let the games begin for real



Stop scaring me-it's bedlam in paradise

Stop I can't see-nowhere I can hide

Scared to run, this monstrous marathon of fear



I run the races with a dark horse to win

Across a finish line of fear

I swim a sea of skin, afraid to drown in flesh

X-generation, revolutions here



Scared to have sex-I don't wanna die

Scared I'll be next-I'm scared for my life

Dying to live, but there ain't no way outta here alive



All we're all scared there's

Nowhere to run-I'm scared to death

Nowhere to hide-scared I'll be next

Oh-stop, stop, stop, stop

Nowhere to run-I'm scared to death

Nowhere to hide-scared I'll be next

Oh-stop, stop, stop, stop



Am I a prisoner of the universe?

Is destiny fixed among the stars?

Should I cry or laugh?

All I know is that

The best time to laugh is any time you can



Life's one big party-thrown here by God

We all get invitations-if we want them or not

It's all truth or dare and nothing is fair

No no no

We're all scared there's

Oh, it's the decade of fear

No way out of here, no, no, no

No, no, no - no, no, no - no, no, no

Oh scream in my ears

Oh stop what I hear, no, no, no

No, no, no - no, no, no - no, no, no