MARK KNOPFLER lyrics - What It Is

The Drinking Dens Are Spilling Out

There's Staggering In The Square

There's Lads And Lasses Falling About

And A Crackling In The Air

Down Around The Dungeon Doors

The Shelters And The Queues

Everybody's Looking For

Somebody's Arms To Fall Into

And It's What It Is

It's What It Is Now



There's Frost On The Graves And The Monuments

But The Taverns Are Warm In Town

People Curse The Government

And Shovel Hot Food Down

The Lights Are Out In City Hall

The Castle And The Keep

The Moon Shines Down Upon It All

The Legless And Asleep



And It's Cold On The Tollgate

With The Wagons Creeping Through

Cold On The Tollgate

God Knows What I Could Do With You

And It's What It Is

It's What It Is Now



The Garrison Sleeps In The Citadel

With The Ghosts And The Ancient Stones

High Up On The Parapet

A Scottish Piper Stands Alone

And High On The Wind

The Highland Drums Begin To Roll

And Something From The Past Just Comes

And Stares Into My Soul



And It's Cold On The Tollgate

With The Caledonian Blues

Cold On The Tollgate

God Knows What I Could Do With You

And It's What It Is

It's What It Is Now

What It Is

It's What It Is Now



There's A Chink Of Light, There's A Burning Wick

There's A Lantern In The Tower

Wee Willie Winkie With A Candlestick

Still Writing Songs In The Wee Wee Hours

On Charlotte Street I Take

A Walking Stick From My Hotel

The Ghost Of Dirty Dick

Is Still In Search Of Little Nell

And It's What It Is

It's What It Is Now

Oh It's What It Is

What It Is Now

CROSBY & NASH lyrics - To The Last Whale

[Critical Mass / Wind On The Water]



Over the years you have been hunted

by the men who throw harpoons

And in the long run he will kill you

jus to feed the pets we raise,

put the flowers in your vase

and make the lipstick for your face.



Over the years you swam the ocean

Following feelings of your own

Now you are washed up on the shoreline

I can see your body lie

It's a shame you have to die

to put the shadow on our eye



Maybe we'll go,

Maybe we'll disappear

It's not that we don't know,

It's just that we don't want to care.

Under the bridge

Over the foam

Wind on the water,

Carry me home.

JONI MITCHELL lyrics - The Crazy Cries Of Love

It was a dark and a stormy night

Everyone was at the wing-ding

They weren't the wing-ding type

So they went up on the train bridge

Where the weather was howling

And oh, oh, my my

When that train comes rolling by

No paper thin walls, no folks above

No one else can hear

The crazy cries of love



They were laughing, they were dancing in the rain

They knew their love was a strong one

When they heard the far off whistle of a train

They were hoping it was going to be a long one

Cuz oh, oh, my my

When that train comes rolling by

No paper thin walls, no folks above

No one else can hear

The crazy cries of love



In the back booth of an all night cafe

Two dripping raincoats are hanging

Outside in the weather

The shade on the streetlight is clanging

And they smile ear to ear and eye to eye

Ice cream is melting on a piece of pie

Oh, my my

No one else can hear

The cries of love



Every kiss was sweet and strong

Every touch was totally tandem

As the train come a-rumbling along

They sang a lover's song of wild abandon

And oh, oh, my my

When that train comes rolling by

No paper thin walls, no folks above

No one else can hear

The crazy cries of love

No paper thin walls, no folks above

No one else can hear

The crazy cries of love

THE FOUR TOPS WITH THE SUPREMES lyrics - Stone Soul Picnic

Can you surry, can you picnic

Can you surry, can you picnic c'mon c'mon and

Surrey down to a stoned soul picnic

Surrey down to a stoned soul picnic

There'll be lots of time and wine



Red yellow honey sassafrass and moonshines

Red yellow honey sassafrass and moonshines



Stoned soul

C'mon c'mon and



Surrey down to a stoned soul picnic

Surrey down to a stoned soul picnic

Rain and sun come in again



And from the sky come the lord and the lightning

And from the sky come the lord and the lightning



Stoned soul, surry on soul

Surry surry surry surry



There'll be trains of blossom

(there'll be trains of blossom)

There'll be trains of music

(there'll be music)

There'll be trains of trust

Trains of golden dust

Come along surry on sweet train of gold

Surry on down

Can you surry

Can you surry



Surry down to a stoned soul picnic

(can you surry, can you picnic)

Surry down to a stoned soul picnic

There'll be lots of time and wine

Red yellow honey sassafrass and moonshines

Red yellow honey sassafrass and moonshines

Stoned soul yeah

Surry on soul

Surry surry surry surry

Surry surry surry surry

VANESSA PARADIS lyrics - Dis-Lui Toi Que Je T'Aime

Dis-lui toi que je t'aime

Ou programme-moi sur I. B.M.

Je n'aimerais pas le blesser

Je m'rends compte que pour compte nous l'avons laisse

Dis-lui toi que je t'aime

Et qu'il se branche sur la F. M.

Alors il pourra me capter

Ou bien c'est qu'il est completement disjoncte

Je n'peux pas les yeux

Dans les yeux

Balancer ca

Il ne me croirait pas

Je n'veux pas annoncer la couleur

Entre toi et moi

Je vois l'emoi

Quand il comprendra sa douleur

Je n'sais pas

Ce que tu dois

Faire pour etre le seul double de moi

Dis-lui toi que je t'aime

C'est toujours le meme dilemme

Un jour ou toujours qui sait

Combien de mois d'emoi cela va durer

Dis-lui toi que je t'aime

Entre l'amour l'amour et la haine

Question de pleins et de delies

Qui sait combien de temps cela va durer

Dis-lui dis-lui redis-lui quand meme

Dedie-lui ce poeme

C'est le never more jamais a plus jamais

Dis-lui toi que je t'aime

Bien sur on en revient toujours au meme

Theme insoluble c'est vrai

C'est toi que j'aime

C'est toi que j'aime

Pour de vrai

JOHN PRINE lyrics - Death Of Floyd Collins

(Irene Spain, Andrew Jeakins)



Oh, come all ye young people and listen while I tell,

The fate of Floyd Collins, the lad we all knew well,

His face was fair and handsome, his heart was true and brave,

His body now lies sleeping in a lonely sandstone cave.

Oh, mother don't you worry, dear father don't' be sad,

I'll tell you all my troubles in an awful dream I had,

I dreamed I was a prisoner, my life I could not save,

I cried "Oh must I perish within this silent cave.



The rescue party labored, they worked both night and day,

To move the mighty barrier that stood within their way,

To rescue Floyd Collins, it was their battle cry,

"We'll never, no we'll never, let Floyd Collins die."



But on that fateful morning, the sun rose in the sky,

The workers still were busy, "we'll save him by and by,"

But oh how sad the ending, his life could not be saved,

His body was then sleeping in the lonely sandstone cave.



Young people, all take warning from Floyd Collin's fate,

And get right with your maker before it is too late.



It may not be a Sand Cave in which we find our tomb,

But on that day of judgment, we too must meet our doom.

BONNIE RAITT lyrics - I Feel The Same

Say goodbye,

Well I know it's true.

I know you're leaving me but i,

I'm leaving too.

You won't forget me,

Or the sound of my name.

Please believe me,

I feel the same.



It seems so empty now.

Clo-ose the door.

Ain't it hard to believe that you ever,

Lived this way before.

All that nothing,

Causes all that pain.

Please believe me,

I feel the same.



[Guitar break]



Well this broken soul,

That I know a, a heart that's breakin'.

You can't make it whole

Until you know what has been taken.

And all those pieces,

Uh that you find them all your own.

[Guitar fills in the missing tag lyric]



I said goodbye.

Now you know it's true.

You said you're leaving me, but honey i,

I'm leaving too.

You won't forget me

Or the sound of my name.

Please believe me,

I feel the same.

Please believe me,

I feel the same.



[Guitar break, and fade]

JEFF BECK lyrics - Blues Deluxe

I don't know too much about love, people,

But I sure think I've got it bad.

I don't know too much about love, people,

But I sure think I've got it bad.

Some people say love is just a gamble.

But whatever it is, it's about to drive poor me mad.



I sit here in my lonely room,

Tears flowing down my eyes.

As I sit here in my lonely room,

Tears flowing on down my eyes,

I wonder how you could treat me so low-down and dirty.

You know what? Your heart must be made out of iron,

And it ain't no lie.



Sometimes, I get so worried, people,

I could just sit right down and cry.

Sometimes, I get so worried, people,

You know I could sit right down and cry.

Because I don't know too much about love, people,

But I sure think I've got it bad.

INXS lyrics - Fair Weather Ahead

There's this place full of mountain heads

Living and chewing on the fat

Built upon the hazy plan

Like foundations slipping through the sand



Long teeth and whiskers like a rat

Fearing only those present

They got zero emotion

And everybody's fed up with that



Warm outside but very cold within

Followed and praised for many years

They got all the promotions

Isn't that the way it's always been



History's written always red

It's pages are painful and clear

It's so full of devotion

Makes you wonder where it could have led



Put the lights out, fair weather ahead

These strange new creatures

Aha, they won't be led

MOTORHEAD lyrics - It's A Long Way To The Top

Drivin' down the highway

Goin' to a show

Stoppin' on the by-way

Playin' rock 'n' roll

Gettin' mauled

Gettin' stoned

Gettin' beaten

Broken boned

Gettin' had

Gettin' took

I tell you folks

It's harder than it looks



It's a long way to the top

If you wanna rock 'n' roll

It's a long way to the top

If you wanna rock 'n' roll

If you think it's easy doin' one night stands

Try playin' in a rock 'n' roll band

It's a long way to the top

If you wanna rock 'n' roll



Hotel, motel

Make you wanna cry

Ladies on the hard sell

You know the reason why

Gettin' old

Gettin' grey

Gettin' ripped off

Under-paid

Gettin' sold

Second hand

That's how it goes

Playin' in a band



It's a long way to the top

If you wanna rock 'n' roll

Listen to me

It's a long way to the top

If you wanna rock 'n' roll

If you wanna be a star of stage and screen

Look out honey, it's rough and it's mean

It's a long way to the top

If you wanna rock 'n' roll

MANFRED MANN'S EARTH BAND lyrics - Redemption Song (No Kwazulu)

(No Kwazulu, No Kwazulu)

(No Boputatswana)

(No Lebowa). Repeat

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery

None but ourselves can free our minds

Have no fear for atomic energy

For none of them can stop the time

How long shell they kill our prophets

While we stand aside and look

Some say it's just a part of it

We've got to fulfill the book



CHORUS



So won't you help to sing (No Kwazulu)

These songs of freedom (No boputatswana)

'Cause all I ever hear (No Transkei)

Is Redemption Song



Soldiers march their freedom

Out into the city streats

And though it seems like a loosing battle

These can be no retreat



CHORUS

CAROLE KING lyrics - Really Rosie

I'm really Rosie

And I'm Rosie Real

You better believe me

I'm a great big deal!



BELIEVE ME!



I'm a star from afar

Off the golden coast

Beat the drum! Make that toast!

To Rosie the Most!



BELIEVE ME!



I can sing

Tea for Two and Two for Tea

I can act

To be or not to be

I can tap

Across the Tappan Zee

Hey, can't you see?

I'm terrific at everything!

No star shines so bright as me - Rosie!



BELIEVE ME!



I'm Really Rosie

I'm Rosie Real

I'm Really Rosie



BELIEVE ME!

JERMAINE JACKSON lyrics - A Lover's Holiday

When I'm in love

I do it right

One on one

All thru the night

Ooh I take my time

And work it slow

You've been whipped

Before you know

Cause these arms

There's ectasy

Once we've touched

You're history

Ooh imagine baby

You'll lose control

When we make love

Away we go



[Chorus:]

The whole world is ours tonight

We can do what we want to

Just tell me your delight

Girl I'll steal your heart

Take your breath away

Take you on a lovers holiday

We can't stop now

While we're in flight

We can't turn back

It feels too right, ooh

Our destinations, not far away

In just one minute...a holiday now



As we're coming down baby

Hold me close cause I'm not through and

There won't be no ground baby

I'm a work it, I'm a whack it, til you like it

Up up up and away and away we go



[Chorus]



Our destination is not far away

We're one minute from a holiday

The whole wide world is ours tonight

Can't turn back it feels so right

Come on pretty baby just fly with me

I'll take you to a place where you oughta be

Ooh baby just you and me

In ectasy



As we're coming down baby

Hold me close cause I'm not through and

There won't be no ground baby

I'm a work it I'm a whak it, til you like it

Up up up and away and away we go



[Chorus]

PETE SEEGER lyrics - Those Three Are On My Mind

I think of Andy in the cold wet clay

Those three are on my mind

With his comrades down beside him

On that brutal day

Those three are on my mind



There lays young James in his mortal pain

Those three are on my mind

So I ask the killers can you see those three again

Those three are on my mind



I see dark eyed Michael

With his dark eyed bride

Those three are on my mind

And three proud mothers

Weeping side by side

Those three are on my mind



But I'm grieving yet

And for some the sky is bright

I cannot give up hoping

For a morning light

So I ask the killers do you sleep at night

Those three are on my mind



I see tin roof shanties

Where my brothers live

Those three are on my mind

And the little burnt out churches

Where they sing we forgive

Those three are on my mind



I know of Tom Paine's Water Tree

I know the price of liberty

Now I ask the question that is deep inside of me

Did they also burn the courthouse

When they killed those three

Those three are on my mind

Those three are on my mind

Those three are on my mind

SUPERTRAMP lyrics - Cannonball

You're tellin' lies, so don't you criticize

Yeah I got used, all messed up and abused

You let me down, with all your runnin' round

Still you pretend and try to call me friend



don't say a word, I know just what I heard

Yeah you've been loose, you just go no excuse

Just feel my rage, why can't you come of age?



I felt it all, just like a cannonball



Then you got mad, you said that I'm all bad

So what's the use, you lied and that's the truth

You took the key and drove right out on me

I never knew, put all my trust in you



OK that's it, I'm leaving now, I quit

I was unwise, so don't apologize

I paid the price, for taking your advice

I felt it all, just like a cannonball



You can say what you want all day

But I've never been so outraged

I'm washing my hands of you

How could you be so untrue

You know I can't stand no more

You know I can't stand no more

KARLA BONOFF lyrics - Personally

I've been writin' letters everyday now

Since you've been gone

Talkin' to you on the telephone

For what seems like a whole life long

I've got something to give you

That the mailman can't deliver

I can't mail it in

I can't phone it in

I can't send it in

Even by your closest kin



I'm bringing it to you

Personally, personally

Personally, yeah, yeah

I'm bringing it to you

Personally, personally

Personally, yeah, yeah



There's nothin' like the feelin' I get

Oooh, when you touch me baby

There's nothin' like the feelin' you get

When I'm there with you, oooh love

I've got something to give you

The mailman can't deliver

I can't mail it in

I can't phone it in

I can't send it in

Even by your closest friend



I'm bringing it to you

Personally, personally

Personally, yeah, yeah

I'm bringing it to you

Personally, personally

Personally, yeah, yeah



[Instrumental Interlude]



But I've got somethin' to give you

That the mailman can't deliver

I can't mail it in

I can't phone it in

I can't send it in

Even by your closest friend



I'm bringing it to you

Personally, personally

Personally, yeah, yeah

I'm bringing it to you

Personally, personally

Personally, yeah, yeah



I'm bringing it to you

Personally, personally

Personally, yeah, yeah

Oooh, I'm bringing it to you

I'm bringing it to you

RICHARD THOMPSON lyrics - Meet On The Ledge

(Richard Thompson)



We used to say "There'd come the day we'd all be making songs

Or finding better words" These ideas never lasted long



The way is up along the road, the air is growing thin

Too many friends who tried, blown off this mountain with the wind



Meet on the ledge, we're going to meet on the ledge

When my time is up, I'm going to see all my friends

Meet on the ledge, we're going to meet on the ledge

If you really mean it, it all comes around again



Yet now I see, I'm all alone, but that's the only way to be

You'll have your chance again, then you can do the work for me



Meet on the ledge, we're going to meet on the ledge

When my time is up, I'm going to see all my friends

Meet on the ledge, we're going to meet on the ledge

If you really mean it, it all comes around again

Meet on the ledge, we're going to meet on the ledge

When my time is up, I'm going to see all my friends

Meet on the ledge, we're going to meet on the ledge

If you really mean it, it all comes around again

THE ROLLING STONES lyrics - Worried About You

(M. Jagger/K. Richards)



Sometime I wonder why you do these things to me

Sometime I worry girl that you ain't in love with me

Sometime I stay out late, yeah I'm having fun

Yes, I guess you know by now you ain't the only one

Baby, sweet things that you promised me babe

Seemed to go up in smoke

Yeah, vanish like a dream

I wonder why you do these things to me

Cause I'm worried

I just can't seem to find my way, baby

Ooh, the nights I spent just waiting on the sun

Just like your burned out cigarette

You threw away my love

Why did you do that baby

I wonder why, why you do these things to me

I'm worried

Lord, I'll find out anyway

Sure going to find myself a girl someday

Till then I'm worried

Yeah, I just can't seem to find my way

Yeah, I'm a hard working man

When did I ever do you wrong?

Yeah, I get all my money baby

Bring it, bring it all home

Yeah, I'm telling the truth

Sweet things, sweet things that you promised me

Well I'm worried, I just can't seem to find my way, baby

I'm worried about you

I'm worried about you

Tell you something now

Worried 'bout you, child

Worried 'bout you, woman

Yeah, I'm worried

Lord, I'll find out anyway

Sure as Hell I'm going to find that girl someday

Till then I'm worried

Lord, I just can't seem to find my way

THE RAMONES lyrics - Punishment Fits The Crime

I hear the bells of freedom chiming

And inside my heart I feel I'm dying

Wise guys never compromise

They they loose their rights and they act surprised

Jail really cuts ya down to size



Let the punishment fit the crime

The footprints on (the sign the time)

The philosophy of (warish crime)

Make a man humble in his prime



You can go up, down, or sideways

Be on Death Row, counting the days

They say the answers are blowin' in the wind

And to take yourself out would really be a sin

You just have to cope and start over again



Let the punishment fit the crime

The footprints on (the sign the time)

The philosophy of (warish crime)

Make a man humble in his prime



Little child cries in his sleep

And life makes promises it can't keep

And then you had, had enough

You realize somehow, someway

Your destiny was planned from the very first day



Let the punishment fit the crime

The footprints on (the sign the time)

The philosophy of (warish crime)

Make a man humble in his prime



Let the punishment fit the crime

FRANK ZAPPA lyrics - Too Ugly For Show Business

[Guitar solo from King Kong

Berkeley Community Theater

December 10, 1981



FZ LES PAUL CUSTOM

Ray White rhythm guitar

Steve Vai stunt guitar

Tommy Mars keyboards

Bobby Martin keyboards

Ed Mann percussion

Scott Thunes bass

Chad Wackerman drums]

THE J. GEILS BAND lyrics - Centerfold

Does she walk

Does she talk

Does she come complete

My homeroom, homeroom angel

Always pulled me from my seat



She was pure like snowflakes

No one could ever stain

The memory of my angel

Could never cause me pain



Years go by

I'm lookin' through a girly magazine

And there's my homeroom angel

On the pages in-between



My blood runs cold

My memory has just been sold

My angel is the centerfold

Angel is the centerfold



My blood runs cold

My memory has just been sold

Angel is the centerfold



Slipped me notes under the desk

While I was thinkin' about her dress

I was shy I turned away

Before she caught my eye



I was shakin' in my shoes

Whenever she flashed those baby-blues

Something had a hold on me

When angel passed close by



Those soft and fuzzy sweaters

Too magical to touch

Too see her in that negligee

Is really just too much



My blood runs cold

My memory has just been sold

My angel is the centerfold

Angel is the centerfold



My blood runs cold

My memory has just been sold

Oh, yeah

Angel is the centerfold



It's okay I understand

This ain't no never-never land

I hope that when this issue's gone

I'll see you when your clothes are on



Take you car

Yes we will

We'll take your car and drive it

We'll take it to a motel room

And take 'em off in private



A part of me has just been ripped

The pages from my mind are stripped

Oh no, I can't deny it

Oh yeah, I guess I gotta buy it



My blood runs cold

My memory has just been sold

My angel is the centerfold

Angel is the centerfold



My blood runs cold

My memory has just been sold

My Angel is the centerfold

PERRY COMO lyrics - You're Just In Love

I hear singing and there's no one there

I smell blossoms and the trees are bare

All day long I seem to walk on air

I wonder why, I wonder why

I keep tossing in my sleep at night

And what's more I've lost my appetite

Stars that used to twinkle in the skies

Are twinkling in my eyes I wonder why



(You don't need analyzing

It is not so surprising

That you feel very strange but nice

Your heart goes pitter patter

I know just what's the matter

Because I've been there once or twice

Put your head on my shoulder

You need someone who's older

A rub down with a velvet glove

There is nothing you can take

To relieve that pleasant ache

You're not sick, you're just in love)



I hear singing and there's no one there

(You don't need analyzing)

(It is not so surprising)

I smell blossoms and the trees are bare

(That you feel very strange but nice)

All day long I seem to walk on air

(Your heart goes pitter patter)

(I know just what's the matter)

(That you feel very strange but nice)

I wonder why, I wonder why

(Because I've been there once or twice)

I keep tossing in my sleep at night

(With your head on my shoulder)

(You need someone who's older)

And what's more I've lost my appetite

(A rub down with a velvet glove)

Stars that used to twinkle in the skies

(There is nothing you can take)

Are twinkling in my eyes

(To relieve that pleasant ache)

I wonder why

(You're not sick you're just in love)

(And I know why)

And I know why



We're just in love

THE CURE lyrics - Burn

"Don't look don't look" the shadows breathe

Whispering me away from you

"Don't wake at night to watch her sleep

You know that you will always lose

This trembling

Adored

Tousled bird mad girl... "

But every night I burn

But every night I call your name

Every night I burn

Every night I fall again



"Oh don't talk of love" the shadows purr

Murmuring me away from you

"Don't talk of worlds that never were

The end is all that's ever true

There's nothing you can ever say

Nothing you can ever do... "

Still every night I burn

Every night I scream your name

Every night I burn

Every night the dream's the same

Every night I burn

Waiting for my only friend

Every night I burn

Waiting for the world to end



"Just paint your face" the shadows smile

Slipping me away from you

"Oh it doesn't matter how you hide

Find you if we're wanting to

So slide back down and close your eyes

Sleep a while

You must be tired... "

But every night I burn

Every night I call your name

Every night I burn

Every night I fall again

Every night I burn

Scream the animal scream

Every night I burn

Dream the crow black dream



Dream the crow black dream...

JIMMIE VAUGHAN lyrics - I'm Leaving It Up To You

(Don "Sugarcane" Harris/Dewey Terry)



[Originally by Don & Dewey]



I'm leavin' it all up to you-ooh-ooh

You decide what you're gonna do

Now do you want my lo-o-ove?

Or are we through?



That's why I'm leaving it up to you-ooh-ooh

You decide what you're gonna do

Now do you want my lo-o-ove?

Or are we through?



My heart in my hand

I-I don't understand

Baby, what, what have I done wrong?

I worship, I worship the ground that you walk on



That's why I'm leavin' it up to you-ooh-ooh

You decide what you're gonna do

Now do you want my lo-o-ove?

Or are we through?

PRINCE lyrics - Right Back Here In My Arms

["Cuz that's my only mission" sample repeats in song]



Oh baby

(Right back here in my arms) [x2]

Right back here, yeah



Don't want U 2 write me no letters

Don't want U callin' my farm

I just want U, I just want U

I just want U right back here in my arms

Alright



I ain't checkin' 4 the sweet talk, baby (Right)

Talkin' 'bout how U're missin' my charms (Right)

I just want U, I just want U

I just want U right back here in my arms ("That's my only mission")

I just want U, I just want U

I just want U right back here in my arms



(Right back here in my arms)

Oh baby

(Right back here in my arms)

Oh baby



I know U got a lot on your mind (Right)

That's why I wanna give U some time (Right)

Till I get 2, till I get 2

Till I get 2 hug that body so fine



I know U need a little space, just a little

That's why I ain't showin' my face (Right)

I just want U, I just want U

I just want U right back here in my arms



Oh baby

(Right back here in my arms)

(Right, right)

Right back in my arms (Right back here in my arms)

Right back, right back

Right back here in my arms

(Right) (Right back here in my arms)



No, no, no 2 the postman bringin' me letters

U know a brotha gonna feel much better

If he keep his mind on, U know, whatever

Anything as long as it is makin' it wetter

Cuz I can't stop thinkin' about what we do

There ought 2 be a law against the hoochie ooh! (Ooh!)

Can we groove? I don't wanna do U no harm

I just want U right back here in my arms



Oh baby (Right back here in my arms)



Don't want U 2 write me no letters

I just want U, I just want U

I just want U right back here in my arms



Ooh yeah, right back here in my arms

(Right back here in my arms)

I just want U right back here in my arms (Right)

Right back here in my arms

(Right back here in my arms) (Right)

Right back, right back (Right)

I'll try 2 write U back

(Right back here in my arms)

GEORGE MICHAEL lyrics - Last Christmas

[Chorus:]

Last Christmas

I gave you my heart

But the very next day you gave it away

This year

To save me from tears

I'll give it to someone special



[Chorus]



Once bitten and twice shy

I keep my distance

But you still catch my eye

Tell me baby

Do you recognize me?

Well

It's been a year

It doesn't surprise me

I wrapped it up and sent it

With a note saying "I love you"

I meant it

Now I know what a fool I've been

But if you kissed me now

I know you'd fool me again



[Chorus]



A crowded room

Friends with tired eyes

I'm hiding from you

And your soul of ice

My god I thought you were

Someone to rely on

Me?

I guess I was a shoulder to cry on



A face on a lover with a fire in his heart

A man under cover but you tore me apart

Now I've found a real love you'll never fool me again



[Chorus 2x]



A face on a lover with a fire in his heart

A man under cover buy you tore him apart

Maybe next year I'll give it to someone

I'll give it to someone special.

PRINCE lyrics - The Same December

Once was this ball with a line straight down the middle

One side was black and the other one white

And they both understood so little

That they spent their whole lives tryin' 2 tell each other what time it was

And all along it did not matter what either said

Because, because



U only know what u know

U only see what your heart will show

U only love when your soul remembers

We all come from the same December

And in the end that's where we'll go

So let's go



There once was a golden idol that went 2 the winners

Needless 2 say, it didn't make 'em feel any less a sinner

Cuz the very next mornin' the whole damn world was the same

Yes it was

The idol's still shinin' but the voice inside it said,

"There ain't no winners in this game"



U only know what u know

U only see what your heart will show

U only love when your soul remembers

We all come from the same December

And in the end that's where we'll go

So let's go



There once was an angel

Who most certainly watched over me

But if it got me through the day

Is it crazy?

Yeah, I'll be crazy



Until the demons fall as far as anyone can fall

When they reap what they done sowed, I'll be standin' tall

We spend our whole lives tryin' 2 dog the other man

When what we need 2 do is try to give him all we can



But, uh, u only know what u know

And, uh, u only see what your heart'll show

And, uh, u only love when your soul remembers

We all come from the same December

And in the end that's where we'll go

So let's go



Let's go

Let's go!

BAD COMPANY lyrics - If I'm Sleeping

I saw you 'cross the crowded room, you were lookin' my way

I don't believe in Lady Luck, or what the cards portray

But I could see your shining light, and I'm in disarray



Chorus:

If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up, if I'm sleeping

If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up, if I'm sleeping



I thought I'd better break the ice, and started moving your way

I lost direction, the room got crowded, so I must have gone astray

I still don't know how it happened, there's only me to blame



chorus



I don't understand it, what is happening, what is happening

It's not the way we planned it, what is happening, take it away



(Solo)



I don't understand it, what is happening, what is happening

It's not the way we planned it, what is happening, so take it away



chorus



If I'm sleeping, don't wake me up, if I'm sleeping, leave me alone

If I'm sleeping, if I'm sleeping, why don't you leave me alone...

TOM WAITS lyrics - So Long I'll See Ya

Mamas in the kitchen, Daddies on the phone

And nobody knows what's going on

But I've got those so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues

Well one for the money, two for the show

Three to get ready, Tom's gotta go

He's got them so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues

Well bye-bye-bye, well bye-bye-bye

Sing bye-bye Shooby-do-bye-bye

Gotta skeet-skat outta here, skeet-skat outta here

And mamas in the kitchen, daddies on the phone

And nobody knows what's going on

But I've got those so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues

Well Tommy's gotta skeet-skat, skeet-skat outta here

Skeet-skat right outta here

And one for the money, two for the show

Three to get ready, I gotta go

Cause I've got them

so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues

And skeet-skat outta here, gonna skeet-skat outta here,

Gonna skeet-skatJoutta here, gonna skeet-skat outta here

Got so long I'll see you cause my Buick's outside waiting blues

Gonna skeet-skat outta here, gonna skeet-skat outta here,

Gonna skeet-skatJoutta here, gonna skeet-skat outta here

I Got solongI'llseeyoucausemyBuick'soutsidewaitingblues

DEAD CAN DANCE lyrics - How Fortunate The Man With None

You saw sagacious Solomon

You know what came of him,

To him complexities seemed plain.

He cursed the hour that gave birth to him

And saw that everything was vain.

How great and wise was Solomon.

The world however did not wait

But soon observed what followed on.

It's wisdom that had brought him to this state.

How fortunate the man with none.



You saw courageous Caesar next

You know what he became.

They deified him in his life

Then had him murdered just the same.

And as they raised the fatal knife

How loud he cried: you too my son!

The world however did not wait

But soon observed what followed on.

It's courage that had brought him to that state.

How fortunate the man with none.



You heard of honest Socrates

The man who never lied:

They weren't so grateful as you'd think

Instead the rulers fixed to have him tried

And handed him the poisoned drink.

How honest was the people's noble son.

The world however did not wait

But soon observed what followed on.

It's honesty that brought him to that state.

How fortunate the man with none.



Here you can see respectable folk

Keeping to God's own laws.

So far he hasn't taken heed.

You who sit safe and warm indoors

Help to relieve out bitter need.

How virtuously we had begun.

The world however did not wait

But soon observed what followed on.

It's fear of god that brought us to that state.

How fortunate the man with none.

THE HOLLIES lyrics - Don't Let Me Down

(Clarke)



The sun is overshadowed by the presence of the moon

Night time has fallen she'll be comin' home soon

Leave the door wide open, ah, so she won't need a key

Lock it behind you baby draw the blinds so no-one can see

There's only one thing on my mind

Don't let don't let me down

Don't let don't let me down

My feelings are near the ground



Silence is golden, ah, for me there's just one choice

The music of your laughter, rippling of your voice

The freshness of the evergreen, ah, fades as if too shy

Can't compete with your beauty, couldn't if it tried

There's only one thing on my mind

Don't let, don't let me down

Don't let, don't let me down

My feelings are near the ground



Let's build something to climb on

Making the show a live one

No need for make-up let's be real

Give all in what your giving

Making life worth living

Being alive's how you should feel

Oh and don't let, don't let me down

My feelings are near the ground



Don't want the sun to be shining

Raising his eyebrows at the moon

Saying I told you so she wouldn't show

Well don't speak too soon

I hear her footsteps walking on the outer floor

Well it could be, I don't know, I don't know for sure

There's only one thing on my mind

Don't let, don't let me down

Don't let, don't let me down

My feelings are near the ground



Come on back, can't live without you

Come on back, (I need you, I need you, I) can't live without you

Come on back, (I want you, I want you, I)can't live without you

Come on back, (C'mon, c'mon, c'mon, I) can't live without you

Come on back, (I love you, I love you, I) can't live without you

Come on back, (I need you, I need you, I) can't live without you

ELLA FITZGERALD lyrics - Strike Up The Band

Let the drums roll out

Let the trumpet call

While the people shout

"Strike up the band"



Hear the cymbals ring

Callin' one and all

To the martial swing,

Strike up the band



There is work to be done, to be done

There's a war to be won, to be won

Come, you son of a son of a gun,

Take your stand



Fall in line, yea a bow

Come along, let's go

Hey, leader, strike up the band!



[Instrumental break]



There is work to be done, to be done

There's a war to be won, to be won

Come, you son of a son of a gun,

Take your stand



Fall in line, yea a bow

Come on, let's go

Hey, Leader, strike up

Hey, Leader, strike up

Hey, Leader, strike up the band

TOM WAITS lyrics - Shiver Me Timbers

I'm leavin' my fam'ly

Leavin' all my friends

My body's at home

But my heart's in the wind

Where the clouds are like headlines

On a new front page sky

My tears are salt water

And the moon's full and high



And I know Martin Eden's

Gonna be proud of me

And many before me

Who've been called by the sea

To be up in the crow's nest

Singin' my say

Shiver me Timbers

'Cause I'm a-sailin' away



And the fog's liftin'

And the sand's shiftin'

I'm driftin' on out

Ol' Captain Ahab

He ain't got nothin' on me, now.

So swallow me, don't follow me

I'm trav'lin' alone

Blue water's my daughter

'n I'm gonna skip like a stone



So please call my missus

Gotta tell her not to cry

'Cause my goodbye is written

By the moon in the sky

Hey and nobody knows me

I can't fathom my stayin'

Shiver me timbers

'Cause I'm a-sailin' away



And the fog's liftin'

And the sand's shiftin'

I'm driftin' on out

Ol' Captain Ahab

He ain't got nothin' on me

So come and swallow me, follow me

I'm trav'lin' alone

Blue water's my daughter

'n I'm gonna skip like a stone



And I'm leavin' my family

Leavin' all my friends

My body's at home

But my heart's in the wind

Where the clouds are like headlines

Upon a new front page sky

And shiver me timbers

'Cause I'm a-sailin' away

LUCINDA WILLIAMS lyrics - Drunken Angel

Sun came up it was another day

And the sun went down you were blown away

Why'd you let go of your guitar

Why'd you ever let it go that far

Drunken Angel

Could've held on to that long smooth neck

Let your hand remember every fret

Fingers touching each shiny string

But you let go of everything

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

You're on the other side

Drunken Angel

You're on the other side

Followers would cling to you

Hang around just to meet you

Some threw roses at your feet

And watch you pass out on the street

Drunken Angel

Feed you and pay off all your debts

Kiss your brow taste your sweat

Write about your soul your guts

Criticize you and wish you luck

Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

You're on the other side

Drunken Angel

You're on the other side



Some kind of savior singing the blues

A derelict in your duct tape shoes

Your orphan clothes and your long dark hair

Looking like you didn't care



Druken Angel

Blood spilled out from the hole in your heart

Over the strings of your guitar

The worn down places in the wood

That once made you feel so good

Druken Angel

Drunken Angel

You're on the other side

Drunken Angel

You're on the other side

Sun came up it was another day

And the sun went down you were blown away

Why'd you let go of your guitar

Why'd you ever let it go that far

Drunken Angel Drunken Angel

BOSTON lyrics - Hollyann

(Tom Scholz)



In my mind

I can see reminders of a past decay

So far behind

Like the shadows linger at the close of day.

And we could see

We were timeless dreamers of another day.

And we were free

In a dawning age we had so much to say.



Oooh, the nights you came to me

A bluejean lady so eager to be free.

And the wind in your long hair blowin' as we stood for the band.



Oh, Hollyann.



Hollyann

We made the dark into light.

We saw the wrong and the right.

We were for life

And we would never concede it.



Hollyann

We left the world behind

A million hands gave the sign.

We held the line light

Can you believe it?

Hollyann

Hollyann



We could live

Just to turn the world into our fantasy.

And we could give

Aquarius was really meant to be.



You and I we were there to see the dawn.

Side by side we had love to carry on.

And I still hear guitars in the air as we sat in the sand.



Oh, Hollyann



Hollyann

We made the dark into light.

We saw the wrong and the right.

We were for life

And we would never concede it.



Hollyann

We left the world behind

A million hands gave the sign.

We held the line `/light

Can you believe it?

Hollyann

ELVIS COSTELLO lyrics - Your Mind Is On Vacation / Your Funeral And My Trial

(Mose Allison/Sonny Boy Williamson)



I see you laughin'

Right in my face

I guess I'm gonna have to

Put you in your place



Because if silence was golden

You couldn't raise a dime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime



You're quoting figures

And dropping names

You're tellin' stories

About the dames

You're over-laughin'

When things ain't funny

You're tryin' to sound

Like you're the big money, honey



If talk was criminal

You'd lead a life of crime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime



Life is short, talk is cheap

Don't go makin' promises that you can't keep

If you don't like this little song I'm singin'

Just grin and bear it

All I can say is if the rich shoe fits, wear it



If you must keep talkin', please try to make it rhyme

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime



Well, I recall when we first met

It was on a Friday night

We spent two lovely hours together

And the world seemed all right

I'm beggin' you, baby, please stop that off-the-wall jive

'Cause if you don't treat me no better

It's gonna be your funeral and my trial



Well, the Lord made the world and everything that's in it

The way my baby loves me, it's a sign that it's it [?]

She can love to heal the sick, she can love to raise the dead

You might think that I'm jokin', you better believe what I said



I'm beggin' you, babe, please stop that off-the-wall jive

Oh, if you don't treat me no better

It's gonna be your funeral and my trial



I see you laughin'

Right in my face

I guess I'm gonna have to put you in your place

'Cause if talk was criminal

You'd lead a life of crime

Because your mind is on vacation

And your mouth is working overtime

J. J. CALE lyrics - Precious Memories

(Arrangement J. J. Cale)



Hell, I travel on life's pathways

Know not what the years may hold

Hell, I've wandered, oh, grows fonder

Precious memories flood my soul

Precious memories, how they linger

How they ever flood my soul

In the stillness of the midnight

Precious, sacred scenes unfold

GEORGE STRAIT lyrics - If It's Gonna Rain

If it's gonna rain I hope it pours

Thunder and lightning

Like never before

'cause that's how I feel

Here in my heart

If it's gonna rain

Let the stom start



If you're gonna leave go on and go

Don't even look back

When you hit the road

If that's how you feel

About you and me

Now's a good time

So go on and leave



I've never been one for doing

Something half the way

I've loved you with all my heart

But it's all been in vain



It's gonna hurt

Cut to the bone

Break my heart in two

When you move on

I'm gonna cry a river of tears

It's gonna rain and rain and rain

'Round here for years



I'm gonna cry a river of tears

It's gonna rain

Let the storm start

If it's gonna rain I hope it pours

ELVIS COSTELLO lyrics - After The Fall

In an anonymous rendezvous

Where the forbidden lovers repair

They're burning down another damn candle

They're melting the tables and chairs

Beneath them applause from the balcony

whenever they accomplished making love

Other times they thought they heard laughter

Coming from the balcony above



[Chorus:]

She lies to his right and she carelessly recites

All of her brand new appetites

She seems brittle and small, it don't sound like her at all

Since she came back to him after the fall



She said "You never visit the countryside"

"So I've made you a country to order"

She put up a little tent in the bedroom

Crickets played on a tape-recorder

The ceiling was festooned with phosphorous stars

She noticed his skin turning cold

Burning all his clothes on the bonfire

"Relax" she whispered and tightened the blindfold



[Chorus]



You've changed but not for the better babe

I'd tell you why but what's the use

'Cos it's the same kind of pity

A drunkard gives as his excuse

You were sharp and ideal as a bobby pin

Now your eyes are deserted and quiet

We both look like those poor shattered mannequins

Thrown through the window in the riot



She lies in his arms and without any qualms

Revels in shallow delights

She seems brittle and small, it don't sound like her at all

Since she came back to him after the fall

EURYTHMICS lyrics - Sylvia

Sylvia is missing -

Dark stars tattooed

Across her face...

Tiny bruises

Black & blue

The dedication on her arm

Reads "LOVE & HATE"

Yea yea



Passing through the underground

Sylvia is coming down

The queen has lost her crown

Today...



She wants to fall

Into a deep deep sleep

So she can forget herself



Run away to London

Lipstick tainted

Powder painted

Perfume in her hair



Run away to London

A thousand cold caresses

Couldn't keep her there

Yea yea



She wants to fall

Into a deep deep sleep

So she can forget herself



The finger prints

Of strangers

On the ugly bedroom floor

Reveal the only traces

Of what Sylvia was for

RICKY NELSON lyrics - One Boy Too Late

Tell her you need her

Tell her you love her

Don't let another say

The words you should have said

Or you'll be



One boy to late to hold her tight

One boy to late to hold everynight

And kiss her in the moonlight

One boy to late for happiness

One boy who'll never hear her answer yes

And never know her sweet caress



Tell her you need her

Tell her you love her

Don't let another say

The words you should have said

Or you'll be



One boy to late and lonely too

One boy who didn't whisper I love you

So tell her now, tell her now

Tell her now

Before I do



So tell her now, tell her now

Tell her now

Before I do

SEALS & CROFTS lyrics - Advance Guards

(Lyrics by James Seals; music by James Seals & Dash Crofts, 1971)



I used to look out from my window and see the tall grass in the wind.

Standing there just like advance guards waiting for the battle to begin.

My mother used to be much younger. She'd sing me soft, sweet lullabies.

I saw my fortress in the mountains each time I looked into her eyes.



But now she's gone,

Take me there, take me there, I don't care where we go.

Take me I just want to know what I used to know.

Take me there, take me there, I don't care where we go.

Take me there, take me I just want to go.



My father's hair has turned to grey now. I never stopped to ask him why.

And all the things that he onced treasured, I see them slowly drifting by.

And now I look out from my mountain and see the soldiers in the field.

It won't be long now 'til they have me. This time advance guards are for real.



Come on, come on and

Take me there, take me there, I don't care where we go.

Take me I just want to know what I used to know.

Take me there, take me there, I don't care where we go.

Take me there, take me I just want to go.

NEW YORK DOLLS lyrics - Don't Start Me Talkin'

(Sonny Boy Williamson II)



Goin' down to Rosie's

Gonna talk to Fanny May

I gotta tell her what I heard

Her boyfriend say



But don't you start me talkin'

I'll tell ev'rything I know

I'm breakin' this signifyin'

Because somebody's gotta go



Jackie's wife two dollars

Gonna get some '?'

Because she stepped out on the street, you know

Ol' George slaps her face

He knocks her down

And gonna blackeen her eye

So when she gets back home

Tells her husband a lie



Don't you start me talkin'

'Cause I'll tell ev'rything I know

I'm breakin' this signifyin'

Because somebody's gotta go



She borrowed some money

Ran on down the beauty shop

You know when she honked the horn

You know she began to stop and said

Come get my baby

Goin' down around the block

I'm goin' down the beauty shop

And get my hair styled



Don't you start me talkin'

'Cause I'll tell ev'rything I know

I'm breakin' this signifyin'

Because somebody's gotta go



An' I ain't goin' no further, no!



She borrowed some money

Ran on down the beauty shop

You know when she honked that horn

I said that she began to stop and said

Come get my baby

Bring 'im down around the block

I'm screamin' down the beauty shop

And get my hair styled



Don't you start me talkin'

I'll tell ev'rything I know

I'm breakin' this signifyin'

Because somebody's gotta go

GLENN HUGHES lyrics - Inside

I don't wanna keep ya

But I just wanna say

I paint the Mona Lisa

I'm gonna break away

I gotta keep my life a simple thing



I feel inside

I just wanna live this way

I feel inside

I just wanna live today



Why did I have to walk away when I was seventeen?

And now it all comes back to me

'Cos I know where I've been

I gotta keep my life a simple thing



I feel inside

I just wanna live this way

I feel inside

I just wanna live today

I feel inside



You gotta give before you receive

And now you gotta believe

The way I feel inside

The way I feel inside

NINE INCH NAILS lyrics - 10 Miles High

I'm getting closer

All the time



I tried to get so high

I made it ten miles high

I'm gonna get so high



I'm gonna get so high

You'll never get inside

I swore I'd never turn into you

I'm closer all the time

I made it ten miles high

Can't tell my truth from my lies

I swore to God I would never turn into you

I'm getting closer

All the time



Tear it all down

Tear it all down

SARAH BRIGHTMAN lyrics - The Last Words You Said

Somewhere in time I know,

Darling you'll come back to me.

Roses will bloom again,

But Spring feels like eternity.

In your kiss it wasn't goodbye.

You are still the reason why.



I can hear you whispering in the silence of my room,

My heart still surrenders like the sun to the moon.

I can barely stand this aching, burning endlessly.

"Love me now forever,"

Were the last words you said to me.



And when the morning comes,

My hands still reach out for you.

Some things remain the same,

There is nothing I can do.

I can barely get through the day

Ever since you went away.



I can hear you whispering in the silence of my room,

My heart still surrenders like the sun to the moon.

I can barely stand this aching, burning endlessly.

"Love me now forever,"

Were your last words to me...



Heaven help us cross this endless sea

With starlight above to guide you to me.

Waves crashing on distant shores,

They're calling our names forever more.



And I still hear you whispering in the silence of my room,

My heart still surrenders like the sun to the moon.

I can barely stand this aching, burning endlessly.

"Love me now forever,"

Were the last words you said to me.

BLUE OYSTER CULT lyrics - Goin' Through The Motions

(E. Bloom - I. Hunter)



Too wild to care, you got that animal stare

You got stay anywhere in your eyes

And you're leading me on, but you can be anyone

'Cause I know you'll be gone 'fore I rise



And we're going through the motions

Yeah, we're going through the motions

Yeah, we're going through the motions

Going through the motions



Staying with you gave us something to do

I almost thought it was true for a while

'Cause there's love in you lies, you senility skies

You couldn't tell right from wrong if you tried



And we're going through the motions

Yeah, we're going through the motions

Yeah, we're going through the motions

Going through the motions



To thee I dedicate this photograph

I'll even sign it "love to you" again

And when it's faded and forgotten in some book

You'll sometimes look, you'll sometimes look, you'll sometimes look



It's a game, it's a game, no let's call it a shame

'Cause there's no one to blame just to pay

You were a friend for a day, so don't cry if I say

That you got what you want, it's OK



And we're going through the motions

Yeah, we're going through the motions

Yeah, we're going through the motions

Going through the motions



Yeah, yeah, we're going through the motions

Yeah, we're going through the motions

Yeah, we're going through the motions

Going through the motions

DOLLY PARTON lyrics - The Little Things

(Dolly Parton)



You never send me flowers

Or ever buy me candy

You never bring me pretty things

When you come to see me

And you forgot my birthday

Oh I wish you could see

How I miss

The little things

That you don't do for me



You never say that I look nice

Or that you're proud of me

You overlook

The little things

That you should see



These little things are big enough to hurt

But too small to make me want to leave

But I do miss

The little things

That you don't do for me



Now how can I miss flowers

That never reach my door

How can I taste candy

That's still at the candy store



These little things mean a lot to me

To you they may be silly

But I do miss

The little things

That you don't do for me

Yes I miss

The little things

That you don't do for me

DORO PESCH lyrics - Song For Me

(G. Scruggs)



I remember every place and everytime

That I have sung for family and friends

And the words have their reason and their rhyme

When all the voices there are joining in

And I stood there in the cold and in the rain

And thought of how the water turned to wine

And somehow it always seems to ease the pain

To sing a song for a soul who once touched mine



Who will sing a song for me

When I'm ready to go up yonder

I wonder who will sing for me

There are songs I have sung

And when my time has come

Who will sing a song for me

Who will sing a song for me



When I'm taking my last ride I hope there'll be

A line of cars that stretches ten miles long

And I pray that everyone remembers me

As someone who was worthy of a song



Who will sing a song for me

When I'm ready to go up yonder

I wonder who will sing for me

When I near my resting place

Rock of ages, Amazing grace

Who will sing a song for me

Who will sing a song for me

Who will sing a song for me

A song for me

MOTORHEAD lyrics - Love For Sale

Looking good, stepping out, looking for romance

Crazy arms, crazy legs, save me the last dance

Hold me tight, make me warm, give me shelter

Treat me right, in from the storm, helter skelter

You know the way, the game is tough

Need some motivation, to help you get it up



Cause it's only, love for sale,

Heart of gold and hard as nails

I can't believe it's legal,

To send it through the mail

Only love for sale



Call me up, call me back, call me what you want to

Shoot your shot, shoot the moon, nothing that you can't do

All for me, one for all, shoulder to shoulder

Here and gone, sure like to ball, rock n' roller

You know the way, stuff goes around,

You need a half nelson, to help you get it down

Rip it up, rip it out, Shake your money maker



Feels so good, in and out, real earth shaker

Get up close, stroke your bones, get a grip babe

Take a trip, take me home, feel the earth shift babe

You know the way, so get it right

You don't need an airplane, to get you through the night

LORETTA LYNN lyrics - See That Mountain

(Connie Moore)



See that mountain I'm gonna have to climb

Well there's a river waitin' on the other side

And the road leading nowhere I'll take it for I must

He's somewhere tomorrow or I'll bust



You can go along with me and be my friend

Or you can stay and wish you'd gone alone

And you can follow me in postcard that I'll send

But by the time you enter I'll be gone

Life is a circle spinning round searching for what you haven't found

I leave today to look for my tomorrow

Tomorrow I'll come searching for today

[ ac. guitar ]

See that mountain I'm gonna have to climb...



I don't know that I'd be coming back this way

But if you stay and I'd come back someday

Then I'll teach you the lessons that I've learned

And I'll build back the bridges that I've burned

Life is a circle spinning round...

Yeah tomorrow I'll come searching for today

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL lyrics - Chameleon

(J. Fogerty)



You took me runnin' up a wrong way street.

When we got there, you said, "Can't you read?"

I must be blind, but now and then I see

Another number where mine used to be.

CHORUS:

You keep on changin' your face, like a Chameleon.

You keep on changing your face like a Chameleon.



I say what's up, and then you say it's down.

I see triangles, and you say it's round, round, round.

Saw an empty glass; you said it's full.

Lord, it's so hot, then you come on cool, cool.



CHORUS

CHORUS

CHORUS

CHORUS

SONIC YOUTH lyrics - Six For New Time

And...

This one...

And...

This one...

And...



And...



This one...



This one...



The queen approaches her throne

Wind over water

Hell's Angels in a pink van

Escape



Our thoughts

Our time

Time...

Being...

Being...



Escape from concentration

The king comes to have a hope

One sound fills the sky

One sound...

One sound...

One sound...



This one...

And...

This one...

And...

This one...

And...

This one...

And...

This one...



Good fortune...

No time...

Time...

Being...



Good fortune...

No time...



Time...

Being...

BUDDY & JULIE MILLER lyrics - Love And Affection

Got no position, baby, no degree,

But I got something, baby, you might need - might need someone,

You've got no cause to run,

I've got nothing for you but love and affection.



Some people make you dance for their love,

You've got to prove to them that you are worth approving of,

They use rejection like a gun, but I've got nothing for you but love and affection.



This world will take you and break you, and make you just like they want you,

But when it comes to me, baby, I just want you like you are,

Baby, I just want you, I just want your heart,

I just want your heart.



Tell me your troubles, baby, take your time,

Your true confessions will not change my mind,

My love is blind, don't matter what you've done,

I've got nothing for you but love and affection.



Love and affection,

Love and affection, oh.

DEAD CAN DANCE lyrics - American Dreaming

I need my conscience to keep watch over me

To protect me from myself

So I can wear honesty like a crown on my head

When I walk into the promised land



We've been too long American dreaming

And I think we all lost the way

Forlorn somnambulistic maniacal in the dark



I'm in love with an American girl

Though she's my best friend

I love her surreptitious smile

That hides the feelings within her



And we'll go dancing in the rings of laughter

And live along by the shores

Fervor on with her arms around she reside alone for the lost



Faith, underneath the rising wind blows

Faith, underneath the rising wind blows

How long how long?



Here alone on the grounds are millions seeds we left behind

Turned back by the fool of the doorway of

Never lost and found



We've been too long American dreaming

I think we've lost: lost the door

Fear on somnambulistic maniacal in the dark



Faith, underneath the rising wind blows

Faith, underneath the rising wind blows

How long how long?

FRANK SINATRA lyrics - Don't Sleep In The Subway

(T. Hatch, J. Trent)



[Recorded July 24, 1967, Hollywood]



You wander around on your own little cloud

When you don't see the why or the wherefore

You walk out on me when we both disagree

'Cause to reason is not what you care for

I've heard it all a million times before

Take off your coat, my love, and close the door

Don't sleep in the subway, darlin', don't stand in the pouring rain

Don't sleep in the subway, darlin', the night is long

Forget your foolish pride, nothing's wrong

Now you're beside me again



You try to be smart, then you take it to heart

'Cause it hurts when your ego is deflated

You don't realize that it's all compromise

And the problems are so overrated

Goodbye means nothing when it's all for show

So why pretend you've somewhere else to go

Don't sleep in the subway, darlin', don't stand in the pouring rain

Don't sleep in the subway, darlin', the night is long

Forget your foolish pride, nothing's wrong

Now you're beside me again

Don't sleep in the subway, darlin'...

DELBERT MCCLINTON lyrics - Sidewalk Diploma

Well there's sidewalks and cement

And it's concrete evidence

That a country boy ain't got no

Business livin' in the city.



When there's holes in your walking shoes

They're just dues that you pay

To get yourself an education

The big city way.



And when you've learned enough

You know that livin' on the street

Will make your heart as hard as

The sidewalk under you feet.



I wonder how long I'll last?

Just driftin' this way.

I wonder if I'll ever find home

I can't help thinkin' that break I need

Is just around the corner,

But there don't seem to be much call for a

Man with a sidewalk diploma



Well, there's high rent and low rent

And there's not much in between

For a drifin' drugstore cowboy

Can't keep his body clean

And you know I could sure use something

Soft and warm

Like a sweet woman waiting for me

Down on the farm.

GOLLIWOGS lyrics - Don't Tell Me No Lies

(John Fogerty/Tom Fogerty)



No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies

No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies

Cause I don't want to hear them

I don't want to hear them

No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies

No No No No No No Don't make me feel bad

No No No No No No Don't make me feel bad

Cause I don't really love you

I don't really love you

No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies



All my friends say that I'm acting blue

All my friends say that I'm, I'm such a fool

No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies

No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies

Cause I don't want to hear them

I don't want to hear them

No No No No No No Don't tell me no lies

EARTH, WIND AND FIRE lyrics - Let Me Love You

(Gregory Curtis)



Girl close your eyes

And let me love you

Feel me so close

My heart beats for you



All the passion and the fire

I can see it in your eyes tonight

Cause' desire's in me too



So let me love you now

Let me show you how

Gonna' take you to place so high



Cause' it's alnight

All night lovin', so right lovin'

My love will drive you crazy



[Chorus:]

Ooo girl, gonna' love you

With all the power in my heart

You really turn me on

You make me feel free



So I'll sing you a song

Making love all night long

I'm a happy man

And it's all because of you



Cause' it's alnight

All night lovin', so right lovin'

My love will drive you crazy



Girl I love your sexy groove

And I'm always in the mood to love you

Love only you

You know just what to do

So lets get to it



[Chorus]

JIMMIE VAUGHAN lyrics - Send Me Some Lovin'

(John Marascalco, Lloyd Price)



[Originally by Little Richard]



Send me some lovin'

Send it I pray

How can I love you

When you're far away?



Oh, send me your picture

Send it, my dear

So I can hold it

Pretend you are here



Can you send me your kisses?

I still feel their touch

I need you so badly

I miss you so much



My days are so lonely

My nights are so blue

I'm here and I'm lonely

I'm waitin' for you



My days are so lonely

My nights are so blue

I'm here and I'm lonely

I'm waitin' for you

PAUL MCCARTNEY lyrics - This One

Did I Ever Take You In My Arms,

Look You In The Eye, Tell You That I Do,

Did I Ever Open Up My Heart

And Let You Look Inside.



If I Never Did It, I Was Only Waiting

For A Better Moment That Didn't Come.

There Never Could Be A Better Moment

Than This One, This One.



The Swan Is Gliding Above The Ocean,

A God Is Riding Upon His Back,

How Calm The Water And Bright The Rainbow

Fade This One To Black.



Did I Ever Touch You On The Cheek

Say That You Were Mine, Thank You For The Smile,

Did I Ever Knock Upon Your Door

And Try To Get Inside?



If I Never Did It, I Was Only Waiting

For A Better Moment That Didn't Come.

There Never Could Be A Better Moment

Than This One, This One.



The Swan Is Gliding Above The Ocean,

A God Is Riding Upon His Back,

How Calm The Water And Bright The Rainbow

Fade This Swan To Black.



What Opportunities Did We Allow To Flow By

Feeling Like Like The Timing Wasn't Quite Right?

What Kind Of Magic Might Have Worked If We Had Stayed Calm,

Couldn't I Have Given You A Better Life?



Did You Ever Take Me In Your Arms,

Look Me In The Eye, Tell Me That You Do?

Did I Ever Open Up My Heart,

Let You Look Inside?



If I Never Did It, I Was Only Waiting

For A Better Moment That Didn't Come.

There Never Could Be A Better Moment

Than This One, This One.



The Swan Is Gliding Above The Ocean,

A God Is Riding Upon His Back,

How Calm The Water And Bright The Rainbow

Fade This Swan To Black.

JEFFERSON AIRPLANE lyrics - Triad

(D. Crosby)



You want to know how it will be

Me and him and you and me

You both stand there your long hair flowing

Your eyes alive your mind still growing

Saying to me--"What can we do now that we both love you",

I love you too-- I don't really see

Why can't we go on as three

You are afraid--embarrassed too

No one has ever said such a thing to you

Your mother's ghost stands at your shoulder

Face like ice--a little bit colder

Saying to you--"you can not do that, it breaks

All the rules you learned in school"

I don't really see

Why can't we go on as three

We love each other--it's plain to see

There's just one answer comes to me

--Sister--lovers--water brothers

And in time--maybe others

So you see--what we can do--is to try something new--

If you're crazy too--

I don't really see

Why can't we go on as three.

BRYAN ADAMS lyrics - Somebody

I bin lookin' for someone

Between the fire and the flame

We're all lookin' for somethin'

To ease the pain

Now who can you turn to

When it's all black and white

And the winners are losers

You see it every night



I need somebody

Somebody like you

Everybody needs somebody



I need somebody

Hey what about you

Everybody needs somebody

When you're out on the front line

And you're watchin' them fall

It doesn't take long to realize

It ain't worth fightin' for



I thought I saw the Madonna

When you walked in the room

Well your eyes were like diamonds

And they cut right through - oh they cut right through



I need somebody

Somebody like you

Everybody needs somebody

I need somebody

Hey what about you

We all need somebody



Another night another lesson learned

It's the distance keeps us sane

But when the silence leads to sorrow

We do it all again - all again



[Chorus]

SPARKS lyrics - Simple Ballet

(Ron & Russel Mael)



In the city, in the country, in the towns throughout the world

All will join in, in the big scene,

So won't you please take off your shoes?



It's a ballet, simple ballet, so let's dance on

Pick a partner, take a tall one, take a small

one, take a fat one and let's dance on



Crews will film it, add the music

while the world has its feet engaged

Some critics love it, yet some pan it,

some say "it's likely to cause a rage"



There'll be long shots, there'll be close shots, there'll be mid-shots

Simple ballet was an idea, then a novel,

next a movie, soon on T. V.



It's promotion of a new way of thinking

Instead of "Hey, orange drink," vendors

will say, "get your souvenir posters of the ballet."



Do a plie' for the D. A. when he comes round

Your alleged conduct with the director has

raised some questions that he wants

answered (Good for the ratings)



It's a ballet, we thought a ballet and we danced on

We had no idea you'd hang out your coat on an

issue thin as tissue so we danced our ballet



And we danced our ballet

And we danced our ballet

JOAN ARMATRADING lyrics - Laurel And The Rose

Leaning on a blade of grass

Looking for support

I got my head in the lion's mouth

I got my feet on thin ice

Oh that spells danger

Will I get compensation

When you break my soul

Will I get anxious

For a little affection

Oh I feel danger



I don't want to cry too soon

Don't want to sound the alarm

A lonely pedestrian

Walking in the night

And there's no need to run

Cost I'm following behind

And I don't want

I don't want

I don't want to misunderstand



Am I the prize

The laurel and the rose

Will you use me well

Or will I see hell

That's the danger



I don't want to cry too soon

Don't want to sound the alarm

A lonely pedestrian

Walking in the night

And there's no need to run

Cost I'm following behind

And I don't want

I don't want

I don't want to misunderstand



But I feel there's some danger

And I know that you're the source

Well I could try to run

But I'm sure you've got the speed

And I can't say

I can't say

I can't say I'd fight you to win



I don't want to cry too soon

Don't want to sound the alarm

But I feel there's some danger

And I know that you're the source

Well I could try to run

But I'm sure you've got the speed

And I can't say

I can't say

I can't say I'd fight you to win

So I'll just face the danger

I don't want to cry too soon

Don't want to sound the alarm

I don't want to cry too soon

Don't want to sound the alarm

STEVE EARLE lyrics - Saturday Night And Sunday Morning

(David Olney)



If I was Saturday night

And you were Sunday morning

For a fleeting moment we could touch at midnight

And in that moment, could you really know me?

But I am looking 'cross the river

Longing to be near

The water is too wide, I can not reach you

I'm as close as I can ever hope to be



And if I was Winter dying

And you the virgin Spring

Gladly to your warmth I would surrender

To melt the snows and set the rivers free

But I am standing on the mountain

Longing to be near

Heaven is too high, I can not reach you

I'm as close as I can ever hope to be



And if you were the water that He turned into wine

And you could satisfy a drunkard's thirst

Well, I'd surely drink until I could not see

But I am lost in the Devil's storm

Longing to be near

The wind, it blows too hard, I can not reach you

I'm as close as I can ever hope to be



And if I was Saturday night

And you were Sunday morning

For a fleeting moment we could touch at midnight

And in that moment, could you really know me?

ALICE COOPER lyrics - I Just Wanna Be God

I'm in control

I got a bulletproof soul

And I'm full of self-esteem

I invented myself with no one's help

I'm a prototype supreme

I sit on my private throne

And run my lifestyle all alone

Me, myself and I agree

We don't need nobobdy else



I never learned to bow, bend or crawl

To any known authority

I really want to build my statue tall

That's all



I'm just trying to be God

I only wanna be God

I just wanna be God

Why can't I be God



I got no time to take advice

I want to gamble with my eternity

With loaded dice

I don't need a preacher in my face

When I'm the omnipresent ruler of the human race

Ain't gonna

Spend my life being no one's fool

I was born to rock and I was born to rule

But if I'm wrong on judgement day

I'm royally screwed with hell to pay



I never learned to bow, bend or crawl

To any known authority

I really want to build my statue tall

That's all



I'm just trying to be God

I only wanna be God

I just wanna be God

Why can't I be God



I'm just trying to be God

I only wanna be God

I just wanna be God

Why can't I be God



I'm just trying to be God

I only wanna be God

I just wanna be God

Why can't I be God

LEO SAYER lyrics - An Englishman In The U. S.A

(Leo Sayer/Les Davidson)



Rambling around your city streets

I feel no earth below my feet

And I feel my life is crumbling into the sea

But I can't swim three thousand miles

So all I have is lonely nights

I'm an Englishman lost in the U. S. of A.

And it's a long way back home

Such a long way back home

And I'm wondering

Where am I gonna go

Lines dead, operators gone

And now the fear is coming on

And I hear my love wondering where have I gone

So I'm gambling my bucks for pounds

Yeah, but Lady Luck just won't come around

For an Englishman who is stuck in the U. S. of A.

And it's a long way back home

Such a long way back home

Oh I'm wondering will I ever get away



[Solo]



So here I am and there are you

Where wishful thoughts don't serve no use

And all the worrying in the world won't pull me through

So I think of love that might have been

And an airline ticket that's like a dream

For an Englishman who is lost in the U. S. of A.

Such a long way from home

Such a long way from home

And I'm wondering, I'm wondering

Will I ever get to

I'm a long way, a long way

A long way back home

I've been wondering

Will I ever get to go, yeah



[Solo]



Yeah I'm waiting for you to take me home

C'mon baby

And I'm waiting for you to take me home

Yes I'm waiting for you to take me home

Take me home



[Solo]



Take me home

THE SCORPIONS lyrics - Rock You Like A Hurricane

(Rudolf Schenker, Klaus Meine, Herman Rarebell)



It's early morning

The sun comes out

Last night was shaking

And pretty loud

My cat is purring

And scratches my skin

So what is wrong

With another sin

The bitch is hungry

She needs to tell

So give her inches

And feed her well

More days to come

New places to go

I've got to leave

It's time for a show



Here I am, rock you like a hurricane

Here I am, rock you like a hurricane



My body is burning

It starts to shout

Desire is coming

It breaks out loud

Lust is in cages

Till storm breaks loose

Just have to make it

With someone I choose

The night is calling

I have to go

The wolf is hungry

He runs the show

He's licking his lips

He's ready to win

On the hunt tonight

For love at first sting



Here I am, rock you like a hurricane

Here I am, rock you like a hurricane

Here I am, rock you like a hurricane

Here I am, rock you like a hurricane

MARIAH CAREY lyrics - Loverboy (Remix)

I got myself a lover

Who knows what I like

When he invites me over

I come every time

And when my sugar daddy

Takes me for a ride

Whatever way we go it's

Delirium time



[Chorus:]

He's all mine

And his lovin' makes me high

Like a taste of ecstasy

All I need is him to be my loverboy



Loverboy c'mon and love me

Give me more, touch me and touch me

I enjoy the way you rock me

All night long

Loverboy c'mon and take me

Only you know how to make me

Shudder with anticipation

All night long



I got myself a lover

And he's so sublime

It's quite a bit of heaven

To feel him inside

Cause when my sugar daddy

Takes me for a ride

Whatever way we go

It's delirium time



I get weak

When his candy kisses sweetly

Caress my whole body

All I need is him to be

My loverboy



[Chorus]



[Repeat]

ZZ TOP lyrics - I Got The Six

Living room, passing time, talking trash, sipping wine,

I need something more substantial.

New deck of playing cards, I don't like to work this hard,

I think I'll have to cancel.



I'm running out of time,

I'm about to lose my mind.

I got the six,

Gimme your nine.



Slow hand on the clock, I'm sitting here like a rock,

I'm feeling so abnormal.

Pictures in the magazines, all my thoughts are so obscene.

Cover up that centerfold.



I'm running out of time,

I'm about to lose my mind.

I got the six,

Gimme your nine.



Look at this, what a pair, she won't let me touch her there,

She's so discriminating.

This is weird, it's time to blow, I just heard the rooster crow.

I guess I'll have to spank my monkey.



I'm running out of time,

I'm about to lose my mind.

I got the six,

Gimme your nine.

PETE SEEGER lyrics - Bells Of Rhymney

Oh what will you give me?

Say the sad bells of Rhymney.

Is there hope for the future?

Cry the brown bells of Merthyr.

Who made the mine owner?

Say the black bells of Rhondda.

And who robbed the miner?

Cry the grim bells of Blaina.



They will plunder will-nilly,

Cry the bells of Caerphilly.

They have fangs, they have teeth,

Shout the loud bells of Neath.

Even God is uneasy,

Say the moist bells of Swansea.

And what will you give me?

Say the sad bells of Rhymney.



Throw the vandals in court,

Say the bells of Newport.

All will be well if, if, if,

Cry the green bells of Cardiff.

Why so worried, sisters why?

Sang the silver bells of Wye.

And what will you give me?

Say the sad bells of Rhymney?

STEVIE WONDER lyrics - Until You Come Back To Me

Though you don't call anymore

I sit and wait in vain

I guess I'll rap on your door

Tap on your window pane

I want to tell you Baby

The changes I've been going through

Missing you.

Listen you



'till you come back to me

That's what I'm gonna do



Why did you have to decide

You had to set me free

I'm gonna swallow my pride

I'm gonna beg you to (please baby please) see me

I'm gonna walk by meself

Just to prove that my love is true

Oh, for you baby



'till you come back to me

That's what I'm gonna do



Living for you my dear

Is like living in a world of constant fear

In my plea, I've got to make you see

That our love is dying



Although your phone you ignore

Somehow I must explain

I'm gonna rap on your door

Tap on your window pane

I'm gonna camp on your step

Until I get through to you

I've got to change your view baby

'till you come back to me

That's what I'm gonna do

CHRIS REA lyrics - Ace Of Hearts

Could this be true

Could this be me

The one who kept himself so high and free

Caught up in the highest game of all

And all my defences tumble and fall

Only the ace of hearts can save now



I wake in early hours and call your name

It's your face I see pressed up against my window pane

And suddenly I realise

As the tears start to fall like rain from the sky

Only the ace of hearts can save me now

Said only the ace of hearts can save me now



Ace of hearts tell me what's this game we're playing

Ace of hearts it's all down to you

I'm lost, lost like a child in a strange dream

Open your doors and pull me

Pull me trough



And I'm flying like the wind in the dead of night

Flying so high searching for those landing lights

I've never been this high before

But darling all I need is your love more and more

And only the ace of hearts can save me now