thebes Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Everybody's got a favorite song/songs. Could be an oldie, could just be the one your listening to right now. I'm looking for something with lyrics. After all it's hard to hum a few bars online and expect us to know the tune. So favorite song, author and I got no problem at all if you one to drop the lyrics from the whole song or just the chorus into the mix. I'll start it out with something totally silly but has brought me a laugh or two over the years: If You Want to Be Happy (early '60's-can't remember group-later done by King Creole. Lyrics follow: f you want to be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty woman your wife so for my personal point of view Get an ugly girl to marry you (repeat) A pretty woman makes her husband look small And very often causes his downfall As soon as he marries her then she starts Doing the things that will break his heart But if you make an ugly woman your wife Then you will be happy for the rest of your life An ugly woman cooks meals on time She'll always give you peace of mind CHORUS If you want to be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty woman your wife So for my personal point of view Get an ugly girl to marry you (repeat) So if your friends say you have no taste Go ahead and marry anyway Though her face is ugly her Ieyes don't match Take it from me she's a better catch CHORUS If you want to be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty woman your wife So for my personal point of view Get an ugly girl to marry you (repeat) Say kid YES I saw your wife the other day UH HUH And she's ugly HA HA BUT SHE SURE CAN COOK CHORUS If you want to be happy for the rest of your life Never make a pretty woman your wife So for my personal point of view Get an ugly girl to marry you (repea) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Songer Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Southern trees bear strange fruit, Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees. Pastoral scene of the gallant south, The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, Then the sudden smell of burning flesh. Here is the fruit for the crows to pluck, For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck, For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop, Here is a strange and bitter crop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeritageBob Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, Blue skys from pain. Can you tell a green field From a cold steel rail? A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell? And did they get you to trade Your heros for ghosts? Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze? Cold comfort for change? And did you exchange A walk on part in the war For a lead role in a cage? How I wish, how I wish you were here. We're just two lost souls Swimming in a fish bowl, Year after year, Running over the same old ground. What have we found? The same old fears. Wish you were here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just1n20 Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Van Morrison - "Moondance" Well, it's a marvelous night for a Moondance With the stars up above in your eyes A fantabulous night to make romance 'Neath the cover of October skies And all the leaves on the trees are falling To the sound of the breezes that blow And I'm trying to please to the calling Of your heart-strings that play soft and low And all the night's magic seems to whisper and hush And all the soft moonlight seems to shine in your blush Chorus: Can I just have one a' more Moondance with you, my love Can I just make some more romance with a-you, my love Well, I wanna make love to you tonight I can't wait 'til the morning has come And I know that the time is just right And straight into my arms you will run And when you come my heart will be waiting To make sure that you're never alone There and then all my dreams will come true, dear There and then I will make you my own And every time I touch you, you just tremble inside And I know how much you want me that you can't hide Chorus Repeat 1st Verse One more Moondance with you in the moonlight On a magic night La, la, la, la in the moonlight On a magic night Can't I just have one more dance with you my love Bob Dylan - "4th Time Around" When she said, "Don't waste your words, they're just lies," I cried she was deaf. And she worked on my face until breaking my eyes, Then said, "What else you got left?" It was then that I got up to leave But she said, "Don't forget, Everybody must give something back For something they get." I stood there and hummed, I tapped on her drum and asked her how come. And she buttoned her boot, And straightened her suit, Then she said, "Don't get cute." So I forced my hands in my pockets And felt with my thumbs, And gallantly handed her My very last piece of gum. She threw me outside, I stood in the dirt where ev'ryone walked. And after finding I'd Forgotten my shirt, I went back and knocked. I waited in the hallway, she went to get it, And I tried to make sense Out of that picture of you in your wheelchair That leaned up against . . . Her Jamaican rum And when she did come, I asked her for some. She said, "No, dear." I said, "Your words aren't clear, You'd better spit out your gum." She screamed till her face got so red Then she fell on the floor, And I covered her up and then Thought I'd go look through her drawer. And, when I was through I filled up my shoe And brought it to you. And you, you took me in, You loved me then You didn't waste time. And I, I never took much, I never asked for your crutch. Now don't ask for mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 "Oh, Demon alchohol, sad memories I can recall, who'd thought that I would fall, slave to Demon alchohol. Dam it all, blow it all, alchohol." The Kinks "Chronicles" And in no particular order: "Well, good-bye world, it's sad but true, I've got a date with the hang man, I have to leave you. I don't say I'm sorry, I just say I'm sore. The reason I'm going, is blood on the floor. Well I came home one night, she was lying, her legs around that man's bod. She saw me and started laughing, but, she cried when she saw my gun! Good-bye world, Their taking my life 'cause I shot my sweetheart. I don't say I'm sorry, I just say I'm sore. The reason I'm going is blood on the floor." Fleetwood Mac "Kilnhouse" Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Speaker Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 I see trees of green, red roses too I see them bloom for me and you And I think to myself, what a wonderful world I see skies of blue and clouds of white The bright blessed day, the dark sacred night And I think to myself, what a wonderful world The colours of the rainbow, so pretty in the sky Are also on the faces of people going by I see friends shakin' hands, sayin' "How do you do?" They're really saying "I love you" I hear babies cryin', I watch them grow They'll learn much more than I'll ever know And I think to myself, what a wonderful world Yes, I think to myself, what a wonderful world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike stehr Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 I better pass on this thread..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3dzapper Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Here is another one I used to sing to my daughter a long time ago: "There is an island way out in the sea, sea. Where the babies they all grow on trees, trees, It's jolly good fun, to lie in the sun, but you've gotta watch out if you sneeze, sneeze. You've gotta watch out if you sneeze. And when the stormy wind blows, there is a curious dropping and popping and plopping as cute little babies just hail, hail, cute little babies just hail. Then after a while the natives come by and take all the babies who smile, smile take all the babies who smile. And leave all the babies who cry, cry. You've gotta watch out if you cry" Jefferson Starship (sorry I think I missed a couple of the lyrics, yesterday was thirty plus years ago! ) Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebes Posted October 1, 2004 Author Share Posted October 1, 2004 Good one Frank! One of my faves: Eric Burdon and the Animals: In this dirty old part of the city Where the sun refused to shine People tell me there ain't no use in tryin' Now my girl you're so young and pretty And one thing I know is true You'll be dead before your time is due, I know Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin' Watched his hair been turnin' grey He's been workin' and slavin' his life away Oh yes I know it (Yeah!) He's been workin' so hard (Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby (Yeah!) Every night and day (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!) We gotta get out of this place If it's the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place 'cause girl, there's a better life for me and you Now my girl you're so young and pretty And one thing I know is true, yeah You'll be dead before your time is due, I know it Watch my daddy in bed a-dyin' Watched his hair been turnin' grey, yeah He's been workin' and slavin' his life away I know he's been workin' so hard (Yeah!) I've been workin' too, baby (Yeah!) Every day baby (Yeah!) Whoa! (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!) We gotta get out of this place If it's the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place Girl, there's a better life for me and you Somewhere baby, somehow I know it We gotta get out of this place If it's the last thing we ever do We gotta get out of this place Girl, there's a better life for me and you Believe me baby I know it baby You know it too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 I'm pretty fond of: Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we do it in the road? Why don't we do it in the road? No one will be watching us, Why don't we do it in the road? From "Why Don't We Do It in the Road" The Beatles (album of the same name) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 "Not to mention fishin' poles." Name that song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 OK, more seriously; there are too many songs I really like, but one that is in the top, oh, fifty, I guess, and to which I really like the lyrics... Bruce Springsteen, The River (title track): (from around the middle) I got a job workin' construction for a Johnstown company, But lately there ain't been much work, On account of the economy, Now all those things that seemed so important, Well, mister, they vanish right into the air, Now I just act like I don't remember, And Mary acts like she don't care... Well I remember us riding in my brother's car, Her body tan and wet down at the resevoir... At night on those banks I'd lie awake, And pull her close just to feel each breath she'd take. Now those memories come back to haunt me, They haunt me like a curse... Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse That sends me down to the River, though I know the river is dry, sends me down to the River, Tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 ---------------- On 10/1/2004 9:14:32 PM garymd wrote: "Not to mention fishin' poles." Name that song. ---------------- and it stoned me to my soul.. Stoned me just like jelly roll, And it stoned me ...Van Morrison, terrific songwriter/performer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 ---------------- On 10/1/2004 9:17:48 PM chuckears wrote: ---------------- On 10/1/2004 9:14:32 PM garymd wrote: "Not to mention fishin' poles." Name that song. ---------------- and it stoned me to my soul.. Stoned me just like jelly roll, And it stoned me ...Van Morrison, terrific songwriter/performer ---------------- I always loved that line! There are 2 songs on that lp that are maybe the best songs never to become big hits. "And It Stoned Me" and "Into The Mystic." Too bad the lp is horribly recorded. I keep picking up copies at thrift stores hoping one of them will sound good. The CD isn't bad though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbflash Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Van Morrison is my favorite, but here is my close second: TUMBLING DICE (M. Jagger/K. Richards) Women think I'm tasty, but they're always tryin' to waste me And make me burn the candle right down, But baby, baby, I don't need no jewels in my crown. 'Cause all you women is low down gamblers, Cheatin' like I don't know how, But baby, baby, there's fever in the funk house now. This low down *****in' got my poor feet a itchin', Don't you know you know the duece is still wild. Baby, I can't stay, you got to roll me And call me the tumblin' dice. Always in a hurry, I never stop to worry, Don't you see the time flashin' by. Honey, got no money, I'm all sixes and sevens and nines. Say now baby, I'm the rank outsider, You can be my partner in crime. But baby, I can't stay, You got to roll me and call me the tumblin', Roll me and call me the tumblin' dice. Oh, my, my, my, I'm the lone crap shooter, Playin' the field ev'ry night. But baby, I can't stay, You got to roll me and call me the tumblin' dice, (Call me the tumblin') Got to roll me (yayes), Got to roll me, Got to roll me (Oh yeah) Got to roll me Got to roll me (yeah) Got to roll me (Keep on rolling) Got to roll me (Keep on rolling) Got to roll me (Keep on rolling) Got to roll me My baby, call me the tumblin' dice, yeah Got to roll me Baby sweet as sugar (Got to roll me) Yeah, my, my, my yeah (Got to roll me) I went down baby, oh Got to roll me (hit me) Baby I'm down Danny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandi Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 I think these should be posted in every office and school room! From the album Hell Freezes Over (1994) I turn on the tube and what do I see A whole lotta people cryin' 'Don't blame me' They point their crooked little fingers ar everybody else Spend all their time feelin' sorry for themselves Victim of this, victim of that Your momma's too thin; your daddy's too fat Get over it Get over it All this whinin' and cryin' and pitchin' a fit Get over it, get over it You say you haven't been the same since you had your little crash But you might feel better if I gave you some cash The more I think about it, Old Billy was right Let's kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight You don't want to work, you want to live like a king But the big, bad world doesn't owe you a thing Get over it Get over it If you don't want to play, then you might as well split Get over it, Get over it It's like going to confession every time I hear you speak You're makin' the most of your losin' streak Some call it sick, but I call it weak You drag it around like a ball and chain You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown Got your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody down Complain about the present and blame it on the past I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little *** Get over it Get over it All this *****in' and moanin' and pitchin' a fit Get over it, get over it Get over it Get over it It's gotta stop sometime, so why don't you quit Get over it, get over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Garrison Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day You fritter and waste the hours in an offhand way. Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town Waiting for someone or something to show you the way. Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain. You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today. And then one day you wake to find ten years have got behind you. No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun. So you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you're older, Shorter of breath and one day closer to death. Every year is getting shorter never seem to find the time. Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way The time is gone, the song is over, Thought I'd something more to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Not my absolute favorite, per se, but I really dig the lyrics: A Chair in the Sky by Joni Mitchell The rain slammed hard as bars It caught me by surprise Mutts of the planet And shook me down for alibis I'm waiting For the keeper to release me Debating this sentence Biding my time In memories Of old friends of mine In daydreams of Birdland I see my soul on fire Burning up the bandstand Next time I'll be bigger! I'll be better than ever! I'll be happily attached To my cold hard cash! But now Manhattan holds me To a chair in the sky With the bird in my ears And boats in my eyes Going by There are things I wish I'd done Some friends I'm gonna miss Beautiful lovers I never got the chance to kiss Daydreamin' drugs the pain of living Processions of missing Lovers and friends Fade in and they fade out again In these daydreams of rebirth I see myself in style Raking in what I'm worth Next time I'll be bigger! I'll be better than ever! I'll be resurrected royal! I'll be rich as standard oil! But now Manhattan holds me To a chair in the sky With the bird in my ears And boats in my eyes Going by Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IB Slammin Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 ---------------- On 10/1/2004 7:39:38 PM mike stehr wrote: I better pass on this thread..... ---------------- Well I should, but can't resist. "......the price of meat has just gone up....and your old lady has just gone down....." Slammin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti Posted October 2, 2004 Share Posted October 2, 2004 Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup, They slither while they pass they slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my opened mind, Possessing and caressing me Jai guru de va om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes, They call me on and on across the universe, Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box they Tumble blindly as they make their way Across the universe Jai guru deva om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Sounds of laughter, shades of earth are ringing Through my open ears inciting and inviting me Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns and calls me on and on Across the universe Jai guru deva om Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Nothing's gonna change my world Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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