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Peter Gabriel ~ In Your Eyes

Accepting all I’ve done and said
I want to stand and stare again
Til there’s nothing left out, oh
It remains there in your eyes
Whatever comes and goes
I will hear your silent call
I will touch this tender wall
Til I know I’m home again
Ooh

In your eyes (in your eyes)
In your eyes (in your eyes)
In your eyes (in your eyes)
In your eyes

Love I get so lost, sometimes
Days pass and this emptiness fills my heart
When I want to run away
I drive off in my car
But whichever way I go
I come back to the place you are

And all my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway (in your eyes) to a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution (in your eyes) of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes

In your eyes
In your eyes

Love, I don’t like to see so much pain
So much wasted and this moment keeps slipping away
I get so tired of working so hard for our survival
I look to the time with you to keep me awake and alive

And all my instincts, they return
And the grand facade, so soon will burn
Without a noise, without my pride
I reach out from the inside

In your eyes
The light the heat
In your eyes
I am complete
In your eyes
I see the doorway (in your eyes) to a thousand churches
In your eyes
The resolution (in your eyes) of all the fruitless searches
In your eyes
I see the light and the heat
In your eyes
Oh, I want to be that complete
I want to touch the light
The heat I see in your eyes

In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes

Accepting all I’ve done and said
I want to stand and stare again
Til there’s nothing left out, oh
It remains there in your eyes
Whatever comes and goes
Oh it’s in your eyes

In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes
In your eyes

I want to stand and stare again
Oh, it’s in your eyes.

Toby Lightman

Everyday

"Everyday"

Everyday is a struggle between what I wanna say
And what I should keep to myself
And the words that manage to leave my lips
Don't hurt me, but they hurt everyone else

And I find myself in need of a pause
I'm not sure why, but I think that it's because
Of this desire to be what others want me to be
Which is nothing close to me

[Chorus:]
But I'll see better when the smoke clears
When the smoke clears inside my head
And I can listen when the screaming doesn't repeat everything I've said
And all that remains me and who I am at the end of the day
And this happens everyday

Everyday is a battle between what I wanna know
And what I don't wanna figure out
And everything in between in these thoughts of mine
That you know I can't live with out

And I find myself in need of a pause
I'm not sure why, but I think that it's because
Of this desire to be what others want me to be
Which is nothing close to me

I'm remembering this song as a favourite from about a decade ago.

Home For A Rest by Spirit Of The West.

(slow)
You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month, I've been drunk since I left
These so-called vacations will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink I need home for a rest.

(jig)
We arrived in December and London was cold
We stayed in the bars along Charing Cross Road
We never saw nothin' but brass taps and oak
Kept a shine on the bar with the sleeves of our coats

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a week
I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations
Will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest
Take me home....

Euston Station the train journey North
In the buffet car we lurched back and forth
Past old crooked dykes through Yorkshire's green fields
We were flung into dance as the train jigged and reeled

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a week
I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations
Will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest
Take me home....

By the light of the moon, she'd drift through the streets
A rare old perfume, so seductive and sweet
She'd tease us and flirt, as the pubs all closed down
Then walk us on home and deny us a round

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month
I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations
Will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest
Take me home....

The gas heater's empty, it's damp as a tomb
The spirits we drank now ghosts in the room
I'm knackered again, come on sleep take me soon
And don't lift up my head 'till the the twelve bells at noon

You'll have to excuse me, I'm not at my best
I've been gone for a month
I've been drunk since I left
And these so-called vacations
Will soon be my death
I'm so sick from the drink
I need home for a rest
Take me home....

In kind of a bummed mood tonight.

So, here's an appropriate song. Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

Now I've heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do you?
It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
She tied you
To a kitchen chair
She broke your throne, and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

You say I took the name in vain
I don't even know the name
But if I did, well really, what's it to you?
There's a blaze of light
In every word
It doesn't matter which you heard
The holy or the broken Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah

I did my best, it wasn't much
I couldn't feel, so I tried to touch
I've told the truth, I didn't come to fool you
And even though
It all went wrong
I'll stand before the Lord of Song
With nothing on my tongue but Hallelujah

Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
Hallelujah

syd

this song always helps me when i feel that way rg

EFFERVESCING ELEPHANT

An Effervescing Elephant
with tiny eyes and great big trunk
once whispered to the tiny ear
the ear of one inferior
that by next June he'd die, oh yeah!
because the tiger would roam.
The little one said: "Oh my goodness I must stay at home!
and every time I hear a growl
I'll know the tiger's on the prowl
and I'll be really safe, you know
the elephant he told me so."
Everyone was nervy, oh yeah!
and the message was spread
to zebra, mongoose, and the dirty hippopotamus
who wallowed in the mud and chewed
his spicy hippo-plankton food
and tended to ignore the word
preferring to survey a herd
of stupid water bison, oh yeah!
And all the jungle took fright,
and ran around for all the day and the night
but all in vain, because, you see,
the tiger came and said: "Who me?!
You know, I wouldn't hurt not one of you.
I'd much prefer something to chew
and you're all to scant." oh yeah!
He ate the Elephant

an old one, but one I still love anyway....

Dog & Butterfly

There I was with the old man
Stranded again so off I'd ran
A young world crashing around me
No possibilities of getting what I need
He looked at me and smiled
Said "No, no, no, no, no child

See the dog and butterfly
Up in the air he like to fly."
Dog and butterfly
Below she had to try
She roll back down to the warm soft ground, laughing
She don't know why, she don't know why
Dog and butterfly

Well I stumbled upon your secret place
Safe in the trees you had tears on your face
Wrestling with your desires frozen strangers
Stealing your fires, the message hit my mind
Only words that I could find

See the dog and butterfly
Up in the air he like to fly
Dog and butterfly below she had to try
She roll back down to the warm soft ground
Laughing to the sky, up to the sky
Dog and butterfly

We're getting older the world's getting colder
For the life of me I don't know the reason why
Maybe it's livin' making us give in
Hearts rolling in taken back on the tide
We're balanced together ocean upon the sky

Another night in this strange town
Moonlight holding me light as down
Voice of confusion inside of me
No begging to go back where I'm free
Feels like I'm through
Then the old man's words are true

See the dog and butterfly
Up in the air he like to fly
Dog and butterfly, below she had to try
She roll back down to the warm soft ground
With a little tear in her eye
She had to try, she had to try
Dog and butterfly

Saliva - "Rest In Pieces"

One of my favorite songs, it meant a lot to me after my wife left me. *shrug*

Look at me, my depth perception must be off again
Cause this hurts deeper than I thought it did
It has not healed with time
It just shot down my spine. you look so beautiful tonight
Remind me how you laid us down
And gently smiled before you destroyed my life
Would you find it in your heart
To make this go away
And let me rest in pieces
Would you find it in your heart?
To make this go away
And let me rest in pieces
Would you find it in your heart?
To make it go away
And let me rest in pieces
Look at me, my depth perception must be off again
You got much closer than I thought you did
I’m in your reach
You held me in your hands
But could you find it in your heart?
To make this go away
And let me rest in pieces
Would you find it in your heart?
To make it go away
And let me rest in pieces

Dunno why, but this song is demanding it get played.

Pit Boss by Lowest Of The Low.

Your hips are swaying
And your eyes are saying
That you need two gamblers
For this game you're playing

And I might want you
Yeah, but I don't need you
And you won't sleep in my bed...
No you won't sleep in my bed...
No you won't sleep in my bed...
anymore

It seemed like a dead-end
Even when I was seven
To sing for this country
With your hands up to heaven

'Cause God was dead then
And he's never coming back again
And I don't think about...
No I don't think about...
No I don't think about...
anymore

It's a gamble
And your fingers burn
From the last time
That you bled and burned
And the shadows
That you walk around
Will still be there
When the sun goes down
Venus Flytrap
Twenty years now

The chance is just as fat
As a union bureaucrat
That the life you wanna live
Ain't the one you're looking at

There's more risk in a brain-cell
Than any Vegas hotel
When you can't find the pit boss...
And you can't find the pit boss...
And you can't find the pit boss...
anywhere

rgraham666 said:

In kind of a bummed mood tonight.

So, here's an appropriate song. Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen

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That is one of my favorite songs to cover. I used to get constant requests for this at open mics.

For Vella

There will never come a day
You will ever hear me say
That I want or need to be without you

I wanna give my all
Baby, just hold me
Simply control me
Because your arms,
They keep away the lonelies

When I look into your eyes,
Then I realize all I need is you in my life
All I need is you in my life...

I keep on fallin in love with you
Sometimes I love ya
Sometimes you make me blue
Sometimes I feel good
At times I feel used
Loving you darling
Makes me so confused

I keep on fallin in and out of love with you
I never loved someone way that I loved you

Oh,oh,oh I never felt this way
How do you give me so much pleasure and cause me so much pain
Just when I think I've taken more than would a fool I start fallin back in love with you

I keep on fallin in and out of love with you
I never loved someone way that I loved you(oh baby)

oh,oh,oh,oh,ooooh(yeahyeah)
Oh,oh,oh,oh,fallin(fall)(fall)(fall)(fall)

I keep on fallin in and out of love with you
I never loved somebody way that I love you

Brief interruption for some crybaby rock...

I want to live with you
in the fifth dimension
in a dream I've never had.
'Cause I just can't live like this
in a world like this
I just want a kiss goodbye

We are not of this world
and there's a place for us
Stuck inside this fleeting moment
Tucked away where no one own it
Wrapped up in a haste
and by mistake got thrown away

And oh, I am so homesick
but it ain't that bad
'cause I'm homesick for the home I've never had

And though I sometimes get annoyed
I know just where I'm at
This is my song of joy
And now I know there are no secret tricks,
no correct politics
Just liars and lunatics

We are not of this world
and there's a place for us
Stuck inside this fleeting moment
Tucked away where no one own it
Wrapped up in a haste
and by mistake got thrown away

And oh, I am so homesick
But it ain't that bad
Cause I'm homesick for the home I've never had

And though I would not take it personally,
it's just the child in me
I never really knew how much I had

Woe is me, I am so homesick
But it ain't that bad
Cause I'm homesick for the home I've never had

~ Soul Asylum

Here's one for y'all..... More balladic lyrics...

I don't know how to tell you
What you mean to me
I have a hard time trying to find the lines
They don't come easily
We made our vows together
'Till death do us part
But I know I will love you forever
Well, forever's a good place to start

There was a song on the radio
I heard it the other day
Just a guitar man and a country band
Sayin' what I wanted to say
I could tell that he believed that song
He sang it from the heart
And he said that he would love her forever
Forever's a good place to start

Well, forever is a long, long time
And folks they say that love is blind
But I can see the years ahead so clearly
And when we're old and turning grey
Then I know that we will say
That forever wasn't long enough, for you and me

I look into your eyes
And this is what I see
You want to know how strong are the words of this song
That's what you're askin' me
Just take my hand now darlin'
And we'll never be apart
'Cause I know I will love you forever
Well, forever's a good place to start

Yes, I know I will love you forever....

And forever's a good place to start

Troubled soul

Betrayed by apathy most every day
with grey skies time and time again
the colour drains the darkest shadows pale
my eyes cloud over once again
a simple answer that I've never found
some peace of mind to have or hold
a simple answer is it ever found
and do we really want to know
it's just a troubled soul
And as I pace across my bedroom floor
I have a thought I feel a pain
but that's forgotten in a moment
my eyes cloud once again
the skies cloud once again
a simple answer that I've never found
some peace of mind to have or hold
a simple answer is it ever found
and do we really want to know
it's just a troubled soul
winter in a troubled soul
Betrayed by apathy most every day
with grey skies time and time again
but I won't breathe a word for of rain
my eyes cloud once again
the skies cloud once again
S'ENVOLER
Dans la nuit
argentee de l'ete
je laisserai
une etoile filer
nous aurons l'eternite des temps a'contempler
l'univers pour nous envoler
Timeless space
endless night
happiness and we will fly
you and I
Et mon ame
loin du feu loin des flammes
flottera doucement
dans les cieux
nous aurons l'eternite des temps a'contempler
l'univers pour nous envoler
Timeless space
endless night
happiness and we will fly
you and I

You're My Home - Lea Salonga

I close my eyes
And I can feel that you're a part of me
You are my home
Though I'm afar I'm in your company
I'm in you

I play my song
And I can hear you're in my melody
My life, my home
No matter what with you I'll always be

Refrain:
You're my home
And together we share this love for us
To be happy and free
You're my home
And together we'll strive to make this world
A better place to be

Come take my hand
Come fill your heart with all the love you see
Let every child
Be what they are, be what they wanna be

You're my home
And together we share this love for us
To be happy and free
You're my home
And together we'll strive to make this world
A better place to be

For you and me.

Feeling good.

So, What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong.

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

Oh yeah

Texas - Inner Smile (no real reason why, it just suits my mood right now)

You gave me something
Like loving
And took me in so soon
You took my feelings
from nothing
Came back at noon
Just meet me
I'm ready
To show myself to you

So if I lose my patience
You must try to understand
(try to understand)
If I lose my patience

Cause you make me feel
Cause you make me feel wild
You touch my inner smile
You got me in the mood
So come and make your rule
And free me

You make my wishes
As much as
Your kisses make me blue
You've found my river
Now will you
Escape away too
But baby
I'm ready
I'm falling into you

Sometimes I need to be alone
There's times I need for you to phone
Sometimes you make me feel so high
There's times I ask myself why

GOLDFRAPP ~ Paper Bag

No time to fuck,
but you like the rush.
And where would we be
without sums,
deals we make?

Brown paper bag
makes for a hat
when it rains on
your head, mate.
Cheers for that.

When the world stops for snow.
When you laugh, I'm inside your mouth.

Sucking the sun.
Baboons and birds.
With the weight of you dear,
I forgot.

Brown paper bag
makes for a hat
when it rains on
your head, mate.
Cheers for that.

When the world stops for snow.
When you laugh, I'm inside your mouth.

It's Bob Marley's birthday!

So, No Woman, No Cry.

No woman no cry, no woman no cry
No woman no cry, no woman no cry
Say, say, say I remember when we used to sit
In a government yard in Trenchtown
Obba, obba, observing the hypocrites
As we would mingle
With the good people we meet
Good friends we have,
Oh, good friends we've lost
Along the way
In this great future,
You can't forget your past
So dry your tears, I say

No woman no cry, no woman no cry
Little darling, don't shed no tears,
No woman no cry
Say I remember when we use to sit
In the government yard in Trenchtown
And then Gorgie would make the fire lights
As it was, log would burnin'
Through the nights
Then we would cook cornmeal porridge
Of which I'll share with you
My feet is my only carriage
So I've got to push on thru
Oh, while I'm gone

Everything 's gonna be alright,
Everything 's gonna be alright
Everything 's gonna be alright,
Everything 's gonna be alright
No woman no cry,
No, no woman no cry
Oh, my little sister
Don't shed no tears
No woman no cry

Figured You Out ~ Nickelback

I like your pants around your feet
I like the dirt that's on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you're looking up at me
You're like my favourite damn disease

And I love the places that we go
And I love the people that you know
And I love the way you can't say no
Too many long lines in a row
I love the powder on your nose

Ooooh
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out

I like the freckles on your chest
And I like the way you like me best
And I like the way you're not impressed,
While you put me to the test
I like the wine stains on your dress

And I love the way you pass the check
And I love the good times that you wreck
And I love your lack of self respect
While you're passed out on the deck
I love my hands around your neck

And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out

I love your pants around your feet
And I love the dirt that's on your knees
And I like the way you still say please
While you're looking up at me
You're like my favourite damn disease

And I hate the places that we go
And I hate the people that you know
And I hate the way you can't say no
Too many long lines in a row
I hate the powder on your nose

And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out
And now I know who you are
It wasn't that hard
Just to figure you out

DAMN, I'm horny...

lucky-E-leven said:

DAMN, I'm horny...

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though, something tells me it had little to do with the song.
love it when youre honry!!!

I was wondering what to post this morning when I saw the founding of The Black Text Gang and was alerted to the fact it needs an anthem

So, I nominate Swords of a Thousand Men by Tenpole Tudor.

Deep in the castle and back from the wars
Back with my lady and the fires burned tall
Hoorah went the men down below
All outside was the rain and snow
Hear their shout, hear their roar
They've probably had a barrel of ale and much, much more
Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea
Over the hill went the swords of a thousand men

We had to meet the enemy a mile away
Thunder in the air and the sky turned grey
Assembling the knights and their swords were sharp
There was not a hope in your English hearts
When you Hear our drums, hear them sound
We're gonna fight until we have won this town
Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea
Over the hill went the swords of a thousand men

(Instrumental)

When the knights come along at the end of the day
Some were half-alive and some had run away
But Hear our triumph, hear our shout
We'll probably drink a barrel of ale and much, much more
Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea
Over the hill went the swords of a thousand men

Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea
Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea - yea

Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea
Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea - yea

Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea
Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea - yea

Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea
Hoorah, Hoorah, Hoorah, Yea - yea

The Blower's Daughter (from the soundtrack of Closer)

And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes...

Did I say that I loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?

I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off of you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind off you
I can't take my mind...
My mind...my mind...
'Til I find somebody new

Love Song - The Damned

i'll Be The Ticket,if You're My Collector
I'll Dodge The Fare,if You're My Inspector
I'll Be The Luggage,you'll Be The Porter
I'll Be The Parcel If You'll Be The Sorter
Just For You,here's A Love Song
Just For You ,here's A Love Song
And It Makes Me Glad To Say
It's Been A Lovely Day And It's Ok
I'll Be The Mail,you'll Be The Guard
I'll Be The Ink On Your Season Ticket Card
I'll Be The Rubbish,you'll Be The Bin
I'll Be The Paint On This Sign If You'll Be The Tin
Just For You,here's A Love Song
Just For You,here's A Love Song
And It Makes Me Glad To Say
It's Been A Lovely Day And It's Ok
(solo)
Just For You,here's A Love Song
Just For You Here's A Love Song
And It Makes Me Glad To Say
It's Been A Lovely Day And It's Ok
It's Ok
It's Ok !!!!

Pale Blue Eyes -- Velvet Underground

Sometimes I feel so happy,
Sometimes I feel so sad.
Sometimes I feel so happy,
But mostly you just make me mad.
Baby, you just make me mad.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

Thought of you as my mountain top,
Thought of you as my peak.
Thought of you as everything,
I've had but couldn't keep.
I've had but couldn't keep.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
If I could make the world as pure and strange as what I see,
I'd put you in the mirror,
I put in front of me.
I put in front of me.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

Skip a life completely.
Stuff it in a cup.
She said, Money is like us in time,
It lies, but can't stand up.
Down for you is up.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

It was good what we did yesterday.
And I'd do it once again.
The fact that you are married,
Only proves, you're my best friend.
But it's truly, truly a sin.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.
Linger on, your pale blue eyes.

In a bit of a Zen mood, or perhaps not fully awake yet.

So Venice Is Sinking by Spirit of The West.

Jesus hangs behind the glass
Above venitian doors
His window box boasts crimson flowers
Fresh cut the day before

And you couldn't find a smile
If you nailed it to his face
But Jesus Christ hangs his head with grace

And if Venice is sinking
I'm going under
'Cause beauty's religion
And its Christened me with wonder

They come in bent-backed
Creeping 'cross the floor all dressed in black
Candles, thick as pillars
You can buy one off the floor
And the ceiling's painted gold
Mary's hair is red
The old come here to kiss their dead

And if Venice is sinking
I'm going under
'Cause beauty's religion
And its Christened me with wonder

We made love upon a bed
That sagged down to the floor
In a room that had a postcard on the door
Of Marini's Little Man
With an erection on a horse
It always leaves me laughing
Leaves me feeling that of course if

Venice is sinking
I'm going under
'Cause beauty's religion
And its Christened me with wonder