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"Same Direction" ~ Hoobastank
This is a pretty truthful song if ya think about it. :)
:kiss:


Whenever I step outside, somebody claims to see the light
It seems to me that all of us have lost our patience.
'Cause everyone thinks they're right, and nobody thinks that there just might
Be more than one road to our final destination

But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go because all along
We've been going in the same direction

I'm tired of playing games, of looking for someone else to blame
For all the holes in answers that are clearly showing
For something to fill the space, was all of the time I spent a waste
'Cause so many choices point the same way I was going.....

But I'm not ever going to know if I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go because all along
We've been going in the same direction

Going in the same direction..
Same direction..

~*~So why does there only have to be one correct philosophy?
I don't want to go and follow you, just to end up like one of them
And why are you always telling me, what you want me to believe?
I'd like to think that I can go my own way and meet you in the end.
Go my own way and meet you in the end...~*~

But I'm not ever going to know..........
If I'm right or wrong
'Cause we're all going in the same direction
And I'm not sure which way to go because all along
We've been going in the same direction

Going in the same direction
Going in the same direction
Same direction
 
posting an oldie but goodie that has special meaning for me. I found myself humming it, so...

Touch Me
the doors


Yeah!, come on, come on, come on, come on
Now touch me, baby
Can’t you see that I am not afraid?
What was that promise that you made?
Why won’t you tell me what she said?
What was that promise that you made?
Now, I’m gonna love you, till the heavens stop the rain
I’m gonna love you
Till the stars fall from the sky for you and i
Come on, come on, come on, come on
Now touch me, baby
Can’t you see that I am not afraid?
What was that promise that you made?
Why won’t you tell me what she said?
What was that promise that you made?
I’m gonna love you, till the heavens stop the rain
I’m gonna love you
Till the stars fall from the sky for you and i
I’m gonna love you, till the heavens stop the rain
I’m gonna love you
Till the stars fall from the sky for you and i

...sometimes tomorrows seem so far away...
 
Right now, I think I want a bit of the incomparable Tom Lehrer on Lit Radio to cheer me up. Let's have a bit of The Masochism Tango for Lou and for other friends who may not want to be named.

I ache for the touch of your lips, dear,
But much more for the touch of your whips, dear.
You can raise welts
Like nobody else,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

Let our love be a flame, not an ember,
Say it’s me that you want to dismember.
Blacken my eye,
Set fire to my tie,
As we dance to the masochism tango.

At your command
Before you here I stand,
My heart is in my hand. ecch!
It’s here that I must be.
My heart entreats,
Just hear those savage beats,
And go put on your cleats
And come and trample me.

Your heart is hard as stone or mahogany,
That’s why I’m in such exquisite agony.
My soul is on fire,
It’s aflame with desire,
Which is why I perspire
When we tango.


The Earl
 
Thanks, Earl, that made me smile. :)

I feel like posting this one. I've been singing it a lot recently, as I had the Keane album, Hopes and Fears, for Christmas.

Somewhere Only We Know ~ Keane

I walked across an empty land
I knew the pathway like the back of my hand
I felt the earth beneath my feet
Sat by the river and it made me complete

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

I came across a fallen tree
I felt the branches of it looking at me
Is this the place we used to love?
Is this the place that I've been dreaming of?

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

And if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?

[break]

Oh simple thing where have you gone
I'm getting old and I need something to rely on
So tell me when you're gonna let me in
I'm getting tired and I need somewhere to begin

So if you have a minute why don't we go
Talk about it somewhere only we know?
This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
So why don't we go

This could be the end of everything
So why don't we go
Somewhere only we know?
 
Bumping

If no one minds, I can't get this song out of my head all of a sudden....

[color=660066]She Don't Know She's Beautiful
~ Bob McDill/Paul Harrison

We go out to a party somewhere
The moment we walk in the door
People stop and everybody stares
She don't know what they're staring for

She don't know she's beautiful
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspnever crossed her mind
She don't know she's beautiful
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspno she's not that kind
She don't know she's beautiful
Though time and time I've told her so

There she goes just walking down the street
And someone lets a whistle out
A girl like her she just can't see
What the fuss is all about

She don't know she's beautiful
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspnever crossed her mind
She don't know she's beautiful
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspno she's not that kind
She don't know she's beautiful
Though time and time I've told her so

Morning comes and her hair's all a mess
That's when she thinks she looks her worst
It's times like this she don't know why
I can't take my eyes off her

'Cause she don't know she's beautiful
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspnever crossed her mind
She don't know she's beautiful
&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspno she's not that kind
She don't know she's beautiful
Though time and time I've told her so[/color]

:rose:
 
Thanks for the reminder min.

I've had this song bouncing through my head all day.

Send in The Clowns by Stephen Sondheim

Isn't it rich?
Are we a pair?
Me here at last on the ground,
You in mid-air.
Send in the clowns.

Isn't it bliss?
Don't you approve?
One who keeps tearing around,
One who can't move.
Where are the clowns?
Send in the clowns.

Just when I'd stopped
Opening doors,
Finally knowing
The one that I wanted was yours,
Making my entrance again
With my usual flair,
Sure of my lines,
No one is there.

Don't you love farce?
My fault, I fear.
I thought that you'd want what I want -
Sorry, my dear.
But where are the clowns?
There ought to be clowns.
Quick, send in the clowns.

What a surprise.
Who could forsee
I'd come to feel about you
What you'd felt about me?
Why only now when I see
That you'd drifted away?
What a surprise.
What a cliché.

Isn't it rich?
Isn't it queer?
Losing my timing this late
In my career?
And where are the clowns?
Quick, send in the clowns.
Don't bother - they're here.
 
A quick piece of blues for the morning.

Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, headin’ for the trains,
Feelin’ nearly faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
Took us all the way to New Orleans.
I took my harpoon out of my dirty red bandana
And was blowin’ sad while Bobby sang the blues,
With them windshield wipers slappin’ time and
Bobby clappin’ hands we finally sang up every song
That driver knew.

Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose,
And nothin’ ain’t worth nothin’ but it’s free,
Feelin’ good was easy, lord, when Bobby sang the blues,
And feelin' good was good enough for me,
good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

From the coalmines of Kentucky to the California sun,
Bobby shared the secrets of my soul,
Standin’ right beside me through everythin’ I done,
And every night she kept me from the cold.
The somewhere near Salinas, Lord, I let her slip away,
She was lookin’ for the love I hope she’ll find.
Well I’d trade all my tomorrows for a single yesterday,
Holdin’ Bobby’s body close to mine.

Freedom’s just another word for nothin’ left to lose,
And nothin’ left was all she left to me,
Feelin’ good was easy, lord, when Bobby sang the blues,
And feelin' good was good enough for me.
Good enough for me and Bobby McGee.
 
I posted this elsewhere but......

Where is the Light-Toni Childs-House of Hope

Well, I’m addicted boy
And now I want some peace
But I don’t think the money’s
Gonna take away the need

And yes I’m hurting girl
But you won’t see it much
Cause it’s the stuff we don’t let out
It’s what you will not touch

What it is now heart
What we need to find
It seems we’re all looking for
Some peace of mind

Where’s the light, where’s the light
In the darkness of my life
Where’s the light, where’s the light
In the darkness there is no light

To be satisfied
To go underground
To swim inside the ocean
Descend to the profound
To reach the bedrock
A guest
A psychic death
A wild thought
I just caught
Would this be the end
Can you help me now
Can you tell me please
How to find some peace and relief
 
Just To See You Smile
~ Mark Nesler/Tony Martin


You always had an eye for things that glittered
But I was far from being made of gold
I don't know how but I scraped up the money
I just never could quite tell you no

Just like when you were leaving Amarillo
Takin' that new job in Tennessee
And I quit mine so we could be together
I can't forget the way you looked at me

Just to see you smile
I'd do anything that you wanted me to
When all is said and done
I'd never count the cost
It's worth all that's lost
Just to see you smile

When you said time was all you really needed
I walked away and let you have your space
Only that didn't hurt me near as badly
As the tears I saw rollin' down your face

And yesterday I knew just what you wanted
When you came walkin' up to me with him
So I told you that I was happy for you
And given the chance I'd lie again

Just to see you smile
I'd do anything that you wanted me to
When all is said and done
I'd never count the cost
It's worth all that's lost
Just to see you smile
 
untouchable face

ani defranco

think i'm going for a walk now
i feel a little unsteady
i don't want nobody to follow me
'cept maybe you

i could make you happy, you know
if you weren't already
i could do a lot of things
and i do

tell you the truth i prefer the worst of you
too bad you had to have a better half
she's not really my type
but i think you two are forever
and i hate to say it but you're perfect together

so fuck you
and your untouchable face
fuck you
for existing in the first place
and who am i
that i should be vying for your touch
who am i
bet you can't even tell me that much

2:30 in the morning
and my gas tank will be empty soon
neon sign on the horizon
rubbing elbows with the moon
safe haven of the sleepless
where the deep fryer's always on
radio is counting down the top 20 country songs

out on the porch the fly strip is
waving like a flag in the wind
you know i really don't look forward
to seeing you again soon.

you look like a photograph of yourself
taken from far far away
i won't know what to do
i won't know what to say

so fuck you...

i see you and i'm so perplexed
what was i thinking
what will i think of next
where can i hide
in the back room there's a lamp
that hangs over the pool table
and when the fan is on it swings
gently side to side
there's a changing constellation
of balls as we are playing
i see orion and say nothing
the only thing i can think of saying

is fuck you...
 
Hooray! The resurrecting of Lit Radio. Well I think there's no finer choice than the song tha's in my signature, cause that's just the way I'm feeling.

Going through the motions - Sarah Michelle Gellar
Every single night, the same arrangement,
I go out and fight the fight,
Still I always feel this strange estrangement,
Nothing here is real, nothing here is right.
I've been making shows of trading blows,
Just hoping no-one knows,

That I've been going through the motions.
Walking through the part.
Nothing seems to penetrate my heart.

...

Will I stay this way forever?
Sleepwalk through my life's endeavour.
I don't wanna be
Going through the motions,
Losing all my drive.
I can't even see
If this is really me
And I just want to be
Alive.


The Earl
 
Miriam Bell
by Louise Taylor

He lain in the belly of the earth
he's sleeping in the corn dry leaves
He lain in the belly of the earth
with his head upon his sleeve

His sleeve is made of satiny silk
the color of a rich berry stain
His sleeve is made of satiny silk
and around his wrist he wears a pure gold chain

The chain wraps around three times
and from it hangs a silver ring
The chain wraps around three times
In the center of the ring
are the letters of her name

Miriam, Miriam Bell, run like fire girl
Miriam, Miriam Bell, down to the water's edge
Miriam, Miriam Bell, raised as a farmer's daughter
Miriam, Miriam Bell, slept in a rich man's bed

Around her face a linen cloak
her lips as red as blood
Around her face a linen cloak
with eyes a man could love

Her eyes were green and full of tears
as she lay the note on his breast
Her eyes were green and full of tears
as she lay the gun down where he rests

The gun she fixed in his own hand
and leaned to kiss his forehead
The gun she fixed in his own hand
and wiped her lips and fled

The only heir to the rich man's land
the note it named but one
The only heir to the rich man's land
was Miriam's new born son

Her son he grew both tall and rich
as handsame as his da
Her son he grew both tall and rich
and poor Miriam went mad
 
one last one, i swear

Your Face
by Louise Taylor...for Lucky

Your Face


I keep looking for your face in the morning sun
coming 'round a corner bend , it's that time of year again
when you should appear like apples, red and clear
between the green and my missing you
it's a melancholy time, it's a scent that's been refined
it's the air as sharp as waking

I have seen your lions mane shaking untamed without you
and your clothes laze on other shoulders and legs
but they don't move like you used to
they're just misfits in your place
looks like troubles in the waiting
I keep looking for your light
there's no yellow in sight, a lifeless painting

I keep looking for your face, I keep looking for your face

I keep looking for your face in the morning sun
coming 'round a corner bend , it's that time of year again
I keep looking for your face, I keep looking for your face
 
Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford :kiss:

I went to a party last Saturday night
I didn't get laid, I got in a fight,
Uh, huh
It ain't no big thing
Late for my job and the traffic was bad
Had to borrow ten bucks from my old man,
Uh, huh
It ain't no big thing
I went to a party last Saturday night
I told you that story, I'd be alright
Uh, huh
It ain't no big thing
But I know what I like
I know I like dancin' with you
And I know what you like
I know you like dancin' with me
Yeah, yeah
Kiss me once
Kiss me twice
C'mon pretty baby, kiss me deadly
Had a few beers, gettin' high
Sittin', watchin' the time go by,
Uh, huh
It ain't no big thing
Nothin' to eat and no TV
Lookin' in the mirror don't get it for me
Uh, huh
It ain't no big thing
But I know what I like
I know I like dancin' with you
And I know what you like
I know you like dancin' with me
Oh, yeah
Kiss me once
Kiss me twice
C'mon pretty baby, kiss me deadly
Kiss me once
Kiss me twice
C'mon pretty baby, kiss me deadly
You know I like dancin' with you
Dancin' with you
C'mon
Kiss me once
Kiss me twice
C'mon pretty baby, kiss me deadly
Kiss me once
Kiss me twice
C'mon pretty baby, kiss me
C'mon pretty baby, kiss me
C'mon pretty baby, kiss me deadly
 
Another 'just the way I'm feeling.' It's my current song for sad times:

Kim Richey - A Place Called Home

Well, it's not hard to see
Anyone who looks at me
Knows I am just a rolling stone
Never landing anyplace to call my own
To call my own

Well, it seems like so long ago
But it really ain't you know
I started out a crazy kid
Miracle I made it through the things I did
The things I did

Someday I'll go where there ain't no rain or snow
‘Til then, I travel alone
And I make my bed with the stars above my head
And dream of a place called home


The Earl
 
Was at my local grocers when aHarry Chapin song came on. Used to love his stuff. Another singer/songwriter that was taken from us too soon.

As I thought about him, this song popped into my mind. Hadn't heard it in years, but I remembered the whole thing.

Taxi

It was raining hard in 'Frisco,
I needed one more fare to make my night.
A lady up ahead waved to flag me down,
She got in at the light.

Oh, where you going to, my lady blue,
It's a shame you ruined your gown in the rain.
She just looked out the window, and said
"Sixteen Parkside Lane".

Something about her was familiar
I could swear I'd seen her face before,
But she said, "I'm sure you're mistaken"
And she didn't say anything more.

It took a while, but she looked in the mirror,
And she glanced at the license for my name.
A smile seemed to come to her slowly,
It was a sad smile, just the same.
And she said, "How are you Harry?"
I said, "How are you Sue?
Through the too many miles
and the too little smiles
I still remember you."

It was somewhere in a fairy tale,
I used to take her home in my car.
We learned about love in the back of the Dodge,
The lesson hadn't gone too far.
You see, she was gonna be an actress,
And I was gonna learn to fly.
She took off to find the footlights,
And I took off to find the sky.

Oh, I've got something inside me,
To drive a princess blind.
There's a wild man, wizard,
He's hiding in me, illuminating my mind.
Oh, I've got something inside me,
Not what my life's about,
Cause I've been letting my outside tide me,
Over 'till my time, runs out.

Baby's so high that she's skying,
Yes she's flying, afraid to fall.
I'll tell you why baby's crying,
Cause she's dying, aren't we all.

There was not much more for us to talk about,
Whatever we had once was gone.
So I turned my cab into the driveway,
Past the gate and the fine trimmed lawns.
And she said we must get together,
But I knew it'd never be arranged.
And she handed me twenty dollars,
For a two fifty fare, she said
"Harry, keep the change."
Well another man might have been angry,
And another man might have been hurt,
But another man never would have let her go...
I stashed the bill in my shirt.

And she walked away in silence,
It's strange, how you never know,
But we'd both gotten what we'd asked for,
Such a long, long time ago.

You see, she was gonna be an actress
And I was gonna learn to fly.
She took off to find the footlights,
And I took off for the sky.
And here, she's acting happy,
Inside her handsome home.
And me, I'm flying in my taxi,
Taking tips, and getting stoned,
I go flying so high, when I'm stoned.
 
For my Vella, who was dearly missed at the Ani DiFranco concert tonight.

Swandive

cradling the softest, warmest part of you in my hand
feels like a little baby bird fallen from the nest
i think that your body is something i understand
i think that i'm happy, i think that i'm blessed

i've got a lack of inhibition
i've got a loss of perspective
i've had a little bit to drink
and it's making me think
that i can jump ship and swim
that the ocean will hold me
that there's got to be more
than this boat i'm in

'cuz they can call me crazy if i fail
all the chance that i need
is one-in-a-million
and they can call me brilliant
if i succeed
gravity is nothing to me, moving at the speed of sound
i'm just going to get my feet wet
until i drown

and i teeter between tired
and really, really tired
im wiped and im wired but i guess its just as well
because i built my own empire
out of car tires and chicken wire
and i'm queen of my own compost heap
and i'm getting used to the smell

and i've got a lack of information
but i got a little revelation
and i'm climbing up on the railing
trying not to look down
i'm going to do my best swan dive
into shark-infested waters
i'm gonna pull out my tampon
and start splashing around

'cuz i don't care if they eat me alive
i've got better things to do than survive
i've got a memory of your warm skin in my hand
and i've got a vision of blue sky and dry land

i'm cradling the hardest, heaviest part of me in my hand
the ship is pitching and heaving, my limbs are bobbing and weaving
and i think this is something i understand
i just need a couple vaccinations for my far-away vacation
i'm going to go ahead and go boldly because a little bird told me
that jumping is easy, that falling is fun
up until you hit the sidewalk, shivering and stunned

and they can call me crazy if i fail
all the chance that i need
is one-in-a-million
and they can call me brilliant
if i succeed
gravity is nothing to me
moving at the speed of sound
i'm just gonna get my feet wet
until i drown...

~ ~ ~

I love you, V. :heart:
 
Wish i could have been there with you. i imagined her singing

Ani DiFranco - Bliss Like This
i said venice
you heard vegas
now i say either way
baby let's go
i get so shaky
and i just can't shake it
i bliss like this
i'm one of those

but i don't wanna wear you
wear you like a band-aid
wave you like a ticket
out of my good grief
i just wanna know you
know you like i know my garden
what you smell like when you're bloomin
what lives underneath
deep down underneath
way down underneath

we do a whole lotta laughin
at the shyness that surrounds us
i do a whole lotta lookin
somewhere else
i don't need to look
no, i can just feel you
besides every time i see you
it just forces me to look at myself

cuz i get so shaky
and i just can't shake it
i bliss like this
i'm one of those
and i said venice
and you heard vegas
but now i say either way
let's go
c'mon baby let's go


I LOVE YOU TOO :heart:
 
Meshell Ndegeecello - Beautiful

Such pretty hair
may I kiss you
may I kiss you there
So beautiful you are
So beautiful

Please, don't move
You feel so good to me
Tell me in my ear
Beautiful
Beautiful
So very beautiful

So beautiful
Beautiful
So beautiful
 
That 'UnChristian Christian' thread of bullet's has made me feel all dark and alone.

So I need some properly righteous music.

Redemption Song by Bob Marley

Old pirates, yes, they rob i;
Sold I to the merchant ships,
Minutes after they took i
From the bottomless pit.
But my hand was made strong
By the ’and of the almighty.
We forward in this generation
Triumphantly.
Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
’cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.

Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our minds.
Have no fear for atomic energy,
’cause none of them can stop the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look? ooh!
Some say it’s just a part of it:
We’ve got to fulfil de book.

Won’t you help to sing
These songs of freedom? -
’cause all I ever have:
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs;
Redemption songs.
---
/guitar break/
---
Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;
None but ourselves can free our mind.
Wo! have no fear for atomic energy,
’cause none of them-a can-a stop-a the time.
How long shall they kill our prophets,
While we stand aside and look?
Yes, some say it’s just a part of it:
We’ve got to fulfil de book.
Won’t you help to sing
Dese songs of freedom? -
’cause all I ever had:
Redemption songs -
All I ever had:
Redemption songs:
These songs of freedom,
Songs of freedom.
 
For: My Blondie (You move me.)

The Power Of One
Merril Bainbridge
(The Garden)

She opens up my mind in a way nobody else has ever
She opens up my dreams and now the life I see is so much brighter


CHORUS:
What makes it so one can touch another in such a way
We underestimate the beauty and the power of one
Of One


She opens up my fears to degrees I never thought existed,
and she opens up my heart to relieve the many pains afflicted


What makes it so one can touch another in such a way
We underestimate the beauty and the power of one
Of One


We weren't meant to be alone though alone this life we leave and enter
In existince of the flesh we all need to feel a hand thats tender


One hand...One heart can affect another in such a way
We underestimate the beauty and the power of one
Of One
Of One
 
For Lucky... youre in my heart

Toby Lightman - Don't Wanna Know Lyrics
You're no less than perfect
But you're much more than real
You're untouchable
How does it make you feel

And I'm waiting in line to be near you
And I can't believe my eyes
The kisses are all blown to you every time

[Chorus:]
But I'd rather leave you
Than see through the fantasy
And I'd rather stay shy and get high
On what could be
I don't wanna know what you do, where you go
I don't wanna know, who you really are

A glistening smile
A twinkle in your eye
Well I can smile like that
Just give me a try

And I've traveled around just to hear you
And your songs don't leave my mind
So tell me what should I do
To get you to say hi

[Chorus]

And I've traveled around just to hear you
And your songs don't leave my mind
So tell me what should I do
 
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