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"Fat As I Am"

Fat as I am.
Who wants to see a diva fat as I am?
I get mistaken now for Lainie Kazan.
How is it that I'm fat as I am?

Fat as I am.
The camera's gonna add a ton to my can.
This is the way they say Godzilla began.
How did I get as fat as I am?

"Try it again."
All of my friends say I should diet again;
That all my fans are gonna riot again.
"Look what happened to Liz."

All of my sins
are not as numerous as . . . all of my chins!
I could audition for the doublemint twins.
No one in the biz is as fat as I is.

Ah, but what's a career
when you put it next to knockwurst and beer?
They could park a DC10 on my rear.
God knows I got the gas!

There goes the chair.
But to tell the truth, I'm too fat to care!
I ate a meatball off the floor right over there.
Ah, you don't give a damn
when you're fat as I am!

In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel

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

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 to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution 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

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 to a thousand churches
in your eyes
the resolution 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 in your eyes
in your eyes in your eyes

ABSTRUSE said:

"Fat As I Am"

Fat as I am.
Who wants to see a diva fat as I am?
I get mistaken now for Lainie Kazan.
How is it that I'm fat as I am?

Fat as I am.
The camera's gonna add a ton to my can.
This is the way they say Godzilla began.
How did I get as fat as I am?

"Try it again."
All of my friends say I should diet again;
That all my fans are gonna riot again.
"Look what happened to Liz."

All of my sins
are not as numerous as . . . all of my chins!
I could audition for the doublemint twins.
No one in the biz is as fat as I is.

Ah, but what's a career
when you put it next to knockwurst and beer?
They could park a DC10 on my rear.
God knows I got the gas!

There goes the chair.
But to tell the truth, I'm too fat to care!
I ate a meatball off the floor right over there.
Ah, you don't give a damn
when you're fat as I am!

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i just got the warm fuzzies.

vella_ms said:

i just got the warm fuzzies.

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Have a meatball, I found it on the floor.

ABSTRUSE said:

Have a meatball, I found it on the floor.

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awesome. i'll have an appetiser for breakfast!

Dog and His Master - Marcy Playground

Hey little boy
See the Johnny and Janes
Hey little boy
You see them all go insane
Look and see Spot run
'Cause he pissed in their hallway
Run Spot run
Run away from it all
And I say you can be anyway that you wanna be
How I'll be, that's up to me

Hey little girl
See them all run around
Hey little girl
You see them all tumble down
Johnny will boss
Janey will buy
Spot will beg
But everyone dies
As I said you can be
Any way that you wanna be
How I'll be, tha's up to me

One little, two little, three little idiots
Four little, five little, six little idiots
Seven little, eight little, nine little idiots
All in suit and tie
One little, two little, three little idiots
Four little, five little, six little idiots
Seven little, eight little, nine little idiots
All dressed up to die, and I say
You can be any way that you wanna be
But how I'll be, that's up to me

Chariots Rise - Lizzie West

I never felt this way before
I've seen so many islands
I never felt this way before
In this song here I describe him

The chariots rise
Up high in the sky
What a fool am I
To fall so in love
What a wonderful dream
It seems to be
'Cause I love him

I took the notes of past excursions
And I read them through once more
Only to find them hard aversions
From the one true love in store

The chariots rise
Up high in the sky
What a fool am I
To fall so in love
What a wonderful dream
It seems to be
'Cause I love him

Though I have waited long
And they have all been wrong
Now I find in the end
With him I need not pretend

The chariots
They rise up high in the sky
What a fool am I
To fall so in love
What a wonderful dream
It seems to be
'Cause I love him

'Cause I love him

Night In White Satin - The Moody Blues

Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
Letters I've written, never meaning to send.
Beauty I'd always missed with these eyes before.
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.

'Cos I love you, yes I love you, oh how I love you.

Gazing at people, some hand in hand,
Just what I'm going through they can't understand.
Some try to tell me, thoughts they cannot defend,
Just what you want to be, you will be in the end.

And I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.

Nights in white satin, never reaching the end,
Letters I've written, never meaning to send.
Beauty I've always missed, with these eyes before.
Just what the truth is, I can't say anymore.

'Cos I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.
'Cos I love you, yes I love you,
Oh how I love you, oh how I love you.

Blondie

"Rip Her To Shreds"

(Hey! Psst PSST! Here she comes now.)
Oh, you know her, would you look at that hair
Yeah, you know her, check out those shoes
She looks like she stepped out of the middle of somebody's blues

She looks like the Sunday comics
She thinks she's Brenda Starr
Her nose job is real atomic
All she needs is an old knife scar

Yeah, she's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
She's so dull, come on rip her to shreds

Oh, you know her, "Miss Groupie Supreme"
Yeah, you know her, "Vera Vogue" on parade
Red eye shadow! Green mascara!
Yuck! She's too much

She looks like she don't know better
A case of partial extreme
Dressed in a Robert Hall sweater
Acting like a soap opera queen

Yeah, she's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
She's so dull, come on rip her to shreds

She got the nerve to tell me she's not on it
But her expression is too serene
Yeah, she looks like she washes with Comet
Always looking to create a scene

Yeah, she's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
She's so dull, come on rip her to shreds
She's so dull. Rip her to shreds

Oh, you know her, "Miss Groupie Supreme"
Yeah, you know her, "Vera Vogue" on parade
Yeah, you know her, with the fish-eating grin
She's so dull

Yeah, she got the nerve to tell me!
Huh, she's so dull
Yeah, there she goes now
She making out with King Kong
She take her boat to Hong Kong
Well, bye bye sugar
And not a minute too soon

When I'm Up (I Can't Get Down) - Great Big Sea

I am the fountain of affection
I'm the instrument of joy
And to keep the good times rolling
I'm the boy, I'm the boy,
You know the world could be our oyster,
You just put your trust in me,
Cause we'll keep the good times rolling
Wait and see, wait and see....oh wait and see!

His exhaltation, a sweet disintegration.
A few discolorations, then it comes along
up is why he chooses, the kisses and the bruises
There ain't nothing he refuses, then it comes along
It comes along, and I am lifted, I am lifted, I am lifted!

[Chorus:]

When I'm up I can't get down
Can't get down, can't get level
When I'm up I can't get down
Get my feet back on the ground
When I'm up I can't get down
Can't get down, can't get level
When I'm up I can't get down
Get my feet back on the ground

He just needs, something to blind him
Something to wind him up
It won't take long to find him
When it comes on strong.

Wise guys are grinning, street lights are spinning
The night is just beginning, and then it comes on strong
It comes on strong, and I am lifted, I am lifted, I am lifted!

[Chorus]

Oh it comes on strong, and I am lifted.
It comes on strong, and I am lifted.
I am lifted, I am lifted!

More Blondie

"Kung Fu Girls"

1 2 3 !
Down in Chinatown (the year of the Cock)
He sold the silver belt, put it in hock
Fistful of money, mouth full of gold
Soon to be free of all armful of holes

She was a kung fu girl, kung fu girl
Uh eow!

He got the address symbolised in Cantonese
Then asked a native, "Some assistance, please"
She took him to the secret door, he was kissing the floor
Don't know much more

She was a kung fu girl, kung fu girl
Heng lu Cindy Sue
Difo difong hacking hu

In a flash of recollection of oriental pride
She threw him to the side
Got the address, gave the door a knock
What happened next caused quite a shock
She was standing, looking out the door
He was kicked to the floor
Don't know much more

She was a kung fu girl, kung fu girl
Uh eow
Kung fu
Cindy Sue
Oh, I wanna get close to you

You're my kung fu girl
You're my kung fu girl
Oh my oriental pearl
Kung fu
Cindy Sue
Oh, I wanna get close to you
You're my kung fu girl
You're my kung fu girl, get down

Don't You Need - Melissa Etheridge

I had a dream late last night, the water was running low
And my fields were on fire, burning my sky, my body was moving slow
And when I awoke I tasted the sweat of desire in my mouth
And I realized my heart had abducted my mind
And they were last seen headed south
Now I can't sleep, I'm so wired, and I find myself screaming out

Don't you need, don't you want, can't you taste it when you're alone
Don't you cry, don't you feel, sometimes I wonder if you are real
Don't you bleed, don't you need

There's no quenching the thirst there's no relief for the hungry at heart
And as far as you're concerned I'm just a thief entertaining in the dark
But it's you that holds the cards now that the joker is wild

Don't you want to lay it down and feel your skin against the ground
Don't you want to ride the storm and then sleep inside the calm
Don't you want to get that high, don't you want to be satisfied
Well if you don't want it from me, don't you need

I had a dream late last night, the water was running low
And my fields were on fire, burning my sky
How was I to know that I burn every night in my dreams
And only morning can set me free

Don't you need, don't you want, can't you taste it when you're alone
Don't you cry, don't you feel, sometimes I wonder if you are real
Don't you bleed, don't you need

Everyday is a Winding Road - Sheryl Crow

I hitched a ride with a vending machine repair man
He says he's been down this road more than twice
He was high on intellectualism
I've never been there but the brochure looks nice
Jump in, let's go
Lay back, enjoy the show
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low,
These are the days when anything goes

Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer to feeling fine

He's got a daughter he calls Easter
She was born on a Tuesday night
I'm just wondering why I feel so all alone
Why I'm a stranger in my own life
Jump in, let's go
Lay back, enjoy the show
Everybody gets high, everybody gets low
These are the days when anything goes

Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer

Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer to feeling fine

I've been swimming in a sea of anarchy
I've been living on coffee and nicotine
I've been wondering if all the things I've seen
Were ever real, were ever really happening

Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer

Everyday is a winding road
I get a little bit closer
Everyday is a faded sign
I get a little bit closer to feeling fine

Absence of Fear - Jewel

Inside my skin
There is this space...
It twists and turns
It bleeds and aches

Inside my heart
There’s an empty room.
It’s waiting for lightning;
It’s waiting for you

I am wanting, and...
I am needing you
To be here
Inside the absence of fear

Muscle and sinew
Velvet and stone...
This vessel is haunted
It creaks and moans

My bones call to you
In a separate skin.
I make myself translucent
To let you in, boy...

I am wanting, and...
I am needing you
To be here
Inside the absence of fear

There is the splendor of this
Secret inside of me
And it knows that you’re no stranger,
You’re my gravity

My hands will adore you
Through all darkness aim, they will
Lay you out in moonlight
And reinvent your name

For I am wanting, and...
I am needing you
To be here...
I need you near...
Inside the absence of fear.

For Lucky And Vella

as much as I know you hate Mariah Carey, this song, because of the name reminded me of you, Lucky and then I heard the words and thought of the love between you Vels....

"Joy Ride"

[Verse 1]
Baby baby don't you ever let go
More and more until we both overflow
Got a feeling that my heart's never known
I found love
Tender kisses and I'm floating on air
You can have me anytime, anywhere
When you need me I will always be there
I found love

[Chorus 1]
And our love goes round and round
Way up high, a joy ride
We can touch the stars above
We found love
And our love was heaven sent
From the day we first met
We've got something they can't touch
We found love

[Verse 2]
Loving you is like a taste of heaven
Wanna gaze into your eyes forever
Run away and spend our lives together
I've found love
Baby baby
All it takes is one touch
And immediately I feel a rush
Baby, too much is never enough
I found love

[Chorus 2]
And our love goes round and round
Way up high, a joy ride
We can touch the stars above
We found love
And our love was heaven sent
From the day we first met
We've got something they can't touch
We found love

[Bridge]
I don't need anything
When you're here next to me
Nobody in this whole wide world
Could ever replace you in my eyes
We found paradise
Forever you and I
Our love goes round and round
On a joy ride
(with ya babe, with ya babe,
with ya babe, with you baby)

thank you beautiful. you made me smile.

vella_ms said:

thank you beautiful. you made me smile.

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I'm glad...make sure you have Lucky check it out, ok?

Because of the New Orleans thread, this song has been going through my mind.

City of New Orleans by Arlo Guthrie

Riding on the City of New Orleans,
Illinois Central Monday morning rail
Fifteen cars and fifteen restless riders,
Three conductors and twenty-five sacks of mail.
All along the southbound odyssey
The train pulls out at Kankakee
Rolls along past houses, farms and fields.
Passin' trains that have no names,
Freight yards full of old black men
And the graveyards of the rusted automobiles.

Good morning America how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

Dealin' card games with the old men in the club car.
Penny a point ain't no one keepin' score.
Pass the paper bag that holds the bottle
Feel the wheels rumblin' 'neath the floor.
And the sons of pullman porters
And the sons of engineers
Ride their father's magic carpets made of steel.
Mothers with their babes asleep,
Are rockin' to the gentle beat
And the rhythm of the rails is all they feel.

Good morning America how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

Nighttime on The City of New Orleans,
Changing cars in Memphis, Tennessee.
Half way home, we'll be there by morning
Through the Mississippi darkness
Rolling down to the sea.
And all the towns and people seem
To fade into a bad dream
And the steel rails still ain't heard the news.
The conductor sings his song again,
The passengers will please refrain
This train's got the disappearing railroad blues.

Good night, America, how are you?
Don't you know me I'm your native son,
I'm the train they call The City of New Orleans,
I'll be gone five hundred miles when the day is done.

Turn Me On - Norah Jones

Like a flower waiting to bloom
Like a lightbulb in a dark room
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on

Like the desert waiting for the rain
Like a school kid waiting for the spring
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on

My poor heart, it's been so dark since you been gone
After all, you're the one who turns me off
You're the only one who can turn me back on

My hi-fi's waiting for a new tune
The glass is waiting for some fresh ice cubes
I'm just sitting here waiting for you
To come on home and turn me on
Turn me on

The Pointless, Yet Poignant, Crisis of a Co-ed - Dar Williams

I'm not a leader, i'm not a left-wing rhetoric mobilizing force of one,
But there was a time way back, many years ago in college, don't laugh,
But I thought I was a radical, I ran the hemp Liberation League with my boyfriend,
It was true love, with a common cause, and besides that, he was a Sagittarius.

We used to say that our love was like hemp rope, three times as strong as the
rope that you buy domestically,
And we would bond in the face of oppression from big business and the deans,
But I knew there was a problem, every time the group would meet everyone ould light up,
That made it difficult to discuss glaucoma and human rights, not to mention chemotherapy.

Well sometimes, life gives us lessons sent in ridiculous packaging,
And so I found him in the arms of a Student Against the Treacherous use of Fur,
And he gave no apology, he just turned to me, stoned out to the edge of oblivion,
He didn't pull up the sheets and I think he even smiled as he said to me,
"Well, I guess our dreams went up in smoke."
And I said, No, our dreams went up in dreams, you stupid pothead,
And another thing, what kind of a name is Students Against the Treacherous Use
of Fur?
Fur is already dead, and besides, a name like that doesn't make a good acronym.

I am older now, I know the rise and gradual fall of a daily victory.
And I still write to my senators, saying they should legalize cannabis,
And I should know, cause I am a horticulturist, I have a husband and two
children out in Lexington, Mass.
And my ex-boyfriend can't tell me I've sold out, because he's in a cult.
And he's not allowed to talk to me.

The Blessings - Dar Williams

If you're gonna get your heart broke, you better do it just right,
It's gotta be raining, and you gotta move your stuff that night,
And the only friend you can reach isn't a good friend at all,
And you know when he says "Now who dumped who?" that you never should have made that call.

I had the blessings, there's nobody there, there's nobody home,
Yeah the blessings, at the moment I was most alone
And aimless as a fulltime fool, the joke was on me,
I got all of those birds flying off of that tree, and that's a blessing.

And the blessings were like poets that we never find time to know,
But when time stopped I found the place where the poets go.
And they said, "Here have some coffee, it's straight, black and very old,"
And they gave me sticks and rocks and stars and all that I could hold,

I had the blessings, a moment of peace even when the night ends,
Yeah the blessings, can we meet? Can we meet again,
At the crossroads of disaster and the imperfect smile,
With the angel in the streetlamp that blinks on as I walk on a mile, the blessings.

And the best ones were the ones I got to keep as I grew strong,
And the days that opened up until my whole life could belong,
It's like I'm getting the answers, when I don't need them anymore,
I'm finding the pictures, and I finally know what I kept them for.
I remember, I can see them, see them smiling, see them stuck,
See them try, I wish them luck and all the blessings.

I was fast asleep at three in the morning when I got the payphone call,
And she said, "Did I wake you up," I said, "Hey, no, not at all."
And she said, "I got this suitcase and I don't know what to pack,"
And I said, "You can take anything you want, just wait and see,
It's not a release, not a reward, it's the blessings,
It's the gift of what you notice more,"
And I walked out and I watched her kick the big pile of the night,
And we sat down and we waited for that strange and empty light.
Yeah the blessings...

See them smiling, see them stuck,
See them try, I wish them luck and all the blessings.

Saving Jane




It’s too late to say you’re sorry
You’ve been gone from here too long
I hope you found what you were missing
Cause I don’t miss you here at all

And it’s too bad that I’m not crying for you baby,
Don’t be sad, cause I’ve been fine without you lately

I’m saving my breath
I’m saving my tears
I’m saving my life for something
Better than these years
I’ve lost too much time
Crying over you
Don’t look so surprised that I’ve
Got better things to do
Who’s cryin now?

There’s so many nights I wasted
I was waiting for your call
Did you think I’d wait forever?
I guess you don’t know me at all

And I told you if you left you would regret it
Thinking I would take you back, but you don’t get it

There’s something you should know
I finally let you go
It had to end somehow
Tell me who’s cryin now

Twosome - Deep Forest

(Hungarian)
Határimot meghaladtam Színyem
nem volt, úgy búsultam

Határimot meghaladtam
Színyem nem volt, úgy búsultam
Mikor Csíkból kiindultam
Színyem is volt, nem búsultam

ó Istenem, mit csináljak
Anyám (én) szívem ha még élne
Jaj Istenem, merre vetél
Jaj Istenem adj nekem...

Határimot meghaladtam
Színyem nem vót, úgy búsultam
Mikor Csíkból kiindultam
Színyem is volt, nem búsultam

ó Istenem, mit csináljak
Anyám (én) szívem ha még élne
Jaj Istenem, merre vetél
Jaj Istenem adj nekem...

Határimot meghaladtam
Színyem is vót, nem búsultam
ó istenem, mit csinájak
(Határimot... Határimot...)
Anyám (én) szívem ha még élne
Szegény embert... (?)
Jaj Istenem, merre vetél (Határimot... Határimot...)
Jaj Istenem adj nekem...

(English)
I've gone past my borders
I was so sad, I had no color

I've gone past my borders
I was so sad, I had no color
When I started from "Csík"
I still had my color, was not sad

Oh My God What can I do
My mother, oh my heart,
if she still would be alive
Oh My God where did you throw me
Oh My God give to me...

I've gone past my borders
I was so sad, I had no color
When I started from "Csík"
I still had my color, was not sad

Oh My God What can I do
My mother, oh my heart,
if she still would be alive
Oh My God where did you throw me
Oh My God give to me...

I've gone past my borders
I still had my color, was not sad
Oh My God What can I do
(My Borders... My Borders...)
My mother, oh my heart,
if she still would be alive
The poor man...
Oh My God where did you throw me (My Borders... My Borders...)
Oh My God give to me...


Interpreting the Song:

This is a "Csángó" song, but this one has a deeper sense. The word "Csángó" in Hungarian meens: "those, who have gone". The Csángó people call themselves "csángó-magyar", which means: "the hungarians who have gone". And in fact, some time ago (a few hundred years) a significant part of the "Székely" people migrated east, and have become the "Csángó". Nowadays no one really knows why they decided to migrate east, but the fact is they have gone and established in Moldavia a lot of villages, where they have continued to live their lives.

This song dates back to the times of the migrations, and is a song of a young orphan girl, who was forced to leave "her borders", which means that she had to go from her natal place, "Csík" to an unknown and new land without having her mother near. Since 1918 (Pact of Trianon), Csík has been called "Miercurea Ciuc", and was the spritual center of the "Székely" people for a long time.

The song uses a lot of archaisms, which are present only in the Csángó dialect of the Hungarian language. The phrases have an unusual construction, which is strange even for those, whos natal language is the Hungarian. After their migration, the Csángó people were very isolated from the rest of the Hungarian speaking world (Transylvania and Hungary). As a result their spoken language has remained the same as when they migrated. The so called modernizations of the hungarian language did not affect the Csángó dialect, but they have borrowed a lot of words from the romanian speaking neighbor villages. For ex. the lines "I had no color" is translated word by word, the true meaning is: I was *VERY* pale. You can imagine, that no one leaves their natal place if they are not forced to, by someone or something, and the people who had to leave their natal place were very "sad". This song is about them, the ones who were forced to do this terrible act to survive.

The Csángó people in their long existence have faced a lot of adversities that have endangered their continuity as individuals and as a group. The Romanian Government does not recognize their language as existing, they aren't allowed to use it in church, have schooling in their natal language, and as a minority group they are not even present on papers. Unfortunately this song is very real in the present day, not only for the Csángó, but for all the mistreated minorities around the world. If governments do not allow minority groups to recognize themselves as being different, then not only do they kill a culture and a language, but their country loses something as well. This is currently recognized in Romania.

Bright Eyes-If Winter Ends

i dreamt of a fever,
one that would cure me of this cold, winter set heart.
with heat to melt these frozen tears and burned with reasons
as to carry on.
into these twisted months i plunge without a light to follow
but i swear that i would follow anything
just get me out of here.
and so you get six months to adapt
and you get two more to leave town.
in the event that you do adapt, we still might not want you around.
but i fell for the promise of a life with a purpose
and i know that's impossible now.
and so i drink to stay warm
and to kill selected memories
because i just can’t think anymore about that or about her tonight
and i give myself three days to feel better
or else i swear i'm driving off a fucking cliff
because if i can’t learn to make myself feel better
then how can i expect anyone else to give a shit
and i scream for the sunlight or a car to take me anywhere
just get me past this dead and eternal snow
because i swear that i am dying, slowly but its happening
and if the perfect spring is waiting somewhere
just take me there
just take me there
just take me there
and say and lie to me and say
and lie to me and say
it’s going to be alright
its going to be alright
its going to be alright.