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Coffee Stain - Sarah Harmer

There's a coffee stain
Around your eye
And lines that I don't recognize
Everything changed
From being okay
The night that you came home
So late

And I know by the time
On the stove
That you were no longer
Mine alone
I guess we're all
Just out on loan
And everybody is only
Their own

Oh i loved you
And i guess i still do
Everything was going so good
That I thought something bad might happen
And then it did
If you know the difference
Between bad and good
Thought that I'd know
But I cross my toes
And thats how it goes

Maybe I'm a fatalist
To let it all go at this
Like some balloon
I'll probably miss
Lost in a treetop

But there's a coffee stain
Around your eye
And lines that I don't recognize
Everything changed
From being okay
The night that you came home
So late

Oh i loved you
And i guess i still do
Everything was going so good
That I thought something bad might happen
And then it did
If you know the difference
Between bad and good
Thought that I'd know
But I cross my toes
And thats how it goes

Too Little Too Late - Metric

You can burn your paper fingers in the ashtray
Place your swollen lips on mine
You can shave your heavy head in my carpeted hallway
Sure for the first time you're wearing the right clothes

Now take them off
Meet me on the band room rug
Tie my right hand to the ride

You can take a live wire into the bath with you
For a feeling you can't find
You can entertain your childhood friends with a tour of the bedroom
Laugh to erase the dirt on your mind

Oh let's move out
Meet me at the motel
Tie my right hand to the bible

Too little too late but we don't say no
It's too much to feel
Tie my right hand to the bible

Seeing Red - Killing Joke

they're dropping bombs again
and they're doing it in your name
all the rational commentaries
in the papers that i read
marmalade and buttered toast
and smell of sunday roast
kiss the arse of uncle sam
oh to be an englishman

when you hear the sound of warning
when the only colour is red
red sky in the morning
everywhere i'm seeing red

dawn brings a day of hell
hours that we pawn and sell
a single magpie in the tree
one for sorrow one for me
kick it off the cliff i said
now the line fucks up my head
too late to change this mode
break all my moral codes

when you hear the sound of warning
when the only colour is red
red sky in the morning
everywhere i'm seeing red

running from myself again
and all i feel is shame
it doesn't matter where i go
everywhere still looks the same
this sense of emptiness
as we create this mess
self-destructive tendencies
are what you mean to me

when you hear the sound of warning
when the only colour is red
red sky in the morning
everywhere i'm seeing red

Sleepsinging - The Damnwells

It's up to you now
This place is filling up with smoke
You won't let me breathe in or out
So I resolve to cut my own throat

And I will never change
Not for anyone
Sometimes I wish
I could leave myself alone
I could leave myself alone

Each day you bring me closer
to going nowhere
Like sleep walking I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Someday you're gonna wish
You'd taken better care of me
Like sleep walking I'm sleepsinging, yeah

I have been such a fool for you
I put my faith in things you could never do
Now I'm chasing myself to catch up with you
And you mixed every drink of lies
with the truth

And I will never change
Not for anyone
Sometimes I wish
I could leave myself alone
I could leave myself alone

Each day you bring me closer
to going nowhere
Like sleep walking I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Someday you're gonna wish
You'd taken better care of me
Like sleep walking I'm sleepsinging, yeah

And I will never change, no
Will you ever change, no

Each day you bring me closer
to going nowhere
Like sleep walking I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Someday you're gonna wish
You'd taken better care of me
Like sleep walking I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Someday you're gonna wish
You'd taken better care of me
Like sleep walking I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Like sleep walking I'm sleepsinging, yeah
Like sleep walking I'm sleepsinging, yeah

How bout some tunes for the folks in ChiTown?


Burning Down the House - Talking Heads

You might get what youre after
Cool babies
Strange but not a stranger
Im an ordinary guy
Burning down the house

Hold tight wait till the partys over
Hold tight were in for nasty weather
There has got to be a way
Burning down the house

Heres your ticket pack your bag: time for jumpin overboard
The transportation is here
Close enough but not too far, maybe you know where you are
Fightin fire with fire

All wet
Hey you might need a raincoat
Shakedown
Dreams walking in broad daylight
Three hun-dred six-ty five de-grees
Burning down the house

It was once upon a place sometimes I listen to myself
Gonna come in first place
People on their way to work baby what did you except
Gonna burst into flame

My house
Sout of the ordinary
Thats might
Dont want to hurt nobody
Some things sure can sweep me off my feet
Burning down the house

No visible means of support and you have not seen nuthin yet
Everythings stuck together
I dont know what you expect starring into the tv set
Fighting fire with fire








Have fun folks!

For CC....


China Cat Sunflower - Grateful Dead

Look for a while at the China Cat sunflower,
Proud walking jingle in the midnight sun.
Copperdome bodhi drip a silver kimono,
Like a crazy quilt stargown through a dream night wind.

Crazy cat peekin' through a lace bandanna,
Like a one-eyed Cheshire, like a diamond-eye jack.
A leaf of all colors plays a golden-string fiddle,
To a double-E waterfall over my back.

Comic book colors on a violin river Cryin' Leonardo,
Words from out a silk trombone.
I rang a silent bell, beneath a shower of pearls,
In the eagle-winged palace of the Queen Chinee.





I miss you.

Walter's song: Vienna Teng

It's desert ice outside but this diner has thawed my ears
Hot coffee in a clean white mug and a smile when the waitress hears
That I was born in North Carolina
Not an hour from her home town
And we used to play the same pizza parlor pinball

And there's a glance in time suspended as I wonder how it is
We've been swept up just by circumstance to where the coyote lives
Where my days are strips of highway
And she's wiping tables down
Holding on and still waiting for that windfall

But I've come home
Even though I've never had so far to go
I've come home

I pay the check and leave the change from a crumpled ten-dollar bill
Head across the street where VACANCY is burning in neon still
Well the night eats up my body heat
And there's no sign of another
And I find myself slipping down into that black

But things are good I've got a lot of followers of my faith
I've got a whole congregation living in my head these days
And I'm preaching from the pulpit
To cries of "Amen brother"
Closing my eyes to feel the warmth come back

And I've come home
Even though I swear I've never been so alone
I've come home

I just want to be living as I'm dying
Just like everybody here
Just want to know my little flicker of time is worthwhile
And I don't know where I'm driving to
But I know I'm getting old
And there's a blessing in every moment every mile

Thin white terry bars of soap and a couple little plastic cups
Old Gideons Bible in the nightstand drawer saying "Go on open up"
Well I'll kneel down on the carpet here
Though I never was sure of God
Think tonight I'll give Him the benefit of the doubt

I switch off the lights and imagine that waitress outlined in the bed
Her hair falling all around me
I smile and shake my head
Well we all write our own endings
And we all have our own scars
But tonight I think I see what it's all about

Because I've come home
I've come home

"Leave Out All The Rest"~ Linkin Park

I dreamed I was missing
You were so scared
But no one would listen
Cause no one else cared

After my dreaming
I woke with this fear
What am I leaving
When I'm done here

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

And don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Don't be afraid
I've taken my beating
I've shared what I made

I'm strong on the surface
Not all the way through
I've never been perfect
But neither have you

So if you're asking me
I want you to know

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest
[End Chorus]

Forgetting
All the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well

Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are

[Chorus]
When my time comes
Forget the wrong that I've done
Help me leave behind some
Reasons to be missed

Don't resent me
And when you're feeling empty
Keep me in your memory

Leave out all the rest
Leave out all the rest

Forgetting
All the hurt inside
You've learned to hide so well

Pretending
Someone else can come and save me from myself
I can't be who you are
I can't be who you are

Temptation ~Diana Krall

In the mood for a little jazz...

Rusted brandy in a diamond glass
Everything is made from dreams
Time is made from honey slow and sweet
Only the fools know what it means

Temptation, temptation, temptation
Oh, temptation, temptation, I can't resist

Well I know that he is made of smoke
But I've lost my way
He knows that I am broke
But I must play

Temptation, oh temptation,
temptation, I can't resist

Dutch pink and Italian blue
He is there waiting for you
My will has disappeared
Now confusion is so clear

Temptation, temptation, temptation
I can't resist
Temptation, temptation, temptation
I can't resist

Slow Like Honey~ Fiona Apple


You moved like honey in my dream last night
Yeah, some old fires were burning
You came near to me and you endeared to me
But you couldnt quite discern me

Does that scare you? Ill let you run away
But your heart will not oblige you
Youll remember me like a melody
Yeah, Ill haunt the world inside you

And my big secret - gonna win you over
Slow like honey, heavy with mood

Ill let you see me, Ill covet your regard
Ill invade your demeanor
And youll yield to me like a scent in the breeze
And youll wonder what it is about me

Its my big secret - keeping you coming
Slow like honey, heavy with mood

Though dreams can be deceiving
Like faces are to hearts
They serve for sweet relieving
When fantasy and reality lie too far apart

So I stretch myself across, like a bridge
And I pull you to the edge
And stand there waiting
Trying to attain
The end to satisfy the story
Shall I release you?
Must I release you?
As I rise to meet my glory

But my big secret
Gonna hover over your life
Gonna keep you reaching
When Im gone like yesterday
When Im high like heaven
When Im strong like music
cuz Im slow like honey, and
Heavy with mood

Mas Tequila - Sammy Hagar

All right now, here we go
Now we're gonna tell you a little story
About the way we like to party - take ya on a trip!
HIT IT!

I'm goin' way down south where the big blue agave grow
takin' a weekend trip down to Baja, Mexico
Where you can drink the water, but don't ya eat the ice,
Take your vitamin T with salt 'n lemon slice
I say,
One shot
Hey! Mas Tequila
Two shots
Hey! Hey! que veneno-
Three shots
Hey! Arriba!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Mas Tequila!

She did a mean macarena to the funky cold medina
Behind a body shot and three margaritas.
She'll drink it straight from the bottle, terra cotta jug,
From a boda bag coppin' a major buzz.
I say,
One shot
Hey! Mas Tequila-
Two shots
Hey! Hey! que veneno-
Three shots
Uno mas, bartender, one more, .mas tequila!

You can drink the water, but don't ya eat the ice
Take your vitamin T with salt 'n lemon slice
I say,
One shot
Hey! Mas Tequila
Two shots
Hey! Hey! Que veneno
Three shots
Hey!Arriba!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Mas Tequila

One shot
Hey! more tequila!
Two shots
Hey! Hey! que veneno!
Three shots
Hey!
Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!
Mas Tequila!
No mas, no mas ....

Your Song: Elton John

It's a little bit funny this feeling inside
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
I don't have much money but boy if I did
I'd buy a big house where we both could live

If I was a sculptor, but then again, no
Or a man who makes potions in a travelling show
I know it's not much but it's the best I can do
My gift is my song and this one's for you

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

I sat on the roof and kicked off the moss
Well a few of the verses well they've got me quite cross
But the sun's been quite kind while I wrote this song
It's for people like you that keep it turned on

So excuse me forgetting but these things I do
You see I've forgotten if they're green or they're blue
Anyway the thing is what I really mean
Yours are the sweetest eyes I've ever seen

And you can tell everybody this is your song
It may be quite simple but now that it's done
I hope you don't mind
I hope you don't mind that I put down in words
How wonderful life is while you're in the world

In The Road - Weeping Tile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vi-7bm3Fqy8

She calls early in the morning about money that I might have spent
It's a classic case of I dont know where it went
I want this to read like a letter
And I want it to ring like a phrase
Somewhere out in the road as the sky's last light burns away

You call I write I may answer
I many never send anything

Youll leave and you'll go
It's alright if we dont remember

Did I say I'd stay
What if I was wrong?

I'll be out in the road before you know that I've gone
I'll be out in the road before you know that I've gone

And I'm tired of reflection and warning
Keeping myself at the centre of it all
We lie out of boredom
Just to stall the inevitable

You're waking in bed
I light a candle you said
You were leaving before the sun
And what does it mean to mean something and never get anything done?

I lie in wait for the better part of the day

To be out in the road as the skys last light burns away
To be out in the road as the sky's last light burns away
To be out in the road as the sky's last light burns away

Romeo and Juliet: Indigo Girls

A love struck romeo
Sings the streets a serenade
Now he's laying everybody low
He's got a love song that he made
He finds a convenience streetlight
And he steps out of the shade
And says something like
You and me, babe, how about it?

Juliet says hey, it's romeo!
You nearly give me a heart attack!
Yeah well, he's underneath the window
Now she's singing hey-la, my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here
Singing up at people like that
Ah anyway, whatcha gonna do about it?

Juliet
The dice were loaded from the start
And I bet and you exploded into my heart
And I forget, I forget the movie song
When you gonna realize
It was just that the time was wrong
Julie

We both come up on different streets
And they both were streets of shame
You know they're both dirty both mean
Yes and the dreams were the same
And I dreamed your dream for you
And now your dream is real
So tell me honey
Now how can you look at me
As if I was just another one of your deals

Now you can fall for chains of silver
And you can fall for chains of gold
You know you fall for pretty strangers
And the promises they hold
Well you promised me everything
And then you promised me thick and thin
Now you just turn away and say
Romeo, I think I used to have a scene with him.

Ah juliet
When we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above
Gonna love you till I die
There's a place for us
I you know this song
Now when you gonna realize
It was just that the time was wrong
Julie

But I can't do the talks like they talk on my tv screen
I can't do a love song not the way you song them to me
I can't do everything but I would do anything for you
Oh no I can't do anything except be in love with you

Yeah now and all I do is miss you
And the way it used to be you know
And all I do is keep the beat
I keep bad, bad company
And all I do is kiss you
Through the bars of a rhyme
When julie I'd do the stars with you
Anytime

Ah juliet
When we made love you used to cry
You said I love you like the stars above
I'm gonna love you till I die
There's a place for us
I know you know the movie song
One day we're gonna realize
It was just that the time was wrong
Julie

Now this love struck romeo
He sings the streets a serenade
Now he's laying everybody low
He's got a love song he made
He finds a convenient streetlight
And he'll step out of the shade
And he'll say something like
You and me, babe, how 'bout it?

Broken by Lindsey Haun

Wake up to a sunny day, not a cloud up in the sky
Then it starts to rain, my defenses hit the ground
And they shatter all around, so open and exposed
I found strength in the struggle
Face to face with my trouble

When you're broken in a million little pieces
And you're trying but you can't hold on anymore
Every tear falls down for a reason
Don't you stop believing in yourself
When you're broken

Little girl don't be so blue
I know what you're going through
Don't let it beat you up
Hitting walls and getting scars
Only makes you who you are
Only makes you who you are
No matter how much your heart is aching
There is beauty in the breaking
Yeah

When you're broken in a million little pieces
And you're trying but you can't hold on anymore
Every tear falls down for a reason
Don't you stop believing in yourself
When you're broken

Better days are gonna find you once again
Every piece will find its place

When you're broken, when you're broken

When you're broken in a million little pieces
And you're trying but you can't hold on anymore
Every tear falls down for a reason
Don't you stop believing in yourself
When you're broken
Oh, when you're broken
When you're broken
When you're broken

Dear Henry - The Skydiggers feat. Sarah Harmer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EvXqIafXU4

Dear Henry, you expect so much from me
I’ve settled on what’s easiest it seems
Staying here at your expense doesn’t really make much sense
Oh Henry, why expect so much from me

Well Patience, you’ve not heard the last from me
Not likely I don’t give in easily
If I could recognize what is truth and what are lies
Oh Patience, I will learn eventually

So judgment, turn that blinding light away
It’s easy to be critical of me
I don’t meant to laugh at you but I don’t share your point of view
So judgment, shine that light away from me

There’s a path that led us here
There’s a truth that we still share
In between the two there must be room to reconcile

So Henry, don’t expect too much from me
I’ve settled on what’s easiest it seems (Oh Patience)
Deal with all your demons first before you make this problem worse
Yeah Henry, you expect too much from me

Oh Patience, I will learn eventually
So judgment, turn that light away from me
Oh Henry
Oh Patience
Oh Henry

Roads - Portishead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fTYpaPW3jM&feature=related

Ohh, can't anybody see
We've got a war to fight
Never found our way
Regardless of what they say

How can it feel, this wrong
From this moment
How can it feel, this wrong

Storm.. in the morning light
I feel
No more can I say
Frozen to myself

I got nobody on my side
And surely that ain't right
And surely that ain't right

Ohh, can't anybody see
We've got a war to fight
Never found our way
Regardless of what they say

How can it feel, this wrong
From this moment
How can it feel, this wrong

How can it feel, this wrong
This moment
How can it feel, this wrong

Ohh, can't anybody see
We've got a war to fight
Never found our way
Regardless of what they say

How can it feel, this wrong
From this moment
How can it feel, this wrong

Sewn: The Feeling

Give me the song and I’ll sing it like I mean it,
Give me the words and I’ll say them like I mean it,
Coz you‘ve got my heart in a headlock,
You stop the blood an make my head soft
And god knows, you’ve got me sewn

Danny boy, don’t be afraid
To shake that ass and misbehave
Danny boy, I know you’ve got time but what are you waiting for

Anyway, the dust may just blow away
If you wait for a windy day
But you may find the chance has passed you by.

I can’t do the walk, I can’t do the talk,
I can’t be your friend, unless I pretend

So give me the song and I’ll sing it like I mean it,
Give me the words and I’ll say them like I mean it,
Coz you‘ve got my heart in a headlock,
You stop the blood an make my head soft
And god knows, you’ve got me sewn

Danny boy, don’t be a fool
Take a punt and break a rule
Danny boy, you’re looking so low
You’re looking like the dead grown own

Anyway, the blues may just wash away
If you wait for a rainy day
But you may find, you’ve left it all behind

I can’t do the walk, I can’t do the talk,
I can’t be your friend, unless I pretend

So give me the song and I’ll sing it like I mean it,
Give me the words and I’ll say them like I mean it,
Coz you‘ve got my heart in a headlock,
You stop the blood an make my head soft
And god knows, you’ve got me sewn

"A Beautiful Mess"~ Jason Mraz

This song evokes such strong feelings for me.

You've got the best of both worlds
You're the kind of girl who can take down a man,
And lift him back up again
You are strong but you're needy,
Humble but you're greedy
Based on your body language,
your shoddy cursive I've been reading
You're style is quite selective,
though your mind is rather reckless
Well I guess it just suggests
that this is just what happiness is

Hey, what a beautiful mess this is
It's like picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write
Kind of turn themselves into knives
And don't mind my nerve you can call it fiction
'Cause I like being submerged in your contradictions dear
'Cause here we are, here we are

Although you were biased I love your advice
Your comebacks they're quick
And probably have to do with your insecurities
There's no shame in being crazy,
Depending on how you take these
Words that paraphrasing this relationship we're staging

And it's a beautiful mess, yes it is
It's like, we are picking up trash in dresses

Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you say
Kind of turn themselves into blades
And the kind and courteous is a life I've heard
But it's nice to say that we played in the dirt
Cause here, here we are, Here we are

We're still here
what a beautiful mess this is
it's like taking a guess when the only answer is yes.

and through timeless words and priceless pictures
we'll fly like birds not of this earth
and tides they turn and hearts disfigure
but that's no concern when we're wounded together
and we tore our dresses and stained our shirts
but it's nice today
Oh, the wait was so worth it.

Chariots Rise~Lizzy West

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg8hO-TKA-4

Can't find the lyrics...

Been feeling this song all day.

I Alone~ Live

"I Alone"

It's easier not to be wise
and measure these things by your brains
I sank into Eden with you
alone in the church by and by
I'll read to you here, save your eyes
you'll need them, your boat is at sea
your anchor is up, you've been swept away
and the greatest of teachers won't hesitate
to leave you there, by yourself, chained to fate

I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
fear is not the end of this!

it's easier not to be great
and measure these things by your eyes
we long to be here by his resolve
alone in the church by and by
to cradle the baby in space
and leave you there by yourself chained to fate

oh, now, we took it back too far,
only love can save us now,
all these riddles that you burn
all come runnin' back to you,
all these rhythms that you hide
only love can save us now,
all these riddles that you burn yeah, yeah, yeah

Beautiful - Mandalay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m8eFIs1Jvs

You can depend
On certainty
Count it out and weigh it up again
You can be sure
You've reached the end
And still you don't feel

Do you know you're beautiful
Do you know you're beautiful
Do you know you're beautiful
You are, yes you are

You can ignore
What you've become
Take it out and see it die again
You can be here
For who's a friend
And still you don't feel

Do you know you're beautiful
Do you know you're beautiful
Do you know you're beautiful
You are, yes you are
Yes you are

Yes you are

Innermost thoughts
Will be understood and
You can have all you need

Do you know
you know about anything
Do you know
you know about anyone

Do you know you're beautiful
You are, yes you are
Yes you are
You're beautiful
Do you know you're beautiful
Do you know you're beautiful
Do you know you're beautiful
You are, yes you are
Do you know you're beautiful
Do you know you're beautiful
Do you know...

Lady_Guenivere said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg8hO-TKA-4

Can't find the lyrics...

Been feeling this song all day.

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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 all diversions
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

Just now . . .

Blur -- Song Two

Inspired by recent events.

maggot420 said:

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 all diversions
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

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Thank you kind Sir. Isn't it "what grace have I" not "what a fool am I"???