I'm Off

[Soron]

A great song, my love. I always liked this one too...

ONLY A HOBO
(Bob Dylan)

As I was out walking on a corner one day,
I spied an old hobo, in a doorway he lay.
His face was all grounded in the cold sidewalk floor
And I guess he'd been there for the whole night or more.

Only a hobo, but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
Leavin' nobody to carry him home
Only a hobo, but one more is gone

A blanket of newspaper covered his head,
As the curb was his pillow, the street was his bed.
One look at his face showed the hard road he'd come
And a fistful of coins showed the money he bummed.

Only a hobo, but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
Leavin' nobody to carry him home
Only a hobo, but one more is gone

Does it take much of a man to see his whole life go down,
To look up on the world from a hole in the ground,
To wait for your future like a horse that's gone lame,
To lie in the gutter and die with no name?

Only a hobo, but one more is gone
Leavin' nobody to sing his sad song
Leavin' nobody to carry him home
Only a hobo, but one more is gone

 

[Arden]

To die feeling that you've never been loved and cherished by someone would have to be the worst death of all...

I love you

 

[Soron]

There is no other feeling quite like having someone who is your best friend, your devoted lover and most of all the person you want to spend all of your time with. Whether it's just simply having a conversation or listening to a song together. Whether it's laying in bed and simply holding each other close or making passionate love. It all comes down to something so simple, yet so beautiful.
I love you, Arden

 

[Arden]

LAY DOWN SALLY
(Eric Clapton / Marcy Levy / George Terry)


There is nothing that is wrong
In wanting you to stay here with me.
I know you've got somewhere to go,
But won't you make yourself at home and stay with me?
And don't you ever leave.

Lay down, Sally, and rest you in my arms.
Don't you think you want someone to talk to?
Lay down, Sally, no need to leave so soon.
I've been trying all night long just to talk to you.

The sun ain't nearly on the rise
And we still got the moon and stars above.
Underneath the velvet skies,
Love is all that matters. Won't you stay with me?
And don't you ever leave.

Chorus

I long to see the morning light
Coloring your face so dreamily.
So don't you go and say goodbye,
You can lay your worries down and stay with me.
And don't you ever leave.

 

[Soron]

The sun ain't nearly on the rise
And we still got the moon and stars above.
Underneath the velvet skies,
Love is all that matters. Won't you stay with me?
And don't you ever leave.

 

[Arden]

SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT

SHE was a phantom of delight
When first she gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely Apparition, sent
To be a moment's ornament;
Her eyes as stars of Twilight fair;
Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair;
But all things else about her drawn
From May-time and the cheerful Dawn;
A dancing Shape, an Image gay,
To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.

I saw her upon a nearer view,
A Spirit, yet a Woman too!
Her household motions light and free,
And steps of virgin liberty;
A countenance in which did meet
Sweet records, promises as sweet;
A Creature not too bright or good
For human nature's daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles,
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.

And now I see with eye serene
The very pulse of the machine;
A Being breathing thoughtful breath,
A Traveler between life and death;
The reason firm, the temperate will,
Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill;
A perfect Woman, nobly planned,
To warm, to comfort, and command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright,
With something of angelic light.

William Wordsworth

 

[Soron]

A perfect Woman, nobly planned,
To warm, to comfort, and command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright,
With something of angelic light.

Reminds me of someone I love very much.

 

[Arden]

A perfect Woman, nobly planned,
To warm, to comfort, and command;
And yet a Spirit still, and bright,
With something of angelic light.

Reminds me of someone I love very much.

Feeling psychic today? That's two direct hits already...

 

[Soron]

Feeling psychic today? That's two direct hits already...

I sure am feeling you today, my love. And, wanting to hold you.

 

[Arden]

I sure am feeling you today, my love. And, wanting to hold you.

Please do, I truly need your arms around me right now.

 

[Soron]

Please do, I truly need your arms around me right now.

I'll do my very best, love.

*pulling her to me as she walks into my arms*

{{{{{{{ ARDEN }}}}}}}


Holding you so tight.

 

[Arden]

I'll do my very best, love.

*pulling her to me as she walks into my arms*

{{{{{{{ ARDEN }}}}}}}


Holding you so tight.

I need you to hold on tight so I don't float away!

{{{{{SORON}}}}}

 

[Soron]

I need you to hold on tight so I don't float away!

{{{{{SORON}}}}}

I'm doing my very best. I hope it will be enough.

 

[Arden]

I'm doing my very best. I hope it will be enough.

I have no doubt in my mind, Soron. {{{{{Soron }}}}
Would you believe that I've been smiling non-stop for almost three hours now?

 

[Soron]

I have no doubt in my mind, Soron. {{{{{Soron }}}}
Would you believe that I've been smiling non-stop for almost three hours now?

Makes me very happy when you smile.

 

[Arden]

Makes me very happy when you smile.

I hope you're smiling too...

 

[Soron]

LYDIA, THE TATTOED LADY ~ Groucho Marx
(Harold Arlen / E.Y. Harburg)

Oh Lydia, Oh Lydia
Now have you met Lydia
Lydia the tattooed lady
She has muscles men adore-so
And a torso even more-so
Oh, Lydia, Oh Lydia
Now have you met Lydia
Lydia the queen of tattoo
On her back is the battle of Waterloo
Beside it the wreck of the Hesperus too
and proudly above waves the red white and blue
You can learn a lot from Lydia

There's Grover Walen unveilin' the Trylon
Over on the West Coast we have Treasure Island
There's Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon
And Lady Godiva--but with her pajamas on
She can give you a view of the world in tattoo
If you step up and tell her where
Mon Paree, Kankakee, even Perth by the sea
Or of Washington crossing the Delaware.

Oh Lydia, Oh Lydia, now have you met Lydia
Lydia the queen of them all
She has a view of Niagara which nobody has
And Basin Street known as the birthplace of jazz
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz!
You can learn a lot from Lydia!
--Lydia the queen of tattoo!

Lydia, oh Lydia, have you met
Lydia, the queen of them all!
She once knocked an admiral off of his feet,
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat.
And now the old man is in command of the fleet,
For he went and married Lydia!

 

[Arden]

Would you believe...

That I know some of the melody to this song? LOL

Oh Lydia, Oh Lydia
Now have you met Lydia
Lydia the tattooed lady


Missed you!

 

[Soron]

Re: Would you believe...

That I know some of the melody to this song? LOL

Oh Lydia, Oh Lydia
Now have you met Lydia
Lydia the tattooed lady


Missed you!

Do you know what movie it's from?

I missed you too.

 

[Arden]

Re: Re: Would you believe...

Do you know what movie it's from?

I missed you too.

Sadly, I do not, but I'm willing to bet that you can tell me!

 

[Soron]

Re: Re: Re: Would you believe...

Sadly, I do not, but I'm willing to bet that you can tell me!

That would be, "At The Circus" darlin'. One of their worst movies, I thought. But seeing Chico play the piano and Harpo play his harp and chase the girls and Groucho with his remarks, it's worth watching.

 

[Arden]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Would you believe...

That would be, "At The Circus" darlin'. One of their worst movies, I thought. But seeing Chico play the piano and Harpo play his harp and chase the girls and Groucho with his remarks, it's worth watching.

I'd love to watch some movies with you

 

[Soron]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Would you believe...

I'd love to watch some movies with you

If I have anything to say about it, we will get to watch many movies together, Arden.

 

[Arden]

WHILE THE WEST IS PALING
William Ernest Henley

WHILE the west is paling
Starshine is begun.
While the dusk is failing
Glimmers up the sun.

So, till darkness cover
Life's retreating gleam,
Lover follows lover,
Dream succeeds to dream.

Stoop to my endeavour,
O my love, and be
Only and for ever
Sun and stars to me.

 

[Soron]

A Red, Red Rose
Robert Burns

O my luve's like a red, red rose.
That's newly sprung in June;
O my luve's like a melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will love thee still, my Dear,
Till a'the seas gang dry.

Till a' the seas gang dry, my Dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
I will luve thee still, my Dear,
While the sands o'life shall run.

And fare thee weel my only Luve!
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile!