Lyric game

[Huckleman2000]

I wonder where your heart is
cause it sure don't feel like it's here
Sometimes I think you wish
that I would just disappear
Have I got it all wrong?
Have you felt this way long?
Are you already gone?

Do you feel lonely
when you're here by my side?
Does the sound of freedom
echo in your mind?
Do you wish you were by yourself
or that I was someone else
anyone else?

~ Martina McBride

`Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom
From the day that I was born I've waved the flag
Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man
Yeah gave me peace of mind my daddy never had

Oh Philadelphia freedom shine on me, I love you
Shine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind
Shine a light shine a light
Shine a light won't you shine a light
Philadelphia freedom I love you, yes I do

~ Elton John

[edit to add] y'know, I always thought the lyric was "Gave me piece of Momma Daddy never had"
Boy, ismy face red.

 

[Stella_Omega]

`Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia freedom
From the day that I was born I've waved the flag
Philadelphia freedom took me knee-high to a man
Yeah gave me peace of mind my daddy never had

Oh Philadelphia freedom shine on me, I love you
Shine a light through the eyes of the ones left behind
Shine a light shine a light
Shine a light won't you shine a light
Philadelphia freedom I love you, yes I do

~ Elton John

[edit to add] y'know, I always thought the lyric was "Gave me piece of Momma Daddy never had"
Boy, ismy face red.

You know, when they're written out like that... those are the dumbest lyrics! BUt it's about emotion, not reason, in songwriting, and I love Taupin/John.

We are sailing to Philadelphia
A world away from the coaly tyne
Sailing to philadelphia
To draw the line
The Mason-Dixon line (Mark Knoppfler; a beautiful sea chanty, about Jeremiah Dixon and Charles Mason, who surveyed the south-east line of the American States)

 

[entitled]

You know, when they're written out like that... those are the dumbest lyrics! BUt it's about emotion, not reason, in songwriting, and I love Taupin/John.

We are sailing to Philadelphia
A world away from the coaly tyne
Sailing to philadelphia
To draw the line
The Mason-Dixon line (Mark Knoppfler; a beautiful sea chanty, about Jeremiah Dixon and Charles Mason, who surveyed the south-east line of the American States)

keep a close watch on this heart of mine,
I keep my eyes wide open all the time,
I keep the ends out for the ties that bind,
Because you're mine, I walk the line.

 

[MissBri]

 

[entitled]

Busted flat in Baton Rouge, waiting for a train
And I's feeling nearly as faded as my jeans.
Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,
It rode us all the way to New Orleans.

I pulled my harpoon out of my dirty red bandanna,
I was playing soft while bobby sang the blues.
Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby’s hand in mine,
We sang every song that driver knew.

Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose,
Nothing don’t mean nothing honey if it ain’t free, no no.
And feeling good was easy, lord, when he sang the blues,
You know feeling good was good enough for me,
Good enough for me and my Bobby McGee.

~ Janis Joplin, Me and Bobby McGee

hehe... One of my favorite songs. Another:

You can take all the tea in China
Put it in a big brown bag for me
Sail right round all the seven oceans
Drop it down in the middle of the ocean

She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
She's an angel of the first degree
She's as sweet as Tupelo honey
Just like honey baby
From the bees

 

[MissBri]

 

[Stella_Omega]

I heart Janice. These guys are a favorite band...

You are an angel
that money couldn't buy
You are an angel
Oh lord don't ask why
You are a lover
seductive from the start
You are a lover
that mends my broken heart
And when you bang your gong
I will surely run to you, my angel

You are an angel
a messenger of peace
You are the beauty
that soothes the savage beast

Or something

~ The Adicts, Angel

Well you're dirty and sweet
Clad in black don't look back and I love you
You're dirty and sweet, oh yeah
Well you're slim and you're weak
You've got the teeth of the hydra upon you
You're dirty sweet and you're my girl

Get it on, bang a gong, get it on
(T Rex)
It's probable that the "bang a gong" line in the addict's song is a quote from this one, IMO)

 

[MissBri]

 

[hurricane64]

At one -
I was sitting and thinking of all the
beautiful things he could have become
Instead of a lyrical oracle and I'm a most appreciative one
'cause I'm in a world of my own
when I'm into it I don't want anything else
and nothing can bother me when I'm inside of it
cause I'm outside of myself

Midnight Marauder spinning on my stereo
Mr. Desmond Dekker has a crown made of gold
The kids are alright a what a what I hear
London calling but I have no fear
Ms. Ella Fitzgerald has no peer
Music sweet music make the truth so clear
Classics of love make a dark day light
If you don't believe the words just look into their eyes

Sun shining down on a cloudy day
I know those songs gonna last forever that's what I say

~ Common Rider, Classics of Love

It's entirely possible, Stella. Love the new av, btw.

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was staring in my empty coffee cup
I was thinking that the gypsy wasn't lyin'
All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles
I'm gonna drink 'em up

And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill

Don't the sun look angry through the trees
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves
Don't you feel like Desperados under the eaves
Heaven help the one who leaves

Still waking up in the mornings with shaking hands
And I'm trying to find a girl who understands me
But except in dreams you're never really free
Don't the sun look angry at me

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was listening to the air conditioner hum
It went mmmmmm..
........................... Look away..........................................
(Look away down Gower Avenue, Look away....)

---Warren Zevon, "Desperadoes Under the Eaves"

 

[Stella_Omega]

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was staring in my empty coffee cup
I was thinking that the gypsy wasn't lyin'
All the salty margaritas in Los Angeles
I'm gonna drink 'em up

And if California slides into the ocean
Like the mystics and statistics say it will
I predict this motel will be standing until I pay my bill

Don't the sun look angry through the trees
Don't the trees look like crucified thieves
Don't you feel like Desperados under the eaves
Heaven help the one who leaves

Still waking up in the mornings with shaking hands
And I'm trying to find a girl who understands me
But except in dreams you're never really free
Don't the sun look angry at me

I was sitting in the Hollywood Hawaiian Hotel
I was listening to the air conditioner hum
It went mmmmmm..
........................... Look away..........................................
(Look away down Gower Avenue, Look away....)

---Warren Zevon, "Desperadoes Under the Eaves"

Love that man.

Well, I ride on a mailtrain, baby,
Can't buy a thrill.
Well, I've been up all night, baby,
Leanin' on the window sill.
Well, if I die
On top of the hill
And if I don't make it,
You know my baby will.

Don't the moon look good, mama,
Shinin' through the trees?
Don't the brakeman look good, mama,
Flagging down the "Double E"?
Don't the sun look good
Goin' down over the sea?
Don't my gal look fine
When she's comin' after me?

Now the wintertime is coming,
The windows are filled with frost.
I went to tell everybody,
But I could not get across.
Well, I wanna be your lover, baby,
I don't wanna be your boss.
Don't say I never warned you
When your train gets lost.
("takes a lot to laugh, takes a train to cry" Bob Dylan)

 

[MissBri]

 

[maggot420]

Well do you wanna dance under the moonlight?
Squeeze me baby all through the night
Oh baby, do you wanna dance?

~ Ramones, Do You Wanna Dance?

Twenty - twenty - twenty four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do
Nowhere to go
I wanna be sedated

Just get me to the airport
And put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can't control my fingers
I can't control my brain
Oh no oh ho


~ Ramones, I Wanna Be Sedated

 

[entitled]

Twenty - twenty - twenty four hours to go
I wanna be sedated
Nothing to do
Nowhere to go
I wanna be sedated

Just get me to the airport
And put me on a plane
Hurry hurry hurry before I go insane
I can't control my fingers
I can't control my brain
Oh no oh ho


~ Ramones, I Wanna Be Sedated

In the nick of time, a hero arose
A funny-looking dog with a big black nose
He flew into the sky to seek revenge
But the Baron shot him down - "Curses, foiled again!"

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

 

[maggot420]

In the nick of time, a hero arose
A funny-looking dog with a big black nose
He flew into the sky to seek revenge
But the Baron shot him down - "Curses, foiled again!"

Ten, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty or more
The Bloody Red Baron was rollin' up the score
Eighty men died tryin' to end that spree
of the Bloody Red Baron of Germany

I had this dream where I relished
The fray and the screaming that filled my head all day
It was as though I'd been spit there, settled in , into a pocket
Of a lighthouse off some rocky socket,
Off the coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, four thousand men died in the water here
Five hundred more were thrashing madly as parasites might in your blood
Now I was in a lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic would get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The selection was quick, the crew was picked and
those left in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home.

Then the dream ends when the phone rings
You doing alright he said it's out there ,most days and nights
But only a fool would complain
Anyway Susan if you like our conversation is as faint as the sound in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the hull

 

[hurricane64]

I had this dream where I relished
The fray and the screaming that filled my head all day
It was as though I'd been spit there, settled in , into a pocket
Of a lighthouse off some rocky socket,
Off the coast of France, Dear

One afternoon, four thousand men died in the water here
Five hundred more were thrashing madly as parasites might in your blood
Now I was in a lifeboat designed for ten and ten and only,
Anything that systematic would get you hated.
It's not a deal nor a test nor a love of something fated.
The selection was quick, the crew was picked and
those left in the water got kicked off our pant leg and we headed for home.

Then the dream ends when the phone rings
You doing alright he said it's out there ,most days and nights
But only a fool would complain
Anyway Susan if you like our conversation is as faint as the sound in my memory
As those fingernails scratching on the hull

"I" is a weak link in the chain here, but what the hell...

I went home with a waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too

I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me out of this

I'm the innocent bystander
Somehow I got stuck
Between a rock and a hard place
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck

Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan

--------Warren Zevon, Lawyers Guns and Money

 

[maggot420]

"I" is a weak link in the chain here, but what the hell...

I went home with a waitress
The way I always do
How was I to know
She was with the Russians, too

I was gambling in Havana
I took a little risk
Send lawyers, guns and money
Dad, get me out of this

I'm the innocent bystander
Somehow I got stuck
Between a rock and a hard place
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck
And I'm down on my luck

Now I'm hiding in Honduras
I'm a desperate man
Send lawyers, guns and money
The shit has hit the fan

--------Warren Zevon, Lawyers Guns and Money

in a sluggish economy
inflation,recession
hits the land of the free
standing in unemployment lines
blame the government for hard time
we just get by
however we can
we all gotta duck
when the shit hits the fan
10 kids in a cadillac
stand in lines for welfare checks
let's all leach off the state
gee!the money's really great!
soup lines
free loaves of bread
5lb blocks of cheese
bags of groceries
social security
has run out on you and me
we do whatever we can
gotta duck when the shit hits the fan

~ the circle jerks

 

[Huckleman2000]

in a sluggish economy
inflation,recession
hits the land of the free
standing in unemployment lines
blame the government for hard time
we just get by
however we can
we all gotta duck
when the shit hits the fan
10 kids in a cadillac
stand in lines for welfare checks
let's all leach off the state
gee!the money's really great!
soup lines
free loaves of bread
5lb blocks of cheese
bags of groceries
social security
has run out on you and me
we do whatever we can
gotta duck when the shit hits the fan

~ the circle jerks

Standing in line marking time--
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
The man in the silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
Just for fun he says "Get a job"

 

[minsue]

Standing in line marking time--
Waiting for the welfare dime
'Cause they can't buy a job
The man in the silk suit hurries by
As he catches the poor old ladies' eyes
Just for fun he says "Get a job"

I won't pay, I won't pay,no way
why dont you get a job
say no way,say no way,
no way, why don't you get a job

well I guess it ain't easy doing nothing at all
but hey man free rides just don't come
along every day

~The Offspring

 

[entitled]

I won't pay, I won't pay,no way
why dont you get a job
say no way,say no way,
no way, why don't you get a job

well I guess it ain't easy doing nothing at all
but hey man free rides just don't come
along every day

~The Offspring

The mountain is high
The valley is low
and you're confused
on which way to go
so i'm from here
to give you a hint
and lead you into the promise lands

come on and take a free ride
come on and sit here by my side
come on and take a free ride

 

[minsue]

The mountain is high
The valley is low
and you're confused
on which way to go
so i'm from here
to give you a hint
and lead you into the promise lands

come on and take a free ride
come on and sit here by my side
come on and take a free ride

Won’t you put your faith in me
We both know that’s what matters
If you give me a chance I’ll try
You see I’ve been climbing stairs but mostly stumbling down
I’ve been reaching high always losing ground
You see I’ve conquered hills but I still have mountains to climb
And right now right now I’m doing the best I can
At this point in my life

~ Tracy Chapman

 

[Belegon]

Won’t you put your faith in me
We both know that’s what matters
If you give me a chance I’ll try
You see I’ve been climbing stairs but mostly stumbling down
I’ve been reaching high always losing ground
You see I’ve conquered hills but I still have mountains to climb
And right now right now I’m doing the best I can
At this point in my life

~ Tracy Chapman

Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you

But I've got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too

Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
And when that love comes down
Without devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I'm showing you the door

'Cause I gotta have faith...

 

[Stella_Omega]

Well I guess it would be nice
If I could touch your body
I know not everybody
Has got a body like you

But I've got to think twice
Before I give my heart away
And I know all the games you play
Because I play them too

Oh but I
Need some time off from that emotion
Time to pick my heart up off the floor
And when that love comes down
Without devotion
Well it takes a strong man baby
But I'm showing you the door

'Cause I gotta have faith...

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through

Happy times together we’ve been spending
I wish that every kiss was neverending
Wouldn’t it be nice... (Beach Boys)

 

[joeys-game]

Wouldn’t it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through

Happy times together we’ve been spending
I wish that every kiss was neverending
Wouldn’t it be nice... (Beach Boys)

and these children that we sit on
as they try to change thier world
are immune to your consultation
thet're quite aware what they're going through

 

[MissBri]

 

[McKenna]

Then I saw you
Dancing at a punk rock show
And for a moment
We walked the streets that everyone else
Had given up to 4 AM,
'Cause promises
And spray paint marking
Everywhere we went
And every direction
Only going as far
As we let it.
There's so many things
We try to do truthfully.
By the time it's through with us,
It all falls apart.
Maybe somehow
This scam will still save us all.

~ Against Me!, I Still Love You Julie

now if your leather jaket means to you what this hat means to me
then I guess we understand each other and we'll just let it be
but, if you still think it's funny, man you got my back up against the wall
and if you touch my hat you're gonna have to fight us all"
well right then I caught a little sadness in that gang leader's eyes
he turned back to the others and they all just kinda shuffled on outside
but when my friend turned back towards me, I noticed he's ol' hatbrim
well it was turned up in a big ol' Texas grin

You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the western sky
rope an ol blue nortern and milk it till it's dry
bulldog the Mississippi, pin it's ears down flat
long before you take this cowboys hat

~This Cowboy's Hat - (Chris LeDoux)