bONES Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 the following written by Ani DiFranco describes the way I feel sometimes ’cause I’m not going to pretend That I don’t pick my nose That’s just the way it is, my friends That’s just the way it goes This is who I am What I do And what I say If you like it, let it be If you don’t, please do the same I fight with love I laugh with rage You gotta live light enough to see the humour And long enough to see some change anyone care to add to this post of fave song lyrics?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthejourney Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 Favourite lyrics...hmmmmmmm...well anything by Blind Melon for sure...2 of my favs are Change I don't feel the suns comin' out today its staying in, its gonna find another way. As I sit here in this misery, I don't think I'll ever see the sun from here. And oh as I fade away, they'll all look at me and say, and they'll say, Hey look at him! I'll never live that way. But that's okay they're just afraid to change. When you feel your life ain't worth living you've got to stand up and take a look around you then a look way up to the sky. And when your deepest thoughts are broken, keep on dreaming boy, cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die. And as we all play parts of tomorrow, some ways will work and other ways we'll play. But I know we all can't stay here forever, so I want to write my words on the face of today. and then they'll paint it And oh as I fade away, they'll all look at me and they'll say, Hey look at him and where he is these days. When life is hard, you have to change. and the beginning of Walk Find myself singing the same songs everyday Ones that make me feel good When things behing the smiles ain't okay Around and over and in-between the seas I need to be on top of a mountain Where I can be see everything Cause this paranoia's getting old But pretty much all of Blind Melon i relate to in some way There's more fav lyrics for sure...i'll post em when they come to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted December 8, 2003 Report Share Posted December 8, 2003 quote:UP TO ME ~Words and Music by Bob Dylan Everything went from bad to worse, money never changed a thing, Death kept followin', trackin' us down, at least I heard your bluebird sing. Now somebody's got to show their hand, time is an enemy, I know you're long gone, I guess it must be up to me. If I'd thought about it I never would've done it, I guess I would've let it slide, If I'd lived my life by what others were thinkin', the heart inside me would've died. I was just too stubborn to ever be governed by enforced insanity, Someone had to reach for the risin' star, I guess it was up to me. Oh, the Union Central is pullin' out and the orchids are in bloom, I've only got me one good shirt left and it smells of stale perfume. In fourteen months I've only smiled once and I didn't do it consciously, Somebody's got to find your trail, I guess it must be up to me. It was like a revelation when you betrayed me with your touch, I'd just about convinced myself that nothin' had changed that much. The old Rounder in the iron mask slipped me the master key, Somebody had to unlock your heart, He said it was up to me. Well, I watched you slowly disappear down into the officers' club, I would've followed you in the door but I didn't have a ticket stub. So I waited all night 'til the break of day, hopin' one of us could get free, When the dawn came over the river bridge, I knew it was up to me. Oh, the only decent thing I did when I worked as a postal clerk Was to haul your picture down off the wall near the cage where I used to work. Was I a fool or not to try to protect your identity? You looked a little burned out, my friend, I thought it might be up to me. Well, I met somebody face to face and I had to remove my hat, She's everything I need and love but I can't be swayed by that. It frightens me, the awful truth of how sweet life can be, But she ain't a-gonna make me move, I guess it must be up to me. We heard the Sermon on the Mount and I knew it was too complex, It didn't amount to anything more than what the broken glass reflects. When you bite off more than you can chew you pay the penalty, Somebody's got to tell the tale, I guess it must be up to me. Well, Dupree came in pimpin' tonight to the Thunderbird Cafe, Crystal wanted to talk to him, I had to look the other way. Well, I just can't rest without you, love, I need your company, But you ain't a-gonna cross the line, I guess it must be up to me. There's a note left in the bottle, you can give it to Estelle, She's the one you been wond'rin' about, but there's really nothin' much to tell. We both heard voices for a while, now the rest is history, Somebody's got to cry some tears, I guess it must be up to me. So go on, boys, and play your hands, life is a pantomime, The ringleaders from the county seat say you don't have all that much time. And the girl with me behind the shades, she ain't my property, One of us has got to hit the road, I guess it must be up to me. And if we never meet again, baby, remember me, How my lone guitar played sweet for you that old-time melody. And the harmonica around my neck, I blew it for you, free, No one else could play that tune, You know it was up to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 a sublime tidbit quote: nowadays the songs on the radio.... all drive me craaaazyyyy another sublime tidbit quote: Wake up in the morning and it's hard to live. Hard to live, yes, it's hard to live and it will be a long time before shit starts to give, and every single day it's getting harder to give, and some Ani quote: life in the circus ain't easy but the folks on the outside don't know the tent goes up and the tent comes down and all that they see is the show and the ladies on the horses look so pretty and the lions are lookin real mad and some of the clowns are happy and some of the clowns are sad but underneath there's another expression that the makeup isn't making life under the big top it's about freedom it's about faking there's an art to the laughter there's a science and there's a lot of love and compliance welcoem to the freakshow here we go... we live to hear the slack-jawed gasping we live under a halo of held breath and when the children raise up a giant shield of laughter, it's like they're fending off death and we can make somethig bigger then anyone of us alone and then the clowns will take off their makeup and the people will go home but life on the outside ain't easy no sequins, no elephants, no parading around yeah, the tent goes up and the tent comes down and they're stuck in this fucking town you need a lot of love and compliance welcome to the freakshow here we go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 sweet old world by lucinda williams see what you lost when you left this world this sweet old world what you lost when you left this world this sweet old world the breath from your own lips the touch of fingertips a sweet and tender kiss the sound of a midnight train wearing someone's ring someone calling your name somebody so warm cradled in your arm didn't you think you were worth anything see what you lost when you left this world this sweet old world what you lost when you left this world this sweet old world millions of us in love promises made good your own flesh and blood looking for some truth dancing with no shoes the beat, the rhythm, the blues the pounding of your heart's drum together with another one didn't you think anyone loved you see what you lost when you left this world this sweet old world what you lost when you left this world this sweet old world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Just heard this song today....it's a oldie. Everyday People - Sly and the family stone Sometimes I'm right, but I can be wrong, my only beefs are in my song A pitcher, a picker, a drummer and then makes no difference what group i'm in.... I am everyday people there is a blue one that can't except the green one for living with the black one, trying to be a skinny one.... Different Strokes for different folks and so on, and so on and scoobie, doobie doobie oooohh sha sha We got to live together. I am no better and neither are you.... we are the same whatever we do. You love me, you hate me, you loothe me and then, you can't figure out the bag i'm in... I am everyday people there is a long hair that doesn't like a short hair for being such a rich one that will not help the poor one.... different strokes for different folks and so on and so on and scoobie, doobie, doobie -- ooohhhh sha sha We got to live together There is a yellow one that won't except the black one that won't except the red that won't except the white one, Different strokes for different folks and so on and so on and scoobie, doobie, doobie, I am everyday people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted December 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 not a fave, but made me think of earthfreaks excitement to return home to Vancouver Island for the holidays so this passage goes out to everybody away from home this time of year Christmas Time’s a - Coming by: Emmylou Harris Holly’s in the window Home where the wind blows The cane foam’s a-runnin’ Christmas time’s a-comin’. Can’t you hear them bells ringin’, ringin’ Joy, don’tcha hear them singin’ When it’s snowin’, I’ll be goin’ Back to my country home. Christmas time’s a-comin’ Christmas time’s a-comin’ Christmas time’s a-comin’ And I know I’m goin’ home. White candle’s burnin’ My old heart’s a-yearnin’ For the folks at home when Christmas time’s a-comin’. Snow flake’s a-fallin’ My old heart’s a-callin’ Tall pine’s a-hummin’ Christmas time’s a-comin’. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Anytime capacity was filled, I tried to rock it Anytime a honey gave us play, Tried to knock it Never was a fool, slow even in school, never see us sweat and, you'll never see us drool Out to rock the globe while it's still here to rock Don't punch girls and we don't punch your clock Gotta go, Gotta go see ya'later, by the cat and you can't beat that with a bat. You can get with this, or you can get with that... A classic by Black Sheep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikey d Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 onthejourney: a good buddy of mine has described blind melon as the soundtrack to his life, and i can see how alot of people can relate to shannon's words. id say, personally, tom waits has written what are by and far my favourite lyrics, especially the one currently as my signature. the first time i heard that lyric i was walking home late at night listening to blue valentine and those words just brought such a smile to my face. i cant think of any other artists right now . .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthejourney Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 phish_stick --- who's your buddy just kidding but seriously, i wonder if he might one of these guys i met in hess village one night..they were playing blind melon on their guitars...i freaked and then they freaked when they found out how much i love it up...we sat..they played and we all sang for a good little while...made my night!! I think one of them was named Ben...never saw them again...but definitely it was a wonderful chance meeting. I would have to say that I also feel at times that it is the soundtrack to my life. Indeed a number of people feel that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted December 9, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 Howard Jones...anyone else here admit to seeing him at Canada's Wonderland in 84! golly dang...The Grateful Dead were there that summer with The Band and i went to freakin' Howard Jones what is love I love you whether or not you love me I love you even if you think that I don’t Sometimes I find you doubt my love for you, but I don’t mind Why should I mind, why should I mind Chorus What is love anyway, does anybody love anybody anyway What is love anyway, does anybody love anybody anyway Can anybody love anyone so much that they will never fear Never worry never be sad The answer is they cannot love this much nobody can This is why I don’t mind you doubting And maybe love is letting people be just what they want to be The door always must be left unlocked To love when circumstance may lead someone away from you And not to spend the time just doubting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 quote: Originally posted by bones: Howard Jones...anyone else here admit to seeing him at Canada's Wonderland in 84! golly dang...The Grateful Dead were there that summer with The Band and i went to freakin' Howard Jones Ummm.what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 so many great lyricists out there....the last few years i've really been into what Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, and Martin Tielli have had to say.....but, here's a couple.... a bit from Car by Built To Spill... You get the car, I'll get the night off. We'll get the chance.. to take the world apart and figure out how it works. Don't let me know what you find out. I need a ride.. You need a guide who needs a map. If I don't die or worse.. I'm gonna need a nap. At best I'll be asleep when you get back. I wanna see it when you find out what comets, stars, and moons are all about. I wanna see their faces turn to backs of heads and slowly get smaller. I wanna see it now.... ------ from Beauty On by Martin Tielli... I hate you all You smell like borrowed ideas. ------ baring in mind that i think just about every word on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is perfect, here's an excerpt from Radio Cure... cheer up honey i hope you can there is something wrong with me my mind is filled with radio cures electronic surgical words picking apples for the kings and queens of things i've never seen distance has no way of making love understandable. ------- feeling the same way about the Moon and Antarctica by Modest Mouse that i do about yankee hotel, it's really too hard to just put down a few choice lyrics from that album...it truly is one of the most brilliantly written pieces ever...so, here's a modest mouse song that kinda got me into them...but if you're interested, do a search for their lyrics on google, it's worth it.... Broke account so I broke a sweat I've bought some things that I sort of regret about now Broke your glasses, but it broke the ice You said that I was an asshole and I paid the price Broken hearts want broken necks I've done some things that I want to forget but I can't Broke my pace and ran out of time Sometimes I'm so full of shit that it should be a crime Broke a promise cause my car broke down Such a classic excuse it should be bronze by now Broke up, and I'm relieved somehow It's the end of the discussions that just go round and round And round, and round, and round, and round, And round, and round it shouldn't have been anyway No way, no way, no way, that's right Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh no Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh no It was like everything was evidence of broken (time?) You're living on fancy wine You'll drink that turpentine You're starting conversations You don't even know the topic ------- Tom Waits also has way too many to think of just one at the moment...as does Neil....but all i can hear in my head right now is "someday...you'll find....everything you're looking for....yeaaaahhhhh".... ok, one more than i'm out...by David Berman...the band is the Silver Jews, the album is American Water, the song is Random Rules... In 1984 I was hospitalized for approaching perfection. Slowly screwing my way across Europe, they had to make a correction. Broken and smokin' where the infrared deer plunge in the digital snake. I tell you, they make it so you can't shake hands when they make your hands shake. I know you like to line dance, everything so democratic and cool, But baby there's no guidance when random rules. I know that a lot of what I say has been lifted off of men's room walls. Maybe I've crossed the wrong rivers and walked down all the wrong halls. But nothing can change the fact that we used to share a bed and that's why it scared me so when you turned to me and said: "Yeah, you look like someone Yeah you look like someone who up and left me low. Boy, you look like somene I used to know." I asked the painter why the roads are colored black. He said, "Steve, it's because people leave and no highway will bring them back." So if you don't want me I promise not to linger, But before I go I gotta ask you dear about the tan line on your ring finger. No one should have two lives, now you know my middle names are wrong and right. Honey we've got two lives to give tonight. ------- alright...i guess thats it for now....besides the signature, courtesy of joel plaskett...cheers... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted December 9, 2003 Report Share Posted December 9, 2003 billy bragg always has something good to say, and elvis costello is my choice for best lyricist hands down no contest. although there's some hip-hop lyrics that are really interesting these days.. check this one out by Alias, called Divine Disappointment. Speaker takes on role of God, talking about humans have always fucked things up... -- my frustration aimed at what I created has me feeling discombobulated I hated the boredom and so I restated entertainment for my well-being now it seems I made the wrong decision my project had appeared easy but had no direction in precision beginner's luck only up to recent times do I feel stuck I'm the only one to blame for things that ran amuck I built up a universe that is now building me you see technological advancement which is the creater now? and all things to be decided have not even once touched my hands my quote unquote followers now constantly fill the stands On the so-called Sabbath day for years it's been this way but these people can't figure out whetehr it's the first or last day to pray they seem to think that I'm forgiving of all which means they have a scapegoat if they happen to drop the ball I've been coined various names None of which to me are flattering they look to me for a guidance but to me they do not matter in my eyes there's nothing I can do to help this situation when they have internal conflicts with their whole congregation they gather every week and speak of me in song these beings I created in this project gone terribly wrong you all claim that you know me but you really don't ever forgiving and you say of me in reality I realy won't from the day I gave you life to your last anointment you have all been nothing but divine dissapointment so I'm now stuck to figure out what to actually do at this point and time these creatures think that there's an afterlife but they spend their life benign they killed another creature years ago that claimed to be my son so now they mold thier lives after him and claim that He's the One The one that will save them, lead them to a new breath I hate to break it to them: "I have nothing for you after death" so carry on if you wish unknowing thinking breath is wind blowing magnifying light bulb is the sun and tears of rivers flowing think that every bad thing that happens to you is at my will like bankrupcy, adultory, and the reason why others kill go on to be mislead as you have your entire life think that all some how reward for all your pain and strife "I can't control destiny" where'd you come up with that notion? "There's no cure for AIDS" so don't even bother with that potion I didn't create the disease to punish others I didn't even make it so if you have that frame of mind you go ahead and break it I'm sick and tired to feel responsiblity for all of you ungratefuls Unwilling to share with the starving while you enjoy all of your platefuls even if I had the power to help you I wouldn't even bother stop thinking that I love you and stop calling me your father I didn't plan on you evolving into this mess with which I deal asking for my forgiveness when you lie, cheat and steal what the hell do you want me to do try and save yourself I cant help your marriage, chlldren or status of health my problem's far away, any of your so-called devastations like this oncoming war between the so called United Nations I regret making all of you You make my blood pressure climb I wish I didn't make you but even I cant turn back the hands of time (chorus) "paradise of fools!!" --- Pretty good... AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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