Song For You - Lyrics Thread

[Clear Skies]

Back after a longsabbatical caused by death of computer

Des'ree - I'm Kissing You

Pride can stand a thousand trials,
the strong will never fall
But watching stars without you,
my soul cried

Heaving heart is full of pain,
oh, oh, the aching.
'Cause I'm kissing you, oh

I'm kissing you, oh
Touch me deep, pure and true,
gift to me forever

'Cause I'm kissing you, oh
I'm kissing you, oh

Where are you now?
Where are you now?

'Cause I'm kissing you
I'm kissing you, oh...

[HolyWarrior]

The Light--Spock's Beard 15:33
(i. The Dream )
What makes a dream so very different from any other dream?
Where is that straight line that I can hold up to the light and say
"No, this is not right--this does not stand up in the light"?

(ii. One Man)
Call me Cavanaugh, I'm the one with the caveman jaw
call me Smitty or Jones, talkin' on the TVs and the telephones
I am the critical masses, stand back and watch as time passes

I am the centerfold, I know the stories before they get told
You can call me Kennedy, you may have killed him
but you cannot kill me
I am the crippled and blind,
I paint the pretty pictures on the subway signs
Yeah I am everything to everyone,
and I won't go away at the point of a gun
All of this in one man...

I am rock'n'roll, I am classical, country and soul
I am the nun and the flasher,
I am the father, the son and the bastard
I am the church and the steeple,
open the door and see all the people
all of this in one man...

(iii. Garden People)
I'm coming down--
people's garden, garden people,
people's garden, garden people...

(iv. Looking Straight into the Light)
Look! There's a light headed for the sun,
stand and you might turn to everyone
the lady, the lass melt into glass looking straight into the light
Stand at the door that would not open wide,
you tried so hard before but now we're on your side
you see us all, the left and the right
looking straight into the light

You see us all, the left and the right
looking straight into the light
Looking straight into the light
looking straight into the light
looking straight into the light
Into the light...

(v. The Man in the Mountain)
I am the Man in the Mountain, I stand alone, I've been downed
in a sea of loveless illusion, so many lost, so many drowned
got no church, got no steeple, got no time for you people
I live the life of a shadow, the only chance that I have now
is there in the light

They wore all kinds of things on their heads to disguise
that they'd rather be unfettered than be wealthy and wise
and they listened as their enemies made a similar sound
and they watched a million cars go by,
they were gaining some ground
but they didn't know what to do with this thing they had found, so they had a party!?

(vi. Senor Valasco's Mystic Voodoo Love Dance)
I am Senor Valasco, I drink my milk with tobasco
got no place to stand, got no home, no land but I
don't want to die, don't place no one before I
I am the mask and the chamber, I know of love not of danger
got no place to go, ain't nothin' better than be here
don't ever want to die, don't place no one before I
don't ever want to die, don't place no one before I

(vii. Return of the Horrible Catfish Man)
I am the catfish man--I can't hear you!
Go ahead and have a nice day now,
go ahead and say what you say now
I stand--humanis erectus, stand back hahaha....I AM, I AM
all of this in one man

(viii. The Dream)
What makes a dream so very different from any other dream
where is that straight line that I can hold up to the light and say
"Yes, this is all right, this one will stand up in the light"

The Doorway--Spock's Beard 11:27
I really don't care if you're not in my sight,
I really don't care but I think I'm right
It don't bother me none if you're depressed or depraved,
'cause I'm not the one and you don't need to be saved
as the sunrise comes down the doorway
and the snow white falls like rain down an alley
I'll be sending my light your way--you are the doorway,
you are the door

I really don't care if you lay it all down,
I really don't care if you switch off the sound
Put it in reverse, we might sound better that way
say what you want 'cause it's all ok
as the sunrise comes down the doorway
and the snow white falls like rain down an alley
I'll be sending my light your way--you are the doorway,
you are the door

What are you waiting for? What are you hoping will happen now?
Out of the sycamore darkness the die was cast,
time has passed away
color the world in numbers marked by fear
and you can't hear me say
you are the doorway, you are the door

as the sunrise comes down the doorway
and the snow white falls like rain down an alley
I'll be sending my love your way--you are the doorway,
you are the door
I really don't care if you're not in my sight,
I really don't care but I think I'm right
It don't bother me none if you're depressed or depraved,
'cause I'm not the one and you don't need to be saved
as the sunrise comes down the doorway

I really don't care if you twist or you shout,
I really don't think what you think you're about
it don't bother me none if you shoot under par,
'cause I know what I am and I know what you are
as the sunrise comes down the doorway
and the snow white falls like rain down an alley
I'll be sending my love your way--you are the doorway,
you are the door
you are the doorway, you are the door
you are the door

[SlowwHand]

Headknocker
Foreigner



He drives a '57 coupe
Walks with a stoop
Swears James Dean isn't dead
He's a dedicated rocker
A real headknocker
Don't look at his lady again
'Cause if he catches you messin'
He's gonna teach you a lesson
Don't let me say it again
Headknocker, headknocker
Comin' on strong, a real showstopper
Headknocker
He might like to fight, oh but boy does he love to play
Ooh, headknocker, headknocker
Ooh, headknocker
He's got an old fender strat
Plays behind his back
While he sings out Louie, Louie
He's a backseat mauler
A barroom brawler
I think he's gonna blacken your eye
If that don't teach you a lesson
Might show you his Smith & Wesson
Don't let me say it again

[*End Is Forever*]

A Praise Chorus - Jimmy Eat World

Are you gonna live your life wondering, standing at the back, looking around?
Are you gonna waste your time thinking how you've grown up, how you've missed out?
Things are never gonna be the way you want, when's it gonna get you acting serious?
Things are never gonna be the way you want, even at twenty-five, you've gotta start sometime...

I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go
All I need is just to hear a song I know
I want to always feel like part of this was mine
I want to fall in love tonight

Are you gonna live your life standing at the back, looking around?
Are you gonna waste your time? Gotta make a move, or you'll miss out
Someone's gonna ask you what it's all about, stick around, nostalgia won't let you down
Someone's gonna ask you what it's all about, so what you gonna have to say for yourself?

I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go
All I need is just to hear a song I know
I want to always feel like part of this was mine
I want to fall in love tonight

Crimson, and clover, over and over...
Crimson, and clover, over and over...
Our house in the middle of the street
Why did we ever meet?
Kick start my rock 'n' roll fantasy
Don't, don't, don't let's part
Why did we ever start?
Kick start my rock 'n' roll heart...

I'm on my feet, I'm on the floor, I'm good to go
So come on Davy, sing me something that I know
I want to always feel like part of this was mine
I want to fall in love tonight

I want to always feel like part of this was mine
I want to fall in love tonight
I want to fall in love tonight...

[SlowwHand]

Heat Of The Moment
Asia


I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
A look from you and I would fall from grace
And it would wipe the smile right from my face

Do you remember when we used to dance
And incidents arose from circumstance
One thing led to another, we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung

*It was the heat of the moment
Telling me what my heart meant
The heat of the moment showed in your eyes

And now you find yourself in '82
The disco hot spots hold no charm for you
You can concern yourself with bigger things
You catch a pearl and ride the dragon's wings

CHORUS

And when your looks have gone and you're alone
How many nights you sit beside the phone
What were the things you wanted for yourself
Teenage ambitions you remember well

[Clear Skies]

Clannad - Two Sisters traditional

There were two sisters side by side
Sing aye dum, sing aye day
There were two sisters side by side
The boys are born for me
There were two sisters side by side
The eldest for young Johnny cried
I'll be true unto my love
If he'll be true to me

Johnny bought the youngest a gay gold ring
Sing aye dum, sing aye day
Johnny bought the youngest a gay gold ring
The boys are born for me
Johnny bought the youngest a gay gold ring
He never bought the eldest a single thing
I'll be true unto my love
If he'll be true to me

Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat
Sing aye dum, sing aye day
Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat
The boys are born for me
Johnny bought the youngest a beaver hat
The eldest never thought much of that
I'll be true unto my love
If he'll be true to me

As they were walking by the foamy brim
Sing aye dum, sing aye day
As they were walking by the foamy brim
The boys are born for me
As they were walking by the foamy brim
The eldest pushed the youngest in
I'll be true unto my love
If he'll be true to me

Sister, oh sister give me thy hand...
And you can have Johnny and all his land...

Sister I won't give you my hand...
And I’ll have Johnny and all his land...

So there she sank and away she swam...
Until she came to the miller's dam...

Miller took away her gay gold ring...
And then he pushed her in again...

Miller he was hanged on the mountain head
Sing aye dum, sing aye day
Miller he was hanged on the mountain head
The boys are born for me
Miller he was hanged on the mountain head
The eldest sister was boiled in lead
I'll be true unto my love
If he'll be true to me

[SlowwHand]

Wild Irish Rose
U2

In a field by a river, my love and I did lie
And on my naked shoulder, she too proud to cry
She said that I must leave her, an icy tear she froze
How could I melt the heart of a Wild Irish Rose?

Well a gypsy she has made of me, a servant of the street
And back to bed I've travelled to taste a love as sweet
Well the heart it knows no reasons and reason never knows
As I lie with them I'm thinking of a Wild Irish Rose

Well I saw the city of angels, it brought the devil out in me
And Hell's hotel on Sunset showed a whore no mercy
As the orange sky was screaming, from the roof I let her go
These are the dizzying heights that brought me my Wild Irish Rose

Now red is the rose that she layed on my grave
A life is what she wanted and a life I surely gave
Like a hundred men before me, they lay lying here in rows
Young men, bloody as a Wild Irish Rose

[SlowwHand]

Spirits In The Night
Manfred Mann



Crazy Janey and her mission man
Were back in the alley trading hands
Along came Wild Billy with his friend Gee Man
All duded up for Saturday night
Well, Billy slammed on his coaster brakes, said
Anybody wanna go to Greasy Lake
It's a mile down on the dark side of Route 88
I got a bottle of rosé let's try it
We'll pick up Hazy Davey and Killer Joe and
I'll take you all out to where the gypsy angels go
They're built like light and they dance like
Spirits in the night, all night
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
In the night, all night
Stand right up and let them shoot through you
Wild Billy was a crazy cat
And he shook some dust out of his coon skin cap
He said try some of this it'll show you where you're at
Or at least it'll help you to feel it
By the time we made it up to Greasy Lake
My head was out the window
Janey's fingers were in the cake
I think I really dug her, I was too loose to fake
I said I'm hurt she said Honey let's heal it
And we danced all night to a soul fairy band
And she kissed me just right
Like only a lonely angel can
She felt so nice, just as soft as a
Spirit in the night, all night
Janey don't know what she do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
In the night, all night
Stand right up and let her shoot through me
Spirits in the night, in the night
Spirits in the night, all night
Spirits in the night, in the night
Spirits in the night, all night
How the night was bright and the stars threw light
On Billy and Davey dancing in the Moonlight
Down near the water in a stoned mud fight
Killer Joe passed out on the lawn
Hazy Davey got really hurt
He ran into the lake in just his socks and a shirt
Me and Crazy Janey's making love in the dirt
Singing our birthday songs
Janey said it was time to go, so we closed our eyes
And said goodbye to gypsy angel row
Felt so right together we moved like
Spirits in the night, all night
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
All night, all night
Stand right up and let them shoot through you
Spirits in the night, all night
Oh you don't know what they can do to you
Spirits in the night, all night
Spirits in the night
Spirits in the night

[SlowwHand]

21st Century Schizoid Man
King Crimson

Cat's foot iron claw
Neuro-surgeons scream for more
At paranoia's poison door.
Twenty first century schizoid man.

Blood rack barbed wire
Polititians' funeral pyre
Innocents raped with napalm fire
Twenty first century schizoid man.

Death seed blind man's greed
Poets' starving children bleed
Nothing he's got he really needs
Twenty first century schizoid man.

[SlowwHand]

Two For Tuesday; Thompson Twins

Savage Moon


The pressure is on - the wolf is at the door
All the ghosts that haunt my life are screaming out for more
I try to fight them
But I just can't win
I'm always on the outsied
Always tryin' to get in
Tell me again of what love can bring oh-oh

(chorus)
I was touched by a savage moon
I was kissed by a burning sky
I can run away but there's nowhere to hide
I'll be running 'til the day I die

Well there's a civil war that's raging
Raging in my soul
C'mon hold me close
Save me from the cold
If you take a chance
I'll take one too
It won't be that hard
When we've got nothing to lose
Weave me a tale where love is true

CHORUS

If I could believe in fairytales
A life of happy endings that would never ever fail
Tell me a story where love is true

CHORUS

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Hold Me Now

I have a picture,
pinned to my wall.
An image of you and of me and we're laughing and loving it all.
Look at our life now, tattered and torn.
We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears that we cry until dawn

Hold me now, warm my heart
stay with me, let loving start (let loving start)

You say I'm a dreamer, we're two of a kind
Both of us searching for some perfrct world we know we'll never find
So perhaps I should leave here, yeah yeah go far away
But you know that theres no where that I'd rather be than with you here
today

Chorus

You ask if I love you, well what can I say?
You know that I do and if this is just one of those games that we play
So I'll sing you a new song, please don't cry anymore
and then I'll ask your forgiveness, though I don't know just what I'm
asking it for

Chorus

[Clear Skies]

Two for Tuesday - Shania Twain

Yes, yes, I know I shouldn't, but y'know...

Forever and for Always

In your arms
I can still feel the way you
want me when you hold me
I can still hear the words you whispered
when you told me
I can stay right here forever in your arms

And there ain't no way
I'm lettin' you go now
And there ain't no way
and there ain't no how
I'll never see that day...

'Cause I'm keeping you
forever and for always
We will be together all of our days
Wanna wake up every morning
To your sweet face
Always

In your heart I can still hear
a beat for every time you kiss me
And when we're apart
I know how much you miss me
I can feel your love for me in your heart

And there ain't no way
I'm lettin' you go now
And there ain't now way
and there ain't no how
I'll never see that day...

'Cause I'm keeping you
forever and for always
We will be together all of our days
Wanna wake up every morning
To your sweet face
Always


Nah

I thought I might begin by fillin' you in
in case you didn't already know
I'll never forget how you got up and left
In fact it was downright pretty low
There ain't no way I wanna,
you know I ain't gonna
Take you back, so don't even try
You can beg, you can plead
you can sweat, you can bleed
Too bad I could care if you cry

That's it! (That's all!) We had fun!
(We had a ball!)
It was good while it lasted
but now I'm past it
(It was sure!) It was sweet!
Sure you swept me off my feet
I miss you now and then,
but would I do it all again?
Nah!

Chorus:
You won't find me
Naked and cold justa sittin'
on the doctor's table
Witin' to be told justa why
I'm no longer able
To feel my heart beatin'
give me a good reason why!
I kinda went numb just around
about the time you told me
You were movin' on, and you
said that you were gonna phone me
It's been so long, and there
ain't nothin' wrong with the line

It's too late to regret it,
but you're the one who said it
We're better off being apart
I hate to be a downer,
but don't bother comin' 'round here
'Cause I won't have a change of heart

That's it! (That's all!) We had fun!
(We had a ball!)
It was good while it lasted
but now I'm past it
(It was sure!) It was sweet!
Sure you swept me off my feet
I miss you now and then,
but would I do it all again?
Nah?

Repeat Chorus

Nah...

Well, I hope you learned a lesson,
'cause you'll never be messin'
With my head again the way that you did
It was never gonna work; you were
too much of a jerk
I'm finally fed up with it

That's it! (That's all!) We had fun!
(We had a ball!)
It was good while it lasted
but now I'm past it
(It was sure!) It was sweet!
Sure you swept me off my feet
I miss you now and then,
but would I do it all again?
Nah!

[SlowwHand]

Seven Wonders
(Stevie Nicks & Sandy Stewart)
Tango In The Night / Very Best of Fleetwood Mac

So long ago
Certain place
Certain time
You touched my hand
All the way
All the way down to Emmiline
But if our paths never cross
Well you know I'm sorry but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end

So it's hard to find
Someone with that kind of intensity
You touched my hand I played it cool
And you reached out your hand for me
But if our paths never cross
Well you know I'm sorry but
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end

So long ago
It's a certain time
It's a certain place
You touched my hand and you smiled
All the way back you held out your hand
If I hope and I pray
Ooh it might work out someday
If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again
The rainbow's end

If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again

If I live to see the seven wonders
I'll make a path to the rainbow's end
I'll never live to match the beauty again

[SlowwHand]

Have You Forgotten
Darryl Worley


I hear people saying we don't need this war
I say there's some things worth fighting for
What about our freedom and this piece of ground?
We didn't get to keep 'em by backing down
They say we don't realize the mess we're getting in
Before you start preaching
Let me ask you this my friend

CHORUS 1
Have you forgotten how it felt that day
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away?
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside
Going through a living hell
And you say we shouldn't worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

They took all the footage off my T.V.
Said it's too disturbing for you and me
It'll just breed anger that's what the experts say
If it was up to me I'd show it every day
Some say this country's just out looking for a fight
After 9/11 man I'd have to say that's right

CHORUS 1
Have you forgotten how it felt that day
To see your homeland under fire
And her people blown away?
Have you forgotten when those towers fell?
We had neighbors still inside
Going through a living hell
And we vowed to get the ones behind Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

I've been there with the soldiers
Who've gone away to war
And you can bet that they remember
Just what they're fighting for

CHORUS 2
Have you forgotten all the people killed?
Yes, some went down like heroes in that Pennsylvania field
Have you forgotten about our Pentagon?
All the loved ones that we lost
And those left to carry on
Don't you tell me not to worry 'bout Bin Laden
Have you forgotten?

Have you forgotten?
Have you forgotten?

[SlowwHand]

Two For Tuesday; Peggy Lee

IS THAT ALL THERE IS?


SPOKEN:
I remember when I was a very little girl, our house caught on fire.
I'll never forget the look on my father's face as he gathered me up
in his arms and raced through the burning building out to the pavement.
I stood there shivering in my pajamas and watched the whole world go up in flames.
And when it was all over I said to myself, "Is that all there is to a fire"

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

SPOKEN:
And when I was 12 years old, my father took me to a circus, the greatest show on earth.
There were clowns and elephants and dancing bears.
And a beautiful lady in pink tights flew high above our heads.
And so I sat there watching the marvelous spectacle.
I had the feeling that something was missing.
I don't know what, but when it was over,
I said to myself, "is that all there is to a circus?

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

SPOKEN:
Then I fell in love, head over heels in love, with the most wonderful boy in the world.
We would take long walks by the river or just sit for hours gazing into each other's eyes.
We were so very much in love.
Then one day he went away and I thought I'd die, but I didn't,
and when I didn't I said to myself, "is that all there is to love?"

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing

SPOKEN:
I know what you must be saying to yourselves,
if that's the way she feels about it why doesn't she just end it all?
Oh, no, not me. I'm in no hurry for that final disappointment,
for I know just as well as I'm standing here talking to you,
when that final moment comes and I'm breathing my lst breath, I'll be saying to myself

SUNG:
Is that all there is, is that all there is
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Let's break out the booze and have a ball
If that's all there is

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Ghost Riders In The Sky

An old cowpoke went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red-eyed cows he saw
A'plowin' through the ragged skies and up a cloudy draw

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

Their brands were still on fire and their hooves were made of steel
Their horns wuz black and shiny and their hot breaths he could feel
A bolt of fear went through him as they thundered through the sky
For he saw the riders comin' hard and he heard their mournful cry

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

Their faces gaunt, their eyes were blurred, and shirts all soaked with sweat
They're ridin' hard to catch that herd but they ain't caught them yet
They've got to ride forever in that range up in the sky
On horses snortin' fire, as they ride on, hear their cry

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky

As the riders loped on by him, he heard one call his name
"If you want to save your soul from hell a' ridin' on our range"
"Then cowboy change your ways today or with us you will ride"
"A-tryin' to catch the Devil's herd across these endless skies."

Yi-pi-yi-ay, Yi-pi-yi-o
Ghost riders in the sky
Ghost riders in the sky

[C0ckney]

sneaker pimps - low place like home

You walked all over, in your blunderstones
In your own road movie, with your one armed man
Gonna make it to the problem page
Trouble-shoot your life
Gonna make it to the problem page
Need some time and space

Just to find yourself
I hope you find yourself
In a low place like home
Low place like home

You talked it over from your bedroom throne
Making sense of nothing, like your one armed man,
Read your future in the magazine, search your stars for clues
Read your future in the magazine, tells you what to lose

Just to find yourself
I hope you find yourself
In a low place like home
Low place like home

You fall all over, in your small town heels
Catching hold of nothing, like your one armed man,
Treat your life like a tragedy, self-inflict abuse
Treat your life like a tragedy, precious else to choose
Crucify yourself, I hope you find yourself

In a low place like home
Low place like home