This Song's For You uh huh

[SlowwHand]

Saw/heard on Tribute For NYC

Superman (It's Not Easy)
Five For Fighting


I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
I’m just out to find
The better part of me

I’m more than a bird…I’m more than a plane
More than some pretty face beside a train
It’s not easy to be me

Wish that I could cry
Fall upon my knees
Find a way to lie
About a home I’ll never see

It may sound absurd…but don’t be naive
Even Heroes have the right to bleed
I may be disturbed…but won’t you concede
Even Heroes have the right to dream
It’s not easy to be me

Up, up and away…away from me
It’s all right…You can all sleep sound tonight
I’m not crazy…or anything…

I can’t stand to fly
I’m not that naive
Men weren’t meant to ride
With clouds between their knees

I’m only a man in a silly red sheet
Digging for kryptonite on this one way street
Only a man in a funny red sheet
Looking for special things inside of me

It’s not easy to be me.

[SlowwHand]

Riding With Private Malone
David Ball from the new album 'Amigo'.

I was just out of the service thumbing through the classifieds
when an ad that said old chevy some how caught my eye
the lady didn't know the year or even if it ran
but I had that thousand dollars in my hand

It was way back in the corner of this old ramshackle barn
thirty years of dust and dirt on that green army tarp
when I pulled the cover off it took away my breath
what she'd called a Chevy was a sixty six corvette
I felt a little guilty as I counted out the bills
but what a thrill I got when I sat behind the wheel
I opened up the glove box and that's when I found the note
the date was nineteen sixty six and this is what he wrote

(chorus) He said my name is Pvt. Andrew Malone
if you're reading this then I didn't make it home
but for every dream that's shattered another one comes true
this car was once a dream of mine now it belongs to you
and though you may take her and make her your own
you'll always be riding with Pvt. Malone

Well it didn't take me long at all I had her running good
I love to hear those horses thunder underneath her hood
I had her shining like a diamond and I'd put the rag top down
all the pretty girls would stop and stare as I drove her through town
the buttons on the radio didn't seem to work quite right
but it picked up that oldie show especially late at night
I'd get the feeling sometimes if I turned real quick I'd see
a soldier riding shotgun in the seat right next to me

(chorus) It was a young man named Pvt. Andrew Malone
who fought for his country and never made it home
but for every dream that's shattered another one comes true
this car was once a dream of his back when it was new
he told me to take her and make her my own
and I was proud to be riding with Pvt. Malone

One night it was raining hard I took the curve too fast
I still don't remember much about that fiery crash
someone said they thought they saw a soldier pull me out
they didn't get his name but I know without a doubt

(chorus) It was a young man named Pvt. Andrew Malone
who fought for his country and never made it home
but for every dream that's shattered another one comes true
this car was once a dream of his back when it was new
I know I wouldn't be here if he hadn't tagged along
that night I was riding with Pvt. Malone
oh thank god i was riding with Pvt. Malone

[devilmunchkin]

dont take this as a sign

Everything You Want by Vertical Horizon

Somewhere there's speaking
It's already coming in
Oh and it's rising at the back of your mind
You never could get it
Unless you were fed it
Now you're here and you don't know why

But under skinned knees and the skid marks
Past the places where you used to learn
You howl and listen
Listen and wait for the
Echoes of angels who won't return

Chorus
He's everything you want
He's everything you need
He's everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
He says all the right things
At exactly the right time
But he means nothing to you
And you don't know why

You're waiting for someone
To put you together
You're waiting for someone to push you away
There's always another wound to discover
There's always something more you wish he'd say

Chorus

But you'll just sit tight
And watch it unwind
It's only what you're asking for
And you'll be just fine
With all of your time
It's only what you're waiting for

Out of the island
and into the highway
Past the places where you might have turned
You never did notice
But you still hide away
The anger of angels who won't return

Chorus
I am everything you want
I am everything you need
I am everything inside of you
That you wish you could be
I say all the right things
At exactly the right time
But I mean nothing to you and I don't know why
And I don't know why
Why
I don't know

Lump by Presidents of the USA

Lump sat alone in a boggy marsh
Totally motionless except for her heart
Mud flowed up into Lump's pajamas
She totally confused all the passing piranhas

She's Lump, she's Lump
She's in my head
She's Lump, she's Lump, she's Lump
She might be dead

Lump lingered last in line for brains,
And the ones she got were sort of rotten and insane
Small thing's so sad that birds could land
Is Lump fast asleep or rockin' out with the band?

She's Lump, she's Lump
She's in my head
She's Lump, she's Lump, she's Lump
She might be dead

Lump was limp and lonely and needed a shove
Lump slipped on a kiss and tumbled into love
She spent her twenties between the sheets
Life limped along at subsonic speeds

She's Lump, she's Lump
She's in my head
She's Lump, she's Lump, she's Lump
She might be dead

Is this Lump out of my head, I think so
Is this Lump out of my head, I think so, yeah
Is this Lump out of my head, I think so
Is this Lump out of my head...

[boann]

going to see this concert in a couple of weeks



In This Place
robin trower

In this place, filled with empty space
Your love holds the key, baby sympathize with me
I need you
Before I lost, your touch of life and grace
I knew that your sweet face could always comfort me
I love you
In this place, full of empty space
Your soft and tender love will always shine for me
I love you
Now I know, what it means to have you gone
I'm down on my knees baby see by me
I love you

[devilmunchkin]

Walk This Earth ALone by LAuren Christy

You´re in the doors that keep revolving
The sirens that keep screaming
You´re in the flashing of the headlights
The things that I´m believing

You´re in the water that I´m drinking
The sound of 911
The walls that protect me
From the damage that you´ve done
In this world you are with me

Chorus:
But I walk this earth alone
And all I´ve ever known
Is you are right beside me
If I love you for a day
Then blow my life away
Could I leave you behind me

You´re in the crashing of the windows
The angels round the ´ceiling
You´re in the fire in my belly
The ****ed-up way I´m feeling

You´re in the warning in the table
The pills that dissapear
The whines as I´am talking
The words you´ll never hear
In this world you are with me

[SlowwHand]

Bridge of Sighs album, by Robin Trower is really good stuff, Boann.





Itchycoo Park
Small Faces

Over bridge of sighs to rest my eyes
In shades of green
Under dreaming spires, to Itchycoo park
That's where I've been

What did you do there? I got high
What did you feel there? Well I cried
But why the tears there? Tell you why
It's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful
it's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful

I feel inclined to blow my mind
Get hung up feed the ducks with a bun
They all come out to groove about
While I search for fun in the sun

I tell you what I'll do (What will you do?)
I'd like to go there now with you
You can miss out school(Won't that be cool?)
Why go to learn the words of fools

What do we do there? Well get high
(What will we touch there?) We'll touch the sky
But why the tears there? I'll tell you why
It's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful
It's all too beautiful, it's all too beautiful

I feel inclined to blow my mind .......

It's all too beautiful

[reismark]

*strikes up band and prepares to get patriotic*

One of my favorites by him, and not only because it suits the times.

America
Neil Diamond

Far, we've been traveling far
Without a home, but not without a star.
Free, only want to be free!
We huddle close; hang on to a dream.

On the boats and on the planes,
They're coming to America!
Never looking back again!
They're coming to America!

Home: don't it seem so far away?
And we're traveling light today
In the eye of the storm,
In the eye of the storm.

Home to a new and shiny place;
Make our bed and we'll say our grace,
Freedom's light burning warm,
Freedom's light burning warm.

Everywhere around the world,
They're coming to America!
Every time that flag's unfurled,
They're coming to America!

Got a dream to take them there;
They're coming to America!
Got a dream they've come to share;
They're coming to America!

They're coming to America!
They're coming to America!
They're coming to America!
They're coming to America!

Today! Today! Today! Today! Today!

My country 'tis of thee, (Today!)
Sweet land of liberty, (Today!)
Of thee I sing, (Today!)
Of thee I sing... (Today!)

Today! Today! Today! Today... today...

[Sprayber]

Redneck National Anthem

Copperhead Road
(Steve Earle)

Well my name's John Lee Pettimore
Same as my daddy and his daddy before
You hardly ever saw Grandaddy down here
He only came to town about twice a year
He'd buy a hundred pounds of yeast and some copper line
Everybody knew that he made moonshine
Now the revenue man wanted Grandaddy bad
He headed up the holler with everything he had
It's before my time but I've been told
He never came back from Copperhead Road
Now Daddy ran the whiskey in a big block Dodge
Bought it at an auction at the Mason's Lodge
Johnson County Sheriff painted on the side
Just shot a coat of primer then he looked inside
Well him and my uncle tore that engine down
I still remember that rumblin' sound
Well the sheriff came around in the middle of the night
Heard mama cryin', knew something wasn't right
He was headed down to Knoxville with the weekly load
You could smell the whiskey burnin' down Copperhead Road

I volunteered for the Army on my birthday
They draft the white trash first,'round here anyway
I done two tours of duty in Vietnam
And I came home with a brand new plan
I take the seed from Colombia and Mexico
I plant it up the holler down Copperhead Road
Well the D.E.A.'s got a chopper in the air
I wake up screaming like I'm back over there
I learned a thing or two from ol' Charlie don't you know
You better stay away from Copperhead Road

Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road
Copperhead Road

[devilmunchkin]

You're Gone by Diamond Rio

I said, "Hello I think I'm broken."
And though I was only jokin'
It took me by surprise when you agreed.
I was tryin to be clever
But for the life of me I never
Would have guessed how far the simple truth would lead.
You knew all my lines. You knew all my tricks.
You knew how to heal that pain no medicine could fix.

And I bless the day I met you.
And I thank God that he let you
Lay beside me for a moment that lives on.
And the good news is I'm better for the time we spent together.
And the bad news is you're gone.

Looking back it's still surprising
I was sinking, you were rising.
With a look you caught me in mid-air.
Now I know God has his reasons.
But sometimes it's hard to see them.
I awake and find that you're not there.

You found hope in hopeless.
You made crazy sane.
You became the missing link that helped me break my chains.

And I bless the day I met you.
And I thank God that he let you
Lay beside me for a moment that lives on.
And the good news is I'm better for the time we spent together.
And the bad news is you're gone.

Home by Sevendust

Wreckage-My mind
Insecure-All the time
ONCE LOVED-NOW PARALYZED
I ONCE THOUGHT-I'LL NEVER DIE

Frustrated-OUR SIMPLE LIVES
No one listens-EVERYONE LIES
Who said "HOME IS WHERE YOU HIDE"?

strong as **** and now you see

I'm home-leave it to me
(leave it to me now that you've seen)
I'm home-leave it to me
(leave it to me)

From left to right...
(repeat)

I tried-my father said
I'm scared-she always said
They grab and pull until I tear

MEANING-Too deep to swim
When's a good time for the end?
Who said I was YOUR FRIEND?

I'm home-leave it to me
(leave it to me now that you've seen)
I'm home-leave it to me
(leave it to me)

From left to right...
(repeat)
Suffocated-our simple life
No one listens-everyone dies
Never a chance-how could you see?

I'm home-leave it to me (leave it to me)
I'm home-leave it to me (leave it to me now that you've seen)
I'm home-leave it to me (leave it to me)
I'm home-leave it to me (what the **** did you say?)

from left to right...

[Lonestar]

Well, this is appropiate, no?

In The JailHouse Now

Written by Jimmie Rodgers
(As performed by Webb Pierce)

He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now

Well I had a friend named Ramblin' Bob
Who used to steal, gamble and rob
He thought he was the smartest guy in town
But I found out last Monday
That Bob got locked up Sunday
They got him in the jailhouse way down town

He's in the jailhouse now
He's in the jailhouse now
I told him once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
He's in the jailhouse now

Well I went out last Tuesday
Met a girl named Susie
I told her I was the swellest man around
Well she started in to spend my money
She started in to call me honey
We took in every honky tonk in town

We're in the jailhouse now
We're in the jailhouse now
They told us once or twice
To quit playin' cards and shootin' dice
We're in the jailhouse now

[devilmunchkin]

What A day by NOn-point

Sittin' on your ass all day
thinkin' bout your hangover
and the party you left your ****in' keys at
and had to beg for a ridde from some stranger
that i never met before
he acted so friendly that i had to take the ride
but for some reason he resembled that guy
wanted for a robbery and beatin' on his kid
"you remind me of my stepson" he chuckles with a grin

*pre*
What was that move they taught in self-defense
where you block this killers knife
move with some confidence
the signal where you're trapped inside a moving car
i wonder if he'll drive real far
*pre*

*chorus*
What a day, what a day
you should've stayed home shootin' the breeze all day
what a day, what a day
you should think next time before you start to play
what a day, what a day
i wonder what will happen today
*chorus*

rub your eyes from
no sleep this week
tap your heels home
then fall asleep

sittin' around looking for a fight
kinda pissed off how i'm turnin' my life upside down
from insecurities makin' up my mind
through old hypocrisy
up and out of harms way
down cuz i want to be there
here because you want me
not because your caught in my stare


rud your eyes from
no sleep this week
tap your heels home
then fall asleep
asleep in bed
you'll do something tomorrow instead

[SlowwHand]

KNIGHT IN RUSTY ARMOUR
Peter & Gordon

Long ago in days of old
There lived a knight who
Wasn't quite as bold
As a knight should be

He rode an old grey mare called Bess
Searchin' for a damsel in distress
Just to see if he
Could set her free

See the knight in rusty armour ride
To her aid
Trusty sword is hanging at his side
With a rusty blade

Up the tower steps he sneaked
But as he moved
His rusty armour squeaked
Such a mournful note

And all the sentries at their posts
Thought it must have been the castle ghost
They jumped for their lives
In the moat

So the knight in rusty armour won
His fair maid
Had no need to draw his trusty sword
With a rusty blade

As he bent to kiss his bride
He found that he was
Rusted up inside
In his battle dress
And I can't guess

How they still got married
And had twins
They came in tins
Every suit of armour ever made
Has a kink
Chain mail pants with a missing link

[boann]

FOREVER MY LOVE
(Carly Simon/James Taylor)

Words of love
Softly spoken
Like clouds above
Drift away
What shall I say?
To let you know the way I feel
Should I cry out loud that love is real?
Or simply reveal
Forever my love

Time alone will tell us
Lovers born in May
May grow bitter and jealous
Faded and gray
What shall I say?
It's not another lovers game
It doesn't seem to have a name
It changes and remains the same
Forever my love, my love

Yesterday's projection will never really know
But tomorrow's recollection will surely know
It was so
Between us
Ain't no other way
Time has seen us
Day after day
What shall I say?
That isn't in the way I act
That will carry through the years intact
I'm lookin' forward to lookin' back
From further in down the track
Together in fact
Forever my love, my love

--------------------------
DEVOTED TO YOU
carly simon

Darling you can count on me
'Till the sun dries up the sea
Until then I'll always be
Devoted to you

I'll be yours 'till endless time
I'll adore your charms sublime
Guess by now you know that I'm
Devoted to you

I'll never hurt you
I'll never lie
I'll never be untrue
I'll never give you reason to cry
I'd be unhappy if you were blue
Through the years our love will grow
Like a river it will flow
It can't die because I'm so
Devoted to you

[SlowwHand]

Ok, Boann. Here's one for you, and Jill; and it wouldn't hurt to lump devilmunchkin in there, too.

Subject: Straight Tequila Night John Anderson

Straight Tequila Night
Written by: Debbie Hupp & Kent Robbins
Performed by: John Anderson

A E D
If you really wanna know, she comes here a lot
A E D
She just loves to hear the music and dance
A E D A E
D
K - thirteen is her favorite song, if you play it you might have a chance
F#m E
Tonight she's only sipping white wine
D E
She's friendly and fun loving most of the time

Chorus
A E D E A
But don't ask her on a straight tequila night
E D E
A
She'll start thinking about him, then she's ready to fight
E D E A
Blames her broken heart on every man in sight
E D E F#m D E F#m
D E
On a straight tequila night

Verse 2
Here's a glass of chablis and some quarters in change
Maybe you can turn her love life around
Then she won't the salt or the lime anymore
To shoot that old memory down
Just remember her heart's on the mend
If you ever come back to see her again

Repeat Chorus
A E D E A
Don't ask her on a straight tequila night
E D E
A
She'll start thinking about him, then she's ready to fight
E D E A
Blames her broken heart on every man in sight
E D E F#m D E F#m
D E
On a straight tequila night


Now y'all can even learn to play it on a guitar.
I'm so thoughtful, huh?

[boann]

har har har...
meathead