Song Lyrics. To Our Children's Children's Children.

[Mr. President]

Dan Seals - Big Wheels In The Moonlight

I came from a town that was so small
You looked both ways you could see it all
All I wanted was some way out
Every evening I'd slip into town
And stand around at the caution light
And watch the big trucks rollin' by
To me it was a beautiful sight
Big wheels in the moonlight

Now, I had a case of wanderlust
I'd lie awake with the windows up
Out on Highway 59
I could hear some big ol' diesel whine
She was goin' through all the gears
And headin' out to who-knows-where
Fell asleep most every night
Dreamin' 'bout big wheels in the moonlight

Chorus
And I want to put my life on the center line
And I want to see the world before I die
And I know that there's a piece I'll never find
'Cause those big old wheels keep a-rollin' through my mind

How I got here it's hard to say
So many things got in my way
Can't complain about all I've got
Kids and a wife and a regular job
But at night when I'm settin' here
All alone in my living room chair
Sometimes I close my eyes
And see big wheels in the moonlight

[/I]Chorus 2x[/I]

Yeah, those big old wheels keep a-rollin through my mind
Yeah, those big old wheels keep a-rollin through my mind

[SlowwHand]

Will The Circle Be Unbroken


I was standing by my window,
On one cold and cloudy day
When I saw that hearse come rolling
For to carry my mother away

Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky

I said to that undertaker
undertaker please drive slow
for this lady you are carrying
Lord, I hate to see here go

Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky

Oh, I followed close behind her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave

Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky

I went back home, my home was lonesome
missed my mother, she was gone
all of my brothers, sisters crying
what a home so sad and lone

Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky

We sang the songs of childhood
Hymns of faith that made us strong
Ones that Mother Maybelle taught us
Hear the angels sing along

Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky

Will the circle be unbroken
by and by, Lord, by and by
There's a better home a-waiting
in the sky, Lord, in the sky

[Mr. President]

Hope we haven't started another thread for this yet, seeing as this is getting pretty long; but I haven't seen one so I'll put this here for now.

The song probably loses some of its impact if you only read it and don't hear it, but we'll see how this goes.

Anne Murray - A Little Good News

Rolled out this morning, kids had the morning news show on
Bryant Gumbel was talking 'bout the fighting in Lebanon
Some Senator was squawkin' 'bout the bad economy
It's gonna get worse, you see; we need a change of policy
There's a local paper rolled up in a rubber band
One more sad story's one more than I can stand
Just once, how I'd like to see the headline say:
"Not much to print today; can't find nothing bad to say, because

Nobody robbed a liquor store in the lower part of town;
Nobody OD'ed, nobody burned a single building down;
Nobody fired a shot in anger, nobody had to die in vain"
I sure could use a little good news today

Come home this evening, I know the news will be the same
Somebody takes a hostage, somebody steals a plane
How I wanna hear the anchorman talkin' 'bout a county fair
How we cleaned up the air; how everybody learned to care
Oh, tell me

Nobody was assassinated in the whole Third World today
And in the streets of Ireland, all the children had to do was play
And everybody loves everybody in the good old USA
I sure could use a little good news today

[Dr. Stiby]

Jon Lord, keyboard player has left Deep Purple. He's most widely known for his intro in Child in Time. Here's a song he has written and performed on the Live at The Royal Albert Hall album.

PICTURED WITHIN (lyrics by Jon Lord)

here be friends...
here be heroes...
here be sunshine...
here be grey...
here be life...
here love lies bleeding...
memories so hazy...
and dreams that drove me crazy

here be down...
here be paradise...
here be starbright...
here be pain...
here be smiles in eyes like rainbows...
my father and my mother...
my sisters and my brother -
pictured within

where there're shadows ill met by moonlight...
there are dragons I have slain...
and here be bright eyes with hair so golden...
sunrise and sunset and running free...
and laughing at the rain

here be home...
here be travellin'...
here be thunder...
here be blue...
and Sometimes heaven and thoughts of wonder...
the Miracle of children...
a poet and a pilgrim

kith and kin - pictured within
lose and win - pictured within

[SlowwHand]

Two For Tuesday; Muddy Waters

We start a new thread after 500 posts. Soon.


I Be's Troubled

Well if I feel tomorrow
Like I feel today
I'm gonna pack my suitcase
And make my getaway
Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind
And I'm never bein' satisfied,
And I just can't keep from cryin'

Yeah, I know my little ol' baby
She gonna jump and shout
That ol' train be late girl,
And I come walkin' out
Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind
Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied,
And I just can't keep from cryin'

Yeah, I know somebody
Sho' been talkin' to you
I don't need no telling, girl
I can watch the way you do
And I be troubled, I be all worried in mind
Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied,
And I just can't keep from cryin'

Yeah, now goodbye baby
Got no more to say
Just like I been tellin' you, girl
You're gonna have to leave my way
Lord I'm troubled, I'm all worried in mind
Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied,
And I just can't keep from cryin'

Yeah my baby she quit me
Seem like mama was dead
I got real worried gal
And she drove it to my head
I be's troubled, I be all worried in mind
Yeah and I'm never bein' satisfied,
And I just can't keep from cryin'

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Rock Me

Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long
Want you to rock me baby, rock me all night long
Well I want you to rock me baby, like my back ain't got no bones

Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise
Sun goin' down, the moon begin to rise
Well I want you to rock me baby, till you make me satisfied

See me comin', run get your rockin' chair
See me comin', run get your rockin' chair
Well you know I ain't no stranger, you know I used to live right here

Want you to roll me, like I roll a waggon wheel
Want you to roll me, like I roll a waggon wheel
You know I want you to roll me over, you know how good that makes me feel

Rock me easy, rock your baby slow
Rock me easy, rock your baby slow
Well you know I want you to rock me so easy, till I don't wanna rock no more

Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun
Put your arms around me, like a circle around the sun
I want you to call, call me daddy, let me lay down in your arms.

[boann]

Paul McCartney


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Maybe I'm Amazed


Maybe I'm amazed at the way you love me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I love you
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you pull me out of time
hung me on the line
Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you

Maybe I'm a man,
Maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
that he doesn't really understand

Maybe I'm a man
Maybe you're the only woman who can ever help me
baby, won't you help me to understand

Maybe I'm a man
Maybe I'm a lonely man who's in the middle of something
that he doesn't really understand

Maybe I'm a man
and maybe you're the only woman who can ever help me
baby, won't you help me to understand

Maybe I'm amazed at the way you're with me all the time
Maybe I'm afraid of the way I'll leave you
Maybe I'm amazed at the way you help me sing my song
right me when I'm wrong Maybe I'm amazed at the way I really need you


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My Love


And when I go away
I know my heart can stay with my love
It's understood
It's in the hands of my love
And my love does it good
My love does it good

And when the cupboards bare
I'll still find something there
With my love
It's understood
It's everywhere with my love

I love oh my love
Only my love holds the other key to me
Oh....my love oh...my love
Only my love does it good to me

Don't ever ask me why
I never say goodbye to my love

[SlowwHand]

Indian Reservation
Paul Revere and the Raiders


They took the whole Cherokee nation
Put us on this reservation
Took away our ways of life
The tomahawk and the bow and knife
Took away our native tongue
And taught their English to our young
And all the beads we made by hand
Are nowadays made in Japan

Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die

They took the whole Indian nation
Locked us on this reservation
Though I wear a shirt and tie
I’m still part redman deep inside

Cherokee people, Cherokee tribe
So proud to live, so proud to die

But maybe someday when they learn
Cherokee nation will return, will return, will return, will return, will return

[Athene Miranda]

Wow! What a THREAD...

Great stuff up here (no I won't pretend I read it all...!) So here's some Steinman for you. Wonderful lyricist, composer and playwright. And the source for my sig. I find this one very touching, light in the darkness and all.


The Future Ain't What It Used To Be

Jim Steinman


I never knew so many bad times
They follow me so mercilessly
It's almost surreal
All the pain that I feel
The future ain't what it used to be


It doesn't matter what they're thinking
It doesn't matter what they're thinking of me
It's always so cold
I'm too young to be old
The future ain't what it used to be


Were there ever any stars in the sky?
Did the sun ever shine so bright?
Do you have any dreams I could borrow
Just to get me through the lonely night?
Is there anything left to hold on to
When the rivers wash it all away?
Is there anyone left to hold on to
Is there anything left I can say?


Say a prayer for the falling angels
Stem the tide of the rising waters
Toll a bell for the broken hearted
Burn a torch for your sons and daughters
The endless night has got a hold of me
Dark days are pulling me forward
And all these tears are washing over me-
And I'm crying, lost forever in a future that ain't what it used to be
No more


It's like a storm that's never ending
It's like a shadow on the land and the sea
There's nothing so sad as a tomorrow gone bad
The future ain't what it used to be


Some days I feel so numb and empty
And those would be the good days for me
Nothing gets to me now unless I'm thinking of how
The future ain't what it used to be
Is there anything left to hold on to
When the rivers wash it all away?
Is there anyone left to hold on to
Is there anything left I can say?


Say a prayer for the falling angels
Stem the tide of the rising waters
Toll a bell for the broken hearted
Burn a torch for your sons and daughters
The endless night has got a hold of me
Dark days are pulling me forward
And all these tears are washing over me-
And I'm crying, I'm lost forever in a future that ain't what it used to be
No more,
no more,
no more...


The future just ain't what it used to be
It's never gonna be like it was
The future just ain't what it used to be
I wish it wouldn't come,
I wish it wouldn't come,

...but it always does...

Say a prayer for the falling angels
Stem the tide of the rising waters
Toll a bell for the broken hearted
Burn a torch for your sons and daughters...



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[Clear Skies]

Harry Nilsson - Everybody's Talkin

Everybody's talking at me.
I don't hear a word they're saying,
Only the echoes of my mind.
People stopping staring,
I can't see their faces,
Only the shadows of their eyes.

I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Thru' the pouring rain,
Going where the weather suits my clothes,
Backing off of the North East wind,
Sailing on summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone.

I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Thru' the pouring rain,
Going where the weather suits my clothes,
Backing off of the North East wind,
Sailing on summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone


Capercaillie - Heart of the Highland

Let the dance begin
Lock away the fine china
And kick up the old stone floor
Where the train divides
Upon Lomondside
Hear the echo from forest to shore
Sailing over deep water
And dancing on air
If you close your eyes
You will be there

Do you dream of a journey
Taking you back to your home
Where the cry from
The heart of the Highland lives on

When the morning breaks
Overground undercover
They're waiting to sound the alarm
Where the jets fly
Look up and wonder now
Could we be easy
Without the armed guard
But the heart beats a river
Flowing all around the world
The call is unspoken never unheard.

Do you dream of a journey
Taking you back to your home
Where the cry from
The heart of the Highland lives on.


Capercaillie - Aodann Srath Bhain

'S mi ri imeachd nam aonar anns an og-mhadaim Mhaigh
Feadh leantaichean uaine mar fhear-fuadain gun stath,
Nuair a chunnaich mi a' ghruagach an taobh shuas dhiom a' tamh
'S i ri nigh' a cuid aodaich mach air aodann Srath Bhain.

An sin dhirich mi suas far 'n robh gruagach mo ghraidh
Is labhair mi rithe gu siobhalta tlath:
"Tha bliadhn' agus corr bhon a thoisich an gradh,
Is ma bhitheas tu deonach ni sinn posadh gun dail.'

"Gu posadh, gu posadh ro og tha mi 'n drasd' -
Gu bheil teang' aig do sheorsa dheanadh fogradh 's gach ait;
Gum biodh m'athair 's mo mhathair gam chaineadh gu brath
Nam posainn do leithid, O fhleasgaich gun stath.'

Ach a nionagan oga tha gun phosadh 's gach ait',
Na diultaibh fir oga le morchuis no tair.
Nach muladach dhomhsa bhith gun phosadh gu brath -
'S fheudar fuireach nam aonar mach air aodann Srath Bhain


Translation - The Slopes of Strath Ban
Walking out early alone on a morning in May
Among green fields, an outcast and purposeless,
I saw a maiden who lived some way above me
As she washed her clothes out on the slopes of Strath Ban.

I then climbed upwards to the maiden I loved
And courteously and mildly I spoke to her:
"It's over a year since our love began,
And if you are willing we shall marry at once."

"Marry? I'm too young to marry just now -
Your sort has tongue that could cause trouble anywhere;
My father and mother would scold me forever more
If I were to marry the likes of you, you feckless young man.'

But you young girls everywhere who are still unmarried,
Don't go turning young men down through pride or contempt.
How sad for me to be unmarried forever more -
I'll have to live alone, out on the slopes of Strath Ban.

[SlowwHand]

Triple Shot Thursday; Billy Ocean

THERE'LL BE SAD SONGS TO MAKE YOU CRY


Sometimes I wonder by the look in your eyes
When I'm standing beside you there's a fever burning deep inside.
Is there another in your memory?
Do you think of that someone when you hear that special melody?
I always stop and think of you
Especially when the words of love song touch the very heart of me.
There'll be sad songs to make you cry, love songs often do,
They can touch the heart of someone new saying I love you, I love you.
I often wonder how it could be you loving me, two hearts in perfect harmony.
I'll count the hours until that day, the rhapsody plays a melody for you and me.
Until the moment that you give your love to me,
You're the one I care for, the one I will wait for.
There'll be sad songs to make you cry, love songs often do,
They can touch the heart of someone new saying I love you, ooh ooh ooh, oh.
You're my desire, you take me higher.
My love is like a river running so deep.
Until the moment that you give your love to me,
You're the one I care for, the one that I will wait for,
There'll be sad songs to make you cry, love songs often do,
They can touch the heart of someone new saying I love you. Ah. Ah.
There'll be sad songs to make you cry, love songs often do,
They can touch the heart of someone new saying I love you, I love you.
Do do do do do do do do do do do do do. Ooh.
Saying I love you. (Spoken) I love you.

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LOVERBOY


I don't know what you've got but it plays with my emotions I want
you so much
Darling I want to hold you near want to whisper sweet and tender in your
ear
Can't stand the thought of you with somebody else
Got to have your love got to have it all to myself
I say yeah yeah yeah yeah

Wanna be your lover lover
Wanna be your lover lover lover boy
Lover lover
Wanna be your lover lover lover boy

Too far gone it's hard to stop
Baby you're my dream in motion and I won't give up
Teasing me with your fire
My finger's on the trigger
Your the one I desire
Cause I have this feeling feeling from nobody else
Got to have your tenderness all to myself
I say yeah yeah yeah yeah

Wanna be your lover lover
Wanna be your lover lover lover boy
Lover lover, yeah
Wanna be your lover lover lover boy

MUSICAL INTERLUDE

And I want you really but the thing is there's nothing I can say
To stop you darling from running running away
Won't you stay stay stay yeh

I wanna be your love
I wanna be your love
I wanna be your love
Gotta have your love
Gonna be your love
And I can't stand it...

FADE

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When The Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going


When the going gets tough
The tough get going, tough, tough, huh, huh, huh
When the going gets tough, the tough get ready

Yeah, ooooh, du da do da

I got something to tell you
I got something to say
I'm gonna put this dream in motion
Never let nothing stand in my way
When the going gets touch
The tough get going

I'm gonna get myself 'cross the river
That's the price I'm willing to pay
I'm gonna make you stand and deliver
And give me love in the old-fashion way

Woooh

Darlin', I'll climb any mountain
Darlin', I'll do anything

Ooh, can I touch you (can I touch you)
And do the things that lovers do
Ooh, wanna hold you (wanna hold you)
I gotta get it through to you, oooh

When the going gets tough
The tough get going
When the going gets rough
The tough get rough
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey
Ooooh baby

I'm gonna buy me a one-way ticket
Nothin's gonna hold me back
Your love's like a slow train coming (slow train coming)
And I feel it coming down the track (woh)

Darlin', I'll climb any mountain
Darlin', I'll do anything
Ooh (ooh) can I touch you (can I touch you)
And do the things that lovers do
Ooh, (ooh) wanna hold you (wanna hold you)
I gotta get it through to you (ooh)
'Cos when the going gets tough
The tough get going
When the going gets rough
The tough get rough

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Wooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Darlin', I'll climb any mountain
Darlin', I'll swim any sea
Darlin', I'll reach for the heaven
Darlin', with you lovin' me
Oooh (oooh)

Oooh, can I touch you (can I touch you)
And do the things that lovers do (can I touch you)
Oooh, wanna hold you (wanna hold you)
I gotta get it through to you

When the going gets tough
Going gets tough
Going gets rough
Going gets rough...

[Mr. President]

Restless Heart - The Bluest Eyes In Texas

That lonesome Texas sun was setting slow
And in the rear view mirror I watched it go.
I can still see the wind in her golden hair
I close my eyes for a moment and I'm still there...

The Bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill the midnight sky
Her memory fills my mind
Where did I go wrong?
Did I wait too long?
Oh can I make it right...
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight

Another town, another hotel room
Another dream that ended way too soon
Left me lonely, prayin' for the dawn
Searching for the strength to carry on..

The Bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill the midnight sky
Her memory fills my mind
Where did I go wrong?
Did I wait too long?
Oh can I make it right...
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight

For every heart you break you pay a price
But I can't forget the tears in her blue eyes..

The Bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight
Like the stars that fill the midnight sky
Her memory fills my mind
Where did I go wrong?
Did I wait too long?
Oh can I make it right...
The bluest eyes in Texas
Are haunting me tonight

[boann]

My Eyes Adored You
- Frankie Valli


My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you
So close, so close and yet so far

Carried your books from school
Playing "make-believe you're married to me"
You were fifth-grade, I was sixth
When we came to be
Walking home every day over Barnegat Bridge and Bay
Till we grew into the me and you
Went our separate ways

Headed for city lights
Climbed the ladder up to fortune and fame
I worked my fingers to the bone
Made myself a name
Funny I seemed to find
That no matter how the years unwind
Still I reminisce 'bout the girl I miss
And the love I left behind

My eyes adored you
All my life I will remember
Though I never laid a hand on you
How warm and tender we were way back then, whoa, whoa, baby
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you
Oh, the feeling, sad regrets
So close, so close and yet so far
I know I won't ever forget you, my childhood friend

My eyes adored you
Though I never laid a hand on you
My eyes adored you
Like a million miles away from me you couldn't see how I adored you

So close, so close and yet so far

[SlowwHand]

Something To Talk About
Bonnie Raitt

People are talking, talking 'bout people
I hear them whisper, you won't believe it
They think we're lovers kept under covers
I just ignore it, but they keep saying
We laugh just a little too loud
We stand just a little too close
We stare just a little too long
Maybe they're seeing something we don't, Darlin'.


I feel so foolish, I never noticed
You'd act so nervous,
Could you be falling for me?
It took a rumor to make me wonder
Now I'm convinced I'm going under
Thinking 'bout you every day
Dreaming 'bout you every night
Hoping that you feel the same way
Now that we know it, let's really show it, Darlin'.

Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love?

Let's give them something to talk about
A little mystery to figure out
Let's give them something to talk about
How about love, love, love, love?

[Clear Skies]

Kudos to the guy for getting to number 22 despite the mass media and radio carefully ignoring the single. I'm buying it ASAP.

Billy Bragg - Take Down The Union Jack

Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
And put it in the attic with the emperors old clothes
When did it fall apart? Sometime in the 80s
When the Great and the Good gave way to the greedy and the mean
Britain isn’t cool you know, its really not that great
It's not a proper country, it doesn’t even have a patron saint
It's just an economic union that’s passed its sell-by date

Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
And ask our Scottish neighbours if independence looks any good
‘Cos they just might understand how to take an abstract notion
Of personal identity and turn it into nationhood
Is this the 19th century that I’m watching on tv?
The dear old Queen of England handing out those MBEs
Member of the British Empire - that doesn’t sound too good to me

Gilbert and George are taking the piss aren’t they?
Gilbert and George are taking the piss.
What could be more British than here’s a picture of my bum?
Gilbert and George are taking the piss

Take down the Union Jack, it clashes with the sunset
And pile all those history books, but don’t throw them away
They just might have some clues about what it really means
To be an Anglo hyphen Saxon in England.co.uk

[Mr. President]

John Denver - Take Me Home, Country Roads

Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blueridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees,
Younger than the mountains, growing like a breeze

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

All my memories gather round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusky, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

I hear her voice; in the morning hour she calls me
Radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road I get a feeling that I should have been home yesterday,
Yesterday

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads

Take me home, country roads
Take me home, country roads . . .

[Edit: fixed an incorrect word]