A Song For You. (Lyrics Thread)

[SlowwHand]

Well-done at Grammy's. Congratulations, Bruce!

The Rising
Bruce Springsteen

Can't see nothin' in front of me
Can't see nothin' coming up behind
I make my way through this darkness
I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me
Lost track of how far I've gone
How far I've gone, how high I've climbed
On my back's a sixty pound stone
On my shoulder a half mile of line

Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight

Left the house this morning
Bells ringing filled the air
Wearin' the cross of my calling
On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here

Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight

Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li

There's spirits above and behind me
Faces gone black, eyes burnin' bright
May their precious blood bind me
Lord, as I stand before your fiery light

Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li

I see you Mary in the garden
In the garden of a thousand sighs
There's holy pictures of our children
Dancin' in a sky filled with light
May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin' on the end of my line

Sky of blackness and sorrow (a dream of life)
Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life)
Sky of glory and sadness (a dream of life)
Sky of mercy, sky of fear (a dream of life)
Sky of memory and shadow (a dream of life)
Your burnin' wind fills my arms tonight
Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life)
Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life

Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight

Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li




Can't see nothin' in front of me
Can't see nothin' coming up behind
I make my way through this darkness
I can't feel nothing but this chain that binds me
Lost track of how far I've gone
How far I've gone, how high I've climbed
On my back's a sixty pound stone
On my shoulder a half mile of line

Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight

Left the house this morning
Bells ringing filled the air
Wearin' the cross of my calling
On wheels of fire I come rollin' down here

Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight

Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li

There's spirits above and behind me
Faces gone black, eyes burnin' bright
May their precious blood bind me
Lord, as I stand before your fiery light

Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li

I see you Mary in the garden
In the garden of a thousand sighs
There's holy pictures of our children
Dancin' in a sky filled with light
May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin' on the end of my line

Sky of blackness and sorrow (a dream of life)
Sky of love, sky of tears (a dream of life)
Sky of glory and sadness (a dream of life)
Sky of mercy, sky of fear (a dream of life)
Sky of memory and shadow (a dream of life)
Your burnin' wind fills my arms tonight
Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life)
Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life

Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight

Li,li, li,li,li,li, li,li,li

[devilmunchkin]

Raoul and the Kings of Spain by Tears for Fears

When the seventh of the seventh son
Comes along and breaks the chains
Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain
Making it plain, making it sane
To turn this loss into a gain

Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain
Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain

Did you know your father was an island
Did you know your mother was the sea
Can we ever hope to seek asylum
From the bounds of fate and family

When the seventh of the seventh son
Comes along and breaks the chains

Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain
Making it plain, making it sane
To turn this loss into a gain

Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain
Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain

Did you know all mothers come from heaven
Did you know all fathers come from hell
That is why they're at sixes and seven
That is why their marriage isn't well

When the seventh of the seventh son
Comes along and breaks the chains

Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain
Making it plain, making it sane
To turn this loss into a gain

Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain
Raoul, Raoul, Raoul and The Kings of Spain

Movies by ALien Ant Farm

At slow speed we all seem focused
In motion we seem wrong wrong
In summer we can taste the rain

Chorus:
I want you to be free
Don't worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene

Two can play at this game
We both want power
In winter we can taste the pain
In our short years, we come long way
To treat it bad and throw away
In our short years, we come long way
To treat it bad and throw away

I want you to be free
Don't worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene
You won't cry, I won't scream

In our short years we come long way
To treat it bad and throw away
And if we make a little space
A science fiction showcase
In our short film, a low disgrace
I dream a scene to brand face
In our short years we come long way
To treat it bad, just to throw it away

I want you to be free
Don't worry about me
And just like the movies
We play out our last scene
You won't cry, I won't scream

[b]Cold by Static X{/b]

We kiss
The stars
We writhe
We are
Your name
Desire
Your flesh
We are

CHORUS:
Cold, We're so cold,
We are, so,
Cold We're so cold

Cold, We're so cold,
We are, so,
Cold We're so cold

Your mouth
These words
Silence
It turns
Humming
We laugh
My head
Falls back

[Bereta_Eder]

3rd page?
Jesus.
Charity bump

Kirsty MacColl
In these shoes?

I once met a man with a sense of adventure
He was dressed to thrill wherever he went
He said "Let's make love on a mountain top
Under the stars on a big hard rock"
I said "In these shoes?
I don't think so"
I said "Honey, let's do it here."
So I'm sitting at a bar in Guadalajara
In walks a guy with a faraway look in his eyes
He said "I've got as powerful horse outside
Climb on the back, I'll take you for a ride
I know a little place, we can get there for the break of day."
I said "In these shoes?
No way, Jose"
I said "Honey, let's stay right here."

No le gusta caminar. No puede montar a caballo
Como se puede bailar? Es un escandolo
Then I met an Englishman
"Oh" he said
"Won't you walk up and down my spine,
It makes me feel strangely alive."
I said "In these shoes?
I doubt you'd survive."
I said "Honey, let's do it.
Let's stay right here."

No le gusta caminar. No puede montar a caballo
Como se puede bailar? Es un escandolo

[SlowwHand]

Dancing in the Dark
more Bruce Springsteen


I get up in the evening
And I ain't got nothing to say
I come home in the morning
I go to bed feeling the same way
I ain't nothing but tired
Man, I'm just tired and bored with myself
Hey there baby I could use just a little help

CHORUS:
You can't start a fire
You can't start a fire without a spark
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark

Message keeps getting clearer
Radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place
I check my looks in the mirror
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face
Man, I ain't getting nowhere just living in a dump like this
There's something happening somewhere
Baby I just know that there is

CHORUS

You sit around getting older
There's a joke here somewhere and it's on me
I'll shake this world off my shoulders
Come on baby the laugh's on me

Stay on the streets of this town
And they'll be carving you up all night
They say you gotta stay hungry
Hey baby I'm just about starving tonight
I'm dying for some action
I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book
I need a love reaction
Come on now baby gimme just one look

CHORUS

You can't start a fire worrying about your
Little world falling apart
This gun's for hire
Even if we're just dancing in the dark

[Bereta_Eder]

We want the airwaves

Ramones

9 to 5 and 5 to 9
Ain't gonna take it
It's our time
We want the world
and we want it know
We're gonna take it anyhow

We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves, baby
If rock is gonna stay alive

Oh yeah-well all right
Let's rock-tonite
All night

Where's your guts
And will to survive
And don't you wanna
Keep rock n' roll music alive
Mr. Programmer
I got my hammer
and I'm gonna
Smash my
Smash my
Radio

We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves
We want the airwaves, baby
If rock is gonna stay alive

[ixnay]

Coldplay - God Put a Smile Upon Your Face

Where do we go nobody knows?
I've gotta say I'm on my way down
God give me style and give me grace
God put a smile upon my face
Where do we go to draw the line?
I've gotta say I wasted all your time, (oh honey honey)
Where do I go to fall from grace?
God put a smile upon your face, yeah

Now, when you work it out I'm worse than you
Yeah, when you work it out I wanted to
Now, when you work out where to draw the line
Your guess is as good as mine

Where do we go nobody knows?
Don't even say you're on your way down, (when)
God gave you style and gave you grace
And put a smile upon your face, ah yeah

Now, when you work it out I'm worse than you
Yeah, when you work it out I wanted to
Now, when you work out where to draw the line
Your guess is as good as mine
Its as good as mine [x7]

Where do we go nobody knows?
Don't even say you're on your way down, (when)
God gave you style and gave you grace
And put a smile upon your face

[Bereta_Eder]

The Pan Within

The Waterboys

come with me
on a journey beneath the skin
come with me
on a journey under the skin
we will look together
for the Pan within
close your eyes
breathe slow we'll begin
close your eyes
breathe slow we'll begin
to look together
for the Pan within
swing your hips
loose your head and let it spin
swing your hips
loose your head and let it spin
and we will look together for the Pan
within
close your eyes
breathe slow we'll begin
close your eyes
breathe slow we'll begin
to look together
for the Pan within
put your face to my window
breathe a night full of treasure
the wind is delicious
sweet and wild with the promise of
pleasure
the stars are alive
and nights like these
were born to be
sanctified by you and me
lovers thieves fools and pretenders
and all we gotta do
all we gotta do
all we gotta do
all we gotta do is surrender
surrender, surrender, surrender
come with me on a journey
under the skin
come with me on a journey under the skin
and we will look together
for the Pan within

[devilmunchkin]

Strange Attraction by The Cure

it started with a dedication
"lost in admiration - happy birthday - I’m forever yours - blossom"
faded red inside a tiny book of butterflies
I smiled surprised at how when flickered through
the wings flew by spelled out my name...

Six months went by the summer lost
obsessively the letters dropped into my life
the same soft blood smooth flowing hand
"please try to understand - I have to see you - have to feel you -
tell you all the ways I need you - yours forever in love... "

strange attraction spreads it's wings
it varies but the smallest things
you never know how anything will change
strange attraction spreads it's wings
and alters but the smallest things
you never know how anything will fade

the year grew old incessantly she wrote to me
she'd started smoking poetry!
I laughed in recognition of a favourite phrase
she'd pulled me in...
I answered her
a christmas card in sepia
arranging when and where
and how the two of us should meet...

Her opening so well prepared
a nervous smile
I couldn't take my eyes from her
she whispered
"can I use some of your lipstick?"
it was perfect so believable
I couldn't help but feel that it was real
and kissing crimson fell into her waiting arms...

Strange attraction spreads it's wings
it varies but the smallest things
you never know how anything will change
strange attraction spreads it's wings
and alters but the smallest things
you never know how anything will fade

so alone into the cold new year without another word from her
I wrote to ask if we could maybe meet again before the spring
but weeks went by with no reply until once more my birthday came
and with it my surprise but this time nothing was the same...

"I’m sorry - blame infatuation - blame imagination -
I was sure you'd be the one but I was wrong -
it seems reality destroys our dreams - I won't forget you - blossom"
faded red inside a tiny book of old goodbyes...

Strange attraction spreads it's wings
it varies but the smallest things
you never know how anything will change
strange attraction spreads it's wings
and alters but the smallest things
and you never know...

[SlowwHand]

Triple Shot Thursday; Jr. Walker and the All-Stars

"and we will look together for the Pan within"


(I'M A) ROAD RUNNER

Money, who needs it,
Let me live my life free and easy,
Put my toothbrush in my hand,
And let me be a travelin' man
Cause I'm a road runner, aby.
I'm a road runner, baby,
Can't stay in one place too long,
I'm a road runner baby,
You might look at me and I'll be gone.
You can love me if you wanna,
But I do declare,
When I get restless
I got to move somewhere
I'm a road runner baby,
Anywhere's my home,
And love the life I live,
And I'm gonna live the life I love
Road runner, baby.
Don't want no woman to tie me down,
Got to be free, baby
To roam around.
All my life I've been like this,
If you love me it's your own risk,
When the dust hit my shoe,
I got the urge to move
Says I'm a road runner baby,
Got to keep on keepin on.
And I live the life I love,
And I'm gonna love the life I live
Road runner, baby.

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Pucker Up Buttercup


Intro:

[sax solo over chorus chords]

Chorus:


Pucker up, Buttercup

I wanna kiss you one time

Pucker up, Buttercup

I wanna kiss you one time

I wanna hug you

Buttercup, I wanna show you how Hey!

Verse 1:

You say you never been kissed before
You always leave 'em standin' at the door
And when they try to kiss you you just say goodbye
You always tell them no and never tell them why

(Pucker up...)

[repeat chorus]

[sax solo over chorus chords]

[repeat chorus]

Verse 2:

It won't do you no good to tell me no
Because I've met your kind before
I'll bet you before I'm through
I'll be hearing these same words from you

[repeat chorus]


[sax solo over chorus; fade 2nd time]

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What Does It Take (To Win Your Love)


[instrumental interlude]

What does it take
to win your love for me?
How can I make
this dream come true for me?
Whoa I just got to know
ooo, baby cause I love ya so.
Gonna blow for ya

[instrumental interlude]

I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried,
in every way I could,
to make you see how much I love you.
Ooo, I thought you understood.

So you gotta make me see,
what does it take to win your love for me?
Gonna blow again for ya

[instrumental interlude]

[Bereta_Eder]

Another one by The Waterboys for Sloww since he liked the previous one. Recommended too


The Whole of the Moon

I pictured a rainbow
You held it in your hand
I had flashes
That you saw the plan
I wandered out in the world for years
While you just stayed in your room
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon

You were there in the turnstiles
With the wind at your heels
You stretched for the stars
And you know how it feels
To reach too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon

I was grounded
While you filled the skies
I was dumbfounded by truth
You cut through lies
I saw the rain dirty valley
You saw Brigadoon
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon

I spoke about wings
You just flew
I wondered, I guessed and I tried
You just knew
I sighed
And you swooned
I saw the crescent
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon
The whole of the moon

The torch in your pocket
And the wind on your heels
You climbed on a ladder
And you know how it feels
To get too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon
The whole of the moon

Unicorns and cannonballs
Palaces and Piers
Trumpets, towers, and tenaments
Wide oceans full of tears
Flags, rags, ferryboats
Scimitars and scarves
Every precious dream and vision
Underneath the stars
Yes, you climbed on a ladder
With the wind in your sails
You came like a comet
Blazing your trail
Too high
Too far
Too soon
You saw the whole of the moon

[SlowwHand]

I'm on my way to download right now.
I have The Pan Within now.

[devilmunchkin]

THIS SONG FVCKING ROCKS!!!!!

GRAVE ROBBING USA by Murderdolls

Well I come from the planet beyond the stars
Looking for some human body parts
I'm gonna pull your body from your grave
'Cause I'm graverobbing U.S.A.

And I'm riding around in my black starship
Looking for some crypts to kick
I'm gonna pull your body from your grave
'Cause I'm graverobbing U.S.A.

And I'm graverobbing U.S.A.
And I'm graverobbing U.S.A.
And I'm digging up the dead today
'Cause I'm graverobbing U.S.A

Announcer:
"Necrophiliac creatures of evil
Invade the planet earth
On a macabre cosmic mission
To dig up the dead!!!"

Back in the summer of '76
I would dig up bodies to play with
And my favorite part was the brain
'Cause I'm graverobbing U.S.A.

And I wish I may, wish I might
Find me a cold dead corpse tonight
I'm gonna pull your body from your grave
'Cause I'm graverobbing U.S.A.

And I'm graverobbing U.S.A.
And I'm graverobbing U.S.A.
And I'm digging up the dead today
'Cause I'm graverobbing U.S.A

[SlowwHand]

A Hazy Shade Of Winter
Simon & Garfunkel

Time,
Time,
Time, see what's become of me
While I looked around for my possibilities.

I was so hard to please.
Look around,
Leaves are brown,
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.

Hear the Salvation Army band.
Down by the riverside's
Bound to be a better ride
Than what you've got planned.

Carry your cup in your hand.
And look around.
Leaves are brown.
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.

Hang on to your hopes, my friend.
That's an easy thing to say,
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend that you can build them again.
Look around,
The grass is high,
The fields are ripe,
It's the springtime of my life.

Seasons change with the scenery;
Weaving time in a tapestry.
Won't you stop and remember me
At any convenient time?
Funny how my memory skips
Looking over manuscripts
Of unpublished rhyme.

Drinking my vodka and lime,
I look around,
Leaves are brown,
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter.

[devilmunchkin]

OMega by Stone Sour

What a skeletal wreck of MAN this is

Translucent flesh and feeble bones
The kind of temple where the whores and villians
try to tempt the HOLISTIC TOMES

Running rampant with free thought to free form
in the free and clear
WHERE the matters at hand are shelled out like lint at a laundromat
to sift and focus on the bigger, better, now

We all have a little sin than needs venting
virtues for the rending
and laws and systems
and stems ariff from branches of office
do you know what your post entails?

Do you serve a purpose?
or purposely serve?

Wind down inside of your adavistical GALORE
the value of a Summer spent
and a Winter earned

For the rest of us there is always Sunday.
the day of the week that reeks of rest
but all we do is catch out breaths
so we can wade naked into the bloody pool
and place our hand on the big black book.

To watch the knives zig-zag between our aching fingers.

A vacation is a count-down
T minus your life and counting
time to drag your tongue across the sugar-cube
and hope you get a taste

what the **** is all this for?! (What the hell is goin' on?!)
SHUT UP!!

I could go on and on, but, lets move on shall we?

Say, you're me and I'm you
and they all watch the things we do
and like a smack of spite
they threw me down the stairs
haven't felt like this in years
the great magnet of malicious magnanamous refuse
let me go and
punch me into the dead spot again.

Thats where you go when theres' no one else around
its just you
and there was never anyone to begin with now was there?

Sanctomonious pretentious dasterdly bastards
with their thumb on the pulse
and a finger on the trigger

CLASSIFIED MY ASS! thats a ****ING secret and you know it!

Government is another way to say
Better
Than
You.

Its like ice but no pick
a murder charge that won't stick
its like a whole other world
where you can smell the food
but you can;' touch the silverware

hah, what luck
fascism you can vote for
isn't that sweet

and we're all gonna die some day
because thats the American way
and I' drunk too much
and said too little
when your gaffer taped in the middle
say a prayer, save face
get yourself together and (see whats happening)
SHUT UP! (**** YOU!)
**** YOU!

Im sorry Icould go on and on but
its time to move on so

Remember your a wreck, an accident
forget the freak, your just nature

Keep the gun oiled and the temple clean
****, snort and BLASPHEME
Let the heads cool and the engine run

Because in the end,
everything we do
is just everything we've done.

[Clear Skies]

Back from London!

Alanis Morissette - Utopia

we'd gather around
all in a room
fasten our belts
engage in dialogue
we'd all slow down
rest without guilt
not lie without fear
disagree sans judgement

we would stay and respond
and expand and include
and allow and forgive
and enjoy and evolve
and discern and inquire
and accept and admit
and divulge and open
and reach out and speak up

this is utopia
this is my utopia
this is my ideal, my end in sight
utopia
this is my utopia
this is my nirvana
my ultimate

we'd open our arms
we'd all jump in
we'd all coast down
into safety nets

we would share and listen
and support and welcome
be propelled by passion
not invest in outcomes
we would breathe and be charmed
and amused by difference
be gentle and make room for every emotion

we'd provide forums
we'd all speak out
we'd all be heard
we'd all feel seen

we'd rise post-obstacle
more defined more grateful
we would heal be humbled
and be unstoppable
we'd hold close and let go
and know when to do which
we'd release and disarm
and stand up and feel safe

this is utopia
this is my utopia
this is my ideal, my end in sight
utopia
this is my utopia
this is my nirvana
my ultimate