A Song For You. (Lyrics Thread)

[devilmunchkin]

Ask by The SMiths

Shyness is nice, and
Shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life
You'd like to
Shyness is nice, and
Shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life
You'd like to

So, if there's something you'd like to try
If there's something you'd like to try
Ask me - I won't say "no" - how could I?

Coyness is nice, and
Coyness can stop you
From saying all the things in
Life you'd like to

So, if there's something you'd like to try
If there's something you'd like to try
Ask me - I won't say "no" - how could I ?

Spending warm Summer days indoors
Writing frightening verse
To a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg

ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME

Because if it's not Love
Then it's the Bond, the Bond,
The Bond, the Bond, the Bond, the Bond,
The Bond
That will bring us together

Nature is a language - can't you read?
Nature is a language - can't you read?

SO, ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME

Because if it's not Love
Then it's the Bond, the Bond,
The Bond, the Bond,
The Bond, the Bond,
The Bond,
That will bring us together

If it's not Love
Then it's the Bond
Then it's the Bond
That will bring us together

SO, ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME
ASK ME, ASK ME, ASK ME

[TheBirdMan]

An old song - from the where we was "only" 3 billion people in the word....... but the theme fits just fine right now.



A Summer Prayer For Peace


spoken:
Voice 1: Indonesia
Voice 2: 112 million
Voice 1: United Kingdom
Voice 2: 55 million
Voice 1: California
Voice 2: 18 million
Voice 1: Laos
Voice 2: 2 million

sung:
Chorus:
Three billion people together forever
Three billion people sing a summer prayer for peace

spoken: Voice 1: France
Voice 2: 50 million
Voice 1: Japan
Voice 2: 101 million
Voice 1: Australia
Voice 2: 12 million

sung:
Verse 1:
Oh look, look around you
See what we have done?
Where's the world that God intended with love for everyone?

(repeat chorus)

spoken:
Voice 1: South Africa
Voice 2: 19 million
entoned:
Sing!
spoken:
Voice 1: Canada
Voice 2: 20 million
Voice 1: Mexico
Voice 2: 47 million
Voice 1: Russia
Voice 2: 237 million
Voice 1: Ireland
Voice 2: 2 million
Voice 1: New York
Voice 2: 18 million
Voice 1: Illinois
Voice 2: 10 million
Voice 1: China
Voice 2: 732 million people

sung
Verse 2:
Sing, oh sing of freedom
Sing a song of joy
Altogether makin' better what some would destroy

(repeat chorus)

Choir:
How will it end?...(repeat through recitation below)

spoken:
Voice 1: North Vietnam
Voice 2: 16 million
Voice 1: South Vietnam
Voice 2: 17 million
Voice 1: The Netherlands
Voice 2: 12 million
Voice 1: Greece
Voice 2: 9 million
Voice 1: Texas
Voice 2: 10 million
Voice 1: Israel
Voice 2: 2 million
Voice 1: Sweden
Voice 2: 8 million
Voice 1: Egypt
Voice 2: 32 million
Voice 1: East Germany
Voice 2: 16 million
Voice 1: Italy
Voice 2: 10 million
Voice 1: India
Voice 2: 523 million
Voice 1: Cuba
Voice 2: 8 million
Voice 1: Washington, D.C.
Voice 2: 3 million people

Choir:
Amen

spoken: For all

[SlowwHand]

It Don't Make Sense, You Can't Make Peace
Willie Dixon



You have made great planes to span the sky
You gave sight to the blind with another man's eyes
You even made submarines, they submerge for weeks
But it don't make sense you can't make peace

You take one man's heart and make another one live
u even go to the moon and come back thrilled
Why you can crush any country in a matter of weeks
But it don't make sense you can't make peace
You know it don't make sense- you can't make peace (3x)

When you can't make peace....
You can make a transfusion that will save a life
You can change the darkness into broad daylight
You make the deaf man hear and the dumb man speak
But it don't make sense you can't make peace

You know it don't make sense- you can't make peace
You know it don't make sense- you can't make peace
You know it don't make sense- you can't make peace

[SlowwHand]

Vietcong Blues
Junior Wells

I woke up early this mornin'
I was feelin' kind of blue
My landlady said you got a letter here
And I began to sing the blues
It was from my brother
Don't you know the boy's laying down in Vietnam
Lord they say, you don't have no reason to fight baby but
Lord knows you think you're right
(But you got to be wrong, don't you hear me, you got to be wrong, now pick up...)

You wake up early in the mornin' baby
And you don't have nothin' to eat
You can't buy yourself no clothes baby
Lord knows who can you meet

My brother's in Vietnam
People don't you know just why I'm singin' these blues
You might have no respect for your country darlin'
But that's why, that's why I'm singin' these blues
(You better pick up baby and get with it, you hear me? Looka here...)

The mothers, all the wives,
all the fathers, that have sons,
in Vietnam, you hear me?
This is to you
Always

Oh I'm gonna wake up early in the mornin'
People I'm 'bout to go out of my god-darn' mind
Lord I'm gonna wake up early in the mornin'
People I'm 'bout to go out of my god-darn' mind
It's so sad, it's so sad to think about your people
Lord when the other man thinks they're wrong
(You're not right baby. Hear this just before I go)

Lord I woke up in the mornin'...
You're gonna look up, you're gonna look up and find yourself gone
Lord I woke up this mornin'
You're gonna look up and find yourself gone
(How would you feel if it was your brother over there, eh? How would you feel?)
Lord then you're gonna ask the good Lord to forgive you
Please forgive me for my sins.

[devilmunchkin]

Melt with you by Modern English

Moving forward using all my breath
Making love to you was never second best
I saw the world rushing all around your face
Never really knowing it was always mesh and lace
I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you
Dream of better lives
The kind which never hate
Wrapped in a state of imaginary grace
I made a pilgrimage to save this human race
Never comprehending the race had long gone by
I'll stop the world and melt with you
You've seen the difference and it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
I'll stop the world and melt with you
The future is open wide
I'll stop the world and melt with you
I've seen some changes but it's getting better all the time
There's nothing you and I won't do
The future is open wide
Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmm Hmmm
I'll stop the world and melt with you.....

[SlowwHand]

Everyday People
Sly and The Family Stone


Sometimes I'm right and I can be wrong
My own beliefs are in my song
The butcher, the banker, the drummer and then
Makes no difference what group I'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a blue one who can't accept the green one
For living with a fat one trying to be a skinny one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh 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 know me and then
You can't figure out the bag l'm in
I am everyday people, yeah yeah
There is a long hair that doesn't like the short hair
For bein' such a rich one that will not help the poor one
And different strokes for different folks
And so on and so on and scooby dooby doo-bee
Oh sha sha-we got to live together
There is a yellow one that won't accept the black one
That won't accept the red one that won't accept the white one
And different strokes for different folks

[SlowwHand]

Two For Tuesday; Jethro Tull

Locomotive Breath


In the Shuffling madness
of the locomotive breath,
runs the all time loser,
headlong to his death.
He feels the piston scraping
steam breaking on his brow
old Charlie stole the handle and the
train won't stop going
no way to slow down.

He sees his children jumping off
at stations one by one.
His woman and his best friend
in bed and having fun.
Crawling down the corridor
on his hands and knees
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going
no way to slow down.

He hears the silence howling
catches angels as they fall.
And the all time winner
has got him by the balls.
He picks up Gideons Bible
open at page one
old Charlie stole the handle and
the train won't stop going
no way to slow down.

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Aqualung

Sitting on a park bench
eyeing little girls with bad intent.
Snot is running down his nose
greasy fingers smearing shabby clothes.
Hey Aqualung!
Drying in the cold sun
Watching as the frilly panties run.
Hey Aqualung!
Feeling like a dead duck
spitting out pieces of his broken luck.

Sun streaking cold
an old man wandering lonely.
Taking time
the only way he knows.
Leg hurting bad,
as he bends to pick a dog end
goes down to the bog and
warms his feet.
Feeling alone
the army's up the road
salvation a la mode and
a cup of tea.
Aqualung my friend
don't ya start away uneasy
you poor old sod
you see it's only me.

Do you still remember
December's foggy freeze
when the ice that clings on to your beard
is screaming agony
And you snatch your rattling last breaths
with deep-sea diver sounds,
and the flowers bloom like
madness in the spring.

[Clear Skies]

One Man - Runrig
for all those who ever felt too small

One man to change the world
One word to bring it down
One stand to right a wrong
Only the meek can break the strong

[devilmunchkin]

because my temper is extremely short today

My Confession by OTEP

... my confession

because i'm diluted
&
perfectly flawed

i shall
live by passion
&
not by law

and i'm
insecure ...
i need aggression

to
feed the spiders
of perception

and i'm
supposed to be strong
& have
all the answers

a
cannibal
in the
new church of cancer

but i'm
nothing special
i'm not unique

i have
many secrets
& i
eat the weak

and i'm
at an end

i'm at an end .....

and there's ...
NO WAY OUT!!

[chorus]

i need to find my sanctuary
..... someplace safe
gotta get this outta me
..... this is my escape

II.
and i
think about it
all the time

i'm
volatile
&
afraid to cry

but i'm
still not comfortable
in my skin

and the
anesthetics slowly
wearing thin

& i
need to talk to
someone new

i need a different
latitude

& i'm
in this void

all alone!
feeling needy

... hungry to grow

but i'm
suffocating
-- can't come down

and .... no ....
THERE'S NO WAY OUT!!!

[chorus]

i need to find my sanctuary
.... someplace safe
gotta get this outta me!
.... THIS IS MY ESCAPE!!!

--- all i see is sadness
all i see is sadness ....
what's left?

-- this will teach them.
this will teach them,

......you've got to......
push.
Push.
PUSH....
YOUR WAY OUT!!!

FOLLOW ME!
FOLLOW ME!
THIS IS YOUR WAY OUT!!

........you are not alone

- this is where i hide my power
- this is where i become free
- this is where i take control
- and slowly choke your fantasies

- i want to know my day is coming
- see my enemies be punished
- shed my skin again
- this will be my best revenge!!

SHED MY SKIN AGAIN
THIS WILL BE MY BEST REVENGE!

[SlowwHand]

You Can't Roller Skate In A Buffalo Herd
Roger Miller


Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

Ya can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
Ya can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
Ya can't take a shower in a parakeet cage
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

All ya gotta do is put your mind to it
Knuckle down, buckle down, do it, do it, do it

Well, ya can't go a-swimmin' in a baseball pool
Ya can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool
Ya can't go swimmin' in a baseball pool
But you can be happy if you've a mind to



Ya can't change film with a kid on your back
Ya can't change film with a kid on your back
Ya can't change film with a kid on your back
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

Ya can't drive around with a tiger in your car
Ya can't drive around with a tiger in your car
Ya can't drive around with a tiger in your car
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

All ya gotta do is put your mind to it
Knuckle down, buckle down do it, do it, do it

Well, ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

Ya can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch
Ya can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch
Ya can't go fishin' in a watermelon patch
But you can be happy if you've a mind to

Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd
SPOKEN: "Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd"

FADE
Ya can't roller skate in a buffalo herd

[August Borms]

Swedish Designer Drugs (Daan)

I was shot in the back - by Nilfisk addicted cowboys, by jealousy struck -
outnumbered by hard boiled luck, when I showed them the lights of my
two-forty-five deep blue break - they all stood up and sang about Swedish
designer drugs. I was cutting a tree, and turning my jack into lumber, when
the hitmen arrived - on a boat from the Isle of Song; I was shocked by the
nude identical twins on my lap -
a cross-eyed effect of Swedish designer drugs. It's hard to be strong,
depending on Northern refineries. How deep is your fjord? How shallow thy
watery eyes? How could I recupe, surrounded by 95 dogma's? Like a reindeer
I'm struck by Swedish designer drugs. I'm dating the maid, and driving
electric wheelchairs. I'm cleaning the fish - with biodegradable pride. I
was pulling the strings, while playing the fifteenth violin, in a director's
cut of Swedish designer drugs. I was hurting a fly, and winning all Nobely
Prizes. I was probably drunk by the probably best beer around - like a
Viking in need, I got a medal for bad underacting. They all stood up, and
sang about Swedish designer drugs. Swedish designer drugs: it's hard to be
strong. How deep is your fjord? When I showed them the lights, they all
stood up, and sang about Swedish designer drugs.

[self biased]

hemlock, to the nines.

A constant crave to consecrate
within my own burning fire
obliquity and nothingness
never could find the desire
conformity and null judgement
never made residence within
accomplishing a complete harvest
finish where you begin
---self achieve--self believe--
---self achieve--self divinity--
grow where you're planted
and reap within your lessons learned
your fullest harvest
will come when you step back and yearn
grow where you're planted
and reap within you lessons learned
your self arrival
will come of bliss and pride you've earned

To the nines

A steadfast need to open and feed
fullfillment in my own mind
emptiness nad malevolence
never could secure or bind
abhorrence and bitterness
is like the blind leading the blind
accomplishing a full harvest
percieve within and you will find
---self achieve--self believe--
---self achieve--self divinity--
grow where you're planted
and reap within your lessons learned
your fullest harvest
will come when you step back and yearn
grow where you're planted
and reap within you lessons learned
your self arrival
will come of bliss and pride you've earned

To the nines

[SlowwHand]

Triple Shot Thursday; Alice Cooper

The Black Widow
Alice Cooper



These words he speaks are true, we're all humanary stew if,
We don't pledge allegiance to The Black Widow.
The horror that he brings, the horror of his sting,
The unholiest of kings, The Black Widow.
Our minds will be his toy,
And every girl and boy will learn to be employed by The Black Widow.

Love him, yes, we love him, love him, yes, we love him.

He sits upon his throne and picks at all the bones of his,
Husbands and his wives he's devoured.
He stares with a gleam, with a laugh so obscene,
At the virgins and the children he's deflowered.

Love him, yes, we love him, love him, yes, we love him.

Our thoughts are hot and crazed, our brains are webbed in haze,
Of mindless senseless daze, The Black Widow.
These words he speaks are true, we're all humanary stew,
If we don't pledge allegiance to The Black Widow.

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This one is for Ming.

Welcome To My Nightmare
Alice Cooper

Welcome to my nightmare
I think you're gonna like it
I think you're gonna feel like you belong
A nocturnal vacation
Unnecessary sedation
You want to feel at home 'cause you belong

Welcome to my nightmare
Welcome to my breakdown
I hope I didn't scare you
That's just the way we are when we come down
We sweat and laugh and scream here
'cuz life is just a dream here
You know inside you feel right at home here

Welcome to my breakdown
Whoa
You're welcome to my nightmare
Yeah

Welcome to my nightmare
I think you're gonna like it
I think you're gonna feel that you belong
We sweat laugh and scream here
'cuz life is just a dream here
You know inside you feel right at home here
Welcome to my nightmare
Welcome to my breakdown
Yeah

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And one of my personal favorites, reflective of the attitude ACS has helped me develop.

No More Mister Nice Guy
Alice Cooper


I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing
'Til they got a hold of me.
I opened doors for little old ladies,
I helped the blind to see.
I got no friends 'cause they read the papers.
They can't be seen with me and I'm gettin' real shot down
And I'm feeling mean.

No more Mister Nice Guy,
No more Mister Clean,
No more Mister Nice Guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.

I got no friends 'cause they read the papers.
They can't be seen with me and I'm gettin' real shot down
And I'm feeling mean.

No more Mister Nice Guy,
No more Mister Clean,
No more Mister Nice Guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.

My dog bit me on the leg today.
My cat clawed my eyes.
Ma's been thrown out of the social circle,
And dad has to hide.
I went to church incognito.
When everybody rose, the Reverend Smith,
He recognized me,
And punched me in the nose.
No more Mister Nice Guy,
No more Mister Clean,
No more Mister Nice Guy,
They say he's sick, he's obscene.

[SlowwHand]

Stand
Sly & The Family Stone



Stand
In the end you'll still be you
One that's done all the things you set out to do
Stand
There's a cross for you to bear
Things to go through if you're going anywhere
Stand
For the things you know are right
It s the truth that the truth makes them so uptight
Stand
All the things you want are real
You have you to complete and there is no deal
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
You've been sitting much too long
There's a permanent crease in your right and wrong
Stand
There's a midget standing tall
And the giant beside him about to fall
Stand. stand, stand
Stand. stand, stand
Stand
They will try to make you crawl
And they know what you're saying makes sense and all
Stand
Don't you know that you are free
Well at least in your mind if you want to be

Everybody
Stand, stand, stand

[self biased]

for my namesake...

self bias resistor, fear factory.

Hey you! Wake up!
open your swollen eyes
Erosion invades your mind
A cancer that grows over time

Hey you! Rise up!
Rise to fight, eliminate
Burn your fuse to detonate
The human machines of hate

All these years they've tried to break you
To your knees
Anger scours right through your veins
Now it's time to put an end
To all the lies
Now it's time to take control
Of your life

Wake up! Rise up!
Open minds will dominate
Burn your fuse to detonate
The human machines of hate

All these years they've tried to break you
To your knees
Anger scours right through your veins
Now it's time to put an end
To all the lies
Now it's time to take control
Of your life


Hypocrisy
You can't believe
Machines of hate
A disease that infiltrates

Persist for resistance
Resist their insolence
You are a dissident
Burn away conformity

All these years they've tried to break you
To your knees
Anger scours right through your veins
Now it's time to put an end
To all the lies
Now it's time to take control
Of your life


They have tried to break you