A Song For You. (Lyrics Thread)

[Clear Skies]

Triple Shot Thursday: Clannad

Song for Ireland

Walking all the day, near tall towers
where falcons build their nests
Siver winged they fly,
they know the call of freedom in their breasts
Saw Black Head against the sky
with twisted rocks that run down to the sea
Living on your western shore,
saw summer sunsets, asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
and sang a song for Ireland

Talking all the day with true friends
who try to make you stay
Telling jokes and news,
singing songs to pass the night away
Watched the Galway salmon run
like silver dancing darting in the sun
Living on your western shore
saw summer sunsets, asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
and sang a song for Ireland

Drinking all the day in old pubs
where fiddlers love to play
Someone touched the bow,
he played a reel
it seemed so fine and gay
Stood on Dingle beach
and cast in wild foam we found Atlantic bass
Living on your western shore,
saw summer sunsets asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
and sang a song for Ireland

Dreaming in the night I saw a land
where no man had to fight
Waking in your dawn
I saw you crying in the morning light
Lying where the falcons fly,
they twist and turn all in you e'er blue sky
Living on your western shore,
saw summer sunsets asked for more
I stood by your Atlantic sea
and sang a song for Ireland


Live and Learn

Can't you feel the change in a different way
When you listen?
Like standing in the cold on a rainy day
It didn't really matter

Had no choice you had it your own way
You live and learn

It was just a shame on another day
You know we kept on missing
So try and try again
No it's not in vain
You live and you learn

Heard that voice
Now do it your own way
You live and learn

It's what you have to say you just say anyway
Only space that matters
Taking in the rays
Holding out the pain
So you live and you learn

Take that choice
To have it your own way
So you live and learn


Stepping Stone

Moving drift wood stopped and stared
It proved too much for me
I'm looking at an empty shell

The young girl waiting
She's waiting there
With a suit case in her hand
She won't look back on the land

But with a change of heart
For you it might come true
It's like a stepping stone
You know it's up to you
Just like a stepping stone
You know it might come true.

She wants her freedom
To see with her own eyes
All the cities of the world
And the faces strange to hers
Strange in her eyes.

But with a change of heart
For you it might come true
It's like a stepping stone
You know it's up to you.
With a change of heart
You have to see it through
It's like a steppng stone
You know it's up to you
It's like a stepping stone
You know it might come true.

[devilmunchkin]

At Last by Ella Fitzgerald

At last
my love has come along
my lonely days are over
and life is like a song

At last
the skies above are blue
my heart was wrapped up in clover
the night I looked at you
I found a dream
that I could speak to
a dream that I can call my own
I found a thrill to press my cheek to
a thrill that I have never known well

You smile
you smile
oh and then the spell was cast
and here we are in heaven
for you are mine at last

[SlowwHand]

FRIDAY ON MY MIND
The Easybeats

Monday morning feels so bad,
Ev'rybody seems to nag me
Coming tuesday I feel better,
Even my old man looks good,
Wednesday just don't go,
Thursday goes too slow,
I've got Friday on my mind

Chorus

Gonna have fun in the city,
Be with my girl she's so pretty,
She looks fine tonight,
She is out of sight to me,
Tonight....I spend my bread,
Tonight...I lose my head,
Tonight...I got to get tonight
Monday I have Friday on my mind.


Do the five day drag once more,
Know of nothing else that bugs me
More than working for the rich man,
Hey I'll change that scene one day,
Today I might be mad,
Tomorrow I'll be glad,
I've got Friday on my mind,

(Repeat Chorus)

[Clear Skies]

M People - Angel Street

If you think the world owes you a ride
You'll never find the reason why
Boy you know it's down to you
Looking down, you'll only see your own two feet
Mama used to say to me
Take a walk down Angel Street

So sweet thing
Have I got news for you
Come and taste my soul food
So what have you got to lose?

Angel Street
Stand on your own two feet
'Cos baby can't you see?
If we're to stay alive
Only the strong survive

Don't you know if you can't respect yourself
You'll be left on the shelf
No one's gonna carry you
Walkin' tall, dreamin' of love and pride
Reachin' up to the sky
Arms and eyes are open wide

So come on, lets climb the stairs out of this
Make a wish and steal a kiss
Boy what have you got to lose?

Angel Street
Stand on your own two feet
'Cos baby can't you see?
If were to stay alive
Only the strong survive
Angel Street,
Stand on your own two feet,
'Cos baby can't you see?
If were to stay alive
Only the strong survive.
(Take a walk, Take a walk, on Angel Street)
(Take a walk, Take a walk, on Angel Street)
(Take a walk, Take a walk, on Angel Street)

Only the strong survive
Way way down on
Angel Street
Stand on your own two feet
'Cos baby can't you see?
If were to stay alive
Only the strong survive.
Angel Street,
Stand on your own two feet,
'Cos baby can't you see?
If we're to stay alive
Only the strong survive

Angel Street

[Clear Skies]

Sorry - I was going to post this one for the Triple Shot but couldn't find the lyrics until now

Clannad - A Bridge (That Carries Us Over)

Time came around, and I was in need
You came by my side for my troubles to ease
And acted by heart, healing the past
You never lay down, I can count on you

We all speak well of a bridge
That carries us over, over safe
The art of compromise
Has surely been our greatest strength
Our greatest strength

When someone pretends to circle your friends
You'll find it's betrayal before it ends
A bittersweet chain could always remain
So don't let illusions get the better of you

We all speak well of a bridge
That carries us over, over safe
The art of compromise
Has surely been our greatest strength
Our greatest strength

Love is to share, where words can't compare
Love is desire, so full of fire
Love is.....

We all speak well of a bridge
That carries us over, over safe
The art of compromise
Has surely been our greatest strength
Our greatest strength
We all speak well of a bridge
That carries us over, over safe
The art of compromise
Has surely been our greatest strength
Our greatest strength

[HolyWarrior]

Watcher of the Skies--Genesis 7:19

Watcher of the Skies, watcher of all
His is a world alone, this world is his own
He whom life can no longer surprise
raising his eyes beholds a planet unknown

Creatures shaped this planet's soil
now their reign has come to an end
Has life again destroyed life or do they play elsewhere,
do they know more than their childhood games?
Maybe the lizard shedded its tail,
Is this the end of man's long union with earth?

Judge not this race by its remains---
do you judge God by His creatures when they are dead?
For now the lizard has shedded its tail,
This is the end of man's long union with earth.

From man alone to man as one,
think not now your journey done
For though your ship be sturdy, no mercy has the sea,
Will you survive on the ocean of being?
Come ancient children, hear what I say--
this is my parting counsel for you on your way.

Sadly now your thoughts turn to the skies...
where they have gone, you know you never can go.
Watcher of the Skies, watcher of all
This is your fate alone, this fate is your own.

[SlowwHand]

That's When The Music Takes Me
Neil Sedaka


That's when the music takes me
Takes to a brighter day
That's when the music takes me
Helpin' me to find my way

When the day is so long that I can't hold on
When I'm down and I think my hope is gone
Oooh, Yeah,
That's when the music takes me
Closer to a brighter daaaay
I can feel my soul explodin'
There's a good feelin'
Helpin' me to find my waaay
My, my, my way

When the bluebird sings her sad, sad song
And the wind brings a cold to tag along
Oh, yeah,
I can feel the spirit move me
I can almost touch the sky
Reachin' for a new tomorrow
I know it's hard
But music makes me waaaaanna try
Wanna try
And then
That's when the music takes me
Takes to a brighter day
Yeah, yeah
That's when the music takes me
Helpin' me to find my way
(That's when the music takes me)
(That's when the music takes me)
Oh, yeah
But when the music takes me
Closer to a brighter day
I can feel my soul explodin'
There's a good feelin'
Helpin' me to fiiiiiiind my waaay
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
And then I'm sayin'
That's when the music takes me
Takes to a brighter day
Yeah, yeah, yeah
That's when the music takes me
Helpin' me to find my way
(Clap)
Happy, happy, happy day
Happy, happy, happy day
Happy, happy, happy day
(That's when the music takes me)
(That's when the music takes me)
(That's when the music takes me)
(And that's when the music takes me)
Happy, happy when the music takes
Whooooooo
fade

[Clear Skies]

Tori Amos - Happy Phantom

And if I die today I'll be the happy phantom
And I'll go chasin' the nuns out in the yard
And I'll run naked through the streets without my mask on
And I will never need umbrellas in the rain
I'll wake up in strawberry fields every day
And the atrocities of school I can forgive
The happy phantom has no right to *****

Oo-ooh
The time is getting closer
Oo-ooh
Time to be a ghost
Oo-ooh
Every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will we pay for who we’ve been?

So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom
And I'll go wearin' my naughties like a jewel
They'll be my ticket to the universal opera
There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand
And then these seven little men get up to dance
They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen
I'm still an angel to a girl who hates to sin

Oo-ooh
The time is getting closer
Oo-ooh
Time to be a ghost
Oo-ooh
Every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will we pay for who we’ve been?

Or will I see you dear and wish I could come back
You found a girl that you could truly love again
Will you still call for me when she falls asleep
Or do we soon forget the things we cannot see?

Oo-ooh
The time is getting closer
Oo-ooh
Time to be a ghost
Oo-ooh
Every day we're getting closer
The sun is getting dim
Will we pay for who we’ve been?

[SlowwHand]

Thirty-three years ago...


Ohio
Neil Young

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

[Bereta_Eder]

Bump

The Cramps

Goo Goo Muck


Well when the sun goes
down and the moon comes up
i turn into a teenage goo goo muck,
i cruise through the city
and i roam the streets
looking for something that is nice to eat
you better duck when i show up..
the goo goo muck.

i'm the night headhunter
looking for some head
well the way a body
underneath that head,
well I'll get you baby
with a little luck
cuz i'm teenage tiger
and a goo goo muck
you better duck when
i show up the
goo goo muck

the city is a jungle
and i'm a beast
i'm a teenage tiger
looking for a feast,
i want the most
but i'll take the least,
cuz i'm a goo goo muck
tiger and a teenage beast
you better duck
when i show up
the goo goo muck
well goo goo muck

[SlowwHand]

THIS OLD HEART OF MINE
Rod Stewart (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Sylvia Moy, 1966)

This old heart of mine been broke a thousand times.
Each time you break away, feel you're gone to stay.
Lonely nights that come, memories that go,
bringing you back again, hurting me more and more.
Maybe it's my mistake to show this love I feel inside,
'cause each day that passes by
you got me never knowing if I'm coming or going
but I love you, yes I do.
I love you; this old heart weeps for you.

I try hard to hide my hurt inside.
This old heart of mine always keeps me crying.
The way you treat me leaves me incomplete.
You're here for the day, gone for the week.
But if I want you a hundred times,
a hundred times I have you back.
I'm yours whenever you want me;
I wanna shout about it, tell the world about it
'cause I love you; this old heart weeps for you.
I love you, yes, I do.

Maybe it's my mistake to show this love I feel inside,
'cause each day that passes by
you got me never knowing if I'm coming or going
but I love you, yes I do.
This old heart weeps for you.
I love you; this old heart weeps for you.
I love you; yes I do.
I love you; this old heart weeps for you.

[SlowwHand]

Redneck Rhythm & Blues
Brooks and Dunn

Well good God o'mighty this week's been two months long
Lord I love to hear that Friday five o'clock whistle moan
As the moon comes up and the sun goes down
Put the juice to my truck I head into town
Get it on and go to groovin' to the redneck rhythm & blues

Life ain't all hard knocks a quarter in the jukebox
Turn it on and set 'em up Joe
Songs about a workin' man blarin' from a bandstand
Is music to a country boy's soul
Call me the underdog of overtime
I stay broke all the time
Gotta pay the eight to five dues
Well I'm hillbilly hardcore
Son I'm a sucker for the redneck rhythm & blues

There's nothing worse than the rattle and roll of empty cans
Bouncin' around in the bed of my truck
Boy I'm a thirsty man
Five hot long miles to the waterin' hole
I got the pedal to the metal singin' go cat go
Aw a cool one is a cure for the redneck rhythm & blues

Life ain't all hard knocks a quarter in the jukebox
Turn it on and set 'em up Joe
Songs about a workin' man blarin' from a bandstand
Is music to a country boy's soul
Call me the underdog of overtime
I stay broke all the time
Got to pay the eight to five dues
Well, I'm hillbilly hardcore
Son I'm a sucker for the redneck rhythm & blues

Life ain't all hard knocks a quarter in the jukebox
Turn it on and set 'em up Joe
Songs about a workin' man blarin' from a bandstand
Is music to a country boy's soul
Call me the underdog of overtime
I stay broke all the time
Got to pay the eight to five dues
Well, I'm hillbilly hardcore
Son I'm a sucker for the redneck rhythm & blues
Yeah I'm hillbilly hardcore
Son I'm a sucker for the redneck rhythm & blues

[SlowwHand]

Three Little Pigs
Green Jelly


Three Little Pigs
(Print the Lyrics)


(Spoken)
Why don't you, sit right back,
and I, I may tell you, a tale.
A tale of three, little pigs,
and a BIG, BAD, WOLFFF.

Well the first little piggy, well he was kinda hip.
He spent most of his days, just a dreamin of the city.
And then one day, he bought a guitar.
He moved to Hollywood, to become a star.
But, living on the farm, he knew nothing of the city.
Built his house out of straw, what a pity.
And then one day, jammin on some chords,
along came the wolf, knocking on his door.

(Chorus)
Little Pig, Little Pig, let me in.
NOT BY THE HAIR OF MY CHINNY, CHIN, CHIN!!
Little Pig, Little Pig, let me in.
NOT BY THE HAIR OF MY CHINNY, CHIN, CHIN!!
Well I'm huffin, I'm puffin, I'll blow your house in.
Huffin, puffin, blow your house in.
Huffin, puffin, blow your house in.
Huffin and a puffin and I'll blow your house in!!!

Well the second little piggy, well he was kinda stoked.
He spent most of his time just a ganga smokin.
Huffin and a puffin down on Venice Beach.
Getting paid money for religious speech.
He built his shelter from what he garbage picked.
Mostly made up of old cans and sticks.
Then one day he was cranking out Bob Marley,
and along came the Wolf on his big bad Harley.

(Chorus)

Well the third little piggy, the grade A student.
His daddy was a rock star, named Pig Nugent.
Earned his Masters Degree, from Harvard College.
Built his house from his architect knowledge.
A tri-level mansion, Hollywood Hills.
Daddy's rock stardom, paid for the bills.
And then one day came the old house smasher
the BIG BAD WOLF THE LITTLE PIGGY SLASHER.

(Chorus)

Well the big bad Wolf,
well he huffed, and he puffed, all that he could.
And low and behold the little piggy's house stood.
"IT'S MADE OUT OF CONCRETE!" the little piggy shouted.
The wolf just frowned, as he pouted.
So they called nine-eleven, like any piggy would.
The sent out RAMBO, just as fast, as they could.

(Rambo)
"YO, WOLF-FACE, I'M YOUR WORST NIGHTMARE, YOUR ASS IS MINE!!!"

Well the wolf fell dead as you can plainly see.
So thats to end the story, for you and me.
If you still give a listen, you just may, here a big wolf or little piggy say.

(Chorus)

"And the moral of the story is,
' A band with no talent can easily amuse idiots,
with a stupid, puppet show."

[SlowwHand]

Two For Tuesday; ZZ Top

El Diablo

Did you ever hear the story
That happened not long ago
'bout the man with a tan:
El diablo de Mexico?
And this man played his hand
And he lived by the luck of the draw;
Now and then and again,
Found him steppin' outside of the law
Hey, hey!

And his fortune he had made
let him live high on the hog
Til the day of the raid
When they hunted him like a dog.
He was out on the run,
Knowing he could get by,
'Cause the men killed in sin
were not there to testify.
Hey, hey!

He was caught, he was bound
In La Casa de Calaboose.
He was tried; he was found
And readied for the noose.
But the break he would make,
It didn't turn out so well.
And the hombre called "Diablo"
Bid his last farewell.
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Can't Stop Rockin'

I heard about the rock for sometime, I know.
It's easy to do when you feel the roll.
Makes you want to get up, makes you wanna move your feet.
No matter how it's done you know it can't be beat.
'Cause I can't stop rockin',
no, I can't stop rockin'.
Well, I can't stop rockin',
baby, till I lose my mind.

Somebody said it's wrong but I know it's all right,
then it really hits you like a shot in the night.
I'm never gonna stop as long as I can stay.
Listen to me now, can't you hear me say,
I can't stop rockin',
no, I can't stop rockin'.
Well, I can't stop rockin',
baby, till I lose my mind.

I like to work it down low, I like to work it to the top.
And when it starts rockin' I ain't never gonna stop.
Get yourself loose, get yourself high.
I love to feel the motion and I'm tellin' you why.
'Cause I can't stop rockin',
no, I can't stop rockin'.
No, I can't stop rockin
no matter what they do do do do do or say.
No matter what you do do do do do or say, no no.

[Clear Skies]

Two for Tuesday: Ace of Base

Just because they made me happy today when I was down...

Cecilia

This is a song about a well-known girl
Who was she?

We will never know the answer to that question

Cecilia - walk in the light
Cecilia - you're gonna live forever
According to a well-known song
Cecilia - walk in the light
Cecilia - did you come home and to whom?

Simon and Garfunkel had a little problem
It was something about their hearts, you used to break
Them, and make them go down on their knees
On and on again

Cecilia - walk in the light
Cecilia - you're gonna live forever
According to a well-known song
Cecilia - walk in the light
Cecilia - did you come home and to whom?

Romeo and Juliet had another story, but they
Were a single pair - not free like you
Still they got a tragical end
So many years ago, life in itself can't hurt

Cecilia - walk in the light
Cecilia - did you come home and to whom?

Passion changes but they will still remember you
I say they loved you and they would do the same for you today

We'll never know the answer to that question

Cecilia - walk in the light
Cecilia - you're gonna live forever
According to a well known song
Cecilia - walk in the light
Cecilia - did you come home and to whom?

I've been trying to overcome the mental blocks I've got
If they loved you, why didn't you respond to all their please?
I wonder
I wonder


Captain Nemo

Captain Nemo is too good for you and me
Take a voyage to the bottom of the sea
He's a riddle you will see in the middle of the sea
If you ask him things about life, then he will say:

Oh no, I'm far too continental for mankind
I don't interfere in your life
See me as a searcher with the answers
To your world from under the sea

Captain Nemo knows the world be we don't know
What control of light and darkness means
He'll show
If we come in peace at heart
He may help us to restart what went wrong
So long ago from down below

Oh no, I'm far too continental for mankind
I don't interfere in your life
See me as a searcher with the answers
To your world from under the sea

See him as a searcher with the answers to mankind
He's far too continental
Though he's wiser than all man
He is curious about the plan
Violated by the man, the master plan

Oh no, he's far too continental for mankind
He doesn't interfere in your life
See him as a searcher with the answers
To your world from under the sea

Oh no, he's far too continental for mankind
Under the sea