A Song For You. (Lyrics Thread)

[Bereta_Eder]

Palisades Park


Ramones


Last night I took a walk in the dark
To a place called Palisades Park
To have some fun, to see what I could see
That's where the girls are

I took a ride on the shoopty shoop
The girl I sat with almost, almost puked
And when it stopped, she was holding hands with me

My arms were flying up, like a rocket ship
Down, like a roller coaster
Fast, like a loopty loop
Then around, like a merry-go-round
We even at a hot dog stand
Slam danced to a rockin' band
And when she winked, I gave that girl a hug
In the tunnel of love

You'll never know how good it just can feel
'Til it stops at the top of the ferris wheel
I fell in love, down at Palisades Park

Last night I took a walk in the dark
To a place called Palisades Park
To have some fun, to see what I could see
That's where the girls are

I took a ride on the shoopty shoop
The girl I sat with almost, almost puked
And when it stopped, she was holding hands with me

My arms were flying up, like a rocket ship
Down, like a roller coaster
Fast, like a loopty loop
Then around, like a merry-go-round

We even at a hot dog stand
We danced around to a rockin' band
And when she winked, I gave that girl a hug
In the tunnel of love

You'll never know how good it just can feel
'Til it stops at the top of the ferris wheel
I fell in love, down at Palisades Park

[Clear Skies]

Originally posted by SlowwHand
For the ACS Gay community, who as a whole, are a good-hearted group of people

Awww, I'm touched.

In other news...

Bis - Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying

Don't let the sun catch you crying
The night's the time for all your tears
Your heart may be broken tonight
But tomorrow in the moring light
Don't let the sun catch you crying

The nighttime shadows disappear
And with that go all your tears, baby
For the morings will bring joy
For every girl and boy
Don't let the sun catch you crying

You know that crying's not a bad thing
But stop your crying when the birds sing

Just don't forget that love's just a game
And it can always come again
So don't let the sun catch you crying
Don't let the sun catch you crying, baby


Bis - Get Down

I will be the one to love and comfort you
From now until the day I die
I will take you places that you only think
About when you're asleep at night
Let me take the time to understand
And I will
Set your spirit free

If you get down on me
I'll get down on you
I will do anything
That you want me to
It's a game of give and take
To make it through
So if you get down on me
I'll get down on you tonight

Nighttime turns to day again
And you are on my mind
Winter turns to spring and then
Life has passed you by
Right now we are so young and free
But we're runnin' out of time
So while we've got each other here
Let's treat our bodies right

I wanna know exactly what to do, so that
You'll never get me off of your mind
Communicate and I'll go under cover, gonna
Make you come tonight
Over to my house

I'm not the type to change your mind
If you wanna take it slow
No pressure to go all the way
There are often places we can go

Anytime is the right time to reveal it, when
Two people fall as deep as you and me
I wanna know every inch of your body so I
Can set you spirit free

I will be the one to love and comfort you
From now until the day I die
I will take you places that you only think
About when you're asleep at night
If you open up to me I'll make you realize
The things that you could never see
Let me take the time to understand and I will
Set you free

[SlowwHand]

Yeah. I know.

My Father's Eyes
Eric Clapton


Sailing down behind the sun,
Waiting for my prince to come.
Praying for the healing rain
To restore my soul again.

Just a toerag on the run.
How did I get here?
What have I done?
When will all my hopes arise?
How will I know him?
When I look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
When I look in my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

Then the light begins to shine
And I hear those ancient lullabies.
And as I watch this seedling grow,
Feel my heart start to overflow.

Where do I find the words to say?
How do I teach him?
What do we play?
Bit by bit, I've realized
That's when I need them,
That's when I need my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
That's when I need my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

Then the jagged edge appears
Through the distant clouds of tears.
I'm like a bridge that was washed away;
My foundations were made of clay.

As my soul slides down to die.
How could I lose him?
What did I try?
Bit by bit, I've realized
That he was here with me;
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

My father's eyes.
My father's eyes.
I looked into my father's eyes.
My father's eyes.

[devilmunchkin]

Falling DOwn by Tears for Fears

Is this world spinning round
Has this ship run aground
What's that shape
What's that sound
That's just me falling down

Some of us are free
Some are bound
Some will swim
Some will drown
Some of us are saints
Some are clowns
Just like me they're falling down

Well I lied to the nation
While my reputation ran dry
From my lungs to my liver
I clung to the river bank's side
Yeah well I'm back in the water
Doing what I oughta
Trying to lead an ordinary life

Is this world spinning round
Has this ship run aground
What's that shape
What's that sound
That's just me falling down

Some of us are green
Some are brown
Some are lost
Some are found
Sight unseen baby
Sound on sound
Pray for me I'm falling down

I was lost in the jungle
Crossed over enemy lines
Well I got me a red nose
By sleeping under hedgerows at night
Yeah well I tried levitation
Flying in formation
Heaven kows the weight of this crime

Is this
Is this world spinning round
Has this ship run aground
What's that shape
What's that sound
That's just me falling down

La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la, la

Falling down
Falling down

Spit it Out by Slipknot

Did you never gave a damn in the first place?
Maybe it's time you had the tables turned
Cuz in the interest of all involved I got the problem solved
And the verdict is guilty...

Man nearly killed me
Steppin' where you fear to tread
Stop, drop and roll - you were DEAD FROM THE GIT-GO!
BIG MOUTH ****ER - STUPID ********ER
Are you scared of me now? Then you're dumber than I thought
Always is and never was
Foundation made of piss and vinegar
Step to me, I'll smear ya -Think I fear ya? BULL****!
Just another dumb punk chompin' at this ***
Is there any way to break through the noise?
Was it something that I said that got you bent?
Gotta be that way if you want it
Sanity, Literal Profanity HIT ME!

SPIT - IT OUT
All you wanna do is drag me down
All I wanna do is stamp you out
SPIT - IT OUT
All you wanna do is drag me down
All I wanna do is stamp you out

Maybe it's the way you gotta spread a lotta rumour fodder
Keepin' all your little spies and leavin' when you realize
Step up, fairy
I guess it's time to bury your ass with the chrome
Straight to the dome
You heard me right, *****, I didn't stutter
If you know what's good - sit, shut up and beg, brother
Backstab - Don't you know who you're dissin'?
Side swipe - THE ASS THAT YOU'RE KISSIN'!

BIGITY BIGITY-***** BOY, HALFWAY HOUSER
don't hear **** cuz it keeps gettin' louder
Come on... and get a face full o' tactic
lippin' off hard, goin' home in a basket
You got no pull, no power, no NOTHIN'
Now you start ****? Well, ain't that somethin'?
Payoffs don't protect... and you can hide if you want
But I'LL FIND YOU - Comin' up behind you!

SPIT - IT OUT
All you wanna do is drag me down
All I wanna do is stamp you out
SPIT - IT OUT
All you wanna do is drag me down
All I wanna do is stamp you out

'Bout time I set this record straight
All the needlenose punchin' is makin' me irate
Sick o' my *****in' fallin' on deaf ears
Where YOU gonna be in the next five years?
The crew and all the fools, and all the politics
Get your lips ready, gonna gag, gonna make you sick
You got **** when they passed out the good stuff
Bam - are you sick of me?
GOOD ENOUGH - HAD ENOUGH
**** ME! I'm all out of enemies!
**** ME! I'm all out of enemas!

SPIT - IT OUT
All you wanna do is drag me down
All I wanna do is stamp you out
SPIT - IT OUT
All you wanna do is drag me down
All I wanna do is spit you out

SPIT
SPIT IT OUT

[loinburger]

I Did What I Did For Maria
by Tony Christie

Sun rise this is the last day
that I'll ever see
out in the court-yard
they're ready for me
but I go to my Lord without fear
'cos I did what I did for Maria.

As I rode into town
with the sun going down
all the windows were barred
there was noone around
for they knew that I'd come
with my hand on my gun
and revenge in my heart for Maria
my dearest departed Maria.

Take an eye for an eye
and a life for a life
and somebody must die
for the death of my wife
yes I did what I did for Maria
I did what I did for Maria.

Laughter echoed across for
the end of the street
there was the man
I was burnin' to meet
and my mind was so calm and so clear.
as I took my revenge for Maria.

And he fell to the ground
raisin' dust all around
but I knew he was dead
long before he went down
it was quick it was clean
made it easy on him
which is more than he did for Maria.
When he did what he did for Maria.

Take an eye for an eye
and a life for a life
and somebody must die
for the death of my wife
yes I did what I did for Maria
I did what I did for Maria.

Sun rise this is the last day
that I'll ever see
out in the court-yard
they're ready for me
but I go to my Lord without fear
'cos I did what I did for Maria.

Take an eye for an eye
and a life for a life
and somebody must die
for the death of my wife
yes I did what I did for Maria
I did what I did for Maria.

[loinburger]

Beeflog-Cheeselog
by Brak and Zorak

Brak:
Beeflog beeflog what a treat
A hefty hunk of processed meat
Dipped in mustard oh what joy
I'm a jolly beeflog boy

Hot and spicy, mild or plain
I even eat the cellophane
I might share some with my dog
'cause we both love beeflogs, oh boy!

Zorak:
Brak I beg to disagree,
cheeselog is the log for me
As a meal or as a snack,
it's my favorite saturated fat

Cheeselog cheeselog
cylindrical and yellow
Cut the cheeselog
and I'm a happy fellow

Brak (in counterpoint to Zorak):
Beeflog beeflog what a treat
A hefty hunk of processed meat
Dipped in mustard oh what joy
I'm a jolly beeflog boy

Zorak (in counterpoint to Brak):
Cheeselog cheeselog
cylindrical and yellow
Cut the cheeselog
and I'm a happy fellow

[SlowwHand]

Leather and Lace
Stevie Nicks


Is love so fragile...
And the heart so hollow
Shatter with words...
Impossible to follow
You're saying I'm fragile... I try not to be
I search only... for something I can't see

I have my own life... and I am stronger
Than you know
But I carry this feeling
When you walked into my house
That you won't be walking out the door
Still I carry this feeling
When you walked into my house
That you won't be walking out the door

Lovers forever... face to face
My city or mountains
Stay with me stay
I need you to love me
I need you today
Give to me your leather...
Take from me... my lace

You in the moonlight
With your sleepy eyes
Could you ever love a man like me
And you were right
When I walked into your house
I knew I'd never want to leave
Sometimes I'm a strong man
Sometimes cold and scared
And sometimes I cry
But that time I saw you
I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I'd get by
First time I saw you
I knew with you to light my nights
Somehow I would get by

Lovers forever... face to face
My city or mountains
Stay with me stay
I need you to love me
I need you today
Give to me your leather...
Take from me... my lace

Lovers forever... face to face
My city or mountains
Stay with me stay
I need you to love me
I need you to stay
Give to me your leather
Take from me... my lace
Take from me... my lace
Take from me... my lace

[MosesPresley]

What Do You Want from Life?
The Tubes

What do you want from life
To kidnap an heiress
or threaten her with a knife
What do you want from life
To get cable TV
and watch it every night

There you sit
a lump in your chair
Where do you sleep
and what do you wear
when you're sleeping

What do you want from life
An Indian guru
to show you the inner light
What do you want from life
a meaningless love affair
with a girl that you met tonight

How can you tell when you're doin' alright
Does your bank account swell
While you're dreaming at night
How do know when you're really in love
Do violins play when you're touching the one
That you're loving

What do you want from life
Someone to love
and somebody that you can trust
What do you want from life
To try and be happy
while you do the nasty things
you must

Well, you can't have that, but if you're an American citizen you are entitled to:
a heated kidney shaped pool,
a microwave oven--don't watch the food cook,
a Dyna-Gym--I'll personally demonstrate it in the privacy of your own home,
a kingsize Titanic unsinkable Molly Brown waterbed with polybendum,
a foolproof plan and an airtight alibi,
real simulated Indian jewelry,
a Gucci shoetree,
a year's supply of antibiotics,
a personally autographed picture of Randy Mantooth
and Bob Dylan's new unlisted phone number,
a beautifully restored 3rd Reich swizzle stick,
Rosemary's baby,
a dream date in kneepads with Paul Williams,
a new Matador,
a new mastadon,
a Maverick,
a Mustang,
a Montego,
a Merc Montclair,
a Mark IV,
a meteor,
a Mercedes,
an MG,
or a Malibu,
a Mort Moriarty,
a Maserati,
a Mac truck,
a Mazda,
a new Monza,
or a moped,
a Winnebago--Hell, a herd of Winnebago's we're giving 'em away,
or how about a McCulloch chainsaw,
a Las Vegas wedding,
a Mexican divorce,
a solid gold Kama Sutra coffee pot,
or a baby's arm holding an apple?

[Clear Skies]

For Andy, just because he's easy on the eyes

Terri Clark - Easy On The Eyes

Should've known it was you
Knocking on my door
At a half past a heartache, quarter to four
Were you starting to worry I was finally getting over you?

I almost forgot you looked so fine
If you told me some lies it'd be like old times
Just getting to see you is almost worth the things you do

You're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart
You look so good but the way things look ain't the way the are
Better say goodbye before we go too far
Cause now I realize you're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart

I've got to admit you've got a smile
That really reeled me in for a while
But it ain't funny, honey what you put me through
So why don't you send me your photograph?
It would hurt a lot less than taking you back
Then I could still have my favorite part of you

You're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart
You look so good but the way things look ain't the way the are
Better say goodbye before we go too far
Cause now I realize you're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart

You're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart
You look so good but the way things look ain't the way the are
Better say goodbye before we go too far
Cause now I realize you're easy on the eyes
Hard on the heart

[Clear Skies]

Billy Bragg - The Space Race Is Over

When I was young I told my mum
I'm going to walk on the Moon someday
Armstrong and Aldrin spoke to me
From Houston and Cape Kennedy
And I watched the Eagle landing
On a night when the Moon was full
And as it tugged at the tides, I knew deep inside
I too could feel its pull

I lay in my bed and dreamed I walked
On the Sea of Tranquillity
I knew that someday soon we'd all sail to the moon
On the high tide of technology
But the dreams have all been taken
And the window seats taken too
And 2001 has almost come and gone
What am I supposed to do?

Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to the moon
Because the space race is over
And I can't help but feel we've all grown up too soon

Now my dreams have all been shattered
And my wings are tattered too
And I can still fly but not half as high
As once I wanted to

Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get to the moon
Because the space race is over
And I can't help but feel we've all grown up too soon

My son and I stand beneath the great night sky
And gaze up in wonder
I tell him the tale of Apollo And he says
"Why did they ever go?"
It may look like some empty gesture
To go all that way just to come back
But don't offer me a place out in cyberspace
Cos where in the hell's that at?

Now that the space race is over
It's been and it's gone and I'll never get out of my room
Because the space race is over
And I can't help but feel we're all just going nowhere

[SlowwHand]

For My Apolyton Buddies

Friends in Low Places
Garth Brooks


Blame it all on my roots
I showed up in boots
And ruined your black tie affair
The last one to know
The last one to show
I was the last one
You thought you'd see there
And I saw the surprise
And the fear in his eyes
When I took his glass of champagne
And I toasted you
Said honey we may be through
But you'll never hear me complain

'Cause I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh I've got friends in low places

Well I guess I was wrong
I just don't belong
But then I've been there before
Everything's all right
I'll just say goodnight
And I'll show myself to the door
Hey I didn't mean
To cause a big scene
Just give me an hour and then
Well I'll be as high
As that ivory tower
That you're livin' in

'Cause I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh I've got friends in low places

I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh I've got friends in low places

I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay
I'm not big on social graces
Think I'll slip on down to the oasis
Oh I've got friends in low places

I've got friends in low places
Where the whiskey drowns
And the beer chases my blues away
And I'll be okay...

[SlowwHand]

Triple Shot Thursday; Mark Chestnutt

Bubba Shot The Jukebox

We were hogged down at Marges Bar
Telling stories if we had one
Someone fired the old Jukebox up
the song it sure was a sad one
A tear drop rolled down Bubba's nose
From the pain the song was inflicting
All at once he jumped to his feet
just like somone kicked him

Chorus:
Bubba shot the jukebox last night
said it played a sad song
that made him cry
went to his truck and got a forty-five
Bubba shot the jukebox last night

Bubba ain't never been acused
of being mentaly stable
so we did not draw an easy breath
till he laid that Colt on the table

he hung his head till the cops showed up
he tried to march out of Marges
told him don't play dumb with us boy
you know damn well what the charge is

Chorus

Well the sheriff arrived
with his bathrobe on
the confrontation was a tense one
he shook his head and said
Bubba boy you was always a dis one
now reckless discharge of a gun
thats what the officers are claimin'
Bubba hollered loud as hell
I hit only where I was aiming

Bubba shot the jukebox last night
Said it played a sad song made him cry
went to his truck and got a forty-five
well he shot the jukebox
stopped it with one shot
bubba shot the jukebox last night

Well he could not tell right from wrong
through the tear drops in his eyes
beyond a shadow of a doubt
it was a justifiable homicide

Bubba shot the jukebox
stopped it with one shot
Bubba shot the Jukebox a last night

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Texas Is Bigger Than It Used To Be


Lucky me I grew up beneath that ole lone star
I was raised on fiddle and the steel guitar
Well it used to be if you wanted to swing to a good ole country song
You had to sing your way to Ft. Worth, Houston, Dallas, San Antone
But oh how it's grown

Chorus
Texas is bigger than it used to be
Coast to coast it's alive in most
Every town and city
I should know I'm on the road
And lovin¡ng what I see
Texas is bigger than it used to be

It's one, two, three step dancin' in the line
Stretchin' that denim having a good time
My daddy told me years ago - he said son there'll come a day
When it'll spread to Minnesota, New York City to LA
It's happening just that way

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Blame It On Texas

Been havin¡' a ball since I was a boy in Beaumont
Love that town but I just couldn't stay
Two stepped all the way to Amarillo
Shuffled my way into Santa Fe
Just had to see the sun set out in Frisco
The Golden Gate is great
But it ain't home
Give me a rodeo

Chorus
Blame it on Texas
Don't blame it on me
I am who I am
And that's what I'm gonna be
You can say what you wanna say
About my insanity
Blame it on Texas
Don't blame it on me

Met a girl out in eastern Oklahoma
Her daddy was a Tulsa millionaire
With miles and miles of oil wells he'd leave her
All a man could want was waitn' there
But one night while she lay sleepin' I slipped away
Like no man in his
Right mind would do
call me a fool
Repeat Chorus

[SlowwHand]

Dead Skunk
Lou Wainwright III


Crossin' the highway late last night,
He shoulda looked left and he shoulda looked right,
He didn't see the station wagon, car,
The skunk got squashed and there you are!
(Chorus)
You got yer
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Stinkin' to high heaven!
Take a whiff on me that ain't no rose!
Roll up yer window and hold yer nose,
You don't have to look and you don't have to see,
'Cause you can feel it in your olfactory,
(Repeat Chorus)
Yeah you got yer dead cat and you got yer dead dog,
On a moonlight night you got yer dead toad frog
Got yer dead rabbit and yer dead raccoon,
The blood and the guts they're gonna make you swoon!
You got yer dead skunk, in the middle,
Dead skunk in the middle of the road.
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Stinkin' to high heaven.
C'mon stink!
(Fiddle break)
You got it,
It's dead, it's in the middle,
Dead skunk in the middle!
Dead skunk in the middle of the road,
Stinkin' to high heaven!
All over the road, technicolor man!
Oh, you got pollution.
It's dead, it's in the middle,
And it's stinkin' to high, high heaven!
(Fiddle fadeout)

[Clear Skies]

Not the best of songs, but the lyrics aren't half bad.

David Sneddon - Stop Living The Lie

He sits alone at a table in a small cafe
Drowning his tears in a bottemless cup of coffee
And he's tumbling into his thoughts
His memories all tied in knots
Who is going to save him?
Cos no one wants to know him

I cant believe that you pull on a sleeve when you cry
You stick in the knife then give the kiss of life live a lie
We all have a saviour
So do yourself a favour
Stop living the lie

She stands alone in a place where no one knows her name
She catches them staring
They turn round and finish the frame
And she's nursing her head and her pride
She died long ago deep down inside
And who is going to save her?
Cos no-one wants to know her

I can't believe that you pull on a sleeve when you cry
You stick in the knife then give the kiss of life live a lie
We all have a saviour
So do yourself a favour
Stop living the lie

He sits alone and looks up to the eyes of an angel
She catches him staring and then smiles the smile of an angel
And she asks him if this chair is free
He says yes, will you sit here with me?
And no-one would have saved them
And we should all learn from them

I cant believe that you pull on a sleeve when you cry
You stick in the knife then give the kiss of life live a lie
We all have a saviour
So do yourself a favour
Stop living the lie

[SlowwHand]

Gypsy
Stevie Nicks


so i'm back to the velvet underground
back to the floor that i love
to a room with some lace and peper flowers
back to the gypsy...that i was...to the gypsy...that i was...

and it all comes down to you
well you know that it does, well...
lightning strikes...maybe once...maybe twice...
oh....and it lights up the night....
and you see your gypsy.......
you see your gypsy....

to the gypsy......
that remains.....
she faces freedom......
with a little fear.....
well i have no fear....
i have only love.....
and if i was a child....
and the child was enough.....
enough for me to love....
enough to love......

she is dancing away from you now
she was just a wish
she was just....a wish
and her memory is all that is left for you now
you see your gypsy.....
you see your gypsy.....

lightning strikes...
maybe once...maybe twice....
and it all comes down to you
oooooo......oh......well it all comes down to you....
lightning strikes...
maybe once....maybe twice....
oh.............
i still see your bright eyes......bright eyes...
and i've always loved you....
and it all comes down to you
it all comes down to you.....