OT: song lyrics
kim
from a song that speaks to you. If you're like me [and Larry the Cable
Guy] you 'could do this all day'. Pick one.
Kim
Ice cube in a dark drink shines like starlight
The moon is floating somewhere out at sea
I'm an island in the blur of noise and color
Alcatraz, St. Helena, Patmos and the Chateau D'If
Bruce Cockburn...Night Train
Straightgrain
Hello Kim,
This is from Ripple, a favorite of mine by the Grateful Dead:
There is a road, no simple highway,
Between the dawn and the dark of night,
And if you go no one may follow,
That path is for your steps alone.
Frank
jerrygarrison
Roses are red and violets are blue, your song lines suck, and so do
you. :)<
jerrygarrison
TBombadil
> Roses are red and violets are blue, your song lines suck, and so do
> you. :)<
> jerrygarrison
jerry,
My sympathies if music affects you this way.
Back to the original question.
Perhaps my favorite couplet of all time is by Leonard Cohen:
"Well my friends are gone and my hair is grey
I ache in the places where I used to play...."
Bob in SD
Paul Szabady
Between the viaducts and your dream,
Where mobile steel rims crack
And the ditch in the back yard stop,
Could you find me, Would you kiss my eyes,
Lay me down, in silence easy,
to be born again?"
Van Morrison - "Astral Weeks"
Mickey
"Fate is setting up the chessboard, while Death rolls
out the dice...."
Eric Clapton
Mouse
>
>> Here's a chance to raise your colors. Post a favorite lyric or verse
>>from a song that speaks to you. If you're like me [and Larry the Cable
>> Guy] you 'could do this all day'. Pick one.
>>
>> Kim
Well shes walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running round
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind.
When Im sad, she comes to me
With a thousand smiles, she gives to me free
Its alright she says its alright
Take anything you want from me, anything
Anything.
Fly on little wing,
Yeah yeah, yeah, little wing
Jari T
> Here's a chance to raise your colors. Post a favorite lyric or verse
> from a song that speaks to you. If you're like me [and Larry the Cable
> Guy] you 'could do this all day'. Pick one.
>
So now as I'm leavin'
I'm weary as Hell
The confusion I'm feelin'
Ain't no tongue can tell
The words fill my head
And fall to the floor
If God's on our side
He'll stop the next war.
-Bob Dylan, "With god on our side"
drrockmpls
"Like my high fiber cereal,
I'm only passin' through.
And what I used to to all night,
Now takes me all night to do..."
Bert Olton
thank you for them bouncin' baby boys,
thank you for the sadness that you saved me from,
the madness baby, all I'm cryin' now are tears of joy.
Thank you for that burnin' sun that's rising,
golden in the air that smells so sweet,
thank you for that empty far horizon,
that opens to a new eternity.
Kris Kristofferson, "Thank You For A Life"
Bert
--
Si vis pacem, para bellum. To all those who have served or are serving
the cause of Freedom, whether in peace or in war, at home or abroad,
thank you. "Let's roll!", Todd Beamer, United Airlines Flight 93,
September 11, 2001.
Briarroot
Oh God said to Abraham, "Kill me a son"
Abe says, "Man, you must be puttin' me on"
God say, "No." Abe say, "What ?"
God say, "You can do what you want Abe, but
The next time you see me comin' you better run"
Well Abe says, "Where do you want this killin' done ?"
God says. "Out on Highway 61".
- Bob Dylan, "Highway 61 Revisited"
Regards,
Tim Parker ... McClelland's #5100 Red Cake in a basket billiard
--
"Advocates of government control want you to believe that the serious
shortcomings of our medical and insurance system are failures of the
free market. But that's impossible because our market is not free. Each
state operates a cozy medical and insurance cartel that restricts
competition through licensing and keeps prices higher than they would be
in a genuine free market. But the planners won't talk about that. After
all, if government is the problem in the first place, how can they
justify a government takeover?
Many people are priced out of the medical and insurance markets for one
reason: the politicians' refusal to give up power. Allowing them to
seize another 16 percent of the economy won't solve our problems." -
John Stossel
Tom S.
Jeff
There's a hole in the ground where they use to grow
Any man left on the Rio Grand
is the king on the world as far as I know
- Steely Dan, "King of the World"
--
Jesla
Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
Mickey
Seven virgins and a mule, keep it cool, keep it cool
We would like it to be known the exhibits that were shown
Were exclusively our own, all our own, all our own
max s
I can't see my reflection in the waters,
I can't speak the sounds that show no pain,
I can't hear the echo of my footsteps,
Or can't remember the sound of my own name.
Yes, and only if my own true love was waitin',
Yes, and if I could hear her heart a-softly poundin',
Only if she was lyin' by me,
Then I'd lie in my bed once again.
Dylan
max
Steve J
> Here's a chance to raise your colors. Post a favorite lyric or verse
> from a song that speaks to you. If you're like me [and Larry the Cable
> Guy] you 'could do this all day'. Pick one.
>
> Kim
He opened the door and walked away,
Sometimes the simplest step is all it takes,
N' from the mountain, he can watch it all burn,
Welcome friend, to the point of no return
Once in a life, you can find a time to see,
and you get to take it down, turn around, temporary sanity
And then the mountain disappears without a trace,
And all it took, was a sudden leap of faith
Highway one
N' the fog rolled back to sea
He was overcome, by how it happened all so easily,
And as he stood there, with the moonlight on his face,
He was stunned by a sudden leap of faith.
--
Cuio vae,
Aearofallon (Steve J)
-----------
"Freedom is a two-edged sword of which one edge is liberty and the
other, responsibility. Both edges are exceedingly sharp and the weapon
is not suited to casual, cowardly or treacherous hands." �John {Jack)
Whiteside Parsons (co-founder of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory � JPL),
1946; from the essay "Freedom is a Two-edged Sword"
Steve J
> ...
Ooops... Loggins of course - Leap of Faith
Jeff
wrote:
You gotta see the show it's a dynamo...you gotta see the show...It's Rock
and Roll.....
- ELP Welcome Back My Freinds "Karn Evil 9 First Impression"
Jari T
German can be a beautiful language,
Einstï¿œrzende Neubauten - Nagorny Karabach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd-6WweqD0Y
In English:
The town lies under mist
I am up on my mountain
in my black garden
squeezed in between the heavens
in the enclave of my choice
where I am hiding
in Nagorny Karabakh
Once deep forests
mountain chains, maybe ice
a brass-yellow sun
perpetrates a paradise
my sys- or diastole
and between them the moment
borne by the birds
about their business here
in the enclave of my heart
where I lose myself
in Nagorny Karabakh
I climb down the mountain
enter one or another valley
flying flags of every colour
in Mount Karabakh
Two large black ravens
devouring the plums in the tree
I wonder if the other city cares for me
In the enclave of my choice
where I am hiding
in Nagorny Karabakh
Come and pay me a visit
I have unlimited time
and the view is most lovely
over the clouds and the town
in Nagorny Karabakh
Nagorny Karabakh
Nagorny Karabakh
Tom Clemons
here is one of many favs -
Wave on wave of life
Like the great wide ocean's roll
Haunting hands of memory
Pluck silver strands of soul
The damage and the dying done
The clarity of light
Gentle bows and glasses raised
To the charity of night
-Bruce Cockburn - "Charity of Night"
Tom Clemons
ASP Fall 1998
Tom Clemons
The Pilgrim; Chapter 33 lyrics
See him wasted on the sidewalk in his jacket and his jeans,
Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile--
Once he had a future full of money, love, and dreams,
Which he spent like they was goin' outa style--
And he keeps right on a'changin' for the better or the worse,
Searchin' for a shrine he's never found--
Never knowin' if believin' is a blessin' or a curse,
Or if the goin' up was worth the comin' down--
CHORUS:
He's a poet, he's a picker--
He's a prophet, he's a pusher--
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
He has tasted good and evil in your bedrooms and your bars,
And he's traded in tomorrow for today--
Runnin' from his devils, Lord, and reachin' for the stars,
And losin' all he's loved along the way--
But if this world keeps right on turnin' for the better or the worse,
And all he ever gets is older and around--
>From the rockin' of the cradle to the rollin' of the hearse,
The goin' up was worth the comin' down--
CHORUS:
He's a poet, he's a picker--
He's a prophet, he's a pusher--
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned--
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction,
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home.
There's a lotta wrong directions on that lonely way back home.
Tom Clemons
ASP Fall 1998
Mouse
Song Title :Peace Pipe | Artist/Band : B.T. Express
Put it in your peace pipe
(Yeah) smoke it on up (what say)
Put it in your peace pipe
(Everybody get some)
Smoke it on up
(Everybody get a little)
Put it in your peace pipe (peace)
And pass it around
Put in some love
And some understanding
Add a little humanity
Put in some faith
Wonderful kindness
Light it up and pass it to me
Put it in your peace pipe (yeah)
Smoke it on up (what you say)
Put it in your peace pipe
Smoke it on up
(Everybody get a little)
Put it in your peace pipe
(What you say) smoke it on up
Maybe some truth
Will start the passion
Add a spoon of brotherly love
Then form a line for all mankind
And pass it right around the world
Smoke it, smoke it
Smoke it, smoke it
Smoke it, smoke it
Smoke it, smoke it
Smoke it, smoke it
Put it in your peace pipe (yeah)
Smoke it on up (what you say)
Put it in your peace pipe
(Have a little understanding)
Smoke it on up (yeah)
Put it in your peace pipe
(Peace) and pass it around
Put it in your peace pipe
(All the world?)
(Europe) smoke it on up
(Africa) put it in your peace pipe
(Asia) smoke it on up
(Germany) put it in your peace pipe
Smoke it on up (and pass it around)
Put it in your peace pipe
(Add a little bit)
Smoke it on up (peace)
Put it in your peace pipe
And pass it around
Mouse
MY CORN-COB PIPE.
Men may sing of their Havanas, elevatingto the stars
The real or fancied virtues of their foreign-madecigars;
But I worship Nicotina at a different sort ofshrine,
And she sits enthroned in glory in this corn-cob pipe of mine.
It's as fragrant as the meadows when the clover is in bloom;
It's as dainty as the essence of the daintiest perfume;
It's as sweet as are the orchards when the fruit is hanging ripe,
With the sun's warm kiss upon them � is this corn-cob pipe.
Thro' the smoke about it clinging, I delight its form to trace,
Like an oriental beauty with a veil upon her face;
And my room is dim with vapour as a church when censers sway,
As I clasp it to my bosom � in a figurative way.
It consoles me in misfortune and it cheers me in distress,
And it proves a warm partaker of my pleasures in success;
So I hail it as a symbol, friendship's true and worthy type,
And I press my lips devoutly to my corn-cob pipe.
Help-Slip-Franklin
In another time's forgotten space
Your eyes looked from your mother's face
Wildflower seed on the sand and stone
May the four winds blow you safely home
Chorus
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
Roll away the dew
I'll tell you where the four winds dwell
In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
It can ring like fire when you lose your way
[chorus]
God save the child who rings that bell
It may have one good ring, baby, you can't tell
One watch by night, one watch by day
If you get confused, listen to the music play
[chorus]
Some come to laugh their past away
Some come to make it just one more day
Whichever way your pleasure tends
If you plant ice, you're gonna harvest wind
[chorus]
In Franklin's tower the four winds sleep
Like four lean hounds the lighthouse keep
Wildflower seed in the sand and wind
May the four winds blow you home again
H-S-F