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"The more I see the news each day the more these words resonate...
Poor man wanna be rich,
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied,
'til he rules everything"
The Boss. Plenty of great lyrics in his songs |
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By *abluesbabyMan 6 weeks ago
Gibraltar/Cheshire/London |
"The more I see the news each day the more these words resonate...
Poor man wanna be rich,
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied,
'til he rules everything
The Boss. Plenty of great lyrics in his songs"
He has, he is quite the wordsmith on the quiet. And also so often so badly misunderstood. The lyrics to Born In the USA maybe the best example |
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By *aizyWoman 6 weeks ago
west midlands |
I don't know much about dancin that's why I got this song,
One of my legs is shorter than the other and both my feet's too long,
Course now right along with em I got no natural rhythm
But I go dancin every night hopin one day I might get it right,
I'm a dancin fool... |
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Prince - Vicki Waiting (from Batman album)
The phone rings, it's Vicki callin'
She wants me to come to the crib
See, conversation's better than bein' lonely
So I try my best to ad-lib
I told the joke about the woman
Who asked her lover "Why is your organ so small?"
He replied, "I didn't know I was playin' in a cathedral"
Vicki didn't laugh at all |
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"Seriously though the real one is
If I can dream of a better land
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand "
Great song. Elvis has a great voice.
Love the ending "And while I can think, while I can talk
While I can stand, while I can walk
While I can dream
Oh, please let my dream
Come true
Right now" |
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"The more I see the news each day the more these words resonate...
Poor man wanna be rich,
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied,
'til he rules everything
The Boss. Plenty of great lyrics in his songs
He has, he is quite the wordsmith on the quiet. And also so often so badly misunderstood. The lyrics to Born In the USA maybe the best example"
Oh I definitely thought it was a corny patriotic song when I first heard it, but when I paid attention to the lyrics I realised |
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"Seriously though the real one is
If I can dream of a better land
Where all my brothers walk hand in hand
Great song. Elvis has a great voice.
Love the ending "And while I can think, while I can talk
While I can stand, while I can walk
While I can dream
Oh, please let my dream
Come true
Right now" "
One of my favourite songs ever ❤️. If not the favourite |
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By *ascaIMan 6 weeks ago
Cheshire Liverpool Manchester |
"And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you"
Love this song. Reminds me of my dad. |
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"And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you
Love this song. Reminds me of my dad. "
Beautiful song. Breaks me every time  |
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"And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you"
This song always makes me cry. |
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"The more I see the news each day the more these words resonate...
Poor man wanna be rich,
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied,
'til he rules everything
The Boss. Plenty of great lyrics in his songs
He has, he is quite the wordsmith on the quiet. And also so often so badly misunderstood. The lyrics to Born In the USA maybe the best example"
bad lands? |
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By (user no longer on site) 6 weeks ago
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"Oh Dracula comes from Transylvania
Stevie nicks books about kleptomania
Johnny looked out of his bedroom window
And shouted to his mum “Fred Titmus!”"
Excellent choice! |
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I don't give a damn I don't fucking care gonna kill me mum and dad and pull out me hair fed up with the dole and the human race I'm gonna cut me liver out and shove it in your face
Kill....Alberto y los trios paranoias |
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I remember that time you told me you said
"Love is touching souls"
Surely you touched mine
'Cause part of you pours out of me
In these lines from time to time
Oh, you're in my blood like holy wine
You taste so bitter and so sweet
Oh I could drink a case of you darling
And I would still be on my feet
I would still be on my feet |
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"And when no hope was left in sight
On that starry, starry night
You took your life, as lovers often do
But I could have told you, Vincent
This world was never meant for one
As beautiful as you"
don mclean I love that song |
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"The more I see the news each day the more these words resonate...
Poor man wanna be rich,
Rich man wanna be king
And a king ain't satisfied,
'til he rules everything"
Sounds like 'king of the whole wide world' by elvis.... |
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Distance, it is no real friend
And time will take its time
And you will find that in the end
It brings you me the lonely sailor
And when you take me by your side
You love me warm, you love me
And I should have realised
I had no reasons to be frightened |
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By *929Man 6 weeks ago
newcastle |
“So I ain’t gotta daydream no more”
From mobb deep - daydreamin, I think about it all the time every day for motivation and working towards goal of being financially set and achieving other goals |
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Too many examples to list, but this gem is heading towards half a century old and sadly, its brilliance is more relevant than ever 
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care
My arms enfold the dole queue
Malnutrition dulls my hair
My eyes are black and lifeless
With an underprivileged stare
I'm the beggar on the corner
Will no-one spare a dime?
I'm the child that never learns to read
Cause no-one spared the time
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care
I'm the murderer and the victim
The licence with the gun
I'm a sad and bruised old lady
In an ally in a slum
I'm a middle aged businessman
With chronic heart disease
I'm another teenaged suicide
In a street that has no trees
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care
I'm a starving third world mother
A refugee without a home
I'm a house wife hooked on Valium
I'm a Pensioner alone
I'm a cancer ridden spectre
Covering the earth
I'm another hungry baby
I'm an accident of birth
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care |
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"Too many examples to list, but this gem is heading towards half a century old and sadly, its brilliance is more relevant than ever
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care
My arms enfold the dole queue
Malnutrition dulls my hair
My eyes are black and lifeless
With an underprivileged stare
I'm the beggar on the corner
Will no-one spare a dime?
I'm the child that never learns to read
Cause no-one spared the time
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care
I'm the murderer and the victim
The licence with the gun
I'm a sad and bruised old lady
In an ally in a slum
I'm a middle aged businessman
With chronic heart disease
I'm another teenaged suicide
In a street that has no trees
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care
I'm a starving third world mother
A refugee without a home
I'm a house wife hooked on Valium
I'm a Pensioner alone
I'm a cancer ridden spectre
Covering the earth
I'm another hungry baby
I'm an accident of birth
I am the one in ten
A number on a list
I am the one in ten
Even though I don't exist
Nobody Knows me
Even though I'm always there
A statistic, a reminder
Of a world that doesn't care"
UB40s best track imo |
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By (user no longer on site) 6 weeks ago
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"If time were not a moving thing
And I could make it stay
This hour of love we share would always be
There'd be no coming day
To shine it's morning light
Make us realise our night
Is over "
(Bursts into song!)...
IF you knew just how I really feel you might return and yet... There are so many times we have to learn to love and then forget... |
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"If time were not a moving thing
And I could make it stay
This hour of love we share would always be
There'd be no coming day
To shine it's morning light
Make us realise our night
Is over
(Bursts into song!)...
IF you knew just how I really feel you might return and yet... There are so many times we have to learn to love and then forget..."
You got it.  |
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When I met you, you were just sixteen
Pulling the wings off of flies
When an old lady got hit by a truck
I saw a wicked gleam in your eyes
Your sadistic suits my masochistic
There's a whip in my valise, oh yeah |
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"When I met you, you were just sixteen
Pulling the wings off of flies
When an old lady got hit by a truck
I saw a wicked gleam in your eyes
Your sadistic suits my masochistic
There's a whip in my valise, oh yeah"
Adam 🖤🖤🖤 |
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"When I met you, you were just sixteen
Pulling the wings off of flies
When an old lady got hit by a truck
I saw a wicked gleam in your eyes
Your sadistic suits my masochistic
There's a whip in my valise, oh yeah
Adam 🖤🖤🖤"
Last time I saw him was at Brighton Centre (2015.) With his own band, and they did all the old favs, including that one from Dirk Wears White Sox. |
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Early one mornin’ the sun was shinin’
I was layin’ in bed
Wond’rin’ if she’d changed at all
If her hair was still red
Her folks they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like Mama’s homemade dress
Papa’s bankbook wasn’t big enough
And I was standin’ on the side of the road
Rain fallin’ on my shoes
Heading out for the East Coast
Lord knows I’ve paid some dues gettin’ through
Tangled up in blue |
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By *mo512Man 6 weeks ago
LONDON |
"And you call me up again just to break me like a promise
So casually cruel in the name of being honest
I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
'Cause I remember it all, all, all
Too well"
Taylor's Version? |
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‘Don’t be reckless with other peoples hearts. Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours…
Don't waste your time on jealousy… Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself…
Get to know your parents. You never know when they’ll be gone for good...’ |
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Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
I need something strong to distract my mind
I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind
Well, I got here following the southern star
I crossed that river just to be where you are
Only one thing I did wrong
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Well, my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast
I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free
I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me
Everybody moving, if they ain't already there
Everybody got to move somewhere
Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow
Things should start to get interesting right about now |
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OH Grace just hold me in your arms and let thís moment linger.
They'll take me out at dawn and I will die.
With All my love I place this wedding ring upon your finger.
There won't be time to share our love for we must say goodbye . |
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"‘Don’t be reckless with other peoples hearts. Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours…
Don't waste your time on jealousy… Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself…
Get to know your parents. You never know when they’ll be gone for good...’ "
That entire song really |
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"‘Don’t be reckless with other peoples hearts. Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours…
Don't waste your time on jealousy… Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and in the end, it's only with yourself…
Get to know your parents. You never know when they’ll be gone for good...’
That entire song really"
Yep I love all of it but those lines in particular are my favourite. |
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"We've all been living life in fear of doing something we believe in. The time has come to believe in yourself! Believe in your friends! Find something that you love, and spread it like wildfire!"
Second Family by Patent Pending |
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By *ornycougaWoman 6 weeks ago
NORWAY Wherever I lay my hat |
Now that she's older
"As the embers of romance
Pay two mortgages and leccy bills
Been comfortable and that
Nobody told her
That she'd ever reach the stage
Where her husband bored her
Or she lied about her age" |
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Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me
From Killing in the name of - Rage Against the Machine. |
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"Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
I need something strong to distract my mind
I'm gonna look at you 'til my eyes go blind
Well, I got here following the southern star
I crossed that river just to be where you are
Only one thing I did wrong
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long
Well, my ship's been split to splinters and it's sinking fast
I'm drowning in the poison, got no future, got no past
But my heart is not weary, it's light and it's free
I've got nothing but affection for all those who sailed with me
Everybody moving, if they ain't already there
Everybody got to move somewhere
Stick with me baby, stick with me anyhow
Things should start to get interesting right about now"
Bob Dylan ? ..great song ... haunting lyrics..🎼🎶🎵 |
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If you got a lady and you want her gone
But you ain't got the guts
She keeps naggin' at you night and day
Enough to drive you nuts
Pick up the phone, leave her alone
It's time you made a stand
For a fee, I'm happy to be
Your back door man, woo |
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Yo, I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want
I'll tell you what I want, what I really, really want
So tell me what you want, what you really, really want
I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha) I wanna, (ha)
I wanna really, really, really wanna zigazig ah |
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By (user no longer on site) 6 weeks ago
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A couple that I love that are along similar lines...
"I wouldn't trade one stupid decision for another 5 years of life"
And
"If I am good I could add years to my life
I would rather add some life to my years" |
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Or...
'There was an old man with a 10 ft willy so he showed it to the wife next door.
She though it was a snake so she cut it with a rake and now it's only 5ft 4'. |
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"Here come the highland grannies, great big tits and hairy fannies
Classic!
Or... "bum tit tit bum tit tit... Play the hairy banjo!""
What about "Dan, Dan, the dirty wee man
Washed his face in the frying pan" |
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"Or...
'There was an old man with a 10 ft willy so he showed it to the wife next door.
She though it was a snake so she cut it with a rake and now it's only 5ft 4'."
Jesus's Christ Superstar
Came down from heaven on a Yamaha |
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"Here come the highland grannies, great big tits and hairy fannies
Classic!
Or... "bum tit tit bum tit tit... Play the hairy banjo!"
What about "Dan, Dan, the dirty wee man
Washed his face in the frying pan""
That sounds like Old Dan Tucker |
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"Here come the highland grannies, great big tits and hairy fannies
Classic!
Or... "bum tit tit bum tit tit... Play the hairy banjo!"
What about "Dan, Dan, the dirty wee man
Washed his face in the frying pan"
That sounds like Old Dan Tucker"
This is it
https://youtu.be/EKu4d68anGI?feature=shared |
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"Basically any lyric written by Nigel Blackwell"
Let's hope he or one of his mates reads this and he ends up writing a song about being mentioned here, and you never know it could be included on a blues CD on the Hallmark label.....
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"Here come the highland grannies, great big tits and hairy fannies
Classic!
Or... "bum tit tit bum tit tit... Play the hairy banjo!"
What about "Dan, Dan, the dirty wee man
Washed his face in the frying pan"
That sounds like Old Dan Tucker
This is it
https://youtu.be/EKu4d68anGI?feature=shared"
Yeah its from a very old song... Mr edwards in little house used to sing it too lol |
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"Or...
'There was an old man with a 10 ft willy so he showed it to the wife next door.
She though it was a snake so she cut it with a rake and now it's only 5ft 4'.
Jesus's Christ Superstar
Came down from heaven on a Yamaha"
Did a skid
Killed a kid
Caught his willy in a dustbin lid 🤣 |
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"Or...
'There was an old man with a 10 ft willy so he showed it to the wife next door.
She though it was a snake so she cut it with a rake and now it's only 5ft 4'.
Jesus's Christ Superstar
Came down from heaven on a Yamaha
Did a skid
Killed a kid
Caught his willy in a dustbin lid 🤣"
The very same! |
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By (user no longer on site) 6 weeks ago
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"Here come the highland grannies, great big tits and hairy fannies
Classic!
Or... "bum tit tit bum tit tit... Play the hairy banjo!"
What about "Dan, Dan, the dirty wee man
Washed his face in the frying pan"
That sounds like Old Dan Tucker
This is it
https://youtu.be/EKu4d68anGI?feature=shared
Yeah its from a very old song... Mr edwards in little house used to sing it too lol"
Yeah, I've heard the Springsteen version |
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Video games train the kids for war
Army chic in high-fashion stores
Law and order's done their job
Prisons filled while the rich still rob
Assassination politics
Violence rules within' our nation's midst
Well ignorance is their power tool
You'll only know what they want you to know
The television cannot lie
Controlling media with smokescreen eyes
Nuclear politicians picture show
The acting's lousy but the blind don't know
Open your eyes
See the lies right in front of ya
Open your eyes
They scare us all with threats of war
So we forget just how bad things are
You taste the fear when you're all alone
They gonna git'cha when you're on your own
The silence of conspiracy
Slaughtered on the altar of apathy
You gotta wake up from your sleep
'Cause meek inherits earth six feet deep
Open your eyes see the lies right in front of ya
Open your eyes |
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She stares at the screen, at the little words of green
Tries to do remember what to do next
There's a trace of frustration that crosses her face
Searching for the key she should press
And I would help her if I only know how
But these things are a mystery to me too
And it seems that the Corporate eyes they are watching
She fears for her job and the moments are passing
I stare at her nametag and I think to myself
Both you and I, we never asked for any of this
So let's take a walk up past the chemical works
Where the sky turns green at night
And we'll talk about getting away from here
Some different kind of life
But even in the freshest mountain air
The jet fighters practise overhead
And they're drilling these hills for uranium deposits
And they'll bury the waste for our children to inherit
And though this is all done for our own benefit,
I swear we never asked for any of this
This golden age of communication
Means everyone talks at the same time
And liberty just means the freedom to exploit
Any weakness that you can find
Turn off the TV just for a while
Let us whisper to each other instead
And we'll hope that the Corporate ears do not listen
Lest we find ourselves committing some kind of treason
And filed in the tapes without rhyme, without reason
While they tell us that it's all for our own protection,
I swear we never asked for any of this |
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"I have “ son I am 30 ,I only went with your mother cos she’s dirty “
And
“I know you won’t believe it’s true, I only went with her cos she looks like you !”
Bonus points for naming the songs !! "
Is the first one Happy Mondays??? It sounds like something only a Ryder could sing. |
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There was an old man named Michael Finnegan
He grew whiskers on his chin-ne-gan
The wind came along and blew them in again
Poor old Michael Finnegan (begin again) |
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"Now that she's older
"As the embers of romance
Pay two mortgages and leccy bills
Been comfortable and that
Nobody told her
That she'd ever reach the stage
Where her husband bored her
Or she lied about her age" "
Reverend and the Makers - Heavyweight champion of the world. It’s not the greatest song ever written but I love the way the lyrics work with the music. |
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I'm scared to get close, and I hate being alone
I long for that feeling to not feel at all
The higher I get, the lower I'll sink
I can't drown my demons, they know how to swim....
Really been resonating with me lately |
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Just how many canoptic jars could one fill with the gizzards
Of pied priests with tweezers and golden scissors?
Cartouchebag Osiris
Go get papyrus
The valley of the kings is filled with sand
Pharaoh got issues of the nightmarish kind
Interpreter of dreams who looks him right in the eye
Plagues and hardship, treasure and blood
No gates can hold back the sandy flood |
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By *mo512Man 7 days ago
LONDON |
"'i know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a sun in someone else's sky, but why, can't it be mine '.
Black ... Pearl Jam... beautiful song "
https://youtu.be/vE26dVkCvpw?feature=shared
When Eddie sings it here..... |
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There's always been Ethel,'jacob! Wake up youve'e got to tidy your room now? 'And then Mister Lewis'isnt it time that he was out on hes own? Over the garden wall.two little love birds.cuckoo to you,keep them mowing blades sharp? Genesis.I know what i like.(in your wardrobe. |
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"'i know someday you'll have a beautiful life, I know you'll be a sun in someone else's sky, but why, can't it be mine '.
Black ... Pearl Jam... beautiful song
https://youtu.be/vE26dVkCvpw?feature=shared
When Eddie sings it here....."
I'd forgotten what an amazing voice he has 😍 |
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