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Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right,
I hope you had the time of your life. |
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It's a battered old suitcase in a hotel someplace, and wound that will never heal. No primadonnas the perfume is on, and an old shirt that's stained with blood and whisky. So goodnight to the street sweepers, night watchmen and flame keepers, and it's goodnight Matilda too.
The last verse of Tom Trauberts Blues. Very powerful if you know the story of the song. |
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over a year ago
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'isn't it amazing
Shakes you to the bone
She bought a stone for Bessie Smith
She bought Bessie Smith a stone.
Got it for her grave site
on a temporary loan
But she forgot she'd not paid for her own '
(song about Janis Joplin) |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test, and don't ask why
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time
It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right,
I hope you had the time of your life."
This is my favourite song ever! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
Or cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains
The Boxer, Simon and Garfunkel. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither while they pass, they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I know that i must do what's right, sure as Kilimanjaro rises like an empress above the Serengeti.
Africa by Toto
I wish I knew how long it took them to get that line. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm always here, I'm in denial,
And when there's nothing left between us I will stay another while.
You know you're free, you've got your wings,
And I am just another angel,
With a voice who wants to sing.. |
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"I know that i must do what's right, sure as Kilimanjaro rises like an empress above the Serengeti.
Africa by Toto
I wish I knew how long it took them to get that line. "
According to Steve Lukather (their guitarist) the whole song took an afternoon to write and record... |
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"I know that i must do what's right, sure as Kilimanjaro rises like an empress above the Serengeti.
Africa by Toto
I wish I knew how long it took them to get that line.
According to Steve Lukather (their guitarist) the whole song took an afternoon to write and record..."
As long as that? |
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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago
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To change the mood a little
I've been posing down the pub
On seeing my reflection
I'm looking slightly rough
I fancy this, I fancy that
I wanna be so flash
I give a little muscle
And I spend a little cash
But all I get is bitter and a nasty little rash
And by the time I'm sober
I've forgotten what I've had
And ev'rybody tells me that it's cool to be a cat
Cool for cats |
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"I know that i must do what's right, sure as Kilimanjaro rises like an empress above the Serengeti.
Africa by Toto
I wish I knew how long it took them to get that line.
According to Steve Lukather (their guitarist) the whole song took an afternoon to write and record...
As long as that? "
Crazy ain't it when you listen to the song.
What people don't realise with Toto is that they're all highly trained and experienced session musicians. You've all probably heard Steve Lukather's guitar playing 10 times a day on the radio without knowing it. Beat It by Michael Jackson is the perfect example. He played the riff and rhythm guitar parts while Eddie Van Halen played the solo. I think in an interview a couple of years back he stated that he'd played on over 5000 albums! |
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"To change the mood a little
I've been posing down the pub
On seeing my reflection
I'm looking slightly rough
I fancy this, I fancy that
I wanna be so flash
I give a little muscle
And I spend a little cash
But all I get is bitter and a nasty little rash
And by the time I'm sober
I've forgotten what I've had
And ev'rybody tells me that it's cool to be a cat
Cool for cats "
Rarely known fact.....Chris Difford only sang lead on this song because Glenn kept tripping over the words in the studio, he just couldn't manage the fast pace of the lyrics so Chris (who wrote the lyrics) took over.
I have a copy of the recording with both Chris and Glenn taking turns to sing lead. Jools Holland can be heard uncontrollably giggling in the background. |
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"Oh, where have you been, my blue-eyed son?
And where have you been my darling young one?
I've stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains
I've walked and I've crawled on six crooked highways
I've stepped in the middle of seven sad forests
I've been out in front of a dozen dead oceans
I've been ten thousand miles in the mouth of a graveyard
And it's a hard, it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard
It's a hard rain's a-gonna fall."
Bob Dylan
"If a double decker bus crashes into us, to die by your side is such a heavenly way to die. And if a ten tonne truck kills the both of us, to die by your side, well the pleasure and the privilege is mine."
The Smiths.
"And at the door they shone a light into my face.
I must admit I felt a little out of place.
But I made way inside.
Past a thousand crazy eyes.
Then a friend took me aside,
Said 'everyone here has a knife' "
Jake Bugg.
All geniuses from different generations. |
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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago
not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds) |
If the sky that we look upon
Should tumble and fall
All the mountains should crumble to the sea
I won't cry, I won't cry
No, I won't shed a tear
Just as long as you stand, stand by me
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And if the bottle's no solution
Why does it feel so warm
And if that girl is no solution
Why did she feel so warm
And if to feel is no solution
Why do I feel
Why do I feel so tired
Why do I feel so broken
Why do I feel so outside
Why do I seem so blind
I'm so sick of feeling
It's ruined my life
If living rough is no solution
Why does it ease my mind
If looking back is no solution
Why are we all
Nothing but children
Children inside
Why do the Gods
Sit back and watch
So many lost
What kind of mother
Leaves a child in the traffic
Turning tricks in the dark
What kind of God?
When I Meet God.....Marillion |
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You don't know how you met me
You don't know why,
You can't turn around
And say goodbye,
All you know is when I'm with you
I make you free
And swim through your veins
Like a fish in the sea,
Uncle Kracker |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Just when I think I'm winning
When I've broken every door
The ghosts of my life grow wilder than before
Just when I thought I could not be stopped
When the chance came to be king
The ghosts of my life grow wilder than the wind |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Only gave you my number cos, drinks made you cuter, plus you were looking sad and lonely, oh...But that's all it was just put you in the game and here you go complainin' what's up with you? |
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if you'd accept surrender
I'll give up some more
weren't you adored
I cannot be without you
matter of fact
I'm on your back
if you walk out on me
I'm walking after you
another heart cracked
in two
I'm on your back
Foo fighters |
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Call me a sinner call me a saint
Tell me it's over I'll still love you the same
Call me your favourite call me your worst
Tell me it's over I don't want you to hurt
It's all that I can say
So I'll be on my way
Shinedown - call me |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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My favourite two verses from the same song, Redneck-Lamb of God
So goddamn easy to write this,
You make it spill off the page.
So d*unk on yourself, self-righteous,
The laughing stock of your own fucking stage.
You can tell the same lie a thousand times,
But it never gets anymore true,
So close your eyes once more and once more believe
That they all still believe in you.
crystal |
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Another got me through a crap time....
Is this a blessing or is it a curse
Does it get any better, can it get any worse
Will it ho on forever is it over tonight
Does it come in the darkness, does it bring in the light
Is it richer than diamonds, or just a little cheaper than spit
I don't know what it is but it just won't quit!!
Huge meatloaf/ Jim Steinman fan |
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I'm the voice inside your head you refuse to hear
I'm the face that you have to face mirrored in your stare
I'm what's left, I'm what's right, I'm the enemy
I'm the hand that will take you down and bring you to your knees
The foo fighters at their bst |
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I wasn't born with enough middle fingers...
Marilyn Manson - Irresponsible Hate Anthem
Serious answer,
Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain't satisfied til he rules everything...
Bruce Springsteen - Badlands (again )
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In the name of Jesus Christ won't you fear my name? - Fields of the Nephilim "Watchmen"
Please to meet you, hope you guess my name - Rolling Stones "Sympathy for the Devil"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"2 lovers kissing beneath the screen of midnight
2 lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude
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Twang aye it!! It's in his nature his misbehaviour, his misdemeanours, the boy he ain't no genius but he keeps her on her toes |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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" God made love to me, soothed away my gravity
Gave me a pair of angels wings , a vision and some magic things...
That is love to me , thank you for those things. "
James - Seven
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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You dont get something for nothing
You can't have freedom for free
You won't get wise with the sleep still in your eyes
No matter what your dreams might be. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Why are there so many songs about rainbows and what's on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions, and rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we've been told and some choose to believe it.
I know they're wrong, wait and see.
Someday we'll find it, the rainbow connection. The lovers, the dreamers and me.
Rainbow Connection-Kermit The Frog...
(posted for someone special) |
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over a year ago
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Puff the Magic Dragon
Couldn't find a mate
So he frolicked in the autumn mist
And grew accustomed to his fate.
Then one day he found her
A lovely bit of fluff
But he didn't know what to do with her
That's why they call him Puff!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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We can take tonight and take our time
Sing like you need this
Maybe you want to
All the paths they lead
To a little standing place
And if youd stay for the weekend
We leave without a trace!
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Good Charlotte - The Anthem
Do you really wanna be like them, do you really wanna be another
trend?
Do you wanna be part of that crowd?
'cause I don't ever wanna, I don't ever wanna be
You...don't wanna be just like you
Oh what I'm sayin' is this is the anthem throw all your hands up,
you, don't wanna be you
Shake it once, that's fine
Shake it twice, that's okay
Shake it three times, you're playing with yourself, again.
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over a year ago
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He ain't got laid in a month of sundays
I caught him once and he was sniffin' my undies
He ain't too sharp but he gets things done
Drinks his beer like it's oxygen
He's my baby
And I'm his honey
Never gonna let him go
By John Prine and Iris DeMent.
It's a sort of family song for us. |
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over a year ago
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Bonin' is a thang in which overindulgence is never enough
And when the fish ain't bitin' life gets frightening
So hang tough, hold on to your stuff
The pussycat is playin' with the ball in the yard
And the dog is biting his bone
Felt so good to the ball the bone got hard
Felt so good it blew the ball apart
Fishbone, naz'tee may'en
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Softly, deftly, music shall caress you
Hear it, feel it secretly possess you
Open up your mind, let your fantasies unwind
In this darkness that you know you cannot fight
The darkness of the music of the night |
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By *at2Couple
over a year ago
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Well You didn't wake up this morning
Cause you didn't go to bed
You were watching the whites of your eyes turn red
The calendar on your wall is ticking the days off
You've been reading some old letters you smile and think how much you've changed
All the money in the world couldn't buy
back those days
You pull back the curtains and the sun burns into your eyes
You watch a plane flying across the big blue sky
This is the day your life will surely change
This is the day when things fall into place
You could've done anything
If you had wanted
And All your friends and family think that your lucky
But the side that you'll never see is when your left alone with the memories that hold your life together like glue.....
THE THE
This is the day
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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There are things that I regret
Like being called a nervous wreck
And working up another sweat for you
There's nothing that I can do
For counterparts and bleeding hearts
And all the things that fall apart for you |
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