Random Lyrics Thread

[GodscousinTed]

We are the village green preservation society
God save donald duck, vaudeville and variety
We are the desperate dan appreciation society
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties
Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do
We are the draught beer preservation society
God save mrs. mopp and good old mother riley
We are the custard pie appreciation consortium
God save the george cross and all those who were awarded them
We are the sherlock holmes english speaking vernacular
Help save fu manchu, moriarty and dracula
We are the office block persecution affinity
God save little shops, china cups and virginity
We are the skyscraper condemnation affiliate
God save tudor houses, antique tables and billiards
Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do
We are the village green preservation society
God save donald duck, vaudeville and variety
We are the desperate dan appreciation society
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties
We are the village green preservation society
God save donald duck, vaudeville and variety
We are the desperate dan appreciation society
God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties
God save the village green.
The Village Green Preservation Society, The Kinks

 

[Billy Batson]

bob dylan - mississippi

[font=Courier, Courier New] Every step of the way we walk the line
Your days are numbered, so are mine
Time is pilin' up, we struggle and we scrape
We're all boxed in, nowhere to escape

City's just a jungle, more games to play
Trapped in the heart of it, trying to get away
I was raised in the country, I been workin' in the town
I been in trouble ever since I set my suitcase down

Got nothing for you, I had nothing before
Don't even have anything for myself anymore
Sky full of fire, pain pourin' down
Nothing you can sell me, I'll see you around

All my powers of expression and thoughts so sublime
Could never do you justice in reason or rhyme
Only one thing I did wrong
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long

Well, the devil's in the alley, mule's in the stall
Say anything you wanna, I have heard it all
I was thinkin' about the things that Rosie said
I was dreaming I was sleeping in Rosie's bed

Walking through the leaves, falling from the trees
Feeling like a stranger nobody sees
So many things that we never will undo
I know you're sorry, I'm sorry too

Some people will offer you their hand and some won't
Last night I knew you, tonight I don't
I need somethin' 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 drownin' 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 nothin' but affection for all those who've sailed with me

Everybody movin' 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

My clothes are wet, tight on my skin
Not as tight as the corner that I painted myself in
I know that fortune is waitin' to be kind
So give me your hand and say you'll be mine

Well, the emptiness is endless, cold as the clay
You can always come back, but you can't come back all the way
Only one thing I did wrong
Stayed in Mississippi a day too long[/font]

 

[cjedick]

All my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity--
Like emptiness in harmony,
I need someone to comfort me!
Homeward bound, I wish I was homeward bound!

Paul Simon's "Homeward Bound"

 

[Links234]

Wolfsheim, "Once in a Lifetime"

it´s getting dark... too soon... a threatening silence...
surrounding me... a wind comes up from the islands...
distance fades to stormy grey
washed out from the deep of the ocean
here I will stand to face your wrath...
while all the others are praying
​

​

calm down my heart... don´t beat so fast...
don´t be afraid just once in a lifetime
no rain can wash away my tears
no wind can soothe my pain
you made me doubt, you made me fear
but now I´m not the same
you took my wife, my unborn son...
torn into the deep of the ocean
I don´t pretend that I love you
´cause there is nothing left to loose
​

​

and when silence comes back to me
I find myself feeling lonely
standing here on the shores of destiny
I find myself feeling lonely
I had a life to give... many dreams to live...
don´t you know that you´re losing so much this time
beyond the waves... I will be free
while all the others are praying
​

​

calm down my heart...
​

​

the love in you, it does not burn,
there is no lesson you can learn
and there are sounds you cannot hear,
and there are feelings you can´t feel
​

​

calm down my heart... don´t beat so fast...
don´t be afraid just once in a lifetime
​

​

I don´t pretend that I love you
and this time I´m not scared of you
​

 

[white_frog914]

Calibretto "American Psycho"

you see me with your eyes
I wear a good disguise
but somehow you still think you know me
my life is empty now
my heart is blackened out
but I gotta fit in
I also gotta be honest with myself before I kill somebody else
the world has done a number on me
compassion is devoid
I'm always so annoyed
my selfishness, it now concedes me

but that's ok cuz no one seems to recognize me anyway
I'm mistaken for someone else constantly throughout my day
I won't get caught cuz no one knows, that I'm an american psycho

I know what brand you wear
I know what kind of pair of pants and shoes and shirts you have on
I dine expensively, with a hard body next to me
but she likely won't see your next thought

but that's ok cuz no one seems to recognize me anyway
I'm mistaken for someone else constantly througout my day
I won't get caught cuz no one knows, that I'm an american psycho
that I'm an american psycho

it's so sad, we only seem to care
about our face and hair
and what makes us look good
your business card is better
you have a bigger room
that could lead to your doom
and I really think it should

did you make it to the top of the world just to die?

I own all the name brands
I have a nicer tan
I excersize and work out daily
I rent some videos
watch the patty winter show
my mind it thinks irrationally

but that's ok cuz no one seems to recognize me anyway
I'm mistaken for someone else constantly througout my day
I won't get caught cuz no one cares, that I'm an american psycho
that I'm an american psycho, that I'm an american psycho

it's so sad, we only seem to care
about our face and hair
and what makes us look good
your business card is better
you have a bigger room
that could lead to your doom
and I really think it should

it's so sad, we only seem to care
about our face and hair
and what makes us look good
your business card is better
you have a bigger room
that could lead to your doom
and I really think it should

did you make it to the top of the world just to die?
oh, did you make it to the top of the world just to die?
you're gonna die !!

 

[cjedick]

She belongs there left with her liberty
Never known as a non-believer
She laughs and stays in the won-won-won-wonderful

She knew how to gather the forest when
God reached softly and moved her body
One golden locket
Quite young and loving her mother and father

Farther down the path was a mystery
Through the recess the chalk and numbers
A boy bumped into the won-won-won-wonderful

All fall down and lost in the mystery
Lost it all to a non-believer
And all that's left is a girl
Who's loved by her mother and father

She'll return in love with the mystery
Never known as a non-believer
She'll sigh and thank God for won-won-won-wonderful

Brian Wilson - "Wonderful"

 

[Nautica]

Just like a photograph
I pick you up
Just like the station on the radio
I pick you up
Just like a face in the crowd
I pick you up
Just like a feeling that you're sending out
I pick it up
But I can't let you go
if I let you go..you slip into the Fog..... Kate Bush "the Fog"

 

[Dying2Live4Christ]

Mid-November - Johnothan Rice

I walked through walls to be with you
In the early nighttime morning came so soon
And on Thursday night New York glowed
I was in your arms black water flowed

And if you were told
Would you ever know

Do you see me tonight
With the coins on my eyes
Love's sweet surprise
The light upon your face
And all the lovers at war
That roll down the line
Love felt so fine
The light upon your face

And while we lie he is alone
Wide eyed lonely and dreaming of home
There is nothing more that I can say
I Just close my eyes let you carry me away

And if you were told
Would you ever know

Do you see me tonight
With the coins on my eyes
Love's sweet surprise
The light upon your face
And all the lovers at war
That roll down the line
Love felt so fine
The light upon your face

Love is always looking for an open grave
To lay down unfold its arms and die

Do you see me tonight
With the coins on my eyes
Love's sweet surprise
The light upon your face
And all the lovers at war
That roll down the line
Love felt so fine
The light upon your face

Laura has the brightest eyes
Laura has the brightest eyes

 

[Tsarina]

Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the word

Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, Eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God's recreation of the new day

- Sung by Cat stevens.

 

[cobaltburrito]

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and they're all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens ev'ry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then I'll fade away and not have to face the facts
It's not easy facin' up when your whole world is black
No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin comes
I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!

 

[field0finnocence]

i'm not sure who's fooling who here
as i'm watching your decay
we both know you could deflate a 7 hurricane
seems like you and your tribe decided you'd rewrite the law
segregate the mind from body and soul
...
i believe in defending in what we once stood for
it seems in vogue to be a closet misogynist homophobe
...
you could have spared her - oh but no
messiahs need people dying in their name

 

[Soclose511]

you used to look my god right in the eye

you say "i ordered you a pancake"

 

[Gentle]

it's true they are too groovy for hell
Friends of mine don't have the time
For food or wine
Just money is on their minds

Life is sweet
On a one-way street
They're indiscrete
And funny, they'll never meet

B-bay-b-bay-b-bay-b-bay-bay-baby...

I gotta get a two-ton truck
I gotta get a two-ton truck
I gotta get a two-ton truck
I gotta get a two-ton truck
I gotta do it to a duck on a two-ton truck and fade away like Ron Rene
All right, all right

You got the magical mystery tour
You got the magical mystery tour
You got the magical mystery tour
You got the magical mystery tour

And Kurt is the Walrus
And Kurt is the Walrus
And the Walrus does funny things to the veins in his left arm
All right

And Michael is now a father, all right
And Michael is now a proud father, all right
And my good friend Michael is now a proud father
And Michael is now a father, all right
And that means Michael's wife is a mother, all right

Up the 13 steps of the gallows walked the condemned man
And time passes very quickly when death is near
After having completed the first step, the condemned man knew there were but 12 left
Before he would meet death and his soul would leave his body
And after having completed the 13 steps the condemned man was met by a giant cloaked figure
And with a quick flick of the wrist the man was dead
And his soul left his body and went down down down
To a place we laughingly refer to as hell
But none of us will ever go there because we're all far too groovy
The man's body was left to rot on the gallows
And a great multitude of black birds came and picked the man's corpse apart
Piece by piece
Limb by limb
Until nothing remained
And his blood melted into the ground below

The gallows was made from a tree created by God
The man's blood dripped into the ground which was created by God
Even the giant cloaked figure which was the man's own end was created by God
Even the man's soul which went down was created by God
Even the black birds which picked the man's corpse apart were created by God
AND WHERE WAS GOD?

In Flanders Fields the poppies grow
between the crosses row on row
to mark the dead

To Flanders Fields the hippies go
to smoke the poppies there below
and feed their heads

And they're all friends of mine, each and every one of them, no better or no worse
And we'll probably end up down there together when it's all over

And that's why we say
b-bay-b-bay-b-bay-b-bay-b-baby ...

It's all over and it's all right.

 

[cjedick]

Light the lamp and fire mellow,
Cabin essence timely hello,
Welcomes the time for a change.

Lost and found, you still remain there.
You'll find a meadow filled with grain there.
I'll give you a home on the range.

Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?
Who ran the iron horse?

I want to watch you windblown facing
Waves of wheat for your embracing.
Folks sing a song of the grange.

Nestle in a kiss below there.
The constellations ebb and flow there.
And witness our home on the range.

Who ran the iron horse?
(Truck driving man do what you can)
Who ran the iron horse?
(High-tail your load off the road)
Who ran the iron horse?
(Out of night-life-it's a gas man)
Who ran the iron horse?
(I don't believe I gotta grieve)
Who ran the iron horse?
(In and out of luck)
Who ran the iron horse?
(With a buck and a booth)
Who ran the iron horse?
(Catchin' on to the truth)
Who ran the iron horse?
(In the vast past, the last gasp)
Who ran the iron horse?
(In the land, in the dust, trust that you must)
Who ran the iron horse?
(Catch as catch can)

Have you seen the grand coolie workin' on the railroad?
Have you seen the grand coolie workin' on the railroad?
Have you seen the grand coolie workin' on the railroad?

Over and over,
The crow cries uncover the cornfield.
Over and over,
The thresher and hover the wheat field.

Over and over,
The crow cries uncover the cornfield.
Over and over,
The thresher and hover the wheat field.

Over and over,
The crow cries uncover the cornfield.
Over and over,
The thresher and hover the wheat field.

Brian Wilson - Cabin Essence

 

[Gentle]

The master

Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didn't you?
People'd call, say, "Beware doll, you're bound to fall"
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin' out
Now you don't talk so loud
Now you don't seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You've gone to the finest school all right, Miss Lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out you're gonna have to get used to it
You said you'd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
He's not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it ain't no good
You shouldn't let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain't it hard when you discover that
He really wasn't where it's at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
They're drinkin', thinkin' that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But you'd better lift your diamond ring, you'd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At Napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you can't refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

 

[ThinkJesus]

Games by The Nova Local

(Background vocals in parenthesis)

Don't look, you can't never see.
So why bother tryin'?
Turn your back on me.
Out there, you fit so well. (out there)
What's there? You can not tell. (what's there)
Your games just don't make sense, (your games)
when you play them at my expense.
Yeah, when you play them at my expense. (play them at my expense)

Baby, open your eyes. (open your eyes girl yeah)
Look around you, is it real? (is this all real)
Baby, I can see, I can think, I can feel. (what will you feel)
I can feel.

Don't cry, you have got no tears.
So why bother tryin'?
It just might take years
for you to realize. (for you)
It's true, you hear no cries. (it's true)
Your games just don't make sense, (your games)
when you play them at my expense.
Yeah, when you play them at my expense. (play them at my expense)

[guitar break]

Out there, you fit so well. (out there)
What's there? You can not tell. (what's there)
Your games just don't make sense, (your games)
when you play them at my expense.
Yeah, when you play them at my expense. (play them at my expense)

Baby, open your eyes. (open your eyes girl yeah)
Look around you, is it real? (is this all real)
Baby, I can see, I can think, I can feel. (what will you feel)
I can see, I can think, I can feel. (I can see, I can think, I can feel.)
I can see, I can think, I can feel. (I can see, I can think, I can feel.)

Written and sung by Rand Winburn, who now runs this web site:
http://www.iconbusters.com/iconbusters/index.htm

 

[brightlights]

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all 'round the sun

What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In the blink of an eye and be gone

-Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel

 

[blackwasp]

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all 'round the sun

What a beautiful dream
That could flash on the screen
In the blink of an eye and be gone

-Jeff Mangum of Neutral Milk Hotel

I've liked that song for a long time, but I've really been loving it recently. My favorite parts are:

And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me

and...

What a beautiful face
I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
And when we meet on a cloud
I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all

 

[blackwasp]

"Baby Blue Sedan" -- Modest Mouse

A nice heart and a white suit and a baby blue sedan
And I am doing the best that I can
All the eunuchs, they were standing in rows
singing, "Please stud us out just as fast as you possibly can."
Sad song, last dance and no one knows who the band was
And Henry, you danced like a wooden Indian
Except this one mattered and I felt it had a spirit
And I shot the story because I didn't hear it that way
And it's hard to be a human being
And it's harder as anything else
And I'm lonesome when you're around
And I'm never lonesome when I'm by myself
And I miss you when you're around

 

[GodscousinTed]

"Hippo Stomp"

If I should go astray and say "I lost my way" nobody would know me
But if I don't believe I can and still say "Hear my plan"
Somebody would follow just because it's free

We're all Hippos rollin' down the river
Sometimes we can't touch the ground
Like Hippos slidin' in the water
Somehow we're stompin' around

If you should go astray and say "I lost my way" nobody will know you
But if you don't believe you can and still say "I'm your man"
Somebody will follow just because it's free

We're all Hippos rollin' down the river
Sometimes we can't touch the ground
Like Hippos slindin' in the water
Somehow we're stompin' around

Now you can see me lyin' down in my swamp
Any time I feel disgusted
You'll see me do the hippo stomp

You stop and watch me while you're out on your midnite romp
And I can feel the silent question
What the heck is the Hippo Stomp?

Hey! Hey! You should try it when you're feelin' blue
Let me answer you and let me tell ya true
Just how I feel when I'm down
Sometimes I wonder
You'll see me stumblin' around
But you just point and stare
Come on let me hear ya
Somewhere there's a voice down inside
And when you find it let it teach you how to ask the question "why"
Just because we live together
We don't have to like each other
So please don't fall asleep on me again
Nobody, nobody, nobody knows for sure
You just might never wake up from the dream
Hey! Speak up let me hear ya
Let me show you 'round the reservation
I know my way around these parts
I've lived here long enough
Now you can have a taste, an indication
Of things and times to come
Early in the morning, late at night
Somebody seems to know just how this thing work's right
'Cause every time I come around the corner somebody's looking out my door
He's been snoopin' like a hound
I'll grab his neck and shake him on down

We're all Hippos rollin' down the river
Sometimes we can't touch the ground
Like Hippos slindin' in the water
Somehow we're stompin' around...
-Steppenwolf