A Song For You. (Lyrics Thread)

[SlowwHand]

Chapter 14 of lyrics thread.

A Song For You
Leon Russell


I've been so many places in my life and time
I've sung a lot of songs I've made some bad rhyme
I've acted out my love in stages
With ten thousand people watching
But we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you

I know your image of me is what I hope to be
I've treated you unkindly but darlin' can't you see
There's no one more important to me
Darlin' can't you please see through me
Cause we're alone now and I'm singing this song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you

You taught me precious secrets of the truth witholding nothing
You came out in front and I was hiding
But now I'm so much better and if my words don't come together
Listen to the melody cause my love is in there hiding

I love you in a place where there's no space or time
I love you for in my life you are a friend of mine
And when my life is over
Remember when we were together
We were alone and I was singing this song for you
We were alone and I was singing this song for you

[Skanky Burns]

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
(He's a lumberjack and he's okay,
he sleeps all night and he works all day)

I cut down trees, I eat my lunch, I go to the lavatory,
On Wednesdays I go shopping, and have buttered scones for tea.
(He cuts down trees, he eats his lunch, he goes to the lavatory,
On Wednesdays he goes shopping, and has buttered scones for tea)

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.

I cut down trees, I skip and jump, I like to press wild flowers,
I put on women's clothing and hang around in bars.
(He cuts down trees, he skips and jumps, he likes to press wild flowers
He puts on women's clothing and hangs around in bars??)

I'm a lumberjack and I'm okay,
I sleep all night and I work all day.

I cut down trees, I wear high heels, suspenders and a bra.
I wish I'd been a girly, just like my dear Papa.
(He cuts down trees, he wears high heels, suspenders? and a bra???)
(girlfriend: I thought you were so rugged! oh, you!!)

(walks out)

He's a lumberjack and he's okay,
he sleeps all night and he works all day.
He's a lumberjack and he's okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.....
he sleeps all night and he works all day

[Pekka]

I live in tiger land
I'm an indian man
I used to walk around
with a snake in my hand
Dr. Bombay is my name
and my father had the same
but everything has changed
here in tiger land

Chorus:
S.O.S the tiger took my father
S.O.S the tiger took my brother
S.O.S the tiger took my mother
S.O.S the tiger took my family

We live in town Calcutta
in a little wooden house
I lived there with my family
and twenty-one cows
but now they're all gone
and life not so fun
but what can you expect
here in tiger land

Chorus

One day in the big jungle
a tiger took my snake
it wasn't really funny
what a big mistake
I took my brothers slingshoot
and shoot the tiger down
this is how we do it
here in tiger land

Chorus
Chorus
Chorus

[Alex]

The KKK Took My Baby Away

She went away for the holidays
Said she's going to L.A.
but she never got there
She never got there
She never got there, they say

(repeat)

The KKK took my baby away
they took her away
away from me
The KKK took my baby
they took her away
away from me

now I don't know
Where my baby can be
they took her from me
they took her from me
I don't know
where my baby can be
they took her from me
they took her from me

ring me, ring me, ring me
Up the President
and find out
Where my baby went
ring me, ring me, ring me
Up the FBI
and find out if
my baby's alive
yeah, yeah, yeah

o-o-o-o-o-o
o-o-o-o-o-o

She went away for the holidays

(repeat)

The KKK took my baby away

(repeat)

They took my girl
They took my baby away

[Az]

Pekka

[Skanky Burns]

The Horrorist
Flesh is the Fever

Let me take you into the future...
Deep into a different time.
Let me grip onto your face...
and bring you to this new place.

Super-social amphetamine.
The queer tune of control.
The panic disorder gripping...
the entire race has a whole.

Flesh is the fever of force...
and it’s the sound without remorse.
Rampant is the army of disease...
that brings you to your knees!

You can’t believe everything you hear.
You can’t believe everything you see.
The conspiracies are ever growing...
and all you can believe in is me!

These are the things, are the things to come.
These are the things, are the things to come.
These are the things, are the things to come.
These are the things, are the things to come.

[SlowwHand]

Before You Accuse Me
Eric Clapton


Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I've been spending my money on other women
You've been taking money from someone else

I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago
I called your mama 'bout three or four nights ago
Well your mother said Son
Don't call my daughter no more

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I've been spending my money on other women
You've been taking money from someone else



Come back home baby, try my love one more time
Come back home baby, try my love one more time
If I don't go on and quit you
I'm gonna lose my mind


Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself
You say I've been spending my money on other women
You've been taking money from someone else

[Pekka]

One day when i got hungry
I sold the wooden house
I had to visit Uncle Ghandi
who lives in Calcutta town

Uncle Ghandi he is rich
he is a taxi driver man
and I know that he will help me
as much as he can

A taxi driver man is what
Iwant to be
but there are no customers
who want to ride with me
I dont know why
could be that I am almost blind
but every street in Calcutta I can find

Chorus:
Calcutta,
I am an taxi driver in
Calcutta,
I drive my little taxi in
Calcutta,
taxi, taxi, taxi, in
Calcutta
I am an taxi driver man

I like to drive the taxi
I like it very much
even though I have no licence
I always find the clutch
I can drive it off my head
I can drive it off my feet
and I have no problems
getting taxi on the street

Chorus

Solo:
Calle Calle cutta cutta cutta
EH OH

Chorus

[Bereta_Eder]

The KKK Took My Baby Away

Sisters of Mercy
More




Some people get by
With a little understanding
Some people get by
With a whole lot more
I don't know
Why you gotta be so undemanding
One thing I know
I want more
I want more

(and I need all the love that I can't get to)
(and I need all the love I can get)
(and I need all the love that I can't get to)

D'you get scared to feel so much?
To let somebody touch you?
So hot, so cold, so far so out of control
Hard to come by, and harder to hold

Some people get by
With a little understanding
Some people get by
With a whole lot more
I don't know
Why you gotta be so undemanding
I want more

(and I need all the love I can get)
(and I need all the love that I can't get to)
(and I need all the love I can get)
(and I need all the love that I can't get to)

There are parts of me that don't get nervous
Not the parts that shake
You won't get what you deserve
You are what you take
Learning to cry for fun and profit
I'm not done yet
Counterfeit dollars or the English zloty
Anything I can get

Some people get by
With a little understanding
Some people get by
With a whole lot more
I don't know
Why you gotta be so undemanding
One thing I know
I want more

(and I need all the love I can get)
(and I need all the love that I can't get to)
(and I need all the love I can get)
(and I need all the love that I can't get to)

All the love that you can get
All the love
That I can't get to...

[Pekka]

paiktis, as long as it's not SAGAPOOOOOO!

[Bereta_Eder]

but the costumes are almost the same on the video

plus he has a stick

[monolith94]

I walk along the city streets you used to walk along with me
and every step I take reminds me of just how we used to be

Well, how can I forget you, girl?

When there is allways something there to remind me.
always something there to remind me.

As shadows fall, I pass a small cafe where we would dance at night
And I can't help recalling how it how it felt to kiss and hold you tight

Well, how can I forget you, girl?

When there is allways something there to remind me
always something there to remind me
I was born to love her, and I'll never be free
You'll always be a part of me

If you should find you miss the sweet and tender love we used to share
Just go back to the places where we used to go, and I'll be there

Well, how can I forget you, girl?

When there is allways something there to remind me
always something there to remind me
I was born to love her, and I'll never be free
You'll always be a part of me

'cause there is always something there to remind me
always something there to remind me
always something there to remind me

[Stefu]

Firewater - Car Crash Collaborator

You never would believe
the things that I have seen in my professional career
Where people can be cruel
But honestly, I never meant to hurt you

I'm just a car crash collaborator
I'm just a cold cash negotiator

As you crawl from the debris
Remember that it's just the way I feed my family
I'm sorry about the scars
(At least you can still count yourself among the living)

Keep one eye on the road and the other on your wheel
Because when you least except it you got the most to fear

From the car crash collaborator
I'm just a cold cash negotiator
Baby I'm a car crash collaborator
I'm just a cold cash negotiator

Sipping on an oxygen coctail with an ambulance chaser
Sipping on an oxygen coctail with an ambulance chaser
Sipping on an oxygen coctail with an ambulance chaser
Sipping on an oxygen coctail...

[ixnay]

NOFX - The Decline (arguably the greatest song, ever)

Where are all the stupid people from?
And how'd they get to be so dumb?
Bred on purple mountain range
Feed amber waves of grains
To lesser human beings, zero feelings

Blame it on
Human nature, mans destiny (mans destiny)
Blame it on the greediocracy (greediocracy)
Fear of God
The fear of change
The fear of truth

Add the Bill of Rights, subtract the wrongs
There's no answers
Memorize and sing star spangled songs
When the questions
Aren't ever asked
Is anybody learning from the past?
We're living in united stagnation

Father what have I done?
I took that .22
A gift to me from you
To bed with me each night
Kept it clean
Polished it well
Cherished every cartridge, every shell

Down, by the creek, under brush, under dirt
There's a carcass of my second kill
Down, by the park, under stone, under pine
There's a carcass of my brother William
Brother where, have you gone to?
I swear, I never thought I could
I see so many times
They told me to shoot straight
Don't pull the trigger, squeeze
That will insure a kill
A kill is what you want
A kill is why we breed

The Christians love their guns
The church and NRA
Pray for their salvations
Prey on the lower faiths

The story book's been read
And every line believed
Curriculum's been set
Logic is a threat
Reason searched and seized

Jerry spent some time in Michigan
A twenty year vacation, after all he had a dime
A dime is worth a lot more in Detroit
A dime in California, a twenty dollar fine

Jerry only stayed a couple months
It's hard to enjoy yourself while bleeding out the ass
Asphyxiation is simple and fast
It beats seventeen fun years of being someones *****

Don't think (Stay)
Drink your wine (Home)
Watch the fire burn (Be)
His problems not mine (Safe)
Just be that model citizen

I wish I had a schilling
(For each senseless killing)
For every senseless killing
I'd buy a government
America's for sale
And you can get a good deal on it
(A good deal on it)
And make a healthy profit
Or maybe, tear it apart
Start with assumption
That a million people are smart
Smarter than one

Serotonin's gone
She gave up, drifted away
Sara fled, thought process gone
She left her answering machine on
The greeting left spoken sincere
Messages no one will ever hear

Ten thousand messages a day
A million more transmissions lay
Victims of the laissez faire
Ten thousand voices, a hundred guns
A hundred decibels turns to one
One bullet, one empty head
Now with Serotonin gone

The man who used to speak
Performs a cute routine
Feel a little patronized
Don't feel bad
They found a way inside your head
And you feel a bit misled
It's not that they don't care, yeah

The television's put a thought inside your head
Llike a Barry Manilow, jingle
I'd like, to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
A symphonic blank stare, yeah
It doesn't make you care (make you care)
Not designed to make you care (make you care)
They're betting you won't care (you won't...)

Place a wager on your greed
A wager on your pride
Why try to beat them when, a million others tried?

We are the whore
Intellectually spayed
We are the queer
Dysfunctionally raised

One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
One more pill to kill the pain
Living through conformity

One more prayer to keep me safe
One more prayer to keep us warm
One more prayer to keep us safe
There's gonna be a better place

Lost the battle, lost the war
Lost the things worth living for
Lost the will to win the fight
One more pill to kill the pain

Na na na na na
La na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na

The going get tough, the tough get debt
Don't pay attention, pay the rent
Next of kins pay for your sins
A little faith should keep us safe

Save us
The human, existence
Is failing, resistance
Essential, the future
Written off, the odds are
Astronomically against us
Only moron and genius
Would fight a losing battle
Against the super ego
When giving in is so damn comforting

And so we go, on with our lives
We know the truth, but prefer lies
Lies are simple, simple is bliss
Why go against tradition when we can
Admit defeat, live in decline
Be the victim of our own design
The status quo, built on suspect
Why would anyone stick out their neck?

Fellow members
Club "We've Got Ours"
I'd like to introduce you to our host
He's got his, and I've got mine
Meet the decline

We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war
We are worker
We love our queen
We sacrifice
We're soylent green

We are the queer
We are the whore
Ammunition
In the class war

[Alex]

I don't know if it's the greatest, but it probably is the longest...

[ixnay]

18:18 long. It's just plain amazing. Anyways:

Spineshank - Asthmatic

It starts to tear me down
Destroyed by the world i create
It left the nerve exposed
Feel like i've lost my cause
Frustrations all i have left
It's what has reduced me to this
Turned me against my self
it's still a alost cause

I can't keep doing this to my self
But it's the only way to forget who i am

Your disabilty
Kept pushing me away
It went beneath what's so real to me
And threw it all away
I underestimated
The lenghts that you have gone
To deny who you are
You threw it all away

I will keep doing this to myself
'Cause it's the only way to forget who i am

I never wanted your help
I never needed your help
This failure has to be all mine and mine now
I'll turn my back on my self
If it's the only way out
It can only help me if it herts

I won't give into, I wont give into...
I won't become one of your lies

I never wanted your help
I never needed your help
This failure has to be all mine and mine now
I'll turn my back on my self
If it's the only way out
I'm too tired to feel anything anyway

I will keep doing this to myself
'Cause it's the only way to forget who i am

I never wanted your help
I never needed your help
This failure has to be all mine and mine now
I'll turn my back on my self
If it's the only way out
I'm too tired to feel anything anyway

I have become on of your lies

[Stefu]

Pekka, you just gone and reminded me of my preteenhood and watching Jyrki and Lista. Now I just have to do this.

Captain Jack - Captain Jack

Go...
Left, go right
Go pick up the step,
Go left, go right, go left


Forward march
Ae-Ho Captain Jack
(Ae-Ho Captain Jack)
Bring me back to the railroad track
(Bring me back to the railroad track)
Give me a gun in my hand,
(Give me a gun in my hand,
I will be your shooting man
(I will be your shooting man,)
Left, right, left
(Left, right, left)
The military step,
(The military step,)
The airforce rap,
(The airforce rap,)
The seventeen is the best
(The seventeen is the best)


Go...
Left, go right
Go pick up the step,
Go left, go right, go left


Go...
Left, go right
Go pick up the step,
Go left, go right, go left


We're running to the railroad track
Run along with Captain Jack
Badadadideido,
Run along with Captain Jack
Run into the peacecamp back
Run along with Captain Jack
Badadadideido, badideido, Badideidideidideido
Badadadideido,
Left, right, right, left
Badadadideido,
Run along with Captain Jack


Go...
Left, go right
Go pick up the step,
Go left, go right, go left

Sex on the Phone - E-Rotic

Baby this is number one
And we'll have a lot of fun
Baby this is number two
And I tell you what to do
Baby this is number three
Feel my hand right on your knee
Baby baby just relax
Max will give you telephone sex

*Sex on the phone
I'm so alone
Some sex on the phone
I need it so
Okay - I do what you'll say - come on

*Repeat

**Gimme sex on the phone
So I can feel
Your sex on the phone is really real
Your touch - I want it so much
I want - sex on the phone
Just make me fly just make me cry
Just make me come and get me high

Baby this is number four
So just lie down on the floor
Baby this is number five
Make your fingers come alive
Baby this is number six
And I know you know the tricks
Don't want you to get perplexed
Just enjoy the telephone sex

and the sugar on the bottom...

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 mewhat you want, what you really really want,
I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ah
If you want my future forget my past,
If you wanna get with me better make it fast,
Now don't go wasting my precious time,
Get your act together we could be just fine

I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want,
So tell me what you want, what you really really want,
Iwanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ah

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is

What do you think about that now you know how I feel,
Say you can handle my love are you for real,
I won't be hasty, I'll give you a try
If youreally bug me then I'll say goodbye

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 wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna really
really really wanna zigazig ah

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way itis

So here's a story from A to Z, you wanna get with me
you gotta listen carefully,
We got Em in the place who likes it in your face,
we got G like MC who likes it on an
Easy V doesn't come for free, she's a real lady,
and as for me you'll see,
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta get with my friends,
Make it last forever friendship never ends,
If you wanna be my lover, you have got to give,
Taking is too easy, but that's the way it is

If you wanna be my lover, you gotta, you gotta, you gotta,
you gotta, you gotta, slam, slam,slam, slam
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your bodydown and wind it all around
Slam your body down and wind it all around
Slam your body down zigazig ah
If you wanna be my lover

...

I AM NOT ASHAMED!

[Pekka]

S.W.E.A.T has the best lyrics, I can't find them though.. in some Suomithreadi anyway.

[SlowwHand]

Foreigner Suite
Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam)

There are no words, I can use
Because the meaning still leaves for you to choose
And I couldn't stand to let them be abused, by you.

Dreams I had just last night
Made me scared, white with fright
But I'm over to that Sunnyside Road
Over to that Sunnyside Road

Fortunes come and fortunes go
But things get better babe, that's one thing I know
And I'm over to that Sunnyside Road
Over to that Sunnyside Road

I have a friend that I have met
Who gives me love and a certain respect
Just a little respect, everybody needs just a little respect
That means you. . .you...

And in a little while our love will spread
To you
Ain't no matter who inside this world you know
There'll he someone who will love you just for who you are
Really are

Dreams I had just last night
Made me worried to face up to the light
But I'm over to that Sunnyside Road
Over to that Sunnyside Road

Come on now it's freedom calling
Come on over and find yourself
Come on now it's freedom calling
Come on in and remind yourself

Oh darling, you see my face
But it's in my heart that's where it's taking place
And I couldn't stand to let it go to waste
Can you ...

Oh love, sweet blue love
No man can ever get enough
But maybe one day we'll all die in love
Will you . .. Oh love, sweet love, my... love

Oh babe, understand
Take my love that's all I have at hand
Please say you will ... Don't say you can't
Oh Will you Will you Will you

The moment you walked inside my door
I knew' that I need not look no more
I've seen many other girls before, ah but darling
Heaven must've programmed you

The moment you fell inside my dreams
I realised all I had not seen
I've seen many other girls before, ah hot darling
Heaven must've programmed you

You can live in the largest house
And eleven apartments too
Run your own private plane
And a boat in Malibu

But 'till you know' deep down what inside you really need
Well I love you baby, Ooh my dear
And I think about you sometimes
But when you're with me boy it chokes my mind

Come on now it's freedom calling
Come on over and find yourself
Come on now it's freedom calling
Come on in and remind yourself

Man must fight for freedom sure that's what most other people would say
Look for a body to lead them but there's too many to lead them away.
Why wait until it's your time to die before you learn what you were born to do'?
Come on now it's freedom calling but there's only one freedom for you.
Love, love boy...
And I can't wait to be with you tomorrow night.

Won't you give me your word that you won't laugh
Cos you've been a saving grace to me
And I'd hate to face a day without you around
My life would be without sound

Love, love, love, love must've made you on a Sunday
Cos you taste to me as good as God made honey taste babe
And the sky all glistens with gold
When you're talking to me
And the whirling wind turns to song
Why it sets my soul free

Love, love. love. Love must've made you on a Sunday

There are no words. I can use
Because the meaning still leaves for you to choose
And I couldn't stand to let them be abused, by you

[ixnay]

Originally posted by Stefu
Captain Jack - Captain Jack

Good song to dance to in Dance Dance Revolution.

The Offspring - Tehran

In your plane in the blue sky
You roam again
Word that echo in your mind
Make you heart beat faster
This is no Vietnam
We will win in Iran

The President said let it ride
Islam be damned
Make your last stand
In Tehran

Warrior, the time bombs
About to go
What will you feel
Will you even wonder
If the man that'sin your sights
Ever kissed his girl goodbye

The President said let it ride
Islam be damned
Make your last stand
In Tehran

Great Satan
Our flags our burning

Soon America may find
Its young men in the sand
Where there casualty
Is just a number
In Iran

The President said let it ride
Islam be damned
Make your last stand
In Tehran

[Pekka]

Snow
Informer

What's up man hey yo what's up
Yeah what's goin' on here
Sick an' tired of five-oh runnin' up on the block here
You know what I'm sayin'


CHORUS:
Informer you no say daddy me Snow me I'll go blame
A licky boom boom down
Detective mon said daddy me Snow me stab someone down the lane
A licky Boom Boom Down.

CHORUS

Police them come an' now they blow down me door
One him come crawl through through my window
So then they put me in the back the car at the station
From that point on me reach my destination
When the destination reached it was the east detention
Where them whipped down me pants looked up me bottom so


CHORUS.

Bigger they are they think they have more power
They're on the phone me say that on (every) hour
Me for want to use it once an' now me call me lover
Lover who I'll be callin is the one Tammy
An' me love her in me heart down to my belly
Yes me daddy me Snow me I feel cool an' deadly
As the one MC Shan an' the one daddy Snow
Together we-a love 'em as a Tor-Na-Do

CHORUS


Listen for me you better listen for me now (x2)
When me rockin' the microphone me rock it steady
Yes sir daddy me Snow me are the article don
But in the in an' the out of a dance them they say where you come from
People them say you come from Jamaica
But me born an' raised in the ghetto that's the one I want you to know
Pure black people mon that's all I mon know
Yeah me shoes are tear up an' me toes used to show
Where me born in on the one Toronto so

CHORUS.

Come with a nice young lady.
Intelligent yes she's gentle an' irie
Everywhere me go me never left her at all
Yes its daddy Snow me are the roam dance mon
Roam between a dancin' in a in a nation-a
You never know say daddy me Snow me are the Boom Shakata
Me never lay-a down flat in that one cardboard box
Yes say me Daddy me Snow me I'll go reachin' at the top so

CHORUS.


Why would he (x2)


Me sittin' 'round cool with my dibbie dibbie girl
Police knock my door lick up my pal
Rough me up an' I can't do a thing
Pick up my line when my telephone ring
Take me to the station black up my hands
Trail me down 'cuz I'm hangin' with the Snowman
What I'm gonna do I'm backed an' I'm trapped
Slap me in the face an' took all o' my gap
They have no clues an' they wanna get warmer
But Shan won't turn informer

CHORUS

[monolith94]

Cat Stevens? Thumbs up!

[Static Universe]

I'm Your Late Night Evening Prostitute
Tom Waits
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Well I got here at eight and I'll be here till two
I'll try my best to entertain you and
Please don't mind me if I get a bit crude
I'm your late night evening prostitute

So drink your martinis and stare at the moon
Don't mind me I'll continue to croon
Don't mind me if I get a bit loon
I'm your late night evening prostitute

And dance, have a good time
I'll continue to shine
Yes Dance, have a good time
Don't mind me if I slip upon a rhyme

Well I got here at eight and I'll be here till two
I'll try my best to entertain you and
Please don't mind me if I get a bit crude
I'm your late night evening prostitute
I'm your late night evening prostitute

[Clear Skies]

As always, these are compulsory in any new thread...

Don McLean - American Pie

A long long time ago
I can still remember how
That music used to make me smile
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And maybe they'd be happy for a while
But February made me shiver
With every paper I'd deliver
Bad news on the doorstep
I couldn't take one more step
I can't remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride
But something touched me deep inside
**The day the music died**
So...

(Chorus)
Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die

Did you write the book of love
And do you have faith in God above
If the Bible tells you so?
Now do you believe in rock and roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?

Well, I know that you're in love with him
'cause I saw you dancin' in the gym
You both kicked off your shoes
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues
I was a lonely teenage broncin' buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died
I started singin'

(Chorus)

Now, for ten years we've been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rolling stone
But, that's not how it used to be
When the jester sang for the king and queen
In a coat he borrowed from James Dean
And a voice that came from you and me
Oh and while the king was looking down
The jester stole his thorny crown
The courtroom was adjourned
No verdict was returned
And while Lenin read a book on Marx
The quartet practiced in the park
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died
We were singin'

(Chorus)

Helter skelter in a summer swelter
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter
Eight miles high and falling fast
It landed foul on the grass
The players tried for a forward pass
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast
Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While sergeants played a marching tune
We all got up to dance
Oh, but we never got the chance
'cause the players tried to take the field
The marching band refused to yield
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?
We started singin'

(Chorus)

Oh, and there we were all in one place
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again
So come on Jack be nimble, Jack be quick
Jack Flash sat on a candlestick
'cause fire is the devil's only friend
And as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage
No angel born in Hell
Could break that Satan's spell
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite
I saw Satan laughing with delight
The day the music died
He was singin'

(Chorus)

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news
But she just smiled and turned away
I went down to the sacred store
Where I'd heard the music years before
But the man there said the music wouldn't play
And in the streets the children screamed
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
But not a word was spoken
The church bells all were broken
And the three men I admire most-
the Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost-
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died
And they were singing

Bye, bye Miss American Pie
Drove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry
Them good ole boys were drinking whiskey and rye
Singin' this'll be the day that I die
This'll be the day that I die...


Joni Mitchell - Both Sides, Now

Rows and flows of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
I've looked at clouds that way

But now they only block the sun
They rain and snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now

From up and down, and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all

Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way you feel
As ev'ry fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way

But now it's just another show
You leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away

I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take, and still somehow
It's love's illusions I recall
I really don't know love at all

Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say "I love you" right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way

But now old friends are acting strange
They shake their heads, they say I've changed
Well something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day

I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
I've looked at life from both sides now
From up and down, and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all


Texas - In Demand

When we were together I was blown away
Just like paper from a fan
But you would act like I was just a kid
Like we were never gonna' last

But now I've got someone who cares for me, (yeah)
Wrote my name in silver sands
I think you know you've lost the love of your life
(you said) I was the best you've ever had

But now I'm in demand
You're thinking of the way you should've of held my hand
and all the times you'd say you didn't understand
You never had our love written in your plans
But now I'm in demand

Don't ever think you saw the best of me
There's a side you'll never know
'cos love and loving are two different things
Set your sights far too low

But now i've got someone who cares for me, (yeah)
He wrote my name in silver sands
I think you know you've lost the love of your life
(you said) I was the best you've ever had

But now I'm in demand
You're thinking of the way you should've of held my hand
and all the times you'd say you didn't understand
You never had our love written in your plans

But now I'm in demand
You're thinking of the way you should've of held my hand
and all the times you'd say you didn't understand
You never had our love written in your plans
But now I'm in demand

It's only when I fall asleep
I see that winning smile
When my dreams just move along
You've lost the race by miles

But now I'm in demand
You're thinking of the way you should've of held my hand
and all the times you'd say you didn't understand
You never had our love written in your plans
But now I'm in demand

but now I'm in demand, (yeah)
You know I'm in demand
(say you're in demand)
You know I'm in demand, (yeah)

Always in demand, (yeah)

Never had our love written in your plans

You know I'm in demand

[SlowwHand]

For the ACS Gay community, who as a whole, are a good-hearted group of people, and I offended them.
Out of character for me, and I apologize.




The Killing Of Georgie
(Rod Stewart)

In these days of changing ways
so called liberated days
a story comes to mind of a friend of mine

Georgie boy was gay I guess
nothin' more or nothin' less
the kindest guy I ever knew

His mother's tears fell in vain
the afternoon George tried to explain
that he needed love like all the rest

Pa said there must be a mistake
how can my son not be straight
after all I've said and done for him

Leavin' home on a Greyhound bus
cast out by the ones he loves
A victim of these gay days it seems

Georgie went to New York town
where he quickly settled down
and soon became the toast of the great white way

Accepted by Manhattan's elite
in all the places that were chic
No party was complete without George

Along the boulevards he'd cruise
and all the old queens blew a fuse
Everybody loved Georgie boy

The last time I saw George alive
was in the summer of seventy-five
he said he was in love I said I'm pleased

George attended the opening night
of another Broadway hype
but split before the final curtain fell

Deciding to take a short cut home
arm in arm they meant no wrong
A gentle breeze blew down Fifth Avenue

Out of a darkened side street came
a New Jersey gang with just one aim
to roll some innocent passer-by
There ensued a fearful fight
screams rang out in the night
Georgie's head hit a sidewalk cornerstone

A leather kid, a switchblade knife
He did not intend to take his life
He just pushed his luck a little too far that night

The sight of blood dispersed the gang
A crowd gathered, the police came
An ambulance screamed to a halt on Fifty-third and Third

Georgie's life ended there
but I ask who really cares
George once said to me and I quote

He said "Never wait or hesitate
Get in kid, before it's too late
You may never get another chance
'Cos youth a mask but it don't last
live it long and live it fast"
Georgie was a friend of mine

Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie, Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay

[HolyWarrior]

At the End of the Day--Spock's Beard 16:38

Earth - dancing 'round the fire
Come - meet the western sky
Life - walking on a wire
Reach - to know the reason why

At the end of the day
You'll be lying in a suit of Grey
At the end of the day
You'll be fine

They - won't do you any favors
('Till the slate is clean)
You - you walk a lonely line
Slide - with punks and drunks and sailors
(In the big machine)
Down - you meet the rest of life

At the end of the day
It's what you do not what you say
At the end of the day
You'll be fine
At the end of the day
It doesn't matter anyway
At the end of the day
You'll be fine
You'll be fine

Great wheel is broken - you've got no fortune left
Out of the sunlight - out of the great undead
And you can't even sleep at night
And you literally curse each day
You could give or give back your life anyway

Concrete and jungle
They've stretched and hung you out
You can't turn the clock back
It's too late to turn back now
And you can't even hold your own
And you feel like you're all alone
And you never feel like you're home anywhere

At the end of the day
There won't be anymore
(So turn the world around)
At the end of the day
We'll know what this was for
(As the sun keeps comin' down)
At the end of the day
You won't feel any pain
(As the sky begins to fall)
At the end of the day
You'll be feeling right as rain
(As the veil reveals it all)

Lightning calls you
It's time to go
Something keeps telling you
But you don't want to know

Feel your heart like a window open slow
Say goodbye to the world that you know
At the end of the road

It begins, it believes and it sees for all time
She's coming down my way
It is here, as it breathes and it sees for the blind
She's holding me finally

You've been schooled
Had aggression in large amounts
Just be truthful
It's everything that counts

There is no hand waiting that must be paid
We will leave our encores all unplayed
At the end of the day

It begins, it believes and it sees for all time
She's coming down my way
It is here, as it breathes and it sees for the blind
She's holding me finally

It begins, it believes and it blows me away
It is here, as it breathes at the end of the day
She's coming down my way

It begins, as it ends and it won't be unkind
She's coming down my way
It is here, as it breathes and it eases my mind
Here it is finally
It begins, as it ends and it blows me away
It is here, as it lives at the end of the day
Here it is finally

Earth - dancing 'round the fire
Come - breathe the breath of life
Life - walking on a wire
Just - let it all in tonight

At the end of the day
It's what you do not what you say
At the end of the day
You've got time
At the end of the day
You'll be dreaming as you fly away
At the end of the day
You'll be fine, you'll be fine

[Clear Skies]

Just because the snow has me stuck at home, and I'm not exactly crying my eyes out...

The Life Of Riley

Lost in the Milky Way,
smile at the empty sky and wait for
the moment a million chances may all collide.
I'll be the guiding light,
swim to me through stars that shine down,
and call to the sleeping World as they fall to Earth.

So here's your life,
we'll find our way,
we're sailing blind,
but it's certain nothing's certain.
I don't mind,
I get the feeling
you'll be fine,
I still believe
that in this World,
we've got to find the time...
for the Life of Riley.

From cradles and sleepless nights,
you breathe in life forever,
and stare at the World from deep under eiderdown.
Although this World is a crazy ride,
you just take your seat and hold on tight.

So here's your life,
we'll find our way,
we're sailing blind,
but it's certain nothing's for certain.
I don't mind,
I get the feeling
you'll be fine,
I still believe
that in this World,
we've got to find the time...
for the first time...

Blowing Bubbles
A whole night...
of talking in circles,
searching for the reasons to save us,
and keep it all painless.
All the lies you've had to swallow,
just to face the World tomorrow...

Blowing bubbles it's the final straw,
they never last too long but for a moment
there's perfection floating through an open door,
but if you try to hold it
then it turns to nothing.

Your whole world...
can turn on a moment,
some things can come back and haunt you,
but they're too late to warn you.
Drinking in the dead of night,
tobacco clouds that sting your eyes,
you've locked your feelings deep inside,
growing pains that never die.

You need to sweep the picture clean,
and start to dream another dream,
and end this this foggy yesterday that
still reminds you...
All the lies you've had to swallow,
just to face the World tomorrow...

So here's your life,
we'll find our way,
we're sailing blind,
but it's certain nothing's for certain.
I don't mind,
I get the feeling
you'll be fine,
I still believe
that in this World,
we've got to find the time...
for the first time...


Marvellous

Oh well you had to fit
But you're fit to drop
Open up the window and jump into the blue

Oh, things could be marvellous
Things could be fabulous

You need a push
I'll push you off
Open up the window and jump into the blue

Things could be marvellous
Things could be fabulous
soon

Oh, and these are the days
And this is the life
There'll always be something on your mind
You'll never quite find
Won't you ever make your mind up

Oh well you had to hit
'Til you hit the top
Open up the window and jump into the blue
Things could be marvellous
Things could be fabulous
too

Oh, and these are the days
And this is the life
There'll always be something on your mind
You'll never quite find
Won't you ever make your mind up

Now you'll never be sure
If this is the time
If this is the moment
The end of the line
You'll never decide
You used to know but now you've forgotten
You sit there and wait for the phone to ring
When are they going to call
Are they ever going to call you at all
And then oh!

Things could be marvellous
Things could be fabulous
soon

Oh, and these are the days
And this is the life
There'll always be something on your mind
You'll never quite find
Won't you ever make your mind up
Now you'll never be sure
If this is the time
If this is the moment
The end of the line
You'll never decide
You used to know but now you've forgotten
A submarine got stuck to the bottom

These are the days so wake up
'Cos this is the time
And you know I'm right

[SlowwHand]

Clones


I'm a clone
I know it and I'm fine
I'm one and more are on the way
I'm two, doctor
Three's on the line
He'll take incubation another day
CHORUS: I'm all alone, so are we all
We're all clones
All are one and one are all
All are one and one are all
We destroyed the government
We're destroying time
No more problems on the way

REFRAIN: I'm through doctor
We don't need your kind
The other ones
Ugly ones
Stupid boys
Wrong ones
CHORUS
Six is having problems
Adjusting to his clone status
Have to put him on a shelf
(Please don't put me on the shelf)
All day long we hear him crying so loud
I just wanna be myself
I just wanna be myself
I just wanna be myself
Be myself
Be myself

I'm all alone, so are we all
We destroyed the government
We're destroyed time
No more problems on the way
REFRAIN
CHORUS
I'm all alone, so are we all
We're all clones
All are one and one are all
All are one and one are all

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Lost In America

I can't get a girl
cuz I ain't got a car
I can't get a car
cuz I ain't got a job
I can't get a job
cuz I ain't got a car
So I'm looking for a girl with a job and a car
Don't you know where you are

Lost in America

I got a mom but I ain't got a dad
My dad's got a wife but she ain't my mom
Mom's looking for a man to be my dad
But I want my mom and dad to be my real
mom and dad
Is that so bad
Oh, I think I've been had

Lost in America

Well, I live at the 7-11
Well, I'm tryin' to play this guitar
Well, I'm learning "Stairway to Heaven"
Cuz Heaven's where you are

I can't go to school
cuz I ain't got a gun
I ain't got a gun
cuz I ain't got a job
I ain't got a job
cuz I can't go to school
So I'm looking for a girl with a gun and a job
Don't you know where you are

Lost in America

[Bereta_Eder]

Rock 'n' Roll High School

Ramones

Well I don't care about history
Rock , rock , rock 'n' roll high school
'Cause that's no where I wanna be
Rock , rock , rock 'n' roll high school
I just wanna have some kicks
I just wanna get some chiks
Rock , rock , rock , rock , rock 'n' roll high school

Well the girls out there knock me out , you know
Rock , rock , rock 'n' roll high school
Cruisin' around in my GTO
Rock , rock , rock 'n' roll high school
I hate the teachers and the principal
Don't wanna be taught to be no fool
Rock , rock , rock 'n' roll high school

Fun fun rock 'n' roll high school
Fun fun rock 'n' roll high school
Fun fun rock 'n' roll high school
Fun fun , oh baby

[Bosh]

Amanda - Boston

Babe, tomorrow's so far away
There's something I just have to say
I don't think I can hide what I'm feelin' inside
Another day, knowin' I love you
And I, I'm getting too close again
I don't want to see it end
If I tell you tonight will you turn out the light
And walk away knowin' I love you?

I'm gonna take you by surprise and make you realize,
Amanda
I'm gonna tell you right away, I can't wait another day,
Amanda
I'm gonna say it like a man and make you understand
Amanda
I love you

And I feel like today's the day
I'm lookin' for the words to say
Do you wanna be free, are you ready for me
To feel this way
I don't wanna lose you
So, it may be too soon, I know
The feeling takes so long to grow
If I tell you today will you turn me away
And let me go?
I don't wanna lose you

I'm gonna take you by surprise and make you realize,
Amanda
I'm gonna te ll you right away, I can't wait another day,
Amanda
I'm gonna say it lik e a man and make you understand
Amanda

You and I
I know that we can't wait
And I swear, I swear it's not a lie girl
Tomorrow may be too late
You, you and I girl
We can share a life together
It's now or never
And tomorow may be too late

And, feelin' the way I do
I don't wanna wait my whole life through
To say I'm in love with you