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The Great Beyond

tambre — 2005-04-17T10:04:25-05:00

I've watched the stars fall silent from your eyes
All the sights that I have seen
I can't believe that I believed I wish
That you could see
There's a new planet in the solar system
There is nothing up my sleeve

I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs
I'm tossing up punch lines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground

In all this talk of time
Talk is fine
But I don't want to stay around
Why can't we pantomime, just close our eyes
And sleep sweet dreams
Me and you with wings on our feet

I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs
I'm tossing up punch lines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground

I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom
I'm looking for answers from the great beyond

I want the hummingbirds, the dancing bears
Sweetest dreams of you
I look into the stars
I look into the moon

I'm pushing an elephant up the stairs
I'm tossing up punch lines that were never there
Over my shoulder a piano falls
Crashing to the ground

I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom
I'm looking for answers from the great beyond

I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom
I'm looking for answers from the great,
Answers from the great, answers

I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom
I'm looking for answers from the great,
Answers from the great, answers

I'm breaking through
I'm bending spoons
I'm keeping flowers in full bloom
I'm looking for answers from the great,
Answers from the great, answers

-REM

Call and Answer

tambre — 2005-04-18T07:04:40-05:00

I think it's getting to the point where I can be myself again
It's getting to the point where we have almost made amends
I think it's the getting to the point that is the hardest part

And if you call, I will answer
And if you fall, I'll pick you up
And if you court this disaster
I'll point you home

You think I only think about you when we're both in the same room
I'm only here to witness the remains of loving you
You think we're here to play the game of who loves more than who

And if you call, I will answer
And if you fall, I'll pick you up
And if you court this disaster

You think it's only fair to do what's best for you and you alone
It's only fair to do the same to me when you're not home
I think it's time to make this something that is more than only fair

So if you call, I will answer
And if you fall, I'll pick you up
If you court this disaster
I'll point you home

I'm warning you, don't ever do
Those crazy messed-up things that you do
If you ever do, I promise you
I'll be the first to crucify you
Now it's time to prove that you've come back here to rebuild
Rebuild...
Rebuild (repeat)

-Barenaked Ladies

The One

tambre — 2005-04-20T09:04:19-05:00

I saw you dancing out the ocean
Running fast along the sand
A spirit born of earth and water
Fire flying from your hands

In the instant that you love someone
In the second that the hammer hits
Reality runs up your spine
And the pieces finally fit

And all I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one

There are caravans we follow
Drunken nights in dark hotels
When chances breathe between the silence
Where sex and love no longer gel

For each man in his time is Cain
Until he walks along the beach
And sees his future in the water
A long lost heart within his reach

And all I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one

And all I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun

You're all I ever needed
Ooh, baby you're the one

All I ever needed was the one
Like freedom fields where wild horses run
When stars collide like you and I
No shadows block the sun
You're all I've ever needed
Baby you're the one

-Elton John

You Might Think

tambre — 2005-04-25T07:04:12-05:00

You might think I'm crazy
To hang around with you
Maybe you think I'm lucky
I found something to do

But I think that you're wild
Inside me you're some child
You might think I'm foolish
Baby it's untrue
You might think I'm crazy
All I want is you

You might think it's hysterical
That I know when you're weak
You think you're in the movies
Everything's so deep

But I think that you're wild
When you flash that fragile smile

You might think it's foolish
What you put me through
You might think I'm crazy
All I want is you

And it was so hard
So hard to take
There's no escape
Without a break

But you kept it going
'til the sun fell down
You kept it going

You might think I'm delirious
The way I run you down
But somewhere, sometimes
When you're curious
I'll be back around

Oh I think that you're wild
And so uniquely styled

You might think it's foolish
This chancey rendezvous
You might think I'm crazy
All I want is you
All I want is you
All I want is you

-The Cars

Storybook Love

tambre — 2005-05-02T07:05:32-05:00

Oh my love, I'll tell you a tale
About a boy and girl, and their love story
How he loved her oh so much
And all the charms she did possess

Now this did happen once upon a time
When things were not so complex
And how he worshiped the ground she walked
And when he looked in her eyes he became obsessed

My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel

This love was stronger than the powers so dark
A prince could have within his keeping
His spells to weave and steal a heart
Within her breast were only sleeping

My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel

He said, "Don't you know I love you, oh, so much
And lay my heart at the foot of your dress?"
She said, "Don't you know that storybook love
Always has a happy ending."
Then he swooped her up just like in the books
And on his stallion they rode away

My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
It's as real as the feelings I feel

-Mark Knopfler

Eileen's Song

tambre — 2005-05-04T02:05:20-05:00

You have one wing, I have another
Seeking shelter like sister and brother
Through the winter, through the summer
Like one angel we'll fly...far away

Hold my hand and we'll make it all right
From this hell that we live in
Cross the road until the light
Comes inside and lives within
It's a long and lonesome ride
When your friends have all gone home
But the roses in your eyes
They pull me in, so I don't feel alone

You have one wing, I have another
Seeking shelter like sister and brother
Through the winter, through the summer
Like one angel we'll fly...far away

Sometimes I just can't help but cry
When I think of what we've become
Like a soldier lost in the night
Forgetting all where he has come from
But the mud will soon become dry
And the sun will rise again
And the shadows in our eyes
Will fade away on down to lower plains

Cause

You have one wing, I have another
Seeking shelter like sister and brother
Through the winter, and through the summer
Like one angel we'll fly far away

You have one wing (hold my hand) I have another
Seeking shelter like sister and brother (through the skies)
Through the winter and through the summer
Like one angel we'll fly...far away

So my friend now, this I say
I won't leave you hanging on
Hold on tight and don't fly away
Until one angel we have become

-Burlap to Cashmere

Cry

tambre — 2005-05-05T04:05:05-05:00

I'll always remember
It was late afternoon
It lasted forever
And ended so soon

You were all by yourself
Staring up at a dark grey sky
I was changed

In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside
Was there that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry (cry...)

Moment that I saw you cry

It was late in September,
And I'd seen you before
You were always the cold one,
But I was never that sure

You were all by yourself
Staring up at dark grey sky
I was changed

In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside
Was there that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry

I wanted to hold you
I wanted to make it go away
I wanted to know you
I wanted to make your everything all right

I'll always remember it was late afternoon
In places no one will find
In places no one will find
All your feelings so deep inside (Forever was in your eyes)
Was there that I realized
That forever was in your eyes
The moment I saw you cry

Baby cry
Moment that I saw you cry

I think I saw you cry

The moment I saw you cry

I wanted to know you...

-Mandy Moore

Knock Yourself Out

tambre — 2005-05-10T09:05:58-05:00

It's something unattainable
That you can't live without
And now the unexplainable
Has you riddled with doubt

Things began
Things decay
And you've gotta find a way
To be okay
But if you wanna spend the day
Wondering what it's all about
Go and knock yourself out

Why we're put in this mess
Is anybody's guess
It might be a test or it might not be anything
To worry about
But if you're still in doubt
Go and knock yourself out

-Jon Brion

Perspectives

tambre — 2005-05-11T04:05:49-05:00

It feels like your life's crashing down all around you
Let me ask if it's really so bad
Look at the world in its suffering
Can you honestly tell me
That no one else could understand
All of the hurting inside?

Why can't you see
That freedom is sometimes just simply another perspective away?
Who could you be
If your lens was changed for a moment?
Would you still be the same?

A young child looks through great stained glass window
Watching the people go by
Everyone seems to be wearing a red coat
His mother sees jackets of white
Now he can't understand
Why does she see it this way?

Why can't you see
That freedom is sometimes just simply another perspective away?
Who could you be
If your lens was changed for a moment?
Would you still be the same?

Yesterday, you really couldn't see
That changing your angle a new world would be
Revealed to your once-blinded eyes
By moving a few degrees

Why can't you see
That freedom is sometimes just simply another perspective away?
Who could you be
If your lens was changed for a moment?
Would you still be the same?

Why can't you see
That freedom is sometimes just simply another perspective away?
Who could you be
If your lens was changed for a moment?
Would you still be the same?

-Kutless

Return to Innocence

tambre — 2005-05-13T09:05:42-05:00

Love - devotion
Feeling emotion

Don't be afraid to be weak
Don't be too proud to be strong
Just look into your heart, my friend
That will be the return to yourself
The return to innocence

If you want, then start to laugh
If you must, then start to cry
Be yourself, don't hide
Just believe in destiny

Don't care what people say
Just follow your own way
Don't give up and use the chance
To return to innocence

It's not the beginning of the end
That's a return to yourself
The return to innocence

It's a return to innocence

-Enigma

Reptilia

tambre — 2005-05-15T01:05:12-05:00

He seemed impressed by the way you came in
"Tell us a story, I know you're not boring."
I was afraid that you would not insist
"You sound so sleepy, just take this, now leave me."

I said, "Please don't slow me down
If I'm going too fast.
You're in a strange part of town."

Yeah, the night's not over
You're not trying hard enough
Our lives are changing lanes
You ran me off the road
The wait is over
I'm now taking over
You're no longer laughing
I'm not drowning fast enough

Now every time that I look at myself
"I thought I told you:
This world is not for you."

The room is on fire as she's fixing her hair
"You sound so angry, just calm down, you found me."

I said, "Please don't slow me down
If I'm going too fast
You're in a strange part of town."

Yeah, the night's not over
You're not trying hard enough
Our lives are changing lanes
You ran me off the road
The wait is over
I'm now taking over
You're no longer laughing
I'm not drowning fast enough

-The Strokes

The Orphan

tambre — 2005-05-16T06:05:10-05:00

Maybe I push when I'm meant to be still
Maybe I take it all too personal
Jesus, how to reconcile?
The joyful noise
The ancient land
The tug from some invisible hand
The dying mother weaving bulrushes
Along the Nile

Float her basket over the sea
Here on a barren shore
We'll be waiting for
A tailwind to carry her orphan's cry
Don't you worry child
I wrote a lullaby

I try to settle but I just pass through
A rain-dark gypsy
A wandering Jew
All those hopes were not ours
Then I slept one night in Abraham's field
And dreamt there was no moon the night he died
Counting stars
Selah

Float her basket over the sea
Here on a barren shore
We'll be waiting for
A tailwind to carry an orphan's cry
Don't you worry child
I wrote a lullaby

Building you a home
Building you a home
Building you a home
We're building you a home
Selah

So float her basket over the sea
Here on a barren shore
We'll be waiting for
A tailwind to carry an orphan's cry
Don't you worry child
I wrote a lullaby

Float her basket over the sea
Here on a barren shore
We'll be waiting for
A tailwind to bring us your sweet cry
Don't you worry child
Gonna sing you a lullaby

-Newsboys

Until Your Love Broke Through

tambre — 2005-05-17T06:05:28-05:00

Like a foolish dreamer trying to build a highway to the sky
All my hopes would come tumbling down
And I never knew just why
Until today
When you pulled away the clouds that hung like curtains
On my eyes
I've been blind
All these wasted years
I thought I was so wise
And then you took me by surprise

Like waking up from the longest dream
How real it seems
Until your love broke through
I've been lost in a fantasy
That blinded me
Until your love broke through

All my life I've been searching for that crazy missing part
With one touch you just rolled away
The stone that held my heart
Now I see
The answer was as easy
As just asking you in
And I'm so sure
I could never doubt
Your gentle touch again
It's like the power of the wind

Like waking up from the longest dream
How real it seemed
Utnil your love broke through
I've been lost in a fantasy
That blinded me
Until your love broke through

Like waking up from the longest dream
How real it seemed
Until your love broke through
I've been lost in a fantasy
That blinded me
Until your love broke through

Your love broke through...

Your love broke through...

Your love broke through...

To me.

-Rebecca St. James

First Day

tambre — 2005-05-23T09:05:17-05:00

"Everyone has a first day
When they feel sad and all alone.
It can be so scary
When you're out there on your own.
And I know that a first day
Can be full of doubts and fears,
But they're full of new beginnings
Take my hanky, dry your tears.

"You'll find lots of things to do
And you'll probably make new friends.
I promise we'll be together
When the school day ends.
Here comes the teacher
Blow your nose, and be brave!
Come on now, wipe your eyes
This is no way to behave.

"Well, good morning teacher!
We really must beg your pardon.
No, Mommy doesn't always act this way,
But it's my first day of Kindergarten.
No, Mommy doesn't always act this way,
But it's my first day of Kindergarten."

-Joe Scruggs

Your Wildest Dreams

tambre — 2005-05-25T11:05:33-05:00

Once upon a time
Once when you were mine
I remember skies
Reflected in your eyes
I wonder where you are
I wonder if you think about me
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

Once the world was new
Our bodies felt the morning dew
That greets the brand new day
We couldn't tear ourselves away
I wonder if you care
I wonder if you still remember
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

When the music plays
When the words are touched with sorrow
When the music plays
I hear the sound I had to follow
Once upon a time

Once beneath the stars
The universe was ours
Love was all we knew
And all I knew was you
I wonder if you know
I wonder if you think about it
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

And when the music plays
When the words are touched with sorrow
When the music plays

When the music plays
I hear the sound I had to follow
Once upon a time

Oonce upon a time
Once when you were mine
I remember skies
Mirrored in your eyes
I wonder where you are
I wonder if you think about me
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams

In your wildest dreams

In your wildest dreams

In your wildest dreams

-Moody Blues

The Lord of the Dance

tambre — 2005-05-26T09:05:19-05:00

On the bank of the Tennessee river
In a small Kentucky town
I drew my first breath one cold November morning
And before my feet even touched the ground
With the doctors and the nurses gathered round
I started to dance
Yeah
I started to dance
Yeah

Little boy full of wide-eyed wonder
Footloose and fancy-free
But it would happen, as it does for every dancer
That I'd stumble on a truth I couldn't see
Find a longing deep inside of me, it said:

I am the heart; I need the heartbeat
I am the eyes; I need the sight
And I see clearly I am just a body
I need the life
I move my feet, go through the motions
But who'd give purpose to chance?
I am the dancer, I need
The Lord of the Dance
Yeah
I need the Lord of the Dance

World beneath us spins in circles
And this life makes us twist and turn and sway
We were made for more than rhythm with no reason
By the One who moves with passion and with grace
As He dances over all that He has made

I am the heart; He is the heartbeat
I am the eyes; He is the sight
And I see clearly I am just this body
He is the life
I move my feet, go through the motions
But He gives purpose to chance
I am the dancer
He is the Lord of the Dance
He is the Lord of the Dance, yeah

Lord of the Dance
Yeah
Y-yeah

Yeah
And while the music of his love and mercy plays
I will fall down on my knees and I will praise

I am the heart; You are the heartbeat
I am the eyes; You are the sight
And I see clearly I am just this body
You are the life
I move my feet, go through the motions
But you give purpose to chance
I am the dancer
You are the Lord of the Dance

I am the heart; You are the heartbeat
I am the eyes; You are the sight
I see clearly I am just this body
You are the Life
I move my feet, go through the motions
But You give purpose to chance
I am the dancer
You are the Lord of the Dance

I am the dancer
You are the Lord of the Dance

I am the dancer
And You are the Lord of the Dance

I am the dancer
Yes You are the Lord of the Dance

I am the dancer
You are the Lord of the Dance

I am the dancer
You are the Lord of the Dance

You are the Lord of the Dance

-Steven Curtis Chapman

World of Our Own

tambre — 2005-05-28T02:05:38-05:00

You make me feel funny
When you come around,
Yeah that's what I found out, honey
What am I do without you?
You make me feel happy
When I leave you behind
It plagues my mind, now honey
What am I do without you?

Oh
Took for granted
Everything we had
As if I'd find someone
Who's just like you
Oh

We got a little world of our own
I tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no one else goes
What am I do without you?
And all of the things I been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new
What am I do without you?

What am I do without you?

Well I guess I'm ready
For settlin' down
My foolin' around is over
And I swear it's true
No buts or maybes (buts or maybes)
When I'm fallin' down
There's always someone who saves me (someone who saves me)
And, Girl, it's you

Oh
Funny how life
Can be so surprising
I'm just realizing
What you do
Oh

We got a little world of our own
I tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no one else goes
What am I do without you?
And all of the things I've been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new
What am I do without you?

This feeling right now
Let's do it right now
Prayin' somehow you will understand the way
It's feeling right now
Baby somehow I won't let this slip away

Oh
Cause we got a little world of our own
I tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no one else goes
What am I do without you?

We got a little world of our own
I tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no one else goes
What am I do without you?
And all of the things I been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new (world of our own!)

We got a little world of our own (we've got a little)
I tell you things that no one else knows (world of our own)
I let you in where no one else goes (I let you in where no one goes)
And all of the things I been looking for (all of the things)
Have always been here outside of my door (been looking for)
And all of the time I'm looking for something new (world of our own)

We got a little world of our own(we've got a little)
I tell you things that no one else knows
I let you in where no one else goes
World of our own
And all of the things I've been looking for
Have always been here outside of my door
And all of the time I'm looking for something new
What am I do without you?

-Westlife

Bullet With Butterfly Wings

tambre — 2005-06-02T05:06:41-05:00

The world is a vampire - sent to drain
Secret destroyers - hold you up to the flames
And what do I get for my pains?
Betrayed desires and a piece of the game
Even though I know, I suppose I'll show
All my cool and cold like old Job

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage

Now I'm naked - nothing but an animal
But can't you fake it - for just one more show?
And what do you want? I want to change
And what do you got when you feel the same?
Even though I know, I suppose I'll show
All my cold and cold like old Job

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage

Tell me I'm the only one
Tell me there's no other one
Jesus was an only son
Tell me I'm the chosen one
Jesus was an only son for you

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage
Then someone will say what is lost can never be saved
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a cage

Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a
Despite all my rage I am still just a rat in a

Tell me I'm the only one
Tell me there's no other one
Jesus was the only son for you

And I still believe that I cannot be saved
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
And I still believe that I cannot be saved
And I still believe that I cannot be saved

-Smashing Pumpkins

Light Up My Room

tambre — 2005-06-03T06:06:42-05:00

A hydrofield cuts through my neighborhood
And somehow that always just made me feel good
I can put a spare bulb in my hand
And light up my yard

Late at night when the wires in the walls
Sing in tune with the din of the falls
I'm conducting it all while I sleep
To light this whole town

If you question what I would do
To get over and be with you
Lift you up over everything
To light up my room

There's a shopping cart in the ravine
The foam on the creek is like pop and ice cream
A field full of tires that is always on fire
To light my way home

There are luxuries we can't afford
But in our house we never get bored
We can dance to the radio station
That plays in our teeth

If you question what I would do
To get over and be with you
Lift you up over everything
To light up my room

A hydrofield cuts through my neighborhood
And somehow that always just made me feel good
I can put a spare bulb in my hand
And light up my yard

Light up my yard
Lights in my yard
Light up my yard

-Barenaked Ladies

Fast As I Can

tambre — 2005-06-23T10:06:28-05:00

From the first "hello" you gave to me
I've done nothing else but smile
And I know you're in a hurry
But it's gonna take awhile
So forgive me if we go slow
But there's something I think you should know

I'm going fast as I can
Please don't make me rush
This feeling's coming on way too fast
I'll tell you all of the things that you'll never forget
But I'm not ready to say "I love you" yet
I'm not ready to say "I love you" yet

Don't push me in too deep
I've always been the fool who rushes in
I know you've got to take the pieces one by one
For you've got everything
So forgive me if we take time
But there's something that's been on my mind

I'm going fast as I can
Please don't make me rush
This feeling's coming on way too fast
I'll tell you all of the things that you'll never forget
But I'm not ready to say "I love you" yet
I'm not ready to say "I love you" yet

I love you

Oh
There'll be times when I'm mistaken
Oh, and there'll be times when we're gonna fight
But you needn't doubt
We can work it out
And in time we'll get it right
So forgive me if we go slow
But there's something I think you should know

That I'm going fast as I can
Oh, please don't make me rush
This feeling's coming on way too fast
Tell you all of the things that you'll never forget
But I'm not ready to say "I love you" yet

I'm going fast as I can
Please don't make me rush
This feeling's coming on way too fast
I'll tell you all of the things that you'll never forget
But I'm not ready to say "I love you" yet
I'm not ready to say "I love you" yet

From the first "hello"...

-Great Big Sea

Beautiful Life

tambre — 2005-06-25T05:06:11-05:00

You can do what you want, just seize the day
What you're doing tomorrow's gonna come your way
Don't you ever consider giving up
You will find, oh

It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
I just wanna be here beside you

And stay until the break of dawn

Take a walk in the park when you feel down
There's so many things there that's gonna lift you up
See the nature in bloom, a laughing child
Such a dream, whoa

It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
I just wanna be here beside you

Oh yeah, all right
I just wanna be here beside you

And stay until the break of dawn

You're looking for somewhere to belong
You're standing all alone
For someone to guide you on your way
Now and forever

It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
I just wanna be anybody

We live in the different ways

It's a beautiful life
I'm gonna take you to the place I've never been before, oh yeah
It's a beautiful life
I'm gonna take you in my arms and fly away with you tonight

Oh yeah, all right
It's a beautiful life
Yeah, all right
It's a beautiful life

It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life

It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life
It's a beautiful life

-Ace of Base

Within You

tambre — 2005-07-02T03:07:41-05:00

How you've turned my world, you precious thing
You starve and near exhaust me
Everything I've done, I've done for you
I move the stars for no one

You've run so long
You've run so far
Your eyes can be so cruel
Just as I can be so cruel
Oh I do believe in you
Yes I do

Live without the sunlight
Love without your heartbeat
I, I can't live within you

I, I can't live within you

-David Bowie

You'll Be In My Heart

tambre — 2005-07-10T05:07:49-05:00

Come stop your crying, it'll be all right
Just take my hand, hold it tight
I will protect you from all around you
I will be here, don't you cry

For one so small, you seem so strong
My arms will hold you, keep you safe and warm
This bond between us can't be broken
I will be here, don't you cry

Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forevermore

You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart
Always

Why can't they understand the way we feel?
They just don't trust what they can't explain
I know we're different, but, deep inside us,
We're not that different at all

And you'll be in my heart
Yes you'll be in my heart
From this day on, now and forevermore

Don't listen to them
Cause what do they know
We need each other
To have, to hold
They'll see in time
I know

When destiny calls you,
You must be strong (you gotta be strong)
I may not be with you
But you've got to hold on
They'll see in time
I know
We'll show them together cause

You'll be in my heart
Believe me, you'll be in my heart
I'll be there from this day on
Now and forevermore

You'll be in my heart (you'll be here in my heart)
No matter what they say (I'll be with you)
You'll be here in my heart (I'll be there)
Always
Always

I'll be with you

And I'll be there for you always

Always and always

Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder
Just look over your shoulder
I'll be there always

-Phil Collins

Like the Deserts Miss the Rain

tambre — 2005-07-15T03:07:44-05:00

Step off the train
I'm walking down your street again
Past your door
But you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
And now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space
You've found some better place

And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain

Could you be dead?
You always were two steps ahead
Of everyone
I'd walk behind, and you would run
I'd look up at your house
And I can almost hear you shout
Down to me
Where I always used to be

And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain

Back on the train
I ask, "Why did I come again?"
Can I confess
I've been hanging 'round your old address?
And the years have proved
To offer nothing since you've moved
You're long gone
And I can't move on

And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you

Step off the train
Walking down your street again
Past your door
I guess you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there
And now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space
You've found some better place

And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah
Like the deserts miss the rain (I miss you)
And I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah
Like the deserts miss the rain(the deserts miss the rain)

Like the deserts miss the rain (like the deserts miss the rain)

Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, yeah
Like the deserts miss the rain
Oh, and I miss you
Like the deserts miss the rain

-Everything But The Girl

All I Know

tambre — 2005-07-23T11:07:49-05:00

I bruise you
You bruise me
We both bruise too easily
Too easily to let it show
I love you, and that's all I know

All my plans
Have fallen through
All my plans depend on you
Depend on you to help them grow
I love you, and that's all I know

When the singer's gone,
Let the song go on...

But the ending always comes at last
Endings always come too fast
They come too fast
But they pass too slow
I love you, and that's all I know

When the singer's gone
Let the song go on
It's a fine line between the darkness and the dawn
They say in the darkest night, there's a light beyond

But the ending always comes at last
Endings always come too fast
They come too fast
But they pass too slow
I love you, and that's all I know

That's all I know
That's all I know

-Art Garfunkel

Then I Met You

tambre — 2005-07-25T10:07:25-05:00

Thought that I'd be happy
Gonna be so happy
Living life alone and never sharing anything

Thought that I was finished
Thought that I was complete
Thought that I was whole instead of being half of something

Thought that I was growing
Growing older, wiser
Understanding why this world held nothing for my spirit

Thought that I was destined
Destined to be nothing
Destined to be nothing in this world and then I met you

I met you
I met you
I met you
I met you

Thought that God had failed me
Thought my prayers were useless
Thought that he would never give the chance for me to praise him

Thought the book was written
Thought the game had ended
Thought the song was sung and I could never sing another

Thought my faith was misplaced
Thought my back was broken
Broken by a weight that I was never fit to carry

I thought I knew this city
Thought I knew all about it
And then one night I went to Morningside and you were waiting

I met you
I met you
I met you
I met you

-The Proclaimers

10,000 Miles

tambre — 2005-07-29T03:07:14-05:00

Fare thee well
My own true love
Farewell for awhile
I'm goin' away
But I'll be back
Though I go ten thousand miles

Ten thousand miles
My own true love
Ten thousand miles or more
The rocks may melt
And the seas may burn
If I should not return

Oh, don't you see
That lonesome dove
Sitting on an ivy tree?
She's weeping for
Her own true love
As I shall weep for mine

Oh come ye back
My own true love
And stay awhile with me
If I had a friend
On this earth
You've been a friend to me

-Mary Chapin Carpenter

You Belong To Me

tambre — 2005-07-30T12:07:37-05:00

See the pyramids around the Nile
Watch the sunrise from a tropic isle
Just remember, darling, all the while
You belong to me

See the marketplace in old Angier
Send me photographs and souvenirs
Just remember when a dream appears
You belong to me

And I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too...

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

Oh I'll be so alone without you
Maybe you'll be lonesome too...

Fly the ocean in a silver plane
See the jungle when it's wet with rain
Just remember 'til you're home again
You belong to me

-Jason Wade

Leaving On a Jet Plane

tambre — 2005-08-06T03:08:50-05:00

I...
I...

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go
I'm standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye

But the dawn is breaking, it's early morn'
The taxi's waitin', 'e's blowin' 'is horn
Already I'm so lonesome I could die

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
Don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

There's so many times I've let you down
So many times I've played around
I tell you now: They don't mean a thing

Every place I go I'll think of you
Every song I sing I'll sing for you
When I come back I'll wear your wedding ring

So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh babe, I hate to go

And now the time has come to leave you
One more time, oh let me kiss you
Then close your eyes and I'll be on my way

Dream about the days to come
When I won't have to leave alone
About the times I won't have to say

Oh
Kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you'll wait for me
Hold me like you'll never let me go
'Cause I'm leaving on a jet plane
I don't know when I'll be back again
Oh, babe, I hate to go

Leaving on a jet plane
Leaving on a jet plane
Leaving on a jet plane
Leaving on a jet plane...

-Chantal Kreviazuk

Don't Let Go

tambre — 2005-08-18T12:08:27-05:00

I can't believe this moment's come
It's so incredible that we're alone
There's so much to be said and done
It's impossible not to be overcome

Will you forgive me if I feel this way?
'Cause we just met - tell me that's okay
Take this feeling
Make it grow
Never let it
Never let it go

Don't let go of the things you believe in
(You gave me something that I can believe in)
No, don't let go of this moment in time
Don't let go of the things that you're feeling
(I can't explain the things that I'm feeling)
No, don't let go
(No I won't let go)

Would you mind if I bared my soul? (Bared my soul to you)
If I came right out and said, you're beautiful
'Cause there's something here I can't explain
I feel I'm diving into driving rain (diving)
You get my senses running wild
And I can't resist your sweet, sweet smile
So take this feeling
Make it grow
Never let it
Never let it go

Don't let go of the things you believe in
(You gave me something that I can believe in)
No, don't let go of this moment in time
Don't let go of the things that you're feeling
(I can't believe the things that I'm feeling)
No, don't let go
(No I won't let go)

I've been waiting all my life
Make this moment feel so right
The feel of you just fills the night
So come on let's just hold on tight

Don't let go of the things you believe in
(You gave me something that I can believe in)
No, don't let go of this moment in time
Don't let go of the things that you're feeling
(I can't explain the things that I'm feeling)
No, don't let go
(No I won't let go)

Don't let go
(No, I won't let go)

No, don't let go
Oh, I won't let go

-Bryan Adams and Sarah McLachlan

Figure .09

tambre — 2005-08-20T11:08:04-05:00

Nothing ever stops all these thoughts
And the pain attached to them
Sometimes I wonder why this is happening
It's like nothing I could do will distract me when
I think of how I shot myself in the back again

'Cause from the infinite words I can say
I put all the pain you gave to me on display
But didn't realize; instead of setting it free
I took what I hated and made it a part of me

Never goes away
Never goes away

And now you've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate
Myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me,
I've let myself become
You

Hearing your name, the memories come back again
I remember when it started happening
I'd see you in every thought I had and then
The thoughts slowly found words attached to them

And I knew as they escaped away
I was committing myself to them and every day
I regret saying those things
'Cause now I see that I
Took what I hated and made it a part of me

Never goes away
Never goes away

And now you've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate
Myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you

Never goes away
Never goes away
Never goes away
Never goes away

Get away from me
Gimme my space back
You gotta just go
Everything comes down to memories of you
I've kept it in but now I'm letting you know
I've let you go
So get away from me
Gimme my space back
You gotta just go
Everything comes down to memories of you
I've kept it in but now I'm letting you know
I've let you go

And now you've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate
Myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you
I've let myself become you
I've let myself become lost inside these thoughts of you
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you

-Linkin Park

At the Beginning

tambre — 2005-08-21T12:08:33-05:00

We were strangers starting out on a journey
Never dreaming what we'd have to go through
Now here we are, and I'm suddenly standing
At the beginning with you

No one told me I was going to find you
Unexpected, what you did to my heart
When I had lost hope, you were there to remind me
This is the start

And life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end, I want to be standing
At the beginning with you

We were strangers on a crazy adventure
Never dreaming how our dreams would come true
Now here we stand, unafraid of the future
At the beginning with you

And life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end, I want to be standing
At the beginning with you

I knew there was somebody somewhere
Like me alone in the dark
Now I know my dream will live on
I've been waiting so long
Nothing's gonna tear us apart

And life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
Life is a road, now and forever
Wonderful journey
I'll be there when the world stops turning
I'll be there when the storm is through
In the end I want to be standing
At the beginning with you

Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep going on

Starting out on a journey...

Life is a road and I want to keep going
Love is a river I want to keep flowing
In the end I want to be standing
At the beginning with you

-Richard Marx and Donna Lewis

Every Other Time

tambre — 2005-08-23T08:08:49-05:00

C'mon

I said, "Let's talk about it,"
As she walked out on me and slammed the door
But I just laugh about it
'Cause she's always playing those games

Deep down I know she loves me
But she's got a funny way of showing me how she cares (she cares)
Last night she did a donut on my lawn
And drove off with one finger in the air
Oh yeah

Sometimes it's black
Sometimes it's white
Sometimes she's wrong
Sometimes I'm right
Sometimes we talk about it,
Or we figure it out,
But then she just changed her mind
Sometimes she's hot
Sometimes I'm cold
Sometimes my head wants to explode
But when I think about it,
I'm so in love with her
Every other time
Yeah
Every other time

Sometimes we sit around
Just the two of us on a park bench
Sometimes we swim around
Like two dolphins in the ocean of our hearts

But then I think about the time
When we broke up before the prom
And you told everyone that I was gay
Okay
Sometimes I walk around the town
For hours just to settle down
But I take you back and you kick me down
'Cause that's the way uh-huh uh-huh I like it

Sometimes it's black
Sometimes it's white
Sometimes she's wrong
Sometimes I'm right
Sometimes we talk about it,
Or we figure it out,
But then she just changed her mind
Sometimes she's hot
Sometimes I'm cold
Sometimes my head wants to explode
But when I think about it,
I'm so in love with her
Every other time
Yeah
Every other time
Every other time

Keep it up homegirl, dontcha quit
Y'know the way you scream is the ultimate
And when I walk away, just watch the clock
I bet I don't even get around the block, sing

I said, "Let's talk about it,"
As she walked out on me and slammed the door
One day we'll laugh about it
'Cause we're always playing those themes

Sometimes it's black
Sometimes it's white
Sometimes she's wrong
Sometimes I'm right
Sometimes we talk about it,
Or we figure it out,
But then she just changed her mind
Sometimes she's hot
Sometimes I'm cold
Sometimes my head wants to explode
But when I think about it,
I'm so in love with her
Every other time
Yeah
Every other time
Yeah

Keep it up homegirl, dontcha quit
Y'know the way you scream is the ultimate
And when I walk away, just watch the clock
I bet I don't even get around the block, sing

Oh yeah
Every other time
Every other time

-LFO

Never My Love

tambre — 2005-08-24T08:08:48-05:00

You ask me if there'll come a time
When I grow tired of you
Never, my love
Never, my love

You wonder if this heart of mine
Will lose its desire for you
Never, my love
Never, my love

What makes you think love will end
When you know that my whole life depends
On you?

Never, my love
Never, my love

You say you fear I'll change my mind
And I won't require you
Never, my love
Never, my love

How can you think love will end
When I've asked you to spend your whole life
With me?

Never, my love
Never, my love

Never, my love
Never, my love

-Association

In the Year 2525

tambre — 2005-08-28T08:08:24-05:00

In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find...

In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth
Tell no lies
Everything you think, do, and say
Is in the pill you took today

In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth
Won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you

In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging
Limp at your sides
Your legs got nothing to do
Some machine's doing that for you

In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband,
Won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter, too
From the bottom of a long glass tube, whoa

In the year 7510
If God's a-coming,
He oughta make it by then
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say,
"Guess it's time for the Judgment Day."

In the year 8510
God is gonna shake His mighty head
He'll either say, "I'm pleased where man has been,"
Or tear it down and start again, whoa

In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin'
If man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing

Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through eternal night
The twinkling of starlight
So very far away
Maybe it's only yesterday...

In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find...

-Zagar and Evans

For Crying Out Loud

tambre — 2005-08-30T10:08:03-05:00

I was lost, and you were found
And I never knew how far down
I was falling before I reached
The bottom

Well, I was cold, and you were fire
And I never knew how the pyre
Could be burning on the edge
Of the ice field

And now the chilly California wind
Is blowing down our bodies again
And we're sinking deeper and deeper
In the chilly California sand
Oh, I know you belong
Inside my aching heart
And can't you see my faded Levi's
Bursting apart

And don't you hear me crying,
"Oh, babe, don't go!"
And don't you hear me screaming,
"How was I to know?"

I'm in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting
And there's a tank full of time
Oh, give me just another moment
To see the light of the day
And take me to another land where
I don't have to stay

And I'm gonna need somebody
To make me feel like you do
And I will receive somebody
With open arms, open eyes
Open up the sky,
Let the planet that I love shine through

For crying out loud,
You know I love you

For crying out loud,
You know I love you

For crying out loud,
You know I love you

I was damned, and you were saved
And I never knew how enslaved I was,
Kneeling in the chains
Of my master

I could laugh, oh, but you could cry
And I never knew just how high
I was flying, oh, with you
Right above me

And now the chilly California wind
Is blowing down our bodies again
And we're sinking deeper and deeper
In the chilly California sand
Oh, I know you belong
Inside my aching heart
And can't you see my faded Levi's
Bursting apart

And don't you hear me crying,
"Oh, babe, don't go!"
And don't you hear me screaming,
"How was I to know?"

I'm in the middle of nowhere
Near the end of the line
But there's a border to somewhere waiting,
And there's a tank full of time
Oh, give me just another moment
To see the light of the day
And take me to another land where
I don't have to stay

And I'm gonna need somebody
To make me feel like you do
And I'm gonna receive somebody with
Open eyes, open arms
Open up the sky
Let the planet that I love shine through

For crying out loud,
You know I love you

For crying out loud,
You know I love you

Whoa, for crying out loud,
You know I love you

For crying out loud,
You know I love you

For taking in the rain,
When I'm feeling so dry
For giving me the answers
When I'm asking you why
And, my, oh my,
For that, I thank you

For taking in the sun
When I'm feeling so cold
For giving me a child
When my body is old
And don't you know
For that, I need you

For coming to my room
When you know I'm alone
For finding me a highway
For driving me home
And you've gotta know
For that, I serve you

For pulling me away
When I'm starting to fall
For revving me up
When I'm starting to stall
And all in all,
For that, I want you

For taking and forgiving
And for playing the game
For praying for my future
In the days that remain
Oh, Lord,
For that, I hold you

Oh, but most of all
For crying out loud,
For that, I love you

Whoa, but most of all
For crying out loud
For that, I love you

Whoa, but most of all
For crying out loud
For that I love you

When you're crying out loud
You know I love you

-Meat Loaf

The Golden Path

tambre — 2005-08-31T08:08:05-05:00

As I walked along
The supposed Golden Path
I was confronted
By a mysterious specter
He pointed to the graveyard
Over on yonder hill
I paused in cosmic reflection
Confused and wondering
How I came to die

Hmm.
I was confused.
For if I was dead,
How and why
Did I die?

But I composed myself
And decided I should face it

But I stood paralyzed
On the supposed Golden Path
And I was confronted
By a powerful demon force
He said he was the Devil,
And when he spoke,
His words flowed like glowing lava
From the mouth of a volcano
And I said,
"Help me, Lord!
I've found myself in some kind of Hell!"

But I did not believe in a Heaven-and-Hell,
World-and-opposites kind of reality
And I gained control of myself
And decided to press on

And as I walked along
The supposed Golden Path
I was trembling with fear
O' the lions and wizards yet to come
I seen in the distance
Silver mountains rising high in the clouds
And a voice from above did whisper
Some shining answer from the womb

Please forgive me, I never meant to hurt you
Please forgive me, I never meant to hurt you
Please forgive me, I never meant to hurt you
Please forgive me, I never meant to hurt you
Please forgive me, I never meant to hurt you
(As I walked along, as I walked along, as I walked along, as I walked along)
Please forgive me, I never meant to hurt you
(As I walked along, as I walked along, as I walked along, as I walked along)

Please forgive me, I never meant to hurt you

-Chemical Brothers, featuring The Flaming Lips

Brothers In Arms

tambre — 2005-09-05T06:09:32-05:00

These mist-covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is in the lowlands
And always will be
Someday you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
I've witnessed your suffering
As the battle raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to Hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

-Dire Straits

Joy

tambre — 2005-09-10T10:09:20-05:00

You give me joy that's unspeakable
And I like it
And I like it, yeah
Your love for me's irresistible
I can't fight it
I can't fight it, yeah

If life is water, I was dry as Tucson dirt
If it's a gamble I'd already lost my shirt
If it's a journey, I was dazed without a clue
I flipped a "U" back to the first love I ever knew

You give me joy that's unspeakable
And I like it
And I like it, yeah
Your love for me's irresistible
I can't fight it
I can't fight it, yeah
You carried the cross and took my shame
I believe it
I believe it, yeah
You shine your light of amazing grace
I receive it
I receiver it, yeah

If life's a battle, the invasion is complete
If it's a rhythm, I have found the perfect beat
If it's a renaissance, I've got a new birthday
The world don't give it and the world can't take it away

You give me joy that's unspeakable
And I like it
And I like it, yeah
Your love for me's irresistible
I can't fight it
I can't fight it, yeah
You carried the cross and took my shame
I believe it
I believe it, yeah
You shine your light of amazing grace
I receive it
I receive it, yeah

I'm bowed and broken, everything's new
All that I need, you're like water to seed
And how your love rights everything wrong
And in my weakness, you're ever stronger,
You're pulling me back where I belong...

You give me joy that's unspeakable
And I like it
And I like it, yeah
Your love for me's irresistible
I can't fight it
I can't fight it, yeah
You carried the cross and took my shame
I believe it
I believe it, yeah
You shine your light of amazing grace
I receive it
I receive it, yeah

You give me joy that's unspeakable
And I like it
And I like it, yeah
Your love for me's irresistible
I can't fight it
I can't fight it, yeah
You carried the cross and took my shame
I believe it
I believe it, yeah
You shine your light of amazing grace
I receive it
I receive it, yeah

You give me joy that's unspeakable
And I like it
And I like it, yeah
Your love for me's irresistible
I can't fight it
I can't fight it, yeah
You carried the cross and took my shame
I believe it
I believe it, yeah
You shine your light of amazing grace
I receive it
I receive it, yeah

-Newsboys

I Need You

tambre — 2005-09-13T12:09:46-05:00

I can't get you out of my mind
'Cause I've been thinking about your smile

And I've been thinking about your hands
I've been thinking about your touch
I've been thinking, going crazy
I've been thinking way too much
I've been thinking about your knee
How we fit perfectly together
And when I liss a kiss
It just keeps feeling better

Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you
Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you
Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you
Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you

I can't get you out of my mind
'Cause I've been thinking about your eyes

And I've been thinking about your lips
I've been thinking about your kiss
I've been thinking about your curves
I've been thinking about your words
I've been thinking about your knee
How we fit perfectly together
And when my hands close tight
It just keep feeling better

Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you
Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you
Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you
Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you

Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you
Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you
Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you
Hello there
Good to see you
How are you?
I need you

I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you

I've been thinking about your eyes (I need you)
I've been thinking about your smile (I need you)
I need you
I need you

I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you

I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you

I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you

I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you

I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you

-And Then I Turned Seven

Original Species

tambre — 2005-09-14T10:09:30-05:00

Now my heart and my mind agree
A supernatural selected me
I see Your plan so grandiose
My very own Galapagos

God laid down and He began to trace
An image that He could embrace
Then He smiled down upon His plan
And from the dust He made a man

I'm an original species
More than enlightened than Nietzshe
I'm sure you'd like to meet me
'Cause I am loved
By the Maker oh so clever
I was made to live forever
Though my body turn to sand
My soul is in His hands

A breakthrough theory of origin
A simple truth that's always been
Fingerprints have been left behind
To point us to a master mind

I'm an original species
More enlightened than Nietzshe
I'm sure you'd like to meet me
I am loved
By the Maker oh so clever
I was made to live forever
Though my body turns to sand
My soul is in His hands

Stars in the sky
There to please my eye
The cosmos in His command
But He has time to hold my hand

I'm an original species
More enlightened than Nietzshe
I'm sure you'd like to meet me
'Cause I am loved
By the Maker oh so clever
I was made to live forever
Though my body turns to sand
My soul is in His hands

I'm an original species
More enlightened than Nietzshe
I'm sure you'd like to meet me
'Cause I am loved

I am loved...

-Audio Adrenaline

Who?

tambre — 2005-09-17T10:09:14-05:00

How ya gonna reckon with a God like this?
When you gonna face what you can't dismiss?
Whatcha gonna say to the soul-kiss that is
My God?

Fearsome like the sag in a fat man's chair
Sweeter than a patch of Rogaine hair
How do you define what you can't compare?
This is
My God

And there's no use explaining what can't be contained

I'm not following a god I can lead around
I can't tame this deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my god to be
He's who I want my god to be
Yeah

How you gonna reckon with a God this great?
Why you wanna measure what you can't equate?
Whatcha gonna say to the checkmate that is
My God?

Stronger than the burn of an aftershave
Tender as a burger in your microwave
Rarer than the air in an empty grave, this is
My God

And there's no use explaining what can't be contained

I'm not following a god I can lead around
I can't tame this deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my god to be
He's who I want my god to be
Yeah

How we gonna work this out?
To fabricate a god like this, no doubt
We'd end up worshiping a Christ of our own design
But Jesus doesn't fit that profile
His ways aren't mine

I'm not following a god that's imagined
Can't invent this deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my god to be
He's who I want my god to be

I'm not following a god I can lead around
I can't tame this deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my god to be
Yeah

I'm not following a god I can lead around
I can't tame this deity
And that's why Jesus is the final answer
To who I want my god to be
He's who I want my god to be
He's who I want my god to be

He's who I want my god to be

-Newsboys

If I Never Knew You

tambre — 2005-09-19T08:09:12-05:00

If I never knew you
If I never felt this love
I would have no inkling of
How precious life can be

And if I never held you
I would never have a clue
How at last I find in you
The missing part of me

In this world so full of fear
Full of rage and lies
I can see the truth so clear
In your eyes
So dry your eyes

And I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

If I never knew you
I'd be safe but half as real
Never knowing I could feel
A love so strong and true

I'm so grateful to you
I'd have lived my whole life through
Lost forever
If I never knew you

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we'd make the whole world bright
I never knew that fear and hate could be so strong
All they'd leave us were these whispers in the night
But still my heart is saying we were right

If I never knew you (There's no moment I regret)
If I never knew you (Since the moment that we met)
I would have no inkling of (If our time has gone too fast)
How precious life can be (I've lived at last)

I thought our love would be so beautiful
Somehow we made the whole world bright
I thought our love would be so beautiful
We'd turn the darkness into light
And still my heart is saying we were right
We were right

And if I never knew you (if I never knew you)
I'd have lived my whole life through
Empty as the sky
Never knowing why
Lost forever
If I never knew you

-Jon Secada and Shanice

Not Pretty Enough

tambre — 2005-09-21T11:09:20-05:00

Am I not pretty enough?
Is my heart too broken?
Do I cry too much?
Am I too outspoken?
Don't I make you laugh?
Should I try it harder?
Why do you see right through me?

I live, I breathe
I let it rain on me
I sleep, I wake
I try hard not to break
I crave, I love
I've waited long enough
I try as hard as I can

Am I not pretty enough?
Is my heart too broken?
Do I cry too much?
Am I too outspoken?
Don't I make you laugh?
Should I try it harder?
Why do you see right through me?

I laugh, I feel
I make believe it's real
I fall, I freeze
I pray down on my knees
I hope, I stand
I take it like a man
I try as hard as I can

Am I not pretty enough?
Is my heart too broken?
Do I cry too much?
Am I too outspoken?
Don't I make you laugh?
Should I try it harder?
Why do you see right through me?

Why do you see
Why do you see
Why do you see right through me?
Why do you see
Why do you see
Why do you see right through me?
Why do you see
Why do you see
Why do you see right through me?
Why do you see
Why do you see
Why do you see right through me?

-Kasey Chambers

Worlds Apart

tambre — 2005-10-02T02:10:38-05:00

I hold you in my arms, yeah that's where it starts
I seek faith in your kiss, and comfort in your heart
Taste the seed upon your lips, lay my tongue upon your scars
I look into your eyes, and we stand worlds apart

Where the distant oceans sing, and rise to the plains
In this dry and troubled country, your beauty remains
Down from the mountain road where the highway rolls to dark
'Neath Allah's blessed rain, we remain worlds apart

Sometimes the truth just ain't enough
Or it's too much in times like this
Let's throw the truth away, we'll find it in this kiss
In your skin upon my skin, in the beating of our hearts
May the living let us in before the dead tear us apart

We'll let blood build a bridge over mountains draped in stars
I'll meet you on the ridge between these worlds apart
We've got this moment now to live, then it's all just dust and dark
Let love give what it gives
Let's let love give what it gives

Let love give what it gives
Let's let love give what it gives
Let's let love give what it gives
Let's let love give what it gives
Let's let love give what it gives

-Bruce Springsteen

Safety Dance

tambre — 2005-10-08T01:10:37-05:00

S S S S
A A A A
F F F F
E E E E
T T T T
Y Y Y Y
Safe
Dance!

We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance
And if they don't dance,
Well, they're no friends of mine

We can go where we want to
A place where they will never find
And we can act like we come
From out of this world
Leave the real one far behind

And we can dance

We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance
And if they don't dance
Well, they're no friends of mine

We can go where we want to
A place where they will never find
And we can act like we come
From out of this world
Leave the real one far behind

And we can dance

Francois!

We can go when we want to
The night is young and so am I
And we can dress real neat
From our hats to our feet
And surprise 'em with our victory cry

I said
We can act if we want to
If we don't nobody will
And you can act real rude
And totally removed
And I can act like an imbecile

Say
We can dance
We can dance
Everything's out of control
We can dance
We can dance
We're doing it pole to pole
We can dance
We can dance
Everybody look at your hands
We can dance
We can dance
Everybody's taking the chance

Safety dance
Well it's safety dance
Yes it's safety dance

S S S S
A A A A
F F F F
E E E E
T T T T
Y Y Y Y
Safety
Dance!

We can dance if we want to
We've got all your life and mine
As long as we abuse it
Never gonna lose it
Everything'll work out fine

We can dance if we want to
We can leave your friends behind
'Cause your friends don't dance
And if they don't dance
Well, they're no friends of mine

We can dance
We can dance
Everything's out of control
We can dance
We can dance
We're doing it pole to pole
We can dance
We can dance
Everybody look at your hands
We can dance
We can dance
Everybody's taking the chance

Yeah
Well it's safety dance
Yes it's safety dance
Well it's safety dance
It's safety dance
It's safety dance

-Men Without Hats

Hold Me Jesus

tambre — 2005-10-09T02:10:04-05:00

Sometimes my life just don't make sense at all
And the mountains look so big,
And my faith just seems so small
And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It's so hot inside my soul,
There must be blisters on my heart

Hold me, Jesus
I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't you be my Prince of Peace?
Hold me, Jesus
'Cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't you be my Prince of Peace?

Sometimes my life just don't make sense at all
When the moutains look so big,
And my faith just seems so small
And I wake up in the night and feel the dark
It's so hot inside my soul,
There must be blisters on my heart

Hold me, Jesus
I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't you be my Prince of Peace?
Hold me, Jesus
'Cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't you be my Prince of Peace?

Surrender don't come naturally to me
I'd rather fight for something I don't really want
Than take what you give that I need
Surrender don't come naturally to me
And I beat my head against so many walls
That I'm falling down,
Falling on my knees

Saying, "Hold me Jesus,
Please hold me Jesus,"

Hold me, Jesus
I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't you be my Prince of Peace?
Hold me, Jesus
'Cause I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't you be my Prince of Peace?

Hold me, Jesus (Hold me)
I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory (Jesus)
Won't you be my Prince of Peace? (Won't you?)
Hold me, Jesus
I'm shaking like a leaf
You have been King of my glory
Won't you be my Prince...
Of peace

My Prince of Peace

My Prince of Peace
Peace
Peace

My Prince of Peace

Hold me

Won't you hold me?

Hold me, Jesus

Hold me, Jesus

Hold me...

-Rebecca St. James

What Makes You Different

tambre — 2005-10-12T10:10:01-05:00

You don't run with the crowd
You go your own way
You don't play after dark
You light up my days
Got your own kind of style
That sets you apart
Baby, that's why you captured my heart

I know sometimes you feel
Like you don't fit in
And this world doesn't know
What you have within
When I look at you,
I see something rare;
A rose that can go anywhere
And there's no one I know
That can compare

What makes you different
Makes you beautiful
What's there inside you
Shines through to me
In your eyes I see
All the love I'll ever need
(you're all I need, oh girl)
What makes you different
Makes you beautiful to me

You got something so real
You touched me so deep
You see material things
Don't matter to me
So come as you are
You've got nothing to prove
You won me with all that you do
And I want to take this chance
To say to you

What makes you different
Makes you beautiful
What's there inside you
Shines through to me
In your eyes I see
All the love I'll ever need
(You're all I need, oh girl)
What makes you different
Makes you beautiful

You don't know
How you touched my life
Oh, in so many ways
I just can't describe
You taught me what love
Is supposed to be
It's all the little things
That make you beautiful to me
(so beautiful)

What makes you
What makes you different (what makes you)
Makes you beautiful (different)
What's there inside you (there shines)
Shines through to me
In your eyes I see
All the love I'll ever need
(You're all I need, oh girl)
What makes you different
Makes you beautiful

To me

Everything you do is beautiful (so beautiful)
Love you give shines right through me (shine to me)
Everything you do is beautiful
Oh, you're beautiful to me

-Backstreet Boys

Candle on the Water

tambre — 2005-10-16T06:10:43-05:00

I'll be your candle on the water
My love for you will always burn
I know you're lost and drifting
But the clouds are lifting
Don't give up, you have somewhere to turn

I'll be your candle on the water
'Til every wave is warm and bright
My soul is there beside you
Let this candle guide you
Soon you'll see a golden stream of light

A cold and friendless tide has found you
Don't let the stormy darkness pull you down
I'll paint a ray of hope around you
Circling in the air,
Lighted by a prayer

I'll be your candle on the water
This flame inside of me will grow
Keep holding on, you'll make it
Here's my hand, so take it
Look for me, reaching out to show
As sure as rivers flow
I'll never let you go

I'll never let you go

I'll never let you go

-Helen Reddy

McDonald's Girl

tambre — 2005-10-17T08:10:14-05:00

I leave from softball practice every night
It's getting dark, but the Golden Arches light up the way
I turn the corner at the traffic light (beep beep)
I count my money and then I rehearse what I'm gonna say

"I'd like an order of fries,
A quarter-pounder with cheese
I love the light in your eyes,
Will you go out with me, please?"

I am in love with a McDonald's girl
She has a smile of innocence that's oh so tender and warm
I am in love with a McDonald's girl
She is an angel in a polyester uniform

She doesn't try to impress anyone
She doesn't act real tough like all the other girls that I know
She doesn't treat me like a simpleton
She's not afraid to be the only other virgin I know

And when my hamburger's cold,
I get up ready to go
She's only sixteen years old
And I'm in love with her so

I am in love with a McDonald's girl
She has a smile of innocence that's oh so tender and warm
I am in love with a McDonald's girl
She is an angel in a polyester uniform

Oh my angel,
You add that Special Sauce to my life
Whenever I think about being without you,
I Grimace
I'm so in love with you,
Patty

Together,
You and I could make every meal
A Happy Meal
So give me a sign:
Am I for here,
Or to go?

And as I had for the door,
The movement catches her eye
My heart begins to soar
She smiles and waves goodbye (goodbye, goodbye)

I am in love with a McDonald's girl
She has a smile of innocence that's oh so tender and warm
I am in love with a McDonald's girl
She is an angel in a polyester uniform
She is an angel in a polyester uniform
She is an angel in a polyester uniform

-Harvard Din and Tonics

Here Without You

tambre — 2005-10-20T08:10:05-05:00

A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face
A thousand lies have made me colder
And I don't think I can look at this the same
But all the miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreaming of your face

I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, it's only you and me, girl

The miles just keep rolling
As the people leave their way to say hello
I've heard this life is overrated,
But I hope that it gets better as we go

I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me

Everything I know
And anywhere I go
It gets hard but it won't take away my love
And when the last one falls
When it's all said and done
It gets hard but it won't take
Away
My love

I'm here without you, baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you, baby
And I dream about you all the time
I'm here without you, baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight, girl, it's only you and me

-3 Doors Down

Pi

tambre — 2005-10-21T11:10:53-05:00

When ink and pen in hands of men
Inscribe your form, bipedal P
They draw an altar on which
God has slaughtered all stability
No eyes could ever soak in all the places you anoint
And yet to see you all at once we only need the 'point'
Flirting with infinity, your geometric progeny
That fit inside you, oh, so tight
With triangles that feel so right

3.141592653589793238462643383279
50288419716939937510582097494459

Your ever-constant homily says flaw is discipline
The patron saint of imperfection frees us from our sin
And if our transcendental lift should find a final floor
Then Man will know the death of God where wonder was before

Yeah, I know this Pi shit backwards and forwards
Check it out

I did three chicks then I pointed at the door
A girl entered in, so that made it four
I snapped one time, in came another, five
Add 'em all up, and that makes nine.
The average age: 26.5
Now, that's what I call getting some pi
Five of the chicks wore six-inch heels
Two of the nine squealed like seals
514 was the area code
Quebec, Canada - my winter abode
And my 1.3 million dollar chalet
Pi backwards, Pi forwards, all night and all day

3.
141592653589793238462643383279
502884197169399375105820974944
592307816406286208998628034825
342117067982148086513282306647
093844609550582231725359408128
481117450284102701938521105559
6446229489

-Hard 'N Phirm

Around the World

tambre — 2005-10-23T07:10:37-05:00

The kisses of the sun were sweet, I didn't blink
I let it in my eyes like an exotic drink
The radio playing songs that I have never heard
I don't know what to say, oh not another word

Just La lala l-la
It goes around the world
Just La lala l-la
It's all around the world
Just La lala l-la
And everybody's singing
La lala L-La
And now the bells are ringing

La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la

Inside an empty room, my inspiration flows
Now wait to hear the tune - around my head it goes
The magic melody you want to sing with me
Just La lala l-la - the music is the key

And now the night is gone, still it goes on and on
So deep inside of me - I long to set it free
I don't know what to do, just can't explain to you
I don't know what to say, oh not another word

Just La lala l-la
It goes around the world
Just La lala l-la
It's all around the world
Just La lala l-la
And everybody's singing
La lala l-la
And now the bells are ringing

La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la

The kisses of the sun...
Around, Around, Around, Around
Around, Around, Around, Around
The world, The world

La lala l-la
It goes around the world
Just La lala l-la
It's all around the world
Just La lala l-la
And everybody's singing
La lala l-la
And now the bells are ringing

La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la

La lala l-la (around, around, around)
La lala lalala la (the world)
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la
La lala l-la
La lala lalala la

-ATC

The Scientist

tambre — 2005-10-26T05:10:51-05:00

Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry
You don't know how lovely you are
I had to find you, tell you I need you
Tell you I've set you apart

Tell me your secrets, and ask me your questions
Oh, let's go back to the start
Running in circles, coming up tails
Heads on a science apart

Nobody said it was easy
It's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be this hard
Oh, take me back to the start

I was just guessing at numbers and figures
Pulling the puzzles apart
Questions of science, science and progress
Do not speak as loud as my heart

Tell me you love me, come back and haunt me
Oh, what a rush to the start
Running in circles, chasing our tails
Coming back as we are

Nobody said it was easy
Oh, it's such a shame for us to part
Nobody said it was easy
No one ever said it would be so hard
I'm going back to the start

-Coldplay

Amanda

tambre — 2005-10-29T11:10:11-05:00

Babe,
Tomorrow's so far away
There's something I just have to say:
I don't think I could hide what I'm feeling inside
Another day,
Knowing I love you

And I,
I'm getting too close again
I don't want to see it end
If I tell you tonight, would you turn off the lights
And walk away,
Knowing 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 looking for the words to say
Do you wanna be free? Are you ready for me
To feel this way?
I don't want to 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 want to lose 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

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 could share a life together
It's now or never,
And tomorrow may be too late

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

-Boston

Spooky

tambre — 2005-10-31T09:10:29-05:00

In the cool of the evening, when everything is getting kinda groovy
I call you up and ask you if you'd like to go with me and see a movie
First you say no, you've got some plans for the night
And then you stop and say, "All right."
Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you.

You always keep me guessing, I never seem to know what you are thinking
And if a fellow looks at you, it's for sure your little eye will be a-winking
I get confused, cause I don't know where I stand
And then you smile, and hold my hand
Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you
Spooky!

If you decide someday to stop this little game that you are playing
I'm gonna tell you all that my heart's been dying to be saying
Just like a ghost, you've been a-haunting my dreams
So I'll propose - on Halloween
Love is kinda crazy with a spooky little girl like you
Spooky!

-Young Rascals

Black Roses Red

tambre — 2005-11-05T03:11:50-05:00

Can I ask you a question, please?
Promise you won't laugh at me
Honestly, I'm standing here,
Afraid I'll be betrayed

As twisted as it seems,
I only fear love when it's in my dreams
So let in the morning light,
And let the darkness fade away

Can you turn my black roses red?
Can you turn my black roses red?

Drowning in my loneliness
How long must I hold my breath?
So much emptiness inside -
I could fill the deepest sea

I reach to the sky, as the moon looks on
My one last year has come and gone
Dying to let your love rain down on me

Can you turn my black roses red?
Can you turn my black roses red?
Can you turn my black roses red?

'Cause I'm feeling like I've never known love
I'm feeling like I've never known love
I'm feeling like I've never known love

I'm feeling like I've never known love
I'm feeling like I've never known love
I'm feeling like I've never known love

Can you turn my black roses red?
Can you turn my black roses red?
Can you turn my black roses red?

'Cause I feel like I've never known love
Feel like I've never known love
Feel like I've never known love

Feel like I've never known love
Feel like I've never known love
Feel like I've never known love (Can you turn my black roses red?)

Feel like I've never known love
Feel like I've never known love
Feel like I've never known love (Can you turn my black roses red?)

Feel like I've never known love
Feel like I've never known love
Feel like I've never known love (Can you turn my black roses red?)

-Alana Grace

Falling For You

tambre — 2005-11-06T01:11:15-05:00

Said there'd be no going back
Promise myself I'd never be that sad
Maybe that's why you've come along -
To show me it's not always bad

'Cause I can feel it, baby
I feel like I'm falling for you
But I'm scared to let go
I'm scared, 'cause my heart has been hurt so

It's true, I've become a skeptic
How many couples really know?
Just wish I had a crystal ball
To show me if it's worth it all

'Cause I can feel it, baby
I feel like I'm falling for you
But I'm scared to let go
I'm scared, 'cause my heart has been hurt so

Yeah, I can feel it, baby
I feel like I'm falling for you
But I'm scared to let go
I'm scared, 'cause my heart has been hurt so

I've got to be sure,
'Cause it's been so long
And I cannot take the pain again
If it all goes wrong

'Cause I can feel it, baby
I feel like I'm falling for you
But I'm scared to let go
I'm scared, 'cause my heart has been hurt so

Yeah, I can feel it, baby
I feel like I'm falling for you
But I'm scared to let go
I'm scared, 'cause my heart has been hurt so

I want you so much
I need you so much
I want you so much (believe me, my love)
I need you so much (believe me, my love)

-Jem

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Another one that correlates to events in my life. Can I trust this one?

Till the Stars Fall From the Sky

tambre — 2005-11-07T03:11:51-05:00

I'll be with you, my darling, when morning is nigh
And the whispers of the night wind go past with a sigh
For my heart is with you always, as my thoughts drift to home
And the memories I hold near me wherever I roam

I'll come home someday
Just to have you by my side
For my dreams pull me back there,
Like the moon pulls back the tide
For I will love you, dear
Until the seas run dry
I am yours, now and forever
Till the stars fall from the sky

I'll be with you, my darling, when sunset fills the sky
And the echoes of the mountains are hushed, by and by
For as darkness fills the evening, and my thoughts drift to home
I'll remember you are with me wherever I roam

I'll come home someday
Just to have you by my side
For my dreams pull me back there,
Like the moon pulls back the tide
For I will love you, dear
Until the seas run dry
I am yours, now and forever
Till the stars fall from the sky

I'll be with you, my darling
Till the stars fall from the sky

-Irish (or English) Folk Song

I'm Alive

tambre — 2005-11-13T06:11:03-05:00

I get wings to fly
Oh, I'm alive

When you call on me
When I hear you breathe
I get wings to fly
I feel that I'm alive

When you look at me
I can touch the sky
I know that I'm alive

When you bless the day
I just drift away
All my worries die
I'm glad that I'm alive

You've set my heart on fire
Filled me with love
Made me a woman
On clouds above

I couldn't get much higher
My spirit takes flight
Cause I am alive

When you call on me
When I hear you breathe
I get wings to fly
I feel that I'm alive
I am alive

When you reach for me
Raising spirits high
God knows that

That I'll be the one standing by
Through good and through trying times
And it's only begun
I can't wait for the rest of my life

When you call on me
When you reach for me
I get wings to fly
I feel that

When you bless the day
I just drift away
All my worries die
I know that I'm alive

I get wings to fly
God knows that I'm alive

-Celine Dion

Just Come In

tambre — 2005-11-15T10:11:51-05:00

What do I see you dragging up here?
Is that for your atoning?
I know you're sorry, I've seen your tears
You don't have to show me
What makes you think you must make that go away?
I forgot when I forgave
I wish you would

Just come in
Just lay that right there
Love does not care
Just come in
Lay your heart right here
You should never fear

You think you've crossed some sacred line,
And now I will ignore you?
If you look up, you will find
My heart is still towards you
Look at the sky, the east to the west
That's where I threw this
When you first confessed
Let it go now

Just come in
Just lay that right there
Love does not care
Just come in
Lay your heart right here
You should never fear

I will forgive you, no matter what you've done
No matter how many times you turn and run
I love you, wish you'd come

Just come in
Just lay that right there
Love does not care
Just come in
Lay your heart right here
You should never fear

Just come in
Just lay that right there
I don't care

-Margaret Becker

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This song saved my life.

If God Made You

tambre — 2005-11-16T09:11:54-05:00

Hey kid, your time has come to change
Though I need you more than I've needed anyone in any way tonight
Hey kid, I know it won't be long
The Captain's calling, come to see you back where we belong

Something inside me is breaking
Something inside says there's somewhere better than this

Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in her eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you, he's in love with me

Hey kid, do wishes count at all?
Can you give me a sign? Give me anything, I won't tell a soul you told
Hey kid, will you hold me when I sleep?
Will you find me when the tide decides that I got to leave?

Something inside me is breaking
Something inside says there's somewhere better than this

Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in her eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you, he's in love with me

Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in your eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you, he's in love with me

Something inside me is breaking
Something inside says there's somewhere better than this, my love

Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in her eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you, he's in love with me

Sunset sailing on April skies
Bloodshot fire clouds in your eyes
I can't say what I might believe
But if God made you, yeah, he's in love with me

He's in love with me

-Five For Fighting

Wherever You Are

tambre — 2005-11-20T12:11:28-05:00

I'm looking for a strong and steady heart
For a love that won't fall apart
At the first sign of trouble, near or far

And I'm looking through eyes that have shed some tears
And I'm looking for that one who's gonna face my fears
Without thinking he must erase each scar

And I'm gonna find you, baby
Wherever you are

Wherever you are
Love won't leave you stranded
Wherever you are
Love won't let you hide
Wherever you are
One of these days, baby
We'll be walking side by side

All it takes is some time, and some destiny
A little courage for those days when all we see
Is a cold, lonely rain, coming down hard

But I'm gonna find you, baby
Wherever you are

Here I'm coming

Wherever you are
Love won't leave you stranded
Wherever you are
Love won't let you hide
Wherever you are
And one of these days, baby
We'll be walking in the sun, side by side

I'm looking for that love that's meant for me
I can't be bothered with some same old wannabe
Just like the light from heaven's stars

I'm gonna find you
I'm gonna find you
I'm gonna find you, baby
Wherever you are

Gonna search high and low
Mmm, let's go

-Mary Chapin Carpenter

The Fragile

tambre — 2005-11-20T03:11:49-05:00

She shines
In a world full of ugliness
She matters
When everything is meaningless

Fragile
She doesn't see her beauty
She tries to get away

Sometimes
It's just that nothing seems worth saving
I can't watch her slip away

I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart

She reads of the minds of the people as they pass her by
Hoping someone will see
If I could fix myself I'd -
But it's too late for me

I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart
I won't let you fall apart

We'll find the perfect place to go where we can run and hide
I'll build a wall and we can keep them on the other side
But they keep waiting
And picking
And picking
And picking
And picking
And picking
And picking
And picking
And picking
And picking

It's something I have to do
(I won't let you fall apart)
I was there too
(I won't let you fall apart)
Before everything else
(I won't let you fall apart)
I was like you
(I won't let you fall apart)

-Nine Inch Nails

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This one means my sister to me. She's going through a lot of stuff that I was doing at her age, and it's almost perfectly from me to her. Except for the line about it being too late for me - doesn't exactly apply here.

In My Room

tambre — 2005-11-21T10:11:09-05:00

There's a world where
I can go and
Tell my secrets to
In my room
In my room

In this world I
Lock out all my
Worries and my fears
In my room
In my room

Do my dreaming and my scheming
Lie awake and pray
Do my crying and my sighing
Laugh at yesterday

Now it's dark and
I'm alone, but
I won't be afraid
In my room
In my room

In my room
In my room
In my room
In my room

-The Beach Boys

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My room.

Accidentally In Love

tambre — 2005-11-25T01:11:56-05:00

So she said, "What's the problem, baby?"
What's the problem? I don't know
Well, maybe I'm in love (love)
Think about it
Every time I think about it
Can't stop thinkin' 'bout it

How much longer will it take to cure this?
Just to cure it, cause I can't ignore it if it's love (love)
Makes me wanna turn around and face me
But I don't know nothing 'bout love

Uh huh
Come on, come on
Turn a little faster
Come on, come on
The world will follow after
Come on, come on
'Cause everybody's after love

So I said, I'm a snowball running
Running down into the spring
That's coming all this love
Melting under blue skies,
Belting out sunlight shimmering love

Well, baby I surrender to the
Strawberry ice cream,
Never-ever end of all this love
Well, I didn't mean to do it
There's no escaping your love

These lines of lightning mean we're never alone
Never alone
No, no

Come on, come on
Move a little closer
Come on, come on
I wanna hear you whisper
Come on, come on
Settle down inside my love

Come on, come on
Jump a little higher
Come on, come on
If you feel a little lighter
Come on, come on
We were once upon a time in love

We're accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally in love
Accidentally

I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
Accidentally
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
I'm in love, I'm in love
Accidentally

Come on, come on
Spin a little tighter
Come on, come on
And the world's a little brighter
Come on, come on
Just get yourself inside her love
I'm in love

-Counting Crows

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I distinctly recall deciding after things went south with my ex that I wasn't going to fall in love again for a long time. Just devote myself to my classes and my music, didn't have time for a boyfriend, and didn't have trust to spare to get broken again.

I was singing this with someone the other night in his car.

Desert Rose

tambre — 2005-11-25T11:11:00-05:00

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my head

I dream of fire
These dreams are tied to a horse that will never tire
And in the flames
The shadows play in the shape of a man's desire:

This desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

And as she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realize that nothing's as it seems

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my head

I dream of rain
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes
This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love

I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in pain
I dream of love as time runs through my head

Sweet desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this

This desert rose
This memory of Eden haunts us all
This desert flower
This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of us all

-Sting

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Not necessarily anything related to current events in my life, just that I have both the original and the remix, and I needed the rhythms of one and the passion of the other to satisfy something for dancing tonight. Roses are always special to me, and I've loved this song for quite some time - tend to wonder if I've ever been the desert rose for someone else.

Digital Love

tambre — 2005-11-26T04:11:22-05:00

Last night, I had a dream about you
In this dream, I'm dancing right beside you
And it looked like everyone was having fun
The kind of feeling I've waited so long

Don't stop, come a little closer
As we jam, the rhythm gets stronger
There's nothing wrong with just a little bit of fun
We were dancing all night long

The time is right to put my arms around you
You're feeling right, you wrap your arms around too
But suddenly, I feel the shining sun
Before I knew it, this dream was all gone

Oh, I don't know what to do
About this dream and you
I wish this dream comes true

Oh, I don't know what to do
About this dream and you
We'll make this dream come true

Why don't you play the game?
Why don't you play the game?

-Daft Punk

I Don't Want to Miss A Thing

tambre — 2005-11-30T05:11:09-05:00

I could stay awake just to hear you breathing
Watch you smile while you are sleeping
While you're far away and dreaming
I could spend my life in this sweet surrender
I could stay lost in this moment forever
Every moment spent with you is a moment I treasure

Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

Lying close to you, feeling your heart beating
And I'm wonderin' what you're dreaming
Wonderin' if it's me you're seeing
Then I kiss your eyes, and thank God we're together
I just want to stay with you in this moment forever
Forever and ever

Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

I don't want to miss one smile
I don't want to miss one kiss
I just want to be with you, right here with you
Just like this
I just want to hold you close
I feel your heart so close to mine
And just stay here in this moment
For all the rest of time

Don't wanna close my eyes
Don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't want to miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream of you
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you, baby
And I don't want to miss a thing

I don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep
'Cause I'd miss you, baby
And I don't wanna miss a thing
'Cause even when I dream
The sweetest dream would never do
I'd still miss you baby,
And I don't want to miss a thing

Don't wanna close my eyes
I don't wanna fall asleep, yeah
I don't want to miss a thing

-Aerosmith

Wild Child

tambre — 2005-12-02T01:12:04-05:00

Ever close your eyes?
Ever stop and listen?
Ever feel alive
And you've nothing missing?
You don't need a reason
Let the day go on and on

Let the rain fall down
Everywhere around you
Give into it now
Let the day surround you
You don't need a reason
Let the rain go on and on

What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child

Only take the time from the helter-skelter
Every day you find everything's in kilter
You don't need a reason
Let the day go on and on

Every summer sun, every winter evening
Every spring to come, every autumn leaving
You don't need a reason
Let it all go on and on

What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child

What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child

What a day, what a day to take to
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
Da da-dah, da da-da, da dah dah
What a way, what a way to make it through
Da da-dah, da da-da, da dah dah
Da da-dah, da da-da, da dah dah
What a way, what a way to make it through
What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child

What a day, what a day to take to
A wild child

-Enya

Somewhere Out There

tambre — 2005-12-06T09:12:48-05:00

Somewhere out there,
Beneath the pale moonlight
Someone's thinking of me,
And loving me tonight

Somewhere out there,
Someone's saying a prayer
That we'll be together,
In that great somewhere out there

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there,
If love can see us through,
Then we'll be together
Somewhere out there
Out where dreams
Come true

And even though I know how very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star
And when the night wind starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky

Somewhere out there,
If love can see us through,
Then we'll be together
Somewhere out there
Out where dreams
Come true

-James Horner

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For ravager and Kaos. For my mom and my grandma. For Matt and Amy. For everyone who fell asleep last night missing somebody.

Last Christmas

tambre — 2005-12-09T01:12:08-05:00

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
And this year, to save me from tears,
I'll give it to someone special

Well, last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
And this year, to save me from tears,
I'll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone
Special

Once bitten, and twice shy
I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye
Tell me baby, do you recognize me?
Well, it's been a year, it doesn't surprise me

"Happy Christmas," I wrapped it up and sent it
With a letter saying, "I love you," I meant it
Now I know what a fool I've been
But if you kiss me now, I know you'll fool me again

And last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
And this year, to save me from tears,
I'll give it to someone special
Special

A crowded room, friends with tired eyes
I'm hiding from you and your soul of ice
I thought you were someone to rely on
Me, I guess I was a shoulder to cry on

A face on a lover with a fire in his heart
A man undercover, but you tore me apart
Oooh
Now I found a real love, you'll never fool me again

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears,
I'll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone
I'll give it to someone
Special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears,
I'll give it to someone special

(Last Christmas, I gave you my heart)
Guilty feet have got no rhythm
(But the very next day, you gave it away)
Guilty feet got no rhythm
(This year, to save me from tears)
No, no
(I'll give it to someone special)
Now I found a real love, you'll never fool me again

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart (someone)
But the very next day, you gave it away (someone)
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

Last Christmas, I gave you my heart
But the very next day, you gave it away
This year, to save me from tears
I'll give it to someone special

-Savage Garden

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Lost trust in someone I met last December - and learning to trust someone through this one.

Something was made more solid while listening to this tonight, not sure what exactly, but it's with him, and it's a good thing.

Different Wings

tambre — 2005-12-11T05:12:51-05:00

Dream, child
As childhood wants to do
Dream all this night will allow
Dream, child
Dream with an angel's view
Out there, safe in your clouds

Wait for me now
I will be there for you,
No matter what
Tomorrow may bring
This I will vow:
I will be there for this
Child with different...

Dream, child
Stars have been rumored to
See dreams within newborn eyes
And in
Their arms, I believe they do
Keep safe until you arise

Wait for me now
I will be there for you,
No matter what
Tomorrow may bring
This I will vow:
I will be there for this
Child with different...
Wings

Shhh...

-Trans-Siberian Orchestra

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For my little sister.

I will be there for this child with different wings.

Come Away With Me

tambre — 2005-12-13T09:12:56-05:00

Come away with me in the night
Come away with me and I will write you a song
Come away with me on a bus
Come away with me where they can't tempt us with their lies

And I wanna walk with you
On a cloudy day
In fields where the yellow grass grows knee-high
So, won't you try
To come?

Come away with me, and we'll kiss on a mountain top
Come away with me, and I'll never stop loving you

And I want to wake up with the rain
Falling on a tin roof
While I'm safe there in your arms
So all I ask for is you
To come away with me in the night
Come away with me

-Norah Jones

Come What May

tambre — 2005-12-15T09:12:01-05:00

Never knew I could feel like this
Like I've never seen the sky before
Want to vanish inside your kiss
Every day I love you more and more

Listen to my heart
Can you hear it sings
Telling me to give you everything
Seasons may change
Winter to spring
But I love you
Until the end of time

Come what may
Come what may
I will love you
Until my dying day

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place
Suddenly it moves with such a perfect grace
Suddenly my life doesn't seem such a waste
It all revolves around you

And there's no mountain too high
No river too wide
Sing out this song
And I'll be there by your side
Storm clouds may gather
And stars may collide
But I love you
Until the end of time

Come what may
Come what may
I will love you
Until my dying day

Oh, come what may
Come what may
I will love you

Suddenly the world seems such a perfect place

Come what may
Come what may
I will love you
Until my dying day

-Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman

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It's one I want to share with Tony in some context - whether that means creating it together, or being in it together, I'm not sure. But it's definitely reserved for Tony in my mind for some reason.

Little Black Backpack

tambre — 2005-12-18T07:12:49-05:00

Well, I know it
It's a shame
A shame I can't show it
And I see it
I can see it now
But, I'm so far below it

Don't wanna, don't wanna talk about it
I say, why not?
Don't wanna think about it
I say, there's got to be some good
Reason for your little black backpack, upsmack
Turn around he's on his back
And
Don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
And this shouldn't concern you, except that
Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back

And I can feel you
Yes, I can
What about that don't you understand?
And I sense you -
It's something sensual
But it's less than I planned

Don't wanna, don't wanna talk about it
I say, why not?
Don't wanna think about it
I say, there's got to be some good reason
For your little black backpack, upsmack
Turn around he's on his back
And
Don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
And this shouldn't concern you, except that
Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back

You're trying to find a reason for the way you feel tonight
Your mind is lined with layers of lead
Have you heard one thing that I've said?

Don't wanna talk about it
I say, why not?
Don't wanna think about it
I say, there's got to be some good
Reason for your little black backpack, upsmack
Turn around he's on his back
And
Don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
This shouldn't concern you, except that
Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back
Don't wanna tango with you
I'd rather tangle with him
I think I'm gonna bash his head in
This shouldn't concern you, except that
Just don't expect to get your bloody black backpack back

-Stroke 9

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Except, Auron never had my backpack.

Put Down the Ducky

tambre — 2005-12-20T12:12:07-05:00

Excuse me, Mr. Hoots, I hate to bug a busy bird
But I wanna learn the sax, and I need a helpful word
I always get a silly squeak when I play the blues

Ernie, keep your cool, I'll teach you how to blow the sax
I think I dig your problem - it's rubber and it quacks!
You'll never find the skill you seek 'til you pay your dues

You gotta put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
Put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
Put down the ducky,
Yeah, you gotta leave the duck alone
You gotta put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
Put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
Put down the ducky, if you wanna play the saxophone

You didn't hear a word I said!
You gotta get it through your head!
Don't be a stubborn cluck!
Ernie, lay aside the duck!

I've learned a thing or two from years of playing in the band
It's hard to play a saxophone with something in your hand!
To be a fine musician, you're gonna have to face the facts

Though you're blessed with flyin' fingers, when you wanna wail, you're stuck
What good are flyin' fingers if they're wrapped around a duck?
Change the toy's position if you wanna ace the sax!

You gotta put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
Put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
Put down the ducky,
Yeah, you gotta leave the duck alone
You gotta put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
Put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
Put down the ducky if you wanna play the saxophone

One more time!
Put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
Put down the ducky (Put it down)
Put down the ducky,
Yeah, you gotta leave the duck alone
Put down the ducky (Put down the ducky)
I say, I say put it down (Down!)
Put down the ducky if you wanna play the saxophone

-Sesame Street: Ernie and Mr. Hoots

Dance With Life

tambre — 2005-12-31T02:12:53-05:00

I was thinking out loud
One life's such a short time for love
When a match made in heaven arrives,
Eternity is never enough

It's all been so simple 'til now
There's no brilliance like beauty out there
No knowledge as wise as the heart
We all need a reason to care

I need to dance with life
Sweep you away into the night
When there is no one else around
I will make every day count
We need to dance with life
Swim in the soul of your eyes
'Til we melt into the night
Oh, we need to dance with life
And leave a brilliant light behind

We could lay on the ground
We could look at that light in the sky
Show the moon and a million stars
The stars we become when we die

I need to dance with life
Sweep you away into the night
When there is no one else around
I will make every day count
We need to dance with life
Swim in the soul of your eyes
'Til we melt into the night
Oh, we need to dance with life
And leave a brilliant light behind

It's no secret how I feel
This flesh and bone, "I love you," is sealed
To cover me up and hide the deal
And the deal with me
To dance with life

Breathe the sweet fresh air
And every make every second your last
And I'll touch you from the world I wake in
Make the most of the present and the past

I need to dance with life
Sweep you away into the night
When there's no one else around
I will make every day count
We need to dance with life
Swim in the soul of your eyes
'Til we melt into the night
Oh, we need to dance with life
And leave a brilliant light
Leave a brilliant light
Leave a brilliant light
Behind

Light behind

A light behind

A light behind

-Bryan Ferry

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One of the best love songs I've heard, describing what I want the love of my life to be.

Johnny Tarr

tambre — 2006-01-02T01:01:02-05:00

Lemme tell you a little story, about a man named Johnny Tarr
He was a hard-drinkin' son of a preacher, always at the bar
Lager from the tap or shots of Paddy from the shelf
He could open his throttle and throw back a bottle as quick as the Devil himself!
Johnny Tarr!

And the word got around that Johnny Tarr was no pretender
From Clare to here, they'd lock up the beer when Johnny went on a bender
Down at Dickey Mac's, the Rising Sun, or at the Swan
If he was drinking by seven, by ten to eleven, well, all of the booze would be gone!
Johnny Tarr!

And even if you saw it yourself, you wouldn't believe it
I wouldn't trust a person like me, if I were you
Sure, I wasn't there, but I swear, I have an alibi
I heard it from a man who knows a fellow who says it's true

It was nine in the morning, on a cold and rainy night
Johnny walked into the Castle Bar, looking to get tight
He had money in his pocket, and whiskey in his eye
He said, "Get up off your asses and set up the glasses, I'm drinkin' this place dry!"

Now all the serious boozers, they were soon broken-hearted
When Johnny finished off six, and he was only getting started!
Guzzling down the pints, and knocking them back like candy
He was looking all right to be drinking all night, then Nora brought out the brandy!
Johnny Tarr!

And even if you saw it yourself, you wouldn't believe it
I wouldn't trust a person like me, if I were you
Sure, I wasn't there - I swear, I have an alibi
I heard it from a man who knows a fellow who says it's true

Here we go Sheila!

Johnny drank the whole damn bottle, had another pint or two
When it made no impression, he started a session with Murphy's Millenium Brew
He was waiting for his pint, when his face turned green
Jesus, Johnny fell down, after only fifteen!

Now you could have heard a pin drop, then the crowd let out a roar
It took five Cork women to lift Johnny off the floor
The doctor looked him over, said, "You better call the hearse."
But it's not what you're thinking, it wasn't the drinking - this man died of thirst!
Johnny Tarr!

And even if you saw it yourself, you wouldn't believe it
I wouldn't trust a person like me, if I were you
Sure, I wasn't there - I swear I have an alibi
I heard it from a man who knows a fellow who says it's true

And even if you saw it yourself, you wouldn't believe it
I wouldn't trust a person like me, if I were you
Sure, I wasn't there - I swear, I have an alibi
I heard it from a man who knows a fellow who says it's true

-Gaelic Storm

I'm Afraid

tambre — 2006-01-05T02:01:55-05:00

I am afraid of so many things
Hide under the table when the doorbell rings
The house seems empty when I'm here on my own
So the light must die young, but the girls are grown

Worrying about it, but it ain't gonna repay
The pain and the fear are so hard to explain
But it's all wrong
When he's healthy and strong

I'm afraid that the world will not go 'round
I'm afraid that my friends will all be drowned

Don't surprise me, or I'll jump from my shoes
Like a man from a building just to get in the news
No, I don't want pity nor a friend in the dark
Just an ocean to swim where there isn't a shark (Don't worry about it)

Worrying about it, but it ain't gonna repay
The pain and the fear are so hard to explain
But it's all wrong
When he's healthy and strong

I'm afraid that the world will not go 'round
I'm afraid that my friends will all be drowned

Don't worry about it

Oh, I'm afraid that the world will not go 'round
I'm afraid that my friends will all be drowned
I'm afraid that the world will not go 'round
I'm afraid that my friends will all be drowned
I'm afraid that the world will not go 'round
I'm afraid that my friends will all be drowned

I'm a-scared that you won't love me

I'm afraid that the world will not go 'round
I'm afraid that my friends will all be drowned

Don't worry about it

I'm a-scared that you won't love me

Worry about it

Don't worry about it

-Blue Room

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This is another one that you can't find the lyrics to online. You've probably noticed that I never copy-paste lyrics, I type them as I'm listening to the song. I try to bring up the official lyrics to songs, to check for discrepancies in what I'm hearing/typing and what they're actually saying, but every site I've found that's made mention of this song claims that it's instrumental.

If you have corrections, comment and I'll re-listen, fix it if I think you're right.

One Fine Day

tambre — 2006-01-06T11:01:59-05:00

One fine day, you'll look at me
And you will know our love was meant to be
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl

The arms I long for will open wide
And you'll be proud to have me walkin' right by your side
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl

Though I know you're the kind of boy
Who only wants to run around
I'll keep waiting and someday, darling
You'll come to me when you want to settle down

One fine day, we'll meet once more
And then you'll want the love you threw away before
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl
One fine day, oh!
One fine day, you're gonna want me for your girl

-Carole King

Coffee in a Cardboard Cup

tambre — 2006-01-08T04:01:28-05:00

Right here baby, come on, I gotta go, two coffees
Come on, will ya gimme a break, gimme a break
The trouble with the world today, it's plain to see,
Is coffee in a cardboard cup
The trouble with the affluent society
Is coffee in a cardboard cup

No one's ever casual and nonchalant
No one wastes a minute in a restaurant
No one wants a waitress passin' pleasantries
Like, "Hiya Miss," "Hiya, Sir,
May I take your order please?"

The trouble with the world today, it's plain to see,
Is everything is hur-hur-hurry up!
It's Reddi Whip and instant tea
And a Minute Rice and oh-my-oh-me
And coffee! I think she said
Coffee! I know she said
Coffee! In a cardboard cup!

Come on, what are you doing?
You wake me up at five in the morning
Are you deaf? Get me out of here!
The trouble with the helter-skelter life we lead
Is coffee in a cardboard cup
The trouble, the psychologists have all agreed
Is coffee in a cardboard cup

Tell me, what could possibly be drearier
Than sweep-up from the Belmont cafeteria?
Seems to me a gentleman would much prefer
An, "Afternoon." "How ya been?"
"Would you like the special, sir?"

The trouble with the world today, it's plain to see,
Is everything is hur-hur-hurry up!
It's rush it through and don't be slow
And a BLT on a rye to go
And coffee! I think she said
Coffee! I know she said
Coffee! In a cardboard cup!
Hurry up!

-Mandy Patinkin

Love is Love

tambre — 2006-01-12T09:01:28-05:00

You don't have to touch her to know
Love is everywhere that you go
You don't have to touch her to feel
Love is every second we steal

Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes and you will see
Love is love is everything to me

You don't have to touch her to be
Wrapped up in emotion like me
Everyone must feel how I do
Love is just to be close to you

Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes and you will see
Love is love is everything to me

And you know that love is love
It's written in black and blue
And everything you say
Must bring her closer
Closer to you

Bye-bye
Bye-bye
Bye-bye

You don't have to touch her to know
Love is everywhere that you go
You don't have to touch her to feel
Love is every second we steal

Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do
Open up your eyes and you will see
Love is love is everything to me

Love is love is nothing without you
Love is love is everything you do

-Boy George and the Culture Club

Mansions

tambre — 2006-01-14T08:01:52-05:00

God of light, light me some passion
Green fields and lovely mansions
Let your mansions live inside me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me

Cross of skin and naked figure
Broken legs and crooked fingers
Help me live for good tomorrow;
Today's too late and full of sorrow

Light is good and dark is evil
But I'm running around
Through the cross and through the steeples
Trying to make it to higher ground
Come on, light, please live beside me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me

Pride and hate they live inside me
I need your love enough to guide me
Help me walk across these borders
I'm a Pilgrim in deep waters

Faithful God, like faithful sunrise
Help me break from all these old ties
Lead me all to that is holy
Break these chains, but break them slowly

God of light, light me some passion
Green fields and lovely mansions
Let your mansions live inside me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me

Let your mansions live inside me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me

Love me, light me, give me, guide me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me

Love me, light me, give me, guide me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me

Love me, light me, give me, guide me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me
Love me, light me, give me, guide me

-Burlap to Cashmere

Hand in Hand

tambre — 2006-01-17T09:01:21-05:00

The sky is crying, the streets are full of tears
Rain come down, wash away my fears
And all this writing on the walls
Oh, I can read between the lines

Rain come down, forgive this dirty town
Rain come down, give this dirty town
A drink of water
A drink of wine

If I've been hard on you, I never chose to be
I never wanted no one else
And I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to

As you'd sleep, I'd think my heart would break in two
I'd kiss your cheek; I'd stop myself from waking you
But in the dark you'd speak my name
And say, "Baby, what's wrong?"

Oh, here I am, baby - I'm coming back for more
I'm like a wave that's got to roll into the shore
Yes, and if my love's in vain,
How come my love is so strong?

If I've been hard on you, I never chose to be
I never wanted no one else
And I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to

Supposed to be

Now, you and me go parallel, together and apart
And you keep the perfect distance, and it's tearing at my heart
Did you never feel the distance?
You never tried to cross the line

'Cause it's another dirty river, and another dirty scar
And I don't know who's kissing you, and I don't know where you are
So far from home
Don't you think of me sometime?

If I've been hard on you, I never chose to be
I never wanted no one else
I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to

If I've been hard on you, I never chose to be
I never wanted no one else
I tried my best to be somebody you'd be close to
Hand in hand like lovers are supposed to

Well
Sky is crying, see, the streets are full of tears
Rain come down, wash away my fears
And all this writing on the wall
Oh, I can read between the lines

-Dire Straits

The Second Week of Deer Camp

tambre — 2006-01-18T09:01:56-05:00

(part 1)

"Hey, there goes one!"
*two gunshots*
"Hey, you shot my cow!"

It's the second week of deer camp
I've got a swollen head
I'm lying with the dustballs
Underneath my bed
An icy breeze is blowing in
Through the tongue-in-groove
My pants are frozen to the floor
And I'm too sick to move

I didn't drink so many
Only thirty cans of beer
It must have been that last shot
That put me under here

It's the second week of deer camp
And all the guys are here
We drink, play cards, and shoot the bull,
But never shoot no deer
The only time we leave the camp
Is when we go for beer
The second week of deer camp
Is the greatest time of year!

I remember playing poker
That Weasel must have won
He's wearing my new swampers
And sleeping with my gun
He's snoring like a chainsaw
The camp smells like a dump
Someone's dirty underwear
Is hanging on the pump

Mucko's in the woodbox
Wiener's passed out on the stove
His flannel shirt is smoking *sniff*
I wonder if he knows? "Yeow!"

It's the second week of deer camp
And all the guys are here
We drink, play cards, and shoot the bull,
But never shoot no deer
The only time we leave the camp
Is when we go for beer
The second week of deer camp
Is the greatest time of year!

Vito's crawling through the door -
I think he got frostbite
He passed out in the outhouse,
And he's been there since last night
Goofus stumbles through the door,
He says he got a buck
He was coming from the wayside
And he killed it with his truck

Musty cracks a beer and says,
"It's time to celebrate!
Goofus got the first buck
Since 1968!"

It's the second week of deer camp
And all the guys are here
We drink, play cards, and shoot the bull,
But never shoot no deer
The only time we leave the camp
Is when we go for beer
The second week of deer camp
Is the greatest time of year!

It's the second week of deer camp
And all the guys are here
We drink, play cards, and shoot the bull,
But never shoot no deer
The only time we leave the camp
Is when we go for beer
The second week of deer camp
Is the greatest time of year!

(part 2)

"Hey Joe! Where are you?
If you can't hear me, just say something!"

"Where da heck am I?
Oh, I remember now."

I wake up in the woodshed
With two thousand empty beers
I came looking for a full one
And I musta passed out here
I crawl out through the door
And I run smack into a buck
He was eating all the apples
From the back of Rudy's truck

I grab him by the back legs
And he drags me through the snow
But when he jumps a barbed-wire fence
I have to let him go "Aargh!"

It's the second week of deer camp
There's one more day to go
We haven't had a shave or bath
Since fourteen days ago
The empties pile is growing
And nobody got a deer
But there's only fifty weeks to go
And we'll be back up here!

I go crawling down the road
And Alley-Oop comes whizzing by
For a guy that weighs three hundred pounds,
That Oop can really fly
I take a look behind me,
And here comes a big black bear
If I make it back to camp,
I'll have to change my underwear

The bear goes by the both of us
And runs right through the door
He's breaking up the card game
It sounds just like a war! "Lemme out of here!"

It's the second week of deer camp
There's one more day to go
We haven't had a shave or bath
Since fourteen days ago
The empties pile is growing
And nobody got a deer
But there's only fifty weeks to go
And we'll be back up here!

Bruno's cooking bear meat
But no one wants to eat "Uh-uhh."
'Cause everything that Bruno cooks *sniff*
Smells like Mungo's feet "Eauuw."
The poker game's still going
And the beer is getting low
All around the deer camp
There's a ring of yellow snow "Aahhh."

The bucks we won in poker
Are the only bucks we got
We spent two weeks in deer camp
And never fired a shot

It's the second week of deer camp
There's one more day to go
We haven't had a shave or bath
Since fourteen days ago
The empties pile is growing
And nobody got a deer
But there's only fifty weeks to go
And we'll be back up here!

It's the second week of deer camp
There's one more day to go
We haven't had a shave or bath
Since fourteen days ago
The empties pile is growing
And nobody got a deer
But there's only fifty weeks to go
And we'll be back up here!

-Da Yoopers

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I happen to be descended from a lot of sportsmen on my mom's side. I'm amused by this song in general, she's amused by the truth of it.

Where Is My Mind?

tambre — 2006-01-21T12:01:08-05:00

Oooh
Stop.

Oooh
Oooh

With your feet in the air, and your head on the ground
Try this trick, and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse,
But there's nothing in it,
And you'll ask yourself:

Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

I was swimming in the Caribbean
Animals were hiding behind the rocks
Except the little fish
But they told me, he swears
Tryin' to talk to me to me

Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?

Way out in the water,
See it swimmin'

With your feet in the air, and your head on the ground
Tryin' this trick and spin it, yeah
Your head will collapse
But there's nothing in it
And you'll ask yourself

Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?
Where is my mind?

Way out in the water
See it swimmin'

Oooh

With your feet in the air, and your head on the ground
Tryin' this trick and spin it, yeah

Oooh
Oooh

-The Pixies

Don't Take Your Guns to Town

tambre — 2006-01-21T01:01:41-05:00

A young cowboy named Billy Joe
Grew restless on the farm.
A boy filled with wanderlust
Who really meant no harm.
He changed his clothes and shined his boots
And combed his dark hair down.
And his mother cried as he walked out,

"Don't take your guns to town, son.
Leave your guns at home, Bill.
Don't take your guns to town."

He laughed and kissed his mom and said,
"Your Billy Joe's a man.
I can shoot as quick and straight
As anybody can.
But I wouldn't shoot without a cause;
I'd gun nobody down."
But she cried again as he rode away,

"Don't take your guns to town, son.
Leave your guns at home, Bill.
Don't take your guns to town."

He sang a song as on he rode,
His guns hung at his hips.
He rode into a cattle town,
A smile upon his lips.
He stopped and walked into a bar
And laid his money down.
And his mother's words echoed again:

"Don't take your guns to town, son.
Leave your guns at home, Bill.
Don't take your guns to town."

He drank his first strong liquor then,
To calm his shaking hand.
And tried to tell himself, at last,
He had become a man.
A dusty cowpoke at his side
Began to laugh him down.
And his mother's words echoed again:

"Don't take your guns to town, son.
Leave your guns at home, Bill.
Don't take your guns to town."

Filled with rage then, Billy Joe
Reached for his gun to draw.
But the stranger drew his gun and fired
Before he even saw.
As Billy Joe fell to the floor
The crowd all gathered 'round.
And they wondered at his final words:

"Don't take your guns to town, son.
Leave your guns at home, Bill.
Don't take your guns to town."

-Johnny Cash

Lord (I Don't Know)

tambre — 2006-01-24T09:01:26-05:00

You are the author of knowledge
You can redeem what's been done
You hold the present and all that's to come
Until your everlasting kingdom

Lord, I don't know where all this is going
Or how it all works out
Lead me to peace that is past understanding -
A peace beyond all doubt

You are the God of tomorrow
Turning the darkness to dawn
Lifting the hopeless with hope to go on
You are the rock of all salvation

Lord, I don't know where all this is going
Or how it all works out
Lead me to peace that is past understanding -
A peace beyond all doubt

Oh Lord, you are the author
Redeeming what's been done
You hold us in the present
And all that is to come

Oh Lord, you are the author
Redeeming what's been done
You hold us in the present
And all that is to come

Lord, we don't know where all this is going
Or how it all works out
Lead us to peace that is past understanding
A peace beyond all doubt

Lord, we don't know where all this is going
Or how it all works out
Lead us to peace that is past understanding
A peace beyond all doubt

Lord, we don't know where all this is going
Or how it all works out
Lead us to peace that is past understanding
A peace beyond all doubt

-Newsboys

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I like this one.

There've been a couple of rough times in the last year, particularly last semester, when I hadn't yet understood what it meant to be trusting God with everything. I was going through a lot of rough stuff, my friends probably remember, and there was a night or two that I'd come home, turn off the car, and just sit out there in the darkness, listening to this song over and over, almost crying, and praying.

The Rhythm Divine

tambre — 2006-01-27T07:01:19-05:00

You know that my tears
Have kept me awake
The longer you're gone,
I'll hunger and shake
From Warsaw to Rome
I'll wait out of time
With you in my heart
The rhythm divine

So won't you come close?
Bring this to an end
With each winter rose
My love I will send
So tender the night
When you hold me tight
With you in my heart
The rhythm divine

With you in my heart
The rhythm divine

You know that these tears
Have kept me awake
The longer you're gone,
I'll hunger and shake
From Warsaw to Rome
I'll wait out of time
With you in my heart
The rhythm divine

The rhythm divine
The rhythm divine

With you in my heart
The rhythm divine

-Yello

I'll Find My Way Home

tambre — 2006-01-28T01:01:53-05:00

You ask me where to begin
Am I so lost in my sin?
You ask me where did I fall
I say I can't tell you when

But if my spirit is lost,
How will I find what is near?
No question, I'm not alone
Somehow I'll find my way home

My sun shall rise in the east
So shall my heart be at peace
And if you're asking me when
I'll say it starts at the end

You know your will to be free
Is matched with love secretly
And hope will alter your prayers
Somehow you'll find you are there

Your friend is close by your side
And speaks in far-ancient tongues
A season's wish will come true
All seasons begin with you

A world we all come from
One world we melt into one
Just hold my hand and we're there
Somehow we're going somewhere

Somehow we're going somewhere

You ask me where to begin
Am I so lost in my sin?
You ask me where did I fall
I'll say I can't tell you when

But if my spirit is strong
I know it can't be long
No question, I'm not alone
Somehow I'll find my way home

Somehow I'll find my way home
Somehow I'll find my way home
Somehow I'll find my way home

-Jon Anderson and Vangelis

Emily's Song

tambre — 2006-01-29T03:01:24-05:00

You will always be the one that I adore
Means so much to me, but dreams you were before
It's you, Emily, that makes me write this song

Your eyes are open wide, but still so much to see
All that's new to you seems so old to me
Now I'm far away, a minute seems so long

It's just another day without you
It's just another day that I'm not there
I'm gonna find a way to be so close to you
You've gotta know how much I care
It's just another day without you
It's just another day that I'm not there
I'm gonna give my love, my heart, my soul to you
All this I'll give to you, I swear

Longing to hold you, feel you in my arms
Never let you go far from me for long
Girl, I promise you, my feelings are so strong

Eyes are open wide, but still so much to see
All that's new to you seems so old to me
When I'm far away, a minute seems so long

It's just another day without you
It's just another day that I'm not there
I'm gonna give my love, my heart, my soul to you
All this I'll give to you, I swear

If only you could read what's on my mind
See life through my eyes
You'd sooner realize

It's just another day without you
It's just another day that I'm not there
I'm gonna give my love, my heart, my soul to you
All this I'll give to you, I swear
It's just another day without you
It's just another day that I'm not there
I'm gonna find a way to be so close to you
You gotta know how much I care

-BBMak

Chevette

tambre — 2006-01-30T11:01:38-05:00

Twenty years ago I watched in awe
As my dad drove up the driveway
More than proud to have a brand-new family car
Thirty miles to the gallon,
Zero to sixty
Some times.

I remember putting down the backseat
And lyin' in the hatchback
Lookin' at the sky and watchin' trees go by
I was the son of a preacher
And he was a rich,
Poor man

No AC
And no FM
And no regrets
In my Chevette
Yeah
In my Chevette
Yeah

(Zero to sixty some times)

The winter cracked the highway
And we tried to dodge the potholes
He never promised us it would be a gentle ride
He never had a problem, though
Keeping it on the narrow
Road

No AC
And no FM
And no regrets
In my Chevette
Yeah
In my Chevette
Yeah
In my Chevette
Yeah
In my Chevette
Never had a car like that

Both ends up on blocks
But that car still
Rocked

Seems like yesterday
(Seems like yesterday)
(Seems like yesterday)

My Chevette
Yeah
In my Chevette
Yeah

I had no AC
In my Chevette
Had window cranks
In my Chevette
Had vinyl seats
In my Chevette
In my Chevette
Had no regrets
In my Chevette
Yeah
(Hangin' off the back)

-Audio Adrenaline

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This was actually from the remix - I haven't yet heard the original "Chevette".

She's an Angel

tambre — 2006-02-04T08:02:50-05:00

I met someone at the dog show
She was holding my left arm
But everyone was acting normal,
So I tried to look nonchalant

We both said, "I really love you."
The Shriners loaned us cars
We raced up and down the sidewalk
Twenty thousand million times

Why did they send her
Over anyone else?
How should I react?
These things happen to other people
They don't happen at all, in fact

When you're following an angel,
Does it mean you have to
Throw your body off a building?
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead,
Calling you an angel,
Calling you the nicest things
I heard they had a space program
When they sing you can't hear - there's no air
Sometimes I think I kinda like that and
Other times I think I'm already there

Gonna ask for my admission
Gonna speak to the man in charge
The secretary says he's on another line,
Can I hold for a long long time?

I found out she's an angel
I don't think she knows I knew
I'm worried that something might happen to me
If anyone ever finds out

Why, why did they send her
Over anyone else?
How should I react?
These things happen to other people
They don't happen at all

When you're following an angel,
Does it mean you have to
Throw your body off a building?
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead,
Calling you an angel,
Calling you the nicest things
I heard they had a space program
When you sing you can't hear - there's no air
Sometimes I think I kinda like that, and
Other times I think I'm already there

When you're following an angel,
Does it mean you have to
Throw your body off a building?
Somewhere they're meeting on a pinhead,
Calling you an angel,
Calling you the nicest things

-They Might Be Giants

For the Longest Time

tambre — 2006-02-12T01:02:03-05:00

If you said goodbye to me tonight,
There would still be music left to write
What else could I do?
I'm so inspired by you
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Once, I thought my innocence was gone
Now I know that happiness goes on
That's where you found me
When you put your arms around me
I haven't been there for the longest time

For the longest time
For the longest

I'm that voice you're hearing in the hall
And the greatest miracle of all
Is how I need you
And how you needed me too
That hasn't happened for the longest time

Maybe this won't last very long
But you feel so right
And I could be wrong
Maybe I've been hoping too hard
But I've gone this far
And it's more than I hoped for

Who knows how much further we'll go on?
Maybe I'll be sorry when you're gone
I'll take my chances
I forgot how nice romance is
I haven't been there for the longest time

I had second thoughts at the start
I said to myself,
"Hold onto your heart."
Now I know the woman that you are
You're wonderful so far
And it's more than I hoped for

I don't care what consequence it brings
I have been a fool for lesser things
I want you so bad
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you for the longest time

For the longest time
For the longest time
For the longest time
For the longest time

-Billy Joel

Disappoint

tambre — 2006-02-16T10:02:56-05:00

Just one more time,
For the sake of sanity
Tell me why - explain the gravity
That drove you to this
That brought you to this place
That pushed you down into the soul's embrace
Give me the chance
I was denied
Sit and talk with you for one last time

Did I disappoint you?
Did I let you down?
Did I stand on the shore
And watch you as you drowned?
Can you forgive me?
I never knew
The pain you carried deep inside of you

And I can't forget
Having to see
Words that knocked the wind right out of me
It's not enough
I've come undone
Trying to find sense where there is none
Just give me peace
You owe me that
To help ward off the fears I must combat

Did I disappoint you?
Did I let you down?
Did I stand on the shore
And watch you as you drowned?
Can you forgive me?
I never knew
The pain you carried deep inside of you

"Do you believe in the nobility of suicide?"

"No."

And so I ask
For one more chance
To understand this senseless circumstance
Help me to see
This through your eyes
The reasons I've been trying to surmise
Though you are gone
I am still your son
And while your pain is over, mine has just begun

Did I disappoint you?
Did I let you down?
Did I stand on the shore
And watch you as you drowned?
Can you forgive me?
I never knew
The pain you carried deep inside of you

Did I disappoint you?
Did I let you down?
Did I stand on the shore
And watch you as you drowned?
Can you forgive me?
I never knew
The pain you carried deep inside of you

-Assemblage 23

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I've been told that the inspiration behind this was his father's suicide.

It's All Who You Know

tambre — 2006-02-18T12:02:14-05:00

For the want of a marker,
The doctors lost their place
For the want of a cut-line,
They couldn't lift his face
For the want of a face-lift,
His ratings dropped
Then the sitcom folded,
Then the network flopped

After the climb
After time turns designs to despair
It is good
Nothing's fair
It's all who you know

For the want of a cough drop,
The musher's throat went hoarse
For the want of direction,
The huskies went off course
Then the sled got snowbound,
Took some time to free 'em
Now they're on display
Inside the British museum

After the climb
After time turns designs to despair
It is good
Nothing's fair
It's all who you know

And after the fall
After all of our strivings are dust
Even so
Good for us
It's all who you know

For the want of a compass,
We'd be shuffling charts
For the want of good radar,
We'd be glacier parts
For the want of a lighthouse,
Can't you see?
We'd be lost at sea
Lost at sea

After the climb
After time turns designs to despair
It is good
Nothing's fair
It's all who you know

And after the fall
After all of our strivings are dust
Even so
Good for us
It's all who you know

-Newsboys

My Alien

tambre — 2006-02-19T03:02:09-05:00

I'm sick of being alone
When are you coming home?
Just a glimpse of your face
I can remember smelling your hair
I'll meet you anywhere
Somewhere that no one can retrace
Somewhere where no one will know our faces

She has two arms to hold me
And four legs to wrap around me
She's not your typical girlfriend
She's my alien
She's my alien

She knows when something is wrong
When something doesn't belong
She can read in my mind
And she can be assured that with me
There is no conspiracy
She's not wasting her time

She can take me to the place that she calls home
In a spaceship that will someday be my own
Please take me to your leader
Tell her I will surrender
I will surrender

She has two arms to hold me
And four legs to wrap around me
She's not your typical girlfriend
She's my alien

My alien
My alien
My alien
My alien

She has two arms to hold me
Four legs to wrap around me
She's not your typical girlfriend

She has two arms to hold me
And four legs to wrap around me
She's not your typical girlfriend
My alien

I bought the astronaut's kit
And now all I need's a rocket
My love, intergalactic friend
She's my alien

-Simple Plan

Jonathon Caterpillar

tambre — 2006-02-22T08:02:59-05:00

Jonathon Fuzzy-wuzzy
loved little buzzy-wuzzy
Jennifer Bee.
He loved her, but alas
A clumsy bumbly fuzzy-wuzzy
Caterpillar was he.
And she was such a lady
That he knew, no buts or maybes,
Their wedding could never be.
I saw him on the porch,
He was blinking back a tear
And strumming on his ukelele!

Singing, "Jenny please forget my fuzzy body,
Be my buzzy-wuzzy honey!
Won't you please be my sugar baby?
Maybe we could make it in the summer sunny - oh yeah
And when the days are rainy,
We could have a cup of tea and play checkers in the woods.
And I would even let you win because I love you Jenny, so there."

That was so long ago
I don't know what happened
To poor Jonathon.
Maybe he became a butterfly
And married Jenny
In the old apple tree.
I never will forget him,
I remember when I met him;
He was singing so quietly.
And when the crickets sing,
I think about his song
And hear him strumming his ukelele!

Singing, "Jenny please forget my fuzzy body,
Be my buzzy-wuzzy honey!
Won't you please be my sugar baby,
Maybe we could make it in the summer sunny - oh yeah.
And when the days are rainy,
We could have a cup of tea and play checkers in the woods.
And I would even let you win, because I love you Jenny, so there.
So there.
And I would even let you win because I love you Jenny so there!"

-Jack Pearson

Graduation (Friends Forever)

tambre — 2006-02-27T12:02:55-05:00

And so, we talked all night about the rest of our lives -
Where we're going to be when we turn twenty-five.
I keep thinking things will never change
Keep on thinking things will always be the same

But when we leave this year, we won't be coming back
No more hangin' out, 'cause we're on a different track
And if you got something that you need to say,
You better say it right now, cause you don't have another day

Cause we're moving on and we can't slow down
These memories are playing like a film without sound
And I keep thinking of that night in June
I didn't know much of love, but it came too soon

And there was me and you, and we got real blue
Stay at home talking on the telephone
Get so excited and we get so scared
Laughing at ourselves thinking life's not fair

And this is how it feels

As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be friends forever

So, if we get the big jobs, and we make the big money,
When we look back now, will our jokes still be funny?
Will we still remember everything we learned in school?
Still be trying to break every single rule?

Will little brainy Bobby be the stockbroker man?
Can Heather find a job that won't interfere with her tan?
I keep, keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

And this is how it feels

As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be friends forever

We will still be friends forever

Will we think about tomorrow like we think about now?
Can we survive it out there, can we make it somehow?
I guess I thought that this would never end
And suddenly it's like we're women and men

Will the past be a shadow that will follow us 'round?
Will these memories fade when I leave this town?
I keep, keep thinking that it's not goodbye
Keep on thinking it's a time to fly

As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be friends forever

As we go on, we remember
All the times we had together
And as our lives change, come whatever
We will still be friends forever

-Vitamin C

Fishy Song

tambre — 2006-03-01T06:03:44-05:00

Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever find her
The one that God's chosen for me
And what if I find her, but she doesn't like me?
I guess that disproves destiny

But I should know better
The sea is much wetter,
With plenty of fishes to see (for you and me)
And I know my Father
Has scoped out the water
And picked out a fishy for me

Jesus has a girl for me,
She's everything I want her to be
Jesus has a girl for me,
I know He does; just wait and see
Jesus has a girl for me,
She's everything I want her to be
Jesus has a girl for me,
And I'll love her, and she'll love me

Once in a while,
I'm tempted to hook up
With any old Suzy or Jane.
Who cares what she is like?
As long as she's pretty,
I don't even have to know her name

But I should know better
The sea is much wetter
With plenty of fishes to see
And I know my Father
Has scoped out the water
And picked out a fishy for me

Jesus has a girl for me,
She's everything I want her to be
Jesus has a girl for me,
I know He does; just wait and see
Jesus has a girl for me,
She's everything I want her to be
Jesus has a girl for me,
And I'll love her, and she'll love me

Jesus has a girl for me,
I know He does because he told me
In his word the Bible, the desires of my heart He'll give me
Every good and perfect gift, we know is from above
There is one gift that I haven't got
And that's the gift of love!

Now, I know Jesus loves me
And I am so in love with him
But that's a different kind of love, love, love
Than I've been thinking of

I want a girl with big brown eyes
Who smiles so sweet
Where is that girl who loves Jesus
As much as me?
I want a girl, I want a girl
With big brown eyes who smiles so sweet
Where is that girl, where is that girl
Who loves Jesus as much as me?
I want a girl, I want a girl
With big brown eyes who smiles so sweet
Where is that girl, where is that girl...

Who loves Jesus...

Just as much as me!

-Philmore

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I'm not sure if you'd exactly categorize Philmore as being punk. My friend Kit introduced me to this song a few years ago, and I love the silliness mixed with the combined hope a lot of us have. It goes pretty fast, and a few of the lyrics actually get lost in translation, but it's a lot of fun. Go find them.

Bare Necessities

tambre — 2006-03-03T10:03:04-05:00

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
Old Mother Nature's recipes
That bring the bare necessities of life

Wherever I wander, wherever I roam
I couldn't be fonder of my big home
The bees are buzzin' in the tree
To make some honey just for me
When you look under the rocks and plants
And take a glance at the fancy ants
Then maybe, try a few!
The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life

Now when you pick a paw-paw
Or a prickly pear,
And you prick a raw paw
Well, next time, beware!
Don't pick the prickly pear by the paw
When you pick a pear, try to use the claw
But you don't need to use the claw
When you pick a pear of the big paw-paw
Have I given you a clue?

The bare necessities of life will come to you
They'll come to you

Oh, man, this is really living
So, just try and relax, yeah
Cool it
Fall apart, in my backyard
Cause let me tell you something, little britches
If you act like that bee acts, uh-uh
You're working too hard

And don't spend your time looking around
For something you want that can't be found
When you find out you can live without it
And go along not thinking about it
I'll tell you something true
The bare necessities of life will come to you

Look for the bare necessities
The simple bare necessities
Forget about your worries and your strife - yeah, man!
I mean the bare necessities
That's why a bear can rest at ease
With just the bare necessities of life - yeah!
With just the bare necessities of life

-Phil Harris, Bruce Reitherman

Where The Blacktop Ends

tambre — 2006-03-05T06:03:56-05:00

I'm gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Goin' back to the well, gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

I'm lookin' down the barrel of Friday night
And ridin' on a river of freeway lights
Goodbye city, I'm country-bound
'til Monday rolls around

Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Going back to the well, gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

Workin' in the grind is an uphill road
Punchin' that clock, and carryin' that load
I bust it all week, and then I'm free
The weekend belongs to me

I'm gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Going back to the well, gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul where the blacktop ends

So come on,
Give me some fresh air, give me that farm
Give me some time with you in my arms
Far away from the hustle and the pressure and the noise

Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Going back to the well, gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul, you betcha

Gonna kick off my shoes and run in bare feet
Where the grass and the dirt and the gravel all meet
Going back to the well, gonna visit old friends
And feed my soul, where the blacktop ends

Where the blacktop ends
Where the blacktop ends
Where the blacktop ends

-Keith Urban

In The Belly of the Whale

tambre — 2006-03-07T09:03:09-05:00

Up to my ears in bitter tears
Can't believe I've sunk this low
As I walk the plankton, inner sanctum
Got outta Dodge, sailed on a bon-less bon voyage
You said north, I headed south
Tossed overboard, good Lord, that's a really large mouth

I'm sleeping with fishes here
In the belly of the whale
I'm highly nutritious here
In the belly of the whale
Bad food, lousy atmosphere
I don't wanna bellyache
How long is this gonna take?

Woke up this morning kinda blue
Thinking through that age-old question:
How to exist a whale's digestion?
It might behoove me to be heaved
Head out like a human comet
"Guys, y'might not wanna rhyme with comet."

I'm sleeping with fishes here
In the belly of the whale
I'm highly nutritious here
In the belly of the whale
I'm ready to reappear
I don't wanna bellyache
Lord, how long's this gonna take?

End times, they come rolling around
Enzymes, they come breaking us down to the core
The good Lord grants, we all get a second chance

I'm one of the dishes here
In the belly of the whale
They say I'm delicious here
In the belly of the whale
Lord, please make him chuck it all
It's a gut call
In the belly of the whale
I'm in the belly of the whale
In the belly of the whale
I'm in the belly
In the belly of the whale
I'm in the belly of the whale
In the belly of the whale
I'm in the belly

Yeah, in the belly of the whale,
In an underwater jail
It's a tight squeeze
It's a-gettin' to me
But it's roomier than the tail
Hey sailor, got my flow free
Like a salmon to the sea
From the L.A. Symphony
I'm a paddleboat, paddlin' in the wake
A fake free-styler
But my unemployment pays
I'm avoiding cliches
Like, "Whale of a tail," say,
Or, "You can't keep a good man down,"
'Cause you can,
And I've been there, man
But I've been expectorated
I'm elated
I'm free like Willy
Happy day!
Oops, that's a bit of a cliche

In the belly of the whale
In the belly of the whale
In the belly of the whale

-Newsboys

The Time of My Life

tambre — 2006-03-12T12:03:33-05:00

Now I've had the time of my life
No, I never felt like this before
Yes, I swear, it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

Cause I've had the time of my life
And I owe it all to you

I've been waiting for so long,
Now I finally found someone to stand by me
We saw the writing on the wall
And we felt this magical fantasy
Now, with passion in our eyes,
There's no way we could disguise it secretly
So, we take each other's hand
'Cause we seem to understand the urgency

Just remember;
You're the one thing
I can't get enough of
So I'll tell you something;
This could be love!

Because
I've had the time of my life
No, I never felt this way before
Yes, I swear, it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

Hey baby

With my body and soul,
I want you more than you'll ever know
So we'll just let it go,
Don't be afraid to lose control
Yes, I know what's on your mind
When you say, "Stay with me tonight."
Stay with me, just remember;

You're the one thing
I can't get enough of
So, I'll tell you something
This could be love

Because,
I've had the time of my life
No, I never felt this way before
Yes, I swear, it's the truth (yes I swear)
And I owe it all to you
'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I searched through every open door (never felt this way)
'Til I found the truth
And I owe it all to you

Now I've had the time of my life
No, I never felt this way before
Yes, I swear, it's the truth
And I owe it all to you!

I've had the time of my life
No, I never felt this way before
Yes, I swear, it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I searched through every open door
'Til I found the truth
And I owe it all to you

-Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes

She Believes In You

tambre — 2006-03-15T09:03:01-05:00

She'll be there to guide and protect you
She will be there to see it through
She'll lift you up when you stumble and fall
She'll always be there to heed to your call

You've got to realize
How she'd sacrifice
Nine months of her life
To mother your child

Remember

She loves you
She really loves you
She believes in you
She truly loves you

In matrimony, you took her from her home
Said she'd never be lonely in your happy home
Treat her like a queen - she'll make you her king
She'll never desert you, if you truly love her

She loves you
She really loves you
She believes in you
She truly loves you

When times are hard, you can't find the way
(get down on your knees and pray)
He'll never forsake you, he'll show you the way
(his love will show you the way)
He'll give you love

She loves you
She really loves you
She believes in you
She truly loves you

When times are hard, you can't find a way
(get down on your knees and pray)
He'll never forsake you, he'll show you the way
(his love will show you the way)
He'll give you love
Love
Love

She believes in you
She truly loves you

She loves you
She really loves you
She believes in you
She truly loves you

She loves you
She really loves you

-Lebo M

O Sole Mio

tambre — 2006-03-17T12:03:04-05:00

'O Sole Mio?
'O Sole mio
'O Sole mio

So high give me your love, imagination
Run wild and tell me your mind,
I can never remember your name

So high, give me your heart
Hey guardian angels
More light I'm falling in love
And I want to remember the way

Mother, Mother, can't you see?
Everyone's in love with me
'O sole mio

So far, given the light of distant ages
Sometimes I can never be sure;
I can only remember today

So now, given enough, I'll heat the stages
How far is the mountain above
Where I wasn't a potion away?

Mother, Mother, can't you see?
Everyone's in love with me,
But only I know
All the people in the square
Try to act like nothing's there
'O sole mio

I was a rainbow
I was a rainbow

So now, give me your love in celebration
Of life and love, of fascination
So now, give me your heart
My guardian angel knows
Oh no, oh ho

I was a rainbow

Mother, Mother, can't you see?
Something's wrong inside of me
Every time I try to say the words,
They don't come out right

Mother, Mother, if you please
Life has got me on my knees
I'm expecting someone's love
To come and hit me blindside

Mother mother, if you care
Tell me I am unaware
Of what I'm doing to your beauty
And your holy love life

Mother, Mother, if you please
Something's wrong inside of me
Every time i try to say the words,
They don't come out right

Me?
I was a rainbow

'O sole mio
'O sole mio
'O sole mio
'O sole mio

(So high, give me your love, imagination
Run wild and tell me you're mine,
I can never remember your name
So high, give me your heart, hey guardian angels
More light, I'm falling in love
And I want to remember the way
So high, give me your love, imagination
Run wild and tell me you're mine,
I can never remember your name
So high, give me your heart, hey guardian angels
More light, I'm falling in love,
And I want to remember the way)

'O sole mio
'O sole mio
'O sole mio
'O sole mio
'O sole mio
'O sole mio
'O sole mio
'O sole mio

-Men Without Hats

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" 'O Sole Mio" is an Italian song that literally translates to "My Own Sun." It's mostly about how life is good and wonderful everywhere you look - a common theme to most of the music by Men Without Hats, but I'm not sure what the significance is here. Any ideas?

Spanish Harlem

tambre — 2006-03-19T01:03:39-05:00

There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
It is a special one;
It's never seen the sun
It only comes out when the moon is on the run
And all the stars are gleaming

It's growing in the street,
Right up through the concrete
But soft, and sweet,
And dreamy.

There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
With eyes as black as coal
That look down in my soul
And start a fire there and then I lose control
I have to beg your pardon

I'm gonna pick that rose
And watch her as she grows
In my garden

There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem
There is a rose in Spanish Harlem
A red rose up in Spanish Harlem

-The Mamas and the Papas

Rebellion (Lies)

tambre — 2006-03-21T12:03:57-05:00

Sleeping is giving in,
No matter what the time is.
Sleeping is giving in,
So lift those heavy eyelids.

People say that you'll die
Faster than without water,
But we know it's just a lie;
Scare your son, scare your daughter.

People say that your dreams
Are the only things that save you.
Come on baby, in our dreams,
We can live our misbehavior.

Every time you close your eyes, (lies, lies!)
Every time you close your eyes, (lies, lies!)
Every time you close your eyes, (lies, lies!)
Every time you close your eyes, (lies, lies!)

Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes
Every time you close your eyes

People try and hide the night
Underneath the covers.
People try and hide the light
Underneath the covers.

Come on, hide your lovers
Underneath the covers.
Come on, hide your lovers
Underneath the covers.
Hidin' from your brothers
Underneath the covers
Come on, hide your lovers
Underneath the covers.

People say that you'll die
Faster than without water,
But we know it's just a lie;
Scare your son, scare your daughter

Scare your son, scare your daughter
Scare your son, scare your daughter

Now here's the sun, it's all right! (lies, lies!)
Now here's the moon, it's all right! (lies, lies!)
Now here's the sun, it's all right! (lies, lies!)
Now here's the moon, it's all right! (lies, lies!)

But every time you close your eyes, (lies, lies!)
Every time you close your eyes (lies, lies!)
Every time you close your eyes (lies, lies!)
Every time you close your eyes (lies, lies!)

Every time you close your eyes

Every time you close your eyes

Every time you close your eyes

Lies, lies!

-Arcade Fire

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Normally, I really like singing to this song in my car. But, I've got a friend who's really in trouble right now, and I just started crying so badly while singing this that I had to pull over.

Angeleyes

tambre — 2006-03-24T07:03:52-05:00

Keep thinking about his angeleyes
I keep thinking, ahhh

Last night, I was taking a walk along the river
And I saw him together with a young girl
And the look that he gave her made me shiver
'Cause he always used to look at me that way
And I thought,
Maybe I should walk right up to her and say,
"It's a game he likes to play:

Look into his angeleyes
One look, and you're hypnotized
He'll take your heart,
And you must pay the price

Look into his angeleyes;
You think you're in Paradise,
And one day you'll find out
He wears a disguise
Don't look too deep into those angeleyes
Oh, no no no no no."

I keep thinking about his angel eyes
I keep thinking, ahhh

Sometimes when I'm lonely, I sit and think about him
And it hurts to remember all the good times
When I thought I could never live without him
And I wonder, does it have to be the same?
Every time when I see him,
Will it bring back all the pain?
How can I forget that name?

Look into his angeleyes
One look, and you're hypnotized
He'll take your heart,
And you must pay the price

Look into his angeleyes
You think you're in Paradise
And one day you'll find out
He wears a disguise
Don't look too deep into those angeleyes

Crazy 'bout his angeleyes
Angeleyes
He took my heart and now I pay the price

Look into his angel eyes
You think you're in Paradise
And one day you'll find out
He wears a disguise
Don't look too deep into those angel eyes
Oh, no no no no no

I keep thinking
Keep thinking about his angel eyes
Keep thinking
I keep thinking, had to pay the price
Keep thinking
Keep thinking about his angel eyes
Keep thinking
Keep thinking

-Abba

Eye In The Sky

tambre — 2006-03-25T12:03:32-05:00

Don't think sorry's easily said
Don't try turning tables instead
You've taken lots of chances before
But I'm not gonna give anymore
Don't ask me
That's how it goes
Cause part of me knows what you're thinkin'

Don't say words you're gonna regret
Don't let the fire rush to your head
I've heard the accusation before
And I ain't gonna take any more
Believe me,
The sun in your eyes
Made some of the lies worth believing

I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don't need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind

Don't leave false illusions behind
Don't cry; I ain't changing my mind
So, find another fool like before,
Cause I ain't gonna live anymore believing
Some of the lies while all of the signs are deceiving

I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don't need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind

I am the eye in the sky
Looking at you
I can read your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fools
I can cheat you blind
And I don't need to see any more
To know that
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind (looking at you)
I can read your mind

-The Alan Parsons Project

Lonely Moon

tambre — 2006-03-28T10:03:28-05:00

Was a child and a newcomer to the ways of the world,
Eyes ablaze with the light of high noon
Just to love and to be loved was all he ever wanted
By the light of the lonely moon

They taught him to capture and tame wild pathos
Sold him distractions, and made every day the same
Caught the Holy Ghost lurking in his cellar and threw Him out
Leaving just a lonely name

Soon they took everything that he lived for
So he asked them to please take his life too
They denied him existence but they let him
Let him live in a lonely room
Lonely room

Now his path is lit only by the light of falling stars
The embers fall to scorch and cut his face
He wants to believe in his unbelief
In a lonely place

But they buried his conscience
Near to the grave of God
Sealed his soul up in a tomb of tears
They scattered his ashes East of Eden someplace
On a lonely breeze

Was a child and a newcomer to the ways of the world
Eyes ablaze with the light of high noon
Just to love and to be loved was all he ever wanted
Lonely moon
By the light of the lonely moon

-DC Talk

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I may have the wrong artist on this one - I think I had a filename mix-up somewhere, so I just googled the song.

Top Of The World

tambre — 2006-04-02T12:04:20-05:00

Such a feeling coming over me
There is wonder in the things I see
Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eyes
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream

Everything I want the world to be
Is coming true especially for me
And the reason is clear; it's because you are here
You're the nearest thing to heaven that I've seen

I'm on the top of the world looking
Down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found
Ever since you've been around
Your love put me
On the top of the world
Top of the world
Top of the world
Top of the world

Something in the wind has learned my name
Telling me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees, and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasant sense of happiness for me

There is only one wish on my mind:
When this day is through, I hope I'll find
Tomorrow will be the same for you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here

I'm on the top of the world looking
Down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found
Ever since you've been around
Your love put me on the top of the world
Top of the world
Top of the world
Top of the world

Top of the world
Top of the world
Top of the world

Top of the world
Such a feeling coming over me now (top, top)
Top of the world
Everything I want the world to be now (top, top)
On top, on top (Top of the world)
Top of the world (top, top)
Top of the world

I'm on the top now
I'm on the top now
Yeah
I'm on top, top, top, top, top
Top of the world

-Shonen Knife

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I got to spend three days straight with the guy who puts me on top of the world.

I Said My Pajamas (And Put On My Prayers)

tambre — 2006-04-03T12:04:35-05:00

"Oh, honey, am I glad to see you tonight."
"I'm glad you're glad, cause, I've had a topsy-turvy day out there."
"You too?"
"Yeah, ever since we kissed last night."
"Oh..."

I climbed up the door, and opened the stairs
I said my pajamas, and put on my prayers
I turned off the bed, and crawled into the light
And all because you kissed me good night

"Well, honey, if you think you've had troubles,
just listen to what happened to me."
"I've got my best ear taking notes."

I ran up the shade, and pulled down the stair
I combed out the rug, then I vacuumed my hair
I just couldn't tell my left foot from my right
And all because you kissed me good night

By evening we felt normal, so we went out again
You said good night and kissed me,
I hurried home, and then

I lifted the preacher, and called up the phone
I spoke to the dog, and threw my pa a bone
T'was midnight, and yet, the sun was shining bright
And all because you kissed me good night

"Say honey,"
"What is it baby?"
"What happened to you after you gave me the cab fare?"
"Well, you just listen..."

I powdered my hair, and pinned up my nose
I hung up my bath, then I turned on my clothes
I put out the clock, and wound the cat up tight
And all because you kissed me good night

Next morning I awoke, and scrambled my shoes
I shined up some eggs, and I toasted the news
I buttered my tie, and took another bite
And all because you kissed me good night

By evening we felt normal, so we went out again
You said good night and kissed me,
We hurried home, and then

I climbed up the door, and opened the stairs
I said my pajamas, and put on my prayers
Did you turn off the bed?
Why, I crawled into the light
And all because you kissed me
I never should have kissed you
Then why did you insist, dear?
Too much to resist, dear

"Say, this could lead to marriage."
"Yeah, and then perhaps, a little carriage."

All because you kissed me *kiss* good night.

-Tony Martin and Fran Warren

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I've recently had a few similar days.

My Immortal

tambre — 2006-04-05T09:04:21-05:00

I'm so tired of being here
Suppressed by all my childish fears
And if you have to leave,
I wish that you would just leave
'Cause your presence still lingers here
And it won't leave me alone

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

You used to captivate me
By your resonating life
Now I'm bound by the life you've left behind
Your face, it haunts
My once pleasant dreams
Your voice, it chased away
All the sanity in me

These wounds won't seem to heal
This pain is just too real
There's just too much that time cannot erase

When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me

I've tried so hard to tell myself that you're gone
But though you're still with me
I've been alone all along

When you cried, I'd wipe away all of your tears
When you'd scream, I'd fight away all of your fears
And I held your hand through all of these years
But you still have
All of me
Me
Me

-Evanescence

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A few years ago, the situation between my friend and best friend. I ran into a reference to the girlfriend of one of the two, and it came flooding back.

Maniac

tambre — 2006-04-06T10:04:15-05:00

Just a steel town girl on a saturday night,
Lookin' for the fight of her life
In the real-time world, no one sees her at all
They all say she's crazy

Locking rhythms to the beat of her heart,
Changing movement into light
She has danced into the danger zone
When a dancer becomes a dance

It can cut you like a knife,
If the gift becomes the fire
On a wire between will and what will be

She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
She's a maniac, maniac on the floor
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

On the ice-blue line of insanity
Is a place most never see
It's a hard-won place of mystery,
Touch it, but can't hold it

You work all your life for that moment in time,
It could come or pass you by
It's a push-shove world, but there's always a chance
If the hunger stays the night

There's a cold kinetic heat,
Struggling, stretching for defeat
Never stopping with her head against the wind

She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

It can cut you like a knife,
If the gift becomes the fire
On a wire between will and what will be

She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know
And she's dancing like she's never danced before
She's a maniac, maniac, I sure know
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

Maniac, maniac, I sure know
And she's dancing like she's never danced before

-Michael Sembello

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This is my sprinting song. Particularly sprinting at night on the track. I hear this song, and I have to fight very hard not to leap into my sprinting pace. I simply can't listen to it while sitting still. Impossible. :)

Brandy, You're a Fine Girl

tambre — 2006-04-10T09:04:52-05:00

There's a port on a western bay
And it serves a hundred ships a day
Lonely sailors pass the time away
And talk about their homes

And there's a girl in this harbor town
And she works laying whiskey down
They say, "Brandy, fetch another round,"
She serves them whiskey and wine

The sailors say, "Brandy, you're a fine girl,
What a good wife you would be!
Yeah, your eyes could steal a sailor
From the sea."

Brandy wears a braided chain
Made of finest silver from the north of Spain
A locket that bears the name
Of a man that Brandy loved

He came on a summer's day
Bringing gifts from far away
But he made it clear - he couldn't stay
No harbor was his home

The sailor said, "Brandy, you're a fine girl,
What a good wife you would be!
But my life, my love, and my lady
Is the sea."

Yeah, Brandy used to watch his eyes
When he told his sailor's story
She could feel the ocean fall and rise
She saw its raging glory
But he had always told the truth
And he was an honest man
And Brandy does her best to understand

At night, when the bars close down
Brandy walks through a sailing town
And loves a man who's not around
She still can hear him say

She hears him say, "Brandy, you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be!
But my life, my love, and my lady
Is the sea."

"Brandy, you're a fine girl,
What a good wife you would be!
But my life, my love, and my lady
Is the sea."

-Looking Glass

Annie's Song

tambre — 2006-04-12T06:04:52-05:00

You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again

Come, let me love you
Let me give my life to you
Let me drown in your laughter
Let me die in your arms
Let me lay down beside you
Let me always be with you
Come, let me love you
Come love me again

Let me give my life to you
Come, let me love you
Come love me again

You fill up my senses
Like a night in a forest
Like the mountains in springtime
Like a walk in the rain
Like a storm in the desert
Like a sleepy blue ocean
You fill up my senses
Come fill me again

-John Denver

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I spent today hiking through a forest and over hills in springtime, with the one who fills my senses.

The Great Adventure

tambre — 2006-04-20T07:04:03-05:00

Saddle up your horses!

Started out this mornin' in the usual way
Chasin' thoughts inside my head of all I had to do today
Another time around this circle, try to make it better than the last

I opened up the Bible, and I read about me
Said I'd been a prisoner, and God's grace had set me free
And somewhere between the pages, it hit me like a lightning bolt
I saw a big frontier in front of me, and I heard somebody say,
"Let's go!"

Saddle up your horses, we've got a trail to blaze!
Through the wild blue yonder of God's amazing grace
Let's follow our Leader into the glorious Unknown
This is a life like no other, this is the Great Adventure!

Come on, get ready for the ride of your life
Gonna leave long faced religion in a cloud of dust behind
And discover all the new horizons just waiting to be explored
This is what we were created for

Saddle up your horses, we've got a trail to blaze!
Through the wild blue yonder of God's amazing grace
Let's follow our Leader into the glorious Unknown
This is a life like no other, this is the Great Adventure!

We'll travel on over mountains so high
We'll go through valleys below
Still through it all, we'll find that
This is the greatest journey
That the human heart will ever see
The love of God will take us far
Beyond our wildest dreams

Oh, saddle up your horses
Come on, get ready to ride!

Saddle up your horses, we've got a trail to blaze!
Through the wild blue yonder of God's amazing grace
Let's follow our Leader into the glorious Unknown
This is a life like no other
This is the Great Adventure!

Saddle up your horses

Come on, this is the great adventure

Saddle up, saddle up your horses

We've got a trail to blaze
Through God's amazing grace

-Steven Curtis Chapman

I'll Try

tambre — 2006-04-29T12:04:59-05:00

Here we are, talkin' 'bout forever
Both know damn well it's not easy together

We've both felt love
We've both felt pain
I'll take the sunshine
Over the rain

And I'll try
To love only you
And I'll try
My best to be true
Oh, darlin', I'll try

So I'm not scared - it's worth a chance to me
Take my hand, let's face eternity

Well I can't tell you
That I'll never change
But I can swear
In every way

That I'll try
To love only you
And I'll try
My best to be true
Oh, darlin', I'll try

I'm not perfect, just another man
But I will give you all that I am

And I'll try
To love only you
And I'll try
My best to be true
Oh, darlin', I'll try

I'll try

To be true to you,
I'll try

I'll try

To always love you,
I'll try

-Alan Jackson

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Not exactly the promise I'd want from my own future - I tend to want more than trying - but this is a pretty, happy-love-endorphins song, and I love the way it sounds.

Sun’s Gonna Rise

tambre — 2006-05-07T11:05:24-05:00

You say I'm the one to set you free
Still you don't open up your door
You say my love is a remedy
Can't you admit there is a cure?

Why can't you say that you're afraid?
Well, so am I
But it's all right
It's all right

Stay with me
Lay with me
Lean on me
Call on me
Run with me
Dream with me
Pray with me
Fall on me
Whenever you need me,
I'll be by your side
As sure as the sun's gonna rise

We started something; it's the real thing
We've got what everyone's waiting for
They are so quick to judge what we can be
But our flame is burning from the core

Our fire is never gonna fade
So just close your eyes
'Cause it's all right
It's all right

Stay with me
Lay with me
Lean on me
Call on me
Run with me
Dream with me
Pray with me
Fall on me
Whenever you need me,
I'll be by your side
As sure as the sun's gonna rise
As sure as the sun's gonna rise
As sure as the sun's gonna rise

Stay with me, lay with me
Lean on me, call on me
Run with me, dream with me
Pray with me, fall on me
Whenever you need me,
I'll be by your side
As sure as the sun's gonna rise

Stay with me, lay with me
Lean on me, call on me
Run with me, dream with me
Pray with me, fall on me
Whenever you need me,
I'll be by your side
As sure as the sun's gonna rise
As sure as the sun's gonna rise
As sure as the sun's gonna rise

-Shannon Curfman

Truth and Consequences

tambre — 2006-05-09T11:05:47-05:00

Poster child for the Christian single
Dumped on more than a birdhouse shingle
Tired of the same old crowd, she starts to mingle
Where she don't belong

All God's bachelors hanging in a bunch
Wolves in a Wool-lite beat 'em to the punch
Score another knockout, barely bought her lunch
What went wrong?

Let's talk about real life
Truth and consequences
And coming to our senses
And lies we'd best unlearn

Let's talk about real love
Truth and propaganda
Are you really gonna stand for
A love that waits its turn?

I am the voice of the male agenda
Sensitive, strong or shy, I tend to
Act any way that would possibly send you
Somewhere we can be alone

You're so sure I'm a would-be Christian
Suckered by the "Untamed Heart" condition
Love that 'feminine intuition'
Seen that movie, too

Let's talk about real life
Truth and consequences
And coming to our senses
And lies we'd best unlearn

Let's talk about real love
Truth and propaganda
Are you really gonna stand for
A love that waits its turn?

"Okay, okay, okay – you've got me figured out.
I'm a sham. I never actually studied for the priesthood.
I've had lots of destructive relationships,
and I know I don't deserve someone like you anyway.

"It's just, there's this strange purity about you... almost a
radiance. Maybe it comes from your religious beliefs, I don't know.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, you're unlike any woman I've ever met.
Is it getting hot in here? Can I help you with that jacket?"

Oh, let's talk about real life
Truth and consequences
And coming to our senses
And lies we'd best unlearn

Let's talk about real love
Truth and propaganda
Are you really gonna stand for
A love that waits its turn?

Real love
Let's talk about real love
Let's talk about real love
Let's talk about real love
Let's talk about real life
Let's talk about real life
Let's talk about real life
Let's talk about real, real, real

Let's talk about real life
Truth and consequences
And coming to our senses
And lies we'd best unlearn

Let's talk about real love
Truth and propaganda
Are you really gonna stand for
A love that waits its turn?

Let's talk about real life
Truth and consequences
And coming to our senses
And lies we'd best unlearn

Let's talk about real love
Truth and propaganda
Are you really gonna stand for
A love that waits its turn?

"No, no, I know you've got to
go...Oh! No, it's nothing. I've
just got this really bad pain in
my neck...I don't suppose
you could just massage it a
little, could you?"

-Newsboys

Runaway Train

tambre — 2006-05-10T10:05:01-05:00

Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a blowtorch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
Promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now;
I'm in too deep, there's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

Runaway Train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm never here nor there

Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just a-drowning in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

And everything seems cut-and-dried
Day and night, earth and sky
Somehow I just don't believe it

Runaway train never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughing at the rain
Little out-of-touch, little insane
It's just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Runaway train never coming back
Runaway train tearing up the track
Runaway train burning in my veins
Run away, but it always seems the same

-Soul Asylum

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Dealing with some stuff right now - this seems to somehow satisfy something. Roughly fits the mood, perhaps the situation.

You Put This Love In My Heart

tambre — 2006-05-19T01:05:25-05:00

I found it hard to believe
Someone like You cared for me
You put this love in my heart

I tried but could not refuse
You gave me no time to choose
You put this love in my heart

I wanna know where the bad feelings go
When I'm depressed, and I get down so low
And then I see You coming to me
And it's all right

I wanna tell you right now
I'm not afraid to say how
You put this love in my heart

There are some times when I doubt
But You always find me out
You put this love in my heart

'Cause when I see all that you've done for me
It's hard to doubt - I just have to believe
'Cause you follow up, proving all of your love

Well, I know the loneliness I had before
Is gone now - I'll never feel it anymore
'Cause Your loving has released me
From all that's in my past
And I know I can believe You, yeah
When You say I'll never be forsaken
Your love is gonna last

There's so much more I should say
If I could just find a way
You put this love in my heart

Is all this real or a dream?
I feel so good I could scream
You put this love in my heart

I wanna know where the bad feelings go
When I'm depressed, and I get down so low
And then I see You coming to me
And it's all right

You put this love in my heart
You put this love in my heart
You put this love in my heart
You put this love in my heart

You put this love in my heart
You put this love in my heart, yeah

You put this love in my heart

You put this love in my heart
You put this love in my heart, yeah

You put this love in my heart

-Keith Green

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I love this song. Nobody does this anymore - plays awesome piano while singing the song. You simply can't be depressed to this one. It always reminds me of how much I love life.

How Can I Keep From Singing?

tambre — 2006-05-28T12:05:57-05:00

My life goes on in endless song
Above Earth's lamentations,
I hear the real, though far-off hymn
That hails a new creation.

Through all the tumult and the strife
I hear its music ringing,
It sounds an echo in my soul.
How can I keep from singing?

While though the tempest loudly roars,
I hear the truth, it liveth.
And though the darkness round me close,
Songs in the night it giveth.

No storm can shake my inmost calm,
While to that rock I'm clinging.
Since love is lord of heaven and earth
How can I keep from singing?

When tyrants tremble in their fear
And hear their death knell ringing,
When friends rejoice both far and near
How can I keep from singing?

In prison cell and dungeon vile
Our thoughts to them are winging,
When friends by shame are undefiled
How can I keep from singing?

-Robb Cundick

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Very difficult to tell when I've got the proper composer for something like this - if anyone'd like to correct me, please feel free. Enya's the most recent I have for it, Cundick is the oldest I could find.

Beep Beep

tambre — 2006-05-28T06:05:55-05:00

While riding in my Cadillac,
What to my surprise
A little Nash Rambler
About one-third my size

The guy must have wanted to pass me out
As he kept on tooting his horn
I'll show him that a Cadillac
Is not a car to scorn

Beep-beep
Beep-beep
His horn went Beep-beep beep

I pushed my foot down to the floor
To give the guy the shake
But the little Nash Rambler stayed right behind
He still had on his brake

He must have thought his car had more guts
As he kept on tooting his horn
I'll show him that a Cadillac
Is not a car to scorn

Beep-beep
Beep-beep
His horn went Beep-beep beep

My car went into passing gear,
And we took off with gust
Soon we were doing ninety,
Must have left him in the dust

When I peeked in the mirror of my car,
I couldn't believe my eyes
The little Nash Rambler was right behind
I think that guy could fly

Beep-beep
Beep-beep
His horn went Beep-beep beep

Now we're doing a hundred-and-ten,
This certainly was a race
For a Rambler to pass a Caddy
Would be a big disgrace

The guy must have wanted to pass me out
As he kept on tooting his horn
I'll show him that a Cadillac
Is not a car to scorn

Beep-beep
Beep-beep
His horn went Beep-beep beep

Now we're doing a hundred-and-twenty,
As fast as I could go
The Rambler pulled alongside of me
As if I were going slow

The fellow rolled down his window
And yelled for me to hear,
"Hey buddy, how can I get this car
Out of second gear?!"

-The Playmates

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Hah. The first time I heard this song, I was riding with Amy and her dad late at night, probably taking me home after a day together. I miss that girl.

When I Fall

tambre — 2006-06-01T01:06:48-05:00

Look straight in the window
Try not to look below
Pretend I'm not up here
I try counting sheep

The sheep seem to shower
Off this office tower
It's nine-point-eight straight down
Can't stop my knees

I wish I could fly
From this building
From this wall
And if I should try
Would you catch me
If I fall?

My hands clench the squeegee
A secular rosary
Hang on to your wallet
Hang on to your rings

Can't look below me
Something would throw me
I curse at the windstorm
That October brings

Look straight in the boardroom
A modern Pharoah's tomb
I'd gladly swap places
If they care to die

They're lined up at the window
Peer down into limbo
Frightened of jumping
In case they survive

I wish I could step
From this scaffold
Onto soft green pastures,
Shopping malls, or bed
With my family
And my pastor
And my grandfather who's dead

I look straight in the mirror
Watch it come clearer
I look like a painter
Behind all the grease

Painting's creating
And I'm just erasing
A crystal-clear canvas
Is my masterpiece

I wish I could fly
From this building,
From this wall
And if I should try
Would you catch me
If I fall?

I wish I could fly
From this building,
From this wall
And if I should try
Would you catch me
If I fall?

When I fall....

When I fall...

When I fall

When I...

-Barenaked Ladies

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I've made some poor choices recently that change something I was counting on in my life. Have to choose a new path, and I really don't know which one I should take - but I feel like I'm deciding whether or not to step off the scaffold to see if I can fly.

Would you catch me if I fall?

I Think I Love You

tambre — 2006-06-05T12:06:10-05:00

I'm sleeping
And right in the middle of a good dream
And all at once I wake up
From something that keeps knocking at my brain
Before I go insane,
I hold my pillow to my head
And spring up in my bed
Screaming out the words I dread:

"I think I love you!" (I think I love you!)

This morning,
I woke up with this feeling
I didn't know how to deal with,
And so I just decided to myself;
I'd hide it to myself,
And never talk about it,
And did not go and shout it
When you walked into the room

I think I love you! (I think I love you!)

I think I love you,
So what am I so afraid of?
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of
A love there is no cure for

I think I love you
Isn't that what life is made of?
Though it worries me to say
That I've never felt this way

I don't what I'm up against,
I don't know what it's all about,
I got so much to think about
Hey...

I think I love you,
So what am I so afraid of?
I'm afraid that I'm not sure of
A love there is no cure for.

I think I love you
Isn't that what life is made of?
Though it worries me to say,
I've never felt this way.

Believe me,
You really don't have to worry.
I only want to make you happy
And if you say, "Hey, go away," I will,
But I think better still,
I'd better stay around and love you
Do you think I have a case?
Let me ask you to your face:

Do you think you love me?

I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you
I think I love you

-The Partridge Family

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I just started posting this because it's a fun song, but halfway through, I realized that it sounded exactly like my guy did in the early stages of our relationship. :D

Happy memories.

Rum Tum Tugger

tambre — 2006-06-20T01:06:33-05:00

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat!
If you offer me pheasant, I'd rather have grouse
If you put me in a house, I would much prefer a flat
If you put me in a flat, then I'd rather have a house
If you set me on a mouse, then I only want a rat
If you set me on a rat, then I'd rather chase a mouse!

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for me to shout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!

The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore
When you let me in then I wanna go out
I'm always on the wrong side of every door
As soon as I'm at home, then I like to get about
I like to lie in the bureau drawer
But I make such a fuss if I can't get out!

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for you to doubt it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it!

The Rum Tugger is a curious beast
My disobliging ways are a matter of a habit
If you offer me fish, then I always want a feast
If there isn't any fish, then I won't eat rabbit
If you offer me cream, then I sniff and sneer
For I only like what I find for myself - No.
So you catch me in it right up to my ears
If you put it away on the larder shelf!

The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle
But I leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing
For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle!

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for me to spout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything abou..
Abou...
Abou...
About it.

-Andrew Lloyd Webber

I Like To Move It

tambre — 2006-06-21T12:06:38-05:00

I like to move it, move it
I like to move it, move it
I like to move it, move it
Ya like to - MOVE IT!

All girls all over the world!
Original King Julian pon ya case, man!
I love how all the girls a move their body
And when you move ya body
You gonna move it
Nice, and sweet, and sassy, all right?

Woman, ya cute and you don't need no makeup
Original cute body make a man mud up
Woman, ya cute and you don't need no makeup
Original cute body make a man mud up

Woman! Physically fit
Physically fit
Physically
Physically
Physically fit
Woman! Physically fit
Physically fit
Physically
Physically
Physically fit

Woman! Ya nice, sweet, fantastic
Big ship upon de ocean, that a big Titanic
Woman! Ya nice, sweet, energetic
Big ship upon de ocean that a big Titanic
Woman! Ya nice, sweet, fantastic
Big ship upon de ocean that a big Titanic
Woman! Ya nice, sweet, fantastic
Big ship upon de ocean that a big Titanic
Woman!

I like to move it, move it
I like to move it, move it
I like to move it, move it
Ya like to - MOVE IT!

I like to move it, move it
I like to move it, move it
I like to move it, move it
Ya like to - MOVE IT!

Woman, ya cute, and you don't need no makeup
Original cute body you make a man mud up
Woman, ya cute and you don't need no makeup
Original cute body make a man mud up

Eyeliner – pon ya face
A make man mud up
Nose powder – pon ya face
A make man mud up
Pluck ya eyebrow - pon ya face
A make man mud up
Got ya lipstick - pon ya face
A make man mud up

Woman, ya nice broad face
And ya nice hip
Make man flip and bust them lip
Woman, ya nice and energetic
Big ship upon de ocean that a big Titanic
Woman! Ya nice broad face
And ya nice hip
Make man flip and bust them lip
Woman, ya nice and energetic
Big ship pon de ocean that a big Titanic - Whoa!

Bop!
Whoa!
Bop!
Whoa!
Bop!
Whoa!
Bop!

I like to move it, move it
He like to move it, move it
She like to move it, move it
You like to - MOVE IT!

We like to move it, move it
You like to move it, move it
I like...oh, I did I. Have I done I? Did I do I like to?
I think I did I like. I like? We? What about we?
They? They, I did they as well, okay.

Oh, I got it, I got the new one, I got the new one.
Eh, them? No, is that the - can I say them or not?
Them like to move it mo-
I'm gonna say them!

Them like to move it, move it
We like to move it, move it
Ummm...wait there's got to be another one.
We, we, us - Oh, us!
Can we do us like to?

Us like to move it, move it - that's the one!
Us like to move it, move it
Us like to move it, move it
Us like to - MOVE IT!

Move it! Move iiiit. Move it!
Move it! Move it, move it, move it.

Okay then, while you're here
I just wanna tell you a little story
It's an old story that my daddy used to tell me-
He was the king as well.

I was born, probably about, sixty-eight years ago
Over by that tree over there, yeah
And I remember, things change a lot
In those days in Madagascar, it wasn't so commercial, you know?

It wasn't all about money,
And who's got the latest tree,
And what leaves are you wearing,
And who's got the latest fur on their back, you know

Those days, it was just me
And a couple of the others, you know
Doing the jungle boogie, you know

Jungle boogie!
Jungle boogie!
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa
Move it!

You really think this is never gonna end
Cos it is.
Three,
Two,
One.

Not bad, eh? I like it.

-Sacha Baron Cohen

Marie

tambre — 2006-06-22T12:06:42-05:00

You looked like a princess the night we met
With your hair piled up high, I will never forget
I'm drunk right now, baby, but I've got to be
Or I never could tell you what you mean to me

I loved you the first time I saw you
And I always will love you, Marie
I loved you the first time I saw you
And I always will love you, Marie

You're the song that the trees sing when the wind blows
You're a flower, you're a river, you're a rainbow
Sometimes I'm crazy, but I guess you know
And I'm weak and I'm lazy, and I've hurt you so
And I don't listen to a word you say
When you're in trouble, I turn away

But I love you, and I loved you
The first time I saw you
And I always will love you, Marie
I loved you the first time I saw you
And I always will love you...

-Mandy Patinkin

My Best Friend's Girl

tambre — 2006-06-25T12:06:22-05:00

You're always dancing down the street
With your suede-blue eyes
And every new boy that you meet
Doesn't know the real surprise

Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
She'll make you flip
Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
I kinda like the way she dips

She's my best friend's girl
She's my best friend's girl
But she used to be mine

You've got your nuclear boots
And your drip-dry gloves
Oh, when you bite your lip
It's a reaction to the love

Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
I'll make you flip
Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Here she comes again
I kinda like the way
I like the way she dips

'Cause she's my best friend's girl
Well she's my best friend's girl
But she used to be mine
She's so fine

Oh just a-dancing down the street
With your suede-blue eyes
And every new boy that you meet
Doesn't know the real surprise

Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Here she comes again
She'll make you flip
Here she comes again
When she's dancing 'neath the starry sky
Here she comes again
I kinda like the way
I like the way she dips

'Cause she's my best friend's girl
She's my best friend's girl
She used to be mine
She's so fine

My best friend's girlfriend
My best friend's girlfriend
She used to be mine
My best friend's girlfriend
My best friend's girlfriend
Said she used to be mine
My best friend's girlfriend
My best friend's girlfriend
She used to be mine
My best friend's girlfriend
My best friend's girlfriend

-The Cars

The Shadow-Lover

tambre — 2006-06-30T02:06:19-05:00

Shadow-lover, never seen by day,
Only deep in dreams do you appear
Wisdom tells me I should turn away,
Love of mist and shadows, all unclear -
Nothing can I hold of you but thought
Shadow-Lover, mist and twilight wrought

Shadow-Lover, comfort me in pain.
Love, although I never see your face,
All who'd have me fear you speak in vain
Never would I shrink from your embrace
Shadow-Lover, gentle is your hand
Never could another understand

Shadow-Lover, soothe me when I mourn
Mourn for all who left me here alone
When my grief is too much to be borne,
When my burdens crushing-great have grown,
Shadow-Lover, I cannot forget -
Help me bear the burdens I have yet.

Shadow-Lover, you alone can know
How I long to reach a point of peace
How I fade with weariness and woe
How I long for you to bring release.
Shadow-Lover, court me in my dreams
Bring the peace that suffering redeems

Shadow-Lover, from the shadows made
Lead me into Shadows once again
Where you lead I cannot be afraid,
For with you I shall come home again -
In your arms I shall not fear the night.
Shadow-Lover, lead me into light.

-Mercedes Lackey

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I've never heard this song. And, in case you're not as emo or dark-minded as the author, the Shadow-lover is Death.

Almost Home

tambre — 2006-07-06T05:07:42-05:00

Walking on the water in a van
Trying to think of everything I can
Well, it's getting very late
And these tapes don't sound no good
And my body just don't feel the way I wish it would

I was driving when I heard you call my name
It was not like before; not quite the same
It's too late to be much good
And I might as well confess
That I have not got the nerve to borrow cigarettes

When I'm almost with you, music tries to play
When I'm almost home, I almost hear you say,
"It'll be all right if we could run away."

These silent things were all my life
No one ever tells me when or why
But my heart can't seem to tell me
What would satisfy my mind
So I jump into that van just one more time

When I'm almost with you, music tries to play
When I'm almost home, I almost hear you say,
"It'll be all right if we could run away."

I was driving when I heard you call my name
It was not like before; not quite the same
Ooh, but my heart can't seem to tell me
What would satisfy my mind
So I jump into that van just one more time

When I'm almost with you, music tries to play
When I'm almost home, I almost hear you say,
"It'll be all right if we could run away."
Ooh, away...

-Hootie and the Blowfish

Good to Be Alive

tambre — 2006-07-10T11:07:42-05:00

Wasn't it yesterday I was eight years old?
I had a pocket full of rocks
That I knew were made of solid gold
There were girls to be hated
Trees to be climbed
Forts to be built, there was so much time
It's good to be alive
Good to be alive

There's nothing in the world like being fifteen
Your pockets are empty
But your head is full of dreams
Of girls to be loved
Of places to see
It's the best, and the worst
Just my friends and me
And we're anything we wanna be

And it's good to be alive!
To feel the wind in my face
See the blue in the sky
It's days like this, I realize
What a gift is
It's good to be alive

Well, I wonder what this day will see
Will I find my dreams
Or stare in the face of tragedy?
Whatever may come
Whatever may be
Of this I am sure:
I'm forgiven and free
And I will live like I believe

It's good to be alive!
To feel the wind in my face
See the blue in the sky
It's days like this I realize
What a gift is
It's good to be alive

It's good to be alive!

Whatever may come
Whatever may be
Of this I am sure:
I'm forgiven and free!
And I will live like I believe

It's good to be alive!
To feel the wind in my face
See the blue in the sky
It's days like this I realize
What a gift is

And it's good to be alive!
To feel the wind in my face
See the blue in the sky
It's days like this I realize
What a gift is
It's good....
To be alive

Good to be alive
Good to be alive

-Geoff Moore and the Distance

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I've known this song since I was twelve, if not younger. It's been a wonderful facet of my life-philosophy.

May It Be

tambre — 2006-07-12T10:07:12-05:00

May it be an evening star
Shines down upon you

May it be when darkness falls
Your heart will be true

You walk a lonely road
Oh, how far you are from home

Mornie utúlië*
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië**
A promise lives within you now

May it be the shadows' call
Will fly away

May it be you journey on
To light the day

When the night is overcome
You may rise to find the sun

Mornie utúlië
Believe and you will find your way
Mornie alantië
A promise lives within you now

A promise lives within you now

-Enya

* darkness has come
** darkness has fallen

Strangers Like Me

tambre — 2006-07-13T04:07:20-05:00

Whatever you do, I'll do it too
Show me everything and tell me how
It all means something, and yet nothing to me

Oh, I can see there's so much to learn
It's all so close and yet so far
I see myself as people see me
Oh I just know there's something bigger out there

I wanna know
Can you show me?
I wanna know about these strangers like me
Tell me more
Please show me
Something's familiar 'bout these strangers like me

Every gesture, every move that she makes
Makes me feel like never before
Why do I have this growing need to be beside her?

Ooh, these emotions I never knew
Of some other world far beyond this place
Beyond the trees, above the clouds
Oh, I see before me a new horizon

I wanna know
Can you show me?
I wanna know about these strangers like me
Tell me more
Please show me
Something's familiar 'bout these strangers like me

Come with me now to see my world
Where there's beauty beyond your glimpse
Can you feel the things I feel
Right now
With you?
Take my hand
There's a world I need to know

I wanna know
Can you show me?
I wanna know about these strangers like me
I wanna know
Please show me
Something's familiar 'bout these strangers like me

I wanna know

-Phil Collins

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There's always more I want to learn.

Meet You There

tambre — 2006-07-15T07:07:45-05:00

Now you're gone
I wonder why
You've left me here
I think about it
On and on and on and on
And on again

I know you're never coming back
I hope that you can hear me
I'm waiting
To hear from you
Until I do

You're gone away
I'm left alone
A part of me is gone
And I'm not moving on
So wait for me
I know the day will come

I'll meet you there
No matter where life takes me to
I'll meet you there.
And even if I need you here
I'll meet you there

I wish I could have told you
The things I kept inside
But now I guess it's just too late

So many things remind me of you
I hope that you can hear me
I miss you
This is goodbye
One last time

You're gone away
I'm left alone
A part of me is gone
And I'm not moving on
So wait for me
I know the day will come

I'll meet you there
No matter where life takes me to
I'll meet you there
And even if I need you here
I'll meet you there
No matter where life takes me to
I'll meet you there
And even if I need you here
I'll meet you there

I'll meet you there

And where I go, you'll be there with me
Forever you'll be right there with me

I'll meet you there
No matter where life takes me to
I'll meet you there
And even if I need you here
I'll meet you there
No matter where life takes me
I'll meet you there
And even if I need you
I'll meet you there

I need you
I need you
I need you
I'll meet you there

I need you
I need you
I need you
I'll meet you there

-Simple Plan

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This song means "John" and "driving at night" in my mind. Actually, a few Simple Plan songs make me think of him, but this one never made me think of anyone else. John was my best friend all through high school. We went to different schools, different worlds, but we were always friends. He was there with me through more tough times in my life than anyone outside my family has been. It's created a bond between us that's tough to describe, but is always there.

John and I will probably part ways in the next few years - we want different things in life, and will probably go in different directions to find them. But there's a promise that we'll meet up again, and one of us will always be there when the other needs it.

The rhythms make me think of driving at night, coming home, and knowing my best friend is there (well, in the next city over) waiting for me.

Butterfly Kisses

tambre — 2006-07-19T10:07:07-05:00

There's two things I know for sure:
She was sent here from Heaven,
And she's Daddy's little girl
As I drop to my knees
By her bed at night
She talks to Jesus
And I close my eyes
And I thank God for all
Of the joy in my life
Oh, but most of all,

For butterfly kisses
After bedtime prayer
Sticking little white flowers all up in her hair

Walk beside the pony, Daddy
It's my first ride
I know the cake looks funny, Daddy,
But I sure tried

Oh, with all that I've done wrong,
I must have done something right
To deserve a hug every morning
And butterfly kisses at night

Sweet sixteen today
She's looking like her mama
A little more every day
One part woman,
The other part girl
To perfume and makeup
From ribbons and curls
Trying her wings out
In a great big world
But I remember

Butterfly kisses
After bedtime prayer
Sticking little white flowers all up in her hair

Y'know how much I love you, Daddy
But if you don't mind,
I'm only gonna kiss you on the cheek this time

Oh, with all that I've done wrong
I must have done something right
To deserve her love every morning
And butterfly kisses at night

All the precious time
Like the wind, the years go by
Precious butterfly
Spread your wings and fly

She'll change her name today
She'll make a promise,
And I'll give her away
Standing in the brideroom,
Just staring at her
She asks me what I'm thinking
And I said, "I'm not sure.
I just feel like I'm losing my baby girl."
And she leaned over

Gave me butterfly kisses
With her mama there
Sticking little white flowers all up in her hair

Walk me down the aisle, Daddy,
It's just about time
Does my wedding gown look pretty, Daddy?
Daddy, don't cry

Oh, with all that I've done wrong
I must have done something right
To deserve her love every morning
And butterfly kisses,

I couldn't ask God for more,
And this is what love is
I know I gotta let her go
But I'll always remember
Every hug in the morning
And butterfly kisses...

-Bob Carlisle

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My mom thinks this song is so pretty, and so sad. I do tend to wonder what my dad's going to be thinking on my own wedding day.

Impression That I Get

tambre — 2006-07-21T11:07:05-05:00

Have you ever been close to tragedy,
Or close to folks who have?
Have you ever felt a pain so powerful,
So heavy you collapse?

No!
Well...

I
Never had to knock on wood
But I know someone who has
Which makes me wonder if I could
It makes me wonder if I
Never had to knock on wood
And I'm glad I haven't yet
Because I'm sure it isn't good
That's the impression that I get

Have you ever felt the urge to jump so high
You'd need a strength most don't possess?
Or has it ever come down to do-or-die?
You've got to rise above the rest

No!
Well...
I
Never had to knock on wood
But I know someone who has
Which makes me wonder if I could
It makes me wonder if I
Never had to knock on wood
And I'm glad I haven't yet
Because I'm sure it isn't good
That's the impression that I get

I'm not a coward,
I've just never been tested
I'd like to think that if I was, I would pass
Look at the tested
And think that there but for the grace go I
Might be a coward,
I'm afraid of what I might find out

Never had to knock on wood!
But I know someone who has
Which makes me wonder if I could
It makes me wonder if I
Never had to knock on wood
And I'm glad I haven't yet
Because I'm sure it isn't good
That's the impression that I get

Never had to,
I better knock on wood
'Cause I know someone who has
Makes me wonder if I could
It makes me wonder if I
Never had to,
I better knock on wood
Because I'm sure it isn't good
And I'm glad I haven't yet
That's the impression that I get

-The Mighty Mighty Bosstones

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Pep band, we all had our own songs. This one was unquestionably Laura's. Listening to it, memories flood me. Happy times freezing in the bleachers, keeping our instruments warm during soccer. Dancing in Laura's living room to the cd I made of all our pep songs. Friends are great, band friends are awesome.

Poisoning Pigeons In The Park

tambre — 2006-07-23T01:07:47-05:00

Spring is here, a-sah-pah-ring is here
Life is skittles and life is beer
I think the loveliest time of the year
Is the spring!
I do
Don't you?
'Course you do!

But there's one thing that makes spring complete for me
And makes every Sunday a treat for me

All the world seems in tune on a spring afternoon
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park
Every Sunday you'll see my sweetheart and me
As we poison the pigeons in the park
When they see us coming the birdies all try and hide
But they still go for peanuts when coated with cyanide
The sun shining bright, everything seems all right
When we're poisoning pigeons in the park!

We gain notoriety
And cause much anxiety
In the Audobon Society
With our games
They call it 'impiety'
And 'lack of propriety'
And quite a variety
Of unpleasant names

But it's not against any religion
To want to dispose of a pigeon

So, if Sunday you're free, why don't you come with me
And we'll poison the pigeons in the park
And maybe we'll do in a squirrel or two
As we poison the pigeons in the park
We'll murder them all amid laughter and merriment
Except for the few we take home to experiment

My pulse will be quick'ning
With each drop of strychnine
We feed to a pigeon
It just takes a smidgen
To poison a pigeon in the park!

-Tom Lehrer

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My dad and his dad both find this song very amusing - I learned it when I was rather young. Today's the last performance of a play in which one of my close friends sings this entire song by himself. We're all glad it's over, but it's very impressive to hear, and I'm always grinning by the end of it. He's quite good.

Here Without You

tambre — 2006-07-31T11:07:14-05:00

Trouble

tambre — 2006-08-02T07:08:51-05:00

I should be saying good night
I really shouldn't stay anymore
It's been so long since I held you
Forgotten what love is for

I should run
On the double
(I think I'm in)
I think I'm in trouble
(think I'm in) trouble
Yes, I think I'm in trouble

Come to me, darling, and hold me
Let your honey keep you warm
Been so long since I held you
Forgotten what love is for

I should run
On the double
(I think I'm in)
I think I'm in trouble
(think I'm in) trouble
Yes, I think I'm in trouble
I think I'm in trouble
(think I'm in)
Think I'm in trouble

I should run
On the double
(I think I'm in)
Think I'm in trouble
(I think I'm in) trouble
I think I'm in trouble
I think I'm in trouble

-Lindsey Buckingham

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I have no idea whether Tony's heard this song or not. He's the one who first started using the phrase 'in trouble' between us, and it's definitely something that makes me smile now. I just felt like posting this at first, thinking of leaving him the other night after he'd gotten home from vacation...and then that part clicked, too. :)

Unchained Melody

tambre — 2006-08-06T02:08:04-05:00

Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time

And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?

I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love
To me

Lonely rivers flow
To the sea
To the open arms of the sea
Lonely rivers sigh,
"Wait for me, wait for me,
I'll be coming home, wait for me."

Oh, my love, my darling
I've hungered, hungered for your touch
A long
Are you still mine?

I, I need your love
I need your love
God speed your love
To me

-Righteous Brothers

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Sometimes, dating Tony is like training for a long-distance relationship. There's a few times throughout the year when he'll be incredibly busy and won't have time for me at all. This time was two weeks, and it was especially dry - but this morning, I got to have him almost entirely to myself for a few hours.

I've missed him. And I'm so glad he's back.

Thrive

tambre — 2006-08-10T01:08:00-05:00

Down here in the valley
Every shadow you see
Has its own story
Down here in the valley
Every puddle of mud
Comes from tears and blood

And it's so hard just to get warm
That the chill turns into despair

Will you lift me up with tender care?
Will you wash me clean in the palm of your hands?
Will you hold me close so I can thrive?
When you touch me, that's when I know I'm alive

Down here in the valley
Nothing's able to grow
'Cause the light's too low
Folks spend their days
Diggin' round for diamonds and god
'Til they just get old

And they don't know anything else
They don't know they're breathing bad air
But I'm tired of living like this
And my soul cries out, "If you're there,

Will you lift me up with tender care?
Will you wash me clean in the palm of your hands?
Lord, hold me close so I can thrive
When you touch me, that's when I know I'm alive."

Call me up to your side
Draw me up to your light
Let it blind me
Lord, refine me
Refine me out of my mind

Will you lift me up with tender care?
Will you wash me clean in the palm of your hands?
Lord, hold me close so I can thrive
When you touch me, that's when I know
I know I'm alive

Will you lift me up with tender care?
Will you wash me clean in the palm of your hands?
Lord, hold me close so I can thrive
When you touch me, that's when I know I'm alive

Lord, lift me up with tender care
Will you wash me clean in the palm of your hands?
Lord, hold me close so I can thrive
When you touch me, that's when I know
I know I'm alive

-Newsboys

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In recent days, the focus of my life had shifted, and I was feeling so lost because what I was focusing on wasn't satisfying me, and I couldn't figure out how to make it do that. At some point, I realized that I'd been asking God to make this work for me, but what I should have been asking was for God to fill me completely, so that I wouldn't feel the holes left by what couldn't satisfy.

There's no love so complete as God's.

Ya-Ya

tambre — 2006-08-14T05:08:09-05:00

Sittin' here, la-la
Waitin' for my Ya-Ya, uh huh
Sittin' here, la-la
Waitin' for my Ya-Ya, mmhmm
It may sound funny, but
I don't believe she's coming in, uh huh
Mmhmm
Uh huh

Baby, hurry
Don't keep me worry, uh-huh
Baby, hurry
Now don't you keep me worry, uh-huh
Mmhmm
You know how I love you
Oh, how much I love you,
Mmhmm
Uh huh

Sittin' here, la-la
Waitin' for my Ya-Ya, uh huh
Mmhmm
Sittin' here, la-la
Waitin' for my Ya-Ya, uh huh
Mmhmm
It may sound funny, but
I don't believe she's coming in, uh huh
Mmhmm
Uh-huh

Sittin' here

Sittin' here

Sittin' here, la-la
Waitin for my Ya-Ya, uh-huh
Mmhmm
Sittin' here, la-la
Waitin for my Ya-Ya, uh-huh
Uh-huh

Just sittin'

-Buckwheat Zydeco

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I felt that a change of pace was needed from the usual things I'm posting here. Usually, I have a rule about the lyrics actually having to be somewhat coherent.

My opinion of Zydeco is similar to my thoughts on square dancing. It's not something I advertise, but once it's underway, I really enjoy it. And then when it's over, I get back to my life and say nothing to anyone.

Fight Fiercely, Harvard

tambre — 2006-08-17T06:08:16-05:00

Fight fiercely, Harvard
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Demonstrate to them our skill
Albeit they possess the might,
Nonetheless, we have the will
How we will celebrate our victory!
We shall invite the whole team out for tea! How jolly!
Hurl that spheroid down the field,
And fight! Fight! Fight!

Fight fiercely, Harvard
Fight! Fight! Fight!
Impress them with our prowess, do!
Oh, fellows, do not let the crimson down
Be of stout heart and true!
C'mon chaps, fight for Harvard's glorious name
Won't it be peachy if we win the game? Oh goody!
Let's try not to injure them
But fight fight fight
Let's not be rough, though
Fight, fight, fight
And do fight fiercely
Fight, fah-hah-hight, fight!

-Tom Lehrer

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A few people have heard of Tom Lehrer and his rather irreverent works. What isn't as widely known is that his music career was preceded by his years as a Harvard student, and a math professor at that institution. Apparently, he felt that his alma mater deserved a daintier fight song than the other uncouth and violent pieces available out there.

Something of a Dreamer

tambre — 2006-08-21T10:08:06-05:00

She used to watch him from afar
She used to dream about him
And she’d wish upon a star
That one day he’d want her for his own
Throw caution to the wind
And with a grin,
He’d take her home

She’s
Something of a dreamer
Something of a fool
Something of a heartbreak
When she gives her heart to you

And she used to hear his voice at night
A sweet whisper from the shadows
Dancing with the back porch light
And she used to feel him in the wind
His warm breath upon her neck
And goosebumps up and down her skin

She’s
Something of a dreamer
Something of a fool
Something of a heartbreak
When she gives her heart to you

Well, she should have known by now
But that’s the foolish part of her
She should have seen somehow
But a dreamer's never cured
When heartbreak fast approaches
When a love ain’t truly love
He promised wine and roses
And she thought that was enough

She’s
Something of a dreamer
Something of a fool
Something of a heartbreak
When she gives her heart to you, she's
Something of a dreamer
Something of a fool
Something of a heartbreak
When she gives her heart to you, she's
Something of a dreamer
Something of a fool
Something of a heartbreak
When she gives her heart to you

-Mary Chapin Carpenter

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I made a mistake once on thinking a guy was going to last. After that, I tried just taking one day at a time, being happy that I was with this guy today, and not worrying about what would come in the future. But I've found that I've definitely given my heart to him.

But, unlike the girl in this song, I'm really happy, even knowing I might just be a dreamer.

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

tambre — 2006-09-05T01:09:11-05:00

The legend lives on, from the Chippewa on down
Of the big lake they call "Gitche-Gumee"
The lake, it is said, never gives up her dead
When the skies of November turn gloomy
With a load of iron ore twenty-six thousand tons more
Than the Edmund Fitzgerald weighed empty
That good ship and true was a bone to be chewed
When the gales of November came early

The ship was the pride of the American side
Coming back from some mill in Wisconsin
As the big freighters go, it was bigger than most
With a crew and a captain well-seasoned
Concluding some terms with a couple of steel firms
When they left fully loaded for Cleveland
Then later that night, when the ship's bell rang,
Could it be the North Wind they'd been feeling?

The wind in the wires made a tattletale sound
And a wave broke over the railing
And every man knew, as the captain did too,
Twas the witch of November come stealing
The dawn came late, and the breakfast had to wait
When the gales of November came slashing
When afternoon came, it was freezing rain
In the face of a hurricane west wind

When suppertime came, the old cook came on deck,
Saying, "Fellas, it's too rough to feed you."
At seven p.m., the main hatchway gave in,
He said, "Fellas, it's been good to know you."
The captain wired in, he had water coming in,
And the good ship and crew was in peril
And later that night, when his lights went out of sight,
Came the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Does anyone know where the love of God goes
When the waves turn the minutes to hours?
The searchers all say they'd have made Whitefish Bay
If they'd put fifteen more miles behind her
They might have split up, or they might have capsized,
They may have broke deep and took water
And all that remains is the faces and the names
Of the wives and the sons and the daughters

Lake Huron rolls, Superior sings
In the rooms of her ice-water mansion
Old Michigan steams like a young man's dreams
The islands and bays are for sportsmen
And farther below, Lake Ontario
Takes in what Lake Erie can send her
And the iron boats go as the mariners all know
With the gales of November remembered

In a musty old hall in Detroit, they prayed
In the Maritime Sailors' Cathedral
The churchbell chimed 'til it rang twenty-nine times
For each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald
The legend lives on from the Chippewa on down
Of a big lake they call, "Gitche-Gumee"
Superior, they said, never gives up her dead
When the gales of November come early

-Gordon Lightfoot

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I first heard this song when I was in sixth grade. I love the imagery - you can see every hour of the wreck in your mind. We think about ships being lost at sea, but the Great Lakes are life-thieves as well.

Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

tambre — 2006-09-06T10:09:01-05:00

Though I tried before to tell her
All the feelings I have for her
In my heart
Every time that I come near her
I just lose my nerve as I've done
From the start

Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she do just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on

Do I have to tell the story
Of a thousand rainy days
Since we first met?
It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me that ends up
Getting wet

Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she do just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on

I resolve to call her up
A thousand times a day
And ask her if she'll marry me
In some old-fashioned way
But my silent fears have gripped me
Long before I reach the phone
Long before my tongue has tripped me
Must I always be alone?

Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she do just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on

Every little thing she does is magic
Everything she do just turns me on
Even though my life before was tragic
Now I know my love for her goes on

Every little thing
Every little thing
Every little, every little, every little, every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Every little thing she does
Thing she does is magic

Every little thing
Every little thing
Every little thing she do is magic, magic, magic
Magic, magic, magic

...since we first met

It's a big enough umbrella
But it's always me that ends up getting wet

-The Police

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I just heard this song for the first time last week. I have been dancing to it in my car ever since. It's just so fun!

One Thing

tambre — 2006-09-25T09:09:25-05:00

Walk out the door, your eyes filled with tears
Or stay and confront me, and face all your fears
Linger in silence, neither distant or near
It's not going to change a thing

Lay down beside me and question my faith
Or hold me without the love we have made
Share all your secrets, or hide them away
It's not going to change a thing

The picture is painted; the colors are bold
One for each season of life, I suppose
It no longer matters - the story is told
It's not going to change a thing

Lie here and talk of whatever you want,
Or dare to compare all the things we've done wrong
What care the world, when we're all dead and gone?
It's not going to change a thing

The picture is painted; the colors are bold
One for each season of life, I suppose
It no longer matters - the story is told
It's not going to change a thing

The picture is painted; the colors are bold
One for each season of life, I suppose
It no longer matters - the story is told
It's not going to change a thing
It's not going to change one thing

-Runrig

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Fall has a lot of associations for me. One of them is Runrig.

Nothing Better

tambre — 2006-10-18T09:10:23-05:00

Will someone please call a surgeon
Who can crack my ribs and repair this broken heart
That you're deserting
For better company

I can't accept that it's over
I will block the door like a goalie tending the net
In the third quarter of a tied-game rivalry

So just say how to make it right
And I swear I'll do my best to comply

Tell me, am I right to think
That there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride
And slowly growing old together

I feel I must interject here
You're getting carried away,
Feeling sorry for yourself
With these revisions and gaps in history
So let me help you remember
I've made charts and graphs that should finally make it clear
I've prepared a lecture on why I have to leave

So, please back away and let me go
I can't, my darling, I love you so

Tell me, am I right to think
That there could be nothing better
Than making you my bride
And slowly growing old together?
Tell me, am I right?
(Don't you feed me lies about some idealistic future)
Tell me, am I right?
(Your heart won't heal right if you keep tearing out the sutures)

I'll admit that I have made mistakes
And
I swear that I'll never wrong you again

You've got a lure I can't deny
But you've had your chance, so say goodbye
Say goodbye

-The Postal Service

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It's been awhile since I've posted here, and this song's been waiting. Unfortunately, by doing so, I risk causing major confusion just before I leave for something of a trip. I'd like to make it clear that it isn't supposed to correlate to any life events of mine right now - I just like the song. Rather a lot.

You should all go listen to it. It's kind of sweet.

One Week

tambre — 2006-11-07T03:11:00-05:00

It's been
One week since you looked at me,
Cocked your head to the side, and said, "I'm angry."
Five days since you laughed at me,
Saying, "Get that together, come back and see me."
Three days since the living room -
I realized it's all my fault, but couldn't tell you
Yesterday, you'd forgiven me
But it'll still be two days 'til I say I'm sorry

Hold it now, and watch the Hoodwink
As I make you stop, think
You'll think you're looking at Aquaman
I summon fish to the dish
Although I like the Chalet Swiss
I like the sushi, 'cause it never touched a fryin' pan
Hot like Wasabi when I bust rhymes
Big like LeAnn Rimes
Because I'm all about value
Bert Kaempfort's got the mad hits
You try to match wits,
You try to hold me, but I bust through

Gonna make a break and take a fake
I'd like a stinkin' achin' shake
I like vanilla; it's the finest of the flavors
Gotta see the show, 'cause then you'll know
The vertigo is gonna grow
'Cause it's so dangerous
You'll have to sign a waiver

How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?
Tryin' hard not to smile, though I feel bad
I'm the kinda guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean? Well, you soon will
I have the tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of taking off my shirt

It's been
One week since you looked at me,
Threw your arms in the air, and said, "You're crazy."
Five days since you tackled me -
I've still got the rugburns on both my knees
It's been
Three days since the afternoon
You realized it's not my fault, not a moment too soon
Yesterday, you'd forgiven me
And now I'll sit back and wait 'til you say you're sorry

Chickity China the Chinese chicken
You have a drumstick, and your brain stops tickin'
Watchin' X-files with no lights on
We're dans la maison
I hope the Smoking Man's in this one
Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic
Like Sting, I'm tantric
Like Snickers, guaranteed to satisfy
Like Kurassawa, I make mad films
'Kay, I don't make films
But, if I did, they'd have a Samurai

Gonna get a set of better clubs
Gonna find the kind with the tiny nubs
Just so my irons aren't always flying off the back-swing
Gotta get in tune with Sailor moon
'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes
That make me think the wrong thing

How can I help it if I think you're funny when you're mad?
Tryin' hard not to smile, though I feel bad
I'm the kinda guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean? You soon will
I have the tendency to wear my mind on my sleeve
I have a history of losing my shirt

It's been
One week since you looked at me
Dropped your arms to the sides and said, "I'm sorry."
Five days since I laughed at you,
And said, "You just did just what I thought you were gonna do."
Three days since the living room;
We realized we're both to blame, but what could we do?
Yesterday you just smiled at me,
'Cause it'll still be two days 'til we say we're sorry

It'll still be two days 'til we say we're sorry
It'll still be two days 'til we say we're sorry
Birchmount Stadium, home of the Robbie

-Barenaked Ladies

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This took a rather long time, compared to how long it usually takes me to get down song lyrics. But, I found my Stunt cd again, so I'm rather happy.

Windy

tambre — 2006-11-23T01:11:34-05:00

Who's peeking out from under a stairway,
Calling the name that's lighter than air?
Who's bending down to give me a rainbow?
Everyone knows it's Windy

Who's tripping down the streets of the city,
Smiling at everybody she sees?
Who's reaching out to capture a moment?
Everyone knows it's Windy

And Windy has stormy eyes
That flash at the sound of light
And Windy has wings to fly
Above the clouds
Above the clouds

And Windy has stormy eyes
That flash at the sound of light
And Windy has wings to fly
Above the clouds
Above the clouds

Who's tripping down the streets of the city,
Smiling at everybody she sees?
Who's reaching out to capture a moment?
Everyone knows it's Windy

Who's tripping down the streets of the city,
Smiling at everybody she sees?
Who's reaching out to capture a moment?
Everyone knows it's Windy

Who's tripping down the streets of the city,
Smiling at everybody she sees?
Who's reaching out to capture a moment?
Everyone knows it's Windy

Who's tripping down the streets of the city,
Smiling at everybody she sees?
Who's reaching out to capture a moment?
Everyone knows it's Windy

Who's tripping down the streets of the city,
Smiling at everybody she sees?
Who's reaching out to capture a moment?
Everyone knows it's Windy

-The Association

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With most oldies, I first heard the song before I was twelve, so they mean something happy and carefree.

This is one song that I will get in my head while I'm at work, and it immediately throws all the life, joy, and energy back into me. It's pretty simple and sweet, but that may be precisely why I like it so much. The last verses seem far too repetitive with just the lyrics, but they build the instrumentation a bit on each repeat, so it's rather fun to listen to, sing with, dance.

Snuggles

tambre — 2006-11-25T01:11:53-05:00

One day in the afternoon,
I saw my lady sad
I said, "What have I done
To make you feel so bad?"
She said, "Nothing."
I said, "That's not true.
Now tell me, what have I done to you?"
She said, "It's nothing you've done,
It's something you didn't do."

She said,
"I need your snuggles.
The day's a struggle without them.
When we miss those times,
I seem to feel alone.
When I can remember you warm
On a chilly morning,
It helps me think of you through the day.
And when you're on my mind,
You know everything's okay."

Sometimes in the morning now
I remember that afternoon
And how I learned of my lady's need
And now I don't leave so soon
It's so easy for me to stay
And give her some time of the day
'Cause when I wake up,
I can still hear her say
(Can't you hear her say?)

"I need your snuggles.
The day's a struggle without them.
When we miss those times,
I seem to feel alone.
When I can remember you warm
On a chilly morning,
It helps me think of you through the day.
And when you're on my mind,
You know everything's okay."

When you're on my mind,
You know everything's okay

-Steve Chapman

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Rather sweet, and just a little bit silly. It makes me smile.

I need your snuggles, too.

Think Twice

tambre — 2006-11-28T09:11:26-05:00

When all is said and done and dead,
Does he love you the way that I do?
Breathing in lightning
Tonight's for fighting
I feel the hurt so physical

Think twice before you touch my girl
Come around, I'll let you feel the burn
Think twice before you touch my girl
Come around, come around no more
Think twice before you touch my girl
Come around, I'll let you feel the burn
Think twice before you touch my girl
Come around no more

She spreads her love, she burns me up
I can't let go, I can't get out
I've said, "Enough," enough by now
I can't let go, I can't get out

Wait 'til the day you finally see
I've been here waiting patiently
Crossing my fingers and my t's
She cried on my shoulder, begging please

Think twice before you touch my girl
Come around, I'll let you feel the burn
Think twice before you touch my girl
Come around, come around no more
Think twice before you're touchin' my girl
Come around, I'll let you feel the burn
Think twice before you touch my girl
Come around no more

She spreads her love, she burns me up
I can't let go, I can't get out
I've said, "Enough," enough by now
I can't let go, I can't get out

What is it you really want?
I'm tired of asking
You come wasted

When I showed up and he was there,
I tried my best to grin and bear
And took the stairs, but didn't stop at the street
And as we speak, I'm going down

'Cause she spread her love and burned me up
I can't let go, I can't get out
I've said, "Enough," enough by now
I can't let go, I can't get out

Think twice when you touch my girl
Come around, I'll let you feel the burn
Think twice when you touch my girl
Come around, come around no more
Think twice when you touch my girl
Come around, I'll let you feel the burn
Think twice when you touch my girl
Come around no more

-Eve 6

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Beginning to realize something...

Don't Cry Out

tambre — 2006-12-04T11:12:58-05:00

I don't get you
I can't forget what you've forgotten
All along
I've never been so alone

Don't cry out
Cease fire

I was pretending
Your secret kiss of confidence
Was my escape
The perfect game to play

Don't cry out
Cease fire

Ten, nine, eight, and I'm waiting for you
I'm all dressed up, and I'm ready to play
Seven, six, five, four, and I'm all over you
Counting three, two, one, and I'm having fun

Your fascination
With naked walls of silk and skin
With no conditions
I needed you to notice
That's all I wanted

Don't cry out
Cease fire

Ten, nine, eight, and I'm waiting for you
I'm all dressed up, and I'm ready to play
Seven, six, five, four, and I'm all over you
Counting three, two, one, and I'm having fun

Ten, nine, eight, and I'm waiting for you
I'm all dressed up, and I'm ready to play
Seven, six, five, four, and I'm all over you
Counting three, two, one, and I'm having fun

Don't cry out
Cease fire

Ten, nine, eight, and I'm waiting for you (Don't cry out)
I'm all dressed up, and I'm ready to play
Seven, six, five, four, and I'm all over you (Cease fire)
Counting three, two, one, and I'm having fun

Ten, nine, eight, and I'm waiting for you (Don't cry out)
I'm all dressed up, and I'm ready to play
Seven, six, five, four, and I'm all over you (Cease fire)
Counting three, two, one, and I'm having fun

-Shiny Toy Guns

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I nearly made a rather grand mistake the other night.

I'll Carry You

tambre — 2006-12-17T01:12:42-05:00

I know that look in your eyes
I see the pain behind your smile
Please don't hold it all inside
Together we can run to the finish line
And when you are tired, I'll carry you

I can't walk this road without you
You cannot go it alone
We were never meant to make it on our own
And when the load becomes too heavy,
And your feet too tired to walk,
I will carry you
And we'll be carried on

Share your burden now; I will listen
And when I'm weak, will you hold me to the truth?
That we can go on - we are carried
Three strands of cord cannot be easily torn

I can't walk this road without you
You cannot go it alone
We were never meant to make it on our own
And when the load becomes too heavy,
And your feet too tired to walk,
I will carry you
And we'll be carried on

God will carry you
God will carry you
God will carry you
God will carry you

Before I say one more word, hear me say,
"I love you."
My love comes from a heart that overflows
With love Who fills me
Comforts me, comforts you
With arms stretched out, he said,
"I'll carry you."

I can't walk this road without you
You cannot go it alone
We were never meant to make it on our own
And when the load becomes too heavy
And your feet too tired to walk
I will carry you
And we'll be carried on

I can't walk this road without you
You cannot go it alone
We were never meant to make it on our own
And when the load becomes too heavy
And your feet too tired to walk
I will carry you
And we'll be carried on

-Rebecca St. James

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When I was about fourteen, fifteen, I told my mom that if I ever got married, I wanted to play this song at my wedding. My tastes have changed a bit since then, but it still holds a great deal of meaning for me.

30k Feet

tambre — 2007-04-02T01:04:37-05:00

Hello, if you're there, pick up the phone
I'm calling from thirty thousand feet above you
Captain's just informed us that our plane is going down
So I'm calling one last time to say I love you

I'm not certain how much time I may have left, so I'll be brief
Sorry if this message only amplifies your grief
But I couldn't bear the burden, never having said goodbye
And the pain you feel, I promise you, will go away with time

I'm sorry I won't be there to see our children grow
Please tell them that I loved her more than they will ever know
Tell my family and friends how much I loved them all as well
I'm sure that we will meet again, but only time will tell

I'm sorry most of all I won't be there when you grow old
To be there by your side and keep you warm when you are cold
Forgive me, but I think our time is drawing to a close
So I've one last thing to tell you now before I have to go

I-
*screeching*

-Assemblage 23

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No, no one I know is dying. But I introduced a friend (almost accidentally) to Assemblage 23, and then he shared with me one of their newer songs. Listening to it is a little like slipping under, and the lyrics aren't yet anywhere immediately available on Google. Excellent reasons for posting them here.

It's interesting, because I normally have an amused appreciation for irony. Here, though, most of the song is good, and it's only that final bit that renders it ironic - kind of uncertain which emotion to go with at the end, and I find myself ending up with both.

The Ocean

tambre — 2007-08-14T03:08:59-05:00

Am I alone in this?
Never a night where I can sleep myself 'til day
We must try to figure it out, figure it out
It won't be that easy; we lost it somehow

You come over unannounced
Silence broken by your voice in the dark
I need you here tonight
Just like the ocean needs the waves

Oh, the night becomes the space that's somewhere in between
What I feel and what I'm told
Sitting on the shoreline, trying to figure it out, figure it out
To find out the meaning and reach it somehow

You come over unannounced
Silence broken by your voice in the dark
I need you here tonight
Just like the ocean needs the waves

Fall around me now
Like stars that shine and brighten the way
I need you here tonight
Just like this night it needs the rain

The season has changed
The wind it moves colder now, colder now
The clouds are raised
The rain it falls harder now, all around

You come over unannounced (Will you come over)
Silence broken by your voice in the dark (...now?)
I need you here tonight (I need you here)
Just like the ocean needs the waves (just like the waves)

Fall around me now (So fall around me now)
Like stars that shine and brighten the way
I need you here tonight (I need you tonight)
Just like this night it needs the rain (just like the rain)

You come over unannounced
Silence broken by your voice in the dark
I need you here tonight
Just like the ocean needs the waves

Just like the stars that fall around me now

-Mae

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Do you still need me?

For the Love of God

tambre — 2008-02-10T04:02:10-05:00

If I could speak the tongues of angels
If I could write the future in the sky
If I could know the wisdom of the ages
But have no love, what would it mean?

For the love of God
Let this be my motivation
For the love of God
In this love, I'm recreated
For the love of God
It's the reason for giving love away
For the love of God

If I had faith, faith to move a mountain
If I give all I own to the poor
If I surrender my body to the flames
But have no love, I have nothing

For the love of God
Let this be my motivation
For the love of God
In this love, I'm recreated
For the love of God
It's the reason for giving love away
For the love of God

When I'm gone, let it be said
That I loved you more than anything
While I'm here, let all men see
Your love in me

For the love of God
Let this be my motivation
For the love of God
In this love, I'm recreated
For the love of God
It's the reason for giving love away
For the love of God

For the love of God
Let this be my motivation
For the love of God
In this love, I'm recreated
For the love of God
It's the reason for giving love away
For the love of God

-Rebecca St. James

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1 Corinthians 13:1-3

I seem to recall that one of our girls' bible studies spent a LOT of time on 1 Corinthians 13 - and yet I still enjoy it. Love is kind of a big topic to teenage girls. Defining it, learning to recognize it, learning to show it, was a breakthrough for all of us.

I want to live in such a way that the same can be said of me afterwards.

Love of My Life

tambre — 2008-02-13T01:02:19-05:00

Where you are, that's where I wanna be
And through your eyes, all the things I wanna see
And in the night, you are my dream
You're everything to me

You're the love of my life
And the breath in my prayers
Take my hand, lead me there
What I need is you here

I can't forget the taste of your mouth
From your lips the heavens pour out
I can't forget when we are one
With you alone, I am free

Every day, every night, you alone -
You're the love of my life

Every day, every night, you alone -
You're the love of my life

We go dancing in the moonlight
With the starlight in your eyes
We go dancing 'til the sunrise
You and me, we're gonna dance, dance, dance

-Santana

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Living for this love. You're all I need, you're everything to me.

Measure of a Man

tambre — 2008-02-21T11:02:33-05:00

Well, I was fifteen, left home young
Tore up the tracks, and then some
Me and my dad didn't see eye to eye
I never took to him, he never took the time
Bullet-proof, more than tough
Smarter than he ever was

Well, I burned those wheels down the highway
And I learned what I learned the hard way
Do the best you can do, love many, trust few
Work hard for the money in your hands
That's the measure of a man,
Yeah the measure of a man

Anger burns, love cools it down
Pretty young woman turned my head around
The world through her eyes looks so different
She lives on faith, she looks for forgiveness
Foolproof, it ain't easy
I need her, she needs me

She stole my heart on this highway
She taught me to love through the hard days
Yeah, she's cool and I'm not
She's steady as a rock
She's as solid as the ring on my hand
That's the measure of a man
Yeah, the measure of a man

Last night she handed me a son of my own
It killed me to do it, but I picked up the phone

Hey Dad, I burned ten years down this highway
And I learned what I learned the hard way
Truth is, I need you, we'll cry if we need to
And I'll swallow my pride if you can
That's the measure of a man
Oh yeah, the measure of a man

-Jack Ingram

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Part 1 of 3.

Measure of a Man

tambre — 2008-02-22T10:02:56-05:00

If one day, you discover him
Broken-down; he's lost everything
No cars, no fancy clothes to make him who he's not
The woman at his side is all that he has got

Why do you ask him to move heaven and earth
To prove his love has worth?

Would he walk on water?
Would he run through fire?
Would he stand before you
When it's down to the wire?
Would he give his life up to be all he can?
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

If by chance, all he had to give you
Was three words wrapped around your finger,
Would that be deep enough at the end of every day?
And how will you ever know if a man is what he says?

Why do you ask him to move heaven and earth
To prove his love has worth?

Would he walk on water?
Would he run through fire?
Would he stand before you
When it's down to the wire?
Would he give his life up to be all he can?
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

He never gives up,
Lets go of his dreams
His world goes around for his one true belief
Is that how you know?
Is that what it means?

Would he walk on water?
Would he run through fire?
Would he stand before you?

Will he be your anchor when the dark unfolds?
Will he always love you the best that he knows?
Would he give his life up to be all he can?
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

Would he walk on water?
Would he run through fire?
Would he stand before you
When it's down to the wire?
Would he give his life up to be all he can?
Is that, is that, is that how you measure
Is that, is that, is that how you measure a man?

-Clay Aiken

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2 of 3.

I'm aware that there are actually about five or six songs with this title, but I'm only posting the ones I'd heard before this started.

Measure of a Man

tambre — 2008-02-23T10:02:22-05:00

This world can analyze and throw you on the scales
They can IQ you and run you through
Their rigorous details
They can do their best to rate you
And they'll place you on the charts
And then back it up with scientific smarts

But there's more to what you're worth
Than their human eyes can see

Oh I say the measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are
'cause I found out the measure of a man
God knows and understands
'cause he looks inside to the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines
The measure of a man

Well, you can doubt your worth
And search for who you are and where you stand
But God made you in his image
And he formed you with his hands
And he looks at you with mercy
And he sees you through his love
You're his child and that will always be enough

For there's more to what you're worth
Than you could ever comprehend

Oh I say the measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are
'Cause I've found out the measure of a man
God knows and understands
For he looks inside to the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines
The measure of a man

You can spend your life pursuing physical perfection
But there's so much more, more than ever meets the eye
God looks through the surface and he defines your worth
By what is on the inside...

Oh I say the measure of a man
Is not how tall you stand
How wealthy or intelligent you are
'Cause I found out the measure of man
God knows and understands
For he looks inside to the bottom of your heart
And what's in the heart defines...
Yeah, what's in the heart defines...
Yeah, what's in the heart defines
The measure of a man

I know, I know

-4Him

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I realize this one's probably not all that cool - it's somewhere in the 80s or 90s range, but I grew up on a lot of 90s music.

Somehow, it came up in discussion with at least three different friends recently - what it means to be a man, and it got a few songs on my mind.

God Made Man

tambre — 2008-02-24T10:02:05-05:00

All my life, I've heard it said
"You got to make your own way."
"If you want to get ahead,
There's a price you will pay."
I listened good, and I tried real hard,
But it didn't get me far

I found out
He's holding me in the palm of his hand
I've got no doubt
He's calling me to be a God-made man

Gonna trust in him completely
Gonna go wherever he leads me
Giving everything to be a God-made man
Gonna love him with my whole heart
Follow him no matter how far
Won't be content 'til I am
A God-made man

Every day, I remind myself,
"I'm just a work in progress."
How much I need his help
To take every step I take
Every time that I lose my way
My heart goes back to that day

I found out
He's holding me in the palm of his hand
I got no doubt
He's calling me to be a God-made man

Gonna trust in him completely
Gonna go wherever he leads me
Giving everything to be a God-made man
Gonna love him with my whole heart
Follow him no matter how far
Won't be content 'til I am
A God-made man

I know he's shaping me
Into the man that he wants me to be

Gonna trust in him completely
Gonna go wherever he leads me
Giving everything to be a God-made man
Gonna love him with my whole heart
Follow him no matter how far
Won't be content 'til I am
A God-made man

-Newsong

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Not that I desire an alternative in my gender, but I've yet to find a song like this about being a woman after God's heart.

There's something I need to work on before I get back into dating, and this is most of it.
Also, might be a follow-up on the last three.

Truly Madly Deeply, approximately

tambre — 2008-04-05T11:04:03-05:00

You are my dream, you are my wish
You are my fantasy
You are my hope, you are my love
You're everything that I need
I love you more with every breath,
Truly, madly, deeply, do
You are my strength and you are faithful
And I'm counting on

A new beginning
A reason for living
A deeper meaning, yeah

I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in your sea
I want to live like this forever
After the sky falls down over me

And when the stars are shining brightly
In the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish and look to heaven;
You make me want to cry
The tears of joy for all the pleasure
And the certainty
That I'm surrounded by the comfort and protection
Of the highest powers
In all the hours
The tears devour me

I want to stand with you on a mountain
I want to bathe with you in your sea
I want to live like this forever
After the sky falls down over me

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I find myself singing this in the shower now and again. Obviously, it's taken off of Savage Garden's "Truly Madly Deeply", but there was only one love in my life when this came about, and the lyrics needed some alteration.

On Distant Shores

tambre — 2008-05-08T11:05:31-05:00

I have been scarred so deep by life and cold despair
And brittle bones were broken far beyond repair
I have leveled lies so deep; the truth may never find
And inside my faithless heart, I stole things never mine

If mercy falls upon the broken and the poor
Dear Father, I will see you there on distant shores

I have toiled for countless years and ever felt the cost,
And I've been burned by this world's cold, like leaves beneath the frost
On my knees I've crawled to you, bleeding myself dry
But the price of life is more than I could ever buy

If mercy falls upon the broken and the poor,
Dear Father, I will see you there on distant shores

And off of the blocks, I was headstrong and proud
At the front of the line for the card-carrying high-browed
With both eyes fastened tight, yet unscarred from the fight
Running at full tilt, my sword pulled from its hilt

It's funny how these things can slip away,
Our frail deeds, the last will wave goodbye
It's funny how the hope will bleed away,
The citadels we build and fortify
Goodbye!

Night came and broke my stride,
I swallowed hard, but never cried
When grace was easy to forget
I'd denounce the hypocrites
Casting first stones
Killing my own
You would unscale my blind eyes
And I stood battered, but more wise
Fighting to accelerate,
Shaking free from crippling weight
With resilience unsurpassed
I clawed my way to you at last
And on my knees,
I wept at your feet
I finally believed
That you still loved me

Healing hands of God,
Have mercy on our unclean souls once again
Jesus Christ, Light of the World
Burning bright within our hearts forever
Freedom means love without condition,
Without a beginning or an end
Here's my heart, let it be forever yours
Only you can make every new day seem so new

-Five Iron Frenzy

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I'm in a place right now both where I'm trying to serve more people and give everything that I have, but I'm also definitely aware of where I've come from, and who and what I am. FIF I usually think of for times when I'm having a blast, with joy and strength in God - right now the joy feels forgotten and the strength seems broken, but the words (if perhaps not the music) couldn't be closer to my heart.

He is my strength. Trying to do all this solo is impossible. I'm not good enough, I don't have the resources. If I try to depend on my own inner goodness, I'll run out real quick. I need to understand that the point isn't, "look how much good I can do," but rather, that God and people are served and loved.

I Thought You Were My Boyfriend

tambre — 2008-05-25T12:05:48-05:00

You told me you loved me
I know where and when
Come sunrise, surprise, surprise,
The joke's on me again

I know you don't love me
You know I don't care
Keep it hidden better
Did I say the world was fair?

I thought I was just the guy for you and it would never end
I thought we were s'posed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
Love or not, I've always got ten guys on whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

I just hope you're happy
Stringing me along
While you're stringing, I'm here singing
This, my saddest song

I wish I could see you
I wish I could sleep
Should I freak out?
Should I seek out
Someone I could keep?

I thought I was just the guy for you and it would never end
I thought we were s'posed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
Love or not, I've always got ten guys on whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend

Wishing you were to keep me from sleeping
With anyone who might want me or even love
Some guys have a beer and they'll do anything
Anything
Anything

I thought I was just the guy for you and it would never end
(thought you were my boyfriend)
I thought we were s'posed to be like glue
I thought you were my boyfriend
I thought you were my boyfriend
Love or not, I've always got ten guys on whom I can depend
And if you're not mine, one less is nine, get wise
I thought you were my boyfriend

-The Magnetic Fields

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For the record, this has absolutely nothing to do with my boyfriend. He's been positively stellar.

The rulebook of "Don't's" isn't that complicated. There's one law that applies to my guy friends, and two more that apply to any guy I date. That's it.

A number of the guy friends have done something on the rule, and it's beginning to hit hard, because one of them is the closest of my guys. It's an archaic notion, perhaps, but breaking honor breaks us. And despite him being home for the first time in months, I don't want to see him. It kind of feels as though everything that I thought we were just...isn't.

You can't love me and disrespect my family. It doesn't work.

SuperGirl

tambre — 2008-06-22T12:06:51-05:00

I'm Supergirl!

Sometimes I have dreams - picture myself flying
Above the clouds, high in the sky
Conquering the world with my magic piano
Never being scared,
But then I realize

I'm Supergirl!
And I'm here to save the world!
But I wanna know,
Who's gonna save me?
I'm Supergirl!
And I'm here to save the world!
But I wanna know
Why I feel so alone

Seems like a dream, but there's one thing missing
Nobody's here with me
To share in all that I've been given
I need someone that's strong enough for me

I'm Supergirl!
And I'm here to save the world!
But I wanna know,
Who's gonna save me? Who's gonna save me?
I'm Supergirl!
And I'm here to save the world!
But I wanna know
Why I feel so alone

I need someone
I won't stop 'til I find the one
Who will stop the longing in my life
I need someone
I won't stop 'til I find the one
Who will stop the longing in my life

I'm Supergirl!
And I'm here to save the world!
But I wanna know,
Who's gonna save me?
I'm Supergirl!
And I'm here to save the world!
But I wanna know
Why I feel so alone

-Krystal Harris

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It's been suggested that I have what's called a Messiah complex - I want to save everyone and everything. I don't necessarily want to vanquish any particular enemies, but I want everyone to stop getting hurt, and it bothers me - a lot - when I can't save someone.

That being said, this summer's theme is "Superhero". Every other superhero out there who saves the damsel in distress, there's a decent chance of her needing to be saved again. The point is that there's only one Superhero who, once he saves you, you never need to be saved again.

He's also the one who fills that particular need and loneliness in this little SuperGirl's heart.

We Belong Together (Tarzan and Jane)

tambre — 2008-06-27T04:06:43-05:00

Deep in the jungle, up in the trees
In Indiana, 1983
Livin' on pizza and too little sleep
Just me and my animal friends

There in the distance, I saw through the leaves
Creature of beauty like none I had ever seen
The trouble started when you smiled at me
And true love's story began!

I am Tarzan; you are Jane
I am the night, and you are the day
We're like sunshine and rain
We're so different from each other
You are woman, I am man
You're the sea, and I am the land
And I would not be who I am
If I didn't have you
If I didn't have you

I know that some days, we both wonder how
We ever got together; we're still so different now
But I can't imagine my life without you
'Cause all those things that make us so different
Are just what make us all that we are

I am Tarzan; you are Jane
I am the night, and you are the day
We're like sunshine and rain -
We're so different from each other
You are woman, I am man
You're the sea, and I am the land
And I would not be who I am
If I didn't have you
If I didn't have you

We belong together

-Steven Curtis Chapman

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There's a very cool guy I know who's getting married today. So, I s'pose you could say this is for him.

It's also for his brother, the Tarzan in my life, who complements me splendidly. I wouldn't be who I am without you, love.

Eternity adapted

tambre — 2008-07-17T09:07:26-05:00

You knew that we belonged together
Long before I knew your name
And the only thing you longed for
Was a sign to prove I knew the same

Somehow you knew my every secret
Before looking in my eyes
From the very moment you made me
You were thinking of the rest of my life

You say to me...

"I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time."
Somehow my heart has found a friend in time
Eternity, eternity is on my side

I'm not afraid to say, "forever,"
You have made me feel so sure
And I know it's everlasting
Though I've never had this feeling before

Keep telling me,

"I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time."
Somehow this heart has found a friend in time
Eternity, eternity is on my side

Caught in the tide
And it brought me to you
Under a spell
Though now I know this dream comes true

I'm gonna love you 'til the end of time
Somehow this heart has found a friend in time
Eternity, eternity is on our side

Eternity, I'll love you for eternity

-adapted from Dreams Come True

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Similar to another previous one. Love songs I love are often not quite set for the story to describe myself and my dearest love, so they find themselves being altered a bit while I'm singing to myself. As I'm not likely to have a singing career, and it's often a time with just me and him, it seems more appropriate to sing it that way.

Hero

tambre — 2008-07-30T06:07:15-05:00

Let me be your hero

Would you dance if I asked you to dance?
Would you run and never look back?
Would you cry if you saw me crying?
Would you save my soul tonight?

Would you tremble if I touched your lips?
Would you laugh? Oh, please tell me this:
Now, would you die for the one you loved?
Hold me in your arms tonight

I can be your hero, baby
I can kiss away the pain
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away

Would you swear that you'll always be mine?
Would you lie? Would you run and hide?
Am I too deep? Have I lost my mind?
I don't care; you're here tonight

I can be your hero, baby
I can kiss away the pain
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away

Oh, I just want to hold you
I just want to hold you, yeah
Am I too deep? Have I lost my mind?
Well, I don't care; you're here tonight

I can be your hero, baby
I can kiss away the pain
I will stand by you forever
You can take my breath away

-Enrique Iglesias

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Again, Camp Theme this summer is "Superhero," so it was a matter of time before this landed up here.

I can tell you that I'm somewhat hesitant to trust in anyone human to be my hero. My dad's had the title since I was a little girl, but anyone else has got to be someone pretty special for me to count on them.

Tall Tall Trees

tambre — 2008-08-18T07:08:38-05:00

If you wanna drive a big limousine
About the longest one you've ever seen
I'll buy you tall, tall trees
And all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you

If you wanna own a great big mansion
Well, I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees
And all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you

Well I'm a fool, a fool for you
It may take awhile, but I'll prove it's true

Well, if it's lovin' you want, then I've got it
If it's money you want, then I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees
And all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you

If you wanna take a trip across the ocean
I'll travel anywhere you take a notion
I'll buy you tall, tall trees
And all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you

If you wanna own a great big mansion
Well, I'll give it my utmost attention
I'll buy you tall, tall trees
And all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you

I'm a fool, a fool for you
It may take awhile, but I'll prove it's true

If it's lovin' you want, then I've got it
If it's money you want, then I'll get it
I'll buy you tall, tall trees
And all the waters in the seas
I'm a fool, fool, fool for you

-Alan Jackson

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Maybe not the spin Mr. Jackson had in mind, but this was definitely a dad-and-daughter song when I was a kid. I had little interest in the mansion or limousine concept, but singing with my Dad and having the affirmation of affection was all I could want.

Still very much the case.

So Far Away

tambre — 2008-09-18T01:09:38-05:00

Here I am again in this mean old town
And you're so far away from me
And where are you when the sun goes down?
You're so far away from me

So far away from me
So far, I just can't see
So far away from me
You're so far away from me

I'm tired of being in love and being all alone
When you're so far away from me
I'm tired of making out on the telephone
'Cause you're so far away from me

So far away from me
So far, I just can't see
So far away from me
You're so far away from me

And I get so tired when I have to explain
When you're so far away from me
See, you've been in the sun and I've been in the rain
And you're so far away from me

So far away from me
So far, I just can't see
So far away from me
You're so far away from me

So far away from me
(You're so far)

-Dire Straits

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This was just in my head when I woke up this morning, and in contrast to the way it sounds, it actually made me smile. Curiously, missing him reminds me how blessed I am, that he's worth the distance and the missing. Being with someone who's worth the distance.

I'm regularly aware of how far away he is, and I'm definitely looking forward to getting to see him again.

Sound of Pulling Heaven Down

tambre — 2008-09-27T06:09:46-05:00

Somewhere, far away from here
I saw stars, stars that I could reach, yeah
It was a midnight, a silent twilight
You fell down beyond the ocean beach, yeah

I assemble all the sand that cover wedding beaches
To build a castle so your mom would have a place to stay
Behind the waterslide and down the hill where heaven reaches
Land and time is left to float away, yeah

So rest assured I have the key to every opening
To every wishing well that's deep enough to drink, drink
I want to show you just how fascinating kissing is
When Earth collides with all the space between, yeah

I'm reaching farther than I ever have, before
Leaving all who broke your heart upon the shore
I may be some sort of crazy
We may be some sort of crazy
But I swear on everything I have and more

So never look behind you - spooky people bring you down
The world is ending; there's a party by the bay
I'll wear my suit and tie when I am
I am toasting to the way you put that smile upon my face, yeah

Fill up the air balloon and ride with me
Yeah, Hell is jealous of the rain (rain)
Make love like time and space is ending
While befriending Fate's alluring way of putting us to shame

I'm reaching farther than I ever have before
Leaving all who broke your heart upon the shore
I may be some sort of crazy
We may be some sort of crazy
But I swear on everything I have and more

You make the sound of pulling Heaven down
You brought the rain's romantic pour
You make the sound
You make the sound
Of pulling Heaven down

I'm reaching farther than I ever have before (Tired of wasting time)
Leaving all who broke your heart upon the shore (Tired of wasting time)
I may be some sort of crazy
We may be some sort of crazy
When I swear on everything I have and more
(go go go go)

-Blue October

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If I could find a cover of this song with the instrumentation just a littler gentler, it would be going on a particular list I've been building. I am liking the lyrics. And, yes, it makes me think of my love.

This isn't exactly a genre I usually listen to, but I had a particular song recommended to me, and I've been playing it since.

With You

tambre — 2008-10-09T01:10:59-05:00

My days are brighter than morning air,
Evergreen pine, and autumn blue
But all my days were twice as fair
If I could share
My days with you

My nights are warmer than fire coals,
Incense, and stars, and smoke bamboo
But nights were warm beyond compare
If I could share
My nights with you

To dance in my dreams
To shine when I need the sun
With you to hold me when dreams are done
And oh, my dearest love
If you will take my love
Then all my dreams are truly begun

And time weaves ribbons of memory
To sweeten life when youth is through
But I would need no memories there
If I could share
My life...with you.

-Taken from "Pippin"

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Our treble choir sang this back in the day. In the musical, I'm not a fan of how it's presented, and I now feel awkward and shy singing it (I'm not the soprano I was then), but it's another case of lyrics hitting the nail on the head for what's going on in my life. Been stuck in my head for two days now.

Girl With Golden Eyes

tambre — 2008-10-18T02:10:32-05:00

She speaks to me in Persian
Tells me that she loves me
The girl with golden eyes
And though I hardly know her,
I let her in my veins
And trust her with my life

I wish I'd never kissed her
'Cause I just can't resist her
The girl with golden eyes
Every time she whispers,
"Take me in your arms,
the way you did last night."

Everything will be okay
Everything will be all right
If I can get away from her
And save my worthless life

I wake up every morning
Jonesing for her love
The girl with golden eyes
I won't have to wait long
'Til she buries me with roses
She's always by my side

Everything will be okay
Everything will be all right
If I can get away from her
And save my worthless life

*spoken section*

Everything will be okay
Everything will be all right
If I can get away from her
And save my worthless life

-Sixx: A.M.

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I do have the spoken section memorized, as well. I just have too much emotion tied up in this one to be able to type it out. Being able to post the song at all and admit the pull to it was rather difficult. That's why it's here.

No, I've never done heroin. I haven't had any friends who have, either. I'm not sure why I have so much emotion tied up in this song, but I do fiercely believe that sharing secrets breaks the power they have over you. I can listen to this one for hours, just shut out the world with my head back, and find tears leaking down without realizing when they started.

I had a pretty messed-up mentality when I was a teenager, but that doesn't really make me particularly unique. I'm good now, but I'm starting to think that trying to pretend that it didn't happen is ignoring something that might someday help someone else. It's no longer who I am, but it went into the making of me, I suppose.

My roommate is under orders, actually, that if she ever finds me listening to this cd more than twice consecutively to take it away and make me go outside for a few hours. Possibly without my keys. You choose who you want to be, you choose what you want to have influence over your life and who you are.

This was hard to post. I haven't even touched WHY, really, and it's hard. There's a chance that I might disappear from here for a few months after this, as I've done in the past, but it's more likely that you'll just see a frenzy of posts so that I can push it off the front page as soon as possible.

Blackbird

tambre — 2008-10-28T09:10:25-05:00

Blackbird singin' in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

Blackbird singin' in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to be free

Blackbird, fly
Blackbird, fly
Into the light on a dark black night

Blackbird, fly
Blackbird, fly
Into the light on a dark black night

Blackbird singin' in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise

-Sarah McLachlan

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I recognize that McCartney did this before McLachlan, but her version was used in a movie that my love and I were watching last night. There's a quality to her voice that's very like my mom's singing voice. She's a talented musician, still shares her music with people on a community level. But part of 'home' in my mind is my mom singing, either to us when we were sleeping, or practicing in the evening. Far more the case when we were kids, but there'll still be times when I'm sick or just when she's working at home, and I'll hear her.

I think the last time I cried in his presence, or at least when we were watching a movie, was last January. Just couldn't help it here - I really missed my mom. I'll get to see her in less than a month, though.

Time of Dying

tambre — 2008-12-07T05:12:33-05:00

On the ground I lay, motionless in pain
I can see my life flashing before my eyes
Did I fall asleep? Is this all a dream?
Wake me up - I'm living a nightmare

I will not die
I will survive

I will not die - I'll wait here for you
I feel alive when you're beside me
I will not die - I'll wait here for you
In my time of dying

On this bed I lay, losing everything
I can see my life passing nearby
Was it all too much, or just not enough?
Wake me up - I'm living a nightmare

I will not die
I will survive

I will not die, I'll wait here for you
I feel alive when you're beside me
I will not die, I'll wait here for you
In my time of dying

-Three Days Grace

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There are a few songs that are Rogue and Phirefly. It's just something that means us, or something to us. Half of them, like this, we'll end up singing together, matching harmonies or having our own section. There are one or two promises on the subject that he left for the Army, on his way to Iraq, and we couldn't be there in each other's lives anymore.

One of them being that he knew I had issues with depression, and a history of suicide attempts, though I considered that past and behind me, and I knew there was a small chance of him not coming back. The deal was something along the lines of, he'd stay alive and come home, I'd stay alive and be there when he did. High school was a lot of riding an edge where death is maybe a hallucination, but every day you're afraid you're going to fall into it, or that you won't.

Now, my life has much less self-induced drama, but I ran across the song while I was home for Thanksgiving, and a lot of feelings about the promises we made, the relationship I had with my 'big brother', and the way it was then vs. now - this needed to be set somewhere.

Also, listening to this, I can hear his voice in my mind again - I haven't been able to for months. Rogue's singing voice is like a very low, dark croon, and it'll send shivers over you if you just sit and listen to him - it's also wonderful to sing against, as I'm a strong contrast to that.

I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas

tambre — 2008-12-25T04:12:32-05:00

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas!
Only a hippopotamus will do!
Don't want a doll, no dinky Tinker-Toy
I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy!

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
I don't think Santa Claus will mind, do you?
He won't have to use our dirty chimney flue
Just bring him through the front door,
That's the easy thing to do!

I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there!

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodile, no rhinoceroses
I only like hippopotamuses
And hippopotamuses like me too!

Mom says the hippo would eat me up, but then
Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian!

There's lots of room for him in our two-car garage
I'd feed him there and wash him there
And give him his massage

I can see me now on Christmas morning
Creeping down the stairs
Oh what joy and what surprise
When I open up my eyes
To see a hippo hero standing there!

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas
Only a hippopotamus will do
No crocodiles, or rhinoceroseses
I only like hippopotamuseses
And hippopotamuses like me too!

-Jon Rox (sung by Gayla Peevey)

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This little gem is from 1953, the singer was 11 years old at the time, so it's great fun to listen to. I rather enjoy some of the happy goofiness that came out of that era, but it does explain why the majority of my associates aren't as familiar with it as certain other Christmas songs.

Guess what I got for Christmas? :D

De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

tambre — 2009-01-10T06:01:02-05:00

Don't think me unkind, words are hard to find
They're only checks I've left unsigned
From the banks of chaos in my mind
When their eloquence escapes me
Their logic ties me up and rapes me

De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
The innocence will pull me through
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
They're meaningless and all that's true

Poets, priests, and politicians
Have words to thank for their positions
Words that scream for your submission
No one's jamming their transmission
When their eloquence escapes you
Their logic ties you up and rapes you

De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
The innocence will pull me through
De do do do, de da da da
Is all I want to say to you
De do do do, de da da da
They're meaningless and all that's true.

-The Police

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Wanting to say something important to you, but I'm tired of words.

I guess I want to say something important to you, because I want you to know how important you are to me.

All I Want is You

tambre — 2009-02-11T10:02:00-05:00

If I was a flower growin' wild and free
All I'd want is you to be my sweet honeybee
And if I was a tree growin' tall and green
All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves

If I was a flower growin' wild and free
All I'd want is you to be my sweet honeybee
And if I was a tree growin' tall and green
All I'd want is you to shade me and be my leaves

All I want is you, will you be my bride?
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea

If you were a river in the mountains tall,
The rumble of your water would be my call
If you were the winter, I know I'd be the snow,
Just as long as you were with me when the cold winds blow

All I want is you, will you be my bride?
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea

If you were a wink, I'd be a nod
If you were a seed, well, I'd be a pod
If you were a floor, I'd wanna be the rug
And if you were a kiss, I know I'd be a hug

All I want is you, will you be my bride?
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea

If you were the wood, I'd be the fire
If you were the love, I'd be the desire
If you were a castle, I'd be your moat
And if you were an ocean, I'd learn to float

All I want is you, will you be my bride?
Take me by the hand and stand by my side
All I want is you, will you stay with me?
Hold me in your arms and sway me like the sea

-Barry Louis Polisar

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I'm not precisely sure why, but I think I love this song. In my head, I keep breaking it down to a duet, a la melodrama, so that our hero and leading lady can be trading parts back and forth. I also can't help hearing the harmony for at least the choruses.

My boyfriend and I went to see Juno together the other summer. I'd expected it to rate right around your usual chick flick on my good-movie scale, and was surprised by how much I like it. I identify with a different character than Juno entirely, but it was cool to see, and when I'm building my own movie collection, it must make the list.

Naive

tambre — 2009-02-13T02:02:59-05:00

You come running when there's nobody there
And you got something that you want us to share
It's easy to believe what you see
But baby, that's so naive

I'll be your guardian and watch over you
And I will come when you call me wherever I am
Yes, I will come to your rescue when doubts tear your heart
And I will swim all the oceans; we're light-years apart

You keep talking 'bout a brand new idea
Now you're so innocent and we want to hear
It's easy to believe what you see
But baby, that's so naive

I'll be your guardian and watch over you
And I will come when you call me wherever I am
Yes I will come to your rescue when doubts tear your heart
And I will swim all the oceans; we're light-years apart

Yeah, and I'll be your guardian and watch over you
And I will come when you call me wherever I am
Yes, I will come to your rescue when doubts tear your heart
And I will swim all the oceans; we're light-years apart

I'll be your guardian
And watch over you
Well, I will come when you call me
Forever

-Fra Lippo Lippi

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This is another that I quite appreciate, but don't actually own. So, when it comes on the radio, I have to quickly scramble to grab the lyrics - as a result, there may be an error or two.

In high school, I was known for being hopelessly naive. Energetic, high-spirited, happy, and incredibly naive. As a result, I somehow picked up a best friend who considered it his role to keep me out of trouble, and from falling off high objects. I can't hear the lyrics without thinking of him. But, in the last few years, I've also become the guardian-role for a few people (and lost a lot of that naivete), so it has me thinking of them, too.

And hey, it's just plain fun! :D

He Grants Sleep to Those He Loves

tambre — 2009-02-20T09:02:19-05:00

Psalm 127:2

Today was so full and so busy for both of us

But for tonight, all those burdens can keep

Come, let sweet Jesus be the light in your darkness

And open the door to a paradise of sleep

For he grants sleep to the ones that he loves

And I live to love you as well

The last words you'll hear tonight will be, "I love you,"

For love we've been given a lifetime to tell

Your tender sadness, it touches the heart of me

Howling and scowling just make you more dear

With all this commotion, now, what could the trouble be?

For love's sake, my darling, I'll always be here

For he grants sleep to the ones that he loves

And I live to love you as well

The last words you'll hear tonight will be, "I love you,"

For love takes us all of a lifetime to tell

For he grants sleep to the ones that he loves

And I live to love you as well

The last words you'll hear tonight will be, "I love you,"

And that takes us all of a life...time...

To tell

-Michael Card

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Forgive me and inform me if there are errors - not only can I not find the lyrics anywhere online, I can't find the SONG anywhere online. But, when I was very small, there would be a lot of nights that I would fall asleep listening to this album. I STILL listen to a very worn-out cassette when I'm particularly sick and feeling like a little girl again. I've listened to all of these so many times over that the cadences, if not all of the lyrics, are firmly pressed into my memory. So when part of it comes to mind, I just need to start getting it down, and the rest flows easily.

While this song is directed from parent to child, there are lines that apply to the kids I work with, to my sisters, and to my beloved, respectively. Thinking of all of them tonight.

Don't You Cry

tambre — 2009-02-22T01:02:21-05:00

Talk to me softly, there's
Something in your eyes
Don't hang your head in sorrow
And please don't cry
I know how you feel inside, I've
I've been there before
Something is changing inside you
And don't you know

Don't you cry tonight
I still love you, baby
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you, baby
And don't you cry tonight

Give me a whisper
And give me a sigh
And give me a kiss before you
Tell me goodbye
Don't you take it so hard now
And please don't take it so bad
I'll still be thinking of you
And the times we had, baby

And don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you, baby
And don't you cry tonight

And please remember that I never lied
And please remember how I felt inside, now honey
You've gotta make it your own way
But you'll be all right now, sugar
You'll feel better tomorrow
Come the morning light, now baby

And don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
Don't you cry tonight
There's a heaven above you, baby
Don't you cry
Don't you ever cry
Don't you cry tonight
Baby, maybe, someday
Don't you cry
Don't you ever cry
Don't you cry
Tonight

-Guns N' Roses

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I don't think I realized before typing it out exactly how repetitive this song is. Ah well.

I told a friend the truth tonight. It hurt, and I knew it was going to, on both sides. I'm not sure if this is a breakup, but the song soothed something in me, so...here y'are.

Power of Two

tambre — 2009-03-11T01:03:21-05:00

Now the parking lot is empty;
Everyone's gone someplace
I pick you up and in the trunk I've packed
A cooler and a two-day suitcase
'Cause there's a place we like to drive
Way out in the country
Five miles out of the city limit we're singin'
And your hand's upon my knee

So, we're okay, we're fine
Baby, I'm here to stop your crying
Chase all the ghosts from your head
I'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart
We'll look at them together then we'll take them apart
Adding up the total of a love that's true
Multiply life by the power of two

You know the things that I am afraid of,
I'm not afraid to tell
And if we ever leave a legacy,
It's that we loved each other well
Cause I've seen the shadows of so many people
Trying on the treasures of youth,
But a road that fancy and fast ends in a fatal crash,
And I'm glad we got off, to tell you the truth

'Cause we're okay, we're fine
Baby, I'm here to stop your crying
Chase all the ghosts from your head
I'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart
We'll look at them together then we'll take them apart
Adding up the total of a love that's true
Multiply life by the power of two

All the shiny little trinkets of temptation (make new friends)
Something new instead of something old (but keep the old)
All you gotta do is scratch beneath the surface (but remember)
And it's fool's gold (what is gold)
Fool's gold (what is gold)
Fool's gold (what is gold)

Now we're talking about a difficult thing
And your eyes are getting red
I took us for better and I took us for worse,
Don't you ever forget it
Now the steel bars between me and a promise
Suddenly bend with ease
The closer I'm bound in love to you,
The closer I am to free

So we're okay, we're fine
Baby, I'm here to stop your crying
Chase all the ghosts from your head
I'm stronger than the monster beneath your bed
Smarter than the tricks played on your heart
We'll look at them together then we'll take them apart
Adding up the total of a love that's true
Multiply life by the power of two

-Indigo Girls

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Time with Mom, and another friend who loves me as fiercely as his own life, when a lot of hope gets redirected.

Love doesn't stop flowing.

Through Heaven's Eyes

tambre — 2009-03-26T11:03:51-05:00

A single thread in a tapestry, though its color brightly shine,
Can never see its purpose in the pattern of the grand design
And the stone that sits on the very top of the mountain's mighty face
Doesn't think it's more important than the stones that form the base

So how can you say what your life is worth
Or where your value lies?
You can never see through the eyes of man
You must look at your life-
Look at your life through Heaven's eyes!

A lake of gold in the desert sand is less than a cool fresh spring
And to one lost sheep, a shepherd boy is greater than the richest king
If a man lose everything he own, has he truly lost his worth?
Or is it the beginning of a new and brighter birth?

So how do you measure the worth of a man?
In wealth, or strength, or size?
In how much he gained, or how much he gave?
The answer will come,
The answer will come to him who tries
To look at his life through Heaven's eyes

And that's why we share all we have with you
Though there's little to be found
When all you've got is nothing,
There's a lot to go around

No life can escape being blown about
By the winds of change and chance
And though you never know all the steps
You must learn to join the dance
You must learn to join the dance

So, how do you judge what a man is worth?
By what he builds or buys?
You can never see with your eyes on earth
Look through Heaven's eyes
Look at your life
Look at your life through Heaven's eyes

-Brian Stokes Mitchell

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There was recently a major shift in my life, that served to alter where I thought it was going. Later that week, I had a sudden clarity about what this meant for where I wanted my life to go instead. I don't know that it's anything that's going to have me especially appreciated by anyone, but living my life in pursuit of accolades seems to be somehow missing the point. I'm definitely pursuing something, but I think I'm going to have to let go of quite a few other things in the process. And somehow, when the goal's shining this brightly, I'm glad to do so.

Black Mirror

tambre — 2009-03-31T04:03:55-05:00

I walked down to the ocean
After waking from a nightmare
No moon, no pale reflection
Black mirror, black mirror

Shot by a security camera
You can't watch your own image
And also look yourself in the eye
Black mirror, black mirror, black mirror

I know a time is coming
All words will lose their meaning
Please show me something that isn't mine
But mine is the only kind that I relate to
Le miroir casse*
The mirror casts mon reflet partout**
Black mirror, black mirror, black mirror

The black mirror knows no reflection
It knows not pride or vanity
It cares not about your dreams
It cares not for your pyramid schemes
Their names are never spoken
The curse is never broken
The curse is never broken

Un Deux Trois! Dis: Miroir Noir!***
Black mirror!
Un Deux Trois! Dis: Miroir Noir!
Black mirror!
Black mirror!
Black mirror!

Their names are never spoken
The curse is never broken
Their names are never spoken
The curse is never broken

Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Show me where their bombs will fall
Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Show me where their bombs will fall

Black mirror!
Black mirror!
Black mirror!

-Arcade Fire

*Le miroir casse - the mirror breaks
** The mirror casts my reflection everywhere
***One, two three! Say, black mirror!
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Stuff's going on.

No, I don't wanna talk about it.

Thank you.

Supermassive Black Hole

tambre — 2009-04-14T08:04:02-05:00

Ooh, baby don't you know I suffer?
Ooh, baby, can you hear me moan?
You caught me under false pretenses
How long before you let me go?

Oh, you set my soul alight
Oh, you set my soul alight

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
(Oh)
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
(Oh)
And the superstars sucked into the
(You set my soul)
[into the supermassive]

I thought I was a fool for no one,
But, ooh, baby, I'm a fool for you
You're the queen of the superficial
How long before you tell the truth?

Oh, you set my soul alight
Oh, you set my soul alight

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
(Oh)
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
(Oh)
And the superstars sucked into the
(You set my soul)
[into the supermassive]

Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole

Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
(Oh)
And the superstars sucked into the supermassive
(You set my soul alight)
Glaciers melting in the dead of night
(Oh)
And the superstars sucked into the
(You set my soul)
[into the supermassive]

Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole
Supermassive black hole

-Muse

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Bit of a change in character, perhaps.

But, if I were ever going to walk onscreen/onstage as a supervillainess, it would be to this song. Or, any villainess outside the bounds of reality, really. I don't think I count Harley Quinn to have superpowers, so, something like that.

Or, on a more realistic note, if I'd done the charity singles auction we had around Valentine's Day here on campus, I would have used this song. Come onstage to THAT. Hah.

Yes, for the record, this is not my usual character. Every person has some capacity for a dark side, every cloud has got a little light....I'll post that sometime, maybe.

A testament to the dancer - I can't hear this and NOT want to do the walk to it. Said walk involves an absolutely fabulous pair of boots that are not in my possession at the moment, but I can dream.

Why Can't You Bring Me Home?

tambre — 2009-05-31T12:05:39-05:00

Why do we always meet on the edge of town?
Why do we have to wait 'til the sun goes down?
Where do you live and why don't you even
Give me a place to phone?

Come on, baby, why can't you bring me
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me home?

Baby, baby, why can't you bring me home?

I've asked around but nobody knows for sure
But they agree that your folks are mighty rude
Are you ashamed of the way you were raised,
And that's why it stays unknown?

Come on, baby, why can't you bring me
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me home?

You may not wear such pretty clothes
But when you're in my arms you love like a rose

What do I care if I see a broken chair?
Why do I need the best kind of silverware?
All that I need to make me complete
Is your tender love alone

Come on, baby, why can't you bring me
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me home?

Come on, baby, why can't you bring me
Baby, baby, why can't you bring me
Come on, baby, why can't you bring me home?

-Jay and the Americans

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First off, my parents are awesome - that verse of the song doesn't fit at all. :)

There's been some talk of one of my long-distance friends visiting. In a friendship where I'm usually happy and comfortable, I'm suddenly a little nervous of what he might think of my house. And, as usual, unfamiliar emotion has a song to go with it. :D

In Loving Memory

tambre — 2009-09-06T01:09:08-05:00

You said yourself before, but where are you?
I'm needing you much more; I bet you never knew
And now everything is gonna fall apart
I need you here, not just in my heart

This wasn't how it's s'posed to be (in loving memory)
And now I'm torn in misery (in loving memory)
I won't forget you, please don't leave (in loving memory)
This wasn't how it's s'posed to be (in loving memory)

You said yourself before, but where are you
Facedown on the floor, I bet you never knew
And now everything is gonna break again
If it just began, why did it have to end?

This wasn't how it's s'posed to be (in loving memory)
And now I'm torn in misery (in loving memory)
I won't forget you, please don't leave (in loving memory)
This wasn't how it's s'posed to be (in loving memory)

It won't go away
It won't go away
It won't go away
It won't go away

This wasn't how it's s'posed to be (in loving memory)
And now I'm torn in misery (in loving memory)
I won't forget you; please don't leave (in loving memory)
This wasn't how it's s'posed to be (in loving memory)
In loving memory

-And Then I Turned Seven

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Emotions I don't want to talk about aside, I'm always hoping that a band that can actually sing in tune would cover some of these guys' songs. I like them, I just wish they'd sound good.

Vroom Vroom

tambre — 2009-09-13T11:09:30-05:00

I never met someone like you before
Not like you before
Never in my time
You could be the one for me
The one I'm waiting for
The one I've always dreamed of

Oh, maybe we were born for this
Have you considered this?
Have you even thought about it?
Maybe I'm made for you
Maybe you were made for me
Have you even thought about it?

I imagined I was saving you,
That I'd carry you
From a dangerous situation
You would be drawn by this
How I bravely risked it all to save you

Oh, are you listening?
Are you getting this?
Do you know what I'm trying to tell you?
You'll be in love with me
You'll fall in love with me
That's all I'm trying to tell you

Don't assume that this is for real
I trusted that you knew it was not
Shake it off, don't talk to me

I never met someone like you before
You can see how one would get confused
And I thought that I was once for you
That's why it's been hard to say goodbye

Now that you're over,
Do you remember
What I had told you years before?
Do you recall my last lie?

I said it slowly
I said it clearly
I've kept the picture all along
So you would remember

Don't assume this is for real
Yes, trust me that you knew it was not
Shake it off, don't talk to me

Hey, don't assume this is for real
I told you that you know it was not
Shake it off, and don't talk to me

-The Golden Bubbles

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I just met the pianist for these guys, and he seemed like a pretty cool guy. And then I checked out the band, and they seemed like a pretty cool band (or, as I said to my sister, "It's like a cross between Cake, Men Without Hats, and a packet of Kool-Aid"). Kool-Aid's cool, right? Irrefutable logic.

Anyway, this is my favorite song off a cd of theirs, and since it's the weekend, I've pretty much been listening to it for the last three days. Sadly, the recording lacks a bit of vocal clarity, so if I've biffed the lyrics, be a chap and let me know.

Our Last Summer

tambre — 2009-09-21T10:09:33-05:00

The summer air was soft and warm
The feeling right,
The Paris night did its best to please us
And strolling down the Elysee
We had a drink in each cafe
And you, you talked of politics, philosophy
And I smiled like Mona Lisa
We had our chance
It was a fine and true romance

I can still recall our last summer
I still see it all
Walks along the Seine,
Laughing in the rain
Our last summer
Memories that remain

We made our way along the river
And we sat down in the grass
By the Eiffel Tower
I was so happy we had met
It was the age of no regrets, oh yes

Those crazy years, that was the time of the flower-power
But underneath, we had a fear of flyin'
A fear of getting old, a fear of slowly dyin'
We took a chance, like we were dancing our last dance

I can still recall our last summer
I still see it all
In the tourist jam,
Round the Notre Dame
Our last summer
Walking hand in hand

Paris restaurants
Our last summer
Morning croissants
Living for the day,
Worries far away
Our last summer
We could laugh and play

And now you're working in a bank
The family man, the football fan
And your name is Harry
How dull it seems
Yet you're the hero of my dreams

I can still recall our last summer
I still see it all
Walks along the Seine
Laughing in the rain
Our last summer
Memories that remain

I can still recall our last summer
I still see it all
In the tourist jam
'round the Notre Dame
Our last summer
Walking hand in hand

Paris restaurants
Our last summer
Morning croissants
We were living for the day
Memories far away...

-ABBA

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First off, I've never been to Paris, with or without a lover.

The last summer I'm thinking of involved working at a camp, dealing with some tough stuff, a few different plays, a lot of sun and heat, high flooding from the river, and being unseasonably happy to be together. We had plans for how things would be at this time, and a few years from now, and they didn't work out.

But, I'm happily remembering that summer tonight. So, you all get subjected to ABBA. :)

Porcupine Pie

tambre — 2009-10-12T10:10:08-05:00

Porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie
Vanilla soup
A double scoop, please
No, maybe I want, maybe I won't, maybe I will
Tutti fruit, with fruity bleu cheese

Ah, but, porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie
Don't let it get on your jeans
And though it sounds a little strange,
You gotta eat it with gloves,
Or your hands'll turn green

Ah, but porcupine pie, porcupine pie, porcupine pie
It weaves its way through my dreams
And I do believe I'm gonna have one,
Leave room for dessert:
Chicken ripple ice cream

-Neil Diamond

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Let it be noted that I am not a huge Neil Diamond fan. I've a friend who says, "Well, he goes hot and...very, very cold. And there's not much difference in style between the two. You actually have to listen to one of his songs the whole way through to figure out if it's any good." But I do like some of his sillier ones.

Over the summer, I'll have a different dozen preteens every week. Around mid-July, I start teaching them things that have nothing to do with anything related to our curriculum. And I have quite the stockpile of silly songs. One week, I taught the girls this one.

All I Ask of You

tambre — 2009-10-21T12:10:11-05:00

No more talk of darkness;
Forget these wide-eyed fears
I'm here; nothing can harm you
My words will warm and calm you

Let me be your freedom
Let daylight dry your tears
I'm here, with you, beside you
To guard you and to guide you

Say you love me every waking moment
Turn my head with talk of summertime
Say you need me with you now and always
Promise me that all you say is true
That's all I ask of you

Let me be your shelter
Let me be your light
You're safe, no one will find you
Your fears are far behind you

All I want is freedom
A world with no more night
And you, always beside me
To hold me and to hide me

Then say you'll share with me
One love, one lifetime
Let me lead you from your solitude
Say you need me with you, here, beside you
Anywhere you go, let me go, too
Christine, that's all I ask of you

Say you'll share with me
One love, one lifetime
Say the word and I will follow you
Share each day with me
Each night, each morning

Say you love me
You know I do

Love me; that's all I ask of you

-Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Too happy to get into details, but that's my love.

You Sang to Me

tambre — 2009-10-23T12:10:37-05:00

I just wanted you to comfort me
When I called you late last night, you see
I was falling into love
Yes, I was crashing into love
Oh, of all the words you sang to me
About life and truth and being free, yeah
You sang to me
Oh, how you sang to me

Girl, I live for how you make me feel
So I question all this being real
'Cause I'm not afraid to love
For the first time I'm not afraid to love
Oh, this day seems made for you and me
And you showed me what life needs to be
Yeah, you sang to me
Oh, you sang to me

All the while you were in front of me, I never realized
I just can't believe I didn't see it in your eyes
I didn't see it
I can't believe it
Oh, but I feel it
When you sing to me

How I long to hear you sing beneath the clear blue skies
And I promise you, this time I'll see it in your eyes
I didn't see it
I can't believe it
Oh, but I feel it
When you sing to me

Just to think you live inside of me
I had no idea how this could be
Now I'm crazy for your love
Can't believe I'm crazy for your love
The words you sang, you sang to me
And you showed me where I wanna be
You sang to me
Oh, you sang to me

All the while you were in front of me, I never realized
I just can't believe I didn't see it in your eyes
I didn't see it
I can't believe it
Oh, but I feel it
When you sing to me

How I long to hear you sing beneath the clear blue skies
And I promise you, this time I'll see it in your eyes
I didn't see it
I can't believe it
Oh, but I feel it
When you sing to me

-Marc Anthony

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He sings to my heart. All this time I never realized, and now I see him. I just called him for comfort when I was feeling lonely, and he answered with so much more. He's always loved me. This whole time, he's loved me. He shows me so much about life, and the only place I want to be is with him.

Falling in love? Oh, I think yes.

Happy Ending

tambre — 2009-10-28T09:10:03-05:00

This is the way you left me
I'm not pretending
No hope, no love, no glory
No happy ending

This is the way that we love
Like it's forever
Then live the rest of our lives
But not together

Wake up in the morning, stumble on my life
Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should happen, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' every day

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Two o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind
Can't get no rest; keep walkin' around
If I pretend that nothin' ever went wrong,
I can get to my sleep, I can think that we just carried on

This is the hardest story that I've ever told
No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I'm wasted
And I'm wastin' every day

This is the way you left me, (Oh, I)
I'm not pretending (feel as if I'm wasted)
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending
This is the way that we love, (and I'm)
Like it's forever (wastin' every day)
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together

A little bit of love, little bit of love
Little bit of love, little bit of love

I feel as if I'm wasted
And I wasted every day
Hey, hey, hey, hey

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever
To live the rest of our life,
But not together

This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No happy ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever
To live the rest of our life,
But not together

-Mika

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I don't know if he was planning to or not, but somehow I got a little of the story of what happened and how I made him feel before. We've known each other for years, but I ditched him and went to chase off after something else, and just kind of said that we'd stay friends. He kept loving me, though. I ran across this song recently, and a lot of it fit with what he described from then. I'm amazed that he still loved me through me hurting him like that, but so happy and thankful that he did. Little bit of love, sent my way, every day - and I had it in my head that we'd just be friends at best.

Little bit of love over and over just might be what made the difference.

Everybody But You

tambre — 2009-10-29T01:10:42-05:00

Honest, baby,
Can't you see it when it's just me and you?
My face gets blushed
My sentences rush
I don't know what to do

I'm trying, lady,
Just to act like nothing's going on
It's plain to see
You get into me
And I guess you should

Rumors goin' round
Baby, I guess it's true

Everybody knows it here but you (everybody knows but you)
I love you, girl, but you still ain't got a clue (everybody knows but you)

I'm waiting, baby
For these feelings just to fade away
As the days get longer
It just gets stronger
I don't know what to say

Forgive me, baby
See, I never really meant to confuse
My chance is gone
All I've done is wrong
I've got nothing to lose

Rumors goin' round
Baby I guess it's true

Everybody knows it here but you (everybody knows but you)
I love you, girl, but you still ain't got a clue (everybody knows but you)

I must apologize for the reasons and all the lies
I'm helpless, baby, when it's you

Everybody knows it here but you (everybody knows but you)
I love you, girl, but you still ain't got a clue (everybody knows but you)
Everybody knows it here but you (everybody knows but you)
I love you, girl, but you still ain't got a clue (everybody knows but you)

-Dave Barnes

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Not that he's ever lied to me. This'd be another one for more of the spirit of the song than matching every word.

Feeling somewhat rueful, a little silly for this, but so happy about it that the happiness pervades everything else. Maybe not everyone, but it certainly feels like it - he's loved me so much, that everyone else knew about it, and I was just oblivious. Yes, we'll be friends, you'll always have a place in my life...yeah, no. He's wanted the place in my life.

And now, he's got it. :)