Favorite Song Lyrics

Hi--Peace--I suppose this is what I get for daring to post a recipe thread? I barely survived the movie thread--had to excommunicate myself. I vowed I could never visit the song lyrics thread, but here am I...

God help us all--

(Nice lyrics--I have always loved Kermit (Henson), and I am glad I scrolled back to make sure that you already have the one about being green. A classic.)

Ahem..I was planning on reading Eickhart or Merton, or even Harry Potter, but now I am going to have to read this thread. I knew it would get me sooner or later.:)

InPeace,
InLove
 
Hi-Peace:)

It was great to see "Indian Sunset" on here, Starship--don't see that one too often. In fact, I don't remember it ever getting much air time. LOL--someone once brought me those lyrics all written out by hand, and claimed that they had composed them. I played along for a while...

Anyway, while I love many, many songs, I will choose these lyrics today:

Trina wears her wampum beads
She fills her drawing book with line
Sewing lace on widow's weeds
And filagree on leaf and vine
Vine and leaf are filagree
And her coat's a secondhand one
Trimmed in antique luxury
She is a lady of the canyon.

Annie sits you down to eat
She always makes you welcome in
Cats and babies 'round her feet
And all are fat and none are thin
None are thin and all are fat
She may bake some brownies today
Saying you are welcome back
She is another canyon lady.

Estrella circus girl
Comes wrapped in songs and gypsy shawls
Songs like hammers hurled
At beveled mirrors in empty halls
Empty halls and beveled mirrors
Sailing seas and climbing banyans
Come out for a visit here
To be a lady of the canyon.

Trina takes her paints and her threads
And she wears a pattern all her own
Annie bakes her cakes and her breads
And she gathers flowers for her home
For her home she gathers flowers
And Estrella, dear companion
Colors up the sunshine hours
Pouring music down the canyon--
Coloring the sunshine hours
They are the ladies of the canyon.

(Ladies of the Canyon, Joni Mitchell, 1968)
 
A little known band called The Calm.
The song is called Insideous.

There was a time
when I could talk to you my friend
you dont need to say
dont need to answer the question
I already know what you think
before the war
before the fighting ever starts
when we faught for freedom
before we thought we'd won

Now I see a sign
drawn in Biro on the wall
in my own words
but it answers the question
I thought I was the one to ask.

The damage was done so slowly,
Cant believe it was you all along,
You're Insideous.
Every time i thought it was a natural low,
Every time I was wrong, it was you,
You're insideous.
With the damage you've done it might be to late,
We'll just have to wait and see
what the verdict is
'Cos it I cant trust you then there's no one else
you've become the anti-self
you're insideous.

Now Im all alone
I cant see me coming back
from this again
because Ive been here once and
I thought I knew the score

And I dont think
I can do it all again
I have to end it now
or see it through till the end.

The damage was done so slowly,
Cant believe it was you all along,
You're Insideous.
Every time i thought it was a natural low,
Every time I was wrong, it was you,
You're insideous.
With the damage you've done it might be to late,
We'll just have to wait and see
what the verdict is
'Cos it I cant trust you then there's no one else
you've become the anti-self
you're insideous.
 
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Hey! I know that of that little band, ATF--good stuff!

And now, for something quite silly:

A sultan sat on his oriental mat
In his harem in downtown Persia.
He took a sip of his coffee, just a drip,
And he said to his servant, Kersia,
"Aw, curse ya, curse ya, curse ya,
That's the worst cup of coffee in Persia,"

'cause...

All I want is a proper cup of coffee
Made in a proper copper coffee pot.
I may be off my dot,
But I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot.
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me.
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee
In a proper copper coffee pot,
I'll have a cup of tea.

In days of old, when knights and men were bold,
And whiskey was much cheaper,
Ben Turpin rode to a coffee shop and showed
His pistols to the keeper--
He said, "Stand and deliver!
Can't you see that I'm all a-quiver?"

'cause...

All I want is a proper cup of coffee
Made in a proper copper coffee pot.
I may be off my dot,
But I want a proper coffee in a proper copper pot.
Iron coffee pots and tin coffee pots, they are no use to me.
If I can't have a proper cup of coffee
In a proper copper coffee pot,
I'll have a cup of tea.

When Bonaparte found that he was in the cart
And he lost that Waterloo fight,
He gave his sword to Wellington, my Lord, and he said,
"Those British can't half fight (recorded in French, sort of:))
Now you've had your Waterloo, sir, tell me what
Am I having with you, sir?

'cause... (back to coffee pot chorus)

Now King Solomon and his queen would carry on,
So we heard in the ancient scandals,
He bought her lots of silver coffee pots
With diamond legs and handles,
And said the queen of Sheba,
I'd rather have any old tea-bag (LOL--"g" is silent here:))

'cause...

(You know the rest by now--try reading it out loud, really fast:D)

--"What I Want is a Proper Cup of Coffee" From Big Trouble, Trout Fishing in America, 1991. Written by R.P Weston, Bert Lee in 1926.
 
O.K., well everyone has had the chance, so now I will post again.:D

Here are the lyrics from a little tune called "Then Came Lo Mein"

There were lean times, they were tough,
There were mean times, they were rough,
And the good times didn't outweigh the bad;
I was sad, you were bitter
But you were no quitter
When nothin' was all that we had.

We were drinkin' a lot-
We were thinkin' of tyin' the knot,
Or maybe just throw in the towel--
Make up, have a kid--
Break up, and we did,
But only just for awhile.

Then came lo mein and going insane
At the Chinese cafe way downtown--
I was steamed, I was fried, but you stood by my side
When I had my nervous breakdown....

There were noodles galore
All over the floor
And hot mustard sauce everywhere,
But I held your hand 'til you calmed down again
And picked out the rice in your hair.

After that we agreed,
That in fact what we need
Is to pack up and take the first plane--
Take a bus, take a bike,
Take out, but leave the lo mein

I remember it now when we order kung pao
And bow our heads to say grace--
The day we left town and that nervous breakdown
At the all-you-can-eat Chinese place--
At the Chinese place way downtown:)

From Picnic, Robert Earl Keen. Recorded with Margo Timmons, 1997. Extra punctuation mine, for clarity?
 
Hi--Peace to All Here--

(I feel like a late-night d.j. from the seventies:cool:.)

And now, for all you lovers of love out there--something from our request line....

This goes out to lunamoth and hubby, and also to InLove and Jack Halyard--have a beautiful and happenin' anniversary celebration...


I'll light the fire, you place the flowers
In the vase that you bought today--
Staring at the fire for hours and hours
While I listen to you play your love songs
All night long for me--
Only for me--

Our house is a very, very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard;
Life used to be so hard--
Now everything is easy 'cause of you...

(Insert lots of ooh's and la-la's and extremely well-done harmony here, and we will leave it at that)

I am sure this is probably public domain by now, (wait no--public domain is 75 years) but anyway, it was recorded by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, Graham Nash, and Neil Young about 30 years ago or so.:)
 
This one is attributed to LeAnne Womack (not sure about that spelling, and not sure she wrote it, but anyway....)

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger
May you never take one single breath for granted
God forbid love ever leave you empty-handed
I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes, I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Livin' might mean takin' chances, but they're worth takin'
Lovin' might be a mistake, but it's worth makin'
Don't let some hell-bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to sellin' out, reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance
I hope you dance, I hope you dance

(Time is a wheel in constant motion, always rolling us along
Tell me who wants to look back on their years
And wonder, where those years have gone)

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance

Dance, I hope you dance....
 
A bit of modern day soul ........



Artist - Mary Mary

Album - Thankful

Lyrics - Can't Give Up Now



No one said there will be mountains that I will have to climb
And no one said there will be battles that I will have to fight
But victory all defeat, it's up to me to decide
But how can I expect to win If I never try.

I just can't give up now
I've come too far from where I started from
Nobody told me the road would be easy
and I don't believe he brought me this far to leave me

Never said there wouldn't be trials
Never said I would't fall
Never said that everything would go the way I want it to go
But when my back is against the wall
And i feel all hope is gone,
I'll just lift my head up to the sky
And say help me to be strong

I just can't give up now
I've come too far from where I started from
Nobody told me the road would be easy
and I don't believe he brought me this far to leave me

[Hook:]
No you didn't bring me out here to leave me lonely
Even when I can't see clearly
I know that you are with me(so I can't)

I just can't give up now
I've come too far from where I started from
Nobody told me the road would be easy
and I don't believe he brought me this far to leave me


:) :)
 
For my loved ones.

MONICA - For You I Will Lyrics

When you're feeling lost in the night,...
When you feel your world just ain't right...
Call on me, I will be waiting...
Count on me, I will be there...
Anytime the times get too tough,....
Anytime your best ain't enough...
I'll be the one to make it better,...
I'll be there to protect you,...
See you through,...
I'll be there and there is nothing...
I won't do....
I will cross the ocean for you...
I will go and bring you the moon...
I will be your hero your strength....
Anything you need....
I will be the sun in your sky..
I will light your way for all time...
Promise you,..
For you I will...
I will shield your heart from the rain..
I will let no harm come your way...
Oh these arms will be your shelter..
No these arms won't let you down,.
.If there is a mountain to move..
I will move that mountain for you...
I'm here for you, I'm here forever..
I will be your fortress, tall and strong.
.I'll keep you safe,..
I'll stand beside you, right or wrong...
I will cross the ocean for you ..
I will go and bring you the moon (yeah, yeah)..
I will be your hero your strength..
anything you need (I will be..)..
I will be the sun in your sky..
I will light your way for all time..Promise you..
For you I will..
For you I will, lay my life on the line...
For you I will fight, oooooh..
For you I will die..
With every breathe, with all my soul..
I'll give my world..I'll give it all..
Put your faith in me (put you're faith in me) ..
And I'll have to leave it be..
I will cross the ocean for you (I will cross the ocean for you)..
I will go and bring you the moon..
Promise you (Promise you)..
For you I will, I will, I will, I will, ..
I will cross the ocean for you ..
I will go and bring you the moon..
I will be your hero your strength..
Anything you need, (Anything you need)..
I will be the sun in your sky (yeah, yeah)..
I will let you wait for all times..
Promise you (I promise you)..
For you I will (Ooooh)..
I promise you..
For you I will..

:) :) :)
 
Language

If language were liquid
It would be rushing in
Instead here we are
In a silence more eloquent
Than any word could ever be
These words are too solid
They don't move fast enough
To catch the blur in the brain
That flies by and is gone
Gone
Gone
Gone

I'd like to meet you
In a timeless, placeless place
Somewhere out of context
And beyond all consequences

Let's go back to the building
(Words are too solid)
On Little West Twelfth
It is not far away
(They don't move fast enough)
And the river is there
And the sun and the spaces
Are all laying low
(To catch the blur in the brain)
And we'll sit in the silence
(That flies by and is)
That comes rushing in and is
Gone (Gone)

I won't use words again
They don't mean what I meant
They don't say what I said
They're just the crust of the meaning
With realms underneath
Never touched
Never stirred
Never even moved through

If language were liquid
It would be rushing in
Instead here we are
In a silence more eloquent
Than any word could ever be

And is gone
Gone
Gone
And is gone

(Suzanne Vega)
 
For any of you out there who dare--

Like all good music, the lyrics would be enhanced by the beautiful tune--alas, I can only post the words at the moment.

For any of you out there with grandsons (and maybe granddaughters or sons and daughters, or maybe other folks).

But especially for pohaikawahine's grandson:


LULLABY


Close your eyes, and I'll sing you a song.
Lullabye, sleep 'til morning comes.
The cricket's serenade echoes slowly through the night.
The stars are on the lake,
And the moon is shining bright.
Don't worry, I'll leave the light on in the hall,
Just go to sleep now close your eyes.

Close your eyes, listen to my song.
Lullaby, sleep until the dawn.
The birds are in their nest and the cows are in the barn.
The covers on your bed will keep you safe and warm
Don't worry, I'll be beside you should you call,
Just go to sleep now close your eyes.

Dragons in the sky,
Flying with their golden treasure,
And if you catch their eye,
Wishes granted more than you can measure.
I'll be beside you should you fall,
Just go to sleep now close your eyes.

The cricket's serenade echoes softly through the night.
The stars are on the lake
And the moon is shining bright.
Don't worry, I'll leave the light on in the hall,
Just go to sleep now close your eyes.

Just go to sleep now close your eyes....

(Grimwood/Idlet 1991, Troutoons) From Big Trouble, (Trout Fishing in America) Ezra Idlet and Keith Grimwood, Trout Records.1991,
 
I was feeling a bit like Job this morning looking at the lies and cheats moving ahead and the uprights moving back in these times that are hard to deal with and had to grad the acoustic and learn this silly old song that was stuck in my head. The thing I love about music is how a sad song can make you feel good at times and the images of the horrible situation in the gulf and the innocent who now struggle at nothing they did makes it hard to turn on the tube. The images on TV made me think of the beginning of the movie Mash with all the strechors and on the way to work today I saw a young lady at the end of what gummed up the traffic who didn't make it to work and this song started playing in my head again.

Through early morning fog I see
Visions of the things to be,
The pains that are withheld for me,
I realize and I can see...

That suicide is painless,
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.

The game of life is hard to play,
I'm going to loose it anyway,
The loosin' card I'll someday lay;
So this is all I have to say...

That suicide is painless,
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.

The only way to win is cheat
And lay it down before I'm beat
And to another give my seat
For that's the only painless feat.

That suicide is painless,
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.
And you can do the same thing if you please.

The sword of time will pierce our skins
it doesn't hurt when it begins
But as it works its way on in
The pain grows stronger...watch in grin, but...

That suicide is painless,
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.
And you can do the same thing if you please.

A brave man once requested me
to answer questions that are key
is it to be or not to be
and I replied "oh why ask me".

That suicide is painless,
It brings on many changes
And I can take or leave it if I please.
And you can do the same thing if you please.

...and you can do the same thing if you please.
 
Hey--Tommy,

Perhaps you are brave to post those incredibly great lyrics--perhaps they will always be timely.

Anyway, thanks...

Someone might not understand how those words (and perhaps the knowledge of the melody) could actually make me feel better--well I am the only one who really has to answer that question, but I will answer it with so many others in my heart.

Once again, thanks--great lyrics, great melody--great thoughts ....(not to mention the series, and okay, well, the movie...:) )

InPeace,
InLove
 
Hi Love:

Thanks for your comments that are always so upbeat. Yes, I felt a bit funny posting this song because it talks about suicide and I am a real lover of life and against one's taking of their life. But I think this song is actually about the value of life.

I can't say what it is about these real depressing songs like Don Maclean's Vincent other thean the realization that what I have in life and what is alloted to me isn't so bad when people die, Hurricanes, floods and Biblical people like Job suffered so much. Makes me thankful for what I have and sometimes it's easy to slip in the mode that everybody has it better when were actually pretty luckey not to be caught up in devistation. Here is some more comments I found on that song you may enjoy.

This was the theme song of the movie and TV series M*A*S*H. The version used in the 1970 movie is the complete song, while the TV show used a much shorter instrumental version. M*A*S*H might be the most successful TV adaptation of a movie, at least until Buffy The Vampire Slayer came along.
The lyrics used in the movie intro were written by Mike Altman. He is the son of Robert Altman, who got a big break when he directed M*A*S*H. Robert Altman went on to direct Popeye, Cookie's Fortune and Gosford Park.Marilyn Manson covered this in 2000 as the theme for the sequel to the movie The Blair Witch Project. Manson said this is "More depressing and offensive than anything I've ever written."

Bill Evans played a version of Suicide is Painless with his Trio in Boston at Lulu Whites. The show was recorded on October 30th, 1979 and rebroadcast on WGBH a few years back. The version is fairly short, but then again, so is the orignal arrangement. Since "Everybody Digs Bill Evans", I figure any scholar of the tune will love to hear Evan's fantastic rendition.


I thought Nick Drake wrote this song. He did commit suicide.
- Painless for the person doing so, yes. For those left behind? Doubtful.
- Composer Johnny Mandel has this to say about how this song came about: "It was written for that last supper scene, and because it actually had to be played by one of the actors, it had to be written before the movie was shot. [Director Robert] Altman wanted something that was funny and kind of stupid to accompany this scene, and he came back after three days and said, 'I can't write anything that ridiculous.' So he got his teenage son to do it, and I wrote what you now know as the 'Theme From MASH' to those lyrics."
- This song i feel about not committing suicide. The key lyric is "...take or leave it if i please" By maintaining the option of suicide, it means that you neaver actually do it. Maybe this is a comment on defeatism in context of the Vietnam war. It's about recognising the suffering of people in a hopeless situation.
-the song is a clever play on the name of Painless but it has a deeper meaning. Suicide maybe painless for the the person after the event, but the refrain says that "I can take it or leave it". By keeping the choice of suicide, it means that you never commit it. this is an allusion to Vietnam, the song rejects defeatism but acknowedges the sufering and the want to get out of it. "Painless" was the name of one of the MASH staff, who decided to lie down and let himself die. The rest of the group hold a wake for him, he finds inspiration to continue on, but the song title is a play on that scene in the movie.






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The following is a song a Finnish Operatic metal band wrote about the Western onslaught on the Native Americans. It's called Creek Mary's Blood. It's very beautifully composed as well as written and is one of those songs that can make me cry.

Soon I will be here no more
You'll hear my tale
Through my blood
Through my people
And the eagle's cry
The bear within will never lay to rest

Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears

White man came
Saw the blessed land
We cared, you took
You fought, we lost
Not the war but an unfair fight
Sceneries painted beautiful in blood

Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears
Once we were here
Where we have lived since the world began
Since time itself gave us this land

Our souls will join again the wild
Our home in peace 'n war 'n death

Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears
Once we were here
Where we have lived since the world began
Since time itself gave us this land

Wandering on Horizon Road
Following the trail of tears
Once we were here
Where we have lived since the world began
Since time itself gave us this land

"Hanhepi iyuho mi ihanbla ohinni yelo

O sunkmanitutankapi hena,
sunkawakanpi watogha hena,

oblaye t'ankapi oihankesni hena

T'at'epi kin asni kiyasni he
akatanhanpi iwankal

Oblaye t'anka kin
osicesni mitakuyepi òn

Makoce kin wakan
WakanTanka kin òn

Miwicala ohinni - Hanhepi iyuha
kici - Anpetu iyuha kici yelo

Mi yececa hehaka kin yelo, na
ni yececa sunkmanitutankapi

kin ka mikaga wowasaka isom

Uncipi tuweni nitaku keyas ta k'u

Unwakupi e'cela e wiconi
wanji unmakainapi ta yelo

Anpetu waste e wan olowan
le talowan winyan ta yelo

Unwanagi pi lel e nita it'okab o'ta ye

Untapi it'okab o'ta

Na e kte ena òn hanska ohakap
ni itansni a'u nita ihanke yelo"

Translation:
"I still dream every night
Of them wolves, them mustangs, those endless prairies
The restless winds over mountaintops
The unspoilt frontier of my kith n`kin
The hallowed land of the Great Spirit
I still believe
In every night
In every day
I am like the caribou
And you like the wolves that make me stronger
We never owed you anything
Our only debt is one life for our Mother
It was a good day to chant this song
For Her

Our spirit was here long before you
Long before us
And long will it be after your pride brings you to your end"
 
Hey Dauer--

Thanks so much--I am not here much these days, and I intend to re-read that last post in great depth. You really bless my life with the things you offer to the world.

For now, if no one minds too much, I would like to post the lyrics to a song I have loved so very much for so long--I have a feeling that in the months and years to come, many more people will come to know this tune. It is off a great collection entitled "20" (but you won't find it that way--at least I don't think so--it is written differently).

Pretty popular, though, I guess somewhere...

Anyway, it is Harry Connick, Jr., and Dr. John--I have loved it since I heard it back in the nineties--but I am quite certain that it goes back further....

DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO MISS NEW ORLEANS

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans,
And miss her each night and day?
I know I'm not wrong, because the feeling's getting stronger
The longer I stay away.

Miss the moss-covered vines,
The tall sugar pines
Where the mockingbirds used to sing--
And I'd love to see that old lasy Mississippi
Whirring (?) in the spring...

Moonlight on the bayou--
Creole tunes fill the air;
And I dream of magnolias in June
And I'm wishin' I was there

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
When that's where you left your heart?
And there's one thing more--
I miss the one I care for
More than I miss New Orleans...

(Go on Doc:) )

Moonlight on the bayou--
Creole tunes fill the air;
And I dream of magnolias in June,
And I wish, I wish I could be there...

Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans
When that's where you left your heart?
And there's just one thing more--
I miss the one I care for
More than I miss New Orleans...

More than I miss New Orleans.

--From "20", 1988. (Great cd)

InPeace,
InLove
 
newbie here!

I love song lyrics!
here's a few of my favs-

so close your eyes and embrace your memories
leave your troubles and your worries far behind
stop contemplating and start celebrating
yeah you gotta live before you die
(live before you die by social distortion)

winners and losers, turn the pages of my life
we're beggars and choosers, with all the struggles and the strife
i got no reason to turn my head and look the other way
we're good and we're evil, which one will i be today?
there's saints and there's sinners
life's a gamble and you might lose
there's cowards and heroes
both have been known now to break the rules
there's lovers and haters
the strong and the weak will all have their day
we're devils and angels which one will i be today?
are you happy now with all the choices you've made?
are there times in life when you know you should've stayed?
will you compromise and then realize the price was too much to pay?
winners and losers, which one will you be today?
there's a light and a dark side
standing at the crossroads there we'll meet
there's profits and fools there
the lies and the truths, will be at our feet
i got a reason to turn my head and look the other way
it's heaven and hell here which one will i live today?
are you happy now with all the choices you made?
were there times in life when you know you should've stayed?
did you compromise then realize the price was too much to pay?
winners and losers, which one will you be today?
which one will i be today?:confused:
(winners and losers by social distortion)
anyways due to my in-ability to type quickly it's late and i must go now. maybe more manana.
 
Jedi Mind Tricks - The Rage Of Angels Lyrics yea
Jedi Mind Tricks
my man Stoup holdin' me down
yea yea

It's been five years since you've been locked in the PEN
And not to mention all the f**kin drama it bring
You always in my heart and that's a BEAUTIFUL thing
like warm air flowin from a beautiful spring
But that's sum wild **** to do to a king
And maybe some day i'll get used to the sting
For now i'll been thinkin about you everyday
And how we use to dumb out in everyway
Brought a smile to my face on my hardest of days
and praying that your mother and your father can raise
Your little brother into a man one day
I'll stay in touch with him so the plan won't stray
But don't you worry about your little brother, he fine
He smart with a heart and he steadily shine
And if the little soulja ever step outta line
u know i'm gonna be there to show him the time

So what the deal cuzin how it feel right now
I'll be there soon so just chill right now

Whas the deal cuzin how you feel right now
I'll be there soon so just chill right now

Yea it's Vinnie Paz, you know i'm sayin, Jedi Mind i'm holdin' u
down baby



all i got to say is JEDI MIND TRICKS!!
 
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