Favorite Song Lyrics

The Killing of Georgie, Rod Stewart

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay, don't go away
Georgie, Georgie please stay you take our breath away
Oh Georgie stay
 
Doesn't this just apply to all of us on one thread/post or another??

The Animals -
Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood


Baby, do you understand me now
Sometimes I feel a little mad
But don't you know that no one alive
Can always be an angel
When things go wrong I seem to be bad
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Baby, sometimes I'm so carefree
With a joy that's hard to hide
And sometimes it seems that all I have do is worry
Then you're bound to see my other side
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
If I seem edgy I want you to know
That I never mean to take it out on you
Life has it's problems and I get my share
And that's one thing I never meant to do
Because I love you
Oh, Oh baby don't you know I'm human
Have thoughts like any other one
Sometimes I find myself long regretting
Some foolish thing some little simple thing I've done
But I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
Yes, I'm just a soul whose intentions are good
Oh Lord, please don't let me be misunderstood
 
This new song by matchbox twenty caught my ear this morning I was in my car, frustrated by traffic, coming back from the garden, recycling, and donations to the thrift store. Interesting lyrics.

Matchbox Twenty
How Far We've Come


Waking up at the start of the end of the world,
but its feeling just like every morning before,
now i wonder what my life is going to mean if its gone,
the cars are moving like a half a mile an hour and I
started staring at the passengers waving goodbye
can you tell me what was ever really special about me all this time

chorus:
but i believe the world is burning to the ground
oh well i guess we're gonna find out
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe, its all, coming to an end
oh well, i guess, we're gonna pretend,
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come

i think its turning to a crock but i don't really know
i can't remember caring for an hour or so
started crying and i couldn't stop myself
i started running but there was no where to run to
i sat down on the street and took a look at myself
said where you going you know the world is heading for hell
say your goodbyes if you've got someone you can say goodbye to

i believe the world is burning to the ground
oh well i guess we're gonna find out
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
[How Far We've Come lyrics on http://www.metrolyrics.com]

Well I, believe, its all, coming to an end
oh well, i guess, we're gonna pretend,
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come

its gone gone baby its all gone
there is no one on the corner and there's no one at home
it was cool cool, it was just all cool
now it's over for me and it's over for you
well its gone gone baby its all gone
there is no one on the corner and there's no one at home
well it was cool cool, it was just all cool
now it's over for me and it's over for you

but i believe the world is burning to the ground
oh well i guess we're gonna find out
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
Well I, believe, its all, coming to an end
oh well, i guess, we're gonna pretend,
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
let's see how far we've come
 
I have two songs but as far as the words go I am not sure
1) John Lennon Imagine
2) Eric Clapton Cocaine it used to piss off my ex sister-in-law who was a so called christian but worked as a stripper at a gentlemens club and pulled tricks on the side and who I caught stealing money from the purse. Two days after she divorced my brother she remarried one of her tricks and is living in a trailer in Texas

Anita
 
Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry no more

Once I rose above the noise and confusion
Just to get a glimpse beyond this illusion
I was soaring ever higher
But I flew too high

Though my eyes could see I still was a blind man
Though my mind could think I still was a mad man
I hear the voices when I'm dreaming
I can hear them say

Masquerading as a man with a reason
My charade is the event of the season
And if I claim to be a wise man, well
It surely means that I don't know

On a stormy sea of moving emotion
Tossed about I'm like a ship on the ocean
I set a course for winds of fortune
But I hear the voices say

No!

Carry on, you will always remember
Carry on, nothing equals the splendor
The center lights around your vanity
But surely heaven waits for you

Carry on my wayward son
There'll be peace when you are done
Lay your weary head to rest
Don't you cry (don't you cry no more)
 
I have to agree about Carry on wayward son. That is one of my favorite songs of all time

nita
 
He Didn't Have to Be, Brad Paisley

When a single mom goes out on a date with somebody new
It always winds up feeling more like a job interview
My momma used to wonder if she'd ever meet someone
Who wouldn't find out about me and then turn around and run

I met the man I call my dad when I was five years old
He took my mom out to a movie and for once I got to go
A few months later I remember lying there in bed
I overheard him pop the question and prayed that she'd say yes

And then all of a sudden
Oh, it seemed so strange to me
How we went from something's missing
To a family
Lookin' back all I can say
About all the things he did for me
Is I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be

I met the girl that's now my wife about three years ago
We had the perfect marriage but we wanted somethin' more
Now here I stand surrounded by our family and friends
Crowded 'round the nursery window as they bring the baby in

And now all of a sudden
It seemed so strange to me
How we've gone from something's missing
To a family
Lookin' through the glass I think about the man
That's standin' next to me
And I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be

Lookin' back all I can say
About all the things he did for me
Is I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be

Yeah, I hope I'm at least half the dad
That he didn't have to be
Because he didn't have to be
You know he didn't have to be
 
Devo
Whip It

Crack that whip
Give the past the slip
Step on a crack
Break your momma's back

When a problem comes along
You must whip it
Before the cream sits out too long
You must whip it
When something's going wrong
You must whip it

now whip it
into shape
shape it up
get straight
go forward
move ahead
try to detect it
it's not too late
to whip it
whip it good

When a good time turns around
You must whip it
You will never live it down
Unless you whip it
No one gets their way
Until they whip it

I say whip it
Whip it good

​
 
Flow, I have a flowerpot structure in my backyard that I call my tribute to Devo! ;):D Great video, that one....

17th, we do have things in common. Scroll back to post #131! (I think there is also an ensuing conversation about Kansas, too. :)

InPeace,
InLove
 
the lyrics to Numb by Lincon park. As the mother of two teenage boys and one coming up to teenagerish age, this song really spoke to me. I cant remember all the words but they seem to be reaching out for understanding . Its good. look it up if you want. anyway its one of my favourites. love the grey
 
Old Days by Chicago

Old days
Good times I remember
Fun days
Filled with simple pleasures
Drive-in movies
Comic books and blue jeans
Howdy Doody
Baseball cards and birthdays
Take me back
To a world gone away
Memories
Seem like yesterday

Old days
Good times I remember
Gold days
Days I'll always treasure
Funny faces
Full of love and laughter
Funny places
Summer nights and streetcars
Take me back
To a world gone away
Boyhood memories
Seem like yesterday

Old days - in my mind and in my heart to stay
Old days - darkened dreams of good times gone away
Old days - days of love and feeling fancy free
Old days - days of magic still so close to me
Old days - in my mind and in my heart to stay
Old days - darkened dreams of good times gone away
Old days - days of love and feeling fancy free
Old days - days of magic still so close to me

Calypso by John Denver

To sail on a dream on a crystal clear ocean
To ride on the crest of a wild raging storm
To work in the service of life and the living
In search of the answers to questions unknown
To be part of the movement and part of the growing
Part of beginning to understand

Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
So long and so well

Like the dolphin who guides you
You bring us beside you
To light up the darkness and show us the way
For though we are strangers in your silent world
To live on the land we must learn from the sea
To be true as the tide
And free as the wind-swell
Joyful and loving in letting it be

Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
So long and so well

Aye, Calypso, the places you've been to
The things that you've shown us
The stories you tell
Aye, Calypso, I sing to your spirit
The men who have served you
So long and so well
********************************

My "usual" two-fer *mewl*

Phyllis Sidhe_Uaine
 
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Kinks - Sunny Afternoon.....
The tax mans taken all my dough,
And left me in my stately home,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And I cant sail my yacht,
Hes taken everything Ive got,
All Ive gots this sunny afternoon.
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
My girlfriends run off with my car,
And gone back to her ma and pa,
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now Im sitting here,
Sipping at my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
Help me, help me, help me sail away,
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
cause I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
Ah, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

InLove said:
Flow, I have a flowerpot structure in my backyard that I call my tribute to Devo! ;):D Great video, that one....

17th, we do have things in common. Scroll back to post #131! (I think there is also an ensuing conversation about Kansas, too. :)

InPeace,
InLove
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Kansas kick ass :D I refuse to say the same for "devo" however..... Ah the days when they'd allow any old crap on tv *sighs* old times.
 
I'll have to dig out my favourite Fear Factory and Slayer lyrics.
 
NINE INCH NAILS ​

"In This Twilight"​

Watch the sun,
As it crawls across a final time
And it feels like,
Like it was a friend.
It is watching us,
And the world we set on fire
Do you wonder,
If it feels the same?

And the sky is filled with light
Can you see it?
All the black is really white
If you believe it
As your time is running out
Let me take away your doubt
You can find a better a place
In this twilight

Dust to dust,
Ashes in your hair remind me
What it feels like
And I won't feel again
Night descends
Could I have been a better person
If I could only do it all again

And the sky is filled with light
Can you see it?
All the black is really white
If you believe it
And the longing that you feel
You know none of this is real
You will find a better a place
In this twilight
 
17th Angel said:
Kinks - Sunny Afternoon.....
The tax mans taken all my dough,
And left me in my stately home,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And I cant sail my yacht,
Hes taken everything Ive got,
All Ive gots this sunny afternoon.
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
My girlfriends run off with my car,
And gone back to her ma and pa,
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now Im sitting here,
Sipping at my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
Help me, help me, help me sail away,
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
cause I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
Ah, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
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Hi, 17th........ do you know how finely tuned you are......

The 13th of August and a monday it was, and an invite to a castle in Bordeaux, France, a few days away summer vacation, you know I'm a person of the present, but they were dishing out the past like it had no tomorrow, it was turrets, ramparts and all. It was as dark as the ace of spades and the sun was on retreat. There were rooms upon rooms of empty rooms, the windows closed to keep out the birds by day and the bats by night. and you know I live in the light, but this was gothic dark. There was a courtyard with walls as high as the rock of ages, a great door leading to a room filled with more candles than you have ever seen in one place at one time, a huge log burning in a massive grate fire arena. And the air was green....... this is not a good thing for one who lives in the domain of blueness.
And you i'm sure would have felt perfectly at home :p
But after two nights of sleeping, not sleeping, in green slime........we sailed away.
And left big mama where she belonged.

Crazy times, and oh, how I love to live a life of simple luxury.
When you return you choose a song for your vacation.

love - c - :)
 
Ciel said:
I'm watching the sun Leo, going down red......... 'tis glory.....

- c -
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Hi c...

Red sky at morning, sailor's warning
Red sky at night, sailor's delight

Your time in the castles of France sounds inspiring and edifying, except for the green slime thingy.
Yes...blue, definitely your hue.

flow....:p
 
Hi, Flow,
'twas just one castle....... though they appear to be two a penny over there.
And was it really so black........ maybe a hint of white light, maybe all it needed to lighten the darkness.:)

- c -
 
Snow Patrol - Open your eyes......

All this feels strange and untrue.
And I won't waste a minute without you.....

My bones ache, my skin feels cold.
And I'm getting so tired and so old......

The anger swells in my guts,
And I won't feel these slices and cuts....

I want so much, to open your eyes,
Cos I need you to look into mine......

Tell me, that you'll open your, eyes!!!!! [x4]

Get up, get out, get away from these liars!!
Cos they don't get your soul or your fire...

Take my hand, knot your fingers through mine!
And we'll walk from this dark room for the last time!!!!

Every minute from this minute now...
We can do what we like anywhere!

I want so much to open your eyes...
Cos I need you to look into mine.

Tell me that you'll open your eyes [x8]

All this feels strange and untrue.
And I won't waste a minute without you..............................
 
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