Name That Song

[Scheherazade]

http://img39.exs.cx/img39/796/static8.gif A new game based on song lyrics http://img39.exs.cx/img39/796/static8.gif

Try to guess which song the lyrics are from and ask another one for others to guess! The usual Forum Rules apply! ;)

Here is the first one:
I’m just a poor boy,i need no sympathy-
Because I’m easy come,easy go,
A little high,little low,
Anyway the wind blows,doesn’t really matter to me

[baddad]

Bohemian Rhapsody..........Queen.

oops...that was only half the purpose of the thread.....my bad....

Its another lonely evening
And another lonely town
But I ain't too young to worry
And I ain't too old to cry
When a woman gets me down

[Basil]

Ride On - AC/DC (Off Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap--I still have the cassette I bought 16 years ago!)

I feel the steel butt jump
Smooth in my hand
Staring at the sea
Staring at the sand
Staring at myself
Reflected in the eyes
Of the dead man on the beach . . .

[NNoah3]

Killing An Arab - The Cure


Dancin' on hot coals
Playin' with a live wire
Sneakin' out the back door, you're so cool
If you really wanna move on
Then there's nothing left to say
Here's a ticket for the bus stop
I'm no fool

[Scheherazade]

'Can't Stand It Any Longer' - Toto
Standin' on your mama's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

[papayahed]

Summer of 69' - Bryan Adams

Make his fight on the hill in the early day
Constant chill deep inside
Shouting gun, on they run through the endless grey
On they fight, for they are right, yes, but who s to says
For a hill men would kill, why? They do not know
Suffered wounds test their pride

[Monica]

Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls ??? I suppose..........


OK, mine would be easy and predictable :D

Did I ask too much
More than a lot
You gave me nothing
Now it's all I got
We're one
But we're not the same
Well we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again

[NNoah3]

One - U2


Thinking back on times that I've wasted
I should have cherished every day
All the different flavors that I tasted
Can't compare to you, no way
As I reminisce by your side
Tears of guilt are streaming from my eyes

[Logos]

^^ Luther Vandross - Can Heaven Wait



Good morning
don't cop out
you crawled from the cancer to land on your feet
are you crazy to want this
even for a while?
we're making this **** up
the reasons for being are easy to pay
you can't remember the others
they just kind of went away
so you're driving, it's rush hour
the cars on the freeway are moving like slugs
when you drift off to wake up
do you always hit the brakes?

:D

[NNoah3]

Strange Days - Matthew Good Band


I called you last night in the hotel
Everyone knows
But they won't tell
But their half-hearted smiles
Tell me somethin' just ain't right
I've been waitin' on you for a long time
Fuelin' up on heartaches and cheap wine
I ain't heard from you in three **** nights

[papayahed]

Picture - Kid Rock/Sheryl Crow




The sun is hot and that old clock is movin' slow
And so am I
The workday passes like molasses in wintertime
But it's July

I'm gettin' paid by the hour and older by the minute
My boss just pushed me over the limit
I'd like to call it somethin'
I think I'll just call it a day

[papayahed]

Hope I didn't stump anybody....Hint: One of my favorite guys.

[Logos]

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Is it just me or is there something wrong with those cheerleaders? :lol:

[AimusSage]

Alan Jackson - It's five o'clock in the morning somewhere.



I am a man who walks alone
And when I’m walking a dark road
At night or strolling through the park

When the light begins to change
I sometimes feel a little strange
A little anxious when it’s dark

[NNoah3]

Fear Of The Dark - Iron Maiden


I've seen spirits
I've met angels
I've touched creations beautiful and wondrous
I've been places where I question all I think I know
But I believe, I believe, I believe this could be heaven
We are born inside the gates with the power to create life
And to take it away
The world is our temple
The world is our church

[Pensive]

Imagine me and you, I do

I think about you day and night

It is only right to think about the girl you love and hold her tight.....

GUESS!

[Scheherazade]

Noah> Heaven's Here On Earth - Tracy Chapman

Pensive> Happy Together - Simple Plan
We'd like to know a little bit about you for our files
We'd like to help you learn to help yourself
Look around you, all you see are sympathetic eyes
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home

[papayahed]

Mrs. Robinson - Simon and Garfunkle


Stick with this
Is she talking dirty
Give to me sweet sacred bliss
Your mouth was made to...

Should of been, could of been
Would of been dead
If I didn't get the message
Goin' to my head
I am what I am

[Scheherazade]

Suck My Kiss - RHCP

Oh your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’
So hush little baby, don’t you cry

One of these mornings
You’re goin’ to rise up singing
Then you’ll spread your wings
And you’ll take the sky
But till that morning
There’s a nothin’ can harm you
With daddy and mammy standin’ by

[B-Mental]

Summertime-Louis Armstrong (not sure who was the first, but his or Ella Fitzgerald's versions are my faves)


I got a ride through South Dakota
from two girls in a light blue DeSoto
One's name was Jane
The other was plain
But they both had racing motors
Doing my best to get back to you
Ain't nothing I'd rather do
Look for me some day
I'm a be there one day
With something special just for you
Yeah something just for you
SPECIAL JUST FOR YOU

[mike-eustace]

B Movie Box Car Blues - the blues brothers (what a film!)

I will tell you of the laughter and of troubles,
Be them somebody else's or my own.
With my hands in my pockets and my coat collar high,
I will travel unnoticed and unknown.
So it's fare thee well my own true love,
We'll meet another day, another time.
It ain't the leavin'
That's a-grievin' me
But my true love who's bound to stay behind.

ME

Still loving the signature B-Mental!

[NNoah3]

Farewell - Kingston Trio


I may appear to be free
But I'm just a prisoner of your love
And I may seem all right and smile when you leave
But my smiles are just a front
Just a front, hey
I play it off, but I'm dreaming of you
I'll keep my cool, but I'm fiendin'

[mike-eustace]

I Try - Macy Gray

"There is something I wanted to tell you, It's so funny you'll kill yourself laughing
But then I, I look around, And I remember that I am alone, Alone. For evermore

The tile yard all along the railings, Up a discoloured dark brown staircase
Here you'll find, despair and I, Calling to you with what's left of my heart, My heart, For evermore"

[papayahed]

Come back to Camden - Morrissey


I been thinking
of a little place down by the lake
they got a dirty little road leading up to the house
I wonder how long it will take till we're alone
sitting on the front porch of that home
stomping our feet on the wooden boards
never gonna worry about locking the door

[NNoah3]

Hotel Yorba - The White Stripes


And baby, I remember
All the things you taught me
I learned how to laugh
And I learned how to cry
Well I leared how to love
And I learned how to lie
So you'd think I could learn
How to tell you goodbye

[papayahed]

You don't bring me flowers - Neil Diamond


You know I'm a dreamer
But my heart's of gold
I had to run away high
So I wouldn't come home low

Just when things went right
It doesn't mean they were
Always wrong
Just take this song and you'll
never feel
Left all alone

[Koa]

Wow...I wanted a game like this! great idea!!! :nod:
Ehm no clue about that, is it allowed to google? :D But that would take the fun out of it so I'll leave it for someone else to answer...:)

[papayahed]

aww this is an easy one...

[Scheherazade]

*is too lazy to google*

[papayahed]

"Take me to your heart, take me to your dreams...

Just one more night, and I'm comin' off this long and winding road......."

That's me singing - Like a choir of angels isn't it?? :nod:

[Scheherazade]

Ah, you should have sung before!

'Home Sweet Home' - Motley Crue

I love the colorful clothes she wears
And the way the sunlight plays upon her hair
I hear the sound of a gentle word
On the wind that lifts her perfume through the air

[kilted exile]

That would be Good Vibrations by the Beach Boys


Here he comes, He's all dressed in black
PR shoes and a big straw hat
He's never early, He's always late
First thing you learn is that you always gotta wait

[Scheherazade]

I'm Waiting for the Man - Velvet Underground
She said there is no reason,
and the truth is plain to see.
But I wandered through my playing cards,
and would not let her be.
One of sixteen vestal virgins,
who were leaving for the coast.
And although my eyes were open,
they might just as well been closed.

[Basil]

Whiter Shade of Pale by Procol Harem

If it seems a little time is needed
Decisions to be made
The good advice of friends unheeded
The best of plans mislaid
Just looking for a new direction
In an old familiar way
The forming of a new connection
To study or to play

[Scheherazade]

Fascination - Human League

I see you - the only one who knew me
And now your eyes see through me
I guess I was wrong
So what now? It's plain to see we're over,
And I hate when things are over -
When so much is left undone

[NNoah3]

Breakfast at Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something


My life has been such a whirlwind since I saw you.
I've been running round in circles in my mind.
And it always seems that I'm following you, girl,
Cause you take me to the places,
That alone I'd never find.

[Jay]

Reo Speedwagon - Can't Fight This Feeling


Caught up in your wishin’ well
You hopes and sadness
Take your love ’n’ promises
And make them last

[papayahed]

goodnight girl - wet wet wet


Well I been watchin’
While you been coughin
I’ve been drinking life
While you been nausous
And so I drink to health
While you kill yourself

[Mortis Anarchy]

Audioslave- Cochise

Who is this? I jumped in a river and what did I see?
Black eyed angels swam with me.
a moon full of stars and astral cars
and all the figures I could see
all my lovers where there with me
all my past and futures

[NNoah3]

Pyramid - Radiohead


Fulfill your destiny
It's there within the child
My storm will never end
My fate is on the wind
The King of Hearts
The Joker's wild

[Scheherazade]

Immortality - Celine Dion (googled)

If you believe in magic, come along with me
We'll dance until morning 'til there's just you and me
And maybe, if the music is right
I'll meet you tomorrow, sort of late at night
And we'll go dancing, baby, then you'll see
How the magic's in the music and the music's in me

[Basil]

Do You Believe in Magic? - The Lovin' Spoonful

I feel a hot wind on my shoulder
and the touch of a world that is older
I turn the switch and check the number
I leave it on when in bed I slumber
I hear the rhythms of the music
I buy the product and never use it
I hear the talking of the dj
Can't understand, just what does he say?

[Scheherazade]

Mexican Radio (googled! :p)

These people round here wear beaten down eyes
Sunk in smoke dried faces they're so resigned to what their fate is,
But not us, no not us we are far too young and clever.

[papayahed]

Come on Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners




I can turn your gray sky blue
I could make it rain whenever I wanted to
I can build a castle from a single grain of sand
I can make a ship sail on dry land

[Mortis Anarchy]

Al Green- I can't get next to you

Memories sharp as daggers
Pierce into the flesh of today
The suicide of love took away all that matters
And buried the remains in an unmarked grave in your heart

(how many actually know the songs or is everyone just googling it?)

[Koa]

(Im not googling that's why I never get to answer ;))

[Mortis Anarchy]

YAY for Koa! :banana: I always end up skipping the ones I don't know when I come to this thread. Then I reply super fast...

[papayahed]

Killing Lonliness - HIM
(yep I googled)



My hands are shaky and my knees are weak
I can't seem to stand on my own two feet
Who do you thank when you have such luck?

[Scheherazade]

I know, I know!!!!!

All Shook Up - Elvis!

In between
What I find is pleasing and I'm feeling fine
Love is so confusing there's no peace of mind
If I fear I'm losing you it's just no good
You teasing like you do

[Koa]

omg omg omg I'm singing it in my mind and I cant remember the title...

*thinking hard*

Is it Heart Of Glass? And if so, is it by Blondie?
(I'm still not googling)

And if it's right do I have to post one?
I guess I'll do it just incase...


The sun slips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart

[Koa]

Is it a difficult one? :(

[kilted exile]

The sun slips down bedding heavy behind
The front of your dress all shadowy lined
And the droning engine throbs in time
With your beating heart

Hmm...I was expecting Depeche Mode from you Koa. I know this is a duran duran song (the sister used to listed to them constantly), however I cant remember exactly which song it is....I am going to guess "chauffer"(or however you spell that)

If I am right....


"self disgust is self obsession honey and I do as I please,
a morality obedient only to the cleansed repented,
I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer,
I spat out Plath and Pinter,
I am all the things that you regret"

If not then I dont know.

[Koa]

Hmm...I was expecting Depeche Mode from you Koa. I know this is a duran duran song (the sister used to listed to them constantly), however I cant remember exactly which song it is....I am going to guess "chauffer"(or however you spell that)




Oh did you think I was going to be that predictable? I avoided DM exactly to confuse you all ;););)

And yes that's it, The Chaffeur :) And I dont know yours.

[Scheherazade]

"self disgust is self obsession honey and I do as I please,
a morality obedient only to the cleansed repented,
I am stronger than Mensa, Miller and Mailer,
I spat out Plath and Pinter,
I am all the things that you regret" Faster - Manic Street Preachers (googled!)

New song:
I’ve watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me

[Scheherazade]

*is shocked*
I’ve watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert meBrothers in Arms - Dire Straits

Next song:

I’m crossing you in style some day
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker
Wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way

[baddad]

....moon river....

[Pensive]

Its been a long long time since I looked into the mirror
I guess that I was blind, now my reflections getting clearer
Now that you are gone things will never be the same again.
There is not a minute that goes by every hour of everyday
You are such a part of me but I just pulled away
Well I am not the same girl you used to know
I wish I said the words I never showed
I know you had to go away
I died just a little
I believe that I would cry just a little

[Scheherazade]

Its been a long long time since I looked into the mirror
I guess that I was blind, now my reflections getting clearer
Now that you are gone things will never be the same again.
There is not a minute that goes by every hour of everyday
You are such a part of me but I just pulled away
Well I am not the same girl you used to know
I wish I said the words I never showed
I know you had to go away
I died just a little
I believe that I would cry just a littleHere With Me - Michelle Branch (Googled)

New song:

And even if time ain't really on my side,
It's one of those days for taking a walk outside.
I'm blowing the day to take a walk in the sun,
And fall on my face in somebody's new mowed lawn.

[R.Daneel]

Daydream, also by the Lovin Spoonful

New Song:

"You vitriolic, patriotic, slam, fight, bright light,
Feeling pretty psyched.

It's the... "

[Pensive]

Its The End Of The World - R.E.M

New Song:

All my life I've been waiting
For you to bring a fairytale my way
Been livin in a fantasy without meaning
It's not okay I don't feel safe

I Don't Feel Safe Oohhh

Left broken empty in despair
Wanna breathe can't find air
Thought you were sent from up above
But you and me never had love
So much more I have to say
Help me find a way

[Monica]

I know that :) It's Anastacia - Left Outside alone :D

[Monica]

Consider this
the hint of a century
the slip that brought me to my knees
failed
what if all these fantasies
come flailing around
now I've said too much...

[Basil]

Losing My Religion - R.E.M.

And what you say about his company
Is what you say about society.
Catch the witness, catch the wit,
Catch the spirit, catch the spit.

[papayahed]

Tom Sawyer - RUSH


"On the street where you live girls talk about their social lives
They’re made of lipstick, plastic and paint, a touch of sable in their eyes
All your life all you’ve asked when’s your daddy gonna talk to you
You were living in another world tryin’ to get your message through."

[Scheherazade]

"On the street where you live girls talk about their social lives
They’re made of lipstick, plastic and paint, a touch of sable in their eyes
All your life all you’ve asked when’s your daddy gonna talk to you
You were living in another world tryin’ to get your message through."'Runaway' - Jon Bon Jovi

New song:

All I can say is that my life is pretty plain
I like watchin' the puddles gather rain
And all I can do is just pour some tea for two
And speak my point of view
But it's not sane, it's not sane

[Basil]

No Rain - Blind Melon

Toss me a cigarette, I think there’s one in my raincoat
We smoked the last one an hour ago
So I looked at the scenery, she read her magazine
And the moon rose over an open field

Kathy, I’m lost, I said, though I knew she was sleeping
I’m empty and aching and I don’t know why
Counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike . . .

[Xamonas Chegwe]

America - Simon & Garfunkel

I've come down from the upper class to mend your rotten ways.
My father was a man-of-power whom everyone obeyed.
So come on all you criminals! I've got to put you straight
just like I did with my old man twenty years too late.
Your bread and water's going cold.
Your hair is too short and neat.
I'll judge you all and make damn sure that no-one judges me.

[papayahed]

Thick as a brick - Jethro Tull


Man you better let go
You can't hold on to
What belongs to me
And don't belong to you

I caught you looking
With your roving eye
So Mister you don't have to act
So surprised

[Scheherazade]

Don't Touch My Hat - Lyle Lovett (googled!)

Next song:

I can’t stop
The way I feel
Things you do
Don’t seem real
Tell you what I got in mind
’cause we’re runnin’ out of time
Won’t you ever set me free?
This waitin’ ’rounds killin’ me

[shortysweetp]

She drives Me Crazy- The Fine young cannibals

Chew your meat for you
Pass it back and forth
In a passionate kiss
From my mouth to yours
'cause I like you

[Scheherazade]

Chew your meat for you
Pass it back and forth
In a passionate kiss
From my mouth to yours
'cause I like youDrain You - Nirvana (After many prompts from Sweetp! :p)

Next song:

But when it come to being lucky she’s cursed
When it come to loving me she’s the worst
I still want you by my side
Just to help me dry the tears that I’ve cried
And I’m sure going to give you a try
And if you want I’ll try to love again

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Rod Stewart - First cut is the deepest


Someone's got it in for me, they're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out but when they will I can only guess.
They say I shot a man named Gray and took his wife to Italy,
She inherited a million bucks and when she died it came to me.
I can't help it if I'm lucky.

[Riesa]

BoB Dylan-Idiot Wind


To the rich man's bright lodges I ride in this wind
On my good horse I call you my shiny Black Bess
To the playhouse of fortune
To take the bright silver
And gold you have taken from somebody else.

[Scheherazade]

To the rich man's bright lodges I ride in this wind
On my good horse I call you my shiny Black Bess
To the playhouse of fortune
To take the bright silver
And gold you have taken from somebody else.'The Unwelcome Guest' - Wilco (googled)


Next song:

A love like ours is love that’s hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We’ve come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes we’ll both regret
Things we said today

[NNoah3]

A love like ours is love that’s hard to find
How could we let it slip away
We’ve come too far to leave it all behind
How could we end it all this way
When tomorrow comes we’ll both regret
Things we said today

If You Leave Me Now - Chicago


NS:

Morning alone
When you come home
I breath a little faster
Every time we're together
It'd never be the same
If you're not here
How can you stay away, away so long.

[Scheherazade]

Morning alone
When you come home
I breath a little faster
Every time we're together
It'd never be the same
If you're not here
How can you stay away, away so long.Just Another Day - Jon Secada

Next song:

(We should know better)
Dream of better lives the kind which never hate
(We should see)
Trapped in a state of imaginary grace
(We should know better)
I made a pilgrimage to save this human's race
(We should see)
Never comprehending a race that's long gone by

[Xamonas Chegwe]

I Melt With You - Modern English. Had to google I'm afraid, but no-one else looked like getting it.



Next song:

This girl I know needs some shelter,
She don't believe anyone can help her,
She's doing so much harm, doing so much damage,
But you don't want to get involved,
You tell her she can manage,
And you can't change the way she feels,
But you could put your arms around her.

[Koa]

It looked somewhat familiar but I had to google and turns out to be
Protection by Massive Attack
...which is not so familiar but not even totally unknown, I think.

My turn ha-ha!
:D


and I wonder
when I sing along with you
If everything could ever feel this real forever
If anything could ever be this good again
the only thing I'll ever ask of you
you've got to promise not to stop when I say when

(shouldn't be hard)

[papayahed]

Everlong - Foo Fighters



I feel uptight on a Saturday Night
Nine'o'clock the radio's the only light
I hear my song and it pulls me through
It comes on strong, tells me what i got to do (I gotta)
Get up, everybody's gonna move their feet
Get down, everybody's gonna leave their seat

[Basil]

Detroit Rock City - KISS

Person man, person man
Hit on the head with a frying pan
Lives his life in a garbage can
Person man

Is he depressed or is he a mess?
Does he feel totally worthless?
Who came up with person man?
Degraded man, person man

[papayahed]

Particle Man - They might be giants (Love them)


I’ve been cheated by you since I don’t know when
So I made up my mind, it must come to an end
Look at me now, will I ever learn?
I don’t know how but I suddenly lose control
There’s a fire within my soul
Just one look and I can hear a bell ring
One more look and I forget everything, o-o-o-oh

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Mamma Mia - Abba


Sometimes I don't know what is right
Today I saw a car crush my little dog under its wheel
It did not even stop, it just sped off and out of sight
Sometimes I just feel so afraid
But I know that no one else has it made
So if I just believe in myself
I won't need no help from nobody else and I can make it alone

[Scheherazade]

Sometimes I don't know what is right
Today I saw a car crush my little dog under its wheel
It did not even stop, it just sped off and out of sight
Sometimes I just feel so afraid
But I know that no one else has it made
So if I just believe in myself
I won't need no help from nobody else and I can make it alone › Sometimes I Don’t Know What to Feel - Todd Rundgren (Googled!)


It felt good to be out of the rain
In the desert you can remember your name
’cause there ain’t no one for to give you no pain.

[beer good]

America - Horse With No Name

I got holes in my shoes, I got holes in my teeth
I got holes in my socks, I can't get no sleep
And I got patches on the patches on my old blue jeans
Well, they used to blue when they used to be new, and they used to be clean

[papayahed]

Ain't No Fun - AC/DC



Well, dig,
I'm goin' way down south,
Way down to Mexico way.
Alright!
I'm goin' way down south,
Way down where I can be free.
Ain't no one gonna find me.
Ain't no hangman gonna,
He ain't gonna put a rope around me
You better believe it right now! I gotta go now."

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Hey Joe - Jimi Hendrix



Yeah, I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
You know that I could be in love with almost everyone
I think that people are
The greatest fun

[Basil]

Alone Again Or - Love (I LOVE this song :p :p)

Oh well, maybe not
I'll try again
this should cheer you up for sure
see I've got your old I.D.
and you're all dressed up like the Cure

[papayahed]

Battle of who could care less -Ben Folds


My therapist said not to see you no more
She said you're like a disease without any cure
She said I'm so obsessed that I've become a bore, oh no

[Basil]

Laid - James

My cat died and I quickly poured myself some gin
Did she die from old age or was it for my sins?
God I loved her oh so much
Miss her little kitty touch
Does she miss me, does she care?
Oh I miss her kitty stare...

[Scheherazade]

Ding Dong - Nellie McKay (googled)

Haven't you noticed
Suddenly I'm bright and breezy?
Because of all the beautiful and new
Things I'm learning about you
Day by day.

[kilted exile]

Hey one I know (finally), thats Getting to know you, however I have no idea who the original singer was.


With some girls it don't matter who you hang with
With some girls it don't matter how you talk
And some girls they are easy to be yourself with
But the one girl that I want, ain't easy to please with what I've got

[papayahed]

Not where it's at - Del Amitri




Oh mamma I've been years on the lamb
And had a high price on my head
Lawman said get him dead or alive
Now it's for sure he'll see me dead

[Virgil]

Renegade - Styx

New song, in honor of Valentine's Day:


I know there's a place you walked
Where love falls from the trees
My heart is like a broken cup
I only feel right on my knees

I spit out like a sewer hole
Yet still recieve your kiss
How can I measure up to anyone now
After such a love as this?

[Virgil]

oops. I can't delete it now.

[Virgil]

Renegade - Styx

New song, in honor of Valentine's Day:
I know there's a place you walked
Where love falls from the trees
My heart is like a broken cup
I only feel right on my knees

I spit out like a sewer hole
Yet still recieve your kiss
How can I measure up to anyone now
After such a love as this?

Wow. I'm amazed no one has gotten this. Is it difficult or has this thread gone under the radar? I'm sure Papaya knows this one. I'll give it a bump here and if no one gets it I'll solve it myself.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Who are you - The Who


I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter
I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
Any girl in the world could have easily known me better
She said, You're strange, but don't change, and I let her.

[beer good]

Mr Soul - Buffalo Springfield (or Neil Young solo, depending on which version you want)


But I guess they still don't understand
And they can never understand
And they said "Go find 2000 Man"
And they said "Tell him we've got new plans"
But instead I'm here to tell you, friend:
I believe they want you to give in.

[papayahed]

He's Simple, He's Dumb, He's the Pilot - Grandaddy


I was born in the wagon of a travellin’ show
My mama used to dance for the money they’d throw
Papa would do whatever he could
Preach a little gospel, sell a couple bottles of doctor good


I would have gotten that one Virgil.

[Virgil]

Cher - Gypsie, Tramps, and Thieves

New song:

Whoa, let the sun beat down upon my face
And stars to fill my dream
I am a traveler of both time and space
To be where I have been
T' sit with elders of the gentle race
This world has seldom seen
Th' talk of days for which they sit and wait
All will be revealed

[chmpman]

Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
I like your taste Virgil.

"She's not a girl who misses much
Do do do do do do dooo. Oh yeah.

She's well acquainted with the touch
Of a velvet hand like a lizard on a window pane.

Man in the crowd with the multicolored mirrors on his hard-nailed boots
Lying with his eyes while his hands are busy working overtime.

A soap impression of his wife, which he ate
And donated to the national trust."

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Happiness is a warm gun - Beatles



"If you're frightened of dying and then you hold on
You'll see devils tearing your life away
But, if you've made your peace
Then the devils are really angels freeing you from the earth"

Rotworms on the underground
Caught between stations
Butterfingers
I'm losing my patience

[Scheherazade]

Rabbit in Your Headlights - Radiohead

All this talk of getting old
It's getting me down my love
Like a cat in a bag, waiting to drown
This time I'm comin' round
And I hope you're thinking of me
As you lay down on your side

[Xamonas Chegwe]

The Drugs Don't Work - The Verve

(and the last was by Unkle - not Radiohead - Thom Yorke on vocals though.)


there's so many fish in the sea
that only rise up in a sweat of smoke like mercury
but they keep you hanging on
they say you're so young
your mind is made up
but your mouth is undone

[Scheherazade]

Accidents Will Happen - Elvis Costello (googled)

New Song:

I know a woman, who became a wife
These are the very words she uses to describe her life
She said a good day ain’t got no rain
She said a bad day is when I lie in the bed
And I think of things that might have been.

[NNoah3]

Slip Sliding Away - Simon & Garfunkel (googled) ;)


New Song:

If the sky above you
should turn dark and full of clouds
and that old north wind should begin to blow
Keep your head together and call my name out loud now
and soon I'll be knocking upon your door.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

You've got a friend - Carole King or James Taylor or loads of others. (Not googled for once!)


She didn't know how to live in a town that was rough
It didn't take long before she knew she'd had enough
Walking home in her wrapped up world she survived but she's feeling old
'Cause she found all things cold

[Scheherazade]

Strange Little Girl - Tori

New song:

Come my love I'll tell you a tale
Of a boy and girl and their love story
And 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
How he worshipped the ground she walked
And when he looked in her eyes he became obsessed

[Jay]

Storybook Love - Mark Knopfler (I didn't have to google! :p)

new song:

So if you're lonely,
You know i'm here waiting for you,
I'm just a crosshair,
I'm just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken shattered alive
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot..then we can die

[Scheherazade]

Take Me Out - Franz Ferdinand (neither did I :p)

New song:

Pictures hanging in a hallway
And a fragment of this song
Half remembered names and faces
But to whom do they belong
When you knew that it was over
Were you suddenly aware
That the autumn leaves were turning
To the color of her hair?

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Windmills of your mind - Dusty Springfield / The Police & others.


and the road was like a ribbon and the moon was like a bone
he didn't seem to be like any guy she'd ever known
he kinda looked like farley granger with his hair slicked back
she says i'm a sucker for a fella in a cowboy hat
how far are you going he said depends on what you mean
he says i'm going thataway just as long as it's paved

[papayahed]

Burma shave -Tom Waits


I want you to hold me
I want your arms around me
I want you to hold me baby
Did you do too many drugs
I did too many drugs
Did you do too many drugs too baby

[Riesa]

American Music ~ The Violent Femmes!


Was hypnotized by a strange delight
Under a lilac tree
I made wine from the lilac tree
Put my heart in its recipe
It makes me see what I want to see
and be what I want to be

[Scheherazade]

Lilac Wine - Jeff Buckley

Once upon a time I was falling in love
But now I'm only falling apart
Nothing I can do
...
Once upon a time there was light in my life
But now there's only love in the dark
Nothing I can say
...

[beer good]

Total Eclipse Of The Heart - Bonnie Tyler (I sort of wish I didn't know that ;) )


Darkness warmer than a bedroom floor
Want someone to hold me close forever more
I'm a sleeping dog, but you can't tell
When I'm on the prowl you'd better run like hell
You know it makes sense, don't even think about it
Life and death are just things you do when you're bored

[Pantelej]

Fear is a man's best friend - John Cale, i think

He'a a Catholic, a Hindu, an Atheist, a Jain,
A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew.
And he knows he shouldn't kill,
And he knows he always will,
Kill you for me my friend and me for you.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Universal Soldier - Donovan


I never realised the lengths I'd have to go
All the darkest corners of a sense I didn't know
Just for one moment I heard someone call
Looked beyond the day in hand - there's nothing there at all

[Riesa]

Is it cheating to google? I see you all admit to it...well okay, if you can google I might play this game more often.

Twenty Four Hours - Joy Division (yes, I googled.)


"my heart keeps on calling for you dear
and you alone
Memories of you make me sorry
I gave you reason to doubt me
but now you're gone and I am left here all alone"

[Pantelej]

Buddy Holly - Blue days, black nights (googled)

Whatever happens I'll leave it all to chance
Another heartache another failed romance
On and on
Does anybody know what we are living for
I guess I'm learning
I must be warmer now
I'll soon be turning round the corner now
Outside the dawn is breaking
But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free

[Pantelej]

To hard?....I'll give you a clue- Freddie M. & co.

[Basil]

The Show Must Go On - Queen


Hey yo, fat girl--c'mere, are ya ticklish?
Yeah, I called you fat, look at me, I'm skinny
It never stopped me from gettin' busy
I'm a freak, I like the girls with the boom
I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom

[papayahed]

The Humpty Dance - Digital Underground


Thirty pack of Strohs
Thirty pack of hoes
No rogaine and
The propane flows

The chosen one
I`m the living proof
With the gift of gab
From the city of truth

[Basil]

American Bad *** - Kid Rock


Loneliness, such a sad affair
And I can hardly wait
To be with you again

What to say
To make you come again
Come back to me again
And play your sad guitar

[Scheherazade]

Superstar - Carpenters

These people round here wear beaten down eyes
Sunk in smoke dried faces
They're so resigned to what their fate is
But not us, no not us
We are far too young and clever

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen


I'd stumble into town
Just like a sacred cow
Visions of swastikas in my head
And plans for everyone
It's in the white of my eyes

[Riesa]

China Girl ~ David Bowie



I'm not looking for another as I wander in my time,
walk me to the corner, our steps will always rhyme
you know my love goes with you as your love stays with me,
it's just the way it changes, like the shoreline and the sea,
but let's not talk of love or chains and things we can't untie

[Scheherazade]

Hey, That's No Way To Say Goodbye - Leonard Cohen

If I go there will be trouble
An’ if I stay it will be double
So come on and let me know
This indecision’s bugging me

[Riesa]

Should I Stay Or Should I go ~ The Clash



I picked you out, I shook you up, and turned you around
Turned you into someone new
Now five years later on you've got the world at your feet
Success has been so easy for you

[Scheherazade]

Don't You Want Me - Human League

All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?

[RobinHood3000]

Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles!

Just like a knight in shining armor
From a long time ago
Just in time I will save the day
Take you to my castle far away...

HINT: Wax on, wax off...

[papayahed]

Glory of Love - Peter Cetera


Watch out, you might get what you're after
Cool babies, strange but not a stranger
I'm an ordinary guy

[Riesa]

Burning Down the House ~ Talking Heads



Well, the skinheads all use black jacks
And they're looking mighty mean
They got chains wrapped around their fingers
And their heads are all shaven clean

[papayahed]

Rumble in Brighton - Stray cats


Well, theres a
Hundred miles of desert
Lies between his hide and mine
I dont need no food
And no water, lord
cos Im running out of time

[Scheherazade]

Stealin' - Uriah Heep (googled!)

If you’re lookin for a good-time Charlie,
Well that’s not really what I am.
You know a good-time Charlie’s wasting time.
Cause the good-time Charlie,
That’s not baby where I am.
You know that good times just seem to pass me by.

[NNoah3]

Lisa Says - Lou Reed (googled also :lol:)


Needed elsewhere
To remind us of the shortness of our time
Tears laid for them
Tears of love tears of fear
Bury my dreams dig up my sorrows

[kilted exile]

Angels Fall First ~ Nightwish (yeah, course its googled)



And with each tick of my alarm clock
I get crazy for the days to get to you
When I can hold you and kiss you and have you
Instead of staring at some photo like a fool

[Anon22]

Angels Fall First ~ Nightwish (yeah, course its googled)

Sometimes I Just have to Say your Name ~ Del Amitri (Googled :lol:)



So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A.
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
When it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Rembrandts - I'll be there for you - not googled! As if anyone who'd ever seen TV over the last ten years would need to!!!! :lol:


Some babies grow in a peculiar way
It changed, it grew, and everybody knew
Semi-mojo
Who's this kinky so-and-so?

[Anon22]

Haitian Divorce- Steely Dan



Kinder words here we could pick
A kind approach might do the trick
Hurt you, hurt me, well that needs to stop
Kinder words here we could choose

[papayahed]

Kinder Words - Mighty Mighty Bosstones



I've never been too good with names.
The cellar door was open, I could never stay away.
I know it's prob'ly not my place.
It's either or, I'm hoping for a simple way to say.

[Pendragon]

It's a Shame About Ray--The Lemonheads



There's somethin' happenin' here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun, over there
Tellin' me I got to beware

[Xamonas Chegwe]

For What it's Worth - Buffalo Springfield.


Well, one night she go to drinking
Got out and shot up the town
I'll be damned if she didn't
Bring an airplane down
I don't like to talk about my women
But this one sure could chug 'em down

[papayahed]

Long Neck Bottles - Captain Beefheart


Well, I'm usually passin' by just about eleven o'clock
Uh huh, I never stop, I'm usually passin' by, just around eleven o'clock
And if you let me cool you one time, you'll be my regular stop

[Riesa]

Ice Cream Man ~ I know Van Halen did it, but I've been hearing an Americana version lately on the radio, I don't know who sings it.



When everyone is up front and they’re not playing tricks
When you don’t have no freeloaders out to get their kicks
When it’s nobody’s business the way that you wanna live

[TBtheG]

Easy...Van Morrison - Days like this

"Well the morning is dead
and the day is too
there's no one left here to meet me
but the velvet moon"

[papayahed]

Burning of the Midnight Lamp - Jimi Hendrix


You with the cocktail in your hand
You in your red mercedes benz
Goin’ in one ear and out the other
Cover up the pain with laughter, baby

Hey al capone
Is that who you think you are?

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Talking Heads - Gangster of Love


There's Frank James and Jesse James
Billy the Kid and all the rest
Supposed to be some bad cats
Way out in the West

If those cats could of dug me
And my gangster ways
They would have hung up their guns
And dug into their graves

[RobinHood3000]

I'm not certain--is that Will Smith, "Wild Wild West"?

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Not even close Robin. :lol:

[RobinHood3000]

Thought not. Well, I'm elsewise lost.

[chmpman]

Gangster of Love - Steve Miller Band

"Yonder come Miss Rosie
How the world do you know?
By the way she wears her apron,
and the clothes she wore.
Umbrella on her shoulder,
Piece of paper in her hand..."

[beer good]

Midnight Special - traditional (CCR, Leadbelly and lots of others have recorded it)


So don't play this crazy game with me no longer
Cause I won't be able to resist my rage
And the gun that's hangin on the kitchen wall, dear
Is like the road sign pointing straight to satan's cage

[papayahed]

Kiss the Children - Gram Parsons


It's all so confusing, this brutal abusing
They blacken your eyes, and then apologize
You're daddy's good girl, and don't tell mommy a thing
Be a good little boy, and you'll get a new toy
Tell grandma you fell off the swing

[Pendragon]

Hell is for Children-- Pat Benatar


I've said your name in vain before
I've let the Devil drive my Ford
Read "Jesus saves" on a bathroom door
Just before I passed out

[Chinaski]

Bobby Pinson - never heard him before, but I really, really want to take a razor to that little bit of beard of his.

I don't know how to do the quote thing.


I think I spent the dog-food money
But he'll love me just the same
And if you really love me baby
Help me scrape the mucus off my brain

[Basil]

Help Me Scrape The Mucus Off My Brain - Ween (I've seen these guys like five times!)


Time takes its crazy toll
And how does your mirror grow
You better watch yourself when you jump into it
'Cause the mirror's gonna steal your soul

[beer good]

The Diamond Sea - Sonic Youth. One of my all-time favourites.


Leave me now, return tonight
Tide will show you the way
If you forget my name
You will go astray
Like a killer whale
Trapped in a bay

[Chinaski]

I've only seen em once - they don't tour here that much. Certainly in my top 5 bands.

[TBtheG]

Those last lyrics are from Bjork - Bachloret

"History recalls how great the fall can be
While everybody's sleeping, the boats put out to sea
Borne on the wings of time
It seemed the answers were so easy to find
";Too late,"; the prophets cry
The island's sinking, let's take to the sky"

[Pendragon]

Fool's Overture--Supertramp Somebody guessed Bobby Pinson for my last lyrics but failed to name the song, which was "One More Believer".



Living in the city where the walls have ears
People judge you by the words they hear
Shake their heads while they chew your name
And then they write it on a wall


OK. Maybe another verse will help.



No one gives them the love they need
Or helps them through their time of grief
After all, it could be you or me
We're just human after all

Hint: They broke up once after a terrible onstage fight. This was on their reunion album.

[papayahed]

Born Yesterday - Everly Brothers


Well the kids are all hopped up and ready to go
They're ready to go now
They've got their surfboards
And they're going to the discotheque a go go
But she just couldn't stay
She had to break away
Well New York City really has it all

[beer good]

Sheena Is A Punk Rocker - Ramones

NOT googled in any way whatsoever.


These old love letters
Well, I just can't keep
'Cause like the gambler says
Read 'em and weep
And the dawn don't rescue me no more

[Xamonas Chegwe]

It makes no difference - The Band


I drove my polypropolene
Car on wheels of sponge
Then pulled into a wimpy bar
To have a rubber bun

[papayahed]

X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Day-Glo (yes I googled)



Oh, I know that she's disgusted (oh why's that)
Cause she's feeling so abused. (oh that's too bad)
She gets tired of the lust, (oh I'm so sad)
but it's so hard to refuse.

[TBtheG]

Red Shoes - Elvis Csotello

Give that boy some freedom let him move around
Don't get in his way you'll only bring him down
Mama won't you let him, let him play some rock & roll , yeah
Let him play some rock & roll

[Scheherazade]

Give that boy some freedom let him move around
Don't get in his way you'll only bring him down
Mama won't you let him, let him play some rock & roll , yeah
Let him play some rock & rollMama Let Him Play - Jerry Doucette (of course googled!)

It's a Barnum and Bailey world
Just as phony as it can be
But it wouldn't be make-believe
If you believed in me

[Xamonas Chegwe]

You're older than you look Scher!

Nat King Cole - Only a Paper Moon.

I was thinking of posting these lyrics in the "Song lyrics as poetry" thread, but I'll wait till someone gets it first.


Iron-clad feather-feet pounding the dust,
An October's day, towards evening,
Sweat embossed veins standing proud to the plough,
Salt on a deep chest seasoning.
Last of the line at an honest day's toil,
Turning the deep sod under,
Flint at the fetlock, chasing the bone,
Flies at the nostrils plunder.
The Suffolk, the Clydesdale, the Percheron vie
with the Shire on his feathers floating.
Hauling soft timber into the dusk
to bed on a warm straw coating.

[Scheherazade]

You're older than you look Scher!No, I look younger than I am! ;)
Nat King Cole - Only a Paper Moon. I had Ella in mind! I don't think anyone else can sing that song as good as she does.

[Xamonas Chegwe]

I only knew it 'cause my dad is a huge NKC fan - I'm real young personally! :D

[papayahed]

Heavy Horse - Jethro Tull




It started back in high school
So cool, king of the scene
You found that making people laugh
Was more than just a dream
The public took right to you
Like flies to a pile of ****
So funny and smart, so talented
But success just couldn’t fit

Wasting your life no future bright
Dancing on your grave

[Scheherazade]

Efilnikufesin - Anthrax (googled needless to say)
and if some dim bulb should say
we were in love in some way
kick all his teeth in for me
and if you feel like keeping on kicking,
feel free

[papayahed]

Needless to say??????? That's musical gold!!!!

[Jay]

:p Meaningless - The Magnetic Fields (no googling! :p)

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

[AimusSage]

Noooooo! Kansas, what horror :p

Carry on my way.

[papayahed]

Carry on Wayward Son - KANSAS!!!!!!! (Thanks Jay)



To keepin' silence I resigned
My friends would think I was a nut
Turning water into wine
Open doors would soon be shut

So I went from day to day
Tho' my life was in a rut

[papayahed]

Damn I'm slow!

[AimusSage]

Well if it's any consolation, I did manage to get the song title wrong. :)

[papayahed]

I thought this would be an easy one...

[Basil]

Solsbury Hill - Peter Gabriel (g-g-googled)

"Daddy?"
"Yes, son?"
"What does regret mean?"
"Well, son, a funny thing about regret is, it's better to regret something you have done than to regret something you haven't done. And by the way: if you see your mom this weekend, would you be sure and tell her: SATAN, SATAN, SATAN!!!"

[Xamonas Chegwe]

Basil,

For an answer - please see
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16859
- Post 5!


When he looked through the window
For the thousandth time
He saw a black horse fighting for its life

In a barbed wire fence
Fatally tangled
The more it struggled
The more it was strangled

Time sped up

[Émilie]

The Other Window - Wire ... (googled!)

Easy one:

Oh baby when you talk like that
You make a woman go mad
So be wise and keep on
Reading the signs of my body

I'm on tonight
You know my hips don't lie
And I'm starting to feel it's right
All the attraction, the tension
Don't you see baby, this is perfection

[tainaprincess]

My Hips Don't Lie - Shakira (lil sis told me)

She put him out
Like the burning end of a midnight cigarette
She broke his heart
He spent his whole life trying to forget
We washed him drink his pain away a little at a time
But he never could get drunk enough
To get her of his mind
Until the night...

[Shakira]

Whiskey Lullabye - Melonie Cannon.

"Slowly recall all your mind
Why, your soul's gone cold, and your hope has run dry
Dead inside
Never enough to forget that you're one of the lonely
Slowly recall all your mind"

[papayahed]

Decadence - Disturbed


Watch out homeboy, don't let it catch you
P-p-prices go up, don't let your pocket go down
When you got short money you're stuck on the ground
Turn around, get ready, keep your eye on the prize
And be on point for the future shock

[Shakira]

Hard Times - Run DMC.


you walk into a restaraunt, strung out from the road
and you feel the eyes upon you, as you're shaking off the cold
you pretend it doesn't bother you, but you just want to explode
and most times you can hear 'em talk, other times you can't

[Shakira]

Is this one THAT hard ????

[Idril]

No, it's not hard at all, I just haven't visited this thread in a very long time. That is Turn the Page, either by Bob Seeger or Metallica, I don't know which version you had in mind.


Feed my eyes, can you sew them shut?
Jesus Christ, deny your maker
He who tries, will be wasted
Feed my eyes now you've sewn them shut

[Shakira]

Alice in Chains - Man in a box.


Someone right now is looking pretty tired staring at a laptop trying to get inspired Somebody living
right across the street shes wrote the best things shes written all week but her best friends coughing up
blood in the sink cant even think what happened feeling so confused and he knows it looks bad but there
nothing he can do I wonder what its like to be right there in his shoes

[papayahed]

Right Now by Fort Minor (I googled)


You be you and let me be me
No strings attached emotionally
I wanna get a little crazy
That's puttin' it plain
You got the medicine and I got the pain.

[Basil]

Open Invitation - Santana


She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
"I thought you'd never say hello," she said
"You look like the silent type."
Then she opened up a book of poems
And handed it to me
Written by an Italian poet
From the thirteenth century.
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burnin' coal
Pourin' off of every page
Like it was written in my soul from me to you...

[Idril]

Oh, I actually know that one, Tangled Up In Blue by Bob Dylan.


We've got rules and maps and guns in our backs
But we still can't just behave ourselves
Even if to save our own lives so, says I, we are a brutal kind.

[aeroport]

The Shins - "So Says I" (heard it, but I am afraid I still had to cheat)


When youre lying awake with a dismal headache and
Repose is tabood by anxiety,
I conceive you may use any language you choose to
Indulge in, without impropriety;
For your brain is on fire, the bed-clothes conspire of
Usual slumber to plunder you:
First your counter-pane goes, and uncovers your toes,
And your sheet slips demurely from under you;
Then the blanketing tickles, you feel like mixed
Pickles, so terribly sharp is the pricking,
And youre hot and youre cross, and you tumble and
Toss til theres nothing twixt you and the
Ticking.

[aeroport]

I'm sorry; have I killed the thread with this bit of obscure silliness?

[Scheherazade]

Lord Chancellor’s Nightmare Song by Todd Rundgren
Fix me a drink, make it a strong one,
Hey comrade, a drink, make it a long one,
My hands are shaking and my feet are numb,
My head is aching and the bar's going round,
And I'm so down, in this foreign town;

[Basil]

Moonlight and Vodka - Chris De Burgh


And now you find yourself in '82
The disco hotspots hold no charm for you
You can't concern yourself with bigger things
You catch the pearl and ride the dragon's wings

[Basil]

Okay, same song, different verse:


I never meant to be so bad to you
One thing I said that I would never do
One look from you and I would fall from grace
And that would wipe this smile right from my face.

[Basil]

Do you remember when we used to dance?
And incidence arose from circumstance
One thing lead to another, we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung

_____________________________________

[Basil]

And when your looks are gone and you're alone
How many nights you sit beside the phone
What were the things you wanted for yourself?
Teenage ambition you remember well


_____________________________________

[Scheherazade]

'Heat of the Moment' - Asia
Do you remember when we used to dance
And incidents arose from circumstance
One thing led to another, we were young
And we would scream together songs unsung

[Shalot]

Um --- there were no more lyrics there so I'm going to try to start this one up again. If no one responds, that's fine too. But here are some lyrics from a happy little song:

The place I saw was far beneath
The surface of the sea
My sight was poor
But I was sure
The sirens sang their songs for me
They dance above me as I sink
I see them through a crystal haze....

[Shalot]

Okay, no one cares but it's Phish - Bouncing Around the Room

Here's another:

Mother do you think they'll drop the bomb
Mother do you think they'll like the song
Mother do you think they'll try to break my balls
Ooooh aah, Mother should I build a wall
Mother should I run for president
Mother should I trust the government
Mother will they put me in the firing line
Ooooh aah, is it just a waste of time
Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
Mama's gonna make all of your
Nightmares come true
Mama's gonna put all of her fears into you
Mama's gonna keep you right here
Under her wing
she won't let you fly but she might let you sing
Mama will keep baby cosy and warm
Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe
Of course Mama's gonna help build the wall

Mother do think she's good enough for me
Mother do think she's dangerous to me
Mother will she tear your little boy apart
Oooh aah, mother will she break my heart
Hush now baby, baby don't you cry
Mama's gonna check out all your girl friends for you
Mama won't let anyone dirty get through
Mama's gonna wait up till you get in
Mama will always find out where
You've been
Mamma's gonna keep baby healthy and clean
Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe Ooooh Babe
You'll always be a baby to me
Mother, did it need to be so high.

[Idril]

That one is easy, Mother by Pink Floyd.

[Shalot]

Alright then it's official. I concede. The thread is dead.

[RobinHood3000]

Idril's turn to post a set of lyrics.

[papayahed]

I'll post!!


Maybe it's been crazy
And maybe I'm to blame
But I put my heart above my head
We've been through it all
And you loved me just the same
And when you're not there
I just need to hear

[Idril]

Idril's turn to post a set of lyrics.

I'm sorry, I'm terrible about posting on a thread and then forgetting all about it. :blush:


That's a Neil Diamond song, I know that because my mother used to listen to him when I was younger but I don't know which song...

[Pendragon]

Maybe it's been crazy
And maybe I'm to blame
But I put my heart above my head
We've been through it all
And you loved me just the same
And when you're not there
I just need to hear

Neil Diamond is correct, Idril. The song is Hello Again

Let's see....



Lost
On a painted sky
Where the clouds are hung
For the poet's eye
You may find him
If you may find him

[Scheherazade]

Be - Neil Diamond

Next song:
Hesitate but don't refuse
Choice was yours but you said choose
The look she used was green and sharp
Stabbed that boy all in his heart
Come what may the cosmos will
Take me up and down on Primirose Hill

[Shalot]

The previously posted lyrics come from a Red Hot Chili Peppers Song

Emit Remmus


Here's the next one:

Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta:
There was a Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America,
Stolen from Africa, brought to America,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.

I mean it, when I analyze the stench -
To me it makes a lot of sense:
How the Dreadlock Rasta was the Buffalo Soldier,
And he was taken from Africa, brought to America,
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival.

Said he was a Buffalo Soldier, Dreadlock Rasta -
Buffalo Soldier in the heart of America.

[cuppajoe_9]

Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley. The album is Confrontation, his last.


while you are away
my heart comes undone
slowly unravels
in a ball of yarn
the devil collects it
with a grin
our love
in a ball of yarn

he'll never return it

so when you come back
we'll have to make new love

[Shalot]

Bjork - Unravel

I give,
You take,
This life that I forsake,
Been cheated of my youth,
You turned this lie to truth

Anger, Misery, You'll suffer unto me

[kilted exile]

Metallica - Harvester of Sorrow


And the grave-diggers smiling
At his reflection in his spade
Hes visiting the seediest
The shallowest of graves
The vocal chords of elephants
And the characters of mice
Theyre singing whisky, whisky
So good they named it twice

[Shalot]

Liars' Bar - The Beautiful South



Headed down south to the land of the pines
And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Starin' up the road
And pray to God I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hopin' for Raleigh
I can see my baby tonight

[Pendragon]

Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show



Next song:

Everywhere I go someone's tryin' to be my girlfriend's best friend
I'm tryin' to pretend I'm relaxed but I'm playin' castanets with my knees
I try to be cool and give her space
But a guy's always there ready to jump right up and take my place
Everyone in this room seems to want to make a big fool out of me.

[Idril]

Barenaked Ladies ~ Get In Line


I woke the same as any other day
Except a voice was in my head
It said seize the day, pull the trigger
Drop the blade, and watch the rolling heads

[AimusSage]

The Day I tried to live - Soundgarden


I hurt myself today
To see if I still feel
I focus on the pain
The only thing that's real
The needle tears a hole
The old familiar sting
Try to kill it all away
But I remember everything

[Shalot]

Hurt - NIN (and Johnny Cash :thumbs_up )


And I heard, as it were, the noise of thunder: One of the four beasts saying: "Come and see." And I saw. And behold, a white horse.

[Niamh]

It amazed me how musically knowledgable people on this site are so i thought i'd create a bit more of a challenge.(dont know if this was done before, if it was my appologies mods)

What you do is someone writes down a line or verse from a song and you have to guess what the songs title is. Artist is optional. (if you are like me most of the time you'd know the song but not the artist!:( )

I'm going to start of with an easy one to get the ball rolling;

when life is jolly rotten, theres something you've forgotten:D

[Pendragon]

It amazed me how musically knowledgable people on this site are so i thought i'd create a bit more of a challenge.(dont know if this was done before, if it was my appologies mods)

What you do is someone writes down a line or verse from a song and you have to guess what the songs title is. Artist is optional. (if you are like me most of the time you'd know the song but not the artist!:( )

I'm going to start of with an easy one to get the ball rolling;

when life is jolly rotten, theres something you've forgotten:D

Always Look On the Bright Side

my offering of lyrics:
She came from Providence
Up in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
Heavy in the air...

[Schokokeks]

Although I should be too young to know this :D, I think its

The Last Resort by the Eagles ?

Here's mine:


My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies,
Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die,
I can fly, my friends!

Great idea for a thread, Niamh :).

[littlewing53]

the show must go on - queen

...here's mine..

You say you're lookin' for someone
Never weak but always strong,
To protect you an' defend you
Whether you are right or wrong,
Someone to open each and every door...

[kilted exile]

It Aint me babe - Bob Dylan and countless others


You ask me if Im happy now
Thats good as any joke Ive heard
It seems that since Ive seen you last
I done forgot the meaning of the words

[papayahed]

From the Bottle to the Bottom - Kris Kristofferson



I'm inflamed with desire and its spreading like wildfire
She doesn't know it but she'll soon be mine
Its just a question of time

[Shalot]

Rubella - Smoking Popes


Next:

Hey Lady you've got the love I need
Maybe, more than enough.
Oh Darling Darling Darling, walk a while with me
Oh you've got so much

[GothMan]

Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin

"Out in the street, it's six am
Another sleepless night
Three cups of coffee but I can't clear my head
From what went down last night
No we won't have our own little ways
But somehow we keep it together
You hear me talk but you don't hear what I say
I guess it don't even matter"

[Idril]

Blue Morning, Blue Day ~ Foreigner

But you've got too much to wear on your sleeves
It has too much to do with me
And secretly I want to bury in the yard
The grey remains of a friendship scarred

[Riesa]

The Shins ~ Kissing the Lipless (great song, btw)


Love of two is one
Here but now they're gone
Came the last night of sadness
And it was clear that she couldn't go on
Then the door was open and the wind appeared
The candles blew and then disappeared
The curtains flew and then he appeared (saying don't be afraid)

[Idril]

Don't Fear The Reaper ~ Blue Oyster Cult

Still can't believe there is a lie
Promise is promise, an eye for an eye
We've got something to reveal
No one can know how we feel

[papayahed]

The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret - Queens of The Stone Age



Hey ho, let's go
Hey ho, let's go
They're forming in a straight line
They're going through a tight wind
The kids are losing their minds

[kilted exile]

Blitzkreig Bop - Ramones (great band)


you ain't no punk, you punk.
you wanna talk about the real junk?
if i ever slip, i'll be banned

[GothMan]

Garbageman - The Cramps

"We´re gonna die when the sun comes up
We´ll drink until we drop
I´d rather drink than f*ck
You got the beer
We´ve got the time
You got the coke - Gimme a line"

:D

[Shalot]

Alcohol - Gang Green


My name it means nothing
my fortune is less
My future is shrouded in dark wilderness
Sunshine is far away, clouds linger on

[kilted exile]

Solitude ~ Black Sabbath


He thought that women and drink would make a man out of him
But the extent of his studies left a jaded man
So as she led him to the altar he was easily led
And when they asked him if he did, well then this is what he said

[THX-1138]

lloyd cole



An old cowboy went riding out one dark and windy day
Upon a ridge he rested as he went along his way
When all at once a mighty herd of red eyed cows he saw
A-plowing through the ragged sky and up the cloudy draw

[Shalot]

Ghost Riders in the Sky - Johnny Cash


From every dingy basement
on every dingy street
I hear every dragging handclap
over every dragging beat
That's just the beat of time
the beat that must go on
If you been trying for years then
we already heard your song

[B-Mental]

wrong topic, nevermind

[kilted exile]

lloyd cole

Yep, & the song (incase anyone is interested) is She's a girl & I'm a man



From every dingy basement
on every dingy street
I hear every dragging handclap
over every dragging beat
That's just the beat of time
the beat that must go on
If you been trying for years then
we already heard your song

Death or Glory ~ The Clash

Next Up:


I mustve had a million damn unlucky days
But there aint no cloud that a bottle cant chase away
Ive done my deal of living, ran from place to place
But when the roof comes in I dont wanna take it straight

[kilted exile]

Ok I thought someone would've got that by now - It is "Some other sucker's parade" by DelAmitri. Anyway keeping the game going I think this one is easier:


When they kick at your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

[Shalot]

The Guns of Brixton - Clash


Loving you
Isn't the right thing to do
How can I ever change things
That I feel

If I could
Maybe I'd give you my world
How can I
When you won't take it from me :D

[papayahed]

Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac


Told her that I came from Detroit city and I played guitar in a long haired rock and roll band

[THX-1138]

killer -Alice Cooper


And a crowd of young boys theyre fooling around in the corner
Drunk and dressed in their best brown baggies and their platform soles
They dont give a damn about any trumpet playing band
It aint what they call rock and roll

[BibliophileTRJ]

Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits



"Life in the street is the same every day,
Life in the street is a marvelous play,
Ladies and lovers and bankers and bums,
Hurry along while the big city hums.
People are frowning while others are gay,
Music is tumbling from every cafe,
Theres all of the wonder of life and love."

[Shalot]

One Little Man - Edith Piaf

(yeah I googled it --- so what?? :blush: )


I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a sun
In somebody else's sky :bawling:

[hyperinsomnia]

Pearl Jam - Black?


"Words are very unnecessary, they can only do harm."

[Idril]

Enjoy The Silence ~ Depeche Mode


A thumbnail sketch, a jeweler's stone
A mean idea to call my own

[Basil]

King of Birds - R.E.M. (one of my favorites)


Bleating and babbling we fell on his neck with a scream.
Wave upon wave of demented avengers
March cheerfully out of obscurity into the dream.

Have you heard the news?
The dogs are dead!
You better stay home
And do as you're told.
Get out of the road if you want to grow old.

[Idril]

King of Birds - R.E.M. (one of my favorites)

Whenever I hear it I'm convinced it's their greatest song.

And the lyrics you posted are from Sheep by Pink Floyd...one of my favorites. :D


I can get in
I can't get out
I'm just sweating my sheets
I hate to see you leave, but I love to watch you go baby

[papayahed]

Skin on Skin - Queens of the Stone Age



I don't care if we spend the night at your mansion
I don't care if we spend the night on the town
All I want is 2 spend the night together
All I want is 2 spend the night in your arms

[Idril]

Oh, that's another great song and it brings back so many memories from high school and college...Purple Rain by Prince.


Still shaking
Still in pain
You put me back together again
I was cold and you clothed me honey
I was down and you lifted me honey

[Shalot]

Where the Street Have No Name - U2


Next:


There's a lady who's sure
All that glitter is gold

[Idril]

Where the Street Have No Name - U2


Next:

You're close, it's U2 but not that song...

And your song was Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin


I won't feel guilty
No matter what they're telling me
I won't feel dirty and buy into their misery
I won't be shamed cause I believe that love is free