TAKING BACK SUNDAY.

 

 

"...Slowdance On The Inside"

 

Passed out in our school clothes so we'd wake up in our Sunday's best

I never asked for your opinion, I just got it and I get it

You move slow like daytime drama

And I'm boring like his songs

So while I'm taking you for granted

We'll be humming along

 

Well cross my heart and hope to...

I'm lying just to keep you here

So reckless (so reckless), so,

So thoughtless (so thoughtless)

So careless, I could care less

 

Well cross my heart and hope to...

I'm lying just to keep you here

(So reckless)

Well she's so heartless,

And I could care less

 

So paint your face up something elegant

And this town maybe a darker shade of red

Cause a long night means a fist fight

Against your pillow and my pearly whites

I want to hear you scream you like me better on my knees

So let us pray

(we don't believe in second chances)

So let us pray

 

Don't you ask me

Don't you move (anywhere)

 

Cross my heart and hope to

I'm lying just to keep you here

So reckless (so reckless), so,

So thoughtless (so thoughtless)

So careless, I could care less

 

Well Cross my heart and hope to

I'm lying just to keep you here

(So reckless)

Well she's so heartless

And I could care less

 

Well cross my heart and hope to

I'm lying just to keep you here

I'll keep you here, I'll keep you here

 

One of us never did it but we're taking it all. (Well cross my heart and hope to)

And tell me why you never promised that you wanted it all. (I'm lying just to keep you here)

And her eyes never batted when she said it

It's a long night, open, know it...

 

This glass house is burning down (open all night, know it...)

You light the match, I'll stick around (open all night, know it...)

I'll give you everything you want (open all night, know it...)

And wish the worst of what I was (open all night, know it...)

 

This glass house is burning down (open all night, know it...)

You light the match, I'll stick around (open all night, know it...)

I'll give you everything you want (open all night, know it...)

And wish the worst of what I was (open all night, know it...)

 

Tonight won't make a difference

Tonight won't make a difference

Tonight won't make a difference

Well tonight won't make a difference

Well tonight won't make a difference

Tonight won't make a difference

Tonight won't make a difference

Well tonight won't make a difference

The Who

Won't Get Fooled Again lyrics

 

We'll be fighting in the streets

With our children at our feet

And the morals that they worship will be gone

And the men who spurred us on

Sit in judgement of all wrong

They decide and the shotgun sings the song

 

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

 

The change, it had to come

We knew it all along

We were liberated from the fold, that's all

And the world looks just the same

And history ain't changed

'Cause the banners, they are flown in the next war

 

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

No, no!

 

I'll move myself and my family aside

If we happen to be left half alive

I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky

Though I know that the hypnotized never lie

Do ya?

 

There's nothing in the streets

Looks any different to me

And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye

And the parting on the left

Are now parting on the right

And the beards have all grown longer overnight

 

I'll tip my hat to the new constitution

Take a bow for the new revolution

Smile and grin at the change all around

Pick up my guitar and play

Just like yesterday

Then I'll get on my knees and pray

We don't get fooled again

Don't get fooled again

No, no!

 

Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!

 

Meet the new boss

Same as the old boss

blue & yellow - the used.

 

And it's all in how you mix the two

And it starts just where the light exists

It's a feeling that you cannot miss

And it burns a hole

Through everyone that feels it

 

Well your never gonna find it

If your looking for it

Won't come your way

Well you'll never find it

If your looking for it

 

Should've done something but I've done it enough

By the way your hands were shaking

Rather waste some time with you

 

And you never would have though in the end

How amazing it feels just to live again

It's a feeling that you cannot miss

It burns a hole through everyone that feels it

 

Should've said something but I've said it enough

By the way my words were faded

Rather waste some time with you

The Beatles - Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey

 

Come on, c'mon

Come on, c'mon

 

Come on it's such a joy, come on it's such a joy

Come on let's take it easy, come on let's take it easy

 

Take it easy, take it easy

Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

 

The deeper you go the higher you fly

The higher you fly the deeper you go

 

So come on

Come on

 

Come on it's such a joy, come on it's such a joy

Come on let's make it easy, come on let's make it easy

 

Make it easy, make it easy

Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

 

Your inside is out when your outside is in

Your outside is in when your inside is out

 

So come on

Come on

 

Come on it's such a joy, come on it's such a joy

Come on let's take it easy, come on let's take it easy

 

Take it easy, take it easy

Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey

Now that we don’t kiss anymore by Noise Box

 

Now that we don’t kiss anymore

Now that we don’t hear our voices whispering “I love you”

We can let the bruises heal

Catch a sunbeam for tomorrow

And write a different story

 

I really don’t know if I’ve escaped or I’ve been thrown away

What in the world could I do to throw the knife away?

 

Now that we don’t kiss anymore

I’ll keep my heart safe in a box

I’ll try to have fun destroying myself

Just like I used to do before

 

Now that we don’t fight anymore

Now that we don’t hear our voices screaming “you hurt me”

Crying Shame/Jack Johnson

 

Its such a tired game

Will it ever stop

How will this all play out

Upside out of my mouth

 

By now we should know

How to communicate instead of coming to blows

We're on a roll

And there ain't no stopping us now

We're burning under control

Isn't it strange how

We're all burning under the same sun

By now we say its a war for peace

Its the same old game

But do we really want to play?

We could close our eyes its still there

We could say its us against them

We can try but nobody wins

Gravity has got a hold on us all

We try to put it out

But its a growing flame

Using fear as fuel

Burning down our name

And it wont take too long

Cause words are burning same

And who we gunna blame now?

 

And oh, Its such a crying crying crying shame

Its such a crying crying crying shame

Its such a crying crying crying shame, shame, shame

 

By now

Its starting to show

A number of people are numbers who aint coming home

I can close my eyes its still there

Close my mind be alone

Close my heart and not care

But gravity has got a hold on us all

Its a terrific price to pay

But in the true sense of the word

Are we using what we've learned?

In the true sense of the word

Are we losing what we were?

Its such a tired game

Will it ever stop?

Is not for me to say

And is it in our blood?

Or is it just our fate?

And how will this all play out

Upside out of my mouth

And who we gunna blame?

On and on

Its such a crying crying crying shame

Its such a crying crying crying shame

"self evident" by ani difranco

 

yes,

us people are just poems

we're 90% metaphor

with a leanness of meaning

approaching hyper-distillation

and once upon a time

we were moonshine

rushing down the throat of a giraffe

yes, rushing down the long hallway

despite what the p.a. announcement says

yes, rushing down the long stairs

with the whiskey of eternity

fermented and distilled

to eighteen minutes

burning down our throats

down the hall

down the stairs

in a building so tall

that it will always be there

yes, it's part of a pair

there on the bow of noah's ark

the most prestigious couple

just kickin back parked

against a perfectly blue sky

on a morning beatific

in its indian summer breeze

on the day that america

fell to its knees

after strutting around for a century

without saying thank you

or please

 

and the shock was subsonic

and the smoke was deafening

between the setup and the punch line

cuz we were all on time for work that day

we all boarded that plane for to fly

and then while the fires were raging

we all climbed up on the windowsill

and then we all held hands

and jumped into the sky

 

and every borough looked up when it heard the first blast

and then every dumb action movie was summarily surpassed

and the exodus uptown by foot and motorcar

looked more like war than anything i've seen so far

so far

so far

so fierce and ingenious

a poetic specter so far gone

that every jackass newscaster was struck dumb and stumbling

over 'oh my god' and 'this is unbelievable' and on and on

and i'll tell you what, while we're at it

you can keep the pentagon

keep the propaganda

keep each and every tv

that's been trying to convince me

to participate

in some prep school punk's plan to perpetuate retribution

perpetuate retribution

even as the blue toxic smoke of our lesson in retribution

is still hanging in the air

and there's ash on our shoes

and there's ash in our hair

and there's a fine silt on every mantle

from hell's kitchen to brooklyn

and the streets are full of stories

sudden twists and near misses

and soon every open bar is crammed to the rafters

with tales of narrowly averted disasters

and the whiskey is flowin

like never before

as all over the country

folks just shake their heads

and pour

 

so here's a toast to all the folks who live in palestine

afghanistan

iraq

 

el salvador

 

here's a toast to the folks living on the pine ridge reservation

under the stone cold gaze of mt. rushmore

 

here's a toast to all those nurses and doctors

who daily provide women with a choice

who stand down a threat the size of oklahoma city

just to listen to a young woman's voice

 

here's a toast to all the folks on death row right now

awaiting the executioner's guillotine

who are shackled there with dread and can only escape into their heads

to find peace in the form of a dream

 

cuz take away our playstations

and we are a third world nation

under the thumb of some blue blood royal son

who stole the oval office and that phony election

i mean

it don't take a weatherman

to look around and see the weather

jeb said he'd deliver florida, folks

and boy did he ever

 

and we hold these truths to be self evident:

#1 george w. bush is not president

#2 america is not a true democracy

#3 the media is not fooling me

cuz i am a poem heeding hyper-distillation

i've got no room for a lie so verbose

i'm looking out over my whole human family

and i'm raising my glass in a toast

 

here's to our last drink of fossil fuels

let us vow to get off of this sauce

shoo away the swarms of commuter planes

and find that train ticket we lost

cuz once upon a time the line followed the river

and peeked into all the backyards

and the laundry was waving

the graffiti was teasing us

from brick walls and bridges

we were rolling over ridges

through valleys

under stars

i dream of touring like duke ellington

in my own railroad car

i dream of waiting on the tall blonde wooden benches

in a grand station aglow with grace

and then standing out on the platform

and feeling the air on my face

 

give back the night its distant whistle

give the darkness back its soul

give the big oil companies the finger finally

and relearn how to rock-n-roll

yes, the lessons are all around us and a change is waiting there

so it's time to pick through the rubble, clean the streets

and clear the air

get our government to pull its big dick out of the sand

of someone else's desert

put it back in its pants

and quit the hypocritical chants of

freedom forever

 

cuz when one lone phone rang

in two thousand and one

at ten after nine

on nine one one

which is the number we all called

when that lone phone rang right off the wall

right off our desk and down the long hall

down the long stairs

in a building so tall

that the whole world turned

just to watch it fall

 

 

 

and while we're at it

remember the first time around?

the bomb?

the ryder truck?

the parking garage?

the princess that didn't even feel the pea?

remember joking around in our apartment on avenue D?

 

can you imagine how many paper coffee cups would have to change their design

following a fantastical reversal of the new york skyline?!

 

it was a joke, of course

it was a joke

at the time

and that was just a few years ago

so let the record show

that the FBI was all over that case

that the plot was obvious and in everybody's face

and scoping that scene

religiously

the CIA

or is it KGB?

committing countless crimes against humanity

with this kind of eventuality

as its excuse

for abuse after expensive abuse

and it didn't have a clue

look, another window to see through

way up here

on the 104th floor

look

another key

another door

10% literal

90% metaphor

3000 some poems disguised as people

on an almost too perfect day

should be more than pawns

in some asshole's passion play

so now it's your job

and it's my job

to make it that way

to make sure they didn't die in vain

sshhhhhh....

baby listen

hear the train?

AKING BACK SUNDAY LYRICS

 

"The Blue Channel"

 

And I'm not so sure

if I'm sure of anything anymore

Well this is the last night (this is the last night)

that you'll be keepin'

secrets from me

 

Just hit the lights before you leave

you know, the million things you had to say

sorry just, just might have found it's way in there

somehow, someway

But don't worry sweetie

cause I already know

 

And I'm not so sure

if I'm sure of anything anymore

Well this is the last night (this is the last night)

that you'll be keepin'

secrets from me

 

And you're so guilty it's disgusting

He's been sneakin underneath your sheets

and your hands

have been in places that they probably shouldn't go

but don't worry sweetie

cause I already know

 

Regardless if my pictures

they don't line your mirror

Regardless you know that

I'll still wait for your call

 

Regardless if my pictures

they don't line your mirror

Regardless you know that

I'll still wait for your call

 

(this is, this is the last time i still wait for your call)

Regardless if my pictures

they don't line your mirror

Regardless you know that

I'll still wait for your call

 

(honestly, honestly, honestly, honestly)

 

Do you know what your girl's been up to?

"out of habit" by ani difranco

 

the butter melts out of habit

the toast isn't even warm

the waitress and the man in the plaid shirt

play out a scene they've played

so many times before

i am watching the sun stumble home in the morning

from a bar on the east side of town

and the coffee is just water dressed in brown

beautiful but boring

he visited me yesterday

he noticed my fingers

and asked me if i would play

i didn't really care a lot

but i couldn't think of a reason why not

i said if you don't come any closer i don't mind if you stay

my thighs have been involved in many accidents

and now i can't get insured

and i don't need to be lured by you

my cunt is built like a wound that won't heal

and now you don't have to ask

because you know how i feel

you know how i feel

 

art is why i get up in the morning

but my definition ends there

and it doesn't seem fair

that i'm living for something i can't even define

there you are right there

in the meantime

 

i don't want to play for you anymore

show me what you can do

tell me what are you here for

i want my old friends

i want my old face

i want my old mind

fuck this time and place

 

the butter melts out of habit

the toast isn't even warm

new favorite thread?!?!

 

 

"swan dive" by ani difranco

 

cradling the softest, warmest part of you in my hand

feels like a little baby bird fallen from the nest

i think that your body is something i understand

i think that i'm happy, i think that i'm blessed

 

i've got a lack of inhibition

i've got a loss of perspective

i've had a little bit to drink

and it's making me think

that i can jump ship and swim

that the ocean will hold me

that there's got to be more

than this boat i'm in

 

'cuz they can call me crazy if i fail

all the chance that i need

is one-in-a-million

and they can call me brilliant

if i succeed

gravity is nothing to me, moving at the speed of sound

i'm just going to get my feet wet

until i drown

 

and i teeter between tired

and really, really tired

im wiped and im wired but i guess its just as well

because i built my own empire

out of car tires and chicken wire

and i'm queen of my own compost heap

and i'm getting used to the smell

 

and i've got a lack of information

but i got a little revelation

and i'm climbing up on the railing

trying not to look down

i'm going to do my best swan dive

into shark-infested waters

i'm gonna pull out my tampon

and start splashing around

 

'cuz i don't care if they eat me alive

i've got better things to do than survive

i've got a memory of your warm skin in my hand

and i've got a vision of blue sky and dry land

 

i'm cradling the hardest, heaviest part of me in my hand

the ship is pitching and heaving, my limbs are bobbing and weaving

and i think this is something i understand

i just need a couple vaccinations for my far-away vacation

i'm going to go ahead and go boldly because a little bird told me

that jumping is easy, that falling is fun

up until you hit the sidewalk, shivering and stunned

 

and they can call me crazy if i fail

all the chance that i need

is one-in-a-million

and they can call me brilliant

if i succeed

gravity is nothing to me

moving at the speed of sound

i'm just gonna get my feet wet

until i drown...

(Kelli'z a bling whore!!! :P :kiss: )

 

"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"/My favorite U2 song. Or at least for today.

 

Green light, 7-Eleven

You stop in for a pack of cigarettes

You don't smoke, don't even want to

Hey now, check your change

Dressed up like a car crash

The wheels are turning but you're upside down

You say when he hits you you don't mind

Because when he hurts you you feel alive

Oh now, is that what it is

 

Red light, grey morning

You stumble out of a hole in the ground

A vampire or a victim

It depends on who's around

You used to stay up to watch the adverts

You could lip-synch to the talk shows

And if you look, you look through me

And when you talk it's not to me

And when I touch you, you don't feel a thing

 

If I could stay, then the night would give you up

Stay, and the day would keep its trust

Stay, and the night would be enough

 

Faraway, so close up with the static and the radio

With satellite television you can go anywhere

Miami, New Orleans, London, Belfast and Berlin

 

And if you listen I can't call

And if you jump, you just might fall

And if you shout, I'll only hear you

If I could stay then the night would give you up

Stay then the day would keep its trust

Stay with the demons you drowned

Stay with the spirit I found

Stay and the night would be enough

 

Three o'clock in the morning

It's quiet and there's no one around

Just the bang and the clatter as an angel runs to ground

Just the bang and the clatter as an angel hits the ground

The Verve - Sonnet

 

My friend and me

Looking through her red box of memories

Faded I'm sure

But love seems to stick in her veins you know

 

Yes, there's love if you want it

Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord

Yes, there's love if you want it

Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord

My lord

 

Why can't you see

That nature has its way of warning me

Eyes open wide

Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye

 

Yes, there's love if you want it

Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord

Yes, there's love if you want it

Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord

My lord

 

Sinking fast within a boat without a hull

My lord

Dreaming about the day when I can see you there

My side

By my side

 

Here we go again and my head is gone, my lord

I stop to say hello

'Cause I think you should know by now

By now

By now

By now

By now

By now

Oh, by now

Oh, by now

Oh, by now

Oh, by now

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Shuffle Your Feet

 

Time won't save our souls

Time won't save our souls

Time won't save my soul, no

 

Well, everything's going down

Nothing seems to feel the same

No one seems to know my name

No one seems to go my way

 

Who knows if I'll see you again?

Who knows if I'll see you again?

 

One more for the soul mate dreamers

One more for the wicked man

One more for the peaceful protest

That keeps the war in demand

 

Who knows if I'll see you again?

Who knows if I'll see you again?

 

Time won't save our souls

Time won't save my soul, no

Time won't save our souls

Time won't save my soul, no

 

I never thought I'd see it coming

I never thought I'd ever know

Nothing seems to take me over

Nothing seems to let me go

 

Who knows if I'll see you again?

Who knows if I'll see you again?

Every Day I Love You Less And Less

 

Everyday I love you less and less

It's good to see that you’ve become obsessed

I got to get this message to the press

That Everyday I love you less and less

 

And Everyday I love you less and less

I’ve got to get this feeling off my chest

The doctor says all I need is some rest

Since Everyday I love you less and less

 

Unless unless

I know I feel it in my bones,

I’m sick I’m tired

Of staying in control

Oh yes I feel a rat apon the wheel

I got to know just not so much is real

 

Oh yes, I’m stressed

I’m sorry I digress

Depress, Digress

SOS

 

Oooooh and my parents love me

Oooooh and my girlfriend loves me

Oooooh

 

Everyday I love you less and less

I can't believe that me and you did sex

It makes me sick to think of you undress

Since everyday I love you less and less

 

And Everyday I love you less and less

You’re turning into something I detest

And everybody says you look a mess

Since everyday I love you less and less

 

Unless unless

I know I feel it in my bones,

I’m sick I’m tired

Of staying in control

Oh yes I feel a rat apon the wheel

I got to know just not so much is real

 

Oh yes, I’m stressed

I’m sorry I digress

Depress, Dedress

SOS

 

Oooooh and my parents love me

Oooooh and my girlfriend loves me

Oooooh they keep photos love me

Oooooh that's enough love for me

Oooooh

 

---------------

 

Oooooh and my parents love me

Oooooh and my girlfriend loves me

Oooooh they keep photos of me

Oooooh that's enough love for me

Oooooh

 

 

 

 

Oh My God

 

Time on your side that will never render

The most beautiful thing you can ever spend

But you work in a shirt with your nametag on it

Drifting apart like a plate tectonic

 

It don't matter to me

Cause all I wanted to be

Is a million miles from here

Somewhere more familiar

 

To much time spent dragging the past up

If I didn't see you not looking what I messed up

Settling down in your early twenties

Sucked more blood than a backstreet dentist

 

It don't matter to me

Cause all I wanted to be

Is a million miles from here

Somewhere more familiar

 

Oh my god I can't believe it

I've never been this far away from home (x4)

 

Red shirts looking for greater glory

The only thing growing is on this story

Knock me down I'll get right back up again

Come back stronger than a poweredup pacman

 

It don't matter to me

Cause all I wanted to be

Is a million miles from here

Somewhere more familiar

 

Oh my god I can't believe it

I've never been this far away from home (x4)

 

 

Oh my god I can't believe it

I've never been this far away from home (x4)

Have a Willie Nelson song.

 

There's a land where I've been told,

Every street is paved with gold,

And it's just across the borderline.

When it's time to take your turn,

Here's a lesson that you must learn,

You can lose more than you'll ever find.

 

*When you reach the broken promise land,

Every dream slips through your hand,

You'll know it's too late to change your mind.

'Cause you paid the price to come to far,

Just to wind up where you are,

And you're still just across the borderline.

 

Up and down the Rio Grande,

A thousand footprints in the sand,

Reveal the secret no one can define.

The river flows on like a breath,

In between our life and death,

Who's the next to cross the borderline.

 

Hope remains when pride is gone,

And it keeps you moving on,

Calling you across the borderline.

 

And you're still just across the borderline.

 

Heres one of my fav lovy dovy songs. Norah Jones. Ive got to see you again

 

Lines on your face don't bother me

Down in my chair when you dance over me

I can't help myself

I've got to see you again

 

Late in the night when I'm all alone

And I look at the clock and I know you're not home

I can't help myself

I've got to see you again

I could almost go there

Just to watch you be seen

I could almost go there

Just to live in a dream

 

But no I won't go for any of those things

To not touch your skin is not why I sing

I can't help myself

I've got to see you again

 

I could almost go there

Just to watch you be seen

I could almost go there

Just to live in a dream

 

No I won't go to share you with them

But oh even though I know where

you've been

I can't help myself

I've got to see you again

 

Time for some old school rock...Do i have to say the name. You guys got to know this one on site.

 

If it keeps on rainin', levee's goin' to break, (X2)

When The Levee Breaks I'll have no place to stay.

 

Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, (X2)

Got what it takes to make a mountain man leave his home,

Oh, well, oh, well, oh, well.

 

Don't it make you feel bad

When you're tryin' to find your way home,

You don't know which way to go?

If you're goin' down South

They go no work to do,

If you don't know about Chicago.

 

Cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,

Now, cryin' won't help you, prayin' won't do you no good,

When the levee breaks, mama, you got to move.

 

All last night sat on the levee and moaned, (X2)

Thinkin' about me baby and my happy home.

Going, going to Chicago... Going to Chicago... Sorry but I can't take you...

Going down... going down now... going down....

Mad one this. Damien Rice. Eskimo.

 

Tiredness fuels empty thoughts

I find myself disposed

Brightness fills empty space

In search of inspiration

Harder now with higher speed

Washing in on top of me

So I look to my eskimo friend

I look to my eskimo friend

I look to my eskimo friend

When I'm down, down, down.

 

Rain it wets muddy roads

I find myself exposed

Tapping doors, but irritate

In search of destination

Harder now with higher speed

Washing in on top of me

So I look to my eskimo friend

I look to my eskimo friend

I look to my eskimo friend

When I'm down, down, down.

 

When I'm down, down, down.

When I'm down, down, down.

Ok. This ones strange. Enya always is though

 

Floras Secret

 

Lovers in the long grass

Look above them

Only they can see

Where the clouds are going

Only to discover

Dust and sunlight

Ever make the sky so blue

 

Afternoon is hazy

River flowing

All around the sounds

Moving closer to them

Telling them the story

Told by flora

Dreams they never knew

 

Silver willows

Tears from persia

Those who come

From a far-off island

Winter chanterelle lies

Under cover

Glory-of-the-sun in blue

 

Some they know as passion

Some as freedom

Some they know as love

And the way it leaves them

Summer snowflake

For a season

When the sky above is blue

When the sky above is blue

 

Lying in the long grass

Close beside her

Giving her the name

Of the one the moon loves

This will be the day she

Will remember

When she knew his heart

Was

Loving in the long grass

Close beside her

Whispering of love

And the way it leaves them

Lying in the long grass

In the sunlight

They believe its true love

And from all around them

Floras secret

Telling them of love

And the way it breathes

And

Looking up from eyes of

Amaranthine

They can see the sky

Is blue

Knowing that their love

Is true

Dreams they never knew

And the sky above is blue

Modern Way

by Kaiser Chiefs

 

I know

coz i seen it

it was great

and i want it

 

there's no

point in sitting

going crazy

on my own

 

do you

know what

i was putting it

in love for?

 

could you

tell me

every word

or more

 

it's the only way, of getting out of here

it's the only way, of getting out of here

 

take a

lesson

from the ones

who have been there

 

my brain

is not damaged

but in need of

some repair

 

hold on

to the basics

but we can't change

all our tactics

 

dont just

sit there

going crazy

on your own

 

it's the only way, of getting out of here

it's the only way, of getting out of here

 

"this is the modern way

faking it every day

taking 'em as they come

we're not the only ones"

is that what we used to say?

that this is the modern way?

 

i know

where i'm going

i know we are

ewvery knowing

 

i will

stop at nothing

just to get

what i want

 

it's the only way, of getting out of here

it's the only way, of getting out of here

 

"this is the modern way

faking it every day

taking 'em as they come

we're not the only ones"

is that what we used to say?

that this is the mdoern way?

 

"this is the modern way

faking it every day

taking 'em as they come

we're not the only ones"

is that what we used to say?

that this is the modern way?

 

Na Na Na Na Naa

by Kaiser Chiefs

 

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

na na na na naa

na na na na naa

 

oh it does not move me

it does not get me going at all

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

it does not shift me

its not the kind of thing that i like

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

It does not move me

its not the kind of thing that i like

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

 

she does not listen

she's too wrapped up with all of her things

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

this does not get to me

shes not the kind of girl that i like

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

oooohhh

she does not move me

she's not the kind of girl that i like

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

oooohhh

 

OOOOHH

it does not mvoe me

its not the kind of thing that i like

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

 

oooooh

it does not move me(it does not move me)

it does not get me going at all

it does not shift me(it does not shift me)

its not the kind of thing that i like

it does not move me

its not the kind of thing that i like

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

Na na na na naa

oooooh

This one goes out to the hurricane victims. I'm feeling it.

 

Walk On/U2

 

And love is not the easy thing

The only baggage you can bring

And love is not the easy thing

The only baggage you can bring

Is all that you can't leave behind

 

And if the darkness is to keep us apart

And if the daylight feels like it's a long way off

And if your glass heart should crack

And for one second you turn back

Oh no, be strong

 

Walk on, walk on

What you got they can't steal it

No, they can't even feel it

Walk on, walk on

Stay safe tonight

 

You're packing a suitcase for a place none of us has been

A place that has to be believed to be seen

You could have flown away

A singing bird in an open cage

Who will only fly, only fly for freedom

 

Walk on, walk on

What you've got they can't deny it

Can't sell it or buy it

Walk on, walk on

You stay safe tonight

 

And I know it aches, how your heart it breaks

You can only take so much

Walk on, walk on

 

Home, hard to know what it is if you've never had one

Home, I can't say where it is but I know I'm going home

That's where the hurt is

 

And I know it aches and your heart it breaks

And you can only take so much

Walk on

 

Leave it behind

You've got to leave it behind

All that you fashion

All that you make

All that you build

All that you break

All that you measure

All that you feel

All this you can leave behind

All that you reason

It’s only time

All that you bear

No more than a feeling on my mind

All that you see

All that you wear

All that you sense

All that you scheme

All you dress up

All that you’ve seen

All you create

And all that you wreck

All that you hate

"two little girls" by ani difranco

 

you were fresh off the boat from virginia

i had a year in new york city under my belt

we met in a plane

we were both 19

i remember where we were standing

i remember how it felt

2 little girls growing out of their training bras

this little girl breaks furniture, this little girl breaks laws

2 girls together

just a little less alone

this little girl cries wee wee

all the way home

 

you were always half crazy, now look at you baby

you make about as much sense as a nursery rhyme

love is a piano dropped out a four story window

and you were in the wrong place at the wrong time

 

i don't like your girlfriend, i blame her

never seen one of your lovers do you so much harm

i loved you first and you know i would prefer

if she didn't empty her syringes into your arm

 

here comes little naked me padding up to the bathroom door

to find little naked you slumped on the bathroom floor

so i guess i'll just stand here with my back against the wall

while you distill your whole life down to a 911 call

 

so now you bring me your bruises

so i can oh and ah at the display

maybe i'm supposed to make one of my famous jokes that makes everything ok

maybe i'm supposed to be the handsome prince who rides up and unties your hands

or maybe i'm supposed to be the furrow-browed friend who thinks she understands

 

here comes little naked me padding up to the bathroom door

to find little naked you slumped on the bathroom floor

so i guess i'll just stand here with my back against the wall

while you distill your whole life down to a 911 call

"joyful girl" by ani difranco

 

i do it for the joy it brings

because i'm a joyful girl

because the world owes me nothing

and we owe each other the world

i do it because it's the least i can do

i do it because i learned it from you

and i do it just because i want to

because i want to

 

everything i do is judged

and they mostly get it wrong

but oh well

'cuz the bathroom mirror has not budged

and the woman who lives there can tell

the truth from the stuff that they say

and she looks me in the eye

and says would you prefer the easy way

no, well o.k. then

don't cry

 

i wonder if everything i do

i do instead

of something i want to do more

the question fills my head

i know there's no grand plan here

this is just the way it goes

when everything else seems unclear

i guess at least i know

 

i do it for the joy it brings

because i'm a joyful girl

because the world owes me nothing

and we owe each other the world

i do it because it's the least i can do

i do it because i learned it from you

and i do it just because i want to

because i want to

keane - nothing in your way

 

A turning tide

Lovers at a great divide

why d'you lie

When I know that you hurt inside?

 

And why'd you say

It's just another day, nothing in my way

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna stay

So there's nothing left to say?

And why'd you lie

When you wanna die, when you hurt inside

Don't know what you lie for anyway

Now there's nothing left to say

 

 

A tell-tale sign

You don't know where to draw the line

 

And why'd you say

It's just another day, nothing in my way

I don't wanna go, I don't wanna stay

So there's nothing left to say

And why'd you lie

When you wanna die, when you hurt inside

Don't know what you lie for anyway

Now there's nothing left to say

 

 

Well for a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time

For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time

For a lonely soul, it seems to me that you're having such a nice time

You're having such a nice time

 

For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time

For a lonely soul, you're having such a nice time

For a lonely soul, it seems to me that you're having such a nice time

You're having such a nice time

 

 

Hamburg Song

 

I don't wanna be adored

Don't wanna be first in line

Or make myself heard

I'd like to bring a little light

To shine a light on your life

To make you feel loved

 

No, don't wanna be the only one you know

I wanna be the place you call home

 

I lay myself down

To make it so, but you don't want to know

I give much more

Than I'd ever ask for

 

 

Will you see me in the end

Or is it just a waste of time

Trying to be your friend

Just shine, shine, shine

Shine a little light

Shine a light on my life

Warm me up again

 

Fool, I wonder if you know yourself at all

You know that it could be so simple

 

I lay myself down

To make it so, but you don't want to know

You take much more

Than I'd ever ask for

 

 

Say a word or two to brighten my day

Do you think that you could see your way

 

To lay yourself down

And make it so, but you don't want to know

You take much more

Than I'd ever ask for

To those of you who know Greek, you can understand how beautiful these lyrics are. The song loses its meaning and beauty in any other language.

 

 

Στέλιος Καζαντίδις - Το αγριολούλουδο

 

Μην με λυπάσαι δίωξε με απόψε

σαν αγριολούλουδο και την ζωή μου κόψε

εγώ γυμνός ξεκίνησα

εγώ πηγαίνω μόνος

σπίτι μου είναι ο δρόμος

και τραγούδι μου ο πόνος

δίωξε με και μη λυπάσαι

τι θα γίνω μη φοβάσαι

και αν χιονίζει

και αν βρέχει

το αγριολούλουδο αντέχει.

 

Μην με κρατήσεις μονάχα από συμπόνια

το κρύο το συνήθισα θα αντέξω και στα χιόνια

εγώ γυμνός ξεκίνησα

εγώ πηγαίνω μόνος

σπίτι μου είναι ο δρόμος

και τραγούδι μου ο πόνος

δίωξε με και μη λυπάσαι

τι θα γίνω μη φοβάσαι

και αν χιονίζει

και αν βρέχει

το αγριολούλουδο αντέχει.

 

 

 

Translated in English

 

Stelios Kazantzidis - The Wildflower

 

Do not feel sorry for me,

throw me out tonight

and cut my life

as if I were a wild flower.

 

I started off naked, I go on alone,

grief is my home, the journey is my song.

Throw me out and don't feel sorry,

don't care about what will become of me,

the wild flower endures

both in snow and in rain.

 

Do not keep me

only out of pity;

I've got used to the cold,

I'll also endure the snow.

 

I started off naked, I go on alone,

grief is my home, the journey is my song.

Throw me out and don't feel sorry,

don't care about what will become of me,

the wild flower endures

both in snow and in rain.

"feel-like-i'm-fixin'-to-die rag" by country joe and the fish

 

Yeah, come on all of you, big strong men,

Uncle Sam needs your help again.

He's got himself in a terrible jam

Way down yonder in Vietnam

So put down your books and pick up a gun,

We're gonna have a whole lotta fun.

 

And it's one, two, three,

What are we fighting for ?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,

Next stop is Vietnam;

And it's five, six, seven,

Open up the pearly gates,

Well there ain't no time to wonder why,

Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

 

Well, come on generals, let's move fast;

Your big chance has come at last.

Gotta go out and get those reds —

The only good commie is the one who's dead

And you know that peace can only be won

When we've blown 'em all to kingdom come.

 

And it's one, two, three,

What are we fighting for ?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,

Next stop is Vietnam;

And it's five, six, seven,

Open up the pearly gates,

Well there ain't no time to wonder why

Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

 

Huh!

 

Well, come on Wall Street, don't move slow,

Why man, this is war au-go-go.

There's plenty good money to be made

By supplying the Army with the tools of the trade,

Just hope and pray that if they drop the bomb,

They drop it on the Viet Cong.

 

And it's one, two, three,

What are we fighting for ?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,

Next stop is Vietnam.

And it's five, six, seven,

Open up the pearly gates,

Well there ain't no time to wonder why

Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

 

Well, come on mothers throughout the land,

Pack your boys off to Vietnam.

Come on fathers, don't hesitate,

Send 'em off before it's too late.

Be the first one on your block

To have your boy come home in a box.

 

And it's one, two, three

What are we fighting for ?

Don't ask me, I don't give a damn,

Next stop is Vietnam.

And it's five, six, seven,

Open up the pearly gates,

Well there ain't no time to wonder why,

Whoopee! we're all gonna die.

Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah

 

Now I've heard there was a secret chord

That David played, and it pleased the Lord

But you don't really care for music, do you?

It goes like this the fourth, the fifth,

The minor fall, the major lift

The baffled king composing Hallelujah

 

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

 

Your faith was strong but you needed proof

You saw her bathing on the roof

Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you

She tied you to a kitchen chair

She broke your throne, and she cut your hair

And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah

 

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

 

You'll say I've took the name in vain,

But I dont even know the name,

But if I did, well, really whats it to you?

There's a blaze of light in every word

It doesnt matter which are heard

the holy or the broken Hallelujah

 

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

 

I did my best, it wasnt much

I couldnt feel, so I tried to touch

I've told the truth, I didnt come to fool you.

And even though it all went wrong,

I'll stand before the Lord of Song

With nothing on my tounge but Hallelujah

 

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

 

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

 

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

 

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah

Hallelujah