Saturday, March 22, 2008

Night of the Lotus Eaters - Nick Cave

Sapped and stupid I lie upon the stones and I swoons
The darlig little dandelions have done their thing and changed from suns into moons
The dragons roam the shopping malls, I hear they're gonna eat our guts
If I had the strength I might pick up my sword and make some attempt to resist

Get ready to shield yourself
Grab your sap and your heaters
Get ready to shield yourself
On the night of the lotus eaters

Mmm, don't you love my baby
Mmm, and don't you love my baby anymore

They gilded my scales, they fish-bowled me and they toured me round the old aquariums
They come in their hordes to tap at the glass, the philistines and barbarians
I like floating here, it's nice, they've hung seaweed around my hips
And I do the hula for the hungry ones and the lames all throw me tips

Get ready to shield yourself
Grab your sap and your heaters
Get ready to shield yourself
On the night of the lotus eaters

Mmm, don't you love my baby
Mmm, and don't you love my baby anymore

Get ready to shield yourself
From our catastrophic leaders
Get ready to shield yourself
Grab your sap and your heaters

On the night of the lotus eaters

Now hit the streets!

Now hit the streets!

Albert Goes West - Nick Cave

Albert goes west, he crossed the vast indifferent deserts of Arizona, oh yeah
He had a psychotic episode on a dude ranch that involved a bottle of ammonia
Henry, he went south and lost his way deep in the weeping forests of Le Vulva
He grew so wan, he grew so sick, he ended up in a bungalow sucking a revolver

The light upon your rainy streets offers many reflections
I won't be hold responsible for my actions

Bobby, he goes north, then goes east, then over to New Hampshire
Bobby is a cautious man, he walked into a Concord dive to drink a beer

Mhm

Do you wanna dance?
Do you wanna move?
Do you wanna dance?
Do you wanna groove?

I said the world is full of endless abstractions
And I won't be held responsible for my actions

Me, I ain't going anywhere, just sit and watch the sun come up, I like it here
I watch the people go ticking past, go hey hey hey, you know I gotta say I like it here

All right

Sha la-la-la, sha la-la-la, sha la-la-la-la-la-la
Sha-la-la-la, sha la-la-la, sha la-la-la-la-la-la

The River Of Time - Michael Murphy

I’m not through loving you
Its just that you’re gone
Nothing I can say or do
Can undo what’s done

You took my heart along
When you went away
I gave all my love
I’ll get it back someday

In the river of time
I’ll forgive and forget
Sweet peace of mind
Will be just ‘round the bend

I’ll stay afloat
On the tears that I cry
And let the memories all
Go down the river of time

I’ll never be over you
Just over the pain
Moments of hope will shine
Through the hours of rain

I’ll count them, every one
Till I start losing track
I’ll make it through this night
And get the morning back

Texas Morning - Michael Murphy

Right in the middle of a ten cent scenery
Shuffled and stacked on a post card rack
There's a cute little girl with a Shetland pony
She smiles at me but I can't smile back
Cactus Jack drinks coffee black
Tells me it's my lucky day
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've come a long, long way
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've come a long, long way

She left me cold on a Winter's morning
And cold it's been for a long, long time
She told me Texas was where she's goin'
And I've come looking but she's so hard to find
Cactus Jack drinks coffee black
Tells me it's my lucky day
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've come a long, long way
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've come a long, long way

Oh, I don't know just where I'll find her
Maybe the soldier with the suitcase saw her
She just said she was goin' to Texas for a little while
So I'm lookin' for a girl with light brown hair
And hazel eyed, she's not too pretty, but a beautiful smile
She just said, "Well, I'm goin' to Texas for a little while"

Cook in the back he's gettin' curious
He asks the waitress where I'm from
She just says, "Well, I've never seen him
He's prob'ly just a California bum"
Cactus Jack he says, "That's right"
As I walk out into the night
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've got a long, long ride
Five o'clock in the Texas Morning
And I've got a long, long ride
Outside, the sun is up And the wind blows me
Like a Dixie cup Down the highway

Talking To The Wrong Man - Michael Murphy

Hey daddy, I've got a problem
Last night I took my girlfriend for a ride
And the way she touched my hand dad
I got this funny feeling deep inside

So I leaned over and I kissed her
I put my arms around her and then
Well she reached out and she slapped me
She said, "You're just like all the other men"

Son you're talking to the wrong man
If you wanna know what girls are all about
You're talking to the wrong man
Still ain't got your mama figured out

By the way son, I've got a problem
I wonder could you talk with me a while
You see lately your mama she ignores me
Hardly ever gives me a little smile

So I was thinkin' maybe you could show me
The way you younger fellas comb your hair
Think I need to change my style son
Could you show me something really cool to wear?

Dad you're talking to the wrong man
If you wanna know what girls are all about
You're talking to the wrong man
Still ain't got my girlfriend figured out

So I guess we'll just go fishin'
Or maybe head out to that old gold course today
When our buddies ask us about women
I think I know exactly what we'll say

Boys you're talking to the wrong man
If you wanna know what girls are all about
You're talking to the wrong man
Still ain't got them women figured out
Still ain't got them women figured out

We Call Upon the Author - Nick Cave

What we once thought we had we didn't, and what we have now will never be that way again
So we call upon the author to explain

(Doop doop doop doop dooop)

Our myxomatoid kids spraddle the streets, we've shunned them from the greasy-grind
The poor little things, they look so sad and old as they mount us from behind
I ask them to desist and to refrain
And then we call upon the author to explain

(Doop doop doop doop dooop)

Rosary clutched in his hand, he died with tubes up his nose
And a cabal of angels with finger cymbals chanted his name in code
We shook our fists at the punishing rain
And we call upon the author to explain

(Doop doop doop doop dooop)

He said everything is messed up around here, everything is banal and jejune
There is a planetary conspiracy against the likes of you and me in this idiot constituency of the moon
Well, he knew exactly who to blame
And we call upon the author to explain

(Doop doop doop doop dooop)

Prolix! Prolix! Nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!
Prolix! Prolix! Nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!

(Doop doop doop doop dooop)

Well, I go guruing down the street, young people gather round my feet
Ask me things, but I don'r know where to start
They ignite the power-trail ssstraight to my father's heart
And once again I call upon the author to explain

(Doop doop doop doop dooop ...)

We call upon the author to explain

Who is this great burdensome slavering dog-thing that mediocres my every thought?
I feel like a vacuum cleaner, a complete sucker, it's fucked up and he is a fucker
But what an enormous and encyclopaedic brain
I call upon the author to explain

(Doop doop doop doop dooop ...)

Oh rampant discrimination, mass poverty, third world debt, infectious diseease
Global inequality and deepening socio-economic divisions
Well, it does in your brain
And we call upon the author to explain

(Doop doop doop doop dooop ...)

Now hang on, my friend Doug is tapping on the window (Hey Doug, how you been?)
Brings me back a book on holocaust poetry complete with pictures
Then tells me to get ready for the rain
And we call upon the author to explain

(Doop doop doop doop dooop ...)

I say prolix! Prolix! Something a pair of scissors can fix

Bukowski was a jerk! Berryman was best!
He wrote like wet papier mache, went the Heming-way weirdly on wings and with maximum pain
We call upon the author to explain

(Doop doop doop doop dooop ...)

Down in my bolthole I see they've published another volume of unreconstructed rubbish
"The waves, the waves were soldiers moving". Well, thank you, thank you, thank you
And again I call upon the author to explain
Yeah, we call upon the author to explain

Prolix! Prolix! There's nothing a pair of scissors can't fix!

Footsteps - Steve Lawrence

Footsteps, footsteps, footsteps, footsteps.

Why did you say good- bye to me?
Now I'm as lonely as could be.
And as I feel a tear drop fall
I hear your footsteps down the hall
Walking away from me.

Why did yoy say good-bye?
Why did you make me cry?
Now every day I wonder why,
why, why, oh why?
Oh, footsteps,footsteps, footsteps, footsteps.

You're such a harming memory,
I pray that you'll come back to me.
But as I say my evening prayer
I hear your footsteps on the stairs
Walking away from me.

Why did you say good-bye?
Why did you make me cry?
Now every day I wonder why
Why, why, why, oh why?

Oh, footsteps, oh-ho-ho
Footsteps, footsteps, footsteps, footsteps,
Oh-ho-ho, footsteps.......

Just A Friend - All Ends



oh

Who am I to argue
I can't change the color of my eyes

Do we really need this oh please just let me go
I wish that you would understand Im not what your looking for

I want to feel but my heart i gave away
you will heal and your love will never die

I could never say this cuase to you im just a friend
You say you'll always love me, This has to end

I wish that you would understand Im not what your looking for
we tried this so many times now it's time to let it go

I want to feel but my heart i gave away
you will heal and your love will never die

I wish that you would understand Im not what your looking for
we tried this so many times now it's time to let it go

I want to feel but my heart i gave away
you will heal and your love will never die

I want to feel but my heart i gave away
you will heal and your love will never die

Who am I to argue
I can't change the color of my eyes

Buried At Sea - Architects



Send my regards to you and yours
I'm not coming back for you
And I'll hold onto the last memory of you
I'll hold onto you and bury you at sea
How can you watch me split in two?
You've done this before, you know me oh too well
Send my regards to you and yours
And no hope will come from this
So turn around and run
How can you smile when you see me crumbling?
And we all stood back and watched the waves crash down on you
Send my regards to you and yours
And there's no hope for someone as cold as you
You made me sink into the coldest of waves
And I watch you sink into lies that you created

Hunt Them Down - Architects

Hunt them down before it's too late
Now is the time to make the most of their pain
They deserve it for all that they have ruined for you
Don't think or say anything
Don't hold back, you'll regret this night
It's all over
You can finish it tonight
Don't make the same mistake twice, finish them now
Push them down face first to the ground
They deserve it for all that they have done to you

You'll Find Safety - Architects

Find comfort in yourself
Begin to believe, before it's over
Lift your head up
Everybody's talking
Prove them wrong, before your time is up
You keep it all in and you never find a release
Take comfort in yourself
And only you know how to find safety in yourself
Find your faith and find your hope
You'll find safety
I know it's hard to look up when everything is falling down on you
It's hard, but you can make it
Begin to believe
I know it's hard to look up when everything is falling down

Tiimalasi - Leijonamieli

Äiti
mä tiiän et oon ollu vaikee penska
oon pistäny meteliksi, jos heti kaikkee en saa
Turhan äkkipikainen, mä perin sulta luonteen, mut
se sisugeeni auttaa mua viel osuun kultasuoneen
Välillä huudetaan kun pitää nollaa päätä
kumpikaan ei pysty myöntään, et vois olla vääräs
Silti riidan jälkeen et mulle koskaan selkääs käännä
vaan oot seuraavassa vastoinkäymisessä olkapäänä
Sä olit se auttava voima peessä
kun mä kärsin masennuksesta ja kiersin noidankehää
Oon päättänyt, ettei pimeys voita enää
Jos ei musta kuulu pariin päivään, soitat perään
Kysyt oonko mä syöny, onko kaikki ok
Liian usein vastaan sulle vaan, että: "joojoo"
Silti kiitos siitä
mä arvostan sitä, en aina pysty sanomaan sitä
mut mä tarkotan sitä

[Chorus:]
Tiimalasis hiekka käy vähiin jokaiselle
eniten se sattuu kun niin käy sun lähiomaiselle
Ennen kuin on myöhäistä, mä haluun sanoa nyt
sulle äiti, et mä "rakastan sua"
x2

Äiti
sulla täytyy olla kuudes aisti
vaistoot aina kun mä hommiani vastatuules paiskin
Kun sä katot mua, tunnen kuinka sisäinen valos palaa
tiedät kaiken ennen kuin mä ehdin edes sanoo sanaa
Nyt nään tarpeeksi syytä pyytää anteeksi
Yhtään elämänoppiis en voi syyttää valheeksi
Suhun on osottanut syyttävä sormi, vaikka ite oon se ryyppäävä torvi
Ehkä siksi mä tunnen itteni vähän hylätyksi
ihmissuhteet menee vituiks, nukun yöt yhä yksin
Mä kestän sen kun mies, mutten haluu miettii miten mun käy
kun susta aikanaan sammuu liekki
Mä niin pelkään sitä päivää, siks tää biisi
Mun kohdallani ei oo ollu mikään iisii
Niin paljon tunteit, joit en pysty käsitteleen
En haluu tietää, että sunkin aikas vähiin menee

[Chorus]

Mä pelkään
Mä pelkään
Sitä päivää kun mä joudun luopumaan susta
En haluu elää
itsekään
x2

Blood And Peanut Butter - B.C. Camplight



(Male)
Once when I
look and saw u standing by the subway line
but if you found out it was a lie
I would die to know where you lie to go
oh what does it mean
baby it didnt show til 8.15
and should u love another guy
I would die to know where you lie to go
to see him tonight

try a little luck
with a sunny smile and a witty eye
and you may find a smiling guy
and a little air between your lips and mine
oh cry almost like a baby so dont be surprise
if don't find you can comply
when i'm on my knees looking for recipes

chorus:
So wouldn't you answer the phone and tell me you're all alone
i saw you everyday i'm begging you to don't go away

(female)
I don't even know your name
couldn't call you anything
should have call you baby
maybe just a little grant
I dont even like it when you're making all the noise for me
I don't even know your name
couldn't call you anything S

(male)
Hold on you didn't tell me baby you'll be back at dawn
or in the back sit out by your lawn
I would die to know where you lie to go
oh no having trouble finding out which way to go
i'm stuck in slow mo looking on the ground for the love i've found

chorus:
Answer the phone and tell me you're all alone
i saw you everyday i'm begging you to don't go away

(female)
I don't even know your name
couldn't call you anything
should have call you baby
maybe just a little grant
I dont even like it when you're making all the noise for me
I don't even know your name
couldn't call you anything

Back To You - TV/TV

So thats where you said it
You throw it around like you meant it
Now i regret it
Too soon to realize that
She went her way
and I went mine
To throw love away is never fine

Cause all i want to do is love
but that will never be good enough
and all i want to feel whats real
but I'm stuck in the middle, stuck in the middle
Cause I'm just trying to find my way back through to you
I'm just trying to find my way back through, back to you

I feel like a puzzle piece that is always in the wrong place
I'm asking why did we meet it's hard to breathe in a closing space

Don't leave the engine running if your gonna come inside
I would never hurt you darling why must you run and hide
And throw love away
Don't throw it away now

Cause all i want to do is love
but that will never be good enough
and all i want to feel whats real
but I'm stuck in the middle, stuck in the middle
Cause I'm just trying to find my way back through to you
I'm just trying to find my way back through, back to you

So come on come on get close to me
one more time cause this might be be
a soundtrack to a memory
just don't give it up so easily now

Cause all i want to do is love
but that will never be good enough
and all i want to feel whats real
but I'm stuck in the middle, stuck in the middle
Cause I'm just trying to find my way back through to you
I'm just trying to find my way back through, back to you

Somewhere That's Green - Family Guy



He rakes and trims the grass, he loves to mow and weed
I cook like Betty Crocker and I look like Donna Reed
There’s plastic on the furniture to keep it neat and clean
In the Pine-Sol scented air, somewhere that’s green

Between our frozen dinners and our bedtime 9:15
We snuggle watching Lucy on our big, enormous 12-inch screen
I'm his December bride, Chris Griffin he knows best
The kids play Howdy-Doody as the sun sets in the west

A picture out of Better Homes and Gardens magazine
Someday I know, we two will go somewhere that's green

Beauty Town - Ticking Bombs

My hometown memmories
say get my back, to the streets were i belong
10 years old and full of pride it feels like nothing
could ever be wrong

this is a place i call home
this is a place were i belong

(chorus)
Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city number one
i said Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city here we come
i said Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city number one
i said Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city here we come

I remember, when we were young
we were hanging around and playing
were just for fun
when im feeling down sometimes
i think i fall my friends, and all the things, we done

this is a place i call home
this is a place were i belong

(chorus)
Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city number one
i said Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city here we come
i said Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city number one
i said Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city here we come

My hometown memmories
say get my back, to the streets were i belong
10 years old and full of pride it feels like nothing
could ever be wrong

this is a place i call home
this is a place were i belong

(chorus)
Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city number one
i said Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city here we come
i said Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city number one
i said Beauty town, (Beauty town)
punkrock city here we come
here we come
here we come
here we come
here we come

Boyfriend - Asia Cruise



Nooo ohh
Here goes, here goes
Baby tell me what's the deal, deal, deal.
Can I keep it real, real, real.
Tell you how I feel, feel, feel,
Here goes, here goes
I'm ready for all the things baby
That you wanna do
But first I gotta know if I can get
It a small commitment from you,
Okay, okay, okay
Tell me you'll wait, wait, wait.

I know you wanna make it rain for me,
No more drama, no more pain for me.
Maybe we could hold hands,
If you were my boyfriend.
I know you'll give the moon
and the stars above,
That has no meaning
if we're not in love.
We could slow dance,
if you were my boyfriend.
Don't you wanna be my...

Nooo,
ohhhh oo wooo oh
Here goes, here goes
Baby what's it gonna be, be, be.
Is it you and me, me, me.
I'm waiting patiently-ly-ly.
Let's go, come on
Baby let's go.

Baby if you just relax and think
About what we wanna do;
and let your heart lead the way.
It will be okay, okay, okay.
But tell you'll wait, wait, wait.

I know you wanna make it rain for me,
No more drama, no more pain for me.
Maybe we could hold hands,
If you were my boyfriend.
Here goes
I know you'll give the moon
and the stars above,
That has no meaning
if we're not in love.
We could slow dance,
Here goes
if you were my boyfriend.
Don't you wanna be my...
Here goes, nooo...
ohhhh oo wooo oh
here goes, here goes

Sick, Or Determined - Levi Weaver



There's no where to balance between sick & determined
The verdict will be determined by if you keep returning
Even if you're saying "No," atleast you'll let me keep learning
Someday I will figure you out
If it takes all of my years I will figure you out someday

Your password on the rubik's cube, encyrpted in braille
And all it takes is common sense to see your ongoing fail
And I'll fail, and I'll fail, you're a complicated women
But someday I will figure you out
If it takes all of my years I will figure you out someday

And part of what it means to be a man is to believe in something grander than his hands can hold
And faith And love are evidence of something more than circumstance of work beneath the skin and bones
The logical, the monotone, I can't explain but still I know someday I will figure you out

There's no where to balance between sick & determined
The verdict will be determined by if you keep returning
Even if you're saying "No," atleast I'm still learning
Someday I will figure you out
If it takes all of my years I will figure you out someday

Broken - Kelly Rowland



Broken, broken
How could you leave me
Broken, broken

I can say I erased you from my mind
and never think of you
And forget about the friends we made
if that's what I need to do
I can act like the only that you exist
is in a dream
It's the only out of my reality

I can change the channel every time
our favorite show comes on
And get mad at the radio 'cause they
just played your favorite song
I can find another guy and try to
love you out of my life
But it just gets harder every time I try

Oh, that's why I'm...

Broken
And it's hurting me boy, cause you just left me
Broken
And because of you I don't know if I can
Love Again
But I can't believe, boy, that this is the end
Be together once again
Cause boy I'm broken

Broken, broken
How could you leave me
Broken, broken

I can take the pictures that we took
and throw them all away
And every letter that you wrote, boy, I wanna
forget what you had to say
Cause I'll never understand what you
did to me on that day
That's the only part I wish you could replace

Can't you see I'm

Broken
And it's hurting me cause you just left me
Broken
And because of you I don't know if I can
Love Again
But I can't believe, boy, that this is the end
Be together once again
Cause, boy, I'm broken

Oh, if I had a choice
Baby you'd still be right here with me
And, if you give me a voice
Baby, I'd tell you I don't want you to leave
Cause, boy, I'm broken

Broken, broken
How could you leave me
Broken, broken
How could you leave me

Oh can't you see I'm...

Broken
And it's hurting me, cause you just left me
Broken
And because of you I don't know if I can
Love again
I just can't believe, that this is the end
Don't wanna feel this way again
I can find another man
I don't wanna be broken.

Love Again - Kelly Rowland



[Verse 1]
It was not your fault
I had your love then lost
Cuz of what was done to me by another man
And yes I know what could've been
But I assumed if I let you in
You'd come along and only hurt me again

[Chorus]
See I tried to love you, tried to love you but I can't
I was wrong about you, wrong about you understand
How I need to love, need to love you but I can't
Try another love again
I don't wanna love again no

[Verse 2]
All these walls I've built
They were built to keep you out
And now I sit alone because I only box myself in
And now before I could dry my face
Before the broken heart could mend
I didn't wanna fall back down to hoping again

[Chorus]
See I tried to love you, tried to love you but I can't
I was wrong about you, wrong about you understand
How I need to love, need to love you but I can't
Try another love again
I don't wanna love again no

[Verse 3]
Maybe, maybe baby
In another space, another time
I would have loved you first cause this feel right
Oh maybe, maybe baby
In another season of my life
Would've had my whole heart, my soul and my mind
But I can't change the past
I can't look away
Just blame it on all the pain he gave
Cuz I know I tried, yes I know I tried

[Chrous]
See I tried to love you but I can't
See I was wrong about you, wrong about you understand
How I need, I need to love you oh but I can't
Try another love again, I don't wanna love again no

Unity (Stay With Me) - Kelly Rowland

Picking up the pieces
Of a life that I once knew
What will tomorrow bring
Gray skies all around me
I don't know where to turn
Can you help me with this pain

A shooting star
A ray of light
A breeze that calms me in the night
I got your message yesterday
I feel you here
I wish that you could

Stay with me
Two hearts forever
You were the spark that lit the flame
Only if you'd

Stay with me
This love's forever
And in my heart you will remain
Until we meet again

Sitting in the cold room
Waiting for the sun
Will it ever shine again
Pictures frames
The better days
Are swirling in my head
Will I ever find a way

A shooting star
A ray of light
A breeze that calms me in the night
I got your message yesterday
I feel you here
I wish that you could

Stay with me
Two hearts forever
You were the spark that lit the flame
Only if you'd

Stay with me
This love's forever
And in my heart you will remain
Until we meet again

I got your message yesterday
I feel you here
I wish that you could

Stay with me
Two hearts forever
You were the spark that lit the flame
Only if you'd

Stay with me
This love's forever
And in my heart you will remain
Until we meet again

You've gotta slow down
Just slow down
You've gotta slow down
Just slow down

No Man No Cry - Kelly Rowland



No man, no cry.. yeah...

I'm so sick about it
So wrong, but I
Don't know what to do without it
My love, my time, my all
Invested in you so much
I thought I'd never doubt it
Now it hurts so bad,
I wanna scream and shout it
Tell me what happened to the man
That promised the world, and said...

You said that you would be there
Now it seems like you just don't care
And I'm not gonna take it anymore

All of the years that I gave
All of these tears that I waste
I think it's time that I get on with my life
Although I might be alone,
I'm better on my own.
Without you here I'm doing more than just fine
No man, no cry...

It feels good starting over
Me, myself and I, through and through
I thought I told ya
My independence day,
I've found me a brand new life
And though my heart is aching
I get a little stronger with each baby step I'm taking
Looking back on what I've left
I know what I'm doing is right

You said that you would be there
Now it seems like you just don't care
And I'm not gonna take it anymore

All of the years that I gave
All of these tears that I waste
I think it's time that I get on with my life
Although I might be alone,
I'm better on my own.
Without you here I'm doing more than just fine
No man, no cry...

Looky here, see, my eyes are dry
No tears when I said goodbye
Know better than to ask me why
(Don't even try)
Cause I'm gone, so gone
Pack your bags, boy, it's time to carry on
I'm taking back all that's mine

All of the years that I gave
All of these tears that I waste
I think it's time that I get on with my life
Although I might be alone,
I'm better on my own.
Without you here I'm doing more than just fine
No man, no cry...

All of the years that I gave
All of these tears that I waste
I think it's time that I get on with my life
Although I might be alone,
I'm better on my own.
Without you here I'm doing more than just fine
No man, no cry...