Give us a Song! (lyrics thread)

Levellers - Is This Art?

They took me to the battlefield
Saw the mushroom clouds
Said 'I can see the colours
Even when my head is bowed'
And they showed me the destruction
The slaughter a la carte
And isn't nature wonderful
But is this art?

They took me to the hospital
And pulled aside the sheet
Said 'Look at that pulsating.
Just listen to the beat'
And they showed me the incision
Then took away the heart
And isn't nature wonderful
But is this art?

They took me to the scientist,
Who opened up a phial
He said 'This is only chicken pox
And rhino bile'
And they showed me what it did to mice
They said 'This is just the start'
And isn't nature wonderful
But is this art?

They took me to the tenement
And kicked down the door
They said:'Have you seen the copulation,
Practised by the poor
We select the ones to breed
Then we reject the part'
And isn't nature wonderful
But is this art?
 
Bonnie Tyler - Angel of the Morning -

There'll be no strings to bind your hands
Not if my love can bind your heart
And there's no need to take a stand
For it was I who chose to start
I see no need to take me home
I'm old enough to face the dawn

Just call me angel of the morning
Just touch my cheek before you leave me oh my baby
Just call me angel of the morning
Then slowly turn away from me

Maybe the sunlight will be dimmed
And it won't matter anyhow
If morning's echoes says we've sinned
Then it was what I wanted now
And if we're victims of the night
I won't be blinded by the light oh my baby

Just call me angel of the morning
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby
Just call me angel of the morning
Then slowly turn away from me

Baby baby baby

Just call me angel of the morning
Just touch my cheek before you leave me oh my baby
Just call me angel of the morning
Just touch my cheek before you leave me baby
 
Piece of My Heart - Janis Joplin

Didn't I make you feel like you were the only man, yeah,
An' didn't I give you nearly everything that a woman possibly can ?
Honey, you know I did!
And each time I tell myself that I, well I think I've had enough,
But I'm gonna show you, baby, that a woman can be tough.

I want you to come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby,
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah.
Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah.
You know you got it if it makes you feel good,
Oh yes indeed.
All right!

You're out on the street looking good, honey,
Deep down in your heart I said you know that it ain't right,
Never never never never never never hear me when I cry at night.
Honey, I cry all the time!
And each time I tell myself that I, well I can't stand the pain,
But when you hold me in your arms, I'll sing it once again.

I'll say come on, come on, come on, come on and take it!
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.
Break another little bit of my heart now, darling, yeah,
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby, yeah.
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good — hey!

Now all right!

Now come on, come on, come on, come on and take it,
Take another little piece of my heart now, baby.
Break another little bit of my heart, honey, yeah.
Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it if it makes you feel good.
Hey! Hey! Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
Break it, break it, break it, yeah.
Have another little piece of my heart now, baby,
You know you got it, child, if it makes you feel good.
 
Phil Collins - Against All Odds

How can I just let you walk away, just let you leave without a trace
When I stand here taking every breath with you, oh
You're the only one who really knew me at all

How can you just walk away from me, when all I can do is watch you leave
Cause we've shared the laughter and the pain, and even shared the tears
You're the only one who really knew me at all

So take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face
Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space
And you coming back to me is against all odds and that's what I've got to face

I wish I could just make you turn around, turn around and see me cry
There's so much I need to say to you, so many reasons why
You're the only one who really knew me at all

So take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space
And there's nothing left here to remind me, just the memory of your face
Take a look at me now, cause there's just an empty space
But to wait for you, well that's all I can do and that's what I've got to face
Take a good look at me now, cause I'll still be standing here
And you coming back to me is against all odds
That's the chance I've got to take, oh, oh

Just take a look at me now
 
this is a pretty awesome love song if you listen to the lyrics...i think alot of people miss it.

True Colors - Cyndi Lauper

You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small
But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow
Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy, can't remember
When I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there
And I'll see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow
 
tonks said:
this is a pretty awesome love song if you listen to the lyrics...i think alot of people miss it.

True Colors - Cyndi Lauper
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Good one, tonks - people don't take her seriously (probably because of her clownish image) but she is actually a pretty good artist.
 
Lynyrd Skynyrd - freebird

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be travelling on, now,
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.
But, if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.

Bye, bye, its been a sweet love.
Though this feeling I can't change.
But please don't take it badly,
'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame.
But, if I stayed here with you girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change.
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord help me, I can't change.
 
Shelby Lynne writes some sad songs.

TITLE - Thought It Would Be Easier

ALBUM - I Am Shelby Lynne (2000)

(written by Shelby Lynne and Bill Botrell)

I always thought it would be easier
After you were gone
Thought I could pull myself together
And do fine on my my own

Sometimes I do alright then I remember
How I dreamed it, how I needed it
I thought it would be easier
I thought it would be easier

They never told me I’d be lonely,
Torn up and wasted
But when you saw something else you liked
You couldn’t wait to taste it

How was I to know about the way
You were scheming
I guess I must have been dreaming
I thought it would be easier
I thought it would be easier


I found that old shirt you used to wear
And it really brought me down
Ooh, does she like blue like I do?
I bet she gets around . . .

All I know today is that I,
I can’t stand it
This ain’t how I planned it
I thought it would be easier
I thought it would be easier
 
TITLE - Leavin’
ALBUM - I Am Shelby Lynne (2000)

(written by Shelby Lynne)

Well I guess this is it babe
Reality has hit home hard
No need in puttin’ it off anymore
Just turn away and let me walk out the door

You thought you had it all figured out
But baby, you don’t know what love’s about
It’s time for me to spend some time alone
I’m tired of trying to make this your happy home

(hurts) I’m leavin’
(sad) this time it’s for good
You should have treated me
The way you said you would

(hurts) I’m leavin’
(sad) and you can’t make me stay
I’m tired of hurtin’ you
This ain’t no good anyway

I’m leavin’
I know it’s gonna be hard on ya
Once it really hits you that I’m gone
I spent too much time trying to make things right
When I really knew all along

You’ll be OK in time, baby
But it won’t be today
As you walk around and try to find yourself
Take a look at the bed you made
 
TITLE - Life is Bad
ALBUM - I Am Shelby Lynne (2000)

(written by Shelby Lynne, Bill Botrell and Roger Fritz)

Waste away to nothin’ in a dark dusty tomb
Lookin’ for the traces of what used to be a room
Wipe away the blood from a tormented brow
Solve the wicked problem never asking how

Rock the sinking vessel till it rests on the bottom
Count the waves of water don’t remember forgot them
Taste the stench of livin’ on thin dimes and a dream
Opening an ear to a painful silent scream

Oh, life is bad
Oh no, worst I ever had

Ache and writhe in agony like a vise on aging bones
Tar and acid drip from an ice cream cone
Holding onto a wind that chases the hell
Fallin’ in the darkness of an ever descending well

Caress transparent night as a demon with a sword
Speak with an eloquence never saying a word
Look into the clarity then erase it with the muck
Lying in a pool of conciousness no such thing as luck

To being a beginner, to inventing the end
To livin’ with a stranger, never a friend
Saddle slobbering beast, trouble is abound
Ride the devil’s bronco, never hit the ground
 
TITLE - Black Light Blue
ALBUM - I Am Shelby Lynne (2000)

(written by Shelby Lynne and Bill Botrell)

Black light blue
Heaven’s perfect hue
The ultimate possession
The game you couldn’t lose

The voice in the corner
The song you hardly knew
The terrible admission
Some tragic lonely tune

Slow the spanish dancer on a stage
Black light blue
Is tearing me in two

A mad revelation
Shakespeare isn’t true
The raising of the glasses
The falling into sin

Dying in the desert
The loners lonely end
In the shifting sand oasis

Black light blue
Cock-a-doodle-do

Calling for the innocent
The taming of the shrew
The muting of the colors
The mystical review

Trying for forever, is what you’ll never do
There you stand, alone
Black light blue
 
Wow - sorry for the downer.

On a lighter note:

MONKEY MAN
(M. Jagger/K. Richards)

I'm a fleabit peanut monkey
All my friends are junkies
That's not really true

I'm a cold Italian pizza
I could use a lemon squeezer
What you do?

But I've been bit and I've been tossed around
By every she-rat in this town
Have you, babe?

Well, I am just a monkey man
I'm glad you are a monkey woman too

I was bitten by a boar
I was gouged and I was gored
But I pulled on through

Yes, I'm a sack of broken eggs
I always have an unmade bed
Don't you?

Well, I hope we're not too messianic
Or a trifle too satanic
We love to play the blues

Well I am just a monkey man
I'm glad you are a monkey, monkey woman
Monkey woman too, babe!

I'm a monkey! I'm a monkey!
I'm a monkey man!* I'm a monkey man!
I'm a monkey! I'm a monkey! I'm a monkey! I'm a monkey!
Monkey! monkey! monkey!.......
 
so i am a huge cars fan....this is my favorite.

The Cars - You Might Think

you might think i'm crazy

to hang around with you

maybe you think i'm lucky

to have something to do

but i think that you're wild

and inside me is some child

you might think it's foolish

or maybe it's untrue

you might think i'm crazy

but all i want is you



you might think it's hysterical

but i know when you're weak

you think you're in the movies

and everything's so deep

but i think that you're wild

when you flash that fragile smile

you might think it's foolish

what you put me through

you might think i'm crazy

but all i want is you



and it's so hard to take

there's no escape without a scrape

you kept it going till the sun fell down

you kept it going



you might think i'm delirious

the way i run you down

but somewhere sometime

when you're curious

i'll be back around

and i think that you're wild

and so uniquely styled

you might think it's foolish

this chancey rendezvous

you might think i'm crazy

but all I want is you
 
okay, so maybe i'm a big dork but i love this stuff too!

Billy Joel Lyrics

You May Be Right Lyrics


Friday night I crashed your party
Saturday I said I'm sorry
Sunday came and trashed me out again
I was only having fun
Wasn't hurting anyone
And we all enjoyed the weekend for a change

I've been stranded in the combat zone
I walked through Bedford Stuy alone
Even rode my motorcycle in the rain
And you told me not to drive
But I made it home alive
So you said that only proves that I'm insane

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

Remember how I found you there
Alone in your electric chair
I told you dirty jokes until you smiled
You were lonely for a man
I said take me as I am
'Cause you might enjoy some madness for awhile

Now think of all the years you tried to
Find someone to satisfy you
I might be as crazy as you say
If I'm crazy then it's true
That it's all because of you
And you wouldn't want me any other way

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
It's too late to fight
It's too late to change me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right

You may be right
I may be crazy
But it just may be a lunatic you're looking for
Turn out the light
Don't try to save me
You may be wrong for all I know
But you may be right
You may be wrong but you may be right
You may be wrong but you may be right
 
okay, this is just a damn good song!

Wound up, can't sleep, can't do anything right, little honey,
Oh, since I set my eyes on you.
I tell you the truth.
Twistin' like a flame in a slow dance, baby,
You're driving me crazy.
Come on, little honey, come on now!

Fire! Smoke, she is a rising!
Fire! Smoke on the horizon!
Fire! Smoke, she is a rising!
Fire! Smoke stack lightning!

You shake it up, you're to blame, got me swayin' little honey.
My heart's a ball of burnin' flame.
Oh, yes it is.
Trancing like a cat on a hot tin shack,
Lord, have mercy! Come on little sister, come on and shake it!

Fire! Smoke, she is a rising!
Fire! Smoke on the horizon!
Fire! Smoke, she is a rising!
Fire! Smoke stack lightning!

I was thinking what I've been missing.
I'll tell you truthfully, well.
She's coming close now.
I can feel her.

She's getting close to me.
Fire! Smoke, she is a rising!
Fire! Smoke on the horizon!
Fire! Smoke, she is a rising!
Fire! Smoke stack lightning!

Fire woman you're to blame
 
Still Desire You - Melanie Doane

"You, you leave me wanting more
Leave me waiting at the door
You leave a lot to be desired
You, Leave a lot of things unsaid
Sometimes I say them in my headYou leave a lot to be desired

You never make me eggs in the morning
We never do it on the floor
You never tell me how good I'm lookin'
You don't bring me flowers anymore

You leave a lot to be desired
But I still desire you
And no matter what you do
I will still desire you

You, like to fight about stupid stuff
Leave the seat up if you must
You leave a lot to be desired

You don't know lingerie from laundry
You don't know things that turn me on
You don't know Pepsi ads from poetry
You don't sing me any love songs

You leave a lot to be desired
But I still desire you
And no matter what you do
I will still desire you

So you will never be a star
So you don't drive a real cool car
Sometimes it seems like we're at war
Then I want you even more

You leave a lot to be desired
But I still desire you
And no matter what you do
I will still desire
You leave a lot to be desired
But I still desire you
And no matter what you do
I will still desire you"
 
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