Poetry and Lyrics

[LuceLastics]

okies Ange - fer and Laurenloverly- my first attempt at poetry - now be honest with me ladies tell me what you think.


Mrs McGitty..
had only one titty...
to feed her baby on.
The Poor lil F*cker...
had only one sucker...
...to gnash his teeth upon.

 

[Angeline]

okies Ange - fer and Laurenloverly- my first attempt at poetry - now be honest with me ladies tell me what you think.


Mrs McGitty..
had only one titty...
to feed her baby on.
The Poor lil F*cker...
had only one sucker...
...to gnash his teeth upon.

It's better than the King's. lol. And I've seen other stuff you've writ, ya know,

 

[Lauren Hynde]

It sucks!

 

[minsue]

[color=000066]Independence Day
- Martina McBride

Well, she seemed all right at dawn's early light,
though she looked a little worried and weak.
She tried to pretend he wasn't drinking again,
but daddy left the proof on her cheek.
I was just 8 years old that summer
and I always seemed to be in the way
so I took myself down to the fair in town
on Independence Day.

Word gets around in a small, small town.
They said he was a dangerous man,
but momma was proud and she stood her ground.
She knew she was on the losin' end.
Some folks whisper and some folks talk,
but everybody looks the other way
and when time ran out there was no one about
on Independence Day.

Let freedom ring
Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know
that today is a day of reckoning.
Let the weak be strong
Let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away
Let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day

Well, she lit up the sky that 4th of July
and by the time the fireman come
they just put out the flames and took down some names
and sent me to the county home.
Now I ain't sayin it's right or it's wrong,
but maybe it's the only way
Talk about your Revolution...
it's Independence Day.


Let freedom ring
Let the white dove sing
Let the whole world know
that today is a day of reckoning.
Let the weak be strong
Let the right be wrong
Roll the stone away
Let the guilty pay
It's Independence Day[/color]

 

[Tathagata]

Bell Bottom Blues

Eric Clapton - Bell Bottom Blues Lyrics
(by eric clapton)

Bell bottom blues, you made me cry.
I don’t want to lose this feeling.
And if I could choose a place to die
It would be in your arms.

Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you?
Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back?
I’d gladly do it because
I don’t want to fade away.
Give me one more day, please.
I don’t want to fade away.
In your heart I want to stay.

It’s all wrong, but it’s all right.
The way that you treat me baby.
Once I was strong but I lost the fight.
You won’t find a better loser.

Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you?
Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back?
I’d gladly do it because
I don’t want to fade away.
Give me one more day, please.
I don’t want to fade away.
In your heart I want to stay.


Bell bottom blues, don’t say goodbye.
I’m sure we’re gonna meet again,
And if we do, don’t you be surprised
If you find me with another lover.

Do you want to see me crawl across the floor to you?
Do you want to hear me beg you to take me back?
I’d gladly do it because
I don’t want to fade away.
Give me one more day, please.
I don’t want to fade away.
In your heart I want to stay.


I don’t want to fade away.
Give me one more day please.
I don’t want to fade away.
In your heart I long to stay.

 

[lipsticksunset1984]

Lowell George

Willing by Lowell George


been warped by the rain
and driven by the snow
I'm drunk and dirty,
don't ya know,
and I'm still willin'.

out on the road
late last night,
seen pretty Alice
in every headlight.
Alice.
Dallas Alice.

I've been from Tucson to Tucumcari,
Tehachapi to Tonapah.
I've driven every kind of rig
that's ever been made.
I've driven the back roads
so I wouldn't get weighed.

if you give me
weed, whites, and wine
and you show me a sign
I'll be willin'
to be moving.

I've been kicked by the wind
and robbed by the sleet,
had my head stoved in
but I'm still on my feet,
and I'm still willin'.

I smuggled some smokes
and folks from Mexico,
baked by the sun
every time I go to Mexico.

I been from Tuscon to Tucumcari,
Tehachapi to Tonapah.
I've driven every kind of rig
that's ever been made,
I've driven the back roads
so I wouldn't get weighed.

if you give me
weed, whites, and wine
and you show me a sign
I'll be willin'
to be moving.

 

[tungtied2u]

Jim Croce

Jim Croce
I'll Have To Say I Love You In a Song
Written by - Jim Croce
From - I Got a Name
Well, I know it's kind of late
I hope I didn't wake you
But what I got to say can't wait
I know you'd understand
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Yeah, I know it's kind of strange
But ev'ry time I'm near you
I just run out of things to say
I know you'd understand
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Ev'ry time the time was right
All the words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

Yeah, I know it's kind of late
I hope I didn't wake you
But there's something that I just got to say
I know you'd understand
Ev'ry time I tried to tell you
The words just came out wrong
So I'll have to say I love you in a song

 

[tungtied2u]

Lydia the Tattoed Lady

Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg.

Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia The Tattooed Lady.
She has eyes that folks adore so,
and a torso even more so.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is The Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it, The Wreck of the Hesperus too.
And proudly above waves the red, white, and blue.
You can learn a lot from Lydia!

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

When her robe is unfurled she will show you the world,
if you step up and tell her where.
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree,
or Washington crossing The Delaware.

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia The Tattooed Lady.
When her muscles start relaxin',
up the hill comes Andrew Jackson.
Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Queen of them all.
For two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz,
with a view of Niagara that nobody has.
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz.
You can learn a lot from Lydia!

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Come along and see Buffalo Bill with his lasso.
Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso.
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon.
Here's Godiva, but with her pajamas on.

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Here is Grover Whelan unveilin' The Trilon.
Over on the west coast we have Treasure Isle-on.
Here's Nijinsky a-doin' the rhumba.
Here's her social security numba.

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Champ of them all.
She once swept an Admiral clear off his feet.
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat.
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet,
for he went and married Lydia!

I said Lydia...
(He said Lydia...)
They said Lydia...
We said Lydia, la, la!

 

[tungtied2u]

Sylvia Fricker

Sylvia Fricker wrote this song and performed it with We Five. Before that she was half of Ian and Sylvia (guess which half), a wonderful Canadian folk duo. Well worth giving a listen to if you haven't before.

You Were On My Mind
We Five
(Sylvia Fricker)

Got up this mornin? you were on my mind
and you were on my mind.

I got some aches, and
I got some pains, and
I got some wounds to bind.

Went to the corner
just to ease my pain.
It was just to ease my pain.

I got drunk, and
I got sick, and
I came home again.

I got a feelin? down in shoes.
It’s way down in my shoes

I got to move on
I got to travel
Walk away my blues.

(repeat first verse)

 

[SweetBrie]

okies Ange - fer and Laurenloverly- my first attempt at poetry - now be honest with me ladies tell me what you think.


Mrs McGitty..
had only one titty...
to feed her baby on.
The Poor lil F*cker...
had only one sucker...
...to gnash his teeth upon.

Such a lovely poem sexy Luce.

 

[Angeline]

Candy Says
Velvet Underground


Candy says, I've come to hate my body
And all that it requires in this world

Candy says, I'd like to know completely
What others so discreetly talk about

I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly
over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch 'em pass me by
maybe when I'm older

What do you think I'd see
if I could walk away from me

Candy says, I hate the quiet places
That cause the smallest taste of what will be

Candy says, I hate the big decisions
That cause endless revisions in my mind

I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly
over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch 'em pass me by
maybe when I'm older

What do you think I'd see
if I could walk away from me

 

[Angeline]

Paris 1919
John Cale

She makes me so unsure of myself
Standing there but never talking sense
Just a visitor you see
So much wanting to be seen
She'd open up the door and vaguely carry us away

It's the customary thing to say or do
To a disappointed proud man in his grief
And on Fridays she'd be there
And on Wednesday not at all
Just casually appearing from the clock across the hall

You're a ghost la la la
You're a ghost
I'm in the church and I've come
To claim you with my iron drum
la la la

The Continent's just fallen in disgrace
William William William Rogers put it in its place
Blood and tears from old Japan
Caravans and lots of jam and maids of honor
singing crying singing tediously
(Les Tuilleries -- instruments sans voix)


Efficiency efficiency they say
Get to know the date and tell the time of day
As the crowds begin complaining
How the Beaujolais is raining
Down on darkened meetings on Champs Elysee

 

[Angeline]

Andelucia
John Cale

Andalucia when can I see you
When it is snowing out again
Farmer John wants you
Louder and softer closer and dearer
Then again
Needing you taking you keeping you leaving you
In a year and a day to be sure
That your face doesn't alter
Your words never falter -- I love you

I'll be here waiting later and later
Hoping the night will go away
Andalucia Castles and Christians
Andalucia come to stay
You were lost, once before, on a day much like this
When you'd made up your mind not to come
And I couldn't persuade you
Or wait till tomorrow -- or pass the time

 

[twelveoone]

Holy shit!
I just submitted something that quotes one of their songs, I didn't know anybody would ever put this here
any how - I'm set free by the Velvets

I’ve been set free and I’ve been bound
To the memories of yesterday’s clouds
I’ve been set free and I’ve been bound

And now I’m set free
I’m set free
I’m set free to find a new illusion

I’ve been blinded but
Now I can see
What in the world has happened to me
The prince of stories who walk right by me

And now I’m set free
I’m set free
I’m set free to find a new illusion

I’ve been set free and I’ve been bound
Let me tell you people
What I found
I saw my head laughing
Rolling on the ground

And now I’m set free
I’m set free
I’m set free to find a new illusion

Candy Says
Velvet Underground


Candy says, I've come to hate my body
And all that it requires in this world

Candy says, I'd like to know completely
What others so discreetly talk about

I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly
over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch 'em pass me by
maybe when I'm older

What do you think I'd see
if I could walk away from me

Candy says, I hate the quiet places
That cause the smallest taste of what will be

Candy says, I hate the big decisions
That cause endless revisions in my mind

I'm gonna watch the blue birds fly
over my shoulder
I'm gonna watch 'em pass me by
maybe when I'm older

What do you think I'd see
if I could walk away from me

 

[Angeline]

Holy shit!
I just submitted something that quotes one of their songs, I didn't know anybody would ever put this here
any how - I'm set free by the Velvets

...

Oh I know the Velvets pretty well.

And I am a big Lou Reed fan--have been for years. I love this early lyric of his, which he wrote about Andy Warhol (but my favorite album is New York).

Andy's Chest

If I could be anything in the world that flew
I would be a bat and come swooping after you
And if the last time you were here, things were a bit askew
Well, you know what happens after dark
When rattlesnakes lose their skins and their hearts
And all the missionaries lose their bark
All the trees are calling after you
And all the venom snipers after you
Are all the mountains boulder after you

If I could be anything of the things in this world that bite
Instead of being a tethered ocelot on a leash
I'd rather be your kite
And be tied to the end of your string
And flying in the air, babe, at night
Because you know what they say about honey bears
When you shave off all their baby hair
You've got a hairy minded big bare bear
And all the bells are rolling out for you
And stones are all erupting out for you
And all the cheap bloodsuckers are flying after you

Yesterday, Daisy Mae end Biff were grooving down the street
And just like in a movie, her hands became her feet
Her belly button was her mouth
Which meant she tasted what she'd speak
But the funny thing is what happened to her nose
It grew until it reached all of her toes
Now, when people say her feet smell, they mean her nose
And curtains laced with diamonds, dear, for you
And kingdom's Christian sailors (soldiers), dear, for you
And melting ice cap mountains, dear, for you
And knights in flaming silver robes for you
And bats, that with a kiss turn prince for you
Swoop, swoop, oh, baby, rock, rock ...

 

[LuceLastics]

Such a lovely poem sexy Luce.

Finally!!! someone with taste!! thankies Sexy SweetBrie kissy kissy

 

[twelveoone]

Oh I know the Velvets pretty well.

And I am a big Lou Reed fan--have been for years. I love this early lyric of his, which he wrote about Andy Warhol (but my favorite album is New York).

I may be getting off course here, what's your favorite Velvet CD? 3rd? just guessing since you got "Candy Says" It's a shame they broke up I think they probably could have squeezed a couple more good albums out. You can hear them disintegrating on "Loaded". I'm also a little surprised you like them.

 

[Angeline]

Oh I know the Velvets pretty well.

And I am a big Lou Reed fan--have been for years. I love this early lyric of his, which he wrote about Andy Warhol (but my favorite album is New York).

I may be getting off course here, what's your favorite Velvet CD? 3rd? just guessing since you got "Candy Says" It's a shame they broke up I think they probably could have squeezed a couple more good albums out. You can hear them disintegrating on "Loaded". I'm also a little surprised you like them.

Actually, ny favorite is VU, which has the reissues of alot of early stuff on it, including a gorgeous version of Ocean, though I think Foggy Notion is a great great rock song and that's on there too. I like a lot of the stuff with John Cale as well. He was a good foil for Lou, I thought.

And I'm full of surprises. I know music--not just jazz either.

 

[Angeline]

Since I mentioned it...

Ocean
Velvet Underground

Here comes the ocean and the waves
Down by the shore
Here comes the ocean and the waves
Dawn by the sea

birthes a hollow hair
Part of a figure head
It nearly drive me crazy
I am a lazy son
My death would get things done
Mostly they ho-ho-ho

But here comes the waves
Down by the shore
Washing the eye of the land
That has been

Down by the sea, down by the sea
Down by the sea, down by the sea

Here comes the ocean and the waves
Down by the shore
Here comes the ocean and the waves
Dawn by the sea

Insects are evil thoughts
Fought off by selfish men
It nearly drives me crazy
I am a lazy son
I never get things done
Mostly they ho-ho-holler

But here comes the waves
Down by the shore
Washing the eye of the land
That has been

Dawn by the sea

 

[tungtied2u]

Against the Wind

Words and music by bob seger

It seems like yesterday
But it was long ago
Janey was lovely, she was the queen of my nights
There in the darkness with the radio playlng low
And the secrets that we shared
The mountains that we moved
Caught like a wildfire out of control
Till there was nothing left to burn and nothing left to prove

And I remember what she said to me
How she swore that it never would end
I remember how she held me oh so tight
Wish I didn’t know now what I didn’t know then

Against the wind
We were runnin’ against the wind
We were young and strong, we were runnin’
Against the wind

And the years rolled slowly past
And I found myself alone
Surrounded bv strangers I thought were my friends
I found myself further and further from my home
And I guess I lost my way
There were oh so many roads
I was living to run and running to live
Never worried about paying or even how much I owed
Moving eight miles a minute for months at a time
Breaking all of the rules that would bend
I began to find myself searchin’
Searching for shelter again and again
Against the wind
A little something against the wind
I found myself seeking shelter against the wind

Well those drifters days are past me now
I’ve got so much more to think about
Deadlines and commitments
What to leave in, what to leave out

Against the wind
I’m still runnin’ against the wind
Well I’m older now and still
Against the wind

 

[tungtied2u]

These Foolish Things

(Strachey/Marvell/ Link)


A cigarette that bears a lipstick's traces,
An airline ticket to romantic places,
And still my heart has wings...
These foolish things remind me of you.


A tinkling piano in the next apartment,
Those stumbling words that told you what my heart meant,
A fairground's painted swings...
These foolish things remind me of you.


You came, you saw,
You conquered me.
When you did that to me,
I knew somehow this had to be.


The winds of March that made my heart a dancer,
A telephone that rings,
And who's to answer?
Oh, how the ghost of you clings...
These foolish things remind me of you.


The first daffodil and long excited cables,
And candle lights on little corner tables,
And still my heart has wings...
These foolish things remind me of you.


The park at evening when the bell has sounded,
The 'Ile-de-France' with all the gulls around it,
The beauty that is spring's...
These foolish things remind me of you.


How strange, how sweet
To find you still,
These things are dear to me,
They seem to bring you near to me.


The sigh of midnight trains in empty stations,
Silk stockings tossed aside, dance invitations.
Oh, how the ghost of you clings!
These foolish things remind me of you...


These foolish things remind me of you.

 

[tungtied2u]

The Pretender

Jackson Brown

I’m going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I’m going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I’ll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I’ll get up and do it again
Amen
Say it again
Amen

I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
I’ve been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it’s the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You’ll get up and do it again
Amen

Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there

Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight

I’m going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we’ll fill in the missing colors
In each other’s paint-by-number dreams
And then we’ll put our dark glasses on
And we’ll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We’ll get up and do it again
Get it up again

I’m going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender

 

[The Mutt]

When I first heard this it sounded like science fiction
Now it feels too real. "Gonna be different this time..."

Talking Heads
LIFE DURING WARTIME

Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons
packed up and ready to go
Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway
a place where nobody knows
The sound of gunfire, off in the distance
I'm getting used to it now
Lived in a brownstone, lived in the ghetto
I've lived all over this town

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
No time for dancing, or lovey dovey
I ain't got time for that now

Transmit the message, to the receiver
hope for an answer some day
I got three passports, couple of visas
don't even know my real name
High on a hillside, trucks are loading
everything's ready to roll
I sleep in the daytime, I work in the nightime
I might not ever get home

This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
This ain't no mudd club, or C. B. G. B.
I ain't got time for that now

Heard about Houston? Heard about Detroit?
Heard about Pittsburgh, P. A.?
You oughta know not to stand by the window
somebody might see you up there
I got some groceries, some peanut butter
to last a couple of days
But I ain't got no speakers
ain't got no headphones
ain't got no records to play

Why stay in college? Why go to night school?
Gonna be different this time
Can't write a letter, can't send a postcard
I can't write nothing at all
This ain't no party, this ain't no disco
this ain't no fooling around
I'd love you hold you, I'd like to kiss you
I ain't got no time for that now

Trouble in transit, got through the roadblock
we blended in with the crowd
We got computers, we're tapping phone lines
I know that ain't allowed
We dress like students, we dress like housewives
or in a suit and a tie
I changed my hairstyle so many times now
don't know what I look like!
You make me shiver, I feel so tender
we make a pretty good team
Don't get exhausted, I'll do some driving
you ought to get you some sleep
Get you instructions, follow directions
then you should change your address
Maybe tomorrow, maybe the next day
whatever you think is best
Burned all my notebooks, what good are notebooks?
They won't help me survive
My chest is aching, burns like a furnace
the burning keeps me alive
Try to stay healthy, physical fitness
don't want to catch no disease
Try to be careful, don't take no chances
you better watch what you say

 

[LuceLastics]

One of my all time favs.....


Agadoo - Black Lace

Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee
To the left to the right jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night sing with a hula melody

I met a hula mistress somewhere in Waikiki
Where she was selling pineapple playing ukulele
And when I went to the girl come on and teach me to sway
She laughed and whispered to me yes come tonight to the bay

The lovely beach and the sky
The moon of Hawaii
The rum calypso sarong
We'll all be singing this song

Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee
To the left to the right jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night sing with a hula melody

Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee
To the left to the right jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night sing with a hula melody

Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee
To the left to the right jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night sing with a hula melody

Then down on the shore
They gather romance
She showed me much more
Not only to dance

Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee
To the left to the right jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night sing with a hula melody

Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee
To the left to the right jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night sing with a hula melody

The lovely beach and the sky
The moon of Hawaii
The rum calypso sarong
We'll all be singing this song

Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee
To the left to the right jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night sing with a hula melody

Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee
To the left to the right jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night sing with a hula melody

Agadoo doo doo push pineapple shake the tree
Agadoo doo doo push pineapple grind coffee
To the left to the right jump up and down and to the knees
Come and dance every night sing with a hula melody

 

[LuceLastics]

Ok so I guess Agadoo didnt appeal to you all...
So here's one for you Angiefer - I believe you're a Miles Davis Fan right???

Miles Davis - That's The Way....
--------
Hearts of Fire
Creates love's desire,
Takes you high and higher
To a place on the throne...
Hearts of Fire,
Creates love's desire,
Takes you high and higher
To a place you belong...

We come together on this special day,
To sing a message loud and clear.
And looking back we've touched on brighter days...
The future comes...it disappears

Chorus

You can't find, piece of mind...
When you look way down, in your heart and soul.
Don't hesitate, cause the world seems cold.
Stay young at heart, and you'll never, never be
Alone...

That's the way,
Of the world.
A child is born,
In this world, to carry on.
A child is born,
With a heart of gold.
Way of the world,
Turns the heart to stone

Chorus

You can't find, piece of mind...
When you look way down, in your heart and soul.
Don't hesitate, cause the world seems cold.
Stay young at heart, and you'll never, never be
Alone...