Poetry and Lyrics

[Angeline]

(Nothing But) Flowers
Talking Heads

Here we stand
Like an Adam and an Eve
Waterfalls
The Garden of Eden
Two fools in love
So beautiful and strong
The birds in the trees
Are smiling upon them
From the age of the dinosaurs
Cars have run on gasoline
Where, where have they gone?
Now, it's nothing but flowers

There was a factory
Now there are mountains and rivers
you got it, you got it

We caught a rattlesnake
Now we got something for dinner
we got it, we got it

There was a shopping mall
Now it's all covered with flowers
you've got it, you've got it

If this is paradise
I wish I had a lawnmower
you've got it, you've got it

Years ago
I was an angry young man
I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway
This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
Where, where is the town
Now, it's nothing but flowers
The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But I guess I was wrong

Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
you got it, you got it

This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
you got it, you got it

I miss the honky tonks,
Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
you got it, you got it

And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention
you got it, you got it

I dream of cherry pies,
Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
you got it, you got it

We used to microwave
Now we just eat nuts and berries
you got it, you got it

This was a discount store,
Now it's turned into a cornfield
you got it, you got it

Don't leave me stranded here
I can't get used to this lifestyle

 

[tungtied2u]

Heads to Parrot Heads

(Nothing But) Flowers
Talking Heads

Here we stand
Like an Adam and an Eve
Waterfalls
The Garden of Eden
Two fools in love
So beautiful and strong
The birds in the trees
Are smiling upon them
From the age of the dinosaurs
Cars have run on gasoline
Where, where have they gone?
Now, it's nothing but flowers

There was a factory
Now there are mountains and rivers
you got it, you got it

We caught a rattlesnake
Now we got something for dinner
we got it, we got it

There was a shopping mall
Now it's all covered with flowers
you've got it, you've got it

If this is paradise
I wish I had a lawnmower
you've got it, you've got it

Years ago
I was an angry young man
I'd pretend
That I was a billboard
Standing tall
By the side of the road
I fell in love
With a beautiful highway
This used to be real estate
Now it's only fields and trees
Where, where is the town
Now, it's nothing but flowers
The highways and cars
Were sacrificed for agriculture
I thought that we'd start over
But I guess I was wrong

Once there were parking lots
Now it's a peaceful oasis
you got it, you got it

This was a Pizza Hut
Now it's all covered with daisies
you got it, you got it

I miss the honky tonks,
Dairy Queens, and 7-Elevens
you got it, you got it

And as things fell apart
Nobody paid much attention
you got it, you got it

I dream of cherry pies,
Candy bars, and chocolate chip cookies
you got it, you got it

We used to microwave
Now we just eat nuts and berries
you got it, you got it

This was a discount store,
Now it's turned into a cornfield
you got it, you got it

Don't leave me stranded here
I can't get used to this lifestyle

Let's see how this one measure's up.....

Jimmy Buffett

JIMMY BUFFETT lyrics - "He Went To Paris"

He went to Paris looking for answers
To questions that bothered him so
He was impressive, young and aggressive
Saving the world on his own.
But the warm Summer breezes
The French wines and cheeses
Put his ambition at bay
And Summers and Winters
Scattered like splinters
And four or five years slipped away.

Then he went to England, played the piano
And married an actress named Kim
They had a good life, she was a good wife
Bore him a young son named Jim.
And all of the answers and all of the questions
He locked in his attic one day
'Cause he liked the quiet clean country living
And twenty more years slipped away.

Well the war took his baby, the bombs killed his lady
And left him with only on eye
His body was battered, his world was shattered
And all he could do was just cry.
While the tears were falling, he was recalling
The answers he never found
So he hopped on a freighter, skidded the ocean
And left England without a sound.

Now he lives in the islands, fishes the pilin's
And drinks his green label each day
He's writing his memoirs and losing his hearing
But he don't care what most people say.
Through eighty-six years of perpetual motion
If he likes you he'll smile then he'll say
Jimmy, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic
But I had a good life all the way.

And he went to Paris looking for answers
To questions that bother him so.

 

[The Mutt]

You've got it, you've got it...

Angeline, you have exquisite taste. And you eyebrows are sexy as all get out.

 

[tungtied2u]

Appropriate ...

JIMMY BUFFETT lyrics - "Death Of An Unpopular Poet"

I once knew a poet
Who lived before his time
He and his dog spooner
Would listen while he'd rhyme
Words to make ya happy
Words to make you cry
Then one day the poet suddenly did die

But he left behind a closet
Filled with verse and rhyme
And through some strange transaction
One was printed in the times
And everybody's searchin'
For the king of underground
Well they found him down in Florida
With a tombstone for a crown

Everybody knows a line
From his book that cost four ninety-nine
I wonder if he knows he's doin'
Quite this fine

'cause his books are all best sellers
And his poems were turned to song
Had his brother on a talk show
Though they never got along
And now he's called immortal
Yes he's even taught in school
They say he used his talents
A most proficient tool

But he left all of his royalties
To spooner his ol' hound
Growin' old on steak and bacon
In a doghouse ten feet 'round
And everybody wonders
Did he really lose his mind
No he was just a poet who lived before his time
He was just a poet who lived before his time

 

[Angeline]

Re: You've got it, you've got it...

Angeline, you have exquisite taste. And you eyebrows are sexy as all get out.

Thank you for the kind words. But they were Laura Nyro's eyebrows. Mine are, as you see, somewhat less assertive.

 

[Angeline]

Re: Appropriate ...

FINE AND MELLOW
Billie Holiday

My man don't love me
Treats me oh so mean
My man he don't love me
Treats me awfully
He's the, lowest man
That I've ever see

He wears high-draped pants
Stripes are really yellow
He wears high-draped pants
Stripes are really yellow

But when he starts in to love me
He's so fine and mellow

Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you drink and gamble
Make you stay out all night long
Love will make you do things
That you know is wrong

But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home everyday
But if you treat me right baby
I’ll stay home everyday

But you're so mean to me baby
I know you're gonna drive me away

Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on
Love is just like the faucet
It turns off and on

Sometimes when you think it's on baby
It has turned off and gone

 

[Angeline]

I WISHED ON THE MOON
Dorothy Parker / Ralph Rainger

I wished on the moon
For something I never knew
Wished on the moon
For more than I ever knew
A sweeter rose, a softer sky
On April days that would not dance by
I begged on the stars
To throw me a beam or two
Wished on the stars
And asked for a dream or two
I looked for every loveliness
It all came true
I wished on the moon for you

 

[Angeline]

Sugar Mountain
Neil Young

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

It's so noisy at the fair
But all your friends are there
And the candy floss you had
And your mother and your dad.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

There's a girl just down the aisle,
Oh, to turn and see her smile.
You can hear the words she wrote
As you read the hidden note.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

Now you're underneath the stairs
And you're givin' back some glares
To the people who you met
And it's your first cigarette.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

Now you say you're leavin' home
'Cause you want to be alone.
Ain't it funny how you feel
When you're findin' out it's real?

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

 

[Angeline]

Oh, Buffalo Springfield...

There's a woman that you ought to know
And she's coming, singing soft and low
Singing rock and roll, she's a joy to know

'Neath the shadow of a soothing hand
I am free there, just to make my plans
Dream of faraway lands, anything close at hand

And she will follow me wide, do you know
Familiar places she's been by, that I know
Could it be, she don't have to try

And tomorrow, she's a friend of mine
And the sorrow, I see her face is lined
She's no longer blind, she's just hard to find

 

[tungtied2u]

Showing My Roots

I may be getting grey, but this song which came out when I lived near Philly as a teenager is hard to forget.

Good Lovin
Song Lyrics
_________
1 - 2 - 3

(Good love)
(Good love)
(Good love)
(Good love)

I was feeling, so bad
I asked my family doctor just what I had
I said Dr. (Dr.)
Mr. M.D. (Dr.)
Now can you tell me what's ailing me (Dr.)
He said yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah (yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah)
Yes indeed, all I, I really need

(Good love) Now gimme that good good lovin'
(Good love) All I need is love
(Good love) Good good lovin' baby
(Good love)

Now honey please, squeeze me tight (squeeze me tight)
Don't you want your baby to feel alright
I said baby (baby)
Now it's for sure (it's for sure)
I got the fever, yeah
And you got the cure (got the cure)
Everybody yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah (yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah,yeah)
Yes indeed, all I, I really need

(Good love) Now come on and gimme that lovin'
(Good love) All I need is lovin'
(Good love) Good good lovin' baby
(Good love)

(bridge)

(Good love)
(Good love)
(Good love) All I need is love
(Good love) All I want is love
(Good love) Lovin' you early in the morning now
(Good love) Lovin' you late at night now
(Good love) Love, love
(Good love) Love, love, love, love, love

 

[eagleyez]

who do you know
who do you trust
who keeps you sane
who cleans off the dust

whos got ya down
thinking the best roads
lead
outta town

who saves the day
and who stands to make corrections


Bound to get burned
everyother turn
but the future is free
no rolling back

we all want the best
in our own factional worlds
behaves like gasoline
this twenty first century blood.

in this round we are in
the end is hard to imagine
deliver us from now
all this twenty first century blood

Bound to get burned
everyother turn
but the future is free
no rolling back

~jay farrar~

 

[Tathagata]

My Own Peculiar Way- Willie Nelson

It would be a comfort just to know that you never doubt me
Even though I give you cause most every day
Sometimes I think that you'd be better off without me
Although I love you in my own peculiar way

Don't doubt my love if sometimes my mind should wonder
To a suddenly remembered yesterday
Cause my mind could never stay too long away from you
I'll always love you in my own peculiar way

And though I may not always be the way you'd have me be
And though my faults may grow in number day by day
Let no one ever say that I've ever been untrue
I'll always love you in my own peculiar way

 

[tungtied2u]

More Willie Nelson

Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain

In the twilight glow i see her
Blue eyes crying in the rain
When we kissed goodbye and parted
I knew we'd never meet again

Love is like a dying ember
And only memories remain
And through the ages i'll remember
Blue eyes crying in the rain.

Someday when we meet up yonder
We'll stroll hand in hand again
In the land that knows no parting
For blue eyes crying in the rain.

 

[Angeline]

Probably posted it already, but darnit it's a great song--upbeat and full of love. I especially love the first verse.

Love Grows Wild
Buddy Miller

There's a place where love grows wild
Where hearts can trust just like a child
A wild thing it don't need a lot
It just grows on what it's got
It stills grows no matter what

I use to be too hard to care
But till you do you ain't nowhere
Once I just threw love away
But that fool was yesterday
Now my heart is home to stay

Wild grow things on less than a little
And darling I know it'll be
You and me right down the middle where
Love grows wild

Gave up all those valentines
Now I just want the ones thats's mine
I will say I love you so
When I do it you will know
Darling I will never go

Wild grow things on less than a little
And darling I know it will be
You and me right down the middle where
Love grows wild

You give me the sweetest love
You must be straight from above
And you're so good at loving me
You're so fine it's plain to see
This was surely meant to be

There's a place where love grows wild

 

[tarablackwood22]

Shane MacGowan

The Broad Majestic Shannon Shane MacGowan


The last time I saw you was down at The Greeks,
there was whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks.
You sang me a song as pure as the breeze
blowing up the road to Glenaveigh.

I sat for a while at the cross at Finnoe
where young lovers would meet when the flowers were in bloom,
heard the men coming home from the fair at Shinrone,
their hearts in Tipperary wherever they go.

Take my hand, and dry your tears babe,
take my hand, forget your fears babe.
There’s no pain, there’s no more sorrow,
they’re all gone, gone in the years babe.

I sat for a while by the gap in the wall,
found a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball,
heard the cards being dealt and the rosary called
and a fiddle played Sean Dun na ngall.

And the next time I see you we’ll be down at The Greeks,
there’ll be whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks,
for it’s stupid to laugh and it’s useless to bawl
about a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball.

So I walked as day was dawning
where small birds sang and leaves were falling,
where we once watched the row boats landing
by the broad majestic Shannon.

 

[Liar]

I heard this song the other day and fell for it immediately.


Crosses
José Gonzales

Don't you know that I'll be
around to guide you
Through your weakest moments
to leave them behind you

Returning nightmares only shadows
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright
for now

Crosses all over,
heavy on your shoulders
The sirens inside you
waiting to step forward

Disturbing silence darkens you sight
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright
for now

Crosses all over
the boulevard
The streets outside
your window overflooded

People staring,
they know you've been broken
Repeatedly reminded
by the looks on their faces

Ignore them tonight and you'll be alright
We'll cast some light and you'll be alright

 

[Angeline]

Re: Shane MacGowan

The Broad Majestic Shannon Shane MacGowan


The last time I saw you was down at The Greeks,
there was whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks.
You sang me a song as pure as the breeze
blowing up the road to Glenaveigh.

I sat for a while at the cross at Finnoe
where young lovers would meet when the flowers were in bloom,
heard the men coming home from the fair at Shinrone,
their hearts in Tipperary wherever they go.

Take my hand, and dry your tears babe,
take my hand, forget your fears babe.
There’s no pain, there’s no more sorrow,
they’re all gone, gone in the years babe.

I sat for a while by the gap in the wall,
found a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball,
heard the cards being dealt and the rosary called
and a fiddle played Sean Dun na ngall.

And the next time I see you we’ll be down at The Greeks,
there’ll be whiskey on Sunday and tears on our cheeks,
for it’s stupid to laugh and it’s useless to bawl
about a rusty tin can and an old hurley ball.

So I walked as day was dawning
where small birds sang and leaves were falling,
where we once watched the row boats landing
by the broad majestic Shannon.

Go read your poem cutie. I edited it.

es

 

[tarablackwood22]

Re: Re: Shane MacGowan

Go read your poem cutie. I edited it.

es

You too.

es

 

[Angeline]

Re: Re: Re: Shane MacGowan

You too.

es

I saw.

smoochy.

 

[tarablackwood22]

Re: Re: Re: Re: Shane MacGowan

I saw.

smoochy.

I saw too......there's a NYC/Jersey twine going on.

Nice stuff.

 

[Tathagata]

Willie Loco Alexander

a Boston icon
took Lou Reeds place in the Velvet Underground..
Played around Boston for years
I love him
Just got a reissue of his stuff and one of my favorite songs:

Kerouac:


You snuck up pretty fast
Snuck out of the past

Oh Kerouac
You're on the top of my shelf
Kerouac
Up there with no body else

You put up with the trash
Put up with the gas
You. You lived through it all
You laughed through it all

Oh Kerouac
You're on the top of my shelf
Kerouac
Up there with no body else

Just like your brother Gerard
You're both saints
Let 'em call you what they want Jack
You aint what you aint

Oh Kerouac
You're on the top of my shelf
Kerouac
Up there with no body else

 

[Angeline]

I love this lyric

so much I put some of it in my sig line.

Otis Redding did the definitive version (and the Stones version is great, too), but I like the way Buddy Miller does it.

That's How Strong My Love Is
Roosevelt Jamison

If I was the sun, way up there
I'd go with my love everywhere
I'll be the moon when the sun goes down
To let you know I'm still around

That's how strong my love is, baby
That's how strong my love is

I'll be the weeping willow drowning in my tears
You can go swimming when you're here
I'll be the rainbow when the sun is gone
Wrap you in my colors and keep you warm

That's how strong my love is, baby
That's how strong my love is

I'll be the ocean, so deep and wide
I'll dry the tears when you cry
I'll be the breeze when the storm is gone
To dry your eyes and keep you warm

Yes, that's how strong my love is,
so deep and so wide my love is
Yes it so strong, you can't get over it
It's so wide, you can't get around it

That's how strong my love is
That's how strong my love is

 

[DeepAsleep]

I've browsed through some of your postings, here and I'm glad to see Tom Waits fans, though I'm not going to plaster any more of his lyrics....

However.

"Days of the Phoenix" -AFI

I remember when
I was told a story of
Crushed velvet, Candlewax
And dried up flowers.
Those figures on the bed,
All dressed up in roses,
Calling,
Beckoning to sleep,
Offering a dream.
The words were as mystical as
Purring animals,
the circle of rage,
Those ghosts on the stage
Appeared,

The time was so tangible,
I'll never let it go,
Ghost stories handed down
Reached secret tunnels below,
No-one could see me.

(Whoa!) I fell into yesterday.
(Whoa!) Our dreams seemed not far away
I want to, I want to, I want to stay
(Whoa!) I fell into fantasy.

<spoken> The girl on the wall always waited for me and she was always smiling. The teenage death boys. The teenage death girls. ..and everyone was dancing. Nothing could touch us then no one could change us then, and everyone was dancing. Nothing could hurt us then, no one could see us then, and everyone was dancing. Everyone was dancing.

Repeat Chorus.

"Silver and Cold" - AFI

I... I came here by day, but I left here in darkness
And found you, found you on the way
And now, it is silver and silent, it is silver and cold
You, in somber resplendence, I hold

Your sins into me
Oh, my beautiful one
Your sins into me
As a rapturous voice escapes, I will tremble a prayer
And I'll beg for forgiveness
(Your sins into me) Your sins into me
Oh, my beautiful one

Light, like the flutter of wings, feel your hollow voice rushing into me
As you're longing to sing
So I... I will paint you in silver, I will wrap you in cold
I will lift up your voice as I sink

Your sins into me
Oh, my beautiful one, now
Your sins into me
As a rapturous voice escapes, I will tremble a prayer
And I'll beg for forgiveness
(Your sins into me) Your sins into me

Cold in life's throws, I'll fall asleep for you
Cold in life's throws, I only ask you turn away
Cold in life's throws, I'll fall asleep for you
Cold in life's throws, I only ask you turn
As they seep... into me, oh, my beautiful one, now

Your sins into me
Oh, my beautiful one
Your sins into me
As a rapturous voice escapes, I will tremble a prayer
And I'll beg for forgiveness
(Your sins into me)
Your sins into me... oh

Your sins into me
Oh, my beautiful one, now
Your sins into me
As a rapturous voice escapes, I will tremble a prayer
And I'll beg for forgiveness
(Your sins into me) Your sins into...
(Your sins into me) Your sins into me
Oh, my beautiful one

........and, because I'm a big ol' afi nerd, lately

"This Celluloid Dream"


Calling tears from deep inside, oh, you're so exquisite
And in the mirror, all midnight eyes
Oh, if I could remain, but it's just a visit
All midnight eyes read "vacancy"
Twisted, twisting

To the lovely dancing lights, I begged, "May I cut in?"
But they never stopped playing "their song"
Of a joyous song the sing, I've heard whispers
On a freezing note, I resonate

Just like romantic verses, just like a joyous end
Just like a memory, it twists me
Just like romantic verses, just like a joyous end
Twist... twisting me

You land as lightly as the new snow, cinematic
Onto the melting boy, and melt away
You light as gently, you're so cinematic
Bathed in your radiance, I melt

In the glitter, in the dark, sunk into velvet
Praying this will never end
In the shadow of a star, in static pallor
I realized I never began

Just like romantic verses, just like a joyous end
Just like a memory, it twists me
Just like romantic verses, just like a joyous end
Twist... twisting me

You land as lightly as the new snow, cinematic
Onto the melting boy, and melt away
You light as gently, you're so cinematic
Bathed in your radiance, I melt

All the colours upon leaving, all will turn to grey
All the colours upon leaving, all will turn to grey
(All grey) All the colours (All grey) upon leaving
(All grey) all will turn to grey
(All grey) All the colours (All grey) upon leaving
(All grey) all will turn to grey... grey...

You land as lightly as the new snow, cinematic
Onto the melting boy, and melt away
You light as gently, you're so cinematic
Bathed in your radiance

You land as lightly as the new snow, cinematic
You land as lightly as the new snow, and melt away
You land as lightly as the new snow, cinematic
Bathed in your radiance, I melt

...'Scuse the length. Heeh. I'm excitable.

 

[tungtied2u]

For Tath and Ang

U2

Pride (In the Name of Love)

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One man come in the name of love
One man come and go
One man come, he to justify
One man to overthrow


In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love


One man caught on a barbed wire fence
One man he resist
One man washed on an empty beach.
One man betrayed with a kiss


In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love


(nobody like you...)


Early morning, April 4
Shot rings out in the Memphis sky
Free at last, they took your life
They could not take your pride


In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love
In the name of love
What more in the name of love...

 

[Byron In Exile]

Strawbs: Queen of Dreams

Spoke the Queen of Dreams
I was Lord of the Forest
Walked within her paths
Sheltered within her bowers
Pine needles for my pillow
The dove my only true friend
I was Lord of the Forest

Spoke the Queen of Souls
I was Lord of the Ocean
Swam beneath her waves
Sheltered within her shipwrecks
Precious gifts I bring you
From rusting hulls of the deep
I was Lord of the Ocean

Spoke the Queen of Heads
I was Lord of the Mountains
Scaled her highest peaks
Sheltered within her valleys
Climb high upon my shoulders
I will show you the world
I was Lord of the Mountains

I had no head for heights
But closed my eyes to make the climb
Oh Queen of Dreams
Oh Queen of Souls
Oh Queen of Heads
It's time