Poetry and Lyrics

[BlueskyBeauty]

~sighs~

Isn't that just a great song, Bluey? I tell you, it puts tears in my eyes when I hear it. Love that whole cd--this song is just gorgeous too.

Morning to you and tungtied and other Litizen poets.



Love's Recovery
Indigo Girls

During the time of which I speak it was hard to turn the other cheek
To the blows of insecurity
Feeding the cancer of my intellect the blood of love soon neglected
Lay dying in the strength of its impurity
Meanwhile our friends we thought were so together
They've all gone and left each other in search of fairer weather
And we sit here in our storm and drink a toast
To the slim chance of love's recovery.

There I am in younger days, star gazing,
Painting picture perfect maps of how my life and love would be
Not counting the unmarked paths of misdirection
My compass, faith in love's perfection
I missed ten million miles of road I should have seen
Meanwhile our friends we thought were so together
Left each other one by one in search of fairer weather
And we sit here in our storm and drink a toast
To the slim chance of love's recovery.

Rain soaked and voice choked like silent screaming in a dream
I search for our absolute distinction
Not content to bow and bent
To the whims of culture that swoop like vultures
Eating us away, eating us away
Eating us away to our extinction

Oh how I wish I were a trinity, so if I lost a part of me
I'd still have two of the same to live
But nobody gets a lifetime rehearsal, as specks of dust we're universal
To let this love survive would be the greatest gift we could give
Tell all the friends who think they're so together
That these are ghosts and mirages, these thoughts of fairer weather
Though it's storming out I feel safe within the arms of love's discovery

i love the cd too! and yes my eyes water a lot when i listen to it.

good morning to you and those lurking

 

[tungtied2u]

Good day.....

The Beatles

Good Day Sunshine

Good day sunshine, good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine.
I need to laugh, and when the sun is out,
I’ve got something I can laugh about.
I feel good in a special way,
I’m in love, and it’s sunny day.
Good day sunshine, good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine.
We take a walk, the sun is shining down,
Burns my feet as they touch the ground,
Good day sunshine, good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine.
And then we lie beneath a shady tree,
I love her and she’s loving me.
She feels good, she knows she’s looking fine,
I’m so proud to know that she is mine.
Good day sunshine, good day sunshine,
Good day sunshine.
Good day sunshine, good day sunshine.


everyone

 

[tungtied2u]

Hejira

Joni Mitchell

I’m traveling in some vehicle
I’m sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
That shell shock love away
There’s comfort in melancholy
When there’s no need to explain
It’s just as natural as the weather
In this moody sky today
In our possessive coupling
So much could not be expressed
So now I’m returning to myself
These things that you and I suppressed
I see something of myself in everyone
Just at this moment of the world
As snow gathers like bolts of lace
Waltzing on a ballroom girl

You know it never has been easy
Whether you do or you do not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of extremities
Or stick to some straighter line
Now here’s a man and a woman sitting on a rock
They’re either going to thaw out or freeze
Listen...
Strains of benny goodman
Coming thru’ the snow and the pinewood trees
I’m porous with travel fever
But you know I’m so glad to be on my own
Still somehow the slightest touch of a stranger
Can set up trembling in my bones
I know - no one’s going to show me everything
We all come and go unknown
Each so deep and superficial
Between the forceps and the stone

Well I looked at the granite markers
Those tribute to finality - to eternity
And then I looked at myself here
Chicken scratching for my immortality
In the church they light the candles
And the wax rolls down like tears
There’s the hope and the hopelessness
I’ve witnessed thirty years
We’re only particles of change I know, I know
Orbiting around the sun
But how can I have that point of view
When I’m always bound and tied to someone
White flags of winter chimneys
Waving truce against the moon
In the mirrors of a modern bank
>from the window of a hotel room

I’m traveling in some vehicle
I’m sitting in some cafe
A defector from the petty wars
Until love sucks me back that way

 

[Angeline]

GOOD MORNING, GOOD MORNING
(John Lennon / Paul McCartney)

Nothing to do to save his life call his wife in
Nothing to say but what a day how's your boy been
Nothing to do it's up to you
I've got nothing to say but it's OK

Going to work don't want to go feeling low down
Heading for home you start to roam then you're in town
Everybody knows there's nothing doing
Everything is closed it's like a ruin
Everyone you see is half asleep
And you're on your own you're in the street

After a while you start to smile now you feel cool
Then you decide to take a walk by the old school
Nothing has changed it's still the same
I've got nothing to say but it's OK

People running round it's five o'clock
Everywhere in town is getting dark
Everyone you see is full of life
It's time for tea and meet the wife

Somebody needs to know the time, glad that I'm here
Watching the skirts you start to flirt now you're in gear
Go to a show you hope she goes
I've got nothing to say but it's OK

Good morning, good morning.

 

[tungtied2u]

It's a Beautiful Morning

The Rascals

It's a beautiful mornin', Ahhh,
I think I'll go outside a while,
An jus' smile.
Just take in some clean fresh air, boy!
Ain't no sense in stayin' inside
If the weather's fine an' you got the time.
It's your chance to wake up and plan another brand new day.
Either way,
It's a beautiful mornin', Ahhh,
Each bird keeps singin' his own song.
So long!
I've got to be on my way, now.
Ain't no fun just hangin' around,
I've got to cover ground, you couldn't keep me down.
It just ain't no good if the sun shines
When you're still inside,
Shouldn't hide, still inside, shouldn't hide,
Ahhhh..Oh! (shouldn't hide) Ah, ah, Oh.....
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(Do, do, Waaa) (Do, do, Waaa)
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There will be children with robins and flowers;
Sunshine caresses each new waking hour.
Seems to me that the people keep seeing
More and more each day, gotta say, lead the way,
It's okay, wednesday, thursday, it's okay,
(Ahhh) monday, wednesday, friday, weekday, Ah, Ah, Ohhh.
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(Do, do, Waaa)

Ah, Ah, Oh, Oh, (Do, Do - Aaaa)
Wooooo oo oo oh, oh, oh, Ah wo, do, waa
Ohhhhhhh.....Oh, Oh, Oh, .....

 

[Angeline]

Well someone

was bound to post this sooner or later, so why not me?

CHELSEA MORNING
Album : Clouds - 1969
Joni Mitchell

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I heard
Was a song outside my window, and the traffic wrote the words
It came a-reeling up like Christmas bells, and rapping up like pipes and drums

Oh, won't you stay
We'll put on the day
And we'll wear it 'till the night comes

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I saw
Was the sun through yellow curtains, and a rainbow on the wall
Blue, red, green and gold to welcome you, crimson crystal beads to beckon

Oh, won't you stay
We'll put on the day
There's a sun show every second

Now the curtain opens on a portrait of today
And the streets are paved with passersby
And pigeons fly
And papers lie
Waiting to blow away

Woke up, it was a Chelsea morning, and the first thing that I knew
There was milk and toast and honey and a bowl of oranges, too
And the sun poured in like butterscotch and stuck to all my senses
Oh, won't you stay
We'll put on the day
And we'll talk in present tenses

When the curtain closes and the rainbow runs away
I will bring you incense owls by night
By candlelight
By jewel-light
If only you will stay
Pretty baby, won't you
Wake up, it's a Chelsea morning

 

[Angeline]

One more before i leave for work...

MORNING MORGANTOWN
Joni Mitchell


When morning comes to Morgantown
The merchants roll their awnings
down
The milktrucks make their morning
rounds
In morning Morgantown

We'll rise up early, with the sun
To ride the bus while everyone is
yawning
And the day is young
In morning Morgantown

Morning Morgantown
Buy your dreams a dollar down
Morning any town you name
Morning's just the same

We'll find a table in the shade
And sip our tea and lemonade
And watch the morning on parade
In morning Morgantown

Ladies in their rainbow fashions
Colored stop and go lights
flashing
We'll wink at total strangers
passing
In morning Morgantown

Morning Morgantown
Buy your dreams a dollar down
Morning any town you name
Morning's just the same

I'd like to buy you everything
A wooden bird with painted wings
A window full of colored rings
In morning Morgantown

But the only thing I have to give
To make you smile, to win you with

Are all the mornings still to live

In morning Morgantown
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See ya later dear poets.

 

[Angeline]

Ain't Nobody Home
BB King (but this version is Bonnie Raitt's)

Once upon a time, a long long time ago,
wherever you'd lead me, I would surely follow
Boy you put me through some pain and misery
And now you're standing on my doorstep,
telling me how much you need me
Baby, ain't nobody home
Ain't nobody home

How many times I begged for you to come home,
but you laughed at me and said let me alone
Through my falling tears I saw you walk away
And now you're beggin' me to forgive you,
but this time, baby, it's your turn to beg
Baby, ain't nobody home
Ain't nobody home

Boy I used to love you,
Placed no one else above you
Gave you everything that I own
But boy you can't come back here
cause there ain't nobody home

Once upon a time, when you went on your way
Boy how I hoped and prayed, that you'd come back some day
But time has made some changes, turned me upside down
So now you beg me to forgive you, but this time, baby, you can
turn right around

Cause there ain't nobody home
Ain't nobody home

 

[BlueskyBeauty]

Norah Jones - vocals, piano
Lee Alexander - bass
Jesse Harris - acoustic guitar
Adam Levy - electric guitar
Sam Yehel - Hammond B-3 organ
Brian Blade - drums

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The summer days are gone too soon
You shoot the moon
And miss completely
And now you're left to face the gloom
The empty room that once smelled sweetly
Of all the flowers you plucked if only
You knew the reason
Why you had to each be lonely
Was it just the season?

Now the fall is here again
You can't begin to give in
It's all over

When the snows come rolling through
You're rolling too with some new lover
Will you think of times you've told me
That you knew the reason
Why we had to each be lonely
It was just the season

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do you like her music ange? i love her new cd, i cant find the words to the songs online anywhere though, but i love this whole cd too. mmm mmm mm

 

[Angeline]

Nothing Seems To Matter
Bonnie Raitt

Seems like such a long time since I held you my arms,
and felt you close and warm beside me,
another night is getting late and I'm alone with just the ache
and the memory of you beside me.

Darling, I've never been so blue,
I've tried to see it through,
there's nothing I can do.
I won't make it on my own,
so won't you please hurry home,
'cause nothing seems to matter without you.

Last time I saw you,
there was nothing we could say,
We knew it was a time for a change,
a time to think you said that night,
and I lied and said all right,
I left you in the morning,
I watched you in the window,
and Mexico will never be the same.

It was time to be apart,
but somehow it seems this heart of mine,
will never find a way to live without you.
And now I'm out here on the road
and I'm feeling bought and sold,
and tonight I just can't help but think about you.

Darling, I've never been so blue,
I've tried to see it through,
there's nothing I can do,
I won't make it on my own
so darling won't you hurry home,
because nothing seems to matter without you.

No, nothing seems to matter without you.

 

[Angeline]

Norah Jones - vocals, piano
Lee Alexander - bass
Jesse Harris - acoustic guitar
Adam Levy - electric guitar
Sam Yehel - Hammond B-3 organ
Brian Blade - drums

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The summer days are gone too soon
You shoot the moon
And miss completely
And now you're left to face the gloom
The empty room that once smelled sweetly
Of all the flowers you plucked if only
You knew the reason
Why you had to each be lonely
Was it just the season?

Now the fall is here again
You can't begin to give in
It's all over

When the snows come rolling through
You're rolling too with some new lover
Will you think of times you've told me
That you knew the reason
Why we had to each be lonely
It was just the season

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do you like her music ange? i love her new cd, i cant find the words to the songs online anywhere though, but i love this whole cd too. mmm mmm mm

I do. But I have to admit that I don't see her so much as a jazz singer as a folkie.

Of the new crop of jazz singers I love Jane Monheit. Know her? She is sorta reminisicent of Ella to me (apparently her grandparents played her a lot of Ella when she was a kid). She has an absolutely beautiful voice.

 

[BlueskyBeauty]

heres another..

Norah Jones - vocals, Wurlitzer electric piano
Lee Alexander - bass
Kevin Breit - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Brian Blade - drums

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The sun just slipped its note below my door
And I can't hide beneath my sheets
I've read the words before so now I know
The time has come again for me

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

Another day that I can't find my head
My feet don't look they're my own
I'll try and find the floor below to stand
And I hope I reach it once again

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

So many times I wonder where I've gone
And how I found my way back in
I'll look around awhile for something lost
Maybe I'll find it in the end

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

 

[Angeline]

Re: heres another..

Norah Jones - vocals, Wurlitzer electric piano
Lee Alexander - bass
Kevin Breit - acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Brian Blade - drums

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The sun just slipped its note below my door
And I can't hide beneath my sheets
I've read the words before so now I know
The time has come again for me

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

Another day that I can't find my head
My feet don't look they're my own
I'll try and find the floor below to stand
And I hope I reach it once again

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

So many times I wonder where I've gone
And how I found my way back in
I'll look around awhile for something lost
Maybe I'll find it in the end

And I'm feelin' the same way all over again
Feelin' the same way all over again
Singin' the same lines all over again
No matter how much I pretend

I saw her do this on tv recently--she was great. Did you know her father is Ravi Shankhar? That's some pedigree.

 

[tungtied2u]

OK- one of my Bonnie favorites

Too Long At the Fair

Too long at the fair

Jesus cried, wept and died
I guess he went up to heaven
I’ve been downtown such a long, long time
I’ll never make it home by seven
Won’t you come & take me home
I’ve been too long at the fair
And, lord, I just can’t stand it anymore

Well I went down to chason’s
Walked ’til my feet got sore
I never knew what laughin’ was
’til you walked out the door
Won’t you come and take me home
I’ve been too long at the fair
And, lord, I just can’t stand it anymore

Well, you can give my soul to abraham
Give my soul to saul
Give my bones to canada
My feet they don’t hurt at all

I don’t know who made the highway
I guess that’s just my pride
But I have heard the prince of darkness
On his charger ride

The silver blade is gleamin’
The scales are in his hands
I swear another night is fallin’,
Don’t you lose another man
Won’t you come and take me home
I’ve been too long at the fair
And, lord, I just can’t stand it anymore

 

[Angeline]

Re: OK- one of my Bonnie favorites

Too Long At the Fair

Too long at the fair

Jesus cried, wept and died
I guess he went up to heaven
I’ve been downtown such a long, long time
I’ll never make it home by seven
Won’t you come & take me home
I’ve been too long at the fair
And, lord, I just can’t stand it anymore

Well I went down to chason’s
Walked ’til my feet got sore
I never knew what laughin’ was
’til you walked out the door
Won’t you come and take me home
I’ve been too long at the fair
And, lord, I just can’t stand it anymore

Well, you can give my soul to abraham
Give my soul to saul
Give my bones to canada
My feet they don’t hurt at all

I don’t know who made the highway
I guess that’s just my pride
But I have heard the prince of darkness
On his charger ride

The silver blade is gleamin’
The scales are in his hands
I swear another night is fallin’,
Don’t you lose another man
Won’t you come and take me home
I’ve been too long at the fair
And, lord, I just can’t stand it anymore

Guess what? I love that one too. Surprized?

(thought not)

 

[Angeline]

One More Bonnie...

(and one of the sexiest songs i've ever heard--well that Billie Holiday doesn't sing )

Love me like a man
Chris Smither (but this version is adapted by Bonnie)

The men that I've been seeing, baby
Got their soul up on a shelf
you know they could never love me
When they can't even love themselves

But I need someone to love me
Someone to really understand
Who won't put himself above me
Who'll just love me like a man

I never seen such losers darlin'
even though I try
to find a mind who can take me home
'stead of taking me for a ride

And I need someone to love me
I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
you can love me like a man

Oh they want me to rock them
like my back ain't got no bone
I want a man to rock me
like my backbone was his own

baby, I know you can
Believe me when I tell you
You can love me like a man

I Come home sad and lonely
Feel like I wanna cry
I need someone to hold me
Not some fool to ask me why

And I need someone to love me
Darlin' I know you can

Don't you put yourself above me
You just love me like a man

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good, huh?

 

[BlueskyBeauty]

I do. But I have to admit that I don't see her so much as a jazz singer as a folkie.

Of the new crop of jazz singers I love Jane Monheit. Know her? She is sorta reminisicent of Ella to me (apparently her grandparents played her a lot of Ella when she was a kid). She has an absolutely beautiful voice.


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i do know who she is ange, i have her music, and yes she has an incredible voice.

you all have such great taste in music.

god i love this place!

 

[Angeline]

I do. But I have to admit that I don't see her so much as a jazz singer as a folkie.

Of the new crop of jazz singers I love Jane Monheit. Know her? She is sorta reminisicent of Ella to me (apparently her grandparents played her a lot of Ella when she was a kid). She has an absolutely beautiful voice.


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i do know who she is ange, i have her music, and yes she has an incredible voice.

you all have such great taste in music.

god i love this place!

have you noticed this place loves you?

 

[BlueskyBeauty]

awwwww

...now that you mention it..yep!! lol

you don't think i'd stick around if i was hated do you? lol

 

[tungtied2u]

Re: awwwww

...now that you mention it..yep!! lol

you don't think i'd stick around if i was hated do you? lol

to paraphrase an Allman Brother's tune:

You're our Bluesky
You're our sunny day
Don't you know it makes us high
When you turn your love our way.

 

[BlueskyBeauty]

Re: Re: awwwww

to paraphrase an Allman Brother's tune:

You're our Bluesky
You're our sunny day
Don't you know it makes us high
When you turn your love our way.

that was worth a basket of these..



ty tt!

 

[tungtied2u]

No darlin, thank you.

A flower such as you, makes our garden all the richer.

 

[tungtied2u]

Karma

Alicia Keyes

Weren't you the one that said, that you don't want me anymore.
And how you need your space, and give the keys back to your door.
And how I cried and tried and tried to make you stay with me.
But still you said that love was gone, and that I had to leave.
Now you, talkin bout a family
Now you, sayin I complete your dream
Now you, sayin I'm your everything
You confusin me
What you say to me
Don't play with me
Don't play with me.
Cause what goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back to me
What goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back
I remember when
I was sittin home alone
Waitin for you
Til 3 o'clock in the morn
And when you came home, you'd always have some sorry excuse.
And explainin to me, like I'm just some kinda fool
I sacrifice the things I want to and do things for you
But when it's time to do for me, you never come through
Now you, wanna be up under me (eyyy)
Now you, have so much to say to me (heyy)
Now you, wanna make time for me
What you do to me.
You confusin me
Don't play with me
Don't play with me.
Cause what goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back to me
What goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back
I remember when
I was sittin home alone
Waitin for you
Til 3 o'clock in the morn
Night after night
Knowin something goin on
Wasn't long before I be gggone
Lord knows it wasn't easy, but believe me.
Never thought you'd be the one that would deceived me.
And never do wha u was supposed to do
No need to approach me boo, cause I'm ova you
Cause what goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back to me
What goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
Gotta stop tryin, to come back to me
What goes around, comes around.
What goes up, must come down.
It's called Karma baby.
And it goes around.
What goes around, comes around,
What goes up, must comes down,
Now who's cryin, desirin to come back to me

 

[tungtied2u]

Alicia Keyes- Samsonite Man

I don't wanna do this over and over

(verse 1)
He's a man so full of style and grace
Any woman'd be impressed
Takes a smile and paints it on your face
Makes you feel like you've been blessed
Promises things so special
Seems to come right from a song
Soon as you begin to feel secure
Turn around and he is gone

(chorus)
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go
Packing his bags,gotta go
He's a Samsonite Man

(verse 2)
Maybe he is just a rollin stone
Wandering from here to there(rollin)
Searching for a place to call his home
Wonder if he even cares
So many years of heartache and pain
Is all you seem to know him for
Is it you, or is it he to blame?
Whenever he walks out your door

(chorus)
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go
Packing his bags,gotta go
He's a Samsonite Man

Where you're always running to, away from me?

(bridge)
If the wind blows you in my direction
You come through to rendezvous
Forget about your good intentions
Leave me lonely and confused
Mr.Samsonite pack a bag
That is my suggestion
From here on out you will be leaving
To my discretion yeah
So I know the game baby
And it will never be the same (no no no no no)
cause now I got him

(chorus)
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go (Now you gotta go)
Packing his bags,gotta go (I can't take it no more)
Packing his bags,gotta go, gotta go (It's all I know him for)
Packing his bags,gotta go
He's a Samsonite Man

Why don't you just go
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah, woah woah yeah yeah
You can't hurt me no more baby
You can't touch me
You can't hurt me no more baby
Gotta go, gotta go

Pack your bag, pack it up
Gotta go, hit the road Jack
You ain't gotta go home, but you can get the hell outta here

 

[BlueskyBeauty]

Alicia Keyes
butterflyz


Lately when I look into your eyes I realize
You're the only one I need in my life
Baby I just don't know how to describe
How lovely you made me feel inside

You give me butterflyz
Got me flying so high in the sky
I can't control the butterflyz

You give me butterflyz
Got me flying so high in the sky
I can't control the butterflyz

It seems like the light you give
From the start you told me I would be your queen
But never had I imagined such a feeling
Joy is what you bring
I want to give you everything

You give me butterflyz
Got me flying so high in the sky
I can't control the butterflyz

You give me butterflyz
Got me flying so high in the sky
I can't control these butterflyz

You and I are destiny
I know now you were made for me

Oh oh ooh
I can't control it
It's driving me
Taking me over

You give me butterflyz
Got me flying so high in the sky
I can't control the butterflyz

You give me butterflyz
Got me flying so high in the sky
I can't control the butterflyz