Poetry and Lyrics

[The Mutt]

"Last Thoughts on Woody Guthrie"
~Bob Dylan


Where do you look for this hope that yer seekin'?

You can either go to the church of your choice

Or you can go to the Brooklyn State Hospital

You'll find God in the church of your choice

You'll find Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State Hospital

And though it's only my opinion

I may be right or wrong

You'll find them both

In the Grand Canyon

At sundown.

 

[The Mystery Valiant]

Prepare to sing

"Bread" was something I was never ready for, I even rejected their music when they came out with their Monster album, "Anthology of Bread". No, I didn't get any of their previous albums. I'd never heard of them before I heard the song, "It Don't Matter to Me". It took me a couple of years before I realized what they were saying in those lyrics. And so having changed my mind, I offer this small gift.

Make It With You
Bread

Hey have you ever tried,
Really reaching out for the other side?
I may be climbing on rainbows
But, baby here goes.

Dreams they're for those who sleep,
Life is for us to keep,
And if you're wond'ring
What this song is leading to

I want to make it with you
I really think that we can make it girl.

No, you don't know me well,
In ev'ry little thing only time will tell,
If you believe the things that I do.
And we'll see it through.

Life can be short or long,
Love can be right or wrong,
And if I choose the one
I'd like to help me through,

I'd like to make it with you
I really think that we can make it girl.

Baby you know that
Dreams they're for those who sleep,
Life is for us to keep
And if I choose the one
I'd like to help me through,

I'd like to make it with you
I really think that we can make it girl.

 

[RhymeFairy]

might be here already, but I love it ~

A Dream Within A Dream


Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow-
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the less gone?
All that we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.

I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand-
How few! yet how they creep
Through my fingers to the deep,
While I weep- while I weep!
O God! can I not grasp
Them with a tighter clasp?
O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?


~~ Edgar Allan Poe

 

[sugarmountain]

Till There Was You

There were bells on a hill
But I never heard them ringing
No, I never heard them at all
Till there was you

There were birds in the sky
But I never saw them winging
No, I never saw them at all
Till there was you

Then there was music and wonderful roses
they tell me in sweet fragrant meadows
of dawn and dew

There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No I never heard it at all
Till there was you

Then there was music and wonderful roses
they tell me in sweet fragrant meadows
of dawn and dew

There was love all around
But I never heard it singing
No, I never heard it at all
Till there was you

 

[Rev_Lovejoy]

If You Go Away

If you go away on this summer day,
Then you might as well take the sun away
All the birds that flew in the summer sky
When our love was new
And our hearts were high
When the day was young,
And the night was long
And the moon stood still
For the nightbird song
If you go away, if you go away
If you go away

But if you stay, I'll make you a day
Like no day has been or will be again
We'll sail on the sun, we'll ride on the rain
We'll talk to the trees that worship the wind
And if you go, I'll understand
Leave me just enough love to fill up my hand
If you go away, if you go away
If you go away

If you go away, as I know you must,
There'll be nothing left in the world to trust
Just an empty room filled with empty space
Like the empty look I see on your face
Can I tell you now, as you turn to go
I'll be dying slowly 'til your next hello
If you go away, if you go away
If you go away

But if you stay, I'll make you a night
Like no night has been or will be again
I'll sail on your smile
I'll ride on your touch
I'll talk to your eyes, that I love so much

But if you go, I won't cry,
The good's gone from goodbye
If you go away, if you go away
If you go away

Jacques Brel/Rod McKuen

 

[eagleyez]

Son Volt

Half the trouble's in the asking
And I know you're not the kind to wait around
Taking chances with no intent to make a killing
Too much living is no way to die
Loose string
Find the pieces don't fit in
Loose string
Coming up for air again and again
Loose string
Too much living is no way to die
See the ground sinking 'round
Tomorrow's a card to play
Same old words heard in storms
Repeated doom
Too many rules, it will bleed you dry
Half the trouble's in the asking
And I know you're not the kind to wait around
Taking chances with no intent to make a killing
Too much living is no way to die
Loose string
Find the pieces don't fit in
Loose string
Coming up for air again and again
Loose string
Too much living is no way to die
Said you haven't seen it all
Just keep on searching for just one single reason
Half the trouble's in the asking
And I know you're not the kind to wait around
Taking chances with no intent to make a killing
Too much living is no way to die
Loose string
Find the pieces don't fit in
Loose string
Coming up for air again and again
Loose string
Loose string

 

[MsBug]

Curious Soul Astray
k.d. lang/Ben Mink

As a child my dreams ran wild
Through fields of disobey
Wandering, wandering, wanting it all
A curious soul astray

As a child my heart ran wild
Through fields of disobey
Loving and laughing and longing to fall
A curious soul astray

I ran with a passionate story
I ran for the wisdom and glory
Away, away I ran

As a child my dreams ran wild
Through fields of disobey
Wandering, wandering, wanting it all
A curious soul astray

 

[MsBug]

Stealing My Heart
Jagger/Richards

Well luck is expensive and freedom comes cheap
When love's on the menu, I don't drink so deep
Well I was just out there to have me some fun
But it's easier said than done

Mmm... we're standing so far apart
We had a string of false starts
I can't seem to stop it now
It grows and it grows and it grows

Stealing my heart, stealing my heart, stealing my heart
Yeah

My cards are on the table, you can look up my sleeves
You say you're honest but love is for thieves
Well I was just out there, chaste as a nun
But it's easier said than done

Yeah, like a shot in the dark
You shoot me right out the park
I can't seem to stop it
It grows and it grows and it grows

Stealing my heart, stealing my heart, stealing my heart
Yeah

Well you've got no money and I've got no charm
While you're in a panic, I stay so calm
Well I was just out there to have me some fun
But it's easier said than done

Yes, yeah, I though I was shot open
Yeah, you were a walk in the park
I thought you were dinner, but you were the shark

Yeah, stealing, stealing my heart, yeah
Stealing, stealing, stealing, stealing my heart
Stealing my, stealing my heart
Stealing my heart, yeah
Come on, come one
Stealing my heart.....

 

[Willows_Tears]

Road Movie to Berlin
They Might be Giants

We’re in a road movie to berlin
Can’t drive out the way we drove in
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
And we’ll go

We were once so close to heaven
Peter came out and gave us medals
Declaring us the nicest of the damned

Time won’t find the lost
It’ll sweep up our skeleton bones
So take the wheel and I will take the pedals

We’re in a road movie to berlin
Can’t drive out the way we drove in
So sneak out this glass of bourbon
And we’ll go

 

[RhymeFairy]

Aprons of Silence


Many things I might have said today.
And I kept my mouth shut.
So many times I was asked
To come and say the same things
Everybody was saying, no end
To the yes-yes, yes-yes,
me-too, me-too.

The aprons of silence covered me.
A wire and hatch held my tongue.
I spit nails into an abyss and listened.
I shut off the gable of Jones, Johnson, Smith,
All whose names take pages in the city directory.

I fixed up a padded cell and lugged it around.
I locked myself in and nobody knew it.
Only the keeper and the kept in the hoosegow
Knew it--on the streets, in the post office,
On the cars, into the railroad station
Where the caller was calling, "All a-board,
All a-board for . . . Blaa-blaa . . . Blaa-blaa,
Blaa-blaa . . . and all points northwest . . .all a-board."
Here I took along my own hoosegow
And did business with my own thoughts.
Do you see? It must be the aprons of silence.



~~ Carl Sandburg

 

[sugarmountain]

Grateful Dead

Attics of My Life

In the attics of my life, full of cloudy dreams unreal.
Full of tastes no tongue can know, and lights no eyes can see.
When there was no ear to hear, you sang to me.

I have spent my life seeking all that's still unsung.
Bent my ear to hear the tune, and closed my eyes to see.
When there was no strings to play, you played to me.

In the book of love's own dream, where all the print is blood.
Where all the pages are my days, and all the lights grow old.
When I had no wings to fly, you flew to me, you flew to me.

In the secret space of dreams, where I dreaming lay amazed.
When the secrets all are told, and the petals all unfold.
When there was no dream of mine, you dreamed of me.

 

[sugarmountain]

More Dead

High Time

You told me goodbye, how was I to know
you didn't mean goodbye, you meant please don't let me go?

I was having a high time, living the good life, well I know

The wheels are muddy, got a ton of hay,
now listen here, Baby, 'cause I mean what I say.

I'm having a hard time, living the good life, well I know.

I was losing time, I had nothing to do,
no one to fight, I came to you.
Wheels broke down, leader won't draw,
the line is busted, the last one I saw.
Tomorrow come trouble, tomorrow come pain,
now don't think too hard Baby, 'cause I know what I'm saying.

I could show you a high time, living the good life, don't be that way.

Nothing's for certain, it could always go wrong,

We could have us a high time, living the good life, well I know.

 

[sugarmountain]

Neil Young

I've Been Waitng For You

I've been looking
for a woman
to save my life
Not to beg or to borrow
A woman with
the feeling of
losing once or twice
Who knows how
could it be tomorrow?

I've been waiting for you
And you've been coming to me
For such a long time now
Such a long time now.

I've been waiting for you
And you've been coming to me
For such a long time now
Such a long time now.

 

[sugarmountain]

Neil Young

"Heart Of Gold"

I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.
It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind,
it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

Keep me searching
for a heart of gold
You keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.

 

[sugarmountain]

Pink Floyd

Comfortably Numb (Gilmour, Waters) 6:49

Hello?
Is there anybody in there?
Just nod if you can hear me.
Is there anyone at home?
Come on, now,
I hear you're feeling down.
Well I can ease your pain
Get you on your feet again.
Relax.
I'll need some information first.
Just the basic facts.
Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child I had a fever
My hands felt just like two balloons.
Now I've got that feeling once again
I can't explain you would not understand
This is not how I am.
I have become comfortably numb.

O.K.
Just a little pinprick.
There'll be no more aaaaaaaaah!
But you may feel a little sick.
Can you stand up?
I do believe it's working, good.
That'll keep you going through the show
Come on it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding
A distant ship, smoke on the horizon.
You are only coming through in waves.
Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying.
When I was a child
I caught a fleeting glimpse
Out of the corner of my eye.
I turned to look but it was gone
I cannot put my finger on it now
The child is grown,
The dream is gone.
I have become comfortably numb.

 

[Angeline]

You Don't Have to Cry
by Stephen Stills


In the mornin' when you rise
Do you think of me, and how you left me cryin'?
Are you thinkin' of telephones, and managers,
And where you got to be at noon?
You are living a reality I left years ago
It quite nearly killed me.
In the long run it will make you cry.
Make you crazy and old before your time.
And the difference between me and you.
I won't argue right or wrong,
But I have time to cry, my baby
You don't have to cry,
I said cry my baby, you don't have to cry
I said cry my baby, you don't have to cry

In the mornin' when you rise
Do you think of me, and how you left me cryin'?
Are you thinkin' of telephones, and managers,
And where you got to be at noon?
You are living a reality I left years ago
It quite nearly killed me.
In the long run it will make you cry.
Make you crazy and old before your time.
And the difference between me and you.
I won't argue right or wrong,
But I have time to cry, my baby
You don't have to cry,
I said cry my baby, you don't have to cry
I said cry my baby, you don't have to cry

 

[sugarmountain]

49 Bye Byes

Stephen Stills

Forty Nine reasons all in a line
All of them good ones,
All of them lies.
Driftin' with my lady
We're oldest of friends
Need a little work, and there's fences to mend.

Steady girl, be my world
`Till the drifter come, now she's gone.
I let that man play his hand.
I let them go, how was I to know?
I'm down on my knees.
Nobody left to please.
Now it's over, they left in the spring
Her and the drifter, looking for beautiful things.
Steady girl, be my world
`Till the drifter come, now she's gone.
I let that man play his hand.
I let them go, how was I to know?
I'm down on my knees.
Nobody left to please.
On my knees,
feeling wrong
Mama's gone
Bye bye baby
Write if you think of it, maybe.
Know I love you. (Know I love you)
Go if it means that much to you.
Hey, but you can run, baby;
If the feeling's wrong before too long it's crazy.
And you're trapped, babe, an you know that's not where it's at, babe.
You're just seein' things through a cat's eye, baby;
That's not my old lady.
Come on and tell me, baby,
you better tell me, baby,
Who do you,
who do you love?
Time will tell us
who is trying to sell us.
Bye, bye, baby,
Write if you think of it, maybe.
Hey, but you can run, baby.
If the feeling's wrong, before too long, it's crazy.
And you're trapped babe, and you know that's not where it's at baby.
You're just seein' things through a cat's eye, baby;
That's not my old lady.
Come on and tell me, baby,
you better tell me, baby,
Who do you,
Who do you love?

 

[sugarmountain]

Easy to be Hard

How can people be so heartless
How can people be so cruel
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold

How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no

And especially people
Who care about strangers
Who care about evil
And social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd?
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend

How can people be so heartless
You know I'm hung up on you
Easy to give in
Easy to help out

And especially people
Who care about strangers
Who say they care about social injustice
Do you only
Care about the bleeding crowd
How about a needing friend?
I need a friend

How can people have no feelings
How can they ignore their friends
Easy to be hard
Easy to be cold
Easy to be proud
Easy to say no

 

[clutching_calliope]

Talk - Coldplay

.....

 

[sugarmountain]

James Taylor

Something In the Way She Moves

Something in the way she moves, or looks my way, or calls my name
that seems to leave this troubled world behind.
And if I'm feeling down and blue or troubled by some foolish game,
she always seems to make me change my mind..

And I feel fine anytime she's around me now, she's around me now almost about all the time.
And if I'm well you can tell she's been with me now.
She's been with me now quite a long, long time and I feel fine.

Every now and then the things I lean on lose their meaning
and I find myself careening in places where I should not let me go.
She has the power to go where no one else can find me and to silently remind me
of the happiness and the good times that I know, and then I just got to go then.

It isn't what she's got to say but how she thinks and where she's been.
To me, the words are nice, the way they sound.
I like to hear them best that way, it doesn't much matter what they mean.
she says them mostly just to calm me down

And I feel fine anytime she's around me now, she's around me now almost about all the time.
And if I'm well you can tell she's been with me now.
She's been with me now quite a long, long time and I feel fine.

 

[MsBug]

Drinkin’ in My Sunday Dress
Maria McKee


I can barely feel the sheets with all these crumbs down in my bed
How can I get to sleep with all this buzzin’ in my head
And who’d have ever thought I’d not complain about a mess
Serves me right I guess, this is what I get
For eatin’ crackers with my gin
And drinkin’ in my Sunday dress

The telephone is by the bottle which is always by my bed
From time to time I give it a rattle to make sure that it’s not dead
I will wait here for your call till I run out of cigarettes
I love to play the part of the damsel in distress
Flickin’ ashes in my coffee
Drinkin’ in my Sunday dress

Well I’ve been on the road to this and I’ve been on the way to this
But who’da thought it’d come to this
Don’t let on you’ve seen me like this
My old transistor’s sounding just as twangy as a Fender
My radiator growls like Elvis after Sunday dinner
I’ve drained my last tequila and I’ve thrown away the blender
I’ve poured out all the wine, from now on nothing but the best
Cognac and Patsy Cline
While drinkin’ in my Sunday dress

Well I’ve been on the road to this and I’ve been on the way to this
I surely ain’t a hypocrite
I’ve had my fun and now I must confess
Our reverend is a kingly soul, repents ‘em on a dime
His bible is not inked in gold, he is not the cheatin’ kind
One Sunday after meetin’ I was in the greetin’ line
He said I’ve seen you from the altar
Gulpin’ down communion wine
Just remember who’s beside you when it’s no business of mine

 

[sugarmountain]

Our House- CSN&Y

I'll light the fire
You put the flowers in the vase
That you bought today

Staring at the fire
For hours and hours
While I listen to you
Play your love songs
All night long for me
Only for me

Come to me now
And rest your head for just five minutes
Everything is good
Such a cosy room
The windows are illuminated
By the sunshine through them
Fiery gems for you
Only for you

Our house is a very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy
'Cause of you
And our la,la,la, la,la, la, la, la, la, la, la.....

Our house is a very, very fine house
With two cats in the yard
Life used to be so hard
Now everything is easy
'Cause of you
And Our

I'll light the fire
And you place the flowers in the jar
That you bought today

 

[cherries_on_snow]

Another Cohen

Saw many people mentioning Leonard Cohen (one of the sexiest men ever to live imho)
but this one wasn't mentioned I don't think.

Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man Lyrics



If you want a lover

I'll do anything you ask me to

And if you want another kind of love

I'll wear a mask for you

If you want a partner

Take my hand

Or if you want to strike me down in anger

Here I stand

I'm your man

If you want a boxer

I will step into the ring for you

And if you want a doctor

I'll examine every inch of you

If you want a driver

Climb inside

Or if you want to take me for a ride

You know you can

I'm your man



Ah, the moon's too bright

The chain's too tight

The beast won't go to sleep

I've been running through these promises to you

That I made and I could not keep

Ah but a man never got a woman back

Not by begging on his knees

Or I'd crawl to you baby

And I'd fall at your feet

And I'd howl at your beauty

Like a dog in heat

And I'd claw at your heart

And I'd tear at your sheet

I'd say please, please

I'm your man



And if you've got to sleep

A moment on the road

I will steer for you

And if you want to work the street alone

I'll disappear for you

If you want a father for your child

Or only want to walk with me a while

Across the sand

I'm your man



If you want a lover

I'll do anything you ask me to

And if you want another kind of love

I'll wear a mask for you . . .

 

[RhymeFairy]

Artist/Band: Brooks Garth
Lyrics for Song: Fishin' in the Dark
Lyrics for Album: Other Songs


Lazy yellow moon coming up tonight
shining through the trees
Crickets are singing and lighting bugs
Are floating on the breeze
Baby, get ready

Cross the field where the creek turns back
By the old stump road
I'm gonna take you to a special place
that nobody knows
Baby, get ready

(chorus)
You and me going fishin' in the dark
Lying on our back and counting the stars
Where the cool grass grows
Down by the river in the ole moonlight
We'll be falling in love in the middle of the night just moving slow
Spend the whole night through
Feels so good to be with you

Spring is almost over and the summer's coming
The days are getting long
I've waited all winter for the time to be right just to take you along
Baby, get ready

And it don't matter if we sit forever
and the fish don't bite
we'll jump in the river and cool ourselves
from the heat of the night
Baby get ready.

 

[bluerains]

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MEDICINE WHEEL
Written and performed by Kate Wolf
http://spikesmusic-folk.spike-jamie.com/kw/MEDICINE-WHEEL.pdf

WHEN THE MORNING BREAKS
AND THE SUNLIGHT WARMS MY SOUL
IN THE EAST THE EAGLE FLIES
AND THE RED-TAIL PROUDLY SOARS
I'M ON MY WAY
TO THE PLACE OF THE SPIRIT ONE
GRANDFATHER HEAR ME NOW I AM ON FIRE.
LET THE SUNDANCE GUIDE MY FEET TO YOUR DESIRE
GIVE ME VISIONS FOR MY EYES
THE WORDS LIKE GOLD THAT SHIMMER IN THE SUN.
HY-AH HY-AH HY-AH.
WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN
AND IT GROWS TOO DARK TO SEE
I LOOK WITHIN TO THE SHAMAN'S MYSTERIES.
I'M ON MY WAY
TO DIE AND LIVE AGAIN
GRANDMOTHER EARTH, I CRY, GIVE ME REST
I TAKE MY PLACE WITH THE WOMAN IN THE WEST
SHOW ME THE RAVEN AND THE BEAR,
THE WAY OF HERBS AND THE BLACK OBSIDIAN.
HY-AH HY-AH HY-AH.
TURN TOWARD THE SOUTH
LIKE THE WATER I WILL RUN
IN INNOCENCE AND TRUST
THE MOONCHILD'S SONG IS SUNG
I'M ON MY WAY
TO THE PLACE OF THE SACRED PLANTS
MY EMOTIONS AND MY WILL AT THEIR COMMAND.
WHERE THE TURTLE'S VOICE IS HEARD UPON THE LAND
WHERE THE WISE COYOTE PROWLS
THE RATTLESNAKE WILL CALL ME TO THE DANCE.
HY-AH HY-AH HY-AH.
IN THE DEEPEST NIGHT
THE STARS WATCH OVER ME
OLD WOMAN OF THE NORTH
MY MIND SEEKS CLARITY
I'M ON MY WAY
TO THE PLACE OF THE NORTHERN WINDS
LET THE THUNDER AND THE LIGHTNING CARRY ME
LAY MY THOUGHTS TO REST
AND SEND ME INTO SLEEP
WITH THE HAWK AND THE BUFFALO,
MY DREAMS WHITE CRYSTAL, MAGIC MEDICINE.
HY-AH HY-AH HY-AH. HY-AH HY-AH HY-AH.