Poetry and Lyrics

[CharleyH]

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Tonight I am thinking "The Scientist" by Cold Play is way too cool. The lyrics are such a sad thing if you think and a - match to the rhythm and atmosphere of the instruments - its haunting and gorgeously loving at the same time - my take tonight, anyhow. Sorry - I am providing not lyrics for a reason. There are some lyrics that need to be heard with the instuments - thats what makes music, after all.

 

[Angeline]

Tonight I am thinking "The Scientist" by Cold Play is way too cool. The lyrics are such a sad thing if you think and a - match to the rhythm and atmosphere of the instruments - its haunting and gorgeously loving at the same time - my take tonight, anyhow. Sorry - I am providing not lyrics for a reason. There are some lyrics that need to be heard with the instuments - thats what makes music, after all.

Are you offering to burn me the cd?

I dunno know nuttin from Cold Play.

 

[MyNecroticSnail]

Dirt - from the chorus, my guess would have been the Byrds

Its been a long time, since Ive spoken to you
Was it the right time
Your current troubles, and you know, theyll get much worse
I hope you know how much you enjoy them
Youre a pig of a person, if theres a justice in this world
Hey, how about that
Your lack of conscience and your lack of morality
Well, more and more people know all about it

Do you remember that song by a dude named bobby fuller
It went like this:
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

We sat around the other night, me and the guys
Trying to find the right word
That would best fit and describe
You people like that
That no principle has touched, no principles baptized
How about that
Theyd eat shit and say it tasted good
If there was some money in it for them

Hey, you remember that song about this guy from texas
Whose name was --- bobby fuller
Ill sing it for you, it went like this:
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

Youre just dirt
Youre just dirt, the only word for you is dirt
Thats the only word that -

- hurt, youre just dirt
Thats all youre worth - cheap, cheap dirt
You know they call it -
Cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt
Youre just - cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt
Youre just dirt - nothing but - cheap uptown dirt
Thats all youre worth - its just - cheap, cheap, uptown dirt
Thats all youre worth now (cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt)
Youre just dirt (cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap uptown dirt)
(cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt)
(cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt)
(cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt)

Lou Reed

 

[cherries_on_snow]

(cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt)
(cheap, cheap, cheap, cheap, uptown dirt)

Lou Reed

Dirt uptown these days isn't so cheap. Even Harlem is expensive.

 

[cherries_on_snow]

Monkey Gone to Heaven

by the pixies

there was a guy
an under water guy who controlled the sea
got killed by ten million pounds of sludge
from new york and new jersey
this monkey's gone to heaven

The creature in the sky
got sucked in a hole
now there's a hole in the sky
and the ground's not cold
and if the ground's not cold
everything is gonna burn
we'll all take turns
i'll get mine too
this monkey's gone to heaven

rock me joe!

if man is 5 if man is 5
then the devil is 6 then the devil is 6 then the devil is 6 then the devil is 6
and if the devil is 6
then god is 7 then god is 7 then god is 7
this monkey's gone to heaven

 

[MsBug]

This one hit the spot the other night while driving.


Runaway Train
Soul Asylum


Call you up in the middle of the night
Like a firefly without a light
You were there like a blowtorch burning
I was a key that could use a little turning

So tired that I couldn't even sleep
So many secrets I couldn't keep
I promised myself I wouldn't weep
One more promise I couldn't keep

It seems no one can help me now,
I'm in too deep; there's no way out
This time I have really led myself astray

Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Can you help me remember how to smile?
Make it somehow all seem worthwhile
How on earth did I get so jaded?
Life's mystery seems so faded

I can go where no one else can go
I know what no one else knows
Here I am just a-drownin' in the rain
With a ticket for a runaway train

And everything seems cut and dried,
Day and night, earth and sky,
Somehow I just don't believe it

Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Bought a ticket for a runaway train
Like a madman laughing at the rain
A little out of touch, a little insane
It's just easier than dealing with the pain

Runaway train, never going back
Wrong way on a one-way track
Seems like I should be getting somewhere
Somehow I'm neither here nor there

Runaway train, never coming back
Runaway train, tearing up the track
Runaway train, burning in my veins
I run away but it always seems the same

 

[MsBug]

Flogging Molly is great drinking music!


Devil's Dance Floor
Flogging Molly


Her breath began to speak
As she stood right in front of me
The colour of her eyes
Were the colour of insanity
Crushed beneath her wave
Like a ship, I could not reach her shore
We're all just dancers on the Devil's Dance Floor

Well swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, a little more next to me
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, on the Devil's Dance Floor

Pressed against her face
I could feel her insecurity
Her mother'd been a drunk
And her father was obscurity
But nothin' ever came
From a life that was a simple one
So pull yourself together girl
And have a little fun

Well she took me by the hand
I could see she was a fiery one
Her legs ran all the way
Up to heaven and past Avalon
Tell me somethin' girl, what it is you have in store
She said come with me now
On the Devil's Dance Floor

Well swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, a little more next to me
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, on the Devil's Dance Floor
Swing a little more, on the Devil's Dance Floor

Well swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, a little more next to me
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, on the Devil's Dance Floor

The apple now is sweet
Oh much sweeter than it ought to be
Another little bite
I don't think there is much hope for me
The sweat beneath her brow
Travels all the way
An' headin' south
This bleedin' heart's cryin'
Cause there's no way out

Well swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, a little more next to me
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, on the Devil's Dance Floor

Well swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, a little more next to me
Swing a little more, little more o'er the merry-o
Swing a little more, on the Devil's Dance Floor
Swing a little more, on the Devil's Dance Floor
Swing a little more, on the Devil's Dance Floor

 

[RhymeFairy]

behind door number two ...

Artist: Kelly Clarkson
Album: Breakaway
Title: Because Of You



I will not make the same mistakes that you did
I will not let myself
Cause my heart so much misery
I will not break the way you did,
You fell so hard
I've learned the hard way
To never let it get that far

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I lose my way
And it's not too long before you point it out
I cannot cry
Because you know that's weakness in your eyes
I'm forced to fake
A smile, a laugh everyday of my life
My heart can't possibly break
When it wasn't even whole to start with

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I find it hard to trust not only me, but everyone around me
Because of you
I am afraid

I watched you die
I heard you cry every night in your sleep
I was so young
You should have known better than to lean on me
You never thought of anyone else
You just saw your pain
And now I cry in the middle of the night
For the same damn thing

Because of you
I never stray too far from the sidewalk
Because of you
I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get hurt
Because of you
I try my hardest just to forget everything
Because of you
I don't know how to let anyone else in
Because of you
I'm ashamed of my life because it's empty
Because of you
I am afraid

Because of you
Because of you

 

[tungtied2u]

Right Down the Line

Gerry Rafferty

You know I need your love, you got that hold over me
As long as I got your love, you know that I’ll never leave
When I wanted you to share my life, I had no doubt in my mind
And it’s been you, woman, right down the line.

I know how much I lean on you, only you can see
The changes that I’ve been through have left their mark on me
You’ve been as constant as the Northern Star, the brightest light that shines
It’s been you, woman, right down the line.

I just wanna say this is my way
Of telling you everything I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of telling you that everyday I’m loving you (so much more)

‘Cause you believed in me through my darkest night
Put something better inside of me, you brought me into the light
Threw away all those crazy dreams, I put them all behind
And it was you, woman, right down the line.

I just wanna say this is my way
Of telling you everything I could never say before
Yeah this is my way of telling you that everyday I’m loving you (so much more)

If I should doubt myself, if I’m losing ground
I won’t turn to someone else, they’d only let me down
When I wanted you to share my life, I had no doubt in my mind
And it’s been you, woman, right down the line.

 

[Tzara]

Cowgirl In The Sand
Neil Young

Hello cowgirl in the sand.
Is this place at your command?
Can I stay here for a while?
Can I see your sweet sweet smile?
Old enough now to change your name.
When so many love you is it the same?
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.

Hello ruby in the dust.
Has your band begun to rust?
After all the sin we've had
I was hopin that we turn back.
Old enough now to change your name.
When so many love you is it the same?
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.

Hello woman of my dreams.
This is not the way it seems.
Purple words on a grey background
To be a woman and to be turned down.
Old enough now to change your name.
When so many love you is it the same.
It's the woman in you that makes you want to play this game.

 

[Angeline]

From Cabin in the Sky (and such a beautiful song)

Listen to Ella sing it!

Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe
EY Harberg and Hal Arlen

It seems like happiness is just a thing called Joe
He's got a smile that makes the lilacs want to grow
He's got a way that makes the angels heave a sigh
When they know little Joe's passing by

Sometimes the cabin's gloomey and the table's bare
But then he'll kiss me and it's Christmas everywhere
Trouble's fly away and life is easy go
Does he love me good, that's all I need to know

Seems like happiness, is just a thing called Joe

Sometimes the cabin's gloomey and the table's bare
But then he'll kiss me and it's Christmas everywhere
Trouble's fly away and life is easy go
Does he love me good, that's all I need to know

Little Joe, my little Joe, little Joe!

 

[RhymeFairy]

I get a daily poem emailed to me.

... this was todays and I am lovin' it ~

A Calendar of Sonnets: October

The month of carnival of all the year,
When Nature lets the wild earth go its way,
And spend whole seasons on a single day.
The spring-time holds her white and purple dear;
October, lavish, flaunts them far and near;
The summer charily her reds doth lay
Like jewels on her costliest array;
October, scornful, burns them on a bier.
The winter hoards his pearls of frost in sign
Of kingdom: whiter pearls than winter knew,
Oar empress wore, in Egypt's ancient line,
October, feasting 'neath her dome of blue,
Drinks at a single draught, slow filtered through
Sunshiny air, as in a tingling wine!

Helen Hunt Jackson

 

[Angeline]

From the Graceland CD

The Boy in the Bubble
Paul Simon

It was a slow day
And the sun was beating
On the soldiers by the side of the road
There was a bright light
A shattering of shop windows
The bomb in the baby carriage
Was wired to the radio
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry
Don't cry

It was a dry wind
And it swept across the desert
And it curled into the circle of birth
And the dead sand
Falling on the children
The mothers and the fathers
And the automatic earth
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all o-yeah
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry
Don't cry

It's a turn-around jump shot
It's everybody jump start
It's every generation throws a hero up the pop charts
Medicine is magical and magical is art, think of
The Boy in the Bubble
And the baby with the baboon heart

And I believe
These are the days of lasers in the jungle
Lasers in the jungle somewhere
Staccato signals of constant information
A loose affiliation of millionaires
And billionaires and baby
These are the days of miracle and wonder
This is the long distance call
The way the camera follows us in slo-mo
The way we look to us all o-yeah
The way we look to a distant constellation
That's dying in a corner of the sky
These are the days of miracle and wonder
And don't cry baby, don't cry
Don't cry

 

[cherries_on_snow]

This Perfect World

I love that one, Angeline. I'm contrasting with the song in my CD player as I brush my teeth and head to bed.

Freedy Johnston
This Perfect World

You oughta see your face
You oughta hear your voice
Last time I was here
I wouldn't turn around
You oughta lock that door
Somebody might get in
Didn't I teach you that

This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
I know I never should have gone away
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done

I see her in your face
Hear her in your voice
Last time I was here
They found her in the lake
You oughta see my scar
You think I'm made of stone
Didn't you tell me that

This perfect world
So blue I can't begin to say
This perfect world
They say that soon I will be gone away
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done

Now I've gone around it's far too late
And these pills won't even let me cry
No one knows you even when you're gone
But I still deserve to say goodbye
No matter what I've done
No matter what I've done

You oughta see your face
You oughta hear your voice
Lock this after me

 

[RhymeFairy]

Remembrance


Your hands easy
weight, teasing the bees
hived in my hair, your smile at the
slope of my cheek. On the
occasion, you press
above me, glowing, spouting
readiness, mystery rapes
my reason

When you have withdrawn
your self and the magic, when
only the smell of your
love lingers between
my breasts, then, only
then, can I greedily consume
your presence.


~~ Maya Angelou

 

[cherries_on_snow]

Thank you for that, RhymeFairy. That was beautiful.

 

[RhymeFairy]

"I Am Not Yours"


I am not yours, not lost in you,
Not lost, although I long to be
Lost as a candle lit at noon,
Lost as a snowflake in the sea.

You love me, and I find you still
A spirit beautiful and bright,
Yet I am I, who long to be
Lost as a light is lost in light.

Oh plunge me deep in love -- put out
My senses, leave me deaf and blind,
Swept by the tempest of your love,
A taper in a rushing wind.


~~ Sarah Teasdale

 

[tungtied2u]

Tired of Being Alone

Al Green

I'm so tired of being alone
I'm so tired of on-my-own
Won't you help me girl
Just as soon as you can

People say that I've found a way
To make you say that you love me
Hey baby, you didn't go for that
It's a natural fact
That I wanna come back
Show me where it's at, baby

I'm so tired of being alone
I'm so tired of on-my-own
Won't you help me girl
Soon as you can

I guess you know that I, uh, I love you so
Even though you don't want me no more
Hey hey hey hey, I'm cryin' tears
All through the years
I'll tell ya like it is
Honey, love me if you will

Yeah baby
Tired of being alone here by myself, now
I tell ya, I'm tired baby
I'm tired of being all wrapped up late at night
In my dreams, nobody but you, baby
Sometimes I wonder
If you love me like you say you do
You see baby, I been thinkin' about it, yeah
I been, I been wantin' to get next to you baby
Ya see, sometimes I hold my arms, I say mmmm hmmm hmmm
Yeah baby
Meeting you has proven to me
To be my greatest dream, yeah

Tired, baby
Yeah, you don't know what I'm talkin' about
Sometimes late at night I get to wonderin' about you baby
Oh baby, baby
I'm so tired of being alone
I'm so tired of being alone
I'm so tired of being alone...
​

 

[TheRainMan]

Wild Irish Rose by Chris Trapper


They're closing down the farmers market
and traffic's building down the lane.
I'm an angry taxi driver's target
but that's okay,
it's just the way he shakes his pain.

Somedays, my lover can't complete me.
Sometimes my work cannot be done.
Somedays, I see my sun as setting
and I don't know, I don't know which way to run.

And everytime I see you dance, my Wild Irish Rose,
I want to jump up on stage with you,
I want to give you my clothes
and let the devil take my soul.

The sign said "Live Exotic Dancers,"
not surprised I find my self inside.
It's like I'm looking for some answer
for why my spirit's dead inside.

And everytime I see you dance, my Wild Irish Rose,
I want to jump up on stage with you,
I want to give you my clothes
and let the devil take my soul.

And I never met my great grandfather,
but I swear I saw his ghost last night.
He looked just like he looked in pictures
except he was not black and white.

And everytime I see you dance, my Wild Irish Rose,
I want to jump up on stage with you,
I want to give you my clothes
and let the devil take my soul.

 

[HotKittySpank]

does anyone here write song lyrics? wondering mind wants to know.

 

[cherries_on_snow]

Yah. Some. I bet lots others do too, (Eagleyez?) You do too, right, HKS? Or am I misremembering your rap thread?

Here's one I wrote for a woman I nicknamed Jessicat. I think you woulda liked her. (Written in 1998)

My heart is so full, it feels like rain.
My heart is so full, all this pleasure feels like pain.

My eyes are so wide, I cannot cry.
My eyes are so wide, they stay open most every night.

Chasing my own tail again: got the hammer or I got the nail.
I chase my own tail again. I'm reminded of a distant friend
Ms Yin (Yin-yang, Yin-yang). Ms Yin (Yin-Yang, Yinnnnnn Yang).

My bed is so soft, I cannot lie.
My bed is so soft, I can't close my eyes, afraid I'll die.

My soul is so deep, she disappears.
My soul is so deep, she ain't said nothing in 30 years.

Chasing my own tail again: got the hammer or I got the nail.
I chase my own tail again. I'm reminded of a distant friend
Ms Yin (Yin-yang, Yin-yang). Ms Yin (Yin-Yang, Yinnnnnn Yang).

(Bridge) I speed up; I slow down.
Each day is
a showdown.
And in the end of the spin, I feel like I'm where I began.

My heart is so full, it feels like rain. My heart is so full . . . (fades)

 

[Tzara]

does anyone here write song lyrics? wondering mind wants to know.

Liar does.

 

[HotKittySpank]

hey guys, thanks! yeah, i thought this thread was originally for lyricists then, upon reading a bit found it was for songs that read like poetry. ?

in a former life i sang with a band, wrote songs. now i take other songs and twist the words to make my kids squeal! i sing opera renditions of rock songs just to irritate them too (guitly pleasure, that) and no, i don't actually 'rap' : ) the idea was to read or say it fast. feelin' that need for speed...zip!


this makes me think... if i wanted to submit poems that you could hear - can i do that at Lit? how? trying to figure out how to submit the illustrated kind too.

just curious : ) thanks again. --hks

 

[HotKittySpank]

Yah. Some. I bet lots others do too, (Eagleyez?) You do too, right, HKS? Or am I misremembering your rap thread?

Here's one I wrote for a woman I nicknamed Jessicat. I think you woulda liked her. (Written in 1998)

thank you for sharing your song. lucky girl to have a song written for her.

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[clutching_calliope]

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