Deconstructing Songs

[Tatewaki]

But Not For Me

They're writing songs of love, but not for me.
A lucky star's above, but not for me.
With love to lead the way
I've found more clouds of grey
than any Russain play could guarantee.
I was a fool to fall and get that way;
Heigh-ho! Alas! And also, lack-a-day!
Although I can't dismiss the mem'ry of his kiss, I guess he's mot for me.

He's knocking on a door, but not for me.
He'll plan a two by four, but not for me.
I know that love's a game;
I'm puzzled, just the same,
was I the moth or flame?
I'm all at sea.
It all began so well, but what an end!
This is the time a feller needs a friend,
when ev'ry happy plot ends with the marriage knot,
and there's no knot for me.

 

[Tatewaki]

Ain't Got Nothin' But The Blues

Ain't got the change of a nickel
Ain't got no bounce in my shoes
Ain't go no fancy to tickle
I ain't got nothing but the blues
Ain't got no coffee that's perking
Ain't got no winnings to lose
Ain't got a dream that is working
I ain't got nothing but the blues

When trumpets flare up I keep my hair up
I just can't make it come down
Believe me buddy, I can't get happy
Since my ever lovin' baby left town

Ain't got no rest in my slumbers
Ain't got no feelings to bruise
Ain't got no telephone numbers
I ain't got nothing but the blues

 

[Tatewaki]

Just Friends

Just friends
Lovers no more
Just friends
But not like before
To think of what we've been
And not to kiss again
Seems like pretending
It isn't the ending
Two friends
Drifting apart
Two friends
But one broken heart
We loved we laughed we cried
Then suddenly love died
The story ends
And we're
Just friends
We loved we laughed and we cried
Then suddenly love died
The story ends
And we're
Just friends

 

[Tatewaki]

Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out

Well, once I lived the life of a millionaire,
Spent all my money, didn't have any cares.
Took my friends out for a a mighty fine time
Boot leg whiskey, champagne and wine

Then I began to fall so low,
Lost all my good friends had no place to go
If I get my hands on a dollar again
I'm gonna hold on to it until the old eagle grins

Nobody knows you when you're down and out
In your pocket not one penny
And as for friends, you ain't got any.

Soon as you get on your feet again,
Everybody wants to be your long-lost friend
I think it's strange, without any doubt
Nobody knows you when you're down and out

 

[Tatewaki]

THEM THERE EYES

I fell in love with you first time I looked into
Them there eyes
You've got a certain lil' cute way of flirtin' with
Them there eyes
They make me feel happy
They make me feel blue
No stallin'
I'm fallin'
Going in a big way for sweet little you
My heart is jumpin'
Sure started somethin with
Them there eyes
You'de better watch them if you're wise
They sparkle
They bubble
They're gonna get you in a whole lot of trouble
You're overworkin' them
There's danger lurkin' in
Them there eyes

Maybe you think I'm just flirtin'
Maybe you think I'm all lies
Just because I get romantic when I gaze in
Them there eyes

 

[Tatewaki]

Willow Weep for Me

Willow weep for me
Willow weep for me
Bent your branches down along the ground and cover me
Listen to my plea
Hear me willow and weep for me

Gone my lovely dreams
Lovely summer dreams
Gone and left me here
To weep my tears along the stream
Sad as I can be
Hear me willow and weep for me

Whisper to the wind and say they love has sinned
To leave my heart a sign
And crying alone
Murmur to the night
Hide her starry light
So none will find me sighing
Crying all alone

Weeping willow tree
Weeping sympathy
Bent your branches down along the ground and cover me
Listen to me plea
Hear me willow and weep for me
Willow, willow, weep for me

 

[Tatewaki]

Solitude

In my solitude you haunt me
With reveries of days gone by
In my solitude you taunt me
With memories that never die

I sit in my chair
Filled with despair
Nobody could be so sad
With gloom ev'rywhere
I sit and I stare
I know that I'll soon go mad

In my solitude
I'm praying
Dear Lord above
Send back my love

 

[Tatewaki]

Not Jazz, but Sadness Incarnate Regardless

"I Can't Make You Love Me"

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me, tell me no lies
Just hold me close, don't patronize (don't patronize me)

Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these lonely hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no, you won't
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't

I'll close my eyes, then I won't see
The love you don't feel when you're holding me
Morning will come and I'll do what's right
Just give me till then to give up this fight (and I will give up this fight)

Cause I can't make you love me if you don't
You can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these lonely hours
I will lay down my heart and I'll feel the power
But you won't, no, you won't
Cause I can't make you love me if you don't

 

[Tatewaki]

Prince - Excellent tracks for feeling good, or not-so-good

Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?

There's some talk going 'round town
That you really don't give a damn
They say you really put me down
When I'm doing the best I can
I gave you all of my love
I even gave you my body
Tell me, baby, ain't that enough?
What more do you want me to do?
I play the fool when we're together
But I cry when we're apart, yeah
I couldn't do you no better
Don't break what left of my broken heart, baby

Why you wanna treat me so bad
When you know I love you?
How can you do this to me
When you know I care?
Why you wanna treat me so bad
When you know I love you?

You know, I try so hard
To keep you satisfied
Sometimes you play the part
Sometimes you're so full of pride
And if it's still good to ya
Why you wanna treat me so bad?
You used to love it when I'd do you
You used to say I was the best you'd ever had

I play the fool when we're together
I give you everything I can, yeah
And if it's still good to ya
There's something that I can't understand

Why you wanna treat me so bad
When you know I love you?
How can you do this to me
When you know I care?
Why you wanna treat me so bad
When you know I love you?

 

[Tatewaki]

Gotta Broken Heart Again

I've gotta broken heart again
Cuz we're only supposed to be friends
You see he stole my old lady away from me
And now I'm just as blue as I can be
I've gotta broken heart again
Cuz I ain't got no money to spend
You see I spend it all on long distance phone calls
Beggin her to please come home, yeah, yeah
Ah, yeah
It doesn't matter what I do
I can't stop, ah, thinking about uou
The little things you said
The things you do to me in bed
Oh baby, I can't get you outta my head
Oh, oh, gotta broken heart again, yeah
This time it's serious
It feels just like the end
Cuz once your love has gone away
There ain't nothing, nothing left to say

 

[Tatewaki]

When You Were Mine

When you were mine
I gave you all of my money
Time after time
You done me wrong
It was just like a dream
You let all my friends come over and meet
And you were so strange
You didn't have the decency To change the sheets

Oh girl, when you were mine
I used to let you wear all my clothes
You were so fine (so fine)
Maybe that's the reason
That it hurt me so

I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (don't care)
Cuz I love u, baby, that's no lie
I love you more than I did
When you were mine

When you were mine
You were kinda sorta my best friend
So I was blind (so blind)
I let you fool around
I never cared (didn't care)
I never was the kind to make a fuss
When he was there
Sleeping inbetween the two of us

I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (don't care)
Cuz I love you, baby, that's no lie
I love you more than I did
When you were mine

When you were mine
U were all I ever wanted to do
Now I spend my time
Following him whenever he's with you

I know (I know)
That you're going with another guy
I don't care (don't care)
Cuz I love you, baby, that's no lie
I love you more that I did
When you were mine

When you were mine, yeah, oh no
Love you, baby
Love you, baby
When you were mine

 

[Tatewaki]

Thieves in the Temple

Love come quick
Love come in a hurry
There are thieves in the temple tonight

They don't care where they kick
Just as long as they hurt u
There are thieves in the temple tonight

Love if u're there come save me
From all this cold despair
I can hang when u're around
But I'll surely die
If u're not there

Love come quick
Love come in a hurry
There are thieves in the temple tonight

I feel like I'm looking for my soul (Soul)
Like a poor man looking for gold (Gold)
There are thieves in the temple tonight

Voices from the sky say rely on your best friend to pull u through
But even if I wanted 2 I couldn't really truely 'cause my only friend is u

Come on

There are thieves in the temple tonight

Kicking me in my heart, tearing me all apart
(Tearing me, tearing me, tearing me all apart)
'Cause me and u could have been a work of art
Thieves in the temple

Baby don't u know I'm holding on
The best that I can
Love please help me be
The better man

Better than the thieves in the temple
In the temple tonight

Oh, thieves in the temple (Tonight) tonight
Hurt me

Love come quick
Love come in a hurry
There are thieves in the temple tonight

Thieves in the temple

U said u loved me! (Thieves in the temple)
U said I was your friend! (Thieves in the temple)
U were supposed to take care of me! (Love come quick) {Thieves in the temple}
U lie! Love come (Lie!) in a hurry (Lie!)

Thieves in the temple tonight

 

[Tatewaki]

I Hate U

U have just accessed the Hate Experience
Do U wish 2 change your entry?
Very well, please enjoy your experience
I never thought that U would be the one
After all the things that we've been through
U gave your body 2 another in the name of fun
I hope U had some baby, if not, boo hoo

CHORUS:
It's so sad but I hate U like a day without sunshine
It's so bad but I hate U cuz U're all that's ever on my mind
Honey, I hate U - Now everyday would be a waste of time
Cuz I hate U

I never thought that I could feel this way
2 fall in love was a table reserved 4 fools
Say U're sorry if U wanna but it's all in vain
I'm out the door sweet baby, that's right, we're through

CHORUS

This court is now in session
Would the defendant please rise?
State your name 4 the court
Never mind (Billy Jack Bitch)
U're being charged with one 2 many counts of heartbreaking
In the 1st degree
I don't give a damn about the others
My main concern is U and me

Your honor, may I call 2 the stand my one and only witness?
A girl that know damn well she didn't have no damn business
I know what U did, how U did it and uh.. who U did it with
So U might as well plead guilty cuz U sure can't plead the 5th
Now raise your right hand
Do U swear 2 tell the whole truth
Not the half truth like U used 2 so help U God?
Nod your head one time if U hear me
If U don't, I'll have 2 use the rod
Anything 2 make U see that uh.. U're gonna miss me
Yeah, U're gonna miss me
Uh, uh, uh, oh!

If it please the court
I'd like 2 have the defendant place her hands behind her back
So I can tie her up tight and get into the act
The act of showing her how good it used 2 be
I want it 2 be so good she falls back in love with me

Close your eyes
I'm gonna cover your ass with this sheet
And I want U 2 pump your hips like U used 2
And, baby, U better stay on the beat
Did U do 2 your other man the same things that U did 2 me?
Right now I hate U so much I wanna make love until U see
That it's killin' me, baby, 2 be without U
Cuz all I ever wanted 2 do was 2 be with U ... ow!

I hate U (I hate U)
Because I love U (Because I love U)
But I can't love U (I can't love U)
Because I hate U (I hate U)

Because I love U
I love U, baby
I love U {x3}

I love U cuz U're all that's ever on my mind
I hate U because I love U

 

[Tatewaki]

How Come U Don't Call Me Anymore?

I keep your picture beside my bed
And I still remember everything u said
I always thought our love was so right
I guess I was wrong
I always thought u'd be by my side
Mama, now u're gone

What I wanna know baby, what we had was good
How come u don't call me anymore?
Yeah

Listen
I still light the fire on a rainy night
I still like it better when u holding me tight
Now hold it
Everybody said, everybody said that we should never part
Oh yeah
I always did think we looked kind of cute together myself
Say to me baby, baby, baby, why, why u wanna go and break my
heart?
Why'd u wanna do it?

All I wanna know baby, what we had was good
How come u don't call me anymore?
Why don't u call me girl?

Sometimes it feels like I'm gonna die
If u don't call me, mama, girl, u gotta try
Down on my knees beggin' u please, please

Why can't u call me sometime baby, yeah

Just one lousy dime, baby
Why can't u call me sometime?
Oh, no, no
Why on earth can't u just pick up the phone? Yeah
U know I don't like bein' alone
Why?
Why must u torture me?
Why u gotta torment me so?

 

[Tatewaki]

Ron Isley - Contagious

"Contagious"

[Verse 1]

Its 2 A.M. I'm just gettin in about to check my message,
no one has called but my homies and some billcollectors.
Say your love when somebody wants to borrow money
I two-way her she don't hit me back something is funny.
So I called her mother's house and asked has she seen my baby.
Roll my six around lookin for that missing lady.
Got back in turned the TV on and caught the news
then I put my hand on my head cause I'm so confused.
And then I turned the TV down
cause I thought I heard a squicky sound,
somethings going on upstairs
and I know nobody else lives here
"bump bump bump" as I get closer to the stairways all I hear
then I hear my babies voice in my ear screamin
out....

[Chorus]

Your contagious, touch me baby give me what you got
(then a man said) sexy lady drive me crazy, drive me wild

[Verse 2]

I ran downstairs looked in the closet lookin for that ooo,
said a prayer cause only God knows what I'm gonna do
what I saw was enough to drive a Preacher wild
I'm in the hall contemplatin "not in my own damn house".
Who would have thought she was creepin wit another man?
The down low happenin to me all over again
and then I turned the TV down
cause I know I heard a squicky sound,
something going on upstairs cause I know no one else lives here
"bump bump bump" as I get closer to the stairways all I hear,
then I hear my babies voice in my ear screamin....

[Chorus]

Your contagious, touch me baby give me what you got
sexy lady drive me crazy, drive me wild

[Verse 3]

What the hell is goin on between the sheets in my home?
Baby wait let me explain before you start to point your cain.
Girl I'm bout to have a fit
"oh its bout to be some shit!"
How did I get in to this? Should have never came home with this bitch!
Low down dirty woman, back to where you come from
"but baby wait" but wait my ass
hit the streets your ass is grass!
Now Mista Biggs before you jump
"Wait how you know my name son?"
"Honey wait I was gonna tell ya"
" Move this cat looks real familiar"
Hmmm?!?! Now don't I know you from somewhere a long time ago?
No no I don't think so.
Yea yea, I feel I know you brother very well.
No No you mistaken me for somebody else.
"Frank" "SHUT UP!" Can't you see two men are talkin?
"But" Thought I told yo ass to get to walkin!
Now I think ya'll better leave this place,
cause I'm about to catch a case.

[Chorus]

Your contagious, touch me baby give me what you got
Your contagious, touch me baby give me what you got
Your contagious, touch me baby give me what you got
Your contagious, touch me baby give me what you got

 

[Lovepotion69]

I think that songs can be great inspiration at times for writing your own poetry or stories. It'll all end up pretty sad though I think as so many songs are about lost loves. haha Maybe love songs are the perfect inspirational material for the romance category...

 

[Tatewaki]

More songs of pain

Not so eloquent, but certainly heartfelt!

-T
---

The Song of Lost Love

Fuckin' Bitch... you're breakin' my heart again
Fuckin' Bitch... you're breakin' my heart again
once again i let you in, thought you were my friend
now you're standin' in front of me, tellin' me it's the end

Fuckin' Bitch... you're breakin' my heart again
Fuckin' Bitch... you're breakin' my heart again
could of told me, now you hold me, standin' here in pain
reachin' out for something I'll never attain

Fuckin' Bitch... you're breakin' my heart again
Fuckin' Bitch... you're breakin' my heart again
followed you all around town, all you did was frown
could have been my girl forever, but you let me down

(break)

Fuckin' Bitch... you're breakin' my heart again
Fuckin' Bitch... you're breakin' my heart again
once again i let you in, thought you were my friend
now you're standin' in front of me, tellin' me it's the end

 

[Tatewaki]

More of Same

Come Back

She don't think I love her.
She don't think I care.
But since she been gone...
I haven't swept the floor
And I need a shave
But I just sit and miss you
The bed is never made.

I haven't mowed the lawn
And the bills are over due
And the bank took back the car
Because I cant get over you.
So tell me

Why don't you come back?

The pictures of us on the wall are crooked.
And there's a sink full of dirty dishes.
My finger nails need trimming
And we lost all the fishes.
The dog starved to death
Cause I eat his food for lunch
And I gained sixty pound
Cause I don't get out too much
But tell me
Why don't you come back?
Ten million songs about lost love and being lonely
Well look at me and you'll see how ugly a breakup can really be.
Cause I don't really give a flying fuck about my health.
It seems you were the only that made me feel good about myself.

And there's flies everywhere
I've been in the same underwear for months
And I don't even bathe
And I don't flush.
I puke in the tub
And I piss in the sink
And I don't even wipe
And I don't brush my teeth
Just tell me
Why don't you come back?

Bitch.

 

[Tatewaki]

Everyone’s cheating their lover

This thing of going separate ways will not do
Seems the civilized can’t commit; they’ve got better things to do
And though I’ve always had a reputation for being smooth
My only problem with the ladies is, I just can’t seem to be untrue to you
(I know what love is since I had ya)


Everyone’s cheating their lover, sisters and brothers,
Tell me who’s cheating you ?
I need a woman to make me feel wanted
I need a woman so I can belong
And I need a woman that I can lay claim to

My best friend’s wife tried to give me a hand
She said, “i know how you feel. Oh, I understand.
When a man loses his woman, he’s still a man.”
But my heart won’t let me make it, when my body can.
(Right there laid out for you to take)

Everyone’s cheating their lover, sisters and brothers,
To whom have you been untrue ?
I need a woman to make me feel wanted
I need a woman so I can belong
And I need a woman that I can lay claim to
Someone that I can cheat, I can cheat, too.

Everyone’s cheating their lover, sisters and brothers,
You cheat your friends, too.
I need a woman to make me feel wanted
I need a woman so I can belong
And I need a woman that I can lay claim to
Someone that I can cheat, I can cheat, too.