Random Song Lyrics Thread

[Greywind]

I got the call today, I didn't want to hear
But I knew that it would come
An old, true friend of ours was talkin' on the phone
She said you found someone
And I thought of all the bad luck
And the struggles we went through
And how I lost me and you lost you
What are those voices outside love's open door
Make us throw off our contentment
And beg for something more?

I'm learning to live without you now
But I miss you sometimes
The more I know, the less I understand,
All the things I thought I knew, I'm learning again
I've been tryin' to get down
To the heart of the matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

These times are so uncertain
There's a yearning undefined
People filled with rage
We all need a little tenderness
How can love survive in such a graceless age?
Ah, the trust and self-assurance that lead to happiness
They're the very things we kill, I guess
Oh, pride and competition
Cannot fill these empty arms
And the work I put between us, you know it doesn't keep me warm

I'm learning to live with out you now
But I miss you, baby
And the more I know, the less I understand
All the things I thought I'd figured out
I have to learn again
I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter
But everything changes
And my friends seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me anymore

There are people in your life
Who've come and gone
They let you down
You know they've hurt your pride
You better put it all behind you baby
'Cause life goes on
You keep carryin' that anger
It'll eat you up inside baby

I've been trying to get down
To the heart of the matter
But my will gets weak
And my thoughts seem to scatter
But I think it's about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me

I've been tryin' to get down
To the heart of the matter
Because the flesh will get weak
And the ashes will scatter
So, I'm thinkin' about forgiveness
Forgiveness
Even if , even if you don't love me

Forgiveness, forgiveness, baby
Forgiveness, forgiveness
Forgiveness, forgiveness
Even if, even if you don't love me
Forgiveness, forgiveness
Forgiveness, forgiveness
Forgiveness, forgiveness

[Greywind]

When you called me up this mornin'
Told me 'bout the new love you found
I said, "I'm happy for you, I'm really happy for you"

Found someone else
I guess I won't be comin' 'round
I guess it's over, baby
It's really over baby, whoa

And from what you said
I know you've gotten over me
It'll never be the way it used to be
So if it's gotta be this way
Don't worry baby, I can take the news, okay

But if you see me walkin' by
And the tears are in my eyes
Look away, baby, look away

If we meet on the streets someday
And I don't know what to say
Look away, baby, look away
Don't look at me
I don't want you to see me this way

When we both agreed as lovers
We were better off as friends
That's how it had to be
Yeah, that's how it had to be

I tell you I'm fine
But sometimes I just pretend
Wish you were holdin' me
Wish you were still holding me, whoa

I just never thought
That I would be replaced so soon
I wasn't prepared to hear those words from you
I know I wanted to be free
Yeah, baby, this is how we wanted it to be

But if you see me walkin' by
And the tears are in my eyes
Look away, baby, look away

And if we meet on the streets someday
And I don't know what to say
Look away, baby, look away
Don't look at me
I don't want you to see me this way

If you see me walkin' by
And the tears are in my eyes
Look away, baby, look away

And if we meet on the streets someday
And I don't know what to say
Look away, baby, look away
Don't look at me
I don't want you to see me this way

If you see me walkin' by
And the tears are in my eyes
Look away, baby, look away
Don't look at me
I don't want you to see me this way

When you called me up this mornin'
Told me 'bout the new love you found
I said, "I'm happy for you, I'm really happy for you"

[death tribble]

We'll do it all
Everything
On our own

 

We don't need
Anything
Or anyone

 

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world ?

 

I don't quite know
How to say
How I feel

 

Those three words
Are said too much
They're not enough

 

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world ?

 

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

 

Let's waste time
Chasing cars
Around our heads

 

I need your grace
To remind me
To find my own

 

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world ?

 

Forget what we're told
Before we get too old
Show me a garden that's bursting into life

 

All that I am
All that I ever was
Is here in your perfect eyes, they're all I can see

 

I don't know where
Confused about how as well
Just know that these things will never change for us at all

 

If I lay here
If I just lay here
Would you lie with me and just forget the world ?

[Clonus]

My return is a mystery

Thought you had control of me

I'm offended that you're so surprised.

That first defeat was a practice round

But I pulled myself off the ground

And I've already planned your demise. -

 

 I won't stop fighting cause I'm not done yet

You're gonna regret

This time I won't let you forget.

You're not gonna get away this time

I'll strike when you're blind

You'll awake just to find you are mine. -

 

You thought you won

Thought the battle was over

But I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger.

Enjoy your freedom It won't last much longer

Cause I, I, I, I keep getting stronger. 

 

When the sky turns to grey

When the light fades away

You will say, I just keep getting stronger!

You can try to prepare

Or attack if you dare

 

I don't care, cause I'm just getting stronger. 

I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger!

I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger!

I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger!

I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger! -

 

I am the nightmare that replays in your head

I am the shadow lurking under your bed.

And when I lose it's never really the end

You should have known I'd have a plan for revenge. -

 

And I won't stop fighting cause I'm not done yet

You're gonna regret

This time I won't let you forget

You're not, gonna get away this time

I'll strike when you're blind

You'll awake just to find, you are mine

You thought you won,

Thought the battle was over,

But I, I, I, I'm just getting stronger.

Enjoy your freedom,

It won't last much longer

Cause I, I, I, I keep getting stronger.

 

When the sky turns to grey

When the light fades away

You will say, I just keep getting stronger!

Stronger every day

Stronger every day... 

 

I, I, I, I keep getting stronger!

I, I, I, I keep getting stronger!

I, I, I, I keep getting stronger!

I, I, I, I keep getting stronger!

[Cancer]

Some of them were dreamers
And some of them were fools
Who were making plans and thinking of the future
With the energy of the innocent
They were gathering the tools
They would need to make their journey back to nature
While the sand slipped through the opening
And their hands reached for the golden ring
With their hearts they turned to each other's hearts for refuge
In the troubled years that came before the deluge

 

Some of them knew pleasure
And some of them knew pain
And for some of them it was only the moment that mattered
And on the brave and crazy wings of youth
They went flying around in the rain
And their feathers, once so fine, grew torn and tattered
And in the end they traded their tired wings
For the resignation that living brings
And exchanged love's bright and fragile glow
For the glitter and the rouge
And in a moment they were swept before the deluge

 

Let the music keep our spirits high
Let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal its secrets by and by, by and by
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky

 

Some of them were angry
At the way the earth was abused
By the men who learned how to forge her beauty into power
And they struggled to protect her from them
Only to be confused
By the magnitude of her fury in the final hour
And when the sand was gone and the time arrived
In the naked dawn only a few survived
And in attempts to understand a thing so simple and so huge
Believed that they were meant to live after the deluge

 

Let the music keep our spirits high
Let the buildings keep our children dry
Let creation reveal it's secrets by and by, by and by
When the light that's lost within us reaches the sky

[Cancer]

Everywhere is freaks and hairies
Dykes and fairies, tell me where is sanity
Tax the rich, feed the poor
'Til there are no rich no more?

 

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

 

Population keeps on breeding
Nation bleeding, still more feeding economy
Life is funny, skies are sunny
Bees make honey, who needs money, Monopoly

 

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

 

World pollution, there's no solution
Institution, electrocution
Just black and white, rich or poor
Them and us, stop the war

 

I'd love to change the world
But I don't know what to do
So I'll leave it up to you

[Cancer]

If you see something that looks like a star
And it's shooting up out of the ground
And your head is spinning from a loud guitar
And you just can't escape from the sound
Don't worry too much, it'll happen to you
We were children once, playing with toys
And the thing that you're hearing is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys

The percentage you're paying is too high a price
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest was
The low spark of high-heeled boys

If you had just a minute to breathe and they granted you one final wish
Would you ask for something like another chance?
Or something similar as this? Don't worry too much
It'll happen to you as sure as your sorrows are joys
And the thing that disturbs you is only the sound of
The low spark of high-heeled boys

 

The percentage you're paying is too high a price
While you're living beyond all your means
And the man in the suit has just bought a new car
From the profit he's made on your dreams
But today you just read that the man was shot dead
By a gun that didn't make any noise
But it wasn't the bullet that laid him to rest was
The low spark of high-heeled boys ... high-heeled boys

If I gave you everything that I owned and asked for nothing in return
Would you do the same for me as I would for you?
Or take me for a ride, and strip me of everything including my pride
But spirit is something that no one destroys
And the sound that I'm hearing is only the sound
The low spark of high-heeled boys ... heeled boys

 

 

[Greywind]

You could never know what it's like
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use

 

And did you think this fool could never win
Well look at me, I'm coming back again
I got a taste of love in a simple way
And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away

 

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

 

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

 

Once I never could hope to win
You starting down the road leaving me again
The threats you made were meant to cut me down
And if our love was just a circus you'd be a clown by now

 

You know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

 

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

 

Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
I'm still standing after all this time
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind

 

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

 

I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah
I'm still standing yeah yeah yeah

[death tribble]

City girls just seem to find out early
How to open doors with just a smile
A rich old man
And she won't have to worry
She'll dress up all in lace and go in style

Late at night a big old house gets lonely
I guess every form of refuge has its price
And it breaks her heart to think her love is
Only given to a man with hands as cold as ice

So she tells him she must go out for the evening
To comfort an old friend who's feelin' down
But he knows where she's goin' as she's leavin'
She is headed for the cheatin' side of town

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin eyes

On the other side of town a boy is waiting
with fiery eyes and dreams no one could steal
She drives on through the night anticipating
'Cause he makes her feel the way she used to feel

She rushes to his arms,
They fall together
She whispers that it's only for awhile
She swears that soon she'll be comin' back forever
She pulls away and leaves him with a smile

You can't hide your lyin' eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes

She gets up and pours herself a strong one
And stares out at the stars up in the sky
Another night, it's gonna be a long one
She draws the shade and hangs her head to cry

She wonders how it ever got this crazy
She thinks about a boy she knew in school
Did she get tired or did she just get lazy?
She's so far gone she feels just like a fool

My, oh my, you sure know how to arrange things
You set it up so well, so carefully
Ain't it funny how your new life didn't change things
You're still the same old girl you used to be

You can't hide your lyin eyes
And your smile is a thin disguise
I thought by now you'd realize
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
There ain't no way to hide your lyin' eyes
Honey, you can't hide your lyin' eyes

[Cassandra]

I found out

Love can be a shot in the dark

There's no doubt

You've been playing games with my heart

 

Caught you red handed

You've been loving me (loving me)

With a double standard

And it's killing me (killing me)

 

Trusted you with my heart

Now I've caught you red handed

And it's tearing me apart

 

I'd never believe

It I hadn't see it with my own eyes

I wouldn't have been caught

In your little white lies

[death tribble]

It was late at night on the open road,
Speeding like a man on the run,
A lifetime spent preparing for the journey;

He is closer now and the search is on,
Reading from a map in the mind,
Yes there's the ragged hill,
And there's the boat on the river.
And when the rain came down,
He heard a wild dog howl,
There were voices in the night - "Don't do it !"
Voices out of sight - "Don't do it !
Too many men have failed before,
Whatever you do,

Don't pay the ferryman,
Don't even fix a price,
Don't pay the ferryman,
Until he gets you to the other side;"
In the rolling mist, then he gets on board,
Now there'll be no turning back,
Beware that hooded old man at the rudder,
And then the lightning flashed, and the thunder roared,
And people calling out his name,
And dancing bones that jabbered and a-moaned
On the water. And then the ferryman said,
"There is trouble ahead,
So you must pay me now," - "Don't do it !"
"You must pay me now," - "Don't do it !"
And still that voice came from beyond,
"Whatever you do,

Don't pay the ferryman,
Don't even fix a price,
Don't pay the ferryman,
Until he gets you to the other side;

Don't pay - the ferryman !"

[death tribble]

I was lost in France
In the fields the birds were singing
I was lost in France
And the day was just beginning
As I stood there in the morning rain
I had a feeling I can't explain
I was lost in France in love

I was lost in France
In the street a band was playing
And the crowd all danced
Didn't catch what they were saying
When I looked up he was standing there
And I knew I shouldn't but I didn't care
I was lost in France in love

Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing
Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing
Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing

I was lost in France
And the vines were over-flowing
I was lost in France
And a million stars were glowing
And I looked round for a telephone
To say 'baby I won't be home'
I was lost in France in love

Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing
Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing
Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing

And I looked round for a telephone
To say 'baby I won't be home'
I was lost in France in love

Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing
Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing
Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing
Ooh la la la
Ooh la la la dance
Ooh la la la dancing...

[death tribble]

Goin' to a party, 
meet me on after school.
Well we're goin to a place 
where the jive is really cool.

And if the band stops a playin'
There's a jukebox down the hall.
And with your blue dress on, your folks all gone.
You're sure to give the guys a ball.

Get that real guitar boy shakin',
I'm a California man,
Dance right on till the floors are breakin'
I'm a California man.

Well I rocked my mamma so bad
This a woman's she's a making me mad.
Well I don't care if her legs start aching,
I'm a California man.

 

Get that real guitar boy shakin',
I'm a California man,
Dance right on till the floors are breakin'
I'm a California man.

I'm a California man

Oh my legs start to shiver
When I hear you call my name.
Well, my knees keep a knockin,
And my bow tie's bustin' out

When my feet start to fly,
An' my jeans slung way down low.
You know I'm back on my heels and it's making me feel 
Like the king of rock n' roll

Get that real guitar boy shakin',
I'm a California man,
Dance right on till the floors are breakin'
I'm a California man.

Goin' to a party, 
meet me on after school.
Well we're goin to a place 
where the jive is really cool.

And if the band stops a playin'
There's a jukebox down the hall.
And with your blue dress on, your folks all gone.
You're sure to give the guys a ball.
 

Get that real guitar boy shakin',
I'm a California man,
Dance right on till the floors are breakin'
I'm a California man.

I'm a California man.

[death tribble]

Just a little bit lonely
just a little bit sad
I was feeling so empty
until you came back
until you came back
until you came back.

 

Oh
Soley
Soley
Soley
Soley
Soley
Soley
Oh
Soley
Soley
Soley
ley
Soley
Soley
Soley
ley
Soley
Soley

 

Just a little bit closer
can you lay by my side
can we get it together
lazing in the sand
lazing in the sand
lazing in the sand.

 

Oh
Soley
Soley
Soley
Soley
Soley
Soley
Oh
Soley
Soley
Soley
ley
Soley
Soley
Soley
ley
Soley
Soley

Oh
Soley
Soley
Soley
Soley
Soley
Soley
Oh
Soley
Soley
Soley
ley
Soley
Soley
Soley
ley
Soley
Soley

[Cancer]

'Hey Mac, see you down the Dolce Vita!
'Get back, we don't have time
'cause I hear we're sending off the heroes
When the year goes, they're out of the bay,
Trying to find a way
To make it alive'

 

'So long' said poor men to their families, 
Be strong 'til we get back home.
And if not, take care of all the children
Until then just hope and pray
To make it alive'

 

'You guys are crazy'

 

They shout and then we leave the harbor.
In doubt, they're acting weird
And the sea is whipping up a welcome
If hell come we're all easy prey,
Trying to find a way
To make it alive'

 

'You guys are crazy'

 

The captain's hand shook for the guys to get in place
He said, 'Let's look behind your face.'
With each corner covered, they were all around
Waiting for the midnight bell to sound
'Out of sight, " cried Aeron through his glasses
'Don't fight' said Gorham's smioulder
I was scared of being easy prey,
Trying to find a way 
To make it alive'

[Cancer]

Oh
The machine of a dream, such a clean machine
With the pistons a pumpin', and the hubcaps all gleam
When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
With my hand on your grease gun
Mmm, it's like a disease, son
I'm in love with my car, gotta feel for my automobile
Get a grip on my boy racer roll bar
Such a thrill when your radials squeal

Told my girl I'll have to forget her
Rather buy me a new carburetor
So she made tracks saying this is the end, now
Cars don't talk back they're just four wheeled friends now

When I'm holding your wheel
All I hear is your gear
When I'm cruisin' in overdrive
Don't have to listen to no run of the mill talk jive

I'm in love with my car (love with my car), gotta feel for my automobile
I'm in love with my car (love with my car), string back gloves in my automolove

[Greywind]

Well I'm not uptight
Not unattracted
Turn me on tonight
'Cause I'm radioactive
Radioactive

 

There's not a fight
And I'm not your captive
Turn me loose tonight
'Cause I'm radioactive
Radioactive

 

I want to stay with you
I want to play with you baby
I want to lay with you
And I want you to know

 

Got to concentrate
Don't be distractive
Turn me on tonight
'Cause I'm radioactive
Radioactive
Radioactive
Radioactive

 

I want to stay with you
I don't want to play with you
I want just to lay with you
And I want you to know

 

Got to concentrate
Don't be distractive
Turn me on tonight
'Cause I'm radioactive oh yeah
Oh yeah radioactive
Don't you stand, stand too close
You might catch it

[Greywind]

Ask any girl, in this lonely world
Ask any girl, she'll say make it last forever

 

I'm holding out my hand, I finally understand
So turn out the lights (oh yeah) we'll make it last forever.

 

I've been down the streets of desire
Sometimes I was so uninspired
You found what was locked up inside of me

 

This could be the night, the night to remember
We'll make it last forever
This could be the night
Oh, to end all nights

 

I've always been the one
Lovin' on the run
That's when you came undone, oh girl
Why do you wait for me?

 

Out on the borderline, between the hurtin' lies
And the true emotions, that make it last forever

 

This could be the night, the night to remember
We'll make it last forever
This could be the night
Oh, to end all nights

 

I've been down the streets of desire
Sometimes I was so uninspired
You found what was locked up inside of me

 

This could be the night, the night to remember
We'll make it last forever
This could be the night
Oh, to end all nights

 

This could be the night, the night to remember
We'll make it last forever
This could be the night
Oh, to end all nights

 

To end all nights.

[death tribble]

Questi giorni quando vieni il belle sole
La la la la la-la-la-la la la la la

On days like these when skies are blue and fields are green
I look around and think about what might have been
And then I hear sweet music float around my head
As I recall the many things we left unsaid
It's on days like these that I remember
Singing songs and drinking wine
While your eyes played games with mine

On days like these I wonder what became of you
Maybe today you are singing songs with someone new
I’d like to think you're walking by those willow trees
Remembering the love we knew on days like these
It's on days like these that I remember
Singing songs and drinking wine
While your eyes played games with mine

On days like these I wonder what became of you
Maybe today you are singing songs with someone new

Questi giorni quando vieni il belle sole
La la la la la-la-la-la la la la la

[death tribble]

I was twenty-one years when I wrote this song
I'm twenty-two now, but I won't be for long
People ask when will you grow up to be a man
But all the girls I loved at school are already pushing prams

I loved you then as I love you still
Though I put you on a pedestal, they put you on the pill
I don't feel bad about letting you go
I just feel sad about letting you know

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl
I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl

I loved the words you wrote to me
But that was bloody yesterday
I can't survive on what you send
Every time you need a friend

I saw two shooting stars last night
I wished on them, but they were only satellites
It's wrong to wish on space hardware
I wish, I wish, I wish you'd care

I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl
I don't want to change the world
I'm not looking for a new England
I'm just looking for another girl
Looking for another girl
Looking for another girl
Looking for another girl

[death tribble]

So if you're lonely
You know I'm here waiting for you
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot away from you
And if you leave here
You leave me broken, shattered, I lie
I'm just a crosshair
I'm just a shot, then we can die

I know I won't be leaving here with you

I say don't you know
You say you don't know
I say... take me out!

I say you don't show
Don't move, time is slow
I say... take me out!

I say you don't know
You say you don't know
I say... take me out!

If I move this could die
If eyes move this could die
I want you...to take me out!

I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here with you

I say don't you know?
You say you don't know
I say take me out

If I wane, this could die
I wait, this could die
I want you to take me out

If I move, this could die
Eyes move, this can die
Come on, take me out

I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here
I know I won't be leaving here (with you)
I know I won't be leaving here with you

[death tribble]

A tenement, a dirty street
Walked and worn by shoeless feet
Inside it's long and so complete
Watched by a shivering sun
Old eyes in a small child's face
Watching as the shadows race
Through walls, and cracks and leave no trace
And daylight's brightness shuns

The days of Pearly Spencer
The race is almost run

Nose pressed hard on frosted glass
Gazing as the swollen mass
On concrete fields where grows no grass
Stumbles blindly on
Iron trees smother the air
But withering they stand and stare
Through eyes that neither know nor care
Where the grass is gone

The days of Pearly Spencer
The race is almost run

Pearly, where's your milk white skin ?
What's that stubble on your chin ?
It's buried in the rot-gut gin
You played and lost not won
You played a house that can't be beat
Now look, your head's bowed in defeat
You walked too far along the street
Where only rats can run

[death tribble]

Parting in your hair, it's hardly ever there
Wash your face
Shabby in your dress, always look a mess
Don't you care?
Mummy's there to see you always look your best
Change your dirty vest

When you grow to be a king
Never do a thing
Four and twenty blackbirds sing along
Royal gifts they all will bring
When you are a king
Everywhere you go, people bowing low
Carriages to take you anywhere
Feet won't ever touch a thing
When you are a king

Tore your shirt again, fighting in the rain
With whats-his-name
Shoe-black on your face, you're really a disgrace
Mummy smiles and all the while
Because she loves you
She will worry so
And if you're good you know

 

That when you grow to be a king
Never do a thing
Four and twenty blackbirds sing along
Royal gifts they all will bring
When you are a king
Everywhere you go, people bowing low
Carriages to take you anywhere
Feet won't ever touch a thing
When you are a king

When you are a king
Never do a thing
Four and twenty blackbirds sing along
Royal gifts they all will bring
When you are a king
Everywhere you go, people bowing low
Carriages to take you anywhere
Feet won't ever touch a thing
When you are a king

[Pariah]

The Devil went down to Georgia, he was looking for a soul to steal

And he was in a bind 'cause he was way behind, and he was willing to make a deal

When he came across this young man, sawin' on the fiddle and playin' it hot

And the Devil jumped up on a hickory stump and said, "Boy, lemme tell you what

 

"I guess you didn't know it, but I'm a fiddle player too

And if you care to take a dare, I'll make a bet with you

Now you play a pretty good fiddle, son, but give the Devil his due

I'll bet a fiddle of gold against your soul, just to think I'm better than you"

 

The boy said, "My name's Johnny, and it might be a sin, 

But I'll take your bet, and you're gonna regret it, 'cause I'm the best that's ever been"

 

Johnny, rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard

'Cause Hell's broke loose in Georgia, and the Devil deals the cards

And if you win you get this shiny fiddle made of gold

But if you lose, the Devil gets your soul

 

The Devil opened up his case and he said, "I'll start this show"

And fire flew from his fingertips and he rosined up his bow

And he pulled the bow across the strings and it made an evil hiss

And a band of demons joined in, and it sounded something like this

 

When the Devil finished, Johnny said, "Well, you're pretty good, old son

But sit down in that chair right there and let me show you how it's done"

 

Fire on the mountain, run boys run

The devil's in the house with the risin' sun

Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough

Granny does your dog bite? No child no

 

The Devil bowed his head, because he knew that he'd been beat

And he laid that golden fiddle on the ground at Johnny's feet

Johnny said, "Devil, just come on back if you ever wanna try again

I done told you once, you son-of-a-b****, I'm the best that's ever been"

And he played

 

Fire on the mountain, run boys run

The devil's in the house with the risin' sun

Chicken in the bread pan pickin' out dough

Granny will your dog bite? No child no

[Cancer]

I was once out strolling one very hot summer's day
When I thought I'd lay myself down to rest
In a big field of tall grass
I laid there in the sun and felt it caressing my face
As I fell asleep and dreamed
I dreamed I was in a Hollywood movie
And that I was the star of the movie
This really blew my mind
The fact that me, an overfed long-haired leaping gnome
Should be the star of a Hollywood movie, hm
But there I was, mm
I was taken to a place
The hall of the mountain kings
I stood high upon a mountain top
Naked to the world
In front of
Every kind of girl
There was long ones, tall ones, short ones, brown ones
Black ones, round ones, big ones, crazy ones
Out of the middle came a lady
She whispered in my ear
Something crazy
She said

Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl

I thought to myself, what could that mean?
Am I going crazy, or is this just a dream?
Now wait a minute
I know I'm lying in a field of grass somewhere
So it's all in my head
And then I heard her say one more time

Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl

I could feel hot flames of fire roaring at my back
As she disappeared, but soon she returned
In her hand was a bottle of wine
In the other a glass
She poured some of the wine from the bottle into the glass
And raised it to her lips
And just before she drank it, she said

Take the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Spill the wine, take that pearl, uh-huh, uh-huh
Spill the wine, take that pearl
Take that pearl, yeah
It's all yours
All you gotta do is spill that wine
Spill that wine, let me feel, let me feel hot, yeah, yeah, oh, uh-huh
Spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine
Spill the wine, spill the wine, spill the wine
Take that pearl
It's all yours