Random Song Lyrics Thread

[Cancer]

As far as I'm concerned, the world could still be flat

 ...

If you want my views of history
Then there's something you should know
The three men I admire most
Are Curly, Larry, Moe!

[Cancer]

Chorus:

Chitterlin', chitterlin', chitterlin'; chitterlin' is all I crave,
Fill me up with chitterlin', and think of all the cash you'll save;
You can do Irish stew or Cordon Bleu,
Stuff it where you stuff your fancy suits,
You can buy it soft or hard, by the pound or by the yard,
Chitterlin's the stuff to give the troops!

Now back in Queen Victoria's time, they held a grand affair
A real Royal spree, at the Russian Embassy
Old Albert and Victoria , they went there for the ride
Thinking it a change from toast for tea
Her Majesty was not amused, when right in front the Czar
Old Albert coughed, and his false teeth shot out
And as they fell into a bucket full of caviar, 
The Royal Consort he began to shout :

(Repeat Chorus)

Now when William Shakespeare wrote his famous "Taming of the Shrew"
He couldn't sleep at night, stayed awake by candlelight
He broke his pen, and burnt the midnight oil to no avail,
'Cos nowt could save him from his sorry plight
When suddenly a knock was heard, as he went to retire
It was his sweetheart Annie Hathaway
She said "Oh Will, I've come to give you all that you desire,"
His eyes lit up and he began to say :

(Repeat Chorus)

On the fifth day of November back in sixteen hundred and five,
A stealthy figure went, to the 'Ouses of Parliament
And beneath his cloak he carried a girt barrel in his hand
It was Guy Fawkes that night on mischief bent.
A soldier of the Royal Guard said "Hullo, what's this yere,"
A'spyin' out the cask beneath his cloak
"Pray tell I, Sir, what's in that cask, I'm sure it can't be Scrump,"
Old Guy took off 'is hat, and softly spoke :

(Repeat Chorus twice)

 

There'll always be an England,

And England will be free,

if England means that much to you

That's what chitterlin' means to me

[Hermit]

Vindicated, I am selfish, I am wrong
I am right, I swear I'm right
Swear I knew it all along
And I am flawed
But I am cleaning up so well
I am seeing in me now
The things you swore you saw yourself

[Pariah]

Take the children and yourself
And hide out in the cellar
By now the fighting will be close at hand
Don't believe the church and state
And everything they tell you
Believe in me, I'm with the high command

 

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

 

There's a gun and ammunition
Just inside the doorway
Use it only in emergency
Better you should pray to God
The Father and the Spirit
Will guide you and protect from up here

 

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

 

Swear allegiance to the flag
Whatever flag they offer
Never hint at what you really feel
Teach the children quietly
For someday sons and daughters
Will rise up and fight while we stand still

 

Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?
Can you hear me, can you hear me running?
Can you hear me running, can you hear me calling you?

[Pariah]

Well he told me that he loved me

And I kinda liked him too

But I got tired of his white lies

And his frat boy attitude

He found you after I dumped him

On his know-it-all, lying ass

And you can say it all you want

But we all know that you ain't got class

 

So don't push it

I don't want him

But I'll take him just to show you that I can

 

Well can't you see you're just a rebound honey

You look like a mess

Well I would never be caught dead

In that ugly purple dress

So don't say that I'm jealous

Of your so-called "Fairy tale"

Cause I know just why he chose you

He was just looking for some tail

 

So don't push it

I don't want him

But I'll take him just to show you that I can

 

I could take him back

With a sweet and tender kiss

Or bat my eyes and say,

"Oh baby your love is what I miss"

But if you you wanna keep him honey

You should shut your lips real tight

Cause I sure don't wanna' take him

But I'll do it out of spite

 

So don't push it

I don't want him

But I'll take him just to show you that I can

Yeah I'll take him to show you that I can

Oh honey I'll show you that I can

[Pariah]

Hearts full of youth!

Hearts full of truth!

Six parts gin

To one part vermouth!

[Pariah]

My, my, time flies

One step and we're on the moon
Next step into the stars
My, my, time flies
Maybe we could be there soon
A one way ticket to Mars

 

My, my, time flies
A man underneath a tree
An apple falls on his head
My my time flies
A man wrote a symphony, it's 1812

 

My, my, time flies
Four guys across Abbey Road
One forgot to wear shoes
My, my, time flies
A rap on a rhapsody
A king who's still in the news
A king to sing you the blues

 

My, my, time flies
A man in a winter sleigh
White white white as the snow
My, my, time flies
A new day is on its way
So let's let yesterday go
Could be we step out again
Could be tomorrow but then
Could be 2010

[Greywind]

Sally called, when she got the word
She said "I suppose you've heard about Alice"
Well, I rushed to the window, and I looked outside
And I could hardly believe my eyes
This big limousine pulled slowly into Alice's drive

Oh, I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't want to know
'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance
To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance
Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice

Grew up together, two kids in the park
Carved our initials deep in the bark me and Alice
Now she walks to the door, with her head held high
Just for a moment, I caught her eye
As the big limousine pulled slowly out of Alice's drive

Oh, I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't want to know
'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance
To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance
Now I've gotta get used to not living next door to Alice

Sally called back, and asked how I felt
She said "I know how to help, you get over Alice"
She said "Now Alice is gone, but I'm still here
You know I've been waiting twenty four years"
And the big limousine disappeared

I don't know why she's leaving, or where she's gonna go
I guess she's got her reasons but I just don't want to know
'Cause for twenty four years I've been living next door to Alice
Twenty four years, just waitin' for a chance
To tell her how I'm feeling, maybe get a second glance
Now I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice
No, I'll never get used to not living next door to Alice

[Cancer]

Man, man, your time is sand, your ways are leaves upon the sea
I am the eyes of Nostradamus, all your ways are known to me

[Pariah]

So anyway, now hear the sound
Of the very best rapper for miles around
Yes, I'm the fellow who's where it's at
There's absolutely no denying that
Yes, I'm the apex, I'm the best
I'm considerably better than all the rest
The acme, the zenith, the tippest of the top
The ne plus ultra, the hippest of the hop
The summit, the pinnacle, the highest of the high
The apogee of rappers: that's I

 

Well, I'm doing pretty well for myself right now
I'm pulling down about eighty thou
My wife makes forty, she's a Vassar grad
And hey, for a woman, that's not half bad
So we're talking six figures here
But there's one thing I want to make crystal clear
I have to laugh and I have to scoff
When I hear people calling us well off
Anyone who thinks that we're sitting pretty
Doesn't know what it's like in the big bad city

 

You gotta buy your apartment, but the mortgage will be
A mere pittance compared to the maintenance fee
To get a light bulb changed in the hall
Takes 27 men; it's a union call
The doorman, the mailman, the sanitation crew
The parking attendant and the cleaning lady, too
The super and his helpers, they all get tips
And then we gotta talk about the memberships

 

The book club, the wine club, the health cub fees
The fruit of the month club, and the one for cheese
The opera subscription, the museum and the zoo
The Sierra Club, the ACLU
There's the magazines to which you much subscribe
There's the plumbing inspector that you have to bribe
There's the parking space you have to rent or buy
There's the country house for the month of July

 

You will never have money, you can never relax
With the federal, state, and city income tax
And you can't do your own returns, oh no
You might end up paying what you owe

 

Hey I'm no Bonnie and I'm no Clyde
I'm just trying to get along on the Upper West Side

 

Now anyone'll tell you that you're a fool
If you don't send your kids to a private school
And no one living here would even think
Of trying to get along without seeing a shrink
A yoga class every other day
Helps chase the subway blues away
Not to mention the blues from the doctor bills
And the root canals and the various pills

 

Your daughter takes flute and dancing too
Your son takes piano, guitar, and kung fu
The baby's allergic to cotton, not silk
The cat can only drink gerbil milk
A babysitter here, if she's got half a brain
Can make more money than the governor of Maine
Okay, I know, that's not hard to do
But I think my message is getting through

 

You've got a lot to lose, you've got a lot to hide
When you're trying to get along on the Upper West Side

 

On Sundays, to give my wife a treat
The kids and I used to hit the street
We'd grab some donuts and head for the park
Sometimes we wouldn't come back til dark
Well, that was only fair, I freely acknowledge
But hey, now our kids are both in college
Yet here I am still out on the street
Soaking up rain and killing my feet
By walking this dog all over the place
So my wife can have her precious space
Is this High Noon? I'm Gary Cooper
Facing the world with a pooper scooper?

 

In New York City, they always say
You can get anything any time of day
But you're looking at a man who can't get what he wants
Zabar's is out of chocolate croissants
The book review was missing from the Times
The Korean market is out of limes
The pool hall here closed up last week
To make room for another ice-cream boutique

 

You don't know a thing about suffering and pain
If you haven't tried to catch a taxi in the rain
And you can wait for a bus half an hour or more
Cause they like to travel in gangs of four

 

Your folks come to town, you want to take in a show
Hey, you should've bought your tickets a year ago
Seeing foreign films was a hobby of mine
But now you pay a fortune to stand in line
To get in a theater that seats twenty-nine
And listen to Vivaldi one more time!

 

Well, the time has come to say au revoir
I promised I'd move my sister's car
My end, so to speak, begins
With an interlocking theme of violins
Sounds pretty good, but a little bare
Let's get the violas in there
Now, cellos and basses, in you go
It's time to add the continuo

 

Well, that's about it, that's how it ends
But remember this, my provincial friends:
You may think you're knowledgeable, but you're not
In fact, you don't know diddly-squat
So don't go judging carelessly
If you lived here, you'd be just like me
I've got no shame, but I've got my pride
I'm just trying to get along on the

Upper Upper Upper West Side

[Michael Hopcroft]

To dream an impossible dream
To bear the burden of enterprise
To burn, though it may be fever,
To go where no one will go
To love until torn asunder
To love too much, even wrongly
To attempt, without an army, without armor,
To reach for the unreachable star,

That is my quest,
To follow my star
I don't care about my chances
I don't care about time,
or how wretched I am
and I'll struggle forever
without sleep, without complaint,
To be condemned
For the gold of one utterance of love.

 

I don't know if I will be this hero
but my heart holds fast
and the towns have been shrouded in blue
because of one poor soul

Burn on, till all's been burnt
Burn on, burn too much, even wrongly
To reach out till I'm torn apart,
To reach for the unreachable star.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Madam struts her ass along the ramparts of Warsaw
Madam carries her heart on the has-beens of her madness
Madam walks her shadow around the main squares of Italy
I think Madam is living quite the life
Madam walks around at dawn with the signs of her sleepless nights
Madam rides around on a horse with her moods and whims
Madam walks around with an idiot who assures Madam that she's pretty
I think Madam has everything going for her
 
Whereas every night
I'm a janitor at l'Alcazar
 
Madam wanders in the summer all the way to the south of France
Madam struts her breasts all the way to the lucky South
Madam hauls her melancholy all along Lake Constance
I think Madam is quite inconstant
Madam walks around with her dog, a black pudding named Byzance
Madam drags her childhood around, which varies depending on circumstances
Madam carries her Russian accent all around quite easily
True that Madam is from Valenc3!
 
Whereas every night
I'm a barman at l'Alcazar
 
Madam wears her hair with a sweet scent of the nights of China
Madam's eyes wander over every old man owning a factory
Madam carries her laugh as other people carry their Vaseline
I think Madam is naughty
Madam moves her booze-ups around from brandy glass to brandy glass
Madam walks around with the genes of twenty thousand marine officers
Madam goes around saying that my nickname is Auntie Jacqueline
I think Madam is a bad friend
 
Whereas every night
I'm a slinky singer at l'Alcazar
 
Madam has her hands wandering though all the army corps
Madam roams with my money among small-time thugs
Madam rides around in a coach she wishes I would pull
I think Madam is cheeky
Madam goes around with casino debts that she rather I paid
Madam wears jewels that she enjoys charging me for
Madam rides around in my Rolls Royce sued by some bailiffs
I think Madam is being hasty
 
Whereas every night
I wash up dishes at l'Alcazar
 
Madam struts her ass along the ramparts of Warsaw
Madam carries her heart on the has-beens of her madness
Madam walks her shadow around the main squares of Italy
I think Madam is living quite the life
Madam walks around at dawn with the signs of her sleepless nights
Madam rides around on a horse with her moods and whims
Madam walks around with an idiot who assures Madam that she's pretty
I think Madam has everything going for her
 
Whereas every night
I'm a janitor at l'Alcazar
 
Madam wanders in the summer all the way to the south of France
Madam struts her breasts all the way to the south of luck
Madam hauls her melancholy all along the lake Constance
I think Madam is quite inconstant
Madam walks around with her dog, a black pudding named Byzance
Madam drags her childhood around, which varies depending on circumstances
Madam carries her Russian accent all around quite easily
True that Madam is from Valence!

[Michael Hopcroft]

Those were the days when Brussels used to dream
Those were the days when films showed on silent screens
Those were the days when Brussels used to sing
Those were the days when Brussels was Brussels proud
 
On Place de Broukère you could see shop windows
With men, and women in crinoline
Place de Broukère you could see the omnibus
With women, and men in toppers
And on the upper deck
Their hearts amongst the stars
There was my grandfather
There was my grandmother
He was in the army
She in the civil service
He didn’t think, she thought nothing
And you still want me to be bright?
 
Those were the days when Brussels used to sing
Those were the days when films showed on silent screens
Those were the days when Brussels used to dream
Those were the days when Brussels was Brussels proud
 
On the cobbles of place Ste-Catherine
Men danced with women in crinoline
On the cobblestones omnibuses danced
As did women, and men in toppers
And on the upper deck
Their hearts among the stars
There was my grandfather
There was my grandmother
He had a way with him
She'd let him get away with it
Therefore they'd both done it
And you still want me to be serious?
 
Those were the days when Brussels used to dream
Those were the days when films showed on silent screens
Those were the days when Brussels used to dance
Those were the days when Brussels was Brussels proud
 
Under paper lanterns on place Ste-Justine
Men sang with women in crinoline
Under paper lanterns omnibuses danced
As did women, and men in toppers
And on the upper deck
Their hearts amongst the stars
There was my grandfather
There was my grandmother
He was waiting for the war
She was expecting my father
They were are merry as the canal
And you still want me to perk up?
 
Those were the days when Brussels used to dream
Those were the days when films showed on silent screens
Those were the days when Brussels used to sing
Those were the days when Brussels was Brussels proud
 

[Pariah]

Well, I rise up every morning at a quarter to eight
Some woman who's my wife tells me not to be late
I kiss the kids goodbye, I can't remember their names
And week after week, it's always the same

 

And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line

 

Then it's code in the data, give the keyboard a punch
Then cross-correlate and break for some lunch
Correlate, tabulate, process and screen
Program, printout, regress to the mean

 

And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line

 

Then it's home again, eat again, watch some TV
Make love to my woman at ten-fifty-three
I dream the same dream when I'm sleeping at night
I'm soaring over hills like an eagle in flight

 

And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line

 

Someday I'm gonna give up all the buttons and things
I'll punch that time clock till it can't ring
Burn up my necktie and set myself free
Cause no one's gonna fold, bend or mutilate me

 

And it's Ho, boys, can't you code it, and program it right
Nothing ever happens in the life of mine
I'm hauling up the data on the Xerox line

[Cancer]

'Twas in another lifetime, one of toil and blood

When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud

I came in from the wilderness, a creature void of form

Come in, she said, I'll give you

Shelter from the storm 

[Cancer]

See the chameleon 

Lying there in the sun

All things to everyone 

Run, run away

[Cancer]

Shadows on the mountain, and the night begins to fall;
Gather up the children, 'fore the darkness takes us all.
Tribe has come together, standin' naked against the night;
Twenty feet from the fire, the evil waits with zombie eyes.

Eye-eye-eye eye of the Zombie!
Eye-eye-eye eye of the Zombie!

Oh! Sneakin' through the long grass on leopard feet silently,
A beast already dead comes to join the dance on the zombie.
Ooh! Time has come again - again the moment of truth;
The terror is at hand, and there's nothin' you can do.

Eye-eye-eye eye of the Zombie!
Eye-eye-eye eye of the Zombie!

From out of nowhere he's there, flashing hideous teeth,
Panic in the crowd, helter-skelter, we're brought to our knees.
Back to the darkness, back on the mountain he stands,
You can't fight a shadow, you can't kill a dead man.

 

Eye-eye-eye eye of the Zombie!
Eye-eye-eye eye of the Zombie!

[Greywind]

Took my fam'ly away from my Carolina home
Had dreams about the West and started to roam
Six long months on a dust covered trail
They say heaven's at the end but so far it's been hell
And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there

We were diggin' and siftin' from five to five
Sellin' everything we found just to stay alive
Gold flowed free like the whiskey in the bars
Sinnin' was the big thing, lord and Satan was his star
And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there

Dance hall girls were the evenin' treat
Empty cartridges and blood lined the gutters of the street
Men were shot down for the sake of fun
Or just to hear the noise of their forty-four guns
And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there

Now my widow she weeps by my grave
Tears flow free for her man she couldn't save
Shot down in cold blood by a gun that carried fame
All for a useless and no good worthless claim

And there's fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there
Fire on the mountain, lightnin' in the air
Gold in them hills and it's waitin' for me there
Waitin' for me there

[death tribble]

Did you ever ?
Not so much, that you could notice
Could you estimate how many ?
8 or 9
Will you do it anymore ?
As soon as you walk out the door
Well I just wondered, did you ever ?
All the time

 

Could I fix you once more ?
No thanks I just had one
Then how about a nice big
That would be just fine
Is there any special way
No, whatever you say
Well I just wondered, have you ever ?
All the time

 

Does he look like
No he's taller and more handsome
Yeah but he is old
Oh no he's young and in his prime
Does your father know ? I'll bet,
Uh huh. I haven't told him yet
Well I just wondered, do you ever ?
All the time

 

But just for old times sake
That will be much harder
Then how about
Well are you sure you don't mind
Hey, I know just thing for us
No, I'm afraid I'll miss my bus
Well, I just wondered, did you ever ?
All the time

I just wondered, did you ever ?

All the time 

[death tribble]

I don't have to sell my soul
He's already in me
I don't need to sell my soul
He's already in me
I wanna be adored
I wanna be adored
I don't have to sell my soul
He's already in me
I don't need to sell my soul
He's already in me

 

I wanna be adored
I wanna be adored

 

Adored

 

I wanna be adored
You adore me
You adore me
You adore me
I wanna
I wanna
I wanna be adored
I wanna
I wanna
I wanna be adored
I wanna
I wanna
I wanna be adored
I wanna
I wanna
I gotta be adored

 

I wanna be adored

[death tribble]

Ever and ever, forever and ever you'll be the one
That shines on me like the morning sun
Ever and ever, forever and ever you'll be my spring
My rainbow's end and the song I sing

Take me far beyond imagination
You're my dream come true, my consolation

Ever and ever, forever and ever you'll be my dream
My symphony, my own lover's theme
Ever and ever, forever and ever my destiny
Will follow you eternally

Take me far beyond imagination
You're my dream come true, my consolation

Ever and ever, forever and ever you'll be the one
That shines in me like the morning sun
Ever and ever, forever and ever my destiny
Will follow you eternally

[death tribble]

Love, soft as an easy chair
Love, fresh as the morning air
One love that is shared by two
I have found with you

Like a rose under the April snow
I was always certain love would grow
Love ageless and evergreen
Seldom seen by two

You and I will make each night a first
Every day a beginning
Spirits rise and their dance is unrehearsed
They warm and excite us
'Cause we have the brightest love

Two lights that shine as one
Morning glory and midnight sun
Time we've learned to sail above
Time won't change the meaning of one love
Ageless and ever evergreen

[Cancer]

Take me across the water 'cause I need some place to hide
I done the rancher's daughter and I sure did hurt his pride aha

Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah

Well there's a hundred miles of desert lies between his hide and mine
I don't need no food and no water, Lord, 'cause I'm running out of time

Fightin', killin', wine and women, gonna put me to my grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life

Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah
Oo..ooo Ooooo Ah ah ah

Stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine
I made my break and a big mistake stealin' when I should've been buyin'

All that fightin', killin', wine and those women, gonna put me to an early grave
Runnin', hidin', losin', cryin', nothing left to save
But my life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life, life,

So I stood on a ridge and shunned religion thinking the world was mine
I made my break and a big mistake stealin' when I should've been buyin'
I was stealin' when I should've been buyin'
I was stealin' when I should've been buyin' yeah
Stealin' when I should've been buyin'

[Ternaugh]

What kind of madness rules the world today
What earthly reason holding sway
There is no heaven at all
For some may weep
And some may sleep
While some may rise
And some of us may fall

No one is an island
No one born alone
No man can turn the tide of fortune on his own
Though some may dare to try

Say there but for the grace of God go you my friend
Say there but for the grace of God go I
Go I

And so we live in lives of fantasy
And dream of dreams that hold the key
And we all follow like sheep
We thread the path
That leads to thee
We seek the soul that is not ours to keep

No one is an island
No one born alone
No man can turn the tide of fortune on his own
Though some may bravely try

Say there but for the grace of God go you my friend
Say there but for the grace of God go I
Go I

[L. Marcus]

Ja det är lika bra att sluta drömma

Det går åt helvete i alla fall

För om man drömmer om Paris 

Hamnar man på något vis

Lik' förbannat i Hudiksvall 

I bästa fall