Random Song Lyrics Thread

[Michael Hopcroft]

So you'll be an Austrian Nobleman
Commissioning a symphony in C
Which defies all earthly descriptions
You'll be Commissioning a symphony in C

With money you squeeze from the peasants
To your nephew you can give it as a present
This magnificent symphony in C
You'll be commissioning a symphony in C

Completely filling the palace concert hall
It's warm and golden like an oven that's wide open
It has a melody both happy and sad
Built on Victoria's young triads

You've entered the room with great caution
Though no one in the hall is even watching
They are transfixed
They are forgetting just to breath
They are so taken by your symphony...
In C

You're sitting there thinking your thoughts
They are not about what is but what is not
You are sitting there breathing in your breath
You are seldom breathing life but mostly death

So you'll be an Austrian Nobleman
Commissioning a symphony in C
Which defies all earthly descriptions
You'll be commissioning...
A symphony...
In C

[Cancer]

... I helped her out of a jam I guess

But I used a little too much force.

[Greywind]

You and me
We used to be together
Everyday together always
I really feel
That I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end
It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real
Well I don't want to know

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

Our memories
Well, they can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frightening
As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands
I sit and cry

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts (no, no, no)
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts

It's all ending
I gotta stop pretending who we are...
You and me I can see us dying...are we?

Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts (no, no, no)
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't tell me cause it hurts!
I know what you're saying
So please stop explaining

Don't speak,
don't speak,
don't speak,
oh I know what you're thinking
And I don't need your reasons
I know you're good,
I know you're good,
I know you're real good
Oh, la la la la la la La la la la la la
Don't, Don't, uh-huh Hush, hush darlin'
Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush
don't tell me tell me cause it hurts
Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush darlin'
Hush, hush don't tell me tell me cause it hurts

[Greywind]

Memories fade into the silence,
Haunting me tonight,
With hope's last breath I take this moment in,
It will be the last.

Then morning breaks,
And the sunlight takes the pain away.

Ever after never came,
And I'm still waiting for a life that never was,
And all the dreams I lay to rest
Are ghosts that keep me,
After all that I've become,
I am only one.
I am only one.

I close my eyes and bleed this empty heart
Of all that longs to die,
When faces lie and love will falter,
I'm left with only time.

And time will break
The dreams that take the pain away.

Ever after never came.
And I'm still waiting for a love I'll never have,
And all the dreams I lay to rest
Are ghosts that keep me,
After all that I've become,
I am only one.
I am only one.

I'm on my own here,
And no one's left to be the hero of
This fairy tale gone wrong
As night will fall, my heart will die alone.

Ever after never came,
And I'm still waiting for my heart to beat again,
And all the dreams I've laid to rest,
Are ghosts that keep me
After all that I've become,
I am only one.
I am only one.

I am only one.

[Greywind]

Oh life, it's bigger
It's bigger than you
And you are not me
The lengths that I will go to
The distance in your eyes
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

Every whisper
Of every waking hour
I'm choosing my confessions
Trying to keep an eye on you
Like a hurt, lost and blinded fool, fool
Oh no, I've said too much
I set it up

Consider this
Consider this, the hint of the century
Consider this, the slip
That brought me to my knees, failed
What if all these fantasies come
Flailing around
Now I've said too much

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
That was just a dream

That's me in the corner
That's me in the spotlight
Losing my religion
Trying to keep up with you
And I don't know if I can do it
Oh no, I've said too much
I haven't said enough

I thought that I heard you laughing
I thought that I heard you sing
I think I thought I saw you try

But that was just a dream
Try, cry, why try
That was just a dream
Just a dream
Just a dream, dream

[Ternaugh]

Are you sitting comfortably?
Then we'll begin.
This is the Mad Hatter's tea party.
The telephones keep ringing,
Driving me insane.
Radio waves and monosodium glutamates
Poison me.

Alcohol caresses my veins,
Tobacco makes me sick again.
My head's confused,
It explodes into mental mayhem.
I get these wild, wild moods,
I get obsessed,
Everything seems so very pointless.
What is it all aiming for?
A world without wars would never exist.
A world without wars is a dream for realists.

Education for what?
It's just to brainwash kids.
Someone must have designed this,
I feel that it's all pre-planned.
I don't want my kids to live in fear of man.
We all explored and exploited,
But the world keeps turning,
Keeps turning

I've been a naughty, naughty girl.
I've spoken out loud against the world.
They're sending me to the creepy room
For some chemically induced fear,
Because my mind's out of tune,
I need some "cool discomfort".

I scare the monster in the creepy room -
He doesn't like my eyes,
He says they look like wounds -
The monster screams!
But monster, don't you know?
No-one can hear you scream
In the creepy room

[Greywind]

You never call me up
When I'm alone at night.
What can this poor boy do,
When he's hopelessly in love with you?
So I will tell you now
This love is fallin' down.
Just what more can I do,
When I'm hopelessly in love with you?


Hopelessly in love
Hopelessly in love
Hopelessly in love with you.


So I will tell you this,
Our love is in a fix.
Just what more can I do.
When I'm hopelessly in love with you?


You never call me up
When I'm alone at night.
What can this poor boy do,
When he's hopelessly in love with you?


Hopelessly in love
Hopelessly in love
Hopelessly in love with you


Hopelessly in love
Hopelessly in love
I'm hopelessly in love with you


Oh, bye-bye, baby
The party's over,
I have gone away.
The party's over,
I have gone away.
The party's over,
I have gone away.
The party's over,
I have gone away.
Oo, the party's over,
I have gone away.

[Greywind]

We walked to the sea, just my father 'n' me
And the dogs played around on the sand
Winter cold cut the air, hangin' still ev'rywhere
Dressed in gray, did he say hold my hand
I said love's easier when it's far away
We sat 'n watched a distant light

We're two ships that pass in the night
We both smile and we say it's alright
We're still here, it's just that we're out of sight
Like those ships that pass in the night

There's a boat on the line where the sea meets the sky
There's another that rides far behind
And it seems you and I are like strangers a wide ways apart
As we drift on through time
He said it's harder now we're far away
We only read you when you write

We're two ships that pass in the night
And we smile when we say it's alright
We're still here, it's just that we're out of sight
Like those ships that pass in the night

We're ships that pass in the night
And we smile when we say it's alright
We're still here, it's just that we're out of sight
Like those ships that pass in the night

We're ships that pass in the night
And we smile when we say it's alright
We're still here, it's just that we're out of sight

[Greywind]

Girl, things ain't been goin' too good for me
Girl, I'm living in the middle of a mystery
You're the one that can turn me on
'N' now that you're gone
I said Girl, I'm livin' in the middle of your memory
Girl, you're still the figure in my favorite fantasy
I know you know that's the way it goes
And still my love grows

I said all o' the good all o' the good ones are taken
All o' the good all o' the good ones are taken

I'm hangin' around with my head in the air
Watchin' the lovers go by
I had a lover, but she never cared
All you could say was goodbye
Maybe I was mistaken, maybe I got it wrong
But all of the good ones are taken from now on
'N' girl, I'm livin' in the middle of a broken dream
I said girl all this fallin' in love ain't like it seems
Out in the rain can't you feel my pain
Again 'n' again 'n' again 'n' again 'n' again
All of the good all o' the good ones are taken
Maybe I was mistaken, maybe I got it wrong
But all of the good ones are taken in my song

[Greywind]

Wooow, hey
Mmm mmm mmm mmm

You can have your Cajun queens
Down in New Orleans
And take the movie stars
Who drive impress me more cars

Take your high class show and tell
Don't need no modern day Jezebel
All I want, ain't no lie
Check it out, Leroy
They breeze by

Wish I had a girl who
Walked like that, ooh, yeah
Wish I had that girl, uh huh
Wish I had a girl who
Walked like that, yeah
Wish I had that girl, yeah

That's it, that's it, ha ha

(Have mercy)
Woo, have mercy, woo
Come on

You can have your socialites
Mmm, caviar, honey, champagne nights

Me, I'll take the nine to five stuff
Oh, and I'll tell you what

Me, I'll take what I can now
So you know it's hard to understand
Not all it takes to satisfy
Check it out, Leroy, they breeze by

Wish I had a girl who
Walked like that, ooh, yeah
Wish I had that girl, uh huh
Hey, wish I had a girl
Who walked like that, yeah

Well, I wish I had a girl like that
And I'd take her home and
Walk her all night long, yeah

Hey, hey, hey

Ooh, yeah (have mercy)
Mmm, have mercy (ooh, yeah)

I wish I had a (had a, had a)
I wish I had a (had a, had a)
I wish I had a girl
I wish I had that girl
I wish I had that girl, ooh, yeah

Lookie there, lookie there
Lookie there, yeah, wow

Wish I had a girl
Who walked like that
Ooh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Wish I had that girl, girl ,girl

Wish I had a girl
Who walked like that
Yes, I do, yeah

I wish I had a girl
I wish I had a girl
I wish I had a girl
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Wish I had a girl
Who walked like that
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Wish I had that girl......

[Greywind]

Last night I waved goodbye, now it seems years
I'm back in the city where nothing is clear
But thoughts of me holding you, bringing us near

And tell me, when will our eyes meet?
When can I touch you?
When will this strong yearning end?
And when will I hold you again

Time in New England took me away
To long rocky beaches and you by the bay
We started a story whose end must now wait

And tell me, when will our eyes meet?
When can I touch you?
When will this strong yearning end?
And when will I hold you again

I feel the change comin', I feel the wind blow
I feel brave and daring, I feel my blood flow
With you I could bring out all the love that I have
With you there's a heaven, so earth ain't so bad

And tell me, when will our eyes meet?
When can I touch you?
When will this strong yearning end?
And when will I hold you, again? Again?

[Ternaugh]

Just another hunter, like a wolf in the sun
Just another junkie on a scoring run
Just another victim of the things he has done
Just another day — in the life of a loaded gun

 

THE ODDS GET EVEN — You name the game
THE ODDS GET EVEN — The stakes are the same
YOU BET YOUR LIFE

 

Just another winner, pours his life down the drain
Just another island in a hurricane
Just another loser, like a cat in the rain
Just another day — in the path of a speeding train

 

THE ODDS GET EVEN — You name the game
THE ODDS GET EVEN — The stakes are the same
YOU BET YOUR LIFE 

 

anarchist reactionary running-dog revisionist
hindu muslim catholic creation/evolutionist
rational romantic mystic cynical idealist
minimal expressionist post-modern neo-symbolist

 

armchair rocket scientist graffiti existentialist
deconstruction primitive performance photo-realist
be-bop or a one-drop or a hip-hop lite-pop-metallist
gold adult contemporary urban country capitalist

 

Just another gypsy with a plastic guitar
Just another dancer with her eyes on the stars
Just another dreamer who was going too far
Just another drunk — at the wheel of a stolen car

 

THE ODDS GET EVEN — You name the game
THE ODDS GET EVEN — The stakes are the same
YOU BET YOUR LIFE

[tkdguy]

Nothing like you've ever known
that's the life i thought that i was gonna show you
you and i had just begun
that's one happy ever after that i owe you

could have sworn we'd have made the perfect pair
your heart was on fire when our dream was new
mine was too

oh nothing like i've ever known
i thought you would be my last, not just my first love
we were both expecting more
how i miss those early days of unrehersed love

how did we ever let a moment pass?
if i live a thousand years it still will be new to me

oh nothing like we'll ever know
wonder where you are and what on earth you'll do there
since then i've known many loves

but each time i close my eyes i still see you there....

[Cancer]

So he played a hand of Old Maid

And he drank a case of beer

And then he started grinnin' again

Said "I really like it here".

[Michael Hopcroft]

All to Hell we must sail
For the Shores of sweet Barbados
Where the sugar cane grows taller
Than the god we once believed in
Till the butcher and his crown
Raped the land we used to sleep in
Now tommorow chimes of ghostly crimes
That haunt Tobacco Island

'Twas 1659 forgotten now for sure
They dragged us from our homeland
With the musket and their gun
Cromwell and his roundheads
Battered all we know
Shackled hopes of freedom
We're now but stolen goods
Darken the horizon
Blackened from the sun
This rotten cage of Bridgetown
Is where I now belong

[Chorus]

Red leg down a peg
Blistered burns the soul
The floggings they're a plenty
But reasons there are none
Our backs belong to landlords
Where branded is there name
Paid for with ten shillings
Cheap labor never breaks
The silver moon is shinin'
Cools the copper blood
Where the livin' meet the dead
And together dance as one

[Chorus]

Agony, will you cleanse this misery?
For it's never again i'll breathe
The air of home
From this sandy edge
The rolling sea breaks my revenge
With each whisper a thousand waves
I hear roar
I'm coming home

Dark is the horizon
Blackened by the sun
This rotten cage of Bridgetown
Is where I now belong

[Michael Hopcroft]

Well I fell into prison about a quarter till three
Where I found in my cell a glass waiting for me
So I filled what was empty and I pulled up a stool
But he stood in the corner, the old devil wouldn't move

He said, "You drink when you're lonely." No I drink when I want!
He said, "You'll never be sober." Sure. Why would I want that?
I only drink to be merry but unfortunately
I'm in the wrong prison cell and the wrong company

[tkdguy]

Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
W.C. Handy -- won't you look down over me
Yeah I got a first class ticket
But I'm as blue as a boy can be

Then I'm walking in Memphis
Walking with my feet ten feet off of Beale
Walking in Memphis
But do I really feel the way I feel

Saw the ghost of Elvis
On Union Avenue
Followed him up to the gates of Graceland
Then I watched him walk right through
Now security they did not see him
They just hovered 'round his tomb
But there's a pretty little thing
Waiting for the King
Down in the Jungle Room

(Chorus)

They've got catfish on the table
They've got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven't got a prayer
But boy you've got a prayer in Memphis

Now Muriel plays piano
Every Friday at the Hollywood
And they brought me down to see her
And they asked me if I would --
Do a little number
And I sang with all my might
And she said --
"Tell me are you a Christian child?"
And I said "Ma'am I am tonight"

(Chorus)

Put on my blue suede shoes
And I boarded the plane
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain
Touched down in the land of the Delta Blues
In the middle of the pouring rain

[Greywind]

People of the Earth can you hear me?
Came a voice from the sky on that magical night
And in the colors of a thousand sunsets
They traveled through the world on a silvery light

The people of the Earth stood waiting
Watching as the ships came one by one
Setting fire to the sky as they landed
Carrying to the world children of the sun
Children of the sun

All at once came a sound from the inside
Then a beam made of light hit the ground
Everyone felt the sound of their heartbeat
Every man, every woman, every child

They passed the limits of imagination
Through the doors to a world of another time
And on the journey of a thousand lifetimes
With the children of the sun, they started to climb

 

Children of the sun, children of the sun

No more gravity, nothing holding them down
Floating endlessly as their ship leaves the ground
Through the walls of time, at the speed of light
Flies the crystal ships on their celestial flight
(On their celestial flight)

Children of the sun, children of the sun
Children of the sun

Children of the sun, children of the sun
Children of the sun, children of the sun
Children of the sun, children of the sun
Children of the sun, children of the sun

Children of the sun, children of the sun
Children of the sun, children of the sun

[Greywind]

Don't you know
So many things they come and go
Like your words that once rang true
Just like the love I thought I found in you
And I remember the thunder
Talkin' about that fire in your eyes
But you walked away when I needed you most
And maybe baby maybe baby

I found someone to take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been feeling since you've been gone
Since you've been gone

Dry your eyes
I never could bear to see you cry
Someday your love will shine through
And show you the feelings you never really knew
Baby don't you lose that thunder
Talkin' about that fire in your eyes
You're looking at me but you still don't believe
And maybe baby maybe baby

I found someone to take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been livin' with since you've been gone
Since you've been gone

Too long on the border line
Wonderin' if your love was really mine
But you left me with open eyes
And now I realize

I found someone to take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been feeling since you've been gone

I found someone to take away the heartache
To take away the loneliness
I've been livin' with since you've been gone
Since you've been gone
Since you've been gone

[Greywind]

So now love is gone
And I can't go on
Love is gone
I want to say, now it's just too late
Waited far too long

Shoulda told you then I knew
Shoulda told you right from the start, yeah
But the words didn't come out right
So I'll tell you straight from my heart

You meant more to me
Then I let you see
You held on somehow
All your tenderness and your sweet caress
I miss you now

But a head strong stubborn man
Only works it out the best he can
Valentines he never sent
There's not enough time he's a working man

Can't stop falling
Heartaches calling
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What's left, after you fall
No not much no

I said love is gone
I can't go on
Now love is gone
I want to say but it's just too late
Waited far too long

Shoulda told you then I knew
Shoulda told you right from the start, yeah
But the words didn't come out right
So I'll tell you straight from my heart

 

Can't stop falling
Heartaches calling
Finds you after the fall
Saints or sinners
Take no prisoners
What's left, after you fall
No not much no

Oh no not much
After the fall
After you fall
After you fall

[Greywind]

I've been tryin for hour just to think of what exactly to say
I thought I leave you with a letter or a firey speech
like when an actor makes an exit at the end of a play
and I've been dying for hours trying to fill up all the holes with some sense
I like to know why you gave up and threw it away
I like to give you all the reasons and what everything meant
well, I can tell you goodbye or maybe see you around
with just a touch of sarcastic thanks
we started out with a bang
and at the top of the world
now the guns are exhausted
and the bullets are blanks
and everything's blank

if I could only find the words
then I would write it all down
if I could only find the voice
I would speak
oh its there in my eyes
oh can't you see me tonight
come on and look at me
and read 'em and weep

if I could only find the words
then I would write it all down
if I could only find the voice
I would speak
oh its there in my eyes
oh can't you see me tonight
come on and look at me
and read 'em and weep

I've been whispering softly
trying to build a cry up to a scream
we let the past slip away
and put the future on hold
now the present is nothing but a hollowed out dream
and I've been dreaming forever
hoping something would eventually come
I saw your eyes in the dark
I felt your kiss on my lips
I traced your body in the air
'til the bodies were numb
well, I could tell you goodbye
or maybe see you around
with just a touch of a sarcastic thanks
but now the rooms are all empty
the candles are dark
the guns are exhausted
and the bullets are blank
and everything is blank

if I could only find the words
then I would write it all down
if I could only find the voice
I would speak
oh its there in my eyes
oh can't you see me tonight
come on and look at me
and read 'em and weep

Oh it's there in my eyes
and coming straight from my heart
it's running silent and angry and deep
oh it's there in my eyes
and it's all I can say
come on and look at me
and read 'em and weep
for all the hours we'll be spending alone
for the dreams will ignore
and all the promises we promise to keep
they won't be kept anymore
and for the magic that our bodies have made
for this blood that we've lost
and all the secrets that we somehow we betrayed
and for whatever the cost
and for the memories still alive in the bed
for the lies we believe
and all the things we will never have said
why don't you look at me
and ream 'em and weep
come on and look at me and read 'em
it's there in my eyes
and coming straight from my heart
it's running silent and angry and deep
it's there in my eyes
and it's all I can say
come on and look at me
and read 'em and weep

[Greywind]

When I find myself in times of trouble
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be
And in my hour of darkness
She is standing right in front of me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the broken-hearted people
Living in the world agree
There will be an answer, let it be
For though they may be parted
There is still a chance that they will see
There will be an answer, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Yeah, there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Ah, let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

And when the night is cloudy
There is still a light that shines on me
Shine on until tomorrow, let it be
I wake up to the sound of music,
Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, let it be

Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Oh, there will be an answer, let it be
Let it be, let it be
Let it be, yeah, let it be
Whisper words of wisdom, let it be

[Greywind]

Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away.
Now it looks as though they're here to stay.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly I'm not half the man I used to be.
There's a shadow hanging over me.
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.

Why she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Why she had to go, I don't know, she wouldn't say.
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.

Yesterday love was such an easy game to play.
Now I need a place to hide away.
Oh, I believe in yesterday.

Mm mm mm mm mm mm mm

[Greywind]

In a time where the sun descends alone
I ran a long long way from home
To find a heart that's made of stone

I will try, I just need a little time
To get your face right out of my mind
To see the world through different eyes

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away
But when we meet it seems I can't let go
Every time you leave the room I feel I'm fading like a flower

Tell me why
When I scream there's no reply
When I reach out there's nothing to find
When I sleep I break down and cry
Cry, yeah

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away
But when we meet it seems I can't let go
Every time you leave the room I feel I'm fading like a flower

Fading like a rose
Fading like a rose
Beaten by the storm
Talking to myself
Getting washed by the rain
It's such a cold cold town
Oh, it's a such cold town

Every time I see you oh I try to hide away
But when we meet it seems I can't let go
Every time you leave the room I feel I'm fading like a flower

[Cancer]

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

The moon, beautiful

The sun, even more beautiful

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

 

Beautiful

Oh yeah

Oh yeah

 

Good time