Top Rock Songs

Come Together - Beatles

2009-09-12T05:10:00.000-07:00

Come Together
- #1 Hit Songs Cover Band 20 Beatles #1 Hit Songs

Lyrics:
Come Together
Here come old flattop he come grooving up slowly
He got joo-joo eyeball he one holy roller
He got hair down to his knee
Got to be a joker he just do what he please

He wear no shoeshine he got toe-jam football
He got monkey finger he shoot coca-cola
He say "I know you, you know me"
One thing I can tell you is you got to be free
Come together right now over me

He bag production he got walrus gumboot
He got Ono sideboard he one spinal cracker
He got feet down below his knee
Hold you in his armchair you can feel his disease
Come together right now over me

He roller-coaster he got early warning
He got muddy water he one mojo filter
He say "One and one and one is three"
Got to be good-looking 'cause he's so hard to see
Come together right now over me

Santeria - Sublime

2009-09-12T05:08:00.000-07:00

Santeria - Sublime
- Sublime

Lyrics:
Santeria - Sublime

I dont practice santeria
I aint got no crystal ball.
I had a million dollars but id,
Id spend it all.
If I could find that heina and that sancho that shes found,
Well Id pop a cap in sancho and Id slap her down.

What I really wanna know,
My baby, what I really want to say I cant define.
Well its love,
That I need, oh ,
But my soul will have to,
Wait till I get back and find heina of my own.
Daddys gonna love one and all.

I feel the break,
Feel the break,
Feel the break and I got to live it up,
Oh, yea huh, well I swear that i.
What I really wanna know, baby,
What I really want to say I cant define.
That love make it go,
My soul will have to...

What I really wanna say,
My baby,
What I really wanna say is Ive got mine.
And Ill make it, yes, Im comin up.

Tell sanchito that if he knows what is good for him he best go run and hide.
Daddys got a new .45.
And I wont think twice to stick that barrel straight down sanchos throat.
Believe me when I say that I got somethin for his punk ass.
What I really wanna know, my baby,
What I really wanna say is theres just one,
Way back,
And Ill make it, yea,
But my soul will have to wait.
Yea, yea, yea

Far Away - Nickelback

2009-09-12T05:06:00.000-07:00

Far Away - Nickelback
-All the Right Reasons

Lyrics:
Far Away - Nickelback

This time, This place
Misused, Mistakes
Too long, Too late
Who was I to make you wait
Just one chance
Just one breath
Just in case there's just one left
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

[CHORUS]
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I miss you
Been far away for far too long
I keep dreaming you'll be with me
and you'll never go
Stop breathing if
I don't see you anymore

On my knees, I'll ask
Last chance for one last dance
'Cause with you, I'd withstand
All of hell to hold your hand
I'd give it all
I'd give for us
Give anything but I won't give up
'Cause you know,
you know, you know

[CHORUS]

So far away
Been far away for far too long
So far away
Been far away for far too long
But you know, you know, you know

I wanted
I wanted you to stay
'Cause I needed
I need to hear you say
That I love you
I have loved you all along
And I forgive you
For being away for far too long
So keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
'Cause I'm not leaving you anymore
Believe it
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go
Keep breathing
Hold on to me and, never let me go

Wonderwall - Oasis

2009-09-12T05:02:00.000-07:00

Wonderwall - Oasis
Rock: The Train Kept a Rollin'

Lyrics:
Wonderwall - Oasis

Today is gonna be the day
That they're gonna throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you gotta do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do about you now

Backbeat the word was on the street
That the fire in your heart is out
I'm sure you've heard it all before
But you never really had a doubt
I don't believe that anybody feels
The way I do about you now

And all the roads we have to walk along are winding
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
There are many things that I would
Like to say to you
I don't know how

Because maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after all
You're my wonderwall

Today was gonna be the day?
But they'll never throw it back to you
By now you should've somehow
Realized what you're not to do
I don't believe that anybody
Feels the way I do
About you now

And all the roads that lead to you were winding
And all the lights that light the way are blinding
There are many things that I would like to say to you
I don't know how

I said maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after all
You're my wonderwall

I said maybe
You're gonna be the one who saves me ?
And after an
You're my wonderwall

Said maybe
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me
You're gonna be the one that saves me

Here Without You - 3 Doors Down

2009-09-12T04:51:00.000-07:00

Here Without You -3 Doors Down
- Away from the Sun

Lyrics:
Here Without You -3 Doors Down

A hundred days have made me older
Since the last time that I saw your pretty face
A thousand lies have made me colder
And I don't think I can look at this the same
But all the miles that separate
Disappear now when I'm dreaming of your face

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And I dream about you all the time

I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight it's only you and me, yeah

The miles just keep rollin'
As the people leave their way to say hello
I've heard this life is overrated
But I hope that it gets better as we go, oh yeah yeah

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And I dream about you all the time

I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl it's only you and me

Everything I know and anywhere I go
It gets hard but it won't take away my love
And when the last one falls, when it's all said and done
It gets hard but it won't take away my love, whoa

I'm here without you baby
But you're still on my lonely mind
I think about you baby
And I dream about you all the time

I'm here without you baby
But you're still with me in my dreams
And tonight girl it's only you and me, yeah oh yeah oh

2009-09-09T23:37:00.000-07:00

Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls
-Greatest Hits, Vol.1 - The Singles

Lyrics:
Iris - The Goo Goo Dolls

Verse 1

And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me somehow
You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be
And I don't want to go home right now
Verse 2

And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
Cause sooner or later it's over
I just don't want to miss you tonight
Chorus

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
Verse 3

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything seems like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know your alive

Chorus

And I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
Chorus

I don't want the world to see me
Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's made to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

2009-09-09T23:35:00.000-07:00

Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
-20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lyrics :
Sweet Home Alabama

Big wheels keep on turning
Carry me home to see my kin
Singing songs about the Southland
I miss Alabamy once again
And I think its a sin, yes

Well I heard mister Young sing about her
Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
A Southern man don't need him around anyhow

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you

In Birmingham they love the governor
Now we all did what we could do
Now Watergate does not bother me
Does your conscience bother you?
Tell the truth

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you
Here I come Alabama

Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
And they've been known to pick a song or two
Lord they get me off so much
They pick me up when I'm feeling blue
Now how about you?

Sweet home Alabama
Where the skies are so blue
Sweet Home Alabama
Lord, I'm coming home to you

Sweet home Alabama
Oh sweet home baby
Where the skies are so blue
And the governor's true
Sweet Home Alabama
Lordy
Lord, I'm coming home to you
Yea, yea Montgomery's got the answer

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

2009-09-09T23:33:00.000-07:00

Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin
-Mothership (Remastered)

Lyrics :
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

Theres a lady whos sure
All that glitters is gold
And shes buying a stairway to heaven.
When she gets there she knows
If the stores are all closed
With a word she can get what she came for.
Ooh, ooh, and shes buying a stairway to heaven.

Theres a sign on the wall
But she wants to be sure
cause you know sometimes words have two meanings.
In a tree by the brook
Theres a songbird who sings,
Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it makes me wonder.

Theres a feeling I get
When I look to the west,
And my spirit is crying for leaving.
In my thoughts I have seen
Rings of smoke through the trees,
And the voices of those who standing looking.
Ooh, it makes me wonder,
Ooh, it really makes me wonder.

And its whispered that soon
If we all call the tune
Then the piper will lead us to reason.
And a new day will dawn
For those who stand long
And the forests will echo with laughter.

If theres a bustle in your hedgerow
Dont be alarmed now,
Its just a spring clean for the may queen.
Yes, there are two paths you can go by
But in the long run
Theres still time to change the road youre on.
And it makes me wonder.

Your head is humming and it wont go
In case you dont know,
The pipers calling you to join him,
Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow,
And did you know
Your stairway lies on the whispering wind.

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our soul.
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How evrything still turns to gold.
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last.
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll.

And shes buying a stairway to heaven.

One - Metallica ...And Justice for All

2009-09-09T23:31:00.000-07:00

One - Metallica
-...And Justice for All

Lyrics : One - Metallica
...And Justice for All

I cant remember anything
Cant tell if this is true or dream
Deep down inside I feel to scream
This terrible silence stops me

Now that the war is through with me
Im waking up I can not see
That there is not much left of me
Nothing is real but pain now

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god,wake me

Back in the womb its much too real
In pumps life that I must feel
But cant look forward to reveal
Look to the time when Ill live

Fed through the tube that sticks in me
Just like a wartime novelty
Tied to machines that make me be
Cut this life off from me

Hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please god,wake me
Now the world is gone Im just one
Oh god,help me hold my breath as I wish for death
Oh please God help me

Darkness imprisoning me
All that I see
Absolute horror
I cannot live
I cannot die
Trapped in myself
Body my holding cell

Landmine has taken my sight
Taken my speech
Taken my hearing
Taken my arms
Taken my legs
Taken my soul
Left me with life in hell

Brown Eyed Girl (Single Version) - Van Morrison

2009-09-09T23:30:00.000-07:00

Brown Eyed Girl (Single Version) - Van Morrison
-Super Hits

Lyrics:
Brown Eyed Girl (Single Version) - Van Morrison

Hey where did we go,
Days when the rains came
Down in the hollow,
Playin' a new game,
Laughing and a running hey, hey
Skipping and a jumping
In the misty morning fog with
Our hearts a thumpin' and you
My brown eyed girl,
You my brown eyed girl.

Whatever happened
To Tuesday and so slow
Going down the old mine
With a transistor radio
Standing in the sunlight laughing,
Hiding behind a rainbow's wall,
Slipping and sliding
All along the water fall, with you
My brown eyed girl,
You my brown eyed girl.

Do you remember when we used to sing,
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da

So hard to find my way,
Now that I'm all on my own.
I saw you just the other day,
My how you have grown,
Cast my memory back there, Lord
Sometime I'm overcome thinking 'bout
Making love in the green grass
Behind the stadium with you
My brown eyed girl
You my brown eyed girl

Do you remember when we used to sing
Sha la la la la la la la la la la te da.

Any Way You Want - Journey

2009-09-09T23:24:00.000-07:00

Any Way You Want - Journey
-Journey: Greatest Hits

Lyrics:
Any Way You Want - Journey

Any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it

She loves to laugh
She loves to sing
She does everything
She loves to move
She loves to grove
She loves the lovin things

Ooh, all night, all night
Oh, every night
So hold tight, hold tight
Ooh, baby, hold tight

Oh, she said,
Any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it
She said, any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it

I was alone
I never knew
What good love could do
Ooh, then we touched
Then we sang
About the lovin things

Ooh, all night, all night
Oh, every night
So hold tight, hold tight
Ooh baby, hold tight

Oh, she said,
Any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it
She said, any way you want it
Thats the way you need it
Any way you want it

Under Pressure - David Bowie & Queen

2009-09-09T23:22:00.000-07:00

Under Pressure - David Bowie & Queen
-Best of Bowie

Lyrics :
Under Pressure - David Bowie & Queen

Mm ba ba de
Um bum ba de
Um bu bu bum da de
Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure - that burns a building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on streets
Um ba ba be
Um ba ba be
De day da
Ee day da - that's o.k.
It's the terror of knowing
What the world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher
Pressure on people - people on streets
Day day de mm hm
Da da da ba ba
O.k.
Chippin' around - kick my brains around the floor
These are the days it never rains but it pours
Ee do ba be
Ee da ba ba ba
Um bo bo
Be lap
People on streets - ee da de da de
People on streets - ee da de da de da de da
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher high high
Pressure on people - people on streets
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love
but it's so slashed and torn
Why - why - why ?
Love love love love love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love give love give love give love
give love give love give love give love give love
'Cause love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And loves dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure

Better Together - Jack Johnson

2009-09-09T23:20:00.000-07:00

Better Together - Jack Johnson
- In Between Dreams (Bonus Track Version)

Lyrics : Better Together - Jack Johnson

[Verse 1:]
There's no combination of words
I could put on the back of a postcard,
No song that I could sing
But I can try for your heart,
Our dreams, and they are made out of real things,
Like a shoebox of photographs,
With sepiatone loving,
Love is the answer
At least for most of the questions in my heart ,
Like why are we here? And where do we go?
And how come it's so hard?
It's not always easy,
And sometimes life can be deceiving,
I'll tell you one thing, its always better when we're together

[Chorus:]
MMM, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, we'll look at the stars when we're together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

[Verse 2:]
And all of these moments
Just might find their way into my dreams tonight
But I know that they'll be gone,
When the morning light sings
And brings new things,
But tomorrow night you see
That they'll be gone too,
Too many things I have to do,
But if all of these dreams might find their way
Into my day to day scene
I'll be under the impression,
I was somewhere in-between
With only two,
Just me and you
Not so many things we got to do,
Or places we got to be
We'll sit beneath the mango tree now

Yeah, it's always better when we're together
MMM, We're somewhere in-between together
Well, it's always better when we're together
Yeah, it's always better when we're together

MmMMmm MmMMm MmMMm
I believe in memories
They look so, so pretty when I sleep
Hey now, and when, and when I wake up,
You look so pretty sleeping next to me
But there is not enough time,
And there is no, no song I could sing
And there is no combination of words I could say
But I will still tell you one thing,
We're better together

You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi

2009-09-09T23:18:00.000-07:00

You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
- Slippery When Wet

Lyrics: You Give Love a Bad Name - Bon Jovi
An angels smile is what you sell
You promise me heaven, then put me through hell
Chains of love got a hold on me
When passions a prison, you cant break free

Youre a loaded gun
Theres nowhere to run
No one can save me
The damage is done

Chorus:
Shot through the heart
And youre to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name
You give love a bad name

Paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boys dream, you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye

Youre a loaded gun
Theres nowhere to run
No one can save me
The damage is done

Chorus

Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones

2009-09-09T23:17:00.000-07:00

Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones
-Hot Rocks 1964-1971

Lyrics : Paint It Black - The Rolling Stones

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
I see a line of cars and theyre all painted black
With flowers and my love both never to come back
I see people turn their heads and quickly look away
Like a new born baby it just happens evry day
I look inside myself and see my heart is black
I see my red door and it has been painted black
Maybe then Ill fade away and not have to face the facts
Its not easy facin up when your whole world is black

No more will my green sea go turn a deeper blue
I could not foresee this thing happening to you
If I look hard enough into the settin sun
My love will laugh with me before the mornin comes

I see a red door and I want it painted black
No colors anymore I want them to turn black
I see the girls walk by dressed in their summer clothes
I have to turn my head until my darkness goes
Hmm, hmm, hmm,...
I wanna see it painted, painted black
Black as night, black as coal
I wanna see the sun blotted out from the sky
I wanna see it painted, painted, painted, painted black
Yeah!

The Man Who Can't Be Moved - The Script

2009-09-09T23:13:00.000-07:00

The Man Who Can't Be Moved - The Script
The Script

Lyrics : The Man Who Can't Be Moved - The Script
Songwriters: Frampton, Andrew Marcus; Kipner, Stephen Alan; O Donoghue, Daniel John; Sheehan, Mark Anthony

Going Back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move
Got some words on cardboard, got your picture in my hand
saying, "if you see this girl can you tell her where I am"

Some try to hand me money, they don't understand
I'm not broke I'm just a broken hearted man
I know it makes no sense but what else can I do
How can I move on when I'm still in love with you

Cause If one day you wake up and find your missing me
and your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinking maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
And you'll see me waiting for you on our corner of the street
So I'm not moving, I'm not moving

Policeman says, "son you can't stay here"
I said, "there's someone I'm waiting for If it's a day, a month, a year"
Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows
If she changes her mind this is the first place she will go

Cause If one day you wake up and find your missing me
and your heart starts to wonder where on this earth I could be
Thinkin maybe you'll come back here to the place that we'd meet
And you'll see me waiting for you on our corner of the street
So I'm not moving, I'm not moving,
I'm not moving, I'm not moving

People talk about the guy that's waiting on a girl
There are no holes in his shoes but a big hole in his world

Maybe i'll get famous as the man who can't be moved
Maybe you wont mean to but you'll see me on the news
And you'll come running to the corner
cause you'll know it's just for you
Im the man who can't be moved

Chorus 2x

Going Back to the corner where I first saw you
Gonna camp in my sleeping bag I'm not gonna move

You and Me - Lifehouse

2009-09-09T23:10:00.000-07:00

You and Me - Lifehouse
Lifehouse

Lyrics : You and Me
What day is it? And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up and I can't back down
I've been losing so much time

'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all other people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

One of the things that I want to say just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words
You've got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here

'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all other people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

There's something about you now
I can't quite figure out
Everything she does is beautiful
Everything she does is right

'Cause it's you and me and all of the people with nothing to do
Nothing to lose
And it's you and me and all other people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you
and me and all other people with nothing to do
Nothing to prove
And it's you and me and all other people
And I don't know why, I can't keep my eyes off of you

What day is it?
And in what month?
This clock never seemed so alive

2009-09-09T23:09:00.000-07:00

I Love Rock 'N Roll - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
-I Love Rock 'N Roll (Remastered)

I saw him dancin there by the record machine
I knew he must a been about seventeen
The beat was goin strong
Playin my favorite song
An I could tell it wouldnt be long
Till he was with me, yeah me, singin

I love rock n roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n roll
So come an take your time an dance with me

He smiled so I got up and asked for his name
That dont matter, he said,
cause its all the same

Said can I take you home where we can be alone

An next we were movin on
He was with me, yeah me

Next we were movin on
He was with me, yeah me, singin

I love rock n roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n roll
So come an take your time an dance with me

Said can I take you home where we can be alone

An well be movin on
An singin that same old song
Yeah with me, singin

I love rock n roll
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby
I love rock n roll
So come an take your time an dance with me

2009-09-09T23:06:00.000-07:00

It's Not My Time - 3 Doors Down
-3 Doors Down (Bonus Track Version)

Looking back at the beginning of this
And how life was
Just you and me and loving all of our friends
Living life like an ocean
Now the current's only pulling me down
It's getting harder to breathe
It won't be too long and I'll be going under
Can you save me from this

'Cause it's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
And it's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Ooo but I won't go

I look ahead to all the plans that we made
And the dreams that we had
I'm in a world that tries to take 'em away
Oh but I'm taking 'em back
Cause all this time I've just been too blind to understand
What should matter to me
My friend this life we live
It's not what we have
It's what we believe in

It's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
And it's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know

But it's not my time
I'm not going
There's a will in me
And now I know that
This could be the end of me
And everything I know
Ooo but I won't go
I won't go

There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be more than you can see

But it's not my time
I'm not going
There's a fear in me
And it's not showing
This could be the end of me
And everything I know

But it's not my time
I'm not going
There's a will in me
And now it's gonna show
This could be the end of me
And everything I know

There might be more than you believe
(There might be more than you believe)
There might be more than you can see

But I won't go
Oh no I won't go down
Yeah

Bleed It Out - Linkin Park

2009-09-09T23:04:00.000-07:00

Bleed It Out - Linkin Park
- Minutes to Midnight

Yeah, here we go for the hundredth time
Hand grenade pins in every line
Throw 'em up and let something shine
Going out of my fucking mind

Filthy mouth, no excuse
Find a new place to hang this noose
String me up from atop these roofs
Knot it tight so I won't get lose

Truth is you can stop and stare
Bled myself out and no one cares
Dug the trench out, lay down there
With a shovel up out of reach somewhere

Yeah, someone pour it in
Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out
When they bring that chorus in

I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away

Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out

Go, stop the show
Choppy words and a sloppy flow
Shotgun, opera, lock and load
Cock it back and then watch it go

Mama help me I've been cursed
Death is rolling in every verse
Candy paint on his brand new hearse
Can't contain him, I knows he works

Fuck, this hurts
But I won't lie
Doesn't matter how hard I try
Half the words don't mean a thing
And I know that I won't be satisfied

So why try ignoring him
Make it a dirt dance floor again
Say your prayers and stomp it out
When they bring that chorus in

I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away

Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out

I've opened up these scars
I'll make you face this
I pulled myself so far
I'll make you, face, this, now!

I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away

Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away

I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away
I bleed it out digging deeper
Just to throw it away

Just to throw it away
Just to throw it away

I bleed it out
I bleed it out
I bleed it out

I Keep My Secrets Safe - Saosin

2009-09-09T23:00:00.000-07:00

I Keep My Secrets Safe - Saosin -
In Search of Solid Ground (Bonus Track Version)

So tell me why you've come here to bend and break
I know that you have made the same mistake
Just shut your eyes for me
This world of sound is floating away
I don't know why

You keep yourself so tightly wound, it's about time you break
It's not enough, my foolish words will never...

I keep my secrets safe
I keep them hidden away from you
Like your label's Stuck to the bottom
I know my secret's safe
I know it's hidden away from you
Like your label's stuck to the bottom

And I have always been the same
You know that i will clean up your mistakes
Just tell me you've found a way to stop the reason
Everything you say is a lie

You keep yourself so tightly wound, it's about time you break
It's not enough, my foolish words will never...

I keep my secrets safe
I keep them hidden away from you
Like your label's Stuck to the bottom
I know my secret's safe
I know it's hidden away from you
Like your label's stuck to the bottom

[Screaming:]
I never had the faith to pick myself up
Come down and take me
I never had the faith to pick myself up
Breathe in, breathe out
Like a magnet, you can pull me closer
All these words will end like this
I was stagnant
Then you entered my life and held it in your hands

(oh, well here we go again)

I keep my secrets safe
I keep them hidden away from you
Like your label's Stuck to the bottom
I know my secret's safe
I know it's hidden away from you

Is this the end of myself?
Is this the end? (Is this the end?)
Is this the end of myself?
Is this the end? (Is this the end?)
This is the end of myself
This is the end

Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses

2009-09-09T22:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Jungle - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction

Welcome to the jungle
We got fun 'n' games
We got everything you want
Honey we know the names
We are the people that can find
Whatever you may need
If you got the money honey
We got your disease

Chorus:

In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shun n,n,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,n,,n,n,,n knees, knees
I wanna watch you bleed

Welcome to the jungle
We take it day by day
If you want it you're gonna bleed
But it's the price you pay
And you're a very sexy girl
That's very hard to please
You can taste the bright lights
But you won't get them for free
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
I, I wanna hear you scream

Welcome to the jungle
It gets worse here everyday
Ya learn ta live like an animal
In the jungle where we play
If you got a hunger for what you see
You'll take it eventually
You can have anything you want
But you better not take it from me

Chorus

And when you're high you never
Ever want to come down, so down, so down, so down YEAH!

You know where you are
You're in the jungle baby
You're gonna die
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shu n,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,,n knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Feel my, my, my serpentine
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your shun n,n,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,,n,n,,n.n, knees, knees
In the jungle
Welcome to the jungle
Watch it bring you to your
It's gonna bring you down!
Ha!

She Is Love (Full Band Version) - Parachute Losing Sleep

2009-09-09T22:49:00.000-07:00

She Is Love (Full Band Version)
- Parachute Losing Sleep - (Bonus Track Version)

Ive been beaten down
Ive been kicked around
But she takes it all for me
And I lost my faith
In my darkest days
she makes me want to believe

They call her love, love, love, love, love
They call her love, love, love, love, love
she is love
And she is all I need
she's all I need
Well I had my ways
They were all in vain
And she waited patiently
It was all the same
All my pride and shame
she put me on my feet

They call her love, love, love, love, love
They call her love, love, love, love, love
They call her love, love, love, love, love
she is love
And she is all I need
she is love
And she is all I need
she is love
And she is all I need

and when the world slows down deep
and when those stars burn out here
ohhh she'll be there
yes she'll be there

They call her love, love, love, love, love
They call her love, love, love, love, love
They call her love, love, love, love, love
she is love
And she is all I need
she is love
And she is all I need
she is love
And she is all I need

Waiting On the World to Change - John Mayer

2009-09-09T22:40:00.001-07:00

Waiting On the World to Change - John Mayer - Continuum

Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could

Now we see everything that's going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it

So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

It's hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting
Waiting on the world to change

Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
And when you trust your television
What you get is what you got
Cause when they own the information, oh
They can bend it all they want

That's why we're waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

It's not that we don't care,
We just know that the fight ain't fair
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

And we're still waiting
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population
So we keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

We keep on waiting
Waiting on the world to change

Crash Into Me

2009-09-09T22:18:00.000-07:00

Crash Into Me

Youve got your ball
Youve got your chain
Tied to me tight tie me up again
Whos got their claws
In you my friend
Into your heart Ill beat again
Sweet like candy to my soul
Sweet you rock
And sweet you roll
Lost for you Im so lost for you
You come crash into me
And I come into you
I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream
Touch your lips just so I know
In your eyes, love, it glows so
Im bare boned and crazy for you
When you come crash
Into me, baby
And I come into you
In a boys dream
In a boys dream
If Ive gone overboard
Then Im begging you
To forgive me
In my haste
When Im holding you so girl
Close to me
Oh and you come crash
Into me, baby
And I come into you
Hike up your skirt a little more
And show the world to me
Hike up your skirt a little more
And show your world to me
In a boys dream.. in a boys dream
Oh I watch you there
Through the window
And I stare at you
You wear nothing but you
Wear it so well
Tied up and twisted
The way Id like to be
For you, for me, come crash
Into me

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

2009-06-10T04:30:00.000-07:00

Harvest Moon - Neil Young

Harvest Moon - Neil Young Lyrics
Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin
We could dream this night away.

But theres a full moon risin
Lets go dancin in the light
We know where the musics playin
Lets go out and feel the night.

Because Im still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because Im still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart.

But now its gettin late
And the moon is climbin high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin in your eye.

Because Im still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because Im still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

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Luxury Liner - ISB (Gram Parsons)

2009-06-08T21:22:00.000-07:00

Luxury Liner
- International Submarine Band (Gram Parsons)

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Old Blue - The Byrd

2009-06-08T21:20:00.000-07:00

Old Blue - The Byrd

Old Blue - The Byrd lyrics

Well I had an old dog and his name was blue
Yes, I had an old dog and his name was blue
Well I had an old dog and his name was blue
Bet ya five dollars he’s a good dog too

Old blue chased a possum up a holler (hollow) limb
Blue chased a possum up a holler limb
Blue chased a possum up a holler limb
The possum growled, blue whined at him

Bye bye blue
You good dog you
Bye bye blue
You good dog you

When old blue died he died so hard
He shook the ground in my back yard
We lowered him down with a golden chain
And every link we called his name

Bye bye blue you good dog you
Bye bye blue
You good dog you

My old blue he was a good old hound
You’d hear him hollering miles around
When I get to heaven first thing I’ll do
I’ll grab my horn and call for blue

Bye bye blue
You good dog you
Bye bye blue
You good dog you

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He's Back and I'm Blue - Desert Rose Band

2009-06-08T21:17:00.000-07:00

He's Back and I'm Blue - Desert Rose Band

He's Back and I'm Blue - Desert Rose Band Lyrics
Turn away you won't look at me you seem to think that I just can't see
I was hoping he was out of your heart but he's still calling yo
Now he's back and I'm blue
I forgot about yesterday those memories seem so far away
All it took was just a whisper to start flame burning anew
Now he's back and I'm blue
Ooh that old feeling filling up your dreams again
Ooh it comes stealing taking you away

I guess there's nothing left for me to do I can't stop it from livingin you
Cause the past can only pull us apart still you carry it through
Now he's back and I'm blue

SOLO

Ooh that old feeling filling up your dreams again
Ooh it comes stealing taking you away
Turn away you won't look at me you seem to think that I just can't see
I was hoping he was out of your heart but he's still calling you
Now he's back and I'm blue

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Boulder Skies - Pure Prairie League

2009-06-08T21:16:00.000-07:00

Boulder Skies - Pure Prairie League
Sew your skirt lace out of time
While I write the words to rhyme
Just what I am thinkin'... just what I should say
If I have to go I'd rather stay

Colorado canyon girl could set me free
Brown eyes in the mornin' lookin' back at me
And just for that one moment... you're all that I see
Searchin' for some other place to be

More than anyone can try I hope you'll see that I belong
Standin' right before your eyes
If you can take the time to find where I went wrong
Then I think you just might realize

So sew your skirt lace and I'll go home
But not quite where I started from
And take it so you'll feel it... and take it so you'll know
Take one long last look before I go

More than anyone can try I hope you'll see that I belong
Standin' right before your eyes
And when you've had the time to see it's been too long
Then I'll come on back to Boulder Skies

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The Other Side - Sirenia

2009-06-04T19:56:00.000-07:00

The Other Side - Sirenia

The Other Side - Sirenia Lyrics
There's a light and a darkened road
There's a night and a fading hope
There was a dream that once was mine
But now it seems it has passed with time

Sail away my little sister
Sail away to the other side
Sail away my little sister
Sail away far into the night
Where times seems much better
Than this void called life

There's a voice inside my head
There was a hope, now now long since dead
It's all a wonder, will I abide
I hear you calling from the other side

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Kind Woman - Richie Furay

2009-06-04T19:52:00.000-07:00

Kind Woman - Richie Furay

Kind Woman - Richie Furay Lyrics
I got a good reason for loving you
It's an old fashioned sign
I kinda get the feelin' like mmm you know when
I fell in love the first time.

Kind woman
Won't you love me tonight
The look in your eyes

Kind woman
Don't leave me lonely tonight
Please say it's all right

Remember once before you're hearing
The old folks say
Love's an ageless old rhyme
But now a days you know the sayin' depends so much on
The kind of woman that you find

Kind woman
Won't you love me tonight?
The look in your eyes

Kind woman
Don't leave me lonely tonight
Aah you say it's all right

Instrumental Break

Kind woman
Won't you love me tonight?
The look in your eyes

Kind woman
Don't leave me lonely tonight
Please say it's all right

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Ain't Gonna Take It - Randy Meisner

2009-06-04T19:51:00.000-07:00

Mexico - Firefall

2009-06-04T19:50:00.000-07:00

Mexico - Firefall

Mexico - Firefall Lyrics
Last night it snowed for the first time
Everything’s covered in white
How many months till the springtime
It’s a long winter’s night

I have to go I feel I’m sinkin
I just don’t know
But I can’t stop thinkin
Mexico

Somewhere that’s close to the ocean
Somewhere that’s warm and alive
Somewhere to sleep in the open
with the sun in my eyes

I have to go, I feel I’m sinkin
I just don’t know
but I can’t stop thinkin
Mexico

Winter wind blowin
and Lord but they sting
Summer wind sing to me
promise me everything
Blue skies and sunshine wherever I go
Sweet senoritas are waiting to love me I know

Mexico
Mexico
Mexico

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One Hundred Years - Gram Parsons

2009-06-04T19:46:00.000-07:00

One Hundred Years - Gram Parsons

One Hundred Years - Gram Parsons Lyrics
One hundred years from this day will the people still feel this way
Still say the things that they're saying right now
Everyone said I'd hurt you, they said that I'd desert you
If I go away, you know I'm gonna get back some how
Nobody knows what kind of trouble we're in
Nobody seems to think it'll all might happen again

One hundred years from this time would anybody change their minds
And find out one thing or two about life
But people are always talking
You know they're always talking
Everybody's so wrong that I know it's gonna work out right
Nobody knows what kind of trouble we're in
Nobody seems to think it all might happen again

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Changing Horses - Dan Fogelberg

2009-06-04T19:44:00.000-07:00

Changing Horses - Dan Fogelberg

Changing Horses - Dan Fogelberg Lyrics
Changing horses in the middle of a stream
Gets you wet and sometimes cold
Changing faces in the middle of a dream Gets you old

Oh, gets you old.
Looking farther than you'll ever hope to see
Takes you places you don't know
Search for someone you can't ever hope to be
And still you go

Oh, still you go.
Don't you think it's kind of sad to say,
Don't you think it's gonna change?
Makes you think you'll have to stay inside
For a while.
Changing horses in the middle of a stream
Gets you wet and sometimes cold
Changing faces in the middle of a dream
Gets you old.

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Mama Hated Diesels - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

2009-06-04T19:41:00.000-07:00

Mama Hated Diesels - Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

(Chorus)
Mama hated diesel so bad
I guess I knew it was something to do with Dad
The first time I seen her cry
Was after one of them things went by
Mama hated diesel so bad

I remember hearing those semi gearing down
My mom and me we used to live on the high-grade end of town
I sure like them wide freightliners
But there was something in Mama's eye
When she catch me watching the road
Lord a little bitty piece of her died

Chorus

(Spoken)
As the years passed and I grew older
Mama did too
Pretty soon she stopped singing and laughing
Why she'd hardly even eat.
And I began staying away from home on the weekdays
I wouldn't come home from school 'til way past dark
I was too busy having some kind of fun
Either messing around with some gal
Or hanging around the local truck stop
Talking to my buddies about all the big rigs
That all the time were rolling in
And talking about all the crazy places we never been
Like California
Oh one day the county sheriff come up to me
He said they found my mama wandering
All by herself in the middle of the highway crying
She was trying of all things Lord
To flag down one of those big old rigs with a pocket handkerchief
Well that left me on my own
I got a job unloading rigs at the local freight yard
Pretty soon I had a rig of my own
And I left my hometown on my very first run to Frisco
Well that was three years ago today
And I ain't been back home in all that time since then 'til now

(Sing)
Now it's me and the local preacher
Standing in the graveyard grass
Staring down at the highway
Watching those big boys pass
Well he laid his hand upon me
And he prayed for quite some time
But I could barely understand the words he said
Behind that highway's whine

Then he handed me a faded photograph
He said he found it in my mama's hand
He said "Son I'm afraid that you and this picture
Were the best your Mama ever had"
Well I looked down at that picture
It was Mama and some guy
Standing in front of a semi-truck
"Just Married" painted on the side.

Chorus

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The Year Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T Hall

2009-06-04T19:36:00.000-07:00

The Year Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T Hall

The Year Clayton Delaney Died - Tom T Hall Lyrics
I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
They said for the last two weeks that he suffered and cried
It made a big impression on me, although I was a barefoot kid
They said he got religion at the end and I'm glad that he did

Clayton was the best guitar picker in our town
I thought he was a hero and I used to follow Clayton around
I often wondered why Clayton, who seemed so good to me
Never took his guitar and made it down in Tenn-o-see

Well, Daddy said he drank a lot, but I could never understand
I knew he used to pick up in Ohio with a five-piece band
Clayton used to tell me, "Son you better put that old guitar away,
There ain't no money in it, it'll lead you to an early grave."

I guess if I'd admit it, Clayton taught me how to drink booze
I can see him half-stoned a-pickin' out the lovesick blues
When Clayton died I made him a promise, I was gonna carry on somehow
I'd give a hundred dollars if he could only see me now

I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died
Nobody ever knew it but I went out in the woods and I cried
Well, I know there's a lotta big preachers that know a lot more than I do
But it could be that the good Lord likes a little pickin' too
Yeah, I remember the year that Clayton Delaney died

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Circle Song - Roger McGuinn

2009-06-04T19:34:00.000-07:00

Circle Song - Roger McGuinn
Sometimes we're singing and the words won't rhyme
Cause we don't mean these things we sing
I'll still be waiting for another day
When you feel it too, but it's a game we play

And I've tried to tell you for a long, long time
That games aren't played where love is made
And I grow so weary of this masquerade
I'd like to hide my head and slip away
From this never ending game that we play

It's a never ending game
Going round and round, round and round and round

Sometimes I'll see you with a blind man's eyes
They never borrow or repay
And I never speak it in the light of day
But don't you feel it too in the game we play

And it's a never ending game
Going round and round, round and round
And round round and round (repeated to fade)

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The Radio Song - Dillard & Clark

2009-06-04T19:24:00.000-07:00

The Radio Song - Dillard & Clark

The Radio Song - Dillard & Clark Lyrics
Gene Clark The Radio Song written by Gene Clark
Bernie Leadon

Dillard & Clark

Gene Clark vocals/acoustic guitar
Doug Dillard banjo
Bernie Leadon guitar
David Jackson bass
Chris Hillman mandolin
Andy Belling harpsichord

F#m A C#m
Fifteen miles from Memphis I think that was the sign
F#m A E
I'll be drivin' through tomorrow just to lose a worried mind
F#m A C#m
If I reach Colorado I won't look back where I've been
Bm D E D E
It seems so long since I have seen her where will I begin
F#m A C#m
Night before last walkin', pacin' four rooms worth of floor
F#m A E
It isn't long since she's been gone but now I need her more
F#m A C#m
A wise man wrote what isn't there is what you want to find
Bm D E D E
So now I'll have to find her so that I won't lose my mind
E D Bm
I've listened to the radio all the music that is on
E A
But every song they're playin' is about a love that's gone
E D Bm
A hundred thousand miles it seems since yesterday
Bm E A
It hasn't been that long but they just lay's it on that way

SOLO

E D Bm
I've listened to the radio all the music that is on
E A
But every song they're playin' is about a love that's gone
E D Bm
A hundred thousand miles it seems since yesterday
Bm E A
It hasn't been that long but they just lay's it on that way
F#m A C#m
Fifteen miles from Memphis I think that was the sign
F#m A E
I'll be drivin' through tomorrow just to lose a worried mind
F#m A C#m
If I reach Colorado I won't look back where I've been
Bm D E D E F#
It seems so long since I have seen her where will I begin

>From Dillard & Clark: The Fantastic Expedition of Dilllard and Clark

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Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

2009-06-02T00:22:00.001-07:00

Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan

Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan Lyrics
Once upon a time you dressed so fine
You threw the bums a dime in your prime, didnt you?
Peopled call, say, beware doll, youre bound to fall
You thought they were all kiddin you
You used to laugh about
Everybody that was hangin out
Now you dont talk so loud
Now you dont seem so proud
About having to be scrounging for your next meal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be without a home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Youve gone to the finest school all right, miss lonely
But you know you only used to get juiced in it
And nobody has ever taught you how to live on the street
And now you find out youre gonna have to get used to it
You said youd never compromise
With the mystery tramp, but now you realize
Hes not selling any alibis
As you stare into the vacuum of his eyes
And ask him do you want to make a deal?

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns
When they all come down and did tricks for you
You never understood that it aint no good
You shouldnt let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on the chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a siamese cat
Aint it hard when you discover that
He really wasnt where its at
After he took from you everything he could steal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

Princess on the steeple and all the pretty people
Theyre drinkin, thinkin that they got it made
Exchanging all kinds of precious gifts and things
But youd better lift your diamond ring, youd better pawn it babe
You used to be so amused
At napoleon in rags and the language that he used
Go to him now, he calls you, you cant refuse
When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose
Youre invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal.

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on your own
With no direction home
Like a complete unknown
Like a rolling stone?

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Run For Home - Lindisfarne

2009-06-02T00:15:00.000-07:00

Run For Home - Lindisfarne

Run For Home - Lindisfarne Lyrics
Ive travelled the land
With a guitar in my hand
And an eye ever open for some fun
Ive made some mistakes
Had my share of the breaks
Seen the boys on the make and on the bum

Ch:
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home
Run for home run as fast as I can
Oh-oh running man running for home

Ive seen all the frowns
On the faces of the clowns
And the downs that they take just to be free
And Ive seen all the girls
In their pretty frocks and curls
But it dont mean a lot to me
Chorus

And Ive been to the places in town
Where the faces hang round
Just to stare at each other
Ive looned with them screamed at the moon
Behaved like a buffoon but I soon discovered
Ch

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8:05 - Moby Grape

2009-06-02T00:13:00.000-07:00

8:05 - Moby Grape

8:05 - Moby Grape Lyrics
Eight-oh-five.
I guess you're leaving soon
I can't go on without you
It's useless to try

To love you is so good
To keep you would be so wonderful
Here is my heart that I give
It's all that I have

Please change your mind
Before my sunshine is gone
Do you think you could try?
Do you think you could try?
Do you think you could try?

Please change your mind
Before my sunshine is gone
Do you think you could try?
Do you think you could try?
Do you think you could try?

See it through
Until I can prove it to you
Don't fill my world with rain
You know your tears
Would only bring pain in my heart

Eight-oh-five.
I guess you're leaving, goodbye...

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Dearg Doom - Horslips

2009-06-02T00:11:00.000-07:00

Dearg Doom - Horslips

Dearg Doom - Horslips Lyrics
My love is colder than black marble by the
sea.
My heart is older than the cold oak tree.
I am the flash of silver in the sun.
When you see me coming you had better
run...run...run...
>From Dearg Doom.

You speak in whispers of the devils I have
slain,
By the fire of my silver Devil's Blade,
And still you dare to flaunt yourself at me.
I don't want you, I don't need you,
I don't love you, can't you see
I'm Dearg Doom.

And when the stars go out
You can hear me shout
"Two heads are better than none,
One hundred heads are so much better
than one".

I'm a boy who was born blind to pain
And, like a hawk, I'll swoop and
swoop again.
I am the flash of hawkeye in the sun.
When you see me coming you had
better run...run...run...

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My Best Friend - Jefferson Airplane

2009-06-02T00:09:00.000-07:00

My Best Friend - Jefferson Airplane

My Best Friend - Jefferson Airplane Lyrics
Ah, you're my best friend
(You are my best friend)
And I love you so well
Till the end of time you won't see me
Ah, you're my best friend
(You are my best friend)
When I see you, it seems
Now I can see I've fallen into your love stream
I follow your dream
Do you know what I mean, yeah
I follow you wherever time will take me to
Forever I'll be one with you
One with you
One with you

Ah, you're my best friend
(You are my best friend)
And I saw that you're seein'
I'll set you free and just like me you'll be bein'
In love with me
Do you know what I mean, yeah
Do you know what I mean now
(Do you know what I mean)
I'm gonna set you free now
(Do you know)
You'll be in love with me
(Do you know what I mean)
You're my best friend now

Ah, you're my best friend
(You are my best friend)
And I love you so well
Till the end of time you won't see me
Ah, you're my best friend
(You are my best friend)
When I see you, it seems
Now I can see I've fallen into your love stream
I follow your dream
Do you know what I mean, yeah
Do you know what I mean now
(Do you know what I mean)
You'll be in love with me now
(Do you know)
I'm gonna set you free, yeah
(What I mean)
Oh you're my best friend now

Ah, you're my best friend

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Hammer and a Nail - Indigo Girls

2009-06-02T00:06:00.000-07:00

Hammer and a Nail - Indigo Girls

Hammer and a Nail - Indigo Girls Lyrics
Clearing webs from the hovel
a blistered hand on the handle of a shovel
I've been digging too deep, I always do.
I see my face on the surface
I look a lot like narcissus
A dark abyss of an emptiness
Standing on the edge of a drowning blue.
I look behind my ears for the green
Even my sweat smells clean
Glare off the white hurts my eyes
Gotta get out of bed get a hammer and a nail
Learn how to use my hands, not just my head
I think myself into jail
Now I know a refuge never grows
From a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose
Gotta tend the earth if you want a rose.
I had a lot of good intentions
Sit around for fifty years and then collect a pension,
Started seeing the road to hell and just where it starts.
But my life is more than a vision
The sweetest part is acting after making a decision
I started seeing the whole as a sum of its parts.
My life is part of the global life
I'd found myself becoming more immobile
When I'd think a little girl in the world can't do anything.
A distant nation my community
A street person my responsibility
If I have a care in the world I have a gift to bring.

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Here Without You - The Byrds

2009-06-02T00:04:00.000-07:00

Here Without You - The Byrds

Here Without You - The Byrds Lyrics
Daytime just makes me feel lonely
At night I can only dream about you
Girl youre on my mind
Nearly all of the time
Its so hard being here without you.
Words in my head keep repeating
Things that you said when I was with you.
And I wonder is it true
Do you feel the same way too
Its so hard being here without you
Being here without you
Oh I know this wont last
Ill see you someday
It seems as though that day will come never
But theres one thing Ill swear
Though youre far away
Ill be thinking about you forever
Streets that I walk on depress me
Ones that were happy when I was with you
Still with all the friends I know
And with all the things I do
Its so hard being here without you
Being here without you.

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Nevertheless - Eclection

2009-06-02T00:02:00.001-07:00

Nevertheless - Eclection
Nevertheless I can't help dreaming of you
I can't help falling for you
I just can't help

Nevertheless I won't try calling your name
I won't try hanging around
I just won't try

CHORUS
Now and again I might think of you
Hiding the pain that comes from loving you

Nevertheless I'll go on waking each day
I'll go on making my way
I'll just go on

Nevertheless I'll soon find someone who cares
I will find somebody else
I know I'll find

CHORUS

Repeat first verse

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Solo - Sandy Denny

2009-06-01T23:51:00.000-07:00

Solo - Sandy Denny

Solo - Sandy Denny lyrics

Good morning, good afternoon
And what have you got to say?
Well, I'm waiting, but I can't stay long
It's such a lovely day
There's a time to be talking
And a time when it's no use
Right now I think the things you say are liable to confuse

I've just gone solo
Do you play solo?
Ain't life a solo?

What a wonderful way to live, she's travelling all over the world
Why, the fame and all the golden opportunities unfurled
No time for the gent with the mulliner bentley and heaven knows what else
Why, he wouldn't even stand a chance with all his oil-wells

She's just gone solo
Do you play solo?
Ain't life a solo?

I've always lived in a mansion on the other side of the moon
I've always kept a unicorn and I sometimes sing in tune
I could tell you that the grass is really greener on the other side of the hill,
But I can't communicate with you and I guess that I never will

We've all gone solo
Ain't life a solo?
We all play solo
And ain't life solo?

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Light Flight - Pentangle

2009-06-01T23:50:00.000-07:00

Light Flight - Pentangle

Light Flight - Pentangle lyrics
Let's get away, you say, find a better place,
Miles and miles away from the city's race,
Look around for someone lying in the sunshine
Marking time, hear the sighs, close your eyes...

Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...

Stepping from cloud to cloud passing years of light
Visit the frosty stars in the backward flight
Star becomes a vision, never mind the meaning,
Hidden there, moving fast, it won't last...

Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...

Time passes all too soon, how it rushes by,
Now a thousand moons are about to die
No time to reflect on what the time was spent on,
Nothing left, far away, dreamers fade

Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...

Strange visions pass me by, winging sweetly close inside [*]
O-ver the wa-ter, ah....

Swirling, the waters rise up above my head.
Gone are the curling mists how they all have fled.
Look, the door is open, step into the space
Provided there

Da do da, da, do da...
Ba - da - pa do da da - ba - pa do da da...

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Echoes - Gene Clark

2009-06-01T23:48:00.000-07:00

Echoes - Gene Clark

Echoes - Gene Clark Lyrics
On the streets you look again
At the places you have been
Or the moments that you thought
Where am I going
Though the walls are like the dead
They reflect the things you've said
And the echoes in your head continue showing
Near the castles you can build
Out of dreams you half fullfilled
Won't keep out all of the ill wind that is blowing
And you look still for a trace
Of an opening in a place
Where you find the life that you were used to knowing
You can walk out in the night
And be sure that its alright
To exagerate the world that's only being
You can watch Regina dance
Through the crystal panes of glass
Yet you know that there's so much that she's not seeing
Still you hold one precious thought
After all this time you've sought
That she might be just protecting what she longs for
And her eyes are veiled with black
Cause she plays she can look back
At the love she wanted so but says is no more
The lights go on, commense the cold
As your senses will be sold
To the parrot watchers mimicing no reasons
To pretend that what they are
From the fact completely far
While the truth may be betrayal, lies and treason
Build their towers in the sand
Down the roads at their command
When the kingdom is the innocence they're stealing
And infection easily spreads
To the searching, twisted heads
As they team up to tear down each others feeling

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Goin' Back - The Byrds

2009-06-01T23:47:00.000-07:00

Goin' Back - The Byrds

Goin' Back - The Byrds lyrics
I think I'm goin' back
To the things I learned so well in my youth
I think I'm returning to
Those days when I was young enough to know the truth
Now there are no games
To only pass the time
No more electric trains
No more trees to climb
But thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can play the game of life to win

I can recall a time
When I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend
Now I think I've got
A lot more than just my toys to lend
Now there's more to do
Than watch my sailboat glide
But every day can be
A magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back

La la la la la, etc.
Now there's more to do
Than watch my sailboat glide
But every day can be
A magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back

La la la la, etc.

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Alone Again Or - Love

2009-06-01T23:45:00.000-07:00

Alone Again Or - Love

Alone Again Or - Love Lyrics
Verse 1:
Yeah, said its all right
I wont forget
All the times Ive waited patiently for you
And youll do just what you choose to do
And I will be alone again tonight my dear

Verse 2:
Yeah, I heard a funny thing
Somebody said to me
You know that I could be in love with almost everyone
I think that people are
The greatest fun
And I will be alone again tonight my dear

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Today - Jefferson Airplane

2009-06-01T23:44:00.000-07:00

Today - Jefferson Airplane

Today - Jefferson Airplane lyrics

Today I feel like pleasing you more than before
Today I know what I want to do but I don't know what for
To be living for you is all I want to do
To be loving you it'll all be there when my dreams come true
Today you'll make me say that I somehow have changed
Today you'll look into my eyes, I'm just not the same
To be anymore than all I am would be a lie
I'm so full of love I could burst apart and start to cry
Today everything you want, I swear it all will come true
Today I realize how much I'm in love with you
With you standing here I could tell the world what it means to love
To go on from here I can't use words, they don't say enough
Please, please listen to me
It's taken so long to come true
And it's all for you
all for you....

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Southbound Train - Crosby & Nash

2009-06-01T23:42:00.000-07:00

Southbound Train - Crosby & Nash

Southbound Train - Crosby & Nash Lyrics

Liberty, laughing and shaking your head
Can you carry the torch that'll bring home the dead?
To the land of their fathers whose lives you have led
To the station at the end of the town
On the southbound train going down..

Equality, quietly facing the fist
Are you angry and tired that your point has been missed?
Will you go in the back-room
And study the list
Of the gamblers using the phone
On the southbound train going down

Fraternity, failing to fight back the tears
Will it take an eternity breaking all the fears?
And what will the passenger do when he hears-
That he's already paid for the crown
On the southbound train going down.

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Lay Down - The Strawbs

2009-06-01T23:40:00.000-07:00

Lay Down - The Strawbs

Lay Down - The Strawbs lyrics
By still waters I lay down with the lambs
In pastures green I made peace with my soul
And I cared not for the night
While my guiding star shone bright
By still waters I lay down
I lay down.

Lay down, I lay me down
Lay down, I lay me down
Lay down, I lay me down
For my soul.

At the roadside I took toll of my times
In dirty streets I found peace for my soul
May the merciful be right
Are you ready for the night
At the roadside I lay down
I lay down.

Lay down, I lay me down
Lay down, I lay me down
Lay down, I lay me down
For my soul.

In deep sorrow I took flight with the sun
From mountains high I gained strength for my soul
I proved stronger than the test
When my spirit came to rest
In deep sorrow I lay down
I lay down.

Lay down, I lay me down
Lay down, I lay me down
Lay down, I lay me down
For my soul.

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Ballad Of Easy Rider - The Byrds

2009-06-01T23:39:00.000-07:00

Ballad Of Easy Rider - The Byrds

Ballad Of Easy Rider - The Byrds Lyrics

The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever that river goes that's where I want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town
All he wanted was to be free
And that's the way it turned out to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town
BRIDGE:
Flow river flow, past the shady trees
Go river go, go to the sea
Flow to the sea
The river flows, it flows to the sea
Wherever it goes that's where I want to be
Flow river flow, let your waters wash down
Take me from this road to some other town

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Meet On The Ledge - Fairport Convention

2009-06-01T23:37:00.000-07:00

Meet On The Ledge - Fairport Convention

Meet On The Ledge - Fairport Convention Lyrics
We used to say
That come the day
We'd all be making songs
Or finding better words
These ideas never lasted long

The way is up
Along the road
The air is growing thin
Too many friends who tried
Were blown off this mountain with the wind

Meet on the ledge
We're gonna meet on the ledge
When my time is up I'm gonna see all my friends
Meet on the ledge
We're gonna meet on the ledge
If you really mean it, it all comes round again

Yet now I see
I'm all alone
But that's the only way to be
You'll have your chance again
Then you can do the work for me

Meet on the ledge
We're gonna meet on the ledge
When my time is up I'm gonna see all my friends
Meet on the ledge
We're gonna meet on the ledge
If you really mean it, it all comes round again

Meet on the ledge
We're gonna meet on the ledge
When my time is up I'm gonna see all my friends
Meet on the ledge
We're gonna meet on the ledge
If you really mean it, it all comes round again

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All Around My Hat - Steeleye Span

2009-06-01T23:36:00.000-07:00

All Around My Hat - Steeleye Span

All Around My Hat - Steeleye Span lyrics
Chorus:
All around my hat,
I will wear the green willow
All around my hat,
For a twelvemonth and a day
And if anyone should ask me the reason why I'm wearing it,
It's all for my true love,
Who is far, far away
Fare thee well, cold winter
And fare thee well, cold frost
Nothing have I gained,
But my own true love I've lost
I'll sing and I'll be merry
When occasion I do see,
He's a false, deluding young man,
Let him go, farewell he, and ..
Chorus
The other night he brought me
A fine diamond ring, but he
Thought to have deprive me
Of a far better thing!
But I being careful,
Like lovers ought to be,
He's a false, deluding young man
Let him go, farewell he, and ...
Chorus
With a quarter pound of reason,
And a half a pound of sense,
A small spring of time,
And as much of prudence,
You mix them all together,
And you will plainly see
He's a false deluding young man
Let him go, farewell he, and ...
Chorus

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The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake

2009-06-01T23:35:00.000-07:00

The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake

The Thoughts of Mary Jane - Nick Drake lyrics
Who can know
The thoughts of Mary jane
Why she flies
Or goes out in the rain
Where she's been
And who she's seen
In her journey to the stars.

Who can know
The reason for her smile
What are her dreams
When they've journeyed for a mile
The way she sings
And her brightly coloured rings
Make her the princess of the sky.

Who can know
What happens in her mind
Did she come from a strange world
And leave her mind behind
Her long lost sighs
And her brightly coloured eyes
Tell her story to the wind.

Who can know
The thoughts of Mary Jane
Why she flies
Or goes out in the rain
Where she's been
And who she's seen
In her journey to the stars.

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All Things Are Quite Silent - Steeleye Span

2009-06-01T23:31:00.000-07:00

All Things Are Quite Silent - Steeleye Span

[Trad. arr. Shirley and Dolly Collins]

This song is a woman's lament for her husband who has been abducted from his bed and press-ganged into the navy. It was collected from Ted Baines of Lower Breeding, Sussex, in 1904 by Ralph Vaughan Williams. He and A.L. Lloyd published it in The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs.

It was recorded in 1967 by Shirley Collins for her album The Sweet Primeroses; this is also included in her anthologies Fountain of Snow and The Classic Collection. A live performance recorded in 1978 in Dublin can be found on both Harking Back and Within Sound. Another live version sung at the Folk Festival Sidmouth in 1979 can be heard on the festival's anthology and on the collection of Shirley Collins live recordings, Snapshots.

Steeleye Span recorded All Things Are Quite Silent for their first album, Hark! The Village Wait at the suggestion of Ashley Hutchings. Another version sung by Linda Adams can be found on the Fellside CD A Selection from The Penguin Book of English Folk Songs.

Lyrics
All things are quite silent, each mortal at rest,
When me and my love got snug in one nest,
When a bold set of ruffians broke into our cave,
And they forced my dear jewel to plough the salt wave.

I begged hard for my darling as I would for my life.
But they'd not listen to me although a fond wife,
Saying: “The king must have sailors, to the seas he must go,”
And they've left me lamenting in sorrow and woe.

Through green fields and meadows we oftimes have walked,
And the fond recollections together have talked,
Where the lark and the blackbird so sweetly did sing,
And the lovely thrushes' voices made the valleys to ring.

Now although I'm forsaken, I won't be cast down.
Who knows but my my true love some day may return
And will make me amends for my trouble and strife,
And me and my true love might live happy for life.

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Lady Eleanor - Lindisfarne

2009-06-01T23:30:00.000-07:00

Lady Eleanor - Lindisfarne

Lady Eleanor - Lindisfarne Lyrics
Bashee playing magician sitting lotus on the floor
Belly dancing beauty with a power driven saw
Had my share of nightmares, didn't think there could be much more
then in walked Rodrick Usher with the Lady Eleanor

She tied my eyes with ribbon of a silken ghostly thread
I gazed with trouble vision on an old four poster bed
Where Eleanor had risen to kiss the neck below my head
and bid me come along with her to the land of the dancing dead

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am

She gazed with loving beauty like a mother to a son
like living, dying, seeing, being all rolled into one
Then all at once I heard some music playing in my bones
the same old song I'd heard for years, reminding me of home

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right where I am

Then creeping on towards me, licking lips with tongues of fire
a host of golden demons screaming lust and base desire
and when it seemed for certain that the screams could get no higher
I heard a voice above the rest screaming 'You're liar'

But it's all right, Lady Eleanor
All right, Lady Eleanor
I'm all right here in your arms

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Live and Let Live - Love

2009-06-01T23:28:00.000-07:00

Live and Let Live - Love

Verse 1:
Oh, the snot has caked against my pants
It has turned into crystal
There's a bluebird sitting on a branch
I guess I'll take my pistol
I've got it in my hand
Because he's on my land
Chorus:
And so the story ended
Do you know it oh so well
Well should you need I'll tell you
The end-end-end-end-end-end-end-end
And...
Verse 2:
Yes I've seen you sitting on the couch
I recognize your artillery
I have seen you many times before
Once when I was an Indian
And I was on my land
Why can't you understand
Bridge 1:
Served my time
Served it well
You made my soul
Bridge 2:
Write the rules
In the sky
But ask your leaders
Why Why
[repeat verse 1]
[repeat chorus]
[repeat bridge 1]

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Motherless Child - Sweetwater

2009-06-01T23:27:00.000-07:00

Motherless Child - Sweetwater

Motherless Child - Sweetwater Lyrics
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
and I'm alone, and I'm alone away from my home

Sometimes I feel like if im almost gone
Sometimes I feel like if im almost gone
Sometimes I feel like if im almost gone
and I'm aloneand I'm la la la la la la alone and I'm alone
away from my home, from my home

Sometimes I feel like there's nobody there
Sometimes I feel like there'sno no no nobody there
Sometimes I feel like there'snobody there
and I'm aloneand I'm la la la la la la alone and I'm real lonely
from my home x 8

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Black Jack Davy - Steeleye Span

2009-06-01T23:25:00.000-07:00

Black Jack Davy - Steeleye Span

Black Jack Davy - Steeleye Span Lyrics

Late last night when the squire came home
Enquiring for his lady
Some denied and some replied
She's gone with the Black Jack Davy

Go saddle to me the bonny brown steed
For the grey was never so speedy
I'll ride all day and I'll ride all night
Till I catch that Black Jack Davy

Chorus

He rode up hills and he rode down dales
Over many a wild high mountain
And they did say that saw him go
Black Jack Davy he is hunting

He rode east and he rode west
All in the morning early
Until he spied his lady fair

Cold and wet and weary

Why did you leave your house and land
Why did you leave your baby
Why did you leave your own wedded lord
To go with the Black Jack Davy

Chorus

What care I for your goose feather bed
With the sheets turned down so bravely
Well I may sleep on the cold hard ground
Along with the Black Jack Davy

Then I'll kick off my high healed shoes
Made of the Spanish leather
And I'll put on my lowland brogues
And skip it o'er the heather

Chorus

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Yesterday's Rain - GARY ALLAN

2009-06-01T23:22:00.000-07:00

Yesterday's Rain - GARY ALLAN

Sometimes I think about the touch of your skin
The taste of your lips and It all comes rushing back again
And I start to spin
I think about you when the skies turn grey
Always reminds me of the love we made
Back when you were here
Well, here come the tears

Of yesterdays rain
Yesterday's rain
Well, it's better to have loved and lost than not at all
But I still love to feel it fall
Yesterday's rain
It's just yesterday's rain

Well, I've been told I shouldnt stand in your rain
That's the only place I see your face
I can see you face
It took sometime to heal but I've moved on
I still go back in time and stand in your storm's
Familiar's warth
Always feels like home

Of yesterdays rain
Yesterday's rain
Well, it's better to have loved and lost than not at all
But I still love to feel it fall
Yesterday's rain
It's just yesterday's rain

Let your memory soak me to the bone
Reminds me that Im not alone in yesterday's rain
It's just yesterday's rain
That's just yesterday's pain
Think I'll walk in yesterday's rain

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Once I Had A Sweetheart - Pentangle

2009-06-01T23:19:00.000-07:00

Once I Had A Sweetheart - Pentangle
Once I had a sweetheart and now I have none
Once I had a sweetheart and now I have none
He's gone and left me He's gone and left me
Gone and left me in sorrow to mourn
Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see
Last night in sweet slumber I dreamed I did see
My own darling jewel sat smiling by me
My own darling jewel sat smiling by me
But when I awakened I found it not so
But when I awakened I found it not so
My eyes like some fountain with tears overflowed
Eyes like some fountain with tears overflowed
I'll venture through England, through France and through Spain
I'll venture through England, through France and through Spain
My life I'll venture on watery main
My life I'll venture on watery main
I'll set sail of silver and steer toward the sun
I'll set sail of silver and steer toward the sun
And my false love will weep, my false love will weep
False love will weep for me after I'm gone
After I'm gone, After I'm gone, After I'm gone...

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Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake

2009-06-01T23:18:00.000-07:00

Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake

Time Has Told Me - Nick Drake Lyrics
Time has told me
You're a rare rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind.

And time has told me
Not to ask for more
Someday our ocean
Will find its shore.

So I`ll leave the ways that are making me be
What I really don't want to be
Leave the ways that are making me love
What I really don't want to love.

Time has told me
You came with the dawn
A soul with no footprint
A rose with no thorn.

Your tears they tell me
There's really no way
Of ending your troubles
With things you can say.

And time will tell you
To stay by my side
To keep on trying
'til there's no more to hide.

So leave the ways that are making you be
What you really don't want to be
Leave the ways that are making you love
What you really don't want to love.

Time has told me
You're a rare rare find
A troubled cure
For a troubled mind.

And time has told me
Not to ask for more
For some day our ocean
Will find its shore.

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Gold - John Stewart

2009-06-01T23:17:00.000-07:00

Gold - John Stewart

Gold - John Stewart lyrics
When the lights go down in the California town,
People are in for the evening.
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar,
My heart beatin' time with my breathin'.
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.

Well my buddy Jim Bass he's a-workin' pumpin gas,
And he makes two fifty for an hour.
He's got rythm in his hands as he's tappin' on the cans,
Sings rock and roll in the shower.
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.

Ah the California girls are the greatest in the world,
Each one's a song in the making.
Singin' rock to me I can hear the melody,
The story is there for the takin'.
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.

Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.

When the lights go down in the California town,
People are in for the evening.
I jump into my car and I throw in my guitar,
My heart beatin' time with my breathin'.
Drivin' over Kanan, singin' to my soul,
There's people out there turnin' music into gold.

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Listen, Listen - Sandy Denny

2009-06-01T23:14:00.000-07:00

Listen, Listen - Sandy Denny

Listen, Listen - Sandy Denny Lyrics
The young man rose his pretty face,
All for to feel the salty spray.
When storms are mustering, they say
I'll come and take you all away.
I am a traveller by trade,
I only have what I have made.
A fortune teller too they say,
And I can take you all away.
Chorus
Listen Listen to him do.
He is the one who is for you.
Listen, they say
He'll come and take us all away.
And over there the young man stayed,
Upon on the rocks so rough and grey.
Watching the boy, watching the day
Thinking of how he came to be.
A young man he, he is so real,
And never more to go astray.
He is of value now they say,
And he can take himself away.
(Chorus)

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Message To Pretty - Love

2009-06-01T23:13:00.000-07:00

Message To Pretty - Love
Verse 1:
People check to tell me
What they think is right
I don't listen to them
Don't know day from night
I'll go through life searchin'
Tryin' to find the one
I'd go slip, slip, you'd go slip, slip Away
Chorus:
And I don't need you to help me find my way
I can make it if I just don't see your face
Verse 2:
Once I had a problem
Didn't know what to do
Now I've got no problems
All I had was you
Guess I'll keep on searchin'
And try to find the one
'Cause I'd go slip, slip, you'd go slip, slip
Away

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Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls

2009-06-01T23:11:00.000-07:00

Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls

Closer to Fine - Indigo Girls lyrics
I'm trying to tell you something about my life
Maybe give me insight between black and white
The best thing you've ever done for me
Is to help me take my life less seriously, it's only life after all
Well darkness has a hunger that's insatiable
And lightness has a call that's hard to hear
I wrap my fear around me like a blanket
I sailed my ship of safety till I sank it, I'm crawling on your shore.

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

I went to see the doctor of philosophy
With a poster of Rasputin and a beard down to his knee
He never did marry or see a B-grade movie
He graded my performance, he said he could see through me
I spent four years prostrate to the higher mind, got my paper
And I was free.

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

I stopped by the bar at 3 a.m.
To seek solace in a bottle or possibly a friend
I woke up with a headache like my head against a board
Twice as cloudy as I'd been the night before
I went in seeking clarity.

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

I went to the doctor, I went to the mountains
I looked to the children, I drank from the fountain
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine.

We go to the bible, we go through the workout
We read up on revival and we stand up for the lookout
There's more than one answer to these questions
pointing me in a crooked line
The less I seek my source for some definitive
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine
The closer I am to fine

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When You Walk in the Room - The Searchers

2009-06-01T23:09:00.000-07:00

When You Walk in the Room - The Searchers

When You Walk in the Room
- The Searchers lyrics
I can feel a new expression on my face
I can feel a glowing sensation taking place
I can hear the guitars playing lovely tunes
Every time that you walk in the room

I close my eyes for a second and pretend it's me you want
Meanwhile I try to act so nonchalant
I see a summer's night with a magic moon
Every time that you walk in the room

Maybe it's a dream come true
Walkin' right along side of you
Wish I could tell you how much I care
But I only have the nerve to stare

I can feel a something pounding in my brain
Just any time that someone speaks your name
Trumpets sound and I hear thunder boom
Every time that you walk in the room
Every time that you walk in the room

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Who Knows Where The Time Goes - Fairport Convention

2009-06-01T23:07:00.000-07:00

Who Knows Where The Time Goes
- Fairport Convention

Who Knows Where The Time Goes
- Fairport Convention Lyrics
Across the evening sky, all the birds are leaving
But how can they know it's time for them to go?
Before the winter fire, I will still be dreaming
I have no thought of time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
Sad, deserted shore, your fickle friends are leaving
Ah, but then you know it's time for them to go
But I will still be here, I have no thought of leaving
I do not count the time
For who knows where the time goes?
Who knows where the time goes?
And I am not alone while my love is near me
I know it will be so until it's time to go
So come the storms of winter and then the birds in spring again
I have no fear of time
For who knows how my love grows?
And who knows where the time goes?

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Early Morning Rain - Eva Cassidy

2009-06-01T23:05:00.000-07:00

Early Morning Rain - Eva Cassidy

Early Morning Rain - Eva Cassidy
Chorus:
In the early morning rain with a dollar in my hand
And an aching in my heart
And my pockets full of sand
I'm a long way from home
And I miss my loved ones so
In the early morning rain
With no place to go

Out on runway number 9
Big 77 set to go
But I'm stuck here on the ground
Where the cold winds blow
Your can't jump a jet plane like you can a freight train
So I best be on my way in the early morning rain

Hear her mighty engines roar
See the silver bird on high
She's away and westward bound far above my home she'll fly
Where the morning rain don't fall
And the sun always shines
She'll be flying past my home
In about 3 hours time

Chorus

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Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash

2009-06-01T23:04:00.000-07:00

Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills & Nash Lyrics
Stills: If you smile at me, I will understand
'Cause that is something everybody everywhere does
in the same language.
Crosby: I can see by your coat, my friend,
you're from the other side,
There's just one thing I got to know,
Can you tell me please, who won?
Stills: Say, can I have some of your purple berries?
Crosby: Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now,
haven't got sick once.
Stills: Probably keep us both alive.

Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy,
Easy, you know the way it's supposed to be,
Silver people on the shoreline, let us be,
Talkin' 'bout very free and easy...
Horror grips us as we watch you die,
A
Stare as all human feelings die,
We are leaving - you don't need us.

Go, take your sister then, by the hand,
lead her away from this foreign land,
Far away, where we might laugh again,
We are leaving - you don't need us.

And it's a fair wind, blowin' warm,
Out of the south over my shoulder,
Guess I'll set a course and go...

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Just a Little - The Beau Brummels

2009-06-01T23:03:00.000-07:00

Just a Little - The Beau Brummels

Just a Little - The Beau Brummels Lyrics
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
I can't stay
Yes I know
You know I
Hate to go
But goodbye
Love was sweet
I was kind
Never mean
So I'll cry just a little cause I love you so
And I'll die just a little cause I have to go
Away...
Can't you see
How I feel
When I say
Love's unreal
So goodbye
It's been sweet
Even though
Incomplete
So I'll cry just a little cause I love you so
And I'll die just a little cause i have to go
Away...

INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE

Every night
I still hear
Oh your sigh's
Very near
Now it's gone
Gone away
As I once
Heard you say
Now I'll cry just a little cause I love you so
And I'll die just a little cause i have to go
Away...
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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Expecing To Fly - Buffalo Springfield

2009-06-01T23:01:00.000-07:00

Expecing To Fly - Buffalo Springfield

Expecing To Fly - Buffalo Springfield Lyrics
There you stood on the edge of your feather,
Expecting to fly.
While I laughed, I wondered whether
I could wave goodbye,
Knowin' that you'd gone.
By the summer it was healing,
We had said goodbye.
All the years we'd spent with feeling
Ended with a cry,
Babe, ended with a cry,
Babe, ended with a cry.

I tried so hard to stand
As I stumbled and fell to the ground.
So hard to laugh as I fumbled
And reached for the love I found,
Knowin' it was gone.
If I never lived without you,
Now you know I'd die.
If I never said I loved you,
Now you know I'd try,
Babe, now you know I'd try.
Babe, now you know I'd try,
Babe.

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You've Got to Hide Your Love Away - The Beatles

2009-06-01T23:00:00.000-07:00

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
- The Beatles

You've Got to Hide Your Love Away
- The Beatles Lyrics
Here I stand head in hand
Turn my face to the wall
If she's gone I can't go on
Feelin' two-foot small

Everywhere people stare
Each and every day
I can see them laugh at me
And I hear them say

Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away

How can I even try
I can never win
Hearing them, seeing them
In the state I'm in

How could she say to me
Love will find a way
Gather round all you clowns
Let me hear you say

Hey you've got to hide your love away
Hey you've got to hide your love away

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Travellin' Song - Pentangle

2009-06-01T22:58:00.000-07:00

Travellin' Song - Pentangle

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We Can Work It Out - The Beatles

2009-06-01T22:57:00.000-07:00

We Can Work It Out - The Beatles

We Can Work It Out - The Beatles Lyrics
Try to see it my way,
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
While you see it your way,
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Think of what you're saying.
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright.
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again.
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend.
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again.
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong.
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long.
We can work it out,
We can work it out.

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Where Were You When I Needed You - Grass Roots

2009-06-01T22:55:00.000-07:00

Where Were You When I Needed You
- Grass Roots

Where Were You When I Needed You
- Grass Roots lyrics
Don't bother cryin', don't bother crawlin'
It's all over now, no use in stallin'
The love I once felt, I don't feel anymore for you
This time I'll even open the door for you
You walked out when I was down
Well now I'm well off
And look who's comin' round
Where were you when I needed you
Where were you when I wanted you
Where were you when I needed you
Where..ere...ere
You're lookin' good, it's hard to fight it
But no use explainin', I've already decided
That livin' with you, it's worse than without you
I won't spend a lifetime a-worryin' about you
Oh, things got rough and you disappeared
Now I'm back on my feet
But look, look who's standing there
Where were you when I needed you
Where were you when I wanted you
Where were you when I needed you
Where..ere...ere
Oh, you were so young, and you were so wild
I knew you were nobody's innocent child
That first day I saw you, you really got to me
I thought I could change you, what good did it do me
Oh, things got rough and you wouldn't wait
Now you're tripping back
But babe, it's too late
Where were you when I needed you
Where were you when I wanted you
Where were you when I needed you
Where..ere...ere

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John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

2009-06-01T22:54:00.000-07:00

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic

John Barleycorn Must Die - Traffic lyrics

There were three men came out of the west
Their fortunes for to try,
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn must die.

They've ploughed, they've sown, they've harrowed him in
Threw clods upon his head,
And these three men made a solemn vow
John Barleycorn was dead.

They let him lie for a very long time
Till the rains from Heaven did fall,
And little Sir John sprung up his head
And so amazed them all.

They've let him stand till Midsummer's day,
Till he looked both pale and wan.
And little Sir John's grown a long, long beard
And so become a man.

They've hired men with the scythes so sharp,
To cut him off at the knee,
They've rolled him and tied him by the waist,
Serving him most barbarously.

They've hired men with the sharp pitchforks,
Who pricked him through the heart
And the loader, he has served him worse than that,
For he's bound him to the cart.

They've wheeled him around and around a field,
Till they came unto a barn,
And there they made a solemn oath
On poor John Barleycorn

They've hired men with the crab-tree sticks,
To cut him skin from bone,
And the miller, he has served him worse than that,
For he's ground him between two stones.

And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl
And his brandy in the glass
And little Sir John and the nut brown bowl
Proved the strongest man at last

The huntsman, he can't hunt the fox
Nor so loudly to blow his horn,
And the tinker, he can't mend kettle nor pots
without a little barley corn

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Come All Ye - Fairport Convention

2009-06-01T22:51:00.000-07:00

Come All Ye - Fairport Convention

Come All Ye - Fairport Convention Lyrics
Come all ye rolling minstrels
And together we will try
To rouse the spirit of the earth
And move the rolling sky
Those that dance will start to dance
And those who don't will stay
In time to lis our merry tune
That we play for you today
(Chorus)
So come all ye rolling minstrels
And together we will try
To rouse the spirit of the earth
And move the rolling sky
Our fiddler, he just loves to play
And that's why he plays so good
And now he plays a violin
Made out of solid wood
(Chorus)
Possessor of the magic touch
And no magician he
Will play for you some magic notes
Instead, as you will see
(Chorus)
Sound of beating on the drum
Song behind you'll hear
And to the rhythm of guitar
We hope you'll lend an ear
(Chorus)
Well, the man who plays the bass does make
Those low notes that you hear
And the high notes come from you and me
For we will sing so clear
(Chorus)

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Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort

2009-06-01T22:47:00.000-07:00

Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort

MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT

WOODSTOCK - 31/10/1970
3 weeks at #1 - 18 weeks on chart

Woodstock - Matthews Southern Comfort lyrics
I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
When I asked him where are you going
This he told me
I'm going down to Yasgur's farm
Think I'll join a rock and roll band
I'll camp out on the land
I'll try and set my soul free

We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden

Then can I walk beside you
I have come here to lose the smog
And I feel just like a cog in something turning
Well maybe it's the time of year
Or maybe it's the time of man
And I don't know who I am
But life's for learning

We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden

By the time I got to Woodstock
They were half a million strong
Everywhere there was songs and celebration
And I dreamed I saw the bombers
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation

We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden

We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden

We are stardust, we are golden
And we've got to get ourselves back to the garden

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Darling Be Home Soon - The Lovin' Spoonful

2009-06-01T22:46:00.000-07:00

Darling Be Home Soon - The Lovin' Spoonful

Darling Be Home Soon - The Lovin' Spoonful Lyrics
Come and talk of all the things we did today
Here and laugh about our funny little ways
while we have a few minutes to breathe
and I know that it's time you must leave

But darling be home soon
I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled
My darling be home soon
It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since Itoddled
For the great relief of having you to talk to

And now, a quarter of my life is almost passed
I think I've come to see myself at last
and I see that the time spent confused
was the time that I spent without you
And I feel myself in bloom

So darling be home soon
I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled
My darling be home soon
It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since Itoddled
For the great relief of having you to talk to

So darling...
My darling be home soon
I couldn't bear to wait an extra minute if you dawdled
My darling be home soon
It's not just these few hours but I've been waiting since Itoddled
For the great relief of having you to talk to

Go and beat your crazy head against the sky
try and see beyond the houses and your eyes
It's ok to shoot the moon

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A Sailor's Life - Fairport Convention

2009-06-01T22:44:00.000-07:00

A Sailor's Life - Fairport Convention
A sailor's life, it is a merry life
He robs young girls of their heart's delight
Leaving them behind to weep and mourn
They never know when they will return

"Well, there's four and twenty all in a row
My true love he makes the finest show
He's proper, tall, genteel withal
And if I don't have him, I'll have none at all"

"Oh, father build for me a bonny boat
That on the wide ocean I may float
And every Queen's ship that we pass by
There I'll inquire for my sailor boy"

They had not sailed long upon the deep
When a Queen's ship they chanced to meet
"You sailors all, pray tell me true
Does my sweet William sail among your crew?"

"Oh no, fair maiden, he is not here
For he's been drownded, we greatly fear
On yon green island, as we passed it by
There we lost sight of your sailing boy"

Well, she rung her hands and she tore her hair
She was like a young girl in great despair
And her little boat against a rock did run
"How can I live now? My sweet William is gone

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The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters

2009-06-01T22:42:00.000-07:00

The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters

The Pied Piper - Crispian St. Peters lyrics
You
With your masquerading
And you
Always contemplating
What to do
In case heaven has found you
Can't you see
That it's all around you
So follow me

[1, 2: Hey] come on, babe
Follow me
I'm the Pied Piper
Follow me
I'm the Pied Piper
And I'll show you where it's at
Come on, babe
Can't you see
I'm the Pied Piper
Trust in me
I'm the Pied Piper
And I'll show you where it's at

Girl
Don't be scared to move
Hey, babe
What are you tryin' to prove
It ain't true
That your life has kicked you
It's your mind
And that's all that's trickin' you
So step in line

Come on, babe
Follow me
Come on, babe
Trust in me
Come on, babe
Can't you see
Come on, babe
Follow me
I'm the Pied Piper

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You Showed Me - The Turtles

2009-06-01T22:41:00.000-07:00

You Showed Me - The Turtles

You Showed Me - The Turtles Lyrics
You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you
Oh, oh, oh, it's true
Oh, oh, I love you

You showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that very special way
Oh, oh, oh, it's true
You fell for me too

And when I tried it
I could see you fall
And I decided
It's not a trip at all

You taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too
Oh, oh, oh, it's true
We're in love we two

Na na na na na na
Na na na na na
Na na na na na
Oh oh oh oh oh
We're in love we two
We two

You showed me how to do
Exactly what you do
How I fell in love with you
(You...)

Showed me how to say
Exactly what you say
In that very special way
(You...)

Taught it to me too
Exactly what you do
And now you love me too
Now you love me too

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I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds

2009-06-01T22:39:00.000-07:00

I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds

I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better - The Byrds lyrics
The reason why
Oh I can't say
I have to let you go babe
And right away
After what you did
I can't stay on
And I'll probably feel a whole lot better
When you're gone

Baby for a long time
You had me believe
That your love was all mine
And that's the way it would be
But I didn't know
That you were putting me on
And I'll probably feel a whole lot better
When you're gone
Oh when you're gone

Now I've got to say
That it's not like before
And I'm not going to play
Your games anymore
After what you did
I can't stay on
And I'll probably feel a whole lot better
When you're gone
Oh when you're gone
Oh when you're gone
Oh when you're gone

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Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash

2009-06-01T22:36:00.000-07:00

Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Marrakesh Express - Crosby, Stills & Nash Lyrics
Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes
Traveling the train through clear Moroccan skies
Ducks and pigs and chickens call
Animal carpet wall to wall
American ladies five-foot tall in blue

Sweeping cobwebs from the edges of my mind
Had to get away to see what we could find
Hope the days that lie ahead
Bring us back to where they've led
Listen not to what's been said to you

Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
They're taking me to Marrakesh
All aboard the train, all aboard the train

I've been saving all my money just to take you there
I smell the garden in your hair

Take the train from Casablanca going south
Blowing smoke rings from the corners of my mouth
Colored cottons hang in the air
Charming cobras in the square
Striped djellebas we can wear at home
Well, let me hear you now

Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
They're taking me to Marrakesh

Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express
They're taking me to Marrakesh
All on board the train, all on board the train
All on board

(Please Note: I got this from a Crosby, Stills & Nash website. I don't think that the lyrics are absolutely perfect, but it's pretty accurate. Enjoy!)

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Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel

2009-06-01T22:35:00.000-07:00

Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel

Homeward Bound - Simon & Garfunkel Lyrics
Im sittin in the railway station
Got a ticket for my destination
On a tour of one night stands
My suitcase and guitar in hand
And every stop is neatly planned
For a poet and a one man band

Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thoughts escaping
Home, where my musics playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me

Everydays an endless stream
Of cigarettes and magazines
And each town looks the same to me
The movies and the factories
And every strangers face I see
Reminds me that I long to be

Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thoughts escaping
Home, where my musics playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me

Tonight Ill sing my songs again
Ill play the game and pretend
But all my words come back to me
In shades of mediocrity
Like emptyness in harmony
I need someone to comfort me

Homeward bound
I wish I was
Homeward bound
Home, where my thoughts escaping
Home, where my musics playing
Home, where my love lies waiting
Silently for me
Silently for me
Silently for me

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You Didn't Have To Be So Nice - The Lovin' Spoonful

2009-06-01T22:33:00.000-07:00

You Didn't Have To Be So Nice
- The Lovin' Spoonful

You Didn't Have To Be So Nice
- The Lovin' Spoonful lyrics

You didn't have to be so nice
I would have liked you anyway
If you had just looked once or twice
And gone upon your quiet way

Today I said the time was right for me to follow you
I knew I'd find you in a day or two
And it's true

You came upon a quiet day
You simply seemed to take your place
I knew that it would be that way
The minute that I saw your face

And when we've had a few more days (when we've had a few more days)
I wonder if I'll get to say (wonder if I'll get to say)
You didn't have to be so nice (be so nice)
I would have liked you anyway (would have liked)

Today I said the time was right for me to follow you (today said that the time was right to follow you)
I knew I'd find you in a day or two (I knew that I would find you in a day or two)
And it's true

You didn't have to be so nice (didn't have to be so nice)
I would have liked you anyway (would have liked you anyway)
If you had just looked once or twice (once or twice)
And gone upon your quiet way (quiet way)

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2009-06-01T22:31:00.000-07:00

I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
- Richard & Linda Thompson

I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight
- Richard & Linda Thompson Lyrics
I'm so tired of working everyday
Now the weekend's come I'm gonna throw my troubles away
If you've got the can fare mister you'll do alright
I want to see the bright lights tonight

Meet me at the startion don't be late
I need to spend some money and it just won't wait
Take me to the dance and hold me tight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

There's crazy people running all over town
There's a silver band just marching up and down
And the big boys are all spoiling for a fight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

Meet me at the starion don't be late
I need to spend some money and it just won't wait
Take me to the dance and hold me tight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

A couple if drunken nights rolling on the floor
Is just the kind of mess I'm looking for
I'm gonna dreak 'till Monday comes in sight
I want to see the brights lights tonight

Meet me at the station don't be late
I need to spend some money and it just won't wait
Take me to the dance and hold metight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

Take me to the dance and hold me tight
I want to see the bright lights tonight

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Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan

2009-06-01T22:30:00.000-07:00

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan

Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Bob Dylan Lyrics
Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good,
They'll stone ya just a-like they said they would.
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to go home.
Then they'll stone ya when you're there all alone.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.

Well, they'll stone ya when you're walkin' 'long the street.
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to keep your seat.
They'll stone ya when you're walkin' on the floor.
They'll stone ya when you're walkin' to the door.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.

They'll stone ya when you're at the breakfast table.
They'll stone ya when you are young and able.
They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to make a buck.
They'll stone ya and then they'll say, "good luck."
Tell ya what, I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.

Well, they'll stone you and say that it's the end.
Then they'll stone you and then they'll come back again.
They'll stone you when you're riding in your car.
They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar.
Yes, but I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.

Well, they'll stone you when you walk all alone.
They'll stone you when you are walking home.
They'll stone you and then say you are brave.
They'll stone you when you are set down in your grave.
But I would not feel so all alone,
Everybody must get stoned.

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I Saw Her Again - The Mamas & the Papas

2009-06-01T22:22:00.000-07:00

I Saw Her Again - The Mamas & the Papas

I Saw Her Again - The Mamas & the Papas Lyrics
I saw her again last night
And you know that I shouldn't
To string her along's just not right
If I couldn't I wouldn't

But what can I do, I'm lonely too
And it makes me feel so good to know
(And it makes me feel...
She'll never leave me
... so good to know)

I'm in way over my head
Now she thinks that I love her
Because that's what I said
Though I never think of her

But what can I do, I'm lonely too
And it makes me feel so good to know
(And it makes me feel...
She'll never leave me
... so good to know)

Every time I see that girl
You know I wanna lay down and die
But I really need that girl
Oh, I'm livin' a lie
(Though I'm livin' a lie)
It makes me wanna cry

I saw her again last night
And you know that I shouldn't
To string her along's just not right
If I couldn't I wouldn't

But what can I do, I'm lonely too
And it makes me feel so good to know
(And it makes me feel...
She'll never leave me
... so good to know)

But what can I do, I'm lonely too
And it makes me feel so good to know
(And it makes me feel...
She'll never leave me
... so good to know)

Every time I see that girl
You know I wanna lay down and die
But I really need that girl
Oh, I'm livin' a lie
(Though I'm livin' a lie)
It makes me wanna cry

I saw her again last night
And you know that I shouldn't
To string her along's just not right
If I couldn't I wouldn't

I'm in way over my head
Now she thinks that I love her
Because that's what I said
Though I never think of her

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Along Comes Mary - Association

2009-06-01T22:20:00.000-07:00

Along Comes Mary - Association

Many people misinterpreted this as a paean to marijuana, which is also known as "Mary Jane." The group was not permitted to play it in their Disneyland concert.

This was the first hit for The Association, who gained a following in Los Angeles, but had a hard time getting a record deal. They signed to a small label called Valiant Records, who were rewarded when this became a hit, and when their follow-up, "Cherish," went to #1. (thanks, Brad Wind - Miami, FL, for above 2)

The Bloodhound Gang covered this on their album Hooray for Boobies. (thanks, James - Tacoma, WA)

Along Comes Mary - Association Lyrics
Every time I think that I'm the only one who's lonely
Someone calls on me
And every now and then I spend my time in rhyme and verse
And curse those faults in me

And then along comes Mary
And does she want to give me kicks, and be my steady chick
And give me pick of memories
Or maybe rather gather tales of all the fails and tribulations
No one ever sees

When we met I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch

When vague desire is the fire in the eyes of chicks
Whose sickness is the games they play
And when the masquerade is played and neighbor folks make jokes
As who is most to blame today

And then along comes Mary
And does she want to set them free, and let them see reality
From where she got her name
And will they struggle much when told that such a tender touch as hers
Will make them not the same

When we met I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch

And when the morning of the warning's passed, the gassed
And flaccid kids are flung across the stars
The psychodramas and the traumas gone
The songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars

And then along comes Mary
And does she want to see the stains, the dead remains of all the pains
She left the night before
Or will their waking eyes reflect the lies, and make them
Realize their urgent cry for sight no more

When we met I was sure out to lunch
Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch

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Let's Live For Today - Grass Roots

2009-06-01T22:19:00.000-07:00

Let's Live For Today - Grass Roots

Let's Live For Today - Grass Roots Lyrics
When I think of all the worries people seem to find
And how they're in a hurry to complicate their mind
By chasing after money and dreams that can't come true
I'm glad that we are different, we've better things to do
May others plan their future, I'm busy lovin' you (1-2-3-4)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
And don't worry 'bout tomorrow, hey, hey, hey
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
Live for today
We were never meant to worry the way that people do
And I don't need to hurry as long as I'm with you
We'll take it nice and easy and use my simple plan
You'll be my lovin' woman, I'll be your lovin' man
We'll take the most from living, have pleasure while we can (2-3-4)
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
And don't worry 'bout tomorrow, hey, hey, hey
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
Live for today
Baby, I need to feel you inside of me
I got to feel you deep inside of me
Baby please come close to me
I got to have you now, please, please, please
Gimme some-a lovin', gimme some-a lovin'
Gimme some-a lovin', gimme some-a lovin'
Baby gimme some-a lovin'
Gimme some-a lovin, I need all your lovin'
Gimme some-a lovin, I need all your lovin'
Give me some love, now
I need all your lovin'
Sha la la la la la
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today
And don't worry 'bout tomorrow, hey, hey, hey
Sha-la-la-la-la-la, live for today.

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Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan

2009-06-01T22:17:00.000-07:00

Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan

Tangled Up In Blue - Bob Dylan Lyrics
Early one mornin the sun was shinin,
I was layin in bed
Wondrin if shed changed at all
If her hair was still red.
Her folks they said our lives together
Sure was gonna be rough
They never did like mamas homemade dress
Papas bankbook wasnt big enough.
And I was standin on the side of the road
Rain fallin on my shoes
Heading out for the east coast
Lord knows Ive paid some dues gettin through,
Tangled up in blue.

She was married when we first met
Soon to be divorced
I helped her out of a jam, I guess,
But I used a little too much force.
We drove that car as far as we could
Abandoned it out west
Split up on a dark sad night
Both agreeing it was best.
She turned around to look at me
As I was walkin away
I heard her say over my shoulder,
Well meet again someday on the avenue,
Tangled up in blue.

I had a job in the great north woods
Working as a cook for a spell
But I never did like it all that much
And one day the ax just fell.
So I drifted down to new orleans
Where I happened to be employed
Workin for a while on a fishin boat
Right outside of delacroix.
But all the while I was alone
The past was close behind,
I seen a lot of women
But she never escaped my mind, and I just grew
Tangled up in blue.

She was workin in a topless place
And I stopped in for a beer,
I just kept lookin at the side of her face
In the spotlight so clear.
And later on as the crowd thinned out
Is just about to do the same,
She was standing there in back of my chair
Said to me, dont I know your name?
I muttered somethin underneath my breath,
She studied the lines on my face.
I must admit I felt a little uneasy
When she bent down to tie the laces of my shoe,
Tangled up in blue.

She lit a burner on the stove and offered me a pipe
I thought youd never say hello, she said
You look like the silent type.
Then she opened up a book of poems
And handed it to me
Written by an italian poet
From the thirteenth century.
And every one of them words rang true
And glowed like burnin coal
Pourin off of every page
Like it was written in my soul from me to you,
Tangled up in blue.

I lived with them on montague street
In a basement down the stairs,
There was music in the cafes at night
And revolution in the air.
Then he started into dealing with slaves
And something inside of him died.
She had to sell everything she owned
And froze up inside.
And when finally the bottom fell out
I became withdrawn,
The only thing I knew how to do
Was to keep on keepin on like a bird that flew,
Tangled up in blue.

So now Im goin back again,
I got to get to her somehow.
All the people we used to know
Theyre an illusion to me now.
Some are mathematicians
Some are carpenters wives.
Dont know how it all got started,
I dont know what theyre doin with their lives.
But me, Im still on the road
Headin for another joint
We always did feel the same,
We just saw it from a different point of view,
Tangled up in blue.

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It Ain't Me Babe - The Turtles

2009-06-01T22:16:00.000-07:00

It Ain't Me Babe - The Turtles

It Ain't Me Babe - The Turtles Lyrics
Go away from my window
Leave at your own chosen speed
I'm not the one you want, babe
I'm not the one you need

You say you're looking for someone
Who?s never weak, but always strong
To protect you and defend you
Whether you are right or wrong
Someone to open each and every door

But it ain't me, babe
No, no, no it ain't me, babe
well it ain't me you're looking for, babe

Go lightly from the ledge, babe
Go lightly on the ground
I'm not the one you want, babe
I'll only leave you down

You say you're looking for someone
Who?ll promise never to part
Someone to close his eyes to you
Someone to close his heart
Someone who?ll die for you and more

But it ain't me, babe
No, no, no it ain't me, babe
Well It ain't me you're looking for, babe
Well It ain't me you're looking for, babe

I said no, no, no
It ain?t me babe
I said no, no, no
It ain?t me babe
I said no, no, no
It ain?t me babe

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