Originally Posted By eww4 Okay, I'm a bit late in the season getting this going, and for those who don't remember or have joined in the last few years, about four years ago I started a thread, called "There was a boy" where I pasted in song lyrics. Here we go again, only based on the American Idol songs of the week!
Originally Posted By eww4 Almost heaven, west virginia Blue ridge mountains Shenandoah river - Life is old there Older than the trees Younger than the mountains Growin’ like a breeze Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West virginia, mountain momma Take me home, country roads All my memories gathered ¡®round her Miner’s lady, stranger to blue water Dark and dusty, painted on the sky Misty taste of moonshine Teardrops in my eye Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West virginia, mountain momma Take me home, country roads I hear her voice In the mornin’ hour she calls me The radio reminds me of my home far away And drivin’ down the road I get a feelin’ That I should have been home yesterday, yesterday Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West virginia, mountain momma Take me home, country roads Country roads, take me home To the place I belong West virginia, mountain momma Take me home, country roads Take me home, now country roads Take me home, now country roads
Originally Posted By eww4 This is what a woman wants... Any man of mine better be proud of me Even when I'm ugly he still better love me And I can be late for a date that's fine But he better be on time Any man of mine'll say it fits just right When last year's dress is just a little too tight And anything I do or say better be okay When I have a bad hair day And if I change my mind A million times I wanna hear him say Yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah I like that way Chorus: Any man of mine better walk the line Better show me a teasin' squeezin' pleasin' kinda time I need a man who knows, how the story goes He's gotta be a heartbeatin' fine treatin' Breathtakin' earthquakin' kind Any man of mine Well any man of mine better disagree When I say another woman's lookin' better than me And when I cook him dinner and I burn it black He better say, mmm, I like it like that yeah And if I change my mind A million times I wanna hear him say Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, I like it that way (Repeat Chorus) Let me hear you say yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah I like it that way (Repeat Chorus) You gotta shimmy shake Make the earth quake Kick, turn, stomp, stomp, then you jump Heel to toe, Do Si Do 'Til your feet And your backache Keep it movin' `till you just can't take anymore Come on everybody on the floor A-one two, a three four Hup two, hup If you wanna be a man of mine, that's right This is what a woman wants...
Originally Posted By eww4 Sometimes late at night I lie awake and watch her sleeping She's lost in peaceful dreams So I turn out the lights and lay there in the dark And the thought crosses my mind If I never wake up in the morning Would she ever doubt the way I feel About her in my heart If tomorrow never comes Will she know how much I loved her Did I try in every way to show her every day That she's my only one And if my time on earth were through And she must face this world without me Is the love I gave her in the past Gonna be enough to last If tomorrow never comes 'Cause I've lost loved ones in my life Who never knew how much I loved them Now I live with the regret That my true feelings for them never were revealed So I made a promise to myself To say each day how much she means to me And avoid that circumstance Where there's no second chance to tell her how I feel If tomorrow never comes Will she know how much I loved her Did I try in every way to show her every day That she's my only one And if my time on earth were through And she must face this world without me Is the love I gave her in the past Gonna be enough to last If tomorrow never comes So tell that someone that you love Just what you're thinking of If tomorrow never comes
Originally Posted By eww4 How do I get through one night without you If I had to live without you What kind of life would that be Oh I, I need you in my arms Need you to hold You're my world, my heart, my soul If you ever leave Baby you would take away everything good in my life And tell me now How do I live without you I want to know How do I breathe without you If you ever go How do I ever, ever survive How do I How do I Oh, how do I live Without you, there'd be no sun in my sky There would be no love in my life There'd be no world left for me And I, oh Baby, I don't know what I would do I'd be lost if I lost you I f you ever leave Baby you would take away everything real in my life And tell me now How do I live without you I want to know How do I breathe without you If you ever go How do I ever, ever survive How do I How do I Oh, how do I live Please tell me baby How do I go on If you ever leave Baby you would take away everything Need you with me Baby don't you know that you're everything good in my life And tell me now How do I live without you I want to know How do I breathe without you If you ever go How do I ever, ever survive How do I How do I Oh, how do I live how do I live without you how do I live without you baby how do I live....
Originally Posted By eww4 Alone in this house again tonight I got the TV on, the sound turned down and a bottle of wine Theres pictures of you and I on the walls around me the way that it was and should have been surrounds me I'll never get over you walkin' away Well I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain To hell with my pride Let it fall like rain, from my eyes Tonight I wanna cry. Would it help if i turned a sad song on "All by Myself" would sure hit me hard, now that you're gone Or maybe unfold some old yellow lost love letters It's gonna hurt bad before it gets better But I'll never get over you by hidin' this way Cause I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain To hell with my pride Let it fall like rain, from my eyes Tonight I wanna cry. oOOo Well I've never been the kind to ever let my feelings show And I thought that bein' strong meant never losin' your self-control But I'm just drunk enough to let go of my pain To hell with this pride Let it fall like rain, from my eyes Tonight I wanna cry.
Originally Posted By eww4 I remember it all very well lookin’ back It was the summer I turned eighteen We lived in a one room, rundown shack On the outskirts of new orleans We didn’t have money for food or rent To say the least we were hard pressed Then mama spent every last penny we had To buy me a dancin’ dress Mama washed and combed and curled my hair And she painted my eyes and lips then I stepped into a satin Dancin’ dress that had a split on the side clean up to my hip It was red velvet trim and it fit me good Standin’ back from the lookin’ glass There stood a woman where a half gown kid had stood She said here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down Here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down Mama dabbed a little bit of perfume on my neck And she kissed my cheek Then I saw the tears wellin’ up in her troubled eyes When she started to speak She looked at a pitiful shack And then she looked at me and took a ragged breath She said your pa’s run off and I’m real sick And the baby’s gonna starve to death She handed me a heart shaped locket that said To thine own self be true And I shivered as I watched a roach crawl across The tow of my high heel shoe It sounded like somebody else that was talkin’ Askin’ mama what do I do She said just be nice to the gentlemen fancy And they’ll be nice to you She said here’s your chance fancy don’t let me down Here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down Lord forgive me for what I do, but if you want out Well it’s up to you Now don’t let me down you better start movin’ uptown Well, that was the last time I saw my ma The night I left that rickety shack The welfare people came and took the baby Mama died and I ain’t been back But the wheels of fate had started to turn And for me there was no way out And it wasn’t very long ’til I knew exactly What my mama’s been talkin’ about I knew what I had to do but I made myself this solemn vow That i’s gonna be a lady someday Though I don’t know when or how I couldn’t see spending the rest of my life With my head hung down in shame you know I might have been born just plain white trash But fancy was my name Here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down Here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down It wasn’t very long after a benevolent man Took me off the street And one week later I was pourin’ his tea In a five room hotel suite I charmed a king, a congressman And an occasional aristocrat Then I got me a georgia mansion In an elegant new york townhouse flat And I ain’t done bad Now in this world there’s a lot of self-righteous hippocrits That would call me bad And criticize mama for turning me out No matter how little we had But though I ain’t had to worry ’bout nothin’ For nigh on fifteen years I can still hear the desperation in my poor Mama’s voice ringin’ in my ear She said, here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down Here’s your one chance fancy don’t let me down Lord, forgive me for what I do But if you want out well it’s up to you Now don’t let me down Your mama’s gonna help you uptown I guess she did
Originally Posted By eww4 I'm gonna be here for you baby I'll be a man of my word Speak the language in a voice that you have never heard I wanna sleep with you forever And I wanna die in your arms In a cabin by a meadow where the wild beast swarm And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll earn your trust making memories of us I wanna honor your mother I wanna learn from your pa I wanna steal your attention like a bad outlaw I wanna stand out in a crowd for you A man among men I wanna make your world better than it's ever been And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll earn your trust making memories of us We'll follow the rainbow Wherever the four winds blow And there'll be a new day Comin' your way I'm gonna be here for you from now on This you know somehow You've been stretched to the limits but it's alright now And I'm gonna make you this promise If there's life after this I'm gonna be there to meet you with a warm, wet kiss Yes I am And I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you And I'll earn your trust making memories of us I'm gonna love you like nobody loves you baby And I'll win your trust making memories of us Mmhm ooooooooooo oh baby mmmm
Originally Posted By eww4 You're bringing out the Elvis in me You're bringing out the Elvis in me Just like a fossil Frozen in time I could not move My heart, my soul, my feet Then you unearthed me And put me in a hot pulsating groove Now I'm a slave to the beat You're bringing out the Elvis in me Making my hips want to swing You bring out the Elvis in me Making me burst out and sing When I'm with you I never have to feel like a sardine In a little metal can I'm more like a wild shark That travels in a pink limosuine, yeah Yeah, together with my fans You're bringing out the Elvis in me Making my hips want to swing You bring out the Elvis in me Making me burst out and sing, oh yeah People think I'm a silly fool Because I think you are so nice and cool And some people say You're so square But I don't care You're bringing out the Elvis in me You're bringing out the Elvis in me You're bringing out the Elvis in me Making my hips want to swing You bring out the Elvis in me Making me burst out and sing You're bringing out the Elvis in me
Originally Posted By eww4 So you sailed away Into a grey sky morning Now I'm here to stay Love can be so boring Nothing's quite the same now I just say your name now Chorus But it's not so bad You're only the best I ever had You don't want me back You're just the best I ever had So you stole my world Now I'm just a phony Remembering the girl Leaves me down and lonely Send it in a letter Make yourself feel better Chorus But it's not so bad You're only the best I ever had You don't need me back You're just the best I ever had And it may take some time to Patch me up inside But I can't take it so I Run away and hide And I may find in time that You were always right You're always right So you sailed away Into a grey sky morning Now I'm here to stay Love can be so boring What was it you wanted Could it be I'm haunted Chorus But it's not so bad You're only the best I ever had I don't want you back You're just the best I ever had The best I ever had The best I ever
Originally Posted By eww4 April 11, 2006 Theme: Songs by Queen "Fat Bottomed Girls" sung by Bucky Covington "We Will Rock You" sung by Ace Young "Bohemian Rhapsody" sung by Kelly Pickler "Innuendo" sung by Chris Daughtry "Who Wants to Live Forever" sung by Katharine McPhee "Somebody to Love" sung by Elliot Yamin "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" sung by Taylor Hicks "The Show Must Go On" sung by Paris Bennett
Originally Posted By eww4 Fat Bottomed Girls Words and music by Brian May Are you gonna take me home tonight Ah down beside that red firelight Are you gonna let it all hang out Fat bottomed girls You make the rockin' world go round Hey I was just a skinny lad Never knew no good from bad But I knew life before I left my nursery Left alone with big fat Fanny She was such a naughty nanny Heap big woman you made a bad boy out of me Hey hey! I've been singing with my band Across the wire across the land I seen ev'ry blue eyed floozy on the way But their beauty and their style Went kind of smooth after a while Take me to them dirty ladies every time Oh won't you take me home tonight? Oh down beside your red firelight Oh and you give it all you got Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round Hey listen here Now your mortgages and homes I got stiffness in the bones Ain't no beauty queens in this locality (I tell you) Oh but I still get my pleasure Still got my greatest treasure Heap big woman you gonna make a big man out of me Now get this Oh you gonna take me home tonight (please) Oh down beside your red firelight Oh you gonna let it all hang out Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round Fat bottomed girls you make the rockin' world go round Get on your bikes and ride Oooh yeah them fat bottomed girls Fat bottomed girls Yeah yeah yeah Fat bottomed girls Yes yes
Originally Posted By eww4 Buddy you're a boy make a big noise Playin' in the street gonna be a big man some day You got mud on yo' face You big disgrace Kickin' your can all over the place Singin' 'We will we will rock you We will we will rock you' Buddy you're a young man hard man Shoutin' in the street gonna take on the world some day You got blood on yo' face You big disgrace Wavin' your banner all over the place 'We will we will rock you' Singin' 'We will we will rock you' Buddy you're an old man poor man Pleadin' with your eyes gonna make you some peace some day You got mud on your face You big disgrace Somebody better put you back into your place 'We will we will rock you' Singin' 'We will we will rock you' Everybody 'We will we will rock you' 'We will we will rock you' Alright
Originally Posted By eww4 Is this the real life- Is this just fantasy- Caught in a landslide- No escape from reality- Open your eyes Look up to the skies and see- I'm just a poor boy,I need no sympathy- Because I'm easy come,easy go, A little high,little low, Anyway the wind blows,doesn't really matter to me, To me Mama,just killed a man, Put a gun against his head, Pulled my trigger,now he's dead, Mama,life had just begun, But now I've gone and thrown it all away- Mama ooo, Didn't mean to make you cry- If I'm not back again this time tomorrow- Carry on,carry on,as if nothing really matters- Too late,my time has come, Sends shivers down my spine- Body's aching all the time, Goodbye everybody-I've got to go- Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth- Mama ooo- (any way the wind blows) I don't want to die, I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all- I see a little silhouetto of a man, Scaramouche,scaramouche will you do the Fandango- Thunderbolt and lightning-very very frightening me- Galileo,Galileo, Galileo Galileo Galileo figaro-Magnifico- But I'm just a poor boy and nobody loves me- He's just a poor boy from a poor family- Spare him his life from this monstrosity- Easy come easy go-,will you let me go- Bismillah! No-,we will not let you go-let him go- Bismillah! We will not let you go-let him go Bismillah! We will not let you go-let me go Will not let you go-let me go Will not let you go let me go No,no,no,no,no,no,no- Mama mia,mama mia,mama mia let me go- Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me,for me,for me- So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye- So you think you can love me and leave me to die- Oh baby-Can't do this to me baby- Just gotta get out-just gotta get right outta here- Nothing really matters, Anyone can see, Nothing really matters-,nothing really matters to me, Any way the wind blows....
Originally Posted By eww4 While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand While the waves crash in the sea and meet the land While there's a wind and the stars and the rainbow Till the mountains crumble into the plain Oh yes we'll keep on tryin' Tread that fine line Oh we'll keep on tryin yeah Just passing our time While we live according to race, colour or creed While we rule by blind madness and pure greed Our lives dictated by tradition, superstition, false religion Through the eons, and on and on Oh yes we'll keep on tryin' We'll tread that fine line Oh oh we'll keep on tryin' Till the end of time Till the end of time Through the sorrow all through our splendour Don't take offence at my innuendo You can be anything you want to be Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be Be free with your tempo be free be free Surrender your ego be free be free to yourself Oooh ooh If there's a God or any kind of justice under the sky If there's a point if there's a reason to live or die If there's an answer to the questions we feel bound to ask Show yourself - destroy our fears - release your mask Oh yes we'll keep on trying Hey tread that fine line Yeah we'll keep on smiling yeah (yeah yeah) And whatever will be will be We'll keep on trying We'll just keep on trying Till the end of time Till the end of time Till the end of time
Originally Posted By eww4 There's no time for us There's no place for us What is this thing that builds our dreams yet slips away from us Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever....? There's no chance for us It's all decided for us This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever? Who dares to love forever? When love must die But touch my tears with your lips Touch my world with your fingertips And we can have forever And we can love forever Forever is our today Who wants to live forever Who wants to live forever? Forever is our today Who waits forever anyway?
Originally Posted By eww4 Can anybody find be somebody to love? Each morning I get up I die a little Can barely stand on my feet (Take a look at yourself)Take a look in the mirror and cry Lord what you're doing to me I have to spend all my years in believing you But I just can't get no relief Lord Somebody (somebody) ooh somebody (somebody) Can anybody find me somebody to love? I work hard (he works hard) everyday of my life I work till I ache my bones At the end (at the end of the day) I take home my hard earned pay all on my own I get down (down) on my knees (knees) And I start to pray (praise the Lord) 'Til the tears run down from my eyes Lord somebody (somebody) ooh somebody (please) Can anybody find me somebody to love? (He wants help) Every day - I try and I try and I try - But everybody wants to put me down They say I'm goin' crazy They say I got a lot of water in my brain Got no common sense (He's)I got nobody left to believe Yeah - yeah yeah yeah Ooh Somebody (somebody) Can anybody find me somebody to love? (Anybody find me someone to love) Got no feel I got no rhythm I just keep losing my beat (you just keep losing and losing) I'm OK I'm alright (he's alright) I ain't gonna face no defeat I just gotta get out of this prison cell One day I'm gonna be free Lord Find me somebody to love find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love find me somebody to love Somebody somebody somebody somebody somebody Find me somebody find me somebody to love Can anybody find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Find me somebody to love Find me find me find me Find me somebody to love Somebody to love Find me somebody to love...
Originally Posted By eww4 This thing called love I just can't handle it This thing called love I must get round to it I ain't ready Crazy little thing called love This thing (this thing) called love (called love) It cries (like a baby) In a cradle all night It swings (woo woo) It jives (woo woo) It shakes all over like a jelly fish I kinda like it Crazy little thing called love There goes my baby She knows how to Rock'n'Roll She drives my crazy She gives me hot and cold fever Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat I gotta be cool relax get hip! Get on my track's Take a back seat Hitch hike And take a long ride on my motor bike Until I'm ready Crazy little thing called love I gotta be cool relax get hip! Get on my track's Take a back seat Hitch hike And take a long ride on my motor bike Until I'm ready (ready Freddie) Crazy little thing called love This thing called love I just can't handle it This thing called love I must get round to it I ain't ready Crazy little thing called love...
Originally Posted By eww4 Empty spaces - what are we living for Abandoned places - I guess we know the score On and on Does anybody know what we are looking for Another hero another mindless crime Behind the curtain in the pantomime Hold the line Does anybody want to take it anymore The show must go on The show must go on Inside my heart is breaking My make-up may be flaking But my smile still stays on Whatever happens I'll leave it all to chance Another heartache another failed romance On and on Does anybody know what we are living for I guess I'm learning I must be warmer now I'll soon be turning round the corner now Outside the dawn is breaking But inside in the dark I'm aching to be free The show must go on The show must go on - yeah Ooh inside my heart is breaking My make-up may be flaking But my smile still stays on Yeah, oh oh oh My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die I can fly - my friends The show must go on - yeah The show must go on I'll face it with a grin I'm never giving in On with the show I'll top the bill I'll overkill I have to find the will to carry on On with the On with the show The show must go on, go on, go on, go on, ...
