Originally Posted By chickendumpling Why are there so many Songs about rainbows And what's on the other side Rainbow's are visions They're only illusions And rainbows have nothing to hide So we've been told and some chose to Believe it But I know they're wrong wait and see Someday we'll find it The Rainbow Connection The lovers, the dreamers and me Who said that every wish Would be heard and answered When wished on the morning star Somebody thought of that And someone believed it And look what it's done so far What's so amazing That keeps us star gazing What so we think we might see Someday we'll find it That Rainbow Connection The lovers the dreamers and me Have you been half asleep And have you heard voices I've heard them calling my name Are these the sweet sounds that called The young sailors I think they're one and the same I've heard it too many times to ignore it There's something that I'm supposed to be Someday we'll find it The Rainbow Connection The lovers, the dreamers and me
Originally Posted By chickendumpling When I was a kid Uncle Remus he put me to bed With a picture of Stonewall Jackson above my head Then daddy came in to kiss his little man With gin on his breath and a Bible in his hand He talked about honor and things I should know Then he staggered a little as he went out the door I can still hear the soft southern winds in the live oak trees And those Williams boys they still mean a lot to me Hank and Tennessee I guess we're all gonna be what we're gonna be So what do you do with good ole boys like me Nothing makes a sound in the night like the wind does But you ain't afraid if you're washed in the blood like I was The smell of Cape Jasmine through the window screen John R and the wolfman kept me company By the light of the radio by my bed with Thomas Wolfe whispering in my head I can still hear the soft southern winds... When I was in school I ran with a kid down the street And I watched him burn himself up on Bourbon and speed But I was smarter than most and I could choose Learned to talk like the man on the six o'clock news When I was eighteen Lord I hit the road but it really dodn't matter how far I go I can still hear the soft southern winds... Yeah what do you do with good ole boys like me *sighs* That song just...well, words can't describe it really. Even though I'm a city girl from Southern California this song just captures so much of what is in my heart I can't even begin to describe it.
Originally Posted By alexbook Elizabeth reigns Over and under Elizabeth reigns Lightning and thunder Elizabeth reigns Since I was younger She's head of the family Elizabeth reigns over me The Queen Mum is dead But she lives in my head Since the world was at war We all felt her pain But [she] never complained We all loved her more Elizabeth reigns... A letter unsent[?] Entombed in cement And hung from the hanging tree God save the Queen If you know what I mean We don't really need a king Six hundred servants Use her detergents Scrubbing the palace floor And all of our sins're As big as the Windsors' So let's point our fingers no more Elizabeth reigns... Goodbye to the Jubilee Elizabeth reigns over me [Me, an anglophile? Whatever gave you that impression?]
Originally Posted By alexbook Ready - set - go man go I got a gal that I love so I'm ready - ready ready Teddy I'm ready - ready ready Teddy I'm ready - ready ready Teddy I'm ready ready Teddy to rock 'n' roll All the flat top cats and the dungaree dolls Are headed for the gym to the sock hop ball The joint is really jumpin', the cats are goin' wild The music really sends me, I dig that crazy style I'm ready... Well, I'm goin' to the corner, pick up my sweetie pie She's my rock 'n' roll baby, she's the apple of my eye I'm ready... I'm gonna blow off my shoes, roll up my faded jeans Got a rock 'n' roll baby comin' on the scene Shuffle to the left, shuffle to the right Gonna rock 'n' roll in the early early night I'm ready...
Originally Posted By DAR Celia, you're breaking my heart, You're shaking my confidence daily. Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please to come home. Celia, you're breaking my heart, You're shaking my confidence daily. Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please to come home. Come on home. Making love in the afternoon with Cecilia Up in my bedroom, I got up to wash my face When I come back to bed, Someone's taken my place. Celia, you're breaking my heart, You're shaking my confidence daily. Oh Cecilia, I'm down on my knees, I'm begging you please to come home. Jubilation, She loves me again, I fall on the floor and I laughing. Jubilation, She loves me again, I fall on the floor and I laughing.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Reluctantly crouched at the starting line, Engines pumping and thumping in time. The green light flashes, the flags go up. Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup. They deftly maneuver and muscle for rank, Fuel burning fast on an empty tank. Reckless and wild, they pour through the turns. Their prowess is potent and secretly stearn. As they speed through the finish, the flags go down. The fans get up and they get out of town. The arena is empty except for one man, Still driving and striving as fast as he can. The sun has gone down and the moon has come up, And long ago somebody left with the cup. But he's driving and striving and hugging the turns. And thinking of someone for whom he still burns. He's going the distance. He's going for speed. She's all alone In her time of need. Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course, He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse, He's going the distance. No trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no wine, He's haunted by something he cannot define. Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse, Assail him, impale him with monster-truck force. In his mind, he's still driving, still making the grade. She's hoping in time that her memories will fade. Cause he's racing and pacing and plotting the course, He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse. The sun has gone down and the moon has come up, And long ago somebody left with the cup. But he's striving and driving and hugging the turns. And thinking of someone for whom he still burns. Cause he's going the distance. He's going for speed. She's all alone In her time of need. Because he's racing and pacing and plotting the course, He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse. He's racing and pacing and plotting the course, He's fighting and biting and riding on his horse. He's going the distance. He's going for speed. He's going the distance. The Distance - Cake I love to play this song really, really loud.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling I wonder, I wonder I wonder, I wonder I wonder why each Little bird has someone To sing to sweet things to A gay little love melody? I wonder, I wonder If my heart keeps singing Will my song go winging To someone who'll find me And bring back a love song to me?
Originally Posted By chickendumpling I know you I walked with you once upon a dream. I know you The gleam in your eyes is so familiar a gleam Yes, I know it's true that visions are seldom all they seem But if I know you, I know what you'll do You'll love me at once the way you did once upon a dream *dances away, humming*
Originally Posted By DAR Veruca Salt, the little brute, Has just gone down the garbage chute And She will meet as she descends A rather different set of friends A rather different set of friends A rather different set of friends A fish head, for example, cut This morning from a halibut. An oyster from an oyster stew, A steak that no one else would chew, And lots of other things as well, Each with a rather horrid smell. horrid smell These are Veruca's new found friends That she will meet as she descends, These are Veruca's new found friends The one's who spoiler her Who indeed? Who pandered to her every need? Who turned her into such a brat? Who are the culprits? Who did that? The guilty ones now this is sad Dear Old Mum and Loving Dad
Originally Posted By DAR Is it getting better Or do you feel the same Will it make it easier on you Now you got someone to blame You say One love One life When its one need In the night Its one love We get to share it It leaves you baby If you dont care for it Did I disappoint you? Or leave a bad taste in your mouth? You act like you never had love And you want me to go without Well its too late Tonight To drag tha past out Into the light Were one But were not the same We get to carry each other Carry each other One Have you come here for forgiveness Have you come tor raise the dead Havew you come here to play jesus To the lepers in your head Did I ask too much More than a lot You gave me nothing Now its all I got Were one But were not the same We hurt each other Then we do it again You say Love is a temple Love a higher law Love is a temple Love the higher law You ask me to enter But then you make me crawl And I cant be holding on To what you got When all you got is hurt One love One blood One life You got to do what you should One life With each other Sisters Brothers One life But were not the same We get to carry each other Carry each other One One.
Originally Posted By DAR Everybodys saying, seeing things Without knowing that life brings a change And theyve been checking all the time My friends say Im love sick cause i... All I keep thinking about is her in my arms (got to see what love is all about) And I wont be the same until she is mine And my friends keep telling me to You got to cool it now You got to cool it now Ooooooh watch out Youre gonna loose control Cool it now You got to slow it down Slow it down... Youre gonna fall in love Everyday I walk her home from school And she tells me how she really feels And theres no doubt in my mind That this girl is one of a kind Cause all I keep thinking about is her in my arms And I wont feel the same until she is mine You got to cool it now You got to cool it now Ooooooh watch out Youre gonna loose control Cool it now You got to slow it down Slow it down... Youre gonna fall in love All I keep thinking about is her in my arms (got to see what love is all about) And Ill never be the same until you are mine And my friends keep telling me.. When ya got a girl who takes her time You must slow the pace you cant mess with her mind If she feels the same shell letcha know Just prepare yourself or be ready to go And I hope this message stays in your mind Cause you almost lost a girl who is right on time Theres one more thing that ya got to know Just cool it down and stay in control You got to cool it now You got to cool it now Ooooooh watch out Youre gonna loose control Cool it now You got to slow it down Slow it down... Youre gonna fall in love All I keep thinking about is her in my arms (got to see what love is all about) And Ill never be the same until you are mine And my friends keep telling me.. You got to cool it now You got to cool it now Ooooooh watch out Youre gonna loose control Cool it now You got to slow it down Slow it down... Youre gonna fall in love Why you all coming down on me Tryin to tell me how my life is supposed to be I know youre only trying to help me out Tryin to show me what life is really about But this time Im gonna make it on my own So why dontcha fellaz just leave me alone Ronnie, bobby, ricky and mike If I love the girl who cares who you like Cool it now Cool it now Ooooooh watch out Gonna lose control Cool it now Slow it down Slow it down... Youre gonna fall in love
Originally Posted By chickendumpling One evening as the sun went down and the jungle fire was burning Down the track came a hobo hiking and he said boys I'm not turning I'm headin for a land that's far away beside the crystal fountains So come with me we'll go and see the Big Rock Candy Mountains In the Big Rock Candy Mountains there's a land that's fair and bright Where the handouts grow on bushes and you sleep out every night Where the boxcars are all empty and the sun shines every day On the birds and the bees and the cigarette trees Where the lemonade springs where the bluebird sings In the Big Rock Candy Mountains In the Big Rock Candy Mountains all the cops have wooden legs And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth and the hens lay soft boiled eggs The farmer's trees are full of fruit and the barns are full of hay Oh, I'm bound to go where there ain't no snow Where the rain don't fall and the wind don't blow In the Big Rock Candy Mountains In the Big Rock Candy Mountains you never change your socks And the little streams of alcohol come a-trickling down the rocks The brakemen have to tip their hats and the railroad bulls are blind There's a lake of stew and of whiskey too You can paddle all around 'em in a big canoe In the Big Rock Candy Mountains In the Big Rock Candy Mountains the jails are made of tin And you can walk right out again as soon as you are in There ain't no short handled shovels, no axes saws or picks I'm a goin to stay where you sleep all day Where they hung the jerk that invented work In the Big Rock Candy Mountains I'll see you all this coming fall in the Big Rock Candy Mountains
Originally Posted By Deogges Mom She comes down from Yellow Mountain On a dark, flat land she rides On a pony she named Wildfire With a whirlwind by her side On a cold Nebraska night Oh, they say she died one winter When there came a killing frost And the pony she named Wildfire He busted down his stall And in a blizzard he was lost She ran calling Wildfire Calling Wildfire Calling Wildfire By the dark of the moon I planted But there came an early snow There's been a hoot-owl howling outside my window now For six nights in a row She's coming for me, I know And on Wildfire we're both gonna go We'll be riding Wildfire Riding Wildfire Riding Wildfire On Wildfire we're gonna ride We're gonna leave sodbustin' behind Get these hard times right on out of my mind Riding Wildfire
Originally Posted By Deogges Mom Words and music by Bob Seger She's totally committed To major independence But she's a lady through and through She gives them quite a battle All that they can handle She'll bruise some She'll hurt some too But oh they love to watch her strut Oh they do respect her but They love to watch her strut Sometimes they'll want to leave her Just give up and leave her But they would never play that scene In spite of all her talking Once she starts in walking The lady will be all they ever dreamed Oh they'll love to watch her strut Oh they'll kill to make the cut They love to watch her strut Yeah love to watch her strut Watch her strut
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Baby mine, don't you cry Baby mine, Dry your eyes REst your head close to my heart Never to part, baby of mine Little one, when you play Don't you mind what they say Let those eyes sparkle and shine Never a tear, baby of mine If they knew sweet little you They'd end up loving you too All those same people who scold you What they'd give just for the right to hold you From your head down to your toes You're not much, goodness knows But you're so precious to me Sweet as can be, baby of mine All of those people who scold you What they'd give just for the Right to hold you From your head down to your toes You're not much, goodness knows But you're so precious to me Sweet as can be, baby of mine Baby of mine
Originally Posted By alexbook [Not sure if we've had this one before, but I'm listening to it right now.] Debbie just hit the wall She never had it all One Prozac a day Husband's a CPA Her dreams went out the door When she turned 24 Only been with one man What happened to her plan? She was gonna be an actress She was gonna be a star She was gonna shake her *** On the hood of Whitesnake's car Her yellow SUV is now the enemy Looks at her average life And nothing has been alright since Bruce Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana There was U2 and Blondie And music still on MTV Her two kids in high school They tell her that she's uncool Cause she's still preoccupied With 1985 She’s seen all the classics She knows every line "Breakfast Club", "Pretty In Pink" Even "St. Elmo's Fire" She rocked out to Wham! Not a big Limp Bizkit fan Thought she'd get a hand On a member of Duran Duran Where's the mini-skirt made of snakeskin And who's the other guy singing in Van Halen? When did reality become TV? What ever happened to sitcoms, game shows On the radio was Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana... She hates time, make it stop When did Motley Crue become classic rock? And when did Ozzy become an actor? Please make this stop And bring back Springsteen, Madonna Way before Nirvana...
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Well I heard about the fellow youve been dancin with All over the neighbourhood So why didnt you ask me baby? Didnt you think I could? Well I know that the boogaloo is outta sight But to shake a leisure thing tonight Would it happen to me and you baby? I wanna show you how to do it right... Do it right. uh huh. do it right. do it right, do it right, do it right, Do it right! Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! [chorus] Twist it! shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it baby! Here we go loop di loo! Shake it out baby! Here we go loop di lie! Bend over, let me see you shake your tail feather (bis) Come on, let me see you shake your tail feather (bis) Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! [chorus] (again!) Come on! come on babe! come on! yeah come on babe! Alright! Do the twist! Do the fly! Do the swim! (ha! ha! ha!) And do the bird! (oh!) Do the duck! (ah!) Do the monkey! (hey! hey!) Watootsie! And the... what about the food? Do the mashed potato! What about the boogaloo? The boney muroney! Come on! lets do the twist! Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Twist it! shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it baby! (bis) (oh!) Twist it! shake it, shake it, shake it, shake it baby!
Originally Posted By alexbook By the Sonics, to the tune of Don & Dewey's "Farmer John": Aw, Santa Claus, where have you been? I been waiting here just to let you in. Santa Claus, what you got on your back? Is it something for me inside that sack? I wanna brand new car, A twangy guitar, A cute little honey And lots o' money. Santa Claus, won't you tell me please What you're gonna put under my Christmas tree. And you're just sayin' nothing... Aw, Santa Claus, don't do me wrong, I been waiting here for so long. I wanna brand new car, A twangy guitar, A cute little honey, And lots o' money, Santa Claus. And you're just sayin' nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing for Christmas.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Good night, sleep tight and pleasant dreams to you Here's a wish and prayer that every dream comes true And though it's always sweet sorrow to part I know you'll always remain in my heart Good night, sleep tight and pleasant dreams to you Here's a wish and a prayer that every dream comes true And now 'til we meet again Adios, au revoir, auf weidersehn.....Good Night!
