Originally Posted By alexbook This is one of the most random songs I know: I paid fifteen million dollars, twelve hundred and seventy-two cents. I paid one thousand, two hundred and twenty-seven dollars and fifty-five cents. Seen my old dog bite a rabbit and my hound dog was sitting on a barbed-wire fence. Well, my temperature rises and my feet can’t walk so hot. Yes, my temperature rises and my feet can’t walk so hot. Well, this Arabian doctor comes in, gives me a shot but wouldn’t tell me what it was that I’ve got. Well, this woman I got she’s killing me alive. Yes, this woman I’ve got she is killing me alive. She’s making me into an old man and, man, I’m not even 25. Of course you’re gonna think this song is a riff. I know you’re gonna think this song is just a riff, Unless you been inside a tunnel and fell down sixty-nine, seventy feet over a barbed-wire fence. --Bob Dylan, "Sitting on a Barbed Wire Fence"
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Radio operator to the tower Debbie's comin' in for a landing Oh put your head between your knees Caused by the vibrations of love They're about to shake me to pieces (chorus) Shell-shocked supersonic blonde Hyperphonic female Dark sunglasses on Everyone is here to see Her all-girl rock band Vortex pulls me in The vortex spits me out Jet-eyed glitter child strappin' on a gold guitar We witness the ultrasonic imploding exitation Bodies exhausted in total elation Chorus Oh debbie Queen of the underground Carrying her gold guitar The show is over My downtown baby is headin' home Singing a song She's walkin' alone She walking down the block Now she's comin' my way As our hearts and our dark sunglasses lock Chorus Every day-every day Just a little bit wilder Every day-every day Just a little bit tighter Every day-every day Just a little bit wilder Every day-every day Just a little bit tighter
Originally Posted By MissCandice In the time of chimpanzees I was a monkey butane in my veins and I'm out to cut the junkie with the plastic eyeballs, spray-paint the vegetables dog food stalls with the beefcake pantyhose kill the headlights and put it in neutral stock car flamin' with a loser and the cruise control baby's in Reno with the vitamin D got a couple of couches, sleep on the love-seat someone came in sayin' I'm insane to complain about a shotgun wedding and a stain on my shirt don't believe everything that you breathe you get a parking violation and a maggot on your sleeve so shave your face with some mace in the dark savin' all your food stamps and burnin' down the trailer park (yo. Cut it.) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me (double-barrel buckshot) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me Forces of evil on a bozo nightmare ban all the music with a phony gas chamber 'cuz one's got a weasel and the other's got a flag one's on the pole, shove the other in a bag with the rerun shows and the cocaine nose-job the daytime crap of the folksinger slob he hung himself with a guitar string a slab of turkey-neck and it's hangin' from a pigeon wing you can't write if you can't relate trade the cash for the beef for the body for the hate and my time is a piece of wax fallin' on a termite that's chokin' on the splinters Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me (get crazy with the cheeze whiz) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me (drive-by body-pierce) (yo bring it on down) soooooooyy.... (chorus backwards) (I'm a driver, I'm the winner; things are gonna change I can feel it) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me (I can't believe you) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me [repeat] (Sprechen sie Deutches, baby) Soy un perdedor I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me (Know what I'm sayin')
Originally Posted By chickendumpling I wonder, I wonder I wonder why each little bird has a 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 (Please tell me I didn't just say "love" and not "lark". I can't even bear to look. LOL.)
Originally Posted By chickendumpling Ev'ry mornin' at the mine you could see him arrive He stood six foot six and weighed two forty five Kinda broad at the shoulder and narrow at the hip And everybody knew ya didn't give no lip to Big John. (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) Nobody seemed to know where John called home He just drifted into town and stayed all alone He didn't say much, kinda quiet and shy And if you spoke at all, you just said "Hi" to Big John. Somebody said he came from New Orleans Where he got in a fight over a Cajun Queen And a crashin' blow from a huge right hand Sent a Loosiana fellow to the Promised Land-Big John (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) Then came the day at the bottom of the mine When a timber cracked and men started cryin' Miners were prayin' and hearts beat fast And everybody thought that they'd breathed their last-'cept John Through the dust and the smoke of this man-made hell Walked a giant of a man that the miners knew well Grabbed a saggin' timber, gave out with a groan And like a giant oak tree he just stood there alone-Big John (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) And with all of his strength he gave a mighty shove Then a miner yelled out "There's a light up above!" And twenty men scrambled from a would-be grave Now there's only one left down there to save-Big John With jacks and timbers they started back down Then came that rumble way down in the ground And then smoke and gas belched out of that mine Everybody knew it was the end of the line for Big John (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John) Now they never reopened that worthless pit They just placed a marble stand in front of it These few words are written on that stand At the bottom of this mine lies a hell of man, Big John (Big John, Big John) Big Bad John (Big John)
Originally Posted By LacyBelle This is someone else's story Someone that I never knew This is someone else's body Am I getting through to you If you peel away the armor is something underneath If you look below for hidden treasure underneath another layer Are you hiding underneath the skin CHORUS If you peel away the skin is there anybody there If you peel away the skin is there anybody there If you peel away the armor is it too late to begin Is there anybody hiding if you peel away the skin Now a spark has passed between us now A momentary recognition Something lost and something gained And something shared that feels strange Something cold that will not go away There's a heart as cold as ice In a vault that's made of stone Over years the walls got higher Over years the walls have grown Is there anybody in there in this self inflicted tomb If you peel away the layers is there someone in this room If you peel away the skin, if you peel away the skin This is someone else's story Someone that I never knew This is someone else's body Am I getting through to you
Originally Posted By LacyBelle I knew there was a reason we got along. I was listening to it as I took a walk earlier, so had to post it when I got back to my desk.
Originally Posted By chickendumpling I once thought of love as a prison A place I didn't want to be So long ago I made a decision To be footloose and fancy free But you came and I was so tempted To gamble on love just one time I never thought that I would get caught It seemed like a perfect crime Baby, you left me defenseless I've only got one plea Lock me away inside of your love And throw away the key I'm guilty of love in the first degree I thought it would be so simple Like a thousand times before I take what I wanted and just walk away But I never made it to the door Now babe I'm not begging for mercy Go ahead and throw the book at me If loving you's a crime I know that I'm as guilty as a man can be Baby, you left me defenseless I've only got one plea Lock me away inside of your love And throw away the key I'm guilty of love in the first degree (Love in the first degree) Oh yeah, oh yeah Baby, you left me defenseless I've only got one plea Lock me away inside of your love And throw away the key I'm guilty of love in the first degree Love in the first degree oh yea Love in the first degree .....
Originally Posted By chickendumpling If it seems a little time is needed Decisions to be made The good advice of friends unheeded The best of plans mislaid Just looking for a new direction In an old familiar way The forming of a new connection To study or to play And so the conversation turned Until the sun went down And many fantasies were learned On that day Keep feeling fascination Passion burning Love so strong Keep feeling fascination Looking learning Moving on Well the truth may need some Re-arranging Stories to be told And plain to see the facts are changing No meaning left to hold And so the conversation turned Until the sun went down And many fantasies were learned On that day And so the conversation turned Until the sun went down And many fantasies were learned On that day
Originally Posted By alexbook Oh, they once called me the Green Grandee, But now I'm blue as I can be. My cape's been hung, My mask got slung, It's the heroes' home for me. I've leaped around all over town, Once ran a locomotive down. Now all that's done, And my tights done run, I'm headed for the pound. They say that when the last cliff-hanger's through, That there's a super-town somewhere, just made for me and you. One day we'll rent a cave there with a view. I'd sure like to believe it, but I don't know if it's true. My identity got no secrecy, My belt lost its utility. Short on hidden lair, Long on underwear, It's the heroes' home for me. I'd leap, I'd bound, drill through the ground, Sleep underwater and not drown. Now all that's through, I'm the same as you, I'm headed for the pound. --Alan Moore
Originally Posted By LacyBelle "It was Homecoming Night at my high school Everyone was there, it was totally cool I was real excited, I almost wet my jeans 'Cause my best friend Debbie was Homecoming Queen She looked so pretty in pink chiffon. (Chiffon) Riding the float with her tiara on. (Tiara on) Holding this humongous bouquet in her hand. (Bouquet) She looked straight out of Disneyland! You know that Cinderella ride I mean definitely an E-ticket. (E-ticket) The crowd was cheering, everyone was stoked I mean it was like the whole school was totally coked or something. The band was playing 'Evergreen' Then all of a sudden, somebody screamed: Look out! The Homecoming Queen's got a GUN!!! Everybody run, the Homecoming Queen's got a gun! Everybody run, the Homecoming Queen has got a gun! Debbie's smiling, and waving her gun Picking off cheerleaders one by one Oh! Buffy's pom poms just blew to bits Oh no, Misty’s head just did the splits! My best friend is on a shooting spree Stop it, Debbie, you're embarrassing me! How could you do what you just did Are you having a really bad period? Everybody run, the Homecoming Queen's got a gun! Everybody run, the Homecoming Queen has got a gun! Stop it, Debbie, you're making a mess Powder burns all over your dress An hour later, the cops had arrived By then the entire glee club had died - no big loss You wouldn't believe what they brought to stop her Tear gas, machine guns... even a chopper! Throw down your gun and tiara and come out of that float! Debbie didn't listen to what the cop said, She aimed and fired, and now the math teacher's dead! Oh, it's really sad, but kinda of a relief, I mean we had this big test coming up next week... Everybody run, the Homecoming Queen's got a gun! Everybody run, the Homecoming Queen has got a gun! Debbie's really having a blast! She's wasting half of the class! The cops fired a warning shot that blew her off that float. I tried to scream Duck! but it stuck in my throat. She hit the ground and did a flip; it was real acrobatic. But I was crying so hard, I couldn't work my Instamatic. I ran down to Debbie, I had to find out. What made her do it, why'd she freak out? I saw the bullet had got her right in the ear. I knew then... the end was near. So I ran down and said in her good ear. Debbie, why’d you do it? She raised her head and smiled and said. I did it for Johnny. Johnny, well like who's Johnny? Answer me Debbie who's Johnny. Does anybody here know a Johnny? Are you Johnny? There was one guy named Johnny. But he was a total geek. He always had food in his braces. Answer me Debbie who's Johnny. Oh God this is like that movie Citizen Kane You know where you later find out Rosebud was a sled But we’ll never know who Johnny is because like she’s dead. Everybody run, the Homecoming Queen’s got a gun! Everybody run, the Homecoming Queen has got a Everybody run Everybody run the Homecoming Queen’s got a"
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb LOL Lacy! Now I've gotta see if I can find any Julie Brown on iTunes. I always loved that one line "stop it Debbie you're embarrassing me", because of course I was always embarrassing my sister.
Originally Posted By LacyBelle It's a great song. I was smiling so big when it come on XM this morning on my drive to work. So much fun! I'll even forgive Julie that little mistake on the "Cinderella" attraction...
Originally Posted By LacyBelle Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.... I was walking up Broadway you know and there's this incredible looking Swedish girl having a Cappuccino across the street from Lincoln Center, I started talking to her you know - She said her name was Lola, Her English wasn't too good you know - but we wound up spending about 5 hours together just hanging out you know. So We go back to my place - we get high - we get really into each other man. It was love about to happen...I'm serious. And then all of a sudden she gets up and she says, she says "Hey, I really gotta leave" A E I O U Sometimes Y There are 178 parent languages on our planet with over 1000 dialects... It's amazing we communicate at all. Languages and dialects - with this one thing in common: A E I O U Sometimes Y Ahhh! A E I O U A E I O U A E I O U A E I O U Sometimes Y!! But you know I was really flipped out you know and she asked me if I'm angry or something I said of course I'm angry man this isn't high school or anything you know so I'm feeling really cavalier and I say ah...call me if you want to... huh, yeah...call me if you want to So she rang me up and she says, "Hey! Do you wanna go out?" Huh, Do I wanna go out A E I O U Sometimes Y A E I O U Sometimes Y Operator! Operator! What's happening operator?! Mommy? Mommy Mommy!! Where are you Mommy? I can't see you I can't see you Mommy! All artists, potentially, are the victims of their desire to be unique Just observe it Don't fight it Work it. Work it. Work it. Work it. Work it. Yeah she took me home man she threw me all around the room man I mean this chick was really hot she was nice to me you know She let me keep on my cowboy boots and everything...she was Allright... oh! oh! yeah! oh! oh! oh! oh! ohhhhhh!!! I dare you to play this record A E I O U Sometimes Y A E I O U Sometimes Y Anyway so she took me home and she splattered my brains Yeah there I am there I am what happened what happened Where was I oh here I am I told her I wouldn't sleep with her friends - she Doesn't sleep with my friends Anything else you do You know...Don't you tell me Lola
Originally Posted By alexbook "I was in a bar called Paradise The fiddler from the band asked me, ‘Why do you stand here crying?’ I answered him, ‘Musician this may come as a surprise – I was trying to split the difference When it split before my eyes.’ My enemies have sweet voices their tones are soft and kind when I hear my heart rejoices and I do not seem to mind I was playing brag in Bedlam the doctor wouldn’t deal asking, ‘Why does he kneel down weeping?’ I answered him, ‘Physician, I think you would have cried I was falling back on failure when the failure stepped aside.’ My enemies have sweet voices their tones are soft and kind when I hear my heart rejoices and I do not seem to mind I was blind side to the gutter when Merlin happened by asking, ‘Why do you lie there bleeding?’ I answered him, ‘Magician, as a matter of a fact I was jumping to conclusions When one of them jumped back.’ My enemies have sweet voices their tones are soft and kind when I hear my heart rejoices and I do not seem to mind" --Pete Morgan
