I Will Sing You Songs

[Jenny]

I thought I felt your shape but I was wrong,
really all I felt was falsely strong.
I held on tight and closed my eyes,
it was dumb, I had no sense of your size.

It was dumb to hold so tight.
But last night on your birthday in the kitchen,
my grip was loose, my eyes were open.
I felt your shape and heard you breathing,
I felt the rise and fall of your chest.

I felt your fall,
your winter snows,
your gusty blow,
your lava flow.
I felt it all:
Your starry night,
your lack of light.
With limp arms I can feel most of you.

I hung around your neck independently
and my feeling of loss was overwhelmed
by this new depth I don't think I've ever felt.

But I don't know...
my nights are cold.
November warmth,
I could have sworn
I wasn't alone.

i felt your shape, the microphones

[megisnotreal]

i cannot be productive today.

Learn to love me
assemble the ways
now, today, tomorrow and always
my only weakness is a list of crime
my only weakness is ... well, never mind,
never mind
Oh, shoplifters of the world
unite and take over
shoplifters of the world
hand it over
hand it over
hand it over

Learn to love me
and assemble the ways
now, today, tomorrow, and always
my only weakness is a listed crime
but last night the plans of a future war
was all I saw on Channel Four

Shoplifters of the world
unite and take over
shoplifters of the world
hand it over
hand it over
hand it over

A heartless hand on my shoulder
a push - and it's over
Alabaster crashes down
(six months is a long time)
tried living in the real world
instead of a shell
but before I began ...
I was bored before I even began

Shoplifters of the world
unite and take over

[Jenny]

WHAM CITY - DAN DEACON  ;D
THERE IS A MOUNTAIN OF SNOW, up past the big land
we have a castle enclosed, there is a fountain
out of the fountain flows gold, into a huge hand
that hand is held by a bear who had a sick band!

of ghosts and cats
and pigs and bats
with brooms and hats
and wigs and rats
and play big dogs like queens and kings
and everyone plays drums and sings

about BIG SHARKS,
SHARP SWORDS,
BEAST BEASTS,
BEAD LORDS
SWEET CAKES
MACE LAKES

O MA MA MA MA MA MA MA MA


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[The DARK]

Elephant Gun

If I was young, I'd flee this town
I'd bury my dreams underground
As did I, we drink to die, we drink tonight

Far from home, elephant gun
Let's take them down one by one
We'll lay it down, it's not been found, it's not around

Let the seasons begin - it rolls right on
Let the seasons begin - take the big king down

Let the seasons begin - it rolls right on
Let the seasons begin - take the big king down

And it rips through the silence of our camp at night
And it rips through the night

And it rips through the silence of our camp at night
And it rips through the silence, all that is left is all that i hide

[red]

Doctors played your dosage like a card-trick. Scrabbled down the hallways yelling "Yahtzee!" I brought books on Hopper, and the Arctic, something called "The Politics of Lonely," a toothbrush and a quick-pick with the plus. You tried not to roll your sunken eyes, and said "Hey can you help me, I can't reach it." Pointed at the camera in the ceiling. I climbed up, blocked it so they couldn't see. Turned to find you out of bed, and kneeling. Before the nurses came, took you away, I stood there on a chair and watched you pray.

[Mr. T.]

I must get out once in a while
Everything is starting to die
The dust settles, the worms dig
Spiders crawl over the bed

I must get out once in a while
I eat all day and now I'm fat
Yesterday's meal is hugging the plate
You never wash up after yourself

[aMD]

I'll sing you a morning song...


at dawn they rise again
they'll haul you out to the streets
they'll burn your papers
in your empty trash cans
beat this thought into your head
singing over and over again
"All your life is OBSCENE!!!
"Forget your papers
"Forget your musical dreams"
But that's when my knife rises
Their life ends and my life starts AGAIN!!!!!

[Jon T.]

Best. Lyrics. Ever.

[sweatboard]

A little Wolf Parade for ya.....


I got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best that I can do
Now we'll say it's in God's hands
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he?

I ain't quite the beauty
Pulls out two guns and shoots at the pretty, pretty view
Gotta keep thinking, things, hunters and kings
To block out the view, I gotta get
New bell to ring
New song to sing
A steady hand to ring
A readiness of things I do
I gotta get a new plan to bring to the people
People I can trick them into thinking anything
Oh rust it just right in the light
It's gold, it's gold

I got
Water and holes in my hands
I'm a digger of holes in the land
It's the easiest way
And you know
It's the easiest way
So I go
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Lalalalalala

I got water and I got holes, so
Lalalalalala
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts
I got water and I got holes, so
Lalalalalala
Sons and daughters of hungry ghosts

Lalalalalala

I got a hand
So I got a fist
So I got a plan
It's the best that I can do
Now we'll say it's in God's hands
But God doesn't always have the best goddamn plans, does he?

I can't believe in the guns
I can't believe in the view

I sing, sing
Lalalalalala

I can't believe in those hunter and kings

I got a new plan to bring
I got a new song to sing
And it goes
Lalalalalala

[vespachick]

I always forget how much I love this Scissor Sister's tune (a day late for Mom's Day):

When you grow up
Livin' like a good boy oughta
And your mama
Takes a shine to her best son
Something different
All the girls they seem to like you
Cause you're handsome
Like to talk and a whole lot of fun

But now your girl's gone a missin'
And your house has got an empty bed
The folks'll wonder 'bout the wedding
They won't listen to a word you said

[Chorus]
Gonna take your mama out all night
Yeah we'll show her what it's all about
We'll get her jacked up on some cheap champagne
We'll let the good times all roll out
And if the music ain't good, well it's just too bad
We're gonna sing along no matter what
Because the dancers don't mind at the New Orleans
If you tip 'em and they make a cut

Do it
Take your mama out all night
So she'll have no doubt
that we're doing oh the best we can
We're gonna do it
Take your mama out all night
You can stay up late
'cause baby you're a full grown man

It's a struggle
Livin' like a good boy oughta
In the summer
Watchin' all the girls pass by
When your mama
Heard the way that you'd been talking
I tried to tell you
That all she'd wanna do is cry

Now we end up takin' the long way home
Lookin' overdressed wearin' buckets of stale cologne
It's so hard to see streets on a country road
When your glasses in the garbage
And your Continental's just got towed

[Repeat Chorus x 2]

[Chills]

The Home Stretch

If the day off doesn't get you
Then the bad reviewer does
At least you've been a has been
And not just a never was
And you know it's not a mountain
But no mole hill is this big
And you promise to quit drinking
As you light another cig

Once again you're in the home stretch
But you're not sure where you live
You recall a small apartment
And a government you give
Large amounts of money to
So you're allowed to stay
And rest until you're well enough
To leave again and play

You are making human contact
With the postcards that you send
To the children of your ex-wives
And a woman your girl friend
Who is living in a city
Thousands of miles away
That is full of young male models
Not all of whom are gay

In the mean time you've stopped writing songs
There's nothing left to say
You'd like to get your old job back
And mow lawns again one day
But keep lifting up your left leg
And sticking out your tongue
There's nothing else that you can do
And you're too old to die young

Too many beds too many towns
Not much to declare zones
London broils and tuna melts
On dirty microphones
While the sound man's fallen fast asleep
The light man's been up for days
The club owner and arithmetic
Have long since parted ways

As for your lovely audience
Tonight they're rather cold
But they're prepared to listen
All they have to be is told
If the day off doesn't get you
Then the bad reviewer does
At least you've been a has been
And not just a never-was

[aMD]

I'm chained to the wall.
I have nothin' at all.
And my eyes look into the sunset
Thinkin' of better things to do,
Like a monkey in a zoo.

The days go so slow.
I don't have no friends.
Except all these people
Who want me to do tricks for them,
Like a monkey in a zoo.

And it could happen to you.
You could be in my place.
No it wasn't always like this,
But I never saw it comin'.

I'm so alone,
But this is my home.
And the bars that surround me
Keep me from knowin' any better,
Like a monkey in a zoo.

Throw me a peanut.
Laugh and make jokes.
But I've had enough peanuts
And I'm ready to choke,
Like a monkey in a zoo

You come to look at me.
You seem so amused.
But things would look different
If you were in my shoes.

I know its my fault,
But I want out.
And when I cry out
Nobody seems to understand,
Like a monkey in a zoo

You say I'm cute.
You don't know how much that hurts.
You don't know how it feels
To live in your own dirt,
Like a monkey in a zoo

And it could happen to you.
You could be in my place.
Don't let yourself slip.
Don't keep egg on your face.

I used to be happy.
I cant remember those days.
But I sold my freedom
For free room and board,
Like a monkey in a zoo.

[dragonboy]

This makes so much sense having watched The Devil And...last night.
Great choice aMD!  :)

[Chills]

Listen up and I'll tell a story

About an artist growing old

Some would try for fame and glory

Others aren't so bold



Everyone, and friends and family

Saying, "Hey! Get a job!"

"Why do you only do that only?

Why are you so odd?

We don't really like what you do.

We don't think anyone ever will.

It's a problem that you have,

And this problem's made you ill."



Listen up and I'll tell a story

About an artist growing old

Some would try for fame and glory

Others aren't so bold



The artist walks alone

Someone says behind his back,

"He's got his gall to call himself that!

He doesn't even know where he's at!"

The artist walks among the flowers

Appreciating the sun

He does this all his waking hours

But is it really so wrong?



They sit in front of their TV

Saying, "Hey! This is fun!"

And they laugh at the artist

Saying, "He doesn't know how to have fun."

The best things in life are truly free

Singing birds and laughing bees

"You've got me wrong", says he.

"The sun don't shine in your TV"



Listen up and I'll tell a story

About an artist growing old

Some would try for fame and glory

Others aren't so bold

[dragonboy]

Thanks for that Chills, another classic from my new fav artist.



I saw a werewolf with a Chinese menu in his hand
Walking through the streets of Soho in the rain
He was looking for a place called Lee Ho Fook's
Going to get himself a big dish of beef chow mein
Ah-oo, Werewolves of London

If you hear him howling around your kitchen door
Better not let him in
Little old lady got mutilated late last night
Werewolves of London again
Ah-oo, Werewolves of London

He's the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent
Lately he's been overheard in Mayfair
Better stay away from him
He'll rip your lungs out, Jim
I'd like to meet his tailor
Ah-oo, Werewolves of London

Well, I saw Lon Chaney walking with the Queen
Doing the Werewolves of London
I saw Lon Chaney, Jr. walking with the Queen
Doing the Werewolves of London
I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's
And his hair was perfect
Ah-oo, Werewolves of London
Draw blood

[Chills]

I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's
And his hair was perfect

Heh, talk about classic  :)

[dragonboy]

This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around.
I moved my arms around.

This summer I swam in the ocean
Swam in the swimming pool
Salt in my wounds, chlorine in my eyes,
I'm a self-destructive fool,
Self-destructive fool.

This summer I did the backstroke,
And you know that thats not all.
I did the breast stroke and the butterfly,
And the old Australian crawl,
The old Australian crawl.

This summer I swam in a public place and a reservoir to boot,
At the latter I was informal,
At the former I wore my suit,
I wore my swimming suit.

This summer I did swan dives and
Jack knives for you all.
And once when you weren't looking
I did a cannonball
I did a cannonball.

This summer I went swimming
This summer I might have drowned
But I held my breath and I kicked my feet
And I moved my arms around.
I moved my arms around.

[megisnotreal]

Slow walk
It's land mine
It's coal mine
It's a bad thought
On the way to god don't know
my brain's the burger and my heart's the coal
I'm trying to get my head clear
i push things out through my mouth i get refilled through my ears
i'm on my way to god don't know or even care
my brain's the weak heart, and my heart's the long stairs
Inland from Vancouver shore
the ravens and the seagulls push each other inward and outward
inward and outward
in this place that i call home
my brain's the cliff, and my heart's the bitter buffalo
my heart's the bitter buffalo
we tore one down, and erected another there
the match of the century: absence versus thin air
on the way to god don't know
my brain's the burger and my heart's the coal
on this life that we call home
the years go fast and the days go so slow

[red]

What is that song Meg?  I can sing nearly every word but I'm drawing a complete blank.  :-?

[JxD1903]

Walk into splintered sunlight
Inch your way through dead dreams to another land
Maybe you're tired and broken
Your tongue is twisted with words half spoken and thoughts unclear
What do you want me to do
To do for you, to see you through?
A box of rain will ease the pain and love will see you through

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so. I do believe. none of this is physical
at least not to me
so, I do believe
that anywhere it goes
t's always with me
it's not the dream
that makes you weak
it's not the night that makes you sleep
but it's a voice. and it's a choice
to call you out. or stay at home
so! I do believe
none of this is physical
at least not to me
so I do believe
that anywhere it goes
it's always with me
it's not the beast. it's not the sheets
so soft and warm. all over me
but it's the touch. you need so much
to move around on this green earth
take your money and your drugs
take your money and your drugs
to anyone who wondered
what old jebus meant to me
take him out to go diving
in red patoka sea
the brain melts in the twilight
with the boar and moving trees
your skin looks good in moonlight
and god damn those shaky knees
the fact that my heart's beating
is all the proof you need

___________________________

I know you
Somehow I know you
Do we go together or leave alone
with brand new shapes or broken bones?
I don't know how we chose before
but I could go with you
through that station door--
because I know you
and I know that you know me, too

____________________________

I know, what I know, I know
On the car ride down
I hear it in my head real low
Turn into
The only thing I ever--
Turn into
Hope I do
Turn into you

I know, what I know, I know
That girl you found
Keeps that kind of window closed
She'll turn into
The only thing you ever--
turn into
Hope I do
Turn into you

Can't say why I kept this from you
My those quiet eyes become you
Leave it where it can't remind us
Turn this all around behind us
Oh! Well I know!
I'll fall right in to keep you out
I'd like to tell you all about it

I know, what I know, I know
This last time around
I'll hear it in my head real low
Turn into
The only thing you ever know

I know, what I know, I know
Ah yes.