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Posted By: Brian Austin Whitney Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/09/02 06:10 PM
Hi Folks,

Remember: You can ONLY enter 1 lyric per member. If you co-wrote the song with another member, it only counts against the one posting. All lyrics posted after the first one by the same member will be deleted!
Please see the rules (they're pretty simple) on this message board.

This is the post where you will add your own lyric entry. Once this hits a large number, I will add a second. You can only post replies on this message board (as opposed to creating your own NEW post.) This is so we can keep all the entries together.

Do NOT post questions or critiques to others songs on this post. We will delete them because this is meant for entries ONLY. We will have an additional post for questions on this forum.

Remember, place full title, full names of writers/co-writers, date of copyright (it doesn't have to be 2002) so we can contact you. DON'T post personal contact info here. We will email those who get nominated for more info. Repeat: DON'T post your personal contact (i.e. phone number, addresses etc...).

I will edit and assign a number to each entry as it progresses. (i.e. I will give you a number like 1, 2, 400, 2,312 etc..). These numbers will be used for judging and voting. DON'T add your own number!

If you want to email a question, send it to me directly at jpfolkspro@aol.com. Place "Lyric Entry Question" in the subject header. Or, post your question on the appropriate posting here.

Thanks and let the posting begin!

PS: To add your lyric, hit the "Post Reply" button on the top right of this page.


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Posted By: Al Alvarez Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/09/02 06:59 PM
This Lyric is: #001

This song is done in the key of "JAZZ"
"Your Smiles The Key" All rights reserved..
Al Alvarez Copy 2002

"Your smiles the key"

Sunsets, moonsets, smiling faces
Deserts, mountain rains...
Dandolions lost in places
Never feeling pain...

Abstract colors,movie lovers
Bonds we mean to tie...
Kites in flight and birds in hover
Men who yearn to fly...

(Chorus)
Open up your mind feel free
Whos to share your life today with me
Open up your heart go on a spree
Use your soul,your smiles the key

Fountains swelling,fireflies rising
Pollen, nests of jays...
Countless feelings,gents devising
Ladies often stray...

Right or wrong your conscious strong
Lessons learned so well...
A pennie for your thought or song
I swear Ill never tell...

(Chorus)
Open up your mind feel free
Whos to share your life today with me
Open up your heart go on a spree
Use your soul,your smiles the key


(Tag)
Open up...your smiles the key
Open up your heart your smiles the key, the key to me
Open up... your smiles the key
Open up your heart your smiles the key, the key to me...(Fade)

Note:Thought Michael Franks might like this...anyone have his #?...Al The Pal

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Posted By: joro Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/09/02 07:19 PM
This Lyric is: #002

Right or Wrong
©2002 Willie McCulloch and Joe Rogier


Verse 1
Right or wrong
We left our homes in Eighteen Sixty-One
Followed the flags to the Battle of Bull Run
Right or Wrong
Yankee, rebel, the blue and the gray
Men against his brother, marched into harm’s way
Chorus
Right or wrong…right or wrong
Lord tell me what’s right or wrong

Verse 2
Right or wrong
I wondered as I looked in their eyes
Pulled on the trigger and watched two men die
Right or wrong
Men were falling under the sun
Giving their life, to keep the Union strong

Chorus
Right or wrong…right or wrong
Lord tell me what’s right or wrong

Bridge
I’ll always remember to the end of my days
The look in their eyes….life’s final gaze

Chorus
Right or wrong…right or wrong
Lord tell me what’s right or wrong

Verse 3
Right or wrong
Smoke and dust hung low in the air
At the end of the day, as the bugle horn blared
Right or wrong
The gray had won, the battle was their’s
Eight Hundred lay dead on the field of despair

Chorus (x2)
Right or wrong…right or wrong
Lord tell me what’s right or wrong




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Posted By: argo Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/09/02 08:23 PM
This Lyric is: #003

Thousands of Souls (c)Rick Goggin 2001
V1
It was a bright september day
and it began in the same way
they didn't know their time was at an end

What began with hope and dreams
was to end in death and screams
for many of our family and friends
Ch
thousands of souls will never die
cry out for justice to you and I
thousands of souls will never die
cry out for vengeance to an empty sky
V2
Oh it wasn't meant to be
a day of infamy
but it ended up in the blackest kind of pain

well the bravest, they went in
and were never seen again
'cause the sky came crashing down in a bloody rain
Br
i'm haunted by the faces of
the people who have died
the courage of those who raced to help is burned across my mind
V3
all the fire and smoke and fear
won't be washed away by tears
so remember all the people we have lost

well they died so we could be
a people strong and free
it's a shame that freedom comes at such a cost
Ch
thousands of souls will never die
cry out for justice to you and I
thousands of souls will never die
cry out for vengeance to an empty sky



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Posted By: Shandy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/09/02 08:28 PM
This Lyric is: #004

Cell 32

(c)2002 Shandy Lawson (BMI)


I don't look like I belong here
But then none of us do
Smiley looks like someone's grandpa
And I'm just twenty-two
Once I had a life before me
Now all of that's through
By this time next year
They'll put someone else here
In Cell 32

My world measures six feet by nine
That's fifty-four squared
You can take your time but it's still three steps
To walk from here to there
And the rain that falls outside these walls
Is the best drink anywhere
And when my life is through
They'll put somebody new
In Cell 32

They'll send a spiritual advisor
When my big day arrives
And they'll let me see some family
If they can make the drive
And there'll be folks outside, waving signs
About the sanctity of life
But when my life is through
They'll put somebody new
In Cell 32

There's a man who'll stand behind me
With powers near divine
He gets paid a hundred & fifty bucks
To turn that switch three times
He's either underpaid, or overpaid--
I still can't decide
But at twelve-oh-two
They can put somebody new
In Cell 32

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Shandy Lawson

http://www.shandylawson.com

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Posted By: Mike Borok Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/09/02 08:44 PM
This Lyric is: #005

LOCH NESS CAFE

I was having lunch with Elvis
At the Loch Ness Cafe
We were talking about the dreams we nailed
And the ones that got away
I said, "I wish I was a star like you
God, I love that rock n roll"
He said, "Finish up your soda, son
And your fries are gettin' cold"
The waitresses are beautiful
But they won't give me the time of day
Why do I keep on coming back
To the Loch Ness Cafe?

Odysseus drank his coffee, black
Then he set out on some trip
And when he thought no one was looking
Lincoln pocketed the tip
I pretended that I didn't see
I just minded my own business
'Cause I knew that the Invisible Man
Was the only other witness
Everybody stares at me
But when I catch 'em, they look away
Why do I keep on coming back
To the Loch Ness Cafe?

At a table in the corner
Where the lights were turned down low
I saw the Kennedys holding hands
With Marilyn Monroe
And J. Edgar Hoover, in disguise,
Was pretending to mop the floor
Near where Castro sat with Sigmund Freud
Comparing their cigars
The busboy says I'm crazy
And he hits me with his tray
Why do I keep on coming back
To the Loch Ness Cafe?

Einstein ordered after me
But they brought his dinner first
(The waiter took a short cut
Through an alternate universe)
In the men's room Adolph Hitler
Was complaining to the Pope
That Pontius Pilate got there first
And used up all the soap

Einstein had a hard time
Trying to calculate the tip
He was counting on his fingers
I could see him move his lips
And Hamlet had an omlet
While Ophelia ate a danish
She said, "You're driving me insane-ish
You're a cold fish with a death wish!"

I stopped in after midnight
For a little bite to eat
When I saw the Loch Ness dinosaur
Sitting in my favorite seat
She had a leather jacket on
And a Jimi Hendrix shirt
She was watching the display go 'round
With those oversized desserts
I said, "I thought that you were dead"
And she said, "No, I've just been away
But I can't resist the cheesecake
At the Loch Ness Cafe"

(c) Mike Borok (of New Middle Class)
and Joe Giacoio

www.newmiddleclass.com

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Posted By: Gregory Watton Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/09/02 11:17 PM
This Lyric is: #006

Never Stopped Loving You by gregory watton/will champlin/zack paull

(V1)
When raindrops flow down your face
Causing day to turn to night
My world is falling into ruins
Fragments disappearing in the night
There's an emptiness inside of me
I know I can't define
And I'm missing you everyday
Baby I'm wanting you tonight
Since the day I left
I can't explain

(C)
Why-I never came back
Don't ask me why
I left you alone that night
But baby I know
Baby I know
I never stopped loving you

I will never stop
I will never stop
I will never stop
Never stop loving you

(V2)
When every truth turns into lies
Tears fall down your face
Now I know the pain you feel inside
How I remember you
Your smile lights up the sky
Sun shining down on you
Will you let me come home tonight
I wanna try to make things right
With you and I-
Since the day I left
I can't explain

(C)
Why-I never came back
Don't ask me why
I left you alone that night
But baby I know
Baby I know
I never stopped loving you

Bridge :

Baby I know
Never told you why
I've been searching for you

Baby you know
Tell me why
Never stopped loving you yeaahhh

(C)
Why-I never came back
Don't ask me why
I left you alone that night
But baby I know
Baby I know
I never stopped loving you

Neverstoppedlovingyou(C) Gregory Watton/Will Champlin/Zack Paull 2001

Never Stopped Loving You was written by Gregory Watton, Will Champlin and Zachary Jaydon Paull.....Gregory Watton hails from Redondo Beach in Southern California and is currently serving in the United States Air Force as well as writing songs part time. Will Champlin is the son of Bill Champlin (From the world reknowned band Chicago) and is attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston Massachussetts. Zachary Jaydon Paull currently resides in Orlando Florida and is working as a songwriter.

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Posted By: Ozone Pete Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 01:21 AM
This Lyric is: #007

She's Back (The Absent Father)

Verse:
I drove down to the precinct station; it was a desolate, dirty day and the sky was lea-king;
O, my precious darling daughter, I couldn't bear to hear the hateful words that you were spea-king;
In your haunted, hollow eyes, I saw a demon fly (and she was dan-cing);
On a ruby-painted spear, she impaled your happy years (she was so entran-cing).
I cut the check and signed the forms, thinking of your wasted arms...
and broken doors;
When you spat the word 'Father' like a curse, you saw past your raging thirst to the guilt and terror that I wore...

Chorus:
She's back... on the streets again...
Should I call my lawyer friend?...
Is it too late to send - a greeting, or a warning, birthday kisses, one more morning?
Oh, it's the end....

Bridge:
Ev'ry absent father knows that the love of a mother flows... unceasingly;
And I had always thought that the fractured time I'd bought would bring some peace in me;
But oh, not so...... Oh, it's the end....

Verse:
I drove down to the county morgue; it was a blighted, blinding night and the sky was fall-ing;
I saw a spectre of yourself, clothed in rosy glowing health, and I heard it call-ing:
"Father why'd you leave me here, in this bitter house of tears, where love had died?"
I answered, "Dad will always be, right here when you're needing me.", but I lied.
There beyond the glass where hist'ry ends, I looked down and tried to pretend...
that you were sleeping;
Prayers to Father Death and tortured Son sprang to my lips, but you were gone...
beyond my keeping...

Chorus:
She's back... from the streets again...
Should I call my lawyer friend?...
Is it too late to send - a greeting, or a warning...............
Yeah, she's back... from the streets again,
No need to call my lawyer friend...
Yes, it's too late to send - a greeting, or a warning, birthday kisses, just one more morning...
Oh, it's the end.... Yes, it's the end.... Oh, it's the end. (sustain and out)

Copyright 2002 -Ozone Pete


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Posted By: miri Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 01:36 AM
This Lyric is: #008

SOUTHERN LULLABY

Music and Lyrics by Miri Hunter Haruach

I’m rockin’ you to sleep
With my southern melody
I’m rockin’ you to sleep
Under sweet magnolia trees

Smell the peach blossoms in the air
Hear the birds singin’ everywhere
Southern lullabies never die
Southern lovers never say goodbye

I’m makin’ love with you
On a starry autumn night
I’m makin’ love with you
On a warm October night

We’ll make a harvest of our hearts
And our souls will never part
Southern Lullabies never die
Southern lovers never say goodbye

I’m rockin’ you to sleep
I’m rockin’ you to sleep
I’m rockin’ you to sleep
With my Southern Lullaby

Copyright 1999 by Miri Hunter (Haruach)


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Posted By: singingchris Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 02:20 AM
This Lyric is: #009

"Sweet Patty"
words (& music) by Christene LeDoux
copyright 2002/BMI
(A song dedicated to my mom, Patty)

V: I'm just a litte girl, with my skinny legs
without a family in this orphanage
my ma she left me a note today
sewn in my favorite doll an I'm sad cuz' I left it in the rain

V: I can see it from this window pane
It's raining harder & it's getting wet
here comes the warden an she's throwin it away
filled with my mama's last words that I never read:

Chorus: Sweet Patty I hope you understand, I didn't want to leave you like I did
you know I love you and I hope that you love me back
Don't forget these words Sweet Patty, carry them

V: I'm married now with my own kids
sometimes I swear that I see you in them
my girls they ask me, where grandma went
I tell them the story of that rainy day

Chorus: Sweet Patty I hope you understand, I didn't want to leave you like I did
you know I love you and I hope that you love me back
Don't forget these words Sweet Patty, carry them

V: I just turned 60 this past Spring
I've got 4 grandkids and I thank god for them
I don't know how I've made it, without you here
I'm still that little girl in that orphanage

Chorus: Sweet Patty I hope you can hear me
I want you to know that I never left
You know I love you and I know that, you love me back
don't forget these words sweet patty, carry them...
carry them
carry them

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Posted By: GeorgePegula Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 03:11 AM
This Lyric is: #010

Very Good Year
Copyright 2002
Words& Music by George Pegula

And so I said
it's not enough to be in love
there is more to understanding
all the words I'm speaking of

I confess
although it hasn't been that long
when you wrap your arms around me
I could never feel that strong

through it all
we've seen the smile behind the tear
found the laughter in our fear
I have to say
it's been a very good year

in your eyes
I can live through yesterday
when we both thought of each other
when there were no words to say

time
can only tell who's wrong or right
the answers that we're searching for
the truth behind the light

in the end
what matters most is here
when I see you standing near
I have to say
it's been a very good year

thank you
for a very good year

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Posted By: Joel Aronowitz Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 03:47 AM
This Lyric is: #011

"I Fell In Love With You Overnight"
written by Joel Aronowitz c.1975

(Chorus)
Oh, I fell in love with you overnight,
Or is it infatuation at love's first flight?
All you gotta do is kiss me and convince me
tonight.
Oh, I fell in love with you overnight, overnight.

V1
The sunset on the water keeps the day just out of reach,
And the time is growing nearer as love's first lesson you'll teach.
Alone together at the dawn of night shifting sands on the beach.
You make love so well...I fell

V2
It's all I expected and I still want more.
Is it love or fascination and which one will endure?
And your body glistening in the moonlight, a temptation I can't ignore.
You make love so well...I fell.

(Chorus)

V3
The cool winds of the morning wake us side by side,
And I ask you if you love me or if your passion lied.
You said, "If I didn't love you, I'd have never been your guide".
You make love so well...I fell.

(Chorus)
Oh, I fell in love with you overnight,
Or is it infatuation with love's first flight?
All you gotta do is kiss me and convince me tonight.
Oh, I fell in love with you overnight, overnight.
I fell for you!




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Posted By: Chiphed Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 04:25 AM
This Lyric is: #012

Hi, Brian!

Here's My Entry:

MEANING
(c) 1999 MelMul Music
WOrds and Music Michael A. Melton
& Joseph V. McMullen

(Verse 1)
Have you ever sat at the end of the road
Looking down the deep ravine?
Did you ever awaken from a dream-filled sleep
And wonder "What did that mean?"
Did you ever feel your soul was in Limbo
And your feelings were locked up tight?
Have you ever felt so all alone,
A speck in the blackness of night?

(Build 1)
Did you ever think about existence
And why we strive for perfection?
Have you ever wondered to the point of tears
Why people crave affection?

(Chorus)
What are we looking for?
Are we looking for meaning,
Or is it something more?
A search for the spirit,
A search for the truth?
Or are we afraid to find
We are a figment of our own imaginations?

(Verse 2)
Have you ever gazed o'er the edge of a roof
And wondered what a jump might bring?
Have you ever held the hand of a dying friend
And waited for the angels to sing?
Have you gazed into the eyes of an insane man
And felt his delusion was true?
Have you met face-to-face
With an ancient soul
And felt like such a fool?

(Build 2)
Have you ever loved a person so deeply
After discovering their imperfections?
Do you believe beauty is skin-deep,
Or do you seek integrity in a deeper direction?

(Chorus)
What are we looking for?
Are we looking for meaning,
Or is it something more?
A search for the spirit,
A search for the truth?
Or are we afraid to find
We are a figment of our own imaginations?

(8 bar instrumental)

(Repeat chorus)

(outro, end)

Thanks Brian!

Good Luck to all of us!

Mike Melton
PanikAttack



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Posted By: artfly Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 04:35 AM
This Lyric is: #013

beside u
copyright 2001 artemis robison


the dis-ease of this trust
is mended by
the silver light of silence
the blue of a boyhood sky
river’s running backward
like a child of a wandering mind
slippery with forgetting
and i’m feeling fine
feeling fine

bring your night out in the daylight
bring your night

for now i walk beside u
for now i walk beside u

can’t kill the mystery
can’t put it to sleep
makes me think i’m crazy to keep
running circles round the silence
trying to raise the dead
can’t overload the current
it’s a strong thread

from one day to another
a life and back again

i study the method of resurrection
state of grace my prize possession
living like lovers do
nothing can harm you
nothing can harm you

in your footsteps orchids blooming
i’m a fool to keep assuming…but

for now i walk beside u
for now i walk beside u

can’t kill the mystery
can’t put it to sleep
it can drive you crazy
it can drive you crazy to keep
running circles round the silence
trying to raise the dead
fingers try to break it
but it’s a strong thread
show me another country
dressed in colors not invented
by an earthbound mind

for now i walk beside u
for now…

the sweetest flowers are late to bloom
snake slides sideways in the sun
slippery with forgetting
feeling fine

just another child asking why


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artemis
http://www.artemisrobison.com
http://www.rtfmrecords.com

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Posted By: CMoorhead Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 04:42 AM
This Lyric is: #014

NIGHTTIME MAN
copyright 1996 Craig Moorhead

It got so bad last year
My New Year's resolution
So bad I could not hear
Had to find a solution
A magnetic band
Gave me a hand
Now I no longer need that daytime drug
I'm a nighttime man

Your transvestite coke
Your gay heroin
These days it ain't strange and you've made it so
To be alien
But you're point shaving
And you're shock craving
And I can no longer provide the time
That I'm saving

It's infidelity
So many confessions
And it's menage a threes
Demonic posessions
So state your case
To save your face
And if the boxes give just the right rate
The black hole stays
Cause you're point shaving
And you're shock craving
And I can no longer provide the time
That I'm saving
A magnetic band
Gave me a hand
Now I no longer need that daytime drug
I'm a nighttime man


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www.craigmoorhead.com

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Posted By: Blake Hill Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 04:52 AM
This Lyric is: #015

TURQUOISE AND SILVER
© 2001 Janice Messer & Blake Hill
Music by Greg Austin

Watching her sleep here beside me
I'm amazed at how far we've come
From the poorest side of Santa Fe
So in love and way too young

I saved up my tips from the drive-in
To buy her a gold wedding band
I couldn't afford the ring that she wanted
So I made a change in my plan

(Chorus)
Turquoise and Silver
Was all I could give her
I wished it was diamonds and gold
Turquoise and Silver
I promised forever
One heart to have and to hold

Nothing in our life came easy
A furnished room was our first home
Two hard jobs and sixty long hours
We were barely hangin' on

Workin' my way up the ladder
I never once heard her complain
With love and hard work in time we succeeded
But some things remained just the same

(Chorus)
Turquoise and Silver
Was all I could give her
I wished it was diamonds and gold
Turquoise and Silver
I promised forever
One heart to have and to hold

(Bridge)
On our fifteenth anniversary
I promised her a new wedding band
She could have had any ring that she wanted
she smiled and said "You don't understand"

(Changed Chorus)
Turquoise and Silver
Means more now than ever
I still don't need diamonds and gold
Turquoise and Silver will stay on my finger
Because it's the ring that you chose

(Tag)
When our hair turns to silver
'Til the end of forever
She'll wear the ring that I chose

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Posted By: jerry Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 04:54 AM
This Lyric is: #016

Skyline Drive
(c)2002 Jerry Dearborn
She's a wife and mother in her home
She knows what she needs she gets it done
When she likes to get away and hide
She wants that time by herself sometimes

(chorus)
Skyline Drive-She sits and watches the sun go down
Sees what's going on in the surrounding towns
Her private heaven,her paradise
She gets alone with God on Skyline Drive

She keeps her house,manages the bills
Love for family is her one thrill
She likes to go when she has time
To that place where she can ease her mind

(chorus)
Skyline Drive-She sits and watches the sun go down
Sees what's going on in the surrounding towns
Her private heaven,her paradise
She gets alone with God on Skyline Drive

(bridge)
No one knows where this place is
Not even her man or their two kids
Sometimes when they just can't be apart
She runs away there in her heart

(repeat chorus)



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Posted By: Jeza Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 10:53 AM
This Lyric is: #017

'Place by the river'
©1999 Jeza

Over by the river
there's a place I'd like to take you
You can sit
with your feet in the water
in the shade
I always used to go when I was younger
Now it's overgrown
but it hasn't changed

Everybody has to have
a place where they can go to
That's the place where
you know you're going to be alone
I never get tired of the river
It always sings the same song
(been so long)

Just along the road
there's a house I'd like to make you
We can have a home
with a fire and a family inside
Just to have a place by the river
That's the only place I'd be satisfied
(It's a feeling inside)

Everybody has to have
a place where they can go to
That's the place
where you know you're going to be alone
I never get tired of the river
It always sings the same song
So sing along - wo wo wo
Water flow, water flow, water flow, water flow, water flow
Water flow, water flow, water flow, water flow, water flow
Water flow wo wo wo
Water flow, water flow, water flow, water flow, water flow

Just over the mountain
there's a valley with a river where I wanna go
You can sit
with your feet in the water in the shade
It could be the Garden of Eden
You could see the mist from heaven
That's where God breathed life into man
Take my hand

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Posted By: Christine Ledford Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 12:45 PM
This Lyric is: #018

Blame
©2002 Amelia Rose

(V)

We've learned to play the game
A charade to other eyes
We hide from them our secrets
The destruction and the lies

This illusion of a marriage
Disappears when we're alone
True feelings show their hatred
As war rages through our home

(CH)

Blame.. serves no purpose
On endless nights of fear
Tempers flare between us
As anger bleeds through tears
When the battle's finally over
The scars will still remain
But blame..serves no purpose
It can't erase the pain

(V)

Divorce became an option
'Till convenience changed our minds
Ignoring broken promises
We gave us countless tries

But harsh words breed as habits
They're impossible to break
Now we're back to the beginning
In misery, we can't escape

(CH)

Blame.. serves no purpose
On endless nights of fear
Tempers flare between us
As anger bleeds through tears
When the battle's finally over
The scars will still remain
But blame..serves no purpose
It can't erase the pain

(Bridge)

Our family has been torn apart
We can't win back what's lost
Blame won't undo the damage
We've already paid the cost

(CH)

Blame.. serves no purpose
On endless nights of fear
Tempers flare between us
As anger bleeds through tears
When the battle's finally over
The scars will still remain
But blame..serves no purpose
It can't erase the pain

(Tag)

Because blame, serves no purpose
It will never erase the pain

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Posted By: Diana Tyler Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 01:00 PM
This Lyric is: #019

THIS GIFT'S FOR YOU
Copyright 2000 by Diana S. Tyler

I knew a man ruled by pleasure;
Excess accumulation occupied his leisure.
He had a fine appreciation for their gifts,
when friends would call,
But he one day realized he lacked
the greatest gift of all.

'Cause he met a man who's used to giving,
Who feels a bounty in the everyday of living.
He has a joy because a miracle
proclaimed beneath a star
Makes a difference in the way he lives,
and no matter who you are--

This gift's for you. This gift's for you.
No matter who you are or what you do.
It's not beneath a Christmas tree,
it's not in shiny paper.
Your present's wrapped in swaddling
and lying in a manger--
This gift's for you.

I know you've seen your share of sorrow,
Those days you wonder, "What's the use?"
of your tomorrows.
It's been a year of uphill climbing,
things are harder than before,
And now, this year, it doesn't seem
like Christmas anymore.

But I know a man who feels your sadness,
Proclaims good news and brings release
to all us captives.
So if you listen closely, you can hear
the angel chorus sing,
Saying, "Peace on earth, goodwill to all,
Come and greet your newborn King."

'Cause this gift's for you. This gift's for you.
For all the pain and trouble you've been through.
So decorate your Christmas tree,
sing a song that's light.
Come out of the darkness,
celebrate the birth of Christ--
This gift's for you.

God cared enough to come to us
a lowly, mortal babe.
So when you're out tonight,
Will you share the light?
Is there one to whom you'll say:

"This gift's for you. This gift's for you.
Wherever you may live or what you do."
So gather 'neath the mistletoe,
sing a song that's light.
Honor Christ the Savior,
and claim this holy night.
'Cause this gift's for you.
This gift's for you.
This gift is for you.

(Sorry--I forgot the signature! Please excuse the newbie!)

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Posted By: DavidGrossman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 01:10 PM
This Lyric is: #020

TOP HEAVY
BY DAVID GROSSMAN 2002

I’m alone
Full grown
Generation extra extra extra
One too many
To be anyone
You got to look out
For number one
And the ones you love
Under the sun
It’s a card toss
Up in the air
With a few here and there
Who don’t care
Where it lands
a few dirty hands
Ruins all of the children’s plans

ITS TOP HEAVY

Hey Mr. CEO
Break up the bonus
Water what you grow
Come the new year
If it looks clear
That the profit’s are up
We’d like to see some down here
“cause the work force
Wants a divorce
From the gap
In the capital
You’re throwing in your back pocket

TOP HEAVY

Old McDonald had a pharmacy
Selling drugs to people like you and me
Names brands
It costs so much more
To be a Prozac wife
Than to be a crack whore
It’s all about
Where you get it from
You’re a Riddilan guy
Or an amphetamine bum
A junkie on heroin
A patient on Percodan
Either way your gonna Jones until you find a way to pay the man

TOP HEAVY

Ball players playing ball
See ‘em on TV
they got it all
But up close
on the inside
From you and I
they have to hide
When you slam dunk the truth
One of them makes more money than every youth in a life time
Yours and mine
On the east side
south side
north side
west side
Top Heavy

Rock n Roll will never die
No thanks to ASCAP BMI
If you have a music club in town
You pay these guys
or get shut down
'cause every music club pays a fee
Even when the artist plays for free
‘cause every song that gets sung
is worth some money
to someone
But who gets what is up in the air
Its not right
And its not fair
See I’m an artist of BMI
My songs get sung in clubs
no lie
But it’s not I who gets paid
When songs I write and sing get played
Money collected from clubs I’m in
Get paid to artists
who’ve never been
Near the places where I sing
The BMI check’s made out to STING
If he knew how it went down
Maybe next time STINHG'S in town
He’ll share his gig with a guy like me
Who pays His bills
and plays for free

Top Heavy




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Posted By: Johnny BoomBoom Taylor Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 01:17 PM
This Lyric is: #021

"Nothing Ever Happens" (c) 2002 John Taylor

(verse 1)
Stayin alone nowadays
not much to do, not much to say anyways
I guess its just as well I stay inside for now
cause this world never cared for me anyhow

(verse 2)
If you walk away you'll walk right into it
I've found that ignorance will only bring you closer to it
I guess its just as well I never tried to see
'cause nothing ever happens nothing ever happens to me

(chorus)
Why cant we turn around
why cant we do it one more time
why cant we live the lie
That sometimes makes things right

I wanna know, what is I need to be
I wanna know, I need to do to see why nothing ever happens nothing ever happens to me

(verse 3)
Been through darkness, been through light
been through times I wanted to die and thought I might
I guess its just as well I kept it outa sight
cause this world, never cared for me anyhow

(verse 4)
And the only face they saw was mine
but all faces become lies in due time
and there was always that one face I couldnt put to sleep
cause nothing ever happens, nothing ever happens to me

(chorus)
Why cant we turn around
Why cant we do it one more time
Why cant we live the lie that sometimes makes us right

I wanna know what is I need to be
I wanna know what is that I need to see why
nothing ever happens nothing ever happens to me

(verse 5)
The noontime light enters softly through the window
words passing through my ears as the wind blows
and I lay on the floor surrounded surrounded by the sound
of those who never cared for me anyhow

(verse 6)
And the rooms half dark, cause I wont see
those who loved me, those who stuck with me
I wont check if they've turned their backs, cause I've never tried to see why
nothing ever happens, nothing ever happens to me

(chorus)
Why cant we turn around
Why cant we do it one more time
Why cant we live the lie, that sometimes makes us right

I wanna know, what it is that makes me be I wanna know, oh I wanna a know

Why cant we turn around
Why cant we do it one more time
Why cant we live the lie, that sometimes makes us right
I wanna know oh I wanna know why

Nothing ever happens, nothing ever happens, nothing ever happens,nothing ever happens, nothing ever happens to me

Nothing ever happens to me
Nothing ever happens to me
Nothing ever happens to me
Nothing ever happens to me

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Posted By: floridasongs Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 02:37 PM
This Lyric is: #022

I GET STUCK

Words & Music by
JIMMIE R. VESTAL

I always wanted a good paying job But I work for peanuts and feel like a slob I slave all year, Uncle Sam writes back
I stuck with owing more tax.

The world throws lemons, I throw lemonade Where I keep stepping there’s not much made When I try to learn country line dancing I’m the one tripping and finding no romancing.

There could be no mosquito in sight But I'm the one that gets the bite I’d be driving, and it’s just my luck I’d get behind a slow-moving truck.

(Chorus):

I get stuck with lots of bad luck But don’t give up when you get stuck.

I go to a super market and stand in line I'm in the "Express Lane", so things will be fine A person with a check is passing time away If I wasn’t in a hurry, I’d be there all day.

I get no respect, like someone we know He’s that actor in the picture shows If he had no bad luck, as I recall He’d be like me and have no luck at all.

If I took a trip into outer space I'd get stuck in a crowded place If I went down, deep into the sea Someone there would surely find me.

(Chorus):

I get stuck with lots of bad luck But don’t give up when you get stuck.

I wonder what’s the future for me The world’s gone to the dogs, and I’m the tree My advice to you is don’t give up Even when you seem to be down on your luck.

I’m the jack of all trades and the master of none But in my life the race isn’t won People say, "There’s no such thing as bad luck" That’s probably true, but why do I get stuck?
Copyright © 1994 Jimmie R.Vestal

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Posted By: sharon Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 02:46 PM
This Lyric is: #023

what have i done
© 2001 sharon allitt

they built their buildings under a blue sky
they built their cities tall
they tore down the trees until
there were no trees left at all

then one day they looked around they said
oh lord, what have i done
there’s nothing left for us to look upon
your creation is gone

what have i done
where has it all gone
didn’t we leave anything for the generations to come

why do we need to 2nd guess & recreate what we don’t understand what we don’t know
should we shut off the moon if it shines too bright at night
or turn the sun up if it gets too cold
why do we need so many high priced restaurants when we can’t feed the people in the street below
i don’t know about you but i’ve gotta conclude that i don’t want to ask myself this later
i don’t want to calculate it

what have i done
what have i done
what have i left here for the generations to come

what have i done
what have i done
what have i left here, what have i effected
what have i saved, what have i neglected
what have i cared for or misplaced
did i vote did i protest
what did i fight for or against
what have i believed in or denied
freely given or chose to hide
have i told a truth or told a lie
took the fence or took a side
been full of it or full of pride
you really do decide
to walk or take the ride
but in my own defense
i could have just followed along

they built their buildings under a blue sky
they built their cities tall....

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Posted By: chatterbox Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 03:19 PM
This Lyric is: #024

This is a song I wrote about a year ago called "GONE AWAY"....copyright 2002, Eric Jorgenson, Emotional Holiday Music, ASCAP


THERE’S A HOLE IN MY HEART
THAT’S WHERE YOUR SOUL USED TO BE
EMPTY HOUSE EMPTY ME
PARKED THE WRONG WAY ON EMPTY STREET
TOO MUCH REALITY FOR TEN YEARS OR JUST ONE DAY
NOW YOUR GONE YEAH YOUR GONE OH YOUR GONE GONE AWAY

THERE’S A HOLE IN MY HEAD WHERE AN EARRING USED TO BE
WIDE ENOUGH WHERE YOUR GOLD ONCE HUNG IDEALLY
NOW IT’S CLOSED AND IT’S STILL LIKE A DAMNED UP WATER WAY
AND I’M GONE YES I’M GONE OH I’M GONE GONE AWAY

DON’T KNOW WHERE
DON’T KNOW WHEN
DON’T KNOW HOW
DON’T KNOW WHY
WE COULD GET DOWN ON OUR KNEES AND PRAY TO THE SKY
WE CAN TALK ‘TIL WE’RE BLUE BUT THERE IS NO MISTAKE
LIKE THE RAIN FROM THE CLOUDS WE MUST LIBERATE
BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

THHERE’S A HOLE LEFT IN YOU
WE WERE ONE AND NOW WE’RE TWO
MOVED ALONG LIKE A SONG
STILL ONE RIGHT CAN’T FIX TWO WRONGS
TOO MUCH REALITY FOR TEN YEARS OR JUST ONE DAY
NOW WE’RE GONE YEAH WE’RE GONE OH WE’RE GONE GONE AWAY
GONE AWAY GONE GONE AWAY
GONE AWAY GONE GONE AWAY




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Posted By: shosha capps Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 03:38 PM
This Lyric is: #025

Braking At Green Lights
written by Shosha Capps
copyright 2002

pretty swing of green
against a rain-lit sky
I've got poppies on my dashboard
got a trunk full of snow
and a hundred miles of desert to go

hey, boy - you ever prayed for rain?
hey, boy - you ever prayed for rain?

cause I've seen you pull it from the sky
and you've see me boiling up my insides
little molten me, poking at the clouds
I don't wanna be your enemy
when it all starts coming down

I'm just six days from taking your shoes off
I'm two weeks shy of forgetting your name
you touch my sleeve like you've open a bible
I drink your wine til it bruises me

and no, babe, this don't have the urgency
you were looking for
but all you pretty genius boys just turn to
water on my floor
yeah, that's my piano
and that's my kerosene -
sometimes we draw roses
sometimes we're just ripping seams

there's a thread of red
it's a pretty bind
I've got poppies steaming up my windshield
got a boy made of snow
who say he got nowhere to go

he say "hey, girl - you better pray for rain
hey, girl, you better pray for rain
pray for rain
pray for rain..."

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Posted By: kevinworley Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 04:11 PM
This Lyric is: #026

COMFORT TRAIN

VERSE I
Mama said her gift to me was spoken in her words
Don't make the same mistakes she made, now don't get hurt
'Cause sometimes in your hunger, to please and hold him true
You'll find the color of your life has turned to black and blue
You'll find the color of your life has turned to black and blue

PRE-CHORUS
So hard to stay ...... harder yet to go
But mama's words on the phone that day told me all I need to know...........

CHORUS I
Take the comfort train through New Orleans back home to Tennessee
Or take the fastest plane that you can find and get right home to me
I'm waitin' here with open arms and a love that's yours to hold
All you gotta do is leave All you gotta do is leave

VERSE 2
Mama said she understands, my daddy was the same
Sometimes his life was hard and she tried to bear his pain
But he crossed the line so many times so she finally had to go
Either that or live a bitter life, dressed in black and blue
Either that or live a bitter life, dressed in black and blue

PRE-CHORUS CHORUS 1

BRIDGE
The highest love you'll ever find is the one that's for yourself
Without that love, any other love is hollow as a shell
You'll always let him put you down, you'll always let him win
But mama's words came true today and I found myself again

CHORUS 2
I took the comfort train through New Orleans back home to Tennessee
Didn't need to take the fastest plane, that train was right for me
Mama's here with open arms and a love that's mine to hold
All I had to do was leave All I had to do was leave

I took the comfort train through New Orleans back home to Tennessee
I took the comfort train through New Orleans back home to Tennessee
I took the comfort train through New Orleans............back home


© 2002 Kevin Worley / Anne Pallin

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Posted By: syzygus Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 05:00 PM
This Lyric is: #027

Title: Lady

Lady....
You're a sight to see!
Sweet lady ....
Did you just smile at me?
Or are you and illusion,
A gentle confusion on my mind, Lady?
Oh, you're a sight to see!

Lady....
Where are you taking me?
Sweet lady ....
That's a place in me
That I've never been before.
You are knocking on that door to my heart, Lady!
Oh, where are you taking me?

Lady....
What you do to me!
Sweet lady ....
You have set me free
From the chains that bind me -
The pain that blinds me from within, Lady.
Oh, what you do to me!

(the melody that goes with this has a smooth blues feel to it.)

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Posted By: jcgtune Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 06:20 PM
This Lyric is: #028

Amazing Kids
Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
copyright 1991

When I was young, I knew that I
Wanted to sing a song.
And as I grew I learned to sing
And have you sing along.

If you dream it, don't just dream it,
You can do it if you try.
You can be whatever you want to be!
'Cause you're amazing, yes, you're amazing
You can do it if you try!
You're amazing, you're amazing
It's a fact you can't deny.

When you are young you do many things
To see what you do best.
And then one day, you'll discover the thing
You do better than all the rest.

If you dream it, don't just dream it,
You can do it if you try.
You can be whatever you want to be!
'Cause you're amazing, yes, you're amazing
You can do it if you try!
You're amazing, you're all amazing
It's a fact you can't deny.

You can do anything, if you try!!



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Posted By: debbiekearns Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 06:26 PM
This Lyric is: #029

Crazy Day

Every song you want to sing yourself
Seems to slip away
You start talking to yourself
It's another crazy day
A photo shoot with the devil
I'm just killing time
You start singing to yourself
To make your life ryhme

Chorus

Time, continuous day
You walk the hours away
Time continous day
You drive your life away (dream)

Tell me that it happened
Happened all the way
I don't care now
It's another crazy day
Time on cat like feet
Sneaks away
It's another crazy day

RC

The song starts playing
Then slips away
I need another day
Time slips away
As fragile as you might be
The song still remains
'Cause the lyrics
Make another crazy day

Copyright Debbie Kearns and Carole Kearns

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Posted By: bonbon Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 07:00 PM
This Lyric is: #030

City Of Angels

The city of Angels is crying
The land of sunshine is dying
The streets of gold
Have been recently sold
To the ones with the lowest bids
Mothers and kids
They line the sidewalks
Like hungry hawks
And their babies tear stained eyes
Searchin' the skies
Standing there week after week
Beggin' for something to eat
Their scarred, scabby arms
A donation of the poppy farms
The city of angels have went to hell

Chorus

The city of angels wasn't supposed to fail Money and dreams mixed well
The city of angeles have went to hell
What are we supposed to do?
What are we supposed to do?

And then the little girl said
"Well you made a new sign
from my cardboard bed.
Now where am I going to
lay my head?"
Did our city go up for sale?
Or did it just lose it's veil?
The dreams of what you could be
Are mere memories by the sea
The streets filled with crime
And others just marking time
It's lost it's veil
Oh no it wasn't for sale
It's been abandoned
Is it dead? Is it dead?
The city of angels have went to hell

RC

Copyright Carole Kearns and Debbie Kearns


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Posted By: bgmetivier Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 07:22 PM
This Lyric is: #031

Title: The Old Wooden Fence
Lyricist: Robert G.Metivier
Copyright: 2001

The old wooden fence
Beaten and torn through the years
By the wind and the sudden storms
-all that nature could conspire to bring.
Yet it somehow managed to hold firm
In its simple purpose
To keep the strangers out and the restless in.


Blistered by the scorching sun
And frozen with the winter sleet
Merciless in their approach
To them a barrier to break
In their unstoppable freedom
But the struggle has its toll
And its frame once strong has since grown old

The workmen said its time to take it down
And build a new one in its place
Its tired planks now broken and spent
Unfastened to the point of disgrace
The nails have left gaping the place
Where long they had held firm
The wounds now far beyond repair.

So the members carelessly taken down
And thrown upon a glowing heap
What once were sap-filled limbs
Its young wood firm and green
Now lies kindling dry for the burn
And to the earth from which it sprung
It now solemnly returns.

Old wooden fence it is no more
Nor any sort of wood at all
Simple offspring of the earth
Ashen dust its final call....
But also fire,- and heat and light
It takes its long-awaited flight
Set free from the nails, and the wind and the storm.

(reprise anthem)
And it is restored though vanquished in flame
Now born anew, an ennobled slave
Released to climb unbound through the clouds
A soul set free from the past and the stony ground

And it is reborn a child of the sky
No more to sustain the wound or the pain
Coursing the air, never meant to return
For now it has attained the end forever yearned.

Copyright © 2001, Robert G. Metivier


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www.psalms.ws|
"a place for rest and reflection

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Posted By: mchappell13 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 07:47 PM
This Lyric is: #032

Hero Worship
Written by John Chappell, Copyright 1999

It’s not about how many times that they show my face....
Or how much money I get when I claim my place.
You think there’s magic in my smile or strength...
Yet, I’m TV and Music and Faith.
I’m not freedom or love or the end of the race, or the end of the race.

Chorus
Oh, and it’s a sad invasion when your hope is based on my station
And you gotta fill your days in with your dreams
Of smashing and bashing my face in.

They call me star or celebrity or fame...
And you buy it with your last dollar this package of shame.
When I don’t answer is when you give me the blame.
You need and you want and you beg...
But nothing can make me take your place, no nothing can make me take your place.

Chorus

Bridge
All of those nights that you thought I was the answer....
To your questions.
Every time that you pictured me in your presence...
Was I angry?

Chorus X 2



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Posted By: FrankWilliamson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 08:03 PM
This Lyric is: #033

Cry,Cry,Cry
copyright 2002 Frank Williamson

You go seven miles down Twisted Road
To where the no huntin sign took a buckshot load
Keep to the left till you come To the old adobe

There’s 80 acres under the Texas sun
Better bring some water cause you won't find none
Don’t tell the old woman there how ya come to know me

Or she’s gonna cry cry cry
She’s gonna cry cry cry
She’s gonna cry cry cry
Till the tears run dry

Well I spent my youth on that thirsty land
People say I was a Christian man
And that red haired woman made me think I could be a farmer

But it seemed like the devil dogged my heels
I wondered how robbin a rich man feels
Don’t you breathe a word if you meet my daughter

Or she’s gonna cry cry cry
She’s gonna cry cry cry
She’s gonna cry cry cry
Till the tears run dry

[bridge]
Tired of the dirt
Tired of the battle
You get tired of somebody else
Always getting the gold
Tired o’ dried up wells
And half dead cattle
And every day another piece
of your young heart goes cold

I seen the angel o' death in my dreams last night
and I woke up dyin in the dawns grey light
I never been saved and I broke every last commandment

There's a whole lot of gold in this old steel chest
Give half to the woman and keep the rest
I got a lifetime of tears to cry till the hour of judgement

And I'm gonna cry, cry, cry
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry
I'm gonna cry, cry, cry
till the tears run dry


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Posted By: silverg13 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 08:22 PM
This Lyric is: #034

Revolutionary
Revolutionary
Gail Silverman (c)2002

I wanna go down in history
As the age revolutionary
I wanna be the one who didn’t make sense
You know the one supposed to be past tense
Yeah Yeah, Yeah Yeah
The one who’s proud to be
Aspiring rock star over 20
[naughty word removed] I’m not dead , but beyond 14
So what the hell do you think that means

No I’m not Christina
And I’m not Brittany
I’m not Brandy
And I’m not Mandy
But it’s cool to be the aspiring rock star over 20!

Wanna go down in history
As the girl who wasn’t so pretty
I wanna be the band that rocks your world
And doesn’t look like cover boys and girls
Like Janis before 70
Before retouching & MTV
[naughty word removed] I’m not a waif, more like Rubenesque
Guess that’s means “big” success

I’m not Dido
And I’m not Nelly
I’m not Jewel
And I’m no Alicia Keys
Buts its so cool to be
The one who fit perfectly!

Kept telling me I can’t play or sing
**** them, I can do anything
They kept telling me blah blah blah
**** them I’m gonna be a rock star!

I’ve got balls and the energy
My tits are real
I got a fine booty
Yeah Yeah
Check me out
You’ll have no doubt

And I may never be Alanis, Janis or Brittany
But its enough to just be me
And I’ll keep it up indefinitely
And I’ll be rockin’ even when I’m 70
I’ll keep this up indefinitely
I’ll be rockin’ as long as I can breathe
YEAH YEAH!




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Posted By: SimonRead Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 09:05 PM
This Lyric is: #035

WHAT YOU MEAN TO ME

1. When I try to quote Shakespeare it comes out like Dr. Seuss
It sounds like I’m talking in tongues
I’d write you a love song but I know it ain’t no use
I’m just not proficent in the language of love

How I wish I could tell you
Everything I feel inside

Chorus:
But what you mean to me
Is more than I know how to say
And what you mean to me
I can’t find the words to convey
But look in my eyes when you kiss me tonight and you’ll see
Little angel, just what you mean to me

2. I can see the expectation – it’s written on your face
Each time I open my mouth
I hope you know I’m trying so hard to find a way
To take these emotions and let them all out

How I wish I could tell you
Everything I feel inside


Chorus x 2

(c) 2002 Simon Read & Tom Rae


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Posted By: relevantdiscord Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 09:23 PM
This Lyric is: #036

"Muse"
Written by: Nicholas Depew
Copyright 2001 Changing Seasons Music (BMI)

My hope was in a state of lucid decay.
I searched for an escape.
(But) Encompass me with silence, my mind tries to scream.
Total lack of clarity, complete lack of peace.
Desolate and desperate, I disapait to nothingness.
So as I repress my motives, I try to hide the regrets.

I want to know that you are with me.
(But) I need to know that you can hear me.

Sustained by one cherished moment, I reach for another taste.
Point of no return, I cross again.
Unaware of things beginning, ignorant to their end -
travesty befalls me; betrayed by self.

Return to the familiar.
My fears fall away.

I can't remember where you are, and all this time I tried so hard.
But I hear you; you call me name.
And your voice, it is the same.
I had forgotten you, but you did not forget me.
I had forgotten you, but you did not forget me.

Shattered memories of abandoned dreams - nothing was ever as it seemed.
Shattered memories of abandoned dreams - nothing was ever as it seemed.

Return to the familiar.
A frail facade hides your tears.

I can't remember where you are, and all this time I tried so hard.
But I hear you; you call my name.
And your voice, it is the same.
I had forgotten you, but you did not forget me.
I had forgotten you, but you did not forget me.
I had forgotten you, but you did not forget me.
I had forgotten you, but you will not forget me.




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Posted By: aspeace Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 09:57 PM
This Lyric is: #037

"MAKE ME LONELY AGAIN"
Words/music by Amy Speace
c. 2002/BMI Twangirl Music
(Country waltz)

I sit by my window
And stare at the moon
I’ve held all your letters
'Till my fingers were blue
I recall every moment
Like I’m pressing rewind
I got what I asked for
Now I’m losing my mind

Even when I was younger
I liked being alone
Felt awkward at parties
Didn’t go to the prom
While the whole world was dancing
And falling in love
I stayed home in my slippers Watching ‘Harold and Maude’

I FEEL LIKE I’M DYING
CUZ I’M ALWAYS CRYING
IF THIS IS WHAT LOVE IS
MAKE ME LONELY AGAIN

I didn’t date much
Didn’t understand why
When girlfriends had crushes
How they’d giggle and sigh
Love made them seem stupid
Dizzy and lost
I bragged love would never
Tie my stomach in knots

I FEEL LIKE I’M DYING
I’M ALWAYS CRYING
IF THIS IS WHAT LOVE IS
MAKE ME LONELY AGAIN

But when I met you dear
My pride took a dive
I loved you the first instant
You looked into my eyes
Now my whole world is spinning
I’m not sleeping so well
If love’s really the answer
Why does it put us through hell?

I FEEL LIKE I’M DYING
I’M ALWAYS CRYING
IF THIS IS WHAT LOVE IS
MAKE ME LONELY AGAIN




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Posted By: ibfl Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 10:20 PM
This Lyric is: #038

Macbeth (copyright Ingrid Brigitte Frick Loli - 2001)
These lyrics are meant for a R&B song

I’m not Macbeth, I’m not your wife
I’m not your current lover
I am the one the only one
who gets you high on lovin’
I’m not a whore, I’m not a slave
I’m not your ex possession
I am the one the only one
who's ever really loved you
for what you are for what you’re not
for what you are becoming.

Chorus : Let’s get high together
let’s surge up to heaven
let’s get high together
let’s surge up to heaven

Don’t shut me out, don’t slam the door
you’ll only see the damage
coz when you try to get that high
you’ll never really manage.
Just close your eyes and see my eyes
you’ll read the hunger growing
just surge with me up to the world
the two of us were knowing
I am the one the only one
who gets you high on lovin’.

Chorus : Let’s get high together
let’s surge up to heaven
let’s get high together
let’s surge up to heaven

Bridge:
I’m the only one
who get’s you high on lovin’
I’m the only one who’s ever really loved you.

I am the one the only one
who gets you high on lovin’
don’t shut me out, don’t slam the door
you’ll only see the damage
I am the one the only one
who's ever really loved you
for what you are for what you’re not
for what you are becoming.
Perhaps you won’t believe me now
in time you’ll feel I’m missing

Chorus
Let's get high together
let's surge up to heaven
let's get high together
let's surge up to heaven....

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Posted By: Corey Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 10:48 PM
This Lyric is: #039

Rest My Bones
©2001 Corey Parkman

A new day is shining across the railyard
I slice my breakfast with a beer bottle shard
A tin of sardines and a pack of saltines
with a Coke can of water from an artesian spring

A lifetime of heartache has taken its toll
If love is salvation, then I’m a lost soul
I dream unconcerned with the passage of time
and live for the next breath while daylight is mine

(Chorus)
I ain’t a rambler
I just lift up my feet
Hold onto my spot
while earth spins underneath
When I reach the place
that my soul is called home
Oh Lord, that’s where
I’m gonna rest my bones

Yesterday was Phoenix, tomorrow Tucson
Always dreamt of the west when I was young
So I’m chasin’ the sunsets and seein’ the sights
And I’ll sleep ‘neath the trestle, come the moonlight

I ain’t a rambler
I just lift up my feet
Hold onto my spot
while earth spins underneath
When I reach the place
that my soul is called home
Oh Lord, that’s where
I’m gonna rest my bones

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Posted By: Cindy Miller Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/10/02 11:21 PM
This Lyric is: #040

Reaching Out To You
Cindy Miller
© 2002

VERSE I (A)
In the middle of a moment
Towards the end of a cry
When you’ve almost caught your breath
Near the onset of a sigh
Where dreams break into pieces
And the night is split in two
There’s still shelter in my arms
…Reaching out to you

VERSE II (A)
When your body’s done with battle
And your energy is spent
You’ll remember what you’ve lost
Cause the scars are evident
Over time, meanings will change
And the prize feels overdue
That’s where I’ll be waiting
…Reaching out to you

BRIDGE (B)
Yesterday can be forgotten
Come in out of the cold
The whole world’s not your problem
Let me carry half your load

VERSE III (A)
Examine my intentions
As you journey through your soul
The bright flickers of honesty
Will guide your heart to know
When the walls fell down upon you
One clear constant is your proof
My love never faltered
I was… Reaching out to you
Reaching out to you
Reaching out to you....



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Posted By: "Tampa Stan" Good (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 12:05 AM
This Lyric is: #041

Title: The Race

{I'm hearin' a Little Irish Folk Melody behind this'n'...}

One Fine Seattle Morning
They Held a Special Race:
An Olympics for Kids with Special Needs
To Find Their Special Place--

They Lined Up, There, All 8 of Them
They Heard the Starting Gun..
With a Whoop & Holler, Off They Ran
In a Mighty Special Run...(of)..

(CHORUS)
"THE RACE"..It's ALL-IMPORTANT
"THE RACE"..Is FOR Your PRIDE
"THE RACE"..Says "WHO You ARE"
(You FIND OUT.."WHAT'S INSIDE"..
In.."THE RACE!")

Each Headed Off "A WINNER"
The Race was Goin' Fine...
'Till One Boy Fell, and Skinned his Knee
Then..He Just Sat There, Cryin'

It LOOKED Like He Was Beaten..
It LOOKED Like He Was Down..
It LOOKED Like He Was LOSIN',
'TILL..THE OTHERS..TURNED AROUND, (In)..

(REPEAT CHORUS)
"THE RACE"..It's ALL-IMPORTANT
"THE RACE"..Is FOR Your PRIDE
"THE RACE"..Says "WHO You ARE"
(&..You FIND OUT.."WHAT'S INSIDE"
In.."THE RACE!")

(MUSICAL RIDGE)

(VERSE)
One Girl Came Back, & Kissed Him
'Said "I Hope THIS Makes You Feel GOOD!"
The Other Racers Helped Him Up
NOW..EVERY RUNNER STOOD..

They Linked their Arms and Headed
Back towards The FINISH LINE
NOW..EVERYONE's A WINNER in
The BEST RACE of ALL TIME! (Yes..)

(REPEAT CHORUS)
"THE RACE"..Is ALL-IMPORTANT
"THE RACE"..Is FOR Your PRIDE
"THE RACE"..Says "WHO You ARE"
(You Find Out.."WHAT'S INSIDE"...
In.."THE RACE!"

(BRIEF MUSICAL BRIDGE)

(VERSE)
You Can Still HEAR The Crowd APPLAUDING
You Can SEE Them "On Their FEET!"
Their KIDS Brought SOMETHING SPECIAL OUT
In YOU, In HIM, In ME...

An OLYMPIC, SPECIAL Lesson:
"To WIN..Is A DISGRACE..
If the LOSER's Lying On The GROUND,
You Should HELP HIM FIND HIS PLACE"..In..

(REPEAT CHORUS)
"THE RACE"..It's ALL-IMPORTANT
"THE RACE"..Is FOR YOUR PRIDE
"THE RACE"..Says "WHO YOU ARE" (Yeah)..
(You FIND OUT.."WHAT'S INSIDE"...
In.."THE RACE"...)

(TAG)
You FIND OUT.."WHAT'S INSIDE"...
In..."THE RACE!"

(C) 2002 by Stan Good, BMI
All Rights Reserved.


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Posted By: willie carmichael Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 12:22 AM
This Lyric is: #042

Jesus and the Ice Cream Man
(Copyright 2002 Willie Carmichael and Larry Lampi)

My Daddy's gone on business
Mama's gone to bed
My sister's gone on heroin
I wish I was gone instead
I've given up on all of them
They've done the same you see
When I grow up I'll be a man
But right now I'm only me

I go to church on Sunday
Hear 'em teach about the Lord
Love to hear that preacher testify
About the great reward
I believe I'll get to heaven
With a little faith and luck
It helps to tide me over
'Til I hear the ice cream truck

Chorus:
I've got Jesus and the ice cream man to love me
Everybody else can kiss my ass
They help me bear my heavy load
With bread and wine and rocky road
And teach me someday soon this too shall pass

I pray to Jesus every day
To make a better world
And stop showing me commercials
About starving boys and girls
He sends me dimes and quarters
And all my hopes and dreams
I spend my prayers on hungy Africans
And my money on ice cream

The ice cream man wears glasses
I wear glasses too
He says to trust in Jesus
In everything I do
I put a lot of trust in him
He comes every day on time
I get chocolate chip and one true friend
And he gets all my dimes

(Repeat Chorus)

Repeat 1st verse)

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Posted By: Marla Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 12:23 AM
This Lyric is: #043

Take The Torch
(C)2001 Marla Reid & Paul Reid

Inspired by the book Jesus Freaks p. 50 & p. 30

The service was held underground
In a secret place so they would not be found
As they listened to the pastor read the word
Suddenly a soldier's voice was heard
"Hand me your Bible!" he cried
Then he threw it down at the pastor's side
And he said the only way you'll live tonight
Is if you spit upon this book of lies
One by one they did as they were told
As they prayed "Father forgive me" they were then let go
But a young girl cried, "What have they done?"
Then she knelt down beside the book she loved
The tear that fell was the last she cried
As a gunshot echoed through the night

She took the torch and ran to the other side
She's in the chain of love that's been passed down through time
She took the torch and ran now she's safe from harm
She ran right into her savior's arms
She ran right into her savior's arms

The young man was only 18
And a soldier for the communist regime
Interrogated for his Christian way
He knew he could not deny his faith
He was told discipline would help him learn
One night standing in the snow would help him turn
But with faith he walked into the bitter wind
Praying for the strength to not give in
One by one the cold nights went by
As God sent him protection from the winter ice
But the tortures grew to his painful death
He served his Jesus with his last breath
In a letter sent just before he died
He told his parents "please don't cry"

He took the torch and ran to the other side
He's in the chain of love that's been passed down through time
He took the torch and ran now he's safe from harm
He ran right into his savior's arms
He ran right into his savior's arms

Lord I pray for the strength to stand
When persecution sweeps this land
May we join hand in hand
And take the torch and run
Take the torch and run
To the promised land

Take the torch and run to the other side
We’re in the chain of love that’s been passed down through time
Take the torch and run we’ll be safe from harm
When we run right into our savior’s arms
We’ll run right into our savior’s arms

Take the torch and run
Take the torch and run
Take the torch and run
Take the torch and run

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Posted By: Ryan Gunnin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 12:32 AM
This Lyric is: #044

Are You Looking for Love
Copyright © 2002 by Ryan Gunnin
Him:
I've seen you here before,
But You never noticed me across the floor,
Lookin at you,
Wonderin who, you were waitin for.
Her:
Tonite its the same scene,
I see you in your hat and your blue jeans,
Lookin at you,
Wonderin who, you are waitin for.

Chorus (Together)
I wanna know ...
Are you looking for love.. that will last a life time,
or looking for love.. to last till the next time,
Baby I don't care....
Would you let me be there?
(Musical Break- possible steel guitar)

Him:
I think I 'll take a chance.
Waltz on over and ask you to dance.
What would you say ,
Would you turn away,
Without a second glance.
Her:
He's comin across the bar,
Is he leaving, heading for the car?
If he turns my way,
What will I say?
It's what I'm hopin for.

Him:

I 've made it over and I'll take my shot,
It's taken every ounce of courage I 've got,
Her:

You turn on your charm ,
I take your arm ..
Together:

And we're on the dance floor.
Chorus (Together)
I wanna know...
Are you looking for love.. that will last a life time,
or looking for love.. to last till the next time,
Baby I don't care....
Would you let me be there?
Baby I don't care....
Would you let me be there?


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Posted By: Jennifer Stills Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 01:01 AM
This Lyric is: #045

*~CRIES OF ANGELS*~ Jennifer Stills

The sun went down beyond the rim
And I long to feel the desert wind
On my skin

What will this day give me but rain?
My mothers earth, she falls..
She falls to shame

Lay upon me
Night and day

Feed my hunger
Make me stay

Man shall take her beauty’s eye
Unhappy plaids, they fill..
They fill the skies

But If you turn your waters wild
I’ll drown my sorrow
For a little while

And the cries of angels will rescue me
The cries of angels are gonna wash me clean

Now there’s no Jesus
To walk on your water blue

There’s no redemption
Unless it’s inside of you

All your lovers
They’ve gone..
They’ve gone away

And you ain’t got nothing left to do
But get on your knees
And pray

That the cries of angels will rescue you
The cries of angels are gonna see you through
The cries of angels hear you



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Posted By: wgrasty Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 02:01 AM
This Lyric is: #046

"The Thrill"

My heart has been scarred, so much I think it’s time
To leave this place
To stop the blame or prolong the pain

For the thrill, for the thrill
For the thrill, for the thrill

Nothing’s wrong with my heart
It just needs something more
Nothing’s wrong with my heart
Is something wrong with your’s?

I know it seems to bother me
But what else could it do
Accept what is thought to be certain
Or stray and maybe find some truth

Nothing’s wrong with my heart
It just needs something more
Nothing’s wrong with my heart
Is something wrong with your’s?

The life that feels, is the one that’s real

My heart has been scarred, so much I think it’s time
To start again, For the thrill



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Posted By: TKO Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 03:37 AM
This Lyric is: #047

Emotional Highway
© 2002/Tim Keesee

(Verse 1)
Your car was pulled to the roadside
You were searchin’ for the jack
I saw your flashing lights that night
So I stopped and helped you change your flat
Well, I can’t believe you fell for me
Though, you didn’t fall far enough
‘Cause your cheatin’s left me over heatin’
On the interstate of love…

(Lift)
Ohhh…the reality that you’d cheat on me
Tears me up inside
Since then, my heart’s been
On an emotional ride…

(Chorus)
And, it took a left on “I’m So Angry”
Followed by a right on “Lonely Drive”
Then, it made a u-turn
On “Let’s Keep Our Love Alive”
The road turned into “Desperation”
And dead-ended on “Not A Chance”
Yeah, my heart’s been on the “Emotional Highway”
Just lookin’ for an exit ramp…

(Verse 2)
Well, I thought you really loved me
I never questioned it before
But, come to find, my heart was blind
To the kind of person you really were
Don’t think that I’ll forgive you
For leading me down this heart-break road
‘Cause it’s hard to forget the things you did
Once your true colors fin’lly showed

(Lift)
Ohhh…the reality that you’d cheat on me
Tears me up inside
Since then, my heart’s been
On an emotional ride…

(Repeat Chorus)

(Instrumental Bridge)

(Final Chorus)
My heart took a left on “I’m So Angry”
Followed by a right on “Lonely Drive”
Then, it made a u-turn
On “Let’s Keep Our Love Alive”
The road turned into “Desperation”
And dead-ended on “Not A Chance”
When it gets off the “Emotional Highway”
It’s headin’ down the road to new romance…



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Posted By: Marian Longfield Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 04:22 AM
This Lyric is: #048

Title: My Dream ©August 10, 2002
Submitted by: Marian Longfield


Verse One:

I live in a world of make believe
pretending you still love me,
and we're caught in a storm and lost at sea.

The ship is drifting far from shore,
and I can't hold on any more,
then, suddenly you slip away from me.

Verse Two:

I've made some mistakes along the way --
pretended everything was fine.
And I made believe that you didn't mind.

Now, I'm alone still lost at sea,
hoping you'll come to rescue me;
A love like ours is very hard to find.

Chorus:

I never wanted my dream to come true;
I thought we could weather the storm.
I never meant to let you slip away ...

What goes around comes around they say,
I know what I did was wrong.
Sooner or later there's a price to pay.

Verse Three:

I hoped you would come to rescue me;
but you're still there on the shore.
I guess that you don't love me any more.

My dreams are seldom what they seem --
Is there a message in between?
I've had this dream so many times before.

Repeat Chorus:

Tag: My dreams never have a happy end..
I never wanted to lose my best
friend, so ...I keep pretending my
dream did not come true --no, not until
I could come and rescue you.




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Posted By: supertone Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 04:58 AM
This Lyric is: #049

"Echoes"
copyright1990
by Gail Lissauer
(Gayle)

Your voice fades in my ear
it's a voice I'll never again hear
silenced too soon
like a radio switched off
in an empty room

Chorus:

Only echoes of you are left behind
Shadows drifting across my mind

Your face fading in my sight
banished to eternal night
blind to your beauty
fallen like a bird
crippled in mid-flight

repeat chorus

Your soul remains somewhere
only spirit lasts forever
yours is a story
with no final chapter
leaving only tears

repeat chorus

Our lives crossed together
weaving a web of love
through downpour and sun
you my protector
yet I the stronger one

repeat chorus until it fades out...




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Posted By: Ray Thyer (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 05:06 AM
This Lyric is: #050

Lyrics for song titled "G'DAY MATE !"/ (c)22.03.02/Ray Thyer.

Verse1
Let me tell you about 'Down Under',
the land they call 'Australia'.
A big island, seas all around,
A great place to be they call 'Down Under'.
Hot tropics with rainforest ground,
Cool mountains where snow abounds
and desert too adds to the wonder.
Great place this, they call 'Down under'.

Verse2.
Koala bears live in the trees,
Big birds called Emus run on ground.
Kookaburras laugh, loudly shout.
Kangaroos hop and skip about.
Lots of sheep with wool on their back,
Mobs of cattle roam in the Outback.
Platypus swim where cockatoos clown,
Wombats feed nights and wander around.

Chorus:
'Down Under' is really great,
Places to see and things to do.
Blokes and Sheilas call each other 'Mate'.
Come visit us, say 'G'day' too.

Verse3.
'Queensland' is a wonderful State,
'Barrier Reef', you must see, Mate.
Sydney's harbour is a delight,
The Opera House sparkles at night.
'Melbourne', city of grace and lure,
'Dandenongs', beautiful for sure.
AUS-TRAL-I-A !, AUS-TRAL-I-A !
waits by the sea, come soon and see.

Bridge:
AUS-TRAL-I-A !, AUS-TRAL-I-A !
One and all, a great place to be.
Around the world they come to see
miles of sand beaches by the sea.

Verse4.
'Adelaide' has churches old,
tranquility there many hold.
'Perth', capital of the far west,
Great place to live, they say the best.
'Darwin' in the 'Northern Territory',
'Northern Gateway' is their Asia story.
'Tasmania', the apple isle,
an island too, stay there a while.

OUTRO:
AUS-TRAL-I-A!, AUS-TRAL-I-A !
lives and breathes like no other.
A land of fair dinkum Aussies,
a continent too, it is said.
Really is a great place, 'Down Under'.

(c)copyright and all rights reserved.

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Posted By: Harriet Ames Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 03:58 PM
This Lyric is: #051

Teach Me to Fly
© 1995 Harriet Ames

vs1
She'd sit in the field by the runway
And watch as the pilots took wing
Every day she would watch them go soaring
But close to the ground she would cling
Till her yearning grew stronger than worry
And she slept one night under a plane
When the pilot returned in the morning
She leaped up from the ground and explained.

Chorus
Show me the magic
Teach me to fly
I don't have a clue what to do
But I'm willing to try
I've lived in the storm winds
Show me the breeze
I've been down n my knees
Let me soar o'er the trees
Set me free.

vs2
The answer was not what she wanted
As he told her it just couldn't be
But she came back again the next morning
And day after day she would plead
Like an unending song, she continued
And slowly he started to bend
Till finally one day, he relented
And said yes when she asked him again

Show me the magic
Teach me to fly
I don't have a clue what to do
but I'm willing to try
I've lived in the storm winds
Show me the breeeze
I've been down on my knees
Let me soar o'er the trees
Set me free

Bridge
And the lessons began
And he saw in her hands
The dreams he had known as a boy
Deep in a part
Of his cynical heart
He laughed at her innocent joy
But as often as not
By our students we're taught
And he felt something he couldn't name
Like a throw-away tossed
It was something he'd lost
Something he needed again

vs3
When the day finally came for her solo
He was there when she came back to ground
And he looked in her eyes
Said I gave you the skies
Now a suitable price, I have found

Last Chorus
Show me the magic
Teach me to fly
I don't have a clue what to do
But I'm willing to try
I live in the storm winds
You have shown me the breeze
I've been down on my knees
Let me soar o'er the trees
Set me free.

I'll get down on my knees
If you'll just say you'll, please...
Set me free.

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Harriet

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Posted By: Tom Goddard Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 04:53 PM
This Lyric is: #052

Raindancer
(Lyrics by Tom Goddard)
©2001


Lightning fast dusk till dawn, the traveler makes his way
The past he’s seen and now he’s been, but nowhere can he stay
Swift and silent in still of night, the dance begins to grow
Smoke and flame and flicker came, thunders’ distant roll

Raindancer…How far will you go?
Raindancer…Sending your next show

Swirling smoke and amber coals, a figure starts to soar
At speed of light he takes to flight, the air begins to roar
Lightning splits his fingertips as he moves across the sky
Sometimes in the dead of night, you can hear him cry…I’m the

Raindancer…Travel near and far
Raindancer…Dance on any star

Riding lightning
Rolling thunder
Timeless wonder

Raining clouds of misty tear drops gather as they fall
The life he brings to all things answers nature’s call
The traveler’s done had his fun now it’s time for him to go
Somewhere in this universe, planning one more show

Raindancer…How far will you go?
Raindancer…Sending your next show
Raindancer…Travel near and far
Raindancer…Dance on any star
Raindancer
(Lyrics by Tom Goddard)
(Band: Off The Wall)
©2001


Lightning fast dusk till dawn, the traveler makes his way
The past he’s seen and now he’s been, but nowhere can he stay
Swift and silent in still of night, the dance begins to grow
Smoke and flame and flicker came, thunders’ distant roll

Raindancer…How far will you go?
Raindancer…Sending your next show

Swirling smoke and amber coals, a figure starts to soar
At speed of light he takes to flight, the air begins to roar
Lightning splits his fingertips as he moves across the sky
Sometimes in the dead of night, you can hear him cry…I’m the

Raindancer…Travel near and far
Raindancer…Dance on any star

Riding lightning
Rolling thunder
Timeless wonder

Raining clouds of misty tear drops gather as they fall
The life he brings to all things answers nature’s call
The traveler’s done had his fun now it’s time for him to go
Somewhere in this universe, planning one more show

Raindancer…How far will you go?
Raindancer…Sending your next show
Raindancer…Travel near and far
Raindancer…Dance on any star


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Tommy Rocker

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Posted By: Shefik Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 05:30 PM
This Lyric is: #053

Visual Awakening
lyrics by Shefik
© 2002. All rights reserved.

I've often reached out
With restrained hands
To grasp discovery.
And, through those times
I retained the sense
All I captured was solitary.
Distance was understanding
Why my mind was far from reality,
Casting a dream beyond those walls,
To ascend away from the downfall.

Then you appeared
Through the midst of it all,
Heeding me without secondary thought,
Knocking down my prism
And all it wrought,
Replenishing my neglected heart.

You induced visual awakening,
My awareness there is light.
Faithfully I will follow,
As it guides me from my sorrow.
And, through the visual awakening,
Sight brought the clarity,
So I could see most visibly
Meaning is inside all of us.

Bearing your own strife
Within your arms,
You were mute to complaint.
When you found the room
To hold my hand,
It drained your strength to carry the weight.
Through you I've rediscovered
My lost life and how to appreciate
The blessings that have been bestowed,
By learning joy needs to be echoed.

But, now you speak
In the tongue of anguish,
Because you once thrived, and now you wither.
I once fell in distress.
Now I prosper.
It took all you had to awake me.

You induced visual awakening,
My awareness there is light.
Faithfully I will follow,
As it guides me from my sorrow.
And, through the visual awakening,
Sight brought the clarity,
So I could see most visibly
Meaning is inside all of us.

There's no cause to have retribution.
There's no need to feel destitution.
So, hold on for just one more minute.
I have love for you.
Let me give it.
I'm here for you,
Like you were there for me.
I'll never forget the sight you gave me.

You induced visual awakening,
My awareness there is light.
Faithfully I will follow,
As it guides me from my sorrow.
And, through the visual awakening,
Sight brought the clarity,
So I could see most visibly
Meaning is inside all of us.

"I have embraced the means behind the meaning. I visualize it to be the ability to sacrifice for another. So, rejuvenate your diminished value, until the means escapes back into mystery. For everything I was given, I place back unto you."

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Posted By: Anthony Torres Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 06:22 PM
This Lyric is: #054

A WOMAN AND HER SHAME
©2001/2002 Anthony Torres
All rights reserved

(Verse 1)
She slips off her ring and adjusts her robe
amid the blue TV glow in 210
Checks the clock-radio again and thinks
he’s gotten out of work late again

She pulls the sheet higher and surfs the channels
It’s always nothing but news and cartoons
Her thoughts start to drift off toward her lover
and why she hoped he’d be arriving soon

(Chorus)
It’s not the passionate kiss
That she’ll get when he reaches the bed
It’s not the magical bliss
of their passionate love, but instead
It’s that the longer she waits
The more she’s filled with guilt and blame
and the more she knows no bed’s big enough
to hold a woman and her shame

(Verse 2)
The minutes move slowly, as if to taunt her
amid the growing silence of the phone
She scans the cold room with a bitter smile
and thinks out loud, “It’s like I’m still at home”

She makes up her mind she won’t wait past six
Through tears, she lights one more last cigarette
Come 6:25, she decides they’re through
Just then, he enters, making her forget--

(Chorus)

(Bridge)
She tells herself she’d yell at him if she could
But her mouth is searching his and it feels so good
Her robe falls off her shoulders like her concerns
‘cause she realizes as her body burns--

(Modified Chorus)
She needs the passionate kiss
that she gets when he reaches the bed
She needs the magical bliss
of their passionate love, so instead
of thinking it has to stop
She starts to think no one’s to blame
'cause sometimes a bed's just big enough
to hold a woman and her shame


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Anthony's BeSonic site-- Open 24 hours!

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Posted By: Bob Young (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 06:48 PM
This Lyric is: #055

Lets Sing One For Woody

(C) Bob Young 1999 JimKimisan Music (ascap)

I have come to tell you something
About a man I never knew
Tho, if truth be told, he changed my life
And, all I think and do

And I'm sorry that I missed him
He was gone before I came
Still, I took him for my teacher
Woody Guthrie was his name

From the cold and concrete canyons
To the blowin' dust out West
He was voice for homeless millions
He was conscience for the rest

As he walked with eyes wide open
And he sang us what he'd seen
Putting music to the message
On his old six-string machine

(chorus)

So, Lets Sing One For Woody
Let's make our voices loud
To let him know we heard his words
And we still hear them now
Cos' This land is still our land
And ever will it be
From the hills of Oklahoma
To the heart of you and me !


He spent his good years ramblin'
Back and forth, and up and down
On some long-forgotten highways
Thru some used-to-be-there towns

Where he stood up for the unions
And the migrants in the fields
The shadowed figures in the boxcars
Rollin' West on iron wheels

(chorus)

And he taught me I should tell the truth
When pen and paper meet
To keep it straight, and keep it honest
Till the story is complete

So, if one day, I meet him
On some golden avenue
I'll shake his hand, and thank him
And, maybe, swap a song or two !

(chorus)

outro refrain...

America.....America is ours !

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Posted By: EdRyan Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 07:17 PM
This Lyric is: #056

The Ballad Of The S.S.Marie
Ed Ryan
copy 2001

A long time ago on the Caspien Sea
We were working our trade on the S.S.Marie
There were seven crew members,my captain and me.

I served my dear captain for much of my life
But he wasn't the same since the death of his wife
Til his eyes and his lips looked like blades of a knife

Well, he told me he speaks to the ghost of Marie
And she says that she's waiting for him in the sea
"So, tonight, under guise of this trecherous storm,
With the crew locked below so they cannot be warned,
We are sinking the ship and Marie will be warm"

"The voices you hear are the devil,"I said
"Do you think your departed would want us all dead?"
And he aimed for the rocks and his face grew bright red
And he shouted,"She told me!"
"She told me," he said,
"of the many a night when you came to her bed."

Well,the air, it got still for a moment or so
As the men beat the doors that were locked down below
And he turned round and pointed his pistol at me
"But I love you, my captain! This is madness, you see!
For I never laid hands on your sainted Marie"

Then the rocks ripped the ship and we were thrown to the floor
And from there I cannot recall anything more
Til I found myself unlocking drowning men's doors

Well, I led them to safety in a single lifeboat
And we watched the ship sink as we laid there afloat
"But what of our captain?",the wounded men cried
"He went down with his ship, as he should," I replied
I would not have them whispering of suicide

Well, they call me a hero to this very year
As I stay on dry land and I stare into beer
But they'll never know my most secretive part
Or the love for my brother which tears me apart
For he's buried at sea with my knife in his heart

A long life ago on the Caspian Sea
We were working our trade on the S.S.Marie
There were seven crew members, my captain and me.


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Posted By: GypsyL Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 07:37 PM
This Lyric is: #057

Fall

Softly summer slithers by
Breezes warn of winter
Short days ahead, dark closing in
Unwelcome but familiar
Firebold colors dazzle me
Blue desires unbidden
Invitation, jump right in
Uncover what lies hidden

Grant me permission, whisper "what if"
Give me a push, a nudge toward that cliff
Close my eyes, shut my mind, arms flung wide
Fall

Did I read your signal?
Dare I cross that line? (hey, what do you think you're doing?)
Inhale clove spiced yearnings
Smoke tongued autumn wine (hey, who do you think you are?)
Your crimson berries wink so sweet
Promising renewal
Underlying tartness may
Play me for a fool (careful, careful)

Grant me permission, whisper "what if"
Give me a push, a nudge toward that cliff
Close my eyes, shut my mind, arms flung wide
Fall
Take me down, Fall

Loosened , love worn layers
Cover frigid feet (cold in here baby)
Time's relentless orbit
Flings us farther from the heat (so cold, so cold)
Wind stripped trees stand alone
Defiant in exposure
Songbirds winging safely south
Everything seeks closure

Grant me permission,whisper "what if"
Give me a push, a nudge toward that cliff
Close my eyes,shut my mind, arms flung wide
Fall

Take me down, Fall

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Posted By: DeneMarie Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 07:37 PM
This Lyric is: #058

"Poison Mine"
(c)1999 Dene Marie Jomei

Cloudy skies, pouring rain
When the sun shines it's still the same
Joyous light fade far away
What's so good about today

Night is high with no fire near
To warm your soul and calm your fears
Anger comforts each tangled breath
A love as charming as death
An empty heart once filled with pain
So tired now, it's just too late

Poison mine... Poison mine...
With my frozen tears and your sorry smile
We drink together one last time
Poison mine

Recite our lines, exist today
Motions for emotions, that's just our way
I can't continue, no, you go on
Do you win if I'm gone
An empty heart once filled with pain
So tired now, it's just too late

Poison mine... Poison mine...
With my frozen tears and your sorry smile
We drink together one last time
Poison mine

Stay alone in your dimension
Your side, and your intention
Gray borders blur both black and white
I give you this to make you right

Poison mine... Poison mine...
With my frozen tears and your sorry smile
We drink together one last time
Poison mine... Poison mine...

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Posted By: Idamarie Naelitz (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 08:42 PM
This Lyric is: #059

Disco Granny
(c)2000 Idamarie Naelitz

Verse 1
talk:**
Music, music is my thing
I like the sound of music and the ring-a-ding-ding
Pleasure, pleasure is my game
Pleasure will lead me to fortune and fame
<<<
Watchout, watch me crossin' the floor
Checkin' everyone that comes in through the door
Mellow, mellow as can be
But, I'm gonna burn ya if you're dancin' with me

1- 2- 3- 4 1- 2- 3

CHORUS:Sing with fun Attitude
CAUSE I'M A GRANNY, HOT FROM THE DISCO SCENE

PEOPLE ALWAYS CALLED ME- A DANCIN' MACHINE

I'M A GRAMMA, COOLEST GAL YOU-- EVER DID SEE

YOU'LL NEVER MEET A GRANNY - QUITE AS FUNKY AS ME
hee hee hee

WHEEE !!
Come on, Come on, Come on, Come dance with me
Come on come on come on, Boogie down, you'll see
I'M A DISCO GRANNY WATCH ME SHAKE MY OO OO OO
GRANNY BOOGIE, GRANNY BOOGELY BOOGIE ,
BOOGIE, OH MY!

(16 beats of drum interlude)

verse 2:
talk:**
I like music, music is my thing
I can make music, got a beat in my brain
And I'm an old Granny from the disco scene
Used to dance, dance, I was a party machine
<<<
Come on everybody, start movin' in your seat
We're gonna start "rrrockin'" to the funky beat
Come on, come on, clap with me
Come on people, let your spirit run free

1- 2- 3- 4 1-2-3

******Sing CHORUS: ******

verse 3:

talk:**
Come on, come on and party with me,
Hear that drum, it's as loud as can be
Don't stop now granny's standin cool
Come on, let's boogie, I'm a disco fool
<<<
Whadda you mean, you don't remember this stuff
Just put your rear in gear, N that's enough
Pull your shirt together cause your hangin' out
With a movin', groovin' Granny, Now twist and shout

bridge:
Boogie Arth ritis , Boogie Ben Gay--
Boogie, boogie, boogie all your aches away
Boogie, boogie, ooopsie,-- Better slow me down
Boogie down slower, Granny's comin' unwound
Boogie down slower Granny's startin' to tire
OO OO OO my feet are on fire
OO OO OO I gotta stop OO OO OO I'm gonna drop
BUILD Key Lift
1-2-3-4 1-2-3

CHORUS: (Sung with gusto)
Yea, I'm a Granny, hot from the disco scene
People always called me a dancin' machine
I'm a Gramma, the coolest gal you ever did see
You'll never meet a Granny, quite as funky as me
hee hee hee
Bridge:
Boogie Arth ritis, Boogie Ben Gay
Boogie boogie boogie all your aches away
Boogie boogie, OOPS, you better slow me down
Boogie down slower, Granny's comin' unwound
Boogie down slower, Granny's startin' to tire
OO OO OO MY FEET ARE ON FIRE
OO OO OO, I'm gonna flop
OO OO OO, I GOTTA STOP!

EXPLOSION!!

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Posted By: marquez Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/11/02 10:49 PM
This Lyric is: #060

"Small Town Dreams”
(C)(P)2002 Johnny D. Marquez

Verse 1
Small Town Dreams
In the back of her mind
She’s been trying so hard
To leave them behind

Verse 2
In Her small town world
Nothing really seems fair
She’s a brown-eyed dreamer
And there’s nothing to fear

Chorus
Small Town Dreams
It’s part of our lives
Small town dreams
Dreams that cut like a knife

Small Town Dreams
It’s something inside our hearts
Small Town Dreams
They can tear your heart apart

Verse 3
Her Daddy drank to much
And her momma never put up a fuss
It seemed in her whole life
Small Town Dreams were never enough

Verse 4
One day she made her decision
Wanted to know what it all means
Left her world behind her
To find her small town dreams

Chorus
Small Town Dreams
It’s part of our lives
Small town dreams
Dreams that cut like a knife

Small Town Dreams
It’s something inside our hearts
Small Town Dreams
They can tear your heart apart


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Posted By: Woody Russell Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 12:39 AM
This Lyric is: #061

Annie B'Damned (A Game Of Chance)

by Woody Russell - (c)2002
Cats Up The Street Music/ASCAP

A young soldier fell for a romance with a wild beauty from France
A wild beauty from France he called his "Annie B'Damned"
Mama warned her youngest son, "Bad love'll make your blood run cold."
Charlie knew she’d be hard to hold, but Annie made him feel like a man

"Annie B'Damned, for me you're the only one."
"Let's talk later," she said, "right now, a girl's got to have her fun,"
"Help me get these buttons undone."
Mama said, "I warned you, son."

chorus
It's a game of chance with the twins on Parker Street
Don't play it with the girls where the roughnecks meet
Or bet the farm on a blind drunk one night stand
Don't gamble with the lot lizard ladies of the night
Or French girls with a tendency to bite
Trouble comes knockin' when a boy starts thinking like a man
Lost in the quicksand of romance
A boy thinking like a man in love
Is just a game of chance

Charlie said, "I love you, Annie. Will you be my bride?"
"Will you be at my side. I'll love you 'til I die."
Annie said, "I might consider it if you take me to America."
"You take me to America and then I will decide."

Charlie brought Annie to the States in '51
She promptly broke his heart and the hearts of his brothers one by one
A girl’s got to have her fun
Mama said, "I warned you, son."

repeat chorus

bridge
Annie married twice, gave up and went back to France
Charlie still can't trust a girl who won't look him in the eye when they dance
Never again in a love blind trance
Never again with a girl from France
Mama was right 'bout it being a game of chance

Never again in a love blind trance
Never again with a girl from France
Mama was right 'bout it being a game of chance

repeat chorus


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Posted By: skylar Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 03:38 AM
This Lyric is: #062

THE ENDLESS NIGHT
DARRYL RYAN
(C)2002

VERSE 1

She died one cold December night
I heard it was a gruesome sight
Her car struck ice,she lost control
She hit the brakes,the car it rolled

VERSE 2

The paramedics soon arrived
When they pulled her out she was alive
All busted,battered up inside
And I was with her when she died

CHORUS

I lost my love that night she died
I held her in my arms and cried
I cursed the Lord and shouted,"WHY!"
"OH WHY'D YOU HAVE TO LET HER DIE!"

She was so young,it wasn't right
The Lord he should've saved her life
I lost my faith in God that night
When he let her slip into the endless
night

Verse 3

My wife,she called from work that day
To tell me she was on her way
I pleaded,begged her not too drive
The snow was piling up outside

VERSE 4

My wife she met her fate that night
The doctors couldn't save her life
I held her hand,she smiled i cried
And then she closed her eyes and died

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE

"OH,WHY'D YOU LET HER DIE LORD
WHEN YOU COULD'VE SAVED HER LIFE
WHY DID YOU LET HER SLIP AWAY
INTO THE ENDLESS NIGHT,THE ENDLESS
NIGHT!"

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK

REPEAT CHORUS X 2


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Posted By: Greg C. Brown Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 03:59 AM
This Lyric is: #063

Pocket Full Of Blues
Lyric (c) 2001 by Greg C. Brown

I was feeling sorry for myself again,
Wanderin’ around without a prayer or a friend.
Decided I needed a cold, tall drink
To clear my head and maybe help me think.

In a cloud of smoke on a dim lit stage
I saw an old relic from another age.
He was puffin’ away on a stale cigar,
Draggin’ his fingers cross an old guitar.

CHORUS
When bad luck's had you pinned against the wall,
All you've got left when you've lost it all
Is a permanent cough, some worn out shoes,
A head full of mem'ries and a pocket full of blues.

The years on his face said he’d seen many miles,
I sat myself down, thought I’d listen for awhile.
He was croakin’ the blues with a nicotine throat,
I swear he told my life with every note.

Alone in the darkness of that corner booth
I heard his own version of the cold, hard truth.
With every sorry tune someone seemed to lose;
I wondered why there wasn’t any happy news.

REPEAT CHORUS
When bad luck's had you pinned against the wall,
All you've got left when you've lost it all
Is a permanent cough, some worn out shoes,
A head full of mem'ries and a pocket full of blues.

He took a short break and so I asked him why
He had to sing songs that made you wanna cry.
It seemed to take forever as he searched his head,
Finally, with a sigh, this is what he said:

I’ve been singin’ these songs since I don’t know when,
I like to think of them as my next of kin.
‘Cause if it wasn’t for these blues I sing,
Son, I wouldn’t have much of anything.

REPEAT CHORUS
When bad luck's had you pinned against the wall,
All you've got left when you've lost it all
Is a permanent cough, some worn out shoes,
A head full of mem'ries and a pocket full of blues.

A head full of mem'ires and a pocket full of blues.


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Posted By: darylfujii Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 07:34 AM
This Lyric is: #064

American Pie 2
new lyrics by Daryl Fujii c 2002

A long, long time ago, I can still remember how that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance that I could make those people dance and maybe they'd be happy for awhile.
But that December made me shiver, with every paper I'd deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep, I couldn't take one more step.
I remember that I cried and cried and sang a song called "In my Life."
Cause something touched me deep inside, the day the music died.

chorus
Bye, bye miss American Pie, drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry.
Them good ole boys wer drinking whiskey and rye, singing this will be the day that I die.
This will be the day that I die.

I want my MTY, the dire policeman sang to me.
As the house came burning down.
We were hypnotized by videos of girls on film and centerfolds.
And retro felines rocking up the town.
We cruised all night in new wave cars. But danger lurked in cruising bars.
A plague fell unsuspected for those left unprotected.
And so we danced like maniacs to electric rockers dressed in black.
To the future we went back, the day the music died.

Chorus

The King of Pop was a juggernaut, beyond the earth to the moon he walked, with a coquette only known as Billy Jean.
The purple clown wore a foppish frown, mumbling to himself I gotta steal his crown,
Conspiring with the naked Virgin Queen.
But the Boss man came to stake his claim, for the good old USA.
The King was not unfurled, he summoned up the world.
The Irish planes went bombs away. The Red guns shot smack for a day.
But in our dreams Mike did reign, the day the music died.

Chorus

The homeboy crips ruled the hood.
Micky D walked this way and stood, in Adidas, heralding his badness.
But the red grunge punks proclaimed war with axes that screamed like dinosaurs.
Till their leader killed himself in sadness.
The cowboy heroes jumped right in. Riding stallions they roped the wind.
With achy breaky hearts, they faded without Garth.
The divas awed us as they sung. But they all vanished one by one.
The homeys could not be overcome, the day the music died.

Chorus

It was karaoke night at the bar. Smith and Jones came back from afar.
Winning prizes they never could back then.
Ben and Santa were so cool, singing songs from the old school.
And the loner mined for gold again.
The Cooley boys they harmonized. The audience cheered in sheer delight.
Till the clones came dancing in, flashing their pearly grins.
The virgin's sister said she might, wearing clothes that fit oh so tight.
But destiny finally won the fight, the day the music died.

Chorus

Then began the millinnium and suddenly music wasn't fun.
When chicken little cried the sky is falling.
No one could believe their eyes and all our hearts were paralyzed.
For something that was so appalling.
Then on that dark November day, music's spirit passed away.
The guitars gently cried, but like Richard we'd survive.
For the coldest night it cannot last, music said all things must pass.
And we moved on after one last gasp, the day the music died.

Chorus


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Posted By: Commuse Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 08:04 AM
This Lyric is: #065

Growing Pains - Red to Violet, lyrics by EL
from the award winning CD 'Red to Violet', distributed in US & Canada, check www.redtoviolet.com for availability also in your area

Growing Pains

sometimes I don't feel anything
sometimes I don't feel at all
while the flower tells her story
but I don't hear her call

I dig into my soul
I've got to dig in deep
to find the key to break that wall
'cause what we sow, we'll reap

and nature tells her story
it fills me with respect
because there is such beauty
within every stage of the process

and nature shares her tales
she says that it's the same with us
we grow with every step we take
and that's the magic buzz

suddenly I realize
this is what my higher self means to say
and tomorrow I will grow again
like I did today

growing pains, man...

*all rights reserved

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Posted By: Birdy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 11:41 AM
This Lyric is: #066

GONE
Bird

AINT GOT MUCH TO GIVE YOU
AINT THAT MUCH TO LEAVE WHEN I’M GONE
WELL ALL THAT I CAN OFFER IS A HEART
THAT HELD YOU NEAR AND TRAVELLED ON

YOUR HAND HOLDS THE CARDS THAT FATE HAS DEALT
PLAY THEM WHILE YOU CAN
DESTINY IS HOW WE CHOOSE TO PLAY THE GAME
YOUR LIFE IS IN YOUR HANDS

WHEN I’M GONE, GONE, GONE WILL YOU MISS ME
WHEN THE MORNING COMES AT DAWN WILL YOU REMEMBER
AND MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE

ALL WE ARE IS WHAT WE LEARN
AND WHAT WE LEARN IS ALL WE’LL EVER BE
CHILDREN LEARN YOUR LESSONS GOOD
THE TEACHER IS THE LIFE WE CHOOSE TO LEAD

WHEN I’M GONE, GONE, GONE WILL YOU MISS ME
WILL YOU SING MY SONG NOW AND THEN
THERE IS ONE THING I WOULD HAVE YOU GIVE ME
A HEART TO HOLD ME NEAR
ONE TO MISS ME, MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE

WHEN I’M GONE, GONE, GONE WILL YOU MISS ME
WILL YOU SING MY SONG NOW AND THEN
THERE IS NOTHING THAT THIS WORLD COULD EVER GIVE ME
MORE PRECIOUS THAN A HEART TO HOLD ME NEAR
ONE TO MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE

WHEN I’M GONE, GONE, GONE WILL YOU MISS ME
WILL YOU SING MY SONG NOW AND THEN
THERE IS ONE THING I WOULD HAVE YOU GIVE ME
A HEART TO HOLD ME NEAR
ONE TO MISS ME, MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE

A HEART TO HOLD ME NEAR
ONE TO MISS ME, MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE

A HEART TO HOLD ME NEAR
ONE TO MISS ME, MISS ME WHEN I’M GONE

© Scott Bird 1999




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Posted By: Thetuneman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 11:51 AM
This Lyric is: #067

No Time
©2002-Sonny Green

(V-1)
I knelt to pray,
But not very long,
Said I’d get back to you,
Couldn’t waste this day,
Jumped up off my knees,
I had to much to do

(V-2)

Only me left to please,
My duty was now done,
No time for those in need,
My soul could rest at ease,
Thought I was the only one,
God’s words, I did not heed

(Lift)

Then God said..
Take the time to believe,
Then I’ll set your soul free,
And you’ll be next in line,
If you will just believe

(Chorus)

But every day, I had no time,
To spread a word of cheer,
No time to speak of God’s words,
They would laugh at me I feared,
That was my constant cry,
No time, No time to lose

(V-3)

And now, the time has come,
My time to see the Lord,
On this, my final day,
I stood with downcast eyes,
Trembling, scarred with shame,
Scared of what he might say,

(Chorus)

Every day, I had no time,
To spread a word of cheer,
No time, to speak God’s words,
They would laugh at me I feared,
That was my constant cry,
No time, No time to lose

(Bridge)

God looked in his book and said,
Your name ,I cannot find,
I was going to write it down,
But you never gave me the time,

(Chorus)....

Every day, you had no time,
To spread a word of cheer,
No time, to speak my words,
They would laugh, was all you feared,
That was your constant cry,
You had No time, No time to lose

(Tag).....

I was going to write it down,
But ,you never gave---me the Time-----


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Posted By: mschwarte Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 01:48 PM
This Lyric is: #068

"February"
Copyright, 2002

The trees are green, the day is warm
I been waiting for the weather to break.
Winter came down on me like a runaway train
It put me down awhile,
I don't think I'm the same.

Now it's May and the sun is shin'in
Now it's May and it's gett'in hot
It's light longer now than it was dark then
But I can't forget how cold it was in February.

I did not stir, did not get out of my bed.
Day after day I did not see the sun.
And the north wind beat on my door everyday
I hope I don't die in winter,
I don't want it that way.

Now it's June and the sun is shin'in
Kids are runn'in and play'in in the streets. The ice cream truck just stopped outside
And I can't forget how cold it was in
February.

And that's why I say I don't like cold
I don't like gray
It puts me in a bad mood and I stay that way.
If you look close it's there on my face
I'd rather be anywhere in winter but here
in this place

Now it's July and the sun is scorch'in me
Think I'll go out somewhere and have me
a swim.
Do me a favor, bring me a glass of iced tea
So I don't forget how cold it was in February
So I don't forget how cold it was in February
Man, it's cold in February.




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Posted By: John Trentes Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 02:41 PM
This Lyric is: #069

My lyric entry for the 2002 Best Lyrics Award:

ORDINARY THINGS

Verse I
Old Mrs. Mayfield, sweepin’ up the floor
Polishes the name plates on the office doors
Sometimes she wonders if she could have been more
She dusts off the desktops and straightens the chairs
She empties the trash, and mops down the stairs
It’s a living she says, to nobody there

Chorus
That could be you
That could be me
We overlook those who do what we need
They’ll get their reward when we all fly away on heaven’s wings
Thank God for extraordinary people
Who do ordinary things

Verse II
Josephine Johnson, washes another dish
Waits on hungry customers ‘till the end of her shift
She doesn’t make much money, even counting tips
She wipes down the tables, turns off the lights
Takes the last bus home, in the middle of the night
Then she picks up her baby, and holds him so tight

Chorus
That could be you
That could be me
We overlook those who do what we need
They’ll get their reward when we all fly away on heaven’s wings
Thank God for extraordinary people
Who do ordinary things


Bridge
The man that washes your windows
Lets the sun shine down on you
The boy that delivers your paper
Brings you knowledge and the truth
If they were all gone tomorrow
Who knows what we’d do?

Chorus
That could be you
That could be me
We overlook those who do what we need
They’ll get their reward when we all fly away on heaven’s wings
Thank God for extraordinary people
Who do ordinary things

Tag
Thank God for these ordinary people
Who do extraordinary things

©2002 John Trentes, BMI, NSAI

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May the song you're writing now be twice as good as the last one and half as good as the next!

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Posted By: Alastor Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 03:56 PM
This Lyric is: #070

Deception Bay
(c) 2001 Elizabeth Elkins

(Verse 1)
Your boy did not kiss me lightly
took me home he thought I might be
ready to join a pounding backbeat
on a graveyard circle across a backseat

On a flashback I can’t quite laugh
you bring me crashing out of my past
where the humor always greets me
he said can we get dressed up for you to OD

(Chorus)
I would do anything change the world again
just to hear you say
I have no thoughts left for the taking
deception bay

(Verse 2)
He can spot a lunatic at twenty paces
so I stand clear from where he waits
and I let time win this I think I will
borrow brilliance I will until

(Bridge)
Those who stay they will remember
those who leave they just forget
since you never believed in me anyway
you get what you get

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Posted By: usedtawas Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 04:52 PM
This Lyric is: #071

This is my submission-I now have left him-lol-and am in a second floor apt-with a string of condos blocking the mountain view-but what the hey eh?
Thanks for reading this.
Mae---

Hundredth Second Chance

1.)
I found a little cabin in the valley
Where I will go to live and be alone
Surrounded by the mountains and the blue sky
But it won't be a lonely as this home
I can talk to the squirrels and the bunnies
They won't criticize me as you do
I can pick my guitar and write my music
And have the freedom that I never had with you.

CHORUS
This will be our last time together
This will be the last dance we dance
When you kiss me it will have to last forever
I can't give you your hundredth second chance

2.)
Even if it rains or when the snow flies
Or if a wolf comes knocking at my door
I will deal with whatever may befall me
Much better than I ever could before
You won't be around to rule my thinking
You won't be there with your control
I won't have to deal with your drinking
I won't be dependent anymore.

BRIDGE
All too long I thought you really loved me
But you're selfish and in strong denial
I'd wake every day and pray for changes
And another chance I'd give you with a smile.

CHORUS
This will be our last time together
This will be the last dance we dance
When you kiss me it will have to last forever
I can't give you your hundredth second chance


© 2002 Mae Tennisco





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Posted By: kwhite Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 05:22 PM
This Lyric is: #072

Reconciliation
Kip White
c.2000 Kip White Publishing, ASCAP

out on galveston bay the boats are sheeted with ice
the old-timers say it's like 1951
I'm longing for springtime, for this winter to break
for you to relent and come home

perhaps your absence has reduced your contempt
and dulled the pain of our past
perhaps the embers of anger are spent
and I may see you at last

what price shall we place on love
for there is never enough
we hold on to hope - our hearts will be healed
and heaven will smile on us

do you remember that old truck out on county road 3
burned out with bullet holes through and through
a friend of mine saw her as a priceless antique
and restored her to better than new

I've been praying for some miracle cure
to reconcile you and me
love is precious so what must we do
to bring this pride to its knees

what price shall we place on love
for there is never enough
we hold on to hope - our hearts will be healed
and heaven will smile on us

out in the meadow it's the wrong time of year
for wildflowers to grow
long though the winter and hard as she is
bluebonnets are sure to show


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Posted By: jellis Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 05:47 PM
This Lyric is: #073

©2002 JD Ellis Music

Harvest Moon

The devil's hair hung in the air that night
Falling softly through the dimming light
Blush uncovered
Hearts in bloom
We gave into each other
Under the harvest moon

Looking back I guess we lacked the faith
All we ever knew was what we couldn't save
What sparked like fire
Would die out soon
We just lied there…waiting
For the harvest moon

CHORUS:
Waitin’ on the someday
Flyin’ like fools
Glowin’ in my mind
Hopin’ in time
You’d shine through
Finally hit us one day
Moment of truth
Falling from the sky
I open my eyes
And see you
See you burn on
Harvest moon

Many years and silent fears would fall
No bolt of lightening, no crystal ball
Just a simple notion
Held fortunes true
We’re one soul in motion… bathing
Under the harvest moon

CHORUS:
Waitin’ on the someday
Flyin’ like fools
Glowin’ in my mind
Hopin’ in time
You’d shine through
Finally hit us one day
Moment of truth
Falling from the sky
I open my eyes
And see you
See you burn on
Harvest moon

Solo

REPEAT CHORUS:

The devil's hair hung in the air that night


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Posted By: jennifer_vazquez Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 06:08 PM
This Lyric is: #074

Feed Me To The Dragons
(c) Jennifer Vazquez / Danielle Petito

(V1)
He held a sword to my breast
And slowly peeled away my flesh
Taken by the demon's hand
He lead me to his promised land

(Chorus-2x's)
Feed me to the dragons
Take me from my throne
Strip away my dignity
You made the battlefield my home

(V2)
My castle burnt to the ground
And I just let it go
The wizard cast his evil spell
And now I'm swallowed whole

(Chorus-2x's)
Feed me to the dragons
Take me from my throne
Strip away my dignity
You made the battlefield my home

(Bridge)
Silence, once my peace
Yet now, it's my pain
I mistook it for happiness
Left to sit on dirt remains, so

(Chorus)
Feed me to the dragons
Take me from my throne
Strip away my dignity
You made the battlefield my home
My home (repeat and fade )


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Posted By: samsamba Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 06:29 PM
This Lyric is: #075

February In My Soul
© Steven Hardy

There’s a halo 'round the moon,
Jack Frost has lost control,
And there’s February in my soul.
There’s a bottle on the table
And the Sandman’s on a roll,
And there’s February in my soul.

The sky is all grey,
And the birds have flown,
And the song in my heart’s out of tune.

There’s a fire in my belly
But my blood is running cold
‘Cause there’s February in my soul.


Now my friends have all gone
To follow their rainbows,
And I’m here at the end of my road
With my bridges all burned
And a handful of coal,
And there’s February in my soul.

The sky is all grey,
And the birds have flown,
And the song in my heart’s out of tune.

Still, I wait and I listen,
And the night turns to gold;
It’s just February in my soul.



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Posted By: blaps Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 06:41 PM
This Lyric is: #076

The River's End
Copyright © 2002 Etienne Ghyoot

Silently I wait for you
At the river's end
I find myself alone again
What happened to my friend?

Patiently I wait for you
Though I know you will not come
Alone is not so bad
As long as it doesn't carry on

Water for breath I now take
No longer my heart open to break

Hopelessly I wait for you
I know you'd want me to
Will-o-wisp's ghostly charms
I'm in the river's arms

Water for breath I now take
No longer my heart open to break
Angels carry me to the sun
But to the moon I run, I run, I run


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Posted By: Jeannette Desnoyers Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 06:54 PM
This Lyric is: #077

Copyright 2002 Jeannette M. Desnoyers
Kimberley, BC, British Columbia, Canada

THIS TIME (IS FOREVER)
V1
I used to live between the lies
And thought I would never change
But when your heart beats next to mine
I become a man love can tame
V2
I feel my past leaving the room
As you lift the fears from my mind
It's clear I'm where I'm meant to be
As I speak the words I've held inside

CH This time,
I've trusted from the start
(And), This time,
I'm handing you my heart
From this moment on
Our love will grow strong together
'Cause there's no doubt in my mind
This Time is Forever
V3
Love shines back at me in a smile
As you see the man I can be
'Cause you reached deep into my soul
And found the best part of me

CH (So),This time,
I've trusted from the start
(And), This time,
I'm handing you my heart
From this moment on
Our love will grow strong together
'Cause there's no doubt in my mind
This Time is Forever

BRIDGE
If heaven was made for lovers
Let's start tomorrow, today
I'm willing to make the journey
With you to show me the way

REPEAT CHORUS
'Cause, This Time
I've trusted from the start
(And), This time,
I'm handing you my heart
From this moment on
Our love will grow strong together
'Cause there's no doubt in my mind
This Time is Forever


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Posted By: scamero2000 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 06:55 PM
This Lyric is: #078

SUNSHINE AT DAWN
By Silvana Doty Amero
Copyright June 1977

1). I hear her stirring in the nursery
So I raise my sleepy head
And lest she disturb her Daddy
I tiptoe softly to her bed
The sun has just begun to rise
But I'll tarry for awhile
For the rays of sun that touch my heart
The sunshine of her smile

Chorus 1: And I'm proud to be her Mommy
To be the only one to see
The first thing every morning
The smile meant just for me
And there before thebreak of day
I hum a happy song
And I rock my baby in my arms
My sunshine at dawn

2). Each time I tuck her in at night
And kiss her downy hair
How I begrudge every moment
'Til I wake to find her there
How I dread those darkened hours
That we have to be apart
And I'm anxious for the rising of
The sunshine of my heart

Chous 1: And I'm proud to be her Mommy
To be the only one to see
The first thing every morning
The smile meant just for me
And there before the break of day
I hum a happy song
And I rock my baby in my arms
My sunshine at dawn

3). One night while I lay sleeping
From some suspended part of space
Time came and stole my child
And left a lady in her place
Yes before I had a chance to blink
My little girl had grown
And had left to seek her fortune
And some sunshine of her owwn

Chorus 2: But how could she leave her Mommy
To awaken so forlorn
For nature's son can't be as bright
As mine was every morn
But through life's cloudy moments
The memory lingers on
Of my baby's gift to me each day
My sunshine at dawn

Ending: Of my baby's gift to me each day
My sunshine at dawn.

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Silvana Doty Amero

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Posted By: dalia27 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 07:00 PM
This Lyric is: #079

Tuesday morning © 2001 Julia Macklin

Tuesday morning, like any morning,
more summer than autumn, ordinary morning.

You know I love you -
I may have forgotten to tell you.

I said goodbye, baby, call me later.
What would I give to see you again?
Everything, everything, everything…

But you’ll never call me
and I’ve got something to tell you.

I can see you still -
your face is everywhere -
you know I love you, how I’d love to tell you…

Tuesday morning, the sun is up -
I gave you a kiss with your coffee cup…


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Posted By: nancysuniverse Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 07:05 PM
This Lyric is: #080

I AM MY MOTHER
words and music
(c) 1992 Nancy Abrams

I am my mother, my mother is me
And I am happy that's true
For I am what I am, and I like what I am
And I wouldn't be me without you

My generation would show yours
What freedom was for
I fought for years not to be you
Thinking that was the way to be more

But I am my mother, my mother is me
And I am happy that's true
For I am what I am, and I like what I am
And I wouldn't be me without you

I thought your life was a package
I must flee or else reproduce
I thought I could spring fully new
Like Athena from the head of Zeus

But I am my mother, my mother is me
And I am happy that's true
For I am what I am, and I like what I am
And I wouldn't be me without you

Now I have a daughter
I love as you love me
I raise my voice, and I make mistakes
And some things I can't see
Her dreams are growing stronger
Soon she'll go her own way
I only hope that she finds peace
Enough to be able to say

I am my mother, my mother is me
And I am happy that's true
For I am what I am, and I like what I am
I wouldn't be me without you


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Nancy Abrams

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Posted By: bluelitenin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 07:14 PM
This Lyric is: #081

©2000-2002 Lyrics by C. Taylor
Music by P.Lopez
Denver, Colorado

SUNSET ON THE PEDERNALES** (Pronounced like "Pur-din `AL-ice")

<verse>
About four hours south of Dallas
Theres a little place I know.
On the shore of the Pedernales,
Reflecting in the sunset's glow.
A place where time don't mean a thing,
And the days drift slowly by.
Where each evening, the sunset sings
A daydream lullaby.

<chorus>
Sunset on the Pedernales,
Painting pictures in my mind,
Telling me I must go back
To the love I left behind.

<verse>
The silent river reaches out
To catch the setting sun,
Reflecting back old memories,
When the two of us were one.
A little cabin on the shore
Is waiting patiently,
Casting shadows on the sand
Of a love that used to be.

<chorus>
Sunset on the Pedernales
Painting pictures in my mind,
Telling me I must go back
To the love I left behind.

<bridge>
The Pedernales calls my name
As it wanders, slow and free.
Its words are carried on the wind
"Come back to me, come back to me"

<chorus>
Sunset on the Pedernales
Painting pictures in my mind,
Telling me I must go back
To the love I left behind.

Telling me I must go back
To the love I left behind.......

©2000Ceri Taylor
All Rights Reserved

**The Pedernales River flows into Lake Travis, close to Spicewood, Texas


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Posted By: Paul Evans Pedersen Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 07:20 PM
This Lyric is: #082

"As I Live And Love And Die Forever More."
Copyright 2000, Paul Evans Pedersen, Jr.


v1
To you, this may seem just a dream,
But, in the many lives I've seen,
I've lived and loved and died with all my heart.
A Viking sword took my first life,
And, in the arms of my wife,
I whispered, "Hold me close, as I depart.."

Chorus
Once again, I live and love,
In a world I've been part of,
For a thousand years, and maybe even more.
Death not ends this life, I know,
And I've watched my spirit grow,
As I live and love and die...forever more.

V2
On a Sunday Morn' in "Forty-One",
The fires from the 'rising sun',
Rained down upon my 'Arizona' home.
And, as I left this world again,
Together with a thousand friends,
My Spirit, freed again, was free to roam.

REPEAT CHORUS

V3
Today, I have a family,
We're living life in Tennessee,
Sharing love and laughter...and a song.
I have to wonder, if they "know",
That, as we walk along this road,
What seems a lifetime, dosn't last for long.

REPEAT CHORUS

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Paul evans Pedersen, Jr.

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Posted By: Karla Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 08:19 PM
This Lyric is: #083

CHEROKEE


(c) 2002, Karla Howard


I remember the day
I laid down in the sand
They took my sister away
To another land
And oh, all I could think
Was who'll teach her to be
Cherokee

I walked the trail of tears
And I cried every one
Cuz you can't get back the years
When your baby sister's gone
And oh, I wanted to scream
Who'll teach her to be
Cherokee

Bridge:
I'll light the sage
And I'll say a prayer
Maybe the wind will carry it there
Oh Great Spirit
Please give me some help
For I have lost part of myself

The old folks say do not dwell
On what's wrong or right
Cuz you can't change one lost star
In a lonely sky
But who will show her the dance
And who will sing her the songs
And who will teach her the words
Now that she is gone
And who else knows her like me
A Cherokee

A Cherokee



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Posted By: James M Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 09:21 PM
This Lyric is: #084

SWIMMIN’
IN A CAR POOL
© 2002 James M. Quillen

(vs 1)
Traffic backed up,
Ground to a halt,
Hot Georgia sun
Bakin’ the asphalt
When a crazy idea
Splashed through my head,
Turned to my riders,
Grinned and said,
"Traffic’s a mess,
Not movin' at all,
We’re stuck here,
Let’s have some fun, y’all.
Loosen those ties,
Kick off your shoes,
Let’s go swimmin’
In a car pool."

(ch)
Well, the girls made believe,
The guys did pretend,
We held our noses
And we all jumped in.
The water was fine,
The water was great,
Dog pedaled up and down
That interstate,
Past the cars, the vans,
The big rig semis
Sayin’, "Come on y’all
And give it a try
‘Cause there ain’t no law,
There ain’t no rule
Says you can’t go swimmin’
In a car pool."

(vs 2)
Well, we had a ball,
We had a blast,
Hated to see
That traffic jam pass.
Now the word’s out
To folks near and far,
Come book a seat
In my swiminar;
Learn to relax,
Give stress the boot,
Take a dip
On the daily commute;
Say good-bye to
Those rush hour blues,
Let’s go swimmin’
In a car pool.

(ch)

(tag)
No, there ain’t no law,
There ain’t no rule
Says you can’t go swimmin’
In a car pool.


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Posted By: jinglepopgirl Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 11:37 PM
This Lyric is: #085

ABOUT YOU
(c) 2002 Mary Ann Farley

one little thing that i know
and i’m feeling like
i can’t stop, i can’t go
and i’m feeling like
i can’t ebb, i can’t flow
that’s how i feel about you

and one little thing that i think
and i’m feeling like
i can’t slide, i can’t slink
and i’m feeling like
i can’t swim, i can’t sink
that’s how i feel about you

but every day i state my position
a declaration of indecision
but every single word i say is true

one little thing that i feel
and i’m feeling like
i can’t hide, can’t reveal
and i’m feeling like
i can’t buy, i can’t steal
that’s how i feel about you

but every day i’m stating my case
my words flying all over the place
but every single word i say is true

that’s how i feel about you
that’s how i feel about you
that’s how i feel about you

and every day i’m taking my stand
in a pulpit built upon quicksand
but every single word i say is true
about you
about you
without you
what do i do


ABOUT YOU is the first song on the album "My Life of Crime," by Mary Ann Farley.

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Posted By: crystalcampbell Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/12/02 11:43 PM
This Lyric is: #086

Title: New Love

Verse 1

Oh at last, I found the man who fits with me.
And it feels so good, so good.
That I don’t want to wakeup from this dream.
His lips, taste so sweet,
And his eyes are so in love with me
I can’t get enough, I think I’m in love,
This is all so new to me.

Chorus
I want him, I need him
I just can’t see, my life without him.
I feel him, I love him
It’s this new love. New love.

Verse 2
Now I've, seen love before,
But this is different, it’s so much more.
And it feels so sweet, so sweet.
My heart skips a beat whenever we meet.
His touch sends me,
and just one word can cleanse me.
I can’t get enough, I think I’m in love
This is all so new to me.

Chorus
I want him, I need him
I just can’t see, my life without him.
I feel him, I love him
It’s this new love. New love.

Bridge
And when he calls to my window,
I close my eyes with a smile,
cause right here this moment,
I am happy, truely happy. Oh . .

Chorus
I want him, I need him
I just can’t see, my life without him.
I feel him, I love him
It’s this new love. New love.


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Posted By: brickskin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 01:25 AM
This Lyric is: #087

Seventeen Cats
Copyright © 2002 by Steve Gottwals (Brick Skin)

Go out and play it’s a beautiful day, came down like a ruling from mom
The first thing I hear is poor Sally again, as her backside meets Mrs. K’s palm
I wait for my best friend to get home from church, so we can sneak someplace unseen
You see we’ve discovered the place that his dad hides, all of his nude magazines

Sure we broke some windows, you know we broke some rules
Always discovering our streets hidden jewels

It’s all syndicated, and dropped in our lap
Like living through reruns of last season’s crap
Like zombies we’re walking in celebrity shoes
I’ll probably catch you on this evening’s news

And old Mrs. Sanders, lives all alone, with seventeen cats
What’s wrong with that?

Mr. K’s wearing those dresses again, as we spy on him alone in his room
Sometimes he goes to the mirror and speaks, then dances around with a broom
Mrs. O’Reilly is back at our door again, slurring her words as she speaks
This time she needs just a couple of beers, she’s been showing up three times a week

Sure we broke some windows, you know we broke some rules
Always discovering our streets hidden jewels

It’s all syndicated, and dropped in our lap
Like living through reruns of last season’s crap
Like zombies we’re walking in celebrity shoes
I’ll probably catch you on this evening’s news

And old Mrs. Sanders, lives all alone, with seventeen cats
What’s wrong with that?

Spinning around again
We go spinning around
Tumbling down that hill
We go spinning around

And it makes it impossible, to walk a straight line

It’s all syndicated, and dropped in our lap
Like living through reruns of last season’s crap
Like zombies we’re walking in celebrity shoes
I’ll probably catch you on this evening’s news

And old Mrs. Sanders, lives all alone, with seventeen cats
What’s wrong with that?


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Posted By: muzicgoil Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 01:56 AM
This Lyric is: #088

Invisible
Vicki Noreen Grover
Copyright 2002

Do I appear invisible to you.
Do you even care that I exist.
I'm really not so different from you.
You know it's true.
Just look in the mirror
and you will see
me staring back at you
through the same eyes.

How can you and I live in the same world.
When all you seem to care about is yourself.
People are dying in their hearts.
Their sense of self is slipping away.
And people like you say you care.
But when they reach out their hands
you just walk away.
Pretending you don't see.

When I appear invisible to you.
You really are invisible to yourself.
For we're all apart of the same life.
Look inside.
You know it's true.
Reach out to me,
please take my hand
and we can walk together
into eternity.

Eternity. Eternity.

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Posted By: allenb Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 02:13 AM
This Lyric is: #089

I've only written three this year so far, and this, I believe is the best of em....so

Saltwater Pond
written by Allen Bilodeau 2002

I was caught in heavy winds, on an unknown rugged coast
The reefs were keeping me offshore, and the storm was getting worse
The bow was dipping under...there was just no place to go
When a 'follow my direction' I heard on the radio

Between the featherwhite breakers, that voice told me the way
And to this day I'm thankful, for my life it was saved
It led me through a passage to where the waters were calm
I tied up at a fishermans dock....in saltwater pond


Atop the rise with a spyglass, sat an old and weary man
His good wife stood beside him, with the radio by her hand
She said son I've got the kettle boiled and dinner's on the way
So sit awhile and listen too...what my good man has to say


He said a mighty ocean calling me, right out in my front yard
But my old boat lies on the shore, like me she is retired
Old and weatherbeaten, our days have come and gone
Just a pile of memories on the beach...at saltwater pond


Son I am the thankful one, since I know why you're here
I made one last plea to God, and he answered my prayer
Pull up to the table lad, and then get a good nights rest
For in the morning you might do......my last request


There's a mighty ocean calling me, and the time has come at last
So put me aboard my boat, and you can light her up with gas
When this storm is over and again it's time to sail
You can spread our ashes with....the dolphins and the whales

In just a span of a few short days, an old man and his wife
Came charging right into my heart, and really touched my life
But today brought sad tidings, so I'll sail all night til dawn
A call to bring a lady back......to saltwater pond

So tomorrow I'll bring a lady back.....to saltwater pond


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Posted By: kaeso Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 03:28 AM
This Lyric is: #090

SOMEBODY

Written by: David Kaeshoefer and Amanda Joyner
January 2002

Verse 1:

Ann Marie is waiting up
For her dad’s ol’ pickup truck
He’s out of town on the job again
Trying to bring some money in


By the time that he gets home
She’s fast asleep she's long gone
Off to dream in never land
And he lean’s over and takes her hand

And he says

Chorus 1:

Somebodys proud of you
Somebody cares for you
Somebody wants to hold you tight
And tuck you in every night

Somebodys thanking God
Somebodys praising God
Somebodys here for you
And somebody loves you

Verse 2:

Her momma hears him down the hall
Her tear drops they start to fall
So glad he’s finally home
He’s been gone for way to long

She stands at the door way
Don’t know quite what to say
The only thing that comes to mind
Is the love she can’t hide

So she says:

Chorus 2:

Somebody’s proud of you
Somebody cares for you
Somebody wants to hold you tight
And lay beside you every night

Somebody’s thanking God
Somebody’s praising God
Somebody’s here for you
And somebody loves you

Verse 3:

Daddy turns and sees her there
The light dancing off her hair
So he walks over to her side
Then he whispers close your eyes

And he says

Chorus 2:

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Posted By: teague Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 05:02 AM
This Lyric is: #091

'Children of the Sufferers" by Teague Alexy
copyright 2000

Poor man there you stand
Don't worry I will lend you my hand
When you stop singing your sad lullabies
And piling on the weight that is holding you down and expecting me to sympathize
But I have heard my mama's cries like you've heard your mama's cries
We've been down the same road just different avenues
So poor man don't stand there telling me you are so poor that you can't afford to pay your dues

We all are the children of the sufferers
Who will our children be

I know that the bigger you buy your shovel, the deeper you dig your hole
The more expensive you buy your diamond ring the cheaper you sell your soul
So don't stand there telling me it's all about the silver and gold
I know you have heard your mama cry like I have heard my mama cry and here we all are beneath the sun
So rich man don't you walk around with your head so high you can't look down and remember where it was you started from

We all are the children of the sufferers
Who will our children be


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Posted By: the worry knot Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 05:10 AM
This Lyric is: #092

Another Golden One
©2002 Michael Hughes dba The Worry Knot

So, I didn't really know you really--
just the way that people pass by the cubes of our lives
as screen-savers swirl behind the ends of days
and the tiny conversations of
music and motorcycle rides
and the things the coming weeks may bring.

Been trying my best to remember
the last thing I said, the last time we met.
You, with your newly-shaved head,
looking so tough and true that I thought I knew
you were kicking in the ass of this crazy,
crazy, crazy, crazy Thing.

(chorus)
Twenty-thousand-odd days walking under the sun
seems like much but it's not--you'd barely just begun.
Oh....another golden one
who's gone too soon.
And I'm missing you.

There's a full-blown drama
that orbits every point
on the curve, on the circle of our lives.
They go 'round and 'round
and some fly away or fall to the ground.
From dust we all came--ah, but ain't it a shame
when someone falls from the stage?
The playwright spills his ink
and the curtain hits the cast,
breaking all our backs.

(chorus)

Up on the top shelf your book will go
and I'll sit and watch the evening sun creep and glow
along the row of golden spines
whose stories end before their time.

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Posted By: Paul Knox Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 05:50 AM
This Lyric is: #093

Sometime Between Three and Four ©

Staring at your picture
out the window, at the phone
The world outside has left me behind
in this cheap hotel room, all alone

Was I just a blemish in your love résumé?
Have you torn those pages from your book?
My delusion must seem so pathetic
I gave my everything, and you...you just took

I couldn't forget you now if I wanted to
or when darkness eclipsed my soul
The day the earth opened up under me
took me down…swallowed me whole

chorus
Sometime between three and four
these blues start to cloud my mind
In hours when sleep won't come to me
all I have is this hurt...and time

Do these words reek of gin and cigarettes?
Can you feel the pearls of sweat on my brow?
If you could see me now, would you know me?
Would you deny me, shunt me away somehow?

The rooster crowed three times this morning
Half asleep, I thought I heard you call my name
Dawn found me just as night had left me
awash in tears and racked with pain

chorus
Sometime between three and four
these blues start to cloud my mind
In hours when sleep won't come to me
all I have is this hurt...and time

Now I'm passing time in death’s waiting room
Where the lines are seldom long
Misery will soon lose it’s hold on me
and I’ll be free of these earthly bonds

© 2001 Paul Knox
All rights reserved



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Posted By: Pop Superhero Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 01:23 PM
This Lyric is: #094

BREAKFAST BLUES, copywright 97, Lynn Crisci

VERSE 1:
I'm up most every evenin',
out playin' until dawn.
Back up servin' breakfast,
tryin' to turn myself on.
Been doin' it so long now...
Don't know where my sleep has gone.

People call my up all day,
machine's always full of calls.
I'm out the door by 6AM,
my attitude an' all.
Tell my boss "it's much too early.."
(Feels like I'm talkin' to the walls.)

CHORUS:
I've got the Breakfast Blues...
I shouldn't be out of bed at all.
Let alone here, hustlin' homefries,
collectin' coins and feelin' small.
I'm not a mornin' person honey...
It's gonna drive me up the wall.

VERSE 2:
My flat is usually empty,
cats don't recognize me.
Pullin' those all-nighters,
don't ever make it home, you see.
Call someone else to feed them...
'cause I got somewhere else to be.

My friends come lookin' for me,
all know where I can be found.
The Wharf, the club, the restaurant,
or just runnin' round the town.
Don't stay in any place too long...
You got to chase me all around.

CHORUS:
I've got the Breakfast Blues...
I shouldn't be out of bed at all.
Let alone here, hustlin' homefries,
collectin' coins and feelin' small.
I'm not a mornin' person honey...
It's gonna drive me up the wall.

VERSE 3:
Seems I'm always up real late,
even if I've nowhere to be.
I don't even need a date,
it's Mr. Letterman and me.
Keeps me laughin' through the night...
talkin' back to my T.V.

When I was just a baby,
Daddy's drivin's all it take.
Put me right to sleep,
so that my mind could have a break.
I get so little sleep now...
I've got to walk myself awake.
(tryin' to shake those...)

CHORUS:
I've got the Breakfast Blues...
I shouldn't be out of bed at all.
Let alone here, hustlin' homefries,
collectin' coins and feelin' small.
I'm not a mornin' person honey...
It's gonna drive me up the wall.

END VAMP:
I *must* be crazy...
The *sun* ain't even up yet...
*That* ain't right...
I'm goin' back to bed...
This *breakfast* shift is for the *birds*!

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Posted By: Jerry K Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 02:59 PM
This Lyric is: #095

I Love the Way
Copyright 2001, Jerry K, BMI

Hold Me
Til we?re lost in time
Breathe gently on my skin
Touch me
Fill my world with joy
Teach me how to feel again

CHORUS
I love the way you dream with me
I love the way you seem to see
Seem to see inside of me

Kiss me
Fill my heart with love
For it?s been empty far too long
My heart
Well it may be fragile now
With tender care I know it can grow strong

CHORUS
I love the way you dream with me
I love the way you seem to see
Seem to see inside of me

So take me
Into yours arms tonight
Come show me how to love again
Then lead me
Across a moonlit sky
And I?ll open up my heart and let you in

CHORUS
I love the way you dream with me
I love the way you seem to see
Seem to see inside of me



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Posted By: Ruthiejam Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 03:18 PM
This Lyric is: #096

title: THE LIGHT SHINES THROUGH
written by: Ruthie Jameson
copyright 2002
This song was influenced by the events of 9/11


September morning
twins gleaming in the sun
Only moments later,
the world is shocked and stunned

Terror on Tuesday
reflected in her eyes
The only person on her floor
to make it out alive

chorus:
And the light shines through,
The cracks in her psyche
And the light shines through,
The holes in her soul
And the light shines through,
The kindness of strangers
We'll light the dark
By the love in our hearts

We've all been shaken
that we can't deny
But all the fear will clear
as we get on with life

Let bright rays of hope
illuminate the night
And the promise of evil
will dissolve in daylight

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
Fallen from the sky
The Towers Gemini
It's OK to cry,
The light still shines

Repeat Chorus

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Posted By: Ron Campbell Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 04:33 PM
This Lyric is: #097

Blinded By Need
(c) 2001 by Ron Campbell (SOCAN)

1. I work the night shift from seven til two
Mopping this hospital floor
It's a good-paying job, and a steady one, too
And I'm proud of the hard honest work that I do
But there's broken down people behind every door
And their hurtin' is hard to ignore

2. I see him each night when he visits his wife
Wishing he knew what to do
You see, she is the ground on which he built his life
Now the fear in his eyes cuts her heart like a knife
Everyone knows but him that her time's nearly through
But he can't accept that it's true

Chorus:
She's so tired of the pain
She yearns to be free
She longs to let go
But he's blinded by need
And he just doesn't see

3. He kneels by her bed with a curious grace
Clutching a handful of flowers
Seeking for hope as he searches her face
She nods when he vows she'll come home from this place
But I hear her cry after visiting hours
In the dark, at the end of her powers

(Chorus)

Everyone knows but him that her time's nearly through
For him, it's not true

Last Chorus:
She's so tired of smiling and hiding the pain
His hope is a burden, she yearns to be free
She's weary, she longs to escape and just go
But he's blinded by need
And he just doesn't see
He's blinded by need
Blinded by need
Blinded

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Posted By: JimmyRuddy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 06:16 PM
This Lyric is: #098

Old Shorty (c) 2002 Jimmy Ruddy, Hamilton, ON

I was sitting and a playin', with my sister Marie,
When this strange little dog, walked up to me
He looked like a Lab, but with 2 inch legs
He left a trail in the snow, from the parts that dragged.

I brought him into the house, and I gave him some food,
My mom said 'Get out!' (She was being kinda rude!)
'We've got two dogs!', so I led him away
But he beat me back home, and he was there to stay

A few days went by, and to my surprise
Old Shorty brought home, a smelly prize
A frozen whitefish, from someones ice-hut
I thought they'd be angry, with my little mutt

So I followed his trail, out on to the ice
To a little red hut, but the folks were nice
Said Shorty looked sad, and that in the end
they gave that little fish, to my little friend

<CH>
Old Shorty sure was a friendly dog, but he wasn't very quick
He was low and slow, a funny dog, and he couldn't do ANY tricks
He never bit or barked or ran, and he came when he was called
But sometimes when he was feeling blue, he'd howl.

For nineteen long years, old shorty walked
Arthritic, blind 'n deaf, but the town still talked
to that little lab, with the 2 inch legs
Who left a trail in the snow, from the parts that dragged.

But his time has passed, and he's well on his way
to greener pastures, where the puppies play
And I'm choked for words, to say how I feel
About that poor old dog, who is buried in this field.

<CH>
Old Shorty sure was a friendly dog, but he wasn't very quick
He was low and slow, a funny dog, and he couldn't do ANY tricks
He never bit or barked or ran, and he came when he was called
And every year on the day he died, in honour I give a howl.

Aooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!

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Posted By: nanosinger Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 07:27 PM
This Lyric is: #099

Bring Back The Night
Jody Shayne - words
Paul Mastriani – music
Copyright ASCAP 1999


(verse 1)
Bring back the night
Morning comes and its oh, so cruel.
‘Can't stand the light
The sun is hot, but the moon was cool.

Those voices deep in my dream,
When I listen they seem like forgotten friends,
And they're whispering, " Once you wake, this illusion ends.”

Bring back the night,
It's for loving and blessed sleep.
The dawn's all right,
But it’s blatant and indiscreet

Give me the pink clouds of sunset
For I know that sunset always
Brings back the night

(verse 2)
Bring back the night.
Would you dance when the sun's aglow?
The day's so bright,
There's more romance when the lights are low.

And when we dress for the evening,
We seem to be weaving a tapestry.
And at night you can
Flaunt your own sensuality

Bring back the night.
Bring the nightclubs of yesteryear.
It feels so right,
To know there's music I long to hear.

If there's a mood I could live for.
It's never at noon so won't you
Bring back the night.

v

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Posted By: Vondelle Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 07:46 PM
This Lyric is: #100

Safe Harbor
© 2002 Vondelle L. Hebert


1.
Watching you gaze out on the shining sea
Knowing it's time for you to take that journey
Setting sail with all your dreams.

Chorus
I'm wishing you safe harbor
Like a ship sailing into a quiet bay
Safe harbor
Where the sun shines gently everyday
May your love be such a place
A shelter full of grace
I'm wishing you safe harbor.

2.
Walking on the beach on a stormy day
Watching the waves and feeling the spray
Knowing some storms are headed your way.

I'm wishing you safe harbor
Like a ship sailing into a quiet bay
Safe harbor
Where the sun shines gently everyday
May your love be such a place
A shelter full of grace

I'm wishing you safe harbor
Like a ship sailing into a quiet bay
Safe harbor
Where the sun shines gently everyday.
May your love be such a place
A shelter full of grace
I'm wishing you safe harbor.

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Posted By: Steale Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/13/02 09:50 PM
This Lyric is: #101

Title: One Wish

What would *YOU* wish for ... if *YOU* had found that genie in a bottle?!
-steale


Story Behind the Song:
As I laid in bed on a Saturday morning
my 5 year old daughter crawled in next
to me. She asked me, "If you could have one wish, daddy, what would it be?" ... I thought about her mom ...
The song was written that same day.
-steale

1ST-VERSE:
I walked along the ocean
Like a thousand times before
Lost in thoughts of you
I noticed something on the shore
It was a bottle made of gold
And when I wiped the away the sand
Towering before me
Stood the image of a man

2ND-VERSE
He said that I had set him free
And fate had just smiled down on me
One and only one wish now was mine
All the riches of the world, you see
Were at my beckon call
Whatever I decide, yeah
I would have it all


1ST-CHORUS:
Then suddenly it was clear to me
No decision to be made
If one and only one wish would come true,
Then I wish that I could stop loving you.


3RD-VERSE:
He said I am the greatest
That has ever walked this land
I've made kings, queens and history
Ever since the dawn of man
Then his eyes filled with sadness
As he looked down towards the sand
And said, "Though I am the greatest of them all..."

2ND-CHORUS:
There is one thing I confess to you
That even such as I can't do
There's one wish even I can't make come true
He said he couldn't stop my heart from loving you.


BRIDGE:
Somethings in this old world
Are forever cast in stone
So my memories and love for you
Are better left alone

Though the stars burn out,
the earth stand still
And the sun refuse to shine
This pain that lives inside of me
Is with me for all time

(Instumental)

1ST-CHORUS:

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Steale

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Posted By: EasyHero Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/14/02 04:37 AM
This Lyric is: #102

Morning in the Promised Land

Snow drifts down like wasted time,
parachuting ecstasy,
with promises of better times
while birds warm up their melodies,
feeding on the scattered crumbs.
We're waiting for the light to come,
while I hold your little hand,
this morning in the promised land.


The traffic coughs along the street
churning snow to smoke and ash.
The radio admits defeat,
tossing hope into the trash,
leaving love somewhere behind,
buried in this heart of mine,
to make its solitary stand
this morning in the promised land.

Chorus:
And as I watch the falling snow
I think of all the cold and bitter things
no six-year-old should ever have to know.
It’s something I don’t understand,
But every time I take your hand,
it's morning in the promised land.


It was nearly seven years ago
when I was wearing out my shoes
watching bills pile up like snow,
when your mother broke the news,
and people said this crowded world
had no use for one more girl,
as if they could have ever planned
this morning in the promised land.


(Chorus)


But now we celebrate the day
when you were born and grew in faith,
who taught her sister how to pray
for promises that Jesus made.
I love to see you smile like that,
a princess in a party hat,
who helped her father understand
it's morning in the promised land.


(Chorus)


Copyright 1998, 2000 Michael R. J. Roth


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Posted By: tntk9 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/14/02 06:24 AM
This Lyric is: #103

Walk Away
Copyright 1/14/02
Written By: T.K. Durham


I grew up in a real small town
My daddy was seldom around
I was so young when I heard him say
“I may or may not be back tonight”
And then he walked away
And then he walked away

Daddy spent his life workin’ on the loadin’ docks
‘Cause that was all that he could do
One day daddy just didn’t come back
I guess he’d had enough too
So he walked away
Then he walked away

Momma sat me down in that kitchen chair
She said son sometimes life just ain’t fair
So listen close to what I say
Sometimes the best thing you can do...
Is walk away
Oh walk away
I heard her say... walk away

Late one night in a real small town
I saw a big man knock a pretty girl down
So I ran up and did the same to him
But he never got up again
I should’ve walked away
I should've walked away

As I looked down in her pretty bruised face
She looked up at me and quickly looked away
And so I asked her “Gonna be ok?”
She just whispered “I think…...
You better walk away…
You better walk away…..
I heard her say….
You better walk away

And as I did I felt so sad
‘Cause that was the last time I ever saw my dad
As I walked away…I walked away…
I walked away…I walked away…...
I grew up in a real small town



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Posted By: Mick Fridley Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/14/02 12:14 PM
This Lyric is: #104

Secondary Roads


The house needs some new siding
And there’s a junker in the yard
Ed’s workman’s comp ran out last month
And life is just damned hard

Inside him there’s a tug-o-war
For land he swore’d never be sold
But developers pay top dollar
Out on secondary roads

Since ’89 the corral’s been empty
And now there Dixie and Clyde
Hope seemed a long time comin’
But now the smiles are hard to hide

Teaching kids the love of horses
Was the dream of Ken and Rose
Now the dream’s coming ‘round again
On this secondary road

Chorus
The stories are full of passion as the snowy silent dark
When winter’s icy pincers grip the land
It’s a hang-on fight to stay and make a go
But one by one they’ll tell you,
For better or for worse
Life in all its grit and glory lives
Down secondary roads

Townships on the interstate
Build more suburbs every year
They sell ‘em off for half a million,
A tiny lot and not a tree

God knows where the money comes from
I don’t even want to know
But I know my dreams are richer
Out on secondary roads

On the chance I get to Heaven
I’ll admire those streets of gold
But I expect that I’ll find Jesus
Out on secondary roads

Chorus
The stories are full of passion as the snowy silent dark
When winter’s icy pincers grip the land
It’s a hang-on fight to stay and make a go
But one by one they’ll tell you,
For better or for worse
Life in all its grit and glory lives
Down secondary roads




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Posted By: Mike Hansen Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/14/02 03:27 PM
This Lyric is: #105

"YOU ARE MY HOME"
(Mike Hansen)

(verse 1)
There are millions of people on this earth
That bring one another light
And there are many roads along the way
Which offer wrong and right
Well the road I took that led to you
Was lit so bright
Like an Angel’s light
Struck and lit a fuse…

(Chorus)
You…you are my home, you are my resting place
You’re my center of gravity in this space
When I’m cold inside, you warm my soul
When I fall apart, you make me whole
With you by my side, wherever we may go
I’m at peace…Cause you’re my home

(Verse 2)
There are so many that drift along through their lives
And that’s fine for some to be
I Thank God that you reached far beyond
And awakened reality
You came along and took my life
And filled it up
For the world to see
With you I’m truly free…

(Chorus)
You…you are my home, you are my resting place
You’re my center of gravity in this space
When I’m cold inside, you warm my soul
When I fall apart, you make me whole
With you by my side, wherever we may go
I’m at peace…Cause you’re my home

(tag)
With you by my side, wherever we may go
I’m at peace…Cause you’re my home
You…you are my home, you are my resting place…


© 2002 Mike Hansen ASCAP


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Posted By: Lee Smith Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/14/02 06:41 PM
This Lyric is: #106

Title: FINE LINE
Author: Arthur L. Smith
Copyright 2002

Fine Line

Verse:
There's a fine line
In this life we live
Between reality
And dreams

We keep searching
To find out where we stand
We keep sifting
Through the sand

Chorus:
I'm gonna use my two hands
And dig as far as I can

Verse:
There's a fine line
In the things we do
Some are false
And some are true

We keep searching
Trying to decide
Just which feelings
We should hide

Chorus:
I'm gonna use my two hands
And dig as far as I can

Break:
Instrumental

Verse:
There's a fine line
In the hearts we hold
Between the young
And the old

We keep searching
For something in between
For a place
That we can meet

Chorus:
I'm gonna use my two hands
And dig as far as I can

Break:
Instrumental

Verse:
Theres a fine line
That we can search for
To find the answers
To this war

Chorus:
I'm gonna use my two hands
And dig as far as I can

Break:
Instrumental

Chorus:
Instrumental
Copyright Lee Smith

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Posted By: Marty Helly Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/14/02 08:32 PM
This Lyric is: #107

Reflections in a Bottle
Marty Helly © 1978. 2001


Waste away my life
Facing every day
Working on another bottle of gin
Wish that I could know
Would someone please tell me
How to get out of this state I'm in


Because I'm killing myself slowly
I'm dying all the time
This poison that's inside me keeps me going
I am so alone
Hiding in my bottle
To try and keep my loneliness
From showing


Times always so short
It seems to fly on by
Hung over in the morning and drunk at night
If I could touch your hand
See the smile on your face
Maybe I'd have the courage to set things right


But I am killing myself slowly
I'm dying all the time
This poison that's inside me keeps me going
I am so alone
Hiding in my bottle
To try and keep my loneliness
From showing


A smile on my face
Glazed look in my eyes
Stare at the glass and take another shot
There's a reflection in the bottle
I see your picture on the wall
Reminding me again of what I haven't got


So I keep killing myself slowly
I'm dying all the time
This poison that's inside me keeps me going
I am so alone
Hiding in my bottle
To try and keep my loneliness
From showing




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Posted By: Calvin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/14/02 10:13 PM
This Lyric is: #108

I Can't Stand The Pain
© Words and music by Calvin Stewart(2002)


Intro...............

A sad wind blows
The blues my way
Here's the reason why

My baby's gone
My sky's are grey
She told me goodby

CHORUS
The girl that stole my heart away, has found somebody new
I need someone to please tell me, what's a man to do
I'll grab a silver needle and , I'll stick it in my vein
I need a shot of something cool, before I go insane
You might not understand my ways, please let me explain
I can't live witout her love, I can't stand the pain

Instrumental break..........

I need her love
For ever more
You know that's no lie

But she just walked
Right out the door
Left me a lonely guy

CHORUS
The girl that stole my heart away, has found somebody new
I need someone to please tell me, what's a man to do
I'll grab my shiny fourty four, and put one in my brain
Or lie down on the cold steel tracks, and wait there for the train
You might not understand my ways, please let me explain
I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain


The end is here
They've dug my hole
But there's no need to cry

Cause I think God
Will bless my soul
He knows that I tried

Cause I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain
Cause I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain
Cause I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain
Cause I can't live without her love, I can't stand the pain

Outro....




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Posted By: Owenerie Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 02:59 AM
This Lyric is: #109

Midnight Angel
(c)1995 Thomas Owen Miller

Verse 1
Why is it raining on a sunny day
And why are all my hopes and dreams,
Babe, gone away
I tried to do my best for you
And you know, that's all I could do
Is try--- Lord knows I tried

Verse 2
Then when I looked into your big brown eyes
I saw your love for me was gone
Had to realize
That this whole life was over,
And you and I were through
So, it's goodbye my Dana

Goodby my Dana
Goodbye my Dana
You chose to go


Verse 3
Why did you leave me here, Babe
All alone
It's cold out here, Mamma
I'm on my own
No one to tell my troubles to
And everytime I think of you
I cry, and then I die
(build)

Chorus:
Cause I love you,
My Midnight angel
And it hurts so bad
That you don't even know
That the monkey on your back
Won't let you go
Yes, the monkey on your back
I've come to know

Verse 4
Maybe someday
You'll grow up to see
The monkey will have gone away
And set you free
You'll be so much happier
Things will be much better
Believe you me
Believe and you will see
(build)

Chorus:
Cause I love you
My midnight angel
And it hurts so bad
To see you go this way
Cause the monkey on your back
won't let you go
And the dealer has an angel by the toe

Verse 5
Why is it raining on a sunny day
And why are all my hopes and dreams, Babe,
Gone away
I tried to do my best for you
But, Honey, you said we were through
So, it's goodbye my Dana

Goodbye, my Dana
Goodbye my Dana
You chose to go




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Posted By: Kurt Chandler Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 03:03 AM
This Lyric is: #110

All Over You
Words and Music by Kurt Chandler

Off the top of my head
You're in the back of my mind
I'm in the palm of your hand
You're running up and down my spine
When I'm flat on my back
There's nothing more I can do
I'm all over you, I'm all over you

Right in front of your eyes
Right at the end of your nose
If I'm up to your neck
Or down to the tip of your toes
When I'm all out of breath
There's nothing more I can do
I'm all over you, I'm all over you

When I'm on my last leg (Standing solo)
You're at my fingertips (Nowhere to go)
On the tip of my tongue (Down so low so)
Or with a shake of your hips (You don't know)

The corner of my eye
Then I'm up to my ears
Right behind my back
I'm laughing in my own tears
Now you're just out of reach
There's nothing more I can do
I'm all over you, I'm all over you

With a nod of your head (Standing solo)
With a flick of the wrist (Nowhere to go)
You got me under your thumb (Down so low so)
And in the clench of your fist (You don't know)

The bottom of my heart
Deep inside my chest
Now you're out of my hands
Time to give it a rest
I go out of my mind
There's nothing more I can do
I'm all over you, I'm all over you



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Posted By: Heidi Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 03:16 AM
This Lyric is: #111

HAVEN’T MET YOU YET written by Heidi Kristina Howe Copyright 2000

THE WAY YOU LAUGH WHEN MY JOKES AREN’T FUNNY
YOU FISHED MY WEDDING RING OUT OF THE DRAIN
THE WAY YOU DON’T MIND WAITING FOR ME
YOU PULL THE CAR AROUND IN THE POURING RAIN
IT TEARS AT MY HEART WHEN I SEE YOU HUG MY MOM
I THINK IT’S SWEET THAT YOU STILL HAVE THE FLOWER FROM YOUR PROM
WHEN IT IS MY BIRTHDAY I CAN BE SURE YOU WON’T FORGET
I LOVE YOU MY HEART BELONGS TO YOU
I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET


THE WAY YOU PLAN ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ON SUNDAYS
YOU GET THE PAPER EVEN WHEN IT’S COLD
AND WHEN I’M MAD YOU SAY DARLIN IT’S NOT SO BAD
AND YOU REMIND ME THAT YOU’LL BE THERE WHEN I’M OLD
YOU SAY THAT I’M PERFECT EVEN THOUGH YOU KNOW I’M NOT
YOU DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME COUNTING THE BLESSINGS YOU AIN’T GOT
I JUST CAN’T BELIEVE THERE IS A MAN I DON’T REGRET
I LOVE YOU MY HEART AND SOUL ARE TRUE
I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET

BRIDGE: YOU’VE GOT THAT SOMETHING I CAN’T PUT MY FINGER ON
THOUGH I’D LIKE TO TRY TO PUT MY FINGER ON IT ALL NIGHT LONG
I DON’T DO ANYTHING AT ALL UNSELFISHLY
I DON’T LOVE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE
BUT FOR WHO YOU MAKE ME BE


WHENEVER I’M WITH YOU I KNOW THAT I’M AT HOME
I CAN TELL YOU HONESTLY THE THINGS THAT I DON’T KNOW
CAUSE YOUR HEART IS ALWAYS OPEN AND YOUR MIND IS NEVER SET
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH MORE THAN I WANTED TO
I JUST HAVEN’T MET YOU YET


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Posted By: Jamie Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 03:25 AM
This Lyric is: #112

Birthday Bliss
Written on June 1, 2002 (my mother's birthday) by Jamie Cunningham
Copyright © 2002


Today would have been her birthday
Had she lived
Now there's no need to celebrate
No card to give

She wanted no funeral
She hated anything to do with God
Hypocrites they all are
A false, superficial facade

She didn't pretend
To be something she was not
She drank and lived hard
No room for tommyrot

Children-well they were things that happened
In a drunken stupor
Fathered by God knows who
Considered just another blooper

Babies kept coming
Eight in all
Born to raise themselves
As mommy's thoughts ran of alcohol

Drunken nights
After the bar closed
Wake up the kids
Where anything goes

Children grew
Escaped at their first chance
Knowing things weren't normal
Feeling like a pissant

Holidays
They turned into a family brawl
Blame running rampant
Free to disenthrall

Finally they just stopped coming
Who needs this?
Dislocate from them all
No sweet family bliss

Then comes the news
That's she's dying
Wants to see you
Some sort of rectifying

Regrets
For not being a better mother
Drink came before
Any other bother

She died in bed
Weighing less than 90 pounds
Forgiveness
Makes the mind sound

So today would have been her birthday
Do you think she would have wanted a drink?
Just one for the road
To celebrate


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Posted By: kristinshout Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 03:35 AM
This Lyric is: #113

Mobster in Costume (July 2001)

You led me into a twisted world
I guess I should write a book about you.
But I wouldn’t know where to start.

In the park?
A stolen car?
Ten thousand dollars in your pocket.
We had ourselves one wild first time.

The buzz of adrenaline was as addictive as the heroin you peddled.
In two short days, I was hooked on you.

One crazy scheme after the next,
You were nonchalant about things
After all, it was ‘just business’

Mobster in costume
Hollywood makes films about you

You’re infamous in Antwerpen
The diamond merchants are you friend and villains.
They’ll hire you out
And then they’ll turn you in.

And man, you’ve got a vengeful streak.
You’d even up the score with style.
You could leave them quakin in their boots.

Mobster in costume
Hollywood makes films about you
Mobster in costume
Won’t forget the day I met you

You told me more than I should know.
At times, I had to flee the town for safety.
The best way they could get you was through me.

You wouldn’t stop your wild ways
Really couldn’t
Even if you tried.
There’s no escape once you’ve been inside.

Mobster in costume
Hollywood makes films about you
Mobster in costume
Won’t regret the day I left you


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Posted By: Mike Maffei Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 04:05 AM
This Lyric is: #114

BREAK OF DAY
words and music by Michael Maffei,
copyright 2001 by Michael Maffei
and Falling Star Music, BMI

Come to me now, in a dream again.
Hold on to me like you used to, when
The stars were setting on the Boulevard-
We were trying not to crash too hard.

Doing shots at dawn, at the Blue Dot Bar.
Never wondering how we got that far.
We'd welcome the day,
Yet we prayed for the dark-
Craving one last needle,
One last spark.

Now, my cigarette was just a running light
On that late flight we took every night.
Those days-
We were squeezing the life from a stone.
Never admitting-
We were too scared of going home alone.

Years went by, we all moved on.
I guess I thought all the feelings were gone, Until I got that call one late summer's night-
A friend said you'd either won or lost your fight...

There was so little left for me to do-
Plane reservations, a card or two...
You know I've never even
Seen your grave-
This was one thing
I could not control or save,

Now, my cigarette's just a running light
On this late flight that I'm on tonight.
These days,
I'm still squeezing the life from a stone.
Never admitting-
I'm too scared of going home alone.

Never admitting-
I'm too scared of being alone...


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Posted By: King Song o' Man Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 04:22 AM
This Lyric is: #115

I wrote this song, lyric and music, in the week before the tragic events of 9/11. Never thought it would have the meaning that it turned out to have -- a soldier in a war zone writing a letter to his wife back home...

SINCERELY YOURS
© 2001 Tom Guertin, All Rights Reserved
-------------------------------------------

(Verse 1)
Thought I’d share my love in a letter
Cheer you up, make you feel better
With the stroke of a pen I’m in your heart

Wish upon a four-leaf clover
My tour-of-duty will soon be over
End the lonely miles keepin’ us apart

Sincerely yours

(Verse 2)
Think of you in the mornin’ sunrise
Dream of your magnetic blue eyes
A vision of beauty etched in my mind

Day and night my thoughts will wander
To the life I love to ponder
With you and the kids I left behind

Sincerely yours
Sincerely yours

(Bridge)
Can’t wait to get back home
My love, my love, my love (Back-up singers)
I'm weary of the combat zone
My love, my love, my love (Back-up singers)
Soon I’ll be callin’ on the phone
My love, my love, my love (Back-up singers)
To hear your voice whisperin’,
Whisperin’ (Back-up singers)
To hear your voice tremblin’
Tremblin’ (Back-up singers)
When knowing that I’m finally...
On my way

(Verse 3)
I send all my hugs and kisses
To the woman I call my missus
Knowin’ that you love me I will survive

I’ll seal this letter as the sunsets
Now a tear’s as close as it gets
To make me feel that I’m alive

Sincerely yours
Sincerely yours
Sincerely yours
Sincerely yours



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Posted By: ColosseMessenger Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 05:03 AM
This Lyric is: #116

Jesus Put You Into My Life
Robert H. Mahone (c) 1997


{ verse 1}
I remember the first time that I saw
In Heaven there is no marriage,
(There’s no marriage!) Just the power of God

I was devastated, thinking that this
could mean forever I’d miss
The greatest pleasure that a heart could ever own.

But then it occurred to me I’ve got eternity
And once the truth is revealed you will see
That the greatest joy of my time on this earth
Has come from loving you for all that I’m worth.

{ chorus 1}
I know that
Jesus put you into my life
My heart is pumping so strong
I could love you Forever and a day
I’m no longer of this world and it’s strife
I’m reconciled unto God
Where love just goes on
Forever and ever and more
Forever .. and ever
forever
forever and ever and more
{}

{ verse 2}
Ever since the day the Lord showed you to my heart
I’ve treated you as mine, yes I’m believing we will never part (We’ll be together)

There are so many people who’ve been burned before
And they would rather not trouble themselves with love anymore

Undeniably I’ve known failure in my life (in my life)
So I’ve been hesitant to even consider a wife

But then I fell down on my knees
To the One who strengthens me (my Jesus)
And I asked Him comfort you
So you too will see

By the washing of the water of the word (with a brand new heart)
I can love and share with you that my Jesus is Lord

{ chorus 2}
Believe me
Jesus put you into my life
My heart is pumping so strong
I could love you Forever and a day
I’m no longer of this world and it’s strife
I’m reconciled unto God
Where love just goes on
Forever and ever and (more)
Love is forever (Forever)
and ever (Forever)
Forever and ever and more
{}

{ Bridge }
When scripture says put not your trust in a man
It’s telling you about salvation which only Christ has to give (Jesus alone)
But from the start of God’s eternal plan
He made a true love relation as the way we should live

If the day never came that we married (that’s okay)
I’d have done what my Lord had told me (He said to love you)
For He’s certain to come and not tarry (Look up be ready)
Then together we’ll step into eter-nity

One thing I know (Ahhh)
Will make it through the fire (I uh)
And that’s my earnest desire (I)
that you know (know)

that
Jesus put you into my life (I’m so happy)
My heart is pumping so strong
I could love you Forever and a day (Look what God has done)
I’m no longer of this world and it’s strife (He’s let me love you)
I’m reconciled unto God
Where love just goes on
Forever and ever

Jesus put you into my life (I didn’t know what to do)
My heart is pumping so strong
I could love you Forever and a day (Then my Jesus He gave me you)
We’re no longer of this world and it’s strife (And He told me I’m supposed to love you)
We’re reconciled unto God
Where love just goes on
Forever and ever and more (I’m gonna love you)
Forever and ever and more (For my Jesus)
Forever and ever and more
Forever and ever, forever and ever
Forever and ever, forever and ever and
Love is forever (and ever)
Forever
Forever and ever and more

Jesus Put You Into My Life
Robert H. Mahone (c) 1997


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Posted By: Simon Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 05:10 AM
This Lyric is: #117

All Very Well by Simon Holden
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, Copyright 2001

They say there’s billions of stars in the sky
But I only see one and I’m wondering why.
They say there’s plenty more fish in the sea
My only question is which one’s for me?

Sayings are all very well.
Sayings don’t tell my story at all.

They say there’s nothing to worry about
But try telling that one to a drowning boy scout.
Statistically speaking, your chances are fine.
Compared to your chances, I’d rather take mine.

Numbers are all very well.
Numbers don’t tell my story at all.

They say you can find it all on the Net
But a virtual sauna won’t make you sweat.
They say you’re only as old as you feel
But you’re too senile to know these feelings aren’t real.

It’s not lies!
It’s not true!
It means nothing
Unless it means something to you.

They say that housewives have all these old tales,
That little boys are made of puppy-dogs tails
And little girls are all sweetness and light.
If you ask my opinion, it’s a load of old shite!

Lyrics are all very well.
Lyrics don’t tell the whole story at all.

They say that many a truth is spoken in jest
And that Oscar Wilde always put it best.
They say that beauty’s in the viewer’s eyes.
Well, so very often it’s just a good disguise

This song is lies!
This song is true!
This song means nothing
Unless it means something to you.

It’s not lies!
This is true!
Words mean nothing
Unless they mean something to you.


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Posted By: erin gailsdaughter Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 06:14 AM
This Lyric is: #118

Candy On A Tray - erin gailsdaughter copyright 2001


verse 1:

Well you've gotta be kidding,
You want me again?
Your finger on the doorbell
When you've already let your
Self in.
Your vaselined tooth smile,
Your candy on a tray...
And I am watching my
Own mouth move in
Disbelief as
I ask
You to
Stay.

verse 2:

Don't you
Beg I
Am not
Listening.
Don't just
Stand there
A starving child!
Don't you
Even
Try to
Tame me,
I was
Born to
Be this wild...

bridge:

We've all become so easy...
Hand me a pill to please me, I've forgotten
Why I tried...
Sometimes it's only your face and daises,
That pick me up where I'm lazy and can
Bring me...
To the other
Side!

chorus:

Cause this monkey on my back,
Keeps clinging through this shaking.
And the pieces of myself
Are begging to be taken
Back!
This one-way whispered
Coversation selling
Cellular sedation, I

outro:

Want to feel!
I want to
fee
e
e
e
e
e
eel..
I
Want
To
Feel!
...Maybe I just want to feel,
...Maybe i just want to feel,
Maybe
I
Just want
To be

Real...



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Posted By: sylvester Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 06:14 AM
This Lyric is: #119

Fixer-Upper

My poor old pickup is a long time paid for
But she don’t run the way she used to do
Th’guy I bought her from neglected to tell me
She had been abused
She’s got a lot of heart and decent tires
Too bad the owner was a jerk
It’s not her fault that she’s not what she used to be
She just needs a little work

chorus:
You’re talkin’ to me with your hungry eyes
but I smell a smokin’ gun
I know you’re lonely since she broke your heart, but
I don’t need another one-
I don’t need another fixer upper
I don’t need another one

Had a lover once I gave my heart to
He filled me up, he made me feel so fine
Then the shadows of his past brought rain clouds
Shadows of other times
He couldn’t trust me and he feared my freedom
He didn’t know that he was hurting me
I couldn’t prove that I was not the same as
The one who made the memory

Repeat first chorus

2nd chorus:
Someday the sky will clear and memories leave you
your heart will be your own
Come and see me when the hurt’s healed over
I don’t need another one-
I don’t need another fixer upper
I don’t need another one

Steve Lester, Darlene Lester
© 1999 Hanged Man Music BMI
from the CD 'I'm Ready'
artist Kristina Quigley
label: New Moon Records


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Posted By: alilob Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 06:17 AM
This Lyric is: #120

TITLE: "Doorway Of My Soul"
COPYRIGHT: Mary A. Lobsinger(Ali)
November 2001


In the Doorway of my Soul
I saw you standing there
How Long had you been watching
What did you come to share?

This wall around my heart now
Has never been exposed
You came into my life
through the Doorway of my Soul
through the Doorway of my soul

(chorus)
The doorway of my soul
the doorway of my soul
The door was open
Baby walk on through


I can not fight your presence
I can not stop this train
How long will we be riding
Is the question that remains

I can not turn around now
and yesterdays so far
I only know that I want you Baby
No Matter where you are
No Matter where you are

(chorus)
The doorway of my soul
The doorway of my soul
The door was open
Baby Walk on through

Take all of me you need now
And Fill your every wish
For when its time to leave me
Your Love is what I'll miss

I will always treasure your love
I'll never be the same
For I'll always feel this longing Babe
At the mention of your name
the mention of your name

(chorus)
The doorway of my soul
The doorway of my soul
The door was open
Baby walk on through...
The door was open
Baby walk on through...
The door was open
Baby walk on through



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Posted By: advent Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 06:44 AM
This Lyric is: #121

Again
©2002 Raymond G. Mills

I hold you in my arms again
I try to read your mind again
I hold this moment
Like a childhood music box
I watch you dance into my veins

Our hearts so young, our hearts so pure
I gave you the key and you opened up the door
With only candlelight
I let you look inside
You lit a fire I cannot hide

I hold you in my arms
And I will never let you go
Again

Is this passion or the rain?
Both crept up on us and can wash us just the same
But your words like razors cut
So deep across my veins
Why did it have to come to this?

I hold you in my arms
And I will never let you go
Again

Never let you go again
Never let you go again…

I hold you in my arms
And I will never let you go
Again


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Posted By: Katherine Sawyer Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 07:26 AM
This Lyric is: #122

“In Black And White”
copyright '97 Katherine Sawyer Hand Wash Music/BMI

All these words that I've written seem to go nowhere
They sit in piles and wrinkle
No one to read them

All my fears

And aches and pains remembered in some new way
As I write them out
Page by page

Let them drain, trickle out through the years
No one to read them

All my fears

Forget the price they may bring
With some new light shed
Never to illuminate
As if the language could recreate
The things I feel

All these words go by me
Never enter me
Always leaving me more alone
Exploring me

All my fears

Never heard
Deafening
Endless suffering

All my fears

I give to you
I want you to know them too

All my fears

Take them from me and hold me
Near

Forget the price they may bring
With some new light shed
Never to illuminate
As if the language could recreate
The things I write

All these words define me
Explain away my life
There in black and white
Filling all the lines

All my fears



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Posted By: rnbmistress Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 07:46 AM
This Lyric is: #123

SWEPT AWAY
LYRICS & MELODY & MUSIC BY RUTH M. WARE

MUSIC
VERSE 1
Seems I've been misled and I don't understand
Why you choose to play I only want to please you
You say loves for real but you've got a wind that you can't shield
VERSE 2
You pick me up then you let me down
Up and down you twirl my love around
So I had to boy make sure if our love would ever endure
So I built a castle around you boy
Built it so strong so no one could blow it down
CHORUS
Every time I build love up you tear it down swept away
I've been swept away ayee I've been swept away
I'd do anything that you want me to
But boy you've got to give me your love too
I've been swept away (here comes) thunder and pain, I've been swept away
VERSE 3
I noticed since the day we met you've been trying to play hard to get
So I had to play your game and fake it
It was a chance I had to take
VERSE 4
I had to come on strong cause boy I had to find out what turned you on
So I built a fort around my heart, but then you came along and you tore it down
CHORUS
BRIDGE
Baby how can I make you understand that I love you, and I need you
I wanted to know what turned you on
Just like the wind you come and go, your blowin' my mind
CHORUS/AD-LIB
Every time I build love up you tear it down
I, I, I want to know what turns you on
I've been swept away, I've been swept away
(here comes) thunder and pain
I thought our love was built on solid ground but every time I build love up you tear it down
Oho I love you, and I need you, I wanted to know what turned you on
I've been swept away ayee
Swept away in a hurricane, swept away in a hurrincane (here comes) thunder and pain
All through the night I hold my pillow tight
Thinking of you in a very special way
Your not around, your not around, your not around baby

(c)1994 Ruth M. Ware (BMI)

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Posted By: MOSES Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 08:28 AM
This Lyric is: #124

BABY DON'T GIVE UP ON ME
© 2001 moses hauffen

You lay my clothes outside the door I guess I know what you're intendin'

An' I stand frozen I can't speak All I wanna' do is disappear

Then I tremble like a winter leaf Waitin' for the final chillin' breeze

To tear me from your tree
Baby don't give up on me
Baby don't give up on me


We were too young I will admit Being married's harder than pretendin'

An' I'm forgetful about you
So you ask yourself why keep me here

Then I crumble like an Oreo All dunked out with no where else to go

It's silly yeah I know So baby don't give up on me
Baby don't give up on me


Baby don't give up on me please believe I never meant to hurt you
Lovin' you has been the only thing I've tried to do right
So baby don't give up on me

Baby don't give up on me please believe I never would desert you
Lovin' you has been what gets me through this life
So baby don't give up on me


Your mama say's I'm a good man
That only needs some understandin'

But when's the last time you recall That we understood 'bout anything

So I'm pleadin' for my life with you Be my judge be my jury too

Be the sentence that I need But baby don't give up on me

Baby don't give up on me Baby don't give up on me
Baby don't give up on me




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Posted By: jentobs Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 10:12 AM
This Lyric is: #125

Happy
by Jen Tobey
c 2002

And my mind's turning to stone
Where has my body gone?
Lie as you've done to me
And let my body greive

What it takes to make me happy?
It's unlike anything you've seen!
And I can't stand to be exactly
What you want me to be
'Cause I'm already torn

Bruises fit the lives they leave
Colored by the jaded lives we lead
You can't do much to take it back
The past is already gone away

What it takes to make me happy?
It's unlike anything you've seen!
And I can't stand to be exactly
What you want me to be
And I just want to be me
'Cause I'm already torn




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Posted By: robbin thompson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 10:51 AM
This Lyric is: #126

author: robbin thompson
copyright: 2002
title: ONE STEP AHEAD OF THE BLUES

you do everything to mak'em go away
but you know in the end there's nothin' you can do.
they tell you that it's part of lifes price you pay
so you try not to let'm get the best of you.
buildin' walls behind you,
hopin' that they won't find you
but you know when they do
you're gonna let'em walk on thru
so, you're tryin to stay...
one step ahead of the blues.

there ain't nobody that's immune.
though i've seen a lot of people hide it all inside.
but when they're alone it's a different tune,
tears tumble down like a landslide.
'cause when they've finally found you,
the walls crumble down around you,
you're hopin' that it's wrong,
but you know it's true...
your just tryin to stay...
one step ahead of the blues.
tryin to win in a game,
your bound to loose.
you tried every trick in the book,
you knew how to use,
there just ain't no way you can stay...
one step ahead of the blues.

...buildin' walls behind you,
hopin that they won't find you,
cause you know when they do
you're gonna let'em just walk on thru...
so you're tryin to stay...
one step ahead of the blues.
tryin to win in a game,
that your bound to loose.
you've tried every trick in the book,
you knew how to use,
but there ain't no way you can stay
a step ahead of the blues.
you keep tryin to stay...
one step ahead of the blues.

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Posted By: Mollie Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 12:01 PM
This Lyric is: #127

TISSUE PAPER FLOWERS
Mollie Baxter
(c) 2001

Tissue paper flowers arranged in my window
On my hands I had a few spare hours
So I made a summer in a day
This morning it was raining
But now the sun is shining
And there’s no work tomorrow and so
Everything’s ok

Chorus:
Dung dung dung dayoh godayoh
Day lay lay dung a dayoh
Umbum bum dikada dum
Umbum bum dikada dum
Dung dung dung dayoh godayoh
Day lay lay dung a dayoh
Bum bum dikada dum

I have a friend called Lazy
She lives in the room above
Sometimes I hear her singing
When she thinks nobody else is home
She has her hair in beads and braids
When she walks sometimes it sounds like rain
We keep meaning to do my hair that way
But we never get round to it

Chorus

Sometimes I go to Samuel’s
Buy a coffee and sit for an hour or two
Writing things as the people pass outside
Something Lazy says she could never do
She says I’m self-contented
I try to tell her I’m just bad tempered
And not used to this people-thing just yet
There’s far too much catching up to do

Chorus into Bridge:

Throw your window open wide
See pavements grow slick with caught sunlight
If you stand just so you can see right through
Breathe it in and fall into the blue

Lazy’s sister Katy is counting her footsteps
On the pavement below
She’s been finding the price of things too high
Leaves a trail of sand wherever she goes
She says she’s wasting time
The grains are falling fast in the hourglass in her mind
I’m not sure if she really needs to find
A man to turn it for her

Chorus


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Posted By: atazari Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 01:03 PM
This Lyric is: #128

The lyric: A GIFT

Here I have a gift
I'm giving you my heart
My heart's my gift for you
I want to see it through
All I want to do is give


With this gift to you
You must hold it true
For if not I'll be blue
Which then will show you
My heart's not for you.

A gift so true
A gift pure without blue
I give my heart to you
My heart's my gift for you


Therefore deep within
I hope you don't pretend
But take this gift (my heart)
My heart's mt gift to you
All I want to do is give

I have a gift for you
All I want to do
So take my heart
A gift

So take my heart
A gift so true
My gift to you....

By: Andrienne Tazari "Angel"

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Posted By: marie taziki Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 01:16 PM
This Lyric is: #129

little box of fantasy
(c)2002 marie taziki

v1
you know it's been rough
but i still hang tough
through all the years ive conquered fears
and etched in time i'll make my mark
with a bit of rhyme and a bit of spark

v2
if i'm walkin through molasses
i might need a pair of good glasses
on my feet to see beyond this flight
which i place my heart yes i place my sight
yes i place my sight

ch
i see my dreams reality
in my little box of fantasy
it's full of possibilities
my little box of fantasy

br
my heart extends my soul
for my fingers to enroll
i seek to set you free
my dreams that come lately

instr

v3
it feels like it's tangible
like you can touch you can feel
it then becomes so incredible
like something odd and sureal
odd and sureal

ch
i see my dreams reality
in my little box of fantasy
it's full of possibility
my little box of fantasy

i seek to set you free
my dreams lately


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Posted By: Steve Goldberger Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 01:22 PM
This Lyric is: #130

IN A LIFE by Steve Goldberger
From my new album, GUMBO DREAMS.
To hear a clip of this song: www.stevegoldberger.com
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In A Life (S. Goldberger)

In a life there's hope and dreams of love and wishes made of gold
But as years go by reality sinks in
And takes its bitter hold and stays until you're old.

In a life we live and dream of a peace that can't be bought and sold
But the fear and hate that has lived forever
Will always be our ball and chain as we cause each other such pain

In a life, the moments just speed by
In a life, they're gone in the blink of an eye

In a life you hope to have good friends who'll be there when you cry
Oh but when your world comes crashing down,
And you thought that they would be around,
They always let you down.

In a life, the road you take is your own
In a life, sometimes you gotta go it alone
In a life, the time goes by so fast
In a life, gotta make the good times last

In a life we have a power to heal and help our fellow man
But we sit around crying 'why why me?"
When we could be out there lending a hand -
And doing the best that -
-- could be out there taking a stand -
-- could be out there leading the band
And doing the best that we can.

Steve: bass, acoustic guitar, kalimba, synthesizer, lead and background vocals
Eric Mahar: guitar / David Norris: drums
Penner MacKay: djembe, triangle, shaker
Conrad Kipping: mandolins / Jan Hanko: fiddle / Mark Lalama: piano
Rob Wilikinson: tin whistle /Jane Johanson & Jenny L. Wright: vocals
copyright 2001 SOCAN Dory Cottage Music


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Posted By: Bruce Madole Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 02:25 PM
This Lyric is: #131

Copyright 1999 Bruce Madole

Paris in the Spring

Paris was a girl of most particular delights
she liked her lipstick shiny and she loved her dresses tight
and in the evening she would stroll along the boulevard
she loved the way men smiled at her when she wasn't even trying hard
and she wrote her letters home and laughed and signed them
always Paris in the Spring

Paris said the world is made of stories, line by line
and some of us are fairy tales and some of us are lies
and we invent ourselves by merely daring to have dreams
though someone else would do that for us even while we sleep
and she wrote her letters home and laughed and signed them
always Paris in the Spring

And Paris she was beautiful as spring leaves in the rain
when the branches stand out black and wet against the bursting green
and we will never see the like of Paris here again
here along these mean and gritty streets, oh, these lonely, lonely streets

Paris filled our glasses then she said, I have to go
like a strange exotic butterfly that fluttered through my window
we used to drink our wine here in this café, don't you know
I imagine that I'll sit here every night till I grow old
but she left me with a letter, signed it Love,
always Paris in the Spring.



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Posted By: quinlivan Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 02:31 PM
This Lyric is: #132

"Thousand Years"
words & music by Jim Quinlivan
(c) 2001 Room 908 Music/BMI

Standing at the crossroads
Of another place and time
Flashing back and moving on
And walking down the line
The years are just like numbers
Counting down inside my mind
These days are like no others
There is nowhere left to hide

These are millennium days
If ever there was time for change
...Make it now

And either way the wind blows
It's hard to know where you'll land
The twenty-first century shadow
Of a twentieth century man
And dreams you've held your whole life long
Can slip right through your hands
So I am holding fast and strong
With all the power of my prayers

Through these millennium days
If ever there was time to change
...Take it now

Yes, these are days for holding on
Times may change but time goes on
And we go on...

Through these millennium days
If ever there was time for change
...It's now
Oh, these are millennium days
Nothing can remain the same
If ever there was time to change...

It's midnight, Cinderella
But it's not your last chance
Here's another thousand years
To find some happiness
Find some happiness
Find some happiness...

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Posted By: jdomeny Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 02:38 PM
This Lyric is: #133

Brandon Moved Away
By Judy Domeny Bowen
Copyright 1999

Tommy raced in with a shout, "Mrs. Bowen!" he called out,
"Did you know Brandon moved away?"
Tommy ran off to his seat as my heart fell to my feet
Because Brandon moved away.
It wasn't that I'd miss him, oh, no quite the opposite,
He was trouble every minute of the day.
But as hard as he would fight me I would try that hard and more,
Now I don't know where he is and I just pray

Chorus
Brandon, wherever you are
I hope you're warm and safe as you can be,
I pray someone will have heart enough
To see that you are not so tough
As you would like the world to believe,
I wish you love within a family.

"Teacher," asked young Tommy, "did he get to say good-bye
Before Brandon moved away?
Did you know he's got a new school and a brand new family,
Though he don't know how long with them he'll stay.
Hey look--he left his schoolbox in his desk, do you suppose
That I could have it? There's not very much inside.
Just a few old broken crayons and a Valentine from you...."
And with that I couldn't help but start to cry

Chorus

I turned to see his drawing on the wall behind my desk,
A tiny person, scribbled out in black.
Just a kindergarten kid with no one to call his own,
It hurts that Brandon won't be back.
Abandoned by his mother when the boy was only two,
Where his father is we simply do not know.
Moving 'round in foster care, throwing tantrums, throwing chairs,
Lord, I wonder where in life that boy will go

Chorus

Brandon, you'll always be loved by me.

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Judy Domeny Bowen


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Posted By: starbright Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 02:51 PM
This Lyric is: #134

"Sea of Spirits" c 2002 Royce Miller

Today I heard you went away
On the sea of spirits
Through the screen I looked upon
A vast expanse of green
It rolls on forever, like eternity
I could feel your spirit on the sea

Today I saw you drift from me
On the sea of spirits
Through my tears I spotted you
Moving to the shore
It was not as far away as I once imagined
I saw you go through a bright pearl door

Then peace embraced my soul
As I looked on the sea of spirits
There you stood and looked at me
From the other side
We are separated by this ocean for awhile
But I called out your name and saw you smile.


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Posted By: JanValJohansen Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 03:07 PM
This Lyric is: #135

HEAVEN WAS FILLED WITH ELECTRICITY
By: Jan S Johansen (c)2001
Homepage: http://hometown.aol.co.uk/janvaljohansen/MrJan.html
1.Verse:
Heaven was filled with electricity
Last night when Heaven set eyes on me
I felt a shiver go through my spine
When your sky-blue eyes lit up like mine

2.Verse:
You were surrounded by quite a few
Yet each one around faded but you
No one can stop time or save blind souls
But when you smiled I swear you came close

CHORUS:
YOU LIT A YEARNING DEEP IN MY SOUL
THAT JUST TOOK THE BREATH OUT OF ME
AND AS IT WAS BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
HEAVEN WAS FILLED WITH ELECTRICITY

3.Verse:
Heaven was filled with electricity
The moment you made a move for me
I senses my racing heart skip a beat
And just stood there rooted to my feet

4.Verse:
Right in the middle of the dance floor
We stood in silence knowing the score
Sometimes I can't find the words to say
I guess those times are best left that way

CHORUS:
YOU LIT A YEARNING DEEP IN MY SOUL
THAT JUST TOOK THE BREATH OUT OF ME
AND AS IT WAS BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
HEAVEN WAS FILLED WITH ELECTRICITY

5.Verse:
Heaven was filled with electricity
As you touched my arm oh so gently
I felt your tight grip inside my chest
And just cannot remember the rest

bridge:
though I tried to fight it
my burning yearnings exploded
and later ........ much later
I saw your soul Rise in your sky-blue Eyes

CHORUS:
YOU LIT A YEARNING DEEP IN MY SOUL
THAT JUST TOOK THE BREATH OUT OF ME
AND AS IT WAS BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
HEAVEN WAS FILLED WITH ELECTRICITY

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Posted By: jacksondaly Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 03:14 PM
This Lyric is: #136

"The Driving Song"
-by Maggie Daly (of Jackson Daly)

What's your driving song
what pumps you up
which broken-hearted, sad song
really rips you up
What do you like to hear,
wind blowing through your hair
smoke blowing back at you
ashes, too, but you don't care

What is it that crosses your mind
when nothing more than you and time
are hanging out, side by side by side...

What's your living song
what jams you out
what funky, feel-good, strong tune
really kicks it out
What do you like to see,
what makes you tick
what long-lost, ancient memory
hits you like a brick

What is it that crosses your mind
when nothing more than you and time
are hanging out, side by side by side...

They say it's a 'guy thing'
a man and his car
I guess my masculinity, well,
it takes me pretty far
This is my music,
it's written in gold
pouring out my molten soul
along the road we toll

What is it that crosses your mind
when nothing more than you and time
are hanging out, side by side by side...

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Posted By: simmonsland Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 03:16 PM
This Lyric is: #137

Thrift Store T-Shirt
(c) 2002 by Lee Simmons

I had a dream
About a suit size 13
A vintage all-weather
With corinthian leather
A lavender piece of work
Made me look like a jerk
Jonesin' like some fool
Missed the bus to the old school
So I set out this morning
With very little warning
And a vision of grandeur
For a new look de rigeur
I found the answer
A little trendy enhancer
In a throwaway bin
That delivered me from sin

Some say a man without style
Is a man full of hurt
But I feel no pain in my
Snappy new thrift store t-shirt

Well I'm not opposed
To expensive new clothes
But my shirt exceeds
All others in deeds
With its vintage silk screen print
On aqua marine tint
I'm a rebel with panache
In my cold machine wash

Some say a man can't survive
On only dessert
But I take the cake in my
Sassy new thrift store t-shirt

And I'm wearing it well
Out from my Tommy Boy shell
Everyone is ditching the cat walk
And living to tell

Well some tell the future
By learning the past
The mistakes that were made
The successes that last
Like Klein and Armani
Chanel, Rebagliati
Donatella and Gianni
And the Family Versace
All bellwethers to be sure
Of the new haute couture
To each his own forte
In the old pret-a-porte

If the clothes make the man
Then I'm better off wearing a skirt
But I found religion in my
Brand new thrift store t-shirt

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Posted By: margaretmacdonald Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 03:53 PM
This Lyric is: #138

ALL I WANT NOW
(c) 20002 Margaret MacDonald

V1: Red bougainvillea grows
Out by the garden wall
Goes well with weeds and rust
Sun fades the photographs
And bakes the dusty road
Where we once played our games

CH: I didn't wait around
To see how you turned out
But you're all I want now

V2: We sang Amazing Grace
Just like a gospel choir
I dressed up as a bride
We had a hiding place
Up in the old elm tree
We planned our great escape

I didn't wait around
To see how you turned out
But you're all I want now

BR: And my heart never left here, just went for the ride
And I didn't really think I'd miss you
Look how long it took me just to realize
That I really need to be back here with you

V3: House needs a lick of paint
And a bit of window glass
And fresh new curtains too
You know I'm not a saint
And I don't have an alibi
For all those years away

I didn't wait around
To see how you turned out
But you're all I want now
You're all I want now

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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Brian Austin Whitney:
Hi Folks,

Remember: You can ONLY enter 1 lyric per member. If you co-wrote the song with another member, it only counts against the one posting. All lyrics posted after the first one by the same member will be deleted!
Please see the rules (they're pretty simple) on this message board.

This is the post where you will add your own lyric entry. Once this hits a large number, I will add a second. You can only post replies on this message board (as opposed to creating your own NEW post.) This is so we can keep all the entries together.

Do NOT post questions or critiques to others songs on this post. We will delete them because this is meant for entries ONLY. We will have an additional post for questions on this forum.

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Posted By: Lisa Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 04:19 PM
This Lyric is: #139

The Wisdom Of A Child
c. 2002 by Lisa Lukas

Verse 1:

The minute you were born,
I belonged to you,
My child and my new teacher
Your arms outstretched,
Flapping like a baby crow.

They laid you down
Inside my arms and I could
Hear you softly whisper
Your new born voice
Gave me all I need to know, 'cause

CHORUS:

The wisdom of a child
Sees better than I
The heart is big as the sky
How to let this life just be, and then
Like a blade of grass
That bends in the wind
Going up and down and up again,
With a spirit that is free and wild
I learned how to love --
From the wisdom of a child.

Verse 2:

How could I have ever known
That you would leave
This earth before me?
Now I am lost, &
Searching for you everywhere

A bird is flying high
Up in the air
The waves crash down below me
Is that a sign from you?
Are you still here? -- 'cause

CHORUS:

The wisdom of a child
Is hiding from me
& I can no longer see
Will you cradle me to end this pain
'Cause my heart won't heal
Til I find you again
Now my sorrow is the winter rain
& your silence is so deep and wild
That I will go mad
Without the wisdom of a child.

BRIDGE:

Whisper to me
Inside my dreams
I will be listening to all that you say --
You are the wind
That blows through the trees
& I will be waiting to meet you someday -- 'cause

CHORUS:

The wisdom of a child
Understands more than me
To look beyond what I see
How to find your beauty in a stone
With the endless sea,
I will not be alone
And I know your memory is my home
Like a spirit that is free and wild
Teach me how to live on
From the wisdom of a child.




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Posted By: alivibe Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 04:20 PM
This Lyric is: #140

"Breathing Underwater"

I found you on your island warm and dry
You never waded in over waist high
But my home is far from shore and the current runs strong
and I cannot stay in shallow water for long

I’m breathing underwater
I’m not fighting for air
I may drown in the deep
but I don’t care
cuz I love you and you love me
but I cannot make you swim with me

My skin is glistening listening to you lie
beside me on terra firma explaining why
For a few precious moments I felt alive
and I don’t know how but I know I’ll survive

I’m breathing underwater
I’m not fighting for air
I may drown in the deep
but I don’t care
cuz I love you and you love me
but I cannot make you swim with me, swimming in the deep

I know it’s safer in the water you tread
but I’d rather dive in over my head

cuz I’m breathing underwater


Written by Ali Handal
© 2002 Alivibe (ASCAP)


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Posted By: Frank D Jonez Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 04:27 PM
This Lyric is: #141

"Dear God"

Verse:
Dear God, are You listening?
Dear God, are You there?
I’ve been wondering lately, what You might have to say
About all the struggles and pain. Is it fair?

Verse:
Dear God, can You hear me?
Dear God, are You really what You say?
Creator of the universe, Maker of all things
I just don’t seem to understand. Help me to understand,
Understand Your way.

Verse
Dear God, can You help me?
Dear God, sometimes my doubt just takes control.
Blessed are those that believe, but have not seen.
Lord, can You show me? Is there any in between?
I mean no dishonor,
But I’m blind by what I see, Dear God.

Bridge:
I am just a man who seeks Your heart.
Searching as my world falls apart.
Hoping for a chance to see Your face.
I’m astounded by Your gift of grace.

Verse:
Dear God, do You love me?
Dear God, why do You even care?
When I just ignore You, don’t have the time to spare.
I hope You’ll forgive me, when I come to see You there.
I pray You’ll forgive me, Your love’s beyond compare.
Dear God.
I pray You’ll forgive me, when I come to see You there.

© Copyright 2002 Fred Said Productions ASCAP
7206 Carrie Drive
Indianapolis, IN 46237
(317) 887-2046
Email: synthkbd@hotmail.com
Words & Music By Frank D. Jones
Web: http://frankjonez.tripod.com

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Keep Looking Up!

Frank D. Jonez

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Posted By: Bruce_Irving Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 04:58 PM
This Lyric is: #142

DAZE LIKE THIS (Bruce Irving)

Walked out the door again with my shoes on the wrong feet
Tried to find my car but it was parked on another street
In the few days since I met you, girl
It's like I'm living on a tilt-a-whirl
Goin' up the down escalator
It's my new infatuator - puts me in a

chorus
DAZE LIKE THIS
Like a wakin' dream I'm walkin' around in a
DAZE LIKE THIS
After just one kiss I knew I'd be happy to live
The rest of my DAYS LIKE THIS

The first time you smiled at me I was too tongue-tied to speak
And all that night I tossed and turned, it was impossible to sleep
I can't do much but think of you
But that's all that I want to do
You've got to be the best thing ever
And I never want to stop - living in a

CHORUS

Words & music by Bruce Irving © 2002, all rights reserved

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Posted By: BethThornley Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 05:48 PM
This Lyric is: #143

TALKIN’ LIKE AN ANGEL
Music by Beth Thornley and Rob Cairns
Lyrics by Beth Thornley
copyright Stiff Hips Music, 2001

V1: Talkin’ like an angel while I left you there to dangle.
I was talkin’ like an angel, so devine.
Spinning pretty, spinning fine, wings and fingers intertwine.
And I was talkin’ like an angel while I left you there to dangle.

V2: You were more intriguing ‘cause I knew that I’d be leaving.
Timing always has been everything.
But I can’t remember when I didn’t ache from end to end
and you’re a sweet relief, however brief, you suspend your disbelief.

Chorus: Talkin’ like, talkin’ like, talkin’ like an angel.
Talkin’ like, talkin’ like, talkin’ like an angel.

V3: Never one for rumours I’ll just say I never knew you.
Redemption comes in every size and style.
And it’s better if forever lasts for just a little while
and there’s no guarantees or quick remedies for most of these miles

Bridge: And this isn’t gonna hurt a bit, after all it helps when I close my eyes.
And everything is gonna be alright, after all an angel never lies. (to chorus)


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Posted By: vforman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 06:22 PM
This Lyric is: #144

"Desire"
Vicki Forman (c)2002

(V1)
Why do I yearn for love I never had?
Why do I travel on this dead-end path?
Why do I flirt with untouchable affection?
History of doing nothing has become the affliction

(V2)
Why am I haunted by your silence dance?
Why does your ghost hold a spellbound trance?
You’re the smiling moon behind stormy clouds
He's amused at this coyote’s lonely howl.

(Chorus)
My desire is like a tidal wave
When you’re here, I get swept away
When you’re gone, I’m a grain of sand
Passing through the fingers of your hand

(V3)
Why does my heart long for you to care?
Why do my eyes read more than what is there?
How does a desire so dangerously wired?
Become a moth to flame, burning with foolish desire.

(Chorus)
My desire is like a tidal wave
When you’re here, I get swept away
When you’re gone, I’m a grain of sand
Passing through the fingers of your hand


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Posted By: mcavoymark Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 06:56 PM
This Lyric is: #145

Jugs

Copyright 2001 Mark McAvoy
Lyrics and Music by Mark McAvoy

Woke early this afternoon
Once again missed the sun rise
Up late practicing the Scallion Shuffle
And my broken legs feel not right

Had a dream to be a Dillionaire
Because country flows in my veins
Got my sideburns low and a big belt buckle
Bubba stomp hard bring me pain

All I know is what I was taught
From Momma and her cane
Can still smell the whiskey on her breath
As she screamed, "I'm to blame"
When darkness shines and the nightmares come, I cry
Still feel the pain

Chorus
------
Yet I still believe an angel prays for me
She's beautiful and she's free
And makes me feel so easy
Yet I still believe an angel prays for me
She's beautiful and she's free
And makes me feel so easy


Been playing in this jug band
For nearly ten years now
Been thinking it's time to call it quits
But then I'd let Huff down

The old crow, he's so ornery
Got a cough to match his temper
Asks,"What's up you mad again?"
No, you just make me miserable

Momma always said I was a sensitive lad
A caning do me good
Left me a million miles away
But she never understood
When darkness shines and my little star comes, I cry
Yes, she's still true

Chorus


Still see Momma at Christmas
Too frail to hit me now
Always bring her a carton of smokes
Says I done her proud

Asks, "What's up with you jugheads?
You boys about ready for the road?"
Tell her we lack direction
Got nowhere to go

Momma gets mad, "Just wasting time.
That crow, he's got no soul.
Shiftless and lazy just like your daddy.
The devil calls him his own."
Yet from her window my little star shines, I cry
She's still true

Chorus


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Posted By: Sherrie T. Lyons Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 07:35 PM
This Lyric is: #146

I wrote this simple song on September 20, 2002, for my children and for hope: copyright, 2002, Sherrie T. Lyons

WE WILL SURVIVE

THE DAY THAT JESUS CRIED
THE DAY THE MUSIC DIED
WILL NEVER BE THE SAME
I AM A LUCKY ONE
I RUSHED HOME TO MY SON
AND HUGGED HIM CLOSE ALL DAY

AND HELD MY DAUGHTER'S HAND
SHE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
THE HORROR IN MY EYES
BUT ALL THAT I COULD DO
WAS TELL HER, "WE'LL GET THROUGH"
I KNOW THAT WE'LL SURVIVE.

(chorus):
WE WILL SURVIVE
WE WILL GET THROUGH SOME WAY
WE WILL SURVIVE
ALITTLE BIT MORE EACH DAY......

SURROUNDED BY THE PAIN
AND HELPLESS TO EXPLAIN
THE LOSS OF ALL OUR LIVES
WE CANNOT LIVE IN FEAR
OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE
I KNOW THAT WE'LL SURVIVE

SO PAUSE AND SAY A PRAYER
FOR ALL THE HEROES HERE
WHOM GOD HAS WELCOMED HOME
FOR I AM PROUD TO SAY
I'M FROM THE U. S. A.
AMERICA'S MY HOME!!!!!

(repeat chorus on out).

Thank you for reading and sharing, Sher


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Posted By: SusanRJones Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 07:52 PM
This Lyric is: #147

If I Had Known
Words and Music by Susan R. Jones
c.1997. Susan R. Jones

(Verse 1)
If I had known of all the joy I'd see,
The delights this life would bring;
If I had known of pending dreams come true,
From which moments they would spring;
I'd have raced to those days throwing precious time away
Along with little gifts designed for me alone.

(Verse 2)
If I had known about those lessons learned
From my failures and my fears;
If I had known about those darker days
With the brokeness and tears;
I'd have stood still in time, turned my back on what was mine
And in my bitterness, resigned to stand alone
If I had known.

(Bridge)
If I had known of my own destiny
I'd have followed my own plans.
And, Lord, You know
So You give in grace each time and place and
Looking back I understand.

(Verse 3)
If I had known about the mountain peaks
I'd have never sniffed the rose.
If I had known about the valley steeps
I'd have never learned to grow.
So, from anguish to bliss, Lord, I'm thankful for what is.
You see, it's all that I'd have missed out on my own
If I had known.

If I had known.

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Posted By: Pam Hurley Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 07:58 PM
This Lyric is: #148

Window To Your World
(c)2001 Lyric by Pam Hurley

This lyric is dedicated to my Grandmother who had Alzheimers.

Verse 1:
I wonder where you are
Wish I had a better view
What’s heartbreaking for me
I pray is easier on you
Lord knows I’ve tried to break the glass
But I still don’t have a clue
Can’t seem to shatter through the pane
No matter what I try to do

Chorus:
I hope the window to your world reflects a warm and happy place
Not a struggle day to day in an unforgiving race
Well, I won’t stop the search however long it takes
Until we open up the window to your world

Verse 2:
What is in your heart
As your days are fading by
What are you thinking of
When the tears fall from your eyes
If you could find the words
Would you be telling me
That you continue holding on
To all your cherished memories

Chorus:
I hope the window to your world reflects a warm and happy place
Not a struggle day to day in an unforgiving race
Well I won’t stop the search however long it takes
Until we open up the window to your world

Bridge:
Give me a sign
Just a hint so I can find
A path to help you bridge the miles
I know someday, somehow, someway
I’ll look up to see you smile –again-Ooo

Chorus:
I hope the window to your world reflects a warm and happy place
Not a struggle day to day in an unforgiving race
Well, I won’t stop the search however long it takes
Until we open up the window to your world
Until we open up the window to your world
Until we open up the window to your world


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Posted By: Rich Faschan Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 09:04 PM
This Lyric is: #149

Tear it Out

Verse 1:
I walk beneath the streetlights casting
thoughts of you against the dark –
just an endless shadow asking
why you chose to break my heart.
Love is just the North Star glowing
out of reach, but still in sight.
A tiny pin of hope that’s poking
holes into the dark of night.

Chorus:
Sometimes I wonder where the love’s all gone
I can’t seem to find any for my own.
Sometimes I wonder what this heart’s about.
I think I’d feel better if I tear it out.
Tear it out.
Tear it out.

Verse 2:
I dialed the number she gave me. I'd scribbled it upon my mind –
the code to a green-eyed fantasy, I doodled ‘til my ink ran dry.
The lady on the phone was real nice, she said, "call back any time at all".
Jenny hasn't lived here for years but, I still enjoy the calls.

Chorus:
Sometimes I wonder where the love’s all gone–
I can’t seem to find any for my own.
Sometimes I wonder what this heart’s about.
I think I’d feel better if I tear it out.
Tear it out.
Tear it out.

Bridge:
I can't blame Lisa and I can't blame Sue.
It's not their fault I'm feeling blue.
My heart’s not broken ‘cause of what they did.
It's because of what happened inside my head.
I know it's trouble when my mind selects
only the things my heart projects.
By now I ought to know the warning signs,
but a desp’rit heart controls my mind.

Chorus:
Sometimes I wonder where the love’s all gone–
I can’t seem to find any for my own.
Sometimes I wonder what this heart’s about.
I think I’d feel better if I tear it out.
Tear it out.
Tear it out.

Tag:
I walk beneath the streetlights casting
thoughts of you against the dark –
just an endless shadow asking
why you chose to break my heart.

© 1996-2002 Richard R. Faschan


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Posted By: singerchck Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 09:37 PM
This Lyric is: #150

I've Found My Own
Words and Music by Laura Berman
Copyright Orange Ray Music, BMI

I've often wondered if every yes, or no, or maybe is why I'm here
And why the twists and the turns have left me limber with an open mind
And maybe mistakes may have only been choices that felt right then

The spirits move me where I need to go
The Universe shows me my place
I trust in it all but most of all
I trust in me to see...that

I've found my own
I've made my way home
And if I drive myself off my track
I rest assured, I'll steer myself back

I've often seen the pulls left and right
Leave the center all alone
Is there fear when you feel all alone?
Where once there was fear now there's sweet solitude

choices that felt right then

The spirits move me where I need to go
The Universe shows me my place
I trust in it all but most of all
I trust in me to see...that

I've found my own
I've made my way home
And if I drive myself off my track
I rest assured, I'll steer myself back

It's not about knowing, but finding out
What turns our wheels is this burn to find out
I read once
I read once
That success is not a destination but a journey...

I've found my own
I've found my own
I'm home now.

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Posted By: GideonPoe Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 11:18 PM
This Lyric is: #151

You Never Knew About Me
(c) by Joe Burke

A pig can't dig what enough is
The smooth don't groove what the rough is
The strung-out doubt where the stuff is
And you never knew about me

The hot ain't got what the cold was
The shy can't buy what the bold does
The new can't clue what the old was
And you never knew about me

The wet can't get what the dry is
The land can't stand where the sky is
The low don't know what a high is
And you never knew about me

A mink can't drink like the drunks do
Gazelle don't smell like the skunks do
A plant can't chant like the monks do
And you never knew about me

The turn won't learn what the straight is
The fence can't sense where the gate is
The flea don't see what his fate is
And you never knew about me

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Posted By: justawannabe Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/15/02 11:26 PM
This Lyric is: #152

"The Birds and The Bees"
by LeAnne Reaves
(copy 2001)

(Intro)

When I was a small child my natural curiosity
Led my parents to tell about the birds and the bees
Then when my own little ones questions were the same
It became my job to explain
Our children's children's children
Will all ask in their own way
But my fear is that down the line a future child might say

(Chorus)

Mother tell us what were birds?
Father what were bees?
These are only just strange words
To my friends and me
Mother what were birds?
Father what were bees?
Won't you tell us - won't you tell us please?
All about the birds and the bees

(Bridge)

The story goes that they could fly
But how could that be true?
You surely know if it's a lie
That's why we're askin' you
And were they pretty colors
Like you said the earth once was?
Could the birds really sing?
And why did the bees buzz?

(Repeat Chorus)

(Tag)
Why is it such a secret
A secret no one will explain?
And what did Great Granddad mean
When he said you're all too ashamed?

Mother what were birds?
Father what were bees?
Won't you tell us - won't you tell us pretty please
All about the birds and the bees
All about the birds and the bees


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Posted By: freddie Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 12:10 AM
This Lyric is: #153

We Danced The Night Away

Can you recall when we were seventeen
and we were with that really happen'in scene
On Friday night we would begin our rounds
we must have danced in every club in town

We never got tired
We would always stay late
Come Saturday night
We were still feeling great

As we would dance the night
Dance the night away
Seems just about every song was our song that they'd play

Although I'm standing here an old old man
above your simple grave
I can still see us as we danced the night away

We lived our lives the way we used to dance
A winning team with just a touch of romance
I never thought that there might be a day
my dancing partner would be taken away

We never got tired
We would always stay late
Come Saturday night
We were still feeling great
As we would dance the night
Dance the night away

Seems just about every song was our song
that they'd play
Although I'm standing here an old old man
above your simple grave
I can still see us as we danced the night away

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Posted By: mtanner Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 02:24 AM
This Lyric is: #154

BREATHE OUT

Words & Music: Mitchelle Tanner
(c)2002 Brave Imaginations Music
(www.touch4you.com/breatheout.mp3)

The village splits and the ocean fills dry land
From out of the shadows a cat’s eyes blaze to life
Mirror of the one source of the one fire
That lights us all

And there’s a long road
Out beyond the other side of temptation there is
Nothing to believe in when there are no words

CH:
But sometimes you’ve just gotta let it all go
And breathe out, breathe in
And start again
(And love again)

BR:
And the water as it rises
Washes you out to sea
But Atlantis still stands
At least some people believe
And as you tumble in the wreckage
Of your heart’s darkest night
Remember when you surface
Once again you’ll take flight

But the earth shifts and the deserts they sink into the shadows
Of rooms that are hidden and dark
From way back in the season when there was no reason
To believe anything we were taught

Ah but the tribal man he whispers a story we all know
And the bats and the birds in a blaze of wings
Break through the walls
Bringing thunder from the heart of the darkness
Thunder from the heart of the darkness
That we all know, deep in our souls
Deep in our souls
Deep in our souls
Yeah, oh yeah

(CH, V1, CH, End)


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Mitchelle Tanner
www.mitchelletanner.com
Take a listen at: www.mp3.com/mitchelletanner

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Posted By: Mallory McKendry Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 02:31 AM
This Lyric is: #155

ALRIGHT
(c) 2001 mallory mckendry

I'm just a girl with a guitar
And some drive and a dream
I guess I've got a voice
And a soul that wants to sing
But all that really matters
Is shooting for moonbeams
And dancing to the strumming
Of your spiritual strings

Be in spired
Be alive
Walk the wire
Don't just live to die
Wear your heart
Out on your sleeve
And always believe
It's all alright

I go out climbing in the mountains
Dancing in the sea
Swimming soulful fountains
Living my life free
Looking all around the World
To see what I can see
It's so beautiful everywhere I stand
There's nowhere else I'd rather be

Be inspired
Be alive
Walk the wire
Don't just live to die
Wear your heart
Out on your sleeve
And always believe
It's all alright

I've lead a life of great adventure
Great heartache too
I've always sought the answers
And questioned every rule
Yet here I am all fat and happy
And how are you?
Do you love the life you live?
'Cuz that's all you've got to do

So
Be inspired
Be alive
Walk the wire
Don't just live to die
Wear your heart
Out on your sleeve
And always believe
It's all alright

Always believe
It's all alright

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Posted By: JNethery Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 04:52 AM
This Lyric is: #156

Worlds Apart
By: Jonathan Nethery

Verse 1
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You say,
"We come from different worlds."
And I say,
"That's what makes us great."
You say,
"How could it not matter?"
But I say,
"Put some trust in fate."
You say...

Chorus
------
"We're worlds apart."
But that's how it starts
And when we collide
Nothing can be denied - we're worlds apart

Verse 2
-------
Well you say,
"Let's try and take it slow."
And I say,
"Let's start trying tonight."
You say,
"If it happens, it happens." And that's okay
But I say,
"I won't give up the fight."
You say...

(chorus)

Bridge
------
Well opposite's attract
And our polarities
Are definitely different

(chorus - x2)

We're worlds apart
We're worlds apart
We're worlds apart
Nothing can be denied
When we're worlds apart

-End-

Worlds Apart(C)2002 Jonathan Nethery

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Jonathan Nethery
Satellite's Landing

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Posted By: JEREB Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 05:03 AM
This Lyric is: #157

KEEPIN’ ME
Composed by:
Gerald H. Beulah, Jr. & Tejai Beulah
© 2001 SOUL FOOD MUSIC (BMI)


I’d like to grow up, be the best that I could be
Maybe see the world – by air, land or sea

I wanna run barefoot, let my hair grow free
I could, if you would consider
Keepin’ Me

I’d like to come home and show you my Report Card
Graduate, become a scientist, or operate on the heart

Maybe be a great orator with some wisdom to impart
Perhaps you would agree and consider
Keepin’ Me

Keepin’ Me
Might make all the difference in the World
You’d be just fine raisin’ a happy boy or girl

Keepin’ Me
May even turn your dark to light
It’s not about wrong or right

It’s about Me…

I’d like to One Day laugh with my best friend
Cry when I didn’t win
Feel your love through thick and thin
It seems we might as well begin
As far as I can see
If you would decide to be
Keepin’ Me


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Posted By: Guitar Pete Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 05:12 AM
This Lyric is: #158

Bring It Back
words/music "Guitar" Pete Mahan
copy write May, 2000

My baby just left me and she's cruisin' on down the road. Yeah! My baby just left me and she's cruisin' on down the road. She took all my money and then she took my love.

Well, she's a beautiful lady and she really stands out in a crowd. She's a beautiful lady and she really stands out in a crowd. With a metal flake paint job makes a statment that isn't too loud.

Chorus--Come on Baby bring me back my beautiful car. Yeah! Do it right now before you get too far! Come on Baby give me back my car!

Solos...

Chorus--Come on Baby bring me back my beautiful car. Yeah! Do it right now before you get too far! Come on Baby give me back my car!

It's 68 mustang dual quads and more, tuck and roll upholstry with four on the floor. She's my...my beautiful lady. So... Come on baby bring me back my beautiful... Come on honey bring me back my beautiful... Come on baby bring me back my beautiful car.



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Posted By: Toni Brown Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 05:13 AM
This Lyric is: #159

Night
by Toni Brown (c)2002 T.Brown

When night spreads its wings o'er the city
And the dank streets fall quiet and dark
Into your arms I will wander
Bright in love's passionate spark

There dreams will turn into shadows
Unreal in life's fathomless swell
Where love can conquer all demons
Surreal is love's hynotic spell

Chorus: I call your name to the wind
And it howls through concrete canyons
Echoes softly in dark alleys
Lighting my way
A street lamp is flickering
My footsteps are quickening
Need you to draw me near
Silence my fear

Your hand touches me and it's quiet
The clamorous roar has just faded away
In your eyes I see sunlight
You've eased another night into day

The most sinister sights now lack horror
Black fades to a much lighter hue
The city I once thought so dreary
Is brighter because now there's you

(chorus)

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Posted By: Doug/Liszt Laughing Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 05:19 AM
This Lyric is: #160

When Life Begins
(C) Copyright 1999 by D.A. (Doug Allison)
All rights reserved. Copyright registered.

<Verse 1>
Stumbling down
The dirty dusty road of life
Check the map for the hundredth time
To see if my way is right
But the journey’s left it faded
Many pages are torn
To get to where I’m going
I must rely on more

<Chorus>
This is when I find out
If I sink or swim
This is where the road
Meets the rubber
And life begins
Put my faith into action
Listen to the voice inside
And pray to God that little voice
Is a true and faithful guide

<Verse 2>
Chose my path, get on my way
And it’s quite a surprise
The view from here is stunning
A spectacular high
But soon the road is rocky
A constant uphill climb
I must decide if where I’m going
Is really worth my time

<Chorus>

<Bridge>
Can’t go back
I reminisce
But I’ve seen what’s there
Could stay here
But my soul is bare
Must move forward
The only question is where

<Instrumental/Bridge 2>
This is when I find out...
The road meets the rubber..
Put faith into action...
Listen to the voice inside..

<Chorus>


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Posted By: fairytrip Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 05:21 AM
This Lyric is: #161

SCARLET
song by Laya Fisher
c.2001 All Rights Reserved
email:laya@layafisher.com
http://www.layafisher.com


V1:I know a girl with licorice lips
Cinnamon on dimpled cheeks
The most amazing windblown skintone
And wild widow’s peak

She’s forever stopping traffic
Leaving lipstick prints on glass
She is brazen, has no shame
In fact she’s lacking any class.

Chorus: Scarlet is a whore
An apple rotten to the core
A firecracker carrot top
A danger signal flame
A harlot, Scarlet is her name

V2: She’s wicked,she’ll stick her rare meat
hooks
Into your red-blooded man
To paint the town she’ll use her beauty
Any way she can

Chorus

Bridge: A firecracker carrot-top
A danger signal flame
When she goes snap, crackle, pop
She’ll leave a cherry stain
Scarlet is a harlot
if there ever was a whore
To paint the town, open up any door

V3: Scarlet’s skirts are hiked up thigh-high
And as far as I can see
Girl has got a clue but has not
Got much mystery.

Chorus(Outro)




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Posted By: glaserbeam Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 05:38 AM
This Lyric is: #162

SERMON ON THE MOUNT
© 2002 Ken Glaser

(v1)
Here you sit between the speakers, man
Will you please put down your drink
I’m here to present my plan
I wanna know what you think

(prechorus 1)
First we’ll gather the thousands
Then honor the one
Who’ll silence the thunder
As we circle the sun

(chorus 1)
You see, I want to make it all right, friend
But by and large, by all accounts
This is only a rant, sistah
We want your sermon on the mount
Let’s hear your sermon on the mount
Give us your sermon on the mount!

(v2)
This ain’t no intermission, dear
Let’s get one thing straight
I’m gonna put you in charge, here
And set a tentative date

I wanna blow the lid off their scheme, son
They want your sacrifice
All your spirit and passion
There’s no need to think twice

(prechorus 2)
We’ve studied the millions
And you are the one
Now silence the thunder
As we circle the sun

(chorus 2)
You see, I want to make it all right, friend
But by and large, by all accounts
This is only a rant, dad
We want your sermon on the mount
Let’s hear your sermon on the mount
Give us your sermon on the mount!

(v3)
Now get up off your ass, kid
And put down that drink
It’s time for you to deliver
Tell them what you think

(prechorus 3)
We counted the billions
But it takes only one
To silence the thunder
As we circle the sun

(chorus 3)
You see, I want to make it all right, friend
But by and large, by all accounts
This is only a rant, ma
We want your sermon on the mount
Let’s hear your sermon on the mount
Give us your sermon on the mount!



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Posted By: Ruth Rosen Greenwood Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 05:43 AM
This Lyric is: #163

ORDINARY


The gift of an ordinary day
I won’t let this treasure slip away any more
I think of those who died without their loved ones at their side
And try to honor them, in my own way.

The gift of an ordinary day
Can, in an instant, be stolen away
Life was almost endless, so I thought,
But September has taught me
To remember…

The gift of an ordinary day
Each moment my life touches another.
I am a wife and mother who is humbled every minute
By the miracle of family
And the power deep within it.
I think of those at rest
And know
That I
Am blessed by…

The gift of each ordinary day
I don’t say “Goodbye” without “I love you,
My family”
Without saying “I love you”
To my family
I love you…my family.

c 2002 Ruth Rosen Greenwood

This was written for a 9/11 fundraising CD, a ballad that ends in an unresolved cadence (which explains the last few lines...)

With music: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/ruthrosengreenwood_music.htm


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Posted By: Jinx101 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 07:30 AM
This Lyric is: #164

Key Am. Folk

Eighteen and a Day

Chorus:
Well I'm off now Ma, give us a smile,
I'll write in a week, I'll be home in awhile,
Give us a kiss and wish me goodbye,
Don't worry Mother I'm too young to die.

Those were the last words that I heard him say,
Gone from me at Eighteen and a Day.

His Father was fifty when he took me for wife,
I was nearly forty when I gave my son life,
I thought an old spinster is what I would be,
And I cried with joy at fates kindness to me.

Ah what a wee terror, a typical lad,
Dirty and threadbare and proud of his Dad,
Fishing on Sundays, down by the canal,
An old soldier and a young boy, a couple of pals.

Chorus:

Dad told the boy stories of comrades and war,
Nights in the desert, the Africa Corps,
How they turned the fox and pushed from the sea,
Gave a leg for a medal on the sands of Tripoli.

He went to the army, although I weren't willing,
But the old man was proud when he took the queens shilling,
And well I remember the tear in Dad's eye,
As the band and the colours and his son marched on by.

Chorus:

On his eighteenth birthday he was sent to be seen,
On the streets of the North amidst orange and green,
He was there but a day, when a bomb blew apart,
A young man's body, and an old womans heart.

(Optional)
In a strange kind of way, I'm feeling the sorrow,
Of yesterdays mothers, and those of tomorrow,
For the millions of sons, who've marched out to die,
Nothings been changed, and mothers still cry...

Chorus:

@Graham Johnson 1990. All rights reserved.



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Posted By: robert cernik Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 11:41 AM
This Lyric is: #165

One More Day

Surrounded by the darkness
Of life's pain and despair
Feeling ever so hopeless
Your life's going nowhere
Your world fades to black
You no longer care
Your thoughts of tomorrow
Are not clear

You don't have to go there
Give it one more day
Don't let it slip away
All the pain you're feeling
Will fade away
Give it one more day

Feeling so confused now
Felling empty inside
Trying to ride out
The emotional tide
Darkness surrounds
Life's pain is great
The walls are closing in
You can't escape

You don't have to go there
Give it one more day
Don't let it slip away
All the pain you're feeling
Will fade away
Give it one more day

Think twice, before you cross that line
Give it one more day
Cuz you can change your mind

Give it one more day
Don't let it slip away
All the pain you're feeling
Will fade away
Take my hand
Let me show you the way
All I ask is give it one more day
One more day
One more day

Copyright 2000 Robert J. Cernik

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Destiny Enterprises

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Posted By: Librabluuz Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 12:02 PM
This Lyric is: #166

Under

We could be good, you and me
Better than all the rests and inbetweens
Your tired of all the hearthache and heartbreak
You know I won't let you down
But timing is everything,
And lately you've been getting pushed around
<Break>
But you keep saying,"If it were any other time... but now...
If it were, any other time........
<Chorus>
But now I'm getting under, your skin
your walls are falling
and I'm comeing in
Getting under, your skin
Your walls are crumbling
and I'm getting in
<2nd Verse>
There a sweetness in your eyes
A softness in your grace
Your drawn to me, see right through me, as you touch my face..
You say,"I need you, I want you, but the timing just isn't right...
"But your getting closer.. and I just might....
<Break>
<Chorus>
<Last Verse>
"But your getting closer and I just might...
Give you tonight...................
Give you tonight.........................

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Posted By: Jon Belcher Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 03:02 PM
This Lyric is: #167

Lyrics: "SECOND WIND" (© 2000, Jon Belcher, Jamie Dru)

FIRST VERSE [A]:
(I)/
look for you at midnight, the/
past has be-gun to fade, and I/
know-that-I'm-lost without you, now-that-the/
games, have been-played/

SECOND VERSE [A1]:
All-the-times I've known you, your/
Mem-or-y in my mind, if you/
Just-trust-your-heart and call me, then-I-know/
We'll both be-fine/

CHOROUS, 1st X [B]:
Sec-ond-wind/
Now's-the-time, (well)/
You must know by-now/
You can read my mind, (I'm)/

CHOROUS, 2nd X [B]:
Sec-ond-wind/
Now's-the-time, (well)/
You must know by-now/
I can read your mind, (I'm)/

VERSE [A2]:
Look-ing-for you at mid-night, the/
Past-has-be-gun to fade, and I/
Know-I'm-still-lost with-out you, with-all-the/
Games we have played.

© Copyright 2000, Jon Belcher, Jamie Dru,
for Irrational Behavior Productions


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Posted By: tom neilson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 03:20 PM
This Lyric is: #168

GRANDFATHER AND ME

Grandpa played his concertina,
Singing if we go and fight this war
The rich folks just get richer.
That’s what this war is for.

Oh, those Oklahoma farmers,
Picked green corn for their march on Washington.
The working class, opposing the draft,
And corporate use of the gun.

Green corn rebellion
Was sent to Oklahoma jailers.
On the first of July in Boston streets
We were beat up by soldiers and sailors.

Hard times in the city,
Company men coming round,
Mama didn’t come home after work,
Grandpa’s tears were flowing down.

Hard times in the country;
Red scare running wild.
Grandfather left in the middle of the night Carrying a child.

Out to a mountain, Grandfather & me;
Take what you can carry
With a child & your history.

Sacco was a good man. I knew Vanzetti too.
God I never thought when they picked you up, They’d turn the juice on you.

Free speech has no season.
Penalty is up to 20 years.
Union’s another name for treason,
Says the Ministry of Fear.

Out on a mountain, grandfather and me;
Turn every rock and boulder
To feed your family.

Grandpa never lost his humor,
But some days he’d hold his head and cry.
He taught me what life was like to struggle; And sing me to sleep with a lullaby.

Out on a mountain, grandfather and me;
Turn every rock and boulder
To free your family.

Copyright Tom Neilson 1990



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Posted By: Bunny Sings Wolf Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 07:43 PM
This Lyric is: #169

FREEDOM
Copyright 2002 Hillbunny Productions
Words and Music by Bunny Sings Wolf

Freedom frightens faint-hearted ones for they’re afraid to fly
Rather than walk in beauty, they just choose to die.
For freedom chases a rainbow and catches it in a dream
Swallows it whole inside itself, as a river consumes a stream.

Freedom is a star fire shining, so far above the moon,
And lacks nothing in it’s passion, for it’s always full of room
And freedom glows with sunlight and helps the flowers bloom.
Oh won’t you COME along, and LEARN freedom’s song?

Chorus:
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo. Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi

It’s natural ways are foreign to the likes of modern man,
Yet it drifts high with clouds of laughter and loves where ever it can
And tracks across the night snow just to kiss a distant land.
Oh won’t you come along, and SING freedom’s song.

Chorus:
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo. Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi

I fly high without a parachute, I fly high without a plane,
My wings aren’t drenched in alcohol,
I fly high without cocaine,
For I am high on the GIFT of life,
that runs rampant in our veins.

I thrill with the love of brotherhood, and I know this love
Can bring world change.
I’m flyin high, I’m flying free,
since I learned that true freedom LIVES (in me)!


Freedom walks before me, now I follow in her step.
Confinement no longer hides me, I no longer feel inept.
She takes me to her mountain where now I sing out her song
A lullaby of comfort with the sounds to heal all wrong
Oh won’t you sing along, yes sing freedom’s song.

Chorus:
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo. Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi


If only they would listen, if everyone would see,
ALL could live in freedom and learn her melody,
oh how grand this life would be!
Yes the whole world would be free and sing
“Freedom lives – in me!”
Oh won’t you sing along,
and LIVE IN freedom’s song!

Chorus:
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo. Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye, Hoye wa yelo.
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi

Taninyan nawajinyo okihi
Wa o, Wicozani
Oyate! Iya wa oo welo Yanipi kta ca


Footnote: Chorus TRANSLATION:
Respectfully - following is the Lakota translation of chorus – roughly:
Hoye - Send a voice – as in a prayer put into action
Hoye wa yelo - I am sending a voice
Taninyan nawajinyo okihi - Stand up, manifest it, it can be done.
Wa o – I come
Wicozani – Good health
Oyate – Nation! (Not just relatives or extended family, but ALL our relations, the four legged, two legged, plant and root “people”, stars, rocks – all that IS, creation)
Iya wa oo welo yanipi kta ca – that the “people (Oyate)” – may LIVE!

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Posted By: ELGRY Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/16/02 11:33 PM
This Lyric is: #170

BLESSED TO HAVE KNOWN YOU
Edgar Struble & Elizabeth Gray
Copyright 2002

I pray in the morning
Asking God to get me through
Help me find my life without you
It’s slowly dawning
That you’re gone from my tomorrows
God take my emptiness, my sorrows

Chorus: I was blessed to have known you
So much of me was you
And the love that you’ve shown me
Still gets me through

When all had been spoken
And we knew it was your time
The last goodbye you heard was mine
Something inside me
Doesn’t want to let you go
Even though you’d want me to, I know.

Chorus:

Bridge: When the angels come for me
I’ll be with you again
God please still my heart, till then

Chorus:
Chorus:
Still gets me through


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Posted By: Menage98 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 01:19 AM
This Lyric is: #171

My Bride
(c) 2002 Robin Renée

My Bride is restless
She waits for our day
And I twist up the telephone wire
Maybe I’m nervous- She’s self-assured
And she’s quiet, but never retiring
She speaks with all of her voice
Without compromises- She’s full of surprises

My Bride- so beautiful
We sing at the altar
No longer lovers at odds
At the end of the party, revealing ourselves
In the eyes of the state and the gods

And I’ve seen people carry on
Oh so aimlessly
I have seen all that’s good in humanity- Everything we can be
Let it be you and me

My Bride is wearing white
He loves tradition
But doesn’t much care for the rules
He stands beside me so confidently
As he slips past his childhood foolish lies
I see the allure of his veil
And I embrace all of him-
Every embroidered detail

And I’ve seen people carry on
Oh so aimlessly
I have seen all that’s good in humanity- Everything we can be
Let it be you and me

My Bride fixes his stockings
Beneath the gown that he bought and I see for the first time today

Maybe we’ll marry one day
Maybe I’ll marry one day


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Posted By: stonepulse Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 03:46 AM
This Lyric is: #172

I HAVE FAITH
copyright 2001
Mary Beth Stone

Little girl murdered by someone down the road
Twelve-year-old rapist tried as an adult
Folks shootin’ deer cause they stray into the mall
Could be the human race ain’t human after all

Sure get’s me feelin’ like there’s no rhyme or reason
and there’s no point in goin’ on
But I never give up hope, ‘cause in my heart I know
It’s darkest just before dawn

And I have faith…that it’s gonna be all right
I have faith…that we’re gonna see the light
and with God’s grace we’re all gonna fly
Oh…I have faith
I have faith

Easter Sunday comin’ in a couple of days
Little church in Louisville goes up in flames
Synagogue cross town hears the news
Opens up that temple for those Christians to use

A Palestinian downed by a Jewish gun
But his heart is still alive
The man to whom they gave it, he wears a Star of David
Are you starting to see why…

I have faith…that it’s gonna be all right
I have faith…that we’re gonna see the light
and with God’s grace we’re all gonna fly
Oh…I have faith
I have faith

That love is risin’ up and Heaven on Earth is comin’
and we’re gonna be saved

Yeah, I have faith…that it’s gonna be all right
I have faith…that we’re gonna see the light
and with God’s grace we’re all gonna fly
Oh…I have faith
I have faith…that it’s gonna be all right
I have faith…that we’re gonna see the light
and with God’s grace we’re all gonna fly
Oh…I have faith
I have faith



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Posted By: Jonah Howard Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 04:39 AM
This Lyric is: #173

Belle From San Antone

Well she was a beauty like nothing I'd seen
And I've been from Alaska to old New Orleans
She could walk like a princess in an old pair of jeans,
That Belle From San Antone.

She could drink more liquor than anyone in a crowd
She'd joke how it would've made Papa proud
When she cried, she cried softly
When she laughed, she laughed loud
That Belle From San Antone

(chorus)
Her Mama always told her "Stay away from the man
who puts gold in your pockets, but not on your hand"
But she loved the night life more than a wedding band
That Belle From San Antone

Well, she fell in with a drifter who just blew into town
I'd guess she loved him the best she knew how
But he's gone two years now, and she's still around
That Belle From San Antone

Her Mama always told her "Stay away from the man
who puts gold in your pockets, but not on your hand"
But she loved the night life more than a wedding band
That Belle From San Antone

Coryright 2001 by Jonah Howard

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Posted By: oodutayo Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 10:15 AM
This Lyric is: #174


"VIRGINIA"

Verse 1: You are so fine so beatuful
you are mine,to me so meaningful
I love you so, please don't ever
tell me no.
Give me your love which shines
forever, and like a dove girl
you would never,regret the day
you told me you love me so

Chorus : Virgina, you're my hero,
you're my hero
and that's the way you will
always be
Virgina, you're my hero,
You're my hero
don't say no,don't take your
love from me.

Verse 2: Roses are red and violets are
blue, taste sugar instead it's
not as sweet as you,
Virginia in your case you must
know this has to be true
You give me so much
satisfaction, the reason for
the physical attraction
Give me your love and all you
want I will surely do.

Lyrical Bridge : You have lit my life
just like a good wife
who has come to stay
with me both night and
day

Emmanuel Oluwatoyin Odutayo
C 1996

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Posted By: Bill Cooper Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 11:25 AM
This Lyric is: #175


........SHAME ON ME.......

(C) 2002 by W.L. “Bill” Cooper


V-1
Where did she go
that girl I knew.
She wouldn’t lie
and cheat like you.
A stranger stands
in front of me
How could I love
the girl I see.


(Chorus)
Well shame on me
and shame on you
Shame on a love
that can’t be true.
Don’t understand the things you do
SHAME ON ME FOR LOVIN’ YOU


V-2
Seems like it was
just yesterday.
You vowed your love
to me always
False promisees
you made with tears
Turned into lies
and wasted years.


(Chorus)
Well shame on me
and shame on you
Shame on a love
that can’t be true.
Don’t understand the things you do
SHAME ON ME FOR LOVIN’ YOU.


(bridge)
You wear my ring
and use my name.
and all you bring
to me is shame


V-3
I’m at a wall
to tall to climb
and gettin’ taller
all the time.
Just tell me please
which way to go.
Who do you love
or do you know.


(Chorus)
Well shame on me
and shame on you
Shame on a love
that can’t be true.
Don’t understand the things you do
SHAME ON ME FOR LOVIN’ YOU.

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Posted By: Shelly Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 02:23 PM
This Lyric is: #176


MY ANGEL’S WINGS
(c) 2002, Shelly Thompson James

Verse 1
Treasured moments I remember
When Mom would tuck me into bed
And tell a story about the angels
Looking down above our heads
Each night before I’d drift off
To meet them in my dreams
I’d think about Mom’s story
What did it really mean?

Verse 2
I’d study my dear angels
In pictures hanging on my wall
How could they be so strong
That they’d never let me fall
As I grew so did the wonder
And I prayed someday I’d find
An angel with an answer
To the question on my mind

Chorus
Oh what did God use
To make my angels’ wings
Are they feathered like a dove’s
Or made from other things
Like the finest silk and satin
Bound with love and compassion
What did God use
To make my angels’ wings

Verse 3
One night as I laid thinking
About the stories Mom had told
God brought to me a vision
Mom was clothed in white and gold
Yes, He helped me to realize
I didn’t have to search at all
My angel with the answer
Lived just down the hall

Chorus
Mom, what did God use
To make my angel's wings
Are they feathered like a dove’s
Or made from other things
Like the finest silk and satin
Bound with love and compassion
What did God use
To make my angel's wings

Bridge
She said she was not an angel, just a Mom
Caring for her gift received from God
That night as I was drifting off to dream
I heard Mom ask this question of me

Chorus
Oh what did God use
To make my angel's wings
Are they feathered like a dove’s
Or made from other things
Like the finest silk and satin
Bound with love and compassion
What did God use
To make my angel's wings

Tag
What did God use
To make my angel’s wings?

_____________________________________________
Shelly James
belle_fsi@yahoo.com

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Posted By: BombayCharlie Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 04:13 PM
This Lyric is: #177

Her Amazing Love
©2000 by Charlie Ernst

Verse:
Looking back, I was on my knees
Asking her to marry me please
Found a house in a sleepy town
Drove to work in a hand-me-down
Oh she never knew, never had a clue
How much I needed her
The kind of love I was dreaming of
Was her amazing love

Verse:
There were toys all around the place
A few more wrinkles runnin' 'cross her face
Everynight the house was filled with noise
From the laughter of our little boys
Like the years before, only more and more
I wanted her
The kind of love I'd been dreaming of
Was her amazing love

Bridge:
Unselfishly, she made my dreams come true
I couldn't live without her in my life

Verse:
Time flew by, we were old and gray
Our empty house was full of yesterdays
We sat and talked, we reminisced
I held her hand, we softly kissed
It was near the end, I tried to pretend
I wasn't losing her
Oh the kind of love I'd been dreaming of
Was her amazing love

Tag:
Yes I had the love that I was dreaming of
Her amazing love


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Posted By: kquirky1 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 06:05 PM
This Lyric is: #178

Angel in my Soul
Words and Music by:
Daryl R. Kimberly
Copyright 2002

We decided we should be together
Our two separate lives should be as one
It seemed for all the world we’d be forever
Our love beyond compare, second to none

The joining of our lives was something special
So I went looking for that special thing
A gift that would proclaim to her forever
A solid gold and sparkling diamond ring

I saw it on display there in that window
A little shop just off the beaten path
It had to find it’s way to Angel’s finger
A symbol of a love I knew would last

CHO There’s an Angel in my soul
Don’t ask me how or why I know that she will always be my true and guiding light
She’ll always be with me through thick and thin her face I’ll see
As I go through this life one thing I know
There’ll always be an Angel in my soul

So, I worked a little deal out with the owner
I said as far as rings this is my first
I put soma money down and signed some papers
And walked out with that gold ring in my shirt

Later that same evening we ate dinner
I asked that girl if she would be my wife
I placed that golden ring on Angel’s finger
As the tears welled in her eyes she said, “For life”

She said let’s go home and show my family
So proud was she of that small diamond band
So fast it was she never saw it coming
God had touched her with his mighty hand

I reached for her amidst the tangled wreckage
She looked at me and gently touched my face
“I don’t have much time, Babe, Wont you hold me?
Closely Sweetheart, ‘till I leave this place.”

CHO

We shared a world of love in those few moments
And held each other then I heard her say;
“Remember Sweetheart, I will always love you.”
I felt my love, my life just slip away

CHO repeat intro and fade


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Posted By: Glen King Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 06:52 PM
This Lyric is: #179

Dare To Dream

c.2002 Glen King

1st. Verse:

He may not impress you
Inching along,
But, a catepillar, on a leafy spear,
Has got his mind on
Being something better
Than first, it would appear,

Lift:

Inside a softly woven tent
His colors multiply,
And, if you want, you can be
Just like that butterfly:

Chorus:

Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
There is no limit
To the things you can achieve,
Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
The world is at your doorstep,
If you will believe.

2nd. Verse:

You may never see her
Weaving a web
But, a tiny spider, in a maple tree,
Has got her mind on
Capturing a treasure
On which her pride can feed,

Lift:

No matter if it's hot or cold
Her patience wins the prize,
And, if you want, you can find
The same success in life:

Chorus:

Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
There is no limit
To the things you can achieve,
Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
The world is at your doorstep,
If you will believe.

Bridge:

Drops of rain can smooth a rock
The moon can lift the tide,
Whatever you....aspire to
Is right behind your eyes:

Chorus:

Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
There is no limit
To the things you can achieve,
Dare To Dream, dare to wonder
The world is at your doorstep,
If you will believe.

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"The process of learning is often more important than what is being learned"
-----The Kat----

Coming soon. New site, new songs.
Glen King
http://www.hear.cd

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Posted By: Christine Mascott Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/17/02 10:20 PM
This Lyric is: #180

A Million Miles
lyrics by Paul Mascott (The Drop Band, "There's Only Sound", Syberdelix Records)
copyright 2002 Masco Music


A million miles from home
a million days remembered
a couple smiles ago
a tear became befriended

A thousand spots of light
a hundred days beside me
a thousand miles in front
a billion fears behind me

and when I wake to find a friend
in dreams and thoughts and never ending light
I find the end of time
I look behind and smile at you
my friend

it's funny how we try
to live in days remembered
a thousand miles in front
a million miles remembered

I take a little time
to take stock of the journey
a million miles away
you'd think I'd still be learning

and when I wake and it's begun
in time I think I'll never run
tonight I find the light, I find
the end of time and smile at you
my friend

It's been a little while
Since I saw a grey December
a thousand miles in front
a million miles remembered

So take a little time
to taste the warming weather
the ending of the line
can be warm and tender

And when I fall asleep tonigt
in dreams and thoughts and never ending light
I find the end of time
I look behind and smile at you
my friend

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Posted By: foxfire Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/18/02 12:02 AM
This Lyric is: #181

A PLACE IN AMERICA

Lyrics by Michael "Foxfire" Evangelista
from the CD Living in a Dream
by Nowhere Blue


Once was a place in America
small country town name of Free
once was a time,
you could make a dime
being what you want to be


But now, the time has come
this place has gone like the wind
now, the time has come, my friend
to get back to freedom again


Once was a thing in America
green little plant called a tree
once was a day the children would play
and people got apples for free


Now, the time has come
these things have gone like the wind
now, the time has come, my friend
to get back to forests again


Once was a dream in America
of the way that our good life could be
no hunger no war,
who could ask for more
but simple sweet equality


But now the time has come
we can't go on like the wind
now the time has come my friend
to get back to dreaming again
to get back to forests again
to get back to freedom again

© 2001 Nowhere Blue (BMI)

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Posted By: jagster77 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/18/02 12:08 AM
This Lyric is: #182
ON SUNSET

WRITTEN BY: MIKE SIMMONS, JOHN ANTHONY GUY & SHAWNA GUY (Lic. under ASCAP)
COPYRIGHT SIMMONS, GUY AND GUY 2000

VERSE I

WALKING DOWN THE AVENUE/ YOUR HOPES AND DREAMS ARE NOTHING NEW/ FOR MANY MORE HAVE WALKED BEFORE ON SUNSET. / THE CAFES THEY DOT THE STREET/ THE SIDEWALKS HOT, YOU FEEL THE HEAT/ THE COP HE WALKS THE BEAT RIGHT HERE ON SUNSET.

VERSE II

THE WORLD IT SEEMS TO TURN SO FAST/ YOU DREAM OF FAME BUT DO DREAMS LAST/ FOR MANY TEARS ARE SHED EACH DAY ON SUNSET./ LIMOSINES CRUISE UP THE STREET/ YOU TRY TO GUESS WHO'S IN THE SEAT/BUT STILL YOU FEEL THE HEAT ALONG ON SUNSET.

BRIDGE

SEE THE GIRL WITH THE WILD HAIR/ TALKING TO SOMEONE WHO'S NOT THERE/ SHE DOESN'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE WALKED ON BY./ OPULANCE IS EVERYWHERE/ AS THE HOMELESS SIT AND STARE/ WONDERING IF THE WORLD AROUND WILL EVER CARE.

LEAD GUITAR (ACCOUSTIC)

VERSE III

YOU'LL FIND THE WORLD RIGHT HERE/ WHAT DO YOU WANT EVERYTHINGS HERE/
THE LOVE AND HATE YOU'LL FIND EACH DAY ON SUNSET./ RICH AND POOR AGREE/JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES THERE'S MUCH TO SEE/ BE WHAT YOU WANT TO BE SITTING ON SUNSET.

ENDING BRIDGE

COOL OF NIGHT/AND HEAT OF DAY/ FANCY CARS, PEOPLE AT PLAY/ LIFE IS GOOD/AS SOMEONE'S CRYING OUT/ MANY THINGS HAVE COME AND GONE/ BUT JUST REMEMBER WHAT'S GOING ON/DON'T LOOSE YOUR DREAMS, THERE VERY HARD TO FIND.

LEAD BREAK

AT NIGHT THE STRIP IT COME'S ALIVE/ SOME PEOPLE TAKE IT ALL IN STRIDE/ SOME PEOPLE TRY TO HIDE AT NIGHT ON SUNSET/ REMEMBER ONLY JUST ONE THING/ GLITTERING GOLD AND ALL IT BRINGS/ BUT STARS WILL ALWAY'S SHINE ABOVE ON SUNSET.


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Posted By: daddy lee Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/18/02 12:53 AM
This Lyric is: #183

" Little Feet, Little Minds"
[a foster parents story]

They come into our lives, one small child at
a time. Always scared and lonely and wondering what they'll find.
Their minds so full of questions and their
eyes filled with fear. Always listening closely just to see what they can hear.


Once someone's little angel, sent from heaven up above. Now battered, bruised, and
broken only wanting love. You offer them affection just to see them pull away, But
you keep on trying, every single day.

Little feet, little minds. So many children
so little time.


A child is like a garden-without love it
won't grow. But give it to them daily and
soon it starts to show. You see a little sparkle in eyes once filled with fear, you
hear a little laugh that sounds oh-so-dear.

Once somone's little angel, now ours for
awhile, That gives us hugs and kisses, and
a big warm smile. Now all those deep dark
secrets they've kept locked up inside, they
start to tell them to you a little at a time. As you sit and listen to the words they say. You ask yourself,"How come life
turns out this way."

Little feet, little minds. So many children
so little time.

Now the days are passing by and all their
fears are too. You hope you've made a
difference with all you say and do. And you
know you have when you hear I love you. It
makes it all worth while when bedtime comes
at night, and you get those hugs and kisses
when you turn out the lights.

Now as the love inside grows more and more
each day. The call you knew was coming finally comes your way. They're coming to get the angel that someone threw away. Now
your heart is breaking because you know that
they can't stay.

Little feet, little minds. So many children
so little time.

As you pack the memories that all of you have made. You gently wipe the tears streaming down your face. And as you place each item a reflection you will see, of the
child as they are today and how they used to be.

Once again the house falls silent of tiny
little feet. Gently softly running playing
hide and seek. Even though you're leaving
in our hearts you'll always stay, In a special place safely locked away.
GOD bless all little angel's from heaven up
above. May they all find family's, filled with happiness and love.

Little feet, little minds. So many children
so little time.


Writen by E. L. Davis
daddy lee. a foster parent
7/31/2002
copyright 2002

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Posted By: Lurch Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/18/02 02:37 PM
This Lyric is: #184

Make Me Whole
© 2002 Warren J. Wagner
All Rights Reserved


Vs 1:
Unable to move forward
Unwilling to look back
I'm locked within the prison
From the mirror staring back
An incompleted entity
An unfinished soul
Longing always longing
Find the pieces
Make me whole

Vs 2:
That our lives were so connected
I never realized
But now that yours is gone
Mine's been compromised
The lessons that I'm learning
Exact a growing toll
And leave me always longing
Find the pieces
Make me whole

Bridge:
And so I reach out for you
But my arms are far too short
I call to you each evening
Though your name impales my heart

Half verse
The answers you took with you
To the questions I must bring
So now deep into this song
I reach for hope to sing

Vs 3:
I sing this song with anger
I sing this song in tears
And hope that in its singing
This song allays my fears
For I must go on living
Though I've heard death bells toll.
And end this endless longing
Find my pieces
Make me whole


Warren J. Wagner

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Posted By: Ken Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/18/02 08:59 PM
This Lyric is: #185

Love Hopes and Dreams
(c)2001 Kenneth Franz

1)I promised you a castle
Thought we would have had it by now
I feel just like Jack with a handful of beans
Instead of holding on to that cow
I know I've messed a few things up
Most of our dreams have not come true
You haven't got what you deserve
When I said I'd take care of you

Ch)We keep trying to make ends meet
but sometimes we barely get by
People say you can live on love hopes and dreams
But Lord how we try.
We keep looking for that rainbow's end
to find the gold inside it's pot.
Sometimes you live on love hopes and dreams
when that's all you've got.

2)Robbing Peter to pay Paul
to buy us a little more time.
It seems that once the bills are paid
we're barely left with one thin dime.
But those bills keep piling up
My check is gone before it hits my hand
We've cut back to bare necessities
and I still can't understand

Chorus:
Br) You're love keeps me going
to push on another day
I still hope to get us through this
and dream of taking you away
Chorus:


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Posted By: Becky Wright Songs Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 12:31 AM
This Lyric is: #187

"Cherish This Moment"

Written by Becky Wright, Copyright 2001
Published by CCMA Songs/ASCAP

Vs.1:
Go to sleep, my darling baby, rockin on my knee; No need to rush or hurry, take all the time you need;
There's so many responsibilities bidding for my time; But none so urgent, none so precious... as holding you, my child.

Refrain:
Cherish this moment, treasure this day;
Don't be so eager for tomorrow to wish the time away;
'Cause the little ones won't be little for long, they'll be grown and gone away;
So cherish this moment, treasure this day.

Vs. 2:
Daddy, won't you play with me, take a walk or sing me a song;
Hold me close and tell me a story, it won't take very long.
I don't mean to be any trouble, and I know you're busy, too;
But all the love you show to me will be multiplied to you.

(REFRAIN)

Bridge:
One day ten tiny fingers and ten little toes will turn to twenty short years........
May our memories be filled with joy, not regret and bitter tears.

(Refrain)

Ending:
Momma, won't you stay, Daddy, won't you play with me?
Momma, won't you play, Daddy, won't you stay with me? ..... and cherish... this moment.

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Posted By: thedestined Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 02:16 AM
This Lyric is: #188

IF YOU DON'T MIND DRIVING
copyright 2002 Rhonda Fletcher

Is he gone again
left you there alone
Do you feel the rage once more
are you even surprised he's gone
Is it really over this time
or will you stay on the ride
Everything must be replaced
do you have the ability inside
I need to tell you a truth
one you've always refused to hear
You don't have to chase what's yours
and love's not made out of pain...or fear

Pick yourself up
don't stop striving
Salvation does exist
if you don't mind driving

I know the edge is close
and that you're slipping fast
Reach for one who'll catch you
someone whose love will last
How much more can be given
if no heart or soul is left
As once again you're hurting
and waiting only for death
Warning others of the road
you lie down there instead
Waiting for the impact
as he crashes
...leaving you for dead

Pick yourself up
don't stop striving
Salvation does exist
if you don't mind driving

You lost your place again
one you decided to deserve
you mean so little to him
that he threw another curve
It hurts doesn't it
dropped and stepped on again
Losing so much you can't pray
to find out what was your sin
It's been full speed ahead
toward the wrong horizon
Just let go and turn around
head to where the sun is rising

Pick yourself up
don't stop striving
Salvation does exist
if you don't mind driving


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Posted By: thebeers Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 03:25 AM
This Lyric is: #189

Love Can Do Anything

Love has soft hands and a tender voice
Love can make you laugh, make the world rejoice
Love can set your soul on fire, fill your heart with desire
Love can make you go insane, love can make you burn with pain
Love can set the world free, love can bring misery
Love can make you feel alive, love can make you want to die
Love can take or love can bring
Love can soothe, love can sting

Chorus: Love can do anything
Love can do anything
Love can do what you want it to
Love can come to you

repeat chorus

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Posted By: No-fly zone Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 10:18 AM
This Lyric is: #190

Welcome...me
(c) Emiliano Santoro 2001

Felt like a son
When the unscarred sun took me on his knee
He told of wind-storms and ships that fall from the sky
“Time has been lost” he said “far from and high”
keep my eyes on sun…
screamin’ whacked

Welcome……me

I gave up the run as the butterfly gave up his wings
Followed the one-way sign as ships fall from the sky
Please kill my choices, please kill my love-knots, kill me and all
Wreck down my life and in the sun we’ll be as one

Welcome…… me

Shut in a box
White dirty walls set the stage
Lookin’ for weak size where ships can’t fall from the sky
Aimless means all we said got no pretence
Mellow pillow cracks………
don’t you think?

Welcome……me



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Posted By: Scoot Pittman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 01:42 PM
This Lyric is: #191

THOUGHTS

ANSWER ME IN WAYS
OF WHAT YOUR HEART PORTRAYS
DRAW FOR ME YOUR MIND
ALONE I CANNOT FIND

ISOLATION IS MY TERROR
ALIVE IN DEATH FOREVER
CHEATED IN MY DREAMS
AWAKE FOR YOU IT SEEMS

DO YOU KNOW MY FEARS
TO ASK OF ME…TO ASK OF ME
NO TEARS
I AM MY OWN CREATION

THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOR

RECEIVE MY ONLY PASSION
WITH OPEN SOUL COMPASSION
FOREVER IN TWO DAYS
YOU’VE ANSWERED ME IN WAYS

DO YOU KNOW MY FEARS
TO ASK OF ME…TO ASK OF ME
NO TEARS
I AM MY OWN CREATION

THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIOR


©1996 BMI
Katherine Pittman (lyrics)
George “Scoot” Pittman (music)
CHARLOTTE, NC 28277
704.591.7168


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Posted By: AllisonTartalia Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 02:11 PM
This Lyric is: #192

Hi there,

Just saying hello and submitting a lyric entry. [Linked Image]


Dorothy’s Reply
(words and music by Allison Tartalia)

dorothy strikes with her pen again
she was a nerdy girl and words were her weapon of choice
so she picked up her guitar and gave it a voice
but you know i’m not the kind to hold a grudge
i sing these things off my chest straight away
and i always keep an appetite for the s**t i dish out
so grab a fork--
touché

you suggest i surrender
well i never knew that there was a war
i came i saw i clicked my ruby red heels
and i was out the door
you run a pretty impressive city
i know it can’t be easy being green
but you’ve got a bunch of disgruntled munchkins
i’m just the loudest one that you’ve seen

refrain:
cause the wicked witch of the west
she already put me to the test
said, “girl, you better change out of the blue gingham dress
cause from here on out it’s gonna be a mess”
and those damn winged monkeys really freaked us out
they were so furious and funky
and the trees laughed and threw things this way and that
said, “if you ain’t got the chops, dot, you’d better turn back”
the trees laughed and threw things this way and that
said, “if you ain’t got the chops, dot, you’d better turn back”

so you would like to believe that
dorothy told her story for revenge
well i hate to break it to you babe
no one gives a f**k about the wizard in the end
you want some sympathy
it’s hard to sort out all the wheat from the chaff
well if you don’t like wheat may i kindly suggest
don’t build your house in kansas

refrain

well in the end it’s just a crazy dream
we’re both spinning on the same damn wheels
of that hollywood machine
in the end it’s just a crazy dream
and no one know where the house is gonna land
in the end it’s just a crazy dream
and you were there and you were there
and you were there and you were there…


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Posted By: timlaborie Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 03:09 PM
This Lyric is: #193

Two Moons
by Tim LaBorie
© 2001

We touched down on a foreign world, just to dig the mines.
I put my hands into the earth, left my heart behind.
Annie was a kitchen maid, the only comfort there.
She's doing well, that's what I hear.

Leaving home for a better life, we crossed the Milky Way.
Sleeping in the freezing hull, get drunk every day.
Playing cards on credit, 'till our sun was far away.
When we came into phase I owed them two year's pay.

Chorus 1:
Love is a stone that you carry to your grave.
Sometimes like a good luck charm, sometimes a weight.
If only Annie would come back here again
I would do anything, we could ship out for the moon.

Going to the mine each day, the first moon is on the rise.
Coming home in the dust at night, the second is in the sky.
Someone said there is a time they cross about mid-day
Well I don't know, I never see the light of day.

Chorus 2
Two moons are always in her eyes;
One that glows in the morning mist, one that sets at night.
If only Annie could come back here again
I would do anything, we could ship out for the moon.

Sometime back in my seventh year I finally got ahead.
Got myself a private room, a kitchen and a bed.
A letter from a lawyer came, it said that I was dead.
Well I don't know, that's what it said.

Chorus 1

Annie shipped out years ago I was working in the mine.
Nothing left to hold her, nothing left behind.
I look out on a crowded sky with nothing left to lose,
She's doing well, I just can't move.

Chorus 2
Chorus 1

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Posted By: piasecki Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 04:24 PM
This Lyric is: #194

HELLO MOM IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU
(c) (p) Joe Piasecki 2002 BMI

I was nervous as I walked up to the door
my heart was beating as hard as a rock
I had never met you before
so I took a deep breath and I knocked.
You looked at me and said, “Hello
how can I help you today”.
It must have sounded funny, yes I know
but this is what I had to say.

(chorus)
Hello Mom it’s nice to meet you.
You look just like me.
It took a long time to find you
through that agency.
Hello Mom it’s nice to meet you.
What is my history.
Who am I and where do I come from
can we trace my family tree?

I stood there and waited for you to react.
I was looking right into your eyes.
You let out a gasp,took a couple steps back and then you began to cry.
You said, “Come on in and pull up a chair. I’ve thought about you everyday
and every night I would say a prayer
that someday you would find me and say”.

repeat chorus

(bridge)(spoken)
She told me that my father had been killed in the war while she was still
expecting. She was 17 and those were different times. She didn’t want me to
be neglected. I told her my story of how I grew up and showed her pictures
of my family. She said she knew she had done the right thing. She always wanted
the best for me. She always wanted the best for me.

It was getting late, time for me to go
all of our talking was through.
She said,“ There’s one thing I want you to know.
I have always loved you”.
I call her up every now and then
and we get together sometimes.
I’m grateful that we can still be friends and leave all that past behind.

repeat chorus

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Posted By: pattibest5 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 07:00 PM
This Lyric is: #195

LETTING YOU GO
by Patti Best
Copyright 2002 Patricia M Best

1)I memorized all your moves
and every look of your face
I still see you clearly now
as I think of your embrace
We shared something so special
We had years filled with fun
Till the day you decided
I was not the lucky one

2)It was so damned hard
for me to realize
I hungered for your love
at any kind of price
You tried to tell me so many times
in so many ways
didn't want to see it but it was
right there on your face

Chorus)
LETTING YOU GO
I should've done it so long ago
I was young and naive and just didn't know
I hope you know
I never wanted to smother you
You were always the nicest soul to talk to
I'm LETTING YOU GO

Bridge)
You were in my dream last night
a bright blue bird in flight
and I heard you sing
Then you were a swift red kite
anticipating flight
so I cut the string

3) I hope that life shines brightly
wherever you are
Think of me sometime when you
gaze up at a star
I can't forget the fine love affair
that we once had
I remember only the best
I've let go all the bad

Chorus)
LETTING YOU GO
But I learned a lot from you
Things that to this day I still hold true
I love you so
By letting go we'll both be free
Now I know how love's supposed to be
I'm LETTING YOU GO



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Posted By: spufi Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 07:46 PM
This Lyric is: #196

The Speed of Love Copyright(2002)S. Terakami


I can feel it moving like a warm summer wind coming closer with every new day

Its like the rush I get while on a roller coaster falling fast and takes me away

I tried to learn what its all about, tried to figure it out

Sighed whenever I had some doubt while racing at the real speed of love

(II)
It was lost in the ruins of my poor broken heart left me cold and drowning in tears

All alone, emotions like a teeter totter in a world where nobody cares

I cried when I thought that I would give up, cried cause I wasn’t so tough

Sighed when I shouted I had enough while crawling at the cruel speed of love

(Bridge)
Then your voice took away my fear

All I did was follow your lead

And the message is crystal clear

Its you, you’re all that I need

(III)
Now I see it coming even closer now in your smile, the look in your eyes

I feel a rush I get while on a roller coaster it’s a thrill I just can’t disguise

I ride on the beams of the moon above, ride on the wings of a dove

Sighed when I found out what it’s all about, I’m traveling at the true speed of love



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Posted By: jimsharp Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 07:56 PM
This Lyric is: #197

'Begin Again"
By Jim Sharp C 2002

You held me in the water waist deep, and blessed me as did the priest.
As you uttered my name away slipped your shame and your life did begin again.

From Burgettstown I make my way, where your hunger is stronger than shame.The bad blood of my kin in my veins ran in and I'm living to begin again.

In my dreams tonite, these bars melt away. Like a prisoner sheds his chains, the weight remains.

I found solace amoung paupers and thieves.Paid no notion to the good or bad seeds. 'Neath the foot of the Elms I'd hear the church bells, thinking, there's time to begin again.

I built these walls stone by stone. But comes a time you must let them go. If inside you look in and wash away my sins, then we can begin again.

In my dreams tonite, these bars melt away.
Like a prisoner sheds his chains, the weight remains.

In that river you uttered my name, now the angels have done the same. You can lay rest your pain in the granite in my name and you to can begin again.

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Posted By: Tracy Marie Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 08:15 PM
This Lyric is: #198

Beautiful Again
Written by Tracy Marie ©2002

When the sun comes out and the spring rain falls, the birds return with their mellow calls. The earth is beautiful, beautiful again.

And when you hold me tight and you love me dear then a radiant light will be shining here, and I'll be beautiful, beautiful again

For without you, my world is dark with no spring rain, and without you there is no light, no seasons change

When the sun comes out and the spring rain falls, the birds return with their mellow calls. The earth is beautiful, beautiful again.

And when you hold me tight and you love me dear then a radiant light will be shining here, and I'll be beautiful, beautiful again
I'll be beautiful, beautiful again




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Posted By: mayman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 08:20 PM
This Lyric is: #199

John A. Read (c) 1999

(Written about N.Ireland; Israel & religious troubles everywhere.)

TWO THOUSAND YEARS

Burning buildings, screaming women,
Men in masks parade their might.
Frightened children beg for mercy
But there’s none to spare tonight.

Gutters turning moonlit red,
Someones son is lying dead.
Crowds alight with flashing blue,
The sun wont rise again for you.

Lying dead in bloody glory
Just another tabloid story
What’s the point of sacrifice,
When nobody even cares.

One more life gone too early,
One more lesson never learned.
One more headline in the papers,
One more prayer your god has spurned.

And when your soul was laid to rest,
Did they fire seven rifles in the air,
Or did they fire into seven more sons,
And lower them down to your madmans lair.

Years of bullets and years of bombs,
And how many years of sadness.
So many lies and so much hate,
And so many years of madness.

What’s been changed and who has gained,
Is anything any clearer.
Does anyone know who’s winning yet,
Is peace getting any nearer.

So this is what your religion is for
A cause where you kill for your lord
His death was just like all of yours
Wasted, in vain and ignored.

It’s only war, it’s happened before,
It'll probably happen again.
Two thousand years to get it right,
And all of them in vain.


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Posted By: adam Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 08:57 PM
This Lyric is: #200

Difference

Words and Music by: Adam Vicelich (c)2002

What a difference a day makes
Lifts you up so high or bends you till your back breaks
Sometimes you're right sometimes your wrong
Whatever the turn you keep moving along your way
Just trying to get through the day

What a difference a year can make
Can push you so far forward or leave you trapped in the same place
Follow the fads the signs of the time
Keeping up with the Jones' or are you falling behind some way
Did you let yourself slip one day?

Where does the time go?
They it flies when you're having fun
But is it the same for everyone?

What a difference a decade will make
It can open you up so wide or keep you boxed in the same space
What was so far ahead is now far behind
Leaves you to wonder what you did with time you had
Did you waste the time you had?

Where does the time go?
They it flies when you're having fun
But is it the same for everyone?

What a difference a life makes
Touches so many people or fades quietly away
Building a fortune 15 minutes of fame
When all's said and done there's only yourself to blame for regrets
Do you have any regrets?

Where does the time go?
They it flies when you're having fun
But is it the same for everyone?


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Posted By: gregconley Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 09:26 PM
This Lyric is: #201

NOVEL MAN
© 2002 by Greg Conley KEY: D

Old Dewey played his cards right, while setting up his shelves
For lovers need direction, a catalog of help
Some girls are prone to nights alone curled up with a good book
So come on down and take yourself a look

I'm a novel man, as you can see, come check me out at the library
Long overdue for love and hugs,
...at the library of love

With Romeo and Juliet the Bard was trying to show
His literary prowess, 'bout something we all know
That supermarket checkout trash won't get you what you need
An alternate selection's here to read

I'm a novel man, as you can see, come check me out at the library
Long overdue for love and hugs,
...at the library of love

She say's she can read me like a book, I don't know if that's true, take a look
And flip through this dog-earred heart, it's here to see
It reads like a romance paperback, So filled with the love that others lack
You will be amazed at love's sheer poetry

Some girls are prone to nights alone curled up with a good book
So come on down and take yourself a look

I'm a novel man, as you can see, come check me out at the library
Long overdue for love and hugs,
...at the library of love

Thanks,
Greg

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Posted By: Corky Bernard (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/19/02 09:40 PM
This Lyric is: #202

18 Years © 2001 Lyrics by C. Bernard
Music by Allan Truesdell

He's not left these cold, block walls
since nineteen, eighty-three.
Doing the time for another's crime
and mistaken identity.
Forensic science has improved.
DNA tests cleared his name.
Now they know, they're letting him go..
at twelve o'clock today.

Eighteen years.....eighteen years

(CHORUS)
Eighteen years without the sunshine.
Eighteen years without the rain.
Eighteen years of bitter tears
.....and his silent cries of pain.....

Warden watches from his window
as the man shuffles through the gate.
He could sue the state for millions
and most likely win his case.
But the warden has statistics;
to shield him from his fears.
A soulless husk, climbs on the bus,
........he'll be dead within the year.

Eighteen years...eighteen years

(BRIDGE)
They can't give him back his children.
They can't resurrect his wife.
They can't return the missing years
....ripped from the pages of his life.

Eighteen years.....eighteen years

They can't give him back his freedom,
'cause freedom is a state of mind.
He crossed that state line.....years ago
....when he started serving time.

(CHORUS)
Eighteen years without the sunshine.
Eighteen years without the rain.
Eighteen long years of bitter tears
......and his silent cries of pain.

......and his silent cries of pain..


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Posted By: frimpy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/20/02 01:51 PM
This Lyric is: #203

Take A Minute
(c) 2002 Russ Bonagura - Keith Mack

In a world that’s so uncertain
As the sun burns through the darkness
May each new day’s light stay focused on what’s real
We take for granted those we love will be around
The tallest buildings fall and crumble crashing to the ground

While our lives become entangled
In a daily routine grind
It’s no wonder days on end just slip on by
Then another new years eve has come and gone
We forget the resolutions that we promised to ourselves

It’s so important to take a minute
Even if it feels you don’t have one left to give
Don’t ask questions, take a minute
To show the ones we love that it’s them we’re thinking of
They deserve more than a minute

We should really think about this before waking late one night
Our hearts are pounding, we’re much older
And our lives have passed on by
If we wasted all our time inside a selfish world of one
We may find that we’re alone feeling sorry for ourselves

It’s so important to take a minute
Even if it feels you don’t have one left to give
Don’t ask questions, take a minute
To show the ones we love that it’s them we’re thinking of
Cause they deserve more than a minute


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Posted By: Ghost Wolf Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/20/02 05:38 PM
This Lyric is: #204

This Dream I Dream
Copyright 1999 Carl Towns

Driving down this lonely road
looking for someone to hold
waiting for the one that waits for me
praying to the Lord above
that he'll send me that sweet love
the love I'm dreamin' of
in this dream I dream

Here I am
Where are you
Are you looking for me
the way I look for you
Do the stars ever get in your eyes
hide the real world from your view
Will this dream I dream ever come true.

I have been in love before
always needing something more
never knowing what the end would be
but when we meet girl I will know
the way that our love story goes
'cause I've been reading it
in this dream I dream.

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Posted By: Katrina Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/20/02 06:41 PM
This Lyric is: #205

Wanna Be

written by Katrina Bishop
copyright 2001 Katrina Bishop

I've been told I'll make a good wife someday.
Whatever for, if all he's gonna do is sail away?
It's not that I'd be lonely and it's not that I'd be bored,
It's not that I'd be jealous of the women he'd adore;
It's just a simple matter of envious desire,
I was born with a roving eye.

I wanna be one o' the boys, I want to sail upon the sea,
I want a lover in every port and one to wait for me, yeah, one to wait for me.
Gimme a jigger and I will toast to those upon the shore,
And I'll endeavour to never be one o' them who wait for more, them who wait for more, hey, hey.

The widow's walk is not for me.
I found a better way to move from 'A' to 'B'.
It's not that I'm ignoring all the danger and the toil,
It's not that I'm ungrateful, but my blood begins to boil!
It's more along the lines of giving up the ghost
Of a life somebody else devised.

I wanna be one o' the boys, I want to sail upon the sea,
I want a lover in every port and one to wait for me, yeah, one to wait for me.
Gimme a jigger and I will toast to those upon the shore,
And I'll endeavour to never be one o' them who wait for more, them who wait for more, hey, hey.

SOLO...

It's not that I'd be lonely and it's not that I'd be bored,
It's not that I'd be jealous of the women he'd adore.
It's just a simple matter of envious desire,
I would like a bigger piece of the pie!

I wanna be one o' the boys, I want to sail upon the sea,
I want a lover in every port and one to wait for me, yeah, one to wait for me.
Gimme a jigger and I will toast to those upon the shore,
And I'll endeavour to never be one o' them who wait for more, them who wait for more,

(Repeat chorus as fast as possible, end on...)

... Hey, Hey!

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Posted By: bpaige Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/20/02 09:07 PM
This Lyric is: #206

"Life's a Routine" by Bill Paige

The sun is supposed to come up
The rain is falling down
It seems to be the same
Everyday in this town
People always moving around
With their faces showing a frown

Chorus:
Life's a routine
We all get caught in a rut
Just focusing straight ahead
Ignoring the knot in our gut

Traffic always forms
At the same time of day
Is this the only route
Is this the best way
Follow the leader
Through the lethal cloud of gray

Chorus:
Life's a routine
We all get caught in a rut
Just focusing straight ahead
Ignoring the knot in our gut

Enter a line over here
For a burger and fry
I never get what I want
No matter how I try
I don't want to complain
I just want to comply

Chorus:
Life's a routine
We all get caught in a rut
Just focusing straiht ahead
Ignoring the knot in our gut

Back on the road
At the end of daylight
As is the same everyday
So is the route at night
It will be the same tomorrow
Much to everyones' delight

Chorus:
Life's a routine
We all get caught in a rut
Just focusing straight ahead
Ignoring the knot in our gut


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Posted By: devoncopley Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/20/02 11:01 PM
This Lyric is: #207

THE WRECK OF YOU AND ME
By Devon Copley

A desert island on the sea
No interruption of my reverie
And you see, I sit alone and watch the waves
Can’t admit that I’d be saved
The situation calls for bravery

Never built a signal fire
I watch your airplane circle higher and higher and I
Imagine you up there
Twirling in the air
And looking down from on your lofty perch
You’re calling off the search

The tide, receding, revealing the shattered vessel
It’s a miracle anyone survived
The wreck of you and me

No sudden storm split us in two
No siren’s song enchanted the fearless crew
But we knew, since the day that we set sail
When we worked in shifts at bailing out the inundated engine room
The tiny ship was doomed

The tide, receding, revealing the shattered vessel
It’s a miracle anyone survived
The wreck of you and me

It was a sunny day and a glassy sea
I didn’t see the wave till it came crashing over me
And bore you on a swell
As you waved farewell…

I guess I think about you less
But I still fiddle with the useless wireless
I confess
I’m living for your call
Hoping you’ve forgiven all the tragic voyages I put you through
And I watch for you
But all I see is blue on blue


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Posted By: Giovanni Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/21/02 12:43 AM
This Lyric is: #208

MAKE ME SCREAM

(c) 2000 Giovanni Alfieri


Here is the longing in my heart
Burns me with expectation
Compose the end before I start
Fills me with trepidation

I let you move right through me
Proving you never knew me
Here's where the violence takes control


Chorus:

For I am looking for a lover who will make me scream
So I can hide it undercover to uphold the dream
Of a love that's like no other
Melting all that was serene
Make me scream
Here I can love with passion, hate with passion
Make me scream
I will live with passion, die with passion
No chance here of being seen


I see the vision of my life
Fading with this decision
Your presense cuts me like a knife
Each word a new incision

Thoughts turned to give forgiveness
Mind unaware of illness
Here is the point where I withdraw

(chorus)

Here is the point where I get out
Here is the point where I wake up
Here is the point where every doubt comes into view

(chorus)

I will love with passion, hate with passion
Make me scream
I will live with passion, die with passion
What the hell does it all mean


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Posted By: David W. Matheson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/21/02 03:53 AM
This Lyric is: #209

Night Blindness
David W. Matheson (c) 2000

As growing cold and twilight mark
One more day you failed to win,
The broken bench and crowded park
Press the empty space within.
With every weary length you pace
Across your shrinking cage,
You spend the needed strength to face
The bars of helpless rage.
Hunger behind stress
Turns to night blindness.

The hawker with a cure to sell
Parades with well-trained beasts.
As shadows swell, you cannot tell
Who wears, who holds the leash.
They call you to a stronger plan.
Banners wave to feed the chill.
Ethnic cleansing, pride of clan,
Words to wash the blood they spill.
No room for kindness
Seen from night blindness.

Should the prophets' spell be broken,
You find yourself still fenced
By the only question spoken,
"Are you for us or against?"
So you learn to be forgiven
By your mirror when you say
That the only choice you're given
Is which friend to betray.
The old ties bind less
Under night blindness.

You torch the windmills that you win
And clap to their throes of death.
You don't see the dragons watch and grin,
Though they warm you with their breath.
Is it the Yankees or the Soviets?
Is it the Moslems or the Jews?
When your fingers fix like bayonets
It's the easy prey you'll choose.
Fail your like-kind test,
Fall to night blindness.

As the smoke clears above the trench
To let the moonlight filter through,
Flicker across the bed of stench,
Reflecting faces you once knew,
Spent and torn, you await the sun,
Left with no clear path to flee
The thief into whose arms you've run
To dodge the shadow of a tree.
So hard to find rest
Past your night blindness.

To forget the past condemns you
To relive it, so it's well known.
You push these lessons out of view
To fight for every cast-off bone.
We rise to offer prayers and rhyme,
Swear off apathy and hate
"Never again", 'til the next time
There's too little on our plate.
How far behind us
Is this night's blindness?



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Posted By: Ronald Boyt Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/21/02 12:11 PM
This Lyric is: #210

Wednesday
August 21, 2002
Loc Code: 0412

" DIRTY LAUNDRY "
(c) 2002 Ronald Boyte

v 1
It's Saturday morning
We sleep a little late
My Honey and I don't care
Around high noon
I slide out of bed
What's with the clothes piled in our room?

build
My Honey starts giggling
Dirty laundry needs washing

chorus
Baby looks at me and grins
Oops she says she forgot again
Gives me a kiss and wiggles her nose
Off to the Laundromat we go
Carrying stuff - Dirty laundry

v 2
She pours in the powder
And adds a cup of bleach
I'm leaning on back to watch
Her hands hunt coins
She digs kind of deep
Whoa little girl where are you going?

build
My Honey starts giggling
As our laundry starts washing

chorus (mod)
Baby looks at me and grins
Oops she says she gets up again
Gives me a kiss removing some clothes
Love doing laundry don't we know
Sexual stuff's - Dirty laundry

bridge
It's good no one's in here
Not many places to hide
Good loving comes with a little fear
Lots of giggles - Don't even ask why

chorus (mod)
Baby looks at me and grins
Wow she says Let's do that again
Gives me a kiss and wiggles her nose
Doing the laundry nice and slow
Let's do more - Dirty laundry

out
Let's find more - Dirty laundry ---


* End [Linked Image]

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Posted By: David Frey Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/21/02 12:38 PM
This Lyric is: #211

Evil City
(c) 2001 David Frey

The roar’s just a drone, there’s blood on the stone, why do I stay here?
Nowhere to go, nowhere to run, nowhere to hide.
Lost in a crowd, vulgar and loud, and they’re so ugly,
Coming apart, my only thought is that they lied.

Evil city,
Gonna’ scrape your flesh off.
It’s evil city,
That’s killing you.

Concrete and steel, Hell is for real; it’s so inhuman,
Wall out the day, wall out the night, wall out the life.
Straining the beam, stretching the seam, we stay afloat here,
Wasting our youth, the sound of the truth cuts like a knife.

Evil city,
Gonna’ scrape your flesh off.
It’s evil city,
That’s killing you.

Wearing the dress, pressing the flesh, but we don’t mean it,
Selling our minds, selling our souls, selling our pride.
Dazed and confused, broke and abused, seeking our freedom,
Kissing a whore, hoping there’s more still to be tried.

Evil city,
Gonna’ scrape your flesh off.
It’s evil city,
That’s killing you.

There is a way; they pack a day in every bottle,
Blocking out pain, blocking out grief, blocking out cries.
In some other place, without a trace of true remembrance,
We still know the aim, feel the shame of our first lie.

Evil city,
Gonna’ scrape your flesh off.
It’s evil city,
That’s killing you.

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Posted By: Stan Loh Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/21/02 06:55 PM
This Lyric is: #212

This song was inspired when I read about the denudation of tropical forests in Brazil, Indonesia, etc.

LET ME FLY

Let Me Fly
4/4
Copyright Stanley Loh February 27, 1989

Verse 1
Too many people to satisfy,
Growing needs, greed and wine.
Your cattle ranches take my land.
Now we're hungry, now we band!

Verse 2
You owe too much, you can't pay,
So you rob me blind, I have no say.
Your modern world takes more than trees,
It takes my spirit, I ain't free!

CHORUS
Let me fly to the skies, let me fly.
Let me fly to my home where I belong.
Leave my forest all alone, singing songs.
Clean the air that I breathe, Let me be.

Verse 3
Our fight ain't over, but you push on, Killing trees, burning on,
I wish for power to overcome,
And making peace with the troublesome.

Verse 4
The gems you took off from my land,
Ain't worth that much, good as sand.
If in your lifetime you can't breathe,
If in your children's they can't live!

CHORUS
Let them fly to their skies, let them fly.
Let them fly to their homes where they belong.
Leave their forest all alone, singing songs,
Clean the air that they breathe, Let them be!



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Posted By: David Cousino Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/21/02 09:39 PM
This Lyric is: #213

"It Must Have Slipped My Mind"
by David Cousino

Love seemed stronger in those early days
I still recall the tender love we made
And those nights a single rose I laid
Upon your satin pillow case

Time has passed and now I’m wondering
Is that flame of ours still burning?
Deep within my heart I’m yearning
I still need you close to me

Chorus:IT MUST HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND
How you love roses
Although I knew it all the time
IT MUST HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND

I remember all those little things
Those moonlit nights, our front porch swing
The deep desire your golden skin could bring
Sends a shiver through my soul

Now our yesterdays have come and gone
Your sweet lips are still my summer song
I need to love you ‘til the new day dawns
I still need you close to me

Bridge:
If I could make just one small spark
Then fan the flame inside your heart
Our love of old now worn by time
Would start again and you’d be mine
Yes, in my heart the fire still burns
That aching need still stronger yearns
If I could tell you how I feel tonight
Would it be enough to make it turn out right

Chorus: IT MUST HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND
How you love roses
Although I knew it all the time
IT MUST HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND
Tag: Although I knew it all the time
IT MUST HAVE SLIPPED MY MIND


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Posted By: Ria (Elizabeth) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/21/02 11:09 PM
This Lyric is: #214

That Gold Band
© 2001 Elizabeth Marquez BMI

V
You wondered why I turned away
It wasn’t just the touch
You were breaking down a wall
And I wanted it too much
I didn’t say you weren’t the one for me
It would’ve been a lie
I needed you more than I could say
Let me tell you why
C
That gold band around your finger
Told me it was wrong
I wanted you to hold me
In arms gentle yet so strong
I still think about it
To this day I still long
But that gold band around your finger
Told me it was wrong
V
The slightest brush against my skin
Got me so excited
You may have noticed that I flinched
I felt fully ignited
I wanted you to hold me
But you thought I didn’t care
Knowing that you weren’t free
Was just too much for me to bear
C
That gold band around your finger
Told me it was wrong
I wanted you to hold me
In arms that were so strong
I still think about it
To this day I still long
But that gold band around your finger
Told me it was wrong
B
I cared more than you knew
Some day you will see
I turned away for you
And not because of me
C
That gold band around your finger
Told me it was wrong
I wanted you to hold me
In arms that were so strong
I still think about it
To this day I still long
But that gold band around your finger
Told me it was wrong
T
That gold band round your finger told me
It was wrong


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Posted By: innerpeace Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/22/02 02:59 AM
This Lyric is: #215

Mystic Wings
Lyrics & music by Jenny Leigh © 2002

Jolted out of rhythm, filled with pessimism.
Lost a lot of dreams. Broken, so it seems.
Tragic twist of fate. My debut too late.
Trouble after trouble.
Struggle after struggle.

It's a temporary thing--Just as all the seasons change on the canvass of your life; Some gray, some color, dark and light.
It's your drama. Golden karma. Endure. Embrace. Secure your pace.
It's a temporary thing--
soon to pass on mystic wings…

Turn of luck, I fell through…Feel overwhelmingly blue.
Debt, loss, misfortune…Darkness at high noon.
Ever feel this way?
Like night eclipsed the day?
Turn after turn…When will we ever learn?

It's a temporary thing--Just as all the seasons change on the canvass of your life; Some gray, some color, dark and light.
It's your drama. Golden karma. Endure. Embrace. Secure your pace.
It's a temporary thing--
soon to pass on mystic wings…

Who you are doesn't fade: Brilliant star, diamond, jade. Buddha, God, Golden Rod, Shining rose… Your light glows…

It's a temporary thing--Just as all the seasons change on the canvass of your life; Some gray, some color, dark and light.
It's your drama. Golden karma. Endure. Embrace. Secure your pace.
It's a temporary thing--
soon to pass on mystic wings…


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Posted By: ja602 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/22/02 06:11 AM
This Lyric is: #217

Poisoned by Desire

I should have known, there was nothing I could gain
Loving the two of you, has caused so much pain
Can’t escape the sorrow, from playing with fire
Bitten by a viper, poisoned by desire

I never meant, to let this get out of hand
It’s hard to understand, nothing here was planned
How could I let my heart, be bit by another
Injected by two fangs, poisoned by desire

Bridge
Deep within my heart the ghost of my lies wait
In the shadow of the vipers domain
Feeling the heat of another’s fire
There’s venom in my veins, Poisoned by desire

So many tears, I have caused by all of this
Letting go was the best I could do for you
Still haunted by the truth that made me a liar
Venom runs in my veins, poisoned by desire



Craig Allison
Copyright © 2002
All rights reserved


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Posted By: jeff Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/22/02 04:25 PM
This Lyric is: #218

"YOU MAY NEVER HIT A HOMERUN"
(c)2002 Jeff Armstrong

What's in your mind little child
Do you perceive things as I do
Is it organized or wild
Or does it have a diff'rent hue
They've labeled you with autism
But that's a word and nothing more
Lights shine brightly through your prism
With many colors I adore

(chorus)
You may never hit a homerun
Or drive it for a hole-in-one
Design a rocket to the stars
Or even drive a motor car
Still you are perfect in my eyes
So precious like a lullaby
You may never hit a homerun
Doesn't matter....I love you son

So many sounds come from your mouth
I often don't know what they mean
Are they just your thoughts out loud
Or are you trying to talk to me
Today you ate a diff'rent food
Last night you said a brand new word
These bring me joy as nothing could
Now other things just seem absurd

(chorus)
You may never hit a homerun
Or drive it for a hole-in-one
Design a rocket to the stars
Or even drive a motor car
Still you are perfect in my eyes
So precious like a lullaby
You may never hit a homerun
Doesn't matter....I love you son

There are times when I feel helpless
And wonder what it's all about
I'll give it up to God and trust
Now I'm a better man, no doubt
What's in your future, I don't know
The obstacles that you may see
I'm honored son to watch you grow
True champion you will always be

(chorus)
You may never hit a homerun
Or drive it for a hole-in-one
Design a rocket to the stars
Or even drive a motor car
Still you are perfect in my eyes
So precious like a lullaby
You may never hit a homerun
Doesn't matter....I love you son

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Posted By: John Voorpostel Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/22/02 06:19 PM
This Lyric is: #219

belladonna opaline
© 2002 john voorpostel

walking streets of paris, night smells on the breeze
been tiring for days of what the camera sees
met a denizen parisian, he offered so much more
at the end of a dead end place on a short street with three doors
follow the green fairy, she’s got something to please
guaranteed satisfaction looking up from your knees
pointed off somewhere vaguely behind the boulevard st germain
where I finally found it at the end of an alleyway


travelling to a place, that inner space, that infinite scape
whatever you want it’s bright inside your mind
its a wonderful place, that inner space, that infinite scape
a searcher’s paradise it will open your eyes


there was a grey green doorway, outside hung a sign
sugar cube on a perforated spoon all weathered by time
I walked in and saw candles, light a collective binge
oh so self indulgent lovers of the green fairy absinthe
everywhere there was a ritual and a favourite way
for bohemian abandon, there was even nightshade
I poured it in, drop by drop, my fairy turned opaline
in one shot I swallowed to float away in my dream


travelling to a place, that inner space, that infinite scape
whatever you want it’s bright inside your mind
its a wonderful place, that inner space, that infinite scape
a searcher’s paradise it will open your eyes


I got talking to the painters, of many years ago
even spoke into the severed ear of vincent van gogh
a poet interjected ‘bout his misunderstood muse
said its not about the wormwood but the 160 proof booze
even while he cursed the drink, he tightly embraced his absinthe
went off to lie upon his death bed and repent all his sins
he looked into my eyes and said this much I know
the places belladonna takes you, you were never meant to go


travelling to a place, that inner space, that infinite scape
whatever you want it’s bright inside your mind
its a wonderful place, that inner space, that infinite scape
a searcher’s paradise it will open your eyes


walking streets of paris, night smells on the breeze
been walking all day searching to set my mind free
its never been like that first time when I found those three doors
that touch of belladonna makes the fairy dance more
grant me some her potion, absinthe and nightshade
some will tell you its the devil’s drink, but to the green goddess I pray
for belladonna opaline, its my only relief
I strain to hear its whispers on the paris night breeze


travelling to a place, that inner space, that infinite scape
whatever you want it’s bright inside your mind
its a wonderful place, that inner space, that infinite scape
a searcher’s paradise it will open your eyes


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Posted By: Steve Castetter Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/22/02 08:13 PM
This Lyric is: #220

I GOT HOES TOO (Steve Castetter copy2002)

I heard rap was where it's at
and I just had to see
I listened to some rap songs
but they don't make sense to me
Dropped in amongst the F-bombs
were terms that I don't know
Like they never mentioned gardens
when they talked about their hoe

(chorus)
Got a hoe out there right next to the shovel
By the rake hangin in the shed
Got stuff for ants and pots for plants And a big ol' sprinkler head
Got a pitchfork sittin there next to the spreader
With my Scott's two plus two
You can tell Snoop Doggy Dogg
That I have got hoes too

Had to take a listen to get the inside scoop
Never thought I'd hear no words of wisdom
From a guy named Snoop
Comin from the country, I thought everybody'd know
That you can't tend no garden if you ain't got no hoe

(chorus)
Got a hoe out there right next to the shovel
By the rake hangin in the shed
Got stuff for ants and pots for plants
And a big ol' sprinkler head
Got a pitchfork sittin there next to the spreader
With my Scotts two plus two
You can tell Snoop Doggy Dogg
That I have got hoes too

(bridge)
I don't want to sound judgemental
Talk about things I don't know
But I consider myself expert
Especially when it comes right down
to the subject of a hoe

(chorus)
Got a hoe out there right next to the shovel
By the rake hangin in the shed
Got stuff for ants and pots for plants
And a big ol' sprinkler head
Got a pitchfork sittin there next to the spreader
With my Scotts two plus two
You can tell Sean Puffy Combs
That I have got hoes too

(tag)
Puffy want a cracker?


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Posted By: noam Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/23/02 04:55 AM
This Lyric is: #221

Hey guys! Thanks for the opportunity to share these lyrics.

"Ballad of the Burned"
Copyright 2001 Noam Weinstein (ASCAP)

lust is a movie that never begins
just previews and credits
then gone with the wind
the script needs a doctor
the plot needs an arc
and now i'm just sitting alone in the dark

there is nothing to do with a gun

love is a novel that young people buy
but the words always fade
and the characters die
so why can't we skim it
just to see how it ends
what's disappointment and pain
between friends

there is nothing to hang on a string

all of god's children go mad
ha ha ha ha
and mary didn't know what she had
baah baah baah baah

life is a painting that's never complete
some sticks to the canvas
some falls at your feet
and someday we'll leave it to dry in the sun
but it won't be by choice
and we still won't be done

there is nowhere to fly in a room

baah
baah
boom

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Posted By: Mike Dunbar Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/23/02 06:23 AM
This Lyric is: #222

Mama's Dancing (c) 1987 words and music by Mike Dunbar

V.
Mama kept us clothed and fed my brother Jim and me,
By typing forty hours for a big food company,
She used to be a dancer but she had to quit her dream,
To raise her children.

V.
She danced for the soldiers back in 1944,
Sometimes makin' breakfast she danced across the kitchen floor,
But daddy left so mama didn't dance much any more,
She raised her children.

Chorus
If I could dance,
I'd dance the years away,
If I could dance,
I'd dance the tears away,
But I can only sing,
So I'll sing this song for her,
'Cause as long as I keep singing,
Mama's Dancing.

V.
It's been many years now since Mama passed away,
Though I can see her dancing still like it was yesterday,
She looked like Ginger Rogers but she gave it all away,
To raise her children.

Chorus

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Mike Dunbar Music

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Posted By: Teri Foreman-Black Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/23/02 05:48 PM
This Lyric is: #223

Beyond Words
Teri Foreman-Black
C 2002

Verse 1:
For everything you mean to me -- For emotions I can’t voice
For what’s in my heart and in my mind, I simply have no choice……
From words that have been used before
From cards which have been sent
Webster is no help to me
To define this sentiment

Chorus 1:
You are… beyond words
Right from the start
Hear my thoughts
Feel my heart
Hold my hand
Read my mind
How can I tell you
What’s undefined
You are… beyond words

Verse 2:
For every sacred love song that’s lasted through all time
For every poem put to paper and every passionate rhyme
Why am I at a loss for words
When it comes to how I feel
About everything you mean to me
About everything so real

Chorus 2:
You are… beyond words
Right from the start
Now hear my thoughts
And feel my heart
Just hold my hand
And read my mind
How can I tell you
What’s undefined
You are….. beyond words

Bridge:
Oh God, can’t you please give me just one very special word
A creation so unique that it’s never yet been heard
I have to do better than a simple “I love you”…
For this man…… from this heart…. that simply just won’t do

Chorus 3:
He is… beyond words
Right from the start
He heard my thoughts
He held my heart
He touched my hand
He read my mind
This kind of love
Is undefined
He is… beyond words
This love is… Beyond words


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Posted By: Royce Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/24/02 02:04 AM
This Lyric is: #224

Title:Sometimes Late at Night
Lyrics by: Royce D. Wilson
Copyright 2002

I've probably passed her on the street
Sat beside her on a bus
More than once or twice I've dreamed
Dreamed about the two of us

I may have touched her on the sleeve
At a crowded picture show
As I held her door to leave
Something we may never know

And sometimes late at night...
Nights I couldn't sleep
I'd wonder what it would be like
If she were laying there with me

But, she was probably too high on a plane
Couldn't see me on the ground
She probably blew by on a train
That didn't stop in my home town

I may have danced across the floor
Where she held another tight
Cast a glance, but nothing more
I guess the timing wasn't right

And sometimes late at night
As I lay in bed awake
I'd wonder what it would be like
mmmmm the love that we would make

Well, call it destiny or fate
But our eyes will meet one day
And it won't come a bit too late
She'll walk up to me and say
I've probably passed you on the street
Sat beside you on a bus
More than once or twice I've dreamed...
Dreamed about the two of us.....

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Posted By: emilyshore Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/24/02 02:39 AM
This Lyric is: #225

Mindy
Copyright 2000 Emily Shore, emilyshore@hotmail.com

Mindy Jones is 6 foot 2 I am 5 foot 8
Mindy Jones is glaring down at me
Mindy Jones is thin and quick
I am strong but slow
Minday laughs “so that’s who’s covering me?”

Mindy is the leading scorer for the hometown team
Mindy has that rival high school charm
she’ll elbow you discreetly, call your mother a whore
then leave the gym with some boy on her arm

I think the referee is from this town
an elbow to my head but I got the foul
so I guess that sort of thing is allowed
so pardon me if Mindy falls to the ground

coach said I was on her don’t let her win the post
that is how she always gets the ball
I got so nervous I peed 5 times in the locker room
In what is now my personal lucky bathroom stall

I think the referee is from this town
he has this way of laughing while maintaining a frown
and I think I’m hated by this entire town
for pushing Mindy til Mindy falls to the ground

we played on the same team last summer
I even thought we were friends
but tonight we both have a deeper longing
but only one can win
It’s like there’s not enough oxygen

I heard that Mindy stole her neighbor’s car last week
headed south just before our graduation day
they wonder if she’ll lose her fancy scholarship
they wonder why she scarred her hard earned name

every one in homeroom is looking in my eyes
to see the satisfaction beneath my surprise
but all I can think Is that I hope she is alright
which makes me believe, oh I want to believe
I want to believe that we all want the peak
but we climb
for the climb


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Posted By: jdruss1 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/24/02 12:05 PM
This Lyric is: #226

It’s Getting Better
©2002JamesRussell


He stood on the porch knocking on the door
As his mind drifted back / Back to the time
When he made her smile / When he was her man
That was before she told him that he had to go

Now she is back on his mind / Hurting him again
The smell of her perfume and her soft touch
Was his until he got caught with another woman
Picking up the kids was always hard to do

(Chorus)
It’s been one year / A lifetime to him
Losing her still hurts but it’s getting better
Now it only hurts when he looks into her eyes

V2
Here it is another Sunday
Time to take the kids back home
One more mile and he’s back again
Back to the hurt of losing her

She’s standing on the porch
Her hair blowing in the wind
The truck in the driveway means he lost again
He hid his tears as he said bye to the kids

(Chorus)
It’s been five years / A lifetime to him
Losing her still hurts but it’s getting better
Now it only hurts when he looks into her eyes

V3
He found a new love to ease the pain
The new love doesn’t last and he’s alone again
The smell of his true love’s perfume and her soft touch
Keeping him company as the years went by

The grandkids made his life happy
Their birthdays brought her back to him
He never crosses the line of their unspoken truce
But he can’t stop from looking into her eyes

(Chorus)
It’s been thirty years / A life time to him
Losing her still hurts but it’s getting better
Now it only hurts when he looks into her eyes

V4
He didn’t show up for the breakfast with the kids
Tears came silently as they learned the truth
They found him on his bed with a picture of her
He must have known that his end was near

Bridge
Across her picture were these words he had wrote

One mistake cost me a lifetime of love
A lonely lifetime except for the kids
Losing her still hurts but it’ll be better
Now I won’t have to look into her eyes

Now I won’t have to look into her eyes


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Posted By: RVT Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/24/02 07:59 PM
This Lyric is: #227

Say you’re coming home
By Richard Tuttell (c.1998)


You were everyone’s favorite couple
Then you started waking the neighborhood
He said she would give him no breathing room
She feared he was up to no good

Chorus:
Call her up and tell her you love her
Make good use of the telephone
Say that you couldn’t live without her
Say you’re coming home

It exploded on Christmas Eve
No way to celebrate a holiday
The families came and they chose up sides
You parted Christmas Day

Chorus:
Call him up and tell him you love him
You know you don’t want to live alone
You don’t care what the neighbors are saying
You just want him home

Bridge:
Well she stood by your side when the whole world was falling around you
And he gave up his freewheeling lifestyle just for you
You’ve got love for each other that should last you much more than a lifetime
Ah, that’s something you’ve both got to know is true

Chorus:
Call her up and tell her you love her
Make good use of the telephone
Say that you couldn’t live without her
Say you’re coming home
And call him up and tell him you love him
You know you don’t want to live alone
You don’t care what the neighbors are saying
You just want him home
You both should be at home
Come on, bring it home

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Posted By: suzyhope Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/24/02 07:59 PM
This Lyric is: #228

Round That Old Radio

Suzy Hope


Pre ( Fade in and fade out)
Come and listen in to the radio station where the mighty hosts of heaven sing
Turn your radio on, turn your radio on

V1
In the corner of the mercantile stood an old round-dialed Zenth
A single green eye brightly glowed when a station was tuned near
For a barefoot boy in overhauls, what a miracle it seemed
Pop bottles changed for candy and sweet music in the air

V2
Saturdays pop wilkins closed down early as the checker players
Moved that big old radio to the front porch of the store
Like clockwork from the hollers folks would bring their chairs and gather
To listen to the opry as it played from shore to shore

Ch 1
Round that old radio,
we came together round that old radio
there were bottles of cold pop
and jugs of homemade wine
we came together round that old radio

Bridge
Toe tapping we'd sit chatting as we listened to the songs
About hobos wandering aimlessly and true love that went wrong
Perched on the edge of circled chairs love stories touched our hearts
(And the)Spine tinglers caused shivers as the dusk turned into dark

V3
On the front porch of our old house nestled deep within the holler
Stands that old round dialed Zenith with a green eye glowing bright
And like clockwork every Saturday friends and family bring their chairs
To listen to the opry as it plays on through the night

Ch 2
Round that old radio,
we come together round that old radio
there are bottles of cold pop
and jugs of homemade wine
we come together round that old radio
we come together round that old radio

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Posted By: Carol Martini Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/25/02 01:48 AM
This Lyric is: #229

JUST WHEN I THOUGHT
By
Carol Martini

Verse#1:
Well my ship filled with water again, I've
patched and I've bailed but it's still coming in
that sinking feeling washes over me
soon I may be drowning in a cold sea of misery, cold sea of misery
Chorus:
Just when I thought things were at their very worse
you came along and lifted the curse
you were the sun when my world had grown dark
you were the light when I neede a spark
Verse#2:
Well my car's in a ditch by the road
stuck without hope and I can't make it go
tears of frustration stain my somber face as
I come to realize I may be trapped in this lonely place, trapped in this lonely place
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Your love lifts me over the black clouds to our own patch of blue sky
where the rain from any storm can't touch us
and oh how my heart flies
Verse#3:
Well my train hit a rock and jumped the track
lying motionless it's like a steel elephant on it's back
overwhelming sadness cripples me, I'm beginning to think it's a permanent disability, permanent disability
Repeat Chorus
Verse#4:
Well my plane's losing altitude again, the
wings are pointing down and the tail's in a spin
abject feqar descends upon my soul, I have no confidence that I'll ever regain control, ever regain control
Repeat Chorus

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Posted By: dwatson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/25/02 02:52 AM
This Lyric is: #230

Song Title: Farming for Uncle Sam
Song writer: David W. Watson
copyright; 1994

Gets up in the morning,
puts on his overalls;
Rooster's crowing bringing in the day.
Plows the feilds from daylight,
Until the morning comes;
Only way he knows to get along.
Dont really matter what he's thinking,
got to get those seeds into the ground.

Twenty years of working,
and it dont make a dent;
Lose it all to the U.S. government.

His wife passed away a few years ago,
Family set out across the land;
He sits and stares at his coffee cups,
you know he does the best he can.
It dont make it any easier,
when he spends his life alone.

Twenty years of working,
and it dont make a dent;
Lose it all to the U.S. government.

I guess the farming man's a dying breed,
But, there's still a world out
there to feed.

Twenty years of working,
and it dont make a dent;
Lose it all to the U.S. government.

Gets up in the morning,
puts on his overalls;
Rooster crowing bring in the day...

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Posted By: Lloyd Litke Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/25/02 05:44 AM
This Lyric is: #231

MAKE A WAVE (MOVE THE OCEAN)

Doesn't take a lot of water
To make the sky so heavy
Rain gotta drop
Little puddles run together
Rush down to the river
They can't stop

You don't need a wild tornado
Little hobo breeze can do it
Leaves start to shake
When the tree's dancing, swaying
Little breeze just blows away, and
That's all it takes

Chorus: To make a wave, move the ocean, make a wave
It's okay, move your body, make a wave
Can't wait for things to happen, let's misbehave
Make a wave, move the ocean, make a wave

Who needs a lot of sunshine
Your smile can get me going
Make me warm
Many hands move tomorrow
Welcome joy, banish sorrow
We were born


©2002/Lloyd Litke
Words and music by Lloyd Litke

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Posted By: Jody Whitesides Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/25/02 07:13 PM
This Lyric is: #232

Five
©2002 Jody Whitesides

One
Is called the loneliest number
But
When I'm there I never feel alone
Then
I hear your voice lilting through the phone
Lies
Hide your feelings cause you say you're fine

(And) It takes Five times of asking
To scratch your surface and get in
(And) It takes Five types of questions
To extract a single answer
There's Five other things to think better instead

Two
Is called the company number
But
When we're there I start feeling alone
Three
Introduces the next love I'll call home
Thus
You ain't smilin' cause you're stuck cryin

(And) It takes Five times of asking
To scratch your surface and get in
(And) It takes Five types of questions
To extract a single answer
There's Five other things to think better instead

Four brings another to the door
Painful 'n' obvious we faultered
It's best to follow our own course
Both of us can seek someone more

(And) It takes Five times of asking
To scratch your surface and get in
(And) It takes Five types of questions
To extract a single answer
There's Five other things to think better instead

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Posted By: bhavintu Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/25/02 08:53 PM
This Lyric is: #233

TITLE: ur always on my mind

Verse 1:
we dont have much time
and the moments we share are few
cuz we both,
have so many things to do

and we may not talk
to each other everyday
but theres,
something i wanna say

CHORUS:
that ur always on my mind
when im lost or left behind
if in life i lose a race
i see ur smiling face
and my victory's incomplete
till uve heard abt my feat
til you scream and shout it loud
that i always make you proud

Verse 2:
sometimes i wish
that time could freeze and stand
so that you and i could walk
hand in hand

sometimes i want
that life be infinite
i would spend each moment with you
day and night

CHORUS:
cuz ur always on my mind
u and i are of a kind
we may hardly meet up much
but we still can keep in touch
you and i are meant to be
ur my life my destiny
ur the reason i succeed
ur everything i need

Verse 3:
we are far apart
and yet it seems like you're so near
i feel exactly as if
u were here

its one of a kind
this passion that we share
no matter where you are
i know u care

CHORUS:
and you're always on my mind
ur my eyes when i am blind
you and me we are a team
ur my goal, my life, my dream
though ur physically away
but our luv still grows each day
and no matter in the end
ur still my dearest friend

- Bhavin Turakhia
Copyright 2001

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Posted By: dstewart Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/25/02 09:08 PM
This Lyric is: #234

song: I Will Comfort You. written by dwayne stewart copyright :2002

close your eyes clear your mind leave the cold and harshness of this world outside
feel my love wrap around you like the soft down of a comforter so warm so secure
i know your tired of the fight this world is not your home just turn to me and you will see that you are not alone

ch: i will comfort you and stand strong for you ill provide a peaceful haven of sweet rest for you. i will be your friend when friends are gone ill be the light that shines when nights are dark and long. i will comfort you

dont be afraid to let down your guard
i wont intimedate or make you feel ashamed
i care for you and have shuch love for you
its waiting here with open arms just for you
i know your tired of the fight and the battle rages on. just turn to me and you will see that you are not alone. i will comfort you

ch:i will comfort you and stand strong for you .ill provide a peaceful haven of sweet rest for you . ill be your friend when friends are gone. ill be the light that shines when nights are dark and long i will comfort you

i will comfort you
ill stand strong for you
ill be a friend for you
i will comfort you

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Posted By: Lori Kats Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/25/02 10:33 PM
This Lyric is: #235

"Storm on a Crimson Tide"
by Lori Kats
copyright 8/2000

She sits in the window
and watches the wind blow
She watches her mind blow away

She wonders where she should go
where no one will ever know
the pain she feels today

Why does the wind scream?
What makes the moon glow?
The answers will come in time.
This isn't heaven and this isn't home
It's a storm on a crimson tide.

She calls to the seagulls
and asks for their freedom
She asks for their wings to fly

To soar off this mountain
Let all of her pain go
It would simply feel so nice

Why does the wind scream?
What makes the moon glow?
The answers will come in time.
This isn't heaven and this isn't home
It's a storm on a crimson tide.

The red tide is rolling in
The light in her eyes grows dim
And she finally gives up the fight

Her heartache will stay away
as long as that moon obeys
and drifts with that crimson tide

Why does the wind scream?
What makes the moon glow?
The answers will come in time
This isn't heaven and this isn't home
It's a storm on a crimson tide

This isn't heaven and this isn't home
It's a storm on a crimson tide
It's storm on a crimson tide...

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Posted By: Perfectpitch Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/26/02 03:56 AM
This Lyric is: #236

"He Loves To Rodeo"
Copyright2002 Tony Gunter

1st verse
Never does too good in school
Always feels out of place
Learning things could not compare
To adrenaline's taste
He can't wait for Friday nights
He prays he don't get thrown
The smell of sweat and leather
He loves to rodeo

chorus
Hand on the gate
He's needing eight
And a low nineties ride
He's wrapped around
Twelve hundred pounds
Of attitude named Clyde
Pulls down his hat
Folds back his chaps
Nods once and yells, "Let's go!"
Sawdust ballet
It ain't the pay
He loves to rodeo

2nd verse
His girlfriend races barrels
He loves to watch her ride
His eyes ain't always on the clock
As she goes flying by
Now she's leaning on the fence
His time to rock and roll
He's got the fire inside him
He loves to rodeo

chorus
Hand on the gate
He's needing eight
And a low nineties ride
He's wrapped around
Twelve hundred pounds
Of attitude named Clyde
Pulls down his hat
Folds back his chaps
Nods once and yells, "Let's go!"
Sawdust ballet
It ain't the pay
He loves to rodeo

instrumental

bridge
He's drawn this bull before
A rocking chair from Hell
He broke his hand the last time
Hung up inside the well

chorus
Hand on the gate
He's needing eight
And a low nineties ride
He's wrapped around
Twelve hundred pounds
Of attitude named Clyde
Pulls down his hat
Folds back his chaps
Nods once and yells, "Let's go!"
Sawdust ballet
It ain't the pay
He loves to rodeo

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Posted By: Kim Tapie Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/26/02 03:19 PM
This Lyric is: #237

Here it goes, Good luck to everyone who was brave enough to enter. Kim

Layers

Time peels away the layers
but the heart is buried deep.
Each day some gets by
no matter how hard I try
to keep it from release

Its the lies inside the layers
the sense of false security
that makes me shiver
count on time to deliver
a feeling of inner peace

Chorus:
When the moment comes
and the soul can be revealed
the fear of being known
will melt into the years.

Fall away like turning leaves
blown by an early snow.
Find rest on solid ground and
comfort that now you know.

Never meant to conceal it
to make our time seem cheap
You poured out your soul
and paid the toll
that lovers often repeat

The moment wasn't right for me
to consider a reply
The emotions too fresh
need to catch my breath
have enough time to deny

Bridge:
Underneath the layers
there is a love
that's buried deep
Uncover it with prayers
for a heart
that seeks relief

Chorus:
When the moment comes
and the soul can be revealed
the fear of being known
will melt into the years.

Fall away like turning leaves
blown by an early snow.
Find rest on solid ground and
comfort that now you know,
that now you know.

copyright2002Tapie




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Posted By: felicia carter Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/26/02 05:33 PM
This Lyric is: #238

Lyrics: Felicia Carter (C)1999
(Jazz Ballad)

The Ghost of Our Romance

In dreams I remember
the flame and the ember
and a song that I once knew.
The taste is bittersweet
when again I meet
the ghost of our romance.

Your face is before me,
your eyes still adore me,
you hold me tight in your embrace.
I don't stand a chance,
I begin the dance with
the ghost of our romance.

Your voice still lingers in the hallway
and I hear the same refrain:
You whisper "My dear, I'm always here",
And you're my happiness again.

Here in the shadows
with love long and narrow
under an island of regret,
I'd make a brand new start
if I could only part with
the ghost of our romance.


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Posted By: Mikal Hartley Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/26/02 05:34 PM
This Lyric is: #239

100% of half-a-mind
copywrite(C)2002 by Sherin Hartley

(chorus)
I've got a hundred percent of half-a-mind
to keep my mind on you.
You know I can't stop lovin' you baby,
no matter what you do!

Sometimes you make me happy,
there's times that you make me blue.
I've got a hundred percent of half-a-mind
to keep my mind on you.

(1st verse)
Well, I bought you wine and roses
and I gave you a diamond ring.
I gave you everything that a good man could
but, Honey, that don't mean a thing.

If I can't get you to lovin' me Baby,
I don't know what I'll do.
I've got a hundred percent of half-a-mind
to keep on lovin' you.

(2nd verse)
Your love is my salvation,
you're the only one for me.
I don't need an explanation
to know what love can be.

Our love could be the greatest love
that this world ever knew.
I've got a hundred percent of half-a-mind
to keep on lovin' you.

(repeat chorus)

(3rd verse)
Well, I don't know where that other half went
and I guess I'll never know.
I hope that you'll be showin' me Baby,
when we turn the lights down low.

Someday I'll find that half-a-mind
but, Baby 'till I do,
I've got a hundred percent of half-a-mind
to keep on lovin' you.

(repeat chorus)


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Posted By: Michael Borges (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/26/02 09:30 PM
This Lyric is: #240

YOU NEED MONEY
Words: Michael Borges (c) 2002

Verse 1:
You know YOU NEED MONEY...
Some say it's the best they have found.
Note the legal tender,
waiting for you all around.

Chorus 1:
But don't you know...
Money can't buy the time,
it takes to see a lie in what sounds true,
and money can't buy the ways,
that I find to share my thoughts with you.

Verse 2:
You know YOU NEED MONEY...
Some say it makes the world go round,
'cause money has promises to bring,
you almost everything.

Chorus 2:
But don't you know...
Money can't buy the hope,
that we need to keep on going strong,
and money can't buy the mind,
it takes to write an everlasting song.

Verse 3:
You know YOU NEED MONEY...
to buy your food and pay the rent,
just count and see how much you've spent.

Lift:
Money, money, now you need some more,
to buy and try all the things you've never had before.

Chorus 3:
But don't you know...
Money can't buy the peace
that our world of people needs to share,
and money can't buy the hearts,
the kind that show they really care.

Final Chorus:
Money can't buy the love,
that blesses all the children that are born,
and money can't buy a God
that's strong enough to make the Devil mourn.


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Posted By: Linc Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/26/02 10:35 PM
This Lyric is: #241

Cats and Dogs
(Irreconcilable Differences)
Words and Music by Craig Lincoln
© 2002 by Craig Lincoln

(Verse 1)
Dogs will be dogs
They have no social grace
They sniff your crotch then lick your face
A bark and wagging tail are dialog
To a dog
A simple life -- chase and fetch
What you see is what you catch
Cold nose and dirty paws

(Verse 2)
Cats will be cats
They let you stroke their fur
They curl up in your lap and purr
Sweet contentment seems like where it’s at
To a cat
But when they’ve had enough of it
They arch their backs and hiss and spit
And scratch you with their claws

(Chorus 1)
Nature uses chemistry
To maximize diversity
By guaranteeing opposites attract
Consequently, sad to say
When you give your heart away
It rarely gets returned to you intact

(Verse 3)
Boys will be boys
If you believe in fairy tales
They’re mostly made of puppy tails
And the rest is just bravado and noise
Those are boys
Some of whom grow up to be
Men who simply cannot see
The forest for the trees

(Verse 4)
Girls will be girls
Made from sugar and from spice
Some more like fire and ice
Complicated contrasts in curls
Those are girls
The elements that they’re made from
Can leave some women they become
Torn up by the slightest breeze

(Chorus 2)
You and I thought we could fly
And gravity did not apply
To syncopated lovers such as we
The view we shared together
Never foresaw stormy weather
Let alone a hurricane at sea

(Bridge)
But love will always find a way
At least that’s what they say
(Ah, but what do they know, anyway?)

(Verse 5)
I will be me
All the bad and good about me
The “woulda, coulda, should” about me
All that great potential-
You see it’s not to be
I just go on my way
Living mostly day-to-day
A present absentee

(Verse 6)
You will be you
All the manic madness of you
The paralyzing sadness of you
Your ups and downs as manifold
As waves upon the sea
And all the things you can’t control
Weigh so heavy on your soul
For you, no guarantee

(Chorus 3)
I keep an even keel
By focusing and trying to deal
With things that I can touch and feel
and see
You are moved by darker forces
Welling up from deeper sources
Your soul music in a minor key…

(Instrumental)

(Verse 7)
And so it goes
Our fairy-tale romance
Never had a snowball’s chance
Of surviving life’s realities
And off go we
To drift apart without a clue
And nothing we could say or do
Can change our histories

(Tag)
Just like...
Tails and claws...
Nature’s laws...
CATS and DOGS...
....And you and me.

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Posted By: NonnieJo Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 03:06 AM
This Lyric is: #242

Take a stand
By Norma Rose
(c)copyrights 2001

V1
When this land was founded
our young men died for us
They gave their lives for freedom
and were victorious
Now they want to take away our right
to pray in this great land
But Jesus paid the price for us
let's take the upperhand

Chorus
Take a stand
Take a stand
For Jesus is at hand
Don't let them take away our rights
to pray in this great land
Take a stand
Take a stand
for Jesus is at hand
For all the world to see and hear
Let's finally take a stand

V2
Don't let them take away our life
as a child of Christ
To pray in church or in our homes
don't let them take our rights
For Jesus bought them with his blood
when he died upon that tree
so take a stand for Jesus
so our country will stay free

Repeat chorus

V3
Now one day our children
Will wonder what is prayer
Our country will forbid it
like it was never there
they'll spy on us from satellites
and jail us if we dare
To try and teach our children
there is such a thing as prayer

Repeat Chorus


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Posted By: BrookeFox Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 03:12 AM
This lyric is: #243

Jumper Cables In The Rain
©1999, Brooke Fox/Albina Music

Half-past nowhere on a highway shoulder
Runs in my nylons and mud in my heels
Hair un-braided, lipstick faded
by the heartbeat of the hazards this puzzle reveals

High school shy, school wallflowers, victims of chance
seven stranded, we’ll never make it to the dance

CHORUS:
And I don’t know how I got here
And I can’t begin to blame
But I’m left to find the answers
In jumper cables in the rain
Oh lord, I feel the power returning to my veins
Returning to my veins

The night air shocked me
And I realized how paralyzed I’d been
And I never want to feel that weak again
Something about the steam rising off the concrete
Sparked a restless revelation
Shifting me like the wind

Something plugged me into myself tonight
Turned me on to ten-thousand volts of electric life

CHORUS

And I raise my arms up
And I tip my head back
And I let the rain dance on my skin
And I breathe in
Begin again, begin.....

CHORUS

Leave the yearbook on the bookshelf
Leave that photo in the frame
I think I’ve found the answer
In jumper cables in the rain
Oh lord, I feel the power returning to my veins
Returning to my veins


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Posted By: Keith Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 03:23 AM
This lyric is: #244

This one's a loud and rowdy honky-tonk.

Saturday Night
Words and music
(c)2002 Keith Sheasley


Verse 1
Out along the fault line
Up north of L.A.
A little honky-tonk sits down by the mill.
Long neck beers and tacos
And hot Friday nights,
If they don't kill ya then the Saturdays will.
Actors, freaks and cowboys
And biker boys in drag,
Lonesome ladies out for a thrill.
I guess they come because they're thirsty
Or maybe they've got
A couple hours or a lifetime to kill.
Some of them are looking
For liquor or love,
Because they've got some empty places to fill.
And when they find what they crave,
They might be lost or be saved,
But either way they're payin' the bill.

Verse 2
San Fernando Sally,
In feathers and lace,
Comes floating up behind the mike every night.
She sings about obsession,
And hot buttered love,
She sings about the dark and the light.
Deep inside the shadows
The band is playing low,
Smoky music nasty and tight.
And soon the temperature is rising
And Sally lets go
And lets illusion run where it might.
Outside in the desert coyotes howl at the moon
And outside creatures slither and bite,
But there inside at the bar,
People are what they are,
And everybody's doin' alright.
,,, Because it's

Chorus 1
Saturday night.
They're all just makin' it to Saturday night.
Between the black and the white
They do it all for Saturday night.

Saturday night.
They're all just fakin' it for Saturday night.
They all get loose and get tight
and get it on on Saturday night.

Verse 3
Down among the tables, the games have begun.
Sorting out the truths from the lies.
Groping in the darkness, searching for love,
Or maybe just a brief compromise.
Swaying to the music, and posing at the bar.
Offering their heart with their eyes.
They're all just trying hard to raise a little heaven or hell
In between hellos and goodbyes.
All of them are actors, they're playing their parts,
Hiding deep inside the disguise.
And when the games are all done
They might have lost or have won,

And when it's time to go home
They may be broke and alone

But when they've taken the pledge
They'll come right back to the edge

And do it all over again,

… Right here next

Chorus 2
Saturday night.
We're all just makin' it to Saturday night.
Between the black and the white
We do it all for Saturday night.

Saturday night.
We're all just fakin' it for Saturday night.
We all get blind and get sight
And get it on on Saturday night.

Saturday night.
We're always shakin' it on Saturday night.
There ain't no wrong and no right,
There's only goddamn Saturday night.


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Posted By: Tricia Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 04:29 AM
This lyric is: #245

"Can't Believe"
by Patricia Bailey
(c) 2000

Finger painting on the window pane
Sitin by the window watching the rain
Listening to some old love song
And wondering where you have gone

Pitter, Patter, little feet
Like the raindrops on the street
Asking questions, I don't know
Mommy, where did Daddy go?

Chorus
Can't believe that your not here
Only know I need you dear
Can't believe that you are gone
Only know, that it's wrong

Listening for the telephone
Praying that you'll come home
Wishing we had never fought
Thinking of you, my only thought

Pitter, Patter, little feet
Runnng to me in retreat
Frightened by the thunderstorm
Falls to sleep in my arms

Chorus
Can't believe that your not here
Only know I need you dear
Can't believe that you are gone
Only know, that it's wrong

Laying baby in her bed
I hear a whisper in my head
I turn around, your standing there
God has answered all my prayers

Tears are falling down our face
You reach for me, we embrace
Can't believe that you are here
Only know, I Love you dear

Chorus
Can't hold back all these tears
Can't hold back all my fears
Only know I need you here
Only know, I Love you dear

Tag
Only know, I Love you dear

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Posted By: GIA Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 06:50 AM
This lyric is: #246

Anything is possible.. and thanks for reading my poetic quirky lyric!

Strange Peculiar
words and music by Lygia Ferra © 2002

I know a girl, she's a moth fairy
Believes in magic, says what she means
She's delicate so don't break her
I know a guy on a unicycle
Plays a violin with his eyes closed
Talks in riddle, he's an angel

Things are as they appear
Once you step outside your fears

It's a curious ride
When you step out on the outside
Step out on the outside
Expand your mind
It's a magical world
When you dare to break the rules
And normal just won't do
Strange peculiar, strange peculiar

I know a boy who's really a girl
His heart's so big she'll make you swirl
Animated like "Fantasia"
Irreverent, some say odd
But this I'd rather be than a bump on log
Imagination speaks for me

Things are as they appear
Once you step outside your fears

It's a curious ride
When you step out on the outside
Step out on the outside
Expand your mind
It's a magical world
When you dare to break the rules
And normal just won't do
Strange peculiar, strange peculiar

Oh my stars, spinning round
Dance like a fool, laugh out loud
Walk naked in the rain
Let your worries slide, let 'em slip away
Like Alice and her looking glass
See yourself changing fast
You can do what you want to
If you really really want to

It's a curious ride
When you step out on the outside
Step out on the outside
Expand your mind
It's a magical world
When you dare to break the rules
And normal just won't do
Strange peculiar, strange peculiar

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Posted By: cynsongs Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 01:08 PM
This lyric is: #247

Mass Hypnosis

Copyright 2002
Cyn Bridgman


Blinders on straight ahead
How ‘d I get to be so dead
I don’t know who I am
but it’s beginning to dawn on me
Hand to mouth empty head
empty heart now nothing said
I can’t feel who I am
but it’s beginning to dawn in me

CHORUS- From where you are
I can see the scars
I can smell the bleeding
you are receding
Where you are ,where you are
where you are
When we were close
I guess I mostly
Saw the blame
now it’s painful
Where you are, where you are
oh where you are

Blinded eyes and closed mind
I feel safe inside the grind
Tell me who I—am
and I will follow your direction
Cram it down my willing throat
I feel numb now su-gar coat
Tell me who I—am
and I will follow you off the edge

Break

CHORUS-From where you are
I can see the scars
I can smell the bleeding
you are receding
Where you are, where you are
where you are
When we were close
I guess I mostly
Saw the blame
now it’s painful
Where you are, where you are
where you are

(Spoken)

Don’t close your eyes/ realize /
the after life WONT be televised

Kill that stalker in your living room
before it has the chance to consume you
Filling your mind with fear and hate
the lies it spins accumulate
They’ll paralyze and sedate you
till you no longer open your mind
To the power inside
all of mankind

Chorus- From where you are
I can see the scars
I can smell the bleeding
you are receding
Where you are , where you are
where you are
When we were close
I guess I mostly
Saw the blame
now it’s painful
Where you are, where you are
where you are (3x)
Where you are, where you are,
MASS HYPNOSIS where you are (2x)



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Posted By: angelwalk Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 01:52 PM
This lyric is: #248

My Redeemer
©2001 Kim Jones

Verse

I bow to my Redeemer
With Him I know no fear
His Word, it gives me comfort
His peace is always near.

Chorus

He hears my cry "redeem me"
His face, it leads my way
He alone can save me
For sin, I'll never pay

He hears my cry "redeem me"
His love takes me away
He alone can save me
The price for sin is paid

Verse

To Him I turn for joy
His mercy never fails
He saved my soul up on the cross
His hands, they took my nails

Chorus

He hears my cry "redeem me"
His face, it leads my way
He alone can save me
For sin, I'll never pay

He hears my cry "redeem me"
His love takes me away
He alone can save me
The price for sin is paid

Verse

One day my Lord will come back
Begin his holy reign
Sin will be a memory
No more death, heartache or pain

Chorus

He hears my cry "redeem me"
His face, it leads my way
He alone can save me
For sin, I'll never pay

He hears my cry "redeem me"
His love takes me away
He alone can save me
The price for sin is paid

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Posted By: callen3 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 02:46 PM
This lyric is: #249

Last Call
by Connie Allen

Hey! Happy Birthday, big brother!
You reached forty-five. What no celebration?
When I get there I'll have a party like we did when we were kids
Wearing out 'She Loves You' and 'Good Vibrations'.

You know you were my first music teacher who mattered.
Late nights sneaking in your room listening to WBCN.
And remember out suprize the first time I sang on key?
Wish we could harmonize some songs again.

Bridge:
I hear your laugh from that last call.
Your voice changes pitch when you smile.
A baritone smooth as chamomile tea
Yet yeilding now to listen a while.

I flew right past your door this morning
But I couldn't spend another day away from home and the kid.
He's fine. You could visit us. I'll fly you out.
Bring your guitar we'll play the songs like we once did.

Oh you sold that old guitar - how could you?
You cherished that thing so very long.
Food and rent - guess they're important
And it's hard to play when your calluses are gone.

Is there anything I can do to ease your burden?
Yeah you say it'll work out one way or another.
Hey, I gotta go put the kid to bed catch you later
So Happy Birthday and good bye, big brother.

Bridge:
We said so much in that last call
While drowning in words we could not say.
I held the hope if I loved you enough
You would still be here alive today.

© 1999 Constance C. Allen




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Posted By: joshlederman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 02:55 PM
This lyric is: #250

"Winter Hill"
©2001 Josh Lederman

Bronze was the lake in the fall,
The leaves from the trees covered all the green summer's grass,
Stomped in a path,
And overgrown five inches tall.

The tire swing shook in the breeze
With no one to push from the trees,
We snuck in the glade,
and squeezed lemonade
From old man Witherspoon's trees.

(chorus)
And the runaways and tramps
went on with their dance
They'd hid till the tourists pulled off
their white pants,
We skipped with a laugh
as we followed their path
That led behind yards we thought had fronts,
but never had backs.

And we watched with our breath held inside
Every so often we could see where they'd hide,
A branch wasn't shook by the breeze
If it offered a hand down to climb up the trees.

(chorus)
And we're runaways, tramps, Can I ask
for this dance?
With no one to see what fools are we,
We'll stay through October,
when the winter gets colder
I'll make you a sweater from the old
fallen leaves.

(chorus)
Well we swore we'd never leave,
made a wish on a breeze,
An old lovers' pact
that we'd never go back,
We strolled up Winter Hill,
till our lips felt the chill
And we longed to be back by the warmth
of the electric bill

But now I recall with a frown
The mountain we never slid down,
That flows to the pond
where the tire swing's gone,
'cause somebody cut it down

(chorus)
And the lake is unfroze,
and the girls show their toes
To our unending jinx, next to
bankers and shrinks,
Their daughters all smile,
and they kick off their shoes,
And not one of them missed us
the whole winter though.


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Posted By: sanction4 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 03:14 PM
This lyric is: #251

Photograph of You
Written by Todd Thompson (BMI)
Copyright 2002

Verse 1
I'm sitting here looking at a photograph of you that time may fade away. As I look in your eyes (quite to my surprise) I still love you, babe.

I'm sitting here staring at you with my crying eyes (that time may never dry). I understand that I was such a fool to ever leave your side.

Bridge
I'm sitting here doing time, drowning in all the tears I've cried.
The moment's slipped away--a moment that time can't replace.

Verse 2
After awhile how can I smile? How can I be clear? I hoped on a prayer that didn't go anywhere it just disappeared.

After awhile how can I smile, when the daylight turns to gray? I wished on a star that didn't go very far it merely faded away.

Bridge
I'm sitting here doing time, drowning in all the tears I've cried.
The moment's slipped away--a moment that time can't replace.

Chorus
Ooh, Lord how can I carry on?
Ooh, Lord how can I smile when all I had is gone?
Ooh, Lord how can I live without love?
Ooh, Lord how can I hide the hurt
that I feel inside of me now? How can I go on?

You looked away from me here, and I'll never go back (no, I'll never go back) again.


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Posted By: Wyman Lloyd (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 03:40 PM
This lyric is: #252

Paths Of My Mind
c 2002 Wyman Griffith

V1
It's four years and forever you've been gone
I'm suspended in time, but the world keeps moving on
Yes I have a new man and thw kids call him Dad
Guess I've got a good life, still I miss you so bad

V2
No one knows how I feel, I hide it quite well
Not even my best friend or husband can tell
While at night I lie beside him and pretend
Across the misty years, our spirits blend again

Chorus
And we stroll down the old winding paths of my mind
In the sweet green fields of my dreams
Even tho' another holds me close tonight
And he's loving, gentle and kind
What if he knew
I'm walking hand in hand with you
Through a garden of mem'ries
Ever blooming on the paths of my mind

V3
It happened so quickly, I wasn't prepared
Prepared to surrender all the dreams we shared
Tho' I'm only marking time, since fate took you away
Walking with you each night, lets me face another day

Repeat chorus

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Posted By: jack mct Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/27/02 11:15 PM
This lyric is: #253

February's Child
-2001 jack mctamney

Silent snow secret snow
Is melting in my room
But I'm still alive

The indoor shag begins to grow
The floral wall's in bloom
Now you've arrived

Chorus:
You're the reason that I live
There is nothing I can give
February's child
You're the one who holds the key
You are everything to me
February's child

Starry night crescent moon
Reflect the golden street
when you appear

March April May and June
Surrender at your feet
With grateful tears

Chorus:
You're the reason that I live
There is nothing I can give
February's child
You're the one who holds the key
You are everything to me

You are beautiful to me
And to all with eyes to see
I wish it could be
Forever February

Lonely heart empty glass
The water turns to wine
An ocean with no shore

I kiss the ground where you pass
You say that you are mine
But it's I who am yours

Chorus:
You're the reason that I live
There is nothing I can give
February's child
You're the one who holds the key
You are everything to me
February's child

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Posted By: Sammy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 11:42 AM
This lyric is: #254

Take My Breath Away

Copyright 1997, 2002 A. Karpinski, all rights reserved by Andrew Karpinski
Originally copyrighted in 1997 titled as "Breathless"


A gentle swell slowly lifts my boat to the sky
As my senses follow the water's lead
Salt spray dissolving all my worries from my mind
It's just enough to take my breath away
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Take my breath away

See the dolphin acrobats leap and glide
As they dance and rejoice in this carefree day
Taunting me with their grace, their speed, and their laughing, loving eyes
It's just enough to take my breath away
Take my breath away
Take my breath away
Take my breath away

As I paddle slowly into the sunset
Bright red ball melting into the sea
I spy a green flash wink its presence
To me, the sun just winked at me

Monday finds me struggling with a proposal
Deadlines and budgets harrowing me
A dreaming moment takes me back there to the sea
Where every movement takes my breath away
Takes my breath away
Takes my breath away
Takes my breath away

Takes my breath away
Takes my breath away
Takes my breath away
Takes my breath away


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Posted By: libbywiebel Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 03:37 PM
This lyric is: #255

One Lost Baby
Libby Wiebel, (c) 2002

He took the freeway coming home
Code red day grays into evening
Thankful for the drive alone
Neon indicates a warning
Find my baby, her mother said
And so they lit the sign
Praying that some lonesome trucker sees
Something suspicious on the road tonight

One lost baby won’t be coming home tonight
One lost baby on the open road
Salt tears on her pillow for all the losses hold
One lost baby traveling on her own
One lost baby traveling on her own

And he recalls the night he knew
That he would run from those who they would save him
Turn those blue jeans in for dress blues
Sign the line and sail away, then
Can’t forget his sisters’ crying
The day he marched away
But even so, he just can’t regret
The first decision he ever made

One lost baby won’t be coming home tonight
One lost baby on the open road
Salt tears on his pillow for all the losses hold
One lost baby traveling on his own
One lost baby traveling on his own

Haven’t talked to dad since Christmas
He thinks of this as he flips on the headlights
The paternal silent witness
To all the tremors, never once contrite
He can’t forgive, so he just stands back
He’s living in the aftershock
Driving roads that will not take him back
Heading for the only truth he’s got

One lost baby won’t be coming home tonight
One lost baby on the open road
Salt tears on his pillow for all the losses hold
One lost baby traveling on his own
One lost baby traveling on his own


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Posted By: voxius Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 03:50 PM
This lyric is: #256

One ballad.
Maybe it will be shattered all the way through,
Maybe glass and glue are not alike,
In the story they performed a miracle,
In the end the kids and fools were right.

In the end the shapes were not the same,
In the story they presented lies,
Maybe glass and glue are not enough to heal,
Maybe it stays broken all your life.

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Posted By: jekyllstwin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 03:54 PM
This lyric is: #257

Crawl

When you walk this road you cross that line
You leave your faith so far behind
You wake up cold in a pile of trash
You have no future you have no past

So deeper and deeper you fall
You slip you stumble and you crawl
You walk alone with your heart filled with fear
Your cries for help no one can hear

Sleep in a box crumbled in a ball
Remember the days when you stood tall
blisters on your hands and cuts that bleed
pray for the end it's all you need


So deeper and deeper you fall
You slip you stumble and you crawl
You walk alone with your heart filled with fear
Your cries for help no one can hear

You feel the gun in your cold hand
And you know this is your last stand
No more thoughts or questions of why
Just one last look as you kiss this world good bye

So deeper and deeper you fall
You slip you stumble and you crawl
You walk alone with your heart filled with fear
Your cries for help no one can hear


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Posted By: maddy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 03:57 PM
This lyric is: #258


From: Maddy "J" hounds@optonline.net]
Copy right: November 2001
Subject: "Maybe", Lyrics and Music By Maddy "J"/ Maddy e. Jacobs

" Maybe",


(Intro)

I just got home today.
My bags and car still packed.
Picked up the paper from the front porch, sat down to relax.

Looks like the weathers changing.
Nothing ever stays the same-
I turned a few pages to "What's A-bout Town", its there I saw your name.

A shining a example of ivory skin; a head upon your shoulder-
Your weathered lips and cherub chin; your weary eyes look older.

(Verse)

Maybe I should have stayed with you, it wouldn't take me by surprise.
Perhaps if Id learn a thing or two you know I might get wise.

And life is like this photograph, capturing one moment in time.
And If I had kept that picture in my head, maybe you would have been mine.

(Chorus)-
And now, Now I see it all clear.
Somehow, Somehow, I thought you'd go, oh away.
So I pushed you away.
Throwing it all away.

(Verse)
Maybe I should have stayed with you; you know it wouldn't take me by
surprise

If I'd listen to my heart not my head, I'd never compromise.
And life is like this grandfather clock just ticking away at time-.
And if I kept that rhythm in my head, maybe you might have been mine.

(Chorus)-
And now, Now I see it all clear.
Somehow, somehow I thought you'd go oh away
So I pushed you away.
Throwing it all away.

Maybe I should have stayed with you it, you know it wouldn't take me by
surprise.

It seems the only lesson in life I've learned is, how to shut my eyes.
And life is like a sea of water-tides rushing out and in.
And If I kept that feeling in my head, maybe we might have been.

(Chorus)-
And now, now I see it all clear.
Somehow, somehow I thought you'd go oh away,
So I- sent you away, throwing it all away.

(Verse)

Maybe I should have stayed with you.
Our friends shook their heads today.
But after seeing that happy look on your face, there's not much more to say.

And life is like this hourglass, losing one sand grain at a time.
And if I'd kept that vision in my head maybe you might have been mine.
And if I kept that vision in my head-
Maybe you might have been mine.




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Posted By: azamenes Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 04:18 PM
This lyric is: #259

Moonsong

From the seed of Artemis
You’re destiny was sewn
To reign over the darkness far below

Brighter than the stars that shine
Rivaling the sun
You keep the balance
You’re the chosen one

We always change
You still remain
Here you will stay
Until light rules again

You’ve seen the rise and seized the fall
In all your races run
You’ve seen the good and damage
we have done

Your gaze it holds the mysteries
That vanished from our sight
You cast your secrets deep into the night

We always change
You still remain
Here you will stay
Until light rules again

As the morning spreads its golden wings
into the sky
Your face becomes a shadow
passing by

Ebony will fade to day
But good things never die
The old man turns his weary head
and sighs

We always change
You still remain
Here you will stay
Until light rules again


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Posted By: toby Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 04:29 PM
This lyric is: #260

Pineapples
lyrics by Toby Williams
BMI - Songs by Rootie - 2000

When your world is upside down and no one's nice to you.
When you teach your bird to talk but it will only coo.
When your lover leaves the country and bags your best friend too.
Listen to my snappy song, I'll tell you what to do.

When your face screams "Dr. Zizmor!"
and your eyebags need a tuck.
When you miss the lottery winnings and you're down to your last buck.
Don't reach for your revolver when you feel you're at the end.
Just buy a juicy pineapple, for it will be your friend!

ooooooo...delicious.
ooooooo....grants you wishes!

When your husband does your laundry and your whites all come back brown.
When you want to be alone but your in-laws are in town.
Don't eat a pint of ice-cream, it will only give you guilt.
Just eat a great big pineapple so you can stay well-built.

ooooo...it's thrilling!
oooooo...not too filling!
ooooooo...pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples.
ooooooo....pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples, pineapples

When the hair atop your head is starting to shed thin,
and the belt around your waist seems to be closing in.
You must gather your spare change and get yourself a treat.
A big, gigantic pineapple will get you through the week.

ooooo ...delicious
ooooo...grants you wishes!

(repeat pineapples chorus)

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Posted By: apence Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 04:53 PM
This lyric is: #261

The Ones Who Came Home
Copyright Ann Pence 2000

He’s out in the car
With an old fruit jar
Singin' the blues to the dash
With his old porkpie hat
And a cigarette pack
That he pulled from the corner street trash
And I guess you could say I’m okay
At least that’s what he’ll say
He’ll say, it’s what I deserve
Cause I just lost my nerve
In the jungle in 1968

I’ve got noise in my ears
For the last 30 years
I’ve been losing myself by degrees
My memory’s shot
But I don’t miss it a lot
And I drink from this jar when I please
I guess you could say I’m okay
That I’m lucky to be here today
But that buddy of mine
He’s been doing time
In the jungle since 1968

Chorus:
Go on, sing me the blues
Cause I’m sick to the bone
What’s it to you?
Let’s drink to the ones who came home

Well, I’m long on regret
But I’ll never forget
How I jumped at the chance to be brave
I was young and naïve
And I really believed
The war was worth what we gave
And I guess you could say I’m okay,
But I wish it would just go away
Oh, this hole in my heart
Where I got blown apart
In the jungle in 1968

Repeat Chorus


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Posted By: Kaw Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:07 PM
This lyric is: #262

FIRE IN THE SKY (9/11 and After)
c 2002 Karen Watson

VERSE 1 Fire in the sky!
Burning through metal, melting illusion away.
Clouds in the streets!
Chasing the innocent, choking the clear light of day.
If those walls
Can fall down,
Where can we go now?
Where can we go now?

CHORUS We can fly,
On wings of compassion,
Way above the borders, We can fly.
Just like an eagle, trusting in God,
We can fly; Higher than a fire in the sky,
We can fly.

VERSE 2 Eyes full of pain,
Searching through ruins, fearing decisions to come;
Fires in the night,
Chasing the innocent, wasting the world that was home
Now that fear
Clouds our view,
What else can we do?
What else can we do?

CHORUS

BRIDGE “Oh, say, does that Star-Spangled Banner yet wave . . . ?
Are we still free enough to ride upon a holy wind?
Are we still brave enough to walk a new direction?

CHORUS

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Posted By: Brenda Freed Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:08 PM
This lyric is: #263

My Human Loves Me Copyright 2001
By Brenda Freed, Val Roessling, JB Braden

I lay around all day in the shade
Go in, go out, I got it made
I got a job in security
I sleep on the porch, don't take it seriously
I keep my nose to the ground, alert for crime
When I hear a sound, I wait for a sign to look
Up and think, should I chase
Or if I do will my human get on my case
Like she does when I beg and I give her sad eyes
Then I cock my head and I get a surprise
XXXX Gotch XX Like when she'll
Throw a stick and fetch she'll say
But I prefer the game of keep away
It's so fun to watch her run around and not complain
I know how to jerk her chain
I got her trained

My human loves me
She's my best friend
My human loves me
Doesn't keep me penned
Lets sleep all day
Makes me smile when she wants to play
She makes good company
My human loves me

I've got some friends in the neighborhood
We run around, get into no good
One is Fido, the other one's Spot
They don't look like much and they're all I got
We like to dig up flowers in the neighbor's yard
Eat their catfood for hours, life is so hard
And we lick our lips and rest awhile
My friends chase cars but that ain't my style
I get to ride in a Plymouth with my head in the wind
When we go to the river, I get to jump in
I know S-W-I-M Swim
I also do sit and I comprehend "No"
But only what and where and when I want so
You see I know a few tricks, I got a brain
My human's not so hard to entertain
I got her trained

My human loves me
Takes me everywhere
My human loves me
Loves to brush my fluffy hair
Always thinks I'm so cute
Likes to kiss my snoot
She makes good company

My human loves me
She keeps me off the leash
My human loves me
Serves me steak, sometimes quiche
My life is so cool
Never had to go to that dumb dog school
She makes good company
My human loves me

------------------
Cheers and BFreed

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Posted By: ameenbrokenspoke Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:16 PM
This lyric is: #264

"Perfectly Bird and Coltrane"
co-written by Amee Chapman and Nichole Robbins All Rights Reserved
Copyright 2002

V1
When I sit down to being in love
There’s no one other that I could dream up
You’re like a lazy am after a night in the jar

Like surfing two foot swells off of Steamer’s Lane
Green hornet skies in a Nashville hurricane

CHORUS
Perfectly Bird and Coltrane
Perfectly Bird and Coltrane

V2
Like a carnie with full Jesus sleeves
Rabbit’s foot when my luck decides to leave
Your like a knock down drag out TKO
Pick a fight cause you’re the champ of soft blows

CHORUS
Perfectly Bird and Coltrane (X2)

V3
When I sit down to being in love
There's no one better that I could dream up
You’re like the punk rock in my country tune
A foreign film with Bruce Lee attitude
You’re the five bucks in my washed up jeans
Devils tail when all I can do is scream

CHORUS
Perfectly Bird and Coltrane (X2)

www.ameechapman.com
Amee Chapman's High Tide Rodeo


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Posted By: BigGirlMagnet Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:18 PM
This lyric is: #265

"A Bedtime Story"
Copyright 2002.Britton Willits.
(I wrote this for my nephew who is afraid of the dark)

Shake the covers from my head
Dreams of monsters dreams of dread
Roll me over once or twice
Pray I make it through the night
Hold my breath there's something there
Something creeping up the stairs
I cannot move but to shake with fear
Trapped so deep inside of here

Got to get out of here
I've never loved the sun so dear

If I move I'm dead for sure
Just lie still remain secure
I'd never make it to the door
For I'd certainly be gored
It would eat me whole feet first
Making me witness to the worst
I hope the daylight's coming soon
I don't find solace in the moon

Got to get out of here
I've never loved the sun so dear

If I fall asleep I may
Not wake up to seize the day
If I battle aliens
Who attack for no reason
If I live through great peril
Will I taint the outside world
Ask the watchers to keep me safe
And drive the demons far away

Got to get out of here
I've never loved the sun so dear



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Posted By: Zak Morgan Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:25 PM
This lyric is: #266

Conniptions
by Zak Morgan
Copyright 2001

Deep in the darkness, a soul is dripping globs of ghastly goo.
It lurks inside the wizard who we call “You-Know-Who.”
I won’t say his name--it gives my friends conniptions--
But I don’t see what harm could come from this benign description:

His eyes are sunken in and colored bloody red.
His skin’s so white and pasty that he looks already dead.
But far from dead he is, he is the wickedest of wizards...
Voldemort’s the wizard with the name that we all dread.

CHORUS
You never say his name! That foul, repulsive rotter!
Who can say for certain who he’s sizing up to slaughter?
But if the lightning scar upon your forehead’s getting hotter...
He’s got his eyes on you, the one and only Harry Potter!

His fishy flesh has festered, his fangs have gotten yellow,
But the freakiest of features on that reaky, rotten fellow
Are the nostrils on that wizard--they’re slitted like a lizard...
Blood runs cold inside his veins, he turns our knees to Jell-o!

His moves, they’re quick and sneaky, the one we never name.
He oozes where he’s leaky, and it would be a shame
If you became the target of the one with moldy warts...
That fermentifying fungus who I won’t call Voldemort!

CHORUS

When you were but a baby, he tried to fulgarate you,
But when you failed to fizzle, he truly came to hate you.
In defeat he disappeared for eleven lovely years,
But something tells me Voldemort still wants to fulminate you!

CHORUS #2
You never say his name! That foul, repulsive rotter!
His name is worse to witches than a bucket full of water.
But if the lightning scar upon your forehead’s getting hotter...
He’s got his eyes on you, the one and only Harry Potter!

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Posted By: Dreamfreely Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:30 PM
This lyric is: #267

Broken Heart
C2002
Sheena Edmonds


Verse 1
I showed you love,
gave you my heart,
been true to you.
But you never returned your love
Instead you treated me wrong
You told me lies, you left me with no where to turn.
Hook
A broken heart,
never have I ever felt so much pain
A broken heart,
never have I cried so many tears
I used to be so glad,
until you made me feel so sad.
How, why

Verse 2
How can you tell me you love me and don't really mean it
You broke my heart I'm hurt for life
I can never go on.

I gave you my world,
but you threw it away
I shared my dreams with you,
but you took them away
I'm lost with no where to turn,
I'm lost with no one to trust.

Hook
A broken heart,
never have I ever felt so much pain
A broken heart,
never have I cried so many tears
I used to be so glad,
until you made me feel so sad
How, Why

Verse 3
I can't understand the things you do
so therefore
I don't know how to move on
You left me weak and all alone.
How can the you brake my heart
The love of my life, now gone
Forever

Hook- fade out



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Posted By: mayberry Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:45 PM
This lyric is: #268

The Money Tree

© 2002 Chris Mayberry

I’ve roamed the world from time to time
To see what I could see
And all I ever want from life
Is to grow a money tree
A tree where all the leaves are gold
That sprouts ten-dollar bills
The branches made of penny rolls
And a trunk of solid sil-ver
A cure for all my ills

I’d water it most carefully
And give it lots of light
I’d fertilize it lib’rally
With TV ev’ry night
I’d prune it when I needed change
But let it grow quite tall
And never once would I complain
At rakin’ leaves each fall, no
I’d not complain at all

A money tree
A money tree
With fives and tens to pick for free
A little bit of seed is all I need
To grow a money tree

And ev’ry year at harvest time
The seeds I’d gently tend
They sure would make the nicest gifts
To give to all my friends
So if you get one in the mail
You’ll know I’ve had success
Treat it well and never tell
The folks from IRS, Oh
That is my one request

Yeah, a money tree
A money tree
With fives and tens to pick for free
A little bit of seed is all I need
To grow a money tree

So here’s my answer if you ask
Just where my money goes
I’m planting coins around the world
To see if they will grow
My quarters went to Florida
My dimes to Tennessee
The rest went to the IRS
In Washington, DC, Oh
And there’s none left for me


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Posted By: CCarlucci Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:45 PM
This lyric is: #269

Sunday Morning

Lee Lee’s on it now
The wind it coddles like her mother
She swings out over grass
As green as joy and joyous we
Sing of superheroes
We sing our favors to the river
It’s been flowing since forever
And it flows slowly somewhere

Oh everybody’s here
And the time we’ve been having
Oh everybody’s here
Until Sunday when they go

And I lose a bit of something
And it hurts just like a pin
Sunk deep into my spirit
So deep it lacerates the skin
Now Tuesdays often dreary
And Wednesday’s such a drag
Because nothing seems to last
There’s always Sunday Morning

We furrow through the pines
We follow imaginary paths
We’re foraging for treasures
Wagon parts and medicine glass
The animals don’t notice
They have seen this kind of thing before
Indifferent as sailors
Enraptured by a river’s peace

Oh everybody’s here
And the time we’ve been having
Oh everybody’s here
Until Sunday when they go

And I lose a bit of something
And it hurts just like a pin
Sunk deep into my spirit
So deep it lacerates the skin
Now Tuesdays often dreary
And Wednesday’s such a drag
Because nothing seems to last
There’s always Sunday Morning

Oh if I had some string
I could bind all the doorways
Oh if I had some tape
I could tape the windows shut
If I had some glue
I could glues us all to this moment
And Thursday would be the day
And Sunday would never get a chance

To slip in like a Mamba
That’s searching for the river
It bites you on the finger
As you canter in the shade
Now Tuesdays often dreary
And Wednesdays such a drag
Because nothing seems to last
There’s always Sunday Morning


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Posted By: london74 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:46 PM
This lyric is: #270

"Beautiful SOrrow"
Jenn London

Angels are laughing
everytime something goes wrong
no thought to tell us
where our mistakes belong
Angels are crying cause
we don't see ahead
to caught up in envy
and bleached by clouds instead

Chorus-
oh beautiful
oh beautiful sorrow
all things happen for a reason
all things happen for a reason

fire is holy
everytime we enter the light
burns our sins to ashes
so we can sleep tonight
in heaven with our mistakes

chorus

beautiful sorrow will never come
it's what you make of it
and what you take from it
that counts and
amounts to something good

all things happen for a reason
beautiful sorrow will come tomorrow
all things happen for a reason
beautiful sorrow will come tomorrow
beautiful sorrow
will come tomorrow

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Posted By: dhanners Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 05:59 PM
This lyric is: #271

LET IT GO
c.2002 by David Hanners

Anne Marie hung up the phone
And her shoulders sank
Ray's in trouble with the law again
He was callin' from the drunk tank

She'd bail him out in a day or so
And he'd promise her "never again"
Just like the last time and the time before that
His promises always came broken

(chorus)
There was a time when she used to care
There was a time when it mattered
But she figured she could let it go
Or she could just get madder

Her prince was a rebel and companion of thieves
'Least that's the word around town
But some men are just easy to blame
For every bad thing that goes down

Ray had his demons; hey, most of us do
He'd always been fond of the drink
He'd go on a bender, then sober up
Pour the rest down the sink

(chorus)
There was a time when he used to care
There was a time when it mattered
But he figured he could let it go
Or he could just get madder

She drove to the jail, he climbed in the car
His brown eyes were still red
They ate at a Denny's on the way home
Hardly a word was said

Some women are strong, some men make big plans
Some couples know just what they want
But Ray and Anne Marie's train derailed
Before they both could jump off

(chorus)
There was a time when they used to care
There was a time when it mattered
But they figured they could let it go
Oh, they figured they could let it go
They figured they could let it go

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Posted By: delias Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 06:01 PM
This lyric is: #272

A Picture Of Nothing
Words and Music by David Elias, © 2001

A picture of nothing does nothing to free up my mind
The roses have dried up, the water's a waste of their time
I'd like nothing better than to return to days of our song
But a picture of nothing is all that will last for that long

I try to remember the hopes in my heart way back when
When love was what mattered, and running around with my friends
I'd go back tomorrow if I only remembered the way
But a picture of nothing's the only map I see this days

(Bridge)
Try, try, try
I try to unwind
All those years I left behind

So I sit with my back to the desert of all that I've done
And try not to hold on to things that have set with the sun
And I won't hold to tears that go running off into the night
I'll take my last picture of nothing
And wait for the next morning light

I'll take my last picture of nothing
And wait for the next morning light



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Posted By: jsguitar Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 06:11 PM
This lyric is: #273

"SELF MADE MAN"
Lyrics and music: John Sheehan
Self Made Man lives in a house he built,
on the edge of so called civilisation.
He lives off the land in a grateful way,
uses what he needs,doesn't believe in wasting.

Eats when he's hungry,drinks when he's dry.
Excess seems foolish,he can tell you why.
He's seen the other way of life,influences old friends.
But he'll follow his heart right to the end.

BRIDGE 1:
A compassionate soul emerged in him.
Now he shuns competitive ways.
Loved and admired by all who know him.
Words he speaks,his actions obey.

Draws inspiration from all thats natural.
Blends intuition with the the factual.
A healthy balance in his life.
Thru many lean years,learned to deal with strife.

He's not very needy for love and attention.
Provides for himself with good intention.
Missed out on some good things,
a wife and kids,and all that brings.

BRIDGE 2:
On occasion he goes back to town.
Someone is sick,he brings them around.
They go back to their ways,
he back to his.
'Til they need him again another day.

When he dies he'll return to the earth.
That provided him all he was worth.
Where once a good man lived,something unspoken...a token left....chain unbroken


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Posted By: birdcat Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 06:15 PM
This lyric is: #274

Win The War (Nikki's Song)
Copyright 2002 Bruce Paul

There are times we jump into the fray without a second thought
No matter that we're ill prepared, the battle must be fought
We say our prayers, we read our books, not knowing what to say
To get them through another round, to gain that extra day

(Chorus)
For those times that life just beats us back, and kicks us when we're down
For those times we scream in silence, never uttering a sound
For those times we start to question all the things we're fighting for
Lose the final battle, win the war

We know the battle's all uphill - each victory met with loss
Not knowing if it's boon or bane, we try to count the cost
The two steps forward, three steps back, the agonizing sight
Of the peace that comes upon them as their spirit takes it's flight

(Chorus)
For those times that life just beats us back, and kicks us when we're down
For those times we scream in silence, never uttering a sound
For those times we start to question all the things we're fighting for
Lose the final battle, win the war

They tell us that the years will heal the crater in our heart
We smile and listen to their words, We try to play our part
But the only consolation that our crying eyes can see
Is how they beat dragon back, is how they now are free

(Chorus)
For those times that life just beats us back, and kicks us when we're down
For those times we scream in silence, never uttering a sound
For those times we start to question all the things we're fighting for
Lose the final battle, win the war

(final repeat)
Shout it loud! This be our battle cry until we cry no more
Lose the final battle, win the war


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Posted By: ponyboat Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 06:53 PM
This lyric is: #275

HENRY COOPER
(Elizabeth Marlowe)

Hot summer morning
Henry’s just getting his coffee and he’s waking up
Still in his pajamas, he’s looking out the window
When he sees her coming up the walk
Looking like a poor boy’s pinup
In her cut-offs and bikini top
She’s just fifteen years old
Acting like she’s all grown up

He didn’t go looking for trouble
But there it was standing at the door

Chorus:
Hey now, Henry Cooper better watch yourself
You don’t have to play the cards that you’ve been dealt
If you get caught, it’s a minimum of seven
Is that worth a few minutes of heaven?
No Henry Cooper
Leave that girl alone

She says, “Hey Mr. Cooper,
I know it’s early but can I wash your car today?
I’m trying to make some money, so I can go to Raleigh
Want to be Miss Teen USA”
Their eyes lock a little bit too long
As he hands her the keys
And something tells him
“This girl really wants me”

Lord, she’s got a lot to learn
But he’s got more to lose

Repeat chorus

Bridge:
He doesn’t want to watch her playing in the water
But Henry’s glued to the glass
Suddenly, he thinks about his daughter
What if someone’s father tried to do her like that?

Repeat chorus


c. Leaping Lawyers Music, LLC (ASCAP)


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Posted By: mooncars Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 06:58 PM
This lyric is: #276

I JUST WANT TO MARRY YOU Been comin' 'round this crazy part of town, college girls up north in sweaters. And me upon this lonely old hill, writin' you love-letters. Cigarettes stain your fingers in time, playin' love songs has calloused mine. I just want to hear church bells chime, so, make up your mind girl, make up your mind. How can I be less than true? I just want to marry you. Yeah, baby, I could get a tattoo, but, I just want to marry you. Doo doo doo doo dooo-da doo doo doo doo-I just want to marry you. Another day has come and gone, another little baby has been born. Another dog fetch another bone, another name is etched in stone. Can ya see a little place of our own, with kids and cows and chickens? Hang your magnet on my refrigerator sayin', "This is Mama's Kitchen". I just can't contain this thing, it's a golden torch and a burnin' flame. To prove that one began as two, I just want to marry you. How can I be less than true? I just want to marry you. Yeah, baby, I could get at that, too. But, I just want to marry you. Doo doo doo doo-Da doo doo doo doo-I just want to marry you. (Copyright 2002 Rick Jones)

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Posted By: davidecarter Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:08 PM
This lyric is: #277

"Whisper"
words & music by David E. Carter
(c) 2001

full song can be heard at:
www.sixteenthnote.com/MainPages/davidindex.htm

It seems as though I can’t remember
Your face-your voice are cold like winter
Somehow I still, feel your presence now

Sometimes I think I hear you whisper
In late-night dreams I see you sister
And ask you why
You took your life that night

You stand there with a beckoned smile
Say you’re through with life’s long trial
For good

Whisper to me, I hear your voice
Within the breeze
I see your touch upon the colours
On all the autumn leaves

A younger year I couldn’t have told you
You must know right now
I truly did want to
But your nights in the bars
Forever left scars in me

But now that you’re gone
I feel so much older
If you needed me now
you could lean on my shoulder
I’m so afraid
That now is too late to say,

“I really do care, I really do love you...
I’ll always be here forever to hold you
My sister...”

Whisper to me, I hear your voice
Within the breeze
I see your touch upon the colours
On all the autumn leaves


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Posted By: davidallentv Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:08 PM
This lyric is: #278

Resolution
David Allen c2002 Burnin Pigskins Publishing

Verse 1

Do you ever think you'll see
do you wish that you could be
a little better than the competition

You wander 'round stars in your eyes
wonderin' why
you can't fight thru the indecision

You're medicated, complicated
if only you'd have waited but now
it's too late... much too late

Chorus
Oceans rise and skies may fall
but it doesn't really matter to you
you think it's all about a revolution

You build your castles while the walls come tumblin' down
And it's all about a resolution

Verse 2

Have you ever lost your mind
when the world can be unkind
like you're livin' in an institution

People talk and you ain't there
they whisper and they stare
you're never part of the conversation

They talk about your satisfaction
just to see what your reaction will be
and they drive you crazy... all over again

Chorus

Oceans rise and skies may fall
but it doesn't really matter to you
you think it's all about a revolution

You build your castles while the walls come tumblin' down
and it's all about a resolution

Bridge

You said you'd never let your yesterdays affect tomorrow
You're travelin blind, hopin' to find
one more place... to plant your sorrow

Chorus

Oceans rise and skies may fall
but it doesn't really matter to you
you think it's all about a revolution

You build your castles while the walls come tumblin' down
And it's all about a resolution


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Posted By: Charles Kunze Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:15 PM
This lyric is: #279

Charlie Von K
8-28-02

"Droppin' by again" (C 2000)

(V1)
Rows of tangled hair 'n
all the cabbies fares 'n
one more broken barroom light
A frosted moon gleams
on an empty Jim Beam
why it looks like another one of those nights

(C1)
Where the moon goes crazy over the city
while a preacher waits for Sunday friends
I guess I've been in here
oh, a time or two before
Good to know I'm droppin' by again

(V2)
Lonesome hearted girls in
tainted yellow curls 'n
spotted glasses on the bar
A laughin compromise with
less than starry eyes
tellin' me I've gone a bit too far

(C2)
And the moon goes crazy over the city
while a preacher waits for Sunday friends
I guess I've seen her here
oh, a time or two before
Good to know I'm pardoned once again

(B)
Though I'll fade to a dusty grey
in your colored eyes
as the last call brings us near
to closin' time
all I'll ask is one small favor
as I'm starin' across at you
pretend for just a moment you were mine

(V3)
A token chance of course
grabbin' rings from a wooden horse
well, I guess I've known it all along
Just tryin' to find a someone who
won't mind a ticket to
a one time rendezvous before were gone

(C3)
But the moon's gone crazy over the city
while a preacher waits for Sunday friends
I guess I've been in there
oh, a time or two before
Good to know I'm droppin' by again

Guessin' we'll be droppin' by again



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Posted By: Chira Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:16 PM
This lyric is: #280

He’s Wrong
By Chira Martin

Verse 1:
He said I wouldn’t be
Nothing if it weren’t for him
He said that I would see
If I’d ever leave him

Chorus:
But he’s wrong
Without me he’d be nothing
He’s wrong
Without me he could not breathe
And one day he'll see
That he’s wrong for me
He’s wrong
And one day I’ll leave

Verse 2:
He took away my confidence
Made me feel empty inside
But now I have some common sense
Now my eyes are open wide

Chorus:
Because he’s wrong
Without me he’d be nothing
He’s wrong
Without me he could not breathe
And now I believe
That he’s wrong for me
He’s wrong
Yes one day I’ll leave

Bridge:
He used to show me
His love
Endlessly
Now I
Can’t believe
That he’s hurting me
As I fall to my knees
And beg and plead
He destroys my pride
And makes my soul bleed

Chorus:
Yeah he’s wrong
Without me he’d be nothing
He’s wrong
Without me he could not breathe
And now I believe
That he’s wrong for me
He’s wrong
Today I, I leave

©2001 2wice-Chi Music




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Posted By: emerson@naxs.com Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:17 PM
This lyric is: #281

One Nation United
w/m Frank Emerson c.2002

By God's grace we live in the nation of four freedoms,
Neath the wings of the eagle, so proud and brave and true.
Today as long ago,
That fighting spirit lives on so.
For the giant has awakened, wrapped in red, and white and blue.

(Chorus)One nation united, 300 million strong.
One nation united we will stand.
From the many comes the one.
There's a job that must be done.
And justice will prevail throughout the land.

As happened in the past, we've been challenged once again.
Our national resolve and grit have bben put to the test.
Like a phoenix from ground zero,
There will rise a million heroes.
With a grim determination and steel our will is set.

There's a price that must be paid for the freedoms we enjoy.
Payments have been made by generations gone before.
Now our turn has come,
To put terror on the run.
Our duty's clear as we prepare to pay the price once more.

Our spirit is invincible and freedom shall endure.
Tyrants will be toppled - they will fall and disappear.
Human rights we do procliam.
Liberty will reign.
For the only thing we have to fear is fear.


------------------
Frank Emerson

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Posted By: Paul Iwancio Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:28 PM
This lyric is: #282

The Revolution Begins Inside of You ©1997 Paul Iwancio

If the clothes you wear don’t fit the way you feel anymore.
And if the colors in your closet are as dull as a stockroom floor.
Give ‘em away.
You don’t have to hang on to threads that don’t last.
You’re too precious to live this life so downcast.
Even if you don’t want a pink slip,
you can skirt the laws of fashion nowadays.
Escape the ties of conformity, be the leader of your own parade.

Find a new way. Feel what is true.
Because the revolution begins inside of you.

If the language that you use doesn’t match the thought you think
You’re stuck going round in circles in your mind’s own roller rink.
Tear the past away.
One word is all you need to make a start.
Mix in some oranges to your mental appplecart.
Make a new word, don’t worry about which ones aren’t allowed
Free the tongue that’s been stuck to the roof of your mouth.

Find a new way. Feel what is true.
Because the revolution begins inside of you.

If the road you’re walking on has left you with tired and swollen feet.
And all you see is clutter on this littered street.
Kick off your shoes
And find a grass-paved path.
Add a few chapters to your earthly epithaph.
Because the road you choose is the key to your journey’s health
Make it a good one
even if you have to build it yourself.

Find a new way. Feel what is true.
Because the revolution begins inside of you.

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Posted By: vyproductions Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:39 PM
This lyric is: #283

OUT IN WAVES
LYRICS BY SKOTT FREEDMAN
http://www.skottfreedman.com
info@skottfreedman.com
copyright VIOLENT YODEL MUSIC 2001 / ASCAP

sometimes i get a little far like some kind of distant star without a wish and sometimes you get a little close and i fear what i fear most there’ll be no secret left well you are like the sea you go OUT IN WAVES but come crashing back to me and i am like the arctic sun i don’t warm up for anyone and don’t think i can’t see you’re scared and restless and tired of waiting for my winter to turn to spring well don’t you know i can still grow flowers as fine as they’ll ever be you just gotta take a chance and wait and see all the love i’ll bring to you from me sometimes i get a little shy not really sure quite why it’s not like i ain’t got nothing to say and other times i’m the party clown don’t even try to calm me down i’ll just sing louder well maybe it’s all a dream without some meaning just an old cigar and maybe if i told you so well then you’d know just how far i’d go to find you in the city submerged in your own pity and if i kissed you then would it all end or would it begin and at the end of the day i just need a little smile and i’ll be on my way but if you ever decide to come back honey you don’t have to ask the door’s always open meantime i’ll be here dreaming up our future years and that next phone call just might be you but if it’s not that’s ok cause i know you’ll be back one day

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Posted By: Don Richmond Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:42 PM
This lyric is: #284

Finest Generation

He was starting school about the time the dust storms filled the sky
And he learned to do without things, and he never wondered why
And he turned sixteen in forty-one when the nation went to war
When he graduated high school, it was knocking at his door.

From Africa to Normandy, Pearl Harbor to Berlind
From the sands of iwo Jima, Okinawa to Japan
He bled in every country, kept Old Glory flying free
Never asked for any favors, just that people let him be
(chorus)
They were the finest generation we'd ever seen before
hardened by depression, tempered by the war
Never cracked under the pressure of what they were asked to do
They were our finest generation, passing through.

Now he walks downtown for coffee at the corner donut store
And he talks about the weather, and he thinks about the war
Sometimes he's a little edgy till he's had that cup of joe
But if you kid him he'll be smiling when it's time for him to go

But sometimes it comes back to him in technicolor dreams
He can hear those rifles barking, he can hear his buddies' screams
He's never gotten over it, even after all these years
And it's only with the sunrise he's released from all his fears
(chorus)
They were the finest generation we'd ever seen before
Hardened by depression, tempered by the war
And you can stand up now to honor him, he stood up once for you
They were the finest generation, passing through.

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Posted By: jeffok Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:43 PM
This lyric is: #285

Fifty miles out of Paradise
(c)2001 - Jeff O'Kelley

Fifty miles out of Paradise, running low on gas and beer
I need to find some kind of sign to bring me home from here
It's getting dark, the roads are wet, so cold I can see my breath
And I haven't seen another car for hours on end

I've been rolling down this highway in my '69 Cadillac
Picking up pieces as they fall off
East and west, north and south I need a compass to help me out
Cause I can't tell which way I've been; I'm lost again

Cigarettes and alcohol, the only things that keep me up
There ain’t nothing on the dial, some old Jayhawks melody in my head
Did you get the card I sent, I know that it's not much
I just wanted you to know, I'd rather be at home in my bed

So I keep rolling down this highway in my '69 Cadillac
Picking up pieces as they fall off
East and west, north and south I need a compass to help me out
I can't tell which way I've been; just lost again

From a payphone in Baton Rouge I tried to call you
But all I get from on this long distance line is ring, ring, ring

So I'm just rolling down the highway in my '69 Cadillac
Picking up pieces as they fall off
East and west, north and south I need a compass to help me out
I can't tell which way I've been; just lost again


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Posted By: DNahmod Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:44 PM
This lyric is: #286

ONE POWER
Words and Music by
Daniel Nahmod


(verse 1)
THERE’S ONE POWER, INVISIBLE
AND YOU SEE IT EVERYWHERE AND EVERY DAY
ONE POWER, INDESCRIBABLE
AND YOU SPEAK OF IT WITH EVERY WORD YOU SAY
MYSTERIOUS UNTIL YOU KNOW THE TRUTH
AS SIMPLE AS THE LOVE INSIDE OF YOU


(chorus 1)
CALL IT GOD, CALL IT SPIRIT
CALL IT JESUS, CALL IT LORD
CALL IT BUDDHA, BA'HA'ULLA
ANGEL'S WINGS OR HEAVEN'S DOOR
BUT WHATEVER NAME YOU GIVE IT
IT'S ALL ONE POWER, CAN'T YOU SEE
IT'S THE POWER OF THE LOVE IN YOU AND ME


(verse 2)
WE SPEAK SO MANY LANGUAGES
HAVE DIFFERENT CLOTHING, DIFFERENT COLORS, DIFFERENT NAMES
BUT DIFFERENT IS ONLY DANGEROUS
WHEN WE FORGET THAT IN THE HEART WE'RE ALL THE SAME
WE'LL REMEMBER ONCE WE CLOSE OUR EYES TO SEE
THAT SUCH DISTANCES WERE NEVER MEANT TO BE


(chorus 2)
CALL IT GOD, CALL IT SPIRIT
CALL IT JESUS, CALL IT LORD
CALL IT BUDDHA, BA'HA'ULLA
HASHEM OR HEAVEN'S DOOR
IT'S MOHAMMAD, IT'S YOUR MIND
IT'S YOUR SOUL OR IT'S YOUR SIGN
IT'S THE UNIVERSE, IT'S MUSIC
MOTHER EARTH OR FATHER TIME
BUT WHATEVER NAME YOU GIVE IT
IT'S ALL ONE POWER, CAN'T YOU SEE
WHATEVER NAME YOU GIVE IT
IT'S THE VERY AIR WE BREATHE
IT'S THE POWER OF THE LOVE IN YOU AND ME


(tag)
IT’S THE MOMENT OF CREATION
IT’S AN EVERLASTING PEACE
IT’S THE FREEDOM OF FORGIVENESS
IT’S THE SWEETNESS OF RELEASE
IT’S THE JOY OF INSPIRATION
IT’S THE SUNSHINE ON YOUR FACE
IT’S THE BIRTHRIGHT OF ALL NATIONS
IT’S THE BOUNDLESSNESS OF SPACE
IT’S THE BEAUTY OF A BABY
THE SERENITY OF SLEEP
IT’S THE ANGER WE ABANDON
FOR IT’S LOVE THAT’S MOST DEEP
IT’S ONE POWER
(... ONE POWER... )

IT’S THE POWER OF THE LOVE THAT LIVES FOREVER IN YOU AND ME
IT’S THE POWER OF THE LOVE
IN YOU AND ME


© 2001 Nahmod Music Co. (ASCAP) * P.O. Box 461002 * Los Angeles, CA 90046 * (888) 964-6683 * www.DanielNahmod.com


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Posted By: lacarolann Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 07:51 PM
This lyric is: #287

Drink and Dial
By Carol Ann Timmel © 2002

Slow:
It’s closing time and I’m on my very last beer
And I’ve told my sad little story to everyone here
Time to make that long walk home and try to sleep it off
But I’m full of liquid courage and I gotta say some stuff
So I’m makin’ one last stop

Fast:
I’m gonna drink and dial
And give you a dose
Of what you’ve been dishin’ out
You’re so grandiose
But you’re gonna listen
So don’t say a word
And get you some feedback
Like you’ve never heard

Chorus:
I’ll let my fingers do the walkin’
And these hard feelings do the talkin’
You know it’s true
You had it coming to you

Oh did I wake you?
Well that’s too bad
Guess I’m just makin’ up
For sleepless nights I’ve had
And your new girlfriend
She there with you?
Well it’s my lucky night
Cause now she’s up too

I’ll let my fingers do the walkin’
And these hard feelings do the talkin’
You know it’s true
You had it coming to you

I know tomorrow
I won’t recall
That I ever spoke to you
Or went out at all
But I’ll feel better
Won’t want to cry
I’ll think I’m over you
But I won’t know why
I’ll think I’m over you
But I won’t know why

Copyright 2002 Carol Ann Timmel


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Posted By: hiyalux Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 08:15 PM
This lyric is: #288

Home
c. 2000 Heather Stevenson

I'm lying on my back
Looking through the haze
I was thrown here by a careless hand
Left to drift below the waves

Am I as helpless as they said?
Can I rise up if I try?
When my will has sunk beneath the sand
And my inspiration's dry

Can I rise above this
Ocean of sorrow
Before I'm this and nothing else?
Can I rise above this
Ocean of hopelessness?
Or will I just fade until I'm gone?
Will I just fade until I'm gone?

I remember to a time
Before the water came
I lived in air and Earth and fire
And my sorrow had a name

The instruments of faith
Were at my fingertips
My spirit lived inside me then and
Grace spilled from my lips

A ray of light
Has broken through
To lead me home again
Home



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Posted By: mare1962 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 08:28 PM
This lyric is: #289

Living Will
by Marilyn Turnbow
(c) 1991

If there's a chance that I'm to be
forced into longevity
let it be know
that by decree
no plugs and wires
be attached
to me

Don't hook me up to a machine
that gives me life
that breathes for me
let it be known
at my behest
lay my weary bones to rest

Chorus:
It may be true that I'm too young
that many songs were left unsung
but when my time has come to die
pull the plug and say goodbye

Drugs and plugs and wires and such
will never provide that magic touch
take my life
but feel no sorrow
a memory remains
today and tomorrow

Chours:
It may be true that I'm too young
that many songs were left unsung
but when my time has come to die
pull the plug and say goodbye
just pull the plug and say
say goodbye

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Posted By: asensualspirit Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 08:29 PM
This lyric is: #290

IN THE VALLEY NEAR THE RIVER
( an irish ballad)

In the valley near the river
Where the sun always shines bright
There was this lost soul in mourning
Only able to live at night

When the moon was dressing everything
Silver blanket full of dreams
He'll appear just out of nothing
Just like waking up of sleep

In his eyes a hope for finding
What he wished for all his life
A soul mate who walk hand holding
Looking at each other eyes

He would walk over the water
He would float under the stars
Dragonfly of sparkling wings
Take me to my valentine

He would ask the wind to find it
He would beg the wizard chief
To help his heart to feel better
Or to end his endless dream

But the time would tell him nothing
Every night the same ordeal
Finding a flower in water
That will dry when the sun see

How did everything started
No one knows it's history
But the wind would sing the story
And the river 'll tell of him

In the valley near the river
Where the sun always shine bright
You'll see this lost soul in mourning
Only able to live at night






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Posted By: Jackie Robinson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 08:33 PM
This lyric is: #291

FAIL FORWARD
(c) 2002 by Steven Kalas

And so your life went sprawling.Everybody saw
You win the prize for “Not So Bright.” Maybe broke the law
You couldn’t keep your promise.
Betrayed what you believed
You have aced the college course in fallibility

So fail forward. You won’t break
Fail forward. Crash and burn ‘til it aches
Fail forward As many times as it takes
Always try to make some new mistakes

The crowd was screaming adoration. You dropped the ball
You chose your mate unwisely. That lawyer’s got some gall
The curtain raised on your big scene. You forgot your lines
You tell the friendly officer you didn’t see the sign

So fail forward. You won’t break
Fail forward. Crash and burn ‘til it aches
Fail forward As many times as it takes
Always try to make some new mistakes

You say you’re feeling naked. Well Baby join the crowd
Everybody’s naked. Everybody’s proud
Clothes are just good manners, a shelter from the cold
Don’t let shame distract you from the treasure that you hold

Just fail forward
You won’t break

So you’re a failure. At least you’re not insane
Crazy is returning to the things that caused you pain
You’re the only one surprised to find you’re human too
But if you’re gonna screw things up, the least that you could do…

So fail forward. You won’t break
Fail forward. Crash and burn ‘til it aches
Fail forward As many times as it takes
Always try to make some new mistakes

Do something wrong different
_________________________________

(c)2002 Music and Lyrics by Steven Kalas
Contact:
Jackie Robinson
ByStavros@aol.com

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Posted By: Hartphoto Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 08:35 PM
This lyric is: #292

"Old Friends" Copyright 2000 Jessi Rose Music (BMI) Danny Everitt, Michael Hart, Gerry Hailer


I’M GOING HOME TO SEE MY OLD FRIENDS
SO MANY YEARS SINCE WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS
AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR US ALL AGAIN
TO GO BACK WHERE WE SPENT OUR YOUNGER DAYS

I’M TAKING THE DAY TO SEE MY FRIENDS
AND LAUGH ABOUT THE GOOD TIMES THAT WE HAD
WE KNOW THE SCARS WE CAN OPEN
AND A COUPLE OF THINGS BETTER LEFT UNSAID

I’M LEAVING TODAY TO SEE MY OLD FRIENDS
THERE’LL BE NO ONE THERE WHO DON’T BELONG
THE CIRCLE THERE REMAINS UNBROKEN
JUST THE WAY IT HAS FOR SO LONG

I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE MY OLD FRIENDS
WE REALLY SHOOK IT UP WE REALLY TORE ‘EM UP WAY BACK THEN
GHOST STORIES FADE IN SUNLIGHT
AND LOST CHANCES NEVER COME AGAIN

SO I’M LEAVING TODAY TO SEE MY OLD FRIENDS
THERE’LL BE NO ONE THERE WHO DON’T BELONG
THE CIRCLE THERE REMAINS UNBROKEN
JUST THE WAY IT HAS FOR SO LONG

I USED TO THINK WE’D LIVE FOREVER
WHEN DOES THE BOY BECOME A MAN
UNDERSTANDING WHO WE WERE
HELPS ME SEE NOW WHO I AM

I’M GOING HOME TO SEE MY OLD FRIENDS
SO MANY YEARS SINCE WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS
AND NOW IT’S TIME FOR US ALL AGAIN
TO GO BACK WHERE WE SPENT OUR YOUNGER DAYS

AND I’M LEAVING TODAY TO SEE MY OLD FRIENDS
THERE’LL BE NO ONE THERE WHO DON’T BELONG
THE CIRCLE THERE REMAINS UNBROKEN
THE WAY IT HAS FOR SO LONG


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Posted By: M.E.B.2002 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 08:50 PM
This lyric is: #293

Next In Line
© 2001 Mike Estep (BMI)

She left her wedding dress that she wore three times
In a cardboard box on the county line
"The charm may be there for someone else,
But it’s never worked for me"

She’s got two kids and a rusting car
A book of dreams with no shining star
Anyone who knows
Says she deserves much more than this

(Chorus)
She’s next in line for the new beginning
She’s next in line for the happy ending
She’s next in line on the waiting list
For the perfect, perfect love

She works a double shift and gets the kids to school
Sleeps two hours and swears it’s cool
It’s hard to blaze any new frontiers
When you’re running just on fumes

She can’t hold back the falling sand
She holds tight to her long term plan
Honest love and a pedestal
Where she sits so way up high

Chorus
She’s next in line for the new beginning
She’s next in line for the happy ending
She’s next in line on the waiting list
For the perfect, perfect love


She takes her lotto picks and section A
Sits down just like every day
"I don't want to be standing
When these numbers finally hit"
She takes a look and tears the ticket up
Drops it in her coffee cup
Walks away with a smile and says
"I only missed by six"

Chorus
She’s next in line for the new beginning
She’s next in line for the happy ending
She’s next in line on the waiting list
For the perfect, perfect love

contact:
www.mikeestepband.com

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Posted By: mikeyjake Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 08:51 PM
This lyric is: #294

Be My Ex-Girlfriend
(c) 2001 by Mike Jacobs

You should be my, be my ex-girlfriend
No hope for the love of all time
You should be my, be my ex girlfriend
A temporary someone to say that they’re mine.

Can’t say that I’ve never had someone like you
Can’t say that there’ll never be more
I may not be able to tell you the fable
But that’s not what I’m lookin’ for

Never before has a girl just like you
Been enough for a weekend or two
I may not endeavor to tell you forever
But whatcha exp.ect for a screw?

You should be my ex-girlfriend...

I may have been damaged and sometimes abandoned
But who hasn’t been ‘round the block
I’ll lower my standards and you’ll be the answer
For love ‘aint it all just a crock

Tonite I fall under your spell
Perhaps a chance to kiss and tell
Tonite I fall into
The myth of me and you

And wait for you to come and fall away…

You should be my ex-girlfriend...


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Posted By: Maria Cahill Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 08:56 PM
This lyric is: #295

LA LA LAND
copyright 2002 Maria Cahill
It's a nice place to visit, but... Know anybody like this? I bet you do.

I love where I live
I can't say enough good things about it
with so much to give
I'll never change who I was as a kid
It's so beautiful here, never a cloud or a rainy day
the land of milk and honey
and honey that's why I want to stay in
Chorus:
La La Land, it's my own personal paradise
La La Land, I always get my way twice

My lawn's always green
though I never lift a hand to help it grow
and my yard is serene
I hide behind the hedgerows of my soul
it's so beautiful here, my white picket fence just can't be beat
whenever something jumps over it
all I need do is retreat to

Chorus:
La La Land, it's my own personal paradise
La La Land, I always get my way twice
La La Land, without ever opening my eyes

Bridge:
Now, we all need a place to go
where we're always right
but you gotta come down from the clouds
before you pick a fight
friendship is a two-way street
and we both went the wrong way
until the ground and your feet meet
this song is all I'll sang

Now I'm strong on my own
don't need anybody 'til I need a friend
so give me what I'm owed
expectations of thanks you can suspend
'cause you're privileged just to know
let alone owe me
my fellow man's as far as he can be
as I slip into the reality of

Chorus:
La La Land, it's my own personal paradise
La La Land, I always get my way twice
La La Land, without ever opening my eyes

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Posted By: marydevlin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:06 PM
This lyric is: #296

The Ballad of Perkin Warbeck
Copyright 2002 by Mary Devlin

The sun shall rise; the mountains touch the sky;
The rain shall fall; you'll see it but not I;
The heart shall love, the soul know joy and pain,
You'll feel its warmth; I won't feel aught again;
From mountains to the shore
Life calls for death once more.

The leaves shall fall, the trees go stark and bare,
And yet in spring, new buds are everywhere;
Sometimes I feel that I've been here before;
If this be true, there must be something more.
From mountains to the shore
Life calls for death once more.

I've seen the world; I've traveled everywhere;
And now it seems my journey shall end here.
Is there a God? I sometimes wonder why:
If God be love, can she be aught but I?
When hills become the sea,
Will they remember me?
From mountains to the shore
Life calls for death once more.

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Posted By: Ionuin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:07 PM
This lyric is: #297

this is that moment when it's done....
and it's been awhile--you still don't understand and their not offering any help--but none-the-less, you take the phone to bed hoping one drunken night they'll call.... and give you the ending you deserved vs. the one you got--
to let you know that you weren't stupid...

Stuipd

Calling Out
I'm driving round this town
Like a Ghost searching for
A place to lie down

Trying to carry
all the things we've said and done
all the tears and scares and leftover
pieces of us

Can I tell you something true
You mattered to me even if
I never did to you

And it's hard
to find my way in the dark
Even with someone playing your part
I still sleep with the phone
hopeing one day you'll show me
I wasn't stuipd
no, I wasn't stuipd

Nowhere now
Stuck where we fell down
Where without a single word
You took me out

Hard to believe
this is where we would end
two years have come and gone with nothing
to show for it

Can I tell you something true
Nothing ever hurts me more
than when I think of You

And it's hard
to find my way in the dark
Even with someone playing your part
I still sleep with the phone
hopeing one day you'll show me
I wasn't stuipd
no, I wasn't stuipd
no, I wasn't stuipd
no, I'm not stuipd
I'm not stuipd

And it's hard
to find my way in the dark
Even with someone playing your part
I still sleep with the phone
hopeing one day you'll show me
I wasn't stuipd
no, I'm not stuipd

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Posted By: kat4478 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:08 PM
This lyric is: #298

Plan B
Katrina Turner 2001

I never thought that I'd be strangled by my silver lining
But I prey upon the fear of what tomorrow might be hiding
And I don't believe I'm gonna tumble down this flight of fancy
Even thought my scattered thoughts leave a paper trail to nowhere land and

CHORUS
Ain't no one gonna tell me
What you get's exactly what you need
Maybe nothing in this world is free
But I don't give a damn
I'm changing my plan
for a better scene

I never thought that I'd be big enough to fill my own shoes
I'm charging up my credit - paying interest on my own dues
And I'm taking a leave of all this spinning wheels no hope of traction
And I know that I was low cause I couldn't get no satisfaction

CHORUS

I never stepped outside the comfort of the bigger shadow
Cause I knew that I could hide, and never have to deal with life's blows
But I signed the deed and now I've taken freedom off the shelf and
Now I know I'm good to go
Because I've rediscovered myself

CHORUS

Break: I know I know
Things are gonna get much better
I know I know
I might be in for nasty weather
I know you know
just exactly what I mean

But I don't give a damn
I'm changing my plan
for a better scene

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Posted By: Gailg Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:14 PM
This lyric is: #299

NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE

I'm staring down the ceiling of another cheap motel
Running from the heartache left by another ner'do well
I am travelling light this time I had no memories to pack
I can't see straight but I ain't blind and my dreams are still intact


I've been following white lines through amber waves of grain
And yesterday I found myself cryin? in blue Kentucky rain
Love has been illusive and my heart is growing weak
Still I know the stars will lead me to the happiness I seek

Chorus
I'm chasing down the wind in search of higher ground
To protect my fragile dreams from this deluge
This flood of lonely tears ain't deep enough to make me drown
I can only win 'cause I've nothing left to lose

Last time I had the strength to smile I was on a mountain pass
I could see the twinkling city lights but they were just outside my grasp
There's nothing left but movin' on I've come too far to stop
So put a quarter in the jukebox and we'll dance until we drop

Chorus
I'm chasing down the wind in search of higher ground
To protect my fragile dreams from this deluge
This flood of lonely tears ain't deep enough to make me drown
I can only win 'cause I've nothing left to lose

Saturday has come and gone and I'm still lying in my bed
I guess I drank a lot last night there's a throbbing in my head
This life will be the death of me I can't seem to get a break
But There ain't no grass beneath my feet and I'll run for running's sake


So I'm staring down the ceiling of another cheap motel
And if you meet me on the street I'll say I'm doing well
Love has been illusive and my heart is growing weak
But I know the stars will lead me to the happiness I seek


Chorus
I'm chasing down the wind in search of higher ground
To protect my fragile dreams from this deluge
This flood of lonely tears ain't deep enough to make me drown
I can only win 'cause I've nothing left to lose


Gail Gudder © 2001



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Posted By: Michael Stephen Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:16 PM
This lyric is: #300

THE TENTH COMMANDMENT

I wish I had my neighbor’s house
I wish I had his car
He shines it up and he shows it off
By his manicured front yard
And I wish I had his salary
I wish I had his life
And I wish I had his lovely wife

She stands by the window half undressed
Does she think that I don’t see?
I swear she leaves the lights on
‘Cause she knows what it does to me
And I wish I had the nerve
To go and knock on her back door
And take her on the marble kitchen floor

Do you want it?
Do you crave it
When you know you can’t have it?
Do you need it?
Do you love it?
Thou shalt not covet

If the angle’s right you can see through the fence
Around their swimming pool
And she suns herself there, topless
When the children are at school
And I wish that God did not exist
I wish He didn’t see
The sinful thoughts inside of me

I wish I had my neighbor’s looks
I wish I had his poise
His insolent self-confidence
And his trendy upscale toys
And I pray that some misfortune
Will take it all away
So I won’t have to look at him
So I won’t have to feel this way
I’m burning up with envy
I may burn in the afterlife
But I wish I had my neighbor’s wife

Do you want it?
Do you crave it
When you know you can’t have it?
Do you need it?
Do you love it?
Thou shalt not covet

(c) 2001 Michael Stephen




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Posted By: sarakamin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:19 PM
This lyric is: #301

"Living In My Head"
All rights reserved.
By Sara Kamin
c2001 Sara Kamin

A sticky summer in a town outside Toronto
You're on the outskirts of a world that goes far beyond
Stuck in constant rewind, living for yesterday
Always forgetting that you won't be here for long

You think I'm blinded by my rose-colored glasses
Painting my lifetime the warmest shade of red
A world made up of photos full of poses
And all because i'm living in my head
All because i'm living in my head

The same four guitar chords create an entire album
You tell me all my words tell the same old story twice
You think I'm riding on a dream that's based on nothing
But I am having the best time of my life

You think I'm blinded by my rose-colored glasses
Painting my lifetime the warmest shade of red
A world made up of photos full of poses
And all because i'm living in my head
All because i'm living in my head

How did this idea, this delusion, get into my brain?
You ask why all my songs are about heartache and pain
I should have said because without love, we all might as well be dead
But I'm the only one singing, what do you know anyway?

You think I'm blinded by my rose-colored glasses
Painting my lifetime the warmest shade of red
A world made up of photos full of poses
And all because i'm living in my head
All because i'm living in my head

c2001 Sara Kamin

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Sara [Linked Image]

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Posted By: kdbridges Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:20 PM
This lyric is: #302

The Mission

She left her home to spread God’s word
you know his will must be done
Across the sea to Africa
the battle must be won

Into the heart of the jungle
beneath the burning sun
Trapped here like some animal hunted
nowhere to hide, nowhere to run
I won’t say I don’t regret this
How could I ever forget this?
There should have been some warning
I should not be here mourning

Down, down, down
I lost my love in Africa
Down, down, down
Into the darkest night I run

He was a native man of God
she was the missionary’s wife
Who knows what devils, what demons
possessed his soul that night
He took her with his strength and his anger
She prayed for a helping hand
But that night God became a stranger
And the lion killed the lamb

Down, down, down
I lost my love in Africa
Down, down, down
Into the darkest night I run

Somewhere there are people dying
somewhere there are souls to save
But I only hear the crying
of the children at their mother’s grave
I won’t say I don’t regret this
How can I ever forget this?
My reward for hearing the calling
My soul is lost I’m falling


Down, down, down
I lost my love in Africa
Down, down, down
Into the darkest night I run


©Kevin Bridges (Dancing Hobos)
www.dancinghobos.indiegroup.com




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Posted By: AGAlexander Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:23 PM
This lyric is: #303

"Innocence Lost"
by Andrew Alexander & Roy Arismendez
copyright 2001


A tree falls in the forest,
To keep the company warm
Paper for the checks,
To buy someone a home

A car passes a field,
Of flowers so blue
It leaves behind its trash,
With no thought of me or you

The oceans and the seas are filled with things
That we no longer need
But at what cost?
The skies of blue have a hole in them
Now the sun burns baby’s skin
His innocence lost
His innocence lost

The rain falls from the sky,
It withers away the plants
A field of sand blows in the wind,
Across the farmer’s barren land

An animal lies in a pen,
Waiting for its end
A simple coat of luxury,
A little more money to spend

The oceans and the seas are filled with things
That we no longer need
But at what cost?
The skies of blue have a hole in them
Now the sun burns baby’s skin
His innocence lost
His innocence lost

A child holds his father’s hand,
And looks him in the eye
Help me daddy please,
Before the earth passes us by

The time has come for all of us,
To lead the world in peace
Something for our future,
A gift from you and me

An ocean of blue for all to see
Evolution of our land
We’re in God’s hands
The clouds of gray have a silver lining
Now the sun will light the day
And guide the way
And guide the way


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Posted By: Doret67 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:25 PM
This lyric is: #304

If I follow my heart will I find you
At the end of the long lonely road?
If I follow my heart could I bind you
With a love that will never grow cold?

Will my life take a turn to the sunlight?
Will I know that your love is my prize?
Dare I trust that this feeling is so right
When I find I am lost in your eyes?

If I follow my heart
If I follow my heart.

While the world with its anguish pursued me
And the rest of my life seemed forlorn.
Did the love that I seek now, elude me?
Or can memories still be reborn?

If I follow my heart will you leave me
Alone with my darkness and fears?
To lose you forever would grieve me
Far more than you'll know from my tears.

If I follow my heart
If I follow my heart

If I follow my heart will I find you
At the end of the long lonely road?
If I follow my heart could I bind you
With a love that will never grow cold?

If I follow my heart
If I follow my heart.....
To your arms.



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Posted By: stini Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:27 PM
This lyric is: #305

FEEL ME CALL
WORDS & MELODY - NOMI LYONNS
Copyright 2001


All that I want is to crawl right into your heart
You got to me I disregared
All the things sweet things I used to know
Strange to find I’m less than whole

BRIDGE
Seems in such a shame to me
We might not be together

CHORUS
Feel me call
Feel me call
Feel me call cry out to you baby

Maybe I live by tomorrow’s light
I hate to think of that despite
All of these things my knowing sees
I’m fashioning these fantasies

BRIDGE
Scenes of our destiny
Can truly be, remember

CHORUS

Late at night while you lay awake
Please close your eyes & concentrate
All you inhale will take you down
Within my soul I feel you form


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Posted By: markNM Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:31 PM
This lyric is: #306

Pull The Cork
(Words & Music: © 1994 by Mark S. Moody)

(Chorus)
Pull the cork off that bottle, once again
Be it scotch, bourbon, vodka, or rot-gut gin
As I come to, and the memory floods my mind,
Quick, pull the cork off that bottle one more time

I.
Shut the shade on that window, it's too bright
The sunshine burns my eyes, there's too much light
In the darkness I can hide, with the bottle by my side
So, quick, shut the shade on that window, and turn out the light

II.
Lock the door, don't dare answer...it's just the wind
Or maybe Tom, Dick, or Harry, or some other fair weather friend
So many have come and gone, Lord, I know they are not real
So, quick, lock the door, don't dare answer, they're here to steal

(Chorus)

III.
Take the mirror off the wall, that can't be me
So thin, so pale, so lost a man I see
Yeah, the bottle's won, I'm on the run, escaping in a lie
So, quick, take the mirror off the wall before I cry

IV.
Check the cabinets, there's got to be a stash somewhere
Pull the drawers, look on the floors, under the chairs
My mind's out of control, Lord, it burns my very soul
So, quick, check the cabinets, where did that bottle go?

(Chorus and out)


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Posted By: Andrew Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:33 PM
This lyric is: #307

Words and Flowers
© Andrew Blott 2002

Forever - was the word that I heard you say
No never - would you want me to go away
I thought I could see it in your eyes
Now it looks like I just fantasized

Ch.
You loved me with words and flowers
The only way you knew
And sometimes in the long dark hours
I believed it too
But the steel blue of morning light
Stole the rose tint away
With the sunrise within my sight
I'm a fool if I stay
I live a life from today

Confusions - locked my mind in a prison cell
Illusions - just like Merlin's hypnotic spell
Every turn a smokescreen to distract
Anything to check the final act

A suitcase - all I have laying on the ground
The last seat - on the bus heading out of town
Waiting is no mystic art to me
That's been my life's work 'til now you see

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Posted By: ralston Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:35 PM
This lyric is: #308

Fragile

For whatever you may think of me,
Any thoughts you may allow,
I am not who I would like to be,
I’m just who I am right now.

And if I caused you any pain,
If the words I spoke weren't kind,
I confess, repent and take the blame.
Let’s just leave it all behind.

For we are fragile, everyone.
We all long for something more.
Things are said and things are done
And the pieces hit the floor - we are quite fragile

Humble words are not enough I know
But sometimes words are all that come.
In this empty field of quid pro quo
The last one standing wins no crown.

Whatever I did to make it hard on you, more than it ever was on me,
It was never my intention to convey indignity.

And if I caused you any pain,
If the words I spoke weren't kind,
I confess, repent and take the blame.
Let’s just leave it all behind.

For we are fragile, everyone
We all long for something more.
Things are said and things are done
As the pieces hit the floor - we see how fragile

For whatever you may think of me,
Any thoughts you may allow,
I'm not where I'd like to be,
But it's where I am right now.

Still I'm Fragile

©2001 ralston

(to hear the tune http://www.songramp.com/homepage.ez?Who=Ralston)


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Posted By: tao64 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:37 PM
This lyric is: #309

Escape From Bravo
copyright 2002 Michael McDaeth

Gonna win the lotto
Gonna scream and holler
I blink again
Gonna bleed intoxication
Cause frustration
Met you one day in the corner
We agreed its almost over
When did you get sober
Your dreams they make you colder
Your dreams they make you colder

Hey alright, hey alright

The devils in the order
When did he take over
I blink again
So on down the highway
To the talk show circuit
And on the talk show circuit
Everyone is bursting
Must have won the lotto

Hey alright, hey alright


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Posted By: rickpaul Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:42 PM
This lyric is: #310

HERE IN MY MEMORY
words by Rick Paul

Verse 1:

A yellowed envelope with black and whites
Filled with you and me
Brings back memories of those summer nights
Bouncing on your knee

Pre-chorus 1:

When you'd call me your favorite girl
Though Grandma sat nearby
And as you'd wink your eye
She'd smile

Chorus:

I still miss you on these summer nights
I miss those gentle arms that held me tight
And though time can't bring you back to me
You'll always be
Here in my memory

Verse 2:

A yellow rose you laid by her side
The day that she went home
Teardrops glisten still in both our eyes
Etched in Kodachrome

Pre-chorus 2:

You told me 'bout angels' wings
And how she'd learn to fly
And as you wiped your eyes
I smiled

(repeat chorus)

Bridge:

And just before the angels took you away
I held you close to say

Chorus:

I will miss you on these summer nights
I'll miss these gentle arms that hold me tight
And until time brings you back to me
You'll always be
Here in my memory

© 2002 Rick Paul (ASCAP)
All Rights Reserved

Contact: Rick Paul
E-mail: rickpaul@earthlink.net
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~rickpaul

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Posted By: endac Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:44 PM
This lyric is: #311

Scribbled Letters ©Copyright 2002 by Enda Cullen


Verse 1
words - just scribbled letters
merely blue ink on a page
they so poorly reflect
the fond memories I've saved
pictures - faded pictures
merely images engraved
that captured the faces
of lovers engaged

Lift
were we so young.......unable to see
that ours was a love, not destined to be......?

Chorus
but you still sing your love songs, inside my head
songs that remind me of the good times we shared
our place by the ocean, where both of us said
that a love such as ours should never go bad
still, your reason for leaving, I can't understand
so I leave scribbled letters, for you in the sand

Instrumental Break

Verse 2
dreams - my silly dreams
of the future unfolding
they so surely betray
slim hopes that I'm holding
dance - how we'll dance
we can spin the world round
and sing a new song
of lost-love being found

Chorus (variation)
but till then, sing your love songs, inside my head
songs that remind me of the good times we shared
our place by the ocean, where both of us said
that a love such as ours should never go bad
still, your reason for leaving, I can't understand
so I leave scribbled letters, for you in the sand

Tag
so I leave scribbled letters for you in the sand


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Posted By: donner party Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:47 PM
This lyric is: #312

TEXAS IS ONE SONG AWAY
Words & Music Rick Dinsmore

MY SONGS THEY ARE THE SIMPLE KIND
AS ANYONE CAN TELL
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF FAMILY
THERE'S A SMALL PART OF TEXAS AS WELL
AND WHENEVER I FEEL LONESOME
I JUST CLOSE MY EYES AND PLAY
THEN I'M NOT ALONE, I JUST SING ME BACK HOME
IT'S JUST ONE SONG AWAY

CHORUS
TEXAS IS ONE SONG AWAY
I CLOSE MY EYES AND PLAY
THEN I'M NOT ALONE I JUST SING ME BACK HOME
IT'S JUST ONE SONG AWAY

THE YEARS HAVE COME AND THE YEARS HAVE GONE
SINCE I CAUGHT THAT WESTBOUND PLANE
I JUST STRUM ME SOME CHORDS
AND I SING ME SOME WORDS AND I'M
RIGHT BACK HOME AGAIN
I MAY NEVER SEE ALL MY OLD FRIENDS AGAIN
STILL THEY'RE CLEAR AS THEY CAN BE
I MAY NEVER COME HOME TO TEXAS AGAIN
BUT TEXAS CAN COME HOME TO ME

REPEAT CHORUS

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Posted By: Jarthur Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:50 PM
This lyric is: #313

Are You There
(c)1996 Paul Freynet

V1.
Are you there?
Well another day ends,
just leave the little things you need to do.
Come out and howl,
wild as the first moment you knew.

V2.
Are you there?
Well... it's falling evening now,
out here, to the growing shadow,
come wail the wail
that wild dogs and mad poets know.

Bridge:
Take what began
like every other day,
make it an ongoing story
that nobody else could ever tell
well...

V3.
if you're there speak
to the gathering dark
in your heart be a true savage
and we'll never fade,
we'll rage... rage...

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Posted By: starfirefive Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 09:52 PM
This lyric is: #314

.anodyne. (c)2002 james b. willard

singing songs of stars, i found a letter inside (i forgot):
what warm winded interstate can cry when i can not?
and there but for the grave and god go i, it's just the same
(as if you know it's real when love is proven by the pain).

with whit beknownst to stone, time for the sea only exists
to undermine the efforts and to cut the exposed wrists.
the ocean meets the dreams of lovers all engaged in it -
their battered broken battled nightmares of a sinking ship.

and though i know the forest takes you there and brings you sleep;
without the will engaged, the darkness brings you apathy.
so singing songs of stars i found a letter that i thought you'd lost,
where inside you confessed exactly how you've paid the cost.

[chorus]: when she returns, the stars all rise and when i see them, sigh,
to fall asleep without a name, you know how hard i've tried.
this gathering of notes beneath the city's scream is anodyne:
still singing songs of stars, of life support and balancings.

can all this pass to quell the bleeding waves of yesterday?
the charts restored through means of undertow and tidal sway?
with heartless missions here to there, you'll find they're all resolved
to choke the life from faith and leave the victims unabsolved.

and all to soon, you ask just what it is that i cannot forget
the world is flat, the demons real, and still the street beget
a sick and homeless boy who found himself lost out at sea;
too near the edge without a sail or oars or his beliefs.

when she returns, the stars all rise and when i see them, sigh,
to fall asleep without a name, you know how hard i've tried.
this gathering of notes beneath the city's scream is anodyne:
still singing songs of stars, of life support and balancings.

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Posted By: songmangc Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:08 PM
This lyric is: #315

The following lyrics are for entry into your current lyric contest.

Gene Carrington


The Last Real Cowboy


Jeds' collie lay beside the bunkhouse door
Waitin' like she always did for Jed to do his chores
His battered saddle leaned against the pole corral
Where Jeds' old pony dozed, fightin' flies off with his tail

He?d give no more advise about the kind of men to hire
They?d miss his yarns, when they sat, by the evening roundup fires
They?d miss his lonesome songs, about his old weekend loves
And his way of provin? every day, he could still keep up

And his rusty spurs lay on the bunkhouse floor
By his old hat and six-gun, he won't be needin' anymore
His bible on a table, by his bed
'Ol Jed, the last real cowboy, was dead

Jed taught green, young cowhands, how to throw a rope
How to gentle down wild horses, and respect their older folks
He quoted from the bible, and taught them how to pray
Jed showed them that a cowboy, worshipped God a special way

They took Jed out and buried him, on a grassy mesa top
By a little creek that runs dry, when the Texas sun gets hot
His funeral was all cowboy, men that called 'ol Jed their friend
Jed was the last real cowboy, he rode a lifetime for the brand

And his rusty spurs lay on the bunkhouse floor
By his old hat and six-gun, he won't be needin' anymore
His bible on a table, by his bed
'Ol Jed, the last real cowboy, was dead

'Ol Jed the last real cowboy was dead
?Ol Jed the last real cowboy was dead

© All Rights Reserved-Gene Carrington-BMI Writer


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Posted By: mindymusic Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:13 PM
This lyric is: #316

Advice for the Oversensitive
By Mindy S. Kornberg

Verse:
Welcome to our dysfunctional age.
Get used to living in your private emotional cage.
Reaching out can be harmful to your health.
You’ve got to lower your expectations.
Don’t take everything to heart.
Don’t look to friends for salvation,
Just learn to play your part,

Chorus:
And don’t be so sensitive!
Can’t you even take a joke?
Don’t be so sensitive!
Chill out and have a smoke!
Don’t be so sensitive!
You can’t walk around like an open sore.
No one plays by the golden rule anymore.

Verse:
Discover your personal resources.
Stand on your own two f---ing feet!
This world has got no room for crybabies.
It’s all for none and none for all.
There ain’t no more Musketeers.
It’s every man for him self now.
So hey get your ass in gear!

Chorus:
And don’t be so sensitive.
You’ve got to learn how to take a joke.
Don’t be so sensitive.
Chill out and have a toke.
Don’t be so sensitive.
You can’t walk around like an open sore.
No one plays by the golden rule anymore.

Verse:
Now is the time of empowerment.
Put your assertiveness training to work!
Quit all your whining and just rock and roll with the punches.
Your feelings are a dime a dozen.
Don’t bore me with your tale of woe.
Hey, you know I’d love to stay and chat but I’ve gotta go.

Chorus:
So don't be so sensitive!
It’s high time you learned how to take a joke.
You’re just oversensitive!
Chill out man! Don’t have a stroke!
And don’t be so sensitive!
Why walk around like an open sore?
No one plays by the golden rule anymore. (x2)
No one plays by that golden rule anymore.


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Posted By: Mans Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:16 PM
This lyric is: #317

Lord She Taketh Away

I wish that I could tell you why
and wish that I could say good bye.
You cannot break what's broke before,
you cannot hurt what's there no more.

There ain't no chance to save you now,
I'll just look away, won't make a sound.
I've never kept a friend before,
I've never seen a girl worth more.

Decline the care, don't see the use.
I saw you there call that the proof.
You've asked for more then tore my skin
and broke me down, one time, again.

Try and control my jealous thing,
try not to show my selfish need.
I'd never tell like this before
but goddam that girl, she's got it all.


Copyright, 2000, Gregg Panich.
< hear it at - egotripband.com -

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Posted By: The Therapy Sisters Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:24 PM
This lyric is: #318

OLD GEEZER UNIVERSITY
by The Therapy Sisters

Julia got her high school diploma in 1948
But the first of five kids came later that year so higher education had to wait
Now her kids are all grown with kids of their own
She helped them all make it through
They think Julia’s waiting round to die
But there’s something Julia’s dying to do
She said, “You can only play so much bingo
It’s not about grades or degrees”
The years have taken their toll now she wants to enroll in
Old Geezer University.

Harry studied law like his father, and practiced 35 years
Though music was always his first love, it was never dad’s choice of careers
Now dad's long gone and his wife has passed on
His life has gone exactly as planned
He takes his trumpet from the closet, heads over to Geezer
To try out for the marching band
Harry’s heard his last deposition
He doesn’t need another degree
He just wants to keep learning so Harry’s returning to
Old Geezer University

They're not in school for their parents
Their motivation is clear
No one falls asleep in the back of class
In fact, they all sit up front so they can hear

Though the handouts are printed in extra-large type
The minds are still sharp, the hearts are young
Instead of Gap jeans and Dockers, you'll see sup hose and walkers
But not a single pierced tongue

Now, the local junior college sends its freshman class to study history at Geezer U
They spend the semester with the first-hand accounts
Of the history their classmates lived through
Some went to war, some joined the Peace Corp
Some saw the century through
As they uncover the past, those youngsters learn fast
Soon they’ll be geezers too,
Saying, “You can only play so much bingo
It’s not about grades or degrees”
I hope the time comes when we’ll all be alums from
Old Geezer University


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Posted By: VerboseMermaid Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:29 PM
This lyric is: #319

"Extraordinary Tuesday"
(c) 2001 Heather Gallay

-verse 1-
There's a loud clamor on my bedroom door
And it startles me from sleep
He says, National disaster on the television
I think you'd better see

-verse 2-
Groggy from my dreams, I descend the stairs
I can't believe my eyes
Oh, God! Oh, good God, New York City's dying
And it was homicide

-chorus-
Something inside me changed
Everything outside seems strange
What can I do? What can I say?

Red, white and blue is waving
Our injured souls need saving
On this extraordinary Tuesday

-verse 3-
Now there's a war raging on foreign land
And the enemy, he has no name
So we're fighting faceless monsters with our blindfolds on
The truth is, we don't know who to blame

-verse 4-
Don't you see what fell down that September morning?
It wasn't just the sky
A generation once removed from the Hawks and Doves
Is being forced to fly

-chorus-
Something inside me changed
Everything outside seems strange
What can I do? What can I say?

Red, white and blue is waving
Our injured souls need saving
On this extraordinary Tuesday

-chorus 2-
Something inside me changed
Everything outside seems strange
What can I do? What can I say?

Looking through different eyes
Watching this world slowly die
On this extraordinary Tuesday


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Heather Gallay
VerbôCity: Where the Lyrics Live

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Posted By: Lisa Parkins Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:31 PM
This lyric is: #320

LIVING ON THE FRINGES
by Lisa Parkins


A wild child behind each door
A million men for every whore.
Up three flights with a key that sticks
The feverish bettors
And the longshot romantics.
Garment center, immigrant Atlantis
Land of skaters, breakers, streetwise Kings.
Goodbye, to a city that died
And went to heaven.

There they go, living on the fringes
Everywhere, living on the fringes
There they go, living on the fringes.


Old Westside ladies in Dairy restaurants
Walking, talking, arm in arm.
The dancing babies housed in convents
The stay at home who pay no never mind.
Here we have the heartless
Here we have the helpless
Standing in the doorways
Freezing in the night.
Goodbye, to a city that died
And went to heaven.

There they go, living on the fringes
Everywhere, living on the fringes
There they go, living on the fringes.

The backseat bankers in their towncars
Ride unseen -- they keep their windows dark.
Downtown drunks on steaming August sidewalks
Souls in transit sleeping in the parks.
Mortified in asphalt
Petrified in cornerstones
The blood, the bones, a cardboard home.
Goodbye, to a city that died
And went to heaven.

There they go, living on the fringes
Everywhere, living on the fringes
There they go, living on the fringes.


Copyright 2002 by Lisa Parkins


http://www.MP3.com/LisaParkins

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Posted By: jasonfromscumgrief Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:32 PM
This lyric is: #321

"Where the sidewalk ends"
by: scumgrief

lekberg/martin

2001 die trying music



with the innocence of a child - i have left my soul behind - believing in the purity - that i cannot seem to find - the delusion of accomplishment - lures all of us away again - rat racing towards destruction - scorched by the fire fueled from within

pre-chorus

and I don't care where the stakes are at - i've burned that bridge I won't build it back - 'cause all that i can feel inside is that i need you

chorus

left waiting for the world - standing out here - where the sidewalk ends

And if I had never been born - then you would make no difference - all the hurtfull things you've done to me - would be of no consequence - black listed loser left to wade in my own demise - disgusted with me I see it in your eyes - don't tell me i'm not good enough to take you back - i won't let you use my weakness to hide what you lack

I need someone to tell me it's ok to sleep - this scab I keep picking - the pain I can't seem to make go away - and in this hurt filled world - i'm trying to be your cornerstone - I just can't seem to be your christ

pre-chorus

and underneath my soul's turned black - as I claw to get back on track - and I wonder where you are right now when i need you

chorus

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never mistake lack of talent for genius

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Posted By: Moozikchk Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:38 PM
This lyric is: #322

THE SUVIVOR SONG
(written for breast cancer survivor event)
Lisa Vincent, songwriter


(Intro)
As we go about our day
Never knowing what will be
The unexpected comes our way
And we must face adversity

(Verse)
No this cannot be true
As I ask, Why me?
Oh what will I do
No this just can't be happening

Now I feel so darn tired
As I wake to face the day
Well I must be inspired
So this is what I say

(Chorus)
Stand up, stand tall!
Even if I fall
Reach out, reach high!
I can, I will
Survive

(Verse)

As I walk along
I see above the clouds
The sun keeps shinning on
Refusing to fade out

Oh this beautiful site
Will I ever see again?
Well I just might
If I don't give in

(Bridge)
And some days I will hurt
And some days I will cry
But with faith, hope and love
I know I'll survive

(Verse)
With help from those who care
I will win this fight
Then I'll be more aware
Of the value of life

(Chorus)
Stand up, stand tall!
Even if you fall
Reach out, reach high!
You can, you will, survive

Stand up, stand tall
Even if we fall!
Reach out, reach high
We can, we will survive!

copyright 2002



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Posted By: sligg Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:43 PM
This lyric is: #323

SADNESS
Music & Lyric by Salvatore Liggieri (BMI)

Leave me
I’ll be lonely but leave me
Let me find someone new
To share my life
To give me love
I don’t get from you

SADNESS
Loving you is my SADNESS
I’ll get over this feeling
Knowing when you depart
Then I can start
To heal my aching heart

Leave me
I’ll be lonely but leave me
I just want you to know
That I'm so hurt
There will be tears
When I let you go

SADNESS
Loving you is my SADNESS
I can’t go on pretending
Knowing love is a lie
There is no why
Just leave, don’t say goodbye

SADNESS
Loving you is my SADNESS
My SADNESS

© 2002 by Salvatore Liggieri
2161-60th St Brooklyn NY 11204-2507
718-259-4782 sligg@hotmail.com




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Posted By: Yolanda Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:50 PM
This lyric is: #324

Angels
a lullaby by Yolanda


Why do you feel so out of place? So out of touch with the human race? You don't seem to understand why your brother won't lend a helping hand. Why do people tear apart your tender heart? Why does the night time seem so dark when the light shines inside your heart?

We are angels and we're struggling' to be human.

You tell me of the things you fear. You push away then you pull me near. You tell me of your fantasies. I love the way that you speak honestly. Why is it so hard to love the one you've been dreaming of? Don't you see yourself in me? Don't you see what we can be?

We are angels and we're struggling' to be human.

Time heals all pain. That's the way of the world. Time will bring you 'round again. That's the way of the world.

We are angels and we're struggling' to be human.

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Yolanda!
drag queen singer,songwriter
www.yolanda.net

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Posted By: KentDouglas Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:51 PM
This lyric is: #325

THE WILLOW
Kent Douglas/Dan Schibler/Nicole Witt
Copyright reserved


VERSE
She stares at a photograph, a picture of him
Tryin' to bring it to life
It was taken in summer, beneath a willow tree
On the day they became man and wife
But now there's frost on the window
And that willow tree's buried in white
She wonders how it bears the weight of the storm
And how she'll make it through one more night

CHORUS
But the willow bears the weight
With a strength she just can't find
And who could bear her fate
Love taken from her, ahead of its time
But they tell her that time heals all
And someday the pain will be gone
The willow bears the weight of the storm
But she's barely hangin' on

VERSE
So she clings to his pillow, and remembers the years
And thinks about what should have been
Oh she's so cold inside that it's frozen her tears
And she thinks about just givin' in
Then she looks at the face of their child as he sleeps
A boy who looks just like the man
And she knows he needs her to be like that willow
So against the storm she'll stand

CHORUS
Oh, the willow bears the weight
And somehow she will find
The strength to bear her fate
Love taken from her, ahead of its time
And maybe time does heal all
And someday the pain will be gone
The willow bears the weight of the storm
And somehow she'll carry on
She will carry on



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Posted By: Leesht1 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 10:53 PM
This lyric is: #326

Thankyou

This is a song for all of my friends.
They brought me back when I thought life wasn't worth living anymore.

I was down
there was no way out
the pain wouldn't go away
but they knew just what to say

I thought my life was over
there was nothing left for me to do
but with a few encouraging words
they changed it all around.

Thankyou for being there
for being my friend
when I was in doubt
you pulled me out
and showed me that you cared

I thought I had no one.
Everything was so dark
my destiny was finished
and I had diminished
but they had different plans
they just had to make me understand
that there was still hope for me

Thankyou for being there
for being my friend
when I was in doubt
you pulled me out
and showed me that you cared

Now I'm so happy
I can't say why
my life is no longer a waste of my time

They showed me that I could change
and now nothing will ever be the same

Thankyou for being there
for being my friend
when I was in doubt
you pulled me out
and showed me that you cared

My friends, thankyou.
I owe you my life
In time of doubt
you pulled me out
and to you forever I am true
you are my friends
my lifeline
thankyou

Alicia Telena © 2002

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Posted By: Bob King Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 11:14 PM
This lyric is: #327

Lyric entry:
NOT I
Some say that happiness is just a memory
The way we used to feel in days gone by
Some say that we won't ever be so carefree
But not I. Not I.
I say that happiness is right beside us
It's here and now we shouldn't look too far
With family and gentle friends to guide us
And people who accept us as we are.
Some say that we were better off in times of yesterday
But I can't live in memories. That's just not my way.
Some speak of happiness as days gone by,
But not I. Not I

Some say that happiness is in the future.
In five years they'll be where they want to be.
They say when they have money they'll be happy.
But not me. Not me.
I say that life's a garden full of flowers
That bloom at different times along the way.
Some aspect of your life blooms every hour.
Enjoy it now before it fades away.
Some talk about the future and they make it sound so grand.
But I'd just rather be right here. I'm happy where I am.
Some say the future's where they want to be.
But not me. Not me.
Some say that happiness belongs to others
And its too late for them to even try
And some would deny we're sisters and we're brothers
But not I. Not I.
Not I. Not I.

By Bob King



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Posted By: midivox Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 11:17 PM
This lyric is: #328

" I Just Want to Love More. "
C 2002 Timothy Kelly
Words and Music.
All Rights Reserved.

I Just Want to Love More.

You remind me of every love, that I've ever had before.
When I'm with you, I just want to love more.
You remind me of every love song, that I've ever heard before.
When you whisper, I just want to love more..
I just want to love more.

I just want to love more. Whatever it takes.
Sometimes life breaks, our love can fix anything and everything.
I just want to love more. With you by my side.
Together we can grow love inside.
I just want to love more.

You remind me of every love, that I've ever had before.
When I'm with you, I just want to love more.
You remind me of every time, every time I've touched love before.
When you touch me, I just want to love more.
I just want to love more.

I just want to love more. As much as it takes.
My heart doesn't need brakes. Just keep on loving, loving, loving.
I just want to love more. With you by my side.
Together we can grow love inside.
I just want to love more.

I just want to love more.
I just want to love more, love more, love more.



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Posted By: STILL Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 11:36 PM
This lyric is: #329

I DON’T MIND
copyright 2001 Wade Biery
From the STILL CD "I don't mind"

Fools wait for life
Fools wait for life to raise it’s head
What dreams will come if no-one’s there
Who really cares
All those who care please raise your hands
A new salute to no one there

Well I don’t mind
If I don’t find a world that I believe in
I’ll take my time for something else
Cold winter skies
Clouds in my eyes and dreams of empty spaces
I’ll take my time for something else

Who waits for love
What’s love a dream of something fair
What good’s a dream if no one’s there
What lovers touch
What memory could feel this rare
A dream that fades if no one’s there

(CHORUS)

Fools wait for love
Fools wait for love to raise it’s head
What dreams will come if no-one’s there

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come hear my stuff,
see me play,
see spot run....etc..
www.stillmusic.com

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Posted By: Drumess Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 11:44 PM
This lyric is: #330

Real Life
©2001 Laurie Pagano Williams

I lay my head down
and I close my eyes, and I
listen to the sounds
going on outside
my window
It’s real life out there
I picture all their faces
and what they might be doing now
Where is everybody going
where could they all be bound
outside my window
leaving me behind

I imagine smiles on all their faces
but yet can still see the tears in their eyes

I pick my head up
and pull the curtain aside, and I
look at individuals
try to imagine what they’re feeling
inside
Do they know what I know

I walk over to the mirror
do I still like what I see, can I
still be a part of them
can they still be a part
of the life
that I used to know

There isn’t any truth to being here
'cause I'll always be someone else’s lie
I pick my feet up
and I walk up to the door
I see that it’s raining
just like the time before
It should be different
But it all looks the same

I lay my head down
and I close my eyes, and I
listen to the sounds
going on outside
my window
It’s real life out there


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Posted By: Bill Porta Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 11:47 PM
This lyric is: #331

LIFE ON THE LINE

I was calving in the spring time I was working up a sweat.
My helper poised and ready, #53 was a sure bet.
In hard, hard labor, a calf was due in time.
The mother cow was working hard, her calves life was on the line.

Time has her own way to let us see the light.
We do the best that we can do, we give it all our might.
We struggle and we persevere it all comes out in time.
Go for it kiddo, when your life is on the line.

Working on the fence line, the post was set and strong.
Thinking of my life with her, where did it all go wrong?
A sudden shuddered rattle, a snake two feet from mine.
What do you do in a time like this, when your life is on the line?

Time has her own way to let us see the light.
We do the best that we can do, we give it all our might.
We struggle and we persevere it all comes out in time.
Go for it kiddo, when your life is on the line.

At the kitchen table, with a pen stuck in my hand.
Trying to keep the ranch afloat, so I don’t lose my land.
The telephone it rings so loud…. it jogs my place in time.
A troubled youth, who wants advice, My kids life is on the line.

Time has her own way to let us see the light.
We do the best that we can do, we give it all our might.
We struggle and we persevere it all comes out in time.
Go for it kiddo, when your life is on the line.
Go for it kiddo, when your life is on the line.
© 2001 William Kenneth Porta 1217 St Johns Billings, MT 59102 406-896-8098


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Posted By: Hayman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 11:51 PM
This lyric is: #332

SINCE THE CALENDARS BLEW AWAY...
(Hayman) 1999

Just smile and look around

No one knows what time it is
No on really cares
No one knows what day it is
They’re not rushing anywhere
Since the calendars blew away
Everyone lives for today

And the roosters will crow letting us know “Rise and shine from bed”
There’s no deadlines to blow our minds and ache our stressed out heads
And the children will sing, they’re not cramming it in before that school bell rings
And the people will flow stop and say hello

Just smile and look around

No one knows what time it is
No on really cares
No one knows what day it is
They’re not rushing anywhere
Since the calendars blew away
Everyone lives for today

See the shining sun casting shadows on the world that we all love
And the shooting stars that spark our dreams and streak the skies above
Every day will come every day will go, tomorrow never knows
There’s no growing old as our lives unfold

Just smile and look around

No one knows what time it is
No on really cares
No one knows what day it is
They’re not rushing anywhere
Since the calendars blew away
Everyone lives for today

Everybody lives, everybody lives for today

Just smile and look around!!!!



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Posted By: Chris Nelson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/28/02 11:57 PM
This lyric is: #333

Circles
by Chris Nelson
Copyright 1990 Chris Nelson
as recorded by Fishkill on the CD "Past Mistakes"

I get up every day to the same old beat;
I get up go to work with the same old heat
Just once, I'd love to break with this old routine
I'd go to the mountains
or out to the desert

Circles, Circles,
Living life in a circle
Circles, Circles,
Running around in circles

I wonder what its like on an open road
Wandering free, about like a TV hero
We could set our own rules as we take control
Whatever we please
This is what free means

Circles, Circles,
Living life in a circle
Circles, Circles,
Running around in circles

I guess that reality is the only way
Someday we'll have our dreams, but not today
so we'll go on living in the same old way
like programmed robots
the haves and the have-nots

Circles, Circles,
Living life in a circle
Circles, Circles,
Running around in circles

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Posted By: Arlon Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 12:10 AM
This lyric is: #334

I am the War
C 2002 Arlon Bennett 609-890-4948
PO Box 84, Princeton, NJ 08542


I have seen the scattered legions
of battle weary men
breaking ranks from burning tanks
who never go home again

And I have been declared
on parchments of gold
yet taken lives while leaving wives
with their stories still untold

I'm the price
for being free
To be all that
you can be
Tie a ribbon
'round the old oak tree
Remember me…
I am the war

I have raped the local high school
and cleared the general store
Just when you think I'm over
I come running back for more

I have carved my niche’ on headstones
and left footprints in parades
Once we’ve met you don't forget
my memory never fades

I take but
don't give back
In every park
I leave a plaque
I never call
when I come back
Always in black..
I am the war

So you say you want a revolution
now that's a special deal!
just find a cause and take a pause
before your final meal_______________

And I can be civil
but I’ve been around the world
I have left my bloody legacy
on every flag that is unfurled

Oh I don't care
who is to blame
I just load and
take my aim
and if you never
heard my name…
always the same…
I am the war

Oh yes it’s me…
in flesh and blood
I never get enough…
I am the War…

I have rung the tolling bell
and been sung by troubadours
Don't be shocked if when you knock
that I meet you at the door

Oh, I've seen the
few the proud
not afraid to
cry out loud
I stand out
in a crowd
under the shroud…

If you wonder
why the thunder
and the fire never cease
just ask peace
I am the war…

- Arlon Bennett

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Posted By: UT Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 12:21 AM
This lyric is: #335

Great song about a good friend. This song will be aired on TV in NYC, Atlanta, LA and several other cities next month! We won another contest! Check it out:

Title: The Disciple
He sees, the Light beyond the clouds
Despite society, lives his life for Thee
A Seer he will hear, what others wish and fear, ahh…
City fly, Spirit high
Beckons all to kiss the sky
CHORUS:
Devil’s Slide, Heaven’s ride
Breathing tide, Thoughts collide
Touching souls, Feeling places
Bleeding hearts and Reading faces
CHORUS
Nomad, Wanderlust he roams
Sharing peace and Turning stones
CHORUS
He sees, the End as all too near
The Date that isn’t clear, truth in a deity
He lives eternity, all his faith in Thee
Hearing all the Word as true, Dr. Scott relays it too
Tide sweeps out the excess sin, Dreams reveal the Soul within
Rockaway bound, Waves of sound, "Burrough" at the Soul
Caves of wonder roll the tide, and the ocean will extol
By Collette & Bob Hutson (Ultima Thule)




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Posted By: E M J Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 12:32 AM
This lyric is: #336

SONG TITLE: Get Into It
Songwriter: Elbert Montgomery Jr. (BMI)
Copyright:2002

CHORUS: baby get into it - when you're at the end of your rope you gotta keep going - baby get into it - come on get into it - baby get into it - when the going gets tough then the tough get going - baby get into it - come on get into it

VERSE 1: I wrote this rhyme for my people standing at the end of your rope and feeling down and out like you just can't cope - and being so broke you can't afford to eat stomach cramp'n so bad that you can't even sleep - or let alone smile when people stop and speak living from check to check just to make end meet - and to make matters worse you're in a deep depression and about to get laid off because of the recession - I came to give you hope and help you left your head up ause when you at the bottom the only way to go is up - just maintain your focus and keep yourself together sometimes in life your gonna hit some stormy weather - and appreciate the fact that you still got your life and at the end of the tunnel there's bound to be some light - and if you don't think so I know so, it's true you're not the only one going through what you're going through - I done seen some hard times in my life so many memories come to mind of the day I lost my wife at the age of 34 she lost her life to cancer and I could've gave up but that wasn't the answer - see I got to keep moving I got two boys to raise and I know as time pass there will be some brighter days - so each and every day I kneel down and pray and thank GOD for allowing me to see another day

CHORUS: baby get into it - when you're at the end of your rope you gotta keep going - baby get into it - come on get into it - baby get into it - when the going gets tough then the tough get going - baby get into it - come on get into it

VERSE 2: I conquered many struggles in my lifetime and one of the biggest ones was writing these rhymes - sit'n back wondering if I was going to make it and if I got a change I knew that I would take it - but look at me now CEO style Around The World Records how you like me now - who ever knew…that E M J would be an household name - Who ever knew… that I would be the one that would shake up this game - and dispite of the fact that I was the only one doing it I hustled the streets and I managed to sell units - these local cats mad cause that could've done the same but I shake them haters off and I charge it to the game - and you should do the same when other folks try to diss you cause when you finally make it they be the ones trying to get with you - and listen make sure you realize this cause backstabbers come in all colors, shapes and sizes - It could be your man, a friend of a friend, your girlfriend, a stranger your next of kind - you never know cause now a days they hide it oh so well but when you need help it won't be hard to tell - the moral of this verse is to follow your dreams but keep one eye open for those who swallow your dreams - and when your feeling tired like you just can't do it just focus on your mission and get in to it


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Posted By: Crazeebird Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 12:32 AM
This lyric is: #337

My Idyllic Man
(words & music by shari moss)

He's morning in the evening
he's sunlight in the night
he's tender in the madness
he makes everything so right

(chorus)
He's my fantasy idyllic man
on my mind and in my soul
he's the other half of wholeness
he's the embers of the coal

He's calming when the storm comes
he's rightness in the wrong
he's the missing link to lifelines
he's the reason for the song

(chorus)

He's softness in the grating
he's magic in the grind
he's whispers in the silence
he's harmony in my mind

(chorus)

He's morning in the evening
he's sunlight in the night
he's tender in the madness
he makes everything so right...

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songstress in the making

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Posted By: Jerry Hunter Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 12:36 AM
This lyric is: #338

THANK YOU - THANK YOU VERY MUCH
I remember when I was 13 and he was 23
I tried to comb my hair like his for all the world to see
I wore my collar turned up high like he was doing then
And I went to ev'ry movie that he was ever in

I saw him just one time on stage - a concert in Ft.Worth
It's a wonder that we got there - some trip for my old truck
But I would've walked ev'ry mile just to get to hear him sing
A million flashbulbs glowed that day
A tribute to the king

CHORUS:
Sometimes I can't believe the king is really gone
Cause ev'ry day on the radio the dj's play his songs
And I think about the millions of lives the man has touched
And I still hear him sayin' "Thank you-thank you very much"

I still have all his record from the beginning to the end
Now and then I get them out and give each one a spin
And as I listen to the man as he pours out his soul
I wish that we were face to face so I could let him know
You made my life better - I'm one more soul you touched
And Id like to say thank you - thank you very much

Chorus:
Sometimes I can't believe the king is really gone
Cause ev'ry day on the radio the dj's play his songs
And I think about the millions of lives the man has touched
And I still hear him saying "Thank you - thank you very much"
I still hear him saying "Thank you - thank you very much"

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Posted By: clcomusic Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 12:44 AM
This lyric is: #339

Hypnotic Paradise



Hemmingway on the shelf but she hasn’t got the time,
There’s a fashion statement to be made at the local wine and dine.
With a Betty Davis’ attitude and a voice like Lauren Bacall,
She makes the scene with 14 drinks, desensitized to it all.
The waiter’s wearing Lucky Strikes and smoke rings in his hair
He tries to gain her confidence with a phony James Dean stare.
He serves a tray of images to fit her self esteem
She can sample each one before she picks how she’d like to be seen.

Ohh, it’s a long way, back home.
Facing the illusions all alone.

Chorus:

It’s a Hypnotic Paradise, all’s not what it seems
You think you know what’s going on, but there’s more behind the scenes.
The streets are filled with mirrors and masks,
you see what they want you to see,
It’s a Hypnotic Paradise, you’ve become what they want you to be.


Post Chorus:
Oh oh oh oh, take me home. It’s a Hypnotic Paradise
Oh oh oh oh, take me home It’s a Hypnotic Paradise
Oh oh oh oh, take me home It’s a Hypnotic Paradise
Oh oh oh oh, take me home It’s a Hypnotic Paradise

The walls are filled with 8 by 10’s of ‘please remember me’s.’
That look like what Rod Serling saw in a made for TV dream.
The closets are now opened up and repression poured in.
Screaming out defiance and professing no sins.
The gatekeeper’s bed post are now bowed from the strain.
He’s become so open minded that it’s flattened out his brain.
His daughter now bears kids for the all star football team
And his son is selling secrets to a third world death regime.

Ohh, it’s a long way, back home.
Facing the illusions all alone

Repeat Chorus:

Repeat Post Chorus:

The mayor’s bending over in the corner making a deal.
To take money from the kid’s school fund and give it to Lucille.
Who’ll give it to her uncle’s friend across the state line.
Who’ll bring back another factory and votes for election time.
A ghost is sometimes heard telling stories about the songs.
That Roy Buchanan and Danny Gatton played all night long.
There’s an angel with an old blues harp waiting outside the door.
Singing tunes about the ones never heard from anymore.

Ohh, it’s a long way, back home.
Facing the illusions all alone.

Repeat Chorus:

Repeat Post Chorus:


© 2001 Terry G. Reed

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Posted By: wroy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 12:58 AM
This lyric is: #340

AIRE (c) 1976 Roy Wheelock aka wroy
(in the manner of a folk song)

Way out under Western skies
Way out dark October lies
South Missouri onyx caves
Smokey Mountain coal filled haze
Is the air that I breath

I once knew an Indian
Said all this trouble and woe
Is due to the fact that the first white man
Just ripped him off his soul

Northern California
Is where I wanted to be
Northern California
Where the wind comes from the sea
Northern California
Oh I wish you still could be
But we built the Bart
Hey another New York
and chopped the Redwoods down for trees

Oh Canadian mountain range
South Texican border range
Broad Midwestern cattle range
North American Missile Range
Protect me, just let me be
The Earth and me

We're killing off the ocean
We're mucking up the sea
They say the Great Gulf Stream ain't running
Not the way that it used to be
And the government is saying
You can see it in the fields and streams
(and in the children)
And the air that you breath

Northern California
Is where I wanted to be
Northern California
With the Spirits in the Trees
Northern California
Oh I wish you still could be
When the land turns into sea

Alaskan Mountains high
Oh, how the Florida beaches lie
To the Earth is who we owe our lives
And the air that we breath
And the air that we breath
And the air that we breath


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Posted By: gfbo Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:08 AM
This lyric is: #341

Hal’s Theme
(Gordon Ondis ©2001)

Verse
Are you a woman waiting for love?
Hoping for a knight in shining armor,
Whose view of you is more soul mate than
Cut rate snake charmer?

Someone to love you for your inner princess
You know you’re talkin’ ‘bout the ideal man,
Sympathetic, empathetic, with a good
Attention span.

Chorus 1:
Well it’s not Hal, He’s not the one
Stay away from Hal -- it’s just a rule of thumb
Well it’s not Hal, no it’s not him,
He’s romantic root canal with a cheshire grin.

Verse
Are you tired of the all the compromise?
Like to leave your lonely life behind?
Sick of Vincent van Gogh guys
Tryin' to slice you a piece of mind?

Another night you spend alone
Try not to think about the years ahead
If you keep on ... on your own, you’ll join
The living dead.

Chorus

Break
Where do you go when you haven’t got a clue?
Who can you turn to for a gentle point of view?
How many times can you wish upon a star,
To find a lover better than a chocolate bar?

Chorus

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Posted By: guitarmannn Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:09 AM
This lyric is: #342

(c) 2001 Gerry Tetz

This Earth, Our Home

Paradise
Forest deep
Man alone
Fast asleep
Smiling warm
Breathing life
Newly formed
Comes his wife

(Chorus)
This earth
Our home
Created by God
This earth
Took form
Perfected because
God made it
He made it
For me

Golden light
Spins their clothes
Unashamed
Never cold
Earth and sky
Sea and land
Birthday gifts
From God's hand

(Chorus)

Many years
Since that day
Many tears
Blur our way
Perfect love
On His throne
Will restore
Earth, our home

(Chorus, fade)

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Posted By: Gloria Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:22 AM
This lyric is: #343

If you feel oppressed by GW Bush & fascism, please check out the lyrics to my song Offend.

Gloria from Ringmaster

OFFEND

Don’t want to offend
Let us pretend
The system is just
Don’t abandon your trust
You’ve invested too much

It’s an outrage
Won’t goose step in your parade
Your fascist regime is insane
Repression on selection day

You got the FBI, CIA, IRS
And the NRA brigade

Too much, too much
Well, I want to offend
Don’t want to pretend
You know the system’s unjust
Better abandon your trust
You ain’t invested enough

Offend

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Posted By: Ann-Marita Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:24 AM
This lyric is: #344

(No Slowing) THE HANDS OF TIME
Words & music by Ann-Marita Bjoerdal
© 2001 Ann-Marita Bjoerdal. All rights reserved.

1. Miss Suzy Small town used to dance like a dream
Made the move to big city, bright lights
But "Flashdance" was only a movie she'd seen
and pounding pavement made the money tight
So after the sun set on Sunset Boulevard
She'd slide down poles and bare 'most all for rent
At thirty-five, she felt she'd played her last card
She'd give anything to be sixteen and innocent

Chorus:
The hands of time won't slow down
Life takes you to the next round
Face each day, embrace the learning
Roll with the wheels that keep on turning
The lesson is love, the lesson is life
Welcome growing, there ain't no slowing
The hands of time

2. Mr. Used-To-Be Good-Looking Corporate Ace
Faced fifty, ain't life full of surprises
Found himself reminiscing his college days
Family life was too filled with compromises
So he dyed the gray right out of his hair
Pursued a come-on from the coffee-place chick
Walked right out on his wife of thirty years
Then called her up whenever he felt homesick

Chorus.

3. Grandmother Joan's heart decided to give in
When she'd made it to seventy-nine
Her only son's theory was wearin' thin
That for another ten years, she'd be fine
Family gathered around the bed, cryin'
Not ready to see her pass away
Grandmother whispered: "No big deal, I'm just dyin'
But first, there's something I need to say"

Chorus.
The hands of time won't slow down
Life takes you to the next round
Face each day, embrace the learning
Roll with the wheels that keep on turning
The lesson is love, the lesson is life
Welcome growing, there ain't no slowing
The hands of time
Welcome growing, there ain't no slowing
The hands of time.

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Posted By: michaelbarretto Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:28 AM
This lyric is: #345

"If I Had a Castle"
Lyric and music by Michael Barretto
All rights Reserved
©2002 Michael Barretto

(slow-moderate)
Intro

If I had a castle
With a moat all around
I’d sit in the window
And watch the sun going down
I’d catch me some fishes
And watch the falcons soar
And all of those changes
Couldn’t touch me anymore
If I had a castle,
What a score

And if I was a falcon
Flying high above the ground
Looking down at all those people just milling around
I’d perch up in a treetop
And maybe I’d sing
And all that down below me
Wouldn’t mean anything.
If I was a falcon baby,
I’d have me some wings

instrumental

With my woman by my side
Play some guitar, a little slide
Just let the clouds… roll on by
It could rain, and it could pour
Turn it up just a little more
Well if I had my woman, I’d love her some more

instrumental - same as intro

And if I had a castle
With a moat all around
I’d sit in the window
And watch the sun going down
I’d catch me some fishes
And watch the falcons soar
And all of those changes
Couldn’t touch me anymore
If I had a castle,
What a score

(out on instrumental)


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Michael Barretto
Swingin' it Island Style
http://Brudda.com

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Posted By: pkatjjames Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:29 AM
This lyric is: #346

" AMERICAN BLOOD " © 09 / 15 / 01

Verse1
Hey we're red , yellow , black and white .
Southern born rebels and proud yanks .
Baptists , Catholics , sinners and saints .
Gone' stand togeather , in this fight .
Chorus
'Cause it's American blood ,
that flows through our veins .
And Lord , the sound of freedom's
beating in our hearts .
Yea , our American blood's
been shed , so peace reigns .
And our American blood
will shed , so peace reigns .
Verse2
Homeless black man , done got the news .
Heard terror's done fell from the sky .
Cart in hand , dawned in stars and stripes .
Ol' vet knows what we got to do .
Chorus
'Cause it's American blood ,
that flows through his veins .
And Lord , the sound of freedom's
beating in his heart .
Yea , his American blood's
been shed , so peace reigns .
And our American blood
will shed , so peace reigns .
Verse3
Cherokee Cheifs , counsel with braves .
On this morn', the red sun , has rose ;
on our "Trail of Tears" , from moons gone .
Stand my brothers ; Unite this day .
Chorus
'Cause it's American blood ,
that flows through our veins .
And the running buffalo ,
beating in our hearts .
Yea , our American blood's
been shed , so peace reigns .
And our American blood
will shed , so peace reigns .

Lyrics and Music, written and composed by:
Timothy S. Martin (BMI)
pka-
T.J. James (BMI)
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Hear the MP3 here:
http://www.tjjames.net/AmericanBlood.MP3
Y'all Come see me at "The Song Shop".
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Posted By: bobgrez Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:30 AM
This lyric is: #347

GOOD OL’ COUNTRY BOYS AND GIRLS DO LOVE GOOD
By Bob Grez
(c) 2000

Intro
Oh yeah, come on, let’s do it.

007 doesn’t stand a chance, when it comes down to real romance.
Cyrano de Bergerac, ain’t had words for love like that.
All the girls Don Juan embraced, don’t know squat ‘bout country ways.
Forget Juliet and her Romeo when it comes to love at the drive-in show.

Chorus
Good ol’ country folk do it right.
They’re always good at what they like.
They’re real good at what they do,
Good ol’ country boys and girls do love good.

Rollin’ in the hay in the old red barn or on the meadow behind the farm.
In the back of a truck at the overlook ‘neath the tree by the side of the brook.
No city lights can match the fire flamin’ in the night of a country sky.
No matter where, when, or how -- good ol’ country boys and girls take a bow.

On the back porch swing with lights all off or in the parlor where the rug is soft.
On a hill, in a gully, around the bend, ol’ fashioned lovin’ again and again.
There’s no stoppin’ that country beat in every country heart you meet
Lots of spots I know, come walk with me. Good ol’ country boys and girls should see.

End
Good ol’ country boys like me do love good.
Good ol’ country girls like you do love good. Yeah.

Song can be heard at http://www.mp3.com/BobGrez


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Posted By: Sankarshan Das Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:40 AM
This lyric is: #348

Relieve the Burden of the Earth
Copyright 2001 by Sankarshan Das. All rights reserved.

Mother Earth is overburdened
By our lust, anger, and greed.
We try to lord it over everything
Instead of taking just what we need.

I hope some day we’ll all realize
That with our source we must harmonize.
But until we wake up from our senseless sleep
Mother Earth will piteously weep.

Chorus:
God help me live my life
With some of kind of worth.
God help me live my life
To relieve the burden of the earth.

My dear brothers and sisters,
Why needlessly suffer this strife?
By relinking ourselves with the Supreme
We’ll bring this planet back to life.

I know my days are numbered.
I’ll soon be leaving this place.
Until then I’ll pass on this message,
A benediction for the human race.

Repeat Chorus:
God help me live my life
With some of kind of worth.
God help me live my life
To relieve the burden of the earth.


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Posted By: tina angotti Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:49 AM
This lyric is: #349

Runaway
Words and Music by Tina Angotti ©2001


Runaway, runaway,
little girl with hatbox suitcase.
Runaway, runaway,
still too small to reach the phone.
Runaway, runaway,
can she leave without a struggle?
Runaway, runaway,
must find a place to call her own.


She looks as though she disconnects,
But really feels each sentiment.
Why can’t she communicate the fear inside?
She learned of running as a child,
But now its time to reconcile.
This wound reopened served her all the while…


Runaway, runaway,
little girl now reaching forty.
Runaway, runaway,
years go by but fear remains.
Runaway, runaway,
time to look at why she’s running.
Runaway, runaway,
now sees her story through the pain.


She looks as though she disconnects,
But really feels each sentiment.
Why can’t she communicate the fear inside?
She learned of running as a child,
But now its time to reconcile.
This wound reopened served her all the while…


Runaway, runaway,
Runaway, runaway,
Runaway, runaway,
Runaway, runaway.


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Posted By: zachared Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:04 AM
This lyric is: #350

"Daggers"
by Edward Zacharias
Copyright © 2002

You know that it's you I've cradled,
Established faith from fables,
But with the changes that I've seen,
Now I don't feel anything,

So let those daggers fly,
And I'll dodge them every time,
Won't ever open me up,
Won't ever get inside,

Clear your head for a chance at 2nd's,
But I won't relive the time in question,
A crowded room with pictures... faded,
No applause for the times you gave me,

So let those daggers fly,
And I'll dodge them every time,
Won't ever open me up,
Won't ever get inside,
And on that hot seat,
I get pushed closer and gasp to breathe,
Then they tug on my sleave,
And I know it's time to leave,

And they tug on my sleave,
Well I don't want to...I don't want to leave,
And they tug on my sleave,
No I don't want to... I don't want to leave,

And I'm not too far gone,
But if I get lost and stay too long,
You know I would never cast you aside,
But there's only rations for a days time



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Posted By: Christin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:08 AM
This lyric is: #351

"Silly Things"
From: For The Love, Christin Cook
Copyright 2002: Christin Cook/ Kelly Green
Weird Hair Music,ASCAP/Anna Mae Music,ASCAP


Silly Things

Said you like dark hair
so I dyed my hair black,
bought green contacts
so I might attract you,
Said you like blue jeans
so I bought me 10 pair,
some boot cut and some flare

Chorus:
Oh, all these silly things
silly things I do
All these silly things
I do for you

Said you like that covergirl on vogue
Yeah, I know, I've got 10 pounds to go
Said you like girls that could make you laugh
so I put on a show everytime you asked

Chorus:
Oh, all these silly things,
silly things I do
All these silly things,
I do for you


Said you like deep thoughts
so I thought of a few
Here's one:
I'm tired of changing myself for you

All these silly things
silly things I've done
no more silly things
from now on

no more silly things
you get just what you see
no more silly things
just love me
yeah, just love me,
you silly thing!


This song can be heard:
http://www.christincook.com/music.html

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For The Love,
Christin

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Posted By: HarryFrancis Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:09 AM
This lyric is: #352

"Only god knows tomorrow"
copyright 2002, Harry Francis

VERSE 1:
What if there's no reason?
What if there's no rhyme?
What if pushing up daisies from the bottom of a Grover C. box is the view at the end of the line?
Would you still love me?
Would you still care?
Would you still live by the means of a pocket of greens in a godless web of air?
In a stained glass house,
on a celebate field,
I'm gonna sell my soul to the agent of the man upstairs for some wine and a wafer meal.
(pre-chorus)
And who's to say that it's all just a lie and a big charade?
And who's to say that I'm not going to heaven in a float parade?
And who's to blame for the lives that were lost in the name of? for the game of...

CHORUS:
Yeah only god knows tomorrow
before the headlines wet the page.
And what do you believe when you are
locked inside your own cage?
Yeah, only god knows tomorrow
and the rules to play his game.
But don't bet on black when red is in the
groove...
don't go across the grain when it's your
turn to move...
you gotta keep on keepin' on keepin' your
check in tune.

VERSE 2:
So what about heaven and hell?
and what really is fire and rain?
and is it all about peace and love like the picture tube says or a wish from a field of dreams?
It's the blind that lead the blind to feed on your soul and on your mind.
Don't let your heart go blind.
(pre-chorus)
And who's the one to decide if we go or stay?
And who's to say we're the only ones in the Milky way?
And who's to blame for the lives that were lost in the name of? For the game of...

(CHORUS REPEAT)

Bridge:
So live for today, cause tomorrow comes too
soon.
Don't look at yesterday or live in the
shadow of a blue moon.
Seize the moment. Carpe Dieme. Listen to
your favorite tune.
Cause you never know what you get...
and you never know where it's at...
and you never know what you'll find on the
other side.

(Repeat Chorus 2x then out)

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Posted By: phenometron Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:14 AM
This lyric is: #353

SANCTUARY
copyright 2002,Kevin Matthews


v1

Your name came up today in conversation
Have I seen you lately and how have you been
I choked on the words in desperation
I said you were fine -it was all I could say
and I whispered it again
I whispered it again


v2

8:17 Saturday morning
My stomach felt so empty, like I didn't eat for days
I drew my knees to my chest and without warning
I dropped like a stone through a current so strong
that I drifted away
So far away


pre1

Haunted silence
is broken by a voice inside
I can't quite recognize
as my own


chorus

When souls collide
and choose the same direction
In tandem they fly
in love or intrigue -I could
Never sacrifice
enough to change the imperfections
Now the very things you loved
drive you away from me
and decorate this sanctuary


v3

Some stray morning light crept from my window
found its way through my fingers and reflected off my tears
I'd squeeze my eyes tighter in those useless shadows
But permanence in such asylum is
not welcome there


pre2

Silence haunted
By the moments I relive
Only weaves a thousand tales
of fiction


chorus

When souls collide
and choose the same direction
In tandem they fly
in love or intrigue -I could
Never sacrifice
enough to change the imperfections
Now the very things you loved
drive you away from me
and decorate this sanctuary


break

Everyone
looks so familiar -all of a sudden
Everything
seems to hold some memory -that used to be nothing
Fading photos now hallow your name
while serving their sentence in second hand picture frames
And quietly echo the songs of our lifetime


buildup

Now the air is too thick too breathe
Saturated by contempt that I hold for myself
Lost in another delusive search for false redemption
-for being human


pre3

Chained by silence
trying so hard to believe
I'm at least a pleasant memory
that still haunts you...


chorus

When souls collide
and choose the same direction
In tandem they fly
in love or intrigue -I could
Never sacrifice
enough to change the imperfections
Now the very things you loved
drive you away from me
and decorate this sanctuary


...your name came up today in conversation

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Posted By: phyllis chapell Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:23 AM
This lyric is: #354

Chorus: We can rise above it all,
Though eventually we fall,
Don't know how much time we have to spend,
Just got this moment this moment this moment
This moment this moment this moment
(repeat last 2 lines)

Verse 1:
You know the story 'bout a man with no shoes
Running round singin' the blues
Til he finally found the truth on the street,
Saw a man who didn't have no feet.

I often used to lament and sigh,
bout all my troubles I'd weep and cry,
Then my friend a year after she wed,
Had a seizure and died in bed.

Chorus: We can rise above it all,
Though eventually we fall,
Don't know how much time we have to spend,
Just got this moment this moment this moment
This moment this moment this moment,
(Repeat last 2 lines)

Verse 2:
Life drains the passion from romance,
We get together when we get the chance,
Meter's running and it drives me mad
But I wouldn't trade a moment of what we've had.

I wish I really knew where it all ends,
Are we reborn, all our sins cleansed,
Or just absorbed into the universe,
Ah, being human's such a blessing and a curse!

Chorus: We can rise above it all,
Though eventually we fall,
Don't know how much time we have to spend,
Just got this moment this moment this moment
This moment this moment this moment
(repeat last 2 lines)

Verse 3:
Took a cruise across the sea,
A hurricane washed over me,
I see it as a second chance,
To change the rhythm in my dance.

I guess this call's my 9-1-1,
My waking life has just begun,
I see the world through different eyes,
Will I bewilder or be wise?

Chorus:
We can rise above it all,
Though eventually we fall,
Don't know how much time we have to spend,
Just got this moment this moment this moment
This moment this moment this moment
Ah this moment...this moment
Ah this moment...this moment!

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Posted By: Dan Windowman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:27 AM
This lyric is: #355

"Within A Whisper"

© DANOLYRICS(BMI) 2002 [Dan Fenstermacher]
music © Chuck Crowe 2002

"I love you",
"Please don`t go",
"Stay with me",
"You`ll never know",

"Not here, not now",
"Please don`t cry",
"I need you",
"Look into my eyes",

From "I`m so glad you`re here",
To "God, I really miss her",
Some of the loudest words appear,
Within a whisper.

"In your dreams",
"Please hold me",
"We`ll be okay",
"We`re meant to be",

"I`m so sorry",
"Feel my heart beat",
"You smell so good",
"Make love to me",

From "I`m so glad you`re here",
To "God, I really miss her",
Some of the loudest words appear,
Within a whisper.

It seems like time is frozen,
Almost captured by the moment,
With the silence barely broken,
When hushed tones are spoken.

"I love you",
"Please don`t go",
"Stay with me",
"You`ll never know",

From "I`m so glad you`re here",
To "God, I really miss her",
Some of the loudest words appear,
Within a whisper.

Within a whisper...


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Posted By: Kibosher Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:29 AM
This lyric is: #356

Lyrics to "Vegetarian Blues" by Christopher Thomas Copyright 2000.

I won't eat anything with a face.
It won't pass my lips if there's even a trace.
I ate my last burger about two years ago.
I don't even miss it, it just goes to show that I've only begun to pay my dues so I can sing the vegetarian blues.

I feel better than I did before I stopped being a carnivore.
I feel really good and I'm resting well.
I've reached the pinnacle of intestinal health.
Well you can too, if you choose.
You can sing the vegetarian blues.

Well I'm the same as you, I still use a fork.
So pass the beans but just hold the pork.
We all bleed and we all bruise and that's why it's called the vegetarian blues.

Everywhere I go people are serving meat, so it's just the side dishes that I eat.
I can't trust soup in restaurants because even the vegetable's got beef broth.
I read the ingredients to get my clues.
That's why I sing the vegetarian blues.

I can't eat jello 'cause I've seen the proof that gelatin is made out of animal hoofs.
All of life's questions come down to this: do I or don't I want to eat fish?
I'm a hypocrite with my leather shoes.
That's why I sing the vegetarian blues.

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Posted By: lalaland2210 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:34 AM
This lyric is: #357

Bodacious Victory
(c) 2002 Veronica Bianqui

VERSE 1
Visualize what I'm saying
You'll escape high into the sky
If you wanna know how to succeed
Then you're gonna have to learn to fly
CHORUS
Fly. Just glide away, to another plan.
To that magical mystery land
Free. Oh you got to be free.
Don't wanna be, another somebody

VERSE 2
It starts within your heart
It moves down to your soul
Once this feeling takes you in
It's hard to let it go

REPEAT CHORUS

BRIDGE
The feeling's like floating with the fireflies
Freeing away from the fire
Soaring so high it's a site for sore eyes
And you sink into your own attire

REPEAT CHORUS

This is me

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Posted By: SongMaven Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:39 AM
This lyric is: #358

(Dedicated to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.)

IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER

I remember 1968
Like it was yesterday
And the burning hunger for the truth
That fueled our crusade
We were searching for some answers
About love and life and war
Standing for equality
Our spirits free to soar

Our dreams were never driven by
A need for earthly things
We never let our egos clip
The feathers from our wings
Rejecting all hypocrisy
Flying high and feeling love
Our naked souls embracing
The symbol of the dove

IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Why are our nations fighting still
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Why do our children shoot to kill
Where did love go
How can we close our eyes while hatred takes its toll
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER

As long as there are racial wars
Our vision must survive
For as long as there are tender hearts
Our hope remains alive
Sometimes it seems impossible
To turn the social tide
But if we have the hunger still
These questions burn inside

IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Why are there nations fighting still
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
Why do our children shoot to kill
Where did love go
How can we close our eyes while hatred takes its toll
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER

I have a dream
Let freedom ring
Sweet liberty
Of thee I sing

Where did love go
How can we close our eyes while hatred takes its toll
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER
IF LOVE IS THE ANSWER

(c) 2002 Catherine Powers (ASCAP)



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Posted By: Danno Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:13 AM
This lyric is: #359

Tomorrow to Yesterday
(c) 1997 Dan Merrill/ Paul French
LCB Music ASCAP

We were dreamers
With all our lives before us
The world could not ignore us
We were young and strong

True believers
Never to be shaken
Heroes in the making
How could we go wrong?

Where do dreams go?
Why do lives change?
When do thoughts turn
From tomorrow to yesterday?

Compromises
Some too small to mention
We should have paid attention
To voices in our hearts

We lost sight of
All the things that mattered
Plans were slowly scattered
Til we missed the mark

Where do dreams go?
Why do lives change?
When do thoughts turn
From tomorrow to yesterday?

Bridge:
What if we find we can't fly?
Why look to the sky?
When we were younger we knew
a thousand reasons why...

Where do dreams go?
Why do lives change?
When do thoughts turn
From tomorrow to yesterday?




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Posted By: mikkibtune Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:13 AM
This lyric is: #360

Nothing at All
copyright MagDawg Music ( Mikki Bakken )
ASCAP
<< Done in the key of C BLUZZZZZ .... >

Well I try - try to fight the gravity
I try - Have i lost my dignity?
Lookin at the sunrise
Just another hill to climb

Time- the ticking keeps me up at night
Next time- watch the ceiling count the lights
You'd learn to love me -
If we only had the time

Chorus

All of the dreams in my head are snowed under
Every morning - well it seems I start over
All of the dreams in my head
turn to nothing at all
But all that I wanted to be is your lover
Spending my time trying hard to recover
All of this love in my heart
just comes to nothing at all

Well I wait- waiting for the phone to ring
I wait- wonderin' what tomorrow brings
find myself doing
all the things I love to hate

Some day- cut the rope the ties that bind
Some way- free the body free the mind
When you comwe near me-
I will learn to walk away

CHORUS

Bridge
So wont you comfort me?
Cause Im feeling down...
Comfort me
Won't you give me some steady ground?

vocal improv

Chorus


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Mikki Bakken

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Posted By: w8ncl8r! Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:25 AM
This lyric is: #361

Through A Child's Eyes
Lisa Medill
Copyright 2002

(Verse 1)
It's so hard to believe what my little eyes had seen
From such an early age, all the yelling and the rage
It was tough to be a kid when I saw what Daddy did
I wanted to tell him but didn't know how
To ask him please, please stop this now

There were days when he got mad
From all the drugs and drinks he had
The tears welled up within my eyes
When will somebody recognize that

(Chorus)
Children are supposed to play
Laugh and ride their bikes all day
Run around play hide and seek
Not have bruises on their cheek
This kind of life just isn't livin'
When it's love that you're not given
Listen to these words so wise
Try looking through a child's eyes

(Verse 2)
Daddy won't you stop to see that you're so much bigger than me
Don't need to hear excuses why
I want to hear the truth not lies
Won't you hear these words I say
Look at what I made today
When will you ever understand
I need your heart and not your hand

A child's trust cannot be bought
It's through kindness he is taught
They need your love and not regrets
To feel safe and not hear threats
Listen when they want to speak
Help them happiness to seek
Just reassure them of your love
And from our dear God above, yes (to chorus)

(ending)
Don't judge them by their smaller size
Some things you can't compromise
Those early years we all must prize
Try looking through a child's eyes

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Posted By: Derek Stephen McPhail Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:48 AM
This lyric is: #362

ME & BUDDY
lyric by Derek Stephen McPhail

ME & BUDDY, DRIVING DOWNTOWN
FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS TO THE "LOST & FOUND"...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY,
WHERE WE'LL DO OUR PART...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
TO SATISFY THE HUNGER &
THE THIRST OF THE HEART...
TO SATISFY THE HUNGER...

ME & BUDDY, DRIVING ALL AROUND
READING THE SIGNS,
LISTENING FOR THE SOUND...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY,
ITS READY TO START...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
WE JUST CAN'T FIND IT,
EVEN WHERE TO PARK...
WE JUST CAN'T FIND IT...

ME & BUDDY,
GOT IT ALL FIGURED OUT
BABES ARE WAITING,
FEAST'S LAID OUT...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY,
WHERE WE'LL DO OUR PART...
SOMEWHERE THERE'S A PARTY...
TO SATISFY THE HUNGER &
THE THIRST OF THE HEART...
TO SATISFY THE HUNGER...


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Uncle Steve

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Posted By: BlackFlamingo Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 04:19 AM
This lyric is: #363

~c u again...tribute...9-1-1...wtc
Black Flamingo
Copyright ©2002

just an ordinary day
just an ordinary argument, it's all ok &
just an ordinary kiss goodbye
now all i can do is wonder why & why & why?...&

will i ever c u again?
will i never ever c u again?

just an ordinary morning
just an ordinary way to go on our way
just an ordinary day
in just one moment everything has changed
it's not ok &

will i ever c u again?
will i never ever never c u again?...again

the world trade center stood very tall
no one ever thought that it could fall
how did it fall &
how can we ever say goodbye
our hearts are broken all we can do is
cry & cry & cry &

will i ever c u again???
will i never ever never c u again?...again

just an ordinary day
the sun is shining everything's ok
it's not ok &
just an ordinary kiss goodbye, we said goodbye
now all we do is cry & cry & wonder why &

will i ever c u again???
will i never ever c u again?

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Posted By: amccarthy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 04:19 AM
This lyric is: #364

Category: Pop Ballad
© Copyright 2002 - Adam McCarthy
All rights reserved

"It's Too Late"

Shame on me to take you away from home
Away from the only world you've known
But look into your heart it tells a tale

That it's too late to see the light
There's too many feelings here to leave it all behind
I didn't want you to understand
And it's too late to change your mind
In this world gone crazy, you'll see this all in time
Didn't you know you could understand?
Understand...

Lately I've been feeling so amiss
(what a shame it's all gonna end tonight)
The iridescent world that you dismiss
(Your pretty face keeps falling)
Look into your eyes I'm so amazed
(Your pretty face keeps falling down)

And it's too late to see the light
There's too many feelings here to leave it all behind
I didn't want you to understand
And it's too late to change your mind
In this world gone crazy, you'll see it all in time
Didn't you know you could understand?
Understand


 
 
 




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Posted By: freyja Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 05:19 AM
This lyric is: #365

don’t bother going home
(in key of c, with a jazz rap groove)

don’t bother going home there’s a leopard living on your lounge
once a pussycat, a sweet little purrer....pprrrrrr
don’t bother going home there are spots on the carpet so deep
too deep for you, the type you’d fall through, or even catch

don’t bother going home there’s a trampoline on your bed
bound to throw you out, way out, get out!
you may very well land on that needle in a haystack

incidentally...that is all that’s left of your garden
aside from a few weeds & fungi tops
but don’t bother looking under those, no fairies under there
no fairies anywhere
the dream dried up in the heat of it all
heat of it all

& don’t bother looking in there are blinds on her eyes
the bars are down too
& don’t bother talking, there’s nothing left to say
now the text is smudged all over the walls
& those photos are bleeding nostalgic monotony
& seeping through all

your framed insect collection has come alive!
now there’s nothing but the sound of pinned wails
pinned wails & twitching leopard tails
crawling their way through corridors
echo sirens warning ‘don’t go there’

if you go home stay on your guard
that soldier’s come back from the war
he’s limbless & blind but you know he’s still a crackshot!
if you go home, go well armed - a torch might help – no – don’t bother come to think of it
your hose has been hacked, it’s no wonder the terrapin died – and the rose

furthermore....the oxygen has been cut off
pay the bill! though it’s too late really
now that love has been sucked down the plughole
the noise of which awoke the neighbours so you’ve been evicted anyhow
just don’t bother...love has been sucked down the plughole
the dream dried up in the heat of it all heat of it all


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Posted By: Gary Gadoury Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 05:40 AM
This lyric is: #366

BELIEVE IN SOMETHING MORE
(C) Gary Gadoury 2002

Look to the sky
believe in something
now close your eyes and feel

Don't ask why
we can't know everything
bow your head and kneel

believe in something
believe in something
believe in something more_

All of time is precious
born from an unknown source
and washed upon our shore

In this life we cherish
we take our chosen course
like those who came before

believe in something
believe in something
believe in something more

Why not live each day
like there were no others
and there'll be no more

Remember what they say
All men are brothers
now and forever more

believe in something
believe in something
believe in something more_

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Posted By: dwpdx Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 05:48 AM
This lyric is: #367

Quote
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Don Wood:
Time
by Don Wood (c)&(p)BMI Music - All Rights Reserved

It seems like only yesterday
That you were by my side
You made my problems go away
You even dried the tears I cried
But then I woke one clowdy day
I looked for you and you had gone away.

Time - Time won't heal the wounds you left behind.
A miracle could not erase your memory from my mind.
I'll always wish that you could still be mine.

The years have passed and I have spent them trying to forget.
But pictures still invade my mind of what I felt when we first met.
And now these tears are hear to stay.
What did I do to make you go away.

Time - Time won't heal the wounds you left behind.
A miracle could not erase your memory from my mind.
I'll always with that you could still be mine.

As days turn into weeks turn into months turn into years gone by.
The memory of your touch is just so real that it won't be denied.
Now I'm broken in two.
I'm so lost without you.

Time - Time won't heal the wounds you left behind.
A miracle could not erase your memory from my mind.
I'll always wish that you could still be mine.</font>




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Posted By: Harland Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:04 AM
This lyric is: #368

ONE WAY THE DEVIL COMES
Words & Music by Harland Giesbrecht

IN MY LEFT HAND THERE'S A BOTTLE
IN THE RIGHT IS A SMOKING GUN
MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON ME
FOR THIS EVIL THING I DONE

TRIED TO DROWN LOVE'S PAIN IN WHISKEY
IT CAME BACK LIKE THE ENDLESS TIDE
TIL MY ANGER TURNED INTO MADNESS
AND I BOUGHT A ONE WAY RIDE

BUT THERE AIN'T NO HELL ANY WORSE
THAN THE ONE I'M IN
JUST KNOWING WHAT IT IS I DONE
WHILE THE LORD IS WORKING IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE
IS ONE WAY THE DEVIL COMES

IF I COULD I'D TURN THE TIME BACK
AND SWALLOW MY FOOLISH PRIDE
I'D LAY RIGHT OFF OF THE LIQUOR
AND TAKE CONTROL OF MY JEALOUS MIND

EVERYBODY TRIED TO TELL ME
BUT I WAS RIGHT AND THEY WERE WRONG
SO I TOLD THEM ALL WHERE TO GO TO
NOW I'LL BE GOING THERE BEFORE TOO LONG

WHERE YOU GONNA RUN
WHEN YOU CAN'T HIDE FROM YOURSELF
AND THE ONLY ONE WHO COULD FORGIVE YOU
LIES THERE EMPTY LIKE A SHELL

BUT THERE AIN'T NO HELL ANY WORSE
THAN THE ONE I'M IN
JUST KNOWING WHAT IT IS I DONE
WHILE THE LORD IS WORKING IN MYSTERIOUS WAYS
STRAIGHT OUT OF THE BOTTLE
IS ONE WAY THE DEVIL COMES


c 1991 Harland Giesbrecht

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Posted By: j poet Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:35 AM
This lyric is: #369

Goddess Song
Lyric by j. poet (copyright 2002)

She is the soft silk that threads through the eye of a needle
She is the power that sleeps in the eye of the storm
She is the blossom that blooms when two lovers are naked
She is the shield that protects every being from harm

CRS
She is the axe that is thirsty for bloodshed
She is the gold string that vibrates with song
She is the monster with ten thousand eyestalks
She is the green hill where the blind poets walk

She is the slumbering womb full of stars in the ocean
She is the sweet lips that suckle each breast everywhere
She is the house made of mud on the banks of a river
She is the fire that warms every beast in its lair

CRS
She is the egg and the crown of creation
She is the sound of a baby’s first breath
She is the is the scream of an old woman strangled
She is a word in the black book of death

She is the one who caresses the cocks of the young boys
She is the skull sleeping peaceful and white in the tomb
She is the one who has bathed in the warm sperm of eagles
She is the face that looks out of the eye of the moon

CRS
She is the maiden whose skin is a flower
She is the thorn on the thigh of a rose
She is the insect that’s coated with pollen
She is the secret that everyone knows




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Posted By: sherriesong Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 07:02 AM
This lyric is: #370

Sentimental You
© 2002 Sherrie Davis

Sentimental you
Sentimental you
Never knew your softer side
But it’s showing through tonight
Sentimental you
Sentimental you
Are those tears you’re trying to hide,
As we talk about old times?

Well, I would’ve never guessed I meant that much to you
I thought we were friends at best, but tonight, there’s something new
As we laugh about old times we had together
There’s a look in your eyes that’s growing ever tender

Sentimental you
I always remembered you as tough
But your eyes are filled with puppy love
Sentimental you
Never knew you felt that much
But your eyes, they talk of love

Well, I’ve tried my very best not to show how much I care
But tonight I can’t suppress what inside’s been always there
As we laugh about old times we had together
There’s a look in my eyes that’s growing ever tender

Never knew of your softer side
But it’s showing through tonight
Are those tears you’re trying to hide
As we talk about old
As we talk about old times? I never, I never knew…I never knew….

Sentimental you
I always remembered you as tough
But your eyes are filled with puppy love
Sentimental you
Never knew you felt that much
But your eyes, they talk of love, of love
Sentimental you
Never knew your softer side
But it’s showing through tonight
Sentimental you
Are those tears you’re trying to hide
As we talk about old times?
Sentimental you (3X and outro)



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Posted By: 1from4 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 08:15 AM
This lyric is: #371

Liza Brown
words and music by rich lacina
c 1999 16 dreams

Liza Brown
I think of you
When summer comes my way
I miss your smile
I miss your laughter
The music that we made
Eyes blue green
That looked at me
And never turned away
A white rose in your raven hair
It seems like yesterday

When Liza Brown
Came around
We shared one moment at a time
Locked away in memories
Like childhood nursery rhymes
Now I'm waiting
For the sun
To shine on me once more
Take me back to yesterday
And Liza at my door

When Liza Brown
Came Around
When my Liza Brown
Came Around

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Posted By: rockindia Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 08:40 AM
This lyric is: #372

Writer :Naveen Jain

Title: This ain't a love song

I wanna say you something,
I am not the same sweet dream,
words only deepen the pain,
When you wrote me such thing.

I never saw my face in mirror again,
From the day you broke me.
I forget to live,I don't remember anything
You are all my life.

I hurted you all because of strain,
I shouted on you,I lost my sense.
Your face is made up of sun,
Take me out from this dark den.

Now either you come or let me fly
I can't show how i need you.
I need you to feel strong
And this ain't a love song.


Naveen Jain

Copyright ©2002 Naveen Jain




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Posted By: mtlbs Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 09:10 AM
This lyric is: #373

What's The Solution?
by Michele Bass
Copyright 2000

VERSE

What about the boy who's stuck inside
his little mind and he can't get out
And the girl who looks behind
and sees the shadow of her doubt
All the people waiting in line
for a dime, too sick to shout
At the sun that never shined
That's what their lives are all about
What's the solution to it all?

CHORUS

If we could just rehearse
our time in this universe
Next time around it would be easy
If it was just a game
we wouldn't have to wonder whether we were sane
Next time it would be easy

VERSE

The suicidal couple who cried
One cried wolf, but didn't die
And the other didn't know that he lied
so off the roof, she took a ride
And there was no turning back
Jill was dead, because of Jack
And when he found out, he cracked
broke his head, and that was that
What's the solution to it all?

CHORUS

If we could just rehearse
our time in this universe
Next time around it would be easy
If it was just a game
we wouldn't have to wonder whether we were sane
Next time it would be easy, easy

MIDDLE 8

Coloring outside the lines might be nice
living in logical fantasy
Time, is it measured by what turns out right?
Maybe, or maybe not
Tomorrow's not all we got
Today can be close behind
Just look beyond the corners that may blind you

CHORUS

If we could just rehearse
our time in this universe
Next time around it would be easy
If it was just a game
we wouldn't have to wonder whether we were sane
Next time it would be easy


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Posted By: millssongs Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 09:32 AM
This lyric is: #374

MOBILE I'M COMIN HOME
words/music by Donnie Mills (c)2002

MOONLIGHT DANCES ON THE SHORELINE
CASTING IT'S REFLECTION DOWN ON MOBILE BAY
SOUTHERN BREEZES BLOWING, AS IF KNOWING
IT'S THE CLOSING OF ANOTHER DAY....
DOSE'NT SEEM THAT LONG AGO
THAT MOBILE WAS A MEMORY,
NOW I'M GOING HOME

(chorus)
TO WHERE MY HEART BELONGS
A PLACE WHERE IN MY YOUNGER DAY
I LEARNED RIGHT FROM WRONG
IT'S A PLACE KEPT DEEP INSIDE MY SOUL
REGUARDLESS OF THE PATH I TAKE
A COUNTRY ROAD OR INTERSTATE
I PAVED THEM ALL WITH MY MISTAKES
MOBILE I'M COMING HOME

I HAD TO SOW MY OATS, SPREAD MY WINGS
TAKE A CHANCE AND SEE WHAT I MIGHT FIND
BUT EVERY CHOICE I MADE HAD ME AFRAID
WHAT I'D BEEN SEARCHING FOR WAS LEFT BEHIND
THEN I HEARD YOU CALL TO ME
HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS, AND WHERE YOU NEED TO BE.........(chorus).....end....


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Posted By: D.C. Hathaway Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 10:22 AM
This lyric is: #375

“BEYOND GOODBYE”
(Ó 2002 Dwain C. Hathaway)

We had seven years together with so many ups and downs.
The show is over baby ‘cause I’m not your circus clown.
I’ve said “goodbye” so many times before I’m turnin’ blue
So let me put it in a way there’s no confusing you.

CHORUS:

It’s more like “you are out of here” and “you’re already gone”.
Take a good look out the window. Your stuff’s out on the lawn.
No matter how I say it, I don’t need a reason why.
So long, farewell, forever. I am well beyond goodbye.

I gave you all I had to give. You only wanted more.
You’ve taken all you’re gonna take. Now you can hit the door.
You don’t have to leave the key. I changed the locks in case you try
To come back where you don’t belong. I’m well beyond goodbye.

(CHORUS)
(SOLO AS CHORUS)

BRIDGE:

I tried so hard to tell you nice time and time again
But there’s no getting through to you. Good riddance and amen.

Then I woke up from this crazy dream and much to my surprise.
She’s standing right in front of me with fire in her eyes.
This dream is comin’ true but in a way I’m gonna dread.
I think she’s well beyond “goodbye” ‘cause this is what she said:

(CHORUS TWICE)


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Posted By: WayneGardner Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 11:37 AM
This lyric is: #376

DADDY'S HEART
(c) Wayne Gardner 1998

Daddy was due home on Christmas eve,
He'd been working away for a while,
But as I woke on the 23rd,
I just couldn't raise a smile,
For I dreamt that night that his plane went down,
Just a mile from leaving the ground,
And although they'd found about everyone,
My Daddy hadn't been found.

My Mama asked me what was wrong,
Why I looked like I could cry,
And when I told her about my dream,
She said that dreams often lie,
She told me that I shouldn't worry now,
He'd be home tomorrow for sure,
But every second that passed that day,
I worried a little bit more.

That night I prayed to the stars above,
And anyone listening to me,
To help me touch my Daddy's heart,
And help to make him see,
That he should catch the train back home,
Or wait for another flight,
For although my Mama thought it wrong,
I knew that I was right.

Next morning we stood in the airport lounge,
As the news came filtering through,
The thing that I was dreading most,
Was suddenly all to true,
The plane had taken off on time,
And crashed just a mile away,
Although they hoped that all had survived,
They just couldn't say.

Last night I prayed to the stars above,
And anyone listening to me,
To help me touch my Daddy's heart,
And help to make him see,
That he should catch the train back home,
Or wait for another flight,
For, although my Mama still thought it wrong,
It looked like I was right.

Then the news came over that all were safe,
Except one man not yet found,
They feared the worst as the plane had split,
By his seat as it hit the ground,
My Mama shook her head real hard,
And cried "He can't leave us alone",
Then a voice came over the tanoy,
Asking me to pick up a phone.

Then my Daddy told me . . . . .
Last night I watched the stars above,
And could have sworn that I heard you,
I felt you as you touched my heart,
And what I heard I knew was true,
And although I wanted to be home soon,
I waited for another flight,
Your love had reached me across the miles,
To help me be with you tonight.

What better present could I have received,
Than to see my Dad Christmas night.

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Posted By: Tim Perry Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 12:47 PM
This lyric is: #377

In My Dreams You Run
Timothy A. Perry © 2002

Verse 1:
The day that you were born, you didn’t hear me cry.
My tears were mixed with equal parts, agony and joy.
Was this God at work,
Or maybe mother nature’s quirk,
That laid this rocky path for you to try?

Chorus:
In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.
In my dreams you’re free to jump and play beneath the sun.
Everyday I see you struggle till the day is done.
But In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.

Verse 2:
Crutches for the house, walker for the classroom hall.
Wheelchair for the other times you can’t afford to fall.
Braces for your shaky thighs,
Kisses for your lonely sighs.
A father’s love to help you through it all.

Chorus:
In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.
In my dreams you’re free to jump and play beneath the sun.
Everyday I see you struggle till the day is done.
But In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.

Verse 3:
I recall the day, when I first heard you sing.
Notes so pure and simple overshadowed everything.
In that moment carved in time,
Childhood tune and easy rhyme
You traded in your walker for some wings.

Bridge:
I’ve come to know that solace follows on the heels of grief.
We are all much stronger than we ever dare believe.

Chorus:
In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.
In my dreams you’re free to jump and play beneath the sun.
Everyday I see you struggle till the day is done.
But In my dreams you dance. In my dreams you run.


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Posted By: Draguin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 01:47 PM
This lyric is: #378

Sleep ( Katie’s Lullabye )
Kevin McKrell c 2002 BMI

Sleep like a river dreams they flow.
Struggles of the day.
All your burdens drift away.
Slowly sail into the night.
Peace comes with the morning light.

Sleep casting dreams into the night .
Like dry leaves blown .
Their destination unkown.
With no direction planned.
Like sand through your hands
It’s there and gone.

Sleep welcomes you with open arms.
Quietly lie,surrender soflty.
Close your eyes.
Darkness holds no fear for such as you.
For you know the day will dawn
When night is through.


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Posted By: k_man Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:10 PM
This lyric is: #379

Listen for the Angels

when there's nothing left inside you
and your life seems almost gone
when the blues won't leave your doorstep
and everything seems wrong

when the sun won't rise in your life
and the moon just brings remorse
when the birds won't sing a sweet song
and you have lost your course

listen for the angels
they're singing up above
listen for the angels
to find a little love

when there's nothing to hold onto
and your best friend is away
when the bed becomes your home now
and you sleep away your day

when the laughing has grown silent
and the tears don't seem to stop
when the music has grown cold now
and your life seems so lost

listen for the angels
they're singing up above
listen for the angels
to find a little love

and we all go through these
times of darkened woes
life is wrought with hardship
as we fall to the floor
there's nothing to be scared of
for love is always there
so reach out
and listen
its somewhere in the air

listen for the angels
they're singing up above
listen for the angels
to find a little love


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Posted By: Felipe Fransioli Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:11 PM
This lyric is: #380

Dancing Flowers
Copyright (C) 1987 Felipe Fransioli

There once was a knight
In the pure days of old
And he shone in his armor
And he rode a bright horse
And he looked so princely
That all the court maidens
Did vie for his pleasure
His glance opened doors

Now you lie beside me
Contained in our quietness
And touch when you feel
There's something to hold
We each have known sorrow
And shed slowly our armor
Touching with peace the realms
Where once sadness grew

In the bright fields
And the sky overturning
The knight often wandered
With maidens quite fair
And they lie in the flowers
Crushed blossoms beneath them
Spent long lusty hours
In sun-ripened play

The flowers you touch in me
Do bloom still and rise
To your voice they rise opening
And dance for your eyes
They dance for your eyes.


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Posted By: Tara Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:32 PM
This lyric is: #381

"Texas Lady"
The road ahead looks brighter
Since she's running from the past
Still a few more miles to go
Till the road reads free at last

Oh, the radio's playin
Her life's in every word
No man could ever make her stray
From this rodeo world.

Chorus:
Oh, this little Texas Lady
She's America's girl
She has her heart and her mind both set
on taking on the world

Oh, this bull riding extrordinare
There's no hiding she's a rodeo queen
With a smile of a child
she can be any man's dream.
end chorus:

She said I learned it the hard way
Now I dance to another tune
I'm gonna set this world on fire
You can bet on seeing it to

Got a fire in her soul
Just like an untamed colt
They're both born to run
And they're both hard to hold

Repeat Chorus:

She will take you on, take my word on that
There's no stoppin her
She's got passion to burn.

Repeat Chorus till fade:

Written By: Tara B. Daniel
Co/writers:Lisa Vivian, Peter Cupples

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Posted By: Foxynails Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:35 PM
This lyric is: #382

Medal'd


Medal cents, billfold stuffing-
federal paper pressed
with lined esses,
pecking beaks eat dead shells.

Nested eggs, feathers dead,
slugs stream slimelines,
sandbagged soldiers -
ditched young eyes die.

Baked bricks,
cement walls of dwelling, swelling,
barriers broken-
needlessly, endlessly, easily;
nothing's solid.

Meadows sniffed, combed,
waters dredged,
hook lifeless forms decaying.

Bicuspid impressions,
once grinning expressions,
life's impressions
left dead for the rest to box and bury.

Thrills and terror,
kills and horror
mystery's 'morrow-sorrow.
Lambs slaughtered,
field-flying mortar,
streets...jungles-
no difference, minds loiter.

Sunny dead scents,
death-sentenced heads repent,
hunters free-fed,
they're bored killing the four-legged.

Standing-two targets challenge,
p.i. desk light, halogen,
p.d. cabinets wail,
judicial systems fail.

Reduced, let loose-
why bother bailing,
systems fail,
p.d. cabinets wail, wail.

Missing, ditching, hitching
-what is life anyway-
it's taken away every day.

Today's list is long-
a twenty-four hour song.
wail why wail why wail wail,
wail wail why wail why?
Scream, cry, cry!
ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
why why why...
twenty-four hour song
wail why wail why wail wail,
wail wail why wail, WHY?

F**king cry, cry
suck it up ... cry, cry...
list is long...
twenty-four hour song...
suck it up... cry, cry...
list is long...
die,
bury,
f**king CRY!

July 21, 2002
Day after Ozzfest 2002, Holmdel, NJ
Nancy (Miller) Cisneros-Lanza
Copyright©2002

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Posted By: Duane Allen Harlick Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:36 PM
This lyric is: #383

Song title: Hole
Author: Duane Allen Harlick
Copyright: 2002

I guess it came as no surprise
I've seen the writing for some time
But now it's right before my eyes
And somehow, still it blows my mind
The truth revealed
The fate I've sealed

Chorus:
There's a hole underneath the piano
There's an emptiness that I can't fill
And everything she sings just brings us back to when
The bottom fell out of secrets.


Reckless abandon in the corner
Soft and low beneath the table chat
Finger dancing, unrelenting
Like a Chinese acrobat
He's come undone
He can't find one

(Chorus)


I never meant for you to know the truth that you have found
Now everything you made of me comes crashing to the ground


So now I find that I
Prefer to stand alone beside an empty chair
To face an endless stream
Of images and broken dreams that takes me there
No more, no less
But I digress…

(Chorus)

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Posted By: Jeanay Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:38 PM
This lyric is: #384

Nice Man With Money
2001 Jeanay Say Qua

Although he knew I wasn't dense
my father tried to push some sense
into my head
about the man
who might affect my future plan
"Look at the facts and don't berate
the alarming rise of the divorce rate
you might be cute
to some, a beauty
but loosened morals means lessened duty
You don't need to learn a hard lesson
just go to school and get
a profession"

I tried to follow what he said that made sense
Although I knew I wasn't dense
my wanderlust
and creative heart
seemed to override the intellectual part
So unconcerned with the idea of marriage
just give me a plane boat train or carriage
with my own two eyes
and my own two feet
just let me observe the man on the street

If no one ever asked me why
I wouldn't even try to try
to explain the need
I had to go
and why the world intrigued me so

I remember Loveness from Zimbabwe
with thirteen children
a fourteenth on the way
wondering why I didn't hurry
to add to the population flurry

And Ruby the eccentric traveler
who could read people's palms
and could see the future
She said, "You don't have to worry yet honey,
just find yourself a nice man,
with money!"

And in Jamaica there was Scaramoochie
All huffy and a puffy and a
tryin to smooch me
He said,"Don miss de mos greates ting in life
Me have four or five pickney
but me nah have nah wife!"

And Okaasan from Osaka writes me to this day
how she worries, "Jeanchan no koto shimpai"
so she'll say
If love hasn't gotten to get me bewitched
couldn't a matchmaker help me get hitched?

But I dream of Cuba
and a really good dance
Fresh seafood, cigars, and really big plants
I dream of a villa where all friends can come
to escape from the stress, ratrace, and humdrum
I'm hearing music with poetry in it
and I'm seeing cotton with bright patterns on it
With no man and no master's
I might end up in the skids
but I don't dream of suburbs with 2.5 kids

Even the love of my life decided to run
when it looked like my time for children had come
My friend Molly one day somehow knew it was time
To get a house and a husband and doctor in line
If that works for her
but I beg to defer
I want romance and true love
or not much at all
I've got nothing against it, but all that I see
Makes me wonder much less about this mystery

So I'll sing
and I'll dance
and I'll dream
and I'll bet
I'll still hear them all ask
Aren't you settled down yet?!

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Posted By: butchross Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:47 PM
This lyric is: #385

The Pot Calling the Kettle Black
Words and Music ©2001 Butch Ross

Ain´t that the Pot calling the Kettle Black.
Telling me to let her be, while you help your girl unpack.
You´re no stranger to the danger of loving psychotic ex-teenagers.
But you act like there´s a manger where she gave birth in the back.
I´ve had enough of the hypocracy.
There´s a postcard here from troubleville and it´s not addressed to me.
See she´s a sea of trouble you should let her go,
there´s other fish in the sea y´know
but that´s the pot calling the kettle black.

and like the Pot calling the Kettle Black,
eyeing me suspiciously while she sells our stuff for crack.
You are just another rube who fell for lucifer with boobs.
I hear-tell better men than you have lost their pegs in her beartrap.

You best wake up to this reality.
you are not the only one who´s fallen for this fallacy.
I know it´s nice having her around,
but the TV is pawnshop bound
and that´s the Pot calling the Kettle Black.

and like the Pot calling the Kettle Black,
you are talking on the phone saying "don´t you take her back"
but there´s someone in the kitchen,
I´m not complaining,
I´m not bitching,
but i´ve got a strong suspicion,
it ain´t you who bagged the trash.

Hey, you and I, we must like living dangerously,
there´s a growing list of psycho-bitches with apartment keys.
I know mine´s been on your nerves of late,
but at least she don´t pontificate
and when was the last time that girl ate
(you know she just pushes that stuff around on her plate)
you´re not the only she calls her mate,
I could go on all night but wait...
that the Pot calling the Kettle Black.
yeah, that the Pot calling the Kettle Black.


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Posted By: Nesbit Chhangur Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:49 PM
This lyric is: #386

You'll always be there:Written by Nesbit and Greta Changur(50/60s style)
You'll always be there
The way you've always been
You'll always be there
In every song we sing
With sparklng eyes that glow
That light up every heart
And a smile that we know
That came straight from the heart

If you could only here
The hearts that love you dear
How each beat cries a tear
You'll know how much they care
And tho you're now a bright star
Shining down from where you are
You'll be here with us for-ever
Every day in our prayer

You,ll always be there
When the autumn leaves fall
You'll always be there
When the first snowflakes fly
And over the rainbow
You'll hear angels sing
This song that we send you
This song that we sing

Re-mem-ber re-mem ber re-mem-ber re-mem-ber

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Posted By: kiva Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 02:54 PM
This lyric is: #387

Title: PUNCHLINE
Writer: Kathryn Louise Ann Brown
Copyright: 2001

V1:
You have yourself a perfect sense of timing
And I'm hanging on to each and every word
But something's always lost in the translation
And what I have to say is left unheard

CH:
You keep me in stitches
I cry so hard I laugh
It's all that I can do to keep a straight face

V2:
I might just have to have myself committed
To finding ways to break the spell you've bound
Your death defying logic with its stranglehold
Keeps me from getting up from off the ground

CH:
You keep me in stitches
I cry so hard I laugh
It's all that I can do to keep a straight face

BR:
Seems as though you went into the wrong line
And your ship is never coming in
But for now you have me as your captive audience
And I'm waiting for the lights to go down
And the first act to begin

CH:
You keep me in stitches
You keep me in stitches I cry
You keep me in stitches I cry so hard
You keep me in stitches I cry so hard I laugh
But why am I still waiting for the punchline

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Posted By: R. Barry Knox Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:19 PM
This lyric is: #388

“Trying To Get The Most Out Of Life”
Copyright 1998 Robert Barry Knox

Yes, I’ve walked many roads in my life, and I’ve seen all the evils and strifes.
Some people are stealing, wheeling and dealing, trying to get the most out of life.

They were trying to get the most out of life.

Yes, I known many problems in my time, and I’ve met many people of all kinds.
Some of them crying, lying or dying, trying to get the most out of life.

They were trying to get the most out of life.

Do you know what you know, is it real? Do you beg, do you borrow or steal?
As you wrinkle all over, and keep getting older, trying to get the most out of life.

Are you trying to get the most out of life.

I’ll tell you a truth my friends, that faith conquers all in the end,
and fairness last longer, it’ll make you much stronger, trying to get the most out of life.

As you’re trying to get the most out of life.




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Posted By: pmwilbo Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:31 PM
This lyric is: #389

TWO BY TWO

Yard sale sign on my corner lot
I have to sale everything I got
I didn’t think she’d be leaving so fast
Should of known it wasn’t gonna last
Sold the dryer and the washing machine
A pair of boots and a pair of blue jeans
Everything’s leaving two by two….. but me… and you
Two….. by….. two…… but me and you

Cars drive by and don’t even stop
The quickest way I’ve ever seen to shop
She’s headed west to chase her dreams
I bet by now she’s past New Orleans
20 dollars for the pair of bar stools
The pair of dressers and my old box of tools
Everything’s leaving two by two….. but me… and you
Two….. by…. two…… but me and you

Driveway full of lookie Lou’s
Trying to cut me down a buck or two
I bet she’s gonna give me a call
Wondering if I ever sold it all
The pair of speakers and a ol pair of tires
A pair of skates and the Radio Flyers
Everything’s leaving two by two….. but me…. and you
Two…. by ….two……..but me and you

I guess it’s time to close up shop
What’s left over I’ll just have to hock
A ball a bat a baseball glove
What’s the price ya gonna put on love
50 dollars for the new wedding bands
We didn’t even ware em on our left hand
Everything’s leaving two by two…..but me…. and you
Two…. by …..two ………but me and you

Lyrics by Patrick Wilberding
08/01


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Posted By: Stephen Cohen Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:32 PM
This lyric is: #390

thomas, Stephen Cohen c. 2000


There was a little boy named Thomas
He was a little bit shy
He would not play with the other kids
He would not look you in the eye
He just recited numbers, just as far as he could go

Thomas liked to stage his secret shows

The first time I saw Thomas, it was in a special school
I took him to the music room, he sat down on a stool
He yelled “danger” at the piano, I yelled “monster” at the drums

Thomas liked to sing his secret songs

There was a little boy named Thomas, he was a little bit strange
He liked to spin in circles, and he smiled when he sang
He really was intelligent, people called him slow

Thomas liked to stage his secret shows

The last time I saw Thomas, he was crying in a yard
A friend of his was leaving, and he always took things hard
He yelled “monster” at the piano, I yell “danger” at the drums

Thomas liked to sing his secret songs

And if the world’s not right with Thomas, then something must be wrong
And if the world’s not right with Thomas, then something must be wrong










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Posted By: MidnightRainbow Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:33 PM
This lyric is: #391

One People (C) Brenda MacIntyre 1991-2002
Lyrics & Composition by Brenda MacIntyre
** I debuted this song at a peace concert on Sept. 11, 1991. In response to Sept. 11, 2001, I reworked and recorded the song in early 2002.

Intro:
Don't you know
Don't you know that we are one people

Verse 1:
Many spirits gathered together
We need to be there for each other
But now we’re caught up in segregation

Everywhere there is starvation
People on a path to destruction
Poverty it breeds desperation

Pre-Chorus:
Celebration, oh, we are one people
Many generations, yeah, we are one people
One creation, oh, we are one people, yeah
Appreciation, give thanks, 'cause we are one people, everyone

Chorus:
Don’t you know that we are one people
And we were created equal
Strugglin' together for survival, one people
Don’t you know that we are one people
And we were created equal
Strugglin' together for survival, one people

Verse 2:
We were born to love one another
Created as sister and brother
Together we can change the situation

There’s no place for discrimination
A disgrace to civilization
We need to learn communication

Pre-Chorus:
Celebration, oh, we are one people
Many generations, yeah, we are one people
One creation, oh, we are one people, yeah
Appreciation, give thanks 'cause we are one people, everyone

Chorus:
Don’t you know that we are one people
And we were created equal
Strugglin' together for survival, one people
Don’t you know that we are one people
And we were created equal
Strugglin' together for survival, one people

Outro:
Yes, we are one people
We are one people
We are one people
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Peace,
Midnight Rainbow

Listen to a clip of One People here:
http://midnightrainbow.ca/songs.html

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Posted By: richpirone Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:40 PM
This lyric is: #392

THE HEART CRAVES

1st Verse
Maybe I’m guilty of all those things
You couldn’t find in your heart to forgive
You said your love was just dyin’ slow
And that’s not how we’re meant to live

Climb:
Now I pretend that I don’t miss
Getting lost in your touch and your tenderness
But the lies betray me with all these memories
That haunt me ‘til I confess...

Chorus:
The heart craves what it can’t forget
I never knew lonely ‘til the day you left
Time might heal this hurt and yet
The heart craves what it can’t forget

2nd Verse
I know it’s over; you’ve gone to stay
Still I think of what might have been
This empty house gets so quiet and gray
It’s hard to breathe when the night closes in

Climb
So I walk these streets and I drift
Through a night as black as the night can get
In the cold moonlight I see you there
In every shadow and silhouette

Chorus
The heart craves what it can’t forget
I never knew lonely ‘til the day you left
Time might heal this hurt and yet
The heart craves what it can’t forget

Bridge
I stop at an old shop
That we passed by everyday
I write your name in the window’s frost
And as the sun comes up
I watch it fade away

Chorus
The heart craves what it can’t forget
I never knew lonely ‘til the day you left
Time might heal this hurt and yet
The heart craves what it can’t forget


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Posted By: John Dawahare Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:41 PM
This lyric is: #393

BLOODY HARLAN
A little ditty about a mining town in eastern KY
(John Dawahare)

A shotgun blast in the dark of night
Someone screamin’ in the street
A man dead on the railroad track
A gun lyin’ at his feet

Now, you got men from out of state
Lookin’ for trouble in Lynch
The miners are gettin’ restless
And they’re swearin’ for revenge

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

They shut us down six months ago
I ain’t had a job since then
Now, I’m told I’m about to lose
My unemployment pension

This strike’s bustin’ up families
It’s dividin’ life long friends
But, we’ve got the union behind us
And we’ll fight until we win

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

Now, my wife’s got that look in her eyes
She seems distant and far away
She stands cryin’ in the kitchen
I send the kids outside to play

Sometimes, she says she’s eaten
Says she ate ’fore we sat down
She just says that for the kids
’Cause there ain’t enough to go around

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

Some nights, I drink to forget
I drown my sorrows in whiskey
And I wish I was buried in that mine
With every sin I carry with me

There’s a war in town
And people are starvin’
As we die one by one
In Bloody Harlan

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Posted By: deanbell Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:53 PM
This lyric is: #394

(up beat quick lyric)

HIDE

I looked out the window past the fence To see what lives outside
There’s a billion people looking back at me From the places that they hide
They peer from behind their darkened glasses Or their tinted window car
They turn their heads in their SUV It don’t matter who you are

Everybody needs a place to hide
Tell me how many places have you tried
You lost your faith but you try to keep your pride
Everybody needs a place to hide

I take a ride on my Japanese bike As I’m flying down the street
I get the finger from every single Harley Davidson that I meet
I fly on by and give a nod to the good old boys
Their place to hide is on their ride Behind the chrome and noise

Everybody needs a place to hide
Tell me how many places have you tried
You lost your faith but you try to keep your pride
Everybody needs a place to hide

Hide and seek take a peek Tell me what you see
Who’s that in the mirror looking back at me?
Stop look listen what ya got to loose
Come out from your hiding ‘hind your money and the booze

Everybody needs a place to hide
Tell me how many places have you tried
You searching for truth and all you get is lie, lie lie
Everybody needs a place to hide

I’ll stop for a beer or maybe two At my friendly neighborhood bar
And I see those vanity license plates On almost every car
You see the windows are dark but they want you to know Who that is inside
Be it Dr, lawyer or just plain loser You Gotta have a place to hide


Everybody needs a place to hide
Tell me how many places have you tried
You lost your faith but you try to keep your pride
Everybody needs a place to hide

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Posted By: whf751 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:55 PM
This lyric is: #395

Brave New Day – Finlay © 1997 Bill Finlay

Well I’m sorry that I’m not there yet
I was surfing on the Internet
I took a virtual right turn
And found myself alone

I called you on your cell-o-phone
The message says that you’re not home
But it ain’t got a clue if you’re alone

CHORUS
Have your machine call my machine
And we’ll do lunch one day
Maybe even interface,
If we recall the way

Now it’s hard down on the accelerator
Got to run, I’ll see you later
I’m off to face another brave new day

VERSE 2
Now in all the places we have been
The consequences unforeseen
It seems there were so many bridges
Left in flames
Our heroes fade out much too soon
They try to hide out in their rooms
They don’t want to face
Another brave new day

CHORUS
And the information highway on ramp
Backed up miles today
The promises we made ourselves
All seemed to slip away

Now it’s hard down on the accelerator
Got to fly I’ll catch you later
I’m off to face another brave new day


VERSE 3
Now don’t get me wrong, I do not care
For good old days which never were
What’s gone is gone, but still you know
The piper must be paid

It kind of caught me unaware
I gained some weight, I lost some hair
Chasing after all those brave new days

CHORUS
And I guess it’s not unusual
To feel lost out at sea
When the message that they’re sending
Just ain’t getting through to me

But it’s one more on the accelerator
See you later, alligator
I’ve got to face another brave new day

Another brave new day




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Posted By: psychcowboy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 03:57 PM
This lyric is: #396

THE HARDER ONES
by jerry greene, 2001

i think i'm walking on a sinking floor
i feel a heartbreak knocking at the door
and the voice says "girl are you ready
for a bumpy ride"

making friendly with the blue jeans and shirts
apologies worth their weight in dirt
and the nights i couldn't tell the difference
between shouldn't and should

all that dancing lead to feeling fine
add some drinking and you blur the line
with an excuse so worn out and flimsy
he finally understood

i guess i like the harder ones
with the pain a little wisdom comes
like a dashboard light saying
"that was something worth living for"

i feel the heat from the august sky
on the porch waiting for good bye
and i'm hoping there just might be something
we forgot to say

i feel his arms around me once more
we cry and kiss i thought for sure
but he's still just watching the game
in the kitchen

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Posted By: stanagol Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 04:12 PM
This lyric is: #397

PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE


PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
NOT LITTLE CHILDREN A WORD TO THE WISE

DON'T BULLY ANYONE SMALLER THAN YOU
TOMORROW WILL COME YOU'LL GET YOUR DUE
THE SICKNESS IS PASSED FROM FATHER TO SON
PASSED TO THE ONE UNABLE TO RUN

PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
NOT LITTLE CHILDREN A WORD TO THE WISE
PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
STOP ALL THE SICKNESS STOP ALL THE LIES

A MAN AIN'T A MAN WHEN HE BEATS ON HIS KID
IT MIGHT TAKE A MAN TO ADMIT THAT HE DID
GET SOME HELP WHATEVER IT TAKES
GET SOME HELP FOR CHILDRENS SAKE
THERE'S JUST NO EXCUSE FOR CHILD ABUSE
THERE'S JUST NO EXCUSE FOR CHILD ABUSE
THERE'S JUST NO EXCUSE FOR CHILD ABUSE
THERE'S JUST NO EXCUSE

BEATING YOUR WIFE MOLESTING YOUR CHILD
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT CHARGES ARE FILED
PLENTY OF MEN THAT WILL GLADLY FIGHT
TO STOP THE ABUSE OF CHILDREN OF LIGHT

PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
NOT LITTLE CHILDREN A WORD TO THE WISE
PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
STOP ALL THE SICKNESS STOP ALL THE LIES

A MAN AIN'T A MAN WHEN HE BEATS ON HIS KID
IT MIGHT TAKE A MAN TO ADMIT THAT HE DID
GET SOME HELP WHATEVER IT TAKES
GET SOME HELP FOR CHILDRENS SAKE

PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
NOT LITTLE CHILDREN A WORD TO THE WISE
PICK ON SOMEONE YOUR OWN DAMN SIZE
STOP ALL THE SICKNESS STOP ALL THE LIES

A MAN AIN'T A MAN WHEN HE BEATS ON HIS KID
BUT IT MIGHT TAKE A MAN TO ADMIT THAT HE DID
GET SOME HELP WHATEVER IT TAKES
GET SOME HELP FOR CHILDRENS SAKE

Copyright@1989 by Stan Agol

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Posted By: scott629 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 04:14 PM
This lyric is: #398

As I watch her play,
And shadow box her youth
Never taking king to rest
Holding on to pain
As if it were a friend
Sure she'll never find her way out

And the sea returns and washes to the shore
Night falls, giving way to dawn
Day by day
Day by day

Yesterday a child
Growing up to fast
And so was innocence misplaced
She carries a weight of old
A shadow of the past
Makes her afraid to be alone

And the sea returns and washes to the shore
Night falls, giving way to dawn
Day by day
Day by day

Though we don't know what will be yet
We get a little closer with every step
Searching for a truth, looking for a key
Only to find them inside of me

She can take your breadth away
As you look into her eyes
As truth unfolds, there's no mistaking
She turns the day away
Still lit up by her smile
She dreams of flying without wings

And the sea returns and washes to the shore
Night falls, giving way to dawn
Day by day
Day by day

Though we don't know what will be yet
We get a little closer with every step
Searching for a truth, looking for a key
Only to find them inside of me
Day by day


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Posted By: koldkane Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 04:19 PM
This lyric is: #399

Arliss
Gary Zima Copy 2002

Her smile can charm you
When she lets it go
Runs like a siren
On her candy toes
Hair like summer lightning
And I need to know

Chorus
Arliss, do you miss South African skies
Cape honeysuckle in the morning
Holly sugar in the night
Arliss, do you dream of someplace else
Is it all about the moment
Some time for yourself

Bridge
Are you lonely, in your life
Can I help you, find the light
In your time of, need tonight
I can be there, babe
I can be, I can be the light

Verse
She lies in the hot light
By the swimming hole
Dew on her body
Covered in its glow
But, she seems so far away
And I need to know

Chorus
Arliss, do you miss South African skies
Cape honeysuckle in the morning
Holly sugar in the night
Arliss, do you dream of someplace else
Is it all about the moment
Some time for yourself

Repeat Chorus

Arliss come away
Arliss come away
Arliss come away

Have a listen: http://music.mp3lizard.com/koldkane/

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Posted By: michael g angelo Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 04:33 PM
This lyric is: #400

The Reno Nevada Hot August Nights Theme Song
IT'S A MAGICAL NIGHT
copywritten 1998 Michael Gallegos

I'm going out on the town in my 64,a chevy that I bought about a year ago,
Cruisin down Virginia with my baby tonight,were listing to the music and it's feeling right,with the moon and the stars so bright evrybodys crusing round tonight,everybodys celebrating on this hot august night.
People come all over from across the bay,from oakland california down through san jose,pheonix arizona and from new mexico,there even coming down out of idaho.
cruising in a chevy 55 or a plymouth thats been customized,everybodys come to reno for these hot august nights.
Everybodys cruisin round tonight
in the middle of a moonlit night
with the music of the platters on the sterio
On the corner you might even see, Elvis sittin in a 63, so don't be surprised what you see with your eyes couse tonight is a magical night,it's a magical night,tonight,it's a magical night,with the moon and the stars so bright,everybodys cruisin round tonight,everybodys celebrating on this hot august night,tonight,it's a magical night,with the moon and the stars so bright everybodys cruisin round tonight,everybodys celebrating on this hot august night,tonight,tonight,tonight.

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Posted By: Larry Basinger Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 04:36 PM
This lyric is: #401

Song: Under The Cherry Tree
Songwriter: Larry E. Basinger
Copyright: 1996

The style of this song is Country-Line Dance

Verse 1:

I fell in love under the Cherry tree,
I saw her there, she never looked at me.
I fell in love with her that day,
I wished it could be she and me under the Cherry tree!

Chorus:

I do recall each time she danced.
She was a doll, who wanted romance.
I fell in love with her that day,
I wished it could be she and me under the Cherry tree!

Bridge:
(Music only)

Verse 2:

I saw a star with her one night.
We made a wish that everything's alright.
Don't let the rain stop us tonight.
Cause she looked at me and said gently...come a little closer to me.

(Chorus)

Bridge:
(Music Only)

(Chorus)


Ending:

Under the Cherry tree, she and me!
Under the Cherry tree, she and me!
Under the Cherry tree, she and me!
Under the Cherry tree, she and me!



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Posted By: Trapezoid Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 04:50 PM
This lyric is: #402

If I Were Free
Words and music by Paul Reisler and Angela Kaset
© 2000 A. Kaset/Red Dove/Purple Sun (SESAC) and P. Reisler/Zoidsongs (ASCAP)

If I were free
I would answer any question
With a brush stroke upon canvas
And my words would all fall out in poetry
I would sing to you a sunset
Draw your face inside a symphony

If I were free
I would flee this world of sidewalks
Run barefoot up the mountain
Stand naked as a lover, breathlessly
I would lose my way by moonlight
And wake to find you sleeping next to me
If I were free

If I were free
If I were free
Free to fly
Free to fall
Safe within the mystery
Of it all

If I were free
I would kiss you like a snowflake
Rain on you in roses
Fearlessly stand back and let you be
For God above and all the world to see
If I were free


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Posted By: gjack10 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 05:15 PM
This lyric is: #403

Lucky in Love
(Hoot Gibson. Tina Gibson)

They say true love is one in a million
and I've always been the gambling type.
Daddy sit me down and he'd say listen,
son ya gotta take a chance to get it right.
While I'm holding you it feels like heaven
I'm holding aces every time.
And when I roll the dice it comes up seven,
And in my hands your my four of a kind

Yes I'm lucky in love like the stars up above ,
you light up my darkest night.
And if i never do win on that big wheel they spin,
You can bet that I'm lucky in love.


Your my pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
My four leaf clover and my lucky charm.
Like the flowers bloom your love will grow,
Always and forever in my arms.
no price is too high for your lovin
With you the limit is the sky.
You keep the winning coins a comin,
Darling you are the jackpot in my life.

Yes I'm lucky in love like the stars up above,
You light up my darkest night.
And if I ever do win on that big wheel they spin,
You can bet that I'm lucky in love
You can bet that I'm lucky in love

(©yes) http://artists.mp3s.com/artists/339/hoot_gibson.html




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Posted By: davidashman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 05:18 PM
This lyric is: #404

Title: The Bijou Dream
Author: David Ashman
copyright 2001

There's frost on the window sill
And children running home from school
The snow is falling all around
That's a sure sign that autumn's gone

Downwind from the cannery
The air is filled with sweet cherry jam
And dreams from a worker's mind
Of raising family and buying land

I thank the masons and the carpenters
The townspeople and the good farmers
Who plowed the fields and made the rules
They built a town in which I could grow

(chorus)
Keep your lights on while I'm gone
I'll take the memories along
Though I may travel very far
I only get closer to where you are
When the sun goes down all is well in this fair ported town


I remember climbing up Brook's hill
I raised a flag and called it my own
I laid down to count the stars
Then I wondered about who we are

I never wanted to say goodbye
The friends I had moved on with their lives
Twenty years and I still want more
You're the place I've been searching for

(chorus)
Keep your lights on while I'm gone
I'll take the memories along
Though I may travel very far
I only get closer to where you are
When the sun goes down all is well in this fair ported town

-you can hear a sample of this song at:
www.davidashman.com/lyrics_bijou_dream


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Posted By: musicdoctor1 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 05:22 PM
This lyric is: #405

I'm Not Afraid

Intro: One September morn has changed the
world forevermore
Senseless inhumanity has swept us
into war
We'll do what we must until the
fight is done
And ultimately we shall overcome.

Verse 1: I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although there's danger all around
me
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although there's madness in the
air
My time is now, my place is here
We must unite and stand together
'Till we rid the world of darkness
and despair.

Verse 2: I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although they threaten and alarm
me
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although they seek to bring me
down
I won't give up, I can't give in
And 'though they try to break my
spirit
I'll prevail
I won't rest 'till we have won
And there is peace for everyone.

Bridge: 'Though the struggle may seem
endless
And the sacrifice immense
I will never cease to keep my
dream alive
And as long as I am able
I will help in any way
To do my part so freedom can
survive.

Verse 3: I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although my heart may fill with
sorrow
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although my eyes may well with
tears
I'll carry on, I will be strong
and 'though I worry, come what may
I shall not fear
For as long as I believe in life
and love and liberty
As long as I believe, I'm not
afraid.


Verse 4: I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although there's danger all around
me
I'm not afraid
I'm not afraid
Although there's madness in the
air
I'll carry on, I will be strong
and 'though I worry, come what may
I shall not fear
For as long as I believe in life
and love and liberty
As long as I believe, I'm not
afraid
Yes, as long as I believe in life
and love and liberty
As long as I believe, I'm not
afraid.

Coda: I'm not afraid x 3.

c 2001 Michael Simmons
(519) 663-8223



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Posted By: Grub9 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 05:52 PM
This lyric is: #406

Scarecrow

Hugh DeNeal
Copyright 2002

Scarecrow stood like Jesus Christ
While the rain came down as ice
And froze his face into a twisted smile
Black crow perched atop the barn
Shaking trying to keep warm
Watching Mr. Scarecrow all the while

Black Crow knows that scarecrow dying
His face is solid frozen
And he’ll be too if he cannot get warmer
Before this mighty mean ice storm
Scarecrow kept this wealthy farm
The pride of Mr. Jebediah Farmer

Now Jebediahs gone away
Because the bills could not get paid
He flew away on bullet bound for Jesus
But still the icy rain comes down
Before long Scarecrow’s gonna drown
Unless the wind first tears him into pieces

Black Crow stands on solid steal
Looking for a solid meal
Scarecrow’s smiling saying “Come and get some”
I have nothing to defend
And I will never live again
Everything’s been pissed away to heaven

Scarecrow thought of Farmer Jeb
And the bullet he put in his head
All because he could never live a poor man
Now Scarecrow’s feeling awful cold
Half as proud and twice as bold
And curses Jeb as not worth a good goddamn

“Find a man so rich with power
But underneath is such a coward
To take his life but leave his only begotten scarecrow
He left me here to shoo the crows
From all the crops that long since froze
An ornament among the ice and snow”

Black crow listens from the barn
To his old enemy of the farm
Cause sometimes you just need someone to listen
Then he flies closer to his foe
Who keeps the food from the hungry crows
Knowing there is no more food it is all frozen

Black Crow sees the scarecrows smile
Shocked at his irreverent style
Because scarecrows are so often stern and callous
Black crow says to his old enemy
“Do you have any thing for me?
Your smile makes a starving bird so jealous”

Scarecrow says “The game is done
I guess you could say that you won
But soon you may follow me to heaven
Black Crow says “My dear old foe
That kingdom is far too cold
I was cast out once and I do not want back in”

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Posted By: Michael151256 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:20 PM
This lyric is: #407

Veil Of Tears.

This song is one more might have been
Another never was
It's only one I might have dreamed
Or thought I'd told you of
My life is like a drop of rain
Searching for the sea
I speak with a strangers voice
And it's echoing in me
Through a veil of tears
Veil of tears.

I'm a leaf upon the restless wind
A word upon your lips
Beyond the sunset darkness reigns
And I dream of sailing ships
To wake up falling round and round
To know my words must fail
Where sunlight fades to winter grey
Then I know I'll sail
Through a veil of tears
Veil of tears.

Feel my body growing old
Each moment bears the scars
And I feel it in my fingertips
And I see it in the stars
No use to hide or run away
We can't escape this time
But somehow in the sun we're born
And everyday we shine
Through a veil of tears
Veil of tears.

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Posted By: aaronslater Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:26 PM
This lyric is: #408

*** ALIEN TO ME ***
© 2002 Aaron Slater

(Verse1)
She's called Venus,
I won't admit that's simply all I know.
She's my solar tourist,
Answering questions with a neon glow,
Because she's...
...alien to me, she's an...
...alien to me.

(Verse2)
I'm so excited,
I've got another date with Sheryl Crow.
It's like I've been blinded,
Can't see the sunlight burning down my road,
Now she's an...
...alien to me, she's an...
...alien to me

(Chorus)
But when life's planned out,
And she's cast in doubt,
With an embrace that's forced to fade.
I don't know what's left,
But I've passed the test,
I don't know when I've got it made

(Verse3)
Now she's empty,
Her bedroom window is Jack Frost's home.
And now we're fighting,
I can't help thinking that something's wrong,
Now she's an...
...alien to me, she's an...
...alien to me

(Chorus)
But when life's planned out,
And she's cast in doubt,
With an embrace that's forced to fade.
I don't know what's left,
But I've passed the test,
I don't know when I've got it made...
...I've got it made


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Posted By: j77swift Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:27 PM
This lyric is: #409

Baby Brother

I got a woman sheÕs half crazy
and people say IÕm the other half
When weÕre not screaming, how we laugh
SheÕs got a juvenile brother
who donÕt know much but sings just like a bird
ItÕs the damnedest thing youÕve ever heard
When we go driving heÕs in the back seat
singing and stomping time with his feet
I swear he knows every song in the world
Come on kid where headed out to
no place or another
Sing us that sad one baby brother

Their old man he served hard time
and living caged robbed him of his soul
ÒSon I spent 10 years in that hole
And every night when the guard called lights out
I prayed to God IÕd be dreaming about
Holding their sweet mother in the sun
She waited lonely
then fell in love with another
Left eyes to haunt me in baby brother
Her eyes still haunt my through baby brother

Maybe one day IÕll remember
One day IÕll remember to forget herÓ

I hear there's work outside of town
She took my ring WeÕre gonna settle down
WeÕll take our chances come what may
Rice fell on the courthouse lawn
The tavern jukebox played all night long
We drank to those far away and near
Then some jealous fool cut loose
and we dove for cover
All come up shaking except baby brother
He caught a stray one but it killed everyone
Good bye brother brother
Good bye baby brother


copyright 2002
Jon Swift

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Posted By: flood Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:35 PM
This lyric is: #410

Whisper
-written by Jason Death
2002

as she whispers,I fall to tears
as she withers and I waste my years
she can see,she can feel
she can hope and she can pray
and yet it seems
she still cries for me
as I whisper her name
as she whispers,my image fades
as she quivers and I stake my claim
she can't sleep,she can't play
she's assured that I am dead
and yet it seems
she still cries for me
when I whisper her name
as she whispers,can't seem to break
as she shivers,I'm asleep at my wake
oh,she denies,as she replies
to everything that I send
and yet it seems
she's still haunting me
when the wind whispers her name

haunting me,taunting me,echoes of the past
they still plague my mind
falling down,all around,the pieces of my heart
they still pierce my soul
as she whispers,as she cries
as she whispers,as I die.....

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Jason E. Death
~flood~
www.floodmusic.info

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Posted By: Sonny B. Bell Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:40 PM
This lyric is: #411

The Dash Between The Dates
Copyright Sonny B. Bell
All rights reserved.

As I walked up to the headstone
I noticed first his name
Engraved in fancy letters
It stood out bold and plain
He was born in nineteen-sixty-four
And he died in eighty-nine
I swallowed hard when I realized
He was only twenty-five

I stood there for a moment
Sadly staring at the stone
Imagining some far off year
When my time on earth is gone
Then suddenly it came to me
As I turned to walk away
The only thing that matters
Is the dash between the dates

CHORUS:
The dash between the dates
It's so easy to ignore
It’s hardly ever noticed
But stands for so much more
It's all the time you get
Before you get to heaven's gates
Every minute of your life
Fits in the dash between the dates

On my way home that evening
I thought of all I'd seen
How some die young and some die old
And some die in between
If there's one thing that I learned that day
It's that time don't ever wait
And the only time to live
Is in the dash between the dates

CHORUS [Linked Image]Repeat)

BRIDGE:
Don't wait until you're dyin'
To think about your fate
Don’t waste another minute
Of the dash between the dates


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Posted By: Brenda Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:43 PM
This lyric is: #412

"I Don't Want"
Music & Lyrics by Brenda Caunter
© 2002 all rights reserved

You feel so much pain, you can't even cry.
Anger so deep inside, you don't know why.
Your mind is numb, there is no doubt.
Total confusion, you just want out.
I don't know how to release the chains,
(All I) All I know is never again.

Chorus
I don't want to be loved, there's nothing to gain.
I don't need to be loved, it's just not worth the pain.
So I'll just keep to myself, if its all the same.
They'll be nobody else to take the blame.

You're in a crowd, you feel all alone.
Total distraction, with nobody home.
It's not an illusion, you're not even aware.
People around you, they don't seem to care.
Time just seems to stop, or is it fate.
(All I) All I know is that I need to escape.

Chorus
I don't want to be loved, there's nothing to gain.
I don't need to be loved, it's just not worth the pain.
So I'll just keep to myself, if it's all the same.
They'll be nobody else to take the blame.

Bridge
You can tell me, its not really that way.
Don't try to convince me, there's nothing left to say.
I don't believe you, it just can't be true.
(All I) All I know is I need to be away from you.

Chorus (x2)
I don't want to be loved, there's nothing to gain.
I don't need to be loved, it's just not worth the pain.
So I'll just keep to myself, if it's all the same.
They'll be nobody else to take the blame (fade)


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Posted By: Songbob Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:44 PM
This lyric is: #413

Looking through my lyrics, I came across this one. Even if it doesn't win, I thank you for helping me remember it.

Sort of rock/country/60s pop, I guess. It'd probably work in many different genres, come to think of it.

Here 'tis:

But Not My Heart


What can I do that I haven’t done?
What can I say that I haven’t said?
I know we’re through, somebody else won,
I can get you out of my head,

Chorus:

But not my heart, it won’t let you go.
But not my heart, just can’t tell it so!
We once had something together,
We finally tore it apart.
I can tell my head, “Forget her!”
But not my heart.


Where can I go that we haven’t been?
Your memory won’t let me hide.
Somehow I know that, once again,
I can find a way to fool my pride,

Chorus

Bridge:

I thought we’d never go our separate ways, but I was wrong.
Now I know the way the music plays a good-bye song;

Final half-chorus:

We once had something together,
We finally tore it apart.
I can tell my head, “Forget her!”
But not my heart.

Copyright ©1997, Bob Clayton. All rights reserved.


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Posted By: steve kirkman Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:46 PM
This lyric is: #414

MASTER PLAN copyright 2002 steve kirkman


Well I’m bone tired waiting for my sun to shine, and walking with this cripple wind.
Left all my friends back in the Hollywood hills, now I’m alone again.
Been singing about the trials of this old cruel world, from the east coast to the west.
Me and this Chevy called a lot a places home but on the move is what we like the best.

Now you can talk about my clothes, hair, color of my skin, man I don’t care bout all that stuff.
I’m only trying to find myself a little peace of mind, to comfort me out here in the rough.
Cause some days I feel like a blessed holy saint, they’re ain’t no mountain I couldn’t move. Then I turn around and find myself starring at pavement, through the windows in both my shoes.

chorus
Well now I don’t know if there’s some master plan.
Maybe it’s better I don’t understand.
Gonna saddle up my pony, you can catch me on the backside of Eden.

verse
Now we fly around this universe in a billion dollar rocket, scouting signs to another paradise.
Taken nearly everything this whole world has to give, and the rest is running real short supply.
You can hear it on the radio, watch it on tv, feel the vibrations in your bones.
We been cultivating everything except our own salvation, a lot of bad seeds been sown.

We got cancer growing everywhere, every shape and form, spreading out and into everything.
There’s cancer in the food we eat, and the papers that we read, their putting cancer in the thoughts that we think.
I hear lot of wealthy people talking about changes, well poor folks they want changes too.
Some are born to have it all no matter what they do, others seem like they’ve been born to lose.

chorus
verse
Now I know there ain’t no freedom till we all are free, but I guess it’s just to obvious.
Holding on to everything so tight you can’t help wondering, maybe this is what keeps making life so tough.
Out there in the distance surely there must be a light, bright enough for everyone to see.
I’ve heard a lot of reasons, but none that can be proved, why there is, or there ain’t nothing to
believe.
So when I wake up in the morning and my feet hit the floor, I’ll be running down this future I behold.
But it’s getting harder everyday just to make a simple choice with all these complicated truths I’ve been told.

Chorus
Copyright 2002 steve kirkman
stevekirkman@earthlink.net


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Posted By: Joseph M Lobosco Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:54 PM
This lyric is: #415

LONG WAY FROM KITTY HAWK

Words & music by Joseph M Lobosco c 2001

V
Brother...look what they've done,
Brother...they're on the run

Sunken...broken n' torn,
Hunted...in this sinister storm

C
But, we didn't know it,
We only wanted ta fly

We didn't know that such anger could come of the sky

V
Brother...what have we done ?
Brother...it's all comin' undone

Fallen...flattened and scorned,
Such hatred...from where is that borne ?

C
Well, we didn't know it,
'çause we only wanted ta fly

No one could notice the angry stain in their eyes

And we can't control it,
their vicious, their criminal lies,

No, we didn't know it,
no, we only wanted ta fly

V
Brother...we've done some good, haven't we ?
Wilbur...we're still good, won't they see ?

Brother... I'm shamen' so slow,
Yes, I feel it...that long heavy blow

C
But we didn't know it,no,
We only wanted ta fly

And we'd never know it,
No one could dream of such cries

And we shouldn't show this,
no, we shouldn't shoulder their sighs

Çause we didn't know it,
yeah, we only wanted ta fly

BRIDGE
So fly...lets'just fly away,
Fly...let's go back to our day

Fly, where there's no one can say,
Let's fly, back to Kitty today

Let's fly, to forget this dark day


C
Yeah, we didn't know it,
'çause we only wanted ta fly

We didn't blow it Orv,
our only sin was ta try

And we don't owe nothin', to no-one,
nowhere should we hide

'çause we didn't know it,
We only wanted ta fly

We only wanted to, wanted to,
wanted ta fly...



V
Brother...will they blame you n' me ?
Orville...was no way we could see ?

They're so tattered...and so uninformed,
Hereafter...a tall space, a burnt form

Brother...please say it ain't so,
Brother...I just need ta know

C
Well, we didn't know it,
'çause we only wanted ta fly

You-n'-me never notice the darker, deep side of life

And I wish you didn't show me,
I'd rather not see such a flight

Now we can't unknow it,
We'll think of it each time we fly



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Posted By: nanette Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 06:55 PM
This lyric is: #416

THE CITY GIRL AND THE COUNTRY BOY (©1996)
by Nanette Littlestone

V1
She’s a city girl from New York City
Mighty rich and mighty pretty
All she cares about is movin’ fast.
He’s a simple country boy out walkin’
Doesn’t know about fast talkin’
Tryin’ to make the beautiful things last.

Chorus:
Well, city girls and country boys
They just don’t get along.
Doesn’t matter how you try
They’ve started out all wrong.
But this boy’s gonna change that fact
He just ain’t standin’ still.
‘Cause when he saw that city girl
It gave him quite a thrill.

V2
She likes convertibles and races
Hangin’ out in fancy places
Drinkin’ wine and eatin’ caviar.
He doesn’t understand her crowd
He thinks the people are too loud
But he is confident he can go far.

[Chorus]

V3
He moved right over by her side
She didn’t have a place to hide
He gazed down into her lovely face.
She glared right back at him defiant
Even though he was a giant
She knows how to put men in their place.

But then something happened to her
She didn’t understand.
It’s just like she was floatin’
‘Cause she wasn’t feelin’ land.
He bent and kissed her on the lips
And twirled her once or twice
And said, “I want to marry you,
I want you for my wife.”

[Chorus]

V4
She looked at this big gentle guy
She had a twinkle in her eye
And said, “I don’t suppose you’d dance
with me.
I think I’d like to be your wife.”
She kissed him not just once but twice
And he just looked at her and smiled
with glee.

Well, city girls and country boys
They just don’t get along.
Doesn’t matter how you try
They’ve started out all wrong.
But sometimes people’s lives can change
With help from up above.
That city girl and country boy
They went and fell in love.

That city girl and country boy
They went and fell in love.

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Posted By: Jim Bearden Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 07:08 PM
This lyric is: #417

FLIGHT 93 (THEY DIED FOR ME)
By Jim Bearden (Intro by Alan Jackson)
Copyright (c) 2002

INTRO:
Where were you, when the world stopped turning, on that September day?

VERSE 1:
On September 11, a day that all of us will remember forever,
Two very different kinds of people suddenly came together.
There were some who thought that their cause was so right,
they'd send innocent people to their graves;
And some who decided, when that became clear, to risk their lives,
so others were saved.

CHORUS:
There are things that I would die for, but there are none that I would kill for;
And that's a difference that some people just don't see.
And though I was far away, all men are brothers, and I can say:
When they gave their lives on that dark day, they died for me.

VERSE 2:
Without those cell phones, we might never have known what they did, and what they knew;
And without them, they might never have known to do what they would do.
They found that trying to save their own lives would mean that others would be lost
So they decided to risk it all, even knowing what it might cost.

CHORUS

BRIDGE:
So they rushed the cockpit, they did their best, and though they made a giant hole,
We'll remember them all as heroes, and their final words: "Let's roll!"

CHORUS


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Jim Bearden
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Sky Pilot Music/Photography/Software
mailto:jbearden@ieee.org
http://www.sky-pilot.org
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Posted By: ilovesnapple Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 07:40 PM
This lyric is: #418

COLOR YOU IN by Jake Armerding, Copyright 1999, Joekline Music, BMI

Got my brushes, I got my crayons
Got my fingers, I got my hands
and this is an art
that I know by heart
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in

A little umber, and a little blue
A little silver residue
and I'll give you a green
that you've never seen
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in

A little jasmine, and a little jade
A little sunshine, a little shade
and I'll give you a bite
of my black and white
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in

A little golden, and a little tan
now I'm holding onto your hands
and I'll give you a drink
of my red and pink
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in

A little hazel, and a little rose
a little freckle on the side of your nose
and I'll wash over you
with my navy blue
won't you show me where to begin
won't you let me color you in
won't you let me color you in.

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Posted By: Joannakat Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 07:55 PM
This lyric is: #419

A New Life

Words and music by Joanna Katzen

When she sings,
Angels fly from her heart,
Sadness from the depths of her soul
Echoes off
The caves
Of unfulfilled love,
Forgotten dreams,
Impossible wants ...

When he dreams,
Those angels bring her to him:
Whispering, he calls her in-
To his life:
They are one,
And he sews up the wounds
And discards the blues;
They don't need them no more,
And she tells him:

(Chorus)
Close your eyes,
Rest your head;
Rock me away in your arms.
Calm your soul,
Fill your heart:
The dawn will bring a new life.

He was one,
All a-lonely, she was one, lonely too:
Together their love made them three
With the heartbeat they heard,
And she holds back the tears
And they suffer the fears
Of thousands of years.

She arrives!
Skin of velvet, eyes of deep-water blue:
Gently they gather her in-
To their hearts
And they know
That in her they'll live on
Even long after they've finished singing their song:
And he tells her:

(Chorus)
Close your eyes,
Rest your head;
And I'll rock you away in my arms;
Calm your soul,
Fill your heart;
The dawn will bring a new life.

Close your eyes,
Rest your head;
And I'll rock you away in my arms;
Calm your soul,
Fill your heart:
The dawn has brought a new life.

Copyright 2000 Joanna Katzen. All rights reserved.



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Posted By: wavenamer Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 08:00 PM
This lyric is: #420

From the song "Naming the Waves"
(c) 2002 Owen Roberts
revolution against commercial music and its cultural implications

Down in the depths of the deep blue sea
Hidden from the vision of a mortal like me
Lies a box that was dropped from the pirate
ship Fate
Banned from the land of ignorance and hate

Now the ruler of the land was a man named
Jack
With a dollar in his collar and a monkey on
his back

He looked from the pyre with a fire in his
eye
As the people stood below, blinded by his
lies

And the people wasted away all night long
Lost in the in the lyric of their jubilant
song
Unaware in the glare of intoxicating light
That the waves were the way to the end of
their plight

The waves would roll right in then roll away
again
Free as a feather as it blows in the wind
But Jack's eyes opened as night turned to
day
The people were turned into slaves
And they were naming the waves

Hypnotized by his simplified lies
They followed his lead as he hid in his
disguise
They spent their cash on everything he
asked
Trapped in the grasp of the spell that he
cast

Slowly they learned to celebrate monotony
Addicted to the drug called Anti-Creativity
All around them, ringing through the
mountains
The names of the waves just as fast as they
could count them

And then one day there came from a land far
away
A ship on the horizon, only Jack knew its
name
The flag that it was flying showed a single
broken chain
But the people were trained how to behave
So they kept naming the waves

There in the distance it sounded its bells
Following the rhythm of the monotonous
spell

It swayed as the waves only heightened it
rage
Anchored in the tomb of its day and age

Standing on the shore they couldn't
distinguish the sound
It was drown in the silence of the innocent
crowd
The ship had no captain and it had no first
mate
On the side was inscribed only one word,
Fate

Fate's bells were stronger than the wind
that carried it in
When the sound hit the ground it brought an
unconcious grin

Jack rolled over in his psychological grave
He knew that they'd become too brave
To keep on naming the waves

Fate's rhythm was changing their thoughts
were rearranging
Into the shallow waters the people started
wading
A little higher, balanced on a wire
Stood Jack in a rage looking down from his
pyre

They were his human investment, on his spell
they were dependent
Until the day they realized he profits from
their ignorance
His disguise, in their eyes,
Had come to represent what was absent from
their lives

And so they opened up a box and filled it to
the top
With his mask and his lies, so full it
nearly popped
They dropped it off of Fate and sang a song
as it sank
And so began the rest of their days
And never named another wave


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Posted By: pete10 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 08:16 PM
This lyric is: #421

I wrote this about the late Michael Houser (Widespread Panic lead guitar player), affectionately known as "Mikey".. he lost his battle with cancer on August 10th..

MIKEY’S SONG

I wrote this song for you to play
I wonder if I’ll hear it someday
It’s about a blue sky mixed with gray
And doesn’t have much more to say

When you first picked up your guitar
Did you know where it would lead?
When you last laid down your guitar
Do you know how many grieved?

How did you learn to play like that
Swirling sounds of impulsive degree
From love to fright, darkness to light
While sitting there still as a tree?

When you first started writing songs
Did you know those words would sink
So deeply into so many smiles
Who could recite them without a blink?

So goes the tale of a light too bright
Dying out way to early
Before you go, let me see your face
Beneath your hair so curly

It came time to face the music
Which for once didn’t sound so good
But you took it all in stride
I just wish I understood

I wrote this song for you to play
It’s about your life up until the day
You left this earth but I cannot say
That your spirit will ever leave

-Pete Schwartz

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Posted By: Ray35 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 08:16 PM
This lyric is: #422

Quote
<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Ray35:
Lullaby in C

Words and music by Ray Scudero

Like stars love the night sky
And the leaves love the tree,
Like a child loves a lullaby
And the sky loves the sea,
Like the valley loves the river
And the clouds love the wind,
I love thee.

Like time loves forever
And waves love the sand,
Like winter loves springtime
And grass loves the land,
Like rain loves the garden
And eyes love to see,
I love you forever
And ever as ever can be.

Copyright 1988 Ray Scudero. All rights reserved.</font>


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Posted By: Picnic Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 08:21 PM
This lyric is: #423

King Rat
by Sally Crosthwait


I told my therapist about my life
The carrot twisting like a knife
Into my heart and out my back
And fading my blue light to black

Still I need that one more pellet.
It’s so close now, I swear I smell it
Just up ahead around the bend
That’s gotta be my rainbow’s end
When I’m there it’ll all be perfect
All this bullshit will be worth it

And I’ll be glad I spent my days
Stuck like a lab rat in a maze
Yes, I’ll be glad I spent my youth
Relentlessly in search of proof
That I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I made my life hell?
I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I don’t like myself

I keep a hairpin in my jacket pocket
In case they shut the door and lock it
I can pick my way to freedom
But I’ll stay cause they might feed me

Every morning back again
And one day soon I’m sure to win
I kiss the dice and let ‘em roll
That’s gotta be my pot of gold
When it’s mine it’ll all be fine
At last I’ll have my peace of mind

And I’ll be glad I spent my days
Stuck like a lab rat in a maze
Yes, I’ll be glad I spent my youth
Relentlessly in search of proof
That I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I made my life hell?
I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I don’t like myself

I keep a bottle hidden in my bed
In case I need to clear my head

I keep a lighter underneath my crown
Some day I’ll burn my kingdom down

I told my hairdresser about my dreams
The ones that make me wake up screaming
She said I should take a day off
But I’ll wait for my big payoff

I’ve come too far to turn back now
Besides I couldn’t find my way out
I can take a little more
I’m certain I’m about to score
When I do, I’ll finally rest
And know that this was all for the best

And I’ll be glad I spent my days
Stuck like a lab rat in a maze
Yes, I’ll be glad I spent my youth
Relentlessly in search of proof
That I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I made my life hell?
I’m OK cause I’ve done well
Who cares if I don’t like myself

I keep a lighter underneath my crown
Some day I’ll burn my kingdom down

I keep up

Copyright 2000 Sally Crosthwait


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Picnic
www.picnicpages.com

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Posted By: tdamian Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 08:35 PM
This lyric is: #424

The Perfect World - by t. damian

Searching for the perfect world I try as I fumble down this shore at the age of five in one nine seven nine The sun is setting down into the nighttime sky as I listen to the sounds of the waves inside

(Chorus) And I belong to You

Searching for the perfect world as I look inside to see what I can find but there’s no one home My mom she says it’s time to go But I don’t wanna leave because I know there’s a perfect world somewhere on this shore

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
To You

Searching for the perfect world and I know I am not alone By these footprints in the sand Instead of two I’m counting four and I know that perfect world is in Your hands Lord

(Repeat Chorus)

(Bridge)
To You To You To You To You




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Posted By: dkent Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 08:35 PM
This lyric is: #425

Daniel Kent
"Think Of You"
copyright 2002

An open field with butterflies on a bright spring afternoon
Walking or laying in the grass while the flowers bloom
Bees are buzzing, birds are singing, playing nature’s tune
And when I close my eyes I Think Of You…..Think Of You

When I close my eyes I think of you with pleasure
I see me and you inheriting Life’s treasures
I see a relationship eternity can’t measure
When I close my eyes I Think Of You…..Think Of You

Sailing in the ocean while the sun’s about to set
The moon’s reflection on the water will soon beget
Pains and sorrows left ashore I yearn to forget
And when I close my eyes I Think Of You…..Think Of You

When I close my eyes you are the topic
My mind decides that thoughts of you are erotic
At times it doesn’t appear normal, it appears exotic
My love for you is chaotic, my love for you is chaotic

I wish I was a bird who takes off when troubles draw nigh
And fly above the ground amongst the clouds in the sky
Viewing only mountain tops would cause me to sigh
And when I close my eyes I Think Of You…..Think Of You


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Posted By: ehhaley Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 08:43 PM
This lyric is: #426

DURANGO
© 2001 Eileen Hemphill-Haley

Out of Four Corners
Down a two-lane road with a one-track mind
Eyes ever forward
Not a thought askew, not a glance behind
Cool wind blowing
Pushing me hard in the direction of Durango

Now me, I know these highways
I know the lay of the land that they’re drawn across
I am a map maker
I’m not capable of getting lost
But there I was stranded just a few short miles from Durango

Durango… Durango…


I met him on the roadside
Apparently I’d run out of gas
One of life’s little metaphors
I see that now, thinking back
Would he take me to the next town?
He said, what is the next town?
I said, Durango

The snow started blowing before we’d made it even two more miles
The roads were getting treacherous
It was clear we’d have to stop for a while
He said, let’s find a cup of coffee
See what we can learn about the weather
in Durango

Durango… Durango…


He was working on a novel about love gone right in a world gone wrong
Satellite positioning
That’s what I was working on
He said, this storm is getting vicious
Maybe we should find a place to sleep
A satellite wouldn’t get a fix on us again for seven weeks


If love wants to find you it doesn’t need a compass or a map
Don’t have to draw me a picture
Believe me, I know all about that
I am a map maker
And every map I make now leads to Durango

And me, I known these highways
I know the rocks and the hills and the canyonlands
If anyone can find you
Darlin’ you know I surely can
Oh I know were to find you
I know that I will find you in Durango

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EH-H
www.H2Tunes.com

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Posted By: R Keith Swanson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 09:11 PM
This lyric is: #427

I WOULD LEAVE YOU
Lyric by R. Keith Swanson


Verse I

If I had half a brain, (6) I’d be gone on that plane, (6) I would leave you, (4) Yes, I would leave you. (5)
Verse II

If my heart would obey, (6) I’d just fly high away, (6) I would leave you, (4) Yes, I would leave you. (5)
Bridge

But I find each time I do, (7) Wings and all, (3) I come falling back to you, (7) Back to you. (3)
Verse III

If I thought you would cry, (6) I would try my goodbye, (6) I would leave you, (4) And never need you. (5)
Bridge’

But I find each time I do, (7) Dreams and all, (3) I come falling back to you, (7) Back to you, (3) Can’t you see that it’s true. (6)
Verse III

If you stood in that door, (6) I’d be yours long before, (6) I would leave you, (4) Yes, I would leave you, (5) Nevermore . . . (4)


Lyric By R. Keith Swanson ©
Date: July 30, 2002
All Rights Reserved




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Posted By: rockcomposer Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 09:30 PM
This lyric is: #428

Blind
Written by Suzette Thompson
Copyright 2002

Verse 1
Don’t be discouraged,
and don't be ashamed.
I will pretend that
I was to blame.
Cannot afford to
linger this on.
I'll be the one who
can look beyond.

Chorus
And I can say...
I tried my best to fight.
And I can say...
I held on all this time
without a right.

Delaying my pain
will not prevent this simple cry.
For all it’s worth...you were right.
You were right.

Verse 2
You always told me
that you couldn’t stay.
Why did I think that
I'd have my way?
Breaking forth to
some kind of change.
You'd never bend or
you just might break.

Chorus
And I can say...
I tried my best to fight
And I can say...
I held on all this time
without a right.

Delaying my pain
will not prevent this simple cry.
For all it’s worth...you were right.
You were right.

Verse 3
I know you warned me.
It came right out of your mouth.
You never promised.
There was no doubt.
I was so blind then
to all that you said.
Seems like the future
was all in my head.

Chorus
And I can say...
I tried my best to fight.
And I can say...
I held on all this time
without a right.

Delaying my pain
will not prevent this simple cry.
For all it’s worth...you were right.
You were right.

After all this time...you were right.


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Posted By: Melissa Rose Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 09:38 PM
This lyric is: #429

My Better Angel
Penned by Melissa Rose Ziemer and Gary Yerkins of The Juleps c2001 ASCAP/BMI

I am the clown
Of the class
Big smile, lots of laughs -
I’m the one who can’t turn her back on any crowd

Outspoken
Always jokin’
You get the picture of a heart never broken -
Keep going ‘till there ain’t no good times left to turn down

Sign says, “If You’re Troubled Try Prayer”
I do, but the train don’t ever stop there -
Since the day I lost My Better Angel

I am a sinner
I am a friend
A mothers daughter, a child to a man -
An afterthought to a master plan I can’t control

Dear God, did I let you down?
The time I turned your tender mercy out?
Since that day it’s been a long slow spiral spinnin’ round

Sign says, “If You’re Troubled Try Prayer”
I do, but the train don’t ever stop there
Since the day I lost My Better Angel

Spotlight on me
Let me show you what you need
Just don’t walk away
Hear what I have to say
Please

Sign says, “If You’re Troubled Try Prayer”
I do, but the train don’t ever stop there -
Since the day I gave away My Better Angel.




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Posted By: Peter Prince Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 09:59 PM
This lyric is: #430

"Ten Below Zero"
Lyrics by Peter Prince, Copyright 2000

Verse I
The love you feel for me girl
Is freezing up inside
You are like a winter's wind
The cold is in your eyes

Chorus
I'd like to light a flame in you
See the fire in your blood begin to start
Hey, baby, it's Ten Below Zero
Inside your heart

Verse II
You've had many lovers, girl
I know just what you've learned
You think if you turn to ice
You will not be burned

Chorus
I'd like to light a flame in you
See the fire in your blood begin to start
Hey, baby, it's Ten Below Zero
Inside your heart

Bridge
You are not like any other woman I have known
When I get too close to you
You chill me to the bone

Chorus
Girl, I'd like to light a flame in you
See the fire in your blood begin to start
Hey, baby, it's Ten Below Zero
Inside your heart
Inside your heart
Inside your heart



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Posted By: simplydlaine Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 09:59 PM
This lyric is: #431

"Just A Dream"
(c)2000/BMI
D'Laine Evans

Oh, I had a dream
It was just alittle dream-
along time ago
I dreamt I made a difference to this place that I call my home
I dreamt that I was joy and peace and love
living in a world where everybody's free
so what is wrong with me

Well, who have I become?
When did I forget how to be?
So who am I now?
'Cause God knows that I'm not me

Cause I see people in my world with no clothes to wear
I see children killing children with no care
I see the nature in my world treated so wrong
and I've seen loved ones who's lives were left unsung

Oh, I had alittle faith,
Oh I had alot of love to give my world.
So what is wrong with me?

Cause I see people stealin' just to make a score
I see ignorance fighting and nations still at war
I see conscience brushed away like it was dirt
How can people still be starving on this earth?

Oh, I had alittle faith,
Oh, I had alittle heart
Oh, I had alittle dream
Oh, I had alot of love to give my world

So what is wrong with me?
I'm not who I dreamt I'd be
Well I know I have to start
But where do I even start?

Have a little faith
Have alittle heart
Have alittle dream.

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Posted By: wolffwhispers Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 10:07 PM
This lyric is: #432

A THOUSAND SAD SONGS
Copyright 1996 - Francie Wolff

CHORUS:
THERE ARE A THOUSAND SAD SONGS IN NASHVILLE
NO AUDIENCE WILL EVER HEAR
THEY'RE ALL DOWN AT THE PAWN SHOP
AND THEY'RE SUNG BY THE OLD AUCTIONEER

He gives each item its number
He knows what price it will bring
But if he could tell you their stories
This is what he would sing......

Verse 1:
See that fancy sequined outfit
That was going to be the dress
Of a country music singer
Who never found success.

Verse 2:
In the case right by the window
Sets a golden wedding ring
Worn by a man who left his wife
'Cause she wouldn't let him sing.

Verse 3:
On the hook against the back wall
Hangs a shiney red guitar
Of a man who just played back-up
While he dreamed HE was the star.

CHORUS:
THERE ARE A THOUSAND SAD SONGS IN NASHVILLE
NO AUDIENCE WILL EVER HEAR
AND THEY'RE ALL DOWN AT THE PAWN SHOP
THEY'RE SUNG BY THE OLD AUCTIONEER

Verse 4:
There's a special on a drum set
That's in excellent condition
It was played just one time
For a country show audition

Verse 5:
A member of a famous band
Once owned that saxaphone
But now that band has broken up
And that man has gone back home

Verse 6: TALKING VERSE(melody in background)
See that typewriter sitting on that table
Well, it's worth maybe just a little bit
It was owned by a girl who wrote a song
That never became a hit
(talking aside: I think it was called, "Sad Songs in Nashville", or something like that)

CHORUS:
THERE ARE A THOUSAND SAD SONGS IN NASHVILLE
NO AUDIENCE WILL EVER HEAR
AND THEY'RE ALL DOWN AT THE PAWN SHOP
THEY'RE SUNG BY THE OLD AUCTIONEER

Each one of those thousand sad songs
Is a story that's untold
The hope for fame and fortune
All dreams that have been sold

TALKING END:
Who will give me five dollars
For that rhinestone-studed cowboy hat?
Going once
Going twice
Sold! To the highest bidder!
SINGING END [Linked Image]single refrain)
ALL DREAMS THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD!

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Posted By: sugarrat Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 10:31 PM
This lyric is: #433

punishment Friday 3.30pm
lorrie sprecher copyright 2001

punishment Friday 3.30pm
meet me at the National Stadium
Afghan Tourism Authority packs them in
with AK-47s and heroin gum

landmine awareness school for children
mine-sniffing dogs working hard in the sun
Toyota pickup trucks crammed with Taliban soldiers
scrap-metal-tank-jihad-Pepsi-can slum

revolutionaries gut cassettes and video tapes
you've got to be bad enough to be depraved
bad enough to be depraved
are you bad enough to be depraved
are you bad enough to be depraved
are you?



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Posted By: Chuck Crowe Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 10:33 PM
This lyric is: #434

Here I Go © 2001 Chuck Crowe

(VERSE)
Thought I’d closed the door
At least that’s what I swore
No more, no more, no more
Love’s too dangerous

No bars and no blind dates
Nothing to anticipate
Chalk it up to fate
But now look at us

(CHORUS)
Here I go doing something
I said I’d never do
Something foolish, something crazy
Like falling for you
Here I go, here I go, here I go

(VERSE)
The night that I met you
Stepped into something new
I can’t get it off my shoe
Don’t really want to

But since it all began
In spite of all my plans
I would be a happy man
Just say “I do”

(CHORUS)
Here I go doing something
I said I’d never do
Something foolish, something crazy
Like falling for you
Here I go, here I go, here I go

(BRIDGE)
My heart was busted
And I couldn’t find the glue
So please don’t be disgusted
When I give the parts to you

(CHORUS)
Here I go doing something
I said I’d never do
Something foolish, something crazy
Like falling for you
Here I go, here I go, here I go
Here I go, here I go, here I go



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Posted By: kaboombahchuck Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 10:52 PM
This lyric is: #435

Take it Away
Written by Chuck Rudder
copywrite 2002

V 1:

Life we live it
Day to day
Why's it always
Slipping away
I keep on going
Down that road
I'm always wondering
Whats the goal

C:

Take it away
Can't take no more
Take it away
close the door
Take it away
Life's to much
Take it away
Feel the crush
Take it away
The proce too high
Take it away
How long till I die

V2;

One after one their
Leaving me
Why can't life just
Leave me be
Couriosity just
Holds me back
Id take my life but there's
No turning back

C:

Take it away
Can't take no more
Take it away
close the door
Take it away
Life's to much
Take it away
Feel the crush
Take it away
The proce too high
Take it away
How long till I die

V3;

I'm always looking
Out that door
But I can't see you
Any more
The dark clouds have
Hiddin' the sky
I think it's time to
Say goodby


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Posted By: amanda32 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 10:56 PM
This lyric is: #436

"My Apology"
Written by Amanda Gardner
Copyright 2002

Musically, the choruses in this song work, I just changed the words around a little bit. It is meant to be mostly acapella with some percussion and maybe a little bass.

Verse 1:
Mama, mama I do want to come down
But I can’t seem to find my way back to the ground
These visions around me are floating so free
I'm relentlessly fighting for what I can't be

Silhouettes dancing so graceful so true
Why can’t that be me oh why can’t that be you
I’m catching a glimpse of myself in the mirror
I continue to run towards my biggest fear.

Chorus:
Do you know that this is killing me (killing me)?
Do you know that I know this too?
But surrounding me is perfection (perfection)
Did you think you’d be responsible for my resurrection?

Verse 2:
I tell all my friends do what I say not what I do
It’s a hypocrite’s way of justifying her truth
If my brother, my sister knew what’s become of me
Their sadness I’d sense their disappointment I’d see

Chorus:
Do you know that this is killing me (killing me)?
Do you know that I know this too?
But surrounding me is such beauty (such beauty)
How can I stop when this is all that I see?

Verse 3:
Your angel has fallen broken down off the shelf
Behind her eyes you never knew she needed your help
It’s amazing what clarity comes with sudden reverence
Though I continue this journey knowing all consequence

Chorus:
Please know that I don’t blame you (don't blame you)
Please know that I am truly sorry
Please know that I love you (I love you)
But it's a little too late to for my apology...


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Posted By: geoff platt Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 11:04 PM
This lyric is: #437

Battle Creek
By: Geoff B Platt

Bobbi came from Battle Creek
There was nothing she could do.
You either stick around and take it
Or look for something new.
She said California
Was the only place to be.
So she bolted out of Battle Creek
When she turned 17.

It was a family tradition,
Her dad had moved out west
With just one intention:
To give his wife and girls the best.
He got started on the wrong foot,
Wandered way off track.
The ground beneath him felt like jello, he said
He never bothered coming back.

(Chorus)

And it's easier to change than it is to stay the same.
I know moss means nothing to a rolling stone.
But it's best for you and me to take heed and agree
It's well enough leaving well enough alone.

(End Chorus)

Bobbi found a place in Venice Beach
And the boardwalk was her home.
She learned the art of piercing body parts
Had a style all her own.
Tagged around with Tattoo Tony,
Was a canvas for his ink.
In the morning she rolled his zigzags,
At night she matched his drinks.

But the summer light receded;
So did the sounds along the shore.
She pierced pumpkins in the parlor
'Til it changed into a Christmas store.
Tony shook his head at her,
Said the seasons are a drag
And gathered his belongings,
Carried out the bag.

Chorus

Sunsets just got colder
And Bobbi's friends moved away.
On Thanksgiving she ate pretzels
Like it was any other day.
She heard snow had battered Battle Creek.
She missed the place somehow.
All the things that she once hated
Seemed better to her now.

Chorus

Well is it well enough leaving well enough alone?

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Posted By: sweetsong Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 11:05 PM
This lyric is: #438

BLUES FOR BREAKFAST
(c) 2002 Linda Susswein

Verse

Woke up to find
No sunshine.
Went to the kitchen,
Sat down to dine
On blues for breakfast,
A brand new recipe
That makes a single serving
Of lonesome misery.

Verse

Greasy spoon at noon,
My order's no surprise.
I get the blues plate special
With an extra side of sighs.
Coffee break and heart ache,
I have 'em twice a day.
Got a dinner date with sorrow
And I just can't get away.

Bridge

Now I wish for a dish
Of tenderness, but - no.
All I eat is something
Sweet and low.

And so,

Verse

My pantry's never empty.
With all the tears I store
I can pour a pint at midnight
And another one at four.
When dawnin' turns to mornin',
I know it's gonna be
Only blues for breakfast
'Til you're home and here with me.

It's just the blues for breakfast
'Til you're back home with me.

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Posted By: RichardTT Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 11:33 PM
This lyric is: #439

REQUIEM
copyright 2001 Richard Thorne

Hope’s the sailor on the shore
Who dreams of a life at sea
Anger is the ocean’s roar.
Please sail your ship carefully.
For freedom is an open sea.
And tempests crack it’s fragility.
Fear’s the child far from home.
Love is telling him that he’s not alone.

Hate’s the dogma on the wall.
Claiming truth is it’s domain.
Tyranny ‘s the night that falls
And robs the daylight of it’s rightful reign.
But somewhere far beyond that wall.
Beneath the rubble of night’s pall.
A vagabond of reason roams.
Pray that he will find his way home.

Death cannot help but offend.
It’s silence shrouds our tender ears.
But faith’s the fort we must defend.
When doubt sheds it’s frightened tears.
But maybe death is not the end,
And faith’s a most comforting friend,
Courage, hear the trumpet call.
Honor those in trying times, Who stand tall.


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Posted By: luketannerjr Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/29/02 11:59 PM
This lyric is: #440

ANGELS WINGS
K.L. FREEMAN

HE LIES IN THE SILENCE
EVER THANKFUL FOR HER TOUCH
WRAPPED IN THE KNOWING
THAT SHE LOVES HIM SO MUCH

HE HOLDS A LITTLE TIGHTER
TO THIS SPECIAL LOVE HE’S FOUND
SHE SIGHS IN ANSWER
AND HE SMILES AT THE SOUND

CHORUS:

AND THEY’LL FACE EACH DAY TOGETHER
NO MATTER WHAT THAT DAY MAY BRING
THEIR LOVE WILL BRAVE THE DARKEST WEATHER
AS IT FLIES…ON AN-GELS WINGS
OH, IT FLIES
ON ANGELS WINGS----------

HE WALKS WITH HER IN THE NIGHTTIME
HER HAND CRADLED IN HIS
HE’D DREAMED OF FINDING HIS TRUE LOVE
NOW HE KNOWS WHAT TRUE LOVE IS

THEY SHARE THEIR LOVE AND LAUGHTER
ALWAYS THE VERY BEST OF FRIENDS
THEY’LL HOLD ONTO FOREVER AFTER
UNTIL FOREVER ENDS---

R/C

HE SEES IN HER EYES THE MAGIC
OF THE GIRL OF YEARS BEFORE
AND HE WAITS IN ANTICIPTION
OF WHAT THEIR FUTURE HAS IN STORE

YES, HE HOLDS HER A LITTLE TIGHTER
THAN ALL THOSE YEARS AGO
SHE’S THE LOVE OF HIS LIFETIME
HE WANTS TO BE SURE SHE KNOWS

R/C

R/C

OH THEIR LOVE FLIES
ON AN-GELS WINGS

YES, THEIR LOVE FLIES
ON ANGELS WINGS…………

ON ANGELS WINGS------------------------
ON ANGELS WINGS


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Posted By: Joe Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 12:14 AM
This lyric is: #441

Peggy’s Theme
Lyrics by Joe Matz
Copyright 2002

WHEN I THINK BACK ON WHEN WE MET AND ALL THE PLANS WE MADE

WE USE TO LAUGH ABOUT GROWING OLD TOGETHER AND IT SEEMED SO FAR AWAY

I REMEMBER YOUR SMILE AND YOUR GENTEL KISS AND HOW YOUR LAUGHTER FILLED THE AIR

AND HOW YOU HANDELED THE KIDS ALWAYS AMAZED ME AND HOW YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE

IT’S OK WE’LL BE ALRIGHT WE KNOW YOU HAD TO GO

YEA IT’S ALRIGHT WE’LL BE OK TIME WILL HEAL THE PAIN WE FEEL RIGHT NOW

THE WIND CHIMES RING BUT THERE’S NO WIND
I KNOW IT’S YOU WATCHING OVER ME

IT BRINGS A SMILE TO MY FACE AND SUCH SWEET MEMORIES

YES I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU’LL BE IN OUR HEART UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

AND I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU SO AND I WILL FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE


IT’S ALRIGHT WE’LL BE OK THE KIDS AND ME WILL MAKE IT THROUGH

AND TIME WILL PASS TO EASE THE PAIN OF WHAT WE’RE GOING THROUGH

AND THOUGH YOU HAD TO GO BEFORE WE KNEW
I THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME MY LIFE WITH YOU

AND NOW YOU’RE GONE BUT LIFE GOES ON AND I KNOW I’LL MAKE IT THROUGH


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Posted By: michaelianmusic Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 01:59 AM
This lyric is: #442

SUGAR IN THE RAW
(Michaelian)

(Mmmm... How do you say?)
Do it
(Mmmm... How do you say?)
Do it
Je suis desolé, Je ne parlez pas Francais
(Ooh, la la la-lalalala la)

I want you, I want you, I want you
No barrier
I want you, I want you, I want you
No barrier

Throw away the plastic glove
Tear apart the latex love
Crash and burn those mental dams
Cuz I am (yeah yeah yeah) who I am

I’m your Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)
Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)
Sugar in the Raw
I'm your Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)

Hate the way we have to play
Kickin boots the safety way
The only way, the safety way

Throw away the plastic glove
Tear apart the latex love
Crash and burn those mental dams
Cuz I am (yeah yeah yeah) who I am

I’m your Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)
Sugar in the Raw
(Sugar, Baby)
Taste my Sugar in the Raw

Ain’t no shame, it’s factual
Love feels better natural
I’m your Sugar in the Raw

Je suis desolé, Je ne parlez pas Francais

(Mmmm... How do you say?)
Do it
(Mmmm... How do you say?)
Do it
(Ooh, la la la-lalalala la)

I want you, I want you, I want you
No barrier
I want you, I want you, I want you
No barrier

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MichaelianMusic

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Posted By: heshy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 02:25 AM
This lyric is: #443

THERE'S A VOICE
by The Hesh
(c) The Hesh Inc./BMI
www.thehesh.net

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There's a voice calling out in the air and on the streets
There's diaries, struggles and final calls
And me I'm stone tired but I can't fall asleep
Trying to make sense of it all
There's a prophet singing about a deafening silence
He begs and pleads when are you gonna come down
But I just wanna roll over and shut out the noise and violence
Even though I've always got one ear to the ground

Oh Lord protect me and mine tonight
Wherever they are make sure they reach the morning light
Oh Lord send me happy dreams tonight
Don't let the vision be obscured from sight.

There's a moon shining down and a neighborhood's at peace
And for now all seems still and quiet
But the bills are running out and time's running out on the lease
And I wonder how long before the next riot
All we need is a hair trigger to set balloon tempers off
For the storm to rise up in a fury
The masses unschooled act out passions unthought
Pronounce sentence with no court judge or jury

Oh Lord protect this city tonight
The whole country the whole world, let them all bathe in light
Oh Lord protect all those I love tonight
And all those who know how to love, by them do right.

I reach out in the darkness to touch my lover's skin
Beneath my fingertips I can feel her stirring
What a sense of contentment she's probably in
Like a cat in a human lap purring
Oh how I wish I could feel some of that contentment myself
And not conjure up all these worst case scenes
Instead of tossing and turning and shaking and burning
And wrestling with my internal screams

Oh Lord protect me from myself tonight
And from my own imagination -- I don't have the strength to fight
Oh Lord there's nothing I can do about it tonight
So let my soul in exile rest -- I've expended all my might.

Oh Lord protect this city tonight
The whole country the whole world, let them all bathe in light
Oh Lord protect all those I love tonight
And all those who know how to love, by them do right.


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Posted By: aires2243 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 02:51 AM
This lyric is: #444

You Better Be Ready

You better be ready,
On the day that God calls.
Because the life you lived,
Is the one that is saw.

You won’t know the day,
Or the minute you’ll go.
So you better be ready,
For your picture show.

Chorus:
When God looks at your life,
Will he like what he sees.
Or will the life that you lived,
Leave him very displeased.
You better be ready,
For his judgement to come.
You better be ready,
To pay for what you’ve done.

Nothing will be hid,
In life that you’ve did.
And the verdict you hear,
May be the one you fear.

You had better get right,
Before you see the light.
Because your record plays,
Everything you do and say.

Chorus:
When God looks at your life,
Will he like what he sees.
Or will the life that you lived,
Leave him very displeased.
You better be ready,
For his judgement to come.
You better be ready,
To pay for what you’ve done.

Copyright 2002 By: Glenn Smith
All rights reserved.



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Posted By: Live Honey Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 03:15 AM
This lyric is: #445

"EVEN THOUGH I KNOW" (CD: MOVE YOURSELF, Band: Live Honey)
Lyrics by Steven Roiphe, © 2000


Even though I know that I'm leaving I just can't cry.
You've taken back my right to believe
and I don't want an eye for an eye.
Even though I hate that you're laughing, I love what it does for my soul.
It shines a light on a meaningful moment
that once fell within my control.


Are you sure that moment has passed?
I'm lost to the world if it has.
If you were me honey how long do you think you would last?


Even though I know there's a season I can't let it enter my mind.
Summer sun gives me blustery reason
I can't trust as far as I drive.
And although I envy your freedom, I can't bear to open the door.
And I've lost my last real sense of dignity
sleeping alone on your floor.


But sleeping beside you was bad.
A whole different way to be sad.
And I can't help but think that you never knew just what you had.


You're probably sorry
and I'm damn sure that I'm sorry too.
Oh . . . . . but it's meaningless . . . . .
Oh it's so much worse than meaningless.
I know that I'm falling
and it's much worse for me to hang on.
But if I move I don't know what I move on to
But if I stay I'm so sure that this feeling
will cleanse me and raise me
it's so strong what else could it do?


Even though I look like a tourist I'm more like a tropical storm.
I race around aimlessly, gather my anger
and break when it's windy and warm.
Even though I feel that I'm breathing, it's hard to believe I'm alive.
I've long lost my passion avoiding affection
that keeps other people alive.


My steps seem to shatter the ground.
I can't trust my sight or my sound.
I wasted my innocence chasing those feelings
you gave me when you were around.

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Posted By: brightbluegorilla Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 04:26 AM
This lyric is: #446

MIRIAM’S MAGIC MUSIC BOX

Michael Glover

(c)2001


Miriam Stanislavsky came from Brooklyn Heights
Fell in love with Louie Gold in 1909
She was nearly 18
A lovely budding rose
Got pregnant through her passions
And married Louie Gold

Miriam had a music box
Had it since age 3
Given by her father
Who died quite suddenly
But Louie said, "No wife of mine
Will act a little girl."
He took away her music box
And gave her silks and pearls

Miriam’s magic music box
Got a thousand drawers
With a thousand locks
All your highest hopes
Hopes you’ve long forgot
Are alive in the drawers
Of her music box

Time went on
And Miriam had one son
Two sons
Three
Louie worked all hours
And piled up the money
He filled their home
With the finest things
Sweat and gold could buy
But love had flown away from them
Neither could deny

Louie took a mistress
As befit a modern king
He built the big guns for our ships
To kill our enemies
Louie rose so proudly
From the ash of poverty
Home late
He found his Miriam
Had died quite suddenly

Miriam’s magic music box
Got a thousand drawers
With a thousand locks
All your highest hopes
Hopes you’ve long forgot
Are alive in the drawers
Of her music box

A widower, a businessman
Two boys, an infant son
He gave away the youngest
What else could be done?
And Louie worked to douse the pain
Became a millionaire
By selling off his childhood hopes
By dealing in despair

Louie lived to 96
Died while he was dreaming
Dreaming of his Miriam
And Miriam was singing
She sang: "My love it’s time
To come with me and come alive!"
Had something hiding in her hands
That sparkled blue and white

Miriam’s magic music box
Got a thousand drawers
With a thousand locks
All your highest hopes
Hopes you’ve long forgot
Are alive in the drawers
Of her music box


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Posted By: mtb1978 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 04:31 AM
This lyric is: #447

Matt Bar
2002
Jerusalem

Verse1:
Beneath the ruins
of ancient peoples
bones are buried by bow and blade

Above the ruins
their descendants
are now dying by tank and grenade

Chorus1:
But how the winds are laughing
they laugh with all their might

A man has died
so a man must die -
As if this stops the fight

Verse2:
In the streets
where children once played
there's a mom with a mournful eye

High above her
a dove is winging
her daughter's soul has learn to fly

Chorus2:
But how the winds are laughing
they laugh with all their might

a child has died
so a child must die -
As if this makes things right

Verse3: (In Hebrew) O-se sho-lom bim-ro-mov hu ya-a-se sho-lom o-lay-nu

(In Arabic) As-sa-la-mo A-lai-kum, A-lai-kum As-sal-am

(The Hebrew: part of the Jewish prayer, "The Mourner's Kaddish". Translation: "He who creates peace in His celestial heights, may He create peace for us."
The Arabic: traditional Islamic greeting. Translation: "Peace on to you, on to you peace too.")

Chorus3:
But how the winds are laughing
they laugh with all their might

Men who fight
for the holy land
are like prayers who fight for the night



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Posted By: billmcmillan Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 04:33 AM
This lyric is: #448

Side by Side
© 2001 William McMillan



Side by side - they stood, for all the world to see
Side by side - sentinels, of the land of the free
Side by side - they crumbled, and the whole world cried
Side by side - they tumbled, but their spirit - never died

Forces of evil - unprovoked attack
Forces of evil - a knife in the back
Forces of evil - just like the serpent's seed
Forces of evil - such a heinous deed

Side by side - we watched, with a tear in every eye
Side by side - parting, without a last goodbye
Side by side - in a world, that will never be the same
Side by side - like gravestones, with thousands of names

The shadows of the towers, now reach across the sea
The shadows of the towers, as far as you can see
The shadows of the towers, with one goal in view
The shadows of the towers, will find the guilty few

Side by side - Twin Towers, now rise in every land
Side by side - Twin Towers, in every city stand
Side by side - Twin Towers, speak in every town
Side by side they send a warning - the whole world around

Voices from the ashes - will rise forevermore
Voices from the ashes - heard from shore to shore
Voices from the ashes - cry for justice and for peace
Voices from the ashes - the sound will never cease

Side by side - they stood, for all the world to see
Side by side - sentinels, of the land of the free
Side by side - they crumbled, and the whole world cried
Side by side - they tumbled, but their spirit - never died

http://www.billmcmillan.com/Tribute.html

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Posted By: Emily Sanders Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 04:48 AM
This lyric is: #449

Flower in the Desert
Words and Music by Emily Sanders
Copyright 2000

On an Indian summer afternoon
Somehow I lost my way
Looking for some peace of mind
At the end of an autumn day
Between the desert and the sky
As I climb the mountain home
The brightest star watches over me
And I know I'm not alone

As night falls, there's a breeze
Light as a butterfly's wing
High above the softest clouds
Where only angels sing
A phoenix soars across the sky
In majestic flight
Out of the ashes she rises up
Lighting up the night

There's a Flower in the Desert
Under the midnight sky
In the shadow, a star appears
Like a beacon spreading light
I bow my head and feel His grace
Then I hold my head up high
'Cause there's a Flower in the Desert
And a phoenix in the sky

There's a Flower in the Desert
Under the midnight sky
In the shadow a star appears
Like a beacon spreading light
I bow my head and feel His grace
Then I hold my head up high
'Cause there's a Flower in the Desert
And a phoenix in the sky

I bow my head and feel His grace
Then I hold my head up high
'Cause there's a Flower in the Desert
And a phoenix in the sky.

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Posted By: TexasTom Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 04:58 AM
This lyric is: #450

(This song is played in a country blues style reminiscent of John Hurt. It was actually written a good year before stories about Enron hit the news!)

Profit Line
©2002 Barbara T. Webber

Got my raise in pay just the other day
The price of gas rose twice as fast
And they told me I should be feeling good.
There's hiring freezes till efficiency increases
And I'm breaking my back just to pick up the slack
And I told them I was working as hard as I could.
And I get the feeling that no one is listening
They're counting their money with eyes a-glistening
There's not much I can say that would do any good.

Chorus:
Board the train or get out of the way
It doesn't really matter anyway
We're on Wall Street time
And this engine's moving down the profit line.

My middle-aged boss got the pen and the toss
The department head's now from Europe instead
And they told me I should be feeling good.
The bonuses are cut and the benefits suck
The hours are longer, make that coffee stronger.
And I told them, I was working as hard as I could.
And I see the owner just once a year
On a video conference from a yacht somewhere
I'm just a number that impacts the bottom line.

Chorus.

A new guru came with a famous name
And by Power Point(R) he revised the joint
And they called him "Messiah of the Business Land."
But there's many others like me here
Trading our tongues for jobs I fear
And we told them nothing cause they wouldn?t understand.
If it's all about money they sell some souls
You may be working on computers or digging for coal
Does money buy a ticket to your promised land?

Final Chorus:
Board the train or get out of the way
It doesn't really matter anyway
We're on Wall Street time
And this engine's moving down
this engine's moving down
this engine's moving down the profit line.

www.fairwebberfolkmusic.com

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"Texas Tom"

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Posted By: fanito Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 05:31 AM
This lyric is: #451

NEW SONG
by Flo Anito
words and music copyright 2001 Florence Anito

Dog hair on the neck of my guitar
i saw the most amazing shooting star
and i made a wish on it -
wasted another wish on you.

Been wading in the same muddy water
but nothing's coming clear and nothing's falling into order.
so when's it gonna start?
i'm taking back my heart.

(chorus)
i want a new song.
be it a true song
be it a blue song - hey what can you do?
i'm craving turbulence
i need a disturbance
to get my mind off of you.
if something big would come my way i could see that this is small.
something new to make me recognize the relative irrelevance of it all.

my dad says i should get more sleep
but each moment i am sleeping is a moment i am wasting.
my friends are watching what they eat
but each bite that they are leaving is a food that they're not tasting

and i want to taste
every kind of bite.
i don't want to wait to save my dreaming
for when i'm asleep at night.
no.

(repeat chorus)

he calls to tell me he is home.
tell me he's in love. tell me he is stoned.
he calls but he never
has anything new to say.

she makes the same mistake
over and over she just varies the way
and if she could, she would broadcast it -
make us all watch it 24 hours a day

(repeat chorus)

so now guess you know how i feel
you wanted a song i wanted something real....

but what did you expect me to say? me to do?
the only thing that i thought i knew
was that you wanted me
and i wanted you - wanted you...
i still do want you

Dog hair on the neck of my guitar
i saw the most amazing shooting star
and i made a wish on it
and i wished for you, you [naughty word removed]


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Posted By: primatives Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 06:06 AM
This lyric is: #452
The Dragon’s Song
Jesse S. Hanson

One hundred million years is oh so fleeting
One hundred million years is worth repeating
I’m runnin out of time
can you love me knowing I’m
like an old and bitter child but my heart is runnin wild

I’m not weary of their coming and their going
I’m not fearing their clever cunning because I’m knowing
that my dreams are falling through
can I love you when they do
when the walls are giving way will my love go on its way

Over cheerless seas and silent waters;
great pools of the ages of tears of His dear daughters
Over hoary mountain crags unreachable
Over the swarming battles of the unteachable
Over the clinging vines that keep the secrets
Over the fields of broken lovers regrets
My wings so slowly moving with my breathing
My eyes so lowly sighing to be leaving leaving…

There’s no one left to mind this lonely business
The old ones left to find their own forgiveness
Surrendering my past
Can I love you like you asked
like a free and inner child innocent and mild

One hundred million years is oh so fleeting
One hundred million years is worth repeating
I’m runnin out of time
can you love me knowing I’m
like an old and bitter child but my heart is runnin wild


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Jesse S. Hanson

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Posted By: Linda G Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 06:18 AM
This lyric is: #453

Title: YOU ARE EVERYWHERE
copyright 2002 by Linda Geleris

(I was thinking about the wives whose husbands died in the terror attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 as I wrote this song.)

YOU ARE EVERYWHERE

When I fall on my pillow
Well after midnight
I still see your shadow
Over me

When I answer the phone
I still wait for the sound of your voice
I refuse to get used to you . . .
Gone from my life

You are the sound of the ocean crashing
On and on and on upon the shore
You keep coming in waves my darlin’ . . .
Keep comin’ on ‘cause I want more

YOU ARE EVERYWHERE

Is that you in the car next to me
Out on the road?
Are you using another man’s smile
To help me carry on?

Are you sending a message to me
Through the rustling leaves?
I will never give up
Looking for you in the things I love

You are the sound of the ocean crashing
On and on and on upon the shore
You keep coming in waves my darling . . .
Keep comin’ on ‘cause I want more

YOU ARE EVERYWHERE

When the sun beats down
When the wind blows around
I can feel your heat like you’re next to me
When the moon is full like we used to love
I remember how it was with us

You are the sound of the ocean crashing
On and on and on upon the shore
You keep coming in waves sweet angel . . .
Keep comin’ on ‘cause I want more

YOU ARE EVERYWHERE

YOU ARE EVERYWHERE

© 2002 by Linda Geleris


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Posted By: ShadesofGray Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 06:47 AM
This lyric is: #454

Say A Prayer
Colleen Studebaker © 2001

-Verse 1-
The world came to a halt today
One moment seemed eternity
As we stopped to ponder why and say goodbye
A sad goodbye

-Verse 2-
We all witness this tragedy
The terror only heightened by the mystery
All those lives taken and destroyed before our eyes
Right before our eyes

-Chorus-
Say a prayer for the young ones
That their dreams won't ever die
Say a prayer for the young ones
Keep the magic in their eyes
Say a prayer for the lost ones
And for those they leave behind
Say a prayer for the lost ones
Keep their memories alive

-Verse 3-
We must cherish the belief
That the lion and the lamb can be
When our innocence was lost we paid the cost in memories
All those lost memories

-Verse 4-
We don't know what tomorrow brings
But we must try to make a world that lives in peace
By our actions and our words we teach
What will we teach?

-Chorus-
Say a prayer for the young ones
That our dreams won't ever die
Say a prayer for the young ones
Keep the magic in their eyes
Say a prayer for the lost ones
And for those they leave behind
Say a prayer for the lost ones
Keep their memories alive

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Colleen
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"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort." FDR

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http://listen.to/colleengray


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Posted By: rae Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 06:48 AM
This lyric is: #455

"SEVEN WONDERS" (c)1994
by Rae A. Fullerton

V1)

A marriage of grace
A life of style
A road paved with gold
Each and every mile
A room full of roses
The very best of wine
A beautiful picture
Their world so devine

V2)

Behind oaken doors
In a big brass bed
Two lonely hearts lie
In a love long since dead
Diamonds and emeralds
Shine in the daylight
Each of them searching
For true love in the night

Chorus:

Own the seven wonders
The moon and the stars
Gather all the riches
In this world of ours
Own the seven wonders
The moon and the stars
They can't keep lonely
From tearing them apart

V3)

Vangough on the wall
Crystal chandeliers
It's not as pretty
As it may appear
Limos and ballrooms
Red satin gowns
Who's gonna love them
When money lets them down

Repeat Chorus

Own the seven wonders
The moon and the stars
Gather all the riches
In this world of ours
Own the seven wonders
The moon and the stars
They can't keep lonely
From tearing them apart


Tag:
Limos and ballrooms
Red satin gowns
Who's gonna love them
When money lets them down
When money lets them down.

"Seven Wonders" has an easy going two-step tempo.
Thank-you to all the organizers for this opportunity.
Best of luck to all participants
Rae

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Posted By: chadg Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 10:51 AM
This lyric is: #456

In Between
© 2002 – Chad Gray Smith

[verse 1]
I’ve seen the rivers that flow
Between their banks and the mills,
Take the daily deluge –
And make it beautiful
Life begins and ends with dreams,
I’m so glad I found you…
In between

[verse 2]
I’ve seen the flowers that grow
Between the rails of the track,
Wilt on the early inbound –
Then come on blooming back
Life begins and ends with dreams,
I’m so glad I found you…
In between

[chorus 1]
In between the flowers that grow –
In between the rivers that flow
Life begins and ends with dreams,
I’m so glad I found you…
In between

[bridge]
We lost the towers that stood –
Between the rise and the fall
We found the millions who could –
Between the pain and resolve
We lost our reasons to smile –
Between the ends of the day
We found the ties that bind –
Between the flags we wave

[chorus 2]
In between the rise and the fall –
In between the pain and resolve
Life begins and ends with dreams,
I’m so glad I found you…
In between

[verse 3]
I felt that mountain of time –
Between the lost and the found
I held a good long cry –
Until I’d figured out…
Life begins and ends with dreams,
I’m so glad I found you…
In between

[vamp/fade]
In between – wars we wage,
In between – faith and fate,
In between – love we make,
In between – breaths we take,
In between – all I’ve seen,
In between – life begins…


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Posted By: orlando Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 11:33 AM
This lyric is: #457

NELL'S GARDEN c.2001
Maddie Southorn

I took a train to another town, a leafy side street full of sound surrounds your little piece of ground.
Someone had grown flowers, given it a name but it could never be the same, your garden full of fire and flame.
All we could do was watch you running free and wild.
An Eve of life and laughter, the eternal child.
Knowing that you came to live a life so rare cannot shape meaing from the air or make it easier to bear.
With the conscience of a Judas, the demeanour of a saint you went through life unburdened by dark fears or complaint, or so it seemed to us who only watch and wait.
He said 'Trying not to love you was trying not to breathe.'
He knew that you were lying, you said you'd never leave.
But I think you know and I think you see and I think you would be proud of the paths that I have chosen of the person I've become.
And if you are there and if you recall then there's something here for you.
I remember.
Things always are and not how they seem, weep for the end yet still begin recalling all that might have been.
And when the sun went down it smudged the sky, I think of you and I still cry.
A thousand ways to say goodbye......

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Posted By: Mary Lou Sudkamp (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 12:12 PM
This lyric is: #458

KING OF COOL©2002
By Mary Lou Sudkamp

V1
Pull up a chair
Listen up, and listen good
You won’t like what I tell you
I’d avoid it if I could
But you could end up hurtin’
If you don’t take my advice
“Cause if you think he loves you
Maybe you should think twice …

CHORUS
YOU MAY THINK HE’S THE KING OF COOL
BUT HIS HEART’S MADE OF ICE
TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE
WHO’S ALREADY PAID THE PRICE
SO GRAB YOUR COAT
PUT ON YOUR GLOVES
‘CAUSE YOU’LL GET FROSTBITE
INSTEAD OF LOVE

V2
Takes what he wants
Always gets things his own way
If you let him steal your heart
He’ll just pawn it the next day
And if you’re feelin’ lucky
Better hold on to those dice
‘Cause he’s not worth the gamble
If your heart’s the sacrifice

CHORUS YOU MAY THINK HE’S THE KING OF COOL
BUT HIS HEART’S MADE OF ICE
TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE
WHO’S ALREADY PAID THE PRICE
SO GRAB YOUR COAT
PUT ON YOUR GLOVES
‘CAUSE YOU’LL GET FROSTBITE
INSTEAD OF LOVE

BRIDGE You say you get the chills when he holds you
Well, honey, it ain’t from his charm ….

CHORUS YOU MAY THINK HE’S THE KING OF COOL
BUT HIS HEART’S MADE OF ICE
TAKE IT FROM SOMEONE
WHO’S ALREADY PAID THE PRICE
SO GRAB YOUR COAT
PUT ON YOUR GLOVES
‘CAUSE YOU’LL GET FROSTBITE
INSTEAD OF LOVE

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Mary Lou

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Posted By: Misterjaws1959 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 12:27 PM
This lyric is: #459

Highway Of The Damned

Nothing ever seemed to work out right
Nothing ever worked the way we planned
Heartbroke every day
Since you went away
And Im riding down the Highway Of The Damned
" "

Now I live my life at full throttle
Keeping my head buried In a bottle
Sometimes it's just more than I can stand
Living on this Highway Of The Damned
Yeah Im living on the Highway Of The Damned

And I'm racing from reality
and your face is all I see
On the Billboards of the Highway of the
Damned
On the Billboards of the Highway of the
Damned

If only I would have listened
when Daddy told me cheaters never win
Maybe I'd still be your man
Instead I'm banished to the Highway of the
Damned
Ohh Im banished to this Highway of the
Damned

Racing from reality
And her face is all I see
On the billboards of the Highway of the
Damned
On the billboards of the Highway of the
Damned






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Posted By: Judy Hollier Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 01:04 PM
This lyric is: #460

I Won’t Fall In Love ‘Til Sunday
© 2000
Judy Hollier Lyric
Graham Henderson Music 2000

Saturday night roses and wine
Quiet corner table for two
Soft candle light stars in my eyes
A sense of that old deja vu

His touch on my face a tender embrace
Warm glow of moon-light above
Lights turned down low dancing real slow
Just right for falling in love

Chorus
But I won’t fall in love ‘til Sunday
I’ll wait ‘til the cold hard light of dawn
No I won’t fall in love ‘til Sunday
When the magic of Saturday’s gone.

Bridge.
If he’s still there clothes on a chair.
Shoes and coat scattered up the hall.
If coffee and toast leads to a Sunday roast
Maybe then I might fall.

Chorus
But I won’t fall in love ‘til Sunday
I’ll wait ‘til the cold hard light of dawn
No I won’t fall in love ‘til Sunday
When the magic of Saturday’s gone.

Tag
Won't let the wine mess my mind
I've been there before
Won’t be a fool because of the moon
This time I want a whole lot more.



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Posted By: DAN SAUER Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 01:11 PM
This lyric is: #461

"HANG UP AND DRIVE!!"
Words and Music by Becky and Dan Sauer
c2001 Snowfield Music(Dan & Becky Sauer)BMI

LOOK AT YOU DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD YOU'VE GOT A FANCY CAR AND YOUR NEW CELL PHONE
YOU'VE GOT IMPORTANT CALLS THAT YOU GOTTA MAKE

NOW YOUR JUST SITTING AT THAT STOP SIGN DO YOU NEED AN INVITATION OR PERHAPS YOU JUST NEED THE TIME TO FINISH YOUR CONVERSATION

CHORUS:
SAY GOODBYE TALK LATER DISCONNECT HANG UP AND DRIVE!
SAY GOODBYE TALK LATER DISCONNECT HANG UP AND DRIVE!

DID YOU HEAR THAT HORN HONKING AT YOU WHEN YOU TURNED IN FRONT OF THAT CAR?
HE HIT HIS BRAKES INSTEAD OF YOU, YOU CAN THANK YOUR LUCKY STARS!

CHORUS:
SAY GOODBYE TALK LATER DISCONNECT HANG UP AND DRIVE!
SAY GOODBYE TALK LATER DISCONNECT HANG UP AND DRIVE!

NOW YOUR CREEPING ALONG GOING SO SLOW YOU'VE GOT A STORY THAT JUST WON'T WAIT
IS IT YOUR CAR THAT WON'T GO OR CAN'T YOU TALK AND ACCELERATE

NOW YOUR CHANGING LANES BY CROSSING THAT LINE THEN GOING RIGHT BACK AGAIN
I'M SURE THE OTHER DRIVERS JUST WON'T MIND 'CAUSE YOUR DIALING AND PUSHING SEND

DID YOU SEE THE SIGN THAT SAID NO U TURN 'CAUSE YOU DID IT ANYWAY
YOUR GOING SO FAST YOU'VE GOT RUBBER TO BURN AND APPARENTLY ALOT TO SAY

CHORUS:
SAY GOODBYE TALK LATER DISCONNECT HANG UP AND DRIVE!
SAY GOODBYE TALK LATER DISCONNECT HANG UP AND DRIVE!
HANG UP AND DRIVE!
HANG UP AND DRIVE!
I SAID HANG UP AND DRIVE!!!!

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Posted By: John Inglett Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 02:36 PM
This lyric is: #462

“You’ve got none”
©John Inglett 2002
dawgsp@bellsouth.net

Verse1

I call for wisdom
in the dust from which I'm made
an echoed silence
comes back to me from walls of clay
the spirits
of this wretched soul
cast shadows in the moonlight
as they come to take their toll

Verse2
and I see pictures
of all the things I've done
the balance falls
I have nowhere to run
who will save me
the dice is loaded with my sin
my lot's been cast in life
and there's no way that i can win

Chorus 1
minions of darkness
why do you seek me
I am not ready
my time has not come
you hold the knife
an edge that's eternal
I'm a slave to your mercy
And you've got none
you've got none

Verse3
Called the Doctor
woke him up from a sound sleep
feel like I'm dying
is there anything to take to keep
my soul
from hell's eternal flame
said," there's no drug to stop the darkness
but i got pills to ease the pain

Chorus1
minions of darkness
why do you seek me
I am not ready
my time has not come
you hold the knife
an edge that's eternal
I'm a slave to your mercy
And you've got none
you've got none

Bridge
I hung up the phone that day
I fell to my knees and prayed
Oh god I have been undone
I’ve nailed my Savior to the cross
now my hope seems all but lost
there’s nothing I can do
cetp put my faith in your Son

Verse4
Prince of heaven
How could you love a soul
and share your grace
to cleanse my sin and make me whole
and you tell me
I must repent believe and pray
cause Jesus Christ has begged my pardon
and His blood has made a way

Oooooo ooo o o o o o o oo

Chorus2
minions of darkness
why do you seek me
I am not yours
I belong to the king
my life has been ransomed
my sin has been pardoned
O death where is your sting
you’ve got none
you’ve got none

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Posted By: mikeyd Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 02:37 PM
This lyric is: #463

TODAY
Words by Michael Aaron Drysdale

Today I'll try to do better
I'll strive for perfection in all that I do
Today I won't be a quitter
I'll act like a winner and then follow through

Today I'll put others before me
I'll wilfully stay the last one in line
Today I won't seek the glory
I'll help you with yours and forget about mine

CHORUS
I can't heal a world of sorrow
I can't make all its wrongs go the right way
I can't say what will happen tomorrow
But I can say what I'll do Today

Today I'll reason more clearly
I won't be engaged in lies or deceit
Today I'll do nothing just barely
Content with myself when I go to sleep

repeat CHORUS

BRIDGE
Today I'll make a new start
I'll make this a model for the rest of my days
Today I'll think with my heart
I'll make His ways my ways

repeat CHORUS

Yes I can say what I'll do Today

Copyright 1994 Michael Aaron Drysdale.

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Posted By: Joseph Hayes Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 02:48 PM
This lyric is: #464

GUESS WHAT I SAW ON TV

I got home early so I could watch tv
What did I see, nudity

There she was all naturale
Didn't change the channel for a spell

She was the best, a fair-hair beauty
In her own way, quite unique

She would have made my harem
If I had been a shiek

I hit the couch, gonna have some fun
It didn't take long 'til my fun was done

CHORUS
There she was, the fairest of all
I have a picture of her hanging on my wall

There she was cavorting, got down to her hose
Could that be my girlfriend, do you suppose

You dang tootin' it was she
This is gonna be the end of me

I'd never seen what's under her blouse
I tried one night and she gave me a mouse

Gave me a fat lip, just snarled at me
I'd never seen such a prude as she

She had shown no cleavage, covered her chest
There wasn't much hope of seeing the rest

Now there she is for all America to see
I busted my fist on the old tv

I'll never again take a girl at her word
I'll do no coasting when I get to third

It's all the way home or they're out the door
The want reveal it all on tv, anymore


They called her Nature Girl, all naturale
I've been sick ever since,haven't felt well

I'm seeing red,not a sensible human being
All of America saw what I ain't been seeing

CHORUS
There she was, the fairest of all
I got a painting of her hanging on the wall

She was cavorting, down to her hose
Could that be my girlfriend, do you suppose

You darn tootin' it was she
I think it's gonna be the end of me

I'd never even seen what's under her blouse
Once I tried and she gave me a mouse

Gave me a fat lip, snarled at me
I'd never seen such a prude as she

Never showed me no cleavage,covered her chest
There was no hope of seeing the rest

'Till there she was for all America to see
I busted my hand on the old tv

I'll never again take them at their word
I won't do no coasting when I get to third

It's all the way home or they're out the door
TV Won't be how I first see them, anymore

Joseph Hayes




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Posted By: Wayne Hamilton Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 03:14 PM
This lyric is: #465

The Wooden Floor
© 1999, Wayne Hamilton. All Rights Reserved.

On the plains of Nebraska back in eighteen fifty three,
By the banks of the Platte Bill fell in love with sweet Marie.
By the time they were married, he’d prepared her a surprise.
As they approached their brand-new house, he covered up her eyes.
He turned the knob to open up the roughly finished door;
When he removed his hand she saw the planks that made the floor.

Chorus:
It was the first house in the county that could boast a floor of wood
And starting out they wanted nothing more
They built their lives upon that base with all the love they could
They built their lives upon that wooden floor

The neighbors came from miles around to marvel at the sight;
Their floors of clay to them no longer seemed to be quite right.
Bill helped them from his blacksmith shop as they built up the town.
Marie raised seven children and had friends from all around.
Though people came from far and wide of this you can be sure:
The love they saw impressed them more than any wooden floor.

Repeat Chorus

The floor was rough and kind of bumpy when Bill laid it there,
But through the years it smoothed out fine with all their loving care.
From time to time someone would trip and fall or stub a toe.
They had some little problems but no one wanted to go;
For in their hearts they knew there was no other place as good.
They smoothed out problems in their lives just like that bumpy wood.

Repeat Chorus

For more than fifty years they lived together happily
With birthdays, weddings, celebrations, friends and family.
And when they died they left their home not thirty days apart;
They left behind the feeling that they lived with just one heart.
It started when Bill swept Marie right through that big front door,
And she was so amazed to see those planks that made the floor

Repeat Chorus

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Posted By: lordoftheviolin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 04:58 PM
This lyric is: #466

Hi Friends- I hope I'm doing this correctly... I just joined today.

NOBODY'S FOOL

(copyright 2001 Taylor Mesple) (SlyCatfish@hotmail.com)

(V1)
Not a flower in hand, or a sonnet
No emotion worn on my sleeve
Not a visible sign of what's honest
But I still refuse to leave

I've been living my life as if she needs me
My companion in all my dreams
I just can't find the means to show her
The world that she means to me

(CH)
If I could tell her; and keep my cool
And part with this fear that it seems is the rule
She's amazing, life is cruel and lonely
But I'll be nobody's fool

(V2)
When I look in her eyes, there's thunder
In my heart's ever turbulent skies
And I'm forced to admit my bias
That all other girls are disqualified

(CH)
If I could tell her; and keep my cool
And part with this fear that it seems is the rule
She's amazing, life is cruel and lonely
But I'll be nobody's fool

(BR)
Sometimes it haunts me to wonder
As I try to keep my cool
Is it better to be somebody's nothing
Than nobody's fool?

(V3)
I have tried to forget these feelings
And just focus on my own life
But the road always leads to believing
That she'd be the perfect wife

(CH)
If I could tell her; and keep my cool
And part with this fear that it seems is the rule
She's amazing, life is cruel and lonely
But I'll be nobody's fool
I'll be nobody's fool



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Posted By: Leland Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 05:19 PM
This lyric is: #467

Mother-Daughter-Child

Leland A. Bissinger C. 1999 Anthem Music

Little girl sits cryin',
with her hair down in her eyes.
Baby bulgin' in her belly,
tears flowin', she can't hide.
Scared to be alive:
Mother-Daughter-Child.

"Mom I know you love me,
I'm so sorry that I lied.
But when you went out drinkin'
I thought that you might die."
Scared to be alive:
Mother-Daughter-Child.

She feels a kick inside her, says,
"I'll love ya' til I die.
but what life can I give ya'?
I got only fifteen years in line?"
Scared to be alive:
Mother-Daughter-Child.
Scared to be a live:
Mother-Daughter-Child.

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Posted By: DavidVanKleeck Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 05:51 PM
This lyric is: #468


POINT OF VIEW
Words and Music David D Van Kleeck
© January 8, 2000 David D Van Kleeck

{Verse 1}
Think of the cross
Tell me what you see
The wisdom of God, or the death of a fool?

Tell me of the man
Who laid himself down for you and me
Can you tell me why he gave his life away?

{Chorus}
If you knew the price that was paid for you
Would you let it change your Point Of View?

{Verse 2}
A gift from above
The victim of God's sweet Love
Plan of salvation, the time is at hand

Convicted of crime
Enduring the pain and the shame
And died on a cross while He was praying my name

{Chorus 1}
He lived His life to show me the Way
He sacrificed what I could not pay
If you realize that He died for me and you
Will you let it change your Point Of View?

{Instrumental Solo}

{Instrumental Bridge}

{Chorus 2}
He lived His life to show us the Way
He sacrificed what we could not pay
When you realize that He gave it all for you
Will you let it change your Point Of View?
Would you let it change the things you do?
To know that He gave His life for you...
and me

------------------
David Van Kleeck

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Posted By: thunder_road_2051 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 06:08 PM
This lyric is: #469

Almost Forever © 2002
Carl Friend

In the shadow of twilights hidden riches
in the breath of a scandal
you and I along the river road
lost more than your white sandal
where unbroken promises to keep kindled
and we swore loudly we'd never part
with our hopes and dreams
but that they would always be in our heart.
We were almost forever
within reach of destiny's crossing
breaking all the rules together
and becoming more then friends.
If only you knew
as I'm slowly walking after midnight
wishing desperately you were here
in the pale moonlight
that this diamond ring to forever
I'd give to you then
as I held you tight in my arms
and we remembered when
we were almost forever
within reach of destiny's crossing
breaking all the rules together
and becoming more then friends.


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Posted By: Grayce Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 06:44 PM
This lyric is: #470

Cliches
C1987 Grayce Gadson

cliches cannot hold you
the light of my life syndrome
pales before your grace

when you smile
when you smile
when you smile

no repetitions of
I love yous
can match my true
feelings for you

when you smile
when you smile
whem you smile


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Posted By: folkiethis Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 06:56 PM
This lyric is: #471

sitting pretty
(c)2001 rozlynn farrell

legs crossed, hands in lap, fragile, quiet, take the crap.
be demure, don't dare curse, keep a compact in your purse.
panty-liners, cell phone,
'cause girls need help when they're alone.
don't beat the boys at their own game,
don't sleep around, feel lots of shame
because you bleed, because you cry
at the fact that you're a size too high
according to the magazines
written by men without the means
to see the world through a woman's eyes.
he thinks he knows what's between your thighs.

legs crossed, hands in lap. this whole damn world is one big slap
across the face
across the ass
'cause he thinks us women are second class.
and the longer we sit here holding our tongues the longer he keeps us on the first rung,
afraid to walk the streets at night,
afraid to say what we know to be right.

legs crossed, hands in lap, f*@# you man, i'll draw my own map
of where i'm going, of who i'll be
'cause your weight in this world doesn't intimidate me.
i'll sit spread eagle, wave my hands in the air, break outta this mold without a care.
too bad for you, i'm not the only one.
we're everywhere now, this is getting fun.
we're finding our voice,
one for all.
you don't have a choice
we're standing tall.
some of us sit just like you prefer,
some of us giggle and some of us purr.
and some of us kick and some of us fight,
and some of us scream
and some of us write.


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Posted By: buzzy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 07:28 PM
This lyric is: #472

Eulogy for Me
words and music by buzzy
performed by bongo jones
copyrighted 1998

we're gathered here today to say
goodbye to me your long lost friend
and though i left you suddenly
i left you all free to pretend
that being here's as good as being there
when i was still alive
now here's your cue - it's time to cry
come on show me that you love me
come on show me that you care
come on show me what you owe me
come on show me that you were always there

6 feet below by and by -
i choke on your flowers
6 days ahead of your lies -
one day to bury me

it makes my heart so happy that you
made it here to say goodbye
i guess it shouldn't matter much
that to get you here i had to die
but there's no time for regrets
there's no time for spite
although i know you know i have the right

come on show me that i mattered
come on show me you're a friend
come on show me that you'll miss me
kneel and kiss me and send me on my way

6 feet below by and by -
i choke on your flowers
6 days ahead of your lies -
one day to bury me

at one time when i was still living
at one time i was looking for you
at one time i banged my head against the wall
i couldn't handle life at all
and i couldn't find you
at one time i should have known better
at one time your friendship was assumed
if you were trying to fool me
your deception was mastered
because you were a bastard
and i didn't have a clue

goodbye - so long, i hope that you'll miss me
you were my friend and we'll meet again
and when we do i'll kick your ass
all over heaven

repeat



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Posted By: StockbridgeMark Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 07:31 PM
This lyric is: #473

You're Still on My Mind
By Mark Williams
Copyright 2002

There’s winter in the air tonight
As I walk alone
The traffic lights are blinking slow
And everyone is gone
The moon is peeking from the clouds
It’s trying hard to shine
The rain has finally gone away
And you’re still on my mind

I will still be by myself
When I close my eyes
And no one will be there to greet
When the sun does rise
I’m drifting on this lonely sea
No harbor to find
A breeze is blowing over me
And you’re still on my mind

Everywhere I go
I see something to remind me
When I’m alone
Your memory always finds me
It walks with and lies with me
And takes up all my time
You said that you were moving on
But you’re still on my mind

Sitting in this bar with fellow
Travelers of the night
The whisky does not comfort me
The smoke just burns my eyes
I know that I’d forget you
If I drank myself half blind
But I’m still on my first tonight
And you’re still on my mind

Maybe I’ll find someone else
To occupy my thoughts
Then I can stop blaming you
For things that are my fault
But every time I try to tell myself
I’m doing fine
I wake up in another’s arms
With you still on my mind

Everywhere I go
I see something to remind me
When I’m alone
Your memory always finds me
It walks with and lies with me
And takes up all my time
You said that you were moving on
But you’re still on my mind


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Posted By: Bell020692 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 07:39 PM
This lyric is: #474

I’ll Light The Candle
Copyright 2002 Jody Cooley

VERSE 1
I’ll light the candle if you’ll sit at my table
And I’ll ask all the violins to play
We’ll talk together about times and the weather
And we’ll talk through the night about all things

VERSE 2
If you’ll bring the morning sunlight into the days of our lives
I’ll hear the early bird and know
That we’ll be laying up treasure as the day comes together
And all thru the night a peaceful glow

CHORUS
I’ll light the candle if you’ll
Let the morning light shine in
And let our love be bright as heaven

I’ll light the candle if you’ll
Let the morning light shine in
And let the day and night begin with

VERSE 3
You at my table with the light of the morning
Shining off of the face that shines on me
We’ll talk together about times and the weather
And we’ll talk though the night about all things

CHORUS
I’ll light the candle if you’ll let… the… morning…. light shine in….
I’ll light the candle ……… I’ll light the candle …. I’ll light the Candle if you’ll

Let the morning light shine in
Let the morning light shine in

<music>


VERSE 4
We’ll be gathered together with a beautiful candle
Burning bright on our table everyday
We’ll ask God above…to bless our love
And I’m sure the violins will play




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Posted By: pc Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 07:44 PM
This lyric is: #475

ON THE DEATH OF LANGSTON HUGHES


Have you heard the news,
have you heard the news?
Langston Hughes is dead.
Have you heard the news
have you heard the news?
Langston Hughes is gone.

I went down to the graveyard
many folks were buried there
people from all walks of life
people dark and fair
I wondered who had held the whip
I wondered who had died
raging at injustice
while their children cried

I looked upon the gravestones
and gazed at every name
thinking that their mortal flesh
all ends up the same
and now reduced to ashes
their vanity denied
the oppressed and the oppressor
are lying side by side

Have you heard the news
have you heard the news?
Langston Hughes is dead.
Have you heard the news
have you heard the news?
Langston Hughes is gone.

The lowly worm will till the earth
it seems a lonely plight
perhaps it is a blessing
to be without sight
I close my eyes and wonder
if he's better off than we
who think we are on higher ground
but look and do not see

I walked out of that graveyard
and felt so all alone
I felt the sins of centuries
as if they were my own
I felt like I had held the whip
and felt like I had died
raging at injustice -
and it was me who cried

Have you heard the news
have you heard the news?
Langston Hughes is dead.
Have you heard the news
have you heard the news?
Langston Hughes is gone.


words and music
© 2001 Peter Croton/BlackRose Productions


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Posted By: Rita Montauredes Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 08:14 PM
This lyric is: #476

Phoenix Rising

It is not an ordinary thing,
When you hear the bells of freedom ring.
It is not an ordinary thing,
Even through our tears we still can sing.

All the harm, all the pain and the destruction,
Seems to be - on the ground among the ashes.
Silence there - now demands - Please do not be passive.
Create a peace, living strong,
For lives that will outlast us.

Chorus:
It is not an ordinary sign -
People touching hearts and touching minds;
Finding in each other humankind,
Reunited in eternal time.

Verse:
From the ground, rise the voices of compassion,
Crying out - We reject the hate with passion;
We have seen - through it all - when people really care,
Walls go down, all over town, no more barriers are there.

Those we lost, all the fathers and the mothers -
Family, friends, all are sisters, all are brothers.
Through our prayers, we learned how
To treasure one another.
We can write a history unlike any other.

See the lighthouse glowing in the night,
Shining bright with wisdom's inner sight,
However dark the desperate blinding night
A phoenix rises - soaring in the Light.

Reaching through the storm to Dawn's new light,
Phoenix rising from the Blinding night.

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Posted By: thexyra Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 08:20 PM
This lyric is: #477

Where Glass Birds Fly
© 1996/2002 - Xyra Harper-Cann

Garden, empty garden
Where glass birds fly
Flowers disappearing
Petals slowly die

Wings that sound
As winds over willows
Weeping as I'm sleeping
Above us - lonely sky

Shadows of the moon
Over sad one
Sitting in her open tomb

In a storm cloud watching,
Machines obstruct
And reconstruct the sky!

With all her eyes
The Goddess sees
The nothingness . . .
The message tossed . . .
The lost apology . . .

And your bird cannot fly with just one wing . . .

Your bird cannot fly . . .

With just one wing !


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Posted By: mo-songs Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 09:16 PM
This lyric is: #478

IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS

IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS, I CAN CALL ALL THE SHOTS
OR GO ALONG WITH THE CROWD
I CAN TALK TO A WOMAN THAT I DON’T KNOW
AND DO IT WITHOUT ANY DOUBTS

CHORUS
I DON’T THINK ABOUT HOW I MISS YOU
I DON’T THINK ABOUT HOW LONELY I’VE BEEN
AND I START TO THINK IT’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT
‘TIL I’M ALONE AGAIN

IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS, I CAN DRINK TOO MUCH
BUT IT’S NOT LIKE I’M DRINKING ALONE
I CAN LAUGH AT BAD JOKES – LAUGH AT MYSELF
I ALMOST FEEL RIGHT AT HOME

CHORUS
I DON’T THINK ABOUT HOW I NEED YOU
I DON’T THINK ABOUT HOW SORRY I AM
AND I START TO THINK IT’S GONNA BE ALRIGHT
‘TIL I’M ALONE AGAIN

INSTRUMENTAL

IN THE COMPANY OF FRIENDS, THE FUN NEVER ENDS
BUT I’D RATHER HAVE YOU BACK HOME


Copyright 1999. Monique Maisenhalter


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Posted By: SusanBarth Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 09:32 PM
This lyric is: #479

Matters
© Susan Barth 2002

I wish I’d known
I might have done better
I figured it out
But it doesn’t much matter

There’s always a hook
There’s always some better way we could look
If we only knew
Just what it took

I’d like to believe
That nothing else matters
That I’d settle for less
If it made you feel better

There’s always a hook
There’s always some better face in a book
If we only knew
Just what it took

Solo

There’s always a hook
There’s always some better place we could look
If we only knew
Just what it took

It’s sad but it’s true
But I think that it matters
The longer you wait
The more that gets shattered

There’s always a hook
There’s always some better way we could look
If we only knew
Just what it took

I should’ve known
I would’ve done better
I figured it out
For all that it matters



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Posted By: Sharlin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 10:37 PM
This lyric is: #480

SOMETHING OUT THERE IS CALLING ME

I want to go where the wildflowers grow so high they almost touch the sky.
I want to go where the tumbleweeds blow in the sand rolling cross the land.
Take me away to another day where the land was wild and free.
I’m not afraid of the mist and the haze. Something out there is calling me.

I’ll find a place with a slower pace where I can breathe a sigh of relief.
I’ll watch the trees as they’re blowing in the breeze waving goodbye to my old life.
Just watch me now as I escape the crowds. There’s no more crowding me.
Yeah, I’m taking off to this land I dream of.
Something out there is calling me.

It won’t be long ‘til I’m long gone.
I’ve been out of here all along.
This new place that I’m wanting to be.
I think it’s always been in me.

I’ll make my escape before it’s too late so don’t you try and change my mind.
I’ll make my way somehow earning my pay and I’ll find the life that I crave.
You can come with me if you want to live free. Away from this crowded sea.
I want to go where the wildflowers grow. Something out there is calling me.
Something out there is calling me.
Something out there is calling me.
Yeah, it’s waiting for me.

© 2002 Wohl


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Posted By: Saturn Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 10:59 PM
This lyric is: #481

“Heat Wave”

4 90 days and 90 nights
I’ll sweat until I find the light.

My conscience knows
What’s right and what’s wrong,
But my heart will lead
Me either way.
Life’s stripped me down,
No body, nor clothes,
I’m raw, I’m shivering in the heat.
But the urgency of my eyes
Triggers guilt inside
My heart is still breaking.

5,000 years in the cellar
and all of my wine is gone.
And all I can think about
Is a bottle of sherry in my hand.
If I would drink would I lose what I’m gifted?
Would the sun set if I kept my head lifted?
If I close my eyes and don’t try will I find hope now?

I’ve wandered around this city
Looking 4 friends
But no one seems 2 understand
How I feel or what is real
Or what it pretends 2 be.
Is there an answer 2 these questions?
Cause if there is
The horizon’s so unreachable,
Impalpable, just palliate me,
I no longer care 4 the cure.
I have thirsted 4 so many years.

5,000 years in the cellar
and all of my wine is gone.
And all I can think about
Is a bottle of sherry in my hand.
If I would drink would I lose what I’m gifted?
Would the sun set if I kept my head lifted?
If dawn brings the day
And the dusk brings the nightfall,
What brings the rain
That I’ve begged and I’ve prayed 4?
Where do I go when I need
2 find my soul?
If I close my eyes and don’t try will I find hope now?
Or will I be left in a heat wave?

Heat wave.
Heat wave.

This should be the time of my life.
Is this the time of my life?
Been running around and all I find
On every corner is a stranger here
A shadow lurking, talking, saying
Want this, believe that
U know u need it.
And I can’t scream,
My throat is dry.
Show me the well.
All I want 2 find
Is the time of my life.

-Saturn
copyright 2002

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Posted By: tinah Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 11:07 PM
This lyric is: #482

Title: Can You Come Out & Play

Can you come out & play,
Isn't that what we used to say
We'd ask our parents if it was okay
If we could go out & play

You haven't heard tht phrase for many a year
You work all the time you're bored to tears
Need a clue to solve your monotony?
Colonel Mustard with the candlestick in the
conservatory.

Can you come out & play,
Isn't that what we used to say
We'd ask our parents if it was okay
If we could go out & play

So dust off your dreams,
Put them within reach, take the day off
and go to the beach,
Makes this the day to start your life over
Red Rover Red Rover can you come over???

Can you come out & play,
Isn't that what we used to say
We'd ask our parents if it was okay
If we could go out & play

Remember the stroy of Peter Pan?
Forever young in never never land
So all can still fly with our hearts & soul
Start by saying the words of so long ago...

Can you come out & play,
Isn't that what we used to say
We'd ask our parents if it was okay
If we could go out & play

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Posted By: Sam Tarrant Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/30/02 11:32 PM
This lyric is: #483

This Broken Man

Lyrics and Music by Sam Tarrant ©2001

(Verse 1.)

Love and my music all but disappeared
Could almost swear I never knew of the two
Busted like a bronco in the cowboy west
This ole workhorse pulls a wagon
And plows a field of dreams come untrue.
Best I can
I will repair
This Broken Man

(Verse 2.)

Years on the treadmill stuck in dead end jobs
The chance of freedom seems a hope against hope
Watch the world while feeding from my bag of oats
The endless bullwhip cracked my spirit
Freedom, just the length of the rope
Best I can
I will repair
This Broken Man

(Bridge)

I’ll fix the voice that doesn’t sing
Fix the heart that doesn’t hold
Fix the life that doesn’t mean anything
And fill it up with joy
That can only come from love and my music

(Verse 3.)

Love and my music are my greatest joys
They are my horses roaming wild on the plains
Bronco, buck the rider, jump the fence and bolt
I’ve had enough of bits and saddles
No more riders pulling the reins
Best I can
I will repair
This Broken Man
I will repair


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Posted By: Alan Carlson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 01:31 AM
This lyric is: #484

WHERE THE RIVER GOES
Copyright 2001 by Alan Carlson

His parents were frantic when they found
their son was gone,
The footprints led down to the river;
Two days later,to their joy, the boy
returned,
Cold and wet and tired, he explained:

(Chorus 1)
You know I'll always love you, I would never
run away!
You might think I'm crazy, I suppose;
But the flowing water calls to me--that' all
that I can say,
I've just got to go where the river goes.

He grew into a man, got married,settled down,
One day, his wife thought he had left her;
Two days later, she was mad when he returned,
He told her he was sorry, then explained:

(Chorus 2)
You know I'll always love you, I would never
run away,
You might think I'm crazy, I suppose;
But the flowing water calls to me--that's all
that I can say,
I've just got to go where the river goes.
(Bridge)
He never left again, she was his only one;
They saw their children grow, he saw the
river run.

The family plot will have an empty spot,it
seems,
They spread his ashes on the river;
He prayed that she would understand his last
request,
A note inside his will tried to explain:

(Chorus 3)
You know I've always loved you, I just could
not stand a grave,
You might think I'm crazy, I suppose;
But the flowing water calls to me--that's all
that I can say,
I've just got to go where the river goes.
Tag
Got to go...where the river goes.

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Posted By: Bonnie Logan Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 01:33 AM
This lyric is: #485

"Ruby Road"
by Bonnie Logan
©2002

1. It's calling me,
This other world
That glitters in my mind,
With sweet perfume
And open arms,
Like ladies of the night.

Those secret thoughts
And fantasies
I swore I'd left behind---
They're beckoning
From Ruby Road,
Where dreams are alive.

CHORUS:
Gotta take that Ruby Road.
See it shimmer, see it shine.
Gotta get beyond this safe and certain
Life that I've designed.
Heading down that Ruby Road.
Now, the time is feeling right.
Gonna find a better part of me
On Ruby Road tonight.

2. I can't resist
This siren song
That's running through my head.
Could destiny
Be telling me
To take this road, instead?

The life I''ve always
Yearned to lead
Is still within my reach,
And Ruby Road
Can take me there,
As soon as I can leave.

CHORUS:
Gonna take that Ruby Road.
Gonna pack my bags tonight.
Gonna seek the life I've always dreamed
That I was gonna find.
When I take that Ruby Road,
No more playing safe for me.
Gonna take some risks and find my bliss.
On Ruby Road,
Life is sweet,
Down Ruby Road,
The place of dreams.


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Posted By: wittbros Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 01:51 AM
This lyric is: #486

"Think of Me Tomorrow"
Written By Ron E. Shelton (c)1995

(V1)
Now it’s time for me to go
My bags all packed, I’m ready to roll.
I want to thank you for the good times.
I want to thank you for being mine.
It’s been a pleasure to stay,
Now I must be on my way.
But, it’s so hard to say good-bye.
Yea, it’s so hard not to cry.
(C)
So when you think of me tomorrow,
A thousand days from here,
If you feel any sorrow,
It’s my memory in your tears.
So when you think of me tomorrow
Like it was yesterday,
If you feel any sorrow,
You’ll know true love never fades away.
(V2)
As I wind on down that road
My feet grow heavy my head hangs low.
I’m going to be singing the blues
I’m going to be thinking about you.
All the good times we shared
And the way we used to care,
It was so hard to say good-bye.
It was so hard no to cry.
(C)
So when you think of me tomorrow,
A thousand days from here,
If you feel any sorrow,
It’s my memory in your tears.
So when you think of me tomorrow
Like it was yesterday,
If you feel any sorrow,
You’ll know true love never fades away.
(Repeat, Fade)



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Posted By: Felten & Michelle Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 02:04 AM
This lyric is: #487

Why Are You The Only One For Me

Words By Bob Felten and Tami Michelle
Copyright Nov. 14, 1999

I like Chemistry, you like Alchemy
I like Astronomy, you like Astrology
Chemistry, Alchemy, Astronomy, Astrology
Why are you the only one for me?

I like Psychology, you like Philosophy
When I think logically, you get pissed off at me
Psychology, Philosophy, logically, pissed of at me
Why are you the only one for me?

You ask me "Why can't I be more holistic?"
You and I, we always disagree
I wish you could be more scientific
Together we make great Biology

I like Geology, you like Mythology
You like fantasy, I like reality
Geology, Mythology, reality, fantasy
Why are you the only one for me?

(Instr. break)

You like Metaphysics, I like Mathematics
You get mad at me when I like Anatomy
Metaphysics, Mathematics, mad at me, Anatomy
Why are you the only one for me?

You ask me "Why can't I be more holistic?"
You and I, we always disagree
I wish you could be more scientific
Together we make great Biology

I am material, you are spiritual
I am empirical, you believe in miracles
material, spiritual, empirical, miracles,
That's why you're the only one for me



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Posted By: CoolCntryGal Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 02:21 AM
This lyric is: #488

BIG CITY SCENES, COUNTRY DREAMS

Tall buildings in the distance stand,
It just doesn't seem so grand.
When you are four life should mean a little more.
Toys, hugs and kisses these are what a little girl misses.

Chorus....
When I was four a new life knocked on my door.
That's when I exchanged big city scenes for country dreams.
That's when I knew what caring meant,
My new mom and dad must have been heaven sent.
I exchanged big city scenes for country dreams.

One brother and sisters totaling four,
Seems like I should know them a little more.
When life deals you a bad hand you try to understand.
Thank God for caring hearts, but why must they tear us apart?
We can't choose who we want to our moms and dads to be,
Why can't they see?
When there is love around a new life can be found.

Chorus...

They have made us cry now we have to say goodbye.
See what they have done, now we are no longer one.
How can a little girl understand why? This old life must die.
She has already felt a lifetime of pain things from now on will never be the same.

Chorus...

I am grown up now and time has gone so fast,
But how do you forget the past?
I no longer hear the big city call, seems like I was never there at all.
I could never go back there my home is here now because...
I have exchanged big city scenes for country dreams.
I now know what love means and no longer have big city scenes.
Just Country Dreams.

Chorus...


Copyright 2002 Christy Dively

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Posted By: Bobbie Gallup (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 02:22 AM
This lyric is: #489

ASPEN WHISPERS
© 2001 Lyrics Bobbie Gallup ASCAP

The sky is such an intense blue
It almost hurts your eyes
The aspens' gold against that hue
Could easily make you cry
On the crisp air a bugle sounds,
Carried on the wind
Some precious things don't last forever,
Others never seem to end

This sun-warmed rock's my hideaway...
A place to clear my mind
And listen to the magpies
Give their opinions of mankind
The whispers of the aspens
Seem to know me all too well
Their language clearly speaks to me.
What touching tales they tell

CHORUS:
They say that aspens whisper
I think I understand
Cause I know our winter's comin'
And it's not what I had planned
They say that aspens tremble
Inside I'm trembling too
I know somehow I must go on
It's what I have to do

Cause autumn in the high country….
Means winter's coming soon
And by the time the last snow melts
I know that you'll be leavin' too
How do we fill the coming months
With a lifetime's worth of dreams
How do we steal a moment's joy
From the stormy skies of pain

CHORUS:
They say that aspens whisper
I think I understand
Cause I know our winter's comin'
And it's not what I had planned
They say that aspens tremble
Inside I'm trembling too
I know somehow I must go on
It's what I have to do for you

TAG:
I may not know God's reason
For why you have to leave
But I know there was a season
When you gave true love to me


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Posted By: Felten & Michelle Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 02:26 AM
This lyric is: #490

PLEASE NOTE - Submitted by Tami Michelle, different member then Bob Felten, but we share the same user name Felten & Michelle - please do not delete this second entry from username Felten & Michelle

The Companion
By Tami Michelle
Copyright 1992 - All Rights Reserved

Through journeys short and long, since the centuries have dawned
I stand straight and tall, I can walk right through your walls
I am the Companion…

I walk among the angels, I run beside the wolf
I fly atop the dragon, I ride on horses’ hooves
I watch the struggle of your soul, as it fights for its control
On this journey without end, I am your constant friend
And Companion…

And the evidence of things unseen
Is excellence by faith in the overall scheme
And in the reoccurring dream
Of the Companion…

Beside the lady and her lord, among the gentry and the poor
It makes no difference anymore
To the Companion…

I feel your pleasure and your pain, I am known by many names
I can soften your insanity, and sanctify your shame
I am the future and the past, the flag atop the mast
I am the calm before the storm, the stranger at your door
Your Companion…

You need not die alone
I will judge you not, I will cast no stones
I am the one who guides you home
Your Companion…

I am the Companion…


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Posted By: Mark Bruce Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 02:37 AM
This lyric is: #491

City of Gold
Lyric by Mark Corwin Bruce

1. Young man is nervously watching
In the corner by the magazine rack.
Eyeing the register,
Trying to get his courage up.
The gun in his pocket feels heavy
As he waits for the meth to take hold.
He's taking a long chance tonight
In the City of Gold.

2. She tells me she feels like she's drowning
And she'd really like to go see her kids.
But she's not too proud
of some of the things she did.
She needs something to tide her over
Long enough for her dreams to take hold.
She knows that she'll make it tomorrow
In the City of Gold.

Bridge:
And it's a speedball in the corner pocket,
It's a little tap dance on the ledge.
It's funny how we all cut corners
While we're living too close to the edge.

3. I'm tired of feeding your hunger
I know I've got to get myself right.
The things that you make me do for yo
Twist my heart tight.
Some people love their addictions
But this is just making me old.
I've got to get out while I can
From the City of Gold.

I've got to get out while I can
From the City of Gold.

copyright 2002 Mark Corwin Bruce

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Posted By: Landlord of Love Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 02:48 AM
This lyric is: #492

DADDY’S GIRL

The California sun came through the window and shined on Jasmine’s auburn hair.
Her day had just begun she never could have predicted the way it would turn out.

Perfect daddy’s girl. Little daddy’s girl never again.

On her way to Shirley Madison high school a red corvette goes racing by.
Jasmine’s head turns cause the driver looks familiar, she thought isn’t he working today?

Daddy’s little girl got in. Little daddy’s girl bye bye.

He took her to a shack in East Lajoya. Rape & sodomy were just a start.
Battered and bruised from numerous punches to her body.
She was found bound & naked & confused.

Two months later she was dancing at her prom with a boy, lets call him William.
He kissed her neck and she bolted from the dance floor and into the bathroom she saw that face again.

Daddy’s little girl oh why?
Little daddy’s girl don’t cry. Don’t cry.

She felt like the world was crashing in all around her.
The girls in the bathroom just laughed.
The scars on the surface were hidden with Madeline cover up.
A psychologist said her visions would go away. They’d fade away.
They’re not fading away. They’re here to stay.

The California sun came through the window and shined on the razor blade in Jasmine’s hand.
The blood was deep red but her scars ran so much deeper the suicide note said.
Little daddy’s girl bye bye.
I couldn’t handle being daddy’s girl again.

Peter Gale Copyright 2002
Landlord@darcweb.com

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Peace, Love & Life,
The Landlord of Love
landlord@darcweb.com

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Posted By: Justina Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 02:58 AM
This lyric is: #493


Open your heart around you
What do you see
There's people here
All around you
Why can't you see

Hatred against man
Brothers
Trying to take a stand
Land against land

What you see
Ain't Free

Days of long ago
Seem so dear
Now the ruin of it all
Is all too clear

The mystery of man
Brothers
Living hand in hand
If land is so grand

Then what you see
Ain't free

Remember to look around you
Look real deep
It's people like you around you
Why can't you see

Treat each care
Respect and love
Not the hate and war
Just be aware

What you see

Should be free


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Justina~~~~~~~~~~*

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Posted By: trent Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 03:11 AM
This lyric is: #494

SUPERMAN, WHERE ARE YOU?
(Trent Holloway/Ronnie Hutchinson)
copyright 2001

I came to work this morning
Just like yesterday
Looked out of my window
Glad to see Old Glory wave
I never could have imagined
In my wildest dream
Standin' on this ledge
And beggin' God for wings

Superman, where are you tonight
Are you really retired
Metropolis came down today
And Capital City's on fire
The Devil's laughin' in the pit of Hell
He never gets his fill
And the flag of freedom might be flyin' low
But you can bet it's flyin' still

I boarded this big airplane
Headed for L.A.
A million dreams in my head
I'm gonna be somebody someday
I never could have imagined
In my worst nightmare
Makin' my peace with Jesus
Twelve hundred feet in the air

Superman where are you tonight
Are you really retired
Metropolis came down today
And Capital City's on fire
The Devil's laughin' in the pit of Hell
He never gets his fill
And the flag of freedom might be flyin' low
But you can bet it's flyin' still

One of this city's finest
Well, I don't know what that means
I'm just doin' my job
Tryin' to make ends meet
I've never seen anything like this
And I'm almost fifty-three
I look up in disbelief
As the sky falls down on me

Superman where are you tonight
Are you really retired
Metropolis came down today
And Capital City's on fire
The Devil's laughin' in the pit of Hell
He never gets his fill
And the flag of freedom might be flyin' low
But you can bet it's flyin' still

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Posted By: summeoyo Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 03:13 AM
This lyric is: #495

Summeoyo THE MEAT PACKER'S SONG
(C) 2002

I went out on a Saturday Night
to a place at the edge of town.
I was up for a real good time.
I had plans of getting down.
When I got there, I saw some of my friends-
there was Patty, Neil, and Fred.
I heard a guy make an observation
that I can't get out of my head:

There's more fun in stuffing the sausage
than grinding the meat. (Chorus)
Grinding is only a start.
But when you stuff, the job's complete.
They say that close to the bone
the meat is sweet.
There's more fun in stuffing the sausage
than grinding the meat.

On the dance floor, there were many couples
doing the pelvic thrust.
What he said, although quite graphic,
were words said in disgust.
He'd rather do the deed at home -
at least somewhere in privacy.
Foreplay done in a public place
really has no dignity.

Chorus

I must say before I'm done
so the story is complete.
I found out that the guy I heard
had a job of packing meat.
He was talking 'bout his fav'rite job.
By my thoughts, I was misled.
So right now I apologize,
'cause I twisted what he said.

Chorus

Talk about getting it wrong.




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Posted By: Dr. Earl Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 03:14 AM
This lyric is: #496

You Kill Me
© 1998 Rachel A. Owen

It was cold when I left Cincinnati
It was warm when I needed you there
And if you’ve looked for me all is forgiven
If you haven’t I do not really care

You look seasoned in that salt and pepper hair
I think I could eat you up
If I tasted your wildlife
I’d never get enough

And the fat part of your lip
Right there in the middle
Makes me think that I could slip again

If you’re gonna go crazy
You better do it right
If you’re gonna shoot the moon
Blow it out of the sky
Cause you thrill me
You kill sometimes

You smiled at me and called me sweetheart
It’s good to see a dear old friend
A symbol of our sweet forgiveness
An invitation to begin again

I’ve half a mind to up and run away
I have half a brain for staying
Some people move on for what it’s worth
I guess we’re two of those that can’t

And I hate to jump the gun
But if we lived for the moment
This would have to be the one

If you’re gonna go crazy
You better do it right
If you’re gonna shoot the moon
Blow it out of the sky
Cause you thrill me
You kill sometimes


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Posted By: kenoramma Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 03:27 AM
This lyric is: #497

TOUCH

Another lonely boy
You’re wondering what’s the problem, what to do
Another case of nerves
It’s one more dance
You’re trying to break through
You scan a sea of faces, search for recognition, just see gray
A crowded room and you’re alone you can’t believe it’s still this way

But there’s someone over there
She’s standing by the drinking fountain
Looking for a chair
She’s dying for some company and touch

She’s dressed in borrowed clothes, she took three hours deciding what to wear
She knows her hair’s screwed up, but that’s expected, one more cross to bear
And as you watch her there’s no way you think she’d want to know your name
So there she stands, without a sign, wishing she understood this game

But she’s someone you could know
There are things that you could talk about
If you just let it show
That there’s one thing you can’t do without and that’s touch

You’re walking home alone
Your mind’s messed up, your body doesn’t care
You climb up to a view, a place to think. You think.
And you despair

So love and hope have left you
Carry on for laughs, for spite, for style
And if you’re standing on the edge of something stay a little while
A little while

‘Cause there’s someone you could know
Who could lift a dream from your disaster
Throw what you must throw
Then you run back to some people who need
Someone you could know
There are things that you could talk about
If you just let it show
That there’s one thing you can’t do without and that’s touch.

copyright 1983 by Ken Dormer

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Posted By: Denise B Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 04:12 AM
This lyric is: #498

Let Our Flags Fly Free (Denise B, ASCAP member)

Verse 1:

Driving down the highway,
I saw our nation’s flag;
Waving in the breeze, it flew,
behind it sky so blue.
I closed my eyes and took a breath
of air so clean and pure,
Grateful fortune smiled on us
with freedom we hold dear.

Life and liberty, pursuing all our dreams,
Our flag, the symbol of this land,
How much it really means!
The statue of Liberty,
the White House and our legacy-
The freedoms we possess
and plan to keep.

Chorus:

Let Freedom ring!
Let our flags fly free!
Free as the eagle soars,
as we were meant to be!
Liberty, sweet freedom,
in the stars and stripes we see.
Let freedom ring!
Let our flags fly free!

Verse 2:

We rise up in the morning;
We choose to work or play.
We hear the birds sing from the trees,
as we go about our day.
They sing like music to our ears;
We watch them fly above.
So glad for freedom and our peace,
and to smile at those we love.

The youngest boy or girl,
and the oldest here today
Salute our flag of freedom,
as we wipe our tears away.
For the heroes and the heroines
whose courage was so strong.
Bravely giving up their lives,
so we can sing this song.

(Chorus)

(Repeat Chorus after keychange)

Tag:

Let Freedom Ring, Let our flags fly free!

Copyright 2002, Denise Boettcher
Piano Line Productions, Inc.
All rights reserved.
www.deniseb.net


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Posted By: Bill Maier Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 06:13 AM
This lyric is: #499

Remind Me To Forget You
(Bill Maier) copyright 2002

I took down our pictures
Smashed the frames in the hall
Cut you out with scissors
And then I hung em right back on the wall

To remind me to forget you
From that first sweet kiss
To the bitter end
Remind me not to let you
Get the chance to break my heart again

I tie strings around my fingers
And leave sticky notes on all the doors
Still your memory lingers
Cause I can't remember not to think of you no more

Remind me to forget you
From that first sweet kiss
To the bitter end
Remind me not to let you
Get the chance to break my heart again

I hope that you don't mind
This message on your phone
I wish you would call
And tell me to leave you alone

Remind me to forget you
From that first sweet kiss
To the bitter end
Remind me not to let you
Get the chance to break my heart again

Remind me to forget you
Gonna close my eyes and count to ten
And pretend I never met you
No you're never gonna get the chance to break my heart again



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Posted By: sharon19 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 07:12 AM
This lyric is: #500

'Are You Happy Now'
Music and lyrics by Sharon Bagozzi
(c) 2002 Sharon Bagozzi

Guess you thought you'd play with me
Try to have your way with me
I played right into your hand
Thought that I belonged

Was it all a game for you?
Did you plan to be untrue?
Thought you were the man I loved
Guess that I was wrong

Chorus:
Are you happy now?
Now that I'm in pieces on the floor
Are you happy now?
Is this what you wanted?
Bringing back familiar pain
What do you feel you have gained?
I just wanna know
Are you happy now?

Will you ever think of me?
Miss the way we used to be?
Will the choice that you have made
Be one you can live with?

Chorus:
Are you happy now?
Throwing all our dreams away?
Are you happy now?
Is this what you wanted?
Wiping me out of your life
Making someone else your wife
I just wanna know
Are you happy now?

I just need to know
Are you happy now?

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Posted By: truestory Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 07:44 AM
This lyric is: #501

DADDY/NAMESAKE

VERSE#1

I used to daydream that you were not dead

Just hiding from the mob in a government program

You would watch me sometimes from your car in my yard

Wearing one of those faces that protect the innocent

CHORUS

That was long ago but I still remember
I missed my Daddy
That was long ago but I still remember
I never saw your face

VERSE#2

No one talked about you way back when

Told me what kind of man you were or what you would say

I wonder now were they afraid of the truth

or

Much too much consumed in their pain

So you were what you were in my mind

When the hell outside was happening to my body

You were what you were in my mind

When the hell outside was happeining to my body

Tell me please, would you have been the same, if only I knew?

VERSE#3

I'm all grown up the wounds have all healed

None you left deliberatly

Forgiveness wrapped it's arms around my heart

The tentacles of love, they reach from there

But I'm still the daughter of the man...who never lived...for me

I'm still the daughter of the man...who never lived...for me

Still I wear your name proud

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Posted By: Jeffrey Noel Schultz Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 08:30 AM
This lyric is: #502

Living In The Light
Copyright 2000 by Jeffrey Noel Schultz

Chorus: Living in the light,
Don't you know that my spirit
is in flight,
Things will be alright,
Just as long as I keep living in
the light.

Verse 1: Started on a trip a long time ago,
That really gave peace to me.
Learned how to talk to my higher
mind.
Found out how to be free.
Since traveling down this road
and looking within,
I've had many insights.
Have chased away many dark clouds,
Now I'm living in the light.

Chorus

Verse 2: Since stepping on the path,
I've become aware,
There are many ways to feel good.
And realizing what was true for me
It was the first time it was
Understood
That being here now is the way to
live to stop feeling so uptight.
I finially know what it means
to be, living in the light.

Chorus

Verse 3: There are those who believe that
My head's in the clouds,
They say he's dreaming his life
away,
They don't realize this boy's just
doing what he needs,
to keep his blues at bay.
The inner truth of my very soul,
I welcome with all my might.
I'm creating my own reality,
'cause I'm living in the light.

Chorus

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Posted By: paulwagner Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 10:02 AM
This lyric is: #503

"I, TOO" ©Copyright Kim Dorell 2002

How love blossoms at the first
petals tall and firm
The singing of the angels
the turning of the worm -
you who'd wandered fatherless
home to broken home
cried out -- cried out --
so I guess I should have known

I, TOO would become the one you'd crave --
the elemental father; the jewel within the cave
I, TOO would become your brilliant dawn;
the one without whom you were sure
you never could go on;
deliverer of
all that once had
gone

Love, the archeologist
digs through every vein;
through the certain surface
and down into the pain -
mem'ries buried long ago
facing blinding skies
strike out -- strike out --
so I guess it's no surprise

I, TOO would become your enemy,
would assume the form of demon
in your dark cosmology
I, TOO would become that dreaded sight
from the deepest of your nightmares
in the darkest of your night;
in that place that we still
hold our mothers
tight

Of all desires that are born
and all that cease to be
none has quite the power
of the desire not to see -
not to see the rose's thorn;
the tiny drop of red
spread out -- spread out --
guess I could have seen ahead;

I, TOO would become a figure past
another one with whom you'd tried
but it somehow wouldn't last;
I, TOO would become a dull defeat
in that heavy chest
of bitterness
that you drag down every street,
inside which our
souls agreed to
meet;
I, TOO
have those ways that I repeat.......

(Thank you for reading!)


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Posted By: countrylovin Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 10:02 AM
This lyric is: #504

Copyright 2002© Mikki Jo Howard (ASCAP) All Rights Reserved

I JUST WANNA MAKE YOU DANCE

I hopped in my ol' chevrolet truck
And took off down the road
With a quarter tank 'a gas
A bag o' nuts and a bottle 'a cherry coke
The radios singin a redneck tune
And I acted like I was George
My baseball cap became a Stetson Hat
And my tennis shoes snake skin boots

CHORUS: All I wanna do is play a few tunes
Sing a song that'll paint a smile
A laugh a tear or a dance or two
And be a star for a little while
I just wanna make my world dance
I wanna hear them singin my song
If the good Lord'll give me half a chance
I just wanna make you dance

I've been savin' my spare change
In a chipped blue mason jar
I've been payin' on my ol' lay away
A one owner Gibson Guitar
Me and my Gibson walk out on stage
And my fans stand to their feet
Singing along and clappin' in sync
They begin dancin' to the beat

(Repeat Chorus)


My faithful fans made me so proud
As they danced on our front porch swing
My wife and Billy and Callie Sue
Made me feel like the Country King
I bowed as they applauded
I thanked God for the chance
Thankful for His blessings
I'd made my whole world dance

(Repeat Chorus)


By: Mikki Jo Howard
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Homegrown Country

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Posted By: 9ne Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 11:10 AM
This lyric is: #505

Thanks For Reading!


All Aboard For Mars

I remember mama's man of a certain charm
Set me on his shoulders,saying all aboard for Mars
His legs would start to shaking, as lift-off saw me breaking
Through the atmosphere
Was a summer lover from on the beach boardwalk
Took me out for fishing and to "learn" me with his talks
He'd never be my daddy but he was so good at it
Summer last a year
All aboard for Mars, lift-offs very near
We've started up the countdown so soon we're out of here
Astronauts, life-like robots, courageous musketeers
Pirate ships and hieroglyphs each summer would appear
Mama never told me I didn't know he died
Then one day I found it-an old cemetary guide
I knew that I'd be going, a need in me for knowing
Soon to see his grave
So it was off I went, an old guide with her mark
To lead me through my life, like any walk in the park
I brushed off the moss to see
It was then that I saw we
Shared the same last name
All aboard for Mars..lift-offs very near
We've started up the countdown
So soon we're out of here
Life's like that, too hard to grasp
It's ended all too soon
With a wink I like to think
Dad's face is on the moon

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Posted By: Pramod Ninan Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 11:55 AM
This lyric is: #506

Come Down to Earth
(c) 2000 Pramod Ninan

I lived life like a dreamer building highways to the sky,
I thrived in drawing blueprints of my castles in the air,
I visioned the impossible, believed that I could fly,
But when I groped toward the forms, the substance wasn’t there.
My aims, my goals, ambitions, dreams, I found were all in vain,
The castles up above were floating on a fickle breeze.
The higher were the dreams I dreamt, the greater was the pain,
Why didn’t I sooner turn my ears to earnest angels’ pleas?


“Come down to earth!” the sea of voices cried out as I groped,
“You’re only going to burn yourself the more that you expect.
“Don’t stretch your eager arms towards the stakes you haven’t roped.
“Come down to earth, it isn’t yet too late
to resurrect.”


I passed another phase in life I never would forget,
In part arising from the dreams I’d set before my eyes;
A run of never-ending failure, sorrow and regret,
Climaxing in the thoughts of what would happen when one dies.
God promised us we won’t be asked to take what we could not.
It seemed like this had slipped His mind with reference to my case.
But just before I took the step of giving up my lot,
The mirage of the mountains died and molehills took their place.


“Come down to earth!” The voices rent the veil before my eyes.
“The waters aren’t so deep that it’s impossible to swim.
“The storm is destined to subside and you will realise-
“Come down to earth! – it isn’t yet too late
to turn to Him.”


I grew up with a confidence that follows from success,
My youth was flanked by vain and foolish praises in my ear.
I put my hand to everything and fortunes were no less.
The confidence grew surfeit leaving not a trace of fear.
My luck had swept my feet away, I sat upon a cloud,
I lost all trust in everyone except myself alone,
But just as I was dreaming that the world to me had bowed
The shouts of warning shook me up, I saw the clouds had gone.


“Come down to earth!” Once more I saw the truth of where I was.
“Why do you get so carried off by what is given you?
“If not for your Creator you’d be nothing more than flaws.
“Come down to earth! It isn’t yet too late
to change your view.”


Bridge:

Why get distracted? Why get lost?
Come down to earth! Come down to earth!
Of shallow dreams you make the most!
Come down to earth! Come down to earth!
Why call the mist ‘finality’?
Come down to earth! Come down to earth!
Bow down to stark reality!
Come down to earth! Come down to earth!
Imaginations lead to lies.
Come down to earth! Come down to earth!
The time has come to rationalise.
Come down to earth! Come down to earth!
Opinions seldom are unflawed.
Come down to earth! Come down to earth!
Just leave the judgements to the Lord!
To the Lord…


So often have I wished that I could break free from this dust,
Put on a pair of wings and soar in rapture to the skies,
To leave behind the cares that grew upon me like a rust
And let my body and my mind to heaven’s state arise.
‘I would I were not part’ I said, considering the earth,
I needed less of earth and more of heaven deep within,
Then revelation struck, it struck in phase with second birth-
I did not need to move a step to let the heaven in!


“Come down to earth!” The whisper of the silent voice echoed.
“Don’t waste your time in fruitless search for heaven everywhere.
“It’s right here, now, with Me, that tastes of Paradise are stored!
“Come down to earth! – and taste in truth what life
is like up there!”

Final Chorus:

Come down to earth! Like good old earth there’s not another place.
Forget the elsewheres, start to live the joy of what is real.
The clouds and mists will vanish if you just unveil your face.
Come down to earth! There’s even a taste of heaven
in the deal!






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Posted By: Brooks Allen Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 12:26 PM
This lyric is: #507

Sometimes My Imagination Wins
copyright 2001 Brooks Allen

“The good seed and the bad seed get watered just the same.
One grows into poison; one into medicine.
One kills you with a touch; the other can save your life.
The rain falls and covers the land, flows down the river and out to the seven seas.”
Says the man of the cloth on TV.
Well-meaning words are meaningless to me.
Words that cheer for both sides and I’m on neither team.
I shut my ears, and close my eyes, and look down deep within.
I see good and the fruit it bears. I see the rest for what it is.
I feel the rain falling from the sky and I know that it waters me.
Yes, sometimes my imagination wins.

“Let’s fight for this minor charged with murder in the first degree.
He’s too young for prison, and let’s stop the death penalty.
And to the family of the victim, we are sad for you.
Things happen for a reason. Have faith, be strong, and accept your destiny.”
Says the student at the courthouse rally.
Well-meaning words are meaningless to me.
Words that cheer for both sides and I’m on neither team.
I shut my ears, and close my eyes, and look down deep within.
I look over a peaceful land and the rally that I see.
Are people seeking justice for victims and their families.
Yes, sometimes my imagination wins.

“You must learn how to grieve; let him go once and for all.
His killer’s freedom you won’t accept. You live in denial.
You are angry. You feel cheated. Closure is what you need.
You have wasted many years living for the day when they bring your brother’s case to trial.”
Says the twenty-something therapist to me.
Well-meaning words are meaningless to me.
Words that cheer for both sides and I’m on neither team.
I shut my ears, and close my eyes, and look down deep within.
And I look out of my window and I see what I want to see.
Little brother walking up the front yard, coming back home again.
Yes, sometimes my imagination wins.
Yes, sometimes my imagination wins.



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Posted By: Naila786 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 12:31 PM
This lyric is: #508

LET ME DWELL IN ETERNITY TODAY

by Claudia Naila Schulte
(c) 2001

(Anyone know how to reach Emmy Lou Harris? I think she'd like it!)


It’s another precious morning, another rainbow dawn
There’s a peaceful song arising -- let me keep that music strong
May there be no creeping shadows, in your Light please let me stay
Let me dwell in Eternity today.

(Chorus 1)
Give me strength in my footsteps, give me wisdom in my words
Give me kindness and love in all I say
Oh, keep me from the dangers of the mind that knows no Light
Let me dwell in Eternity today.

Now I know there’ll be times when the pain will get too strong
And that fire will burn me to the bone
And when I cry out for mercy and the strength to see me through
Hold me close, let me know I’m not alone.

(Chorus 2)
Give me solace, give me comfort, give me hope and give me joy
May I choose to give thanks for every idol you destroy
And if you should see me crying, remind me there’s another way
May I dwell in Eternity today.

And when I’m looking for that someone to be a partner on the road
A friend for the journey of my soul
Won’t you keep my eyes wide open, let your light protect my heart
Keep me here, keep my clear, and keep me whole.

(Chorus 3)
Give me peace from my desires, give me peace from all I crave
Let your Light be all I hope for come what may
Let my longing be only for the Peace that frees my soul
Let me dwell in Eternity today.

Oh, may I keep remembering you with a prayer that never ends
With every step, every breath along the way
May each hour of the day be a time I choose to pray
May I dwell in Eternity today.

(repeat Chorus 1)
Give me strength in my footsteps, give me wisdom in my words
Give me kindness and love in all I say
Oh, keep me from the dangers of the mind that knows no Light
Let me dwell in Eternity today.

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Posted By: tonyleejohnson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 01:49 PM
This lyric is: #509

NOT FORGOTTEN
V1
Rainy days remind me of your laughter
Blue skies remind me of your smile
I'll always think of you when it's raining
I could always feel the sunshine in your eyes
I just wish we'd had a chance to say goodbye

v2
I wish I could have known that you were leaving
I'd trade all my tommorrows for yesterdays
I don't think an hour's gone by that I haven't tried to reason why
and a picture on the wall can make me cry
Because we never had a chance to say goodbye
c
Now you're gone but not forgotten
You still live on inside of me
You've moved on to higher cotton
But in my heart is where you'll always be

v3
It seems like yesterday that you were with me
I think about you every single day
I'll keep you in my heart until I meet you
We'll laugh until the sushine fills your eyes
In a big enchanted castle in the sky
c
Now you're gone but not forgotten
You still live on inside of me
You've moved on to higher cotton
But in my heart is where you'll always be
in my heart is where you'll always be

copyright Tony Lee Johnson 2001


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Posted By: Kay-lynn Carew Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 02:33 PM
This lyric is: #510

BARBIE

I gave them up when I was 10
but I can still remember when
just to get away from all the noise
we'd lock our bedroom door for hours
pretend we were toys

CHORUS

If I be Barbie, will you be Ken
we'll have lots of parties
invite all our friends
we'll never have to say goodnight
and we won't fight like them
if I be Barbie, will you be Ken
let's pretend

We'll never have to worry
'bout paying bills or rent
wonder where the time goes
or where the money went
we'll decorate our dream house
and never disagree
dance in the lamplight
sit down to tea

CHORUS

I'll never have to worry
'bout when you're comin home
sit up watching TV
and listenin for the phone
we'll only play the games we like
the kind where we both win
you can hold the door for her
she'll always come in

CHORUS

We'll never have to worry
'bout what the other said
remember to say "sorry"
before we go to bed
we'll jump into my corvette
and drive around the room
walk me to the closet door
kiss under the moon

If I be Barbie, will you be Ken
let's pretend

copyright Kay-lynn Carew

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Posted By: johnniezart Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 02:34 PM
This lyric is: #511

re; lyrics 2002

'Rivulets run to the sea'

by johnniezart

don't be too sad
at funerals in the rain
when they are gone, they are gone.
it could be more than it seems;
after all, it's raining.

after all it's raining in space
after all it's raining in time
and after all, the rain is free
and after all, the rivulets flow to the sea

where they become the rocks
and the fish and trees
and then evaporate into steam
when the volcanoes flow
and the big comets glow
takes us all on another ride
twirling star stuff on the other side

so don't be too sad
at funerals in the rain
it may be more than it seems
after all it's raining in space
after all it's raining in time
and after all, the rivulets run to the sea.

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Posted By: Pamela827 Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 03:51 PM
This lyric is: #512

"Sunday Girl"
by Pamela Vincent c1981
(Country-humor)


The phone rings and I try
to shake the cobwebs from my head
It's you on the line
asking if I'm still in bed
I try to explain
knowing it's just a waste of time
He doesn't understand
that Sunday's all mine...

(chorus)
Cuz,
I'm just your Sunday girl
with my little Sunday smile
we get dressed in our Sunday best
and you take me out cruising
in your Sunday car.

Well I don't know, (don't know, don't know)
if it's worth it for just one day a week
cuz Sunday baby is my day
to stay in bed and sleep.

Why don't you come to me
with your Sunday style
on Thursday or maybe Friday
we could go out and have a real good time
(I'm sure)
I'll switch with another girl
for any other day of the week
but, it's "always" Sunday
and honey that's my day to stay in bed
and sleep.

(chorus)
But, I'm just your Sunday girl
with my little Sunday smile
we get dressed in our Sunday best
and you take me out driving
in your Sunday car.
Well I don't know (don't know, don't know)
if it's worth it for just one day a week
Don't-need-you Sun-Day (bae, bae)
Cuz honey that's my day to stay in bed
and Sleep!

(fade out)
I'm just your Sunday girl, I'm just your...

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Posted By: momster Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 04:20 PM
This lyric is: #513

IF ONLY I’D KNOWN
© 2002
music and lyrics by Elaine Williams


If I had known I wouldn’t be seeing you anymore;
If I had known it’d be the last time you’d be walking out the door,
I would have said how much I love you,
Let you know how much I’d miss you.
I would have held you close; I’d never want to let you go.
Oh, but I didn’t know.

If I had known we’d have no tomorrow,
I’d have said I’m sorry for all your sorrow.
We’ve had some rough times, I know I’ve hurt you so.
I would have said how much I love you,
Let you know how much I’d miss you.
I would have held you close; I’d never want to let you go.
Oh, but I didn’t know.

If I had known it’d be our last chance,
I’d have asked you for one last dance.
I would have held you in my arms the whole night through.
I would have shown you how much I love you,
Let you know how much I’d miss you.
I would have held you so close you’d never want to let me go,
Oh, but I didn’t know .

(bridge)

Tell your friends, tell all your loved ones,
Tell your wife or tell your husband,
Let your children know the feelings in your heart.
Show them how much you love them,
Let them know how much you’d miss them.
Hold them close so there’s no regret if they should go,
Oh, ‘cause you never know.

If I had known there’d be no tomorrow,
Oh, but I didn’t know.


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EBW

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Posted By: Shanny Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 06:04 PM
This lyric is: #514

Turn These Tides
Mary K. Shanahan & Renee French
copyright 2002

The tides will turn if we beleive
That we'll pass through this stormy sea
When currents change, the moon descends
This pain will end

TURN ME AROUND I WON'T TURN AWAY
OR STAND HERE WONDERING WHAT WE SHOULD SAY
TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT
WE CAN TURN THESE TIDES

Broken shells regrets and more
Have turned up on these shores before
The evidence of troubled times
We survived

TURN ME AROUND I WON'T TURN AWAY
OR STAND HERE WONDERING WHAT WE SHOULD SAY
TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT
WE CAN TURN THESE TIDES

We'll find our way somehow
Be my friend
My lover
My forever right now

TURN ME AROUND I WON'T TURN AWAY
OR STAND HERE WONDERING WHAT WE SHOULD SAY
TAKE ME IN YOUR ARMS TONIGHT
WE CAN TURN THESE TIDES



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Posted By: Terry G Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 06:48 PM
This lyric is: #515

© 2002 Terry C. Graham

ALL AHEAD ONE HALF

Verse 1

The neighbours, are callin' us up
They want to shut us down
We just get rollin'
The curfew comes 'round;
When it gets too late. . . to celebrate
We finally locate. . . that sound. .

Refrain:

Isn't it always, the way it runs
Move ahead two spaces
And go back one. . .

Isn't it always, the way it runs
Move ahead two spaces
And. . . go. . . back. . . one.

Verse 2

We could work harder
At playin' it straight
Take the time
To trust that state;
A spirit in need. . . but a body weak
We cast our seed. . . on stony ground. . .

Repeat Refrain

Bridge:

We could make it happen
In the early morn
Less chance we'd be chokin'
In the smoke from the joker's horn;
We'll see it through
Be forewarned
We'll be as alive as when we're born. . .
We'll be as alive as when we're born.

Verse 3:

Enthusiasm comes
A little too late for some
When we haven't got the strength
To get up off our thumbs;
By the time we've had. . . all we wanted to take
We're not able to make. . . for higher ground. .

Repeat Refrain
Ending is a slow-down of:
"And . . go. . .back. . .one."

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Posted By: corland Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 07:32 PM
This lyric is: #516

RUPHIES

Tryin' to find a reason for where I been
Tryin to find an explanation for who I am
Don't know, don't remember, lost track of time,
Don't recall, I couldn't tell you, nevermind

Money's all gone, clothes are gone too
Don't know where I been or what the hell I been through
Confusion takes places, it straps itself in,
Panic takes hold of me, it practically moves in

CHORUS
Who--its taken over me
Who--its completely controlled me
Who--Can't get around it
Who--I'm surrounded by it

Do you know where I been these last few years,
Can you see my deepest fears
That I won't know, won't remember, lost track of time,
Won't recall, I couldn't tell you, nevermind

Nevermind, Nevermind

CHORUS


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Posted By: SexyRexy Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 07:36 PM
This lyric is: #517

YOU’RE GETTING WARMER--(FEMALE vocal) c2002, Rex Poindexter

You started out so cool
I wasn’t sure you’d ever find the way
But after one or two false moves
You started learning the game
Every woman is a mystery
But you’re unlocking the secrets I keep-- yea--

You’re getting warmer
Ooh, you’re getting warmer
You’re getting close to my heart
Reach out and touch me
Say the magic words and
We’ll let the fire start

I like the way you listen
When you ask me ‘Babe, how was your day?’
You’re like the sunlight through the clouds
After a cool summer rain
I wasn’t planning on making a sound
But you got me loving out loud-- ohh--

(repeat first chorus)

Yes-- that’s the way to love me
Yes-- you've been learning how
Yes-- this is how it must be
No baby, no baby-- don’t stop now--

(repeat first chorus, then continue into--)

You’re getting warmer
Ooh, you’re getting warmer
So I can give you a hint
If you’re looking for
The door to paradise
It starts here with a kiss.



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Posted By: gg Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 09:08 PM
This lyric is: #518

CORPSE ON THE PILLOW
by GG HILL, copyright 2000

Cat, she leaves a corpse on the pillow
For the person she must please to survive
One small bird or perfect mouse on the pillow
A live one she captured
And carefully tortured
And killed for a special
Surprise

Me, I used to be the lucky fellow
She would bring her special gifts and secrets to
Back when I, I was the guy with the pillow
Cat's wicked tongue brought me
Her cruel, funny mockeries
Of everyone
She knew

Don't know whether to laugh or cry
Is the joke on Cat or me
Don't know whether to laugh or cry
Is it joke or tragedy
Don't know whether to laugh or cry
Don't know whether to laugh and laugh and laugh
Don't know whether to
Laugh or cry

Then I learned the fear they once felt
That small bird, that tender mouse on my bed
To be carried in Cat's mouth to someone else
A shrink, some new lover,
The ghost of her mother,
Or some other voice
In her head

Don't know whether they laugh or cry
Is the joke on Cat or me
Don't know whether to laugh or cry
Is it joke or tragedy
Don't know whether to laugh or cry
Don't know whether to laugh and laugh and laugh
Don't know whether to
Laugh or cry

You can tell when she's loving you
By the look in Cat's eyes
You can tell when she's loving you
There's a look in Cat's eyes
You can tell when she's loving you
You can tell when she loving, lov-, in love
And you can can tell when she's --
Look in Cat's eyes

Cat, she was afraid of the pillow
Though it took me far too long to realize
When she came it was her act of submission
I tried but I could not
Convince her my bed's not
An altar of blood
Sacrifice

Cat, she leaves a corpse on the pillow

GG HILL copyright 2000

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Posted By: pmcinc Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 09:16 PM
This lyric is: #519

LOVE’S LESSON LEARNED
by Bob Leggett

When I was young, I thought I knew it all
I wouldn’t listen that I was headed for a fall
Until that day, when you came into my life
And the next thing that I knew, I had made you my wife

CHORUS
It was just a love’s lesson learned
I never saw it coming, ‘til the day that I was burned
Loving you was hard, but afterwards it turned
Into a Love’s Lesson Learned.

We started off with children, nine months down the road
I’d never have imagined, how they added to the load
But the things my children taught me, in their own special way
Were ultimately priceless, and I’m thankful for the day

CHORUS
It was just a love’s lesson learned
I found it through the places, where my heart made me yearn
I never saw it coming, never thought that it would turn
Into a Love’s Lesson Learned

Love slowly turned to hatred , and my life turned to hell
How can you be so taken, by someone you once knew well
But looking back I’m finding, despite the agony I knew
The fact that I needed this, for with my pain, I grew

BRIDGE
Life gives us many chances to learn its lessons well
We can either learn them, and make it worth the hell
Or we can be hard-headed, and do the same old thing
That didn’t work out for us, and miss just what life brings

CHORUS
They are just love’s lessons learned
You’ll find them when you’re happy, and even when you’re burned
The fact is we’re all students, so let your hurts be turned
Into a love’s lesson learned.

Written: October 29, 2001

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Posted By: thetorchsinger Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 09:19 PM
This lyric is: #520

All That's Left Of A Livin' Man

All that's left is a cold gray stone
Markin' the man in his grave
I never laid my eyes on him
But every day I carry his name

Don't know much about the man
'Cept what I've heard from my Dad
I've heard he was a hard-drinkin' man
A logger of cold-hearted timberland

A snapshot framed on a bedroom wall
There he stood as a young man
Turn of the century immigrant
A cog in the wheel of a foreign land

If his lonely grave could talk to me
If it's lonely soul could walk with me
What would he say if he could?
What could I say if he would?

I get the blues from time to time
Thinkin' 'bout that grave in a lonely land
A cold gray stone in a crossroad's plot
All that's left of a livin' man


Copyright August, 2002
Joey Nigro-Nilsen

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Visit us at www.joeyandjohn.com

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Posted By: Debra Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 09:19 PM
This lyric is: #521

C.2002 Deborah Wellings

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS

Inside there is a woman
cryin in the dark
tryin to be strong although
her soul's been torn apart
Beyond the walls there are children
battered by big hands
beaten by those that should
teach them how to stand

In the bed there's a little girl
lying all alone
hiding from that dreaded touch
and the horror she's been shown
down the hall is a little boy
shivering from fear
searching for his innocence
blinded by his tears

Pre-Chorus

In this world we live in
we never see the unforgiven

Chorus

Behind closed doors
the hurt remains unseen
the pain and the suffering
will not disappear
despair so often disguised
by secrecy and shame
the silence hides the screaming
and blankets out the pain
the tears flow to the ground
and lay still like the rain
they lay among the shadows
Behind closed doors is where they remain

Outside there is a young man
walkin in the streets
chasing down the dollar bills
searchin for food to eat
Down the block is a young boy
standin on the curb
staggerin with glassy eyes
tryin to be heard

Outside are all the others
abandoned by the rest
trying to be normal
drowning in loneliness
Alone they sit and wonder
why were they born gay
denying who they really are
so lost along the way

In this world we live in
we never see the unforgiven

Chorus

Bridge

Can we see the eagle fly above
can we hold out our hands with love
can we find the island in the storm
can we make sure someone else is warm
can we see beyond what appears to be
so many living quietly
can we search high above the walls
and share the light that shines on us all

End Chorus

Behind Closed Doors
the hurt remains unseen
the pain and the suffering
need to be revealed
despair should not be disguised
by secrecy and shame
the silence hides the screaming
and blankets out the pain
the tears flow to the ground
and lay still like the rain
they lay among the shadows
Behind closed doors is where they remain



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Posted By: D. Mark Edmondson Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 10:03 PM
This lyric is: #522

Losing Powell (Storm on the Wind)
by D. Mark Edmondson
Copyright 2001


There's a storm on the wind.
Is it bringing trouble?
Will it wash away our sins?

There's a storm blowin' in.
I don't know where it ends
or where it begins.

The dam's about to break.
Hear the river rising.
Feel the earth begin to shake.

Now it's pouring down rain,
I wander to the river,
look up into the rain,
my body starts to shiver.
All I know
is that this feeling comes and goes
and the river flows.

Now the storm is gone.
I'm feeling better
and I feel it won't be long...

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Posted By: Gary Dean Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 10:39 PM
This lyric is: #523

LONELY HEARTS LOVE MISERY
Words (& Music) by Gary Dean - (c) 2002

I was down in New Orleans
old New Orleans town
Feelin like I'd had my neck wrung
from my head on down
Then she came a-walkin
She came a-talkin up to me
I knew that she was trouble
but LONELY HEARTS LOVE MISERY

We were both kinda dangerous
a little dangerous once
Lovin all the losin types
till we'd both had too much
One thing about trouble
Raises all the possibilities
You end up payin double
but LONELY HEARTS LOVE MISERY

She wasn't doin no dance
No hard-to-get stance
Holdin center floor
Lookin so fine
Didn't deserve some old line
I'd used before

It was then she took me
took me by the hand
Not lookin for attention
but she knew I'd understand
One thing I'm sure of
Someone knows what's gonna be
I'd have to do some guessin
but LONELY HEARTS LOVE MISERY

I was seein trouble
far as I could see
Trouble was that curious
had got the best of me
Sometimes all fate leaves you
is a little bit o' dignity
I caught myself off guard
but LONELY HEARTS LOVE MISERY

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Wordman

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Posted By: dave smith Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 08/31/02 11:47 PM
This lyric is: #524

The Fool
by Dave Smith
Copyright 2002

All my pick-up lines are tied-up in knots
the jukebox is playin' forget-me-nots
nothin' here moves me, you still stand in my way
it's gettin' harder and harder to get through the day

You promised me heaven, I'd settle for hell
how many others have fallen under your spell
the word around town is I was one of a crowd
whose hearts have been shattered whose souls cry out loud

Bridge:
The traits of a fool, yeah I've got 'em all
they all seem to surface at your beck & call
so I guess I'll go crawlin' back into the night
go runnin' with the shadows away from the light

You'd think by now I would've called it quits
moved on with my life but here I sit
like the fool-of-all-fools who hasn't a clue
about what I want or what next I should do

I know in the end I'll sing a sad song
but like a lovesick puppy I'll tag along
I know where we're goin', it's called Nowhere
it's miles from reality, this Fool lives there

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Posted By: macvitties Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 12:12 AM
This lyric is: #525

“Love Letter”
by Chris Mac Vittie 2002/BMI/MacVitties

Looking for words for a letter to write, looking up, down, to the left and the right
Got my dictionary just in case I need a little help in the spelling department.
Takes a little time to get into the flow, Pen to the paper and away we go,
I got the ink sliding and a lot riding on the empty space below.

I’ve got punctuation, like the exclamation, to tell you all about my situation.
But there nothing here for the pain in my heart, we’re so far apart.
I need a comma to add to the drama, I’ll list all the ways that I’ll love you if you wanna - Read em slow by candlelight, just thinking about it makes it hard to write.

Oh, no “How’s The Weather” here, got to get down to it.
I wanna tell you how I feel, I wanna say,

No voice on the telephone line could ever express this kind of emotion
I may be wasting my time. Until I can make you understand.
Here’s a love a letter, to hold in your hand.

Time to start new paragraph, wish I could think of something that would make you laugh.
But I’m no Shakespeare, I’m no Blake, I’m just a man with a heart that aches.

To find a way to fit my elation in between these little quotations
I speak the words, I like the way they sound but they look so funny when I write them down.

No adjectives, I’ve ever heard, no conjugation of any verb
– is ever gonna tell you the way I feel about you.
No metaphors, no similes, no nouns or words of imagery, could capture, this feeling of a love so true.

Now the sun is setting as the room get’s dark, So here’s where I’ll put the quotation mark.
I say “I love you simple, I love you sweet, just wanna kiss you from your head to your feet.
I’ll try to please you anyway I can – if you’ll be my woman, I will be your man.”

End point, I put the period down – read this to me when you come around.

No voice on the telephone line - could ever express this kind of emotion
I may be wasting my time. No voice on the telephone line - could ever express this kind of emotion
I may be wasting my time.

Until I can make you understand.
Here’s a love letter, to hold in you hand
Here’s a love letter to hold in you hand
Here’s a love letter, to hold in you hand


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Posted By: Don Denaburg Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 12:19 AM
This lyric is: #526

BEYOND BLUE

Maybe you’re feeling blue
maybe your dream has gotten somehow, so far away from you
it’s beyond view, beyond blue

Maybe you’re angry all the time
maybe it’s all that is keepin’ you from losing your mind
it’s not hard to do, beyond blue

Maybe you’re all by yourself
maybe you wonder how or why anyone else
would want to be with you, beyond blue

Hold on, don’t go
this hell may be all you know now
but down there you’ll find this too
I love and believe in you

Maybe you lay there at night
maybe you know that on the way to getting it right
you wasted your life, beyond blue

Maybe you think of the end
maybe you know you are a burden to your one true friend
you hate being you, beyond blue

Hold on, don’t go
this hell may be all you know now
but down there you’ll find this too
I love and believe in you


Maybe you’re afraid of the fall
but maybe falling is better than nothing at all
I’ll fall with you, beyond blue


© 1999, Don Denaburg


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Posted By: Erica Ellis Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 12:31 AM
This lyric is: #527

The Perfect Son
©2001. Erica Groshens

When Daddy left my mom and me
It hurt so much I couldn't even cry
But I'd hear Momma crying
As I lay in bed and tried to sleep each night
I never knew just why he left
Thought it must be something that I'd done
I know he never would have gone
If only I had been the perfect son

Momma had to work so hard
I never heard her laugh or saw her smile
I knew that she was lonely
Since Daddy'd packed his things and said goodbye
I tried to make her happy
To be the boy she'd want me to become
I knew that I could be enough
If only I could be the perfect son

Then one day Momma said she'd made a friend
And I noticed that she'd started smiling again
And when we met, I never would have dreamed
How much that man would someday mean to me

When he and Mom got married
He said I didn't have to call him Dad
But what else would I call
The greatest friend that I have ever had
Don't know how I got so lucky
When it comes to Dad's, he's the perfect one
And just the way I am
He thinks that I am the perfect son

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Posted By: couchgrouch Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 12:55 AM
This lyric is: #528

Some Of My Best Friends Are Songs

People will move...they'll pass on, look around one day they're gone
leaving you to make it on your own
folks told me it was risky, to be alone with whiskey
but I never had to drink alone

'cause some of my best friends are songs
some of my best friends are songs

though a man needs things near him, he must watch who he lets in
dogs will die, women run away
and I've long since discovered, after your dogs n lovers
have left old records still play

now some of my best friends are songs
some of my best friends are songs
they love me for better or worse
rich or poor, right or wrong
some of my best friends are songs

songs I wish would never end
that squeeze life from ev'ry minute
songs by long forgotten men
who learned the ground's the limit

midnight walk down rainy streets, no women...no one to meet
I duck in a dark saloon
though I've been feeling lonely, I quit drinking...I'm only
here for a Hank Williams tune

'cause some of my best friends are songs
some of my best friends are songs
they love me for better or worse
rich or poor, right or wrong

some of my best friends are songs
some of my best friends are songs

(c)2002 Robert George

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Posted By: Dusk Wilson-Weaver Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 02:15 AM
This lyric is: #529

We Spat Grape Hulls on the Hole
(by that old arbor pole)

Copyright 2001, Dusk Wilson-Weaver(BMI)


We spat grape hulls on the hole
By that old arbor pole
And we thought that stomachaches
From eatin' too much grapes
Was the worst that could happen at the most
But when that hull-plugged hole did bulge
Then blew off our grapey lid
Well, God forbid!
What had been hid
Made us call on the Heavenly Host...

CHORUS
For it was Yellow Jacket City
It was a town without pity
That sent out every resident in flight
What to chase us till we cried
What to sting us deaf and dumb
And to give us all one heart-stopping fright

So we took off 'cross the yard
One man, one boy, one dog
And we pumped our legs
Like Mark Twain's jumping frog
Yeah, we really hauled some ass
We were traveling first class
Till that swarm of bees
Caught us near the trees
In a horrible yellow fog

BRIDGE
We must have looked like homemade sin
We must have made one hellish din
As we flailed and hollered
"Jesus, help us please!"
For if you ever have been stung
By the awful likes of them
Then you must know
It's like a hammer blow
Then an aching, quaking quease

CHORUS

But the Good Lord smiled on us
At least the boy and me that is
'Cause every one of those
Yellow jackets flew
Right to the jet-black coat
Of our faithful, fleeing pooch
And they tried and tried
To nail his hide
Through that long, long hair he grew

So my boy and I we raced
To the coiled-up garden hose
And we turned it on
We let that water rip
And we damn near drowned our dog
Blasting off that yellow fog
But blast we did
And it's no lie, kid...
Back to that pole we took a hikin' trip

For it was Yellow Jacket City
And we gave that town no pity
That'd sent out every resident in flight
Yeah, we burned the whole thing down
Hey! we burned it underground
Then we ate and ate another ton o' grapes
Till the coming of the night
Oh, we ate and ate another ton o' grapes
Till the coming...of the night

(segue into chorus of early evening crickets)


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Posted By: Kaley Willow Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 02:33 AM
This lyric is: #530

Come September
Kaley Willow
C2002

Now..we..are..here
Touching tomorrow
We've tasted sorrow
And laughed away..all our fears
A curtain call
And darkness dances
As summer's chances
Fade into Fall

Chorus
But.....Come September, I'll remember
How the breeze blew through your hair
No golden splendor could compare
To such beauty sweet and rare
Come September, fiery embers
In my memory will live on
I'll see your tear-drop smile
Long after September's gone

Trees..lose..their..leaves
To Autumn meadows
Like them, I'll let go
And take the time..to grieve
One silent night
Or misty morning
Though you gave warning
We'll face goodbye

Chorus
But.....Come September, I'll remember
How the breeze blew through your hair
No golden splendor could compare
To such beauty sweet and rare
Come September, fiery embers
In my memory will live on
I'll see your tear-drop smile
Long after September's gone

I'll see your tear-drop smile
Long after September's gone



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Posted By: crzyashly Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 02:59 AM
This lyric is: #531

The Hollow
music and lyrics by C. Ashleigh Caldwell
All rights reserved..
Crazy Ash Prod. Copy 2002

(inspired by the Los Angeles club scene)

Confetti lights flicker down in gold and calm
A passing high, passing it into your palm
Behind the stall are three or four
Glasses crashing to the floor
You coat a shade of red
You stare into looking glass
Blackness thickens in your head
But this will pass
Uou know it will pass

You return to confetti lights
Now raining down in silver hue
Keeping time all skin and bones
In feathered trends and denim blue
This one says you’re beautiful
It hits you with a ghostly air
Deadly still you plead the truth
Grasping to his hollow stare
There is nothing there
Only hollow there

Chorus:
Behind the ropes a crowd awaits
The chosen passing through these gates
Behind the leather, leopard fluff
I call the hidden phantom’s bluff
So high, so low
So high, so low

One hit, Two hit
Red hit, Blue hit
So High, so Low

Showered in confetti bright
Now I have discovered you!
A tranzic path bathed in light
The darkest black comes splashing through
I curse your empty promise land!
I curse your beat that I obey!
I curse them all that led me here
Yet I return and here I stay
I return and I will stay

Chorus:
Behind the ropes a crowd awaits
The chosen passing through these gates
Behind the leather, leopard fluff
I call the hidden phantom’s bluff
So high, so low
So high, so low

One hit, Two hit
Red hit, Blue hit
So high, So low

Confetti lights flicker down
In gold and calm
A passing high passing it into your palm
Only hollow here
Only hollow here
Only hollow here
In the Hollow



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Posted By: Graham Henderson (D) Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 03:11 AM
This lyric is: #532

JUST ANOTHER DAY
© Copyright Graham Henderson 2002
Heavy Metal Thrash @132 BPM

Waking up is a strange thing. When I thought to sleep forever.
Foggy brain won’t reason. Just wants to sleep for ever.
Tumbled thoughts crawl mind-ward. Searching for release.
I know a new day’s coming. But all I want is peace.


Last time I woke up. You were nowhere to be seen.
Just an open closet. Where your case and clothes had been.
No note but the message. Of the fragrance that you wore.
And the key I gave you. On the hallstand by the door.

Chorus
Just another day. Just another day. I want to sleep for ever.
Just another day. Of wasted dreams. I want to sleep for ever.
Don’t you try to wake me. Just to say hello.
Let me sleep forever. If you think you have to go.

Just another day. Just another day, Just, another, day.

I walked the streets. And tried the bars. Searching for your face.
Fruitlessly I rang around. Couldn’t find you any place.
Went home to a cold room. With a bottle for a
friend.
Sat up to God knows when. Talking to my friend.

Chorus
Just another day. Just another day. I want to sleep for ever.
Just another day. Of wasted dreams. I want to sleep for ever.
Don’t you try to wake me. Just to say hello.
Let me sleep forever. If you think you have to go.

Just another day. Just another day, Just, another, day.
Instrumental

What is life without friendship. What is life without love.
What is life without reason. What is life without love.
Why should I wake up. To face another day.
Why should I bother. For just another day.

Chorus
Just another day. Just another day. I want to sleep for ever.
Just another day. Of wasted dreams. I want to sleep for ever.

Don’t you try to wake me. Just to say hello.
Let me sleep forever. If you think you have to go.

Just another day. Just another day, Just, another, day.


Maybe there is hope yet. That I will find my way.
Maybe I should have a go. For just another day.
Maybe there is someone. Headed right my way.
Better give it my best shot. For just another day

Changed Chorus
Just another day. Just another day. It could mean forever.
Just another day. Of building dreams. No more to say never.
Thank you for waking me. Even though you will not stay.
Guess it’s time to face the world. And build a brand new day.

Just another day. Just another day, Just, another, day
Just another day. Just another day, Just, another, day


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Posted By: reneealper Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 04:11 AM
This lyric is: #533

The Time of the Phoenix
by Renee Alper

When your world has crumbled and your life seems like it’s cursed
And everywhere you turn you see destruction at its worst
In the ashes of the chaos is the place of the rebirth
It’s the time of the phoenix

When you’re feeling like a lab rat in a race that never ends
And enemies appear in faces that you thought were friends’
When change seems like the only thing on which you can depend
It’s the time of the phoenix

CHORUS:
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Are you ready for your new life to begin?
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Can you face the fact this time you’re gonna win?

Sometimes it takes the closing of a door for you to see
A better way has opened for you unexpectedly
Just when you think you’ve bottomed out’s the time you’re really free
It’s the time of the phoenix

CHORUS:
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Are you ready for your new life to begin?
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Can you face the fact this time you’re gonna win?

BRIDGE:
The phoenix only rises when your life is in despair
The fire’s finished burning, and your world seems past repair
It springs up with its outspread wings and soars into the air
Flying high, flying high

So keep your spirits lifted and your eyes turned toward the skies
Remember that a hardship’s just a lesson to the wise
And as the metamorphosis begins, you realize
It’s the time of the phoenix

CHORUS:
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Are you ready for your new life to begin?
It’s the time of the phoenix--
Can you face the fact this time you’re gonna win?


Copyright (c) 1999 by Renee Alper All Rights Reserved

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Posted By: Timothy D. Watson DDS Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 05:27 AM
This lyric is: #534

"AMERICAN DREAM"

Lyrics by
TIMOTHY DEAN WATSON, DDS (c)2002


How grand a statue,
Silent lighthouse of liberty,
With a torch in her hand,
Beaming hope to each land,
Whether near or across the sea.

How grand a statue,
Born a gift from another shore.
Copper robe, copper hair,
Leading souls to repair,
Always longing for even more,

And yet ...

So strong a lady,
Who stood firm in the light of day,
With a pain in her side,
And a blow to her pride,
Knowing still what she had to say.

That all men should be free,
Peace forevermore,
Harmony, serenity,
And love at every door.

So onward she'll guide us,
Through storms that would hide us,
And help the world understand,
The way we dream.

How grand a statue,
Standing for our dream.
Ever standing for our dream.

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Posted By: Peter Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 06:58 AM
This lyric is: #535

I Was There

copyright (c) 2002 by Peter Spotts


>verse

Wound down isn't it so
Wound down in the hole
Found out why I am low
All I should have known
Found out where I should go
Millions and millions of years ago


>chorus riff

Prehistoric
Can't ignore it
Thank the gods I've discovered fire
Painting cave walls
What if she calls
Stone Age gonna make me a liar
Higher


>verse

Calm down don't you know
Just a kiss before you go
Pterydactyls break
On the inventions that I make
Hang on to my hair
I'll take you everywhere


>chorus riff

I've been drawing on the cave/I've been kicking in the womb
I've been writing nasty words/In the Pharoh's tomb
I was there to meet the boat/there to make it float
I've seen them come I've seen them go
You'd think I oughta know

Got the rhythm I got the rap/bit my leg off in a trap
I set the Word to music/sat on the real Santa's lap
I took Remus off the teat/taught him to cook wolf meat
Sat upon the grassy knoll/Watching Dallas rock 'n' roll


>verse

Vampires take me to lunch
Hoping to prove that hunch
Dry up with a touch of the blunt
Tears interfere with the hunt
Drill down in your soul
Thrill town's always ready to roll


BREAK


>chorus riff

I've been reading all the books/I've been looking up the rules
Taking in the instant wisdom/And throwing up in school

I've been practicing my craft/Jacking in the sack
Waiting for the quiet moment when I hear the membrane crack
I've looked around a time or two/Ans found most anything will do
It only stings a little bit/When they slip it into you

From the cradle to the grave
From the oven to the plate
From the hello to the bed
From the TV in your head

You may be wiser than I am
You may be wise but I was there
You may be wiser than I am
You may be wise but I was there
You may be wiser than I am
You may be wise but I was there
You may be wiser than I am
You may be wise but I was there

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Pretty wordy I know. It actually times in about 4 minutes.

Peter



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Posted By: Brian Austin Whitney Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 09/01/02 07:17 AM
This concludes the Entries into the 2002 Just Plain Folks Best Lyric Award.

We will open voting in the next few days. Until then, please read all the posts, take notes on your favorites and get ready to help nominate the best lyrics!

I am in the process of numbering the entries here. For a short time, there will be no posting allowed. Remember, no further lyrics entered after this post are eligible for this years Lyric Awards.

Thanks to all who entered! Good luck to everyone,

Brian
Posted By: Brian Austin Whitney Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 11/08/02 11:45 PM
Just bumping all this up so folks will see it!

Brian
Posted By: Brian Austin Whitney Re: Post Your Lyric Entry HERE! - 12/29/02 09:59 PM
I moved these posts into this forum and closed the old Lyric Awards forum.

Brian
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