Lyrically Speaking....

[mabd]

I just couldn't decide...

Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

I was standing by my window,
On one cold and cloudy day
When I saw that hearse come rolling
For to carry my mother away

Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, lord, by and by
Theres a better home a-waiting
In the sky, lord, in the sky
I said to that undertaker
Undertaker please drive slow
For this lady you are carrying
Lord, I hate to see here go

Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, lord, by and by
Theres a better home a-waiting
In the sky, lord, in the sky

Oh, I followed close behind her
Tried to hold up and be brave
But I could not hide my sorrow
When they laid her in the grave

Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, lord, by and by
Theres a better home a-waiting
In the sky, lord, in the sky

I went back home, my home was lonesome
Missed my mother, she was gone
All of my brothers, sisters crying
What a home so sad and lone

Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, lord, by and by
Theres a better home a-waiting
In the sky, lord, in the sky

We sang the songs of childhood
Hymns of faith that made us strong
Ones that mother maybelle taught us
Hear the angels sing along

Will the circle be unbroken
By and by, lord, by and by
Theres a better home a-waiting
In the sky, lord, in the sky

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Unbroken Chain
Grateful Dead

Blue light rain, whoa unbroken chain,
Looking for familiar faces in an empty window pane.

Listening for the secret, searching for the sound
But I could only hear the preacher and the baying of his hounds.

Willow sky, whoa, I walk and wonder why,
They say love your brother, but you will catch it when you try.

Roll you down the line boy, drop you for a loss,
Ride you out on a cold railroad and nail you to a cross.

November and more, as I wait for the score,
They're telling me forgiveness is the key to every door.
A slow winder day a night like forever,
Sink like a stone, float like a feather.

Lilac rain, unbroken chain, Song of the sawhet owl.
Out on the mountain, it'll drive you insane, Listening to the winds howl

Unbroken chain of sorrow and pearls, Unbroken chain of sky and sea.
Unbroken chain of the western wind, Unbroken chain of you and me.

next word:sky

Maeve

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siren said:

Iris is one of those artists I should like, but just can't get past the vocals. Lucinda Williams is another. And....I can't believe I'm admitting this one....Emmylou Harris. I am just not a fan of her singing, though I completely respect her as an artist.
Okay, y'all can kill me now!

I can understand not being a fan of someone's voice but liking what they represent. I love the songs of Laura Nyro, I think they are really magnificent, but I can't listen to her sing them for more than a song or two.

And to some extent, I have the same problem with Joni Mitchell but I'm much more tolerant of her now that decades of singing and smoking have lowered and roughened her voice.

I'm sorry that you are missing some of the impact of one of my favorite singers. Her voice is not my favorite type of women's voices (it sometimes reminds me of a thin whip like thing, I much prefer the more voluptuous sounds of Linda Ronstadt ). But I feel hopelessly in love with Emmylou's voice on her first album in the song "Pieces of the Sky". The breathing of the almost perfectly crystalline anguish of the word "solutions" won my heart forever. Early in her career someone called her a Okie Madonna (this was long before the one named wonder appeared on the scene). I find this description still rather apt. It rather captures the odd way she mixes traditional "roots" music with her own brand of spiritual emotionalism.

But hey, what do I know? I can listen to Marrianne Faithfull for hours on end and follow it up with Stevie Nicks. I have had many head injuries.

Remember, no music police, right?

In my book, you're still at the head of the list in knowing and really understanding music.

Maeve

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lolapunk said:

... but if I agreed with you on everything, then... well... I'd have my own fan club.

You do. Didn't I tell you about the secrect handshake?

Maeve

[Phalon]

I dig my toes into the sand.
The ocean looks like a thousand diamonds strewn across a blue blanket.
I lean against the wind, pretend that I am weightless and in this moment I am happy.

I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here.

I lay my head onto the sand.
The sky resembles a backlit canopy with holes punched in it.
I'm counting UFOs.
I signal them with my lighter
and in this moment I am happy, happy.

I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here.

The world's a roller coaster and I am not strapped in.
Maybe I should hold with care, but my hands are busy in the air.

I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here
I wish you were here.

I Wish You Were Here ~ Incubus

canopy

[fallenangel]

Annie Lennox : Angel

Underneath this canopy of snow
Where fifty-seven winters
Took their toll
Where did you go?
And I believed in you
I believed in you
Like Elvis Presley
Singing psalms on a Sunday
Where did you go?
Well she's gone to meet
Her maker
Back to where she came from
Come to save her soul...
Come to save her soul...
Come to take her home

next word : WINTERS

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Nice one Yinyang!!

Night Winters Years

Moody Blues

Pain, sorrow, tears
Long, lonely years
With love
Having passed me by
I could live a lie for you
But truth is the road I choose
Knowing all I need to do
Is give to you

Down, down down
Where your dreams are found
They're sleeping inside of us all
They're sleeping inside of us all

Nights, winters, years
Pain, sorrow, tears of mine
Cannot hold me now
I'm a fool to fall for you
But here
In the morning light
Tell me how can love be wrong
And feel so right

next word: light

Maeve

[Siren]

I saw the LIGHT in your window tonight
I saw two shadows holding each other tight
I know the TRUTH when I look in your eyes
I saw the light in your window tonight

"I Saw The Light" - Wynonna

"Voluptuous" - what a great way to describe a female voice, Maeve! That's my favorite kind of voice as well, though I dearly love Alison Krauss, Eva Cassidy, Enya, and others who, for the most part, aren't as "full-bodied". Lol - voluptuous - that's great!

Thank you for your very kind compliments. But my music knowledge is very specialized. I know a lot about country, for instance, but very little about other contemporary genres. Just an artist here and there. I'm familiar with quite a few vocalists of the big band era, but don't know much about jazz or blues. But, I can usually find something to appreciate in most kinds of music.

[Scrappy Amazon]

OMG!!! My hero! All hail the great Siren!

[mabd]

Siren, stop that. Yes, you may know *more* about country music than you think you do about other types of music. But don't you see that (to mangle a lyric) you have the "music in you?" That is one of things that you share with scrapgold, yinyang, and msllpunkmitchell and why I learn so much from you all. You can hear music, I mean fully hear it and understand it. That is a mighty potent gift -- revel in it, please don't let that silly thing called modesty make you stop talking.

That goes for all of you. Even Phalon.

AIN'T IT THE TRUTH
Neil Young

Ain't it the truth
Ain't it the truth, now, baby
Ain't it the truth, now
What I say?

Eat watermelon
Eat peaches and cream
Eat ripe tomatoes
You know what I mean.

Ain't it the truth
Ain't it the truth, now, baby
Ain't it the truth, now
What I say?

Your majesty
Your curvaceousness
Your highness
Your soulfulness.

Make love to me, babe
Make love to me
Make me feel all right, now
Make me feel so good.

majesty

Maeve

[Phalon]

Crown of Worms ~ Megadeth


I am the author, dream up your pain
Drink as did Bacchus, rebel just like Cain
Lord of the city, I shall remain
All pandemonium, I shall reign
Sit in my fortress, up on my hill
Drinking the wine, 'til I've had my fill
Building up high, my castle walls
Oh, to veil my splendid fall

I present you, I present to you,
I present you this crown of worms

Surrounding myself with mysery
Drawn curtains heavy of my history
Exquisite I am, perfect unity
On my left hand is false majesty
I feign affection, efute the true story
Dispute with creation, the lie is my glory
I care for no one, my gospel is death
For me the light's gone, only darkness is left

I present you, I present to you,
I present you this crown of worms

As black in deed, as cold as stone
A commandment of one, as proud as gold
As neglected in spirit, as time is old
As legion is numbers, as legend is told
I am alone, with the agony of truth
My power of will, my judgement and chain
My end is knowledge and conscience of guilt,
My final confusion hidden from me till I'm done


So many great words in this one, it's hard to pick. Bacchus, pandemonium, feigned - you choose.

[mabd]

Your Congratulations
Alanis Morissette

I wouldn't have compromised as much
So much of myself for fear of
Having you hating me
I would've sung so loudly I
It wouldn've cracked myself!
I became self-conscious
Of anything exuberant
I wouldn't have sold myself short
I wouldn't have kept my eyes glued to the ground
If I had've known my invisibility
Would not make a difference
I would've run around screaming proudly
At the top of my voice
I wouldn't have said it was in fact luck
I'm talking idealism here
I would not have been so self-deprecating
I wouldn't have cowered
For fear of having my eyes scratched out!
I wouldn't have cut my comfort off
I wouldn't have feigned needlessness
I would not have discredited
Every one of their compliments
It was your approval I wanted
Your congratulations

exuberant


Maeve

[Siren]

Maeve, seems you've stumped us with "exuberant". And I miss this thread. So, boldly I admit, I cheated. Picked another word from your lyric, and went with that.

comfort

From Carolina down to Georgia,
Smell the JASMINE and magnolia,
Sleepy sweet home Alabama,
Roll Tide roll,
Muddy water, Misssissippi,
Blessed Graceland whispers to me,
Carry on, Carry on,
Sweet southern COMFORT, carry on

Buddy Jewell - "Sweet Southern Comfort"

next: jasmine

[Desire]

Shania Twain "I won't leave you lonely"

Together-midnight in summer
The air's so much warmer
Falling in love under starlight
Holding on so tight-together

Chorus:
I won't leave you lonely tonight
I want you to hold me all night
It's gonna be alright
I won't leave you lonely tonight

Imagine-the air filled with jasmine
The breeze blows with passion
You and me dance with desire
The moon is on fire-imagine

(Chorus)

Je t'aime beaucoup mon amour
You are the one I adore

I won't leave you lonely tonight
I want you to hold me all night
It's gonna be alright
No you won't be lonely tonight

Na-na-na...
Te amo mucho mi amor
You are the one I adore
Te amo


hmm next word: starlight

[mabd]

By Starlight

Smashing Pumpkins

By starlight I’ll kiss you
And promise to be your one and only
I’ll make you feel happy
And leave you to be lost in mine
And where will we go, what will we do?
Soon said I, I will know

Dead eyes, are you just like me?
’cause her eyes were as vacant as the seas
Dead eyes, are you just like me?

next: seas

Maeve

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siren said:

Maeve, seems you've stumped us with "exuberant". And I miss this thread. So, boldly I admit, I cheated. Picked another word from your lyric, and went with that.

siren said:

Maeve, seems you've stumped us with " exuberant ". And I miss this thread. So, boldly I admit, I cheated. Picked another word from your lyric, and went with that.

next: jasmine

Siren, I'm sorry. My bad. Oddly enough, I heard about them a really long time ago when Bonnie Rait (of all people) entined them. These folks do deserve a listen. They are sort of a blend of jazz, gypsy music and old-style (pre-war) French nightclub music. Belle du Berry must channel Edith Piaf.

Sorry for the nasty translation, I haven't used my French in a long time.

(NOTE TO AUTO-Edit: there are no "bad" words in this.)


San Exuberant
Belle du Berry

CD Paris Combo (1998)

On the thick and lavish dunes, a man fell
From an active cockpit to the drift, it was crushed
His mouth, hidden in sand gives
Him a hateful taste
Far from all, well far
Far from all, so far the man failed itself without a cigar
a cigar of Havana, or to spend time besides
Before the wind raises.
Wind of sands moving the wind
by sands moving
wind of sands

Sur les dunes épaisses et lascives, un homme est tombé
D'un cockpit allant à la dérive, il s'est écrasé
Sa bouche, enfouie dans le sable
Lui donne un goût détestable
Loin de tout, bien loin
Loin de tout, si loin
L'homme s'est échoué sans un cigare
Un cigare de la Havane, ou d'ailleurs
Pour passer le temps
Avant que lève le vent.
Le vent des sables émouvant
Le vent des sables
Le vent des sables émouvant

The man failed himself without a whisky
Without a good whisky of Ireland, or to spend time besides
Before the wind raises.
The wind of sands moving
the wind by sands
the wind of sands moving
all moving, it is the song,
it is wind of sands

L'homme s'est échoué sans un whisky
Sans un bon whisky d'Irlande, ou d'ailleurs
Pour passer le temps
Avant que lève le vent.
Le vent des sables émouvant
Le vent des sables
Le vent des sables émouvant
tous émouvant, c'est le chant,
c'est vent des sables

It is enough that a sand grain slips into the wheels
Of an engine bright burning coal new, impeccable, and it is the shipwreck
Of an exuberant man
Of a man who lives in the airs.
far from all, well far
Far from all, so far

Il est assez qu'un grain de sable glisse dans les roues
d'un charbon brûlant lumineux de moteur nouveau, impeccables, et c'est le naufrage
d'un homme exubérant
d'un homme qui vit dans aère.
loin de tous,
bon loin
loin de tous, jusqu'ici

Maeve

[mabd]

To get us back on the same page.

I Am The Starlight
Andrew Lloyd Webber/Richard Stilgoe

Starlight
Only you have the power within you.
Just believe in yourself
The seas will part before you,
Stop the rain, turn the tide.
If only you use the power within you
Needn't beg the world
To turn around and help you
If you draw on what you have within you
Somewhere deep inside.

Starlight Express, Starlight Express
Are you real, yes or no?
Starlight Express, answer me yes.
I don't want you to go.

so we got through staright, seas, comfort, exuberant.

next word is express

Maeve, hoping we are now all tracking together...sorry

[Phalon]

No, no, no. Damn, damn, damn, I just got rid of this one...

Marrakesh Express ~ Crosby, Stills and Nash

Whoopa, hey mesa, hooba huffa, hey meshy goosh goosh.

Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes,
Traveling the train through clear Moroccan skies
Ducks, and pigs, and chickens call,
animal carpet wall to wall
American ladies five-foot tall in blue.
Sweeping cobwebs from the edges of my mind,
Had to get away to see what we could find.
Hope the days that lie ahead
bring us back to where they've led
listen not to what's been said to you.

Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express.
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express,
they're taking me to Marrakesh.
All aboard the train.
All aboard the train.

I've been saving all my money just to take you there.
I smell the garden in your hair.
Take the train from Casablanca going south,
blowing smoke rings from the corners of my m m m m mouth.
Colored cottons hang in the air,
charming cobras in the square.
Striped djellebas we can wear at home.
Well, let me hear ya now.

Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express.
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express,
they're taking me to Marrakesh.

Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express.
Wouldn't you know we're riding on the Marrakesh Express,
they're taking me to Marrakesh.
All on board the train,
All on board the train,
All on board!

cobwebs

[mabd]

Dead Man, Dead Man

Bob Dylan

Uttering idle words from a reprobate mind
Clinging to strange promises, dying on the line
Never being able to separate the good from the bad
Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it
It's making me feel so bad.

Dead man, dead man
When will you arise ?
Cobwebs in your mind
Dust upon your eyes.

Satan got you by the heel, there's bird's nest in your hair
Do you have any faith at all ? Do you have any love to share ?
The way that you hold you head, cursing God with every move
Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it
What are you trying to prove ?

Dead man, dead man
When will you arise ?
Cobwebs in your mind
Dust upon your eyes.

The glamor and the bright lights, and the politics of sin
The ghetto that you build for me is the one you're living in
The race of the engine that overrules your heart
Ooh, I can't stand it, I can't stand it
Pretending that you're so smart......

next word: sin
Maeve

[Siren]

Praise the Lord and pass the AMMUNITION
Need a little but more of my twelve ounce nutrition
One more helping of what I've been having
I'm taking my turn on the SIN wagon

Dixie Chicks - "Sin Wagon"

ammunition


BTW, Gams, thanks for not making us play off of "meshy goosh goosh"!

[mabd]

Little Armalite
Anon.

I was stopped by a soldier he said you are swine
He hit me with his rifle and he kicked me in the groin
I begged and I peddled all me manners were polite
But sure all the time I'm thinking of me little armalite

And its down in the Bogside that's where I long to be
Lying in the dark with a provo company
A comrade on me left and another one on me right
And a clip of ammunition for me little armalite

Well a brave RUC man came walking down our street
600 British soldiers he had lined up at his feet
"come out ye cowardly Fenians come on out and fight"
but he prayed I'm only joking when he heard the armalite

Well the army came to visit me was in the early hours
The saracens and solodins and fevered armored cowards
They thought they had me covered but I gave them all a fright
With me armor piercing bullets of me little armalite

When Harry came to Belfast to see the battles won
The generals they had told him we've got them on the run
But corporals and privates when on patrol at night
Call for reinforcements its the bloody armalite

next word: hours

Maeve

[Phalon]

In the Midnight Hour - I like Roxy Music's version best.

"I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour,
that's when my love comes tumblin' down.
I'm gonna wait 'til the midnight hour,
when there's no one else around.
I'm gonna take you girl and hold you
and do all the things I told you
in the midnight hour, yes I am."

tumbling

[Siren]

Women think I'm tasty,
But they're always trying to waste me
And make me burn the candle right down,
But baby, baby, I don't need no jewels in my crown.

Cause all you women is low down GAMBLERs,
Cheating like I don't know how,
But baby, baby, there's fever in the funk house now.
This low down bitching got my poor feet a itching,
You know, you know the deuce is still wild.

Baby, I can't stay, you got to roll me
And call me the TUMBLING dice.

"Tumbling Dice" - The Rolling Stones, though I first heard it by Linda Ronstadt

next: gambler

[mabd]

siren said:

Women think I'm tasty

Gnashing of teeth. I bet they do......

The woman who co-wrote (with Bert Martin) and first recorded “there is a house in New Orleans…” was named Georgia Turner (She lived in Kentucky). Turner made 117.50 dollars from this song. She died in poverty in 1969.

Nina Simone, Marianne Faithfull, Dylan, the Animals, Waylon Jennings -- and oddles of other folks also covered it.

Dolly Parton's Version

There is a house down in New Orleans
Down in the vieux carre
A house they call the rising sun
Where love and money are made
My father he was a gambler
Mother died when I was young
And I've worked since then
To please the men
At the house of the rising sun

There is a house
Down in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
Its been the ruin of many a good girl
And oh god, you know I'm one

So mothers you go telling all your daughters
Not to do what I have done
To live a life of sin, shame and strife
In the house of the rising sun

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the rising sun
Its been the ruin of many a good girl
And oh god, you know I'm one
Oh god, you know I'm one

Here are the traditional lyrics :

There is a house in New Orleans
They call the Rising Sun.
It's been the ruin of many a poor girl,
and me, O God, for one.

If I had listened what Mamma said,
I'd 'a' been at home today.
Being so young and foolish, poor boy,
let a rambler lead me astray.
[why the use of the word boy here?]
Go tell my baby sister
never do like I have done
to shun that house in New Orleans
they call the Rising Sun.

My mother she's a tailor;
she sold those new blue jeans.
My sweetheart, he's a drunkard, Lord, Lord,
drinks down in New Orleans.

The only thing a drunkard needs
is a suitcase and a trunk.
The only time he's satisfied
is when he's on a drunk.

Fills his glasses to the brim,
passes them around
only pleasure he gets out of life
is hoboin' from town to town.

One foot is on the platform
and the other one on the train.
I'm going back to New Orleans
to wear that ball and chain.

Going back to New Orleans,
my race is almost run.
Going back to spend the rest of my days
beneath that Rising Sun

next word: young

Maeve

[Desire]

Blaze of Glory-Bon Jovi

I wake up in the morning
And I raise my weary head
I've got an old coat for a pillow
And the earth was last night's bed
I don't know where I'm going
Only God knows where I've been
I'm a devil on the run
A six gun lover
A candle in the wind

When you're brought into this world
They say you're born in sin
Well at least they gave me something
I didn't have to steal or have to win
Well they tell me that I'm wanted
Yeah, I'm a wanted man
I'm a colt in your stable
I'm what Cain was to Abel
Mister catch me if you can

I'm going out in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
I'm going out in a blaze of glory
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood
I'm no one's son
Call me YOUNG gun
You ask about my conscience
And I offer you my soul
You ask if I'll grow to be a wise man
Well I ask if I'll grow old
You ask me if I've known love
And what it's like to sing songs in the rain
Well, I've seen love come
And I've seen it shot down
I've seen it die in vain

Shot down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
'Cause I'm going down in a blaze of glory
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood.
I'm the devil's son
Call me young gun

Solo

Each night I go to bed
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
No I ain't looking for FORGIVENESS
But before I'm six foot deep
Lord, I got to ask a favor
And hope you'll understand
'Cause I've lived life to the fullest
Let this boy die like a man
Staring down a bullet
Let me make my final stand

Shot down in a blaze of glory
Take me now but know the truth
I'm going out in a blaze of glory
Lord I never drew first
But I drew first blood
And I'm no one's son
Call me young gun
I'm a young gun


next word: young gun.

[mabd]

This was a toughie

Year of the Knife
Tears for Fears

Hallelujah, the king is dead. He said
"Love was the knife "
And now he'll dream some magic queen might try and save his life
.............
He made his bed on love denied
He played Jekyll and Hyde till the day he died
Too late for the young gun
To lead a simple life
Too late for the young gun
This is the year of the knife
See the mountains crumble
Feel the fire go cold
Summer will turn to winter
Love will turn to stone.....

next word: stone

Maeve

[Phalon]

Like A Stone ~ Audioslave

On a cobweb afternoon
In a room full of emptiness
By a freeway I confess
I was lost in the pages
Of a book full of death

Reading how we'll die alone
And if we're good we'll lay to rest
Anywhere we want to go

In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone I'll wait for you there
Alone

On my deathbed I will pray
To the gods and the angels
Like a pagan to anyone
Who will take me to heaven
To a place I recall
I was there so long ago
The sky was bruised
The wine was bled
And there you led me on

In your house I long to be
Room by room patiently
I'll wait for you there
Like a stone I'll wait for you there
Alone

And on I read
Until the day was done
And I sat in regret
Of all the things I've done
For all that I've blessed
And all that I've wronged
In dreams until my death
I will wander on

Pagan is the next word.

[fallenangel]

Celine Dion - Miles To Go (Before I Sleep)

I would walk to the edge of the universe
for you
Paint you a crimson sunset over
sheltering skies
I could learn all the world dialects for
you
Whisper sonnets in your ear discovering
truth
I could never worship pagan gods
around me
I will only follow the path that leads me
to you baby... always
Every step I take for you
I will always defend never pretend
That every breath I take for love
I could never be wrong, the journey is
long

next word : GODS

[mabd]

In the Lap of the Gods Revisited
Queen

It's so easy, but I can't do it
So risky - But I gotta chance it
It's so funny, there's nothing to laugh about
My money, that's all you wanna talk about
I can see what you want me to be
But I'm no fool
It's in the lap of the Gods
I can see what you want me to be
But I'm no fool
No beginning, there's no ending
There's no meaning in my pretending
Believe me, life goes on and on and on
Forgive me when I ask you where do I belong
You say I can't set you free from me
But that's not true
It's in the lap of the Gods
I can see what you want me to be
But I'm no fool
It's in the lap of the Gods

next word: laugh

Maeve

[Siren]

I'm gonna smile my best smile
And I'm gonna LAUGH like it's going out of STYLE
Look into her eyes and pray that she don't see
This learning to live again is killing me

Garth Brooks - "Learning To Live Again"

[fallenangel]

Pink - Get The Party Started

I'm comin' up so you better you better get this party started
I'm comin' up so you better you better get this party started

Get this party started on a Saturday night
Everybody's waitin' for me to arrive
Sendin' out the message to all of my friends
We'll be lookin' flashy in my Mercedes Benz
I got lotsa style, got my gold diamond rings
I can go for miles if you know what I mean
I'm comin' up so you better you better get this party started
I'm comin' up so you better you better get this party started

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