Lyrically Speaking....

[mabd]

Phalon, nice song. Ok, no Donny and Marie for thee.

Breaking Down Barriers
Elto John

I recall how it used to be
In my younger days
I built a wall all around my heart
To keep the pain away
I built it tall and I built it wide
I left no room for doubt
Your love still found its way inside
And couldn't get back out

I'm breaking down the barriers
Making up my mind
I'm breaking down the barriers of time
I'm taking down the barriers
And loving what I find
I'm breaking down the barriers that lie
Between your love and mine

DOUBT

Maeve

[fallenangel]

Sarah Mclachlan ~ Witness

make me a witness
take me out
out of darkness
out of doubt
i won't weigh you down
with good intention
won't make fire out of clay
or other inventions
will we burn in heaven
like we do down here
will the change come
while we're waiting
everyone is waiting
and when we're done
soul searching

next word: WAITING

[Siren]

I hear your name whispered on the wind
It's a sound that makes me cry
I hear a song blow again and again
Through my mind and I don't know why
I wish I didn't feel so strong about you
Like happiness and love revolve around you

Trying to catch your heart
Is like trying to catch a star
So many people love you baby
That must be what you are

WAITING for a star to fall
And carry your heart into my arms
That's where you belong
In my arms baby, yeah

I've learned to feel what I cannot see
But with you I lose that VISION
I don't know how to dream your dream
So I'm all caught up in superstition
I want to reach out and pull you to me
Who says I should let a wild one go free

from "Waiting For A Star To Fall" by Boy Meets Girl (remember that one?)

[Phalon]

Another Know It All ~ Chevelle

Damn you're so dull
Still need to borrow your hate
Change what they can
Persuade us back under cover
Oh old you're so over
Who made you king of the ages
Tending the wounds
Thinking of adding another

But the
Chosen never wrong
He sat holding
Several thoughts
I'll take anything
That's not bolted down
Tricking us in, don't get along if they're brothers
So phasing it out, correcting vision with fists
And drawing a line, still give it less than a week
Checking the wounds, thinking of adding another

Free what's bolted down

Brothers

[lolapunk]

Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day you'll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And you'll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptism of fire
I've watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

There's so many different worlds
So many different suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the sun's gone to hell
And the moon's riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But it's written in the STARLIGHT
And every line on your palm
We're fools to make war
On our BROTHERS in arms


starlight

[Siren]

Lola! *hug*

Just look at you, girl:
Standin' here beside me;
STARLIGHT on your hair,
Lookin' like a dream I dreamed somewhere.

And look at me, girl:
You got me actin' just like a lover,
In an old time picture show.
And how I got the part, I just don't know.

But it's written all across your face,
As plain as it can be.
You're the one that I was lookin' for,
Now you're all that I can see.

You mean everything to me.
And I'd do anything,
To have you stay forever.
I'm an ordinary man,
But I feel like I could do anything in the world.
When I look at you, girl.

Just look at you, girl,
Walkin' here beside me;
(In) The misty morning light,
I see my own REFLECTION in your eyes.

And just smile at me, girl:
With eyes that tell a story,
That words can never say;
Tellin' me your love is gonna stay.

And we're standin' right together now,
In everything we do.
And if my world should come apart,
I'll still be lovin' you.

You mean everything to me.
And I'd do anything,
To have you stay forever.
I'm an ordinary man,
But I feel like I could do anything in the world.
When I look at you, girl.

"Look At You Girl", a sweet love song from the late cowboy singer/rodeo champ, Chris LeDoux

next: reflection

[Desire]

"Click Me"

To Lolapunk.

Reflections-Christina Agulara (i murdered that sry)
Look at me, I will never pass for perfect bride.
Or a perfect daughter.
Can it be I'm not meant to play this part?
Now I see that if I were truly to be myself,
I would break my family's heart.

(Chorus:)
Who is that girl I see
Staring straight back at me.
Why is my reflection someone I don't know
Somehow I cannot hide who I am,
Though I've tried.
When will my reflection show,
Who I am inside.

When will my reflection show
Who I am inside.

Next word:Bride

[mabd]

Kiss the Bride
Elton John

Well she looked a peach in the dress she made
When she was still her mama's little girl
And when she walked down the aisle everybody smiled
At her innocence and curls
And when the preacher said is there anyone here
Got a reason why they shouldn't wed
I should have stuck up my hand
I should have got up to stand
And this is what I should have said

I wanna kiss the bride yeah!
I wanna kiss the bride yeah!
Long before she met him
She was mine, mine, mine
Don't say I do
Say bye, bye, bye
And let me kiss the bride yeah!

preacher

Maeve

[lolapunk]

Siren... didn't mean to neglect your comment on vocal preferences; it makes the world go round. Like Maeve, I can't say why I like some and dislike others. Heck, it took me years to be able to listen to Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Tom Petty. That song you saw/heard, 'I Drink' is probably my favorite on that particular cd of Mary Gauthier's but overall it took a bit to get used to her talk-singing style, which she did a lot of on that one. I find that particular track to be startlingly sincere in it's simplicity. I've yet to hear any semblence of a live performance from her though. Oh, and a big ole hug to you as well.

I have to go classic on this one...
Son of a Preacher Man - Dusty Springfield

Billy Ray was a Preacher's son,
And when his daddy would visit he'd come along,
When they gathered round and started talking,
That's when Billy would take me walking,
Through the back yard we'd go walking,
Then he'd look into my eyes,
Lord knows to my suprise:

The only one who could ever reach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
The only boy who could ever teach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
Yes he was, he was, oh yes he was.

Being good isn't always easy,
No matter how hard I tried,
When he started sweet talking to me,
he'd come tell me everything is alright,
he'd kiss and tell me everything is alright,
Can I get away again tonight?.

The only one who could ever reach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
The only boy who could ever teach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
Yes he was, he was, oh yes he was.

How well I remember,
The look that was in his eyes,
Stealing kisses from me on the SLY,
Taking time to make time,
Telling me that he's all mine,
Learning from each others knowing,
Looking to see how much we'd grown.

The only one who could ever reach me,
Was the son of a preacher man,
The only boy who could ever teach me,
Was the son of a PREACHER man,
Yes he was, he was, oh yes he was.


sly

[Siren]

Lo, it's only in the past few years that I've learned to appreciate Willie's vocals. I would HATE to try and sing with him though. (I'd love the experience itself. But the singing would be worrisome, since he sings off the beat.) And for some reason, TP's vocals don't bother him, I think because he's a rocker. But sometimes, I'll be listening to a vocalist and thinking, "How did this person get to this point? Years ago, who encouraged them to keep singing? And people PAY to hear this??" Granted, in Mary's case, Mary was onstage at the Grand Ole Opry at the time, while I was watching her on tv in Oil Center, OK. So, who am I to say??

BTW, what a great song that is, Lo. You can just picture that wicked, irresistable, eager young man. That Dusty had it going on.

I saw an old friend of our today
She asked about you and I didn't quite know what to say
Heard you've been makin' the rounds round here
While I've been tryin' to make the tears disappear

Now I'm almost over you
I've almost shook these blues
So when you come back around
After painting the town you'll see
That I'm almost over you

You're such a SLY one with your cold, cold heart
For you leavin' come easy but it tore me apart
Time HEALS all wounds they say and I should know
'Cause it seems like forever but I'm lettin' you go

Now I'm almost over you
I've almost shook these blues
So when you come back around
After painting the town you'll see
That I'm almost over you

I can forgive you and soon I'll forget all my shattered dreams
You took the love that you wanted and left me the misery

Now I'm almost over you
I've almost shook these blues
So when you come back around
After painting the town you'll see
That I'm almost over you

"Almost Over You" by Sheena Easton and, later, Lila McCann
Oh, how I loved Sheena's version of that! And listened in awe as she nailed the high note. Years later, I waited breathlessly while first listening to Lila's version, only to be disappointed when she cheated out of the high note. What's the point, then, Lila?? The high note is the climax of the song, dude!

aaaanyway, next: heals

[mabd]

Not Ready To Make Nice
Dixie Chicks

Forgive, sounds good.
Forget, I'm not sure I could.
They say time heals everything,
But I'm still waiting

I'm through, with doubt,
There's nothing left for me to figure out,
I've paid a price, and I'll keep paying

I'm not ready to make nice,
I'm not ready to back down,
I'm still mad as hell
And I don't have time
To go round and round and round
It's too late to make it right
I probably wouldn't if I could
Cause I'm mad as hell
Can't bring myself to do what it is
You think I should


DOWN

Siren, the Dali LoLa, et al, you bet Dusty rocked -- her cover of "Piece of My Heart" is excellent...and conversely, Joan Osborne's cover of "Son of a Preacher" wails. And you have to throw Shelby Lynn somewhere into that mix.

Maeve

[fallenangel]

Isobel by Dido

Dear Isobel
I hope you're well and what you've done is right
Oh it's been such hell
I wish you well I hope your safe tonight

It's been a long day coming and long will it last
when it's last day leaving, and I'm helping it pass by loving you more

And who he would become, all the things he'd have done
would he have loved you, and not let you down
and would he be stronger than his father
don't punish yourself, leave it well alone

next word : FATHER

[lolapunk]

Mary - Darden Smith (who actually has a pretty nice voice)

Wake up, wake up, little Mary

Yes, there’ll be a fine white cake, flowers for your hair
And you will see Aunt Julie Ann, no I won’t be there
Throw the rice, dance and sing, have a real good time
If anybody asks, say I’m doing fine

Wake up, wake up, little Mary
There is no time to play
Cause it’s your mother’s wedding day

Yes I’ll always be your FATHER, no your name won’t change
And you will always have this room, that will stay the same
Pretty soon it will be Christmas, we can buy a tree
And you can always call from TENNESSEE

Wake up, wake up, my little Mary
There is no time to play
Cause it’s your mother’s wedding day

Your mother and me we were only twenty
On that beautiful spring morn
It was a fine day, a loving memory
But nothing like the day that you were born

Wake up, wake up, little Mary
There is no time to play
Cause it’s your mother’s wedding day


Tennessee

[lolapunk]

uh... nevermind

[Siren]

Shelby Lynne - what a voice!! Have you heard her sister, Allison Moorer?

Lo, that Darden song is a killer. Man!

~~~~~~

Sitting on the front porch on a summer afternoon
In a straight-back chair on two legs, leaned against the wall
Watch the kids a'playing with June bugs on a STRING
And chase the glowing fireflies when evening shadows fall

In my TENNESSEE mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home
Crickets sing in the fields near by

Honeysuckle vine clings to the fence along the lane
Their fragrance makes the summer wind so sweet
And on a distant hilltop, an eagle spreads its wings
And a songbird on a fence post sings a melody

In my Tennessee mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home
Crickets sing in the fields near by

Walking home from church on Sunday with the one you love
Just laughing, talking, making future plans
And when the folks ain't looking, you might steal a kiss or two
Sitting in the porch swing, holding hands

In my Tennessee mountain home
Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh
In my Tennessee mountain home
Crickets sing in the fields near by

"My Tennessee Mountain Home" by the incomparable Dolly Parton, just a beautifully, beautifully written song. Nothing complex or deep about it, except for the depth of Dolly's love for the old homeplace. I But it paints such a lovely picture. I wonder if she might've been a bit homesick when she wrote it. "Life is as peaceful as a baby's sigh" - what a sweet line.

next: string

[mabd]

Five Strings on My Banjo
Jim Giles

With five strings on my banjo
and a song I want to sing,
I just can't keep quiet...
even if I break a string.

With four strings on my banjo
it's very clear to me,
that I can keep on playing...
even with just three.

With three strings on my banjo
I don't think there's too few,
so I'll keep on picking...
even with just two.

With two strings on my banjo
I'm having lots of fun,
so I think I will continue...
even with just one.

Playing one string on my banjo
might seem off the wall,
but I can keep on going...

With no strings left at all.
So, I'll sing Acapella
I haven't got a choice.
And I'll just keep on singing
until I lose my...voice.


Siren, I enjoy Alsion Moorer quite a bit -- crazy family, though -- painful to even read about. This odd thought hit me yesterday -- before there was Trio, there was trio; Dolly, Loretta, and Tammy. I just got a remastered Anne Lennox which is amazing. Now I want “trio’s” (the first trio, that is,) stuff remastered as well.

Sometimes I think Willie Nelson should have the title of the “hardest working man” on stage. Remember all those 5 hour long concerts?

And a mini-rant. Where the dickens does Streisand think she gets of charging $350.00 for the nosebleed seats and $7,500.00 for the decent ones??? grwl...


NEXT WORD: PLAYING

Maeve

[lolapunk]

Barbra Barbra Barbra... I was checking out ticket sales at various Chicks concerts - which seem to be pathetic, btw - and compared the sales in Vegas between them and Barbra. Top price for the DC is something like 95 and and low price for BS is 100. Barbra's nearly sold out, the 100 dollar seats are all gone and the $1,000 seats are only available in the second level. Chicks, on the other hand have floor seats still available. Different audiences I guess, even though some of the profit from BS's sales are going to democratic causes. Guess the republicans aren't the only ones who have money to burn.

[fallenangel]

Alanis Morissette~ Hand In My Pocket

And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano

And what it all comes down to, my friends, yeah
Is that everything is just fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab...

next word: POCKET

[Siren]

He slipped the ring off his finger
When he walked in the room
And he found him some stranger
And promised her the moon
How many lies you must have told
You think you're a rich man
With your POCKET full of gold

For another man's TREASURE
You'd say anything
But is one night of pleasure
Worth the trouble you'll bring
Don't look so surprised
'Cause son I should know
I once was a rich man
With my pocket full of gold

from "Pocket Full Of Gold" by Vince Gill

next: treasure

FYI: The Chicks are scheduled for Cain's Ballroom in Tulsa, no doubt a place they played in when they were on the way up the ladder. And to think that they once sold out the largest venue in Oklahoma City in literally minutes. It's a terrible shame. I hope that country fans will look back on this period one day and have the decency to be ashamed.

[Phalon]

from Fat Bottom Girls ~ Queen

Hey listen here
Now your mortgages and homes
And the stiffness in your bones
Ain't no beauty queens in this locality, I tell you
Oh but I still get my pleasure
Still get my greatest treasure
Heap big woman, you made a bad boy out of me

Oh you gonna take me home tonight - please
Oh down beside that red firelight
Oh you gonna let it all hang out?
Fat bottomed girls you make the rocking world go round...


Mortgages

[Siren]

The best I can do is "mortgage" - singular.

Why the DRAMA, we don’t have to drag out the situation
It wasn’t you, it wasn’t me, sometimes the chemistry don’t ignite
There ain’t no rings, no MORTGAGE, there ain't any complications
Just a hyphenated word - get it out I’m sure I’ll be alright

next: drama

Oh, and a little something for you, Maeve:

"Click Me"

That jack'o'lantern has more fingerprints on it than a joint at Woodstock!

[mabd]

Ah, now, I've got the pumpkin, eh? Hmmm...


A Global Threat
Pass The Time

Raced for months in circles don't know where to go
So nauseas nobody's near me, antisocial
Ahead I catch my breath and again I’m behind
It somehow works itself out in the back of my mind
4..3..2.. First to First, womb to hearse get by
Is there nothing you want worse than to pass the time?

Am I stubborn, selfish or scared of stability
Part of a rotten useless, unproductive minority
(all this thought to responsibilities,
redundant schedules carved in 30 years mortgages
for a financed wife some to buy kids,
what’s in your wallet, where do I sign up)
4..3..2 first to first, womb to hearse get by
Is there nothing you want worse then to pass the time?


No More Drama
MJ Blige

So tired, tired of these drama
No more, no more
I wanna be free
I'm so tired, so tired

Broken heart again
Another lesson learned
Better know your friends
Or else you will get burn
Gotta count on me
Cause I can guarantee
That I'll be fine

No more pain (no more pain)
No more pain (no more pain)
No drama (no more drama in my life)
Noone's gonna make me hurt again

LESSON

Maeve

[Phalon]

I guessed the "mortgage" would probably be found in a country song, (not sure about Maeve's pick, but I'm assuming Siren's is?). When I picked the word, it reminded me of that old, told-too-often, not-really-funny joke:

What happens when you play a country song backwards?

You get your dog back, your truck back, your wife back, and your house back.

(eye-roll and groan)

Ah well...to continue...

She Hates Me ~ Puddle of Mudd

Met a girl, thought she was grand
fell in love, found out first hand
went well for a week or two
then it all came unglued

in a trapp trip I can't grip
never thought I'd be the one who'd slip
then I started to realize
I was living one big lie

She ****ing hates me
trust
she ****ing hates me
la la la love
I tried too hard
and she tore my feelings like I had none
and ripped them away

She was queen for about an hour
after that sh!t got sour
she took all I ever had
no sign of guilt
no feeling of bad, no

In a trapped trip I can't grip
never thought i'd be the one who'd slip
then I started to realize
I was living one big lie

that's my story, as you see
learned my lesson and so did she
now it's over and I'm glad
'cause i'm a fool for all I've said

la la la la la la la la la love
Trust
la la la la la la la la la love
Trust
and she tore my feelings like I had none
she ***ing hates me

I never got her number

she frelling hates me

lets do the whole third versa again

I never got any action anyway.

So many good words to choose in this one, (eye-roll). La, la, la, la....

No - let's go with "Action"

[Siren]

"She was queen for about an hour
after that sh!t got sour
she took all I ever had
no sign of guilt
no feeling of bad, no"

LOL! That cracks me up!

~~~~~

I was getting kinda TIRED of her endless chatter
Nothing I could say ever seemed to matter
So I took a little drive just to clear my head
I saw a flashing neon up ahead
It looked like a place to find some satisfaction
With a little less talk and a lot more ACTION

from "A Little Less Talk And A Lot More Action" by Toby Keith

next: tired

[mabd]

For Yinyang:

(and with apologies to Laura Nyro, Daoism, and everything else)

"Click Me"

Come on, yinyang! Come on down, the one and the many!
Come on down to the glory river.

Gonna hear your thesis, hear your antithesis, now,
gonna lay that synthesis devil down, gonna lay that synthesis down.

I got contradiction in my soul, change gonna lead me to the glory goal.
In my mind I taste the mandate of heaven

Come on, people! come on, children!
Come on down to the glory river.

Gonna wash you up and wash you down.
Gonna walk that way, walk that way, down that devil river.

Come on people! Sons and mothers!
Keep the nature of the young brothers.
Gonna take that dream and own its symbols

We could build the dream with love, I know,
We could build the dream with balance, I know,
We could build a dream within the way of love, children,
We could build the dream with the way of love, oh people,
We could build the in the way, I know,
We will build the way with dreams, truth, and love.

2nd verse:
Come on, people! Come on, children!
Ashoka is at the glory river, telling us the Four Truths
creating the Noble Eightfold Path

And the precious king, he loved the people riding the line between chaos and balance,
Babes in the blinkin' sun, cry
"We Have Overcome".

Maeve

[Desire]

and the next word is?

[mabd]

desire said:

and the next word is?

Good save! Are you always Desire-on-the-spot?? (Hm, that doesn't sound right....) Thank-you!!!!

I'm So Tired
The Beatles

I'm so tired, I haven't slept a wink
I'm so tired, my mind is on the blink
I wonder should I get up and fix myself a drink
No, no, no.

I'm so tired I don't know what to do
I'm so tired my mind is set on you
I wonder should I call you but I know what you would do

You'd say I'm putting you on
But it's no joke, it's doing me harm
You know I can't sleep, I can't stop my brain
You know it's three weeks, I'm going insane
You know I'd give you everything I've got
for a little peace of mind

I'm so tired, I'm feeling so upset
Although I'm so tired I'll have another cigarette
And curse Sir Walter Raleigh
He was such a stupid gent.

CURSE

Maeve

[mabd]

phalon said:

I guessed the "mortgage" would probably be found in a country song, (not sure about Maeve's pick, but I'm assuming Siren's is?).

MJ Bilge? Rapper from GA via NYC, via London, via Holloway Road, who woke up and found out she could sing -- still in training.

Maeve

[Phalon]

Ah yes, I knew that....once you pointed it out. I just needed a nudge. I even know what she looks like.

See? I'm not as bad as I am.

[mabd]

I stalled us out again. Sigh.

King Diamond
Curse of the Pharaohs

Away out in Egypt in the Valley of the Kings
Where the mummified pharaohs
Pretend death in their sleep

Don’t touch, never ever steal
Unless you’re in for the kill
Or you’ll be hit by the curse of the pharaohs
Yes you’ll be hit and the curse is on you

Now if you’re breakin’ the seals
And disturbing the peace
Then you’re startin’ up a curse
Bringin’ evil disease

SEALS

Maeve