Lyrically Speaking # 3

[Phalon]

from "I Get It" by Chevelle

How dare you catch me counting
How dare you call at all
How dare you call this suffering
How dare you call at all

next word: count(ing)

[stepper]

Steel Rails - John Denver

The sun is shining through the open boxcar door,
Lying in my mind with the things I've known before.
And I've lost count of the hours, days and time.
Just the rhythm of the rails keeps the motion in my mind

Next: Rail(s)

[Phalon]

It's gotta be "Crazy Train" by Ozzy

Mental wounds not healing
Life's a bitter shame
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train
I'm going off the rails on a crazy train

next word: bitter

[Siren]

Alison Krauss had a really nice version of "Steel Rails", too, Step. Honestly, I didn't know that John recorded it till now (or if I did, I had forgotten). It's nice to think that AK might've heard John's version and decided to cover it. Makes me like her even more.

This video tickles me. AK is so shy and has no clue how to dress. It's all completely different from the slim, glamorous, at-ease-with-celebrity woman she is now. But I kind of miss the old days.



from "The Bitter End" by Deryl Dodd

Hey man I'm glad you asked
Cause I no more about that than I want to
And I'll SHARE with you
I you don't work things out
And save your love somehow
You'll know it then
What it's like at the BITTER end

next: share

[stepper]

Always And Forever - Luther Vandross

Everyday love me your own special way
Melt all my heart away with a smile
Take time to tell me you really care
And we'll share tomorrow together
Ooh baby, I'll always love you forever

Next: Tomorrow

[Phalon]

from "What Is and What Should Never Be" by Led Zeppelin

And if I say to you tomorrow
Take my hand, child, come with me
It's to a castle I will take you
Where what's to be, they say will be

next word: castle

[Siren]

from "I Can't Go There" by Kenny Chesney (I love sad songs. And this is a good one.)

You know that restaurant on Highway 1
With the key lime pie, that song, the sand, and the sun
Where we ran in our barefeet
Built a CASTLE on the BEACH
Just the wind, the rocks, the waves, and you and me

I can't go there
'cause that's just too much us
I can't go there
I still feel your touch
There's places in my heart and head
That feel as empty as our bed
So most nights I don't even walk upstairs
'cause I can't go there

next: beach

[stepper]

(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World - The Monkees

Why am I hanging around in the rain out here
Tryin' to think of a girl
Why are my eyes fillin' up with these lonely tears
When there's girls all over the world?
Or is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere
Underneat the tropical sun
Hiding away in the heat wave there
Hopin' that I won't be long?

Next: Tropical

[Phalon]

from "Kokomo" by The Beach Boys (bluck - never cared for them)

Off the Florida Keys
There's a place called Kokomo
That's where you wanna go
To get away from it all
Bodies in the sand,
Tropical drink melting in your hand
We'll be falling in love
To the rhythm of a steel drum band
Down in Kokomo

next word: rhythm

[Siren]

I must disagree about the Beach Boys, Gams. They were an essential part of my childhood. And even now, some of their records are so beautiful to me. But my mom agrees with you completely.

from Alan Jackson's "She's Got The Rhythm (And I've Got The Blues)"

And she's got the RHYTHM and I got the BLUES
And she's showing me how much I had to lose
With her every little move she's telling me I'm over you
She's got the rhythm and I got the blues

next: blues

[stepper]

Alison Krauss had a really nice version of "Steel Rails", too, Step.

I missed the comment earlier Siren - thanks for sharing. I wasn't aware that anyone else had recorded it.

Beach Boys - they were not my favorites, but they certainly weren't blucky! And Kokomo was one of my favorites!

Good Time Charlie's Got The Blues - Danny O' Keefe

Everybody's goin' away
Said they're movin' to LA
There's not a soul I know around
Everybody's leavin' town

Some caught a freight, some caught a plane
Find the sunshine, leave the rain
They said this town's a waste of time
I guess they're right, it's wastin' mine

Some gotta win, some gotta lose
Good time Charlie's got the blues
Good time Charlie's got the blues

Next: away

[Mini Mia]

"Pocketful Of Sunshine" by NATASHA BEDINGFIELD


[Chorus]
Take me away (take me away)
A secret place (a secret place)
A sweet escape (a sweet escape)
Take me away (take me away)
Take me away (take me away
To better days (to better days)
Take me away (take me away)
A hiding place (a hiding place)

[Interlude]

I got pocket,
Got a pocket full of sunshine
I've got a love and I know that it's all mine
oh,oh,oh

Wish that you could,
but you ain't gonna own me
do anything you can to control me
oh,oh,oh

Next: escape

[Phalon]

from "Remember" by Disturbed

If I can
Remember
To know this will
Conquer me
If I can
Just walk alone
And try to escape
Into me

next word: conquer

[stepper]

I must admit, my first reaction was "Oh cr@p! Where's Siren??!!" - but fortunately I rememberd Marvin.

What's Going On - Marvin Gaye

Mother, mother
There's too many of you crying
Brother, brother, brother
There's far too many of you dying
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today - Ya

Father, father
We don't need to escalate
You see, war is not the answer
For only love can conquer hate
You know we've got to find a way
To bring some lovin' here today

Next: Cry{ing}

[Siren]

Lol!! You goofball.

from "Crying In The Chapel" by Elvis

You saw me CRYING in the chapel.
The tears I shed were tears of joy
I know the meaning of contentment
Now I am HAPPY with the Lord

next: happy

[Phalon]

from "Happy?" by Mudvayne

Peel me from the skin
Tear me from the rind
Does it make you happy now?

next word: skin

[stepper]

Keeping the Faith - Billy Joel

We wore matador boots
Only Flagg Brothers had them with the Cuban heel
Iridescent socks with the same color shirt
And a tight pair of chinos
Oh, I put on my shark skin jacket
You know the kind with the velvet collar
And ditty-bop shades, oh yeah

Next: collar

[Siren]

from "Good Day To Run" by Darryl Worley

I'm tired of working every day for a dollar
About to CHOKE on my own blue COLLAR
This ain't gonna last
Misled by the grand illusion
I've come to this conclusion
I can't make a move too fast
It was written in the sky today by the morning sun
It sure looks like a good day to run

next: choke/choking

[Phalon]

from "Love Song" by Tantric

I never wanna hear another love song
It's all a bunch of lies and I've been through it all
I know it's like I'm bitter, I don't give a sh!t
I hope you're really happy and you choke on it

next word: bunch(es)

[Siren]

from "Skoal Ring" by Gretchen Wilson

Don't need no DIAMOND ring
Don't want a BUNCH of bling bling
The only thing I really need
Is a man with a skoal ring
Don't have to be wined and dined
We can stay home every night
I can do without anything
Except a man with a skoal ring

next: diamond

[Phalon]

from "Wish You Were Here" by Incubus

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...happy

next word: moment

[stepper]

This Magic Moment ~ Drifters

This magic moment, so different and so new
Was like any other until I kissed you
And then it happened, it took me by surprise
I knew that you felt it too, by the look in your eyes

Next: Look

[Phalon]

from "In the End" by Linkin Park

Didn't look out below
Watched the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on, but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to
Watch you go, watch you go

next word: window

[Siren]

from "Window Up Above" by George Jones

I’ve been living a new way of life that I love so
But I can see the clouds are gathering
And the storm will wreck our home

For last night he hugged you tightly
And you didn’t even shove
This is true for I’ve been watching
From the WINDOW up ABOVE

next: above

[stepper]

Imagine - John Lennon

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...

Next: Sky

[Siren]

from "Stars" in Broadway's "Les Miserables"

You know your PLACE in the SKY
You hold your course and your aim
And each in your season
Returns and returns
And is always the same
And if you fall as Lucifer fell
You fall in flame!

next: place

[stepper]

Heart and Soul - Jan and Dean
I said, "You're on, buddy, my mill's runnin' fine
Let's come off the line, now, at Sunset and Vine
But I'll go, you one better if you've got the nerve
Let's race all the way to Dead Man's Curve"

Dead Man's Curve, it's no place to play
Dead Man's Curve, you must keep away
Dead Man's Curve, I can hear 'em say
"Won't come back from Dead Man's Curve"

Next: Nerve

[Phalon]

from "The Last Remaining Light" by Audioslave

Curl like smoke and breath again
Down your throat, inside your ribs
Through your spine in every nerve
Where I watch and I wait and yield to the herd

And if you don't believe
The sun will rise
Stand alone and greet
The coming night
In the last remaining light

next word: remain(ing)

[stepper]

Sitting On The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

Look like nothing's gonna change
Everything still remains the same
I can't do what ten people tell me to do
So I guess I'll remain the same

Next: Gonna

[Phalon]

from "Not Fade Away" by The Rolling Stones

I'm gonna tell you how it's gonna be
You're gonna give your love to me
I'm gonna love you night and day
Well love is love and not fade away

next word: fade