Lyrically Speaking # 3

[Phalon]

from "Brand New Key" by Melanie

I've been lookin around awhile
You've got something for me
Well, I've got a brand new pair of rollerskates
You got a brand new key

next word: pair

[stepper]

In The Mood - Glenn Miller {One of the most popular 'swing' songs, Miller's version of In the Mood charted in both 1940 and 1943. It charted again in 1953 in a version by Johnny Maddox. There was another popular verion recorded by the Andrews Sisters. It's best known in the strictly musical version.}

Who's the lovin' daddy with the beautiful eyes
What a pair o' lips, I'd like to try 'em for size

Next: Size

[Phalon]

from "Unchained" by Van Halen

Thought you'd never miss me till I got a fat city address
Non-stop talker, what a rocker
Blue-eyed murderer in a size five dress

next word: five

[stepper]

The Day Before You Came – Abba

I must have kept on dragging through the business of the day
Without really knowing anything, I hid a part of me away
At five I must have left, there's no exception to the rule
A matter of routine, I've done it ever since I finished school
The train back home again

Next: School

[Phalon]

from "Fight for Your Right" by The Beastie Boys

You wake up late for school, Man, you don't wanna go
You ask you mom, "Please?", but she still says, "No!"
You missed two classes, and no homework
But your teacher preaches class like you're some kind of jerk

next word: class(es)

[stepper]

Style - Frank Sinatra

With mother of pearl kind of buttons,
(You look like the Astors and Huttons.)
[You either got or you haven't got class,] (got or you haven't got class.)
How it draws the applause of the masses.

Next: Pearl

[Phalon]

from "Zeedeveel" by Incubus

Yeah, you've got your little world
Picture perfect, it's a pearl
Now go and try and sleep in the bed you made.

next word: picture

[stepper]

If - Bread

If a picture paints a thousand words,
Then why can't I paint you?
The words will never show the you I've come to know.

Next: Paint

[Phalon]

from "TV Radio" by Mudvayne

You incomplete me
You tune me into
Whitewash
Spoon fed
Brain dead
Sloth

I'd watch the paint dry before giving in.

next word: fed/feed

[stepper]

Bread And Butter - The Newbeats
Many people remember The Newbeats for this one song and believe them to be one hit wonders, but that's not true. Everything's Alright reached #16 and "Run, Baby Run (Back Into My Arms)" reached #12 on the pop charts. Siren probably knows more about them; all I can say is I remember the song.

I like bread and butter,
I like toast and jam,
That's what my baby feeds me,
I'm her loving man.

Next: Toast

[Phalon]

from "Kiss It Off" by Little Feat. A guy that lived in our barracks in Germany turned me on to Little Feat with the album "Dixie Chicken" - which became one of my all-time favorite albums, and in my opinion, Little Feat's best. I hated "Kiss It Off" though - the last track on side one of the album, and I'd always pick up the needle when it started, and flip the album over. Must have listened to it enough times though for it to stick in my head - it was what immediately came to mind with "toast".

Over 30 years ago, and right up until now, I always thought the line was "milk toast in love".

One so sad, feeling's painful
You can't deny, there is no peace
Is no love, milk-toasted love
Ain't no velvet glove

next word: velvet

[fallenangel]

Black Velvet ~ Alannah Miles

Black velvet and that little boy's smile
Black velvet with that slow southern style
A new religion that'll bring ya to your knees
Black velvet if you please

next word : SMILE

[Phalon]

from "Fell on Black Days" by Soundgarden

Just when everyday
Seemed to greet me with a smile
Sunspots have faded
And now I'm doing time
Now I'm doing time

next word: fade(d)

[fallenangel]

Fade Out ~ Seether

Fade out like a photograph
Just a memory to forget
You burn black like a cigarette
I'll discard you when I'm done

nexxt word : cigarette

[stepper]

Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray - Patsy Cline

Two cigarettes in an ashtray
My love and I, in a small café
Then a stranger came along
And everything went wrong
Now there's three cigarettes

Next: Three

[Phalon]

from "Major Tom" by David Bowie

Ground Control to Major Tom
Commencing countdown, engines on
Check ignition and may God’s love be with you

Ten, Nine, Eight, Seven, Six, Five, Four, Three, Two, One, Lift-off

next word: lift

[stepper]

Hallelujah - LEONARD COHEN/ K. D. Lang

It goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall, the major lift

Next: Fall

[Phalon]

from "Major Tom" by David Bowie

Oops. Just came to me. The title of the song, of course, is "Space Oddity".

Onward...

from "Crawling" by Linkin Park

Crawling in my skin
These wounds they will not heal
Fear is how I fall
Confusing what is real

next word: skin

[stepper]

Pancho and Lefty - Willie Nelson

Living on the road my friend
was gonna keep you free and clean
And now you were your skin like iron
and your breath's as hard as kerosene
You weren't your mama's only boy
but her favorite one it seems
She began to cry when you said goodbye
and sank into your dreams

Next: Favorite

[fallenangel]

Favorite Things ~ Beth Hart

Don't ask me why
Gold butterflies and gum on a string
Get me high
Yeah these are some of my favorite things
But doin' nothin' is my favorite one

next word : STRING

[stepper]

String Along - Ricky Nelson

String along that's all I am it's just your string along
Someone that you just seem to bring along
Whenever you are all alone
Need some company you always turn to me

Next: company

[Phalon]

from "Bad Company" by Bad Company

Bad company
I can't deny
Bad, bad company
'Til the day I die
Until the day I die

next word: until

[stepper]

Now - The Carpenter's - and Karen Carpenter's last recording.

And now, now
Now when I wake there's someone home
I'll never face the nights alone
You gave me the courage I need to win
To open my heart and to let you in
And I never really knew how until now, until now
No, I never really knew how until now

Next: wake

[Phalon]

from "One Lonely Visitor" by Chevelle

It's time to wake up,
And separate feelings
That I keep falling into.
Each seem like good reasons,
Oh I feel a break down,
I don't care if it shows up,
I'm praying this for you,
'Til it's answered I'll say.

next word: show(s)

[stepper]

Hometown Glory - Adele

Shows that we are united
Shows that we ain't gonna take it

Next: United

[Phalon]

from "Be Yourself" by Audioslave

Someone finds salvation in everyone
Another only pain
Someone tries to hide himself
Down inside himself he prays
Someone swears his true love
Until the end of time
Another runs away
Separate or united
Healthy or insane

And to be yourself is all that you can do

next word: separate

[stepper]

My Love, My Life - Abba

I've seen it on your face
Tells me more than any worn-out old phrase
So now we'll go separate ways
Never again we two
Never again, nothing I can do

Next: Phrase

[stepper]

We seem to be stuck so I'll do it again...

Hakuna Matata - The Lion King

Hakuna Matata! What a wonderful phrase
Hakuna Matata! Ain't no passing craze
It means no worries for the rest of your days
It's our problem-free philosophy

Next: Ain't

[Phalon]

We seem to be stuck so I'll do it again...

For the life of me, I couldn't think of anything...and now <slaps forehead> once you posted, it seems so simple.

from "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (a real challenge to sit still when listening - impossible, actually)

Big black boots,
Long brown hair,
She's so sweet
With her get back stare.

Well I could see,
You home with me,
But you were with another man, yeah!
I know we ain't got much to say,
Before I let you get away, yeah!
I said, are you gonna be my girl?

next word: boots

[stepper]

Maybe it's because I like Disney stuff - but it seemed easy.

Sorry, but this is what came to mind first.

These Boots Are Make For Walking - Nancy Sinatra

These boots are made for walking
And that's just what they'll do
One of these days these boots
Are gonna walk all over you

Next: Day(s)