Lyrically Speaking # 3

[stepper]

Um, are you sure? Cause she's like a major singer and they're, well, like, not so well known. Ya know?


Back To December - Taylor Swift

And I think about summer, all the beautiful times

Next: Time(s)

[Phalon]

Uhm, yes, I'm sure.

One of my favorite runs about time; it's fun to sing along with...

from "In the End" by Linkin Park

It starts with
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme
To explain in due time
All I know
Time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day
The clock ticks life away
It's so unreal
Didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Trying to hold on but didn't even know
Wasted it all just to
Watch you go

next word: count(s,ed,ing)

[stepper]

Thankful Heart - Muppets

Life is like a journey
Who knows when it ends?
Yes, and if you need to know
The measure of a man
You simply count his friends

Next: Journey

[Phalon]

from "1000 Mile Journey" by Mudvayne

A journey of a thousand miles it starts with one step
Plowing out the rows and bleeding of the rose

next word: rose

[stepper]

Bless The Wings (That Brought You) - The Moody Blues

Like the rose that blooms in the wintertime
As it reaches up through the snow

Next: Snow

[Phalon]

(these songs are going to be stuck in my head for weeks...)

from "Summer Love" by One Direction

'Cause you were mine for the summer
Now we know it's nearly over
Feels like snow in September
But I always will remember
You were my summer love
You always will be my summer love

next word: near(ly)

[stepper]

Day By Day - Godspell

Day by day, oh, dear Lord, three things I pray
To see thee more clearly
Love thee more dearly
Follow thee more nearly, day by day

Next: Three

[Phalon]

from "Gimme Three Steps" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Won't you give me three steps,
Gimme three steps, Mister,
Gimme three steps towards the door?

next word: step(s)

[stepper]

Every Breath You Take - Sting

Every breath you take
Every move you make
Every bond you break
Every step you take
I'll be watching you

Next: Move

A nice version from Ally McBeal

[Phalon]

from "Lateralus" by Tool

With my feet upon the ground,
I lose myself between the sounds
And open wide to suck it in.
I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out.
I'm reaching for the random or
Whatever will bewilder me,
Whatever will bewilder me.

next word: ground

[stepper]

Family Man - Hall and Oats

She gave him her look
It would've worked
On any other man around
He looked her up and down
She knew he couldn't decide
If he should hold his ground

Next: Look

[Phalon]

Taking liberty with the tense on this one, cuz these few lines of the lyrics always crack me up for some reason....

from "Outshined" by Soundgarden

I just looked in the mirror
Things aren't looking so good
I'm looking California
And feeling Minnesota

next word: mirror

[stepper]

Dancing In The Dark - Bruce Springsteen

I check my look in the mirror
I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face

Next: Face(s)

[Phalon]

from "It's Been A While" by Staind

And it's been awhile
Since I could look at myself straight
And it's been awhile
Since I said I'm sorry
And it's been awhile
Since I've seen the way the candles light your face
And it's been awhile
But I can still remember just the way you taste

next word: sorry

[stepper]

I'm Sorry - John Denver

I'm sorry if I took some things for granted,
I'm sorry for the chains I put on you.
But more than anything else,
I'm sorry for myself for living without you.

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{Next: Myself} I heard this one at a particularly sensitive moment. The last two lines have always been too close to reality.

[Phalon]

Here's a song that contains my favorite misheard lyrics: "Left with a heart exhausted" changed into "Left with a heart of sausage" sung by BP. Just yesterday, in fact, she was writing a song list for LX to make a CD for her, and asked the name of "the sausage song".

It's "Happy?" by Mudvayne

Tear meat from the bone
Tear me from myself
Are you feeling happy now?

next word: bone

[stepper]

My Old Man - John Denver


Said he'd been blessed with a gypsy bone
That's the reason they guessed
He'd been cursed to roam

Next: Gypsy

[Phalon]

from "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" by April Wine

Sign of the gypsy queen
Pack your things and leave
Word of a woman who knows
Take all your gold and you go

next word: gold

[stepper]

(They Long To Be) Close To You - The Carpenters

On the day that you were born the angels got together.
And decided to create a dream come true.
So, they sprinkled moon dust in your hair of gold,
And star-light in your eyes of blue.
That is why all the girls in town follow you all around.
Just like me, they long to be close to you.

Next: Town

[Phalon]

from "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits

Well, now you step inside but you don't see too many faces
Coming in out of rain to hear the jazz go down
Competition in other places
Oh, but the horns, they're blowing that sound
Way on down south, way on down south London town

next word: south

[stepper]

I listened to that song more than once.

Robert Mackenzie - Paul Gross (Robert Mackenzie is actually about the real ship and wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. It was written for one of my favorite shows, Due South.)

A captain name of Phillips
Seekin' shelter from the storm
Turned us south of Bкte Grise Bay
By way of Keewenaw point
But the wind was pushin' at such a rate
We ended up driftin' north
A wave broke over a knife of rock
Six Fathom Shoal

Next: Knife

[Phalon]

from "Forever and a Day" by Saliva

The complicated ways of life
Can cut you like a knife
Sometimes anger's not the way
And you regret the things you say

next word: regret

[stepper]

I'm not a serious fan of the many TV talent and shows, but sometimes I will scan Youtube in search of the occasional gem, especially if it's got a lot of hits. It was one such search that led me to one of those gems. Her name was Janey Cutler and she was on Britain's Got Talent. They show quite a few children on these shows and for the most part they are children with a wonderful talent, but they are still children. Janey was definitely not a child. She was an 80 year old lady who was nearly as diminutive as a child. As the scene starts from the audience perspective, there's a slight delay while a hand appears pointing the way to the "X" where the entertainers are supposed to stand, some light laughter, and then one of the stage personnel takes her arm and escorts her to center stage. Everyone reacts appropriately (she is a true British mum after all) and as she responds to the few pre-act questions it's obvious she's a real character - the audience is on her side. Then it's time for her to show what she's got. What she's got is pretty darned good - good enough for a standing ovation - one that I agreed with. They called her 'plucky' but in this case that's just another word for "someone I'd like to know." She didn't win, but she was good enough for the 'after season tour' with the rest of those who appeared in the finals. There's even a 'No Regrets' youtube channel in her honor - not bad for an eighty year old huh. Janey died about a year later in Aug 2011 but her zest is preserved in video. So here she is my friends; maybe not quite so famous of most of the singers we chose for this thread, and a song that is not so well known as some of the songs we chose, but memorable non-the-less.

No Regrets - Janey Cutler

Life still goes on
Yes, even though love has gone
One last kiss
Shrug and sigh
No regrets even though it's goodbye

Next: Kiss

[Phalon]

Such a sweet video, Stepper. Thanks for posting it.

from "She's Not Afraid" by One Direction

She's not afraid of all the attention
She's not afraid of running wild
How come she's so afraid of falling in love?
She's not afraid of scary movies
She likes the way we kiss in the dark
But she's so afraid of f-f-falling in love, love

next word: afraid

[stepper]

Dance With Me - Disney's Cheetah Girls

Don't be afraid, take my hand
Forget the world, will you dance?
Dance with me
Podemos bailar eternamente

Next: Dance

[Phalon]

from "Same Old Song and Dance" by Aerosmith

It's the same old story, same old song and dance, my friend
It's the same old story, same old story
Same old song and dance

next word: song

[stepper]

I know you prefer choices where the next target word isn't in the title, but this was just way to obvious a choice.


An Old Fashioned Love Song - Three Dog Night

Just an old-fashioned love song
Playin' on the radio
And wrapped around the music
Is the sound of someone promising they'll never go
You swear you've heard it before
As it slowly rambles on
No need in bringing 'em back
'Cause they're never really gone

Next: Never

[fallenangel]

Never Again ~ Disturbed

They aren't lost, you see
The truth will live in me
Believe me, never again

next word : BELIEVE

[stepper]

Take It To The Limit - The Eagles

And when you're looking for your freedom
(Nobody seems to care)
And you can't find the door
(Can't find it anywhere)
When there's nothing to believe in
Still you're coming back, you're running back
You're coming back for more

So put me on a highway
And show me a sign
And take it to the limit one more time


Next: Limit(s)

[Phalon]

I know you prefer choices where the next target word isn't in the title, but this was just way to obvious a choice.

How did you know that? It's not that I mind anyone else doing it; it's just my preferred way to go; I tend to make things harder on myself.

from "The Clincher" by Chevelle

I'll stand for nothing less
Or never stand again
These are the limits when one's buried
This body's left the soul
Could we have known
Never would I have helped to nail down
Careful of drifting off
Now losing taste and touch
Turning a pale blue leaning in to say
This body's left the soul
The brain needs oxygen
Can't sneak around this bait
His catacomb has got me by the chin
This body's left the soul

next word: pale