Lyrically Speaking.... No. 2

[Phalon]

from "What It's Like" by Everlast (a powerful song it is)

We've all seen the man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange
He ask the man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes
"Get a job you f***in' slob's" all he replied

God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues
Then you really might know what it's like

next word: job

[stepper]

Get A Job ~ Sha Na Na

Well every morning about this time (Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na)
She gets me out of bed, a-crying get a job (Sha-na-na-na, sha-na-na-na-na)
After breakfast everyday she throws the want ads right my way
And never fails to say - get a JOB

Next: breakfast

[Phalon]

from "Daughter" by Pearl Jam

Alone... listless... breakfast table in an otherwise empty room
Young girl... violins... center of her own attention
The, mother reads aloud, child, tries to understand it
Tries to make her proud

next word: violin(s)

[Siren]

from "Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues" by Charlie Daniels

I met a man from Tennessee
This is what he said to me
He said music is a rhapsody
He picked up his VIOLIN, stuck it underneath his CHIN
And started playing me a symphony

I said that ain't the way it's done
Let me see that fiddle son
And I sawed him off a chorus or two
He said you'd better call the doctor 'cause I think I've got
The rocking Boogie Woogie Fiddle Country Blues

next: chin

[lolapalooza]

from "Missionary Man" by Eurythmics

Well I was born an original sinner
I was born from ORIGINAL sin
And if I had a dollar bill
For all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money
Piled up to my CHIN

next: original

[Phalon]

Lola! I was just thinking about you. Hope all is well your way.

from "Original Sin" by Elton John

Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in
Underneath my skin,
Oh, you were always my original sin
And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin
This dangerous game
Oh, you were always my original sin

next word: dangerous

[Siren]

from "Dangerous" by Roxette

Hold on TIGHT
You know she's a little bit DANGEROUS
She's got what it takes to make ends meet
The eyes of a lover that hit like heat
You know she's a little bit dangerous

next: tight

Just really not fair that those two were good-looking AND talented:



I think I read somewhere that, at the time, the lady spoke no english, and recorded their hits phonetically.

[Phalon]

from "Land of Confusion" by Disturbed (originally by Genesis)

I remember long ago
When the sun was shining
And all the stars were bright, all through the night
In the wake of this madness, as I held you tight
So long ago

next word: bright

[Siren]

from "On Heaven's Bright Shore" by Alison Krauss

Here's a young AK....brilliant!



On Heaven's BRIGHT shore
There's gonna be no more dying
Not one little grave in all that fair land
Not even a TEAR will dim the eye
And no one up there will say goodbye
Just singing His praise through endless days
On Heaven's bright shore

next: tear

[Phalon]

from "Familiar" by Incubus

Could there be a familiar ring everytime I sing about,
Cycle the tears, everything in life, no doubt.
I, I reiterate, and my jaw is offset.
But I'll say it again anyway,
What you give is what you get.

next word: familiar

[Siren]

from Dan Fogelberg's "Another Old Lang Syne", one of my favorite sad songs

The beers were empty and our tongues grew tired
and running out of things to say
She gave a kiss to me as I got out
and I watched her drive away

Just for a moment I was back in school
And felt that old FAMILIAR PAIN
And as I turned to make my way back home
the snow turned into rain

next: pain

[Phalon]

from "Send the Pain Below" by Chevelle

You used to beg me to take care of things,
And smile at the thought of me failing.

But long before, having hurt,
I'd send the pain below,
I'd send the pain below...

Much like suffocating

next word: below

[Siren]

from "One Tin Soldier" by Coven

Listen children to a story that was written long ago
About a kingdom on a mountain and the VALLEY folk BELOW
On the mountain was the treasure, buried deep beneath the stone
And the valley people swore they'd have it for their very own

Go ahead and hate your neighbor
Go ahead and cheat a friend
Do it in the name of Heaven, you can justify it in the end
There won't be any trumpets blowing, come the judgment day
On the bloody morning after
One tin soldier rides away

next: valley

[Phalon]

Oooo, great song, Siren.

from "Gangsta's Paradise" by Coolio

You want to tell me what this is all about?

As I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I take a look at my life and realize there's not much left
Cause I've been blastin' and laughin so long that
Even my ma'ma thinks that my mind is gone

next word: mama

[fallenangel]

Mama ~ Beth Hart

I'll get by
I know my face
Seems crazed and wild
But I got her eyes
A mama's child am I
She's blessed with grace
and is smooth as a line

next word : CHILD

[EllieNeo]

child - gwar

having a child with a person i don't even know
(...can't put the rest of the lyrics to this because they are inappropriate for the forum. look them up if you want to know the rest...)

next word: person

[Phalon]

from "Arnold Layne" by Pink Floyd

Now he's caught - a nasty sort of person.
They gave him time
Doors bang - chain gang - he hates it

next word: gang

[stepper]

Chain Gang ~ Sam Cooke

I hear somethin' sayin'

(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)
(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)

(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain GANG

All day long they're singin'
(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)
(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)

(Well, don't you know)
That's the sound of the men working on the chain ga-a-ang
That's the sound of the men working on the chain gang

All day long they work so hard
Till the sun is goin' down
Working on the highways and byways
And wearing, wearing a frown
You hear them moanin' their lives away
Then you hear somebody sa-ay

I hear somethin' sayin'

(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)
(Hooh! aah!) (hooh! aah!)

Next: Highways

[Phalon]

I've had this one stuck in my head since "Musical Chairs" a few days ago....

from "I Am the Highway" by Audioslave

I am not your rolling wheels
I am the highway
I am not your carpet ride
I am the sky
I am not your blowing wind
I am the lightning
I am not your autumn moon
I am the night, the night..

next word: autumn

[stepper]

Autumn Leaves ~ Nat King Cole

The falling leaves drift by the window
The autumn leaves of red and gold
I see your lips, the summer kisses
The sun-BURNED hands I used to hold

Next: Burned

[Phalon]

from "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" by Disturbed (and originally U2)

I have kissed honey lips, felt the healing in her fingertips
It burned like a fire, this burning desire
I have spoke with the tongue of angels
I have held the hand of a devil, it was warm in the night
I was cold as a stone
But I still haven't found what I'm looking for
No, I still haven't found what I'm looking for

next word: fingertips

[stepper]

Good song Phalon!

Who Wants to Live Forever ~ Queen

But touch my tears with your lips
Touch my world with your FINGERTIPS

Next: Touch

[EllieNeo]

a touch of paradise ~ john farnhan

flamingos walk, and sway in peace
seeing this, it makes my troubles cease
the sun is hiding, leaving a pink scar
that stretches right across the sky
that's all we've seen so far
and all i do is look into your eyes

for that special touch of paradise
just a touch, a touch of paradise
just a special touch of paradise

next word: pink

[Phalon]

from "Adhesive" by Stone Temple Pilots

My friend Blue he runs the show
With hot pink purple china glow
His family trees are molded
No longer grows in summer
He holds it closer lets it go
Picks a fruit but keeps it whole
Can't keep the submarining
Can't keep the light from fading

next word: fruit

[EllieNeo]

this song is called lyrics ~ the devil wears prada

i am the speaker but what is responsibility
this is beg of you, build me brick upon brick
high tides; waves of hypocrisy
i didn't think the clock struck more than twelve times
i decided to name her insomnia
"her teeth like white seeds in a scarlet fruit"

next word: insomnia

[Phalon]

from "Insomnia" by Megadeth

Insomnia, my swollen bloodshot eyes
Insomnia, awake 'til morning light
Insomnia, stirring deep inside
Insomnia, somebody turn out the lights
I can't sleep - insomnia

next word: awake

[stepper]

Stay Awake ~ Mary Poppins

Stay awake, don't rest your head
Don't lie down upon your bed
While the moon drifts in the skies
Stay AWAKE, don't close your eyes

Though the world is fast asleep
Though your pillow's soft and deep
You're not sleepy as you seem
Stay awake, don't nod and dream
Stay awake, don't nod and dream

Next: Sleepy

[Phalon]

from "Daydream Believer" by the Monkees

Cheer up, Sleepy Jean.
Oh, what can it mean
To a daydream believer
And a homecoming queen?

next word: homecoming

[stepper]

For The First Time ~ Kenny Chesney

There`s somethin sacred when your 17
Bout a football jacket and a highschool ring
and it sure looked nice
When you wore mine

That late October at the HOMECOMING dance
We slipped outside
and we took a chance
In the middle of the night
It sure felt right

Next: Jacket

[Phalon]

from "Straight Jacket Fashion" by Chevelle

His straight jacket fashion
Can't believe he could
But I cry denial
To say that he should
This straight jacket fashion
I can't believe he could
Starve ourselves just to say
You know that you should

next word: fashion