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[Colrom]

Wait for the Wagon

 

R. Bishop Buckley and George P. Knaeff

 

Published 1851

 

Will you come with me my Phyllis dear

To yon blue mountain free?

Where the blossoms smell the sweetest,

Come rove along with me.

It's every Sunday morning

When I am by your side,

We'll jump into the wagon

And we'll all take a ride.

 

Chorus

Wait for the wagon,

Wait for the wagon

Wait for the Wagon

And we'll all take a ride.

 

Where the river runs like silver

And the birds they sing so sweet

I have a cabin, Phyllis,

And something good to eat;

Come listen to my story,

It will relieve my heart;

So jump into the wagon,

And off we will start.

 

Chorus

 

Together, on life's journey,

We'll travel till we stop,

And if we have no trouble,

We'll reach the happy top;

Then come with me, sweet Phyllis,

My dear, my lovely bride,

We'll jump into the wagon,

And all take a ride.

 

Chorus

[WinterSun]

Manowar-Hail and Kill

 

Brothers I am calling from the valley of the kings

With nothing to atone

A dark march lies ahead, together we will ride

Like thunder from the sky

May your sword stay wet like a young girl in her prime

Hold your hammers high

 

Blood and death are waiting like a raven in the sky

I was born to die

Hear me while I live

As I look into your eyes

None shall hear a lie

Power and dominion are taken by the will

By divine right hail and kill

 

Hail, Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill

Hail, Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill

 

My father was a wolf

I'm a kinsman of the slain

Sworn to rise again

I will bring salvation, punishment and pain

The hammer of hate is our faith

Power and dominion are taken by the will

By divine right hail and kill

Hail, Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill

Hail, Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill

 

Rip their flesh

Burn their hearts

Stab them in the eyes

Rape their women as they cry

Kill their servants

Burn their homes

Till there's no blood left to spill

Hail and Kill

Power and dominion are taken by the will

By divine right hail and kill

 

Hail, Hail, Hail, Hail and Kill, Hail and Kill

[Cantousent]

One of These Days -- Tim McGraw

 

Used to chase that boy home from school

We called him frekled-faced, red-headed fool

He was different...he wasn't cool like me

Sticks and stones didn't break any bones

Bet we never left well enough alone

And one day he ran away from home, you see

And I passed him as he walked away

And in his eyes I heard him say

 

'One of these days you're gonna love me

You'll sit down by yourself and think

About the times you pushed and shoved me

And what good friends we might've been

And then you're gonna sigh a little

Maybe even cry a little but

One of these days you're gonna love me'

 

Patty Sue was a small town beauty

I took one look at her and had to pull her to me

Lord knows she should've seen right through me

When I promised her the world

But at 17, you only want one thing

I left her standin' there with my high school ring

Innocent tears in the pourin' rain

As I walked away

And I still see her in my dreams

And to this day she's whispering

 

'One of these days you're gonna love me

You'll sit down by yourself and think

About the time you turned from me

And what good friends we might've been

And then you're gonna sigh a little

Maybe even cry a little but

One of these days you're gonna love me'

 

Now everybody stands up

The congregation sings

It's a song of sweet forgiveness

And as the chorus rings

The wind blows clear my memory

The pages start to turn

Then suddenly I'm singin'

The moment that I learn

 

One of these days I'm gonna love me

And feel the joy of sweet release

One of these days, I'll rise above me

And at last I'll find some peace

Then I'm gonna smile a little

Maybe even laugh a little but

One of these days I'm gonna love me

[Gabrielle]

Fear Factory

[Cantousent]

Oh Mary this London's a wonderful sight

With people here workin' by day and by night

They don't sow potatoes, nor barley, nor wheat

But there's gangs of them diggin' for gold in the street

 

 

At least when I asked them that's what I was told

So I just took a hand at this diggin' for gold

But for all that I found there I might as well be

Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep on down to the sea.

 

 

 

I believe that when writin' a wish you expressed

As to how the fine ladies in London were dressed

Well if you'll believe me, when asked to a ball

They don't wear no top to their dresses at all

 

 

Oh I've seen them meself and you could not in truth

Say that if they were bound for a ball or a bath

Don't be startin' them fashions, now Mary McCree

Where the Mountains of Mourne sweep on down to the sea.

 

 

 

There's beautiful girls here, oh never you mind

With beautiful shapes nature never designed

And lovely complexions all roses and cream

But let me remark with regard to the same

 

 

That if those red roses you venture to sip

The colours might all come away on your lip

So I'll wait for the wild rose that's waitin' for me

In the place where the dark Mourne sweeps down to the sea.

[Krookie]

This is just what I'm listening to now...

 

 

AMERICAN HI-FI:

 

"The Geeks Get The Girls"

 

Another Friday night, to get the feeling right

At the bar when he sees her coming over

What you gonna do, if she walks up to you

Tongue tied better get yourself together

Pound another drink, to give him time to think

What's your sign hey I think you know a friend of mine

All the stupid lines, that he had ever heard

Wouldn't come to mind he couldn't say a word

 

Tonight tonight, he's gonna get it right

Even losers can get lucky sometimes

All the freaks go on a winning streak

In a perfect world, all the geeks get the girls

 

Got her holding steady, forget her name already

Sweatin' hard not a smooth operator

She's got it going on, dancing to her favorite song

He's got the line is it your place or mine

She turns and walks away, where did he go wrong?

But waiting by the car, she says what took you so long

 

Tonight tonight, he's gonna get it right

Even losers can get lucky sometimes

All the freaks go on a winning streak

In a perfect world, all the geeks get the girls

 

The very next day, he guessed she ran away

The one and only in his bed so lonely

But she comes walking in, with coffee and a grin

Crazy as it seems, it wasn't just a dream

And all around the world, people shout it out

The geek got the girl

 

Last night he finally got it right

Even losers can get lucky sometimes

All the freaks go on a winning streak

Shout it all around the world cause the geeks get the girls

[WinterSun]

Mayhem-Life Eternal

 

A dream of another existance

You wish to die

A dream of another world

You pray for death

 

To release the soul one must die

To find peace inside you must get eternal

 

I am a mortal, but am I human?

How beautiful life is now when my time has come

A human destiny, but nothing human inside

What will be left of me when I'm dead?

There was nothing when I lived

 

What you found was eternal death

No one will ever miss you

[Cantousent]

Solsbury Hill --- Peter Gabriel

 

Climbing up on Solsbury Hill

I could see the city light

Wind was blowing, time stood still

Eagle flew out of the night

He was something to observe

Came in close, I heard a voice

Standing stretching every nerve

Had to listen had no choice

I did not believe the information

(I) just had to trust imagination

My heart going boom boom boom

"Son," he said "Grab your things,

I've come to take you home."

 

To keep in silence I resigned

My friends would think I was a nut

Turning water into wine

Open doors would soon be shut

So I went from day to day

Tho' my life was in a rut

"Till I thought of what I'd say

Which connection I should cut

I was feeling part of the scenery

I walked right out of the machinery

My heart going boom boom boom

"Hey" he said "Grab your things

I've come to take you home."

(Back home.)

 

When illusion spin her net

I'm never where I want to be

And liberty she pirouette

When I think that I am free

Watched by empty silhouettes

Who close their eyes but still can see

No one taught them etiquette

I will show another me

Today I don't need a replacement

I'll tell them what the smile on my face meant

My heart going boom boom boom

"Hey" I said "You can keep my things,

they've come to take me home.

[Cantousent]

Van Zant --- Help Somebody if You Can

 

Well grandaddy was a hillbilly scholar, blue collar of a man...

He came from the school of "you don't need nothin' if you can't make it with your own two hands"

He was backwoods, backwards, used words like: no sir, yes ma'am, by god, I'll be darned, hell yeah I'm American..

and all the years he walked this earth

I swear all he did was work.

He said the devil dreams on an idle horseso you listen to me squirt..

Don't get too high on the bottle, and get right with the man.

Fight your fights, find your grace and all the things that you can't change, and help somebody if you can

Now Granny said sonny stick to your gun if you believe in something no matter what

cause it's better to be hated for who you are

Than loved for who you're not.

She was 5 feet of concrete New York born and raised on a slick city street.

She'll stare you down, stand her ground, still kickin' and screamin' at 93

I remember how frail she looked in that hospital bed taking her last few breaths of life and smiling as she said

Don't get too high on the bottle, just a little sip now and then,

fight your fights, find your grace,and all the things you can't change

and help somebody if you can,and get right with the man.

I never let a cowboy make the coffee

yeah thats what Granny always said to my Grandad

and he'd say never tell a joke that ain't that funny more than once

and if you wanna hear God laugh, tell Him your plans

Don't get too high on the bottle, get right with the man, son.

fight your fights, find your grace,and all the things you can't change

and help somebody if you can

and get right with the man and get right with the man.

[Cantousent]

I guess this is a triple post. Doesn't stop me from making it, though.

 

Here's another one.

 

Just Like Heaven --- The Cure

 

Show me how you do that trick

The one that makes me scream she said

The one that makes me laugh she said

And threw her arms around my neck

Show me how you do it

And I promise you I promise that

I

[Kor Qel Droma]

Here are the lyrics to yet another Weezer song that I adore

 

 

Pink Triangle-Weezer

 

 

When I'm stable long enough

I start to look around for love

See a sweet in floral print

my mind begins the arrangements

but When I start to feel that pull

turns out I just pulled myself

she would never go with me

were I the last girl on earth

 

I'm dumb, she's a lesbian

I thought I had found the one

we were good as married in my mind

but married in my mind's no good

a Pink Triangle on her sleeve

let me know the truth, let me know the truth

 

Might have smoked a few in my time

but never thought it was a crime

knew the day would surely come

when I'd chill and settle down

when I think I've found a good old-fashioned girl

then she put me in my place

if everyone's a little queer

can't she be a little straight?

 

 

 

and 'Just Like Heaven' is a cool song too, Eldar

Edited October 18, 2005 by Kor Qel Droma

[LoneWolf16]

Part of my soul just died from that Mr. Legolas. )

 

On a lighter note. (Give it up for hypocrisy)

 

 

Brand New - "Sic Transit Gloria...Glory Fades"

 

Keep the noise low.

She doesn't wanna blow it.

Shaking head to toe

while your left hand does "the show me around."

Quickens your heartbeat.

It beats me straight into the ground.

 

You don't recover from a night like this.

A victim, still lying in bed, completely motionless.

A hand moves in the dark to a zipper.

Hear a boy bracing tight against sheets

barely whisper, "This is so messed up."

 

Upon arrival the guests had all stared.

Dripping wet and clearly depressed,

he'd headed straight for the stairs.

No longer cool, but a boy in a stitch,

unprepared for a life full of lies and failing relationships.

 

(Up the stairs: the station where

the act becomes the art of growing up.)

 

He keeps his hands low.

He doesn't wanna blow it.

He's wet from head to toe and

his eyes give her the up and the down.

His stomach turns and he thinks of throwing up.

But the body on the bed beckons forward

and he starts growing up.

 

The fever, the focus.

The reasons that I had to believe

you weren't too hard to sell.

Die young and save yourself.

The tickle, the taste of...

It used to be the reason I breathed

but now it's choking me up.

Die young and save yourself.

 

She hits the lights.

This doesn't seem quite fair.

Despite everything he learned from his friends,

he doesn't feel so prepared.

She's breathing quiet and smooth.

He's gasping for air.

"This is the first and last time," he says.

She fakes a smile and presses her hips into his.

He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides.

He's holding back from telling her

exactly what it really feels like.

 

He is the lamb, she is the slaughter.

She's moving way too fast

and all he wanted was to hold her.

Nothing that he tells her is really having an effect.

He whispers that he loves her,

but she's probably only looking for...

 

(Up the stairs: the station where

the act becomes the art of growing up.)

 

So much more than he could ever give.

A life free of lies and a meaningful relationship.

He keeps his hands pinned down at his sides.

He waits for it to end

and for the aching in his guts to subside.

 

The fever, the focus.

The reasons that I had to believe

you weren't too hard to sell.

Die young and save yourself.

The tickle, the taste of...

It used to be the reason I breathed

but now it's choking me up.

Die young and save yourself.

 

Up the stairs: the station where

the act becomes the art of growing up.

 

The fever, the focus.

The reasons that I had to believe

you weren't too hard to sell.

Die young and save yourself.

The tickle, the taste of...

It used to be the reason I breathed

but now it's choking me up.

Die young and save yourself.

Edited October 18, 2005 by LoneWolf16

[Colrom]

The Battle Cry of Freedom

 

1862

 

Music and Lyrics by George Frederick Root

 

"Yes we'll rally 'round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom,

We will rally from the hillside we'll gather from the plain,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom."

 

Chorus:

"The Union forever, Hurrah, boys, Hurrah!

Down with the traitor, Up with the star;

While we rally round the flag, boys, Rally once again,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom."

 

"We are springing to the call of our brothers gone before,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom,

And we'll fill the vacant ranks with a million Free men more,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom."

 

(Chorus)

 

"We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom,

And although he may be poor he shall never be a slave,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom."

 

(Chorus)

 

"So we're springing to the call from the East and from the West,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom,

And we'll hurl the rebel crew from the land we love the best,

Shouting the battle cry of Freedom."

 

(Chorus)

[Rosbjerg]

Jeff Buckley - Lover you Should've come over

 

Looking out the door i see the rain fall upon the funeral mourners

Parading in a wake of sad relations as their shoes fill up with water

And maybe i'm too young to keep good love from going wrong

But tonight you're on my mind so you never know

 

When i'm broken down and hungry for your love with no way to feed it

Where are you tonight, child you know how much i need it

Too young to hold on and too old to just break free and run

 

Sometimes a man gets carried away, when he feels like he should be having his fun

And much too blind to see the damage he's done

Sometimes a man must awake to find that really, he has no-one

 

So i'll wait for you... and i'll burn

Will I ever see your sweet return

Oh will I ever learn

 

Oh lover, you should've come over

'Cause it's not too late

 

Lonely is the room, the bed is made, the open window lets the rain in

Burning in the corner is the only one who dreams he had you with him

My body turns and yearns for a sleep that will never come

 

It's never over, my kingdom for a kiss upon her shoulder

It's never over, all my riches for her smiles when i slept so soft against her

It's never over, all my blood for the sweetness of her laughter

It's never over, she's the tear that hangs inside my soul forever

 

Well maybe i'm just too young

To keep good love from going wrong

 

Oh... lover, you should've come over

'Cause it's not too late

 

Well I feel too young to hold on

And i'm much too old to break free and run

Too deaf, dumb, and blind to see the damage i've done

Sweet lover, you should've come over

Oh, love well i'm waiting for you

 

Lover, you should've come over

'Cause it's not too late

 

..

 

But it's the way he sings that makes this song so great!

[Colrom]

The Army of the Free

 

About 1862

 

In the army of the Union,

We are marching in the van,

And will do the work before us,

If the bravest soldiers can;

We will drive the Rebel forces

From their strongholds to the sea.

And will live and die together

In the Army of the Free.

The Army of the Free,

We will live and die together

In the Army of the Free.

 

We may rust beneath inaction,

We may sink beneath disease

The summer sun may scorch us

Or the winter's blast may freeze,

But whatever may befall us,

We will let the Rebels see,

The unconquered we shall still remain

The Army of the Free.

The Army of the Free,

Unconquered we shall remain

The Army of the Free.

 

We are the best division of

A half a million souls,

And only resting on our arms

Till the war cry onward rolls;

When our gallant General Porter calls,

Why ready we shall be,

To follow him forever

With the Army of the Free.

The Army of the Free,

We will follow him forever

With the Army of the Free.

 

We have Butterfield the daring

And we've Martindale the cool,

Where could we learn the art of war

Within a better school,

Add Morel to the list of names,

And we must all agree,

We have the finest Generals

In the Army of the Free.

The Army of the Free,

We have the finest Generals

In the Army of the Free.

 

Though we live in winter quarters now,

We're waiting but the hour,

When Porter's brave division

Shall go forth in all its power,

And when on the field of battle,

Fighting we shall be,

We'll show that we cannot disgrace

The Army of the Free.

The Army of the Free,

We'll show that we cannot disgrace

The Army of the Free.

 

Then hurrah for our division,

May it soon be called to go,

To add its strength to those who have

Advanced to meet the foe;

God bless it, for we know right well,

Wherever it may be,

'Twill never fail to honor our great

Army of the Free.

The Army of the Free,

Twill never fail to honor our great

Army of the Free.

[Kor Qel Droma]

Here's some lyrics to an old Fleetwood Mac song thats been stuck in my head since someone posted it in the other thread.

 

 

Seven Wonders:Fleetwood Mac

 

So long ago

Certain place

Certain time

You touched my hand

On the way

On the way down to Emmiline

But if our paths never cross

Well you know I'm sorry but

If I live to see the seven wonders

I'll make a path to the rainbow's end

I'll never live to match the beauty again

The rainbow's end

 

So it's hard to find

Someone with that kind of intensity

You touched my hand I played it cool

And you reached out your hand to me

But if our paths never cross

Well you know I'm sorry but

If I live to see the seven wonders

I'll make a path to the rainbow's end

I'll never live to match the beauty again

The rainbow's end

So long ago

It's a certain time

It's a certain place

You touched my hand and you smiled

All the way back you held out your hand

If I hope and if I pray

Ooh it might work out someday

If I live to see the seven wonders

I'll make a path to the rainbow's end

I'll never live to match the beauty again

The rainbow's end

 

If I live to see the seven wonders

I'll make a path to the rainbow's end

I'll never live to match the beauty again

 

If I live to see the seven wonders

I'll make a path to the rainbow's end

I'll never live to match the beauty again

[Gabrielle]

Ozzy Osbourne

[Akhan225]

Guns N' Roses - Use Your Illusion II

 

"What we've got here is failure to communicate.

Some men you just can't reach...

So, you get what we had here last week,

which is the way he wants it!

Well, he gets it!

N' I don't like it any more than you men." * spoken

 

Look at your young men fighting

Look at your women crying

Look at your young men dying

The way they've always done before

 

Look at the hate we're breeding

Look at the fear we're feeding

Look at the lives we're leading

The way we've always done before

 

My hands are tied

The billions shift from side to side

And the wars go on with brainwashed pride

For the love of God and our human rights

And all these things are swept aside

By bloody hands time can't deny

And are washed away by your genocide

And history hides the lies of our civil wars

 

D'you wear a black armband

When they shot the man

Who said "Peace could last forever"

And in my first memories

They shot Kennedy

I went numb when I learned to see

So I never fell for Vietnam

We got the wall of D.C. to remind us all

That you can't trust freedom

When it's not in your hands

When everybody's fightin'

For their promised land

 

And

I don't need your civil war It feeds the rich while it buries the poor

Your power hungry sellin' soldiers

In a human grocery store

Ain't that fresh

I don't need your civil war

 

Look at the shoes your filling

Look at the blood we're spilling

Look at the world we're killing

The way we've always done before

Look in the doubt we've wallowed

Look at the leaders we've followed

Look at the lies we've swallowed

And I don't want to hear no more

 

My hands are tied

For all I've seen has changed my mind

But still the wars go on as the years go by

With no love of God or human rights

'Cause all these dreams are swept aside

By bloody hands of the hypnotized

Who carry the cross of homicide

And history bears the scars of our civil wars

 

"We practice selective annihilation of mayors

And government officials

For example to create a vacuum

Then we fill that vacuum

As popular war advances

Peace is closer" *spoken

 

I don't need your civil war

It feeds the rich while it buries the poor

Your power hungry sellin' soldiers

In a human grocery store

Ain't that fresh

And I don't need your civil war

I don't need your civil war

I don't need your civil war

Your power hungry sellin' soldiers

In a human grocery store

Ain't that fresh

I don't need your civil war

I don't need one more war

 

I don't need one more war

Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway

Edited October 25, 2005 by Akhan225

[Invoker]

Manowar FTW!

 

Manowar - Call to Arms

 

When they see us they will run for their lives

To the end they will pay for their lies

So long did we wait now we are home

 

Here once again there's a battle to fight

Gathered together for the Sound and the Might

So long did we wait now we are home

 

Now we will fight for the Kingdom fighting with steel

Kill all of them their blood is our seal

Fight till the last of the enemy is dead

Ride through their blood that we gladly have shed

 

I now issue the call are you ready to fight

Fight all together as one for the right to be free once again

Tonight we will win

 

I can see by the look that you have in your eyes

You came here for metal to fight and to die

Defenders of Steel now we are home

 

Fight for the kingdom bound for glory

Armed with a Heart of Steel

I swear by the brothers who stand before me

To no man shall I kneel

Their blood is upon my steel

Blood is upon my steel

 

Fight for the kingdom fighting with steel

Kill all of them their blood is our seal

Fight till the last of the enemy is dead

Ride through their blood that we gladly have shed

 

I now issue the call are you ready to fight

Fight all together as one for the right to be free once again

Tonight we will win

 

II can see by the look that you have in your eyes

You came here for metal to fight and to die

Defenders of Steel now we are home

 

Fight for the kingdom bound for glory

Armed with a Heart of Steel

I swear by the brothers who stand before me

To no man shall I kneel

Their blood is upon my steel

Blood is upon my steel

[Dark Moth]

Big and Rich - Save a Horse, Ride a Cowboy

 

DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DE-DUM-DE-DE-DUM,

DE-DAA-DAAAAA

DUM-DE-DE-DUM, DE-DE-DUM-DE-DE-DUM,

DE-DAA-DAA-DAA-DAA-DAAAA!

 

Well, I walk into the room

Passing out hundred dollar bills

And it kills and it thrills like the horns on my Silverado grill

And I buy the bar a double round of crown

And everybody's getting down

An' this town ain't never gonna be the same.

 

(Chorus:)

Cause I saddle up my horse

and I ride into the city

I make a lot of noise

Cause the girls

They are so pretty

Riding up and down Broadway

on my old stud Leroy

And the girls say

Save a horse, ride a cowboy.

Everybody says

Save a horse, Ride a cowboy

 

Well I don't give a dang about nothing

I'm singing and Bling- Blanging

While the girls are drinking

Long necks down!

And I wouldn't trade ol' Leroy

or my Chevrolet for your Escalade

Or your freak parade

I'm the only John Wayne left in this town

 

And I saddle up my horse

and I ride into the city

I make a lot of noise

Cause the girls

They are so pretty

Riding up and down Broadway

on my old stud Leroy

And the girls say

Save a horse, ride a cowboy.

Everybody says

Save a horse, Ride a cowboy

 

 

 

(Spoken:)

I'm a thourough-bred

that's what she said

in the back of my truck bed

As I was gettin' buzzed on suds

Out on some back country road.

We where flying high

Fining, whine, having ourselves a big and rich time

And I was going, just about as far as she'd let me go.

But her evaluation

of my cowboy reputation

Had me begging for slavation

all night long

So I took her out giggin frogs

Introduced her to my old bird dog

And sang her every Wilie Nelson song I could think of

 

And we made love

And I saddled up my horse

and I ride into the city

I make a lot of noise

Cause the girls

They are so pretty

Riding up and down Broadway

on my old stud Leroy

And the girls say

Save a horse, ride a cowboy.

Everybody says

Save a horse, Ride a cowboy

 

What? What?

Save A Horse Ride A Cowboy

Everybody says

Save a Horse Ride a cowboy.

 

[Darth Launch]

Bj

[Musopticon?]

Ouch.

[Darth Launch]

Ouch.

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[Baley]

NoMeansNo-This Story Must be Told

 

He pushed her in the alley, and he tried to lay her low

He grabbed her in the dark, this story must be told

She looked him in the eye and his blood ran cold

She said, I know a little story, and this story must be told."

But it's lies, lies, we never heard about it

Lies, lies, and we don't want to know

Lies, lies, we'll never listen

You're a dirty little liar and we don't want to know

His guts were in a knot but her voice it would not stop

She shattered with her chatter all his dreams and all his thoughts

She licked him with her tongue and she tore him with her claws

He beat her and he begged her but he could not make her stop

Nine times she bellyed over him, nine times in the foam she rose

She ripped away his soul like he ripped away her clothes

She said, I know a little story and this story must be told."

 

He tried to hide, he wandered down the road

He threw away everything that he owned, still he could not bear the load

He grabbed me when I met him and my blood it ran cold

He said, "I know a little story, and this story must be told."

But it's lies, lies, we never heard about it

Lies, lies, and we don't wannt to know

Lies, lies, we'll never listen

You're a dirty little liar and we don't want to know

He rolled his eyes, he laughed and he cried, he said I'd kill myself if I was still alive

He reamed me out with a tongue like sand, cursing in a language that nobody understands

"There she blows!" he turned and he cried, pointing to the centre of an empty sky

There she is, my Lady true! Her laughter cuts my heart in two!

Her eyes are blank, her face is stone! Leave me alone! Leave me alone!

She shattered with her chatter all my dreams and all my thoughts

She licked me with her tongue and she tore me with her claws

She ripped away my soul like I ripped away her clothes

She said, I know a little story and this story must be told.

 

In the light I see, nothing left of me, when the dankness falls, I will see it all.

[Baley]

NoMeansNo-The World Wasn't Built in a Day

 

 

As I was driving around aimlessly, a waking dream occurred to me

That everyone I knew had died that day

That my friends, co-workers and loved ones, had all just suddenly passed away

Well, there were drunken car crashes, airline disasters, and suicides that were unexplained

And as I drove past familiar scenes, streets and buildings that were a hundred times seen

As a wave of contentment washed over me, I wondered what this could possibly mean

As the sun spilled its warmth over the houses and trees

I felt that I was finally free

 

But you know what they say

The world wasn't built in a day

You know what they say

The world wasn't built in a day (no way)

 

I picked up a woman in the parking lot of the local Safeway

Well, I had seen her face a hundred times but I never knew her name

And as I drove her home she laughed and she sighed and the strain of the moment passed away

I explained how my father had died, how I had seen his body and never cried

She let her hand fall on my leg and there she let it stray

When I dropped her off she asked me up, I politely said I couldn't stay

And as she walked to the door, as those bags of groceries gently swayed

I turned the wheel and muttered to myself, "No way, man, no way"

 

(Chorus)

 

Sunset over the mountains and on the harbour that beneath them lay

In long shadows the traffic lights gleamed, red and green, they traced the way

Through a corridor of sidewalks, where people wandered at the end of their day

I drove to my space on the waterfront, picked up my guitar and started to play

Alone I sang for the people that I knew, for my friends and family, and for them I prayed

That no storm would come and sweep them up, that no winds would bear them away

I sang, "Your voice from my throat cries, your heart beats in my chest,

From my head stare your eyes, for you I live and die!

This loneliness is a lie! This loneliness is a lie!"

 

(Chorus)

 

The streets were empty as I drove home, the air was cool and the sky was dark

Streetlamps cast their mockery of light over ghostly shapes in an empty night

Should I believe in the things I see? Am I in you? Are you in me?

What should I believe? Tell me. What should I believe?

At home, on the porch, the wind in the trees murmured a background for my waking dream

Where I drive through a city with labyrinth streets, where no one walks, where no voices speak

Where empty towers above me rise toward an empty, starless sky

Like a cold wind washing over me, I saw the meaning of this dream

I felt that I was finally free, I felt that I was finally free

 

(Chorus)

 

You lie before me sleeping, your eyes flutter in a dream

Am I in you? Are you in me? What should I believe? What should I believe?

But you know what they say... you know what they say