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What are your favourite SONG LYRICS?

Gypsy Nirvana

Recalcitrant Reprobate -
Administrator
Veteran
Many of us simply LOVE MUSIC, and the words to the songs that we love,....so in this thread I would like you all to share with us the lyrics of the songs you love most dearly.

If you are presenting any song lyrics in this thread, can you also state,

The artist/band name, and a youtube link to the music.


I will get the ball rolling with one of my very favourite songs from the 1971 album by David Bowie called 'Hunky Dory'...called:

Quicksand



I'm closer to the Golden Dawn
Immersed in Crowley's uniform
Of imagery
I'm living in a silent film
Portraying Himmler's sacred realm
Of dream reality
I'm frightened by the total goal
Drawing to the ragged hole
And I ain't got the power anymore
No, I ain't got the power anymore

I'm the twisted name on Garbo's eyes
Living proof of Churchill's lies, I'm destiny
I'm torn between the light and dark
Where others see their targets, divine symmetry

Should I kiss the viper's fang?
Or herald loud the death of Man
I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
And I ain't got the power anymore

Don't believe in yourself, don't deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death's release
Aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah

I'm not a prophet or a stone-age man
Just a mortal with the potential of a superman
I'm living on

I'm tethered to the logic of Homo Sapien
Can't take my eyes from the great salvation
Of bullshit faith

If I don't explain what you ought to know
You can tell me all about it or the next Bardo

I'm sinking in the quicksand of my thought
And I ain't got the power anymore

Don't believe in yourself, don't deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death's release
Aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah

Don't believe in yourself, don't deceive with belief
Knowledge comes with death's release
Aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah, aah-aah


Here is the link to the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP2SS8ggLtU
 
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Built to Last by the Grateful Dead https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8s6MCvMONVM

There are times when you can beckon,
There are times when you must call.
You can take a lot of reckoning,
But you can't take it all.

There are times when I can help you out,
And times when you must fall.
There are times when you must live in doubt
And I can't help at all.

Three blue stars rise on the hill
Sing no more now just be still
All these trials soon be past
Look for something built to last

A wind held by the collar,
Yes, a cloud held by the breeze
You can walk on coals of fire
But sometimes you must freeze

There are times when you offend me
And I do the same to you
If we can't or won't forget it
I guess we could be through

One blue star sets on the hill
Call it back you never will
One more star sinks in the past
Show me something built to last

Built to last till time itself falls tumbling from the wall
Built to last till sunshine fails and darkness moves on all
Built to last while years roll past like cloudscapes in the sky
Show me something built to last or something built to try

There are times when you get hit upon
Try hard but you can't give
Other times you'd gladly part
With what you need to live

Don't waste your breath to save your face
When you have done your best
And even more is asked of you
Fate will decide the rest

All the stars are gone but one
Morning breaks here comes the sun
Cross the sky now sinking fast
Show me something built to last
 
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Dropped Cat

Six Gummi Bears and Some Scotch
Veteran
Standing on a hill in my mountain of dreams,
telling myself it's not as hard, hard, as it seems...

Going to California.
The Fourth Album.
Led Zeppelin.

The song is reportedly about Canadian singer/songwriter Joni Mitchell.
 

BlueBlazer

What were we talking about?
Veteran
Pink Floyd - A Pillow of Winds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uThZ1uuLLWM

A cloud of eiderdown draws around me
Softening the sound
Sleepy time when I lie
With my love by my side
And she's breathing low
And a candle dies

When night comes down, you lock the door
The book falls to the floor
As darkness falls and waves roll by
The seasons change
The wind is warm

Now wakes the owl, now sleeps the swan
Behold a dream, the dream is gone
Green fields, a cold rain is falling
In a golden dawn

And deep beneath the ground
The early morning sounds and I go down
Sleepy time when I lie
With my love by my side
And she's breathing low
And I rise like a bird
In the haze when the first rays touch the sky
And the night winds die
 

corky1968

Active member
Veteran
Luba is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and recording artist from Ukrainian descent.

Her voice is amazing compared to what is out there today.

Everytime I See Your Picture

by Luba

In my mind
I've got it all figured out
But the head
Does not always rule the heart
And I try to place him
Out of body and soul
Just when I thought Id made it
His images start taking their toll
On me
I feel his memory haunting me
Time and Again
I feel weak because

Every time I see your picture I cry
And I learn to get over you
One more time because
Every time I see your picture I cry
Oh I cry

There you rest inside the walls
Of a flame
Hurts so bad
I can almost feel your eyes
Calling out my name and so
Out of body and soul
You're everywhere I go
Illusion or reality I don't know
I feel your memory haunting me
Time and again
I feel weak because

Every time I see your picture I cry
And I learn to get over you
One more time because
Every time I see your picture I cry
Oh I cry


Luba - Everytime I See Your Picture
 

Weird

3rd-Eye Jedi
Veteran
don't get me started

huge bowie and gd fan but yeah, don't get me started, unless you are ready to get a new server for song lyrics
 

vta

Active member
Veteran
I'm a little twisted...so I'll let this Brit tell you all about it...

Lyric Vid...

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*edit*

Look at me I'm chasing
After dreams left in the storm
What I am is all
That really matters now
That lies are gone -
That lies are gone,
All the lies are gone,
The lies are gone.

Tempting fate and losing
Friends along the way I loved
No regrets
I'm standing
With a needle in my heart -
Needle in my heart,
Needle in my heart,
Needle in my heart.

You'll never know
My life means everything
Still I scream because
There's nothing left to do until the end.

The world goes on
With all that I've become
And still I scream inside
For all the pain I've taken hasn't changed.

Nothing's changed at all
The truth is like a chain
Heaven's calling me
The place that I belong
Killing pain -
Killing pain.

Close my eyes a million faces
Get inside my mind.
Take a breath and fill my troubled
Soul with all mankind.
Killing pain -
Killing pain,
I'm killing pain,
Killing pain.

The world goes on
With all that I've become.
And still I scream inside
For all the pain I've taken hasn't changed...

The man in black
I'm coming back to spew my evil hate.
My crown of horns and bloody thorns
I'll dig up what you fear.

I am the shape that's in your room that watches over you.
I am the needle in your heart - your disillusioned God.

I am God, I am fate, I am all the sins you make, yeah - hate.
I am black, I am white, I am the blood upon the knife, yeah - hate.

Since time began I made a vow to drag you underground;
To steal your soul of purity and watch you waste away.

I am pure, I am right, I'm the God that makes you fight, yeah - hate.
I am life, I am death, I will steal your final breath, yeah - hate.

I prey upon your broken dreams your weakness gives me strength.
I'm laughing at your silent screams I'll crush you with my hate.

You take it all
And face the fear that's here
Until the Silence Screams
it leaves you with no choice to carry on.

You'll never fall
When all is said and done
The only Scream is here
The journey never ends - it's just begun...

The lies that never learned
The needles in my heart
And things will never change
So everytime I scream I'm killing pain.
 

soserthc1

Active member
I woke in a fever , the bed clothes were all soaked in sweat , she said you've been having a nightmare , and it's not over yet.
Roger waters pro and cons of hitchhiking ( old pinks avatar) apparently we were traveling

Bartender what is wrong we me ? Why am I so out of breath ? He said excuse me but , this species has amused itself to death
Roger water amused to death
 
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Hold Your Fire

Finding my way back home
Veteran
The Last Resort

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebPrketcQDA

"The Last Resort"

She came from Providence,
the one in Rhode Island
Where the old world shadows hang
heavy in the air
She packed her hopes and dreams
like a refugee
Just as her father came across the sea

She heard about a place people were smilin'
They spoke about the red man's way,
how they loved the land
And they came from everywhere
to the Great Divide
Seeking a place to stand
or a place to hide

Down in the crowded bars,
out for a good time,
Can't wait to tell you all,
what it's like up there
And they called it paradise
I don't know why
Somebody laid the mountains low
while the town got high

Then the chilly winds blew down
Across the desert
through the canyons of the coast,
to the Malibu
Where the pretty people play,
hungry for power
to light their neon way
give them things to do

Some rich men came and raped the land,
Nobody caught 'em
Put up a bunch of ugly boxes,
and Jesus people bought 'em
'nd they called it paradise
The place to be
They watched the hazy sun, sinking in the sea

You can leave it all behind and sail to Lahaina
just like the missionaries did, so many years ago
They even brought a neon sign: "Jesus is coming"
Brought the white man's burden down
Brought the white man's reign

Who will provide the grand design?
What is yours and what is mine?
'Cause there is no more new frontier
We have got to make it here

We satisfy our endless needs and
justify our bloody deeds,
in the name of destiny
and in the name of God

And you can see them there,
On Sunday morning
They stand up and sing about
what it's like up there
They call it paradise
I don't know why
You call someplace paradise,
kiss it goodbye
 
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Dog Star

Active member
Veteran
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTVWHn2RGqA


Ostani đubre do kraja


Dok stojim za sankom delimicno pijan
mrzeci pomalo i sebe i druge,
ubijam lagano konjak, cigarete,
prijatelje dobre, moje verne sluge.
Nisam od onih koji cvile,
vise te nemam i sta tu mogu,
ja cu se posle odvuci kuci
samo da popijem jos jednu s nogu.

Nisi valjda luda da se stidis
sto si me prognala istocno od raja
bar se nasmesi kada me vidis,
ostani djubre do kraja!!!

Nisi valjda luda da se stidis
sto si me prognala istocno od raja
bar se nasmesi kada me vidis,
ostani djubre do kraja.

Znam, necu moci jos dugo da zaspim,
beskrajno duge, proklete noci,
kako su pogresni dani bez tebe,
tu mi ni pice ne moze pomoci.

Nisi valjda luda da se stidis
sto si me prognala istocno od raja
bar se nasmesi kada me vidis,
ostani djubre do kraja!

Nisi valjda luda da se stidis
sto si me prognala istocno od raja
bar se nasmesi kada me vidis,
ostani djubre do kraja!


Translation from Serbian

Stay like scum till the end

While standing at the counter, partially drunk
hating a bit myself and others,
I'm slowly destroying cognac, cigarettes,
good friends, my faithful servants.
I'm not one to whine,
I have no more of this, and they can not help,
I'll drag myself home after
only drink one more foot.

You're not crazy to be ashamed
because you banished me to the east of Eden
At least smile when you see me,
stay scum till the end !!!

You're not crazy to be ashamed
because you banished me to the east of Eden
At least smile when you see me,
stay scum till the end.

I know, I wont be able to sleep a long time,
endlessly long, bloody night,
How wrong are the days without you,
I do not drink that can help.

You're not crazy to be ashamed
because you banished me to the east of Eden
At least smile when you see me,
stay scum till the end!

You're not crazy to be ashamed
because you banished me to the east of Eden
At least smile when you see me,
stay scum till the end!
 

hayday

Well-known member
Veteran
The Dead Milkmen...

- Hey Jack, what's happenin'?
- I don't know.
- Well, uh, rumour around town says you might be thinkin' 'bout goin' down to the shore.
- Uh, yeah, I think I'm gonna go down to the shore.
- Whadda ya gonna do down there?
- Uh, I don't know, p-play some video games, buy some Def Leppard t-shirts.
- Don't forget your Motley Crue t-shirt; y'know all proceeds go to get their lead singer out a' jail.
- Uh huh.
- Can't wait to go down. Hey uh, were ya gonna check out the sand bar while you're down there?
- Uh, what's the Sand Bar?
- Ah, it's a place that lets sixteen year-old kids drink.
- Ah, cool.
- Ya hey, guess who's gonna be there?
- Uh, who?
- My favourite cover band, Crystal Shit.
- Wow.
- Yeah, they do a Doors show, you'd be really impressed, in fact, it goes a little like this:

Love me two times baby
Love me twice today
Love me two times girl
Cause I got AIDS
Love me two times baby,
Once for tomorrow,
Once cause I got AIDS

- Uh...
- Pretty good Jim Morrison impersonation there.
I hope those guys have a good sense a' humour and don't take us into court.
- Uh, what's the court?
- Never mind that, the important thing here...
- You mean the People's Court.
- The... Now, that's another story.
The important thing here is that we get to the part
Where you ask me how I'm gonna get down to the shore.
- Oh, how you gettin' down to the shore?
- Funny you should ask, I've got a car now.
- Ah wow, how'd ya get a car?
- Oh, my folks drove it up here from the Bahamas.
- You're kidding!
- I must be, the Bahamas are islands.
Okay, the important thing here is that, uh, you ask me what kinda car it is.
- Uh uh, what kinda car do ya' got?
- I've got a bitchin' Camaro...

Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro!
I ran over my neighbors
Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro!
Now I'm in all the papers

My folks bought me a bitchin' Camaro
With no insurance to match
So if I happen to run you down
Please don't leave a scratch

I ran over some old lady
One night at the county fair
And I didn't get arrested
Because my dad's the mayor

Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro!
Donuts on your lawn
Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro!
Tony Orlando and Dawn

When I drive past the kids
They all spit and cuss
Cause I've got a bitchin' Camaro
And they have to ride the bus

So you'd better get out of my way
When I come through your yard
Cause I've got a bitchin' Camaro
And an Exxon credit card

Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro!
Hey man where ya headed?
Bitchin' Camaro, bitchin' Camaro!
I don't want unleaded!

https://youtu.be/1v3CzvQ9e_w
 

Genghis Kush

Active member
The Beatles...'In My Life'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5CjaqZb5nM


There are places I remember
All my life though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all

John Lennon/Beatles
 
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kaochiu

Well-known member
Veteran
Dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena
que tu cuerpo es pa' darle alegria y cosa buena
dale a tu cuerpo alegria Macarena
eeeh Macarena.... aaahe!

Give happiness to your body, Macarena
because your body is for giving it happiness and some good thing
give happiness to your body Macarena
eeeh Macarena.... aaahe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEVKI1Zi2n8
 

Lrus007

Well-known member
Veteran
THE TURTLES LYRICS
"It Was A Very Good Year"

When I was seventeen
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for small town girls
And soft summer nights
Wed hide from the lights
On the village green
When I was seventeen

When I was twenty-one
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for city girls
Who lived up the stair
With all that perfumed hair
And it came undone
When I was twenty-one

When I was thirty-five
It was a very good year
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls
Of independent means
Wed ride in limousines
Their chauffeurs would drive
When I was thirty-five

But now the days grow short
I'm in the autumn of the year
And now I think of my life as vintage wine
from fine old kegs
from the brim to the dregs
And it poured sweet and clear
It was a very good year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SgihMpC9S4

Lrus007
 
M

MCpeepants

The Smiths- How Soon is Now?

I am the son
And the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular

You shut your mouth
How can you say
I go about things the wrong way?
I am human and I need to be loved
Just like everybody else does
 

ntreb23

New member
Streetlight Manifesto - A Better Place, A better time

I'll draw your bath and I'll load your gun
but I hope so bad that you'll bathe and hunt
 

Slipnot

Member
A lot of people ask me ....
Stupid fucking questions
A lot of people think that...
what i say on records
Or what i talk bout on a record
That i actually do in real life
Or that i believe in it
Or if i say that
I wanna kill somebody, that ...
I'm actually going to do it
Or that i believe in it
Well, Shit .. if you believe that
Then I;ll kill you
You know why ???

Cause I'm a

Criminal
Criminal

You God damn right
I'm a Criminal
Yeah a Criminal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sWP_6YFEgw
 

Smokerman

Well-known member
Veteran
Mumford and Sons- Ghosts That We Knew



You saw my pain washed out in the rain
Broken glass, saw the blood run from my veins
But you saw no fault, no cracks in my heart
And you knelt beside my hope torn apart

But the ghosts that we knew will flicker from view
We'll live a long life

So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
'Cause oh that gave me such a fright
But I will hold as long as you like
Just promise me we'll be alright

So lead me back, turn south from that place
And close my eyes to my recent disgrace
'Cause you know my call
And we'll share my all
And our children come and they will hear me roar

So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
'Cause oh that gave me such a fright
But I will hold as long as you like
Just promise me we'll be alright

But hold me still, bury my heart on the coals
But hold me still, bury my heart on the coals [Live and US versions say "And hold me still, bury my heart next to yours"]

So give me hope in the darkness that I will see the light
'Cause oh that gave me such a fright
But I will hold on as long as you like [Live and US versions say "But I will hold on with all of my might"]
Just promise me we'll be alright

[Live and US versions' additional lines:
"But the ghosts that we knew made us black and all blue
But we'll live a long life"]
And the ghosts that we knew will flicker from view
And we'll live a long life
 
Cosmic Charlie by the Grateful Dead https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eYW-ylC7l5I

Cosmic Charlie, how do you do?
Truckin' in style along the avenue
Dum dee dum dee doodley doo
Go on home, your mother's calling you

Kalico Kahlia, come tell me the news
Calamity's waiting for a way to get to her
Rosy red and electric blue
I bought you a paddle for your paper canoe

Say you'll come back when you can
Whenever your airplane happens to land
Maybe I'll be back here too
It all depends on what's with you

Hung up waiting for a windy day
Kite on ice since the first of February
Mama keeps saying that the wind might blow
But standing here, I say I just don't know

New ones coming as the old ones go
Everything's moving here, but much too slow now
A little bit quicker and we might have time
To say "How do you do?" before we're left behind

Calliope wail like a seaside zoo
The very last lately enquired about you
It's really very one or two
The first you wanted, the last I knew

I just wonder if you shouldn't feel
Less concern about the deep unreal
The very first word is "How do you do?"
The last "Go home, your mama's calling you"

Calling you
Calling you
Calling you
Calling you

Go on home your mama's calling you
Go on home your mama's calling you
Go on home your mama's calling you
 
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