Amazon exiles discussion

Frankie Lane, he was singing Jezebel
I pinned an Iron Cross to my lapel
I walked up to the tallest and the blondest girl
I said, Look, you don't know me now but very soon you will
So won't you let me see
I said "won't you let me see"
I said "won't you let me see
Your naked body?"

Just dance me to the dark side of the gym
Chances are I'll let you do most anything
I know you're hungry, I can hear it in your voice
And there are many parts of me to touch, you have your choice
Ah but no you cannot see
She said "no you cannot see"
She said "no you cannot see
My naked body"

So We're dancing close, the band is playing Stardust
Balloons and paper streamers floating down on us
She says, You've got a minute left to fall in love
In solemn moments such as this I have put my trust
And all my faith to see
I said all my faith to see
I said all my faith to see
Her naked body
(leonard cohen)

Dance me to your beauty with a burning Violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Lift me like an olive branch and be my homeward dove
Dance me to the end of love, Dance me to the end of love

Ohhh, let me see your beauty when the witnesses are gone
Let me feel you moving like they do in Babylon
Show me slowly what I only know the limits of
Dance me to the end of love, Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the wedding now, dance me on and on
Dance me very tenderly and dance me very long
We're both of us beneath our love, we're both of us above
Dance me to the end of love, Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the children who are asking to be born
Dance me through the curtains that our kisses have outworn
Raise a tent of shelter now, though every thread is torn
Dance me to the end of love ...

Dance me to your beauty with a burning Violin
Dance me through the panic till I'm gathered safely in
Touch me with your naked hand or touch me with your glove
Dance me to the end of love, Dance me to the end of love

Dance me to the end of love

(Leonard Cohen) ... ;o>

Now in Vienna there's ten pretty women
There's a shoulder where Death comes to cry
There's a lobby with nine hundred windows
There's a tree where the doves go to die
There's a piece that was torn from the morning
And it hangs in the Gallery of Frost
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Take this waltz with the clamp on its jaws
Oh I want you, I want you, I want you
On a chair with a dead magazine
In the cave at the tip of the lily
In some hallways where love's never been
On a bed where the moon has been sweating
In a cry filled with footsteps and sand
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Take its broken waist in your hand

This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz
With its very own breath of brandy and Death
Dragging its tail in the sea

There's a concert hall in Vienna
Where your mouth had a thousand reviews
There's a bar where the boys have stopped talking
They've been sentenced to death by the blues
Ah, but who is it climbs to your picture
With a garland of freshly cut tears?
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Take this waltz, take this waltz
Take this waltz it's been dying for years

There's an attic where children are playing
Where I've got to lie down with you soon
In a dream of Hungarian lanterns
In the mist of some sweet afternoon
And I'll see what you've chained to your sorrow
All your sheep and your lilies of snow
Ay, Ay, Ay, Ay
Take this waltz, take this waltz
With its "I'll never forget you, you know!"

This waltz, this waltz, this waltz, this waltz ...

And I'll dance with you in Vienna
I'll be wearing a river's disguise
The hyacinth wild on my shoulder,
My mouth on the dew of your thighs
And I'll bury my soul in a scrapbook,
With the photographs there, and the moss
And I'll yield to the flood of your beauty
My cheap violin and my cross
And you'll carry me down on your dancing
To the pools that you lift on your wrist
Oh my love, Oh my love
Take this waltz, take this waltz
It's yours now. It's all that there is
(....and leonard cohen)

Do I hear a waltz?
Very odd, but I hear a voice
There isn't a band
And I don't understand it at all

I can't hear a waltz
Oh, my Lord, there it goes again!
Why is nobody dancing in the street?
Can't they hear the beat?

Magical, mystical, miracle
Can it be?
Is it true?
Things are impossibly lyrical
Is it me?
No, it's you!

I do hear a waltz
I see you and I hear a waltz!
It's what I've been waiting for
All my life: to hear a waltz!

Do you hear a waltz?
Oh, my dear, don't you hear a waltz?
Such love Blue Danube-y music
How can you be still?

You must hear a waltz!
Even strangers are dancing now
An old lady is waltzing in her flat
Waltzing with her cat

Roses are dancing with peonies
Yes, it's true!
Don't you see?
Everything's suddenly Viennese
Can't be you!
Must be me!

Do I hear a waltz?
I want more than to hear a waltz:
I want you to share it 'cause
Oh, boy, do I hear a waltz?

[Dance break]

I hear a waltz!
I hear a waltz!

(from the pens of Richard Rodgers & Stephen Sondheim)

Away with the music of Broadway
Be off with your Irving Berlin
Oh I give no quarter to Kern or Cole Porter
And Gershwin keeps pounding on tin

How can I be civil when hearing this drivel
It's only for nightclubbin' souses
Oh give me the free 'n' easy waltz that is Vienneasy and
Go tell the band If they want a hand
The waltz must be Strauss's

Ya, ya ya, give me oom-pa-pah
When I want a melody
Lilting through the house
Then I want a melody
By Strauss
It laughs, it sings, the world is in rhyme
Swinging to three-quarter time

Let the Danube flow along
And the Fledermauss
Keep the wine and give me song
By Strauss

By Jove, by Jing, by Strauss is the thing
So I say to ha-cha-cha, heraus!
Just give me your oom-pa-pah, by Strauss!

Let the Danube flow along
And the Fledermauss
Keep the wine and give me song
By Strauss

By Jove, by Jing, by Strauss is the thing
So I say to ha-cha-cha, heraus!
Just give me your oom-pa-pah
By Strauss!

Ella Fitzgerald

The last night of the fair
By the big wheel generator
A boy is stabbed
And his money is grabbed
And the air hangs heavy like a dulling wine
She is famous
She is funny
An engagement ring
Doesn't mean a thing
To a mind consumed by brass (money)
And though I walk home alone
I might walk home alone...
...But my faith in love is still devout
The last night of the fair
From a seat on a whirling waltzer
Her skirt ascends for a watching eye
It's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)
From a seat on a whirling waltzer
Her skirt ascends for a watching eye
It's a hideous trait (on her mother's side)
And though I walk home alone
I might walk home alone...
...But my faith in love is still devout
(the smiths)

Her home is a Jungle, A struggle to survive
Her street's too hot to handle, Makes your blood run cold as ice
But there's no evil strong enough ... ohhh no ...
Her faith in love will rise above ... ohhh oh ...

Keep on shinin', golden girl, Light a candle for the World
Take your fire from inside, Warm the darkness - light the night
Bring your Heaven to the ground, Never let them tear it down
So much soul when you're glowin', Golden girl

Her heart cries out yearning, For those without a prayer
But the dues she pays unending, Is the cross she chose to bear
And there's no evil strong enough ... ohhh no ...
Her faith in love will rise above ... ohhh oh ...

Keep on shinin', golden girl, Light a candle for the World
Take your fire from inside, Warm the darkness - light the night
Bring your Heaven to the ground, Never let them tear it down
So much soul when you're glowin', Golden girl

And there's no evil strong enough ... no no ...
Her faith in love will rise above ... whoah ohhh ...

(Al Jarreau)

If your body's feelin' bad
And it's the only one you have
You want to take away the pain
Go out walkin' in the rain.
You watch the flowers go to bed,
Ask the man inside your head
Your spirit never has to grieve
All ya got to do's believe.
The faith healer
The faith healer

All ya got to do is feel
Your body's going to start to heal
The fingertips of holy fire
Everlasting sweet desire
It don't matter what the doctor said
The healer man will sail away
Immortality for two
The miracles, they will come to you
The faith healer
The faith healer

Can I put my hands on you?
Can I put my hands on you?
The faith healer
The faith healer

Faith, and hope and charity
The simple relativity
He can make you understand
All you've got to do is take his hand
It don't matter what somebody said
Ask the man inside your head
The fingertips of holy fire
Everlasting sweet desire
(the sensational alex harvey band)

Not a word match, more a rhythm match:

He use to sing his songs to his Sara Jane,
The folk singer,
His songs filled with love made the mountains ring,
To the folk singer,
At first Sara Jane was to be his bride,
But as his fame grew she was pushed aside,
So the mountain girl would say good-bye,
To the folk singer,
He let his hair grow long and he dressed in style,
The folk singer,
His voice was pure and the fans went wild,
For the folk singer,
He said Sara Jane was much too plain,
So he left her alone as grew more fame,
But sorrow will come like a mountain rain,
To the folk singer,
Lavished in glory, fortune at his feet,
The folk singer,
Awoke one morning and he couldn't speak,
The folk singer,
The doctor said his singing days were through,
Thousands wept, Sara Jane did too,
He could not sing now his friends were few,
The folk singer,
Sick at heart in the mountains again,
The folk singer,
Now Sara Jane didn't look so plain,
To the folk singer,
Oh the power of love can do strange things,
Cause love has made him sing again,
Only now he sings for his Sara Jane,
The folk singer,
And once again the mountains ring,
To the folk singer,
The folk singer,
The folk singer.

(Tommy Roe)

As I walk these narrow streets
Where a million passin feet have trod before me
With my guitar in my hand
Suddenly I realize nobody knows me

Where yesterday the multitude
Screamed and cried my name out for a song
Today the streets are empty
And the crowds have all gone home

I pass a million houses
But there is no place that I belong
All I knew to give you
Was song after song after song

All the truths I tried to tell you
Were as distant to you as the moon
Born 200 years too late
And 200 years too soon

I'm a child of this age
Locked into the pages of your book
And when I am but dust and clay
And all the children stop to take a look

Will they marvel at the miracles I did perform
And the heights I did aspire
Or will they tear out the pages of the book
To light a fire

With the rain on my face
There is no place that I belong
Did you forget this f***ing singer so soon?
And did you forget my song?
(nick cave)

Fame makes a man take things over
Fame lets him loose, hard to swallow
Fame puts you there where things are hollow (fame)
Fame, it's not your brain, it's just the flame
That burns your change to keep you insane (fame)
Fame (fame) what you like is in the limo
Fame (fame) what you get is no tomorrow
Fame (fame) what you need you have to borrow
Fame (fame) it's mine, it's mine, it's just his line
To burn your time, it drives you to crime
Is it any wonder I reject you first?
Fame, fame, fame, fame
Is it any wonder you are to cool to fool?
Fame (fame) bully for you, chilly for me
Got to get a raincheck on pain (fame)
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame, fame
Fame, fame, fame, what's your name, fame
(David Bowie)

Tonight, nobody came ... fame ... fashion
Dreams of yesterday ... fame ... fashion
Fashion and fame

Nobody came tonight, empty seats tonight
Somebody said,"They'll all be here tomorrow"

You were a high-flying whirlwind, Talk of the town, Lost in the heart of the flame
Had a lover in Paris, A pad in New York
That's the shifting, changing, shattering world of fame ... fashion ... fashion and fame

Darling of the hip set, out of control, Victim of pleasure and pain
Dance to please, love in threes
In the shifting, changing, shattering world of fame ... fashion ... fashion and fame

They're taking photographs of you
And the style of things you do ... fashion and fame
Fashion and fame ... fame! ... fashion and fame ...

(The Angels)

Oh gorgeous thing
When you going to get up there and sing?
When you going to get up and take your place, on the stage
'Cause a talent is a terrible thing to waste

It goes faster than you think
Even for such a gorgeous thing
There's no excuse in tender age
Get your face on a glossy page
'Cause one like yours would be a shame to waste

Oh gorgeous thing
When you going to get up there and play?
I heard you strumming yesterday
So watch this space
'Cause hands like yours would be a shame to waste

Oh gorgeous thing
Fame is the new royalty
And your blood the richest blue I've seen
Oh well at least, it's between you and Steve McQueen

(The Audreys)

Well I went to bed in Memphis, And I woke up in Hollywood
I got a quarter in my pocket, And I'd call you if I could
But I don't know why, I gotta fly

I want to rock and roll this party, I still want to have some fun
I want to leave you feeling breathless, Show you how the West was won
But I gotta fly, I gotta fly

Like Steve McQueen, All I need's a fast machine
And I'm gonna make it all right
Like Steve McQueen, Underneath your radar screen
You'll never catch me tonight

I ain't takin' shit off no one, Baby, that was yesterday
I'm an all American rebel, Making my big getaway
Yeah you know it's time, I gotta fly

Like Steve McQueen, All I need's a fast machine
And I'm gonna make it all right
Like Steve McQueen, Underneath your radar screen
You'll never catch me tonight

Like Steve McQueen, Like Steve McQueen

We got rock stars in the White House, All our pop stars look like porn
All my heroes hit the highway, They don't hang out here no more
You can try me on my cell phone, You can page me all night long
But you won't catch this free bird, I'll already be long gone

Like Steve McQueen, All we need's a fast machine
And we're gonna make it all right
Like Steve McQueen, Underneath your radar screen
You'll never catch us tonight

(Sheryl Crow)

Couldn't have got away with this one on Amazon:

Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
When I was a little boy I wanted to grow up to be
Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
The coolest doggone mother scratcher on the silver screen

I'd drive real fast everywhere no one would ever catch me
And I'd kick your ass if you pissed me off so be careful what you ask me
And I'd never have an empty bottle or an empty bed
And as cool as Paul Newman is I bet Steve could whup his head

Steve McQueen

Bullet was my favorite movie that I'd ever seen
I totaled my go-cart trying to imitate that chase scene
That Duster had six hubcaps, know what I mean
And I love the way they all flew off when it landed in that ravine

Steve McQueen

I really loved The Getaway back when I was eight
That pussy Alec Baldwin sucked in the remake
And speaking of pussy, I guess Steve got it all
He fucked Faye Dunaway and he fucked Ali McGraw

Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
When I was a little boy I wanted to grow up to be
Steve McQueen Steve McQueen
The coolest goddamn mothefucker on the silver screen
(Yee-haw)

(Suddenly the scene turns slow and somber, as a campfire harp plays in the background)
I went to see The Hunter on my first date
The Hunter was the last movie Steve McQueen lived to make
They took my drivers license when I was just sixteen
The year Mesothelioma killed Steve McQueen

(Drive-by Truckers)

Daylight over the Village Green early in the morning
Daylight over the hills and valleys heralding the morning
Daylight over the mountains, daylight on the Village Green
Daylight over the field and the factories
Another night has gone away and here comes yet another day

See the early morning risers walking round with bleary eyes
Worn out housewives grit their teeth ignoring newborn babies' cries
Look at all the busy people this way, that way, everywhere
Biting toast, and swallowing tea, and breakfast specials on the air
Feel that, feel that ...

Feel the sunlight on my pillow and it stops my yawning
I thank God that I'm still around to see another dawn in
Daylight over the valleys, daylight lighting up the trees
Daylight over the hillside
Smile a smile and sing a song, another night has been and gone

Middle-aged Bankers crack their backs and wish they were young and in their teens
Lonely spinsters dream of dating Roger Moore or Steve McQueen
Health fanatics in their attics training for the Empire Games
School boys dream of Captain Scarlet, battle ships and aeroplanes

Feel that, feel that ... Daylight, daylight ...
Daylight on the Village Green, Daylight ...
Field and the valleys, Daylight

(The Kinks)

You were the promise at dawn
I was the morning after
You were Jesus Christ my Lord
I was the money lender
You were the sensitive woman
I was the very reverend Freud
You were the manual orgasm
I was the dirty little boy
And is this what you wanted
To live in a house that is haunted
By the ghost of you and me?
Is this what you wanted...

You were Marlon Brando
I was Steve Mcqueen
You were k.y. jelly
I was vaseline
You were the father of modern medicine
I was Mr. Clean
You where the whore and the beast of Babylon
I was Rin Tin Tin
And is this what you wanted...
And is this what you wanted...

You got old and wrinkled
I stayed seventeen
You lusted after so many
I lay here with one
You defied your solitude
I came through alone
You said you could never love me
I undid your gown
And is this what you wanted...
And is this what you wanted...
I mean is this what you wanted...
That's right, is this what you wanted
(leonard cohen)

Set me free, set me free ...
Is this what you wanted, to happen to me?
Golden wings in the sunset, Take me back
All alone I waited, But there was no one, out there

There were dreams to be sold (chain of chains)
My 24 karat gold (chain of chains)
There was some love to be sold (chain of chains)
You said you might be coming back to town (chain of chains)

All alone I waited, There was no one out there
In the rain she lay face down
What is this freedom that she wanted?
What kind of freedom? ... What kind of game?

There were dreams to be sold (chain of chains)
My 24 karat gold (chain of chains)
There was some love to be sold (chain of chains)
You said you might be coming back to town (chain of chains)

Set me free, set me free ...
Is this what you wanted, to happen to me?
Golden wings in the sunset, Take me back
All alone I waited, But there was no one, out there

There were dreams to be sold (chain of chains)
You like my 24 karat gold, chain of chains (chain of chains)
You like my 24 karat gold (chain of chains)
Yes, you like my 24 karat gold, Yeah, my love

(Stevie Nicks)

We had it all, Every moment was painted in gold
We were made, And the world was ours
Untouchable souls, Living life on the edge
No regrets, No control, Dying, Ohhh so young

Nothing is real, Nothing to feel
Just burn like a flame, And go out

Ohhh, where did it all go wrong?
Didn't we have it all? Now it's all gone
Ohhh, it was the perfect dream
Nothing we couldn't be, But it's all over now

Look at us now, What a waste?! What a crime!
How could we fall so far? 'Cos the world was ours
The people of Christ, Can hold us together no more
Now it's all come crashing down

Nothing is real, Nothing to feel
Just burn like a flame, And go out

Ohhh, where did it all go wrong?
Didn't we have it all? Now it's all gone
Ohhh, it was the perfect dream
Nothing we couldn't be, But it's all over now

Mmmmmmmm ...

Ohhh, where did it all go wrong?
Didn't we have it all? Now it's all gone
Ohhh, it was the perfect dream
Nothing we couldn't be, But it's all over ... now

(Dan & Adam Skinner & Dave James - feat. the wonderful voice of Roo Savill)

It's a heartwarming song, For the easily moved
The effect is all wrong, Plain to see I'm not moved
As I stand in the light, Of a shop that is closed
God, I'd love me a fight, There's no poem just prose

Edith Piaf said it better than me, "Je ne regrette rien"
Pretty song, but not intended for me, Time to put some muzak on

There were no smoky dives, Few amours, fous or not
There were no petty, Foreign substances bought
There were no midnight drives, With a crime boss's wife
Need a sentence at most, When assessing my life

Edith Piaf said it better than me, "Je ne regrette rien"
Pretty song, but not intended for me, Time to put some muzak on

Drunken and short-lived flings, Montparnasse lights
Holding a hand of kings, My hunch was right
When's that night?

Edith Piaf said it better than me, "Je ne regrette rien"
Pretty song, but not intended for me, Time to put some muzak on

Live fast and die young, Live fast and die young
Live fast and die young, Too late for that, Too late for that
Live fast and die young, Live fast and die young
Live fast and die young, Too late for that, Too late for that

Think of one single night, Wants so strong you're aflame
Well, I'm sorry time's up, Sorry, nothing will change

Edith Piaf said it better than me, "Je ne regrette rien"
Pretty song, but not intended for me, Time to put some muzak on
Edith Piaf said it better ...

(Sparks)

I know you're leavin', it's too long overdue
For far too long I've had nothin' new to show to you
Goodbye dry eyes, I watched your plane fade off west of the moon
And it felt so strange to walk away alone
There's no regrets
No tears goodbye
I don't want you back
We'd only cry again
Say goodbye again
The hours that were yours echo like empty rooms
The thoughts we used to share I now keep alone
I woke last night and spoke to you, not thinking you were gone
And it felt so strange to lie awake alone
There's no regrets
No tears goodbye
I don't want you back
We'd only cry again
Say goodbye again
(walker bros.)

Tell me a story, Where we all change
And we'd live our lives together, And not estranged
I didn't lose my mind, It was mine to give away
Couldn't stay to watch me cry, You didn't have the time ...
So I softly slip away ...

No regrets, they don't work, No regrets, they only hurt
Sing me a love song, Drop me a line
Suppose it's just a point of view? - But they tell me I'm doing fine

I know from the outside, We looked good for each other
Felt things were going wrong, When you didn't like my mother
I don't want to hate, But that's all you've left me with
A bitter aftertaste and a fantasy, Of how we all could live

No regrets, they don't work, No regrets, they only hurt
(We've been told you stay up late) I know they're still talking
(You're far too short to carry weight) The demons in your head
(Return the videos they're late) If I could just stop hating you?
(Goodbye) I'd feel sorry for us instead

Remember the photographs, insane, The ones where we all laugh, so lame
We were having the time of our lives, Well, thank you, it was a real blast

No regrets, they don't work, No regrets now, they only hurt
Write me a love song, Drop me a line
Suppose it's just a point of view? - But they tell me I'm doing fine

Everything I wanted to be, Every time I walked away
Every time you told me to leave, I just wanted to stay
Every time you looked at me, And every time you smiled
I felt so vacant - you treated me like a child

I loved the way we used to laugh, I loved the way we used to smile
Often, I sit down and think of you, For a while
Then it passes by me, And I think of someone else instead
I guess the love we once had is officially ... dead

(Robbie Williams)

There are places I'll 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
But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often think about them
In my life, I love you more
Though I know I'll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I'll often think about them
In my life, I love you more
In my life - I love you more
(Beatles)

(I love you)

(I love you)

You know I need it to ride in your car
I know it's dangerous, you're going too far
I'm always with you wherever you go

This is a sensual
The way you drive is just sensational
(I love you.)

I hate to love you
Love you all the same
You know baby, driving is a serious game
(I love you)
I know
(I love you)
I know
You gonna get me a heart attack
Stop it
Hold it
Hold it back

I know it's dangerous you're going too far
I'm always with you wherever you go

(I love you)

(I love you)

(I love you)

You know I need it to ride in your car
I'm always with you wherever you go

This is a sensual
The way you drive is just sensational
(I love you)

I hate to love you
Love you all the same
You know baby, driving is a serious game
(I love you)
I know
(I love you)
I know
You gonna get me a heart attack
Stop it
Hold it
Hold it back
(yello)

Awww how sweet! - Martin and tech all loved up ... x ;o>

I'm crazy flowing over with ideas
A thousand ways to woo a lover so sincere?
Love and hate, what a beautiful combination
Sending shivers up and down my spine

For every Casanova that appears
My sense of hesitation disappears
Love and hate, what a beautiful combination
Sending shivers up and down my spine

And the lovers that you sent for me
Didn't come with any satisfaction guarantee
So I return them to the sender, And the note attached will read
How I love to hate you, I love to hate you, I love to hate you
I love to hate you

Ohhhh you really still expect me to believe
Every single letter I receive?
Sorry you, what a shameful situation
Sending shivers up and down my spine

I like to read Murder Mystery
I like to know the killer isn't me!
Love and hate, what a beautiful combination
Sending shivers, make me quiver, Feel it sliver, up and down my spine

And the lovers that you sent for me
Didn't come with any satisfaction guarantee
So I return them to the sender, And the note attached will read
How I love to hate you, I love to hate you, I love to hate you
I love to hate you

(Erasure)

i love everybody, man, i'm a man of love and peace. next to me the dalai lama is a football hooligan!

"When in the chronicle of wasted time
I see descriptions of the fairest wights,
And beauty making beautiful old rhymes
In praise of ladies dead, and lovely knights,
Then, in the blazon of sweet beauty's best,
Of hand, of foot, of lip, of eye, of brow,
I see their antique pen would have express'd
Even such a beauty as you mastered now
So all their praises are but prophecies
Of this our time, all you prefiguring;
And, for they look'd but with divining eyes,
They had not skill enough your worth to sing:
For we, which now behold these present days,
Had eyes to wonder, but lack tongues to praise."
(Shakespeare, Sonnet 106)

The girls today in society, Go for classical poetry
So to win their hearts one must quote with ease, Aeschylus and Euripides
One must know Homer and, b’lieve me, Beau, Sophocles, also Sappho-ho
Unless you know Shelley, Keats and Pope, Dainty Debbies will call you a dope
But the poet of them all, Who will start ‘em simply ravin’
Is the poet people call, The Bard of Stratford-on-Avon

Brush up your Shakespeare, Start quoting him now
Brush up your Shakespeare, And the women you will wow
Just declaim a few lines from “Othella”, And they’ll think you’re a helluva fella
If your blonde won’t respond when you flatter ‘er, Tell 'er what Tony told Cleopatterer
If she fights when her clothes you are mussin', What are clothes? “Much Ado About Nuthin'”
Brush up your Shakespeare, And they’ll all kow-tow

Brush up your Shakespeare, Start quoting him now
Brush up your Shakespeare, And the women you will wow
With the wife of the British Ambassida, Try a crack out of “Troilus and Cressida”
If she says she won’t buy it or tike it, Make her tike it, what’s more, “As You Like It”
If she says your behavior is heinous, Kick her right in the “Coriolanus”
Brush up your Shakespeare, And they’ll all kow-tow

Brush up your Shakespeare, Start quoting him now
Brush up your Shakespeare, And the women you will wow
If you can’t be a ham and do “Hamlet”, They will not give a damn or a damnlet
Just recite an occasional sonnet, And your lap’ll have honey upon it
When your baby is pleading for pleasure, Let her sample your “Measure For Measure”
Brush up your Shakespeare, And they’ll all kow-tow, Forsooth
And they'll all kow-tow - have faith, And they'll all kow-tow

Brush up your Shakespeare, Start quoting him now
Brush up your Shakespeare, And the women you will wow
Better mention “The Merchant Of Venice”, When her sweet pound o’ flesh you would menace
If her virtue, at first, she defends well, Just remind her that “All’s Well That Ends Well”
And if still she won’t give you a bonus, You know what Venus got from Adonis!
Brush up your Shakespeare, And they’ll all kow-tow, Thinkst thou
And they'll all kow-tow, Odds Bodkins, And they'll all kow-tow

Brush up your Shakespeare, Start quoting him now
Brush up your Shakespeare, And the women you will wow
If your goil is a Washington Heights dream, Treat the kid to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
If she then wants an all-by-herself night, Let her rest ev’ry ‘leventh or “Twelfth Night”
If, because of your heat, she gets huffy, Simply play on and “Lay on, Macduffy!”
Brush up your Shakespeare, And they’ll all kow-tow, Forsooth
And they'll all kow-tow, Thinkst thou, And they'll all kow-tow

(Kiss Me Kate - the Musical)

Smile, an everlasting smile,
A smile can bring you near to me
Don't ever let me find you gone
'Cause that would bring a tear to me
This world has lost its glory
Let's start a brand new story
Now my love, right now
There'll be no other time
And I can show you how, my love
Talk in everlasting words
And dedicate them all to me
And I will give you all my life
I'm here if you should call to me
You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say
It's only words and words are all I have
To take your heart away
You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say
It's only words and words are all I have
To take your heart away
It's only words and words are all I have
To take your heart away
It's only words and words are all I have
To take your heart away
( The Bee Gees)

Words Fell, Like roses at our feet
When you let me see you cry, Your silent lips against my cheek
Words Fell, On a night as black as coal
Your kisses traveled deep, Your eyes pierced my soul
Words Fell

Words Fell, In another place and time
We lived within the woods, Ate berries from the vine
Words Fell, When we lay among the stones
And watched the Druids dance, And walked along the rocky shores
Words Fell

Words Fell, In another place and time
I knew your mournful blue, Knew your golden grace
Words Fell, When we let the ocean hold us
And sank beneath the waves, In the silences of the roses
Words Fell ... Words Fell ... Words Fell

(Lucinda Williams)

Hey!, when we hurt too much
Sometimes we say too much
And the feelings we fly
Drop like bombs from a darkening sky
I'm out on the edge baby, I'm out on the edge
What if one day we go to far and our love don't make sense
Sticks and stones baby, sticks and stones
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But your words will break my heart
Words will break my heart
So next time I pxss you off
Go hire a pin striped gangster
Have him break a finger or two
Have him blow my kneecaps through
'Cos anything's better than the way I feel
When you rage on
And I'd prefer to witness a hanging
Than to see our love gone
Sticks and stones baby, sticks and stones
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But your words they break my heart
Words can break my heart
Break my heart, they break my....
In our love I trust so I'm gonna fight for us
I'll never feel love as strong again
I'll be damned if I'll let it end, let it end
Hey! Sticks and stones baby, sticks and stones
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But your words they break my heart
Words will break my heart, they break my heart
Yeah! Sticks and stones, sticks and stones
Sticks and stones may break my bones
But your words they break my heart
Words will break my heart, they break my heart
Break my.......
(Nils Lofgren - Acoustic Live)

Come and take my eldest son.
Show him how to shoot a gun.
Wipe his eyes if he starts to cry
When the bullets fly.
Give him a rifle. Take his hoe.
Show him a field where he can go
To lay his body down and die
Without asking why.

CHORUS: Soldiers who want to be heroes
Number practically zero,
But there are millions
Who want to be civilians.
Soldiers who want to be heroes
Number practically zero,
But there are millions
Who want to be civilians.

Sticks and stones can break your bones.
Even names can hurt you,
But the thing that hurts the most
Is when a man deserts you.
Don't you think it’s time to weed
The leaders that no longer lead
From the people of the land
Who'd like to see their sons again?
CHORUS

God, if men could only see
The lessons taught by history,
That all the singers of this song
Cannot right a single wrong!
Let all men of good will
Stay in the fields they have to till,
Feed the mouths they have to fill,
And cast away their arms.
CHORUS

(Rod McKuen)

Precious stones and stolen thrones vanish in a day
And your golden rings, your silver rings, will crumble and decay
Silks and satins, and crimson velvet, will someday fade away
But the stones will stand across the land and love will have it's day

Change will come to everyone, never question why
Sticks and stones will break your bones and words will make you cry
The sun will shiver, the moon will crumble, and vanish from the sky
But the hills remain, love's the same, and love will never die

I can see the lights below us twinkle like the stars
And I know they're waiting, patiently, for the day to break again

Distant skies, different eyes, change has come so fast
Mother of pearl, distant girl, clutches at the past
But in the sunset, I see your eyes, and they tell me nothing's lost
While the rocks remain, loves the same, strong love, strong love, strong love will last

(Horslips)

Let us go now, my one true love
Call the gasman, cut the power out
We can set out, we can set out for the distant skies
Watch the sun, watch it rising in your eyes

Let us go now, my darling companion
Set out for the distant skies
See the sun, see it rising
See it rising, rising in your eyes

They told us our gods would outlive us
They told us our dreams would outlive us
They told us our gods would outlive us
But they lied

Let us go now, my only companion
Set out for the distant skies
Soon the children will be rising, will be rising
This is not for our eyes
(nick cave)

Baby I've been searching like everybody else
Can't say nothing different about myself
Sometimes I'm an angel
And sometimes I'm cruel
And when it comes to love
I'm just another fool
Yes, I'll climb a mountain
I'm gonna swim the sea
There ain't no act of God girl
Could keep you safe from me
My arms are reaching out
Out across this canyon
I'm asking you to be my true companion
True companion
True companion

So don't you dare and try to walk away
I've got my heart set on our wedding day
I've got this vision of a girl in white
Made my decision that it's you allright
And when I take your hand
I'll watch my heart set sail
I'll take my trembling fingers
And I'll lift up your veil
Then I'll take you home
And with wild abandon
Make love to you just like a true companion
You are my true companion
I got a true companion
True companion

When the years have done irreparable harm
I can see us walking slowly arm in arm
Just like the couple on the corner do
'Cause girl I will always be in love with you
And when I look in your eyes
I'll still see that spark
Until the shadows fall
Until the room grows dark
Then when I leave this earth
I'll be with the angels standin'
I'll be out there waiting for my true companion
Just for my true companion
True companion
True companion

(Marc Cohn)

Because you wear the face of all women for me
I yearn for you with the yearning of all men
Along the shadowed streets of faceless England
Owning the broad daylight of my pain
Owning the broad daylight of my pain
Who can deal an order on God's ardour?
Who can outshuffle every shift of the cards?
Along the tangled turns of nettled England
How sweetly blooms the rose among old graveyards
How sweetly blooms the rose among old graveyards
If love can clasp or fathom to some ultimate stand
Neither pity nor desire can tell
Among the lonesome crowds of familiar England
Knowing every kiss is a kiss of farewell
Knowing every kiss is a kiss of farewell
Wooden-loined I praise the ever green-ness of things
The patternless, the perfect lack of symmetry
Among the sad, sad markets of heartless England
Till my heart shall cease to make bargains for me
Till my heart shall cease to make bargains for me
(Robin Williamson)

Martin wrote: "Because you wear the face of all women for me
I yearn for you with the yearning of all men
Along the shadowed streets of faceless England
Owning the broad daylight of my pain
Owning the broad dayli..."

Great lyrics, what’s the song, Martin?

Lez Lee ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5ojz...

Lez, taken from his album Ten Of Songs.

Every time you turn around, you wear another face
Every time I look away, I find a hiding place
If you knew me like you know him, you would know just how I feel
Slipping through somebody's fingers, falling under someone's wheels

It's easier to walk away, better off to face the facts ...
When love holds you up for ransom, walk away, and don't look back

Never seen you looking back through, smiling eyes and tears
Never knew you holding onto, memories and fears
Just release me, I can't take it, can't you see a change has come?
Strangled by infatuation, buried under someone's thumb

It's easier to walk away, better off to face the facts ...
When love holds you up for ransom, walk away, and don't look back
It's easier to walk away, cover up, and fade to black ...
When love scars and leaves you branded, walk away, and don't look back

Every time you turn around, you wear another face
Every time I look away, I find a hiding place

It's easier to walk away, better off to face the facts ...
When love holds you up for ransom, walk away, and don't look back, yeah
It's easier to walk away, cover up, and fade to black ...
When love scars and leaves you branded, walk away, and don't look back

(Elton John)

Lovely. Thanks Martin.

If it's love that you're running from, there's no hiding place.
You can't run it, you can't hide it, you can't run it
Love has problems I know but there problems, we'll just have to face.
If you just put your hand in mine,
We're gonna leave all our troubles behind.
We're gonna walk and don't look back.
Don't look back
And don't look back
And don't look back, baby.
Don't look back
(peter tosh..........and some auld waste o' space)

Come with me. I won’t hide
We’re going on a ride
We meet each day, use time to see
While we’re young and almost free

I’ve got to lose this skin I’m imprisoned in
Got to lose this skin I’m imprisoned in

Do not turn or hate to see
All the things you think we’ve got
Do not turn or hate to see
What happened to the wife of Lot

We’re alone or so they say
We’re not on our own in that way
When we’re alone it’s real tough going
We can take a part in someone else’s play

Come with me, I thought he said
But that’s not him anymore, he’s dead
What’s it like to be so free
So free it looks like lost to me

(The Clash)

and what a great song that is

The problem of leisure
What to do for pleasure
Ideal love a new purchase
A market of the senses
Dream of the perfect life
Economic circumstances
The body is good business
Sell out, maintain the interest
Remember Lot's wife
Renounce all sin and vice
Dream of the perfect life
This heaven gives me migraine
The problem of leisure
What to do for pleasure
(gang of four)

Lez wrote: "Lovely. Thanks Martin."

(After a brief interlude of lost connection ......)
You're welcome Lez, glad you enjoyed!

I don't want half-hearted love affairs
I need someone who really cares
Life is too short to play silly games
I've promised myself I won't do that again

It's got to be perfect, it's got to be worth it, yeah
Too many people take second best, Well, I won't take anything less
It's got to be, yeah, perfect

Young hearts are foolish, they make such mistakes
They're much too eager to give their love away
Well, I have been foolish too many times
Now I'm determined, I'm gonna get it right

It's got to be perfect, it's got to be worth it, yeah
Too many people take second best, But I won't take anything less
It's got to be, yeah, perfect

Young hearts are foolish, they make such mistakes
They're much too eager to give their love away
Well, I have been foolish too many times
Now I'm determined, I'm gonna get it right

It's got to be perfect, it's got to be worth it, yeah
Too many people take second best, But I won't take anything less
It's got to be, yeah, perfect

It's got to be, yeah, worth it, It's got to be perfect

(Fairground Attraction)

Is it worth it?
A new winter coat and shoes for the wife
And a bicycle on the boy's birthday.
It's just a rumor that was spread around town
By the women and children, soon we'll be shipbuilding
Well I ask you
The boy said 'Dad, they're going to take me to task
But I'll be home by Christmas.
It's just a rumor that was spread around town
Somebody said that someone got filled in
For saying that people get killed in
The results of their shipbuilding.
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls.
It's just a rumor that was spread around town
A telegram for a picture postcard
Within weeks they'll be reopening the shipyard
And notifying the next of kin
Once again.
It's all we're skilled in
We will be shipbuilding.
With all the will in the world
Diving for dear life
When we could be diving for pearls
(elvis costello/robert wyatt)

We were lovers once long ago
Walking through cold city streets like lovers do
Stopped inside a market
Kissed behind a stall
Someone said you'd better move on
If you're not buying at all

Then I saw the winter coat hanging on the rack
I thought about that winter coat
Hanging on my back
So you helped me try it on
It was just my size
Then you bought that coat for me
After haggling over the price

Now when it's chilly up in these cold cold hills
I just put on my winter coat
My winter coat
Keeps me warm

Years have come along
Years have gone
Some friends have risen
Some have moved on
And my old winter coat still
Hangs by my front door
Holding all the stories
I don't remember anymore

And when it gets freezing
Up in these cold cold hills
I just put on my winter coat
My winter coat
Keeps me warm
My winter coat
My winter coat
My winter coat
My winter coat

(Paul Kelly)

Crickets are chirping, the water is high
There’s a soft cotton dress on the line hangin’ dry
Window wide open, African trees
Bent over backwards from a hurricane breeze
Not a word of goodbye, not even a note
She gone with the man
In the long black coat

Somebody seen him hanging around
At the old dance hall on the outskirts of town
He looked into her eyes when she stopped him to ask
If he wanted to dance, he had a face like a mask
Somebody said from the Bible he’d quote
There was dust on the man
In the long black coat

Preacher was a talkin’, there’s a sermon he gave
He said every man’s conscience is vile and depraved
You cannot depend on it to be your guide
When it’s you who must keep it satisfied
It ain’t easy to swallow, it sticks in the throat
She gave her heart to the man
In the long black coat

Bob Dylan

hey Garland I dig your tweed coat
I'll trade you a domino this size
mothballs scented
the woman silk nude tie
painting his chest
one celluloid stay, exposed through his nibbled collar
feet speckled the sidewalk
faces gurgled through windows
passing cars gum rubber streaks
neon plants swim like green seaweed to a deep rhythm of blues
red thyroid sunsets
flame and speckled chemistry
pipes run off dark tubes
erase into marks that pour the dye of darkness
crystal comes together as silent as ink
"i don't think i could let it go, I got it at the religious scene"
teeth let go
tobacco juice
an oiled balloon
brown eye in an egg whit
black tar bubbles in stripes
(capt. beefheart)