Amazon exiles discussion

Used to think that life was sweet.
Used to think we were so complete.
I can't believe you'd throw it away.
Used to feel we had it made.
Used to feel we could sail away.
Can you imagine how I feel today.
Well it seems a long time ago you were the lonely one.
Now it comes to letting go you are the only one.
Do you know what you've done.

It's so funny how we don't talk anymore.
It's so funny why we don't talk anymore.
But I ain't losing sleep and I ain't counting sheep.
it's so funny how we don't talk anymore
(sir cliff)

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

We'll pay the Ransom! ... do anything! ... just please let our tech go?!! ...

The driveway winds up the hill, Through the wildflower fields
Where the kids like to play
There's a little creek by the willow tree, Ohhh yes, it's a beautiful place

We have the family photograph, The house, the life, the dream
Your love's the only thing missing here, Well, I guess you can't have everything?

We don't talk anymore, You leave your ring in the drawer
Like it don't mean a thing
The silence crawls down the lonely halls, That weep for what used to be

We have the family photograph, The house, the life, the dream
Your love's the only thing missing here, Well, I guess you can't have everything?

We have the family photograph, The house, the life, the dream
Your love's the only thing missing here, Well, I guess you can't have everything?

(Little Big Town)

whit?

"Don't talk to me",
said the man with the chisel,
chiseling the surface
"I've been sleeping far too long,
and I keep on chiseling,
keep on chiseling,
keep on chiseling
chiseling the surface."

"I don't know what you mean",
said the man with the shovel,
shoveling the ashes,
"I've been diggin in the frozen ground,
and I keep on shoveling,
keep on shoveling,
keep on shoveling,
shoveling the ashes
(sahb)

I hope you have thoroughly been de-cliff-ificated? ;o>

dinnae diss the cliffstah!

Hee, Hee, Hee!!! ;o> ...

A perfect day to get out of bed, Shower, dress, shave, kiss you on the head
Then I hit the office, and my head starts to swim
A perfect day to just walk around, See a violent movie, check the sounds
But even on the street, When I hear a phone ring, my heart starts to beat
When I get home, I don't want you to speak ...

Don't talk to me about work, Please don't talk to me about work
I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt, With work, with work

How many dollars, how many sales? How many liars, how many tales?
How many insults must you take in this one life?
I'm in prison most of the day, So please excuse me if I get this way
But I have got obligations to keep, So be very careful when you speak ...

Don't talk to me about work, Please don't talk to me about work
I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt, With work, with work
Please don't talk to me about work, Don't you talk to me about work
I'm up to my eyeballs in dirt, With work, with work ...

Don't talk to me about work, Don't you talk to me about work
Don't you talk to me about work, Please don't talk to me about work
Don't you talk to me about work, Please don't talk to me about work
Don't you talk to me about work, Please don't talk to me about work
Don't you talk to me about work, Please don't talk to me about work

(Lou Reed)

Hear what I say
See what I do
Believe me now I'm all over you
All over you
I know a place
A certain very tender spot
To have and to hold
To have and have not
Listening to the sad song that the radio plays
Have we come this fa-fa-fa to find a soul cliche
Let them talk
Let them talk
Let them all talk
Oh yeah we're killing time
Just to keep you clocking on
These are the best years of your life
Now they're here and gone
Do the world a service
And you could do yourself a favor
Whose tongue now is tasting last weeks flavor
Our day will come
When you have squandered all your youth
To have and to hold
A stranger to the truth
Listening to the sad song that the radio plays
Have we come this fa-fa-fa to find a soul cliche
Let them talk
(elvis costello)

Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road
Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go
So make the best of this test and don't ask why?
It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right ...
I hope you had the time of your life

So take the photographs and still-frames in your mind
Hang it on a shelf in good health and good time
Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial
For what it's worth, it was worth all the while

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right ...
I hope you had the time of your life
It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right ...
I hope you had the time of your life

It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right ...
I hope you had the time of your life

(Green Day)

Wouldn't it be nice if we were older
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long?
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong?
You know it's gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together
Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new?
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through?
Happy times together we've been spending
I wish that every kiss was never ending
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray
It might come true ( run run oooh)
Baby, then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do
We could be married (we could be married)
And then we'd be happy (and then we'd be happy)
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But let's talk about it
Oh, wouldn't it be nice?
Good night baby
Sleep tight baby
Good night baby
Sleep tight baby
(Beach Boys)

Yeah, the high road's a little high to take, I want to walk a mile the easy way
Want to take a page from your guiltless book, Want to let myself off the hook today
Let my conscience have a break

I wish I could be cold like that, Then it wouldn't hurt so bad ...
I could be the train for a change? You could be the one tied to the track
Baby, wouldn't it be nice? Just to plow through life
Fall in love, Cause a crash, Walk away without a scratch, You crush hearts like ice
I wish I could be cold like that ... So cold like that ...

Yeah, you burn so hot until you get what you want, Cause you got what you wanted
Then your love gets to stop, And the temperature drops
Like your heart was haunted

I wish I could be cold like that, Then it wouldn't hurt so bad
I could be the train for a change? You could be the one tied to the track
Baby, wouldn't it be nice? Just to plow through life
Fall in love, Cause a crash, Walk away without a scratch, You crush hearts like ice
I wish I could be cold like that ... So cold like that ... So cold like that

I wish I could get off on a goodbye
Be the bad guy on the other side of the tears ... of the tears ...

I wish I could be cold like that, So cold like that
I could be the train for a change? You could be the one tied to the track
Baby, wouldn't it be nice? Just to plow through life
Fall in love, Cause a crash, Walk away without a scratch, You crush hearts like ice
I wish I could be cold like that ... So cold like that ... So cold like that ...
I wish I could be cold like that ... So cold like that ...

(Garth Brooks)

It was cold in the night
I was with you sometime ago
But you were laughing to hide your crying
In shocked and taste, we walked away
You said be careful, some lights were shining
They came much closer, we started hiding
And in the silence I heard you breathing
But far away, someone was screaming

No time for crying, we started running
We kept on running until the daylight
And it was cold, the smog was heavy
Casualty tide, no one was ready

It was cold in the night
I was with you some time ago
You said now no in desperado
The world we knew in desolation
(the ruts)

It was a cold black night, an' the rain was falling down
Cold black night, an' the rain was fallin' down
I went out lookin' for my girl, I knew she wasn't nowhere around

She left me early that morning, with a suitcase in her hand
She left me early that morning, yes, with a suitcase in her hand
An' she took off on a train this mornin', An' she was meetin' some other man, yes

She used to treat me real good, an' I wonder why I didn't treat her right?
Yes, hmmm, you know I wonder why I didn't treat her right?
An' now all I can do, is walk those streets both day and night, yes sir

(Fleetwood Mac)

The footsteps echo through
A shady avenue
The checkpoint makes no sound
In an iron curtain land

Cold wars have cooled me down
Get by into the ground

Cold, cold - call me away
Cold, colder - every day
Cold wars are here to stay

The darkness grew and grew
As I reached the rendezvous
I'd trade my suitcase here
For a taste of Western air

Cold wars have cooled me down
Get by into the ground

Cold, cold - call me away
Cold, colder - every day
Cold wars are here to stay

A footprint in the snow
Is it the way I must go?

Cold, cold - call me away
Cold, colder - every day
Cold wars are here to stay
(the rezillos)

What we're talking about is ... late night and early morning low clouds
With a chance of fog, Chance of showers into the afternoon
With variable high cloudiness, And gusty winds
Gusty winds at times around that corner of Sunset and Alvorado
Yeah, I know, things are tough all over, when the thunderstorms start increasing
Over the southeast and south central portions of my apartment, I get upset

And a line of thunderstorms was developing in the early morning
Ahead of a slow moving cold front
Cold blooded, with tornado watches issued shortly before noon Sunday
For the areas including, the western region of my mental health
And the northern portions of my ability to deal rationally
With my disconcerted precarious emotional situation, it's cold out there
Colder than a ticket taker's smile at the Ivar Theatre on a Saturday night
Flash flood watches covered the southern portion of my disposition
There was no severe weather well into the afternoon, except for kind-of-a
Lone gust of wind in the bedroom

A high pressure zone, covering the eastern portion of a small suburban community
With a 1, ohhh, 3, 4 millibar high pressure zone
And a weak pressure ridge extending from my eyes down to my cheeks
'Cause since you left me baby, and put the vice grips on my mental health
Well, the extended outlook for an indefinite period of time until you
Come back to me, baby, is high tonight, low tomorrow, and precipitation is expected

That wraps up the weather for this evening ... now back to the 11 o'clock News ...

(Tom Waits)

Time after time I held it just to watch it die.
Line after line I loved it just to watch it cry.

Bless the weather that brought you to me;
Curse the storm that takes you away.
Bless the weather that brought you to me;
Curse the storm that takes you home.

Wave after wave, I washed it just to watch it turn.
Day after day I cooled it just to watch it burn.

Bless the weather that brought you to me;
Curse the storm that takes you home.
Bless the weather that brought you to me;
Curse the storm that takes you away.

Pain after pain, I stood it just to see how it would feel.
Rain after rain I stood in just to make it real.

Bless the weather that brought you to me;
Curse the day you go away.
Bless the weather that brought you to me;
Curse the storm that takes you away.

Time after time I held it just to watch it die.
Line after line, I loved it just to watch it cry.

Bless the weather that brought you to me;
Curse the storm that takes you away.
Bless the weather that brought you to me;
Curse the storm that takes you away.

(John Martyn)

STORMY You are the sunshine, baby, whenever you smile
But I call you Stormy today
All of a sudden that ol' rain is fallin' down
And my world is cloudy and gray
You've gone away
Old Stormy Stormy
Old Stormy Stormy
Old Stormy Stormy
Old Stormy Stormy

Yesterday's love was alive, the warm summer breeze
But like the weather you changed
Now things are dreary, baby, windy and cold
And I stand alone in the rain
Callin' out your name
Stormy Stormy
Stormy Stormy
Come back to me Stormy
Stormy Stormy
Bring back that sunny day
GUITAR SOLO

Yesterday's love was alive, the warm summer breeze
But like the weather you changed
Now things are dreary, baby, windy and cold
And I stand alone in the rain
Callin' out your name
Whoa! Stormy
Stormy, come back to me Stormy
Stormy, come back to me Stormy
Come on home! Stormy
Bring back that sunny day
GUITAR SOLO 2
(scott walker)

Don't know why
There's no sun up in the sky
Stormy weather
Since my man and I ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time

Oh yeah
Life is bare
Gloom and misery everywhere
Stormy weather, stormy weather
And I just can't get my poor self together
Oh I'm weary all of the time
The time, so weary all of the time

When he went away
The blues walked in and met me
Oh yeah if he stays away
Old rocking chair's gonna get me
All I do is pray
The Lord will let me
Walk in the sun once more

Oh I can't go on, can't go on, can't go on
Everything I have is gone
Stormy weather, stormy weather
Since my man and I, me and my daddy ain't together
Keeps raining all of the time
Oh, oh, keeps raining all of the time
Oh yeah, yeah, yeah raining all of the time
Stormy stormy
Stormy weather
Yeah

(So many - but I like Etta James).

Stormy weather,
it might get better in a week
or a wink of an eye.

It's clearing off by Monday.
That's what the weathermen say.

It's good for ducks, so don't complain
when the rain comes tap-tapping on the window panes
cuz someone is napping.

When do you think it will quit?
What is the outcome of it?

Who, who? Why so blue?
There's other things we can do.

(Pere Ubu)

Fifteen man taken captive in a hostile foreign land
Scorchin' sun beaming down onto miles and miles of sand
A mideast country being ruled
By a man who thinks it's fun
To hold our people in return
For a sjah that's on the run
I think it's funny
Freedom takes money
It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Well that's tough shit
Man it's no fun
Storm the Iranian embassy
Before they start shootin' down you and me
Scourge of suits in control
Of the diplomaticness
While the nations of the world
Look on and they care less
The Soviet Union won't agree
To an economic plan
And then they laugh and march their troops into Afghanistan
Orders from Moscow
Invade Teheran now
It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Well that's tough shit
Man it's no fun
Storm the Iranian embassy
Before they start shootin' at you and me
A nation worries and reads the papers
Hoping that no-one has died
Hearin' rumours that the hostages
Will soon be tried as spies
Demonstrations on the street
Saying that the end is near
The man from New York Times on vacation
Wants to know what happened here
aggressive acts now
We want the best now
Fifteen moms crying
Is my son dying ?
It's a heartache and it's hard luck
Well that's tough shit
Man it's no fun
Storm the Iranian embassy
Before they start shootin' at you and me
(stray cats)

Fifteen men on the dead man's chest—
...Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!
Drink and the devil had done for the rest—
...Yo-ho-ho, and a bottle of rum!

But one man of her crew alive,
What put to sea with seventy-five.

(Robert Louis Stevenson)

Where is Mona?
She's long gone
Where is Mary?
She's taken her along
But they haven't put their mittens on
And there's fifteen feet of pure white snow?

Where is Michael?
Where is Mark?
Where is Mathew
Now it's getting dark?
Where is John? They are all out back
Under fifteen feet of pure white snow
Would you please put down that telephone
We're under fifteen feet of pure white snow

I waved to my neighbour
My neighbour waved to me
But my neighbour
Is my enemy
I kept waving my arms
Till I could not see
Under fifteen feet of pure white snow

Is anybody
Out there please?
It's too quiet in here
And I'm beginning to freeze
I've got icicles hanging
From my knees
Under fifteen feet of pure white snow
(nick cave)

It's wonderful, everywhere, so white
The river has frozen solid
Not a soul on the ice
Only me, skating fast
I'm speeding past trees
Leaving little lines in the ice
Cutting out little lines in the ice
Splitting, splitting sound
Silver heels
Spitting, spitting snow
There's something moving under, under the ice
Moving under ice
Through water, trying to....
("It's me!")
Get out of the cold water
("It's me!")
Something....
(It's me!")
Someone - help them!
(Kate Bush)

Winter time and the frozen river
Sunday afternoon
They're playing hockey on the river
Rosy
He'll have that scar on his chin forever someday his girlfriend will say hey
Where
He might look out the window or not
You skate as fast as you can 'til you hit the snowbank that's how you stop
And you get your sweater from the catalogue
You use your rubber boots for goal posts
Ah walkin' home

Don't let those Sunday afternoons
Get away get away get away get away
Break away break away break away break away

This stick was signed by Jean Belliveau so don't fucking tell me where
To fucking go
On Sunday afternoon
Someone's dog just took the puck - he buried it. It's in the snowbank your turn
They rioted in the streets of Montreal when they benched Rocket Richard it's
True

Don't let those Sunday afternoons
Get away get away get away get away
Break away break away break away break away

The sun is fading on the frozen river
The wind is dying down
Someone else just got called for dinner
Rosy
Hmm Sunday afternoon

(Jane Siberry)

Took a boat Sunday, down by the sea
It just felt so nice, you and me
We didn't have a problem or a care
And all around was silence, everywhere
You are the reason I was born
Be with you through all seasons
I'll always hear you when you call
We'll keep the love light shining
Through each night and day
A lonely life behind me
Oh, what a change you've made
So down here on the ocean
We will stay, we will stay, we will stay
Went through a lot of changes
And turned a lot of pages
When I took a boat Sunday
To know you as I know you now
That is all I need
And we can get along somehow
If we both believe
So down here on the ocean
We will stay, we will stay, we will stay
Went through a lot of changes
And turned a lot of pages
When I took a boat Sunday
(Supertramp)

Dreamboats and petticoats, Pick me up and hold me close
You are everything I'll ever need
Candy floss and caravans, Kiss me quick and hold my hand
All your promises I will believe

Time will take its toll on us, Love won't fade our love won't rust
We will stay young because ...

Fairgrounds and water rides, I can see the lovelight in your eyes
I hope it stays there for a thousand years
Movie stars on silver screens, Singing songs of sweet sixteen
Echo through the laughter and the tears

Time will take its toll on us, Love won't fade our love won't rust
We will stay young because ...

Sha la laa la la la laaa, Sha la la la la la la la laa

Time will take its toll on us, Love won't fade our love won't rust
We will stay young because ...

Candy floss and caravans, Kiss me quick and hold my hand
All your promises I will believe
Dreamboats and petticoats, Pick me up and hold me close
You are everything I'll ever need

(Jason Donovan - feat. Hank Marvin)

Hail Rasta
Hail I-ya
You hear what I-man hear I-ya
No I-ya?

They say the boat to Zion, is coming soon
I want to be on that boat to Zion
I'll have to be on that boat to Zion
If it cost me all my money, not ain't no funny, no
And if it cost me all my jewellery's, I don't mind
All I know I'll have to be on that boat to Zion, yes
No matter what it cost, I'll not leggo, no, no
Ah ne I say take me on that boat to Zion I-ya, oh
I give thanks and praises
Hoping the day could come now
I want to go to Zion
Where Jah love is so strong
I want to be on that boat to Zion
I'll have to be on that boat to Zion
If it cost me all my money, not ain't no funny, no
And if it cost me all my jewellery's, I don't mind
All I know I'll have to be on that boat to Zion, Zion
No matter what it cost, I'll not leggo, no, no
Wanting I set be, want on that boat to Zion I-ya
Ah true, oh
(the maytones)

Now look here don't be singin' that pretty music for me
I've learned my lesson and I ain't ready to go yet
Let me tell you all about it

I dreamed last night I got on the boat to Heaven
And by some chance I had brought my dice along
And there I stood, and I hollered, "Someone fade me"
But the passengers they knew right from wrong

For the people all said
"Sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat"
And the people all said
"Sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat"

"And the devil will drag you under
By the sharp lapel of your checkered coat
Sit down, sit down
Sit down you're rocking the boat"

Now I sailed away on that little boat to Heaven
And by some chance found a bottle in my fist
And there I stood nicely passin' out the whiskey
But the passengers were bound to resist

For the people all said
"Beware, you are on a heavenly trip"
People all said
"Beware, beware you'll scuttle the ship"

“And the devil will drag you under
By the fancy tie 'round your wicked throat
Sit down, sit down
Sit down you're rockin' the boat"

Now as I laughed at those passengers to Heaven
A great big wave came and washed me overboard
And as I sank, and I hollered, "Someone save me"
That's the moment I woke up, thank the Lord

And I said to myself
“Sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat"
I said to myself
“Sit down, sit down you're rockin' the boat"

“And the devil will drag you under
With a soul so heavy you'd never float
Sit down, sit down
Sit down you're rockin' the boat"
Sit down you're rockin' the boat
Sit down you're rockin' the boat
And I ain't gonna rock it no more

(From 'Guys and Dolls)

Night Boat To Cairo !!.....
It's just gone noon
Half past monsoon
On the banks of the river Nile
Here comes the boat
Only half-afloat
Oarsman grins a toothless smile
Only just one more
To this desolate shore
Last boat along the river Nile
Doesn't seem to care
No more wind in his hair
As he reaches his last half mile
The oar snaps in his hand
Before he reaches dry land
But the sound doesn't deafen his smile
Just pokes at wet sand
With an oar in his hand
Floats off down the river Nile
Floats off down the river Nile
(madness)

Oh hark, the drums do beat, my love, no longer can we stay
The bugle-horns are sounding clear and we must march away
We're ordered down to Portsmouth and it's many is the weary mile
To join the British Army on the banks of the Nile

Oh Willie, dearest Willie, don't leave me here to mourn
Don't make me curse and rue the day that ever I was born
For the parting of our love would be like parting with my life
So stay at home, my dearest love, and I will be your wife

Oh my Nancy, dearest Nancy, sure that will never do
The government has ordered, and we are bound to go
The government has ordered, and the Queen she gives command
And I am bound on oath, my love, to serve in a foreign land

Oh, but I'll cut off my yellow hair, and I'll go along with you
I'll dress myself in uniform and I'll see Egypt too
I'll march beneath your banner while fortune it do smile
And we'll comfort one another on the banks of the Nile

But your waist it is too slender, and your fingers they are too small
In the sultry suns of Egypt, your rosy cheeks would spoil
Where the cannons they do rattle, when the bullets they do fly
And the silver trumpets sound, so loud to hide the dismal cries

Oh, cursed be those cruel wars, that ever they began
For they have robbed our country of many's the handsome man
They've robbed us of our sweethearts while their bodies they feed the lions
On the dry and sandy deserts which are the banks of the Nile

(Traditional, many versions, I like Sandy Denny's)

Israel want to be free
Israel want to be free
From out of this bondage
Israel want to be free

It is a very, very, very, very long time now
You're under captivity
It is a very, very, very, very long time now
You're under captivity

East, west, north and the south
From kingdom to, to the river Nile one
Tell you Israel want to be free, oh Lord, oh Lord
Israel want to be free, oh Lord, oh lard

It is a very, very, very, very long time now
You're under captivity
It's a very, very, very, very long time now
You're under captivity

East, west, north and the south
From kingdom to, to the river Nile one
Tell you Israel want to be free, oh Lord, oh Lord
Israel want to be free, oh Lord, oh lard
(the ethiopians)

When Israel was in Egypt’s land, Let My people go;
Oppressed so hard they could not stand, Let My people go;
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land,
Tell old Pharaoh: Let My people go.

The Lord told Moses what to do, Let My people go;
To lead the children of Israel through, Let My people go.
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land,
Tell old Pharaoh: Let My people go.

The pillar of cloud shall clear the way, Let My people go;
A fire by night, a shade by day, Let My people go.
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land,
Tell old Pharaoh: Let My people go.

As Israel stood by the water-side, Let My people go;
At God’s command it did divide, Let My people go.
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land,
Tell old Pharaoh: Let My people go.

When they had reached the other shore, Let My people go;
They dang the song of triumph over, Let My people go.
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land,
Tell old Pharaoh: Let My people go.

Oh, let us all from bondage flee, Let My people go;
And let us all in Christ be free, Let My people go.
Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land,
Tell old Pharaoh: Let My people go.

(Paul Robeson)

The nights were dark and lonely
The wind were whistling wild
Without no food to take for her crying child
Yeah

She did not have one penny to buy a slice of bread
And she had sold her wedding gift to keep her young one fed
Friends she had were very poor, the rich man passed them by daily
If someone did not come to help the little one would die
Moses, Moses, go down there and tell King Pharaoh to let I people go
King Pharaoh go down and her father did go down
And broke their crown

Her sister had a son passed away
He died for want, no food to eat
And many children too because they had no meal

The black had gone off for a fight
The nation were at war
In the great generation thou art dwell
She know that their pass would come one day
She know her war would end

The night were dark and lonely
The wind were whistling wild
Without no food to take for her crying child
She did not have one penny to buy a slice of bread
And she had sold her wedding gift to keep her young one fed
Moses, Moses go down there and broke their crown
Moses, Moses go down there and broke the wicked man crown
Yeah
(prince far i)

As I was walking on Orange Street, I feel so lonely
And shook up and shook up and shook up for a little love, yeah
And I walked, and I walked, and I walked and I just couldn't find
Couldn't find, couldn't find that little love, ohhh yeah, afterwards
I feel so good afterwards, I find my lover, I feel so good afterwards

As I was walking on that street, I feel so lonely
And shook up, and shook up and shook up for a slice of bread, oooh yeah
And Mr. Walker's Bakery was the only Bakery I could check on
I could check on, I could check on, I could check on for a slice of bread, ohhh yeah
Then I feel so good afterwards, ohhh yeah, I feel so good afterwards

As I was walking on Orange Street, I feel so lonely
And shook up, and shook up and shook up for a little love, yeah
And I walked, and I walked, and I walked and I talked, and I talked
'Til I find a little love, ohhh Lord, and I feel so good afterwards, oooh yeah
I feel so good afterwards, Lord, As I was walking on that street afterwards
Yeah, and I feel so good afterwards

(Toots & The Maytals)

As I was walkin' down the street,
Down the street, down the street,
I met somebody who was mighty sweet,
Mighty fair to see.
I asked her would she like to have a talk,
Have a talk, make some talk,
All the fellows standin' on the walk
Wishin' they were me:

Mama, Mama let me dress up tonight,
Dress up tonight, dress up tonight,
I've got a secret, gonna 'fess up tonight
Gonna dance by the light of the moon.
Gonna dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
While our knees keep a'knockin' and our toes keep a'rockin'
Dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
Dance by the light of the moon.

Mama, Mama put the cat out tonight.
Cat out tonight, cat out tonight, .
Worked all day I'm gonna scat out tonight
And I won't be home until dawn.
Gonna dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
While our knees keep a'knockin' and our toes keep a'rockin'
Dance with a dolly with a hole in her stockin'
Dance by the light of the moon.
Gonna dance by the light of the moon,
Dance by the light of the moon,
By the light of the moon.

(Vera Lynn)

By the light of the silvery moon, I want to spoon
To my honey I'll croon love's tune
Honeymoon keep a-shining in June
Your silvery beams will bring love dreams, we'll be cuddling soon
By the silvery moon

Place: park, scene: dark ... silvery moon is shining through the trees
Cast: two: me, you ... sound of kisses floating on the breeze
Act: one: begun ... Dialogue: "where would you like to spoon?"
My cue: "with you, underneath the silvery moon"

By the light of the silvery moon
I want to spoon, to my honey I'll croon love's tune
Honeymoon keep a-shining in June
Your silvery beams will bring love dreams, we'll be cuddling soon
By the silvery moon

Act: two, scene: new ... roses blooming all around the place
Cast: three: you, me, Preacher with a solemn looking face
Choir sings, bell rings ... Preacher: "You are wed for evermore"
Act: two, all through, every night the same encore

By the light, (by the light, by the light), Of the silvery moon, (the silvery moon)
I want to spoon, (want to spoon, want to spoon), To my honey I'll croon love's tune
Honeymoon, (honeymoon, honeymoon), Keep on shining in June (keep on shining in June)
Your silvery beams will bring love dreams, we'll be cuddling soon
By the silvery moon

Your silvery beams will bring love dreams, we'll be cuddling soon
By the silvery moon (the silvery moon)

(Doris Day & Gordon MacRae)

It's not the pale moon that exites me
That thrills and delights me, oh no
It's just the nearness of you
It isn't your sweet conversation
That brings this sensation, oh no
It's just the nearness of you
When you're in my arms and I feel you so close to me
All my wildest dreams come true
I need no soft lights to enchant me
If you'll only grant me the right
To hold you ever so tight
And to feel in the night the nearness of you
(Bill Charlap)

You're all dressed up to go dreaming, Now don't tell me I'm wrong
And what a night to go dreaming, Mind if I tag along?

Moonlight becomes you, It goes with your hair, You certainly know the right thing to wear
Moonlight becomes you, I'm thrilled at the sight, And I could get so romantic tonight

You're all dressed up to go dreaming, Now don't you tell me I'm wrong
And what a night to go dreaming, Mind if I tag along?

And if I say: "I love you" , I want you to know
It's not just because there's moonlight ... Although ... moonlight becomes you so

Moonlight becomes you, What a beautiful view? ... moonlight and you

You're all dressed up to go dreaming, Now don't you tell me I'm wrong
And what a night to go dreaming, Mind if I tag along?

And if I say: "I love you" , I want you to know
It's not just because there's moonlight ... Although ... moonlight becomes you so

(Bing Crosby)

Dear, I thought I'd drop a line
The weather's cool, the folks are fine
I'm in bed each night at nine
P.S. I love you

Yesterday we had some rain
But all in all, I can't complain
Was it dusty on the train?
P.S. I love you

Write to the Browns
Just as soon as you're able
They came around to call
I burned a hole in the dining room table
Now let me see, I guess that's all

Nothing else for me to say
And so I'll close now but, by the way
Everybody's thinking of you
P.S. I love you

(Bing Crosby)

Hello Muddah, hello Faddah, Here I am at Camp Grenada
Camp is very entertaining ...
And they say we'll have some fun if it stops raining?

I went hiking with Joe Spivey, He developed Poison Ivy
You remember Leonard Skinner? ...
He got Ptomaine Poisoning last night after dinner

All the Counsellors hate the Waiters, And the Lake has Alligators
And the Head Coach wants no sissies ...
So he reads to us from something called Ulysses

Now I don't want this should scare ya', But my bunk-mate has Malaria
You remember Jeffery Hardy? ...
They're about to organize a searching party ...

Take me home, ohhh Muddah, Faddah, Take me home, I hate Grenada ...
Don't leave me out in the forest where, I might get eaten by a Bear?!
Take me home, I promise I will, Not make noise, or mess the house with
Other boys, ohhh please don't make me stay?! ... I've been here one whole day!

Dearest Fadduh, Darling Muddah, How's my precious little Bruddah?
Let me come home if you miss me? ...
I would even let Aunt Bertha hug and kiss me!

Wait a minute? - it's stopped hailing! ... Guys are swimming, guys are sailing
Playing Baseball, Gee, that's bettah! ...
Muddah, Faddah kindly disregard this letter



Followed up by the sequel ;o> ...



Hello Muddah, hello Fadduh, I am back at Camp Grenada
And I'm writing you this letter ...
Just to say my compound fracture's getting better

No one here knows where my trunk is? And my bunk is where the skunk is
But the food this year's improving ...
'Cause all the little black things in it are not moving

Our Camp Nurse is quite a swimmer, She says swimming makes you slimmer
Her name's Mrs. Pellagrini ...
Have you ever seen a Whale in a bikini?!!

All the bathrooms have such thin doors, Gee, I'd wish they'd move them indoors
We're all tired of Mother Goose here ...
So, next Friday night, they're having Lenny Bruce here

Let me stay, ohhh Muddah, Fadduh ... Let me stay, I love Grenada!
Every night the camp fire is so keen ... Ohhh, ma, please send some Unguintine
Let me stay, out here in Muddah Nature's land ... An' tiptoe through the tulips grand
To leave would be a shame ... Besides, I'd miss the Poker Game

Please don't worry, Fadduh, Muddah ... I'll take care of little Brudduh
He plays ball here ... and he rows here ...
And I hope they teach him how to blow his nose here

He wakes up half past six and, Goes directly to the Quicksand
He was lonely ... now he's better ...
He's like all of us except his bed is wetter!

(Allen Sherman)

Dear Robin
Hope you dont mind me writing, its just that theres more than one thing I
need to ask you. If youre so anti-fashion, why not wear flares, instead of
dressing down all the same. Its just that looking like that I can express
my dissatisfaction.

Dear Robin
Let me explain, though youd never see in a million years. Keep quoting
Cabaret, Berlin, Burroughs, J.G. Ballard, Duchamp, Beauvoir, Kerouac,
Kierkegaard, Michael Rennie. I dont believe you really like Frank Sinatra.

Dear Robin
Youre always so happy, how the hell do you get your inspiration? Youre
like a dumb patriot. If youre supposed to be so angry, why dont you fight
and let me benefit from your right? Dont you know the only way to change
things is to shoot men who arrange things, Dear Robin
I would explain but youd never see in a million years. Well, youve made
your rules, but we dont know that game, perhaps Id listen to your records
but your logics far too lame and Id only waste three valuable minutes of
my life with your insincerity.
You see Robin, Im just searching for the young soul rebels, and I cant
find them anywhere. Where have you hidden them?

Maybe you should welcome the new soul vision.
(dexy's midnight runners)

Dear Josie, when you get this note, I will gone from here.
I'm sorry for the things I let you put me through.
I know I loved you, dear, I think it's time I made it clear
That this will be the last time that I ever think of you.

We met, and from the first I knew that you'd be the one
I didn't see the damage that you'd do.
Once we moved in this place, things got bad, and I got my first real taste of you.

And, for you, I played along, I suppressed it all. But, I think, it's time I let it out.
So I'm writing you this letter, Cos I think I deserve better.
I'll pack my bags and go and figure out what life's about.

You hated all my friends, Made me get rid of them.
I lost my nerve, I stupidly complied.
You said you were the best I'd ever have ... But Josie, dear, you f**king simply lied.

And, for you, I played along, I suppressed it all. But, I think, it's time I let it out.
So I'm writing you this letter, Cos I think I deserve better.
I'll pack my bags and go and figure out what life's about ... It's time I got out.

Dear Josie, you haven't been true ...
Dear Josie, I'm no longer in love with you ...
Everything I say, you misconstrue ... Josie, we're through!

You were the very first boy I fell in love with. But, I admit, I played out of my league.
But, to tell you the truth, I've finally had it. You'll no longer make me bleed.

And, for you, I played along, I suppressed it all. But, I think, it's time I let it out.
So I'm writing you this letter, Cos I think I deserve better.
I'll pack my bags and go and figure out what life's about.

Dear Josie, you haven't been true ...
Dear Josie, I'm no longer in love with you ...
Everything I say, you misconstrue ... Josie, we're through!

We're done, and I'm not coming back.
Sweetheart, I'm on the run, Cos what I need you lack.
You've used me and abused me, But time will pass you by, Josie, I'm breaking these ties.
This time it's for real, dear, goodbye ... Love Robyn.

(Sarge)

Well when I woke up this mornin'
There was a note upon my door
Said don't make me no coffee babe
'Cause I won't be back no more
And that's all she wrote, Dear John
I've sent your saddle home

Now Jonah got along in the belly of the whale
Daniel in the lion's den
But I know a guy that didn't try to get along
And he won't get a chance again
And that's all she wrote, Dear John
I've fetched your saddle home

Well she didn't forward no address
Nor she didn't say goodbye
All she said was if you get blue
Just hang your little head and cry
And that's all she wrote, Dear John
I've sent your saddle home

Now my gal's short and stubby
She's strong as she can be
But if that little old gal of mine
Ever get's a-hold of me
That's all she wrote, Dear John
I've sent your saddle home
(hank williams)

This is a story about Billy and Sue
They were in love as any other two
But Billy had to die
And when you hear the reason why
You'll hang your head and cry

Billy and Sue met the first day of school
And ever since lived by the golden rule
When you do unto others
What you wouldn't want done to you
You'd have to be a fool

Mutual agreement led to love and trust
They would travel the road to marriage or bust
But when Billy was old enough to take a wife
He was old enough to fight for his country
And his way of life

Sue's letters came every day
Gave him the strength to show him the way
To fight for his country and the girl he loved
That's a soldier's only fate

Then Billy heard no word from Sue
He was worried sick but what could he do
The bullets were flying as he hugged the ground and back home
Sue was running round

Billy was growing less and less strong
His hope his faith was almost gone
Then like a miracle a letter appeared
Billy tore the letter open and he read
Dear John

A look came over Billy that would scare a ghost
Familiar look seen on soldiers coast to coast
Even though the air was filled with lead
Billy jumped up
They shot him dead

Billy was buried in a faraway grave that read
For his country his life he gave
But the epitaph was only a part
He didn't die from a bullet but he died
From a broken heart

(B.J. Thomas)

Dear Matthew, I like you a lot
I realize you're in a relationship with someone right now, and I respect that
I would like you to know that if you're ever single in the future, and you want to
Come visit me in California and I
Would be open to spending time with you and finding out how old you were
When you wrote your first song

Dear Jonathan, I liked you too much
I used to be attracted to boys who would lie to me and think solely about themselves
And you were plenty self-destructive for my taste at the time
I used to say the more tragic the better
The truth is whenever I think of the early 90's, your face comes up with a vengeance
Like it was yesterday

Dear Terrance, I love you muchly
You've been nothing but open hearted and emotionally available and supportive
And nurturing and consummately there for me, I kept drawing you in
And pushing you away I remember how beautiful it was to fall asleep
On your couch and cry in front of you for the first time you
Were the best platform from which to jump beyond myself
What was wrong with me?

Dear Marcus, you rocked my world
You had a charismatic way about you with the women
And you got me seriously thinking about spirituality
And you wouldn't let me get away with kicking my own ass
But I could never really feel relaxed and looked-out for around you though
And that stopped us from going any further than we did
And it's kinda too bad because we could've had much more fun

Dear Lou, we learned so much
I realize we won't be able to talk for some time
And, I understand that, as I do you
The long distance thing was the hardest, and we did as well as we could
We were together during a very tumultuous time in our lives
I will always have your back and be curious about you
About your career, about your whereabouts

(Alanis Morissette)

Hey Eugene do you remember me?
I'm that chick you danced with two times through the Rufus album Friday night at that party
On Avenue "A"
Where your skinhead friend passed out for several hours on the bathroom floor
and you told me
You weren't that drunk, and that I was your favorite salsa dancer you had ever come across in New York City

Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
I said hello
Eugene
Are you there Eugene

Hey Eugene, then we kissed once we lugged your friend into the elevator and went to write my number on a soggy
paper towel
And the car went down
And when we were finished making out we noticed that your skinhead friend was gone. Long gone.
And you looked into my bloodshot eyes and said "Is it too soon if I call you Sunday?"

Eugene
Eugene
Eugene
I said hello, Eugene
Are you there, Eugene

I said hello (hello), Eugene (Eugene)
Eugene (Eugene)
Eugene (oh yeah)

I said hello (hello), Eugene
Are you there, Eugene (tell me are you there)

I said hello (hello), Eugene (Eugene)
Eugene (Eugene)
Eugene (tell me oh)

I said hello (hello), Eugene (Eugene)
Does any of this ring a bell Eugene?

(Pink Martini)

We had an apartment in the city
Me and Loretta liked living there
Well, it'd been years since the kids had grown
A life of their own left us alone
John and Linda live in Omaha
And Joe is somewhere on the road
We lost Davy in the Korean war
And I still don't know what for, don't matter anymore
Ya' know that old trees just grow stronger
And old rivers grow wilder ev'ry day
Old people just grow lonesome
Waiting for someone to say, "Hello in there, hello"
Me and Loretta, we don't talk much more
She sits and stares through the back door screen
And all the news just repeats itself
Like some forgotten dream that we've both seen
Someday I'll go and call up Rudy
We worked together at the factory
But what could I say if asks "What's new?"
"Nothing, what's with you? Nothing much to do"
So if you're walking down the street sometime
And spot some hollow ancient eyes
Please don't just pass 'em by and stare
As if you didn't care, say, "Hello in there, hello"

John Prine

Dear Eloise, I'm writing to say
A number of funny things I heard today
I heard that he's left you and run of to sea
Could be the best thing that's happened to me
Writing a letter to make you feel better
Sorry to hear that he left you that way
I could have told ya, he was much older
So much older than you
You loved him blindly, he treated you kindly
Until he found out what he could get from you
You should have departed, before he got started
Now you've been burned just like I said you would
Please read my letter closely, it's beneficial to you
Must read in between the lines, a message you will see
If you use your mind you'll find I want you bad with me
Ba ba ba ba ba
Ba ba ba ba ba....... (repeated)
Writing a letter to make you feel better
Sorry to hear that he left you that way
I could have told ya, he was much older
So much older than you
So much older than you
So much older than you
Dear Eloise, I am writing to say
A number of funny things I heard today
I heard that he's left you and run of to sea
Could be the best thing that's happened to me
(The Hollies)

Dear catastrophe waitress
Dear catastrophe waitress
I'm sorry that you seem to have the weight of the world over you
I cherish your smile
There's a word of peace on your lips
Say it, and with tenderness I'll cherish you
Dear catastrophe girlfriend
Dear catastrophe girlfriend
I'm sorry if he hit you with a full can of coke
It's no joke
Your face is bleeding
You'll soon be leaving this town to the clowns who worship
No one but themselves
No one but themselves
Dear catastrophe waitress
Dear catastrophe waitress
I'm sorry if the kids hold you in cool disregard
I know it's hard
Stick to what you know
You'll blow them all to the wall
When they realize what you've been working for
You've been working for
You've been working for
(belle and sebastian)