Amazon exiles discussion

(lot to choose from!)

No fire, could burn a righteous Nyah!
Jah will protect I as He protect, Daniel
Shadrach and Meshach..

Them never get burned, no them never get burned
Say they never get burned, nor eaten by no worm, no!
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, whoah!
Cast in the fire and they never get burned
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, whoah!
Cast in the fire and they never get burned

Burn, burn, burn
They never get burned
Never get burned, nor eaten by no worm, yeah!

Daniel was cast in the Lions' den
Yet the lions, take him for a friend
Daniel was cast in the Lions' den
Yet the lions, take him for a friend (never get burned)
Not even a bruise! Not even a scratch (never get burned)
Not even a scratch I say, no! (never get burned, nor eaten by no worm)
(twinkle brothers)

Broken hearts, broken dreams, They're just some things that love brings
When you learn that it's all been a lie, you cry, You find that ...

Nothing, nothing, nothing hurts like love, Nothing brings your heart so much pain
And you will never learn till you get burned, Till you're burned by the flame

Nothing hurts so bad, Nothing hurts so much, No nothing, hurts, like love

So you gave all you had, How this story turned so sad?
Nothing left but the tears in your eyes, You die inside, 'cause ...

Nothing, nothing, nothing hurts like love, Nothing brings your heart so much pain
And you will never learn till you get burned, Till you're burned by the flame

Nothing hurts so bad, Nothing hurts so much, No nothing, hurts, like love

So dry your eyes, it's just your turn to learn
Your time to find that, nothing, nothing ...

Nothing, nothing, nothing hurts like love, Nothing brings your heart so much pain
And you will never learn till you get burned, Till you're burned by the flame

Nothing hurts so bad, Nothing hurts so much, No nothing, hurts, like love

(Daniel Bedingfield)

The birds they sang
at the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Don't dwell on what
has passed away
or what is yet to be.
Ah the wars they will
be fought again
The holy dove
She will be caught again
bought and sold
and bought again
the dove is never free.

Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in
(leonard cohen)

When the night is black and the fires are out
When the reason why is the only doubt
That's how the love gets in, That's how the love gets in
When the engine's fine but the tyres are bare
When the bets are off but the odds were fair
That's how the love gets in, That's how the love gets in
Ooh Huhuhuhuhuhuhu, Huhuhuhuhuhuhu, That's how the love gets in

When your load is light but your feet are stone
When that old white rag makes your heart its home
When the road is clear but the bridge is closed
When you learn to dance but the music slows
Ooh, Huhuhuhuhuhuhu, Huhuhuhuhuhuhu, That's how the love gets in
Ooh Huhuhuhuhuhuhu Huhuhuhuhuhuhu, That's how the love gets in

When the strings are new but the neck is bent
When your master plan was just an accident
When your heart is whole but your soul is shot
Your singing in tune but you're sure you're not
That's how the love gets in, That's how the love gets in
That's how the love gets in, That's how the love gets in
That's how the love gets in, That's how the love gets in
That's how the love gets in

(Thea Gilmore)

Despair and Deception, Love's ugly little twins
Came a-knocking on my door, I let them in
Darling, you're the punishment for all my former sins

I let love in

The door it opened just a crack, but love was shrewd and bold
My life flashed before my eyes, it was a horror to behold
A life-sentence sweeping confetti from the floor of a concrete hole

I let love in

Well, I've been bound and gagged and I've been terrorized
And I've been castrated and I've been lobotomized
But never has my tormentor come in such a cunning disguise

I let love in

O Lord, tell me what I done
Please don't leave me here on my own
Where are my friends?
My friends are gone

So if you're sitting all alone and hear a-knocking at your door
And the air is full of promises, well buddy, you've been warned
Far worse to be Love's lover than the lover that Love has scorned - nick cave

Curtains are drawn, now the fire warms the room.
Meanwhile, outside, wind from the north-east chills the air:
It'll soon be snowing out there.
And some there are, cold,
They prepare for a sleepless night.
Maybe this will be their last fight.

But we're safe in each other's embrace.
All fears go as I look on your face.

Better think a while, or I may never think again.
If this were the last day of your life, my friend,
Tell me: what do you think you would do then?

Stand up to the blow that fate has struck upon you.
Make the most of all you still have coming to you.
Lay down on the ground and let the tears run from you,
Crying to the grass and trees,
And heaven, finally, on your knees.
Let me live again, let life come find me wanting.
Spring must strike again against the shield of winter.
Let me feel once more the arms of love surround me,
Telling me the danger's passed;
I need not feel the icy blast
Again.

(Genesis)

Bring back my peace of mind, let me live again
End my long lonely nights, make my heart beat again
Drive my grey skies away, let the sunshine begin
Bring back my peace of mind, and let me live again

I miss your fingertips, I miss your loving lips
I miss the tender little things you used to do
I tried so hard to find, some other peace of mind
But now I must face the fact, there's just one you ...

Bring back my peace of mind, and let me live again

(Buck Owens)

Too long in our little ghetto
Wrong's been going on, let's protest
Children of Israel who really, love rights

For Jah set I and I as a watchman
Around Babylonian walls
Oh, oh, children of Israel

I and I and I should never hold I peace
While wrong is going on, day or night

Man, bust down Babylon gates
I said prepare ye the way
Prepare ye the way for Jah people
Fight down war and crime
Fight down war and crime
Fight down war and crime
And build up righteousness

Hear me now, Jah Rastafari
Jah Rastafari, Jah Rastafari
Preserve I people, come on
Jah Rastafari, Jah Rastafari
Jah, Jah Rastafari, preserve I people, eh - culture

We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society
God save Strawberry Jam and all the different varieties

Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do?

We are the Draught Beer Preservation Society
God save Mrs. Mopp and good Old Mother Riley
We are the Custard Pie Appreciation Consortium
God save the George Cross and all those who were awarded them

We are the Sherlock Holmes English Speaking Vernacular
Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty, and Dracula
We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity
God save little shops, china cups, and virginity

We are the Skyscraper Condemnation Affiliate
God save Tudor houses, antique tables and billiards

Preserving the old ways from being abused
Protecting the new ways for me and for you
What more can we do?

We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society
God save Strawberry Jam and all the different varieties

We are the Village Green Preservation Society
God save Donald Duck, Vaudeville and Variety
God save the Village Green

(Kate Rusby)

He's a hero of the war
All the neighborhood is talkin' 'bout your son
Mrs. Reiley get his medals
Hand them 'round to everyone
Show his gun to all the children in the street
It's too bad he can't shake hands or move his feet

He's a hero of the war
You can see his picture in the local news
Mrs. Reiley seems the girl next door is nowhere to be found
Once you couldn't keep that boy from hangin' 'round
Never mind dear, you're with your mum once more - scott walker

Has to be ;o> ...

Where have all the good men gone? And where are all the Gods?
Where's the street-wise Hercules, To fight the rising odds?
Isn't there a white knight upon a fiery steed?
Late at night, I toss and I turn, and I dream of what I need ...

I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong, And he's gotta be fast, And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure, And it's gotta be soon, And he's gotta be larger than life

Somewhere, after midnight, In my wildest fantasy
Somewhere, just beyond my reach, There's someone reaching back for me
Racing on the thunder and rising with the heat
It's gonna take a Superman to sweep me off my feet

I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the end of the night
He's gotta be strong, And he's gotta be fast, And he's gotta be fresh from the fight
I need a hero, I'm holding out for a hero 'til the morning light
He's gotta be sure, And it's gotta be soon, And he's gotta be larger than life

(Bonnie Tyler)

Every time I hear Bonnie Tyler's name I have to revisit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgWU...
- one of the funniest things on Youtube

Oh you get me ready in your 56 Chevy
Why don't we go sit down in the shade?
Take shelter on my front porch
The dandelion sun scorched,
Would you like a glass of cold lemonade?
I will do the laundry if you pay all the bills.
Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie sun?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?
Why don't you stay the evening
Kick back and watch the TV
And I'll fix a little somethin' to eat?
Oh I know your back hurts from working on the tractor
How do you take your coffee my sweet?
I will raise the children if you pay all the bills

(Chorus)
I am wearing my new dress tonight
But you don't even notice me.
Say our goodbyes
Say our goodbyes
Say our goodbyes

We finally sold the Chevy
When we had another baby
And you took that job in Tennessee
You made friends at the farm
And you joined them at the bar
Almost every single day of the week
I will wash the dishes while you go have a beer.
Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie son?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone?
Where is my Marlboro Man?
Where is his shiny gun?
Where is my lonely ranger?
Where have all the cowboys gone?
Yippee Aw, Yippee Yea
Yippee Aw, Yippee Yea
Yippee Aw, Yippee Yea

(Paula Cole)

Yippi ay aye, yeah
Love's a silver bullet that blows your world apart
I wanna be remembered as an outlaw, honey
The boy who stole your heart
I wanna be the guy that wears the white hat
And rides across the plain
I'm gonna be your enigmatic stranger
You're looking at your Shane
Cowboy dreams, cowboy dreams
You give me cowboy dreams
Cowboy dreams, cowboy dreams
You give me cowboy dreams
(Jimmy Nail)

Val wrote: "Every time I hear Bonnie Tyler's name I have to revisit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsgWU...
- one of the funniest things on Youtube"

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Some boys with warm beds and cold, cold hearts
Can make you feel nothing at all.
They’ll never remember and they’ll never mind
If you’re counting the cracks in the wall.

They’re quick and they’re greedy;
They never feel guilty;
They don’t know the meaning of hurt.
The boots just go back on,
The socks that had stayed on;
The next time they see you
They treat you like dirt.
The next time they treat you like dirt.

Now don’t come the cowboy with me Sonny Jim.
I know lots of those and you’re not one of them.
There’s a light in your eyes tells me somebody’s in
And you won’t come the cowboy with me.

Don’t be too rough on my cold, cold heart:
It’s all I’ve got left to me now.
I fell out of favour with heaven somewhere
And I’m here for the hell of it now.

Some girls play cowboys
And some boys play harder to get,
But they’re got just the same.
They smile and say cheese:
They’re so eager to please
But they’ll never remember your name.
The names and the places all change.

But don’t come the cowboy with me Sonny Jim.
I know lots of those and you’re not one of them.
There’s a light in your eyes tells me somebody’s in
And you won’t come the cowboy with me.

Did somebody tell you I’m lonely as hell?
I didn’t expect you to know me so well.
If I learned a lesson it’s how to bounce back again:
Sometimes I bounce off the wall
And sometimes my head hits the floor.

So don’t come the cowboy with me Sonny Jim
I know lots of those and you’re not one of them
There’s a light in your eyes tells me somebody’s in
And you won’t come the cowboy

Oh don’t come the cowboy with me Sonny Jim.
I know lots of those and you’re not one of them.
There’s a light in your eyes tells me somebody’s in
And you won’t come the cowboy with me.

(Kirsty MacColl)

Cowboys ain't easy to love and they're harder to hold
They'd rather give you a song than diamonds or gold
Lone Star belt buckles and old faded Levis and each night begins a new day
If you don't understand him and he don't die young
He'll probably just ride away

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars or drive them old trucks
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love

Cowboys like smokey old pool rooms and clear mountain mornin's
Little warm puppies and children and girls of the night
Them that don't know him won't like him
And them that do sometimes won't know how to take him
He ain't wrong he's just different
But his pride won't let him do things to make you think he's right

Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
Don't let 'em pick guitars and drive them old trucks
Let 'em be doctors and lawyers and such
Mama don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys
'Cause they'll never stay home and they're always alone
Even with someone they love

(Willie, Waylon and the boys)

I bet you never heard ol' Marshall Dillon say
"Miss Kitty, have you ever thought of runnin' away?
And settling' down, would you marry me?
If I asked you twice and begged you pretty please?"

Lord, she'd have said "yes" in a New York minute
They never tied the knot, His heart wasn't in it
He just stole a kiss and he rode away
He never hung his brim up at Kitty's place

Shoulda been a cowboy, should've learned to rope and ride
Wearin' my six-shooter, ridin' my pony on a cattle drive
Stealin' a young girl's heart, yes, like Gene and Roy
Sang a few rodeo songs, yeah, I should've been a cowboy

Might've had a sidekick with a funny name
Running wild through the hills chasing Jesse James
Ending up on the brink of danger
And riding shotgun with the Texas Rangers

Go west, young man ...
Everybody knows that California's full of whiskey
And women and beer and gold
Hidin' out beneath the desert star
With a dream in my eye and a prayer, my heart

Ohhh, shoulda been a cowboy, should've learned to rope and ride
Wearin' my six-shooter, ridin' my pony on a cattle drive
Stealin' a young girl's heart, ohhh, just like Gene and Roy
I sang a few redneck songs, I should've been a cowboy

(Toby Keith)

Sometimes you dream, sometimes it seems
There's nothing there at all
You just seem older than yesterday
And you're waiting for tomorrow to call

You draw to the curtains and one thing's for certain
You're cozy in your little room
The carpet's all paid for, God bless the TV
Let's go shoot a hole in the moon

Oh, and Roy Rogers is riding tonight
Returning to our silver screens
Comic book characters never grow old
Evergreen heroes whose stories were told
Oh the great sequin cowboy who sings of the plains
Of roundups and rustlers and home on the range
Turn on the TV, shut out the lights
Roy Rogers is riding tonight

Nine o'clock mornings, five o'clock evenings
I'd liven the pace if I could
Oh I'd rather have a ham in my sandwich than cheese
But complaining wouldn't do any good

Lay back in my armchair, close eyes and think clear
I can hear hoof beats ahead
Roy and Trigger have just hit the hilltop
While the wife and the kids are in bed

Oh, and Roy Rogers is riding tonight
Returning to our silver screens
Comic book characters never grow old
Evergreen heroes whose stories were told
Oh the great sequin cowboy who sings of the plains
Of roundups and rustlers and home on the range
Turn on the TV, shut out the lights
Roy Rogers is riding tonight

(Elton John)

oh ffs! stumbled upon this abomination - never want to actually hear it! :)

I was walking down Broadway
New York, New York
Tony Llama boots and a Stetson hat
Proud to be a country boy
Just then a messenger called me
Rasta man on the road
He said "You gotta get the rhythm of the islands
Help me carry my load"
You've got to get into reggae cowboy
Shuffle them boots on the street
Get into reggae cowboy
Feel that reggae beat
Hey hey hey hey
(the bellend brothers)

Awww, you know you want to really! - I'll buy you the download as an extra-special gift for Christmas ;o> ...

Ride the wild one, Cowboy in the Rodeo, Love like crazy Juliet and Romeo
Living only to consume, Bruising hearts collecting gloom
Seems no place to hide away, From the hammer and caress

Dress with passion, Fashion for the parking lot
Make some action, Pushing time out of the clock
Take away identity, Parcel up what's left of me
Water down the youthful drop, Call the sane insanity

All I want is to live with you, All I want is to cry with you

Dance 'til sunrise, Reggae 'til the cows come home
Fight the bigot, Champion you're not alone
I can sort-of work things out, Juggling the fear and doubt
Even when it's watertight, In the end I have to say

All I want is to live with you, All I want is to cry with you

I can sort-of work things out, Juggling the fear and doubt
Even when it's watertight, In the end I have to say, I have to say
Ride the wild one, Cowboy in the Rodeo, Love like crazy Juliet and Romeo

(Howard Jones)

Two gunslingers walked out onto the street and one said
"I don't want to fight anymore"
And the other gunslinger thought about it and said
"Yeah, what are we fighting for?"
I'm taking control of my life, I'm taking control of my life
I'm taking control of my life now, right now, oh yeah
Well, the crowd that assembled for the gunfight
Were let down, everyone hissed and booed
And a stranger told his Mrs, "That's the last one of these gunfights
Youre ever gonna drag me to"
I'm taking control of my life, I'm taking control of my life
I'm taking control of my life now, right now, oh yeah
Well, the two gunslingers went riding out of town
And were never heard from no more
And there ain't been a gunfight for a long time
Maybe never, but nobody knows for sure
I'm taking control of my life, I'm taking control of my life
I'm taking control of my life now, right now, oh yeah
( Tom Petty)

Ok corral ok corral
there the outlaw band make their final stand
ok corral
oh my dearest one must die
lay down my gun or take the chance of losing you forever
duty calls
my backs against the wall
have you no kind word to say
before i ride away
away
Your love your love
i need
your love
Keep the flame let it burn
until i return
from the gunfight at ok corral
if the lord is my friend
we'll meet at the end
Of the gunfight at ok corral
gunfight at ok corral
Boot hill Boot hill
so cold so still
There they lay side by side
the killers that died
in the gunfight at ok corral
ok corral
gunfight at ok corral
(frankee laine)

Ohhh, we ain't got a barrel of money, Maybe we're ragged and funny?
But we'll travel along, Singin' our song, Side by side

Don't know what's comin' tomorrow, Maybe it's trouble and sorrow?
But we'll travel the road, Sharin' our load, Side by side

Through all kinds of weather, What if the Rain should fall?
Just so long as we're together, It doesn't matter at all

When they've all had their quarrels and parted, We'll be the same as we started
Just travlin' along, Singin' our song, Side by side ... Side - by - side

(Dean & Deana Martin)

This and that, they must be the same
What is legal is just what's real
What I'm given to understand
Is exactly what I steal
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
I wormed my way into the heart of the crowd
I was shocked to find what was allowed
I didn't lose myself in the crowd
Shot by both sides
On the run to the outside of everything
Shot by both sides
They must have come to a secret understanding
(magazine)

Everything is permitted, everything is allowed
And all our gods we have outwitted
We are running with the crowd
And all the clocks are showing zero
And all our parents must have fled
And we just never had no heroes
And all our enemies will soon be stone dead
(Meatloaf)

White on white translucent black capes
Back on the rack
Bela Lugosi's dead
The bats have left the bell tower
The victims have been bled
Red velvet lines the black box

Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
Undead undead undead

[Verse 2]
The virginal brides file past his tomb
Strewn with time's dead flowers
Bereft in deathly bloom
Alone in a darkened room
The count

Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Bela Lugosi's dead
Undead undead undead
Undead undead undead
Undead - (Bauhaus)

Roll his body
Give him eyes
Make him smile for me
Give him life
My hand is bleeding, I run back inside
I turn off the light
Switch on a starry night
My window flies open
My bedroom fills with falling snow
Should be a dream but I'm not sleepy
I see his snowy white face but I'm not afraid
He lies down beside me
So cold next to me
I can feel him melting in my hand
Melting, in my hand
He won't speak to me
(Kate Bush)

My death is like
A swinging door
A patient girl who knows the score
Whistle for her
And the passing time
My death waits like
A bible truth
At the funeral of my youth
Weep loud for that
And the passing time
My death waits like
A witch at night
And surely as our love is bright
Let's laugh for us
And the passing time
(scott walker)

Eyes are blinded by tears of pain
Hopes and dreams are shattered into fragments
Time and time again
Time take my life, time take my life, time take my life
(Atomic Rooster)

Life is just a bowl of All-Bran:
You wake up every morning and it's there.
So live as only you can.
It's all about enjoy it, 'cause ever since you saw it
There ain't no one can take it away.

(Small Faces)

I reckon:

Life's about as wonderful as a record mart
I don't like selling albums but I don't wanna go to work
Life's about as wonderful as a record mart, I haven't got any money, that's why I'm selling albums

Life's about as wonderful as a cold
Life's about as wonderful as growing old
Life's about as wonderful as a tramp lying dead in the road
Life's about as wonderful

Life's about as wonderful as a dole queue
I don't like standing still with the tramps and layabouts
Life's about as wonderful as a dole queue
Well I got no choice, that's why I'm standing in a queue

Life's about as wonderful as a cold
Life's about as wonderful as growing old
Life's about as wonderful as a tramp lying dead in the road
Life's about as wonderful


Life's about as wonderful as no electricity, I don't like acoustics and Crosby Stills Nash and Young
Life's about as wonderful as no electricity, I make out it's poetry that's why I'm screaming at you

Life's about as wonderful as a cold
Life's about as wonderful as growing old
Life's about as wonderful as a tramp lying dead in the road
Life's about as wonderful

Life's about as wonderful
As the tramps lying dead in the road
Do you touch him, do you pass him, do you understand these lines
There's a dosser lying down in the road
There's another falling down in the road
There's the tramps lying dead in the road
Yeah life's about as wonderful as nothing
(alternative tv)

Beauty knows no pain
So what are you crying about... Girl!
Beauty knows no pain
So what are you crying about.... Girl!
Beauty knows no... Beauty knows no... Beaty knows no
Even if you're plain
You could be trying it out... Girl!
Even if you're plain
You could be trying it out... Girl!
Beauty is no... Beauty is no... Beauty is no...
Beauty is a bikini wax n' waitin' for your nails to dry
Beauty is a coloured pencil scribbled all around your eye
Beauty is a pair of shoes that make you wanna die
Beauty is a.... Beauty is a... Beauty is a Lie
(Frank Zappa)

You put the numb into number;
Put the cut into cutie;
Put the slum into slumber
And the boot into beauty.
But from this day
Every day will be Boxing Day.

(Elvis Costello)

I knew of two sisters whose name it was Christmas,
And one was named Dawn of course, the other one was named Eve.
I wonder if they grew up hating the season,
The good will that lasts 'til the feast of St. Stephen

For that is the time to eat, drink, and be merry,
Til the beer is all spilled and the whiskey has flowed.
And the whole family tree you neglected to bury,
Are feeding their faces until they explode.

There'll be laughter and tears over Tia Marias,
Mixed up with that drink made from girders.
Cause it's all we've got left as they draw their last breath,
Ah, it's nice for the kids, as you finally get rid of them,
In the St Stephen's Day murders.

Uncle is garglin' a heart-breaking air,
While the babe in his arms pulls out all that remains of his hair.
And we're not drunk enough yet to dare criticize,
The great big kipper tie he's about to baptize.

With his gin-flavored whiskers and kisses of sherry,
His best Chrimbo shirt slung out over the shop.
While the lights from the Christmas tree blow up the telly,
His face closes in like an old cold pork chop.

And the carcass of the beast left over from the feast,
May still be found haunting the kitchen.
And there's life in it yet, we may live to regret,
When the ones that we poisoned stop twitchin'.

There'll be laughter and tears over Tia Marias,
Mixed up with that drink made from girders.
Cause it's all we've got left as they draw their last breath,
Ah, it's nice for the kids, as you finally get rid of them,
In the St Stephen's Day murders.

(Elvis Costello/The Chieftains)

Val wrote: "(Elvis Costello/The Chieftains)"

And (Thea Gilmore/Mark Radcliffe)

Come the dawn, come the cold,
Calm the beating air.
Chill the night, soldier light,
We'll be dancing there.
Rise up, rise up -
Days stretching weary wings.

Come the day, come the dawn,
Somewhere in the rain,
Low my heart, Low my life -
Forget everything.
Come the day, thief of the night
Lifts his voice to sing.
Rise up, rise up -
Ever victorious.

Low the tide, low the light,
Comes the sun again.
Now rise up, rise up,
Ever victorious.
Low the tide, low the light -
Comes the sun again.

(Thea Gilmore)

Birds flying high, you know how I feel
Sun in the sky, you know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by, you know how I feel
It's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me
Yeah, it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life for me
Ooooh!, and I'm feelin' good
(Nina Simone)

Birds
Birds
This is not a cornhusk doll
Dipped in blood in the moonlight
Like what happen in America
This is us
Our eyesides snagged
Dipped in mob in the daylight
Like what happen in America
The breasts are still heavy
The legs long and straight
The upper lip remains short
The teeth are too small
The eyeside is green
The hair long and black
Still coming through
Still coming through
She knows this room
She can navigate it in the dark
She entered the Palazzo at night by a side door
To ascend to a lift in the upper floor
She lies on the bed
Looking up not yet seeing
The signs of the zodiac painted in gold
On the blue vaulted ceiling
His enormous eyes as he arrives
Coming nearer in the surrounding darkness
His strange beliefs about the moon
Its influence upon men of affairs
The danger of its cold light on your face
While you were sleeping
She'll eclipse it with her head
Stroke him 'til he sleeps
Until he has nothing to do among men of affairs
Sometime before dawn
Her bare feet cross the floor
She gazes from the window
At the fountain in the courtyard
Sometimes I feel like a swallow
A swallow which by some mistake
Has gotten into an attic
And knocks its head against the walls in terror
This is not a rabbit skinned
With a body of silver
Like what happen in America
This is not a terrapin
With its shell torn away
Like what happen in America
The breasts are still heavy
The legs long and straight
The upper lip remains short
The teeth are too small
The eyeside is green
The hair long and black
Still coming through
Still coming through
The mood soon changed
In the clear morning air
A man came up towards the body
And poked it with a stick
It rocked swiftly
And twisted around at the end of the rope
Finer than a hair from every side
Finer than a hair
Birds
Birds
This is just a cornhusk doll
Dipped in blood in the moonlight
This is just a cornhusk doll
This morning in my room
A little swallow was trapped
It flew around desperately
Until it fell exhausted on my bed
I picked it up
So as not to frighten it
I opened the window
Then I opened my hand
(scott walker)

Spinning further from the sun
Here's October in our lungs
Come outside up in the sky
The birds are leaving

Clouds of instinct fill the air
And whatever brought us here
Come next year will bring again
The birds are leaving

Tell me that a lover's touch
Is more than nature planting seeds
Or what am I to believe?

South of here the winter's kinder
So they leave to find fair weather
And how high our spirits rise
On their returning

Tell me that a lover's touch
Is more than nature passing genes
Or what am I to believe?

Heaven knows why you're not happy
And heaven knows why I can't make you
Look outside up in the sky
The birds are leaving

Lovely song from Boo Hewerdine.
‘Clouds of instinct fill the air’ Wonderful line😀

Sittin' in the morning sun
And watching all the birds passing by
Oh, how sweet they sing
And oh, how much I wish I could fly
And I try, I said I try
I try, I really try try try
But I got to pick myself up
Dust myself of
And start all over again
(Peter Tosh)

Spring came far too early this year:
May flowers blooming in February.
Should I be sad for the months,
Or glad for the sky?
The birds don't know which way to sing and, my friends,
Neither do I.

Two days ago, a girl I truly thought I loved
Suddenly didn't seem to matter at all.
Should I sing sad farewell to things
I'm really glad I've left behind?
The birds don't know which way to sing and, my friends,
Neither do I.

In another month, heavy frost will lie upon the ground,
And buds prematurely bloomed shall fail.
And every creature living now, then will
Surely die...
The birds don't know which way to sing and, my friends,
Neither do I.

The birds don't know if it's time yet to fly.
They don't know which way to go and, my friend,
Neither do I.
Neither do I.
Neither do I.
Neither do I.

(Peter Hammill)

Spring will be a little late this year
A little late arriving in my lonely world over here
For you have left me and where is our April of old?
You have left me and winter continues cold

As if to say spring will be a little slow to start
A little slow reviving that music it made in my heart
Yes, time heals all things so I needn't cling to this fear
It's merely that spring will be a little late this year

Spring will be a little late this year
A little slow reviving that music it made in my heart
Yes, time heals all things so I needn't cling to this fear
It's merely that spring will be a little late, a little late this year

(sung by Ella, Sassy, etc but I do like Carly Simon's version)

Come Next Spring
When all the world is new
And fresh
And green
And fair
Then I'll come home
And I'll carry in my heart
Just one prayer
That I'll find room
Still waiting for my arms
We'll meet
We'll kiss
We'll cling
And then once more
Love will blossom as before
Come
Come on next spring
(scott walker)

Once I was a sentimental thing
Threw my heart away each spring
Now a spring romance hasn't got a chance
Promised my first dance to winter
Now all I've got to show's a splinter for my little fling
Spring this year has got me feeling like a horse
That never left the post
I lie in my room staring up at the ceiling
Spring can really hang you up the most!
(Another Ella classic, though I do like Elkie's version)

and i miss the boys
and i miss the dreams they said

and i miss the men
and i miss the hopes that bled

and i miss the girls
headcarms and natural charm

and i miss the children
in their mothers arms

and who am i?
i ran away to sing
who am i?
i ran away to sing
who am i?
i ran away to sing

now i'm back
i've known the rain that stings
now i'm back
i've seen the pain of kings
now i'm back
defending ancient springs
defending ancient springs
defending ancient springs
(jackie leven)

I step off the train, I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, But you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there, Now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space, You've found some better place

And I miss you, Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, Like the deserts miss the rain

Could you be dead? You always were two steps ahead
Of everyone, We'd walk behind while you would run
I look up at your house, And I can almost hear you shout
Down to me, Where I always used to be

And I miss you, Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, Like the deserts miss the rain

Back on the train, I ask why did I come again?
Can I confess, I've been hanging around your old address?
And the years have proved, To offer nothing since you moved
You're long gone, But I can't move on

And I miss you, Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you

I step off the train, I'm walking down your street again
And past your door, I guess you don't live there anymore
It's years since you've been there, Now you've disappeared somewhere
Like outer space, You've found some better place

And I miss you, Like the deserts miss the rain
And I miss you, Like the deserts miss the rain
Miss you, And I miss you (Like the deserts miss the rain)
And I miss you, Like the deserts miss the rain, Miss you

(Everything But The Girl) ... "Hi Honey! - I'm home!" ... ;o>

hiya, hope you're well. :)


When you're feeling like a lover
Nothing really matters anymore
I saw you standing there in the supermarket
With your red dressing falling and your eyes are to the ground
Nothing really matters, nothing really matters when the one you love is gone
You're still in me, baby
I need you
In my heart, I need you

Cause nothing really matters
I'm standing in the doorway
You're walking 'round my place in your red dress, hair hanging down
With your eyes on one, we love the ones we can
Cause nothing really matters when you're standing, standing

I need you, need you

Cause nothing really matters
We follow the line of the palms of our hands
You're standing in the supermarket, nothing, holding hands
In your red dress, falling, falling in, falling in
A long black car is waiting 'round
I will miss you when you're gone
I'll miss you when you're gone away forever
Cause nothing really matters
I thought I knew better, so much better

And I need you
I need you

Cause nothing really matters
On the night we wrecked like a train
Purring cars and pouring rain
Never felt right about, never again
Cause nothing really matters
Nothing really matters anymore, not even today
No matter how hard I try
When you're standing in the aisle, and no, baby
Nothing, nothing, nothing
I need, I need, I need you

I need you
I need you

Just breathe, just breathe
I need you
(nick cave)

Twenty-seven times I paint the city in lights, Now I changed my mind
I was living fast now, I'm running on empty
And I feel, Yeah I feel, You're gonna go, let me go ...

Breathe, and I breathe
It's bitter without you, I can't live without you
And I'm in love with you

Stood the test of time, Though I treated you rough, you were always kind
I let my head rule my heart, Now I'm feeling so lonely
And I feel, It's the deal, You're letting me go, gonna go ...

Breathe, and I breathe
Hollow without you, I can't live without you
And I'm in love with you

Breathe, I believe
Empty without you, I can't live without you
And I'm in love with you

Breathe, and I breathe
It's bitter without you, I can't live without you
And I'm in love with you

Breathe, I believe
Empty without you, I can't live without you
And I'm in love with you

Breathe, I believe
I can't live without you, I can't live with you
And I'm in love with you

(Erasure) ... I'm getting there now, thanks. The Surgery itself went extremely well but then General Anaesthetic decided to be as challenging as always ... I won the War though! ... HA HA HA!!! ;o>

good stuff, welcome back! :)

It's up in the morning and on the downs
Little white clouds like gambolling lambs
And I am breathless over you
And the red-breasted robin beats his wings
His throat it trembles when he sings
For he is helpless before you
The happy hooded bluebells bow
And bend their heads all a-down
Heavied by the early morning dew
At the whispering stream, at the bubbling brook
The fishes leap up to take a look
For they are breathless over you
Still your hands
And still your heart
For still your face comes shining through
And all the morning glows anew
Still your mind
Still your soul
For still, the fare of love is true
And I am breathless without you
The wind circles among the trees
And it bangs about the new-made leaves
For it is breathless without you
The fox chases the rabbit round
The rabbit hides beneath the ground
For he is defenceless without you
The sky of daytime dies away
And all the earthly things they stop to play
For we are all breathless without you
I listen to my juddering bones
The blood in my veins and the wind in my lungs
And I am breathless without you
Still your hands
And still your heart
For still your face comes shining through
And all the morning glows anew
Still your soul
Still your mind
Still, the fire of love is true
And I am breathless without you
(nick cave)

(Air .... Air....)
Hit me in the face
I run faster
Faster into the air
I say to myself
What is happening to my skin?
Where is that protection that I needed?
Air can hurt you too
Air can hurt you too
Some people say not to worry about the air
Some people never had experience with
(Air..... air.....)
( Talking Heads)

If I could make a wish? I think, I pass, Can't think of anything I need?
No cigarettes, no sleep, No light, no sound, Nothing to eat, no books to read
Making love with you, Has left me peaceful, warm and tired
What more could I ask? There's nothing left to be desired

Peace came upon me, And it leaves me weak
So sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe, And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe, Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

Peace came upon me, And it leaves me weak
Sleep, silent angel, go to sleep

Sometimes, all I need is the air that I breathe, And to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe, Yes, to love you
All I need is the air that I breathe

(The Hollies)