Amazon exiles discussion

Enough of all this hilarity. This will wipe the smiles off your faces!

Sam Stone came home
To his wife and family
After serving in the conflict overseas
And the time that he served
Had shattered all his nerves
And left a little shrapnel in his knees
But the morphine eased the pain
And the grass grew round his brain
And gave him all the confidence he lacked
With a purple heart and a monkey on his back

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears
Don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios

Sam Stone's welcome home
Didn't last too long
He went to work when he'd spent his last dime
And Sam, he took to stealing
When he got that empty feeling
For a hundred dollar habit without overtime
And the gold roared through his veins
Like a thousand railroad trains
And eased his mind in the hours that he chose
While the kids ran around wearin' other peoples' clothes

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears
Don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios

Sam Stone was alone
When he popped his last balloon
Climbing walls while sitting in a chair
Well, he played his last request
While the room smelled just like death
With an overdose hovering in the air
But life had lost its fun
There was nothing to be done
But trade his house that he bought on the GI bill
For a flag-draped casket on a local hero's hill

There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes
Jesus Christ died for nothin' I suppose
Little pitchers have big ears
Don't stop to count the years
Sweet songs never last too long on broken radios

(John Prine)

Perhaps I've loved the road too long? My suitcase lost as me
Every town has got its magic but it's just a town, you see
Another place to sing in, another frightened crowd
Will they love me? Will they see me? Will I sing too long, too loud?

As I hide behind my confidence, I drink a toast to home
If I knew where I was toasting then I wouldn't feel alone
Hair shines with careful brilliance, reflects the dress that I designed
So many towns, so many songs, so many games to pass the time

Count the red cars, count the lunch bars, count the buses, count the beer
Count the freeways, count the cafes, count the wish that you were here
Count the cities, count the countries, count the yet another plane
Count the why can't I stop loving you? What's your girlfriend's name?
What's your girlfriend's name?

Yet another club tonight, A place to bare my soul
Another bass drum plays a wrong beat and I think I've got a cold
There's an ice-cream stand at the end of the pier that would really blow your mind
But it's no fun tasting loneliness so I think I'll stick to wine
Perhaps you'll see me on TV? Perhaps I'm singing just for you?
Perhaps you'll see me in six thousand weeks and that'll have to do

Count the red cars, count the lunch bars, count the buses, count the beer
Count the freeways, count the cafes, count the wish that you were here
Count the cities, count the countries, count the yet another plane
Count the why can't I stop loving you? What's your girlfriend's name?
What's your girlfriend's name?

As I light another cigarette it burns away the pain
So I'll sing a song to solitude too complex to explain
And then I'll hide inside the melody and cry behind the smile
But I'll sparkle in the spotlight, sing the songs that you compile
I'm in career-infested waters and I wish that I could swim
I'll pretend I am what I pretend and start to count again

Count the red cars, count the lunch bars, count the buses, count the beer
Count the freeways, count the cafes, count the wish that you were here
Count the cities, count the countries, count the yet another plane
Count the why can't I stop loving you? What's your girlfriend's name?
What's your girlfriend's name?

(Penny Croft)

Without you here I am a nova in the sky
So lively from afar
But it's another long dead star
Burnt out a million years ago...
Without you here I am a peacock with no tail
My fan of vivid plumes
Plucked out to decorate a room
While I'm left looking sheepish
Mixing my metaphors and freezing my behind
Please be my audience tonight...
Are you my audience tonight?
You are my audience

You make me light up when you're in the room
I show off like a child
I'm nothing if not in your sight
You are my audience tonight...

Long as you look my way I wouldn't change a thing
In love with all your eyes
I'll risk my neck to make you smile
You are my audience tonight...

I'll give you everything! I'll give you my first born!
I give my soul to you
I gave my right ear's upper register too
My tinnitus rings out for me and you
You're in my heart - when all I hear is ...oooooo...

Without you here, I'm nothing but a fool
Shouting at a distant wall
There is no point at all without you
I don't make any sense without you
I have no future, dear, without you
So glad you're here because without you
I'd have no audience without you
You are my audience tonight...

(Geraldine Quinn)

It was the winter of our unpaid rent, When everything we had we spent
On stupid things we didn't need, And everything in-between

You were the victim of your point of view, With the faith of Saints you suffered through
Part-time jobs and lousy pot ... Sneaking out and getting caught

I've been waiting so long, I've been wanting to find
Somebody a lifetime leaves behind
Are you happy at last? Are you happy, at least?
Do you think that you'll ever find your peace?
Everyone says hi, Everyone says Hello, hello, hello, hello ... Goodbye
Hello, hello, hello, hello ... Goodbye

I spent the summer of unrequited love, Singing your name to the stars above
But I never had a chance, I didn't know my audience

I've been waiting so long, I've been wanting to find
Somebody a lifetime leaves behind
Are you happy at last? Are you happy, at least?
Do you think that you'll ever move back East?
Everyone says hi, Everyone says Hello, hello, hello, hello ... Goodbye
Hello, hello, hello, hello ... Goodbye

Goodbye to the restless changes, We went through that made us strangers
Goodbye to those who never made it, To all my friends who've all but faded
Goodbye ... Goodbye ...

I've seen the best minds of my troubled youth, Disappear for lack of proof
That they believed the songs they sung, That they were ever really young

I've been waiting so long, I've been wanting to find
Somebody a lifetime leaves behind
Are you happy at last? Are you happy, at least?
Do you think that you'll ever find your peace?
Everyone says hi, Everyone says hi, Everyone says ...
Hello, hello, hello, hello ... Goodbye ...
Hello, hello, hello, hello ... Goodbye ... Goodbye

(Josh Joplin)

Hello, Goodbye"

You say yes, I say no
You say stop and I say go go go, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

I say high, you say low
You say why and I say I don't know, oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
(Hello goodbye hello goodbye) Hello hello
(Hello goodbye) I don't know why you say goodbye
(Hello goodbye) I say hello/goodbye

Why why why why why why do you say goodbye goodbye, oh no?

You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello

You say yes (I say yes) I say no (But I may mean no)
You say stop (I can stay) and I say go go go (Till it's time to go), oh
Oh no
You say goodbye and I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello
Hello hello
I don't know why you say goodbye, I say hello hello

Hela heba helloa
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, hela
Hela heba helloa, cha cha cha
Hela heba helloa, wooo
Hela heba helloa, cha cah cah....

The Beatles

The antique people are down in the dungeons
Run by machines and afraid of the tax
Their heads in the grave and their hands on their eyes
Hauling their hearts around circular tracks
Pretending forever their masquerade towers
Are not really riddled with widening cracks
And I wave goodbye to iron
And smile hello to the air

O the new children dance -- I am young
All around the balloons -- I will live
Swaying by chance -- I am strong
To the breeze from the moon -- I can give
Painting the sky -- You the strange
With the colors of sun -- Seed of day
Freely they fly -- Feel the change
As all become one -- Know the Way

The velocity addicts explode on the highways
Ignoring the journey and moving so fast
Their nerves fall apart and they gasp but can't breathe
They run from the cops of the skeleton past
Petrified by tradition in a nightmare they stagger

Into nowhere at all and they look up aghast
And I wave goodbye to speed
And smile hello to a rose

O the new children play -- I am young
Under the juniper trees -- I will live
Sky blue or gray -- I am strong
They continue at ease -- I can give
Moving so slow -- You the strange
That serenely they can -- Seed of day
Gracefully grow -- Feel the change
And yes still understand -- Know the Way

The king and the queen in their castle of billboards
Sleepwalk down the hallways dragging behind
All their possessions and transient treasures
As they go to worship the electronic shrine
On which is playing the late late commercial
In that hollowest house of the opulent blind
And I wave goodbye to Mammon
And smile hello to a stream

O the new children buy -- I am young
All the world for a song -- I will live
Without a dime -- I am strong
To which they belong -- I can give
Nobody owns -- You the strange
Anything anywhere -- Seed of day
Everyone's grown -- Feel the change
Up so big they can share -- Know the Way

The vaudeville generals cavort on the stage
And shatter their audience with submachine guns
And Freedom and Violence the acrobat clowns
Do a balancing act on the graves of our sons
While the tapdancing Emperor sings "War is peace"
And Love the Magician disappears in the fun
And I wave goodbye to murder
And smile hello to the rain

O the new children can't -- I am young
Tell a foe from a friend -- I will live
Quick to enchant -- I am strong
And so glad to extend -- I can give
Handfuls of dawn -- You the strange
To kaleidoscope men -- Seed of day
Come from beyond -- Feel the change
The Great Wall of Skin -- Know the Way

The bloodless husbands are jesters who listen
Like sheep to the shrieks and commands of their wives
And the men who aren't men leave the women alone
See them all faking love on a bed made of knives
Afraid to discover or trust in their bodies
And in secret divorce they will never survive
And I wave goodbye to ashes
And smile hello to a girl

O the new children kiss -- I am young
They are so proud to learn -- I will live
Womanwood bliss -- I am strong
And the manfire that burns -- I can give
Knowing no fear -- You the strange
They take off their clothes -- Seed of day
Honest and clear - Feel the change
As a river that flows - Know the Way

The antique people are fading out slowly
Like newspapers flaming in mind suicide
Godless and sexless directionless loons
Their sham sandcastles dissolve in the tide
They put on their deathmasks and compromise daily
The new children will live for the elders have died
And I wave goodbye to America
And smile hello to the world

(Tim Buckley)

Hello darkness, my old friend, I've come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping, Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted in my brain, Still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone, Narrow streets of cobblestone
'Neath the halo of a street lamp, I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a neon light, That split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw, Ten thousand people, maybe more?
People talking without speaking, People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share, And no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

"Fools" said I, "You do not know, Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you, Take my arms that I might reach you"
But my words like silent raindrops fell, And echoed in
The wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed, To the neon god they made
And the sign flashed out its warning, In the words that it was forming
And the sign said “The words of the prophets are written on subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sounds of silence"

(Simon & Garfunkel)

Words like violence, Break the silence
Come crashing in, Into my little world
Painful to me, Pierce right through me
Can't you understand? Ohhh, my little girl

All I ever wanted, All I ever needed, Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary, They can only do harm

Vows are spoken, To be broken
Feelings are intense, Words are trivial
Pleasures remain, So does the pain
Words are meaningless, And forgettable

All I ever wanted, All I ever needed, Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary, They can only do harm

All I ever wanted, All I ever needed, Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary, They can only do harm

(Depeche Mode)

Baby , please come home.
Baby, please come home.
Baby, baby, please come home.
Try to put the things I've done
Back where they belong.
That's in the past;
I need our love to last.

'Cause I feel somehow to blame
For the way our love has changed.
But please believe me.
I just can't stand to see you blue
And I swear that I don't know
Just what made me hurt you so;
What made you want to go.

Baby, please come home.
Baby, please come home.
Baby, baby please come home.
Try to put the things I've said
Right out of your head.
I didn't mean a single one.
Now you see what words have done.

- John Martyn
(a man after Sean Connery's heart)

Sadly there really are some very cruel and controlling Men AND Women out there ;o< ...

I know I can't take one more step towards you
'Cause all that's waiting is regret
Don't you know I'm not your ghost anymore?
You lost the love I loved the most

I learned to live, half alive ... And now you want me one more time? ...

And who do you think you are? Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts, And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch cold, From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me ... Who do you think you are?

I hear you're asking all around, If I am anywhere to be found?
But I have grown too strong, To ever fall back in your arms

I've learned to live, half alive ... And now you want me one more time? ...

And who do you think you are? Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts, And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold, From the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me! ... Who do you think you are?

And it took so long just to feel alright ...
Remember how to put back the light in my eyes ...
I wish I had missed, The first time that we kissed
'Cause you broke all your promises

And now you're back ... You don't get to get me back ...

And who do you think you are? Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts, And tearing love apart
You're gonna catch cold, From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me! ... Don't come back at all! ...

And who do you think you are? Runnin' 'round leaving scars
Collecting your jar of hearts, Tearing love apart
You're gonna catch a cold, From the ice inside your soul
Don't come back for me! ... Don't come back at all! ...

And who do you think you are? ...
Who do you think you are? ...
Who do you think you are?

(Christina Perri)

Who am I?
I'm just a guy who only wants to try to do what's right
I'll never make you cry
But you're no good to me, and

Who do you think you are?
You tried to push me a bit too far
And every day sees another scar
Oh, tell me, who do you think you are?

If you want me there, you gotta care!
Oh, tell me
Who do you think you are?
Taking advantage of me this way?
Who do you think you are?
Hurting me more with the things you say?

It's not fair, you don't care
Who do you really think that you are?

Where are we? (Oh, where are we?)
We're at the crossroads and I just can't see
Which way to take to keep you here with me (Here with me)
The lights are changing, baby

Who do you think you are?
You tried to push me a bit too far
And every day sees another scar
Oh, tell me, who do you think you are?

If you want me there, you gotta care!
Oh, tell me

Who do you think you are?
Taking advantage of me this way?
Who do you think you are?
Hurting me more with the things you say?

It's not fair, you don't care
Who do you really think that you are?

Who am I?
I'm just a guy who only wants to try to do what's right
I'll never make you cry
But you're no good

And, baby, where are we?
We're at the crossroads and I just can't see
Which road to take to keep you here with me
The lights are changing, baby

(Candlewick Green)

Sometimes it's all about forgiveness.

Well, you told me that you wished that things
Had not turned out this way.
You never thought there'd come a time,
When you would go away.
But you stayed right here beside me,
Even when the love was gone.
And just because I'm hurting,
That don't mean that you've done something wrong.

Well, you said that you were sorry,
And you'd take all the blame.
But we both shared the gamble,
So let's both share the pain.
Like a breeze that blew across us,
Love just moved along.
And just because I'm hurting,
That don't mean that you've done something wrong.

We were happy for awhile dear,
But that's all over now.
I'll pick up the pieces,
And I'll get along somehow.
But it all came back too clearly,
In my bed, alone, tonight,
As I was lying here just waiting for
Oh, that early morning light.

Now you've gone so far away, dear,
And these words I cannot say.
I cursed at you for leaving,
Slammed the door and ran away.
In your face, I saw the sadness,
But I've waited, now, too long,
To tell you: "I still love you,
"And you've done nothing wrong."

'Cause we were happy for awhile dear,
But that's all over now.
I'll pick up the pieces,
And I'll get along somehow.
But it all came back too clearly,
In my bed, alone, tonight
As I was lying here just waiting for,
Oh, that early morning light.

(Iris Dement)

Not with Domestic Abuse surely, nocheese? ;o<

All my troubles just begun, You and me the troubled ones
How are we supposed to learn, When to give up on this turn?

Maybe we should try our hands, With some kind of different plans?
Maybe that will make you see, All the things you meant to me?

So I'll move on down the line, Thinking I'll make it better this time
Moving far on down the track, And you won't see me looking back

A wall of early morning light, Creeps into my bedroom quiet
I'll close the blinds to keep it out, My whole world is darker now

Maybe I should head back home? Maybe I should sleep alone?
Maybe that will make me see, All the things you meant to me?

But I'll move on down the line, Thinking I'll make it better this time
Moving far on down the track, And you won't see me looking back

(Sarah Jarosz)

Oh run-a
Oh run-a
Oh runaways.
(Please come home)
Daddy hit you in a temper
But he's sorry now.
(Please come home)
Just a quarrel had with mommy,
Just a family row.
(Please come home)
You saw mom chasing dad with a knife.
(Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry)
You ran away to escape from the fights.
(Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry)
Now you're lost in a maze of neon lights
And she's worried, he's worried, she's worried, oh.

Oh run-a
Oh run-a
Oh runaways.
(Please come home)
Pacing streetlamps on a highway,
Haystack for your bed.
(Please come home)
In the morning we will find you
In papers to be read.
(Please come home)
You heard screams from the warmth of your bed.
(Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry)
You slumbered on without being fed.
(Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry. Don't cry)
Now there's no more tears to be shed
And she's sorry, he's sorry, she's sorry, oh.

- XTC

Nobody knows the trouble you feel ... Nobody cares, the feeling is real ...

Johnny, we're sorry, won't you come on home?
We worry, won't you come on ... ?
What is wrong in my life, That I must get drunk every night?
Johnny, we're sorry ...

Use the phone, call your mom, She's missing you badly, missing her son
Who do you know? where will you stay? Big city life is not what they say

Johnny, we're sorry, won't you come on home?
We worry, won't you come on ... ?
What is wrong in my life, That I must get drunk every night?
Johnny, we're sorry ...

You'd better go, everything's closed, Can't find a room, money's all blown
Nowhere to sleep, out in the cold, Nothing to eat, nowhere to go

Johnny, we're sorry, won't you come on home?
We worry, won't you come on ... ?
What is wrong in my life, That I must get drunk every night?
Johnny (Johnny), we're sorry, won't you come on home?
We worry, won't you come on home? Johnny (Johnny), won't you come on home?

(Fine Young Cannibals)

You want to grow up to paint houses like me, a trailer in my yard till you're 23?
You want to be old after 42 years, keep dropping the hammer and grinding the gears?

Well, I used to go out in a Mustang, a 302 Mach One in green.
Me and your Mama made you in the back and I sold it to buy her a ring.
And I learned not to say much of nothing and I figured you already know
But in case you don't or maybe forgot, I'll lay it out real nice and slow

Don't call what you’re wearing an outfit. Don't ever say your car is broke.
Don't worry about losing your accent, a southern man tells better jokes.
Have fun but stay clear of the needle. Call home on your sister's birthday.
Don't tell them you're bigger than Jesus, don't give it away.

Six months in a St. Florian foundry, they call it Industrial Park.
Then hospital maintenance and Tech School just to memorize Frigidaire parts.
But I got to missing your Mama and I got to missing you too.
So I went back to painting for my old man and I guess that's what I'll always do

So don't try to change who you are boy, and don't try to be who you ain't.
And don't let me catch you in Kendale with a bucket of wealthy-man's paint.

Don't call what you’re wearing an outfit. Don't ever say your car is broke.
Don't sing with a fake British accent. Don't act like your family's a joke.
Have fun, but stay clear of the needle, call home on your sister's birthday.
Don't tell them you're bigger than Jesus, Don't give it away.

Drive-By Truckers

Don't move, Don't talk out-a time
Don't think, Don't worry, everything's just fine, Just fine

Don't grab, Don't clutch, Don't hope for too much
Don't breathe, Don't achieve, Don't grieve without leave

Don't check, Just balance on the fence
Don't answer, Don't ask, Don't try and make sense

Don't whisper, Don't talk, Don't run if you can walk
Don't cheat, compete, Don't miss the one beat

Don't travel by train, Don't eat, Don't spill
Don't piss in the drain, Don't make a will

Don't fill out any forms, Don't compensate
Don't cover, Don't crawl, Don't come around late
Don't hover at the gate

Don't take it on board, Don't fall on your sword
Just play another chord, If you feel you're getting bored

Don't change your brand, Don't listen to the band
Don't gape, Don't ape, Don't change your shape
Have another grape

Don't plead, Don't bridle, Don't shackle, Don't grind
Don't curve, Don't swerve, Don't lie, die, serve

Don't theorise, realise, polarise, Chance, dance, dismiss, apologise

Don't spy, Don't lie, Don't try, Imply, Detain, Explain, Start again

Don't triumph, Don't coax, Don't cling, Don't hoax
Don't freak, Peak, Don't leak, Don't speak

Don't project, Don't connect, Protect, Don't expect, Suggest
Don't project, Don't connect, Protect, Don't expect, Suggest

Don't struggle, Don't jerk, Don't collar, Don't work
Don't wish, Don't fish, Don't teach, Don't reach

Don't borrow, Don't break, Don't fence, Don't steal
Don't pass, Don't press, Don't try, Don't feel

Don't touch, Don't dive, Don't suffer, Don't rhyme
Don't fantasise, Don't rise, Don't lie

Don't project, Don't connect, Protect, Don't expect, Suggest
Don't project, Don't connect, Protect, Don't expect, Suggest

(backing vocal throughout) ...

I feel numb, I feel numb, Too much is not enough
Gimme some more, Gimme some more, Of that stuff love
Too much is not enough, Too much is not enough

I feel numb, I feel numb, Gimme what you got
Gimme what I don't get, Gimme what you got
Too much is not enough, I feel numb

I feel numb, Gimme some more, Gimme some more
Of that stuff love, Gimme some more
Too much is not enough, I feel numb

I feel numb, I feel numb, I feel numb
I feel numb, I feel numb, I feel numb
I feel numb, I feel numb, I feel numb

I feel numb

(U2)

Don't worry, about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright
Singin', don't worry, about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright

Rise up this mornin', Smile with the risin' sun
Three little birds, Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs, Of melodies pure and true
Sayin', this is my message to you, oo-ooo

Singin', don't worry, about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright
Singin', don't worry, about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright

Rise up this mornin', Smile with the risin' sun
Three little birds, Pitch by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs, Of melodies pure and true
Sayin', this is my message to you, oo-ooo

Singin', don't worry, about a thing (Worry, about a thing, oh!)
Every little thing, gonna be alright (Don't worry!)
Singin', don't worry, about a thing (I won't worry!)
'Cause every little thing, gonna be alright

Singin' don't worry, about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright
(I won't worry!)
Singin', don't worry, about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright
Singin', don't worry about a thing (ohhh no!), 'Cause every little thing gonna be alright!

(Bob Marley & The Wailers)

There's a little bird that somebody sends
Down to the earth to live on the wind.
Borne on the wind and he sleeps on the wind
This little bird that somebody sends.

He's light and fragile and feathered sky blue,
So thin and graceful the sun shines through.
This little bird who lives on the wind,
This little bird that somebody sends.

He flies so high up in the sky
Out of reach of human eye.
And the only time that he touches the ground
Is when that little bird
Is when that little bird
Is when that little bird dies.

(Marianne Faithfull)

If I had a bird, a little bird, I would teach that bird to sing your name
Prettiest song that you have ever heard, And your indifferent heart I will claim
So be off, my little bird, Fly away, fly away, and when my love you see
Only then, my little bird, Cry away, cry away, and bring that heart to me

If I had a moon in the sky, I would light the world and pull the tide
And when the moon is full like my heart, It will surely pull you to my side
But in the darkest night I, Pine away, pine away, until your face I see
So throw your light, my lovely moon, Shine away, shine away, and pull his heart to me

If I had a wagon made of wood, Pretty painted horses numbered four
With a silver harness I would hitch them up, And drive that wagon to your door
And, if my hand you choose to hold, Ride away, ride away, with the pretty horses four
But, darlin', if your heart's still cold, Hide away, hide away, and I'll trouble you no more

Trouble you no more ... Trouble you no more ...

(Emmylou Harris)

Hush-a-bye
Don't you cry
Go to sleepy, little baby
When you wake?
You shall have all the pretty little horses

Blacks and bays
Dapples and grays
All the pretty little horses

Way down yonder?
In the meadow
Lies my poor little babe
Bees and butterflies
A pecking on his eyes
Poor little thing is crying mammy

Blacks and bays
Dapples and grays
All the pretty little horses

Go to sleep little baby
When you wake
You shall have
All the pretty little horses

(Traditional - many recordings)

When the still sea conspires an armour
And her sullen and aborted
Currents breed tiny monsters,
True sailing is dead!
Awkward! instant!
And the first animal is jettisoned,
Legs furiously pumping
Their stiff green gallop
And heads bob up,
Poise,
Delicate,
Pause,
Consent
In mute nostril agony,
Carefully refined
And sealed over!

(The Doors)

On a River of Sighs, a boat came towards me, a flimsy disguise
Covered the Devil, who sang from a song-sheet, of how modern life's a bore
In his choir boys' attire, he sang me the life to which good girls aspire
Where men in white coats give us pills to tame the horses that stamp on our floors
And pills for when the horses have bolted out the door ...

Ohhh, it's hard to explain? I don't like hanging onto reins in my hands all the time
I'm running out of trails - worn paths don't lead to where I need to get to every time
She moves in secret ways ...
And there is grace and poised perfection when she takes the helm
She moves in secret ways ...

Now the house is on fire, the rats are all screaming, the horses are tired
They think they're still dreaming, ‘cause the barn doors are open
The crossbar is hanging in the wind

So, the Devil sings higher, “Ohhh, just look at what you're doing?!!”
Yeah, he's joined by a choir, of doctors and statesmen
Who've planned their sorry lives to the last days end
But look at all the happy things that happen by accident ...

It's hard to explain? I don't like hanging onto reins in my hands all the time
I'm running out of trails - worn paths don't lead to where I need to get to every time
She moves in secret ways ...
And there is grace and poised perfection when she takes the helm
She moves in secret …

Days gone by - I thought I had it all? - filed in little boxes
Now I find I never had control, I just took little chances, and won

Now the Devil's down-stream, he's singing to someone, my horses are free
They answer to no-one, unbridled, untethered, they roam on the unmarked land
In my house there's a calm, a peace has descended, no need for alarm
It's as she intended, I'm through with trying to fight the things I don't understand
Accept my sweet surrender to the greater better plan ...

Ohhh, it's hard to explain? I don't like hanging onto reins in my hands all the time
I'm running out of trails - worn paths don't lead to where I need to get to every time
She moves in secret ways ...
And there is grace and poised perfection when she takes the helm
She moves in secret ways ... She moves in secret ways ... She moves in secret ways ...

(Polly Paulusma)

My young love said to me, "My mother won't mind,
And my father won't slight you for your lack of kind."
She came close beside me and this she did say:
"It will not be long, love, till our wedding day."

She stepped away from me and she moved through the fair,
And fondly I watched her move here and move there.
She made her way homeward with one star awake,
Like the swan in the evening moves over the lake.

I dreamt it last night that my young love came in,
So softly she moved that her feet made no din.
She came close beside me and this she did say:
"It will not be long, love, till our wedding day."

(Traditional)

Out where the valley lies,
Out where the eagle flies
On your wedding day
Long as the river runs,
Long, as the time to come
So I've got to say
That you look so fine
You were locked in time
By the ring that binds you
On your wedding day
On your wedding day

Out where the evening stars
Shine as to lovers dance
On your wedding day
Long as the veil that runs
Strong as a promise sung
So I've got to say
That you look so fine
You were locked in time
By the ring that binds you
On your wedding day

(Alejandro Escovedo)

I went to your wedding
Although I was dreading
The thought of seeing you.

My poor heart was praying
To hear the groom saying
"I do, I do, I do"

You tripped on the aisle
Fell flat on your smile
Your father was loaded too
He dragged your bouquet
The rest of the way
And then
He went back and dragged you

Your mother was laughing
Your father was laughing
And I was.laughing too
We all had hysterics
At last we got rid of YOU!

Spike Jones

....
....
...I couldn't take it any more, dear lord, I was crazed
And when the feeling came upon me like a tidal wave
I started swearing to my God and on my mother's grave
That I would love you till the end of time.
I swore I would love you till the end of time.

So now I'm praying for the end of time to hurry up and arrive,
'Cause if I have to spend another minute with you I don't think that I can really survive.
I'd never break my promise or forget my vow,
But God only knows that I could do it right now.
I'm praying for the end of time, it's all that I can do.
Praying for the end of time so I can end my time with you.

- Jim Steinman (for Meat Loaf)

I've talked to your mother and I've talked to your dad
They say they've tried but it's all in vain
I've begged and I've pleaded, I even got mad
Now we must face it, you give me a pain

How can I miss you when you won't go away?
Keep telling you day after day
But you won't listen, you always stay and stay
How can I miss you when you won't go away?

Your never ending presence really cramps my style
I dream that it won't always be the same
At first I was attracted but after a while
Have you ever heard of the hard-to-get game?

How can I miss you when you won't go away?
I keep telling you day after day
But you won't listen, you always stay and stay
How can I miss you when you won't go away?
And I mean it, too

Out of three billion people, why must it be me?
Oh, why, oh, why won't you cut me loose?
Just do me a favor and listen to my plea
I'm not the only chicken on the roost

How can I miss you when you won't go away?
I keep telling you day after day
But you won't listen, you always stay and stay
How can I miss you when you won't go away?

(Dan Hicks)

Well, I love her, But I love to fish
I spend all day out on this lake, And Hell is all I catch
Today she met me at the door, Said I would have to choose
If I hit that fishin' hole today, She'd be packin' all her things
And she'd ... be gone by noon ...

Well, I'm gonna miss her, When I get home
But right now I'm on this lake shore, And I'm sittin' in the sun
I'm sure it'll hit me, When I walk through that door tonight?
Yeah, I'm gonna miss her, Ohhh, lookie there? ... I've got a bite!

Now there's a chance that if I hurry, I could beg her to stay? ...
But that water's right, And the weather's perfect ...
No tellin' what I might catch today? ...

So, I'm gonna miss her, When I get home
But right now I'm on this lake shore, And I'm sittin' in the sun
I'm sure it'll hit me, When I walk through that door tonight
Yeah, I'm gonna miss her, Ohhh, lookie there? ... another bite! ...

Yeah, I'm gonna miss her, Ohhh, lookie there? ... I've got a bite ...

(Brad Paisley)

She makes his coffee, she makes his bed
She does the laundry, she keeps him fed
When she was twenty-one she wore her mother's lace
She said "Forever" with a smile upon her face

She does the car-pool, she PTAs
Doctors and dentists, she drives all day
When she was twenty-nine she delivered number three
And every Christmas card showed a perfect family

Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design
Spit and polish 'til it shines. He thinks he'll keep her
Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find
God forbid you change your mind. He thinks he'll keep her

She packs his suitcase, she sits and waits
With no expression upon her face
When she was thirty-six she met him at their door
She said I'm sorry, I don't love you anymore

Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design
Spit and polish 'til it shines. He thinks he'll keep her
Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find
God forbid you change your mind. He thinks he'll keep her

For fifteen years she had a job and not one raise in pay
Now she's in the typing pool at minimum wage

Everything runs right on time, years of practice and design
Spit and polish 'til it shines. He thinks he'll keep her
Everything is so benign, safest place you'll ever find
At least until you change your mind. He thinks he'll keep her alright

(Mary Chapin Carpenter)

Billy works too hard, trying to make ends meet
He's gotta pay his credit cards
Yeah, he's been dealing with the odds that even Vegas can't beat

By six he's out of bed, she makes his coffee sweet
He grabs his boots and his coat, Leaves a note that says, 'I love you'
And runs to catch a bus down at the end of market street

It took some time to figure it out ... He's a rich man living in a poor man's house
He might be down, but he ain't out ... He's a rich man living in a poor man's house

Every night at home, feels like it's Christmas Eve
And Gracie's got his dinner on the stove, Daddy's coming home
And they've got seven hungry children that are tugging on his sleeve

It took some time to figure it out ... He's a rich man living in a poor man's house
He might be down, but he ain't out ... He's a rich man living in a poor man's house
Every night at five when work lets out ... He's a rich man living in a poor man's house

He arrives at nine as the work bell's ringing ...
And he hits the grind but his heart is singing ... yeah ...

Some men live for money, some men live for work
But it's a real man, richer man, who knows what love's worth

It took some time to figure it out ... He's a rich man living in a poor man's house
He might be down but he ain't out ... e's a rich man living in a poor man's house
Every night at five when work lets out ... He's a rich man living in a poor man's house

Sha la la la la la la la ... Rich man living in a poor man's house
Rich man living in a poor man's house ... Rich man living in a poor man's house
Rich man living in a poor man's house ... Rich man living in a poor man's house

(Bon Jovi)

Is this your life, Jackie Brown?
Poorly educated and forced to live on the poor side of town.
Is this your daughter, Jackie Brown?
This pretty little girl
In the worn out clothes
That have been hand-me down.
Is this your wife, Jackie Brown?
With sad blue eyes, walking on eggshells so you don't see her frown.
Is this your family, Jackie Brown?

Dream of vacationing on a mountain stream
And giving the world more than it gave you.
What ugly truths freedom brings
And it hasn't been very kind to you.
Is this your life, Jackie Brown?

Is this your meal, Jackie Brown?
Barely enough, I've seen people throw more than this out.
Is this your home, Jackie Brown?
This three room shack
With no running water
And the bathroom out back.
Is this your grave, Jackie Brown?
This little piece of limestone that says another desperate man took
Himself out.
Is this your dream, Jackie Brown?

Going nowhere and nowhere fast
We shame ourselves to watch people like this live.
But who gives a damn about Jackie Brown?
Just another lazy man who couldn't take what was his.
One helluva life Jackie Brown.
Forevermore, Jackie Brown
Amen and amen - Jackie Brown?

(John Mellencamp)

They sat at the table, polite conversation, Avoiding the issue at hand
Then he made the coffee and she did the dishes, And sat down at the table again
She waited a moment hoping he would speak first, Though it never had happened before
He sat there in silence expecting the worst, Til she couldn't wait anymore ...

She said "I'm mad" ... He heard "I'm leaving" ...
She said "I need your attention" ... He heard "I want you to crawl" ...
She said "I'm sad" ... He heard "It's all your fault" ...
There is no translation, Emotions don't fit into words
There's so much between what she said, And what he heard

She said "I love you, that's not the problem, And I know how much you care
But for too long now we've been walking on eggshells, I just had to clear the air"
He looked at her like she was speaking Chinese, With some of the letters left out
Try as he may he just didn't know, What she was talking about? ...

She said "I'm mad" ... He heard "I'm leaving" ...
She said "I need your attention" ... He heard "I want you to crawl" ...
She said "I'm sad" ... He heard "It's all your fault" ...
There is no translation, Emotions don't fit into words
There's so much between what she said, And what he heard

Then he started smiling, And she started laughing, They both reached out their hands
She said "I think we're from two different planets, No wonder we misunderstand" ...

She said "I'm mad" ... He heard "I'm leaving" ...
She said "I need your attention" ... He heard "I want you to crawl" ...
She said "I'm sad" ... He heard "It's all your fault" ...
There is no translation, Emotions don't fit into words
There's so much between what she said, And what he heard

(Suzy Bogguss)

If you've got leavin' on your mind
Tell me now, get it over
Hurt me now, get it over
If you've got leavin' on your mind

If there's a new love in your heart
Tell me now, get it over
Hurt me now, get it over
If there's a new love in your heart

Don't leave me here in a world
Filled with dreams that might have been
Hurt me now, get it over
I may learn to love again

If there's a new love in your heart
Tell me now, get it over
Hurt me now, get it over
If there's a new love in your heart
Hurt me now, get it over
If there's a new love in your heart

(Patsy Cline)

Think of your fellow man, Lend him a helping hand ...
Put a little love in your heart
You see it's getting late, Ohhh, please don't hesitate ...
Put a little love in your heart

And the world will be a better place ...
And the world will be a better place ...
For you, and me, You just wait and see

Another day goes by, Still the children cry ...
Put a little love in your heart
If you want the world to know, We won't let hatred grow ...
Put a little love in your heart

And the world (And the world) will be a better place ...
All the world (And the world) will be a better place ...
For you (For you), and me (And me), You just wait and see, wait and see

Take a good look around, And if you're looking down ...
Put a little love in your heart
I hope when you decide, Kindness will be your guide ...
Put a little love in your heart

And the world (And the world) will be a better place ...
And the world (And the world) will be a better place ...
For you (For you) and me (And me), You just wait (Just wait) and see

People now, put a little love in your heart ... Each and every day ...
Put a little love in your heart ... There's no other way ...
Put a little love in your heart ...

It's up to you ... Put a little love in your heart ...
Come on and ... Put a little love in your heart ...
You've got to ... Put a little love in your heart

(Jackie DeShannon)

If you're lonely, I will call
If you're poorly, I will send poetry
I love you
I am the milkman of human kindness
I will leave an extra pint
If you're sleeping, I will wait
If your bed is wet, I will dry your tears
I love you
I am the milkman of human kindness
I will leave an extra pint
Hold my hand for me I'm waking up
Hold my hand for me I'm waking up
Hold my hand for me I'm making up
Won't you hold my hand - I'm making up
If you are falling, I'll put out my hands
If you feel bitter, I will understand
I love you
I am the milkman of human kindness
I will leave an extra pint

(Billy Bragg)

If you want to go out walking
I will sweep the streets
I'll scan the horizon for malcontents
Less than heavenly witnesses
I'll be three men in grey suits
Looking upwards and downwards and
All-around-words
I'll shield and protect you
I'm here to defend you
If you feel like dancing I'll be by your side
With a big band, a fountain, an aerodrome and moonlight
All will be well
You may do as you please
No harm will befall you
While I live and breathe

If it's flowers of the rarest
I will pluck those blooms
I'll climb where they climb and I will reach where they stretch
And I will fill your room
I'll be four girls walking backwards casting petals at your footsteps
I'll be eight majorettes playing trumpets and scowling
Sixteen auld clergymen backing and howling
If you feel like dancing I'll be by your side
With a big band, a fountain, an aerodrome and moonlight
All will be well
You may do as you please
No harm will befall you
While I live and breathe

If you feel like dancing I'll be by your side
With a big band, a fountain, an aerodrome and moonlight
All will be well
You may do as you please
No harm will befall you
While I live and breathe
All will be well
You may do as you please
No harm will befall you
While I live and breathe
All will be well

(Michael Marra)

Thanks Val, a wonderful song, hard to follow. Could have gone for Craig and Charlie declaring how far they would walk, but then remembered this:

There once was a man who loved a woman
She was the one he slew a dragon for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as he
But me, I love you more
And there once was a man who loved a woman
She was the one he gave his kingdom for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as he
But me, I love you more
My love is a giant, fierce and defiant
But how can I prove it to you
Ain't got no kingdom or dragon
To back up my braggin'
How can I show what I would do
I only know there once was a man
Who loved a woman
She was the one he ate the apple for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as he
But me, I love you more
There once was a woman who loved a man
He was the one that she took poison for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as she
But me, I love you more
And there once was a woman who loved a man
He was the one she swam the channel for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as she
But me, I love you more
My love's meteoric, it's merely historic
A whirlwind, a cyclone on wheels
It rocks my whole solar plexus
It's bigger than Texas
I just can't tell you how it feels
I only know there once was a woman
Who loved a man
Loved him enough to cause the Trojan war
They say that nobody ever loved as much as she
But me, I love you more, more, more, more
More than a hangman loves his rope
More than a dopefiend loves his dope
More than an Injun loves his scalps
More than a yodeler loves his alps
More, more, more, more, more
There once was a man
There once was a woman
who loved a woman
who loved a man
She was the one he slew the dragon for
He was the one that she took poison for
They say that nobody ever loved as much as he she
But me, I love you more
But me, I love you more

(John Raitt and Doris Day in The Pyjama Game)

Sticking with Broadway shows but taking a somewhat different look at love and fidelity:

Oh, Bill,
Why can't you behave?
Why can't you behave?
How in hell can you be jealous
When you know, baby, I'm your slave?
I'm just mad for you,
And I'll always be,
But naturally

If a custom-tailored vet
Asks me out for something wet,
When the vet begins to pet, I cry "Hooray!"
But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

I enjoy a tender pass
By the boss of Boston, Mass.,
Though his pass is middle-class and notta Backa Bay.
But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

There's a madman known as Mack
Who is planing to attack,
If his mad attack means a Cadillac, okay!
But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

I've been asked to have a meal
By a big tycoon in steel,
If the meal includes a deal, accept I may.
But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

I could never curl my lip
To a dazzlin' diamond clip,
Though the clip meant "let 'er rip," I'd not say "Nay!"
But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

There's an oil man known as Tex
Who is keen to give me checks,
And his checks, I fear, mean that sex is here to stay!
But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

There's a wealthy Hindu priest
Who's a wolf, to say the least
When the priest goes too far East, I also stray
But I'm always true to to you, darlin', in my fashion
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin'in my way

There's a lush from Portland, Ore
Who is rich but such a bore
When the bore falls on the floor, I let him lay
But I'm always true to to you, darlin', in my fashion
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way

Mister Harris, plutocrat
Wants to give my cheek a pat
If the Harris pat means a Paris hat, Oo-la-la!
Mais je suis toujours fidele, darlin', in my fashion
Oui, je suis toujours fidele, darlin', in my way

From Ohio Mister Thorne
Calls me up from night 'til morn,
Mister Thorne once cornered corn and that ain't hay.
Aha!
But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

From Milwaukee Mister Fritz
Often moves me to the Ritz,
Mister Fritz is full of Schlitz and full of play.
But I'm always true to you, darlin', in my fashion,
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way.

Mister Gable, I mean Clark
Wants me on his boat to park
If the Gable boat means a sable coat, anchors aweigh!
But I'm always true to to you, darlin', in my fashion
Yes, I'm always true to you, darlin', in my way

Mister Harris, plutocrat,
Wants to give my cheek a pat,
If the Harris pat means a Paris hat, Oo-la-la!
Mais je suis toujours fidele, darlin', in my fashion
Oui, je suis toujours fidele, darlin', in my way

(Ann Miller & many more)

I used to fall in love with all those boys who maul the young cuties
But now I find I'm more inclined to keep my mind on my duties.

While tearing off a game of golf
I may make a play for the caddy
But when I do, I don't follow through
'cause my heart belongs to Daddy.

If I invite a boy some night
To dine on my fine finnan haddie
I just adore his asking for more
But my heart belongs to Daddy

Yes my heart belongs to Daddy
So I simply couldn't be bad
Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy
Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da
So I want to warn you, laddie
Though I know you're perfectly swell
But my heart belongs to Daddy
'Cause my Daddy he treats it so well

There was a dame that a football game
Made long for the strong undergraddie
I never dream of making the team
'Cause my heart belongs to daddy

Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy
So I simply couldn't be bad
Yes, my heart belongs to Daddy
Da-da-da, da-da-da, da-da-da
So I want to warn you, laddie
Though I know you're perfectly swell
That my heart belongs to Daddy
'Cause my Daddy, he treats it so well

(Cole Porte, many recordings)

It ain't so much a question of not knowin' what to do.
I knowed whut's right and wrong since I been ten.
I heared a lota stories and I reckon they are true
About how girls're put upon by men.
I know I mustn't fall into the pit,
But when I'm with a feller, I fergit!

I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,
I'm in a turrible fix
I always say "come on, let's go"
Jist when I orta say nix!
When a person tries to kiss a girl,
I know she oughta give his face a smack.
But as soon as someone kisses me,
I somehow, sorta, wanta kiss him back!

I'm jist a fool when lights are low
I cain't be prissy and quaint
I ain't the type that can faint
How c'n I be whut I ain't?
I cain't say no!

Whut you goin' to do when a feller gits flirty,
And starts to talk purty? whut you goin' to do?
S'posin' 'at he says 'at yer lips're like cherries,
Er roses, er berries? Whut you goin' to do?
S'posin' 'at he says 'at you're sweeter 'n cream,
And he's gotta have cream er die?
Whut you goin' to do when he talks that way,
Spit in his eye?

I'm jist a girl who cain't say no,
Cain't seem to say it at all
I hate to disserpoint a beau
When he is payin' a call!
Fer a while I ack refined and cool,
A settin on the velveteen setee
Nen I think of thet ol' golden rule,
And do fer him what he would do fer me!

I cain't resist a Romeo
In a sombrero and chaps
Soon as I sit on their laps
Somethin' inside of me snaps
I cain't say no!

(Rodgers & Hammerstein - Celeste Holm, Gloria Grahame, Gracie Fields! and more)

I wonder if you've heard the story, Of little fame and lesser glory?
The night the keeper of the inn, In little town of Bethlehem
Encountered Joseph and his Mary, About to birth the Savior of the world?

His wife said "go and see who's knocking", He ran down to the gate, unlocked it
The moment he heard Mary's cry, He couldn't look them in the eye
Denied them and went back to bed, When his wife asked "who was there?" he said ...
"I don't know?" ...

"Just a girl ... Just a couple gypsies begging at the door ...
Told them we don't have room for anymore, And closed the door ...
It was just a girl"

He tried to sleep and wasn't able, He snuck out to the dirty stable
The two had found for covering, And later in her suffering
The keeper knelt outside the barn, And in the light of that great star he prayed ...
"What have I done?" ...

"He's just a babe ... Just minutes old there trembling in the hay ...
I could have found a room for them to stay ... I'm so ashamed ...
He's just a babe"

There was no robe ... There was no crown ... Thou' shepherds stood on royal ground ...
The keeper wept for what he'd done ... He turned away God's own Son

Just a King ... Just a million angels crowding in to see ... Jesus, there among humanity ...
Just a babe ... Just minutes old there trembling in the hay ...
Staring at his mother in the face ... She's just a girl ... Just a girl ...

Does she even know that she just changed the world?
Does she even know that He will save the world?
Does Mary know that He will save the world?

She's just a girl ... Just a girl ... Just a girl

(Brandon Heath)

She left her neighborhood in which
Everyone was filthy rich
She left her parents' home and strayed
With a vagabond who made
Vows of love she’d never heard
And she believed his every word
She left no forwarding address
Just took her youth and happiness
As with the boy she vanished in
The secret sweetness of their sin

A young girl
A young girl of sixteen
Child of springtime, still green
Lying here by the road

He told her love demanded space
So they roamed from place to place
Although she realized she'd sinned
She threw caution to the wind
As she followed him around
While he slowly dragged her down
So overpowering was her love
That it had made a captive of
The young girl's heart and soul and mind
In other words love drove her blind

A young girl
A young girl of sixteen
Child of springtime, still green
Lying here by the road

Too much emotion for a girl
She let her heart become her world
But was that God has never wrought
For asunder we are taught
Had she been wiser she’d have known
She couldn't feed him love alone
She should have known the day would come
When he would quit her just for crumbs
He wanted fresh new meat to carve
Left her heart and mind to starve

A young girl
A young girl of sixteen
Child of springtime, still green
Lying here by the road
Dead

(Charles Aznavour)

When first I saw the love light in your eye
I thought the world held naught but joy for me
And even though we've drifted far apart
I never dream, but what I dream of thee

I love you as I've never loved before
Since first I saw you on the village green
Come to me 'ere my dream of love are o'er
I love you as I loved you ...
When you were sweet ... when you were sweet sixteen

Last night I dream't I held your hand in mine
And once again you were my happy bride
I kissed you as I did in auld lang syne
As to the church we wandered side by side

I love you as I've never loved before
Since first I saw you on the village green
Come to me 'ere my dreams of love are o'er
I love you as I loved you ...
When you were sweet ... when you were sweet sixteen

(Traditional - I like Davey Arthur & The Fureys)

She was only sixteen, only sixteen
But I loved her so
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know

We'd laugh and we'd sing and do funny things
And it made our hearts glow
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know

So why did I give my heart so fast
It never will happen again
But I was a mere child of sixteen
I've aged a year since then

She was only sixteen, only sixteen
Ooh, with eyes that would glow
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know

So why did I give my heart so fast
It never will happen again
But I was a mere child of sixteen
I've aged a year since then

Now she was only sixteen, only sixteen
Ooh, but I loved that girl so
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
Yes, she was too young to fall in love
And I, I was too young
I was much too young to know

(Sam Cooke)

Happy Birthday, happy birthday baby
Oh, I love you so
Sixteen candles make a lovely light
But not as bright as your eyes tonight
Blow out the candles
Make your wish come true
For I'll be wishing that you love me too

You're only sixteen but you're my teenage queen
You're the prettiest, the loveliest girl I've ever seen
Sixteen candles in my heart will glow
Forever and ever
For I love you so

You're only sixteen but you're my teenage queen
Oh, you're the prettiest, the loveliest girl I've ever seen
Sixteen candles in my heart will glow
Forever and ever
For I love you so
Oh, I love you so

(The Crests)

Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen

Tonight's the night I've waited for
Because you're not a baby anymore
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen

What happened to that funny face
My little tomboy now wears satins and lace
I can't believe my eyes, you're just a teenage dream
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen

When you were only six
I was your big brother
Then when you were ten
We didn't like each other
When you were thirteen
You were my funny valentine
But since you've grown up
Your future is sewn up
From now on you're gonna be mine, so

If I should smile with sweet surprise
It's just that you've grown up before my very eyes
You've turned into the prettiest girl I've ever seen
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen

If I should smile with sweet surprise
It's just that you've grown up before my very eyes
You've turned into the prettiest girl, I've ever seen
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen

Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen
Tra, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Happy birthday, sweet sixteen

(Neil Sedaka)

I'm suddenly reminded of something that nocheese said a while back ... "Enough of all this hilarity. This will wipe the smiles off your faces!" ...

Girl of sixteen, Whole life ahead of her
Slashed her wrists, Bored with life
Didn't succeed, Thank the Lord, For small mercies

Fighting back the tears, Mother reads the note again
Sixteen candles burn in her mind
She takes the blame, It's always the same, She goes down on her knees and prays

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor
And, when I die, I expect to find Him laughing

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor
And, when I die, I expect to find Him laughing

Girl of eighteen, Fell in love with everything
Found new life in Jesus Christ
Hit by a car, Ended up, On a life support machine

Summer's day, As she passed away
Birds were singing, In the Summer's sky
Then came the rain, And once again, A tear fell from her mother's eye

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor
And, when I die, I expect to find Him laughing

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor
And, when I die, I expect to find Him laughing

I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors
But I think that God's got a sick sense of humor
And, when I die, I expect to find Him laughing

(Depeche Mode)

Ohhh dear! ... everyone got SO depressed they all went Home! - LOL!!! ;o>

Do you remember when we moved out? ...
My mum said, "I love you, but it's a small house"
So we changed up, and saved up, gave up our town
We were dangerous, couldn't tame us, what's missing now? ...

Time (ohhh yeah, yeah, yeah), suddenly, we got no time (ohhh yeah, yeah, yeah)
We're so busy doing life (ohhh yeah, yeah, yeah), that I miss your eyes on mine ... mine

If you would just focus on me, like we were sixteen, and planning our lives? ...
Can I wear your t-shirt, and sleep on you, while I dream of all the good times? ...
When we were sixteen ... Like we were sixteen ... Like we were sixteen ...
(ohhh yeah, yeah, yeah)

Do you remember the teacher said? ...
"You're too young, too stupid, don't lose your head"
But years gone, and we held on, with the best intent
Just two kids who kicked it on MSN ...

Ohhh, time (oh yeah, yeah, yeah), suddenly, we got no time (ohhh yeah, yeah, yeah)
We're so busy doing life (ohhh yeah, yeah, yeah), that I miss your eyes on mine ... mine

Ohhh, if you would just focus on me, like we were sixteen, and planning our lives? ...
Can I wear your t-shirt, and sleep on you, while I dream of all the good times? ...
When we were sixteen ... like we were sixteen ... like we were sixteen ...
(ohhh yeah, yeah, yeah)

Let's take the love that we found, and give it back to ourselves
Sometimes these things don't work out, sometimes there'll be no one else
They said we'd never even make it this far? - but here we are! ...
And we're still counting stars, like we were sixteen ...

Ohhh, when we were sixteen, we're still counting stars like we were sixteen ...
And we're still counting stars like we were sixteen ...
Ohhh, when we were sixteen, we're still counting stars like we were sixteen ...
And we're still counting stars like we were sixteen ...

We're still counting stars like we were sixteen

(Ellie Goulding)

Down by the boathouse at Shaker Lake
When there wasn't nothing but love to make
They were two young lovers
Wishing on the stars above

Well they carved their initials in an old birch tree
With a heart and an arrow and a '63
You had to be blind not to see
It was a perfect love

Well they worked one summer together at the '64 World's Fair
They met Robert Kennedy there
Well that was ...
Right before the fall

And they saved up a little bit of money for his career
And they talked about the future underneath the giant sphere
And all around them the little voices were singing
"It's a small world after all"
Yes it is,
Small world after all
And it was
Perfect love

It was a perfect love
Ooh, yeah, yeah.
(Under the moon and stars above it was a perfect love)

Now they were dizzy from dancing on Rockaway Beach
They came to Rockaway.
Yeah, and everything they dreamed of was still within reach
Dreaming ...
Dreaming as the years roll by,
Like they always do.

Well they had their share of hard times too
But whatever they were, they never let it get them down.

Now they just go walking down a country lane
See the leaves changing in the misty rain
And only one thing remains the same
Just the perfect love
Under the moon and the stars above
It was a perfect love

(Marc Cohn)