Every time I think that I'm the only one who's lonely Someone calls on me And every now and then I spend my time in rhyme and verse And curse those faults in me And then along comes Mary And does she want to give me kicks , and be my steady chick And give me pick of memories Or maybe rather gather tales of all the fails and tribulations No one ever sees When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch When vague desire is the fire in the eyes of chicks Whose sickness is the games they play And when the masquerade is played and neighbor folks make jokes As who is most to blame today And then along comes Mary And does she want to set them free, and let them see reality From where she got her name And will they struggle much when told that such a tender touch as hers Will make them not the same When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch And when the morning of the warning's passed, the gassed And flaccid kids are flung across the stars The psychodramas and the traumas gone The songs are left unsung and hung upon the scars And then along comes Mary And does she want to see the stains, the dead remains of all the pains She left the night before Or will their waking eyes reflect the lies, and make them Realize their urgent cry for sight no more When we met I was sure out to lunch Now my empty cup tastes as sweet as the punch more The Association Lyrics
Crimson flames tied through my ears F G C Rollin' high and mighty traps... C Am Em Pounced with fire on flaming roads F G Using i-deas as my maps... Am Em "We'll meet on edges, soon said," I, F G Proud 'neath heated brow... C Am Em F Ah, but I was so much older then C G C I'm young-er than that now. Half-wracked prejudice leaped forth, "Rip down all hate," I screamed, Lies that life is black and white Spoke from my skull I dreamed. Romantic facts of musketeers Foundationed deep, somehow, Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Girl's faces formed the forward path From phony jealousy, To memorizing politics Of ancient history. Flung down by corpse evangelist Unthought of, though, somehow, Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. A self-ordained professor's tongue Too serious to fool Spouted out that liberty Is just equality in school. "Equality," I spoke the word As if a wedding vow Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. In a soldier's stance I aimed my hand At the mongrel dogs who teach Fearing not that I'd become my enemy In the instant that I preach. My pathway led by confusion boats Mutiny from stern to bow Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now. Yes, my guards stood hard when abstract threats Too noble to neglect Deceived me into thinking I had something to protect. Good and bad, I define these terms Quite clear, no doubt, somehow, Ah, but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.
Ashes To Ashes David Bowie Changes Bowie do you remember a guy that's been in such an early song i heard a rumour from ground control oh no, don't say it's true they got a message from the action man i'm happy hope you're happy too i've loved all i've needed love sordid details following the shrieking of nothing is killing just pictures of jap girls in synthesis and i ain't got no money and and i ain't got no hair but i'm hoping to kick but the planet is glowing aglow aglow ashes to ashes funk to funky we know major tom's a junky strung out on heaven's high hitting an all time low time and again i tell myself i'll stay clean tonight but the little green wheels are following me oh no not again i'm stuck with a valuable friend i'm happy hope you're happy too one flash of light but no smoking pistol i've never done good things i've never done bad things i never did anything out of the blue want an axe to break the ice want to come down right now ashes to ashes funk to funky we know major tom's a junky strung out on heaven's high hitting an all time low my mama said to get things done you better not mess with major tom my mama said to get things done you better not mess with major tom my mama said to get things done you better not mess with major tom
Drifting On a sea of forgotten teardrops On a lifeboat Sailing for Your love Sailing home Drifting On a sea of old heartbreaks On a lifeboat Sailing for Your love Sailing home
Change I've watched you change Into a fly I looked away You were on fire I watched a change In you It's like you never Had wings Now you feel So Alive I've watched you change I took you home Set you on the glass I pulled off your wings Then I laughed I watched a change In you It's like you never Had wings Now you feel So alive I've watched you change It's like you never Had wings ahhh ahh ahhh I look at the cross Then I look away Give you the lungs to Blow me away I've watched a change In you It's like you never Had wings Now you feel So Alive I've watched you change. Now you feel Alive You Feel Alive I've watched you change It's like you never Had wings ahhh ahh ahhh
The dance of the puppets The rusted chains of prison moons Are shattered by the sun. I walk a road, horizons change The tournament’s begun. The purple piper plays his tune, The choir softly sing; Three lullabies in an ancient tongue, For the court of the crimson king. The keeper of the city keys Put shutters on the dreams. I wait outside the pilgrim’s door With insufficient schemes. The black queen chants The funeral march, The cracked brass bells will ring; To summon back the fire witch To the court of the crimson king. The gardener plants an evergreen Whilst trampling on a flower. I chase the wind of a prism ship To taste the sweet and sour. The pattern juggler lifts his hand; The orchestra begin. As slowly turns the grinding wheel In the court of the crimson king. On soft gray mornings widows cry The wise men share a joke; I run to grasp divining signs To satisfy the hoax. The yellow jester does not play But gentle pulls the strings And smiles as the puppets dance In the court of the crimson king.
Buckinghams Song: Don't You Care Lyric: If you don't love me, Why don't you tell me? Instead of runnin' around With all the other guys in town, Can't you see you're hurtin' me? Don't you care? Don't you care? If you don't want me, Why don't you tell me? Instead of tellin' lies And makin' me cry, Can't you see you're hrtin' me? Don't you care? Don't you care? What ever happened to all the good times we used to have? The times we cried and laughed, I wanna know, I wanna know, Will you ever love me again or will I find out that this is the end? Don't you care? Mmmm - my, my , my, my, baby. You said that you'd believe me, Then why'd you ever leave me? I'm standin' here all alone Without a girl of my own, Can't you see you're hurtin' me? Don't you care? Don't you care? Don't you care? Don't you care?
Lather was thirty years old today, They took away all of his toys. His mother sent newspaper clippings to him, About his old friends who'd stopped being boys. There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty-three, His leather chair waits at the bank. And Seargent Dow Jones, twenty-seven years old, Commanding his very own tank. But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do, To lie about nude in the sand, Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps, And thrashing the air with his hands. But wait, oh Lather's productive you know, He produces the finest of sound, Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose, Snorting the best licks in town, But that's all over... Lather was thirty years old today, And Lather came foam from his tongue. He looked at me eyes wide and plainly said, Is it true that I'm no longer young? And the children call him famous, what the old men call insane, And sometimes he's so nameless, That he hardly knows which game to play... Which words to say... And I should have told him, "No, you're not old." And I should have let him go on...smiling...babywide.
I'm a gambler And I'm a runner But you knew that When you lay down I'm a picture Of ugly stories I'm a killer And I'm a clown Step into the street by sundown Step into your last goodbye You're a target just by living Twenty dollars will make you die I wear lace And I wear black leather My hands are lightning upon my gun My shots are clean And my, my shots are final My shots are deadly And when it's done You're as stiff as my smoking barrel You're as dead as a desert night You're a notch And I'm a legend You're at peace And I must hide Tell me where the hell I'm going Let my bones fall in the dust Can't you hear that ghost that's calling As my Colt begins to rust In the dust I'm a killer I'm a clown I'm a priest That's gone to town
Ain't found a way to kill me yet Eyes burn with stinging sweat Seems every path leads me to nowhere Wife and kids household pet Army green was no safe bet The bullets scream to me from somewhere Here they come to snuff the rooster Yeah here come the rooster, yeah You know he ain't gonna die No, no, no, ya know he ain't gonna die Walkin' tall machine gun man They spit on me in my home land Gloria sent me pictures of my boy Got my pills 'gainst mosquito death My buddy's breathin' his dyin' breath Oh god please won't you help me make it through Here they come to snuff the rooster Yeah here come the rooster, yeah You know he ain't gonna die No, no, no ya know he ain't gonna die
jack straw We can share the women We can share the wine We can share what we got of yours 'Cause we done shared all of mine Keep a rolling Just a mile to go Keep on rolling, my old buddy You're moving much too slow I just jumped the watchman Right outside the fence Took his ring, four bucks in change Now ain't that heaven sent? Hurts my ears to listen, Shannon Burns my eyes to see Cut down a man in cold blood, Shannon Might as well be me We used to play for silver Now we play for life One's for sport and one's for blood At the point of a knife Now the die is shaken Now the die must fall There ain't a winner in this game Who don't go home with all Not with all... Leaving Texas Fourth day of July Sun so hot, clouds so low The eagles filled the sky Catch the Detroit Lightning Out of Santa Fe Great Northern out of Cheyenne From sea to shining sea Gotta get to Tulsa First train we can ride Got to settle one old score And one small point of pride... Ain't no place a man can hide, Shannon Keep him from the sun Ain't no bed will give us rest, man, You keep us on the run Jack Straw from Wichita Cut his buddy down Dug for him a shallow grave And layed his body down Half a mile from Tucson By the morning light One man gone and another to go My old buddy you're moving much too slow We can share the women we can share the wine...
Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Lock The Door Switch The Light You'll Be So Afraid Tonight Hide Away From The Bad Count The Nine Lives That You Had Start To Scream Shout For Help There Is No One By Your Side To Forget What Is Done Seems So Hard To Carry On Luck Is False That It's Near Bring Yourself To Understand It's Your Fate Or What's Cast Point a Finger At Yourself (Death Walks Behind You) (Death Walks Behind You) Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You (Death Walks Behind You) (Death Walks Behind You) Lock Your Door Switch The Light You'll Be So Afraid Tonight Hide Away From The Bad Count The Nine Lives That You Had Start To Scream Shout For Help There Is No One By Your Side To Forget What Is Done Seems So Hard To Carry On (Death Walks Behind You) Seems So Hard To Carry On (Death Walks Behind You) Carry On (Death Walks Behind You) Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You Death Walks Behind You
D.O.A Laying here looking at the ceiling Someone lays a sheet across my chest Something warm is flowing down my fingers Pain is flowing all through my back I try to move my arms and there's no feeling And when I look I see there's nothing there The face beside me stopped it totally bleeding The girl I knew has such a distant stare I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air Then I looked straight at the attendant His face is pale as it can be He bends and whispers something softly He says there's no chance for me I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air Life is flowing out my body Pain is flowing out with my blood The sheets are red and moist where I'm lying God in Heaven, teach me how to die I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air I remember We were flying along and hit something in the air ~MC~
She calls me from the cold Just when I was low, feeling short of stable And all that she intends And all she keeps inside, isn't on the label She says she's ashamed And she can take me for a while And can I be a friend, we'll forget the past But maybe I'm not able And I break at the bend We're here and now, but will we ever be again 'Cause I have found All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade Away again She dreams a champagne dream Strawberry surprise, pink linen and white paper Lavender and cream Fields of butterfliess, reality escapes her She says that love is for fools that fall behind And I'm somewhere in between I never really know A killer from a savior 'Til I break at the bend We're here and now, but will we ever be again 'Cause I have found All that shimmers in this world is sure to fade Away again It's too far away for me to hold It's too far away.... Guess I'll let it go
Babe I'm gonna leave Babe, baby, baby, I'm gonna leave you. I said baby, you know I'm gonna leave you. I'll leave you when the summertime, Leave you when the summer comes a-rollin', Leave you when the summer comes along. Babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, babe, baby, hmm baby I don't wanna leave you, I ain't jokin' woman, I've got to ramble. Oh, yeah, baby, baby, I'll be leavin', Really got to ramble. I can hear it callin' me the way it used to do, I can hear it callin' me back ho--oo-ome! Babe...I'm gonna leave you Oh, baby, you know, I've really got to leave you Oh, I can hear it callin' me I said, don't you hear it callin' me the way it used to do? Oh! I know, I know, I'll never, never, never, never, never, never, never, Gonna leave you babe But, I got to go away from this place, I've got to quit you, yeah Oh!! Baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, Oh, don't you hear it callin' me? Oh, woman, woman, I know, I know It feels good to have you back again And I know that one day baby, it's gonna really grow, yes it is. We gonna go walkin' through the park every day. Come what may, every day, oh My, my - my - my, my babe I'm gonna leave you woman... I'm gonna quit you baby It was really, really good. You made me happy every single day. But now... I've got to go away! Oh, oh Baby, baby, baby, That's when it's callin' me I said that's when it's callin' me back home...
oooo looks like fun! can i join in?! Down down, you bring me down I hear you knocking at my door and I can't sleep at night Your face, it has no place No room for you inside my house I need to be alone Don't waste your words I don't need anything from you I don't care where you've been or what you plan to do Turn turn, I wish you'd learn There's a time and place for everything I've got to get it through Cut loose, you're no use I couldn't stand another second in your company Don't waste your words I don't need anything from you I don't care where you've been or what you plan to do Stone me, why can't you see You're a no-one nowhere washed up baby who'd look better dead Your tongue is far too long I don't like the way it sucks and slurps upon my every word Don't waste your words I don't need anything from you I don't care where you've been or what you plan to do I am the resurrection and I am the light I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like I am the resurrection and I am the light I couldn't ever bring myself to hate you as I'd like
Pull the string and I'll wink at you, I'm your puppet I'll do funny things if you want me to, I'm your puppet I'll be yours to have and to hold Darling you've got full control of your puppet Pull another string and I'll kiss your lips, I'm your puppet Snap your finger and I'll turn you some flips, I'm your puppet Your every wish is my command All you gotta do is wiggle your little hand I'm your puppet, I'm your puppet I'm just a toy, just a funny boy That makes you laugh when you're blue I'll be wonderful, do just what I'm told I'll do anything for you I'm your puppet, I'm your puppet Pull them little strings and I'll sing you a song, I'm your puppet Make me do right or make me do wrong, I'm your puppet Treat me good and I'll do anything I'm just a puppet an you hold my string, I'm your puppet Yeah, I'm your puppet Walking, talking, living, loving puppet I'm hanging on a string girl, I'll do anything now I'm a walking, talking, living, loving puppet, and I love you I'm a smiling happy face when you want me to Even make you happy when you're feeling blue
Jets To Brazil features an amazing lyricist. This is actually a weaker song by that mention but beautiful... "Sweet Avenue" tasting you and rain I walk down to the train try not to look down this day could one day be an anniversary everything is light and sound facing forwards going slowly wait for you to show me where this train wants to go living by the hour I stop for every flower everything is soft and slow now all these tastes improve through the view that comes with you like they handed me my life for the first time it felt right thank you for making me see there's a life in me it was dying to get out holding you we make two spoons beneath and April moon everything is soft and sweet this cigarette it could seduce a nation with its smoke crawling down my tired throat scratches part of me that's purring softly stirring I'm a captain of industry smoking famously feet up on the windowsill look at all these trees I feel affinity with everything so soft and still budding at my fingertips touching you I start to bloom alive with trains and passing ships soft and sweet along your lips now I go "oh wow" thank you for taking me from my monastery I was dying to get out with tears of gratitude I like my latitude cross town train to you now all these tastes improve through the view that comes with you like they handed me my life for the first time it felt worth it like I deserved it
I took my love, I took it down Climbed a mountain and I turned around and I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills 'Till the landslide brought me down Oh, mirror in the sky What is love Can the child within my heart rise above Can I sail through the changing ocean tides Can I handle the seasons of my life~~~ Mmmm mmm mmm Well, I've been afraid of changing 'Cause I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm getting older too (Interlude) Well, I've been afraid of changing 'Cause I've built my life around you But time makes you bolder Even children get older And I'm getting older too Oh I'm getting older too Awh, take my love, take it down Awh, Climb a mountain and turn around And If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills Well the landslide bring it down And If you see my reflection in the snow covered hills Well the landslide bring it down Oh the landslide bring it down.
No More Mr. Nice Guy Alice Cooper I used to be such a sweet, sweet thing 'Til they got a hold of me. I opened doors for little old ladies, I helped the blind to see. I got no friends 'cause they read the papers. They can't be seen with me and I'm gettin' real shot down And I'm feeling mean. No more Mister Nice Guy, No more Mister Clean, No more Mister Nice Guy, They say he's sick, he's obscene. I got no friends 'cause they read the papers. They can't be seen with me and I'm gettin' real shot down And I'm getting mean. No more Mister Nice Guy, No more Mister Clean, No more Mister Nice Guy, They say he's sick, he's obscene. My dog bit me on the leg today. My cat clawed my eyes. Ma's been thrown out of the social circle, And dad has to hide. I went to church incognito. When everybody rose, the Reverend Smith, He recognized me, And punched me in the nose. No more Mister Nice Guy, No more Mister Clean, No more Mister Nice Guy, They say he's sick, he's obscene.