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Community Property by Steel Panther.
They're giving me lolz.
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Community Property by Steel Panther.
They're giving me lolz.
rollinder
Dont walk away in silence
Two jumps in a week,
I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy?
Flying on your motorcycle,
watching all the ground beneath you drop
You'd kill yourself for recognition,
kill yourself to never, ever stop
You broke another mirror,
you're turning into something you are not
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Drying up in conversation,
you'll be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces,
you just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you
when you think you've got the world all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit on you,
you'll be the one screaming out
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Oh, it's the best thing that you ever had,
the best thing that you ever, ever had.
It's the best thing that you ever had,
the best thing you have had has gone away.
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high,
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
I bet you think that's pretty clever don't you boy?
Flying on your motorcycle,
watching all the ground beneath you drop
You'd kill yourself for recognition,
kill yourself to never, ever stop
You broke another mirror,
you're turning into something you are not
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Drying up in conversation,
you'll be the one who cannot talk
All your insides fall to pieces,
you just sit there wishing you could still make love
They're the ones who'll hate you
when you think you've got the world all sussed out
They're the ones who'll spit on you,
you'll be the one screaming out
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Oh, it's the best thing that you ever had,
the best thing that you ever, ever had.
It's the best thing that you ever had,
the best thing you have had has gone away.
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
Don't leave me high,
Don't leave me high, don't leave me dry
dylans
overlord of all acorns
Spirit of the age. Hawkwind
I would've liked you to have been deep frozen too
And waiting still as fresh in your flesh for my
return to earth
But your father refused to sign the forms to freeze you
Let's see you'd be about 60 now, and long dead
by the time I return to earth
My time held dreams were full of you as you were
when I left, still underage
Your android replica is playing up again
it's no joke
When she comes she moans another's name
But that's the spirit of the age, that's the
spirit of tha age
I am a clone, I am not alone
Every fibre of my flesh and bone is identical to
the others
Everything I say is in the same tone as my test
tube brother's voice
And there's no choice between us, if you had ever
seen us you'd rejoice in your uniqueness
And consider every weakness something special of
your own
Being a clone I have no flaws to identify
Even this doggerel that pours from my pen
Has just been written by another twenty
telepathic men
Word for word it says
"Oh, for the wings of any bird other than a
battery hen".
I would've liked you to have been deep frozen too
And waiting still as fresh in your flesh for my
return to earth
But your father refused to sign the forms to freeze you
Let's see you'd be about 60 now, and long dead
by the time I return to earth
My time held dreams were full of you as you were
when I left, still underage
Your android replica is playing up again
it's no joke
When she comes she moans another's name
But that's the spirit of the age, that's the
spirit of tha age
I am a clone, I am not alone
Every fibre of my flesh and bone is identical to
the others
Everything I say is in the same tone as my test
tube brother's voice
And there's no choice between us, if you had ever
seen us you'd rejoice in your uniqueness
And consider every weakness something special of
your own
Being a clone I have no flaws to identify
Even this doggerel that pours from my pen
Has just been written by another twenty
telepathic men
Word for word it says
"Oh, for the wings of any bird other than a
battery hen".
woo its monday!!
the funnest ( ?...) song in the world to dance to
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies
Now put your hands up
Up in the club, we just broke up
I'm doing my own little thing
Decided to dip and now you wanna trip
Cause another brother noticed me
I'm up on him, he up on me
Don't pay him any attention
Just cried my tears, for three good years
Ya can't be mad at me
Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
I got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips
Got me tighter in my Dereon jeans
Acting up, drink in my cup
I can care less what you think
I need no permission, did I mention
Don't pay him any attention
Cause you had your turn and now you gonna learn
What it really feels like to miss me
Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
Don't treat me to the things of the world
I'm not that kind of girl
Your love is what I prefer, what I deserve
Here's a man that makes me then takes me
And delivers me to a destiny, to infinity and beyond
Pull me into your arms, say I'm the one you own
If you don't, you'll be alone
And like a ghost Ill be gone
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies
Now put your hands up, oh, oh, oh
Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
the funnest ( ?
...) song in the world to dance to All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies
Now put your hands up
Up in the club, we just broke up
I'm doing my own little thing
Decided to dip and now you wanna trip
Cause another brother noticed me
I'm up on him, he up on me
Don't pay him any attention
Just cried my tears, for three good years
Ya can't be mad at me
Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
I got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips
Got me tighter in my Dereon jeans
Acting up, drink in my cup
I can care less what you think
I need no permission, did I mention
Don't pay him any attention
Cause you had your turn and now you gonna learn
What it really feels like to miss me
Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
Don't treat me to the things of the world
I'm not that kind of girl
Your love is what I prefer, what I deserve
Here's a man that makes me then takes me
And delivers me to a destiny, to infinity and beyond
Pull me into your arms, say I'm the one you own
If you don't, you'll be alone
And like a ghost Ill be gone
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies
Now put your hands up, oh, oh, oh
Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don't be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
❤ ben folds ❤
We'd hit the bottom
I thought it was my fault
And in a way I guess it was
I'm just now finding out
What it was all about
We'd moved to the west coast
Away from everyone
She never told me that you called
Back when I was still
I was still in love
'Till I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye goodbye I tried
And I twisted it wrong just to make it right
I had to leave myself behind
And I've been flying high all night
So come pick me up
I've landed...
The daily dramas
She made from nothing
So nothing ever made it right
She liked to push me
And talk me back down
'Till i believed I was the crazy one
And in a way
I guess I was
'Till I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye goodbye I tried
Treading the sea of a troubled mind
I had to leave myself behind
Singin' bye-bye goodbye I tried
If you wrote me off
I'd understand it
'Cause I've been on
Some other planet
So come pick me up
I've landed...
And you will be so
Happy to know
I've come along
It's over
And I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye goodbye I tried
Down comes the reign of the telephone czar
It's okay to call
And I will answer for myself
Come pick me up...
(Ba ba's)
Come pick me up...
Ba ba's..
I've landed.
We'd hit the bottom
I thought it was my fault
And in a way I guess it was
I'm just now finding out
What it was all about
We'd moved to the west coast
Away from everyone
She never told me that you called
Back when I was still
I was still in love
'Till I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye goodbye I tried
And I twisted it wrong just to make it right
I had to leave myself behind
And I've been flying high all night
So come pick me up
I've landed...
The daily dramas
She made from nothing
So nothing ever made it right
She liked to push me
And talk me back down
'Till i believed I was the crazy one
And in a way
I guess I was
'Till I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye goodbye I tried
Treading the sea of a troubled mind
I had to leave myself behind
Singin' bye-bye goodbye I tried
If you wrote me off
I'd understand it
'Cause I've been on
Some other planet
So come pick me up
I've landed...
And you will be so
Happy to know
I've come along
It's over
And I opened my eyes and walked out the door
And the clouds came tumbling down
And it's bye-bye goodbye I tried
Down comes the reign of the telephone czar
It's okay to call
And I will answer for myself
Come pick me up...
(Ba ba's)
Come pick me up...
Ba ba's..
I've landed.
aww, i have to go now! :'( x
If I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a house - I would buy you a house
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
I'd buy you furniture for your house - maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a K-Car - a nice Reliant automobile
And if I had a million dollars I'd buy your looooooooooooove
If I had a million dollars
I'd build a tree fort in our yard
If I had a million dollars
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had a million dollars
Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere
You know, we could just go up there and hang out. Like open the fridge and stuff. There would already be foods laid out for us, like little pre-wrapped sausages and things, mmm. They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don't have pre-wrapped bacon. Well, can you blame 'em? Uh, yeah!
If I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a fur coat - but not a real fur coat, that's cruel
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you an exotic pet - yep, like a llama or an emu
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you John Merrick's remains - ooh, all them crazy elephant bones
And if I had a million dollars I'd buy your loooooooooooove
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars
We'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner. Of course we would, we'd just eat more. And buy really expensive ketchups with it. That's right, all the fanciest Dijon ketchups! Mmm. Mmm-hmm.
If I had a million dollars - If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a green dress - but not a real green dress, that's cruel
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you some art - a Picasso or a Garfunkel
If I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a monkey - haven't you always wanted a monkey?
If I had a million dollars I'd buy your looooooooooooove
If I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, I'd be rich
xIf I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a house - I would buy you a house
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
I'd buy you furniture for your house - maybe a nice chesterfield or an ottoman
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a K-Car - a nice Reliant automobile
And if I had a million dollars I'd buy your looooooooooooove
If I had a million dollars
I'd build a tree fort in our yard
If I had a million dollars
You could help, it wouldn't be that hard
If I had a million dollars
Maybe we could put like a little tiny fridge in there somewhere
You know, we could just go up there and hang out. Like open the fridge and stuff. There would already be foods laid out for us, like little pre-wrapped sausages and things, mmm. They have pre-wrapped sausages but they don't have pre-wrapped bacon. Well, can you blame 'em? Uh, yeah!
If I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a fur coat - but not a real fur coat, that's cruel
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you an exotic pet - yep, like a llama or an emu
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you John Merrick's remains - ooh, all them crazy elephant bones
And if I had a million dollars I'd buy your loooooooooooove
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to walk to the store
If I had a million dollars
We'd take a limousine 'cause it costs more
If I had a million dollars
We wouldn't have to eat Kraft Dinner
But we would eat Kraft Dinner. Of course we would, we'd just eat more. And buy really expensive ketchups with it. That's right, all the fanciest Dijon ketchups! Mmm. Mmm-hmm.
If I had a million dollars - If I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a green dress - but not a real green dress, that's cruel
And if I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you some art - a Picasso or a Garfunkel
If I had a million dollars - if I had a million dollars
Well, I'd buy you a monkey - haven't you always wanted a monkey?
If I had a million dollars I'd buy your looooooooooooove
If I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, if I had a million dollars
If I had a million dollars, I'd be rich
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
Strobe Life...
quiet like an elevator
even the walls are scared
i'm dependent on a generator
just to breath in air
medication medication
signatures and stares
watching all the lights come down
never wanting to care
these circles seem so strange
i run around and around
but nothing's changed
medication medication
signatures and stares
i'm reinventing brand new lives
like they were never there
i never want to run out
get more can't stand waiting
i never want to run out
don't stop the lines from fading
it's time to wake up
i've been asleep for far too long
it's time to wake up
before the pain i feel is gone
i never want to run out
quiet like an elevator
even the walls are scared
i'm dependent on a generator
just to breath in air
medication medication
signatures and stares
watching all the lights come down
never wanting to care
these circles seem so strange
i run around and around
but nothing's changed
medication medication
signatures and stares
i'm reinventing brand new lives
like they were never there
i never want to run out
get more can't stand waiting
i never want to run out
don't stop the lines from fading
it's time to wake up
i've been asleep for far too long
it's time to wake up
before the pain i feel is gone
i never want to run out
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
Teenage Wristband
You say you wanna go there,
Ride then,
I did and I loved it.
Say you don't wanna be here,
Leave then,
Time comes, to get gone.
Say good morning to another set
Of creatures,
My dear, I'm gone, she said.
You wanna go for a ride?
I got sixteen hours to burn,
And i'm gonna stay up all night.
Tell your mama fever come
Back again,
Look what you started.
And break it eazy to your boyfriend,
She said.
You wanna go for a ride?
I got thirteen hours to burn,
And i'm gonna stay up all night
She said, she said,
You wanna go for a ride?
I got no more money to burn,
And i'm gonna stay up all night
You say you wanna go there,
Ride then,
I did and I loved it.
Say you don't wanna be here,
Leave then,
Time comes, to get gone.
Say good morning to another set
Of creatures,
My dear, I'm gone, she said.
You wanna go for a ride?
I got sixteen hours to burn,
And i'm gonna stay up all night.
Tell your mama fever come
Back again,
Look what you started.
And break it eazy to your boyfriend,
She said.
You wanna go for a ride?
I got thirteen hours to burn,
And i'm gonna stay up all night
She said, she said,
You wanna go for a ride?
I got no more money to burn,
And i'm gonna stay up all night
My name is Gary Tyler, Louisiana-born
Shadow of the poplar tree on fields all ripe with corn
Sixteen years I counted on the rising of the sun
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Of all the Disunited States divided black and white
Louisiana taught me how to think and how to fight
Sixty of us kids aboard the number 91
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Bus was barely moving we were set upon and stopped
Watched 200 white boys throwing bottles, cans and rocks
Trapped and scared together there was nowhere we could run
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Boy outside the bus, an automatic in his hand
We heard a single shot and then we all just hit the ground
I never pulled a trigger and I never held a gun
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
White boy lay there bleeding cops they searched the bus
Never found a thing to say that it was one of us
Took us down the station they were beating us for fun
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Gun produced from nowhere pinned the crime on me
A lynchmob for a jury meant they’d never set me free
Thirty years in prison for a crime I haven’t done
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Waiting here the world has turned a thousand times or more
Stranded like the man who never knew they’d stopped the war
Waiting for the pardon but the pardon never comes
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home.
Shadow of the poplar tree on fields all ripe with corn
Sixteen years I counted on the rising of the sun
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Of all the Disunited States divided black and white
Louisiana taught me how to think and how to fight
Sixty of us kids aboard the number 91
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Bus was barely moving we were set upon and stopped
Watched 200 white boys throwing bottles, cans and rocks
Trapped and scared together there was nowhere we could run
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Boy outside the bus, an automatic in his hand
We heard a single shot and then we all just hit the ground
I never pulled a trigger and I never held a gun
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
White boy lay there bleeding cops they searched the bus
Never found a thing to say that it was one of us
Took us down the station they were beating us for fun
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Gun produced from nowhere pinned the crime on me
A lynchmob for a jury meant they’d never set me free
Thirty years in prison for a crime I haven’t done
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home
Waiting here the world has turned a thousand times or more
Stranded like the man who never knew they’d stopped the war
Waiting for the pardon but the pardon never comes
I’m just waiting for the bus to take me home.
the cover by stars:
A punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet ?
When in this charming car
This charming man
Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat ?
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"
A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...
A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man ...
Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man ...
A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
A punctured bicycle
On a hillside desolate
Will nature make a man of me yet ?
When in this charming car
This charming man
Why pamper life's complexity
When the leather runs smooth
On the passenger seat ?
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"
A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
This man said "It's gruesome that someone so handsome should care"
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...
Na, na-na, na-na, na-na, this charming man ...
A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
I would go out tonight
But I haven't got a stitch to wear
Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man ...
Oh, la-la, la-la, la-la, this charming man ...
A jumped up pantry boy
Who never knew his place
He said "return the ring"
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
He knows so much about these things
(((wildhearts and nostalgia)))
ok, so the postcode's slightly wrong....
The paper’s hanging off the walls
There’s ‘roaches dancing in the halls
You still pay your fortune to crawl down misery street
The euthanasia dream brigade
Are melting in the Hampstead shade
The zombies of life, they parade down misery street
So, come on over with something to do, baby, I need the company
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Why we stay here, God only knows, It’s not the scenery
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
And all my neighbours dissappear
The second that I get too near
I stick out like elephant ears on misery street
It gets so hard to sleep at night
The left of me the drunks still fight
While sirens scream off to the right, down misery street
So, come on over with something to do, baby, I need the company
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Why we stay here, God only knows, It’s not the scenery
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
The heating’s like a sauna and the carpet’s getting thin
My vacuum cleaner’s blowing out instead of sucking in
I drink myself to coma so that sleep escapes the din
And start this shit all over again
So now I got a brand new day
To tackle in the same old way
The ducking and diving, the bills that arrive in
There’s seeming hundreds to pay
So…
So, come on over with something to do, baby, I need the company
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Why we stay here, God only knows, It’s not the scenery
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
ok, so the postcode's slightly wrong....
The paper’s hanging off the walls
There’s ‘roaches dancing in the halls
You still pay your fortune to crawl down misery street
The euthanasia dream brigade
Are melting in the Hampstead shade
The zombies of life, they parade down misery street
So, come on over with something to do, baby, I need the company
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Why we stay here, God only knows, It’s not the scenery
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
And all my neighbours dissappear
The second that I get too near
I stick out like elephant ears on misery street
It gets so hard to sleep at night
The left of me the drunks still fight
While sirens scream off to the right, down misery street
So, come on over with something to do, baby, I need the company
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Why we stay here, God only knows, It’s not the scenery
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
The heating’s like a sauna and the carpet’s getting thin
My vacuum cleaner’s blowing out instead of sucking in
I drink myself to coma so that sleep escapes the din
And start this shit all over again
So now I got a brand new day
To tackle in the same old way
The ducking and diving, the bills that arrive in
There’s seeming hundreds to pay
So…
So, come on over with something to do, baby, I need the company
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Why we stay here, God only knows, It’s not the scenery
Greetings now from Shitsville, NW3
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
Greetings now from Shitsville, London
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
I got my back to the sun 'cause the light is too intense
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
You can't turn back - you can't come back, sometimes we push too far
One day you'll open up your eyes and you'll see where we are
Sugar Baby get on down the road
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now
Some of these bootleggers, they make pretty good stuff
Plenty of places to hide things here if you wanna hide 'em bad enough
I'm staying with Aunt Sally, but you know, she's not really my aunt
Some of these memories you can learn to live with and some of them you can't
Sugar Baby get on down the line
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
You might as well keep going now
The ladies down in Darktown, they're doing the Darktown Strut
You always got to be prepared but you never know for what
There ain't no limit to the amount of trouble women bring
Love is pleasing, love is teasing, love's not an evil thing
Sugar Baby, get on down the road
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
You might as well keep going now
Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick
Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick
Any minute of the day the bubble could burst
Try to make things better for someone, sometimes,
you just end up making it a thousand times worse
Sugar Baby, get on down the road
You ain't got no brains no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now
Your charms have broken many a heart and mine is surely one
You got a way of tearing a world apart, love, see what you done
Just as sure as we're living, just as sure as you're born
Look up, look up - seek your Maker - 'fore Gabriel blows his horn
Sugar Baby, get on down the line
You ain't got no sense, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now
I can see what everybody in the world is up against
You can't turn back - you can't come back, sometimes we push too far
One day you'll open up your eyes and you'll see where we are
Sugar Baby get on down the road
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now
Some of these bootleggers, they make pretty good stuff
Plenty of places to hide things here if you wanna hide 'em bad enough
I'm staying with Aunt Sally, but you know, she's not really my aunt
Some of these memories you can learn to live with and some of them you can't
Sugar Baby get on down the line
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
You might as well keep going now
The ladies down in Darktown, they're doing the Darktown Strut
You always got to be prepared but you never know for what
There ain't no limit to the amount of trouble women bring
Love is pleasing, love is teasing, love's not an evil thing
Sugar Baby, get on down the road
You ain't got no brains, no how
You went years without me
You might as well keep going now
Every moment of existence seems like some dirty trick
Happiness can come suddenly and leave just as quick
Any minute of the day the bubble could burst
Try to make things better for someone, sometimes,
you just end up making it a thousand times worse
Sugar Baby, get on down the road
You ain't got no brains no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now
Your charms have broken many a heart and mine is surely one
You got a way of tearing a world apart, love, see what you done
Just as sure as we're living, just as sure as you're born
Look up, look up - seek your Maker - 'fore Gabriel blows his horn
Sugar Baby, get on down the line
You ain't got no sense, no how
You went years without me
Might as well keep going now
Welcome home Howard Green
The keys of Teesside they belong to you, have you seen
The smiling faces of your countrymen? They have been
So worried for your safety over there
So welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
You’re a good lad Howard Green
I know I went to school with you
I know you’re not as mean
As the men who called you out there
For to trample on the green
And to leave you as a target for both sides
So welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
Have you thought, Howard Green
The war you’re fighting may not be your own, have you been
The victim of a vicious propaganda machine?
Or is it just the only job to do?
Oh welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
Did you know Howard Green
That twice as many Paddies from the south volunteered
To fight beside your father in those terrible years
When Hitler tried to cross the great North Sea?
Oh welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
So don’t be bitter, Howard Green
Although you’ve every right to be
The hardships that you’ve seen
Brought on by those men
Who claim allegiance to our Queen
And turn their backs on British liberty
Oh welcome home Howard Green
Welcome Home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
The keys of Teesside they belong to you, have you seen
The smiling faces of your countrymen? They have been
So worried for your safety over there
So welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
(Vin Garbutt)
The keys of Teesside they belong to you, have you seen
The smiling faces of your countrymen? They have been
So worried for your safety over there
So welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
You’re a good lad Howard Green
I know I went to school with you
I know you’re not as mean
As the men who called you out there
For to trample on the green
And to leave you as a target for both sides
So welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
Have you thought, Howard Green
The war you’re fighting may not be your own, have you been
The victim of a vicious propaganda machine?
Or is it just the only job to do?
Oh welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
Did you know Howard Green
That twice as many Paddies from the south volunteered
To fight beside your father in those terrible years
When Hitler tried to cross the great North Sea?
Oh welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
So don’t be bitter, Howard Green
Although you’ve every right to be
The hardships that you’ve seen
Brought on by those men
Who claim allegiance to our Queen
And turn their backs on British liberty
Oh welcome home Howard Green
Welcome Home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
The keys of Teesside they belong to you, have you seen
The smiling faces of your countrymen? They have been
So worried for your safety over there
So welcome home Howard Green
Welcome home Howard Green
(Vin Garbutt)
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
Francis didn’t give a fuck about the rollbacks, the overproduction, the reduced demand. He never gave much thought to disputed contracts. In his short life he’d only ever known panic, fear, pain, darkness and pandemonium (in the hell that was his home). Fourth quarter earning expectations expedited his demise. The panic grew as the humans stalked among them. When the screaming began, Francis shut his eyes and felt the hand of inhumanity brush over him. But his would-be killer’s back turned for a moment and a blinding ray of light spread across the floor. In a crimson pool he saw his own reflection as he bolted for the door. Not just some fractured fairy-tale although I wish that that were true. This is a fable far too real. Yet we somehow still cling to the story lines that bridge the chasm between cognition and belief. Any old implausible denial that might offer some relief from the dissonance that Francis left screaming in his wake as deep into the heart of the city’s park lands he made good his escape. And where for 5 months he ran free and replayed his only fond memory-just a warm and distant dream of his mother’s loving eyes upon him. Francis made it farther than she did-a quarter mile just short of the city limits they finally captured him. There’s a statue that the abattoir erected to remind us all of their contributions. To me it marks Potemkin City Limits, this Francis cast in bronze. Not just some fractured fairy-tale, although I wish that that were true. This is a fable far too real, yet we somehow still cling to…
stupid dogbot
Haughty and Superior
I never loved you.
How did you find me?
The cops will never prove complicity now.
How did you find me?
The cops will never prove complicity now.
Trams of Old London
Taking my baby into the past
And it's trams of Old London
Blow my mind
Ludgate, Fenchurch, Highgate Hill
Rolling slowly up there still, uh huh
Waterloo and Clerkenwell
Up to Aldgate East as well, uh huh
On a clear night you can see
Where the rails used to be
Oh, it seems like ancient myth
They once ran to Hammersmith
Trams of Old London
Taking my baby into the past
And it's trams of Old London
Blow my mind
Through Electric Avenue
Brixton Down and South-West Two, uh huh
Teddington and Kennington
Twickenham and Paddington, uh huh
In the Blitz they never closed
Though they blew up half the roads
Oh, it hurts me just to see 'em
Going dead in a museum
Aa-aah
Trams of Old London
Taking my baby into the past
And it's trams of Old London
Blow my mind
Trams of Old London
Taking my baby into the past
And it's trams of Old London
Blow my mind
Taking my baby into the past
And it's trams of Old London
Blow my mind
Ludgate, Fenchurch, Highgate Hill
Rolling slowly up there still, uh huh
Waterloo and Clerkenwell
Up to Aldgate East as well, uh huh
On a clear night you can see
Where the rails used to be
Oh, it seems like ancient myth
They once ran to Hammersmith
Trams of Old London
Taking my baby into the past
And it's trams of Old London
Blow my mind
Through Electric Avenue
Brixton Down and South-West Two, uh huh
Teddington and Kennington
Twickenham and Paddington, uh huh
In the Blitz they never closed
Though they blew up half the roads
Oh, it hurts me just to see 'em
Going dead in a museum
Aa-aah
Trams of Old London
Taking my baby into the past
And it's trams of Old London
Blow my mind
Trams of Old London
Taking my baby into the past
And it's trams of Old London
Blow my mind
the beth orton version:
If I ever feel the light again
Shining down on me
I don't have to tell you
How welcome it would be
I felt the light before
But I let it slip away
And I just keep on believing
That it'll come back someday
It's not the spotlight
It's not the candlelight
It's not the streetlights
Of some old street of dreams
It ain't the moon light
Not even the sunlight
But I seen it shining in your eyes
And you know what I mean
Sometimes I try to tell myself
The light was never real
Just a fantasy that used to be
The way I used to feel
But you and I know better
Even though it's been so long
Now if your memory really serves you well
You'll never tell me no wrong
If I ever feel the light again
Shining down on me
I don't have to tell you
How welcome it would be
I felt the light before
But I let it slip away
And I just keep on believing
That it'll come back someday
It's not the spotlight
It's not the candlelight
It's not the streetlights
Of some old street of dreams
It ain't the moon light
Not even the sunlight
But I seen it shining in your eyes
And you know what I mean
Sometimes I try to tell myself
The light was never real
Just a fantasy that used to be
The way I used to feel
But you and I know better
Even though it's been so long
Now if your memory really serves you well
You'll never tell me no wrong
This whole world may never change
The way it's always been
I know all the ways of war
Cannot change it back again
I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me...
I'm not the one to tell this world
How to get along
I only know that peace will come
When all the hurt is gone
I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me...
Sometimes I think about
Saturday's child
And all about the time
You and me were..black and white
I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me...
This whole world may never change
This whole world may never change
This whole world may never change
The way it's always been
I know all the ways of war
Cannot change it back again
I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me...
I'm not the one to tell this world
How to get along
I only know that peace will come
When all the hurt is gone
I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me...
Sometimes I think about
Saturday's child
And all about the time
You and me were..black and white
I've been searching...for the dolphins in the sea
Sometimes I wonder do you ever think of me...
This whole world may never change
This whole world may never change
This whole world may never change
These are sad times
Your eyes have told me so
Blue and black times
You think that I don't know
But there'll be glad times
Just you wait and see
And I'll be your sunrise if you'll lean on me
I imagine that I could comfort you
I have forgotten the things that you've been through
But here's one thing
On which we can agree
When you're ailing darlin' you can lean on me
And the love I bring
Will grow into a lasting thing
Put your heart on wings
That set you free
And as you rise
Up into the clearing skies
Maybe you will realize
You can lean on me
All your heartaches
Are hidden deep inside
So there's no telling
How many tears you've cried
But like the river
Told the weeping willow tree
I can hold your tear drops
Try, lean on me
Your eyes have told me so
Blue and black times
You think that I don't know
But there'll be glad times
Just you wait and see
And I'll be your sunrise if you'll lean on me
I imagine that I could comfort you
I have forgotten the things that you've been through
But here's one thing
On which we can agree
When you're ailing darlin' you can lean on me
And the love I bring
Will grow into a lasting thing
Put your heart on wings
That set you free
And as you rise
Up into the clearing skies
Maybe you will realize
You can lean on me
All your heartaches
Are hidden deep inside
So there's no telling
How many tears you've cried
But like the river
Told the weeping willow tree
I can hold your tear drops
Try, lean on me
ShiftyBagLady
Thinks she is a flower to be looked at
Two birds on a wire
One tries to fly away
And the other watches him close from that wire
He says he wants to as well
But he is a liar
I'll believe it all
There's nothing I won't understand
I'll believe it all
I won't let go of your hand
Two birds on a wire
One says c'mon and the other says "I'm tired"
The sky is overcast and I'm sorry
One more or one less
Nobody's worried
I'll believe it all
There's nothing I won't understand
I'll believe it all
I won't let go of your hand
Two birds of a feather
Say that they're always gonna stay together
But one's never going to let go of that wire
He says that he will
But he's just a liar
Two birds on a wire
One tries to fly away and the other
Watches him close from that wire
He says he wants to as well, but he is a liar
Two birds on a wire
Once tries to fly away and the other...
One tries to fly away
And the other watches him close from that wire
He says he wants to as well
But he is a liar
I'll believe it all
There's nothing I won't understand
I'll believe it all
I won't let go of your hand
Two birds on a wire
One says c'mon and the other says "I'm tired"
The sky is overcast and I'm sorry
One more or one less
Nobody's worried
I'll believe it all
There's nothing I won't understand
I'll believe it all
I won't let go of your hand
Two birds of a feather
Say that they're always gonna stay together
But one's never going to let go of that wire
He says that he will
But he's just a liar
Two birds on a wire
One tries to fly away and the other
Watches him close from that wire
He says he wants to as well, but he is a liar
Two birds on a wire
Once tries to fly away and the other...
I'm back in Liverpool,
And everything seems the same,
But I worked something out last night,
That changed this little boys brain,
A small piece of advice,
That took twenty-two years in the make,
And I will break it for you now,
Please learn from my mistakes,
Please learn from my mistakes.
Let's dance to joy division,
And celebrate the irony,
Everything is going wrong,
But we're so happy,
Let's dance to joy division,
And raise our glass to the ceiling,
'Cos this could all go so wrong,
But we're so happy,
Yeah we're so happy.
So if you're ever feeling down,
Grab your purse and take a taxi,
To the darker side of town,
That's where we'll be,
And we will wait for you and lead you through the dancefloor,
Up to the DJ booth,
You know what to ask for,
You know what to ask for.
Go ask for Joy Division,
And celebrate the irony,
Everything is going wrong,
But we're so happy,
Go ask for Joy Division,
And raise your glass to the ceiling,
'Cos this could all go so wrong,
But we're so happy,
So happy.
So let the love tear us apart,
I've found the cure for a broken heart,
Let it tear us apart,
let the love tear us apart,
I've found the cure for a broken heart,
Let it tear us apart,
(Let it tear us apart)
So let the love tear us apart,
I've found the cure for a broken heart,
Let it tear us apart,
(Let it tear us apart)
So let the love tear us apart,
I've found the cure for a broken heart,
Let it tear us apart,
Let it tear us apart,
Let it tear us apart.
Let's dance to joy division,
And celebrate the irony,
Everything is going wrong,
But were so happy,
Let's dance to joy division,
And raise our glass to the ceiling,
'Cos this could all go so wrong,
But we're so happy,
Yeah we're so happy,
So happy,
Yeah we're so happy,
So happy,
Yeah we're so happy.
And everything seems the same,
But I worked something out last night,
That changed this little boys brain,
A small piece of advice,
That took twenty-two years in the make,
And I will break it for you now,
Please learn from my mistakes,
Please learn from my mistakes.
Let's dance to joy division,
And celebrate the irony,
Everything is going wrong,
But we're so happy,
Let's dance to joy division,
And raise our glass to the ceiling,
'Cos this could all go so wrong,
But we're so happy,
Yeah we're so happy.
So if you're ever feeling down,
Grab your purse and take a taxi,
To the darker side of town,
That's where we'll be,
And we will wait for you and lead you through the dancefloor,
Up to the DJ booth,
You know what to ask for,
You know what to ask for.
Go ask for Joy Division,
And celebrate the irony,
Everything is going wrong,
But we're so happy,
Go ask for Joy Division,
And raise your glass to the ceiling,
'Cos this could all go so wrong,
But we're so happy,
So happy.
So let the love tear us apart,
I've found the cure for a broken heart,
Let it tear us apart,
let the love tear us apart,
I've found the cure for a broken heart,
Let it tear us apart,
(Let it tear us apart)
So let the love tear us apart,
I've found the cure for a broken heart,
Let it tear us apart,
(Let it tear us apart)
So let the love tear us apart,
I've found the cure for a broken heart,
Let it tear us apart,
Let it tear us apart,
Let it tear us apart.
Let's dance to joy division,
And celebrate the irony,
Everything is going wrong,
But were so happy,
Let's dance to joy division,
And raise our glass to the ceiling,
'Cos this could all go so wrong,
But we're so happy,
Yeah we're so happy,
So happy,
Yeah we're so happy,
So happy,
Yeah we're so happy.
I had to escape , the city was sticky and cruel
Maybe I should have called you first
But I was dying to get to you
I was dreaming while I drove
The long straight road ahead
Uh-huh, yeah
Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you was just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
What in this world keeps us from falling apart?
No matter where I go
I hear the beating of our one heart
I think about you when the night is cold and dark
Uh-huh, yeah
No one can move me the way that you do
Nothing erases this feeling between me and you
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you was just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Is that all right?
I drove all night
Maybe I should have called you first
But I was dying to get to you
I was dreaming while I drove
The long straight road ahead
Uh-huh, yeah
Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you was just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
What in this world keeps us from falling apart?
No matter where I go
I hear the beating of our one heart
I think about you when the night is cold and dark
Uh-huh, yeah
No one can move me the way that you do
Nothing erases this feeling between me and you
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Woke you from your sleep to make love to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night
Could taste your sweet kisses, your arms open wide
This fever for you was just burning me up inside
I drove all night to get to you
Is that all right?
I drove all night, crept in your room
Is that all right?
I drove all night
The world was on fire
No one could save me but you.
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you
What a wicked game you play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you
v And I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
And I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
{World was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart
No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you
Nobody loves no one
No one could save me but you.
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you
And I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
No, I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you
What a wicked game you play
To make me feel this way
What a wicked thing to do
To let me dream of you
What a wicked thing to say
You never felt this way
What a wicked thing to do
To make me dream of you
v And I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
And I don't want to fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
{World was on fire
No one could save me but you
Strange what desire will make foolish people do
I never dreamed that I'd love somebody like you
I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you
No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart
No I don't wanna fall in love
[This love is only gonna break your heart]
With you
With you
Nobody loves no one
Looking out a dirty old window,
Down below the cars in the city go rushing by,
I sit here alone and I wonder why,
Friday night and everyone's moving.
I can feel the heat but its soothing heading down,
I search for the beat in this dirty town,
Downtown the young ones are going,
Downtown the young ones are growing,
[Chorus:]
We're the kids in america,
Wo0
We're the kids in america,
Wo0
Everybody live for the music around,
Bright Lights,
The music gets faster,
Look boy don't check on your watch, Not another glance,
I'm not leaving now honey not a chance,
Hot shot give me no problems,
Much later baby you'll be, saying "nevermind,"
You know life is cruel,
Life is never kind,
Kind hearts don't make a new story,
Kind hearts don't grab any glory,
[Chorus:]
We're the kids in america,
Woo
We're the kids in america,
Woo
Everybody live for the music around,
Come closer honey thats better,
Gotta get a brand new experience feelin right,
Oh, don't try to stop baby hold me tight,
Outside a new day is dawning,
Outside suburbia's crawling, everywhere,
I don't want to go baby,
New York to East California,
There's a new wave coming i warn ya,
[Chorus:]
We're the kids in america,
Woo
We're the kids in america,
Woo
Everybody live for the music around,
We're the kids in america,
Woo
We're the kids in america,
Woo
Everybody live for the music around,
Down below the cars in the city go rushing by,
I sit here alone and I wonder why,
Friday night and everyone's moving.
I can feel the heat but its soothing heading down,
I search for the beat in this dirty town,
Downtown the young ones are going,
Downtown the young ones are growing,
[Chorus:]
We're the kids in america,
Wo0
We're the kids in america,
Wo0
Everybody live for the music around,
Bright Lights,
The music gets faster,
Look boy don't check on your watch, Not another glance,
I'm not leaving now honey not a chance,
Hot shot give me no problems,
Much later baby you'll be, saying "nevermind,"
You know life is cruel,
Life is never kind,
Kind hearts don't make a new story,
Kind hearts don't grab any glory,
[Chorus:]
We're the kids in america,
Woo
We're the kids in america,
Woo
Everybody live for the music around,
Come closer honey thats better,
Gotta get a brand new experience feelin right,
Oh, don't try to stop baby hold me tight,
Outside a new day is dawning,
Outside suburbia's crawling, everywhere,
I don't want to go baby,
New York to East California,
There's a new wave coming i warn ya,
[Chorus:]
We're the kids in america,
Woo
We're the kids in america,
Woo
Everybody live for the music around,
We're the kids in america,
Woo
We're the kids in america,
Woo
Everybody live for the music around,
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Spoken: 'Twas in the year of 'thirty-nine,the sky was full of lead
Hitler was heading for Poland and Paddy, for Holyhead.
Come all you pincher laddies and you long-distance men
Don't ever work for McAlpine for Wimpey, or John Laing
For you'll stand behind a mixer until your skin is turned to tan
And they'll say, Good on you, Paddy with your boat-fare in your hand.
Oh, the craic was good in Cricklewood and they wouldn't leave the Crown
With glasses flying and Biddys crying 'sure Paddy was going to town.
Oh mother dear, I'm over here and I'm never coming back
What keeps me here is the rake o' beer the ladies and the craic.
I come from county Kerry the land of eggs and bacon
And if you think I'll eat your fish 'n' chips be Jasus yourmistaken.
As down the Glen came Mcalpine's men with their shovels slung behind them.
It was in the pub that they drank their sub or down in the spike you'll find them.
We sweated blood and we washed down mud with pints and quarts of beer.
But now we're on the road again with McAlpines Fusiliers.
I stripped to the skin with Darky Finn down upon the Isle of Grain,
With Horseface Toole I learned the rule, no money if you stop for rain.
For McAlpine's god is a well filled hod with your shoulders cut to bits and seared
And woe to he who looks for tea with McAlpines Fusiliers.
I remember the day that the Bear O'Shea fell into a concrete stair,
What Horseface said, when he saw him dead, well it wasn't what the rich call prayers.
"I'm a navvy short," was his one retort that reached unto my ears,
If you pride your life, don't join, by Christ, with McAlpine's Fusiliers.
I've worked till the sweat near had me beat with Russian, Czech and Pole,
At shuttering jams up in the Hydro Dams, or underneath the Thames in a hole,
I grafted hard and I got me cards and many a ganger's fist across me ears.
When the going is rough, well you must be tough, with McAlpine's Fusiliers.
Hitler was heading for Poland and Paddy, for Holyhead.
Come all you pincher laddies and you long-distance men
Don't ever work for McAlpine for Wimpey, or John Laing
For you'll stand behind a mixer until your skin is turned to tan
And they'll say, Good on you, Paddy with your boat-fare in your hand.
Oh, the craic was good in Cricklewood and they wouldn't leave the Crown
With glasses flying and Biddys crying 'sure Paddy was going to town.
Oh mother dear, I'm over here and I'm never coming back
What keeps me here is the rake o' beer the ladies and the craic.
I come from county Kerry the land of eggs and bacon
And if you think I'll eat your fish 'n' chips be Jasus yourmistaken.
As down the Glen came Mcalpine's men with their shovels slung behind them.
It was in the pub that they drank their sub or down in the spike you'll find them.
We sweated blood and we washed down mud with pints and quarts of beer.
But now we're on the road again with McAlpines Fusiliers.
I stripped to the skin with Darky Finn down upon the Isle of Grain,
With Horseface Toole I learned the rule, no money if you stop for rain.
For McAlpine's god is a well filled hod with your shoulders cut to bits and seared
And woe to he who looks for tea with McAlpines Fusiliers.
I remember the day that the Bear O'Shea fell into a concrete stair,
What Horseface said, when he saw him dead, well it wasn't what the rich call prayers.
"I'm a navvy short," was his one retort that reached unto my ears,
If you pride your life, don't join, by Christ, with McAlpine's Fusiliers.
I've worked till the sweat near had me beat with Russian, Czech and Pole,
At shuttering jams up in the Hydro Dams, or underneath the Thames in a hole,
I grafted hard and I got me cards and many a ganger's fist across me ears.
When the going is rough, well you must be tough, with McAlpine's Fusiliers.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
In nineteen hundred and sixteen
The forces of the crown
For to take the Orange, White, and Green
Bombarded Dublin Town
But in '21, Britannia's sons
Were forced earn their pay, when
The black and tans, like lightening ran
From the Rifles of the IRA!
They burned their way through Munster
Then laid Leinster on the rack
Through Connacht, and through Ulster
Marched the men in brown and black
They shot down wives and children
In their own heroic way, but
The black and tans, like lightning ran
From the Rifles of the IRA!
They hanged young Kevin Barry high
Just a lad of eighteen years
Cork City's flames lit up in the sky
But our brave lads new no fear
The Cork brigade with hand-grenades
In ambush waiting lay, and
The black and tans, like lightning ran
From the Rifles of the IRA!
The tans were got, taken out and shot
By a brave and valiant few
Sean Treacy, Dinny Lacey
And Tom Barry's gallant crew
Though we're not free yet
We won't forget
Until our dying day, how
The black and tans, like lightning ran
From the Rifles of the IRA!
The forces of the crown
For to take the Orange, White, and Green
Bombarded Dublin Town
But in '21, Britannia's sons
Were forced earn their pay, when
The black and tans, like lightening ran
From the Rifles of the IRA!
They burned their way through Munster
Then laid Leinster on the rack
Through Connacht, and through Ulster
Marched the men in brown and black
They shot down wives and children
In their own heroic way, but
The black and tans, like lightning ran
From the Rifles of the IRA!
They hanged young Kevin Barry high
Just a lad of eighteen years
Cork City's flames lit up in the sky
But our brave lads new no fear
The Cork brigade with hand-grenades
In ambush waiting lay, and
The black and tans, like lightning ran
From the Rifles of the IRA!
The tans were got, taken out and shot
By a brave and valiant few
Sean Treacy, Dinny Lacey
And Tom Barry's gallant crew
Though we're not free yet
We won't forget
Until our dying day, how
The black and tans, like lightning ran
From the Rifles of the IRA!
Baby
sneezes
Mummy pleases
Daddy breezes in
So good on paper
So romantic
But so bewildering
(chorus)
I know nothing stays the same
But if youre willing to play the game
Its coming around again
So dont mind if I fall apart
Theres more room in a broken heart
You pay the grocer
Fix the toasted
Kiss the host good-bye
Then you break a window
Burn the souffl?
Scream the lullaby
I know nothing stays the same
But if youre willing to play the game
Its coming around again
So dont mind if I fall apart
Theres more room in a broken heart
And I believe in love
But what else can I do
Im so in love with you
I know nothing stays the same
But if youre willing to play the game
Its coming around again
sneezes
Mummy pleases
Daddy breezes in
So good on paper
So romantic
But so bewildering
(chorus)
I know nothing stays the same
But if youre willing to play the game
Its coming around again
So dont mind if I fall apart
Theres more room in a broken heart
You pay the grocer
Fix the toasted
Kiss the host good-bye
Then you break a window
Burn the souffl?
Scream the lullaby
I know nothing stays the same
But if youre willing to play the game
Its coming around again
So dont mind if I fall apart
Theres more room in a broken heart
And I believe in love
But what else can I do
Im so in love with you
I know nothing stays the same
But if youre willing to play the game
Its coming around again
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Here's a song of young lives lost before their times,
Of four daring lads cut down in their prime
In a land that longs for freedom and for peace
It's a prayer that all the heartache soon might cease
Sometimes it's hard to find the words to say,
When the cut's so deep the pain won't go away
How much longer must we struggle, mourn and pray,
'Til we see the light of Freedom's dawning day?
In their boyhood years these lads learned at first hand:
They were only second class in their own land,
Stopped and searched by police each time they walked the streets
And degraded by each foot-patrol they'd meet
To those RUC and soldiers it was fun,
To intimidate our children with their guns
But there's some young folk who won't take any more
And there's some who want to even up the score
Barry O'Donnell was a thorn in England's side
And he led his volunteers with dauntless pride
Seán O'Farrell stood beside him all the while
And we never will forget his roguesh smile
Countless times in action theses pair played their part
That they couldn't hold them broke the soldiers' hearts
But both lads knew they lived on borrowed time
But they'd make their mark before they crossed the line
In Coalisland square that February night
Oh the sentries in the barracks all took fright
For on the lorry coming straight ahead
Was a unit of the East Tyrone Brigade
From that lorry's back the Irish flag flew high
And the big machine gun pointed to the sky
And when Barry with that gun began to shoot
How those Brits there longed for transfers to Beirut
As the chaser bullets split the barrack wall
Those bold volunteers they showed no fear at all
As the lorry drove away the people cheered
Letting knowing that their prize would soon be tears
It was the boldest deed that little town had known
In the all the years of struggle in Tyrone
But it was the saddest night that town would come to know
For the S.A.S. lay waiting at Clonoe
It was not until they had the big gun down
And the volunteers thought they were safe and sound
That the SAS they opened up from every side
And on that killing ground four brave lads died
We lost bold Peter Clancy on that night
A volunteer who scorned Britannia's might
Young Paddy Vincent died there by his side
He lost his life for what he thought was right
We salute you Barry, Peter, Paddy, Seán
Though you've left us, still your memory will live on
For to the Crown the knee you'd never bend
And you were bold and fearless to the end
So come all of you who love your native land
As for peace and freedom we march hand in hand
Our brave volunteers have not been lost in vain
From the ashes we can build our land again
Here's a song of young lives lost before their time...
Of four daring lads cut down in their prime
In a land that longs for freedom and for peace
It's a prayer that all the heartache soon might cease
Sometimes it's hard to find the words to say,
When the cut's so deep the pain won't go away
How much longer must we struggle, mourn and pray,
'Til we see the light of Freedom's dawning day?
In their boyhood years these lads learned at first hand:
They were only second class in their own land,
Stopped and searched by police each time they walked the streets
And degraded by each foot-patrol they'd meet
To those RUC and soldiers it was fun,
To intimidate our children with their guns
But there's some young folk who won't take any more
And there's some who want to even up the score
Barry O'Donnell was a thorn in England's side
And he led his volunteers with dauntless pride
Seán O'Farrell stood beside him all the while
And we never will forget his roguesh smile
Countless times in action theses pair played their part
That they couldn't hold them broke the soldiers' hearts
But both lads knew they lived on borrowed time
But they'd make their mark before they crossed the line
In Coalisland square that February night
Oh the sentries in the barracks all took fright
For on the lorry coming straight ahead
Was a unit of the East Tyrone Brigade
From that lorry's back the Irish flag flew high
And the big machine gun pointed to the sky
And when Barry with that gun began to shoot
How those Brits there longed for transfers to Beirut
As the chaser bullets split the barrack wall
Those bold volunteers they showed no fear at all
As the lorry drove away the people cheered
Letting knowing that their prize would soon be tears
It was the boldest deed that little town had known
In the all the years of struggle in Tyrone
But it was the saddest night that town would come to know
For the S.A.S. lay waiting at Clonoe
It was not until they had the big gun down
And the volunteers thought they were safe and sound
That the SAS they opened up from every side
And on that killing ground four brave lads died
We lost bold Peter Clancy on that night
A volunteer who scorned Britannia's might
Young Paddy Vincent died there by his side
He lost his life for what he thought was right
We salute you Barry, Peter, Paddy, Seán
Though you've left us, still your memory will live on
For to the Crown the knee you'd never bend
And you were bold and fearless to the end
So come all of you who love your native land
As for peace and freedom we march hand in hand
Our brave volunteers have not been lost in vain
From the ashes we can build our land again
Here's a song of young lives lost before their time...
Once in your life you find her
Someone that turns your heart around
And next thing you know you're closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wondering to yourself, "Hey, what've I found?"
When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do ......
The best that you can do is fall in love
Arthur he does as he pleases
All of his life, he's mastered choice
Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
And showing himself a really good time
Laughing about the way they want him to be
When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love
When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love
Someone that turns your heart around
And next thing you know you're closing down the town
Wake up and it's still with you
Even though you left her way across town
Wondering to yourself, "Hey, what've I found?"
When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do ......
The best that you can do is fall in love
Arthur he does as he pleases
All of his life, he's mastered choice
Deep in his heart, he's just, he's just a boy
Living his life one day at a time
And showing himself a really good time
Laughing about the way they want him to be
When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love
When you get caught between the Moon and New York City
I know it's crazy, but it's true
If you get caught between the Moon and New York City
The best that you can do .....
The best that you can do is fall in love
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
My grandma and your grandma
Sittin' by the fire
My grandma said to your grandma
"I'm gonna set your flag on fire"
Chorus
Talkin' bout...
Hey now! Hey now!
Iko, Iko, un de'
Jockamo feeno ai na nay'
Jockamo fee na nay'
Look at my king all dressed in red
Iko, Iko, un ay
Betcha five dollars he'll kill ya dead
Jockamo fee na nay'
Chorus
My flag boy and your flag boy
Sittin' by the fire
My flag boy said to your flag boy
"I'm gonna set your flag on fire"
Chorus
Jockamo fee na nay'
Iko!
Chorus
See that guy all dressed in green
Iko, Iko, un ay
He's not a man, he's a lova machine
Jockamo fee na nay'
Chorus x4
[Fade to end]
Sittin' by the fire
My grandma said to your grandma
"I'm gonna set your flag on fire"
Chorus
Talkin' bout...
Hey now! Hey now!
Iko, Iko, un de'
Jockamo feeno ai na nay'
Jockamo fee na nay'
Look at my king all dressed in red
Iko, Iko, un ay
Betcha five dollars he'll kill ya dead
Jockamo fee na nay'
Chorus
My flag boy and your flag boy
Sittin' by the fire
My flag boy said to your flag boy
"I'm gonna set your flag on fire"
Chorus
Jockamo fee na nay'
Iko!
Chorus
See that guy all dressed in green
Iko, Iko, un ay
He's not a man, he's a lova machine
Jockamo fee na nay'
Chorus x4
[Fade to end]
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