lyrics your living.

[Billo_Really]

"The Pretender"
Jackson Browne

I'm going to rent myself a house
In the shade of the freeway
I'm going to pack my lunch in the morning
And go to work each day
And when the evening rolls around
I'll go on home and lay my body down
And when the morning light comes streaming in
I'll get up and do it again
Amen
Say it again
Amen

I want to know what became of the changes
We waited for love to bring
Were they only the fitful dreams
Of some greater awakening
I've been aware of the time going by
They say in the end it's the wink of an eye
And when the morning light comes streaming in
You'll get up and do it again
Amen

Caught between the longing for love
And the struggle for the legal tender
Where the sirens sing and the church bells ring
And the junk man pounds his fender
Where the veterans dream of the fight
Fast asleep at the traffic light
And the children solemnly wait
For the ice cream vendor
Out into the cool of the evening
Strolls the Pretender
He knows that all his hopes and dreams
Begin and end there

Ah the laughter of the lovers
As they run through the night
Leaving nothing for the others
But to choose off and fight
And tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams
Sail out of sight

I'm going to find myself a girl
Who can show me what laughter means
And we'll fill in the missing colors
In each other's paint-by-number dreams
And then we'll put out dark glasses on
And we'll make love until our strength is gone
And when the morning light comes streaming in
We'll get up and do it again
Get it up again

I'm going to be a happy idiot
And struggle for the legal tender
Where the ads take aim and lay their claim
To the heart and the soul of the spender
And believe in whatever may lie
In those things that money can buy
Thought true love could have been a contender
Are you there?
Say a prayer for the Pretender
Who started out so young and strong
Only to surrender

 

[Ropey]

"In The Beginning" is track #4 on the album On The Threshold Of A Dream." Written by Graeme Edge (Moody Blues)


I think
I think I am
Therefore I am
I think

Of course you are my bright little star
I've miles and miles of files, pretty files of your forefather's fruit
And now to suit our great computer
You're magnetic ink

I'm more than that
I know I am
At least, I think
I must be

There you go man, keep as cool as you can
Face piles and piles of trials with smiles
It riles them to believe that you perceive the web they weave
And keep on thinking free

[ame=http://youtu.be/8uLhnRg2QVM]The Moody Blues - In The Beginning - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Ropey]

"Lovely To See You"

A wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock and my door and even the score
With your eyes.

Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.

Dark cloud of fear is blowing away.
Now that you're hear, you're going to stay
'cause it's

Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.

Tells us what you've seen in faraway forgotten lands.
Where empires have turned back to sand.

Wonderful day for passing my way.
Knock and my door and even the score
With your eyes.

Lovely to see you again my friend.
Walk along with me to the next bend.

[ame=http://youtu.be/hhkiAdPmu3o]Moody Blues-Lovely To See You - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

You always won, everytime you placed a bet
You're still damn good, no one's gotten to you yet
Everytime they were sure they had you caught
You were quicker than they thought
You'd just turn your back and walk
You always said, the cards would never do you wrong
The trick you said was never piay the game too long
A gambler's share, the only risk that you would take
The only loss you could forsake
The only bluff you couldn't fake

And you're still the same
I caught up with you yesterday
Moving game to game
No one standing in your way
Turning on the charm
Long enough to get you by
You're still the same
You still aim high

There you stood, everybody watched you play
I just turned and walked away
I had nothing left to say

'Cause you're still the same
You're still the same
Moving game to game
Some thlngs never change
You're still the same

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9mRPLInQm0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9mRPLInQm0[/ame]

 

[earlycuyler]

"Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold This Body Down)"
(originally by Claude Ely)

There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

When I hear that trumpet sound
I'm gonna rise right out of the ground
Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

Well, look way down the river
And what do you think I see
I see a band of angels
And they're coming after me

Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

Well, look down yonder, Gabriel
Put your feet on the land and sea
But Gabriel, don't you blow your trumpet
Until you hear from me

There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

Well meet me, Jesus, meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
And if these wings don't fail me,
I will meet you anywhere

Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

Well meet me, Mother and Father,
Meet me down the river road
And Mama, you know that I'll be there
When I check in my load

Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

 

[Billo_Really]

I'm an asshole

Folks, I'd like to sing a song about the American Dream
About me, about you, the way our American hearts beat
Down in the bottom of our chests, about the special feeling

We get in the cockles of our hearts, maybe below the cockles
Maybe in the sub-cockle area, maybe in the liver
Maybe in the kidneys, maybe even in the colon, we don't know

I'm just a regular Joe with a regular job
I'm your average white suburbanite slob
I like football and porno and books about war

I've got an average house with a nice hardwood floor
My wife and my job, my kids and my car
My feet on my table and a Cuban cigar

But sometimes that just ain't enough
To keep a man like me interested
(Oh no)
No way
(Uh-uh)

No, I've gotta go out and have fun
At someone else's expense
(Oh yeah)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I drive really slow in the ultrafast lane
While people behind me are going insane

I'm an asshole
(He's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(He's an asshole, such an asshole)

I use public toilets and piss on the seat
I walk around in the summertime saying
"How about this heat?"

I'm an asshole
(He's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(He's the world's biggest asshole)

Sometimes I park in handicapped spaces
While handicapped people make handicapped faces

I'm an asshole
(He's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(He's a real fucking asshole)

Maybe I shouldn't be singing this song
Ranting and raving and carrying on
Maybe they're right when they tell me I'm wrong

Nah!

I'm an asshole
(He's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(He's the world's biggest asshole)

You know what I'm gonna do?
I'm gonna get myself a 1967 Cadillac, El Dorado convertible
Hot pink with whaleskin hub caps and all leather cow interior
And big brown baby seal eyes for headlights, yeah
And I'm gonna drive around in that baby at 115 mph

Getting one mile per gallon, sucking down quarter pounder
Cheese burgers from McDonald's in the old fashioned
Non-biodegradable Styrofoam containers
And when I'm done sucking down those grease ball burgers

I'm gonna wipe my mouth with the American flag
And then I'm gonna toss the Styrofoam container right out the side
And there ain't a goddamned thing anybody can do about it
You know why? Because we got the bombs, that's why

Two words, nuclear fucking weapons, okay?
Russia, Germany, Romania
They can have all the democracy they want
They can have a big democracy cake walk
Right through the middle of Tienanmen square

And it won't make a lick of difference
Because we've got the bombs, okay? John Wayne's not dead
He's frozen and as soon as we find the cure for cancer
We're gonna thaw out the duke and he's gonna be pretty pissed off
You know why? Have you ever taken a cold shower?

Well multiple that by 15 million times
That's how pissed off the Duke's gonna be
I'm gonna get the Duke and John Cassavetes

(Hey)
And Lee Marvin
(Hey)
And Sam Peckinpah
(Hey)
And a case of whiskey and drive down to Texas
(Hey, you know you really are an asshole)
Why don't you just shut-up and sing the song pal

I'm an asshole
(He's an asshole, what an asshole)
I'm an asshole
(He's the world's biggest asshole)

A S S H O L E, everybody
A S S H O L E

Arf arf arf arf arf arf arf
Fung achng tum a fung tum a fling chum
Ooh, ooh

I'm an asshole and proud of it

 

[bayoubill]

Wild thing!
Wild thing!

Wild thing, I think you move me?
But. I wanna know for sure!
Every time I kiss you, I taste what other men had for lunch!
The only thing that can get you off is to see me in pain, but I think I love you!
Wild thing!
You make my heart scream!
You took everything!
Oh, wild thing!
Wild thing, I think you move me!
Ah, that just came to my mind ? I thought I'd say it?
You made me trust you, then stuck the knife in my heart!
You're a lying, unfaithful, untrustable tramp, and I think I love you!
Wild thing!
You make my heart scream!
You took everything!
Oh, wild thing!

Wild thing!
Oh, we've all had some kind of wild thing that went through our lives and made it hell.
?Cause everybody's had one ? you, me ? NOBODY likes to lose!
And you know she's out there, laughing at you ?
I don't care if it was last week or the 3rd grade!
Someone broke your heart!
What was her name?!!!!!
Wild thing!
I'll never forgive you!
You make my heart scream!
How do you live with yourself?!
You took everything!
You never loved me!
Oh, wild thing!
You used me!
Wild thing!
I hope you slide under a gas truck and taste your own blood!
You make my heart scream!
Why didn't you tell me you were a demon from Hell?!!!!
You took everything!
You deserve the men you're gonna meet, you loser!
Oh, wild thing!
Railroad bums! Transients! Out-of work guys!
Wild thing!
Guy who're gonna use you like you used me!
Wild thing!
Guys who are gonna take money out of your purse and crawl out a window!
Wild thing!
Oh! O-o-o-o-o-oh!
Wild thing!
What's her name?

Yea-a-a-a-a-a-ah!

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wAm2HAx7i0"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wAm2HAx7i0[/ame]

 

[Ropey]

"Freebird"

If I leave here tomorrow
Would you still remember me?
For I must be traveling on now
'Cause there's too many places I've got to see.

But if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you can not change, oh, oh, oh, oh.
And this bird you can not change.
And this bird you can not change.
Lord knows I can't change.

Bye, bye, baby, it's been a sweet love, yeah,
Though this feeling I can't change.
But please don't take it so badly,
'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame.

But if I stayed here with you, girl,
Things just couldn't be the same.
'Cause I'm as free as a bird now,
And this bird you'll never change, oh, oh, oh, oh.
And this bird you cannot change.
And this bird you cannot change.
Lord knows, I can't change.
Lord, help me, I can't change.

Lord, I can't change.
Won't you fly high, free bird, yeah?

[ame=http://youtu.be/WRr5AL0lcGg]Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird,1975 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Your everlasting summer, you can see it fading fast
So you grab a piece of something that you think is gonna last
Well, you wouldn't even know a diamond if you held it in your hand
The things you think are precious, I can't understand

Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine?
Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine?

You been tellin' me you're a genius since you were seventeen
In all the time I've known you, I still don't know what you mean
The weekend in the college didn't turn out like you planned
The things that pass for knowledge, I can't understand

Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine?
Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine?

I spent a lot of money and I spent a lot of time
The trip we made to Hollywood is etched upon my mind
After all the things we've done and seen, you find another man
The things you think are useless, I can't understand

Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine?
Are you reelin' in the years? Stowin' away the time
Are you gatherin' up the tears? Have you had enough of mine?

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35tY-N9hHUs"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35tY-N9hHUs[/ame]

 

[bayoubill]

Life's like a road that you travel on
When there's one day here and the next day gone
Sometimes you bend and sometimes you stand
Sometimes you turn your head to the wind
There's a world outside ev'ry darkened door
Where blues won't haunt you anymore
Where brave are free and lovers soar
Come ride with me to the distant shore
We won't hesitate
Break down the garden's gate
There's not much time left today

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long

Through all these cities and all these towns
It's in my blood and it's all around
I love you now like I loved you then
This is the road and these are the hands
From Mozambique to those Memphis nights
The Khyber Pass to Vancouver's lights

Knock me down get back up again
You're in my blood
I'm not a lonely man
There's no load I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors

Gimme gimme gimme gimme yeah
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long
There was a distance between you and I
A misunderstanding once
But now we look in the eye

There ain't no load that I can't hold
Road so rough this I know
I'll be there when the light comes in
Just tell 'em we're survivors

Life is a highway
I wanna ride it all night long
If you're going my way
I wanna drive it all night long

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9Eloo"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3sMjm9Eloo[/ame]

 

[Sherry]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlQVF-_D7Iw]Keith Urban - Days Go By - YouTube[/ame]

I'm changing lanes, I'm talking on the phone
I'm drivin' way too fast and the interstates jammed with
Gunners like me afraid of coming in last
But somewhere in the race we run
We're coming undone

Days go by
I can feel 'em flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start livin' right now
'Cause days go by

Out on the roof just the other night
I watched the world flash by
Headlights, taillights running through a river of neon signs
But somewhere in the rush I felt
We're losing ourselves

And days go by
I can feel 'em flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start livin' right now
'Cause days go by
Yeah, these days go by

We think about tomorrow then it slips away
Oh, yes it does
We talk about forever but we've only got today

And the days go by
I can feel 'em flying
Like a hand out the window
When the cars go by

It's all we've been given
So you better start livin'
You better start livin'
Better start livin' right now

'Cause days go by
I can feel like 'em flying
Like a hand out the window in the wind the cars go by
It's all we've been given
So you better start livin' right now
'Cause days go by
Yeah, these days go by

So take 'em by the hand
They're yours and mine
Take 'em by the hand
And live your life
Take 'em by the hand
Don't let 'em all fly by

Come on, come on now
Don't you know the days go by?

 

[bayoubill]

(a tune for my first wife...)

If you ever,
Change your mind
About leaving,
Leaving me behind
Oh, you better bring it to me,
Bring your sweet loving,
Bring it on home to me
yeah, yeah, yeah

You know I laughed,
Laughed when you left
But now I know,
I only hurt myself
Oh, you better bring it to me,
Bring your sweet loving,
Bring it on home to me
yeah, yeah, yeah, alright

Oh, you better bring it to me,
Bring your sweet loving,
Bring it on home to me,
yeah, yeah, yeah

You know I'll always,
Be your slave
Till I'm dead,
And buried in my grave
Oh, you better bring it me,
Bring your sweet loving,
Bring it on home to me,
yeah, yeah

Send me some loving,
Send it I pray
How can I love you,
When you're so far away

Send me your picture,
Send it my dear
So I can hold it,
And pretend you are near

Send me your kisses,
I can feel your touch
I need you, I need you so bad,
Don't you know I miss you so much

My days are so lonely,
My nights are so blue
I'm here and I'm lonely,
Just waiting for you

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOWfkBrmji4"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOWfkBrmji4[/ame]

 

[TheGreatGatsby]

Jesus - YouTube
People should hear this before making a judgement on the title.

I thought the title of this thread was 'lyrics you're living' and not 'post a political protest song.' Silly me.

 

[Mudflap]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMLnDuzgkjo&feature=player_detailpage]Ram Jam "Black Betty" - YouTube[/ame]

Black Betty - Ram Jam


Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)
Black Betty had a child (bam-a-lam)
The damn thing gone wild (bam-a-lam)
She said it weren't in er mind (bam-a-lam)
The damn thing gone blind (bam-a-lam)
Said whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)

-Guitar Break-

Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)
She really Gets me high (bam-a-lam)
You know that's no lie (bam-a-lam)
She's so rock steady (bam-a-lam)
And she's always ready (bam-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)

-Guitar Break-
(Get It!)
-Guitar Break-

Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)
She's from Birmingham (bam-a-lam)
Way down in Alabam' (bam-a-la)
Well she's shakin' that thing (bam-a-lam)
Boy she makes me sing (bam-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)
Whoa, black Betty (bam-a-lam)​

 

[earlycuyler]

My Way"

Check, check, check check... out my melody

Special
You think you're special
You do
I can see it in your eyes
I can see it when you laugh at me
Look down on me
You walk around on me
Just one more fight
About your leadership
And I will straight up
Leave your shit
Cause I've had enough of this
And now I'm pissed

Yeah
This time I'm 'a let it all come out
This time I'm 'a stand up and shout
I'm 'a do things my way
It's my way
My way, or the highway

Check out, check check... out my melody

Just one more fight
About a lot of things
And I will give up everything
To be on my own again
Free again

Yeah
This time I'm 'a let it all come out
This time I'm 'a stand up and shout
I'm 'a do things my way
It's my way
My way, or the highway

Some day you'll see things my way
Cause you never know
Where, you never know
Where you're gonna go

Check out, check check... out my melody

Just one more fight
And I'll be history
Yes I will straight up
Leave your shit
And you'll be the one who's left
Missing me

Yeah
This time I'm 'a let it all come out
This time I'm 'a stand up and shout
I'm 'a do things my way
It's my way
My way, or the highway

Some day you'll see things my way
Cause you never know
Where, you never know
Where you're gonna go

Check out, check check... out my melody

 

[earlycuyler]

Shadow Of The Day"

I close both locks below the window
I close both blinds and turn away

Sometimes solutions aren't so simple
Sometimes good bye's the only way

[Chorus]
And the sun will set for you
The sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you
[End Chorus]

In cards and flowers on your window
Your friends all plead for you to stay

Sometimes beginnings aren't so simple
Sometimes good bye's the only way

[Chorus]
And the sun will set for you
The sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you

And the shadow of the day
Will embrace the world in grey

And the sun will set for you
[End Chorus]

 

[RosieS]

Everything Louder Than Everything Else Lyrics
from Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell

"Everything Louder Than Everything Else" is track #5 on the album Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell. It was written by Jim Steinman.

Wasted youth, wasted youth

I know that I will never be politically correct
And I don't give a damn about my lack of etiquette
As far as I'm concerned, the world could still be flat
And if the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back
If the thrill is gone, then it's time to take it back

Who am I, why am I here?
Forget the questions, someone gimme another beer
What's the meaning of life, what's the meaning of it all?
You gotta learn to dance, before you learn to crawl
You gotta learn to dance, before you learn to crawl

So sign up all you raw recruits throw away those designer suits
You got your weapons cocked your targets in your sights
There's a party raging somewhere in the world
You gotta serve your country gotta service your girl
You're all enlisted in the armies of the night
Armies of the night

And I ain't in it for the power, and I ain't in it for my health
I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all
And I sure ain't in it for the wealth
But I'm in it till it's over and I just can't stop
If you wanna get it done you gotta do it yourself
Do it yourself, do it yourself

And I like my music like I like my life
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else

Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else

Wasted youth, wasted youth
Wasted youth, wasted youth

They got a file on me and it's a mile long
And they say that they got all of the proof
That I'm just another case of arrested development
And just another wasted youth

They say that I'm in need of some radical discipline
They say I gotta face the truth
That I'm just another case of arrested development
And just another wasted youth

They say I'm wild and I'm reckless
I should be acting my age
I'm an impressionable child in a tumultuous world
And they say I'm at a difficult stage

But it seems to me to the contrary
Of all the crap they're going to put on the page
That a wasted youth is better by far
Than a wise and productive old age

A wasted youth is better by far
Than a wise and productive old age
A wasted youth is better by far
Than a wise and productive old age
A wasted youth is better by far
Than a wise and productive old age

A wasted youth is better by far
Than a wise and productive old age
A wasted youth is better by far
Than a wise and productive old age

If you want my views of history
Then there's something you should know
The three men I admire most are curly, Larry and Mo
If you don't worry 'bout the future sooner or later it's the past
And if they say the thrill is gone then it's time to take it back
If the thrill is gone then it's time to take it back

So sign up all you raw recruits throw away all those two bit suits
You got your weapons cocked your targets in your sights
There's a party raging somewhere in the world
You gotta serve your country gotta service your girl
You're all inducted in the armies of the night

And I ain't in it for the power, and I ain't in it for my health
I ain't in it for the glory of anything at all
And I sure ain't in it for the wealth
But I'm in it till it's over and I just can't stop
If you wanna get it done you gotta fight for yourself
And I like my music like I like my life

Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else
Everything louder than everything else

...

Regards from Rosie

 

[TakeAStepBack]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohRa9lsx0Q]Stuck In The Middle With You - Stealers Wheel - YouTube[/ame]

 

[earlycuyler]

"Ain't No Grave (Gonna Hold This Body Down)"
(originally by Claude Ely)

There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

When I hear that trumpet sound
I'm gonna rise right out of the ground
Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

Well, look way down the river
And what do you think I see
I see a band of angels
And they're coming after me

Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

Well, look down yonder, Gabriel
Put your feet on the land and sea
But Gabriel, don't you blow your trumpet
Until you hear from me

There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

Well meet me, Jesus, meet me
Meet me in the middle of the air
And if these wings don't fail me,
I will meet you anywhere

Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

Well meet me, Mother and Father,
Meet me down the river road
And Mama, you know that I'll be there
When I check in my load

Ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down
There ain't no grave
Can hold my body down

 

[earlycuyler]

"Mind Games"

We're playing those mind games together
Pushing the barriers planting seeds
Playing the mind guerrilla
Chanting the Mantra peace on earth
We all been playing those mind games forever
Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil
Doing the mind guerrilla
Some call it magic the search for the grail

Love is the answer and you know that for sure
Love is a flower you got to let it grow

So keep on playing those mind games together
Faith in the future out of the now
You just can't beat on those mind guerrillas
Absolute elsewhere in the stones of your mind
Yeah we're playing those mind games together
Projecting our images in space and in time

Yes is the answer and you know that for sure
Yes is surrender you got to let it go

So keep on playing those mind games together
Doing the ritual dance in the sun
Millions of mind guerrillas
Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel
Keep on playing those mind games together
Raising the spirit of peace and love
(I want you to make love, not war
I know you've heard it before)