Song Lyrics - Post One Of Your Choice

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John Denver - Annie’s Song

You fill up my senses
like a night in the forest
like the mountains in springtime,
like a walk in the rain
like a storm in the desert,
like a sleepy blue ocean
you fill up my senses,
come fill me again.

Come let me love you,
let me give my life to you
let me drown in your laughter,
let me die in your arms
let me lay down beside you,
let me always be with you
come let me love you,
come love me again.

(instrumental)

You fill up my senses
like a night in the forest
like the mountains in springtime,
like a walk in the rain
like a storm in the desert,
like a sleepy blue ocean
you fill up my senses,
come fill me again.

2

Ellis Unit One
(Steve Earle)

I was fresh out of the service
It was back in ‘82
I raised some Cain when I come back to town
I left to be all I could be
Come home without a clue
Now, I married Dawn and had to settle down

So I hired on at the prison
Guess I always knew I would
Just like my dad and both my uncles done
And I worked on every cell block
Now, things’re goin’ good
But then they transferred me to Ellis Unit One

Swing low
Swing low
Swing low and carry me home

Well, my daddy used to talk about them long nights at the walls
And how they used to strap ‘em in the chair
The kids down from the college and they’d bring their beer ‘n all
‘N when the lights went out, a cheer rose in the air

Well, folks just got too civilized
Sparky’s gatherin’ dust
‘Cause no one wants to touch a smokin’ gun
And since they got the injection
They don’t mind as much, I guess
They just put ‘em down at Ellis Unit One

Swing low
Swing low
Swing low and carry me home

Well, I’ve seen ‘em fight like lions, boys
I’ve seen ‘em go like lambs
And I’ve helped to drag ‘em when they could not stand
And I’ve heard their mamas cryin’ when they heard that big door slam
And I’ve seen the victim’s family holdin’ hands

Last night I dreamed that I woke up with straps across my chest
And something cold and black pullin’ through my lungs
‘N even Jesus couldn’t save me though I know he did his best
But he don’t live on Ellis Unit One

Swing low
Swing low
Swing low and carry me home
Swing low
Don’t let go
Swing low and carry me home

3

Delta Goodrem- Believe Again

Have you ever stared into the rain
Thought the clouds would never disappear
Have you ever screamed out into the dark
Thinking no one else could hear

I was leaving footprints tainted by my past
On this winding road to you

I’d lost my faith in love
Tonight i believe again
My Heart was a broken place
Now i feel whole again
You bring my honesty
And that’s worth believing in
and i believe
I believe again

Have you ever spun out of control
Like you never saw the road ahead
Have you ever just kept looking back
Ever closer to the edge

I was praying for the light i see in your eyes
I had all but given up

I’d lost my faith in love
Tonight i believe again
My Heart was a broken place
Now i feel whole again
You bring my honesty
And that’s worth believing in
and i believe
I believe again

I believe the impossible is possible to overcome
I believe in miricles
Born from love in everyone

I’d lost my faith in love
Tonight i believe again
My Heart was a broken place
Now i feel whole again
You bring my honesty
And that’s worth believing in
and i believe
I believe again

4

Paul Brady nobody knows:

Johnny’s got high expectations
He’s gonna rise
Everyone knows that Johnny is ready
He’s ready to fly
Up on the rooftop he turns to the crowd
No one is waiting
No one is there

Chorus
Nobody knows why Elvis threw it all away
Nobody knows what Ruby had to hide
Nobody knows why some of us get broken hearts
And some of us find a world that’s clear and bright
You could be packed up and ready
Knowing exactly where to go
How come you miss the connection?
No use in asking…the answer is nobody knows
No use in asking…the answer is nobody knows

Johnny will keep his illusions
What else can he do?
And you can pretend that it would be different
If it happened to you
But up on the rooftop, it’s a whole other world
And who could see heaven
And not want to stay?

Chorus
Nobody knows why Elvis threw it all away
Nobody knows what Ruby had to hide
Nobody knows why some of us get broken hearts
And some of us find a world that’s clear and bright
You could be packed up and ready
Knowing exactly where to go
How come you miss the connection?
No use in asking…the answer is nobody knows
No use in asking…the answer is nobody knows

5

All the blowing-themselves-up motherfuckers will realise the minute they die that they were suckers.

Julian Cope. Actually the name of a song but repeats the line throughout.

6

Fairport Convention - Tam Lin

Ye Olde Scottish ballad.

[quote=]

  1. I forbid you maidens all
    that wear gold in your hair
    To travel to Carterhaugh
    for young Tam Lin is there

  2. None that go by Carterhaugh
    but they leave him a pledge
    Either their mantles of green
    or else their maidenheads.

  3. Janet tied her kirtle green
    a bit above her knee
    And she’s gone to Carterhaugh
    as fast as go can she.

  4. She’d not pulled a double rose,
    a rose but only two
    When up then came young Tam Lin
    says “Lady pull no more”

  5. “And why come you to Carterhaugh
    without command from me?”
    “I’ll come and go” young Janet said
    “And ask no leave of thee”.

  6. Janet tied her kirtle green
    a bit above her knee
    And she’s gone to her father
    as fast as go can she.

  7. Well up then spoke her father clear
    and he spoke meek and mild
    “Oh and alas Janet” he said
    “I think you go with child.”

  8. “Well if that be so” Janet said
    "Myself shall bear the blame
    There’s not a knight in all your hall
    shall get the baby’s name.

  9. For if my love were an earthly knight
    as he is an elfin grey
    I’d not change my own true love
    for any knight you have."

  10. So Janet tied her kirtle green
    a bit above her knee
    And she’s gone to Carterhaugh
    as fast as go can she.

  11. “Oh tell to me Tam Lin” she said
    “Why came you here to dwell?”
    "The Queen of Fairies caught me
    when from my horse I fell

  12. And at the end of seven years
    she pays a tithe to hell
    I so fair and full of flesh
    and fear’ed be myself

  13. But tonight is Halloween
    and the fairy folk ride,
    Those that would their true love win
    at mile’s cross they must hide.

  14. First let pass the horses black
    and then let pass the brown
    Quickly run to the white steed
    and pull the rider down,

  15. For I’ll ride on the white steed,
    the nearest to the town
    For I was an earthly knight,
    they give me that renown.

  16. Oh they will turn me in your arms
    to a newt or a snake
    But hold me tight and fear not,
    I am your baby’s father.

  17. And they will turn me in your arms
    into a lion bold
    But hold me tight and fear not
    and you will love your child,

  18. And they will turn me in your arms
    into a naked knight
    But cloak me in your mantle
    and keep me out of sight".

  19. In the middle of the night
    she heard the bridle ring
    She heeded what he did say
    and young Tam Lin did win.

  20. Then up spoke the Fairy Queen,
    an angry Queen was she
    "Woe betide her ill-farred face,
    an ill death may she die

  21. Had I known Tam Lin" she said
    “This night I did see
    I’d have looked him in the eyes
    and turned him to a tree.”[/quote]

7

Palace Brothers - Long Before

Long before what is black was blackened
O, long before
Blooms of gray made mother lovely
Mother ain’t lovely no more
And long before the house was leaning
O, long before
The corridor of box woods lined the entrance
Box woods ain’t there no more
Dad burned the box woods
And like to burned the house
But one came wandering and beat daddy down
O, long before
Long before this road seemed knotted
O, long before
There was but one path dim and cozy
Path don’t seem to be no more
And long before you were my sister
O, long before
Gals in town they called me mister
Ain’t no girl call on me no more
I cut the card loosewise
Were you not my only dream?
Give the hero his house
He and ma live in sin
O, long before
And long before you were an artwork
O, long before
Mama suckled you on her holy breast
Mama’s breast ain’t holy no more
Long before we shared a shortsheet
O, long before
I stood above you as you slept
I don’t stand above no more
We won little mobile
And won filthy path
And will drift along tongueless unhappiness at last
Will last
And last
Till we see fit to stand before
That virgin cunt, that sainted whore
Whose piss we have slept under
Whose smell we have bore
Is her heelprint that marks our faces?
O, long before

8

Ocean Colour Scene- Robin Hood

[B][I]
When youre starting to choke take some pills with your coke
Its inspirational
When your life is a mess light one more cigarette
Its so logical

Well its something your mother cant abide
But its something that I freely prescribe

Take yourself for a ride
It never felt so good
As the night that you and I played robin hood
Stealing from the backrooms of my mind
Remembering a time when we were five
A time I thought wed left behind

When Im starting to cry
Come and sit by my side
I will love you so
And when nightmares come
I will try to be fun, even though;
Im so scared you know

Well its something your mother cant abide
But its something that I freely prescribe

Take yourself for a ride
It never felt so good
As the night that you and I played robin hood
Stealing from the backrooms of our minds
Stealing from a time when we were five
A time I thought wed left behind

Stealing from the backrooms of our minds
Stealing from a time when we were five
A time I thought wed left behind

When youre starting to choke take some pills with your coke
Its hysterical[/I][/B]

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u2-one…I love em everyone else on the free kick hates em!

Is it getting better?
Or do you feel the same?
Will it make it easier on you now?
You got someone to blame
You say
One love
One life
When it’s one need
In the night
One love
We get to share it
Leaves you baby if you
Don’t care for it

Did I disappoint you?
Or leave a bad taste in your mouth?
You act like you never had love
And you want me to go without
Well it’s

Too late
Tonight
To drag the past out into the light
We’re one, but we’re not the same
We get to
carry each other
carry each other
One

Have you come here for forgiveness?
Have you come to raise the dead?
Have you come here to play Jesus?
To the lepers in your head

Did I ask too much?
More than a lot.
You gave me nothing,
Now it’s all I got
We’re one
But we’re not the same
See we
Hurt each other
Then we do it again
You say
Love is a temple
Love a higher law
Love is a temple
Love is a higher law
You ask me to enter
But then you make me crawl
And I can’t keep holding on
To what you got
When all you’ve got is hurt

One love
One blood
One life
You got to do what you should
One life
With each other
Sisters and my
Brothers
One life
But we’re not the same
We get to
Carry each other
Carry each other

One…
One…

extended version

Can You hear us coming Lord
Can You hear us call
Feel us knocking
We’re knocking at Your door

10

Prefab Sprout Life of Surprises

You can keep the good times righteousness
The best parting line
Rather then pretend we are A1 ultrafine
Shall I be the first then to say what we have found
There’s something in our lifetime won’t let us settle down

Darling it’s a life of surprises
It’s no help growing older or wiser
You don’t have to pretend you’re not crying
When it’s even in the way that you’re walking

Never let your conscience be harmful to your health
Let no neurotic impulse turn inward on itself
Just say that you were happy, as happy would allow
And tell yourself that that will have to do for now

Darling it’s a life of surprises
It’s no help growing older or wiser
You don’t have to pretend you’re not crying
When it’s even in the way that you’re walking - Baby talking

Never say you’re bitter Jack
Bitter makes the worst things come back

Darling it’s a life of surprises
It’s no help growing older or wiser
You don’t have to pretend you’re not crying
When it’s even in the way that you’re walking - Baby talking

Never say you’re bitter Jack
Bitter makes the worst things come back

Darling it’s a life of surprises
It’s no help growing older or wiser
You don’t have to pretend you’re not crying
When it’s even in the way that you’re walking

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The Peerless - Soul

I[/I]
You can turn it on, just like the lights in Vegas
But there’s no one here no, no one to save us

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A beautiful song, nlgbbbblth

Geezerz need excitement - The Streets

Geezerz need excitement
If their lives dont provide them this they incite violence
Common sense simple common sense
Geezerz need excitement
If their lives dont provide them this they incite violence
Common sense simple common sense

Out the club about three, to the take-away
The shit-in-a-tray merchants, shops got special perchant for the disorderly
Geezerz looking ordinary and a few looking leary
Chips fly round the sound of the latest chart entry
An incendiary waiting to blast
No harm with the contest who can throw the furthest
Behind the counter they look nervous, but
Carry on cutting the finest cuts of chicken from the big spinning stick
Then over flies a chip, flips, and hits you on the back
You spin round on the attack
fuck you playing at? he looks like a cheshire cat, almost falls down
Your frowns and superman eye lasers dont even register
By now you want to leather this twat
And forever your gonna regret that, your choice of path
So mash his head up and your girls now fed up
But stop to think and its never gonna be the jackie chan scene it could have been to end up

Geezerz need excitement
If their lives dont provide them this they incite violence
Common sense simple common sense
Geezerz need excitement
If their lives dont provide them this they incite violence
Common sense simple common sense

So you owe someone money subbing scunny
Best pay me billy - no worries
One-fifty on sunday
But in someway that turns into wednesday
Then goes straight to pay on a hazy evening in the local bar-cafe
What a way. what a way
Just to recap for those at the back, this is everyday tit-for-tat you owe your dealer and
Cant pay back fee
Suddenly hes the baddy
So you tell your mates you could have him anyway, to look geez.
But hes a shady fuck, beamer three series, lock, stock and two fat fucks backing him up
Cant convey enough of his desire for the paper stuff
In a blunt fashion billys angry with a passion
So please just accept it aint happening
And go back to your runnins
cos you might get yourself in trouble one of these days

Geezerz need excitement
If their lives dont provide them this they incite violence
Common sense simple common sense
Geezerz need excitement
If their lives dont provide them this they incite violence
Common sense simple common sense

Get hold of this bird after pub closing hours
Would your girl like this? no dont think so somehow, in the winter showers
But shell never know and your face will never show shit
This is how goes it and besides she was well fit
And who could resist
Move up to the next place, a smooth club to flex bass beats and your best mates all down
Nice sound, smirnoff ice round.
Mcs clowning, ruud boyz frowning
Everythings sweet everythings tucked-in.
And round here were all downing.
But all of a sudden though, just through the smoke, is your bird laughing and joking with a
Bloke?
Aint just that either, as she moves closer,
Miss-shape what looks like their lover - hes tonguing her.
All rage sweeps up through your torso, your moreso ready to go over and show him whos man
Football fan style
Leave it in the can for a while, cos even as they smile you still got choices
Dont listen to them voices
And at the end of the day you may just have caused this
So leave the forces

Geezerz need excitement
If their lives dont provide them this they incite violence
Common sense simple common sense
Geezerz need excitement
If their lives dont provide them this they incite violence
Common sense simple common sense.

13

“Life” by Desree - voted the worst lyrics ever in some poll or a few years ago - it’s not difficult to see why

Chorus:
Life, oh life, oh life, oh life,
doo, doot doot dooo.
Life, oh life, oh life, oh life,
doo, doot dooo

I’m afraid of the dark,
'specially when I’m in a park
And there’s no-one else around,

Ooh, I get the shivers
I don’t want to see a ghost,
It’s a sight that I fear most
I’d rather have a piece of toast
And watch the evening news
(Repeat Chorus)

I’m a superstitious girl,
I’m the worst in the world
Never walk under ladders,
I keep a rabbit’s tail

I’ll take you up on a dare,
Anytime, anywhere
Name the place, I’ll be there,
Bungee jumping, I don’t care!
(Repeat Chorus)

life, doo, doot dooo
doo, doot dooo

So after all is said and done
I know I’m not the only one
Life indeed can be fun, if you really want to

Sometimes living out your dreams,
Ain’t as easy as it seems
You wanna fly around the world,
In a beautiful balloon
(Repeat Chorus)

14

Robert Miles - Children

(instrumental)

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crazy frog-axel foley

ding ding ding ding ding ding ding

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Brothers in Arms
Dire Straits

These mist covered mountains
Are a home now for me
But my home is the lowlands
And always will be
Some day youll return to
Your valleys and your farms
And youll no longer burn
To be brothers in arms

Through these fields of destruction
Baptisms of fire
Ive watched all your suffering
As the battles raged higher
And though they did hurt me so bad
In the fear and alarm
You did not desert me
My brothers in arms

Theres so many different worlds
So many differents suns
And we have just one world
But we live in different ones

Now the suns gone to hell
And the moons riding high
Let me bid you farewell
Every man has to die
But its written in the starlight
And every line on your palm
Were fools to make war
On our brothers in arms

17

A Rainy night in Soho by Shane McGowan

I’ve been loving you a long time
Down all the years, down all the days
And I’ve cried for all your troubles
Smiled at your funny little ways
We watched our friends grow up together
And we saw them as they fell
Some of them fell into Heaven
Some of them fell into Hell

I took shelter from a shower
And I stepped into your arms
On a rainy night in Soho
The wind was whistling all its charms
I sang you all my sorrows
You told me all your joys
Whatever happened to that old song
To all those little girls and boys

Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
But there’s a light I hold before me
And you’re the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams

Sometimes I wake up in the morning
The gingerlady by my bed
Covered in a cloak of silence
I hear you in my head
I’m not singing for the future
I’m not dreaming of the past
I’m not talking of the fist time
I never think about the last

Now the song is nearly over
We may never find out what it means
Still there’s a light I hold before me
You’re the measure of my dreams
The measure of my dreams

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Shane Again…

The church bell rings
An old drunk sings
A young girl hocks her wedding ring
Down on Rain Street

Down the alley the icewagon flew
Picked up a stiff that was turning blue
The local kids were sniffin’ glue
Not much else for a kid to do
Down Rain Street

Father McGreer buys an ice cold beer
And a short for Father Loyola
Father Joe’s got the clap again
He’s drinking Coca-Cola
Down on Rain Street

Bless me Father I have sinned
I got pissed and I got pinned
And God can’t help the shape I’m in
Down on Rain Street

There’s a Tesco on the sacred ground
Where I pulled her knickers down
While Judas took his measly price
And St Anthony gazed in awe at Christ
Down on Rain Street

I gave my love a goodnight kiss
I tried to take a late night piss
But the toiled moved so again I missed
Down Rain Street

I sat on the floor and watched TV
Thanking Christ for the BBC
A stupid fucking place to be
Down Rain Street

I took my Eileen by the hand
Walk with me was her command
I dreamt we were walking on the strand
Down Rain Street

That night Rain Street went on for miles
That night on Rain Street somebody smiled

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Smashing shout Hillbilly.

Could go on for ages with MacGowan alone.

Bottle of Smoke
Thanks and praises
Thanks to Jesus
I bet on the Bottle of Smoke
I went to Hell
And to the races
To bet on the Bottle of Smoke

The day being clear
The sky being bright
He came up on the left
Like a streak of light
Like a drunken fuck
On a Saturday night
Up came the Bottle of Smoke

Twenty fucking five to one
My gambling days are done
I bet on a horse called the Bottle of Smoke
And my horse won

Stewards inquiries
Swift and fiery
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Inquisitions and suppositions
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Fuck the stewards
A trip to Lourdes
Might give the old fuckers
The power of sight
Screaming springers and stoppers
And call out coppers
But the money still gleams in my hand like a light

Bookies cursing
Cars reversing
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Glasses steaming
Vessels bursting
I had the Bottle of Smoke
Slip a fifty to the wife
And for each brat a crisp new five
To give me a break on a Saturday night
When I had the Bottle of Smoke

Priests and maidens
Drunk as pagans
They had the Bottle of Smoke
Sins forgiven and celebrations
They had the Bottle of Smoke

Fuck the Yanks
And drink their wives
The moon is clear
The sky is bright
I’m happy as the horses shite
Up came the Bottle of Smoke

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tubular bells

Grand piano;
reed and pipe organ;
glockenspiel;
bass guitar;
double speed guitar;
two slightly distorted guitars;
mandolin!
Spanish guitar, and introducing acoustic guitar,
plus… tubular bells