I heard it from a friend

[Dechristo]

This is the day

Of the expanding man

That shape is my shade

There where I used to stand

It seems like only yesterday

I gazed through the glass

At ramblers

Wild gamblers

Thats all in the past

 

You call me a fool

You say its a crazy scheme

This ones for real

I already bought the dream

So useless to ask me why

Throw a kiss and say goodbye

Ill make it this time

Im ready to cross that fine line

 

Chorus:

Ill learn to work the saxophone

Ill play just what I feel

Drink scotch whisky all night long

And die behind the wheel

They got a name for the winners in the world

I want a name when I lose

They call alabama the crimson tide

Call me deacon blues

 

My back to the wall

A victim of laughing chance

This is for me

The essence of true romance

Sharing the things we know and love

With those of my kind

Libations

Sensations

That stagger the mind

 

I crawl like a viper

Through these suburban streets

Make love to these women

Languid and bittersweet

Ill rise when the sun goes down

Cover every game in town

A world of my own

Ill make it my home sweet home

 

Chorus

 

This is the night

Of the expanding the man

I take one last drag

As I approach the stand

I cried when I wrote this song

Sue me if I play too long

This brother is free

Ill be what I want to be

 

Chorus

[G-spotter]

Now I'm sittin at the blackjack table

And I swear to god the dealer has a tag says "Mabel"

Hit me, hit me, smile at me

And they're bringing complimentary drinks to the table

Players win and winners play

Have a lucky day

[Dechristo]

{cough? }

Purple haze all in my brain

Lately things just dont seem the same

Actin funny, but I dont know why

scuse me while I kiss the sky

Purple haze all around

Dont know if Im comin up or down

Am I happy or in misery?

What ever it is, that girl put a spell on me

Help me

Help me

Oh, no, no

[faint, spoken lyrics...all questionable]

Hammerin

Talkin bout heart n...s-soul

Im talkin about hard stuff

If everbodys still around, fluff and ease, if

So far out my mind

Somethings happening, somethings happening

Ooo, ahhh

Ooo, {click} ahhh,

Ooo, ahhh

Ooo, ahhh, yeah!

Purple haze all in my eyes, uhh

Dont know if its day or night

You got me blowin, blowin my mind

Is it tomorrow, or just the end of time?

Ooo

Help me

Ahh, yea-yeah, purple haze, yeah

Oh, no, oh

Oh, help me

Purple haze, tell me, baby, tell me

I cant go on like this

Purple haze

Youre makin me blow my mind...mama

Purple haze, n-no, nooo

Purple haze, no, its painful, baby

[cindy66]

Momma told me long ago, Sit beside me ,my one and only son,listen closely ,to what i say,it will help you some sunny day.Baby, be a simple kind of man,be something you love and understand,son be a simple kind of man, want you do this oh son,if you can......

[olyclimber]

did she also tell you not to use a woman's name as your screen name on teh interweb?

[cindy66]

am a woman,,,,,,was played at husbands funeral!

[cindy66]

Cmon ,,,bring on the tunes!

[bstach]

You're so plab

You probably think this song is about you

[joblo7]

"Son, Papa was a rolling stone.

Wherever he laid his hat was his home.

(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.

Wherever he laid his hat was his home.

(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."

[joblo7]

 

 

I used to visit all the very gay places

Those come what may places

Where one relaxes on the axis of the wheel of life

To get the feel of life...

From jazz and cocktails.

 

The girls I knew had sad and sullen gray faces

With distant gay traces

That used to be there you could see where theyd been washed away

By too many through the day...

Twelve oclock tales.

 

Then you came along with your siren of song

To tempt me to madness!

I thought for a while that your poignant smile was tinged with the sadness

Of a great love for me.

 

Ah yes! I was wrong...

Again,

I was wrong.

 

Life is lonely again,

And only last year everything seemed so sure.

Now life is awful again,

A troughful of hearts could only be a bore.

A week in paris will ease the bite of it,

All I care is to smile in spite of it.

 

Ill forget you, I will

While yet you are still burning inside my brain.

Romance is mush,

Stifling those who strive.

Ill live a lush life in some small dive...

And there Ill be, while I rot

With the rest of those whose lives are lonely, too..

[Macson]

Many a hand has scaled the grand old face of the plateau

Some belonged to strangers, some to folks you know

Holy ghosts and talk show hosts are planted in the sand

To beautify the foothills, and shake the many hands

 

There ain't nothing at the top but a bucket and a mop

And an illustrated book about birds

See a lot up there but don't be scared

Who needs action when you got words

 

finished with the mop then you can stop

And look at what you've done

The plateau's clean, no dirt to be seen

And the work it was fun

 

There ain't nothing at the top but a bucket and a mop

And an illustrated book about birds

See a lot up there but don't be scared

Who needs action when you got words

 

Many a hand began to scan around for the next plateau

Some say it was Greenland, and some say Mexico

Others decided it was nowhere except for where they stood

But those were all just guesses, wouldn't help you if they could

[pink_chalk]

Could be worse--you could have Barry White going through your head...

 

Worse yet, Barry Manilow! My company sponsored the event Monday night and I had to be there for political reasons. ugh! Well... it wasnt until later in the evening when the mosh pit broke out! Barry looked equally surprised!

[Dr_Flush_Amazing]

I heard it from a friend

The Revolution never happened

Sigh

A little die

No more a child

Goodbye

 

Now where's the woolen sweater

You mentioned in the letter?

Imply

The other guy

And scandalize the lion

 

A clean shave in the morning

And a full beard with no warning

Time has gotten by on alibis and wine

 

Success is so forbidding

But it makes me think I'm winning

Quiet

Dim the lights

Adopt another lifestyle

 

Come-a, Come-a, Come on,

Over and over again.

 

You look like David Bowie

But you've nothing new to show me

Start another fire

And watch it slowly die

[cindy66]

To some I'm a wise man

to some I'm a fool

but I need a little somethin'

to help me keep my cool

I sleep with the sun

and rise with the moon

I feel alright with my needle and spoon [/quote

 

Dont mess with the needle and the spoon

and the trip to the moon, it will take you away.

Molly Hatchett

[olyclimber]

islands in the stream

that is what we are

[G-spotter]

 

Hollis Brown

He lived on the outside of town

Hollis Brown

He lived on the outside of town

With his wife and five children

And his cabin fallin' down

 

You looked for work and money

And you walked a rugged mile

You looked for work and money

And you walked a rugged mile

Your children are so hungry

That they don't know how to smile

 

Your baby's eyes look crazy

They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve

Your baby's eyes look crazy

They're a-tuggin' at your sleeve

You walk the floor and wonder why

With every breath you breathe

 

The rats have got your flour

Bad blood it got your mare

The rats have got your flour

Bad blood it got your mare

If there's anyone that knows

Is there anyone that cares?

 

You prayed to the Lord above

Oh please send you a friend

You prayed to the Lord above

Oh please send you a friend

Your empty pockets tell yuh

That you ain't a-got no friend

 

Your babies are crying louder

It's pounding on your brain

Your babies are crying louder

It's pounding on your brain

Your wife's screams are stabbin' you

Like the dirty drivin' rain

 

Your grass it is turning black

There's no water in your well

Your grass is turning black

There's no water in your well

You spent your last lone dollar

On seven shotgun shells

 

Way out in the wilderness

A cold coyote calls

Way out in the wilderness

A cold coyote calls

Your eyes fix on the shotgun

That's hangin' on the wall

 

Your brain is a-bleedin'

And your legs can't seem to stand

Your brain is a-bleedin'

And your legs can't seem to stand

Your eyes fix on the shotgun

That you're holdin' in your hand

 

There's seven breezes a-blowin'

All around the cabin door

There's seven breezes a-blowin'

All around the cabin door

Seven shots ring out

Like the ocean's pounding roar

 

There's seven people dead

On a South Dakota farm

There's seven people dead

On a South Dakota farm

Somewhere in the distance

There's seven new people born

[olyclimber]

 

 

 

If you can't make your mind up,

We'll never get started.

And I don't wanna wind up

Being parted, broken-hearted.

So if you really love me,

Say yes.

 

 

Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

 

 

[olyclimber]

 

When I was just a little boy

I threw away all of my action toys

While a I became obsessed with Operation

 

With hearts and minds and certain glands

You gotta learn to keep a steady hand

And thus began my morbid fascination

 

Tore the spines from out of all of these self-help books

Made myself a gun that not only shoots but looks

So real

It shoots through steel

With rays of dark matter

 

Do you wonder where the self resides

Is it in your head or between your sides

And who will be the one who will decide

Its true location

And does the thought of bile that’s red and black

The thought of tongues that taste you back

Fill you with a nauseouseous sort of elation

 

A noose is loosed around our necks made of DNA

And every day it’s growing tighter no matter what they do or say

And you can shoot right through it with rays of dark matter

Just before they kick out the ladder

With rays of dark matter

Like something catching fire

 

Do you wonder where the self resides

Is it in your head or between your sides

And who will be the one who will decide

Its true location

 

 

[olyclimber]

vlplACnr4T4

[EWolfe]

Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh

Chh chh-chh, uh, chh chh-chh, uh...

 

In the summertime when the weather is high

You can stretch right up and touch the sky

When the weather's fine

You got women, you got women on your mind

Have a drink, have a drive

Go out and see what you can find

 

If her daddy's rich, take her out for a meal

If her daddy's poor, just do what you feel

Speed along the lane

Do a ton, or a ton and twenty-five

When the sun goes down, you can make it

Make it good in a lay-by

 

[EWolfe]

She got the way to move me, Cherry

[Dechristo]

yackety-yack

don't talk back

[olyclimber]

They're justified and they're ancient

And they know what time is love

They're justified and they're ancient

Did they come from up above?

Rockman he's just made of bricks

And King Boy lost his screws

The Jams don't need no master plan

To do whatever -- ever they can

[olyclimber]

You're a storm

So emotional

Moody and Controlled

Sly and Involved

 

You're alright

You come to me in times

You make me realize

I'm not the kindest guy

But I give give give give

I give what I can give

So just give give give give

Give me what you have dear

 

Slow, you kept me in that storm

You showed me things galore

Made me want much more

 

And now denied

The things I saw inside

The things I saw inside

Is what really caught my eye

And you give give give give

Give what you can

And Ill live live live live

Live while I can dear

 

You're so surprised

You see me put up fights

You hear me realize

You come along for rides

 

You're just so kind

The eagle with red wine

You made me see that bright eye

Between me and time

To just kill kill kill kill

You kill what you can

And you kill kill kill kill

Anything you want

 

 

[olyclimber]

I am the key to the lock in your house

That keeps your toys in the basement

And if you get too far inside

You'll only see my reflection

 

It's always best when the light is off

I am the pick in the ice

Do not cry out or hit the alarm

You know we're friends till we die

 

And either way you turn

I'll be there

Open up your skull

I'll be there

Climbing up the walls

 

It's always best when the light is off

It's always better on the outside

Fifteen blows to the back of your head

Fifteen blows to your mind

 

So lock the kids up safe tonight

Put the eyes in the cupboard

I've got the smell of a local man

Who's got the loneliest feeling

 

That either way he turns

I'll be there

Open up your skull

I'll be there

 

Climbing up the walls