if you could describe your life with one short song lyric, what would it be?

for me, i could use "like a river that don't know where it's flowin', i took a wrong turn and i just kept going."

let's make this fun, and not name the artist or song. i know mine's an easy one. who can guess?

I'm just a soul who's intentions are good, oh Lord please don't let me be misunderstood.

Welcome my son,
Welcome to the machine.
Where have you been?
It's alright we know where you've been.

I'm just a soul who's intentions are good, oh Lord please don't let me be misunderstood.

i think this is BTO. i'll have to thumb through my collection.

Welcome my son,
Welcome to the machine.
Where have you been?
It's alright we know where you've been.

this one's easy!

"Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen mit der ich sonst viele Zeit verdorben"

I decided to go really pretentious and semi obscure. And I was listening to this song while I pulled up this thread.

Never gonna give you up,
never gonna let you down,
never gonna run around and desert you.

I'm a piece of work, I'm iron and lace
I'm shy, I'm right up in your face
I'm all dumbfounded, stubborn as an ass
Sharp as an arrow in a pile of glass.
I'm a sweetheart, genius, reckless jerk.
Lord, have mercy, I'm a piece of work.

:yes::D

I was an orphan,
And I couldn't help it.
I been in and out of trouble,
Ever since they left me
In a basket on the freeway...

and another..

Well you know
That you're over the hill
When your mind makes a promise
That your body can't fill

Enjoy,
Rich P

#6 and #7 have me stumped.

looks like i was wrong about BTO, also.

but i did buy a guitar to punish my ma.

I'm just a soul who's intentions are good, oh Lord please don't let me be misunderstood.

i can hear it in my head, but....

Some guys have all the luck -- Rod Stewart

I'm just a soul who's intentions are good, oh Lord please don't let me be misunderstood.

Eric Burdon and The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Tom

i think this is BTO. i'll have to thumb through my collection.

Sorry, but that was none other than Eric Burdon and the Animals. [Have to be old enough to get that one! :D ] The title was either "Misunderstood" or "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" ... something like that.

EDIT: Ovenmaster and I were answering the same time, by my wordier answer took longer to post. :sigh:
:D

Anyway we can, We're gonna find something
We'll dance in the garden in torn sheets in the rain

Mine (#6) is translated "I have lost track of the world, with which I used to waste much time", from Mahler's "I have lost track of the world" on "Songs of a Wayfarer." A very beautiful recording, very sad. Listening to it to try out some different combinations of gear. Sums up things lately, or I could have put the whole of Dark Side of the Moon which was on before it.

cheers...fun topic!

"Everybody knows what's going wrong with the world
I don't even know what's going on in myself.

Lord, I've been here for so long
I can feel it coming down on me.
I'm just a slow emotion replay of somebody I used to be."

let's make this fun, and not name the artist or song. i know mine's an easy one. who can guess?

Welcome my son,
Welcome to the machine.
Where have you been?
It's alright we know where you've been.

Well Shiat.....I didn't know it was a contest. I would have submitted some obscure lyrics.

And every Saturday we work in the yard
Pick up the dog do
Hope that it's hard (woof woof)
Take out the garbage and clean out the garage
My friend's got a Chrysler
I've got a Dodge
We're just ordinary average guys
Ordinary average guys

Sorry, but that was none other than Eric Burdon and the Animals. [Have to be old enough to get that one! :D ] The title was either "Misunderstood" or "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" ... something like that.

EDIT: Ovenmaster and I were answering the same time, by my wordier answer took longer to post. :sigh:
:D

GMTA, Arkay! :yes:

I'll be mellow when I'm dead

I like the clapping version by Santa Esmeralda. Nina Simone's original version is good too.

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!

#7 have me stumped.

The incomparable RICK ASTLEY! :music:

I found the simple life, ain't so simple... NO! When I jumped out, on the road.

The incomparable RICK ASTLEY! :music:

Kids today :no: :scratch2:

Looked up one day and saw that it was up to me,
you can only be a victim if you admit defeat

"Everybody tole me you can't get far on thirty seven dollars and a Jap Guitar"......
Steve Earle...:D


Bill

"Wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then"...

Bob Seger

Two of my favorites come to mind. They convey my state of mind pretty accurately. One is pretty easy; the other might require a little digging.


I-I will be king
And you-you will be queen
Though nothing will drive them away
We can be heroes—just for one day
We can beat them—just for one day


In a way, the sun has shone on me
Makes it easy to make it hard
Take an inch, take a yard, take it all
I don't need it at all

So much to do, there's plenty on the farm
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Saturday night I like to raise a little harm
I'll sleep when I'm dead

I think, therefore I am.

Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer, well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!

So much to do, there's plenty on the farm
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Saturday night I like to raise a little harm
I'll sleep when I'm dead

OK, I retract my earlier entry. I'll take Warren Zevon for $100, Alex. :D

Well I do my best thinking sitting on my ass
Sittin' here waiting for things to pass
You got places to go and people to see
Well honey that's you, it ain't me

I went down to the beach and saw Kiki
She was, like, all "ehhhh"
And I was, like, "whatever!"

"Away in a Manger"

Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You'd better cool it off before you burn it out
You've got so much to do and
Only so many hours in a day

That pretty much sums up my life this year, sadly.

And every Saturday we work in the yard
Pick up the dog do
Hope that it's hard (woof woof)
Take out the garbage and clean out the garage
My friend's got a Chrysler
I've got a Dodge
We're just ordinary average guys
Ordinary average guys

this one is Joe Walsh

For what is a man, what has he got?
If not himself, then he has naught.
To say the things he truly feels;
And not the words of one who kneels.
The record shows I took the blows -
And did it my way!

Elvis did this one, but i don't think he was the first, or the last.

I found the simple life, ain't so simple... NO! When I jumped out, on the road.

been runnin' with the devil lately?

Dreamer, you know you are a dreamer, well can you put your hands in your head, oh no!

this one is "stupor tramp"

Where's the fire, what's the hurry about?
You'd better cool it off before you burn it out
You've got so much to do and
Only so many hours in a day

That pretty much sums up my life this year, sadly.

billy joel, vienna waits for you. GREAT TUNE!

I need something to calm me down
I need something to keep me focused
Narcaleptic, paranoid, and borderline hopeless
ADD, PCP, F-U-C-K-E-D that's me.

Psychopharmacology - Grandpaboy

(I'm not sure it's 'fun' though. Maybe I'll post one of those later:))

I never have seen them before,
These people of flesh ;
These are no spirits caught and sore
In the physical mesh.

They are substance itself, that flows in thick
Flame of flesh forever traveling
Like the flame of a candle, slow and quick
Fluttering and softly unraveling.

It moves, it ripples, and all the time
It changes, and with it change
Moods, thoughts, desires, and deeds that chime
With the rippling fleshly change.

I never saw them, how they must soften
Themselves with oil and lard
Their guts with a certain fat, and often
Laugh, and laugh hard.

...and the meek shall inherit the earth

"Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to nought, or half a page of scibbled lines

...and the meek shall inherit the earth

Rush "2112"

Excellent choice!

"Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time
Plans that either come to nought, or half a page of scibbled lines

kansas?

kansas?

Are we playing name that tune?

Pink Floyd - Time

Uneasy highway, traveling where the Westerly winds can fly.
Somebody tried to tell me but the man forgot to tell me why...

The story of my life

My Maserati does 185...
I lost my license, now I don't drive

...I wish, all I can think of are Joe Walsh songs.

I pace the length of my unmade room
In times of change
My bags are packed, guess I'm leaving the womb
Into the rain

Toes in the sand, the seductive sway
Ooh...nothing better, babe
Across the bay--Sarasota Way
We held together

So we walk down to ******** Beach
Where things began
Honey days and nights without sleep
Lost in the sand

We never found
A place to hide
Some peace of mind
God knows we tried, yeah
------------------------------------------- to the One I lost so long ago, Cold as Stone----Craig sure miss's You
As ya'll can probably tell by the syntax, they are not American, one of the most beautiful male voices on the planet.:thmbsp:



:music:Craig:music:

Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks.

Well Spock,

that must be Rush if memory serves me right

the love you take
is equal to the love you make

"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then."

"Don't try to live yr life in one day; Don't go speedin' yr time away..."

Comes a time when you're driftin'
Comes a time when you settle down
Comes a light feelin's liftin'
Lift that baby right up off the ground.

"Thinking it right, doing it wrong
It's easier from an armchair.
Waves of alternatives wash at my sleepiness,
Have my eggs poached for breakfast, I guess."

although some days:
"number 9, number 9, number 9"
seems to fit.

I'm just a soul who's intentions are good, oh Lord please don't let me be misunderstood. Dylan wrote it but it's the Animals version going through my head.

been runnin' with the devil lately?

Yep.. tends to sum up my life pretty well...

Bad luck and trouble
been my only friend
I been down ever since I was 10
Born under a bad sign
I been down since I began to crawl
if it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all

So much to do, there's plenty on the farm
I'll sleep when I'm dead
Saturday night I like to raise a little harm
I'll sleep when I'm dead

That would be Warren Zevon

it's amazing how truly deep some of these lyrics are. pure poetry!

Bad luck and trouble
been my only friend
I been down ever since I was 10
Born under a bad sign
I been down since I began to crawl
if it wasn't for bad luck
I wouldn't have no luck at all

That would be "Born Under a Bad Sign", popularized by Cream but probably written by Willie Dixon or some other bluesman of his era.

My girl friend ran off with my car
and went back to her ma and pa
tellin tales of drunkeness and cruelty
but I'm just sittin here
sippin on my ice cool beer
lazin' on a sunny afternoon

That would be "Born Under a Bad Sign", popularized by Cream but probably written by Willie Dixon or some other bluesman of his era.

Right! You have not really heard it unless you've heard Howlin Wolf do it. It is SCARY!

Michael J, that of course would be Hall of Famers Ray Davies and the Kinks.

As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man,
I have chalked up many a mile.
Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks,
And I've learned much from both of their styles...

...Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends.
If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.
So I'll cruise along always searchin' for songs,
Not a lawyer, a thief or a banker.

would you let me
walk down the street
naked if I want to?

can I buy fireworks
on the 4th of July?

can I buy an amplifier
on time?

I ain't got no money now
but I will pay you before I die.

As a dreamer of dreams and a travelin' man,
I have chalked up many a mile.
Read dozens of books about heroes and crooks,
And I've learned much from both of their styles...

...Where it all ends I can't fathom, my friends.
If I knew, I might toss out my anchor.
So I'll cruise along always searchin' for songs,
Not a lawyer, a thief or a banker.

Jimmy Buffett - "Son of a Son of a Sailor"

Saw him in Raleigh weekend before last. Had a great time (at least that's what people told me).

Dylan wrote it but it's the Animals version going through my head.

I don't think Dylan wrote it?

muddy waters is credited for writing "born under a bad sign".

doesn't necessarily mean he wrote it.

Right! You have not really heard it unless you've heard Howlin Wolf do it. It is SCARY!

Pat Travers, Rita Coolidge, and even Hendrix does an instrumental

Well, they say its kinda frightnin how this younger generation swings.
You know, its more than just some new sensation.
Well, the kid is into losin sleep and he dont come home for half the week.
You know, its more than just an aggravation.

If you got somebody, you can trust to the very end,
I said if you do, I want to be like you, 'cause you sure got a real good friend.

Buffett has a line I like a lot.

It goes "guess i am a pirate, two hundred years too late. the cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder, i'm an over fourty victim of fate."

If you got somebody, you can trust to the very end,
I said if you do, I want to be like you, 'cause you sure got a real good friend.

Grand Funk! My favorite group!

This defined my life up until almost 20 years ago but in a different way still defines me today but in a positive way:

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
Ive been living on the edge so long
Where the winds of limbo roar
And Im young enough to look at
And far too old to see
All the scars are on the inside


Im not sure if theres anything left of me

Dont let these shakes go on
Its time we had a break from it
Its time we had some leave
Weve been living in the flames
Weve been eating up our brains
Oh, please dont let theses shakes go on

You ask me why Im weary, why I cant speak to you
You blame me for my silence
Say its time I changed and grew
But the wars still going on dear
And theres no end that I know
And I cant say if were ever...
I cant say if were ever gonna to be free

Dont let these shakes go on
Its time we had a break from it
Its time we had some leave
Weve been living in the flames
Weve been eating out our brains
Oh, please dont let theses shakes go on

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
My energys spent at last
And my armor is destroyed
I have used up all my weapons and Im helpless and bereaved
Wounds are all Im made of
Did I hear you say that this is victory?

Dont let these shakes go on
Its time we had a break from it
Send me to the rear
Where the tides of madness swell
And been sliding into hell
Oh, please dont let shakes go on
Dont let these shakes go on
Dont let these shakes go on


Meaningful lyrics and a damn great song to boot :thmbsp:

Dylan wrote it but it's the Animals version going through my head.

I looked it up the writer is credited as Benjamin/C/M

I don't think Dylan wrote it?

my bad. I just thought he did. It was written by Bennie Benjamin, Gloria Caldwell and Sol Marcus for the singer/pianist Nina Simone.

Once I had a lot of money baby
Right now I couldn't raise a dime
I had myself a real good job
But now all I have is time
And I don't worry, I don't worry
Cuz you can't, you can't you can't
Can't keep a good man down

So many time I been a fool, hey hey
Other times it was bad luck
Well it's not how many times a man falls down
It's how many times he picks himself up

What did I do? Everybody's putting me down, I keep running but the law kept coming around.

Meaningful lyrics and a damn great song to boot :thmbsp:

Great movie that goes to as well.

This about sums it up:

I cant help about the shape Im in
I cant sing, I aint pretty and my legs are thin
But dont ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to

I'm a piece of work, I'm iron and lace
I'm shy, I'm right up in your face
I'm all dumbfounded, stubborn as an ass
Sharp as an arrow in a pile of glass.
I'm a sweetheart, genius, reckless jerk.
Lord, have mercy, I'm a piece of work.


That'd be Jimmy Buffett and Toby Keith - Piece of Work. I can relate.

Eric Burdon and The Animals - Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
Tom

If you like the tune, check out Robben Ford's version on Handful of Blues. Absolutely killer.

"Don't try to live yr life in one day; Don't go speedin' yr time away..."

Unca Sandy is a HoJo fan. Whoda thunk it?

Well, they say its kinda frightnin how this younger generation swings.

Some more Van Halen. Excellent!

Buffett has a line I like a lot.

It goes "guess i am a pirate, two hundred years too late. the cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder, i'm an over fourty victim of fate."

A Pirate Looks at 40 is the name of the tune.

Along those lines I'd go for either this one:
"I've got a schoolboy heart. A novelist eye. Stout sailor's legs and a license to fly. I came with nomad feet. And some wanderin' toes that walk up my longboard and hang off the nose."

Or

"I'm still climbing up the mountainside.
Don't count me out.
As long as I've got my heart and soul I've got everything.
I've got everything I need."

or maybe even
"Like the fool I am and I'll always be...I've got a dream. I've got a dream."

Ray

Well he's working hard for when he gets up in the morning
Until the night when he comes home and goes to bed
and he brakes his back to find his lifes not worth living
oh no, he kills himself to get ahead
and he fights for what he needs
and he fights for what he believes
and he fights and yes he bleeds
he's not just a number, number

He needs love to feel at ease
He needs love for what his body needs
He needs love no promises no guarentees

This about sums it up:

I cant help about the shape Im in
I cant sing, I aint pretty and my legs are thin
But dont ask me what I think of you
I might not give the answer that you want me to

The Rockets did a remake of this back in the 80's Wish I could remember the original. Was it Spirit?

The Rockets did a remake of this back in the 80's Wish I could remember the original. Was it Spirit?

I think it was Fleetwood Mac. In re to the Rockets, I went through school with the singer Dave Gilbert.

I think it was Fleetwood Mac. In re to the Rockets, I went through school with the singer Dave Gilbert.

Correct. It is an early Fleetwood Mac song written by Peter Green.

just got payed today got me a pocket full of change

Frankie say DANCE :banana::banana:

For James and Marcia

stuwster:D

I'm not afraid of anything in this world
There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard
I'm just trying to find a decent melody
A song that I can sing in my own company...

I'm not afraid of anything in this world
There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard
I'm just trying to find a decent melody
A song that I can sing in my own company...

That would be U2

This defined my life up until almost 20 years ago but in a different way still defines me today but in a positive way:

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
Ive been living on the edge so long
Where the winds of limbo roar
And Im young enough to look at
And far too old to see
All the scars are on the inside


Im not sure if theres anything left of me

Dont let these shakes go on
Its time we had a break from it
Its time we had some leave
Weve been living in the flames
Weve been eating up our brains
Oh, please dont let theses shakes go on

You ask me why Im weary, why I cant speak to you
You blame me for my silence
Say its time I changed and grew
But the wars still going on dear
And theres no end that I know
And I cant say if were ever...
I cant say if were ever gonna to be free

Dont let these shakes go on
Its time we had a break from it
Its time we had some leave
Weve been living in the flames
Weve been eating out our brains
Oh, please dont let theses shakes go on

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
My energys spent at last
And my armor is destroyed
I have used up all my weapons and Im helpless and bereaved
Wounds are all Im made of
Did I hear you say that this is victory?

Dont let these shakes go on
Its time we had a break from it
Send me to the rear
Where the tides of madness swell
And been sliding into hell
Oh, please dont let shakes go on
Dont let these shakes go on
Dont let these shakes go on


Meaningful lyrics and a damn great song to boot :thmbsp:

Blue Oyster cult... Wasn't this also used in the soundtrack to "Heavy Metal"?

just got payed today got me a pocket full of change
ZZ Top... Great tune!

OK...
"cuz now were tighter than twins fiddles in a Bob Wills Band"
(who dat?)......:scratch2:




Bill

Just a roll'n stone.
All alone and lost.
This life of sin.
I have payed the cost.
When I walk by.
All the people say.
I'm just another guy.
On the lost highway.



HW Sr.

Warren Zevon is my guy.....

I'd rather feel bad than feel nothin' at all....
or
I'll sleep when I'm dead....

Well you know
That you're over the hill
When your mind makes a promise
That your body can't fill

Enjoy,
Rich P

Little Feat

Can't place the first one.

Neil - "Comes A Time"

Good one!!

Here are 2 that come to mind:

I'm a little bit here
I'm a little bit there
I'm a little scattered everywhere

and

She had rings on her fingers and bells on her shoes.
And I knew without askin she was into the blues.
She wore scarlet begonias tucked into her curls,
I knew right away she was not like other girls.

Little Feat

Can't place the first one.

Yes, from the "Time Loves a Hero" LP

I been waiting for somebody to get the other one...10cc, "How Dare You"

Enjoy,
Rich P

The Chelsea Smiles:

I was a high school dropout
People always put me down
but rules and regulations just weren't for me

and they thought that they could change me
and they said that I was crazy
I just couldn't wait until they'd leave me be

Some people say that I,
I grew up to fast,
But it,
It don't bother me none
Cause I'm built to last...

Turbonegro:

Remain untamed
Cause you know I'm ahead of the game
you know that's my name
remain untamed...


I know that's two but that pretty much sums me up.:D

and tear at the world with all their might
While the ships bearing their dreams sail out of sight!

Get it up again...Jackson Browne. Great song.

"My way down
Ain't gonna be nice
Long road down
All covered with ice
My way down
It's rough, you see
All the troubles I threw off
Comin' back at me."

"Born lucky, I guess, didn't hurt that I was in the right place at the right time.......Good with the cards and good with the dice, you could say I had a lucky little run. Won it all and maybe just a little bit more today. All the luck you have is just the bills you left unpaid".

JD

"Everything about me has a poker face
A purposeless existence overgrown
Whoever would've thought amongst our mighty race
A mind can feel so terribly alone"

From Larf and Sing from the Family album Fearless

One for you older guys.....

Confusion will be my epitaph.
As I crawl a cracked and broken path
If we make it we can all sit back
And laugh.
But I fear tomorrow Ill be crying,
Yes I fear tomorrow Ill be crying.

Every dog has his day, unless he loses his tail, then he has a weak-end. ---June Carter

Cheers, Byron.:thmbsp:

"Shooting Stars never stop
Even when they reach the top"
Don't stop..
"Shooting stars never stop
Even, when they reach the top"
Dont, stop.....

"There goes a Supernova, what a push-over, yeah"
There goes a Supernova
What a push-over"

"Heading for an overload
Splattered on the dirty road
Kick me like you did before
I can't even feel the pain no more"

BTW; the copy of "Heavy Cream" in my library lists Booker T. Jones and William Bell as writers for "Born Under A Bad Sign". I believe it was first recorded by Albert King and I'd always assumed he wrote it until now.

Meaningful lyrics and a damn great song to boot :thmbsp:

My favorite LP from that band!

ONE MORE:

A hot and windy august afternoon
Has the trees in constant motion
With a flash of silver leaves
As theyre rocking in the breeze

The boy lies in the grass with one blade
Stuck between his teeth
A vague sensation quickens
In his young and restless heart
And a bright and nameless vision
Has him longing to depart

You move me ---
You move me ---
With your buildings and your eyes
Autumn woods and winter skies
You move me ---
You move me ---
Open sea and city lights
Busy streets and dizzy heights
You call me ---
You call me ---

The fawn-eyed girl with sun-browned legs
Dances on the edge of his dream
And her voice rings in his ears
Like the music of the spheres

The boy lies in the grass, unmoving
Staring at the sky
His mother starts to call him
As a hawk goes soaring by
The boy pulls down his baseball cap
And covers up his eyes

Too many hands on my time
Too many feelings ---
Too many things on my mind
When I leave I dont know
What Im hoping to find
When I leave I dont know
What Im leaving behind...


:D :D :D

Great thread !!! :thmbsp:


Sprawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order
An insulated border
In between the bright lights
And the far unlit unknown

Growing up it all seems so one-sided
Opinions all provided
The future pre-decided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone

"Heading for an overload
Splattered on the dirty road
Kick me like you did before
I can't even feel the pain no more"

One of my favorite songs from one of my favorite albums: "Rocks Off," from Exile on Main St. :thmbsp:

Great thread !!! :thmbsp:


Sprawling on the fringes of the city
In geometric order
An insulated border
In between the bright lights
And the far unlit unknown

Growing up it all seems so one-sided
Opinions all provided
The future pre-decided
Detached and subdivided
In the mass production zone
Nowhere is the dreamer or the misfit so alone

Rush~Subdivisions. Great song

Every month it's:

I know I let you tell me what to do
You were confident and you know best
Now things aren't working like you want them to
Your confidence is what I detest
You got me lookin' up high
You got me searchin' down low
You got me I know you know
You got me jerkin' back 'n' forth

boy! Boy!

I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch,
an onion patch, an onion patch
I'm a lonely little petunia in an onion patch

you left me standing here a long, long time ago.

i did some looking. "born under a bad sign" was first recorded by albert king and is credited to William Bell and Booker T. Williams, Jr.

William Bell, i have found, has several R&B albums, if this is the same guy.

Booker T. Williams, on the other hand, i found nothing about.

So I've posted 3 all ready(only 1 was guessed)-I'm just not a single lyric sorta guy, I reck'n

So yet another one

You can see the weirdest things in this circus we call living
There are suckers and shysters, movers and heisters
Times of pain and bliss
Good guys and bad guys
Straights and otherwise
on and on goes the list
Yea people do the strangest things....

you left me standing here a long, long time ago.

The Long and winding road- Beatals

The Long and winding road- Beatals

No no no, it's the Beagals.

I have a couple

First...
I live just for today
Don't care about tomorrow.
What I've got in my head
you cant buy, steal or borrow.

And this one...
In my mind I've done good things
And never cared why
And my mind is an open door,
with nothing inside

would you let me
walk down the street
naked if I want to?

can I buy fireworks
on the 4th of July?

can I buy an amplifier
on time?

I ain't got no money now
but I will pay you before I die.

Moby Grape:thmbsp:.

I'm a dirty white boyyyy

You better kiss me........cause you're gonna miss me when Im gone

My Maserati does 185...
I lost my license, now I don't drive

...I wish, all I can think of are Joe Walsh songs.



I dig that tune :thmbsp:


I better add some more to it,my favorite part.


I go to parties sometimes untill four.......it's hard to leave when you can't find the door :D

I won't believe in heaven and hell. No saints, no sinners, no
devil as well. No pearly gates, no thorny crown. You're always
letting us humans down. The wars you bring, the babes you
drown. Those lost at sea and never found, and it's the same the
whole world 'round. The hurt I see helps to compound that
Father, Son and Holy Ghost is just somebody's unholy hoax,
and if you're up there you'd perceive that my heart's here upon
my sleeve. If there's one thing I don't believe in

it's you....

Dear God.

Carefree Highway, let me slip away, slip away on you.......

This defined my life up until almost 20 years ago but in a different way still defines me today but in a positive way:

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
Ive been living on the edge so long
Where the winds of limbo roar
And Im young enough to look at
And far too old to see
All the scars are on the inside


Im not sure if theres anything left of me

Dont let these shakes go on
Its time we had a break from it
Its time we had some leave
Weve been living in the flames
Weve been eating up our brains
Oh, please dont let theses shakes go on

You ask me why Im weary, why I cant speak to you
You blame me for my silence
Say its time I changed and grew
But the wars still going on dear
And theres no end that I know
And I cant say if were ever...
I cant say if were ever gonna to be free

Dont let these shakes go on
Its time we had a break from it
Its time we had some leave
Weve been living in the flames
Weve been eating out our brains
Oh, please dont let theses shakes go on

You see me now a veteran of a thousand psychic wars
My energys spent at last
And my armor is destroyed
I have used up all my weapons and Im helpless and bereaved
Wounds are all Im made of
Did I hear you say that this is victory?

Dont let these shakes go on
Its time we had a break from it
Send me to the rear
Where the tides of madness swell
And been sliding into hell
Oh, please dont let shakes go on
Dont let these shakes go on
Dont let these shakes go on


Meaningful lyrics and a damn great song to boot :thmbsp:

Blue Oyster Cult...:thmbsp:

Walking slowly helps your day
Or will help some of the new ones
A guided tour could be the lure
To visit your home made ruins
You've been noticing little things
You can't quite find a perspective
Ask a friend how far they'll bend
To get their heart's desire
Most will say with lots of pay
They'll stay just until they tire
You've been noticing little things
You can't quite find a perspective
Give 'em the money, give 'em the money
Give 'em the money, less work more pay

Now Whip It
Into shape
Shape it up
Get straight
Go forward
Move ahead
Try to detect it
Its not too late
To whip it
Whip it good :whip:

Thought of another one: Neil Young - Heart Of Gold

I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.
It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind,
it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

Thought of another one: Neil Young - Heart Of Gold

I want to live,
I want to give
I've been a miner
for a heart of gold.
It's these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

I've been to Hollywood
I've been to Redwood
I crossed the ocean
for a heart of gold
I've been in my mind,
it's such a fine line
That keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I'm getting old.

that one has always had special meaning to me too. so has "old man".
harvest is a kick-ass album.

"Well, two-in-one's polish and three-in-one's oil
A lot of lid-flipping makes my bad blood boil
I didn't come here to listen, so cut the scene
I got a rocket in my pocket and a roll in my jeans..."

Carefree Highway, let me slip away, slip away on you.......
Lightfoot was probably driving a Roadrunner with 40 cent/gallon gas.
Now it's the Anxiety Thruway with a Road Rage exit.
Sorry, couldn't help think how times change.

Yeah
He never done too good when he's in high school
He never even talked to a popular girl

He just hung around down at the drive-in
Honkin on his horn an drinkin Pearl,
Beer

--Terry Allen, FFA, Lubbock on Everything

Now Whip It
Into shape
Shape it up
Get straight
Go forward
Move ahead
Try to detect it
Its not too late
To whip it
Whip it good :whip:

Devo

Það er gott að elska

Það var einn morgun snemma sumars þegar sólin kíkti inn
ég sat við gluggann með kaffið, var að horfa á himininn.
Geislarnir tipluðu inn á hvítum fótum og földu brosin sín
og fundu þig undir sænginni mjúku og opnuðu augu þín.

Og það er gott að elska
og það er gott að elska
og það er gott að elska
konu eins og þig.

Þú býður mér blíðlega góðan dag og drekkur þitt kínverska te
dimmblá fegurð augna þinna er það eina sem ég sé.
Það er ljúft að horfa á þig og finna friðinn sem leggur frá þér
þú ert falleg svona nývöknuð, þú ert allt sem ég óska mér.

Og nú er ég orðinn faðir og finn hversu ljúft það er
að fá furðu smáar hendur að morgni dags um háls á mér.
Og gagnvart konu eins og þér er ástin mitt eina svar
og ef það er líf eftir þetta líf þá mun ég elska þig líka þar.



http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=ebL2PiZCoKc&feature=related

Good intent,
and honesty,
do not redeem,
stupidity

You're probably wondering why im here and so am I

some humans ain't human.
some people ain't kind.
you open up their hearts.
and here's what you'll find.
a few frozen pizzas.
some ice cubes with hair.
a broken popsickle.
you don't wanna go there.

I'm of the generation fo insufferable freaks
and my education suffers while my high peaks
an abomination, barely gettin by
Santa Rita High
Go ahead and rape me and my messed up mind
Santa Rita HIgh
But you can't escape me or mistake my kind
Santa Rita High
Hangin out in the hallway gettin left behind
Santa Rita High...

oh, but i'm late for the time,

born in the wrong century.

there's way too much craziness here.

in twenty five years i have used all the tears in my eyes.

In & around the lake,
Mountains come out of the sky and they stand there

"Heading for an overload
Splattered on the dirty road
Kick me like you did before
I can't even feel the pain no more"

Junkie's wet dream song.
"I only get my rocks off while I'm dreamin'..."
Great song. Surreal.
"Wasn't part of the shoe shine..."
Ever notice the shoe shine price list in the jacket pictures?

My lyric would have to be
"What a looooooong strange trip it's been"

"i am the king of nothing"

'All of my live
Was a laugh and a joke
a drink and a smoke
and then I passed out on the floor'.

And:

'When you're skating on ice,
to thin to take it,
you gotta move fast,
or else you'll break it
So throw back your hair
and let the wind rush by
And you're alive!'

One more:

'I've wasted my time, 'till time wasted me'.

Out on the road today
I saw a Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac.
A little voice inside my head said,
"Don't look back. You can never look back."
I thought I knew what love was.
What did I know?
Those days are gone forever.
I should just let them go.
:smoke:

After a lengthy military career (ARMY), Jimi Hendrix's "All Along the Watch Tower" seems to have increased relevance to me...

:scratch2:

All I do is work...

Teenage angst has paid off well now I'm bored and old

He takes a drink and then He waits,
The alcohol it permeates.
And soon the cells give way, and cancels out the day

Hell, I'll go you guys one better, I got a whole damn song, not just a lyric!

"Life Sucks, Then You Die" by The Fools....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k_N2shMbqA&feature=related

This is a song about life as a spiraling force moving through the universe, unencumbered by modular time concepts. It's called "Life Sucks, Then You Die".

My house burned down in a flash of thunder
My wife ran off with a one-legged plumber
The crops fell dead when the riverbed went dry
My dog got squashed by a pick-up truck
My son ran away and got hooked on drugs
My daughter's knocked-up by the Class of '85

People say that life is good; it don't seem good to me
I'm lost without a paddle and I'm headed up shit Creek
People say that life is fun but I don't know why
As far as I can tell,...
LIFE SUCKS...then you die!

The government dumps its toxic waste
Right on top of my mother's grave
A team of experts say it won't do her no harm
But my sheep went crazy and killed my mule
I cut off my dick with a power tool
Fixing the hole where the meteor hit the barn (and it HURTS, too)

People say that life is good but I just piss and moan
I've got one foot on a banana peel, the other in the Twilight Zone
People say that life is fun but I don't know why
As far as I can tell,...
LIFE SUCKS...then you die!

(Let me hear some 'Yee-haw's out there!)

I went to the store to buy some shells
The gun went off and blew the owner to hell
Now I'm sitting here in jail, singing this song
And one guy wants to cut me with a knife
Another guy wants me to be his wife...
I wish they'd hang me before something really goes wrong!

People say that life is good; give thanks for what you have
When all you have is nothin', nothin' makes you glad.
People say that life is fun but I don't know why
As far as I can tell,...
LIFE SUCKS...then you die!

People say that life is fun but I don't know why
As far as I can tell,...
LIFE SUCKS...
LIFE SUCKS...
LIFE SUCKS...
Then you die!

(Let me hear some 'Yee-haw's out there!)

Cool song Bdog. No idea though. I'll try this one. It reminded me of my younger days when crossing continents on foot or biking around the world seemed a good idea.

the people in the village watch there children play
at the sight of a stranger they call the kids away
"just leave that man alone" I hear the mothers say
too long in the wasteland
too long in the wasteland
s' what made him that way

Well I give up all my sculpturing
'Cause my life had gone all sad
An I went to work down at the factory
It weren't art...but it weren't bad

So they put me on the assembly line
Puttin' plastic leaves on the plastic palms
Then they shipped then off to Los Angeles
Yeah it weren't art...but it weren't wrong

Now some say it's pathetic
When you give up your aesthetic
For a blue collar job in the factory
But all that exhibiting
Was just too damn inhibiting
For a beer drinking
Regular guy...like me

-- Terry Allen, Oui

Turbonegro:

Remain untamed
Cause you know I'm ahead of the game
you know that's my name
remain untamed...


I know that's two but that pretty much sums me up.:D


Turbo- Yeah! One of the best bands on the planet at the moment, glad you chose carefully from Turbonegros catalouge to describe your life :D

#6 and #7 have me stumped.

looks like i was wrong about BTO, also.

but i did buy a guitar to punish my ma.
#7 rick ashley.. correct spelling unsure..

"Many have I loved - Many times been bitten
Many times I've gazed along the open road."

Aahh...to be 17 again.

"Don't turn your back on a writer
Don't lay your hand on a drum
Don't look too long at the smoke on the water
Or cat might get yer tung"

From Arapaho by the Gourds

Woke up, got out of bed
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
Somebody spoke and I went into a dream :boring:

Beatles - A Day In The Life

1. I used to be disgusted, now I try to be amused.

2. I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.

3. Like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried, in my way, to be free.

4. We were born before the wind, also younger than the sun, ere the bonnie boat was won, as we sailed into the mystic.

It's so easy to do nothing,
when you're busy night and day.
Take a step in one direction,
and take a step the other way.
But don't quit trying should you stumble,
don't give up shall you fall.
Keep on searching for the pathway
that leads you through the wall.

I got a letter from the government the other day, I opened it and read it, it said they were suckers....

Public Enemy-Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos

I'll see you on the other side
another man
moved by sleight of hand...
(Pearl Jam)

seems this kinda fits part of my life as well

from Roger Taylor of Queen from Tenement Funster

And my rock'n'roll forty fives
Bin enragin' the folks on the lower floor

I tried hard to have a father
But instead I had a dad

-Kurt Cobain (Serve the Servants)

Rock is my life,
and this is my song.

clearly i remember
pickin' on the boy
seemed a harmless little fuck
but we unleashed a lion
gnashed his teeth
and bit the recessed lady's breast

how could i forget
he hit me with a surprise left
my jaw left hurtin
dropped wide open
just like the day
like the day i heard