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Originally posted by hurtstotouchfire:
RS: hmm. longtime pixies fan and longtime bowie fan. only just bothered to look it up. cactus was indeed written by the pixies and covered by bowie, not vice versa.

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Yes, I was in doubt about who wrote the song myself recently. The song even sounds like something David Bowie might have written, maybe in his earlier days. Mr. Bowie was after all once a Vicious Drug Fiend. But no, it is a Pixies song.

Shelter From The Storm

I was in another lifetime one of toil and blood
When blackness was a virtue and the road was full of mud
I came in from the wilderness a creature void of form
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

And if I pass this way again you can rest assured
I'll always do my best for her on that I give my word
In a world of steel-eyed death and men who are fighting to be warm
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

Not a word was spoke between us there was little risk involved
Everything up to that point had been left unresolved
Try imagining a place where it's always safe and warm
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

I was burned out from exhaustion buried in the hail
Poisoned in the bushes and blown out on the trail
Hunted like a crocodile ravaged in the corn
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

Suddenly I turned around and she was standing there
With silver bracelets on her wrists and flowers in her hair
She walked up to me so gracefully and took my crown of thorns
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

Now there's a wall between us something there's been lost
I took too much for granted got my signals crossed
Just to think that it all began on a long-forgotten morn
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

Well the deputy walks on hard nails and the preacher rides a mount
But nothing really matters much it's doom alone that counts
And the one-eyed undertaker he blows a futile horn
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".
I've heard newborn babies wailing like a mourning dove
And old men with broken teeth stranded without love
Do I understand your question man is it hopeless and forlorn
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

In a little hilltop village they gambled for my clothes
I bargained for salvation and they gave me a lethal dose
I offered up my innocence and got repaid with scorn
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

Well I'm living in a foreign country but I'm bound to cross the line
Beauty walks a razor's edge someday I'll make it mine
If I could only turn back the clock to when God and her were born
"Come in" she said
"I'll give you shelter from the storm".

A worn out joke to keep the
flies away
Carried it this far
Got the west side winds to
keep it steady
We bury the hatchets we find
Could carry that heavy load
If I really thought it would matter
Farcical hair appears
A blinde side, clean the slate

Working in the halls of shame
Lay it down in full view
Lay it down

What the hell were we thinking
Before the fire burned out?
Can't find you now
I didn't know you then
Lonliness drinks the bitters
Till the cold winds warm again
It's a feel for the game
Mouth open wide,
screams and hollers

Working in the halls of shame
Lay it down in full view
Lay it down

I gambled once and won, never
made a dollar
And beauty fades to grey
I pray the very best will guard her
And provide the way
It's a telltale sign
When it's chair's up, time to go

Working in the halls of shame
LAy it down in full view
Lay it down


Uncle Tupelo - Track 1: Slate on Anodyne

Lydia The Tattooed Lady

Music by Harold Arlen. Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg.

Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia The Tattooed Lady.
She has eyes that folks adore so,
And a torso even more so.

Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Queen of Tattoo.
On her back is The Battle of Waterloo.
Beside it, The Wreck of the Hesperus too.
And proudly above waves the red, white, and blue.
You can learn a lot from Lydia!

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

When her robe is unfurled she will show you the world,
If you step up and tell her where.
For a dime you can see Kankakee or Paree,
Or Washington crossing The Delaware.

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Oh Lydia, oh Lydia, say, have you met Lydia?
Lydia The Tattooed Lady.
When her muscles start relaxin',
Up the hill comes Andrew Jackson.

Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Queen of them all.
For two bits she will do a mazurka in jazz,
With a view of Niagara that nobody has.
And on a clear day you can see Alcatraz.
You can learn a lot from Lydia!

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Come along and see Buffalo Bill with his lasso.
Just a little classic by Mendel Picasso.
Here is Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon.
Here's Godiva, but with her pajamas on.

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Here is Grover Whelan unveilin' The Trilon.
Over on the west coast we have Treasure Isle-on.
Here's Nijinsky a-doin' the rhumba.
Here's her social security numba.

La-la-la...la-la-la.
La-la-la...la-la-la.

Lydia, oh Lydia, that encyclo-pidia.
Oh Lydia The Champ of them all.
She once swept an Admiral clear off his feet.
The ships on her hips made his heart skip a beat.
And now the old boy's in command of the fleet,
For he went and married Lydia!

I said Lydia...
(He said Lydia...)
They said Lydia...
We said Lydia, la, la!

Ice Ice Baby

Yo, VIP, Let's kick it!

Ice Ice Baby, Ice Ice Baby
All right stop, Collaborate and listen
Ice is back with my brand new invention
Something grabs a hold of me tightly
Then I flow like a harpoon daily and nightly
Will it ever stop? Yo -- I don't know
Turn off the lights and I'll glow
To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal
Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle.

Dance, Bum rush the speaker that booms
I'm killing your brain like a poisonous mushroom
Deadly, when I play a dope melody
Anything less than the best is a felony
Love it or leave it, You better gain way
You better hit bull's eye, The kid don't play
If there was a problem, Yo, I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it

Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla
Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla

Now that the party is jumping
With the bass kicked in, the Vegas are pumpin'
Quick to the point, to the point no faking
I'm cooking MCs like a pound of bacon
Burning them if they're not quick and nimble
I go crazy when I hear a cymbal
And a hi hat with a souped up tempo
I'm on a roll and it's time to go solo
Rollin' in my 5.0
With my ragtop down so my hair can blow
The girlies on standby, Waving just to say Hi
Did you stop? No -- I just drove by
Kept on pursuing to the next stop
I busted a left and I'm heading to the next block
That block was dead

Yo -- so I continued to A1A Beachfront Ave.
Girls were hot wearing less than bikinis
Rockman lovers driving Lamborghinis
Jealous 'cause I'm out geting mine
Shay with a gauge and Vanilla with a nine
Reading for the chumps on the wall
The chumps acting ill because they're so full of "Eight Ball"
Gunshots ranged out like a bell
I grabbed my nine -- All I heard were shells
Falling on the concrete real fast
Jumped in my car, slammed on the gas
Bumper to bumper the avenue's packed
I'm trying to get away before the jackers jack
Police on the scene, You know what I mean
They passed me up, confronted all the dope fiends
If there was a problem, You, I'll solve it
Check out the hook while my DJ revolves it

Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla
Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla

Take heed, 'cause I'm a lyrical poet
Miami's on the scene just in case you didn't know it
My town, that created all the bass sound
Enough to shake and kick holes in the ground
'Cause my style's like a chemical spill
Feasible rhymes that you can vision and feel
Conducted and formed, This is a hell of a concept
We make it hype and you want to step with this
Shay plays on the fade, slice like a ninja
Cut like a razor blade so fast, Other DJs say, "damn"
If my rhyme was a drug, I'd sell it by the gram
Keep my composure when it's time to get loose
Magnetized by the mic while I kick my juice
If there was a problem, Yo -- I'll solve it!
Check out the hook while Deshay revolves it.

Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla
Ice Ice Baby Vanilla, Ice Ice Baby Vanilla

Yo man -- Let's get out of here! Word to your mother!

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Originally posted by TheMythod:
Yo, VIP,

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This must be my favorite lyric line of all time.

quote:

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Originally posted by vecna:
_
A worn out joke to keep the
flies away

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Fuck me, vecna, I didn't know you were a UT fan. All your sins are now forgiven.

KC: (clears throat) This was written by ... my favorite performer-our favorite performer, isn't it? All of ours? (indistinct conversation followed by audience laughter)
Unidentified stagehand or band member: There's a donation basket for whoever wants to buy you a Leadbellys guitar. (audience laughs)
KC: Oh yeah, this guy representing the Leadbellys' estate wants to sell me Leadbellys' guitar for five hundred thousand dollars. (audience laughs)
Unidentified stagehand or band member: We're passing the basket today. (scattered audience laughter)
KC: I even asked David Geffen personally if he'd buy it for me. (audience laughs)

My girl, my girl, don't lie to me
Tell me where did you sleep last night

In the pines, in the pines
Where the sun don't ever shine
I would shiver the whole night through

My girl, my girl, where will you go
I'm going where the cold wind blows

Her husband was a hard working man
Just about a mile from here
His head was found in a driving wheel
But his body never was found

radiohead/Exit Music (For A Film)


Wake from your sleep,
the drying of your tears,
Today we escape, we escape.

Pack and get dressed
before your father hears us,
before all hell breaks loose.

Breathe, keep breathing,
don't lose your nerve.
Breathe, keep breathing,
I can't do this alone.

Sing us a song,
a song to keep us warm,
there's such a chill, such a chill.

And you can laugh a spineless laugh,
we hope your rules and wisdom choke you.

And now we are one
in everlasting peace,

we hope that you choke, that you choke,
we hope that you choke, that you choke,
we hope that you choke, that you choke.

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Originally posted by Splitcoil:
Fuck me, vecna, I didn't know you were a UT fan. All your sins are now forgiven.

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<Franticly looking for a sin> Er... I didn't know that I had commited any sins (you know, save from coveting my neighbor's wife, stealing, lechery and puting other gods before HIM). But it is good to know that Jay Farrar is analagous to Christ and I am washed of my transgressions.

happy together - the turtles

Imagine me and you I do
I think about you day and night
It's only right
To think about the girl you love
And hold her tight
So happy together
If I should call you up invest a dime
And you say you belong to me
And ease my mind
Imagine how the world could be
So very fine
So happy together
I can see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life
When you're with me baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice
It had to be
The only one for me is you
And you for me
So happy together
I can see me lovin' nobody but you
For all my life
When you're with me baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice
It had to be
The only one for me is you
And you for me
So happy together
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice
It had to be
The only one for me is you
And you for me
So happy together
So happy together
How is the weather
So happy together
We're happy together
So happy together
Happy together
So happy together
So happy together

okay, not my favourite lyrics ever, but it's been playing in my head since I watched 'Adaptation' on the weekend. I like the way the use of short words helps define the rhythm of the song

Michael Penn, BUNKER HILL
[appropriate once again]

Always thought it was a game with us
Move until enough's enough
Into a picture-perfect view
I'd like to rip it up with you.

Why would anybody leave this place?
It's overdrawn and won't erase.
And if you're feeling incomplete,
the line is stretching up the street.

So take a look but you might stay until
you have counted every light from Bunker Hill
Take a coat you're gonna freeze
My baby sees...

Every sentence with an underline
Never uses turpentine
Put out a fleece and build a kite
The siren's going off tonight.

Lay your head down
do you call this chance?
Found the exit, this [your] entrance.
Now's the time and it is still.
I'm sorry that I kept you waiting here until,

Hey Luanda, do you want a thrill?
We can watch the lights shine up from Bunker Hill
If it puts your heart at ease,
my baby, please

Try, but you can't hide.
Impossible, you're lit from the inside.
And all I've got to do is keep my eyes above the ground
To see you move around.

The only points of light are fires on Vermont
Somebody must suspect that all we really want
Is a tranquilizer gun to fill
It's a free for all on Bunker Hill
and everybody wets their knees
on the trapeze...

Woke up this mornin' and my head was in a daze,
A brave new world had dawned upon the human race.
Where words are meaningless and everythings surreal,
gonna have to reach my friends to find out how I feel.

And if I taste the honey is it really sweet?
And do I eat it with my hands or with my feet?
We're bingo numbers and our names are obsolete.
Why do I feel bitter when I should be feeling sweet?

Hello Shakespeare sister

Very english, and very cool (though the double use of 'sweet' smarts a bit.

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Originally posted by doublechocolate:
Hello Shakespeare sister

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Weird.

I was looking through some of my stuff yesterday day and I found that single. My sister won it at a local show stall years and years ago.

nomeansno. Victory.

When I set out on this journey I thought it would never end
When I started down that road I could not see the end
And when I took that first step I fell in so deep
And all those things that were so hard-won I thought I would always keep
Now what do you think I see standing like a wall in front of me

Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory

chorus:
So what are you going to do? Die?
No you gonna lay down and die?
No I will not admit defeat I will not admit defeat
I will see victory
Pride and deceit have choked my life like weeds
And I lost sight of what I really had what I really need
And all the things I should've valued
I gave away for a prayer and a song
And now when I reach out for them they are gone
Now you know what I see standing in front of me
Like a headstone a fucking monument to human misery

Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory
Defeat, not victory

chorus:

Do I have any friends here?
I can't see are any of my friends here?
I can't see what about you?
Will you be a friend to me?
What about you? Will you be a friend to me?
I've got a question to ask you and then you can ask it of me
It's a simple request and then you can make it of me
Can you forgive me? Can you see what will be?
Is it victory?

Now I can't show you all the things I ve seen
And I can't make you feel anything
Certainly not what they meant to me
And someday I know, no matter how hard we try
We are all going to have to lay down and die
So maybe I should just tell you what I hope and believe
For every defeat there will be a victory
For every defeat there will be a victory in defeat,
victory

Neil Young. Rockin' in the Free World

There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign
on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin'
we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan,
but I am to them
So I try to forget it,
any way I can.

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores
and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes
for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people,
says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn,
got roads to drive.

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

particularly

There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.

So you live in the bottom of the sea,
and you kill all that come near you ....
but you are very lonely, because all the other fish
fear you .....
And you crave companionship and someone to call your own;
because for the whole of your life
you've been living alone.

On a black day in a black month
at the black bottom of the sea,
Your mother gave birth to you and died
immediately ....
'Cos you can't have two killers living
in the same pad
and when your mother knew that her time had come
she was really rather glad.

Death in the sea, death in the sea,
somebody please come and help me,
come and help me
Fishes can't fly, fishes can't fly,
Fishes can't and neither can I, neither can I ...

Now I'm really rather like you,
for I've killed all the love I ever had
by not doing all I ought to and by leaving
my mind coming bad.
And I too am a killer,
for emotion runs as deep as flesh
and I too am so lonely, and I wish that I could forget
We need love,
We need love,
We need love ..........,



Killer by Van der graaf generator

cheers

Butthole Surfers, "Pepper"

Markey got with Sharon, Sharon got Sharee, she was sharing Sharon's outlook on the topic of disease...

Mikey had a facial scar and Bobby was a racist, they were all in love with dying, they were doing it in Texas...

Tommy played piano like a kid out in the rain, then he lost his leg in Dallas he was dancing with a train...

They were all in love with dying they were drinking from a fountain, that was pouring like an avalanche......coming down the mountain.

I don't mind the sense of time, the images it shows...I can taste you on my lips and smell you in my clothes...cinnamon and sugary and softly spoken lies...you'll never know just how you'll look...through other people's eyes...

some will die in hot pursuit in fiery auto crashes...some will die in hot pursuit while sifting through my ashes...

some will fall in love with life and drink it from a fountain...that is pouring like and avalanche......coming down the mountain.

chorus

another Mikey took a knife while arguing in traffic...Flipper died a natural death, he caught a nasty virus,

then there was the ever-present football player rapist...they were all in love with dying, they were doing it in Texas...

Pauly caught a bullet, but it only hit his leg... well it should have been a better shot and got him in the head...

chorus


(Mau and company singing along...great song)

Butthole Surfers, "Pepper"
E. Estrada is on that video. Now that's sick.